thank you very much vice-president pence for helping where's our vice president
great job great job to restore American leadership in space so important cabinet
members general Selva deputy secretary Shanahan Acting Administrator Lightfoot
members of Congress and the National Space Council thank you all for being
here and especially Mike as I said I want to thank you I know how active
you've been and how important this is to you so we appreciate it thank you very
much we also welcome astronauts christine koch and peggy whitson
christina Thank You Peggy thank you very much
Peggy recently returned from the International Space Station and has now
spent an incredible 665 days in space you'll have to explain that that sounds
tough more than any other American more than any woman ever
finally we're honored to be joined by Apollo astronaut Jack Schmitt exactly 45
years ago almost to the minute Jack became one of the last Americans to land
on the moon today we pledge that he will not be the
last and I suspect we'll be finding other
places to land in addition to the moon what do you think Jack was Jack what do
you think Jack we'll find some other places out there there are a couple of
other places right we'll learn the directive I'm signing today will refocus
America's space program on human exploration and discovery it marks an
important step in returning American astronauts to the moon for the first
time since 1972 for long term exploration and use this time we will
not only plant our flag and leave our footprint we will establish a foundation
for an eventual mission to Mars and perhaps someday to many worlds beyond
this directive will ensure America's space program once again leads and
inspires all of humanity the pioneer spirit has always defined America and
we're picking that up in many other fields I think you see that
I think it's obvious all you have to do is look at what's happening with the
markets and all of the great things that are happening we're leading in many
different fields again and it'll get more and more obvious as you go along
after braving the vast unknown and discovering the new world our
forefathers did not only merely sail home and in some cases never to return
they stayed they explored they built they guided and through that pioneering
spirit they imagined all of the possibilities that few dare to dream
today the same spirit beckons us to begin new journeys of exploration and
discovery to lift our eyes all the way up to the heavens and once again imagine
the possibilities waiting in those big beautiful stars if we dare to dream big
and that's what our country is doing again we're dreaming big this is a giant
step toward that inspiring future and toward reclaiming America's proud
destiny and space and space has so much to do with so many other applications
including a military application so we are the leader and we're going to stay
the leader and we're going to increase it many fold I'd like to invite vice
president pence if he would to say a few words he's been leading this for me and
I appreciate it mr. vice president mr. president thank you thank you for your
leadership and thank you for the honor to be here today in my capacity as as
chairman of the National Space Council for what I believe is a momentous
occasion in the history of American space exploration to all the
extraordinary leaders who are gathered with us today to members of Congress and
the pioneers of space exploration who are gathered here we thank you and we
thank you for all you've done to serve our nation and expand the horizons of
human knowledge and advance American leadership in outer space
mr. president in signing this space policy directive you are ensuring that
America will lead in space once again to guide this new era of American space
leadership President Trump has relaunched the National Space Council
and at the council's inaugural meeting in October we unanimously approved a
recommendation to instruct NASA to return American astronauts to the moon
and from there to lay a foundation for a mission to Mars
today's action by President Trump makes that recommendation official national
policy for the United States of America as everyone here knows establishing a
renewed American presence on the moon is vital to achieve our strategic
objectives in the objectives outlined by our National Space Council in pursuing
these objectives mr. president we will as you said enhance our national
security and our capacity to provide for the common defense of the people of the
United States of America we will also spur innovation as the space program has
always done mr. president you've reflected on it often and we'll see jobs
created that we couldn't even imagine could be created today will also ensure
lastly that the rules and values of space exploration are written with
American leadership and American values mr. president you've said that the
pioneer spirit has always defined America and by your action today with
this clear vision returning Americans to the moon preparing to lead to Mars and
beyond you are ensuring mr. president that America will lead in space in the
future and for generations to come and I thank you for the honor of being a
part of this
this is very exciting and very important for our country and it will also have
the saloon job job
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