1 00:00:34,784 --> 00:00:35,018 . 2 00:00:35,018 --> 00:00:38,822 >> T MINUS 15 SECONDS. 3 00:00:38,822 --> 00:00:48,832 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 4 00:00:48,832 --> 00:00:49,733 ZERO. 5 00:00:49,733 --> 00:01:21,164 IGNITION, LIFTOFF. 6 00:01:21,164 --> 00:01:24,701 >> WELCOME. 7 00:01:24,701 --> 00:01:28,304 I'M AN ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR 8 00:01:28,304 --> 00:01:29,839 HERE AT NASA AND THANK YOU FOR 9 00:01:29,839 --> 00:01:31,975 JOINING US FOR THE POST-LAUNCH 10 00:01:31,975 --> 00:01:33,777 BRIEF OF DEMO-1. 11 00:01:33,777 --> 00:01:35,578 JUST A REMINDER FOR THE 12 00:01:35,578 --> 00:01:36,579 REPORTERS, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME 13 00:01:36,579 --> 00:01:38,314 AND ORGANIZATION AND WE ALSO 14 00:01:38,314 --> 00:01:42,519 HAVE REPORTERS CALLING ON THE 15 00:01:42,519 --> 00:01:44,154 LINE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 16 00:01:44,154 --> 00:01:45,688 ONE REPORTER PER QUESTION. 17 00:01:45,688 --> 00:01:47,290 WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT 18 00:01:47,290 --> 00:01:52,529 OVER TO NASA ADMINISTRATOR JIM 19 00:01:52,529 --> 00:01:52,929 BRYDONSTEIN. 20 00:01:52,929 --> 00:01:58,668 >> THANK YOU, IT'S AN EXCITING 21 00:01:58,668 --> 00:01:59,035 EVENING. 22 00:01:59,035 --> 00:02:00,270 I'LL INTRODUCE THEM AND I'LL SAY 23 00:02:00,270 --> 00:02:01,604 A FEW WORDS AND TURN IT OVER TO 24 00:02:01,604 --> 00:02:03,706 ELON MUSK TO SAY A FEW WORDS 25 00:02:03,706 --> 00:02:07,944 ABOUT TONIGHT'S OR I SHOULD SAY 26 00:02:07,944 --> 00:02:09,145 TODAY'S EVENT, WHATEVER TIME IT 27 00:02:09,145 --> 00:02:12,682 MAY BE, I'M NOT SURE. 28 00:02:12,682 --> 00:02:15,718 SO TO START, THE CEO AND LEAD 29 00:02:15,718 --> 00:02:18,354 DESIGNER OF SPACEX, ELON MUSK IS 30 00:02:18,354 --> 00:02:18,655 HERE. 31 00:02:18,655 --> 00:02:20,957 WE HAVE TWO ASTRONAUTS, BOB 32 00:02:20,957 --> 00:02:22,692 BENKIN AND DOUG HURLEY WHO WILL 33 00:02:22,692 --> 00:02:25,995 BE FLYING ON THE DEMO-2 MISSION 34 00:02:25,995 --> 00:02:27,197 WHICH WE'RE ANXIOUSLY 35 00:02:27,197 --> 00:02:27,630 ANTICIPATING. 36 00:02:27,630 --> 00:02:29,632 WE HAVE STEVE STITCH, THE DEPUTY 37 00:02:29,632 --> 00:02:30,834 MANAGER OF THE COMMERCIAL TWO 38 00:02:30,834 --> 00:02:32,669 AND THE NASA LAUNCH MANAGER FOR 39 00:02:32,669 --> 00:02:38,541 DEMO-1 WAY DOWN ON MY FAR RIGHT 40 00:02:38,541 --> 00:02:43,546 AND KIRKSHIREMAN, TO MY 41 00:02:43,546 --> 00:02:44,147 IMMEDIATE RIGHT. 42 00:02:44,147 --> 00:02:45,882 TONIGHT WAS A BIG NIGHT FOR THE 43 00:02:45,882 --> 00:02:47,083 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A 44 00:02:47,083 --> 00:02:48,885 GREAT NIGHT FOR NASA. 45 00:02:48,885 --> 00:02:49,853 WHAT TODAY REALLY 46 00:02:49,853 --> 00:02:58,161 REPRESENTS ISA NEW ERA IN SPACE. 47 00:02:58,161 --> 00:02:59,462 AN ERA WHERE WE ARE LOOKING 48 00:02:59,462 --> 00:03:00,797 FORWARD TO BEING ONE CUSTOMER AS 49 00:03:00,797 --> 00:03:02,498 AN AGENCY, ONE CUSTOMER OF MANY 50 00:03:02,498 --> 00:03:05,935 CUSTOMERS IN A ROBUST COMMERCIAL 51 00:03:05,935 --> 00:03:07,537 MARKETPLACE IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT 52 00:03:07,537 --> 00:03:09,973 SO WE CAN DRIVE DOWN COSTS AND 53 00:03:09,973 --> 00:03:11,774 INCREASE ACCESS IN WAYS THAT 54 00:03:11,774 --> 00:03:14,477 HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT BEEN 55 00:03:14,477 --> 00:03:16,012 POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST 56 00:03:16,012 --> 00:03:18,715 PROVIDER OF MULTIPLE PROVIDERS 57 00:03:18,715 --> 00:03:20,283 TODAY THAT HAD A SUCCESSFUL 58 00:03:20,283 --> 00:03:21,451 LAUNCH. 59 00:03:21,451 --> 00:03:22,785 THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. 60 00:03:22,785 --> 00:03:25,989 WE'RE STILL IN THE FIRST QUARTER 61 00:03:25,989 --> 00:03:28,491 AS A FIVE-DAY MISSION AND WE'RE 62 00:03:28,491 --> 00:03:29,692 LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE 63 00:03:29,692 --> 00:03:32,128 SUCCESSES ON THIS MISSION AND 64 00:03:32,128 --> 00:03:34,163 MISSIONS BEYOND THIS ONE. 65 00:03:34,163 --> 00:03:36,165 SO ELON, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO 66 00:03:36,165 --> 00:03:39,202 YOU FOR A FEW OF YOUR OPENING 67 00:03:39,202 --> 00:03:39,569 COMMENTS. 68 00:03:39,569 --> 00:03:41,638 >> THANK YOU. 69 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:47,343 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS 70 00:03:47,343 --> 00:03:50,046 VERY STRONG NOTE OF APPRECIATION 71 00:03:50,046 --> 00:03:53,016 FOR THE SPACEX TEAM. 72 00:03:53,016 --> 00:03:54,250 IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS TO GET TO 73 00:03:54,250 --> 00:03:58,254 THIS POINT, 2002 TO NOW, AND 74 00:03:58,254 --> 00:04:00,156 INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF HARD WORK 75 00:04:00,156 --> 00:04:01,791 AND SACRIFICE FOR A LOT OF 76 00:04:01,791 --> 00:04:03,559 PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS 77 00:04:03,559 --> 00:04:10,033 POINT. 78 00:04:10,033 --> 00:04:12,035 YEAH, TO BE FRANK, I'M A LITTLE 79 00:04:12,035 --> 00:04:15,571 EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED, BECAUSE 80 00:04:15,571 --> 00:04:21,044 IT WAS SUPER STRESSFUL. 81 00:04:21,044 --> 00:04:21,678 BUT IT WORKED, SO FAR. 82 00:04:21,678 --> 00:04:22,712 WE HAVE TO DOCK THE STATION, WE 83 00:04:22,712 --> 00:04:24,147 HAVE TO COME BACK, BUT SO FAR 84 00:04:24,147 --> 00:04:24,948 IT'S WORKED. 85 00:04:24,948 --> 00:04:28,084 SOME OF THE RISKIEST ITEMS -- 86 00:04:28,084 --> 00:04:29,719 WE'VE PASSED ON THE RISKIEST 87 00:04:29,719 --> 00:04:32,121 ITEMS. 88 00:04:32,121 --> 00:04:35,758 I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO EXPRESS 89 00:04:35,758 --> 00:04:39,595 GREAT APPRECIATION FOR NASA. 90 00:04:39,595 --> 00:04:41,197 SPACEX WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT 91 00:04:41,197 --> 00:04:42,298 NASA, WITHOUT THE INCREDIBLE 92 00:04:42,298 --> 00:04:43,766 WORK THAT WAS DONE BEFORE SPACEX 93 00:04:43,766 --> 00:04:45,535 EVEN STARTED AND WITHOUT THE 94 00:04:45,535 --> 00:04:47,036 SUPPORT AFTER SPACEX DID START. 95 00:04:47,036 --> 00:04:48,404 SO THANK YOU. 96 00:04:48,404 --> 00:04:51,174 >> ABSOLUTELY. 97 00:04:51,174 --> 00:04:53,076 >> WELL, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SO 98 00:04:53,076 --> 00:04:54,577 MANY PEOPLE HERE SO EARLY IN THE 99 00:04:54,577 --> 00:04:55,311 MORNING. 100 00:04:55,311 --> 00:04:57,613 SO WE'LL JUST OPEN IT UP. 101 00:04:57,613 --> 00:04:58,948 IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL 102 00:04:58,948 --> 00:05:00,550 JUST CALL ON FOLKS AS WE GO. 103 00:05:00,550 --> 00:05:02,085 THE GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE IN THE 104 00:05:02,085 --> 00:05:06,289 GRAY JACKET. 105 00:05:06,289 --> 00:05:07,490 >> IVAN. 106 00:05:07,490 --> 00:05:09,525 Mr. MUSK, DO YOU HAVE ANY 107 00:05:09,525 --> 00:05:12,962 CUSTOMERS FOR THE CAPSULE, 108 00:05:12,962 --> 00:05:18,501 PRIVATE CUSTOMERS OTHER THAN 109 00:05:18,501 --> 00:05:18,801 NASA? 110 00:05:18,801 --> 00:05:20,903 >> OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON SERVING 111 00:05:20,903 --> 00:05:25,208 NASA'S NEEDS BUT ONCE DRAGON IS 112 00:05:25,208 --> 00:05:29,379 IN REGULAR OPERATION, I THINK 113 00:05:29,379 --> 00:05:33,316 WE'LL SEE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS. 114 00:05:33,316 --> 00:05:35,218 OUR NASA ADMINISTRATOR HAS BEEN 115 00:05:35,218 --> 00:05:40,056 VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT IDEA. 116 00:05:40,056 --> 00:05:41,691 THE GROUP WE'RE WORKED ON IS 117 00:05:41,691 --> 00:05:43,092 MAKING SURE THE VEHICLE WORKED 118 00:05:43,092 --> 00:05:45,228 AND MAXIMIZING SAFETY AND 119 00:05:45,228 --> 00:05:46,829 RELIABILITY AND WE'VE NOT PUT 120 00:05:46,829 --> 00:05:48,664 ANY EFFORT YET INTO COMMERCIAL 121 00:05:48,664 --> 00:05:52,268 CUSTOMERS. 122 00:05:52,268 --> 00:05:53,169 >> THE GENTLEMAN RIGHT BEHIND 123 00:05:53,169 --> 00:05:55,605 HIM. 124 00:05:55,605 --> 00:05:58,541 >> HI, GOOD MORNING, TOM 125 00:05:58,541 --> 00:05:59,542 COSTELLO WITH NBC NEWS AND 126 00:05:59,542 --> 00:06:00,843 CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. 127 00:06:00,843 --> 00:06:02,545 ELON, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT NOW 128 00:06:02,545 --> 00:06:04,680 WHAT DOES TODAY PROVE TO NASA 129 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,216 AND TO THE WORLD ABOUT YOUR 130 00:06:07,216 --> 00:06:09,018 CAPABILITIES AT SPACEX AND 131 00:06:09,018 --> 00:06:13,256 DRAGON SPECIFICALLY. 132 00:06:13,256 --> 00:06:14,557 >> WELL, WE'RE ONLY PARTWAY 133 00:06:14,557 --> 00:06:18,995 THROUGH THE MISSION, BUT THE 134 00:06:18,995 --> 00:06:25,635 SYSTEM THUS FAR HAS PASSED A SET 135 00:06:25,635 --> 00:06:27,670 OF REVIEWS AND THEN IN THE 136 00:06:27,670 --> 00:06:30,173 LAUNCH ITSELF, THE LAUNCH WENT 137 00:06:30,173 --> 00:06:31,474 AS EXPECTED. 138 00:06:31,474 --> 00:06:36,546 SO FAR EVERYTHING IS NORMAL. 139 00:06:36,546 --> 00:06:38,281 DRAGON 2 OR CREW DRAGON IS A 140 00:06:38,281 --> 00:06:46,622 FUNDAMENTAL REDESIGN. 141 00:06:46,622 --> 00:06:48,324 HARDLY IN COMMON WITH DRAGON 1, 142 00:06:48,324 --> 00:06:49,859 WHICH RETROSPECT WILL PROBABLY 143 00:06:49,859 --> 00:06:53,162 CHANGE, ACTUALLY. 144 00:06:53,162 --> 00:06:56,699 THERE'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ANY 145 00:06:56,699 --> 00:06:58,301 EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE AND 146 00:06:58,301 --> 00:06:59,102 EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE WORKING 147 00:06:59,102 --> 00:07:01,537 FINE. 148 00:07:01,537 --> 00:07:03,873 SO YEAH, WE OPENED THE NOSE 149 00:07:03,873 --> 00:07:07,276 CONE. 150 00:07:07,276 --> 00:07:12,115 THE FORWARD THRUSTERS FIRED. 151 00:07:12,115 --> 00:07:14,016 THE PROPELLANT SYSTEM IS 152 00:07:14,016 --> 00:07:14,350 WORKING. 