National Space Council Receives Report on Human Spaceflight in Low-Earth Orbit

The report, a collaborative effort by NASA, the Department of State, and the Department of Commerce, outlines yet to be disclosed directives for developing low-Earth orbit commercial opportunities and a regulatory environment.

December 3, 2018

William Kucinski

Northrop Grumman Corporation's Cygnus space freighter with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays is pictured in the grips of the Canadarm2 robotic arm after it was captured by Expedition 57 Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor and European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst. NASA acknowledges the need for commercial partnerships with companies like Northrop Grumman. (Image source: NASA)

As requested by the National Space Council ; NASA , the Department of State , and the Department Commerce have submitted a report outlining future opportunities and challenges for human spaceflight in low-Earth orbit (LEO), and its potential economic contributions to the broader field of exploration. NASA lead the interagency effort to produce the report, titled “A Strategy for Human Spaceflight in Low Earth Orbit and Economic Growth in Space,” after receiving tasking by the National Space Council in February this year.

According to the report, developing the sustainable foundations for returning U.S. astronauts to the Moon and enabling a new era of commercial spaceflight in LEO are the linchpins of U.S. human spaceflight policy. NASA also cited the need for maintaining continued international collaboration with International Space Station (ISS) partners, including involvement and coordination regarding lunar exploration strategies.

Footage from the February 2018 National Space Council Meeting

While developing new a set of commercial human spaceflight capabilities, NASA recognizes that their success cannot depend on Federal funding and programs alone and will enable U.S. commercial enterprises to develop and operate under principles of long-term sustainability for space activity.

This strategy follows the direction established by the Administration through Space Policy Directives , which created an innovative new framework for American leadership by reinvigorating U.S. human exploration of the Moon and Mars; streamlining regulations on the commercial use of space; and establishing the first national policy for space traffic management.

While the report was not fully released due to “the inclusion of sensitive information,” the report’s executive summary outlined four overarching goals that expand on the previous Space Policy Directives:

To achieve a continuous U.S. presence in LEO – both with government astronauts and with private citizens – in order to support the utilization of space by U.S. citizens, companies, academia, and international partners and to maintain a permanent American foothold on the nearest part of the space frontier.
To create a regulatory environment in LEO that enables American commercial activities to thrive.
To conduct human spaceflight research in LEO that will advance the technology and systems required for long-duration spaceflight systems, including for interplanetary travel and permanent space habitation.
To expand and extend commercial opportunity though international partnerships and engagement.

William Kucinski is content editor at SAE International, Aerospace Products Group in Warrendale, Pa. Previously, he worked as a writer at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland, Ohio and was responsible for writing the agency’s System Failure Case Studies. His interests include literally anything that has to do with space, past and present military aircraft, and propulsion technology.

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00:00:04 >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE. THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY. THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS. [APPLAUSE] THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND

00:00:55 COUNTER TERRORISM. [APPLAUSE] DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. [APPLAUSE] THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION. [APPLAUSE] PRINCIPAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. [APPLAUSE]

00:01:22 THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. [APPLAUSE] THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS. [APPLAUSE] THE DEPUTY CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES. [APPLAUSE]

00:03:36 THE ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION. [APPLAUSE] >> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I THINK I CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT'S AN HONORED TO BE HERE WITH SO MANY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

00:04:16 HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. WELCOME. NASA SPACE GOES THROUGH THIS PLACE. THIS FACILITY THAT YOU'RE HERE RIGHT NOW, THIS WAS FULL OF HARDWARE TO COMPLETE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. IT'S HARD TO THINK THAT ALL THAT HARDWARE THAT WAS HERE IS IN

00:04:37 ORBIT TODAY. AND TODAY WE GET TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT STEPS AND THIS JOURNEY OF EXPLORATION THAT WE'RE ON. VICE PRESIDENT PENCE HAS VISITED KENNEDY SPACE CENTER A COUPLE OF TIMES TO SEE LAUNCHES, AND CAME LAST YEAR TO UNDERSTAND THAT TRANSFORMATION THAT WE MADE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BEFORE

00:05:03 HE BEGAN TO CHAIR THE SPACE COUNCIL. WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE A VICE PRESIDENT WHO LOVES AMERICA'S SPACE PROGRAM AS MUCH AS VICE PRESIDENT PENCE DOES. HE INTRODUCED OUR ASTRONAUTS TO THE WORLD TO HOUSTON. HE LAUNCHED THE HARDWARE AT M MARSHALL SPACECRAFT CENTER.

00:05:27 THE VICE PRESIDENT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES FOR MANY BENEFITS THAT THIS BRINGS TO OUR NATION'S ECONOMY AND SECURITY. THE BRIDGE BUILT ACROSS THIS WORLD AND THE INSPIRATION THAT PROVIDES THE NEXT GENERATION OF EXPLORERS. HIS PASSION FOR SPACE HAS PREPARED HIM WELL FOR THE MANY

00:05:55 HATS THAT HE WEARS. WELCOME WITH ME THE CHAIR THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE. [MUSIC] [APPLAUSE] >> NASA ADMINISTRATOR LIGHTFOOT, THANK YOU FOR THAT KIND INTRODUCTION. LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER ROUND OF

00:06:38 APPLAUSE FOR DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR FOR BEING HERE. MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, HONORED GUESTS AND GATHERED HEROES. IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK AT AMERICA'S SPACE COAST. AT THIS HISTORIC PLACE WHERE THE

00:06:58 MEN AND WOMEN OF THE JOHN F KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. THE PRIDE OF THE NATION. [APPLAUSE] IT'S MY HONOR TO WELCOME YOU ALL HERE TODAY TO THE SECOND MEETING OF THE NEWLY RECONSTITUTED NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. BEFORE I GET STARTED, STANDING HERE IN FLORIDA, ALLOW ME TO

00:07:21 TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS WHAT IS ON THE HEARTS OF EVERY AMERICAN: : : THE TERRIBLE ATTACK THAT TOOK PLACE HERE LAST WEEK. WE MOURN WITH THOSE WHO MOURN, AND WE GRIEVE WITH THOSE WHO GRIEVE. LET ME ASSURE ALL FLORIDIANS,

00:07:41 ESPECIALLY THOSE AFFECTED BY THIS TERRIBLE ATTACK, THAT AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID OUR ENTIRE NATION WITH ONE HEAVY HEART, IS PRAYING FOR YOU ALL. AS THE PRESIDENT SAID, NO CHILD, NO TEACHER SHOULD EVER BE IN DANGER IN AN AMERICAN SCHOOL. EARLIER THIS WEEK PRESIDENT TRUMP DIRECTED THE ATTORNEY

00:08:09 GENERAL TO EXPEDITE THE BUMP STOCKS. WE JOINED THE PRESIDENT FOR A LISTENING SESSION, AND WE'LL GATHER TOGETHER WITH STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS FROM PARKLAND, FLORIDA, AND WITH COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED IN THE PAST LIKE COLUMBINE AND SANDY HOOK.

00:08:34 PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL MAKE THE SAFETY OF OUR NATION'S SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS OUR TOP PRIORITY. [APPLAUSE] THIS PRESIDENT AND OUR ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION WILL FOCUS ON RENEWED ENERGY ON MAKING OUR SCHOOLS SAFE, AND GIVING A FRESH LOOK AT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILIES THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO

00:09:01 DEAL WITH DANGEROUS MENTAL ILLNESS. AS WE MOVE FORWARD WE'LL CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR GOD'S GRACE AND COMFORT FOR THE DIFFICULT DAYS THAT LIE AHEAD. LET'S PRAY FOR GOD'S WISDOM, FOR ALL OF US IN POSITIONS 6 AUTHORITY, THAT WE MIGHT FIND A WAY TO COME TOGETHER AS A NATION

00:09:21 TO CONFRONT AND END THIS EVIL OF OUR TIME ONCE AND FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONCE AGAIN, IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO THE SECOND MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. I BRING GREETINGS, FIRST AND FOREMOST, FROM A PASSIONATE CHAMPION OF AMERICA'S SPACE

00:09:41 COAST AND AMERICA'S SPACE PROGRAM, A VISIONARY, WHO I CAN ASSURE YOU IS COMMITTED TO AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE BOUNDLESS EXPANSE OF SPACE. I BRING GREETINGS FROM THE 45TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. [APPLAUSE]

00:10:00 JUST OVER A YEAR AGO PRESIDENT TRUMP DECLARED THAT OUR NATION STANDS--IN HIS WORDS--AT THE BIRTH OF A NEW MILLENNIUM, READY TO UNLOCK THE MYSTERIES OF SPACE. UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, AMERICA IS LEADING IN SPACE ONCE AGAIN. [APPLAUSE] IT'S REALITY REMARKABLE TO THINK

00:10:27 OF ALL WE ACCOMPLISHED TOGETHER IN THE LAST 13 MONTHS. WE RELAUNCHED THIS NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, AN ORGANIZATION OF VITAL IMPORTANCE IN AMERICA'S FUTURE IN SPACE THAT LAY DORMANT FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. WE ESTABLISHED A NEW NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY THAT IS SPURRING THE DEVELOPMENT OF

00:10:44 SPACE TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY THAT WE NEED TO DEFEND OUR NATIONAL SECURITY AND PROTECT OUR WAY OF LIFE. IN DECEMBER, PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE ONE THAT MAKES IT A NATIONAL POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES TO RETURN TO THE MOON, AND PUT AMERICANS ON

00:11:01 MARCHS, AND BRING RENEWED FOCUS TO HUMAN EXPLORATION IN SPACE. [APPLAUSE] LAST WEEK THE PRESIDENT PROPOSED A BUDGET TO EXTEND EXPLORATION OF THE OUTER REACHES OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND REDIRECT SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BY 2025 AND ENCOURAGED AMERICA'S PIONEERING

00:11:28 SPACE COMPANIES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO INCREASE THEIR ACTIVITY IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT, WHERE THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE A PARTNER AND A CUSTOMER, NOT A COMPETE ITTER. --COMPETITOR. [APPLAUSE] AND JUST LAST NIGHT IT WAS MY GREAT PRIVILEGE TO ANNOUNCE WE

00:11:51 SELECTED OUR NOMINEES USER ADVISORY GROUP. IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF AMERICANS THAT IS BRINGING TOGETHER SOME OF THE BRIGHTEST MINDS IN THIS COUNTRY, TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION ACROSS OUR SPACE ENTERPRISE. ALL OF OUR INDIVIDUALS NOMINATED FOR THE USERS ADVISORY GROUP ARE

00:12:08 PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELD. THEY'RE EXPLORERS, THEY'RE BUILDERS. SOME HAVE BUILT ROCKETS, SOME HAVE BUILT BUSINESSES. SOME HAVE BUILT A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE SPACE FUTURE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE AMONG THE 29 NOMINEES OF OUR USER ADVISORY GROUP TO PLEASE STAND

00:12:28 AND THANKING AND CONGRATULATING THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THIS USER ADVISORY GROUP FOR STEPPING UP TO SERVE OUR COUNTRY AT THERE VITAL MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF OUR SPACE PROGRAM. [APPLAUSE] WE ARE AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID A NATION OF PIONEERS, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HE BELIEVES THAT

00:12:54 OUR PAST TRIUMPHS DRONE WARD AND UPWARD AND PROCLAIM OUR DESTINY AS THE VANGUARD OF OUR NATION'S GREATEST VENTURE IN OUTER SPACE. WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE LIVES OF OUR PEOPLE HERE ON EARTH. IT ACCELERATES SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, FUELS OUR BUSINESSES, SERVES AS THE EYES AND EARS OF

00:13:22 AMERICA'S WAR FIGHTERS AND QUITE LITTERY, CREATES THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE. IT ISN'T JUST HERE ON AMERICA'S SPACE COAST WHERE YOU SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR NATION'S SPACE ENTERPRISE. YOU SEE IT IN ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON STATE, AND STATE

00:13:41 WHERE HARD-WORKING MEN AND WOMEN WHO GET UP TO ADVANCE THE WORLD'S ROCKETS AND SPACESHIPS. THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TODAY ARE WORKING ON AMERICA'S DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION SYSTEMS ALONE. AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FURTHER INTO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, NEW BUSINESSES AND ENTIRE

00:14:00 ENTERPRISES WILL BE BUILT TO SEIZE THE INFINITE POSSIBILITIES BEFORE US, AND THERE WILL BE NO LIMIT TO JOBS AND PROSPERITY CREATED ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO TRAVEL ACROSS THIS COUNTRY TO MEET THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FORGE AMERICA'S PLACE IN SPACE. AT CALIFORNIA'S MOJAVE SPACE

00:14:32 PORT, I CLIMBED UPON A SPACESHIP THAT WILL CARRY THE FIRST SPACE TOURISTS TO THE EDGE OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE TO PEER INTO THE COSMIC HEAVENS, AND I WALKED ON THE VESSEL THAT WILL SOAR THROUGH THE SKIES. I SAW WITH MY OWN EYES THE INNOVATIONS BORNE WHEN ENTREPRENEURERS GAZE TO THE NEW

00:14:59 FRONTIER, AND IT'S INSPIRING. NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT AMERICA'S MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM AS THEY DEFEND OUR FREEDOM AROUND THE WORLD. AND THE RED STONE ARSONEL, TO MEET THREATS THAT ARE POSED BY AGGRESSIVE PURSUIT OF ANTI-SATELLITE CAPABILITIES,

00:15:21 AMERICA WILL CONTINUE TO BE AS DOMINANT IN THE HEAVENS AS WE ARE ON THE EARTH. AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON, I MET WITH THE NEWEST CLASS OF ASTRONAUTS, INSPIRING AMERICANS ALL. I SAW THEIR COURAGE, THE PIONEERING SPIRIT THAT IS ALWAYS DEFINED THIS COUNTRY AND

00:15:40 CONTINUES TO SPUR OUR PEOPLE TO BREAK BARRIERS AND CARRY OUR NATION TO EVEN GREATER HEIGHTS. THIS WEEK I RETURNED TO AMERICA'S SPACE COAST TO TOUR THE FACILITIES OF THIS LAUNCHING SPAS FOR OUR NATIONAL HEROES AND THIS PERMANENT ASSEMBLY OF SPACE. PRESIDENT TRUMP BELIEVES

00:16:01 AMERICA'S PROSPERITY, SECURITY AND EVEN OUR NATIONAL SECURITY DEPEND UPON AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN SPACE. AND OVER THE PAST YEAR THE WORLD HAS SEEN A VITAL ROLE THAT PRIVATE ENTERPRISE PLAYS IN OUTER SPACE. WE'VE SEEN THE INCREASING NUMBER OF BUSINESS SENDING EXPERIMENTS

00:16:22 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. WE'VE WITNESSED THE RECONNECTION OF ISOLATED COMMUNITIES IN THE WAKE OF NATURAL di SASSFERS. AND WEEKS AGO THE WORLD WATCHED IN WONDER AS THE FALCON BLASTED OFF AND THEN SENT TWO OF ITS BOOSTERS SAILING BACK TO EARTH WHERE THEY LANDED SIDE BY SIDE

00:16:45 INTACT LESS THAN A MILE FROM WHERE THEY LIFTED OFF. VERY IMPRESSIVE, INDEED. THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR-- [APPLAUSE] THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR. WHILE THE GOVERNMENT CAN BLAZE NEW TRAILS INTO EXPLORING THE OUTER EXPANSE OF SPACE, LIKE ALL FRONTIERS ULTIMATELY, IT WILL BE

00:17:12 SETTLED BY THE DREAMS 6 OUR PEOPLE, THE BRILLIANCE OF OUR INNOVATORS, AND THE DARING OF OUR EXPLORERS TOGETHER. THIS TRUTH ECHOS THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. NAMED FOR THE PRESIDENT WHO CHANNELED THE PEOPLE'S ENERGIES AND SKILLS TO BECOME THE WORLD'S

00:17:33 LEADING SPACE INNOVATIONS. IT WAS HERE IN 1961 THAT ALAN SHEPHERD CRAWLED INTO FREEDOM 7, AN 82-FOOT ROCKET AND VENTURED IN THE VOID. AND THE CREW OF APOLLO 11 CARRIED THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF PEOPLE TO THE MOON, AND CLAIMED OUR PLACE AS THE UNDISPUTED LEADER OF THE EXPLORATION OF

00:17:55 SPACE. AND IT'S HERE TODAY IN THE 21ST CENTURY THAT THE MODERN MARVELS THAT LAUNCH FROM THIS GROUND THAT THE PRIVATE SECTORS AND PUBLIC SECTORS ARE ACHIEVING MORE TOGETHER THAN WE EVER HAVE APART. MORE THAN 20 ROCKETS THAT WERE DESIGNED, BUILT AND SENT INTO

00:18:13 SPACE BY AMERICA'S PIONEERING SPACE COMPANIES HAVE LAUNCHED FROM THE SPACE COAST. WITH NAMES LIKE FALCON, DELTA, ATLAS, AND MINITAUR. AND AS THESE FEATS ATTEST, MUCH MORE THAN A BRIDGE TO SPACE, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS THE BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE. [APPLAUSE]

00:18:39 TODAY, AS WE SPEAK, AMERICAN BUSINESSES ARE DEVELOPING NEW ROCKETS AND I SAW A FEW LAST NIGHT. SPACESHIPS, SATELLITES THAT ARE TAKING US FURTHER INTO SPACE THAN EVER BEFORE. AND RENEWING OUR CONFIDENCE THAT WE CAN AND WILL ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN.

00:18:58 NOT LONG AGO NO ONE WOULD HAVE DREAMT OF LANDING ON AN ASTEROID TO MINE IT'S MINERALS, BUT TODAY THESE ARE ALL EMERGING BUSINESSES. AND LIKE THE RAILROADS THAT OPENED UP THE AMERICAN WEST TO EXPLORERS AND ENTREPRENEURERS, THESE TECHNOLOGIES WILL EXTEND THE RANGE OF AMERICAN ACTIONS

00:19:23 AND VALUES INTO NEW WORLDS AND USHER IN A NEW ERA OF JOB CREATION INTO SPACE. WHILE THE TECHNOLOGY HAS LEAPED TO THE FUTURE, OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TOO OFTEN HAS REMAINED STUCK IN THE PAST. WE'LL UNLOCK UNTOLD NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY.

00:19:53 IN THE PAST WHEN A SATELLITE RAN OUT OF FUEL, IT HAD TO BE REPLACED, AN EXPENSIVE AND TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS, LIKE BUYING A NEW CAR EVERY TIME IT RAN OUT OF GAS. NOW WE HAVE WITHIN OUR REACH TO GET AROUND THIS PROBLEM. AMERICAN BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO LAUNCH SATELLITE-SERVICING

00:20:16 MISSIONS ARE OFTEN STIFLED BY CONVOLUTED MAZE OF OUTDATED PROCESSES. TODAY'S REGIME ARE PLAGUED BY BURDENS, TOO, SO IF A COMPANY RECEIVES ITS LICENSE TO LAUNCH A ROCKET FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER BUT THEN WANTS TO MOVE THEIR MISSION TO CALIFORNIA OR A FEW FILES AWAY FROM

00:20:49 CAPE CANAVERAL, THE COMPANY MUST COMPLETE THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN FROM START TO FINISH. THE GOVERNMENT HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO HONOR DRIVER'S LICENSE ACROSS STATE LINES. THERE IS NO REASON WE CAN'T DO THE SAME FOR ROCKETS. [APPLAUSE] MORE TO THE POINT THERE IS NO

00:21:12 REASON OUR OWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD STAND IN THE WAY OF TRAIL-BLAZING COMPANIES THAT ARE FORGING AND REFORGING SPACE. THERE WILL BE NEW POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO BREAK DOWN THESE BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES. THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL TRANSFORM THE LICENSING REGIMES

00:21:30 THAT OVERSEE, LAUNCH, AND RE-ENTRY SPACE OPERATIONS, THEY'LL EMPOWER AMERICAN BUSINESSES TO CREATE JOBS OF THE FUTURE, ATTRACT NEW INVESTMENT TO OUR SHORES, A AND UNLOCK NEW OPPORTUNITIES, AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW SOURCES OF AMERICAN PROSPERITY. WITH THESE REFORMS, AMERICAN

00:21:49 PRIVATE ENTERPRISE WILL USHER IN A NEW ERA OF LEADERSHIP THAT REKINDLE OUR BELIEF THAT AMERICA CAN AND WILL ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING WE PUT OUR MINDS TO. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SAID, QUOTE, IT IS AMERICA'S DESTINY TO BE THE LEADER AMONGST NATIONS IN OUR VENTURE INTO THE GREAT UNKNOWN.

00:22:12 WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THAT NEXT CHAPTER, AMERICAN INDUSTRY AND AMERICAN INGENUITY AS OUR PARTNER. THIS I KNOW WE'LL DO BECAUSE IT'S WHAT AMERICA HAS ALWAYS DONE. LESS THAN 35 YEARS AFTER LEWIS AND CLARK RETURNED FROM THEIR EXPEDITION FROM THE WILDERNESS,

00:22:32 NEARLY HALF OF OUR NATION'S NEW POPULATION HAD ALREADY MOVED WEST. THERE ARE PIONEERS AND SETTLERS, TRADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS, AND THEY WERE, ABOVE ALL, AMERICANS. FELLOW TRAVELERS ON OUR NATION'S NEVER ENDING JOURNEY TO EXPLORE FAR OFF PLACES AND EXPAND OUR HORIZONS OF OUR INFLUENCE.

00:22:54 NO SOONER WE TAMED THE WILD WEST WE LOOKED AT THE SKIES ABOVE. JUST 66 YEARS LATER WE WON THE RACE TO THE MOON. LIKE MANY OF YOU, SOME OF THE MOST PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF OUR YOUTH WERE AROUND THE PLAQUE AND WHITE TELEVISION WATCHING OUR HEROES HURDLING TO THE HEAVENS AND MAKING HISTORY, LIKE ALDRON

00:23:31 WHO GATHERS WITH US TODAY, THE SECOND MAN ON THE MOON. [APPLAUSE] TODAY, RISING GENERATION IS FILLED WITH THE SAME WONDER AND PRIDE EVERY TIME THEY SEE THE NEW TRIUMPHS AND. ADVENTURES IN AMERICA IN SPACE. NOW IN EVERY PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FAR AWAY GALAXY INSPIRES US TO

00:23:57 DREAM BIG DREAMS. EVERY GALACTIC DISCOVERY THAT HELPS US TO UNLOCK A MYSTERY HERE ON EARTH STRETCHES OUR MINDS TO THE UNLIMITS, AND IN AMERICA, THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT. TODAY WE STAND AT THE DAWN OF THE NEW ERA OF AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN SPACE, AND WE DO

00:24:22 WELL TO REMEMBER THE WORDS SPOKEN BY THE LATE GENE SERNAN, THE LAST MAN WHO WALK ON THE MOON. HE SAID, I QUOTE, AMERICA'S CHALLENGE OF TODAY HAS FORGED MAN'S DESTINY OF TOMORROW. THE APOLLO ASTRONAUTS WERE THE FIRST TO TELL THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN THAT THEY WENT TO

00:24:44 THE HEAVENS AND STOOD ON ANOTHER PLACE. IT'S OUR DUTY TO INSURE THAT BY OUR WORK THAT THEY WILL NOT BE THE LAST AMERICANS TO SET FOOT IN THE GREAT UNKNOWN. AS WE BEGIN OUR WORK TODAY, WE BEGIN WITH CONFIDENCE, AND I BELIEVE WITH GO WITH FAITH. YOU KNOW, TODAY OUR NATION AWOKE

00:25:09 TO THE SAD NEWS OF THE PASSING OF ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICANS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THE REVEREND BILLY GRAHAM. HIS MINISTRY AND HIS MATCHLESS VOICE INSPIRED OUR NATION. BILLY GRAHAM EVER REMINDED US TO LOOK TO THE ANCIENT TRUTHS OF GOD'S WORD. ASKING WITH THE PSALMIST, WHEN I

00:25:35 LOOK AT YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHEN IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM? AND SO AS WE REMEMBER REVEREND GRAHAM THIS MORNING, AND KEEP HIS FAMILY IN OUR HEARTS, WE CONTINUE THIS RENEWED WORK, A RENEWED COMMITMENT TO AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP IN SPACE WITH

00:26:00 CONFIDENCE AND WITH A FAITH THAT IS EVER CARRIED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN. AND WE GO FORWARD WITH THE COURAGE TO DREAM BIGGER, DETERMINED TO WORK HARDER, AND LET'S CARRY THAT SAME CONFIDENCE OF TRAIL BLAZERS WHO CAME BEFORE US TODAY, AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT, WITH THE GOOD WORK OF THIS

00:26:24 NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, WITH ALL WHO WORK AND LABOR HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, AND THROUGHOUT OUR SPACE PROGRAM, WITH THE STRONG LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, THE SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND WITH GOD'S HELP, I KNOW AMERICA WILL ONCE AGAIN ASTONISH THE WORLD WITH THE HEIGHTS WE

00:26:46 REACH AND THE WONDERS WE ACHIEVE. SO THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS THIS GREAT WORK. AND GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] >> WELL GOOD MORNING, AND THANK

00:28:06 YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE FOR THE SECOND MEETING OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO ARE HERE, THE MEMBERS OF THE USER ADVISORY GROUP AND THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN TIME TO JOIN US IN PERSON, AND ONLINE. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. TODAY WE HAVE TWO PANEL

00:28:20 DISCUSSIONS ON THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY, AND COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT IN MY OPENING REMARKS. WE'RE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY AN OUTSTANDING LINEUP OF EXPERT WITNESSES WHO WILL SHARE THEIR INSIGHTS AND EXPERTISE WITH THE

00:28:37 COUNCIL IN THE MOMENTS AHEAD. BUT FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE PROGRESS WE MADE SINCE THE FIRST MEETING TO IMPLEMENT PRESIDENT TRUMP'S VISION FOR AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN SPACE. I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH OUR NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER,

00:28:55 GENERAL, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FIRST AND FOREMOST IN THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY IN YOUR EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO THANK THE GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY WORK ON THE SPACE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.

00:29:13 COULD YOU GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OVERVIEW OF THAT WORK? >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE IMPORTANT PROGRESS WE'VE MADE IN DEVELOPING THE NEW STRATEGY FOR SPACE, AND I WANT TO THANK FIRST OF ALL FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR

00:29:33 TREMENDOUS COLLABORATION AND TEAM WORK. AS YOU KNOW, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, AT THE LAST SPACE MEETING LAST OCTOBER, YOU APPROVED THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE NEW STRATEGY. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE USEFUL FOR THE AUDIENCE TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE THAT FRAMEWORK, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THAT

00:29:50 FRAMEWORK SINCE THEN. AS A REMINDER, THE FRAMEWORK CONTAINED THREE KEY ELEMENTS. FIRST, IT DEFINED OUR VITAL INTERESTS IN SPACE, TO INSURE UNFETTERED ACCESS AND FREEDOM TO OPERATE IN THE SPACE DOMAIN, TO ADVANCE THE SECURITY, ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE NATION.

