1 00:00:23,089 --> 00:00:25,825 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER 2 00:00:25,892 --> 00:00:28,294 EPISODE OF NASA SCIENCE LIVE. 3 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:30,930 I'M YOUR HOST MEGAN CRUZ AND I'M 4 00:00:30,997 --> 00:00:34,401 SO HAPPY YOU CAN JOIN US LIVE. 5 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:35,902 BELIEVE ME YOU COULD FEEL THE 6 00:00:35,969 --> 00:00:37,504 EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR HERE AS 7 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:39,339 NASA PREPARES TO LAUNCH LUCY 8 00:00:39,406 --> 00:00:40,774 EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. 9 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:42,475 LUCY WILL BE THE VERY FIRST 10 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:44,978 SPACECRAFT TO STUDY THE TROJAN 11 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:46,579 ASTEROIDS WHICH ORBIT THE SUN IN 12 00:00:46,646 --> 00:00:47,380 TWO GROUPS. 13 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:50,417 ONE, IN FRONT OF JUPITER'S PATH 14 00:00:50,483 --> 00:00:51,351 AND THE OTHER BEHIND. 15 00:00:51,418 --> 00:00:54,421 IT WILL TAKE 12 YEARS TO VISIT 8 16 00:00:54,487 --> 00:00:56,289 DIFFERENT ASTEROIDS. 17 00:00:56,356 --> 00:00:57,757 THAT'S THE MOST DESTINATIONS OF 18 00:00:57,824 --> 00:00:59,926 ANY SPACE MISSION EVER. 19 00:00:59,993 --> 00:01:01,261 AND YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY 20 00:01:01,327 --> 00:01:03,963 ARE WE STUDYING ASTEROIDS? 21 00:01:04,030 --> 00:01:07,167 ASTEROIDS ARE TRULY PRISTINE 22 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:09,569 REMNANTS AT A TIME WHEN PLANETS 23 00:01:09,636 --> 00:01:10,236 WERE FORMING. 24 00:01:10,303 --> 00:01:16,910 THIS MAKES THEM PRE HISTORIC 25 00:01:16,976 --> 00:01:17,310 TREASURES. 26 00:01:17,377 --> 00:01:19,646 THE MORE WE STUDY THEM THE MORE 27 00:01:19,712 --> 00:01:24,017 WE CAN DECIPHER HOW LIFE CAME TO 28 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:24,317 BE. 29 00:01:24,384 --> 00:01:26,152 I'LL MEET UP WITH SOME SPECIAL 30 00:01:26,219 --> 00:01:27,320 GUESTS WHO CAN TESTIMONY US MORE 31 00:01:27,387 --> 00:01:29,322 ABOUT THE TROJANS BUT IN THE 32 00:01:29,389 --> 00:01:32,092 MEANTIME THIS MIGHT BE HELPFUL. 33 00:01:32,158 --> 00:01:39,899 >> WHAT ARE TROJAN ASTEROIDS? 34 00:01:39,966 --> 00:01:42,202 LET'S BEGIN BY GOING BACK OVER 4 35 00:01:42,268 --> 00:01:44,270 BILLION YEARS WHEN THE NEWLY 36 00:01:44,337 --> 00:01:46,573 FORMED SOLAR SYSTEM CONSISTED OF 37 00:01:46,639 --> 00:01:49,409 TRILLIONS OF TINY LITTLE ROCKS 38 00:01:49,476 --> 00:01:51,111 AND ICY OBJECTS. 39 00:01:51,177 --> 00:01:52,579 MANY OF THESE OBJECTS CAME 40 00:01:52,645 --> 00:01:54,280 TOGETHER TO FORM THE PLANETS. 41 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:56,749 THE MINORITY OF THE OTHERS WERE 42 00:01:56,816 --> 00:01:58,184 SCATTERED INTO THE DISTANT 43 00:01:58,251 --> 00:02:01,054 REACHES OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND 44 00:02:01,121 --> 00:02:01,387 BEYOND. 45 00:02:01,454 --> 00:02:03,022 BUT NOT ALL OF THEM. 46 00:02:03,089 --> 00:02:05,425 SOME OF THEM ARE PRISTINE 47 00:02:05,492 --> 00:02:07,260 ASTEROIDS THAT ORBIT WITH 48 00:02:07,327 --> 00:02:09,829 JUPITER AND TWO HUGE FORMS 49 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:11,698 LEADING AND TRAILING THE PLANET. 50 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:14,534 THEY'RE KNOWN AS THE TROJAN 51 00:02:14,601 --> 00:02:15,001 ASTEROIDS. 52 00:02:15,068 --> 00:02:18,271 THEY'RE HEALY MYSTERIOUS AND WE 53 00:02:18,338 --> 00:02:19,472 THINK THAT THEY COME FROM THE 54 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:21,541 OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM AND ALSO 55 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:23,710 REALLY SPECIAL IN TERMS OF 56 00:02:23,776 --> 00:02:26,045 UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF 57 00:02:26,112 --> 00:02:26,779 THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND 58 00:02:26,846 --> 00:02:28,348 UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF 59 00:02:28,414 --> 00:02:31,985 THE PLANETS BECAUSE THEY HAVE 60 00:02:32,051 --> 00:02:34,621 REMAINED GRAVITATIONALLY STABLE 61 00:02:34,687 --> 00:02:37,457 FOR OVER BILLIONS OF YEARS AND 62 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:38,825 ASTRONOMERS HAVE ONLY BEEN ABLE 63 00:02:38,892 --> 00:02:41,728 TO STUDY THESE DISTANT AND 64 00:02:41,794 --> 00:02:43,163 ENIGMATIC SMALL BODIES FROM 65 00:02:43,229 --> 00:02:44,464 EARTH BUT ALL OF THAT IS ABOUT 66 00:02:44,531 --> 00:02:45,965 TO CHANGE. 67 00:02:46,032 --> 00:02:48,234 NASA'S MISSION WILL EMBARK ON A 68 00:02:48,301 --> 00:02:52,205 12 YEAR JOURNEY TO VISIT THESE 69 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:53,840 PRIMITIVE ASTROIDS AND IS IT 70 00:02:53,907 --> 00:02:55,375 WILL BE EXCITING BECAUSE IT WILL 71 00:02:55,441 --> 00:02:56,476 BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE 72 00:02:56,543 --> 00:02:58,211 ABLE TO SEE THESE OBJECTS UP 73 00:02:58,278 --> 00:03:00,380 CLOSE. 74 00:03:00,446 --> 00:03:02,048 WHAT ARE THEY? 75 00:03:02,115 --> 00:03:03,850 THEY ORBIT WITH JUPITER AROUND 76 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:06,186 THE SUN THAT ULTIMATELY HOLD THE 77 00:03:06,252 --> 00:03:07,854 CLUES TO FORMATION OF OUR SOLAR 78 00:03:07,921 --> 00:03:15,261 SYSTEM. 79 00:03:15,328 --> 00:03:17,397 AND I BET SOME OF YOU AT HOME 80 00:03:17,463 --> 00:03:18,998 HAVE EVEN MORE QUESTIONS. 81 00:03:19,065 --> 00:03:19,465 THAT'S WONDERFUL. 82 00:03:19,532 --> 00:03:20,066 WE WANT THEM. 83 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:21,234 PLEASE SEND THEM IN. 84 00:03:21,301 --> 00:03:23,570 JUST REMEMBER TO USE THE 85 00:03:23,636 --> 00:03:25,138 #ASKNASA OR DROP THOSE QUESTIONS 86 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:26,806 IN THE COMMENT BOXES WHEREVER 87 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:28,508 YOU'RE WATCHING THIS SHOW. 88 00:03:28,575 --> 00:03:30,410 BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME 89 00:03:30,476 --> 00:03:33,012 QUESTIONS OF MY OWN AND THAT'S 90 00:03:33,079 --> 00:03:35,548 WHY I HAVE THESE TWO JOINING ME 91 00:03:35,615 --> 00:03:35,815 TODAY. 92 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:37,517 THIS IS KARLY. 93 00:03:37,584 --> 00:03:38,451 ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT 94 00:03:38,518 --> 00:03:40,053 OF SPACE STUDIES AT THE 95 00:03:40,119 --> 00:03:42,055 SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE. 96 00:03:42,121 --> 00:03:44,857 THAT IS A MOUTHFUL AND WILL 97 00:03:44,924 --> 00:03:47,927 SANTIAGO DEEP SPACE ENGINEER AT 98 00:03:47,994 --> 00:03:49,596 LOCKHEED MARTIN. 99 00:03:49,662 --> 00:03:52,432 THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. 100 00:03:52,498 --> 00:03:53,866 >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT 101 00:03:53,933 --> 00:03:56,569 THAT NASA HAS VISITED ASTROIDS 102 00:03:56,636 --> 00:03:57,604 BEFORE AND WE HAVE ONE COMING 103 00:03:57,670 --> 00:03:59,405 BACK TO EARTH AS WE SPEAK. 104 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:00,740 WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT LUCY IS 105 00:04:00,807 --> 00:04:02,208 THAT LUCY IS NOT JUST VISITING 106 00:04:02,275 --> 00:04:04,844 ONE ASTEROID, NOT TWO, BUT A 107 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:06,946 RECORD BREAKING 8 ASTEROIDS. 108 00:04:07,013 --> 00:04:08,281 CAN YOU TELL ME WHY THAT'S 109 00:04:08,348 --> 00:04:09,048 SIGNIFICANT? 110 00:04:09,115 --> 00:04:10,583 >> WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT 111 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:14,020 JUPITER'S TROJAN ASTEROIDS, SO 112 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:16,055 BY VISITING 8 IN TOTAL OVER THE 113 00:04:16,122 --> 00:04:17,991 MISSION LIFETIME, WE'LL REALLY 114 00:04:18,057 --> 00:04:20,093 BETTER UNDERSTAND ALL ABOUT THE 115 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:20,493 ASTEROIDS. 116 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:23,196 SO IF YOU ONLY SEE ONE MAYBE YOU 117 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:24,931 GOT SORT OF A BIT OF A FUNNY 118 00:04:24,998 --> 00:04:25,398 ONE. 119 00:04:25,465 --> 00:04:27,066 BUT BY SEEING 8 YOU GET TO 120 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:28,234 UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN 121 00:04:28,301 --> 00:04:29,035 THIS POPULATION. 122 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:30,870 IT REALLY EXCITING AND WE'LL SEE 123 00:04:30,937 --> 00:04:31,738 THEM UP CLOSE AND UNDERSTAND 124 00:04:31,804 --> 00:04:34,107 THEIR COLOR AND COMPOSITION AND 125 00:04:34,173 --> 00:04:36,075 TRY TO LOOK WHAT THEY MIGHT BE 126 00:04:36,142 --> 00:04:37,377 LIKE INSIDE AND LEARN SO MUCH 127 00:04:37,443 --> 00:04:39,012 ABOUT THE ASTEROID POPULATION AS 128 00:04:39,078 --> 00:04:40,713 A WHOLE THROUGHOUT THIS MISSION. 129 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:41,281 >> ABSOLUTELY. 130 00:04:41,347 --> 00:04:42,815 LUCY IS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT 131 00:04:42,882 --> 00:04:45,451 TIES INTO NASA'S OVERALL 132 00:04:45,518 --> 00:04:46,219 ASTEROID RESEARCH. 133 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:47,720 CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THOSE 134 00:04:47,787 --> 00:04:48,955 OTHER PROJECTS. 135 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:52,058 >> THERE IS A LOT GOING ON SO OF 136 00:04:52,125 --> 00:04:56,496 COURSE THE OSIRIS-REx MISSION IS 137 00:04:56,562 --> 00:04:59,065 BRINGING BACK A SAMPLE AND THE 138 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:01,134 DART MISSION WILL TRY TO 139 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:03,136 REDIRECT ASTEROID AND LUCY HAS A 140 00:05:03,202 --> 00:05:04,904 MISSION THAT'S CALLED PSYCHE 141 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:06,673 THAT GOES TO THE ASTEROID'S 142 00:05:06,739 --> 00:05:10,643 PSYCHE WHICH WE THINK IS A 143 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:11,210 RECOMMEND INABILITY. 144 00:05:11,277 --> 00:05:13,146 WE THOUGHT IT WAS A LARGER 145 00:05:13,212 --> 00:05:14,781 PLANET THAT HAD THE OUTSIDE 146 00:05:14,847 --> 00:05:16,349 BLOWN AWAY AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE 147 00:05:16,416 --> 00:05:17,850 INSIDE OF THIS ASTEROID WITH 148 00:05:17,917 --> 00:05:19,152 THAT MISSION AND IT WILL BE A 149 00:05:19,218 --> 00:05:20,586 GREAT FEW YEARS FOR ASTEROID 150 00:05:20,653 --> 00:05:21,020 SCIENCE. 151 00:05:21,087 --> 00:05:23,756 >> IT'S REALLY VERY FASCINATING 152 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:25,224 AND I LOVE THAT THERE IS SO 153 00:05:25,291 --> 00:05:25,625 MUCH. 154 00:05:25,692 --> 00:05:27,393 NOW WILL, LUCY IS SET TO LAUNCH 155 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:27,794 TOMORROW. 156 00:05:27,860 --> 00:05:29,962 5:34 A.M. EASTERN TIME. 157 00:05:30,029 --> 00:05:31,998 SOON AFTER WE'LL SEE HER TWO 158 00:05:32,065 --> 00:05:34,634 VERY LARGE SOLAR ARRAYS 159 00:05:34,701 --> 00:05:36,636 DEPLOYED. 160 00:05:36,703 --> 00:05:37,904 WHY ARE THEY SO BIG? 161 00:05:37,970 --> 00:05:40,006 >> WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT 162 00:05:40,073 --> 00:05:42,208 BREAKING RECORDS SO IT WILL BE A 163 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:44,610 RECORD BREAKER TO THE SPACECRAFT 164 00:05:44,677 --> 00:05:47,647 THAT IS ORBITING JUPITER AND GO 165 00:05:47,714 --> 00:05:50,183 FURTHER AWAY ON SOLAR POWER THAN 166 00:05:50,249 --> 00:05:50,717 EVER BEFORE. 167 00:05:50,783 --> 00:05:52,018 THE TROJANS ARE VERY FAR FROM 168 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:52,652 THE SUN. 169 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:55,555 SO WE HAVE OVER 7,000 SOLAR 170 00:05:55,621 --> 00:05:57,457 CELLS THAT GIVE US THE ENERGY WE 171 00:05:57,523 --> 00:05:59,125 NEED TO RUN THE INSTRUMENTS AND 172 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:02,195 SPACECRAFT OUT THERE AT THAT 173 00:06:02,261 --> 00:06:03,529 DISTANCE WE RUN THE SPACECRAFT 174 00:06:03,596 --> 00:06:05,631 WITH ABOUT 500 WATTS. 175 00:06:05,698 --> 00:06:07,600 SO MUCH LESS THAN THE POWER. 176 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:09,802 WE COULD NOT RUN A MICROWAVE OUT 177 00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:10,069 THERE. 178 00:06:10,136 --> 00:06:11,637 >> THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING. 179 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:15,475 THAT REALLY PUTS IT IN 180 00:06:15,541 --> 00:06:15,842 PERSPECTIVE. 181 00:06:15,908 --> 00:06:17,276 HOW MUCH POWER IT ACTUALLY HAS 182 00:06:17,343 --> 00:06:17,877 TO WORK. 183 00:06:17,944 --> 00:06:19,545 NOW, THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. 184 00:06:19,612 --> 00:06:20,980 YOU ABOUT I HEAR WE'RE GETTING 185 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:22,315 INTERESTING ONES FROM VIEWERS 186 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:23,082 WHICH IS WONDERFUL. 187 00:06:23,149 --> 00:06:24,083 KEEP THEM COMING. 