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>> T MINUS 15 SECONDS.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
ZERO.
IGNITION, LIFTOFF.
>> WELCOME.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR
HERE AT NASA AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US FOR THE POST-LAUNCH
BRIEF OF DEMO-1.
JUST A REMINDER FOR THE
REPORTERS, PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME
AND ORGANIZATION AND WE ALSO
HAVE REPORTERS CALLING ON THE
LINE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
ONE REPORTER PER QUESTION.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT
OVER TO NASA ADMINISTRATOR JIM
BRYDONSTEIN.
>> THANK YOU, IT'S AN EXCITING
EVENING.
I'LL INTRODUCE THEM AND I'LL SAY
A FEW WORDS AND TURN IT OVER TO
ELON MUSK TO SAY A FEW WORDS
ABOUT TONIGHT'S OR I SHOULD SAY
TODAY'S EVENT, WHATEVER TIME IT
MAY BE, I'M NOT SURE.
SO TO START, THE CEO AND LEAD
DESIGNER OF SPACEX, ELON MUSK IS
HERE.
WE HAVE TWO ASTRONAUTS, BOB
BENKIN AND DOUG HURLEY WHO WILL
BE FLYING ON THE DEMO-2 MISSION
WHICH WE'RE ANXIOUSLY
ANTICIPATING.
WE HAVE STEVE STITCH, THE DEPUTY
MANAGER OF THE COMMERCIAL TWO
AND THE NASA LAUNCH MANAGER FOR
DEMO-1 WAY DOWN ON MY FAR RIGHT
AND KIRKSHIREMAN, TO MY
IMMEDIATE RIGHT.
TONIGHT WAS A BIG NIGHT FOR THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A
GREAT NIGHT FOR NASA.
WHAT TODAY REALLY
REPRESENTS ISA NEW ERA IN SPACE.
AN ERA WHERE WE ARE LOOKING
FORWARD TO BEING ONE CUSTOMER AS
AN AGENCY, ONE CUSTOMER OF MANY
CUSTOMERS IN A ROBUST COMMERCIAL
MARKETPLACE IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT
SO WE CAN DRIVE DOWN COSTS AND
INCREASE ACCESS IN WAYS THAT
HISTORICALLY HAVE NOT BEEN
POSSIBLE AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST
PROVIDER OF MULTIPLE PROVIDERS
TODAY THAT HAD A SUCCESSFUL
LAUNCH.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
WE'RE STILL IN THE FIRST QUARTER
AS A FIVE-DAY MISSION AND WE'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE
SUCCESSES ON THIS MISSION AND
MISSIONS BEYOND THIS ONE.
SO ELON, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO
YOU FOR A FEW OF YOUR OPENING
COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS
VERY STRONG NOTE OF APPRECIATION
FOR THE SPACEX TEAM.
IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS TO GET TO
THIS POINT, 2002 TO NOW, AND
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF HARD WORK
AND SACRIFICE FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS
POINT.
YEAH, TO BE FRANK, I'M A LITTLE
EMOTIONALLY EXHAUSTED, BECAUSE
IT WAS SUPER STRESSFUL.
BUT IT WORKED, SO FAR.
WE HAVE TO DOCK THE STATION, WE
HAVE TO COME BACK, BUT SO FAR
IT'S WORKED.
SOME OF THE RISKIEST ITEMS --
WE'VE PASSED ON THE RISKIEST
ITEMS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO EXPRESS
GREAT APPRECIATION FOR NASA.
SPACEX WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT
NASA, WITHOUT THE INCREDIBLE
WORK THAT WAS DONE BEFORE SPACEX
EVEN STARTED AND WITHOUT THE
SUPPORT AFTER SPACEX DID START.
SO THANK YOU.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WELL, IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SO
MANY PEOPLE HERE SO EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
SO WE'LL JUST OPEN IT UP.
IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL
JUST CALL ON FOLKS AS WE GO.
THE GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE IN THE
GRAY JACKET.
>> IVAN.
Mr. MUSK, DO YOU HAVE ANY
CUSTOMERS FOR THE CAPSULE,
PRIVATE CUSTOMERS OTHER THAN
NASA?
>> OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN ON SERVING
NASA'S NEEDS BUT ONCE DRAGON IS
IN REGULAR OPERATION, I THINK
WE'LL SEE COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS.
OUR NASA ADMINISTRATOR HAS BEEN
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT IDEA.
THE GROUP WE'RE WORKED ON IS
MAKING SURE THE VEHICLE WORKED
AND MAXIMIZING SAFETY AND
RELIABILITY AND WE'VE NOT PUT
ANY EFFORT YET INTO COMMERCIAL
CUSTOMERS.
>> THE GENTLEMAN RIGHT BEHIND
HIM.
>> HI, GOOD MORNING, TOM
COSTELLO WITH NBC NEWS AND
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.
ELON, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT NOW
WHAT DOES TODAY PROVE TO NASA
AND TO THE WORLD ABOUT YOUR
CAPABILITIES AT SPACEX AND
DRAGON SPECIFICALLY.
>> WELL, WE'RE ONLY PARTWAY
THROUGH THE MISSION, BUT THE
SYSTEM THUS FAR HAS PASSED A SET
OF REVIEWS AND THEN IN THE
LAUNCH ITSELF, THE LAUNCH WENT
AS EXPECTED.
SO FAR EVERYTHING IS NORMAL.
DRAGON 2 OR CREW DRAGON IS A
FUNDAMENTAL REDESIGN.
HARDLY IN COMMON WITH DRAGON 1,
WHICH RETROSPECT WILL PROBABLY
CHANGE, ACTUALLY.
THERE'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ANY
EQUIPMENT ON THE VEHICLE AND
EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE WORKING
FINE.
SO YEAH, WE OPENED THE NOSE
CONE.
THE FORWARD THRUSTERS FIRED.
THE PROPELLANT SYSTEM IS
WORKING.
IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLEX THAN
DRAGON-1, BECAUSE THE INTEGRATED
LAUNCH ESCAPE THRUSTERS, THE
SUPER LAUNCH ESCAPE THRUSTERS ON
THE SIDE.
