>> HELLO AND WELCOME.
I AM FROM THE OFFICE OF
COMMUNICATIONS.
WE'RE HERE LIVE AT NASA'S
GODDARD SPACEFLIGHT CENTER IN
THE WORLD'S LARGEST CLEANING
ROOM.
MAUREEN RECENTLY, THIS CLEAN
ROOM WAS USED TO HOUSE THE SPACE
TELESCOPE.
NASA'S NEXT STEP IS TO SEND
SCIENTIST THE POON.
MORE RECENTLY, THIS CLEAN ROOM
WAS USED TO HOUSE THE SPACE
TELESCOPE.
RIGHT NOW IT ISING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
NASA'S NEXT STEP IS TO SEND
SCIENTIST TO THE MOON.
LET'S HEAR SOME WORDS FROM OUR
ADMINISTRATE ON THIS EXCITING
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>> PRESSING FORWARD TO THE MOON.
SCIENCE LEADING THE WAY.
GO TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS AND TO
BRING HOME IDEAS AND DISCOVERIES
THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL OF
HUMANITY.
TO TO DO THIS, WE MUST BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE MAKEUP OF THE
MOON.
WE MUST STUDY AREAS OF THE LUNAR
SURFACE WHERE NO RECOVER HAS
BEEN BEFORE.
TODAY WE ANNOUNCE INITIATIVE
THAT FURTHER DEMONSTRATES HOW
THIS EFFORT IS UNLIKE ANY
BEFORE.
TODAY, NASA BECOMES A CUSTOMER
OF COMMERCIAL PARTNERS WHO WILL
DELIVER OUR SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS
AND OUR LUNAR TECHNOLOGY THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON.
THIS IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN OUR
ONGOING SUCCESS.
NASA IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT
THE FIRST COMMERCIAL PAY THROWED
THE LUNAR SERVICE WILL BE
PROVIDED BY ASTRO BOTTIC.
INTUITIVE MACHINES AND ORBIT
BEYOND.
THESE COMPANIES ARE PRIME
EXAMPLES OF AMERICAN INGENUITY,
VISION AND NO HOW.
BECAUSE OF THESE, THE SILENCE,
TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH THAT
WILL BE DONE IN THE IMMEDIATE
FUTURE WILL PREPARE THE WAY FOR
HUMANITY'S RETURN TO THE MOON BY
2024.
WE ARE GOING.
>> THANK YOU TO THE
ADMINISTRATOR FOR THAT INSPIRING
MESSAGE.
JOINING US TODAY IS DR. THOMAS
WHO IS THIS ASSOCIATE
ADMINISTRATOR OF NAS SASS
SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTOR.
I SO THOMAS, CAN YOU TELL US WHY
THIS CLEAN ROOM IS SO SPORNT WHY
WE'RE NOT IN BUNNY SUITS RIGHT
NOW?
>> WELL, YOU SAID IT.
THIS IS TRULY A HISTORIC SITE
FOR NASA.
IN THE VERY ROOM, THE HUBBLE
SPACE TELESCOPE, A SCIENCE
MACHINE, THAT IS STILL
PRODUCTIVE TODAY, IN THIS ROOM,
ACTUALLY,
THROUGH THAT WINDOW, I LOOKED
IN, I LOOKED AT THE MIRRORS OF
THE SUPER POLISHED MIRROR.
THE ROOM IS BEING PREPARED
ANOTHER NEXT MISSION.
WE HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW TO USE IT
FOR THIS UTTER HISTORIC
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IS DRIVING
TODAY.
THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS
ANNOUNCE.
WELL, SO THIS IS TRULY EXCITING.
A NEW WAY FOR US AT NASA TO DO
BUSINESS.
IT IS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
PARTNERSHIPS.
PARTNERS AND THE SECTOR PARTNER
FORCE WHICH THAT WE WILL WORK
TOGETHER WITH AND GO TO THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T WAIT TO DO THE
SCIENCE THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH
INSTRUMENTS THAT WE ARE
DEVELOPING NOW.
SCIENCE THAT IN MAN HI CASES
EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO WITH WE
DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS
ABOUT AND THIS IS HOW URGENT
THIS IS.
>> WELL, THAT IS IN CRED.
THIS IS SUCH AN EXCITING TIME
FOR MASSAIIANS LIKE THESE
COMPANIES ARE THE ONES WHO WILL
BE BUILDING THE SPACECRAFT TO
LAND ON THE MOON WITH THESE
SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS SO WE HAVE
COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM
EACH THESE THREE COMPANIES AND
FULL SKIES LIFE SIZE LANDERS SO
LET'S DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK.
NOW, IF FOLKS AT HOME WANT TO
ASK QUESTIONS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
PLEASE USE THE HASHTAG ASK
SPACE.
>> THANK YOU.
AND HERE WE HAVE ASTRO POT
BOTHIC CEO JOHN THORNTON AND
MISSION DIRECTOR SHERROD, SO
THOMAS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS MOD SML.
>> WELL, I AM EXCITED TO MEET
YOU, OF COURSE, I KNOW ABOUT
YOUR COMPANY.
TELL US ABOUT THE COMPANY AND
WHAT DRIVES YOU TO GO TO THE
MOON?
>> TODAY'S AN EXCITING DAY FOR
US.
WE ARE SO THRILLED TO HAVE NASA
JOINING THE PAYLOAD MAN HI FEST
TO GO TO THE MOON.
THIS IS THE 1 9:00 PAID PLIEDS
AND THE 16 WE HAVE FOR ANOTHER
FLIGHT MAKING 28 PAYLOADS THAT
ARE GOING TO GO ON THE LANDER UP
TO THE SUR PACE, THIS IS A GREAT
DAY FOR THE LUNAR COMMERCIAL
PAYLOAD DELIVERY MARKET.
A GREAT DAY THAT SHOWS NAS SAYS
NOW A MAJOR PART OF THE FUTURE
OF THE MOON.
REALLY EXCITED.
WHERE IS YOUR COMPANY LOCATED.
>> WE'RE IN PITTSBURGH,
PENNSYLVANIA.
WE'RE THERE BECAUSE IT'S THE
WORLD'S BEST ROBOT BICS.
WE IMPORT SPACE IN THE WORLD
POPS OUT.
>> WONDERFUL.
>> SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
LANDER.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WENT INTO
THE DESIGN OF THIS LAND SMER
WHAT ARE THESE BIG GOLD EASTER
EGG LOOK THINGS.
>> YES.
SO THE EAGER EGGS ARE ACTUALLY
PROPELLANT TANKS AND THIS REP
SEBS THE BLANKETS THAT KEEP THE
TANKS WARM DURING THE MISSION.
THE PROPELLANT TANKS CONTAIN THE
PROPELLANT THAT POWER THE
SPACECRAFT TO THE MOON.
THERE IS A HELIUM IN THE CENTER.
THAT PRESSURIZES THE SYSTEM AND
THE PROPELLANT GOES THE MAIN
ENGINE AND TO CONTROL THE
SPACECRAFT.
WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO LEAVE TO
GO THOUGH NOON YEAH.
YES.
WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH IN JUNE
OF 2021 AND WE LAND IN JULY OF
2021.
EXCITING.
THAT IS VERY COOL.
SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
IT.
SO HARTALS IT?
HOW HEAVY IS IT.
THIS IS A FULL CASE
REPRESENTATION OF THE
SPACECRAFT.
