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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Huntsville, Alabama)
For Immediate Release
June 20, 1990
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
AT MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
Huntsville, Alabama
2:26 P.M. CDT
THE PRESIDENT: Dick, Admiral Truly, I'm very glad to be
here. Let me just say something very personal. I can't tell you how
fortunate the country is to have Admiral Truly lead NASA through
these very exciting times. I salute him and I'm very grateful to
him. (Applause.)
And I'm pleased to be here with the Governor of this
state. A man whose unwaivering support for the space program is SO
well-known. I want to thank Jack Lee, the director of this center
and my tour guide today. I'm grateful to him. There is no quiz If
there was I would probably fail because I am mightily impressed with
the dedicated NASA workers, men and women young and old, who are
Going such a superb job on the cutting edge of science.
I was sorry we were a little late getting started. These
arrangements affect everything. Even I couldn't find a parking
place. (Laughter.)
Reminds me of my days in college. Everybody would gather
around to get cooled off watching me strike out.
But nevertheless I really am pleased to be back in
Alabama, back in Huntsville. And I'm very proud of this state, proud
of this special facility. The Marshall Space Flight Center is the
birthplace of America's first satellite, America's first space
station -- and the world's first Moon rocket. And it was here with
Saturn Five that humankind began its historic journey to the stars.
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and indeed to the entire world. And it has a
special importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I
journeyed in the fall of 1987, to give a campaign -- for me at least
-- a first major address on space. And on that October day two and a
half years ago I promised to create a National Space Council, chaired
by the Vice President. I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet
Earth, to boost space science and to launch a dynamic new program of
both manned and unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report
that we have made good on these promises. And we've done it the
old-fashioned way -- done it the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and
far-reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon.
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running,
but under the dynamic leadership of our Vice President it's leading
the way into the 21st century. Mission to Planet Earth -- a bold and
unprecedented initiative to preserve our precious environmental
heritage -- has been plucked off the drawing board and placed in the
hands of the scientists who will make it happen. And now that the
shuttle program has put America back in space, we stand at the dawn
of a new era in space science, with wonders like that magnificent
Hubble Space Telescope and the fantastic voyage of Galileo to
MORE
- 2 -
Jupiter.
Exactly 11 months ago, I was at the Air and Space Museum
in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you who work
at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th anniversary of Apollo
11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And standing with Neil
Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I announced three major
space policy objectives: First, to have Space Station Freedom up
before the century is out. (Applause) And second, for the new
century, a permanent lunar base. And we're going back to the Moon,
back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay. (Applause.)
And the third objective was refined last month in Texas,
where I went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a
goal, but a 30-year timetable. I declared -- permit me to read it
again -- before Apollo celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing
on the Moon -- the American flag should be planted on Mars.
(Applause.)
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
indeed our destiny. And to see this happen, we're matching rhetoric
with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for NASA -- an
increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest increase for any
major agency of the United States government. (Applause.)
Now for the bad news. Unfortunately, not everyone on
Capitol Hill shares this commitment to investing in America's future.
And last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Space voted
to pull the plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the
seed money we proposed for the Moon-Mars mission.
But, you know, space used to be a bipartisan effort --
just a plain American effort. And the last time a President visited
Marshall, John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about
America's leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back. Leave the riches and rewards for
other nations and braver hearts."
Some say the space program ought to wait -- that we
should only go forward once the social problems today are completely
solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating.
Had Columbus waited until all the problems of his time were solved --
the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting on the Spanish coast
to this very day. And instead he went forward, he ventured forth --
and his travels brought Spain to the zenith of her stature as a
nation.
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of
Columbus' doubters, and shook their heads in disbelief that these
naysayers could have been so shortsighted.
We must not let the children of the future shake their
heads at our behavior. And right now, in the funding wars on
Congress, we face a central question -- the question of whether
America will continue to be a pioneering nation.
And when John F. Kennedy stood before the Congress in
1961 and spoke about the moon, he spoke to a nation of pioneers. Now
some in Congress appear ready to give up on that pioneering spirit --
to turn their sights inward, to concede that America's days as a
leader in space have passed.
Well I, for one, am not ready to give up. (Applause.)
America has always been, and will always be, a nation of pioneers. I
may not be around in the year 2019 -- but all of you guys will and
most -- a lot of people out here in this marvelous, young, vigorous
work force will. And on that special day 30 years from now, I want
you to think back to the commitment that we made here today, as you
look at the TV monitors -- maybe right here at Marshall -- and watch
the first American plant his feet on Mars. It's going to happen.
With your work and our support it is going to happen. (Applause.)
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- 3 -
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates. The government hired the biggest and the best
scientific force in history, and colleges and universities swelled
with applicants and graduates in science and engineering. And it
produced a golden age of American technology and advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who, in a sense, put
Huntsville on the map. And when someone asked him what it would take
to build a rocket to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The
will to do it."
And so I'm here today at this monument to daring, this
monument to imagination that Von Braun built -- and call on the
American Congress to step forth with the will that the moment
requires.
Don't postpone greatness. History tells us what happens
to nations that forget how to dream. The American people want us in
space. So let us continue the dream -- for our students, for
ourselves, and for all humankind.
Thank you for your dedicated work to this great country
of ours. God bless the United States of America. Thank you for this
warm, warm welcome. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Thank you.
END
2:37 P.M. CDT
MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER / HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990 / 2:00 P.M.
THANK YOU, DICK [TRULY]. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW
LUCKY WE ARE HAVING THIS MAN LEAD NASA THROUGH THESE
EXCITING TIMES. AND I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH
GOVERNOR GUY HUNT, WHO IS DOING SUCH AN OUTSTANDING JOB
FOR THE GREAT STATE OF ALABAMA. AND I ALSO WANT TO
THANK JACK LEE, THE DIRECTOR OF THIS CENTER AND MY TOUR
GUIDE TODAY. VERY EDUCATIONAL, BELIEVE ME.