I'M NOT SURE IF PEOPLE KNOW WHAT
IS BETTER ABOUT DRAGON THAN SOME
OTHER VEHICLES, IT DOES HAVE AN
INTEGRATED ESCAPE SYSTEM.
SO PREVIOUSLY YOU WOULD HAVE A
TRACTOR ESCAPE SYSTEM LIKE A SOD
ROCKET MOTOR THAT MOUNTS ON THE
NOSE OF THE CAPSULE AS A
TRACTOR.
IT WOULD SORT OF PULL THE
SPACECRAFT AWAY.
THAT'S HOW SOYUZ WORKS, FOR
EXAMPLE.
BUT IN THE CASE OF DRAGON,
THEY'RE INTEGRATED, SO YOU HAVE
AN ABORT CAPACITY ON THE WAY TO
ORBIT AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT SEPARATION EVENT OF
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM.
SO THIS IS I THINK QUITE A BIG
SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.
IN PRINCIPLE.
AND HOPEFULLY TOMORROW IN ABOUT
24 HOURS, WE'LL BE DOCKING WITH
THE SPACE STATION SO IT WILL BE
ABLE TO DOCK WITH THE SPACE
STATION WITHOUT USING THE ARM.
>> CONGRATULATIONS ON A
PICTURE-PERFECT LAUNCH.
MAIDEN VOYAGE FOR THE DRAGON.
OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS, IT HAS
TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF
IMPORTANT STEPS.
YOU HAVE A CHECKLIST YOU HAVE TO
GO THROUGH.
ARE THERE ANY MOMENTS IN
PARTICULAR THAT YOU WILL FIND
ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING OR
WORRISOME?
>> WELL, I THINK DOCKING WITH
THE SPACE STATION IS GOING TO BE
FIRST TIME.
PREVIOUSLY WE WOULD GO CLOSE TO
THE SPACE STATION AND THE ARM
WOULD REACH OUT AND GRAB --
DRAGON 1 WOULD GRAB DRAGON-1 AND
ATTACH IT TO THE SPACE STATION.
IN THIS CASE IT WILL FLY ON TO
THE SPACE STATION AND ATTACH
ITSELF.
THAT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE
SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'VE NEVER
DONE BEFORE.
AND THEN RE-ENTRY, BECAUSE THE
BACK SHELL IS NOT SYMMETRIC IN
THE WAY THAT DRAGON-1, IT'S NOT
A SMOOTH CONNECTOR LIKE
DRAGON-1, YOU HAVE THE LAUNCH
ESCAPE THRUSTER POD, THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY CAUSE INSTABLE ON
RE-ENTRY BUT I THINK IT'S
UNLIKELY.
WE'VE RUN SIMULATIONS A THOUSAND
TIMES BUT THIS IS A POSSIBILITY.
SO I THINK THAT, THE RE-ENTRY
WITH THE ASYMMETRIC BACK SHELL
AND THEN THE PARACHUTES ARE NEW.
WILL THE PARACHUTES DEPLOY
CORRECTLY, AND THEN WILL THE
SYSTEM GUIDE DRAGON-2 TO THE
RIGHT LOCATION AND SPLASH DOWN
SAFELY.
HYPERSONIC RE-ENTRY IS PROBABLY
MY BIGGEST CONCERN, JUST BECAUSE
OF THE ASYMMETRIC BACK SHELL.
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>> YEAH, FOR A WEEK.
>> WE'LL GO RIGHT HERE, YES.
>> WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE
THE CAMERA INSIDE THE CAPSULE AT
LIFTOFF IN THE FIRST MINUTE.
WHAT DID YOU SEE, WHAT DATA, HOW
DID THE MANNEQUIN TEST DUMMY,
RIPLEY, DO?
>> YEAH, THE VIDEO, WE DID GET
VIDEO FROM THE GROUND STATION,
SO IN FACT, WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE
ABLE TO POST SOME OF THAT SOON.
FOR SURE ONCE WE GET CLOSE TO
THE STATION, WE'LL HAVE A GOOD
VIDEO LINK FROM INSIDE THE
SPACECRAFT.
THE BIAS WAS TOWARDS DATA, MAKE
SURE WE GOT THE DATA DOWN.
THE DATA WAS ALL LOOKING REALLY
GOOD.
I THINK FOR MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC, THE REAL FUN THING WOULD
BE SEEING THE LITTLE CELESTIAL
BODY LITTLE TINY EARTH, HUMANOID
EARTH THING FLOATING AROUND IN
ZERO G.
I THINK THE PUBLIC ARE MOST
EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
IT'S IN ZERO G NOW.
IT'S FINE.
PROBABLY GOT TO ABOUT 4 1/2 Gs
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IS THERE
A PROBLEM.
>> THE MANNEQUIN --
>> IT'S FINE.
COULDN'T EVEN TELL.
IT LOOKED FINE.
>> WE'LL GO RIGHT HERE IN THE
FRONT.
>> TIM, WITH THE EVERYDAY
ASTRONAUT.
I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING WHEN
YOU HAD THE FAILURE OF LANDING
AND YOU HAD A BLOCK FREEZE OF
THE FALCON 9, BLOCK 5, YOU'RE
UNABLE TO MAKE CHANGES,
ACCORDING TO NASA'S REQUESTS,
WHEN YOU HAVE NONMISSION
CRITICAL THINGS LIKE GRIDS AND
HYDRAULIC PUMPS THAT SEIZE, WHAT
WERE YOU ABLE TO DO AS FAR AS
YOU'RE IN THE FREEZE OF THE
VEHICLE, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT
CERTIFICATION GOING ON?
WERE YOU ABLE TO MAKE TWEAKS TO
THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM, WERE YOU
ABLE TO ADD A REDUNDANT PUMP OR
WAS THAT NOT CONSIDERED A
FREEZE?
WHAT'S THAT LIKE, I GUESS?
>> WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH
NASA VERY WELL AND MAKE CHANGES.
