* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Intuitive Machines Grand Opening] [00:00:17] LET'S DO THIS. UM, SO MY NAME IS JACK FISHER. UH, MOST FOLKS CALL ME TWO FISH. UH, I AM AN INTUITIVE MACHINES MECHANIC. THAT WILL BE YOUR MC TODAY. UH, SUCCESS FOR ME TODAY LOOKS LIKE THIS. I WILL TAKE CARE OF ALL THE THANK YOUS AND THE RECOGNITION OF THE HUGE HOST OF DISTINGUISHED VISITORS SO THAT YOU ALL CAN GET TO CUPCAKES FASTER. . FAIR POINT. ALRIGHT. UH, SUCCESS IS ALSO DEFINING THE, UH, ALL IMPORTANT ACRONYM BAB. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT BASICALLY ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD A MEETING, UH, WE WROTE ON THE BOARD, HERE'S ALL THE DESIGN TENANTS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE IN THE BUILDING. AND AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WAS IT'S GOTTA BE BADASS, BUT JUST BADASS WASN'T ENOUGH. AND SO IT NEEDED TO BE THE SUPER BADASS BUILDING, THE SUPERBA. I WANTED TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY SO THAT ALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS DON'T HAVE TO BLUSH AND DEFINE IT, UH, THEMSELVES. , UH, ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT, UH, THE BUILDING ISN'T QUITE DONE. UM, YEAH, OUR AC IN THIS PARTICULAR ROOM, UH, YOU FOLKS IN THE LUNA CAFE AND THE, UH, THE KESSEL RUN HALLWAY, OUR, OUR ARE HAVING A, A, A MORE, UH, TEMPERATE EVENT, UM, THAN WE ARE HERE UPSTAIRS. BUT IT'S DONE ENOUGH. UH, WHAT WAS IMPORTANT WAS FOR US TO GET OUR LANDER IN THAT AMAZING ASSEMBLY BAY THAT YOU WILL ALL SEE SHORTLY, UH, SO THAT WE COULD PREP IT AND GET IT ON ITS WAY NEXT WEEK, UH, SO THAT IT CAN HEAD DOWN TO THE CAPE. AMEN. SO, AS YOU WALK AROUND, GREAT ON A CURVE AND KNOWING YOUR HEART THAT THIS BUILDING WILL ONLY GET BAD ASSER . UM, AFTER, AFTER WE GO THROUGH THE, UH, SPEECHES, WE'LL HAVE A GINORMOUS RIBBON, WE'LL CUT 'EM. AND THEN EACH SECTION, THERE ARE THREE SECTIONS. WE'LL GO TO THE OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE BUILDING HAS TO OFFER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO SEE OUR BABY OTI. UH, HE'S ALL LIT UP FOR HIS GLAMOR SHOTS, AND YOU GET TO SEE TWO SPACECRAFT, UH, BOTH AUS AND HOPPER. IT'LL BE GREAT. UM, OKAY, LET'S START WITH THANKING FOLKS WHO PUT THEIR HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS BUILDING, UH, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, INCLUDING ALL THE IM MECHANICS, ESPECIALLY THE IM BUILDING TEAM, OF COURSE, THANKS TO BURNS AND MCDONALD'S. AMAZING TEAM. UH, THEY'RE, THEY ARE THE DESIGN BUILD, UH, UH, TEAM THAT MADE THIS FACILITY. UH, ALL THEIR WORLD CLASS SUBS ARE HOUSTON LEGEND CONSULTANT, THE VERY FRED GRIFFIN, UH, THE WHOLE TEAM, WHOLE TEAM AT THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM. ALSO LIKE TO SAY THANK THE, UH, CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, GROUP BECAUSE THEY PAID THE BILLS AND PROVIDED SUPPORT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALRIGHT. THIS IS WHERE IT GETS JIGGY. WE HAVE, WE HAVE SO MANY DISTINGUISHED VISITORS THAT WE ARE HUMBLED, UH, TO HOST TODAY, AND WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US IN PERSON AND ONLINE. UH, I'LL DO MY BEST TO HIT ALL THE GROUPS, UH, AND PLEASE KNOW THAT WE SURE APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR ATTENDANCE. UH, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SENATOR CRUZ, UH, CORNY REPRESENTATIVE BABIN, WHO EVEN EVEN GAVE US A, UH, SPECIAL PROCLAMATION. THANK YOU. UM, WE HAVE, UH, STATE REPRESENTATIVES, UH, BONIN AND PAUL, UH, THE DEPUTY ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE TEXAS MILITARY DEPARTMENT. WHERE, WHERE HECTOR GO. THANK YOU, SIR. UH, THE, UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, ONE 47TH WING COMMANDER, COLONEL WALTERS, OUR CLOSE PARTNERS IN THE EDGE CENTER FROM SAN JACINTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, INCLUDING DOC HELLIER. AND DOC JAMES. THANK YOU FOR COMING. WE HAVE OUR FRIENDS FROM RICE FROM A AND M, FROM UHCL. I DON'T KNOW WHERE UT IS. WE INVITED THEM, UM, COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM, UH, BEHE AND GHP. UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE NEWLY APPOINTED HOUSTON SPACEPORT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING. WIDE RANGE OF PARTNERS THAT WE WORK WITH EVERY DAY, INCLUDING, UH, CHUCK BEAMS, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF, UH, YORK SPACE AND SPIDER OAK. SO THANK YOU. AND IN SHORT, YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY AMAZING. UM, THERE'S ANOTHER GROUP I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, AND THAT'S NASA. [00:05:01] UH, WE ARE SPACE CITY FOR A REASON. UH, AT THE NEXUS OF IT ALL IS JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, AND WE HAVE A TON OF REPRESENTATION FROM NASA TODAY, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT. WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE WITH US SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE APOLLO ERA, UH, FLIGHT DIRECTORS. AMEN. WE HAVE FLIGHT DIRECTORS, FLIGHT CONTROLLERS. WE HAVE A FORMER CENTER DIRECTOR, JERRY GRIFFIN. UH, WE HAVE A GUY WHO FLEW AROUND THE MOON. I THINK. FRED, I DIDN'T SEE HIM SHOW UP, BUT DID HE SHOW UP? HE'S NOT HERE. HE'S NOT HERE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, HE IS IN SPIRIT. UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, JEANNIE KRANTZ, HER, HER, HER DAD, UH, COULD NOT MAKE IT, BUT SHE IS REPPING FOR THE CRANS, SO THANK YOU. THIS GROUP IS LUNAR ROYALTY. UH, THEY'RE THE FOUNDATION OF OUR EXPLORATION NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. UH, FOR NASA, CURRENT NASA, WE ARE STOCKED UP WITH A WIDE ARRAY OF NASA GROUPS REPRESENTATIVES, UM, FROM HEADQUARTERS, WE