>> I AM ABOUT TO ENTER. >> UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.
>> SO HELP ME GOD.
>> SO HELP ME TBOD.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THERE IS A NEW BOSS AT THE
NATIONALLARY NAUGHT UK AND SPACE
ADMINISTRATION, NASA, PROBABLY
ONE OF THE COOLEST DEPARTMENTS
IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
>> IS TEFER AND IT IS POISED TO
PUT PEOPLE BACK ON THE MOON AND
PARTNER WITH COMMERCIAL SPACE
EXPLORE-- EXPLORATION LIKE
SPACEX AND THE U.S. IS ALSO
FACING SERIOUS COMPETITION IN
THE SPACE RACE.
BILL NELSON IS NASA NEW
ADMINISTRATOR, FORMER FLORIDA
SENATOR, ONE OF TWO MEMBERS IN
CONGRESS EVER TO FLY IN A SPACE
SHUTTLE AND HE JOINS US NOW
LOOKING PRETTY DARN GOOD FOR 78
THERE, SENATOR.
YOU ARE ADMIRABLE.
I BET COULD YOU GIVE US 50
PUSH-UPS RIGHT NOW.
>> WELL, I CAN TRY BUT MICHAEL,
I WOULD SAY YOU ARE LOOKING
PRETTY GOOD AT 78 ALSO.
>> WHAT AM I, CHOPPED LIVER,
WHAT ABOUT ME?
SO WHAT DO WE CALL YOU SENATOR
OR ADMINISTRATOR, WHAT DO WE
CALL YOU NOW.
>> JUST CALL ME BILL.
>> OKAY, PERFECT.
>> AND IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU
GUYS.
I HAVE MISSED YOU.
>> WE MISSED YOU.
>> NOW YOU CAN INTERGATE ME
AGAIN.
>> WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE
WITH US.
YOU ARE SWORN IN MAY 3rd.
YOU ARE OF COURSE AN
EXPERIENCED, YOU KNOW,
EXPERIENCED ABOUT SPACE, I MEAN
YOU FLEW ON THAT SPACE MISSION,
YOU WERE A PAY LOAD SPECIALIST,
NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.
BUT GIVE US YOUR VISION OF WHAT
YOU WANT NASA TO ACCOMPLISH.
>> WELL, NASA IS THIS GREAT
LITTLE CAN DO AGENCY THAT BREAKS
DUNE BARRIERS.
WE ARE EXPLORING THE HEAVENS
WITH HUMANS AND MACHINES AND
DON’T FORGET THE FIRST DAY IN
NASA WHICH IS AIR
NAUGHTICS-- AERONAUTICAL WE ARE
DEVELOPING AN ELECTRIC AIRPLANE
THAT WILL HAVE NO POLLUTION
WHATSOEVER.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF EXCITING
THINGS GOING BACK TO THE MOON
WITH FIRST MAN, WITH THE FIRST
WOMAN AND THE NEXT PERSON OF
COLOR.
WE ARE ARE GOING TO BRING BACK
SAMPLES FROM MARS WITH THE ROVER
THAT IS UP THERE NOW.
WE’RE DOING ALL KINDS OF
SCIENCE.
WE’RE TBING TO PUT UP AN
OBSERVATORY CALLED THE JAMES WEB
TEL SCOAP-- TELESCOPE LATER THIS
YEAR, A MILLION MILES OUT FROM
EARTH AT A MUTUALLY BUOY ANT
PLACE AND LOOK OUT TO THE HER
INSES ALMOST BACK INTO THE
BEGINNING OF LIGHT FROM THE BIG
BANG.
>> SO AFTER TALKING ABOUT ALL OF
THE THINGS GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON, EARTH-BASED DRAMA
THAT SOUNDS LIKE PRETTY HIGH IN
THE SKY BUT IT COSTS MONEY AND I
THINK, BILL, MOST OF THE PEOPLE
WATCHING NEWS NOW ARE HEARING
ABOUT ELON MUSK AND SPACEX AND
BIG COLLABORATION NOW BETWEEN
NASA AND YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY,
THERE IS THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM
THAT IS YEFER BUDGET AND
OVERTIME AND NOW YOU HAVE THESE
HOT SHOT TECHIE TBIES WITH LOTS
OF MONEY PUTTING ROCKETS ON THE
LAUNCH PAD, TALK ABOUT HOW NASA
AND THIS COMMERCIAL COMPONENT
ARE GOING FORWARD?
>> WHEN SENATOR HUTCHINSON AND I
DREW THE BILL UP 11 YEARS AGO,
WE KNEW THAT WHAT WE NEEDED TO
DO WAS TO GET THE COMMERCIAL
SECTOR VOCHED EVEN THOUGH THEY
HAD ALWAYS DONE THE CONTRACTS
FOR NASA.