188 00:06:24,150 --> 00:06:26,652 AGAIN A REMINDER USE THAT 189 00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:28,321 #ASKNASA OR JUST DROP THEM IN 190 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:29,155 THE COMMENT BOX. 191 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:29,789 I PROMISE. 192 00:06:29,856 --> 00:06:32,225 IT WILL BE WILL AND KARLY 193 00:06:32,291 --> 00:06:33,059 ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. 194 00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:34,827 I'LL BRING THEM BACK BECAUSE I 195 00:06:34,894 --> 00:06:36,562 KNOW I WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER 196 00:06:36,629 --> 00:06:37,764 ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. 197 00:06:37,830 --> 00:06:39,532 IN THE MEANTIME WHAT SO YOU 198 00:06:39,599 --> 00:06:40,967 ABOUT TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT 199 00:06:41,033 --> 00:06:42,201 THE ROCKET THAT WILL LAUNCH 200 00:06:42,268 --> 00:06:42,535 LUCY? 201 00:06:42,602 --> 00:06:44,370 LOOK AT THIS VIDEO NOW BY MY 202 00:06:44,437 --> 00:06:55,515 COLLEAGUE JAMES TRALEY. 203 00:06:55,581 --> 00:06:57,116 >> OH MY GOSH. 204 00:06:57,183 --> 00:06:58,418 WE ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER 205 00:06:58,484 --> 00:06:58,751 RIGHT NOW. 206 00:06:58,818 --> 00:07:00,920 I GOT A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF THE 207 00:07:00,987 --> 00:07:01,888 LAUNCH PAD. 208 00:07:01,954 --> 00:07:04,957 I CAN SEE IT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT 209 00:07:05,024 --> 00:07:05,625 OF ME. 210 00:07:05,691 --> 00:07:07,126 OH, WOW. 211 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:07,894 IT'S RIGHT THERE. 212 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:09,362 OH MY GOODNESS. 213 00:07:09,429 --> 00:07:10,463 ALL RIGHT. 214 00:07:10,530 --> 00:07:14,167 WE ARE LITERALLY LIKE MAYBE 300 215 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:16,035 FEET AWAY FROM THE LUCY 216 00:07:16,102 --> 00:07:20,106 SPACECRAFT ON THE LS5 ROCKET. 217 00:07:20,173 --> 00:07:21,541 I THINK WE'LL BE TAKING AN 218 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:22,542 ELEVATOR UP TO THE TOP OF THIS 219 00:07:22,608 --> 00:07:27,380 LAUNCH TO SEE LUCY UP CLOSE AND 220 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:29,182 WE'RE SOME OF THE LAST WEEK TO 221 00:07:29,248 --> 00:07:30,950 BE SEEING LUCY BEFORE SHE BLASTS 222 00:07:31,017 --> 00:07:32,051 OFF INTO SPACE. 223 00:07:32,118 --> 00:07:33,252 IT'S A LONG MISSION AHEAD. 224 00:07:33,319 --> 00:07:36,489 AND YEAH, SUPER THRILLED TO 225 00:07:36,556 --> 00:07:39,625 SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH AND TAKE 226 00:07:39,692 --> 00:07:43,429 YOU ALONG FOR THE RIDE. 227 00:07:43,496 --> 00:07:44,597 >> HOW'S IT GOING. 228 00:07:44,664 --> 00:07:46,265 SO NICE TO MEET YOU. 229 00:07:46,332 --> 00:07:47,233 >> YOU AS WELL. 230 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:48,301 >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING US 231 00:07:48,367 --> 00:07:48,668 AROUND. 232 00:07:48,734 --> 00:07:55,007 THIS IS INCREDIBLE. 233 00:07:55,074 --> 00:08:00,513 OH MY GOSH. 234 00:08:00,580 --> 00:08:03,683 >> THIS ROCKET IS MASSIVE. 235 00:08:03,749 --> 00:08:04,684 >> YEAH. 236 00:08:04,750 --> 00:08:06,285 THE SCALE OF IT. 237 00:08:06,352 --> 00:08:10,056 200 YOU FEET TALL. 238 00:08:10,122 --> 00:08:12,925 >> I'M JOINED TODAY BY ISAAC AND 239 00:08:12,992 --> 00:08:15,461 WE'RE STANDING DIRECTLY FRONT OF 240 00:08:15,528 --> 00:08:18,464 THE LUCY SPACECRAFT ATOP A 241 00:08:18,531 --> 00:08:18,764 ROCKET. 242 00:08:18,831 --> 00:08:19,732 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SCALE OF 243 00:08:19,799 --> 00:08:21,100 THIS THING. 244 00:08:21,167 --> 00:08:22,301 IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TO TAKE A 245 00:08:22,368 --> 00:08:24,670 STEP BACK AND APPRECIATE THE 246 00:08:24,737 --> 00:08:25,938 SHEER MAGNITUDE. 247 00:08:26,005 --> 00:08:27,940 CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 248 00:08:28,007 --> 00:08:31,744 DIMENSIONS, KIND OF WHAT IS ALL 249 00:08:31,811 --> 00:08:33,312 POWERING LUCY? 250 00:08:33,379 --> 00:08:34,881 >> LUCY RIGHT NOW IS SITTING ON 251 00:08:34,947 --> 00:08:41,554 OUR 401 AT LAST 5 CONFIGURATION. 252 00:08:41,621 --> 00:08:43,689 190 FEET TALL. 253 00:08:43,756 --> 00:08:45,925 SO WE HAVE THE ENTIRE VEHICLE 254 00:08:45,992 --> 00:08:47,126 SITTING ON OUR MOBILE LAUNCH 255 00:08:47,193 --> 00:08:49,428 PROGRAM. 256 00:08:49,495 --> 00:08:51,197 1.3 MILLION POUNDS STEEL 257 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:57,970 STRUCTURE AND ATLAS BOOSTER AND 258 00:08:58,037 --> 00:08:58,337 SPACECRAFT. 259 00:08:58,404 --> 00:09:00,373 >> IT'S NOT SMALL ITSELF. 260 00:09:00,439 --> 00:09:01,641 IT'S PRETTY LARGE. 261 00:09:01,707 --> 00:09:04,610 >> NO IT'S SMALL. 262 00:09:04,677 --> 00:09:07,613 IT WEIGHS 3300 POUNDS AND HALF 263 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:09,849 OF THAT IS THE FUEL. 264 00:09:09,916 --> 00:09:12,718 AND SO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 265 00:09:12,785 --> 00:09:13,953 SOLAR ARRAYS. 266 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:17,557 THE SOLAR ARRAYS -- SO THEY'RE 267 00:09:17,623 --> 00:09:18,925 ABOUT 4 INCHES THICK. 268 00:09:18,991 --> 00:09:20,993 BUT WHEN THEY'RE DEPLOYED 269 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:23,596 THEY'RE 7.2 METERS IN DIAMETER. 270 00:09:23,663 --> 00:09:25,698 SO IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THE 271 00:09:25,765 --> 00:09:27,733 SPACECRAFT WITH THE SOLAR ARRAYS 272 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,436 DEPLOYED AND TIP IT ON THE SIDE 273 00:09:30,503 --> 00:09:33,439 IT WOULD BE AS TALL AS A 4 STORY 274 00:09:33,506 --> 00:09:33,773 BUILDING. 275 00:09:33,839 --> 00:09:35,074 >> THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR THIS 276 00:09:35,141 --> 00:09:37,543 MISSION FOR THIS EXACT REASON. 277 00:09:37,610 --> 00:09:39,378 >> LUCY WILL TRAVEL 4 BILLION 278 00:09:39,445 --> 00:09:43,649 MILES IN 12 YEAR'S TIME AND IT'S 279 00:09:43,716 --> 00:09:45,718 TRAVELING FAR FROM THE SUN. 280 00:09:45,785 --> 00:09:46,519 AS A MATTER OF FACT IT'S GOING 281 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:52,391 TO BE TRAVELING ON SOLAR POWER 282 00:09:52,458 --> 00:09:54,527 AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED MASSIVE 283 00:09:54,594 --> 00:09:55,361 SOLAR ARRAYS. 284 00:09:55,428 --> 00:09:57,096 >> IT'S A LONG JOURNEY AHEAD. 285 00:09:57,163 --> 00:09:59,966 BUT THERE'S ALREADY BEEN QUITE A 286 00:10:00,032 --> 00:10:01,300 JOURNEY TO GET US PREPARED. 287 00:10:01,367 --> 00:10:02,902 WALK US THROUGH THE PATH 14 288 00:10:02,969 --> 00:10:06,172 MONTHS DURING THE PANDEMIC. 289 00:10:06,238 --> 00:10:06,539 >> EXCITING. 290 00:10:06,606 --> 00:10:10,409 WE ACTUALLY STARTED SPACECRAFT 291 00:10:10,476 --> 00:10:12,545 INTEGRATION AND TESTING IN JULY 292 00:10:12,612 --> 00:10:13,479 OF 2020. 293 00:10:13,546 --> 00:10:14,080 THINK ABOUT IT. 294 00:10:14,146 --> 00:10:18,618 14 MONTHS, FULLY INTEGRATING THE 295 00:10:18,684 --> 00:10:20,820 SPACECRAFT AND THE PAYLOAD, THE 296 00:10:20,886 --> 00:10:23,322 INSTRUMENTS DURING A PANDEMIC 297 00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:25,224 AND TESTING THROUGH AN ENTIRE 298 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:26,392 ENVIRONMENTAL TEST CAMPAIGN 299 00:10:26,459 --> 00:10:28,861 WHICH STIMULATES SPACE AND GIVES 300 00:10:28,928 --> 00:10:30,396 US CONFIDENCE THAT IT'S GOING TO 301 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:31,998 SURVIVE THE FULL MISSION. 302 00:10:32,064 --> 00:10:32,898 >> THAT'S AMAZING. 303 00:10:32,965 --> 00:10:35,334 AND THEN ALSO JUST THE JOURNEY 304 00:10:35,401 --> 00:10:37,003 TO GET THE SPACECRAFT FROM ALL 305 00:10:37,069 --> 00:10:38,904 THE INDIVIDUAL PARTS AND 306 00:10:38,971 --> 00:10:40,973 ASSEMBLED AND THEN TO HERE. 307 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:41,907 WHAT'S THE PROCESS ON THE 308 00:10:41,974 --> 00:10:42,708 GROUND? 309 00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:45,378 >> ONCE WE LAND IT, WE HAVE 310 00:10:45,444 --> 00:10:47,380 ABOUT 7 WEEKS IN WHICH WE 311 00:10:47,446 --> 00:10:53,052 REINTEGRATE THE HARDWARE, AND UP 312 00:10:53,119 --> 00:10:55,554 DATED FLIGHT SOFTWARE AND 313 00:10:55,621 --> 00:10:57,156 FUNCTIONAL TESTING TO VERIFY WE 314 00:10:57,223 --> 00:11:01,594 DIDN'T BREAK ANYTHING AND THEN 315 00:11:01,661 --> 00:11:06,532 REFUEL THE SPACECRAFT AND DO OUR 316 00:11:06,599 --> 00:11:08,367 FINAL FUNCTIONAL AND SPACECRAFT 317 00:11:08,434 --> 00:11:09,735 IS CURRENTLY POWERED UP AND 318 00:11:09,802 --> 00:11:14,273 WE'RE MONITORING UP 24/7. 319 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:16,676 >> AND THEN WHAT IS IT GOING TO 320 00:11:16,742 --> 00:11:17,943 BE LIKE DAY OF THE LAUNCH AS 321 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:18,678 WELL? 322 00:11:18,744 --> 00:11:20,379 REALLY LONG BEFORE SUNRISE TO 323 00:11:20,446 --> 00:11:21,747 GET IT READY? 324 00:11:21,814 --> 00:11:24,950 >> WELL, OUR CREW WILL BE COMING 325 00:11:25,017 --> 00:11:30,656 10 O'CLOCK THE MIGHT BEFORE FOR 326 00:11:30,723 --> 00:11:31,824 PRELAUNCH SECURING SO WE'LL GO 327 00:11:31,891 --> 00:11:34,927 THROUGH ALL OF THE FINAL CLOSE 328 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:37,229 OUTS AND FINAL PAD PREP AND 329 00:11:37,296 --> 00:11:40,266 PULLING THE COVER OVER THE FLAME 330 00:11:40,332 --> 00:11:42,501 BUCKET WHERE THE EXHAUST WILL GO 331 00:11:42,568 --> 00:11:45,604 AND DOING ALL OUR FINAL PREPS 332 00:11:45,671 --> 00:11:47,440 AND THEN CLEARING THE PADS AT 333 00:11:47,506 --> 00:11:51,644 ROUGHLY 2:30 IN THE MORNING AND 334 00:11:51,711 --> 00:11:54,413 AT LIFTOFF 860,000 POUNDS OF 335 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:56,482 THRUST AT SEA LEVEL WILL TAKE 336 00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:57,583 LUCY ON ITS JOURNEY. 337 00:11:57,650 --> 00:11:59,118 >> AND THEN WE'RE ON OUR WAY. 338 00:11:59,185 --> 00:12:00,986 IT'S A 12-YEAR LONG JOURNEY AND 339 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:02,288 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS. 340 00:12:02,354 --> 00:12:03,422 SUPER EXCITING AND LONG MISSION 341 00:12:03,489 --> 00:12:05,224 AHEAD AND A LOT OF COOL 342 00:12:05,291 --> 00:12:06,525 DISCOVERIES WAITING FOR US OUT 343 00:12:06,592 --> 00:12:06,859 THERE. 344 00:12:06,926 --> 00:12:07,993 BUT AT THE SAME TIME I MEAN A 345 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:09,161 LITTLE BIT OF SADNESS HERE 346 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:10,563 BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST TIME 347 00:12:10,629 --> 00:12:13,599 WE'LL BE THIS CLOSE TO LUCY 348 00:12:13,666 --> 00:12:14,266 SPACECRAFT. 349 00:12:14,333 --> 00:12:15,101 >> YES, IT IS. 350 00:12:15,167 --> 00:12:19,905 AS A PROJECT MANAGER MY TENURE 351 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:23,008 ON LUCY WILL BE ENDING SOON. 352 00:12:23,075 --> 00:12:25,644 SO IT IS A LITTLE SAD, BUT IT'S 353 00:12:25,711 --> 00:12:27,046 AWFULLY EXCITING. 354 00:12:27,113 --> 00:12:28,914 IT'S EXCITING AND I WILL BE 355 00:12:28,981 --> 00:12:33,753 WAITING WITH BATED BREATH. 356 00:12:33,819 --> 00:12:35,521 I KNOW WHAT WE THINK WE'LL FIND, 357 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:38,224 BUT I'M EXCITED FOR THE NEW 358 00:12:38,290 --> 00:12:39,759 DISCOVERIES AND UNEXPECTED. 359 00:12:39,825 --> 00:12:40,893 THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD 360 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:41,393 TO. 361 00:12:41,460 --> 00:12:42,862 AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THIS 362 00:12:42,928 --> 00:12:44,930 MISSION AND WAITING FOR IT TO 363 00:12:44,997 --> 00:12:47,867 REWRITE. 364 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:49,068 >> OBVIOUSLY NOT YOUR FIRST 365 00:12:49,135 --> 00:12:49,335 RODEO. 366 00:12:49,401 --> 00:12:51,403 YOU SPENT MANY MISSIONS IN 367 00:12:51,470 --> 00:12:52,304 SPACE. 368 00:12:52,371 --> 00:12:53,873 WHAT KEEPS YOU COMING BACK EVERY 369 00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:55,608 SINGLE TIME TO LAUNCH ANOTHER 370 00:12:55,674 --> 00:12:57,143 MISSION? 371 00:12:57,209 --> 00:12:58,043 >> IT'S SOMETHING WHERE YOU 372 00:12:58,110 --> 00:12:59,745 THINK IT WOULD GET ROUTINE AND 373 00:12:59,812 --> 00:13:01,781 EVERY MISSION AND EVERY LAUNCH 374 00:13:01,847 --> 00:13:03,215 THAT FINAL COUNTDOWN IF YOU'RE 375 00:13:03,282 --> 00:13:04,583 NOT GETTING BUTTERFLIES THEN 376 00:13:04,650 --> 00:13:07,887 YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT BUSINESS. 377 00:13:07,953 --> 00:13:10,189 >> IT'S EXCITING. 378 00:13:10,256 --> 00:13:11,590 >> ENJOY WHAT YOU SEE AND TAKE 379 00:13:11,657 --> 00:13:15,261 PRIDE IN ALL THE HARD WORK. 380 00:13:15,327 --> 00:13:20,699 EVERYONE HAS DONE TO CONTRIBUTE 381 00:13:20,766 --> 00:13:24,203 TO THE SUCCESS OF THE MISSION. 