OUTSIDE OF THAT NOT TRACKING ANY OTHER ISSUES AT THIS TIME AHEAD OF YOUR MORNING
COMMUTE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR SON
TOYOTA TIME SAVER TRAFFIC.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: HE GREW UP
NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL HIS
GRANDPARENTS WERE HOMESTEADERS
ON WHAT IS NOW
CASEY PROPERTY AND THIS FORMER
FLORIDA LEGISLATOR AND
POLITICIAN WHO WON ELECTION TO
CONGRESS SERVING IN BOTH THE
HOUSE
AND SENATE IS NOW NASA’S 14TH
ADMINISTRATOR. HE FLEW ON THE
SHUTTLE IN 1986, OF COURSE, I’M
TALKING ABOUT BILL NELSON WHO JOINS ME HERE ON THE MORNING SHOW GOOD MORNING SIR.
GOOD MORNING BREWERS GOOD TO
HAVE YOUR I FIRST STARTED
COVERING YOU AND I WAS THE
ANCHOR WEST BACK IN
GOSH 1981 1982, SO IT’S GOING
TO TALK TO YOU AGAIN.
>> WE’VE GOT TO COME UP
TOGETHER OVER THE DECADE,
WE HAVE.
>> SO I KNOW THIS ISN’T A JOB
THAT YOU ORIGINALLY WANTED YOU
ACTUALLY WANT SOMEBODY ELSE IN
THE POLLS, BUT IT’S YOURS NOW
SO WHAT’S YOUR VISION FOR NASA.
>> WELL THE VISION
IS TO GO EXPLORE THE HELP US
HUMANS AND MACHINES SAND IN THE PROCESS. GO BACK TO THE MOON WITH THE FIRST WOMAN THE
NEXT MAN AND THEN ON TO MARS.
>> TO.
>> TO. >> TAKE THIS INCREDIBLE SCIENTIFIC TEAM
THAT YEAR. THE MACHINES THAT IF
YOU WANT TO MITIGATE CLIMATE
YOU’VE GOT TO MEASURE IT.
AND NASA MAKES ALL OF
THOSE VERY SPACECRAFT THAT HELP
US UNDERSTAND WHAT’S HAPPENING
TO OUR CLIMATE WHAT’S HAPPENING
TO OUR PLANET. AND OF COURSE
FOR US IN FLORIDA.
ALL THE WEATHER FORECASTS COME
FROM NASA MADE SPACECRAFT.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: I WANT TO ASK
YOU MORE ABOUT THE MOON MISSION
IN A SECOND BUT I
KNOW CLIMATE IS ONE OF 2 THINGS
THAT YOU HAVE AS A VERY
SPECIFIC SET OF YOUR
PRIORITIES.
>> WELL THE EARTH
IS WARMING. JUST ASK ANYBODY IN
SOUTHEAST
FLORIDA FOODS. EXPERIENCING THE
RISE OF
SEA LEVEL. MEAN HIGH MIAMI
BEACH TELL HAS SAID THE SPIN
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON BIG
PROPS OTHER WAS THE
SEA WATER COMES IN FLUSHING
OVER THE ROADS. THIS IS
A FACT AND SO WE
BETTER KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING
WITH OUR CLIMATE. IN ORDER TO
TRY TO MITIGATE WHAT IS THAT.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: NOW THE U.S.
HAS A GOAL OF PUTTING
ASTRONAUTS BACK ON THE MOON
AGAIN BY 2024. DOABLE.
>> IT
IS DOABLE BUT SPACE IS HARD.
AND WHENEVER YOU
ARE DEVELOPING THE CUTTING EDGE
TECHNOLOGIES TO FURTHER EXPAND
THE COSMOS.
>> FREQUENTLY THERE ARE DELAYS
BUT 2024 IS DUE.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: YOU JUST THAT
AT BOB CABANA THE KSC DIRECTOR
TO BE NASA’S ASSOCIATE
ADMINISTRATOR. HE’S A MAN WHO
WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BUILDING
THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS
CAPITALIZED ON HELPING US TO
GROW ITS PARTNERSHIPS WITH
COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES AND
BASICALLY TURNED KFC INTO A
SPACE PORT IS YOUR HOPE THAT HE
CAN DO THE SAME ON A BROADER
SPECTRUM FOR THE SPACE AGENCY
AS A WHOLE.
>> WELL I PICKED ABOVE BECAUSE
HE’S THE BEST OF
THE BEST IS GOING TO BE THE TOP
TECHNICAL PERSON AND
NASA NOW I WANTED TO TAKE THE
INCREDIBLE JOB THAT HE’S DONE
AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND
BRING IT FOR ALL
OF MASS. AND HE’S GOING TO DO
THAT I’VE KNOWN HIM FOR
AND NOW 36 YEARS SO WE FIRST
MET WHEN HE HAD JUST BEEN
SELECTED THE AS AN ASTRONAUT
AND I WAS IN THE OFFICE
TRAINING FOR THE 24TH FLIGHT OF
THE SPACE SHUTTLE. SO I’M
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HIM.
YES IS OPERATING UNDER THE LAW PAST 11 YEARS AGO THAT SETS NASSAU ON THE DUAL TRACK.
ONE COMMERCIAL LIGHTS LET THE
PRIVATE SECTOR GET OUT THERE
AND DO THEIR THING. AND THE
SECOND TRACK GET NASA OUT OF
LOW EARTH ORBIT AND LEFT NASA
GO EXPLORE THE HEAVENS.
SO USE I MENTIONED FLEW ON THE
SHUTTLE
AND 86.
>> IF YOU GET A CALL OR A TWEET
FROM ELON MUSK OR MAYBE JEFF
BEZOS CAME TO YOU AND ASKED YOU
WANT TO FLY AGAIN WOULD YOU.
DON’T TEMPT ME HAHA.
BUT.
>> YOU KNOW IT IS BETTER FOR
THE
YOUNGER ONES. SO I’M JUST GOING
TO TRY TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE THAT
IT WILL
A VIGOROUS PROGRAM IN THE SAME
PROGRAM. I SEE SOME OF OUR
PICTURES OF WHEN WE WERE
LAUNCHING ON COLUMBIA 35 AND A
HALF YEARS AGO.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT MUCH TIME HAS GONE
BY IT REALLY IS SENATOR GOOD TO
TALK TO YOU AGAIN MY BEST TO