>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, AND
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE IN
HOUSTON, TEXAS, AT THE NASA
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, AND I'M
GARY JORDAN.
THANKS FOR JOINING US HEAR AT
THE MEDIA DAY.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAS BEEN HAVING
A GOOD TIME.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE A CROWD OF THIS
SIZE AT THE JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER.
MOST OF THE DAY AND MOST OF YOUR
EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT
ARTEMIS AS A WHOLE AND THE
FUTURE THAT THE ARTEMIS 1
MISSION WILL BE BRINGING US
SOON.
AT THIS POINT WE'LL BRING
TOGETHER A PANEL OF EXPERTS TO
DISCUSS THE MISSION.
WE'LL DISCUSS THE MISSION
OPERATIONS AND RECOVERY AND
ORION CAPSULE AND ASTRONAUT
TRAINING AND EUROPEAN MODULE.
JOINING US, WE HAVE HERE AT THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER RICK
LABRODE, LEAD ONE DIRECTOR AND
JUDD FRIELING AND DEBBIE KORTH,
ORION DEPUTY MANAGER AND REID
WISEMAN CHIEF ASTRONAUT.
JOINING US REMOTE FROM NASA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA
OF MELISSA JONES AND FROM THE
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY IN THE
NETHERLANDS PHILIPPE, THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE. WE'LL FIRST
START WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION
BEFORE OPENING IT UP FOR
QUESTIONS.
WE'LL BE TAKING QUESTIONS FROM
OUR PHONE BRIDGE AS WELL AS HERE
IN THE ROOM.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND NICE AND
HIGH SO WE CAN SEE YOU AND ASK
YOUR QUESTION ONCE YOU HAVE THE
MICROPHONE.
FOR THOSE ON THE PHONE, PLEASE
PRESS STAR 1 TO ENTER INTO OUR
CUE SO WE CAN GET TO YOU AND YOU
CAN ASK YOUR QUESTION.
WE'LL START WITH OUR EXPERTS
HERE AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO RICK
AND JUDD.
GO AHEAD, GENTLEMEN.
>> AS GARY SAID MY NAME IS RICK
I'M THE LEAD DIRECTOR FOR THE
ARTEMIS 1 MISSION.
I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT
TODAY.
OUR TEAMS HAVE BEEN WORKING
EXTREMELY HARD FOR A VERY, VERY
LONG TIME AND THIS IS SPECIAL.
WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
PUBLIC FEELS OUR EXCITEMENT AND
HEARS OUR STORY.
WE REALIZE WE RELY ON Y'ALL TO
DO THAT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY
AND SHOWING INTEREST IN OUR
MISSION.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PICK UP WITH
AN OVERVIEW OF THE MISSION AND
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO JUDD TO
START THE FIRST PART.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
OUR FIRST LAUNCH ATTEMPT WILL BE
AUGUST 29TH WITH SPLASHDOWN OF
OCTOBER 10TH.
CHARLIE BLACKWELL THOMPSON AND
HER TEAM AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
WILL HAND OVER VEHICLE ONCE THEY
LAUNCH AND IS UNLEASH THE
8.8 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST
WE'LL START OUR JOURNEY.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE GRAPHIC
THERE.
ONCE WE START THE LIFTOFF AND
THE VEHICLE CLEARS THE TOWER,
WE'LL START A ROLL PROGRAM THAT
WILL BRING THE ORION CAPSULE TO
A HEADS DOWN POSITION MUCH LIKE
WE DID IN SHUTTLE.
WE'LL -- ABOUT A MINUTE INTO THE
FLIGHT, WE'LL EXPERIENCE OUR
MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE SO THE
4 ENGINES WILL THROTTLE DOWN FOR
THAT PERIOD.
AND THROTTLE BACK. IN ONE OR
TWO MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER ENGINES
WILL DETACH FROM THE CORE STAGE,
SPLASHDOWN IN THE PACIFIC.
-- CORRECTION, THE ATLANTIC.
WE CONTINUE ON TO ANOTHER --
ABOUT 3.5 MINUTES OR SO, THE
SERVICE MODULE PANELS WILL
JETTISON ALONG WITH THE LAUNCH
ABORT SYSTEM.
AND THOSE WILL EXPOSE THE SOLAR
ARRAYS AND CAPSULE.
CONTINUING ON FURTHER,
THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT UNTIL
ABOUT 8.5 MINUTES WHERE WE WILL
HAVE MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF AND
AFTER MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF WE'LL
SEPARATE THE CORE STAGE FROM THE
COMBINED ORION AND UPPER STAGE
OR INTERIM CONTROL UPPER STAGE.
THAT WILL CONTINUE ON.
THEN TO ABOUT 18 MINUTES MISSION
ELAPSE TIME, WE'LL DEPLOY THE
ORION SOLAR ARRAYS TO PROVIDE
POWER TO THE BATTERIES AND THAT
WILL TAKE ABOUT 12 MINUTES TO
DEPLOY AND WE'LL CONTINUE ON TO
OUR FIRST BURN THAT IS GOING TO
BE PERFORMED BY THE UPPER STAGE
AND THE CORE STAGE PUTS US IN AN
ORBIT THAT IS 16 NAUTICAL MILES
BY 975 NAUTICAL MILES IN ORBIT.
IF WE DID NOTHING TO CORRECT THE
SMALL SIDE THE WHOLE CAPSULE
WOULD COME BACK TO THE EARTH,
JUST LIKE THE CORE STAGE WILL DO
IN THE PACIFIC.
WE'LL PERFORM THAT MANEUVER TO
100 NAUTICAL MILES 51 MINUTES
INTO THE MISS.
THE WHOLE TIME IN THE INTERIM IT
WILL BE DOING SEVERAL MANEUVERS
TO GET TO A SOLAR FRIENDLY
ATTITUDE FOR THE ORION
SPACECRAFT AND ALSO DO SOME ROLL
MANEUVERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE
WHOLE VEHICLE IS THERMALLY
CONDITIONED.
PRESSING ON FORWARD, ONCE WE
HAVE ATTAINED A SAFE ORBIT WITH
THE MANEUVER, WE'LL CONTINUE ON
AND OUR FINAL MANEUVER BY THE
UPPER STAGE WILL BE THE TRANS
LUNAR INJECTION MANEUVER BY THE
UPPER STAGE AND THAT WILL BE
APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AND 20 OR
30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT AND
18-MINUTE BURN AND SEND US ALL
THE WAY TO THE MOON
APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILLION
MILES AWAY.
ONCE WE COMPLETED THE TRANS
LUNAR INJECTION MANEUVER AND
SEPARATE THE UPPER STAGE FROM
THE ORION SPACECRAFT, THEN MY
TEAM WILL HAND OVER TO RICK AND
HE'LL START THE MAJORITY OF THE
MISSION THERE.
RICK, IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THERE IS NO TIME TO CATCH OUR
BREATH.
WE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
YOU'LL SEE ON THE FIRST CHART,
AFTER WE SEPARATE FROM THE UPPER
STAGE, IT ACTUALLY DOES A
DISPOSAL BURN WHICH SENDS IT TO
THE MOON AND THEN HEADS TOWARDS
THE SUN.
AND ON ITS WAY TO THE MOON, IT
ACTUALLY WILL BE DEPLOYING A
HANDFUL OF CUBESATS.
THEY'RE SECONDARY PAYLOADS.
WE HAVE NO INTERACTION WITH
THOSE SECONDARY PAYLOADS.
ONLY THING WE'RE CONCERNED ARE
THEIR INITIAL TRAJECTORIES AND
WHERE THEY ARE DEPLOYED SO WE
CAN DO AN ASSESSMENT ON A
RECONTEST.
EVERYTHING SHOULD GO NOMINAL BUT
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEIR
TRAJECTORY IS WHAT WE EXPECT.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT CHART.
I'M GOING TO TALK THROUGH A LOT
OF THIS.
IT'S 42 DAYS AND I'M GOING TO
TRY TO DO IT IN A HANDFUL OF
MINUTES.
BY ALL MEANS THERE WILL BE
PLENTY OF TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS
AFTER WE'RE ALL FINISHED HERE.
WE HIT THAT FIRST DAY, WE HIT
THE GROUND RUNNING.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'LL BE
DOING, WE HAVE TO DO THERE ARE A
SET OF GAINS THAT ARE USED AND
THE WAY THEY FIRE THE THRUSTERS
NORMAL ATTITUDE CONTROL, AND WE
NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE
SET WE DON'T DAMAGE OUR SOLAR
ARRAYS.
WE'LL BE DOING THAT -- THAT'S
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO
ONCE WE SEPARATE AND ALSO ON
THAT FIRST DAY WILL DO THE FIRST
OF A HANDFUL OF OUTBOARD
TRAJECTORY CORRECTION BURNS.
AND THIS FIRST ONE WE'LL BE
CHECKING OUT THE ORBITAL
MANEUVERING SYSTEM.
IT'S THE BIG ENGINE THAT WE'LL
BE USING.
WE WANT TO CHECK THAT OUT
BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIG -- THAT'S
THE ENGINE WE'LL USE WHEN WE DO
THE BIG BURN ON THE OUTBOUND
POWER FLYBY AS WE GO BY THE MOON
AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT
SHORTLY.
THE THAT FIRST BURN, LIKE I
SAID, IT'S A CHECKOUT AND WILL
GET US MOVING AHEAD OF THE UPPER
STAGE AND THOSE SATELLITES.
SO WE GET TO THE MOON IN WHERE
IN THE ORDER 2.5 HOURS BEFORE
THE SATELLITES IN THE UPPER
STAGE DO.
THAT'S WHY THERE IS NO CONCERN
OF RECONTACT.
ON OUR WAY TO THE MOON, WE'LL BE
DOING A SERIES OF THESE OUTBOUND
CORRECTIONS.
THEY'RE VERY SMALL -- OR AT
LEAST THEY'RE DESIGNED TO BE.
IF WE ENDED UP HAVING
DISPERSIONS THEN WE'LL MAKE IT
UP IN A SUBSEQUENT BURN.
WE HAVE 4 OF THOSE ON THE WAY TO
THE MOON AND THOSE SET US UP FOR
WHAT IS THE OUTBOUND POWER
FLYBY.
THAT'S THE BIG BURN THAT WE'LL
ACTUALLY MOVE ORION AND SEND IT
UP THE DISTANT RETROGRADE ORBIT.
WHEN WE GO BY THE MOON WE'LL BE
60 MILES OFF THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON.
IT WILL BE SPECTACULAR.
WE'LL BE HOLDING OUR BREATH.
TO THAT NOTE, WHEN WE ACTUAL --
WHEN THAT BURN EXECUTES ORION
WILL BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
MOON AND WE DON'T HAVE CONTACT
WITH IT.
SO WE'LL BE PRAYING AND HOLDING
OUR BREATH.
AFTER THAT BURN, IT SENDS US UP
TO THE DISTANT RETROGRADE ORBIT.
A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THAT
BURN, WE WILL DO WHAT WE CALL AN
INSERTION BURN.
IT'S RETROGRADE ORBIT INSERTION.
AND ALSO USE THAT BIG ENGINE THE
OMS ENGINE TO ENTER AND ONCE
WE'RE IN THE RETROGRADE ORBIT
WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE OVER 2
WEEKS THERE.
YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT LONG
CLASS MISSIONS AND SHORT CLASS
MISSIONS.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE ARE THE
LENGTH OF STAY AND THE DIS-TRENT
RETROGRADE ORBIT.
FOR A SHORT ONE WE DO HALF A LAP
AND HEAD BACK TOWARDS THE MOON.
FOR A LONG CLASS WE DO A FULL
RAN AND A HALF AND IT'S A LITTLE
OVER 2 WEEKS.
WHILE WE'RE IN THE RETROGRADE
ORBIT WE'LL BE DOING ORBIT
MAINTENANCE BURNS, THEY'RE SMALL
BURNS TO KEEP OUR ORBIT IN SYNC.
WE'LL DO THAT OVER THE NEXT TWO
WEEKS AND WE'LL DO WHAT IS A
DISTANT RETROGRADE DEPARTURE
BURN.
