neil armstrong and eugene cernan are graduates of purdue university. they are unique in that mr. trong was the first man to walk on the moon and mr. cernin was the last to walk on the moon. purdue holds the distinction of those two alums. many people know that purdue has a high ranked engineering program and has for several decades. what they may not know is purdue has 23 astronauts who have graduated from the university and have gone into nasa and the space program. the role of the purdue flight archives is to preserve the history of the individuals who have participated in the space program. of course, our astronaut alums but other astronauts who have worked with the program and been colleagues, but also engineers that have worked on the space program. although there are government archives that have preserved these materials for students and scholars, we collect are more the personal papers, the experience of the person, who was a real person, an engineer, a father, a son, so their families and history and the roles they played from their perspective in the space program. this

the flightt simulator building at purdue university. is is where a lot of things started in aviation. the purdue program was the first in the country to offer bachelor's degrees to pilots in the middle 1960's. today, it continues to be one of the finest flight programs in the country. we have so many people who have been so important. i can tell you, going back to the beginning, some of the country's most important take billy mitchell, a world war one commander of the air force. cap arnold, the father of the modern air force, were both trained to fly by purdue graduates. the first guy who got involved in flight from purdue was a guy named cliff turpin graduated in 1908. his father sent him here from dayton, ohio for his son to -- paid out-of-state tuition for his son to come here and learn about internal combustion engines. we had great research in mechanical engineering and the internal combustion engines. by the time he left he said he , knew more about the engines than the factory. the plan was to go back to ohio with his father and t

neil armstrong and eugene cernan are graduates of purdue university. they are unique in that mr. e first man to walk on the moon and mr. cernin was the last to walk on the moon. purdue holds the distinction of those two alums. many people know that purdue has a high ranked engineering program and has for several decades. what they may not know is purdue has 23 astronauts who have graduated from the university and have gone into nasa and the space program. the role of the purdue flight archives is to preserve the history of the individuals who have participated in the space program. of course, our astronaut alums but other astronauts who have worked with the program and been colleagues, but also engineers that have worked on the space program. although there are government archives that have preserved these materials for students and scholars, we collect are more the personal papers, the experience of the person, who was a real person, an engineer, a father, a son, so their families and history and the roles they played from their perspective in the space program. this particular e

demonstrators in other parts of the country, including charlotte, north carolina, denver, colorado, and purdue university in west lafayette, indiana. >> it's not just happening in ferguson and new york. it's happening here. >> reporter: and in berkley, california, protesters blocked an amtrak passenger train before marching out on to a major freeway, halting traffic for others. amid the protests, fire officials were forced to deal

purdue and mit have graduated more astronauts than any other nonmilitary university. we've gone back and forth, but purdue and mit has just held the lead among public universities for quite a while. me our asked to learn how to fly here at the airport. many were in rotc and learned their flying experience. neil armstrong came here, he was already a pilot. he learned to fly at age 16. he flew into the airport. they flew into this airport from their homes and from business trips they had and our astronauts comeback frequent. neil neil armstrong is very, very close to purdue. they come here, they been to the socialistic to talk to the students. they aren't high let's. before they were spacemen they were pilots and they love airplanes and they love to fly. what are we doing? were landing spacecraft on mars. purdue graduates are very much close to the missions on mars. one of our more prominent astra is jerry ross to grow in northern indiana in a town called crown point. he grew up on a form. his dad worked in the steel mills. his grandparents on both sides of the family we

go. >> we're at the flight simulator building at purdue university, and this is where a lot of things started in aviation. the purdue program of professional flight was the first in the country to offer bachelor's degrees to pilots in the mid 1960s. and today it continues to be one of the best, most, you know, one of the finest flight programs in the country. we have so many people who have been so important. i can tell you that, you know, going back to the beginning, some of the country's most important figures -- billy mitchell, who was a world war i commander of the air forces, hap arnold, the father of the modern air force, were both trained to fly by purdue graduates. the first guy that got involved in flight from purdue was a guy named cliff turpin, and he graduated in 1908. his father sent him here from dayton, ohio, paid out-of-state tuition for his son to learn about internal combustion engines. we had great research going on in mechanical engineering, and by the time cliff left, they said he knew more about those engines than the fact faculty. and the plan was for him to go

