1 00:01:51,995 --> 00:01:53,530 >> FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 2 00:01:53,530 --> 00:01:56,266 IN FLORIDA, THIS IS THE 3 00:01:56,266 --> 00:02:00,336 PRELAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE OR 4 00:02:00,336 --> 00:02:02,272 SPACEX CRS 20. 5 00:02:02,272 --> 00:02:04,574 FINAL LAUNCH IS UNDERWAY FOR THE 6 00:02:04,574 --> 00:02:07,210 LAUNCH AT 11:50 EAST HE WERE 7 00:02:07,210 --> 00:02:11,781 TIME AT CAPE CAPE CANAVERAL AIRE 8 00:02:11,781 --> 00:02:13,416 STATION CARRYING SUPPLIES NO THE 9 00:02:13,416 --> 00:02:14,450 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN 10 00:02:14,450 --> 00:02:17,420 SUPPORT OF EXPEDITIONS 62 AND 11 00:02:17,420 --> 00:02:17,687 63. 12 00:02:17,687 --> 00:02:22,325 THIS IS THE 20th AND FINAL 13 00:02:22,325 --> 00:02:24,127 RESUPPLY PHYSICIAN UNDER THE 14 00:02:24,127 --> 00:02:25,628 FIRST COMMERCIAL SUPPLY CONTRACT 15 00:02:25,628 --> 00:02:26,796 FOR NASA. 16 00:02:26,796 --> 00:02:29,999 HERE TO DISCUSS IT TODAY ARE OUR 17 00:02:29,999 --> 00:02:33,970 GUESTS, JOEL MONTALBAN KNOW 18 00:02:33,970 --> 00:02:36,005 MANAGER FOR THE INTERNATIONAL 19 00:02:36,005 --> 00:02:41,911 SPACE STATION PROGRAM, JENNIFER 20 00:02:41,911 --> 00:02:44,013 BUCKSLY. 21 00:02:44,013 --> 00:02:53,022 HANS, AND MIKE MCLEANEN. 22 00:02:53,022 --> 00:02:54,958 WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS SHORTLY. 23 00:02:54,958 --> 00:02:58,061 I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO GIVE OUR 24 00:02:58,061 --> 00:02:59,929 PANELIST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 25 00:02:59,929 --> 00:03:01,464 OPENING REMARKS, BE JOEL. 26 00:03:01,464 --> 00:03:06,769 >> HELLO, WELCOME TO THE SPACEX 27 00:03:06,769 --> 00:03:08,271 CRS 20 PRELAUNCH BRIEFING. 28 00:03:08,271 --> 00:03:09,439 EVERY TIME YOU'RE ABOUT TO 29 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:10,940 LAUNCH A VEHICLE TO THE 30 00:03:10,940 --> 00:03:12,642 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IT 31 00:03:12,642 --> 00:03:14,644 PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE AND I'M 32 00:03:14,644 --> 00:03:16,412 HAPPY TO BE HERE AND TALK TO YOU 33 00:03:16,412 --> 00:03:18,348 ABOUT THIS MISSION. 34 00:03:18,348 --> 00:03:21,918 LAUNCH IS 10 MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT 35 00:03:21,918 --> 00:03:24,554 EASTERN TIME, A BIRTHING 36 00:03:24,554 --> 00:03:25,855 7:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME ON 37 00:03:25,855 --> 00:03:26,189 MONDAY. 38 00:03:26,189 --> 00:03:28,491 THIS VEHICLE IS BRINGING 39 00:03:28,491 --> 00:03:29,759 APPROXIMATELY 4300 POUNDS OF 40 00:03:29,759 --> 00:03:31,494 CARGO TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 41 00:03:31,494 --> 00:03:32,996 STATION, CAR GUY THAT WILL 42 00:03:32,996 --> 00:03:34,464 CONTINUE OUR SCIENCE AND 43 00:03:34,464 --> 00:03:36,099 RESEARCH PROGRAM, CARGO THAT 44 00:03:36,099 --> 00:03:37,800 WILL CONTINUE THE 45 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:39,736 COMMERCIALIZATION OF LOWER EARTH 46 00:03:39,736 --> 00:03:41,704 EFFORTS WE DO ONBOARD OF THE 47 00:03:41,704 --> 00:03:43,439 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 48 00:03:43,439 --> 00:03:45,642 CARGO THAT HELPS US IN OUR 49 00:03:45,642 --> 00:03:47,043 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS WORK 50 00:03:47,043 --> 00:03:48,778 THAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT THE 51 00:03:48,778 --> 00:03:50,647 ART MISS PROGRAM AND FUTURE 52 00:03:50,647 --> 00:03:51,347 EXPLORATION. 53 00:03:51,347 --> 00:03:54,317 THE VEHICLE WILL STAY ONBOARD 30 54 00:03:54,317 --> 00:03:54,784 DAYS. 55 00:03:54,784 --> 00:03:56,619 AFTER 30 DAYS WILL RETURN AND 56 00:03:56,619 --> 00:03:58,121 BRING BACK APPROXIMATELY 57 00:03:58,121 --> 00:03:59,956 3700 POUNDS OF CARGO FOR OUR 58 00:03:59,956 --> 00:04:02,492 SCIENCE AND RESEARCH CARGO FOR 59 00:04:02,492 --> 00:04:03,893 OUR PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATORS AS 60 00:04:03,893 --> 00:04:05,194 WELL AS HARDWARE FOR ENGINEERS 61 00:04:05,194 --> 00:04:09,565 TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND REFURB IN 62 00:04:09,565 --> 00:04:10,333 SOME CASES. 63 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:11,768 IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'VE TALKED 64 00:04:11,768 --> 00:04:14,637 ABOUT TODAY, I'D LIKE TO REMIND 65 00:04:14,637 --> 00:04:16,706 EVERYBODY THIS YEAR WE'RE 66 00:04:16,706 --> 00:04:17,740 CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF 67 00:04:17,740 --> 00:04:19,008 CONTINUES HUMAN PRESENCE ONBOARD 68 00:04:19,008 --> 00:04:20,176 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 69 00:04:20,176 --> 00:04:21,844 WE'LL BE DOING THAT IN NOVEMBER, 70 00:04:21,844 --> 00:04:24,814 NOVEMBER 2 OF THIS YEAR. 71 00:04:24,814 --> 00:04:26,983 SPACEX HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF 72 00:04:26,983 --> 00:04:28,284 MANY OF OUR SUCCESSES. 73 00:04:28,284 --> 00:04:31,721 AS MENTIONED, THIS FLIGHT IS THE 74 00:04:31,721 --> 00:04:34,824 LAST, COMPLETES THE CARGO REPLY 75 00:04:34,824 --> 00:04:35,892 ONE CONTRACT. 76 00:04:35,892 --> 00:04:38,194 SPACEX HAS DELIVERED 77 00:04:38,194 --> 00:04:38,962 APPROXIMATELY 94,000 POUNDS OF 78 00:04:38,962 --> 00:04:41,230 CARGO TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 79 00:04:41,230 --> 00:04:41,564 STATION. 80 00:04:41,564 --> 00:04:43,533 THEY'VE RETURNED 74,000 POUNDS 81 00:04:43,533 --> 00:04:46,269 OF CARGO FROM THE INTERNATIONAL 82 00:04:46,269 --> 00:04:46,936 SPACE STATION. 83 00:04:46,936 --> 00:04:49,238 SPACEX WAS THE FIRST U.S. 84 00:04:49,238 --> 00:04:51,207 COMMERCIAL PROVIDER TO BRING A 85 00:04:51,207 --> 00:04:54,277 VISITING VEHICLE, BERTH IT TO 86 00:04:54,277 --> 00:04:55,645 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 87 00:04:55,645 --> 00:04:57,513 AND RETURN CARGO HOME. 88 00:04:57,513 --> 00:04:59,782 SPACEX WAS THE FIRST U.S. 89 00:04:59,782 --> 00:05:01,951 COMMERCIAL PROVIDER TO FLY MICE 90 00:05:01,951 --> 00:05:04,053 TO THE STATION WHICH HAS BEEN 91 00:05:04,053 --> 00:05:05,888 CRITICAL TO THE RESEARCH 92 00:05:05,888 --> 00:05:06,255 ONBOARD. 93 00:05:06,255 --> 00:05:08,891 THE SPACEX ISS CONTRACT WAS THE 94 00:05:08,891 --> 00:05:11,294 FIRST GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TO 95 00:05:11,294 --> 00:05:13,963 REPLY A STAGE ONE BOOSTER AND 96 00:05:13,963 --> 00:05:17,266 THROUGHOUT THE 20 MISSIONS, NINE 97 00:05:17,266 --> 00:05:21,337 MISSIONS WE'VE HAD DRAGON THE 98 00:05:21,337 --> 00:05:24,374 VEHICLE DO TWO VISITS TO THE ISS 99 00:05:24,374 --> 00:05:25,842 AND THREE INCLUDING THE ONE 100 00:05:25,842 --> 00:05:26,976 LAUNCHING TONIGHT WILL HAVE 101 00:05:26,976 --> 00:05:28,177 THREE VISITS TO THE 102 00:05:28,177 --> 00:05:31,047 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 103 00:05:31,047 --> 00:05:33,449 HUGE THANKS TO HANS PERSONALLY 104 00:05:33,449 --> 00:05:34,283 AND THE SPACEX TEAM TO 105 00:05:34,283 --> 00:05:35,351 CONTRIBUTING TO THE MANY SUCCESS 106 00:05:35,351 --> 00:05:37,387 WE'VE HAD ON THE INTERNATIONAL 107 00:05:37,387 --> 00:05:38,121 SPACE STATION. 108 00:05:38,121 --> 00:05:40,089 WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 109 00:05:40,089 --> 00:05:42,725 SPACEX ON THE RECENT FLY TWO 110 00:05:42,725 --> 00:05:45,361 CONTRACT AND ON DELIVERING CREW 111 00:05:45,361 --> 00:05:47,764 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 112 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:48,364 STATION. 113 00:05:48,364 --> 00:05:48,731 HEATHER. 114 00:05:48,731 --> 00:05:51,000 >> THANK YOU, NOW JENNIFER. 115 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:52,869 >> IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE 116 00:05:52,869 --> 00:05:54,404 AND SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE 117 00:05:54,404 --> 00:05:56,706 SCIENCE WE'LL LAUNCH ON SPACEX 118 00:05:56,706 --> 00:05:57,373 TONIGHT. 119 00:05:57,373 --> 00:06:01,711 THIS DRAGON SPACECRAFT 120 00:06:01,711 --> 00:06:02,979 ACCOMMODATES WITHIN ITS 121 00:06:02,979 --> 00:06:04,680 PRESSURIZED CAN CAB SOOL AS WELL 122 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,516 AS UNPRESSURIZED TRUNK. 123 00:06:06,516 --> 00:06:09,852 IT WILL LAUNCH 1400 KILOGRAMS OF 124 00:06:09,852 --> 00:06:12,121 SCIENCE INCLUDING THE EXTERNALS 125 00:06:12,121 --> 00:06:14,123 AND BRING HOME ABOUT 126 00:06:14,123 --> 00:06:16,592 1200 KILOGRAMS OF SCIENCE WHEN 127 00:06:16,592 --> 00:06:17,527 IT RETURNS. 128 00:06:17,527 --> 00:06:20,396 AS DIVERSE AS HUMAN RESEARCH, 129 00:06:20,396 --> 00:06:22,031 BIO TECHNOLOGY, HUMAN RESEARCH 130 00:06:22,031 --> 00:06:23,199 AND EDUCATION. 131 00:06:23,199 --> 00:06:25,501 I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ISS 132 00:06:25,501 --> 00:06:26,436 RESEARCH, THE INTERNATIONAL 133 00:06:26,436 --> 00:06:29,205 SPACE STATION IS AN INCREDIBLY 134 00:06:29,205 --> 00:06:31,641 CAPABLE ORBITING LAB, INCLUDING 135 00:06:31,641 --> 00:06:33,509 HUMAN RESEARCH, BIOLOGY, EARTH 136 00:06:33,509 --> 00:06:35,244 SCIENCE, PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 137 00:06:35,244 --> 00:06:36,179 TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AS WELL 138 00:06:36,179 --> 00:06:36,846 AS EDUCATION. 139 00:06:36,846 --> 00:06:38,514 OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR, WE 140 00:06:38,514 --> 00:06:40,750 PERFORM HUNDREDS OF EXPERIMENTS 141 00:06:40,750 --> 00:06:43,319 ON SPACE STATION. 142 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:45,755 TO DATE ACROSS OUR PARTNERSHIP 143 00:06:45,755 --> 00:06:48,057 WE PERFORMED 3,000 144 00:06:48,057 --> 00:06:49,725 INVESTIGATIONS AND SERVED OVER 145 00:06:49,725 --> 00:06:51,561 4,000 SCIENTISTS FROM 108 146 00:06:51,561 --> 00:06:52,595 DIFFERENT COUNT RIPS. 147 00:06:52,595 --> 00:06:54,664 RESULTS FROM THESE 148 00:06:54,664 --> 00:06:56,265 INVESTIGATIONS HELP US ADVANCE 149 00:06:56,265 --> 00:06:59,368 AREAS CRITICAL TO BOTH FUTURE 150 00:06:59,368 --> 00:07:00,837 EXPLORATION AS WELL AS BENEFIT 151 00:07:00,837 --> 00:07:02,338 LIFE HERE ON EARTH. 152 00:07:02,338 --> 00:07:05,775 UNDER THE ART MUST PROGRAM, NASA 153 00:07:05,775 --> 00:07:08,177 IS RETURNING TO LUNAR SURFACE 154 00:07:08,177 --> 00:07:10,947 AND PLANS A RETAINED PRESENCE. 155 00:07:10,947 --> 00:07:16,519 WHAT WE LEARN WILL HELP NASA 156 00:07:16,519 --> 00:07:19,355 ACHIEVE IT'S GOALS FOR 157 00:07:19,355 --> 00:07:21,424 EXPLORATION. 158 00:07:21,424 --> 00:07:23,759 ISS SERVES AS AN EXPLORATION 159 00:07:23,759 --> 00:07:25,595 TEST BED WHERE WE CAN TEST OUT 160 00:07:25,595 --> 00:07:27,196 AND REFINE SYSTEMS LIKE LIFE 161 00:07:27,196 --> 00:07:30,833 SUPPORT SYSTEMS, SPACECRAFT 162 00:07:30,833 --> 00:07:33,035 MATERIALS, AND CODINGS AN THINGS 163 00:07:33,035 --> 00:07:37,907 TO HELP US DESIGN BETTER 164 00:07:37,907 --> 00:07:38,307 SPACECRAFT. 