the honorable charles bolden and dean kamen. i will give a brief intro to their biomes and you understand immediately why they are key to this future for the united states. they will provide us introductory remarks and then we will have a guided discussion and go to q&a from the audience. i will remind everyone that we are on the record this morning and we welcome c-span to record this event. bios of ourto the key participants this morning. nasa administrator charles bolden also major general united states marine corps retired was nominated by president obama as the 12 administrator of nasa. he began his duties on july 17 of 2009. he leads a nationwide nasa team to advance missions and goals of the u.s. space program. administrator he has overseen safe transition from 30 years of spatial missions to a new era of exploration focused on full utilization of the international space station and space and aeronautics technology development. inhas led the agency developing a space launch system rocket and the orion spacecraft which wil

charles bolden, nasa administrator. julie, vice president of advanced space and launch. next her is andy weir. and george whiteside, the ceo of urgin virgin galactic. somethingout to face extraordinary that will happen. and i want you to talk to us about that. we are going to have a launch, from a government site activity space and are -- kennedy space center at cape canaveral, launching at wer astronauts on a commercial vehicle. this is a very big deal. how does this come about? >> it is a huge deal. it actually started back in 2003, after we lost columbia. thelong story short, recommendation was made to the president at the time to face out the space shuttle from number of reason. one, we wanted to explore. the shuttle was a low orbiting vehicle. we felt that, as we have worked with industry partners enough, and they were fully capable of providing transportation to cargo and crew, we struck out. we did not invest in commercial crew illicitly. were kind of lukewarm. and president obama provided the impetus. he said we are going to do it. so we started in earnest, and n

[inaudible] [inaudible] >> coming up on c-span2, the administrator charles bolden on the commercial space travel. after that betterment versus montana, the case related to the sixth amendment right to a speedy trial. later, an update later, an update on the role farm credit program. >> friday, scholars and diplomats on the role of diplomacy and regional partnership in strengthening your pink security. you can see the event live from the atlantic council at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span. wednesday, queen elizabeth spoke on the state opening of the british parliament. she delivered a speech written by the government that outlines the priorities of the coming year. sunday, we'll bring you bbc parliaments coverage posted by day no britain. by daniel britton. that is at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this sunday night on q&a, vanity fair fair columnist michael kinsley talks about his new book, old age, beginners beginners guide and living with parkinson's disease. >> parkinson's is a disease and so that the nonsensical question. but, what i really meant obviously was thinking is it going to af

the honorable charles bolden and dean kamen. what i propose to do is i'll give a brief intro to their bios and you'll understand immediately why they are key to this future for the united states. they'll provide us some introductory remarks, and then we'll have a guided discussion from the dais up here and then go to "q" and "a" from the audience. i'll remind everyone that we're on the record this morning and we welcome c-span to record this event. and also let me now go into the bio bios of our key participants this morning. charles bolden, also major general united states marine corps retired, was nominated by president obama and confirmed by the u.s. senate as the 12th administrator of national aeronautics and face administration and he began his duties on july 17th, 2009. administrator bolden leads a nationwide nasa team to advance missions and goals of the u.s. space program. as nasa's administrator, administrator bolden has overseen safe transition from 30 years of space shuttle missions to a new era of exploration foe kul

nasa administrator charles bolden talked about the state of s.t.e.m. previous champ a veteran education advocate dean kamen. this is about an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> i think we are wary. ladies and gentlemen it's a great pleasure to welcome you this morning to brookings. my name is john allen and on the codirector of the center for 21st century security and intelligence and with my fellow codirector dr. michael o'hanlon we welcome new bearing warmly this morning to the institution. it's been acknowledge that the underlying base for long-term american national power and prosperity requires an education system where young individuals that excel in science, technology, engineering and math comes something called s.t.e.m. as noted by scholars here are kings and the metropolitan policy program s.t.e.m. intensive industries produce about 2.7 trillion dollars in added value to our economy and it's about 17% of our gdp. it's a principle driver and productivity, growth and exports from aerospace to renewable s.t.e.m. disciplines will only

