Nasa. Its been reinvigorated. It was dead as a doornail and now its very much alive. Perhaps, and you know everybody. They know you swls everybody. Why dont you give them a little presentation . Absolutely. Nasa has been hard at work. Part of the whole government approach to combat the coronavirus so a lot of our work force has been staying at home. The question is what do you do with rocket scientists when they stay at home . What nadeau is build amazing nifpks. I have just flee to showcase here but familiar so many others we could talk about but ill go from left to right. This is an oxygen hoods, so a person who has coronavirus, we wants to make sure that they have pressure for their lung with 100 oxygen so we put in hoods on them and we also want to make sure theyre not she woulding virus at the same time so it protects the Health Care Workers far working on the patient. So this is an oxygen hood. It was create build scientists at the Armstrong Flight Research center in california i
And so a lot of our work force has been staying at home. As has been the guidance. The question is what do you do with rocket scientists when they stay at home . What they do is they build amazing things. In this particular case, i have three to showcase here, but there are so many others we could talk about. But ill go from left to right. This is an oxygen hood, so a person who has coronavirus, we want to make sure that they have pressure for their lung with 100 oxygen, so we put this hood on them. And we also want to make sure they are not shedding bars at the same time, so it protects the Health Care Workers who are working on the patient. So this is an oxygen hood. It was create build scientists at the Armstrong Flight Research center in california in conjunction with whats called commercialctic, a company that will be launching people to suborbital space, straight up and straight down, in a very short period of time. They are commercial tours. Pres. Trump straight up, a little wha
In the house of representatives, a lot going on today. If you want to find out more about the activity, go to our website at cspan. Org. We now take you to the house. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] rage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , july 17, 2019. I hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the ouse of january 3, 2019, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders fo
Speaker. As chairwoman of the committee on science, space, and technology, its an honor to stand before you today to celebrate the 50th anniversary of apollo 11. The morning of july 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and buzz aldrin lifted ff from nasas cape kennedy. That day, millions watched in 11 s nasa launched Apollo Saturn 9 rocket to accomplish the goals set by president kennedy less than 10 years earlier, to land the man on the moon before the end of the decade. As president kennedy said in his speech at Rice University in september, 1962, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard. There is no better explanation that captures the american spirit. We choose to take joint leaps. We choose to know the unknown. We choose to lead into the future. On july 20, 1960, just four days after the launch, the world listened and watched as the first steps were taken on the moon. Again, hundreds of millions of
And good will on all principles on current negotiations. We thank you for the service of so many who work in this building whose labor provides the lubrication for the very public actions of the members of this assembly. Though each deserves special mention, bless especially this day, jay pierson, who works his last day of 34 years of faithful service on the floor of the house. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new york, mr. Higgins. Mr. Higgins i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore the chair will entertain requests for oneminute speeches.