- 2 -
(SORRY WE WERE A LITTLE LATE GETTING STARTED. BUT
YOU KNOW HOW THESE ARRANGEMENTS AFFECT EVERYTHING.
TODAY EVEN I COULDN'T FIND A PARKING PLACE.) III
(WHENEVER I'M IN WEATHER THIS HOT IT REMINDS ME OF
MY BASEBALL DAYS IN COLLEGE. THE PLAYERS USED TO
GATHER AROUND HOME PLATE SO THEY COULD FEEL THE BREEZE
AS I STRUCK OUT!) III
- 3 -
BUT IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN ALABAMA, AND GREAT TO
BE BACK IN HUNTSVILLE. I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS STATE,
AND THIS FACILITY. THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IS
THE BIRTHPLACE OF AMERICA'S FIRST SATELLITE, AMERICA'S
FIRST SPACE STATION -- AND THE WORLD'S FIRST MOON
ROCKET. IT WAS HERE, WITH THE SATURN FIVE, THAT
HUMANKIND BEGAN ITS HISTORIC JOURNEY TO THE STARS. III
BECAUSE OF THESE TRADITIONS, HUNTSVILLE HAS A
SPECIAL IMPORTANCE TO AMERICA AND TO THE WORLD.
- 4 -
AND IT HAS A SPECIAL IMPORTANCE TO ME, AS WELL. IT WAS
TO HUNTSVILLE THAT I JOURNEYED IN THE FALL OF 1987, TO
GIVE THE CAMPAIGN'S FIRST MAJOR ADDRESS ON SPACE.
ON THAT OCTOBER DAY, TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, I
PROMISED TO CREATE A NATIONAL SPACE COUNCIL, CHAIRED BY
THE VICE PRESIDENT. I PLEDGED TO UNDERWRITE MISSION TO
PLANET EARTH, TO BOOST SPACE SCIENCE, AND TO LAUNCH A
DYNAMIC NEW PROGRAM OF BOTH MANNED AND UNMANNED
EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
- 5 -
AND TODAY I'M PLEASED TO RETURN To MARSHALL TO
REPORT THAT MY ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE GOOD THESE
PROMISES. AND WE'VE DONE IT THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY --
THE AMERICAN WAY -- STEP-BY-STEP, PROGRAM-BY-PROGRAM,
ALL ADDING UP TO THE MOST AMBITIOUS AND FAR-REACHING
EFFORT SINCE MARSHALL AND APOLLO TOOK AMERICA TO THE
MOON. III
- 6 -
THE SPACE COUNCIL I PROPOSED IS NOT ONLY UP AND
RUNNING, BUT -- UNDER THE DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP OF
AMERICA'S OUTSTANDING VICE PRESIDENT -- LEADING THE WAY
INTO THE 21st CENTURY. MISSION TO PLANET EARTH -- A
BOLD AND UNPRECEDENTED INITIATIVE TO PRESERVE OUR
PRECIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL HERITAGE -- HAS BEEN PLUCKED OFF
THE DRAWING BOARD AND PLACED IN THE HANDS OF THE
SCIENTISTS WHO WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
- 7 -
AND NOW THAT THE SHUTTLE PROGRAM HAS PUT AMERICA BACK
IN SPACE, WE STAND AT THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA IN SPACE
SCIENCE, WITH WONDERS LIKE THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE,
AND THE FANTASTIC VOYAGE OF GALILEO TO JUPITER.
EXACTLY 11 MONTHS AGO, I STOOD BEFORE THE AIR AND
SPACE MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON TO COMMEMORATE A SPECIAL
ANNIVERSARY FOR YOU WHO WORK AT THE MARSHALL SPACE
FLIGHT CENTER -- THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 11's
THUNDEROUS JOURNEY TO THE MOON.
- 8 -
AND STANDING WITH NEIL ARMSTRONG AND DOZENS OF OTHER
ASTRONAUTS, I ANNOUNCED THREE MAJOR SPACE POLICY
OBJECTIVES: FIRST, TO HAVE SPACE STATION FREEDOM UP
BEFORE THE CENTURY IS OUT. SECOND, FOR THE NEW
CENTURY, A PERMANENT LUNAR BASE. WE'RE GOING "BACK TO
THE MOON, BACK TO THE FUTURE -- AND THIS TIME -- BACK
TO STAY."
- 9 -
THE THIRD OBJECTIVE WAS REFINED LAST MONTH IN
TEXAS, WHERE I WENT TO ANNOUNCE A NEW AGE OF
EXPLORATION, WITH NOT ONLY A GOAL, BUT A 30-YEAR
TIMETABLE. I DECLARED THAT: "BEFORE APOLLO CELEBRATES
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS LANDING ON THE MOON -- THE
AMERICAN FLAG SHOULD BE PLANTED ON MARS." III
BEING FIRST IN SPACE IS NOT JUST AMERICA'S DREAM
-- IT IS AMERICA'S DESTINY. AND TO SEE THIS HAPPEN,
WE'VE MATCHED RHETORIC WITH RESOURCES.
- 10 -
OUR BUDGET PROPOSES $15.2 BILLION FOR NASA -- AN
INCREASE OF NEARLY 25 PERCENT -- AND THE LARGEST
INCREASE FOR ANY MAJOR AGENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERYONE ON CAPITOL HILL SHARES
THIS COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN AMERICA'S FUTURE. LAST
WEEK, THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE FOR SPACE
VOTED TO PULL THE PLUG ON THIS HISTORIC UNDERTAKING,
COMPLETELY GUTTING THE SEED MONEY WE PROPOSED FOR THE
MOON/MARS MISSION.
