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The heads of the washington met met metropoliton authority were having a meeting and taking questions on plans to accelerate maintenance and projects over the next year. Welcome, everybody. Today we will discuss how the washington metro system is going to address the safety and reliability issues. The issue is important to all members because when we have people coming in we want to make sure when they come to see the nations capitol they should be able to move around the region safely and efficiently. The federal government has invested billions in the metro but it is not safe or reliable. The committee is going to be watching to make sure the talk turns into actions. The fta is playing an Important Role at metros temporary oversight entity. The fta is here to share what they will to promote safety and liability. Wmata has to be held accountable to the federal, state and local taxpayers that are funding them. I look forward to a frank discussion. I am yield to Congress Woman comstock.
Thats 14 years from now. We are talking about humans in the martian and environment in the 20 80s. And we are going to do that we are talking about humans in the 2030s. We are going to do that. But there are all kinds of precursors. How many of you saw the movie, the martian . Did you read the book . Those of you who read the book know that mr. Weir in his book gives you what nasa has been doing for the last 40, 50 years. Its called precursors. Every time you turn around we are sending another satellite. It is either going to be in orbiter or a lender. Curiosity yet landed. In 2020 we will launch another rover. Collecting samples from the martian soil. We have to figure out how to get it and bring it back here. Before we send new horizon to pluto before we sent new horizon to pluto back in july, it just keeps going. It was a long journey. Nine years to get there. Things that we want to do now is increase the speed. So i need young men and women interested in another way to get to mars.
From the commentary: Regulation and exploration can and must coexist. And we should make it safer for whistleblowers, regardless of their employment or efforts of their employers to dodge regulation, to disclose information that keeps the public safe.
Much of the world is fixated on the submersible Titan, which vanished soon after it descended into the deep sea on its way to the Titanic wreckage with five passengers aboard. The Coast Guard has now found ruins of the minivan-sized titanium vessel.