00:30:17 SECOND, IT SAID THAT THE DESIRED END STATE FOR THE STRATEGY, TO INSURE U.S. LEADERSHIP PREEMINENCE, AND FREEDOM OF ACTION IN SPACE IN TIME TO COME. AND PURSUIT OF OUR VITAL INTERESTS, FIRST, TO STRENGTHEN THE SAFETY, STABILITY OF SPACE ACTIVITIES. SECOND, TO DETER AND WHEN

00:30:47 NECESSARY DEFEAT ADVERSARY SPACE AND COUNTER SPACE THREATS THAT ARE HOSTILE TO THE NATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES. THIRD, TO PARTNER WITH THE U.S. COMMERCIAL SECTOR TO INSURE THE AMERICAN COMPANIES REMAIN THE LEADING PROVIDERS OF TRADITIONAL AND INNOVATIVE SPACE TECHNOLOGY,

00:31:11 GOODS, AND SERVICES ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE MARKETS. AND FOURTH, TO MAINTAIN AND EXTEND U.S. HUMAN PRESENCE AND ROBOTIC EXPLORATIONS BEYOND EARTH TO TRANSFORM KNOWLEDGE OF OURSELVES, THE PLANET, OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, AND THE UNIVERSE. SO SINCE OCTOBER, AT YOUR DIRECTION, MR. VICE PRESIDENT,

00:31:36 WE DEVELOPED THE LINES OF EFFORT AND IDENTIFIED THE SPECIFIC ASSOCIATED TASKS TO MEET THE STRATEGIC ADVECTIVES AND ACHIEVE OUR DESIRED STATE. AND THE FOUR LINES OF EFFORTS ARE, FIRST, MISSION ASSURANCE. WE'LL ACCELERATE THE TRANSFORMATION OF OUR SPACE ARCHITECTURE BY DELIBERATELY

00:32:01 MOVING SYSTEMS FROM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PHASE TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PHASE TO ACTUAL FIELDING OF CAPABILITIES. AS A RESULT OUR SPACE SYSTEMS WILL BE MORE RESILIENT, MORE DEFENDABLE, MORE EASILY RECONSTITUTED AND BETTER SERVICE TO ORBIT. AND OUR SECOND EFFORT IS ON

00:32:25 DETERRENCE AND WAR FIGHTING. THE SPACE DOMAIN IS INCREASINGLY CONTESTED. SPACE HAS NOW JOINED LAND, SEA AND AIR AS A WAR-FIGHTING DOMAIN. WHILE WE PREFER THE CONFLICT NOT EXTEND TO SPACE, THE UNITED STATES WILL BE PREPARED IF IT DOES.

00:32:43 OUR THIRD LINE OF EFFORT IS ON ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT. WE WILL PURSUE AND IMPROVE FOUNDATIONAL CAPABILITIES, STRUCTURES, AND PROCESSES TO ENABLE MORE EFFECTIVE SPACE OPERATIONS. AND THE FINAL LINE OF EFFORT FOCUSES ON CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENTS BOTH AT HOME AND

00:33:03 ABROAD. AS YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR OPENING REMARKS, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, WE HAVE WORK TO DO, STREAMLINING REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, BETTER USE AND SUPPORT SPACE INDUSTRY. INTERNATIONALLY THIS INCLUDED BILATERAL AND MULTI LATERAL ENGAGEMENTS, PROMOTE BURDEN SHARING AND FOSTER COOPERATION

00:33:25 AGAINST THREATENING ADVERSARY OF SPACE ACTIONS. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, LIKE OUR AUDIENCE TODAY, AND LIKE THE PANELS THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE TODAY, THESE EFFORTS CUT ACROSS NATIONAL SECURITY, COMMERCIAL, AND CIVIL SPACEK MATERIALS, AND THE STRATEGY WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT OURSELS BUT PEOPLE OF ALL NATIONS WILL

00:33:55 BENEFIT THE POTENTIALS THAT SPACE OFFERS. I'LL NOTE THAT IT WILL INCREASES THE FUNDING FOR DOD SPACE PROGRAMS BY OVER $1 BILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 2019 ALONE. AND BY $8 BILLION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. NASA'S BUDGET FOR 2019 IS BEING INCREASED BY $300 MILLION WHILE

00:34:17 ALSO BEING RESTRUCTURED TO FOCUS MORE ON EXPLORATION. WITH YOUR ENDORSEMENT, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, AND THE PRESIDENT'S APPROVAL, WE'RE PREPARED TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTS THIS NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR SPACE AND PERIODICALLY ASSESS PROGRESS AND RECOMMEND TO YOU AND THE COUNCIL AND THE PRESIDENT.

00:34:39 THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, GENERAL, AND THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL. IT'S BEEN SEAMLESS, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR UPDATE FOR THIS MEETING. THE ACTING ADMINISTRATOR OF

00:35:01 NASA, ROBERT LIGHTFOOT, HAS BEEN BUSY IMPLEMENTING THE SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE, AND ALSO ALSO THAT DIRECTION FROM THE PRESIDENT GUIDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET SUBMISSION. PERHAPS YOU CAN GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION AND THE

00:35:19 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIRECTOR. >> WILL DO, THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO WORKED WITH US ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ANSWER AND ACTION TO THE SPACE POLICY DIRECTIVE ONE. WHAT WE DID IN DEVELOPMENT IN THIS INITIATIVE, WE CAME UP WITH

00:35:35 THE EXPLORATION CAMPAIGN. THIS EXPLORATION CAMPAIGN IS A NATIONAL AND AGENCY EFFORT FOCUSED ON THREE CORE DOMAINS. LOWER ORBIT, LUNAR ORBIT AND THE SURFACE OF THE MOON, AND MARS AND OTHER DEEP-SPACE OBJECTIVES. THE GOALS OF THIS CAMPAIGN ARE TO TRANSITION THE U.S. HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT INTO LOWER ORBIT TO

00:36:00 COMMERCIAL EXPLORATION FOR AN EMERGING SERVICE MARKET. EXPLORE U.S. FLIGHT OPERATIONS TO THE LUNAR FACILITY. AND ROBOTIC EXPLORATION OF THE MOON, BOTH SCIENTIFIC AND HUMAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD. IN PREPARATION FOR TAKING HUMANS TO MARS. THE OBJECTIVES, FIRST OF ALL,

00:36:20 WE'LL START WITH LOWER ORBIT. WE WANT TO END DIRECT SUPPORT WHILE STIMULATING COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY TO DEVELOP NASA'S PRIVATE SECTOR MEETING SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS. WE'LL EXPLORE THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF LOWER ORBIT ACTIVITIES, AND SPECIFICALLY WE'LL OFFER PARTNERSHIPS TO NEW NATIONS

00:36:49 BASED ON INPUTS FROM OUR CURRENT ISS AND COMMERCIAL STAKEHOLDERS TO SHAPE THE PLAN, AS WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO. WE'LL HELP TO DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE BROUGHT TO BEAR IN LOWER ORBIT. TO THE MOON, THE LONG-TERM PRESENCE IN THE VICINITY OF THE MOON AND ON THE MOON, BOTH

00:37:16 SCIENTIFICALLY AND IN A PRIVATE PERSPECTIVE. THE FIRST FLIGHT IN 2020 TO THE MOON AND THE CREW FLIGHT IN 2023. WE INTEND TO ESTABLISH A NEW LUNAR ORBITING PLATFORM FOR CREWS TO VISIT FROM EARTH TO TRANSIT TO AND FROM FROM THE LUNAR SURFACE AND ULTIMATELY

00:37:37 RETURN TO MARS. WE'LL DEVELOP THE LUNAR ORBITING GATEWAY THAT AT A MINIMUM BEGINS TO PUT THE HABITAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO STAY WHEN WE GO THERE. AT THE SURFACE WE'LL ORCHESTRATE A LUNAR ROBOTICS CAMPAIGN FOR GROWING A COMMERCIAL BASE OF PARTNERSHIPS AND ACTIVITY TO

00:37:58 SUPPORT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND EXPLORATION OBJECTIVES AND INCLUDE PRESENTATION WHERE APPROPRIATE. WE'LL DEVELOP A MID TO LARGE-SCALE LANDER IN THE FUTURE. THIS INITIATIVE WILL FOCUS ON ENABLING AGAIN COMMERCIAL AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND

00:38:21 WE'LL SUPPORT EARLY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY THAT INCLUDES CUBE SETS LUNAR CUBE SETS, LUNAR INSTITUTE AND OTHER ACTIVITIES. THIS WILL FURTHER ENABLE THE COMMERCIAL MARKET, AND DEFINE THE LONG-TERM HUMAN EXPLORATION IN ADVANCEMENT OF THE LUNAR SURFACE. FOR MARS AND OTHER DEEP-SPACE

00:38:40 OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN AND GROW THE U.S. LEADERSHIP AT MARS. WE HAVE A ROVER GO IN 2020. THE FIRST STEP TO DEMONSTRATE SAMPLE RETURN AND STRATEGY AND WILL TAKE AN EXPERIMENT TO TELL US IF WE'LL PRODUCE OXYGEN FROM THE ATMOSPHERE AND MARS. AN EXCITING MISSION FOR US THEN.

00:38:59 WE'LL USE THIS MISSION AS A BUILDING BLOCK FOR SUBSEQUENT ROBOTIC MISSIONS FOR THE FUTURE RETURN TO THE LUNAR GATEWAY THAT WE'RE BUILDING, BROADENING THE EXPLORATION ARCHITECTURE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE'LL PRIVATIZE THESE INVESTMENTS TO GUIDE US AND REALLY ALIGN TOWARDS

00:39:20 EXPLORATION, A TREMENDOUS FOCUS FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NUANCE AND THE RESPONSE. AND I THINK WHAT YOU'LL FIND, MR. PRESIDENT, IS THAT THIS NASA TEAM, YOUR INDUSTRY TEAM AND OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ARE READY, AND READY TO GET STARTED. THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT IN THE

00:39:38 BUDGET. WE DID SEE THE INCREASE, AND WE'RE READY TO DO THIS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, ROBERT. WELL DONE. [APPLAUSE] WE WANT TO THANK THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND NASA FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB

00:39:52 RESPONDING TO THE 45-DAY REPORTING PERIOD. NOT A LOT HAPPENS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN 45 DAYS. BUT YOU ALL DID OUTSTANDING WORK REFLECTING THE PRESIDENT'S URGENCY ON THIS EFFORT. TWO OTHERS THAT HAVE DONE EXCELLENT WORK ARE THE COMMERCE AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

00:40:15 THE TRANSPORTATION IS REPRESENTED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY ROSEN, AND SECRETARY ROSS IS WITH US FROM THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT. JEFF, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE, I KNOW THE SECRETARY COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY, BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF THE

00:40:33 RECOMMENDS CHANGES THAT TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN WORKING THROUGH, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO COMMERCE AND WITH REGARD TO SPACE EXPLORATION. >> YES, THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. I'M SO PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH THIS SPACE COUNCIL AND ALL OF US FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF

00:40:49 TRANSPORTATION, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THE SECRETARY WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, BUT SHE ASKED THAT I MAKE VERY CLEAR THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS STRONGLY COMMITTED TO REGULATORY STREAMLINING AND MODERNIZING OUR SPACE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK.

00:41:07 AS WAS MENTIONED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, YOU ASKED US, ALONG WITH O & B AND DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO PREPARE A NEW 45-DAY PLAN TO OVERHAUL AND STREAMLINE OUR SOMEWHAT RUSTY SPACE LICENSING FRAMEWORK. WE HAVE WORKED HARD TO DO THAT, AND WE'VE COME UP WITH

00:41:30 STRUCTURAL AND MEANINGFUL CHANGES, AND WE HOPE THAT IT MEETS WITH YOUR APPROVAL. THERE ARE FIVE MAIN ELEMENTS THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON BRIEFLY TODAY. THE FIRST IS WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT ACCELERATED RULE MAKING PLANS. MEANING WE SHORTEN THE TIMELINES

00:41:47 THAT THE FAA AND THE DEPARTMENT ARE WORKING ON TO MEET THE AMBITIOUS SCHEDULE THAT YOU AND THE COUNCIL HAVE SET OUT. SECOND, WE WANT TO PROVIDE SOME IMMEDIATE INTERIM RELIEF SUCH AS THE EXPANDED USE OF WAIVERS AND PROGRAMS WHERE APPROPRIATE SO WE CAN RIGHT AWAY BEGIN FACILE EATING THE OBJECTIVES OF THE

00:42:11 COUNCIL. THE THIRD PIECE OF THE PLAN IS TO FOCUS FAA RESOURCES SO WE STRENGTHEN THE PORTION OF THE FAA THAT MOST DIRECTLY DEALS WITH LICENSING, AND THE REGULATORY APPROVALS SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET OUT. A FOURTH ITEM IS TO ESTABLISH A

00:42:32 JOINT TASK FORCE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS 20 FACILITATE BETTER COORDINATION WITHIN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SO THAT PEOPLE THAT NEED REGULATORY APPROVALS DON'T FACE CONFUSING SITUATIONS AS TO WHO IS DOING WHAT, AND HOW TO GET THE APPROVALS THAT THEY NEED. THE FIFTH PIECE AND PERHAPS THE

00:42:51 MOST IMPORTANT IS THE NEW LICENSING FRAMEWORK AS WAS SET OUT IN RECOMMENDATION ONE FOR TODAY'S MEETING, OUR ULTIMATE AIM IS THE 51ST CENTURY FILE AND FLY KIND OF LICENSING FRAMEWORK. AND THE PLAN INCLUDES SPECIFIC NEW REGULATORY DEADLINES AND APPROACHES IN THE AIM OF GETTING THIS TO A FILE AND FLY TYPE OF

00:43:13 REGULATORY APPROACH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING THIS CHANGED APPROACH, AND DELIVERING ON A NEW RESPONSIVE, EASILY TO NAVIGATE AND SENSIBLE COMMERCIAL BASE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND WE WEMUCH LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN.