THIS IS SIX FEET HIGH.
WHEN IT IS FULLY LOADED IT WILL
BE 1400-KILO YACHT! GRAMS.
WELL, THAT IS REALLY, REALLY
HEAVY.
SO WHAT MAKES THIS LANDER THE
PERFECT LANNER FOR YOU GUYS?
>> WELL, I THINK, THIS IS THE
PERFECT LANDER BECAUSE WE ARE
CUSTOMER FOCUSED DESIGN SO YOU
HAVE OPEN DECKS FOR PAYLOAD ON
THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM SO THAT
HAS BEEN THE MOTIVATION TO MAKE
THIS AS CUSTOMER PRENLY AS
POSSIBLE TO CARRY THE MAXIMUM
PAYLOAD MASK AND WE MADE IT.
WE HAD A LOT OF RIGOR AND
DESIGN, WE POLL LOAD STANDARD
PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A
LOT OF CONTROLS AND CHECKS EN
PLACE DURING THE WHOLE
DEVELOPMENT EFFORT AND SO WE
THINK THIS IS A VERY CUSTOMER
FOCUSED AND LOW COMPLEXITY
DESIGN TO MINIMIZE RISKS TO THE
PROGRAM.
>> SO I KNOW, THERE IS A LOT OF
SUNSHINES WATCHING NOW BECAUSE
THEY WANT TO TIKE THE SURFACE OF
THE MOOD.
258E TELL US ABOUT THE PAYLOADS
WILL LOBE INDICATED.
RIGHT.
YOU ARE SEEING THAT PAYLOAD
DECKS SO WE CAN MOUNT TO THE TOP
HERE AND LIKE ROVERS THAT MOUNT
TO THE BOTTOM THEN DEPLOY AND
MOUNT THINGS UP HERE TO HAVE
DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT TO THE
EARTH OR TO OTHER OBJECTS IN THE
SKY.
AND WE CAN ALSO IN SOME CASES
MOUNT TO OTHER SURFACES AS WELL
BUT THE PAYLOAD DECKS ARE THE
PRIMARY LOWATION WE MEANT ALL
THE PAYLOADS.
>> GREAT.
THANKS.
>> THANKS SEWP.
LET'S CHECK OUT THE NEXT LANDER.
SO AFTER THIS EVENT WE HAVE OUR
GUEST AND REPORTTORS ASK
QUESTIONS SO TUNE IN TO GO TO
NASA. GOV/LIVE.
SO WE HAVE INTUITIVE MACHINES
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, VICE
PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT JOINING US.
>> SO YOU ARE WERE HOUSTON, IS
THAT CORRECT?
SO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATES
YOU TO GO TO THE MOON?
>> YEAH.
SO I AM SORRY.
IT WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN I SAW
FOR THE FIRST TIME NEIL
ARMSTRONG STEPPING ON THE MOON
AND IT INSPIRED ME TO BE A PART
OF THE SPACE PROGRAM AND THIS IS
REALLY A DREAM COME TRUE TODAY
BEING HERE AND BY THE WAY I WANT
TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE
PEOPLE IN HOUSTON THAT MADE THIS
HAPPEN.
SO I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE
SPACE PROGRAM HERE FOR 37 YEARS
AND WITH THE COMPANY ABOUT SEVEN
YEARS AGO WITH SOME FORMER NASA
EMPLOYEES AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SPACE
PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME.
IT WAS OUR LOVE AND PASSION AND
WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL AND
APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY WITH NASA AS
PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT
LANDER ON THE MOON.
>> TELL ME ABOUT THE BUSINESS?
YOU KNOW, WE ARE A CUSTOMER, OF
COURSE.
TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU ARE
THINKING OF ABOUT THIS AS A
BUSINESS.
>> I THINK THIS IS TERRIFIC.
THINK COMMERCIAL SPACE IN
GENERAL, I THINK IS BEGINNING
AVENUE ERA AND SPACE SHUTTLE AND
SPACE SHUTTLE GOING TO THE
MACHINE AND OPENING IT TO THE
COMMERCIAL COMPANIES TO COMPETE.
I THINK IT IS A NEWER ARE AND
GOING TO CREATE A NEW ECOSYSTEM
IN A COMMERCIAL SPACE IN A THINK
THAT IS WONDERFUL FOR INDUSTRY.
>> AND THIS IS VERY COOL.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS
HUMONGOUS LEARN.
YOU BET.
YOU NOTICE WE HAVE THE TALLEST
LANDER.
>> THERE IS SEVERAL SYSTEMS THAT
WE'RE PROUD.
THE FIRST IS LIQUID OXYGEN
PROPULSION SYSTEM SO ONE OF THE
TANKS CARRIES OXYGEN AND METHANE
THEY GO THROUGH THE ENGINE ON
THE BOTTOM WHICH WE DESIGNED
INTO THE MACHINE AND IT IS
THROTTLE WHICH MEANS WE CAN
CONTROL THE THRUST LEVEL VERY,
VERY SMOOTHLY AND ADJUST FOR
DIFFERENT WAITING IN DIFFERENT
LANDING LOCATION.
WE ALSO HAVE PROCISION LANDING
ONBOARD SO WE CAN AFFORD
CRATERS, ROCKS, SLOPES, THAT
WOULD OTHERWISE HARM THE
VEHICLE.
AND THE BARREL TRUST STRUCTURE
IS WHERE WE CAN MOUNT ALOADS SO
WE DON'T HAVE A PAYLOAD BAY OR
PAYLOAD LOCATION AND UP TO OUR I
MADGE IS GOING AND THE NEEDS OF
OUR CUST ANOTHER FIND THE RIGHT
PLACE ANYWHERE IN THIS BARREL
STRUCTURE MOUN THE PAYLOADS.
SO WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO GO
THOUGH SURFACE OF THE MOON?
>> ARE GOING TO LAUNCH IN JULY
OF 2021 AND AFTER SIX MALL OF
DAYS WE'LL LISTENED ON THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON.
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
SO I SEE THESE GA ANT SOLAR
PANEL,.
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW
THIS LANDER IS POWERED?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO AS
SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS, NOT
ONLY DO WE DELIVER THES INTO THE
MOON.
WE PROVIDE POWER AND DATA
SERVICE AS WELL.
SO DURING TRANSIT.
THE SOLAR PANELS ON THE SIDE
HELP US TO DEN RATE POWER TO
KEEP PAYLOADS ALIVE OR TO
OPERATE THEM ON THE WAY TO THE
MOON AND THEN, ONCE WE LAPPED.
WE HAVE SOLAR PANELS ON THE TOP
DECK AS WELL.
SO WE CAN BASICALLY BE A POWER
STATION FOR ANY PAYLOADORS
RECOVERS OR ANYTHING THAT
DEPLOYS.
>> THAT IS VERY COOL.
SO CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE SILVER KIND OF
GLOBE-SHAPED THINGS ALSO.
>> YEAH.
RIGHT.
THOSE ARE TANKS.
>> THOSE ARE TANKS.
>> THESE ARE CRYOGENIC TANKS SO
WE KEEP OUR PROPEL AND VES VERY
SCOLD THEY ARE DENSE AND CARRY
MORE PROPELLANT IN THE SAME
VOLUME THEN THAT GIVES AS YOU
HIGH PERFORMANCE FOR THE VEHICLE
TO PUT UP TO 100-KILOGRAM ON
THOSE SURFACE OF THE MOON.
