Responsible for their own microphones. Also keep your microphones muted unless you are speaking. Finally, if members have documents they wish to submit for the record please email them to the Committee Clerk whose Email Address was circulated prior to the hearing. Good Morning And Welcome to Todays Environment Subommittee hearing. Defining a national oceanshot accelerating ocean and great Lakes Science and technology. It is World Ocean Month and we are holding this hearing a day before World Ocean Day and Capitol Hill Ocean week. With the largest Ocean Property in the world, the United States is undoubtedly an ocean nation. My Home State of New Jersey is a microcosm, with 80 of New Jerseyans living in coastal areas. The coastal new Jersey Economy employs almost 3 million people annually, earning over 188 billion. The oceans are not just important to our coastal communities they are important , to our inland communities as well, as they sustain all life on our planet. The oceans regulat
Lakes Science And Technology. It is World Ocean Month and we are holding this hearing a day before World Ocean Day and Capitol Hill Ocean week. With the largest Ocean Property in the world, the United States is undoubtedly an ocean nation. My Home State of New Jersey is a microcosm, with 80 of New Jerseyans living in coastal areas. The coastal new Jersey Economy employs almost 3 million people annually, earning over 188 billion. The oceans are not just important to our coastal communities; they are important to our inland communities as well, as they sustain all life on our planet. The oceans regulate the Earths Weather and climate system and , Sequester Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere oceans are a major part of the solution to the climate crisis. They also supply over half of the oxygen we breathe, provide a major source of protein for billions of people, and produce lifesaving pharmaceuticals. Human health is inextricably tied to Ocean Health. But Ocean Health is under siege. Clim
Obtain. What you might see is a bit more bitesized approach to aspects of the trading agreements. To get a greater engagement in a more constructive engagement. You talked about the covid recession. We have had a second wave of covid coming across europe in the last couple months. Indicators of the economy show that is causing a double dip in many economies in terms of activity. Youhelpful you are are that we could have a fast recovery this time around and see that vshaped recovery people have talked about . I think the vaccine is going to be a very important story for the 2021. From the irish perspective we moved early on in the early the second wave, the Second Lowest interest in europe now. We are doing very well in terms of the downward trajectory of caseys. Of cases in hospital and icu. Somewhere at the end of this month we move out of what we call level 5. Our schools of state construction has stayed open. Our domestic economy. Our investment side is doing very well. Science and
History and future of human spaceflight. My name is deeann. I am an engineer. I have never been to space. [laughter] in brevard county, florida, and have watched many of you launched into space. It has been an inspiration and one reason i chose to pursue engineering. Im and engineering tv host nowadays, founder and ceo of future engineers. We have a challenge where students can name the next mars rover. It is until november 1. If you have kids or grandkids who want to be a part of space history, i encourage them to go online and submit their names. I am going to tell you about our panelists. Isir placement tier onstage not a coincidence. We have a chronology here, from apollo onto thinking about going to mars. Tomy left we have General Stafford, former nasa astronaut with the gemini and Apollo Programs. Crippen,aptain bob shuttle astronaut, joined in 69, the apollo days. We have dr. Sandy magness, former shuttle astronaut to spent four and a half months on the International Space stati
On. I am joined on stage today by six incredible individuals, each of whom have helped shape the history and the future of human space flight. So ill give a little introduction. He gave an introduction about myself, but as he said, my name is deanne. Much like many of our panelists today am an engineer. Unlike most of our panelists today, i have never been to space. Which gives you an idea of the impressiveness next to me. But i did grow up in brevard county, florida, and Cape Canaveral, and i have watched many of you launch to space, and it has been an inspiration in my life and one of the reasons that i chose to pursue engineering. Ive gone on to have a bit of an atypical career. Im an engineering tv host nowadays, and also founder and ceo of future engineers and we actually have a current challenge that was launched with nasa where students can name the next mars rover, so i dont know if youchb you know but the mars curiosity rover was named by a kindergarten through 12 student. We