1 00:00:33,450 --> 00:00:41,725 ♪♪ 2 00:00:45,662 --> 00:00:47,797 >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME 3 00:00:47,797 --> 00:00:50,033 TO NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 4 00:00:50,033 --> 00:00:56,840 WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR THE SPACEX 5 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:58,641 DEMO-1 MISSION PRELAUNCH NEWS 6 00:00:58,641 --> 00:01:01,211 CONFERENCE. 7 00:01:01,211 --> 00:01:04,147 LET ME INTRODUCE TODAY'S 8 00:01:04,147 --> 00:01:04,514 PANELISTS. 9 00:01:04,514 --> 00:01:09,419 WE HAVE KATHY LEADERS, NEAR AT 10 00:01:09,419 --> 00:01:12,489 NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 11 00:01:12,489 --> 00:01:14,524 WE HAVE HANS, VICE PRESIDENT OF 12 00:01:14,524 --> 00:01:17,193 BUILD AND FLIGHT RELIABILITY 13 00:01:17,193 --> 00:01:19,129 WITH SPACEX. 14 00:01:19,129 --> 00:01:24,033 JOEL, DEPUTY MANAGER FOR THE 15 00:01:24,033 --> 00:01:24,734 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 16 00:01:24,734 --> 00:01:27,070 PROGRAM LOCATED AT JOHNSON SPACE 17 00:01:27,070 --> 00:01:27,570 CENTER. 18 00:01:27,570 --> 00:01:31,207 PAT FORESTER, THE CHIEF AT 19 00:01:31,207 --> 00:01:33,409 NASA'S JOHNSON SPICE CENTER, AND 20 00:01:33,409 --> 00:01:38,848 MELODY LEAVENS THE LAUNCH 21 00:01:38,848 --> 00:01:39,849 WEATHER OFFICER. 22 00:01:39,849 --> 00:01:41,651 WE WILL BEGIN WITH OPENING 23 00:01:41,651 --> 00:01:43,119 REMARKS FROM OUR PANEL HERE IN 24 00:01:43,119 --> 00:01:44,587 THE ROOM, AND THEN WE WILL OPEN 25 00:01:44,587 --> 00:01:46,623 IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. 26 00:01:46,623 --> 00:01:48,258 ONCE WE ANSWER QUESTIONS HERE IN 27 00:01:48,258 --> 00:01:50,660 THE ROOM, WE'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS 28 00:01:50,660 --> 00:01:51,528 FROM THE PHONE BRIDGE. 29 00:01:51,528 --> 00:01:53,696 AND YOU CAN SEND IN YOUR 30 00:01:53,696 --> 00:01:54,931 QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 31 00:01:54,931 --> 00:01:57,700 I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP WITH 32 00:01:57,700 --> 00:01:58,034 KATHY. 33 00:01:58,034 --> 00:01:59,369 >> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. 34 00:01:59,369 --> 00:02:00,804 THANK YOU FOR COMING. 35 00:02:00,804 --> 00:02:03,506 THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR US, 36 00:02:03,506 --> 00:02:03,873 OBVIOUSLY. 37 00:02:03,873 --> 00:02:08,244 WE'RE GETTING READY TO FLY OUR 38 00:02:08,244 --> 00:02:09,646 FIRST UNCREWED MISSION WITH WHAT 39 00:02:09,646 --> 00:02:12,348 WILL BE OUR CREW DESIGN OF THE 40 00:02:12,348 --> 00:02:13,316 SPACEX DRAGON. 41 00:02:13,316 --> 00:02:16,152 AND I HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO HERE. 42 00:02:16,152 --> 00:02:17,987 OF COURSE WE HAVE TO HAVE A 43 00:02:17,987 --> 00:02:19,689 VIDEO, OR WE'RE NOT NASA. 44 00:02:19,689 --> 00:02:21,858 AND IT'S GOING TO SHOW HOW 45 00:02:21,858 --> 00:02:22,892 IMPORTANT THIS FLIGHT CHEST IS 46 00:02:22,892 --> 00:02:29,299 FOR US FROM A LEARNING 47 00:02:29,299 --> 00:02:29,833 PERSPECTIVE. 48 00:02:29,833 --> 00:02:31,134 ♪♪ 49 00:02:31,134 --> 00:02:31,935 ♪ 50 00:02:31,935 --> 00:02:36,840 >> SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN 51 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,909 ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST AND THEN 52 00:02:39,909 --> 00:02:41,411 WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST FLIGHT WITH 53 00:02:41,411 --> 00:02:42,879 CREWS IN THEM, TO PROVE THAT 54 00:02:42,879 --> 00:02:44,581 THESE SYSTEMS ARE READY TO FLY 55 00:02:44,581 --> 00:02:46,583 PEOPLE TO SPACE. 56 00:02:46,583 --> 00:02:48,551 >> THESE ARE IMPORTANT FOR 57 00:02:48,551 --> 00:02:50,420 ASTRONAUT SAFETY, BECAUSE WE ALL 58 00:02:50,420 --> 00:02:52,555 ASK OURSELVES WOULD WE BE 59 00:02:52,555 --> 00:02:54,023 COMFORTABLE FLYING OUR OWN 60 00:02:54,023 --> 00:02:55,992 FAMILY ON BOARD THIS VEHICLE? 61 00:02:55,992 --> 00:02:58,161 AND THE ANSWER HAS TO BE YES, SO 62 00:02:58,161 --> 00:03:00,029 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TEST 63 00:03:00,029 --> 00:03:02,031 THESE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 64 00:03:02,031 --> 00:03:03,433 >> SINCE WE'RE DEALING WITH A 65 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:05,835 NEW GENERATION OF PEOPLE PUTTING 66 00:03:05,835 --> 00:03:07,070 HUMAN SPACE VEHICLES TOGETHER 67 00:03:07,070 --> 00:03:09,672 AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO 68 00:03:09,672 --> 00:03:11,074 IMPRESS UPON THEM EVERY DAY THAT 69 00:03:11,074 --> 00:03:14,644 THERE IS NOT A DAY WHEN THEIR 70 00:03:14,644 --> 00:03:16,179 ATTENTION CAN WAIVER. 71 00:03:16,179 --> 00:03:19,115 >> WE CAN TEST THEM DOWN HERE ON 72 00:03:19,115 --> 00:03:22,252 EARTH, AND CUT THEM IN VACUUM 73 00:03:22,252 --> 00:03:23,686 CHAMBERS, AND DO THERMAL TESTS 74 00:03:23,686 --> 00:03:25,188 ON THEM, BUT THERE'S NOTHING 75 00:03:25,188 --> 00:03:28,157 LIKE PUTTING THEM IN THE REAL 76 00:03:28,157 --> 00:03:28,558 ENVIRONMENT. 77 00:03:28,558 --> 00:03:30,126 >> THAT WILL GIVE US A LOT OF 78 00:03:30,126 --> 00:03:31,494 INCITE ON THE VEHICLE 79 00:03:31,494 --> 00:03:33,796 PERFORMANCE, THE FUNCTIONAL 80 00:03:33,796 --> 00:03:34,130 SYSTEMS. 81 00:03:34,130 --> 00:03:35,732 EVEN THE ABORT SYSTEM WILL BE 82 00:03:35,732 --> 00:03:37,066 ACTIVE ON THAT VEHICLE. 83 00:03:37,066 --> 00:03:38,801 >> SO THAT'S WHY THESE INITIAL 84 00:03:38,801 --> 00:03:40,603 TEST FLIGHTS ARE SO IMPORTANT, 85 00:03:40,603 --> 00:03:43,106 BECAUSE YOU NEED TO SEE, IT'S 86 00:03:43,106 --> 00:03:46,042 NOT JUST THE HARDWARE, IT'S THE 87 00:03:46,042 --> 00:03:49,178 PROCEDURES, AND THE WHOLE THING 88 00:03:49,178 --> 00:03:50,146 COMING TOGETHER. 89 00:03:50,146 --> 00:03:53,516 >> SPACEX IS SUPPOSED TO LAND ON 90 00:03:53,516 --> 00:03:56,653 LAND AND WATER. 91 00:03:56,653 --> 00:03:59,956 THOSE ARE TWO HUGE DIFFERENT 92 00:03:59,956 --> 00:04:00,390 ENVIRONMENTS. 93 00:04:00,390 --> 00:04:04,761 SO HOW THAT IS GOING TO WORK. 94 00:04:04,761 --> 00:04:06,729 >> THIS IS A CRITICAL ASPECT OF 95 00:04:06,729 --> 00:04:08,364 THE NASA JOB IS TO CONTINUE TO 96 00:04:08,364 --> 00:04:10,033 HAVE THAT DIALOGUE WITH THE 97 00:04:10,033 --> 00:04:11,100 CONTRACTORS, ABOUT, WELL, WHY 98 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:13,503 DID YOU DO THAT? 99 00:04:13,503 --> 00:04:15,138 WHY WAS THAT SAFER? 100 00:04:15,138 --> 00:04:17,473 >> A FAMILY MEMBER, HUSBAND, 101 00:04:17,473 --> 00:04:19,242 WIFE, UNCLE, AUNT. 102 00:04:19,242 --> 00:04:22,312 IT'S NOT AN OPTION TO NOT BE 103 00:04:22,312 --> 00:04:22,712 SUCCESSFUL. 104 00:04:22,712 --> 00:04:23,413 WE HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 105 00:04:23,413 --> 00:04:25,782 ♪♪ 106 00:04:30,353 --> 00:04:33,222 >> SO THIS MISSION WILL 107 00:04:33,222 --> 00:04:37,226 BE -- YOU CAN TURN TO THE FIRST 108 00:04:37,226 --> 00:04:38,227 SLIDE. 109 00:04:38,227 --> 00:04:40,630 THERE'S SOME REALLY KEY 110 00:04:40,630 --> 00:04:43,900 OBJECTIVES. 111 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:45,401 HANS WILL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT 112 00:04:45,401 --> 00:04:45,868 THAT. 113 00:04:45,868 --> 00:04:48,638 BUT FROM A NASA PERSPECTIVE, 114 00:04:48,638 --> 00:04:51,574 WE'RE WANTING TO SEE THE 115 00:04:51,574 --> 00:04:55,578 ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE, THE KEY 116 00:04:55,578 --> 00:05:01,551 AVIONICS, DOCKING, MAKING SURE 117 00:05:01,551 --> 00:05:02,485 COMMUNICATION WITH THE SPACE 118 00:05:02,485 --> 00:05:03,786 STATION AND THE GROUND IS 119 00:05:03,786 --> 00:05:04,787 WORKING PROPERLY. 120 00:05:04,787 --> 00:05:06,856 AND WE'LL BE LEARNING FROM THE 121 00:05:06,856 --> 00:05:09,792 ECLIPSE SYSTEMS, AND THE POWER 122 00:05:09,792 --> 00:05:10,259 SYSTEMS. 123 00:05:10,259 --> 00:05:12,662 SOLAR RAYS AND ELECTRICAL POWER 124 00:05:12,662 --> 00:05:13,563 SYSTEMS. 125 00:05:13,563 --> 00:05:15,932 IT'S POWER GENERATION ON ORBIT, 126 00:05:15,932 --> 00:05:17,567 AND HOW THE SYSTEMS ARE WORKING 127 00:05:17,567 --> 00:05:19,302 ARE REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL. 128 00:05:19,302 --> 00:05:20,670 LIKE THE FOLKS WERE SAYING IN 129 00:05:20,670 --> 00:05:24,374 THE VIDEO, THERE'S -- THIS IS AN 130 00:05:24,374 --> 00:05:26,442 INVALUABLE EXERCISE FOR US TO 131 00:05:26,442 --> 00:05:27,643 LEARN IN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT, 132 00:05:27,643 --> 00:05:29,345 HOW THESE SYSTEMS WILL BE 133 00:05:29,345 --> 00:05:29,679 WORKING. 134 00:05:29,679 --> 00:05:31,314 AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT THESE 135 00:05:31,314 --> 00:05:33,649 SYSTEMS ARE READY TO GO FOR WHEN 136 00:05:33,649 --> 00:05:35,752 WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUR CREWS ON 137 00:05:35,752 --> 00:05:36,052 THEM. 138 00:05:36,052 --> 00:05:38,488 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 139 00:05:38,488 --> 00:05:41,691 THE -- THERE ARE LAUNCH ESCAPE 140 00:05:41,691 --> 00:05:44,093 SYSTEM WILL BE IN -- IN MONITOR 141 00:05:44,093 --> 00:05:44,394 MODE. 142 00:05:44,394 --> 00:05:45,695 SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, 143 00:05:45,695 --> 00:05:47,463 BECAUSE FOR THE NEXT MISSION, 144 00:05:47,463 --> 00:05:49,399 YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO 145 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:51,134 HAVE OUR KEY ABORT SYSTEMS 146 00:05:51,134 --> 00:05:53,069 WORKING, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO 147 00:05:53,069 --> 00:05:54,570 TAKE THOSE PARAMETERS AND MAKE 148 00:05:54,570 --> 00:05:56,372 SURE THOSE ARE APPROPRIATE THEN 149 00:05:56,372 --> 00:05:59,075 FOR US TO ENSURE THAT THE -- THE 150 00:05:59,075 --> 00:06:00,543 SYSTEMS ARE GOING TO BE 151 00:06:00,543 --> 00:06:03,346 FUNCTIONING WHEN WE NEED THEM TO 152 00:06:03,346 --> 00:06:05,548 FUNCTION, AND ARE SET PROPERLY. 153 00:06:05,548 --> 00:06:06,849 AND THEN -- YOU KNOW, THE PART 154 00:06:06,849 --> 00:06:08,818 THAT PEOPLE DON'T -- WE DON'T 155 00:06:08,818 --> 00:06:10,853 TALK ABOUT OFTEN IS WE TALK 156 00:06:10,853 --> 00:06:12,588 ABOUT THE -- THE HARDWARE AND 157 00:06:12,588 --> 00:06:14,457 THE SOFTWARE, BUT WE DON'T TALK 158 00:06:14,457 --> 00:06:16,392 ABOUT THE PEOPLE SYSTEMS, AND 159 00:06:16,392 --> 00:06:18,928 IT'S REALLY US FIGURING OUT HOW 160 00:06:18,928 --> 00:06:20,363 TO OPERATE TOGETHER AND WORK 161 00:06:20,363 --> 00:06:22,365 TOGETHER, SO THAT THE NEXT TIME 162 00:06:22,365 --> 00:06:23,900 WHEN WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO 163 00:06:23,900 --> 00:06:26,502 FLY OUR CREWS, WE CAN DO THAT IN 164 00:06:26,502 --> 00:06:29,405 A SAFE AND EFFICIENT MANNER. 165 00:06:29,405 --> 00:06:31,374 HANS AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE 166 00:06:31,374 --> 00:06:33,609 BEEN GOING THROUGH REVIEWS FOR 167 00:06:33,609 --> 00:06:35,645 THE LAST FEW WEEKS, BUT THAT'S 168 00:06:35,645 --> 00:06:37,146 ALL REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO 169 00:06:37,146 --> 00:06:39,315 FIGURE OUT HOW WE NEED TO WORK 170 00:06:39,315 --> 00:06:42,652 THIS FOR WHEN IT'S OUR CREWED 171 00:06:42,652 --> 00:06:42,985 MISSION. 172 00:06:42,985 --> 00:06:47,457 NEXT SLIDE. 173 00:06:47,457 --> 00:06:49,692 SO I REALLY APPRECIATE -- YOU 174 00:06:49,692 --> 00:06:52,295 KNOW, WE HAVE A QUICK TIME LINE. 175 00:06:52,295 --> 00:06:54,697 WE'RE GETTING READY, OBVIOUSLY 176 00:06:54,697 --> 00:06:56,632 FOR A LAUNCH EARLY IN THE 177 00:06:56,632 --> 00:06:58,835 MORNING ON -- ON SATURDAY 178 00:06:58,835 --> 00:06:59,268 MORNING. 179 00:06:59,268 --> 00:07:01,504 AND LOOKING AT THEN DOCKING 180 00:07:01,504 --> 00:07:05,608 ABOUT 27 HOURS LATER WITH A 181 00:07:05,608 --> 00:07:08,010 FIVE-DAY MISSION, AND SO -- AND 182 00:07:08,010 --> 00:07:10,546 THEN RE-ENTRY AND SPLASH DOWN ON 183 00:07:10,546 --> 00:07:12,215 THE FIFTH DAY. 184 00:07:12,215 --> 00:07:13,449 OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 185 00:07:13,449 --> 00:07:14,884 TO BE WORKING TOGETHER AND 186 00:07:14,884 --> 00:07:16,185 LEARNING FROM THIS EXPERIENCE AS 187 00:07:16,185 --> 00:07:18,154 WE GO THROUGH THE WHOLE 188 00:07:18,154 --> 00:07:19,222 DEMONSTRATION MISSION AND MAKING 189 00:07:19,222 --> 00:07:21,657 SURE THAT EACH ASPECT OF THE 190 00:07:21,657 --> 00:07:24,727 SYSTEMS THAT WE'LL BE TRYING OUT 191 00:07:24,727 --> 00:07:27,797 WILL BE THEN APPLIED TO OUR 192 00:07:27,797 --> 00:07:30,399 CREWED MISSIONS, AND MAKING SURE 193 00:07:30,399 --> 00:07:32,268 THAT THOSE SYSTEMS ARE AS SAFE 194 00:07:32,268 --> 00:07:33,035 AS POSSIBLE. 195 00:07:33,035 --> 00:07:34,904 SO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND 196 00:07:34,904 --> 00:07:36,772 SHOWING YOUR THERE IN THIS FOR 197 00:07:36,772 --> 00:07:41,177 US, WHICH IS A HUGE DAY FOR OUR 198 00:07:41,177 --> 00:07:41,511 PROGRAM. 