BUT WE NEEDED TO LET THEM LOOSE
TO THE POTENTIAL OF THEIR
CREATIVITY.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING.
THAT COMPANIES LIKE SPACEX ARE
DOING THESE INCREDIBLE THINGS.
SO AS WE GO ON OUT INTO THE
COSMOS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
THEM DO THE LANDING ON THE MOON,
OF COURSE WITH CONSIDERABLE NASA
SUPERVISION BECAUSE OF THE
SAFETY OF THE ASTRONAUTS.
AND WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS THAT
WE CAN BRING THE COST DOWN.
SO SPACEX GOT A CONTRACT TO DO A
LANDER.
NOW NASA IS GOING TO GET THE
CREW OUT THERE TO LUNAR ORBIT.
AND THEN THEY WILL EXCHANGE INTO
THE LANDER AN GO DOWN.
THAT SPACEX CONTRACT IS A FIXED
PRIELS CONTRACT. AND WE’VE
SEEN, YOU KNOW THOSE OVERRUNS IN
THE PAST.
BECAUSE SPACE IS HARD, SO WE’RE
TRYING TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF
THOSE APPROPRIATIONS.
>> YEAH, BILL, YOU KNOW, LAST
WEEKEND THE CHINESE PUT A ROVER
CRAFT ON MARS.
YOU CONGRATULATED THEM.
BUT YOU ALSO SAID THAT THIS IS,
WE’RE IN A QUOTE VERY A
GRENS-- AGGRESSIVE COMPETITION
WITH CHINA.
SORT OF EXPAND ON THAT.
WHAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP IN
SPACE WITH CHINA?
>> CHINA IS GETTING READY TO PUT
THREE MISSIONS AT THE SOUTH POLL
OF THE-- SOUTH POLE OF THE MOON,
THAT IS WHERE THE FROZEN WATER
IS.
IF YOU CAN GET WATER YOU CAN
IMMEDIATELY TURN IT INTO FUEL
AND OXYGEN.
WHAT WE BETTER WATCH OUT IS THAT
CHINA DOESN’T GET THERE,
CLAIMING TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL
MISSION AND SUDDENLY SAY THEY
ARE STAKING IT OUT.
WE’RE GOING TO THE SOUTH POLE AS
WELL, BUT CHINA HAS ALSO SAID
THAT THEY’RE GOING TO LAND
HUMANS ON THE MOON.
JUST WATCH, WILL THEY SUDDENLY
TRY TO BEAT US BACK TO THE MOON
AND-- WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER SPACE
RACE.
>> THE SPACE RACE THAT I THINK A
LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USED TO
HEARING IS WITH RUBBA NOT CHINA.
IN THE SHORT TIME WE HAVE WITH
YOU, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION IS SORT OF ONE OF THOSE,
YOU KNOW, TBLOBBAL COME BUYIA,
EVERYONE GET AS LONG, WE ARE ALL
LOOKING IN THE SAME DIRECTION,
WE’RE ALL LOOKING FOR HUMANKIND.
BUT THERE IS SOME FUTURE CHANGES
COMING TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
AND I WONDER IF YOU WOULD WITH
EXPLAIN, IF THAT WHOLE CONCEPT
IS CHANGING.
>> THERE ARE 18 COUNTRIES THAT
HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
RUSSIA BUILT THIS STATION WITH
US.
THEY HAVE BEEN OUR SOLID
PARTNER.
RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE TALKING
ABOUT THEY’RE GOING BACK TO THE
MOON TOGETHER.
WE GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR THIS
CHANGING NEW DYNAMIC.
I THINK THERE IS A LOT MORE THAT
YOU CAN SAY ABOUT YOU’RE GOING
TO DO SOMETHING THAN DOING IT.
AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE THE
RUSSIANS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO BE OUR PARTNERS.
>> YOU KNOW, TO STATE THE
OBVIOUS, BILL, WHAT IS AT STAKE
HERE AMONG OTHER THINGS IS
NATIONAL SECURITY, WHAT HAPPENS
IN SPACE HAS A HUGE BEARING ON
THE SECURITY OF OUR BELOVED
COUNTRY.
>> MICHAEL, THAT’S EXACTSLY
RIGHT.
AND THAT’S WHY WE NEVER WANT TO
CEDE THE HIGH GROUND TO NIBBLES.
NASA AND FOR THAT MATTER THE
SECURITY INTEREST OF THE UNITED
STATES GOVERNMENT HAVE GOT TO
KEEP PRESSING OUTYARD TO PROTECT
OURSELVE.
LOOK WHAT SPACE DOES FOR US
EVERY DAY.
NOT ONLY OUR WEATHER SATELLITES
AND OUR.
>> EXCUSE ME, SENATOR.
WE ARE OUT OF TIME, BUT IT’S
GREAT SEEING YOU AGAIN.
>> FASCINATING STUFF WITHIN
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
WE WILL TALK TO YOU TBEN.