Humans to mars by 2030 and is currently mapping the planet using a robotic rover on mars named curiosity. This is an hour and 25 minutes. [applause] thank you all for coming. We got the email about 10 30 this morning that said that Charlie Bolden wasnt coming, and that was the bad news. Because we didnt have a replacement then. But when i found out who was coming, i was actually kind of delighted because Charlie Bolden is a great guy, i like talking to him, but hes an administrator, and administrators are, by their nature, rather cautious. And hes also, he knows the science but not like jim green who lives and breathes the science. And when were looking, you know, we watch nasa press conferences, and we wait until he speaks so that we can get a sound bite for our radio program. [laughter] hes the one who says Something Interesting every time. [laughter] so its really a delight to have you with us. Thanks for coming. Pleasure. And, yeah. So were going to talk about planets and planet sc
Of the house in 2011 that you would not be able to pass a budget. Is that likely given where we are in the process . Guest we have passed a budget every year in the 12 years we had it. I think we will get there. A budget is always the perils of pauline exercise. You get to the last minute and like pauline will be run over by the train, but it never quite happens. We are continuing to negotiate in good faith. I dont think the budget itself is likely to change very much. Its a matter of law and i think it has passed out of the Budget Committee. But there are some things that some of the folks that have concerns are interested in in terms of addressing entitlements and rules changes that will force us to deal with unauthorized appropriations. I actually think those are good things. Those are things that need to be dealt with. You have to count on the Leadership Team to get it done. Hopefully, they will. The Freedom Caucus has been making requests that seem fairly difficult to grand, sayin
People of turkey made me president by 52 of the votes. Mr. Irdyk thank you. We need to go to the audience for a couple of questions, if you are ok with that. I would ask you to wait for the microphone, to identify yourself, and please to ask a question, not to make a statement. Tohave an opportunity here ask questions of the president , but we are not interested in having a political statement in the process. I also want to make clear that this is not a press conference. This is a discussion, with policy people in washington. So i hope the media will understand, but call on all of to turned it into a press conference, i want to avoid that. I am the Deputy Director of brookings Foreign Policy programs. Thank you very much for coming here and engaging in a discussion at brookings. In your speech he talked about a number of different issues around the region, but that was one country that received almost pleading mentioned, and that was iran. Turkey has played an Important Role and diplom
Chinese people are looking at that too. That has to do with the rule of law. I believe talked about it. We want everybody to observe the rule of law. Experience of the last two decades has shown that ability to observe the rule of law, in many aspects, including the wto, the manipulation of currency, the protection of its own markets, and many other problems. Communismfferent than and democracy. I am asking you which must . All of you. How to move forward so that china can observe the rule of law so we can develop a better trust and have a more stable and peaceful regional and global development, especially in the south East China Sea maam, this is a lot of questions. Just one, rule of law. Will become ana democracy. That reminds me of a book, at the end of the cold war. Basically what was said is liberty and democracy prevails with the collapse of the former soviet union. What we saw today was so Many Political chaos in young democracies like thailand, and theukraine, egypt, sovereign
Aerospace safety advisory 2013, they recommended for that competition be maintained until safety is achieved. With these dealing safety considerations . If we are going keep the process open for competition, how do you inject safety . We put the competition in and write contracts that allow us to get into the facilities and levy additional regulations if necessary. We are confident right now. We just went through a contract process. It involves commercial crew capabilities. It is a contract that has allowed us to work with companies. We asked them to demonstrate how they will meet our safety standards. Demonstrate how you will document those standards. Show us how you will handle has agreed works. We are doing that with them. We have worked with them for years. Our can meet or exceed standards. That is exactly what they will do. They will have their own standards. My time is more than expired. Let me read to you from this annual report. Providerown selects 21 before the selectee has de