165 00:07:38,307 --> 00:07:40,676 HERE ON EARTH BENEFITS FROM MANY 166 00:07:40,676 --> 00:07:44,680 AREAS AS DIVERSE AS MATERIAL 167 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:45,815 IMPROVEMENT, DRUG DESIGN, 168 00:07:45,815 --> 00:07:47,316 PRODUCTS STABILITY AND IF YOU'D 169 00:07:47,316 --> 00:07:51,254 LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW ISS 170 00:07:51,254 --> 00:07:53,523 RESEARCH BENEFITS HERE ON EARTH, 171 00:07:53,523 --> 00:07:56,159 THE BENEFITS FOR HUMIDITY THIRD 172 00:07:56,159 --> 00:07:58,995 EDITION CAN BE FOUND ON LINE. 173 00:07:58,995 --> 00:08:01,664 I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT 174 00:08:01,664 --> 00:08:03,366 HIGHLIGHTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR 175 00:08:03,366 --> 00:08:04,500 DRAGON MTF MISSION. 176 00:08:04,500 --> 00:08:06,569 IN THE WHAT'S ONBOARD BRIEFING, 177 00:08:06,569 --> 00:08:09,005 SEVERAL SCIENTISTS GAVE IN 178 00:08:09,005 --> 00:08:12,341 DEPARTMENT EXPLANATION OF THEIR 179 00:08:12,341 --> 00:08:12,708 RESEARCH. 180 00:08:12,708 --> 00:08:14,210 I INVITE YOU TO CHECK THAT OUT. 181 00:08:14,210 --> 00:08:16,078 I'D LIKE TO MENTION A COUPLE OF 182 00:08:16,078 --> 00:08:18,014 HIGHLIGHTS IN TISSUE 183 00:08:18,014 --> 00:08:18,414 ENGINEERING. 184 00:08:18,414 --> 00:08:22,018 TISSUE AND CELL RESEARCH IS A 185 00:08:22,018 --> 00:08:26,923 REALLY ENTERING AREA, 3-D 186 00:08:26,923 --> 00:08:31,727 STRUCTURES, A ASSEMBLE EASIER IN 187 00:08:31,727 --> 00:08:32,562 SPACE. 188 00:08:32,562 --> 00:08:35,164 WE HAVE TWO EXPERIMENTS 189 00:08:35,164 --> 00:08:38,301 COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ISS 190 00:08:38,301 --> 00:08:41,904 NATIONAL LAB AND INSTITUTES OF 191 00:08:41,904 --> 00:08:42,238 HEALTH. 192 00:08:42,238 --> 00:08:45,241 HEART TISSUE LOOKS AT STEM CELLS 193 00:08:45,241 --> 00:08:47,076 DIFFERENTIATE TO BE CARDIAC 194 00:08:47,076 --> 00:08:48,811 CELLS USING 3-D TISSUE CULTURE 195 00:08:48,811 --> 00:08:51,914 TO MIMIC ADULT HEART CELLS AND 196 00:08:51,914 --> 00:08:55,451 MAGNETIC BASE SENSOR TO MEASURE 197 00:08:55,451 --> 00:08:57,887 THE CONTRACT OUT FORCES IN A WAY 198 00:08:57,887 --> 00:08:59,055 THAT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH THE 199 00:08:59,055 --> 00:09:01,023 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THESE 200 00:09:01,023 --> 00:09:01,357 CELLS. 201 00:09:01,357 --> 00:09:02,558 I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO 202 00:09:02,558 --> 00:09:04,527 THE RESULTS ON THAT EXPERIMENT. 203 00:09:04,527 --> 00:09:06,495 THE OTHER ONE AGAIN IS TISSUE 204 00:09:06,495 --> 00:09:07,463 ENGINEERING PROJECT BETWEEN THE 205 00:09:07,463 --> 00:09:09,298 NATIONAL LAB AND THE NATIONAL 206 00:09:09,298 --> 00:09:11,934 INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND IT'S AN 207 00:09:11,934 --> 00:09:13,936 ORGAN ON A CHIP, A PROGRAM WE'VE 208 00:09:13,936 --> 00:09:16,839 BEEN DOING FOR TWO YEARS WHERE 209 00:09:16,839 --> 00:09:20,876 WE HAVE BODY SYSTEMS THAT ARE 210 00:09:20,876 --> 00:09:22,745 MIMICKED ON SOMETHING ABOUT THE 211 00:09:22,745 --> 00:09:25,514 SIZE OF A USB DRIVE. 212 00:09:25,514 --> 00:09:27,049 THIS PARTICULAR ONE ON A CHIP 213 00:09:27,049 --> 00:09:30,152 MODELS HOW THE U.S. INTESTINE 214 00:09:30,152 --> 00:09:32,888 RESPONDS TO CHANGES IN 215 00:09:32,888 --> 00:09:35,057 MICROGRAVITY AND CIRCULATORY 216 00:09:35,057 --> 00:09:37,493 SYSTEM, AS WELL. 217 00:09:37,493 --> 00:09:40,563 WE HAVE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS, 218 00:09:40,563 --> 00:09:42,531 MISSY, 13 IS ONE OF OUR CARRIERS 219 00:09:42,531 --> 00:09:44,300 FLYING UP A VARIETY OF SCIENCE 220 00:09:44,300 --> 00:09:45,901 LOOKING AT HOW THE HARSH 221 00:09:45,901 --> 00:09:47,603 ENVIRONMENT OF SPACE AFFECTS 222 00:09:47,603 --> 00:09:49,672 MATERIALS. 223 00:09:49,672 --> 00:09:51,974 SOME ARE POLYMER AND COMPOSITE 224 00:09:51,974 --> 00:09:54,010 RESEARCH, NEW THERMAL DIRECTION 225 00:09:54,010 --> 00:09:57,113 SYSTEM FOR MARS AND LUNAR SAMPLE 226 00:09:57,113 --> 00:10:00,349 13, SHEER THICKENING FLUIDS THAT 227 00:10:00,349 --> 00:10:02,652 CAN HELP SPACE SUIT DESIGN, MORE 228 00:10:02,652 --> 00:10:04,954 RESISTENT TO PUNK AT US AND 229 00:10:04,954 --> 00:10:05,288 TEARS. 230 00:10:05,288 --> 00:10:08,057 >>> TWO NEW FACILITIES, ONE IS A 231 00:10:08,057 --> 00:10:10,826 FLOW CHEMISTRY PLATFORM STUDYING 232 00:10:10,826 --> 00:10:12,662 MICROGRAVITY EFFECTS ON CHEMICAL 233 00:10:12,662 --> 00:10:13,829 REACTIONS. 234 00:10:13,829 --> 00:10:15,665 DR. BEELER MADE A PRESENTATION 235 00:10:15,665 --> 00:10:17,166 YESTERDAY DURING THE WHAT'S 236 00:10:17,166 --> 00:10:19,035 ONBOARD WITH A REAL GOOSE 237 00:10:19,035 --> 00:10:20,202 DESCRIPTION THAT THAT. 238 00:10:20,202 --> 00:10:23,372 CHECK THAT OUT IF YOU'RE 239 00:10:23,372 --> 00:10:23,773 INTERESTED. 240 00:10:23,773 --> 00:10:25,308 WE'RE FLYING A SPONSORED 241 00:10:25,308 --> 00:10:27,510 EXTERNAL FACILITY THAT WILL BE 242 00:10:27,510 --> 00:10:29,278 AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL USE AND 243 00:10:29,278 --> 00:10:31,547 LOCATED OFF THE SIDE OF THE 244 00:10:31,547 --> 00:10:33,983 COLUMBUS MODULE. 245 00:10:33,983 --> 00:10:35,318 TO LERP MORE ABOUT THE RESEARCH 246 00:10:35,318 --> 00:10:37,787 FOR THIS FLIGHT AND UPCOMING 247 00:10:37,787 --> 00:10:42,792 PROJECTS, FOLLOW US ON TWITTER 248 00:10:42,792 --> 00:10:46,829 AT ISS UNDERSCORE RESEARCH. 249 00:10:46,829 --> 00:10:47,563 >> HANS. 250 00:10:47,563 --> 00:10:49,398 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, SPACEX IS 251 00:10:49,398 --> 00:10:51,000 TARGETING AN INSTANTANEOUS 252 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,668 LAUNCH TONIGHT AT 10 MINUTES 253 00:10:52,668 --> 00:10:55,071 BEFORE MIDNIGHT, 11:50 FROM 254 00:10:55,071 --> 00:10:58,808 LAUNCH COMPLEX 40 HERE AND THIS 255 00:10:58,808 --> 00:11:04,480 IS THE SPACEX CRS 20, THE 20th O 256 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:05,314 THE NATIONAL SPACE STATION. 257 00:11:05,314 --> 00:11:08,284 IN THE EVENT OF BAD WEATHER OR 258 00:11:08,284 --> 00:11:12,054 ANY OTHER ISSUE, WE HAVE ANOTHER 259 00:11:12,054 --> 00:11:13,656 BACK UP OPPORTUNITY ON SATURDAY 260 00:11:13,656 --> 00:11:17,626 NIGHT AT 11:27. 261 00:11:17,626 --> 00:11:19,595 IT MOVES BASICALLY 20 MINUTES 262 00:11:19,595 --> 00:11:27,403 EVERY DAY, RUFFLE. 263 00:11:27,403 --> 00:11:29,605 LATE LOW HAS BEENING CONCLUDED, 264 00:11:29,605 --> 00:11:33,142 WE HAVE 500 POUNDS OF SUPPLIES 265 00:11:33,142 --> 00:11:35,077 AND OTHER SUPPLIES FOR THE SPACE 266 00:11:35,077 --> 00:11:37,713 STATION ALREADY LOADED INTO 267 00:11:37,713 --> 00:11:38,047 DRAGON. 268 00:11:38,047 --> 00:11:40,716 WE JUST SWUNGLY AND SAW THE 269 00:11:40,716 --> 00:11:42,118 VEHICLE WAS VERTICAL ON THE 270 00:11:42,118 --> 00:11:43,619 LAUNCH PAD READY TO GO AND 271 00:11:43,619 --> 00:11:47,022 EVERYTHING LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. 272 00:11:47,022 --> 00:11:51,327 WE'RE NOW CHECKING ANY TECHNICAL 273 00:11:51,327 --> 00:11:54,230 ISSUES, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD 274 00:11:54,230 --> 00:11:57,600 TO THAT LAUNCH. 275 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,468 THE BOOSTER SUPPORTING THIS 276 00:11:59,468 --> 00:12:01,103 LAUNCH HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY 277 00:12:01,103 --> 00:12:03,739 LAUNCHED ON THE CS19 MISSION, 278 00:12:03,739 --> 00:12:07,543 THE LAST MISSION WE DID FOR CRS. 279 00:12:07,543 --> 00:12:09,645 IT WILL RETURN TO THE LANDING 280 00:12:09,645 --> 00:12:13,582 ZONE ONE HERE ON THE RANGE ABOUT 281 00:12:13,582 --> 00:12:17,386 EIGHT AND A HALF MINUTES AFTER 282 00:12:17,386 --> 00:12:18,521 LIFT OFF. 283 00:12:18,521 --> 00:12:22,258 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 284 00:12:22,258 --> 00:12:24,193 YOU SEE TWO INTERNATIONAL SPACE 285 00:12:24,193 --> 00:12:27,396 STATION BADGES ON THIS DRAGON, 286 00:12:27,396 --> 00:12:29,031 ALREADY POINTED OUT THIS IS THE 287 00:12:29,031 --> 00:12:31,767 THIRD FLIGHT OF THIS DRAGON. 288 00:12:31,767 --> 00:12:34,403 WE HAVE THREE DRAGONS THAT HAVE 289 00:12:34,403 --> 00:12:38,174 BEEN REUSED AND PREVIOUSLY FLOWN 290 00:12:38,174 --> 00:12:40,142 AND TWO OF THEM HAVE HAD THREE 291 00:12:40,142 --> 00:12:41,010 FLIGHTS EACH. 292 00:12:41,010 --> 00:12:43,045 SO FAR, THIS IS THE THIRD FLIGHT 293 00:12:43,045 --> 00:12:46,148 OF THIS DRAGON AND THE LAST OF 294 00:12:46,148 --> 00:12:52,254 THE DRAGON ONE FLIGHTS. 295 00:12:52,254 --> 00:12:58,427 I THINK WE CAN GO TO THE VIDEO. 296 00:12:58,427 --> 00:13:00,596 SUMMARIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 297 00:13:00,596 --> 00:13:02,465 >> IT WAS WHAT I CALL A 298 00:13:02,465 --> 00:13:04,433 HISTORICAL EVENT IN THE ANNALS 299 00:13:04,433 --> 00:13:10,172 OF SPACE FLIGHT. 300 00:13:10,172 --> 00:13:12,675 >> THIS IS THE FIRST COMMERCIAL 301 00:13:12,675 --> 00:13:13,776 REPLY MISSION TO THE 302 00:13:13,776 --> 00:13:14,510 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 303 00:13:14,510 --> 00:13:17,079 >> AND LIFTOFF OF THE FALCON 304 00:13:17,079 --> 00:13:20,649 NINE ROCKET AND DRAGON. 305 00:13:20,649 --> 00:13:23,719 >> WE HAVE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL 306 00:13:23,719 --> 00:13:26,555 LAUNCH OF THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, 307 00:13:26,555 --> 00:13:33,028 DRAGON SPACECRAFT CRS4 REPLY 308 00:13:33,028 --> 00:13:33,362 MISSION. 309 00:13:33,362 --> 00:13:37,166 >> THE FIRST DRAGON IS NOW IN 310 00:13:37,166 --> 00:13:37,500 SPACE. 311 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:38,834 >> IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE WITH 312 00:13:38,834 --> 00:13:43,405 YOU TO COVER THE 19th RESUPPLY 313 00:13:43,405 --> 00:13:44,573 MISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL 314 00:13:44,573 --> 00:13:48,344 SPACE STATION FOR NASA. 315 00:13:48,344 --> 00:13:52,181 >> YOU ARE A GO FOR DRAGON 316 00:13:52,181 --> 00:13:55,551 RELEASE ON TIME. 317 00:13:55,551 --> 00:13:56,585 >> DRAGON RELEASE. 318 00:13:56,585 --> 00:13:58,954 >> THIS WAS A LOT OF MISSIONS, 319 00:13:58,954 --> 00:14:00,923 WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF WHAT WE 320 00:14:00,923 --> 00:14:04,527 DID WITH DRAGON ONE. 321 00:14:04,527 --> 00:14:08,731 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT DRAGON TWO, 322 00:14:08,731 --> 00:14:10,833 BEGINNING CRS 21 WE WILL BE 323 00:14:10,833 --> 00:14:13,936 USING THE CARGO VERSION OF THIS 324 00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:14,336 SPACECRAFT. 325 00:14:14,336 --> 00:14:16,605 WE HAVE SERVICE, WE SPENT 520 326 00:14:16,605 --> 00:14:17,873 DAYS ATTACHED TO THE STATION AND 327 00:14:17,873 --> 00:14:20,276 THAT'S NOT COUNTING THIS ONE, 328 00:14:20,276 --> 00:14:21,911 AND THEN JOEL ALREADY MENTIONED 329 00:14:21,911 --> 00:14:26,048 THE NUMBER 94,000 POUNDS UP AND 330 00:14:26,048 --> 00:14:27,182 70 SOMETHING THOUSAND POUNDS 331 00:14:27,182 --> 00:14:27,516 DOWN. 332 00:14:27,516 --> 00:14:29,852 THAT'S A LOT OF CARGO, A LOT OF 333 00:14:29,852 --> 00:14:33,722 SUPPLY FOR THE SPACE STATION. 334 00:14:33,722 --> 00:14:35,658 IT'S PRETTY MAJOR 335 00:14:35,658 --> 00:14:39,628 ACCOMPLISHMENT, IN MY OPINION. 