00:43:38 THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, JEFFREY. AND WITH THAT LET ME RECOGNIZE THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, WHO I KNOW HAS BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SECRETARY TO ACHIEVE EXACTLY THE STREAMLINING, THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE DISCUSSED.

00:44:01 THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, ADVISORY GROUPS, AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, RECENTLY HERE AT CAPE CANAVERAL, THE SPACEX LAUNCHED, AND THEY SCHEDULED THE LAND BACK HERE.

00:44:27 THIS IS THEIR SECOND USE. YOU SAW ONE OF THEM AS YOU CAME IN. IT WILL BE READY FOR ITS THIRD LAUNCH, IN AMAZING TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL FEAT. THANKS TO IMPRESSIVE EVENTS SUCH AS THIS, THE UNITED STATES IS THE LEADER IN SPACE ONCE AGAIN. SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IN SPACE IS

00:44:51 A BRIGHT RED ROOSTER GOING THOUSANDS OF MILES PER HOUR, THE FASTEST CAR IN HISTORY. WE HAD BETTER KEEP UP WITH IT. SPACE IS ALREADY A $330 BILLION INDUSTRY SUPPORTING 211,000 AMERICAN JOBS. BUT OUR SHARE OF THE 1,700 NEW COMPANIES CREATED WORLDWIDE LAST YEAR WAS ONLY 45%, FAR LOWER

00:45:23 THAN OUR SHARE OF LAUNCHES. PRIVATE COMPANIES FUNDED $3.9 BILLION OF OUR SPACE EFFORT LAST YEAR, BUT THEY'RE COMPETING AGAINST 70 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS, SO THEY NEED ALL THE SUPPORT WE CAN GIVE THEM. COUNTRIES NEW TO SPACE HAVE AN INHERENT ADVANTAGE IN TERMS OF THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

00:45:49 BECAUSE THEY CARRY NO BAGGAGE FROM THE EARLIER, SIMPLER DAYS IN SPACE. IN CONTRAST MUCH OF OUR REMOTE SENSING REGULATORY REGIME IS 5 25 YEARS AGO. AND IT BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE TO SPACE TODAY. NOW THE RATE OF INNOVATION IS EXTRAORDINARY, SO WE NEED AN

00:46:18 ADAPTIVE AND RELATIVELY PERMISSIVE REGULATORY SYSTEM. NOOA, FAA AND FCC AND OTHER AGENCIES EACH HAVE A ROLE, AND THEY ALL HAVE OBLIGATIONS TO DOD, THE IOC, AND STATE AS WELL. THAT COMPLEXITY INHERENTLY CAUSES DELAY. SINCE THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER, COMMERCE'S REVIEW OF

00:46:46 THE OUTDATED REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND DISCUSSIONS WITHIN AN AMBITIOUS BUT FRUSTRATED SPACE INDUSTRY MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE RATE OF REGULATORY CHANGE MUST MATCH THE RATE OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. THAT IS HOW WE WILL INSURE THAT BUSINESSES CHOOSE THE UNITED STATES AS THEIR FLAG OF CHOICE

00:47:15 FOR SPACE. SO AT THE DEPARTMENT WE'RE WORKING TO CREATE A NEW ONE-STOP SHOP FOR SPACE COMMERCE. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, WITH THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, I WILL MOVE THE OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCE AND THE COMMERCIAL REMOTE REGULATORY AFFAIRS OFFICE FROM NOAA TO MY DIRECT OVER SIGHT OF THE OFFICE

00:47:45 OF THE SECRETARY. [APPLAUSE] THIS ELEVATED AND AMPLIFIED SPACE COMMERCE WILL COORDINATE ALL SPACE-RELATED FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPUTY. REMOTE SENSING, SPECTRUM POLICY, EXPORT CONTROLS, BUSINESS AND TRADE PROMOTION TO NAME A FEW. IN ADDITION TO THE PROPOSED

00:48:12 RELOCATION OF THE OFFICE OF SPACE COMMERCIAL WE WILL ALSO SOON NAME A DIRECTOR OF THAT OFFICE. ALSO, WE ARE PROVIDING TO THE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY AND THE NTIA ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THEIR SPACE FOCUS ACTIVITIES. AND OUR FOREIGN COMMERCIAL

00:48:34 SERVICE TEAMS LOCATED IN 105 CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, WE'LL RECRUIT FOREIGN SPACE BUSINESSES TO OUR COUNTRY. SPACE WILL BE FEATURED DURING OUR SELECT USA CONFERENCE IN JUNE, WHICH LAST YEAR ATTRACTED 3,000 FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS. THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE PROPOSALS TO THE SPACE COUNCIL

00:49:01 THAT ALL SPACE COMMERCE RESPONSIBILITIES OTHER THAN LAUNCH AND RE-ENTRY LICENSING, BE CONSOLIDATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. WE FURTHER RECOMMEND THAT PRESIDENT DIRECT REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATION FOR AN EFFECTIVE MISSION AUTHORIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR ALL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN

00:49:34 SPACE. WE PLEDGE TO MAKE PROPOSALS NO LATER THAN JULY 1ST. THE SPACE HABITATION ARE QUICKLY BECOMING MORE THAN SCIENCE FICTION, AND WE NEED A FUTURE-ORIENTED SPACE AGENDA AND REGIME. WITH INPUT AND GUIDANCE FROM THE SPACE COUNCIL, THE DEPARTMENT OF

00:50:04 COMMERCE WITH BE THE ONE-STOP SHOP THAT THE INDUSTRY SO SORELY NEEDS. IN ADDITION, THE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, STATE, AND DEFENSE CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS TO SIMPLIFY EXISTING COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING, LICENSING REGIMES.

00:50:25 THAT PROCESS MUST BE MADE MORE EFFICIENT AND PREDICTABLE. SATELLITE COMPANIES NOW FACE A TIMELINE THAT CAN TAKE FIVE YEARS, UNDEFINED, INDEFINITE, AND PROVIDES NO CERTAINTY OR PREDICTABILITY TO INDUSTRY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND MUST CHANGE. OTHERWISE, COMPANIES AND

00:50:53 CUSTOMERS WILL GO OVERSEAS. THERE ARE TWO OTHER AREAS WHERE COMMERCE CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR AMERICAN LEADERSHIP IN SPACE. THESE ARE INSPECTOR POLICIES AND EXPORT LICENSING. SPECTRUM IS A SCARCE RESOURCE THAT FACILITATES COMMUNICATIONS, CONTROL, AND TRANSMISSION OF

00:51:17 VALUABLE DATA BACK TO EARTH. THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL SHOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE DEPARTMENT BE DIRECTED TO DEVELOP AND ADVOCATE FOR SPECTRUM POLICIES TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES WHILE RESPECTING THE NEEDS OF DOD AND OTHERS. FINALLY, COMMERCE RECOMMENDS

00:51:38 THAT THE SPACE COUNCIL AND THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY REVIEW EXPORT LICENSING REGULATIONS AFFECTING COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITY. TODAY A SPACE VEHICLE THAT RETURNS TO EARTH IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OR NON-U.S. TERRITORY IS TREATED AS AN EXPORT OF SENSITIVE AND

00:52:04 DANGEROUS TECHNOLOGY. THIS APPROACH IS A PRIMARY COMPLAINT OF SPACE COMPANIES. IF THE PRESIDENT APPROVES OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT STATE AND DOD TO ENABLE MORE COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES WHILE PROTECTING NATIONAL SECURITY.

00:52:26 THAT LITTLE RED TESSLA IN OUTER SPACE DOES NEED RULES OF THE ROAD, BUT THERE SHOULDN'T BE TOO MANY ONE-WAY STREETS, DEAD-ENDS, OR U TURNS. I PROMISE YOU THAT COMMERCE WILL BE A GOOD STORY. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR

00:52:54 GREAT WORK, AND THE DEPARTMENT'S GREAT WORK IN THIS AREA, AND WE'LL SPEAK TO YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS MOMENTARILY. BUT I THINK EVERYONE LOOKING ON CAN TELL THE GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, AND APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE WORK DONE.

00:53:13 WE'LL TURN OUR ATTENTION NOW TO ADMINISTRATOR THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. MOST PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF HOW IMPORTANT YOUR JOB IS AT THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET. YOU LEAD THE REGULATORY AFFAIRS, AND IT'S CRITICAL TO THE WORK OF THIS COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK THE DIRECTOR WHO

00:53:38 HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TO MOVE THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA. CAN YOU GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS IN THE OFFICE TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH MEMBERS OF THE CABINET, THE

00:53:56 SPACE COUNCIL AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED GUESTS FOR THIS EXCITING AND AMBITIOUS EVENT. AS YOU MENTIONED, I'M THED A VIN TRAITOR OF THE OFFICE THAT REVIEWS ALL SIGNIFICANT REGULATORY ACTIONS ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT. AND IN A NUTSHELL WHAT WE DO IS WE TRY TO INSURE THAT

00:54:13 REGULATIONS SERVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SINCE THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION, WE HELP THE PRESIDENT MEET PRIORITIES, LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, THE COMMITMENT TO BE THE FRONT OF SPACE. THERE ARE TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES TO USE SPACE FOR SECURITY AND COMMERCIAL

00:54:34 PURPOSES. BUT THE SUCCESS OF THESE AMBITIOUS VENTURES WILL FEND IN PART A REGULATORY SYSTEM THAT DOES NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF PROGRESS, PROVIDES INNOVATION, CLARITY OF SAFETY. AND THESE GOALS WITH RESPECT TO SPACE DEVELOPMENT ARE CONSISTENT WITH PRESIDENT'S OVER ALL

00:54:53 DIRECTION TO REDUCE REGULATORY BURDENS ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT. AS AN ADMINISTRATION WE WANT TO ADVANCE THE REGULATORY POLICY THAT FIRST LEAVES INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES AS FREE AS POSSIBLE TO INNOVATE AND CREATE THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE. THESE GENERAL PRINCIPLES APPLIED ACROSS THE BOARD HAVE PARTICULAR

00:55:17 IMPORTANCE IN THE AREA OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS SPACE EXPLORATION. WE DISCOVER THE IDEA THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS THROUGH REGULATION. WE DON'T WANT TO FREEZE DEVELOPMENT OR STIFLE INNOVATION THROUGH GOVERNMENT PRESCRIPTION.

00:55:37 AS THE SECRETARIES HAVE MENTIONED, IMPORTANT REFORM BEGINS FIRST BY IDENTIFYING SOME OF THE PROBLEMS WITH EXISTING REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS. WE NEED TO FIND THOSE REGULATIONS THAT ARE DUPLICATIVE, AND WORK HARD TO STREAMLINE THOSE BURDENS. IN AREAS WHERE MULTIPLE AGENCIES

00:56:01 POSE OVERLAPPING BURDENS SUCH AS LICENSING OR PAPERWORK REPORTING, WE'RE RECONSIDERING HOW THOSE REQUIREMENTS CAN BE COMBINED OR REPLACED. IN PART OF OUR CENTRALIZED ROLE WE CAN ADDRESS ISSUES THAT EXPAND MULTIPLE AGENCIES TO ELIMINATE AND STREAMLINE UNNECESSARY REQUIREMENTS.

00:56:19 THAT SIMPLY WILL ALLOW MORE RESOURCES GO TO RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION RATHER THAN REGULATORY RED TAPE. WE'RE CONFIDENT WE CAN DO THIS FOR SPACE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS IN OTHER REGULATORY AREAS. THE PRESIDENT HAS DEMONSTRATED TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP IN THIS

00:56:38 AREA, AND DIRECTED SIGNIFICANT AND MEANINGFUL REGULATORY REFORM SINCE THE OUTSET OF THE ADMINISTRATION. HIS EARLIER EXECUTIVE ORDER CALLED FOR ELIMINATING TWO REGULATIONS FOR EACH NEW ONE. AND IN THIS COMING YEAR AGENCIES ARE PROPOSING MORE REGULATORY ACTIONS AND COST SAVINGS OF OVER

00:57:04 $10 BILLION. SO IN THE PAST REGULATORY BURDENS HAVE STEADILY INCREASED OVER TIME, BUT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS REALLY TURNED THE TIDE WITH ITS REGULATORY REFORM INITIATIVES. AND SO IN AREAS OF BURGEONING NEW TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS SPACE DEVELOPMENT, THIS MEANS THAT

00:57:24 COMPANIES CAN PROCEED WITH CONFIDENCE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPRING NEW REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS ON THEM THAT WILL STIFLE GROWTH. WE WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO A REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT THAT WILL ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE. WITH THE RIGHT FRAMEWORK WE'RE

00:57:37 CONFIDENT THAT PRIVATE COMPANIES CAN UNLEASH CREATIVITY AND INGENUITY. AND WE CAN ENHANCE. GLOBAL LEADERSHIP BY ATTRACTING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR SPACE. WE FACE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS LIKE SECURITY, SAFETY, SOVEREIGNTY, AND WITH THE WORK OF THE SPACE

00:57:58 COUNCIL, WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO WORKING ACROSS GOVERNMENT TO DESIGN REGULATION THAT MEET THESE NEEDS WHILE FURTHERING OUR JOURNEY TO THE NEXT FRONTIERS OF SPACE. THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. WELL DONE.