382 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:25,204 >> IT TAKES THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 383 00:13:25,271 --> 00:13:27,473 TO GET WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND ON 384 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:29,241 TOP OF THAT BEYOND THOSE THAT 385 00:13:29,308 --> 00:13:30,409 DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE IT'S 386 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:31,744 SOMETHING THAT A MISSION AS 387 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:33,212 SPECIAL AS THIS THAT REALLY 388 00:13:33,279 --> 00:13:35,047 EVERYONE IS ABLE TO SHARE A PART 389 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:36,482 OF AND IS EVERYONE IS ABLE TO 390 00:13:36,549 --> 00:13:38,884 FOLLOW FOR ITS ENTIRE JOURNEY. 391 00:13:38,951 --> 00:13:40,719 SO SOMETHING WHERE EVEN PEOPLE 392 00:13:40,786 --> 00:13:43,322 AT HOME CAN EXPERIENCE THE 393 00:13:43,389 --> 00:13:44,056 LAUNCH AND MISSION AND FOLLOW 394 00:13:44,123 --> 00:13:44,957 ALONG WITH IT. 395 00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:47,593 IT'S REALLY SPECIAL. 396 00:13:47,660 --> 00:13:49,328 >> WISHING YOU GUYS THE BEST OF 397 00:13:49,395 --> 00:13:58,070 LUCK. 398 00:13:58,137 --> 00:13:59,171 THANK YOU BOTH AND 399 00:13:59,238 --> 00:13:59,905 CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THAT 400 00:13:59,972 --> 00:14:01,640 HAPPENED AND BEST OF LUCK OVER 401 00:14:01,707 --> 00:14:03,609 THE NEXT 12 YEARS ON THIS LONG 402 00:14:03,676 --> 00:14:04,076 JOURNEY. 403 00:14:04,143 --> 00:14:04,910 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 404 00:14:04,977 --> 00:14:08,080 APPRECIATE IT. 405 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:09,849 >> IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN WE 406 00:14:09,915 --> 00:14:11,383 WITH ARE LIVE FROM KENNEDY SPACE 407 00:14:11,450 --> 00:14:13,686 CENTER JUST 12 HOURS AWAY FROM 408 00:14:13,752 --> 00:14:15,855 NASA LAUNCHING LUCY, THE FIRST 409 00:14:15,921 --> 00:14:18,090 SPACECRAFT TO VISIT THE TROJAN 410 00:14:18,157 --> 00:14:20,059 ASTEROIDS TO HOPEFULLY UNFOLD 411 00:14:20,125 --> 00:14:22,294 THE STORY OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. 412 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:23,963 AS YOU KNOW LUCY IS ON A 413 00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:25,764 12-YEAR MISSION SO THAT MEANS WE 414 00:14:25,831 --> 00:14:26,832 REALLY NEED TO START THINKING 415 00:14:26,899 --> 00:14:28,334 ABOUT TRAINING THE NEXT 416 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:30,436 GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS AND 417 00:14:30,502 --> 00:14:32,271 ENGINEERS SO THAT HOPEFULLY THEY 418 00:14:32,338 --> 00:14:34,473 TAKE ON THOSE LEADERSHIP ROLES 419 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:37,276 AS LUCY PROGRESSES. 420 00:14:37,343 --> 00:14:40,646 THAT'S WHY NASA CREATED A FREE 421 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:42,348 ONLINE INTERACTIVE PROGRAM OPEN 422 00:14:42,414 --> 00:14:44,717 TO UNDERGRADUATE STEM STUDENTS. 423 00:14:44,783 --> 00:14:46,252 AND ACTUALLY JOINING ME TODAY 424 00:14:46,318 --> 00:14:49,421 ARE TWO FORMER SPACE ACADEMY 425 00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:53,292 STUDENTS BRITNEY WILBERT. 426 00:14:53,359 --> 00:14:54,460 I'LL START WITH YOU. 427 00:14:54,526 --> 00:14:56,028 TALK TO ME HOW IT FELT TO BE 428 00:14:56,095 --> 00:14:57,229 PART OF THE SPACE ACADEMY. 429 00:14:57,296 --> 00:14:58,631 >> IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 430 00:14:58,697 --> 00:15:00,366 I THINK IT REALLY TRANSFORMS 431 00:15:00,432 --> 00:15:01,834 JUST THE WAY THAT I VIEW LIFE. 432 00:15:01,901 --> 00:15:03,135 I WAS TESTED NOT ONLY IN TERMS 433 00:15:03,202 --> 00:15:05,938 OF RIDING TECHNICAL PAPERS BUT 434 00:15:06,005 --> 00:15:07,473 ALSO IN COMBINING ENGINEERING 435 00:15:07,539 --> 00:15:08,741 WITH CREATIVITY WHICH I THINK A 436 00:15:08,807 --> 00:15:10,442 LOT OF ENGINEERS SOMETIMES MIGHT 437 00:15:10,509 --> 00:15:11,844 FIND HARD TO DO AND I FEEL LIKE 438 00:15:11,911 --> 00:15:13,679 I ALSO WAS ABLE TO JUST 439 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:15,247 CULTIVATE A SPACE OF MENTORS AND 440 00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:17,182 A SPACE OF JUST A COMMUNITY THAT 441 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:19,618 REALLY WANTS TO SEE ME SUCCEED 442 00:15:19,685 --> 00:15:20,286 AND EACH OTHER. 443 00:15:20,352 --> 00:15:21,587 SO BEING ABLE GO THROUGH THE 444 00:15:21,654 --> 00:15:23,022 PROGRAM AS A STUDENT AND NOW 445 00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:24,189 TURNING AROUND AND BEING A 446 00:15:24,256 --> 00:15:27,626 MENTOR IS CRAZY IMAGING I CAN 447 00:15:27,693 --> 00:15:29,094 IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES THE WHAT 448 00:15:29,161 --> 00:15:30,963 SAME WAY THEY IMPACTED MINE. 449 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:32,998 OVERALL IT HAS A TREMENDOUS 450 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:34,433 IMPACT ON MY LIFE. 451 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:37,836 IT JUMP STARTED MY CAREER WHICH 452 00:15:37,903 --> 00:15:42,641 WAS INSANE AND HAD A HEAVY 453 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:44,610 IMPACT ON PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC 454 00:15:44,677 --> 00:15:44,910 LIFE. 455 00:15:44,977 --> 00:15:46,979 IT WAS LIFE CHANGING. 456 00:15:47,046 --> 00:15:49,315 >> WILBUR, DO YOU SHARE THAT? 457 00:15:49,381 --> 00:15:50,082 >> ABSOLUTELY. 458 00:15:50,149 --> 00:15:51,450 I WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE FIRST 459 00:15:51,517 --> 00:15:53,786 EVER SPACE ACADEMY BACK IN 2018 460 00:15:53,852 --> 00:15:54,987 AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS 461 00:15:55,054 --> 00:16:00,159 DAY FOR THREE YEARS NOW. 462 00:16:00,225 --> 00:16:01,927 WHEN I WHAT YOU IN THIS ACADEMY 463 00:16:01,994 --> 00:16:03,796 I WAS IN MY SECOND YEAR OF 464 00:16:03,862 --> 00:16:04,697 SCHOOL AND THAT HE WHEN I 465 00:16:04,763 --> 00:16:06,131 STARTED LEARNING ABOUT WHAT IT 466 00:16:06,198 --> 00:16:07,833 TAKES TO DESIGN AND FLY MISSIONS 467 00:16:07,900 --> 00:16:11,937 TO SPACE AND THAT GAVE ME THOSE 468 00:16:12,004 --> 00:16:13,839 SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE 469 00:16:13,906 --> 00:16:16,041 BEEN IMPLEMENTING IN MY CAREER 470 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:18,344 NOW AND ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH MY 471 00:16:18,410 --> 00:16:20,212 FIRST NASA INTERNSHIP WORKING 472 00:16:20,279 --> 00:16:21,380 WITH THE MISSION AND ALSO 473 00:16:21,447 --> 00:16:23,148 ALLOWED ME TO SHARE MY PASSION 474 00:16:23,215 --> 00:16:25,217 FOR SPACE BY BEING A LUCY 475 00:16:25,284 --> 00:16:27,720 ASTEROID AMBASSADOR AND 476 00:16:27,786 --> 00:16:28,454 COMMUNICATING THE GREAT SCIENCE 477 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:29,555 THAT WILL BE DONE BY THIS 478 00:16:29,621 --> 00:16:30,656 MISSION IN THE COMING YEARS. 479 00:16:30,723 --> 00:16:32,257 >> SOUNDS LIKE IT OPENED A LOT 480 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:38,998 OF DOORS FOR YOU AND SPEAKING OF 481 00:16:39,064 --> 00:16:40,599 THE COMING YEARS, WHERE DO YOU 482 00:16:40,666 --> 00:16:41,667 THINK YOU'LL BE WHEN THAT 483 00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:42,267 HAPPENS? 484 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:44,236 >> WELL, THANKS TO THE SPACE 485 00:16:44,303 --> 00:16:45,671 ACADEMY I THINK I'LL BE 486 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:46,638 DESIGNING AND BUILDING AND 487 00:16:46,705 --> 00:16:48,507 FLYING MY OWN MISSIONS AT NASA 488 00:16:48,574 --> 00:16:50,042 OR ANOTHER COMPANY AND I'M ALSO 489 00:16:50,109 --> 00:16:51,377 GOING TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO 490 00:16:51,443 --> 00:16:54,546 WHAT LUCY WILL DISCOVER IN THE 491 00:16:54,613 --> 00:16:54,913 ASTEROIDS. 492 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:56,048 >> WHAT ABOUT YOU? 493 00:16:56,115 --> 00:16:57,116 >> I THINK I'M DEFINITELY GOING 494 00:16:57,182 --> 00:16:58,183 TO BE FOLLOWING UP ON THE 495 00:16:58,250 --> 00:16:59,218 SCIENCE OF LUCY. 496 00:16:59,284 --> 00:17:00,619 BECAUSE IT'S IMPACTED NOT ONLY 497 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:02,688 MY LIFE AND NOT ONLY THE 498 00:17:02,755 --> 00:17:04,890 CREATION OF THE SPACE ACADEMY 499 00:17:04,957 --> 00:17:06,425 BUT THE LIVES OF THE COUNTLESS 500 00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:07,693 PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON IT. 501 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,328 SO I'LL BE FOLLOWING UP. 502 00:17:09,395 --> 00:17:10,729 AS FOR MYSELF HOPE. 503 00:17:10,796 --> 00:17:13,499 LY I'LL HAVE A PH.D. OR MASTERS 504 00:17:13,565 --> 00:17:17,136 AND HOPEFULLY I'LL BE MAKING THE 505 00:17:17,202 --> 00:17:19,204 NEXT LUCY. 506 00:17:19,271 --> 00:17:21,306 IF NOT THAT I'D LIKE TO BE AN 507 00:17:21,373 --> 00:17:21,640 ASTRONAUT. 508 00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:23,942 I FELT MY DREAM OF BEING AN 509 00:17:24,009 --> 00:17:25,411 ASTRONAUT BUT BEING HERE NOT 510 00:17:25,477 --> 00:17:26,678 ONLY PHYSICALLY FOR THE LAUNCH 511 00:17:26,745 --> 00:17:28,547 JUST IN THE PRESENCE OF SO MANY 512 00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:30,015 SMART AND TALENTED INDIVIDUALS 513 00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:31,817 THAT NOT ONLY WORKED ON LUCY BUT 514 00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:33,018 THE PEOPLE THAT WARPED THE 515 00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:34,720 CREATION OF LUCY AND FOLLOWED UP 516 00:17:34,787 --> 00:17:37,389 ON THE NASA NEWS AS WELL MADE ME 517 00:17:37,456 --> 00:17:40,659 REALIZE THAT ALL MY DREAMS ARE 518 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:43,362 CLOSER TO BEING REALITY THAN 519 00:17:43,429 --> 00:17:43,695 REALIZED 520 00:17:43,762 --> 00:17:45,230 >> I BELIEVE IN BOTH OF YOU. 521 00:17:45,297 --> 00:17:46,365 I THINK YOU'LL COME UP WITH 522 00:17:46,432 --> 00:17:46,999 AMAZING THINGS. 523 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:49,701 THIS IS REALLY WONDERFUL. 524 00:17:49,768 --> 00:17:50,836 IT'S STILL BLOWING MY MIND THAT 525 00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:53,338 ARE STUDENTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL 526 00:17:53,405 --> 00:17:55,607 CLASSROOMS THAT COULD BE TAKING 527 00:17:55,674 --> 00:17:56,341 PART IN LUCY. 528 00:17:56,408 --> 00:17:58,377 WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE KIDS 529 00:17:58,444 --> 00:18:03,082 WATCHING IF THIS IS AN 530 00:18:03,148 --> 00:18:03,649 OPPORTUNITY? 531 00:18:03,715 --> 00:18:04,983 >> I THINK IT'S HARD TO GIVE 532 00:18:05,050 --> 00:18:06,618 ADVICE BECAUSE I'M SO YOUNG 533 00:18:06,685 --> 00:18:07,052 MYSELF. 534 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,922 I FEEL LIKE I'M FIGURING OUT 535 00:18:09,988 --> 00:18:10,489 MOST OF THE TIME. 536 00:18:10,556 --> 00:18:11,723 BUT ONE THING THAT I LEARNED IN 537 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:14,293 MY 21 YEARS OF LIFE IS THAT THE 538 00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:15,294 ENVIRONMENT YOU'RE IN SHAPES THE 539 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:16,428 WAY YOU THINK AND REALLY SHAPES 540 00:18:16,495 --> 00:18:18,130 THE WAY THAT YOU NAVIGATE THE 541 00:18:18,197 --> 00:18:18,497 WORLD. 542 00:18:18,564 --> 00:18:20,566 I WOULD SAY TO YOUNG KIDS IF 543 00:18:20,632 --> 00:18:21,867 THEY'RE ABLE TO FIND A TEACHER 544 00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:24,603 OR PARENT OR FRIEND'S PARENT OR 545 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:26,171 FRIEND, JUST FIND AGO GROUP OF 546 00:18:26,238 --> 00:18:27,739 PEOPLE WHO WILL SUPPORT YOU AND 547 00:18:27,806 --> 00:18:29,308 YOUR DREAMS AND PASSIONS AND 548 00:18:29,374 --> 00:18:30,642 PEOPLE WHO TELL YOU TO KEEP 549 00:18:30,709 --> 00:18:31,944 GOING, THEY'LL REMIND YOU THAT 550 00:18:32,010 --> 00:18:34,046 THE SUN WILL COME OUT AGAIN, I 551 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:36,215 FEEL LYING CULTIVATING THAT TYPE 552 00:18:36,281 --> 00:18:38,016 OF COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT AS 553 00:18:38,083 --> 00:18:39,384 WELL AS JUST MAKING SURE THAT 554 00:18:39,451 --> 00:18:41,320 YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO TEACH YOU 555 00:18:41,386 --> 00:18:43,555 HOW TO HAVE GRIT AND 556 00:18:43,622 --> 00:18:45,357 PERSEVERANCE AND KEEP YOU GOING 557 00:18:45,424 --> 00:18:47,292 EVEN THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES 558 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,027 BECAUSE STEM IS VERY HARD AT 559 00:18:49,094 --> 00:18:49,495 TIMES. 560 00:18:49,561 --> 00:18:51,630 AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE HAD THAT IN 561 00:18:51,697 --> 00:18:53,398 MY OWN LIFE AND I NEVER THOUGHT 562 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:55,267 I WOULD BE HERE TALKING FOR A 563 00:18:55,334 --> 00:18:55,901 NASA PROGRAM. 