Please welcome drew, horn office of the Vice President , of the United States. Thank you so much. Thank you for joining us here today. I am really excited, to speak to this, for a few brief moments. So, first, off i would like to, say space is a top priority, of the administration. , and through the leadership of the, president and vice, president we hear remarkable progress, in this area. The United States was founded by brave pioneers. , and their, spirit continues today. As america leads humanity into a new chapter of Space Exploration and scientific discovery by combining the efforts of the United States governments, with leaders in private industry we will reach new heights that until recently would only trumped of. As the chair of the National Space chance counsel the Vice President s easy leading the policy to say in u. S. Leadership in space. And open doors to private sector growth. The four, directors directed by the council is sparking new efforts to put americans back in the, moon unleash commercial use of space, strengthen u. S. Space awareness, Traffic Management, and stand up, u. S. Space force within the department for this. This administration has streamlined regulatory frameworks, policies, and proceeds, to better leverage and support u. S. And commercial space industry. , and it is partnering, with commercial sector, to ensure that American Companies remain World Leaders in space technology. But particular note is artemis. Achieving the horizon goal of sending humans to mars. Nasa progress, in the mood towards mission, is best breathtaking, and inspiring. These base council, and, nasa are working nonstop, to develop the technology that will return humans to the, moon by 2020. For established sustainable lunar presence, and then, return, and continued the journey, to mars and beyond. In, addition to, nasa all components of the u. S. Government are contributing to this achievement. With agencies, such as the department of, energy and, commerce driving cutting edge research, and development, in space ocean, space power, and space commercialization. Through the artemis mission, in the United States, along with its historic partners, will accomplish something for humanity. Here to tell us more about the regionalism me mission, is the deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics and space administration. Please join, me in welcoming him. Good afternoon. I am excited to be here. I cant see one of you though. Neither am. I you know, i really want to start out with a story about myself, it was, i was six years old. , and i might walk right off the stage. I was six years old. I had a brother, and, i found myself if youre familiar and, i remember getting outside of my parents forward station wagon, it was, sold it had a huge on the back window. And, i remember, my brother, taken me hand up to this rambler. We knocked on the door, and this guy answer the door, and, said what is going on . I can remember looking back to my parents looking in the car in thinking he let us pet the cat. And my brother got his autograph. And, that was the first time that, i met john lam. And, like glens first orbit, if we are not exploring, we are not finding new science, and technology. , and if thats not the case, then we are not leading. We have entered a transformational era in space. Our ancestors, witnessed, the industrial revolution. Many of, you in this, room have witnessed the digital and internet revolutions. Today, we are in the space revolution. And, per president trumps space policy directive, one jim brown stein, who is the nasa administrators, has set five goals. I am not doing this, right so far. The, first is the transition, to commercial, and international operations, in the earth orbit. That will support nasa, in the needs of on a merging commercial economy. The second, is to put in place capabilities that facilitating their service operations. And, missions, beyond the moon. The, third is to foster scientific discovery, and pinpoint lunar resources, through a series, of robotic missions. We want to have astronauts, go to the surface of the, moon for sustained presence, and demonstrate, on the, moon the capabilities required. For Human Missions to mars and beyond. But it starts with the arguments programs. Artemis was opposed twin sister and greet mythology. She was also the goddess of the moon. Last time we left the moon, we left flags, and footprints. This, time we are going to prepare to explore other worlds. We intend, to in naples discovery, enable economic growth, and, continue our Global Leadership. The primary goal of artemis, is, a mars concept of operations. Why . Mars within, the last 16 months, with the help of curiosity, scene right there. We find complex organic compounds on mars. These are the Building Blocks of life. Im not saying there is life on mars. But, we do, know there is 12 kilometers of underneath the surface we know there is water. Weve observed cycles, they can be from, they can be geological, but they also could be biological, kyrgios it 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 that were getting on mars today, are determining the areas of both the greatest potential for a life and also for planetary resources. Ill get into why, in a few minutes. Another mission we had was opportunity, i know some of you have heard of, it ended last year, it was supposed to be a 90day mission, it lasted 15 years are working on a new mission called marks 2020. This mission is going to have its own helicopter, deployed from the rover. When you think about the amount of distance a rover can do in a 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 will as far as distance goes. No other country has ever successfully landed on mars, weve done it nine times. I have to admit there are some expensive craters on mars, it took a while for us to figure it out, this is not easy. But i want