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>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM LAURA WITH NASA KENNEDY'S
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION.
WELCOME TO OUR PRELAUNCH SPACE
TECHNOLOGY SHOW.
SPACEX AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
DEFENSE ARE GETTING READY TO
LAUNCH A FALCON HEAVY WERE
HISTORIC COMPLEX 39A.
NASA IS GOING ALONG FOR THE
RIDE.
ABOUT TWO DOZEN SATELLITES
ONBOARD THE FALCON HEAVY ALL
PART OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE SPACE
AND MISSILE SYSTEMS MANAGED
SPACE TEST PROGRAM 2.
OR STP2.
NASA'S FOUR PAYLOADS ARE ON A
ROCKET THAT IS A RIDE SHARE AND
THE TWO TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATIONS AND SEVERAL
SCIENCE MISSIONS WE WILL HEAR
ABOUT TODAY WIN ABLE NASA TO
BUILD BETTER AND SMARTER
SPACECRAFT THAT WILL SUPPORT OUR
MOON TO MARS EXPLORATION PLAN.
AS WE HEAR FROM EAST OF THE
SPEAKERS WHO OPEN THE FLOOR TO
QUESTIONS AND YOU CAN ALSO ASK
QUESTIONS ON TWITTER USING
#ASKNASA.
WELL, MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA ARE
INVITED TO USE THE PHONE BRIDGE
TO CALL IN THEIR QUESTIONS.
NOW, NASA IS ALWAYS TESTING AND
DEVELOPING NEW SPACE TECHNOLOGY
AND THAT IS PART OF THE SPACE
TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECT IT A.
THE FIRST SPEAKER ISED IS MISS
TANYA LAUGHINGHOUSE PROGRAM
MANAGER OF THE MISSION.
WELCOME, TANYA.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.
SO TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS
MISSIONS IS THE LARGEST PROGRAM
IN NASA SPACE TECHNOLOGY
MISSION.
WE STARTED THE FISCAL YEAR WITH
ABOUT 15 TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS WO
OF WHICH YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT
TODAY AND WE ARE SO EXCITE THEY
ARE WILL BE LAUNCHED TOMORROW.
WE HAVE A SAYING AROUND THAT
TECHNOLOGY DRIVES EXPLORATION
AND WHAT THAT SIMPLY MEAPS IS
THAT NASA USES CUTTING EDGE
TECHNOLOGY TO ADVANCE
EXPLORATION AND TO EXTEND HUMAN
KNOWLEDGE.
WE LACK BEYOND WHAT THE CURRENT
STATE-OF-THE-ART IS TO DETERMINE
WHAT THE FUTURE REQUIRES.
WHAT TECHNOLOGY IS DOG GET US
THERE AND HOW WE WILL DELIVER
AND INFUSE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES
INTO THE MISSION NEEDS OF NASA
AND THE GOVERNMENT AND
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS SO IN JUST
LIKE WE DEMONSTRATE THOSE
TECHNOLOGIES ON LOWER EARTH
ORBIT.
WE WILL TAKE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES
TO DEMONSTRATE AT THE MAP OR
AROUND THE MOON AND THEN WE'LL
TAKE WHAT WE LEARN AT THE MOON
TONE ABLE HUMAN MISSIONS TO
MARS.
NOW, WHEN STDD DIRECT IT A
SELECT THE PROJECT TO COME INTO
THE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION
TECHNIQUE PROGRAM IT HAS BEEN
MATURED IN A LAN STORY SETTING.
IT IS AT LEAST THAT MATURE.
THEN AS FULL-FLEDGE TDM PROJECT,
WE FURTHER MAY SURE IT INTO A
GROUND DEMONSTRATION TEST IN A
SPACE LIGHT ENVIRONMENT WE CALL
IT OR WE WILL FURTHER MATURE IT
INTO A FULL SCALE FLIGHT
DEMONSTRATION.
AND THOSE OF COURSE THE PINNACLE
OF WHAT WE WILL SEE TOMORROW
DURING A LAUNCH.
AND AND SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
REALLY EXPLAIN OR, OR CONVEY
JUST HOW NASA'S LATEST
INNOVATIONS WILL MAKE THE WAY TO
EVERY DAY LIFE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THE MORE NASA
IS TASKS WITH SOLVING DIFFICULT
CHALLENGES THE MORE WE NEED TO
IN VERY MUCH SOLUTIONS TO NEW
PROGRAMS AND WHAT WE'RE
DEVELOPING A SPACECRAFT THAT
WILL MAV GIT ON ITS OWN OR
DEVELOPING THE TECH HOLLOWBIES
TO AGAIN LAND HUMANS ON THE MOON
IN 2024 AND AMERICA'S INVESTMENT
IN SPACE TECHNOLOGY WILL
CONTINUE TO IMPROVE LIFE ON
EARTH.
>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS?
>> OK.
WELL, ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THOSE
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS.
PLAUS IT WAS INVENTION OF
PRECISION TIME PIECE THAT ALOUD
MARINERS TO USHER IN THE AGE OF
DISCOVERY.
ONCE THEY COULD FIND LODGE TUDE
IT REVOLUTIONIZED NAVIGATION SO
HAVING CONQUERED THE OCEAN, NASA
NOW NEEDS TO NAVIGATE THROUGH
DEEP SPACE.
SO FOR MORE ON A DEEP SPACE
ATOMIC CLOCK, LET'S WELCOME TWO
INTERPLANETARY INVESTIGATORS
FROM JET PROPULSION LABORATORY.
PLEASE WELCOME TODD ELI AND
JILL.
[APPLAUSE]
>> HI.
I AM DR. TODD ALLY AND THE
PROJECT MANAGER NOR THE DEEP
SPACE ATOMIC CLOCK.
>> I AM DR. JILL, THE DEPUTY
PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR.
>> WE HAVE BEEN WORK ON THIS
PROJECT FOR OVER SELF YEAR YEARS
AND PEEKS ID TO BE HERE TODAY TO
TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
THE DEEP SPACE ATOMIC CLOCK WILL
BE THE FIRST EVER ION BASED BASE
SUPPLY AND THEN IT WILL REF
USINGIZE THE WAY IN WHICH WE
NAVIGATE THROUGH DEEP SPATES.
WE EXPECT THIS TO BE A KEY PART
OF SENDING HUMANS TO THE MARS
AND BE A KEY COMPONENT TO FUTURE
GPS-LIKE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AT
THE MOON AND MAR AND OTHER
PLANETS AND THE MOON.
>> SO LET'S START WITH A SHORT
ANIMATION THAT WILL DESCRIBE
THIS MISSION OF TECHNOLOGY TO
YOU.
>> HOW DO WE NAVIGATE THROUGH
SPACE?
CURRENTLY, SPACECRAFT FLYING
BEYOND EARTH DON'T HAVE A GPS TO
FIND THEIR WAY INTO THROUGH
SPACE.
MAV GATORS ON EARTH ACCEPTED A
SIG THOUGH THE SPACECRAFT WHICH
VEFS IT AND SENDS IT BACK.
EXTREMELY PRECISE COST ON THE
GROUND CALLED ATOMIC CLOCKS
MEASURE HOW TO MAKE IT.
THE AMOUNT OF TIME TELLS THEM
HOW FAR AWAY THE SPACECRAFT IS
AND HOW FAST IT IS GOING.
FURTHER OUT IN SPACE THE
SPACECRAFT IS.
THE LONGER IT TAKES TO RECEIVE
AND SEND A SIG MEL.
WHAT IF HUMANS ARE SENT TO
ANOTHER PLANET LIKE MARS?
WELL, A TWO-WAY SYSTEM THAT SENS
SIGNAL WERE EARTH TO A
SPACECRAFT BACK TO EARTH THEN TO
THE SPACECRAFT AGAIN TAKE THE
AGE OF 4 ENAMINES IMAGINE IF THE
GPS ON THE PHONE TOOK 40 MINUTES
TO CALCULATE THE POSITION.
YOU MAY MISS THE TURN OR BE
SEVERAL EXITS DONE THE HIGHWAY
BEFORE IT CAUGHT UP WITH YOU.
IF HUMANS TRAVEL.
WOULD BE BETTER IF THE SYSTEM
WAS ONE WAY ALOG EXPLORERS TO
IMMEDIATELY DETERMINE THE
CURRENT POSITION RATHER THAN
WAITING FOR THAT INFORMATION TO
COME BACK FROM EARTH.
