GOOD AFTERNOON.
GREETINGS FROM NASA'S KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER HERE IN CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
I AM WITH NASA PUBLIC FAIRS AND
LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYUN TO THE
PRELAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE.
MARKS THE 19th RESUPPLY
SERVICE MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OR
NASA.
WITH ME TODAY IS A PANEL OF
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS HERE TO
BREAK DOWN THE AMAZING SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY GOING UP ON
TOMORROW'S MISSION.
3:00 FIRST ON THE PANEL COMING
TO US LIVE FROM JOHNSON SPACE
CENTER IS KENNEDY TODD, MANAGER
OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
CENTER SPER GRIGS AT NASA.
BACK HERE AT KENNEDY, BRIAN
DANES BURY WITH THE PROGRAM
SCIENCE OFFICE, TO HIS LEFT, YES
A AT SPACEX AND FINALLY MEG WITH
U.S. AIR FORCE 45th SPACE
WING.
THANK ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WE WILL BE TAKING YOUR QIS HERE
IN
IN A FEW MINUTES ROOM AS WELL AS
OVER THE PHONE BRIDGE AND
ENCOURAGE THOSE ON-LINE TO ASK
QUESTIONS USING THE #ASKNASA.
FIRST OFF WE LIKE TO OPEN UP THE
FLOOR OPENING COP MENTS MENTS FR
GUESTS.
FIRST OFF WE PUSH TO KENNY OUT
AT JSC.
KENNY?
>> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
FIRST OFF, LET ME APOLOGIZE,
THAT WE ARE NOT THERE IN THE
ROOM WITH YOU.
WE HAD A MAJOR PROGRAM MILESTONE
REVIEW THIS MORNING AND THE
WHOLE SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM WAS
HERE IN HOUSTON AND SO WE HAVE
FOLKS EN ROUTE NOW THAT WE
FINISHED THAT REVIEW BUT
COULDN'T GET THERE FOR THE PRESS
CONFERENCE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR
THAT.
THINGS ONBOARD CONTINUE TO GO
VERY WELL.
WE ARE ABOUT THE MIDPOINT OF
UNCRIMENT 61 AT THIS POINT, I
TALKED TO YOU THE LAST TIME I
WAS HERE ABOUT THE WHOLE BLITZ
WE'RE DOING AND I CAN TELL THAT
YOU WHAT IS IT HAS BEEN OVER THE
LAST EIGHT WEEKS WE HAVE DONE
SIX EVA'S.
I CAN'T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN WE
HAD THAT KIND OF A CADENCE FOR
THAT LONG AND BUT THE TEAM HAS
DONE A GREAT JOB IN THAT
TIMEFRAME.
WE HAVE DONE ONE OF THE CHANNELS
THE LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES AS WE
RECAN AND HAD ISSUE BE AND THAT
CAUSED US TO TAKE A PAUSE AND
STEP BACK AND THINK ABOUT THAT
WHOLE OPERATION BEFORE WE CHARGE
AHEAD WITH CHANNEL 4B AND SO,
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL THINKING
THROUGH THE NEXT STEPS TO GET
MOVING ON THE EVA'S FOR CHANNEL
4 AND COMING UP HERE.
THEN ONCE WE STOOD DOWN ON THOSE
EVA'S, WE GOT THE NEXT PHASE OF
OPERATION WHICH IS RESTORING THE
ALPHA MALLING NETTIC
SPECTROMETER BE A YESTERDAY AND
WE CONCLUDED WITH THE THIRD EVA
AND BR WE STAN NOW IS NEW BUM
PUMP AND COMPLETELY WIRED UP IF
YOU WILL AND THE TUBES ARE
CONNECTED AND BUT AT THIS POINT,
IT IS NOT UP AND FUDGAL AND WE
NEED ONE MORE EV TOO GO OUT AND
DO CHECKS TO MAKE SURE WE GOT
THE SYSTEM TIGHT AND AT THIS
POINT OPEN UP AND START THE FLOW
AND REFOR THE SCIENCE FOR THE
AMS PAYLOAD AND EXCITED ABOUT
GETTING TO THAT EVA.
CANE NOT TELL YOU WHEN THAT WAS
AND TALKED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
ABOUT THE PLAN FOR AMS AND SAID
THE FOURTH EVA WAS SOMETHING WE
WERE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND A
HOME FOR AND IN THAT POSITION
BASED HOW THING HAVE GONE OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND
LOOKING TO DO THAT PROBABLY
SOMETIME AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF
THE YEAR UNLESS BETWEEN NOW AND
THEN A WINDOW OPENS UP AT THIS
POINT, IT DUB EXIST?
AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE FORWARD
FROM THE VISITING VEHICLE
STANDPOINT?
TOMORROW THAT WHIS WE'RE HERE TO
TALK ABOUT.
SPACEX 16 IS GOING TO LAUNCH AND
EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND
5700 POUNDS OF CARGO COMING
ONBOARD AND THE CREW IS GOING TO
HAVE TO CHANGE THE MINE SET AND
NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE BACK TO A
LOT OF RESEARCH AND SCIENCE AND,
YOU KNOW, PROBABLY LOOKING A AT
30 TO 32-DAY STAY ON BOARD THE
STATION FOR THE DRAGON AND WE'LL
GET THE SCIENCE UP AND GET IT UP
AND RUNNING AND DETERMINE THE
ABSOLUTE DATE FOR RELEASE
PROBABLY IN THE NEXT WEAK OR SO,
BUT RIGHT NOW, SOMEWHERE AROUND
THE SIXTH OF JANUARY TIMEFRAME.
WE ARE EXCITED TO GET ON WITH
THIS MISSION AND, INDIAER STAN
IT, THINGS ARE LOOKING WELL
DOESN'T AT THE CAPE AND THE
WEATHER LOOKS GOOD AND CERTAINLY
EVERYTHING I HAVE SEEN REGARDING
THE SPACECRAFT LOOKS POSITIVE
AND EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND THEN
RATING ON THE HEELS OF GETTING
THE DRAGON BERTH ON SATURDAY
RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES, A COUPLE OF
DAYS LATER ON THE NINTH WILL BE
DOCKING PROGRESS 74P SO OVER THE
SPAN OF 48 HOURS WE WELCOME TWO
NEW VEHICLES ONPARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THAT IS ALWAYS FUN.
THESE DYNAMIC EVENTS ARE
SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY LOOK
FORCE WORD TO BECAUSE THERE IS
IS AM TAPE TO GET NEW CAR GE AND
TOOLS ONBOARD AND GET NEW
SCIENCE AND EXCITED ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR TIMEFRAME?
