Space is a top priority of this administration. Under the leadership of the president and Vice President we see remarkable progress in this google area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers and their spirit continues as america leads humanity to a new chapter of Space Exploration and scientific discovery. Behind the efforts of the United States government, the leaders of private industry, we will reach new heights that until recently we could have only dreamed of. As the chair of the National Space council the Vice President is leading policy development to sustain leadership in space and private sector growth. Before president ial space policy directives generated by the council are sparking Us Government efforts to put americans back on the moon, unleash commercial use of space, strengthen us space Traffic Management and stand up Us Space Force within the department of defense this administration is streamlining bigger story frameworks, policies and proxies to better leverage and support Us Commercial space industry and partnering with the commercial sector to ensure that American Companies remain world leaders. Of particular note is artemis achieving the horizon goal of sending humans to mars. Nasas progress in the moon to mars mission is both breathtaking and inspiring. The Space Council and nasa are working nonstop to develop technology that will turn humans to the moon by 2024, establish a sustainable lunar presence and return, continue the journey to mars and beyond. In addition to nasa all components of the Us Government are contributing to this and credible achievement with agencies such as the department of energy and commerce driving cuttingedge research and development in space, space power and space commercialization. Through the Artemis Mission the United States along with international and commercial partners will accomplish a historic achievement for all of humanity. Here to tell us more about the moon to mars mission is the deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and space administration. Good afternoon. Im excited to be here, cant see one of you though. Neither am i. Really want to start with a story about myself. I was 6 years old and i might walk right off this stage. I was 6 years old and found myself in arlington if you are familiar with it and i remember getting outside my parents forward station wagon, it had a hinge on the back window. I remember my brother walking me up to this rambler. We knocked on the door and answered the door, what is going on . I looked at my parents in the car thinking it got past, and my brother got his autograph and that was the first time i met john glenn. And like glenns first orbit, if we are not exploring we are not finding new science and technology and if that is not the case then we are not leading. We have entered a transformation area in space. Our ancestors witnessed the industrial revolution. Many of you in this room have witnessed the digital and internet revolutions. We are in the space resolution and for Donald Trumps space policy direction, jim bryden stein, the nasa administrator has set broad goals. I am not doing this right so far, the first is a transition to commercial and International Operations in low earth orbit that will support nasa and the needs of an emerging commercial economy. The second is to put in place capabilities that facilitate lunar surface operations and Missions Beyond the moon. The scientific discovery, and pinpoint lunar resources through a series of robotic missions. We want to have astronauts go forward to the surface of the moon for a sustained presence and demonstrate the capabilities required for Human Missions to mars and beyond. The strategy now exists. It starts with the artemis program. Artemis was apollos twin sister in greek mythology and goddess of the moon. The last time we left the moon we left flags and footprints. This time we are going to prepare to explore other worlds. We intend to enable discovery, enable Economic Growth and continue American Global leadership. The primary goal of artemis is a mars concept of operations. Why mars . Within the last 16 months with the help of curiosity we found complex organic compounds on mars. These are the Building Blocks of life. Im not saying there is life on mars, all right but there are 12 kilometers underneath the surface. We know there is water and we have observed methane cycles. They could be geological but they could be biological. Curiosity is what we call a precursor mission. If you think of apollo there were 23 precursor missions before we landed on the moon. The results we are getting on mars today are determining the areas of the greatest potential for life and also planetary resources and i will get into why in a few minutes. Another mission we had was opportunity. It ended last year. It was supposed to be a 90 day mission. It lasted 15 years. We are working on a new mission called mars 2020. This mission will have its own helicopter deployed from the rover. When you think about the amount of distance a rover can do in a martian day this helicopter will be able to cover the same distance, it will do three times as much as the rover will as far as distance goes. No other country has ever successfully landed on mars. We have done it nine times. There are some expensive craters on mars. It took a while for us to figure it out. This is not easy. What i want to get around is our primary objective is a end to end demonstration of systems, technology, operations and