ONE THAT USES THE OMS ENGINE AND
THAT WILL SEND US BACK TO THE
MOON AND ON OUR WAY BACK, WE'RE
DOING WHAT WE CALL RETURN
TRAJECTORY CORRECTIONS, RTC'S
AND WE'LL DO A SERIES OF THOSE
ALL THE WAY BACK TO EARTH.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE.
THEN THAT SETS US UP FOR THE
RETURN POWER FLY-BY.
THAT IS OUR MOST CRITICAL BURN
OF THE MISSION.
IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THAT
ONE AND WE DON'T EXECUTE IT THEN
IT'S A LOSS OF THE ORION
CAPSULE.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT ONE.
BUT WE PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND WE
HAVE DOWNLOAD CAPABILITIES AND
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IF YOU
HAVE QUESTIONS.
WE DO THE RPF THAT SETS UP THE
INTERFACE THAT'S THE AREA WHERE
WE ENTER THE ATMOSPHERE SEVERAL
DAYS LATER AND SETS UP OUR
SPLASHDOWN OFF THE COAST OF
CALIFORNIA.
ON THE RETURN TRIP BACK TO THE
EARTH, WE DO A SERIES OF THESE
CORRECTION BURNS THAT I TALKED
ABOUT IT'S ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE HIT THAT ENTRY INTERFACE
TARGET AS DESIGNED.
I'VE GONE THROUGH THE MISSION
VERY QUICKLY JUST SO YOU KNOW ON
THOSE DAYS WHERE WE'RE COASTING
TO THE MOON WE'RE DOING A LOT OF
ACTIVITIES.
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF
DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT TEST
OBJECTIVES TO TEST OUT THE
ONBOARD SYSTEMS AND PUBLIC
AFFAIRS OUT REACH EVENT EVERY
DAY WHERE WE MAKE THE MANEUVER
AND DO A SELFIE WITH ORION WITH
THE MOON IN THE BACKGROUND OR
THE EARTH IN THE BACKGROUND.
ON SOME DAYS WE'LL TRY TO CATCH
THE EARTH RISE.
THAT'S SPECTACULAR.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MILESTONES
WHERE WE ENTER THE SPHERE OF
INFLUENCE WHERE THE LUNAR
GRAVITY STARTS TAKING EFFECT.
THAT'S A MILESTONE THAT WE'LL
TRY TO CAPTURE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS
IMAGERY.
WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WE'RE
THE FURTHEST AWAY THAN ANY HUMAN
RATED SPACECRAFT HAS BEEN, WE
WANT TO CAPTURE THAT IN A PUBLIC
AFFAIRS EVENT.
WE'LL BE BUSY THE WHOLE MISSION.
I WENT OVER IT REALLY QUICK.
SO ONCE WE GET BACK TO EARTH, WE
DO RTC-6 AND THEN I HAND IT BACK
TO JUDD TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE
REST.
>> AS RICK MENTIONED THAT RETURN
POWER FLY-BY MANEUVER IS OUR DID
HE ORBIT BURN AND A WEEK BEFORE
WE ENTER THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
WAY BACK AT THE MOON.
ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE WE
ENTER, THE ENTRY INTERFACE,
WE'LL SEPARATE -- YOU CAN GO TO
THE SLIDE THERE -- WE'LL
SEPARATE THE COMMAND MODULE FROM
THE SERVICE MODULE AND ONCE WE
PERFORM THAT, WE'LL GET INTO THE
PROPER ORIENTATION AND PUT THE
COMMAND MODULE IN THE PROPER
ORIENTATION FOR ENTRY AND DO A
LITTLE BIT OF A SET BURN AFTER
THE COMMAND MODULE AND SERVICE
MODULE SEPARATION AND THAT'S SO
SHALLOW OUT THE ANGLE THAT THE
COMMAND MODULE IS ENTERING SO
IT'S PROVIDING A LITTLE MORE
SEPARATION FROM THE SERVICE
MODULE WHICH WILL DISPOSE IN THE
PACIFIC OCEAN.
WE'LL START OUR ENTRY INTERFACE
AND WE'RE DOING WHAT'S CALLED A
SKIP ENTRY PROFILE.
SO WE'LL HIT AT 400,000 FEET AND
THEN WE'LL IMMEDIATELY START TO
CONTROL THE CAPSULE SUCH THAT WE
DIP A LITTLE BIT IN THE
ATMOSPHERE AND THEN WE COME BACK
UP OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE A BIT
AND THEN COME BACK IN.
WE'LL HAVE TWO BLACKOUT PERIODS
OF COM DUE TO THE PLASMA HEATING
OF THE CAPSULE.
ONCE WE GET OUT OF THE SECOND
PERIOD WE CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY
TOWARDS OUR SPLASHDOWN SITE
WHICH IS OFF THE COAST OF
SAN DIEGO.
WE HAVE THE -- ACTUAL I THINK
THE NEXT SLIDE IS A BETTER
PICTURE TO SHOW YOU THE SEQUENCE
ONCE WE GET FURTHER DOWN INTO
THE ATMOSPHERE, ABOUT 35,000
FEET, THAT BRINGS OUT THE DRIVE
CHUTES AND THEY DEPLOY AROUND
24,000 FEET.
FOLLOWED BY THE MAINS AT ABOUT
6800 FEET IN BETWEEN 6800 AND
5600 FEET.
AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE ON DOWN
TO 1500 FEET WHERE THE ORION
CAPSULE WILL DO A LANDING
MANEUVER SUCH THAT IT WILL ROLL
THE CAPSULE TO THAT WE'LL HIT
THE WAVES OF THE OCEAN AT THE
PROPER ANGLE.
LET'S SEE.
ONCE WE SPLASHDOWN, WE'LL LEAVE
THE VEHICLE POWER FOR ABOUT TWO
HOURS AND WE'LL DO SOME TESTING
THERE, THERMAL TESTING TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE ADEQUATE COOLING
AND THEN WE'LL POWER DOWN THE
VEHICLE AND HAND IT OVER TO
MELISSA JONES AND THE RECOVERY
TEAM THAT THEY'RE ON A NAVY
BOAT.
HAND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JUDD AND RICK.
A 42-DAY MISSION IN 15 MINUTES.
FANTASTIC.
THANKS FOR THE DETAILED MISSION
OVERVIEW.
LET'S OVER TO DEBBIE.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
GUYS FOR BEING HERE. IT'S GREAT
TO SEE ALL THE EXCITEMENT ABOUT
THIS MISSION.
VERY EXCITING TIME FOR NASA AND
VERY EXCITING TIME FOR ORION.
BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG
TIME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO ON THIS
MISSION 24 DAYS FROM NOW HEADED
BACK TO THE MOON.
JUST AMAZING.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ANIMATION.
WE HAVE GRAPHICS TO EXPLAIN THE
PIECES OF THE ORION VEHICLE.
IT'S MADE UP OF 3 MAIN ELEMENTS.
THE CREW MODULE AND LAUNCH ABORT
SYSTEM AND SERVICE MODULE.
YOU HEARD IT REFER TO THE
COMMAND MODULE THAT SILVER
CAPSULE IN THE CENTER.
SILVER SURFACES ARE BACK SHELVES
AND MADE UP OF 1300 SILICA TILES
VERY SIMILAR TO THE SHUTTLE DAYS
AND COVERED IN PAINT AND
ALUMINUM TAPE TO HELP WITH
THERMAL PROTECTION.
ON THE BOTTOM YOU'LL SEE THE
HEAT SHIELD BEING ONE OF THE
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES, 16.5 FEET IN
DIAMETER SO IT'S THE BIGGEST
HEAT SHIELD WE'VE MADE.
IT HAS ITS OWN SMALL PROPULSION
SYSTEM AND SEVERAL CORRECT
ACTION CONTROL SYSTEM JETS THAT
PERFORM THOSE TYPE OF MANEUVERS
WHEN WE HAVE TO ORIENT TO THE
RIGHT.
PARACHUTES, 11 TOTAL PARACHUTES
THAT DEPLOY IN A TIME SEQUENCE
THAT SLOW IT DOWN FROM 350 MILES
PER HOUR TO LESS THAN 20 WHEN WE
HIT THE WATER.
WHICH WE'RE HAPPY WE'RE HITTING
THAT SPEED HITTING THE WATER.
PYROTECHNICS.
WE USE THESE DEVICES THAT HELP
SEPARATE AND MAKE THOSE VEHICLE
SEPARATIONS.
WHEN YOU GO INSIDE YOU GOT YOUR
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND LIFE
SUPPORT.
EVERYTHING THAT CONTROLS
PRESSURE AND HUMIDITY AND THAT
CREW MODULE IS DESIGNED TO HOLD
4 CREW MEMBERS FOR 21 DAYS.
FOR ARTEMIS 1 IT'S UNCREWED SO
EXPECT TO LEARN HOW ALL THESE
SYSTEMS WORK.
INSIDE THE VEHICLE ALSO THERE'S
AVIONICS SYSTEMS AND OUR
GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL
AND COMMUNICATION WHICH IS
DIFFERENT THAN THE GPS YOU
PROBABLY USE YOUR MAP TO GET
HERE TODAY.
DOESN'T WORK OUTSIDE OF THE
DISTANCES WE'RE GOING SO WE'RE
USING A DEEP SPACE NETWORK
SYSTEM FOR OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
AND THEN SEVERAL PAYLOADS THAT
WE'RE FLYING ON THIS FLIGHT.
SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE IN THE CREW
SEAT LOCATIONS.
WE WON'T BE FLYING CREW.
BUT WE'LL BE FLYING MANNEQUINS
AND TORSOS WITH SIMULATED TISSUE
AND ORGANS THAT ARE LOOKING AT
RADIATION AND ACCELERATION AND
HOW IT AFFECTS THE HUMAN BODY.
FOR FUTURE FLIGHTS WE'LL BE
ADDING A WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
AND GALILEE AND EXERCISE
EQUIPMENT ALL FOR CREW HEALTH
AND COMFORT AND SAFETY DURING
THE MISSION.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS THE CREW MODULE AND
SERVICE MODULE LOCATED IN OUR
FACTORY.
THIS IS BEFORE WE INSTALL THE
LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM.
ARTEMIS 1 WE'RE TESTING ALL
THESE SYSTEMS AND CAPABILITIES
AND THIS WILL BE THE
CONFIGURATION OF THE VEHICLE
THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE DURING
THE MISSION.
ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES IS
THE HEAT SHIELD.
THE VEHICLE COMES BACK AT 25,000
MILES AN HOUR AND WE END UP WITH
HALF THE TEMPERATURE OF THE
SURFACE OF THE SUN.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT VERY HIGH
TEMPERATURES WE'RE TRYING TO
PROTECT FOR.
SO, WE HAVE A BLOCK DESIGN FOR
THE HEAT SHIELD THAT IS MADE UP
OF THESE BLOCKS THAT ADHERE TO A
SKIN AND SKELETON AND WE'LL BE
TESTING THAT AS ONE OF THE MAIN
OBJECTIVES.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE
OTHER OBJECTIVES AS WELL AND YOU
CAN SEE THE SOLAR ARRAYS FOLDED
UP AGAINST THE VEHICLE.
WE'LL BE DOING A SURVEY ONCE
THEY'RE DEPLOYED AND LOOKING AT
HOW THEY RESPOND TO ENGINE
FIRINGS SO THEY CAN HANDLE THE
VIBRATIONS AND LOADS THEY'LL SEE
THROUGHOUT THE PROFILE AND
CHECKING OUT ALL OUR GUIDANCE
AND CONTROL AND THE PARACHUTE
SYSTEM AS WE COME BACK IN.
OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.
SO, NEXT PICTURE IS THE VEHICLE
AS IT CAME INTO THE ASSEMBLY
BUILDING AT KSC.
WE HAVE THE FAIRINGS AROUND THE
CREW MODULE AND SERVICE MODULE
AND LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM MOUNTED
ON TOP.
THE LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM, I
DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT
PREVIOUSLY, IT'S DESIGNED TO
PULL THE CREW CAPSULE AWAY IN
CASE THERE IS AN EMERGENCY.
SO IT'S MADE UP OF 3 MOTORS.
FIRST IS ABORT MOTOR AND THAT'S
WHAT PULLS THE CREW MEMBER AWAY.
IT GOES FROM 0-400 MILES AN HOUR
IN 2 SECONDS.
WE'RE TALKING VERY QUICK REALLY
TRYING TO RUN OUT AN SLS THAT
MIGHT HAVE AN ISSUE DURING
LAUNCH.