>> THIS MORNING I MENTIONED A
MAJOR PROGRAM REVIEW WE HELD
HERE WITHIN THE SPACE STATION
PROGRAM.
THAT PARTICULAR REVIEW WAS FOR
THE UPCOMING STAR LANER.
AT THIS POINT, BASED ON WHAT WE
UNDERSTAND FROM OUR PARTNERS IN
THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM AND
THE BOEING TEAM, AT THIS POINT,
THEY ARE SHOOTING FOR A LAUNCH
AROUND THE 19, ON THE 19th
IN THAT SCENARIO WOULD PUT THEM
ON THE 20th AND PLAN TO HOST
THEM FOR SOMEWHERE WERE A FOUR
FIVE DAYS, ONCE THEY GET ONBOARD
WE'RE GOING TO SORT THROUGH THE
THINGS WE DO IN THAT TIMEFRAME
AND THAT POINT LACKING FAR
MISSION OF FOUR TO FIVE DAYS,
THEN AGAIN, WE WILL LET THAT
TEAM FIRM UP THAT DATE BUT WE'LL
BE WORKING CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE OF WEEKS AS THEY GO
THROUGH THE FINAL PREPARATIONS
AND GOSH, IT IS EXCITING TO GET
READY TO WELCOME THEM ONBOARD.
SO ONCE WE TURN INTO THE NEW
YEAR AND SPACEX 19 CONCLUDES,
WE'RE GOING TO FIND A HOME FOR
SOME OF THESE E'S FOR THE 4B
CHANNEL AS WELL AS THE AMS
PAYLOAD TO SEE IF WE CAN GET
BACK OUT FOR THE FOURTH EVA.
AT THIS POINT, IT IS JUST, YOU
KNOW, WE GOT OUR THUMB IN THE
AIR AND THINKING THERE MAY BE AN
OPPORTUNITY THERE, BUT WE WILL
LET THINGS PLAY OUT OVER THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS THEN DRIVE A
STEAK IN THE GROUND AND GET THE
TEAM ORIONED TOWARD EVA PLAN IF
IT CONTINUES TO MAKE SENSE
PROBABLY OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF
JANUARY TIMEFRAME.
THAT IS ABOUT AS MUCH TIME AND
MUCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY WE WILL
HAVE SINCE FEBRUARY 6th
TIMEFRAME WE SEE DEPARTURE OF
50S WHICH WILL TAKE CHRISTINE
INAND ALEXANDER AND LUCA HOME
AND BRING THEM BACK HOME TO US
BUT WHEN WE GET TO THAT
PARTICULAR PART OF THE FLIGHT
PROGRAM, WE WILL OPP BE THREE
CREW ONBOARD THE STATION AND
PROBABLY NOT THE OPTIMUM
POSITION AND DOING A LOT OF
PLANNED EVA'S IN THAT TIMEFRAME
SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT
WE CAN DO BEAN NOW AND FEBRUARY
AND WHAT MAKES SENSE AND WON'T
BE TOO MUCH ANOTHER TEAM AND TOP
FOR THE CREW ONBOARD AND WE'LL
MAKE SURE WE DO IT SAFELY AND
THAT IS ALL STILL FORWARD WORK
AND ANYWAY, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE
EXCITED ABOUT SPACEX 19 AND
READY TO GET ON WITH IT.
VERY EXCITED.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT
BACK TO YOU GUYS AT KFC.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS SO MUCH.
WE TURN TO OVER TO BRYAN.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GREG IS IMPORTANT COMPONENT
TO THE SUPPLY LINDA THE SCIENCE
STAND PUNT ON THE STATION.
SIT IS PRIMARY WAY THAT WE BRING
THOSE SAMPLES BACK AND SO ITS
VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
PARTICULAR FLIGHT BY MY KIND
WILL ENABLE ABOUT 38
INVESTIGATIONS, 23 OF THOSE, THE
NEW INVESTIGATIONS, AND THEN, IN
A MONTH OR SO, WHEN IT RETURNS,
BRING BACK SAMPLES THAT
REPRESENT ABOUT 54
INVESTIGATIONS, SO ITS VERY
IMPORTANT REEK FOR US ON THAT
SAMPLE RETURN CAPABILITY IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE A VIDEO.
ALSO GAE ATHE AND ROLL THAT THAT
WILL SHOW SCIENCE THAT IS
ENABLED BY THIS FLIGHT ♪
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>> NOVEMBER SECOND WAS VERY
SPECIAL DATE FOR US.
IT MEANT WE TERNED THE 20th
YEAR OF OPERATION OF STATION
WITH HUMAN PRESENCE.
WHAT THAT MEANS AND STILL
BOGGLES MY MIND TO THINK ABOUT
THIS.
ANYONE 19 OVER YOUNGER.
25% OF THE POPULATION OF THE
EARTH.
NEVER BEEN A TIME WHEN WE HAVE
NOT HAD MEN AND WOMEN LIVING AND
WORKING IN SPACE 24-AND TAKE A
PAUSE TO MENTION THAT.
I BOGGLES MY MIND.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 19
YEARS PLUS WE CONDUCTED 2000
INVESTIGATES ON THE STATION.
THOSE INVESTIGATIONS REP ACCEPT
MORE THAN 100 COUNTRIES.
AND HAVE BEEN OVER 1700 RESEARCH
PAPERS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF
THOSE INVESTIGATIONS.
>> OVER THE LAST 19 YEARS THE
STATION HAS EVOLVED OVER
PLATFORM TO FULLY FUNCTIONING
AND VERY BUSY LABORATORY.
TODAY, AND WILL FACILITATE AND
BE INVOLVED IN 250 TO OVER 300
EXPECTMENTS DURING THE
RELATIVELY ESTIMATED SIX MONTHS
AND TYPICALLY ON THE STATION.
THOSE INVESTIGATIONS COVER HUMAN
HEALTH, FUNDAMENTAL SCIENCE FROM
ASTRONOMY TO BIOLOGY, EARTH
OBSERVATION, AND TECH DEMO AND
STUDENT EXPERIMENTS AND STEM
OUTREACH AS WELL.
THE THREE MAIN REASONS YOU WANT
TO DO RESEN ON THE STATION.
FIRST OF ALL TURNS OUT THE
MICROGRAVITY ALLOWS THE STUDY OF
A LOT OF PHYSICAL PHENOMENON
THAT ARE PARTLY MASSED BY THE
PRF TY HERE ON EARTH.
IF YOU ARE THINKING OF FISKS YOU
ARE TALKING ABOUT CAPILLARY FLOW
AND SURFACE TENSION AND OBSERVE
AND STUDY THOSE THAT ARE IN THAT
ENVIRONMENT AND IF YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT OBSERVATIONS THE
VANTAGE POINT GIVES YOU AND YOU
ARE TRAVELING AROUND THE EARTH
EVERY 90 MINUTESES WHICH MEANS 1
6:00 TIMES A DY AND YOU ARE ABLE
TO GO BACK OVER AND GET PICTURES
FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES THAT YOU
CAN GET BEFORE.
AND WE JUST HEARD THE EVA'S THE
ALPHA MAGNETIC SPECTROMETER AND
BACK AND EXTEND THE LIFE AND
ORIGINALLY TINNED FOR A
THREE-YEAR MISSION AND ALREADY
COLLECTED DATA FOR EIGHT YEARS
AND THE COOLING PUMP AND IT WILL
BE THERE FOR THE LIFE OF THE
STATION AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL.
FROM NASA, THE STATION HAS BEEN
A GROUND FOR TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATIONS AND HUMAN HEALTH
CONCERNS WE NEED OVERCOME AS WE
LOOK TO EXPLORE DEEP NEAR THE
SOLAR SYSTEM.
THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM GOM COMING
UP, GOING TON MARS, DOWN THE
ROAD AND WATER AND AIR CLOSE
LOOPED SYSTEM IS A GOOD EXAMPLE
TO TECHNOLOGIES THAT NEED TO BE
DEVELOPED BUT YOU HEARD A GREAT
EXAMPLE WE HAVE DONE THOSE SIX
EVA'S IN THE LAST MONTH AND A
HALF OR SO.
IN THE EXPERIENCE YOU GAINED
FROM DOING THAT IS VITAL AS YOU
MOVE ON AND PUT OUTPOST ON THE
MOON AND MOVE FURTHER AWAY TO
MARS.
I BELIEVE THERE HAS BEEN OVER 58
DAYS COMBINED WITH ASTRONAUTS
OUTSIDE OF THE STATION WORK ON
IT, BUILDING IT, THEN
MAINTAINING IT.
224 SPACEWALKS.
THAT IS VITAL IN THE EXPERIENCE
THAT WILL HELP FUTURE MISSIONS.
JUST TO CONCLUDE, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE TO LISTENER MORE ABOUT THE
SCIENCE.
YOU CAN GO TO WWW.S IN SA.
GOV/ISS/SCIENCE.
TO GET EX PARTIES THAT HAVE
TAKEN PLACE AND SPACE STATION
RESEARCH EXPLORER DOWNLOAD THAT
ON THE ANDROID OR YOUR iPHONE.
THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, BRYAN.
WE WILL HAN IT OVER TO JESSICA.
>> THANK YOU.
SPACEX IS TARGET DOING
INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOW FOR
FALCON 9 TOMORROW FROM SPACE
LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 IN FLORIDA.
AS OF NOW, WE'RE TRACKING NO
ISSUES ON FALCON 9, NONE ON
DRAGON, ON TRACK WITH REGARDS TO
TIMELINE, HOWEVER, IN THE EVENT
THAT WEATHER, WINDS OR ANOTHER
ISSUE DOES SCRUB TOMORROW'S
LAUNCH ATTEMPT, WE HAVE ANOTHER
ATTEMPT ON THURSDAY AND
12:29 P.M. RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE 700 POUNDS OF NASA TIME
CRITICAL CARGO BEING LOADED INTO
THE SIDE HATCH OF THE VEHICLE.
A LATE LOAD WILL FINISH UP
AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THE
VEHICLE WILL GO VERTICAL AFTER
THAT.
FOLLOWING TOMORROW'S LAUNCH,
SPACEX WILL ATTEMPT TO LAND THE
FIRST STAGE BOOSTER ON THE I
LOVE YOU DRONE SHIP STATIONED
APPROXIMATELY 185 NAUTICAL MILES
OFF THE COAST OF JACKSONVILLE,
FLORIDA.
LET'S SEE.
THEN, THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT
SUPPORTING THIS MISSION PREV OFF
LIS VISITED THE SPACE STATION IN
SEPTEMBER 1 ANOTHER SRS4 MISSION
THAT WAS THE TERRIBLE TIME IT
FLAW AND IT FLEW AGAIN FOR THE
CRS-11 MISSION FOR JUNE OF 2017
AND CIRRUS 11 WAS THE FIRST
MISSION WE USED PREVIOUSLY FLOWN
DRAGON AND EXCITING TO REFLY THE
SPACECRAFT THAT PAVED THE WAY
FOR DRAGON.
NEXT SLIDE.
I JUMPED FORWARD LITTLE BIT.
OK.
SOME OTHER FUN FACTS THIS IS
GOING TO BE THE SECOND MISSION
WHERE WE ARE FLYING A DRAGON TO
THE ISS FOR THE THIRD TIME AND
OUR EIGHTH MISSION WHERE WE ARE
ARE FLYING A DRAGON SPACECRAFT
ALTOGETHER BE A EXCITED TO START
BUYING CARGO DRAGON 2 AND THESE
ARE MISSIONS WE START FLYING.
DRAGON ONE IS CERTIFIED FOR
THREE FLIGHTS THE DRAGON IS
CERTIFIED FOR FIVE FLIGHTS.
THE COUNTDOWN TOMORROW MORNING
WILL BE SIMILAR TO PAST MISSIONS
AND START AT T MINUS 35 MINUTES.
FOLLOWING STAGE SEPARATION, THE
FALCON 9 FIRST STAGE WILL HEAD
TO THE DRONE SHIP WHILE DRAGON
STAYS ATTACH TOED THOUGH SECOND
STAGE CARRIES ON.
AFTER THE SECOND STAGE COMPLETES
THE BURN, IT RELET AS INTO ORBIT
ABOUT 9.5 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT.
THEN, DEPLOY ABOUT TWO AND A
HALF MINUTES AFTER THAT.
THEN, DRAGON TAKES A FEW DAYS
AND EARLY ON THE MORNING OF
SATURDAY DECEMBER 7th AROUND
6:00 A.M. ANY TIME, DRAGON WILL
ONCE AGAIN RENDEZVOUS, BE
CAPTURED BY THE ROBOTIC ARM AND
BERTH WITH THE SPACE STATION
WHERE IT WILL STAY FOR ONE
MONTH.
