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Let's make space personal!

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For you, and you, and you,
and you... and you!

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It's easy!

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Just connect with your mobile phone
to your own personal nano-satellite.

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Simple. No big deal.

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Living as we do in the 21st century,
we all have the mandate

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of pushing the limitations of technology
and of scientific breakthrough

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through the adjacent possible.

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And that means that boundaries grow
as we explore them,

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and this whole new possibility of space
opens new dimensions for us.

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That's why we really have the idea
to instantly connect you all to space.

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And we have identified the following
five key points of personalization,

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because we believe

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space and personalization
is really a human experience.

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So number one:

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You will have instant access
to your own nano-satellite.

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Number two: You will have ownership
of the nano-satellite,

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so it means you can buy it.

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Number three: We image
an unprecedented large-area coverage.

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Number four: The applications
that you will be able to access

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will be related to your own personal life
and to your personal situation.

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And perhaps the most important point
is number five:

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That you will get motivation,
feelings, excitement,

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as you can view the Earth from space.

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And we believe that your mobile phone
is the key tool to connect to space,

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so we have the model that the mobile phone
is your direct interface to space.

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Or is there anyone in the audience
who does not have a mobile phone?

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Okay, great! You all have mobile phones!

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So you and the other
7.1 billion people on planet Earth

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can all be connected to space.

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Since in 2014,
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is supposed to exceed
the world's population,

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because there's really
an explosion of mobile phones,

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so that's really amazing.

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That's why we have the plan
to make space personal for you,

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to install a constellation
of 88 nano-satellites for Earth-imaging.

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Actually, the conventional
satellites for communication

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are the size of a school bus.

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That's about a half of this room,

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so you really see the difference
between that and this nano-satellite.

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We believe that these nano-satellites
are the new sci-tech of space systems

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that is enabled by the miniaturization
of micro-components

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and also commercial
off-the-shelf components,

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so we can use the components
in this phone in this 1:1 model.

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Space is very close to us.

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It starts at just 100 km,
that's where the Karman line is,

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that is the boundary between
the Earth's atmosphere and outer space.

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And this constellation will be operating
between 200 and 400 km altitude,

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so that's quite low,
and actually very close to the Earth.

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It will enable novel applications,
like augmented reality,

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but also improve traditional applications,
like forest fire monitoring.

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And I want to give you
a prototype application,

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so for example, with the data
that the satellite generates,

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we can make
a 3D temperature map of Australia,

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and we can locally find the temperatures,
and once the temperature hits 300°C,

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that's when wood starts to burst
into flames, so it looks like this,

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an instant alert
can be sent to the fire brigade,

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and they can see on their mobile phones

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that they have to go and
extinguish the fire immediately.

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But also you yourselves
can see on your phone:

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The fire is there, it reaches this far:
Where are my loved ones?

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Just three days ago,
I went to Perth, Western Australia,

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and I heard that there was
this "Stormageddon" in the Netherlands,

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this gigantic storm,

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and I would have loved
to check on my phone:

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was my car safe or
did some tree fall into it?

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This could also be an application.

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But the biggest possible application,
I believe, is augmented reality.

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So you could imagine yourself virtually
present at the most exciting places.

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So you could go on a safari,
or you could go mountaineering,

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so you could imagine you could climb
the highest mountains virtually,

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like Mount Everest.

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And this is Patrick Hollingworth,
I met him in Australia just four days ago,

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and he actually climbed Mount Everest.

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And it would be of great value to make
a virtual climb before the real climb,

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to prepare for the real expedition,

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so that you can really
optimize your choices,

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and are not immediately
on the border of life or death,

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because the pressure on the mountain
is just one third of Earth atmosphere.

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And that's why
this 88 nano-satellite constellation

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will change your view of the Earth.

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It will give you an executive power
to be present at any place at any time.

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We have really confirmed this vision
with an astronaut,

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so this is Leroy Chiao,
and he spent 229 days in space.

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I met him at the International
Astronautical Congress three weeks ago,

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this was in Beijing, in China,

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and he wrote a personal message,
especially for this audience,

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confirming this vision,

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and he would like you to experience
the same as he did in space.

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"The experience of space flight
is a life-changing event.

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And the view of the Earth
from low-Earth orbit

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is what leaves the biggest impression.

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During one of my space walks,
I was facing straight down,

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I had no view of the spacecraft.

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So I felt like a satellite
flying over the Earth.

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While I was watching
the continents and oceans roll by,

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I was struck by the beauty
and peace instilled.

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If all world leaders
could have this experience,

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maybe we would have
less conflict on our planet."

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This is my call today, to this audience,
to join the new race for space!

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Thank you.

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(Applause)