To be working if you dont have a book yet pick one up from the book seller partner in the back [applause] thank you for coming so talking to the space archaeologist. [laughter] so we talk backstage so first of all congratulate sarah on her book please. [applause] i feel this one and copy tucked in i have personally read it but i want to hear about how the book came around because of the american writers so it all started in 2016 after i won the prize and my tv agent and said you should really write a book and i said i know better than to write a book so where will i find the time and then kicking off a platform so to me for the general i can give talks and lectures so the idea of writing something in the range of 80000 words that people would actually want to keep reading and read the first two pages of the third chapter if you are not asleep and you are not a specialist so to think about the proposal and all the books that are out there for the general public first of all there really
And how we see ourselves we can look thousands of years into her own history and see what was otherwise invisible. And with the three bbc specials and 2014 fellow and winter and at the trinitarian and with that activity as stark influence as a hopes for alien life. And welcome to both of you. We have known each other for quite a few years it was a wonderful surprise. So i guess so first of all congratulations on your book quite [applause] i feel this one copy tucked in i have partially read it with full disclosure but i want to hear about how the book cameouow around. And in 2016 shortly after and my atv agent and i know authors to write a book i have a young child of trying to kick off this big a platform and trying to write a book and i wrote annk Academic Book and with the general public i can give an hour talk and i can give lectures and in the range of 80000 words and that you should buy my textbook and then read the third chapter. So in the process of thinking of the proposal and
And our adler members here tonight. And for those of you who would like to check out the planetarium, theres a free admission pass at our front desk, so stop by and grab one of those on the way out if you have not been. We are thrilled to be working with the adlers to present tonights program. If you dont have a book yet, you can pick one with up from our bookseller partner at seminary coop there in the back. Were here tonight to welcome sarah parcak and lucianne wall wits to talk about walkowicz. The story of the extraordinary new world of space archaeology is a story of how we see ourselves. Through spy photographs and satellite imagery, we can look thousands of years into our history and discover what would otherwise be completely invisible to us. Sarah has worked on five continents and over 20 years of experience in the anthropology field including as a National Geographic explorer. Her work has been the subject of three bb specials, and she was a 2014 senior ted fellow and winner
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
1985 but had been dormant 2002, before its reestablishment in the 2019 National Defense authorization act. This hearing is an hour and 30 minutes. [indistinct conversations] limiting welcome to order. Senator van hollen, if you would like to make your remarks, now is a good time. Thank you. I would like to introduce the nominee for the National Reconnaissance office known as nro. Mr. Chairman, while i cannot say that i am happy to see mr. Scalise leave his current duties in the state of maryland for nasa, i can say with great confidence that the nro would be very fortunate to have him as their director. Since march 2012, he has served nasa goddardf Space Flight Center in agreement greenbelt maryland. We are part of the work he has been doing. Mr. Scalise has worked in a variety of positions at goddard and before that at n. A. S. A. Headquarters. Prior to joining n. A. S. A. In 1987, he served as an officer in the navy working and classified programs and worked as civilian in the Defens