MACE TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGY TO
ALLOW FUTURE EXPLORERS TO DO
THAT.
THE DEEP SPACE ATOMIC CLOCK IS
THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF
ATOMIC CLOCK THAT COULD BE USED
FOR NAVIGATION IN DEEP SPACE.
AND IT WILL YOU A LAW THE PACE
CRAFT TO CALCULATE INSTEAD OF
DEPENDING ON EARTH.
COULD RECEIVE SIGNAL THE BIG
ANSWERS ON EARTH AND QUICKLY
MEASURE THE SPEED AND THE
POSITION.
THE DEEP SPACE ATOMIC CLOCK
COULD ONE DAY LET ASTRONAUTS
NAVIGATE SAFE LANE ACCURATELY
FROM MARS AND BEYOND.
THE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION IS
THE FIRST STEP TO MAKING ONE-WAY
SPACE NAVIGATION.
>> TODD AND I ARE DEEP SPACE PAV
DATERS OUR JOBS ARE AS COOL
AMAZING IMAGINE.
WE GET TO STEER SPACECRAFT.
WE ARE HIGH LOT INTERESTS THE
MOMENT THEY SEPARATE FROM THEIR
LAUNCH VEHICLE ALL THE WAY TO
WHEN THEY REACH THE DESTINATION
IN DEEP SPACE.
WE'RE SENDING THINGS SPACECRAFT
PLACES LIKE MAR, JUPITER, SAT
THEN THESE ARE EXTREMELY FAR
AWAY FROM WHERE THEY STARTED BUT
OUR JOBS IN CONTEXT FOR YOU, IT
IS LIKE US STAPPING HERE IN THIS
ROOM AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND
WE SHOOT AN ARROW AND WITH THAT
ARROW, WE HIT A TARGET THAT IS
ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER,
THAT IS BALL LAPSING ON TOP OF
THE SEATTLE SPACE NEEDLE SO THAT
IS QUITE A JOURNEY THEY HAVE TO
TAKE.
WE DO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CORRECT THAT JOURNEY, THAT TRA
JK RY A FEW TIMES A ALONG THE
WAY BIN ORDER TO DO THAT.
FIRST WE NEED KNOW WHERE A
SPACECRAFT IS.
AND, AC TRAG SPACECRAFT AS IT
TRAVELS THROUGH SPACE IS
FUNDAMENTAL LAY PROBLEM OF
MEASURING TIME AS YOU SAW IN THE
VIDEO IS SPACECRAFT FAR AWAY.
HE CANNOT PULL OUT A RULER AND
MEASURE DISTANCE ARE ME TO THE
SPACECRAFT.
BUT I CAN MEASURE HOW LONG IT
TAKE MOTHERS SPACECRAFT TO ECHO
BACK A RADIO SIGNAL THAT WE SEND
ARE THEATER.
AND THE LONGER IT TAKES FOR KNOW
HEAR THE ECHO BACK HERE THE
FURTHER AWAY THE SPACECRAFT WAS.
1:00 TO NAVIGATE SAFELY, WE
MEASURE THAT ECHO THAT SIGNAL
RETURN TIME VERY, VERY
ACCURATELY DOWN TO BETTER THAN
ONE BOTH OF A SECOND BIN ORDER
TO MEASURE IT THAT ACCURATELY,
WE NEED TO USE THOSE ATOMIC
CLOCKS IN THE DEEP SPACE MET
WELL, HERE ON THE EARTH THAT
WERE YOU AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO
QUITE CLARK.
THE SIZE OF A REFRIGERATOR.
NOW BECAUSE OF THE LIMITATION WE
CANNOT PUT THAT ON A SAYS CRAFT
BE A SEND IT TO DEEP SPACE
EASILY.
BECAUSE OF THIS, EVERY SINGLE
SPACECRAFT THAT IS OUT THERER,
PLORING DEEP SPACE IS BEING
NAVIGATED BY PEOPLE BACK HERE ON
THE EARTH PEOPLE LOOK MYSELF AND
TODD.
BUT THE DEEP SPACE ATOMIC CLOCK
IS HERE TO CHANGE THAT BECAUSE
WE HAVE TAKEN THE PERFORMANCE OF
THOSE AND SHRUNK IT DOWN TO
SOMETHING THAT IS THE SIZE OF A
TOASTER OVEN HERE.
AND TODD IS GOING TO TILL MORE
ABOUT HOW THE CLOCK OPERATES.
>> SO YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT.
BUT MOST EVERYBODY HERE TODAY
USED THE GPS IN ATOMIC CLOCK AND
THAT IS BECAUSE ADOMMIC CLOCK
ARE PART OF EVERY GPS SATELLITE
IN ORBIT.
WE USE THOSE GPS SATELLITES IN
THE APPS AND THE GOOGLE MAPS,
APPLE MAPS, SO FORTH TO GET
HERE.
THEN, YOU MAY THEN ASK, SO IF
GPS ATOMIC CLOCKS CAN WORK FOR
THAT.
WHY CAN WE NOT USE THOSE FOR
DEEP SPACE MAVGATION BECAUSE THE
ATOMIC CLOCK IS A ABOUT 50 TILES
MORE STABLE THAN THOSE GPS
CLOCKS ALIGNED TODAY.
IT IS EXQUISITELY PRECISE AND IN
FACT, DEEP SPACE ATOMIC LOOK WE
EXPECT TO LOSE OR GAIN LESS THAN
THREE-TENTHS OF A MAN KNOW
SECOND OVER THE COURSE OF ADA
AND TRANSLATES TO A SECOND OVER
10 MILLION YEAR AND THEN YOU MAY
ASK WHY DO WE NEED THAT LEVEL OF
PRECISION?
IT IS BECAUSE LIGHT TRAVELS
FAST.
VERY FAST.
SO IF YOU CAN MAIN GIN A LYING
SIGNAL OR A RADIO SIG MEL WHICH
TRAVELS TO THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS
TRAVELING FROM EARTH TO THE MOON
AND IT TAKES A LITTLE OVER A
SECOND SO WE REALLY HEAD TO GET
OUR TIMING RIGHT AND CAN MAIL
GIN SENDING THAT SAME SIGNAL
FROM EARTH TO MARS TO FIGURE THE
SIS STAPS OF THAT SPACECRAFT IF
WE MISS THAT TIMING BY A SECOND,
WE HAVE EFFECTIVELY MISSED
HITTING MARS BY THE SAME
DISTANCE THE MOON IS FROM THE
EARTH.
SO HOW DOES A DEEP SPACE ATOMIC
CLOCK DO THAT IT?
USES MERCURY EYEOPS AND WITH
THAT CAPABILITY, WE PRODUCE A
VERY STABLE OUTPUT SIG TELL THAT
WE MEASURE TIME PRECISELY.
AND WITH THIS CAPABILITY, WE CAN
MEASURE THAT SAME DISTANCE FROM
EARTH TO MARS WITHIN A METER
USING DEEP SPACE ATOMIC CLOCK.
AND WE EXPECT THAT CLOCK TO
CHANGE THE PARADIGM THE TWO-WAY
TRACKING POOR ARE A DIME HOO ONE
THAT IS ONE WAY.
>> SO THIS CLOCK TECHNOLOGY
MEANS THAT WE DON'T IMMEDIATE TO
NAVIGATE WITH RADIO SIGNALS THAT
ARE VENT THE EARTH TO THE
SPACECRAFT AND BACK AGAIN.
NOW, WE CAN USE SIGNALS THAT ARE
SENT ARE THE SPACECRAFT DIRECTLY
TO THE EARTH AND OR VICE VERSA
FROM THE EARTH TO THE
SPACECRAFT.
AND NOW, FIRSTLY, IT ALLOWS US
TO USE THE EXISTING DEEP SPACE
NET WOK MORE EFFICIENTLY AND
MORE FLEXIBLY THAN WE CAN TODAY.
THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK IS
LIMITED IN HOW MANY SPACECRAFTS
E IT CAN TALK TO IN TWO-WAY MODE
AT ONCE.
ONCE IT CAN ONLY TALK TO ONE AT
A TIME IN THAT WAY.
NOW THERE IS A LOT OF SPACECRAFT
THAT ARE FLYING THROUGH DEEP
SPACE.
RIGHT NOW, TO GET TWO-WAY TRACK
AND ALL FIGHTING FOR TIME ON
THOSE ANTENNAS THEY ARE
TIME-SHARING THE GROUND
ANTENNAS.