AS I SAID EARLIER, YOU ALMOST
THINK -- THIS WAS LIKE KIND OF
CODESIGNED BY NASA AND SPACEX,
IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WAS SO
MUCH INTERACTION AND FEEDBACK
THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A JOINT
EFFORT, REALLY.
THE NASA TEAM UNDERSTANDS THE
VEHICLE REALLY QUITE WELL, VERY
WELL.
SO WHEN WE WANT TO MAKE CHANGES,
PROVIDE THOSE CHANGES ARE SOUND,
THEN WE WILL MEET AND CONFER AND
GET IT DONE AND WE WERE ABLE TO
FIX THE HYDRAULIC PRETTY EASY
WITHOUT HAVING A REDUNDANT PUMP.
JUST TURNED OUT TO BE LIKE A
BIZARRE STALL ZONE WITH A LITTLE
BIT OF -- WE WERE ABLE TO FIX IT
EASY.
>> WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH
SPACEX, THEY WILL PRODUCE
CHANGES TO US, WE HAVE AN
ENGINEERING TEAM THAT WILL LOOK
AT EVERY ONE OF THOSE CHANGES.
THIS PARTICULAR ONE, IT WAS A
PRETTY SIMPLE VALVE CHANGE TO
IMPROVE THAT GRID PERFORMANCE.
SPACEX PROPOSED IT, THEY BRING
IT TO US, WE KIND OF GO THROUGH
IT WITH OUR PROCESS, ENGINEERS
LOOK AT IT AND WE MAKE THE
CHANGES TO THE VEHICLE.
IT'S A VERY METHODICAL PROCESS.
I WOULD SAY WE HAVE GREAT
TEAMWORK BETWEEN NASA AND
SPACEX.
>> OBVIOUSLY NOT FOR A MISSION
LIKE THIS BUT WE'VE DONE
THINGS -- I WAS TALKING EARLIER
AND REFLECTING ON THE TIME WHEN
WE HAD TO TRIM THE NOZZLE OF THE
MERLIN VACUUM ENGINE, TO THE
C103 NOZZLE, SYNOVIUM NOZZLE FOR
THE VACUUM EXTENSION HAD A
LITTLE TEAR IN IT.
SO BASICALLY SENT ONE OF OUR
BEST TECHS IN THERE TO TRIM IT
WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS.
THIS IS PRETTY CRAZY.
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD WORK.
IT DID.
[ Laughter ]
IT DID.
IT DID WORK.
>> WE'LL GO RIGHT HERE IN THE
NASA SHIRT.
>> MARY-LIZ BENDER WITH THE
PLANETARY SOCIETY.
ELON, YOU HAVE SPENT 17 YEARS
PUSHING PAST ADVERSITY, DOUBT,
AND YOU MUST FEEL INCREDIBLE TO
FINALLY BE AT THIS STAGE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT ADVICE YOU
HAVE TO ALL THE DREAMERS OUT
THERE THAT ARE DEALING WITH THE
SAME KIND OF DOUBT THAT YOU DID.
>> I ALWAYS THOUGHT WE WOULD
FAIL.
IT'S ALL OUTSIDE.
MAYBE WE HAD A 10% CHANCE OF
REACHING ORBIT STARTING OUT.
THEN PEOPLE THOUGHT WHEN WE
STARTED SPACEX, THEY SAID OH,
YOU'RE GOING TO FAIL.
I SAID I AGREE, I THINK WE
PROBABLY WILL FAIL, YEAH.
IT'S WORTH TRYING ANYWAY.
YEAH.
[ Laughter ]
>> HOW IS THAT FOR HONESTY?
>> YEAH, LIKE, LOSE ALL THE
MONEY FROM PAYPAL, WELL, YOU'RE
PROBABLY RIGHT.
WE ALMOST DID.
FIRST THREE LAUNCHES OF FALCON 1
DIDN'T WORK.
FOURTH ONE, WE SCRAPED TOGETHER
SOME PARTS.
IF THAT ONE HADN'T HAD WORKED,
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN IT FOR US.
SPACE CIVILIZATION, OUT THERE
AMONG THE STARS, THAT'S ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT MAKES PEOPLE
EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE.
WE WANT THE THINGS THAT ARE IN
SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS AND
MOVIES NOT TO BE SCIENCE FICTION
FOREVER.
WE WANT IT TO BE REAL ONE DAY.
>> ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE
ASTRONAUTS OR SPECIFICS ON
COMMERCIAL CREW OR THE ISS?
>> YOU AGAIN.
>> HI, STEVEN CLARK FROM SPACE
FLIGHT NOW.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE
RE-ENTRY SINCE ELON MENTIONED
THAT'S ONE OF THE RISKIER PARTS
OF THIS TEST FLIGHT.
I UNDERSTAND THE RE-ENTRY IS
GOING TO BE A DESCENDING NODE
OVER THE U.S.
IS THAT CORRECT?
I REMEMBER DURING THE SHUTTLE
DAYS, OVERFLIGHT OVER A
POPULATED AREA WAS A CONCERN AND
ALWAYS GOT SOME EXTRA SCRUTINY.
SO I'M CURIOUS IF THAT'S
SOMETHING YOU DISCUSSED AND TALK
ABOUT ANY RISK THAT WAS ASSESSED
AND HOW YOU DISPOSE OF THAT RISK
TO DECIDE FOR DESCENDING ON
RE-ENTRY.
>> KIRK OR STEVE.
>> I CAN TAKE THAT ONE.
SO YEAH, YOU'RE CORRECT.
THE ENTRY IS WE'RE LANDING RIGHT
OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA JUST A
LITTLE BIT NORTH OF HERE.
THERE'S AN AREA THAT SPACEX HAS
SORT OF DESIGNED AS THEIR
LANDING AREA.
IN TERMS OF ENTRY RISK, THERE'S
A PROCESS WE GO THROUGH TO
ASSESS THAT RISK.
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMPONENTS
ON THE SPACECRAFT AND LOOK AT
THE WORST-CASE SCENARIOS THAT
COULD HAPPEN DURING ENTRY AND
THERE'S A CRITERIA WE HAVE TO
MEET.
