will lead a moderated discussion with former administrator charlie and the sis senior advisor sean o'keefe. after all of that, we will invite everyone to join us for some birthday cake to celebrate nasa's 60th anniversary. without further ado, please try me in welcoming administrator pride & . [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you kathleen for that nice introduction. thank you john for all you do for csi s. this is an organization that i have a high regard for. the center for strategic and international studies is an important organization that helps us as policymakers to make good decisions. i have spoken before this group a number of times, as a member of congress and now as a nasa administrator is an absolute honor to be here in this new capacity in which i serve. i want to start by also letting everyone here know that it's a bit humbling for me to stand before this audience and have, in my audience, a former nasa administrator sean o'keefe and charlie both of who have served this country very well i'm grateful to have the opportunity to occupy an office once held by both of you. the shoe

will lead a moderated discussion with former administrator charlie and the sis senior advisor sean o'keefer all of that, we will invite everyone to join us for some birthday cake to celebrate nasa's 60th anniversary. without further ado, please try me in welcoming administrator pride & . [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you kathleen for that nice introduction. thank you john for all you do for csi s. this is an organization that i have a high regard for. the center for strategic and international studies is an important organization that helps us as policymakers to make good decisions. i have spoken before this group a number of times, as a member of congress and now as a nasa administrator is an absolute honor to be here in this new capacity in which i serve. i want to start by also letting everyone here know that it's a bit humbling for me to stand before this audience and have, in my audience, a former nasa administrator sean o'keefe and charlie both of who have served this country very well i'm grateful to have the opportunity to occupy an office once held by both of you. the shoes are

speaking of what we've been able to achieve in the past, sean o'keefe, of course, was at the helm at a time when the international space station was at great risk of being cancelled, and i want to be really clear, there was a pew research poll that came out not too long ago, many people in this room probably saw it but one of the questions in the pew research poll was the specific question was, was the international space station a good investment for the united states of america? that was the question. over 80% of the respondents said yes, the international space station was a good investment for the united states of america. that -- you know, i come from the political realm. you don't get 80% of the people to agree on anything ever. you could say the sky is blue and you're not going to find 80% agreeing, but they agree that the international space station is a good investment. that just shows you the impact that it's had and of course there was a time when, you know, sean was going through his confirmation process, i watched it because i went through a confirmation process of my ow