Please welcome drew horn, office of the Vice President of the United States. Thank you so much for joining us here today. Im really excited to speak to this for a few brief moments. So first off i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration and through the leadership of the president and the Vice President we see a remarkable progress in this critical area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers and their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter of space expiration and scientific discovery. By combining efforts of the United States government with the leaders of private industry we will reach new heights that until recently we couldve only dreamt of. As the chair of the National Space council, the Vice President is leading an executive Branch Policy of to sustain u. S. Leadership in space and also open doors to u. S. Private sector growth. Before president president ial space policy directives generated by the council are sp
Please welcome drew horn, office of the Vice President of the United States. Thank you so much for joining us here today. Im really excited to speak to this for a few brief moments. So first off i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration and through the leadership of the president and the Vice President we see a remarkable progress in this critical area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers and their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter of space expiration and scientific discovery. By combining efforts of the United States government with the leaders of private industry we will reach new heights that until recently we couldve only dreamt of. As the chair of the National Space council, the Vice President is leading an executive Branch Policy of to sustain u. S. Leadership in space and also open doors to u. S. Private sector growth. Before president president ial space policy directives generated by the council are sp
So it resulted in this space race at the time that was i think. It was motivated by that basically competition return american astronauts to the moon establish a Permanent Base there and develop the technologies to take american astronauts to mars and beyond. Nasas new plan return to the moon by 2024 hoping that naming its mission after apollo is twin sister artemis will be the key to success apollo had an infinite budget and skeptics wonder if artemis is limited by both time and money and when nasa was really pushing during apollo era they were getting Something Like 4 percent of the National Budget now its about point 4 percent of the National Budget and it really depends on what the political will is to fund the agency buzz aldrin the 2nd man on the moon says the u. S. Cant. Do this alone this is not just the action just us we have an ally which of nations that need to venture out a view echoed by space law experts we need to express basis of human species not as americans and chine
Earth. Announcer watch the 1969 News Coverage of the Apollo Mission on cspan or listen with our radio app. Administrator Jim Bridenstine was on capitol hill to testify about the space Agency Strategy to return to the moon and a mission to mars. He talked about staffing and recruitment challenges. This comes as nasa celebrates the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. This is just over one hour. Lets bring this hearing to order. Thank you for coming. Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 mission. The moon landing still unites us like few events in our history. It is hard to believe half a century has passed since the u. S. Won the space race. Although it is failing to celebrate, we are pleased Jim Bridenstine although it is appropriate to celebrate, we are pleased Jim Bridenstine has joined us. Space policy directive one calls for returning humans to the moon for the First Time Since 1977. This time it will be for longterm exploration and will be followed by mis
Neil armstrong its One Small Step for man. One giant leap for mankind. 52 years ago, we laid our last footprint on the moon. As the crew of apollo 17 left the surface, they didnt know that gene cernan would be the last person to walk on Another World for quite a while. Were on our way, houston. But now, in this decade, finally. Were going back. And liftoff of artemis 1. Nasas Artemis Programme will, in the next year or two, return us to our neighbour. Part of its mission to land the first woman and the first person of colour on the moon. Another part to use what we learn here to send the first astronauts to mars. This is where it all began, floridas Kennedy Space center, named after the president who made the original pledge to go to the moon. And now this place is at the centre of even grander plans, because this time were notjust visiting the moon we want to stay. This is gateway, humanitys first Space Station that will orbit Another World. It will go round the moon every seven days.