AT THE TOP OF THE LAST SYSTEM IS
ATTITUDE CONTROL MOTOR AND
THAT'S WHAT IS USED ONCE IT'S
SEPARATED FROM THE HAZARDOUS
EVENT IT STEERS THE CREW MODULE
AWAY AND ALLOWS IT TO GET TO A
NEW LOCATION AND FINALLY THE
JETTISON MOTOR.
ON ARTEMIS 1 THE JETTISON IS THE
ONLY ACTIVE MOTORS.
SO IT'S EITHER EVENTUAL WILL HE
YOU TAKE IT IF YOU'RE IN A
NOMINAL FLIGHT OR EMERGENCY
SITUATION.
OKAY, I THINK WE CAN -- LET'S
SEE.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF US
ROLLING OUT TO THE PAD FOR ONE
OF THE WET DRESS REHEARSALS.
BEFORE WE GOT TO THIS POINT,
EVERY COMPONENT, EVERY SYSTEM,
EVERY MODULE ON THIS SPACECRAFT
HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY TESTED AND
DONE OVER 48 ENGINE TESTS
BETWEEN THE AUX ENGINE AND MAIN
ENGINE.
WE TRIED DIFFERENT 25 TESTS
MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HANDLE
EVERY PERIMETER, DIFFERENT WIND
CONDITIONS OR WAVE CONDITIONS
AND LOOKING AT ALL THROUGH THAT
TEST PROGRAM.
LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF
AVIONICS AND SOFTWARE TESTING IN
THE LABORATORIES AT JSC AND
DENVER WHERE OUR LOCKHEED MARTIN
CONTRACTOR IS LOCATED AND THEN
WE DID THE ARMSTRONG TEST
FACILITY AND SPENT OVER 47 DAYS
IN THAT CHAMBER RINGING IT OUT,
TESTING EVERY ASPECT OF THE
TEMPERATURES WE'LL SEE AND THE
VACUUM AND PRESSURES AND
ACOUSTICS AND REALLY JUST A LOT
OF TIME TESTING THIS AT THE
COMPONENT AND MODULE LEVEL.
IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ARTEMIS
FOR A WHILE WE DID 3 FLIGHT
TESTS AND TWO COMPLETE TESTS OF
OUR LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM WHICH
WAS LOOKING FROM PERFORMANCE
FROM THE PAD ESCAPE AND ONE WAS
LOOKING AT THAT DYNAMIC PHASE
DURING THE ASCENT AND THEN OUR
FLIGHT TEST ONE AN 82 FEW YEARS
AGO THAT TESTED OUT BOTH OF THE
CREW MODULE SYSTEMS AND THEN THE
THINGS WE ADDED TODAY AND OUR
CREW SERVICE MODULE.
HERE WE ARE ON THE PAD.
THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE.
I JUST LOVE THIS PHOTO.
IT GIVES ME CHILLS TO SEE THE
MOON IN THE BACKGROUND, OUR
DESTINATION SORT OF CALLING TO
US.
A HUGE EFFORT THAT'S GONE INTO
PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
WE HAD OVER 3 TO 4,000 SUPPLIERS
IN EVERY STATE OF THE
UNITED STATES.
JUST A HUGE EFFORT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND STRONG PARTNERSHIP
WITH OUR EUROPEANS ON THE
EUROPEAN SERVICE MODULE.
THE MANAGER OF THE SERVICE
MODULE PROGRAM IS ONLINE SO I'LL
BE HANDING OVER TO HIM TO LET
HIM TALK THROUGH THE DETAILS
THERE.
BUT WE'RE ROLLING OUT ON THE
18TH AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO
THIS FLIGHT AND EVERYTHING THAT
WE'LL BE LEARNING FROM IT.
PHILIPPE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
TALK THROUGH THE SERVICE MODULE,
THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> THANK YOU, DEBBIE.
SO, WE ALSO -- AT THE EUROPEAN
SPACE AGENCY ARE EXCITED ABOUT
THIS UPCOMING MISSION WHICH WILL
BE COMING AFTER 10 YEARS WE
STARTED THIS PROGRAM.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO BE AT
JOHNSON IN PERSON IN ORDER TO
TAKE THIS MEDIA EVENT, BUT I'M
TAKING IT HERE FROM THE RESEARCH
CENTER AT THE EUROPEAN SPACE
AGENCY IN HOLLAND IN THE MISSION
ROOM THAT OUR ENGINEER WILL USE
HERE TO SUPPORT THE MISSION.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE TEAM
THAT WILL BE AT KENNEDY.
CAN I SEE THE NEXT SLIDE,
PLEASE.
THE SERVICE MODULE IS ONE PART
OF THE ORION VEHICLE.
WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD THAT NASA
HAS TRUSTED US AND OUR INDUSTRY
TO PROVIDE CRITICAL FUNCTION TO
THE ORION VEHICLE.
THOSE CRITICAL FUNCTION ARE THE
PROPULSION, THE THERMAL SYSTEM
AND POWER GENERATION AND THE
STORAGE OF CONSUMABLES FOR THE
CREW.
THE SERVICE MODULE HAS ONE MAN
ENGINE WHICH IS AN ENGINE
RECOVERED FROM THE SHUTTLE, THIS
IS THE ORBITAL MANEUVERING
SYSTEM OF THE SHUTTLE AND 8
AUXILIARY ENGINES AND ENGINES
FOR THE ATTITUDE CONTROL AND
ATTITUDE CORRECTION DURING THE
MISSION.
THE PROPULSION SYSTEM ALSO
INCLUDES TANKS WHERE WE CAN
SCORE AND THE PRESSURIZATION
SYSTEM.
IT'S DISTRIBUTING THE FLUID.
ONE OF THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OF
THIS IS TO CHECK THE HEAT FROM
THE SERVICE MODULE AVIONICS
EQUIPMENT BUT ALSO FROM THE CREW
MODULE IN ORDER TO KEEP AND THEN
THE SERVICE MODULE FOR ESM4-4
WILL FOLLOW WITH A YEARLY
CADENCE FROM THERE ON.
NEXT SLIDE.
SO THIS IS A PICTURE THAT HAS
BEEN PRESENTED AND HERE I'LL
EMPHASIZE A BIT MORE ON WHAT
WILL HAPPEN FOR THE SERVICE
MODULE.
I WILL NOT INSIST ON THE
PROPULSION.
I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEEN VERY
WELL DESCRIBED BY MY
PREDECESSOR.
I PRESENTED 4 FUNCTIONS OF THE
SERVICE MODULE.
THOSE 4 FUNCTIONS WILL BE
VERIFIED ONCE ON ORBIT.
FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE THERMAL
SYSTEM WILL CHECK OUT THAT
EVERYTHING FUNCTIONING NOMINALLY
AND ALSO VERIFY THAT OUR
PREDICTION OF THE THERMAL
BEHAVIOR OF THE VEHICLE IS AS
EXPECTED OR WHETHER THERE ARE
THINGS THAT WE DID NOT PREDICT
PROPERLY AND WILL NEED TO ADAPT
OR CORRECT TO VALIDATE OUR
PREDICTION.
SAME THING FOR THE POWER SYSTEM.
ONE FEATURE WHICH IS UNUSUAL ON
THE SPACECRAFT, NOT ONLY CAN YOU
TRACK THE SUN BY ROTATING THE
SOLAR ARRAY ON THEIR AXIS, BUT
ALSO YOU CAN MOVE IT FORWARD AND
BACKWARDS AND THIS IS NEEDED FOR
TWO REASONS.
ONE REASON IS DURING THE BIG
BURNS BECAUSE STRUCTURALLY THE
SOLAR ARRAYS WOULD NOT BE ABLE
TO WITHSTAND THE LOADS IF
THEY'RE AT 90 DEGREES OF THE
SERVICE MODULE.
BUT SECOND, IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE
A BETTER TRACKING OF THE SUN
WHEN THE VEHICLE NEEDS HAVE TO A
SPECIFIC ATTITUDE.
FOR INSTANCE, WHEN THE VEHICLE
WOULD BE APPROACHING THE
GATEWAY.
ALSO AS I TOLD YOU, WE WILL HAVE
NITROGEN ON BOARD AND THE REASON
WHY WE WILL HAVE NITROGEN ON
BOARD IS BECAUSE THERE IS A
MAJOR VERIFICATION TO BE MADE IS
THAT IN CASE OF A DEPRESS OF THE
CREW MODULE FOR ANY REASON, WE
WANT TO CHECK THAT WE ARE ABLE
TO REPRESS THE VEHICLE WITH
NITROGEN THAT IS STORED ON THE
SERVICE MODULE.
ONCE WE COMPLETED THE MISSION,
THE SERVICE MODULE WILL SEPARATE
AND UNFORTUNATELY WILL BURN IN
RE-ENTRY IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND
WILL FALL IN SMALL PIECES OF
DUST IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY
PRESENTATION, MY SHORT
PRESENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN
SERVICE MODULE.
AND NOW I WILL HAND IT OVER TO
GARY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
PHILIPPE.
TO DEBBIE AS WELL FOR GIVING US
INSIGHT INTO THE ORION
SPACECRAFT AND THE EUROPEAN
SERVICE MODULE.
WELL GEE OVER TO MELISSA JONES
TO LOOK AT RECOVERY OPERATIONS.
MELISSA.
>> THANK YOU.
HELLO, EVERYONE.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TODAY TO BE
HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RECOVERY
OPERATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO
DO IN ORDER TO RECOVER THIS
ARTEMIS 1 ORION CAPSULE.
FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THE
TEAM BASED HERE HAVE BEEN
WORKING WITH THE U.S. NAVY TO
REFINE AND PRACTICE OUR RECOVERY
OPERATIONS TO GET THE CAPSULE
BACK WHETHER IT LANDS FOR
ARTEMIS 1.
JUST LAST FALL WE COMPLETED OUR
FINAL TEST CALLED UNDERWAY
ROTARY TEST 9 ABOARD THE USS
MARTHA AND THAT CERTIFIED US TO
DO THESE RECOVERY OPERATIONS.
THESE RECOVERY TESTS ALLOW US TO
EXPERIENCE LIFE ABOARD A NAVY
VESSEL FOR 6-8 DAYS AS WE ARE
PRACTICING WITH A FULL SIZED
ORION MOCK-UP AND WE PRACTICE
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON SPLASH DAYS
TO REFINE HOW WE WORK WITH THE
CAPSULE AND INTEGRATE WITH THE
NAVY.
WE HAVE A DECADES LONG
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NAVY AS I'M
SURE YOU KNOW FROM OUR TIME WITH
APOLLO.
RECOVERING HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT
MISSIONS AND THIS ARTEMIS
PROGRAM WILL BUILD ON THAT.
THE SPEAKING OF THAT, NASA CHOSE
THE NAVY'S LPD, LANDING PLATFORM
DOCK CLASS SHIP BECAUSE OF THE
WELL DECK IT HAS AND HELICOPTER
PAD AND ITS 0 ON BOARD MEDICAL
FACILITIES AND COMMUNICATION
CAPABILITIES.
YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE ON THE
SCREEN.
IT PROVIDES US THE COMMUNICATION
ASSETS THAT WE NEED TO
COMMUNICATE BACK.
SO ON RECOVERY DAY WE'LL BE IN
COMMUNICATION WITH HIS TEAM,
LISTENING FOR BURNS AS THEY
HAPPEN AND INFORMATION THAT WILL
ALLOW US TO KNOW WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO GET WHEN THE CAPSULE
FROM A HEALTH AND STATUS
PERSPECTIVE WHEN IT LANDS.
DURING THE MISSION IT WILL
TRAVEL ABOUT 25,000 MILES AN
HOUR BEFORE SLOWING TO 300 MILES
AN HOUR AFTER ENTERING THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE.
WHEN THE PARACHUTE AT THE EMPLOY
WE'RE EXPECTING TO SLOW DOWN TO
20 MILES AN HOUR WHEN IT GLIDES
IN THE PACIFIC WHERE WE'LL GET
IT AND IT'S 50 TO 60 NAUTICAL
MILES OFF THE COAST OF
CALIFORNIA.
