♪ ♪ ♪ >>> WORSHIP WITH US AS WE SING FOR THE WONDERS OF OUR GOD. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> SO FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR THAT REALITY THAT YOU THE CREATOR OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, YOU THE UNCREATED ONE, ARE THE ONE THAT WE SING TO KNOWING THAT YOU'RE THE GOD OF IT ALL BUT YET SOMEHOW IN THE MIST OF IT ALL YOU WOULD KNOW US. YOU WOULD HEAR OUR PRAYERS THIS MORNING. THAT YOU WOULD CARE ABOUT US. AND ONCE SENSE GOD THERE'S VALUE THAT AND ARFIRMATION BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE AND HUMILITY THAT YOU, WHO AM I, LORD, THAT YOU THE AUTHOR AND THE PERFECTER OF NOT JUST MY FAITH BUT HEAVENS AND EARTH WOULD WANT TO KNOW ME. AND SO WE'RE HUMBLED BY THAT. AND WE THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE. BOTH SONGS ARE SONGS WE'VE SUNG BEFORE. BUT I PRAY EVEN THROUGH OUR CONVERSATION TODAY WITH JIM THAT THERE WOULD BE REMINDER AND AFFIRMATION THAT THE GOD OF THIS UNIVERSE. THE GOD OF HEAVENS AND EARTH IS NOT ONLY REAL BUT A GOD WHO LOVES US AND CARES FOR US. SO TAKE WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW AND DEEPEN IT INTO OUR SOULS. WE PRAY THIS IN YOUR NAME, AMEN. >> LET'S JUST THANK THE WORSHIP FOR LEADING US THIS MORNING. HOPE YOU ARE DOING WELL. IT WILL BE A GREAT, GREAT MORNING FOR US. NORMALLY, OUR CONVOCATION GUEST IF THEY ARE WEDNESDAY GUEST MIGHT STAY OVER FOR THURSDAY CONVO. THIS TIME AROUND WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE JIM BRIDENSTINE WITH US. I GOT TO HEAR HIM YESTERDAY AND SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH HIM YESTERDAY AND I TOLD MY WIFE THIS MORNING I THINK COULD BE ONE OF THE FUNNEST MOST COMPELLING CONVOCATIONS WE'VE EVER HAD. YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS BROTHER, HE'S NOT JUST SMART AND INFORMATIVE AND HOPEFUL BUT A BROTHER IN CHRIST. BUCKLE UP. IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING MORNING FOR. JIM IS ACTUALLY GOOD FRIENDS WITH OUR NEW DEAN OF THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. I'VE ASKED DEAN BRAD TO COME AND DO AN INTRODUCTION. AND WE ARE GOING TO PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR DEAN BRAD, EVERYBODY. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT LET'S GIVE DAVID NASSER A GREAT HAND FOR ALL HE DOES. HE'S GREAT. YOU'RE IN FOR A SPECIAL TREAT. MAKE A LITTLE NOISE FOR JIM. SHOW HIM A LITTLE BIT OF LIBERTY LOVE. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] . HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE NASA. HOW MANY LOVE GOD THE CREATOR OF EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS? LET'S DIG DOWN A LITTLE BIT. HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE SCIENCE? [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] HOW MANY OF YOU LOVE BUSINESS [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] HOW MANY LOVE HISTORY, BEAUTY, AESTHETICS, THE ARTS. THIS SPEAKER WILL TIE THAT ALL TOGETHER. I'M HUMBLED TO BE A FRIEND OF THIS GUY. WHEN YOU HEAR HIM SPEAK AND WHAT HE KNOWS, YOU WILL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T USUALLY READ BIOS. THIS CASE I'M GOING TO. BECAUSE IT'S SO INCREDIBLE. I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF INTRODUCING TO YOU JAMES FREDRICK JIM BRIDENSTINE WAS NOMINATED BY DONALD TRUMP CONFIRMED BY THE U.S. SENATE SWORN IN AS NASA'S 13th ADMINISTRATOR ON APRIL 23, 2018. JIM BRIDENSTINE. BRIDENSTINES ALSO ELECTED IN 2012 TO REPRESENT OKLAHOMA'S FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT -- ALL RIGHT, OKLAHOMA, LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN. GOOD. WHERE HE SERVED ON THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND THE SCIENCE SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE. BRIDENSTINE'S CAREER BEGAN IN THE U.S. NAVY FLYING -- HOW MANY MILITARY FRIENDS DO WE HAVE IN HERE? [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] GREAT. FLYING E2 HAWKEYE OFF THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. IT WAS THERE THAT HE FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN AND ACCRUED MOST OF HIS 1,900 FLIGHT HOURS. AND 333 CARRIER ARRESTED LANDINGS. HE LATER MOVED TO THE F-18 H HORNET FOR KICKS. AND FLEW AT THE NAVAL STRIKE AND AIR WARFARE CENTER, THE PARENT COMMAND TO TOP GUN. HOW IS HE DOING SO FAR? HE'S NO ECONOMIST BUT HE'S STILL FAIRLY EXCITING. AFTER TRANSITIONING FROM ACTIVE DUTY TO THE U.S. NAVY RESERVE BRIDENSTINE RETURNED TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA TO BE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE TULSA AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM. BRIDENSTINE COMPLETED A TRIPLE MAJOR AT RICE UNIVERSITY AND EARNED AN MBA AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY. HE HAS THREE CHILDREN WITH HIS WIFE MICHELLE WHO ALL LOVE THE LORD. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU UP IN D.C. YOU WILL NOT FIND A FINER HUMAN BEING. I CAN'T QUESTION INTO THE STORIES. JIM BRIDENSTINE HAS A BACKBONE. HE HAS A HEART. HE HAS INTEGRITY. HE'S ONE OF THE MOST PRINCIPLED HUMAN BEINGS YOU WILL EVER MEET. WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT GOD HAS PUT HIM AT THE HEAD OF NASA AND I JUST WANT TO WELCOME HIGH GOOD, GOOD FRIEND JIM TO THE STAGE. AND GIVE HIM A HAND. HANG ON A MINUTE. WE WILL FIRST SHOW YOU SIZZLE REAL AND THEN CALL JIM UP. GOD BLESS. ENJOY THE DAY. IGNITION SEQUENCE START. ALL ENGINES ARE GO. >> WE HAVE TAKEN TREMENDOUS STEPS. WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON. WE HAVE ACHIEVED THE EARTH-SHAKING THE BREATHTAKING, THE GROUND BREAKING LEFT A MARK IN THE HEAVENS, OUR SUCCESSES BUILD ONE UPON ANOTHER. WHAT IS POSSIBLE IT'S TIME WE TAKE THE NEXT GREAT LEAD. WE'RE BUILDING THE NEXT CHAPTER OF AMERICAN EXPLORATION, RETURNING TO MOON SO WE CAN GO BEYOND TO MARS TO EXPAND WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING. THE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE MISSIONS IS ALREADY TAKING SHAPE. WE WILL GO WITH NEW SYSTEMS, BOLD DESIGNS AND THE SUSTAINABLE MISSION. YOU CAN HEAR, TASTE AND