Human Performance to get humans to mars and beyond. A major part of this will be to identify Natural Resources on the moon. This the picture of what we call the volatile investigating polar exploration rover. We call it viper. Those are substances that evaporate. We are having viper provide surface level detail on where and how much water ice there is on the moon. To harvest water ice, it is for life support, thinking about oxygen for breathing, we hope to find that on the moon and use it but we also want to prove it out on the moon because we expect to find it on mars like i said. We are looking for Breakthrough Technologies to do this. To tell you what we are trying to do regarding Breakthrough Technologies we are trying to mass produce retinal implants. We are trying to find a cure for pancreatic cancer and create human tissue and organs with 3d printing. If we succeed in those areas they can result in greater economic opportunities. We need to explore the utility and economics of using each lunar resource for deep Space Exploration. The reserves on the moon must be compared to those on earth which are really what we call underdeveloped hear any of the rocket equation. The rocket equation limits rocket payloads so as a payload weight increases so does the amount of propellant needed. It is the same on the moon. If we can mine water ice and Platinum Group metals we think are there it is possible with Artificial Intelligence, robotics and 3d printing we could manufacture hardware on the moon and launch from there where the gravity well is one sixth of that of earth. It is possible we could launch more payload or useless propellant or both on the moon. If we can prove it is economically viable we can do it again and again so we need to safely land humans on the moon, land hardware there, establish a presence and then keep going. It could be that the moon will be the jumping off point, this is one reason a longterm lunar presence is desired or we can use different ones similar to coal mining in West Virginia or harvesting timber in the Pacific Northwest and finding oil in texas. We have a program called the commercial winner Payload Services program and we are trying to use it as much as possible. It is a new way of exploring new science with private enterprise. The Program Allows numerous providers to compete on cost innovation. If so costs of deep space access will go down. The moon is our proving ground, mars is our destination. Weve got to were in learn to work and stay for long periods of time and we have to replicate these efforts on other planets so our systems architecture will continue to be adjusted as we learn more science. It is not surprising so many countries want to land on the moon. Im talking about the peoples republic of china, india and israel to name a few. The space economy right now is at 400,000,000, 000, Goldman Sachs said we could have 1,000,000,000, 000 space economy in the next two decades. This is a transformational arrow. This is the space launch system rocket and this will send our or ryan spacecraft with as many as four astronauts to what we call the gateway that will be in orbit at the moon. The core stage which is the yellow part is already built and we have attached the four engines. The solid rocket boosters alongside the core stage are already ready. This is the most powerful and largest rocket that has ever been built. This is what we call the superguppy. We transported this space capsule to ohio last week for thermal vacuum and electromagnetic testing due to its size and weight it is pretty difficult to transport it so we had to use a special aircraft. Heres another picture that got my attention. This is the or ryan capsule. The Service Module is below it. If you were around for apollo you know what that is and that was built by the European Space agency and that is what will go to the gateway. The gateway is a maneuverable command module providing power, communications, and lifesupport and the gateway will be the transfer that will descend to the moons surface. Let me show you a quick video that shows you what we are talking about. 50 years ago we pioneered the path to the moon. We cut through the fictions of science and showed us all what was possible. Today it is even greater. To go farther we have to sustain missions of greater distance and duration. We must use the resources we find that our destination, overcome radiation, isolation, gravity and extreme environments like never before. These are the challenges we faced. We are going to the moon to stay by 2024 and this is how. A start to the abilities to get larger heavier payloads off planet and beyond earths gravity. An entirely new rocket. Sls will be the most powerful rocket of developed. More investing. This is the catalyst for deep Space Missions. We need a capsule that can support from launch and reserve returned safely to earth. The next generation human space capsule. Using data from lunar orbit, this reveals hazards and resources. We are developing an entirely new approach to landing and operating on the moon to deliver science instrument and robotics to the surface, paving the way to Human Missions by 2024. To go quickly and stay, collective efforts with a fervor that will see us return in a manner that is wholly different from 50 years ago. We want landers that are reusable to land anywhere on the lunar surface to give them a platform in orbit around the moon to which to transition. An orbiting platform for away point for human capsule, we call this