336 00:14:39,628 --> 00:14:43,399 THEN ALSO WE'VE BASICALLY USING 337 00:14:43,399 --> 00:14:47,169 DRAGON OR USING THE FLIGHT 338 00:14:47,169 --> 00:14:48,904 PROVEN DRAGON AGAIN, AND HAVE 339 00:14:48,904 --> 00:14:51,206 BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS THREE TIMES 340 00:14:51,206 --> 00:14:51,507 EACH. 341 00:14:51,507 --> 00:14:58,280 THAT'S GREAT, TOO AND NASA HAS 342 00:14:58,280 --> 00:14:59,682 BEEN HELPING US ON THAT. 343 00:14:59,682 --> 00:15:02,318 WE PUT ALL THE LESSONS LEARNED 344 00:15:02,318 --> 00:15:04,286 IN DRAGON TWO AS MUCH AS WE 345 00:15:04,286 --> 00:15:06,589 COULD AND DRAGON TWO WILL BE 346 00:15:06,589 --> 00:15:07,756 CAPABLE OF FLYING HUMANS. 347 00:15:07,756 --> 00:15:09,725 THAT'S BASICALLY THE NEXT 348 00:15:09,725 --> 00:15:11,460 EVOLUTION ON OUR SIDE. 349 00:15:11,460 --> 00:15:14,763 WE ALSO LEARNED A LOT ABOUT 350 00:15:14,763 --> 00:15:15,164 OPERATIONS. 351 00:15:15,164 --> 00:15:17,967 WE HAVE BEEN A LAUNCH PROVIDER 352 00:15:17,967 --> 00:15:24,940 BEFORE, LAUNCH OPERATOR AND WITH 353 00:15:24,940 --> 00:15:27,576 DRAGON GAME A OPERATOR CAPABLE 354 00:15:27,576 --> 00:15:29,645 OF DOCKING TO THE STATION, 355 00:15:29,645 --> 00:15:31,614 WORKING WITH NASA ON A DAILY 356 00:15:31,614 --> 00:15:31,914 BASIS. 357 00:15:31,914 --> 00:15:35,284 IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. 358 00:15:35,284 --> 00:15:39,455 WE ALSO LEARNED SPECIFIC DETAILS 359 00:15:39,455 --> 00:15:43,559 BASICALLY LIKE FOR EXAMPLE 360 00:15:43,559 --> 00:15:45,628 PARACHUTES COME TO MIND, WE'VE 361 00:15:45,628 --> 00:15:47,596 FLOWN THEM ON EVERY LANDING 362 00:15:47,596 --> 00:15:49,798 BASICALLY, THAT'S FIVE, TWO 363 00:15:49,798 --> 00:15:51,100 MAINS ON DRAGON ONE. 364 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:54,303 EVERY TIME YOU USE THOSE 365 00:15:54,303 --> 00:15:55,371 PARACHUTES, YOU LEARN ABOUT 366 00:15:55,371 --> 00:15:56,905 THEM, YOU FIND OUT AND YOU CAN 367 00:15:56,905 --> 00:16:00,075 HAVE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NEXT 368 00:16:00,075 --> 00:16:01,677 GENERATION AND THE NEXT 369 00:16:01,677 --> 00:16:02,611 EVOLUTIONARY STEP. 370 00:16:02,611 --> 00:16:05,381 WE ALSO LEARNED FROM OUR 371 00:16:05,381 --> 00:16:10,619 FAILURES, MOST NOTABLE CS7 AND 372 00:16:10,619 --> 00:16:12,354 CS2 WHICH TOSS YOU THE YOU HAVE 373 00:16:12,354 --> 00:16:14,556 TO ASSURE ALL CRITICAL 374 00:16:14,556 --> 00:16:18,327 COMPONENTS AND THEY HAVE TO BE 375 00:16:18,327 --> 00:16:20,262 TESTED. 376 00:16:20,262 --> 00:16:21,897 CRS2 HAD A CHECK OFF. 377 00:16:21,897 --> 00:16:25,000 I HOPE I GOT THE NUMBER RIGHT, 378 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:29,405 HAD THE OPERATIONAL TEAM, SLOWLY 379 00:16:29,405 --> 00:16:35,110 UNSTUCK THE CHECK DLOV WITH THAT 380 00:16:35,110 --> 00:16:36,979 IT SLAPPED OFF AND WE UNSLAMMED 381 00:16:36,979 --> 00:16:38,280 IT OVER TIME. 382 00:16:38,280 --> 00:16:43,118 IT WAS VERY EXCITING. 383 00:16:43,118 --> 00:16:47,022 CS2 -- ON THE STAGE OF THE -- 384 00:16:47,022 --> 00:16:49,324 HAD A FLAW AND WE DIDN'T DETECT 385 00:16:49,324 --> 00:16:50,592 THAT PRIOR TO LAUNCH. 386 00:16:50,592 --> 00:16:53,629 WE LEARNED A LESSON THERE, TOO, 387 00:16:53,629 --> 00:16:55,964 WE GOT TO TEST COMPONENTS IN THE 388 00:16:55,964 --> 00:16:57,900 SAME CONDITION THAT YOU FLY THEM 389 00:16:57,900 --> 00:16:59,868 AND THAT MAKES THE WHOLE 390 00:16:59,868 --> 00:17:01,704 SPACECRAFT A SAFER SPACECRAFT. 391 00:17:01,704 --> 00:17:05,040 ALL IN ALL, DRAGON ONE HAD A 392 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:06,575 GREAT CAREER AND WE'RE PROUD WE 393 00:17:06,575 --> 00:17:09,211 CONTRIBUTED TO THE IMPORTANT 394 00:17:09,211 --> 00:17:11,180 SCIENCE ABOARD THE ISS. 395 00:17:11,180 --> 00:17:13,449 WE'RE GRATEFUL TO NASA FOR THE 396 00:17:13,449 --> 00:17:14,750 ON GOING SUPPORT AND LOOK 397 00:17:14,750 --> 00:17:17,786 FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED SUCCESS 398 00:17:17,786 --> 00:17:19,788 OF DRAGON. 399 00:17:19,788 --> 00:17:21,256 A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO 400 00:17:21,256 --> 00:17:23,358 TOMORROW'S MISSION, COUNTDOWN IS 401 00:17:23,358 --> 00:17:27,463 VERY SIMILAR TO THE LAST 402 00:17:27,463 --> 00:17:29,965 MISSIONS, WE WILL BEGIN LOADING 403 00:17:29,965 --> 00:17:31,600 AT 35 MINUTES PRIOR TO LIFTOFF 404 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,570 ON THE FIRST STAGE AND THAT 405 00:17:34,570 --> 00:17:37,539 ALWAYS AMAZES ME ON THE SECOND 406 00:17:37,539 --> 00:17:40,642 STAGE, WE START LOADING 16 407 00:17:40,642 --> 00:17:43,045 MINUTES PRIOR TO LIFTOFF, IT 408 00:17:43,045 --> 00:17:45,214 GOES REALLY FAST. 409 00:17:45,214 --> 00:17:47,616 FOLLOWING THE STAGE SEPARATION, 410 00:17:47,616 --> 00:17:49,685 LAND ON LANDING ZONE ONE WHILE 411 00:17:49,685 --> 00:17:51,186 THE SECOND STAGE WILL CONTINUE 412 00:17:51,186 --> 00:17:56,225 TO BURN AND DELIVER DRAGON TO 413 00:17:56,225 --> 00:17:57,793 ORBIT. 414 00:17:57,793 --> 00:17:58,961 THE SECOND STAGE SHUT OFF AND 415 00:17:58,961 --> 00:18:01,396 THE LANDING IS ROUGHLY THE SAME 416 00:18:01,396 --> 00:18:04,933 TIME, MAYBE BY 20 SECONDS APART. 417 00:18:04,933 --> 00:18:06,168 EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT THE SAME 418 00:18:06,168 --> 00:18:07,803 TIME THERE. 419 00:18:07,803 --> 00:18:09,638 AFTER THE SECOND STAGE SHUTS 420 00:18:09,638 --> 00:18:14,510 DOWN, DRAGON WILL SEPARATE FROM 421 00:18:14,510 --> 00:18:16,712 FALCON NINE AND THEN IT WILL 422 00:18:16,712 --> 00:18:18,981 DEPLOY THE SOLAR ARRAYS TWO AND 423 00:18:18,981 --> 00:18:24,353 A HALF MINUTES LATER. 424 00:18:24,353 --> 00:18:26,455 THE -- IT WILL BE GRAPPLE WOULD 425 00:18:26,455 --> 00:18:30,092 BY THE STATION'S ARM ON MARCH 9 426 00:18:30,092 --> 00:18:30,793 AROUND 7:00 A.M. 427 00:18:30,793 --> 00:18:32,561 THIS IS EASTERN STANDARD TIME. 428 00:18:32,561 --> 00:18:34,329 BY THAT TIME, I THINK IT'S 429 00:18:34,329 --> 00:18:38,167 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS SO THAT MAKES 430 00:18:38,167 --> 00:18:42,037 IT EIGHT, I THINK. 431 00:18:42,037 --> 00:18:43,806 AND RENDEZVOUS WITH THE SPACE 432 00:18:43,806 --> 00:18:46,108 STATION AND STAY THERE FOR 433 00:18:46,108 --> 00:18:47,342 APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH BEFORE 434 00:18:47,342 --> 00:18:48,977 IT COMES DOWN IT WILL BE LOADED 435 00:18:48,977 --> 00:18:52,414 WITH ANOTHER 4,000 POUNDS OF 436 00:18:52,414 --> 00:18:54,283 DOWNLOAD PAYLOAD AND THEN LAND 437 00:18:54,283 --> 00:18:55,517 IN THE PACIFIC. 438 00:18:55,517 --> 00:18:58,954 I'D LIKE TO CLOSE BY THANKING 439 00:18:58,954 --> 00:19:00,956 MOSTLY REALLY THE DRAGON TEAM. 440 00:19:00,956 --> 00:19:02,558 THIS TEAM HAS DONE INCREDIBLE 441 00:19:02,558 --> 00:19:04,560 WORK OVER THE LAST MORE THAN 442 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,128 EIGHT YEARS, BASICALLY, BECAUSE 443 00:19:06,128 --> 00:19:09,865 WE STARTED EARLIER, PROBABLY 10, 444 00:19:09,865 --> 00:19:11,767 12 YEARS, THEY'VE DONE 445 00:19:11,767 --> 00:19:13,535 INCREDIBLE JOB ON GETTING DRAGON 446 00:19:13,535 --> 00:19:16,071 READY TO FLY AND PERFORMING 447 00:19:16,071 --> 00:19:17,339 FLAWLESSLY ON ALL THESE 448 00:19:17,339 --> 00:19:17,706 MISSIONS. 449 00:19:17,706 --> 00:19:19,074 I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY THANK YOU 450 00:19:19,074 --> 00:19:23,412 OUR CUSTOMER, NASA, FOR 451 00:19:23,412 --> 00:19:25,581 SUPPORTING US AND OUR PARTNERS 452 00:19:25,581 --> 00:19:28,550 AT THE AIR FORCE FOR THEIR 453 00:19:28,550 --> 00:19:29,384 TREMENDOUS SUPPORT. 454 00:19:29,384 --> 00:19:30,986 LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL 455 00:19:30,986 --> 00:19:32,387 LAUNCH TOMORROW. 456 00:19:32,387 --> 00:19:32,754 TONIGHT. 457 00:19:32,754 --> 00:19:34,923 >> THANK YOU, HANS. 458 00:19:34,923 --> 00:19:36,124 FINALLY WEATHER IS ALWAYS A 459 00:19:36,124 --> 00:19:37,860 FACTOR FOR A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH, 460 00:19:37,860 --> 00:19:39,628 MIKE, CAN YOU TELL US HOW 461 00:19:39,628 --> 00:19:41,029 TONIGHT'S FORECAST IS LOOKING? 462 00:19:41,029 --> 00:19:41,930 >> SURE. 463 00:19:41,930 --> 00:19:43,732 WE HAD A CHANGE IN AIR MASS 464 00:19:43,732 --> 00:19:45,234 SINCE YESTERDAY, FLIRTING WITH 465 00:19:45,234 --> 00:19:47,102 THE 90'S YESTERDAY AND I THINK 466 00:19:47,102 --> 00:19:49,071 WE'RE BARELY FLIRTING WITH THE 467 00:19:49,071 --> 00:19:51,840 70'S TODAY, SO MAKES IT I GUESS 468 00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,343 WINTER'S NOT QUITE DONE JUST YET 469 00:19:54,343 --> 00:19:56,311 BUT TO CHANGE THAT IS A LOT OF 470 00:19:56,311 --> 00:19:56,678 WIND. 471 00:19:56,678 --> 00:19:58,213 THAT'S THE PRIME FACTOR WE'RE 472 00:19:58,213 --> 00:19:59,848 LOOKING AT TONIGHT, LOW LEVEL 473 00:19:59,848 --> 00:20:01,016 WINDS FOR LIFTOFF. 474 00:20:01,016 --> 00:20:03,719 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STRONG 475 00:20:03,719 --> 00:20:05,787 UPLOAD LIFTS AS WELL BUT THE 476 00:20:05,787 --> 00:20:08,991 WINDS INCREASE GALLI WITH 477 00:20:08,991 --> 00:20:11,793 HEIGHT, 120 KNOT'S ABOVE US AT 478 00:20:11,793 --> 00:20:12,728 LIFTOFF, THEY INCREASE 479 00:20:12,728 --> 00:20:13,128 GRADUALLY. 480 00:20:13,128 --> 00:20:14,930 I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE OK FOR 481 00:20:14,930 --> 00:20:15,631 UPPER LEVEL. 482 00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:16,932 WE'LL GO TO THE SATELLITE 483 00:20:16,932 --> 00:20:17,299 PICTURE. 484 00:20:17,299 --> 00:20:18,901 AS YOU CAN SEE, CLOUDS MOVED 485 00:20:18,901 --> 00:20:20,302 DOWN TO THE SOUTH THROUGH THE 486 00:20:20,302 --> 00:20:20,569 DAY. 487 00:20:20,569 --> 00:20:22,871 YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE 488 00:20:22,871 --> 00:20:25,807 CALL TRANSVERSE BANDING OVERHEAD 489 00:20:25,807 --> 00:20:27,409 INDICATIVE OF THE JETSTREAM 490 00:20:27,409 --> 00:20:27,776 OVERHEAD. 491 00:20:27,776 --> 00:20:29,544 THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE 492 00:20:29,544 --> 00:20:30,812 PUSHING THAT COOLER AIR ISSUE, 493 00:20:30,812 --> 00:20:32,247 THE WINDS ARE GOING TO STAY UP 494 00:20:32,247 --> 00:20:34,049 FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS, THAT'S 495 00:20:34,049 --> 00:20:35,951 GOING TO BE A LITTLE BLUSTERY, 496 00:20:35,951 --> 00:20:38,720 BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE 497 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:38,987 OK. 498 00:20:38,987 --> 00:20:40,289 CAN WE GO TO THE FORECAST DAY 499 00:20:40,289 --> 00:20:40,555 ONE. 500 00:20:40,555 --> 00:20:42,658 >> HERE'S OUR FORECAST FOR 501 00:20:42,658 --> 00:20:44,359 TONIGHT, AGAIN, VERY FEW CLOUDS 502 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,062 IN THE UPPER LEVELS, JUST THE 503 00:20:47,062 --> 00:20:48,196 JET SIR RUSS AROUND. 504 00:20:48,196 --> 00:20:49,498 WINDS WILL BE BRUSHING OUT OF 505 00:20:49,498 --> 00:20:51,433 THE NORTH 25-30 MILES AN HOUR. 506 00:20:51,433 --> 00:20:53,335 IT IS BELOW LIFTOFF CONSTRAINTS 507 00:20:53,335 --> 00:20:55,637 FROM THE NORTH BUT IT'S PRETTY 508 00:20:55,637 --> 00:20:57,873 CLOSE, 30% OH TO 40% IS THE 509 00:20:57,873 --> 00:20:59,608 CHANCE OF THOSE THINGS 510 00:20:59,608 --> 00:21:01,009 BUMPINGINGS UP A LITTLE HIGHER 511 00:21:01,009 --> 00:21:02,477 THAN FORECAST. 