Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator Humans to Mars Summit George Washington University April 22, 2014

Thank you, Artemis Westenberg [President, Explore Mars, Inc.] for that gracious introduction. I also want to thank Explore Mars as well as GW President, Steven Knapp and Scott Pace of the GW Space Policy Institute for bringing us together for this second annual Humans to Mars Summit. With Mars making its closest approach to Earth last week and currently appearing as the brightest body in the Eastern sky during the month of April, this is an ideal time for this conference. As the Red Planet draws nearer to Earth, NASA, with your help, is drawing nearer to our goal of sending humans to Mars.