00:58:15 [APPLAUSE] OKAY, THIS--WE'RE APPROACHING THE END OF THE FIRST HALF OF OUR PRESENTATION. BEFORE WE MOVE TO PANELS, I RECOMMEND MEMBERS TO YOUR PACKETS TODAY. YOU HAVE SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT FOR APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION ONE, TO REPLACE

00:58:41 LAUNCHING REGIMES WITH STREAMLINED SYSTEMS BY MARCH 1, 2019, AND TO COMPLETE THAT ON OR BEFORE. NUMBER TWO, DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TO CONSOLIDATE ALL STATE COMMERCE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY AS DESCRIBED, AND AS ALSO DEVELOP A SYSTEM

00:59:02 THAT FACILITATES AUTHORIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES. THERE ARE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO THAT THAT THE SECRETARY ENNUMERATED QUITE WELL. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE DIRECTS THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION ADMINISTRATION AND COMMERCE TO WORK WITH THE

00:59:21 FCC TO DEVELOP PROTECTIONS FOR THE RADIO FREQUENCY SPECTRUM, FACILITATING COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES, AND RECOMMENDATION FOR DIRECTIVES FROM THE SECRETARY OF COUNCIL AND COORDINATION WITH ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS TO STREAMLINE, EXPORT AND CONTROL

00:59:41 REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS BY JANUARY 1, 2019, AS THE SECRETARY DESCRIBED. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, OR QUESTIONS, SEEING NONE, I WOULD, AS CHAIRMAN, DIRECT THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO INCLUDE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IN A DECISION MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

01:00:04 SECRETARY ROSS AND DEPUTY SECRETARY ROSEN, AT OUR MEETING LATER THIS YEAR I WOULD LIKE YOU TO REPORT TO THE COUNCIL THE DETAILS AND PROGRESS THAT WE ARE MAKING AGAINST THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION AND COMPLETION OF THE DECISION. THE MEMORANDUM. WILL YOU JOIN US IN DIRECTING

01:00:22 THE TERRIFIC LEADERS FOR THE JOB THEY'VE DONE IN THIS WORK. [APPLAUSE] WELL, BEFORE WE CALL OUR PANEL UP, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR FIRST ENTITLESSED "SECURING THE FIRST FRONTIER" FOCUSING ON NATIONAL SECURITY. AND I'M PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO HAVE A NUMBER OF

01:00:46 DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS WHO WILL BE PRESENTING, AND I'LL INTRODUCE THEM MOMENTARILY, BUT THEY'RE INVITED TO TAKE THEIR SEATS. BEFORE WE HEAR FROM OUR PANELISTS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SUSAN GORDON, WHO I HAVE--AND THE PRESIDENT--HAVE COME TO KNOW AND GREATLY RESPECT.

01:01:07 THE SUSAN, MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE SECURITY CHALLENGES THAT THE UNITED STATES FACES IN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT TODAY. >> WELL, THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I'M DELIGHTED TO BE HERE REPRESENTING THE WOMEN AND MEN OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

01:01:25 YOU KNOW, WE ARE DRIVERS AND PRACTITIONERS AND USERS OF THE U.S. SPACE. IN FACT, OUR HISTORY AND SPACE HISTORY ARE INEXTRICABLY BOUND, AND WE SEE THE SAME EXCITEMENT THAT YOU ARTICULATED IN YOUR REMARKS IN THIS MOMENT AS YOU HAVE GROWN ACCUSTOMED, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I OFTEN BRING THE

01:01:53 SOBERING INFORMATION TO ANY MEETING, AND SO TODAY WHAT I THOUGHT I WOULD DO IS SPEND A FEW MINUTES TO EXPLAIN THE PLANS AND ACTIONS OF COMPETITORS WHO WOULD IMPEDE OUR OPERATIONS OR CHALLENGE OUR ADVANTAGE. RUSSIA AND CHINA HAVE REACHED COUNTER SPACE CAPABILITIES TO BRING CONFLICT TO THE UNITED

01:02:18 STATES, TO ERODE OUR INFORMATION ADVANTAGE. BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE ROBUST JAMMING CYBERATTACK CAPABILITIES TODAY AND CAN THREATEN OUR SATELLITE GROUND INFRASTRUCTURE. RUSSIA AND CHINA'S DESTRUCT T.V. SATELLITE WEAPONS INCLUDING MISSILES, LASERS AND ORBITAL MISSILES, RUSSIA'S ABILITY TO

01:02:51 STRIKE LOWER SATELLITES, AND RUSSIA IS TESTING SUCH A WEAPON. BOTH RUSSIA AND CHINA ARE DEVELOPING WEAPONS TO DAMAGE SPACE OPTICAL SENSORS, AND ARE CREATING RENDEZVOUS ORBITAL WEAPONS. CHINA'S ARMY HAS PERFORMED COUNTER SPACE UNIT INCLUDING GROUND LAUNCH SATELLITE MISSILE

01:03:43 INITIALLY TESTED IN 2007. NOW THE STATE THREATS INCLUDE THE USE OF SPACE TO ENABLE AND EMPOWER MILITARY OPERATIONS ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE. FOREIGN COUNTRIES WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THEIR MILITARY AND THEIR USE OF RECONNAISSANCE, NAVIGATION SYSTEMS IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF SATELLITES, THE

01:04:06 BREADTH OF THEIR CAPABILITY AND APPLICATION FOREVER USE. OTHER NATION-STATE AND NON-STATE ACTORS WILL GAIN ACCESS TO ADVANCED SPACE AND ENABLED TECHNOLOGY IN THE COMING YEARS AS THE GLOBAL SPACE INDUSTRY EXPANDS. THEY'LL INCREASINGLY HAVE ACCESS TO WEATHER, COMMUNICATION,

01:04:23 TIMING DATA FOR INTELLIGENCE AND MILITARY PURPOSES. THE PANEL WILL DO A GREAT JOB OF MAKING MY NEXT POINT BUT I'LL BRIEFLY STATE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE ATTENTION TO CHINA'S IMPRESSIVE RISE. IT IS IMPRESSIVE, AS A SPACE POWER. THEY'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF

01:04:41 ACTIVE SATELLITES BY AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE SINCE 2000, AND A RESULT OF BEIJING'S STRONG INVESTMENT IN ITS SATELLITE AND ROCKET MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY. CHINA'S SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED. CASE IN POINT THE SUCCESS THAT CHINA HAS HAD IN ACHIEVING

01:05:01 WORLD-LEADING GROUND-TO-SPACE QUANTUM EXPERIMENTS. IN SUM, CHINA HAS THE BEST POLITICALLY SUPPORTED AND BEST RESOURCE FOREIGN SPACE PROGRAM THAT WE'VE SEEN IN MANY YEARS, AND IT'S YEARS OF INTENSE ACTIVITY ARE BEGINNING TO BEAR FRUIT. I THINK THE PANEL IS PERFECTLY

01:05:22 PLACED TO HELP US PUT ALL OF THIS IN CONTEXT. THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. >> GREAT. THANK YOU, SUSAN. [APPLAUSE] VERY INSIGHTFUL. [APPLAUSE] SUE IS A GREAT AMERICAN, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CANDID AND

01:05:41 BRACING OVERVIEW. WITH THAT WE'LL TURN TO OUR PANELISTS. LET ME INTRODUCE ALL OF THEM, AND THEN INVITE YOU TO WELCOME THEM. MR. DEAN CHANGE WITH THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION. THE PRESIDENT CEO OF THE NANEX CORPORATION.

01:05:57 AND OUR THIRD PANEL IS FROM THE INSTITUTE OF DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY INSTITUTE. JOIN ME IN WELCOMING ALL OF OUR PANELISTS. THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO BRING A FEW BRIEF REMARKS, BUT OF COURSE ALL YOUR PREPARED REMARKS

01:06:22 WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO BRIEFLY GIVING OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE SPACE COUNCIL, THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS TESTIMONY ARE MY OWN AS

01:06:44 SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS REFLECTIVE OF THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION. DURING THE WORLD WAR THERE WERE ONLY TWO MAJOR POWERS, THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION. LIKE SO MUCH OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY THE POST COLD WAR WORLD IS MUCH MORE COMPLEX, THERE ARE

01:07:00 MORE SPACE PLAYERS AND INCLUDING A GROWING NUMBER OF NON-STATE AND COMMERCIAL ACTORS. AMERICA'S DEPENDENCE ON SPACE HAS BROADENED. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FARMERS AND AMAZON ALL INCREASINGLY DEPEND ON SPACE SYSTEMS FOR DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS. GIVEN THIS DEPENDENCE, SECURITY

01:07:26 POWERS AND COMPETITORS WILL TARGET THE SPACE SYSTEMS AS A MEANS TO COUNTER AMERICAN ECONOMIC AND MILITARY CAPABILITY. IT IS REFLECTED IN THE GROWING CHALLENGE POSSESSIONED BY OTHER SPACE POWERS AND ESPECIALLY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. THEY PURSUED A SET OF SPACE

01:07:46 POLICIES THAT DO NOT PARALLEL AMERICAN OR SOVIET ONES AND IT IS EXPLOITING NOT ONLY NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO EXPAND ITS SPACE CAPABILITIES, BUT ALSO UNDERTAKING NEW ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACHES AND INNOVATIONS. SOME OF THE KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPACE CHALLENGE INCLUDE THAT CHINA IS FUNDAMENTALLY A

01:08:06 MAJOR SPACE POWER. CHINA POSSESSES ALL OF THE KEY ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR SUPPORTING A MAJOR SPACE PRESENCE AND IT HAS THE POLITICAL WILL TO SUPPORT AND SUSTAIN NATIONAL COMMITMENTS TO SPACE. THEY'RE ABLE TO TRANSLATE THOSE DESIRES IN TODAY'S ARRAY OF SATELLITES, BOOSTERS AND LAUNCH

01:08:29 SITES AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THOSE SYSTEMS ARE LARGELY INDIGENOUSLY DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED. CHINA MAY ENGAGE IN ALL SORTS OF INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE, BUT MUCH OF ITS SPACE PROGRAM IS INDIGENOUS AND HOMEGROWN. CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAM HAS A HEAVY MILITARY COMPONENT.

01:08:48 THE REALITY IS WHEN WE INTERACT WITH CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAM WE'RE INTERACTING WITH CHINA'S MILITARY. CHINA'S SPACE FACILITIES, PERSONNEL AND PROGRAMS ARE LARGELY DRAWN FROM THAT MILITARY. IT'S FACILITIES ARE P LA BASES. IT'S STAFF ARE PLA PERSONNEL,

01:09:06 AND THEIR SPACE AND ENGINEERING OFFICE ARE DRAWN FROM THE MILITARY. CHINA'S SPACE PROGRAM, HOWEVER, ALSO REFLECTS IT'S APPROACH OF DUAL USE AS MILITARY INTEGRATION. IT'S SPACE AND INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS NOT SO MUCH AN REVOLVING DOOR BUT AN ATRIUM OF

01:09:26 THESE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES AND IT'S RESULT IS FAR CLOSE FOR SINGLE ENTERPRISE WITH RELATIVELY FEW DEMARCATIONS BETWEEN MILITARY AND CIVILIANS. THIS WILL LIKELY APPLY TO THE EMERGING SET OF SPACE AGENCY AS WELL. THEY'RE DEVELOPING NEW SEPARATION COMPANIES THAT RANGE

01:09:48 FROM THOSE SUPPORTED BY STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES TO THOSE MORE INDEPENDENT PRIVATE FIRMS. BUT THE INTEREST OF MELDING CIVILIAN AND MILITARY CAPACITY, IT IS VITAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT THESE PRIVATE FIRMS AT THE END OF THE DAY WILL RESPOND ELACRITY. WITH ITS SPACE AS A PRIORITY

01:10:21 DOMAIN, OTHER STATES WILL NOT ONLY SEEK TO DO THE SAME FOR THEMSELVES, BUT SOME ARE ALSO VERY LIKELY TO STRIVE TO DENY SPACE TO THE UNITED STATES IN TIME OF CRISIS AND CERTAINLY IN TIME OF WAR. THESE EFFORTS WILL LIKELY ENCOMPASS NOT ONLY DIRECT MILITARY ACTION BUT EFFORTS AT

01:10:37 ESTABLISHING A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE SUPPORTING SPACE ORIENTED TECHNOLOGIES, PRODUCTION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS TO ACCESS AMERICAN TECHNOLOGIES WHILE DENYING THE UNITED STATES THE SAME. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TESTIFY BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING.

01:10:56 >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. FOR 30 YEARS--GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY--FOR 30 YEARS I'VE WORKED TO MAKE SPACE ANOTHER PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. MY INSPIRATION IN LARGE PART

01:11:20 DERIVES HAVING WORKED UNDER RONALD REAGAN'S ORGANIZATION SPACE CON MEASURES. IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. I STARTED MY COMPANY EIGHT YEARS AGO. WE WERE THE FIRST COMPANY TO OWN AND MARKET OUR OWN RESEARCH SERVICES ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION.