199 00:07:41,511 --> 00:07:43,012 >> THANK YOU, KATHY. 200 00:07:43,012 --> 00:07:43,312 HANS? 201 00:07:43,312 --> 00:07:46,816 >> YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN TARGETING 202 00:07:46,816 --> 00:07:48,317 2:49 ON SATURDAY MORNING, EARLY 203 00:07:48,317 --> 00:07:50,620 IN THE MORNING, EAST COAST TIME 204 00:07:50,620 --> 00:07:52,155 HERE, AND TARGETING THAT TIME 205 00:07:52,155 --> 00:07:56,893 FOR THE FIRST LAUNCH OF THE CREW 206 00:07:56,893 --> 00:07:58,327 DRAGON TO THE INTERNATIONAL 207 00:07:58,327 --> 00:07:58,828 SPACE STATION. 208 00:07:58,828 --> 00:08:01,164 THERE'S A BACKUP LAUNCH 209 00:08:01,164 --> 00:08:02,798 OPPORTUNITY ON TUESDAY 210 00:08:02,798 --> 00:08:04,433 MARCH 5TH, AN HOUR EARLIER, ALSO 211 00:08:04,433 --> 00:08:06,502 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, IN 212 00:08:06,502 --> 00:08:07,803 CASE WE HAVE WEATHER OR 213 00:08:07,803 --> 00:08:10,339 SOME -- SOME OTHER ISSUES ON 214 00:08:10,339 --> 00:08:11,807 SATURDAY MORNING. 215 00:08:11,807 --> 00:08:13,376 SPACEX LEARNED A LOT OVER THE 216 00:08:13,376 --> 00:08:17,113 PAST 70 MISSIONS, AND THE PAST 217 00:08:17,113 --> 00:08:18,548 16 DRAGON MISSIONS, AND 218 00:08:18,548 --> 00:08:19,749 EVERYTHING WE LEARNED, 219 00:08:19,749 --> 00:08:21,350 EVERYTHING WE -- WE EXPERIENCED 220 00:08:21,350 --> 00:08:23,753 IS BASICALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR 221 00:08:23,753 --> 00:08:25,888 DRAGON VERSION AND IN 222 00:08:25,888 --> 00:08:27,823 THIS -- THIS PARTICULAR MISSION. 223 00:08:27,823 --> 00:08:29,258 WE HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE 224 00:08:29,258 --> 00:08:31,360 AMOUNT OF TESTING TOGETHER WITH 225 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:32,261 NASA AND MAKE SURE THAT 226 00:08:32,261 --> 00:08:33,963 EVERYTHING IS -- IS -- IS SAFE 227 00:08:33,963 --> 00:08:36,832 AND READY TO GO, AND I DO HAVE A 228 00:08:36,832 --> 00:08:38,568 SMALL VIDEO TOO, JUST TO STAY ON 229 00:08:38,568 --> 00:08:38,868 TOPIC. 230 00:08:38,868 --> 00:08:42,305 ♪♪ 231 00:08:42,305 --> 00:08:47,843 >> THIS IS THE WHOLE STACK 232 00:08:47,843 --> 00:08:49,045 FALCON 9. 233 00:08:49,045 --> 00:08:50,580 THIS IS [ INAUDIBLE ] REALLY 234 00:08:50,580 --> 00:08:50,880 FAST. 235 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:51,514 [ LAUGHTER ] 236 00:08:51,514 --> 00:08:53,683 >> THIS IS THE ACOUSTIC TEST, 237 00:08:53,683 --> 00:08:55,284 THE DOCKING TEST, AND YOU CAN 238 00:08:55,284 --> 00:08:57,019 SEE THE DOCKING 239 00:08:57,019 --> 00:08:59,822 MECHANISM -- THERE IT GOES. 240 00:08:59,822 --> 00:09:04,660 THIS IS THE EMI TEST, THE 241 00:09:04,660 --> 00:09:07,096 ANTENNA MEASURING. 242 00:09:07,096 --> 00:09:09,065 AND THIS IS EXERCISING THE 243 00:09:09,065 --> 00:09:10,800 [ INAUDIBLE ] THAT ARE ALSO A 244 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:12,868 LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM. 245 00:09:12,868 --> 00:09:14,570 THAT IS THE [ INAUDIBLE ] DEPLOY 246 00:09:14,570 --> 00:09:15,438 TEST. 247 00:09:15,438 --> 00:09:15,805 FAST. 248 00:09:15,805 --> 00:09:16,706 MISSION CONTROL. 249 00:09:16,706 --> 00:09:17,106 [ LAUGHTER ] 250 00:09:17,106 --> 00:09:19,342 >> AND HERE WE GO TO THE HUMAN 251 00:09:19,342 --> 00:09:19,909 INTERFACE. 252 00:09:19,909 --> 00:09:22,078 THIS IS THE CONTROL PANELS 253 00:09:22,078 --> 00:09:25,381 THERE, AND OUR TWO ASTRONAUTS. 254 00:09:25,381 --> 00:09:27,216 THIS IS THE [ INAUDIBLE ] TEST 255 00:09:27,216 --> 00:09:28,451 WITH A PARACHUTE. 256 00:09:28,451 --> 00:09:31,220 YOU CAN SEE THAT'S ACTUALLY FOUR 257 00:09:31,220 --> 00:09:34,257 PARACHUTES AS OPPOSED TO THREE 258 00:09:34,257 --> 00:09:37,260 ON DRAGON 1. 259 00:09:37,260 --> 00:09:39,228 THIS IS THE CREW X'S ARM WHICH 260 00:09:39,228 --> 00:09:43,866 CONNECTS TOWER WITH THE VEHICLE. 261 00:09:43,866 --> 00:09:45,167 AND THIS IS REALLY FAST. 262 00:09:45,167 --> 00:09:46,335 BUT I HOPE YOU GOT 263 00:09:46,335 --> 00:09:48,237 EVERYTHING -- ALL OF THE 264 00:09:48,237 --> 00:09:52,508 TECHNICAL DETAILS THAT I TALKED 265 00:09:52,508 --> 00:09:53,142 ABOUT. 266 00:09:53,142 --> 00:09:53,542 [ LAUGHTER ] 267 00:09:53,542 --> 00:09:55,811 >> THE DRAGON WILL BE DEPLOYED 268 00:09:55,811 --> 00:09:58,114 ABOUT 11 MINUTES -- ACTUALLY I 269 00:09:58,114 --> 00:10:00,316 HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT ONE TOO 270 00:10:00,316 --> 00:10:01,183 ABOUT THE TIME LINE. 271 00:10:01,183 --> 00:10:02,318 MAYBE I CAN DO THAT. 272 00:10:02,318 --> 00:10:04,854 I TALKED ABOUT THE LAUNCH TIME 273 00:10:04,854 --> 00:10:06,422 AROUND 2:49. 274 00:10:06,422 --> 00:10:10,793 OUR FIRST LAUNCH FROM LC 39A. 275 00:10:10,793 --> 00:10:13,095 AND WE DO INTEND TO RECOVER THE 276 00:10:13,095 --> 00:10:15,164 FIRST STAGE ON THE SHIP. 277 00:10:15,164 --> 00:10:17,033 NEXT ONE, PLEASE. 278 00:10:17,033 --> 00:10:17,700 ALL RIGHT. 279 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:20,069 SO THIS IS THE TIME LINE OF 280 00:10:20,069 --> 00:10:20,936 LAUNCH ITSELF. 281 00:10:20,936 --> 00:10:23,005 WE START OUT BASICALLY WITH A 282 00:10:23,005 --> 00:10:25,841 CALL ON 45 MINUTES BEFORE 283 00:10:25,841 --> 00:10:26,175 LAUNCH. 284 00:10:26,175 --> 00:10:28,978 THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE ARE 285 00:10:28,978 --> 00:10:31,113 ON THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM, 286 00:10:31,113 --> 00:10:33,382 AND -- AND THAT IS TO KEEP 287 00:10:33,382 --> 00:10:36,719 DRAGON AND LATER THE CREW SAFE. 288 00:10:36,719 --> 00:10:38,921 ACTUALLY BEFORE THERE IS 289 00:10:38,921 --> 00:10:40,523 PROPELLANT ON BOARD, AND THE 290 00:10:40,523 --> 00:10:43,225 ENTIRE TIME WE'RE LOADING IT. 291 00:10:43,225 --> 00:10:44,226 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THERE IS 292 00:10:44,226 --> 00:10:46,028 NOBODY ON THE LAUNCH PAD ANYMORE 293 00:10:46,028 --> 00:10:46,862 AT THAT TIME. 294 00:10:46,862 --> 00:10:49,598 AT 45 MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH, WE 295 00:10:49,598 --> 00:10:54,136 START LOADING UP ON FIRST AND 296 00:10:54,136 --> 00:10:56,839 SECOND STAGE, AND WE -- WE THEN 297 00:10:56,839 --> 00:10:59,575 START LOADING LOCKS ON THE FIRST 298 00:10:59,575 --> 00:11:00,643 STAGE RIGHT AROUND THE SAME 299 00:11:00,643 --> 00:11:02,278 TIME, ACTUALLY. 300 00:11:02,278 --> 00:11:04,246 THE SECOND STAGE ALWAYS AMAZES 301 00:11:04,246 --> 00:11:06,649 ME BECAUSE HE START LOWING AT 302 00:11:06,649 --> 00:11:09,118 T-MINUS 16 MINUTES AND IT IS 303 00:11:09,118 --> 00:11:12,088 RELATIVELY FAST, BUT WE ACTUALLY 304 00:11:12,088 --> 00:11:13,856 EMPTY THE TANK EVEN FASTER WHEN 305 00:11:13,856 --> 00:11:15,658 WE RUN IT THROUGH THE ENGINE. 306 00:11:15,658 --> 00:11:20,229 SO IT'S NOT THAT FAST IN 307 00:11:20,229 --> 00:11:20,629 PERSPECTIVE. 308 00:11:20,629 --> 00:11:22,198 WHILE WE BEGIN CHILLING ALL OF 309 00:11:22,198 --> 00:11:24,700 THE ENGINES PRIOR TO LAUNCH AT 310 00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:27,703 ABOUT 7 MINUTES BEFORE THAT, WE 311 00:11:27,703 --> 00:11:29,805 TRANSITION DRAGON INTO INTERNAL 312 00:11:29,805 --> 00:11:31,173 POWER, 5 MINUTES. 313 00:11:31,173 --> 00:11:33,809 A MINUTE BEFORE LAUNCH WE DO 314 00:11:33,809 --> 00:11:36,011 THE -- THE [ INAUDIBLE ] GOES 315 00:11:36,011 --> 00:11:38,814 INTO A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED MODE, 316 00:11:38,814 --> 00:11:42,618 AND WE BEGIN PRESSURIZING THE 317 00:11:42,618 --> 00:11:44,220 TANKS OWN THE FALCON 9. 318 00:11:44,220 --> 00:11:46,422 AND AT 45 SECONDS WE HAVE THE 319 00:11:46,422 --> 00:11:48,157 LAUNCH DIRECTOR CONFIRM THAT WE 320 00:11:48,157 --> 00:11:50,926 ARE STILL GOOD TO GO WITH THE 321 00:11:50,926 --> 00:11:52,495 RANGE AT NASA. 322 00:11:52,495 --> 00:11:56,031 AND AT T-MINUS 3 SECONDS WE 323 00:11:56,031 --> 00:11:59,468 START SPINNING UP THE ENGINES. 324 00:11:59,468 --> 00:12:04,006 AND AT T-0 IT'S LIFTOFF. 325 00:12:04,006 --> 00:12:06,108 NEXT, ONE, PLEASE. 326 00:12:06,108 --> 00:12:07,009 THE FLIGHT ITSELF IS SIMILAR 327 00:12:07,009 --> 00:12:08,944 TORE LAUNCHES, BUT I WANT TO 328 00:12:08,944 --> 00:12:10,946 REPEAT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE 329 00:12:10,946 --> 00:12:11,280 DO. 330 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,750 YOU HAVE MASS CUE, THAT'S 331 00:12:14,750 --> 00:12:16,886 BASICALLY THE MAXIMUM DYNAMIC 332 00:12:16,886 --> 00:12:19,221 PRESSURE THAT THE VEHICLE SEES. 333 00:12:19,221 --> 00:12:21,690 12.5 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, WE 334 00:12:21,690 --> 00:12:24,326 HAVE MAIN ENGINE CUTOFF ON THE 335 00:12:24,326 --> 00:12:28,564 FIRST STAGE, FOLLOWED BY STAGE 336 00:12:28,564 --> 00:12:30,900 SEPARATION, ENGINE START, AND 337 00:12:30,900 --> 00:12:33,436 THE SECOND STAGE IS ON ITS WAY. 338 00:12:33,436 --> 00:12:35,471 AND ENTRY BURN AROUND 7 MINUTES 339 00:12:35,471 --> 00:12:36,806 AFTER LAUNCH. 340 00:12:36,806 --> 00:12:38,574 THE SECOND STAGE ENGINE CUTOFF 341 00:12:38,574 --> 00:12:41,277 IS ROUGHLY 9 MINUTES, I THINK. 342 00:12:41,277 --> 00:12:42,344 YES, 9 MINUTES. 343 00:12:42,344 --> 00:12:47,249 AND ACTUALLY BEFORE WE LAND, THE 344 00:12:47,249 --> 00:12:49,618 FIRST STAGE -- STAGE ITSELF 345 00:12:49,618 --> 00:12:53,956 LANDS 9.5 MINUTES AFTER T-0. 346 00:12:53,956 --> 00:12:54,957 ACTUALLY CLOSE TO 10. 347 00:12:54,957 --> 00:12:56,926 AND DRAGON AS I MENTIONED 348 00:12:56,926 --> 00:12:57,893 SEPARATES 11 MINUTES 349 00:12:57,893 --> 00:13:01,030 AFTER -- AFTER LAUNCH, AND GOES 350 00:13:01,030 --> 00:13:04,533 ON ITS JOURNEY. 351 00:13:04,533 --> 00:13:06,168 DRAGON WILL PERFORM THREE BURNS 352 00:13:06,168 --> 00:13:09,705 AND APPROACH THE STATION 353 00:13:09,705 --> 00:13:12,074 WITHIN -- ROUGHLY 30 HOURS. 354 00:13:12,074 --> 00:13:16,111 WE EXPECT DOCKING TO HAPPEN ON 355 00:13:16,111 --> 00:13:18,347 EARLY -- LET'S SEE 356 00:13:18,347 --> 00:13:20,316 SATURDAY -- SUNDAY MORNING THEN 357 00:13:20,316 --> 00:13:23,219 AT 6:00 A.M. 358 00:13:23,219 --> 00:13:24,420 THAT'S ROUGHLY THE TIME. 359 00:13:24,420 --> 00:13:26,088 AND I KNOW YOU WANT TO TALK 360 00:13:26,088 --> 00:13:28,090 ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. 361 00:13:28,090 --> 00:13:30,426 SO . . . 362 00:13:30,426 --> 00:13:30,826 [ LAUGHTER ] 363 00:13:30,826 --> 00:13:32,228 >> THE DRAGON LAUNCH WILL BE ON 364 00:13:32,228 --> 00:13:34,196 STATION FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS. 365 00:13:34,196 --> 00:13:36,265 WE'RE -- WE'RE PLANNING TO 366 00:13:36,265 --> 00:13:39,435 DEPART THE STATION AT -- ON 367 00:13:39,435 --> 00:13:41,170 MARCH 8TH, AND THEN WE'LL 368 00:13:41,170 --> 00:13:43,105 PERFORM A COUPLE OF ORBITS, 369 00:13:43,105 --> 00:13:46,075 ABOUT FIVE HOURS, AND THEN 370 00:13:46,075 --> 00:13:47,877 PERFORM A RE-ENTRY BURN, 371 00:13:47,877 --> 00:13:50,913 AND -- AND LAND ACTUALLY NEAR 372 00:13:50,913 --> 00:13:51,280 ATLANTIC. 373 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:53,282 THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM DRAGON 1, 374 00:13:53,282 --> 00:13:55,851 WHICH ALWAYS LANDED IN THE 375 00:13:55,851 --> 00:13:56,218 PACIFIC. 376 00:13:56,218 --> 00:13:58,487 IT TAKES ABOUT 35, 40 MINUTES 377 00:13:58,487 --> 00:13:59,922 AFTER THE BURN TO GET THROUGH 378 00:13:59,922 --> 00:14:05,494 THE ATMOSPHERE, DEPLOY THE TWO 379 00:14:05,494 --> 00:14:07,429 DROVES AND THE FOUR MAIN CHUTES 380 00:14:07,429 --> 00:14:09,665 AND LAND SAFELY IN THE WATER AND 381 00:14:09,665 --> 00:14:12,868 GET PICKED UP BY THE BOAT IN THE 382 00:14:12,868 --> 00:14:13,168 AREA. 383 00:14:13,168 --> 00:14:14,303 AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING 384 00:14:14,303 --> 00:14:17,006 WE HAVE TO PRACTICE IN 385 00:14:17,006 --> 00:14:18,207 PREPARATION FOR ACTUAL CREW 386 00:14:18,207 --> 00:14:18,541 FLIGHT. 387 00:14:18,541 --> 00:14:20,609 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FAST ON THE 388 00:14:20,609 --> 00:14:22,311 RIGHT SPOT, AND THAT WE HAVE ALL 389 00:14:22,311 --> 00:14:24,580 OF THE -- YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL 390 00:14:24,580 --> 00:14:26,348 MEDICAL ATTENTION AND -- AT THE 391 00:14:26,348 --> 00:14:27,783 RIGHT TIME, AND -- AND SO THAT 392 00:14:27,783 --> 00:14:29,852 IS GOING TO BE EXCITING FOR US 393 00:14:29,852 --> 00:14:31,554 TO GET EVERYTHING -- THIS IS A 394 00:14:31,554 --> 00:14:33,222 VERY IMPORTANT TRAINING FOR US 395 00:14:33,222 --> 00:14:36,258 TO -- TO GET THIS RIGHT FOR THE 396 00:14:36,258 --> 00:14:42,298 CREW FLIGHT COMING UP NEXT. 397 00:14:42,298 --> 00:14:45,401 THE TASK AHEAD OF US IS REALLY 398 00:14:45,401 --> 00:14:45,768 HISTORIC. 