THE ATOMIC CLOCK WILL CHANGE
THAT BUY ALLOWING TO TRACK MORE
SPACECRAFT SIMULTANEOUSLY.
AND THAT MEANS MORE NAVIGATION
DATA A BETTER MAVGATION
SOLUTIONS.
AND NOW, IF WE CAN CUT TO OUR
IMAGE AND SHOW IT ON THE TV FOR
A SECOND HERE, IT IS A TEETH TER
OF THE OTHER CORE APPLICATION
HAS WE USE, THAT WE CAN USE THE
CLOCK FOR.
PRIMARILY THEY WILL HELP ON THE
JOURNEY TO GET HUMANS TO THE
MOON AND MARS AND PERHAPS BEYOND
ONE DAY.
FANNED WE ARE BRAD CASTING A
ROAD SIGNAL FROM THE EARTH OUT
TO THE SPACE WHERE CHASE
STOPPING THE SPACECRAFT FROM
COLLECTING THAT RADIO SIGNAL
ONBOARD AND DOING ITS OWN
MAVGATION?
WHY DOES IT NEED TO BE NAVIGATED
BY HUMANS BACK ON THE EARTH
HERE?
WELL, WE CALL IT ATOM MOUSE
ONBOARD AND A HALF IS GOING AND
I IN WHICH THE SPACECRAFT WILL
COLLECT THE SIG TELL THAN THE
ONBOARD COMPUTER WOULD COMPUTE,
PREDICT WHERE HE IS GOING AND
COMPUTE ANY TRA JK RY CORRECTION
MANEUVERS IT WOULD NEED TO
EXECUTE AND IN OTHER WORDS,
WHERE TO POINT, WHEN TO FIRE THE
THRUSTERS FOR HOW LONG TO FIRE
THE THRUSTERS WHEN TO DO THIS
ACTION TO GET BACK ON THE STRA
LOOK RY YOU CAN THINK OF A SPACE
ARE SELF-DRIVES SPACECRAFT AND
ONE OF THE TOP TECHNOLOGIES THAT
WEE NEED TO SPEND HUMANS TO MARS
A AND IMAGINE WAY HUMAN CREW
ONBAR AND NAVIGATE THE SHIP IN
REAL TIME AND NOT WAIT FOR DIR
REBSES TO SET SENT FROM THE
EARTH TO THE SPACECRAFT.
THIS PLUS OUR HUMAN CREW LAPPED
ON THE LANDING SITE ON MARS WITH
LESS UNCERTAINTY IN THE PATH SO
A SAVER AND MORE ROBUST WAY TO
NAVIGATE THE HUMAN.
NOW, WHEN WE SEND HUMANS TO THE
MOON TON MARS OR BEYOND, IT
WOULD BE NICE THEY HAD A WHICH
TO FUN THEIR WAY AROUND TO FIND
THE WAY WE FOUND THE PRESS SITE
TODAY.
WELL, WITH THIS DEEP SPACE ATOIC
CHOCK WE CAN NOW BUILD GPS-LIKE
NAVIGATION SYSTEMS AT OTHER
PLANET AND MOON SPINAL GIN IF
THE ASTRONAUT ON THE MOON HAVE
GPS THEY COULD USE OR ASTRONAUT
ON MARS CAN YOU SEE RISING IN
THE BACKGROUND AND LOOKING DOWN
AT HER GOOGLE MAPS AND MARS
EDITION TO SEE WHERE SHE IS AND
PLAN TO WHERE SNEEDS TO GO YOU
CAN UNDERSTAND IT IS CRITICAL
WE'RE BACK TO SUPPORT A
CONTINUED HUMAN PRESENCE ON ANY
OF THE LOCATION.
AND THEN FINALLY, IF YOU LET ME
THINK REALLY, REALLY FAR IN THE
FUTURE.
ONE DAY WE MIGHT BE SENDING
SPACECRAFTS HUMAN BE A ROBOTIC
TO PLACES SO FAR AWAY FROM EARTH
THAT WAITING FOR A RADIO SIGNAL
TRILLION THE EARTH IS JUST NOT
REALISTIC WAY TO NAVIGATE ANY
MORE.
WELL, IMAGINE IN THIS SCENARIO
WE CAN USE THE CLOCK TO SUPPORT
DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATION
SATELLITES AND MAYBE EVEN A
CONSTELLATION OF THESE
SATELLITES THAT COULD BROADCAST
MAVGATION SIGNALS THROUGHOUT
DEEP SPACE AND THEN THE
SPACECRAFT CAN GO FROM
DESTINATION TO DESTINATION USING
THAT ONBOARD AUTONOMOUS
NAVIGATION WITH NO DIRECT TO THE
EARTH AT ALL ANY MORE.
>> SO HO DO YOU WE GOT THIS COOL
VISION THAT JILL DESCRIBED?
MAY I HAVE THE VIDEO, PLEASE?
IT BEGINS TOMORROW ON WHICH
HOSTING DEEP SPACE ATOMIC CLOCK
TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION
MISSION.
BEX TO RUN OUR EXPERIMENT FOR
YEAR TO RAL DATE THE PERFORMANCE
TO CLEARINGIZE THE HARDINESS OF
THE CLOCK USED IN FUTURE
SPACEFLIGHT AS WELL AS RUNNING
AN EXPERIMENT WHERE WE VERIFY
THE UTILITY OF THE CLICK AS
INSTRUMENT ANOTHER ONE WAY
NAVIGATION THAT JILL DESCRIBED.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
GETTING THIS NEW ADVENTURE.
WE EXPECT TO TURN ON THE CLOCK
IN AUGUST AND, OUR EARLY RESULT
IN THE FALL BE A THEN, THE TEAM
IS LACKING FOR WORD TO SEEING
ALL OF THAT DATA AND STARTING ON
A NEW ERA OF DEEP SPACE
MAVGATION WITH THE CLOCK.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR JILL
OR TODD?
WAIT FOR THE MICROPHONE.
GET A ONE TO YOU.
IT IS YOUR CHANCE TO TALK TO
INVESTIGATOR.
HI, THANKS.
I AM WONDERING WHAT KIND OF
CHALLENGES YOU HAD TO OVERCOME
TO HARDPING THE CLOCK VERSUS
OPERATING HERE ON THE GROUND.
WELL, YOU CAN MAY GIN IF THIS
PRECISION AND STAKE AND
SHRINKING NIGHT A PACKAGE THIS
SIZE, THERE IS A LOT OF COME
NOPES THAT HAVE IS NO WE HAVE TO
DEAL WELL SO THEY DO NOT IMPACT
THE STABILITY OF IT.
THAT WAS CHALLENGE WITH THE
CLOCK.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF BACK
OVER MANY DECADES EN
MINIATURIZING KIND OF THE KEY
COMPONENTS, THE FIXES COMPONENT
OF THE CLOCK.
INSIDE IS THE MERCURY ION RAP
AND THE OPTICAL SYSTEM.
IT IS 33CC'S.
WITHIN THAT, WE TRAP THOSE
MERCURY IONS WITH THE ELECTRIC
FIELDS TO ROW DUES THE STABLE
SIG THE THAT WE PRODUCE AND
THEN, AROUND IT IS THE
ELECTRONICS THAT DRIVE THE WHOLE
SYSTEM.
THEN STANDARD WITH ANY FLIGHT
SYSTEM THAT DOES THAT SPACE.
DO YOU THE STANDARD, YOU OH,
VIBRATION TESTING, THERMAL
BACKING TESTING, WITH DID HE
THOSE THINGS TO MAKE IT READY
FOR SPACEFLIGHT.
ALL RIGHT ANYONE ELSE?
THIS YOUNG WOMAN HERE.
THE SECOND ROW.
>> THANK YOU.
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
PRESENTATION, YOU SAID
EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE USED TO
HELP US HEREON HEART.
HOW CAN THE ATOMIC CLOCK ONE DAY
HELP ME HERE AND HELP ME HALF
DATE BETTER ONE DAY, TOO.
>> THAT IS A WONDERFUL QUESTION.
AS TODD MENTIONED THIS ATOMIC
CLOCK IS ABOUT 50 TIMES MORE
STABLE THAN THE CLOCKS FLOWN IN
THE GPS SATELLITES THAT IS THE
KANG THAT YOU HAVE ON THE I
PENNING NOW IS WHAT IS UP THERE
TODAY.
