Barack Obama

Name: Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night
Author: Barack Obama

Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (2015)

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“Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night”, published in 2015, is a work by Barack Obama. It explores elements such as astronaut, tonight and famous scientists.

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Barack Obama, Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (2015)

“ America can do anything. We just got to keep on encouraging every new generation to explore, and invent, and create, and discover. We got to keep encouraging some young kid in Brooklyn, or a budding rocket scientist in Alabama, or that young girl who’s dreaming to become an astronaut. Because as long as young people, like so many of you who are here tonight, keep seeking answers to the great questions, America can do anything. ”

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Barack Obama, Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (2015)

“ Young people like Phoebe should encourage all of us to help our young people set their sights as high as they want. We need teachers to light a spark of curiosity in young minds. And we’ve got some outstanding teachers here today. We need parents to leave encyclopedias of famous scientists lying around the house, or help turn a bedroom into an ideas laboratory. We need to inspire more young people to ask about the stars, and begin that lifetime quest to become the next great scientist, or inventor, or engineer, or astronaut. ”

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Barack Obama, Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (2015)

“ And we have to watch for, and cultivate, and encourage those glimmers of curiosity and possibility, and not suppress them, not squelch them -- because not only are the young people’s futures at stake, but our own is at stake. ”

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Barack Obama, Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (2015)

“ So tonight, I’m proud to announce new commitments, by cities and organizations all over the country, to expose even more students and their parents to STEM education.
Bayer is launching a national effort to help 100,000 American parents and children work on science and engineering projects together. More than 300 foundations, museums, libraries and schools across the country are partnering to bring hands-on science programming to students who don’t have it. ”

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Barack Obama, Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (2015)

“ We’re on track to connect 99 percent of our students to high-speed Internet before the end of the decade. And over the past six years, our “Educate to Innovate” campaign has raised $1 billion to support STEM programs nationwide, including 80 other Astronomy Nights happening right now, all across the country. ”

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Barack Obama, Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (2015)

“ And I hope that more are going to follow the leads of these outstanding organizations, because that’s how we’re going to make sure our next generation of explorers take us even farther than we’re going today. ”

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Barack Obama, Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (2015)

“ They built a rocket that flies eggs -- well, at least one egg -- nearly one thousand feet into the air, and returns to the earth, unbroken, in under a minute. They beat hundreds of other teams to take first place in the America and International Rocketry Challenges. ”

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Barack Obama, Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (2015)

“ MS. ALVAREZ: So this is a reflecting telescope, so it has three parts. There are two mirrors, and one of them right now is capturing the light of the moon. And then the other mirror is just making it focus. And there is an eye-piece lens, which right now is making it -- magnifying the image of the moon. And that’s how you’re going to be able to see the moon, like it’s right in front of you.
So do you want to try?
THE PRESIDENT: Should I just go ahead and try it?
MS. ALVAREZ: Yes.
THE PRESIDENT: Okay. Does it matter which eye?
MS. ALVAREZ: The one you see the best with. ”

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Barack Obama, Remarks by the President at the 2015 White House Astronomy Night (2015)

“ But the most important thing we have here, in addition to this guy, is the young people who are here. (Applause.) Young people from across the country who are already focused on some of the greatest mysteries of the universe. ”

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