A poor too but only in a material sense we visit the nation where happiness is the most important thing. First though we go to the antarctic and talk to the scientists who spend months based in the worlds coldest region. Right at the very south of our planet lies antarctica the continent of snow and ice. In 1911 the norwegian Roald Amundsen became the 1st person ever to reach the south pole the last region of earth that was still unexplored and uninhabited by humans. In 195912 nations signed the antarctic treaty pledging to use the beach and only for peaceful purposes and particularly for scientific research. Today there are around 80 research stations in the antarctic used by 4000 scientists from all over the work. We wanted to know what its like to spend months in the cold and ice and so we headed back starting at the airport close to the russian Polar Research station as ive read sky. Approaching antarctica from the air. On board this aircraft are scientists from 10 different countr
Only in the mix here real sense we visit the nation where happiness is the most important thing. First though we go to the antarctic and talk to the scientists who spend months based in the worlds coldest region. Right at the very south of our planet lies antarctica the continent of snow and ice. In 1911 the norwegian Roald Amundsen became the 1st person ever to reach the south pole the last region of earth that was still unexplored and uninhabited by humans. In 195912 nations signed the antarctic treaty pledging to use the beach and only for peaceful purposes and particularly for scientific research. Today there are around 80 research stations in the antarctic used by 4000 scientists from all over the world. We wanted to know what its like to spend months in the cold and ice and so we headed back starting at the airport close to the russian Polar Research station as i read sky at. Antarctica from the air. On board this aircraft our scientists from 10 different countries. Will be spend
The Committee Shall come to order. Welcome nasa administrator jim bridenstine, and acting associate add in mrer for human exploration and operations Kenneth Bowersox to the subcommittee this morning. Earlier this year nasa commemorated the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon which remains the single most successful and Famous Mission in nasas history. Just a week before our cjs bill was marked up in sub skmit, nasa submitted a 1. 6 billion Budget Amendment and intended to start the effort to advance the return of humans to the moon by four years. Such little time prevented us from adequately considering the proposal. This hearing will give us an opportunity to obtain more information from nasas regarding its revised plans for returning to the moon. While all of us on this subcommittee would like to send the first woman astronaut into deep space, including to the surface of the moon, we want to do it in a responsible way from the perspective of safety, cost, and likelihood of mi
Jose serrano id like to welcome nasa administrator, jim bryden stein, and acting associate administrator for nasa human exploration and operations ken bowersox to the subcommittee this morning. Earlier this year, nasa commemorated the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon, which remains the single most successful and Famous Mission and nasas history. Just a week before the cjs bill was marked up in subcommittee, nasa submitted a 1. 6 million 1. 6 billion Budget Amendment that intended to advance our humans to the moon by four years. This prevented us from adequately considering the proposal this hearing will give us an opportunity to obtain more information from nasa regarding the revised plans for returning to the moon. This subcommittee would like to send the first woman astronaut into deep space, including to the surface of the moon. We want to do it in a theonsible way from perspective of safety, cost, and likelihood of mission success. As most of you know, i have been a stro
The subcommission come to order. I would like to welcome nasa administrator, jim bridenstine, and acting nasa associate administrator for human exploration and operations, kenneth bowersox, to the subcommittee. Earlier this year nasa commemorated the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon, which remains the single most successful and Famous Mission in nasas history. Just a week before our cjs bill was marked up in subcommittee, nasa submitted a 1. 6 billion Budget Amendment that intended to start the effort to advance the return of humans to the moon by four years. Such little time prevented us from adequately considering the proposal. This hearing will give us an opportunity to obtain more information from nasa regarding its revised plans for returning to the moon. While all of us on this subcommittee would like to send the first woman astronaut into deep space, including to the surface of the moon, we want to do so in a responsible way, from the perspectives of safety, cost, and