SO IF THIS CLOCK IS 50 I AMS
MORE STABLE YOU CAMPAIGN DIN IF
IT IT GEGETS INFUSED IN THE
FUTURE GPS.
YOUR ACHE TO NAVIGATE WITH THE
GPS ON THE PHONE WILL ALSO BE
BETTER.
>> ANY WINS?
>> A JEER IN THE SECOND ROW.
WILL THE CLOCK BE USED WITH ANY
FUTURE RESINS SATELLITES TO
MODIFY TRAJECTORIES OR OR BITS
TO TEST OUT THAT PART OF THE
TECH MOLOBY.
>> SO WITH THIS, WITH OUR
EXPERIMENT, THE ORBITAL TEST
BED.
IS A FREE FLIER.
IT IS NOT DOING ANY PROPULSION.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVES THE
CHARACTERIZE THAT STABILITY BUT
ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAD WAS
TO TAKE A LARGE SET OF GPS DATA
WE ARE GOING TO USE TO DO THAT
AND REDUCE THAT SET TO REFLECT
CHARACTERISTICS WE WOULD DO FOR
DEEP SPACE AND A HALF AND SPACE
RUN OR BITTER AT MARS.
WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.
IN FACT HE IS ABOUT GOING TO BE
DOING A LOT OF THAT WORK TO
VALIDATE IF WE WERE FLYING THIS
CLOCK IN SPACE AND ORBIT AROUND
MARS, WE COULD DO THE AND A HALF
WE DO TODAY?
>> WELL, I WILL ADD THAT,
ACTUALLY, TODD MENTIONED IT IS
FLYING ON FREE FLIER, THERE IS
NO PROPULL SON SYSTEM ON THE OR
BITTER TEST BED AND BY DESIGN
FORCE AND PERFECT FOR NEXT
PERMANENT.
WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE
SPACECRAFT SO WE CAN MORE AC
QUATELIEST WHAT THE CLOCK IS
DOING ON ORBIT.
OK.
WELL, LET'S THANK TODD AND JILL
ONE MORE TIME.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
>> SPACE HAS LONG LOOKED FOR
WAYS TO FRONT PLANET EARTH.
NOW, WE'RE PART MERING WITH
INDUSTRY ON THE GREENS
PROPELLANT PINE! END FUSION
MISSION.
PLEASE WELCOME CHRIS McLEAN
WITH BILLION AEROSPACE AND JOE
CASS HE DY WITH AIR JET TO TELL
US MORE ABOUT THIS MISSION.
>> HI.
I AM CHRIS McCLAIN THE
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ON THE
FUSION MISSION.
>> I AM JOE CASSIDY.
THE EXIVE DIRECTOR FOR SPACE AT
AEROJET AND WE ARE PROUD TO PART
MER WITH BILLION ON THIS
MISSION.
SO THE GREEN PROFELL FELL APT
THE FUSION MISSION IS THE
SPACECRAFT OVER HERE WHICH I
TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE
LATER.
THINK THINK KEY PART HERE WHEN
WE LOOK AT THIS EXPECTERMENT WE
ARE FLYING IS THE IN FUSION
PART.
WE TOOK TECHNOLOGY AS TANA
MENTIONED EARLIER RELATIVELY
LABORATORY TECH HOLLOW GO IN THE
COURSE OF THE PROGRAM AND
MATURED THAT TECH MOLO GE INTO
FRIGHT ENGINES AND THOSE FLIGHT
ENGINES WILL BE DEMONSTRATED
WHEN WE FLY TOMORROW ON THE PAL
CONHEAVY.
BUT I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY
THAN JUST GOING TO MATURE THE
ENGINE AND GETTING THE FLIGHT
DATA BEHIND US.
IT WAS THE IN FUSION PART OF
THIS.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN
POLLUTION.
I AM TALKING ABOUT ENTIRE
INDUSTRY WRAPPING THEIR HANDER
THAN IDEA OF A NEW FUEL.
THE NEW FUEL.
WHEN WE LOOK AT MISSIONS AND WE
ARE DESEEPING SPACECRAFT
MESSINGS OF AEROSPACE OR ANY
OTHER COMPANY I WORKED AT.
WE LOOK AT HERT AME.
IS FLOWN BEFORE M WHAT IS FLOWN
BEFORE THE MOST COME FOBBABLE
WITH THAT.
SO THANKS TO THE OFFICE.
WE'RE ABLE TO PUSH TECHNOL CAN
HE GYS AND OTHER GEN REGS AND
DID THAT ON THE MISSION HERE.
WE ARE MATURING IT.
DEMONSTRATING IT.
SO WHEN YOU ARE DESIGNING YOUR
SPACECRAFT AND YOUR CAT LOT OF
MATERIALS AND OPPONENTS.
OK.
THIS IS FLEN AND IT IS NOT JUST
THE FLYING PART AGAIN.
IT THE FUELING.
THE HANDLING.
GETTING THE PROPOTENT AND
LOADING IT, LAUNCHING THE
SPACECRAFT AND THEN GETTING IT
ON ORBIT.
SO BALLS ROLL HERE AND THE ROLL
AS INVESTIGATOR WAS HURTING A
LARGE SET OF NASA AND DOD AND
INDUSTRY PART MERES TO TOGETHER
FOR THE SPACECRAFT TOGETHER.
AND ALL DESIGNER SPACECRAFT THE
GROUND UP USING ONE OF THE
STANDARD SMALL BUS AND WORK WITH
THE DEVELOPER TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATION PAY LEAD TO WOULD
GIVE US WHAT BEDDED TO
DEMONSTRATE ONER BIT AS WELL AS
THE FUELING AND THE STUFF THAT
CAME ALONG WITH IT.
SO WE WENT ARE THE BE GOING FROM
NOTHING TO MATURING IN THE GINS
TO BUILDING THE SPACECRAFT AND
LAUNCHING THE SPACECRAFT
TOMORROW THEN WE'LL BE FLYING
THE SPACECRAFT FOR 13 MONTHS
AFTERWARDS.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OW, THAT
LATE IN THE RAM, WE WERE ABLE TO
DO THE FLEXIBILITY AND WE WERE
ABLE TO ADD ON THREE AIR FORCE
PLIEDS THEN ALSO ABLE TO PUT ON
NASA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR
INSULATION SPACECRAFT IN SA
LATION THAT WAS DEMONSTRATED
UNDER THE FUNDING.
>> THANKS, CHRIS.
>> AND OUR ROLE AT AEROJET
ROCKETDYNE WAS TO WORK WITH
BALL, FIRST OF ALL, WE TOOK THE
PROPE NENT DESIGN THAT HAD COME
THROUGH THE AIR FORCE AND WE HAD
COME UP WITH A NEW THRUSTER TECH
HOL PE GY AND THIS WOULD BE
LITTLE MOMENT TO IMPLEMENT AND
USE THAT PROPULL SON FOR
SPACECRAFT SO THAT WAS THE
PRINCE PEAL ROLE OF DESIPING AND
BUILDING ANTEING THOSE THRUSTERS
THEN WE WORK WITH BALL TO
ACTUALLY DESAN ANTES THE SYSTEM
ITSELF BECAUSE THERE IS ANOTHER
A PROPULSION EXPERIMENT THAN
JUST THRUSTERS WE HAVE TO SORE
THE PROPEL LANT.
WE HAVE TO TRANSMIT IT SAFELY AS
CHRIS MENTIONED AND KEEP IT IN
THE RIGHT CONDITION TO OPERATE
IT IN SPACE AND SO CHRIS, I
THINK, IF YOU COULD HAN ME THE
THRUSTER, OH, I WILL ACTUALLY
SHOW.
THIS IS A MOLD 3D MODEL THAT WE
MADE OF THE THRUSTER AND SO WHAT
YOU CAN SEE HERE.
IT ON THOSE ONE END THIS IS
WHERE THE LIQUID ROW PELL ANT
COMES IN WHERE THE TUBE IS
STICKING UP THIS THEN THE OWNER
HERE.
THE APPROPRIATELY COLORED GREEN
NOZZLE OR THE GREEN PROPEL LAN
RACE THE THRUST COMES OUT.
IN BETWEEN IS WHERE THE MAGIC
HAPPEN.
BUT ACTUALLY, THAT WAS, A WAS
THE DESIGN THAT WE CAME WU THAT
WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED ON THE GPI
EXPERIMENT WORKING WITH BILLION
THAN WAS OUR PART OF THE
PROGRAM.