01:11:35 WE WERE THE FIRST TO COMMERCIALLY DEPLOY SMALL SATELLITES FROM THE SPACE STATION. AS OF TODAY WE HAVE LAUNCHED OVER 600 PAYLOADS FROM CUSTOMERS IN OVER 30 COUNTRIES. OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS RANGE FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO HIGH SCHOOLS, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS

01:11:55 A COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER, SO, TOO, THE HIGH SCHOOLS SOME OF WHOM DO BAKE SALES TO SUPPORT THE PAYLOADS. WE'VE LAUNCHED FOUR HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIMENTS FROM GROUND POINTE IN INDIANA. FIRST, KUDOS TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND COUNCIL FOR BEGINNING THE DEBATE TODAY ON

01:12:18 THE TRANSITION FROM THE ISS FROM A GOVERNMENT-OWNED FACILITY, TO AN ERA OF PRIVATE SPACE STATIONS. THE DEBATE MAY HAVE BEEN SKEWED A BIT IN THE HEADLINES, BUT I BELIEVE YOU'RE RAISING THE DIRECT QUESTIONS. HOW CAN NASA MOST EFFECTIVELY LEVERAGE THE TAXPAYER INVESTMENT

01:12:43 IN ISS? CAN COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY SAFELY AND COST EFFECTIVELY OPERATE THE ISS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL PLATFORMS? AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT BLACK AND WHITE, BUT IT IS AN END TO ACCEPTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT OF ISS IS THE ONLY PATHWAY AND HOW WILL THE

01:13:03 GOVERNMENT IN THE FUTURE BEHAVE MORE AND MORE AS A TENANT JUST THE WAY IT IS IN EVERY OTHER MARKETPLACE. WE'RE VERY EXCITED BY THIS. FINALLY, AS I LOOK OVERSEAS, IT'S MY OPINION AS A BUSINESSMAN, AS A SPACE BUSINESSMAN, THAT THE UNITED STATES CANNOT SIMPLY IGNORE

01:13:22 CHINA'S COMMERCIAL SPACE AMBITIONS. COMMERCIAL SPACE AMBITIONS. CHINA IS QUIETLY DEVELOPING A ROBUST COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY. I SAY QUIETLY BECAUSE AMERICANS ARE BARRED BY OUR OWN REGULATIONS AND OUR OWN MINDSETS FROM PARTICIPATION IN THIS

01:13:43 MARKETPLACE. AS WE JUST HEARD, LARGE CHINESE COMPANIES ARE RAISING ENTREPRENEUR EFFORTS. WHILE ON THE GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL OUR ALLIES HAVE NOTICED THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY HAS ASTRONAUTS PLANNING TO VISIT THE CHINESE SPACE. IT'S NOT THE AMERICAN GLOBAL

01:14:24 LEADERSHIP THAT WE ALL STRIVE TO ACHIEVE. NOW, WHILE MY TIME TODAY IS BRIEF, I URGE US TO NEGOTIATE A STERN BUT FAIR AGREEMENT WITH CHINA, AND ALLOW U.S. BUSINESSES TO DO WHAT WE DO BUSINESS, AND THAT IS TO INNOVATE AND COMPETE BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS

01:14:43 OF THE COUNCIL, I'M THRILLED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS FOCUSING ON COMMERCIAL SPACE AS PART OF AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP IN SPACE EXPLORATION. THROUGH THE AMERICAN STYLE COMMERCIAL PATHWAY I'M CERTAIN WE CAN CONTINUE TO INSPIRE THE NEXT GENERATION OF EXPLORERS, SO THAT ONE DAY THOSE STUDENTS WILL

01:15:07 BE STANDING IN FRONT OF A FUTURE SPACE COUNCIL DISCUSSING HOW THE ANOTHER PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WELL SAID. >> GOOD MORNING, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, A DISCUSSION ON THE THREATS OF THE

01:15:39 U.S. COMPETITIVE IN SPACE NEEDS TO START WITH ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT WE'RE THE PREEMINENT SPACE POWER IN THE WORLD TODAY. WITH THE UNITED STATES HAS MORE SATELLITES IN ORBIT THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. THE WORLD COUNTRY MOST POWERFUL LAUNCHES TWO WEEKS AGO IS A PRODUCT OF AMERICAN INDUSTRY.

01:16:04 A RECENT STUDY IN GLOBAL SATELLITE BY MY ORGANIZATION, THE POLICY INSTITUTE, FOUND TWO-THIRDS OF THE ARE U.S. BASED. THESE ADVANTAGES CANNOT BE TAKEN OUR GRANTED, AND OUR LEADERSHIP IN SPACE IS INCREASINGLY BEING CHALLENGED. GLOBAL INVESTMENTS IN SPACE HAVE

01:16:28 GROWN OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES. A DECADE AGO, FOR INSTANCE, FEWER THAN 50 COUNTRIES WERE INVESTING ABOUT $40 BILLION IN SPACE. BY 2026, 30 MORE COUNTRIES ARE EXPECTED TO JOIN THE SPACE CLUB AND MORE VENTURES ARE EXPECTED TO DOUBLE THOSE OF TEN YEARS AGO.

01:16:48 GROWING INTERNATIONAL EXPENDITURE IS ONLY ONE DEVELOPMENT IN THE SPACEKTER. FORTUNATELY, THE INVESTMENT FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BROUGHT DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENTS. USING A COMBINATION OF ALTERNATE ARCHITECTURES SUCH AS SATELLITES AND BUSINESS INNOVATION, RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE BREAD-BOX

01:17:15 SIZE SATELLITES ARE ABLE TO NEARLY MATCH SERVICES PREVIOUSLY FEASIBLE WITH BUS-SIZED SATELLITES THAT COST HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SPACE HAS BECOME AN ATTRACTIVE TARGET FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT. ALMOST $17 BILLION SINCE 2000, AND $4 BILLION IN 2017 ALONE. USING BOTH THE DOMESTIC

01:17:50 INVESTMENT AND PRODUCT SERVICES FROM THIS RAPIDLY GROWING PRIVATE SECTOR, THE REST OF THE WORLD IS LEAPFROGGING. DECADES WORTH OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AIMED TO COMPETE WITH THE UNITED STATES IN MANY AREAS INCLUDING LAUNCH, ROBOTIC EXPLORATION AND EVEN HUMAN EXPLORATION.

01:18:11 MY CENTRAL POINTS THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES HAS RISEN FROM THESE STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT ARE ENABLING MANY MORE COUNTRIES TO TARGET AND ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN SPACE. AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK THE CLOCK. IN THIS ENVIRONMENT THAT MEANS THAT THE UNITED STATES MORE THAN

01:18:26 EVER NEEDS TO LEVERAGE IT'S CORE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, THE ECOSYSTEM THAT REWARDS CREATIVITY, ENTREPRENEURSHIP. I PROPOSE WE BEGIN WITH THREE THINGS THAT. ENSURE TO CONTINUE TO OUT-INNOVATE THE REST OF THE WORLD, ENSURE THAT GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS MORE EFFICIENT, AND

01:18:55 TO HAVE OVERWHELMING ADVANTAGES OVER OTHER COUNTRIES. I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTRIBUTING TO THIS DISCUSSION. [APPLAUSE] >> WELL, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PANELISTS. I'M GOING TO GO TO SEVERAL OF OUR SECURITY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WHO ARE WITH US TODAY.

01:19:21 BUT LET ME MAYBE DIRECT MY FIRST QUESTION TO THE DOCTOR, YOU HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE. YOU REFERRED TO STRUCTURAL CHALLENGES. THERE IS NO GOING BACK. THE UNITED STATES HAS TO CONTINUE TO LEAN IN AND REMAIN--TO USE YOUR WORDS, THE

01:19:43 PREEMINENT LEADER IN SPACE. YOU HAVE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN ABOUT SPACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. IS THERE A POLICY DECISION YOU WOULD HAVE THIS COUNCIL CONSIDER RELATED TO THAT, AND COULD YOU EXPAND ON THAT BRIEFLY? >> SURE, SO SPACECRAFT MANAGEMENT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR

01:20:05 LEADERSHIP IN SPACE PRIMARILY BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE CLARITY, IT GIVES THE COMPANY THE CLARITY, THE NEED TO DO UNFETTERED WORK IN SPACE. IT ALLOWS US TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH OR COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT IS--JOINS WITH EACH OTHER, AND THERE IS

01:20:27 AGREEMENT ACROSS THE WORLD AS TO HOW WE WANT TO GO FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT SPACE IS SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE TO OPERATE IN. >> I'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS, AND MANY AT THIS TABLE, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME THAT YOU'RE CALLING ON THE UNITED STATES TO PLAY A WIDER ROLE IN INSURING THAT WE HAVE

01:20:49 THE SAME KIND OF DECONFLICTION AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN AREAS OF CONFLICT THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF ISSUES OF NAVIGATION, AND YOUR SUGGESTION THAT THE UNITED STATES LEAN INTO THAT EFFORT AND PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE AND DRIVE THOSE AGREEMENTS? >> I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO TAKE THE

01:21:12 LEADERSHIP POSITION HERE. >> VERY INSIGHTFUL. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IS HERE WITH US TODAY. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION THERE FOR DEAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REMARKS THIS MORNING. MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE CIVIL

01:21:34 MILITARY PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE OBSERVED IN CHINA, AND MAYBE IT'S NOT JUST THE CIVIL-MILITARY, BUT INDUSTRIAL-MILITARY. HAVE YOU SEEN A DIFFERENCE DYNAMIC IN THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE SHOULD OBSERVE OR TAKE NOTICE OF? >> THE CHINESE HAVE PUBLISHED

01:21:57 EXTENSIVELY ON THE ISSUE OF THINGS LIKE MOBILIZATION WHERE THEY INCLUDE THINGS LIKE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MOBILIZATION. THERE IS AN EX-POLICESIVE REGULATORY STRUCTURE, ETC. FOR THE INCORPORATION OF PEOPLE, EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS FACILITIES. SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CHINA'S

01:22:16 SPACE PROGRAM WE SHOULD BE THINKING OF IT NOT SIMPLY IN TERMS OF THE ELEMENTS CURRENTLY WITH THE MILITARY, BUT THAT THEY EXPLICITLY TALKED ABOUT BRINGING EVERYTHING IN FROM UNIVERSITIES TO CORPORATE ASSETS TO INDUSTRIAL PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. >> THANK YOU.

01:22:43 >> WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE WITH US TODAY THE CHAIRMAN CHIEF OF STAFF. YOU CAN WELCOME HIM ONE MORE TIME IF YOU LIKE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION, YOU TALKED ABOUT NOT ALLOWING CONCERNS OVER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO INHIBIT OUR PROGRESS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT STRUCK ME AS I WAS LISTENING TO

01:23:08 THE RECAP OF THE STRATEGY FROM GENERAL McMASTER, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CONCERNS OVER PROTECTING OUR INTELLECTUAL POVERTY AND CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. I WONDER FROM AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE WITH THREE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE, THAT YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT HOW WE GET THAT

01:23:26 BALANCE RIGHT. AGAIN, AS WE IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGY, WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT THAT UP FRONT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THAT. I'M PARTICULARLY STRUCK BY IT BECAUSE OF THE BRIEF ON CHINA, AND ALTHOUGH YOU SAY THAT MOST OF THEIR CAPABILITIES ARE INDIGENOUS AND HOMEGROWN, THAT

01:23:41 WOULD BE UNIQUE IN CHINESE EXPERIENCE THAT MOST OF THEIR CURRENT MODERN CAPABILITIES ARE INDIGENOUS AND HOMEGROWN. I THINK WE'VE KNOWN WE'VE HAD SELECT CHALLENGE ESPECIALLY IN CHINA. MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT, AND IT'S ABOUT GETTING TO THE BALANCE RIGHT.

01:24:04 >> IT'S VERY DIFFICULT IN OUR INDUSTRY TO STRIKE THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN COMPETITIVENESS AND AHOURING THAT AMERICA'S AM AM BUT I SUPPOSE THAT WE HAVE IF ALREADY WORKED WITH NASA VERY CAREFULLY AND OTHERS TO INSURE THERE IS NO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHINESE AND OTHER

01:24:31 NATIONS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH, WE'VE WORKED WITH 30 NATIONS, VIETNAM AND PERU AND OTHERS, THAT THERE IS NO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, AND THAT THE GUIDELINES AND PRACTICES OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE AGENCY REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL. WE'VE SEEN A FEW WEEKS AGO THERE ARE CANADIANEN SLIGHTLIES

01:24:52 LAUNCHING WITH THE CHINESE. THERE ARE OTHER SATELLITES FLYING WITH THE CHINESE. MY POINT IS IF WE GO IN WITH A AND WE CAN SAY TO THE CHINESE THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE WITH REGARD AS IMPORTANT, COPYRIGHT, AND INTELLECTUAL TRANSFER, THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE STRENGTH STARTING NEW IN THE NEW

01:25:18 MARKETPLACE TO INSURE WE GET WHAT WE NEED 37 AS THE PRESIDENT SAID WE WANT TO CONSIDERREN CONSIDER OUR OPERATIONS WITH CHINA. WE'RE NOT INVOLVED TODAY, BUT WE'RE CLEARLY LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD. THANK YOU. >> SECRETARY OF ONLY LAND

01:25:44 HOMELAND IS WITH US. >> MY QUESTION IS FOR ALL OF YOU, WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT SPACE-BASED SERVICES. EVERYTHING FROM THE WEATHER, THE SATELLITES THAT WE GET FROM NOAA AND THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT THROUGH ITS ABILITY TO WARN OUR CITIZENS, THROUGH CYBER SECURITY, AND GPS-ENABLED

01:26:07 POSITION, NAVIGATIONAL AND TIMING. THE CONCERN TO ME IS MAKING SURE AS WE WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE GOVERNMENT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILT IN SECURITY AND ABILITY AND RESILIENCE. WHAT MORE CAN THE USAMENT GOVERNMENT DO AM AS WE GO

01:26:25 FORWARD IN ALL OF OUR SPACE-BASED SERVICES, UPON WHICH WE'RE SO HEAVILY RELIANT? >> SO I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO WORK MORE WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ESPECIALLY THE PART OF THE PRIVATE SECRETARY PER. ONE WAY TO DO THAT. WOULDEN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE

01:26:46 GOVERNMENT USES MORE SPECIAL APPROACHES IN THE THINGS THAT NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE CONTRACTS, BUT ONCE THAT ARE MORE SOLUTIONS ARE OUTCOME DRIVEN WHERE THERE ARE MILESTONES AND PAYMENTS BASED ON MILESTONES. ANOTHER MILESTONE ACTIVITY TO ADD WOULD BE TO' 80% CONDITIONS.

01:27:11 THAT WOULD JUST REALLY IMPROVE THE APERTURE OF THE KIND OF COMPANIES WE CAN WORK WITH. WE DON'T ALWAYS NEED TO USE THE FERRARI. SOMETIMES WE CAN USE THE FORD FOCUS. >> I'LL SPEAK TO THAT. WE HAVE A REBUST RELATIONSHIP WITH NASA ON ALL LEVELS.

01:27:32 HAVING THIS SORT OF PARTNERSHIP IS CRITICAL. WE ALWAYS ARE IN LOCK STEP WITH NASA ON WHAT WE'RE DOING ESPECIALLY AS WE DEAL WITH OVERSEAS. HAVE IS AN EMERGING DETROIT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT OF GREAT FOLKS WHO CARE, MORE THAN JUST GETTING UP AND DOING THEIR JOB.

01:27:51 THIS IS THE DOD AND THEY WORK WITH US TO INSURE, AND PASSING THIS ALONG IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN CODIFY. YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE AN ORGANIC RELATIONSHIP TO BE SMARTER, TO BE ALERT, AND DON'T CONSIDER THE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS AS THE ENEMY, BUT WORK WITH THEM ON THESE SORT OF CRITICAL ISSUES.

01:28:26 >> I WOULD SAY THAT ONE OF THE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND SPACE IS PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM. THE CHINESE VIEW SPACE VERY HOLISTICALLY. THEY TALK ABOUT THE SATELLITES, THE GROUND DATA AND EVERYTHING THAT PASSES OVER IT. WE NEED TO BE THINKING BEYOND JUST SPACE.

01:28:51 WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT MAY NOT BE ORBITAL. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PROTECTING OUR SPACE CAPABILITIES, IT MEANSCYING HOLISTICALLY. IT'S REALLY THE INFORMATION THAT PASSES OVER AND THROUGH THOSE SPACE SYSTEMS. >> JOIN ME IN THANKING THESE

01:29:19 PANELISTS. GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT PANEL IS ENTITLED ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE NEXT FRONTIER. I'LL INVITE OUR PANELISTS TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE STAGE, AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED

01:29:36 LET ME JUST SAY TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, I THINK WE'VE HEARD SOME VERY INSIGHTFUL RECOMMENDATIONS PARTICULARLY WOULD GO GENERAL McMART, IF YOU COULD DEVELOP A PLAN THAT. ADDITION STEPS DERIVED FROM THE DISCUSSION TODAY, THAT OUGHT TO BE ADDED TO THE SPACE STRATEGY.

01:30:05 WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION ON THAT AT THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL MEETING. THEY'VE WRITTEN ME SOME VERY THOUGHTFUL OPENING REMARKS ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE NEXT FRONTIER, BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME LET ME BE BRIEF AND SAY PRESIDENT TRUMP IS FOR IT.

01:30:29 I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY, AND HE HAS GREAT PRIDE AND GREAT ENTHUSIASM IN NOT ONLY THE PARTNERSHIP THE HISTORIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PRIVATE SECTOR AND NASA, BUT ALSO GREAT PRIDE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PLATFORMS AND INNOVATION. THAT WE SAW JUST JUST TWO WEEKS

01:30:55 AGO AND WE SEE IN ALL THE ROCKETS WE SEE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN MY PRESENTATION TRAY. I WAS AT THE MOJAVE DESERT, AND VISITED ANOTHER SPACE PORT. I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK 100 YEARS FROM NOW THAT IT WILL BE OUR PRIVATE SECTOR PIONEERS THAT HELPED LIFT AMERICA IN THIS ERA OF SPACE EXPLORATION AS PIONEERS

01:31:28 IN THE PAST. I WANT TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THIS DISTINGUISHED PANEL. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I'LL ASK THE PANEL TO SUMMARIZE YOUR REMARKS. WE'LL HAVE TIME FOR A FEW QUESTIONS BEFORE WE'RE SPIRITED OFF TO A TOUR, AND I HAVE TO WING MY WAY WITH MANY OF THESE

01:31:48 CABINET OFFICIALS BACK TO WASHINGTON, D.C. OUR FIRST PANELISTS, ONE OF OUR HOSTS HERE TODAY. AND SECONDLY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ANALYTICS TRAINING, AND THEN PRESIDENT OF SATELLITE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION, AND THEN PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE COALITION FOR DEEP SPACE

01:32:14 EXPLORATION. THESE ARE FOUR GREAT CHAMPIONS OF AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SPACE. WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] IF YOU COULD GET IT STARTED AND SUMMARIZE YOUR REMARKS, WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE PANEL QUICKLY.

01:32:34 >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. AMERICA'S PRIVATE SPACE SECTOR. SPACEX THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN HEAVY LIFT VEHICLE WITH PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING. TWO CHALLENGES EXPAND OUR NICK SPEAR AND COMMERCIAL SPACE

01:33:26 TRANSPORTATION AND REMOTE SENSING ARE GROWING AT UNPRECEDENTED RATES WHILE NEW SPACE EXPLORATION ARE BEING INTRODUCED. AS DISCUSSED EARLIER, OUR LEGAL AND THEY'RE PUTTING ON THE BRAKES OF OUR CURRENT PROGRESS ON FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. WE NEED TO STRIFE FOR PUBLIC

01:33:57 SPACE FLIGHT. AS LONG AS NATIONAL SECURITY ARE NOT COMPROMISED, THE PRESUMPTION IS THAT IS A COMMERCIAL SPACE CAN SUCCEED. THE CURRENT REGULATIONS WRITTEN DECADES AGO BASED ON 1980s TECHNOLOGIES AND OPERATIONS THOSE ROCKETS WERE EXPENDABLE, VERY EXPENSIVE, AND INFREQUENTLY

01:34:22 LAUNCHED AND CARRIED ONLY ONE PAYLOAD. SPACE PORTS ALSO FACE INCONSISTENT INTERPRET OF REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS. THE SAME RULES REQUIRED TO BE IMPLEMENTED DIFFERENTLY AT DIFFERENT LAUNCH SITES. EVEN MODEST I AM AM PROVEMENTS TO THE SPACE PORTS

01:34:43 INFRASTRUCTURE CAN FACE NEW ROUNDS OF REVIEWS BECAUSE OF OPERATORS LICENSE. MEMBERS ARE EAGLE FOR WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TO STREAMLINE RULES INTO ONE SPACE RULE THAT PRESERVES PUBLIC SAFETY WITHOUT RESTRICTING INDUSTRY SPEED TO BENEFIT FUTURE WHERE LAUNCHES ARE MORE APPROPRIATE, MORE

01:35:06 AFFORDABLE AND MORE RELIABLE. RULES CAN BE MADE CLEARER AND MORE CONCISE WITH EXPLANATORY DETAILS LEFT TO GUIDANCE. REMOTE SENSING HAS BEEN CONSTRAINED BY OUTDATE THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE NOT FAITHFULLY IMPLEMENTED. FINALLY IT'S TIME FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PROVIDE A

01:35:26 PROCESS TO IMPROVING SPACE COMPANIES. PROVIDING NARROWLY TAILORED APPROACH OF OVERSIGHT OF THOSE ACTIVITIES. WITH A COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY UNLEASHED TO ADVANCE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO ADAPT TO GAIN THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

01:36:00 NASA SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO USE COMPETITIVELY AWARDED COST SHARED AGREEMENTS TO DEVELOP NEW SPACE EXPLORATION CAPABILITIES SO THAT THE UNITED STATES CAN AFFORDABLY RETURN TO THE MOON AND VOYAGES BEYOND. ALL SPACE AGENCIES SHOULD ASK THE QUESTION CAN WE PARTNER? IN CONCLUSION, AMERICA'S

01:36:27 INDUSTRIAL PARADIGM HAS FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED DEVELOPING TO THE POINT WHERE THE CONTRACTING PRACTICES ARE NOW OUR LARGEST IMPEDIMENTS. NOW, MORE THAN EVER WE NEED THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION AND WORK WITH INDUSTRY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

01:36:57 >> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, DISTINGUISHED CABINET MEMBERS AND INVITED GUESTS. GOOD MORNING. I'M THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF INNOVATIVE ANALYTICS AND TRAINING, A SMALL CONSULTING FIRM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TODAY I'LL BRING IF FORWARD TO YOU MY 5 YEARS OF WRITING AND

01:37:15 ANALYZING MILITARY SENSING FOR BOTH GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCIAL CLIENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE NEXT FRONTIER BUT IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME I WOULD LIKE TO SHOWCASE THE EXAMPLE FIRST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ITS PROMISE, AND SECONDLY FROM THE CONTINUING

01:37:33 CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. SOME ARE READY, AND I'LL GO QUICKLY OVER THOSE. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE A TRADITIONAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYST OR SCIENTIST POURING OVER A SMALL NUMBER OF SATELLITE IMAGES YOU HAVE AN SOMEWHAT OUTDATED VIEW OF THE WORLD. THE SENSING MARKET COLLECT

01:37:55 IMAGES WITH HIGH RESOLUTION, INCREASING FREQUENCY AND CREATE UNPRECEDENTED VOLUMES OF INFORMATION. OTHER INNOVATIVES ARE HARNESSING MACHINE LEARNING TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO IMAGERY. AND OTHER POTENTIAL ENTRANTS TO THE MARKET WANT TO COLLECT EVEN MORE EXQUISITE SATELLITE DATA

01:38:19 WITH FREQUENCY DATA AND SOCIAL MEDIA. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY AND THEY'RE LEVERAGES BREAKTHROUGHS IN COMMUNICATION, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT SPACE WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT THE EFFECTS THEY'RE ALREADY HAVING ON THE GROUND TODAY.

01:38:49 OTHER CAPABILITIES CREATE BREATHTAKING VISUALIZATION BASED ON REALTIME DATA THAT CREATE NEW LEVELS OF INTERACTION AND EXPLORATION. AS WE MOVE DEEPER TO THE ECONOMY, IT WILL PLAY AN EXTRAORDINARY ROLE PROVIDING DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS ON THE

01:39:11 GROUND. WE KNOW THE PHRASE A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. CONSIDER WHAT A MILLION PICTURES RICHLY DETAILED, EFFICIENTLY ORGANIZED, TIME SEQUENCED AND THOROUGHLY ANALYZED MIGHT MEAN ABOUT WHAT WE UNDERSTAND ABOUT TODAY AND EVEN TOMORROW. FOR THE U.S. COMMERCIAL SENSING

01:39:32 INDUSTRY, THAT JUST ONE STEP ON THE WAY TO THE NEXT FRONTIER. NEXT YEAR MARKS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY FOR COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING. WHILE THERE HAS BEEN GREAT PROGRESS, THE PROCESS STILL HINDERS THE SPEED OF U.S. INNOVATION. TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS ARE

01:39:52 OUTSTRIPPING POLICY AND REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS. MUCH OF THE REGIME IS OUTDATED REFLECTING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS PROCESSES FROM THE EARLY 2002s. SECONDLY, A WIDE RANGE OF GOVERNMENT INTERESTS FROM NATIONAL SECURITY TO POLICY, AND WEATHER.

01:40:09 TOO MANY STAKEHOLDERS DELAY THE LICENSING PROCESS, AND AS A RESULT SOMETIMES RESTRICT COMPANIES FROM PROVIDING MORE ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING CAPABILITIES AND THE CONTINUOUS FLOW OF DATA EXPECTED IN TODAY'S HIGH SPEED GLOBAL MARKETS IN AREAS OF AGRICULTURE, FINANCE AND OTHERS.

01:40:30 THIRD, BECAUSE SATELLITE IMAGERY IS CRUCIAL TO INTELLIGENCE, IT CREATES A LEVEL OF CAUTION THAT CAN SLOW OR RESTRICT INNOVATIONS TO MARKET. WE KNOW THAT COMMERCIALIZATION CREATES CHALLENGES FOR THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY, BUT SLOWING DOWN OR DELAYING COMMERCIAL INNOVATION IS NEITHER KENT

01:40:49 CONSISTENT WITH U.S. POLICY OR LIKELY TO BE A STRATEGY. COMMERCIAL INNOVATORS. THOSE WITH THE INNOVATIVE IDEAS AWAIT THE LONGEST TIME OF APPROVAL. AS THEY LANGUISH. MANY OF THE REMEDIES ARE KNOWN TODAY THAT WE NEED TO SHORTEN LICENSING TIMELINES, AND

01:41:23 REGULATIONS MUST ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE COMING FORWARD IN THE MARKET SUCH AS DRONES AND HIGH ALTITUDE AIR VEHICLES. IT'S MOVING FROM A TRADITIONAL AEROSPACE CAPABILITY AFFECTING A SMALL NUMBER OF IMPORTANT DECISIONS TO INFORMATION CAPABILITY AFFECTING THOUSANDS

01:41:43 OF DECISIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY. EVEN AS WE WORK TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OF U.S. COMMERCIAL FIRMS, NEW PRIVACY AND FOREIGN TRADE BARRIERS WILL HAVE TO BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR THINKING. THE 25 YEAR CASE STUDY PROVIDES IMPORTANT LESSONS OF HOW TO THINK ABOUT THE SPACE COMMERCE PURSUITS.

01:42:09 WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF LEARNING LESSONS ACROSS THE BOARD IN AREAS LIKE KATE AT A RIGHTS LICENSING AND PROTECTION. WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF CAPABILITIES COMING IN THE MARKET. OF WE'VE DONE WELL IN EXAMPLES LIKE NON-EARTH IMAGING AND SPATIAL AWARENESS.