TOUCH OUT. WE ARE GOING. WE ARE TRAINING, TESTING, PRESSING OUR PIONEERING SPIRITS INTO EVERY DEFINING OUR RESOLVE WITH EVERY LINE OF CODE AND SECURING OUR SUCCESS WITH EVERY WELCOMED PARTNERSHIP. THIS THE NOT HYPOTHETICAL. THIS IS NOT ABOUT FLAGS. AND FOOTPRINTS. THIS ABOUT SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE AND FEEDING FORWARD THE ADVANCE OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT BECAUSE WE ARE THE PIONEERS, THE THINKERS, THE VISIONARIES, THE DOERS. BECAUSE WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE GIANTS TO GO FURTHER THAN HUMANITY HAS EVER BEEN. THE GREATEST IN HISTORY. EVERY DAY, EVERY MISSION, WE ADVANCE THIS GOAL. WE ARE NASA. AND AFTER 60 YEARS WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> COME ON. COME ON. PUT YOUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR JIM BRIDENSTINE THE HEAD OF NASA. WELCOME TO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE GET STARTED I HAVE FELT SO OVERWHELMINGLY WELCOMED AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. IT'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND I AM SO GRATEFUL. I WALK AROUND CAMPUS AND SEE ALL THESE NASA SHIRTS. IT'S ASTONISHING. I SAW A YOUNG LADY OVER HERE THAT HAD ON A FLIGHT SUIT. AND DID I HEAR YOU CHEER FOR TULSA EARLIER? OR WAS THAT SOMEONE ELSE? >> THAT'S BACK HERE. WE GOT SOME TULSANS BACK HERE. IT'S BEEN AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> ABSOLUTELY. BEFORE WE GET INTO JUST BEING A CONVERSATION ABOUT YOUR JOB. YOU PROBABLY HAVE ONE OF THE COOLEST JOBS IN THE WORLD HONESTLY. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR UPBRINGING. TELL US ABILITY YOUR STORY. JUST TO KIND OF GET US STARTED INTO KNOWING WHO YOU ARE AS AN INDIVIDUAL. >> SLIGHTLY. I GREW UP IN ARLINGTON TEXAS BETWEEN DALLAS AND FORTH WORTH. WHEN I WAS JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, MY PARENTS MY DAD GOT A TRANSFER TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA. AS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL I MOVED TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA, LET ME TELL YOU HOW THRILLED ABOUT THAT I WAS AT THAT TIME. AND WHEN I WAS IS THERE GRADUATED THEN WENT BACK TO TEXAS WENT TO RICE UNIVERSITY FOR COLLEGE AND THE WHOLE TIME I GREW UP I WATCHED THE MOVIE WHEN I WAS IN FOURTH GRADE CALLED "IRON EAGLE." ANYONE HERE EVER HEARD OF "IRON EAGLE." ABTEENAGER KID THAT STEALS F-16 AND GETS DAD OUT OF PRISON IN SOME COUNTRY SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD. AT THAT POINT I WANTED TO BE PILOT. THEN THE MOVIE "TOP GUN" CAME OUT. EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT MOVIE. AND SO I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO BE PILOT. MILITARY PILOT. FIGHTER PILOT. WHEN I GRADUATED FROM RICE UNIVERSITY. I JOINED THE NAVY. I FLEW E-2 HAWKEYES IN THE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ IN 2002 AND 2003. CAME BACK FROM THAT. TRANSITED TO F-18 HORNET. I FLEW RED AIR FOR TOP GUN FOR THREE YEARS. BEFORE YOU CHEER TOO LOUDLY FOR THAT. KNOW THIS. I FLEW AS A TARGET. MY JOB WAS TO GET SHOT DOWN. BUT WHEN YOU GET SHOT DOWN, YOU KNOW I WAS BAD GUY. WHEN YOU GET SHOT DOWN YOU GET TO FLY HOME AT UNDER 500 FEET AND FASTER THAN MACH. IT WASN'T TOO DISAPPOINTING. I DID THAT FOR THREE YEARS. DURING THAT TIME, I GOT MARRIED HAD -- ED WITH HE OUR FIRST BABY. WE DECIDED THAT WE SOME BABY FANS OUT THERE. I CAN TELL. >> LATER ON MAKING BABY FANS OUT THERE. THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE CLAPPING ABOUT. IT IS VALENTINE'S WEEK. YES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY RIGHT NOW. I THOUGHT I WAS LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAD A BABY. AND WE DECIDED NOT TO STAY IN THE NAVY FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. I WENT TO CORNELL TO GET NBA. WENT TO TULSA. WE HAD A BIG BURDEN TO MOVE BACK TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA. WE LOVED IT THERE WHEN I WAS THERE. MY WIFE WAS BORN AND RAISED THERE. WE HAD A BIG BURDEN TO MOVE BACK. >> HER DAD HAD PASSED AWAY. HER MOTHER GOT MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. SHE'S LIVES WITH US TODAY. SHE DOING FINE. WE MOVED BACK TO TULSA, OKLAHOMA. I RAN A NONPROFIT MUSEUM. THE AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM THEN I DECIDED TO RUN FOR THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. AND I WILL TELL YOU WHEN I RAN FOR CONGRESS TALK ABOUT STEPPING OUT OF A BOAT ON TO THE CRASHING WAVES. THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING AT THAT MOMENT IN MY LIFE. AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF ITS GOING TO WORK OUT OR NOT WORK OUT. ON THE NIGHT OF ELECTION MY WIFE AND I LITERALLY WE WERE ON OUR KNEES PRAYING THAT WE WOULD GET 30% OF THE VOTE. BECAUSE WE WANTED TO LOOK LEGITIMATE. WE WANTED TO LOOK LIKE WE WERE A REAL CANDIDATE. WE GOT 54% OF THE VOTE. ITS PRETTY AMAZING. I GET TO CONGRESS. AND I'M ON THESE COMMITTEES. I WANTED TO BE ON THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE BECAUSE NAVY PILOT BY TRADE. I WANTED TO BE ON THE SCIENCE SPACE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE COOL STUFF IS. THAT'S WHERE NASA, OF COURSE NASA IS OVERSEEN BY THAT COMMITTEE IN CONGRESS. AND SO I WAS DEALING A LOT WITH SPACE-RELATED ISSUE ON THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE I WAS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC FORCES. WHICH DEALS WITH ALL OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE CAPABILITIES. AND ON THE SCIENCE COMMITTEEIST ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SPACE WHICH DEALS WITH NASA. AND I WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT WHICH OVERSEES NOAA AND ABOUT 40% OF NOAH ABOUT 40% OF THEIR BUDGET IS SPACE-RELATED ACTIVITIES. EARTH SATELLITES. I WAS DEALING WITH SPACE ALL THE TIME AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS. AND I LOVED IT. AND I GOT SO FRUSTRATED BECAUSE SPACE WAS DIVIDED IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT STOKE PIPES AND THERE WASN'T A LOT OF INNER AGENCY COLLABORATION. SO I CRAFTED A VERY COMPREHENSIVE SPACE REFORM BILL CALLED THE AMERICAN SPACE RENAISSANCE ACT. AND I DROPPED IT IN THE HOPPER. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I START GETTING INVITED TO SPEAK AT CONFERENCES REGARDING SPACE ALL OVER THE NATION. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE CAME THIS ELECTION WHERE PRESIDENT TRUMP BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. AND HE WAS LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO LEAD NASA. HE WAS GET IMAGE FEEDBACK I MIGHT BE THE RIGHT GUY. I WENT THROUGH INTERVIEW PROCESS AND I CAME OUT AS THE NOMINEE FOR NASA. AND I'M SHOCKED. IST SHOCKED AT THE TIME. HUMBLED AND BLESSED. I'M THRILLED TO BE LEADING THIS AMAZING AGENCY THAT THE MAKING ASTONISHING DISCOVERIES EVERY DAY. IT'S A GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITY. >> I THINK BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER JUST FROM YOUR TIME IN THE MILITARY TO YOUR TIME IN CONGRESS AND NOW THIS ROLE. WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS JUST A PATRIOT AND AS AN AMERICAN AS AS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. >> THANK YOU. THE FIRST TIME THAT I WAS INTRODUCED TO YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HEADS NASA. I HAPPEN TO FOLLOW ELON MUSK ON INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER. TELL US ABOUT THAT. I KNOW YOU ARE COLLABORATING WITH NOT JUST SPACEX AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE LIKE ELON BUT ALSO WITH BOEING AND JEFF BEZOS. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR YOU WHEN YOU WORK WITH THEM? >> THIS PICTURE THAT WAS AN AMAZING MOMENT IN TIME. I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT. WE HAVE NOT FLOWN AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETS FROM AMERICAN SOIL SINCE THE RETIREMENT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLES IN 2011. BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS. THIS YEAR NASA WILL BE LAUNCHING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS FROM AMERICAN SOIL ON AMERICAN ROCKETS AND THIS YEAR WE'RE DOING IT DIFFERENTLY THAN WE'VE EVER DONE IT BEFORE. NASA IS NOT PURCHASING OWNING AND OPERATING THE HARDWARE THE WAY WE USED TO. WE'RE BUYING A SERVICE. WE'RE TURNING TO OUR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY OUR PARTNERS, COMPANIES LIKE SPACEX, COMPANIES LIKE BOEING AND WE'RE ASKING THEM TO COMPETE. WE WANTED THEM TO COMPETE ON COST AND COMPETE ON INNOVATION. WE WANT TO SEE IF WE GET TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR A WHOLE LOT LESS MONEY THAN IT COST WHEN WE HAD THE SPACE SHUTTLES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AND SPACEX THIS YEAR IS NOT JUST LIKELY. THEY ARE GOING TO LAUNCH AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETS FROM AMERICAN SOILS WITH AS PARTNER TO NASA. WE ARE THRILLED ABOUT THAT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT PARTNERS DOING AMAZING THINGS. WE'RE HOPEFUL BOEING WILL HAVE SOLUTION SHORTLY AS WELL. >> BIG PART OF YOUR ROLE IS STEWARDSHIP OF AMERICA'S FINANCES. AND YOU ARE MAKING PEOPLE DO THIS COMMERCIAL PROGRAM COMPETE FOR THE BEST PRICE TO GIVE THE MOST FOR WHAT WE'RE GETTING. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND IT'S NOT JUST COMPETE FOR THE BEST PRICE. WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. WE WANT TO SEE ESPECIALLY IN LOW EARTH ORBIT. WE WANT NASA TO BE ONE CUSTOMER OF MANY CUSTOMERS IN A VERY COMPETITIVE COMMERCIAL MARKETPLACE FOR LOW EARTH ORBIT WHERE YOU IN THIS ROOM MAY BE ABLE TO FLY WHETHER YOU ARE NASA OR A PRIVATE COMPANY. AND SO WHAT WE ARE USING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR RIGHT NOW, IS TO CREATE THE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITION HERE ON EARTH. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADVANCED MATERIALS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THE MICROGRAVITY OF SPACE OR IN ESSENCE ZERO GRAVITY THAT YOU ACHIEVE IN SPACE HAS HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR PHYSICS AND FOR CHEMISTRY THAT ULTIMATELY RESULT IN BREAK THROUGH TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL IMPROVE HUMAN LIFE HERE ON EVERY TIME. WE WANT TO SEE THAT COMMERCIALLY BLOOM SO NASA CAN BE ONE CUSTOMER OF MANY CUSTOMERS AND WE HAVE NUMEROUS PROVIDER COMPETING. WE CREATE THE MARKET FORCES FOR A REASON. SO THAT WE CAN -- WE CAN AS AN AGENCY GO TO THE MOON AND ON TO MARS. >> YES. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T THINK THAT WAY WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT NASA. THIS ISN'T ABOUT US GIVING THEIR FIRST AND FASTEST. THIS IS ABOUT US LITERALLY IMPROVING HUMAN CONDITION. LIFE HERE ON EARTH. IT'S ABOUT FINDING CURES. AND FINDING BETTER WAYS TO GIVE PEOPLE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE HERE ON EARTH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. WE ARE COMPOUNDING PHARMACEUTICALS IN A WAY THAT WE WILL HAVE -- WE FACT DO. WE HAVE BREAK THROUGH TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE CREATE IN SPACE. WE'RE CREATING IMMUNIZATIONS. WE'RE CREATING IN FACT ON THE ADVANCE MATERIALS SIDE OF THINGS. WE'RE CREATING ARTIFICIAL RETINAS SO PEOPLE -- THIS IS ALL -- WE'RE LEARNING DOING STUDIES AND RESEARCH BUT AT THE END WE BELIEVE WE WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE ARTIFICIAL RETINA THAT WILL PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DEMACULAR DEGENERATION FROM LOSING THEIR EYESIGHT. WE CAN DO IT IN SPACE. JUST BECAUSE OF THE VALUE OF MICROGRAVITY. AND WE'RE ALSO PROVING THAT WE CAN USE ADULT STEM CELLS TO PRINT HUMAN ORGANS IN 3-D. YOU CAN'T DO IT ON EARTH. IMAGINE IF SOMEONE HAS KIDNEY FAILURE AND YOU CAN GET A NEW KIDNEY FROM SPACE. ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES ARE NOT GOING TO BE DONE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THEY ARE GOING TO BE DONE ON COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS. >> WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT IS EVEN AS YOU WERE TELLING ME THAT YESTERDAY. I HAD A THOUGHT THAT WE MIGHT BE COMPETING WITH OTHER NATIONS ON CERTAIN FRONTS. WHEN IT COMES TO SPACE TRAVEL. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU FIND THIS CURE OR FIND A BETTER WAY THAT WILL EFFECT EVERYONE IN RUSSIA. AND EVERYONE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. YOU HELP PEOPLE IN CHINA AND SO IN ONE SENSE ALL SHIPS RISE. WHEN YOU FIND A BETTER WAY JUST TO BE HEALTHIER OR HUMAN AND WE ALL WIN WHEN ONE COUNTRY DOES WELL IN THIS FRONT. >> 100%. AND IN THIS CASE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WE HAVE 15 NATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OPERATING THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NOW WE'RE IN OUR 20th YEAR OF HUMANS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION WITHOUT A GAP. 20 YEARS. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM HAVE NEVER BEEN ALIVE DURING A DAY WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE SOMEONE LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE. THAT'S AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP. NASA IS A TOOL OF DIPLOMACY. TO BRING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COUNTRIES WHERE GENERALLY IN SOME CASES RELATIONSHIPS DON'T EXIST AND I COULD GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA IS AS HOSTILE AS IT'S EVER BEEN. YET WE'RE ABLE TO COLLABORATE AND COOPERATE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. AND BEFORE THAT WE HAD THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM AND GOING BACK TO THE YEAR OF MY BIRTH 1975, WE HAD THE APOLLO SOYUZ PROGRAM. THE RELATIONSHIP IN SPACE TRANSCENDS A LOT OF THE GEO POLITICS AND IT TRANSCENDS DOMESTIC POLITICS. I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT BEING THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR IS THAT REPUBLICANS LOW NASA AND DEMOCRATS LOVE NASA. EVERYBODY LOVES WHAT WE ARE DOING. THAT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING FOR OUR COUNTRY AND IN FACT FOR THE WORLD. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> WHEN YOU GO SOMEWHERE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN AND PLANT THE FLAG. IT'S NOT A REPUBLICAN FLAG. IT'S NOT A DEMOCRATIC FLAG. IT'S AN AMERICAN FLAG. >> AMEN. >> SPEAKING OF THE DIPLOMACY. TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW CHINA HAS CALLED SPACE AMERICA'S ACHILLES HEAL. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT. SOME ARE FAMILIAR THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP CREATED THE SPACE FORCE. THAT WASN'T WITHOUT REASON. THERE'S A VERY IMPORTANT REASON. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW WE AS A NATION DAVID, WE ARE SO DEPENDENT ON SPACE. SOME PEOPLE WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW ARE WATCHING ON THE INTERNET. IF YOU ARE IN RURAL AMERICA LIKE MAYBE FOLKS IN OKLAHOMA YOU'RE WATCHING INTERNET VIA INTERNET BROADBAND. IT'S INTERNET, GPS, DIRECT TV. DISH NETWORK, XM RADIO. SOME OF YOU MIGHT USE GOOGLE MAPS. THESE KIND OF TECHNOLOGY. THE WAY WE PREDICT WEATHER. WE HAD A LOT OF RAIN YESTERDAY. I TURN ON THE TV THIS MORNING AND I CAN SEE WHERE THAT GREEN BLOB IS. THAT GREEN BLOB IS ALL DATA THAT'S COMING FROM SATELLITES. SATELLITE BUILT BY NASA OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. >> HOW IS THAT AMERICA'S ACHILLES' HEEL. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. BECAUSE WE ARE AS A NATION GOING BY YOU MENTIONED GPS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE EVERY BANKING TRANSACTION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS DEPENDENT ON TIMING SIGNAL FROM GPS. IF WE LOSE GPS, WE LOSE BANKING. AND WE IN OTHER WORD YOU WON'T HAVE MILL INCOME THE GROCERY STORE AFTER A PERIOD OF DAYS. IF WE LOSE GPS WE LOSE FLOWS OF DATA ON TERYL LASTIAL WIRELESS NET NETWORK. WE USE THE ABILITY TO FLOWS OF ELECTRICITY ON THE POWER GRID. ALL OF THESE LIGHTS WOULDN'T BE ON US RIGHT NOW. WHEN THINGS GO DARK. THINGS GET BACK QUICKLY. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP COMMITTED TO THIS. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE ENEMY DOESN'T BELIEVE FOR ONE SECOND THEY WILL GET ADVANTAGE OVER THE UNITED STATES BY DESTROYING SPACE. AND WE WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO GET THAT ADVANTAGE. I WILL ALSO SAY -- >> YES, PLEASE. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT NASA IS AN AGENCY THAT DOES EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE. WE DON'T DO NATIONAL SECURITY OR DEFENSE. BUT I WILL HAVE TO SAY WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE SPACE IS SECURE. BECAUSE WE HAVE BIG THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO IN SPACE. WE HAVE A HUGE COMMERCIALIZATION EFFORT FOR LOW EVERY TIME ORBIT. WASN'T TO GO TO MOON AND ON TO MARS. IF SPACE ISN'T SECURE NOT JUST NASA BUT THE AGENCY AND FEDERAL GOVERN AMOUNT AND THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY THAT WE FORESEA IN FUTURE ALL OF THAT GET PLACED AT RISK. YOU ARE RIGHT. CHINA HAS DEVELOPED ANTI SATELLITE MISSLES TO DESTROY SATELLITES THAT DEVELOP COORBITAL SATELLITE. THEY PROLIFERATED TECHNOLOGY JAMMING SPOOFING, HACKING DAZZLING, THESE ARE ALL REALLY BIG PROBLEMS AND THE CHALLENGE WITH SPACE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ATTRIBUTE WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED OUR SATELLITE QUITS WORKING HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. BUT SPACE IS SOMETHING ALL OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE DEPENDENT ON EVERY DAY AND WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CANNOT LET IT -- WE CANNOT LET SPACE BE HELD AT RISK BY COUNTRIES THAT WANT TO DO US HARM. >> JIM, AS WE WERE WORSHIPPING A FEW MINUTES AGO. WE TEED UP GOD OF WONDER YOU SAID HEY THERE'S A PICTURE I WANT TO PUT UP. AND JUST AS A CHRISTIAN IT KIND OF INSTIGATED A THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND. AND I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO ABOUT JUST YOUR FAITH AS BELIEVER AND HOW IT'S NOT CONTRADICTED BUT CONFIRMED IN YOUR NEW ROLE AND TELL US ABOUT THIS PICTURE. IT'S IN REAL-TIME I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. >> THE SONG GOD OF WONDERS BEYOND OUR GALAXY. THE UNIVERSE DECLARES YOUR MAJESTY. WHEN I HEARD THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO BE SINGING THIS MORNING. I SAID IF WE SING THAT SONG WE NEED TO SHOW THE DEEP FIELD VIEW. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS A PICTURE OF. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS PICTURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT HERE. THIS IS A PICTURE TAKEN IN 1994. SO MANY IN THIS ROOM I GUESS MAYBE YOU WEREN'T BORN YET. BUT IF YOU TAKE A PENNY, DO YOU HAVE A PENNY ON YOU. >> SOMEONE HAS TO HAVE A PENNY. YOU'RE COLLEGE STUDENTS. YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE A PENNY; WOW. >> ANYONE GOT A PENNY. ABE LINCOLN. HERE. THANK YOU. I DROPPED IT. ALL RIGHT GUYS. THIS CALLED A PENNY. I WANTED TO TELL YOU. I'M RICH. OKAY. THIS PICTURE IMAGINE THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE MASSIVE TELESCOPE IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH. AND WE WANTED TO DETERMINE WHAT'S BEYOND OUR OWN GALAXY. WHAT'S BEYOND OUR OWN GALAXY. AND IF YOU TAKE A PENNY AND YOU HOLD IT OUT ARMS LENGTH AND YOU LOOK AT ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S EYEBALL JUST LOOK AT HIS EYE BALL. AND YOU FOCUS THAT TELESCOPE ON SOMETHING THE SIZE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S EYEBALL. OVER THE COURSE OF TEN DAYS YOU TAKE A NUMBER OF PICTURES IN THAT EXACT SAME SPOT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS PICTURE SHOWED UP. IT'S CALLED THE HUBBLE DEEP FIELD VIEW AND IN THAT LITTLE SPACE THE SIZE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN EYEBALL HELD AT ARM'S LENGTH WE CAPTURED THOUSANDS OF GALAXIES. EACH ONE OF THOSE IS NOT A STAR. EACH ONE OF THOSE IS A GALAXY. AND WHAT WE USE THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE TO DETERMINE IS THAT THERE ARE OVER 100 BILLION GALAXIES IN THE UNIVERSE. AND BY THE WAY THAT'S PROBABLY A LOW-BALL ESTIMATE BASE ON WHAT WE CAN DISCOVER. AND WE THINK ABOUT OUR OWN GALAXIES. THE MILKY WAY. WE TALK ABOUT 100 BILLION STARS IN OUR OWN GALAXY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS CRAZY. ONE SEPTILLION STARS IN THE UNIVERSE. HERE'S WHAT NASA IS DISCOVERING NOW. WE'RE DISCOVERING IN OUR OWN GALAXY PLANET ORBITING ALL OF THESE STARS IN OUR OWN GALAXY. I THINK WE'RE UP TO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THOUSANDS. BUT EVERY DAY WE DISCOVER NEW PLANET AROUND OTHER STARS. AND RECENTLY, WE DISCOVERED A PLANET ORBITING THIS 12th TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY THAT BEEN DISCOVERED. MISSION CALLED TEST NOT THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE PLANNIT ORB ITALIANING A STAR SYSTEM. PLANET ORB OITTING THE STARS HERE'S WHAT IS AMAZING. THAT DISCOVERIES MADE BY A 17-YEAR-OLD INTERN AT NASA ON HIS THIRD DAY. HIS NAME WOLF SUKIER. WHAT WOLF DISCOVERED THIS BINARY STAR SYSTEM WITH PLANET ORBITING TWO STARS 1,300 LIGHT YEARS FROM EARTH IN OUR OWN GALAXY. WHAT IS A LIGHT YEAR? A LIGHT YEAR IS LIKE A REGULAR YEAR JUST WITH FEWER CALORIES. THIS IS -- THIS MOST POLITE AUDIENCE I'VE EVER BEEN IN FRONT OF. I DID THAT -- I DID THAT JOKE IN FRONT OF THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA NOT TOO LONG AGO. THE AUDIENCE OF AND I GOT BOOS. I BROKE A RECORD. THE FIRST TIME THAT NASA ADMINISTRATOR EVER BEEN BOOED. I THINK IT WAS MORE LIKE I'M NOT KIDDING THESE ARE MOST HONORABLE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. >> TRUST ME. THEY ARE GREAT. YOU ARE HERE. >> ANYWAY. I GUESS THE POINT IS THIS. YOU TALK ABOUT MY FAITH. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING. WE THINK ABOUT ONE SEPTILLA N. ONE WITH 24 ZEROS. THAT'S DEFINITELY A LOW BALL. I WANT TO PULL UP SOMETHING THAT BUZZ ALDRIN THE SECOND PERSON TO WALK ON THE MOON. I HEARD HE HAS SPOKEN HERE BEFORE. BUZZ ALDRIN DECIDED WHEN FLYING HOME FROM THE MOON ON APOLLO 11 HE DECIDED TO READ A SCRIPTURE TO THE WORLD. >> BEFORE YOU READ THAT. SINCE WE SPEAK ABOUT HIM. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SET THAT UP IF YOU DON'T MIND. TALK ABOUT THE COMMUNION THAT HE TOOK WHEN HE WENT TO THE MOON. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THIS IS REAL HISTORY. THIS IS HISTORY HERE. THIS IS IMPORTANT. NOT JUST WHEN HE TOOK COMMUNION ON THE MOON. YOU GO BACK TO APOLLO 8 THE FIRST ASTRONAUT THAT ORBITED THE MOON. WHEN THEY WERE THERE THEY WERE THERE ON CHRISTMAS EVE. 1968. AND THEY WERE TOLD THEY WEREN'T TOLD WHAT TO SAY. BUT THEY WERE TOLD TO SAY SOMETHING PROFOUND. AND WHAT THEY DECIDED TO READ ON CHRISTMAS EVE1968 AS THEY WERE O ORBITING THE MOON. ONE OUT OF FOUR PEOPLE ON THE PLANET HEARD THE BROADCAST IN 1968 WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING. BUT WHAT THEY DECIDED TO DO THEY DECIDED TO READ A SCRIPTURE. AND IN FACT, IT WAS GENESIS 111, 1 THROUGH TEN. THAT WAS THE FIRST THEY DECIDED TO SAY CHRISTMAS EVE1968 AS MESSAGE TO WORLD. AND THEY WERE COMMUNICATING NOT JUST TO AMERICANS THEY WERE CHUN INDICATING TO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN OF THE SOVIET UNION. >> THEY ARE SHARING THE GOSPEL TO WORLD. >> THEY WERE READING THE BIG OF GENESIS ABOUT THE BEGINNING. THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID. IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH THE EARTH WITHOUT FORM AND VOID AND DARKNESS WAS UPON THE FACE OF THE DEEP AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD MOVED UPON THE FACE OF THE WATER AND GOD SAID LET THERE BE LIGHT AND THERE WAS LIGHT. AND GOD SAW THE LIGHT THAT WAS GOOD AND HE DIVIDED THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS. AND GOD CALLED THE LIGHT DAY. AND THE DARKNESS HE CALLED NIGHT. AND THE EVENING AND THE MORNING WERE THE FIRST DAY. AND GOD SAID LET THERE AFFIRMENT AND LET IT DIVIDE THE WATERS FROM THE WATERS. AND GOD MADE THE DIVIDED THE WATER WHICH WERE UNDER FERMMENT FROM THE WATERS WHICH ABOVE THE FERMNANT AND IT WAS SO. HE CALLED FERMMENT HEAVEN. THE EVENING AND MORNING WERE THE SECOND DAY AND GOD SAID LET THE WATERS UNDER THE HEAVEN BE GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO ONE PLACE AND LET THE DRY LAND APPEAR AND IT WAS SO. AND GOD CALLED THE DRY LAND EARTH. AND THE GATHERING TOGETHER OF THE WATERS CALLED THESE SEAS AND GOD SAW IT WAS GOOD. NOW THIS WAS CHRISTMAS EVE, 1968. BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN CHRISTMAS WAS ILLEGAL. AND THEY WERE TOLD TO SAY SOMETHING PROFOUND. AND THEY AGREED TOGETHER ON THE WAY TO THE MOON THAT IS WHAT THEY WANTED TO SAY. AND ONE BY ONE EACH OF OUR THREE ASTRONAUTS DIVIDED GENESIS 1, 1 THROUGH 10 INTO PARTS AND ONE BY ONE THEY READ EACH OF THOSE SCRIPTURE THEN CLOSED WITH A MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS. THEY WISHED EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND WISHED THEM GOOD NIGHT. WHAT IS FASCINATING WHEN THEY CAME HOME THEY GOT SUED. AND SO WHEN APOLLO 11 WENT TO MOON THEY WERE TOLD NOT TO SAY ANYTHING REGARDING THEIR FAITH. SO WHEN BUZZ ALDRIN ON THE MOON HE WANTED TO TAKE COMMUNION. HE WANTED IN FACT DO IT IN A PUBLIC WAY. BUT HE WAS BLOCKED FROM TAKING COMMUNION. BECAUSE OF THE LAWSUITS THAT WAS ACTUALLY ON NASA AT THAT TIME. SO WHAT HE DID WAS BUZZ ALDRIN TOOK TO MICROPHONE AND IF I CAN PULL IT UP REAL QUICK I WILL SEE IF I FIND IT. IST READING IT EARLIER. WHAT DID BUZZ ALDRIN SAY HERE. HE ASKED EVERYBODY. HE SAID -- THIS FIRST -- BUZZ ALDRIN THE SECOND PERSON TO WALK ON THE MOON. HE WAS THE SECOND PERSON. HERE'S THE QUESTION. WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO TAKE COMMUNION ON THE MOON? THIS IS WHAT HE SAID. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ASK EVERY PERSON LISTENING IN WHOEVER AND WHETHER EVER THEY MAY BE TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND CONTEMPLATE THE EVENTS OF THE PAST FEW HOURS. AND TO GIVE THANKS IN HIS OR HER OWN WAY. IMAGINE THAT. YOU JUST FLEW TO THE MOON. YOU ARE ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY. AND YOUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS TO ASK EVERYBODY TO CONTEMPLATE THE EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE AND GIVE THANKS. HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT HIS FAITH. THAT'S WHAT HE DID. AND FOLLOWING THAT, HE UNKEYED THE MICROPHONE AND STARTED READING JOHN 15:5 AS JESUS SAID I AM THE VINE, YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. WHOEVER REMAINS IN ME AND I IN HIM WILL BARE MUCH FRUIT. FOR YOU CAN DO NOTHING WITHOUT ME. THAT'S WHAT BUZZ ALDRIN WANTED TO READ ON THE MOON. WITH THAT HE TOOK OUT HIS LITTLE VIAL OF WINE AND PIECE OF BREAD AND HE POURED IT ON THE MOON. AS HE DESCRIBED IT BECAUSE YOU'RE IN ONE SIXTH THE GRAVITY OF THE EVERY TIME IT DOESN'T POUR LIKE IT POURS ON THE EARTH AND IT POURED VERY SLOWLY AND CURLED OVER THE EDGE OF THE CUP. IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING WATCHING HOW THINGS POUR ON THE MOON. THEN HE TOOK XHCOMMUNION. ON THE WAY HOME HE READ FROM BOOK OF PSALM. PSALM 8, 3 THROUGH FOUR. I WILL PULL THAT UP REAL QUICK. WE TALK ABOUT THE MAJESTY -- I WANT TO READ WHAT HE HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT. PSALM 3 THROUGH 4. DO YOU HAVE BIBLE GATEWAY. HE SAID WHEN I CONSIDER THY HEAVENS THE WORK OF THY FINGER THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHICH THOUSAND HAS ORDAINED WHAT IS MAN THAT THOU ARE MITEFUL OF HIM. THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING TESTIMONY WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO MOON FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> I THINK JUST ONE IMMEDIATE TAKE AWAY IS THE REALITY THAT GOD GIVES -- GOD GIVES ONE OF HIS CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF THE WORLD FOR A MINUTE. HE'S ACTUALLY DOING THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT WITH YOU AS A BELIEFER IN THIS PLACE OF INFLUENCE AND THIS PLACE OF STATURE AND SPOTLIGHT ON YOU. AND BUZZ AT THAT MOMENT DECIDED NOT TO MAKE MUCH OF HIM BUT MAKE MUCH OF GOD. I THINK THERE'S STUDENT IN THIS ROOM THAT WILL BE NURSES, THEY WILL BE PILOTS. THEY WILL BE MAKING WORKING FOR NASA. THERE'S A MOMENT WHEN THE SPOTLIGHT WILL BE ON THEM. AND AT THAT MOMENT THEY CAN MAKE MUCH OF THEMSELVESES OR AT THAT MOMENT LEVERAGE THE MOMENT TO MAKE MUCH OF GOD. AND I THINK YOU'VE BEEN DOING THAT. I WANT TO ASK YOU SINCE IT'S NOTHING NEW THAT PEOPLE OF FAITH HAVE BEEN A PART OF NASA, HOW DO YOU WORK EVERY DAY WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T SHARE YOUR FAITH. YOU CERTAINLY COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T. PEOPLE WANT TO HATE ON YOU. SOMETIMES BECAUSE YOU'RE A CHRISTIAN AND IN ENVIRONMENT. BUT AT THE OF THE DAY THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH YOU LOVE EACH OTHER. YOU COLABOR WITH ONE ANOTHER. TALK ABOUT THAT. >> OUR FAITH ENCOURAGES US TO ACCEPT ALL PEOPLE. AND NOT BE SHY ABOUT SHARING OUR FAITH. BUT LOOK EVERYBODY -- PEOPLE I WORK WITH NASA WE HAVE ALL DIFFERENT BELIEF SYSTEMS. WE DON'T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANYBODY FOR ANY OF THEIR BELIEF. WE LOOK FOR BEST FEEM TO DO THE RIGHT JOB AND MAKE SURE WE DO AT THE RIGHT TIME AND GET IT DONE AS YOU KNOW LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER. I'M FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE AMERICAN TAX PAYERS. WE ARE -- WE ARE NOT BIAS IN HOW WE GO ABOUT SELECTING THE PEOPLE TO DO WORK AND GETTING THE MOST AMAZING AND I WILL TELL YOU WE HAVE THE MOST AMAZING WORKFORCE IN ALL OF THE WORLD AT NASA. IT'S ASTONISHING. THERE'S PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITHS AND I ENCOURAGE THEM TO SHARE FAIR FACE AND WORLD VIEW. I'M NOT SHY ABOUT SHARING MINE EITHER. >> THEY DON'T ASK YOU TO WITHDRAWAL YOUR FAITH AS YOU COME THE WORK. YOU ARE NOT ASKING SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T SHARE YOUR FAITH, WHAT DON'T HAVE FAITH TO COME AND PRETEND TO HAVE ONE. YOU COLLABORATING TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING TOGETHER YOU COULD NEVER DO ALONE. THOSE PRINCIPALS WILL BE KEY TO ALL STUDENTS IN WHATEVER FIELD THEY QUESTION TO. JUST AS LAST THOUGHT WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE SOMEONE WHO GETS TO