1 00:00:42,642 --> 00:00:44,244 >> I FEEL THE LIFTOFF. 2 00:00:44,244 --> 00:00:47,580 THE CLOCK HAS STARTED. 3 00:00:47,580 --> 00:00:48,648 >> ROGER. 4 00:00:48,648 --> 00:00:56,923 I FEEL FINE. 5 00:00:56,923 --> 00:00:58,992 >> THE EAGLE HAS LANDED. 6 00:00:58,992 --> 00:00:59,959 >> ROGER. 7 00:00:59,959 --> 00:01:02,929 >> THE NEW POSSIBILITIES ARE 8 00:01:02,929 --> 00:01:07,133 OPENING UP FOR THE CORPORATION 9 00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:09,135 BETWEEN COUNTRIES. 10 00:01:09,135 --> 00:01:11,604 >> WE HAVE LIFTOFF. 11 00:01:11,604 --> 00:01:13,873 AMERICA'S RETURN TO SPACE AS 12 00:01:13,873 --> 00:01:15,708 DISCOVERY CLEARS THE TOWER. 13 00:01:15,708 --> 00:01:22,215 >> DISCOVERY, ROGER. 14 00:01:22,215 --> 00:01:27,854 >> IT'S NICE TO BE IN ORBIT. 15 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:41,634 ♪♪ 16 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:46,506 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME 17 00:01:46,506 --> 00:01:47,874 TO NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 18 00:01:47,874 --> 00:01:48,708 IN FLORIDA. 19 00:01:48,708 --> 00:01:51,344 I'M JOSHUA FINCH OF NASA'S 20 00:01:51,344 --> 00:01:52,645 COMMUNICATION. 21 00:01:52,645 --> 00:01:59,719 WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS NASA'S 22 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:00,320 SPACEX TEAM. 23 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,456 AND WE'RE JOINED BY PARTICIPANTS 24 00:02:03,456 --> 00:02:07,026 WHO CAN TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 25 00:02:07,026 --> 00:02:07,360 REVIEW. 26 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,831 FIRST WE HAVE THE NASA 27 00:02:11,831 --> 00:02:12,298 ADMINISTRATOR. 28 00:02:12,298 --> 00:02:16,269 NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR. 29 00:02:16,269 --> 00:02:21,908 MANAGER OF NASA'S COMMERCIAL 30 00:02:21,908 --> 00:02:24,310 CREW PROGRAM. 31 00:02:24,310 --> 00:02:25,612 MANAGER INTERNATIONAL SPACE 32 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:28,214 STATION PROGRAM. 33 00:02:28,214 --> 00:02:30,483 DIRECTOR OF CREW MISSION 34 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:32,352 MANAGEMENT AT SPACEX. 35 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:35,455 AND DEPUTY DETECTOR AT NASA'S 36 00:02:35,455 --> 00:02:37,390 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, FLIGHT 37 00:02:37,390 --> 00:02:37,790 OPERATIONS. 38 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:39,425 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH 39 00:02:39,425 --> 00:02:41,094 OPENING COMMENTS FROM OUR 40 00:02:41,094 --> 00:02:41,494 PRESENTERS. 41 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:43,263 AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO 42 00:02:43,263 --> 00:02:43,963 QUESTIONS. 43 00:02:43,963 --> 00:02:50,603 WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE 44 00:02:50,603 --> 00:02:51,037 ADMINISTRATOR. 45 00:02:51,037 --> 00:03:11,324 >> THANK YOU, JOSH. 46 00:03:11,324 --> 00:03:14,727 >> HERE WE ARE TODAY IN AN EMPTY 47 00:03:14,727 --> 00:03:18,598 ROOM, TALKING TO CAMERAS, AND 48 00:03:18,598 --> 00:03:20,266 ALL OF ARE SIX FEET APART. 49 00:03:20,266 --> 00:03:22,735 AND WE'RE ALL HERE WITH OUR 50 00:03:22,735 --> 00:03:26,439 MASKS ON, AND WHAT WE'RE DOING 51 00:03:26,439 --> 00:03:27,907 HERE TODAY EXEMPLIFIES WHAT WE 52 00:03:27,907 --> 00:03:31,110 WERE DOING IN THE LAUNCH 53 00:03:31,110 --> 00:03:31,544 READINESS REVIEW. 54 00:04:31,771 --> 00:04:32,105 AS WELL 55 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:32,272 >> 56 00:04:40,213 --> 00:04:40,913 THANK YOU. 57 00:04:40,913 --> 00:04:44,717 AND NOW WE'LL GO TO STEVEN. 58 00:04:44,717 --> 00:05:06,339 >> THANK YOU, JOSH. 59 00:05:06,339 --> 00:05:07,006 [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] 60 00:05:07,006 --> 00:05:09,809 >> FOR THE SPACEX COMMERCIAL 61 00:05:09,809 --> 00:05:10,109 CREW. 62 00:05:10,109 --> 00:05:12,011 LIKE JIM SAID, IT WAS AN 63 00:05:12,011 --> 00:05:12,845 EXCELLENT REVIEW. 64 00:05:12,845 --> 00:05:17,116 I KNEW GOING IN, THE TEAM WAS 65 00:05:17,116 --> 00:05:17,517 READY. 66 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:19,385 AND THEY ABSOLUTELY DEMONSTRATED 67 00:05:19,385 --> 00:05:21,087 THAT WITH THE REVIEW. 68 00:05:21,087 --> 00:05:23,823 DAY AND A HALF OF REALLY GOOD 69 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:25,058 PRESENTATIONS, REALLY GOOD 70 00:05:25,058 --> 00:05:26,559 DISCUSSIONS, AND WE ACCOMPLISHED 71 00:05:26,559 --> 00:05:32,298 WHAT WE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH. 72 00:05:32,298 --> 00:05:34,233 THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES, 73 00:05:34,233 --> 00:05:35,601 I'M HAPPY TO REPORT. 74 00:05:35,601 --> 00:05:37,537 AT THE END IT WAS A VERY, VERY 75 00:05:37,537 --> 00:05:38,638 CLEAN REVIEW. 76 00:05:38,638 --> 00:05:40,473 THERE IS JUST THE PLANNED 77 00:05:40,473 --> 00:05:41,708 FORWARD WORK TO GET DONE. 78 00:05:41,708 --> 00:05:43,810 THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF IT 79 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:45,712 BETWEEN NOW AND LAUNCH, BUT WE 80 00:05:45,712 --> 00:05:48,815 ARE READY TO LAUNCH ON WEDNESDAY 81 00:05:48,815 --> 00:05:52,085 MAY 27TH AT 4:43 P.M. 82 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:55,054 AND IT'S THE -- A CREDIT TO THE 83 00:05:55,054 --> 00:05:57,824 TEAM, THE SPACEX NASA TEAM FOR 84 00:05:57,824 --> 00:06:02,161 THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION 85 00:06:02,161 --> 00:06:04,330 TO GET TO THIS POINT. 86 00:06:04,330 --> 00:06:07,100 THIS TEAM EVENTS THE VALUES OF 87 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:08,101 NASA, SAFETY. 88 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:10,737 THEY HAVE BEEN LASER FOCUSED ON 89 00:06:10,737 --> 00:06:13,039 SAFELY LAUNCHING BOB AND DOUG 90 00:06:13,039 --> 00:06:14,674 INTO SPACE, GETTING INTO THE 91 00:06:14,674 --> 00:06:17,076 SPACE STATION AND RETURNING THEM 92 00:06:17,076 --> 00:06:18,311 HOME SAFELY. 93 00:06:18,311 --> 00:06:20,546 TEAM WORK -- I HAVE NEVER SEEN A 94 00:06:20,546 --> 00:06:22,448 TEAM TOGETHER THIS EFFECTIVELY 95 00:06:22,448 --> 00:06:24,250 TO CONCUR THE CHALLENGES TO GET 96 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:25,918 TO THIS POINT. 97 00:06:25,918 --> 00:06:27,420 INTEGRITY IN EVERYTHING THEY 98 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:28,454 HAVE DONE. 99 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:30,757 I HAVE JUST BEEN SO IMPRESSED 100 00:06:30,757 --> 00:06:32,558 WITH THE OPENNESS AND FRANKNESS 101 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:34,527 OF ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS, WHICH 102 00:06:34,527 --> 00:06:37,897 IS REALLY CRITICAL TO GET TO THE 103 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:39,966 POINT WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH, AND 104 00:06:39,966 --> 00:06:41,834 THEN EXCELLENCE. 105 00:06:41,834 --> 00:06:43,469 IF YOU ARE IN THE REVIEW AND 106 00:06:43,469 --> 00:06:45,838 HEARD THE BRIEFINGS FROM THE 107 00:06:45,838 --> 00:06:47,940 ENGINEERING TEAM, JUST 108 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:49,609 INCREDIBLE ENGINEERS, AND THEY 109 00:06:49,609 --> 00:06:52,145 DEMONSTRATED THE -- THE 110 00:06:52,145 --> 00:06:54,714 EXCELLENCE THAT WE EXPECT FROM 111 00:06:54,714 --> 00:06:57,316 BOTH SPACEX AS WELL AS NASA, AND 112 00:06:57,316 --> 00:06:59,152 I COULD NOT BE MORE PROUD OF THE 113 00:06:59,152 --> 00:07:01,654 TEAM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, 114 00:07:01,654 --> 00:07:01,954 JOSH. 115 00:07:01,954 --> 00:07:08,027 >> AND WE'LL NOW GO TO KATHY 116 00:07:08,027 --> 00:07:09,162 READERS. 117 00:07:09,162 --> 00:07:09,462 KATHY? 118 00:07:09,462 --> 00:07:12,098 >> WELL, A REALLY BIG DAY FOR 119 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:12,965 THE TEAM. 120 00:07:12,965 --> 00:07:16,436 I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THE NASA 121 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:19,839 AND SPACEX TEAM WHO HAVE DUG 122 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:22,809 DEEP AND WORKED SO HARD TO GET 123 00:07:22,809 --> 00:07:23,943 US TO THIS POINT. 124 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:25,745 JUST -- WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS 125 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:27,647 TEAM, AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD 126 00:07:27,647 --> 00:07:28,381 OF THEM. 127 00:07:28,381 --> 00:07:30,049 I'M PROUD OF THE OPPORTUNITY WE 128 00:07:30,049 --> 00:07:34,387 HAD TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT TO THE 129 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:34,720 AGENCY. 