at the flight simulator building here at purdue university. and this is where a lot of things started in aviation. the purdue program was the to offer the country bachelor's degrees two pilots in the mid-1960's. today, it continues to be one of the best, most finest flight programs in the country. we have so many people who have been so important. can tell you that, going back beginning, some of the countries most important figures -- billy mitchell, who of world war i commander air forces -- they were both trained to fly by purdue graduates. got involved in flight from purdue was a guy named clifford. he graduated in 1908. his father sent him here from dayton, ohio. he paid out-of-state tuition son to come here and learn about internal combustion engines. great research going out. by the time he left, they said more about the engines. go back was for him to to dayton with his father, and they were going to build motorcycles. and they did. records in the smithsonian in washington dc. he says, in the evening near my to take long walks after dinn

in 1968, purdue was the first big 10 university to eliminate women's hours. so that was one of helen's big moments that she contributed to purdue. but she contributed so much. she continually advocated for women to think about their whole lives. the summer before they would start school, she would send a welcome letter and invite them to come to the office for a freshman conference, which was a one-on-one with either her or an assistant dean of women in the office. so they touched base and she would always ask what is your life plan? intimate 50s and early 60s, women didn't really think about that. today we think about life plants all the time, male or female. but a woman was like i'm going to get married and have kids. they said what happened? they were married so young at that age and having children and young that by the time the women's children were grown and out of the house, they had local life span must where they could think of what they wanted to do next. so helen had a little lifespan line and made them think about it although i don't know if many o

has a collection on purdue university. >> emilio was on the faculty of her do university from 1935 until the year she disappeared. she would stay on campus only a few weeks or months out of the year. she would come during each semester and be on campus for a month or two. after she had been here for a year or so, the trustees and the president of the university asked her what they could do for her. had always she dreamed of a plane the world. she wanted a plane that was faster, had more endurance and could fly longer ranges. the purdue research foundation agreed that they would provide a fund for her aeronautical research. the catch was she could use the plane for an around the world flight. it would be intended for research purposes. what happened was she decided she wanted to make the flight a little earlier than originally planned. she began planning for that around 1936. she worked with an expert on navigation who trotted out the route for her. host: we hope you tune in on a tvpan 2 and american history as we travel to indiana. ofwill be on the campus purdue university. at can check

purdue and m.i.t. have led among public universities for a while. ny of our astronauts learned how to fly at purdue airport. many of our astronauts were in rotc and learned their flying experience here. neil armstrong came here. he was already a pilot. he learned to fly at 16 years old. but he flew into this airport. if they didn't learn here, they flew into the airport from their homes and business trips. and they -- our astronauts come back frequently. neil armstrong was close to purdue. cern was veryne close to purdue. they come here. they have been through the facilities. they talk to the students. they are pilots. before they were spacemen, they were pilots. they love airplanes and flying. now we are landing perhaps on mars. purdue graduates are very much involved with the missions to mars. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to learn about indiana's rich history. learn more about the sister cities and other stops at c-span.org/localcontent. you are chris this month is the 10th anniversary of our program here wednesday it we're featuring

i mean today, many of the universities, purdue university is probably, i don't know what the latest figure is but very close to 11 to 12 percent of their budget comes from the state. >> what's the percentage at houston? >> for the university of houston it's 30 percent is coming from the state. >> and is that going down every year? >> yes. >> we only have a minute left, is it true that you don't have sleepless nights? >> yes. i actually sleep very well. i really do not have sleepless nights because i am a very transparent person. when i have to make a decision, i make it. i say it exactly why. and, i actually, don't keep too many skeletons in my closet. >> someone said you can be rather direct. >> i'm very direct. >> how do we know that? at what point, do we know you're being direct? >> well, i for instance, somebody will come, and i said, well, we really need to increase retention rates. why is it that 25 percent of the students they come in and they drop out in the first year? i said, it's not acceptable. and then people will come to me with different excuses or this is how it has been hi