564 00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:57,870 I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD EVEN OF 565 00:18:57,936 --> 00:19:00,639 THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK AT 566 00:19:00,706 --> 00:19:02,908 NASA'S JET PROPULSION LABORATORY 567 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:03,809 AND HERE I AM. 568 00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:05,611 I HOPE THAT THEY SEE THEMSELVES 569 00:19:05,677 --> 00:19:07,045 IN ME AND KNOW THAT IF I MADE IT 570 00:19:07,112 --> 00:19:09,248 THEY DEFINITELY CAN MAKE IT TOO. 571 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:10,949 >> GOOD TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT 572 00:19:11,016 --> 00:19:12,618 SYSTEM. 573 00:19:12,684 --> 00:19:17,022 >> I WILL ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS. 574 00:19:17,089 --> 00:19:19,558 BEING A LATINO AND BEING IN 575 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:23,362 SPACE IS IMPORTANT TO ME. 576 00:19:23,428 --> 00:19:24,463 BEING ABLE TO GET TO KNOW A LOT 577 00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:27,132 OF PEOPLE IN SPACE THAT COME 578 00:19:27,199 --> 00:19:29,034 FROM PUERTO RICO AND ALSO FOUND 579 00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:30,269 A LOT OF SUPPORT. 580 00:19:30,335 --> 00:19:32,404 PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALLOWED ME TO 581 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:34,039 PERSEVERE AND MOVE FORWARD AND 582 00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:39,478 BE MY MENTOR AND I THINK THAT TO 583 00:19:39,545 --> 00:19:41,480 FIND PEOPLE THAT HAVE YOUR SAME 584 00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:43,515 PASSIONS BUT ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT 585 00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:44,950 LIFE EXPERIENCES I FOUND THAT 586 00:19:45,017 --> 00:19:47,686 WHEN YOU HAVE TEAMS PEOPLE THAT 587 00:19:47,753 --> 00:19:49,788 COME FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 588 00:19:49,855 --> 00:19:51,490 AND DIFFERENT ACADEMIC MAJORS 589 00:19:51,557 --> 00:19:52,958 YOU'LL HAVE A BETTER TEAM AND A 590 00:19:53,025 --> 00:19:55,294 BETTER PRODUCT AND BETTER 591 00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:56,628 MISSION AND THAT IS CRUCIAL FOR 592 00:19:56,695 --> 00:19:58,130 EVERYTHING BOTH IN SPACE AND ON 593 00:19:58,197 --> 00:19:58,597 EARTH. 594 00:19:58,664 --> 00:20:03,869 AND JUST TO LEAD YOUR LIFE AND 595 00:20:03,936 --> 00:20:06,705 ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS. 596 00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:07,806 >> IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND I'M 597 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:09,041 GLAD THAT BOTH OF YOU POINTED 598 00:20:09,107 --> 00:20:09,942 THAT OUT TODAY. 599 00:20:10,008 --> 00:20:11,210 THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT ADVICE. 600 00:20:11,276 --> 00:20:13,512 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 601 00:20:13,579 --> 00:20:17,716 >> GO LUCY, THAT'S RIGHT. 602 00:20:17,783 --> 00:20:19,117 >> LUCY IS A 12 YEAR LONG 603 00:20:19,184 --> 00:20:19,418 MISSION. 604 00:20:19,484 --> 00:20:22,054 IF YOU'RE AN UNDERGRAD OR HIGH 605 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:23,488 SCHOOL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE 606 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:29,561 MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU. 607 00:20:29,628 --> 00:20:32,397 LOOK UP AT YOUR SCREEN. 608 00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:34,233 CHECK OUT THAT WEBSITE. 609 00:20:34,299 --> 00:20:40,872 IT'S THE L ASU.EDU. 610 00:20:40,939 --> 00:20:42,541 LET'S FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS TO 611 00:20:42,608 --> 00:20:44,843 LUCY AFTER SHE LIFTS OFF THE 612 00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:46,545 LAUNCH PAD. 613 00:20:46,612 --> 00:20:48,447 >> NASA'S LUCY MISSION WILL BE 614 00:20:48,513 --> 00:20:50,415 THE FIRST MISSION TO EXPLORE THE 615 00:20:50,482 --> 00:20:51,483 TROJAN ASTEROIDS. 616 00:20:51,550 --> 00:20:52,851 THESE ARE ASTEROIDS THAT LIVE IN 617 00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:57,189 TWO SWARMS, ONE THAT'S A HEAD OF 618 00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:58,323 JUPITER AND ANOTHER BEHIND. 619 00:20:58,390 --> 00:20:59,691 WE WANT TO GO AND LOOK AT THESE 620 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:01,193 BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE PLANETS, 621 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:02,861 THE ONES THAT DIDN'T GET 622 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:04,029 ACCUMULATED INTO THE PLANETS TO 623 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:05,697 REALLY LEARN ABOUT THE EVOLUTION 624 00:21:05,764 --> 00:21:08,000 OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. 625 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:09,801 EARLY IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM THE 626 00:21:09,868 --> 00:21:11,637 GIANT PLANETS WERE MIGRATING 627 00:21:11,703 --> 00:21:13,905 OUTWARD AWAY FROM THE SUN AND AT 628 00:21:13,972 --> 00:21:16,275 ONE POINT THERE WAS CHAOS IN THE 629 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:18,477 SOLAR SYSTEM, SOME SMALL BODIES 630 00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:20,479 WERE EJECTED OUT OF THE SOLAR 631 00:21:20,545 --> 00:21:21,480 SYSTEM AND OTHERS COULD HAVE 632 00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:23,582 BEEN TRAPPED IN THESE POINTS AND 633 00:21:23,649 --> 00:21:26,685 THAT'S ONE THEORY FOR HOW THE 634 00:21:26,752 --> 00:21:28,186 TROJAN ASTEROIDS CAME TO BE 635 00:21:28,253 --> 00:21:30,889 WHERE THEY ARE TODAY. 636 00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:32,924 LUCY HAS THREE SCIENTIFIC 637 00:21:32,991 --> 00:21:34,526 INSTRUMENTS ON BOARD THIS 638 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:36,128 SPACECRAFT AND WILL ALSO BE 639 00:21:36,194 --> 00:21:40,832 USING 2 OF THE SUBSYSTEMS. 640 00:21:40,899 --> 00:21:42,768 WITH THE INSTRUMENT WE'LL BE 641 00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:45,270 ABLE TO GET IMAGES WHICH WILL 642 00:21:45,337 --> 00:21:49,841 TELL US ABOUT THE GEOLOGY AND 643 00:21:49,908 --> 00:21:50,442 GREATER HISTORY. 644 00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:52,010 WITH THE TEST INSTRUMENT WE'LL 645 00:21:52,077 --> 00:21:54,746 BE ABLE TO MEASURE THE 646 00:21:54,813 --> 00:21:56,481 TEMPERATURE AND WITH THE RALPH 647 00:21:56,548 --> 00:21:58,150 INSTRUMENT WE'LL BE ABLE TO 648 00:21:58,216 --> 00:22:00,018 MEASURE THE COMPOSITION. 649 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:02,954 WE REALLY HAVE NEVER SEEN TROJAN 650 00:22:03,021 --> 00:22:04,222 ASTEROIDS UP CLOSE BEFORE. 651 00:22:04,289 --> 00:22:06,925 AND WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THEIR 652 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:08,427 GEOLOGY AND LOOK AT THE CRATERS 653 00:22:08,493 --> 00:22:09,761 ON THE SURFACE TO UNDERSTAND THE 654 00:22:09,828 --> 00:22:12,631 HISTORY OF THEIR SURFACES AND 655 00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:14,132 COMPOSITION OF THEIR SURFACES SO 656 00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:15,367 WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT 657 00:22:15,434 --> 00:22:17,302 WHERE THEY FORMED AND ALL OF 658 00:22:17,369 --> 00:22:19,905 THOSE WILL BE CLUES TO HELP US 659 00:22:19,971 --> 00:22:22,040 UNDERSTAND HOW THE SOLAR SYSTEM 660 00:22:22,107 --> 00:22:26,345 EVOLVED. 661 00:22:26,411 --> 00:22:28,413 >> AS PROMISED I'M BACK WITH 662 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:32,250 WILL AND KARLY TO ANSWER SOME OF 663 00:22:32,317 --> 00:22:33,218 YOUR QUESTIONS AND YOU CAN KEEP 664 00:22:33,285 --> 00:22:35,220 THEM COMING. 665 00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:36,922 #ASKNASA OR DROP THEM IN A THE 666 00:22:36,988 --> 00:22:38,056 COMMENT BOX. 667 00:22:38,123 --> 00:22:39,524 A TEAM OF PEOPLE MONITORING 668 00:22:39,591 --> 00:22:41,426 THOSE SO WE CAN GET AS MANY AS 669 00:22:41,493 --> 00:22:42,627 POSSIBLE DURING THE SHOW. 670 00:22:42,694 --> 00:22:44,129 OKAY, OUR FIRST QUESTION, ARE 671 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:45,097 YOU GUYS READY? 672 00:22:45,163 --> 00:22:48,934 >> LET'S DO IT. 673 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:50,769 >> GRETA ON FACEBOOK ASKS, WHY 674 00:22:50,836 --> 00:22:54,339 IS THE MISSION NAMED LUCY? 675 00:22:54,406 --> 00:22:54,873 >> GREAT QUESTION. 676 00:22:54,940 --> 00:22:58,210 MOST MISSIONS OR ACRONYMS BUT 677 00:22:58,276 --> 00:22:59,778 THIS IS JUST A NAME AND IN 678 00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:01,780 REFERENCE TO THE HOMINID THAT 679 00:23:01,847 --> 00:23:04,683 WAS DISCOVERED IN ETHIOPIA AND 680 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:06,284 THIS FOSSIL WAS IMPORTANT TO 681 00:23:06,351 --> 00:23:10,355 UNDERSTAND HOW HUMANS HAD 682 00:23:10,422 --> 00:23:12,090 EVOLVED A MISSING PIECE THAT 683 00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:13,759 THAT RECORD AND IS LUCY THE 684 00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:17,362 SPACECRAFT WILL LOOK AT THESE 685 00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:18,830 TROJAN ASTEROIDS AND WE THINK 686 00:23:18,897 --> 00:23:20,232 IT'S GOING TO DISCOVER THESE 687 00:23:20,298 --> 00:23:23,101 SORT OF FOSSILS OF SOLAR SYSTEM 688 00:23:23,168 --> 00:23:25,036 FORMATION AND A NOD TOWARDS THE 689 00:23:25,103 --> 00:23:27,172 EARTH ARCHEOLOGY AS WE GO INTO 690 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:28,874 OUR SPACE ARCHEOLOGY. 691 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:30,342 >> I LOVE THAT AND I THINK IT'S 692 00:23:30,409 --> 00:23:31,810 SO APPROPRIATE. 693 00:23:31,877 --> 00:23:35,347 WE ALSO HAVE WENDY ON FACEBOOK. 694 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:36,782 WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO LEARN ON 695 00:23:36,848 --> 00:23:37,549 THIS MISSION? 696 00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:41,153 >> SO MUCH. 697 00:23:41,219 --> 00:23:43,255 WE HAVE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE. 698 00:23:43,321 --> 00:23:44,289 IT'S LIKE GOING TO A TOTALLY 699 00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:45,257 DIFFERENT WORLD. 700 00:23:45,323 --> 00:23:46,858 WE'RE HOPING TO LEARN ABOUT THE 701 00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:47,259 COMPOSITION. 702 00:23:47,325 --> 00:23:48,460 WE HAVE THESE INSTRUMENTS ON 703 00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:50,195 BOARD TO GIVE US THAT SCIENTIFIC 704 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:51,463 DATA. 705 00:23:51,530 --> 00:23:53,165 COMPOSITION THINGS LIKE THE 706 00:23:53,231 --> 00:23:54,199 SURFACE PROPERTIES AND 707 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:56,568 TEMPERATURE OF THESE ASTEROIDS 708 00:23:56,635 --> 00:24:00,972 POTENTIALLY IS THEIR WATER ICE 709 00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:03,475 OR OTHER TYPES OF EXOTIC ICES 710 00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:04,776 AND THAT WILL TELL US ABOUT THE 711 00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:07,045 FORMATION AND HISTORY WHERE THE 712 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:09,247 ASTEROIDS FORMED AND WHAT THE 713 00:24:09,314 --> 00:24:14,653 MAIN INGREDIENTS WERE EARLY ON. 714 00:24:14,719 --> 00:24:15,620 >> WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S SO 715 00:24:15,687 --> 00:24:17,122 IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT 716 00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:17,622 FORMED? 717 00:24:17,689 --> 00:24:19,357 >> IT'S PART OF OUR HISTORY. 718 00:24:19,424 --> 00:24:20,659 UNDERSTANDING HOW SOLAR SYSTEMS 719 00:24:20,725 --> 00:24:23,662 FORMED, WHAT THOSE INGREDIENTS 720 00:24:23,728 --> 00:24:26,264 THAT CREATED OUR PLANETS IT'S 721 00:24:26,331 --> 00:24:28,099 LIKE GOING BACK IT IN TIME. 722 00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:30,502 THEY ARE TIME CAPSULES, RIGHT. 723 00:24:30,569 --> 00:24:33,205 DISCOVERING THAT FOSSIL TELLS US 724 00:24:33,271 --> 00:24:35,507 A LOT ABOUT OUR HUMAN HISTORY. 725 00:24:35,574 --> 00:24:37,909 SO UNDERSTANDING THE ASTEROIDS 726 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:46,318 WILL CALIBRATE OUR MODEL AND 727 00:24:46,384 --> 00:24:46,818 BEYOND. 728 00:24:46,885 --> 00:24:50,088 >> WILL LUCY HAVE THE ABILITY TO 729 00:24:50,155 --> 00:24:52,357 REDIRECT OR MAKE COURSE 730 00:24:52,424 --> 00:24:53,792 ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD THERE BE ANY 731 00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:56,361 HAZARD ONCE SEPARATED FROM THE 732 00:24:56,428 --> 00:24:58,129 ATLAS AND IN FULL FLIGHT? 733 00:24:58,196 --> 00:25:01,199 >> SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 734 00:25:01,266 --> 00:25:03,602 OF COURSE WHENEVER YOU EXPLORE 735 00:25:03,668 --> 00:25:05,036 SOMEWHERE NEW THERE ARE SOME 736 00:25:05,103 --> 00:25:05,437 HAZARDS. 