American history tv on cspan3. The house science and Space Committee held a hearing yesterday on the space launch ,ee it the space lots system helping exploration on the moon and mars. It is also planning on trips to the International Space station. Good morning. The subcommittee on space will come to order. I now recognize myself for five minutes of an Opening Statement. Exploration means expanding our reach as humans. As a civilization and as a country, the ability of our nation to explore space is a strategic imperative. Our ability to carry out the strategic never will rely to carry out the strategical endeavor will let us push beyond low earth orbit, we must finish the override capsule in order to operate in deep space. We must update our ground infrastructure to support a rejuvenated and expanded agenda. Longterm goal is laid out in the 2017 nasa transition authorization act, to extend human presence throughout the solar system. System in allch right and have strategic capabiliti
Nasa, this pages, and the orion spacecraft. This is an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning. Subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, they could declare recess on the subcommittee at all can anytime. Welcome to todays hearing, an update on nassau exploration systems development. I now recognize myself for five minutes of an opening statement. Exploration means expanding our reach as humans. As a civilization and as a country, the ability of our nation to explore space is a strategic imperative. Our ability to carry out the strategic never will rely to carry out the strategical endeavor will let us push beyond low earth orbit, we must finish the override capsule in order to operate in deep space. We must update our ground infrastructure to support a rejuvenated and expanded agenda. Nasas longterm goal is laid out in the 2017 nasa transition authorization act, to extend human presence throughout the solar system. The space launch system in all right and have strategic capabilitie
There has been historically, if we do a couple of things differently everything would be much better. I dont think thats the case. I think, first of all, this is a very complex business. I think were actually pretty good at it. We had the best military in the world and we have had the best military in the world for quite a long time. I think we can get a lot better and we need to do a better job in a number of different fashions than what were doing. As an industry person or as a government person, i believe that identifying specific things you can do that will actually have an impact, trying them in some case and seeing if they do and attacking on a number of fronts prioritizing those fronts and going after the things you think will have the greatest benefit is the right approach. We have learned from our own experience here. And i think were actually making quite a bit of progress. If you look at the data i think you may be starting to see some changes in terms of results. If you loo
A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from mississippi. Mr. Cochran mr. President , i would ask the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. The senator from georgia. Mr. Chambliss i rise today to address the persistent and Significant National security threats stemming from irans unchecked nuclear program. I urge my colleagues to support the amendment to s. 1982 from the senior senator from north carolina, which include provisions to strengthen our sanctions against iran should they fail to comply with their obligations under the joint plan of action. Last november, the Obama Administration without sufficient consultation with congress committed to an interim Nuclear Agreement with the Islamic Republic of iran. Under this agreement, we are granting to iran over 7 billion in sanction relief in exchange for their commitments to decelerate their nuclear program, commitments which will be difficult if not impossible to verify or enforce
Cspan. Org. We must deny entry to terrorists, drug traffickers, human traffickers, Transnational Criminal Organizations and other threats to National Security and Public Safety while, and i emphasize this, continuing to facilitate legal trade and travel. In this regard, i, too, congratulate our Law Enforcement and National Security partners and the government of mexico for the capture and arrest this weekend f guzman on february 22nd. D. H. S. Must continue efforts to address the growing cyberthreat to the private sector in the dotgov networks shown by the ongoing series of attacks on public and private infrastructure. Many in con depress have expressed a willingness to help in cybersecurity. We appreciate that. Have studied h. R. 3696 out of this committee. We think bill is a good step forward. We want to continue working with congress on this and other legislation to improve this and the nations overall cybersecurity posture. We must continue be vigilant in prepping for and respondin