. >> later today nasa administrator charles bolden talks about the future of science, technology, engineeringath education in america. live coverage beginning at 10 eastern on c-span. >> later today a look at the rise of terrorism many europe and why certain groups are being blamed for promoting a jihadist agenda in the region. that's host by new america.

c-span2, nasan on administrator charles bolden discusses the state of science, technology and math education in the u.s. and at 8:00 eastern on house commerce subcommittee holds a hearing on the pet medication industry. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, david getman, political reporter for charleston gazette mail, talks about the primary taking virginia.est democratic congressman don beyer eighth district, on his that congress blocks the power of the a.t.f., the forral agency responsible investigating firearm sales. max boot talks about donald trump's approach to foreign policy. c-span's "washington journal" begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning. discussion. briefings white house with press secretary josh earnest. topics include north carolina's transgender law, the iran virusr deal and zika funding. >> good afternoon. happy monday. i want to bring to your attention a statement issued today by the national governor's association. n.g.a. is a bipartisan organization that represents governors from across

nasa administrator charles bolden, also major general united states marine corps retired, was nominated by president obama as the 12 administrator of nasa. he began his duties on july 17 of 2009. administrator bolden leads a nationwide nasa team who advance missions and goals of the u.s. space program. nasa's administrator, administrator bolden has overseen a safe transition from 30 years of spatial missions to a new era of exploration focused on full utilization of the international space station and space and aeronautics technology development. he has led the agency in developing a space launch system rocket and the orion spacecraft , which will carry astronauts into deep space destinations. anwill include perhaps, asteroid, but it also supports the mars initiative. he has established a new space technology mission directorate to develop cutting-edge technology for missions of tomorrow. his 34 year career in the marine corps also included 14 years as a member of nasa's astronaut office. after joining that office in 1980, he would travel into orbit four times, commanding two space shut

the honorable charles bolden and dean kamen. what i propose to do is i'll give a brief intro to their bios and you'll understand immediately why they are key to this future for the united states. they'll provide us some introductory remarks, and then we'll have a guided discussion from the dais up here and then go to "q" and "a" from the audience. i'll remind everyone that we're on the record this morning and we welcome c-span to record this event. and also let me now go into the bios of our key participants this morning. charles bolden, also major general united states marine corps retired, was nominated by president obama and confirmed by the u.s. senate as the 12th administrator of national aeronautics and space administration and he began his duties on july 17th, 2009. administrator bolden leads a nationwide nasa team to advance missions and goals of the u.s. space program. as nasa's administrator, administrator bolden has overseen safe transition from 30 years of space shuttle missions to a new era of exploration foe -- foc

charles bolden nominated by president toboggan and confirmed from nasa and began his duties july 17th 2009 you need take nationwide nasa team to advance mission in dingell's to the space program as an administrator he has overseen safe transitions to a new era of exploration to the international space station and led the agency of the orion spacecraft but also support the mars mission it has established to develop cutting edge technologies and his 34 year career in the record of 14ol years as a member of the nasa astronaut office and then would travel into orbit for times and piloted two of them and also with the hubble space telescope in the first joint russian u.s. flight that included a member of his true that is a cosmonaut. for inspiration and recognition of science and technology d is an advocate for science and technology and first to be intertwinedchnoy with the practical use driven by his special determination by so doing to change the culture of the united states.s. he holds more than 440 patents many of medicalde devices expanding health care world wide as aneg undergraduat

next to me is charles bolden, who's the nasa administrator.e have julie van creek, the vice president of aerospace and launch at rocketdyne. andy weir of "the the martian," and george whiteside, ceo of virgin galactic and the spaceship company. all of these people are involved in space in various ways but something extraordinary is going to happen in a year or two, administrator bolden, and i want you to talk to us about it. we're going to have a launch from a government site at kennedy space center or cape canaveral. we're going to launch nasa astronauts to the international space station. but they are going to be launched on a commercial vehicle. >> absolutely. >> this is a very big deal. how did this come about? >> it's a huge deal. and it actually started back in 2003 after we lost "columbia." and long story short, the decision was made -- recommendation was made to the president at the time to phase out of the space shuttle for a number of reasons. one, we wanted to explore. and the shuttle was a low earth orbiting vehicle. but we felt th

inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> coming up on c-span2, the administrator charles bolden on the commercial space travel. after that betterment versus montana, the case related to the sixth amendment right to a speedy trial. later, an update later, an update on the role farm credit program. >> friday, scholars and diplomats on the role of diplomacy and regional partnership in strengthening your pink security. you can see the event live from the atlantic council at 11:30 a.m. eastern on c-span.

