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Finally, we're in the midst of preparing a new 5-year plan for the company. We've had at least 100 topical meetings attended by people from all levels of management nationwide. Many of the ideas for new business areas and new ways of doing business have come from these meetings. Employee participation is an important part of working in an employee-owned company. There are many companies in our business that don't operate this way. They have a much more top-down, autocratic culture. Part of my job is conducting job interviews. When I talk to people coming from other companies, I get a strong impression that things run a little differently at SAIC. If you're not involved in any of these activities, I encourage you to get involved. It's not very hard but takes some effort on your part. I believe you will find it worth your time and trouble. The company will be just as successful as you're willing to help make it. Thank you. John Glancy It's my pleasure now to introduce our guest speaker for today, Dr. Sally Ride, a former astronaut. Sally received her undergraduate degree, her Masters and Ph.D. from Stanford University. She's flown in space twice. Her first flight was aboard the Challenger in 1983. On this 6-day mission, the crew deployed communications satellites from Canada and Indonesia, and also performed the first satellite deployment and retrieval with the shuttle's robot arm. They also conducted materials and pharmaceutical research. On her second space flight, also aboard the Challenger, she performed an 8-day mission deploying the earth radiation budget satellite, conducting scientific observations of earth, and demonstrating the potential for shuttle refueling of satellites. Sally has also written a book. It's a children's book called "To Space and Back." Currently, Sally is at UCSD where she is the Director of the Space Institute, and a physics professor. Prior to this in 1986 as NASA's Assistant to the Administrator for Long-Range Planning, Sally created NASA's Office of Exploration and produced a report on the future of the Space Program. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Sally Ride to speak to us on the future of the U.S. Space Program. [[Image]] Dr. Sally Ride Thank you very much. What I normally do when I come to speak to groups like this on the Space Program, is bring a series of great NASA slides and films, to illustrate better what it's like to be part of the Space Program. I apologize for not being able to bring slides and a film, but that just wasn't the way to do it today. I'm hoping that in a couple of years, you'll be able to replace the SAIC spinnaker hanging from the building with a big model of the space shuttle. I think that would go very nicely in front of those windows. I'll be sure to come back when you get around to doing that. When I started giving some thought to what I would talk about today, I thought for about 20 or 30 seconds that I might talk about the high technology of the Space Shuttle Program. Then I remembered 9