153 00:07:14,350 --> 00:07:17,153 IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN 154 00:07:17,153 --> 00:07:20,189 DRAGON-1, BECAUSE THE INTEGRATED 155 00:07:20,189 --> 00:07:24,527 LAUNCH ESCAPE THRUSTERS, THE 156 00:07:24,527 --> 00:07:25,528 SUPER LAUNCH ESCAPE THRUSTERS ON 157 00:07:25,528 --> 00:07:26,028 THE SIDE. 158 00:07:26,028 --> 00:07:32,768 I'M NOT SURE IF PEOPLE KNOW WHAT 159 00:07:32,768 --> 00:07:36,005 IS BETTER ABOUT DRAGON THAN SOME 160 00:07:36,005 --> 00:07:38,141 OTHER VEHICLES, IT DOES HAVE AN 161 00:07:38,141 --> 00:07:38,841 INTEGRATED ESCAPE SYSTEM. 162 00:07:38,841 --> 00:07:42,545 SO PREVIOUSLY YOU WOULD HAVE A 163 00:07:42,545 --> 00:07:47,717 TRACTOR ESCAPE SYSTEM LIKE A SOD 164 00:07:47,717 --> 00:07:50,720 ROCKET MOTOR THAT MOUNTS ON THE 165 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:51,821 NOSE OF THE CAPSULE AS A 166 00:07:51,821 --> 00:07:52,188 TRACTOR. 167 00:07:52,188 --> 00:07:54,857 IT WOULD SORT OF PULL THE 168 00:07:54,857 --> 00:07:55,658 SPACECRAFT AWAY. 169 00:07:55,658 --> 00:07:57,093 THAT'S HOW SOYUZ WORKS, FOR 170 00:07:57,093 --> 00:07:59,095 EXAMPLE. 171 00:07:59,095 --> 00:08:00,796 BUT IN THE CASE OF DRAGON, 172 00:08:00,796 --> 00:08:02,532 THEY'RE INTEGRATED, SO YOU HAVE 173 00:08:02,532 --> 00:08:05,334 AN ABORT CAPACITY ON THE WAY TO 174 00:08:05,334 --> 00:08:07,270 ORBIT AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO 175 00:08:07,270 --> 00:08:09,972 WORRY ABOUT SEPARATION EVENT OF 176 00:08:09,972 --> 00:08:11,007 THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM. 177 00:08:11,007 --> 00:08:13,309 SO THIS IS I THINK QUITE A BIG 178 00:08:13,309 --> 00:08:15,945 SAFETY IMPROVEMENT. 179 00:08:15,945 --> 00:08:21,284 IN PRINCIPLE. 180 00:08:21,284 --> 00:08:24,220 AND HOPEFULLY TOMORROW IN ABOUT 181 00:08:24,220 --> 00:08:27,023 24 HOURS, WE'LL BE DOCKING WITH 182 00:08:27,023 --> 00:08:28,024 THE SPACE STATION SO IT WILL BE 183 00:08:28,024 --> 00:08:29,659 ABLE TO DOCK WITH THE SPACE 184 00:08:29,659 --> 00:08:36,899 STATION WITHOUT USING THE ARM. 185 00:08:36,899 --> 00:08:38,301 >> CONGRATULATIONS ON A 186 00:08:38,301 --> 00:08:39,502 PICTURE-PERFECT LAUNCH. 187 00:08:39,502 --> 00:08:41,003 MAIDEN VOYAGE FOR THE DRAGON. 188 00:08:41,003 --> 00:08:42,338 OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, IT HAS 189 00:08:42,338 --> 00:08:43,839 TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF 190 00:08:43,839 --> 00:08:44,340 IMPORTANT STEPS. 191 00:08:44,340 --> 00:08:46,075 YOU HAVE A CHECKLIST YOU HAVE TO 192 00:08:46,075 --> 00:08:46,776 GO THROUGH. 193 00:08:46,776 --> 00:08:49,111 ARE THERE ANY MOMENTS IN 194 00:08:49,111 --> 00:08:50,513 PARTICULAR THAT YOU WILL FIND 195 00:08:50,513 --> 00:08:52,515 ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING OR 196 00:08:52,515 --> 00:08:53,849 WORRISOME? 197 00:08:53,849 --> 00:08:55,484 >> WELL, I THINK DOCKING WITH 198 00:08:55,484 --> 00:08:57,587 THE SPACE STATION IS GOING TO BE 199 00:08:57,587 --> 00:08:58,788 FIRST TIME. 200 00:08:58,788 --> 00:09:00,089 PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD GO CLOSE TO 201 00:09:00,089 --> 00:09:00,990 THE SPACE STATION AND THE ARM 202 00:09:00,990 --> 00:09:06,762 WOULD REACH OUT AND GRAB -- 203 00:09:06,762 --> 00:09:09,165 DRAGON 1 WOULD GRAB DRAGON-1 AND 204 00:09:09,165 --> 00:09:10,566 ATTACH IT TO THE SPACE STATION. 205 00:09:10,566 --> 00:09:15,338 IN THIS CASE IT WILL FLY ON TO 206 00:09:15,338 --> 00:09:16,539 THE SPACE STATION AND ATTACH 207 00:09:16,539 --> 00:09:16,872 ITSELF. 208 00:09:16,872 --> 00:09:19,141 THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE 209 00:09:19,141 --> 00:09:20,476 SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'VE NEVER 210 00:09:20,476 --> 00:09:26,082 DONE BEFORE. 211 00:09:26,082 --> 00:09:29,719 AND THEN RE-ENTRY, BECAUSE THE 212 00:09:29,719 --> 00:09:34,657 BACK SHELL IS NOT SYMMETRIC IN 213 00:09:34,657 --> 00:09:36,792 THE WAY THAT DRAGON-1, IT'S NOT 214 00:09:36,792 --> 00:09:38,494 A SMOOTH CONNECTOR LIKE 215 00:09:38,494 --> 00:09:40,630 DRAGON-1, YOU HAVE THE LAUNCH 216 00:09:40,630 --> 00:09:44,533 ESCAPE THRUSTER POD, THAT COULD 217 00:09:44,533 --> 00:09:46,068 POTENTIALLY CAUSE INSTABLE ON 218 00:09:46,068 --> 00:09:48,070 RE-ENTRY BUT I THINK IT'S 219 00:09:48,070 --> 00:09:48,437 UNLIKELY. 220 00:09:48,437 --> 00:09:49,572 WE'VE RUN SIMULATIONS A THOUSAND 221 00:09:49,572 --> 00:09:52,642 TIMES BUT THIS IS A POSSIBILITY. 222 00:09:52,642 --> 00:09:55,544 SO I THINK THAT, THE RE-ENTRY 223 00:09:55,544 --> 00:09:58,447 WITH THE ASYMMETRIC BACK SHELL 224 00:09:58,447 --> 00:10:00,883 AND THEN THE PARACHUTES ARE NEW. 225 00:10:00,883 --> 00:10:05,921 WILL THE PARACHUTES DEPLOY 226 00:10:05,921 --> 00:10:08,257 CORRECTLY, AND THEN WILL THE 227 00:10:08,257 --> 00:10:12,461 SYSTEM GUIDE DRAGON-2 TO THE 228 00:10:12,461 --> 00:10:17,633 RIGHT LOCATION AND SPLASH DOWN 229 00:10:17,633 --> 00:10:18,134 SAFELY. 230 00:10:18,134 --> 00:10:19,735 HYPERSONIC RE-ENTRY IS PROBABLY 231 00:10:19,735 --> 00:10:21,971 MY BIGGEST CONCERN, JUST BECAUSE 232 00:10:21,971 --> 00:10:28,978 OF THE ASYMMETRIC BACK SHELL. 233 00:10:29,045 --> 00:10:29,578 [ e 234 00:10:29,578 --> 00:10:30,713 Media ] 235 00:10:30,713 --> 00:10:32,214 >> YEAH, FOR A WEEK. 236 00:10:32,214 --> 00:10:35,351 >> WE'LL GO RIGHT HERE, YES. 237 00:10:35,351 --> 00:10:38,287 >> WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE 238 00:10:38,287 --> 00:10:41,524 THE CAMERA INSIDE THE CAPSULE AT 239 00:10:41,524 --> 00:10:43,726 LIFTOFF IN THE FIRST MINUTE. 240 00:10:43,726 --> 00:10:47,963 WHAT DID YOU SEE, WHAT DATA, HOW 241 00:10:47,963 --> 00:10:50,499 DID THE MANNEQUIN TEST DUMMY, 242 00:10:50,499 --> 00:10:52,702 RIPLEY, DO? 243 00:10:52,702 --> 00:10:54,537 >> YEAH, THE VIDEO, WE DID GET 244 00:10:54,537 --> 00:10:57,239 VIDEO FROM THE GROUND STATION, 245 00:10:57,239 --> 00:10:58,541 SO IN FACT, WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE 246 00:10:58,541 --> 00:11:00,676 ABLE TO POST SOME OF THAT SOON. 247 00:11:00,676 --> 00:11:02,178 FOR SURE ONCE WE GET CLOSE TO 248 00:11:02,178 --> 00:11:04,246 THE STATION, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD 249 00:11:04,246 --> 00:11:06,015 VIDEO LINK FROM INSIDE THE 250 00:11:06,015 --> 00:11:06,415 SPACECRAFT. 251 00:11:06,415 --> 00:11:09,251 THE BIAS WAS TOWARDS DATA, MAKE 252 00:11:09,251 --> 00:11:10,653 SURE WE GOT THE DATA DOWN. 253 00:11:10,653 --> 00:11:12,588 THE DATA WAS ALL LOOKING REALLY 254 00:11:12,588 --> 00:11:12,888 GOOD. 255 00:11:12,888 --> 00:11:14,690 I THINK FOR MEMBERS OF THE 256 00:11:14,690 --> 00:11:16,525 PUBLIC, THE REAL FUN THING WOULD 257 00:11:16,525 --> 00:11:19,662 BE SEEING THE LITTLE CELESTIAL 258 00:11:19,662 --> 00:11:27,036 BODY LITTLE TINY EARTH, HUMANOID 259 00:11:27,036 --> 00:11:29,538 EARTH THING FLOATING AROUND IN 260 00:11:29,538 --> 00:11:30,573 ZERO G. 261 00:11:30,573 --> 00:11:31,774 I THINK THE PUBLIC ARE MOST 262 00:11:31,774 --> 00:11:33,075 EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 263 00:11:33,075 --> 00:11:36,612 IT'S IN ZERO G NOW. 264 00:11:36,612 --> 00:11:38,514 IT'S FINE. 265 00:11:38,514 --> 00:11:41,217 PROBABLY GOT TO ABOUT 4 1/2 Gs 266 00:11:41,217 --> 00:11:46,589 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS THERE 267 00:11:46,589 --> 00:11:47,289 A PROBLEM. 268 00:11:47,289 --> 00:11:48,891 >> THE MANNEQUIN -- 269 00:11:48,891 --> 00:11:49,492 >> IT'S FINE. 270 00:11:49,492 --> 00:11:51,227 COULDN'T EVEN TELL. 271 00:11:51,227 --> 00:11:52,928 IT LOOKED FINE. 272 00:11:52,928 --> 00:11:53,796 >> WE'LL GO RIGHT HERE IN THE 273 00:11:53,796 --> 00:11:56,766 FRONT. 274 00:11:56,766 --> 00:11:58,501 >> TIM, WITH THE EVERYDAY 275 00:11:58,501 --> 00:11:58,901 ASTRONAUT. 276 00:11:58,901 --> 00:12:00,603 I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING WHEN 277 00:12:00,603 --> 00:12:02,004 YOU HAD THE FAILURE OF LANDING 278 00:12:02,004 --> 00:12:04,039 AND YOU HAD A BLOCK FREEZE OF 279 00:12:04,039 --> 00:12:07,476 THE FALCON 9, BLOCK 5, YOU'RE 280 00:12:07,476 --> 00:12:08,477 UNABLE TO MAKE CHANGES, 281 00:12:08,477 --> 00:12:11,480 ACCORDING TO NASA'S REQUESTS, 282 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:12,882 WHEN YOU HAVE NONMISSION 283 00:12:12,882 --> 00:12:15,017 CRITICAL THINGS LIKE GRIDS AND 284 00:12:15,017 --> 00:12:16,552 HYDRAULIC PUMPS THAT SEIZE, WHAT 285 00:12:16,552 --> 00:12:18,354 WERE YOU ABLE TO DO AS FAR AS 286 00:12:18,354 --> 00:12:19,588 YOU'RE IN THE FREEZE OF THE 287 00:12:19,588 --> 00:12:21,891 VEHICLE, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT 288 00:12:21,891 --> 00:12:23,092 CERTIFICATION GOING ON? 289 00:12:23,092 --> 00:12:27,129 WERE YOU ABLE TO MAKE TWEAKS TO 290 00:12:27,129 --> 00:12:28,464 THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, WERE YOU 291 00:12:28,464 --> 00:12:30,766 ABLE TO ADD A REDUNDANT PUMP OR 292 00:12:30,766 --> 00:12:32,067 WAS THAT NOT CONSIDERED A 293 00:12:32,067 --> 00:12:32,401 FREEZE? 294 00:12:32,401 --> 00:12:33,302 WHAT'S THAT LIKE, I GUESS? 295 00:12:33,302 --> 00:12:34,303 >> WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH 296 00:12:34,303 --> 00:12:40,943 NASA VERY WELL AND MAKE CHANGES. 297 00:12:40,943 --> 00:12:48,317 AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU ALMOST 298 00:12:48,317 --> 00:12:51,220 THINK -- THIS WAS LIKE KIND OF 299 00:12:51,220 --> 00:12:52,855 CODESIGNED BY NASA AND SPACEX, 300 00:12:52,855 --> 00:12:54,857 IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WAS SO 301 00:12:54,857 --> 00:13:02,131 MUCH INTERACTION AND FEEDBACK 302 00:13:02,131 --> 00:13:04,767 THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A JOINT 303 00:13:04,767 --> 00:13:09,872 EFFORT, REALLY. 