- 11 -
BUT YOU KNOW, SPACE USED TO BE A BI-PARTISAN EFFORT
-- AN AMERICAN EFFORT. THE LAST TIME A PRESIDENT
VISITED MARSHALL, JOHN F. KENNEDY COMPARED THOSE WHO
WERE UNCERTAIN ABOUT AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP IN SPACE TO
THOSE IN QUEEN ISABELLA'S COURT WHO COUNSELED, IN
EFFECT, "TURN BACK! LEAVE THE RICHES AND REWARDS FOR
OTHER NATIONS AND BRAVER HEARTS!"
SOME SAY THE SPACE PROGRAM SHOULD WAIT -- THAT WE
SHOULD ONLY GO FORWARD ONCE THE SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF
TODAY ARE COMPLETELY SOLVED.
- 12 -
BUT HISTORY PROVES THAT ATTITUDE IS SELF-DEFEATING.
HAD COLUMBUS WAITED UNTIL ALL THE PROBLEMS OF HIS TIME
WERE SOLVED -- THE TIMBERS OF THE SANTA MARIA WOULD BE
ROTTING ON THE SPANISH COAST TO THIS DAY. INSTEAD HE
VENTURED FORTH -- AND HIS TRAVELS BROUGHT SPAIN TO THE
ZENITH OF HER STATURE AS A NATION. III
MANY AN AMERICAN SCHOOLKID HAS READ THE STORY OF
COLUMBUS'S DOUBTERS, AND SHOOK THEIR HEADS IN DISBELIEF
THAT THESE NAYSAYERS COULD HAVE BEEN so SHORT-SIGHTED.
- 13 -
MY FRIENDS, WE MUST NOT LET THE CHILDREN OF THE
FUTURE SHAKE THEIR HEADS AT OUR BEHAVIOR. RIGHT NOW,
IN THE FUNDING WARS IN CONGRESS, WE FACE A CENTRAL
QUESTION -- THE QUESTION OF WHETHER AMERICA WILL
CONTINUE TO BE A PIONEERING NATION.
WHEN JOHN F. KENNEDY STOOD BEFORE THE CONGRESS IN
1961 AND SPOKE ABOUT THE MOON, HE SPOKE TO A NATION OF
PIONEERS.
- 14 -
Now SOME IN CONGRESS APPEAR READY TO GIVE UP ON THAT
PIONEERING SPIRIT -- TO TURN THEIR SIGHTS INWARD, TO
CONCEDE THAT AMERICA'S DAYS AS A LEADER IN SPACE HAVE
PASSED.
I, FOR ONE, AM NOT READY TO GIVE UP. AMERICA HAS
ALWAYS BEEN, AND WILL ALWAYS BE, A NATION OF PIONEERS.
I MAY NOT BE HERE IN 2019 -- BUT SOME OF YOU YOUNG
PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WILL BE.
- 15 -
AND ON THAT SPECIAL DAY 30 YEARS FROM NOW, I WANT YOU
TO THINK BACK TO THE COMMITMENT WE MADE HERE TODAY, AS
YOU LOOK AT THE T.V. MONITORS -- MAYBE RIGHT HERE AT
MARSHALL SPACE CENTER -- AND WATCH THE FIRST AMERICAN
PLANT HIS FEET ON MARS.
DURING THE APOLLO ERA, AMERICA'S SPACE EFFORTS
GREW AT UNPRECEDENTED RATES, THE GOVERNMENT HIRED THE
BIGGEST AND THE BEST SCIENTIFIC FORCE IN HISTORY, AND
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES SWELLED WITH APPLICANTS AND
GRADUATES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING.
- 16 -
IT PRODUCED A GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY
ADVANCEMENT -- AN AGE THAT, TODAY, WE CAN RECAPTURE AND
BEGIN ANEW.
WERNHER VON BRAUN WAS THE GIANT WHO PUT HUNTSVILLE
ON THE MAP. WHEN SOMEONE ASKED HIM WHAT IT WOULD TAKE
TO BUILD A ROCKET TO REACH THE MOON, VON BRAUN REPLIED
SIMPLY: "THE WILL TO DO IT." III
- 17 -
AND so I STAND TODAY AT THIS MONUMENT TO DARING AND
IMAGINATION THAT VON BRAUN BUILT -- AND CALL ON THE
AMERICAN CONGRESS TO STEP FORWARD WITH THE WILL THAT
THE MOMENT REQUIRES.
DON'T POSTPONE GREATNESS. HISTORY TELLS US WHAT
HAPPENS TO NATIONS THAT FORGET HOW TO DREAM. THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT US IN SPACE. So LET US CONTINUE
THE DREAM -- FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OURSELVES, AND FOR
ALL HUMANKIND. III.
- 18 -
THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. AND GOD BLESS THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
#
#
#
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 JUN 15 P4: 27
DATE: June 15, 1990
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 pm, Monday, June 18
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Marshall Space Flight Center
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD out oftown
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Winston
DEMAREST
Rogers
FITZWATER
Pinkerton N/C
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Deland
HOLIDAY
Bromley
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Chriss Winston with a copy
to my office by 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 1990.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
Simon
Simmensert
McNally/Simon
June 15, 1990
Draft Two (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 1:45 P.M.
Thank you, Jack [[LEE, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER]]. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama.
[[ADD'L ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: KEY "SPACE" CONGRESSMEN, ETC. ]]
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT]] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) III
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate so they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) III
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. III
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
2
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo, to Jupiter, and beyond.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
This years budget calls for a billion dollars a 57%
increase increase for
3
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars."
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating.