130 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,589 OUR READINESS, AND THEN HAVE 131 00:07:36,589 --> 00:07:37,790 THEM AGREE. 132 00:07:37,790 --> 00:07:40,293 SO VERY, VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM. 133 00:07:40,293 --> 00:07:42,995 VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM AND THE 134 00:07:42,995 --> 00:07:44,163 CULMINATION OF THEIR WORK. 135 00:07:44,163 --> 00:07:47,200 I'M JUST -- I'M IN AWE THAT I 136 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,702 GET TO LEAD THIS TEAM, IT'S 137 00:07:49,702 --> 00:07:50,903 REALLY AN HONOR. 138 00:07:50,903 --> 00:07:51,971 BUT WE'RE NOT DONE. 139 00:07:51,971 --> 00:07:54,907 WE TALKED A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT 140 00:07:54,907 --> 00:07:56,142 WE HAVE GOT TO DO THIS RIGHT. 141 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:58,578 AND WE HAVE TO LAUNCH BOB AND 142 00:07:58,578 --> 00:08:00,146 DOUG, AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE 143 00:08:00,146 --> 00:08:03,082 TAKEN CARE OF IN ORBIT, AND MAKE 144 00:08:03,082 --> 00:08:04,650 SURE THEY GET HOME, AND WE ARE 145 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:07,186 COMMITTED TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE 146 00:08:07,186 --> 00:08:11,224 GOING TO STAY VIGILANT OVER THE 147 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:12,458 NEXT FEW DAYS. 148 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:16,863 WE STILL HAVE A STATIC FIRE. 149 00:08:16,863 --> 00:08:19,532 AND TOMORROW WE HAVE ALSO A 150 00:08:19,532 --> 00:08:21,267 REALLY IMPORTANT EVENT. 151 00:08:21,267 --> 00:08:23,336 IT'S A DRY ADDRESS. 152 00:08:23,336 --> 00:08:24,871 IT'S OUR LAST RUN-THROUGH WITH 153 00:08:24,871 --> 00:08:27,139 THE CREW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 154 00:08:27,139 --> 00:08:28,274 REALLY READY. 155 00:08:28,274 --> 00:08:30,576 AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FINAL 156 00:08:30,576 --> 00:08:32,278 LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW ON 157 00:08:32,278 --> 00:08:32,612 MONDAY. 158 00:08:32,612 --> 00:08:34,180 SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS 159 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:34,580 TEAM. 160 00:08:34,580 --> 00:08:36,148 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT ONE STEP 161 00:08:36,148 --> 00:08:39,151 AT A TIME, AND WE'RE GOING TO 162 00:08:39,151 --> 00:08:41,220 STILL FLY WHEN WE'RE READY, BUT 163 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:42,822 THANK YOU TO MY WHOLE STATEMENT, 164 00:08:42,822 --> 00:08:48,828 TO THE NASA TEAM, TO THE SPACEX 165 00:08:48,828 --> 00:08:52,765 TEAM SO THE ISS THAT HAVE HELP 166 00:08:52,765 --> 00:08:53,666 US GET THERE. 167 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:56,302 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, IT'S A GREAT 168 00:08:56,302 --> 00:08:57,403 PLEASURE TO BE HERE. 169 00:08:57,403 --> 00:08:59,639 I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO 170 00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:01,140 PARTICIPATE IN THIS REVIEW. 171 00:09:01,140 --> 00:09:02,909 MUCH LIKE WE HAVE THE 172 00:09:02,909 --> 00:09:04,010 PREPARATIONS KATHY WAS 173 00:09:04,010 --> 00:09:08,214 DESCRIBING HERE ON THE PLANET, 174 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:10,583 THERE ARE GET THINGS GOING ON IN 175 00:09:10,583 --> 00:09:10,917 ORBIT. 176 00:09:10,917 --> 00:09:13,252 AS WE'RE CONDUCTING OUR REVIEW 177 00:09:13,252 --> 00:09:16,622 HERE, THE HTV IS RAPIDLY 178 00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:18,357 CATCHING UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL 179 00:09:18,357 --> 00:09:20,126 SPACE STATION AND ARRIVING TO 180 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:23,396 THE ISS ON MONDAY, SO JUST A FEW 181 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:24,964 DAYS BEFORE. 182 00:09:24,964 --> 00:09:28,301 IT WILL BE GRAPPLED AND BY THE 183 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:30,670 TIME DEMO TWO ARRIVES IT WILL BE 184 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:32,238 PART OF THE SPACE STATION. 185 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:36,742 I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO THE 186 00:09:36,742 --> 00:09:38,444 CHRIS, YVONNE JUST A FEW MINUTES 187 00:09:38,444 --> 00:09:40,646 BEFORE I LEFT TO COME DOWN LEER 188 00:09:40,646 --> 00:09:41,881 TO THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 189 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:45,418 I CAN TELL YOU, THOSE GUYS ARE 190 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:47,787 VERY FOCUSED, VERY EXCITED AND 191 00:09:47,787 --> 00:09:51,390 ARE PREPARING FOR HAVING BOB AND 192 00:09:51,390 --> 00:09:53,159 DOUG ARRIVE ON ORBIT. 193 00:09:53,159 --> 00:09:55,261 SO GREAT PREPARATIONS GOING ON 194 00:09:55,261 --> 00:09:55,761 IN ORBIT. 195 00:09:55,761 --> 00:09:58,965 AND FINALLY, COMING UP HOME, 196 00:09:58,965 --> 00:10:01,968 WE'LL BRING HOME BOB AND DOUG 197 00:10:01,968 --> 00:10:04,503 SAFELY AND WE'LL BRING HOME 198 00:10:04,503 --> 00:10:06,739 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ON THE 199 00:10:06,739 --> 00:10:07,773 DRAGON TOO. 200 00:10:07,773 --> 00:10:09,575 SO A GREAT TEST FLIGHT, BUT ALSO 201 00:10:09,575 --> 00:10:12,378 THE ABILITY TO MAKE SURE OF THAT 202 00:10:12,378 --> 00:10:13,279 VEHICLE TO BRING HOME 203 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:15,081 EXPERIMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN 204 00:10:15,081 --> 00:10:17,283 ORBIT FOR A WHILE. 205 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:19,118 SO THIS YEAR WE'RE CELEBRATING 206 00:10:19,118 --> 00:10:21,387 20 YEARS OF HAVING HUMANS LIVING 207 00:10:21,387 --> 00:10:23,055 AND WORKING IN THE SPACE, AND 208 00:10:23,055 --> 00:10:25,257 WE'RE VERY, VERY MUCH EXCITED TO 209 00:10:25,257 --> 00:10:29,562 HAVE THE FIRST HUMANS LAUNCH THE 210 00:10:29,562 --> 00:10:30,696 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 211 00:10:30,696 --> 00:10:33,766 SINCE JULY 8TH, 2011, THE LAST 212 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:36,302 TIME HUMANS LEFT THE PLANET HERE 213 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:38,537 IN KENNEDY AND THE KENNEDY SPACE 214 00:10:38,537 --> 00:10:41,140 CENTER AND WENT TO THE 215 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:41,841 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 216 00:10:41,841 --> 00:10:42,875 VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO 217 00:10:42,875 --> 00:10:44,577 NEXT WEEK, HAVING BOB AND DOUG 218 00:10:44,577 --> 00:10:47,613 IN ORBIT, CONTINUING HUMAN 219 00:10:47,613 --> 00:10:49,148 PRESENCE, LEARNING AND 220 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:49,515 EXPLORING. 221 00:10:49,515 --> 00:10:52,852 SO WITH THAT, IT'S MY GREAT 222 00:10:52,852 --> 00:10:57,089 PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE BENGIE 223 00:10:57,089 --> 00:10:57,790 REID. 224 00:10:57,790 --> 00:10:59,792 HE AND HIS TEAM HAVE WORKED FOR 225 00:10:59,792 --> 00:11:03,496 THE LAST FEW YEARS TO MAKE THIS 226 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:06,032 HAPPEN. 227 00:11:06,032 --> 00:11:07,133 BENGIE? 228 00:11:07,133 --> 00:11:08,200 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KIRK. 229 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,302 WE'RE NOT JUST COLLEAGUES HERE 230 00:11:10,302 --> 00:11:11,671 OR EVEN PARTNERS. 231 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:14,573 OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE BUILT 232 00:11:14,573 --> 00:11:16,409 FRIENDSHIPS, BUT IN THOSE 233 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:17,843 FRIENDSHIPS WE HOLD EACH OTHER 234 00:11:17,843 --> 00:11:18,678 ACCOUNTABLE. 235 00:11:18,678 --> 00:11:21,280 IT'S AN HONOR THE RESPONSIBILITY 236 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:22,815 THAT WE CARRY JOINTLY WITH NASA 237 00:11:22,815 --> 00:11:25,384 AND OUR FRIENDS AND PARTNERS AND 238 00:11:25,384 --> 00:11:26,585 OUR COMPANY AT SPACEX. 239 00:11:26,585 --> 00:11:29,722 AND IT'S A SACRED HONOR, AND 240 00:11:29,722 --> 00:11:30,890 THOSE ARE MEANINGFUL WORDS WHEN 241 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:31,724 WE SAY THAT. 242 00:11:31,724 --> 00:11:34,060 OUR JOB IS TO CARRY BOB AND DOUG 243 00:11:34,060 --> 00:11:36,562 TO THE SPACE STATION, HAND THEM 244 00:11:36,562 --> 00:11:38,731 TO KIRK, LET THEM DO WHAT THEY 245 00:11:38,731 --> 00:11:41,634 GET TO DO ON SPACE STATION, HELP 246 00:11:41,634 --> 00:11:43,035 KEEP THE SPACE STATION RUNNING 247 00:11:43,035 --> 00:11:45,738 AND SAFE, AND BRING THEM HOME 248 00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:47,773 SAFELY BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES. 249 00:11:47,773 --> 00:11:49,375 AS WE LIKE TO MENTION, THEY ARE 250 00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:49,675 DADS. 251 00:11:49,675 --> 00:11:52,011 THEY HAVE GOT FAMILIES BACK 252 00:11:52,011 --> 00:11:52,311 HOME. 253 00:11:52,311 --> 00:11:54,513 AND IT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS 254 00:11:54,513 --> 00:11:56,549 WE'RE ALL TAKING CARE OF EACH 255 00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:58,150 OTHER THROUGH THESE INTERESTING 256 00:11:58,150 --> 00:11:59,652 TIMES, WE'RE NEEDING TO TAKE 257 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:01,387 CARE OF THE CREW AND BRING THEM 258 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:01,921 HOME. 259 00:12:01,921 --> 00:12:03,889 AND, AGAIN, ON THAT SACRED 260 00:12:03,889 --> 00:12:05,658 JOURNEY TOGETHER, WE'RE ALL 261 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:07,793 HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE. 262 00:12:07,793 --> 00:12:10,396 AND TODAY WE GOT A GO, AND IT 263 00:12:10,396 --> 00:12:12,098 WAS AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY TO GET 264 00:12:12,098 --> 00:12:14,467 TO TODAY'S REVIEW, BUT WE STILL 265 00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:18,637 HAVE OUR STATIC FIRE THIS 266 00:12:18,637 --> 00:12:20,072 AFTERNOON. 267 00:12:20,072 --> 00:12:20,773 OUR DRY ADDRESS TOMORROW. 268 00:12:20,773 --> 00:12:22,775 AND OUR LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW, 269 00:12:22,775 --> 00:12:25,478 WHICH NASA WILL BE ATTENDING 270 00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:27,546 WITH US JUST BEFORE LAUNCH TO 271 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:30,049 ENSURE THAT WE'RE READY. 272 00:12:30,049 --> 00:12:32,218 BUT JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 273 00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:35,154 ABOUT WHAT GOT US HERE RE-KENTLY 274 00:12:35,154 --> 00:12:37,957 TO TODAY, WE HAVE A FEW PHOTOS 275 00:12:37,957 --> 00:12:38,958 TO BRING UP. 276 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:41,460 THERE IS DRAGON BEING READY TO 277 00:12:41,460 --> 00:12:43,162 BE TRANSPORTED FROM WHERE WE 278 00:12:43,162 --> 00:12:46,098 PREPARE THE VEHICLES OVER TO THE 279 00:12:46,098 --> 00:12:46,432 HANGAR. 280 00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:50,469 AND THERE IS DRAGON AND FALCON 281 00:12:50,469 --> 00:12:52,304 MATED TOGETHER READY TO ROLL OUT 282 00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:53,606 TO THE PAD. 283 00:12:53,606 --> 00:12:56,142 AND THERE THEY ARE IN THE 284 00:12:56,142 --> 00:12:58,978 TRANSPORT ERECTOR. 285 00:12:58,978 --> 00:13:06,485 THE BARN DOOR IS OPEN, AND 286 00:13:06,485 --> 00:13:08,287 DRAGON IS READY TO LEAVE. 287 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:09,722 AND THERE THEY ARE. 288 00:13:09,722 --> 00:13:11,557 THE CREW ARM HAS MOVED INTO 289 00:13:11,557 --> 00:13:13,926 POSITION, IT IS ATTACHED -- OR 290 00:13:13,926 --> 00:13:16,562 AGAINST THE DRAGON NOW, AND 291 00:13:16,562 --> 00:13:20,232 WE'RE READY -- WE'RE READY TO GO 292 00:13:20,232 --> 00:13:22,935 INTO STATIC FIRE IN JUST ABOUT A 293 00:13:22,935 --> 00:13:24,270 HOUR AND A HALF FROM NOW. 294 00:13:24,270 --> 00:13:27,373 WE TALK ABOUT THE WHOLE MISSION. 295 00:13:27,373 --> 00:13:31,010 IT'S REALLY A GOOD TO THE 296 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:34,747 MISSION THERE WILL BE CONSTANT 297 00:13:34,747 --> 00:13:36,916 VIGILANCE AND WATCHING OF THE 298 00:13:36,916 --> 00:13:37,216 DATA. 299 00:13:37,216 --> 00:13:39,385 THERE WILL BE OTHER REVIEWS AND 300 00:13:39,385 --> 00:13:41,320 CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 301 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,889 GO FOR EACH ASPECT. 302 00:13:43,889 --> 00:13:47,526 BUT REALLY, WE ALWAYS NEED TO 303 00:13:47,526 --> 00:13:50,296 THINK ABOUT THIS AS AN ENTIRE 304 00:13:50,296 --> 00:13:50,629 MISSION. 305 00:13:50,629 --> 00:13:53,699 AND WE HAVE A NEW VIDEO THAT WE 306 00:13:53,699 --> 00:13:55,835 PULLED TOGETHER TO SHOW OUR 307 00:13:55,835 --> 00:14:00,272 PARACHUTES AND A COMPILATION OF 308 00:14:00,272 --> 00:14:01,473 ALL OF THE PARACHUTE WORK THAT 309 00:14:01,473 --> 00:14:01,907 WE HAVE DONE. 310 00:14:01,907 --> 00:14:13,085 ♪♪ 311 00:14:52,157 --> 00:14:56,428 >> THAT LAST SHOT THERE IS A 312 00:14:56,428 --> 00:14:58,564 BEAUTIFUL IMAGE OF THE CAPSULE 313 00:14:58,564 --> 00:15:00,900 COMING HOME FROM OUR DEMO-1 314 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:01,200 TEST. 315 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:03,936 AND IT IS SO INCREDIBLE BEING 316 00:15:03,936 --> 00:15:05,537 HERE -- HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE 317 00:15:05,537 --> 00:15:07,139 CENTER, YOU KNOW, THE HOME OF 318 00:15:07,139 --> 00:15:09,608 LAUNCHING ASTRONAUTS FROM 319 00:15:09,608 --> 00:15:12,878 SPACE -- AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 320 00:15:12,878 --> 00:15:15,547 FROM AMERICAN SOIL IN AMERICAN 321 00:15:15,547 --> 00:15:16,148 VEHICLES. 322 00:15:16,148 --> 00:15:18,217 AND WE GET TO DO IT AGAIN. 323 00:15:18,217 --> 00:15:22,454 SO ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE 324 00:15:22,454 --> 00:15:25,324 TEAMS, WE ARE HONORED TO 325 00:15:25,324 --> 00:15:28,060 BE -- THAT NASA HAS TRUSTED US 326 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:30,429 WITH THIS ENDEAVOR, THAT BOB AND 327 00:15:30,429 --> 00:15:32,765 DOUG TRUST US, AND WE'RE EXCITED 328 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:34,333 TO DO IT. 329 00:15:34,333 --> 00:15:36,769 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 330 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:39,605 >> AND NOW WE'LL GO TO NORM 331 00:15:39,605 --> 00:15:39,939 KNIGHT. 332 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:42,007 >> IT'S A REAL HONOR TO BE WITH 333 00:15:42,007 --> 00:15:44,343 YOU HERE THIS AFTERNOON. 334 00:15:44,343 --> 00:15:48,447 IT WAS A FUN TWO DAYS, VERY LONG 335 00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:48,747 DAYS. 336 00:15:48,747 --> 00:15:50,683 BUT FROM A CREW PERSPECTIVE, 337 00:15:50,683 --> 00:15:52,785 THIS WAS FANTASTIC. 338 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:55,354 WE'RE SATISFIED WITH THE 339 00:15:55,354 --> 00:15:56,488 DISCUSSIONS, THE READINESS OF 340 00:15:56,488 --> 00:15:58,524 THE FOLKS, AND HAVING THE 341 00:15:58,524 --> 00:16:00,125 NECESSARY DISCUSSIONS TO ENSURE 342 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:10,703 THAT DOUG AND BOB ARE SAFE. 343 00:16:10,703 --> 00:16:12,438 SO WE'RE VERY SATISFIED WITH 344 00:16:12,438 --> 00:16:12,838 THAT. 345 00:16:12,838 --> 00:16:15,174 WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE TEAMS, 346 00:16:15,174 --> 00:16:17,977 NOT ONLY AT SPACEX, BUT ACROSS 347 00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:20,479 THE AGENCY WITH ENGINEERS, AND 348 00:16:20,479 --> 00:16:22,381 SAFETY ENGINEERS, AND 349 00:16:22,381 --> 00:16:23,749 INTEGRATION FOLKS THAT HAVE 350 00:16:23,749 --> 00:16:25,751 REALLY PULLED TOGETHER TO MAKE 351 00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:26,952 THIS A SUCCESS. 352 00:16:26,952 --> 00:16:29,855 SO, AGAIN, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD 353 00:16:29,855 --> 00:16:30,122 DAY. 354 00:16:30,122 --> 00:16:31,623 BUT IT DIDN'T JUST START WITH 355 00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:33,058 THIS REVIEW. 356 00:16:33,058 --> 00:16:35,461 IT WAS REALLY A JOURNEY THAT, 357 00:16:35,461 --> 00:16:37,096 AGAIN, FRIENDSHIP AND 358 00:16:37,096 --> 00:16:38,297 PARTNERSHIP WITH SPACEX THAT 359 00:16:38,297 --> 00:16:40,099 STARTED MANY YEARS AGO. 360 00:16:40,099 --> 00:16:42,101 AND THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE HAS 361 00:16:42,101 --> 00:16:44,570 BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH 362 00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:44,937 SPACEX. 