304 00:13:09,872 --> 00:13:13,609 THE NASA TEAM UNDERSTANDS THE 305 00:13:13,609 --> 00:13:16,111 VEHICLE REALLY QUITE WELL, VERY 306 00:13:16,111 --> 00:13:16,412 WELL. 307 00:13:16,412 --> 00:13:18,047 SO WHEN WE WANT TO MAKE CHANGES, 308 00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:20,549 PROVIDE THOSE CHANGES ARE SOUND, 309 00:13:20,549 --> 00:13:23,786 THEN WE WILL MEET AND CONFER AND 310 00:13:23,786 --> 00:13:26,589 GET IT DONE AND WE WERE ABLE TO 311 00:13:26,589 --> 00:13:30,025 FIX THE HYDRAULIC PRETTY EASY 312 00:13:30,025 --> 00:13:32,461 WITHOUT HAVING A REDUNDANT PUMP. 313 00:13:32,461 --> 00:13:34,463 JUST TURNED OUT TO BE LIKE A 314 00:13:34,463 --> 00:13:35,664 BIZARRE STALL ZONE WITH A LITTLE 315 00:13:35,664 --> 00:13:43,138 BIT OF -- WE WERE ABLE TO FIX IT 316 00:13:43,138 --> 00:13:43,439 EASY. 317 00:13:43,439 --> 00:13:44,773 >> WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH 318 00:13:44,773 --> 00:13:45,875 SPACEX, THEY WILL PRODUCE 319 00:13:45,875 --> 00:13:47,710 CHANGES TO US, WE HAVE AN 320 00:13:47,710 --> 00:13:48,711 ENGINEERING TEAM THAT WILL LOOK 321 00:13:48,711 --> 00:13:50,412 AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE CHANGES. 322 00:13:50,412 --> 00:13:51,814 THIS PARTICULAR ONE, IT WAS A 323 00:13:51,814 --> 00:13:54,149 PRETTY SIMPLE VALVE CHANGE TO 324 00:13:54,149 --> 00:13:55,851 IMPROVE THAT GRID PERFORMANCE. 325 00:13:55,851 --> 00:13:57,186 SPACEX PROPOSED IT, THEY BRING 326 00:13:57,186 --> 00:13:59,588 IT TO US, WE KIND OF GO THROUGH 327 00:13:59,588 --> 00:14:01,123 IT WITH OUR PROCESS, ENGINEERS 328 00:14:01,123 --> 00:14:04,159 LOOK AT IT AND WE MAKE THE 329 00:14:04,159 --> 00:14:04,827 CHANGES TO THE VEHICLE. 330 00:14:04,827 --> 00:14:06,662 IT'S A VERY METHODICAL PROCESS. 331 00:14:06,662 --> 00:14:10,299 I WOULD SAY WE HAVE GREAT 332 00:14:10,299 --> 00:14:13,035 TEAMWORK BETWEEN NASA AND 333 00:14:13,035 --> 00:14:13,369 SPACEX. 334 00:14:13,369 --> 00:14:14,336 >> OBVIOUSLY NOT FOR A MISSION 335 00:14:14,336 --> 00:14:17,640 LIKE THIS BUT WE'VE DONE 336 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:18,474 THINGS -- I WAS TALKING EARLIER 337 00:14:18,474 --> 00:14:19,775 AND REFLECTING ON THE TIME WHEN 338 00:14:19,775 --> 00:14:26,382 WE HAD TO TRIM THE NOZZLE OF THE 339 00:14:26,382 --> 00:14:29,852 MERLIN VACUUM ENGINE, TO THE 340 00:14:29,852 --> 00:14:33,489 C103 NOZZLE, SYNOVIUM NOZZLE FOR 341 00:14:33,489 --> 00:14:34,590 THE VACUUM EXTENSION HAD A 342 00:14:34,590 --> 00:14:37,493 LITTLE TEAR IN IT. 343 00:14:37,493 --> 00:14:40,529 SO BASICALLY SENT ONE OF OUR 344 00:14:40,529 --> 00:14:41,297 BEST TECHS IN THERE TO TRIM IT 345 00:14:41,297 --> 00:14:44,567 WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS. 346 00:14:44,567 --> 00:14:45,668 THIS IS PRETTY CRAZY. 347 00:14:45,668 --> 00:14:48,904 WELL, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD WORK. 348 00:14:48,904 --> 00:14:49,338 IT DID. 349 00:14:49,338 --> 00:14:50,940 [ Laughter ] 350 00:14:50,940 --> 00:14:51,507 IT DID. 351 00:14:51,507 --> 00:14:54,443 IT DID WORK. 352 00:14:54,443 --> 00:14:55,778 >> WE'LL GO RIGHT HERE IN THE 353 00:14:55,778 --> 00:14:58,614 NASA SHIRT. 354 00:14:58,614 --> 00:14:59,582 >> MARY-LIZ BENDER WITH THE 355 00:14:59,582 --> 00:15:00,516 PLANETARY SOCIETY. 356 00:15:00,516 --> 00:15:02,818 ELON, YOU HAVE SPENT 17 YEARS 357 00:15:02,818 --> 00:15:05,654 PUSHING PAST ADVERSITY, DOUBT, 358 00:15:05,654 --> 00:15:07,590 AND YOU MUST FEEL INCREDIBLE TO 359 00:15:07,590 --> 00:15:09,458 FINALLY BE AT THIS STAGE. 360 00:15:09,458 --> 00:15:11,093 I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT ADVICE YOU 361 00:15:11,093 --> 00:15:12,895 HAVE TO ALL THE DREAMERS OUT 362 00:15:12,895 --> 00:15:14,930 THERE THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE 363 00:15:14,930 --> 00:15:19,668 SAME KIND OF DOUBT THAT YOU DID. 364 00:15:19,668 --> 00:15:21,837 >> I ALWAYS THOUGHT WE WOULD 365 00:15:21,837 --> 00:15:23,305 FAIL. 366 00:15:23,305 --> 00:15:24,707 IT'S ALL OUTSIDE. 367 00:15:24,707 --> 00:15:26,709 MAYBE WE HAD A 10% CHANCE OF 368 00:15:26,709 --> 00:15:31,981 REACHING ORBIT STARTING OUT. 369 00:15:31,981 --> 00:15:33,782 THEN PEOPLE THOUGHT WHEN WE 370 00:15:33,782 --> 00:15:35,718 STARTED SPACEX, THEY SAID OH, 371 00:15:35,718 --> 00:15:37,219 YOU'RE GOING TO FAIL. 372 00:15:37,219 --> 00:15:38,621 I SAID I AGREE, I THINK WE 373 00:15:38,621 --> 00:15:39,822 PROBABLY WILL FAIL, YEAH. 374 00:15:39,822 --> 00:15:41,323 IT'S WORTH TRYING ANYWAY. 375 00:15:41,323 --> 00:15:42,091 YEAH. 376 00:15:42,091 --> 00:15:44,493 [ Laughter ] 377 00:15:44,493 --> 00:15:48,631 >> HOW IS THAT FOR HONESTY? 378 00:15:48,631 --> 00:15:50,232 >> YEAH, LIKE, LOSE ALL THE 379 00:15:50,232 --> 00:15:52,868 MONEY FROM PAYPAL, WELL, YOU'RE 380 00:15:52,868 --> 00:15:53,869 PROBABLY RIGHT. 381 00:15:53,869 --> 00:15:55,371 WE ALMOST DID. 382 00:15:55,371 --> 00:15:58,107 FIRST THREE LAUNCHES OF FALCON 1 383 00:15:58,107 --> 00:15:59,808 DIDN'T WORK. 384 00:15:59,808 --> 00:16:04,747 FOURTH ONE, WE SCRAPED TOGETHER 385 00:16:04,747 --> 00:16:05,447 SOME PARTS. 386 00:16:05,447 --> 00:16:10,719 IF THAT ONE HADN'T HAD WORKED, 387 00:16:10,719 --> 00:16:14,657 THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IT FOR US. 388 00:16:14,657 --> 00:16:15,658 SPACE CIVILIZATION, OUT THERE 389 00:16:15,658 --> 00:16:16,625 AMONG THE STARS, THAT'S ONE OF 390 00:16:16,625 --> 00:16:17,660 THE THINGS THAT MAKES PEOPLE 391 00:16:17,660 --> 00:16:19,695 EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE. 392 00:16:19,695 --> 00:16:22,331 WE WANT THE THINGS THAT ARE IN 393 00:16:22,331 --> 00:16:23,232 SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS AND 394 00:16:23,232 --> 00:16:25,434 MOVIES NOT TO BE SCIENCE FICTION 395 00:16:25,434 --> 00:16:25,768 FOREVER. 396 00:16:25,768 --> 00:16:28,671 WE WANT IT TO BE REAL ONE DAY. 397 00:16:28,671 --> 00:16:29,672 >> ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE 398 00:16:29,672 --> 00:16:30,973 ASTRONAUTS OR SPECIFICS ON 399 00:16:30,973 --> 00:16:39,782 COMMERCIAL CREW OR THE ISS? 400 00:16:39,782 --> 00:16:44,186 >> YOU AGAIN. 401 00:16:44,186 --> 00:16:45,821 >> HI, STEVEN CLARK FROM SPACE 402 00:16:45,821 --> 00:16:46,221 FLIGHT NOW. 403 00:16:46,221 --> 00:16:47,523 I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE 404 00:16:47,523 --> 00:16:49,458 RE-ENTRY SINCE ELON MENTIONED 405 00:16:49,458 --> 00:16:50,759 THAT'S ONE OF THE RISKIER PARTS 406 00:16:50,759 --> 00:16:52,161 OF THIS TEST FLIGHT. 407 00:16:52,161 --> 00:16:53,595 I UNDERSTAND THE RE-ENTRY IS 408 00:16:53,595 --> 00:16:55,297 GOING TO BE A DESCENDING NODE 409 00:16:55,297 --> 00:16:55,898 OVER THE U.S. 410 00:16:55,898 --> 00:16:57,599 IS THAT CORRECT? 411 00:16:57,599 --> 00:17:00,235 I REMEMBER DURING THE SHUTTLE 412 00:17:00,235 --> 00:17:01,336 DAYS, OVERFLIGHT OVER A 413 00:17:01,336 --> 00:17:02,971 POPULATED AREA WAS A CONCERN AND 414 00:17:02,971 --> 00:17:05,174 ALWAYS GOT SOME EXTRA SCRUTINY. 415 00:17:05,174 --> 00:17:06,675 SO I'M CURIOUS IF THAT'S 416 00:17:06,675 --> 00:17:08,610 SOMETHING YOU DISCUSSED AND TALK 417 00:17:08,610 --> 00:17:10,012 ABOUT ANY RISK THAT WAS ASSESSED 418 00:17:10,012 --> 00:17:13,248 AND HOW YOU DISPOSE OF THAT RISK 419 00:17:13,248 --> 00:17:17,086 TO DECIDE FOR DESCENDING ON 420 00:17:17,086 --> 00:17:17,453 RE-ENTRY. 421 00:17:17,453 --> 00:17:18,053 >> KIRK OR STEVE. 422 00:17:18,053 --> 00:17:19,221 >> I CAN TAKE THAT ONE. 423 00:17:19,221 --> 00:17:21,523 SO YEAH, YOU'RE CORRECT. 424 00:17:21,523 --> 00:17:22,791 THE ENTRY IS WE'RE LANDING RIGHT 425 00:17:22,791 --> 00:17:24,193 OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA JUST A 426 00:17:24,193 --> 00:17:25,360 LITTLE BIT NORTH OF HERE. 427 00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:27,863 THERE'S AN AREA THAT SPACEX HAS 428 00:17:27,863 --> 00:17:29,198 SORT OF DESIGNED AS THEIR 429 00:17:29,198 --> 00:17:30,899 LANDING AREA. 430 00:17:30,899 --> 00:17:33,535 IN TERMS OF ENTRY RISK, THERE'S 431 00:17:33,535 --> 00:17:35,137 A PROCESS WE GO THROUGH TO 432 00:17:35,137 --> 00:17:36,038 ASSESS THAT RISK. 433 00:17:36,038 --> 00:17:38,807 WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMPONENTS 434 00:17:38,807 --> 00:17:40,976 ON THE SPACECRAFT AND LOOK AT 435 00:17:40,976 --> 00:17:42,711 THE WORST-CASE SCENARIOS THAT 436 00:17:42,711 --> 00:17:44,213 COULD HAPPEN DURING ENTRY AND 437 00:17:44,213 --> 00:17:45,247 THERE'S A CRITERIA WE HAVE TO 438 00:17:45,247 --> 00:17:45,547 MEET. 439 00:17:45,547 --> 00:17:47,149 SO WHAT WE'VE CONIS WORKED HAND 440 00:17:47,149 --> 00:17:49,485 IN HAND WITH SPACEX TO LOOK AT 441 00:17:49,485 --> 00:17:51,186 THE SPACECRAFT, HOW IT'S 442 00:17:51,186 --> 00:17:52,521 COMPOSED, HOW IT FLIES. 443 00:17:52,521 --> 00:17:54,323 THEY RUN MODELS AND SIMULATIONS 444 00:17:54,323 --> 00:17:55,090 OF HOW IT LANDS. 445 00:17:55,090 --> 00:17:56,625 WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT MODELING 446 00:17:56,625 --> 00:17:57,960 SYSTEM THAT WE EMPLOYED AND SO 447 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,561 WE WENT THROUGH THAT WHOLE 448 00:17:59,561 --> 00:18:01,163 PROCESS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF 449 00:18:01,163 --> 00:18:03,298 THE PUBLIC RELATIVE TO LANDING. 450 00:18:03,298 --> 00:18:06,235 AS ELON SAID, IT IS ONE OF THE 451 00:18:06,235 --> 00:18:08,771 AREAS THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN 452 00:18:08,771 --> 00:18:10,172 FOR THIS MISSION AS WELL FOR 453 00:18:10,172 --> 00:18:10,472 CREW. 454 00:18:10,472 --> 00:18:11,306 IF YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF THE 455 00:18:11,306 --> 00:18:12,808 MISSION AND THE HIGHEST RISK 456 00:18:12,808 --> 00:18:13,709 PERIODS, IT'S OBVIOUSLY DOCKING 457 00:18:13,709 --> 00:18:16,145 THE STATION AND THEN THE LANDING 458 00:18:16,145 --> 00:18:16,478 PHASE. 