>> CHRIS WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE
BIT MORE ABOUT THE FUELING AND A
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE
SPACECRAFT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> WHEN WE ARE DONE, THE FINAL
BURN WILL REENTER THE SPACECRAFT
WITHIN A WEEK.
THINK OF GREEN, I AM HOT DOING
THE THING WHERE WE'RE NOT
LEAVING A BUNCH OF SPACE JUNK UP
HERE.
WELL, SO, THE GREEN PROPEL NENT
AND GET THE PICTURE UP ON THE
SCREEN HERE.
SO THE GREEN PROPELLANT IS NOT
REALLY GREEN.
IT IS PEACH COLOR AND TRYING TO
CHARACTERIZE THING THE DESIGNER
VIEW AND GOT A LARGE BOX AND
THAT IS ACTUALLY SALMON.
BUT TOMMY HAWKINS.
HE THAT BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 15
YEARS AT AFR RESEARCH
LABORATORY.
HE HAS SINCE RETIRED BUT I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK HIM FOR THE WORKER
HAS DONE HERE.
IT IS THE FIRST FUEL IN THE LAST
SEVERAL DECK AS, ACTUALLY.
WHICH HAS SOME CHALLENGES A WE
ARE GOING THROUGH IT FIGURING
OUT HOW TO CHARACTER.
>> THE FUEL AND GET ACCEPTANCE
IT TO.
WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT GREEN AND
THE REASON WE TALK ABOUT IT AS
GREEN FUEL.
IT HAS A LOW TOXICITY.
IT IS STIES HANDLE AND SEAT SITH
IN LIKE TO.
YOU CAN VIT IN FRONT OF.
WE SHIP IT FED EGGS.
PUT IN A PLASTIC TIN AND SHIP IT
ON THE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT TO
GET IT OUT OF HERE HP WHEN WE
WERE FEELING THIS STUFF,
LITERALLY, NOT QUITE LIT
RAILROAD I, BUT WE HAD BUCKET
SITTING ON THE FLOOR WITH THE
OPPORTUNITY IN.
A FEW VALVES IN BETWEEN THAT WAS
THAT SIMPLE.
HISTORICALLY AND AND AND FOOLS
FLOW IN AND WAS REALLY
IMPRESSIVE TO SEE APPLICATION OF
WHERE THIS QUESTIONS ABOUT AND
WE LOOKED DONE THE ROAD YOU CAN
IMAGINE CUBESATS AND SMALL SATES
WHERE THE FUELING IS GOING OUT
TO UNIVERSITIES A THE RESEN
INSTITUTE AND MISSING THE ENTIRE
WEEK OF PROM PROCESSING OUT
HERE.
AND ONE OF HE OTHER THINGS GOOD
ABOUT ABOUT THIS FUEL AND SO WE
GOT LOW TOXICITY AND HYPERFORM
ANDS.
AND IMAGINE YOU GOT A FUEL TANK
THAT IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUEL
IN?
IT IT.
AND THE SAME VOLUME.
AND THE END USER SPACECRAFT.
THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE THE
OTHER FUELS AND IT WILL PREZ AND
GETS BELOW FREEZING LIKE
WATERMENT SIMILAR TO WATER.
HO THAT WOULD MEAN THE PIPES IN
THE HOUSE.
THE PIPE WAS CRACK.
SO IN ORDER TO KEEP THE
SPACECRAFT SAFE FOR A LONG
MISSION, YOU HAVE TO APPLY
HEATER POWER AND THIS FUEL DOES
NOT DOHA.
IT GOES INTO WHAT IS CALLED THE
GLASS TRANSITION PHASE AND IT
GETS COLD AND HARD.
THEN WHEN IT WARS UP GAIN IT
COMES OW.
WE HAVE DONE STUD DITS AND
LOOKING AT SOME MARS SOUTH POLE
MISSIONS
MISSIONS WHERE YOU CAN PUT A LAN
TERP DOWN THERE AND DO HOP IN
THE SPRING AND LOOK AT GEYSERS
COMING OUT.
DURING THE WINTER.
YOU LET THE FUEL GO AND THE
GLASS TRANSITION AND SAVE THAT
TOWER FOR SCIENCE AND PAYLOADS
SO EXPLORATION PERSPECTIVE THINK
THAT IS ONE OF THE MANY FACETS
THAT I LIKE.
>> AND I WILL MAKE UP ON
SOMETHING CHRIS TALKED ABOUT.
WITHIN OF THE THING WE ARE MOST
INTERESTED IN IS AT THE ROCKET
DINE, WE HAVE SEEN A REAL TREND
COMING ON AND EXPLOITATION THESE
CUBE SATTANCE SMALL STUPORS
WHOLE VARIETY OF MISSIONS AND UP
UNTIL NOW, TYPICALLY THOSE HAVE
NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE PULSION
AND THIS IS GOING TO ENABLE THAT
TO HAPPEN.
SO ONE OF THINK THINGS THAT WE
SEE IS THAT ADD FIRMANCE THAT
CHRIS REFERRED TO IS REALLY GOOD
FOR THESE KINDS OF SPACECRAFTS
AND VOLUME LITTLE MITTED.
YOU ARE PRETTY SMALL AND THIS
GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO DO SOME
PRETTY COOL STUFF AND THEN
ENABLE AND MANEUVERING AROUND IN
EARTH ORBIT AND POS WHETHER I
GOING TO THE MOON AND POSSIBLY
EVEN TO MARS SO THIS IS, THIS IS
REALLY TIE K IN NICELY WITH
NASA'S MISSION AND AS WELL AS A
LOT OF COMMERCIAL PEOPLE ARE
INTERESTED IN THIS.
AND AS CHRIS SAID.
THEY THE ARE NOT USED TO DEALING
WITH THE FUELING AND THINGS LIKE
THAT AND THESE ARE
NONTRADITIONAL GUYS THAT ARE
BUILDING THESE IN AND SOMETIMES
LIKE IN A WORKSHOP AND ALMOST
LIKE AN OFFICE PARK WHERE.
THE LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS
WITH THIS NONTOXIC FUEL.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WILL SAY
IS YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE
MARKETS THAT WE ARE SEEING, IT
ALSO OPENS UP JUST A WHOLE NEW
RANGE OF MISSIONS THAT YOU CAN
DO WITH HAVING THE ABILITY TO
USE THESE SMALL SPACECRAFTS AND
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AT OUR
JET ROCKET.
ALL RIGHT.
OK.
I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE
SPACECRAFT MOD HALL WE HAVE
HERE.
S THIS THE ONE-THIRD SCALE MODEL
OF THE SPACECRAFT AND THE BACK
EBB HERE'S THE 100 AND THIS IS
THE THIRD CONFIGURATION OF THE
BUS WE HAVE THROWN.
THIS BUS.
THIS SPACECRAFT BUS WAS BUILT IN
46 DAYS CAN AND ACCEPTANCE TEST
SOD WE HAD MATURE PROCESS HERE
AND WRAPPING THIS TECHNOLOGY
AROUND A COUPLE OF OTHER NASA
MISSIONS NOW.
THE SAME COMPONENTS.
HEATINGLY DIFFERENT
FORAMENALLOR.
THE UPPER DECK HERE IS THE
PROPULSION AND PAYLOAD AND THE
NONTOXIC PAYLOAD.
YOU CAN SEE FIVE OF THE ROCKET
ENAMINES ON HERE THAT AEROJET
PROVIDE AND WE BUILT AND KEY
SIGNED THE SUB SYSTEM TOGETHER.
SO TOK, OVERALL, VERY COME BACK,
VERY ROBUST SYSTEM WITH A LOT OF
DEMONSTRATIONS WE HAVE DONE A
LOT OF TO WORK MAKE SURE THIS
WAS GOING TO PERFORM
SUCCESSFULLY ON ORBIT THAN THE
FUELING AND WE ALSO AS IMMENSED
EARLIER, WE WERE ABLE TO GET ON
HERE ADDITIONAL PAYLOADS SO WHAT
IS WRAPPED WERE A HERE AND NOT
SHOWN FOR CLARITY WITH THE SUB
AM CITIES IS NASA TECH HOL HE
GIVE THAT I GOT FLY FOR FREE AND
WE PUT ON THREE AIR FORCE
AVIONICS PAG AMES LATE IN THE
MISSION TO GET ADDITIONAL DATA,
TOO.