4
his time
Had Columbus waited until all the problems of Spain were solved
on the Spanish coast
-- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting in Barcelona
brought
to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels made
guas
to
Spain rich beyond all dreams, the zenith of her stature as a
nation. III
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
disbelief
these maysayers
doubters, and shook their heads in wonder that they could have
been so short-sighted. Well, next week the House Appropriations
them that the future is NOW. Don't postpone greatness. Twenty went
Committee gets its own crack at the history books. And I say to
b
years is long enough. And history tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. 1111
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it.' III
this monument to daring and imagination
And so I stand today at the temple Von Braun built -- and
call on the American Congress to step forward with the will that
the moment requires. The American people want us in space. Let
5
us continue the dream -- for our students, for ourselves, and for
all humankind. III
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
#
#
#
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 JUN 19 A7: 53
DATE: 06/18/90
----
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY:
SUBJECT: PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
(06/18 draft three)
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
WINSTON
DEMAREST
ROGERS
FITZWATER
PINKERTON
GRAY
ANDERSON
HAGIN
DELAND
HOLIDAY
BROMLEY
ALBRECHT
REMARKS:
The attached has been forwarded to the President.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 18, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON w
FROM:
EDWARD E. MCNALLY EEM
SUBJECT:
REMARKS FOR MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
I. SUMMARY
Attached are draft remarks for Wednesday's speech at
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
II. DISCUSSION
On Wednesday afternoon, June 20, you will tour Marshall
Space Flight Center in Huntsville and give remarks outdoors to
several thousand NASA employees.
This draft (8 minutes, on cards) is a summary of your
Administration's space initiatives, many of which stem from a
space policy speech you gave at Marshall on October 29, 1987.
There is also a strongly-worded appeal to Congress to restore
funds for the Moon/Mars initiative that were eliminated by the
House Appropriations subcommittee last week.
McNally/Simon
June 18, 1990
Draft Three (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
Thank you, Dick [Truly]. I can't tell you how lucky we are
having this man lead NASA through these exciting times. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama. And I also want
to thank Jack Lee, the director of this Center and my tour guide
today. Very educational, believe me.
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT]] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) 111
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate so they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) 111
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. III
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
2
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo to Jupiter.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
3
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars." 111
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
4
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that attitude is self-defeating. Had
Columbus waited until all the problems of his time were solved -
- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting on the Spanish
coast to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels
brought Spain to the zenith of her stature as a nation. 111
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in disbelief that these naysayers
could have been so short-sighted.
My friends, we must not let the children of the future shake
their heads at our behavior. Right now, in the funding wars in
Congress, we face a central question -- the question of whether
America will continue to be a pioneering nation.
When John F. Kennedy stood before the Congress in 1961 and
spoke about the moon, he spoke to a nation of pioneers. Now some
in Kennedy's own party appear ready to give up on that pioneering
spirit -- to turn their sights inward, to concede that America's
days as a leader in space have passed.
I, for one, am not ready to give up. America has always
been, and will always be, a nation of pioneers. I many not be
here in 2019 -- but some of you young people in the audience will
be. And on that special day 30 years from now, I want you to
think back to the commitment we made here today, as you look at
the T.V. monitors -- maybe right here at Marshall Space Center
-- and watch the first American plant his feet on Mars.
5
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it." III
And so I stand today at this monument to daring and
imagination that Von Braun built -- and call on the American
Congress to step forward with the will that the moment requires.
Don't postpone greatness. History tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. The American people want us in
space. 80 let us continue the dream -- for our students, for
ourselves, and for all humankind. 111
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
#
#
#
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING
MEMORANDIAM
DATE: June 15, 1990
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 pm, Monday, June 18
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Marshall Space Flight Center
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT mm
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
CICCONI
MM
UNTERMEYER
Winston
DEMAREST
Rogers
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Deland
HOLIDAY
Bromley
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Chriss Winston with a copy
to my office by 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 1990.
RESPONSE:
See comments
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
June 15, 1990
Draft Two (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 1:45 P.M.
Thank you, Jack [LEE, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER]]. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama.
[[ADD'L ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: KEY "SPACE" CONGRESSMEN, ETC.
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT]] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) III
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate BO they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) 111
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. III
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
2
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America changesearch
This year's budget calls for a billion dollars a 57 to increase -- for an global
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
program,
which
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
has
fantastic voyage of Galileo, to Jupiter and beyond.
Miism
to
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
planet
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
Earth
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who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
its
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
heart-
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
3
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars." III
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating.
4
Had Columbus waited until all the problems of Spain were solved
-- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting in Barcelona
to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels made
Spain rich beyond all dreams, the zenith of her stature as a
nation. III
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in wonder that they could have
been so short-sighted Il Well, next week the House Appropriations
Committee gets its own crack at the history books. And I say to
them that the future is NOW. Don't postpone greatness. Twenty
years is long enough And history tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. 1111
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it.' III
And so I stand today at the temple Von Braun built --- and
call on the American Congress to step forward with the will that
the moment requires. The American people want us in space. Let
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A
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us continue the dream -- for our students, for ourselves, and for
all humankind. III
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
#
#
#
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- Marchall Space Ctr. Speech
My friends, we must not let the children
of the future shake their heads at our behavior.
Right now, in the funding wars in Congress, we
face a central question -- the question of
whether America will continue to be a pioneering
nation.
when John F. kennedy stood before the Congress in
1961 and spoke about the moon, he spoke to a not on of
pioneers. Now some in kennedy's own farty
appear ready to give uf on that pioneering
spirit to turn their sights inward, to concede
that America's days as a leader in space have passed.
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I, for one, am not ready to give B- America
pioneers. I may not be here in 2019 but some of
And
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special you day 30 young years people in the audience will be. when that
time
COMES tram nay, I want you to think back to the commitment
we mode here today, as you look at the TV monitors - -
Maybe right here at Marshall space water and wat h the first American plant
his feet on Mars.
McNally/Simon
June 18, 1990
Draft Three (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
Thank you, Dick [Truly]. I can't tell you how lucky we are
having this man lead NASA through these exciting times. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama. And I also want
to thank Jack Lee, the director of this Center and my tour guide
today. Very educational, believe me.
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT]] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) III
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate so they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) III
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. III
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
2
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo to Jupiter.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
3
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars." III
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
4
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that attitude is self-defeating. Had
Columbus waited until all the problems of his time were solved -
- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting on the Spanish
coast to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels
brought Spain to the zenith of her stature as a nation.
111
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in disbelief that these naysayers
could have been so short-sighted.
My friends, we must not let the children of the future shake
their heads at our behavior. Right now, in the funding wars in
Congress, we face a central question -- the question of whether
America will continue to be a pioneering nation.
When John F. Kennedy stood before the Congress in 1961 and
spoke about the moon, he spoke to a nation of pioneers. Now some
in Kennedy's own party appear ready to give up on that pioneering
spirit -- to turn their sights inward, to concede that America's
days as a leader in space have passed.
I, for one, am not ready to give up. America has always
been, and will always be, a nation of pioneers. I many not be
here in 2019 -- but some of you young people in the audience will
be. And on that special day 30 years from now, I want you to
think back to the commitment we made here today, as you look at
the T.V. monitors -- maybe right here at Marshall Space Center
-- and watch the first American plant his feet on Mars.
5
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was, the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it." III
And so I stand today at this monument to daring and
imagination that Von Braun built -- and call on the American
Congress to step forward with the will that the moment requires.
Don't postpone greatness. History tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. The American people want us in
space. So let us continue the dream -- for our students, for
ourselves, and for all humankind. III
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
#
#
#
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 JUN 18 All : 20
DATE: June 15, 1990
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 pm, Monday, June 18
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Marshall Space Flight Center
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Winston
DEMAREST
Rogers
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Deland
HOLIDAY
Bromley
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Chriss Winston with a copy
to my office by 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 1990.
RESPONSE:
See inside
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
June 15, 1990
Draft Two (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 1:45 P.M.
Thank you, Jack [[LEE, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER]]. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
what
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama.
[[ADD'L ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: KEY "SPACE" CONGRESSMEN, ETC. ]]
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT]] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) III
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate so they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) III
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. III
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
2
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo, to Jupiter and beyond.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
3
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars." III
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
KICL
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
what we help this
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
to
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
if
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
Shurha
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating.
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protectl from Q margsagers in his our
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to lead we into the future.'
4
Had Columbus waited until all the problems of Spain were solved
-- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting in Barcelona
to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels made
Spain rich beyond all dreams, the zenith of her stature as a
nation. III
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in wonder that they could have
been so short-sighted. Well, next week the House Appropriations
Committee gets its own crack at the history books. And I say to
them that the future is NOW. Don't postpone greatness. Twenty
years is long enough. And history tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. IIII
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it." III
And so I stand today at the temple Von Braun built -- and
call on the American Congress to step forward with the will that
the moment requires. The American people want us in space. Let
5
us continue the dream -- for our students, for ourselves, and for
all humankind. III
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
#
#
#
Simon
acknowledgemats
Thank you, Dick [TRULY]. I can't tell you how lucky we are
having this man lead NASA through these exciting times. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such and
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama. And I also want
to thank Jack Lee, the director of this Center and my tour guide
today. Very educational, believe me.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
90 JUN 18 P2:31
June 18, 1990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
AUSTEN FURSE A7
SUBJECT:
Marshall Space Flight Center Draft Speech
A fine speech. One minor comment:
4,1,4 " and his [Columbus's] travels made Spain rich
beyond all dreams."
The word "rich" here, coming a few grafs after "Leave
the riches and rewards for other nations and braver
hearts," may give the impression that America's interest
in space is primarily financial. If instead of "rich,"
the word "great" is used, the sentiment seems less self-
interested.
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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 15, 1990
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 pm, Monday, June 18
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Marshall Space Flight Center
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Winston
DEMAREST
Rogers
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
DelaNd
HOLIDAY
Bromley
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Chriss Winston with a copy
to my office by 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 1990.
RESPONSE:
20 :2d 81 NNC 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
June 15, 1990
Draft Two (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 1:45 P.M.
Thank you, Jack [[LEE, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER]]. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama.
[[ADD'L ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: KEY "SPACE" CONGRESSMEN, ETC. ]]
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT]] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) III
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate so they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) III
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. III
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
2
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo, to Jupiter and beyond.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
3
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars." III
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating.
4
Had Columbus waited until all the problems of Spain were solved
-- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting in Barcelona
to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels made
brought
to
Spain richebeyond all dreams the zenith of her stature as a
nation. III
who
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in wonder that they could have
been so short-sighted. Well, next week the House Appropriations
Committee gets its own crack at the history books. And I say to
them that the future is NOW. Don't postpone greatness. Twenty
years is long enough. And history tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. 1111
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it." III
And so I stand today at the temple Von Braun built -- and
call. on the American Congress to step forward with the will that
the moment requires. The American people want us in space. Let
5
us continue the dream -- for our students, for ourselves, and for
all humankind. III
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 15, 1990
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 pm, Monday, June 18
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Marshall Space Flight Center
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Winston
DEMAREST
Rogers
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Deland
HOLIDAY
Bromley
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Chriss Winston with a copy
to my office by 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 1990.
RESPONSE: 6/18/90
There's a nice balance here be tween the various
components of the space program. We don't have
any changes to suggest IS :6 Sincism for D. Allan Bromley
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
June 15, 1990
Draft Two (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 1:45 P.M.
Thank you, Jack [[LEE, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER]]. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama.
[[ADD'L ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: KEY "SPACE" CONGRESSMEN, ETC.]]
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT]] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) III
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate so they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) III
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. III
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
2
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo, to Jupiter and beyond.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
3
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars." III
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating.