DURING THE FINAL HOURS OF THE
MISSION WHAT WE DO TO PREPARE
WHILE THE CAPSULE IS GETTING
READY TO COME BACK THROUGH
ENTRY, WE DEPLOY HELICOPTERS OFF
THE FLIGHT DECK OF THE SHIP AND
DIVERS.
IF WE CAN PULL UP THE FIRST
SLIDE.
WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE OF THE
DIVERS.
BUT BASICALLY THOSE FOLKS NEED
TO BE IN THE OPEN WATER AND THE
AIR BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET
AS MUCH DATA COLLECTED AS WE CAN
UPON ENTRY.
WE WANT SEE THE PARACHUTES AND
WE NEED TEMPERATURES.
HOW IS THE GPS PERFORMING.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE
DEPLOYED SO WE CAN GET THAT
INFORMATION AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE.
AND THEN THE DEPLOYED TEAM OF
DIVERS IS PICTURED ON YOUR
SCREEN.
THE VERY FIRST TASK IS TRYING TO
GET THE JETTISON HARDWARE BEFORE
IT SINKS.
THERE IS A COVER THAT COMES OFF
THE TOP OF THE CAPSULE.
JUDD TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER
AND 3 MAIN PARACHUTES.
THOSE ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES WE
HAVE FOR GETTING BACK QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE THAT HARDWARE.
IF WE CAN GET BACK DROGUE CHUTES
WE'LL TRY TO DO THAT THOSE ARE
OUR PRIORITIES, BUT THERE WILL
BE TESTS FOR COOLING AND OTHER
THINGS SO WE LET THAT CAPSULE
SIT POWERED UP FOR A WHILE,
WHILE WE'RE FOCUSSING ON
JETTISON HARDWARE.
THEY'LL ATTACH SOMETHING CALLED
A PONY COLLAR WHICH IS THAT
COLORFUL BLACK AND YELLOW AND
RED AND ORANGE COLLAR AROUND IT
AND THAT ALLOWS US TO ATTACH
LINES TO THE CAPSULE SO WE CAN
TOW IT INTO THE BACK OF THE SHIP
INTO WHAT'S CALLED THE WELL
DECK.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT
PICTURE.
YOU CAN SEE ALL THE LINES ARE
ATTACHED AND WE NOW HAVE A
SHIP -- THE PICTURE IS BEING
TAKEN FROM A RIB, WHICH IS A
RIGID HULL INFLATABLE BOAT WHERE
THE NAVY IS HOLDING THE CAPSULE
FROM THE BACK AND THERE ARE
LINES BEING ATTACHED TO THE
FRONT FROM THE SHIP AND WE'LL
TOW THAT CAPSULE INTO THE WELL
DECK WHERE WE WILL HOLD IT
STEADY WHILE THE NAVY DRAINS THE
WELL DECK.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE FINAL
PICTURE YOU CAN SEE A COPY OF
WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE INSIDE.
THERE IS A LOT OF WATER IN THE
WELL DUCT.
THE NAVY FLOODS AND IT AND DROP
THE STERN GATE AND PUMPS A LOT
OF WATER IN THERE AND ALLOWS US
TO PULL THE CAPSULE IN AND YOU
CAN SEE THE YELLOW THERE.
'S UNDERWATER BUT THAT'S THE
ORION RECOVERY CRADLE ASSEMBLY.
WE'LL HOLD THE CAPSULE STEADY
WHILE THE NAVY PUMPS ALL THE
WATER OUT OF THE WELL DECK AND
SOFTLY LANDS IT IN THAT CRADLE.
THIS WHOLE TIMELINE WILL BE
PROBABLY 4-5 HOURS LONG WHICH IS
A LOT LONGER THAN IT WILL BE FOR
CREW.
BUT THIS OBJECTIVE FOR THIS
FIRST MISSION IS DATA COLLECTION
AND ENGINEERING DATA THAT WILL
ALLOW US TO FLY CREW ON ARTEMIS
2.
SO WE'RE VERY CAREFUL TO SEE TO
LOOK AT THIS CAPSULE TO SAY YES
WITH CAN FLY ON THE NEXT ONE.
I'M SURE WE'LL GET INTO MORE
DETAILS DURING THE
QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PERIOD.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO HOUSTON AT
THIS TIME.
>> THANK VERY MUCH, MELISSA.
YOU'RE SEEING THE ARTEMIS 1
MISSION FROM END TO END AND
THEY'RE TESTING THE ORION
SPACECRAFT THAT WILL CARRY
HUMANS TO THE MOON.
TO TALK ABOUT THE HUMANS LET'S
GO OVER TO REID WISEMAN.
>> THANKS, GARY.
THIS IS UNBELIEVABLY EXCITING TO
LOOK AT THE ARTEMIS 1 MISSION IN
SO MUCH DETAIL.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE CREW ON
THE FIRST FLIGHT, BUT WE HAVE 42
ACTIVE ASTRONAUTS.
TO ME IT'S THE MOST
AWE-INSPIRING MOMENT AND I LOVE
WORKING HERE. I HAVE A FEW
QUICK SLIDES AND FAR LESS DETAIL
THAN MY EUROPEAN FRIENDS.
BUT IN ORDER TO LAND ON THE MOON
AND MARS WE'LL COME DOWN PRETTY
MUCH VERTICALLY.
WHETHER IT'S SPACEX OPTION A
BUILDING THEIR HUMAN LANDER FOR
THE MOON THAT WE'LL FLY.
WE'RE SPENDING A LITTLE TIME
WITH THE ARMY JUST TO GET
FAMILIAR WITH LANDING
VERTICALLY, LANDING IN SNOW.
WHAT DOES IT LOOK TO BE WHITED
OUT LIKE YOU WOULD BE ON THE
SURFACE OF MARS OR THE MOON.
AND JUST A FEW HOURS IN
HELICOPTERS BUT IT IS AMAZING
HOW MUCH YOU LEARN AND HOW
QUICKLY YOU LEARN AND WE'RE
DOING THAT NOT SO WE'RE GOOD AT
LANDING VERTICALLY SO WE
UNDERSTAND THE NEW AND DIFFERENT
RISKS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A
RUNWAY YOU'RE LANDING ON AND YOU
LEARN A LOT VERY QUICKLY.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING OFF THE
PLANET FOR QUITE A WHILE ON THIS
TINY THING CALLED THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THERE IS A GREAT PICTURE OF RAJA
WHO CAME JUST HOME ON SPACEX 3.
HE WAS THE COMMANDER.
OUR CREW IS UP THERE RIGHT NOW,
CREW 4 AND THEY'RE CONDUCTING
SCIENCE DAY AND NIGHT 24/7, 365
A YEAR AND BEEN DOING IT SINCE
THE YEAR 2000.
EVERY DAY THAT I SPENT ON THE
SPACE STATION I LOOKED AT IT AS
WALKING ON MARS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE UP THERE.
WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND HUMANITY
INTO OUR SOLAR SYSTEM.
NEXT SLIDE.
THIS MAKES ME JEALOUS.
ONE OF MY CLASSMATES, KATE
RUBENS IS SOMEWHERE IN THAT
PHOTO.
TWO TIME FLYER TO THE SPACE
STATION AND MICROBIOLOGIST AND
WE HAVE HER OUT IN A EUROPEAN
TRAINING SESSION CALLED PANGEA.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL LUNAR
GEOLOGY AND HOW WE COULD SAMPLE
ROCKS AND GET LUNAR SAMPLES AND
RETAIN THEM AND CATALOG THEM.
IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY OF
THINKING IN A GEOLOGIC TIME
SCALE AND JUST THINKING THE WAY
A GEOLOGIST WOULD THINK ON THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON AND ON
WARDS.
WE TRAIN A LOT IN ICE LAND.
IT IS A VERY GOOD ANALOG TO THE
LUNAR SURFACE.
VIRTUAL REALITY IS PAYING
ENORMOUS DIVIDENDS RIGHT NOW.
WE EXPECT THE NEXT HUMAN LANDING
ON THE MOON TO BE AT THE SOUTH
POLE.
IF YOU LOOK OUT AT THE MOON AT
NIGHT THE SOUTH POLE HAS A VERY
WEIRD LIGHT THAT HITS IT AND
PERMANENTLY SHADED REGIONS AND
WE HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE VIRTUAL
REALITY WORLD WHAT IT ACTUALLY
LOOKS LIKE WITH THE EXACT SUN
ANGLE WEE BE LANDING AT AND IT
IS CRAZY WEIRD.
THE BOTTOM HALF OF YOU CAN BE IN
ABSOLUTE BLACKNESS AND TOP HALF
CAN BE IN BLINDING SUNLIGHT.
THE WAY SHADOWS ARE PROJECTED IT
CHANGES EVERYTHING.
IN THIS VIRTUAL REALITY WORLD WE
CAN GO IN THERE FOR 10 MINUTES
AND YOU CAN ANSWER A THOUSAND
QUESTIONS.
YOU CAN STOP 200 MEETINGS WITH
10 MINUTES WITH THE GOGGLES.
NEXT SLIDE.
WE ALSO OVER IN BUILDING 5 HERE
AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WE
HAVE THE ORION CREW TRAINER.
THERE YOU HAVE STEPHANIE, JOHNNY
AND RANDY WHO HAVE BEEN HEAVILY
INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ORION THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WHAT IT WILL FEEL LIKE TO FLY
AND THAT TRAINER IS BEING
OUTFITTED AND WILL BE READY
LATER THIS YEAR TO START CREW
TRAINING.
NEXT SLIDE.
FINAL SLIDE IN THIS, I THINK
SOME OF YOU WERE OUT THIS
MORNING AT THE NEUTRAL BUOYANCY
TRAINING, 10 MINUTES NORTH OF
THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
VERY LARGE POOL WHERE WE HAVE
BEEN TRAINING FOR TWO DECADES
AND NOW WE'RE TAKING AT A
PORTION OF IT AND LOOKING AT
WHAT IT WOULD BE LOOK LIKE WHAT
IT'S LIKE IN THE MOON TO SPEND
HOURS DOING RESEARCH ON THE
BOTTOM OF A POOL AND AMAZING
FANTASTIC FACILITY TO BE
UNDERWATER AND SPEND THAT MUCH
TIME THINKING HOW IT WILL BE TO
BE ON THE MOON SO WE'LL BE USING
THAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND THAT'S
THE END OF MY POWER POINT PITCH.
THE QUESTION EVERYONE WILL ASK
IS WHEN WE'LL BE ASSIGNING A
CREW TO ARTEMIS 2 AND WE HOPE
THAT WILL BE LATE ERR THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU.
>> VERY.
THANKS TO ALL OUR BRIEFERS FOR
THE VERY DETAILED OVERVIEW OF
THE ARTEMIS 1 MISSION AND WHAT
WE ARE DOING FOR THE FUTURE TO
BUILD UPON ARTEMIS AND GOING TO
THE MOON AND TO MARS.
SO WE'RE EXTENDING OUR TIME FOR
THE BRIEFINGS SO GIVE US ABOUT
45 MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME TAKING
SOME QUESTIONS HERE IN THE ROOM
AND THEN OF COURSE ON OUR PHONE
BRIDGE.
SO REVIEW OF HOW WE'LL TAKE THE
QUESTIONS.
RAISE YOUR HAND NICE AND HIGH
AND THEN WE'LL RUN A MICROPHONE
OVER TO YOU AND THEN YOU CAN ASK
AND START OVER THIS SIDE AND
PLEASE STATE ONCE YOU HAVE THE
MICROPHONE, STATE YOUR NAME AND
AFFILIATION AND TO YOU'D LIKE TO
DIRECT YOUR QUESTION.
WE HAVE FOLKS FROM ALL OVER AND
MAKE SURE YOU STATE TO WHO YOU'D
LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR QUESTION.
IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE BRIDGE
PRESS STAR 1 TO SUBMIT YOUR NAME
INTO THE QUEUE AND ONCE YOUR
NAME IS CALLED YOU CAN DIRECT TO
ANYONE ON THE PANEL.
IF YOU FIND THAT YOUR QUESTION
HAS BEEN ANSWERED YOU CAN
WITHDRAW BY PRESSING STAR 2.
WITH THAT START WITH THIS SIDE.
STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION.
>> CHRIS WITH NSF.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE FOR JUDD.