HAVE DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATORS, SUSAN CONNOLLY AND JOEL KERNS. WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF LEADERSHIP FROM JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, INCLUDING ONE OF OUR FAVORITES, THE COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES OFFICE. , YOU CAN GUESS WHY, UH, BROWN NOSING . HEY, DUDE, IT WORKS. UM, WE, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, I THINK WE'RE UP TO EIGHT. I THINK WE HAVE EIGHT CURRENT ASTRONAUTS, AND I AM PROUD TO SAY MOST OF THEM ARE FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 2009. SO, JUMP. YES. UM, I DIDN'T SEE IF WEED MADE IT, BUT I THINK WE IS HE? WHERE'S THE WEED? HE HOUSE FLYING AIRPLANE AROUND, SO, OH MY GOSH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE ASTRONAUTS WHO IS ALSO FROM THE CHUMPS THAT HAS A DATE WITH THE HISTORY BOOKS NEXT YEAR. SO HE, HE IS GOING TO BE SWINGING AROUND THE MOON ON ARTEMIS TWO. THANKS FOR, UH, COMING THERE. TANTO. SO, TODAY IN ONE MARVELOUS FACILITY, WE GET TO SEE ALL THE PIECES OF A THRIVING AEROSPACE ECOSYSTEM, SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF SPACE CITY ONE, WHICH BUILDS UPON THE SUCCESSES OF THOSE WHO WENT BEFORE US, LEVERAGING ALL THAT THEY LEARNED AND SETTING OUT TOGETHER AS WE TAKE HUMAN'S NEXT STEP TOGETHER. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND BEING A PART OF IT. ALL RIGHT. THE DVS AND THANK YOUS ARE DONE. IT'S TIME FOR SPEAKERS. AND NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE, SIR, WE'RE GONNA START AT THE TOP WITH SPACE SITTER, SPACE CITY'S OWN MAYOR TURNER. UH, WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF MAYOR TURNER'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HIS INCREDIBLE CAREER, BUT SUFFICE TO SAY THAT WE ALL WISH THERE WASN'T A TWO TERM LIMIT. WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU, SIR. UH, FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS, HE HAS EXPERTLY LED THE NATION'S FOURTH LARGEST CITY, PASSING SEVEN BALANCED BUDGETS AND COUNTING, ALL WHILE DEALING WITH ANYTHING THAT GOT IN HIS WAY, EVEN IF IT WAS A HURRICANE. HE FOCUSES ON EXECUTION AND IMPLEMENTATION AND HAS BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THIS SPACEPORT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER. THERE YOU GO, SIR. LOOK, GIVE IT, GIVE IT UP TO JACK. GIMME THAT JACK IS, UH, VERY, VERY GOOD. I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE, BUT, UH, UH, THE ROCKET SHIP JUST LANDED AND, UH, UH, GOT HERE A LITTLE BIT LATE. UH, BUT LOOK, I'M JUST, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE, STEVE. UM, MARIO, EVERYONE. AND WHAT A DISTINGUISHED, UH, GROUP, UH, THAT'S HERE TONIGHT. UH, THIS, UH, THIS AFTERNOON, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE JUST A COUPLE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE. I STILL HAVE THREE MONTHS LEFT, UM, BEFORE I, WELL, THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I GOT THREE MONTHS LEFT, AND SINCE I STILL NEED THEIR VOTES, UM, LET ME, LET ME SINGLE THEM OUT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. UM, MAYOR PRO TIM, WHO REPRESENTS THIS AREA. DAVE MARTIN IS HERE TODAY, AND THEN TWO AT LARGE COUNCIL MEMBERS DAVE ROBINSON IS HERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER SALLY . YOU KNOW, THESE ARE MY FAVORITES. UH, SO I ASKED THEM TO JOIN ME. UH, AND THEN I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, WHO'S JUST BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN MAKING [00:10:01] A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN. ANDY EKIN IS ALSO PRESENT. LOOK, LET ME JUST JOIN WITH EVERYONE HOW DELIGHTED WE ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR INTUITIVE MACHINES, UH, TO HAVE CHOSEN HOUSTON AS IT HOME, AS THIS AEROSPACE TIGHTEN GRIPS THE BATON IN THIS LATEST RACE TO REACH NEW DEPTHS OF SPACE. CAN'T TELL YOU HOW DELIGHTED WE ARE IN WHAT IT MEANS, UH, FOR HOUSTON AND FOR THE REGION. UH, THEIR PRESENCE HERE AT HOUSTON SPACEPORT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE SKILLED WORKFORCE THAT WE HAVE, THE WORLD CLASS RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, AND THE CULTURE OF INNOVATION THAT DEFINES, UH, THE GREAT CITY OF HOUSTON. UM, AND STEVE, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT, UH, YOU'VE DONE. IT IS AN AMAZING FACILITY. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU AND THE TEAM HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND THE GREAT ENDEAVORS THAT AWAIT INTUITIVE MACHINES IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. UH, MARIO, LET ME THANK, LET ME THANK YOU. UH, YOU HAVE BEEN THE DIRECTOR OF, UH, THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM, UM, BEYOND MY EIGHT YEARS. AND WITH SOME, I MEAN, YOU'VE DONE SOME INCREDIBLE THINGS, UH, FOR MORE THAN A DECADE OF YOU LOOK BEYOND THE GROUND, LOOK TO THE SPACE. AND SO NOW LOOK WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR VISION. AND TOGETHER WE ARE CELEBRATING THE MOMENTOUS GRAND OPENING OF THIS EXQUISITE INNOVATION HUB FOR INTUITIVE MACHINES IN HOUSTON. UH, THIS STATE OF THE ART CAMPUS IS A SYMBOL OF THIS CITY'S SPACE CITY, A COMMITMENT TO AEROSPACE AS WE ENDEAVOR TO PUSH THE LIMITS OF HOUSTON'S OF HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. AND HOUSTON HAS LONG BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF INNOVATION FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF THE SPACE RACE TO THE PRESENT WHERE WE CONTINUE TO PLAY A PIVOTABLE ROLE IN THE EXPLORATION OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND. AND FOR A KID WHO GREW UP IN THIS CITY, UM, WHAT AN AMAZING, WHAT AN AMAZING, AMAZING MOMENT. UH, WITH A GREAT DEAL WITH A LOT OF