459 00:18:16,478 --> 00:18:17,246 I THINK WE'LL LEARN A LOT ABOUT 460 00:18:17,246 --> 00:18:19,348 THE MODELING OF THE VEHICLE, HOW 461 00:18:19,348 --> 00:18:21,183 THE AERODYNAMICS WORKS FOR THIS 462 00:18:21,183 --> 00:18:22,785 PARTICULAR VEHICLES AND THE G 463 00:18:22,785 --> 00:18:24,286 AND C SYSTEM DURING ENTRY. 464 00:18:24,286 --> 00:18:25,120 SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 465 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:26,021 THAT PART OF THE MISSION AND 466 00:18:26,021 --> 00:18:27,623 GETTING THAT DATA FOR THE CREW 467 00:18:27,623 --> 00:18:29,858 MISSION LATER ON. 468 00:18:29,858 --> 00:18:32,261 >> WE'LL GO TO REUTERS HERE IN 469 00:18:32,261 --> 00:18:37,099 THE FRONT. 470 00:18:37,099 --> 00:18:38,200 >> STEVE, WHAT'S THE BIGGEST 471 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:39,434 TAKEAWAY YOU HOPE TO LEARN FROM 472 00:18:39,434 --> 00:18:46,074 THIS MISSION, BASED ON WHAT YOU 473 00:18:46,074 --> 00:18:47,509 LEARNED IN THE PAST AND THE 474 00:18:47,509 --> 00:18:50,212 COMING WEEKS, HOW CONFIDENT ARE 475 00:18:50,212 --> 00:18:51,947 YOU THAT WE'LL SEE HUMANS LAUNCH 476 00:18:51,947 --> 00:18:53,749 FROM THE SOIL THIS YEAR OR IN 477 00:18:53,749 --> 00:18:54,683 THE SUMMER? 478 00:18:54,683 --> 00:18:57,085 >> SO FAR IT'S LOOKING QUITE 479 00:18:57,085 --> 00:18:57,519 PROMISING. 480 00:18:57,519 --> 00:18:59,521 WE'RE ONLY PARTWAY INTO THE 481 00:18:59,521 --> 00:19:00,022 MISSION. 482 00:19:00,022 --> 00:19:02,024 BUT SO FAR, IT SEEMS TO BE 483 00:19:02,024 --> 00:19:04,226 LOOKING VERY GOOD. 484 00:19:04,226 --> 00:19:08,797 THE DRAGON 2 HAS VERY COMPLEX 485 00:19:08,797 --> 00:19:10,098 PROPELLANT SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S 486 00:19:10,098 --> 00:19:18,674 OGOT ON-BOARD THRUSTERS, DRAICO 487 00:19:18,674 --> 00:19:20,042 THRUSTERS, AND EIGHT SUPER 488 00:19:20,042 --> 00:19:22,511 DRAICO THRUSTERS, VERY POWERFUL 489 00:19:22,511 --> 00:19:24,580 THRUSTERS AND THE TWO ARE 490 00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:25,948 INTERWOVEN IN A WAY THAT'S 491 00:19:25,948 --> 00:19:26,281 TRICKY. 492 00:19:26,281 --> 00:19:27,749 THE MAIN MANEUVERING THRUSTERS 493 00:19:27,749 --> 00:19:31,486 ON ORBIT ACTUALLY THRUST IN THE 494 00:19:31,486 --> 00:19:35,524 OPPOSITE DIRECTION THE 495 00:19:35,524 --> 00:19:36,825 PROPELLANT WANTS TO THROW. 496 00:19:36,825 --> 00:19:37,626 THOSE WORKED. 497 00:19:37,626 --> 00:19:40,262 THE FOUR THRUSTERS UNDER THE 498 00:19:40,262 --> 00:19:41,864 NOSE CONE WORKED. 499 00:19:41,864 --> 00:19:43,498 THE NOSE CONE OPENED, WHICH IS 500 00:19:43,498 --> 00:19:43,799 COOL. 501 00:19:43,799 --> 00:19:44,900 THE SOLAR RAYS WORKED. 502 00:19:44,900 --> 00:19:48,237 SO FAR EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD. 503 00:19:48,237 --> 00:19:50,572 SO DOCKING AS I MENTIONED, 504 00:19:50,572 --> 00:19:50,939 RE-ENTRY. 505 00:19:50,939 --> 00:19:53,342 YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE 506 00:19:53,342 --> 00:19:54,276 ILLUSTRATION OVER THERE ON THE 507 00:19:54,276 --> 00:19:54,576 WALL. 508 00:19:54,576 --> 00:19:56,411 WHAT I MEAN BY THE BACK SHELL 509 00:19:56,411 --> 00:19:58,547 NOT BEING SORT OF A SMOOTH 510 00:19:58,547 --> 00:20:00,649 CONNECT LIKE IT IS ON DRAGON 1, 511 00:20:00,649 --> 00:20:03,685 IT'S GOT THOSE ESCAPE THRUSTER 512 00:20:03,685 --> 00:20:08,090 PODS. 513 00:20:08,090 --> 00:20:09,658 SHOULD BE FINE, BUT THAT WOULD 514 00:20:09,658 --> 00:20:11,526 BE A THING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT 515 00:20:11,526 --> 00:20:13,228 WORKS ON RE-ENTRY, MAKE SURE THE 516 00:20:13,228 --> 00:20:15,564 DOCKING SYSTEM WORKS. 517 00:20:15,564 --> 00:20:17,466 EVERYTHING WE KNOW SO FAR IS 518 00:20:17,466 --> 00:20:19,902 JUST LOOKING POSITIVE AND UNLESS 519 00:20:19,902 --> 00:20:22,504 SOMETHING GOES WRONG, I WOULD 520 00:20:22,504 --> 00:20:24,439 THINK THAT WE'LL BE FLYING 521 00:20:24,439 --> 00:20:28,076 HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR. 522 00:20:28,076 --> 00:20:29,978 THIS SUMMER HOPEFULLY. 523 00:20:29,978 --> 00:20:32,014 >> STEVE OR KIRK, DID YOU WANT 524 00:20:32,014 --> 00:20:32,614 TO -- 525 00:20:32,614 --> 00:20:33,582 >> GO AHEAD, STEVE. 526 00:20:33,582 --> 00:20:35,651 >> I WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT ELON 527 00:20:35,651 --> 00:20:35,951 SAID. 528 00:20:35,951 --> 00:20:37,452 TO ME IT'S REALLY A DRESS 529 00:20:37,452 --> 00:20:41,189 REHEARSAL FOR THE DEMO-2 530 00:20:41,189 --> 00:20:41,523 MISSION. 531 00:20:41,523 --> 00:20:42,791 WE'RE GOING TO FLY ALL ASPECTS 532 00:20:42,791 --> 00:20:43,392 OF THE MISSION. 533 00:20:43,392 --> 00:20:44,726 I THINK WE'LL LEARN A LOT OF 534 00:20:44,726 --> 00:20:46,361 SUBTLE THINGS ABOUT THE 535 00:20:46,361 --> 00:20:47,763 SPACECRAFT, HOW IT DOES 536 00:20:47,763 --> 00:20:51,700 THERMALLY, HOW THE GNC SYSTEM 537 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:53,001 WORKS, GETTING INTO THE 538 00:20:53,001 --> 00:20:53,802 RENDEZVOUS, IT WILL BE REALLY 539 00:20:53,802 --> 00:20:56,638 IMPORTANT TO CHECK OUT HOW THE 540 00:20:56,638 --> 00:20:58,540 SENSORS WORK AS WE APPROACH 541 00:20:58,540 --> 00:20:58,907 STATION. 542 00:20:58,907 --> 00:21:00,275 IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE FLOWN 543 00:21:00,275 --> 00:21:02,477 TO THIS PARTICULAR INTEGRATED 544 00:21:02,477 --> 00:21:05,714 DOCKING APPARATUS WITH THIS 545 00:21:05,714 --> 00:21:07,616 VEHICLE, THERE'S A SERIES OF 546 00:21:07,616 --> 00:21:08,850 STEPS WE'LL TAKE AS WE MOVE IN 547 00:21:08,850 --> 00:21:10,152 CLOSER TO STATION TO MAKE SURE 548 00:21:10,152 --> 00:21:12,387 THAT THE SYSTEMS ARE PERFORMING 549 00:21:12,387 --> 00:21:13,588 WELL ON THE DRAGON. 550 00:21:13,588 --> 00:21:14,890 OBVIOUSLY THE CREW ON STATION 551 00:21:14,890 --> 00:21:17,559 WILL BE MONITORING THE VEHICLE 552 00:21:17,559 --> 00:21:19,428 COMING IN AND THEN AT THE END OF 553 00:21:19,428 --> 00:21:21,663 THE FLIGHT, WHILE WE'RE DOCKED 554 00:21:21,663 --> 00:21:22,764 ALSO, WE'LL UNDERSTAND HOW IT 555 00:21:22,764 --> 00:21:24,800 WORKS AT STATION, WE'RE GOING TO 556 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,202 EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN DRAGON AND 557 00:21:27,202 --> 00:21:29,204 THE SPACE STATION. 558 00:21:29,204 --> 00:21:31,540 WE EXCHANGE AIRFLOW BETWEEN THE 559 00:21:31,540 --> 00:21:34,443 TWO VEHICLES AND AT THE END OF 560 00:21:34,443 --> 00:21:35,978 THE FLIGHT, WE'LL DO THE UNLOCK 561 00:21:35,978 --> 00:21:37,279 MANEUVER AND SEPARATE THE TRUNK 562 00:21:37,279 --> 00:21:39,715 AS ANOTHER BIG EVENT. 563 00:21:39,715 --> 00:21:41,416 BEFORE WE DEORBIT, WE'LL 564 00:21:41,416 --> 00:21:42,617 SEPARATE THE TRUNK AND THEN COME 565 00:21:42,617 --> 00:21:44,152 IN FOR THE DEORBIT AND ENTRY. 566 00:21:44,152 --> 00:21:46,054 LOTS OF DIFFERENT PIECES AND 567 00:21:46,054 --> 00:21:47,689 EACH PIECE, MY EXPERIENCE IS 568 00:21:47,689 --> 00:21:48,991 WE'LL LEARN A LITTLE BIT AND AS 569 00:21:48,991 --> 00:21:50,192 ELON SAID, THE FLIGHT IS GOING 570 00:21:50,192 --> 00:21:51,560 GREAT SO FAR. 571 00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,028 I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO KIRK. 572 00:21:53,028 --> 00:21:54,930 >> THE COOL THING IS YOU LEARN 573 00:21:54,930 --> 00:21:56,031 ENGINEERING THINGS LIKE YOU 574 00:21:56,031 --> 00:21:56,665 TALKED ABOUT. 575 00:21:56,665 --> 00:21:57,366 AND OPERATIONS THINGS. 576 00:21:57,366 --> 00:22:01,703 SO DOCKING, COMING CLOSE TO THE 577 00:22:01,703 --> 00:22:02,237 IS S. 578 00:22:02,237 --> 00:22:03,705 IT'S A TEST FLIGHT BUT NOT 579 00:22:03,705 --> 00:22:04,439 REALLY FOR US. 580 00:22:04,439 --> 00:22:05,540 WE CONSIDER THIS ONE FOR SCORE. 581 00:22:05,540 --> 00:22:07,442 IT REALLY IS FLYING TO THE ISS 582 00:22:07,442 --> 00:22:08,477 AND WE REALLY WANT TO PROTECT 583 00:22:08,477 --> 00:22:09,778 THE CREW ON BOARD AND THE 584 00:22:09,778 --> 00:22:10,112 ASSETS. 585 00:22:10,112 --> 00:22:10,879 SO WE'LL LEARN THAT. 586 00:22:10,879 --> 00:22:14,716 WE ACTUALLY HAD TO LEARN HOW TO 587 00:22:14,716 --> 00:22:16,451 PROTECT SPACEX'S PROPRIETARY 588 00:22:16,451 --> 00:22:17,552 DATA WHEN WORKING WITH 589 00:22:17,552 --> 00:22:19,654 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, AND 590 00:22:19,654 --> 00:22:23,291 THERE'S WHOLE DIMENSIONS OF 591 00:22:23,291 --> 00:22:24,793 LEARNING AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE 592 00:22:24,793 --> 00:22:27,129 A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND 593 00:22:27,129 --> 00:22:29,031 I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 594 00:22:29,031 --> 00:22:29,865 SURPRISES ALONG THE WAY. 595 00:22:29,865 --> 00:22:31,566 THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS SO MUCH 596 00:22:31,566 --> 00:22:31,833 FUN. 597 00:22:31,833 --> 00:22:32,534 >> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 598 00:22:32,534 --> 00:22:33,335 QUESTION FROM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA 599 00:22:33,335 --> 00:22:37,339 PARTICIPANTS. 600 00:22:37,339 --> 00:22:38,440 >> POWELL MAYJACK, PERHAPS, ON 601 00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:40,442 TWITTER IS ASKING HOW ARE THE 602 00:22:40,442 --> 00:22:42,477 DRAGON ASTRONAUTS FEELING ABOUT 603 00:22:42,477 --> 00:22:43,712 THE SPACECRAFT? 604 00:22:43,712 --> 00:22:45,280 >> I GUESS I WOULD SAY FOR US, 605 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:47,215 WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PROCESS 606 00:22:47,215 --> 00:22:49,117 FOR A FEW YEARS AT THIS POINT. 