Purpose of an introduction. Thank you, mr. Chairman. If it pleases the committee i would like to first of all disclose that sometime around 11 00 oclock i have to depart early for a previously scheduled meeting but i do want to take just a moment to recognize a young lady in the audience today in each one of my colleagues have been provided a nice glossy bio of this young lady for the benefit of the rest of the audience and for hearing purposes to recognize mary would form an now she is in the back [applause] mary is a freshman at the university of arkansas. [applause] we dont have to holler sue here and we dont have to call the hawks today but given our record in sec right now we probably shouldnt be calling the logs right now but that said the information provided to each of my colleagues so states this is a very special young lady doing very well in her College Studies at the university of arkansas and while she is not on the dais today and not one of the people testifying she has j
Members of congress, distinguished guests colleagues from the department of defense, past and present. Members of the Vietnam Commemoration Advisory Committee the, thank you for being here today. Thank you to the organizers an commemorative partners of this important event and thousands like it across the country and the entire vietnam commemoration effort. Most importantly, thank you to the vietnam era veterans and their families who join us. You honor us with your presence. In a year of anniversaries for this years marks the 150th anniversary of the end of our civil war, the 70th anniversary of the end ever world war ii, the 65th anniversary of the start of korean war, today we gather to remember the vietnam war and to honor those who served in it. We remember the 50th anniversary of president johnsons executive order establishing the Vietnam Service ribbon and we honor our 7. 2 million living vietnam era veterans. Fair fallen comrades in arms including those still unaccounted for an
Nasa peerreviewed research is needed. You asked about critical areas of research. The life and physical sciences survey which was completed in 2011 at Congress Request summarized the sequence 6 summarized an sequenced 65 high priority tasks. Furthermore, the study created two research plans. One with the goal of building a Research Enterprise and the other with a goal of a Human Mission to mars. More about those goals in a moment. You asked about priorities. Prioritizing i. S. S. Research isnt a new concept. In fact, we been working on that problem for close to 15 years. But the key question for prioritization isnt scientific. Its programmatic. It is Something Like this. Shall Discovery Research or fundamental research or Translational Research take precedence in the mature years of the i. S. S. Program . The answer to that question has to be provided by government. Once those programmatic priorities are sequenced can we prioritize the research . Absolutely. The l. P. S. Survey provide
I yield. Sort of like those people who think it might have been a good idea to let puerto rico be independent, mr. Brooks. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Ive been pondering American History with europe while weve been listening to your testimony and q a back and forth. And it seems after world war ii for 47 years when there was not a European Community our relationship with europe was good. Then we had the eu created seven years worth of phase in and the Euro Currency comes into play in roughly 1999 and now 16 years thereafter and our relationship has been good. So either way, americas relationship with europe has done well with and without the euro. So to me, the European Union issue is more of a focal point for the european nations and they should be the deciders of their fate. And im curious about a comment that was made that the European Union is better for the usa, quote end quote. And my question is, why . What can you share for us that would help convince me that it is in americas bes
Iss. Hover, while the range of iss uses is expanding the resources to support them are not. Funding for the iss Research Represents a mere 12 of the overall iss budget. Constraints on Cargo Transportation, as well as Available Power and precious crew time limit what research can be accomplished at the station. In that regard i know many of us want to understand the implications of cargo resupply operations. Crew operations and the sustainability of the station. In addition, mr. Chairman, theres critical work to be done on the iss and Human Health Research and Technology Development that needs to be carried out if were going to make progress toward the longterm goal of sending humans to mars. In january 2014, the Obama Administration proposed to extend iss operations until at least 2024. The administration has three rationales for the extension. To complete iss research that supports Long Duration Human Missions beyond lower earth orbit to garner societal benefits. Some of which we see