About the budget and more. Jeff, in your space news budget,about the nasa you quote Richard Shelby who says the Current Administration to except where the Previous Administration left off, by projecting a lofty vision for space. Where does the budget stand in this process . Administration, in their fiscal year 2018 budget proposal, requested less than what nasa received in 2017. And it puts cuts into various of thes, including some exploration programs, science programs, and elsewhere in the agency. And what you are seeing from senator shelby and others in congress, is a reaction to those , and efforts in the Appropriations Committee to restore those cuts. Thatat are the key Areas Congress would like to see restored to the nasa budget . There are a couple of programs in nasas exploration program. A next generation, heavy lift rocket that will be used for Missions Beyond earths orbit, including mars. Another is the orion spacecraft, that will carry astronauts on those missions to the mo
I want to show you a portion of that hearing, next up on cspan, chaired by senator richard shelby, of alabama. The hearing will come to order. I am pleased to welcome acting administrator robert lightfoot, to the commerce, justice, and hearing, toommittee consider nasas 2018 fiscal year budget request. Mr. Lightfoot and i worked well together during his tenure as director of the Marshall Space Flight center in huntsville, alabama. Mr. Lightfoot, thank you for serving as nasas leader during this time of change, and i appreciate you joining us here today. The administration has proposed a fiscal year 2018 budget of 19. 1 billion, for nasa. Its a reduction of 2. 9 from the current year number. And while this overall cut is less than any other agency is going to experience in the budget request, it still reflects a significant reduction of 561 million. This budget request attempts to navigate a challenging environment, but would disrupt Ongoing Missions and delay future exploration for yea
Atlanta, new orleans, gainesville florida, and selected the memorial hospital, which is what drew me to atlanta. I did my residency there. Host at what point did you say, i want to be a doctor . Sec. Price as soon as i realized i could not be a professional baseball player, very early by the way. My father grew up on a farm. He was a dairy farmer. And in the late 1950s, there was the bottom fell out of milk prices and so we moved from the farm in michigan, to suburban detroit. My father then went back to medical school at the age of 36 and went through medical school, the oldest person in his class. And that, through that process i was just young at the time, but i remember being intrigued by what he was doing. Then of course my grandfather being a physician as well, they both inspired me. So somewhere in high school i thought it would be good to move into a career, toward a career in medicine. And i was accepted out of high school into what at that time was a combined premedical and m
Nafta. Former mexican trade officials talked about the likelihood of an agreement eating reached and how much Bargaining Power mexico has based on its trade deals with other countries. From the wilson center, this is two hours. Mr. Wood good morning. Will you come down and take a seat here. If youre looking for a place, we are willing to sell these place at an inflated price. There are scalpers outside. Do not use them. Just give the money directly to me. Welcome to the wilson center. Thank you for being here. When we talked about the event, a little voice inside my head said you are crazy, its washington, no one will come. They said maybe the nafta is important enough, maybe our existential questions will attract an audience, and then we came up on bright idea of asking mexicos chief negotiator to participate. Ken said yes, and this is going to happen. It is extraordinary. And then ken said, no, i can do it. So i apologize for misleading you. It was not intentional. But we got a panel
Zones call 2027488000. And for those of you in the mountain and mask time zone, 027488001. Joining us first up from the Goddard Space Center Visitors Center is shawn goldman, a Research Space scientist for nasa. Good morning and welcome to the program. Shawn thank you. Host what are you looking for today . Guest im getting my daughter and going to enjoy the beauty of the eclipse. Even though im a scientist when Something Like this happens you enjoy the scenery because it will be awesome because no matter where you are in the United States youll get to join us which is special. Host walk us through the mechanics. Guest the moon will pass in front of the sun. Anywhere you are in the United States youll see a black disk from the moon moving across the disk of the sun. Well talk about it in a bit. You wear solar glasses when looking at it. When youre in the path of totality, moving from oregon to cape lookout, south carolina, and youll know if youre there, you probably made plans in advanc