>> YEAH.
SO JUST MAYBE WRAP UP CHRIS
MENTIONED THERE IS FIVE OF THESE
MOUTON THRUST L THRUSTER YOS
BOARD HERE.
WE WILL PUT THEM THROUGH A WHOLE
SERIES OF TESTS ON ORBIT ABOUT
13 MONTHANCE THEY WILL DO
MANEUVERS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY
MANEUVER THE AND TURN THE
SPACECRAFT AND SHORT PULSES AND
THEN IT IS GOING GIVES REALLY
GOOD VALIDATION ON ORBIT AND
THAT IS WHAT IS CRITICAL ABOUT
THIS.
WE ARE WANTING TO MY THIS AND NO
ONE WAPS TO BE THE FIRST THEY
WANT TO BE THE SECOND PERSON
AFTER IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED
AND END SPACE SO WE ARE THANKFUL
AEROJET ROCKETDYNE TO BE A PART
OF THIS MISSION WHICH BILLION
AND WITH SPACE WE APPRECIATE
NASA AND TO BE GIVING US THE
CHAPS TO DO THIS IN SPACE AND
THE LAST THING I WILL HELPS IS
JUST WHAT CHRIS SAID EARLIER
ABOUT THE IDEA YOU CAN ACTUALLY
FEDEX THIS STUFF SO LOOKING AT
COMBINE SOME OF THE EXPERTISE IN
SPACE PROPULSION AND WHERE WE
HAVE BEEN LEADERS FOR YEARS AND
YEARS AND MADE ALMOST THOUSAND
OF THESE THRUSTERS HIN HE FUTURE
AND THAT STARTS TO CHANGE AND WE
WANT TO BE THE GUYS WHO MAKE THE
GREEN PROPEL APT AND FINING WAYS
TO USE ADDING MANUFACTURING
WHICH IS THE OTHER KETEK HOL PE
GIS WHERE WE MAKE THESE MODULELY
AND SHIP THEM TO THE CUBE SAT
GUY AND THEY CAN BLT THE SYSTEM
ON AT THE LAUNCH SITE AND ALL
THEY GOT TO DO IS WHICH IS A BIG
SABBINGS AS CHRIS SAID.
>> QUESTION?
>> SURE.
>> YES, WHAT WAS THE
BREAKTHROUGH IN THE COMPETITION
OF COMPOSITION OF THE FUEL THAT
REDUCE THE LEVELS OF TOXICITY.
I AM INTERESTED IN WHAT IT IS
MADE OF INTO WELL, THE ACTUAL
CHEM TRY BUT I WILL SAY, IT IS A
CHEMISTRY COMPOSITION AND THE
HYDROAND YOU PUT IT ON A BENCH
TOP AND A LOW VAPOR PRESSURE AND
WHICH STARS EVOLVE MOOING THE
ROOM AND REACTS WITH EVERYTHING.
WELL, THIS FUEL DOES NOT HAVE
ANY PRESSURE BUT VIT ON THE DESK
IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU CANNOT SPELL IT.
IT CAN SIT THERE AND WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE SAFETY ISSUES THERE
IS A BURN BARREL TEST FOR DOD
AND THIS STUFF HAS A HIGH
REACTION TEMPERATURE.
THE ENGINES HAVE TO BE HOT WHERE
WE USE THINK IT.
THIS WE DID THE BURN BARREL TEST
AND THE CONTAINER PUT THE FIRE
OUT WHICH IS THERE IS OTHER
SAFETY ISSUES YOU HAVE NOT
GOTTEN HERE.
NOW, YES, VERY SAFETY HANDLES
AND NOW ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO
DEBT MATE THIS STUFF WHICH IS
AROUND TOGETHER AND YOU COULD DO
THAT READILY.
VARIOUS AREAS AND VERY STABLE
PULE.
IT IS GREEN.
HAS A LOW TOXICITY.
IT ITS AN EXPLOSIVE.
IT IS A ROCKET FUEL.
HIGH PERFORMANCE?
>> OK.
THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER OVERHERE.
>> SO I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST
TEST FOR IT.
HOW LONG DO YOU ANTICIPATE
BEFORE THIS ACTUALLY IS PRAC
CALLUS?
>> SURE.
>> WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
INTEREST FOR THIS PULE.
THE MARKET HEF SMALL SATELLITES
OUT THERE.
WE HI AS SOON AS WE GET THE
DEMONSTRATION PLIGHT IN AND
START SEEING THE DATA COME DOWN
AND WE ACCEPT WE START GETTING
ORDER QUICK.
A ALL RIGHT.
LET'S THANK CHRIS AND JOE.
[APPLAUSE]
>> WE WILL NOW MOVE TON HE
SCIENCE.
NASA SPACECRAFT ARE UBER
CONSTANT ATTACK, NOT BY
ALLEYENCE BUT BY OUR OWN SUN.
OUTER SPACE IS A VERY HARSH
ENVIRONMENT.
WHAT IS HOT IN RALLATION RESEN
SHALL, LET'S WELCOME DR. MICKEY
FOX DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION AT
GODDARD SPACEFLIGHT CENTER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU.
PLAN.
[APPLAUSE]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH US T.
I AM DR. MCCAN I FOGEYS AND HAVE
THE WORLD'S BEST JOB BECAUSE I
GET TO LEAD NASA'S HEALEY YO
PHYSICS DIVISION AT NASA
HEADQUARTERS SO IT IS VIBRANT
AND EXCITING TIME AS WE CONTINUE
TO LAUNCH MORE A MORE MISSIONS
SO WE REX FILTED TO BE LAUNCHING
NEW ONES WITH THIS BIG LAUNCH
TOMORROW.
WELL, SO.
IF I CAN DURELL YOUR ATTENTION
TO, I.
>> WOULD LIKE TO CALL IT THE
BABY PICTURE.
IT IS EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN
THE HELIO FLEET NOW.
YOU CAN SEE POCKETS LAUNCHED
LAST YEAR SHALL UP THERE AND
STUDYING THE SON'S CORONA AND
GIVE CANNING US THE DATA WE
WEIGHED SO LONG TO BE ABLE TO EX
PLA IN THE DYNAMICS OF OUR SON.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE ALL OF
THESE VERY, VERY KEY ASSETS THAT
ARE END JUST THE RIGHT
LOCATIONS.
AND I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS
BUSY UP THERE.
REMEMBER SPACE IS REALLY BIG.
SO THERE IS A BIG SPACE ALL OF
THOSE MISSIONS BUT WE GO FROM
THE CORONA THEN OUR VOW AMEER
SPACECRAFT HAVING CROSSED IT
RECENTLY SO THEY UL ALL HAVE A
KEY ROLE IN BEING ABLE TO
EXPLAIN WHAT IS GOING ON ON THE
SUN AND HOW THAT IMPACTS US HERE
ON EARTH.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO WELCOME
NEW MEMBERS TO OUR FAMILY AND OF
COURSE.
WITH THIS MISSION.
24 PAYLOADS THEY ARE BRING AN
AWFUL LOT OF FRIENDS WITH THEM.
BUT WE HAVE TWO SCIENCE PAYLOADS
THAT ARE ON THIS MISSION.
SO THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING AT
THE EFFECTS OF SPACE WEATHER AND
SO SPACE WEATHER MEANING THINGS
THAT ARE DRIVEN BY THE SUN AND
TO OUR PLANET THROUGH THE WIND
AND THEN CAUSING IMPACT THROUGH
TECH HOL IF HE GIVE HERE ON
EARTH.
THEN, THE MORE AND MORE AND MORE
WE START TO RELY ON TECHNOLOGY
EVERY DAY.
THE MORE WE BECOME SUSS ENDABLE
TO THESE FACE WEATHER EVENTS.
SPACE WEATHER HAS NEVER MANY
DIFFERENT KIND OF FLAVORS, SO
TODAY, WILL FOCUS ON ONE AREA IN
PARTICULAR WHICH IS THE VAN
ALLEN RADIATION BELT.
OF COURSE THE FIRST CAN
DISCOVERY OF THE SPACE AGE WHEN
WE REALIZED THE SPACE WAS NOT AM
TY BUT IT WAS ACTUAL LAY COOL
PLACE TO GO AND PLOSION.
WE CAN RUN THE VIDEO.
CAN YOU SEE JUST HOW DYNAMIC
THESE RADIATION BELTS ARE.
THEY THERE ARE TWO OF THEM.
IN A BELT MOSTLY PROTONS BUT
ACTUALLY VERY DYNAMIC.
WE DIP REALIZE UNTIL WE HAD THE
PROBE MISSION THAT IT HAS BEEN
UP THERE FOR SIX AND A HALF
YEARS REALLY TELLING US ALL
ABOUT THE DYNAMICS IN CAN SEE
THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF PARTICLES
GOING ALL OVER THE POLICE AND
THE RADIATION BELLS CAN PUMP AND
GET BIG AND CAN GET VERY, VERY
DEPS RADIATION, REVERY HIGH
ENERGY PARTICLES AND BECAUSE THE
RADIATION BELTS KIND OF
CONTINUALLY MOVING AND LIKE THEY
ARE BREATHING IN AND OUT THERE
ARE SPACECRAFT THAT OFTEN ARE
NOT MEANT TO BE IN THE RADIATION
BELTS THAT SUDDENLY FIND
THEMSELVES ENGULF BOOED THE
RADIATION AND SO, THOSE
COMPONENTS THAT ARE ON THOSE
SPACECRAFT CAN BE EXTREMELY SUSS
ENDABLE TO THESE SPACE WEATHER
EVENTERS.
CAN YOU SEE, FROM THE SPACECRAFT
GOING TO BE QUITE UPSET IN A
MINUTE AND AS IT GETS HIT WITH
RADIATION AND THEN UNFORTUNATELY
LOTS OF MASTY THINGS HAPPEN TO
THOSE COME NONE AND THE POOR
LITTLE THINGS GO ALL OVER.
VERY SAD.
ONLY IF IT HAD ATOMIC CLOCK IT
MAY HAVE BEEN EIGHT TO RIGHT
ITSELF BUT IT DID NOT.
SO THE SPACECRAFT IS CRIPPLED
AND THEN WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH
THIS EXPERIMENT AND WE ARE
STOWING AWAY ON ANOTHER
SPACECRAFT AND THE AIR FORCE
DEMONSTRATION SPACE AND
EXPERIMENT AND THEN WE ARE A
LITTLE STOWAWAY PAY LED AND WE
HAVE FOUR TECHNOLOGYIER, PER AMS
ON THERE AND THEN LOOKING A ONE
THEM IS LOOKING AT COT COSMIC
RAY OS SO THE MASTY GUYS THAT
COME WERE OUTSIDE.
THAT IS WHERE VOW YEAR IS IN AND
COMING IN AND IMPACT US.
WE HAVE ONE THAT IS LOOK AT WHAT
IS THE RIGHT, WHAT SOMETHING
THAT IS GOING TO MEASURE THE
TOTAL DOSE.
HOW MUCH RADIATION WE ARE SEEING
AND WHICH IS THE BEST ONE.
LET'S FLY A WHOLE BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT UP WITHS BUT YOU FLY
EVERY DAY IN SPACE TECH THOL
LOBY AND THEN LOOK AT WHICH ONE
PROVIDES THE BEST.
WE'RE ARE LOOKING AT PAYLOAD
THAT HAS, IT BASICALLY LOOKING
AT THE CONTINUAL FEK OF BEING
RADIATION AND ACCRUING OVER A
YEAR.
AND IN THE, WE HAVE ONE THAT
EXISTS TAKING RESIMPLE
TECHNOLOGIES AND THEN PUTTING
THEM NEXT ONE ANOTHER AND
COMPARING THEM AND THEN SEEING
WHICH ONES WHICH ONE REALLY
FUNCTIONS THE BEST.
IT ALSO HELPS US TO BE ABLE TO
MINIMIZE DESIGN MARGINS AS YOU
CAP IMAGINE, MASS SPER SPACE
SOLID AND THEN IF YOU CAN
MINIMIZE THE MASTER, THAT YOU
ARE PUTTING INTO SPACE YOU CAN
ACTUALLY SAB YOURSELF MONEY.
WHY LAUNCH A BATTLE SHI IF A A
MU WOULD DO.
SO WE WANT TO REALLY SORT OF
SHRY THOSE MARGINNANCE GET THE
MOST WE CAN GET FROM OUR
SCIENCE.
THE SECOND PAIDLOAD THAT IS
GOING UP ARE TWO SMALL CUBE
SATTANCE RUN THE MODELS FOR ME
AND THEN, ACTUALLY, I AM SORRY.
THERE IS A QUICK SHOT OF DSX I
DIP RUN THIS ONE.
SO THAT IS THE AIR FORCE
SPACECRAFT AND THE FOUR LITTLE
PAYLOADS THAT ARE STOWING AWAY
AND KIND OF SEE THE BOX THERE ON
THE EDGE AND THAT IS SOLAR AND
ENVIRONMENTAL TEST BEDS.
AND THEN, PK WITH HE RUN THE
NEXT VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF
THE IMPACTS AND LOOK CLOSER TO
THE EARTH SO WE ABOUT SPACE
WEATHER.
AND THEN IN THIS REGION SHALL
YOU CAN GET IRREGULARITY AND
LIKE TO CALL THEM BUBBLES AND
LOOK LIKE BE ABOUT BELLS IN THIS
REELING BON AND IT HAS, IT CAN
REALLY DISRUPT COMMUNICATIONS.
SO GOING FROM SPACECRAFT DOWN TO
THE EARTH.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE LOOKING THAT SPACE
WEATHER, TOO.
SO WE'RE LAUNCHING A FEW SMALL
CUBESATS MY COLLEAGUE IS GOING
COME UP IN A MOMENT TO TELL YOU
ABOUT THE DESIGN OF THESE
CUBESATS.
SO AGAIN, WITH THE PHYSICS WE
LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE
SUN AND WE TRACK THOSE EVENTS AS
THEY COME THROUGH THE SOLAR WIND
AND LOOK AT HOW THEY IMPACT OUR
PLANET.
HAGUE THIS NICE PAYLOAD IS DOING
THAT FUME PIECE OF THE BUZZLE
NOT ONLY LOOKING A THE SUN AND
HOW IT IS AFFECTING US HERE ON
EARTH BUT ACTUALLY NOW LOOKING
AT HOW IT IS FEKING THE
TECHNOLOGY TOO SO WE ARE
EXTREMELY EXTREMELY EXCITED TO
BE WELCOMING THE NEW MISSIONS UP
TO THE HELIO PORTFOLIO AND AS
ALWAYS IT IS A GREAT TIME TO BE
HERE.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> DRE QUESTION FORCE THE
DOCTOR.
ANY QUESTIONS?
AAM ALWAYS EXCITED ABOUT
RADIATION.
>> HOW CAN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT
HELP IMPROVE FUTURE SPACECRAFT
DESPINE THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION.
HOW CAN WE BETTER DO DID HE
SIPE.
REALLY BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING
LITTLE COMPONENTS THAT NORMALLY
ARE USED IN EVERY DAY DESIGNER
SPACECRAFT AND LOOKING AT HOW
THEY RESPOND TO INTENSE
RADIATION.
AND SO, AS WE, THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT, ALSO, AS WE START TO
CONTINUE OUR JURN MY BACK TO THE
MOON AND THEN TO MARS AND
BEYOND.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE
WE CAN MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS SO
IF YOU DO SEE THE SPARK AND SEE
IT UPSET, CAN WE ACTUALLY
CORRECT THOSE?
THIS IS ALLOWING US TO REALLY
TEST OUR ACHE TO MITIGATE THOSE
EFFECTS.
AND OBVIOUSLY, IF BUT OR IN THE
WAY TO A FAR AWAY LAND AND YOU
REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOUR TECHNOLOGY CAN RECOVER AND
CAN CONTINUE TO WORK BECAUSE
SPACE WEATHER WITH IS GOING TO
BE VERY, VERY BIG IMPACT ON OUR
MISSION AND SO THAT IS WHERE WE
ARE EXCITED TO BE GETTING YET
MORE DATA TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE
THE ABILITY TO GO TO THE MOON
AND BEYOND.
>> OH.
ANYONE SMELLS OH WE HAVE A HIGH
SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER.
>> OH, DEAR.
GOING TO BE A HARD QUESTION.
>> ARE YOU VICTORY STUDYING ON
ELECTRONIC OR GOING TO HAVE AM
57LYCATION FOR HUMANS WHEN THEY
GET BEYOND THE BELTS?
