These welcome drew warned, associate director of policy, office of the Vice President of the United States. [applause] excited to speak to this. First off, i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration. Through the leadership of the president we have seen remarkable progress in this area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers. Their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter of Space Exploration. By combining the efforts of the u. S. Government with the leaders in private industry, we will reach new heights that until recently we could have only dreamed of. As chair of the National Space council, device resident is leading policy development to sustain u. S. Leadership in space and open doors to u. S. Private sector growth. The president ial policy are sparking efforts to put americans back on the moon, unleash commercial use of space, strengthen u. S. Based awareness, space Traffic Management, and stand up u. S. Based force within the department of defense. To better leverage space industry. It is partnering with the commercial sector to ensure that American Companies remain World Leaders in the space technology. Of particular note is artemis. Achieving the horizon goal of sending humans to mars. Nasas progress on the moon to mars mission is birth is breathtaking and inspiring. Nasas working nonstop to develop the technology that will return humans to the moon by 2024, establish a sustainable presence, then continued the journey to mars and beyond. In addition to nasa, are components of the u. S. Government are contributing to this achievement. With agencies such as the department of commerce driving cuttingedge research and development of space power and space commercialization. Through the Artemis Mission the United States, along with its partners, will accomplish a historic achievement for all of humanity. Here to tell us more about the mission is jim more heart, the Deputy Newman deputy administrator of nasa. Please join me in welcoming him. [applause] good afternoon. I am excited to be here. I cant see a one of you. Neither am i. With a storyrt out about myself. Oldas i was six years and i might walk right off the stage. I was six years old, i had a , and i founde time elf in and i remember getting outside of my parents for station wagon. It was so old it had a hinge on the back window. I remember my brother taking my hand and walking me up to this rambler. And thisd on the door , wasnswered the door and like, what is going on . I remember looking back at my parents in the car. Let us pet the cat brother got his autograph. Time that i first met john glenn. And like glenns first orbit, if we are not exploring, we are not finding new science and technologies. If that is not the case, then we are not leading. We have entered a transformational era in space. Witnessed the industrial revolution. Many of you in this room have witnessed the digital and internet revolutions. Today we are in the space revolution. Trumps space the nasarective one, administrator has set five goals. Im not doing this right so far. Transition tohe commercial and International Operations in low earth orbit. Nasa and theport needs of an emerging commercial economy. The second is to put in place capabilities that facilitate Lunar Service operations and Missions Beyond the moon. The third is to foster scientific discovery and anpoint the resources through series of robotic missions. We want to have astronauts go forward to the surface of the moon for a sustained presence and demonstrate on the moon the capabilities required for human. Issions to mars, and beyond the strategy now exists. It starts with the artemis program. Artemis was apollos twin sister. She was also the goddess of the moon. Moon,st time we left the we left flags and footprints. This time we are going to prepare to explore other worlds. Discovery,o enable enable economic growth, and continue our American Global leadership. Artemis is aoal of mars concept of operations. Why mars . Last 16 months, with the help of curiosity which you see right there we found complex organic compounds on mars. These are the Building Blocks of life. I am not saying there is life on mars, all right . We do know there is 12 kilometers underneath the surface, we know there is water. We have observed methane cycles. , they coulde from be geological but they could also be biological. Curiosity is what we call a precursor mission. If you think of apollo, there were 23 precursor missions before we landed on the moon. The results we are getting on mars today are determining the areas of both the greatest potential for life and also for planetary resources. I will get into why in a few minutes. Had wasmission we opportunity. It ended last year. It was supposed to be a 90 day mission. It lasted 15 years. We are working on a new mission called mars 2020. This mission is going to have its own helicopter deployed from the rover. Amountu think about the of distance a broker can do in a martian day, this helicopter will be able to cover that same distance three times it will be able to do three times as much as a rover well, as far as distance goes. No other country has successfully landed on mars. We have done it nine times. There are some expensive craters on mars. It took a while for us to figure it out. This is not easy. At is,want to get around our primary objective is an end to end demonstration of systems, technologies, operations, and Human Performance to get humans to mars and beyond. This will be to identify Natural Resources the moon. Picture of what we call the volatiles investigating polar exploration rover, which is a mouthful. We collect viper. Call it viper. Having viper provide surface level detail on , where and how much water ice there is on the moon. It is really about finding the best spot