>> HOW DO YOU KEEP THEM SO
SCHOOLEDLE, WE MANAGE,
BASICALLY.
OUR EXPOSURE TO THE SUN AND THE
VACUUM OF THE SPACE AND WE WATCH
THAT CAREFULLY.
ONE THING WE DO IS WE HIDE
BEHIND THE SOLAR PANELS SO WE
USE THE SUN FOR POWER AND WE
SHADE OURSELVES WITH THE SOL OAR
PANELS.
>> REALLY COOL.
>> YES.
OK.
FINAL QUESTION, HOW DO YOU THINK
NASA'S RETURN TO THE MOON WILL
AFFECT THE SPACE INDUSTRY AND
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS LIKE
YOURSELF?
WELL, THINK, THIS IS, LOOK I
SAID, AMAZING.
AND I THINK IT NOT ONLY IMPACTS
THE INDUSTRY BUT I THINK IT WILL
CREATE A NEW ERA WHERE THE
CH
BE INSPIRED.
TO JOIN THE SPACE PROGRAM AND
START EXPLORING THE SPACE SO I
THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING
NOTABLE TO OR INDUSTRY BUT IT IS
EXCITING FOR NASA AND THINK IT
IS EXCITING FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
>> WELL, THAT IS WONDERFUL.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LAST
LANDER.
>> WELL, SO, WANT TO LEARN MORE
ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS
THAT WILL BE SENDING THESE
PAYLOADS TO THE MOON?
GO TO GO.NASA.GOV/MOON
DELIVERIES.
AND HERE AT ORBIT BEYOND WE HAVE
PRESIDENT AND CEO AND CHIEF
SCIENCE OFFICER JOINING US
TODAY.
SO I HEARD THAT YOU BROUGHT YOUR
ENGINEERING MODEL.
>> YES.
>> THIS IS OUR ENGINEERING
MODEL.
>> SO I AM REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT TO GET TO KNOW YOUR
COMPANY BETTER.
TELL ME ABOUT THE COMPANY AND
WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO GO TO THE
NOON WELL, EXCELLENT.
>> SO I THINK THE TRANSPORTATION
COMPANY THAT GETS PAYLOAD WERE
THE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER
CONCERNING PARTNERS ON EACH OF
THE EXPERTISE AND SIN NER GIST K
TECH OL LOWS ALONG WITH THE
MANAGEMENT THAT BRINGS IN
ENTREPRENEURIAL MANAGEMENT AND
THAT CAN FOSTER US TO ACHIEVE
THE OBJECTIVES IN CREATING THIS
MISSION.
THE RAIN AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS
THAT IS IT IS GETTING
COMMERCIALIZED AND WITH THE
REDUCTION OF THE LUNAR PAR KET
IT IS GOING TO GROW EXPO MENTION
LISTEN THE NEXT TEN YEAR AND THE
REDUCTION IN COST IN THE SYSTEM
PAYLOAD THERE WILL BE A LOFT
INVESTMENT THAT WILL GET INTO
THIS SPACE FOR CREATING IN SPACE
AND HAVE STRUCTURE TO CREATE NEW
MARKETS IN EXPLODING IN SPACE
RESOURCES.
IT IS A KEY PLAYER IN-SPACE
ECOSYSTEM.
SO TELL US, IF EVERYTHING GOES
LOOK YOU HOPE, WHEN ARE WE GOING
TO BE AT THE SURFACE OF THE MOON
WITH THIS?
>> SEPTEMBER 27, 2020.
>> THAT IS REALLY QUICK.
>> WOW.
>> YEAH.
REALLY QUICK.
CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT THE LAND SMEAR YEAH.
YOU MENTIONED IT IS ENGINEERING
MODEL.
WE'LL MAKE SOME AND DESIGN
ADJUST PRESIDENTS BASED ON THE
TESTING THAT WE HAVE LIKE MAKING
THE LEGS A LITTLE PUR THE OUT
FOR STABILITY REASONS BUT THIS
IS THE SIZE OF THE LANNER AND IT
IS BEEN THROUGH ALL THE TESTING
THAT WE HAVE DONE AND IT HAS
BEEN STRIPPED OF THE COMPONENTS
NOW, AND BUT THIS IS EVENTUALLY
WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
SOLAR PANELS ON THIS SIDE AND WE
ARE ABLE TO HAVE SCIENCE
INSTRUMENTATION ON THE TOP DECK
AND ON THE MID DECK AND EVEN ON
THE BOTTOM WHERE WE HAVE
MAVGATION CAMERAS WHICH WILL
TAKE PICTURES OF THE DECENT AND
IT WILL DO HAZARD AVOIDANCE AND
FROM THESE MIDDLE AREAS HERE.
YOU CAN HAVE INSTRUMENTS THAT
LOOK OUT OR LOOK DOWN AT THE
LUNAR LIFT TO SEE WHAT THE
RESOURCES ARE THERE.
AND WE CAN ALSO LOOK UP ARE THE
TOP DECK BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ONLY
EXPLORING WHAT THE MOON IS AND
WHERE IT CAME WERE, AND HOW TO
SUSTAIN THERE BUT ALSO IT IS A
GREAT VIEW OF THE COSMOS FOR
CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS AS WELL.
>> 1:00 THERE IS A LITTLE
PASSENGER HERE.
WHICH YOU BROUGHT AND JUST LIKE
ALL THE OTHER PARTNER HERE.
YOU HAVE OTHER CUSTOMERS AS PART
HALF.
DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS?
>> YEAH.
EXACTLY.
SO WE HAVE SEVERAL NASA PAYLOAD
AND SEVERAL COMMERCIAL PAYLOADS
WERE OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND
ONE OF THEM IS WE AS A COMPANY
AND OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS
ROBOTICS WANT TO DEMONSTRATE
MOBILITY AND SO THIS IS A
N
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LANDER
HERE AND THERE IS A LITTLE
GARAGE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND
WHEN WE LAND, THE RECOVER DROPS
DOWN, AND OFF IT GOES.
IT HAS GOT STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA,
WE MAY HAVE OTHER TYPES OF
SENSING DEVICES ON IT ABOUT ITS
FOR US AS COMPANY ALONG WITH OUR
PARTNERS TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO
DO SURFACE MOBILITY AND
OPERATIONS SO THAT LATER THE
LANDER CAN SCALE UP LARGER AND
THE RECOVER CAN BECOME LARGER
AND ACOP DATE MORE COMPLEX AND
AM BERB CIOUS INSTRUMENTS.
>> WELL, OF COURSE, WHERE WE'RE
EXCITED ABOUT SURFACE MOBILITY
AS WELL AS WELL AS SAMPLE RETURN
ALL OF WHICH INS THE FUTURE.
>> SO CAN YOU TELL US WHAT
INSPIRED YOU GUYS TO GET IN THE
SPACE BUS THESE?
WELL, OH, WELL, I REMEMBERED
DISTINCTLY IN FIFTH GRADE, I
MEAN, I AM A CHILD WHO POLL LOAD
ALL OF THE APOLLO MISSION AND I
LOVE OUR DESIGN REFERENCE
MISSION TO THIS LANDER WHICH IS
CALLED Z01 AND WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE A NAMING CONTEST.
ZS THE Z AXIS BAITS IS A LANDER
BUT WE HAVE A NAMING CONTEST
LATER ABOUT WHAT WE CAN NAME THE
LANDER AND MAYBE EVEN OUR
COMMERCIAL RECOVER.