4
Had Columbus waited until all the problems of Spain were solved
-- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting in Barcelona
to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels made
Spain rich beyond all dreams, the zenith of her stature as a
nation. III
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in wonder that they could have
been so short-sighted. Well, next week the House Appropriations
Committee gets its own crack at the history books. And I say to
them that the future is NOW. Don't postpone greatness. Twenty
years is long enough. And history tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. 1111
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it." III
And so I stand today at the temple Von Braun built -- and
call on the American Congress to step forward with the will that
the moment requires. The American people want us in space. Let
5
us continue the dream -- for our students, for ourselves, and for
all humankind. III
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
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Sinson edits
McNally/Simon
June 15, 1990
Draft Two (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
2:00
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 1:45 P.M.
adm. Dich Truly
Thank you, Jack [[LEE, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER]]. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama. ) stet Add lack Lee
[[ADD'L ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: KEY "SPACE" CONGRESSMEN, ETC. ]]
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) III
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate so they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) III
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station - and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. \\\
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
2
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo to Jupiter and beyond.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
3
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay.
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars." III
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating.
4
his time
Had Columbus waited until all the problems of Spain were solved
on the Spanish coast
-- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting in Barcelona
to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels made
Spain rich beyond all dreams, the zenith of her stature as a
nation. III
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in wonder that they could have
been so short-sighted. Well, next week the House Appropriations
Committee gets its own crack at the history books. And I say to
them that the future is NOW. Don't postpone greatness. Twenty
years is long enough. And history tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. \\\\
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it." \\\
And so I stand today at the temple Von Braun built -- and
call on the American Congress to step forward with the will that
the moment requires. The American people want us in space. Let
5
us continue the dream -- for our students, for ourselves, and for
all humankind. III
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
90 JUN June 16, 21990
MEMORANDUM FOR CHRISS WINSTON
FROM:
ROGER B. PORTER
RBP
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Marshall Space Flight
Center
We have reviewed the attached draft and have no suggested
changes from a policy standpoint. We approve of the draft
remarks in their current form.
CC: James W. Cicconi
Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 15, 1990
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 pm, Monday, June 18
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Marshall Space Flight Center
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Winston
DEMAREST
Rogers
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Deland
HOLIDAY
Bromley
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Chriss Winston with a copy
to my office by 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 1990.
RESPONSE:
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
June 15, 1990
Draft Two (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 1:45 P.M.
Thank you, Jack [[LEE, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER]]. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama.
[[ADD'L ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: KEY "SPACE" CONGRESSMEN, ETC.
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) III
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate SO they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) III
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. III
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
2
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo, to Jupiter and beyond.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
3
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars."
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating.
4
Had Columbus waited until all the problems of Spain were solved
-- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting in Barcelona
to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels made
Spain rich beyond all dreams, the zenith of her stature as a
nation. III
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in wonder that they could have
been so short-sighted. Well, next week the House Appropriations
Committee gets its own crack at the history books. And I say to
them that the future is NOW. Don't postpone greatness. Twenty
years is long enough. And history tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. IIII
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement --- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it." III
And so I stand today at the temple Von Braun built -- and
call on the American Congress to step forward with the will that
the moment requires. The American people want us in space. Let
5
us continue the dream -- for our students, for ourselves, and for
all humankind. III
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 15, 1990
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 pm, Monday, June 18
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Marshall Space Flight Center
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Winston
DEMAREST
Rogers
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
DelaNd
HOLIDAY
Bromley
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Chriss Winston with a copy
to my office by 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 1990.
RESPONSE:
Chriss
no comments
80 : Olv 81 NNC 06
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
June 15, 1990
Draft Two (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 1:45 P.M.
Thank you, Jack [[LEE, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER]]. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama.
[[ADD'L ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: KEY "SPACE" CONGRESSMEN, ETC.
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT]] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) III
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate so they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) III
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. III
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
2
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo, to Jupiter and beyond.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
3
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars." III
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating.
4
Had Columbus waited until all the problems of Spain were solved
-- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting in Barcelona
to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels made
Spain rich beyond all dreams, the zenith of her stature as a
nation. III
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in wonder that they could have
been so short-sighted. Well, next week the House Appropriations
Committee gets its own crack at the history books. And I say to
them that the future is NOW. Don't postpone greatness. Twenty
years is long enough. And history tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. IIII
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it." III
And so I stand today at the temple Von Braun built -- and
call on the American Congress to step forward with the will that
the moment requires. The American people want us in space. Let
5
us continue the dream -- for our students, for ourselves, and for
all humankind. III
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
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Document No.
WHITE HOUSE STAFFING MEMORANDUM
90 JUN 18 P | : 08
DATE: June 15, 1990
ACTION/CONCURRENCE/COMMENT DUE BY: 1:00 pm, Monday, June 18
SUBJECT:
Presidential Remarks: Marshall Space Flight Center
ACTION FYI
ACTION FYI
VICE PRESIDENT
MCCLURE
SUNUNU
NEWMAN
SCOWCROFT
PORTER
DARMAN
ROGICH
CARD
UNTERMEYER
CICCONI
Winston
DEMAREST
Rogers
FITZWATER
Pinkerton
GRAY
Anderson
HAGIN
Deland
HOLIDAY
Bromley
REMARKS:
Please provide your comments directly to Chriss Winston with a copy
to my office by 1:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, 1990.
RESPONSE:
See Comments. Thanks.
Holyulieliamson
6-18-90
James W. Cicconi
Assistant to the President
and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Ext. 2702
McNally/Simon
June 15, 1990
Draft Two (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 1:45 P.M.
Thank you, Jack [LEE, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER]]. And I'm
VOCA
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding
job
for
the
great
State
of
Alabama.
and adminal Truly
who heads upthis wonderful
[[ADD'L ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: KEY "SPACE" CONGRESSMEN, ETC. ]] agency.
