Earth. Announcer watch the 1969 News Coverage of the Apollo Mission on cspan or listen with our radio app. Administrator Jim Bridenstine was on capitol hill to testify about the space Agency Strategy to return to the moon and a mission to mars. He talked about staffing and recruitment challenges. This comes as nasa celebrates the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. This is just over one hour. Lets bring this hearing to order. Thank you for coming. Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission. The moon landing still unites us like few events in our history. It is hard to believe half a century has passed since the u. S. Won the space race. Although it is failing to celebrate, we are pleased Jim Bridenstine although it is appropriate to celebrate, we are pleased Jim Bridenstine has joined us. Space policy directive one calls for returning humans to the moon for the First Time Since 1977. This time it will be for longterm exploration and will be followed by mis
In the ranks and returns home on t w dont come to tanks. Cape canaveral florida july 1 19693 men set off in one of the greatest adventures in Human History their goal to move. Back to the same place at all and one hundreds of thousands were there to watch. One of them in. The cold war was in full swing and the competition between the u. S. And the soviet Union Extended even to space. On july 20th 1069. 00 astronaut Neil Armstrong became the 1st human to set foot on earth spoke only permanent satellite. This event would bring armstrong fame that he had never sought and it would also change his life forever. Strong became a Living Legend in the history of space travel like a 20th century christopher columbus. But at the height of his popularity he voluntarily withdrew from public life. Armstrong served as a navy pilot during the korean war 1955 he signed on with the governments high speed flight station at Edwards Air Force base in california. His 1st job was piloting chase planes during
He is a great american, great patriot, he has served nasa for 42 years. We love him. It is also true that we are moving to a new era in human spaceflight. Where the administration is interested in going fast, we are interested in doing things a different way. We believe it is important to have new leadership. It was entirely my decision. At the end of the day, we need to be very clear that nasa is committed to cost and schedule. Safety is the highest priority, but we are committed to cost and schedule. I thought it was important to make this change at this time. A quick follow on that. You are coming at a time when we are about to celebrate the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. About to fly crews from american soil for the first time. As you mentioned, the Artemis Program of returning to the moon. You reassigned ahead of human exploration. I was curious if you could give us some insight. Why was that done at this moment . Jim we are landing on the south pole of the moon with the next man
Jim bridenstine testified about the exploration strategy to return to the moon and send a mission to marches. Mars and coincided. This is just over an hour. In december of 2017, President Trump outlined a bold vision to reinvigorate space leadership. Space leadership calls for returning humans to the moon for the First Time Since 1972. This time it will be for long time exploration and use and will be followed by manned missions to mars. Nasa had planned to return to the moon by 2028, but in the speech to the National Space council in april, Vice President announced a dramatic acceleration of that time line. Under the program, the United States will land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024 and accomplish a sustained presence on the moon or in lunar orbit. I share the administrations sense of urgency. As i told the administrator, the United States has entered a new space race driven by the expansion of chinas space power ambitions and the explosive potential growth for
Leading usbased efforts. You can find all of the results including the findings on american attitude toward space force. You can find that at cspan. Org. Six, five, four, three, two, one, 0. Lift off, we have a liftoff. 32 minutes past the hour. Liftoff on apollo 11. 50 years ago this morning at 8 32 a. M. Eastern time apollo 11 launched from pat a 39 at the Kennedy Space center important. It began its journey to the moon, four days later Neil Armstrong will be the first man to walk on the lunar surface. The remainder of the program we will hear from you about the legacy of theil apollo 11 missin and talk to you as members of congress of space and Technology Committee about amicus priority for space expiration in the future of nasa. Heres how you can get in touch with us. Share your thoughts with our phone linesur by region if youe the eastern or central time zone its two at 27,488,000 phone back or mounds or pacific, 202 7488001. As we take you up to Capitol Hill Office building we ar