1 00:00:53,670 --> 00:00:54,904 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO NASA'S 2 00:00:54,904 --> 00:00:57,407 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FOR OUR 3 00:00:57,407 --> 00:00:58,875 PRE-LAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE FOR 4 00:00:58,875 --> 00:01:00,009 CRS 18. 5 00:01:00,009 --> 00:01:03,980 THIS IS THE 18TH MISSION TO THE 6 00:01:03,980 --> 00:01:05,048 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR 7 00:01:05,048 --> 00:01:05,782 NASA. 8 00:01:05,782 --> 00:01:10,186 I'M MARIE LEWIS WITH NASA PUBLIC 9 00:01:10,186 --> 00:01:11,821 AFFAIRS, AND WE HAVE GUESTS TO 10 00:01:11,821 --> 00:01:13,523 HELP US BREAK DOWN THIS MISSION. 11 00:01:13,523 --> 00:01:16,192 TO MY LEFT, THE DEPUTY MANAGER 12 00:01:16,192 --> 00:01:17,927 FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 13 00:01:17,927 --> 00:01:19,929 STATION TRANSPORTATION 14 00:01:19,929 --> 00:01:22,232 INTEGRATION OFFICE, DIRECTOR OF 15 00:01:22,232 --> 00:01:24,834 DRAGON MISSION MANAGEMENT AT 16 00:01:24,834 --> 00:01:29,305 SPACEX OFFICE MANAGER FOR THE 17 00:01:29,305 --> 00:01:30,473 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 18 00:01:30,473 --> 00:01:33,576 PROGRAM SCIENCE OFFICE, AND 19 00:01:33,576 --> 00:01:34,978 LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER WITH THE 20 00:01:34,978 --> 00:01:37,647 U.S. AIR FORCE 45TH SPACE WING. 21 00:01:37,647 --> 00:01:39,015 WE WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS IN 22 00:01:39,015 --> 00:01:40,450 JUST A FEW MINUTES, BUT WE WOULD 23 00:01:40,450 --> 00:01:42,185 LIKE TO BEGIN WITH SOME REMARKS 24 00:01:42,185 --> 00:01:44,754 FROM OUR GUESTS AND WE'LL BEGIN 25 00:01:44,754 --> 00:01:46,389 WITH BILL. 26 00:01:46,389 --> 00:01:48,191 >> THANK YOU, MARIE. 27 00:01:48,191 --> 00:01:50,527 SO GOOD MORNING, WE LOOK FORWARD 28 00:01:50,527 --> 00:01:52,328 TO ANOTHER GREAT LAUNCH TODAY. 29 00:01:52,328 --> 00:01:54,130 HOPING THE WEATHER HOLDS, AS 30 00:01:54,130 --> 00:01:56,132 WE'LL TALK ABOUT AS WE GO. 31 00:01:56,132 --> 00:01:58,368 OF COURSE, HISTORICALLY TODAY, 32 00:01:58,368 --> 00:02:02,172 WE WERE 50 YEARS AGO WE WERE TWO 33 00:02:02,172 --> 00:02:04,541 HOURS AWAY FROM COMPLETING 34 00:02:04,541 --> 00:02:05,975 KENNEDY CHALLENGE FOR RETURNING 35 00:02:05,975 --> 00:02:07,577 THE CREW SAFELY TO THE EARTH 36 00:02:07,577 --> 00:02:09,045 AFTER THEY HAD LANDED ON THE 37 00:02:09,045 --> 00:02:09,345 MOON. 38 00:02:09,345 --> 00:02:12,448 AT THIS POINT IN TIME, NEIL, 39 00:02:12,448 --> 00:02:15,285 BUZZ, AND MICHAEL WERE IN THE 40 00:02:15,285 --> 00:02:17,020 COMMAND MODULE HEADING TO THE 41 00:02:17,020 --> 00:02:18,121 SPLASH DOWN IN THE PACIFIC 42 00:02:18,121 --> 00:02:18,454 OCEAN. 43 00:02:18,454 --> 00:02:23,126 THAT WAS TWO HOURS OR SO FROM 44 00:02:23,126 --> 00:02:23,593 NOW. 45 00:02:23,593 --> 00:02:26,029 WE ARE REMEMBERING CHRIS CRAFT, 46 00:02:26,029 --> 00:02:27,931 WHO PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY. 47 00:02:27,931 --> 00:02:30,600 AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, HE WAS 48 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:33,469 REALLY THE FOUNDER OF MISSION 49 00:02:33,469 --> 00:02:35,305 CONTROL, AND LAID THE GROUNDWORK 50 00:02:35,305 --> 00:02:38,508 FOR HOW WE OPERATE IN SPACE 51 00:02:38,508 --> 00:02:42,078 TODAY. 52 00:02:42,078 --> 00:02:43,746 ISS IS IN GOOD SHAPE AND READY 53 00:02:43,746 --> 00:02:45,648 FOR DRAGON TO VISIT AGAIN. 54 00:02:45,648 --> 00:02:47,250 I SAY AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS THE 55 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:48,952 THIRD TIME THAT IT WILL BE 56 00:02:48,952 --> 00:02:51,487 COMING TO THE ISS. 57 00:02:51,487 --> 00:03:00,730 IT PREVIOUSLY FLEW ON THE CRS 58 00:03:00,730 --> 00:03:01,464 MISSIONS. 59 00:03:01,464 --> 00:03:02,398 WITH THE SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH THAT 60 00:03:02,398 --> 00:03:05,735 WE HAD ON SATURDAY, THE ISS IS 61 00:03:05,735 --> 00:03:08,338 BACK UP TO SIX CREW MEMBERS. 62 00:03:08,338 --> 00:03:12,141 WE'VE GOT WITH ANDREW, LUCA, AND 63 00:03:12,141 --> 00:03:14,978 ALEXANDER JOINING CHRISTINA, 64 00:03:14,978 --> 00:03:18,381 NICK, AND ALEXEI, WHO HAVE BEEN 65 00:03:18,381 --> 00:03:19,582 ON BOARD SINCE MARCH. 66 00:03:19,582 --> 00:03:23,319 FOR CAPTURE OPS ON FRIDAY, 67 00:03:23,319 --> 00:03:25,622 ASSUMING WE LAUNCH TODAY, NICK 68 00:03:25,622 --> 00:03:27,323 WILL BE PRIME FOR CAPTURE WITH 69 00:03:27,323 --> 00:03:29,459 CHRISTINA BACKING HIM UP, AND 70 00:03:29,459 --> 00:03:33,463 ANDREW MONITORING THE TELLMETRY 71 00:03:33,463 --> 00:03:34,964 DURING THE APPROACH. 72 00:03:34,964 --> 00:03:37,834 WE HAVE 5,000 POUNDS OF SCIENCE, 73 00:03:37,834 --> 00:03:40,436 FOOD, AND OTHER ITEMS ON THIS 74 00:03:40,436 --> 00:03:40,770 FLIGHT. 75 00:03:40,770 --> 00:03:42,839 ALSO INCLUDING EXTERNALLY THE 76 00:03:42,839 --> 00:03:44,540 INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTER 77 00:03:44,540 --> 00:03:45,208 NUMBER 3. 78 00:03:45,208 --> 00:03:46,976 WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 79 00:03:46,976 --> 00:03:48,378 GETTING THIS ON THERE. 80 00:03:48,378 --> 00:03:50,146 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF 81 00:03:50,146 --> 00:03:52,048 HARDWARE FOR THE FUTURE OF ISS, 82 00:03:52,048 --> 00:03:54,083 AS IT SETS THE STAGE FOR HOW 83 00:03:54,083 --> 00:03:56,653 WE'RE GOING TO OPERATE WITH 84 00:03:56,653 --> 00:03:58,187 COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLES AND 85 00:03:58,187 --> 00:04:00,189 PARTNERS IN THE FUTURE. 86 00:04:00,189 --> 00:04:02,325 IT WOULD BE INVOLVED ON THE TOP 87 00:04:02,325 --> 00:04:04,861 SIDE OF THE NODE 2 MODULE, AND 88 00:04:04,861 --> 00:04:07,463 WE'LL ULTIMATELY ALLOWED FOR TWO 89 00:04:07,463 --> 00:04:08,798 DOCK VEHICLES AT THE SAME TIME, 90 00:04:08,798 --> 00:04:09,999 WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE 91 00:04:09,999 --> 00:04:13,569 ABLE TO TRANSITION AS WE ROTATE 92 00:04:13,569 --> 00:04:14,437 CREWS THROUGH THE VEHICLE. 93 00:04:14,437 --> 00:04:17,273 WE WANT TO HAVE THEM HAVE TIME 94 00:04:17,273 --> 00:04:19,742 TO HAND THEM OVER DIRECTLY FACE 95 00:04:19,742 --> 00:04:20,109 TO FACE. 96 00:04:20,109 --> 00:04:22,178 SO TO HAVE THOSE DOCKING PORTS 97 00:04:22,178 --> 00:04:22,712 IS VERY IMPORTANT. 98 00:04:22,712 --> 00:04:25,448 AS WELL AS ENABLING THE CARGO IN 99 00:04:25,448 --> 00:04:26,916 THE FUTURE. 100 00:04:26,916 --> 00:04:29,619 WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 101 00:04:29,619 --> 00:04:30,620 MID-AUGUST TIME FRAME FOR DOING 102 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:31,087 THE INSTALL. 103 00:04:31,087 --> 00:04:34,090 IT WILL BE A COMBINATION OF 104 00:04:34,090 --> 00:04:34,991 ROBOTICS FROM GROUND CONTROL AS 105 00:04:34,991 --> 00:04:37,894 WELL AS ON BOARD, AND ETA TO 106 00:04:37,894 --> 00:04:39,228 MAKE THE FINAL CONNECTIONS. 107 00:04:39,228 --> 00:04:42,165 SO WE'LL DO A SPACEWALK PROBABLY 108 00:04:42,165 --> 00:04:44,567 IN THE MID-AUGUST TIME FRAME. 109 00:04:44,567 --> 00:04:47,036 THE EXACT TIMING OF THAT WILL BE 110 00:04:47,036 --> 00:04:48,137 BE DETERMINED. 111 00:04:48,137 --> 00:04:49,872 ONCE WE GET THAT UP THERE AND 112 00:04:49,872 --> 00:04:51,808 READY TO GO, WE'RE LOOKING 113 00:04:51,808 --> 00:04:53,843 FORWARD TO DOCKING MORE AND MORE 114 00:04:53,843 --> 00:04:56,612 VEHICLES TO THE ISS. 115 00:04:56,612 --> 00:04:59,515 >> THANK YOU, BILL. 116 00:04:59,515 --> 00:05:01,351 JESSICA? 117 00:05:01,351 --> 00:05:05,555 >> WE HAVE SLIDES. 118 00:05:05,555 --> 00:05:08,891 SO SPACE EX-IS TARGETING AN 119 00:05:08,891 --> 00:05:11,461 INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOW OF 120 00:05:11,461 --> 00:05:15,565 FALCON 9 AT 6:40 P.M. FROM SPACE 121 00:05:15,565 --> 00:05:16,265 EX-LAUNCH 40. 122 00:05:16,265 --> 00:05:17,633 THIS IS DRAG. 123 00:05:17,633 --> 00:05:18,901 'S 18TH RESUPPLY MISSION TO THE 124 00:05:18,901 --> 00:05:21,104 SPACE STATION, AND LIKE BILL 125 00:05:21,104 --> 00:05:22,972 SAID, IF BUILD AND OTHER ISSUES 126 00:05:22,972 --> 00:05:24,307 HAPPEN, WE HAVE A BACKUP 127 00:05:24,307 --> 00:05:27,610 OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW, THURSDAY, 128 00:05:27,610 --> 00:05:29,912 JULY 25TH, AT 6:01 P.M. EASTERN 129 00:05:29,912 --> 00:05:30,213 TIME. 130 00:05:30,213 --> 00:05:35,785 WE COMPLETED THE CARGO LOAD 131 00:05:35,785 --> 00:05:37,754 EARLIER THIS MORNING. 132 00:05:37,754 --> 00:05:39,922 CURRENTLY, FALCON AND DRAGON ARE 133 00:05:39,922 --> 00:05:44,761 SITTING VERTICAL PREPARING FOR 134 00:05:44,761 --> 00:05:46,295 FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR LAUNCH. 135 00:05:46,295 --> 00:05:46,996 NEXT SLIDE. 136 00:05:46,996 --> 00:05:50,133 SO FOLLOWING LAUNCH, THE FIRST 137 00:05:50,133 --> 00:05:51,968 STATE WILL BURN FOR 138 00:05:51,968 --> 00:05:53,736 APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES. 139 00:05:53,736 --> 00:05:57,840 THEN THE STAGES WILL SEPARATE, 140 00:05:57,840 --> 00:05:59,342 THEN A FLIP AND A BURN TO HEAD 141 00:05:59,342 --> 00:06:03,179 BACK TO CAPE CANAVERAL. 142 00:06:03,179 --> 00:06:05,148 AND THEN IT WILL SLOW DOWN AND 143 00:06:05,148 --> 00:06:07,583 THEN A LANDING FOR A PRECISE 144 00:06:07,583 --> 00:06:12,121 LANDING OR CAPE CANAVERAL THAT 145 00:06:12,121 --> 00:06:13,923 WILL HAPPEN EIGHT MINUTES AFTER 146 00:06:13,923 --> 00:06:14,891 LIFT OFF. 147 00:06:14,891 --> 00:06:17,393 FOR THOSE LOCAL IN THE AREA. 148 00:06:17,393 --> 00:06:19,729 YOU'LL LIKELY HEAR SONIC BOOMS 149 00:06:19,729 --> 00:06:20,263 FROM THIS. 150 00:06:20,263 --> 00:06:21,664 ANOTHER COOL THING ABOUT THIS 151 00:06:21,664 --> 00:06:26,302 BOOSTER IS THAT IT SENT CRS TO 152 00:06:26,302 --> 00:06:28,604 THE SPACE STATION A LITTLE OVER 153 00:06:28,604 --> 00:06:29,372 TWO MONTHS AGO. 154 00:06:29,372 --> 00:06:32,542 THIS IS GOING TO BE SPACE 155 00:06:32,542 --> 00:06:36,345 EX-44TH RECOVERY OF A BOOSTER, 156 00:06:36,345 --> 00:06:41,884 THE 24TH REFLIGHT OF A BOOSTER 157 00:06:41,884 --> 00:06:44,020 AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK NASA 158 00:06:44,020 --> 00:06:46,489 FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT IN 159 00:06:46,489 --> 00:06:48,724 THESE RE-USE EFFORTS. 160 00:06:48,724 --> 00:06:49,459 NEXT SLIDE. 161 00:06:49,459 --> 00:06:52,128 AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO, THE 162 00:06:52,128 --> 00:06:54,130 DRAGON IS SPORTING TWO BADGES, 163 00:06:54,130 --> 00:06:55,698 THE TWO PREVIOUSLY TIMES WE WENT 164 00:06:55,698 --> 00:06:58,101 TO THE SPACE STATION, AS BILL 165 00:06:58,101 --> 00:06:58,468 MENTIONED. 166 00:06:58,468 --> 00:07:03,372 THE TOP ONE IS FROM CRS 6, AND 167 00:07:03,372 --> 00:07:05,775 THE BOTTOM ONE IS CRS 13. 168 00:07:05,775 --> 00:07:07,243 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT 169 00:07:07,243 --> 00:07:08,878 WE'RE FLYING A DRAGON FOR THE 170 00:07:08,878 --> 00:07:09,846 THIRD TIME. 171 00:07:09,846 --> 00:07:11,881 YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE APOLLO LOGO. 172 00:07:11,881 --> 00:07:13,850 THIS IS FOR THE ANNIVERSARY 173 00:07:13,850 --> 00:07:14,450 LOGO. 174 00:07:14,450 --> 00:07:16,285 AGAIN, WE'RE STILL INSPIRED BY 175 00:07:16,285 --> 00:07:20,790 THE APOLLO MISSIONS, ALL OF THE 176 00:07:20,790 --> 00:07:22,425 APOLLO MISSIONS AND WE'RE 177 00:07:22,425 --> 00:07:24,260 EXCITED TO WORK WITH NASA AS 178 00:07:24,260 --> 00:07:29,232 THEY CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE 179 00:07:29,232 --> 00:07:32,902 UNIVERSE. 180 00:07:32,902 --> 00:07:36,239 DRAGON WILL SEPARATE FROM 181 00:07:36,239 --> 00:07:44,614 FALCON9 NINE HALF MINUTES. 182 00:07:44,614 --> 00:07:47,049 AROUND JULY 26TH AT 183 00:07:47,049 --> 00:07:47,850 APPROXIMATELY 10:00 A.M. EASTERN 184 00:07:47,850 --> 00:07:50,520 TIME DRAGON WILL ONCE AGAIN 185 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:52,889 RENDEZVOUS AND CAPTURE WITH THE 186 00:07:52,889 --> 00:07:54,223 ORBITING LABORATORY. 187 00:07:54,223 --> 00:07:56,926 DRAGON WILL BE BURST, KNOWN AS 188 00:07:56,926 --> 00:07:59,395 THE HARMONY MODULE, AND DRAGON 189 00:07:59,395 --> 00:08:01,264 WILL STAY THERE FOR ONE MONTH 190 00:08:01,264 --> 00:08:03,366 BEFORE IT COMES HOME AND 191 00:08:03,366 --> 00:08:04,300 SPLASHES DOWN. 192 00:08:04,300 --> 00:08:06,536 WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT CARRYING 193 00:08:06,536 --> 00:08:08,504 THE INTERNATIONAL DOCKING 194 00:08:08,504 --> 00:08:08,838 ADAPTER. 195 00:08:08,838 --> 00:08:12,041 WE CARRY THE PREVIOUS ONE ON 196 00:08:12,041 --> 00:08:12,341 CRS-9. 197 00:08:12,341 --> 00:08:13,843 THIS WILL BE THE SECOND ONE 198 00:08:13,843 --> 00:08:14,343 GOING UP THERE. 199 00:08:14,343 --> 00:08:16,846 WE'RE EXCITED THIS SUPPORT ALL 200 00:08:16,846 --> 00:08:18,514 OF THE COMMERCIAL CREW GOING TO 201 00:08:18,514 --> 00:08:20,783 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 202 00:08:20,783 --> 00:08:23,286 I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE BY 203 00:08:23,286 --> 00:08:26,355 THANKING OUR CUSTOMER,S IN 204 00:08:26,355 --> 00:08:30,126 SHARKS THE FAA, THE AIR FORCE, 205 00:08:30,126 --> 00:08:34,630 EVERYONE THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE 206 00:08:34,630 --> 00:08:37,366 ONE OF THESE GO OFF, AND WE'RE 207 00:08:37,366 --> 00:08:39,502 LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL 208 00:08:39,502 --> 00:08:39,835 LAUNCH. 209 00:08:39,835 --> 00:08:42,505 >> THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE 210 00:08:42,505 --> 00:08:44,674 AND THANK YOU ALL WHO ARE 211 00:08:44,674 --> 00:08:46,576 WATCHING ON NASA TV. 212 00:08:46,576 --> 00:08:48,010 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE DRAGON. 213 00:08:48,010 --> 00:08:51,147 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR 214 00:08:51,147 --> 00:08:54,817 RESEARCH AND OUR PLANNING, WE'RE 215 00:08:54,817 --> 00:09:00,823 A MULTI DISCIPLINARY LAB. 216 00:09:00,823 --> 00:09:03,125 THIS IS GOING TO SUPPORT 46 217 00:09:03,125 --> 00:09:05,394 DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTS ON THE 218 00:09:05,394 --> 00:09:05,661 ISS. 219 00:09:05,661 --> 00:09:08,097 25 ARE NEW COMING UP ON THIS 220 00:09:08,097 --> 00:09:08,431 FLIGHT. 221 00:09:08,431 --> 00:09:10,900 THE REMAINDER ARE SUPPORTING 222 00:09:10,900 --> 00:09:12,501 EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE ONGOING 223 00:09:12,501 --> 00:09:12,835 ALREADY. 224 00:09:12,835 --> 00:09:14,103 I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR THE 225 00:09:14,103 --> 00:09:14,403 VIDEO. 226 00:09:14,403 --> 00:09:15,771 WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT IS 227 00:09:15,771 --> 00:09:16,639 DESCRIBING SOME OF THE 228 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:18,241 HIGHLIGHTS IN SCIENCE THAT IS 229 00:09:18,241 --> 00:09:20,476 LAUNCHING TODAY. 230 00:09:20,476 --> 00:09:48,004 ♪ 231 00:09:48,004 --> 00:11:12,888 ♪ 232 00:11:12,888 --> 00:11:14,156 >> ALL RIGHT, COOL STUFF, I HOPE 233 00:11:14,156 --> 00:11:14,957 YOU AGREE. 234 00:11:14,957 --> 00:11:16,959 WE HAD SPEAKERS YESTERDAY ON THE 235 00:11:16,959 --> 00:11:19,662 "WHAT'S ON BOARD" VIDEO, AND 236 00:11:19,662 --> 00:11:21,364 THAT WILL BE OUT ON NASA 237 00:11:21,364 --> 00:11:22,932 YouTube LATER TODAY. 238 00:11:22,932 --> 00:11:24,934 IT'S OUT ON THE NASA VERSION OF 239 00:11:24,934 --> 00:11:25,801 THE CHANNEL. 240 00:11:25,801 --> 00:11:27,303 WE HAD SPEAKERS FOR MOST OF 241 00:11:27,303 --> 00:11:29,038 THESE INVESTIGATIONS TALKING 242 00:11:29,038 --> 00:11:30,139 ABOUT THE SCIENCE THEMSELVES. 243 00:11:30,139 --> 00:11:31,907 S ALWAYS A GREAT THING TO HEAR 244 00:11:31,907 --> 00:11:34,310 THEM TALK ABOUT IT. 245 00:11:34,310 --> 00:11:36,579 ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS NOT ON 246 00:11:36,579 --> 00:11:38,614 THE VIDEO THAT YOU JUST SAW, BUT 247 00:11:38,614 --> 00:11:40,082 WAS COVERED IN THE BRIEFING 248 00:11:40,082 --> 00:11:41,650 YESTERDAY IS THE INTERNATIONAL 249 00:11:41,650 --> 00:11:42,251 DOCKING ADAPTER. 250 00:11:42,251 --> 00:11:43,819 THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE 251 00:11:43,819 --> 00:11:44,720 SPACE STATION. 252 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,555 IT'S NOT SUPPORTING RESEARCH 253 00:11:46,555 --> 00:11:47,790 DIRECTLY BUT INDIRECTLY IT IS 254 00:11:47,790 --> 00:11:50,793 BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE 255 00:11:50,793 --> 00:11:52,061 OUR CREW ROTATION AND OTHER 256 00:11:52,061 --> 00:11:53,496 MISSIONS THAT WILL BE COMING TO 257 00:11:53,496 --> 00:11:55,064 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 258 00:11:55,064 --> 00:11:56,065 WHETHER IT'S AMERICAN MISSIONS 259 00:11:56,065 --> 00:11:57,666 OR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. 260 00:11:57,666 --> 00:11:59,769 WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 261 00:11:59,769 --> 00:12:02,238 GETTING BACK TO AMERICAN 262 00:12:02,238 --> 00:12:04,974 SPACECRAFT LAUNCHING WITH 263 00:12:04,974 --> 00:12:07,042 AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS FROM 264 00:12:07,042 --> 00:12:07,476 AMERICAN SOIL. 265 00:12:07,476 --> 00:12:08,611 BILL MENTIONED THE 266 00:12:08,611 --> 00:12:10,679 50TH ANNIVERSARY AS IF WE ALL 267 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:12,148 DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE PASSED A 268 00:12:12,148 --> 00:12:13,949 MAJOR MILESTONE. 269 00:12:13,949 --> 00:12:15,518 WE'RE GRAD TO SAY THAT WE 270 00:12:15,518 --> 00:12:17,119 CONTINUE AND WE'VE BEEN 271 00:12:17,119 --> 00:12:18,320 SUPPORTING EXPLORATION 272 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:19,255 DEVELOPMENT ON THE INTERNATIONAL 273 00:12:19,255 --> 00:12:20,222 SPACE STATION. 274 00:12:20,222 --> 00:12:21,891 WE WORK IN TWO MAJOR AREAS ON 275 00:12:21,891 --> 00:12:23,359 THE ISS. 276 00:12:23,359 --> 00:12:25,795 WE WORK TO UNDERSTAND THE HUMAN 277 00:12:25,795 --> 00:12:27,563 AS MUCH AND THE RISK TO HUMANS 278 00:12:27,563 --> 00:12:29,765 AS WELL AS USING THE ISS TO 279 00:12:29,765 --> 00:12:30,933 DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL 280 00:12:30,933 --> 00:12:33,736 TAKE US FURTHER IN OUR UNIVERSE. 281 00:12:33,736 --> 00:12:36,705 WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE RISKS 282 00:12:36,705 --> 00:12:38,474 TO HUMANS FROM LONG DURATION 283 00:12:38,474 --> 00:12:40,443 FLIGHTS AS WELL AS BEING IN A 284 00:12:40,443 --> 00:12:41,610 CONFINED ENVIRONMENT. 285 00:12:41,610 --> 00:12:43,679 AND BY STUDYING THOSE AND WE CAN 286 00:12:43,679 --> 00:12:46,549 DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO 287 00:12:46,549 --> 00:12:47,650 COMPENSATE, MITIGATE FOR COUNTER 288 00:12:47,650 --> 00:12:48,851 MEASURES AND MAKE SURE THAT THE 289 00:12:48,851 --> 00:12:50,286 CREW IS SAFE. 290 00:12:50,286 --> 00:12:51,253 WE ALSO TEST TECHNOLOGY. 291 00:12:51,253 --> 00:12:53,656 WE OFFER A TEST THAT IN ORBIT, 292 00:12:53,656 --> 00:12:56,058 IN LOWER ORBIT. 293 00:12:56,058 --> 00:12:57,626 WE OFFER SYSTEM DESIGNERS THE 294 00:12:57,626 --> 00:12:59,128 CHANCE TO FLY THEIR HARDWARE 295 00:12:59,128 --> 00:13:00,496 EVEN IF IT'S NOT FULL, AND 296 00:13:00,496 --> 00:13:02,198 ESPECIALLY IF IT'S NOT FULLY 297 00:13:02,198 --> 00:13:03,032 DEVELOPED YET. 298 00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:05,134 IT GIVES THEM A CHANCE TO RUN 299 00:13:05,134 --> 00:13:13,108 THROUGH CONTINGENCY MODES. 300 00:13:13,108 --> 00:13:14,577 YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX 301 00:13:14,577 --> 00:13:14,877 THEM. 302 00:13:14,877 --> 00:13:17,379 WE HAVE A CREW THERE IF IT 303 00:13:17,379 --> 00:13:19,014 REQUIRES MAINTENANCE, AND AT 304 00:13:19,014 --> 00:13:20,249 WORSE THEY CAN BRING IT HOME. 305 00:13:20,249 --> 00:13:22,685 IT ALLOWS OUR DESIGNERS TO 306 00:13:22,685 --> 00:13:24,954 ELEVATE THE TECHNOLOGY READINESS 307 00:13:24,954 --> 00:13:25,254 LEVEL. 308 00:13:25,254 --> 00:13:27,289 EVEN THINGS THAT ARE NOT READY 309 00:13:27,289 --> 00:13:29,825 TO SUPPORT A LONG DURATION 310 00:13:29,825 --> 00:13:31,460 MISSION WE CAN TEST THEM OUT ON 311 00:13:31,460 --> 00:13:31,727 ISS. 312 00:13:31,727 --> 00:13:33,062 RUN THEM THROUGH DIFFERENT 313 00:13:33,062 --> 00:13:35,431 OPTIONS AND INCLUDING HAVING THE 314 00:13:35,431 --> 00:13:38,234 PROMISE AND SYSTEM DESIGNERS DO 315 00:13:38,234 --> 00:13:39,468 A FLY OFF. 316 00:13:39,468 --> 00:13:41,136 AND DECIDE WHICH ONE IS GOING TO 317 00:13:41,136 --> 00:13:52,114 WORK BEST AND INCORPORATE THAT. 318 00:13:52,114 --> 00:13:53,349 A MONTH AGO WE ANNOUNCED THAT 319 00:13:53,349 --> 00:13:55,417 THE ISS IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. 320 00:13:55,417 --> 00:13:57,653 IN THE PAST, ON THE FLIP SIDE, 321 00:13:57,653 --> 00:14:01,490 IT HAS BEEN EASY TO JUSTIFY SOME 322 00:14:01,490 --> 00:14:09,298 RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT. 323 00:14:09,298 --> 00:14:11,133 BUT NASA HAS RECOGNIZED AND 324 00:14:11,133 --> 00:14:12,902 ENCOURAGED THAT THERE IS A 325 00:14:12,902 --> 00:14:14,270 DEVELOPING COMMERCIAL MARKET OUT 326 00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:14,603 THERE. 327 00:14:14,603 --> 00:14:15,638 WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE IT. 328 00:14:15,638 --> 00:14:18,574 WE WANT TO MAKE THE ISS A PLACE 329 00:14:18,574 --> 00:14:30,152 TO START AND PROVIDE A FOOTHOLD. 330 00:14:30,152 --> 00:14:34,223 WE DEVELOPED A POLICY FOR 331 00:14:34,223 --> 00:14:36,592 GUIDELINES FOR WHAT AGREEMENTS 332 00:14:36,592 --> 00:14:39,094 YOU NEED TO MAKE WITH NASA. 333 00:14:39,094 --> 00:14:42,598 CODE OF CONTRACT--CODE OF 334 00:14:42,598 --> 00:14:44,300 CONDUCT WHERE OUR ASTRONAUTS CAN 335 00:14:44,300 --> 00:14:46,735 SUPPORT, ALSO A PROCESS FOR 336 00:14:46,735 --> 00:14:48,404 COMPENSATING NASA BACK TO THAT. 337 00:14:48,404 --> 00:14:51,173 THAT'S VERY NEW FOR NASA, AND 338 00:14:51,173 --> 00:14:51,974 TREPPE DATE FORGIVE SOME OF US 339 00:14:51,974 --> 00:14:55,277 WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG 340 00:14:55,277 --> 00:14:56,645 TIME. 341 00:14:56,645 --> 00:14:58,814 WE ANNOUNCED PRIVATE 342 00:14:58,814 --> 00:15:01,850 ASTRONAUT MISSIONS TO THE I SS. 343 00:15:01,850 --> 00:15:02,685 HOAX VEHICLES WOULD USE THE 344 00:15:02,685 --> 00:15:05,321 DOCKING ADAPTERS WHERE PRIVATE 345 00:15:05,321 --> 00:15:07,623 ASTRONAUTS AND PRIVATE ENTITY TO 346 00:15:07,623 --> 00:15:10,593 LAUNCH CREW MEMBERS TO DO 347 00:15:10,593 --> 00:15:11,493 RESEARCH OR PURELY COMMERCIAL 348 00:15:11,493 --> 00:15:11,994 ACTIVITIES. 349 00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:13,996 ISS WILL NOW BE A DESTINATION. 350 00:15:13,996 --> 00:15:16,398 WE'RE OFFERING AN OPPORTUNITY TO 351 00:15:16,398 --> 00:15:17,232 LAUNCH A COMMERCIAL MODULE THAT 352 00:15:17,232 --> 00:15:20,035 WOULD ATTACH TO THE ISS AS WELL 353 00:15:20,035 --> 00:15:22,905 AS THE POSSIBILITY FOR A 354 00:15:22,905 --> 00:15:23,772 FREE-FLYING MODULE THAT COULD BE 355 00:15:23,772 --> 00:15:26,375 A REMOTE LABORATORY WITHOUT A 356 00:15:26,375 --> 00:15:27,943 CREW THERE. 357 00:15:27,943 --> 00:15:31,046 JUST A CREW ATTENDANT PERHAPS. 358 00:15:31,046 --> 00:15:32,581 WE WANT THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY 359 00:15:32,581 --> 00:15:34,149 TO SAY THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WANT 360 00:15:34,149 --> 00:15:36,218 TO DO, AND WE'LL PICK THE BEST 361 00:15:36,218 --> 00:15:37,219 ONES OUT OF THOSE. 362 00:15:37,219 --> 00:15:39,755 WE WANT TO STIMULATE COMMERCIAL 363 00:15:39,755 --> 00:15:43,058 DEMAND OF THE USE OF LOWER EARTH 364 00:15:43,058 --> 00:15:43,359 ORBIT. 365 00:15:43,359 --> 00:15:45,027 WHAT MANUFACTURING IS A BIG 366 00:15:45,027 --> 00:15:46,295 ENOUGH RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO 367 00:15:46,295 --> 00:15:48,897 COVER THE COST OF LAUNCHING, THE 368 00:15:48,897 --> 00:15:50,265 COST OF SEPARATING IN SPACE AND 369 00:15:50,265 --> 00:15:51,433 THE COST OF RETURNING. 370 00:15:51,433 --> 00:15:56,405 THINGS THAT WOULD BE SMALL MASS 371 00:15:56,405 --> 00:16:05,080 BUT HIGH RETURN. 372 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:06,482 NASA AND THE GOVERNMENT WANT TO 373 00:16:06,482 --> 00:16:09,818 STEP AWAY FROM BEING THE PRIME 374 00:16:09,818 --> 00:16:11,787 USER, AND PRIME OCCUPIER, BUT WE 375 00:16:11,787 --> 00:16:15,491 STILL NEED PRESENCE IN THE LOWER 376 00:16:15,491 --> 00:16:22,598 EARTH ORBIT, SO WE'RE 377 00:16:22,598 --> 00:16:23,232 COMMISSIONING A STUDY. 378 00:16:23,232 --> 00:16:24,566 THERE IS A LOT MORE INFORMATION 379 00:16:24,566 --> 00:16:27,569 ABOUT ALL OF THIS ON OUR WEBSITE 380 00:16:27,569 --> 00:16:35,444 AT WWW.NASA.GOVLEO. 381 00:16:35,444 --> 00:16:39,048 THERE ARE POLICIES, 382 00:16:39,048 --> 00:16:41,483 ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FREQUENTLY 383 00:16:41,483 --> 00:16:42,217 ASKED QUESTIONS. 384 00:16:42,217 --> 00:16:43,485 OVER ALL TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 385 00:16:43,485 --> 00:16:44,987 RESEARCH THAT WE'RE DOING AND 386 00:16:44,987 --> 00:16:46,321 LEARN WHAT'S COMING, WE HAVE A 387 00:16:46,321 --> 00:16:48,891 COUPLE OF RESOURCES FOR YOU. 388 00:16:48,891 --> 00:16:50,559 WE HAVE THE DATABASE OF ALL OF 389 00:16:50,559 --> 00:16:52,928 OUR EXPERIMENTS AND FACILITIES 390 00:16:52,928 --> 00:16:55,364 AND RESEARCH RESULTS OUT ONS IN 391 00:16:55,364 --> 00:17:06,942 A.GOV /ISS-SCIENCE. 392 00:17:06,942 --> 00:17:12,047 WE HAVE A DOCUMENT WITH WHAT HAS 393 00:17:12,047 --> 00:17:13,882 BEEN DONE ON ISS THAT BENEFITS 394 00:17:13,882 --> 00:17:15,050 US HERE ON EARTH. 395 00:17:15,050 --> 00:17:18,187 AND A COUPLE OF NEW THINGS IN 396 00:17:18,187 --> 00:17:31,300 THIS VERSION, AS WELL AS TAKING 397 00:17:31,300 --> 00:17:34,269 A FIRST SHOT OF WHAT ARE OUR 398 00:17:34,269 --> 00:17:35,104 ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM 399 00:17:35,104 --> 00:17:36,605 INVESTMENTS IN SPACE. 400 00:17:36,605 --> 00:17:38,474 HOW HAS IT AFFECTED AN INDUSTRY. 401 00:17:38,474 --> 00:17:42,578 HOW HAS IT DEVELOPED THE 402 00:17:42,578 --> 00:17:48,917 COMMERCIAL MARKET. 403 00:17:48,917 --> 00:17:51,286 FINALLY WE HAVE AN APP, SSRX. 404 00:17:51,286 --> 00:17:52,888 YOU CAN FIND IT AT THE GOOGLE 405 00:17:52,888 --> 00:17:55,557 STORE AND THE IOS APPLE STORE. 406 00:17:55,557 --> 00:17:58,460 IT'S A CONDENSED VERSION OF OUR 407 00:17:58,460 --> 00:18:00,129 DATABASE TALKING ABOUT 408 00:18:00,129 --> 00:18:01,697 EXPERIMENTS, FACILITIES, AND 409 00:18:01,697 --> 00:18:02,331 RESULTS. 410 00:18:02,331 --> 00:18:03,832 VERY HANDY IF YOU'RE TRAVELING 411 00:18:03,832 --> 00:18:06,735 AS WE DO TO GO LOOK UP WHAT WAS 412 00:18:06,735 --> 00:18:10,639 PETE TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THIS? 413 00:18:10,639 --> 00:18:12,007 WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY. 414 00:18:12,007 --> 00:18:13,442 WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE, AND 415 00:18:13,442 --> 00:18:15,744 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 416 00:18:15,744 --> 00:18:17,279 SPACE EX-LAUNCH. 417 00:18:17,279 --> 00:18:24,052 THANK YOU. 418 00:18:24,052 --> 00:18:25,320 >> FINALLY WEATHER IS ON 419 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:25,954 EVERYONE'S MIND. 420 00:18:25,954 --> 00:18:31,660 WE'LL GO TO WEATHER. 421 00:18:31,660 --> 00:18:32,027 >> J. 422 00:18:32,027 --> 00:18:33,362 >> WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE BETTER 423 00:18:33,362 --> 00:18:36,532 WEATHER RIGHT AROUND THE LAUNCH 424 00:18:36,532 --> 00:18:36,865 WINDOW. 425 00:18:36,865 --> 00:18:39,201 A UNIQUE WEATHER PATTERN WE HAVE 426 00:18:39,201 --> 00:18:40,235 RIGHT NOW. 427 00:18:40,235 --> 00:18:41,703 THERE IS HUMIDITY, BUT THAT'S 428 00:18:41,703 --> 00:18:43,639 NOT ATYPICAL FOR THIS TYPE OF 429 00:18:43,639 --> 00:18:43,939 YEAR. 430 00:18:43,939 --> 00:18:47,109 FOR THOSE WHO ARE USED TO BEING 431 00:18:47,109 --> 00:18:49,912 IN FLORIDA IN LATE JULY YOU KNOW 432 00:18:49,912 --> 00:18:50,479 IT'S HUMID OUTSIDE. 433 00:18:50,479 --> 00:18:52,181 THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN 434 00:18:52,181 --> 00:18:53,949 INGREDIENT THAT WE LOOK FOR, 435 00:18:53,949 --> 00:18:55,417 THUNDERSTORMS, AND THE DIRECTION 436 00:18:55,417 --> 00:19:00,589 OF THE WINDS AND ATMOSPHERE IS 437 00:19:00,589 --> 00:19:02,124 GOING TO STEER THE 438 00:19:02,124 --> 00:19:02,558 THUNDERSTORMS. 439 00:19:02,558 --> 00:19:05,260 EVERY AFTERNOON WE GET SCATTERED 440 00:19:05,260 --> 00:19:08,096 SHOWERS, BUT IT'S THAT FLOW THAT 441 00:19:08,096 --> 00:19:09,131 DICTATES WHERE THOSE SHOWERS AND 442 00:19:09,131 --> 00:19:10,866 THUNDERSTORMS END UP. 443 00:19:10,866 --> 00:19:13,535 UNFORTUNATELY TODAY WE HAVE 444 00:19:13,535 --> 00:19:14,403 SOUTHEASTERLILY STEERING FLOW OR 445 00:19:14,403 --> 00:19:16,505 WINDS THAT GO TO THE NORTHEAST 446 00:19:16,505 --> 00:19:17,539 THAT WILL CONCENTRATE THE 447 00:19:17,539 --> 00:19:19,341 MAJORITY OF TODAY'S SHOWERS. 448 00:19:19,341 --> 00:19:23,512 WE TAKE A LOOK AT INFRARED 449 00:19:23,512 --> 00:19:24,246 SATELLITE IMAGERY. 450 00:19:24,246 --> 00:19:25,581 THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO 451 00:19:25,581 --> 00:19:27,449 NOTICE IS THE LINE OF CLOUDS OFF 452 00:19:27,449 --> 00:19:30,319 THE COAST LINE, IT EXTENDS 453 00:19:30,319 --> 00:19:31,720 ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA AND 454 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,355 ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT 455 00:19:33,355 --> 00:19:35,757 THAT HAS MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO 456 00:19:35,757 --> 00:19:36,959 THE NORTHERN GULF COAST WHICH IS 457 00:19:36,959 --> 00:19:38,327 VERY UNIQUE FOR LATE JULY. 458 00:19:38,327 --> 00:19:42,231 THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DRIER AIR 459 00:19:42,231 --> 00:19:43,498 EXTENDING IN SOUTHERN GEORGIA 460 00:19:43,498 --> 00:19:45,234 AND EVEN PORTIONERS OF THE 461 00:19:45,234 --> 00:19:46,535 PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA. 462 00:19:46,535 --> 00:19:47,636 BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT FRONT IS 463 00:19:47,636 --> 00:19:49,504 NOT GOING TO MAKE IT INTO 464 00:19:49,504 --> 00:19:50,005 CENTRAL FLORIDA. 465 00:19:50,005 --> 00:19:51,940 IT WILL BE THE MAIN REASON WHY 466 00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:53,909 WE'RE SO PESSIMISTIC ABOUT THE 467 00:19:53,909 --> 00:19:54,710 STAGE FORECAST. 468 00:19:54,710 --> 00:19:57,179 THAT COLD FRONT IS GOING TO 469 00:19:57,179 --> 00:20:00,182 BRING EXTRA MOISTURE IN THE 470 00:20:00,182 --> 00:20:00,582 ATMOSPHERE. 471 00:20:00,582 --> 00:20:02,150 AND THAT FLOW WILL TRIGGER 472 00:20:02,150 --> 00:20:03,218 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS 473 00:20:03,218 --> 00:20:05,320 THE CENTRAL PART OF THE 474 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:05,721 PENINSULA. 475 00:20:05,721 --> 00:20:07,756 BOTH TODAY AND UNFORTUNATELY 476 00:20:07,756 --> 00:20:14,062 TOMORROW AS WELL. 477 00:20:14,062 --> 00:20:16,632 IF WE LOOK AT THE FORECAST AT 478 00:20:16,632 --> 00:20:16,899 70%. 479 00:20:16,899 --> 00:20:19,234 WHICH MEANS WE'RE AT 30% GO FOR 480 00:20:19,234 --> 00:20:23,038 LAUNCH WITH THE PRIMARY CONCERNS 481 00:20:23,038 --> 00:20:24,206 WITH THE CLOUD RULE. 482 00:20:24,206 --> 00:20:25,741 IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT 483 00:20:25,741 --> 00:20:26,909 WE'RE NOT JUST MONITORING 484 00:20:26,909 --> 00:20:29,645 WEATHER IN THE IMMEDIATE 485 00:20:29,645 --> 00:20:30,846 VICINITY OF LAUNCH CHECKS 40. 486 00:20:30,846 --> 00:20:33,582 WE ARE ALSO MONITORING THE 487 00:20:33,582 --> 00:20:35,784 WEATHER THAT IS DOWN RANGE OR IN 488 00:20:35,784 --> 00:20:37,352 OTHER WORDS WHERE THE ROCKET IS 489 00:20:37,352 --> 00:20:37,686 HEADED. 490 00:20:37,686 --> 00:20:40,522 JUST BECAUSE WE MAY NOT HAVE A 491 00:20:40,522 --> 00:20:43,091 STORM FIVE OR TEN MILES OF THE 492 00:20:43,091 --> 00:20:44,393 COMPLEX, WE'RE MONITORING 493 00:20:44,393 --> 00:20:46,395 WHETHER ABOUT 20 MILES TO THE 494 00:20:46,395 --> 00:20:48,664 NORTHEAST OF THE LAUNCH PAD OUT 495 00:20:48,664 --> 00:20:49,932 OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. 496 00:20:49,932 --> 00:20:52,734 THERE MAY BE WEATHER IN THAT 497 00:20:52,734 --> 00:20:53,435 GENERAL VICINITY AS WELL THAT 498 00:20:53,435 --> 00:20:56,905 CAUSES US TO GO OR NO GO 499 00:20:56,905 --> 00:21:05,013 CONDITIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. 500 00:21:05,013 --> 00:21:06,715 WINDS ARE GOING TO BE THE REASON 501 00:21:06,715 --> 00:21:11,853 WHY WE SEE STORMS OVER THE AREA 502 00:21:11,853 --> 00:21:13,021 TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 503 00:21:13,021 --> 00:21:15,023 LOW 80s. 504 00:21:15,023 --> 00:21:16,124 TOMORROW, IT'S NOT MUCH 505 00:21:16,124 --> 00:21:16,525 DIFFERENT. 506 00:21:16,525 --> 00:21:18,260 SIMILAR WINDS OUT OF THE 507 00:21:18,260 --> 00:21:20,262 SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. 508 00:21:20,262 --> 00:21:22,664 TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80s 509 00:21:22,664 --> 00:21:24,066 AND PROBABLE HINT OF VIOLATION 510 00:21:24,066 --> 00:21:27,169 HOLDING AT 70% AS WE SEE AMP 511 00:21:27,169 --> 00:21:27,803 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 512 00:21:27,803 --> 00:21:29,037 DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF 513 00:21:29,037 --> 00:21:31,073 MEXICO PUSHING ACROSS THE STATE 514 00:21:31,073 --> 00:21:34,142 AND AFFECTING OUR WEATHER HERE. 515 00:21:34,142 --> 00:21:36,611 I WISH I HAD BETTER NEWS, IT'S 516 00:21:36,611 --> 00:21:38,613 DIFFICULT WHEN WE HAVE AN 517 00:21:38,613 --> 00:21:41,350 INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOW. 518 00:21:41,350 --> 00:21:42,784 EITHER THE WEATHER IS GOOD OR 519 00:21:42,784 --> 00:21:43,752 IT'S NOT. 520 00:21:43,752 --> 00:21:46,321 HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND A GAP IN 521 00:21:46,321 --> 00:21:51,026 TODAY'S THUNDERSTORMS. 522 00:21:51,026 --> 00:21:52,361 >> THANK YOU, WILL. 523 00:21:52,361 --> 00:21:53,962 WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. 524 00:21:53,962 --> 00:21:55,430 WE HAVE SOME REPORTERS ON THE 525 00:21:55,430 --> 00:21:55,731 PHONE. 526 00:21:55,731 --> 00:21:57,532 BUT WE'LL START IN THE ROOM. 527 00:21:57,532 --> 00:21:58,934 JUST A QUICK REMINDER. 528 00:21:58,934 --> 00:22:01,470 RAISE YOUR HAND AND WAIT FOR THE 529 00:22:01,470 --> 00:22:02,637 MICROPHONE TO COME TO YOU. 530 00:22:02,637 --> 00:22:07,109 STATE YOUR NAME, AFFILIATION AND 531 00:22:07,109 --> 00:22:08,010 TO WHOM YOU'RE GOING TO DIRECT 532 00:22:08,010 --> 00:22:11,146 YOUR QUESTION HERE ON OUR PANEL. 533 00:22:11,146 --> 00:22:12,581 >> I'M JIM SEGAL. 534 00:22:12,581 --> 00:22:16,551 I HAVE A QUESTION FOR JESSICA. 535 00:22:16,551 --> 00:22:18,987 I BELIEVE THAT THE DRAGON 536 00:22:18,987 --> 00:22:21,123 SPACECRAFT THAT FLEW A YEAR AND 537 00:22:21,123 --> 00:22:22,924 A HALF AGO, CAN YOU DESCRIBE A 538 00:22:22,924 --> 00:22:25,093 LITTLE BIT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT 539 00:22:25,093 --> 00:22:26,495 DRAGON CAPSULE DURING THE 540 00:22:26,495 --> 00:22:27,429 INTERVENING TIME? 541 00:22:27,429 --> 00:22:29,064 WHAT REFURBISHMENT MIGHT HAVE 542 00:22:29,064 --> 00:22:30,632 BEEN DONE, WHERE IT WAS DONE AND 543 00:22:30,632 --> 00:22:33,035 SO ON? 544 00:22:33,035 --> 00:22:33,435 >> YES. 545 00:22:33,435 --> 00:22:33,969 >> THANK YOU. 546 00:22:33,969 --> 00:22:36,838 >> WHAT WE DO FOR REFURBISHMENT. 547 00:22:36,838 --> 00:22:37,939 FIRST OF ALL WE HAVE TO MAKE 548 00:22:37,939 --> 00:22:39,808 SURE THAT ALL THE OF OF THE 549 00:22:39,808 --> 00:22:41,410 HARDWARE ON IT IS QUALIFIED FOR 550 00:22:41,410 --> 00:22:41,977 THREE FLIGHTS. 551 00:22:41,977 --> 00:22:43,045 WE DO THAT EARLY ON. 552 00:22:43,045 --> 00:22:46,214 FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A 553 00:22:46,214 --> 00:22:54,089 BOTTLE THAT WILL SEE 10 554 00:22:54,089 --> 00:22:55,257 PRESSURIZATION CYCLES ON EACH 555 00:22:55,257 --> 00:22:56,591 FLIGHT, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE 556 00:22:56,591 --> 00:22:59,194 THAT IT CAN HANDLE 30 557 00:22:59,194 --> 00:23:01,596 PRESSURIZATION AND THEN MULTI 558 00:23:01,596 --> 00:23:03,398 THREE THAT BY A FACTOR OF 40, WE 559 00:23:03,398 --> 00:23:10,172 DO THAT WITH EVERY COMPONENT ON 560 00:23:10,172 --> 00:23:10,572 DRAGON. 561 00:23:10,572 --> 00:23:12,507 THAT'S THE FIRST THING WE DO. 562 00:23:12,507 --> 00:23:17,312 THEN WE SET A REFURBISHMENT PLAN 563 00:23:17,312 --> 00:23:18,480 FOR EVERY COMPONENT. 564 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:20,382 THAT'S WHAT WE DO FOR EVERY 565 00:23:20,382 --> 00:23:20,715 FLIGHT. 566 00:23:20,715 --> 00:23:22,651 AND THEN WHAT WE DO BETWEEN THE 567 00:23:22,651 --> 00:23:24,086 FIRST FLIGHT AND SECOND FLIGHT, 568 00:23:24,086 --> 00:23:25,821 AND THEN FROM SECOND FLIGHT TO 569 00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:28,523 THIRD FLIGHT IS VERY SIMILAR. 570 00:23:28,523 --> 00:23:30,492 WE'LL TAKE THEM OUT, GIVE THEM 571 00:23:30,492 --> 00:23:32,727 SOME TYPE OF REFURBISHMENT AND 572 00:23:32,727 --> 00:23:34,062 THEN PUT THEM BACK ON THE 573 00:23:34,062 --> 00:23:34,529 VEHICLE. 574 00:23:34,529 --> 00:23:38,333 SOME OF IT OCCURS IN TEXAS, AND 575 00:23:38,333 --> 00:23:39,801 SOME IN HAWTHORNE, AND THEN WE 576 00:23:39,801 --> 00:23:42,604 BRING IT BACK DOWN TO THE CAPE 577 00:23:42,604 --> 00:23:43,505 FOR FINAL PROCESSING. 578 00:23:43,505 --> 00:23:45,107 >> HOW LONG DOES THAT TAKE? 579 00:23:45,107 --> 00:23:46,041 A YEAR AND A HALF PROCESS OR 580 00:23:46,041 --> 00:23:47,843 COULD IT BE DONE SOONER THAN 581 00:23:47,843 --> 00:23:48,143 THAT? 582 00:23:48,143 --> 00:23:53,982 IS IT A SIX-MONTH OR THREE MONTH 583 00:23:53,982 --> 00:23:54,382 PROCESS? 584 00:23:54,382 --> 00:23:56,051 >> YES, WE'RE ABLE TO SPICE THEM 585 00:23:56,051 --> 00:23:57,385 OUT FOR THE YEAR AND A HALF 586 00:23:57,385 --> 00:23:57,786 SPACING. 587 00:23:57,786 --> 00:23:59,688 BUT WHEN WE MOVE ONTO THE DRAGON 588 00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:02,057 2 VEHICLE, WHICH WE'LL BE FLYING 589 00:24:02,057 --> 00:24:04,726 FOR THE CRS-2 MISSION. 590 00:24:04,726 --> 00:24:07,696 THE CRS-2 MISSION, THAT VEHICLE 591 00:24:07,696 --> 00:24:10,398 IS GOING TO LAND IN THE ATLANTIC 592 00:24:10,398 --> 00:24:11,299 OCEAN INSTEAD OF THE PACIFIC, 593 00:24:11,299 --> 00:24:13,735 AND WE PLAN TO DO ALL OF THE 594 00:24:13,735 --> 00:24:14,636 REFURBISHMENT HERE IN FLORIDA. 595 00:24:14,636 --> 00:24:17,072 THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO 596 00:24:17,072 --> 00:24:19,508 TRANSPORT IT FROM TEXAS TO 597 00:24:19,508 --> 00:24:20,442 HAWTHORNE AND THEN FLORIDA, THAT 598 00:24:20,442 --> 00:24:21,343 WILL SAVE TIME. 599 00:24:21,343 --> 00:24:22,978 AND THEN WE DESIGNED A VEHICLE 600 00:24:22,978 --> 00:24:25,580 FROM THE ON SET TO BE EASILY 601 00:24:25,580 --> 00:24:27,349 INSPECTED AND REFURBISH. 602 00:24:27,349 --> 00:24:29,718 THE DRAGON 2 TURN AROUND TIMES 603 00:24:29,718 --> 00:24:33,388 ARE GOING TO BE MUCH FASTER. 604 00:24:33,388 --> 00:24:34,723 >> KEN? 605 00:24:34,723 --> 00:24:37,926 >> HI, SPACE UP CLOSE AND ROCKET 606 00:24:37,926 --> 00:24:38,226 STEM. 607 00:24:38,226 --> 00:24:39,728 JESSICA, CAN YOU ALSO TALK ABOUT 608 00:24:39,728 --> 00:24:41,029 THE BOOSTER? 609 00:24:41,029 --> 00:24:42,430 WAS THIS A RECORD TURN AROUND 610 00:24:42,430 --> 00:24:42,797 TIME? 611 00:24:42,797 --> 00:24:45,167 ONLY TWO MONTHS AGO, LIKE YOU 612 00:24:45,167 --> 00:24:46,568 MENTIONED, TALK ABOUT THAT, AND 613 00:24:46,568 --> 00:24:48,637 THEN THE TWO NASA COLLEAGUES, 614 00:24:48,637 --> 00:24:50,705 TALK ABOUT JUST REVIEW WHAT THE 615 00:24:50,705 --> 00:24:52,541 ISS IS DOING LONG-TERM RESEARCH 616 00:24:52,541 --> 00:24:55,243 TO GET OUR ASTRONAUTS TO THE 617 00:24:55,243 --> 00:24:55,877 MOON AND MARS? 618 00:24:55,877 --> 00:24:57,712 TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIFIC 619 00:24:57,712 --> 00:25:04,085 EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE ONGOING. 620 00:25:04,085 --> 00:25:05,654 >> THIS BOOSTER WE HAD A 621 00:25:05,654 --> 00:25:06,621 TWO-MONTH TURN AROUND TIME. 622 00:25:06,621 --> 00:25:07,889 I DON'T THINK IT WAS A RECORD. 623 00:25:07,889 --> 00:25:09,891 WE HAD TWO MONTHS OR EVEN LONGER 624 00:25:09,891 --> 00:25:11,059 THAN TWO MONTHS. 625 00:25:11,059 --> 00:25:14,062 IT WAS FALCON HEAVY THAT 626 00:25:14,062 --> 00:25:15,197 LAUNCHED TWO MONTHS AGO. 627 00:25:15,197 --> 00:25:17,332 WE LANDED BOTH BOOSTERS, AND 628 00:25:17,332 --> 00:25:20,368 THEN TURNED THEM BOTH AROUND TWO 629 00:25:20,368 --> 00:25:24,139 MONTHS LATER FOR THAT MISSION. 630 00:25:24,139 --> 00:25:26,541 I THINK WE TOOK BOTH BOOSTERS 631 00:25:26,541 --> 00:25:29,144 AND THEN THE TURN AROUND FOR TWO 632 00:25:29,144 --> 00:25:30,579 MONTHS AGO. 633 00:25:30,579 --> 00:25:32,881 THAT WAS OUR RECORD TIMING. 634 00:25:32,881 --> 00:25:34,916 THIS IS THE 24TH REFLIGHT. 635 00:25:34,916 --> 00:25:37,185 WE'VE LEARNED ALONG THE WAY WHAT 636 00:25:37,185 --> 00:25:37,986 ARE THE INSPECTIONS THAT WE NEED 637 00:25:37,986 --> 00:25:40,188 TO DO, WHAT ARE THE ONES WE NEED 638 00:25:40,188 --> 00:25:40,889 TO CONTINUE DOING. 639 00:25:40,889 --> 00:25:43,592 WHAT ARE THE ONES THAT WILL 640 00:25:43,592 --> 00:25:45,760 DETERMINE HEY P WE JUST DID AN 641 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:46,428 INSPECTION ON THAT ONE. 642 00:25:46,428 --> 00:25:47,896 SO WE'VE GOTTEN EFFICIENT WITH 643 00:25:47,896 --> 00:25:50,165 OUR PROCESSES WHILE STILL 644 00:25:50,165 --> 00:25:53,001 STAYING SAFE AND VERIFYING ALL 645 00:25:53,001 --> 00:25:53,501 SYSTEMS. 646 00:25:53,501 --> 00:25:54,769 WE'VE BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND 647 00:25:54,769 --> 00:25:56,371 WE'LL CONTINUE TO CRUNCH DOWN 648 00:25:56,371 --> 00:26:00,675 THAT TIME AND HOPEFULLY EVEN GET 649 00:26:00,675 --> 00:26:03,645 FASTER. 650 00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:04,379 >> THANK YOU. 651 00:26:04,379 --> 00:26:05,513 GOOD QUESTION. 652 00:26:05,513 --> 00:26:08,516 ISS IS WORKING SPECIFIC 653 00:26:08,516 --> 00:26:10,919 EXPERIMENTS IN A COUPLE OF 654 00:26:10,919 --> 00:26:11,319 AREAS. 655 00:26:11,319 --> 00:26:14,389 HUMAN RESEARCH AND SYSTEMS-WISE. 656 00:26:14,389 --> 00:26:16,424 HUMAN RESEARCH, THE FLUID SHIFT 657 00:26:16,424 --> 00:26:16,825 EXPERIMENT. 658 00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:18,293 IF YOU LOOK AT PHOTOS IN CREW 659 00:26:18,293 --> 00:26:19,594 MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE OLD 660 00:26:19,594 --> 00:26:21,296 DAYS YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE FIRST 661 00:26:21,296 --> 00:26:23,865 COUPLE OF DAYS OF FLIGHT THEIR 662 00:26:23,865 --> 00:26:25,734 FACES ARE PUFFY BECAUSE WHEN 663 00:26:25,734 --> 00:26:28,136 WE'RE IN SPACE WE DON'T HAVE 664 00:26:28,136 --> 00:26:29,471 GRAVITY HOLDING FLUID DOWN IN 665 00:26:29,471 --> 00:26:31,673 OUR LEGS AND LOWER PARTS OF THE 666 00:26:31,673 --> 00:26:31,973 BODY. 667 00:26:31,973 --> 00:26:35,010 IT SHIFTS TO THE TORSO AND HEAD. 668 00:26:35,010 --> 00:26:38,413 ONE OF THE AFFECT THAT WE'VE 669 00:26:38,413 --> 00:26:39,648 NOTICED IS VISION CHANGES IN 670 00:26:39,648 --> 00:26:40,048 ASTRONAUTS. 671 00:26:40,048 --> 00:26:41,549 VISION CHANGES ON BOARD OF THE 672 00:26:41,549 --> 00:26:44,986 ISS AND FOR SOME EXTENT IN IS A 673 00:26:44,986 --> 00:26:45,787 PERMANENT VISION IN THEIR VISION 674 00:26:45,787 --> 00:26:47,122 AFTER THEY RETURN FROM SPACE. 675 00:26:47,122 --> 00:26:50,325 IT DOESN'T RECOVER TO PRE-FLIGHT 676 00:26:50,325 --> 00:26:50,692 BASELINE. 677 00:26:50,692 --> 00:26:52,460 THE FLUID SHIFT EXPERIMENT IS AN 678 00:26:52,460 --> 00:26:54,896 EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION 679 00:26:54,896 --> 00:27:00,435 INVOLVING CAN WE PULL FLUID BACK 680 00:27:00,435 --> 00:27:03,538 IN THE LEG, AND THE LOWER BODY 681 00:27:03,538 --> 00:27:04,272 NEGATIVE SYSTEM. 682 00:27:04,272 --> 00:27:06,341 WE CAN PULL A BIT OF A CHANGE IN 683 00:27:06,341 --> 00:27:08,910 PRESSURE ON THE LEGS, AND SEE IF 684 00:27:08,910 --> 00:27:11,179 WE CAN PULL FLUID BACK DOWN AND 685 00:27:11,179 --> 00:27:12,681 WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BODY NOT 686 00:27:12,681 --> 00:27:14,449 JUST PRESSURE BUT CHEMICALS, AND 687 00:27:14,449 --> 00:27:18,386 DOES THAT EFFECT AFFECT THE 688 00:27:18,386 --> 00:27:19,587 ASTRONAUTS' VISION IN SPACE. 689 00:27:19,587 --> 00:27:21,389 WE'RE MOSTLY THROUGH 14 690 00:27:21,389 --> 00:27:22,290 DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. 691 00:27:22,290 --> 00:27:23,725 YOU NEED TO BUILD UP ENOUGH 692 00:27:23,725 --> 00:27:25,794 SUBJECT TO GET A GOOD BASELINE 693 00:27:25,794 --> 00:27:27,362 TO COME TO CONCLUSIONS. 694 00:27:27,362 --> 00:27:28,997 ON THE SYSTEM SIDE, ONE OF THE 695 00:27:28,997 --> 00:27:31,232 GREATEST AREAS THAT THE ISS 696 00:27:31,232 --> 00:27:33,568 OFFERS IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL 697 00:27:33,568 --> 00:27:34,669 SYSTEMS. 698 00:27:34,669 --> 00:27:37,005 WHETHER IT'S CARBON DIOXIDE 699 00:27:37,005 --> 00:27:39,441 REMOVAL, HUMIDITY REMOVAL. 700 00:27:39,441 --> 00:27:40,008 THE TOILET SYSTEM. 701 00:27:40,008 --> 00:27:42,844 YOU DON'T WANT A TOILET SYSTEM 702 00:27:42,844 --> 00:27:45,780 GOING TO MARS THE FIRST TIME YOU 703 00:27:45,780 --> 00:27:48,083 USED IT BECAUSE OF THE RISK. 704 00:27:48,083 --> 00:27:50,618 WE'RE TESTING THE THOROUGH MOW 705 00:27:50,618 --> 00:27:52,253 AMINE, A SYSTEM, A TECHNOLOGY 706 00:27:52,253 --> 00:27:54,856 THAT WILL REMOVER CARBON DIOXIDE 707 00:27:54,856 --> 00:27:56,858 FROM THE ATMOSPHERE. 708 00:27:56,858 --> 00:27:59,728 WE'VE HAD SYSTEMS IN THE PAST. 709 00:27:59,728 --> 00:28:03,264 WE'VE HAD THE CDRA SYSTEM, I 710 00:28:03,264 --> 00:28:07,202 FORGET WHAT THE ACRONYM IS BUT 711 00:28:07,202 --> 00:28:12,240 IT REMOVES THE CARBON EYE 712 00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:12,707 OXIDE--DIOXIDE. 713 00:28:12,707 --> 00:28:14,843 AND THERE IS A SCRUBBER THAT 714 00:28:14,843 --> 00:28:19,948 HOLDS THE CARBON DIOXIDE, AND 715 00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:22,984 THIS SYSTEM IS SMALLER AND MORE 716 00:28:22,984 --> 00:28:26,187 EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY, SO WE'RE 717 00:28:26,187 --> 00:28:29,023 ALWAYS TRYING TO GET INTO SMALL 718 00:28:29,023 --> 00:28:32,327 BOXINGS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE 719 00:28:32,327 --> 00:28:41,236 THAT IT'S SMALL AND RELIABLE. 720 00:28:41,236 --> 00:28:45,640 >> THE IDEA OF CARBON DIOXIDE 721 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,508 REMOVAL. 722 00:28:46,508 --> 00:28:47,242 INCLUDING THE DOCKING SYSTEMS 723 00:28:47,242 --> 00:28:53,548 THAT ARE CLEANING UP. 724 00:28:53,548 --> 00:28:59,020 FLUSHING OUT ALL OF THE 725 00:28:59,020 --> 00:29:00,688 IDIOSYNCHROCY. 726 00:29:00,688 --> 00:29:01,990 THIS MEETS THAT DOCKING SYSTEM 727 00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:03,591 STANDARD THAT WE'RE USING. 728 00:29:03,591 --> 00:29:04,726 FLUSHING OUT ANYTHING THAT WE 729 00:29:04,726 --> 00:29:07,295 NEED TO KNOW NOW IN LOWER ORBIT 730 00:29:07,295 --> 00:29:11,199 WHERE WE RENDEZVOUS AT THE MOON, 731 00:29:11,199 --> 00:29:12,600 AND THEN DOCK OR OUT OF THE 732 00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:12,967 GATEWAY. 733 00:29:12,967 --> 00:29:14,269 THERE IS A LOT NOT JUST THE 734 00:29:14,269 --> 00:29:17,172 SCIENCE BUT PRACTICING HOW THE 735 00:29:17,172 --> 00:29:18,206 SYSTEMS WORK AND MAKING SURE 736 00:29:18,206 --> 00:29:19,374 THAT WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT. 737 00:29:19,374 --> 00:29:21,042 THE OTHER THINGS GOING ON THAT 738 00:29:21,042 --> 00:29:24,212 WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST HAS 739 00:29:24,212 --> 00:29:26,548 STARTED WORKING ON SEPARATION 740 00:29:26,548 --> 00:29:29,217 HOW COM DELAYS WILL EFFECT HOW 741 00:29:29,217 --> 00:29:31,286 WE DO THINGS, INDEPENDENT 742 00:29:31,286 --> 00:29:32,320 PLANNING, AND CHANGE HOW WE 743 00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:38,726 SCHEDULE THE CREW, AND HOW MUCH 744 00:29:38,726 --> 00:29:42,096 AUTONOMY THAT WE GIVE THEM IN 745 00:29:42,096 --> 00:29:43,698 CERTAIN TASK. 746 00:29:43,698 --> 00:29:44,666 THAT BECOMES BURDEN SOME. 747 00:29:44,666 --> 00:29:47,469 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TIME TO 748 00:29:47,469 --> 00:29:50,038 WAIT ANYONES UPON MINUTES FOR AN 749 00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:56,077 ANSWER. 750 00:29:56,077 --> 00:29:58,313 LEARNING NOW TO DO THAT, WE'RE 751 00:29:58,313 --> 00:30:00,448 PRACTICING THAT ON ISS AS WELL. 752 00:30:00,448 --> 00:30:01,716 >> WE'LL GO TO THE PHONES AND 753 00:30:01,716 --> 00:30:05,186 THEN COME BACK TO THE ROOM. 754 00:30:05,186 --> 00:30:07,555 CHRIS? 755 00:30:07,555 --> 00:30:09,958 >> JESSICA, THE CRS-17 DRAGON 756 00:30:09,958 --> 00:30:13,661 THERE WAS A CABLE THAT POPPED 757 00:30:13,661 --> 00:30:14,662 OFF AT LAUNCH. 758 00:30:14,662 --> 00:30:16,331 WHAT WAS THAT CABLE, AND DID YOU 759 00:30:16,331 --> 00:30:17,265 HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ON THE 760 00:30:17,265 --> 00:30:18,867 GROUND SIDE TO FIX THAT. 761 00:30:18,867 --> 00:30:20,101 AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR 762 00:30:20,101 --> 00:30:22,036 BILL OR JESSICA, BUT WHAT ARE 763 00:30:22,036 --> 00:30:23,972 OUR LAUNCH OPPORTUNITIES PAST 764 00:30:23,972 --> 00:30:26,774 THURSDAY IF WEATHER IS 765 00:30:26,774 --> 00:30:27,242 INCORPORATIVE. 766 00:30:27,242 --> 00:30:31,112 >> SO ON SPACE, 17, THAT WAS A 767 00:30:31,112 --> 00:30:31,746 PURGE LINE THAT WAS LEFT 768 00:30:31,746 --> 00:30:33,114 REMAINING ON THE VEHICLE AFTER 769 00:30:33,114 --> 00:30:33,848 LEFT OFF. 770 00:30:33,848 --> 00:30:36,551 WE WENT THROUGH AND DID SOME 771 00:30:36,551 --> 00:30:37,452 INVESTIGATIVE ACTION TO SEE WHY 772 00:30:37,452 --> 00:30:39,454 IT STAYED ON THE VEHICLE. 773 00:30:39,454 --> 00:30:44,392 IT WAS A NON-METALLIC LINE SO NO 774 00:30:44,392 --> 00:30:47,395 DAMAGE TO ANYTHING ON FLIGHT AND 775 00:30:47,395 --> 00:30:47,762 RE-ENTRY. 776 00:30:47,762 --> 00:30:50,098 WE DID LEARN WHY IT REMAINED 777 00:30:50,098 --> 00:30:51,432 ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. 778 00:30:51,432 --> 00:30:54,302 WE FIXED THOSE FOR ALL OF THE 779 00:30:54,302 --> 00:30:55,937 FLIGHTS MOVING FORWARD, SO WE 780 00:30:55,937 --> 00:30:58,006 SHOULD NOT HAVE THAT PROBLEM 781 00:30:58,006 --> 00:30:58,373 THIS TIME. 782 00:30:58,373 --> 00:30:59,340 WITH REGARDS TO BACK UPDATES. 783 00:30:59,340 --> 00:31:01,309 BILL AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING 784 00:31:01,309 --> 00:31:01,676 TOGETHER. 785 00:31:01,676 --> 00:31:02,944 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FACTORS 786 00:31:02,944 --> 00:31:03,244 HERE. 787 00:31:03,244 --> 00:31:04,779 ONE IS DRAGON PHASING. 788 00:31:04,779 --> 00:31:06,848 EVERY DAY IS NOT AVAILABLE JUST 789 00:31:06,848 --> 00:31:08,349 DUE TO WHERE THE SPACE STATION 790 00:31:08,349 --> 00:31:10,451 IS IN ORBIT AND LAUNCHING OUT OF 791 00:31:10,451 --> 00:31:10,818 FLORIDA. 792 00:31:10,818 --> 00:31:13,121 THEN THERE IS ALSO A PROGRESS 793 00:31:13,121 --> 00:31:15,490 DEPARTURE, AND A PROGRESS 794 00:31:15,490 --> 00:31:15,924 LAUNCH. 795 00:31:15,924 --> 00:31:18,960 WE'RE TAKING ALL THREE OF THOSE 796 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:19,727 FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT TRYING TO 797 00:31:19,727 --> 00:31:21,095 FIND THE NEXT ATTEMPT. 798 00:31:21,095 --> 00:31:22,163 CURRENTLY THE NEXT ATTEMPT COULD 799 00:31:22,163 --> 00:31:25,199 BE AS LATE AS 8/1 BUT WE'RE 800 00:31:25,199 --> 00:31:26,901 STILL WORKING TOGETHER TO REFINE 801 00:31:26,901 --> 00:31:30,371 THAT DATE. 802 00:31:30,371 --> 00:31:33,741 >> IF NOT--IF NOT THURSDAY. 803 00:31:33,741 --> 00:31:34,208 >> CORRECT. 804 00:31:34,208 --> 00:31:36,044 >> THEN WAIT UNTIL EARLY AUGUST. 805 00:31:36,044 --> 00:31:37,178 >> POSSIBLY. 806 00:31:37,178 --> 00:31:37,679 >> POSSIBLY. 807 00:31:37,679 --> 00:31:38,746 >> RIGHT. 808 00:31:38,746 --> 00:31:39,180 >> RIGHT. 809 00:31:39,180 --> 00:31:40,415 >> NOW I APOLOGIZE WE DO HAVE 810 00:31:40,415 --> 00:31:41,716 ONE MORE QUESTION IN THE ROOM 811 00:31:41,716 --> 00:31:44,385 THAT I WANT TO TAKE BEFORE WE GO 812 00:31:44,385 --> 00:31:46,854 TO THE PHONE. 813 00:31:46,854 --> 00:31:48,957 >> THANKS, A COUPLE OF 814 00:31:48,957 --> 00:31:50,892 WEATHER-RELATED QUESTIONS. 815 00:31:50,892 --> 00:31:53,194 WE ALL FOLLOWED SHUTTING, WHAT 816 00:31:53,194 --> 00:31:56,097 ARE THE RULES FOR THE FALCON 9 817 00:31:56,097 --> 00:31:58,166 ON LIGHTENING AN ANVIL. 818 00:31:58,166 --> 00:32:00,401 WHAT ARE THE DISTANCE FROM THE 819 00:32:00,401 --> 00:32:01,202 PADS AND THOSE SPECIFICS, AND 820 00:32:01,202 --> 00:32:03,171 THEN I HAVE ONE MORE FOR 821 00:32:03,171 --> 00:32:03,504 JESSICA. 822 00:32:03,504 --> 00:32:06,374 >> THE RULES AND EFFECT HAVE NOT 823 00:32:06,374 --> 00:32:06,774 CHANGED. 824 00:32:06,774 --> 00:32:08,443 THEY'RE USER CRITERIA, WHICH 825 00:32:08,443 --> 00:32:11,245 WOULD BE RULES THAT FALCON GIVES 826 00:32:11,245 --> 00:32:13,414 US LIKE THEY DON'T WANT ANY 827 00:32:13,414 --> 00:32:16,951 PRECIPITATION TO FALL ON THE 828 00:32:16,951 --> 00:32:18,353 CAPSULE. 829 00:32:18,353 --> 00:32:19,687 X NUMBER HOURS BEFORE THE 830 00:32:19,687 --> 00:32:20,021 LAUNCH. 831 00:32:20,021 --> 00:32:21,990 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO RAIN 832 00:32:21,990 --> 00:32:25,226 SAFETY, WE'RE EVALUATING TEN 833 00:32:25,226 --> 00:32:26,594 LAUNCH CRITERIA, AND THE RULES 834 00:32:26,594 --> 00:32:28,630 HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE 835 00:32:28,630 --> 00:32:29,063 SHUTTLE DAYS. 836 00:32:29,063 --> 00:32:31,065 THOSE ARE THE RULES WE'RE 837 00:32:31,065 --> 00:32:31,466 MONITORING. 838 00:32:31,466 --> 00:32:33,368 WE CALL THEM RANGE REQUIREMENTS 839 00:32:33,368 --> 00:32:35,103 AS WELL AS USER REQUIREMENTS AS 840 00:32:35,103 --> 00:32:35,403 WELL. 841 00:32:35,403 --> 00:32:37,639 WE'RE EVALUATING THOSE TEN 842 00:32:37,639 --> 00:32:39,073 LIGHTENING LAUNCH CRITERIA, 843 00:32:39,073 --> 00:32:42,477 INCLUDING ATTACHED ANVIL, 844 00:32:42,477 --> 00:32:44,579 CUMULUS CLOUDS, LIGHTENING, 845 00:32:44,579 --> 00:32:47,649 NOTHING IN ESSENCE OF THE STANCE 846 00:32:47,649 --> 00:32:50,118 OFF DISTANCE HAS CHANGED. 847 00:32:50,118 --> 00:32:55,223 WE'RE EVALUATING 10-MILE RAID 848 00:32:55,223 --> 00:32:56,190 YOURS FOR LIGHTENING, AND THEN 849 00:32:56,190 --> 00:33:01,329 WE HAVE TO TAKE WITH THE 850 00:33:01,329 --> 00:33:02,664 DEVIATIONS OF THE FLIGHT PATH. 851 00:33:02,664 --> 00:33:03,765 ASSUMING THAT THE FLIGHT IS 852 00:33:03,765 --> 00:33:08,036 STILL ON A NOMINAL TRAJECTORY, 853 00:33:08,036 --> 00:33:10,938 IT MIGHT BE 10 TO 11 MILES FROM 854 00:33:10,938 --> 00:33:13,474 THE FLIGHT PATH THAT WE'RE 855 00:33:13,474 --> 00:33:15,143 MONITORING NOT ONLY FOR 856 00:33:15,143 --> 00:33:18,680 LIGHTENING BUT PRECIPITATION. 857 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:20,448 DETACHED ANVIL RULE AND THE 858 00:33:20,448 --> 00:33:21,582 ATTACHED ANVIL RULE. 859 00:33:21,582 --> 00:33:23,651 THOSE ARE FOR TRIGGERED 860 00:33:23,651 --> 00:33:25,319 LIGHTENING STRIKES. 861 00:33:25,319 --> 00:33:26,821 WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT CLOUD 862 00:33:26,821 --> 00:33:28,089 TO GROUND STRIKES. 863 00:33:28,089 --> 00:33:30,491 WE SEE THEM AND WE KNOW WE'RE A 864 00:33:30,491 --> 00:33:32,794 NO-GO FOR LIGHTENING AT THIS 865 00:33:32,794 --> 00:33:33,094 TIME. 866 00:33:33,094 --> 00:33:34,962 BECAUSE WE SAW THE LIGHTENING. 867 00:33:34,962 --> 00:33:37,598 IT IS SHOWS CLOUDS THAT LINGER 868 00:33:37,598 --> 00:33:39,600 IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT HOLD 869 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:41,135 THEIR CHARGE THAT WHEN YOU SEND 870 00:33:41,135 --> 00:33:44,272 A ROCKET THROUGH IT, IT COULD 871 00:33:44,272 --> 00:33:44,972 POTENTIALLY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL 872 00:33:44,972 --> 00:33:45,506 LIGHTENING STRIKES. 873 00:33:45,506 --> 00:33:47,742 IT IS THOSE RULES LIKE THE 874 00:33:47,742 --> 00:33:49,744 ATTACHED ANVIL AND DETACHED 875 00:33:49,744 --> 00:33:51,679 ANVIL RULES THAT HAVE SIMILAR 876 00:33:51,679 --> 00:33:52,747 STAND-OFF DISTANCES. 877 00:33:52,747 --> 00:34:00,655 SOME ARE FIVE, THAT WILL ARE A 878 00:34:00,655 --> 00:34:01,656 LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE. 879 00:34:01,656 --> 00:34:03,491 THOSE ARE MORE SCARY TO US. 880 00:34:03,491 --> 00:34:05,026 BECAUSE IT MAY LOOK LIKE THE 881 00:34:05,026 --> 00:34:05,793 WEATHER IS CLEAR. 882 00:34:05,793 --> 00:34:08,896 IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE THERE WAS A 883 00:34:08,896 --> 00:34:10,098 LIGHTENING STRIKE IN THE PAST 45 884 00:34:10,098 --> 00:34:10,498 MEMBERSHIPS. 885 00:34:10,498 --> 00:34:12,200 BUT IF YOU SEND A ROCKET THROUGH 886 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:13,768 THAT CLOUD, THAT CLOUD COULD BE 887 00:34:13,768 --> 00:34:15,303 STILL CHARGED ENOUGH TO TRIGGER. 888 00:34:15,303 --> 00:34:17,472 OVER ALL, NOTHING HAS REALLY 889 00:34:17,472 --> 00:34:22,710 CHANGED SINCE THEN, IN TERMS OF 890 00:34:22,710 --> 00:34:24,746 RANGE SAFETY IN THAT CRITERIA. 891 00:34:24,746 --> 00:34:26,147 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 892 00:34:26,147 --> 00:34:29,317 AND JESSICA, EVERYBODY IN THIS 893 00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:32,553 AREA, IT LOOKED TO US THAT YOU 894 00:34:32,553 --> 00:34:34,288 HAD ONE THAT YOU TRIED TO DO AND 895 00:34:34,288 --> 00:34:35,656 THEN COULDN'T AND THEN A COUPLE 896 00:34:35,656 --> 00:34:37,759 OF DAYS LATER YOU OBVIOUSLY DID. 897 00:34:37,759 --> 00:34:39,160 WE'RE HEADING INTO ROUGH WEEKS. 898 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:40,995 CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT WAS, 899 00:34:40,995 --> 00:34:42,330 AND WHAT CAUSED THE PROBLEM THE 900 00:34:42,330 --> 00:34:44,398 FIRST TIME. 901 00:34:44,398 --> 00:34:51,139 >> YEP, YEP, NO ACTUATER ISSUES. 902 00:34:51,139 --> 00:34:53,274 THERE ARE SENSORS ON THE FIRST 903 00:34:53,274 --> 00:34:57,145 STAGE THAT DETECTED A SMALL 904 00:34:57,145 --> 00:34:57,578 OXYGEN LEAK. 905 00:34:57,578 --> 00:35:00,014 WHEN WE DETECTED THAT WE ABORTED 906 00:35:00,014 --> 00:35:02,450 THAT ATTEMPT SO WE COULD GO IN, 907 00:35:02,450 --> 00:35:03,151 INSPECT, REPAIR AND CLOSE OUT 908 00:35:03,151 --> 00:35:04,118 THE VEHICLE. 909 00:35:04,118 --> 00:35:05,920 THAT WOUND UP TAKING A COUPLE OF 910 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:06,220 DAYS. 911 00:35:06,220 --> 00:35:08,089 WE MADE SURE THAT THE VEHICLE 912 00:35:08,089 --> 00:35:10,358 WAS SAFE TO RETURN TO ANOTHER 913 00:35:10,358 --> 00:35:10,958 STATIC FIRE. 914 00:35:10,958 --> 00:35:12,360 THAT HAPPENED ON FIRE. 915 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,896 THAT CONFIRMED THAT THE LEAK WAS 916 00:35:14,896 --> 00:35:16,397 NO LONGER PRESENCE AND THE 917 00:35:16,397 --> 00:35:17,865 VEHICLE WAS HEALTHY FOR FLIGHT. 918 00:35:17,865 --> 00:35:18,699 THAT WAS FRIDAY. 919 00:35:18,699 --> 00:35:21,302 THEN IT JUST TOOK TIME TO GET 920 00:35:21,302 --> 00:35:21,969 DRAGON INSTALLED. 921 00:35:21,969 --> 00:35:24,438 WE DIDN'T HAVE A LAUNCH 922 00:35:24,438 --> 00:35:26,174 OPPORTUNITY YESTERDAY DUE TO 923 00:35:26,174 --> 00:35:29,110 ORBITAL MECHANICS, SO WE'RE HERE 924 00:35:29,110 --> 00:35:29,410 TODAY. 925 00:35:29,410 --> 00:35:30,545 >> WE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE 926 00:35:30,545 --> 00:35:31,579 PHONE NOW. 927 00:35:31,579 --> 00:35:34,515 FIRST WE HAVE IRENE FROM 928 00:35:34,515 --> 00:35:36,017 AVIATION WEEK. 929 00:35:36,017 --> 00:35:38,152 >> HI, THANK YOU. 930 00:35:38,152 --> 00:35:40,721 I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS AND THEN A 931 00:35:40,721 --> 00:35:41,222 DRAGON QUESTION. 932 00:35:41,222 --> 00:35:44,225 IS THERE A COST FOR HOW MUCH 933 00:35:44,225 --> 00:35:48,763 THIS REPLACEMENT IDA 3 WAS, AND 934 00:35:48,763 --> 00:35:52,867 WILL IT TAKE MORE THAN ONE FOR 935 00:35:52,867 --> 00:35:54,869 INSTALLATION? 936 00:35:54,869 --> 00:35:57,104 >> I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T KNOW THE 937 00:35:57,104 --> 00:35:58,639 COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE IDA SO 938 00:35:58,639 --> 00:36:00,208 WE WOULD HAVE TO GO LOOK THAT 939 00:36:00,208 --> 00:36:02,143 ONE UP FOR YOU. 940 00:36:02,143 --> 00:36:06,047 BUT THERE IS ONE EVA FOR THE 941 00:36:06,047 --> 00:36:07,515 INSTALL OF THE EVA. 942 00:36:07,515 --> 00:36:10,985 WE HAVE DONE WORK TO PREP IT ON 943 00:36:10,985 --> 00:36:12,353 OTHERS THAT WE'VE DONE LEADING 944 00:36:12,353 --> 00:36:14,555 UP TO THAT, BUT IT IS AN 945 00:36:14,555 --> 00:36:17,091 AVAILABLE EVA TO INSTALL THE 946 00:36:17,091 --> 00:36:17,391 IDA. 947 00:36:17,391 --> 00:36:20,761 >> AND FOR JESSICA, WHAT DO 948 00:36:20,761 --> 00:36:23,030 YOU--WHAT DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE 949 00:36:23,030 --> 00:36:25,066 OPERATIONAL LIFETIME OF A DRAGON 950 00:36:25,066 --> 00:36:26,701 1 TO BE? 951 00:36:26,701 --> 00:36:28,836 WILL THIS BE THE LAST FLIGHT OF 952 00:36:28,836 --> 00:36:29,670 THIS CAP ACTUAL? 953 00:36:29,670 --> 00:36:32,006 AND ONCE THE DRAGON TWO STARTS 954 00:36:32,006 --> 00:36:33,608 FLYING, DO YOU INTEND TO PHASE 955 00:36:33,608 --> 00:36:37,545 OUT THE USE OF THE DRAGON 1s? 956 00:36:37,545 --> 00:36:40,448 >> YES, FOR DRAGON 1 CERTIFIED 957 00:36:40,448 --> 00:36:40,982 FOR THREE FLIGHTS. 958 00:36:40,982 --> 00:36:42,650 THAT'S JUST A MAXIMUM THAT WE 959 00:36:42,650 --> 00:36:44,151 NEEDED WITH THE FLEET THAT WAS 960 00:36:44,151 --> 00:36:45,519 IN EXISTENT. 961 00:36:45,519 --> 00:36:49,991 THE CRS 19 AND CRS 20 ARE THIRD 962 00:36:49,991 --> 00:36:51,058 FLIGHTS OF THE CAP ACTUALS. 963 00:36:51,058 --> 00:36:53,594 THEN WHEN IT IS RETIRED AND WE 964 00:36:53,594 --> 00:36:54,462 SWITCH OVER TO THE CONTRACT 965 00:36:54,462 --> 00:36:56,430 WHERE WE FLY THE DRAGON 20 966 00:36:56,430 --> 00:36:59,901 VEHICLES, THE MODIFIED VERSION 967 00:36:59,901 --> 00:37:03,404 OF THE COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLE, 968 00:37:03,404 --> 00:37:05,473 WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THE 969 00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:06,207 MANIFEST WORKS OUT BUT THAT'S 970 00:37:06,207 --> 00:37:08,109 WHAT WE'RE AIMING FOR AT THIS 971 00:37:08,109 --> 00:37:08,409 TIME. 972 00:37:08,409 --> 00:37:09,277 >> THANK YOU. 973 00:37:09,277 --> 00:37:10,378 >> IRENE, DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE 974 00:37:10,378 --> 00:37:12,546 FOLLOW UPS BEFORE I MOVE TO THE 975 00:37:12,546 --> 00:37:13,948 NEXT PERSON ON THE PHONE? 976 00:37:13,948 --> 00:37:14,749 >> NO, I'M GOOD. 977 00:37:14,749 --> 00:37:15,349 THANK YOU. 978 00:37:15,349 --> 00:37:18,119 >> THE NEXT REPORTER ON THE 979 00:37:18,119 --> 00:37:20,187 PHONE, WE HAVE JESS FROM SPACE 980 00:37:20,187 --> 00:37:20,488 NEWS. 981 00:37:20,488 --> 00:37:22,156 >> GOOD MORNING, QUESTION FOR 982 00:37:22,156 --> 00:37:23,991 BILL OR JESSICA, TALKING ABOUT 983 00:37:23,991 --> 00:37:27,028 THE TRANSITION TO CRS 2. 984 00:37:27,028 --> 00:37:29,430 WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THE FIRST 985 00:37:29,430 --> 00:37:30,665 SPACEX MISSION TO TAKE PLACE, 986 00:37:30,665 --> 00:37:32,934 AND WOULD THAT BE AFFECTED IF 987 00:37:32,934 --> 00:37:35,836 THERE IS STILL TESTING THE 988 00:37:35,836 --> 00:37:38,406 DRAGON TWO VEHICLE FOR 989 00:37:38,406 --> 00:37:39,974 COMMERCIAL CREW. 990 00:37:39,974 --> 00:37:40,641 >> THANKS. 991 00:37:40,641 --> 00:37:41,042 >> SURE. 992 00:37:41,042 --> 00:37:42,944 >> SO THE FIRST APPLICATION IS 993 00:37:42,944 --> 00:37:43,878 CRS 21. 994 00:37:43,878 --> 00:37:45,546 IT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR Q 995 00:37:45,546 --> 00:37:47,348 3 OF NEXT YEAR. 996 00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:51,218 YES, IT IS A DRAGON TWO VEHICLE. 997 00:37:51,218 --> 00:37:52,887 BUT THE CAPSULE DOES NOT HAVE 998 00:37:52,887 --> 00:37:55,022 THE FLY FLOW SYSTEM. 999 00:37:55,022 --> 00:37:57,158 WHILE IT IS LARGELY THE SAME 1000 00:37:57,158 --> 00:37:58,592 VEHICLE, THE SYSTEM THAT WAS 1001 00:37:58,592 --> 00:38:01,295 INVOLVED IN OUR INFLIGHT ABORT 1002 00:38:01,295 --> 00:38:04,231 TEST ANOMALY IS NOT ON THE CARGO 1003 00:38:04,231 --> 00:38:04,765 VEHICLE. 1004 00:38:04,765 --> 00:38:06,233 THERE IS SOME TIE, AND WE WANT 1005 00:38:06,233 --> 00:38:07,935 TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING 1006 00:38:07,935 --> 00:38:09,837 THAT WE LEARNED FROM THAT 1007 00:38:09,837 --> 00:38:10,304 INVESTIGATION. 1008 00:38:10,304 --> 00:38:12,206 IF THERE ARE ANY 1009 00:38:12,206 --> 00:38:13,174 SUSCEPTIBILITIES WE WANT TO MAKE 1010 00:38:13,174 --> 00:38:15,910 SURE THAT THEY'RE COVERED IN THE 1011 00:38:15,910 --> 00:38:16,277 VEHICLE. 1012 00:38:16,277 --> 00:38:18,612 BUT AS OF THIS POINT IN TIME WE 1013 00:38:18,612 --> 00:38:19,780 DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT ANOMALY 1014 00:38:19,780 --> 00:38:21,615 INVESTIGATION TO HOLD UP TO 1015 00:38:21,615 --> 00:38:22,616 CARGO DRAGON TWO. 1016 00:38:22,616 --> 00:38:24,719 IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT WE 1017 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:26,187 LEARNED THAT WE LEARNED 1018 00:38:26,187 --> 00:38:28,222 SOMETHING THAT WAS APPLICABLE TO 1019 00:38:28,222 --> 00:38:29,290 A DIFFERENT SUB SYSTEM ON THE 1020 00:38:29,290 --> 00:38:30,658 VEHICLE WE WANT TO TAKE THAT 1021 00:38:30,658 --> 00:38:31,425 INTO ACCOUNT. 1022 00:38:31,425 --> 00:38:32,827 BECAUSE SAFETY AND RELIABILITY 1023 00:38:32,827 --> 00:38:33,728 IS NUMBER ONE. 1024 00:38:33,728 --> 00:38:34,795 THAT'S ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT 1025 00:38:34,795 --> 00:38:35,296 THAN SCHEDULE. 1026 00:38:35,296 --> 00:38:38,332 BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT 1027 00:38:38,332 --> 00:38:40,101 TIED TOGETHER. 1028 00:38:40,101 --> 00:38:41,836 ANY FOLLOW UP FROM YOU? 1029 00:38:41,836 --> 00:38:43,270 >> NO, THAT'S IT, THANKS. 1030 00:38:43,270 --> 00:38:43,971 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. 1031 00:38:43,971 --> 00:38:44,972 >> I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO 1032 00:38:44,972 --> 00:38:45,773 THE ROOM NOW. 1033 00:38:45,773 --> 00:38:47,475 IS THERE ANYONE THAT I DIDN'T 1034 00:38:47,475 --> 00:38:49,043 GET TO YET? 1035 00:38:49,043 --> 00:38:52,079 YES, OVER HERE? 1036 00:38:52,079 --> 00:38:54,715 >> THIS IS FOR JESSICA, WORKING 1037 00:38:54,715 --> 00:38:56,917 ON IN THIS FIRST REITERATION OF 1038 00:38:56,917 --> 00:38:59,286 THE CARGO DRAGON, ARE THERE ANY 1039 00:38:59,286 --> 00:39:01,155 SURPRISES THAT YOU'VE LEARNED BY 1040 00:39:01,155 --> 00:39:03,524 USABILITY THAT YOU'RE APPLYING 1041 00:39:03,524 --> 00:39:06,160 TO THE SECOND PHASE OF THE CARGO 1042 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:06,694 MISSION? 1043 00:39:06,694 --> 00:39:08,829 >> I THINK WE LEARNED IT PRETTY 1044 00:39:08,829 --> 00:39:09,530 EARLY ON. 1045 00:39:09,530 --> 00:39:11,832 BUT WITH THE VEHICLE SPLASHING 1046 00:39:11,832 --> 00:39:15,469 DOWN IN THE OCEAN YOU WANT TO 1047 00:39:15,469 --> 00:39:17,371 AVOID SALTWATER CORROSION AS 1048 00:39:17,371 --> 00:39:18,372 MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 1049 00:39:18,372 --> 00:39:20,374 WE'VE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT 1050 00:39:20,374 --> 00:39:22,443 SEALING THE VEHICLE. 1051 00:39:22,443 --> 00:39:24,945 ONE IS SEALING AND THE OTHER IS 1052 00:39:24,945 --> 00:39:25,446 ABSCESS ABILITY. 1053 00:39:25,446 --> 00:39:26,881 THAT THERE ARE AREAS THAT NEED 1054 00:39:26,881 --> 00:39:28,749 TO BE INSPECTED, AND YOU'RE ABLE 1055 00:39:28,749 --> 00:39:30,484 TO DO THAT QUICKLY. 1056 00:39:30,484 --> 00:39:32,253 WE LEARNED THAT FROM DRAGON 1, 1057 00:39:32,253 --> 00:39:34,655 AND THEN PUT THAT TO DRAGON 2 1058 00:39:34,655 --> 00:39:37,124 FROM THE ON SET FOR WATER 1059 00:39:37,124 --> 00:39:40,261 SEALING AND REFURBISHMENT. 1060 00:39:40,261 --> 00:39:41,128 >> THE SECOND PHASE WILL LAND IN 1061 00:39:41,128 --> 00:39:42,396 THE ATLANTIC. 1062 00:39:42,396 --> 00:39:46,767 >> ALL DRAGON 2s WILL LAND IN 1063 00:39:46,767 --> 00:39:50,071 THE ATLANTIC. 1064 00:39:50,071 --> 00:39:51,872 >> A QUICK FOLLOW UP FOR 1065 00:39:51,872 --> 00:39:52,339 JESSICA. 1066 00:39:52,339 --> 00:39:54,108 WITH A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 1067 00:39:54,108 --> 00:39:56,911 CRS 1 AND CRS 2 CONTRACTS. 1068 00:39:56,911 --> 00:39:58,746 WE'VE SEEN THESE CARGO DRAGONS 1069 00:39:58,746 --> 00:40:00,614 CAN GO FROM 40 TO 39 A. 1070 00:40:00,614 --> 00:40:03,084 ARE THE CREW DRAGONS WHEN 1071 00:40:03,084 --> 00:40:04,618 THEY'RE CONFIGURED FOR CARGO 1072 00:40:04,618 --> 00:40:08,089 ONLY, ARE THEY ALSO ABLE TO GO 1073 00:40:08,089 --> 00:40:09,557 FROM EITHER PAD OR ONLY 39 A. 1074 00:40:09,557 --> 00:40:11,392 >> YES, THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THEM 1075 00:40:11,392 --> 00:40:14,628 GO FROM 39-A AND LATE LOAD THE 1076 00:40:14,628 --> 00:40:16,263 TIME CRITICAL CARGO. 1077 00:40:16,263 --> 00:40:18,199 THE CREW ARM IS GREAT. 1078 00:40:18,199 --> 00:40:20,401 IT'S AWESOME FOR LATE LOAD 1079 00:40:20,401 --> 00:40:20,868 CARGO. 1080 00:40:20,868 --> 00:40:23,437 IF WE EVER DID HAVE TO GO TO 40, 1081 00:40:23,437 --> 00:40:24,772 WE DO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE 1082 00:40:24,772 --> 00:40:26,240 THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO LAUNCH 1083 00:40:26,240 --> 00:40:27,241 FROM THERE. 1084 00:40:27,241 --> 00:40:28,776 BUT THAT WON'T BE THE NOMINAL 1085 00:40:28,776 --> 00:40:29,143 PLAN. 1086 00:40:29,143 --> 00:40:30,211 ANY MORE QUESTIONS HERE IN THE 1087 00:40:30,211 --> 00:40:33,080 ROOM? 1088 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,182 YES, KEN? 1089 00:40:35,182 --> 00:40:36,717 >> JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS 1090 00:40:36,717 --> 00:40:37,685 DRAGON TWO. 1091 00:40:37,685 --> 00:40:40,054 ARE THESE THEN COMPLETELY 1092 00:40:40,054 --> 00:40:41,856 SEPARATE FROM THE CREW DRAGONS? 1093 00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:45,493 YOU KNOW, THE DANING CARGO DRAG. 1094 00:40:45,493 --> 00:40:47,495 S ARE THEE COMPLETELY SEPARATE 1095 00:40:47,495 --> 00:40:48,662 VEHICLES, THEN? 1096 00:40:48,662 --> 00:40:51,999 >> THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR. 1097 00:40:51,999 --> 00:40:54,869 THE DRACO SYSTEM IS SIMILAR. 1098 00:40:54,869 --> 00:40:57,872 WE USE THE SAME DOCKING ADAPTER. 1099 00:40:57,872 --> 00:40:59,306 THE DOCKING SYSTEM THAT WE BUILT 1100 00:40:59,306 --> 00:41:03,377 FOR THE DEMO ONE MISSION THAT 1101 00:41:03,377 --> 00:41:05,312 SUCCESSFULLY DOCKED AT THE SPACE 1102 00:41:05,312 --> 00:41:07,047 STATION THAT DOCKING SYSTEM AS 1103 00:41:07,047 --> 00:41:08,782 WELL AS THE GUIDANCE AND A HALF 1104 00:41:08,782 --> 00:41:10,384 GAS STATION SENSORS, THOSE ARE 1105 00:41:10,384 --> 00:41:12,720 ALL BE USED ON DRAGON 2. 1106 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:14,822 ANYWHERE WE COULD MAKE THE SUB 1107 00:41:14,822 --> 00:41:16,190 SYSTEMS THE SAME, WE DID. 1108 00:41:16,190 --> 00:41:18,259 BUT ONCE YOU GO INTO THE CAPSULE 1109 00:41:18,259 --> 00:41:20,794 WE'LL HAVE CARGO RACKS AND THE 1110 00:41:20,794 --> 00:41:23,397 CARGO ACCOMMODATIONS. 1111 00:41:23,397 --> 00:41:25,466 >> THEY'LL BE NEVER USED FOR 1112 00:41:25,466 --> 00:41:26,700 CREW DRAG. 1113 00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:27,935 JUST CARGO. 1114 00:41:27,935 --> 00:41:30,104 >> YES, AS SOON AS WE BUILD THE 1115 00:41:30,104 --> 00:41:31,772 WE WILLMENT, A LOT OF SYSTEMS 1116 00:41:31,772 --> 00:41:33,741 ARE THE SAME, THEY ARE 1117 00:41:33,741 --> 00:41:35,976 REALLY--THEY WILL BE DIFFERENT 1118 00:41:35,976 --> 00:41:36,343 VEHICLES. 1119 00:41:36,343 --> 00:41:38,479 WE WON'T INTERCHANGE BETWEEN 1120 00:41:38,479 --> 00:41:43,150 CARGO AND CREW. 1121 00:41:43,150 --> 00:41:44,285 >> JIM SIEGAL GET, ANOTHER 1122 00:41:44,285 --> 00:41:47,087 QUESTION FOR JESSICA. 1123 00:41:47,087 --> 00:41:53,060 SO HOW MANY DRAGON 1S WERE BUILT 1124 00:41:53,060 --> 00:41:55,796 OR HAVE BEEN BUILT OR ARE BEING 1125 00:41:55,796 --> 00:41:56,096 BUILT? 1126 00:41:56,096 --> 00:42:00,100 HOW MANY DRAGON 2s, BOTH CARGO 1127 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:07,041 AND CREW ARE BEING PLANNED, AND 1128 00:42:07,041 --> 00:42:10,578 IF YOUR CUSTOMER, LIKE NASA, 1129 00:42:10,578 --> 00:42:14,415 FLIES INTO A FLIGHT CREW IN A 1130 00:42:14,415 --> 00:42:14,715 DRAG. 1131 00:42:14,715 --> 00:42:19,720 DOES YOUR COST TO THEM LESS? 1132 00:42:19,720 --> 00:42:22,856 IS IT ALSO LESS FOR THE BOOSTER 1133 00:42:22,856 --> 00:42:23,891 AS WELL? 1134 00:42:23,891 --> 00:42:25,559 THANK YOU. 1135 00:42:25,559 --> 00:42:26,694 >> YES, SO IF I CAN GET THESE 1136 00:42:26,694 --> 00:42:27,394 NUMBERS RIGHT. 1137 00:42:27,394 --> 00:42:30,030 FOR DRAGON ONE, I THINK OUR 1138 00:42:30,030 --> 00:42:30,798 FLEET SIZE WAS 13. 1139 00:42:30,798 --> 00:42:32,299 BUT THAT INCLUDES ALL THE WAY 1140 00:42:32,299 --> 00:42:33,634 BACK TO THE COST MISSION. 1141 00:42:33,634 --> 00:42:35,469 EVEN OUR DEMONSTRATION MISSION. 1142 00:42:35,469 --> 00:42:38,639 I THINK WE BUILT 13 DRAG. 1143 00:42:38,639 --> 00:42:39,607 1s. 1144 00:42:39,607 --> 00:42:41,308 DRAGON 2, THE FULL DEMAND FOR 1145 00:42:41,308 --> 00:42:42,743 THAT, THERE ARE STILL MISSIONS 1146 00:42:42,743 --> 00:42:44,278 OUT TO THE FUTURE THAT HAVE NOT 1147 00:42:44,278 --> 00:42:45,579 BEEN TURNED ON. 1148 00:42:45,579 --> 00:42:47,581 WE'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE THE SIZE 1149 00:42:47,581 --> 00:42:51,252 OF THAT FLEET AS WE WORK WITH 1150 00:42:51,252 --> 00:42:53,721 NASA. 1151 00:42:53,721 --> 00:42:55,456 THESE STILL UNDER WORK. 1152 00:42:55,456 --> 00:42:58,792 AND FORGOT YOUR SECOND QUESTION. 1153 00:42:58,792 --> 00:43:01,795 >> SO IF YOUR CUSTOMER SUCH AS 1154 00:43:01,795 --> 00:43:04,665 NASA, REFURBISHED. 1155 00:43:04,665 --> 00:43:06,567 >> RIGHT, DRAGON OR FALCON #. 1156 00:43:06,567 --> 00:43:09,203 >> IS THE COST FOR THEM LESS? 1157 00:43:09,203 --> 00:43:12,573 >> RIGHT, FOR RIGHT NOW CRS 1 1158 00:43:12,573 --> 00:43:13,974 AND 2 ARE SERVICE CONTRACT. 1159 00:43:13,974 --> 00:43:16,477 IT IS OUR JOB TO DELIVER CARGO 1160 00:43:16,477 --> 00:43:17,911 SERVICES TO THE SPACE STATION. 1161 00:43:17,911 --> 00:43:20,714 WE HAVE WORKED WITH NASA FOR 1162 00:43:20,714 --> 00:43:22,783 EQUITABLE ADJUSTMENTS FOR ALL OF 1163 00:43:22,783 --> 00:43:23,784 THE ADDITIONAL WORK THEY HAD TO 1164 00:43:23,784 --> 00:43:26,520 DO TO GET TO FLIGHT. 1165 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,789 PROVEN DRAGONS AS WELL AS 1166 00:43:28,789 --> 00:43:29,890 FLIGHT-PROVEN FALCON 9. 1167 00:43:29,890 --> 00:43:31,592 WE DID PROVIDE EQUITABLE 1168 00:43:31,592 --> 00:43:33,294 ADJUSTMENTS AND WORKED WITH NASA 1169 00:43:33,294 --> 00:43:35,429 ON THOSE. 1170 00:43:35,429 --> 00:43:37,498 >> NEXT QUESTION? 1171 00:43:37,498 --> 00:43:39,066 SEEING NO HANDS I'LL WRAP THIS 1172 00:43:39,066 --> 00:43:39,600 UP. 1173 00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:41,769 AS A REMINDER, LAUNCH IS 1174 00:43:41,769 --> 00:43:43,737 SCHEDULED FOR 64:00 EASTERN 1175 00:43:43,737 --> 00:43:44,772 DAYLIGHT TIME THIS EVENING. 1176 00:43:44,772 --> 00:43:47,675 WE HOPE THE WEATHER COOPERATION, 1177 00:43:47,675 --> 00:43:48,475 AND OUR LAUNCH COVERAGE BEGINS 1178 00:43:48,475 --> 00:43:51,845 RIGHT HERE ON NASA TELEVISION AT 1179 00:43:51,845 --> 00:43:54,148 6:00 SHARP THIS EVENING. 1180 00:43:54,148 --> 00:44:02,790 FOR MORE VISIT www.NASA.gov 1181 00:44:02,790 --> 00:44:06,960 /SPACE, MISSION AND 1182 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:08,929 WWW.NASA.GOV/MISSION. 1183 00:44:08,929 --> 00:44:15,586 THANK YOU.