today, you are in the purdue university's library. we are looking at items from the collection of a marriott -- amelia ehrhardt. she met him in 1928. george putnam was a big promoter and publisher and he had gotten the rights to publish a biography of charles lindbergh. he became the first person to fly solo across the atlantic in 1931. 1920's, he was a huge rockstar. they wanted to have a woman do similar things, like fly across the ocean. there were several limits wanted that -- several women pilots who wanted to do that. someone who was articulate, would be a good spokesperson and was attractive. at the houseamelia where she was working as a social worker. .e interviewed her her first impressions of him was that he was horrible and pushy and arrogant, which is interesting since they eventually married. he thought she was the perfect person to promote as the first woman across the atlantic. he did not explain that emulate was not going to pilot the plane. when amelia signed on to this , the friendship light because friendship was th

ago, they years establish purdue university. is how purdue university the game.st this year, the university became physically part of our city. added about hem and 4000 citizens to our population. that is predominately what we're known for. knows anything about -- anyone who knows about college towns -- we have this massive economic stabilization factor because of the university. it is an economic engine, and it provides for an economic stimulation. and ourse, all the research all the biosciences and industry that come out of the university. we have over 127 countries campus nted just on this in west lafayette. this says that it is not just localize, it is something that has worldwide influence. this week on "q&a", katie on what she sees as the liberals were on words. said, o back to, like i where the idea for this but came from was the 2012 dnc convention. this they were showing tribute video -- portraying him as a women's rights champion when he left a young woman to drown in his car. if he had not gone back for to save rs and tried his own behind, she would ha

with their life but mitch daniels is a great example, he said if you're going to get money from purdue universitytudy something with jobs and a vibrant market, don't go study children storytelling or poetry. the poetry majors are probably doing very well. i agree with you completely strong governance bringing the model of indiana to purdue and the more we are able to incentivize college universities to have students no do not just vessels for profit but rather how are they reciprocating value producing people in society that is the way to move forward especially this generation. rich: isn't there something to be said for having a good liberal arts background education and learning on the job? >> i would say a lot of those liberal backgrounds are steering young people to big government believes and policies more times than not. my belief is an he must be 60s and '70s and information is held by books and libraries. liberal arts degree hello to of value. now youtube and google, information never more accessible, if you want to learn something, you can watch youtube video, as educated as you want to

oh um nine from purdue university -- alumni include neil armstrong and eugene saarinen. armstrong was the first man on the when -- on the moon. it's the c-span city tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more about lafayette and west lafayette all began here on american history tv. ♪ ♪ >> grip the side of the battle of tippecanoe, which was followed november 7, eight and 11. that's over 200 years ago. , and one of the events sector the way for indiana statehood. in when henniversary 16. the treaty of greenville brought an end to what has been called in old northwest indian wars 1790, the beginning of the united states being able to take control of the northwest iiritory which again title by the treaty of paris in 1783. ofbrought about a generation uneasy peace along the front ofrs, but in the early years the 19th century it saw the beginnings of a native revivalist movement under the leadership of a shawnee holy man. to him as referred the shawnee prophet. his movements were not successful and attract a lot of followers. , he moved th