PRIDE. UH, THE POSITIVE AND IMMENSE IMPACT OF THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY ON HOUSTON'S ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. IT PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY JOBS, FOSTER, CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND ATTRACTS TALENT AND INVESTMENT FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD. AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE ARE THE ENVY OF ALMOST EVERY MAJOR CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEN I'M AT THE US CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, I, UM, I CAN'T HELP BUT, UM, BRAG IN FRONT OF MAYORS. I'M FROM NEW YORK TO LA, UM, ATLANTA, YOU NAME IT. UH, ONLY HOUSTON AND INTUITIVE MACHINE IS KEEPING US RIGHT THERE AT THE FRONT. LASTLY, HOUSTON IS HOME NOW TO MORE THAN 500 AVIATION AND AEROSPACE COMPANIES, AND THE WORLD'S FIRST TRULY URBAN COMMERCIAL SPACE PORT. MORE THAN 23,000 AEROSPACE AND AVIATION RELATED PROFESSIONALS LIVE RIGHT HERE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE ESTABLISHING PIVOTAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR UNIVERSITIES. FROM TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY TO SANDRA CENTER. COLLEGE EDGE CENTER WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO SWELL. HOUSTON'S WITH TRAILBLAZING THINKERS WHO WILL REVOLUTIONIZED HUMAN SPACE, FLIGHT AND INTUITIVE MACHINES IS ALREADY COLLABORATING WITH THE SANTO EDGE CENTER TO TRAIN AND HIRE GRADUATES WHO ARE NOW ACTIVELY WORKING TO BE A PART OF THIS HISTORY. AND AS WE CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE AND CONSIDER THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES OF OUR FUTURE, THAT US ALSO REMEMBER THE PIONEERING SPIRIT THAT HAS DEFINED HOUSTON. WHEN THE WORLD HEARD THE ICONIC WORDS, WORDS, HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. IT WAS THIS CITY THAT RESPONDED WITH INGENUITY, COURAGE, AND DETERMINATION. AND THE SPIRIT OF HOUSTON, THEY HAD MANNED TO ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE AND STEP FOOT ON THE MOON. AND IT'S THAT SPIRIT THAT HOUSTON WOULD PROPEL US FORWARD TO THE MOON MARS AND BEYOND. WHAT A GREAT DAY, BUT WHAT A, WHAT A GREAT FUTURE, UH, FOR THIS CITY AND INTUITIVE MACHINES. THANK YOU FOR MAKING HOUSTON YOUR HOME. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT WAS FANTASTIC. NEXT UP IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM. NOW MARIO DIAZ HAS HAD A LEGENDARY CAREER, UH, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, AND ATLANTA BEFORE COMING HERE IN 2010, UH, TO TAKE OVER THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM AS THE DIRECTOR, [00:15:01] UH, HE OVERSEES OPERATIONS AT BUSH HOBBY AND ELLINGTON AIRPORTS SERVICING MILLIONS OF TRAVELERS EVERY DAY AS A HUB FOR INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC FLYING IN THE NATION'S FOURTH LARGEST AND BEST CITY. UH, A SPECIAL NOTE THOUGH IS HIS PASSION TO ESTABLISH THE WORLD'S ONLY OPERATIONAL SPACEPORT IN A MAJOR METRO AREA. HE HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE IN MAKING THE HOUSTON SPACEPORT REALITY. AND TOGETHER TODAY IS ANOTHER MAJOR STEP IN REALIZING THAT GOAL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME MARIO DIAZ. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, JACK AND MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THOSE KIND WORDS. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY ON THIS HISTORIC AND MEMORABLE LOCATION. JUST THINK ABOUT IT, LESS THAN A DECADE AGO, WE RECEIVED THE 10 FA SPACEPORT LICENSE TO CREATE THE HOUSTON SPACEPORT, AND TODAY WE ARE CELEBRATING THE SECOND MAJOR OPENING OF A FIRST TIER AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING FACILITY RIGHT HERE IN HOUSTON. TODAY, INTUITIVE MACHINES PROUDLY THROWS OPEN ITS DOORS TO WELCOME THE WORLD ON A TOUR OF ITS ADVANCED INNOVATION CENTER AND ITS WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING CAMPUS RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF SPACE CITY, USAI JOINED MAYOR TURNER IN SALUTING STEVE ULTIMAS AND THE INCREDIBLE TEAM HERE AT INTUITIVE MACHINES. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU WILL BE CREATING HERE IN THIS FACILITY WILL REVOLUTIONIZE SPACE EXPLORATION AND BENEFIT HUMANITY. WE STAND IMPRESSED, UM, WITH YOUR DETERMINATION AND YOUR INGENUITY. BEFORE I MOVE ON, I WANNA ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE ARTO MACHUCA, THE HOUSTON SPACEPORT DIRECTOR. ARTURO HAS BEEN A BELIEVER FROM DAY ONE IN THE POSSIBILITIES WE'RE WITNESSING TODAY, AND HE HAS BEEN A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND ME IN BUILDING THIS COMMUNITY OF INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION WE ARE FOSTERING HERE AT THE SPACEPORT. THANK YOU ARTURO. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR, WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS SPACE BOOK. NOW, FOR DECADES SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT AS THE CONTROL AND COMMUNICATION CENTER FOR EVERY US MAN SPACE FLIGHT, HOUSTON HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF SPACE EXPLORATION. BUT AS WE STARTED THINKING THROUGH THE STRATEGY TO BUILD ON THAT LEGACY, WE BECAME PAINFULLY AWARE THAT IN HOUSTON WE DID NOT BUILD THE VEHICLES OR EVEN THE MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THAT. ONCE ASSEMBLED COULD CARRY HUMANITY INTO SPACE TIME AFTER TIME, WE CAME UP AGAINST STRONG AND WELL-ESTABLISHED CITY COMPETITORS WHERE AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING WAS AT THE HEART AND CENTER OF SUCCESS. THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED ON THE STRATEGY TO BUILD THE MANUFACTURING INFRASTRUCTURE RIGHT HERE AT ELLINGTON AIRPORT THAT WOULD SUPPORT OUR MISSION