[inaudible conversations] good morning. The subcommittee on space will come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Welcome to todays hearing, title an update on nasa exploration systems develop. I now recognize mist for an open statement. More and asia means expanding our reach as humans. It is a civilization and as country the arm opt our nation to explore space is a strategic imperative. The ability to carry out this critical strategic endeavor will rely on a few key capables. From the launch, the space launch system in order to push beyond low earth orbit we minimum fish developing the orion capsule in order to operate in deep space. And we must upgrade our ground infrastructure to support a rejuvenated and an expand exploration agenda. The nasa goal in the nasa transition authorizing argentina is to extend human presence through the solar system. The space launch system in orion are the strategic capabilities that wil
[inaudible conversations] good morning. The subcommittee on space will come to order. Without objection, the chairs authorized to declare a recess of the subcommittee at any time. Welcome to todays hearing, title an update on nasa exploration systems develop. I now recognize mist for an open statement. More and asia means expanding our reach as humans. It is a civilization and as country the arm opt our nation to explore space is a strategic imperative. The ability to carry out this critical strategic endeavor will rely on a few key capables. From the launch, the space launch system in order to push beyond low earth orbit we minimum fish developing the orion capsule in order to operate in deep space. And we must upgrade our ground infrastructure to support a rejuvenated and an expand exploration agenda. The nasa goal in the nasa transition authorizing argentina is to extend human presence through the solar system. The space launch system in orion are the strategic capabilities that wil
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
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