399 00:14:45,768 --> 00:14:47,670 I REALLY WANT TO THANK NASA FOR 400 00:14:47,670 --> 00:14:48,370 THE OPPORTUNITY. 401 00:14:48,370 --> 00:14:51,273 AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON 402 00:14:51,273 --> 00:14:53,075 BEHALF OF ALL SPACEX PLEASE. 403 00:14:53,075 --> 00:14:55,311 ALSO NOW OUR TEAMS WORKED REALLY 404 00:14:55,311 --> 00:14:56,345 HARD ON THIS. 405 00:14:56,345 --> 00:14:58,547 SHOUT OUT TO THE DRAGON TEAM AND 406 00:14:58,547 --> 00:15:01,016 ALSO THE FALCON TEAM 407 00:15:01,016 --> 00:15:02,284 THAT -- THAT DID GREAT WORK OVER 408 00:15:02,284 --> 00:15:05,020 THE PAST -- YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY 409 00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:06,422 YEARS, AND -- AND PARTICULAR IN 410 00:15:06,422 --> 00:15:12,161 THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OF 411 00:15:12,161 --> 00:15:13,295 WORKING THROUGH ON INCREDIBLE 412 00:15:13,295 --> 00:15:15,698 AMOUNT OF DETAILED ISSUES, 413 00:15:15,698 --> 00:15:17,399 MAKING SURE IT IS PRETTY TO FLY. 414 00:15:17,399 --> 00:15:20,402 >> WE HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU, 415 00:15:20,402 --> 00:15:20,703 HANS. 416 00:15:20,703 --> 00:15:21,337 >> YOU DO? 417 00:15:21,337 --> 00:15:23,572 >> I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF 418 00:15:23,572 --> 00:15:24,607 ROLLOUT, OR VIDEO. 419 00:15:24,607 --> 00:15:35,317 DO YOU WANT TO SHOW THAT? 420 00:15:35,317 --> 00:15:36,085 THERE IT IS. 421 00:15:36,085 --> 00:15:37,753 >> YEAH, I ACTUALLY CAME FROM 422 00:15:37,753 --> 00:15:39,421 THE PANEL ON THE WAY UP HERE, 423 00:15:39,421 --> 00:15:41,490 AND I LOOKED AT IT. 424 00:15:41,490 --> 00:15:41,890 [ LAUGHTER ] 425 00:15:41,890 --> 00:15:44,193 >> THAT'S KIND OF ANTI-CLIMACTIC 426 00:15:44,193 --> 00:15:44,827 FOR YOU. 427 00:15:44,827 --> 00:15:46,895 >> I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED. 428 00:15:46,895 --> 00:15:49,431 I MEAN EVERYTHING IS IN TOP 429 00:15:49,431 --> 00:15:49,832 CONDITION. 430 00:15:49,832 --> 00:15:51,500 EVERYTHING IS FRESHLY PAINTED. 431 00:15:51,500 --> 00:15:54,236 IT LOOKS GREAT, AND I'M REALLY 432 00:15:54,236 --> 00:15:56,071 AMAZED BY WHAT THIS TEAM DID IN 433 00:15:56,071 --> 00:15:58,774 THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND 434 00:15:58,774 --> 00:16:00,409 I'M PRETTY SURE YOU CAN GOING TO 435 00:16:00,409 --> 00:16:02,478 SEE A GREAT LAUNCH AND A GREAT 436 00:16:02,478 --> 00:16:02,811 MISSION. 437 00:16:02,811 --> 00:16:06,949 SO I'M REALLY OPTIMISTIC. 438 00:16:06,949 --> 00:16:07,983 >> OKAY. 439 00:16:07,983 --> 00:16:08,784 >> ALL RIGHT. 440 00:16:08,784 --> 00:16:12,388 WELL, WELCOME AGAIN TO THE 441 00:16:12,388 --> 00:16:13,822 DEMO-1 PRELAUNCH BRIEFING. 442 00:16:13,822 --> 00:16:15,124 KATHY AND HANS HAVE TALKED ABOUT 443 00:16:15,124 --> 00:16:18,293 ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN 444 00:16:18,293 --> 00:16:20,129 DONE TO GET US HERE. 445 00:16:20,129 --> 00:16:22,531 IT HAS BEEN A JOURNEY. 446 00:16:22,531 --> 00:16:26,168 WE TAKE A FULLY FUNCTIONAL 447 00:16:26,168 --> 00:16:26,902 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 448 00:16:26,902 --> 00:16:28,303 PROGRAM WITH CREWS GOING UP AND 449 00:16:28,303 --> 00:16:30,439 DOWN, DOING DAILY SCIENCE AND 450 00:16:30,439 --> 00:16:31,106 RESEARCH ON BOARD. 451 00:16:31,106 --> 00:16:33,142 WE BRING IN A COMMERCIAL CREW 452 00:16:33,142 --> 00:16:35,177 PROGRAM THAT BRINGS IN PROVIDERS 453 00:16:35,177 --> 00:16:38,447 THAT WILL BE DOCKING VEHICLES TO 454 00:16:38,447 --> 00:16:40,416 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 455 00:16:40,416 --> 00:16:42,851 WE INKOREA GRATE ALL OF THAT 456 00:16:42,851 --> 00:16:44,620 WORK WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL 457 00:16:44,620 --> 00:16:46,321 PARTNERS, AND IT'S JUST 458 00:16:46,321 --> 00:16:47,189 INCREDIBLE. 459 00:16:47,189 --> 00:16:52,661 AND IT BRINGS EXCITEMENT BACK TO 460 00:16:52,661 --> 00:16:53,796 KSC AS WELL. 461 00:16:53,796 --> 00:16:55,531 WE'RE READY -- THEY ARE LOOKING 462 00:16:55,531 --> 00:16:58,233 FORWARD TO LAUNCH THIS WEEKEND. 463 00:16:58,233 --> 00:17:01,837 AND TODAY WE SIT AT 0-MINUS 2 464 00:17:01,837 --> 00:17:05,441 WITH A VEHICLE AT THE LAUNCH 465 00:17:05,441 --> 00:17:05,708 PAD. 466 00:17:05,708 --> 00:17:07,609 THIS ONE UNCREWED, BUT 467 00:17:07,609 --> 00:17:09,378 EVENTUALLY WE'LL BE BRINGING 468 00:17:09,378 --> 00:17:10,713 CREWED MEMBERS TO THE 469 00:17:10,713 --> 00:17:11,413 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 470 00:17:11,413 --> 00:17:16,819 ON ORBIT, THE CREW HAS CHECKED 471 00:17:16,819 --> 00:17:18,087 OUT THE DOCKING INTERFACE. 472 00:17:18,087 --> 00:17:19,221 IT LOOKS GOOD. 473 00:17:19,221 --> 00:17:21,957 WE'RE CHECKING OUT CAMERAS, 474 00:17:21,957 --> 00:17:22,991 CLEARING THE PORT WHERE THEY 475 00:17:22,991 --> 00:17:27,129 WILL BE GOING, MAKE SURE THERE'S 476 00:17:27,129 --> 00:17:28,897 NO STOWAGE THERE. 477 00:17:28,897 --> 00:17:30,365 ONCE YOU OPEN THE HATCHES 478 00:17:30,365 --> 00:17:31,700 EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO. 479 00:17:31,700 --> 00:17:33,535 AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE 480 00:17:33,535 --> 00:17:35,003 FIRST EVENT IN MARCH. 481 00:17:35,003 --> 00:17:37,339 JUST TWO WEEKS LATER, WE'LL HAVE 482 00:17:37,339 --> 00:17:40,342 A LAUNCH OUT OF KAZAKHSTAN. 483 00:17:40,342 --> 00:17:42,978 WE'LL BE GETTING US BACK TO THE 484 00:17:42,978 --> 00:17:44,313 NOMINAL SIX CREW MEMBERS ON 485 00:17:44,313 --> 00:17:45,547 BOARD TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 486 00:17:45,547 --> 00:17:48,884 STATION, AND WE'LL STAY IN THAT 487 00:17:48,884 --> 00:17:50,452 CONFIGURATION UNTIL THIS SUMMER. 488 00:17:50,452 --> 00:17:52,254 WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A 489 00:17:52,254 --> 00:17:54,556 VIDEO OF THE CREW WE HAVE ON 490 00:17:54,556 --> 00:17:54,857 ORBIT. 491 00:17:54,857 --> 00:17:55,724 >> AND LIFT OFF. 492 00:17:55,724 --> 00:17:58,460 WE HAVE LIFTOFF. 493 00:17:58,460 --> 00:18:01,463 >> WE'LL LAUNCHED IN EARLY 494 00:18:01,463 --> 00:18:03,232 DECEMBER, THREE CREW MEMBERS. 495 00:18:03,232 --> 00:18:05,000 YOU SEE JUST A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE 496 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,301 OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 497 00:18:06,301 --> 00:18:09,738 STATION, THE APPROACH, THE 498 00:18:09,738 --> 00:18:10,472 WELCOME CREW. 499 00:18:10,472 --> 00:18:14,243 HERE IS AN EXPERIMENT CALLED 500 00:18:14,243 --> 00:18:14,576 FIERCE. 501 00:18:14,576 --> 00:18:17,846 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE 502 00:18:17,846 --> 00:18:23,051 SELECTED TO DESIGNING 503 00:18:23,051 --> 00:18:26,455 A -- ALGORITHMS, AND WE USE THIS 504 00:18:26,455 --> 00:18:28,056 FOR OTHER SPACECRAFT. 505 00:18:28,056 --> 00:18:29,491 HERE YOU SEE THE CREW MEMBERS 506 00:18:29,491 --> 00:18:32,161 WORKING ON THE ROBOTIC 507 00:18:32,161 --> 00:18:33,762 REFUELLING MISSION HARDWARE. 508 00:18:33,762 --> 00:18:36,832 THIS IS HARDWEAR THAT WAS FLOWN 509 00:18:36,832 --> 00:18:37,833 INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 510 00:18:37,833 --> 00:18:40,102 STATION AND WILL BE PUT ON THE 511 00:18:40,102 --> 00:18:41,503 JAPANESE TABLE THAT WILL GO 512 00:18:41,503 --> 00:18:42,571 OUTSIDE OF THE INTERNATIONAL 513 00:18:42,571 --> 00:18:44,206 SPACE STATION, AND IT'S A TEST 514 00:18:44,206 --> 00:18:46,708 ON HOW WE REFUEL SATELLITES. 515 00:18:46,708 --> 00:18:48,544 NOW THIS IS SOME OLDER VIDEO OF 516 00:18:48,544 --> 00:18:50,646 AN EARLIER PART OF THIS MISSION, 517 00:18:50,646 --> 00:18:52,548 THE REFUELLING MISSION, NUMBER 518 00:18:52,548 --> 00:18:52,981 2. 519 00:18:52,981 --> 00:18:54,917 YOU SEE WHERE WE WERE INSTALLING 520 00:18:54,917 --> 00:18:56,652 AN INTERFACE THERE. 521 00:18:56,652 --> 00:19:02,891 YOU SEE WATER DROPLETS. 522 00:19:02,891 --> 00:19:04,426 REFUELLING STATIONS IS SOMETHING 523 00:19:04,426 --> 00:19:06,028 WE'RE DOING ON THE INTERNATIONAL 524 00:19:06,028 --> 00:19:07,095 SPACE STATION AND THAT'S GOING 525 00:19:07,095 --> 00:19:09,064 TO PLAY FORWARD TO OTHER 526 00:19:09,064 --> 00:19:10,532 SATELLITES AND GIVE US THE 527 00:19:10,532 --> 00:19:12,134 ABILITY TO REFUEL SATELLITES. 528 00:19:12,134 --> 00:19:13,969 HERE IS AN EXPLORATION PROJECT 529 00:19:13,969 --> 00:19:15,571 WHERE WE'RE TAKING PICTURES OF 530 00:19:15,571 --> 00:19:16,638 THE MOON. 531 00:19:16,638 --> 00:19:20,042 WE'LL BE ACTUALLY USING THE MOON 532 00:19:20,042 --> 00:19:22,377 FOR SOME NAVIGATIONAL TECHNIQUES 533 00:19:22,377 --> 00:19:28,784 WITH THE ORION SPACECRAFT. 534 00:19:28,784 --> 00:19:31,086 HERE YOU SEE THE SPACEX 16 535 00:19:31,086 --> 00:19:33,522 MISSION THAT WAS LAUNCHED. 536 00:19:33,522 --> 00:19:36,458 YOU THOUGHT HANS'S VIDEO WAS 537 00:19:36,458 --> 00:19:38,293 FAST. 538 00:19:38,293 --> 00:19:41,230 I FIGURED I COULD TOP THAT. 539 00:19:41,230 --> 00:19:41,663 [ LAUGHTER ] 540 00:19:41,663 --> 00:19:45,467 >> YOU SAW PICTURE OF 541 00:19:45,467 --> 00:19:47,502 VALENTINE'S DAY, AND HERE YOU 542 00:19:47,502 --> 00:19:49,705 HAVE A BONE MORROW EXPERIMENT, 543 00:19:49,705 --> 00:19:51,907 AND YOU CAN APPLY THAT TO PEOPLE 544 00:19:51,907 --> 00:19:54,376 WHO ARE IN BEDREST ON EARTH. 545 00:19:54,376 --> 00:19:57,412 SO WE'RE DOING EXPERIMENTS THAT 546 00:19:57,412 --> 00:19:59,748 DIRECTLY APPLIES TO PEOPLE HERE 547 00:19:59,748 --> 00:20:00,716 ON EARTH. 548 00:20:00,716 --> 00:20:02,517 SO WITH THAT -- YOU KNOW, THAT 549 00:20:02,517 --> 00:20:04,119 VIDEO SHOWS YOU THREE CREW 550 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:05,420 MEMBERS THAT ARE EXTREMELY 551 00:20:05,420 --> 00:20:06,054 HAPPY. 552 00:20:06,054 --> 00:20:07,923 IT'S A PLEASURE TO SEE THE 553 00:20:07,923 --> 00:20:10,425 SMILES ON THEIR FACE, TO WATCH 554 00:20:10,425 --> 00:20:12,694 THEM ON A DAILY BASIS. 555 00:20:12,694 --> 00:20:14,830 IT'S GOOD TO HAVE ANOTHER 556 00:20:14,830 --> 00:20:17,299 CANADIAN ASTRONAUT ON BOARD. 557 00:20:17,299 --> 00:20:19,301 JUST TODAY THERE WAS -- YOU 558 00:20:19,301 --> 00:20:20,669 PROBABLY HEARD A PRESS BRIEF 559 00:20:20,669 --> 00:20:22,204 WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF 560 00:20:22,204 --> 00:20:23,538 CANADA, WHERE THEY ANNOUNCED 561 00:20:23,538 --> 00:20:27,042 THEY WILL BE JOINING THE GATEWAY 562 00:20:27,042 --> 00:20:27,643 EXPLORATION PROGRAM. 563 00:20:27,643 --> 00:20:30,112 AND WE'RE USING SPACE STATION 564 00:20:30,112 --> 00:20:31,613 TODAY TO DO SCIENCE AND 565 00:20:31,613 --> 00:20:33,949 RESEARCH, AND USING IT TO 566 00:20:33,949 --> 00:20:39,922 LEAVE -- EVENTUALLY WE'LL LEAVE 567 00:20:39,922 --> 00:20:40,789 LOW-EARTH ORBIT. 568 00:20:40,789 --> 00:20:42,824 AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK 569 00:20:42,824 --> 00:20:43,492 YOU AGAIN. 570 00:20:43,492 --> 00:20:45,727 AND I'LL HAND IT OVER TO PAT. 571 00:20:45,727 --> 00:20:47,195 >> GREAT, THANKS, JOE. 572 00:20:47,195 --> 00:20:49,197 IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK AT KENNEDY 573 00:20:49,197 --> 00:20:50,699 SPACE CENTER, AND IT'S NOT JUST 574 00:20:50,699 --> 00:20:52,501 BECAUSE OF THE FINE PEOPLE AND 575 00:20:52,501 --> 00:20:55,370 THE EXCEPTIONAL FACILITIES, IT'S 576 00:20:55,370 --> 00:20:58,373 BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE I LEFT 577 00:20:58,373 --> 00:21:00,008 PLANET EARTH EACH TIME I WENT TO 578 00:21:00,008 --> 00:21:01,610 SPACE, AND THE PROSPECT OF BEING 579 00:21:01,610 --> 00:21:03,445 PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WILL 580 00:21:03,445 --> 00:21:06,048 ALLOW OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE 581 00:21:06,048 --> 00:21:07,783 ASTRONAUTS TO DO THAT AGAIN IS 582 00:21:07,783 --> 00:21:09,685 PRETTY EXCITING FOR ME. 583 00:21:09,685 --> 00:21:12,054 IT WILL BE MORE EXCITING WHEN WE 584 00:21:12,054 --> 00:21:14,623 COME BACK FOR DM 2. 585 00:21:14,623 --> 00:21:16,158 FOR THE TEST MISSION. 586 00:21:16,158 --> 00:21:17,793 BUT EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF 587 00:21:17,793 --> 00:21:19,394 PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, THERE'S 588 00:21:19,394 --> 00:21:20,963 STILL A LOT OF WORK THAT WE NEED 589 00:21:20,963 --> 00:21:23,031 TO DO, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD 590 00:21:23,031 --> 00:21:26,601 TO WORKING AS A TEAM WITH SPACEX 591 00:21:26,601 --> 00:21:27,536 TO GET THAT DONE. 592 00:21:27,536 --> 00:21:30,172 THE LAUNCH EARLY IN THE MORNING 593 00:21:30,172 --> 00:21:31,907 ON SATURDAY IS -- IS DEFINITELY 594 00:21:31,907 --> 00:21:33,475 A MILESTONE. 