to get around that is our primary objective is an end to end demonstration of systems, technologies, operations, and human performance, to get humans to mars, and beyond, major part of this will be to identify Natural Resources on the moon, this is a picture, of what we call the volatile is investigating polar exploration rover, which is a mouthful. Its also, we call it fiber, if you think about volatile those are substances that evaporate. We are really having viper provide surface level detail, on where and how, really where and how much water ice there is on the moon. Its really about finding the best spot to harvest water ice, and its really for life support, water for, Drinking 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 like we said. We are really looking for a breakthrough technology, is to be able to do this, to give you an example of some of what we are trying to do on the space station, regarding breakthrough technologies, just as an example, we are trying to right, now mass produce retinol implants, in a microgravity, its a lot easier to do it up there. We are also trying to find a cure for pancreatic cancer, and trying to create human tissue, and organs, with 3d printing. If we succeed, in those areas, they can result in greater economic opportunities, we need to explore the utility, and economics, of using each resource for deep Space Exploration, there was serves on the moon must be compared to those on, earth which are really what we call, under the tyranny of the rocket equation, the rocket equation limits rockets pay loads, as the pay load weight increases, so does the amount of propellant that is needed, its the same on the moon, if we couldnt lime water ice, and possibly Platinum Group metals which we think are there, its possible with Artificial Intelligence, robotics, and 3d printing, that we could manufacture hardware on the moon, and launch from their, where the gravity wills one six that of earth, its possible we could launch more or use less propellant, or both on the, moon. If we could prove its economically viable, we can do it again and, again what im saying is we need to safely land humans on the moon, land hardware. Establish a presence, and then keep going. It could be that the moon will be the jumping off point to much more than mars, this is one reason why a long term lunar president s is, on the moon, is, desired or we can use different planets for different resources if need be. It could be similar to coal mining in west virginia, or harvesting timber in the pacific northwest, in finding oil in texas we have a program called the commercial lunar pay Load Services program, we are trying to use that as much as possible, its a new way of exploring, with new science, with private enterprise, the Program Allows numerous providers to compete, on costed innovation if so, the cost of deep space access will go down. Let me be clear, the moon is are proving, round mars is our destination, weve got to learn to work for long periods of time, and stay at both places, we have to replicate these efforts, on other planets, or systems architecture will continue to be adjusted, as we learn more science, its not by accident that so many countries want to land on the moon, when i say that im talking about the peoples republic of china, india, and israel to name a few. The space economy, right now is that about 400 billion dollars, Goldman Sachs said that we could have a trillion dollar space economy, in the next two decades, let me say it again this is a transformational era. This is the space launch system rocket. This will send our or ryans spacecraft, with as many as four astronauts, to what we call the gateway, that will be in orbit at the moon, the core, stage was the yellow, part is already built, and as you can, see we have attached the four engines, the solid rocket boosters that will be alongside of the course age are already ready, this is the most powerful, and the largest rocket that has ever been built. I love this picture, this is what we call super cub the, obrien is inside it we just transported the space capsule to ohio, last week for thermal vacuum and electromagnetic testing. Due to its size and weight, its pretty difficult just to transport it so we had to use this special aircraft. Heres another picture of it that got my attention this is the orion capsule the Service Module is below, it if you around for apollo, you know what that is. That was built by the European Space agency, and that is what will go to the gateway, the gateway, is a manoeuvrable, command marginal, providing power, communications, docking, avionics, and life support, and the gateway will be the transfer point for astronauts good to go to a landing system, which will descend the moons surface, let me show you a quick video. Thats going to put this all together for you, on what we are talking about. 50 years ago we pioneered a path to the moon. Trail we blazed, cut through the fictions of science, and showed us all what is possible. Today, our calling to explore is even greater stucco further, we must be able to sustain missions of greater distance and. Direction we must use anys resources we find. We must overcome radiation, isolation, gravity, and extreme environments, like never before. These are the challenges, we, face to push the bands of humanity. We are going to the moon. Tuesday by 2024, and, this is how. This all, starts with the ability to get larger and heavier pilots off the planet. And beyond. Earths gravity. For, this we design an entirely new rocket. The space launch system. It will be a most powerful rocket of. Europe with, components production. This, system is capable, of being the catalyst, for deep Space Missions. We need a capsule. Through deep space, and return, safely back to earth. For, this we have built or. Ryan this is nasas next generation, human space capsule. Using data, from