512 00:21:02,477 --> 00:21:03,545 THEY'VE BEEN A LITTLE UNDER 513 00:21:03,545 --> 00:21:04,813 FORECAST TODAY, A LITTLE LOWER 514 00:21:04,813 --> 00:21:07,582 THAN I FORECAST, SO THAT BODES 515 00:21:07,582 --> 00:21:07,883 WELL. 516 00:21:07,883 --> 00:21:09,251 IF WE WERE PUTTING OUT A 517 00:21:09,251 --> 00:21:11,586 FORECAST TODAY, WE MIGHT BE DOWN 518 00:21:11,586 --> 00:21:13,322 TO 30%, SO CERTAINLY COME OUT 519 00:21:13,322 --> 00:21:14,389 AND CHECK IT OUT TONIGHT. 520 00:21:14,389 --> 00:21:16,258 I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION 521 00:21:16,258 --> 00:21:18,193 TO THE RIGHT HANDS THE SCREEN 522 00:21:18,193 --> 00:21:20,495 THERE WHAT WE CALL OTHER RISK 523 00:21:20,495 --> 00:21:20,862 CRITERIA. 524 00:21:20,862 --> 00:21:22,364 WE'RE TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB 525 00:21:22,364 --> 00:21:24,232 OF COMMUNICATING THESE THINGS 526 00:21:24,232 --> 00:21:28,537 THAT ARE NOT EXACT AND ARE NOT 527 00:21:28,537 --> 00:21:29,705 LOCAL, SO EVERYTHING THAT'S 528 00:21:29,705 --> 00:21:30,772 WEATHER RELATED IS NOT ROLL 529 00:21:30,772 --> 00:21:32,507 WOULD INTO THE PROBABILITY OF 530 00:21:32,507 --> 00:21:33,709 VIOLATION THAT YOU SEE THERE. 531 00:21:33,709 --> 00:21:39,414 SOME THINGS ARE NOT CALCULABLE, 532 00:21:39,414 --> 00:21:40,882 CALCULATABLE, WHATEVER, THEY ARE 533 00:21:40,882 --> 00:21:42,651 NOT EASY TODAY, JUST LIKE SAYING 534 00:21:42,651 --> 00:21:43,418 THAT WORD. 535 00:21:43,418 --> 00:21:45,420 WE PUT THOSE OTHER RISK CRITERIA 536 00:21:45,420 --> 00:21:47,756 IN THERE AND THAT'S BASICALLY IN 537 00:21:47,756 --> 00:21:51,727 A NAME, UPPER LEVEL WIND SHEER, 538 00:21:51,727 --> 00:21:53,462 RECOVERY, WHICH IS TYPICALLY 539 00:21:53,462 --> 00:21:55,297 GOING TO OCCUR OFFSHORE. 540 00:21:55,297 --> 00:21:57,399 IF THIS WAS OFFSHORE, WE'D 541 00:21:57,399 --> 00:22:01,370 PROBABLY BE VERY HIGH RISK FOR 542 00:22:01,370 --> 00:22:03,138 THAT, WAVES ARE EIGHT TO 10 FEET 543 00:22:03,138 --> 00:22:05,007 JUST OFF SHEAR AND THEY'LL BE 544 00:22:05,007 --> 00:22:06,174 HIGHER THAN THAT IN RECOVERY. 545 00:22:06,174 --> 00:22:07,342 THAT WOULD BE HIGH. 546 00:22:07,342 --> 00:22:09,444 IT'S MODERATE BECAUSE THERE IS A 547 00:22:09,444 --> 00:22:10,612 LANDING WIND CONSTRAINT. 548 00:22:10,612 --> 00:22:12,948 IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS LIFTOFF. 549 00:22:12,948 --> 00:22:14,983 I THINK IF WE CAN GET THE THING 550 00:22:14,983 --> 00:22:17,152 IN THE AIR, WE'LL LAND WITHOUT A 551 00:22:17,152 --> 00:22:17,486 PROBLEM. 552 00:22:17,486 --> 00:22:18,320 WE'LL MONITOR THAT. 553 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,522 THE SUN IS NOT LOCAL OR NOT 554 00:22:20,522 --> 00:22:21,823 SIMPLE, SO THAT'S ANOTHER OF THE 555 00:22:21,823 --> 00:22:23,125 THREE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO 556 00:22:23,125 --> 00:22:24,159 COMMUNICATE TO YOU. 557 00:22:24,159 --> 00:22:26,128 SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST LOW LEVEL 558 00:22:26,128 --> 00:22:27,529 WINDS REALLY TONIGHT. 559 00:22:27,529 --> 00:22:29,965 UPPER LEVEL WINDS LOOK GOOD, 560 00:22:29,965 --> 00:22:31,333 EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE STRONG. 561 00:22:31,333 --> 00:22:32,401 IT GETS THERE SLOWLY. 562 00:22:32,401 --> 00:22:34,403 THAT'S THE KEY, IT'S NOT HOW 563 00:22:34,403 --> 00:22:36,338 STRONG THEY ARE, IT'S HOW QUICK 564 00:22:36,338 --> 00:22:37,773 THEY CHANGE WITH HEIGHT. 565 00:22:37,773 --> 00:22:39,841 BACKUP DAY, IF WE GO TO THE NEXT 566 00:22:39,841 --> 00:22:42,277 DAY, LOOKS GREAT, CLOUDS STAY 567 00:22:42,277 --> 00:22:44,112 GOOD, WINDS BECOME MORE 568 00:22:44,112 --> 00:22:45,547 EASTERLY, DIE OFF A LITTLE BIT, 569 00:22:45,547 --> 00:22:47,516 THAT WEAKENS THEM A BIT, REALLY 570 00:22:47,516 --> 00:22:49,017 JUST A 10% CHANCE. 571 00:22:49,017 --> 00:22:50,419 I DON'T THINK WE'LL SEE MUCH IN 572 00:22:50,419 --> 00:22:52,354 THE WAY OF CLOUDS AND THAT'S A 573 00:22:52,354 --> 00:22:54,990 LITTLE SUPERSTITION NOT TO SEE 574 00:22:54,990 --> 00:22:56,825 THE C WORD ON THERE. 575 00:22:56,825 --> 00:22:58,493 THAT LOOKS GOOD IF WE CAN TO THE 576 00:22:58,493 --> 00:22:59,194 BACKUP DAY. 577 00:22:59,194 --> 00:23:00,629 HERE'S HOPING FOR A GOOD LAUNCH 578 00:23:00,629 --> 00:23:02,464 AND GOOD LANDING AND IT SHOULD 579 00:23:02,464 --> 00:23:04,066 BE GOOD PICTURES OUT THERE. 580 00:23:04,066 --> 00:23:04,399 THANKS. 581 00:23:04,399 --> 00:23:05,967 >> WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR 582 00:23:05,967 --> 00:23:07,335 TO QUESTIONS NOW IN THE ROOM AS 583 00:23:07,335 --> 00:23:08,603 WELL AS BY PHONE. 584 00:23:08,603 --> 00:23:10,372 FOLLOWING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, 585 00:23:10,372 --> 00:23:13,341 PLEASE USE THE HASH TAG ASK NASA 586 00:23:13,341 --> 00:23:14,843 TO ASK YOUR QUESTION. 587 00:23:14,843 --> 00:23:16,378 PLEASE WAIT FOR THE MICROPHONE 588 00:23:16,378 --> 00:23:17,979 TO COME TO YOU. 589 00:23:17,979 --> 00:23:19,381 STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION 590 00:23:19,381 --> 00:23:20,916 AND TO WHOM YOU ARE DIRECTING 591 00:23:20,916 --> 00:23:21,817 YOUR QUESTION. 592 00:23:21,817 --> 00:23:23,118 WE'LL START IN THE FRONT ROW. 593 00:23:23,118 --> 00:23:26,655 >> IRENE WITH AVIATION WEEK FOR 594 00:23:26,655 --> 00:23:26,955 JOEL. 595 00:23:26,955 --> 00:23:29,391 COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT 596 00:23:29,391 --> 00:23:32,461 ABOUT WHAT NASA'S DOING TO 597 00:23:32,461 --> 00:23:34,896 PREPARE FOR A UNDER STAFFING OF 598 00:23:34,896 --> 00:23:37,833 U.S. CREW ON STATIONBILITY FOR 599 00:23:37,833 --> 00:23:40,602 THIS HANDOVER PERIOD AND THEN 600 00:23:40,602 --> 00:23:44,706 WHEN THE APRIL LAUNCH FLIES, 601 00:23:44,706 --> 00:23:47,075 WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON DOING 602 00:23:47,075 --> 00:23:48,610 FROM THEN UNTIL COMMERCIAL CREWS 603 00:23:48,610 --> 00:23:50,912 START FLYING OR ANOTHER SEAT 604 00:23:50,912 --> 00:23:56,618 BECOMES AVAILABLE ON THE SOYUZ 605 00:23:56,618 --> 00:23:57,285 FROM THE OPERATION SIDE. 606 00:23:57,285 --> 00:23:59,521 >> WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF 607 00:23:59,521 --> 00:23:59,888 THINGS. 608 00:23:59,888 --> 00:24:02,057 WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR RUSSIAN 609 00:24:02,057 --> 00:24:03,692 COLLEAGUES TO TRAIN THE 610 00:24:03,692 --> 00:24:05,894 COSMONAUTS AND HELP US OUT IF WE 611 00:24:05,894 --> 00:24:07,829 HAVE TO DO AN EMERGENCY SPACE 612 00:24:07,829 --> 00:24:10,465 WALK AS WELL AS THE ROBOTICS TO 613 00:24:10,465 --> 00:24:11,867 SUPPORT THAT SPACE WALK. 614 00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:13,502 THE RUSSIAN CREW MEMBERS HAVE 615 00:24:13,502 --> 00:24:14,636 THE NECESSARY TRAINING TO HELP 616 00:24:14,636 --> 00:24:16,505 US IF WE HAVE TO DO A SPACE 617 00:24:16,505 --> 00:24:16,838 WALK. 618 00:24:16,838 --> 00:24:18,840 WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT 619 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:20,208 WE'RE FLYING ON THESE MISSIONS 620 00:24:20,208 --> 00:24:21,843 AND SETTING UP. 621 00:24:21,843 --> 00:24:23,645 IF YOU WOULD SOMETHING REALLY 622 00:24:23,645 --> 00:24:25,413 INTENSIVE THAT REQUIRED TWO CREW 623 00:24:25,413 --> 00:24:27,015 MEMBERS, WE'VE BACKED OFF ON 624 00:24:27,015 --> 00:24:28,850 THAT AND WE'RE FLYING TO SCIENCE 625 00:24:28,850 --> 00:24:31,720 THAT'S MORE SUITABLE FOR ONE 626 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:32,187 CREW MEMBER. 627 00:24:32,187 --> 00:24:34,222 FROM A SUPPORT, WE CAN OPERATE 628 00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:35,423 THE SPACE STATION LIKE THIS, 629 00:24:35,423 --> 00:24:38,059 WE'RE GOOD, YOU KNOW, FOR -- 630 00:24:38,059 --> 00:24:40,228 UNTIL WE'RE READY FOR THE 631 00:24:40,228 --> 00:24:41,963 COMMERCIAL PROVIDERS THAT BE 632 00:24:41,963 --> 00:24:43,265 FLYING, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO WITH 633 00:24:43,265 --> 00:24:46,501 THE CREW MEMBERS WE HAVE. 634 00:24:46,501 --> 00:24:49,804 >> I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR HANS. 635 00:24:49,804 --> 00:24:53,208 WERE THERE ANY -- WHAT WAS THE 636 00:24:53,208 --> 00:24:54,509 RESULT OF THE LANDING, THE 637 00:24:54,509 --> 00:24:57,512 BOOSTER LANDING ON FEBRUARY 17, 638 00:24:57,512 --> 00:24:59,514 WHY DID THAT NOT -- WHY WASN'T 639 00:24:59,514 --> 00:25:01,917 THAT SUCCESSFUL AND WERE THERE 640 00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:03,852 ANY CHANGES MADE FOR THIS 641 00:25:03,852 --> 00:25:04,186 FLIGHT? 642 00:25:04,186 --> 00:25:06,188 >> SO AT THE END, WE LOOKED AT 643 00:25:06,188 --> 00:25:08,023 THAT PARTICULAR LANDING. 644 00:25:08,023 --> 00:25:12,260 THE BOOSTER DID NOT LAND ON THE 645 00:25:12,260 --> 00:25:14,629 JUNCTION, THEY DECIDED AT ONE 646 00:25:14,629 --> 00:25:16,464 POINT IN TIME TO DIVERT AND NOT 647 00:25:16,464 --> 00:25:17,599 ENDANGER THE SHIP. 648 00:25:17,599 --> 00:25:19,334 THEY DID THAT PRIMARILY BECAUSE 649 00:25:19,334 --> 00:25:21,536 THE WINDS THAT IT IN COUNTERED 650 00:25:21,536 --> 00:25:24,940 WERE NOT THE WINDS THAT WERE 651 00:25:24,940 --> 00:25:25,640 PREDICTED. 652 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:26,074 [ LAUGHTER ] 653 00:25:26,074 --> 00:25:30,979 >> NOT MY FAULT AT ALL. 654 00:25:30,979 --> 00:25:33,848 BUT I MEAN, WE RELY ON CERTAIN 655 00:25:33,848 --> 00:25:35,483 MODELS BASICALLY AND THE MODELS 656 00:25:35,483 --> 00:25:36,985 INDICATED THAT THE WINDS WILL 657 00:25:36,985 --> 00:25:38,620 SHIFT RIGHT AROUND THE LANDING 658 00:25:38,620 --> 00:25:38,920 TIME. 659 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:40,655 WE TRIED TO TAKE THIS INTO 660 00:25:40,655 --> 00:25:42,390 ACCOUNT AND WE WERE A LITTLE BIT 661 00:25:42,390 --> 00:25:44,693 UNFORTUNATE THE WAY WE TRIED TO 662 00:25:44,693 --> 00:25:46,328 ESTIMATE THAT I WOULD SAY. 663 00:25:46,328 --> 00:25:52,000 SO WE DID SOME BETTER PREDICT, 664 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:53,034 PROTECTIVE TOOLS BETTER. 