she runs the fabrication lab at purdue university where they are looking to create a different kind ofot. one you can wear. >> our bodies are really soft. we want to wear robots, where technologies. it makes more sense to integrate the technologies into what we already where, which is our clothing, fabric. >> the wearable robot is not a new concept. researchers have been working with so-called exoskeletons, but typically they are made of clunky frames and large battery packs arian -- battery packs. rebecca imagines something you wouldn't even notice was there. >> long-term, if we think about what might exist, i think of completely integrated soft exoskeletons that will assist with our emotions seamlessly. >> in the simplest definition of the word, a robot consists of two parts. sensors, which monitor things like motion, ken schrader -- temperature, and light, and actuators. our sensors are much further along than our actuators. >> turns out making those mechanical muscles out of soft parts is incredibly difficult. solving this problem comes down to one thing, material. >> in soft robot

demonstrators in other parts of the country, including charlotte, north carolina, denver, colorado, and purdue universityn west lafayette, indiana. >> it's not just happening in ferguson and new york. it's happening here. >> reporter: and in berkley, california, protesters blocked an amtrak passenger train before marching out on to a major freeway, halting traffic for others. amid the protests, fire officials were forced to deal with a medical emergency. >> i have a female in labor stuck in traffic. she's going to be in a beige tahoe. >> reporter: emergency responders were able to locate the pregnant woman and transport her to the hospital. back here in a rainy brooklyn, it's still unclear whether the royal couple knew about the protests going on outside the barclays center. gayle, so far, neither of them have made any comment about the controversy. >> all right, vinita, thank you. just a couple miles from the barclays center there was a deadly shooting inside a synagogue. an officer shot a suspect. >> reporter: early this had morning, witnesses say an unidentified man entered this jewish center, asked f

he received a bachelor of science from purdue university and a master of science degree in mechanicalond witness ms.çtl÷ cres tina chaplain works at gao. in this capacity, she is responsible for gao assessments of military space acquisition and nasa. she's led reviews of the international space)j station the james webb space telescope. prior to her current position she work eed vúfxgao's teams. she received her bachelor from boston university and a masters dgiézhanks again to our witness for being here today. as our witnesses should know, five minutes each afte4 which members óiiíu the committee wil have five minutes each to ask questions. i now recognize mr. gerstenmaier for fivei9rqñ minutes to,nnt pr testimony. >> thank you very much for having me here. i'd like to again thank you on behalf of the entire team that works in the exploration program. and i'd like to start off my vi pictures that we provided earlier. these capture the work capture the work that's been i'll narrate some of the video as it's shown, so if we could start the video, please. again, the program is made up o

he received a bachelor of science from purdue university and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering for the university of toledo. our second witness, ms. christina chaplain, has been a u.s. government accountability office employee for 23 years and currently serves as director of acquisition and sourcing management at gao. in this capacity she is responsible for gao assessments of military space acquisitions and nasa. she has led reviews of the space launch system, the international space station and the james webb space telescope, among others. ms. chaplain worked with gao's information technology teams. she received her bachelor's in international relations from boston university and a master's degree in journalism from columbia university. thank you again to our witnesses for being here to do. as our witnesses should know, spoken testimony is limited to fife minutes each after which members of the committee will have five minutes each to ask ask questions. i now recognize mr. gerstenmaier for five minutes to present his testimony. >> thank you very much for having me

robert browning, the director of the c-span archives and a political scientist at purdue university for a quick look at statistics for the 113th and how it .ompared to previous congresses here are some numbers. total call votes increase. tofirmation votes increase 188, up from 82. and cloture votes increase to 215 from 73. overall measures passed, this is final passage, 25 in the 113th congress from the 36 measured in the 112. that is overall measures passed. and that is rollcall votes on when the days and gays are recorded -- the a's and these are recorded. yeas are and recorded. good morning, richard, what do you think about president --ma's decision you caller: decision? caller: my understanding is the correctional facility for women which is near to where i live in new jersey is the one from which joe manchin is part escaped. chesapart escaped. worth, texas.t. you're on the air. thank you for taking my call. there is something fishy about this deal that the president made. why would he do this when congress is going on holiday break? is secondly, guantanamo bay located, i believe, o