Six years. Peter scott, one of the things that john and i have discussed with many of our guests is interpretation on Civil War Battlefield parks. We have also talked about the partnerships with academics and we have seen with many of our guests, including our guest on thursday, nina Silver Silver was one of the first historians that came to the park and had conversations with the park staff about ways to broaden the interpretation of gettysburg and time and time again john and i have noticed that these connections between academics and public historians, you cannot conclude there is this a great gulf between these two sides as i think there once was. I thought we could open by having you reflect upon how battlefield interpretation, how it changed over time during your career and if you wouldnt mind, i would be interested in what you see as opportunities as we look ahead. Or iimportant observation my girlsy fun fact cameron and isabel carmichael, i have to give them a shout out today b
Our part to reach out beyond our comfort zone, listen to others, lower the temperature, and find some common ground. Next nasa straight oher jim, testifies on changes at the agency due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is an hour and 40 minutes. Ziverbs is it would be helpful if the administrator would highlight how nasa is implements Lessons Learned from commercial crew development. In november of last year this committee passed the nasa authorization act demonstrating strong support. Legislation strongly supported nasas key science priorities, aeronautics research, plan terry exploration, and other initiatives. Today the administrator can provide an update on these missions and describe any major impacts on cost, schedule or operations caused by the pandemic. Nascar plays an Important Role in americas whole of government approach to securing the space do name. Great power competition in space is a reality. Chinas space ambitions are wellknown and the communist party has devoted resou
We will get into that. Let me say a little bit about scott. Welcome, scott. Many of our viewers know scott from his very long and successful and productive tenure and engagement with the National Park. He has been retired for a little more than 10 years or a little less than 10 years, excuse me. Geez, actually six years. Peter one thing john and i have discussed with many of our guests is interpretation on Civil War Battlefield parks. We also talked about partnerships with academics. We have seen with many of our guests, including our guest on thursday, nina silver, one of the first historians who came to the park and had conversations about ways to broaden the interpretation of gettysburg. Time and time again, john have noticed these connections between academics and public historians. Cant then conclude there is this great gap or golf between the two sides. I thought we could open by howng you reflect upon battlefield interpretation has changed over time during your career. And then,
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Cspan2. Next, nasa administrator jim bryden sign talks about future emissions and changes at the agency due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is one hour and 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] this hearing will come to order. Nd20 has been a year of challenge and triumph for Americas National space agency. Covid19 pandemic has disrupted planning and daytoday operations but nasa and its commercial partners have achieved many successful outcomes. These include longchain american astronauts to the International Space station and returning them safely to earth. And returning that launch vehicle safely to earth. Launching a perseverance rover to mars in preparing the space launch systems sls rocket and iranian crew capsule for the first deeps place but Nation Program next year. Im pleased that nasa administrator jimpl is here to provide us with an update on nasas mission and programs and the agencys plans for the future. Further progress is critical to achieving the goals of landing the