665 00:25:53,034 --> 00:25:56,137 WE THINK WE HAVE BETTER DATA IN 666 00:25:56,137 --> 00:25:56,938 GENERAL, HOWEVER IT ACTUALLY 667 00:25:56,938 --> 00:25:59,140 DOES NOT REALLY APPLY FOR THIS 668 00:25:59,140 --> 00:26:00,675 PARTICULAR LANDING, BECAUSE IT'S 669 00:26:00,675 --> 00:26:04,312 MUCH EASIER TO LAND ON THE 670 00:26:04,312 --> 00:26:06,381 LANDING ZONE ONE IT'S MUCH 671 00:26:06,381 --> 00:26:07,082 BIGGER, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 672 00:26:07,082 --> 00:26:09,384 TIMES BIGGER BUT THE SHIP IS 673 00:26:09,384 --> 00:26:10,585 RELATIVELY SMALL COMPARED TO THE 674 00:26:10,585 --> 00:26:12,320 BOOSTER AROUND THE LANDING ZONE 675 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,055 IS RELATIVELY LARGE SO IF YOU 676 00:26:14,055 --> 00:26:16,024 DRIFT TO THE LEFT AROUND TO THE 677 00:26:16,024 --> 00:26:17,993 RIGHT OR NORTH AND SOUTH IT 678 00:26:17,993 --> 00:26:19,628 DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IN THIS 679 00:26:19,628 --> 00:26:22,364 CASE, WE ALSO HAVE MUCH BETTER 680 00:26:22,364 --> 00:26:24,432 WIND PREDICTION IN THIS CASE FOR 681 00:26:24,432 --> 00:26:25,967 THIS LANDING ZONE, SO IT MAKES 682 00:26:25,967 --> 00:26:28,870 IT EASIER TO LAND AND I'M NOT 683 00:26:28,870 --> 00:26:29,804 CONCERNED FOR THAT LANDING 684 00:26:29,804 --> 00:26:31,940 BECAUSE OF THAT. 685 00:26:31,940 --> 00:26:34,175 >> OK, WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER 686 00:26:34,175 --> 00:26:37,045 QUESTION IN THE FRONT ROW. 687 00:26:37,045 --> 00:26:41,116 >> CHRIS WITH NASA SPACE FLIGHT, 688 00:26:41,116 --> 00:26:49,557 SINCE ELON AND SPACE X LIKE TO 689 00:26:49,557 --> 00:26:51,393 PUT TRINKETS FOR VARIOUS THINGS 690 00:26:51,393 --> 00:26:53,361 IS THERE ANYTHING NOT CARGO 691 00:26:53,361 --> 00:26:54,996 RELATED TO LINK IT BACK TO THE 692 00:26:54,996 --> 00:26:57,899 HISTORY OF DRAGON ONE AND ALSO 693 00:26:57,899 --> 00:27:00,602 FOR HANS, WHAT'S THE EXACT TO 694 00:27:00,602 --> 00:27:01,936 THE SECOND LAUNCH TIME? 695 00:27:01,936 --> 00:27:05,006 >> SO ON THE FIRST PART, NOBODY 696 00:27:05,006 --> 00:27:07,442 TOLD ME, THEY ONLY TELL ME AFTER 697 00:27:07,442 --> 00:27:10,779 THE PRESS CONFERENCE, SO IT'S A 698 00:27:10,779 --> 00:27:11,146 SURPRISE. 699 00:27:11,146 --> 00:27:12,047 I DON'T THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY 700 00:27:12,047 --> 00:27:13,682 ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT ON THERE, 701 00:27:13,682 --> 00:27:14,015 FRANKLY. 702 00:27:14,015 --> 00:27:15,417 MIGHT BE A PICTURE OR SOMETHING 703 00:27:15,417 --> 00:27:20,322 LIKE THAT TO SIGN. 704 00:27:20,322 --> 00:27:25,660 IT'S 23:50:31. 705 00:27:25,660 --> 00:27:27,662 IT'S 37 ON THE BACKUP DAY. 706 00:27:27,662 --> 00:27:29,664 >> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION 707 00:27:29,664 --> 00:27:32,067 IN THE ROOM ON THIS SIDE. 708 00:27:32,067 --> 00:27:32,334 KEN. 709 00:27:32,334 --> 00:27:36,571 >> KEN KRAMER FOR ROCKET -- FOR 710 00:27:36,571 --> 00:27:38,673 HANDS, I HAVE A QUESTION, CAN 711 00:27:38,673 --> 00:27:40,742 YOU TALK ABOUT THE DRAGON TWO 712 00:27:40,742 --> 00:27:42,177 CARGO VERSION COMING UP NEXT, 713 00:27:42,177 --> 00:27:44,245 THE PRODUCTION AND THE TESTING 714 00:27:44,245 --> 00:27:45,347 AND MANUFACTURE OF THAT. 715 00:27:45,347 --> 00:27:46,915 WHEN I SAY IT GOING TO BE READY 716 00:27:46,915 --> 00:27:48,450 AND HOW MANY REFLIGHTS WILL THAT 717 00:27:48,450 --> 00:27:49,417 BE CAPABLE OF? 718 00:27:49,417 --> 00:27:54,456 >> GOOD QUESTION, THANK YOU. 719 00:27:54,456 --> 00:27:58,693 SO CARGO DRAGON TWO AND TWO 720 00:27:58,693 --> 00:28:00,528 DRAGON IS SIMILAR. 721 00:28:00,528 --> 00:28:01,830 IT DOESN'T HAVE CERTAIN PARTS 722 00:28:01,830 --> 00:28:05,367 LIKE THE ESCAPE SYSTEM IS NOT ON 723 00:28:05,367 --> 00:28:06,434 THE CARGO DRAGON. 724 00:28:06,434 --> 00:28:10,338 LET'S SEE, IT HAS A SMALLER LIFE 725 00:28:10,338 --> 00:28:12,774 SUPPORT SYSTEM INSIDE, AND IT 726 00:28:12,774 --> 00:28:15,744 ALSO DOES NOT HAVE THE PANELS, 727 00:28:15,744 --> 00:28:16,845 OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE THE 728 00:28:16,845 --> 00:28:19,647 SEATS, EITHER, SO ALL THESE 729 00:28:19,647 --> 00:28:23,318 PARTS ARE NOT ON CARGO DRAGON, 730 00:28:23,318 --> 00:28:25,520 MAKING IT BIGGER THAN THE 731 00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:28,723 CURRENT DRAGON, ABOUT 20% MORE 732 00:28:28,723 --> 00:28:32,794 VOLUME AT THE SAME UP MASS THAT 733 00:28:32,794 --> 00:28:34,195 YOU CURRENTLY HAVE. 734 00:28:34,195 --> 00:28:37,031 LET'S SEE, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS 735 00:28:37,031 --> 00:28:39,267 OF BUILDING IT RIGHT NOW. 736 00:28:39,267 --> 00:28:43,772 I BELIEVE WE ARE SHOOTING FOR A 737 00:28:43,772 --> 00:28:48,109 FALL LAUNCH ON CARGO DRAGON TWO, 738 00:28:48,109 --> 00:28:49,744 AND LET'S SEE, I THINK I 739 00:28:49,744 --> 00:28:55,784 ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT? 740 00:28:55,784 --> 00:28:57,919 >> I DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT YOUR 741 00:28:57,919 --> 00:28:58,753 OTHER QUESTION WAS HOW MANY 742 00:28:58,753 --> 00:29:00,188 TIMES CAN YOU FLY. 743 00:29:00,188 --> 00:29:03,358 I BELIEVE WE DESIGNED IT FOR 744 00:29:03,358 --> 00:29:03,892 FIVE TIMES. 745 00:29:03,892 --> 00:29:05,794 >> WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION 746 00:29:05,794 --> 00:29:08,863 HERE IN THE ROOM. 747 00:29:08,863 --> 00:29:09,230 ANTONIO. 748 00:29:09,230 --> 00:29:15,603 >> HI, AN TONYA WITH FLORIDA 749 00:29:15,603 --> 00:29:15,937 TODAY. 750 00:29:15,937 --> 00:29:17,338 MY QUESTION IS FOR HANS. 751 00:29:17,338 --> 00:29:20,675 CAN YOU TELL US WHY FALCON'S 752 00:29:20,675 --> 00:29:22,377 BOOSTER WILL BE LANDINGS AT ZONE 753 00:29:22,377 --> 00:29:23,812 ONE INSTEAD OF A DRONE SHIP? 754 00:29:23,812 --> 00:29:26,281 >> IT DEPENDS AT THE END OF THE 755 00:29:26,281 --> 00:29:27,549 DAY ON HOW MUCH PERFORMANCE WE 756 00:29:27,549 --> 00:29:29,717 HAVE OR HOW MUCH WE NEED FOR OUR 757 00:29:29,717 --> 00:29:30,885 MISSION AND HOW MUCH WE HAVE 758 00:29:30,885 --> 00:29:32,187 LEFT FOR OUR LANDING. 759 00:29:32,187 --> 00:29:35,290 IN SOME CASES, WE SHOWS THE 760 00:29:35,290 --> 00:29:38,493 FORWARD LANDING OR THE LANDING 761 00:29:38,493 --> 00:29:43,364 ON THE DRONE SHIP BECAUSE WE 762 00:29:43,364 --> 00:29:46,134 HAVE NOT ENOUGH TO GO BACK BUT 763 00:29:46,134 --> 00:29:48,236 THE MOMENT WE HAVE ENOUGH POWER 764 00:29:48,236 --> 00:29:50,205 TO GO BACK, THE LANDING ZONE IS 765 00:29:50,205 --> 00:29:53,641 USUALLY OUR PREFERRED CHOICE. 766 00:29:53,641 --> 00:29:55,143 >> ANOTHER QUESTION HERE. 767 00:29:55,143 --> 00:29:59,013 >> JOHN MCGILL WITH LINE DOT 768 00:29:59,013 --> 00:30:00,648 CABLE AND NEWS, FOR HANS. 769 00:30:00,648 --> 00:30:03,384 NOW WITH THE CARGO DRAGON 770 00:30:03,384 --> 00:30:06,354 VERSION TWO, ARE YOU GOING TO BE 771 00:30:06,354 --> 00:30:10,158 ABLE TO AUTONOMOUSLY DOCK THAT 772 00:30:10,158 --> 00:30:10,425 ONE. 773 00:30:10,425 --> 00:30:12,794 >> YEAH, ACTUALLY THAT'S A GOOD 774 00:30:12,794 --> 00:30:13,094 POINT. 775 00:30:13,094 --> 00:30:14,195 I DIDN'T MENTION THE DIFFERENT 776 00:30:14,195 --> 00:30:16,998 WAY IN DOCKING BETWEEN DRAGON 777 00:30:16,998 --> 00:30:18,666 ONE AND DRAGON TWO. 778 00:30:18,666 --> 00:30:20,502 DRAGON ONE BERTH, IT GETS 779 00:30:20,502 --> 00:30:22,403 GRAPPLE WOULD BY THE ROBOTIC ARM 780 00:30:22,403 --> 00:30:23,771 OF THE SPACE STATION AND THEN 781 00:30:23,771 --> 00:30:30,111 THE STATION BASICALLY DRIVES IT 782 00:30:30,111 --> 00:30:31,646 TO, THAT DOOR IS A LITTLE BIGGER 783 00:30:31,646 --> 00:30:33,748 THAN THE DOCKING DOOR. 784 00:30:33,748 --> 00:30:35,617 ON THE OTHER SIDE IF YOU DOCK 785 00:30:35,617 --> 00:30:37,151 IT, YOU DON'T NEED THE ARM, YOU 786 00:30:37,151 --> 00:30:39,554 CAN USE THE ARM PLUS SOMETHING 787 00:30:39,554 --> 00:30:40,955 ELSE IN THE MEANTIME, YOU DON'T 788 00:30:40,955 --> 00:30:42,590 DEPEND ON IT. 789 00:30:42,590 --> 00:30:44,759 THE MISSION ABOUT A YEAR AGO 790 00:30:44,759 --> 00:30:47,061 DEMONSTRATED THE DOCKING OF 791 00:30:47,061 --> 00:30:48,963 DRAGON TWO VERY SUCCESSFULLY. 792 00:30:48,963 --> 00:30:51,533 I REALLY WAS SURPRISED ON HOW 793 00:30:51,533 --> 00:30:54,168 FAST IT IS COMPARED TO THE USUAL 794 00:30:54,168 --> 00:30:56,337 APPROACH THAT WE HAVE WITH 795 00:30:56,337 --> 00:30:58,606 DRAGON ONE. 796 00:30:58,606 --> 00:31:01,276 SO THERE'S ADVANTAGES TO BOTH. 797 00:31:01,276 --> 00:31:06,948 IF YOU HAVE BIG PIECES, YOU WANT 798 00:31:06,948 --> 00:31:08,550 THE DOOR MECHANISM. 799 00:31:08,550 --> 00:31:12,654 IF YOU HAVE ASTRONAUTS. 800 00:31:12,654 --> 00:31:14,722 YOU DON'T WANT THE ARM. 801 00:31:14,722 --> 00:31:16,124 IT'S LESS STREAM LINED IF YOU 802 00:31:16,124 --> 00:31:20,361 USE THE DOCKING PORT. 803 00:31:20,361 --> 00:31:23,665 >> AT QUESTION IN FRONT. 804 00:31:23,665 --> 00:31:25,266 CHRIS. 805 00:31:25,266 --> 00:31:28,369 >> IRENE WITH AVIATION WEEK FOR 806 00:31:28,369 --> 00:31:28,703 HANS. 807 00:31:28,703 --> 00:31:30,438 YESTERDAY YOU ALL HAD SOME 808 00:31:30,438 --> 00:31:32,173 PRETTY EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THE 809 00:31:32,173 --> 00:31:35,243 CONTRACT WITH AXIOM. 810 00:31:35,243 --> 00:31:36,611 CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT WHERE 811 00:31:36,611 --> 00:31:40,148 YOU SEE THE MATURITY OF THE CREW 812 00:31:40,148 --> 00:31:41,316 DRAGON PROGRAM, HOWEVER THAT 813 00:31:41,316 --> 00:31:43,351 WILL NEED TO BE DEVELOPED BEFORE 814 00:31:43,351 --> 00:31:45,219 YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND DO A 815 00:31:45,219 --> 00:31:47,088 COMMERCIAL MISSION, IN OTHER 816 00:31:47,088 --> 00:31:49,657 WORDS HOW MANY OPERATIONAL OF 817 00:31:49,657 --> 00:31:52,293 THE NASA MISSIONS DO YOU HAVE 818 00:31:52,293 --> 00:31:53,561 UNDER YOUR BELT BEFORE YOU WOULD 819 00:31:53,561 --> 00:31:54,596 DO THE CREW FLIGHT? 820 00:31:54,596 --> 00:31:56,397 >> LIKE YOU SAID, THAT'S BRAND 821 00:31:56,397 --> 00:31:58,566 NEW, BASICALLY, JUST YESTERDAY. 822 00:31:58,566 --> 00:32:00,201 I HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO 823 00:32:00,201 --> 00:32:01,736 DIG INTO THAT, TOO. 824 00:32:01,736 --> 00:32:03,504 IF I COUNT CORRECTLY, WE HAVE AT 825 00:32:03,504 --> 00:32:06,441 LEAST DEMOED TWO CREW RUN AND 826 00:32:06,441 --> 00:32:08,977 POSSIBLY CREW TWO, I'M NOT SURE 827 00:32:08,977 --> 00:32:10,144 EXACTLY WHEN THOSE MISSIONS ARE 828 00:32:10,144 --> 00:32:11,212 GOING TO FLY. 829 00:32:11,212 --> 00:32:16,217 I HEARD THE YEAR WAS 2021. 830 00:32:16,217 --> 00:32:18,019 SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A HANDFUL 831 00:32:18,019 --> 00:32:22,323 OF OTHER MISSIONS AHEAD OF THAT 832 00:32:22,323 --> 00:32:22,690 BASICALLY. 833 00:32:22,690 --> 00:32:24,325 >> CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE 834 00:32:24,325 --> 00:32:28,196 WHERE YOU ARE WITH THE PARACHUTE 835 00:32:28,196 --> 00:32:33,167 TESTS WITH THE PREGAG GONE. 836 00:32:33,167 --> 00:32:34,268 >> ALMOST DONE. 837 00:32:34,268 --> 00:32:37,238 THREE TESTS, ONE WAS PERFORMED 838 00:32:37,238 --> 00:32:39,440 TWO DAYS AGO, WE HAVE TWO MORE 839 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:43,144 TESTS TO PERFORM ON MOST OF THE 840 00:32:43,144 --> 00:32:43,478 CASES. 841 00:32:43,478 --> 00:32:44,979 FOR THE PARACHUTE I'M CONFIDENT 842 00:32:44,979 --> 00:32:47,515 WE HAVE AN ENORMOUSLY LARGE TEST 843 00:32:47,515 --> 00:32:50,351 SERIES BEHIND US, VERY 844 00:32:50,351 --> 00:32:52,520 SUCCESSFUL, AND I'M ACTUALLY 845 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,355 REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE 846 00:32:54,355 --> 00:32:57,392 COMPLETED THE PARACHUTE PROGRAM 847 00:32:57,392 --> 00:32:58,793 AND WHAT HAPPENED, HOW WE TURNED 848 00:32:58,793 --> 00:33:01,996 SOMETHING THAT WAS A CONCERN 849 00:33:01,996 --> 00:33:04,532 INTO A VERY SUCCESSFUL TEST 850 00:33:04,532 --> 00:33:04,899 PROGRAM. 851 00:33:04,899 --> 00:33:06,834 >> OK, WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER 852 00:33:06,834 --> 00:33:08,069 QUESTION IN THE ROOM HERE. 853 00:33:08,069 --> 00:33:11,305 >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HANS, 854 00:33:11,305 --> 00:33:13,274 ROBIN FROM SUPER CLUSTER, HANS 855 00:33:13,274 --> 00:33:17,812 WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON 856 00:33:17,812 --> 00:33:23,117 FROM CARGO DRAGON TO SPACEX IS 857 00:33:23,117 --> 00:33:25,086 APPLYING TO ITS LONG TERM 858 00:33:25,086 --> 00:33:26,120 VISION, THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO 859 00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,222 GET TO THE MOON AND MARS, WHAT'S 860 00:33:28,222 --> 00:33:30,391 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU'VE 861 00:33:30,391 --> 00:33:32,093 LEARNED FROM CARGO DRAGON. 862 00:33:32,093 --> 00:33:34,062 >> THAT'S A REALLY GOOD 863 00:33:34,062 --> 00:33:34,429 QUESTION. 864 00:33:34,429 --> 00:33:38,766 IF I HAD TO BOIL IT DOWN TO ONE 865 00:33:38,766 --> 00:33:40,635 THING, YOU LEARN SO MANY THINGS, 866 00:33:40,635 --> 00:33:42,937 WE LEARNED TO OPERATE THE 867 00:33:42,937 --> 00:33:45,106 SPACECRAFT, WE LEARNED HOW TO 868 00:33:45,106 --> 00:33:47,075 DOCK AND BERTH AT THE STATION, 869 00:33:47,075 --> 00:33:50,511 WE LEARNED HOW TO WORK WITH 870 00:33:50,511 --> 00:33:54,015 NASA, WITH HOUSTON AND HOW TO DO 871 00:33:54,015 --> 00:33:55,550 ALL THESE THINGS AND HOW TO 872 00:33:55,550 --> 00:33:58,386 BECOME BASICALLY A SPACE 873 00:33:58,386 --> 00:33:58,753 OPERATOR. 874 00:33:58,753 --> 00:34:00,121 SO MANY LESSONS. 875 00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:02,323 HOW TO RECOVER IT IN THE OCEAN, 876 00:34:02,323 --> 00:34:05,493 HOW TO BASICALLY REFURBISH IT 877 00:34:05,493 --> 00:34:08,262 AND MAKE IT SAFE TO FLY AGAIN. 878 00:34:08,262 --> 00:34:10,364 ALL OF THESE THINGS BASICALLY, 879 00:34:10,364 --> 00:34:11,766 IT'S HARD TO PUT REALLY ONE 880 00:34:11,766 --> 00:34:12,734 THING IN THERE. 881 00:34:12,734 --> 00:34:14,235 I PROBABLY THINK ABOUT YOUR 882 00:34:14,235 --> 00:34:15,403 QUESTION A LITTLE BIT AND COME 883 00:34:15,403 --> 00:34:17,839 UP WITH AN ANSWER, BUT RIGHT 884 00:34:17,839 --> 00:34:21,375 NOW, I WOULD SAY TEST AND FLY 885 00:34:21,375 --> 00:34:24,011 AND JUST NEVER GIVE UP ON 886 00:34:24,011 --> 00:34:25,546 DILIGENCE AND RIGOR AND 887 00:34:25,546 --> 00:34:25,980 ENGINEERING. 888 00:34:25,980 --> 00:34:27,849 THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KEEP 889 00:34:27,849 --> 00:34:29,317 THESE PROGRAMS RUNNING. 890 00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:31,185 >> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A CALL 891 00:34:31,185 --> 00:34:32,353 NOW BY PHONE. 892 00:34:32,353 --> 00:34:32,987 STEVEN CLARK. 893 00:34:32,987 --> 00:34:37,492 GO AHEAD WITH YOUR QUESTION. 894 00:34:37,492 --> 00:34:39,460 >> HI, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY 895 00:34:39,460 --> 00:34:39,827 CALL. 896 00:34:39,827 --> 00:34:43,564 A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR JOEL. 897 00:34:43,564 --> 00:34:45,566 IF THE DRAGON LAUNCHES TONIGHT, 898 00:34:45,566 --> 00:34:49,303 CAN YOU GIVE ME THE PRECISE 899 00:34:49,303 --> 00:34:50,471 DEPARTURE DATE PLAN FOR THIS 900 00:34:50,471 --> 00:34:52,673 MISSION AND ALSO, IS THERE ANY 901 00:34:52,673 --> 00:34:54,742 CARGO IN THIS MISSION GOING UP 902 00:34:54,742 --> 00:34:57,512 FOR DOUG HURLY AND BOB MINKEN TO 903 00:34:57,512 --> 00:34:59,113 SUPPORT THEIR POSSIBLE EXTENDED 904 00:34:59,113 --> 00:35:01,115 STAY ON THE SPACE STATION ON THE 905 00:35:01,115 --> 00:35:03,184 DEMO TWO MISSION, ANYTHING ON 906 00:35:03,184 --> 00:35:04,485 THIS MISSION GOING UP TO KEEP 907 00:35:04,485 --> 00:35:08,022 THAT EXTENDED DEMO TWO MISSION 908 00:35:08,022 --> 00:35:09,624 WITHIN YOUR TRADE DECISION 909 00:35:09,624 --> 00:35:09,924 SPACE. 910 00:35:09,924 --> 00:35:10,258 THANKS. 911 00:35:10,258 --> 00:35:12,627 >> OK, SO ON THE FIRST QUESTION, 912 00:35:12,627 --> 00:35:14,796 AS FAR AS DURATION, GENERALLY WE 913 00:35:14,796 --> 00:35:16,264 PLAN ABOUT 30 DAYS, AND THEN 914 00:35:16,264 --> 00:35:19,433 THAT WILL BE BASED ON THE 915 00:35:19,433 --> 00:35:20,201 WEATHER AT THE TIME AS WELL AS 916 00:35:20,201 --> 00:35:22,937 THE SCIENCE WE HAVE ONBOARD TO 917 00:35:22,937 --> 00:35:24,138 MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLETE WITH 918 00:35:24,138 --> 00:35:25,840 THE SCIENCE. 919 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,341 WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THESE 920 00:35:27,341 --> 00:35:28,743 MISSIONS ABOUT 30 DAYS. 921 00:35:28,743 --> 00:35:31,379 I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE BUT 922 00:35:31,379 --> 00:35:32,980 PLAN 30 DAYS FROM BERTHING AND 923 00:35:32,980 --> 00:35:34,382 THEN BASED ON THE WEATHER, AS 924 00:35:34,382 --> 00:35:36,017 WELL AS BASED ON THE SCIENCE 925 00:35:36,017 --> 00:35:37,985 WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PARTICULAR 926 00:35:37,985 --> 00:35:38,352 MISSION. 927 00:35:38,352 --> 00:35:39,487 THAT'S WHAT WE'LL USE TO PICK 928 00:35:39,487 --> 00:35:41,155 THE LANDING DATE. 929 00:35:41,155 --> 00:35:44,659 AS FAR AS CREW SUPPLIES, ON THIS 930 00:35:44,659 --> 00:35:46,027 MISSION, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE 931 00:35:46,027 --> 00:35:49,997 FLYING ANY CREW SUPPLIES FOR THE 932 00:35:49,997 --> 00:35:51,132 DEMO TWO CREW. 933 00:35:51,132 --> 00:35:53,367 >> OK, WE'LL TAKE A QUESTION 934 00:35:53,367 --> 00:35:54,602 HERE IN THE ROOM BACK THERE. 935 00:35:54,602 --> 00:35:57,071 >> WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM 936 00:35:57,071 --> 00:35:58,206 TWITTER FOR HANS. 937 00:35:58,206 --> 00:35:59,974 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE CAPSULE 938 00:35:59,974 --> 00:36:01,943 AFTER IT RETURNS TO EARTH. 939 00:36:01,943 --> 00:36:04,412 >> WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE 940 00:36:04,412 --> 00:36:06,480 CAPSULE WHEN IT RETURNS TO 941 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:07,548 EARTH? 942 00:36:07,548 --> 00:36:07,815 OK. 943 00:36:07,815 --> 00:36:10,184 WE WILL RECOVER IT, PUT IT ON 944 00:36:10,184 --> 00:36:12,186 THE ROAD, BACK TO THE HARBOR, 945 00:36:12,186 --> 00:36:13,955 UNLOAD IT, HAND OVER THE CARGO 946 00:36:13,955 --> 00:36:15,923 TO NASA AND THINK ABOUT WHAT 947 00:36:15,923 --> 00:36:20,461 WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT 948 00:36:20,461 --> 00:36:20,828 CAPSULE. 949 00:36:20,828 --> 00:36:21,829 GOOD QUESTION, ACTUALLY. 950 00:36:21,829 --> 00:36:23,164 >> TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION HERE IN 951 00:36:23,164 --> 00:36:26,734 THE ROOM ON THE AISLE. 952 00:36:26,734 --> 00:36:31,672 >> JOURNAL OF THE SAN JUAN'S FOR 953 00:36:31,672 --> 00:36:32,707 HANS. 954 00:36:32,707 --> 00:36:34,709 AFTER FIVE USES CAN THE MOTOR BE 955 00:36:34,709 --> 00:36:35,843 REPLACED AND AIR FRAME CONTINUE 956 00:36:35,843 --> 00:36:38,179 TO BE USED? 957 00:36:38,179 --> 00:36:40,748 >> IN TERMS YOU'RE TALKING 958 00:36:40,748 --> 00:36:42,116 DRAGON TWO BASICALLY, RIGHT? 959 00:36:42,116 --> 00:36:43,150 >> YEAH, DRAGON. 960 00:36:43,150 --> 00:36:45,419 >> I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT 961 00:36:45,419 --> 00:36:46,921 COMPLICATED IN THAT SENSE, 962 00:36:46,921 --> 00:36:49,757 BECAUSE WHEN YOU SAY MOTOR, DO 963 00:36:49,757 --> 00:36:55,529 YOU MEAN THE SUPER DRACO. 964 00:36:55,529 --> 00:36:58,499 IF WE RUN SUPER DEGREE CO, I'M 965 00:36:58,499 --> 00:37:01,135 NOT SURE IF WE CAN USE THAT 966 00:37:01,135 --> 00:37:06,073 CAPSULE AGAIN WITHOUT SERIOUS 967 00:37:06,073 --> 00:37:06,540 REFURBISHMENT. 968 00:37:06,540 --> 00:37:07,375 THE DRAWING CO'S ON THE OTHER 969 00:37:07,375 --> 00:37:09,010 SIDE HAVE A LONGER LIFETIME. 970 00:37:09,010 --> 00:37:10,544 THE NUMBER FIVE RIGHT NOW IS A 971 00:37:10,544 --> 00:37:11,846 DESIGN NUMBER, A LOT OF THAT 972 00:37:11,846 --> 00:37:13,915 DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU ACTUALLY 973 00:37:13,915 --> 00:37:16,317 WHEN YOU COME BACK, WHETHER YOU 974 00:37:16,317 --> 00:37:17,685 FIND CORROSION OR WHETHER YOU 975 00:37:17,685 --> 00:37:20,321 FIND WEAR AND TEAR AND ALL THESE 976 00:37:20,321 --> 00:37:24,091 THINGS ARE RIGHT NOW ENGINEERED. 977 00:37:24,091 --> 00:37:26,560 IN REALITY, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO 978 00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,196 RUN THE CAPSULE SIX TIMES OR 979 00:37:29,196 --> 00:37:31,132 FOUR TIMES DEPENDING WHAT WE 980 00:37:31,132 --> 00:37:31,432 FIND. 981 00:37:31,432 --> 00:37:32,533 I WOULD PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL 982 00:37:32,533 --> 00:37:33,000 THEN. 983 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,970 WE ALSO LEARNED IN OUR 984 00:37:35,970 --> 00:37:38,039 REFURBISHMENT PROGRAMS ON DRAGON 985 00:37:38,039 --> 00:37:39,874 AND FALCON WHICH PARTS HAVE TO 986 00:37:39,874 --> 00:37:42,543 BE EXCHANGED AND WHICH CAN LIVE 987 00:37:42,543 --> 00:37:44,745 LONGER AND EXPECTED TO LIVE. 988 00:37:44,745 --> 00:37:46,480 IT'S A LOT OF LEARNING 989 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,783 EXPERIENCE TO REFURBISH 990 00:37:48,783 --> 00:37:49,183 SPACECRAFT. 991 00:37:49,183 --> 00:37:51,385 >> FOLLOW UP, IF I COULD. 992 00:37:51,385 --> 00:37:52,954 HOW MUCH PAYLOAD WOULD YOU GAIN 993 00:37:52,954 --> 00:37:56,891 IF YOU CONFIGURE THIS SHIP TO BE 994 00:37:56,891 --> 00:37:58,492 SINGLE USE? 995 00:37:58,492 --> 00:38:01,295 >> I DON'T THINK THERE'S MORE 996 00:38:01,295 --> 00:38:02,797 PAYLOAD IN THAT, FRANKLY. 997 00:38:02,797 --> 00:38:06,033 >> I'M JUST ASSUMING THERE'S 998 00:38:06,033 --> 00:38:08,202 FUEL AND MECHANISMSES BEING USED 999 00:38:08,202 --> 00:38:08,602 TO RELAND. 1000 00:38:08,602 --> 00:38:10,705 >> SO, OK, ENGINEERING 1001 00:38:10,705 --> 00:38:13,874 PRINCIPLES, RIGHT, YOU DESIGN 1002 00:38:13,874 --> 00:38:15,209 THINGS A LITTLE BIT STURDIER FOR 1003 00:38:15,209 --> 00:38:18,079 FIVE LAUNCHES OR 10 LAUNCHES OR 1004 00:38:18,079 --> 00:38:20,581 20 LAUNCHES, YEAH, BUT I BELIEVE 1005 00:38:20,581 --> 00:38:23,217 BETWEEN THAT IN ITSELF IS 1006 00:38:23,217 --> 00:38:25,286 PROBABLY NOT THAT MUCH, SO I 1007 00:38:25,286 --> 00:38:27,455 REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO 1008 00:38:27,455 --> 00:38:30,591 BE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. 1009 00:38:30,591 --> 00:38:32,259 >> WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION 1010 00:38:32,259 --> 00:38:33,828 FROM THE ROOM IN THE FRONT. 1011 00:38:33,828 --> 00:38:35,730 >> SKY NEWS CANADA. 1012 00:38:35,730 --> 00:38:37,365 ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR THE ISS 1013 00:38:37,365 --> 00:38:39,800 TO BE ABLE TO DOCK MORE THAN ONE 1014 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:40,801 SPACECRAFT AT A TIME? 1015 00:38:40,801 --> 00:38:42,803 >> WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS 1016 00:38:42,803 --> 00:38:44,438 ONCE WE'RE FLYING THE COMMERCIAL 1017 00:38:44,438 --> 00:38:46,173 PROGRAM WE'LL BE DOCKING TWO 1018 00:38:46,173 --> 00:38:46,907 VEHICLES AT THE SAME TIME WHERE 1019 00:38:46,907 --> 00:38:48,776 YOU'LL HAVE A DIRECT HAND OVER, 1020 00:38:48,776 --> 00:38:51,012 ONE VEHICLE WILL COME UP AND 1021 00:38:51,012 --> 00:38:53,314 STAY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, THE 1022 00:38:53,314 --> 00:38:54,949 NEXT VEHICLE WILL COME UP BEFORE 1023 00:38:54,949 --> 00:38:56,384 THAT VEHICLE LEAVES, THERE WILL 1024 00:38:56,384 --> 00:38:58,319 BE A SHORT HANDOVER SO AT THAT 1025 00:38:58,319 --> 00:39:01,088 TIME YOU'LL HAVE TWO VEHICLES 1026 00:39:01,088 --> 00:39:02,223 DOCKED AT THE INTERNATIONAL 1027 00:39:02,223 --> 00:39:02,690 SPACE STATION. 1028 00:39:02,690 --> 00:39:04,925 >> ARE THERE PLANS FOR MORE? 1029 00:39:04,925 --> 00:39:05,192 IT. 1030 00:39:05,192 --> 00:39:08,662 >> NOW WE HAVE TWO DOCKING 1031 00:39:08,662 --> 00:39:10,731 PORTS, WE STILL HAVE THE PORTS 1032 00:39:10,731 --> 00:39:12,933 ON THE RUSSIAN SIDE. 1033 00:39:12,933 --> 00:39:17,338 YOU'LL HAVE A SOYUZ DOCKED AS 1034 00:39:17,338 --> 00:39:19,640 WELL AS SPECIAL VEHICLES BUT FOR 1035 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,976 THE U.S. TWO AT A TIME. 1036 00:39:21,976 --> 00:39:25,946 >> WITH ORLANDO SENTINEL BY 1037 00:39:25,946 --> 00:39:27,448 PHONE, GO AHEAD WITH YOUR 1038 00:39:27,448 --> 00:39:27,815 QUESTION. 1039 00:39:27,815 --> 00:39:29,683 >> HI, THANKS FOR DOING THIS, 1040 00:39:29,683 --> 00:39:30,051 EVERYONE. 1041 00:39:30,051 --> 00:39:33,454 FOR HANS, WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM 1042 00:39:33,454 --> 00:39:37,224 BOEING ABOUT HANDLING TESTING 1043 00:39:37,224 --> 00:39:40,628 GOING FORWARD DUE TO THE ANOMALY 1044 00:39:40,628 --> 00:39:42,630 WITH SKYLINER AND DISCUSSION 1045 00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:44,131 WHETHER THERE WILL BE SPILLOVER 1046 00:39:44,131 --> 00:39:45,633 TO THE OTHER PROGRAMS. 1047 00:39:45,633 --> 00:39:48,035 I'M WONDERING WHAT SPACEX'S 1048 00:39:48,035 --> 00:39:48,869 TESTING PROCESS USUALLY LOOKS 1049 00:39:48,869 --> 00:39:51,472 LIKE AND HAVE YOU HEARD FROM 1050 00:39:51,472 --> 00:39:53,908 NASA ABOUT REEVALUATING WHAT YOU 1051 00:39:53,908 --> 00:39:56,510 ALL DO WITH CREW DRIVING. 1052 00:39:56,510 --> 00:39:59,180 >> IF I HEARD YOU RIGHT, YOU'RE 1053 00:39:59,180 --> 00:40:00,948 ASKING WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR 1054 00:40:00,948 --> 00:40:02,783 SOFTWARE TESTING AND IF I HEARD 1055 00:40:02,783 --> 00:40:05,086 FROM NAVY, I DIDN'T REALLY CATCH 1056 00:40:05,086 --> 00:40:05,386 THAT. 1057 00:40:05,386 --> 00:40:09,557 LET ME -- OK, LET ME ANSWER YOUR 1058 00:40:09,557 --> 00:40:11,859 FIRST QUESTION, BASICALLY. 1059 00:40:11,859 --> 00:40:13,861 WE TEST SOFTWARE A LOT. 1060 00:40:13,861 --> 00:40:17,698 WE HAVE ACTUALLY SOMETHING 1061 00:40:17,698 --> 00:40:21,202 THAT'S CALLED A -- SIMULATOR. 1062 00:40:21,202 --> 00:40:24,738 IT'S BASICALLY A TABLE FULL OF 1063 00:40:24,738 --> 00:40:27,875 ALL THE COMPONENTS ON DRAGON, 1064 00:40:27,875 --> 00:40:36,817 ANOTHER ON FALCON AND THERE'S AN 1065 00:40:36,817 --> 00:40:38,219 ELABORATE RECORDING CERTAIN 1066 00:40:38,219 --> 00:40:38,519 PARTS. 1067 00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:40,654 IF YOU IMAGINE THAT, YOU WOULD 1068 00:40:40,654 --> 00:40:42,990 SIMULATE WHAT THE IMU OR THE 1069 00:40:42,990 --> 00:40:45,960 GYRO BASICALLY MEASURES AND THE 1070 00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,027 GPSM AND YOU WOULD RECORD WHAT 1071 00:40:47,027 --> 00:40:48,762 THE TRUST FACTOR CONTROL ON THE 1072 00:40:48,762 --> 00:40:51,098 ROCKET BASICALLY DOES, YEAH, AND 1073 00:40:51,098 --> 00:40:52,967 YOU RUN THIS IN THIS CASE IT'S 1074 00:40:52,967 --> 00:40:54,602 RELATIVELY EASY, TAKES 10 1075 00:40:54,602 --> 00:40:56,937 MINUTES, RUNS IN REALTIME, SO 1076 00:40:56,937 --> 00:40:59,039 YOU CAN BASICALLY RUN THIS EVERY 1077 00:40:59,039 --> 00:41:00,407 10 MINUTES AND THAT'S WHAT WE 1078 00:41:00,407 --> 00:41:00,674 DO. 1079 00:41:00,674 --> 00:41:02,810 WE HAVE A SYSTEM SET UP THAT 1080 00:41:02,810 --> 00:41:04,778 WHENEVER YOU MAKE A CHANGE ON 1081 00:41:04,778 --> 00:41:06,080 SOFTWARE, IT RUNS THROUGH A 1082 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:07,581 CERTAIN SYSTEM OF TESTS AND ALSO 1083 00:41:07,581 --> 00:41:10,217 DOES THIS PARTICULAR TEST WHICH 1084 00:41:10,217 --> 00:41:11,519 WE CALL HEART IN THE LOOP. 1085 00:41:11,519 --> 00:41:12,953 YOU'VE GOT TO BE SUPER CAREFUL 1086 00:41:12,953 --> 00:41:14,522 TO DO THIS TEST RIGHT. 1087 00:41:14,522 --> 00:41:16,724 YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT GETS. 1088 00:41:16,724 --> 00:41:19,360 YOU COULD OF AN ERROR IN THE 1089 00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:21,362 POUR LARRITY OF THE IMU BOTH ON 1090 00:41:21,362 --> 00:41:24,498 THE REAL, SIMULATED IM UP ON THE 1091 00:41:24,498 --> 00:41:26,634 COMPUTER AND THE IM UP ON THE 1092 00:41:26,634 --> 00:41:27,067 TABLE. 1093 00:41:27,067 --> 00:41:29,403 WE DO A TEST ON THE ACTUAL 1094 00:41:29,403 --> 00:41:29,803 SPACECRAFT. 1095 00:41:29,803 --> 00:41:31,739 THEY MOVE THE IMU AND WE TEST 1096 00:41:31,739 --> 00:41:33,140 THAT EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED 1097 00:41:33,140 --> 00:41:33,607 PROPERLY. 1098 00:41:33,607 --> 00:41:35,442 THAT'S HOW YOU FILL ALL THOSE 1099 00:41:35,442 --> 00:41:36,377 TEST GAPS. 1100 00:41:36,377 --> 00:41:37,811 LAST NOT LEAST, THERE ARE 1101 00:41:37,811 --> 00:41:39,647 CERTAIN THINGS LIKE CALIBRATION 1102 00:41:39,647 --> 00:41:41,248 THAT YOU HAVE TO REVIEW. 1103 00:41:41,248 --> 00:41:43,350 IT'S A VERY ELABORATE SYSTEM 1104 00:41:43,350 --> 00:41:45,319 THAT REVIEWS CONFIGURATION FILES 1105 00:41:45,319 --> 00:41:46,587 AND MAKES SURE THAT THEY ARE 1106 00:41:46,587 --> 00:41:50,057 SIGNED OFF AND THAT THERE IS A 1107 00:41:50,057 --> 00:41:51,559 PROPER PAPER TRAIL ALL THE WAY 1108 00:41:51,559 --> 00:41:53,194 DOWN TO THE SENSOR INFORMATION 1109 00:41:53,194 --> 00:41:55,729 THAT WE GET FROM THE VENDOR OR 1110 00:41:55,729 --> 00:41:59,066 WE GET FROM OUR OWN ACCEPTANCE 1111 00:41:59,066 --> 00:41:59,366 TEST. 1112 00:41:59,366 --> 00:42:02,303 ALL THAT TOGETHER, LAST NOT 1113 00:42:02,303 --> 00:42:03,671 LEAST ALSO SOMETHING CALLED A 1114 00:42:03,671 --> 00:42:05,406 UNIT TEST, YOU TEST A FUNCTION 1115 00:42:05,406 --> 00:42:07,174 IN SOFTWARE EVERY TIME YOU 1116 00:42:07,174 --> 00:42:10,044 BASICALLY COMPILE THIS PIECE OF 1117 00:42:10,044 --> 00:42:12,012 SOFTWARE, SO IT HELPS YOU 1118 00:42:12,012 --> 00:42:12,947 BASICALLY, THIS FUNCTION IS 1119 00:42:12,947 --> 00:42:14,715 STILL WORKING LIKE IT USED TO 1120 00:42:14,715 --> 00:42:15,015 WORK. 1121 00:42:15,015 --> 00:42:17,017 THAT'S A WAY TO ACTUALLY FIND 1122 00:42:17,017 --> 00:42:18,886 WHEN HE BREAK COMPONENTS EARLY 1123 00:42:18,886 --> 00:42:21,088 AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO REALLY TEST 1124 00:42:21,088 --> 00:42:23,190 QUICKER AND TO TEST ALSO BETTER. 1125 00:42:23,190 --> 00:42:24,925 ALL OF THIS TOGETHER BASICALLY 1126 00:42:24,925 --> 00:42:28,395 IS OUR APPROACH TO SOFTWARE, AND 1127 00:42:28,395 --> 00:42:30,231 IT'S, I CANNOT -- I CAN'T 1128 00:42:30,231 --> 00:42:31,865 IMAGINE A BETTER APPROACH. 1129 00:42:31,865 --> 00:42:33,234 I CANNOT IMAGINE AN APPROACH 1130 00:42:33,234 --> 00:42:34,935 THAT TESTS MORE. 1131 00:42:34,935 --> 00:42:37,471 IT TESTS BASICALLY CONTINUOUSLY 1132 00:42:37,471 --> 00:42:39,773 AND IN MY OPINION, THAT IS AN 1133 00:42:39,773 --> 00:42:42,443 EXCELLENT WAY OF TESTING EVEN 1134 00:42:42,443 --> 00:42:46,080 COMPLICATED SOFTWARE, WHICH IN 1135 00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,948 MY, ALSO MY OPINION SHOULD BE 1136 00:42:47,948 --> 00:42:49,016 TESTED EVEN MORE CAREFULLY. 1137 00:42:49,016 --> 00:42:51,719 >> WE'LL COME BACK IN THE ROOM. 1138 00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:54,722 >> CHRIS WITH NASA SPACE LIGHT 1139 00:42:54,722 --> 00:42:55,289 FOR HANS. 1140 00:42:55,289 --> 00:42:56,490 YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 1141 00:42:56,490 --> 00:42:58,325 TESTING AND YOU KNOW ALWAYS 1142 00:42:58,325 --> 00:42:59,026 GOING FORWARDED INDEPENDENT 1143 00:42:59,026 --> 00:43:00,527 DESIGN ITERATIONS. 1144 00:43:00,527 --> 00:43:03,764 A COUPLE OF SIR RUSS CARGO 1145 00:43:03,764 --> 00:43:05,599 FLIGHTS AGO, THERE WAS A CARGO 1146 00:43:05,599 --> 00:43:07,234 FLIGHT THAT HAD A LITTLE GRAY 1147 00:43:07,234 --> 00:43:09,503 STRIPE ON IT TESTING THERMAL 1148 00:43:09,503 --> 00:43:11,038 CONDITION OF THE PROPELLANTS, 1149 00:43:11,038 --> 00:43:13,240 HOW DID THAT GO SINCE WE HAVEN'T 1150 00:43:13,240 --> 00:43:14,041 SEEN IT REAPPEAR. 1151 00:43:14,041 --> 00:43:16,477 >> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 1152 00:43:16,477 --> 00:43:17,878 THIS PARTICULAR GRAY POD WAS ON 1153 00:43:17,878 --> 00:43:19,747 THE FUEL TANK AND WE WANTED TO 1154 00:43:19,747 --> 00:43:21,348 TEST IF YOU CAN KEEP THE FUEL AT 1155 00:43:21,348 --> 00:43:23,884 THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE FOR A LONG 1156 00:43:23,884 --> 00:43:24,652 DURATION MISSION. 1157 00:43:24,652 --> 00:43:26,553 I BELIEVE IT WORKED AS WE WANTED 1158 00:43:26,553 --> 00:43:27,855 IT TO DO. 1159 00:43:27,855 --> 00:43:29,657 WE ARE ONLY GOING TO DO THIS IF 1160 00:43:29,657 --> 00:43:31,625 WE HAVE A REALLY LONG DURATION 1161 00:43:31,625 --> 00:43:33,260 MISSION ON THE SECOND STAGE SO 1162 00:43:33,260 --> 00:43:35,129 FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU DO LIKE A 1163 00:43:35,129 --> 00:43:37,431 COUPLE HOURS OF COAST AND THEN 1164 00:43:37,431 --> 00:43:40,301 DO ANOTHER BURN, THAT'S WHAT 1165 00:43:40,301 --> 00:43:42,036 THIS IS BASICALLY GOOD FOR. 1166 00:43:42,036 --> 00:43:44,471 FOR NORMAL MISSIONS OR THE 1167 00:43:44,471 --> 00:43:45,773 DURATION IS RELATIVELY SHORT ON 1168 00:43:45,773 --> 00:43:48,742 THE SECOND STAGE, TYPICALLY 45 1169 00:43:48,742 --> 00:43:50,244 MINUTES FOR THE SECOND BURN AND 1170 00:43:50,244 --> 00:43:54,214 MAYBE ANOTHER 40, 50 MINUTES FOR 1171 00:43:54,214 --> 00:43:55,616 THE OVER BURN. 1172 00:43:55,616 --> 00:43:57,117 THESE ARE VERY SPECIFIC AND 1173 00:43:57,117 --> 00:43:58,719 SPECIAL MISSION THAT WE TEST 1174 00:43:58,719 --> 00:43:59,453 THAT FOR. 1175 00:43:59,453 --> 00:44:01,188 FROM WHAT I REMEMBER FROM THE 1176 00:44:01,188 --> 00:44:04,925 DATA REVIEW, IT WENT ALL WELL. 1177 00:44:04,925 --> 00:44:08,962 >> THE FOLLOW UP, FOR DRAGON 1178 00:44:08,962 --> 00:44:10,264 TWO, DO YOU GUYS HAVE THE 1179 00:44:10,264 --> 00:44:11,598 CAPABILITY TO FLY MORE OF THEM 1180 00:44:11,598 --> 00:44:14,601 AT ONE TIME IN ORBIT? 1181 00:44:14,601 --> 00:44:16,303 >> LIKE JOEL POINTED OUT, WE 1182 00:44:16,303 --> 00:44:17,137 ALMOST HAVE TO. 1183 00:44:17,137 --> 00:44:18,772 THE HANDOVER ON THE STATION AND 1184 00:44:18,772 --> 00:44:20,607 THAT MIGHT ALSO BE CARGO 1185 00:44:20,607 --> 00:44:22,810 MISSIONS GOING ON AT THE SAME 1186 00:44:22,810 --> 00:44:24,712 TIME, SO IN OUR VISION, THAT'S 1187 00:44:24,712 --> 00:44:26,980 GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, THREE, 1188 00:44:26,980 --> 00:44:29,383 MAYBE FOUR AT THE SAME TIME, 1189 00:44:29,383 --> 00:44:29,717 RIGHT? 