So we have to be if youre in an enclosed environment be very concerned with what the human body is exhaling. In terms of the future of space station, do we have plans to expand, put different elements on to the space station at this point . Currently on the u. S. Side we just reconfigured the permanent Multi Purpose module from one location to the other location to make room for a docking adopter that we discussed earlier to let commercial vehicles come. Thats about all were going td on the u. S. Side. Theres no major new additions coming. The russians talked about a solar platform to provide solar energy for their segment. The russians talked about another Research Module they may add. We on the u. S. Side dont have any major additions, no. The Bigelow Company has a new concept without the inflatables. Is there any use of this technology . It will be added to space station next year. This is an expandable module that will be added to the station. It will stay there for about a year, y
Iss. Hover, while the range of iss uses is expanding the resources to support them are not. Funding for the iss Research Represents a mere 12 of the overall iss budget. Constraints on Cargo Transportation, as well as Available Power and precious crew time limit what research can be accomplished at the station. In that regard i know many of us want to understand the implications of cargo resupply operations. Crew operations and the sustainability of the station. In addition, mr. Chairman, theres critical work to be done on the iss and Human Health Research and Technology Development that needs to be carried out if were going to make progress toward the longterm goal of sending humans to mars. In january 2014, the Obama Administration proposed to extend iss operations until at least 2024. The administration has three rationales for the extension. To complete iss research that supports Long Duration Human Missions beyond lower earth orbit to garner societal benefits. Some of which we see
Kochs belief in a free and Prosperous Society. And going back to some of the last panel which i thought was excellent as well talking about removing obstacles for opportunity talking about disadvantaged, the poor. If you want to help the poor, as we do, i think probably everybody in this room does, everybody on this panel does. Theres no better way than to reform our criminal Justice System because they are the most adversely impacted by that system that is so broken. So thats one part of it. The other part is we had some negative experiences ourselves with the criminal Justice System. Back in the mid90s. That we learned from. And we wanted to see whatever we learned and how the process went for us. If its happening to a big company with a lot of resources like us whats happening to the Small Business owners whats happening to the average citizen, whats happened to the average joe in the street out there, and so that got us involved working with the nacdl, National Association of crimi
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