607 00:22:49,117 --> 00:22:50,752 WE'VE MADE A LOT OF TRIPS OUT TO 608 00:22:50,752 --> 00:22:52,687 HAWTHORNE TO KIND OF SEE THIS 609 00:22:52,687 --> 00:22:55,090 SPACECRAFT COME TOGETHER AND THE 610 00:22:55,090 --> 00:22:56,091 SPACECRAFT THAT WE'LL FLY ON 611 00:22:56,091 --> 00:22:57,225 LATER THIS YEAR COME TOGETHER AS 612 00:22:57,225 --> 00:22:57,692 WELL. 613 00:22:57,692 --> 00:22:59,528 SEEING A SUCCESS LIKE THIS 614 00:22:59,528 --> 00:23:00,829 DEFINITELY GIVES US A LOT OF 615 00:23:00,829 --> 00:23:02,764 CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE AND 616 00:23:02,764 --> 00:23:04,299 LIKE FOLKS HAVE DESCRIBED, 617 00:23:04,299 --> 00:23:05,734 REALLY THIS IS ABOUT PREDICTING 618 00:23:05,734 --> 00:23:06,635 WHAT THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO DO 619 00:23:06,635 --> 00:23:08,303 AND THEN TESTING IT AND MAKING 620 00:23:08,303 --> 00:23:10,639 SURE THOSE TWO THINGS MATCH UP 621 00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:11,940 AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS MISSION. 622 00:23:11,940 --> 00:23:13,141 THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE US 623 00:23:13,141 --> 00:23:13,942 THAT CONFIDENCE GOING FORWARD 624 00:23:13,942 --> 00:23:15,444 AND THE LAUNCH HAS BEEN 625 00:23:15,444 --> 00:23:17,579 WONDERFUL, ACTIVATION HAS BEEN 626 00:23:17,579 --> 00:23:18,613 WONDERFUL AND WE STILL HAVE 627 00:23:18,613 --> 00:23:19,714 SIGNIFICANT EVENTS GOING FORWARD 628 00:23:19,714 --> 00:23:20,615 THAT WE'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE 629 00:23:20,615 --> 00:23:21,550 MATCH UP AS WELL. 630 00:23:21,550 --> 00:23:24,453 I THINK THIS THE OTHER THING, 631 00:23:24,453 --> 00:23:26,054 ALLUDED TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION 632 00:23:26,054 --> 00:23:27,089 A LITTLE BIT, WE ALSO HAVE 633 00:23:27,089 --> 00:23:28,290 LEARNED HOW TO WORK TOGETHER AS 634 00:23:28,290 --> 00:23:29,691 A TEAM. 635 00:23:29,691 --> 00:23:30,625 THAT'S REALLY THE REASON DOUG 636 00:23:30,625 --> 00:23:33,228 AND I CAME TO FLORIDA TO 637 00:23:33,228 --> 00:23:34,729 PARTICIPATE FROM INSIDE THE 638 00:23:34,729 --> 00:23:35,730 FIRING ROOM. 639 00:23:35,730 --> 00:23:37,466 WE OF COURSE ON LAUNCH DAY WON'T 640 00:23:37,466 --> 00:23:38,767 BE ABLE TO DO THAT BUT IT'S 641 00:23:38,767 --> 00:23:40,102 GREAT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT 642 00:23:40,102 --> 00:23:41,703 TEAM WORKS BEING A MEMBER OF IT 643 00:23:41,703 --> 00:23:43,238 THAT'S MAYBE NOT REPRESENTED 644 00:23:43,238 --> 00:23:45,240 DURING THE DEMO-1 MISSION, WE 645 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:46,641 CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS 646 00:23:46,641 --> 00:23:47,843 EXPERIENCE AND TAKE THAT WITH US 647 00:23:47,843 --> 00:23:49,478 WHEN WE FLY ON OUR MISSIONS 648 00:23:49,478 --> 00:23:50,178 LATER THIS YEAR. 649 00:23:50,178 --> 00:23:51,780 WE'LL BE RACING ACROSS THE 650 00:23:51,780 --> 00:23:53,215 COUNTRY, GOING TO HAWTHORNE TO 651 00:23:53,215 --> 00:23:59,955 SEE DOCKING AND THEN ALSO TO SEE 652 00:23:59,955 --> 00:24:02,491 THE SPLASHTOWN. 653 00:24:02,491 --> 00:24:04,793 WE'RE FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT AND 654 00:24:04,793 --> 00:24:05,994 IT'S ABOUT EACH OF THESE 655 00:24:05,994 --> 00:24:06,862 MILESTONES GETTING ACCOMPLISHED 656 00:24:06,862 --> 00:24:08,830 AND GIVING US MORE CONFIDENCE IN 657 00:24:08,830 --> 00:24:13,702 THE FUTURE. 658 00:24:13,702 --> 00:24:14,136 >> DOUG? 659 00:24:14,136 --> 00:24:14,903 >> I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE 660 00:24:14,903 --> 00:24:16,071 BUILDUP APPROACH WE LEARNED VERY 661 00:24:16,071 --> 00:24:17,005 MUCH EARLY AS TEST PILOTS AND 662 00:24:17,005 --> 00:24:18,406 WE'VE WORKED OURSELVES TO OUR 663 00:24:18,406 --> 00:24:22,644 FIRST FLIGHT OF THE VEHICLE WITH 664 00:24:22,644 --> 00:24:24,279 DEM-1 AND AS BOB SAID WE WORKED 665 00:24:24,279 --> 00:24:25,180 THROUGH THE MILESTONES AND THE 666 00:24:25,180 --> 00:24:26,581 NEXT UP IS THE IN-FLIGHT ABORT 667 00:24:26,581 --> 00:24:28,116 AND WE'LL HAVE THAT TO GO FOLLOW 668 00:24:28,116 --> 00:24:30,218 AS THEY GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE 669 00:24:30,218 --> 00:24:31,553 AND THEN THAT'S KIND OF THE 670 00:24:31,553 --> 00:24:35,657 GRADUATION EXERCISE FOR US TO 671 00:24:35,657 --> 00:24:37,492 GET ON DEM-2 AND GO FLY. 672 00:24:37,492 --> 00:24:38,693 WE'LL WORK WITH THE TEAMS AND 673 00:24:38,693 --> 00:24:41,096 WE'LL BE OUT IN CALIFORNIA, 674 00:24:41,096 --> 00:24:43,331 WE'LL BE HERE AND WE'RE LOOKING 675 00:24:43,331 --> 00:24:45,267 FORWARD TO SUPPORTING ALL OF 676 00:24:45,267 --> 00:24:47,469 THOSE EVENTS. 677 00:24:47,469 --> 00:24:51,540 >> THE AQUA SHIRT RIGHT HERE. 678 00:24:51,540 --> 00:24:52,307 >> DAVID MOSHER WITH BUSINESS 679 00:24:52,307 --> 00:24:54,242 INSIDER AND INSIDER. 680 00:24:54,242 --> 00:24:55,944 I SUPPOSE THIS IS FOR ELON. 681 00:24:55,944 --> 00:25:01,016 YOU SAID YOU'RE EMOTIONALLY 682 00:25:01,016 --> 00:25:04,519 DRAINED HAVING LAUNCHED AN 683 00:25:04,519 --> 00:25:06,955 UNCREWED CREW DRAGON BUT YOU 684 00:25:06,955 --> 00:25:08,657 HAVE THESE GUYS SITTING NEXT TO 685 00:25:08,657 --> 00:25:08,924 YOU. 686 00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:10,492 HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WILL FEEL 687 00:25:10,492 --> 00:25:11,493 AND HANDLE THAT EXPERIENCE GOING 688 00:25:11,493 --> 00:25:13,929 INTO DEMO-2, ANY THOUGHTS ON 689 00:25:13,929 --> 00:25:14,930 THAT, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET 690 00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:15,830 THROUGH THAT LAUNCH? 691 00:25:15,830 --> 00:25:16,865 >> I SUSPECT IT WILL BE 692 00:25:16,865 --> 00:25:20,869 EXTREMELY STRESSFUL. 693 00:25:20,869 --> 00:25:24,372 I MEAN, DURING THE TEST FLIGHT, 694 00:25:24,372 --> 00:25:27,442 I THINK IT GOES A LONG WAY 695 00:25:27,442 --> 00:25:31,546 TOWARDS FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE 696 00:25:31,546 --> 00:25:33,782 FLIGHT WITH BOB AND DOUG. 697 00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:37,519 SO IN FACT, RIGHT AFTER DRAGON 698 00:25:37,519 --> 00:25:39,221 SEPARATED AND WE FIRED THE 699 00:25:39,221 --> 00:25:40,455 THRUSTERS, I WENT OVER AND ASKED 700 00:25:40,455 --> 00:25:41,656 THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT, AND THEY 701 00:25:41,656 --> 00:25:42,857 WERE LIKE HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT 702 00:25:42,857 --> 00:25:46,494 FLYING ON IT. 703 00:25:46,494 --> 00:25:47,896 SEEMS LIKE YOU FELT GOOD FLYING 704 00:25:47,896 --> 00:25:48,597 ON IT. 705 00:25:48,597 --> 00:25:50,699 IT WAS LIKE OKAY, YOU KNOW. 706 00:25:50,699 --> 00:25:51,132 [ Laughter ] 707 00:25:51,132 --> 00:25:52,434 THEY'RE IN THE CONTROL ROOM 708 00:25:52,434 --> 00:25:54,669 WATCHING ALL THE DATA. 709 00:25:54,669 --> 00:25:55,870 SO I'M LIKE... 710 00:25:55,870 --> 00:25:56,671 >> THE GUYS TOLD US WHAT WAS 711 00:25:56,671 --> 00:25:58,006 GOING TO HAPPEN AND THAT'S WHAT 712 00:25:58,006 --> 00:25:58,406 HAPPENED. 713 00:25:58,406 --> 00:25:59,975 THAT'S HOW WE LIKE IT TO BE. 714 00:25:59,975 --> 00:26:02,844 >> YEAH. 715 00:26:02,844 --> 00:26:04,446 >> BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE 716 00:26:04,446 --> 00:26:05,447 FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT. 717 00:26:05,447 --> 00:26:11,219 AND YOU GUYS WERE. 718 00:26:11,219 --> 00:26:12,520 SO WE DEFINITELY WANT A LAUNCH 719 00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:14,222 WHERE WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE 720 00:26:14,222 --> 00:26:15,257 POSSIBLY CAN THINK OF. 721 00:26:15,257 --> 00:26:17,259 THAT'S FOR SURE. 722 00:26:17,259 --> 00:26:18,760 THIS PLUS THE ABORT, THERE'S A 723 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:19,794 LOT OF CONFIDENCE ABOUT THE 724 00:26:19,794 --> 00:26:23,431 ACTUAL MISSION WITH ASTRONAUTS. 725 00:26:23,431 --> 00:26:26,434 >> AVIATION WEEK. 726 00:26:26,434 --> 00:26:27,235 >> THANKS. 727 00:26:27,235 --> 00:26:30,505 IRENE CLOTS WITH AVIATION WEEK. 728 00:26:30,505 --> 00:26:32,707 FOR BOB OR DOUG, DID YOU SEE 729 00:26:32,707 --> 00:26:34,209 ANYTHING FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE 730 00:26:34,209 --> 00:26:37,445 IN THE FIRE ROOM IN THE 731 00:26:37,445 --> 00:26:38,446 COUNTDOWN OR IN FUELING, 732 00:26:38,446 --> 00:26:40,548 ANYTHING IN THE CALLS THAT KIND 733 00:26:40,548 --> 00:26:42,083 OF INITIALLY YOU'RE FLAGGING AS 734 00:26:42,083 --> 00:26:43,285 SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE 735 00:26:43,285 --> 00:26:45,520 ANOTHER LOOK AT? 736 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,122 AND FOR ELON, THANKS FOR COMING 737 00:26:47,122 --> 00:26:49,024 OUT HERE, WE'VE SEEN YOU HERE 738 00:26:49,024 --> 00:26:54,796 AFTER THE FIRST REUSE OF A 739 00:26:54,796 --> 00:26:58,199 FALCON 9 AND FOR FALCON HEAVY, 740 00:26:58,199 --> 00:26:59,834 BIG PICTURE, HOW DOES THIS 741 00:26:59,834 --> 00:27:02,871 FLIGHT FIT INTO YOUR OVERALL 742 00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:04,372 OBJECTIVES AND SATISFACTIONS 743 00:27:04,372 --> 00:27:06,808 PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY? 744 00:27:06,808 --> 00:27:08,310 THANKS. 745 00:27:08,310 --> 00:27:10,812 >> THE WHOLE GOAL OF SPACEX WAS 746 00:27:10,812 --> 00:27:15,483 A CREWED SPACE FLIGHT. 747 00:27:15,483 --> 00:27:16,685 IMPROVE SPACEX EXPLORATION 748 00:27:16,685 --> 00:27:17,085 TECHNOLOGY. 749 00:27:17,085 --> 00:27:19,287 THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FULL NAME OF 750 00:27:19,287 --> 00:27:25,260 THE COMPANY IS SPACE EXPLORATION 751 00:27:25,260 --> 00:27:25,660 TECHNOLOGY. 752 00:27:25,660 --> 00:27:27,462 THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE SPACE 753 00:27:27,462 --> 00:27:28,797 EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY, WITH THE 754 00:27:28,797 --> 00:27:32,901 VIEW OF HELPING MAKE HUMANITY A 755 00:27:32,901 --> 00:27:34,636 SPACE RANKED CIVILIZATION. 