laura: ok, general bhatt, let's get to india.ore we do, i can see, derrick, you want to say something? do you want to jump in? guest: laura, i was going to point out that it has not helped russia, the russian space program at all. the embargoes that have been imposed on russia since the beginning of the conflict with ukraine. one result of that is the lack of supply of hardened electronics and very, very reliable electronics that are needed to sustain spacecraft and the horrible environment of space. think of space really in the way we should, which is that it is not a benign environment at all. it is very difficult for electronics and all that makes this difficult for any country. if you don't have the components you need because of political embargoes, then that does multiply your chances of running into a problem. laura: ok, let's look ahead to what we think will be a more successful operation in the next couple of days. general bhatt, the spotlight is now in india, but on the heels of russia. could be the first mission to lan

shailen protests just name bhatt, but a lot of us pronounce it bhatt. and bhatt, insoles, the better to play. i will answer to either one, but he the administration of the federal highway administration. sort into his current role on january 13th, 2023. after -- was confirmed by the senate on december 8th of last year. as administrator, mr. bhatt overseas and agency that's more than 2700 employees. which includes a staff who are working all 50 states. west territories as well, and the district of columbia, carry out federal aid, highway. welcome, shailen. you might now proceed with your testimony. thank you for joining us. -- thank you, chairman carper. and ranking member capito. members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss implementation of the infrastructure investment and jobs act, otherwise known as the bipartisan infrastructure law and the inflation reduction act. these historic investments in our nation's infrastructure and the opportunities to build clean energy economy to create good jobs and lowe

anil kumar bhatt, retired lieutenant general from the indian army and director general of the indian space association. derrick pitts, chief astronomer and planetarium programmes director at the franklin institute. a warm welcome to all of you. the big question everyone is asking is what happened? what went wrong with the luna 25 ? >> for the reports we have had so far there is an indication there was a malfunction with a landing maneuver that the russians were attempting to begin the landing sequence. they were moving from one orbit level to another and as far as we know, either the rocket fired too long or too little or in the wrong direction. the result was a crash onto the surface. laura: steve, how embarrassing is this for moscow? it is a far cry from the sophisticated space program of the former soviet union. >> it certainly is. they landed a number of times in the past on the moon. they landed successfully, the only ones to do it, 10 times on the surface of venus. the crash comes at an embarrassing time because another nation is about to try to do the same thing. in fairness,