Indian-Americans are taking over US: Joe Biden

IndianAmericans are taking over the US President Joe Biden said while congratulating Swati Mohan the NASA engineer who guided the Mars rover Perseverance to a soft landing on the Red PlanetIts amazing Indian of descent Americans are taking over this country You my Vice President my speechwriter Vinay But I tell you what thanks You guys are incredible he said during a virtual meeting to congratulate Mohan and others on the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL team that landed the Perseverance on MarsOne of the reasons why were such an incredible country is were such a diverse country We bring the best out of every single solitary culture in the world here in the US of America And we give people an opportunity Biden said of the immigrantsMohan who proudly displays her Indian identity with a bindi on her forehead said Being able to work with this incredibly diverse talented team that has become like a family spending years creating our own technological marvel has been a privilegeThe NASA engineer said that she had been inspired as a child to get into space exploration by watching the Star Trek TV series where a fantastical really really close knit team was working together for sole purpose of exploring space and understanding new things and seeking new lifeBidens Vice President is Kamala Harris and his director of speech writing is Vinay Reddy who is one of more than 20 IndianAmericans named to senior positions in his administrationTwo Indian women astronauts have gone to space Kalpana Chawla who was killed on her second mission aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger that broke up in 2003 and Sunita Williams who has been a commander of the International Space StationAstronaut Raja Chari belongs to the Artemis team from which the next members of future expeditions will be selected He is to command the SpaceX Crew3 mission set for SeptemberWhen JPL Director Michael Watkins introduced Mohan Biden said Hey Doc how are youMohan said she was well and as she began to thank him for taking the time to speak to them he cut her off sayingAre you kidding me What an honour this is what an incredible honour this is for him to speak to herAfter mentioning the achievement of IndianAmericans he told her Did you want to say something Ill be quietMohan said she hoped that Perseverance would be able to find new life on MarsShe recalled to him the moments before the Perseverance landed on the Red Planet Although it was going pretty smooth the team was really nervous and frankly terrified until we got through those final seven minutesMohan who guided the rover safely to a soft landing said To be able to call touchdown safely to see those first images come back from Mars to see the place where we have never been able to go to on Mars before and go there reach there for the express purpose of seeking out new life just made it feel like I was living in a dreamBiden replied I tell you what you feel like you live in a dream youve created a dream for millions and millions of young kids young AmericansYou restored a dose of confidence in the American people They were beginning to wonder if we are still the country we always believed we were You guys did it You guys gave a sense of Americas back Its astounding what you did You should not underestimate itTaking a dig at his predecessor Donald Trump Biden said that he had heard of a head of state who wondered what had happened to the USThey used to be so proud to do great things And here they cant even deal with a coronavirusIt matters because democracies have to demonstrate they can run efficientlyWe have never ever ever failed to meet a call Weve set our mind to it And weve done it together And thats what you all show So it goes way beyond the whole notion of what you just recently did he addedMohan said that there was the thrill of all the scientific discoveries that are yet to come and what Perseverance can actually find and hopefully find those signs of past life on MarsUnder Mohans guidance Perseverance slowed down from a speed of nearly 20000 km per hour with retrorockets and a parachute to about 3 kmph to touch down at the Jezero Crater on Mars about 224 million miles away from Earth on February 18This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever