chairman and administrator bridenstine. we talk about this quite a lot but a massive history of young americans with the apollo mission last year and american moonshot is frankly the apollo mission and with the work you are doing right now and the work with other agencies and space x and others are doing it is an incredible moment of the next generation to be inspired and to get involved with this mission and you are just talking to senator sinema with the collaboration raising the issue of the movie the martian a couple of times and what we're doing to inspire the next generation of young americans to rely on science and technology expertise the next phase of national mission. >> the biggest thing we can do as an agency to inspire the next generation is to do stunning achievements and that is where the american moonshot was all about in the sixties that is what the artemis program is about today. if you walk around today and say what made you get involved in the space business they can tell you exactly where they were when

administrator bridenstine, thank you.u. mr. chairman, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much, senator gardner. there are no other senators in line and i have another question but i know a number of offices are live streaming and if members of the committee and then to ask questions theytt should let us know because if not, may be the last round of questioning. mr. administrator, let's talk about the enhanced upstage or the black b. the enhance [inaudible] will allow nasa to use or make full use ofn the sls and i am concerned the budget request defers funding to develop this and unnecessary is this and what suggestion do you have for the senate in the house? >> yes, sir. to start because congress and the senate have fully funded all of our activities for the exploration just so you know those activities are underwayy and we are getting to the point now where we got key decision points or critical design review right in front of us. all of this to say that -- >> we are talking enhanced spirit yes. some people call enhanc

so administrator bridenstine, thank you. mr. chairman, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much, senator gardner. let me say, there are no other senators in line. i have another question. i know a number of offices are listening, and if members of the committee intend to ask questions, they should let us know, because if not, this may be the last round of questioning. mr. administrator, let's talk about the enhanced upper stage, eus. the enhanced upper stage will allow nasa to make full use of the sls. i'm concerned that the budget request defers funding to develop this. how necessary is this and what suggestion do you have for the senate and the house? >> yes, sir. so to start, because congress and the senate have fully funded all of our activities for the exploration of upper stage, just so you know, those activities are under way and we are, you know, getting to the point now where we've got key decision point c or, you know, critical design review right in front of us. so all of this, to say that -- >> we're talking e

the cost of -- administrator bridenstine. the cost for entry is pretty high for all of the small suppliers. i would just end with, let's try to enable them, make sure we're giving them the tools to be successful and be able to defense defend not on the networks but yours as your suppliers as we navigate this challenge, and hopefully look to synergize lessons learned and down those those two contract requirements accordingly. really appreciate your time and good luck with the upcoming launch as well. thank you. i yield back. >> thank you, mr. garcia. i now for the honorary dinner of our subcommittee who is reliable and with us, mr. weber, you are recognized for five minutes. if we can get you -- there you go. >> a lot of people who wanted to mutiny, but nonetheless. think of that, chairwoman. i appreciate the opportunity being here. you asked the question of mr. seaton early about how many attempts, intrusion attempts per month nasa didn't fit last year and about up on that by saying, how does that compare, mr. seaton, to the

we hosted a small business summit with kevin mccarthy and nasa administrator bridenstine a couple of weeks ago. the cost of entry into the supply chain for all space programs is pretty high for some of the small suppliers. let's make sure we give them the tools to enable them to defend only their networks but yours, your suppliers, as we navigate this challenge and hopefully look to synergize lessons learned and download those through contract requirement lowdown documents accordingly. really appreciate your time and good luck with the upcoming launches as well. thank you. i yield back. chairwoman horn: thank you, mr. garcia. now for the honorary member of our subcommittee who is reliable and with us -- mr. weber, you are recognized for five minutes. if we can get you on muted. rep. weber: there we go. there are a lot of people who want to mute me, but nonetheless. thank you for that, chairwoman. i appreciate the opportunity being here. you asked the question to mr. earlier about how many intrusion attempts per month were there, and i want to follow up on that by saying how does that

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