. >> later today nasa administrator charles bolden talks about the future of science, technology, engineering and math education in america. live coverage beginning at 10 eastern on c-span. >> later today a look at the rise of terrorism many europe and why certain groups are being blamed for promoting a jihadist agenda in the region. that's host by new america. live coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> now, a discussion on cybersecurity and how the department of homeland security is changing to meet new threats. panelists include leading experts from both government and corporations, followed by remarks from former national intelligence director dennis blair. this is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> all right. we're going to kick start this. i know some are on break, but just given our time crunch, i want to make sure we're able to cover enough time for panel to actually share some of their insights and thoughts. this is a bit of a, it coffers a wide range of issues from insiders' threats to foreign counterintelligence to cybersecurity, but i think one of the th

you heard charles bolden point out, they are competing in the two-minute rounds and in the pits the teamselp each other when one as a broken axle. all the teams will cooperate as they compete so we all end up with the best of the best, and it's part of the culture of first. i started by saying this and will end by saying this, in a free culture, and there is no culture freer than america, and it's your biggest strength or weakness, and kids are free, and they have a bill of rights and not a bill of responsibilities. we ought to have a bill of responsibilities. in a free culture, when you get to do whatever you want it's incumbent to inspire kids in this country to do it because they have a passion for it. if we are going to recognize in this country of ours that we get the best of what we celebrate and if we want the best of science technology, call it competitive and security, we have to give kids some vehicle, particularly women and minorities that is so appealing to them it's competing for their hearts and minds with what used to be the national pastimes and distractions that are great

now be taking our viewers to the brookings institution this morning where nasa administrator charles boldengetting set to talk about the future of stem education in the united states. we will see you back here tomorrow for another washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern 4:00 pacific.

[crowd chatter] >> nasa administrator charles bolden speaks tomorrow but engineering and math educationthe u.s.. we have it live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. later in the day a look at the rise of terrorism and europe and why certain groups are being blamed for promoting a jihadist agenda in the region. -- 12:30 live at 1230 p.m. pt on c-span. >> monday on "the communicators," the republican -- fcc commissioner michael o'rielly. he is joined by howard is kirk, the communications daily administrator director. >> he takes the most aggressive, leftist approach to policymaking makes little ground when that becomes the primary goal of the item. when the policy of the direction they want to go to becomes the first goal rather than any consideration of collegiality or any attempt to develop consensus you wind up with the scenario we have today. when there's little interest in bringing my opinion on board, you'll find i'm less likely to be supportive. >> on c-span, newsmakers is next with the puerto rican governor l.a. hundred garcia -- alejandro garcia. formerhat, the halilzad onzalmay k "

you heard charles bolden point out, they are competing in the two-minute rounds and in the pits the teams help each other when one as a broken axle. gracious professionalism and coopoperatation. all the teams will cooperate as they compete so we all end up with the best of the best, and it's part of the culture of f.i.r.s.t. i started by saying this and will end by saying this, in a free culture, and there is no culture freer man america, it's your biggest strength or weakness, and kids are free, and they have a bill of rights and not a bill of responsibilities. we ought to have a bill of responsibilities. >> but -- in a free culture when you get to do whatever you want, it's incumbent to inspire kids in this country to do it because they have a passion for it. if we're going to recognize it in this country of ours that we get the best of what we celebrate, if we want the best of science technology, global competitiveness, security, we got to give kids some vehicle. particularly women and minorities that is so appealing to them it's competing for their hearts and minds with what used to b