NEIL: ALRIGHT NASA HAS SOMETHING
THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT,
SOMETHING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT
PRETTY EXCITED ON THE LEFT-HAND
SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.
IMAGES OF THE UNIVERSE THAT ARE
JUST REACHING US 13 BILLION
YEARS AWAY. ALL OF THAT IS VERY EXCITING
ALL OF THAT IS VERY EXCITING
FROM THE NEW WEB TELESCOPE IT’S
GOING AROUND A MILLION MILES
AWAY.
UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF THE ENTIRE
GALAXY, THE UNIVERSE.
TAKING THESE STUNNING IMAGES
WE’VE NEVER BEFORE SEEN IT.
CLOSER TO HOME THERE IS THE
MOON.
OF COURSE WE CONQUER THAT A LONG
TIME AGO.
AND NOW EVERYONE IS BACK TO
TRYING TO USE THAT AS A BASE OF
OPERATION FOR FURTHER LUNAR
TRAVEL AND BEYOND PRINT
INCLUDING THE CHINESE BETTER
PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THE
EFFORT MORE THAN ALL OTHER
COUNTRIES INCLUDING OUR OWN
COMBINED.
THAT IS WEARING A LOT OF FOLKS.
THEY’RE GROWING FEARS THE
CHINESE ARE GOING TO DO ON THE
MOON WHAT THEY TRIED TO DO IN
THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ARE
DOING.
TAKING OVER ISLANDS THAT DO NOT
BELONG TO THEM AND MILITARIZING
THEM.
SHOULD WE BE WORRIED?
JIM BRIDENSTINE JOINS US AGAIN.
GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.
NEIL: WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THESE
CHINESE BEER THEY DO NOT COME IN
PEACE?
>> I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
THEY ARE GOING TO THE MOON.
THEY ARE GOING WITH RUSSIA.
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NEEDS TO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY
IN THE SENSE THAT WE NEED TO GO
TO THE MOON HER LINEAGE BOTH OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS THROUGH
NICHE COMMERCIAL PROGRAM SO NASA
IS IN FACT A CUSTOMER AND ONE
CUSTOMER OF MANY CUSTOMERS IN A
ROBUST COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND WE NEED THESE COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS TO GO GET INCLUDE
PROVIDERS TO GO GET INCLUDE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
THAT DIRECTNESS CHINA IS GOING.
WITH THE UNITED STATES AMERICA
NEEDS TO DO LIKEWISE.
>> IT’S A NEW VERSION OF THE
SPACE RACE WE HAD WITH THE THEN
SOVIET UNION.
AND MAYBE SOME OF THESE THEORIES
ARE TOO PARANOID. WE SHOULD LOOK WHAT THE CHINESE
WE SHOULD LOOK WHAT THE CHINESE
HAS INDEED DONE MAKE IT MILITARY
BASIS.
THERE IS PRECEDENT.
YOU LEAD WITH THE JAMES WEBB
SPACE TELESCOPE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IMAGES THAT
ARE FROM 13 BILLION LIGHT YEARS
AWAY BUT THAT’S A VERY LONG DISTANCE AS FAR AS WE HAVE EVER
DISTANCE AS FAR AS WE HAVE EVER
SEEN.
AND YET THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CAN DO IT AND WE DO IT
AMERICA CAN DO IT AND WE DO IT
WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
WE NOW HAVE LANDED ON MARS NINE
TIMES IN HUMAN HISTORY.
WE’VE EXPLORED EVERY PLANET IN
THE SYSTEM.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR
22 YEARS.
WE’VE GOT THE PARKER SOLAR PROBE
FLYING TO THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE
SUN.
WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE IN THE
UNITED STATES HAVE ACHIEVED.
WE ARE DOING IT WITH OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
HERE IS WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO
BE NERVOUS ABOUT.
THE FACT THAT CHINA IS MOVING
FORWARD VERY RAPIDLY AND THEY
ARE TELLING THE WORLD THEY ARE
GOING TO BE THE LEADER.