363 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:48,007 IT WAS A JOINT TEST TEAM THAT 364 00:16:48,007 --> 00:16:50,776 WAS FORMED TO EMBED THE 365 00:16:50,776 --> 00:16:52,945 ASTRONAUTS AND OUR TEAM WORKS TO 366 00:16:52,945 --> 00:16:55,080 WORK TOGETHER, TO WORK IN THE 367 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:56,348 DEVELOPMENT, TO WORK INTO THE 368 00:16:56,348 --> 00:16:58,350 HUMAN FACTORS, AND TO MAKE SURE 369 00:16:58,350 --> 00:17:00,185 THAT THE TRAINING WAS DONE AND 370 00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:02,855 CONDUCTED IN A JOINT MANNER, SO 371 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:06,458 THAT WE CAN, AGAIN, MEET THOSE 372 00:17:06,458 --> 00:17:08,027 OBJECTIVES OF CREW AND VEHICLE 373 00:17:08,027 --> 00:17:08,360 SAFETY. 374 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:09,828 THAT WAS DONE VERY WELL. 375 00:17:09,828 --> 00:17:11,597 THAT WAS A GREAT JOURNEY. 376 00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:13,732 A LOT OF FOLKS WERE INVOLVED 377 00:17:13,732 --> 00:17:15,434 WITH THAT, AND IT WAS VERY 378 00:17:15,434 --> 00:17:15,834 SUCCESSFUL. 379 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:17,069 THE TRUST THAT WAS BUILT WITH 380 00:17:17,069 --> 00:17:20,873 THESE TEAMS OVER MANY YEARS WILL 381 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:24,910 PAY INFINITE DIVIDENDS BECAUSE 382 00:17:24,910 --> 00:17:26,578 THAT TRUST IS WHAT HOLDS US 383 00:17:26,578 --> 00:17:28,347 TOGETHER AS TEAMS WHEN THINGS 384 00:17:28,347 --> 00:17:30,916 GET STRESSED AND STRAINED, AND 385 00:17:30,916 --> 00:17:32,951 WE'RE WORKING ANOMALIES AND 386 00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:34,520 GETTING READY FOR THINGS LIKE 387 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,222 THAT, THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO 388 00:17:37,222 --> 00:17:39,691 HOLD US TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THIS 389 00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:41,627 WHOLE MISSION FROM THE TIME THE 390 00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:43,562 CREW LEAVES THE CREW QUARTERS TO 391 00:17:43,562 --> 00:17:48,233 THE TIME THEY ARE RETURNED AND 392 00:17:48,233 --> 00:17:49,535 SAFELY TOUCH DOWN AND RETURNED 393 00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:50,969 BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES. 394 00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:54,373 THAT IS ALL OF OUR OBJECTIVES. 395 00:17:54,373 --> 00:17:56,442 TODAY WAS ALSO ANOTHER GREAT 396 00:17:56,442 --> 00:17:58,710 MILESTONE, REALLY, IN THE 397 00:17:58,710 --> 00:18:01,547 CONTINUED JOURNEY AND -- AND 398 00:18:01,547 --> 00:18:03,982 ROAD THAT NASA IS PAVING FOR 399 00:18:03,982 --> 00:18:06,618 HUMAN EXPLORATION, AND IT'S 400 00:18:06,618 --> 00:18:06,919 GREAT. 401 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:13,559 IT DOVE TAILS RIGHT IN IN WITH 402 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:15,327 ARTEMIS, SO VERY EXCITING. 403 00:18:15,327 --> 00:18:17,996 GIVE YOU A QUICK PREVIEW OF THE 404 00:18:17,996 --> 00:18:19,832 CREW SCHEDULE AS WE GO FORWARD. 405 00:18:19,832 --> 00:18:22,601 TOMORROW IS A BIG DAY AS KATHY 406 00:18:22,601 --> 00:18:24,670 SAID, IT'S THE DRY DRESS. 407 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:27,072 THE CREW WILL GET UP AROUND 8:00 408 00:18:27,072 --> 00:18:29,875 AM AND START DOING DRY DRESS 409 00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:30,309 PREPARATIONS. 410 00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:32,578 THEY WILL GET BRIEFINGS, THEY 411 00:18:32,578 --> 00:18:34,680 WILL SUIT UP, HEAD TO THE PAD, 412 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:41,487 AND IT WILL BE A DRY DRESS AND 413 00:18:41,487 --> 00:18:43,355 PRACTICE RUN. 414 00:18:43,355 --> 00:18:46,492 THEN THERE WILL BE A DEBRIEF, 415 00:18:46,492 --> 00:18:48,293 THEY WILL HEAD BACK TO THE 416 00:18:48,293 --> 00:18:49,728 ASTRONAUT HEADQUARTERS WHERE 417 00:18:49,728 --> 00:18:51,263 THEY HAVE BEEN IN QUARANTINE AND 418 00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:52,598 START GETTING READY. 419 00:18:52,598 --> 00:18:54,600 SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, IT'S A AN 420 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,734 HONOR TO BE HERE. 421 00:18:55,734 --> 00:18:57,069 >> THANK YOU, NORM. 422 00:18:57,069 --> 00:18:58,637 AND I BELIEVE THAT'S ABOUT THE 423 00:18:58,637 --> 00:19:01,373 TIME WE HAVE TODAY WITH THE 424 00:19:01,373 --> 00:19:01,840 ADMINISTRATOR. 425 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,109 AND WE'RE NOW GOING TO TRANSOVER 426 00:19:04,109 --> 00:19:05,844 TO TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS. 427 00:19:05,844 --> 00:19:08,747 YOU CAN USE THE HASHTAG ASKNASA, 428 00:19:08,747 --> 00:19:10,749 AND WE HAVE MEDIA DIALED IN ON 429 00:19:10,749 --> 00:19:12,251 THE PHONE BRIDGE. 430 00:19:12,251 --> 00:19:15,888 WE'LL START WITH MICHAEL SHEETS. 431 00:19:15,888 --> 00:19:16,221 MICHAEL? 432 00:19:16,221 --> 00:19:17,823 >> Reporter: HI, FOLKS. 433 00:19:17,823 --> 00:19:19,091 THANKS AGAIN AS ALWAYS FOR 434 00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:20,459 HOSTING THIS. 435 00:19:20,459 --> 00:19:23,762 I'M REALLY CURIOUS IN -- IN THE 436 00:19:23,762 --> 00:19:26,265 LENGTH AND THOROUGHNESS OF THIS 437 00:19:26,265 --> 00:19:29,801 REVIEW THAT WE DID THE LAST TWO 438 00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:32,704 DAYS, ASIDE FROM THE TECHNICAL 439 00:19:32,704 --> 00:19:35,274 TAKEAWAYS, WHAT -- WHAT SHOULD 440 00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:36,375 PEOPLE UNDERSTAND ABOUT WHAT 441 00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:38,310 THE -- THIS PANEL TOGETHER 442 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:40,879 CONCLUDED IN PREPARATION FOR 443 00:19:40,879 --> 00:19:42,514 DEMO 2? 444 00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:45,284 IS THIS A SPACECRAFT THAT NASA 445 00:19:45,284 --> 00:19:47,119 HAS DEEMED HUMAN RATED? 446 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:53,091 AND HOW DO PEOPLE WHO AREN'T 447 00:19:53,091 --> 00:19:55,794 MAYBE AS SAVVY WITH THE 448 00:19:55,794 --> 00:19:56,662 INDUSTRY, SHOULD UNDERSTAND THIS 449 00:19:56,662 --> 00:19:59,264 MEANS IN PREPARATION FOR THE 450 00:19:59,264 --> 00:19:59,598 LAUNCH? 451 00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:01,166 >> YEAH, FIRST THIS WAS A 452 00:20:01,166 --> 00:20:03,969 READINESS REVIEW FOR THE DEMO-2 453 00:20:03,969 --> 00:20:05,904 LAUNCH. 454 00:20:05,904 --> 00:20:07,439 SO WE WENT OVER LIKE 455 00:20:07,439 --> 00:20:09,775 MR. BRINESTEIN DISCUSSED, ALL OF 456 00:20:09,775 --> 00:20:11,677 THE SYSTEMS ON THE LAUNCH 457 00:20:11,677 --> 00:20:13,378 VEHICLE ON THE GROUND, AND 458 00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:16,081 ENSURE THAT ALL OF THE ISSUES 459 00:20:16,081 --> 00:20:18,784 HAD BEEN CLOSED SATISFACTORILY 460 00:20:18,784 --> 00:20:19,551 AND THEY WERE. 461 00:20:19,551 --> 00:20:21,720 IN FACT ALL OF THOSE ISSUES WERE 462 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,889 CLOSED OUT PRIOR TO THE REVIEW. 463 00:20:23,889 --> 00:20:27,359 ALL OF THE WAIVERS, DEVIATIONS, 464 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:28,927 REQUIREMENTS VERIFICATIONS WAS 465 00:20:28,927 --> 00:20:30,596 DONE PRIOR TO THE REVIEW AND 466 00:20:30,596 --> 00:20:33,932 CLOSED OUT BY THE PROGRAM, BOTH 467 00:20:33,932 --> 00:20:35,968 NASA AND SPACEX. 468 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:39,738 SO IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. 469 00:20:39,738 --> 00:20:45,611 IT ALSO WAS AN INTIMATE 470 00:20:45,611 --> 00:20:49,514 INTERRUPT HUMAN RATING REVIEW. 471 00:20:49,514 --> 00:20:52,684 AND THAT MEANS WE VALIDATED THAT 472 00:20:52,684 --> 00:20:54,886 THIS MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR 473 00:20:54,886 --> 00:20:57,522 THE DEMO-2 MISSION, AND THOSE 474 00:20:57,522 --> 00:20:58,991 REQUIREMENTS FEED FORWARD TO 475 00:20:58,991 --> 00:20:59,925 FUTURE MISSIONS. 476 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:02,594 WE WILL HAVE A FINAL HUMAN 477 00:21:02,594 --> 00:21:04,463 RATINGS CERTIFICATION REVIEW 478 00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:07,866 AFTER DEMO-2, AND BEFORE THE 479 00:21:07,866 --> 00:21:10,936 CREW-1 MISSION, JUST TO CERTIFY 480 00:21:10,936 --> 00:21:12,971 THE RELATIVELY SMALL SET OF 481 00:21:12,971 --> 00:21:15,307 DESIGN CHANGES BETWEEN THE 482 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:18,644 DEMO-2 SYSTEM AND THE CREW-1 483 00:21:18,644 --> 00:21:21,313 SYSTEM, AND AT THAT POINT, WE'LL 484 00:21:21,313 --> 00:21:24,850 DEEM IT HUMAN RATINGS CERTIFIED. 485 00:21:24,850 --> 00:21:27,052 BUT TODAY'S REVIEW WENT A LONG 486 00:21:27,052 --> 00:21:29,755 WAY TO CERTIFYING THE SYSTEM 487 00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:32,157 FOR -- FOR CREW FLIGHT. 