SO WHAT WE'VE CONIS WORKED HAND
IN HAND WITH SPACEX TO LOOK AT
THE SPACECRAFT, HOW IT'S
COMPOSED, HOW IT FLIES.
THEY RUN MODELS AND SIMULATIONS
OF HOW IT LANDS.
WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT MODELING
SYSTEM THAT WE EMPLOYED AND SO
WE WENT THROUGH THAT WHOLE
PROCESS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF
THE PUBLIC RELATIVE TO LANDING.
AS ELON SAID, IT IS ONE OF THE
AREAS THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN
FOR THIS MISSION AS WELL FOR
CREW.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE REST OF THE
MISSION AND THE HIGHEST RISK
PERIODS, IT'S OBVIOUSLY DOCKING
THE STATION AND THEN THE LANDING
PHASE.
I THINK WE'LL LEARN A LOT ABOUT
THE MODELING OF THE VEHICLE, HOW
THE AERODYNAMICS WORKS FOR THIS
PARTICULAR VEHICLES AND THE G
AND C SYSTEM DURING ENTRY.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THAT PART OF THE MISSION AND
GETTING THAT DATA FOR THE CREW
MISSION LATER ON.
>> WE'LL GO TO REUTERS HERE IN
THE FRONT.
>> STEVE, WHAT'S THE BIGGEST
TAKEAWAY YOU HOPE TO LEARN FROM
THIS MISSION, BASED ON WHAT YOU
LEARNED IN THE PAST AND THE
COMING WEEKS, HOW CONFIDENT ARE
YOU THAT WE'LL SEE HUMANS LAUNCH
FROM THE SOIL THIS YEAR OR IN
THE SUMMER?
>> SO FAR IT'S LOOKING QUITE
PROMISING.
WE'RE ONLY PARTWAY INTO THE
MISSION.
BUT SO FAR, IT SEEMS TO BE
LOOKING VERY GOOD.
THE DRAGON 2 HAS VERY COMPLEX
PROPELLANT SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S
OGOT ON-BOARD THRUSTERS, DRAICO
THRUSTERS, AND EIGHT SUPER
DRAICO THRUSTERS, VERY POWERFUL
THRUSTERS AND THE TWO ARE
INTERWOVEN IN A WAY THAT'S
TRICKY.
THE MAIN MANEUVERING THRUSTERS
ON ORBIT ACTUALLY THRUST IN THE
OPPOSITE DIRECTION THE
PROPELLANT WANTS TO THROW.
THOSE WORKED.
THE FOUR THRUSTERS UNDER THE
NOSE CONE WORKED.
THE NOSE CONE OPENED, WHICH IS
COOL.
THE SOLAR RAYS WORKED.
SO FAR EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD.
SO DOCKING AS I MENTIONED,
RE-ENTRY.
YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THE
ILLUSTRATION OVER THERE ON THE
WALL.
WHAT I MEAN BY THE BACK SHELL
NOT BEING SORT OF A SMOOTH
CONNECT LIKE IT IS ON DRAGON 1,
IT'S GOT THOSE ESCAPE THRUSTER
PODS.
SHOULD BE FINE, BUT THAT WOULD
BE A THING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT
WORKS ON RE-ENTRY, MAKE SURE THE
DOCKING SYSTEM WORKS.
EVERYTHING WE KNOW SO FAR IS
JUST LOOKING POSITIVE AND UNLESS
SOMETHING GOES WRONG, I WOULD
THINK THAT WE'LL BE FLYING
HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR.
THIS SUMMER HOPEFULLY.
>> STEVE OR KIRK, DID YOU WANT
TO --
>> GO AHEAD, STEVE.
>> I WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT ELON
SAID.
TO ME IT'S REALLY A DRESS
REHEARSAL FOR THE DEMO-2
MISSION.
WE'RE GOING TO FLY ALL ASPECTS
OF THE MISSION.
I THINK WE'LL LEARN A LOT OF
SUBTLE THINGS ABOUT THE
SPACECRAFT, HOW IT DOES
THERMALLY, HOW THE GNC SYSTEM
WORKS, GETTING INTO THE
RENDEZVOUS, IT WILL BE REALLY
IMPORTANT TO CHECK OUT HOW THE
SENSORS WORK AS WE APPROACH
STATION.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE FLOWN
TO THIS PARTICULAR INTEGRATED
DOCKING APPARATUS WITH THIS
VEHICLE, THERE'S A SERIES OF
STEPS WE'LL TAKE AS WE MOVE IN
CLOSER TO STATION TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE SYSTEMS ARE PERFORMING
WELL ON THE DRAGON.
OBVIOUSLY THE CREW ON STATION
WILL BE MONITORING THE VEHICLE
COMING IN AND THEN AT THE END OF
THE FLIGHT, WHILE WE'RE DOCKED
ALSO, WE'LL UNDERSTAND HOW IT
WORKS AT STATION, WE'RE GOING TO
EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN DRAGON AND
THE SPACE STATION.
WE EXCHANGE AIRFLOW BETWEEN THE
TWO VEHICLES AND AT THE END OF
THE FLIGHT, WE'LL DO THE UNLOCK
MANEUVER AND SEPARATE THE TRUNK
AS ANOTHER BIG EVENT.
BEFORE WE DEORBIT, WE'LL
SEPARATE THE TRUNK AND THEN COME
IN FOR THE DEORBIT AND ENTRY.
LOTS OF DIFFERENT PIECES AND
EACH PIECE, MY EXPERIENCE IS
WE'LL LEARN A LITTLE BIT AND AS
ELON SAID, THE FLIGHT IS GOING
GREAT SO FAR.
I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO KIRK.
>> THE COOL THING IS YOU LEARN
ENGINEERING THINGS LIKE YOU
TALKED ABOUT.
AND OPERATIONS THINGS.
SO DOCKING, COMING CLOSE TO THE
IS S.
IT'S A TEST FLIGHT BUT NOT
REALLY FOR US.
WE CONSIDER THIS ONE FOR SCORE.
IT REALLY IS FLYING TO THE ISS
AND WE REALLY WANT TO PROTECT
THE CREW ON BOARD AND THE
ASSETS.
