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Pence Speech To International Conference Mostly About America

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
October 21, 2019
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Remarks by Vice President Pence at the 2019 International Astronautical Congress Opening Ceremony
“The truth is, for more than a generation, a vision for human space exploration had languished in this country and around the world. But those days are over. With America’s renewed vision for human space exploration, we will lead mankind into the vast expanse of space. The task before us will involve hardship and hazard, sacrifice and determination. And it will require faith. Faith in the boundless capacity of American ingenuity and the ingenuity and cooperation of freedom-loving nations around the world. Faith in the extraordinary courage of the men and women who, even now, train and prepare to move the boundary lines of human knowledge. And faith, as generations of Americans have long believed, that even if we rise on the wings of the dawn, even if we go up to the heavens, even there, His hand will guide us and His right hand will hold us fast.”
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20 responses to “Pence Speech To International Conference Mostly About America”

  1. tutiger87 says:
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    Blah, blah, blah….

    No bucks….No Buck Rogers….

  2. SpaceRonin says:
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    Oh dear … That can’t have gone over well.

  3. chuckc192000 says:
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    Meaningless political talk.

  4. james w barnard says:
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    Hey, Congress, where’s the budget? We going to the Moon on continuing resolutions?

    • chuckc192000 says:
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      Apparently Trump is considering a government shutdown in November to fight impeachment. If that happens, you can kiss the 2024 lunar landing date goodbye (as if anyone took it seriously anyway).

  5. Bill Housley says:
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    That man has an epic speech writer. I don’t know who it is, but they do a great job.

    • Skinny_Lu says:
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      Except for two or three phrases & words, I could not tell he was speaking about Space. To me, it sounds like a preacher in church.

  6. Vladislaw says:
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    ” But those days are over. With America’s renewed vision for human space exploration, we will lead mankind into the vast expanse of space.”

    And we will do it WITHOUT presenting a plan OR a budget!

    • Michael Spencer says:
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      I think you are barking on the wrong tree here, Vlad. SLS/ Orion, ISS, and Gateway are the official NASA programs of record. Should the Administrator take any path other than move these programs forward in the best way that he can he would be subject to huge and proper criticism.

      On a related subject: recently Anthony Colangelo (MECO podcast) asked all of us to be grateful for Gateway, without which we’d have damn little in terms of human spaceflight: “at least” we have that, which is one way to look at things. How far we have come.

      • Vladislaw says:
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        ” he can he would be subject to huge and proper criticism.”

        OR

        The criticism would fall on Alabama and shine a light on the actual problems, pork. Call it .. falling on your sword for the Nation.

  7. Bill Keksz says:
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    Well, he brought god into it, using only pronouns, so maybe we’ll get a miracle.

  8. Richard Malcolm says:
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    This is how you get funded.