to harvest water ice, and it is really for life support. You are thinking about oxygen, water, hydrogen for propellant, we hope to find that on the moon and be able to use it, but we also want to prove it out on the moon, because we expect we will be able to find it on mars. We are looking for Breakthrough Technologies to be able to do this. To give you an example of what we are trying to do on the space station regarding breakthrough we are trying to massproduce retinal implants in itmicrogravity is that is a lot easier to do. We are trying to create human tissue and organs with three printing. Areas,ucceed in those they can result in greater economic opportunities. We need to explore the utility and economics of using each owner resource for deep Space Exploration. The reserves on the moon must be compared to those on earth. Which are what we call under the tyranny of the rocket equation. The rocket equation limits rocket payloads. As a payload weight increases, so does the amount of propellant that is needed. It is the same on the moon. If we can my water ice and , it isy platinum metals possible with Artificial Intelligence and three printing that we could manufacture hardware on the moon and launch from there, where the gravity well is 1 6 that of earth. It is possible we can launch more payload or use less propellant, or both on the moon. If we can prove it is economically viable, you can do it again and again. What im saying is, you need to safely land humans on the moon, land hardware there, establish a presence, and then keep going. Could be the moon will be the jumping off point to much more than mars. Ais is one reason by what presence on the moon is desired. Or we can use different planets for different resources. It could be similar to coal mining in the west virginia, or harvesting timber in the pacific northwest, and finding oil in texas. We have a program called the commercial Lunar Payload Services program. That asrying to use much as possible. It is a new way of exploring with private enterprise. To Program Allows providers compete on cost and innovation. Space accesseep will go down. Let me be clear the moon is our proving ground. Mars is our destination. We have got to learn to work and stay for long periods of time at both places. And we have to replicate these efforts on other planets. So our systems architecture will continue to be adjusted as we learn or science. It is not by accident that so many countries want to land on the moon. When i say that i am talking about the peoples republic of china, india, and israel, to name a few. The space economy right now is at about 400 billion. Goldman sachs has said we could have a 1 trillion space economy in the next two decades. This is a it again transformational era. This is the space launch system rocket. This will send our orion spacecraft, with as many as four astronauts, what we call the gateway in orbit that will be in orbit at the moon. The core stage, which is the yellow part, is already built. As you can see, we have attached the four engines. The solid rocket boosters that will be alongside of the core stage are already ready. This is the largest rocket that has ever been built. I love this picture. This is what we call the superguppie. Orion is inside of it. We just transferred this space capsule to ohio last week for thermal vacuum and electromagnetic testing. Due to its size and weight, it is difficult to transport it so we had to use this special aircraft. Here is another picture of it. This is the orion capsule. The Service Module is below it. If you are around for apollo, you know what that is. That was built by the European Space agency. That is what will go to the gateway. The gateway is a maneuverable command module providing power, communications, docking, avionics, and life support. The gateway will be the transfer point for our astronauts to go to a human landing system, which will descend to the moons surface. Let me show you a quick video that is going to put this all together for you on what we are talking about. Pioneered. Ago we the trail we blazed. Showed us all that was possible. Today our calling to explore is even greater. Togo farther we must be able sustain missions of greater distance and duration. You must use the resources we find at our destinations. We must overcome radiation, isolation, cavity, and extreme environments like never before. These are the challenges we face to push the boundaries of humanity. Staye going to the moon to by 2024, and this is how. Starts with the ability to get larger, heavier payloads off planets. Entirely newd an rocket. Sls will be the most powerful rocket ever developed. Ofthis system is capable being the catalyst for deep Space Missions. We need a capsule that can support humans from large through space and return safely back to earth. For this, we built orion. From orbiters that continue to reveal the moons resources, we are developing a new approach to landing and operating on the moon. Using our commercial partners to deliver instruments and robotics to the surface, we are paving the way for human missions. Andur charges to go quickly stay. To press our efforts forward with a fervor that will see us return to the moon in a manner 50t is wholly different than years ago. We want lunar lenders that are reusable. The simplest way to do so are to give them a platform around the moon from which to transition. Orbiting platform to host experiments and be a waypoint. We call this outpost gateway. It will balance between the earth and moons gravity. Learned the moon contains millions of tons of water ice. The moon is uniquely suited to prepare us and propel us to mars and beyond. This is what we are building. This we can replicate throughout the solar system. This is the next chapter of human Space Exploration. Bikes humans are the we go to the moon and onto mars to see knowledge and understanding and to share it to all. We go knowing our efforts will create opportunities. We are destined to explore and see with our own eyes. We turn towards the moon not as a conclusion but as preparation. As a checkpoint toward all that lies beyond. Our greatest adventures remain ahead of us. We are going. We are going. We are going. We are going. We are going. To say the least, it is exciting at nasa right now. With the president and the Vice President s leadership, we are going to land the first one on the moon first woman on the moon. Homer called artemis the torch bringer and these words remain true today. Said, theatner just most fragile element is the human system. He said that, we are still dealing with issues like radiation. Can kwen. To have thaty want pillow and blanket tucked up next to like we all do. He said you are floating. He said, i found some water satchels and i tried to wedge myself in between a bulkhead and a water satchel just to feel that pressure. Said, what i also wanted to get a protection of the water from radiation. It is a constant concern for astronauts. It is not just radiation. We have lead flow issues within the human body that we are addressing. We have got bone and muscle loss issues. We have got to make sure, if you have watched the movie the martian, having Sustainable Food available to you, is a serious challenge. You have a crop failure and you dont have food, youre going to starve to death. Psychosocial the challenges of living in a combined a confined space. What im trying to say is, we have still got a few things to figure out. We are in the early steps of a journey that leads american. Stronauts into deep space at the same time we are leading the scientific and engineering communities to new discoveries. Handinhande goes with human exploration. And we have got new leadership in the human Leadership Mission directorate. Working muchto be closer together with the Science Mission directorate. We go to the moon not as a shatnerion, but as said, as preparation. At the same time, we are launching new missions to study our solar system. This is the james webb telescope. Which is trying to peer beyond our solar system. I have had the honor to work. Ith Jim Bridenstine to try to lead this agency for over a year now. I continue to see the talents and the disciplines that represent americas capabilities. They are in this room today. Exploration is no longer exclusive. This is a picture of the first allfemale spacewalk. There were an estimated 5. 8 billion Media Connections around this event. In apollo the astronauts were mostly test pilots. Today we have got a diverse astronaut corps. Christina cook is an electrical engineer. The other is jessica meir. She has got a doctorate in marine biology. If you have the time, look up jessica on youtube. Youre going to see her doing research under the ice in antarctica. As well as doing research on geese that fly at high altitudes and how they can perform at such high levels without oxygen. Wet im trying to say is, want inclusion. And we wanted at the industry and International Level too. Revolutionhe space is critical to who dominates the world in the future. , likecons of light artemis, weve got to Work Together so that all three nations can follow that light and share in the benefits that will follow. Society tols us as a bring the United States and the world together. We join with other countries of the free world to go to the moon. This time it is a proving ground to prepare to go to mars and beyond. Not because we do what no one we want toot because advantage ourselves over other countries. We do it to better the human condition of all people. Build a better life for our children and our grandchildren. Not just for americans. For all people on this earth. We do it because exploration is a fundamental trait of our species. It is our shared destiny. This is why we go. It is a challenge we have again accepted. That we will accomplish. We go together, and i hope you will come with us. Thank you very much. [applause] and now caroline harris, Vice President economic developer of the u. S. Chamber of commerce. Good afternoon. As weve heard throughout the day the anticipated growth of the u. S. Space sector is unquestionably tied to the evolving Regulatory Regime which will either propel or inhibit investment and innovation. Fortunately, the department of how mars understands these intricate market forces. From the highest level the departments leading the way to implement key initiatives including approving commercial access to space Traffic Management and ensuring the safety of operations in lowearth orbit. As the Commerce Department explores new ways over the coming year to spur growth, the chamber is a good to continue our partnership with them. We are truly grateful for director of commerce leadership and his present you today. I give you director of the office of space commerce for the u. S. Department of commerce, kevin oconnell. [applause] thank you, caroline, very much for that very nice welcome. And a short welcome, which is always important. Also thanks to the chamber for making this space summit an annual event that im delighted to be with you today and as i begin let me pass on warmest greetings from my boss, secretary wilbur ross who was unable to join us today. The secretary remains a top enthusiast at the department on space and space commerce issues. The secretary did ask me to mention, of course, that launching the space economy is one of the highest priorities of the department of commerce and as been mentioned already a top priority of the administration. The space economy continues to grow. In july the Space Foundation reported the global space economy grew to 415 billion exceeding 400 billion for the ve