Is they dont take a case unless someone has died. Announcer watched tonight at 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan two book tv. Announcer now a house hearing on the Research Conducted during the total Solar Eclipse of august 21, and how events like the eclipse can help generate Student Interest in scientific fields. This is one hour and 20 minutes. Rep. Comstock the committee on science, space and technology will come to order. The objection the chair is authorized to declare recessed as a committee at any time. Good morning and welcome to todays hearing entitled the Great American eclipse to totality and beyond. I recognize myself for an opening statement, but im going to submit most of my prepared statement for a record. We need to finish the hearing before votes are called around 10 30 a. M. , so apologies for truncating things. We will be inspired by our witnessing today Witnesses Today and harnessing the enthusiasm for the eclipse we saw when people really came together. I know my husband
The Iconic Museum here in the Nations Capital. Happy summer solstice. First day of summer and what a summer its going to be. Today we have two briefings to talk about an event 99 years in the making. August 21 total Solar Eclipse across america. Now in these briefings we will talk about and you hear about safety in viewing the eclipse, travel, and of course, the science. The first briefing, through the eyes of nasa. You will hear the unprecedented assets from americas space program. Spacecraft, airplanes, balloons and little bit of everything in between. Also, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have their own unique assets. You will hear about those. Coming back down to earth, directly affecting of public obviously, the parks. There will be extraordinary record numbers of crowds at National Parks. You will hear about them. To be better prepareed. And of course to get to those parks and the festivals and museums and whole plethora of activities across the country, the T
The Iconic Museum here in the Nations Capital. Happy summer solstice. First day of summer and what a summer its going to be. Today we have two briefings to talk about an event 99 years in the making. August 21 total Solar Eclipse across america. Now in these briefings we will talk about and you hear about safety in viewing the eclipse, travel, and of course, the science. The first briefing, through the eyes of nasa. You will hear the unprecedented assets from americas space program. Spacecraft, airplanes, balloons and little bit of everything in between. Also, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have their own unique assets. You will hear about those. Coming back down to earth, directly affecting of public obviously, the parks. There will be extraordinary record numbers of crowds at National Parks. You will hear about them. To be better prepareed. And of course to get to those parks and the festivals and museums and whole plethora of activities across the country, the T
Take back full control of your mind and attention from distraction. Make this a great event. And on behalf of the federal highway administration, thank you very much. Afternoon, my name is duane brown. We are coming to you live from the Iconic Museum here in the nations capital. Our first briefing featured assets and being prepared. You dont want to miss this. It is about the science. We have interesting things happening in the science community. We will have briefed recitations and then we will open up with questions starting here at the museum and on phone lines and social media. Solarec 99 years in the making. Im waiting for the scientists. They have me excited. I will introduce our panelists we have social media, send those questions and, eclipse 2017. Im excited about the science so let me introduce you. Thomas, back again. Nice red. I think that means something. Administrator at nasa headquarters. Angela, and supple investigator of the eclipse ballooning project. Coast,ut to the
Take back full control of your mind and attention from distraction. Make this a great event. And on behalf of the federal highway administration, thank you very much. Afternoon, my name is duane brown. We are coming to you live from the Iconic Museum here in the nations capital. Our first briefing featured assets and being prepared. You dont want to miss this. It is about the science. We have interesting things happening in the science community. We will have briefed recitations and then we will open up with questions starting here at the museum and on phone lines and social media. Solarec 99 years in the making. Im waiting for the scientists. They have me excited. I will introduce our panelists we have social media, send those questions and, eclipse 2017. Im excited about the science so let me introduce you. Thomas, back again. Nice red. I think that means something. Administrator at nasa headquarters. Angela, and supple investigator of the eclipse ballooning project. Coast,ut to the