595 00:21:33,475 --> 00:21:34,876 THERE'S ANOTHER MILESTONE, AND 596 00:21:34,876 --> 00:21:36,745 WE HAVE TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE 597 00:21:36,745 --> 00:21:38,580 BIT, AND THAT'S ON SUNDAY WHEN 598 00:21:38,580 --> 00:21:41,249 THIS THING DOCKS TO THE 599 00:21:41,249 --> 00:21:41,950 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 600 00:21:41,950 --> 00:21:43,218 BECAUSE ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE 601 00:21:43,218 --> 00:21:46,088 ANY ASTRONAUTS ON DM 1. 602 00:21:46,088 --> 00:21:48,590 WE DO HAVE THEM ON THE SPACE 603 00:21:48,590 --> 00:21:49,024 STATION. 604 00:21:49,024 --> 00:21:59,735 WE HAVE THREE OF THEM. 605 00:21:59,735 --> 00:22:03,839 AND THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING AND 606 00:22:03,839 --> 00:22:04,906 TRAINING TO RECEIVE THIS 607 00:22:04,906 --> 00:22:08,643 VEHICLE, AND IT ALSO HELPS US TO 608 00:22:08,643 --> 00:22:10,679 REMIND THE RISKS INVOLVED, 609 00:22:10,679 --> 00:22:13,081 DESPITE THE FACT THERE IS NO ONE 610 00:22:13,081 --> 00:22:14,616 LAUNCHING, THERE IS ALWAYS HUMAN 611 00:22:14,616 --> 00:22:15,751 LIFE AT RISK. 612 00:22:15,751 --> 00:22:18,787 SO WE WANT TO STAY FOCUSED, 613 00:22:18,787 --> 00:22:20,322 VIGILANT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE 614 00:22:20,322 --> 00:22:21,957 DOWN THIS PATH THAT WE STARTED. 615 00:22:21,957 --> 00:22:23,592 I HEARD FROM ANN JUST BEFORE 616 00:22:23,592 --> 00:22:25,594 COMING OVER HERE TO THE PRESS 617 00:22:25,594 --> 00:22:28,196 SITE, AND -- TO ECHO HER WORDS 618 00:22:28,196 --> 00:22:30,399 SHE IS HUMBLED AND FEELS 619 00:22:30,399 --> 00:22:33,001 PRIVILEGED TO HAVE A FRONT ROW 620 00:22:33,001 --> 00:22:37,339 SEAT TO THIS HISTORIC EVENT. 621 00:22:37,339 --> 00:22:40,342 THEY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT 622 00:22:40,342 --> 00:22:44,413 ALL SPACEX CAN DO, AND WHERE WE 623 00:22:44,413 --> 00:22:46,982 GO WITH COMMERCIAL CREW. 624 00:22:46,982 --> 00:22:49,384 IN TWO SHORT WEEKS WE'LL BE OVER 625 00:22:49,384 --> 00:22:51,853 IN KAZAKHSTAN WITH THE RUSSIANS 626 00:22:51,853 --> 00:22:53,155 LAUNCHING ANOTHER CREW OF THREE, 627 00:22:53,155 --> 00:22:54,790 AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE 628 00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:56,691 HAVE HAD UP THERE MOST OF THE 629 00:22:56,691 --> 00:22:57,926 TIME IS SIX PEOPLE. 630 00:22:57,926 --> 00:23:00,395 AND ONCE WE START REGULAR FLYING 631 00:23:00,395 --> 00:23:01,897 CREW -- ON COMMERCIAL CREW, 632 00:23:01,897 --> 00:23:03,765 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY 633 00:23:03,765 --> 00:23:05,634 TO HAVE SEVEN CREW MEMBERS UP 634 00:23:05,634 --> 00:23:05,934 THERE. 635 00:23:05,934 --> 00:23:07,869 AND THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A BIG 636 00:23:07,869 --> 00:23:10,338 JUMP, BUT STATISTICS TELL US 637 00:23:10,338 --> 00:23:12,808 THAT HAVING ONE MORE CREW MEMBER 638 00:23:12,808 --> 00:23:14,676 UP THERE, WE CAN ALMOST DOUBLE 639 00:23:14,676 --> 00:23:16,845 THE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH THAT IS 640 00:23:16,845 --> 00:23:17,746 BEING DONE. 641 00:23:17,746 --> 00:23:19,214 THINK ABOUT BEING AT HOME. 642 00:23:19,214 --> 00:23:22,417 THERE IS A LOT OF MAINTENANCE 643 00:23:22,417 --> 00:23:24,386 REQUIRED ON THE SPACE STATION. 644 00:23:24,386 --> 00:23:27,589 HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU THOUGHT, 645 00:23:27,589 --> 00:23:29,658 IF I JUST HAD ONE MORE SET OF 646 00:23:29,658 --> 00:23:31,493 HANDS, I COULD GET WHAT I NEED 647 00:23:31,493 --> 00:23:31,793 DONE. 648 00:23:31,793 --> 00:23:33,562 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 649 00:23:33,562 --> 00:23:35,297 MOVING THAT DIRECTION, AND, 650 00:23:35,297 --> 00:23:38,366 AGAIN, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE 651 00:23:38,366 --> 00:23:38,667 HERE. 652 00:23:38,667 --> 00:23:41,570 >> THANK YOU, PAT. 653 00:23:41,570 --> 00:23:42,871 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 654 00:23:42,871 --> 00:23:44,239 WELL, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD 655 00:23:44,239 --> 00:23:45,740 ALREADY, I HAVE SOME PRETTY GOOD 656 00:23:45,740 --> 00:23:47,642 NEWS TO SHARE AS FAR AS THE 657 00:23:47,642 --> 00:23:49,878 WEATHER GOES DURING THE LAUNCH 658 00:23:49,878 --> 00:23:52,047 WINDOW EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. 659 00:23:52,047 --> 00:23:53,882 LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. 660 00:23:53,882 --> 00:23:55,684 LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO 661 00:23:55,684 --> 00:23:56,084 IMAGERY. 662 00:23:56,084 --> 00:23:56,918 THERE WE GO. 663 00:23:56,918 --> 00:23:58,520 FIRST I WANT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE 664 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,188 BIT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS 665 00:24:00,188 --> 00:24:02,891 SATELLITE IMAGERY, YOU'RE 666 00:24:02,891 --> 00:24:06,161 LOOKING AT AN INFRARED IMAGE, SO 667 00:24:06,161 --> 00:24:08,296 THE COLDER THE CLOUD TOPS THE 668 00:24:08,296 --> 00:24:11,032 HIGHER THE STORMS, ESSENTIALLY. 669 00:24:11,032 --> 00:24:13,502 SO YELLOW AND REDS, THOSE ARE 670 00:24:13,502 --> 00:24:15,036 HIGHER CLOUD TOPS. 671 00:24:15,036 --> 00:24:18,406 NOW WE HAVE A PRETTY MINOR 672 00:24:18,406 --> 00:24:21,977 DISTURBANCE LOCATED ACROSS THE 673 00:24:21,977 --> 00:24:24,379 FLORIDA PANHANDLE, AND IT IS 674 00:24:24,379 --> 00:24:26,581 SLOWLY SHIFTING TO THE EAST, AND 675 00:24:26,581 --> 00:24:28,083 THAT WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT 676 00:24:28,083 --> 00:24:29,284 TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW 677 00:24:29,284 --> 00:24:30,652 MORNING, AND ALL IT REALLY IS 678 00:24:30,652 --> 00:24:33,054 GOING TO DO IS SEND US SOME 679 00:24:33,054 --> 00:24:35,690 CLOUD COVER ACROSS THE AREA. 680 00:24:35,690 --> 00:24:36,324 ARRIVING LATE TONIGHT. 681 00:24:36,324 --> 00:24:38,193 AND IT IS GOING TO LINGER FOR 682 00:24:38,193 --> 00:24:40,095 MUCH OF THE DAY TOMORROW, BUT 683 00:24:40,095 --> 00:24:43,398 THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE SHOULD HAVE 684 00:24:43,398 --> 00:24:44,199 HIGH-PRESSURE BUILDING FROM 685 00:24:44,199 --> 00:24:46,902 SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE 686 00:24:46,902 --> 00:24:48,403 FLORIDA PENINSULA. 687 00:24:48,403 --> 00:24:49,538 IT'S A PRETTY WEAK 688 00:24:49,538 --> 00:24:49,971 HIGH-PRESSURE. 689 00:24:49,971 --> 00:24:51,606 BUT IT'S GOING TO BE JUST ENOUGH 690 00:24:51,606 --> 00:24:53,308 TO CLEAR OUR CLOUDS OUT OF THE 691 00:24:53,308 --> 00:24:57,112 WAY IN TIME FOR THE LAUNCH 692 00:24:57,112 --> 00:25:00,282 WINDOW AROUND 2:48 AM, AND WE'LL 693 00:25:00,282 --> 00:25:01,983 GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 694 00:25:01,983 --> 00:25:04,786 HERE IS THE FORECAST FOR YOUR 695 00:25:04,786 --> 00:25:08,190 LAUNCH -- YOUR LAUNCH -- YOUR 696 00:25:08,190 --> 00:25:10,091 PRIMARILY LAUNCH WINDOW 697 00:25:10,091 --> 00:25:12,027 ON -- LATE -- EARLY SATURDAY 698 00:25:12,027 --> 00:25:12,827 MORNING. 699 00:25:12,827 --> 00:25:15,630 WE'RE GOING FOR A PRETTY LIGHT 700 00:25:15,630 --> 00:25:17,032 WEST, SOUTHWESTERLY WIND. 701 00:25:17,032 --> 00:25:19,167 AT THE SERVICE, IT WILL BE MUCH 702 00:25:19,167 --> 00:25:23,338 LIGHTER THAN THAT, BUT UP AT 200 703 00:25:23,338 --> 00:25:25,073 FEET WHERE THE ROCKET EXTENDS 704 00:25:25,073 --> 00:25:29,444 TO, WE'RE EXPECTING 10 TO 15 705 00:25:29,444 --> 00:25:30,579 MILES PER HOUR. 706 00:25:30,579 --> 00:25:33,114 THE ONLY CONCERNS WE HAVE IS THE 707 00:25:33,114 --> 00:25:34,849 CUMULOUS CLOUD RULE FOR PERHAPS 708 00:25:34,849 --> 00:25:37,352 ANY LINGERING CLOUD COVER THAT 709 00:25:37,352 --> 00:25:38,954 DIDN'T CLEAR OUT ON TIME. 710 00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:42,157 WE'RE GOING WITH AN 80% GO FOR 711 00:25:42,157 --> 00:25:42,490 LAUNCH. 712 00:25:42,490 --> 00:25:45,660 AND FOR THE BACKUP WINDOW, LET'S 713 00:25:45,660 --> 00:25:47,529 GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 714 00:25:47,529 --> 00:25:50,498 THE DELAY WINDOW IS 72 HOURS 715 00:25:50,498 --> 00:25:50,799 AFTER. 716 00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:52,701 SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY EARLY 717 00:25:52,701 --> 00:25:54,135 TUESDAY MORNING FOR THIS. 718 00:25:54,135 --> 00:25:56,738 BECAUSE THIS IS MORE IN THE 719 00:25:56,738 --> 00:25:58,673 FUTURE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER 720 00:25:58,673 --> 00:26:01,109 TO NAIL DOWN WHAT THE WEATHER IS 721 00:26:01,109 --> 00:26:02,944 GOING TO BE, JUST BECAUSE 722 00:26:02,944 --> 00:26:04,412 [ INAUDIBLE ] DIVERGE A LOT AS 723 00:26:04,412 --> 00:26:06,848 WE GET INTO THE FUTURE. 724 00:26:06,848 --> 00:26:08,850 BUT WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT THERE 725 00:26:08,850 --> 00:26:11,386 IS GOING TO BE A FRONTAL 726 00:26:11,386 --> 00:26:13,221 BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY DURING 727 00:26:13,221 --> 00:26:14,122 THIS TIME. 728 00:26:14,122 --> 00:26:16,191 AND BECAUSE OF THAT, OUR 729 00:26:16,191 --> 00:26:17,325 PROBABILITIES ARE A LITTLE BIT 730 00:26:17,325 --> 00:26:19,661 MORE PESSIMISTICS. 731 00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:21,696 WE'RE ONLY GOING ABOUT 60% GO 732 00:26:21,696 --> 00:26:22,464 FOR LAUNCH. 733 00:26:22,464 --> 00:26:25,533 OUR PRIMARY CONCERNS ARE FLIGHT 734 00:26:25,533 --> 00:26:27,202 PRECIPITATION DURING THE 735 00:26:27,202 --> 00:26:29,237 SCENARIO, BUT WE ALSO CONTINUE 736 00:26:29,237 --> 00:26:31,640 TO HAVE CONCERNS FORKER THIS 737 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,908 CUMULOUS AND THICK-CLOUD RULES 738 00:26:33,908 --> 00:26:34,709 DURING THAT TIME. 739 00:26:34,709 --> 00:26:36,911 OUR WINDS LOOK TO BE PRETTY 740 00:26:36,911 --> 00:26:39,714 LIGHT DURING THAT TIME, 10 TO 15 741 00:26:39,714 --> 00:26:40,915 MILES PER HOUR WITH A 742 00:26:40,915 --> 00:26:42,517 TEMPERATURE OF 62 DEGREES. 743 00:26:42,517 --> 00:26:45,887 AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. 744 00:26:45,887 --> 00:26:47,489 ENJOY THE LAUNCH. 745 00:26:47,489 --> 00:26:50,225 >> WE'LL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS FROM 746 00:26:50,225 --> 00:26:51,693 YOU IN THE ROOM. 747 00:26:51,693 --> 00:26:53,395 WE ASK THAT EVERYONE KEEP IT TO 748 00:26:53,395 --> 00:26:54,396 ONE QUESTION ONLY. 749 00:26:54,396 --> 00:26:56,931 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND 750 00:26:56,931 --> 00:26:58,533 AFFILIATION, AND TO WHOM YOU ARE 751 00:26:58,533 --> 00:26:59,334 ADDRESSING YOUR QUESTION. 752 00:26:59,334 --> 00:27:01,369 SO WE'LL START WITH MARSHA. 753 00:27:01,369 --> 00:27:03,872 >> MARSHA DENNIS, ASSOCIATED 754 00:27:03,872 --> 00:27:04,973 PRESS FOR HANS. 755 00:27:04,973 --> 00:27:08,009 YOU USED THE WORD HISTORIC. 756 00:27:08,009 --> 00:27:09,978 THIS IS ALL BRAND NEW TERRITORY 757 00:27:09,978 --> 00:27:11,012 FOR SPACEX. 758 00:27:11,012 --> 00:27:13,915 COULD YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS 759 00:27:13,915 --> 00:27:15,650 MEANS TO THE TEAM -- YOUR TEAM, 760 00:27:15,650 --> 00:27:17,819 AND THE EMOTIONS THAT ARE GOING 761 00:27:17,819 --> 00:27:18,586 ON RIGHT NOW? 762 00:27:18,586 --> 00:27:21,489 AND I'M WONDERING IF SINCE LAST 763 00:27:21,489 --> 00:27:24,726 FRIDAY YOU HAVE GOTTEN WIND OF 764 00:27:24,726 --> 00:27:28,596 THE DRAGON RIDER'S NAME, THE 765 00:27:28,596 --> 00:27:29,297 MANNEQUIN'S NAME. 766 00:27:29,297 --> 00:27:31,466 >> OH, YEAH, GOOD. 767 00:27:31,466 --> 00:27:33,835 SPACEX WAS -- EARLY ON OUR GOAL 768 00:27:33,835 --> 00:27:37,005 WAS HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT AND 769 00:27:37,005 --> 00:27:38,273 OBVIOUSLY TOWARDS TOMORROW. 770 00:27:38,273 --> 00:27:42,377 SO THE HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT IS A 771 00:27:42,377 --> 00:27:44,412 CORE VALUE, A BUSINESS OF 772 00:27:44,412 --> 00:27:46,614 SPACEX, SO IT'S -- AND -- AND WE 773 00:27:46,614 --> 00:27:50,251 HAVE BEEN WORKING ON DEVELOPING 774 00:27:50,251 --> 00:27:53,288 ROCKETS AND SPACECRAFT FOR, GISZ 775 00:27:53,288 --> 00:27:56,624 CLOSE TO 17 YEARS BY NOW, AND 776 00:27:56,624 --> 00:27:58,693 THIS IS BASICALLY FOR -- FOR THE 777 00:27:58,693 --> 00:28:00,962 TEAM IT'S A CULMINATION OF WHAT 778 00:28:00,962 --> 00:28:04,265 WE WERE FOUNDED FOR TO SOME 779 00:28:04,265 --> 00:28:04,799 EXTENT, YEAH. 780 00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:07,369 THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO. 781 00:28:07,369 --> 00:28:09,204 EARLY DRAGON 1 HAD A WINDOW ON 782 00:28:09,204 --> 00:28:11,806 THE SIDE, AND THIS WAS CLEARLY, 783 00:28:11,806 --> 00:28:15,844 A -- A HINT TO EVERYBODY, WE 784 00:28:15,844 --> 00:28:17,779 WANT TO FLY HUMANS INTO SPACE, 785 00:28:17,779 --> 00:28:19,280 AND THIS IS OUR GOAL, THIS IS 786 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:20,982 WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY THERE. 