TO TRANSITION THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY FROM A GOVERNMENT LED SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRAM TO A PRIVATE SECTOR DRIVEN BUSINESS REALITY. IT WOULD ESTABLISH HOUSTON AS AN AEROSPACE MANUFACTURING POWERHOUSE. SECOND TO NONE. THAT STRATEGY DEMANDED RISK. IT REQUIRED INVESTMENT IN BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE. IT TOOK IMPLEMENTATION OF A MARKETING PLAN. IT TOOK LEARNING FROM REPEATED DISAPPOINTMENTS AS TIME AFTER TIME WE CAME SO CLOSE TO LANDING ONE OR ANOTHER OF THE LARGEST AEROSPACE OR COMMERCIAL AVIATION COMPANIES IN THE WORLD, ONLY TO LOSE TO ANOTHER CITY OR HAVE THE COMPANY REVERSE COURSE THAT STRATEGY, DEMAND AND COORDINATION AND COOPERATION WITH OUR LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BAY AREA HOUSTON ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP, THE GRADY HOUSTON PARTNERSHIP. IT TOOK CREATION AND NEW WAYS OF THINKING AND AGREEMENTS WITH ACADEMIA, WITH SAN JACINTO COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, CLEARLY TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY TO PRODUCE THE HUMAN CAPITAL, THE REQUISITE WITH THE REQUISITE SKILLS AND TRAINING AND MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION METHODS IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. TO ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, I WOULD SAY WE LEARNED TO HUNT AS A PACK. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT ENVISION OF HOUSTON WHERE AVIATION AND AEROSPACE COMPANIES COLLABORATE, INNOVATE, AND PROPEL US TO NEW HEIGHTS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY, SUSTAINABLE AVIATION AND AEROSPACE TOURISM THAT WILL REDEFINE THE WORLD. THE CONVERGENCE OF AVIATION AND AEROSPACE IS [00:20:01] RESHAPING HOW WE THINK ABOUT TRAVEL, INNOVATION AND HUMAN POTENTIAL. IT'S A JOURNEY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON FOR DECADES, BUT NOW WE'RE AT A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN HISTORY WHERE THESE TWO REALMS ARE MERGING TO PROPEL US INTO A NEW ERA OF TRANSPORTATION AND EXPLORATION. I INVITE YOU TO COME AND DREAM WITH US, TO SOAR WITH US TO BE A PART OF THE HOUSTON LEGACY IN AVIATION AND AEROSPACE. TOGETHER WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A BEACON OF INNOVATION, A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY, AND A GUIDING LIGHT FOR ALL THOSE WHO DARE TO EXPLORE THE LIMITLESS POSSIBILITIES OF SPACE. BECAUSE IN HOUSTON, THE SKY IS JUST A STARTING POINT. THANK YOU. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SIR. AND AT LEAST OUR FIRST TWO SPEAKERS WILL APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU GO TO THE ASSEMBLY ROOM, YOU'LL SEE A 40 FOOT TEXAS FLAG. BOOM. UM, ALL RIGHT, SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS REPRESENTING NASA. TODAY WE HAVE, UH, DEPUTY ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR EXPLORATION, JOEL KERNS. UH, HE IS A MATERIAL SCIENTIST AT HEART WITH BSMS, PHD AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER CERTIFICATES IN MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FOR PATENTS, NUMEROUS AWARDS AND A LONG CAREER OF ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP IN BOTH COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT, UH, INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING, UH, MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AT MARSHALL AMES AND GLEN SPACE FLIGHT CENTERS, AS WELL AS NASA HEADQUARTERS. IN HIS CURRENT ROLE, HE LEADS THE SCIENCE, UH, UH, STRATEGY AND INTEGRATION OFFICE. AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE, THE LUNAR DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION PROGRAM. YOU MIGHT GUESS WHY. SPEAKING OF WHICH, FOR THE POLITICAL REPS IN THE CROWD, I THINK HE NEEDS MORE MONEY. . UM, SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE SAY HELLO TO JOEL KERNS. THANK YOU, FISH. SO IN 2017, THE UNITED STATES WENT OUT TO A NEW DIRECTION IN, IN HAVING HUMANS EXPLORE FAR BEYOND THE ORBIT OF THE EARTH. WE SET A COURSE TO GO ON TO THE MOON AND THEN ONWARD TO MARS, AND EVENTUALLY OTHER DESTINATIONS TO MAKE USE OF SPACE AND REALLY LEARN SPACE AND UNDERSTAND WHERE LIFE CAME FROM ON EARTH. HOW DID EARTH FORM? WELL, THESE REALLY BASIC SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR A LONG, A LONG TIME. NOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE ARTEMIS WORK GETTING READY TO SEND THE FIRST, UH, WOMAN AND THE FIRST PERSON OF COLOR TO LAND ON THE LUNAR SURFACE, UM, IN A COUPLE YEARS PRETTY SOON. BUT WE'RE DOING IT A NEW WAY. IT'S A NEW AGE. WE'RE DOING IT IN PARTNER WITH OTHER COUNTRIES. WE'RE DOING IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY, BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST A STORY OF HUMANS, UH, STEPPING ON THE MOON TO DO WORK OR ORBITING THE BOO THE MOON HIGH ABOVE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO OUR PREP WORK. WE, THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK TO DO WITH ROBOTS. THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK TO BRING CARGO TO BE THERE SO THAT WHEN THE HUMAN EXPLORERS ARE THERE, THEY CAN DO THE BEST WORK POSSIBLE. AND NASA DECIDED, AGAIN, WE DO THIS A NEW WAY. INSTEAD OF MAKING OUR OWN LANDERS AND MAKING OUR OWN ROCKETS, WE WOULD REACH OUT TO AMERICAN INDUSTRY, THE ENTREPRENEURS, THE INNOVATIVE FOLKS IN OUR COUNTRY, AND SAY, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO GET OUR STUFF TO THE MOON FOR US AND GET US OUR DATA BACK. AND WE ISSUED THIS CALL. AND INNOVATIVE COMPANIES, LIKE AN INTUITIVE MACHINES ANSWERED AND INTUITIVE MACHINES WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COMPANIES TO PROPOSE TO NASA AND ONE OF THE FIRST COMPANIES TO BE SELECTED