SO I WANT TO THANK OUR CUSTOMER,
NASA, OUR PARTNERS AT THE AIR
FORCE RANGE AND THE FAA FOR
THEIR SUPPORT AND WE ARE LOOKING
FOR TOWARD A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH
TOMORROW.
>> OK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JESSICA.
NOW FOR WEATHER UPDATE FROM THE
LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER, MIKE.
MIKE?
MIKE: GOOD AFTERNOON.
THE WEATHER IS LOOK PRETTY GOOD
OUTSIDE WITH EXCEPTION OF
40 DEGREES THIS MORNING.
I THINK WE ARE GOING TO SEE
PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING
TOMORROW MORNING AND THROUGH THE
DAY TOMORROW.
WE MAY SEESOME PATCHY FOG OR
TRAIT US AROUND, BUT THAT WILL
BURN OFF IN TIME FOR LAUNCH SO
WE SHOULD HAVE SOME GOOD VIEWING
OUT THERE.
WE CAN'T MAKE IT TOO EASY
BECAUSE HERE ARE ISSUES WE ARE
LOOKING AT.
CANE GO TO THE SAT LIT PICTURE,
PLEASE?
ALL RIGHT.
IF YOU CAN FOLLOW THE BLUE
STREAK OF CLOUDS FROM NORTH
TEXAS DOWN TO MAYBE GEORGIA.
THAT KIND OF OUTLYING THE JET
STREAM.
AND THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO
DRIFT, DROP A LITTLE BIT SOUTH
AND BE JUST TO THE NORTH
TOMORROW.
IF YOU GO THOUGH FORECAST SLIDE,
PLEASE.
WE HAVE A TEN PERCENT CHANCE OF
A VIOLATION FOR LIFTOFF WIND AND
VERY FEW OF THOSE CLOUD HAS YOU
SAW ON THE SAT MAKE IT TURE
SHOWING HIGH UP, 20 TO
30,000 FEET.
BUT WHAT IS NOT INCLUDE IN THAT
PROBABILITY IS THE UPPER LEVEL
WANTS THE JET STREAM ARE 115 TO
120 KNOTS AT ABOUT 20 TO 3
THOUSAND FEET AND THAT INCREASED
IN SPEED AND/OR CHAINING
DIRECTION WITH HEIGHT IS A
PROBLEM FOR SPACE VEHICLES, 1:00
THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT A
HUMAN CAN LOOK AT AND KNOW WHAT
THEIR ISSUES ARE.
EVERY LAUNCH IS DIFFERENT.
EVERY PAYLOAD IS DIFFERENT BUT
WE CAN SEE THAT 120 KNOTS IS NOT
GOOD AND HOW FAST THAT INCREASES
COULD BE PROBLEMATIC.
IT IS REALLY THE REAL ISSUE
TOMORROW, YOU THINK.
LIFTOFF WINDS WE PUT TEN PERCENT
ON THERE.
THE REAL CONCERN IS PROBABLY THE
WINDS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT
FORECAST.
>> OK.
THE NEXT SLID ANOTHER BACKUP
DAY.
YEAH.
THE WINDS DROP OFF AT THE UPPER
LEVELS AND THE LOW LEVELS BUT,
BOO, THE CLOUDS COP IN A LITTLE
BIT IN THE UPPER LEVEL, SO A
LITTLE UPPER LEVEL WAVE THAT DEN
RATES SOME CLOUDS AND WON'T BE
AS GOOD VIEWING AND OUR RULES
INDICATE IF THOSE CLOUDS DROP AA
LITTLE BIT MINUS 15 DEGREES
CELSIUS LEVEL AND 45,000-FOOT OR
GREATER WE WON'T BE ABLE TO FLY
THROUGH THAT AS TRIGGER
LIGHTNING THREAT SO RIGHT NOW, I
DONE THINK IT IS A HUGE THREATEN
THE 20% WHAT IS WE'RE GOING FOR
FOR VIELITION BUT WE ARE
WATCHING THOSE IF WE GO TO THE
BACK WERE UP DAY ONS THIS DAN
WATCHING FOR THE CLOUDS IN HOW
LOW THE BASES GET IF THEY STAY
ABOVE AROUND 20,000 GET ON
THURSDAY, THEN, IT WILL BE FINE.
DROPS BELOW THAT AND WELL BE A
RUNNING INTO TROUBLE.
WE'LL BE CHECKING THAT FOR THE
BACKUP DATE.
OTHER THAN THAT, A BEAUTIFUL DAY
TOMORROW.
CHILLY IN THE MORNING BUT
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THROUGH THE
WIND?
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, MIKE.
SO NOW WE GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP
THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL
AS OVER A PHONE BRIDGE AND THEN
ALSO SOCIAL MEDIA BY USING THE
HASHTAG AT NASA A THOSE IN THE
ROOM I WANT TO REMIND YOU,
PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, WAIT
ANOTHER MICROPHONE TO GET TO
YOU.
STATE THE NAME, AFFILIATION, TO
WHOM YOU ARE DIRECTING YOUR
QUESTION.
WE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS FOR SY
REAR 16 SO PLEASE KEEP THE
QUESTIONS WITHIN THE COPE OF
THIS MISSION.
WELL THAT, I GO TO THE FRONT
HERE.
A MAN IN THE BLUE.
>> ASSOCIATED PRESS FOR YOU,
KENNY.
AM WONDERING IF THERE ARE
CHRISTMAS PRESENCE ABOARD THE
DRG NON-ANY TREATS?
FRUITCAKE?
CANDY CANES?
ANYTHING YOU COULD SHARE.
IF I COULD ASK A QUICK STAR LINE
HE QUESTION IF A STATION POINT
OF TRUE?
DO YOU KEEP TRYING INTO
CHRISTMAS NEW YEARS UNTIL YOU GO
OR A STAND DOWN PER WHEN YOU
WOULD POP TO NEXT YEAR?
>> HI, MARSHA.
PRESENTSES?
WELL, THERE IS ALWAYS GOODIES ON
A FLIGHT IN GENERAL, RIGHT?
YOU KNOW?
, TYPICALLY WE PUT FRESH FRUIT
AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE KNOW
MEAN A LOT TO THE CREWS AS FAR
AS PRENS AND SO FORTH, I AM NOT
SURE.
DON'T WANT TO DIVULGE ANYTHING.
I THINK I WOULD TELL THAT YOU
SANTA'S SLEIGH IS, I HI, IT IS
CERTIFIED FOR THE VACUUM OF
SPICE WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
AS FAR AS THE STAR LINER GOES.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE JUST WORKING
WITH THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM
AND TRYING TOWN YEAR STAN WHAT
THEIR LAUNCH SCHEDULE AND WHAT
THE OPPORTUNITIES LOOK LIKE
RELATIVE TO THE VEHICLE
PROCESSING.
