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the time is now at no other time<font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font>
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human<font color="#E5E5E5"> history have we had the technology</font>
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<font color="#CCCCCC">than know how in the public</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> excitement</font>
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to get humans<font color="#CCCCCC"> to Mars</font>
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we're building<font color="#E5E5E5"> an Orian today right now</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font>
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spacecraft<font color="#E5E5E5"> like no other design for deep</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">space</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> exploration but to get humans to</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">Mars we can't send</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Orion by itself it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font>
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needs to be<font color="#E5E5E5"> part of a larger system it</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">provides the supplies and that the</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">scientific equipment needed for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">three-year journey that will take us</font>
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hundreds<font color="#E5E5E5"> of millions of miles away we</font>
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call our concept<font color="#E5E5E5"> Mars</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> base camp</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Mars</font>
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base camp is<font color="#E5E5E5"> really straightforward</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> let</font>
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me break it<font color="#CCCCCC"> down</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font>
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it's an orbiting mission<font color="#E5E5E5"> with four main</font>
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sections<font color="#E5E5E5"> and two of almost everything</font>
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<font color="#CCCCCC">for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> backup we have four large commercial</font>
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solar arrays<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> generate electricity and</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">power the spacecraft for propulsion</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we</font>
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have two cryogenic propulsion<font color="#E5E5E5"> stages and</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">two tank barns</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> store the fuel liquid</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">oxygen and liquid hydrogen of course</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font>
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six astronauts will need room to<font color="#CCCCCC"> live on</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">their thousand day mission</font>
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so Mars base camp has two habitats<font color="#E5E5E5"> and a</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">living space to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eat sleep and exercise</font>
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most importantly we<font color="#CCCCCC"> have Orion</font>
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it's the command<font color="#E5E5E5"> deck with all the</font>
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avionics<font color="#E5E5E5"> for navigation and</font>
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communications<font color="#E5E5E5"> Orion makes the whole</font>
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spacecraft more reliable<font color="#CCCCCC"> and gives the</font>
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astronauts<font color="#CCCCCC"> a safe ride home because</font>
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<font color="#CCCCCC">we've already</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> started</font>
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we<font color="#E5E5E5"> think we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> can launch this system</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in</font>
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about<font color="#E5E5E5"> a decade </font>
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Orion<font color="#E5E5E5"> has already fled proven</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font>
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<font color="#CCCCCC">we're designing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the deep space gateway</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> today</font>
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soon<font color="#E5E5E5"> NASA and Lockheed Martin will</font>
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launch an unproven run on the Space
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Launch System<font color="#CCCCCC"> rocket for a mission</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">called exploration mission run or (EM) to check out</font>
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all<font color="#CCCCCC"> the systems over three weeks in</font>
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an orbit around after<font color="#E5E5E5"> that the next Orion's</font>
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likely<font color="#CCCCCC"> into an EM-2 on that launch</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the SLS</font>
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rocket will also carry<font color="#E5E5E5"> the first</font>
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elements<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the deep space</font>
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<font color="#CCCCCC">the deep space</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gateway is essentially a</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">space dock where America and other</font>
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spacefaring<font color="#E5E5E5"> nations can perform</font>
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revolutionary science and establish a
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lunar commercial economy through<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font>
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2020s<font color="#CCCCCC"> we will</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> work with NASA</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to operate</font>
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and assemble the space<font color="#E5E5E5"> gateway and then</font>
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build up<font color="#E5E5E5"> Mars base camp and get it ready</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> flights finally we will be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ready to</font>
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send humans to Mars<font color="#CCCCCC"> aboard Mars Base</font>
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Camp
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we've talked about how<font color="#CCCCCC"> we can do</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it now</font>
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let's<font color="#CCCCCC"> talk about why Mars Basecamp is</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">about more than humanity's greatest</font>
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adventure<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's about science answering</font>
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fundamental questions<font color="#CCCCCC"> that scientists</font>
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<font color="#CCCCCC">have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been asking for hundreds of years</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">where did we come</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">where are we going and are we alone from</font>
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orbit astronauts<font color="#E5E5E5"> scientists have access</font>
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to the entire planet<font color="#E5E5E5"> surface for Rovers</font>
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and drones to make real-time decisions
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<font color="#CCCCCC">about where to go and what to examine we</font>
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can retrieve<font color="#CCCCCC"> a sample from the surface</font>
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for study<font color="#E5E5E5"> and we can send the astronaut</font>
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crew to the two nearby moons of Mars for
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an<font color="#CCCCCC"> up-close look and from orbits</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we can</font>
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confirm the site<font color="#E5E5E5"> selection for the first</font>
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human<font color="#E5E5E5"> landing at Lockheed Martin we've</font>
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been<font color="#E5E5E5"> exploring Mars with NASA from the</font>
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beginning so we know what it<font color="#CCCCCC"> takes to</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">get here how</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to operate here</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and how to</font>
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lead the world<font color="#E5E5E5"> in doing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yes Mars</font>
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Basecamp is a concept<font color="#E5E5E5"> of vision if you</font>
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<font color="#CCCCCC">will</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but whether it's this system that</font>
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<font color="#E5E5E5">gets humans to Mars or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> something similar</font>
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<font color="#CCCCCC">the world is at a point in time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> where it</font>
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has that the means the ability<font color="#CCCCCC"> to write</font>
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a new<font color="#CCCCCC"> chapter in history sending humans</font>
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to<font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Red Planet</font>
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