756 00:27:34,636 --> 00:27:35,970 IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS, STILL 757 00:27:35,970 --> 00:27:37,572 HAVEN'T LAUNCHED ANYONE YET BUT 758 00:27:37,572 --> 00:27:38,340 HOPEFULLY WE WILL LATER THIS 759 00:27:38,340 --> 00:27:40,275 YEAR. 760 00:27:40,275 --> 00:27:43,611 AND THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE 761 00:27:43,611 --> 00:27:45,947 CULMINATION OF A LONG DREAM FOR 762 00:27:45,947 --> 00:27:47,649 A LOT OF PEOPLE, ME AND A LOT OF 763 00:27:47,649 --> 00:27:52,721 PEOPLE AT SPACEX FOR SURE. 764 00:27:52,721 --> 00:27:55,523 CAN'T WAIT. 765 00:27:55,523 --> 00:27:57,225 >> BOB AND DOUG. 766 00:27:57,225 --> 00:28:03,098 >> YEAH, I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY 767 00:28:03,098 --> 00:28:04,799 SEEN HALF A DOZEN, MAYBE THREE 768 00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:07,135 QUARTERS OF A DOZEN COMBINATION 769 00:28:07,135 --> 00:28:08,837 OF STATIC FIRES OR LAUNCHES 770 00:28:08,837 --> 00:28:10,572 EITHER FROM HERE OR HAWTHORNE. 771 00:28:10,572 --> 00:28:12,874 EVERY TIME WE PARTICIPATE, IT'S 772 00:28:12,874 --> 00:28:16,010 JUST AMAZING TO SEE HOW THE TEAM 773 00:28:16,010 --> 00:28:17,412 IS HITTING ITS STRIDE GETTING 774 00:28:17,412 --> 00:28:19,447 THESE VEHICLES READY TO GO INTO 775 00:28:19,447 --> 00:28:20,849 SPACE AND I THINK EVERY LAUNCH 776 00:28:20,849 --> 00:28:22,484 COUNT OR EVERY STATIC FIRE, 777 00:28:22,484 --> 00:28:24,085 THERE ARE TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT 778 00:28:24,085 --> 00:28:25,787 THE TEAM HAS TO GO BACK AND 779 00:28:25,787 --> 00:28:29,124 SOLVE REALTIME AND I DON'T THINK 780 00:28:29,124 --> 00:28:31,826 THIS WAS ANY DIFFERENT, AND I 781 00:28:31,826 --> 00:28:32,761 THOUGHT EVERYBODY HANDLED THEIR 782 00:28:32,761 --> 00:28:34,062 ROLES VERY WELL AND IT SEEMED 783 00:28:34,062 --> 00:28:35,063 LIKE EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY 784 00:28:35,063 --> 00:28:37,699 ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL LAUNCH, AND 785 00:28:37,699 --> 00:28:40,502 SO FAR SO GOOD. 786 00:28:40,502 --> 00:28:41,336 FROM OUR STANDPOINT, THIS IS 787 00:28:41,336 --> 00:28:42,437 WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE. 788 00:28:42,437 --> 00:28:45,273 YOU WANT TO SEE THE TEAM HITTING 789 00:28:45,273 --> 00:28:46,975 ITS STRIDE AS WE GET READY TO 790 00:28:46,975 --> 00:28:50,011 PUT PEOPLE ON THESE THINGS. 791 00:28:50,011 --> 00:28:52,847 >> AS DOUG DESCRIBED, WE'VE SEEN 792 00:28:52,847 --> 00:28:54,849 SEVERAL STATIC FIRES OR LAUNCHES 793 00:28:54,849 --> 00:28:57,185 FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS. 794 00:28:57,185 --> 00:28:59,287 McGREGOR FROM HERE, WATCHING 795 00:28:59,287 --> 00:29:00,588 ALONG IN HAWTHORNE AND I THINK 796 00:29:00,588 --> 00:29:01,923 FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE THING 797 00:29:01,923 --> 00:29:03,625 THAT'S BEEN DIFFERENT WITH THE 798 00:29:03,625 --> 00:29:05,560 DEMO-1 MISSION IS KIND OF THE 799 00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:06,761 INTEGRATED OPERATION SO SEEING 800 00:29:06,761 --> 00:29:08,863 THE DRAGON TEAM WORK WITH THE 801 00:29:08,863 --> 00:29:10,064 FALCON TEAM, USUALLY IT'S A 802 00:29:10,064 --> 00:29:12,000 LITTLE BIT MORE OF A STANDALONE 803 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,234 PAYLOAD IT SEEMS FROM THE 804 00:29:13,234 --> 00:29:14,102 MISSIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN. 805 00:29:14,102 --> 00:29:15,537 IN THIS CASE, THERE CAN BE 806 00:29:15,537 --> 00:29:17,138 THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO 807 00:29:17,138 --> 00:29:18,473 COMMUNICATE BETWEEN THOSE TWO 808 00:29:18,473 --> 00:29:19,774 TEAMS KIND OF REALTIME AND TO 809 00:29:19,774 --> 00:29:21,709 SEE THE TEAM KIND OF PROCESS 810 00:29:21,709 --> 00:29:24,479 THAT, KIND OF CAUSES US TO THINK 811 00:29:24,479 --> 00:29:26,047 A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S THE 812 00:29:26,047 --> 00:29:27,048 CREW PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THAT, 813 00:29:27,048 --> 00:29:28,950 WHAT'S DRAGON GOING TO TELL THE 814 00:29:28,950 --> 00:29:29,884 GROUND AND WHAT'S IT GOING TO 815 00:29:29,884 --> 00:29:31,786 TELL US AND WHAT DOES THE FALCON 816 00:29:31,786 --> 00:29:32,887 TEAM NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. 817 00:29:32,887 --> 00:29:34,522 THAT'S A PIECE OF THIS THAT WE 818 00:29:34,522 --> 00:29:35,924 GOT TO SEE ON DEMO-1 AND WE'LL 819 00:29:35,924 --> 00:29:37,559 GET TO MAKE SURE AS WE GO 820 00:29:37,559 --> 00:29:38,359 FORWARD THAT'S ALL CAPTURED IN 821 00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:39,727 THE SIMULATIONS AS WE MOVE 822 00:29:39,727 --> 00:29:40,895 FORWARD. 823 00:29:40,895 --> 00:29:42,197 SO THAT INTEGRATION, WE GOT TO 824 00:29:42,197 --> 00:29:43,498 SEE IT HERE AND WE'LL CONTINUE 825 00:29:43,498 --> 00:29:45,967 TO SEE THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO 826 00:29:45,967 --> 00:29:50,872 FLIGHT. 827 00:29:50,872 --> 00:29:55,510 >> RIGHT HERE IN THE SECOND ROW. 828 00:29:55,510 --> 00:29:56,744 >> MARSHA DUNN, ASSOCIATED PRESS 829 00:29:56,744 --> 00:29:58,947 FOR ELON, I'M ASSUMING YOU WERE 830 00:29:58,947 --> 00:30:01,149 IN THE FIRING ROOM FOR LAUNCH. 831 00:30:01,149 --> 00:30:01,549 >> YES. 832 00:30:01,549 --> 00:30:02,350 >> HOW MUCH DOES IT ADD TO THE 833 00:30:02,350 --> 00:30:04,285 SATISFACTION OF SEEING YOUR 834 00:30:04,285 --> 00:30:06,387 ROCKET LAUNCH FROM THE MOON PAD, 835 00:30:06,387 --> 00:30:07,922 THE SHUTTLE PADS AND HERE YOU 836 00:30:07,922 --> 00:30:10,558 ARE IN THE FIRING ROOM USED BY 837 00:30:10,558 --> 00:30:14,462 NASA FOR SO MANY YEARS AND 838 00:30:14,462 --> 00:30:14,863 TRADITIONS? 839 00:30:14,863 --> 00:30:15,697 >> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. 840 00:30:15,697 --> 00:30:17,632 >> TALK ABOUT THAT. 841 00:30:17,632 --> 00:30:18,700 >> I WOULD NEVER HAVE BELIEVED 842 00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:29,410 THAT THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN. 843 00:30:29,410 --> 00:30:36,050 YEAH, I JUST THINK LANDING ON 844 00:30:36,050 --> 00:30:38,887 THE MOON WAS MAYBE THE GREATEST 845 00:30:38,887 --> 00:30:39,487 THING EVER. 846 00:30:39,487 --> 00:30:41,789 MAYBE THE GREATEST THING EVER. 847 00:30:41,789 --> 00:30:43,324 SO I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE 848 00:30:43,324 --> 00:30:46,427 LAUNCHING FROM THAT PAD. 849 00:30:46,427 --> 00:30:46,961 THANK YOU. 850 00:30:46,961 --> 00:30:50,265 THANKS FOR LETTING US. 851 00:30:50,265 --> 00:30:50,665 DO THAT. 852 00:30:50,665 --> 00:30:51,833 >> THANK YOU FOR REPURPOSING IT. 853 00:30:51,833 --> 00:30:57,138 [ Laughter ] 854 00:30:57,138 --> 00:30:59,140 >> YEAH, YEAH, IT'S REALLY HARD 855 00:30:59,140 --> 00:31:00,174 TO BELIEVE. 856 00:31:00,174 --> 00:31:04,112 INCREDIBLE HISTORY. 857 00:31:04,112 --> 00:31:08,650 HOPE WE GO BACK TO THE MONSOON. 858 00:31:08,650 --> 00:31:10,852 >> THAT'S THE GOAL. 859 00:31:10,852 --> 00:31:12,453 >> WE SHOULD HAVE A BASE ON THE 860 00:31:12,453 --> 00:31:12,754 MOON. 861 00:31:12,754 --> 00:31:13,988 LIKE A PERMANENTLY OCCUPIED 862 00:31:13,988 --> 00:31:15,490 HUMAN BASE ON THE MOON AND SEND 863 00:31:15,490 --> 00:31:18,126 PEOPLE TO MARS. 864 00:31:18,126 --> 00:31:19,227 BUILD A CITY ON MARS. 865 00:31:19,227 --> 00:31:22,864 THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO. 866 00:31:22,864 --> 00:31:23,965 >> THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK, 867 00:31:23,965 --> 00:31:31,139 PUT YOUR HAND UP HIGH THERE. 868 00:31:31,139 --> 00:31:32,140 >> MIKE FROM FOX 35. 869 00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:33,841 ELON, AFTER YOU LOOKED AT BOB 870 00:31:33,841 --> 00:31:35,476 AND DOUG AND SAID HOW DO YOU 871 00:31:35,476 --> 00:31:38,479 GUYS FEEL ABOUT GOING UP IN IT, 872 00:31:38,479 --> 00:31:40,815 DID THEY SAY TO YOU HOW DO YOU 873 00:31:40,815 --> 00:31:42,550 FEEL, ELON AND I WONDER UNDER 874 00:31:42,550 --> 00:31:43,551 WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD YOU GET 875 00:31:43,551 --> 00:31:46,888 IN IT AND TAKE A RIDE? 876 00:31:46,888 --> 00:31:48,089 >> YEAH, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO 877 00:31:48,089 --> 00:31:52,727 ON THE VEHICLE. 878 00:31:52,727 --> 00:31:57,165 I THINK IT'S A GOOD DESIGN. 879 00:31:57,165 --> 00:31:58,733 CRAZY AMOUNT OF HARD WORK FROM A 880 00:31:58,733 --> 00:32:00,501 LOT OF SMART PEOPLE AT SPACEX 881 00:32:00,501 --> 00:32:01,536 AND WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM 882 00:32:01,536 --> 00:32:05,640 NASA. 883 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,475 I THINK IT'S A GOOD VEHICLE. 884 00:32:07,475 --> 00:32:08,610 YOU GUYS THINK IT'S A GOOD 885 00:32:08,610 --> 00:32:10,511 VEHICLE. 886 00:32:10,511 --> 00:32:12,080 [ Laughter ] 887 00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:12,413 RIGHT? 888 00:32:12,413 --> 00:32:14,215 >> WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE MORE 889 00:32:14,215 --> 00:32:18,052 QUESTION, GENTLEMAN IN THE AISLE 890 00:32:18,052 --> 00:32:18,553 HERE. 891 00:32:18,553 --> 00:32:19,954 >> WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY BEFORE WE 892 00:32:19,954 --> 00:32:21,656 REACH ANY CONCLUSIONS OR A WEEK 893 00:32:21,656 --> 00:32:22,690 WHEN IT LANDS. 894 00:32:22,690 --> 00:32:29,664 >> ONE LAST QUESTION HERE. 895 00:32:29,664 --> 00:32:34,502 >> KRAMER FOR SPACE UP CLOSE. 896 00:32:34,502 --> 00:32:36,204 THANKS FOR DOING THIS. 897 00:32:36,204 --> 00:32:38,006 JIM BRYDON STEIN, YOU MENTIONED 898 00:32:38,006 --> 00:32:39,641 YOU YOU WANT NASA TO BE ONE OF 899 00:32:39,641 --> 00:32:40,642 MANY CUSTOMERS. 900 00:32:40,642 --> 00:32:44,078 ELON, WHERE DO YOU SEE DRAGON 901 00:32:44,078 --> 00:32:45,313 GOING BEYOND NASA? 902 00:32:45,313 --> 00:32:46,414 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO? 903 00:32:46,414 --> 00:32:47,482 EXPAND ON THAT, THANKS. 