SO WE'LL LEARN THAT.
WE ACTUALLY HAD TO LEARN HOW TO
PROTECT SPACEX'S PROPRIETARY
DATA WHEN WORKING WITH
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, AND
THERE'S WHOLE DIMENSIONS OF
LEARNING AND WE'VE ALREADY DONE
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND
I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
SURPRISES ALONG THE WAY.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS SO MUCH
FUN.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A
QUESTION FROM OUR SOCIAL MEDIA
PARTICIPANTS.
>> POWELL MAYJACK, PERHAPS, ON
TWITTER IS ASKING HOW ARE THE
DRAGON ASTRONAUTS FEELING ABOUT
THE SPACECRAFT?
>> I GUESS I WOULD SAY FOR US,
WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE PROCESS
FOR A FEW YEARS AT THIS POINT.
WE'VE MADE A LOT OF TRIPS OUT TO
HAWTHORNE TO KIND OF SEE THIS
SPACECRAFT COME TOGETHER AND THE
SPACECRAFT THAT WE'LL FLY ON
LATER THIS YEAR COME TOGETHER AS
WELL.
SEEING A SUCCESS LIKE THIS
DEFINITELY GIVES US A LOT OF
CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE AND
LIKE FOLKS HAVE DESCRIBED,
REALLY THIS IS ABOUT PREDICTING
WHAT THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO DO
AND THEN TESTING IT AND MAKING
SURE THOSE TWO THINGS MATCH UP
AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS MISSION.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE US
THAT CONFIDENCE GOING FORWARD
AND THE LAUNCH HAS BEEN
WONDERFUL, ACTIVATION HAS BEEN
WONDERFUL AND WE STILL HAVE
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS GOING FORWARD
THAT WE'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE
MATCH UP AS WELL.
I THINK THIS THE OTHER THING,
ALLUDED TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION
A LITTLE BIT, WE ALSO HAVE
LEARNED HOW TO WORK TOGETHER AS
A TEAM.
THAT'S REALLY THE REASON DOUG
AND I CAME TO FLORIDA TO
PARTICIPATE FROM INSIDE THE
FIRING ROOM.
WE OF COURSE ON LAUNCH DAY WON'T
BE ABLE TO DO THAT BUT IT'S
GREAT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT
TEAM WORKS BEING A MEMBER OF IT
THAT'S MAYBE NOT REPRESENTED
DURING THE DEMO-1 MISSION, WE
CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
EXPERIENCE AND TAKE THAT WITH US
WHEN WE FLY ON OUR MISSIONS
LATER THIS YEAR.
WE'LL BE RACING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, GOING TO HAWTHORNE TO
SEE DOCKING AND THEN ALSO TO SEE
THE SPLASHTOWN.
WE'RE FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT AND
IT'S ABOUT EACH OF THESE
MILESTONES GETTING ACCOMPLISHED
AND GIVING US MORE CONFIDENCE IN
THE FUTURE.
>> DOUG?
>> I WOULD SAY THIS IS THE
BUILDUP APPROACH WE LEARNED VERY
MUCH EARLY AS TEST PILOTS AND
WE'VE WORKED OURSELVES TO OUR
FIRST FLIGHT OF THE VEHICLE WITH
DEM-1 AND AS BOB SAID WE WORKED
THROUGH THE MILESTONES AND THE
NEXT UP IS THE IN-FLIGHT ABORT
AND WE'LL HAVE THAT TO GO FOLLOW
AS THEY GO THROUGH THAT EXERCISE
AND THEN THAT'S KIND OF THE
GRADUATION EXERCISE FOR US TO
GET ON DEM-2 AND GO FLY.
WE'LL WORK WITH THE TEAMS AND
WE'LL BE OUT IN CALIFORNIA,
WE'LL BE HERE AND WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING ALL OF
THOSE EVENTS.
>> THE AQUA SHIRT RIGHT HERE.
>> DAVID MOSHER WITH BUSINESS
INSIDER AND INSIDER.
I SUPPOSE THIS IS FOR ELON.
YOU SAID YOU'RE EMOTIONALLY
DRAINED HAVING LAUNCHED AN
UNCREWED CREW DRAGON BUT YOU
HAVE THESE GUYS SITTING NEXT TO
YOU.
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU WILL FEEL
AND HANDLE THAT EXPERIENCE GOING
INTO DEMO-2, ANY THOUGHTS ON
THAT, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET
THROUGH THAT LAUNCH?
>> I SUSPECT IT WILL BE
EXTREMELY STRESSFUL.
I MEAN, DURING THE TEST FLIGHT,
I THINK IT GOES A LONG WAY
TOWARDS FEELING GOOD ABOUT THE
FLIGHT WITH BOB AND DOUG.
SO IN FACT, RIGHT AFTER DRAGON
SEPARATED AND WE FIRED THE
THRUSTERS, I WENT OVER AND ASKED
THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT, AND THEY
WERE LIKE HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
FLYING ON IT.
SEEMS LIKE YOU FELT GOOD FLYING
ON IT.
IT WAS LIKE OKAY, YOU KNOW.
[ Laughter ]
THEY'RE IN THE CONTROL ROOM
WATCHING ALL THE DATA.
SO I'M LIKE...
>> THE GUYS TOLD US WHAT WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN AND THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED.
THAT'S HOW WE LIKE IT TO BE.
>> YEAH.
>> BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE
FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT.
AND YOU GUYS WERE.
SO WE DEFINITELY WANT A LAUNCH
WHERE WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE
POSSIBLY CAN THINK OF.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
THIS PLUS THE ABORT, THERE'S A
LOT OF CONFIDENCE ABOUT THE
ACTUAL MISSION WITH ASTRONAUTS.
>> AVIATION WEEK.
>> THANKS.
IRENE CLOTS WITH AVIATION WEEK.
FOR BOB OR DOUG, DID YOU SEE
ANYTHING FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE
IN THE FIRE ROOM IN THE
COUNTDOWN OR IN FUELING,
ANYTHING IN THE CALLS THAT KIND
OF INITIALLY YOU'RE FLAGGING AS
SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AT?