787 00:28:20,982 --> 00:28:24,652 SO CLEARLY, SO FAR -- SUPER 788 00:28:24,652 --> 00:28:28,823 IMPORTANT FOR US, AND 789 00:28:28,823 --> 00:28:32,394 INCREDIBLE, I GUESS, BOTH 790 00:28:32,394 --> 00:28:33,762 IMPORTANT AND -- YEAH. 791 00:28:33,762 --> 00:28:35,597 IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS 792 00:28:35,597 --> 00:28:38,133 AND -- AND GET IT DONE RIGHT, 793 00:28:38,133 --> 00:28:40,602 AND -- AND CONTINUE THEN FLYING 794 00:28:40,602 --> 00:28:42,036 MORE AND MORE HUMAN MISSIONS 795 00:28:42,036 --> 00:28:44,038 OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. 796 00:28:44,038 --> 00:28:48,476 I'M ACTUALLY HUMBLED BY BEING AT 797 00:28:48,476 --> 00:28:50,111 THAT POINT AFTER ALMOST 17 YEARS 798 00:28:50,111 --> 00:28:52,414 OF -- OF WORKING -- WORKING 799 00:28:52,414 --> 00:28:54,582 THIS, IT'S A PRETTY -- IT'S 800 00:28:54,582 --> 00:28:57,385 PRETTY AMAZING TO DO THIS. 801 00:28:57,385 --> 00:28:59,120 AND WITH RESPECT TO THE -- WELL, 802 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:00,555 I SAID DUMMY. 803 00:29:00,555 --> 00:29:04,459 IT'S ACTUALLY A SMARTY, RIGHT? 804 00:29:04,459 --> 00:29:06,928 IT HAS LOTS OF SENSORS. 805 00:29:06,928 --> 00:29:08,897 AND HER NAME IS RIPLY. 806 00:29:08,897 --> 00:29:11,933 HER NAME IS RIPLY, YES. 807 00:29:11,933 --> 00:29:13,501 >> WHY? 808 00:29:13,501 --> 00:29:14,636 >> ALIEN. 809 00:29:14,636 --> 00:29:15,036 [ LAUGHTER ] 810 00:29:15,036 --> 00:29:19,307 >> LET'S GO TO BILL HARWOOD. 811 00:29:19,307 --> 00:29:21,209 >> BILL HARWOOD, CBS. 812 00:29:21,209 --> 00:29:24,179 CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF 813 00:29:24,179 --> 00:29:24,579 PERSPECTIVE. 814 00:29:24,579 --> 00:29:26,414 HANS MENTIONED THE FLIGHT 815 00:29:26,414 --> 00:29:28,349 TERMINATION SYSTEM GETS 816 00:29:28,349 --> 00:29:30,652 ACTIVATED AT 38 MINUTES. 817 00:29:30,652 --> 00:29:32,887 SO CAN YOU MAYBE GIVE US THE 818 00:29:32,887 --> 00:29:34,422 CREW'S PERSPECTIVE ON PUTTING 819 00:29:34,422 --> 00:29:36,324 THE ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD BEFORE 820 00:29:36,324 --> 00:29:37,959 FUELLING IN THE WAKE OF THE 821 00:29:37,959 --> 00:29:40,428 PROBLEMS IN THE PAST AND ALL OF 822 00:29:40,428 --> 00:29:42,397 THAT, AND THE LIKE TERMINATION 823 00:29:42,397 --> 00:29:44,365 SYSTEM, HOW COMFORTABLE YOU GUYS 824 00:29:44,365 --> 00:29:46,367 ARE WITH THAT WHOLE SEQUENCE? 825 00:29:46,367 --> 00:29:49,337 >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY THE SAFETY OF 826 00:29:49,337 --> 00:29:50,505 OUR CREW IS MOST IMPORTANT US 827 00:29:50,505 --> 00:29:53,475 TO, AND WORKING WITH SPACEX, 828 00:29:53,475 --> 00:29:55,677 UNDERSTANDING THIS PROCESS, AND 829 00:29:55,677 --> 00:29:57,345 THE REASON THEY DO IT, AND HOW 830 00:29:57,345 --> 00:30:00,281 THEY DO IT, WE CAME TO THE 831 00:30:00,281 --> 00:30:01,916 CONCLUSION THAT THIS WAS AN 832 00:30:01,916 --> 00:30:03,818 ACCEPTABLE RISK THAT WE WERE 833 00:30:03,818 --> 00:30:06,120 WILLING TO TAKE. 834 00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:08,756 I CAN TURN IT OVER TO KATHY IF I 835 00:30:08,756 --> 00:30:09,524 NEED TO. 836 00:30:09,524 --> 00:30:11,459 BUT WE -- WE GOT COMFORTABLE 837 00:30:11,459 --> 00:30:12,427 WITH IT. 838 00:30:12,427 --> 00:30:14,362 WE WOULD NOT BE DOING IT IF IT 839 00:30:14,362 --> 00:30:16,698 WAS NOT WHAT WE AGREED TO. 840 00:30:16,698 --> 00:30:18,833 >> ANYTHING SPECIFIC -- 841 00:30:18,833 --> 00:30:21,035 >> THE TERM FLIGHT TERMINATION 842 00:30:21,035 --> 00:30:21,803 MEANS SOMETHING ELSE. 843 00:30:21,803 --> 00:30:24,405 YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE LAUNCH 844 00:30:24,405 --> 00:30:26,474 ESCAPE SYSTEM. 845 00:30:26,474 --> 00:30:29,744 THE LAUNCH TERMINATION SYSTEM 846 00:30:29,744 --> 00:30:32,814 STOPS THE LAUNCH, AND THE 847 00:30:32,814 --> 00:30:35,316 TERMINATION SYSTEM SAVES THE 848 00:30:35,316 --> 00:30:35,717 ASTRONAUTS. 849 00:30:35,717 --> 00:30:36,217 >> OKAY. 850 00:30:36,217 --> 00:30:38,186 I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT, 851 00:30:38,186 --> 00:30:38,586 THEN. 852 00:30:38,586 --> 00:30:40,622 WHAT THE HECK. 853 00:30:40,622 --> 00:30:41,022 [ LAUGHTER ] 854 00:30:41,022 --> 00:30:42,624 >> IRENE [ INAUDIBLE ] WITH 855 00:30:42,624 --> 00:30:43,758 AVIATION WEEK. 856 00:30:43,758 --> 00:30:45,927 MAYBE FOR JOEL, WHAT WAS THE 857 00:30:45,927 --> 00:30:47,896 RESOLUTION OF THE ISSUE THAT THE 858 00:30:47,896 --> 00:30:49,764 RUSSIANS HAD WITH THE DRAGON 859 00:30:49,764 --> 00:30:51,799 FLIGHT COMPUTER NOT HAVING A 860 00:30:51,799 --> 00:30:55,837 BACKUP OR A SEPARATE BOX FOR 861 00:30:55,837 --> 00:30:56,237 APPROACH? 862 00:30:56,237 --> 00:30:58,273 AND ALSO IF THERE WERE ANY 863 00:30:58,273 --> 00:30:59,707 VARIANCES THAT NEEDED TO BE 864 00:30:59,707 --> 00:31:01,009 GRANTED FOR THIS FLIGHT? 865 00:31:01,009 --> 00:31:04,445 I GUESS THAT WOULD BE FOR KATHY. 866 00:31:04,445 --> 00:31:04,779 THANKS. 867 00:31:04,779 --> 00:31:06,714 >> I'LL TAKE THE FIRST QUESTION. 868 00:31:06,714 --> 00:31:10,318 WE AGREED WITH COSMOS YESTERDAY 869 00:31:10,318 --> 00:31:13,187 ON THE PROTOCOL OF THE APPROACH 870 00:31:13,187 --> 00:31:14,188 ACTUALLY THROUGH DISCUSSIONS 871 00:31:14,188 --> 00:31:16,224 WITH THEM, EXPLAINING THE STEPS 872 00:31:16,224 --> 00:31:18,092 THAT SPACEX HAS TAKEN IN ORDER 873 00:31:18,092 --> 00:31:20,428 TO ASSURE SAFETY, THEY ASKED FOR 874 00:31:20,428 --> 00:31:22,430 ADDITIONAL STEPS, WHAT WOULD 875 00:31:22,430 --> 00:31:24,365 HAPPEN, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A VERY 876 00:31:24,365 --> 00:31:25,633 REMOTE CASE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN 877 00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:27,468 IF IT WERE TO HAPPEN, AND THEY 878 00:31:27,468 --> 00:31:30,438 WANTED US TO TAKE STEPS WHERE WE 879 00:31:30,438 --> 00:31:32,574 WOULD PROTECT THE SPACE STATION, 880 00:31:32,574 --> 00:31:35,476 HAVE THE CREW READY TO GO, WING 881 00:31:35,476 --> 00:31:36,711 AGREED TO DO THAT. 882 00:31:36,711 --> 00:31:38,880 WE WORKED THAT WITH THE CREW, 883 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,882 AND IF YOU WERE TO HAVE THIS 884 00:31:40,882 --> 00:31:43,017 REMOTE FAILURE -- SO EVERYTHING 885 00:31:43,017 --> 00:31:44,919 IS WORKING FINE. 886 00:31:44,919 --> 00:31:48,890 WE HAVE GATES THAT SAYS THE 887 00:31:48,890 --> 00:31:49,891 SPACECRAFT HAS TO MEET THESE 888 00:31:49,891 --> 00:31:52,427 GATES IN ORDER TO GO FORWARD. 889 00:31:52,427 --> 00:31:54,062 SO EVERYTHING IS WORKING, AND IF 890 00:31:54,062 --> 00:31:57,532 YOU HAD THIS FAILURE, WE WOULD 891 00:31:57,532 --> 00:31:59,467 TAKE THESE EXTRA MEASURES. 892 00:31:59,467 --> 00:32:01,836 SO THEY ARE FINALIZING THE 893 00:32:01,836 --> 00:32:03,271 PROCEDURES TODAY, AND THEY 894 00:32:03,271 --> 00:32:05,974 AGREED AND CONCURRED WITH THE 895 00:32:05,974 --> 00:32:08,376 LAUNCH AND DOCKING. 896 00:32:08,376 --> 00:32:10,778 >> SO THERE'S -- YOU KNOW, 897 00:32:10,778 --> 00:32:12,313 THERE'S REALLY TWO SETS OF 898 00:32:12,313 --> 00:32:14,015 REQUIREMENTS THAT GOVERN THIS 899 00:32:14,015 --> 00:32:14,382 MISSION. 900 00:32:14,382 --> 00:32:16,718 THE -- THE MOST IMPORTANT SET 901 00:32:16,718 --> 00:32:18,686 REALLY IS THE -- WHAT WE CALL 902 00:32:18,686 --> 00:32:21,990 THE 508 [ INAUDIBLE ], WHICH WAS 903 00:32:21,990 --> 00:32:22,957 IS THE VEHICLE REQUIREMENT THAT 904 00:32:22,957 --> 00:32:24,859 THE STATION IS DEFINED FOR ALL 905 00:32:24,859 --> 00:32:26,894 VEHICLES COMING TO THE 906 00:32:26,894 --> 00:32:28,963 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 907 00:32:28,963 --> 00:32:31,833 ALL VEHICLES HAVE VARIANCES TO 908 00:32:31,833 --> 00:32:33,735 THOSE REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THEY 909 00:32:33,735 --> 00:32:35,870 ARE TAILORED FOR PARTICULAR 910 00:32:35,870 --> 00:32:38,306 VEHICLES, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, 911 00:32:38,306 --> 00:32:39,607 IRENE, BOTH PROGRAMS HAVE GONE 912 00:32:39,607 --> 00:32:41,175 THROUGH AND ASSESSED THE 913 00:32:41,175 --> 00:32:43,378 VARIANCES AND ACCEPTED IT, AND 914 00:32:43,378 --> 00:32:45,013 LIKE KIRK TALKED ABOUT LAST 915 00:32:45,013 --> 00:32:47,482 FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE -- WE 916 00:32:47,482 --> 00:32:49,684 UNDERSTAND THE RISKS, AND HAVE 917 00:32:49,684 --> 00:32:51,152 ACCEPTED THEM AND CLOSED THEM 918 00:32:51,152 --> 00:32:56,691 OUT FOR THESE FLIGHTS. 919 00:32:56,691 --> 00:32:57,258 >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. 920 00:32:57,258 --> 00:33:00,061 >> I MEAN, WE CAN -- WE CAN -- I 921 00:33:00,061 --> 00:33:02,997 DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE LIST OF 922 00:33:02,997 --> 00:33:05,333 VARIANCES OFF OF THE TOP OF MY 923 00:33:05,333 --> 00:33:06,834 HEAD, BUT I MEAN -- THERE'S 924 00:33:06,834 --> 00:33:09,003 ALWAYS TAILORING THAT IS 925 00:33:09,003 --> 00:33:09,370 INVOLVED. 926 00:33:09,370 --> 00:33:12,240 AND THERE'S -- THERE'S ALWAYS 927 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:15,076 SPECIFIC LIMITS FOR EACH SYSTEM, 928 00:33:15,076 --> 00:33:16,644 BUT OVERALL, I DON'T KNOW 929 00:33:16,644 --> 00:33:19,247 THERE'S NO COMPROMISE ON THE 930 00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:21,616 CREW SAFETY AND ASSESSMENT OF 931 00:33:21,616 --> 00:33:21,916 THAT. 932 00:33:21,916 --> 00:33:23,851 SO ALL OF OUR BASIC REQUIREMENTS 933 00:33:23,851 --> 00:33:26,087 HAVE TO BE MET FROM A CREW'S 934 00:33:26,087 --> 00:33:28,056 SAFETY PERSPECTIVE AND ASSESSED 935 00:33:28,056 --> 00:33:30,091 WITH -- WITH THE -- THE 936 00:33:30,091 --> 00:33:33,094 TAILORING AND THE RISK 937 00:33:33,094 --> 00:33:35,496 ACCEPTANCE IN EACH OF THOSE 938 00:33:35,496 --> 00:33:35,897 STATEMENTS. 939 00:33:35,897 --> 00:33:37,965 I -- I CAN'T GIVE YOU -- I 940 00:33:37,965 --> 00:33:40,802 MEAN -- OFF OF THE TOP OF MY 941 00:33:40,802 --> 00:33:42,970 HEAD, ALL OF THE VARIANCES. 942 00:33:42,970 --> 00:33:44,972 I WOULD BE A VERY SMART PROGRAM 943 00:33:44,972 --> 00:33:46,441 MANAGER, AND I NEED TO WORK ON 944 00:33:46,441 --> 00:33:49,143 THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, SO. 945 00:33:49,143 --> 00:33:52,113 >> OKAY. 946 00:33:52,113 --> 00:33:52,447 CHRIS. 947 00:33:52,447 --> 00:33:56,784 CHRIS DAVENPORT. 948 00:33:56,784 --> 00:33:59,087 >> CHRIS DAVENPORT FROM "THE 949 00:33:59,087 --> 00:33:59,587 WASHINGTON POST." 950 00:33:59,587 --> 00:34:02,857 AT THE BRIEFING ON FRIDAY, THEY 951 00:34:02,857 --> 00:34:04,225 TALKED ABOUT SOME PROBLEM WITH 952 00:34:04,225 --> 00:34:06,394 THE -- THE THRUSTERS ON THE 953 00:34:06,394 --> 00:34:08,429 DRAGON, AND I SORT OF -- DIDN'T 954 00:34:08,429 --> 00:34:09,197 QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 955 00:34:09,197 --> 00:34:11,432 PROBLEM WAS, OR HOW YOU WERE 956 00:34:11,432 --> 00:34:14,402 GOING TO MITIGATE THAT FOR THIS 957 00:34:14,402 --> 00:34:14,736 FLIGHT. 958 00:34:14,736 --> 00:34:15,970 BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME 959 00:34:15,970 --> 00:34:16,771 I HEARD ABOUT THAT. 960 00:34:16,771 --> 00:34:20,074 I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD 961 00:34:20,074 --> 00:34:20,842 MAYBE UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE 962 00:34:20,842 --> 00:34:22,043 BIT BETTER. 963 00:34:22,043 --> 00:34:23,811 >> I CAN TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE 964 00:34:23,811 --> 00:34:24,979 BIT, BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN 965 00:34:24,979 --> 00:34:26,614 WORKING AS A JOINT TEAM ON IT. 966 00:34:26,614 --> 00:34:29,550 I THINK THERE WAS -- YOU KNOW, 967 00:34:29,550 --> 00:34:30,885 WE ALWAYS LEARN ABOUT -- ABOUT 968 00:34:30,885 --> 00:34:34,989 THE VEHICLES, AND THE SPACEX 969 00:34:34,989 --> 00:34:38,126 FOLKS HAVE GOT TO THERMAL VAC 970 00:34:38,126 --> 00:34:39,861 TESTING LAST SUMMER, AND WHEN 971 00:34:39,861 --> 00:34:41,028 YOU UNDERSTAND HOW THE VEHICLE 972 00:34:41,028 --> 00:34:44,532 IS GOING TO OPERATE, THEY ARE 973 00:34:44,532 --> 00:34:46,768 APPLYING THAT THERMAL 974 00:34:46,768 --> 00:34:50,071 ENVIRONMENT TO THEIR DRAKECO 975 00:34:50,071 --> 00:34:51,906 TESTING, AND FOR THE FULL 976 00:34:51,906 --> 00:34:52,840 ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WERE 977 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:54,475 EXPECTING THIS MISSION TO BE 978 00:34:54,475 --> 00:34:57,779 ORIGINALLY OPERATED IN, THE 979 00:34:57,779 --> 00:35:02,150 DRACOS DIDN'T LIKE THOSE -- THAT 980 00:35:02,150 --> 00:35:02,583 ENVIRONMENT. 