jeff thornburg senior director of propulsion engineering at spacex. i thank all of you for participating and providing your perspective on national security. it takes time and energy to prepare for these things and it is an inconvenience to come up here but it helps us a lot for public policy so i appreciate your service. this is our second hearing we conducted on space. we're dedicating the time to this topic because of its significance to our national security. without an effective space launch program, we lose all the advantages we gain from space capabilities, losing space for our war fighters is not an option. there are key policy and acquisition positions regarding the future of national security space that need to be addressed. as we said before, i'm committed to ending our reliance on russian rocket engines for national security space launch. i believe we must end our reliance in a manner that protects our military's assured access to space and the taxpayers by assuring we don't trade on one monopoly for another. the house bill accomplishes th

thornburg three times the time. and a half to one against, but he more than held his own. and it should be exciting for all americans that we have billionaires and entrepreneurs willing to devote so many resources to coming up with new and apparently more efficient solutions. but the factual question, is there a gap? it seems to me we need at least nine rd-180s, we may need 29. we may need more than 29. and meanwhile a lot of what you hear on the hill is a lot of bad mouthing of the russians. and there's plenty of reason to bad mouth at least their leaders. but while we're dependent on the rd-180 may not be the smartest thing strategically to bad mouth the source. hopefully we can overcome this gap. and mr. thornburg's testimony is that the real gap is the premature decision to retire the delta medium. so there you don't blame the russians. you blame us. or the gap could be air force dragging their feet to certify the new falcon heavy and certainly there are a lot of worthy and important requirements in certificatio

thornburg describes it in its entirety. >> she starts by sort of rocking it back and forth. hands. and then, before you know it, she's flipped the baby up and she starts to swing it, you know, like she is starting to make pizza dough or something. then she lets go of one arm and she has just got the kid by one hand. a little bit of lariat action. 30 seconds into it, your jaw is just on floor. >> throughout, the 2-week-old baby girl seems to remain calm. >> that's why a lot of people are thinking, well this is not real. because no child could sit through that kind of thing without howling or something. >> far from harming the child, fokina and her followers say this practice of dynamic gymnastics, sometimes called baby yoga, actually aids in development. >> my russian friends said, yeah, they start walking more quickly and start talking and start reading at a younger age. >> but these claims are not supported by scientific evidence. >> there's been no big scientific study, what happens if you take ten babies and flip them and ten babies and you don't flip them. i think at the

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and dick thornburg coming in. and what an honor it is to see you, sir. one thing jim left out, i have five teenagers. so, when it comes to homeland security issues, i feel like i have a lot of personal expertise on the home front. but i want to thank the heritage foundation for having me. i can't think of a better forum to deliver this speech. i normally don't give prepared remarks, but in this case, i am. and i'm going to cover a lot of territory, but we will have a very robust q and a, healthy discussion and dialogue about the many issues facing the nation. you just mentioned the strike yesterday, where we took out the leader of the khorasan group. that was hugely significant. one of the biggest external operations threats to the homeland and to the united states. and i commend our military for their efforts in doing that. you know, last week, terror did strike in the american heartland. and this was the type of event we've been worried about, probably the most. a radicalized suspect, not only the radar screen, launching an assault here on u.s. soil. k

thornburg congratulations on a successful certification of the fall con9. it was testified in this committee that you have ecaa auditors manufacturing audits right now and your cost and your rates have been audited. was that testimony correct? and can you briefly describe the audit that spacex undergoes and the number of personnel resident at the spacex facilities. >> to your first question, was her testimony correct? i believe the answer to that is yes. with regard to the questions about dca audit and frequency and my position within engineering and working engine and vehicle development i'm not familiar with the frequency of the visits. i can tell you that we're working very closely with the air force and the d.o.d. i'd be happy to collect that information and get back to you. >> i'd appreciate it if you would get back to us. >> i recognize the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn for five minutes. thank you, mr. chairman, for having this very important hearing and thank you for the timeliness of this hearing. mr. thornburg b with i'd like to ask you abou

thornburg. >> i agree with my colleagues in that if the government fully invests for systems that are prioritily dwopt developed they would not. >> what if we pay for 60% of the development costs? is that something that you believe should inhibit our owning a percentage of the intellectual properties value? >> i think it would depend on what type of development we were talking about in terms of the technology. if the technology was an offshoot of something that had been completely developed and invested inti the private corporation, maybe not. but i think it would be case dependent. >> mr. meyerson. >> i think there's public/private partnershipes and there's mechanisms that can be in place to allow industry to invest and account for shared ownership. >> that's one of my concerns. we've already set aside a little over $400 million for this and we project by the time it's all said and done, 1.5 million will be spent in pursuit of this new engine. and as much as $800 million or more will be paid for by the federal government. it seems to be there should be some intellectual property that