the u.s./brazil ceo forum and we have started a new u.s./brazil energy forum. we welcome brazil's aspirations to join organization for economic cooperation, development a laudable goal and one that will make brazil's status as a developing and developed country. we also hope that all of us will be able to work together, all nations, i'm also pleased to announce that after 20 years of talks we are finalizing a technology safeguards agreement to allow u.s. companies to conduct space launches from brazil. it's actually an incredible location when you study it and when you see it. we won't go into it now, but because of the location, tremendous amounts of money would be saved. to put it very simply, the flights are a lot shorter. brazil's proximity to the