IN TERMS OF ASCENT WITH THE
LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM NOT HAVING
THE MOTORS INSTALLED, WHEN DO
THEY BECOME AVAILABLE ON THE
ASCENT PROFILE.
ON THE FLIPSIDE WHEN COMING INTO
SAN DIEGO, WHAT IF THE WEATHER
ISN'T GOOD AT THE LANDING SITE
ON OCTOBER 10TH.
WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS TO TARGET
A DIFFERENT ONE AND BACK-UP
LANDING OPTIONS FOR THE 10TH?
>> OUR ABORT OPTIONS BECOME
AVAILABLE AT THE LAST JETTISONS
ABOUT 3.5 MINUTE MARK.
OUR FIRST ABORT MODE THAT WE
HAVE AVAILABLE TO US IS
UNTARGETED SPLASH, SO THAT WOULD
BE WHERE WE SEPARATE AND
SPLASHDOWN SOMEWHERE IN THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN.
WE ALSO HAVE AN OVERLAP BETWEEN
THAT UNTARGETED ABORT SPLASH
MODE AND THEN ABORT ONCE AROUND
OPTION THAT'S ABOUT 7.5 MINUTES
OR SO INTO THE FLIGHT WHERE WE
HAVE THAT OVERLAP.
AND THE ABORT ONCE AROUND WOULD
TAKE THE CAPSULE AND PUT US OFF
THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA IN THE
PACIFIC.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE -- ONCE
THE SOLAR ARRAYS ARE DEPLOYED,
AFTER THAT 18 PLUS 12 MINUTE
MARK, WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US IF
SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH THE
UPPER STAGE WE HAVE THE OPTION
TO ABORT TO ORBIT.
SO WE'LL DO AN ORBIT.
OBVIOUSLY WE WOULDN'T BE GOING
TO THE MOON.
AS FAR AS YOUR QUESTION ON
ENTRY, WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE
FOR ABORT LANDING FOR WEATHER.
ONCE WE DO OUR DEORBIT BURN BACK
AT RPF OUR TRAJECTORY IS FIXED.
ONLY THINGS WE CAN DO TO
MODELING LATE IS TO LAND LONGER
THAN WE INTENDS OR LAND SHORTER
THAN WE INTENDED.
SO UP RANG OR DOWN RANG.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL SITES WITHIN
1200 NAUTICAL MILES OF SAN DIEGO
THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TO MAKE
SURE WE CAN -- AND WE'RE 90%
CONFIDENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND
ONE THAT WILL FIT ALL THE
CONDITIONS WE NEED AT
SPLASHDOWN.
MELISSA DIDN'T MENTION THIS, BUT
3 DAYS OUT BEFORE SPLASHDOWN,
HER RECOVERY TEAM IS GOING TO BE
HALFWAY BETWEEN THAT 1200
NAUTICAL MILE AND SAN DIEGO, SO
ONCE WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA WHAT
THE WEATHER WILL BE LIKE, WE'LL
EITHER SEND THE RECOVERY FORCES
INLAND OR IF THE WEATHER IS BAD
INLAND THEN THEY'LL PROCEED OUT.
>> HI, MY NAME IS JOHN AND I'M A
CORRESPONDENT FOR NEWSY.
APOLOGIES FOR THE REDUNDANCY.
ONCE WE GET ALL THE DATA FROM
THE UNMANNED MISSION WHAT'S THE
REFINED TIMELINE WHEN HUMAN
BEINGS ARE GOING BACK TO THE
MOON?
>> AFTER ARTEMIS 1 THE NEXT STEP
WILL BE ARTEMIS 2 WHICH IS
PLANNED FOR 2024.
WE TAKE ALL THE DATA FROM THIS
FLIGHT.
ARTEMIS 2 YOU SAW PICTURES OF
THE EUROPEAN SERVICE MODULE FOR
ARTEMIS 2 HAVE BEEN DELIVERED
AND THEY'RE WELL ON THEIR WAY
BEING FABRICATED DOWN AT KENNEDY
AS WELL.
THOSE VEHICLES ARE RAPIDLY BEING
BUILT AND PLAN TO HAND THOSE
OVER TO OUR GROUND SUPPORT
FRIENDS IN MID 2024 AND LAUNCHED
BY THE END OF '24 FOR CREW.
AS FAR AS ARTEMIS 3 WE'RE TRYING
TO DO MISSIONS AFTER THAT.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE ORION
VEHICLE AND LAUNCH SYSTEM THOSE
ARE TARGETED TO BE READY BY
THEN.
>> MARK WITH AVIATION
TECHNOLOGY.
MY QUESTION IS FOR RICK.
HOW WILL THIS MISSION INFORM
MISSION CONTROL AND THE TEAM TO
PREPARE FOR THE CREWED FLIGHTS
EITHER 2 AND 3?
I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS, WHAT
WILL YOU BE FOCUSSED ON TO MAKE
SURE YOU GOT THE BASES COVERED
FOR WHEN YOU HAVE A CREW?
>> GOOD QUESTION.
SO, RIGHT NOW ALL THE
PERFORMANCE DATA WE HAVE FOR THE
VEHICLE IS TEST DATA.
DEBBIE TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE SUPPORTED ALL THOSE TESTS BUT
IT'S ALL EITHER TEST DATA OR
MODELS.
AND THIS MISSION IS GOING TO
INFORM ALL THE MODELS.
WE'LL SEE HOW THE VEHICLE'S
GOING TO REALLY PERFORM IN THE
ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE ASKING IT
TO PERFORM IN.
AND SO, ALL THAT INFORMATION IS
GOING TO BE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE'LL
GAIN.
WE'LL BE UPDATING ALL OF OUR
PROCEDURES AND DOCUMENTATION TO
MAKE IT MORE ACCURATE AS TO HOW
THAT VEHICLE WILL OPERATE AND
THAT'S JUST GOING TO MAKE US
SMARTER CONTROLLERS FOR WHEN IT
IS TIME TO PUT THE CREW ON THE
VEHICLE.
>> THIS IS PROBABLY FOR JUDD.
AFTER THE MANEUVER, HOW LONG
BEFORE THE TLI BURN MIGHT THERE
BE TO HAVE ORION STAY IN EARTH
ORBIT IF THERE IS SOME ISSUE.
WHAT'S THE BATTERY LIFE ON ORION
BEFORE THE SOLAR ARRAYS NEED TO
BE DEPLOYED?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
FIRST QUESTION ON THE MANEUVER.
HOW LONG CAN ORION STAY ON BOARD
ORBIT IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
SO THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE
UPPER STAGE ORION STILL HAS THE
OMS ENGINE AVAILABLE TO IT.
SO WE CAN RAISE IT IF WE NEED
TO.
THE
>> IF THERE IS SOME OTHER ISSUE
COMES UP WHERE YOU'RE NOT
BURNING ACCORDING TO YOUR
NOMINAL TIMELINE, IS THERE AN
OPTION TO DELAY THE DLI BURN?
>> OKAY, I UNDERSTAND YOUR
QUESTION NOW.
NO, THERE IS NO OPTION.
THE UPPER STAGE IS A PRETTY MUCH
A FIRE AND FORGET VEHICLE.
THE SO, IF IT DOESN'T PERFORM
THE MANEUVER OR TLI MANEUVER,
ORION DOES NOT HAVE THE
COMMODITIES TO GET TO THE MOON
BY ITSELF SO IT HAS TO BE PUT ON
THAT TLI BURN BY THE UPPER STAGE
AND IT HAS TO BE AT THE TIMES
THAT WE PRESCRIBE.
YOUR SECOND QUESTION ABOUT THE
BATTERIES, HOW LONG UNTIL THE
ORION BATTERIES LAST.
THEY CAN LAST ABOUT 45-50
MINUTES OR A LITTLE BIT IN THAT
HOUR TIME RANG, JUST ENOUGH TO
GET TO THE ABORT ONCE AROUND
SHOULD THAT BE NEEDED.
>> HI, ROBERT PEARLMAN WITH
COLLECT SPACE.
ONE FOR RICK AND ONE FOR REID.
RICK, REALIZING THERE IS NO CREW
ON BOARD, HOW IS THE FLIGHT TEAM
GOING TO BE REFERRING TO THE
VEHICLE WHEN IT'S IN ORBIT OVER
THE LOOPS?
DOES IT HAVE A CALL SIGN OR IS
IT ORION ARTEMIS ONE?
AND FOR REID ARE THERE MEMBERS
WHO ARE ASSIGNED TO SPECIFIC
TECHNICAL ROLES FOR ARTEMIS ONE
ON ARE ENTRY OR IN MISSION
CONTROL?
>> IS THIS MINE'S EASY.
IT IS ORION -- WE'LL REFER TO IT
AS ORION.
>> MINE IS MORE COMPLICATED.
MANY OF THESE PEOPLE YOU KNOW
WELL.
STAN LOVE WILL BE WORKING IN
MISSION CONTROL.
HE'LL BE FOLLOWING ALONG AS IF
WE HAD A CAPSULE COMMUNICATOR ON
CONSOLE.
SO STAN WILL BE LOOKING FOR
MISSION CONTROL PERSPECTIVE.
RANDY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING ON THE
TECHNICAL SIDE FOR ORION SO WILE
BE LOOKING AT THE TECHNICAL
ASPECTS AND JOE IS DOWN AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER LOOKING AT
ALL THE PROCESSES LEADING UP TO
THE PAD AND ALSO ON RETURN.
AND THEN I WILL ALSO BE AT
KENNEDY FOR LAUNCH LOOKING AT
WHERE WILL WE BE PUTTING FAMILY
AND WHERE WE WILL BE IN LAUNCH
CONTROL AND DATA CONTROL ON
BOARD THE VEHICLE AND I'LL BE
THERE WITH OUR FLIGHT OPS
DIRECTOR AND THIS GETS EVERYBODY
FIRED UP SO THERE IS A LARGE
PRESS ELEMENT SO YOU'LL SEE
ASTRONAUTS ALL OVER WITH THE
ADMIN STRAIGHTER AND WE'LL BE
DOING A LOT OF INTERVIEWS,
ESPECIALLY I KNOW THIS AFTERNOON
A LOT OF FOLKS WILL BE TOURING
YEAR ROUND AS YOU'RE GOING
THROUGH JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
BUT FOR THE TECHNICAL ROLES
THOSE ARE THE ONES.
>> WE HAVE THE CREW MODULE AND
SERVICE MODULE.
THERE AGENCY SYSTEM ON BOTH
MODULES SO WE WOULD THEN REFER
TO IT AT THE CREW MODULE OR
SERVICE MODULE LEVEL.
>> THANK YOU.
TAREK WITH SPACE.COM.
ONE FOR REID AND ONE FOR MAYBE
MELISSA.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE EXPERIENCE
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE ASTRONAUT
CORPS TO GET HOW GERMANE AND
ACCURATE CAN YOU GET A PICTURE
WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE WILL BE
LIKE.
FOR MELISSA ON RECOVERY WITH AN
EXTENDED RETRIEVAL TIME FOR THE
TESTING.
WHAT'S THE TARGET RECOVERY FOR
AN ACTUAL CREW THAT YOU'LL WANT
TO IMPORT?
>> FROM THE CREW ON BOARD
STANDPOINT, HONESTLY THE MOST
THING I'M LOOKING FOR IS HOW IT
WORKS AND HOW DO THE CORE STAGE
VEHICLE DYNAMICS WORK ON ASCENT
AND FOR THE RIDE INSIDE, WE'VE
BEEN WORKING ON THIS VEHICLE FOR
YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING EGRESS
TRAINING.
WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE
EXERCISE FACILITIES FOR YEARS.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING
TO GET OUT OF ARTEMIS ONE.
THIS IS A ROBUST VEHICLE AND
BUILT TO GO TO DEEP SPACE AND
WILL BE READY FOR CREW WHEN
WE'RE READY TO FLY THERE ON
ARTEMIS 2 FOR SURE.
>> I'LL ADD ON ARTEMIS 1 WE ARE
FLYING SOME PAYLOADS THAT WILL
HELP INFORM OUR MODELS AND
MAKING SURE THAT THE DESIGN WE
PREDICTED IS REALIZED DURING THE
FLIGHT.
THE KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTS ABOUT,
ALL THOSE THINGS WE'RE MEASURING
IN THE VEHICLE.