488 00:21:32,157 --> 00:21:35,460 >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION FROM 489 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:38,830 [ INAUDIBLE ] FROM THE ATLANTIC. 490 00:21:38,830 --> 00:21:39,131 RANA. 491 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:40,632 >> Reporter: HI, EVERYONE. 492 00:21:40,632 --> 00:21:42,200 CLARK, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR 493 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:42,467 YOU. 494 00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:44,670 LAST YEAR BEFORE THE UNCREWED 495 00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:45,704 DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT THERE WAS 496 00:21:45,704 --> 00:21:47,139 SOME DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU 497 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:54,413 AND YOUR RUSSIAN COUNTERPARTS. 498 00:21:54,413 --> 00:21:58,984 DID ANY OFFICIALS FROM THEM 499 00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:01,353 PROVIDE ANY DISSENTING OPINIONS 500 00:22:01,353 --> 00:22:02,521 THIS TIME AROUND? 501 00:22:02,521 --> 00:22:04,690 >> WELL, IT WAS PART OF OUR 502 00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:06,391 REVIEWS FOR THE LAST TWO DAYS. 503 00:22:06,391 --> 00:22:09,094 A NUMBER OF OUR RUSSIAN 504 00:22:09,094 --> 00:22:11,196 COLLEAGUES PARTICIPATED FROM 505 00:22:11,196 --> 00:22:11,530 MOSCOW. 506 00:22:11,530 --> 00:22:13,465 SO WHILE IT WAS LONG DAYS FOR 507 00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:18,070 US, IT WAS LONG NIGHTS FOR OUR 508 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:19,104 RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES. 509 00:22:19,104 --> 00:22:21,673 AND OUR COLLEAGUES PARTICIPATED 510 00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:22,774 FROM JAPAN. 511 00:22:22,774 --> 00:22:24,843 QUITE THE MARATHON FOR MANY OF 512 00:22:24,843 --> 00:22:25,277 US. 513 00:22:25,277 --> 00:22:31,483 BUT OUR RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES 514 00:22:31,483 --> 00:22:34,453 WORKED WITH US BETWEEN DEMO-1, 515 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:37,022 AND DEMO 2. 516 00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:38,957 AND WE HAVE HAD COUNTLESS 517 00:22:38,957 --> 00:22:39,358 DISCUSSIONS. 518 00:22:39,358 --> 00:22:42,327 AND WE EXPLAINED TO OUR RUSSIAN 519 00:22:42,327 --> 00:22:44,062 COLLEAGUES AND ANSWERED THEIR 520 00:22:44,062 --> 00:22:46,832 QUESTIONS, AND FINALLY A BIG 521 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:47,866 SHOUT-OUT TO SPACEX. 522 00:22:47,866 --> 00:22:50,068 ONE OF THE CONCERNS THEY HAD WAS 523 00:22:50,068 --> 00:22:52,003 A VERY, VERY REMOTE POSSIBILITY 524 00:22:52,003 --> 00:22:55,207 OF A FAILURE, BUT IF THAT 525 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:57,542 OCCURRED, IT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE, 526 00:22:57,542 --> 00:23:00,078 PERHAPS EVEN CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE 527 00:23:00,078 --> 00:23:06,685 TO THE ISS, SPACEX SAID WE 528 00:23:06,685 --> 00:23:10,655 UNDERSTAND AND MADE A 529 00:23:10,655 --> 00:23:11,089 MODIFICATION. 530 00:23:11,089 --> 00:23:13,291 SO IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING EFFORT 531 00:23:13,291 --> 00:23:15,427 ON BEHALF OF SPACEX TO CLOSE 532 00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:17,362 THAT GAP, AND -- AND THEN THE 533 00:23:17,362 --> 00:23:18,697 TRUST THAT WE BUILT OVER -- OVER 534 00:23:18,697 --> 00:23:21,266 THE YEARS TO GET US TODAY, SO 535 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:22,834 THEY PARTICIPATED AND THEY WERE 536 00:23:22,834 --> 00:23:26,338 A GO, AND NO CONCERNS WITH THAT 537 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:27,439 REMAINING ISSUE. 538 00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:31,076 >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 539 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:34,012 STEVEN CLARK FROM SPACE FLIGHT 540 00:23:34,012 --> 00:23:34,579 NOW. 541 00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:34,913 STEVEN? 542 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:37,449 >> Reporter: HI, THANK YOU FOR 543 00:23:37,449 --> 00:23:38,450 TAKING MY QUESTION. 544 00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:40,919 I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE 545 00:23:40,919 --> 00:23:42,120 [ INAUDIBLE ] LEADERS MAYBE. 546 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:44,856 I KNOW THE COMMERCIAL PROGRAM 547 00:23:44,856 --> 00:23:46,525 REQUIREMENT FOR LOSS OF CREW 548 00:23:46,525 --> 00:23:48,293 RISK IS 1 IN 270. 549 00:23:48,293 --> 00:23:50,762 I KNOW THERE'S REASON NOT TO 550 00:23:50,762 --> 00:23:52,431 LOOK TOO HARD AT THESE NUMBERS, 551 00:23:52,431 --> 00:23:53,999 BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WAS A 552 00:23:53,999 --> 00:23:56,401 REQUIREMENT FOR THE COMMERCIAL 553 00:23:56,401 --> 00:23:57,402 CREW PROGRAM. 554 00:23:57,402 --> 00:23:59,237 JUST CURIOUS WHERE YOU ENDED UP 555 00:23:59,237 --> 00:24:01,039 ON THIS MISSION, AND WHAT 556 00:24:01,039 --> 00:24:03,108 MITIGATIONS OPERATIONALLY, OR 557 00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:04,743 PHYSICALLY ON THE SPACECRAFT YOU 558 00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:07,546 HAD TO DO IN RECENT MONTHS, SO 559 00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:09,414 RECENT -- LAST YEAR OR TWO TO 560 00:24:09,414 --> 00:24:13,185 GET TO THAT 1 IN 270 561 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:13,718 REQUIREMENT? 562 00:24:13,718 --> 00:24:14,052 THANKS. 563 00:24:14,052 --> 00:24:16,555 >> WE ACTUALLY -- BETWEEN THE 564 00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:18,356 SPACEX AND OPERATIONAL CONTROLS, 565 00:24:18,356 --> 00:24:21,092 WE ACTUALLY WERE MEETING OUR 1 566 00:24:21,092 --> 00:24:23,028 IN 270 REQUIREMENT FOR -- AND 567 00:24:23,028 --> 00:24:24,162 IT'S NOT JUST THE 568 00:24:24,162 --> 00:24:27,065 MISSION -- IT'S AN OVERALL 569 00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:29,734 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. 570 00:24:29,734 --> 00:24:31,403 SO -- AND SO WITH -- WITH ALL OF 571 00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:33,939 THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING 572 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:36,041 WITH SPACEX ON THE MODELING, ON 573 00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:37,943 THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THEIR 574 00:24:37,943 --> 00:24:41,513 DESIGN, AND OBVIOUSLY MMOD 575 00:24:41,513 --> 00:24:45,617 MITIGATION AND INSPECTION, THAT 576 00:24:45,617 --> 00:24:49,254 REQUIREMENT WAS CLOSED OUT 577 00:24:49,254 --> 00:24:49,654 ACCEPTABLY. 578 00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:53,558 >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 579 00:24:53,558 --> 00:24:59,364 TIM FERNHOLTZ AT QUARTZ. 580 00:24:59,364 --> 00:25:00,499 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. 581 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:02,467 THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS AND 582 00:25:02,467 --> 00:25:03,335 GOOD LUCK. 583 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:06,938 AND FOR STEVE, CAN YOU GIVE US A 584 00:25:06,938 --> 00:25:08,573 TANGIBLE EXAMPLE OF -- YOU KNOW, 585 00:25:08,573 --> 00:25:10,141 THE KIND OF BACK AND FORTH THAT 586 00:25:10,141 --> 00:25:11,776 MIGHT HAPPEN IN THAT ROOM, AND 587 00:25:11,776 --> 00:25:15,380 DOES IT GET DOWN TO THE 588 00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:17,482 ENGINEERS A SPECIFIC 589 00:25:17,482 --> 00:25:19,451 SUBCOMPONENT AREA, OR MORE OF A 590 00:25:19,451 --> 00:25:20,185 HIGH LEVEL. 591 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:23,688 AND FOR BENGIE, I JUST CURIOUS, 592 00:25:23,688 --> 00:25:30,595 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW SPACEX 593 00:25:30,595 --> 00:25:35,000 HAS DEVELOPED THE CREW DRAGON 594 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:37,536 ALONG WITH TAXPAYERS. 595 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:39,704 >> SO A BIG PART OF IT IS 596 00:25:39,704 --> 00:25:41,673 REVIEWING AND ACCEPTING THE 597 00:25:41,673 --> 00:25:41,973 RISKS. 598 00:25:41,973 --> 00:25:44,976 WHENEVER WE FLY, THERE ARE GOING 599 00:25:44,976 --> 00:25:48,680 TO BE RESIDUAL RISKS. 600 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,783 KATHY AND BENGIE AND THE TEAM 601 00:25:51,783 --> 00:25:54,052 DID A GREAT JOB AROUND 602 00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:56,354 IDENTIFYING RISKS, UNDERSTANDING 603 00:25:56,354 --> 00:25:58,557 THEM, MITIGATING THEM THROUGH 604 00:25:58,557 --> 00:26:00,425 DESIGN CHANGES AND OPERATIONAL 605 00:26:00,425 --> 00:26:01,660 CONTROLS, TO THE POINT WHERE WE 606 00:26:01,660 --> 00:26:03,328 WERE ABLE TO ACCEPT A LOT OF 607 00:26:03,328 --> 00:26:05,964 THEM -- MOST OF THEM, ALONG THE 608 00:26:05,964 --> 00:26:06,231 WAY. 609 00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:08,066 SO AN EXAMPLE OF -- OF ONE THAT 610 00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:09,401 WE HAVE BEEN -- THAT THE TEAM 611 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:11,336 HAS BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE 612 00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:14,239 LAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, WERE THE 613 00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:18,276 DRAGON PARACHUTES. 614 00:26:18,276 --> 00:26:21,546 SO WE ESTABLISHED A LITTLE WHILE 615 00:26:21,546 --> 00:26:23,615 AGO THAT THE ORIGINAL CHUTE 616 00:26:23,615 --> 00:26:26,551 DESIGNS DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE 617 00:26:26,551 --> 00:26:32,023 MARGIN BASED ON KNOWLEDGE WE 618 00:26:32,023 --> 00:26:33,425 GAINED ON THE TESTING. 619 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:35,560 SO WE DID A NEW CHUTE DESIGN, 620 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,829 AND WE HAD TO QUALIFY THAT NEW 621 00:26:37,829 --> 00:26:40,065 DESIGN TO HIGHER MARGINS THAT WE 622 00:26:40,065 --> 00:26:43,501 HAD THE PREVIOUS CHUTES. 623 00:26:43,501 --> 00:26:45,604 THE NASA SPACEX TEAM DID AN 624 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:47,439 AMAZING JOB LAYING OUT A TEST 625 00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:49,741 PROGRAM, AND EXECUTING THAT TEST 626 00:26:49,741 --> 00:26:50,308 PROGRAM. 627 00:26:50,308 --> 00:26:52,177 HOWEVER, IT'S FEWER TESTS THAT 628 00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:55,347 WE NORMALLY WOULD SEE ON A 629 00:26:55,347 --> 00:26:57,716 PARACHUTE QUALIFICATION PROGRAM. 630 00:26:57,716 --> 00:27:00,218 SO WE TOOK A LONG TIME IN A 631 00:27:00,218 --> 00:27:01,920 COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS DURING 632 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,456 THE REVIEW TO HAVE THE TEAM WALK 633 00:27:04,456 --> 00:27:08,493 US THROUGH THE DESIGN, THE 634 00:27:08,493 --> 00:27:09,594 CHANGES, THE QUALIFICATION 635 00:27:09,594 --> 00:27:11,429 TESTING, AND -- AND THE MARGINS 636 00:27:11,429 --> 00:27:14,466 ON THE CHUTE TO MAKE SURE THAT 637 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:15,967 EVERYBODY WAS GOOD WITH HOW 638 00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:18,503 THEY -- THOSE CHUTES WERE 639 00:27:18,503 --> 00:27:21,039 QUALIFIED, AND WE HAD VERY HIGH 640 00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:23,642 CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WILL 641 00:27:23,642 --> 00:27:26,144 FUNCTION AS WE NEED THEM TO WHEN 642 00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:28,780 BOB AND DOUG RETURN FROM THE 643 00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:29,514 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 644 00:27:29,514 --> 00:27:32,317 >> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 645 00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:33,918 [ INAUDIBLE ]. 646 00:27:33,918 --> 00:27:34,219 ERIC? 647 00:27:34,219 --> 00:27:35,787 >> Reporter: HI -- HI, GOOD 648 00:27:35,787 --> 00:27:36,655 AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 649 00:27:36,655 --> 00:27:39,224 THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. 650 00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:41,359 I GUESS A QUESTION MAYBE FOR 651 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:41,660 KATHY. 652 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:43,094 IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE MORE THAN A 653 00:27:43,094 --> 00:27:44,462 YEAR AGO WHEN THERE WAS AN 654 00:27:44,462 --> 00:27:46,898 ACCIDENT WHEN THEY WERE TESTING 655 00:27:46,898 --> 00:27:49,467 THE THRUSTERS, AND IT WAS A 656 00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:51,169 PRETTY VISCERAL IMAGE OF WHAT 657 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:53,304 HAPPENED ON THE PAD THERE, 658 00:27:53,304 --> 00:27:55,306 AND -- AT THE TEST PAD, AND I'M 659 00:27:55,306 --> 00:27:57,308 JUST WONDERING, DID YOU THINK WE 660 00:27:57,308 --> 00:27:59,377 WOULD GET HERE A YEAR LATER TO 661 00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:01,646 WHERE WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH CREW 662 00:28:01,646 --> 00:28:02,947 NOW AFTER THAT ACCIDENT? 663 00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:04,949 >> I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A 664 00:28:04,949 --> 00:28:06,017 REALLY LONG TIME. 665 00:28:06,017 --> 00:28:08,153 I TOLD SOMEBODY, I FEEL LIKE AN 666 00:28:08,153 --> 00:28:11,523 OLD LADY AFTER KIND OF WORKING 667 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:14,292 VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT NOW FOR 14 668 00:28:14,292 --> 00:28:17,562 YEARS, AND -- AND DON'T EVER 669 00:28:17,562 --> 00:28:18,930 UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF A 670 00:28:18,930 --> 00:28:20,098 FAILURE, RIGHT? 671 00:28:20,098 --> 00:28:21,933 I HAVE LEARNED THAT WHEN I LOOK 672 00:28:21,933 --> 00:28:24,469 AT -- OVER MY CAREER, WHEN WE 673 00:28:24,469 --> 00:28:28,406 HAVE MADE THE -- THE BIGGEST 674 00:28:28,406 --> 00:28:30,075 PROGRESS IT'S BEEN IN LEARNING 675 00:28:30,075 --> 00:28:32,310 FROM A FAILURE, AND THEN USING 676 00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:34,546 THAT AS A STEP FUNCTION TO MOVE 677 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:37,015 YOU TO THE NEXT LEVEL. 678 00:28:37,015 --> 00:28:43,121 SO -- BUT YOU ALSO SHOULD NEVER 679 00:28:43,121 --> 00:28:44,522 UNDERESTIMATE HOW MUCH WORK IT 680 00:28:44,522 --> 00:28:47,926 IS FOR YOU TO OVERCOME IT, 681 00:28:47,926 --> 00:28:48,259 RIGHT? 682 00:28:48,259 --> 00:28:49,928 SO WE ALWAYS HAD A PLAN. 683 00:28:49,928 --> 00:28:53,298 WE HAD A PLAN -- ACTUALLY WE HAD 684 00:28:53,298 --> 00:28:55,233 A PLAN THAT WE WERE TRYING TO 685 00:28:55,233 --> 00:28:57,335 FLY POTENTIALLY BY THE END OF 686 00:28:57,335 --> 00:28:59,037 DECEMBER, BUT WE WEREN'T GOING 687 00:28:59,037 --> 00:29:00,872 TO FLY UNTIL WE WERE READY, 688 00:29:00,872 --> 00:29:02,307 UNTIL WE WORKED THROUGH ALL OF 689 00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:04,042 THE TESTING AND EVERYTHING WE 690 00:29:04,042 --> 00:29:04,375 NEEDED. 691 00:29:04,375 --> 00:29:06,644 SO I -- I LOOK BACK ON LAST 692 00:29:06,644 --> 00:29:08,179 APRIL, AND THE STATIC FIRE WAS 693 00:29:08,179 --> 00:29:10,749 REALLY FOR US TO GET READY FOR 694 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:14,452 OUR IN-FLIGHT ABORT TEST THAT 695 00:29:14,452 --> 00:29:16,921 WAS SUPPOSED TO GO IN JUNE. 696 00:29:16,921 --> 00:29:19,557 AND WE LEARNED A TON ABOUT OUR 697 00:29:19,557 --> 00:29:21,860 SYSTEM, AND HAVE MADE A 698 00:29:21,860 --> 00:29:26,931 SPACECRAFT, AND EXPANDED THE 699 00:29:26,931 --> 00:29:30,568 KNOWLEDGE OF MATERIALS AND NTO 700 00:29:30,568 --> 00:29:32,303 SYSTEMS TO AN EXTENT THAT GIVE 701 00:29:32,303 --> 00:29:39,744 US A REAL SUSTAINED -- YOU KNOW, 702 00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:41,913 UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SYSTEM, AND 703 00:29:41,913 --> 00:29:43,481 FURTHER ROBUSTNESS OF THE NEW 704 00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:47,619 DESIGN THAT WE HAVE, SO -- LAST 705 00:29:47,619 --> 00:29:49,487 APRIL I PROBABLY WASN'T THINKING 706 00:29:49,487 --> 00:29:52,290 I WAS GOING TO BE FLYING IN A 707 00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:54,993 YEAR, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU CAN 708 00:29:54,993 --> 00:29:58,062 NEVER SELL THIS NASA AND SPACEX 709 00:29:58,062 --> 00:30:01,132 TEAM SHORT, AND THEY HAVE ALWAYS 710 00:30:01,132 --> 00:30:02,400 ACCOMPLISHED MIRACLES FOR ME. 711 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,036 AND I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF 712 00:30:05,036 --> 00:30:05,336 THEM. 713 00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:06,638 >> THANK YOU, KATHY. 714 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:09,674 AND I SKIPPED OVER ONE QUESTION 715 00:30:09,674 --> 00:30:13,244 FOR BENGIE ABOUT HOW SPACEX HAS 716 00:30:13,244 --> 00:30:13,645 CONTRIBUTED. 717 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:14,746 >> SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 718 00:30:14,746 --> 00:30:16,514 I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT 719 00:30:16,514 --> 00:30:17,415 DOLLAR AMOUNT. 720 00:30:17,415 --> 00:30:22,687 THERE IS PROPRIETARY REASONS WHY 721 00:30:22,687 --> 00:30:23,454 WE CAN'T. 722 00:30:23,454 --> 00:30:27,125 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT SPACEX 723 00:30:27,125 --> 00:30:32,397 HAS INVESTED HEAVILY. 724 00:30:32,397 --> 00:30:35,700 WHEN YOU GO BACK TO WHEN WE WERE 725 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:37,101 DEVELOPING OUR FALCON ONE 726 00:30:37,101 --> 00:30:37,435 VEHICLE. 727 00:30:37,435 --> 00:30:38,970 EVEN A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF 728 00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:40,538 THE ENGINEERS AND TEAM 729 00:30:40,538 --> 00:30:46,277 THAT -- THAT CREATING FALCON 1 730 00:30:46,277 --> 00:30:48,546 ARE STILL WORKING ON THE DEVELOP 731 00:30:48,546 --> 00:30:48,847 TODAY. 732 00:30:48,847 --> 00:30:53,284 AND AGAIN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 733 00:30:53,284 --> 00:30:55,854 NASA, UNDER THE PROGRAMS AND 734 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:57,455 CONTINUING NOW THROUGH TO THE 735 00:30:57,455 --> 00:30:59,824 CREW DRAGON. 736 00:30:59,824 --> 00:31:02,861 THE PARTNERSHIP IS DEFINITELY A 737 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:03,328 2-WAY STREET. 738 00:31:03,328 --> 00:31:08,466 AND WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF TIME 739 00:31:08,466 --> 00:31:12,337 AND ENERGY AND MONEY INTO THAT 740 00:31:12,337 --> 00:31:13,071 DEVELOPMENT. 741 00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:16,541 A LOT THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT IS 742 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:20,645 YOU SEE THE WORKFORCE AND 743 00:31:20,645 --> 00:31:22,413 TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE 744 00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:26,184 DEVELOPED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO 745 00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:26,451 FLY. 746 00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:29,254 ANOTHER ELEMENT IS -- I WON'T 747 00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:34,392 SAY PIONEERING, BUT WE HAVE 748 00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:37,962 BEEN -- CHAMPIONS OF FIRM-FIXED 749 00:31:37,962 --> 00:31:40,565 CONTRACTING FROM THE BEGINNING. 750 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:41,499 FUNDAMENTALLY THIS IS ABOUT 751 00:31:41,499 --> 00:31:44,435 SAYING TO THE TAXPAYER, HERE IS 752 00:31:44,435 --> 00:31:45,904 SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO DO, 753 00:31:45,904 --> 00:31:47,772 HERE IS HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO 754 00:31:47,772 --> 00:31:51,409 CHARGE FOR IT, AND THAT'S WHAT 755 00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:52,810 WE ARE GOING TO DO. 756 00:31:52,810 --> 00:31:55,179 THAT IS A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL 757 00:31:55,179 --> 00:31:56,247 FOR GETTING THE BEST VALUE TO 758 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:58,116 THE GOVERNMENT, NASA, AND THE 759 00:31:58,116 --> 00:32:01,252 AMERICAN TAXPAYER, AND -- AND AS 760 00:32:01,252 --> 00:32:03,121 YOU KNOW AS WAS RECENTLY 761 00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:05,390 REPORTED, ESTIMATED THAT THIS 762 00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:08,092 PROGRAM OVERALL WILL HAVE SAVED 763 00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:09,894 NASA MAYBE 30 TO $40 BILLION AT 764 00:32:09,894 --> 00:32:10,328 LEAST. 765 00:32:10,328 --> 00:32:11,863 AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT THING 766 00:32:11,863 --> 00:32:15,166 TO THINK ABOUT, AND SEE HOW WE 767 00:32:15,166 --> 00:32:19,203 CONTINUE -- AGAIN, THOSE 768 00:32:19,203 --> 00:32:21,339 FIRM-FIXED CONTRACTS AND THAT 769 00:32:21,339 --> 00:32:22,073 PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE WORK 770 00:32:22,073 --> 00:32:24,475 TOGETHER ALLOWS THAT KIND OF 771 00:32:24,475 --> 00:32:26,244 SAVINGS TO HAPPEN, AND THAT KIND 772 00:32:26,244 --> 00:32:29,180 OF ABILITY FOR NASA TO INVEST IN 773 00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:31,149 MORE THINGS AND DO OTHER 774 00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:31,516 PROGRAMS. 775 00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:34,986 >> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 776 00:32:34,986 --> 00:32:37,989 LAUREN GRUSH AT THE VERGE. 777 00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:38,289 LAURA? 778 00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:39,657 >> HI, THANKS FOR DOING THIS. 779 00:32:39,657 --> 00:32:41,693 I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD GO 780 00:32:41,693 --> 00:32:44,595 ALL OF THE POSSIBLE ABORT 781 00:32:44,595 --> 00:32:45,997 SCENARIOS FOR THIS FLIGHT? 782 00:32:45,997 --> 00:32:48,466 AT WHICH POINT ARE THE ABORTS 783 00:32:48,466 --> 00:32:48,866 AVAILABLE? 784 00:32:48,866 --> 00:32:52,337 AND HOW DOES THAT PUT 785 00:32:52,337 --> 00:32:55,673 CONSTRAINTS ON WHEN YOU CAN 786 00:32:55,673 --> 00:32:57,375 LAUNCH, NOTABLY WEATHER. 787 00:32:57,375 --> 00:32:57,709 THANKS. 788 00:32:57,709 --> 00:32:58,276 >> SURE. 789 00:32:58,276 --> 00:33:00,345 I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 790 00:33:00,345 --> 00:33:00,645 THAT. 791 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:02,280 AND NORM IF YOU WANT TO ADD 792 00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:02,981 ANYTHING AS WELL. 793 00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:04,716 NUMBER 1, ONE OF THE KEY 794 00:33:04,716 --> 00:33:05,717 REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM IS 795 00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:08,553 TO HAVE AN ABORT SYSTEM, AND WE 796 00:33:08,553 --> 00:33:09,520 WANT TO DEVELOP OUR VEHICLE TO 797 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,956 HAVE THIS INTEGRATED ABORT 798 00:33:11,956 --> 00:33:16,461 SYSTEM, WHAT WE CALL THE LAUNCH 799 00:33:16,461 --> 00:33:20,098 ESCAPE SYSTEM ON THE VEHICLE. 800 00:33:20,098 --> 00:33:25,336 THE SUPER DRACO SYSTEMS ON THE 801 00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:25,670 VEHICLE. 802 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:29,807 AND IT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE SYSTEM 803 00:33:29,807 --> 00:33:32,777 THAT WE HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO 804 00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:33,044 USE. 805 00:33:33,044 --> 00:33:34,879 YOU PUT A LOT INTO IT, TEST IT, 806 00:33:34,879 --> 00:33:36,881 AND HOPE IT IS GOING TO WORK, 807 00:33:36,881 --> 00:33:38,916 AND THEN YOU HOPE YOU NEVER HAVE 808 00:33:38,916 --> 00:33:39,984 TO USE IT. 809 00:33:39,984 --> 00:33:46,024 IN 2015, WE DID A PAD ABORT TEST 810 00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:50,061 TO DEMONSTRATE WE COULD ESCAPE 811 00:33:50,061 --> 00:33:51,429 FROM THE PAD AND COME DOWN IN 812 00:33:51,429 --> 00:33:52,163 THE WATER. 813 00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:57,168 AND IN JANUARY WE DID THE 814 00:33:57,168 --> 00:33:57,668 IN-BOARD TEST. 815 00:33:57,668 --> 00:34:01,572 AND INITIATED A LAUNCH ESCAPE 816 00:34:01,572 --> 00:34:04,108 SYSTEM MID-FLIGHT IN SOME OF THE 817 00:34:04,108 --> 00:34:06,411 ROUGHEST MOMENTS OF THE LAUNCH. 818 00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:09,447 AND DEMONSTRATED THAT THIS 819 00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:12,183 LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM CAN BRING 820 00:34:12,183 --> 00:34:14,752 THE CREW BACK DOWN SAFELY AND BE 821 00:34:14,752 --> 00:34:17,055 ABLE TO BE RECOVERED. 822 00:34:17,055 --> 00:34:18,322 IT'S REALLY AVAILABLE ALMOST THE 823 00:34:18,322 --> 00:34:18,790 ENTIRE TIME. 824 00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:26,397 ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE SYSTEM 825 00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:29,600 IS TO NOT HAVE BLACKOUT PERIODS 826 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,103 WHEN THE SYSTEM DOESN'T 827 00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:32,470 FUNCTION. 