pilot,ompetent as a statesman, astronaut are all a great inspiration for all of us. thank you to our speakers for being here tonight. rubenstein of the carlyle group. so is founder and ceo of amazon.com. he is here to discuss what will take to unlock baseplate for everyone, everywhere. come tonight is major general michael collins. who once held what some would call the best job in the world. director of the smithsonian national air and space museum. [laughter] [applause] as the founding director, general collins was response will for the design and construction of this building which opened as a bicentennial on julymerican people 1, 1976. million visitors have walk through this museum since it opened. which is why we are renovating it. [laughter] the museum het built like bishop he flew to the moon is a priceless national treasure. in just two weeks on july 1, we were celebrating for decades of unparalleled success and rededicate the gallery. that gallery for some he millions have discovered flight is one of the world's great public spaces. we have belly to think fo