737 00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:06,771 WII BEEN LOOKING AT THIS REGION 738 00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:09,007 OF SPACE SINCE LUCY WAS SELECTED 739 00:25:09,074 --> 00:25:12,377 WITH THE BEST TELESCOPES WE HAVE 740 00:25:12,444 --> 00:25:14,579 SO WE THINK WE HAVE AN IDEA. 741 00:25:14,646 --> 00:25:16,681 WE HAVE THESE ENORMOUS SOLAR 742 00:25:16,748 --> 00:25:18,683 PANELS SO MOVING THAT BIG MASS 743 00:25:18,750 --> 00:25:20,252 WILL BE REALLY DIFFICULT SO 744 00:25:20,318 --> 00:25:22,587 THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO. 745 00:25:22,654 --> 00:25:24,489 WE'LL BE LOOKING AHEAD WITH OUR 746 00:25:24,556 --> 00:25:27,225 CAMERA SYSTEMS TO SEE IF THERE 747 00:25:27,292 --> 00:25:27,792 IS ANYTHING. 748 00:25:27,859 --> 00:25:30,762 WE WON'T BE DOING A U-TURN LET'S 749 00:25:30,829 --> 00:25:32,063 JUST PUT IT LIKE THAT. 750 00:25:32,130 --> 00:25:33,798 >> A U-TURN IS NOT EASY. 751 00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:35,934 >> A LOT OF PLANNING REQUIRED. 752 00:25:36,001 --> 00:25:40,539 >> AND FOLLOW-UP TO THAT. 753 00:25:40,605 --> 00:25:43,742 WILL LUCY BE ABLE TO ADJUST TO 754 00:25:43,808 --> 00:25:45,844 TARGET ASTEROIDS? 755 00:25:45,911 --> 00:25:48,847 IS THAT THE SAME THING? 756 00:25:48,914 --> 00:25:50,715 >> NOMINAL MISSION HAS BEEN SET 757 00:25:50,782 --> 00:25:52,083 FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS. 758 00:25:52,150 --> 00:25:54,486 WE KNOW WHAT TARGET SHE'LL SEE. 759 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:56,621 THE BONUS ASTEROIDS MIGHT COME 760 00:25:56,688 --> 00:25:58,890 IN IF WE DISCOVER THAT SOME OF 761 00:25:58,957 --> 00:26:00,358 THEM HAVE MOVED. 762 00:26:00,425 --> 00:26:03,128 LUCY'S FIRST TARGET HAS A MOON 763 00:26:03,194 --> 00:26:04,896 DISCOVERED ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO 764 00:26:04,963 --> 00:26:07,666 AND SO WHEN WE FLY PAST THERE WE 765 00:26:07,732 --> 00:26:09,434 GET A BONUS MOON. 766 00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:12,137 MAYBE WE'LL BE SEEING MORE UP 767 00:26:12,203 --> 00:26:13,405 CLOSE IF THEY HAVE MOONS. 768 00:26:13,471 --> 00:26:14,873 IF EVERYTHING WORKS WE'LL BE 769 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:16,741 APPLYING I'M SURE TO SEE MORE 770 00:26:16,808 --> 00:26:18,910 ASTEROIDS AND WE'LL DO SOME 771 00:26:18,977 --> 00:26:21,746 MANEUVERS CALLED TCM'S TO ALLOW 772 00:26:21,813 --> 00:26:23,481 US TO DO OTHER FLY BYES. 773 00:26:23,548 --> 00:26:24,616 BUT WHENEVER YOU DO THAT YOU 774 00:26:24,683 --> 00:26:26,418 BURN FUEL SO THAT'S A LIMITED 775 00:26:26,484 --> 00:26:27,419 RESOURCE. 776 00:26:27,485 --> 00:26:29,854 WE'RE VERY CAREFUL WITH THAT. 777 00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:31,690 >> AND CARROLL ON FACEBOOK ASKS, 778 00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:33,725 THE DEDICATIONS ON LUCY TO THE 779 00:26:33,792 --> 00:26:35,927 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN SO INVOLVED 780 00:26:35,994 --> 00:26:37,262 ARE VERY TOUCHING AND BRING 781 00:26:37,329 --> 00:26:38,496 EVERYTHING BACK TO THE HUMAN 782 00:26:38,563 --> 00:26:39,130 SCALE. 783 00:26:39,197 --> 00:26:42,133 DO YOU DO THIS ON EVERY MISSION? 784 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:48,740 >> WE TRY TO, YES. 785 00:26:48,807 --> 00:26:50,809 WE TRY TO MAKE IT FUN. 786 00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:53,712 THESE ARE HUMAN MISSIONS TO US. 787 00:26:53,778 --> 00:26:56,114 THEY'RE ROBOTIC BUT HUMAN. 788 00:26:56,181 --> 00:26:57,716 PEOPLE SPEND THEIR CAREERS ON 789 00:26:57,782 --> 00:26:58,016 THIS. 790 00:26:58,083 --> 00:27:01,853 SO WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE LUCY 791 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,022 THAT MAYBE THE NEXT GENERATION 792 00:27:04,089 --> 00:27:06,024 CAN FIND ORBITING THAT BEAUTIFUL 793 00:27:06,091 --> 00:27:08,660 ORBIT THAT'S PART ART. 794 00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:09,961 SO IT'S AMAZING. 795 00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:15,166 WE LIKE TO HAVE FUN AND WE -- 796 00:27:15,233 --> 00:27:16,668 IT'S AN AMAZING TEAM. 797 00:27:16,735 --> 00:27:18,803 >> I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO SEE 798 00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:20,939 THIS COME TO FRUITION AFTER SO 799 00:27:21,006 --> 00:27:21,973 MUCH HARD WORK. 800 00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:23,642 JUDY ASKS, WHAT IS THE TIMELINE 801 00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:28,213 FOR DATA BEING TRANSMITTED TO BE 802 00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:28,747 ANALYZED? 803 00:27:28,813 --> 00:27:30,615 WE HAVE A 7-YEAR-OLD 804 00:27:30,682 --> 00:27:31,750 GRANDDAUGHTER LUCY WHO IS 805 00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:32,484 FOLLOWING THIS MISSION. 806 00:27:32,550 --> 00:27:33,451 AS SHE SHOULD. 807 00:27:33,518 --> 00:27:35,086 WHAT'S THE TIME LIMIT YOU MIGHT 808 00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:36,021 GET DATA BACK? 809 00:27:36,087 --> 00:27:38,156 >> THE QUICK ANSWER DEPENDS ON 810 00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:39,724 WHERE WE ARE IN THE ORBIT. 811 00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:41,926 LUCY LAUNCHES AND THEN WE DO TWO 812 00:27:41,993 --> 00:27:44,062 EARTH GRAVITY ASSISTS. 813 00:27:44,129 --> 00:27:45,497 SO WHEN WE'RE CLOSE TO THE EARTH 814 00:27:45,563 --> 00:27:46,131 IT'S QUICK. 815 00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:48,967 THE FURTHER WE GO THE LONGER 816 00:27:49,034 --> 00:27:50,001 IT'S GOING TO TAKE. 817 00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:53,004 AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE JUPITER 818 00:27:53,071 --> 00:27:55,306 TROJAN ASTEROIDS IT'S GOING TO 819 00:27:55,373 --> 00:27:57,642 BE LONGER BUT IT'S QUICK BY 820 00:27:57,709 --> 00:27:58,710 SOLAR SYSTEM STANDARDS. 821 00:27:58,777 --> 00:28:00,412 SO WE'LL BE GETTING PROBABLY 822 00:28:00,478 --> 00:28:02,414 IMAGES OF EARTH'S MOON DURING 823 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:03,581 THOSE ASSISTS. 824 00:28:03,648 --> 00:28:04,816 SO THAT WILL BE DOWN WITHIN THE 825 00:28:04,883 --> 00:28:05,316 NEXT YEAR. 826 00:28:05,383 --> 00:28:06,985 SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO BE A 827 00:28:07,052 --> 00:28:09,187 LITTLE BIT OF DELAY AND DOES 828 00:28:09,254 --> 00:28:11,256 TAKE TIME BUT WE'LL BE STARTING 829 00:28:11,322 --> 00:28:13,091 TO SEE DATA THROUGH NEXT YEAR 830 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:13,892 THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. 831 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:16,094 >> THAT'S AMAZING. 832 00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:17,729 WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO FIND OUT 833 00:28:17,796 --> 00:28:19,998 ABOUT HOW THE PLANETS FORMED? 834 00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:21,399 ANY GUESSES? 835 00:28:21,466 --> 00:28:23,001 >> SO, WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A 836 00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:24,736 LOT ABOUT THE COMPOSITION AND 837 00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:26,237 THAT WILL TELL US A LOT ABOUT 838 00:28:26,304 --> 00:28:28,873 THE -- WHAT WAS AVAILABLE IN 839 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:31,342 THAT REGION OF SPACE WHEN THESE 840 00:28:31,409 --> 00:28:33,511 BODIES FORMED. 841 00:28:33,578 --> 00:28:34,946 THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED WE THE 842 00:28:35,013 --> 00:28:36,314 SINCE THEY WERE FORMED SO THE 843 00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:37,916 ONLY THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE 844 00:28:37,982 --> 00:28:39,517 FORMED OUT OF IS WHAT WAS IN 845 00:28:39,584 --> 00:28:41,920 SPACE WHEN THEY FORMED. 846 00:28:41,986 --> 00:28:43,788 THERE'S TWO IDEAS. 847 00:28:43,855 --> 00:28:47,492 ONE IS THAT THEY FORMED DEEP OUT 848 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:48,793 IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 849 00:28:48,860 --> 00:28:56,067 AND THERE WAS THIS WHOLE COSMIC 850 00:28:56,134 --> 00:28:58,002 BILLIARD'S GAME AND THEY GOT 851 00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:02,874 KICKED AND CAUGHT BY JUPITER. 852 00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:04,209 MAYBE THEY FORMED WHERE JUPITER 853 00:29:04,275 --> 00:29:07,912 IS NOW AND IT WILL BE SIMILAR TO 854 00:29:07,979 --> 00:29:11,216 JUPITER'S OWN MOON. 855 00:29:11,282 --> 00:29:12,650 IT'S JUST LEARNING WHERE THEY'RE 856 00:29:12,717 --> 00:29:13,718 MADE FROM. 857 00:29:13,785 --> 00:29:18,757 >> THE UNKNOWN. 858 00:29:18,823 --> 00:29:19,724 ABBY ON FACEBOOK. 859 00:29:19,791 --> 00:29:21,960 NASA HAS AN INCREDIBLE TRACK 860 00:29:22,026 --> 00:29:24,329 RECORD OF STILL BEING 861 00:29:24,395 --> 00:29:25,730 OPERATIONAL PAST THE PRIME 862 00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:27,999 MISSION OF ARE THERE PLANS FOR 863 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:29,734 LUCY SHOULD BE THE CASE ONCE ALL 864 00:29:29,801 --> 00:29:32,570 THE TARGET ASTEROIDS HAVE BEEN 865 00:29:32,637 --> 00:29:33,204 STUDIED? 866 00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:36,074 >> HERE'S THE AMAZING THING. 867 00:29:36,141 --> 00:29:37,542 IT'S PART LAW AND PART ACCIDENT 868 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:41,713 BUT WILL BE IN STABLE ORBIT FOR 869 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:42,680 MILLIONS OF YEARS. 870 00:29:42,747 --> 00:29:44,749 SO DEPENDS ON THE SYSTEMS. 871 00:29:44,816 --> 00:29:46,317 AS YOU MENTIONED A LOT OF THE 872 00:29:46,384 --> 00:29:48,019 MISSIONS GET EXTENDED. 873 00:29:48,086 --> 00:29:51,456 SO WE'LL EVALUATE, DO WE HAVE 874 00:29:51,523 --> 00:29:54,592 ENOUGH FUEL ON BOARD AND ARE 875 00:29:54,659 --> 00:29:56,427 THEIR INSTRUMENTS WORKING. 876 00:29:56,494 --> 00:29:57,529 THIS IS A LONG JOURNEY. 877 00:29:57,595 --> 00:29:59,063 WE'LL BE OPERATING LUCY FOR 12 878 00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:00,932 YEARS, SO WE'LL SEE AT THAT TIME 879 00:30:00,999 --> 00:30:02,000 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 880 00:30:02,066 --> 00:30:03,234 SCIENCE THAT WE GET BACK. 881 00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:04,536 >> I THINK YOU MENTIONED EARLIER 882 00:30:04,602 --> 00:30:06,171 MIGHT JUST BE COOL FOR SOMEBODY 883 00:30:06,237 --> 00:30:07,305 YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS FROM 884 00:30:07,372 --> 00:30:08,306 NOW TO FIND IT. 885 00:30:08,373 --> 00:30:09,741 LIKE SOMETHING HA JUST IS 886 00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:10,975 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EARLY 887 00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:12,310 SPACE EXPLORATION WE'RE DOING 888 00:30:12,377 --> 00:30:14,612 NOW. 889 00:30:14,679 --> 00:30:16,247 WHY DOES THE LUCY MISSION TAKE 890 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:21,586 SO LONG? 891 00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:24,055 >> SOLAR SYSTEM SCIENCE TAKES A 892 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:24,422 LONG TIME. 893 00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:26,424 IT TOOK 9 YEARS FOR NEW HORIZONS 894 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:27,492 TO GET TO PLUTO. 895 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:30,395 SO 6 YEARS ACTUALLY ISN'T TOO 896 00:30:30,461 --> 00:30:32,297 BAD. 897 00:30:32,363 --> 00:30:34,566 BUT WE JUST -- THINGS ARE A LONG 898 00:30:34,632 --> 00:30:35,867 WAY AWAY AND TAKES TIME TO GET 899 00:30:35,934 --> 00:30:36,734 TO THEM. 900 00:30:36,801 --> 00:30:38,970 OBVIOUSLY THE QUICKER YOU GO THE 901 00:30:39,037 --> 00:30:41,539 QUICKER YOU GET THERE THEN THE 902 00:30:41,606 --> 00:30:43,074 FASTER YOUR FLYBYS ARE. 903 00:30:43,141 --> 00:30:44,709 SO THERE'S A TRADE. 904 00:30:44,776 --> 00:30:49,314 BUT HOW SLOW YOU WANT TO GO. 905 00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:50,615 SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A 906 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:51,749 TRADE SPACE THERE TOO. 907 00:30:51,816 --> 00:30:52,684 >> PHILLIP WANTS TO KNOW WHAT 908 00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:54,519 TIME IS LIFTOFF AND I WANT TO 909 00:30:54,586 --> 00:30:55,720 TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK 910 00:30:55,787 --> 00:31:01,559 ABOUT WHAT IF THERE'S A SCRUB 911 00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:01,826 STORM. 912 00:31:01,893 --> 00:31:02,827 WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO 913 00:31:02,894 --> 00:31:03,862 LAUNCH? 914 00:31:03,928 --> 00:31:06,564 >> WE'LL BE LAUNCHING AT 5:34 915 00:31:06,631 --> 00:31:07,031 EASTERN TIME. 916 00:31:07,098 --> 00:31:09,100 THE WINDOW IS ABOUT AN HOUR LONG 917 00:31:09,167 --> 00:31:10,268 BUT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 918 00:31:10,335 --> 00:31:13,771 THE NEXT 23 DAYS STARTING 919 00:31:13,838 --> 00:31:15,273 TOMORROW AND TO LAUNCH. 