BUT MY FAVORITE MISSION WAS
APOLLO 15 BECAUSE THEY HAD CAR.
IT WENT TO AND WE ARE MORE IN
THE MIDDLE APOLLO 15S WITH ON
THE SIDE.
BUT WE GOT CAR, TOO.
AND THEN, I REMEMBER BECAUSE I
ALWAYS WANT TO TELL MY PARENTS
HOW MUCH AAPPRECIATE HOW THEY
GAVE ME A TELESCOPE WHEN I WAS
IN FIFTH GRADE AND THEN IN ONE
NIGHT, I SAW THE RINGS OF SAT
TURN, THE PHASES OF VERY MUS AND
THE CRATERS ON THE MOON AND THEN
THAT IS WHAT GOT ME HOOKED.
>> THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
AND THANKS SO MUCH.
>> DO YOU MINE -- ONE THING I
WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU.
THE LOCATION OF THE COMPANY?
TELL US QUARTERBACKINGBLY IT?
SO WE'RE BASED IN TWO LOCATIONS.
WE ARE HAWED QUARTERED IN NEW
JERSEY AND WE HAVE A LOCATION IN
DAY NOON, FLORIDA.
A WONDERFULLING THANS SOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YES.
SO THOMAS, WE HAVE SEEN SOME
INCREDIBLE LEARNEDS AND ALL THE
COMPANIES THAT WILL BE SENDING
THEM TO THE MOON VERY, VERY
QUICKLY SO WHAT IS THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE.
WHAT'S THE MAIN GOAL FOR THESE
DELIVERY SERVICES?
>> WELL THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL
THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS REALLY
SCIENCE.
THAT IS WHAT DRIVES.
WE DO SO AS PART OF THE AGENCY'S
STRATEGY TO GO TO THE MOON WITH
THE FIRST WOMAN WITH THE NEXT
MAN.
AMERICANS TO THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON.
FOR THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO OF
COURSE IS NOT TO DO IT THE WAY
WE DID IT THE FIRST TIME ALONE.
WE WANT TO DO IT WITH PARTNERS.
AND THE COMMERCIAL PAT WE HAVE H
THREE PARTNERS THAT WE'RE
BRINGING ONBOARD ARE THE TYPES
OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL BE
SYMPTOMATIC FOR EVERYTHING THAT
WE DO.
WE WANT TO NOT ONLY GO THERE BUT
GROW AN INDUSTRY BECAUSE THAT IS
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN STAY IN
INTERNATIONAL PART MERES ARE
JUST AS IMPORTANT.
BUT WE'LL DO THIS AS PARTNERS
AND THIS IS THE FASTEST PART OF
THAT CAMPAIGN AND IT IS A
CAMPAIGN THAT IS DRIVEN BY
SILENCE BUT IS PART OF A MUCH
BROADER PICTURE THAT IS DRIVING
US ALL ON SPACE.
>> DEFINITELY.
THAT IS IN SPIRING AND SO
EXCITING SO WE'RE LEARNING TO
RAN THIS IS SO Q&A SESSION FOR
FOLKS AT HOME WHO WANT TO ASK
QUESTIONS PLEASE USE THE HASHTAG
ASK SPACE.
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE
ALREADY HERE AND FACEBOOK, WHICH
KIND OF EXPERIMENTS ARE YOU
GOING TO DO ON THE MOON WITH
THESE SPACECRAFTS.
LET'S GO AHEAD.
WHY DON'T I START WITH
EXPERIMENTS.
YEAH.
SURE.
>> THERE IS EXPERIMENT THAT IS
WANT AND I WANT TO HEAR THEIR
OPINIONS, TOO.
THE EXPERIMENTS WE'RE FUNDING
OUT OF NASA THAT RIGHT NOW ARE
BEING DEVELOPED IN VARIOUS LOW
THRACIAN IS MORE COMING.
THOSE EXPERIMENTS ARE FOCUSED
PRIMARILY FIRST ON LIKE WATER
AND OTHER PARTS OF THE MOON
FRANKLY WE ONLY LEARNED ABOUT IN
THE LAST FEW DECADES BECAUSE
DURING THE REAR WE THOUGHT THE
MOON WAS REALLY CRY.
WELL, WE KNOW THERE IS A WATER
CYCLE THERE.
WE WANT TO GO EXPLORE THAT FOR
SCIENCE REASONS BUT ALSO BECAUSE
WE HAVE TO SUSPICION OF FUEL.
AND AS TO SUSTAIN LIFE ONCER
THERE.
WE WE ALSO WANT TO EXPLORE THE
MOON ITSELF.
THERE IS MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT
MATURE AND THE SOURCE SOLAR
SYSTEM THAT ARE ADDRESSED RIGHT
THERE AT THE SURFACE OF THE MOON
FOR EXAMPLE THE EX AC AGE OF THE
SOLAR SYSTEM AND IMPORTANT
PERIODS THAT ARE PERIODS HEN
PAST LIKE THE BOMB APARTMENT
PHASE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM THAT
SCARED THE EARTH BUT ALSO
SCARRED THE MOON.
THE EARTH IS ALLOMONE BECAUSE OF
THE EROSION AND BECAUSE OF THE
GAE OL LOWBY, THE MOON IS STILL
THERE.
WE CAN GO THERE.
OF COURSE WAY WANT TO LEARN
ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE
WANT TO BRING OUR FELLOW HUMANS
THERE AND SO EXPERIMENTS TO ALL
OF THAT.
BUT WHAT IS EXCITING TO YOU?
>> LE, IN ADDITION TO NASA'S 14
PAYLOADS ON THE MESSING WE HAVE
ANOTHER 14 PAYLOADS THAT IS A
WHOLE ARRAY.
WE GOT SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS AND
RECOVERS THAT WANT TO GO OFF AND
DRIVE AND EXPLORE THE SURFACE
AND WE HAVE COMPANIES THAT WANT
TO DO THINGS TO INSPIRE THEIR
AUDIENCES AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE
SOME GROUPS THAT ARE LOOK AT
BUILDING LUNAR VEIN TOUCHING SO
WE GOT ONE PAYLOAD THAT WANTS TO
BUILD A LASER COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM TO GO FROM EARTH TO MOON.
SO MAGNITUDE AND MORE BAND WIDTH
IN A WHOLE ARRAY AND ACTUALLY
BRING EIGHT OTHER NATION WITH US
ON THE FIRST MISSION SO WE'RE
REALLY MAKING THE MOON
ACCESSIBLE TO THE WORLD.
>> GO FOR.
>> I THE SCIENCE IS EXCITING
SHOPPING WE DOING SOME
ENGINEERING TO ENABLE SAFER AND
MORE REGULAR ACCESS AND CAR
THINKING NASA LASER LANDING
SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW RESIGHS
SAFE LANDING AND COMMERCIAL
LANDING SYSTEM THAT WE'RE
CARRYING AND ADVANCING FOR
ANOTHER COMPANY SO WE THINK THE
SCIENCE IS EXCITING BUT ALSO THE
ABILITY TO MOVE THE ENGINEERING
FORWARD AND TO IMPROVE THE
SYSTEMS SO WE DOON MORE REGULAR
ACCESS IS EXCITING AS WELL.
>> AND ON ORBIT WITH THE LAND,
HE I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE
MOBILITY THAT WE HOPE TO
DEMONSTRATE.
