Cape canaveral. First time in almost a decade americans are going to be sending americans into space. This is a big moment for elon musk and his spacex company. In fact will use tesla vehicle to bring the two astronauts out to the ganttry here. This is launchpad 39a. That should ring a pell, where all apollo flights took off, including apollo xi, the one that landed on the moon. You will see see key players there. People on cocoa beach. They say better part of valor keeping your distance. Try telling a people not seen a manned launch from Cape Canaveral in a decade. We we have phil keating at Kennedy Space center in Cape Canaveral. Phil . Reporter at this moment all systems are go for the historic launch 4 30 p. M. Eastern time, roughly four hours from now. This is the fires time, a private space company, spacex will launch astronauts from their rocket and capsule, ever. This is big deal. Lives are on the line. This is the only second time the space dragon capsule has gone from either
America and may god continue to bless all of those that still fight for freedom. Thank you very much. [applause] thank you for that introduction. Thank you all those that you represent today and every day that you and your generation that haveti given us the freedos that we enjoy. Secretary austin, sec. Defense,y defense, thank you for your leadership and your time today. Ambassador, i think youpo as wel the great representative of the United States thank you for your leadership and for your continued support of the United States military and thank you senator nelson for leading our airspace administration and nask and also a great veteran yourself, senator nelson, thank you, all the generals and admirals here, thank you all. [inaudible] i think everyone here for gathering today in memory of one of the most important military days in history on the 79th anniversary of dday and most of all, we thank these men and Women Veterans of world war ii, thank you, each of you for your service an
Those online. Welcome to the mission to mars summit. Earth is not the center of the universe. Now, you either smile at me or smirk at me after saying this to please realize that it has only been a known and establish fact for over 400 years. Copernicusnicholas aoved it beyond a shadow of doubt. Humans can fly, that is a truth that has been with us for only over a century. Humans can walk on the moon, again only less than half a century a truth to us. Considering our time on the planet, these are short times to know these things. 16 years fromis now, a small crew of six women and men will be in route to mars. Yearsabout it, only 16 from now that can be true, too. ,ut if we want that to happen we today will have to ensure we keep track with our human mars program. Looking at you, my audience, i know i am looking at the experts that can make this happen. As you truly are the best and the brightest in all fields we need to send humans to mars. Lets show our resolve. Lets keep building the
Humans can fly. Thats a truth that is only been with us for over a century. Humans can walk on the moon, again, less than half a century of truth to us. Considering our time as human species on the planet, those are all really short times to know these things. Now, what i expect that in 16 years of now, a small crew of six women and men will be en route to mars. Think about it, only 16 years from now that can be true, too. But if we want that to happen, we today will have to ensure that we keep track with our human mars program. Looking at you, my audience, i know that im looking at the experts that can make this happen. As you truly are the best and the brightest in all fields we need to send humans to mars. Lets show our resolve. Lets keep building the infrastructure needed. Lets keep testing and proofing. Lets make humans on mars and obvious fact, too. Lets get underway now. I now have a great pleasure to introduce to people that have worked diligently in getting humans off plan and
Eastern on cspan2s book tv. Next, the army, navy, air force, and marine corps chiefs testify before the House Armed Services committee about their budgets. They also discuss the impact of repeated continuing resolutions instead of longterm appropriations for the military branches. Committee will come to order. After having explored the next steps of defense reform in yesterdays hearing, we now turn to what is needed to repair and rebuild our military, and im grateful to each of the distinguished Service Chiefs for being with us today. Theres widespread agreement that funding cuts under the budget control act, plus a series of continuing resolutions, coupled with a pace of required deployment have damaged the u. S. Military. I believe that damage has gone far deeper than most of us realize, requiring more time and more money to repair than is generally expected. Theres plenty of responsibility to go around for the current state of affairs, with both congress and the obama administration