920 00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:16,941 THE IMPORTANCE IS THE ENERGY OF 921 00:31:17,008 --> 00:31:18,409 THE ROCKET TO GET US INTO THAT 922 00:31:18,476 --> 00:31:20,645 AWESOME TRAJECTORY. 923 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:22,847 SO HOPEFULLY THE WEATHER IS 924 00:31:22,914 --> 00:31:24,315 SUPER AWESOME TOMORROW. 925 00:31:24,382 --> 00:31:26,150 WE'RE READY TO SEE IT GO. 926 00:31:26,217 --> 00:31:28,119 THE ROCKET IS DOING GREAT. 927 00:31:28,186 --> 00:31:29,287 SPACECRAFT IS DOING AMAZING. 928 00:31:29,354 --> 00:31:31,756 WE HAVE 23 DAYS TO LAUNCH LUCY 929 00:31:31,823 --> 00:31:33,024 THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 930 00:31:33,091 --> 00:31:35,426 IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WE HAVE 931 00:31:35,493 --> 00:31:37,128 AN OPPORTUNITY ABOUT A YEAR FROM 932 00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:37,629 NOW. 933 00:31:37,695 --> 00:31:38,496 >> SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES 934 00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:40,365 BUT KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED 935 00:31:40,431 --> 00:31:41,299 FOR TOMORROW. 936 00:31:41,366 --> 00:31:42,667 EVERYBODY IS. 937 00:31:42,734 --> 00:31:43,468 >> ABSOLUTELY. 938 00:31:43,534 --> 00:31:45,436 >> ISAIAH, HOW DO YOU GET THE 939 00:31:45,503 --> 00:31:46,771 GASOLINE TO STAY PRESERVED ON 940 00:31:46,838 --> 00:31:48,172 THE LONG JOURNEY? 941 00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:50,541 >> WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF FUEL 942 00:31:50,608 --> 00:31:51,576 ON BOARD. 943 00:31:51,643 --> 00:31:54,612 IT'S ABOUT HALF OF THE MASS OF 944 00:31:54,679 --> 00:31:55,446 THE SPACECRAFT AND WE NEED THAT 945 00:31:55,513 --> 00:31:58,049 FUEL TO TARGET THE EARTH AND 946 00:31:58,116 --> 00:31:59,550 TARGET THE TRAJECTORY AS WE'RE 947 00:31:59,617 --> 00:32:00,485 GOING OUT THERE. 948 00:32:00,551 --> 00:32:01,886 BECAUSE FUEL IS LIQUID AND 949 00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:03,688 ALMOST LIKE LITTLE BIT LIKE 950 00:32:03,755 --> 00:32:04,989 WATER SO WE HAVE TO KEEP IT 951 00:32:05,056 --> 00:32:06,591 ABOVE FREEZING ALL THE TIME. 952 00:32:06,658 --> 00:32:09,193 SO WE MAINTAIN WITH ELECTRIC 953 00:32:09,260 --> 00:32:11,796 HEATERS AND INSTALLATION AND 954 00:32:11,863 --> 00:32:13,531 MAINTAIN COOL SO WE GET A LITTLE 955 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:15,466 BIT CLOSE TO THE SUN, SO THE 956 00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:22,340 SPACECRAFT IS DESIGNED TO MANAGE 957 00:32:22,407 --> 00:32:25,910 IT ALL. 958 00:32:25,977 --> 00:32:28,980 >> YOU FIGURED ALL OF THAT IN 14 959 00:32:29,047 --> 00:32:30,181 MONTHS DURING A PANDEMIC? 960 00:32:30,248 --> 00:32:31,616 IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME 961 00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:32,717 RIGHT NOW THAT. 962 00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:34,252 THAT'S TERRIFIC. 963 00:32:34,319 --> 00:32:35,653 THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION. 964 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:36,921 I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT. 965 00:32:36,988 --> 00:32:38,756 >> YEAH, IT TOOK A LOT OF TEAM 966 00:32:38,823 --> 00:32:39,891 EFFORT TO PULL THIS THING 967 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:41,859 TOGETHER IN 14 MONTHS AND IT WAS 968 00:32:41,926 --> 00:32:42,694 A CHALLENGE. 969 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:46,130 WE HAD TO KEEP THE TEAM FAITH. 970 00:32:46,197 --> 00:32:47,498 IT'S AMAZING TEAM, AMAZING TEAM 971 00:32:47,565 --> 00:32:49,133 EFFORT AND I'M HONORED TO BE 972 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,268 PART OF IT. 973 00:32:50,335 --> 00:32:51,703 >> HIGH-5. 974 00:32:51,769 --> 00:32:53,671 CALEB, IS THERE ANY FORM OF 975 00:32:53,738 --> 00:32:54,939 GEOLOGICAL ACTIVITY ON 976 00:32:55,006 --> 00:32:55,573 ASTEROIDS? 977 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:56,574 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND 978 00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:59,944 THE ANSWER IS, WE DON'T REALLY 979 00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:00,278 KNOW. 980 00:33:00,345 --> 00:33:02,947 OF COURSE WE SAW BENU UP CLOSE 981 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:04,082 AND IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS 982 00:33:04,148 --> 00:33:06,351 SOME THINGS FLYING OFF IT BUT WE 983 00:33:06,417 --> 00:33:11,255 THINK THAT MIGHT BE METEORITES 984 00:33:11,322 --> 00:33:12,323 COMING IN BUT A RESPONSE TO 985 00:33:12,390 --> 00:33:13,591 BEING BOMBARDED. 986 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,326 BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS 987 00:33:15,393 --> 00:33:16,427 WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR AND WE HAVE 988 00:33:16,494 --> 00:33:18,296 A WORKING GROUP DEDICATED TO 989 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:20,264 LOOKING FOR ACTIVITIES ON THESE. 990 00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:22,266 SO WE DON'T THINK SO, BUT IF 991 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:24,102 THERE IS ICE ON THERE MAYBE THAT 992 00:33:24,168 --> 00:33:27,305 IS SLOWLY BEING LOST IN SPACE. 993 00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:28,239 SO WE'LL FIND OUT. 994 00:33:28,306 --> 00:33:30,475 WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IN 6 YEARS. 995 00:33:30,541 --> 00:33:31,042 >> YES. 996 00:33:31,109 --> 00:33:33,611 NOBODY ASKS ME WHAT I'M GOING TO 997 00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:36,381 BE DOING IN 6 YEARS. 998 00:33:36,447 --> 00:33:39,350 WHERE IS LUCY GOING ON ITS LONG 999 00:33:39,417 --> 00:33:41,686 JOURNEY? 1000 00:33:41,753 --> 00:33:42,920 >> IT'S GOING TO LAUNCH FROM THE 1001 00:33:42,987 --> 00:33:45,256 EARTH AND WE DO GRAVITY ASSISTS 1002 00:33:45,323 --> 00:33:47,158 AND COMES BACK TO THE EARTH IN A 1003 00:33:47,225 --> 00:33:50,528 YEAR'S TIME AND 3 YEARS TIME AND 1004 00:33:50,595 --> 00:33:51,796 WE'LL BE GOING FASTER AND THEN 1005 00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:53,765 WE SPIN IT OUT TO JUPITER. 1006 00:33:53,831 --> 00:33:55,800 WE GO THROUGH THE MAIN BELT, 1007 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:57,902 WHICH IS THE ASTEROIDS THAT WE 1008 00:33:57,969 --> 00:34:00,538 NORMALLY THINK OF, SO THE 1009 00:34:00,605 --> 00:34:01,939 ASTEROIDS BETWEEN MARS AND 1010 00:34:02,006 --> 00:34:03,207 JUPITER AND WE SEE AN ASTEROID 1011 00:34:03,274 --> 00:34:05,343 THERE THAT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT 1012 00:34:05,410 --> 00:34:07,612 OF SORT OF A TEST FOR ALL OF OUR 1013 00:34:07,678 --> 00:34:08,079 INSTRUMENTS. 1014 00:34:08,146 --> 00:34:09,580 WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE IMAGES AND 1015 00:34:09,647 --> 00:34:12,183 JUST KIND OF GET OUR SEQUENCING 1016 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:18,156 DOWN AND THEN WE'LL MOVE IN 1017 00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:18,923 ABOUT 6 YEARS. 1018 00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:20,625 >> IS THAT WHERE WE ARE 1019 00:34:20,691 --> 00:34:21,893 APPROACHING NOW. 1020 00:34:21,959 --> 00:34:25,630 >> WE'LL BE GOING PAST OUR FIRST 1021 00:34:25,696 --> 00:34:27,532 SET OF TARGETS AND THEN LOOP 1022 00:34:27,598 --> 00:34:30,401 BACK TOWARDS THE EARTH AND THEN 1023 00:34:30,468 --> 00:34:32,236 ANOTHER GRAVITY ASSIST. 1024 00:34:32,303 --> 00:34:34,739 WE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEND THAT TIME 1025 00:34:34,806 --> 00:34:35,840 DOWN LINKING THE DATA. 1026 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:38,009 IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DOWNLOAD 1027 00:34:38,076 --> 00:34:39,510 IT BUT THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO 1028 00:34:39,577 --> 00:34:42,580 EARTH THE HIGHER YOUR TELEMETRY 1029 00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:44,715 RATES ARE AND THEN WE'LL USE 1030 00:34:44,782 --> 00:34:47,919 THAT TO SWING INTO THE L-5 SWAN 1031 00:34:47,985 --> 00:34:54,559 AND DO OUR FINAL SET OF FLYBYS. 1032 00:34:54,625 --> 00:34:57,862 TWO EQUALLY SIZED OBJECTS THAT 1033 00:34:57,929 --> 00:34:59,297 ARE CIRCLING AND THOSE WILL BE 1034 00:34:59,363 --> 00:35:01,232 THE LAST TARGETS ON THE MISSION. 1035 00:35:01,299 --> 00:35:03,701 BUT WILL SAID, FINGER'S CROSSED. 1036 00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:05,470 WE'LL BE DOING THIS FOR A WHILE 1037 00:35:05,536 --> 00:35:05,970 YET. 1038 00:35:06,037 --> 00:35:08,439 >> IT'S SUCH A COMPLEX 1039 00:35:08,506 --> 00:35:10,308 TRAJECTORY AND THAT VIDEO SIMPLY 1040 00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:14,712 IDENTIFIES IT. 1041 00:35:14,779 --> 00:35:16,380 WHEN DOES LUCY MEET UP WITH THE 1042 00:35:16,447 --> 00:35:18,049 FIRST ASTEROID ON ITS MISSION? 1043 00:35:18,116 --> 00:35:18,950 WE TOUCHED ON THAT. 1044 00:35:19,016 --> 00:35:21,652 BUT TELL US MORE ON THAT. 1045 00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:22,987 >> AS KARLY MENTIONED WE HAVE 1046 00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:24,155 THAT PRACTICE AND WE WANT TO 1047 00:35:24,222 --> 00:35:28,459 TEST OUT ALL OUR INSTRUMENTS IN 1048 00:35:28,526 --> 00:35:31,329 2025 IN OUR MAIN BELT ASTEROID. 1049 00:35:31,395 --> 00:35:35,700 THE FIRST ENCOUNTER IS 2027 AND 1050 00:35:35,766 --> 00:35:36,868 FROM THERE WE FOLLOW UP WITH THE 1051 00:35:36,934 --> 00:35:41,038 NEXT ASTEROID IN THAT FIRST L4 1052 00:35:41,105 --> 00:35:42,507 SWARM AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS 1053 00:35:42,573 --> 00:35:52,416 MARCH 3RD, 2033. 1054 00:35:52,483 --> 00:35:54,685 >> WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF 1055 00:35:54,752 --> 00:35:56,954 LUCY FINDING NEW ASTEROIDS THAT 1056 00:35:57,021 --> 00:35:59,390 OUR TELESCOPES HAVE NOT SEEN? 1057 00:35:59,457 --> 00:35:59,857 >> GREAT QUESTION. 1058 00:35:59,924 --> 00:36:01,592 ONE OF THE THINGS -- ALTHOUGH 1059 00:36:01,659 --> 00:36:05,229 TELESCOPES ON SPACECRAFT -- 1060 00:36:05,296 --> 00:36:07,832 WE'LL BE DOING SCANS OF THE SKY 1061 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:09,700 JUST LOOK FOR THAT, LOOK FOR 1062 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:10,902 HAZARDS AND LOOK TO SEE IF THERE 1063 00:36:10,968 --> 00:36:12,270 IS ANYTHING WE CAN'T SEE RIGHT 1064 00:36:12,336 --> 00:36:12,703 NOW. 1065 00:36:12,770 --> 00:36:14,138 SO THERE'S REALLY GOOD CHANCE 1066 00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:15,006 WE'LL FIND MORE. 1067 00:36:15,072 --> 00:36:17,141 EVERY MISSION THAT'S GONE TO ANY 1068 00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:18,376 SYSTEM HAS DISCOVERED NEW THINGS 1069 00:36:18,442 --> 00:36:19,944 AND I EXPECT LUCY TO BE THE 1070 00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:20,444 SAME. 1071 00:36:20,511 --> 00:36:21,546 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1072 00:36:21,612 --> 00:36:24,682 PURE SPARTAN 157 ON YOUTUBE, 1073 00:36:24,749 --> 00:36:28,085 DOES THE ATLAS 5 USE A KICK 1074 00:36:28,152 --> 00:36:30,788 STAGE TO GET LUCY INTO AN 1075 00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:31,455 INTERPLANETARY ORBIT. 1076 00:36:31,522 --> 00:36:33,257 IF NOT WHAT IS THE PROPULSION 1077 00:36:33,324 --> 00:36:34,425 SYSTEM THAT IS BEING USED FOR 1078 00:36:34,492 --> 00:36:36,227 THE LUCY MISSION? 1079 00:36:36,294 --> 00:36:37,962 >> THE LUCY SPACECRAFT HAS QUITE 1080 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:40,498 A BIT OF FUEL ON BOARD, CHEMICAL 1081 00:36:40,565 --> 00:36:46,904 SYSTEM, HYDRAZINE. 1082 00:36:46,971 --> 00:36:50,074 IT HAS A NEED TO GET US TO THAT 1083 00:36:50,141 --> 00:36:51,776 HIGH SPEED TO GET US ON OUR WAY. 1084 00:36:51,842 --> 00:36:53,711 AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE USING THE 1085 00:36:53,778 --> 00:36:54,812 GRAVITY ASSIST. 1086 00:36:54,879 --> 00:36:56,314 WE NEED THAT BOOST FROM THE 1087 00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:56,647 EARTH. 1088 00:36:56,714 --> 00:36:59,984 WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY 1089 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:01,819 ON THE LAUNCH VEHICLE TO GET US 1090 00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:02,853 THAT FAR. 1091 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,822 WE'LL BE DOING THOSE TWO GRAVITY 1092 00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,090 ASSISTS AND THAT WILL GET US ON 1093 00:37:06,157 --> 00:37:08,459 OUR WAY AND ENERGIZE THE ORBIT 1094 00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:11,762 ALL THE WAY TO THE TROJAN. 1095 00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:13,431 >> IS LUCY GOING TO BRING BACK 1096 00:37:13,497 --> 00:37:14,265 SAMPLES? 1097 00:37:14,332 --> 00:37:14,899 >> NO. 1098 00:37:14,966 --> 00:37:15,733 IT WON'T. 1099 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,036 THIS IS PURELY REMOTE. 1100 00:37:19,103 --> 00:37:21,239 FLYING BY AND TAKING IMAGES BUT 1101 00:37:21,305 --> 00:37:22,106 NOT STOPPING. 