981 00:35:02,583 --> 00:35:03,785 THEY WEREN'T OPERATING THAT 982 00:35:03,785 --> 00:35:04,085 WELL. 983 00:35:04,085 --> 00:35:06,954 SO WHAT NASA AND SPACEX HAVE 984 00:35:06,954 --> 00:35:09,357 DONE IS WORKED ON DEVELOPING AN 985 00:35:09,357 --> 00:35:10,024 OPERATIONAL MISSION THAT 986 00:35:10,024 --> 00:35:13,227 CONSTRAINS THE OPERATING 987 00:35:13,227 --> 00:35:14,595 TEMPERATURE THAT THOSE THRUSTERS 988 00:35:14,595 --> 00:35:15,763 THEN HAVE TO WORK WITHIN, 989 00:35:15,763 --> 00:35:18,666 AND -- AND TO BE ABLE TO SAFELY 990 00:35:18,666 --> 00:35:19,500 ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION. 991 00:35:19,500 --> 00:35:21,636 SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY -- IT'S 992 00:35:21,636 --> 00:35:23,237 ANOTHER PLACE, YOU LEARN, WE'RE 993 00:35:23,237 --> 00:35:25,173 TAKING THAT LEARNING, AND WE'LL 994 00:35:25,173 --> 00:35:27,642 APPLY THAT LEARNING TO THE 995 00:35:27,642 --> 00:35:29,777 CREWED DRAGON, AND WE'LL BE 996 00:35:29,777 --> 00:35:31,345 APPLYING HEATERS TO THE LINES 997 00:35:31,345 --> 00:35:33,781 AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS TO 998 00:35:33,781 --> 00:35:36,184 MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE DM 2 999 00:35:36,184 --> 00:35:38,553 MISSION, WE'RE NOT HAVING TO CON 1000 00:35:38,553 --> 00:35:40,588 STAIN THE MISSION IN THE SAME 1001 00:35:40,588 --> 00:35:41,255 WAY. 1002 00:35:41,255 --> 00:35:43,391 HOPEFULLY WE EXPLAINED IT A 1003 00:35:43,391 --> 00:35:45,426 LITTLE BIT BETTER THE SECOND 1004 00:35:45,426 --> 00:35:46,294 TIME AROUND. 1005 00:35:46,294 --> 00:35:48,796 >> QUESTION RIGHT HERE. 1006 00:35:48,796 --> 00:35:49,864 KEN CRAMER. 1007 00:35:49,864 --> 00:35:51,132 >> Reporter: HI, THANKS. 1008 00:35:51,132 --> 00:35:53,467 KEN CRAMER FOR SPACE UP CLOSE 1009 00:35:53,467 --> 00:35:54,502 ROCKET STEM. 1010 00:35:54,502 --> 00:35:56,604 FIRST, GOOD LUCK ON EVERYTHING. 1011 00:35:56,604 --> 00:35:59,874 IT IS A VERY EXCITING DAY, LIKE 1012 00:35:59,874 --> 00:36:02,310 YOU SAID. 1013 00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:05,046 HANS CAN YOU TELL US HOW CLOSE 1014 00:36:05,046 --> 00:36:08,082 THE DEMO 2 IS GOING TO BE THIS 1015 00:36:08,082 --> 00:36:08,449 DEMO-1. 1016 00:36:08,449 --> 00:36:10,284 ARE THERE SOME SYSTEMS YOU STILL 1017 00:36:10,284 --> 00:36:14,288 NEED TO WORK ON AND ADD FOR THE 1018 00:36:14,288 --> 00:36:15,489 DEMO-2 CAPSULE? 1019 00:36:15,489 --> 00:36:15,823 THANKS. 1020 00:36:15,823 --> 00:36:18,626 >> I WOULD SAY THE SYSTEMS ARE 1021 00:36:18,626 --> 00:36:20,695 VERY SIMILAR, BUT THERE IS STILL 1022 00:36:20,695 --> 00:36:21,696 WORK TO BE DONE. 1023 00:36:21,696 --> 00:36:24,832 YOU MENTIONED LIFE SUPPORT, THE 1024 00:36:24,832 --> 00:36:28,236 SYSTEM ON DEMO-2 ARE SLIGHTLY 1025 00:36:28,236 --> 00:36:30,938 BIGGER, BUT IT'S THE SAME 1026 00:36:30,938 --> 00:36:31,572 COMPONENTS, FOR EXAMPLE. 1027 00:36:31,572 --> 00:36:33,608 THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPONENTS 1028 00:36:33,608 --> 00:36:37,545 IS GOING TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME, 1029 00:36:37,545 --> 00:36:41,515 BUT, THEN, AGAIN, FOR EXAMPLE, 1030 00:36:41,515 --> 00:36:43,217 CERTAIN SOFTWARE WILL CONTINUE 1031 00:36:43,217 --> 00:36:46,320 TO BE DEVELOPED, AND CERTAIN 1032 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:47,688 TESTS WILL BE -- YOU KNOW, 1033 00:36:47,688 --> 00:36:49,523 LIKE -- LIKE ON THE HEATER 1034 00:36:49,523 --> 00:36:51,525 SYSTEM THAT THAT ALSO OBVIOUSLY 1035 00:36:51,525 --> 00:36:53,527 NEEDS TO BE -- NEEDS TO BE 1036 00:36:53,527 --> 00:36:55,429 TESTED AND THEN -- AND THEN 1037 00:36:55,429 --> 00:36:57,064 VERIFIED THAT IT ACTUALLY DOES 1038 00:36:57,064 --> 00:36:58,366 THE JOB PROPERLY. 1039 00:36:58,366 --> 00:36:59,934 SO THAT'S -- I WOULD SAY A LOT 1040 00:36:59,934 --> 00:37:02,470 OF DETAIL THAT WE HAVE TO WORK 1041 00:37:02,470 --> 00:37:04,639 THROUGH, BUT IN -- IN GENERAL, 1042 00:37:04,639 --> 00:37:06,908 THAT -- THAT IS THE SAME -- SAME 1043 00:37:06,908 --> 00:37:08,109 VEHICLE OVERALL. 1044 00:37:08,109 --> 00:37:10,411 >> I THINK THERE'S TWO DRIVERS, 1045 00:37:10,411 --> 00:37:13,347 ONE WAS WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE 1046 00:37:13,347 --> 00:37:13,881 UNCREWED MISSION. 1047 00:37:13,881 --> 00:37:16,083 SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE 1048 00:37:16,083 --> 00:37:16,651 OBJECTIVES, RIGHT? 1049 00:37:16,651 --> 00:37:19,787 SO BECAUSE THIS IS NOT REUSED, 1050 00:37:19,787 --> 00:37:21,989 WE WORKED WITH SPACEX ON WHICH 1051 00:37:21,989 --> 00:37:23,991 PARTS OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD BE ON 1052 00:37:23,991 --> 00:37:25,226 BOARD, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A 1053 00:37:25,226 --> 00:37:26,994 CREW ON BOARD, RIGHT? 1054 00:37:26,994 --> 00:37:29,964 SO WHAT -- WHAT PART OF THE 1055 00:37:29,964 --> 00:37:32,099 ECOSYSTEM DO WE NEED TO HAVE ON 1056 00:37:32,099 --> 00:37:33,868 BOARD TO BE ABLE TO COLLECT THE 1057 00:37:33,868 --> 00:37:35,436 DATA TO MAKE SURE WE CAN USE 1058 00:37:35,436 --> 00:37:38,572 THAT DATA TO APPLY TO THE NEXT 1059 00:37:38,572 --> 00:37:38,940 MISSION. 1060 00:37:38,940 --> 00:37:40,174 AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE 1061 00:37:40,174 --> 00:37:42,743 ONE -- ONE DIFFERENCE, AND THEN 1062 00:37:42,743 --> 00:37:44,645 THE OTHER DIFFERENCE IS, 1063 00:37:44,645 --> 00:37:46,080 OBVIOUSLY IF WE FOUND THINGS 1064 00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,015 LATE IN TESTING THAT WE WANT TO 1065 00:37:48,015 --> 00:37:52,954 CHANGE AND IMPROVE ON FOR DM-2, 1066 00:37:52,954 --> 00:37:54,555 OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WORKING AND 1067 00:37:54,555 --> 00:37:56,958 SPACEX IS WORKING TO MAKE THE 1068 00:37:56,958 --> 00:37:58,893 DM-2 BETTER. 1069 00:37:58,893 --> 00:38:02,430 SO THERE'S TWO CATEGORIES. 1070 00:38:02,430 --> 00:38:03,998 THE STUFF THAT WE DIDN'T NEED 1071 00:38:03,998 --> 00:38:06,600 BECAUSE IT IS NOT CREWED. 1072 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:10,037 YOU DON'T NEED, OBVIOUSLY CREWED 1073 00:38:10,037 --> 00:38:11,872 INTERFACES UNLESS RIPLY IS GOING 1074 00:38:11,872 --> 00:38:14,308 TO START FLYING THE VEHICLE. 1075 00:38:14,308 --> 00:38:15,710 AND THE SECOND PEACE IS THE 1076 00:38:15,710 --> 00:38:17,712 STUFF THAT WE FOUND IN THE LAST 1077 00:38:17,712 --> 00:38:20,915 SIX TO NINE MONTHS THAT THE 1078 00:38:20,915 --> 00:38:22,183 CAPSULE HAD BEEN BASICALLY DONE, 1079 00:38:22,183 --> 00:38:24,452 BUT WE'RE APPLYING THAT LEARNING 1080 00:38:24,452 --> 00:38:26,253 TO THE DM-2 VEHICLE. 1081 00:38:26,253 --> 00:38:28,122 >> AND LOOKING FORWARD, 1082 00:38:28,122 --> 00:38:29,623 OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT, 1083 00:38:29,623 --> 00:38:32,760 SO WE WILL LEARN THINGS, AND WE 1084 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:34,662 WILL GATHER THE EXPERIENCE OF 1085 00:38:34,662 --> 00:38:36,931 OUR SUBSYSTEMS AND WE MIGHT FIND 1086 00:38:36,931 --> 00:38:40,034 SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE TO BE 1087 00:38:40,034 --> 00:38:41,569 APPLIED FOR DEMO-2. 1088 00:38:41,569 --> 00:38:43,037 SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF 1089 00:38:43,037 --> 00:38:44,038 THAT HAPPENS. 1090 00:38:44,038 --> 00:38:45,339 WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES. 1091 00:38:45,339 --> 00:38:46,841 >> BUT ANY CHANGES YOU MIGHT 1092 00:38:46,841 --> 00:38:49,377 NEED TO MAKE, YOU WOULD STILL 1093 00:38:49,377 --> 00:38:51,379 THINK YOU WOULD MAKE THE JULY 1094 00:38:51,379 --> 00:38:51,712 TARGET? 1095 00:38:51,712 --> 00:38:54,281 >> IT DEPENDS ON HOW -- HOW IT 1096 00:38:54,281 --> 00:38:56,250 GOES, BUT IF WE FIND -- I MEAN, 1097 00:38:56,250 --> 00:38:59,353 THAT'S REALLY A LOT OF INGENUITY 1098 00:38:59,353 --> 00:39:01,689 IN BOTH TEAMS HERE. 1099 00:39:01,689 --> 00:39:03,124 FOR EXAMPLE THAT THRUSTER THING 1100 00:39:03,124 --> 00:39:04,892 THAT WE FOUND, I THINK THE 1101 00:39:04,892 --> 00:39:05,893 SOLUTION IS REALLY GREAT, 1102 00:39:05,893 --> 00:39:08,496 AND -- AND WE WORKED THIS 1103 00:39:08,496 --> 00:39:09,930 THROUGH IN RELATIVELY SHORT 1104 00:39:09,930 --> 00:39:10,398 TIME. 1105 00:39:10,398 --> 00:39:12,033 SO IF IT'S SOMETHING SIMILAR 1106 00:39:12,033 --> 00:39:15,403 LIKE THAT, I WOULD EXPECT US TO 1107 00:39:15,403 --> 00:39:16,670 FIND A SIMILAR OPERATIONAL 1108 00:39:16,670 --> 00:39:18,205 SOLUTION HERE. 1109 00:39:18,205 --> 00:39:20,141 >> WE'LL TAKE ONE LAST QUESTION 1110 00:39:20,141 --> 00:39:22,576 BEFORE GOING TO THE SOUND 1111 00:39:22,576 --> 00:39:22,910 BRIDGE. 1112 00:39:22,910 --> 00:39:24,612 >> HI, JEFF [ INAUDIBLE ] SPACE 1113 00:39:24,612 --> 00:39:24,912 NEWS. 1114 00:39:24,912 --> 00:39:26,647 FOR HANS CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW 1115 00:39:26,647 --> 00:39:29,283 THE APPROACH TO CREW DRAGON TO 1116 00:39:29,283 --> 00:39:31,752 ISS IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TO 1117 00:39:31,752 --> 00:39:32,420 THE [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1118 00:39:32,420 --> 00:39:33,854 >> THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT 1119 00:39:33,854 --> 00:39:35,156 QUESTION, ACTUALLY. 1120 00:39:35,156 --> 00:39:37,458 SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT 1121 00:39:37,458 --> 00:39:38,993 APPROACHES -- TWO FUNDAMENTALLY 1122 00:39:38,993 --> 00:39:42,163 DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO THE ISS, 1123 00:39:42,163 --> 00:39:48,335 ONE IS THE R-VERB, AND THE 1124 00:39:48,335 --> 00:39:48,669 V-VERB. 1125 00:39:48,669 --> 00:39:52,106 AND THE DRAGON -- DRAGON 1 ONE 1126 00:39:52,106 --> 00:39:53,174 CLIMBING UP THE [ INAUDIBLE ] 1127 00:39:53,174 --> 00:39:55,476 AND HOVERING BASICALLY UNDER THE 1128 00:39:55,476 --> 00:39:57,478 ISS, AND I SHOWED THE VIDEO LAST 1129 00:39:57,478 --> 00:39:59,080 TIME, TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE 1130 00:39:59,080 --> 00:39:59,380 THAT. 1131 00:39:59,380 --> 00:40:00,581 BECAUSE YOU CAN REALLY SEE HOW 1132 00:40:00,581 --> 00:40:02,750 IT ACTUALLY MOVES BACK AND FORTH 1133 00:40:02,750 --> 00:40:05,019 IN ITS BOX, AND THEN THE ARM 1134 00:40:05,019 --> 00:40:07,755 COMES AND GRABS IT, AND MOVES IT 1135 00:40:07,755 --> 00:40:08,889 OVER TO A PORT. 1136 00:40:08,889 --> 00:40:10,825 THIS ONE, HOWEVER, IS DIFFERENT. 1137 00:40:10,825 --> 00:40:12,827 THIS ONE IS ACTIVE IN A WAY THAT 1138 00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:14,562 IT WILL SIT -- IT WILL CLIMB UP 1139 00:40:14,562 --> 00:40:15,996 IN FRONT OF THE STATION, AND 1140 00:40:15,996 --> 00:40:18,232 THEN APPROACH THE STATION FROM 1141 00:40:18,232 --> 00:40:21,569 THE VELOCITY VECTOR AND USE A 1142 00:40:21,569 --> 00:40:23,471 DOCKING PORT ON ITS OWN. 1143 00:40:23,471 --> 00:40:25,406 THERE'S NO ARM REQUIRED, WHICH 1144 00:40:25,406 --> 00:40:26,574 IS -- YOU KNOW, A LITTLE 1145 00:40:26,574 --> 00:40:28,509 BIT -- I GUESS FOR THE OVERALL 1146 00:40:28,509 --> 00:40:29,910 MISSION, LESS PARTS ARE NEEDED, 1147 00:40:29,910 --> 00:40:31,979 SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE 1148 00:40:31,979 --> 00:40:33,747 RELIABLE WHEN IT IS WORKED OUT, 1149 00:40:33,747 --> 00:40:36,250 ON THE OTHER SIDE, IT'S A VERY 1150 00:40:36,250 --> 00:40:40,387 DIFFERENT DYNAMIC APPROACH 1151 00:40:40,387 --> 00:40:44,792 THAN -- THAN THE R-VER, AND THE 1152 00:40:44,792 --> 00:40:48,162 V-VER YOU HAVE TO ACCELERATE TO 1153 00:40:48,162 --> 00:40:49,296 GET TO THE STATION. 1154 00:40:49,296 --> 00:40:53,234 VERSUS THE R-VER, YOU WOULD 1155 00:40:53,234 --> 00:40:54,935 SLOWLY MOVE AWAY FROM THE 1156 00:40:54,935 --> 00:40:55,269 STATION. 1157 00:40:55,269 --> 00:40:56,904 SO IT'S A DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY. 1158 00:40:56,904 --> 00:40:59,940 I -- I GUESS AT THEN OF THE DAY, 1159 00:40:59,940 --> 00:41:03,444 WE WILL USE ALL DIFFERENT 1160 00:41:03,444 --> 00:41:06,881 METHODS FOR -- FOR, YOU KNOW, 1161 00:41:06,881 --> 00:41:14,922 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT HERE. 1162 00:41:14,922 --> 00:41:16,490 >> ON THE APPROACH AS THE 1163 00:41:16,490 --> 00:41:19,360 VEHICLE COMES CLOSER, THE CREWS 1164 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,363 WILL TEST THE RETREAT COMMAND, 1165 00:41:22,363 --> 00:41:24,532 THE VEHICLE WILL MOVE BACK OUT 1166 00:41:24,532 --> 00:41:27,368 TO ABOUT 180 METERS OR SO, AND 1167 00:41:27,368 --> 00:41:28,802 SIT THERE FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES. 1168 00:41:28,802 --> 00:41:30,371 THIS IS ALL PART OF THE TESTING 1169 00:41:30,371 --> 00:41:32,306 WE DO TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF 1170 00:41:32,306 --> 00:41:34,108 THE SPACE STATION. 1171 00:41:34,108 --> 00:41:37,077 IT WILL BE COMMANDED IN, AND DO 1172 00:41:37,077 --> 00:41:38,646 ONE MORE STOP FOR ABOUT 20 1173 00:41:38,646 --> 00:41:39,113 MINUTES. 