THE HEAT SHIELD HAS HUNDREDS OF
SENSORS IMBEDDED SO WE'LL BE
COLLECTING ACTUAL TEMPERATURES
AT ACTUAL LOCATIONS AND
DIFFERENT DEPTHS AND DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS AND SAME THING WITH
THE LANDING LOADS.
WE'VE GOT SENSORS PICKING THAT
UP.
IN TERMS OF CREW PROTECTION AND
CREW OCCUPANCY, IT'S REALLY
ABOUT VALIDATING THE DESIGN SO
THAT WE'RE READY.
THESE OTHER SYSTEMS LIKE WASTE
MANAGEMENT AND GALLEYS AND
EXERCISE WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE
CAPABILITIES TO TEST ON THE
GROUND AND WE HAVE CREW OVER ALL
THE TIME TESTING OUT THOSE
FACILITIES AND YOU'LL SEE THE
MOCK-UP AND THERE IS ALL THOSE
CAPABILITIES IN THERE.
AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE THAT
WE'RE BUILDING UP NOW FOR
ARTEMIS 2 ALREADY HAS THE WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAS BEEN
INSTALLED FOR A YEAR.
AND IN TERMS OF THAT ONE
SPECIFICALLY THAT SAME WASTE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HAS BEEN FLOWN
TO SPACE STATION.
WE USE THAT ALL THE TIME TO
PROVE OUT THE THINGS LIKE FLUID
DYNAMICS YOU WANT TO TEST IN
ZERO GRAVITY.
>> WE HAD A SECOND QUESTION FOR
MELISSA.
LET'S GO OVER TO MELISSA.
>> THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION,
OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR GETTING
CREW TO MED BAY IS 2 HOURS.
OUR ESTIMATES THINK WE CAN BEAT
THAT PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT
80 MINUTES.
THE CAPSULE THAT YOU SAW IN THE
PICTURE THAT WE SHOWED YOU DOES
NOT HAVE AN INTERIOR AND THE
TRAINER THAT WE'RE USING WITH
THE DOD AND TIMING IS ALMOST
FINISHED.
IT'S GOING THROUGH FINAL STAGES
OF VARIATION AND VALIDATION.
THE VERY FIRST UNDERWAY TEST
WILL HAVE THAT NEW CAPSULE THAT
HAS THE HATCH AND SEATS IN IT
AND REFINE HOW QUICKLY WE CAN
GET TO THE CAPSULE AND GET THE
CREW OUT AND GET THEM TO MED DAY
ON THE SHIP.
WE THINK WE CAN BEAT AND REFINE
THE PROCEDURES.
>> GINA, ABC NEWS.
I THINK THIS IS FOR YOU, RICK.
IF YOU LAUNCH AT 8:33 A.M. IF IT
IT'S A 42 DAY MISSION.
IF IT FLIPS HOW DOES THE MISSION
DURATION CHANGE AND WHY?
>> THE MISSION DURATION DOESN'T
CHANGE AT ALL.
IT WILL FORCE OUR TEAM TO DO A
LOT OF REPLANNING BUT FOR THE
MOST PART MISSION IS IDENTICAL.
THAT'S THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT
ALLOW BEEN FOR A 2-HOUR LAUNCH
WINDOW.
IT GIVES US FLEXIBILITY FOR THE
LAUNCH TEAMS AND WE CAN STILL
EXECUTE THE SAME MISSION.
THE PRIMARY BURNS ARE ON THE
ORDER OF MINUTES BUT PRETTY MUCH
THE MISSION WILL BE THE EXACT
SAME.
>> I'LL ADD ON TO THAT.
THE REASON IT'S THE SAME
DURATION, EVERY LAUNCH DAY WE'RE
TARGETING THE SAME POINT IN
SPACE FOR TLI AND THAT TLI IS
MOVING WESTWARDLY THROUGHOUT
THAT WINDOW SO WE'RE CHANGING
THE ANGLE IN WHICH WE'RE
APPROACHING.
>> SO WE'LL ROLL HERE. WE HAVE
3 LAUNCH STEPS.
WE'VE GOT THE 29TH AND 2ND AND
5TH.
SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT.
WE'RE FLYING THIS VEHICLE AS A
TEST FLIGHT.
WE DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING.
WE CAN TEST ON THE GROUND, BUT
IT'S ALL DIFFERENT WHEN YOU ROLL
TO THE PAD AND YOU GO TO GET OFF
THAT PAD.
SO THERE'S A VERY SOLID CHANCE
WE ROLL AND WE GO FOR THE 29TH
AND WE DON'T MAKE THE 29TH AND
THERE IS A CHANCE WE DON'T MAKE
THE 2ND OR FIFTH AND IN THAT
CASE WE'LL ROLL BACK AND RESET A
FEW SYSTEMS AND GO BACK OUT.
THAT NEXT SET OF 3 LAUNCH
ATTEMPTS WE GO TO THE SHORTER
CLASS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS
STILL OUT THERE.
>> 29TH, THE 2ND AND 5TH WILL BE
40-PLUS DAY MISSIONS AND IF WE
GO INTO THE NEXT LAUNCH PERIOD
THEN WE START OFF GENERAL LIT
FIRST PART OF THE LAUNCH WINDOW
WHICH IS SEVERAL WEEKS IS A
SHORT CLASS AND THEN TRANSITION
TO A LONG CLASS.
>> BILL.
I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE
LAST ONES.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN TOLD
THE 29TH, 2ND AND 5TH, CHARLEY
BLACK WELL THOMPSON SAID IF YOU
ROLL OUT ON THE 18TH THEY SAID
YOU GET TWO ATTEMPTS.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE) WHEN DID THE
20-DAY CLOCK START TICKING?
WHAT'S YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY OR
DO YOU REALLY GET ALL 3 OF
THOSE?
(UNINTELLIGIBLE QUESTION)
>> I'LL TAKE THE FIRST QUESTION.
>> ARE CAN THE PERSON REITERATE.
WE DIDN'T CAPTURE THAT FOR ARE
TV.
>> FIRST QUESTION THAT BILL HAD
WAS WHAT IS THE ACTUAL
CONSTRAINT ON THE FLIGHT
TERMINATION SYSTEM AND WHAT IS
THE 20 DAY THAT'S CHARLIE
BLACKWELL THOMPSON TALKED ABOUT
AND WHERE DOES THE CLOCK START.
THE CLOCK STARTS DURING THE
PROCESSING IN THE VAB THAT THAT
WINDOW STARTS WHEN THEY DO --
THEY INSTALL THE BATTERY AND
THEY CHARGE THEM UP.
THAT'S WHEN THE CERTIFICATION
PERIOD STARTS AT 20 DAYS.
SO I BELIEVE -- AND I'M NOT
EXACTLY SURE THE DAY THAT
THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO THAT, BUT
THAT WILL BE AROUND THE 16TH OR
17TH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
20 DAYS LATER, THE RANGE TOLD
THEM BATTERIES ARE ONLY GOOD FOR
20 DAYS.
SO THAT'S THE THIRD OR 4TH RIGHT
THERE AND NOT QUITE TO THE
FIFTH.
THAT'S WHY SHE QUOTED THAT.
THE 20-DAY CERTIFICATION ENDS
RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF BEING ABLE
TO PICK UP THE FIFTH.
I DO KNOW THAT THEY ARE IN TALKS
WITH THE RANGE TO TRY TO EXTEND
THAT CERTIFICATION TO A LITTLE
BIT LONGER THAN 20 DAYS.
HOPEFULLY TO BRING IN A THIRD
ATTEMPT BUT THOSE NEGOTIATIONS
ARE STILL IN THE WORKS.
AS FAR AS YOUR SECOND QUESTION,
RICK, YOU WANT TO TAKE IT?
>> SURE.
YOUR REFERENCE FROM STANDING ON
EARTH WATCHING IT IS SIMILAR TO
WHAT THE AN APOLLO TRAJECTORIES
LOOK LIKE.
IT'S IN THE EARTH, MOON, PLAIN.
AS WE FLYBY THE MOON, IT WILL BE
ON THE BACKSIDE AND WE'LL LOSE
COM WITH IT AND IT GOES UP AND
WE'LL STAY IN THAT PLAIN AND DO
THAT BIG ORBIT.
WHEN WE DO THE FIRST 6 DAYS
WE'LL HAVE A LOSS OF COM IN
ORDER OF 3 HOURS BECAUSE THE
MOON IS BLOCKING THE PATHWAY TO
THE EARTH.
SO IT'S FAIR TO APOLLO.
THEY GO INTO LUNAR ORBIT AND WE
--
>> TOM COSTELLO WITH NBC NEWS.
THANK YOU FOR A TERRIFIC
BRIEFING.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE TWO
BLACKOUT PERIODS ON RE-ENTRY FOR
COMS.
SHUTTLE DID NOT HAVE ANY
BLACKOUT PERIODS.
WHAT'S CHANGED?
IS IT THE RE-ENTRY?
WHY DON'T BLACKOUT PERIODS ON
RE-ENTRY?
IF THERE WERE TO BE A REASON TO
ABORT ON LIFTOFF ANY CHANCE OF
ABORTING TO THE SPACE STATION?
OR IS THAT NOT POSSIBLE AT ALL?
>> GOOD QUESTIONS.
ORIENTATION WITH THE ANTENNAS
THAT'S WHY.
EARLY ON THERE WERE BLACKOUTS
PERIODS.
AS FAR AS THE DOUBLE BLACKOUT
IT'S JUST ANTENNA ORIENTATION
AND LOTS OF PLASMA COMING AROUND
THE VEHICLE.
I BELIEVE THE SOYUZ HAS THE SAME
ISSUE.
THERE IS A PERIOD OF TIME WHERE
THERE'S BLACKOUT DUE TO THE
PLASMA FIELD.
THE AS FAR AS YOUR NEXT
QUESTION, NO, THERE IS NOT A
POSSIBILITY TO ABORT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, NOT
ANYWHERE NEAR THE SAME ORBIT.
>> FROM POLISH PUBLIC
TELEVISION.
THE QUESTION IS FOR REID.
DO THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE DIFFERENT
TRAINING THAN OTHER ASTRONAUTS
ASSIGNED TO THE ISS AND HOW OLD
ARE THEY?
>> THE WAY I LOOK AT IT IS RIGHT
NOW WE HAVE 42 ACTIVE NASA
ASTRONAUTS HERE. ARTEMIS IS AN
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM AND WE'LL
BE FLYING COLLEAGUES FROM AROUND
THE EARTH ON THIS VEHICLE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD.
RIGHT NOW EVERY ONE OF OUR
ASTRONAUTS IS ELIGIBLE FOR AN
ARTEMIS MISSION.
IF YOU GET ASSIGNED TO A SPACE
STATION MISSION.
IF YOU'RE ASSIGNED TO AN ARTEMIS
MISSION YOU'LL GO INTO A
SPECIFIC ARTEMIS TRAINING TRACK.
WHILE WE'RE NOT ASSIGNED TO
THOSE MISSIONS, I PERSONALLY
WANT OUR ASTRONAUTS TO BE AS
WELL ROUNDED AS POSSIBLE.
EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY NOT WALK ON
THE MOON, STUDYING GEOLOGY AND
PANGEA HELPS YOU WHEN YOU'RE
LOOKING DOWN AT THE EARTH AND
LOOKING DOWN AT THE GEOLOGIC
PROCESSES THAT YOU GET TO SEE
FOR 6 MONTHS TO A YEAR WHEN
YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN.
THE THING YOU NEVER GET WITH
ROBOTIC AND THIS BRAIN AND WE
ARE THINK OF CRAZY THINGS WHEN
WE'RE LEFT UP BORED IT'S AMAZING
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE
UP THERE FOR 6 MONTHS WHEN YOU
SEE THE SUN AND SEE HOW IT
CHANGES.
WE'RE ALL THE SAME UNTIL YOU GET
ASSIGNED A MISSION AND THEN YOU
GO INTO SPECIFIC TRAINING TRACK.
WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM LATE 20'S
TO MID 60'S AND AS LONG AS YOU
ARE HEALTHY THERE IS A TINY BIT
OF MEDICAL TESTING ON US.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE HEALTHY WE'LL
LOAD NEW A ROCKET AND SHOOT YOU
OFF THE PLANET AND THEN ON TO
MARS.
>> GOOD MORNING.