>> SO WITH THE SET ITSELF WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON TECH
MOL DID HE I GY ONE OF THE
REASONS WE ARE HAPPY IS THAT IS
A FULL RADIATION BELT MONITORING
SPACECRAFT AND SO THEY HAVE
SPACE WEATHER INUREMENTS LISTEN
TO SO IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO
MAISH FLOOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND
OF COURSE IT IS STILL UP THERE
PROVIDING REALLY EXCITING
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT AND THEN, USING THE
ENTIRE FLEET WE LOOK AT WHAT IS
COMING TOWARD US AND WHAT IS
DRIVING THOSE EVENTS AND THEN,
IT IS SORT OF THAT TIME PIECE
WITH SET OF WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
THE TECH TECH HOL PE PI.
MEANS OF COURSE TO HUMANS ARE
WELL BE A CARRYING THOSE TYPE OF
COME MOANS ON THE MISSIONS AS WE
JOURNEY OUTWARD SO REALLY
UNDERSTANDING THAT DOES HAVE A
BIG BENEFIT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE TIME FOR YEAR ONE.
ANYONE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK'S THANK DR. FOX.
YOU HAVE BEEN ON THE WAY TO WORK
IN THE MORNING WILL BE LISTENING
TO THE REGULAR RADIODATION AND
YOU ARE GETTING A LOT OF STAT
SALTIC.
IT CAN BE ANNOYING.
NOW ARE TRYING TO USE GPS TO
LAND IN MCALLY MATE WEATHER OR
YOU ARE TRYING TO TOM MUN QUATE
A SAT LIT AND GETTING SIMILAR
INTERFERENCE.
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE AIR UP
THERE.
WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT SUBMIT WITH
MORE ON THE HANCEED BECKON
EXPERIMENT, ALSO E LET'S WELCOME
RICK PAYLOAD PROGRAM MANAGER
WITH INTERPEGS AGO.
>> THE TANDEM BECKOP EXPLORER IS
A CUBE SAT BASE, BASED MISSION
TO INVESTIGATE NATURALLY
OCCURRING DISTURBANCE IN THE
UPPER ATMOSPHERE.
THE OBJECTIVE IS TO UNDERSTAND
WHEN THESE DISTURB AS THAT THE
DOCTOR REFERRED TO AS BUBBLES
WILL OCCUR SO WE CAN BETTER
FORECAST THEM BE A OBVIOUSLY,
TAKE ACTIONS TO MIT GAME THEM.
SO AS FAR AS BACK GROUND IS I
SHOULD TALK A LITTLE BIT WHEN
THE SUN'S RACE HITS THEPPER
ATMOSPHERE.
THERE IS A FRACTION THOSE
NEUTRAL MOLECULES THAT ARE
THERE.
THAT IS WHAT WE MEAN.
THAT IS THE COLLECTION OF THE
SUSPENDED PLASMA THAT EFFECTS
RADIOS TRAVELING FROM THE SPACE
TO THE EARTH.
AND SO, THOSE LONG RADIO WAVES
WHICH ARE EVENINGSLY LIGHT WAVES
ARE SLOWING DOESN'T OR SPED UP
BY GOING THROUGH CHANGES IN
DENSITY.
AND THEY ARE PA PARTICULARLY
SENSITIVE TO SHARP GRD EPPS WELL
IT HE IS RIGHT WHERE A BE ABOUT
BELL FORMS SO WE'RE VERY, VERY
INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT WHAT
ARE THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND
THE BUBBLES AND MY COLLEAGUE THE
PI NOTED HAS NOTICED AS OF
OTHERS THAT THERE IS PER POPPED
RENS OF BUBBLES THAT FORM OVER
HURRICANES AND LARGE WEATHER
SYSTEMS.
SO WEATHERER M SOME OF THE WE
HAVE INSTANCE WHERE SPACE
WEATHER IS BEING DRIVEP FROM
FORCING FROM BEFORE AND AS WELL
AS FORCES FROM BELOW.
THAT RUNS COPPER TO A LOT OF
WHAT WE THINK ABOUT.
SO WHY SHOULD I CARE?
AGAIN, WE HAVE HEARD THAT
MAVGATION IS AM IMPORTANT THEME
IN TRAVELING TO SPACE AND THAT
IS OBVIOUSLY A THE IMPORTANT
THEME IN TRAVELING TO THE COFFEE
SHOP.
AND THEN, WE ARE EAR, ALSO US ON
EARTH WE WOULD LIKE TO
UNDERSTAND CAN THINGS LIKE
COMMERCIAL AIR KRAFT AUTO
NAVIGATE AND SO THE FAA HAS
ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO USE GPS
SIGNALS AS AN AID TO OTHER
NAVIGATION TOOLS FOR THE PILOTS
TO GIT SAFELY TO THE
DESTINATION.
IF WE CAN KNOW THE GPS WILL
OCCASIONALLY BECOME UNRELIABLE
AND THAT INFORMS SAFETY ISSUE
THAT IS IMPORTANT US TO.
I HI WE'RE GOING TO ROLL A
LITTLE BIT OF VIDEO THAT SHOWS
THE FORMATION OF A BUBBLES THIS
IS SORT OF A NORMAL UNDISTURBED
THEN AGA, FROM DISTURBANCES FROM
ABOVE, YOU CAN GET ONE OF THESE
LOW DENSITY BUBBLES THAT
PERCOLATE UP AND THESE, THIS IS
REAL HINNERRANCE SO BASICALLY
TRYING TO FIND OUT THE BASIC
PHYSICS BEHIND BELOW AND ABOVE
SO WE CAN BETTER FORECAST THESE
IDEAS.
SO LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE MISSION
IMPLEMENTATION.
SRI HAS BEEN BUILDING BASIC
SCIENCE BECKOP EX PEARLS SENSE
THE MID 19 60'S SO OUR PAYLOAD
IS THREE BAND TRANSMITTER THAT
PUTS OUT PRISTINE SIGNAL ABOVE
THE DISTURBANCE AND SOMETIMES
WITHIN THE DISTURBANCE AND THAT
CAN THEN BE MEASURED FOR
DISROUNDINGS THE GROUND.
SO THE GROUND RECEIVERS WE HAVE
ABOUT A DOZEN SCATTERED THOUGHT
THE PACIFIC REGIONS THAT AND
THAT WILL LISTEN FOR HOW THE
AMLY TUDE IN SPATIAL OF THESE
RADIO SIGNALS IS POOR AND
DISSTON STORTED WE WORKED VERY
CLOSELY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
EXPLOITATION LAB BE A THIS IS
SUTH SUTH AND WORKING ON THIS
SINCE 20410 WHEN WE GET THE RIDE
AND THE LOW LATITUDE AND THE
STUDENTS AND INCREDIBLY HARD AT
TRYING TO MAKE A SPACECRAFT THAT
IS BASICALLY A FLYING RADIO
STATION.
AND SOMEONE CAN SAY IT IS
ANTENNA FARM.
IF WE CAN CUE THE I HAVE VIDEO
WHICH IS THE END RESULT OF A LOT
OF WORK THAT THE STUDENTS PUT
INTO THE DEPLOYING SAFELY.
AND THERE IT IS.
SO IT IS ORIGAMI FLOWER.
THAT IS OUR MISSION AGAIN.
WE WOULD WOULD LIKE TO VERY MUCH
THANK SPACE FORGIVING THIS IS
OPPORTUNITY TO PUT TOGETHER THIS
INVESTIGATION AND LIKE TO THANK
THE AIR FORCE FO FOR THE GIFT.
I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS FOR RICK, ANYONE.
NO?
THANKS, RICK.
>> SURE.
IN FACT, LET'S GIVE ALL THE
SPEAKER HAS MORNING ANOTHER
ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[APPLAUSE]
SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR MORE
INFORMATION ON ANY OF THESE
MISSIONS OR ANY SPACE TECHNOLOGY
YOU CAN GO TO NASA.GOV FOR
UPDATE IN THE ROCKET LAWN AND
SPACEX I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR
NASA PARTICIPANTS IN THE ROOM
TODAY FOR BEING AUDIENCE AND
HOPE YOU WILL SHARE THE SPACE
TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE WITH YOUR
FOLLOWERS AND AS WELL AS THE
EXITING THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE
DURING THE TOUR OF KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
SO NOW, LET'S GO GET READY TO
LAUNCH.