RIGHT NOW, WHAT THEY ARE TELLING
US THEY CAN MAKE THE 16th.
FROM A SPACE STATION PROGRAM
STANDPOINT.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
READY TO SUPPORT AND IF YOU WANT
TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE END OF
THE YEAR HOLD THAT IS PROBABLY A
BETTER QUESTION FOR SOMEBODY IN
THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM.
ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE READY
FOR THEM.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> GENTLEMEN IN THE RED SHIRT.
FIRST ROW.
>> A COUPLE FOR JESSICA.
WHY THIS IS MISSION NOT RETURN
TO LAUNCH SITE?
WHY ARE YOU I AMING FOR THE
DRONE SHIP.
CAN YOU GIVE US A STATUS OF THE
FIRST VERSION CARGO DRAGON AND
WHERE IS THAT NEXT YEAR?
>> WELL SO THE REASON WE'RE
PURSUING A DRONE SHIP LANDING
THIS TIME, WE'RE PERFORMING SO
AFTER DRAGON IS DROPPED OFF INTO
ORBIT.
THE FALCON WILL CONTINUE ON FOR
A THERMAL DEMONSTRATION SO A
LONG SIX-HOUR COAST.
THEN RESULTS INDIES POSAL
BURNHAN WE NEED EXTRA
PERFORMANCE FOR THAT
DEMONSTRATION, SO BASICALLY A WE
HAVE TO DO IS BURN THE FIRST
STATION FAR LONGER PERIOD OF
TIME SO THE SECOND STAGE CAN
HAVE PERFORMANCE RESERVE FOR
THAT DEMO.
SINCE WE'RE BORNING FOR A LONGER
PERIOD OF TIME IT DOESN'T HAVE
AS MUCH FUEL TO COME BACK TO THE
LAUNCH SITE AND DO A PARTIAL
BACK WHICH IS WHERE THE
DRONESHIP IS LOCATED.
YEAH, CARGO DRAGON 2 IS IN THE
HAWTHORNE FACTORY BEING BUILT
UP.
SO YEAH, WE'RE TRACKING A LAUNCH
IN QUARTER THREE OF NEXT YEAR.
YEAH, WE'RE FLASHING WARD TO
THAT.
IT HAS BASICALLY, I THINK, 30
IMPORTANT MORE CARGO VOLUME.
DRAGOP ONE CARRIES SIX, DRAGON
TWO WILL CARRY 12.
ATE LO MORE SCIENCE-CARRYING
CAPABILITY.
>> THE CREW VERSION TO DOCK NOT
BE GRABBED.
THE CREW VERSION BUT YOU TALK
OUT THE SEATS AND REPLACE WITH
CARGO RACKS.
>> KAY.
THE NEXT QUESTION.
THE FRONT ROW HERE.
>> HI.
KEN KRAMER FOR ROCK, STEM, SPACE
UPCLOSE.
GOOD LUCK FOR TOMORROW.
I AM WONDERING ABOUT THE WIND.
OK.
HOW CONCERNED ARE THIS YOU THEY
SEEM HIGH.
HOW CONCERNED YOU FROM THE
DRAGON STANDPOINT SPACEX
STANDPOINT?
>> WE HAVE BEEN ANALYZING THE.
WE TOOK PREDUCTIONS FROM MIKE
WHICH I HOPE THEY ARE RIGHT.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE PREDICTIONS
WE'RE OK.
SO BASICALLY HAD THE STRUCTURES
EN GIGI NEARS AND CONTROL
ENGINEERS THAT HAVE BEEN ANALYZE
THE WINDS AND STILL CONTINUING
TO ANALYZING THEM THROUGH TODAY
SO FAR WE ARE SEEING THEY DON'T
EXCEED THE VEHICLE KANG AND THE
VEHICLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FLY
THROUGH THESE BUT WITH WHAT WE
DO TOMORROW IS WE LAUNCH DAY OF
LAUNCH BALLOONS AND WHAT THOSE
WILL DO IS MEASURE THE ACTUAL
WINDS AS BALLOON TRAVELS OFF.
WHEN WE GET THAT DATA WE CAN SEE
SEE, OK, WAS PREDICTION CORRECT
AND STILL COVERED AND THE WINDS
HIGHER THAN WE WERE PREDICT
UNWHICH CASE WE MAY HAVE TO
SCRUB.
WHAT WE WILL DO IS WON'T KNOW
UNTIL TOMORROW UNTIL WE START
GETTING BALLOONS LEASED.
>> CONDUCTED A FEW WEEKS AGO
BECAUSE YOU WANT TO DO THE
IN-FLIGHT ABOARD TEST AND
DEPENDS ON
DEPENDS ON THAT.
IT WAS GREAT.
WE HAD THE CAPSULE WE PERFORMED
THE DRAGON AND AND SUPPORT
ENGINES.
AND ON TRACK FOR THE IN FLIGHT
ABORT LAUNCH.
>> OK.
THANK YOU.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A CRAWL
OUR PHONE BRIDGE NOW.
I HAVE ERIC BURGER.
ERIC, CAN YOU HAR SEE?
I HEAR YOU JUST FINE.
THANK YOU.
THIS QUESTION IS FOR JESSICA
JENSEN.
CUE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
THE SECOND STAGE LONG COAST
THERMAL TEST.
THAT IS TO TEST HIGHER RE-ENTRY
TEMPERATURE SHOW THE CAPABILITY?
THANK YOU.
I CAN'T GIVE TOO MUCH DETAIL
ABOUT IT.
YEAH.
I CAN TELL YOU, IT IS A THERMAL
DEMONSTRATION WE ARE PERFORMING
FOR SOME OF THE OTHER CUSTOMER
FORCE LONGER-DEMONSTRATION
MISSIONS WE WITH VILL TO FLY IN
THE FUTURE.
YEAH.
DRAGON WHICHLE WILL BE DROPPED
OFF IN THE OR BUTT AND THE MAIN
PRIORITY FOR TOMORROW AND THEN,
DRAGON WILL COAST FOR
APPROXIMATELY SIX HOURS AND WE
ARE GOING TO MEASURE THE THERMAL
ENVIRONMENT IN THE TANKS AND
THEN OTHER PERIMETERS AS WELL
THEN PERFORM A LONG DISPOSAL
BURN.
OAR ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, ERIC.
THEN, GOING THE ROOM.
YES, IN THE GREEN SWEATER.
>> EMERY KELL WHERE I FLORIDA
TODAY AND A QUESTION FOR
JESSICA.
WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT STARSHIP AND
THESE OTHER VEHICLES, CREW
DRAGON, I AM WONDERING IF WE CAN
X BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE WORK
FORCE FLOOR LITTLE BIT ON FALCON
SINCE BLACK FIVE WE HAVE NOT
HEARD MUCH, I AM WONDERING IF
THERE IS ANYTHING NEW.
ARE YOU DISCOVERING NEW THINGS?
NEW ITERATIONS?
THAT ARE ON THE WAY? OR
IMPLEMENTED LATE PLY YEAH.
BLOCK FIVE IS GREAT.
WE'RE STICKING WITH IT.
YOU KNOW, BLACK FIVE REALLY
ENABLED RAPID AND RELIABLE REUSE
SO THAT WASES A BIG THING WITH
BLOCK FIVE.
WE'RE NOW GOING UP.
WHAT ARE WE GETTING INTO FLIGHTS
OF BOOSTERS.
YEAH.
WE'RE PLANNING TO STICK WITH
THIS VERSION AND WE WERE
ACTUALLY ABLE TO LOW DOWN A LOT
OF THE NEW BUILDS RESEUSSING SO
MANY OF THESE.
I THINK WE HAD TOO TWO THIS ISES
AND DONE TWO MISSIONS NOW WHERE
WE LANDED THE BOOSTER AND
REFURBISHED IT AND LAUNCHED IT A
GAIN WITHIN TWO MONTHS.
YEAH.
WE'RE NOT PLANNING FOR BLOCK
SIX.
YOU NEVER KNOW.
AS OF NOW, NO BLACK FIVE IS
GREAT.
IT IS ALSO CREW RATED WHICH IS
REALLY IMPORTANT PART.
>> GENTLEMEN IN THE BLUE JACKET?
>> HI, STEVEN CLARK FROM
SPACEFLIGHT NOW.
AL QUESTION FOR KENNY TODD.
SINCE YOU HAVE TWO CARGO
VEHICLES GOING TO BE RIFE AGENT
THE STATION WITHIN A COUPLE OF
DAYS OF EACH OTHER.
I AM CURIOUS ABOUT ANY
SCHEDULING CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE
TWO.
THERE IS A POINT WHERE SPACEX
MAY HAVE TO STAND DOWN LET THE
PROGRESS GO AND PICK UP THE TEMP
THE OTHER SIDE IF IT COMES TO.
>> YEAH.
THANKS.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT IS DIALOGUE WE HAD MULTIPLE
TIMES THROUGH THE YEARS.
WHEN WE HAVE HAD VEHICLES THAT
COME IN CLOSE PROX UM TY.
WE TEND TO TRY SORT OUT A
PRIORITY SORT OF SCHEME AND THIS
INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW, THE PRIMARY
LAUNCH DATES ARE THE FOURTH AND
THE FIFTH WHICH PUT US IN A
SITUATION WHERE WE WOULD NOT
INTERFERE WITH THE PROGRESS, WE
HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE RUSSIAN
COLLEAGUES THEY WANTED TO PUT
THE LUNCH ON THE SIXTH AND
ORIGINALLY GOING TO DOING ON THE
8th BUT WE TALKED
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SCENARIO
WHERE IF WE HAD TO DO A 24 HOUR
RENDEZVOUS WE WOULD GET THERE ON
THE EIGHTH ON THE SAME DAY THEY
WERE PLAN SOG THEY MOVED THEIR
DOCKING TO THE NINTH 1:00 3:00
THEY WOULD BE CLEAR OF US FOR
BOTH OF THE LAUNCH ATTEMPTS ON
THE FOURTH AND THE FIFTH.
SO ANYWAY, AGAIN, THAT IS A
STANDARD THING WE DO, WHENEVER
WE START TO PACK THE LAUNCHES IN
AND CLOSE LIKE THAT.
YEAH.
GOOD QUESTION.
YEAH.
WE WORKED OUT FOR THAT SCENARIO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
JUST CURIOUS, AFTER THE FOURTH
AND FIFT BIT OF, DO YOU STAN
DROWN THE DRAGON AND LET THE ROG
GRESS LAUNCH?
WOULD THAT TAKE PRIORITY THAT
POINT IF IT CAME TO THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, THAT IS A
DISCUSSION WE WILL HAVE TO
INTERFAIN WE FIND OURSELVES
THERE.
RIGHT NOW, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO
STAN DOWN THE SIXTH ANYWAY.
THEN, WE PICK BACK UP ON THE
7th AND THEN AGAIN, JESSICA
KNOWS OFF THE TOP OF HER HEAD.
I AM TRYING TO THINK OF.
IF WE LARCHED ON THE SEVENTH
WITHIN DAY, IF THAT IS TWO OR LE
DAY RENDEZVOUS SO MAY BE THAT
PROBLEM FIXES ITSELF BY THE
NATURE OF THE RENDEZVOUS TIME.
AND THE PHASING.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE FOCUS ON THE
FOURTH AND THE FIFTH THAT IS A
GREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THE
RUSSIAN COLLEAGUE AND IF WE HAVE
TO MOVE OFF THE FIFTH AND THEN
WE WILL FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK
TOGETHER ON THAT, BUT I WOULD
ANTICIPATE THAT WE WERE
PROBABLY, PROBABLY PUT A LAN
TOGETHER THAT HAS US DOCKING
AFTER THE PROGRESS.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
BILL HOROWITZ WITH CBS NEW.
ONE FOR YEAS.
ONE FOR KENNY.
>> CAN YOU GIVE US ANY IDEA WHEN
IT MIGHT BE?
MIGHT IT BE BEFORE IN THE OF THE
YEAR INTHEN FOR KENNY, I HAVE A
FOLLOW-UP.
>> YES.
WE'RE TARGETING NO EARLIER THAN
DECEMBER.
WE'RE TARGETING DECEMBER.
WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN GET THERE.
>> CONDITION IF I.
I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE BATTERY
WOULD HAVE HAD PRIORITY.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS
ARE VIEWING THOSE TWO IN TERMSES
OF PRI OR US?
THEN, ALSO, FINALLY.
THEY MENTIONED SOME WATER.
YESTERDAY, THIS MAN MAY RESOLVE
AND I HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT IT.
CAN YOU UPDATE US ON THAT,
THANKSES?
>> YEAH.
SURE.
AS FAR AS THE PRIORITY OF EVA AS
YOU RECALL, BILL.
WE HAD ROBB WITH THE BATTERY
CHARGE DISCARP UNIT.
THAT IS THE REASON WE STOOD DOWN
ON MOVING AHEAD WITH THE 4B
CHANNEL.
WE STOOD UP A TEAM OF FOLKS
TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO GO OFF AND
LOOK AT THE OVERALL OPERATIONAL
PLAN FOR HOW WE ARE SWAPPING OUT
THESE NICKEL HYDROGEN AND
LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES THEN HOW
WE'RE DEALING WITH AND TREATING
THEM DURING THAT IN TIRE
OPERATION, SO THAT TEAM ISSTILL
DOING THEIR JOB AND COMING UP
WITH SOME THEIR VERSION OF WHAT
MAY BE HAB HAPPENING AND THEN,
IN ADDITION TO THAT.
WHAT KIND OF ADDITIONAL THINGS
WE MAY IMMEDIATE TO DO FROM A
MITIGATION STANDPOINT.
SO WE ARE LETTING THAT TEAM DO
ITS JOB AND THEN AGAIN, OUR
WINDOWING NOW WHERE WE SEE THE
EVA POSSIBLY COMING BACK ON-LINE
AGAIN IS PROBABLY SOMETIME IN
JANUARY TIMEFRAME AND WE THAT I
IS ENOUGH TIME FOR THE TEAM TO
GET TO SOME CONCLUSIONS AND IF
NOT, SOME CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED POTENTIALLY SOME
MITIGATIONS WE MAY CONSIDER AND
FLOW THOSE INTO OUR PROCEDURES
AND THE PLAN FOR MOVING AHEAD
WITH DOING THE 4B CHANNEL.
AS FAR AS WHO TAKES PRECEDENCE
IF WE DO, LET'S SAY TRIPLE EVA
AND THINK WE GOT TWO BATTERY
EVA'S IN FRONT OF US TO DO.
THAT IS UNLESS WE CHANGE THE
CHOREOGRAPHY AND THE WAY WE DO
THE BATTERIES IF WE HAVE A
WINDOW DO THREE AND WANT TO GO
WITH THE SAME PHILOSOPHY WE HAVE
PREVIOUSLY.
TWO BATTERY EVA'S THEN IF WE
HAVE TIME, HE CAN GET THE THIRD
ONE WHICH WILL BE AMSEVA.
FROM ORDER STANDPOINT, PRIND OR
TY STANDPOINT, THE BATTERIES ARE
CERTAINLY PRIMARY INTERESTS TO
US.
BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS,
AMS, WE HAVE SUITS, SIZE, AS YOU
KNOW, ALL OF THOSE EVA'S HAVE
BEEN DONE BY DREW AND LUCA AND
SO THEIR SUITS ARE SIZED NOW.
THE SUITS THEY WE'RE ON THOSE
EVA'S SO IF WE PICKED BACK UP
AGAIN WITH THAT FOURTH EVA.
YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE
EFFICIENCY SO HE WOULD BE
TRADING A LITTLE BIT OF EVIDENCE
SY VERSUS PRIORITY.
AND SO AGAIN, OUT IN THAT
TIMEFRAME, I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW
WHAT THE BEST AND MOST OPTIMAL
WAY IS TO TRADE THAT JUST YET WE
HAVE AIL BIT OF TIME PASS TO SEE
WHAT KIND OF THINGS AND WHAT
KIND OF PLANS THAT WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE FOR THE BATTERY THEN WE
MAKE DECISION ON HOW TO SPLIT UP
THOSE THREE EVA'S IF WE ARE
GOING TO DO THREE IN JANUARY.
>> AS FAR AS LUCA'S SUIT, NO I
NO SERIOUS ISSUES WITH THE SUIT.
FROM A WATER STANDPOINT, NOTHING
HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION
TO THE WAS IN ANYWAY, SHAPE OR
FORM A CONCERN OR ISSUE.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE
AUDIENCE?
>> YES.
>> NASA SPACEFLIGHT.
I THINK IS PRIMARILY FOR
JESSICA.
WITH DRAGON AND STAR LINER
POTENTIALLY OVERLAPPING NOW IN
DECEMBER, DID YOU HAVE TO DO
ANYTHING TO MAKE SURE THAT
DRAGON WOULD BE ADVISORY
EFFECTED BY THE CLUSTER FROM
STAR LINER AS IT COMES TO DOCK?
>> YEAH.
WE DID THIS EX AC AMAM SIS.
WE GET DATA FROM NASA AND BOEING
AND WHAT THE PLANS LOOK LIKE AND
MAKE SURE IT IS LOW RISK TO THE
VEHICLE AND THE SOLAR ARRAYS.
YEP WE HAVE DONE THIS MAIL SIS
AIN'T LOOKS GOOD.
YES.
>> IT LOOKS GOOD.
>> FOR JESSICA, IF YOU LAUNCH ON
THURSDAY, THAT IS A TWO-DAY TRIP
TO THE STATION?
>> IF WE LUNCH ON THE FIFTH, WE
WOULD THEN BERTH ON THE EIGHTH.
>> OK.
ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR KENNY.
IF YOU LOSE LUCA PARMITANO WHEN
IT COMES HOME?
HOW DO YOU THE AMS SPACEWALK?
>> WELL, THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION.
U KNOW, WE WILL MOST LIKELY NOT
ATTEMPT EVA WHILE WE ARE IN THE
THREE-CREW PERIOD.
NOT A PLANNED EVA.
WE'RE IN A POSITION IF NEEDED TO
DO EVA, A CONTINGENCY TYPE OF
EVA, WE WOULD HE CERTAINLY PUT
OUR POSITION TO DO THAT.
ING FORWARD.
KNOW, THE AMS, THERE IS A SMALL
TIME PERIOD WHERE WE ARE GOING
TO DID A DIRECT HANDOVER IN THE
APRIL TIMEFRAME, AND HERE DURING
THAT TIMEFRAME, WE HAVE STANDARD
SIZE CRU ON ORBIT.
CERTAINLY THAT IS VERY, VERY
SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IF
WE FOUND THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT
PRIORITIES IN THAT TIMEFRAME
THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
NAST PARTICULAR WINDOW, THERE
IS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL WE GET THE CREW SIZE BACK
TO A STANDARD CREW SIZE?
>> ANY GENE THE AMS OF JUST
SITTING THERE DORMANT FOR
MONTHS?
>> NO, WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION
WITH THE AMS FOLKS AND WE WERE
CLEAR AND UPFRONT ABOUT THIS
WINDOW IN NOVEMBER WHERE WE WERE
JUST GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE
COULD TO TRY GET ALL THE EVA'S
IN PLAY.
AT THE SAME TIME.
WE COULD SHOW THEM A PLAN TO PUT
THE FOURTH ONE IN THERE SO
UPFRONT ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU
KNOW, FROM MAY BE A WINDOW IN
JANUARY THERE MAY BE A SMALL
WINDOW IN APRIL.
NONE OF THOSE ARE GUARANTEES IN
WHICH CASE THEN WE WILL HAVE TO,
WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET
SOME LARGER CREWS ON THE STATION
WHEN WE START TO SEE SOME OF THE
U.S. COMMERCIAL VEHICLES COMING
ON FOR LONGER STAYS.
SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT AND
THERE IS NO TECHNICAL ISSUES
WITH THE AMS ITSELF AND THE
STATE IT INS.
WE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION AT
THE END OF THE THIRD EVA NOT TO
OPP THE ACCUMULATORS AND THERE
WAS INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT
WE DID ALL THE RIGHT LEAK CHECKS
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
WE REALLY NEED TOW LET SOME TIME
PASS BETWEEN THE THIRD AND THE
FOURTH EVA, BUT, THEN THAT WAS
DECISION THAT WAS MADE TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE DO THOSE LEAK
CHECKS BEFORE WE POWER UP THE
IMS FOR THE LONG HAUL.
THAT MAY TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF
TIME BEFORE WE GET TO THIS AND
CERTAINLY PREPARED FOR THAT AND
NO TECHNICAL ISSUES.
>> TIME FOR TWO MORE QUESTIONS.
YES.
RIGHT HERE.
>> QUESTION FOR KENNY TODD.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE WORK GOING ON WITH
STAR LINER?
IT ROLLED HIT TO PAD AS WE WERE
JUST IN THE MOMENTS BEFORE WE
STARTED THIS.
WHAT IS THE WORK GOING ON THERE
NOW?
THEY HAVE ISSUE ALSO THE ROCKET?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THE
CAPSULE?
THANKS.
>> WELL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
THAT IS REALLY NOT A QUESTION
FOR ME.
FROM ISS PROGRAM STANDPOINT.
THERE IS A LARGE TEAM DOWN AT
THE CAPE AND BOTH NASA AND
BOEING TEAM WORKING THROUGH ALL
OF THE FIRST TIME ISSUES THAT
COME UP WITH THE FIRST-TIME
VEHICLE AND SO THEY ARE, WOG
THROUGH THOSE AND AGAIN, THIS
MORNING WE DID OUR STATION
OPERATIONS RATE AND REVIEW.
WE CALL IT THE SOAR NOR FLIGHT.
WE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM AS WELL
AS BOEING AND TALKED THROUGH ALO
LOT OF ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE
DEALT WITH THAT AFFECT THEM
COMING TO THE ISS AND QUITE
FRANKLY, I THINK WE ALL WERE
VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHERE THAT
TEAM IS AT AND AGAIN, THEY STILL
GOT TO GET OFF THE LAUNCHPAD AND
I KNOW THERE IS A GREAT TEAM OF
FOLKS DOWN THERE WORKING THAT IN
THE MEANTIME WE GOT A BUCKET
LIST OF THINGS WE NEED TO GET
CLOSED OUT HERE RELATIVE TO THEM
COMING TO THE STAYS BUT THE WORK
LOOKED MANAGEMENT.
MANAGEABLE.
WE COULD SUPPORT AN TUP HERE IN
DECEMBER FROM THE STATION
PROGRAM AND BUT I COULDN'TS FROM
THE COLMERSION CREW PROGRAM AS
WELL.
ANYWAY, RELATIVE TO THE
SPECIFICS OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING
AND THE ISSUES WE HAVE.
I ASK TO YOU TALK TO THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM OR THE
BOEING STARLINER TEAM.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION FOR
CRS11239.
>> YES.
I THINK IS FOR KENNY AND
JESSICA.
KENNY, YOU MENTIONED WHEN IN
TERMS OF THE EVA'S WHEN THE
COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLES BEGAN
STAYING FOR LONGER DURATION BUT
WE NEW E KNOW THE CREW TEST
FLIGHT IS STAYING FOR A LONG
DURATION.
WE ALSO KNOW THE NEW DRAGON THAT
IS FLYING THE DM2 MISSION NOW
CAN ALSO STAY LONGER BUT NASA
HAS NOT SID ANYTHING ABOUT IF
THEY WANT TO EXTEND THAT MISSION
TO HELP WITH THE CREW REDUCTION
GAP?
YAWN DATE US ON WHAT THE STATUS
OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE?
WHERE THAT MAY LAND FOR LACK OF
A BETTER TERM?
>> SURE.
YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TWO BRAND-NEW
VEHICLES.
EVERYBODY IS WORKING HARD TO GET
ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE
STAR LIE LOON EAR CFT FLIGHT.
AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE DONE ALL
THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO ATRY
STREAK STAY FOR LONGER PERIOD OF
TIM AND HAVE DONE THE SAME THING
WITH CREW PREPARATIONS AND
TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT AT THIS POINT, THINK, WE'RE
JUST IN THE POSITION OF LETTING
TIME PASS, LETTING THOSE VEHICLE
CONTINUE TO GOING THAT THE
PROCESS OR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
AND CLOSING OW ARING OUT THE
WORK.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A STILL A
COUPLE OF MAJOR MILESTONES LEFT
FOR THE DEMO ONE FLIGHT AND
STILL, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL
MILESTONES LEFT FOR THE STAR
LINER AS WELL.
AND THE CFT THE FIRST IS GETTING
OFF THE GROUND AND ANYWAY, I
THINK WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS AS
THE ISS PROGRAM IS REALLY JUST
TRAY TO PUT OURSELVES IN A
POSITION TOPORT WHICHEVER
VEHICLE CAN GET THE STATION AND
WHEN THEY GET THERE, DO
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENABLE THE
STAY FOR AS LONG AS WE CAN KEEP
THEM AND AGAIN, THAT KEEPS US AT
MUCH BETTER POSITION FROM ON
ORBIT PERSPECTIVE AND BEING ABLE
TO ACCOMPLISH THE SCIENCE THAN
THE RESEARCH AND BEING ABLE TO
TAKE CARE OF THE STATION.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE DOING
WHAT WE HEAD TO DO AND NOW WATCH
TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FIRST
PART OF 2020 AND BE READY TO
WELL WHOMEVER SHOWS UP.
>> OK.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
WAND THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND
WRAP UP TODAY'S PRELAUNCH NEWS
CONFERENCE.
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