JEFF WITH SPACE NEWS.
THE DIS-TRENT RETROGRADE ORBIT,
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'LL
BE USING FOR ARTEMIS 3 AND
BEYOND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE SHORT AND LONG CLASS
MISSIONS.
ARE THERE OBJECTIVES THAT YOU
WOULD BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE IN THE
LONG CLASS MISSION THAT YOU
WOULD NOT FOR THE SHORT CLASS
MISSION BECAUSE OF LESS TIME IN
THE GRO?
>> SO I'M VERY FOCUSSED ON THE
ARTEMIS 1 MISSION SO I DON'T
HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
THE OTHER ARTEMIS MISSIONS, BUT
I THINK THE KNOWLEDGE WE'LL GAIN
FROM GETTING TO THE MOON AND GET
BACK, HOW WE'LL BUILD
TRAJECTORIES AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT WE'LL USE ONCE WE GET TO
THE MOON IN TORE GET INTO THESE
SPECIFIC ORBITS AROUND THE MOON.
SO ARTEMIS 1 IS DIFFERENT AS YOU
ALLUDED TO WILL STILL GAIN ALL
THE KNOWLEDGE AS TO HOW THE
VEHICLE WILL OPERATE AS FAR AS
THE BURN PLANS AND TARGETING
THEM ONCE WE GET TO THE MOON.
FOR YOUR SECOND QUESTION
REGARDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
SHORT CLASS AND LONG CLASS,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL
OBJECTIVES ON A SHORT CLASS
MISSION.
THEY'LL BE CLOSER TOGETHER BUT
WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL
OF THEM EVEN ON A 26 TO 28-DAY
MISSION.
THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THIS, WE HAVE THERMAL
CONSTRAINTS WHERE WE CAN DO SOME
OF THESE ACTIVITIES AND ONCE YOU
GO OUT YOU'RE LIMITED TO 3 HOURS
AND THEN ONCE YOU COME BACK YOU
HAVE TO BE GET THE THERMAL
RECOVERY BEFORE YOU GO OFF AND
DO ANOTHER ONE.
TO PLAN ALL THESE ACTIVITIES,
THESE EVENTS, TO ENSURE THAT WE
CAN MEET ALL THE OBJECTIVES,
IT'S A VERY TIGHTLY
CHOREOGRAPHED TIMELINE TO ENSURE
WE MEET ALL THE THERMAL
CONSTRAINTS.
BUT WE CAN MEET ALL OUR
OBJECTIVES.
>> AND BECAUSE OF THE MOON-EARTH
ORIENTATION IT TAKES A LONG
TIME.
WE CAN GET A LONG MISSION
WHETHER IT'S SHORT CLASS OR LONG
CLASS IT WILL BE LONGER THAN THE
FIRST CREWED FLIGHT WHICH IS
TARGETED 10, 12 DAYS.
SO WE'RE GETTING THIS LONG ORBIT
WE CAN BRING OUT THE SYSTEMS
WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF PROP
LOADS TO STAY THERE.
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO ARTEMIS 2
AND BEYOND THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT
ORBIT IT'S FACING THE EARTH SO
YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS
FACING THE EARTH AND IT WILL
ALLOW SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF
VEHICLE WHETHER IT BE ORION OR
THE LANDER TO RENDEZVOUS WITH
THE GATEWAY AND THEN GO TO THE
MOON'S SURFACE.
>> DAN IN HUNTSVILLE AND THIS IS
A FOLLOW-UP FOR REID ON THE
ASTRONAUT.
YOU CALLED 40 ASTRONAUTS DOWN TO
ABOUT 10 WHO WANT TO FLY ON
THESE CREWED MISSION.
HOW DID YOU DO THAT?
>> WE DEFINITELY HAVE NOT DONE
THAT.
WE HAVE 42 AND EARLIER SOME OF
YOU FOLKS WERE HERE WE ANNOUNCED
OUR LATEST CLASS OF ASTRONAUT
CANDIDATES WITH 10 AMERICANS
FROM ACROSS OUR COUNTRY ALL
WALKS OF LIFE TO JOIN OUR CORE
CORPS AND THEY'RE IN OUR INITIAL
TRAINING AND WHEN THEY GRADUATE
IN 18 MONTHS THEY'LL COME INTO
THE 42.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY
FLIGHT ASSIGNMENTS AND NOT SURE
WHO IS GOING TO DO WHAT THINGS
AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
WE WANT TO WATCH ARTEMIS ONE AND
MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION WHEN WE
ASSIGN 2 AND EVENTUALLY 3 AND
BEYOND.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ROSEANNE WITH KPRC.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME FOR
US.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
FIRST IS FOR REID.
WE KNOW THE APOLLO GENERATION IS
WATCHING AND THIS MEANS SO MUCH
TO THEM.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THOSE
WHO WORKED ON THE APOLLO PROGRAM
AND HOW THEIR EXPERTISE
CONTRIBUTED TO WHAT YOU ARE
WORKING ON TODAY?
>> WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THEM IS
THANK YOU.
THAT APOLLO GENERATION LANDED
HUMANS ON THE MOON AT A PERIOD
WHERE I THINK IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
AND THEN THAT TECHNOLOGIES THE
VERY JOHNSON SPACE CENTER THAT
WE'RE SITTING AT RIGHT NOW IS A
LEGACY OF THE APOLLO ERA.
BUT I DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT
WHEN I THINK ABOUT APOLLO.
I THINK ABOUT EVERY KID THAT
WATCHED THAT LANDING AND WANTED
TO BE AN ASTRONAUT AND IS BE A
DOCTOR AND WANTED TO BE A SCHOOL
TEACHER, LIKE THE IMPACT OF WHAT
APOLLO DID WAS NOT PUTTING NEIL
ARMSTRONG AND BUZZ ALDRIN ON THE
MOON.
IT WAS CHANGING THE WAY WE LOOK
AT STEM COMPLETELY.
THERE IS NOTHING THAT MOTIVATES
SOMEONE MORE THAN DOING.
AND THAT IS WHAT APOLLO DID AND
WHAT ART MIDST WILL WITH DO.
WE'RE GOING OUT THERE AND WE'LL
DO THIS AND THAT WAY YOU REALLY
ENERGIZE EVERYONE.
>> MY SECOND QUESTION IS MORE OF
A TECHNICAL QUESTION.
I SEE A LOT OF BIG MISSION
OBJECTIVES HERE TESTING THE
GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION AND
SEEING HOW THE ORBITAL
MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND MAKING
SURE YOU NAIL THE RETURN POWER
FLYBY.
WHAT IS YOUR MARGIN OF ERROR
ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING NONE EVER
THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE
BEFORE?
WHAT IS YOUR MARGIN OF ERROR AND
WHAT DOES SUCCESS LIKE?
>> WELL, THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS
SMALL, BUT THOSE TRAJECTORY
MANEUVERS THAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT, THEY'RE WHAT IS GOING TO
ENSURE WHEN WE FLYBY THE MOON
WE'RE AT THE RIGHT ALTITUDE AND
WE DON'T RUN INTO IT AND I
TALKED ABOUT THE BURNS, WE SIGN
A CRITICALITY TO THEM.
IF WE DID NOT EXECUTE IT NO HARM
TO FOUL.
AND THEN WE HAVE MANDATORY BURNS
WHERE IT YOU DON'T EXECUTE THAT
BURN THEN YOU LOSE A MISSION
OBJECTIVE.
IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT THEN WE
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET UP TO
THE MISSION.
WE STILL SAFELY BRING ORION
BACK.
BUT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH ALL OUR MISSION
OBJECTIVES AND THEN THE LAST
CATEGORY IS THE CRITICAL BURN.
THAT'S THE RETURN POWER FLYBY
AND THE ONE WHERE WE DON'T
EXECUTE IT THEN IT'S LOSS OF THE
VEHICLE.
THE MARGIN IS SMALL BUT WE HAVE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
COLLECT -- MAKE ALL THE RIGHT
CORRECTIONS TO MAKE SURE WE
TARGETED OUT OUR OUTBOUND POWER
FLY-BY AND RETURN POWER FLYBY.
CONFIDENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ABOUT
CUTE THE TRAJECTORIES AS LONG AS
THE VEHICLE IS PERFORMED THE WAY
IT'S DESIGNED WE'LL GET THE
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
>> I'LL ADD TO THAT.
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
SO WE'RE ALSO FINDING WHERE THE
MARGINS ARE.
WE'RE FINDING WHERE THE
CONSERVATISM IS DONE.
WE'LL FIND WHERE THOSE MARGINS
ARE.
>> I'M COOPER WITH EVERY DAY
ASTRONAUT.
APOLLO HAD THE CAMERA ON THE
MOON.
I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW DOES ARTEMIS
HAVE A CAMERA?
>> IS ACTUALLY ARTEMIS HAS A LOT
OF CAMERAS.
DEBBIE COULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT
THE INTERNAL ONES.
ON EACH OF THE SOLAR ARRAY WINGS
WE HAVE A GO PRO AND WE'LL BE
TAKING IMAGERY THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE MISSION AND WE'LL BE
TRANSFERRING THAT IMAGERY FROM
THE GO PRO CAMERA DOWN TO THE --
WE HAVE CAMERA CONTROLLERS AND
WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE DOWN TO
THE EARTH.
BUT THERE'S INTERNAL CAMERAS
ALSO -- I DON'T KNOW THE MAKE OF
THOSE.
>> YEAH, I DON'T KNOW THE MAKE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL INSIDE THE
CREW MODULE AND A TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATION PAYLOAD YOU CAN
READ ABOUT.
IT'S A COLLABORATION WITH ALEXA.
YOU'LL BE SEEING FROM A VANTAGE
LIKE THE CREW MEMBER SITTING IN
A SEAT.
YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS WHERE IS
ARTEMIS TODAY AND WHAT WHERE IS
ORION TODAY AND WHAT IS
HAPPENING.
SOME OF THAT IS IMAGERY YOU WANT
TO CAPTURE FOR POST FLIGHT
ANALYSIS OR DID THAT SOLAR ARRAY
BLOCK INTO PLACE.
IF WE START SEALING DATA THAT
LOOKS LIKE AN ANOMALY AND A
WHOLE BUNCH OF VIDEO.
(UNINTELLIGIBLE QUESTION)
>> GOOD QUESTION.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT NUMBERS AND SPECIFICS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE HUMAN
ASPECT.
THIS IS A VERY FIRST TIME THAT
WE SEE AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, A
WOMAN GOING TO THE MOON.
ASTRONAUTS FROM ECUADOR AND EL
SALVADOR AND PUERTO RICO, HOW
IMPORTANT WAS IT TO SEND THAT
MESSAGE THIS WAS LIKE DRIVING
INTO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
ALL YOU GUYS.
>> ABSOLUTELY A PRIORITY.
IT'S SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT
EVERY DAY.
I HAVE 3 KIDS, 2 OF WHICH ARE
DAUGHTERS.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT SENDING A
WOMAN TO THE MOON, THEY CAN'T
UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN
ONE.
THEY GROW UP IN AN ENVIRONMENT
WHERE THINGS ARE SO MUCH MORE
INCLUSIVE.
ABSOLUTELY FROM ME.
I THINK IT'S A HUGE, HUGE DEAL
THAT WE MADE THIS A VERY BIG
FOCUS OF THIS MISSION FOR BOTH
WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OUR JOB AT NASA IS TO DO THE
THINGS THAT ARE DIFFICULT AND TO
DO THE THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT AND
TO MOTIVATE OUR BASE, WHICH IS
OUR YOUTH.
AND RIGHT NOW OUR COUNTRY IS A
DIVERSE AND EXTREMELY RICH
COUNTRY AND WE WANT OUR
ASTRONAUT CORPS AND WE WANT
EVERY KID IN AMERICA TO LOOK AT
OUR POSTER AND SAY I SEE MYSELF
IN THAT.
I GREW UP POOR OR THIS TYPE OF
FAMILY.
I CAN DO THAT SOME DAY AND IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US
TO STAND TOGETHER AS WE GO AND
DO THIS.
AND THE NEATEST PART ABOUT
WORKING AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
AND NASA IS A TEAM YOU WORK
WITH.
EVERY DAY WHEN YOU GET TO WORK
THE STORIES YOU CAN TELL.
THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR CLASS THAT
WE JUST HIRED FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY AND THE WORLD IT IS AN
AMAZINGLY RICH PLACE TO WORK.
IT'S REFLECTED EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE A BIT PROGRESSIVE AND WE
LOVE WHAT WE DO.
>> I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PHONE
FOR A SECOND.
I WANT TO GIVE THEM AN
OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
MARGARET WITH THE NIGHT TIME
NEWS SPACE REPORT.
GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS MARVIN MARSHALL.
MY QUESTION KIND OF BANKS ON THE
CAMERA QUESTION.
I WAS WONDERING HOW MUCH PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT WILL THERE BE TO DO
LIVESTREAMING FROM ORBIT.
PICTURES OF WORTH A THOUSAND
WORDS BUT THE VIDEO DOES SO MUCH
MORE.
WILL THERE BE AN EMPHASIS TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC WITH LIVESTREAMS
AFTER THE LAUNCH LIVESTREAM ON
ORBIT AND ON ARTEMIS 1 OR 2.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR
QUESTIONS.
>> I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THAT IF I
HEARD IT CORRECTLY.
IF YES, THROUGHOUT THE MISSION
WE'LL BE HAVING LIVESTREAM
IMAGERY COMING DOWN.
BUT IT'S TO COMPETITION WITH ALL
THE DATA WE NEED TO GET DONE AS
WELL.
WE'RE LIMITED ON OUR DATA RATES
THAT WE'LL BE TRANSMITTING
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION AND THERE
ARE PERIODS WHERE WEE WHERE WE
ARE ABLE TO DO IMAGERY AND
MAINTAIN OUR TELEMETRY.
FOR A LOFT THESE EVENTS WE'LL BE
RECORDING THE HIGH RESOLUTION
IMAGERY AND THOSE WOULD BE DOWN
LINKED AFTER THE EVENT.
WE HAVE A PRIORITY LIST OF HOW
WE'LL BRING FILES OFF THE ORION.
SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A MATTER
OF TIME BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT
OF DATA WE'LL BE BRINGING DOWN
ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS.
IT WILL BE SOMEWHAT AFTER THE
EVENT TO GET THE HIGH RES BUT
THE INTENT IS TO HAVE STREAMING
IMAGERY THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AS
WELL.
>> LET'S GO TO MELISSA.
THEY WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT IMAGERY AT RECOVERY.
>> AWESOME. WE HAVE ABOUT 17
CAMERAS ALL OVER THE SHIP AND
HELICOPTERS IN THE OPEN WATER
AND SEVERAL OF THOSE ARE
CONNECTED TO A SATELLITE SYSTEM
WE HAVE ON BOARD THAT WELL BE
ABLE TO STREAM NEAR REAL TIME
LIVE VIDEO BACK TO JOHNSON TO BE
SENT OVER NASA TV.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE
RECOVERY OPERATIONS REAL TIME.
>> VERY GOOD.
LET'S GO TO THE PHONE.
MARSHA DUNN ASSOCIATED PRESS.
>> HI.
FOR REID, I WAS HOPING YOU CAN
PROVIDE DETAILS ON WHAT SPECIAL
TRAITS OR SKILLS YOU'RE LOOKING
FOR THE FIRST TWO CREWS?
AND WILL THE FIRST TWO CREWS
COME FROM THE 18 ARTEMIS TEAM
ASTRONAUTS ANNOUNCED A COUPLE OF
YEARS BACK.
TODAY YOU SEEM TO BE INDICATING
ANY OF THE 42 ACTIVE ASTRONAUTS
COULD BE IN THE RUNNING AT THIS
POINT FOR ARTEMIS 2 AND 3.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> YOU BET, MARCIA. I'LL START
WITH THE SECOND HALF WHICH IS
THE WAY I LOOK AT IT ANY ONE OF
OUR 42 ACTIVE ASTRONAUTS
ELIGIBLE.
WE WANT TO ASSEMBLE THE RIGHT
TEAM FOR THIS MISSION.
AS TO WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN
THESE FIRST 2 BUT WHAT OUR
ASTRONAUT CORPS RIGHT NOW.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND THE
ABILITY TO DIVE INTO ANY
SITUATION, ANY TECHNICAL NEED OF
THE VEHICLE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN
THINGS AREN'T GOING RIGHT AND TO
UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY ARE.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NUMBER ONE.
AND THEN BEYOND THAT, IT IS, ARE
YOU A TEAM PLAYER?
ARE YOU ENGAGING?
CAN YOU WORK WITH OUR FLIGHT
DIRECTORS?
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR
ASTRONAUT CORPS IS TODAY.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON LONGER
SPACE FLIGHTS, 6 MONTHS TO A
YEAR ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON -- WE CALL
IT EXPEDITIONARY BEHAVIOR.
THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR IN THE FIRST
MISSIONS.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND TEAM
PLAYER AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
>> GERMAN RADIO TELEVISION.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
I WONDERED IF THERE ARE SINCE
YOU MADE IT CLEAR ARTEMIS 1 IS
COLLECTING AS MUCH DATA AS
POSSIBLE.
ARE THERE ANY MOMENTS THROUGHOUT
THE MISSION WHERE YOU PUSH THE
SLS ORION CLOSER TO THE LIMIT
THAN YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO WHEN
HUMANS ARE ON BOARD?
>> I WOULD SAY PROBABLY NOT TO
ANY EXTREME EVENTS.
MOST OF OUR TESTING ON THE
GROUND COVERS THAT.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT PARACHUTE
TESTING.
WE TRY TO CATCH THE CORNER OF
THE BOXES THROUGH OUR GROUND
TESTING.
BUT WE USE IT TO BUILD MODELS
AND SEE IF THE SYSTEM WILL
PERFORM ACROSS ALL ENVIRONMENTS.
DURING THE MISSION CAPTURING THE
DATA AND THEN DID THAT -- AND
THAT ENVIRONMENT THERE'S THE
THERMAL AND PRESSURES OR
WHATEVER WE'RE COLLECTING DID IT
MATCH THE MODEL PREDICTIONS
BASED ON ALL THE TEST DATA.
THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE ARE.
THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME
OPERATIONAL THINGS THAT WE'LL BE
MORE AGGRESSIVE BEFORE BECAUSE
WE DON'T HAVE A CREW AND OUR
NUMBER ONE OBJECTIVE IS TO GET
THE HEAT SHIELD DATA IT MIGHT
BE -- LET'S GO FOR TLI.
BECAUSE IT'S OUR PRIMARY OBJECT
I'VE WE MIGHT TAKE MORE -- I
WON'T SAY RISK BUT FLEXIBILITY
THERE.
>> I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT.
WE ESTABLISHED A PHILOSOPHY
THROUGH THE PLANNING STAGES WE
WOULD ACCEPT MORE RISK.
DURING THE LEO FADS, THE LOWER
EARTH ORBIT PHASE, BEFORE THE
TRANS LUNAR EJECTION, WE'RE
GOING TO LEAN FORWARD AND WE'LL
PRESS AND EXECUTE TRANS LUNAR
EJECTION SO WE CAN ACHIEVE
GETTING THE HEAT SHIELD DATA.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO PICK UP MOST OF
THE OTHER ONES AS WELL AND BE
ABLE TO OPERATE IT IN SPACE AND
BEEN ABLE -- MELISSA AND HER
TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO RECOVER IT.
WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL BURN THE
TRANS LUNAR EJECTION AND THEN
BRING ORION BACK QUICKLY.
WE WON'T MAKE IT TO THE MOON.
WE MAY DO A LUNAR FLYBY, BUT
THAT IS SO WE CAN GET THAT
NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OBJECTIVE
AND THEN SAFELY GET THE VEHICLE
BACK.
AND THEN ON THE SLS SIDE WE
DON'T HAVE AUTOMATIC ABOARD.
WE'LL HAVE AUTOMATIC ABOARD FOR
THE CREWED VEHICLE SO THEY'RE
ALL MANUAL ABOARD SO WE'RE
LEARNING FORWARD IN THAT ASPECT
AS WELL.
>> MELISSA, MAY WANT TO JUMP IN.
AFTER THE RE-ENTRY AND
SPLASHDOWN SHE MENTIONED THEY
HAVE TWO HOURS FROM A
REQUIREMENT STANDPOINT TO GET
THE CAPSULE IN.
WE THINK WE WILL BEAT THAT.
BUT ON ARTEMIS 1, WE'RE DOING A
THERMAL SOAK BATH AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE WHAT IT'S LIKE INSIDE
THE CAPSULE WHEN WE HAVE A CREW
AND WE PREDICT CORRECTLY.
HOW LONG CAN THEY STAY IN SUITS
AND STAY COOL.
IN A CASE A LIKE THAT WE'RE
PUSHING JUST TO COLLECT THE DATA
TO VALIDATE THE DESIGN.
>> JIMMY WITH REUTERS.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE TWO MALES
AND TWO FEMALES ON ARTEMIS 1.
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE ON HOW
ASTRONAUTS RESPOND TO RADIATION
AND IF SO, HOW AND WHAT CHANGES
WILL YOU MAKE TO THE SPACECRAFT
ENVIRONMENT OR THE SPACE SUIT
DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS?
>> THERE IS ONE FULL MANNEQUIN
AND THEN THERE'S THESE TWO
CALLED PHANTOMS WHICH ARE
TORSOS.
ONE WILL BE A RADIATION
PROTECTION VEST AND ONE THAT IS
NOT.
RADIATION DOES AFFECT WOMEN
DIFFERENTLY THAN MEN.
>> WE USED TO HAVE -- I WON'T
CALL THEM DRACONIAN -- SOME
RADIATION LIMITS ARE DIFFERENT
FOR MEN AND WOMAN AND WE WORKED
HARD THROUGH OUR AGENCY AND
GOTTEN OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AT
HEADQUARTERS AND EQUALIZED ALL
RADIATION LIMITS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE
A MAN OR WOMAN.
IT'S THE EXACT SAME.
SO, IF WE CAN KNOW MAKE THESE
SPACECRAFT EQUITABLE AND IS FLY
ANY TYPE OF PERSON THEN WE NEED
TO WELCOME AT OUR SYSTEMS AND
RE-EVALUATE.
THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.
>> LAST QUESTION.
>> SCOTT JOHNSON WITH
SPACEFLIGHT INSIDER.
I THINK THE ROLLOUT IS ABOUT 13
DAYS AWAY AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE
HAVE A LAUNCH IN ABOUT 24 DAYS.
ARE THERE CURRENTLY ANY ISSUES
BEING WORKED ON THE VEHICLE IN
THE VAB THAT WOULD AFFECT EITHER
OF THOSE TWO DAYS?
>> I CAN SPEAK FROM ORION
PERSPECTIVE.
THE ANSWER IS NO.
THE VEHICLE IS POWERED DOWN
TODAY AND WE'RE CLOSING HATCHES
TO PREPARE FOR ROLLOUT AND WHEN
IT GETS OUT THERE, THE HATCHES
ARE OPEN AGAIN.
BUT FROM ORION STANDPOINT WE
HAVE MINOR NON CONFORMATIONS AND
IT'S THINGS LIKE TOUCHING UP
PAINT.
NOTHING FROM OUR LIST HOLDING US
UP.
WE JUST COMPLETED OUR PRE FLIGHT
READINESS REVIEW AND
SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THAT.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE ROCKET.
>> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES
ON THE ROCKET.
>> WE'LL GO TO MELISSA.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT
ON THE QUESTION.
I'M HERE AT KENNEDY AND I SHARE
A WALL WITH CLIFF WHO IS THE ONE
WHO IS GETTING US READY TO ROLL
OUT.
WE AT THIS TIME WE'RE NOT
WORKING ANY SHOW STOPPERS.
I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANY TECHNICAL
DETAILS BUT WE'RE LOOKING GOOD
RIGHT NOW FOR HOLDING BOTH OF
THOSE DATES.
>> THAT WILL WRAP UP OUR TIME
FOR QUESTIONS.
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YOUR QUESTIONS AND TO OUR
BRIEFERS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
DO A DETAILED BRIEF OF THE
ARTEMIS 1 MISSION.
YOU CAN FOLLOW MORE ABOUT THE
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IF YOU'RE CONSIDERED IN THOSE.
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THAT WILL WRAP UP TODAY'S