TO BRING OUR ROBOTIC EXPLORERS TO THE MOON. THEY, UM, WON THAT FIRST ORDER FROM US UNDER COMMERCIAL MOON OR PAYLOAD SERVICE. WE'RE WHERE WE'RE JUST BUYING A SERVICE AS OPPOSED TO BUYING A BIG PIECE OF HARDWARE. AND WE SAID TO THEM, YOU TELL US HOW TO DO IT. YOU JUST NEED TO GET OUR STUFF TO THE MOON AND GET OUR DATA BACK. AND SINCE THAT TIME, THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND WINNING TWO MORE COMPETITIONS TO BRING AMERICAN EQUIPMENT TO THE MOON. AND YOU'RE GONNA START SEEING SOON ALL THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABORERS THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN HOUSTON FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW. SO THERE IS A BIG, UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN, UM, ON THE MOON AGAIN, ABOUT EARTH, ABOUT WHAT LED TO ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT BROUGHT US HERE TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND THE MOON CAN ALSO BE A FANTASTIC STEPPING STONE AS WE LEARN TO LIVE OFF THE LAND SO THAT HUMAN EXPLORERS WILL GO FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM. AND YOU ARE SEEING A KEY PART OF THAT TODAY IN WHAT THIS COMPANY IS DOING FOR THE UNITED STATES THROUGH COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICES. SO STEVE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM. WE KNOW YOU'LL HAVE GREAT SUCCESS. UM, WE WISH YOU THE BEST IN THIS NEW FACILITY, UH, SO THAT YOU COULD EVEN BE EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL IN TIME COMING UP. AND WE'LL SEE YOU ON THE MOON SOON. [00:25:02] FANTASTIC. THANK YOU, SIR. AND I DID SEE THAT IN THE BACK. ONE OF OUR OTHER ARTEMIS GUYS SHOWED UP. HOWDY WEED WAVE TO THE CROWD. SO JEREMY HANSON FOLKS. ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP WE HAVE THE DUKE OF TEXAS, LESLIE UC, UH, REPRESENTING BURNS AND MCDONALD. THAT IS THE DESIGN BUILD POWERHOUSE THAT IS BUILT THIS WONDERFUL FACILITY, ALMOST 14,000 STRONG WITH MORE THAN 70 OFFICES WORLDWIDE. THIS EMPLOYEE OWNED ORGANIZATION LIVES BY THEIR MOTTO OF CREATE AMAZING AS THE CEO ELECT. LESLIE CONTINUES AN AMAZING CAREER THAT STARTED AS A YOUNG ENGINEER WITH BURNS AND MAC IN THE NINETIES, UH, FOLLOWED BY FIVE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, ESTABLISHING SIX OFFICES, AND GROWING THE TEXAS FOOTPRINT FROM 10 TO OVER A THOUSAND EMPLOYEES. SHE IS A WONDERFUL LEADER, MENTOR, AND FRIEND. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S LEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY. UH, THE FUTURE OF A MANITY EXTENDS BEYOND THIS PLANET. UH, WHEN YOUR GOAL IS TO BE THE FIRST PRIVATE COMPANY IN HISTORY TO LAND ON THE MOON, YOUR ONLY CHOICE IS TO PIONEER SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW AND INNOVATIVE. OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS AT INTUITIVE MACHINES HAVE DONE JUST THAT. AND AS WE KNOW, THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HONORED I AM TO BE HERE TODAY TO CONGRATULATE OUR PARTNERS AND FRIENDS AT INTUITIVE MACHINES. ON THE GRAND OPENING OF THIS SYMBOL OF THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION, WE'RE PROUD TO SERVE AS THE DESIGN BUILDER FOR INTUITIVE MACHINES, NEW HEADQUARTERS AND FLAME RANGE TEST FACILITY AT BURNS AND MCDONALD. OUR MISSION IS TO MAKE OUR CLIENTS SUCCESSFUL. OUR JOB IS TO ENABLE INTUITIVE MACHINE TO FOCUS ON OPENING ACCESS TO THE MOON FOR THE PROGRESS OF HUMANITY. I REMEMBER WHEN STEVE AND THE INTUITIVE MACHINES TEAM ENVISIONED AN ICONIC BUILDING TO HELP THEM BUILD THE FUTURE AND RETURN HUMANS TO THE MOON IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY. FOR THE LONG TERM, I FEEL IMMENSE PRIDE. WE ARE HERE TODAY CELEBRATING THAT ACHIEVEMENT IN WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS THE SUPER BAB. THANK YOU JACK. BRINGING EMPLOYEES AND PROCESSES FOR MANY SITES TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE. OUR PARTNERSHIP HAS ALWAYS BEEN SYNERGISTIC. LIKE BURNS AND MCDONALD, INTUITIVE MACHINES IS A CULTURE DRIVEN ORGANIZATION, AND THESE FACILITIES WILL BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER. WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO DELIVER AN OVERARCHING COMPLEX WITH MISSION CONTROL HERE TO TRACK AND MANAGE THEIR LUNAR MISSION. PLUS AREAS FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, 3D PRINTING, LARGE SCALE SPACECRAFT ASSEMBLY, AND SO MUCH MORE. IT IS A TRUE DEDICATED SPACE HUB AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO HELP OUR CLIENTS AND FRIENDS BE AT THE FOREFRONT. ANOTHER ETHOS WE SHARE WITH INTUITIVE MACHINES IS WE CONNECT OUR PASSIONS WITH TECHNOLOGY. WE ARE FUELED BY OUR PEOPLE AND THEIR PASSION TO INNOVATE A SPACE. MISSION SUCCESS DEPENDS LARGELY ON ITS PROPULSION SYSTEM. THE PROPELLANTS INJECTORS AND ENGINE COMPONENTS THAT CREATE THE THRUST NEEDED TO LAUNCH INTO OUTER SPACE, NAVIGATE THROUGH THE COSMOS, AND LAND ON CELESTIAL BODIES. THIS DESIGN HAS LITTLE MARGIN, REALLY NO MARGIN FOR AIR TO CONSIDER TO, TO BE CONSIDERED SAFE AND READY FOR USE. PROPULSION SYSTEMS MUST MEET STRINGENT PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS VERIFIED BY MULTITUDES OF TESTING PROTOCOLS THROUGH INCREDIBLE TEAMWORK. THE ADVANCED PROPULSION TEST FACILITY IS HERE, OR AS WE CALL IT, THE FLAME RANGE, THIS UNIQUE STRUCTURE RIGHT IN THE BACK HERE. UM, IT CONSISTS OF A 3,800 SQUARE FOOT REINFORCED CONCRETE CHAMBER SURROUNDED BY A 25 FOOT HIGH PERIMETER WALL THAT ENCLOSES AN ADDITIONAL 6,500 SQUARE FOOT YARD AND DELIVERS MULTIPLE ADVANTAGES FOR INTUITIVE MACHINES, TESTING PROTOCOLS, TESTING LUNAR LANDING ENGINE CAPABILITIES SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. AND BECAUSE WE APPRECIATE THE SMALL TOUCHES, AND JACK MAY BE PRETTY CREATIVE