WORK IN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THAT. WHETHER WORKING WITH PEOPLE. WHERE THEY HOLD FAST TO THEIR FAITH BUT AT THE SAME TIME WORKING WITH THOSE WHO DON'T SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH THEM ON THAT LEVEL? >> IT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION. HERE'S THE THING. WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, PEOPLE ARE WATCHING YOU. AND IT DOESN'T -- IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU EXPRESS WHAT YOU BELIEVE OR IF YOU DON'T EXPRESS WHAT YOU BELIEVE. PEOPLE SEE HOW YOU BEHAVE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. THEY SEE HOW YOU CARRY YOURSELF. THEY SEE HOW YOU RELATE TO OTHERS. THEY CAN TELL IF YOU ARE ANGRY OR IF YOU HAVE LOVE IN YOUR HEART. THEY CAN SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND SO I WOULD JUST SAY YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE OVERT FOR PEOPLE TO GET THE MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE LIVING OUT YOUR FAITH. >> WITNESS WITH YOUR LIFE AND USE WORDS WHEN NECESSARY. CAN YOU JUST REAL QUICK TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING. WE'VE NEVER HAD A WOMAN IN SPACE. CAN YOU TALK TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. >> WE NEVER HAD A WOMAN ON THE MOON. WE HAD LOTS OF WOMEN IN SPACE. INCLUDING THE SPACE SHUTTLE. WHEN WE HAD THE TRAGEDY. >> RIGHT, RIGHT. >> WE HAVE -- THE PRESIDENT'S VERY FIRST SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE HE SAID GO TO THE MOON. GO SUSTAINABLY. IN OTHER WORD WHEN YOU GO THERE, YOU WILL STAY. GO WITH COMMERCIAL PARTNERS GO WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, USE THE RESOURCES OF THE MOON. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? HUNDREDS OF MILLION OF TONS O WATER ICE ON THE SOUTH POLE. WATER ICE HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN. HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN IS IN FACT ROCKET FUEL IF YOU CRACK IT INTO ITS COMPONENT PART AND PUT IN LIQUID FORM THAT'S THE SAME ROCKET FUEL THAT POWERED THE SPACE SHUTTLES AVAILABLE IN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF TONS OF THE SOCIETY POLE OF THE MOON. WE WILL USE IT. WE WILL USE IT TO WORK FOR LONG PERIODS O OF TIME WITH A PURPOSE AND THAT PURPOSE TO SEND HUMANS TO MARS FOR THE FIRST TIME. THAT'S OUR GOAL. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] AND SO WE HAVE CALLED THIS PROGRAM ARDIMOUS. THIS GOES TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WOMEN ON THE MOON. IN THE APOLLO ERA. ALL OF THE ASTRONAUTS CAME FROM FIGHTER PILOT BACKGROUND AND TEST PILOT BACKGROUNDS AND IN THOSE DAYS THERE WERE NO OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN. AND NOW WE HAVE THIS VERY DIVERSE HIGHLY QUALIFIED ASTRO ASTRONAUT CAR THAT INCLUDES WOMEN AND THE PRESIDENT HAD SAID THE NEXT MAN AND THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE MOON WILL BE AMERICANS AND HE LOOKED AT ME. YOU WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN. YES, SIR, WE WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND SO WE CALLED THE PROGRAM ARDIMOUS. IT'S THE TWIN SISTER OF APOLLO. AND SHE IS THE GODDERS OF THE MOON IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY. THIS TIME WHEN WE GO TO MOON WE GO WITH ALL OF AMERICA. AND, IN FACT, WE GO WITH THE FIRST WOMAN WHICH WHAT I'VE BEEN TASKED TO ESTABLISH. >> WE WILL WATCH A ONE-MINUTE VIDEO AND CLOSING THOUGHT THEN A REALLY FUN GAME -- >> BEFORE WE PLAY THAT VIDEO. I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. BEFORE WE ROLE THIS VIDEO. I WANT PEOPLE HERE TO KNOW I'M THE FIRST NASA ADMINISTRATOR IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY THAT WAS NOT ALIVE WHEN WE HAD PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING ON THE MOON. I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT DAY. THAT DAY NEVER HAPPENED FOR ME AND OF COURSE EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM IS YOUNGER THAN ME. IT HASN'T HAPPENENED FOR YOU EITHER. I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE. I REMEMBER MISS POWERS COMING IN TEAR IN EYES. SHE'S MY LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER. EVERYBODY WONDERED WHAT IS WRONG WITH MRS. POWERS. SHE GATHERS THE TEACHER TOGETHER AND THEY START ROLLING IN TV AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN FIFTH GRADE WE WATCHED THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER DISASTER. AND ALL THE KIDS ARE STUNNED. BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WERE TAKING A TEACHER INTO SPACE. A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER GOING INTO SPACE. SHE'S GOING TO DRAFT CURRICULUM FOR SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATH. AND THAT'S MY MEMORY. BUT IF YOU WALK AROUND NASA THE PEOPLE OLD ENOUGH. WHY DO THEY WORK THERE? THEY WORK THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE ALIVE WHEN APOLLO 8 ORBITED THE MOON AND READ GENESIS FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEY WERE ALIVE WELL NEIL ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN STEPPED ON THE MOON. HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS NATION. IT'S UNSATISFACTORY THAT WE -- IT'S A FAILURE OF OUR COUNTRY FOR 50 YEARS NOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN BACK TO THE MOON. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANOTHER GENERATION DOESN'T GO BY WHERE THE MEMORY ARE THE BAD THINGS. WE NEED TO IS MEMORY BE THE STUNNING THINGS AND THAT IS UP TO YOUR GENERATION. AND I AM TELLING YOU, YOU YOUR GENERATION, YOU ARE THE ARDIMOUS GENERATION. YOU NEED TO DECLARE WE WILL GO TO MOON AND GO WITH ALL OF AMERICA AND NOW IS OUR TIME. AND WE NEED TO DO IT FOR A PURPOSE TO GET TO MARS. AND I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE NEED TO GO TO MARS. BUT WE CAN ROLE THIS VIDEO. LET'S WATCH THIS TOGETHER. >> 50 YEARS AGO WE WENT TO THE MOON. WE CALLED IT APOLLO. MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE THAT APOLLO HAD A TWIN. THIS TIME TO STAY AND PREPARE TO ACHIEVE HUMANITY NEXT OF SENDING THE FIRST HUMAN MISSIONS TO MARS. >> WE BELIEVE OUR COURSE WILL REDEFINE WHAT IS POSSIBLE. THAT WE WILL DISCOVER LIFESAVING EL EARTH CHANGING SCIENCE. FOR ALL WHO WONDER IF WE COULD RETURN, ALL WHO DREAMED OF PRESSING BEYOND. THIS IS YOUR CALLING. WE GO FOR ALL OF AMERICA. WE GO AS THE ARDIMOUS GENERATION. >> WE GO. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] >> THAT'S EXCITING. WE WANT TO PLAY A FUN GAME HERE BEFORE WE GET OUT OF HERE. WE WILL PLAY THE FIRE CRACKER ROCKET POCKET CHALLENGE. YOU WILL EAT ROCKET POPS DURING THIS GAME WHY YOU ANSWER TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS. OKAY. THE ROCKET POPS WE FELT LIKE IF THE ROCKETS THEY SHOULD BE HOT. WE THOUGHT WE SHOULD ADD HOT WING SAUCE TO ROCKET POPS. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] IT'S NASA AGAINST NASSER. >> EACH SAUCE WILL GET HOTTER AS WE GO. IT WILL BE MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU ANSWER CORRECTLY. >> WE WILL ASK YOU TRUE OR FALSE QUESTIONS. IF YOU GET IT WRONG THEN YOU HAVE TO EAT SOME HOT SAUCE. IF YOU GET IT RIGHT YOUR OPPONENT HAS TO EAT HOT SAUCE. SIX QUESTIONS. THE LATER IN THE GAME THE MORE IMPORTANT IT IS. BECAUSE THAT SAUCE IS HOT. >> YOU WANT TO WORK YOUR WAY UP. >> START WITH THE LEAST HOT SAUCE. WHAT WE GET HERE THE FIRE MAN. >> LET'S START OUT. >> WHAT'S THIS? >> THIS IS JUST A DRINK JUST IN CASE -- IT'S TANG. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. THAT'S AWESOME. POWDERED DRINKS. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. HERE WE GO. FIRST ONE IS SIRACHI. FIRE SCORE OF ONE. STILL PRETTY GROSS. IT TAKES SUN RAYS 8 MINUTES TO REACH THE EARTH. TRUE OR FALSE? >> FALSE. >> THAT IS WRONG. IT IS TRUE. EIGHT MINUTES, 20 SECONDS. HE CANNOT CONFIRM THAT DATA. I GUESS YOU'RE THE GUY WHO COULD CONFIRM THE DATA. >> LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN. I AM FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT DATA IS CONFIRMED. >> WE'RE GOING WITH JIM. [APPLAUSE] THAT'S GROSS. SECOND QUESTION. THIS WILL BE TO FIRE CRACKER SCORE OF 2. >> GIVE ME SOME TANG. >> TO BASCO. TRUE OR FALSE. MERCURY IS THE CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN, TRUE OR FALSE? >> MERCURY IS -- VENUS THE CLOSEST PLANET. MERCURY THE CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN. YOU GOT THIS READY FOR HIM, KYLE. I'M SORRY I'M NOT A NERD. THIS THE NOT GOING WELL. NO OFFENSE TAKEN BY THAT. KIND OF LIKE A ROCK STAR. WHAT IS THIS ONE. THIS IS TOBASCO. FIRE CRACKER SCORE OF 2. YOU WORK FOR ME. YOU DON'T WORK FOR NASA. >> OH, MY GOSH. LET'S GO, JIM, QUESTION FOR YOU. FIRE CRACKER WE ORDERED SOME SPECIAL SAUCE IT WILL GET HOTTER. THIS SPECIAL ORDER JIM'S FIRE SAUCE. >> BRING THE HEAT. IT'S THE HOT SAUCE. FIRE CRACKER SCORE OF THREE. NOT BAD BUT STILL PRETTY GROSS. >> WHERE AND WHAT WILL I EAT THERE. >> IT'S THAT ONE THERE. I WILL ASK YOU THE QUESTION. TRUE OR FALSE. JUPITER HAS 77 MOONS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT SO MUCH OF IT. >> FALSE. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S FALSE. [CHEERING AND APPLAUSE] AS OF NOW IT'S 79 BUT WE'RE DISCOVERING NEW MOONS ALL THE TIME AROUND JUPITER. THERE YOU GO DAVID. I JUST WANT TO TRY IT SINCE I DOESN'T LOOK I'M GOING TO GET ANY WRONG. WAIT FOR IT. WAIT FOR IT. IT'S GOT A SLOW BURN. >> THAT WAS A MISTAKE. >> WE'RE JUMPING INTO JIM'S MEDIUM HOT SAUCE. FIRE CRACKER SCORE OF FOUR. AND THIS YOUR QUESTION, DAVID. DAVID, AMERICAN -- TRUE OR FALSE. AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS LEFT A RED, WHITE AND BLUE BIBLE ON THE MOON. >> I KNOW THIS ONE. I WAS STUDYING AND READ ABOUT THIS. AMERICAN ASTRONAUT LEFT BIBLE ON THE MOON NOW. >> THAT'S ACTUALLY TRUE. >> THAT IS NOT TRUE. THERE IS A BIBLE. >> THERE IS BIBLE. THEY LEFT A BIBLE ON THE MOON. >> IT'S TRUE THEY LEFT A BIBLE ON THE MOON. APOLLO 15 DAVID SCOTT LEFT A RED BIBLE ON A LUNAR ROVER DASH BOARD ON THE MOON. >> WHAT DID I GET WRONG? >> IT WAS NOT RED, WHITE AND BLUE. IT WAS RED. EAT UP, DAVID. WE ARE IN TO THE HEAT NOW. WE'RE GETTING HOT. NICE. NICE. EVERYBODY BACK UP. CAN WE GET SOME NAPKINS. >> GOD BLESS AMERICA. MY MOUTH IS ON FIRE RIGHT NOW. >> HERE WE GO. IT'S NOT EVEN HOT YET. IT'S HOT, BRO. JIM'S HOT SAUCE. PRETTY DANGER HOT. GIVE HIM SOMETHING HE DOESN'T KNOW. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL ASK HIM BIBLE QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF NASA QUESTIONS. GIVE ME SOME PREACHER QUESTIONS. WE'LL SEE ABOUT THIS ONE. JIM, TRUE OR FALSE, URANUS IS GASSIEST. DID YOU HEAR THAT? ASK IT AGAIN. >> JUST ONE SECOND. URANUS IS GASSIEST. TRUE OR FALSE? >> IT'S A LAUGHING MATTER. IT'S TRUE I JUST ANSWERED THE QUESTION. LET'S GET A LITTLE BIT MORE HOT SAUCE FOR THAT. ALL I DID WAS ANSWER THE QUESTION. >> THIS IS A COLLEGE. THIS NOT MIDDLE SCHOOL. URANUS IS SERIOUS MATTER. STOP MAKING FUN OF URANUS RIGHT NOW. I HAD ASSUMPTION I WAS AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. HERE'S THE THING. >> IS THERE A BIG CRACK ON URANUS. >> THAT'S FALSE. ARE THERE TIME WHEN HOT LAVA IS FOLLOWING OUT OF -- THIS THE -- WE'RE TRYING TO TEACH YOU ABOUT THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. >> DAVID THE STALLING BECAUSE HE KNOWS ITS TRUE. YOU WILL HAVE TO EAT THIS. >> I DON'T FEEL THAT. OH, WAIT. THIS IS NOT GOING WELL AT ALL. >> LAST QUESTION. THIS IS LAST QUESTION. WE WROTE IT FOR YOU. THIS -- JIM'S HOT SAUCE SLAP YOUR MAMA FIRE CRACKER SCORE OF TEN. HOTTEST ONE WE GOT. DADE, TRUE OR FALSE. URANUS -- WE GET MORE URANUS JOKES THAN NORMAL. >> URANUS HAS GIANT CRACK TEN TIMES AS LONG AS THE GRAND CANYON. >> IT'S RIGGED. >> DAVID. IT'S ACTUALLY FALSE. BECAUSE MARS HAS THE BIG GRAND CANYON CRACK. >> YOU ARE CORRECT. >> YES. >> COME ON, JIM. EAT IT LIKE IT'S HOT, JIM. DO IT FOR YOUR COUNTRY? I SAY JIM, TAKE A LOOK. WHAT DO YOU THINK? I DIDN'T SEE HIM DO IT. I'M FEELING IT RIGHT NOW. I DID IT. IT'S NASTY. HOW CAN WE PRAY FOR YOU. ONE MORE TIME. CAN WE THANK OUR BROTHER. WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOU, BRO. THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT WEEKEND. GO AND MAKE MUCH OF GOD. YOU ARE DISMISSED. ♪ ♪ ♪