AND FOR ELON, THANKS FOR COMING
OUT HERE, WE'VE SEEN YOU HERE
AFTER THE FIRST REUSE OF A
FALCON 9 AND FOR FALCON HEAVY,
BIG PICTURE, HOW DOES THIS
FLIGHT FIT INTO YOUR OVERALL
OBJECTIVES AND SATISFACTIONS
PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY?
THANKS.
>> THE WHOLE GOAL OF SPACEX WAS
A CREWED SPACE FLIGHT.
IMPROVE SPACEX EXPLORATION
TECHNOLOGY.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE FULL NAME OF
THE COMPANY IS SPACE EXPLORATION
TECHNOLOGY.
THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE SPACE
EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGY, WITH THE
VIEW OF HELPING MAKE HUMANITY A
SPACE RANKED CIVILIZATION.
IT'S BEEN 17 YEARS, STILL
HAVEN'T LAUNCHED ANYONE YET BUT
HOPEFULLY WE WILL LATER THIS
YEAR.
AND THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE
CULMINATION OF A LONG DREAM FOR
A LOT OF PEOPLE, ME AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE AT SPACEX FOR SURE.
CAN'T WAIT.
>> BOB AND DOUG.
>> YEAH, I THINK WE'VE PROBABLY
SEEN HALF A DOZEN, MAYBE THREE
QUARTERS OF A DOZEN COMBINATION
OF STATIC FIRES OR LAUNCHES
EITHER FROM HERE OR HAWTHORNE.
EVERY TIME WE PARTICIPATE, IT'S
JUST AMAZING TO SEE HOW THE TEAM
IS HITTING ITS STRIDE GETTING
THESE VEHICLES READY TO GO INTO
SPACE AND I THINK EVERY LAUNCH
COUNT OR EVERY STATIC FIRE,
THERE ARE TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT
THE TEAM HAS TO GO BACK AND
SOLVE REALTIME AND I DON'T THINK
THIS WAS ANY DIFFERENT, AND I
THOUGHT EVERYBODY HANDLED THEIR
ROLES VERY WELL AND IT SEEMED
LIKE EVERYTHING WENT SMOOTHLY
ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL LAUNCH, AND
SO FAR SO GOOD.
FROM OUR STANDPOINT, THIS IS
WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.
YOU WANT TO SEE THE TEAM HITTING
ITS STRIDE AS WE GET READY TO
PUT PEOPLE ON THESE THINGS.
>> AS DOUG DESCRIBED, WE'VE SEEN
SEVERAL STATIC FIRES OR LAUNCHES
FROM VARIOUS LOCATIONS.
McGREGOR FROM HERE, WATCHING
ALONG IN HAWTHORNE AND I THINK
FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE THING
THAT'S BEEN DIFFERENT WITH THE
DEMO-1 MISSION IS KIND OF THE
INTEGRATED OPERATION SO SEEING
THE DRAGON TEAM WORK WITH THE
FALCON TEAM, USUALLY IT'S A
LITTLE BIT MORE OF A STANDALONE
PAYLOAD IT SEEMS FROM THE
MISSIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN.
IN THIS CASE, THERE CAN BE
THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO
COMMUNICATE BETWEEN THOSE TWO
TEAMS KIND OF REALTIME AND TO
SEE THE TEAM KIND OF PROCESS
THAT, KIND OF CAUSES US TO THINK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S THE
CREW PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THAT,
WHAT'S DRAGON GOING TO TELL THE
GROUND AND WHAT'S IT GOING TO
TELL US AND WHAT DOES THE FALCON
TEAM NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S A PIECE OF THIS THAT WE
GOT TO SEE ON DEMO-1 AND WE'LL
GET TO MAKE SURE AS WE GO
FORWARD THAT'S ALL CAPTURED IN
THE SIMULATIONS AS WE MOVE
FORWARD.
SO THAT INTEGRATION, WE GOT TO
SEE IT HERE AND WE'LL CONTINUE
TO SEE THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO
FLIGHT.
>> RIGHT HERE IN THE SECOND ROW.
>> MARSHA DUNN, ASSOCIATED PRESS
FOR ELON, I'M ASSUMING YOU WERE
IN THE FIRING ROOM FOR LAUNCH.
>> YES.
>> HOW MUCH DOES IT ADD TO THE
SATISFACTION OF SEEING YOUR
ROCKET LAUNCH FROM THE MOON PAD,
THE SHUTTLE PADS AND HERE YOU
ARE IN THE FIRING ROOM USED BY
NASA FOR SO MANY YEARS AND
TRADITIONS?
>> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE.
>> TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> I WOULD NEVER HAVE BELIEVED
THAT THIS WOULD EVER HAPPEN.
YEAH, I JUST THINK LANDING ON
THE MOON WAS MAYBE THE GREATEST
THING EVER.
MAYBE THE GREATEST THING EVER.
SO I CAN'T BELIEVE WE'RE
LAUNCHING FROM THAT PAD.
THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR LETTING US.
DO THAT.
>> THANK YOU FOR REPURPOSING IT.
[ Laughter ]
>> YEAH, YEAH, IT'S REALLY HARD
TO BELIEVE.
INCREDIBLE HISTORY.
HOPE WE GO BACK TO THE MONSOON.
>> THAT'S THE GOAL.
>> WE SHOULD HAVE A BASE ON THE
MOON.
LIKE A PERMANENTLY OCCUPIED
HUMAN BASE ON THE MOON AND SEND
PEOPLE TO MARS.
BUILD A CITY ON MARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
>> THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK,
PUT YOUR HAND UP HIGH THERE.
>> MIKE FROM FOX 35.
ELON, AFTER YOU LOOKED AT BOB
AND DOUG AND SAID HOW DO YOU
GUYS FEEL ABOUT GOING UP IN IT,
DID THEY SAY TO YOU HOW DO YOU
FEEL, ELON AND I WONDER UNDER
WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD YOU GET
IN IT AND TAKE A RIDE?