TOO, UH, WE INCLUDED A PETTING ZOO, UM, WHERE COLLEAGUES AND VISITORS CAN WATCH THE TESTS AS THEY ARE PERFORMED. THIS WORK [00:30:01] IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN BUILDINGS. WE BELIEVE THIS PROJECT AND PARTNERSHIP REPRESENTS WHAT WE BOTH DO WELL AND WHAT WE DO EVEN BETTER AS A TEAM. AND THIS IS OUR OBLIGATION TO THE WORLD. WE ARE ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS. WE ARE BUILT FOR THIS. WE WANT TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND CREATE SOLUTIONS. INNOVATION IS A NATURAL OUTCOME AND IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR US TO BE A PART, A SMALL PART OF THIS WORK. AND WE ALL WANT YOU TO BE A PART OF THIS EXCITING DAY. PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING AND MAKING TODAY OUT OF THIS WORLD. WE'RE COLLECTING PHOTOS AND WE WANT YOU TO UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY FOR THE ARTWORK THAT WILL COME TOGETHER AS A LIVE DIGITAL MOSAIC. TO REMAIN HERE AT INTUITIVE'S MACHINES AS A SUB, AS A CELEBRATION OF HOW FAR YOU'VE COME. AND AN EXPRESSION THAT WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT'S NEXT TO STEVE, TIM, JACK, AND THE ENTIRE INTUITIVE MACHINES FAMILY. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU LESLIE. AND, AND, UH, TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM. UH, FOLKS I SHOWED UP AT, AT 5:00 AM THIS MORNING, THERE WERE 40 PEOPLE ON SITE. SO IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A RUSH TO THE FINISH AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. UM, ALRIGHT. SO MY BOSS WILL PROBABLY INTRODUCE THE, UH, THE CHAIRMAN. SO I'LL LET HIM DO THAT. BUT SINCE HE'S MY BOSS, HE GETS KIND OF A SPECIAL INTRODUCTION. HE GETS A WALKUP SONG THAT'S COMING, JOINING NASA IN 1989, HE RAPIDLY GREW IN RESPONSIBILITY INTO SPACE SHUTTLE OPS, LAUNCH AND LANDING ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE THE COLUMBIA RECONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR. AFTER THAT TRAGEDY, HE WAS THEN DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AT JSC FROM 2006 TO 2012, FOLLOWED BY THE J-C-J-S-C DEPUTY CENTER DIRECTOR BEFORE RETIRING TO FOUND THE WORLD'S BEST COMPANY INTUITIVE MACHINES. I MAY BE BIASED, AND SINCE HE'S OUR BOSS, UH, WE GOTTA HAVE A WALKUP SONG. LET'S CRANK IT. AWESOME. AT LEAST I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THE MOONWALK. . GOOD AFTERNOON, JACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING M MC. UM, AND THANKS EVERYBODY FOR COMING. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY. SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE MECHANICS DOWNSTAIRS, UH, WHO'VE WORKED SO HARD. THEY'VE WORKED SO HARD TO GET US HERE. YOU'LL SEE A SPECTACULAR SITE IN OUR NOEA ODYSSEUS LUNAR LANDER SET TO SHIP TO THE CAPE NEXT WEEK. THEY'VE WORKED MANY, MANY HOURS TO GET IT READY. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SPACECRAFT, UH, AND I, AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO WALK AROUND AND TAKE A TOUR OF IT AND, AND LOOK AT WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MACHINE THAT IS. 10 YEARS AGO, WE HAD AN IDEA TO START A COMPANY THAT WOULD SOLVE HUMANITY'S HARDEST PROBLEMS, TO TAKE HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT IDEAS AND METHODOLOGIES AND APPLY THEM TO AN, IN AN ENTREPRENEURIAL WAY. THAT WAS THE IDEA FOR THIS COMPANY. AND TOGETHER WITH DR. TIM CRANE, MY PARTNER, DR. CAM GAFF, MY PARTNER, THAT WAS THE START OF INTUITIVE MACHINES. AND LOOK HOW FAR WE'VE COME TODAY COMING UP HERE. CAM SAY A FEW WORDS FOR US. CAM IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR INTUITIVE MACHINES. HIS BELIEF IN US AND OUR IDEAS WAS THE SPARK THAT IGNITED INTUITIVE MACHINES 10 YEARS AGO. AND WE'VE BEEN A ROCK SOLID PARTNERSHIP SINCE. AND WE'D NEVER BE WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY WITHOUT HIS BELIEF IN EACH OF US AND HIS BELIEF IN OUR COMPANY, HIS BELIEF IN WHAT WE COULD DO TO DEFY THE IMPOSSIBLE. CAM COMING UP HERE. THANK YOU, STEVE. UM, SINCE, UH, STEVE, UH, SHOWED ME AROUND THIS MORNING, I'VE BEEN PINCHING MYSELF AND I HAVEN'T STOPPED . UH, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, UH, THAT SINCE STEVE AND I MET, UH, FIRST TIME TALKING ABOUT THE VISION FOR THE COMPANY 10 YEARS AGO, HOW FAR WE'VE COME, UM, [00:35:01] JACK TALKED ABOUT SUPER BAB, UH, AND STEVE SHOWED ME WHERE THE SIGN FOR SUPERBA IS OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. BUT WHAT JACK DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IS WHAT'S THE REST THAT IS ON THAT, UH, SUPERBA DEFYING IMPOSSIBLE IS THE OTHER THING THAT IS IN THAT PLAQUE. THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT IS THERE. SAYS THE ONLY WAY OF DISCOVERING THE LIMITS OF POSSIBLE IS TO VENTURE A LITTLE WAY PAST THEM INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE ARTHUR C. CLARK. SO WHAT I LIKE TO DO AT THIS MOMENT IS GET YOU TO EXPAND YOUR IMAGINATION. 'CAUSE I'M GONNA TAKE YOU PAST OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, TO OUR GALAXY, TO OUR UNIVERSE, OKAY? SO IMAGINE EVERYONE THAT IS IN THIS ROOM, UH, IS INSIDE THE SPACECRAFT, OKAY? AND WE'RE TAKING OFF AND LEAVING OUR PLANET. AND FIRST WE GO TO LOWER EARTH ORBIT, 250 MILES ABOVE EARTH WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS. AND BEYOND THAT, WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE MOON, OKAY? IN THIS SPACECRAFT, CAN YOU ALL EXPAND YOUR IMAGINATION? DO YOU ALL FEEL IT? WE'RE ALL IN THAT SPACECRAFT. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT WARM, BUT , OKAY? AND THEN WE PASS THE MOON AND WE GO TO MARS AND WE PASS MARS, AND EVENTUALLY WE LEAVE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. ONCE WE LEAVE OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, WE ARE IN OUR GALAXY CALLED MILKY WAY. THERE ARE 400 BILLION STARS IN OUR GALAXY ALONE, OKAY? STARS LIKE OUR SUN, 400 BILLION AND PLANETS AROUND THOSE STARS. I JUST WANT YOU TO IMAGINE THAT THE CLOSEST STAR TO US CALLED PROXIMAL CENTARA, WHICH IS FOUR AND A QUARTER LIGHT YEARS AWAY, IT WOULD TAKE 2000 YEARS WITH OUR CURRENT TECHNOLOGY TO GO TO PROXIMAL CENTARA, WHICH IS FOUR AND A QUARTER LIGHT YEARS AWAY. THE DISTANCE ACROSS OUR GALAXY IS 100,000 LIGHT YEARS. SO I NEED YOU TO JUST SORT OF IMAGINE THAT 100,000 LIGHT YEARS ACROSS OUR GALAXY CLOSEST ONE, FOUR AND A QUARTER LIKE YEARS. SO WE'RE IN OUR GALAXY, OKAY? THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HERE, DIFFERENT GENDERS. WE'RE ALL IN THIS SPACECRAFT. AND LET'S SAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GO TO ONE OF THESE PLANETS WITH INTELLIGENT BEINGS. OKAY? CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT? AND THEY WOULD SORT OF ASK US. SO IF, LET'S SAY WE CAN COMMUNICATE WHERE YOU GUYS ARE FROM HOUSTON, UM, TEXAS, RIGHT? DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS. I'LL BET YOU IF WE SAY TEXAS OR HOUSTON OR UNITED STATES OR AFRICA OR ASIA, THEY WILL HAVE NO IDEA, OKAY? WHERE THAT IS, OKAY? UH, THE BEST WE PROBABLY CAN SAY IS THAT WE'RE LIVING THIS PART OF GALAXY, AND OUR STAR IS CALLED SUN. AND WE LIVE FROM THE THIRD PLANET, FROM OUR SUN. THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST WE CAN DO. YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN A SPACE EXPLORATION. THE DIFFERENCES DISAPPEAR. COUNTRIES DON'T MATTER. , WHEN YOU GO TO SPACE, ALL OUR ASTRONAUTS HAVE GONE TO SPACE, WHETHER TO THE MOON OR AROUND LEO. WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE, OUR PLANET, BEYOND OUR ATMOSPHERE, THERE ARE NO BORDERS. THERE ARE NO NOTHING. JUST THIS BEAUTIFUL BLUE GLOBE THAT IS PROTECTED BY THIS STEEL ATMOSPHERE. NOW, I WANNA TAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT FURTHER THAN OUR GALAXY, OKAY? 400 BILLION STARS. ONCE WE LEAVE OUR GALAXY, NOW WE KNOW THERE ARE TRILLION OTHER GALAXIES. SOME OF THOSE GALAXIES MAY BE A MILLION TIMES LARGER THAN OUR OWN, AND EACH ONE HAVE BILLIONS OF STARS IN IT. THE REASON I EXPLAINED THIS IS FOR ALL OF YOU TO RE RECOGNIZE HOW INSIGNIFICANT WE ARE, HOW SMALL WE ARE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE UNIVERSE. WHEN MY SON WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, HE ASKED ME, DAD, WE WERE IN OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND. HE SAID, DAD, HOW BIG IS THE UNIVERSE? AND I ANSWERED HIM THE WAY CARL SAGAN ANSWERED THE QUESTION. I SAID, SON, AND I PICKED UP SOME SANDS FROM THE BEACH, AND [00:40:01] I SAID, IF IMAGINE ALL THE SANDS, ALL THE GRAINS OF SANDS, NOT ONLY ON THIS BEACH, BUT ON THE ENTIRE PLANET, ALL THE OCEANS, ALL THE RIVERS, ALL OF THAT. OUR SOLAR SYSTEM IS ONE GRAIN OF SAND IN THE CONTEXT OF UNIVERSE. NOW, WHY AM I SHARING THAT? BY THE WAY? ONE, ONE OTHER THING, UH, I RECENTLY SHARED THIS WITH, UH, ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA, BILL NELSON IN ANOTHER DISCUSSION OVER AT, UH, CAPE, UH, UH, CAPE CANARY. AND THEN AFTER MY TALK, HE SHARED THIS STORY. HE SAID, WHEN HE BECAME ADMINISTRATOR, HE ASKED NASA SCIENTISTS IF THEY CAN EXTRAPOLATE BASED ON THE LATEST DATA THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF UNIVERSE, HOW MANY PLANETS WOULD BE ABLE TO HOLD LIFE OR MAYBE INTELLIGENT LIFE. CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THE ANSWER THEY CAME UP WITH IN THE CONTEXT OF UNIVERSE? THE SCIENTISTS SAID THAT THEY BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A TRILLION PLANETS IN THE UNIVERSE THAT POTENTIALLY CAN HOLD LIFE. WE'RE JUST ONE. NOW, WHY AM I SHARING THAT? BECAUSE INTUITIVE MACHINE IS THE BEGINNING OF A BEGINNING IS A FIRST STEP. FIRST THE LEO, WE GOTTA GO TO THE MOON. GOTTA GO TO MARS. SINCE I'VE BEEN A CHILD, I'VE BEEN A STARGAZER. AND I WAS SO INSPIRED WHERE NEIL ARMSTRONG FIRST STEPPED ON THE SURFACE, THE MOON, AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE I KNOW, STEVE, YOU ARE ONE AND MANY OTHERS. THE SAME THING. I BELIEVE THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR HUMANITY IS TO GO TO STARS, JUST NOT MOON AND MARS. WE ARE PART OF INTERSTELLAR UNIVERSE, AND IF THERE ARE TRILLION OTHER PLANETS LIKE THIS, OUR FINAL DESTINATION IS TO GO TO OTHER STARS. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE NEED TO CRAWL BEFORE WE CAN WALK, BEFORE WE CAN RUN. AND FIRST STEPS ARE GO TO LEO AND GO TO THE MOON. AND FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE TO TAKE THIS JOURNEY. IT'S PRETTY INCREDIBLE. THAT'S THE CONTEXT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU. AND WHY I SAY THIS IS BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNINGS. STEVE AND I GOT TOGETHER WITH AN INCREDIBLE VISION FOR THE COMPANY. AND I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ONE OF MY FAMOUS QUOTES OF ALL TIME, WHERE AN INDIAN PHILOSOPHER CALLED POTENTIALLY. HE SAYS, WHEN YOU'RE INSPIRED BY SOME GREAT PURPOSE, LIKE GOING TO THE MOON, , LANDING ON THE MOON, SOME EXTRAORDINARY PROJECT, ALL YOUR THOUGHTS BREAK THEIR BONDS, YOUR MIND TRANSCENDS LIMITATIONS. YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS EXPAND IN EVERY DIRECTION, AND YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A NEW GREAT AND WONDERFUL WORLD. DORMANT FORCES, FACULTIES AND TALENTS BECOME ALIVE. AND YOU DISCOVER YOURSELF TO BE A GREATER PERSON BY FAR THAN YOU EVER DREAMED YOURSELF TO BE. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO US. IT WAS NOT, HASN'T BEEN A SMOOTH JOURNEY. IF YOU TALK TO STEVE, ME AND TIM, AND YOU SAY, WOW, MAN, THIS WAS EASY. WE STARTED, NO, IT HASN'T BEEN VERY DIFFICULT AND WE'RE NOT DONE. WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT REDEFINING THE IMPOSSIBLE. AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO, TO DO THAT AS A HUMANITY AND BECOME ONE IN ORDER TO EVOLVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SO I'D LIKE TO SHARE ANOTHER THING WITH YOU. THIS IS MY LAST POINT, JACK . JUST LOOKING AT PHONE IS LIKE, HEY, TIME YOURS UP . ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES WROTE THIS, AND I LOVE IT. I, THE HUMAN STORY UNFOLDS THE THINGS THAT RESONATE WITHIN US. EVOLVE POSITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE PROSAIC, EXPERIENCES MORE PROFOUND ABOVE ALL EXPERIENCES. HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT MEETS THE DESIRE FOR ADVENTURE, MEANING AND ETERNITY. IT ESTABLISHES A LEGACY THAT WILL INSPIRE AND LEAD IN PERPETUITY FROM A PLACE IN HISTORY. ITS SUBSTANTIATES OUR LOVE AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PLANET AND FOR ONE ANOTHER. IT IS THE SINGULAR AND PREEMINENT EXPERIENCE OF ONE HUMAN [00:45:01] LIFETIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK, THANK YOU, CAM. YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHAT AN INSPIRATION CAM IS, UH, TO ALL OF US. AND THE IDEA OF DEFYING THE IMPOSSIBLE, UM, TAKING THAT FIRST STEP AND STANDING THERE TO DELIVER. UM, YEAH, CAM MENTIONED THE EARLY YEARS WERE CHALLENGING FROM LONG RANGE DRONES THAT WE DEVELOPED AUTONOMOUS DRONES TO OIL AND GAS SOLUTIONS. WE'RE GRATEFUL TO LOOK AROUND TODAY AND SEE WHERE WE STARTED, REMEMBER WHERE WE STARTED, WHERE WE ARE, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. LIKE CAM SAID, IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN THE SUMMER OF 2019. I REMEMBER BREAKING GROUND ON WHAT HAS BECOME THE NEW HOUSTON SPACEPORT. WE DID IT ON A TYPICAL BRUTALLY HOT DAY IN THE PARKING LOT RIGHT OUT HERE OF OUR OLD OUTSIDE OUR OLD FACILITY NEXT DOOR, UH, WHERE INTUITIVE MACHINES, UH, BECAME THE FIRST SPACEPORT TENANT. HERE WE GREW UP AS A COMPANY ALONGSIDE SPACEPORT HOUSTON, AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS THE SPACEPORT GROWS. WE CHOOSE TO BE HERE IN SPACE CITY, ACCEPTING THE TORCH OF EXPLORATION AND BLAZING A PATH WHERE PARTNERS LIKE THE CITY OF HOUSTON, SAN JACINTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND NASA COME TOGETHER TO SECURE HUMANITIES COLLECTIVE FUTURE AMONG THE STARS ON THE HEELS OF OUR FIRST MISSION AND SUPPORT OF NASA'S ARTEMIS PROGRAM, THE MOON IS NO LONGER A DISTANT DREAM. IT'S A DESTINATION WITHIN OUR GRASP. AND THIS FACILITY IS OUR LUNAR GATEWAY, A NATIONAL ASSET THAT REQUIRED PARTNERING WITH COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT MATCH THE TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE REQUIRED TO LAND ON THE MOON. WE FOUND THOSE PARTNERS AND TEAMMATES IN THE HOUSTON AIRPORT SYSTEM, BURNS AND MCDONALD'S AND GRIFFIN PARTNERS. YOUR FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER THIS ONE OF A KIND BUILDING, AND WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU BELIEVING IN INTUITIVE MACHINES, OUR MISSION AND OUR PURSUIT TO OPEN ACCESS TO THE MOON FOR THE PROGRESS OF HUMANITY. THIS BUILDING OUR NEW HOME ERASES THE LIMITS FOR INTUITIVE MACHINES. MECHANICS WHO HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY AND CRAMPED QUARTERS AND SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, YET STILL FOUND A WAY TO GET THE JOB DONE. THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENTS WE MAKE UNDER THIS ROOF WILL SERVE AS A RESOUNDING TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION AND FORESIGHT OF EACH OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS. THE FIRST ACHIEVEMENT IN THIS FACILITY WILL BE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT STEP IN INTUITIVE MACHINES HAS EVER TAKEN. IN THE COMING DAYS. THE LUNAR PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS CENTER WILL SUPPORT THE SAFE PACKAGING OF OUR LUNAR LANDER FOR DELIVERY TO CAPE CANAVERAL FOR LAUNCH. FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER LAUNCH PAD A BOOM BOOM IS RIGHT. THE SAFE DELIVERY SUPPORTED IN THIS BUILDING AT THE HOUSTON SPACEPORT POSITIONS INTUITIVE MACHINES TO BECOME THE FIRST COMMERCIAL COMPANY TO LAND ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON, EXECUTING THE UNITED STATES AND NASA'S DIRECTIVE TO RETURN HUMANKIND TO THE MOON SUSTAINABLY. WE BELIEVE OUR MISSION IS THE SPARK THAT IGNITES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOON AS A DESTINATION OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY THAT INSPIRES GENERATIONS THAT WILL LOOK BACK AND THINK IT ALL STARTED RIGHT HERE IN SPACE CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WOO. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. UH, SO WE DO HAVE IN OUR CULTURE HERE AT INTUITIVE MACHINES, WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING BADASS, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO A FIST PUMP AND A LIKE GUTTURAL SOUND. SO, GOOD JOB, BOSS. YOU GOT IT, . ALL RIGHT. UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO NOW IS, UH, LAURA HUSKA, WHO, BY THE WAY, AS SHE'S WALKING THE RIBBON OVER IN THE THE SCISSORS, UH, SHE'S THE LADY WHO REALLY PUT THIS THING TOGETHER. SO GIVE HER A HAND, HAND ALL THE FOLKS, UH, SPEAKERS, FRONT ROW FOLKS, UH, COME ON UP. UM, THIS IS GONNA BE THE RIBBON CUTTING. UH, I BELIEVE, UH, UH, LESLIE AND, UH, STEVE ARE GONNA HOLD THE GINORMOUS SCISSORS. AND LAURA, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? THE MEGA LIGHTSABER. THEY ARE, THEY [00:50:01] ARE THE MEGA LIGHTSABER THAT HAS SCISSORS. UM, PLEASE DON'T HURT YOURSELF. THERE WE GO. CLOSE TO THE DO IT. THERE WE GO. THE MOON. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.