NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks about human space flight

1. National Press Club: Introductory remarks and welcome of guests and speaker
2. End of Shuttle Era will not end American leadership in space
3. Mission to an asteroid
4. Tribute to Shuttle's history
5. Recommitting ourselves to manned space exploration
6. Benefits of manned space exploration
7. Logical sequence, not if, but how- must cut costs
8. Vital to keep exploring, focus on research and development, maintain and grow US leadership in space
9. New spacecraft, heavy lift rocket, technology developments
10. Also science missions, Dawn mission around giant asteroid, Mars rover
11. Research continues to improve, new ways of doing business better
12. Choices, same old thing or inspirational things
13. NASA moving forward, status quo is unacceptable
14. We'll keep moving.  Challenges inspire to improve country.  Reference to Kennedy Moon Shot challenge, comparison to Obama
15. Q&A follows
16. Budget issues
17. Private sector v public- commercial space started long ago he says
18. Private and international partners does not conflict with national security
19. Transfers of technology- lot of laws to deal with that
20. How long for commercial to fly astronauts?  Ans: 3 years after 1st contract, "2015 ish"
21. No shortage of applicants for astronauts, he says
22. Intro of Mark Kelly
23. Remarks about ISS and experiments
24. Cosmic particle detectors, 600 physicists involved, anti matter conjectures
25. Nation of explorers for 200 years, Kennedy quote
26. Mention of his retirement,  public office?  Makes joke about Iowa and New Hampshire
27. focus on his wife's recovery and family
28. Wrap up, I'll stop here