lunar outpost gateway. The beauty of gateway as it can be moved between orbit. In a position that is ideal for launching Space Missions. In 2009 we learned that the moon contains millions of tons of water ice. Separating an option for briefing. The moon is uniquely suited to propel us to mars and beyond. This is what we are building. This is what we are training for. Replica we can replicate throughout the solar system. Human Space Exploration. Humans are the most fragile elements of this network and yet we go toward humanity. To go to the moon and beyond mars to seek understanding and share with all. We go knowing our efforts will create opportunities that cannot be foreseen as we go because we are destined to explore and see with our own eyes. Not as a contingent but preparation as a check point toward all the lies beyond. Our greatest furniture adventures remain ahead of us. We are going. We are going. We are going. We are going. To say the least it is a little exciting at nasa right now. With the president and Vice President s leadership we are going to land the first woman on the moon in the next man by the way. The ancient poet homer called artemis the torch brinker. These words remain true today. William shatner said the most fragile element is the human system and when he said that we are still dealing with issues like radiation. One of ken baowersox has been working in the Human Research division has done a tremendous job and i asked him what was it like to sleep in space and he said you want to have the pillow and the blanket tucked up next to you like we all do and you are kind of floating. I found some water satchels and tried to wedge myself in between a bulkhead and the water satchels just to feel that pressure we all enjoy when we are trying to sleep in bed but also wants to get the protection of the water from radiation. Theres also the psychosocial challenges of living in a confined space for long durations. I guess what im trying to say is we still have a few things to figure out. Were really in the early steps of a journey that leads american astronauts back into deep space. And at the same time were leaving the scientific and engineering communities to new discoveries. Today, science goes hand in hand with human exploration, and weve got new leadership in the human Exploration Mission directorate, and thats part of this is where going to be working much closer together with the Science Mission directorate. We go to the moon not as a destination, but as shatner said, as a preparation. At the same time, we are launching new missions to study our solar system. This is the james Webb Telescope which is really trying to peer beyond our solar system. Ive had the honor to work with Jim Bridenstine, the nasa administrator, to try to lead this agency for over a year now, and i continue to see the talents and the disciplines that represent americas capabilities. They are in this room today. Space exploration is no longer exclusive. This is a picture of the first female, off it will spacewalk. There were an estimated 5. 8 billion Media Connections around this event. Apollo, the astros are mostly test pilots. And today weve got a diverse astronaut corps. Christina koch was in this picture is an electrical engineer, and the other is jessica mayer. Shes got a doctorate in marine biology. If you have the time, look up jessica on youtube. Youre going to see her doing research under the ice in antarctica as well as doing research on geese that fly at high altitudes and how they can perform at such high levels without oxygen. What a courtesy is we want inclusion and we want at the industry and the international level, too. Who leads the space revolution is critical to who dominates the world in the future. And as beacons of light, like artemis, weve got to Work Together so that all free nations can follow that light and share in the benefits that will follow. Space compels us as a society to bring the United States and the world together. We join with other countries of the free world to go to the moon, this time its a proven track to prepare to go to mars and beyond. Not because we do what no one else can, not because we want to advantage ourselves over other countries. We do it to better the human condition of all people. We do it to build a better life for our children and our grandchildren. Not just for americans, but for all people on this earth who want to Work Together. We do it because exploration is a fundamental trait of our species. Its our shared destiny. This is why we go. Its the challenge we have again accepted, that we will accomplish, and we go together, and i hope you will come with us. Us. Thank you very much. [applause] and now caroline harris, Vice President , Economic Development of the u. S. Chamber of commerce. Good afternoon. As with her throughout the day, the anticipated growth of your space factor is in question we tied to the evolving Regulatory Regime which will either propel or inhibit investment and innovation. Fortunately, the department of commerce understands these intercut market forces. From the highest levels the department is leading the way to implement key initiatives, including a proven commercial access to space Traffic Management and ensuring the safety of operations in low earth orbit. As the Commerce Department explores new ways over the coming year to spur growth, the chamber is eager to continue our partnership with them. We are truly grateful for director conners leadership and his presence here today.