>> YEAH, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO
ON THE VEHICLE.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD DESIGN.
CRAZY AMOUNT OF HARD WORK FROM A
LOT OF SMART PEOPLE AT SPACEX
AND WITH A LOT OF HELP FROM
NASA.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD VEHICLE.
YOU GUYS THINK IT'S A GOOD
VEHICLE.
[ Laughter ]
RIGHT?
>> WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE MORE
QUESTION, GENTLEMAN IN THE AISLE
HERE.
>> WAIT UNTIL SUNDAY BEFORE WE
REACH ANY CONCLUSIONS OR A WEEK
WHEN IT LANDS.
>> ONE LAST QUESTION HERE.
>> KRAMER FOR SPACE UP CLOSE.
THANKS FOR DOING THIS.
JIM BRYDON STEIN, YOU MENTIONED
YOU YOU WANT NASA TO BE ONE OF
MANY CUSTOMERS.
ELON, WHERE DO YOU SEE DRAGON
GOING BEYOND NASA?
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO?
EXPAND ON THAT, THANKS.
>> I THINK THE OBVIOUS THING
WOULD BE IF THERE ARE PRIVATE
CITIZENS THAT WANT TO GO TO THE
SPACE STATIONS, AS THIS HAPPENED
BEFORE, THEY'VE GONE ON THE
SOYUZ BEFORE, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
HAVE GONE TO SPACE STATION ON
THE SOYUZ, IT WOULD BE PRETTY
COOL IF PEOPLE WENT TO THE SPACE
STATION ON AN AMERICAN VEHICLE
AS WELL.
SOYUZ WAS A GOOD VEHICLE BUT IT
WOULD BE GOOD IF THERE WERE ALSO
COMMERCIAL TRIPS ON AN AMERICAN
VEHICLE AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'LL DO.
AND OBVIOUSLY NASA IS VERY
SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
AND YEAH, SO MAYBE THERE'S
SOMETHING BEYOND THE SPACE
STATION.
WE'LL SEE.
GOT TO FOCUS ON GETTING THIS
RIGHT FOR SURE.
THAT'S THE PRIORITY.
BUT THEN AFTER THAT, MAYBE
SOMETHING BEYOND EARTH ORBIT.
>> SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE IT
OUT.
WE JUST HEARD ELON SAY HE WOULD
BE INTERESTED IN HAVING A
PERMANENT PRESENCE ON THE MOON.
>> FOR SURE.
WE SHOULD DO IT.
>> THAT'S VERY FIRST SPACE
POLICY DIRECTIVE GIVEN BY THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TO ME AS THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE MOON
AND WE'RE GOING TO GO
SUSTAINABLY.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN WE SAY
SUSTAINABLY, THAT MEANS WE'RE
GOING TO STAY, AND OF COURSE THE
OBJECTIVE HERE IS NOT JUST
HUMANS BUT ALSO LANDERS AND
ROVERS AND ROBOTS AND HUMANS AND
UTILIZING OUR INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS AND UTILIZING OUR
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND THERE'S
NO DOUBT SPACEX HAS SOME REALLY
AMAZING IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THEY
COULD HELP US DO AT THE MOON AND
WHAT THEY COULD HELP THE
COALITION OF INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS DO AS WE DEVELOP THIS
TOGETHER.
BUT THE PRESIDENT'S SPACE POLICY
DIRECTIVE IS CLEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO THE MOON, WE'RE
GOING SUSTAINABLY.
WE'RE GOING WITH INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS.
WE'RE GOING WITH COMMERCIAL
PARTNERS.
WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE THE
RESOURCES OF THE MOON.
THAT'S A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT
PART OF THE AGENDA.
WHY?
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND
WORK ON ANOTHER WORLD FOR LONG
PERIODS OF TIME.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE
RESOURCES OF ANOTHER WORLD,
WHICH IS OF COURSE A GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVE
THOSE CAPABILITIES AND
TECHNOLOGIES ON THE MOON,
BECAUSE AS IT HAPPENS, MARS AND
EARTH ARE ONLY ALIGNED ONCE
EVERY 26 MONTHS ON THE SAME SIDE
OF THE SUN, WHICH MEANS WHEN WE
GO TO MARS, WHICH I KNOW IS HIGH
ON ELON'S AGENDA AND IT'S HIGH
ON NASA'S AGENDA, WHEN WE GO TO
MARS, WE HAVE TO BE THERE FOR
LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO
IN SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION AND
ULTIMATELY WE NEED TO PROVE ALL
OF THIS OUT AT THE MOON WHICH IS
A THREE-DAY JOURNEY FROM EARTH,
WHICH MEANS WE HAVE A RISK
MITIGATION CAPABILITY RIGHT
THERE, WE'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS
WITH APOLLO 13, WHEN SOMETHING
GOES WRONG, YOU CAN GET HOME.
IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG ON THE
WAY TO MARS, IT BECOMES A LOT
MORE DIFFICULT.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THE MOON
MATTERS.
THAT'S WHY THE MOON IS SO
IMPORTANT.
IT'S THE PROVING GROUND.
AND THEN AT THE END, WE WANT TO
TAKE ALL THOSE TECHNOLOGIES, ALL
THOSE CAPABILITIES, WE WANT TO
RETIRE THE RISK AND GO TO MARS.
THERE'S GREAT ALIGNMENT BETWEEN
NASA AND OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS
AND AS WE'RE SEEING NOW WITH OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, JUST
YESTERDAY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT DAY IT IS, LIKE TWO DAYS
AGO, I GUESS, NOW, WE HAD A
GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM CANADA,
AND THEY ANNOUNCED THEY'RE GOING
TO WITH US FOR THE NEXT 24 YEARS
IN OUR SUSTAINABLE RETURN RETURN
TO THE MOON AND THAT'S THE KIND
OF LONG-TERM ENDURING COMMITMENT
THAT WE NEED.
WE NEED TO GROW THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AND
THAT MEANS THE PARTNERS THAT ARE
CURRENTLY THERE, WE NEED THEM TO
HELP US IN A BIGGER LEVEL.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
AMAZING, AMAZING DEVELOPMENT
THAT HAS PROVEN THE CONCEPT.