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT]] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) III
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate so they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) III
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. III
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
2
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo, to Jupiter and beyond.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
3
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars."
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
VNASA
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
severks restrict the NASA
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to\pull the budget in-
cluding
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
Space
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
stationfree-
dom, and
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an to
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that that attitude is self-defeating.
4
Had Columbus waited until all the problems of Spain were solved
-- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting in Barcelona
to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels made
Spain rich beyond all dreams, the zenith of her stature as a
nation. III
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in wonder that they could have
been so short-sighted. Well, next week the House Appropriations
Committee gets its own crack at the history books. And I say to
them that the future is NOW. Don't postpone greatness. Twenty
years is long enough. And history tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream.
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it." III
And so I stand today at the temple Von Braun built -- and
call on the American Congress to step forward with the will that
the moment requires. The American people want us in space. Let
5
us continue the dream -- for our students, for ourselves, and for
all humankind. III
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
6/18
TO:
ED ROGERS
FROM: JAMES W. CICCONI
Assistant to the President and
Deputy to the Chief of Staff
none
Please forward your comments on
the material on pp. 3-4 to Chriss
Winston ASAP, with a copy to this
office.
Thanks.
Ed- good
per loors to 9re 6/18 6pm
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 18, 1990
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON w
FROM:
EDWARD E. McNALLY Egm
SUBJECT:
REMARKS FOR MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
I.
SUMMARY
Attached are draft remarks for Wednesday's speech at
Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
II. DISCUSSION
On Wednesday afternoon, June 20, you will tour Marshall
Space Flight Center in Huntsville and give remarks outdoors to
several thousand NASA employees.
This draft (8 minutes, on cards) is a summary of your
Administration's space initiatives, many of which stem from a
space policy speech you gave at Marshall on October 29, 1987.
There is also a strongly-worded appeal to Congress to restore
funds for the Moon/Mars initiative that were eliminated by the
House Appropriations subcommittee last week.
MR. PRESIDENT:
Please note in particular
the criticism of those
in Congress who voted to
gut the Moon/Mars
Initiative (pp. 3-4).
This, coupled with you
saying, in effect, that
they've turned their
backs on the Kennedy
space legacy, will get
press attention we feel.
JC
McNally/Simon
June 18, 1990
Draft Three (B:MARSHALL)
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990, 2:00 P.M.
Thank you, Dick [Truly]. I can't tell you how lucky we are
having this man lead NASA through these exciting times. And I'm
pleased to be here with Governor Guy Hunt, who is doing such an
outstanding job for the great State of Alabama. And I also want
to thank Jack Lee, the director of this Center and my tour guide
today. Very educational, believe me.
(Sorry we were a little late getting started. But you know
how these arrangements affect everything. [[EVENT IS IN THEIR
PARKING LOT]] Today even I couldn't find a parking place.) 111
(Whenever I'm in weather this hot it reminds me of my
baseball days in college. The players used to gather around home
plate so they could feel the breeze as I struck out!) III
But it's great to be back in Alabama, and great to be back
in Huntsville. I'm very proud of this state, and this facility.
The Marshall Space Flight Center is the birthplace of America's
first satellite, America's first space station -- and the world's
first Moon rocket. It was here, with the Saturn Five, that
humankind began its historic journey to the stars. 111
Because of these traditions, Huntsville has a special
importance to America and to the world. And it has a special
importance to me, as well. It was to Huntsville that I journeyed
in the fall of 1987, to give the campaign's first major address
on space.
2
On that October day, two and a half years ago, I promised to
create a National Space Council, chaired by the Vice President.
I pledged to underwrite Mission to Planet Earth, to boost space
science, and to launch a dynamic new program of both manned and
unmanned exploration of the Solar System.
And today I'm pleased to return to Marshall to report that
my Administration has made good these promises. And we've done
it the old-fashioned way -- the American way -- step-by-step,
program-by-program, all adding up to the most ambitious and far-
reaching effort since Marshall and Apollo took America to the
Moon. III
The Space Council I proposed is not only up and running, but
-- under the dynamic leadership of America's outstanding Vice
President -- leading the way into the 21st Century. Mission to
Planet Earth -- a bold and unprecedented initiative to preserve
our precious environmental heritage -- has been plucked off the
drawing board and placed in the hands of the scientists who will
make it happen. And now that the Shuttle program has put America
back in space, we stand at the dawn of a new era in space
science, with wonders like the Hubble Space Telescope, and the
fantastic voyage of Galileo to Jupiter.
Exactly 11 months ago, I stood before the Air and Space
Museum in Washington to commemorate a special anniversary for you
who work at the Marshall Space Flight Center -- the 20th
anniversary of Apollo 11's thunderous journey to the Moon. And
standing with Neil Armstrong and dozens of other astronauts, I
3
announced three major space policy objectives: First, to have
Space Station Freedom up before the century is out. Second, for
the new century, a permanent lunar base. We're going "back to
the Moon, back to the future -- and this time -- back to stay."
The third objective was refined last month in Texas, where I
went to announce a new Age of Exploration, with not only a goal,
but a 30-year timetable. I declared that: "Before Apollo
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its landing on the Moon -- the
American flag should be planted on Mars." III
Being first in space is not just America's dream -- it is
America's destiny. And to see this happen, we've matched
rhetoric with resources. Our budget proposes $15.2 billion for
NASA -- an increase of nearly 25 percent -- and the largest
increase for any major agency of the government.
Unfortunately, not everyone on Capitol Hill shares this
commitment to investing in America's future. Last week, the
House Appropriations Sub-Committee for Space voted to pull the
plug on this historic undertaking, completely gutting the seed
money we proposed for the Moon/Mars mission.
But you know, space used to be a bi-partisan effort -- an
American effort. The last time a President visited Marshall,
John F. Kennedy compared those who were uncertain about America's
leadership in space to those in Queen Isabella's Court who
counseled, in effect, "Turn back! Leave the riches and rewards
for other nations and braver hearts!"