DO GREAT THINGS I NEED A PARTNER
OF CHINA.
HERE IS WHAT WE KNOW, NEIL, WE
KNOW THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA DO GREAT THINGS FOR IT
WE NEED THE INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE HELPED
DEVELOP THEIR SPACE
CAPABILITIES, WE NEED THEM TO BE
WITH US AS WE CONTINUE TO
ASTONISHING THINGS.
AND YES THE JAMES WEBB SPACE
TELESCOPE DOES IMAGES THAT WILL
FOREVER CHANGE OUR UNDERSTANDING
OF PHYSICS.
THAT WAS AN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP
EFFORT PER WE CAN DO GREAT
THINGS, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE
SURE CONGRESS IS DOING IT AND
THE ACHIEVEMENTS WE ARE TRYING
TO PERFORM, THAT THEY SPAN
MULTIPLE ADMINISTRATIONS.
IT CANNOT BECOME PARTISAN.
IT CANNOT BECOME POLITICAL.
JAMES WEBB IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE
OF A PROJECT THAT STANDS
MULTIPLE ADMINISTRATIONS.
>> THE ALLURE OF THE MOON ALL
OVER AGAIN, WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
IS IT USING IT AS A BASE FOR
OTHER SPACE MISSIONS GOING
FORWARD?
WHAT CHANGE FROM LEADING AT 50
YEARS AGO AND RECONSIDERING IT
TODAY?
>> THE KEY HERE AND THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT WE NEED TO GET TO
MARS.
MARS IS THE DESTINATION BUT WHEN
I WAS AN ADMINISTRATOR WE
DISCOVERED MARS IS COVERED IN
COMPLEX ORGANIC COMPOUND.
THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE EXISTS ON THE SURFACE OF MARS.
EXISTS ON THE SURFACE OF MARS.
THEY DO NOT EXIST LIQUID WATER
12 KILOMETERS UNDER THE SURFACE
OF MARS.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LIQUID WATER
ON EARTH?
WHATEVER EXIST THERE IS LIFE IT DOESN’T MATTER IF IT’S A
DOESN’T MATTER IF IT’S A
RAINDROP ON MARS THE METHANE
CYCLE MATCHED MARS THAT DOES NOT
GUARANTEE LIFE ON MARS.
BUT THE PROBABILITY KEEPS GOING
UP.
THERE IS GOING TO BE A DISCOVERY
ONE DAY OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE
IS OR MAYBE IT WAS IN THE PAST
LIFE ON MARS.
THAT DISCOVERY NEEDS TO BE MADE
BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN
OUR ALLIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
BECAUSE IT WILL FOREVER ADD
CHAPTERS TO HISTORY BOOKS AND
SCIENCE BOOKS.
IT IS PART OF WHO WE ARE AS A
NATION TO THIS TYPE OF
EXPLORATION.
WHERE THE MOON COMES IN IS WE
NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO LEARN.
WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE AND
WORK ON ANOTHER PLANET FOR LONG
PERIODS OF TIME.
THE CHALLENGE WITH MARS IS EARTH
AND MARS ARE ON THE SAME SIDE OF
THE SUN ONCE EVERY 26 MONTHS.
WHEN YOU GO TO MARS YOU HAVE TO
STAY THERE FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS
BEFORE YOU CAN COME HOME.
THE VALUE OF THE MOON IT IS A
THREE DAY JOURNEY THEY ARE.
IT IS A THREE-DAY JOURNEY HOME
FOR IT THE SOUTH APOLLO 13
THINGS CAN GO WRONG YOU CAN
STILL COME UP FOR THE MOON
SAFELY.
THE MOON IS THE PROVEN GROUT
IT’S HOW WE LEARN TO LIVE AND
WORK ON ANOTHER WORLD.
MARS IS THE DESTINATION BECAUSE
THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE HELP
CHILDREN LEARN, ABOUT HISTORY
AND SCIENCE.
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA