thank you, mister chairman. let me introduce our witnesses. first witness today is mister william gerstenmaier, associate administrator at nasa. william gerstenmaier began his nasa career in 1977 performing aeronautical research and he has managed nasa s human spaceflight portfolio since 2011, received a bachelors of science aeronautical engineering from purdue university and a masters of science in mechanical engineering from university of toledo. our second witness today is sandra sandra magnus, executive director of astronautics. in addition to her role there, sandra magnus is a former and nasa astronaut and prior to that worked as a practicing engineer in the aerospace industry. sandra magnus received a degree in physics as well as a masters degree in electrical engineering from missouri university of science and technology. she also earned a phd from the school of material science and engineering at georgia tech and now recognize william gerstenmaier
humans can fly. that s 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 i m 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. let s show our resolve. let s keep building the infrastructure needed. let s keep testing and proofing. let s make humans on mars and obvious fact, too. let s get underway now. i now have a great pleasure to introduce to people that have worked diligently in getting hu
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