WE NEED TO GROW IT.
WE NEED EVERY PIECE OF THE
ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN THE EARTH
AND THE MOON TO INCLUDE OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GATEWAY.
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
BUT IT'S ABOUT THE ENTIRE
EXPLORATION AGENDA IN THREE
DIFFERENT THEATERS THAT INCLUDES
LOW-EARTH ORBIT, THAT INCLUDES
THE MOON AND IT INCLUDES MARS.
AND PUTTING TOGETHER A GRAND
BARGAIN, IF YOU WILL, BETWEEN
OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AND
OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS IN A WAY
THAT CAN BE TRANSFORMATIVE FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME SO THAT WE
CAN HAVE THAT PERMANENT PRESENCE
OF HUMANS ON ANOTHER WORLD
STARTING WITH THE MOON AND
EVENTUALLY MARS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> AND IT'S A BRIGHT FUTURE
RIGHT NOW.
AND I WILL SAY THIS.
AND I SAY THIS EVERY TIME I HAVE
AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO THE
AUDIENCE AND WITH ALL THE
CAMERAS HERE IT'S MORE IMPORTANT
THAN EVER.
THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST BUDGET
REQUEST INCREASED OUR BUDGET AT
NASA BY A BILLION DOLLARS, WHICH
WAS ABOUT A 5% INCREASE, AND
THEN EVEN BEFORE I GOT SWORN IN
AS THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR, A
BI-PARTISAN CONGRESS IN BOTH THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE, UP BY
$1.7 BILLION.
I THOUGHT I WAS COMING IN TO
ADVOCATE FOR A BIGGER BUDGET AND
BY THE TIME I GOT THERE, IT WAS
ACTUALLY SMALLER THAN WHAT
CONGRESS HAD ALREADY GIVEN US
WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD PROBLEM
FOR NASA TO HAVE.
AND INTERESTINGLY TODAY AS ELON
AND I WERE OUT ON THE LAUNCHPAD,
39A, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT
WHY HE GOT INVOLVED IN THIS TO
BEGIN WITH AND IT WAS TO INSPIRE
AMERICA TO INCREASE NASA'S
BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE RETURN WE
GET ON THOSE ACTIVITIES.
IT IS TRUE THE IDEA WE CAN PUT
HUMANS ON ANOTHER WORLD FOR LONG
PERIODS OF TIME IS GREAT BUT THE
BENEFITS HUMANITY HAS RECEIVED
FROM SPACE EXPLORATION IN
GENERAL IS IMMEASURABLE.
THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT WE GET
FROM THAT AS A NATION AND IN
FACT AS A WORLD, THE WAY WE
COMMUNICATE, ALL OF THESE
CAMERAS, DirecTV, DISH
NETWORK, INTERNET BROADBAND FROM
SPACE, I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT PUT THIS ON THE INTERNET WE
TALK ABOUT XM RADIO, THE WAY WE
COMMUNICATE, THE WAY WE
NAVIGATE, THE WAY WE PRODUCE
FOOD, I WAS RECENTLY AT THE AG
EXPO AND WE'RE SENSING THE EARTH
IN EVERY PART OF THE
ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM AND
BECAUSE OF THAT WE CAN INCREASE
CROP YIELDS, REDUCE WATER USAGE,
NITRATES IN THE SOIL, FEEDING
THE WORLD MORE THAN EVER BEFORE
BECAUSE OF WHAT NASA DOES AND WE
DIDN'T DEVELOP THE SATELLITES
FOR THAT PURPOSE.
BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT DATA WE
CAN SHARE IT NOT ONLY WITH THE
UNITED STATES FARMERS BUT AROUND
THE WORLD.
WE SAVED TENS OF MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS IN DISASTER RELIEF THAT
WOULD HAVE GONE TO UGANDA BUT
BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO PREDICT
AHEAD OF TIME A DISASTER
SITUATION DEVELOPING WE COULD
MITIGATE AND SAVE NOT ONLY MONEY
FOR US IN THE FORM OF AID BUT
ALSO LIVES IN UGANDA, THE WAY WE
PRODUCE FOOD, THE WAY WE
UNDERSTAND WEATHER, THE WAY WE
UNDERSTAND CLIMATE, THE WAY WE
DO NATIONAL SECURITY AND
DISASTER RELIEF, ALL OF THESE
THINGS WERE BORN, AND I
UNDERSTAND A LOT OF IT IS
COMMERCIALIZED AND WE LOVE THAT,
HELPS SAVE US MONEY AT NASA BUT
A LOT OF IT IS COMMERCIALIZED.
A LOT OF IT IS DONE BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BUT AT THE
END OF THE DAY IT'S BORN FROM
THIS LITTLE AGENCY THAT OCCUPIES
LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF 1% OF THE
FEDERAL BUDGET AND THE RETURN ON
THAT HAS BEEN ASTONISHING.
THE IDEA THAT THIS EVENT TODAY
WAS BORNE FROM A CONCEPT OF HOW
DO WE ENCOURAGE AMERICANS TO
INCREASE THE NASA BUDGET,
FRIENDS, WITH THEY HAVE A
OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW AND IT IS
IN FACT HAPPENING WITH
BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT IN CONGRESS
AND SUPPORT FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION.
SO WE'RE AT A GREAT TIME.
TODAY'S EVENT WAS AMAZING TO
WATCH AND OVER THE NEXT FIVE
DAYS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT
MORE MILESTONES BY A ACHIEVED
AND CERTAINLY AS AN AGENCY AND
AS A COUNTRY AND REALLY AS A
WORLD WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE
TO DO MORE THAN EVER BEFORE.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY
WITH THE TV CAMERAS AND THE
IPHONES, GET THIS MESSAGE TO
THE WORLD.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE AND
I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU
BEING HERE AND COVERING THIS
VERY IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENT IN
AMERICAN HISTORY SO THANK YOU
GUYS SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR
JOINING US.
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION,
PLEASE VISIT NASA.GOV.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.