01:42:32 FINALLY WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE STRONG COLLABORATION ON GLOBAL COMPETITION, AND EMERGING SOURCES OF INNOVATION. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT CANNOT BE THE ONLY SOURCE OF GOOD IDEAS OF HOW TO REGULATE ON COMPLEX ISSUES ON SPACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT. TO CLOSE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND

01:42:57 INDUSTRY ROLES ARE CHANGING SO WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT NEW STRATEGIES TO ADVANCE POLICY REGULATORY MECHANISMS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT U.S. LEADERSHIP IS AS MUCH ABOUT SHAPING THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT AND SETTING STANDARDS, AND ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIPS AS IT IS ABOUT BEING FIRST IN SPACE,

01:43:17 AND HOW WE ULTIMATELY USE THE DATA IN THOUSANDS OF APPLICATIONS ON THE GROUND EVERY DAY. AS IN SO MANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AREAS BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, OURS MUST BE A GAIN OF MOVING FORWARD, AND NOT PLAYING DENSE. THANK YOU, AND I'LL LOOK FORWARD

01:43:34 TO YOUR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU. VERY WELL DONE. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. >> MR. VICE PRESIDENT, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY VENUE. SIA IS AN U.S. TRADE ASSOCIATION FOR OPERATORS, MANUFACTURERS,

01:44:05 AND WE SERVE CIVIL AND MILITARY MARKETS. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS ON THREE AREAS, INNOVATION, SPECTRUM CERTAINTY AND SUSTAINABLE SPACE OPERATIONS. TODAY THE SATELLITE INDUSTRY SUPPORTS 211,000 U.S. JOBS, INCLUDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

01:44:22 WELL-PAYING MANUFACTURING POSITIONS. THE SATELLITE INDUSTRY'S 2017 ESTIMATED REVENUE WAS $260.5 BILLION. WHICH DOES NOT REFLECT REVENUES BY MANY BUSINESSES MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR SERVICES. ENABLING THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IN WAYS CONSUMERS MIGHT NOT BE

01:44:46 AWARE. BEYOND STRICTLY FINANCIAL METRICS, HOWEVER, OUR VERY WAY 6 LIFE DEPENDS ON THE BENEFITS WE RECEIVE FROM THE SATELLITE APPLICATIONS. SATELLITES, COMMUNICATIONS, EARTH OBSERVATION AND POSITION NAVIGATION AND TIMING HAVE TRANSFORMED HOW WE'LL

01:45:03 COMMUNICATE, HOW WE NAVIGATE AND SEE A WORLD. HOW WE PRODUCE FOOD AND ENERGY, CONDUCT BAKING, PREDICT THE WEATHER, INSURE NATIONAL SECURITY AND SO MUCH MORE. THE UBIQUITY SATELLITE COVERAGE PROVIDES ACCESS ACROSS THE GLOBE THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE UNREACHABLE, PROVIDING SATELLITE

01:45:27 COMMUNICATION SERVICES TO SCIENTISTS AT THE SOUTH POLE AND PROVEN CRITICAL IN AREAS OF NATIONAL DISASTERS. SATELLITE IMAGERY ALLOWING FOR THE SURVEY OF DAMAGE NOT JUST BY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS BUT BY AVERAGE CITIZENS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE. ALL OF THE GREAT THROUGHS WE'VE

01:45:52 SEEN BECAUSE OF SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. IT DEPENDS ON OUR INDUSTRY'S ABILITY TO ACCESS SPECTRUM. IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN AND MEET THE GROWING DEMAND FOR SATELLITE SERVICES WE ENCOURAGE REGULATORS TO CONTINUE ALLOCATION OF SATELLITE USE BOTH DOMESTICALLY

01:46:13 AND U.S. SUPPORT AT THE WORLD COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE. REGULATORY STREAMLINING AND CERTAINTY ARE CRITICAL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN THE INDUSTRY. WITH PLANS TO LAUNCH SATELLITES CONSTELLATIONS OF HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF SATELLITES OVER THE NEXT DECADE, IT IS CRUCIAL

01:46:32 THAT REGULATION BE ADAPTABLE TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES. FINALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MUST BE AT THE HEART OF INNOVATIONS AND ADVANCEMENTS OF THE SATELLITE INDUSTRY. AS A SHARED NATIONAL RESOURCE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT SPACE AND INSURE ITS AVAILABILITY FOR USE

01:46:53 BY FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL DONE. APPRECIATE IT. [APPLAUSE] >> THE COALITION FOR DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOU HERE.

01:47:08 >> THANK YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK. ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION ARE WITHOUT DOUBT ENGINES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SPACE. BEGINNING WITH LOWER ORBIT AND EXPANDING TOWARDS THE MOON. AT THE SAME TIME GOVERNMENT

01:47:31 PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM, THE GROUND SYSTEM TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY PROVIDE MUCH-NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR FURTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THEY MAINTAIN PURPOSE AS A SIGNAL TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS TO THE U.S. IT IS CRUCIAL, I WOULD LIKE TO

01:47:59 SUGGEST ACQUISITION REFORM. THE FISCAL PROBLEMATIC REPORTING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT THE OFTEN GLACIAL PACE, WHAT SINGLE THING COULD ADVANCE THE EXPLORATION OF SPACE, FAR .0. THE SLOW NURTURE CREATE BARRIERS TO TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT POSING A THREAT TO OUR POSITION IN SPACE.

01:48:32 THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT CONTRACTING SHOULD BE ABANDONED. LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS PROVIDE STABILITY AND PROVIDES SUSTAINMENT OVER THE YEARS AND DECADES OFTEN REQUIRED FOR THESE PROGRAMS. THAT SAID THE MEANS TO LEAD THE STARTING GATE WITH FAR NOR AGILITY THAT CURRENTLY EXIST, AS

01:48:55 WELL AS ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE PRIMARY INTEREST AND REFORM. OTHER TRANSACTION. AGREEMENTS OR OTAs PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL APPROACH. OTAs PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY BUT SPREES RISK OF REDUCED ACCOUNTABILITY AND AM REDUCED TRANSPARENCY. THEY'RE RELATIVELY OF LOW VALUE.

01:49:21 THE DURING THIS, THE GOVERNMENT HAS LEFT DEVELOPMENT IN THE HANDS OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE. THE RESULTING SYSTEMS WERE AT MUCH RED CROSS THAN CREDIT WOULD HAVE ACHIEVED. THE STORIES IS LESS CLEAR AS WE HAVE A BALANCE OF GOVERNMENT INSIGHT AND RISK TO HUMAN LIVES. CONTINUE TO BE INNOVATIVE: I

01:49:50 TURNED TO. THREES, WHICH P 3s TAKE MANY FORMS. THE SUCCESS OF P 30'S ARE HINGE. ED ON INFORMED RISKS. A REALISTIC BUSINESS CASE, AN INDISPENSABLE REQUIREMENT, AND MEANS TO INCENTIVIZE BUSINESS WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST. AS THE PASS FORWARD, P 3s

01:50:22 CARRY MUCH PROCESS. BUT AS ON EARTH THEY REQUIRE A CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT SET OF REQUIREMENTS AND OBJECTIVES. EACH OF THESE MODELS ATTEMPT TO BALANCE RISK, COST AND MISSION OBJECTIVES IN DIFFERENT WAYS. I CAN'T SAY THIS STRONGLY ENOUGH. DECISIONS WITH REGARDING WHICH

01:50:44 APPROACH IS BEST FOR A GIVEN OBJECTIVE CAN BE ADDRESSED IDEOLOGICAL WHETHER POLITICAL OR PHILOSOPHICAL BUT RATHER A FRAMEWORK THAT ENCOURAGES PRIVATE INVESTMENT AND MARKETABLE SOLUTIONS AND ADAPT TO ALWAYS CHANGING REALITIES SHOULD BE OUR COLLECTIVE GOAL. THANK YOU.

01:51:05 [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. VERY WELL DONE. AND LET ME MAYBE ASK A QUESTION OF THE PANEL. I HAVE A FEELING I'M GOING TO GET WORD THAT WE NEED TO BE MOVING TO OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT. BUT MAYBE I CAN START WITH YOU, DOCTOR, GIVEN YOUR EXTENSIVE

01:51:33 EXPERIENCE ON THE SPACE STATION, THE PRESIDENT HAS ANNOUNCED OUR PLAN TO TRANSITION TO A DIFFERENT MODEL ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS PANELISTS SAID, I THOUGHT RATHER INSIGHTFULLY WHERE WE WOULD TRANSITION THE GOVERNMENT TO MORE TENANT AND CUSTOMER RATHER THAN LANDLORD. SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS ON HUMAN

01:52:05 EXPLORATION, AND PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES. SINCE YOU ALL REPRESENT THIS INDUSTRY, COULD EACH OF YOU GIVE ME ONE MINUTE ON WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES, THE CHALLENGES, WHAT SHOULD THIS COUNCIL BE AWARE OF AS WE SEEK TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION. AND DOCTOR, ON THE SPACE

01:52:25 STATION, YOU HAVE THOUGHT MORE ABOUT IT. >> I'LL START BY SAYING THAT THE DEMAND SIGN IS AS IMPORTANT AS IN THIS CASE. DEVELOPING, FINDING ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED BUT MANY OTHER WAYS TO ENCOURAGE DEMAND TO DEVELOP ESPECIALLY LOWER ORBITS IS CRITICAL.

01:52:44 WE NEED TO ESTABLISH SOME CRITERIA FOR THAT TRANSITION. THOSE SHOULD INCLUDE READINESS TO ASSUME ROLE OF THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY, AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF EFFORTS UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW. AND THE EXPANDED INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION BOTH IN LOWER ORBIT AND TOWARDS THE MOON IS VERY IMPORTANT.

01:53:01 THE FRAMEWORK THAT GUIDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATION HAS HAPPENED THERE AND THAT'S CRITICAL. AND TECHNOLOGIES CONTINUE TO BE DEVELOPED. ENVIRONMENT CONTROL IS VERY IMPORTANT. ASTRONAUTS LIKE TO BREATHE IN DEEP SPACE SO WE SHOULD BE SURE

01:53:20 WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WILL WORK OVER LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN DEEP SPACE. AND THE VEHICLE ITSELF, WHAT IS IT CAPABLE OF, AND WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO WITH IT. >> GOOD INSIGHTS. ANYONE ELSE WITH JUST A QUICK SHOT. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS

01:53:38 PROCUREMENT REFORM. VERY OFTEN AS THE MILITARY IS A LARGE CUSTOMER OF THE INDUSTRY, MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM VIEWING THEMSELVES AS PURCHASING SATELLITES TO PURCHASING SERVICE, AND IN ADDITION TO THE SATELLITES THAT THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC NEED. BUT LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN

01:53:53 ACQUIRE SATELLITE SERVICES MORE QUICK WOULD BE IMPORTANT. >> KEVIN. >> JUST BRIEFLY, I THINK ANTICIPATING THE KINDS OF CAPABILITIES COMING FORWARD IN THE MARKET, THE USE OF PUBLIC POLICY CONCERNS, ETC. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE PROACTIVELY. NOT WAIT NOR SOMEBODY TO SHOW UP

01:54:14 WITH A NEW CAPABILITY FOR LICENSING. JUST TO TOUCH ON THERE, THE IDEA OF HAVING A SMOOTH TRANSITION PLAN, AVOIDING ANY KIND OF GAP, AND AVOID UTILIZING THE TECHNOLOGY THAT THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY IS DRIVING WHETHER IT BE HABITAT MODULES OR NEW SYSTEMS OR EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE

01:54:37 TAKING PLACE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. THERE ARE REMARKABLE TECHNOLOGIES BEING DEVELOPED AT A RAPID PACE AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGHOUT THE TRANSITION OF THE PROCESS. >> GREAT. JOIN ME IN THANKING THIS OUTSTANDING PANEL.

01:54:52 GREAT INSIGHTS, GREAT OVERVIEW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT JOB. [APPLAUSE] WILL THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT DISCUSSION. BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I WOULD LIKE TO TASK A FEW ITEMS TO ASSIGN TO ADMINISTRATOR LIGHTFOOT.

01:55:15 I APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH COMMERCE AND STATE TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO DEVELOP THE FRAMEWORK FOR GREATER COOPERATION WITH OUR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS, AND OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AS WELL. AND I WOULD RECOMMEND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THIS FALL THAT WE CAN FORWARD TO THE PRESIDENT

01:55:42 IN THE FORM OF A DECISION MEMORANDUM. WE ALREADY I THINK WE TOUCHED ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES IN THE PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION, BUT THIS MAN HAS BEEN A GREAT AFFIRMATION OVER ALL. WE'LL TAKE YOUR COUNCIL ON THIS. LET ME THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL,

01:56:07 ESPECIALLY THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET WHO ARE HERE, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE USER ADVISORY GROUP, I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE WORK OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL TO AVAIL YOURSELF OF THE EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN AND MEN WHO HAVE STEPPED FORWARD TO OFFER ADVISE AND COUNSEL TO THE

01:56:28 WORK OF THE NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK THE EXTRAORDINARY MEN AND WOMEN OF THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY, AND TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT INTEREST IN THIS. THE WORK WILL CONTINUE, AND AMERICA IS LEADING IN SPACE

01:56:48 AGAIN. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU. IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ALL. [MUSIC]

National Space Council Receives Report on Human Spaceflight in Low-Earth Orbit

The report, a collaborative effort by NASA, the Department of State, and the Department of Commerce, outlines yet to be disclosed directives for developing low-Earth orbit commercial opportunities and a regulatory environment.

Footage from the February 2018 National Space Council Meeting

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