so i want to thank suzanne dodd, the current voyager project manager who first began working on this mission in 1984, and suzanne told me that many of her friends are here and i'm just so excited to welcome you all from jpl who are, you know, many of you have started in the '80s, some of you have started more recently and we won't say who. but i'm just really excited that you're here and celebrating with us. dr. ed stone is my friend for decades, the retired director of nasa jet propulsion laboratory and on the voyager project since 1972, a major spokesperson aboard the voyager science team and one of the key contributors to the science. still inspiring to me, i keep going back to these, so thanks for all the work you have done. the creative director of nasa's voyager intrastellar messages. the innovator here who -- using the gravity -- from 40 years to less than 10 years. nasa used this with voyager 1 and voyager 2 missions. and dr. allen cummings, a friend for many years and one of the funniest guys at any party you'll ever go to. look at him when he's out there. you'll know what i