lunar orbit, years continue to feel the wounds hazards, and resources. We are currently developing a whole new approach, to landing, and operating, on the moon. Easing our commercial partners, to deliver process. Notice we are paving the way for Human Missions, 2024. We have to go quickly, and. State to pass, on collective efforts, forward seeing its return to the moon, in a manner that is different than 50 years ago. We want lunar landers, that are reasonable. That can land anywhere, on the surface. The same as a way to do so is to give them a platform, in orbit, around the moon. From which doesnt transition. Its how steep plays experiments. We call this lunar outpost, gateway. The beauty of the gate may, is that it can move between what. Its in a position that is ideal, for. Launching even deeper Space Missions. We learned in 2000 and a man connected to what. Ice it can be expected, perfect, for. Water, and separating oxygen for, breathing 100 for fuel. The, moon is uniquely, suited to prepare, us, and propel, us to mars. And beyond. This is what we are building. This is what we are training. For , this we can replicate through the solar. System this is the next chapter of human Space Exploration. Humans are the most boss fragile amateurs endeavors. And yet, we go, for humanity. We go to the moon, to mars, to seek knowledge and understanding. As we share it with all. We call it knowing our efforts will create opportunities that cannot be foreseen. We go, because destined to explore and see with our old eyes. We turn to the moon but not as confusion but as. Preparation as a checkpoint remain ahead of us we are going. We are going. We are going. St. Louis, it is exciting. Right now. Really, with the, president and vice pardons students leadership. We are going to land the first woman on the moon. , and the next man. Byebye. The ancient poet, home or, called artemis, the torchbearer. And, these words, remain true to that. Lame china just, said the most fragile element, is the human system. , and when he said that, we are still dealing with issues like radiation, one of canberra socks, who has been working, on human exploration, done a tremendous job. , and what was it like, to sleep in space. You want to have that pillow, and blanket. Top, up next, you like we all do. , and he, said you are kind of floating. He, said i found some water satchels. , and i try to which myself, in between a bulkhead, and water satchels. Just to feel, the pressure. That we all enjoy, it when you are trying to sleep. And, he, said, but i really also want to get the protection of the water. From radiation. It is a constant concern. Four astronauts. , but it is not just radiation. We have blood flow issues, within the human body. That we are addressing. We have a bone, and muscle loss issues. We have to make, sure if you watched the movie, the martian, having Sustainable Food available, is a serious challenge. We have a crop failure, and no prepositioned feud, you will starve to death. You also have the psychosocial challenges. Of living in a confined space, for a long durations. I, guess what im trying to say, is we have a few things to figure out. We are, really in the early, steps of a journey. That leads american, astronauts back to deep space. , and at the same time, we are leading the scientific and engineering communities, to new discoveries. And, today, science, goes hand in, hand with human exploration. And, we have new leadership. And a new mission directory. And, that is part of. This we have lost transmission directorate. We go to the, not as a destination, but as shatner, said a preparation. And, the same time, we are launching new missions, to separately our solar system. This is the james web telescope. Which is really trying to appear beyond our solar system. Ive had the honor, to work with the nasa administrator. To try to lead this agency, for over a year. And, i continue, to see the, talents and disciplines, that represents americas capabilities. They are in this, room today. Space exploration, is no longer exclusive. This is a picture, of the first female spacewalk. There is war on estimated 5. 8 billion media connections, are on this event. And, apollo, astronauts will mostly test pilots. We are at our first astronaut quart. Christina, koch in this picture, as an electrical engineer. , and the, other is jessica meir. She has a doctorate in marine biology. , and if you have the time, lock her up on youtube. You are going to see her, doing, research on the ice in antarctica. As well as doing research on this, on high altitudes. , and how they can perform, at such high levels. Without oxygen. What im trying to, say we wont inclusion. , and we want it, at the, industry and international level, to. Who leads the space revolution . Is critical to who dominates the world in the future. , and as beacons of light, like christmas, we have to Work Together. So, that all three nations, can follow that light, and, share in the benefits that will follow. , space compels us, as a society, to bring the United States, and the world, to gather. We join with other countries of the free, world to go to the moon, this, time a proving, ground to prepare for mars. And beyond. Not because we do, what no notes. Can now because we want to advantage our, selves over other countries. We do, it to better the human condition, of all people. We do, it to build a better, life for a children. , and grandchildren. Not just for americans, but for all people on the earth. I want to Work Together. We, do it because exploration is a fundamental trait of our species. It is our shared destiny. We go. It is a, challenge we have a kind accepted. That we will accomplish. And we go together, and i hope you come with us. Thank you very much. And now caroline harris, Vice President economic developer of the u. S. Chamber of commerce. Good afternoon. As weve heard th