It is an honor to welcome the National Space council back to the museum to continue the work of mapping the future of American Space expiration. Surrounded here by icons of our nations highest, proudest achievements. The council is ensuring our future achievements are fully empowered by past achievement. The things you will be discussing today will one day be enshrined in this museum. Dont forget about us. We need hardware. Last month at our museum in washington the apollo 11 space suit, Vice President pens spoke about this generations renewed commitment to American Leadership. Here at the national air and space museum we see evidence of that commitment every day. Helpless children have stood in this very spot and marveled up at the Space Shuttle discovery and then turn to the parents, grandparents or teachers to ask how something so big could fly so high. Our museum is where the country comes to understand its heritage of adventure and discovery and to pass that torch on to new genera
That passed almost 200 days ago. With the Mass Shootings that weve seen. The fall of the soviet union, a number of aircraft fell. Like bombers reduced even further. Command withmbat y aircraft the capitalization efforts were too often delayed. A trend accelerated in the wake of 9 11. The notion of pure competition is an outdated way of thinking. Today, the smallest, oldest aircraft fleet in history. Area withry mission actor still posing an interior threat. Nations like iran and north korea. China and russia presenting threats on a scale not seen since the cold war. A smallmes a point when number of aircraft can only be stretched so far. What the airly force was talking about when she made her call for 386 operations squadrons. Congress was concerned about the size of the air force. Studies to multiple assess inventory requirements. That brings us to our panel here today. We are pleased to have mark and dave join us. A congressionally mandated effort. Also deputy chief of staff for str
Undersecretary of state for Economic Growth, energy and the environment, keith cross. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and space administration, jim bridenstine. Chairman. Joint chiefs of staff, general jose joseph dunser. Acting secretary, matthew donovan. Acting deputy of homeland security, david bokosski. Acting intelligence director, joseph mcguire. Acting director of office of management and budget, russ volk. Secretary of commerce wilbur ross. The director of the national air and space museum dr. Ellen stofan. Stofan. Its an honor to welcome the National Space council back to the museum to continue the work of mapping the future of American Space exploration, surrounded here by icons of our nations highest, proudest achievements in space. The council is ensuring our future achievements are fully empowered by the past achievements, the things you will be discussing today will one day be enshrined in this museum and dont forget about us, we need hardware. Last month at our
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