1102 00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:24,308 WE'LL BE DOING 8 TARGETS AS WE 1103 00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:26,110 DISCUSSED AND YOU CAN'T STOP 1104 00:37:26,177 --> 00:37:27,712 START AND CARRY ON. 1105 00:37:27,778 --> 00:37:28,913 IT'S VERY HARD TO DO IN SPACE. 1106 00:37:28,980 --> 00:37:31,082 SO WE'LL BE FLYING BY DOING AS 1107 00:37:31,148 --> 00:37:36,320 MUCH SCIENCE AS CAN AND THEN ON 1108 00:37:36,387 --> 00:37:37,255 TO THE NEXT. 1109 00:37:37,321 --> 00:37:39,123 >> IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC ORGANIC 1110 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:40,258 COMPOUNDS THAT NASA WILL LOOK 1111 00:37:40,324 --> 00:37:42,526 FOR ON THE ASTEROIDS, 1112 00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:43,294 SPECIFICALLY ANYTHING ASSOCIATED 1113 00:37:43,361 --> 00:37:45,363 WITH THE ORIGINS OF LIFE MAYBE? 1114 00:37:45,429 --> 00:37:47,698 >> SO, THERE'S AN INSTRUMENT 1115 00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:49,400 CALLED LISA THAT ENABLES US TO 1116 00:37:49,467 --> 00:37:52,203 LOOK AT THE CHEMICAL SIGNATURES, 1117 00:37:52,270 --> 00:37:53,804 FOOTPRINTS OF DIFFERENT SPECIES 1118 00:37:53,871 --> 00:37:56,474 AND SO IT'S BEEN TUNED TO BE 1119 00:37:56,540 --> 00:37:58,142 SENSITIVE TO THE CARBON BAND. 1120 00:37:58,209 --> 00:38:00,511 SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL 1121 00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:02,079 DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPOUNDS ON 1122 00:38:02,146 --> 00:38:02,847 THE SURFACE. 1123 00:38:02,913 --> 00:38:04,382 WE THINK THERE MIGHT BE STUFF 1124 00:38:04,448 --> 00:38:10,488 LIKE AMMONIA AND OTHER ORGANIC 1125 00:38:10,554 --> 00:38:10,855 ICES. 1126 00:38:10,921 --> 00:38:11,956 WE DON'T REALLY KNOW. 1127 00:38:12,023 --> 00:38:13,424 THEY'RE VERY HARD TO LOOK AT 1128 00:38:13,491 --> 00:38:14,392 FROM THE EARTH BECAUSE THEY'RE 1129 00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:17,428 DARK AND A LONG AWAY AND TO LOOK 1130 00:38:17,495 --> 00:38:18,763 THROUGH THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE 1131 00:38:18,829 --> 00:38:22,366 YOU GOT TO'S ALL THE WATER OUT. 1132 00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:24,235 WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A HIGH 1133 00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:26,103 SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS WHEN THE ICE 1134 00:38:26,170 --> 00:38:28,072 IS AND MINERALS AND ROCKS ARE 1135 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:28,572 MADE OF. 1136 00:38:28,639 --> 00:38:29,774 WE'LL KNOW A LOT MORE WHEN WE 1137 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:30,341 GET THERE. 1138 00:38:30,408 --> 00:38:31,609 >> I JUST THINK IT'S FASCINATING 1139 00:38:31,676 --> 00:38:33,477 THAT LUCY WILL FIND A LOT OF 1140 00:38:33,544 --> 00:38:34,779 INFORMATION AND WE'RE NOT EVEN 1141 00:38:34,845 --> 00:38:36,080 LANDING ON ANY OF THESE 1142 00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:36,414 ASTEROIDS. 1143 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,149 WE'RE JUST FLYING BY THEM AND 1144 00:38:38,215 --> 00:38:39,717 ALSO A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED, 1145 00:38:39,784 --> 00:38:40,284 OTHER IT? 1146 00:38:40,351 --> 00:38:41,919 >> YEAH. 1147 00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:44,889 >> 15,000 MILES PER HOUR ON 1148 00:38:44,955 --> 00:38:45,356 AVERAGE. 1149 00:38:45,423 --> 00:38:48,125 ABOUT 620 MILES ON AVERAGE FROM 1150 00:38:48,192 --> 00:38:49,593 THE ASTROIDS BUT EVERYTHING 1151 00:38:49,660 --> 00:38:50,494 HAPPENS SO FAST. 1152 00:38:50,561 --> 00:38:51,762 IT YOU LOOK AT THE 12 YEAR 1153 00:38:51,829 --> 00:38:53,531 MISSION, MOST OF THE 1154 00:38:53,597 --> 00:38:55,399 OBSERVATIONS AND SCIENCE HAPPEN 1155 00:38:55,466 --> 00:38:57,368 WITHIN 24 HOURS OUT OF 12 YEARS. 1156 00:38:57,435 --> 00:38:59,603 SO IT REALLY EXCITING. 1157 00:38:59,670 --> 00:39:02,306 WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THAT 1158 00:39:02,373 --> 00:39:03,607 INITIAL DATA BACK. 1159 00:39:03,674 --> 00:39:03,974 >> GREAT. 1160 00:39:04,041 --> 00:39:04,909 >> WE HAVE SOME PRACTICE. 1161 00:39:04,975 --> 00:39:07,211 A LOT OF THE TEAM THAT REVOLVED 1162 00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:12,516 AROUND NEW HORIZONS SO WE GREAT 1163 00:39:12,583 --> 00:39:14,652 PEOPLE ON THE TEAM WHO KNOW ON A 1164 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:16,921 HIGH SPEED HOW TO TAKE THE 1165 00:39:16,987 --> 00:39:19,724 PERFECT PICTURE SO HE'LL BE 1166 00:39:19,790 --> 00:39:20,825 UTILIZING ALL THAT KNOWLEDGE TO 1167 00:39:20,891 --> 00:39:22,626 MAKE SURE LUCY RETURNS THE BEST 1168 00:39:22,693 --> 00:39:23,861 IT CAN. 1169 00:39:23,928 --> 00:39:24,695 >> THAT'S GREAT. 1170 00:39:24,762 --> 00:39:25,663 DAVID ON TWITTER. 1171 00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:31,268 ARE THERE CLUSTERS OF ASTROIDS 1172 00:39:31,335 --> 00:39:35,539 ON LA GRANGE POINTS ON JUPITER? 1173 00:39:35,606 --> 00:39:37,875 >> LA GRANGE POINTS ARE REGIONS 1174 00:39:37,942 --> 00:39:39,176 OF SPACE. 1175 00:39:39,243 --> 00:39:43,114 WHERE THE SUN AND JUPITER 1176 00:39:43,180 --> 00:39:45,149 GRAVITY CANCEL OUT. 1177 00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:50,988 EARTH HAS IT TOO. 1178 00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:53,758 THE TELESCOPE WILL BE LAUNCHED 1179 00:39:53,824 --> 00:39:55,493 LATER THIS YEAR AS A FOLLOW ON 1180 00:39:55,559 --> 00:40:02,666 FROM HUBBLE. 1181 00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:04,769 THAT'S WHY THE ASTEROIDS ARE SO 1182 00:40:04,835 --> 00:40:06,237 SPECIAL BECAUSE THE STABLE 1183 00:40:06,303 --> 00:40:07,738 REGION OF SPACE HAS ENABLED THEM 1184 00:40:07,805 --> 00:40:10,541 TO REMAIN THE WHOLE TIME THE 1185 00:40:10,608 --> 00:40:11,842 SOLAR SYSTEM HAS BEEN FORMING 1186 00:40:11,909 --> 00:40:13,411 AND EVOLVING AND THEY'VE BEEN 1187 00:40:13,477 --> 00:40:14,178 SITTING THERE AND WATCHING IT 1188 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:14,879 ALL HAPPEN. 1189 00:40:14,945 --> 00:40:17,214 SO, THE EARTH ACTUALLY HAS TWO 1190 00:40:17,281 --> 00:40:19,417 TROJAN ASTEROIDS, RECENTLY 1191 00:40:19,483 --> 00:40:19,784 DISCOVERED. 1192 00:40:19,850 --> 00:40:22,853 WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE AS 1193 00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:25,189 STABLE AS THE OTHER ONES BUT 1194 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,425 IT'S PRETTY UNCOMMON THING. 1195 00:40:27,491 --> 00:40:29,427 JUPITER IS SPECIAL TO HAVE SO 1196 00:40:29,493 --> 00:40:29,693 MANY. 1197 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:30,895 >> I HAVE AN IMPORTANT QUESTION. 1198 00:40:30,961 --> 00:40:32,963 HOW ARE YOU GUYS FEELING? 1199 00:40:33,030 --> 00:40:34,231 THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS 1200 00:40:34,298 --> 00:40:34,832 COMING IN. 1201 00:40:34,899 --> 00:40:38,702 KEEP THEM COMING IN #ASKNASA. 1202 00:40:38,769 --> 00:40:39,537 ARE YOU DOING OKAY? 1203 00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:40,204 WATER? 1204 00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:40,704 ANYTHING? 1205 00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:41,639 >> WE'RE DOING GREAT. 1206 00:40:41,705 --> 00:40:46,310 THESE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. 1207 00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:48,846 >> SO JONATHAN HAS ONE. 1208 00:40:48,913 --> 00:40:50,848 WILL LUCY USE A GRAVITY BOOST 1209 00:40:50,915 --> 00:40:53,184 FROM EARTH OR ONE OF THE OUTER 1210 00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:54,218 PLANETS TO BUILD UP THE SPEED 1211 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:55,853 FOR THE LONG TRIP ON THE 1212 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:56,520 ASTEROID? 1213 00:40:56,587 --> 00:40:58,522 HE KNOW ABOUT THE 3 FROM EARTH. 1214 00:40:58,589 --> 00:41:00,624 ARE WE DOING THAT WITH ANY OTHER 1215 00:41:00,691 --> 00:41:02,526 ASTEROID AS HE SAID? 1216 00:41:02,593 --> 00:41:02,927 >> NOPE. 1217 00:41:02,993 --> 00:41:08,833 JUST THE 3 GRAVITY SS. 1218 00:41:08,899 --> 00:41:10,868 WE DON'T GET CLOSE TO ANY OF THE 1219 00:41:10,935 --> 00:41:14,738 OTHER BIG TARGETS. 1220 00:41:14,805 --> 00:41:16,607 >> WHEN WE DO OUR FLYBYS THAT 1221 00:41:16,674 --> 00:41:17,741 WILL BE THE CLOSEST. 1222 00:41:17,808 --> 00:41:19,944 THEY'RE SO FAR OUT FROM JUPITER 1223 00:41:20,010 --> 00:41:21,512 BUT WE'RE USING THAT ENERGY TO 1224 00:41:21,579 --> 00:41:25,616 GET US THERE. 1225 00:41:25,683 --> 00:41:27,117 >> WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE 1226 00:41:27,184 --> 00:41:28,719 SPACECRAFT AFTER ITS MISSION? 1227 00:41:28,786 --> 00:41:32,423 WILL ITS ORBIT BE STABLE ENOUGH 1228 00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:33,624 FOR LUCY TO SURVIVE. 1229 00:41:33,691 --> 00:41:35,159 IS THERE ANY OTHER INSIGHT ABOUT 1230 00:41:35,226 --> 00:41:36,560 WHAT COULD HAPPEN AFTER THE 1231 00:41:36,627 --> 00:41:37,828 NOMINAL MISSION? 1232 00:41:37,895 --> 00:41:38,996 >> IT'S VERY INTERESTING. 1233 00:41:39,063 --> 00:41:40,798 THE ENGINEERS ANALYZE THE ORBIT 1234 00:41:40,865 --> 00:41:42,600 TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T GOING TO 1235 00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:46,337 IMPACT OVER 100,000 YEARS BUT 1236 00:41:46,403 --> 00:41:49,273 IT'S GOING TO BE IN STABLE ORBIT 1237 00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:50,674 FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS SO THAT'S 1238 00:41:50,741 --> 00:41:52,009 THE EXCITING PART. 1239 00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:53,677 HOPEFULLY AS KARLY MENTIONED THE 1240 00:41:53,744 --> 00:41:56,180 SPACECRAFT KEEPS GOING AND WE 1241 00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:57,481 CAN DO MORE SCIENCE. 1242 00:41:57,548 --> 00:41:58,749 THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. 1243 00:41:58,816 --> 00:42:00,651 IT'S ABOUT TO LEARN MORE AND 1244 00:42:00,718 --> 00:42:03,187 CALIBRATE OUR MODELS AND UNIQUE 1245 00:42:03,254 --> 00:42:04,088 ORBIT. 1246 00:42:04,154 --> 00:42:06,991 WE GOT LUCKY I THINK. 1247 00:42:07,057 --> 00:42:11,328 AMAZING. 1248 00:42:11,395 --> 00:42:13,163 >> HOW MUCH OF THE EXPERIENCE OF 1249 00:42:13,230 --> 00:42:16,901 MISSIONS LIKE OSIRIS-REX HAS 1250 00:42:16,967 --> 00:42:19,203 HELPED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 1251 00:42:19,270 --> 00:42:20,404 LUCY MISSION? 1252 00:42:20,471 --> 00:42:21,105 >> SO MUCH. 1253 00:42:21,171 --> 00:42:23,207 EVERY MISSION BUILDS ON WHAT 1254 00:42:23,274 --> 00:42:32,116 COMES BEFORE IT. 1255 00:42:32,182 --> 00:42:33,284 EVERY TIME A NEW MISSION COMES 1256 00:42:33,350 --> 00:42:35,085 ALONG, THERE'S TECHNOLOGY 1257 00:42:35,152 --> 00:42:36,186 DEVELOPMENT THAT GO WITH IT. 1258 00:42:36,253 --> 00:42:37,922 THE SOLAR PANEL THIS ISN'T THE 1259 00:42:37,988 --> 00:42:39,990 FIRST TIME WE HAVE THROWN SOLAR 1260 00:42:40,057 --> 00:42:42,393 PANELS SO WE LEARNED A LOT 1261 00:42:42,459 --> 00:42:45,396 FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF JUNEAU. 1262 00:42:45,462 --> 00:42:47,031 AND THESE ARE EVEN BETTER. 1263 00:42:47,097 --> 00:42:48,365 WE'RE STANDING ON THE SHOULDER 1264 00:42:48,432 --> 00:42:50,534 OF GIANTS JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER 1265 00:42:50,601 --> 00:42:52,670 NASA MISSION. 1266 00:42:52,736 --> 00:42:54,305 >> LUCY YES IS NAMED AFTER THE 1267 00:42:54,371 --> 00:42:56,507 LUCY FOSSIL BUT THE LUCY FOSSIL 1268 00:42:56,574 --> 00:43:00,878 WAS NAMED AFTER THAT BEATLE SONG 1269 00:43:00,945 --> 00:43:03,013 LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS. 1270 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:06,183 SO THE QUESTION, ARE THERE 1271 00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:08,285 DIAMONDS ON LUCY? 1272 00:43:08,352 --> 00:43:08,953 >> YES, THERE ARE. 1273 00:43:09,019 --> 00:43:11,355 THE TEST INSTRUMENT, THAT 1274 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:12,089 THERMOMETER TO GET THE 1275 00:43:12,156 --> 00:43:13,157 TEMPERATURE OF THE ASTROIDS 1276 00:43:13,223 --> 00:43:14,825 ACTUALLY HAS A BEAN SPLITTER 1277 00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:15,893 THAT GETS THAT LIGHT AND 1278 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,528 ACTUALLY MADE OUT OF DIAMONDS. 1279 00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:18,996 SO THERE WILL BE DIAMONDS IN 1280 00:43:19,063 --> 00:43:19,630 SPACE. 1281 00:43:19,697 --> 00:43:20,998 >> ISN'T THAT GREAT. 1282 00:43:21,065 --> 00:43:23,100 I THINK IT JUST ALL FITS IN. 1283 00:43:23,167 --> 00:43:28,405 THE NAME IS AFTER THE LUCY 1284 00:43:28,472 --> 00:43:29,907 FOSSIL AND THERE'S A 1285 00:43:29,974 --> 00:43:32,676 SONG. 1286 00:43:32,743 --> 00:43:35,212 HOW FAR ARE THE ASTEROIDS? 1287 00:43:35,279 --> 00:43:39,049 >> THEY'RE FAR, KARLY, RIGHT? 1288 00:43:39,116 --> 00:43:42,252 >> THE SAME DISTANCE AS JUPITER. 