904 00:32:47,482 --> 00:32:50,218 >> I THINK THE OBVIOUS THING 905 00:32:50,218 --> 00:32:52,954 WOULD BE IF THERE ARE PRIVATE 906 00:32:52,954 --> 00:32:54,188 CITIZENS THAT WANT TO GO TO THE 907 00:32:54,188 --> 00:32:58,426 SPACE STATIONS, AS THIS HAPPENED 908 00:32:58,426 --> 00:32:59,627 BEFORE, THEY'VE GONE ON THE 909 00:32:59,627 --> 00:33:00,928 SOYUZ BEFORE, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE 910 00:33:00,928 --> 00:33:01,829 HAVE GONE TO SPACE STATION ON 911 00:33:01,829 --> 00:33:03,264 THE SOYUZ, IT WOULD BE PRETTY 912 00:33:03,264 --> 00:33:04,766 COOL IF PEOPLE WENT TO THE SPACE 913 00:33:04,766 --> 00:33:05,733 STATION ON AN AMERICAN VEHICLE 914 00:33:05,733 --> 00:33:08,102 AS WELL. 915 00:33:08,102 --> 00:33:09,704 SOYUZ WAS A GOOD VEHICLE BUT IT 916 00:33:09,704 --> 00:33:16,144 WOULD BE GOOD IF THERE WERE ALSO 917 00:33:16,144 --> 00:33:17,178 COMMERCIAL TRIPS ON AN AMERICAN 918 00:33:17,178 --> 00:33:18,880 VEHICLE AS WELL. 919 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,515 AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE 920 00:33:20,515 --> 00:33:24,852 THINGS THAT WE'LL DO. 921 00:33:24,852 --> 00:33:26,354 AND OBVIOUSLY NASA IS VERY 922 00:33:26,354 --> 00:33:29,490 SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. 923 00:33:29,490 --> 00:33:36,431 AND YEAH, SO MAYBE THERE'S 924 00:33:36,431 --> 00:33:39,467 SOMETHING BEYOND THE SPACE 925 00:33:39,467 --> 00:33:39,867 STATION. 926 00:33:39,867 --> 00:33:40,468 WE'LL SEE. 927 00:33:40,468 --> 00:33:41,903 GOT TO FOCUS ON GETTING THIS 928 00:33:41,903 --> 00:33:42,704 RIGHT FOR SURE. 929 00:33:42,704 --> 00:33:44,305 THAT'S THE PRIORITY. 930 00:33:44,305 --> 00:33:47,442 BUT THEN AFTER THAT, MAYBE 931 00:33:47,442 --> 00:33:49,744 SOMETHING BEYOND EARTH ORBIT. 932 00:33:49,744 --> 00:33:51,479 >> SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT 933 00:33:51,479 --> 00:33:51,779 OUT. 934 00:33:51,779 --> 00:33:53,781 WE JUST HEARD ELON SAY HE WOULD 935 00:33:53,781 --> 00:33:54,882 BE INTERESTED IN HAVING A 936 00:33:54,882 --> 00:33:57,085 PERMANENT PRESENCE ON THE MOON. 937 00:33:57,085 --> 00:34:00,855 >> FOR SURE. 938 00:34:00,855 --> 00:34:02,056 WE SHOULD DO IT. 939 00:34:02,056 --> 00:34:03,191 >> THAT'S VERY FIRST SPACE 940 00:34:03,191 --> 00:34:05,193 POLICY DIRECTIVE GIVEN BY THE 941 00:34:05,193 --> 00:34:05,960 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 942 00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:07,995 TO ME AS THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR. 943 00:34:07,995 --> 00:34:08,930 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE MOON 944 00:34:08,930 --> 00:34:11,165 AND WE'RE GOING TO GO 945 00:34:11,165 --> 00:34:11,566 SUSTAINABLY. 946 00:34:11,566 --> 00:34:13,167 WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN WE SAY 947 00:34:13,167 --> 00:34:14,302 SUSTAINABLY, THAT MEANS WE'RE 948 00:34:14,302 --> 00:34:16,704 GOING TO STAY, AND OF COURSE THE 949 00:34:16,704 --> 00:34:18,306 OBJECTIVE HERE IS NOT JUST 950 00:34:18,306 --> 00:34:20,842 HUMANS BUT ALSO LANDERS AND 951 00:34:20,842 --> 00:34:25,279 ROVERS AND ROBOTS AND HUMANS AND 952 00:34:25,279 --> 00:34:25,947 UTILIZING OUR INTERNATIONAL 953 00:34:25,947 --> 00:34:28,716 PARTNERS AND UTILIZING OUR 954 00:34:28,716 --> 00:34:30,752 COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND THERE'S 955 00:34:30,752 --> 00:34:33,755 NO DOUBT SPACEX HAS SOME REALLY 956 00:34:33,755 --> 00:34:35,056 AMAZING IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THEY 957 00:34:35,056 --> 00:34:37,692 COULD HELP US DO AT THE MOON AND 958 00:34:37,692 --> 00:34:39,393 WHAT THEY COULD HELP THE 959 00:34:39,393 --> 00:34:40,728 COALITION OF INTERNATIONAL 960 00:34:40,728 --> 00:34:42,630 PARTNERS DO AS WE DEVELOP THIS 961 00:34:42,630 --> 00:34:44,132 TOGETHER. 962 00:34:44,132 --> 00:34:47,769 BUT THE PRESIDENT'S SPACE POLICY 963 00:34:47,769 --> 00:34:48,336 DIRECTIVE IS CLEAR. 964 00:34:48,336 --> 00:34:50,104 WE'RE GOING TO THE MOON, WE'RE 965 00:34:50,104 --> 00:34:50,638 GOING SUSTAINABLY. 966 00:34:50,638 --> 00:34:52,707 WE'RE GOING WITH INTERNATIONAL 967 00:34:52,707 --> 00:34:53,074 PARTNERS. 968 00:34:53,074 --> 00:34:53,941 WE'RE GOING WITH COMMERCIAL 969 00:34:53,941 --> 00:34:54,308 PARTNERS. 970 00:34:54,308 --> 00:34:55,143 WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THE 971 00:34:55,143 --> 00:34:55,843 RESOURCES OF THE MOON. 972 00:34:55,843 --> 00:34:57,645 THAT'S A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT 973 00:34:57,645 --> 00:34:58,546 PART OF THE AGENDA. 974 00:34:58,546 --> 00:34:59,180 WHY? 975 00:34:59,180 --> 00:35:00,681 WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND 976 00:35:00,681 --> 00:35:02,016 WORK ON ANOTHER WORLD FOR LONG 977 00:35:02,016 --> 00:35:02,784 PERIODS OF TIME. 978 00:35:02,784 --> 00:35:05,019 WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE 979 00:35:05,019 --> 00:35:06,954 RESOURCES OF ANOTHER WORLD, 980 00:35:06,954 --> 00:35:08,689 WHICH IS OF COURSE A GREAT 981 00:35:08,689 --> 00:35:10,591 OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVE 982 00:35:10,591 --> 00:35:11,592 THOSE CAPABILITIES AND 983 00:35:11,592 --> 00:35:13,394 TECHNOLOGIES ON THE MOON, 984 00:35:13,394 --> 00:35:16,230 BECAUSE AS IT HAPPENS, MARS AND 985 00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:18,866 EARTH ARE ONLY ALIGNED ONCE 986 00:35:18,866 --> 00:35:19,901 EVERY 26 MONTHS ON THE SAME SIDE 987 00:35:19,901 --> 00:35:21,702 OF THE SUN, WHICH MEANS WHEN WE 988 00:35:21,702 --> 00:35:23,404 GO TO MARS, WHICH I KNOW IS HIGH 989 00:35:23,404 --> 00:35:25,139 ON ELON'S AGENDA AND IT'S HIGH 990 00:35:25,139 --> 00:35:27,742 ON NASA'S AGENDA, WHEN WE GO TO 991 00:35:27,742 --> 00:35:29,977 MARS, WE HAVE TO BE THERE FOR 992 00:35:29,977 --> 00:35:30,812 LONG PERIODS OF TIME. 993 00:35:30,812 --> 00:35:33,815 WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO 994 00:35:33,815 --> 00:35:36,617 IN SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND 995 00:35:36,617 --> 00:35:37,618 ULTIMATELY WE NEED TO PROVE ALL 996 00:35:37,618 --> 00:35:38,853 OF THIS OUT AT THE MOON WHICH IS 997 00:35:38,853 --> 00:35:40,555 A THREE-DAY JOURNEY FROM EARTH, 998 00:35:40,555 --> 00:35:42,690 WHICH MEANS WE HAVE A RISK 999 00:35:42,690 --> 00:35:43,491 MITIGATION CAPABILITY RIGHT 1000 00:35:43,491 --> 00:35:45,193 THERE, WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS 1001 00:35:45,193 --> 00:35:47,128 WITH APOLLO 13, WHEN SOMETHING 1002 00:35:47,128 --> 00:35:48,729 GOES WRONG, YOU CAN GET HOME. 1003 00:35:48,729 --> 00:35:49,630 IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG ON THE 1004 00:35:49,630 --> 00:35:51,465 WAY TO MARS, IT BECOMES A LOT 1005 00:35:51,465 --> 00:35:52,567 MORE DIFFICULT. 1006 00:35:52,567 --> 00:35:54,068 AND SO THAT'S WHY THE MOON 1007 00:35:54,068 --> 00:35:54,602 MATTERS. 1008 00:35:54,602 --> 00:35:56,003 THAT'S WHY THE MOON IS SO 1009 00:35:56,003 --> 00:35:56,370 IMPORTANT. 1010 00:35:56,370 --> 00:35:57,505 IT'S THE PROVING GROUND. 1011 00:35:57,505 --> 00:35:59,440 AND THEN AT THE END, WE WANT TO 1012 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:00,741 TAKE ALL THOSE TECHNOLOGIES, ALL 1013 00:36:00,741 --> 00:36:02,443 THOSE CAPABILITIES, WE WANT TO 1014 00:36:02,443 --> 00:36:04,979 RETIRE THE RISK AND GO TO MARS. 1015 00:36:04,979 --> 00:36:08,816 THERE'S GREAT ALIGNMENT BETWEEN 1016 00:36:08,816 --> 00:36:10,818 NASA AND OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS 1017 00:36:10,818 --> 00:36:12,753 AND AS WE'RE SEEING NOW WITH OUR 1018 00:36:12,753 --> 00:36:14,255 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, JUST 1019 00:36:14,255 --> 00:36:15,990 YESTERDAY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW 1020 00:36:15,990 --> 00:36:18,492 WHAT DAY IT IS, LIKE TWO DAYS 1021 00:36:18,492 --> 00:36:20,728 AGO, I GUESS, NOW, WE HAD A 1022 00:36:20,728 --> 00:36:22,830 GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CANADA, 1023 00:36:22,830 --> 00:36:24,665 AND THEY ANNOUNCED THEY'RE GOING 1024 00:36:24,665 --> 00:36:26,467 TO WITH US FOR THE NEXT 24 YEARS 1025 00:36:26,467 --> 00:36:28,102 IN OUR SUSTAINABLE RETURN RETURN 1026 00:36:28,102 --> 00:36:31,305 TO THE MOON AND THAT'S THE KIND 1027 00:36:31,305 --> 00:36:32,440 OF LONG-TERM ENDURING COMMITMENT 1028 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:33,140 THAT WE NEED. 1029 00:36:33,140 --> 00:36:34,842 WE NEED TO GROW THE 1030 00:36:34,842 --> 00:36:35,576 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND 1031 00:36:35,576 --> 00:36:36,677 THAT MEANS THE PARTNERS THAT ARE 1032 00:36:36,677 --> 00:36:38,079 CURRENTLY THERE, WE NEED THEM TO 1033 00:36:38,079 --> 00:36:41,816 HELP US IN A BIGGER LEVEL. 1034 00:36:41,816 --> 00:36:43,818 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 1035 00:36:43,818 --> 00:36:44,852 AMAZING, AMAZING DEVELOPMENT 1036 00:36:44,852 --> 00:36:46,454 THAT HAS PROVEN THE CONCEPT. 1037 00:36:46,454 --> 00:36:47,989 WE NEED TO GROW IT. 1038 00:36:47,989 --> 00:36:50,892 WE NEED EVERY PIECE OF THE 1039 00:36:50,892 --> 00:36:51,659 ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN THE EARTH 1040 00:36:51,659 --> 00:36:52,627 AND THE MOON TO INCLUDE OUR 1041 00:36:52,627 --> 00:36:53,427 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. 1042 00:36:53,427 --> 00:36:55,129 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GATEWAY. 