4
Some say the space program should wait -- that we should
only go forward once the social problems of today are completely
solved. But history proves that attitude is self-defeating. Had
Columbus waited until all the problems of his time were solved -
- the timbers of the Santa Maria would be rotting on the Spanish
coast to this day. Instead he ventured forth -- and his travels
brought Spain to the zenith of her stature as a nation. III
Many an American schoolkid has read the story of Columbus'
doubters, and shook their heads in disbelief that these naysayers
could have been so short-sighted.
My friends, we must not let the children of the future shake
their heads at our behavior. Right now, in the funding wars in
Congress, we face a central question -- the question of whether
America will continue to be a pioneering nation.
When John F. Kennedy stood before the Congress in 1961 and
spoke about the moon, he spoke to a nation of pioneers. Now some
in Kennedy's own party appear ready to give up on that pioneering
spirit -- to turn their sights inward, to concede that America's
days as a leader in space have passed.
I, for one, am not ready to give up. America has always
been, and will always be, a nation of pioneers. I many not be
here in 2019 -- but some of you young people in the audience will
be. And on that special day 30 years from now, I want you to
think back to the commitment we made here today, as you look at
the T.V. monitors -- maybe right here at Marshall Space Center
and watch the first American plant his feet on Mars.
5
During the Apollo era, America's space efforts grew at
unprecedented rates, the government hired the biggest and the
best scientific force in history, and colleges and universities
swelled with applicants and graduates in science and engineering.
It produced a golden age of American technology advancement -- an
age that, today, we can recapture and begin anew.
Wernher Von Braun was the giant who put Huntsville on the
map. When someone asked him what it would take to build a rocket
to reach the Moon, Von Braun replied simply: "The will to do
it." III
And so I stand today at this monument to daring and
imagination that Von Braun built -- and call on the American
Congress to step forward with the will that the moment requires.
Don't postpone greatness. History tells us what happens to
nations that forget how to dream. The American people want us in
space. So let us continue the dream -- for our students, for
ourselves, and for all humankind. 111
Thank you. God bless you. And God bless the United States
of America.
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OPENING STATEMENT: PRESS CONFERENCE \ HUNTSVILLE AL
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1990 \ 11:00 A.M.
IT WAS HERE IN HUNTSVILLE, 30 YEARS AGO NEXT MONTH,
THAT HUMANKIND BEGAN ITS HISTORIC JOURNEY TO THE STARS.
AND WE'RE HERE IN HUNTSVILLE TO ENSURE THAT THIS QUEST
DOESN'T GRIND TO A HALT NEXT MONTH WHEN IT REACHES THE
FLOOR OF THE HOUSE.
- 2 -
WE'RE BACK IN HUNTSVILLE TO HONOR A PROMISE -- MADE
HERE AS A CANDIDATE -- AND MADE REPEATEDLY AS
PRESIDENT. I PLEDGED TO LAUNCH A DYNAMIC NEW PROGRAM
OF BOTH MANNED AND UNMANNED EXPLOR-ATION OF THE SOLAR
SYSTEM -- AND TO ESTABLISH THE UNITED STATES AS NOTHING
LESS THAN THE WORLD'S PRE-EMINENT SPACEFARING NATION.
MY ADMINISTRATION'S OPPONENTS HAVE ARGUED THAT OUR
PROGRAMS ARE ALL RHETORIC AND NO RESOURCES. BUT HERE,
WE'VE ASKED FOR THE MONEY AND IT HAS BEEN DENIED.
WASHINGTON
THE WHITE HOUSE
- 3 -
OUR BUDGET PROPOSES $15.2 BILLION FOR NASA -- THE
LARGEST INCREASE FOR ANY MAJOR AGENCY. AND A SMALL BUT
CRITICAL PART OF IT REPRESENTS $314 MILLION IN SEED
MONEY FOR THE MOON/MARS MISSION -- SEED MONEY THAT WILL
BE CAREFULLY TENDED AND NURTURED FOR A FUTURE HARVEST,
A HARVEST TO BE ENJOYED NOT BY US, BUT BY OUR CHILDREN
AND GRANDCHILDREN.
- 4 -
IT WAS THE LEADERSHIP OF JFK THAT BROUGHT US TO ONE
OF AMERICA'S GREATEST MOMENTS AS A NATION -- JULY 20,
1969 -- THE DAY AMERICANS FIRST STEPPED FOOT ON THE
MOON. BUT LAST WEEK, WHEN THE HOUSE MAJORITY ABANDONED
THE MOON/MARS MISSION, THEY ABANDONED THE LEGACY OF
JFK. III
11 MONTHS AGO TODAY, I STOOD BEFORE THE AIR AND
SPACE MUSEUM TO COMMEMORATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
MOON LANDING WITH A NEW ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE
GOING AS A PEOPLE. WE'RE GOING TO MARS.
WASHINGTON
THE WHITE HOUSE
- 5 -
IT MAY TAKE 30 YEARS TO GET THERE. BUT AS I SAID THAT
DAY: "WE CANNOT TAKE THE NEXT GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND
TOMORROW -- UNLESS WE START WITH A SINGLE STEP TODAY."
WE MUST INVEST IN THE FUTURE. IF COLUMBUS HAD WAITED
UNTIL ALL THE PROBLEMS OF THE OLD WORLD WERE SOLVED --
WE NEVER WOULD HAVE DISCOVERED THE NEW WORLD. III
AND THAT IS WHY I URGE THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS
COMMITTEE TO RESTORE THIS VITAL SEED MONEY To THE
MOON/MARS MISSION.
- 6 -
THANK YOU. AND NOW, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR
QUESTIONS.
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WASHINGTON
THE WHITE HOUSE