WE ALSO HAVE THEISM'S PAYLOADS
WHO ARE CONCENTRATED ON
UNDERSTANDING HOW THE LANDING
ITSELF CANDICE BE THE
ENVIRONMENT SO WHEN WE MAKE
ASSESSMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT
IN THE VICINITY OF THE LANDING
WE KNOW WHAT MAY CROM THE
SPACECRAFT.
AND THEN, WE ALSO HAVE ON THE
TOP DECK THE LASER
RETROREFLECTORS AND ALL THE
MISSION WILL HAVE THEM AND 1:00
THIS IS SO WE CAN PINPOINT OUR
LOCATION VERY ACCURATELY AND WE
CAN DO THIS FROM LUNAR ORBIT AND
ALSO WERE EARTH OBSERVATIONS.
>> SO FROM SCOTT FROM TWITTER.
DO WE KNOW WHAT LAUNCH VEHICLES
ANTICIPATE OF HES LANDERS ARE
GOING SON IN.
>> GO FOR IT.
WE DO.
WE ARE PLANNING TO USE SPACEX
FALCON 9.
>> GUILTY AS CHARGE.
SPACEX PAL CON.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ACCESSING THE
LAUNCH OSES AND MAKE DECISION
SHORTLY SO STAY TUNED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DO EACH OF THESE COMPANIES FEEL
IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN
GOING TO THE MOON?
LET'S GO STARTING
ALPHABETICALLY.
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE
US THE MOON IS NOT SUPER CLOSE.
IT IS QUARTER MILLION KILO MET
EARS WAY FROM EARTH.
THAT IS CHALLENGING TO GET OUT
THERE.
YOU GOT SURVIVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
WITH YOU GOT TO SURVIVE THE
RADIATION.
ONCE YOU LAN ON THE SURFACE.
THE LIT PART OF THE MOON CAN GET
UP TO 120 DEGREES CELSIUS OR
250 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
THAT IS HOT FOR THE SPACECRAFT
AND THEN, THE LANDING ITSELF IS
SUPER CRITICAL AND FOR FLYING
VERY, VERY FAST OUT TO THE MOON
AND YOU GOT A DROP AND DONE THAT
LUNAR ORBIT AND DECRE FOR THE
NICE SOFT LANDING ON THE SURFACE
SO FOR ALL OF THAT CHALLENGING
ENVIRONMENT WE BUILD A ROBUST
PROVEN LANDER WITH PROVEN
COMPONENTS AND SO WE CAN GET IT
RATING THE FIRST TIME.
>> THE GREAT THING ABOUT WHERE
WE'RE TODAY.
THE TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD
SPACECRAFT IS ADVANCED AND
AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY.
WE VERY A GREAT TOOLBOX TO
CHOOSE FROM AND THE INTEGRATION
THOSE SYSTEMS TO WORK OFF THE
LUNAR ENVIRONMENT IN THE FULLY
AUTOMATED SENSE.
THAT'S THE REAL CHALLENGE THEN
DICT IN A WAY WE'RE COMMERCIALLY
VIABLE AND MASS SAYS ONE AMONG
MANY AND THAT IS WHERE THE
CHALLENGE IS FOR US.
ALL RIGHT.
I WILL EQUITY.
THERE'S THE CHECK TECHNICAL
CHALLENGES THEN WHAT WE CAN CALL
A PROM PROGRAMMATIC OR
COMMERCIAL CHALLENGE.
WE WANT TO EXECUTE THIS MISSION
BUT WE'RE ALWAYS KEEPING OUR EYE
ON THE MISSIONS IN THE FUTURE
AND ATTRACTING NEW CUSTOMERS
KEEPING OUR COST DOWN AND
AFFORDABLE AND BEING GLOBAL IN
OUR APPEAL AND ATTRACTING AS HAN
HI PEOPLE AS WE CAN INTO THE
LUNAR ECOSYSTEM.
>> SO THOMAS, VERY GOOD QUESTION
HERE FROM PHILLIP ON TWITTER.
WILL THERE BE MORE ROUNDS OF
SELECTIONS?
>> THAT IS EASY ANSWER.
>> JUST TO CLARIFY.
COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD
SERVICE.
>> THE TYPE OF SELECTION WE'RE
ANNOUNCING TODAY.
THE ANSWER IS YES.
>> EXCELLENT.
AND SO FOR THE REST OF THE
COMPANY, WHAT WERE THE LANG
PROCESS LACK LIKE FOR EACH OF
THE LEARNS?
>> SO OUR PROCESS WILL BEGIN
WITH THE ORBITING MOON FIRST AND
CHECKING THE SYSTEMS TO MAKE
SURE WE'RE READY FOR LANDING
THEN ONCE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH
CHECK OUT, THEN WE ARE GOING TO
BEGAN THE DECENT SEQUENCE OR THE
LANDING SENSE WOULD COME ON AND
MAKE SURE WE'RE AT THE RIGHT
ATTITUDE AND THE RIGHT SPEED AND
THEN SLOWLY WE'LL COME DOWN AND
OUR MAIN ENGINE WILL BE FIRING
THE WHOLE TIME THEN WE COME DOWN
A VERTICAL ORIENTATION THEN MAKE
SURE WE'RE AT THE RIGHT LANDING
SITE THAT WE SELECTED AND
PRESLEEK THEN MAKE A SOFT
LANDING ONCE WE MAKE THE SOFT
LANDING WE HAVE THE PAYLOADS
THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WILL BEGIN
THE OPERATIONS AND RECOVERERS
WILL BEGIN DEPLOY AND BOON BOOMS
WILL BEGIN DEPLOYING.
S THAT HE WHEN THE FUN STARTS.
>> VERY SIMILAR STORY.
THE FITSICS OF THE MOON DRIVE
YOU.
LUNAR ORBIT AND CHECK OUT THE
SYSTEMS OUT AND WE'LL USE THE
LUNAR SERVICE TO IMPROVE THE
NAVIGATION SOLUTION AND THEN WE
BEGIN A BREAKING MANEUVER TO
BASICALLY REMOVE THE ENERGY FROM
OUR ORBIT TO APPROACH THE
LANDING SITE AND BEFORE WE GET
TO THE LANG SITE, WE DO A SCAN
FOR SAFE LOCATIONS AND FOR AGAIN
ROCKS AND BOLDERS AND HAZE
AROUND DETECTION AND THEN, WELL
APPROACH AND HOVER 30 METERS
OVER THE LANDING SITE AND GO TO
A VERTICAL DECENT TO THAT GIVES
US PLENTY OF SPACE TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS NICE AND STABLE
FOR THAT FINAL LANDING SEQUENCE.
>> THEN SIMILARLY, WE'LL GO INTO
GO THOUGH MOON DIRECTLY OFF OF
OUR LAUNCH AND WE GO INTO LUNAR
ORBIT GAME OF WEEKS AND WE
GRADUALLY BRING LUNAR ORBIT DOWN
UNTIL WE ARE JUST A DOZEN
KILOMETERS OR SO ABOUT THE
SURFACE THEN WE START.
IT IS AUTONOMOUS LANDING AND HAS
THE CAPABILITY WITH ITS
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
OFVIDING HAZARD ON THE WAY DOWN.
BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE ONCE WE
TRIGGER THAT SEQUENCE IT IS IN
THE HANDS OF THE SPACECRAFT.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK IN
RECENT YEARS ABOUT THE
CRATERMENT THIS IS A LIKELY
TARGET ANOTHER FIRST MISSION OR
OTHER CANDIDATES?
>> WELL, DO YOU MIND IF I JUST
BEFORE THEY TALK ABOUT IT.
TELL US WHAT THAT IS.
YOU ASKED EARLIER ABOUT IT WILL
BE AND HAVE MORE SELECTIONS OF
COURSE.
THE PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT
IS THERE IS A NUMBER OF LOCATION
WHO GO TO.
SO WE HAVE MAXIMUM OF THREE HERE
AND THEN THEN IN EVERY CASE,
ACTUALLY PART OF THE PROPOSAL
THIS WAS SUBMITTED LOCATION
IDENTIFIED WE'LL NOW WORK WITH
THE COMPANIES AND ACTUALLY LOOK
AT OPTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE SYSTEM WHAT
WE ARE DOING.
SO YOU SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT
YOU OR IF YOU TOOK OFF TODAY.
WHERE WOULD YOU GO IF.
>> RIGHT.
SO THE FIRST MISSION IS GOING TO
A PLACE, A CRATER, THERE IS A
PIT OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST NEAR
WHERE WE ARE LANG.
WE SLEEKED A NICE SMOOTH FLAT
PLAIN MAIN LIS BECAUSE LANDING
HE IS THE HOST IMPORTANT THING
ON THE FIRST MISSION TO PROVE WE
CAN DO THAT THEM SPACECRAFT CAN
DO.
THAT IN THIS THE FUTURE, OUR
SPACECRAFT CAN BO TO ANY
LOCATION ON THE MOON WITH MINOR
CHANGES TO THE SPACECRAFT AND WE
CAN GO TO RATE RATHER, PITS,
POLAR REGIONS THEN EXCITING
ABOUT THOSE FUTURE MISSIONS TO
DO THOSE INTEREST THINGS IN
SCIENCE.
>> SIMILARLY, THE SEA LANDER CAN
LISTEN ANY ARE WHERE ON THE MOON
BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE MOON GOES
THROUGH PHASE AND WE SEE THE
FACE OF THE MOON FROM EARTH IS
BASICALLY THE SUNRISE AND MOVING
ACROSS THE MOON SO ONCE HE ARE
SOLAR POWERED WE TARGET MOST OF
THE LANDINGS TO BE IN THE
MORNING SO WE HAVE MAXIMUM
AMOUNT OF SOLAR POWER FOR THE
LAN ARE AND EVALUATING TWO
CANDIDATE LOCATIONS NOW.
ONE AT THOUGH CROSSES TO SEE THE
STORMS AND WHICH IS ON THE
WESTERN SIDE OF THE MOON AND
THEN ANOTHER ONE AT SEA OF
TRANQUILITY JUST EAST OF THE
PREVIOUS LANG WHICH IS APOLLO
15.
>> AND THROUGH ORBIT BEYOND, WE,
AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE DESIGN
REFERENCE MISSION WHERE WE ARE
LANDING.
AND WE HAVE LOCATION PICKED
WITHOUT A ROUGHLY TWO KILOMETER
LANDING ELLIPSE AND THIS IS THE
VAST LAVA PLAINS OF THE SEA OF
RAINS AND SO ONE OF THIS THINGS
I BANT WANTED TO ON IT OUT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
STUDENTS ON ACCESSING THE
LANDING SAY IT AND WHY IT IS
SCIENTIFICALLY INTERESTING AND
WE'LL KEEP THAT COLLABORATION
GOING THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT
AND THE MISSION.
>> ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT I
REALLY WANT TO MENTION HERE THAT
IS, PK, LUNAR OR BITTER WHICH IS
A SPACECRAFT IN ORBIT RATING
NOW.
IT IS REALLY ADDING VALUE TO UL
OF A THESE COMPANIES.
IN PACK, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
PROVIDING THE BEST DATA.
ALL THE DATA WE CAN ABOUT THE
VARIOUS SITES ON THE
INVESTIGATION HERE AND OTHERS WE
MAY EXPLORE FROM THAT VERY
VALUABLE SPACECRAFT SO I LOOK
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT WITH
THAT NASA ASSET SO IT IS A
TREASURE TROVE FOR LUNAR
SCIENCE.
AS YOU KNOW, NASA'S PROGRAM IS
TAKING OFF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO
SEN THE FIRST WOMAN THE NEXT MAN
BY 9024 SO HOW DOES THIS WORK
HERE HELP WITH THAT PROGRAM.
>> SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
WE NEED TO DO TO GO TO THE MOON
IS TAKE OFF AND START LEARNING
HOW TO LAND AND BRING OUR
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS WITH US AND
ACTUALLY IN FACT, HAVE THEM TAKE
OVER AND ALSO TAKING RIGHTS WITH
THEM.
SO THIS IS A THE IMPORTANT PART
OF REALLY CREATING THAT SETTLE
PART MER SHIPS THAT ENABLES THAT
THAT, THAT REALLY CREATIVE
PARTNERSHIP TO THE SURFACE WITH
OUR PARTNERS AND OUR COMMERCIAL
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
IS A CRITICAL FIRST PHASE AS WE
GO FORWARD AND WE ASKED EARLIER,
ARE WE GOING TO DO MORE WITH
COMMERCIAL INITIATIVE HERE AND
VERY WELL ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE
WILL ASK TO THE COMPANIES AND
THE CATALOG ABOUT OPTIONS THAT
WE HAVE THAT MAY WANT TO BE, MAY
WANT TO TUESDAY GO PLACE
SOMETHING THERE OR EVEN BRING
BIGGER PAYLOADS AS WE GROW
STRONG WE'RE THIS COMMUNITY SO
IT IS A CRITICAL PART OF IT.
>> WELL, ONCE WE START LANDING
HUMANS ON THE SOUTH POLE OF THE
MOON AND HOW DO YOU THINK THIS
WORK ALSO BENEFITS THAT INTO
WELL, WE REALLY WANT TO GOLAN
THERE FIRST WITH ROBOTS AND SO,
AS WE GO FORWARD, AND YOU KNOW,
WHEN IT IS GOING TO BE THERE.
IN '24, RATING?
SO WE WANT TO GO EXPLORE WHERE
WE WANT TO LAND OUR FELLOW
HUMANS AND BE READY FOR THAT AND
KNOW THAT GEN NEARING
ENVIRONMENT, KNOW NAY UR, IN THE
VINYL THERE, AND REALLY KNOW AND
GET READY FOR EXPLORING WITH
ROBOTS.
ROBOT AND HUMANS GO TOGETHER.
THAT IS THE RIGHT WAIVE
PLOSION,ING.
>> TALKING ABOUT EXPLORING.
WELL, ARE THERE CAPABILITIES OF
HOSTING EXTERNAL CAMERAS ON YOUR
ROVERS?
>> WELL, ON THE SPACECRAFT.
ON THE SPACECRAFT.
YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE ALREADY CAMERAS POINTED
ON THE SPACECRAFT TO DO VISUAL
OBSERVATIONS AND CONFIRM THE
LANDING AND ALSO TO DO SCIENCE
ONCE WE GET ON THE SURFACE SO WE
HAVE CAPABILITY TO CAT CAMERAS
AND MAN HI DIFFERENT LOCATION ON
THE SPACECRAFT TO GET DIFFERENT
VIEWS HEF SKA AND THE SURFACE
AND THE GROUND AND ANYTHING THAT
THEY WANT TO LACK AT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IN FAB.
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT AN ACADEMIC
PAYLOAD WE HAVE WHICH IS CALLED
EGO CAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND
WHICH WILL BE A CAMERA WHICH
EJEKS WERE THE LANNER DURING
DREN AND TAKES IMAGE OF THE LAN
SOG WE ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE
IMAGES OF A LANDING FROM A THIRD
PERSON PERFECTIVE AND EXPECTED
TO SEE WHAT WE GET FROM THAT.
YES.
WE DO HAVE CAMERAS.
WE HOPE TO HAVE VISION AND WITH
HD QUALITY AND IS GOOD ENOUGH TO
NOT ONLY DRIVE AROUND AND MAKE
SURE THAT YOU ARE NAVIGATING A
GOOD COURSE FORWARD BUT BEING
ABLE TO DO ASSESSMENTS OF THE
TERRAIN THAT YOU ARE GOING OVER
AND WHETHER IT IS FINE SANCTION
SORE SOILS OR WHAT KIND OF
COLORS ARE COMING OFF THE ROCKS
ET CETERA.
>> SO WE ALL KNOW THE MOON IS
VERY DUSTY SO ONE HEF TWITTER
QUESTION VES FROMS A VO AND
MUSIC IS HOW DUST THE MOON PEAK
THE RECOVERS.
THE LEARNEDS AND ALSO YOUR
CAMERAS?
>> THE DUST IS REALLY UNIQUE ON
THE MOON.
IT IS NOT LACK THE DUST HEAR ON
EARTH.
I HAS NOT BEEN SOFTENED BY THE
WEATHER ON THE MOON.
SO ALL OF THAT DUST IS ACTUALLY
REALLY SHARP ON A MICROSCOPIC
LEVEL THAT IS CHALLENGING
BECAUSE IT STICKS TO SURFACE AND
ALSO SOMEWHAT ELECTROSTATIC FOR
THE LANDING A LOT HALF DUST IS
BLEN OUTSIDEWAYS BUT WE DO HAVE
RECOVERS THAT ARE DROPPING AND
DRIVING ACROSS THE SURFACE AND
MADE TO TRAVEL SLOW SNUFF SO WE
DONE KICK UP THAT DUST AND LA
LAND IT ON THE CRITICAL THERMAL
SURFACE AND IMMEDIATE TO MUCK
SURE TO PROTECT THE LENSING THEN
ANY SENSITIVE SCIENCE
INSTRUMENTS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED
BY THAT DUST COVER SO IT IS
CHALLENGING AND THINK I I IT MAY
BE AS WE HEAD TO THE MOON.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
PROTECT OPTICS IS THE FIRST
THING YOU WORRY ABOUT WITH THE
DUST YOU GET FROM THE LUNAR
REGULAR AND AFFECTS THE FLIGHT
APPROACH SO THE TERMINAL DECENT
THAT LAST 30 METERS PART OF THAT
THERE IS SO IF OUR SENSORS GET
CONFUSED BY THE DUST, WE HAVE
PLENTY OF TIME TO CONTROL AND
MAKE SURE THE DUST DOESN'T CAUSE
A PROBLEM FOR THE LANDING
SYSTEM.
>> AND FIND I, YOU WANT TO
UNDERSTAND HOW CLOSE CAN YOU PUT
A HAB TOOT A LANDING SITE WHERE
MAYBE A CARGO RESUPPLY VEHICLE
IS GOING TO LAPPED AND SUPPLY
MATERIALS TO ASTRONAUTS ON THE
SURFACE OF THE LONG DURATION
HABITATION.
AND SO WHEN WE DO THESE DREAM
AND GET THIS IMAGERY, THEN SEE
YOU INTEREST AND ENGINEERS CAN
STUDY THE PLUS AND KIND OF
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RADIUS IS
GOING TO BE AROUND THE LANDING
VEHICLE.
>> SO AS WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD
TO PUTTING THE NEXT WOMAN IN THE
FIRST PAN ON TO THE MOON AS PART
OF THE PROGRAM AND WHAT WOULD
YOU TELL THE GENERATION LIKE
WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM NOW
TO INSPIRE THEM TO GET INTO THE
SPACE INDUSTRY?
>> THIS IS A NEW REAR FOR THE
MOON?
IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 50 YEARS.
MU WELL BEA BACK AND HAVE
REGULAR ROUTINE ACCESS TO MOON.
IT HAS BEEN IN WAYS THAT WE
NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE.
OUR STRINESES WILL GET REALLY,
REALLY SMART ABOUT WHAT IS
LUP.
THIS IS A WHOLE NEW REAR AND
INCREDIBLY EXCITING TIME TO BE
JOINING SPACE.
>> WELL, THAT WAS WHAT KID.
I GOT INSPIRED BY BEING IN
SPACE.
I AM HERE TODAY.
I WOULD TELL THEM GO FOR IT.
THIS IS INCREDIBLY EX KITING
JOURNEY AND YOU KNOW HUMANS HAVE
DNA WHERE WE WANT TO EXPLORE.
THIS IS A NEW RON TIER.
WE'RE THE PIONEERS IN THAT NEW
PRON TIER SO I THINK IT IS
INCREDIBLY EXCITE AND I WOULD
ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO FOR IT ALL
THE WAY.
>> DREAM BIG.
BACK IT UP.
LACK THE DOCTOR SAYS, I AM FOR
THE STARS AND YOU WILL FALL IN
THE WORLD.
>> THAT IS AWESOME.
ALL RIGHT.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO
KIND OF GO AROUND FOR EVERYONE
TO KIND OF SAY YOU KNOW HOW
EXCITED THIS IS ANNOUNCEMENT AND
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING
TO AFFECT HUMANITY IN THE NEXT
50 YEARS.
WE'LL START WITH THOMAS.
>> WELL, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE
ANNOUNCEMENT.
PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY
FINDING A MU WAY OF DOING
BUSINESS.
FOR ME THAT IS A LEAP.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH LAUNCH.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING
LAUNCHES TODAY THAN WHEN WHICHS
A KID RATING.
THIS IS A MU WAY OF DOING
RESEARCH OUR MOON AND A WAY THAT
CAN SCALE TO OTHER PLAY PLACES
AS WELL.
SO FOR ME, AS WE'RE BUILDING
THAT SUCCESS WE'RE OPENING UP
DOORS THAT WERE NEVER OPEN TO
HUMANITY BEFORE ARE BEFORE.
THAT IS WHAT IS EXCITING TO ME.
YEAH.
WE STARTED ASTRO BOTTIC 12 YEARS
AGO WITH JUST A DREAM THAT MAYBE
SOME DAY WE COULD BE HERE TODAY
AND JUST, BOY, ON THE PRESS BUS
OF A WHOLE NEW ERA AND ITS JUST
SO INCREDIBLY EXCITING.
WE HAD SO MANIED ABOUT DAY AND
GOOD DAYS OVER THE 12 YEARS
WORKING REALLY HARD TO BUILD THE
PIPELINE.
TO BUILD THE MARKET TO SHOW THE
COMMERCIAL DELIVERY IS POSSIBLE
AND HERE TO HAVE THE MOST
RESPECTED LARGEST SPACE AGE GN
IN THE WORLD AND GIVE US A MAJOR
CONTRACT TO DELIVER THOSE
PAYLOADS IS JUST, IT IS AWE
INSPIRING AND JUST AMAZING.