1043 00:36:55,129 --> 00:36:56,564 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE 1044 00:36:56,564 --> 00:36:57,865 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1045 00:36:57,865 --> 00:37:00,968 BUT IT'S ABOUT THE ENTIRE 1046 00:37:00,968 --> 00:37:02,203 EXPLORATION AGENDA IN THREE 1047 00:37:02,203 --> 00:37:05,039 DIFFERENT THEATERS THAT INCLUDES 1048 00:37:05,039 --> 00:37:05,840 LOW-EARTH ORBIT, THAT INCLUDES 1049 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:07,441 THE MOON AND IT INCLUDES MARS. 1050 00:37:07,441 --> 00:37:09,176 AND PUTTING TOGETHER A GRAND 1051 00:37:09,176 --> 00:37:10,478 BARGAIN, IF YOU WILL, BETWEEN 1052 00:37:10,478 --> 00:37:12,079 OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AND 1053 00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:13,514 OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS IN A WAY 1054 00:37:13,514 --> 00:37:15,416 THAT CAN BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR 1055 00:37:15,416 --> 00:37:17,952 GENERATIONS TO COME SO THAT WE 1056 00:37:17,952 --> 00:37:20,254 CAN HAVE THAT PERMANENT PRESENCE 1057 00:37:20,254 --> 00:37:21,589 OF HUMANS ON ANOTHER WORLD 1058 00:37:21,589 --> 00:37:22,890 STARTING WITH THE MOON AND 1059 00:37:22,890 --> 00:37:23,758 EVENTUALLY MARS. 1060 00:37:23,758 --> 00:37:24,825 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1061 00:37:24,825 --> 00:37:25,726 >> AND IT'S A BRIGHT FUTURE 1062 00:37:25,726 --> 00:37:26,427 RIGHT NOW. 1063 00:37:26,427 --> 00:37:27,361 AND I WILL SAY THIS. 1064 00:37:27,361 --> 00:37:31,966 AND I SAY THIS EVERY TIME I HAVE 1065 00:37:31,966 --> 00:37:33,200 AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE 1066 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:34,201 AUDIENCE AND WITH ALL THE 1067 00:37:34,201 --> 00:37:35,202 CAMERAS HERE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT 1068 00:37:35,202 --> 00:37:35,703 THAN EVER. 1069 00:37:35,703 --> 00:37:37,238 THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST BUDGET 1070 00:37:37,238 --> 00:37:38,439 REQUEST INCREASED OUR BUDGET AT 1071 00:37:38,439 --> 00:37:39,941 NASA BY A BILLION DOLLARS, WHICH 1072 00:37:39,941 --> 00:37:41,776 WAS ABOUT A 5% INCREASE, AND 1073 00:37:41,776 --> 00:37:44,812 THEN EVEN BEFORE I GOT SWORN IN 1074 00:37:44,812 --> 00:37:46,213 AS THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR, A 1075 00:37:46,213 --> 00:37:47,815 BI-PARTISAN CONGRESS IN BOTH THE 1076 00:37:47,815 --> 00:37:53,054 HOUSE AND THE SENATE, UP BY 1077 00:37:53,054 --> 00:37:53,487 $1.7 BILLION. 1078 00:37:53,487 --> 00:37:54,689 I THOUGHT I WAS COMING IN TO 1079 00:37:54,689 --> 00:37:55,589 ADVOCATE FOR A BIGGER BUDGET AND 1080 00:37:55,589 --> 00:37:57,091 BY THE TIME I GOT THERE, IT WAS 1081 00:37:57,091 --> 00:37:58,192 ACTUALLY SMALLER THAN WHAT 1082 00:37:58,192 --> 00:37:59,527 CONGRESS HAD ALREADY GIVEN US 1083 00:37:59,527 --> 00:38:00,728 WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD PROBLEM 1084 00:38:00,728 --> 00:38:02,330 FOR NASA TO HAVE. 1085 00:38:02,330 --> 00:38:04,298 AND INTERESTINGLY TODAY AS ELON 1086 00:38:04,298 --> 00:38:09,637 AND I WERE OUT ON THE LAUNCHPAD, 1087 00:38:09,637 --> 00:38:16,477 39A, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT 1088 00:38:16,477 --> 00:38:17,979 WHY HE GOT INVOLVED IN THIS TO 1089 00:38:17,979 --> 00:38:20,114 BEGIN WITH AND IT WAS TO INSPIRE 1090 00:38:20,114 --> 00:38:21,515 AMERICA TO INCREASE NASA'S 1091 00:38:21,515 --> 00:38:22,616 BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE RETURN WE 1092 00:38:22,616 --> 00:38:24,318 GET ON THOSE ACTIVITIES. 1093 00:38:24,318 --> 00:38:26,454 IT IS TRUE THE IDEA WE CAN PUT 1094 00:38:26,454 --> 00:38:27,688 HUMANS ON ANOTHER WORLD FOR LONG 1095 00:38:27,688 --> 00:38:28,990 PERIODS OF TIME IS GREAT BUT THE 1096 00:38:28,990 --> 00:38:30,424 BENEFITS HUMANITY HAS RECEIVED 1097 00:38:30,424 --> 00:38:32,526 FROM SPACE EXPLORATION IN 1098 00:38:32,526 --> 00:38:33,894 GENERAL IS IMMEASURABLE. 1099 00:38:33,894 --> 00:38:34,962 THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT WE GET 1100 00:38:34,962 --> 00:38:36,797 FROM THAT AS A NATION AND IN 1101 00:38:36,797 --> 00:38:38,699 FACT AS A WORLD, THE WAY WE 1102 00:38:38,699 --> 00:38:40,701 COMMUNICATE, ALL OF THESE 1103 00:38:40,701 --> 00:38:45,139 CAMERAS, DirecTV, DISH 1104 00:38:45,139 --> 00:38:46,173 NETWORK, INTERNET BROADBAND FROM 1105 00:38:46,173 --> 00:38:47,141 SPACE, I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE 1106 00:38:47,141 --> 00:38:49,777 THAT PUT THIS ON THE INTERNET WE 1107 00:38:49,777 --> 00:38:52,613 TALK ABOUT XM RADIO, THE WAY WE 1108 00:38:52,613 --> 00:38:53,714 COMMUNICATE, THE WAY WE 1109 00:38:53,714 --> 00:38:55,649 NAVIGATE, THE WAY WE PRODUCE 1110 00:38:55,649 --> 00:38:57,551 FOOD, I WAS RECENTLY AT THE AG 1111 00:38:57,551 --> 00:38:58,652 EXPO AND WE'RE SENSING THE EARTH 1112 00:38:58,652 --> 00:39:00,788 IN EVERY PART OF THE 1113 00:39:00,788 --> 00:39:02,323 ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM AND 1114 00:39:02,323 --> 00:39:04,392 BECAUSE OF THAT WE CAN INCREASE 1115 00:39:04,392 --> 00:39:09,597 CROP YIELDS, REDUCE WATER USAGE, 1116 00:39:09,597 --> 00:39:11,465 NITRATES IN THE SOIL, FEEDING 1117 00:39:11,465 --> 00:39:13,467 THE WORLD MORE THAN EVER BEFORE 1118 00:39:13,467 --> 00:39:15,703 BECAUSE OF WHAT NASA DOES AND WE 1119 00:39:15,703 --> 00:39:18,105 DIDN'T DEVELOP THE SATELLITES 1120 00:39:18,105 --> 00:39:19,740 FOR THAT PURPOSE. 1121 00:39:19,740 --> 00:39:21,075 BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT DATA WE 1122 00:39:21,075 --> 00:39:22,810 CAN SHARE IT NOT ONLY WITH THE 1123 00:39:22,810 --> 00:39:23,611 UNITED STATES FARMERS BUT AROUND 1124 00:39:23,611 --> 00:39:24,011 THE WORLD. 1125 00:39:24,011 --> 00:39:25,079 WE SAVED TENS OF MILLIONS OF 1126 00:39:25,079 --> 00:39:26,113 DOLLARS IN DISASTER RELIEF THAT 1127 00:39:26,113 --> 00:39:28,516 WOULD HAVE GONE TO UGANDA BUT 1128 00:39:28,516 --> 00:39:29,517 BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO PREDICT 1129 00:39:29,517 --> 00:39:31,052 AHEAD OF TIME A DISASTER 1130 00:39:31,052 --> 00:39:33,054 SITUATION DEVELOPING WE COULD 1131 00:39:33,054 --> 00:39:34,188 MITIGATE AND SAVE NOT ONLY MONEY 1132 00:39:34,188 --> 00:39:35,990 FOR US IN THE FORM OF AID BUT 1133 00:39:35,990 --> 00:39:38,826 ALSO LIVES IN UGANDA, THE WAY WE 1134 00:39:38,826 --> 00:39:40,027 PRODUCE FOOD, THE WAY WE 1135 00:39:40,027 --> 00:39:41,429 UNDERSTAND WEATHER, THE WAY WE 1136 00:39:41,429 --> 00:39:42,563 UNDERSTAND CLIMATE, THE WAY WE 1137 00:39:42,563 --> 00:39:43,664 DO NATIONAL SECURITY AND 1138 00:39:43,664 --> 00:39:46,600 DISASTER RELIEF, ALL OF THESE 1139 00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:47,701 THINGS WERE BORN, AND I 1140 00:39:47,701 --> 00:39:49,637 UNDERSTAND A LOT OF IT IS 1141 00:39:49,637 --> 00:39:52,139 COMMERCIALIZED AND WE LOVE THAT, 1142 00:39:52,139 --> 00:39:53,474 HELPS SAVE US MONEY AT NASA BUT 1143 00:39:53,474 --> 00:39:58,512 A LOT OF IT IS COMMERCIALIZED. 1144 00:39:58,512 --> 00:40:00,247 A LOT OF IT IS DONE BY THE 1145 00:40:00,247 --> 00:40:01,949 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUT AT THE 1146 00:40:01,949 --> 00:40:03,918 END OF THE DAY IT'S BORN FROM 1147 00:40:03,918 --> 00:40:05,286 THIS LITTLE AGENCY THAT OCCUPIES 1148 00:40:05,286 --> 00:40:06,687 LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF 1% OF THE 1149 00:40:06,687 --> 00:40:09,590 FEDERAL BUDGET AND THE RETURN ON 1150 00:40:09,590 --> 00:40:11,092 THAT HAS BEEN ASTONISHING. 1151 00:40:11,092 --> 00:40:13,427 THE IDEA THAT THIS EVENT TODAY 1152 00:40:13,427 --> 00:40:19,166 WAS BORNE FROM A CONCEPT OF HOW 1153 00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:20,768 DO WE ENCOURAGE AMERICANS TO 1154 00:40:20,768 --> 00:40:22,603 INCREASE THE NASA BUDGET, 1155 00:40:22,603 --> 00:40:23,337 FRIENDS, WITH THEY HAVE A 1156 00:40:23,337 --> 00:40:24,105 OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW AND IT IS 1157 00:40:24,105 --> 00:40:25,940 IN FACT HAPPENING WITH 1158 00:40:25,940 --> 00:40:28,576 BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT IN CONGRESS 1159 00:40:28,576 --> 00:40:29,944 AND SUPPORT FROM THE 1160 00:40:29,944 --> 00:40:30,411 ADMINISTRATION. 1161 00:40:30,411 --> 00:40:33,914 SO WE'RE AT A GREAT TIME. 1162 00:40:33,914 --> 00:40:34,815 TODAY'S EVENT WAS AMAZING TO 1163 00:40:34,815 --> 00:40:35,916 WATCH AND OVER THE NEXT FIVE 1164 00:40:35,916 --> 00:40:37,418 DAYS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT 1165 00:40:37,418 --> 00:40:38,652 MORE MILESTONES BY A ACHIEVED 1166 00:40:38,652 --> 00:40:41,856 AND CERTAINLY AS AN AGENCY AND 1167 00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:43,390 AS A COUNTRY AND REALLY AS A 1168 00:40:43,390 --> 00:40:46,427 WORLD WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL 1169 00:40:46,427 --> 00:40:47,461 PARTNERS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE 1170 00:40:47,461 --> 00:40:48,696 TO DO MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. 1171 00:40:48,696 --> 00:40:50,397 I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY 1172 00:40:50,397 --> 00:40:52,266 WITH THE TV CAMERAS AND THE 1173 00:40:52,266 --> 00:40:53,067 IPHONES, GET THIS MESSAGE TO 1174 00:40:53,067 --> 00:40:53,801 THE WORLD. 1175 00:40:53,801 --> 00:40:54,702 IT'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE AND 1176 00:40:54,702 --> 00:40:56,637 I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU 1177 00:40:56,637 --> 00:41:00,441 BEING HERE AND COVERING THIS 1178 00:41:00,441 --> 00:41:01,542 VERY IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT IN 1179 00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:03,677 AMERICAN HISTORY SO THANK YOU 1180 00:41:03,677 --> 00:41:05,012 GUYS SO MUCH. 1181 00:41:05,012 --> 00:41:05,880 >> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR 1182 00:41:05,880 --> 00:41:06,714 JOINING US. 1183 00:41:06,714 --> 00:41:09,617 IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, 1184 00:41:09,617 --> 00:41:10,851 PLEASE VISIT NASA.GOV. 1185 00:41:10,851 --> 00:41:12,186 THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.