American history tv on cspan3. The house science and Space Committee held a hearing yesterday on the space launch ,ee it the space lots system helping exploration on the moon and mars. It is also planning on trips to the International Space station. Good morning. The subcommittee on space will come to order. I now recognize myself for five minutes of an Opening Statement. Exploration means expanding our reach as humans. As a civilization and as a country, the ability of our nation to explore space is a strategic imperative. Our ability to carry out the strategic never will rely to carry out the strategical endeavor will let us push beyond low earth orbit, we must finish the override capsule in order to operate in deep space. We must update our ground infrastructure to support a rejuvenated and expanded agenda. Longterm goal is laid out in the 2017 nasa transition authorization act, to extend human presence throughout the solar system. System in allch right and have strategic capabiliti
Thank you, mister chairman. Let me introduce our witnesses. First witness today is Mister William gerstenmaier, associate administrator at nasa. William gerstenmaier began his nasa career in 1977 performing Aeronautical Research and he has managed nasas human spaceflight portfolio since 2011, received a bachelors of science aeronautical engineering from Purdue University and a masters of science in Mechanical Engineering from university of toledo. Our second witness today is Sandra Sandra magnus, executive director of astronautics. In addition to her role there, Sandra Magnus is a former and nasa astronaut and prior to that worked as a practicing engineer in the aerospace industry. Sandra magnus received a degree in physics as well as a masters degree in Electrical Engineering from Missouri University of science and technology. She also earned a phd from the school of material science and engineering at georgia tech and now recognize William Gerstenmaier for five minutes to present his
Right. Here comes jones for the first time tonight. Baltimore orioles star adam jones gets a rousing ovation at fenway park, a day after being taunted by racest slurs by fans there. Theres bigger issues in the world than a baseball game. This is purery entertainment. How jones turned an ugly scene into a positive outcome. And first on today. Brad pitt breaks his silent about his split against angeline ja jolie. Today, wednesday, may 3rd, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Anyone who has had the chance to interview brad pitt over the last 10 or 15 years knows he doesnt love to talk about his personal life. Thats why this interview seems so candid and revealing. Yeah. He gets introspective. Its interesting to hear that. Were going to have that in a couple of moments. Man, you would think its november 2016. Its clinton versus trump all over
The meeting will come to order. Since we to have members here that want to be recognized and introduced to everyone, and i happen to be one of those, i think we might go ahead before Opening Statements and do that before we lose someone. If we already know a Lieutenant General todd semonite, youre a regular here pim recognize at this time senator carden to recognize pete ran, introduce pete mr. Chairman, thank you very much. A pleasure to have the secretary here before our committee. Thats secretary of the of transportation in maryland but as i was telling the chairman, this is the third state hes been secretary of transportation. Hes directed the Missouri Department of transportation and the new mexico state highway department. He just cant hold onto a job. Were proud of the work he does in maryland. We have a pretty challenging organization in maryland where the secretary of transportations responsible for all modes of transportation and coordinating all modes of transportation. Mr.
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