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- [Narrator] 50 years ago we
pioneered a path to the moon.

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The trail we blazed cut through
the fictions of science,

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and showed us all what was possible.

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Today our calling to
explore is even greater.

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To go farther, we must be
able to sustain missions

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of greater distance and duration.

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We must use the resources
we find at our destinations,

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we must overcome radiation,
isolation, gravity,

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and extreme environments
like never before.

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These are the challenges we face

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to push the bounds of humanity.

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We're going to the moon to stay, by 2024.

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And this is how.

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- This all starts with
the ability to get larger,

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heavier payloads off planet,
and beyond Earth's gravity.

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- For this, we designed
an entirely new rocket.

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- The Space Launch System.

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SLS will be the most powerful
rocket ever developed.

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- [Female] And with
components and production

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- And more in testing,

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- This system is capable
of being the catalyst

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for deep space missions.

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- [Female] We need a capsule
that can support humans

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from launch, through deep space,

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and return safely back to earth.

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- For this, we've built Orion.

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- This is NASA's next
generation human space capsule.

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- Using data from lunar orbiters

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that continue to reveal the
moon's hazards and resources,

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we're currently developing
an entirely new approach

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to landing and operating on the moon.

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- Using our commercial partners

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to deliver science instruments
and robotics to the surface,

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we are paving the way for
human missions in 2024.

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- [Narrator] Our charge is
to go quickly, and stay.

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To press our collective efforts forward,

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with a fervor that will
see us return to the moon

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in a manner that is wholly
different than 50 years ago.

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- We want lunar lander's
that are reusable,

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that can land anywhere
on the lunar surface.

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The simplest way to do so
is to give them a platform,

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in orbit, around the moon,
from which to transition.

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- An orbiting platform to
host deep space experiments,

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and be a way-point for human capsules.

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We call this lunar outpost, Gateway.

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- [Female] The beauty of the Gateway

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is that it can be moved between orbits.

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- [Male Narrator] It will balance

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between the earth and moon's gravity,

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[Female Narrator] In a position
that is ideal for launching

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even deeper space missions.

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- In 2009, we learned that the moon

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contains millions of tons of water ice.

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- This ice could be extracted
and purified for water,

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and be separated into
oxygen for breathing,

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or hydrogen for rocket fuel.

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- The moon is quite uniquely suited

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to prepare us and propel
us to Mars and beyond.

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- This is what we're building.

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- This is what we're training for.

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- This we can replicate
throughout the solar system.

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- This is the next chapter
of human space exploration.

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- [Narrator] Humans are
the most fragile element

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of this entire endeavor,

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and yet we go for humanity.

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They go to the moon and on
to Mars to seek knowledge

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and understanding,

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and to share it with all.

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We go knowing our efforts
will create opportunities

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that cannot be foreseen.

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We go because we are destined to explore

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and see it with our own eyes.

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We turn towards the moon now,

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not as a conclusion, but as preparation.

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As a checkpoint toward
all that lies beyond.

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Our greatest adventures
remain ahead of us.

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We are going.

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- We're going.

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- We are going.

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[Rocket engine blast]

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- We are going.

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- We're going.