1289 00:43:42,319 --> 00:43:44,755 JUPITER IS 5AU SO YOU THINK 1290 00:43:44,822 --> 00:43:46,890 ABOUT HOW FAR AWAY THE SUN IS, 1291 00:43:46,957 --> 00:43:49,193 THE ASTEROIDS ARE 5 TIMES 1292 00:43:49,259 --> 00:43:50,661 FURTHER FROM THE EARTH THAN WE 1293 00:43:50,728 --> 00:43:52,563 ARE. 1294 00:43:52,630 --> 00:43:55,766 SO REALLY LONG WAY AWAY FROM US. 1295 00:43:55,833 --> 00:43:57,368 THAT'S WHY IT TAKES A LONG TIME 1296 00:43:57,434 --> 00:43:58,902 TO GET THERE AND WHY IT'S HARD 1297 00:43:58,969 --> 00:44:00,771 TO DO SCIENCE FROM THE EARTH. 1298 00:44:00,838 --> 00:44:02,473 >> BRUCE ON TWITTER, ARE THERE 1299 00:44:02,539 --> 00:44:04,742 ANY CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED 1300 00:44:04,808 --> 00:44:06,410 METEORITES THAT YOU SUSPECT MAY 1301 00:44:06,477 --> 00:44:08,112 HAVE COME FROM THE ASTEROID LUCY 1302 00:44:08,178 --> 00:44:12,483 WILL BE VISITING SIMILAR TO THE 1303 00:44:12,549 --> 00:44:21,191 HOWARDITES AND LEO GENITES. 1304 00:44:21,258 --> 00:44:24,161 >> SOME ARE PART OF THE FAMILY. 1305 00:44:24,228 --> 00:44:25,562 WHAT THAT MEANS WE THINK IS THAT 1306 00:44:25,629 --> 00:44:27,698 THERE WAS A PARENT COMET THAT 1307 00:44:27,765 --> 00:44:30,401 GOT DISRUPTED AND FORMED SMALLER 1308 00:44:30,467 --> 00:44:31,702 FRAGMENTS AND THOSE CAN COME OUT 1309 00:44:31,769 --> 00:44:36,306 AND HIT THE EARTH. 1310 00:44:36,373 --> 00:44:38,409 I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE ON THE 1311 00:44:38,475 --> 00:44:40,077 GROUND EXAMPLES OF THOSE 1312 00:44:40,144 --> 00:44:42,146 METEORITE COLLECTIONS. 1313 00:44:42,212 --> 00:44:45,582 THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW. 1314 00:44:45,649 --> 00:44:49,286 I SHOULD KNOW THAT. 1315 00:44:49,353 --> 00:44:51,922 >> WILL HUMANS VISIT TROJAN 1316 00:44:51,989 --> 00:44:53,524 ASTEROIDS IN THE FUTURE? 1317 00:44:53,590 --> 00:44:54,525 >> WOW. 1318 00:44:54,591 --> 00:44:56,293 THAT'S A CHALLENGE, RIGHT? 1319 00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:58,662 IT'S REALLY FAR OUT THERE FOR 1320 00:44:58,729 --> 00:44:59,396 HUMANS TO GET THERE. 1321 00:44:59,463 --> 00:45:00,898 YOU HAVE TO CARRY A LOT OF 1322 00:45:00,964 --> 00:45:01,432 WATER. 1323 00:45:01,498 --> 00:45:03,734 NASA'S WORKING ON MISSIONS RIGHT 1324 00:45:03,801 --> 00:45:05,369 NOW TO GO TO THE MOON AND GO TO 1325 00:45:05,436 --> 00:45:07,337 DEEP SPACE LIKE ORION. 1326 00:45:07,404 --> 00:45:09,540 THE WHOLE ARTEMIS PROGRAM WILL 1327 00:45:09,606 --> 00:45:12,076 SEND THE FIRST WOMAN TO THE 1328 00:45:12,142 --> 00:45:15,245 SURFACE OF THE MOON AND NEXT 1329 00:45:15,312 --> 00:45:15,846 MAN. 1330 00:45:15,913 --> 00:45:19,450 SO WE'LL TRY AT THE MOON AND USE 1331 00:45:19,516 --> 00:45:21,051 THAT AS STEPPING STONE TO KEEP 1332 00:45:21,118 --> 00:45:22,052 GOING FURTHER. 1333 00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:23,987 MARS AND HOPEFULLY BEYOND. 1334 00:45:24,054 --> 00:45:25,322 >> ONE STEP AT A TIME BUT I 1335 00:45:25,389 --> 00:45:26,924 THINK WE'LL GET THERE. 1336 00:45:26,990 --> 00:45:27,558 I THINK. 1337 00:45:27,624 --> 00:45:30,494 WHAT SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS ARE ON 1338 00:45:30,561 --> 00:45:33,464 LUCY AND WHAT DO THEY DO? 1339 00:45:33,530 --> 00:45:34,832 >> WE HAVE 3 MAIN ONES. 1340 00:45:34,898 --> 00:45:37,868 ONE IS ACTUALLY A 2 FOR 1 DEAL. 1341 00:45:37,935 --> 00:45:40,370 WE HAVE ONE WHICH IS MADE UP OF 1342 00:45:40,437 --> 00:45:41,472 THE INSTRUMENT I'VE BEEN WORKING 1343 00:45:41,538 --> 00:45:44,708 WITH THE MOST AND LISA. 1344 00:45:44,775 --> 00:45:46,777 THAT'S THE COLOR CAMERA AND LISA 1345 00:45:46,844 --> 00:45:49,279 ENABLED US TO GET OUR 1346 00:45:49,346 --> 00:45:52,116 FINGERPRINTS SO THAT'S A REALLY 1347 00:45:52,182 --> 00:45:53,217 IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT. 1348 00:45:53,283 --> 00:45:54,318 AND I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT 1349 00:45:54,384 --> 00:45:57,654 AND THEN THERE'S THE THERMAL 1350 00:45:57,721 --> 00:45:59,156 INSTRUMENT AND WE'VE TOUCHED ON 1351 00:45:59,223 --> 00:46:03,594 IT A LITTLE BIT AND LOOKING AT 1352 00:46:03,660 --> 00:46:05,329 THE HEAT AND TEMPERATURE AND 1353 00:46:05,395 --> 00:46:07,865 FINALLY LAURIE. 1354 00:46:07,931 --> 00:46:10,234 IT'S OUR DEEP SPACE IMAGEER AND 1355 00:46:10,300 --> 00:46:13,604 A CAMERA WITH BINOCULARS BEHIND 1356 00:46:13,670 --> 00:46:13,837 IT. 1357 00:46:13,904 --> 00:46:16,507 WE CAN SEE VERY WELL AND VERY 1358 00:46:16,573 --> 00:46:20,344 HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS SO 1359 00:46:20,410 --> 00:46:21,445 WE'LL BE USING THOSE INSTRUMENTS 1360 00:46:21,512 --> 00:46:24,314 TO UNDERSTAND THE TARGETS. 1361 00:46:24,381 --> 00:46:26,617 GREAT PAYLOAD. 1362 00:46:26,683 --> 00:46:28,919 >> WHY ARE THEY NAMED THE TROJAN 1363 00:46:28,986 --> 00:46:29,953 ASTEROIDS? 1364 00:46:30,020 --> 00:46:32,422 >> SO, I HAD TO LOOK THIS UP 1365 00:46:32,489 --> 00:46:33,524 BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT 1366 00:46:33,590 --> 00:46:37,161 COME UP AND I'M GLAD I DID. 1367 00:46:37,227 --> 00:46:38,595 EVERYTHING IN SPACE HAS A 1368 00:46:38,662 --> 00:46:39,396 METHODOLOGY BEHIND IT. 1369 00:46:39,463 --> 00:46:41,865 AND IT HAPPENS THAT THESE 1370 00:46:41,932 --> 00:46:43,634 REGIONS OF THESE ASTEROIDS WERE 1371 00:46:43,700 --> 00:46:46,670 ALL NAMED AFTER CHARACTERS IN 1372 00:46:46,737 --> 00:46:48,272 THE TROJAN WARS. 1373 00:46:48,338 --> 00:46:50,040 FROM THAT GREEK MYTHOLOGY. 1374 00:46:50,107 --> 00:46:51,608 SO WE CALLED THEM THE TROJANS 1375 00:46:51,675 --> 00:46:54,378 BECAUSE THEY'RE NAMED AFTER 1376 00:46:54,444 --> 00:46:55,813 CHARACTERS FROM THE TROJAN WARS. 1377 00:46:55,879 --> 00:46:56,980 >> I ALSO LOOKED THAT UP AND YOU 1378 00:46:57,047 --> 00:46:57,981 ARE RIGHT. 1379 00:46:58,048 --> 00:47:00,951 I ALSO LOOKED UP HOW DID LUCY 1380 00:47:01,018 --> 00:47:04,087 THE HOMONYM DIE. 1381 00:47:04,154 --> 00:47:05,589 DID YOU KNOW THAT? 1382 00:47:05,656 --> 00:47:06,390 >> NO. 1383 00:47:06,456 --> 00:47:07,524 >> THEY THINK SHE MIGHT HAVE 1384 00:47:07,591 --> 00:47:08,292 FALLEN FROM A TREE. 1385 00:47:08,358 --> 00:47:09,927 THIS IS THE NAMESAKE OF THE LUCY 1386 00:47:09,993 --> 00:47:12,429 MISSION. 1387 00:47:12,496 --> 00:47:15,332 THE LUCY FOSSIL SUPPOSEDLY 1388 00:47:15,399 --> 00:47:16,900 THAT'S HOW SHE PASSED. 1389 00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:18,168 JUST THE FACT THAT THIS MISSION 1390 00:47:18,235 --> 00:47:19,102 MAKES YOU THINK AND MAKES YOU 1391 00:47:19,169 --> 00:47:20,704 WANT TO LEARN MORE I THINK IS 1392 00:47:20,771 --> 00:47:21,205 AMAZING. 1393 00:47:21,271 --> 00:47:23,674 >> AND THEN DON ON TWITTER. 1394 00:47:23,740 --> 00:47:25,676 ARE THERE ANY POTENTIAL 1395 00:47:25,742 --> 00:47:27,110 AVAILABLE RESOURCE IN THE 1396 00:47:27,177 --> 00:47:27,978 ASTEROIDS? 1397 00:47:28,045 --> 00:47:30,848 >> POTENTIALLY WE'RE ACTUALLY 1398 00:47:30,914 --> 00:47:32,482 BRINGING THE FIRST NASA SAMPLE 1399 00:47:32,549 --> 00:47:37,421 BACK AS WE SPEAK 2023 THAT WAS 1400 00:47:37,487 --> 00:47:40,591 THE PRIME GOAL IS TO COLLECT A 1401 00:47:40,657 --> 00:47:42,159 SAMPLE AND BRING IT BACK. 1402 00:47:42,226 --> 00:47:42,993 WE'LL HAVE TO SEE. 1403 00:47:43,060 --> 00:47:45,729 I MEAN, YOU HEARD KARLY. 1404 00:47:45,796 --> 00:47:46,997 WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE 1405 00:47:47,064 --> 00:47:47,297 UNKNOWN. 1406 00:47:47,364 --> 00:47:48,432 WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING TO 1407 00:47:48,498 --> 00:47:49,766 SEE IN THESE ASTROIDS AND WHAT 1408 00:47:49,833 --> 00:47:52,502 ARE THE INGREDIENTS AND ORGANIC 1409 00:47:52,569 --> 00:47:53,170 COMPOUND. 1410 00:47:53,237 --> 00:47:55,138 POTENTIALLY FOR EXAMPLE KARLY 1411 00:47:55,205 --> 00:47:58,742 TALKED ABOUT THE MISSION, IT'S 1412 00:47:58,809 --> 00:47:59,943 MORE METALLIC. 1413 00:48:00,010 --> 00:48:02,880 SO POTENTIALLY THERE AN INDUSTRY 1414 00:48:02,946 --> 00:48:04,815 FOR MINING AND RESOURCES FOR OUR 1415 00:48:04,882 --> 00:48:07,084 SPECIAL METALS AND RARE METALS. 1416 00:48:07,150 --> 00:48:08,285 WE'LL LEARN SO MUCH ON THIS 1417 00:48:08,352 --> 00:48:09,820 MISSION OVER THE 12 YEARS. 1418 00:48:09,887 --> 00:48:10,220 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1419 00:48:10,287 --> 00:48:11,455 NOW THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FINAL 1420 00:48:11,521 --> 00:48:12,923 QUESTION IT'S FROM ME. 1421 00:48:12,990 --> 00:48:14,758 SORRY. 1422 00:48:14,825 --> 00:48:16,193 BUT I WANT TO KNOW, OBVIOUSLY 1423 00:48:16,260 --> 00:48:18,061 BOTH OF YOU ARE VERY PERSONALLY 1424 00:48:18,128 --> 00:48:19,363 INVESTED IN THIS AND SPENT SO 1425 00:48:19,429 --> 00:48:20,731 MUCH OF YOUR CAREERS LEADING UP 1426 00:48:20,797 --> 00:48:21,665 TO THIS POINT. 1427 00:48:21,732 --> 00:48:25,335 WHAT ARE YOU PERSONALLY MOST 1428 00:48:25,402 --> 00:48:26,536 EXCITED ABOUT? 1429 00:48:26,603 --> 00:48:27,537 >> I THINK THE UNKNOWN. 1430 00:48:27,604 --> 00:48:29,473 BEING ABLE TO EXPLORE IS SUCH A 1431 00:48:29,539 --> 00:48:32,009 PRIVILEGE AND THE UNKNOWNS ARE 1432 00:48:32,075 --> 00:48:33,210 ALWAYS THE THINGS THAT GET YOU. 1433 00:48:33,277 --> 00:48:34,311 YOU PLAN AND YOU THOUGHT ABOUT 1434 00:48:34,378 --> 00:48:37,247 IT AND YOU THINK YOU GOT AN IDEA 1435 00:48:37,314 --> 00:48:39,116 HOW EVERYTHING WILL LOOK AND BE 1436 00:48:39,182 --> 00:48:40,484 AND NATURE DOESN'T DO THAT. 1437 00:48:40,550 --> 00:48:41,718 IT SURPRISES US. 1438 00:48:41,785 --> 00:48:43,854 SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING 1439 00:48:43,921 --> 00:48:44,488 SURPRISED. 1440 00:48:44,554 --> 00:48:46,123 >> WHAT ABOUT YOU? 1441 00:48:46,189 --> 00:48:49,726 >> GEEZ, I WORKED ON THE JUNEAU 1442 00:48:49,793 --> 00:48:51,295 MISSION THAT USED SOLAR POWER 1443 00:48:51,361 --> 00:48:52,763 AND WE'LL BREAK THAT RECORD SO 1444 00:48:52,829 --> 00:48:55,399 IT'S EXCITING TO BE PART OF THIS 1445 00:48:55,465 --> 00:48:57,701 AND WE'RE GOING TO BRAND NEW 1446 00:48:57,768 --> 00:48:59,369 WORLD THAT NO OTHER SPACECRAFT 1447 00:48:59,436 --> 00:49:01,505 HAS EVER BEEN SO IT'S GOING TO 1448 00:49:01,571 --> 00:49:02,806 BE FULL OF SURPRISES BUT WE'RE 1449 00:49:02,873 --> 00:49:06,443 READY FOR THE CHALLENGE AND VERY 1450 00:49:06,510 --> 00:49:10,480 PREPARED AND WE'LL PRACTICE SO 1451 00:49:10,547 --> 00:49:12,349 WE'RE PLANNING THIS MISSION FOR 1452 00:49:12,416 --> 00:49:13,684 THAT 12 YEARS AND HOPEFULLY WE 1453 00:49:13,750 --> 00:49:14,785 GET A LITTLE BIT MORE. 1454 00:49:14,851 --> 00:49:15,786 >> I'M EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS AND 1455 00:49:15,852 --> 00:49:17,721 I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR ALL THE 1456 00:49:17,788 --> 00:49:18,956 THINGS THAT YOU DISCOVER AFTER 1457 00:49:19,022 --> 00:49:19,756 THE LAUNCH TOMORROW. 1458 00:49:19,823 --> 00:49:20,324 SO WONDERFUL. 1459 00:49:20,390 --> 00:49:21,858 THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE 1460 00:49:21,925 --> 00:49:22,192 TODAY. 1461 00:49:22,259 --> 00:49:23,026 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1462 00:49:23,093 --> 00:49:24,394 >> GREAT, GREAT, GREAT. 1463 00:49:24,461 --> 00:49:25,495 AND YOU KNOW JUST THANK YOU TO 1464 00:49:25,562 --> 00:49:27,898 ALL THE VIEWERS AT HOME WHO 1465 00:49:27,965 --> 00:49:29,366 TUNED IN AND SPENDING SUCH 1466 00:49:29,433 --> 00:49:34,838 THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS FOR WILL 1467 00:49:34,905 --> 00:49:35,839 AND KARLY. 1468 00:49:35,906 --> 00:49:38,976 GO TO NASA.GOV/LUCY FOR MORE 1469 00:49:39,042 --> 00:49:41,611 INFORMATION. 1470 00:49:41,678 --> 00:49:43,680 AND YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW LUCY'S 1471 00:49:43,747 --> 00:49:46,216 12 YEAR MISSION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 1472 00:49:46,283 --> 00:49:49,186 YOU CAN FOLLOW NASA SOLAR SYSTEM 1473 00:49:49,252 --> 00:49:51,688 ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER AND 1474 00:49:51,755 --> 00:49:52,889 INSTAGRAM. 1475 00:49:52,956 --> 00:49:54,691 ANOTHER OPTION IS ALSO 1476 00:49:54,758 --> 00:49:56,560 #LUCYMISSION. 1477 00:49:56,626 --> 00:50:00,597 THAT'S AN EASY ONE AND THEN I 1478 00:50:00,664 --> 00:50:02,733 WANT TO TAKE OUT YOUR PHONE AND 1479 00:50:02,799 --> 00:50:04,534 SET YOUR ALARM CLOCKS FOR THE 1480 00:50:04,601 --> 00:50:05,102 LAUNCH TOMORROW. 1481 00:50:05,168 --> 00:50:09,339 IT'S SET TO LIFT OFF FROM CAPE 1482 00:50:09,406 --> 00:50:10,674 CANAVERAL NO EARLY THAN 1483 00:50:10,741 --> 00:50:15,946 4:34 A.M. EASTERN TIME TOMORROW, 1484 00:50:16,013 --> 00:50:16,513 OCTOBER 16TH. 1485 00:50:16,580 --> 00:50:19,082 BE SURE TO JOIN IN WITH OTHERS 1486 00:50:19,149 --> 00:50:23,153 BY REGISTERING BY VIRTUAL 1487 00:50:23,220 --> 00:50:23,453 SOCIAL. 1488 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:24,721 YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 1489 00:50:24,788 --> 00:50:26,023 SPACECRAFT AND YOU CAN EVEN 1490 00:50:26,089 --> 00:50:27,958 LEARN HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN 1491 00:50:28,025 --> 00:50:30,160 LUCY TIME CAPSULE. 1492 00:50:30,227 --> 00:50:31,061 THAT'S COOL. 1493 00:50:31,128 --> 00:50:33,296 AS ALWAYS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1494 00:50:33,363 --> 00:50:34,264 TUNING IN AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT 1495 00:50:34,331 --> 00:50:37,684 TIME.