1174 00:41:39,113 --> 00:41:40,915 JUST TO DO TESTING, MAKE SURE 1175 00:41:40,915 --> 00:41:43,584 EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO, AND 1176 00:41:43,584 --> 00:41:45,553 THEN COME IN FOR DOCKING. 1177 00:41:45,553 --> 00:41:48,822 SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH SPACEX 1178 00:41:48,822 --> 00:41:51,992 AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS. 1179 00:41:51,992 --> 00:41:54,562 >> WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE 1180 00:41:54,562 --> 00:41:59,700 PHONE AND WE HAVE ERIC BERG FOR 1181 00:41:59,700 --> 00:42:00,467 [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1182 00:42:00,467 --> 00:42:07,474 >> -- BEST PLANS WHEN THIS 1183 00:42:07,474 --> 00:42:09,944 DRAGON DOCKS UP ON STATION -- 1184 00:42:09,944 --> 00:42:12,413 >> SO RIGHT NOW THE PLAN IS THAT 1185 00:42:12,413 --> 00:42:15,282 HATCH OPENING WILL BE ABOUT 2:45 1186 00:42:15,282 --> 00:42:16,183 AFTER DOCKING. 1187 00:42:16,183 --> 00:42:18,219 THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE 1188 00:42:18,219 --> 00:42:20,588 SCHEDULED IS THE CREW WILL DO 1189 00:42:20,588 --> 00:42:22,022 SOME ATMOSPHERE CHECKOUT 1190 00:42:22,022 --> 00:42:24,425 OF -- OF THE VEHICLE, AND SO 1191 00:42:24,425 --> 00:42:26,427 CREW MEMBER -- A U.S. CREW 1192 00:42:26,427 --> 00:42:28,462 MEMBER AND A RUSSIAN CREW MEMBER 1193 00:42:28,462 --> 00:42:30,331 WILL GO INSIDE THE VEHICLE. 1194 00:42:30,331 --> 00:42:35,636 THEY HAVE ATMOSPHERE HARDWARE 1195 00:42:35,636 --> 00:42:37,137 TECHNOLOGY THEY WILL TAKE OUT. 1196 00:42:37,137 --> 00:42:40,174 THEY WILL DO SOME BASELINE 1197 00:42:40,174 --> 00:42:41,675 CALIBRATION, GO BACK IN THE 1198 00:42:41,675 --> 00:42:42,810 VEHICLE, TEST EVERYTHING OUT, 1199 00:42:42,810 --> 00:42:44,044 AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING 1200 00:42:44,044 --> 00:42:44,845 WITH THE MISSION. 1201 00:42:44,845 --> 00:42:46,814 >> AT THIS POINT WE'LL TAKE A 1202 00:42:46,814 --> 00:42:49,783 QUESTION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. 1203 00:42:49,783 --> 00:42:52,086 STEPHEN SMITH ON TWITTER ASKS, 1204 00:42:52,086 --> 00:42:54,255 HOW WILL CAPSULE RECOVERY 1205 00:42:54,255 --> 00:42:55,623 OPERATIONS CHANGE WITH SPACEX 1206 00:42:55,623 --> 00:42:58,659 WITH THE ADDITION OF HUMAN SPACE 1207 00:42:58,659 --> 00:42:58,993 FLIGHT. 1208 00:42:58,993 --> 00:43:02,029 >> I GUESS THAT IS TO ME. 1209 00:43:02,029 --> 00:43:04,098 FUNDAMENTALLY, NO -- IT'S THE 1210 00:43:04,098 --> 00:43:06,367 SAME FOR THE LANDING AS -- AS IT 1211 00:43:06,367 --> 00:43:08,469 IS ON DRAGON 1. 1212 00:43:08,469 --> 00:43:10,404 IT -- IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE 1213 00:43:10,404 --> 00:43:12,906 IMPORTANT TO GET CLOSER TO IT, 1214 00:43:12,906 --> 00:43:15,509 AND -- SO WE -- WE HAVE A SHIP 1215 00:43:15,509 --> 00:43:18,078 ON STAND BY, AND WE'LL GET VERY 1216 00:43:18,078 --> 00:43:20,814 CLOSE TO THE -- TO THE CAPSULE 1217 00:43:20,814 --> 00:43:24,218 AS CLOSE AS IT IS SAFE. 1218 00:43:24,218 --> 00:43:25,319 I DON'T THINK THAT FUNDAMENTALLY 1219 00:43:25,319 --> 00:43:26,387 THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, 1220 00:43:26,387 --> 00:43:28,789 PARTICULARLY ON THIS ONE, BUT 1221 00:43:28,789 --> 00:43:30,190 THIS ONE ALSO HAS ALL OF THE 1222 00:43:30,190 --> 00:43:34,495 INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE 1223 00:43:34,495 --> 00:43:37,097 TO -- TO -- YOU KNOW, WORK WITH 1224 00:43:37,097 --> 00:43:38,299 THE [ INAUDIBLE ] COMING BACK, 1225 00:43:38,299 --> 00:43:41,869 SO THERE'S GOING TO BE MEDICAL 1226 00:43:41,869 --> 00:43:43,237 AND EMERGENCY AND EVERYTHING IN 1227 00:43:43,237 --> 00:43:45,105 PLACE FOR THIS MISSION. 1228 00:43:45,105 --> 00:43:46,907 IT'S MORE A PRACTICE RUN ON THIS 1229 00:43:46,907 --> 00:43:48,609 MISSION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT 1230 00:43:48,609 --> 00:43:51,278 WE'RE READY FOR THE DEMO-2. 1231 00:43:51,278 --> 00:43:52,680 >> THANK YOU, WE'LL TAKE A 1232 00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:54,782 QUESTION RIGHT HERE. 1233 00:43:54,782 --> 00:43:58,452 >> THIS IS DAVID WITH 1234 00:43:58,452 --> 00:44:00,054 [ INAUDIBLE ] BUSINESS INSIDER. 1235 00:44:00,054 --> 00:44:04,625 THIS IS FOR KATHY OR HANS OR 1236 00:44:04,625 --> 00:44:04,925 BOTH. 1237 00:44:04,925 --> 00:44:06,894 WHAT ARE THE CENTERS LOOKING 1238 00:44:06,894 --> 00:44:07,194 FOR? 1239 00:44:07,194 --> 00:44:09,363 WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO ASCERTAIN 1240 00:44:09,363 --> 00:44:09,830 FROM THAT. 1241 00:44:09,830 --> 00:44:11,665 AND AFTER YOU GET THIS CAPSULE 1242 00:44:11,665 --> 00:44:13,500 BACK ON THE GROUND, HOW LONG IS 1243 00:44:13,500 --> 00:44:15,536 IT GOING TO TAKE YOU TO SAY THIS 1244 00:44:15,536 --> 00:44:18,605 WAS A SUCCESS AND HERE IS WHY? 1245 00:44:18,605 --> 00:44:20,341 LIKE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 1246 00:44:20,341 --> 00:44:23,143 >> I CAN -- I CAN TRY TO ANSWER 1247 00:44:23,143 --> 00:44:25,679 YOUR -- YOUR RIPLY QUESTION. 1248 00:44:25,679 --> 00:44:28,615 IT'S OBVIOUSLY HAS SENSORS THAT 1249 00:44:28,615 --> 00:44:30,384 MEASURE FORCES, ACCELERATION, 1250 00:44:30,384 --> 00:44:31,819 AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENT ITSELF. 1251 00:44:31,819 --> 00:44:34,655 JUST THE GOAL IS TO GET AN IDEA 1252 00:44:34,655 --> 00:44:37,558 OF HOW HUMANS WOULD FEEL IN HER 1253 00:44:37,558 --> 00:44:39,526 PLACE, BASICALLY. 1254 00:44:39,526 --> 00:44:41,362 I -- I DON'T EXPECT ACTUALLY A 1255 00:44:41,362 --> 00:44:43,197 LOT OF SURPRISES THERE. 1256 00:44:43,197 --> 00:44:44,698 BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- IT'S 1257 00:44:44,698 --> 00:44:46,367 BETTER TO VERIFY, MAKE SURE THAT 1258 00:44:46,367 --> 00:44:49,937 IT IS SAFE, AND EVERYTHING IS 1259 00:44:49,937 --> 00:44:51,638 COMFORTABLE FOR -- FOR OUR 1260 00:44:51,638 --> 00:44:53,540 ASTRONAUTS GOING OUT ON THE NEXT 1261 00:44:53,540 --> 00:44:56,043 FLIGHT OF THE CAPSULE, AND WITH 1262 00:44:56,043 --> 00:44:58,746 RESPECT TO SUCCESS, I DON'T 1263 00:44:58,746 --> 00:45:00,581 THINK WE NEED THE -- I MEAN, 1264 00:45:00,581 --> 00:45:02,282 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL 1265 00:45:02,282 --> 00:45:03,617 BUILD UP DURING THE MISSION, AND 1266 00:45:03,617 --> 00:45:06,954 WE WILL -- DURING THE MISSION 1267 00:45:06,954 --> 00:45:09,356 SEE IF WE CAN CHECK OFF, YOU 1268 00:45:09,356 --> 00:45:11,392 KNOW, CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS 1269 00:45:11,392 --> 00:45:13,794 AND -- AND WHAT WE WANT TO HASH 1270 00:45:13,794 --> 00:45:14,061 OUT. 1271 00:45:14,061 --> 00:45:16,830 I SEE THIS AS A CONTINUOUS 1272 00:45:16,830 --> 00:45:18,932 CHECK, BASICALLY DURING THE 1273 00:45:18,932 --> 00:45:19,700 ENTIRE MISSION. 1274 00:45:19,700 --> 00:45:24,671 >> I KEPT CALLING THE ATD RILEY, 1275 00:45:24,671 --> 00:45:28,208 SO I'M GLAD YOU FOUND OUT IT WAS 1276 00:45:28,208 --> 00:45:29,510 RIPLY, SORRY. 1277 00:45:29,510 --> 00:45:31,745 REALLY THIS DATA IS PRETTY 1278 00:45:31,745 --> 00:45:32,146 INVALUABLE. 1279 00:45:32,146 --> 00:45:33,714 SO OBVIOUSLY THERE IS GOING TO 1280 00:45:33,714 --> 00:45:36,016 BE A TON OF DATA COMING DOWN. 1281 00:45:36,016 --> 00:45:38,652 THE CREW ENVIRONMENT AND -- AND 1282 00:45:38,652 --> 00:45:42,756 SEEING HOW THE -- THE SEAT 1283 00:45:42,756 --> 00:45:44,224 ATTENUATION, HOW WELL THE SEAT 1284 00:45:44,224 --> 00:45:46,326 PROTECTS THE MEMBERS AND OVERALL 1285 00:45:46,326 --> 00:45:47,494 VEHICLE IS REALLY, REALLY 1286 00:45:47,494 --> 00:45:48,762 CRITICAL FOR US. 1287 00:45:48,762 --> 00:45:51,198 BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE TONS OF, 1288 00:45:51,198 --> 00:45:53,634 YOU KNOW, WATER LANDING TESTING, 1289 00:45:53,634 --> 00:45:55,903 PARACHUTE TESTING, BUT ACTUALLY 1290 00:45:55,903 --> 00:45:58,705 HAVING A RE-ENTRY WITH RIPLY IN 1291 00:45:58,705 --> 00:46:01,108 THE SEAT, IN THE POSITION 1292 00:46:01,108 --> 00:46:03,577 IS -- IS CRITICAL, AND THEN 1293 00:46:03,577 --> 00:46:05,179 OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THE DATA FROM 1294 00:46:05,179 --> 00:46:07,114 THE MISSION -- WE HAVE BEEN 1295 00:46:07,114 --> 00:46:09,183 WORKING WITH SPACEX. 1296 00:46:09,183 --> 00:46:11,718 OBVIOUSLY THIS VEHICLE -- WE 1297 00:46:11,718 --> 00:46:12,753 INSTRUMENTED THE CRAP OUT OF 1298 00:46:12,753 --> 00:46:14,321 THIS VEHICLE. 1299 00:46:14,321 --> 00:46:17,024 IT HAS DATA, SENSORS EVERYWHERE, 1300 00:46:17,024 --> 00:46:19,393 SO WE CAN TAKE THAT AND STICK IT 1301 00:46:19,393 --> 00:46:22,563 IN THE MODELS AND ASSESS 1302 00:46:22,563 --> 00:46:24,898 WHETHER -- WHAT WE WERE 1303 00:46:24,898 --> 00:46:25,866 PREDICTING IS ACCURATE. 1304 00:46:25,866 --> 00:46:28,569 WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A TON FROM 1305 00:46:28,569 --> 00:46:29,970 THIS MISSION. 1306 00:46:29,970 --> 00:46:33,640 >> WE'LL GO STRAIGHT TO THE 1307 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:33,941 BACK. 1308 00:46:33,941 --> 00:46:35,843 >> THANK YOU. 1309 00:46:35,843 --> 00:46:37,711 CHUCK FIELDS ON LINE COFFEE 1310 00:46:37,711 --> 00:46:38,011 BREAK. 1311 00:46:38,011 --> 00:46:39,346 HANS THIS IS FOR YOU. 1312 00:46:39,346 --> 00:46:41,782 LAST YEAR THE VIDEO OF STAR MAN 1313 00:46:41,782 --> 00:46:43,617 CAPTURED THE HEARTS AND 1314 00:46:43,617 --> 00:46:44,918 IMAGINATION OF VIEWERS AROUND 1315 00:46:44,918 --> 00:46:45,486 THE WORLD. 1316 00:46:45,486 --> 00:46:49,289 ARE THERE GOING TO BE VIEWER 1317 00:46:49,289 --> 00:46:50,557 CAMERAS INSIDE, POSSIBLY AIMED 1318 00:46:50,557 --> 00:46:53,160 AT RIPLY, AND ARE YOU GOING TO 1319 00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,362 LIVE VIDEO STEAM ANY OF THOSE? 1320 00:46:55,362 --> 00:46:57,598 >> THERE WILL BE VIDEO CAMERAS, 1321 00:46:57,598 --> 00:46:59,333 AND WE WILL GIVE YOU A 1322 00:46:59,333 --> 00:47:01,101 PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE, 1323 00:47:01,101 --> 00:47:02,236 IF YOU WERE INSIDE. 1324 00:47:02,236 --> 00:47:05,172 SO I'M PRETTY SURE WE WILL -- WE 1325 00:47:05,172 --> 00:47:08,075 WILL CREATE ANOTHER NICE VIDEO. 1326 00:47:08,075 --> 00:47:08,575 >> OKAY. 1327 00:47:08,575 --> 00:47:14,047 SO WE HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT 1328 00:47:14,047 --> 00:47:14,348 HERE. 1329 00:47:14,348 --> 00:47:15,749 >> THANK YOU. 1330 00:47:15,749 --> 00:47:16,917 [ INAUDIBLE ] WITH SPACE.COM. 1331 00:47:16,917 --> 00:47:18,752 I THINK MY QUESTION IS FOR JOEL. 1332 00:47:18,752 --> 00:47:21,021 YOU MENTIONED THE -- KIND OF THE 1333 00:47:21,021 --> 00:47:22,823 DIFFERENT MOOD HERE AT THE SPACE 1334 00:47:22,823 --> 00:47:23,991 CENTER FOR THIS LAUNCH. 1335 00:47:23,991 --> 00:47:29,162 IT -- HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS 1336 00:47:29,162 --> 00:47:30,697 ALMOST, SINCE THE LAST CREW DID 1337 00:47:30,697 --> 00:47:32,065 LAUNCH FROM THE SPACE CENTER. 1338 00:47:32,065 --> 00:47:33,767 THIS IS KIND OF A SHIFT IN 1339 00:47:33,767 --> 00:47:35,335 OPERATIONS HERE, AND I'M 1340 00:47:35,335 --> 00:47:36,603 WONDERING ABOUT THAT MILESTONE, 1341 00:47:36,603 --> 00:47:38,238 HOW IT FEELS FROM THE STATION 1342 00:47:38,238 --> 00:47:41,808 PERSPECTIVE TO BE AT THIS POINT? 1343 00:47:41,808 --> 00:47:45,312 AND HANS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT 1344 00:47:45,312 --> 00:47:48,949 YOU HAVE PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO 1345 00:47:48,949 --> 00:47:51,218 THE PAD ITSELF. 1346 00:47:51,218 --> 00:47:53,020 KIND OF WHAT THAT MILESTONE 1347 00:47:53,020 --> 00:47:56,256 MEANS, GIVEN THAT WE'RE JUST 1348 00:47:56,256 --> 00:47:57,157 FIVE YEARS AFTERTHE COMMERCIAL 1349 00:47:57,157 --> 00:48:00,160 CREW AWARD IN 2014. 1350 00:48:00,160 --> 00:48:04,932 >> FROM MY STAND POINT IT'S 1351 00:48:04,932 --> 00:48:06,767 EXCITING TO BE HERE TODAY. 1352 00:48:06,767 --> 00:48:09,603 WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE OUR CREW 1353 00:48:09,603 --> 00:48:10,837 RESEARCH ON BOARD THE 1354 00:48:10,837 --> 00:48:11,505 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1355 00:48:11,505 --> 00:48:13,607 AND WHILE WE HAVE BEEN WAITING 1356 00:48:13,607 --> 00:48:15,842 FOR THIS, OUR INTERNATIONAL 1357 00:48:15,842 --> 00:48:17,578 PARTNERS HAVE BEEN GREAT IN 1358 00:48:17,578 --> 00:48:19,413 HELPING US GET TO WHERE WE ARE 1359 00:48:19,413 --> 00:48:19,713 TODAY. 1360 00:48:19,713 --> 00:48:22,149 SO TO ME, THIS IS JUST THE NEXT 1361 00:48:22,149 --> 00:48:23,984 STEP IN OUR EVOLUTION IN 1362 00:48:23,984 --> 00:48:25,485 MAXIMIZING THE UTILIZATION OF 1363 00:48:25,485 --> 00:48:27,154 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1364 00:48:27,154 --> 00:48:30,057 SO FROM AN ISS PROGRAM STAND 1365 00:48:30,057 --> 00:48:32,125 POINT, WE'RE WAITING, EXCITED, 1366 00:48:32,125 --> 00:48:33,994 READY, AND COULDN'T BE HAPPIER. 