>> I TELL YOU, WE'RE INCREDIBLY
HONOR AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO PART MER WITH
NASA.
FOR ME, IT IS PERCENT LAY DREAM
COME TRUE.
I WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN I SAW
FOR THE FIRST TIME NEIL
ARMSTRONG STEP ON THE SURFACE OF
THE MOON AND HERE WE'RE WITH OUR
COMPANY GOING TO THE SURFACES
THE MOON.
THINK THAT I IS INCREDIBLY
EXCITING AND I THINK IT IS GOING
TO CREATE A NEW REAR A NEW
ECOSYSTEM FOR COMMERCIAL COMPANY
CANS TO REALLY EXPLORE SPACE AND
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE
COMMERCIAL SPACE IN GENERAL
WHERE WHETHER IT IS LOWER EARTH
ORBIT OR DEEPER SPACE
EXPLORATION IS JUST BEGINNING
AND START K AND GOING TO BE
EXCITING JURN MY.
>> WELL, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED.
THIS IS REALLY PROVIDING A LATE
FORM AND OPENING UP MARKET AND
GOING TO DRIVE A LOT OF
INVESTMENTS AND INNOVATIONS AND
IT IS GOING TO CREATE A NEW
FRONT HERE WHERE WILL BE A LOT
OF LAYERS COMING IN AND YOU
EXPLORE A NEW MARKET TO EXPLORE
SPACE.
SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART
OF IT.
>> THAT IS INCREDIBLE.
I WANT TO THANK ALL FOR JOINING
US TODAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR KIND OF TUNING
IN TO THIS INCREDIBLE HISTORIC
ANNOUNCEMENT.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE DECADE
AMERICANS WILL BE LANDING MORE
THAN A DECADE, ACTUALLY, ULT
PELL DECADES AMERICANS WILL BE
LANDING SPACECRAFT ON THE MOON
CARRYING NASA SCIENCE IN STREW
PRESIDENTS AND THESE THREE
COMPANIES BRING TO BE MAKING IT
HAPPENING IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST
STEP IN THE PROGRAM WE MENTIONED
ABOVE SO IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF
THE MEDIA, OR YOU ARE AT HOME
AND WANT TO LEARN MORE THIS, I
HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TUNE ON IN
THIS MEDIA TELETHON AT 2:30 P.M.
EASTERN TIME AND YOU CAN DO THAT
ON-LINE AT NASA.GOV/LIVE.
WE ARE GOING!
>> THUMBS UP, GUYS.
>> THANKS.
♪
>>> YEARS AGO WE PIONEERED THE
PATH TO THE MOON.
THE TRAIL WE BLAZED CUT THROUGH
THE FICTIONS OF SCIENCE AND
SHOWED US ALL WHAT IS POSSIBLE.
TODAY OUR CALLING TO EXPLORE IS
EVEN GRATER.
TO GO FURTHER WE MUST BE ABE TO
SUSTAIN MISSIONS OF GREATER
DISTANCE AND DURATION.
WE MUST USE THE SOURCE WES FIND
AT OUR DESTINATIONS.
WE MUST OVERCOME RADIATION
ISOLATION AND GRAVITY AND
EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS LIKE NEVER
BEFORE.
THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES WE FACE
TO PUSH THE BOUNDS OF HUMANITY.
WE'RE GOING TO THE MOON TO STAY
BY 2024 AND THIS IS HOW.
>> THIS ALL STARTS WITH THE
ABILITY TO GET LARGER HEAVIER
PAYLOADS OFF PLANET AND BEYOND
EARTH'S GRAVITY.
>> THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM WILL
BE THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET EVER
DEVELOPED IF.
WITH PRODUCTION, MORE IN
TESTING, THIS SYSTEM IS CAPABLE
OF BEING THE CATALYST FOR DEEP
SPACE MISSIONS.
>> WE NEED A CAPSULE.
THAT COULD SUPPORT HUMANS FROM
LAUNCH THROUGH DEEP SPACE AND
RETURN SAFELY BACK TO EARTH.
FOR THIS, WE BUILT ORION.
THIS IS NASA'S NEXT GENERATION
HUMAN SPACE CAPSULE.
USING DATA FROM LUNAR ORBITER
THAT CONTINUE TO REVEAL THE HAS
ARDS AND RESOURCES WE ARE
DEVELOPING AN ENTIRELY NEW
APPROACH TO LANDING AND
OPERATING ON THIS MOON.
USING OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS TO
DELIVER SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS AND
ROBOT INS TO THE SURFACE.
WE ARE PAVING THE WAY FOR HUMAN
MISSIONS IN 2024.
>> OUR CHARGE IS TO GO QUICKLY
AND STAY TO PRESS ON THE
CLOAKIVE EFFORTS FORWARD WITH
THE FERVOR THAT WILL SEE US
RETURN TO THE MOON IN A MANNER
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN 50 YEARS
AGO.
WE WANT LUNAR LANDERS THAT ARE
REUSABLE AND CAN LAND ANY
WHEREIN ON THE SURFACE.
THE SIMPLEST WAY TO DO SO IS
GIVE THEM A LATE FORM IN ORBIT
AROUND THE MOON FOR FROM WHICH
TO TRANSITION.
>> AN OR BITTERING PLATFORM TO
HOST DEEP SPACE AND BE A POINT
FOR HUMAN CAP ULOSES.
WE CALL THIS LUNAR OUTPOST
GATEWAY.
THE BUTTE THINK OF GATEWAY IT
CAN MOVED BETWEEN ORBITS.
>> IT WILL BALANCE BETWEEN THE
EARTH AND THE MACHINE'S BRAVE
TY.
>> IN A POSITION THAT IS IDEAL
FOR LAUNCHING AND EVEN DEEPER
SPACE MISSIONS.
>> IN 2009 WE LEARNED THE MOON
CONTAINS MILLIONS OF TONS OF
WATER ICE.
THIS ICE CAN EX TRACKED AND
PURIFIED FOR WATER AND SEPARATED
IN OXYGEN FOR BREATHING OR
HYDROGEN FOR ROCKET FUEL THAN
THE MOON IS SUITED TO PREPARE US
AND PROPEL US TO MARS AND
BEYOND.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE'RE BUILDING.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRAINING
FOR.
>> THIS WE CAN REPLICATE
THROUGHOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
THAT IS THE NEXT CHAPTER OF
HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION.
HUMANS ARE THE MOST FRAGILE
ELEMENT OF THE ENTIRE EN DAVE
ARE AND YET WE GO FOR HUMANITY.
THEY GO THOUGH MOON AND ON TO
MARS TO SEEK KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING AND TO SHARE IT
WITH ALL.
WE GO KNOWING OUR EFFORTS WILL
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT CANNOT
BE FORESEEN AND WE GO BECAUSE WE
ARE DESTINED TO EXPLORE AND SEE
WITH OUR OWN EYES.
WE TURN TOWARD THE MOON NOW AND
NOT AS CONCLUSION BUT AS
PREPARATION.
AS A CHECKPOINT TOWARD ALL THAT
LIES BEYOND.
OUR GREAT COMMITTEES ADVENTURES
REMEAN AHEAD OF US.
WE ARE GOING.
>> WE'RE GOING.
>> WE ARE GOING.
>> WE'RE GOING.