1190 00:44:29,717 --> 00:44:30,851 SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE ABILITY 1191 00:44:30,851 --> 00:44:36,123 TO DO THAT, AND THE CAPABILITY. 1192 00:44:36,123 --> 00:44:37,991 >> OK WE HAVE TIME FOR JUST A 1193 00:44:37,991 --> 00:44:39,360 FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 1194 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:40,361 WE'LL GO HERE TO THE RIGHT SIDE. 1195 00:44:40,361 --> 00:44:42,963 >> JOHN MCGILL WITH CABLE AND 1196 00:44:42,963 --> 00:44:45,366 NEWS FOR HANS. 1197 00:44:45,366 --> 00:44:48,001 HANS, WITH THE DRAGON TWO, NOW 1198 00:44:48,001 --> 00:44:49,303 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT 1199 00:44:49,303 --> 00:44:52,639 THAT'S GOING TO BE LAUNCHED AT 1200 00:44:52,639 --> 00:44:52,906 39A. 1201 00:44:52,906 --> 00:44:55,943 WILL IT STILL BE ABLE TO LAUNCH 1202 00:44:55,943 --> 00:44:58,746 AT SLICK 40 IF NEED BE? 1203 00:44:58,746 --> 00:45:02,182 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 1204 00:45:02,182 --> 00:45:05,719 SO TWO DRAGON RAUNCH IS FROM 1205 00:45:05,719 --> 00:45:06,019 39A. 1206 00:45:06,019 --> 00:45:08,222 IT DOESN'T NEED THE LAUNCH TO 1207 00:45:08,222 --> 00:45:09,623 YOUR AND THE BRIDGE, THE WALK 1208 00:45:09,623 --> 00:45:12,292 WAY OVER TO THE CAPSULE 1209 00:45:12,292 --> 00:45:14,762 OBVIOUSLY ON THE CARGO DRAGON, 1210 00:45:14,762 --> 00:45:18,499 WE HAVE TYPICALLY A DEVICE THAT 1211 00:45:18,499 --> 00:45:20,067 PERFORMS DELAYED LOAD AND WE 1212 00:45:20,067 --> 00:45:22,369 HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY THERE. 1213 00:45:22,369 --> 00:45:24,571 I'M NOT SURE IF YOU PLAN TO 1214 00:45:24,571 --> 00:45:26,173 LAUNCH FROM BOAT BUT I DON'T SEE 1215 00:45:26,173 --> 00:45:28,575 A PROBLEM NOT TO DO THAT 1216 00:45:28,575 --> 00:45:28,942 FRANKLY. 1217 00:45:28,942 --> 00:45:31,678 IT DEPENDS ON WHAT GROUND 1218 00:45:31,678 --> 00:45:34,081 SUPPORT EQUIPMENT WE USE FOR THE 1219 00:45:34,081 --> 00:45:36,784 LATE LOADS THERE. 1220 00:45:36,784 --> 00:45:37,651 >> OK. 1221 00:45:37,651 --> 00:45:40,687 DOWN HERE IN FRONT. 1222 00:45:40,687 --> 00:45:43,891 >> IRENE, AVIATION WEEK. 1223 00:45:43,891 --> 00:45:45,993 YOU GOT TO THREE ON THE DRAGON 1224 00:45:45,993 --> 00:45:48,362 ONE BUT WHAT WAS THE DESIGN OF 1225 00:45:48,362 --> 00:45:50,297 DRAGON ONE INITIALLY FOR 1226 00:45:50,297 --> 00:45:52,132 REUSABILITY AND HOW MANY 1227 00:45:52,132 --> 00:45:53,667 VEHICLES DO YOU HAVE, AND I KNOW 1228 00:45:53,667 --> 00:45:55,035 YOU'RE DECIDING WHAT TO DO WITH 1229 00:45:55,035 --> 00:45:57,371 THEM ALL, BUT HOW MANY ACTUALLY 1230 00:45:57,371 --> 00:46:00,641 ARE YOU GOING TO BE 1231 00:46:00,641 --> 00:46:01,074 DISTRIBUTING? 1232 00:46:01,074 --> 00:46:04,778 >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ALL 1233 00:46:04,778 --> 00:46:05,379 ARE. 1234 00:46:05,379 --> 00:46:06,914 I HAVEN'T LOOKED FOR THEM. 1235 00:46:06,914 --> 00:46:09,082 IT'S GOING TO BE, I DON'T KNOW, 1236 00:46:09,082 --> 00:46:11,585 MAYBE MUSEUMS OR SOMETHING, 1237 00:46:11,585 --> 00:46:15,456 CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER, MY 1238 00:46:15,456 --> 00:46:17,491 FAVORITE. 1239 00:46:17,491 --> 00:46:19,693 YEAH, SO I THINK THEY STORE THEM 1240 00:46:19,693 --> 00:46:21,662 RIGHT NOW IN TEXAS, BUT I HAVE 1241 00:46:21,662 --> 00:46:22,763 NO DETAILS WHERE THEY ARE. 1242 00:46:22,763 --> 00:46:24,698 >> HOW LONG WERE THEY INITIALLY 1243 00:46:24,698 --> 00:46:26,300 DESIGNED, HOW MANY FLIGHTS WERE 1244 00:46:26,300 --> 00:46:27,468 THEY INITIALLY DESIGNED FOR. 1245 00:46:27,468 --> 00:46:28,936 >> I DON'T REMEMBER THAT. 1246 00:46:28,936 --> 00:46:30,804 IT'S BEEN VERY LONG, RIGHT, 1247 00:46:30,804 --> 00:46:32,105 AFTER ALL THAT'S BEEN DESIGNED, 1248 00:46:32,105 --> 00:46:33,407 YOU KNOW, 12 YEARS AGO. 1249 00:46:33,407 --> 00:46:36,310 I BELIEVE IT WAS THREE TIMES AT 1250 00:46:36,310 --> 00:46:37,711 THAT TIME. 1251 00:46:37,711 --> 00:46:38,879 IT DID PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE 1252 00:46:38,879 --> 00:46:39,713 WANTED IT TO DO. 1253 00:46:39,713 --> 00:46:41,682 WE DIDN'T DO THIS ON THE FIRST 1254 00:46:41,682 --> 00:46:43,550 COUPLE CAPSULES, WE NEEDED TO 1255 00:46:43,550 --> 00:46:45,619 LEARN A LITTLE BIT HOW TO 1256 00:46:45,619 --> 00:46:47,120 WATERPROOF DRAGON FIRST. 1257 00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:48,789 THERE'S ALWAYS A LEARNING FACTOR 1258 00:46:48,789 --> 00:46:50,557 WHEN YOU GO INTO REFURBISHMENT, 1259 00:46:50,557 --> 00:46:52,125 IT TAKES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF 1260 00:46:52,125 --> 00:46:54,294 TIME TO WORK THIS OUT BUT AT THE 1261 00:46:54,294 --> 00:46:56,363 END, IT RUNS VERY SMOOTHLY. 1262 00:46:56,363 --> 00:46:59,333 >> WE'RE GAG BACK TO THE PHONES, 1263 00:46:59,333 --> 00:47:02,302 STEVEN CLARK AGAIN WITH SPACE 1264 00:47:02,302 --> 00:47:02,703 FLIGHT NOW. 1265 00:47:02,703 --> 00:47:05,205 >> HI, I HAVE A WEATHER QUESTION 1266 00:47:05,205 --> 00:47:07,140 FOR MIKE. 1267 00:47:07,140 --> 00:47:08,909 OR MAYBE HANS HAS THE ANSWER. 1268 00:47:08,909 --> 00:47:11,111 WHAT'S THE WIND LIMIT FOR GROUND 1269 00:47:11,111 --> 00:47:12,513 WINDS FOR FALCON NINE? 1270 00:47:12,513 --> 00:47:15,782 I UNDERSTAND IT MAY BE DEPENDENT 1271 00:47:15,782 --> 00:47:17,084 ON DIRECTION BUT WHAT'S THE 1272 00:47:17,084 --> 00:47:23,857 LIMIT WE'RE LOOKING AT? 1273 00:47:23,857 --> 00:47:27,294 [ LAUGHTER ] THE. 1274 00:47:27,294 --> 00:47:29,363 >> I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE 1275 00:47:29,363 --> 00:47:29,730 QUESTION. 1276 00:47:29,730 --> 00:47:34,568 >> LIFTOFF CRITERIA, THE LIMIT. 1277 00:47:34,568 --> 00:47:37,704 >> THAT DEPENDS ON DIRECTION BUT 1278 00:47:37,704 --> 00:47:38,972 I WANT TO SAY THAT'S ALMOST IN 1279 00:47:38,972 --> 00:47:39,573 THE DETAILS. 1280 00:47:39,573 --> 00:47:41,875 IT'S LIKE A COUPLE OF MILES PER 1281 00:47:41,875 --> 00:47:43,277 HOUR, DEPENDING ON THE 1282 00:47:43,277 --> 00:47:47,481 DIRECTION, BUT IN GENERAL, IT'S 1283 00:47:47,481 --> 00:47:48,782 ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, 1284 00:47:48,782 --> 00:47:54,688 IT'S ABOUT 30. 1285 00:47:54,688 --> 00:47:57,424 I DON'T KNOW THE FACT NUMBER, 34 1286 00:47:57,424 --> 00:47:58,559 OR 35, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 1287 00:47:58,559 --> 00:48:00,360 DEPENDS ON THE DIRECTION. 1288 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:01,428 >> WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON 1289 00:48:01,428 --> 00:48:05,299 THE PHONE, BILL HARWOOD WITH CBS 1290 00:48:05,299 --> 00:48:05,599 NEWS. 1291 00:48:05,599 --> 00:48:05,966 GO AHEAD. 1292 00:48:05,966 --> 00:48:08,535 >> QUICK QUESTION FOR JOEL. 1293 00:48:08,535 --> 00:48:11,672 ASSUMING THAT THE SOYUZ GOES UP 1294 00:48:11,672 --> 00:48:14,174 ON TIME AND THIS SPACECRAFT ON 1295 00:48:14,174 --> 00:48:16,376 TIME, ARE YOU STILL THINKING 1296 00:48:16,376 --> 00:48:20,414 ABOUT AN EVA TO HOOK UP TO 1297 00:48:20,414 --> 00:48:22,049 BARTOLOMEO ARE DO OTHER ISSUES 1298 00:48:22,049 --> 00:48:22,783 RULE THAT OUT? 1299 00:48:22,783 --> 00:48:24,384 >> THE CURRENT PLAN IS TO 1300 00:48:24,384 --> 00:48:25,552 CONTINUE AS WE'VE BEEN 1301 00:48:25,552 --> 00:48:26,720 ADVERTISING THAT WE'LL DO A 1302 00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:29,623 SPACE WALK DURING THE SOYUZ 1303 00:48:29,623 --> 00:48:29,990 MISSION. 1304 00:48:29,990 --> 00:48:31,925 >> YOU ALL HAVE A TARGET DATE 1305 00:48:31,925 --> 00:48:32,459 FOR THAT? 1306 00:48:32,459 --> 00:48:34,294 >> OK, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE 1307 00:48:34,294 --> 00:48:38,398 FINAL QUESTION HERE IN THE ROOM. 1308 00:48:38,398 --> 00:48:40,067 >> I DON'T HAVE THE DATE. 1309 00:48:40,067 --> 00:48:41,635 I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU, AND 1310 00:48:41,635 --> 00:48:42,970 WE'LL GET THAT SENT TO YOU. 1311 00:48:42,970 --> 00:48:43,870 >> OK. 1312 00:48:43,870 --> 00:48:45,906 FINAL QUESTION HERE IN THE 1313 00:48:45,906 --> 00:48:46,206 FRONT. 1314 00:48:46,206 --> 00:48:49,409 >> HEY, KEN KRAMER FOR HANS, CAN 1315 00:48:49,409 --> 00:48:51,144 YOU GIVE US YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON 1316 00:48:51,144 --> 00:48:52,980 THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS, HOW CLOSE 1317 00:48:52,980 --> 00:48:53,547 WE ARE? 1318 00:48:53,547 --> 00:48:58,952 >> IT'S INTERESTING. 1319 00:48:58,952 --> 00:49:00,887 I HAVE TO BE TECHNICAL. 1320 00:49:00,887 --> 00:49:03,724 IT'S NOT JUST THE UPPER LEVEL 1321 00:49:03,724 --> 00:49:05,392 WIND SPEED, IT'S THE SHEER AND 1322 00:49:05,392 --> 00:49:07,561 PREDICTION OF SHEER, SO IT'S 1323 00:49:07,561 --> 00:49:09,329 BASICALLY IF THE PREDICTION IS 1324 00:49:09,329 --> 00:49:11,031 GOOD, THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY FLY 1325 00:49:11,031 --> 00:49:12,766 IT THROUGH A FAIRLY HIGH SHEER 1326 00:49:12,766 --> 00:49:14,267 BECAUSE WE STEER THE ROCKET 1327 00:49:14,267 --> 00:49:15,335 BASICALLY ACCORDINGLY. 1328 00:49:15,335 --> 00:49:17,204 IF THE PREDICTION IS NOT GOOD, 1329 00:49:17,204 --> 00:49:18,839 THEN WE MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM AND 1330 00:49:18,839 --> 00:49:23,143 WE CHECK THAT BY LAUNCHINGS 1331 00:49:23,143 --> 00:49:24,544 BALLOONS AND VERIFYING WITH 1332 00:49:24,544 --> 00:49:25,846 FINAL SIMULATION RUNS THAT 1333 00:49:25,846 --> 00:49:27,080 EVERYTHING IS OK. 1334 00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:28,882 SO AND IN TERMS OF TODAY, I HAVE 1335 00:49:28,882 --> 00:49:31,118 NOT LOOKED AT IT IN DETAIL. 1336 00:49:31,118 --> 00:49:33,020 THIS IS ONE OF THE NEXT THINGS I 1337 00:49:33,020 --> 00:49:34,421 DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS BUT 1338 00:49:34,421 --> 00:49:36,056 I HEARD THAT THE UPPER LEVEL 1339 00:49:36,056 --> 00:49:38,125 WINDS ARE NOT AS TRAUMATIC AND 1340 00:49:38,125 --> 00:49:39,926 WHAT I THEN CARE MORE IS THAT 1341 00:49:39,926 --> 00:49:41,395 THEY ARE REALLY PREDICTABLE AND 1342 00:49:41,395 --> 00:49:44,731 NOT CHANGING OVER THE NEXT I 1343 00:49:44,731 --> 00:49:45,999 WANT TO SAY SEVEN HOURS 1344 00:49:45,999 --> 00:49:46,900 BASICALLY. 1345 00:49:46,900 --> 00:49:47,401 THAT'S IMPORTANT. 1346 00:49:47,401 --> 00:49:49,002 >> OK. 1347 00:49:49,002 --> 00:49:51,204 >> HE'S NODDING, SO I THINK THEY 1348 00:49:51,204 --> 00:49:53,006 ARE PREDICTABLE. 1349 00:49:53,006 --> 00:49:55,075 >> OK, THAT'S ALL THE TIME THAT 1350 00:49:55,075 --> 00:49:57,110 WE HAVE FOR TODAY'S NEWS 1351 00:49:57,110 --> 00:49:59,279 CONFERENCE ON THAT OUR LIVE 1352 00:49:59,279 --> 00:50:01,615 LAUNCH COVERAGE BEGINS AT 1353 00:50:01,615 --> 00:50:05,786 11:30 THIS EVENING ON NASA TV 1354 00:50:05,786 --> 00:50:11,358 AND NASA.GOV/LIVE. 1355 00:50:11,358 --> 00:50:13,727 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US 1356 00:50:13,727 --> 00:50:14,061 TODAY. 1357 00:50:14,061 --> 00:50:15,162 UNTIL NEXT TIME.