1367 00:48:33,994 --> 00:48:36,863 >> YEAH, I MEAN I -- I TRIED TO 1368 00:48:36,863 --> 00:48:38,332 EXPLAIN EARLIER HOW IMPORTANT 1369 00:48:38,332 --> 00:48:39,600 THIS IS FOR SPACEX. 1370 00:48:39,600 --> 00:48:41,335 HOW IT BASICALLY REFLECTS WHAT 1371 00:48:41,335 --> 00:48:45,272 WE WERE FOUNDED FOR, AND ALSO ON 1372 00:48:45,272 --> 00:48:47,641 A PERSONAL LEVEL THIS IS AN 1373 00:48:47,641 --> 00:48:48,976 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MISSION. 1374 00:48:48,976 --> 00:48:50,978 I EVERY MISSION IS IMPORTANT, 1375 00:48:50,978 --> 00:48:52,579 BUT THIS SEVEN MORE IMPORTANT, 1376 00:48:52,579 --> 00:48:55,015 AND I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S NOT 1377 00:48:55,015 --> 00:48:56,049 JUST ME. 1378 00:48:56,049 --> 00:48:58,785 I THINK EVERYBODY WITHIN SPACEX 1379 00:48:58,785 --> 00:49:03,357 FEELS THIS AND WANTS TO GET IT 1380 00:49:03,357 --> 00:49:03,857 RIGHT. 1381 00:49:03,857 --> 00:49:06,793 OUR LIVES ARE DRIVEN BY LAUNCH 1382 00:49:06,793 --> 00:49:08,695 DATES, AND THIS PARTICULAR 1383 00:49:08,695 --> 00:49:12,733 LAUNCH DATE STICKS OUT LONG 1384 00:49:12,733 --> 00:49:15,102 AHEAD, AS [ INAUDIBLE ] WILL BE 1385 00:49:15,102 --> 00:49:16,603 DEMO-2 -- I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE 1386 00:49:16,603 --> 00:49:18,305 HOW -- HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS 1387 00:49:18,305 --> 00:49:19,072 GOING TO BE. 1388 00:49:19,072 --> 00:49:19,873 >> THANK YOU. 1389 00:49:19,873 --> 00:49:22,976 AND WE'LL TAKE A QUESTION IN THE 1390 00:49:22,976 --> 00:49:23,276 FRONT. 1391 00:49:23,276 --> 00:49:27,948 >> JOHN McGILL WITH WINE DOT 1392 00:49:27,948 --> 00:49:29,449 CABLE AND NEWS. 1393 00:49:29,449 --> 00:49:32,252 IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE 1394 00:49:32,252 --> 00:49:34,521 BONDS AND TRUST THAT IS FORM 1395 00:49:34,521 --> 00:49:36,990 BETWEEN THE THREE OF YOU, FROM 1396 00:49:36,990 --> 00:49:38,091 THREE DIFFERENT ASPECTS. 1397 00:49:38,091 --> 00:49:41,561 >> I THINK THE AMAZING HEART OF 1398 00:49:41,561 --> 00:49:43,697 THIS WHOLE MISSION IS HONESTLY 1399 00:49:43,697 --> 00:49:47,067 THAT IS IT ABOUT TO BE PARTNERS, 1400 00:49:47,067 --> 00:49:47,434 YOU KNOW? 1401 00:49:47,434 --> 00:49:50,637 I MEAN, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE 1402 00:49:50,637 --> 00:49:52,806 TODAY IF, YOU KNOW, WE DID 1403 00:49:52,806 --> 00:49:55,776 NOT -- IF WE DIDN'T HAVE 1404 00:49:55,776 --> 00:49:59,112 SPACEX'S ENGENUITY, SPACE 1405 00:49:59,112 --> 00:50:02,182 STATION'S PATIENCE, AND THE 1406 00:50:02,182 --> 00:50:05,485 COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM TEAMS, 1407 00:50:05,485 --> 00:50:07,320 YOU KNOW, CONTINUED ENDEAVOR TO 1408 00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,389 TRY TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT 1409 00:50:09,389 --> 00:50:11,425 DIFFERENT, AND LISTEN TO THEIR 1410 00:50:11,425 --> 00:50:12,526 PARTNERS, RIGHT? 1411 00:50:12,526 --> 00:50:14,261 AND SO IT HAS REALLY TAKEN ALL 1412 00:50:14,261 --> 00:50:17,531 THREE OF US WORKING TOGETHER. 1413 00:50:17,531 --> 00:50:20,133 AND -- AND SOMETIMES TUSSLING A 1414 00:50:20,133 --> 00:50:21,735 LITTLE BIT, BUT, YOU KNOW, 1415 00:50:21,735 --> 00:50:23,403 FIGURING OUT, REALLY, HOW TO 1416 00:50:23,403 --> 00:50:24,938 MAKE THIS WORK AS TEAM. 1417 00:50:24,938 --> 00:50:26,840 AND AS A TEAM WE'RE GOING TO 1418 00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:28,909 FLY, AND AS A TEAM WE'RE GOING 1419 00:50:28,909 --> 00:50:30,844 TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION, AND 1420 00:50:30,844 --> 00:50:33,013 IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL AMAZING 1421 00:50:33,013 --> 00:50:33,313 THING. 1422 00:50:33,313 --> 00:50:37,350 >> YEAH, I MEAN IT'S -- TO SOME 1423 00:50:37,350 --> 00:50:40,520 EXTENT AN EXPERIMENT TO PUT TWO 1424 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:41,321 ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER. 1425 00:50:41,321 --> 00:50:44,157 BUT ONE THING WE LEARNED, WE'RE 1426 00:50:44,157 --> 00:50:45,892 NOT THAT DIFFERENT AT THE END. 1427 00:50:45,892 --> 00:50:48,395 WE'RE ENGINEERS, AND WE WANT TO 1428 00:50:48,395 --> 00:50:50,831 GET THIS DONE SAFELY, AND IN A 1429 00:50:50,831 --> 00:50:53,834 NICE, RELIABLE SOLUTION THAT IS 1430 00:50:53,834 --> 00:50:56,536 ROBUST AND -- AND ABLE TO -- TO 1431 00:50:56,536 --> 00:50:58,071 WITHSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE 1432 00:50:58,071 --> 00:50:58,538 ENVIRONMENTS. 1433 00:50:58,538 --> 00:51:00,640 SO -- SO OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD TO 1434 00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:02,242 GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE LEARN 1435 00:51:02,242 --> 00:51:04,211 FROM EACH OTHER, AND I 1436 00:51:04,211 --> 00:51:06,747 PERSONALLY -- I'M CONVINCED IT 1437 00:51:06,747 --> 00:51:09,549 HAS MADE CERTAINLY SPACEX BETTER 1438 00:51:09,549 --> 00:51:11,818 TO HAVE NASA GUIDE US, AND LOOK 1439 00:51:11,818 --> 00:51:13,553 AT THE REQUIREMENTS AND QUESTION 1440 00:51:13,553 --> 00:51:15,555 THE REQUIREMENTS AND SAY WHAT IS 1441 00:51:15,555 --> 00:51:17,224 THE TRUE REASON BEHIND THOSE 1442 00:51:17,224 --> 00:51:19,059 REQUIREMENTS AND THEN BASICALLY 1443 00:51:19,059 --> 00:51:21,261 COMPLY REQUEST THE -- THE 1444 00:51:21,261 --> 00:51:25,766 OVERALL SAFETY CULTURE THAT 1445 00:51:25,766 --> 00:51:28,301 NASA, I GUESS, TAUGHT US, I 1446 00:51:28,301 --> 00:51:30,604 WOULD SAY TO SOME EXTENT. 1447 00:51:30,604 --> 00:51:33,807 AND SO I FEEL LIKE IT CERTAINLY 1448 00:51:33,807 --> 00:51:36,076 MADE BETTER SPACEX AND BETTER 1449 00:51:36,076 --> 00:51:37,778 ENGINEERS OUT OF THE SPACEX 1450 00:51:37,778 --> 00:51:39,746 ENGINEERS, AND I DEFINITELY 1451 00:51:39,746 --> 00:51:40,847 APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. 1452 00:51:40,847 --> 00:51:43,416 >> AND I CAN TELL YOU IT MADE 1453 00:51:43,416 --> 00:51:46,153 BETTER NASA ENGINEERS AS WELL. 1454 00:51:46,153 --> 00:51:47,788 >> TO ME IT'S A LIKE A FAMILY. 1455 00:51:47,788 --> 00:51:51,191 WE HAVE HAD THE LUXURY OF 1456 00:51:51,191 --> 00:51:54,394 WORKING WITH THE SPACEX TEAMS ON 1457 00:51:54,394 --> 00:51:55,929 CARGO UNITS. 1458 00:51:55,929 --> 00:51:57,197 BRINGING THE THREE OF US 1459 00:51:57,197 --> 00:51:58,799 TOGETHER, IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC. 1460 00:51:58,799 --> 00:52:01,201 I MEAN -- WHEN YOU WORK WITH 1461 00:52:01,201 --> 00:52:02,669 PHYSICS, THAT'S THE COOLEST 1462 00:52:02,669 --> 00:52:04,471 THING, BECAUSE PHYSICS IS THE 1463 00:52:04,471 --> 00:52:06,072 SAME NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO. 1464 00:52:06,072 --> 00:52:07,774 AND WE WORK TOGETHER. 1465 00:52:07,774 --> 00:52:09,676 THERE'S THINGS WHERE, HEY, WE 1466 00:52:09,676 --> 00:52:11,645 HAVE THIS REQUIREMENT, AND CAN 1467 00:52:11,645 --> 00:52:13,346 YOU HELP US THERE. 1468 00:52:13,346 --> 00:52:16,316 THE PROGRAM HELPS. 1469 00:52:16,316 --> 00:52:18,919 WE'RE ALL GIVEN -- IT'S PULLING 1470 00:52:18,919 --> 00:52:20,287 AND PUSHING THROUGHOUT THE 1471 00:52:20,287 --> 00:52:20,620 PROCESS. 1472 00:52:20,620 --> 00:52:23,256 IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE. 1473 00:52:23,256 --> 00:52:24,724 YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE FRIENDS, YOU 1474 00:52:24,724 --> 00:52:26,092 KNOW, OUR ENGINEERS ARE CALLING 1475 00:52:26,092 --> 00:52:27,928 UP DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE CREW 1476 00:52:27,928 --> 00:52:30,297 PROGRAM AND THE SPACEX TEAM AND 1477 00:52:30,297 --> 00:52:32,065 VICE VERSA, AND THEY ARE DOING 1478 00:52:32,065 --> 00:52:33,867 NOT ONLY WORK STUFF, BUT FAMILY 1479 00:52:33,867 --> 00:52:36,503 THINGS TOO, SO TO ME IT HAS BEEN 1480 00:52:36,503 --> 00:52:36,870 FANTASTIC. 1481 00:52:36,870 --> 00:52:38,572 >> WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE LAST 1482 00:52:38,572 --> 00:52:38,939 QUESTION. 1483 00:52:38,939 --> 00:52:40,507 WE'LL GO RIGHT HERE. 1484 00:52:40,507 --> 00:52:42,843 >> HI, ROBERT PEARLMAN WITH 1485 00:52:42,843 --> 00:52:44,644 COLLECT SPACE, I THINK FOR HANS. 1486 00:52:44,644 --> 00:52:45,879 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 1487 00:52:45,879 --> 00:52:47,614 THE LAUNCH CONTROL FOR THIS 1488 00:52:47,614 --> 00:52:47,948 FLIGHT. 1489 00:52:47,948 --> 00:52:51,451 ARE YOU FLYING OUT OF THE LCC OR 1490 00:52:51,451 --> 00:52:52,752 THE CAPE SIDE? 1491 00:52:52,752 --> 00:52:54,054 AND WHAT SIZE IS THE TEAM? 1492 00:52:54,054 --> 00:52:56,756 AND ARE YOU INTEGRATING NASA 1493 00:52:56,756 --> 00:52:58,859 PEOPLE INTO THE TEAM FOR THIS 1494 00:52:58,859 --> 00:52:59,192 LAUNCH? 1495 00:52:59,192 --> 00:53:02,529 >> YES, EXCELLENT QUESTION. 1496 00:53:02,529 --> 00:53:05,665 WE ARE ACTUALLY IN ROOM 4 -- I 1497 00:53:05,665 --> 00:53:10,570 GUESS IT'S CALLED THE LAUNCH 1498 00:53:10,570 --> 00:53:11,605 CONTROL CENTER. 1499 00:53:11,605 --> 00:53:15,609 [ INAUDIBLE ] THE -- I GUESS 1500 00:53:15,609 --> 00:53:18,378 HISTORIC APOLLO SLASH SHUTTLE 1501 00:53:18,378 --> 00:53:18,945 CENTER. 1502 00:53:18,945 --> 00:53:21,481 IT'S PRETTY AMAZING TO BE IN 1503 00:53:21,481 --> 00:53:21,781 THERE. 1504 00:53:21,781 --> 00:53:25,118 WE BASICALLY -- OUR CONSOLES ARE 1505 00:53:25,118 --> 00:53:27,354 PRETTY MUCH MONITORS AND 1506 00:53:27,354 --> 00:53:28,989 SOFTWARE, SO WE MOVED THEM OVER 1507 00:53:28,989 --> 00:53:30,857 THERE, AND WE'RE ENJOYING A 1508 00:53:30,857 --> 00:53:32,726 GREAT VIEW TO THE PAD. 1509 00:53:32,726 --> 00:53:34,794 WE INTEGRATED NASA OPERATORS 1510 00:53:34,794 --> 00:53:36,396 WITHIN US, SO WE ARE 1511 00:53:36,396 --> 00:53:38,398 SLIGHTLY -- THE TEAM ON THE 1512 00:53:38,398 --> 00:53:40,467 SPACEX SIDE IS PRETTY MUCH THE 1513 00:53:40,467 --> 00:53:43,136 SAME SIZE, BUT THEN WE 1514 00:53:43,136 --> 00:53:44,638 INTEGRATED NASA IN PREPARATION 1515 00:53:44,638 --> 00:53:46,539 TO THE CREW INTERFACE, SO 1516 00:53:46,539 --> 00:53:48,808 IT'S -- IT'S -- WE HAD SEVERAL 1517 00:53:48,808 --> 00:53:50,477 MISSIONS WHERE WE TRAINED THAT. 1518 00:53:50,477 --> 00:53:52,579 IT WORKED VERY WELL. 1519 00:53:52,579 --> 00:53:56,583 I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 1520 00:53:56,583 --> 00:53:58,251 SITTING BETWEEN KIRK AND STEVE 1521 00:53:58,251 --> 00:54:00,854 HERE, AND WE -- WE ALSO 1522 00:54:00,854 --> 00:54:02,489 INTEGRATED NASA INTO THE 1523 00:54:02,489 --> 00:54:04,124 DECISION FLOW, SO IT'S GOING TO 1524 00:54:04,124 --> 00:54:06,293 BE A JOINT TEAM LAUNCHING THIS 1525 00:54:06,293 --> 00:54:08,495 ROCKET, AND -- AND CONTROLLING 1526 00:54:08,495 --> 00:54:11,164 DRAGON ON THE WAY TO THE ISS. 1527 00:54:11,164 --> 00:54:18,071 >> WHEN DO YOU HAND OFF TO 1528 00:54:18,071 --> 00:54:18,471 HAWTHORN. 1529 00:54:18,471 --> 00:54:20,507 >> TYPICALLY RIGHT AFTER 1530 00:54:20,507 --> 00:54:21,741 SEPARATION, HAWTHORN TAKES OVER. 1531 00:54:21,741 --> 00:54:24,010 BUT IT'S INTERESTING, THESE 1532 00:54:24,010 --> 00:54:26,446 CONTROL ROOMS, YOU DO WHAT YOU 1533 00:54:26,446 --> 00:54:28,448 DO, AND I OFTEN DONE REALIZE 1534 00:54:28,448 --> 00:54:31,685 WHERE I AM, EXCEPT WHEN I LOOK 1535 00:54:31,685 --> 00:54:34,220 UP AND REALIZE OH, I'M IN 1536 00:54:34,220 --> 00:54:34,854 [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1537 00:54:34,854 --> 00:54:35,155 YEAH? 1538 00:54:35,155 --> 00:54:37,557 I DO THE SAME JOB FOR ALMOST 1539 00:54:37,557 --> 00:54:40,260 EVERY LAUNCH THESE DAYS, AND 1540 00:54:40,260 --> 00:54:42,929 IT'S VERY -- IT'S VERY VIRTUAL. 1541 00:54:42,929 --> 00:54:44,898 YOU JUST FOCUS ON WHAT YOU SEE 1542 00:54:44,898 --> 00:54:46,833 AND WHAT YOU HEAR IN YOUR 1543 00:54:46,833 --> 00:54:47,200 HEADSET 1544 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:48,835 >> SO THAT'S GOING TO WRAP 1545 00:54:48,835 --> 00:54:50,837 THINGS UP HERE FOR TODAY. 1546 00:54:50,837 --> 00:54:53,740 FOR THE MEDIA HERE, THE NASA 1547 00:54:53,740 --> 00:54:55,909 ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE JOINED BY 1548 00:54:55,909 --> 00:54:58,244 OUR NASA ASTRONAUTS. 1549 00:54:58,244 --> 00:54:59,980 TOMORROW THEY WILL BE HERE AT 1550 00:54:59,980 --> 00:55:00,613 4:00 P.M. 1551 00:55:00,613 --> 00:55:03,516 AND OUR LAUNCH COVERAGE FOR THE 1552 00:55:03,516 --> 00:55:08,054 SPACEX DEMO-1 MISSION OFF OF PAD 1553 00:55:08,054 --> 00:55:10,090 39A WILL BEGIN AT 2:00 A.M. 1554 00:55:10,090 --> 00:55:17,664 YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG AT 1555 00:55:17,664 --> 00:55:18,365 NASA.GOV/COMMERCIALCREW, AND 1556 00:55:18,365 --> 00:55:23,436 PLEASE FOLLOW ALONG AT 1557 00:55:23,436 --> 00:55:24,170 WWW.NASA.GOV/STATION. 1558 00:55:24,170 --> 00:55:27,540 THANK YOU SO MUCH.