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Whitney, executive director of the gerald dar ford president ial foundation, to the podium to introduce tonights speaker, gleaves. Thanks for. As joel, just said, were back. Look at this. This is great to have all these people in the auditorium after all those months of covid. So i applaud you for being here. You came for a Great Program this evening. As as you all know, weve been bringing bill brands back to grand rapids, west michigan, for many years, almost two decades. And ill introduce him in just a minute. But first, i want to welcome our cspan, our viewing audience. I want to welcome all of you who are here in person. I think we have some trustees from the gerald ford president ial foundation to recognize. I think i see bob hooker and i think j. C. Rising is here. We have one of the ford president fords family members, greg ford, a nephew of president. Mrs. Ford, welcome. Glad youre always glad youre here. So, yeah, go ahead and applaud. Absolutely absolutely. Now, those of you
Guillermo. Thank you. Hi, there. Very nice, thank you. Im jimmy, im the host. Thanks for watching on this friday. Thank you for joining us on a night of scientific triumph. After more than 50 years, i dont know if you heard, were back on the moon. The spacecraft odysseus, or odie as its friends call it, is the first vehicle launched from the United States to land on the moon since 1972. Which is a big deal. This is basically the space equivalent of bell bottoms coming back. [ laughter ] odysseus is also the first commercial spacecraft to land on the moon. Its mission was to deliver camera and radio equipment for nasa. Nasa posted this today your order was delivered to the moon [ laughter ] at long last, humanity has finally begun amazongarbaging the surface of the moon. [ laughter ] congratulations, everybody. Meanwhile, history is being made back here on earth too. Kfc has unveiled their latest culinary monstrosity. It is a pizza made out of fried chicken. [ laughter ] called the chiz