828 00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:35,139 AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT -- A 829 00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:42,447 LITTLE WHILE BACK, ON ONE OF THE 830 00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:45,383 SOYU LAUNCHED, THEY NEEDED TO 831 00:34:45,383 --> 00:34:48,186 USE IT AND IT WORKED GREAT. 832 00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:50,254 OVER TIME THEY HAD CONTINUED TO 833 00:34:50,254 --> 00:34:51,823 IMPROVE THAT SYSTEM IN THE SAME 834 00:34:51,823 --> 00:34:53,124 WAY THAT -- THAT, YOU KNOW, WE 835 00:34:53,124 --> 00:34:54,625 HAVE BEEN CHARGED TO DO THE SAME 836 00:34:54,625 --> 00:34:56,828 THING ON OUR SYSTEM, TO ENSURE 837 00:34:56,828 --> 00:34:58,463 THAT YOU CAN COVER ALL OF THE 838 00:34:58,463 --> 00:35:00,798 PATH OF FLIGHT. 839 00:35:00,798 --> 00:35:02,767 YOU ASKED ABOUT WEATHER AND WHAT 840 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:04,836 WE MIGHT LOOK FOR, AND THAT'S A 841 00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:05,770 REALLY IMPORTANT POINT. 842 00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:07,638 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK 843 00:35:07,638 --> 00:35:09,140 ABOUT WEATHER ON -- COMING UP 844 00:35:09,140 --> 00:35:14,178 HERE FOR LAUNCH DAY, IT LOOKS 845 00:35:14,178 --> 00:35:16,948 REALLY NICE OUTSIDE TODAY, BUT 846 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:18,616 WE ARE ALWAYS MONITORING A LOT 847 00:35:18,616 --> 00:35:20,218 OF THINGS. 848 00:35:20,218 --> 00:35:24,822 WHEN WE'RE NORMALLY FLYING A 849 00:35:24,822 --> 00:35:26,557 FALCON MISSION, WE'RE LOOKING AT 850 00:35:26,557 --> 00:35:30,228 GROUND WINDS, LIGHTNING AND 851 00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:36,200 ATMOSPHERE WINDS ALONG THE 852 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,536 ASSENT TRAJECTORY, BUT IT'S 853 00:35:38,536 --> 00:35:40,638 FOCUSED ON THE FALCON. 854 00:35:40,638 --> 00:35:43,241 AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL OF 855 00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:43,774 THOSE. 856 00:35:43,774 --> 00:35:45,409 WE'LL DO THAT FOR FALCON AND THE 857 00:35:45,409 --> 00:35:47,545 SAME FOR THE CREW MISSIONS. 858 00:35:47,545 --> 00:35:51,482 BUT NOW WE NEED TO ADD INTO THAT 859 00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:54,952 THE WEATHER ALONG THE ASSENT 860 00:35:54,952 --> 00:35:56,787 TRACK WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO 861 00:35:56,787 --> 00:35:57,655 ABORT THE YOU. 862 00:35:57,655 --> 00:36:00,658 AND IT'S REALLY -- THERE ARE 50 863 00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:02,560 POINTS -- OVER 50 POINTS 864 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:06,597 ACTUALLY -- WHERE WE'RE 865 00:36:06,597 --> 00:36:09,367 MONITORING WEATHER FROM HERE IN 866 00:36:09,367 --> 00:36:12,236 FLORIDA UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD 867 00:36:12,236 --> 00:36:15,106 OF AMERICA AND CANADA, AND ALL 868 00:36:15,106 --> 00:36:17,141 THE WAY OVER TO IRELAND. 869 00:36:17,141 --> 00:36:18,476 WE'RE MONITORING THAT WEATHER 870 00:36:18,476 --> 00:36:21,179 AND MONITORING A LOT OF THE SAME 871 00:36:21,179 --> 00:36:23,214 THINGS, WINDS, LIGHTNING, 872 00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:25,183 PRECIPITATION, AND LOOKING AT 873 00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:27,618 WAVES, WAVE VELOCITY AND WAVE 874 00:36:27,618 --> 00:36:29,086 HEIGHT, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE 875 00:36:29,086 --> 00:36:30,688 SURE THAT IF THE CREW HAD TO 876 00:36:30,688 --> 00:36:35,026 COME DOWN IN A LAUNCH-ESCAPE 877 00:36:35,026 --> 00:36:36,127 SCENARIO, THAT THEY WOULD COME 878 00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:38,663 DOWN IN A SEA STATE THAT WOULD 879 00:36:38,663 --> 00:36:43,201 KEEP THEM SAFE. 880 00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:45,903 SO WE'RE MONITORING ALL THE OF 881 00:36:45,903 --> 00:36:49,407 THOSE PARAMETERS AS WE GO ALONG. 882 00:36:49,407 --> 00:36:55,346 >> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM LEO 883 00:36:55,346 --> 00:37:04,622 INRIGHT FROM IRISH TV. 884 00:37:04,622 --> 00:37:05,189 ALL RIGHT. 885 00:37:05,189 --> 00:37:08,359 AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE LOST THAT 886 00:37:08,359 --> 00:37:08,759 CONNECTION. 887 00:37:08,759 --> 00:37:12,830 SO WE'LL GO TO IRENE CLOTS AT 888 00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:14,565 AVIATION LINK. 889 00:37:14,565 --> 00:37:17,301 >> Reporter: MY QUESTION IS WITH 890 00:37:17,301 --> 00:37:17,635 BENGIE. 891 00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:20,638 HOW MUCH FASTER DO YOU THINK 892 00:37:20,638 --> 00:37:23,841 SPACEX CAN GET TO CREW FLIGHT 893 00:37:23,841 --> 00:37:24,775 WITH STAR SHIP? 894 00:37:24,775 --> 00:37:26,611 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 895 00:37:26,611 --> 00:37:28,646 ALTHOUGH, I HAVE TO SAY THAT OUR 896 00:37:28,646 --> 00:37:32,383 FOCUS TODAY OF COURSE IS ON 897 00:37:32,383 --> 00:37:35,720 DEMO-2, AND MY FOCUS HAS BEEN ON 898 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:37,888 THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 899 00:37:37,888 --> 00:37:40,458 SUPER EXCITED TO DEVELOP THAT IN 900 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:42,293 PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA IN THE 901 00:37:42,293 --> 00:37:43,594 CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE ALREADY 902 00:37:43,594 --> 00:37:44,528 WORKING WITH THEM. 903 00:37:44,528 --> 00:37:46,297 AGAIN, IT'S A PROCESS, AND I 904 00:37:46,297 --> 00:37:48,132 WOULD SAY, THOUGH, THAT JUST 905 00:37:48,132 --> 00:37:49,900 LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF 906 00:37:49,900 --> 00:37:52,937 THE NASA SPACEX PARTNERSHIP FROM 907 00:37:52,937 --> 00:37:54,672 THE CARGO DAYS NOW THROUGH THE 908 00:37:54,672 --> 00:37:58,409 CREW DAYS, THE -- THE -- HAVING 909 00:37:58,409 --> 00:38:04,115 WORKED TOGETHER AND UNDERSTOOD 910 00:38:04,115 --> 00:38:06,417 EACH OTHER, WE HAVE LEARNED A 911 00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:08,519 LOT FROM NASA AND GIVEN BACK, 912 00:38:08,519 --> 00:38:11,522 AND I THINK NASA HAS GROWN AND 913 00:38:11,522 --> 00:38:14,191 CHANGED IN WAYS THAT ARE 914 00:38:14,191 --> 00:38:15,760 VALUABLE AND CONSTRUCTIVE AS 915 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:16,060 WELL. 916 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:18,796 AND EVERY TIME YOU DO THIS 917 00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:21,565 TOGETHER, IT'S GOING TO GET 918 00:38:21,565 --> 00:38:24,502 BETTER AND BE MORE EFFICIENT. 919 00:38:24,502 --> 00:38:27,004 I WAS JUST TALKING TO THE 920 00:38:27,004 --> 00:38:28,306 DIRECTOR OF MARSHALL CENTER AND 921 00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:29,974 TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE 922 00:38:29,974 --> 00:38:34,245 PROGRAMS WE'LL BE WORKING WITH 923 00:38:34,245 --> 00:38:34,845 THEM ON. 924 00:38:34,845 --> 00:38:37,281 AND IT'S EXCITING. 925 00:38:37,281 --> 00:38:40,184 AND IT IS ALWAYS SAFER AND MORE 926 00:38:40,184 --> 00:38:40,551 RELIABLE. 927 00:38:40,551 --> 00:38:43,220 >> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 928 00:38:43,220 --> 00:38:46,057 MIKE WALL SPACE.COM. 929 00:38:46,057 --> 00:38:46,357 MIKE? 930 00:38:46,357 --> 00:38:48,025 >> Reporter: YEAH. 931 00:38:48,025 --> 00:38:49,927 THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT 932 00:38:49,927 --> 00:38:51,996 THE NEXT STEPS ARE GOING FORWARD 933 00:38:51,996 --> 00:38:54,498 BETWEEN NOW AND ACTUALLY LAUNCH 934 00:38:54,498 --> 00:38:55,032 DAY. 935 00:38:55,032 --> 00:38:56,867 I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU 936 00:38:56,867 --> 00:38:58,836 NEED TO KICK OFF ON -- LIKE 937 00:38:58,836 --> 00:39:03,207 DURING THE REVIEW THIS COMING 938 00:39:03,207 --> 00:39:05,409 MONDAY THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T TALK 939 00:39:05,409 --> 00:39:07,378 ABOUT DURING THE FLIGHT 940 00:39:07,378 --> 00:39:08,913 READINESS REVIEW. 941 00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:10,581 LIKE WHAT IS MONDAY'S REVIEW 942 00:39:10,581 --> 00:39:11,949 GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT 943 00:39:11,949 --> 00:39:15,519 WILL BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HAS 944 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:18,989 ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED? 945 00:39:18,989 --> 00:39:21,792 >> LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW IS TO 946 00:39:21,792 --> 00:39:24,195 MAKE SURE THAT ANY OPEN ISSUES 947 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:27,231 OR CONCERNS, THAT THOSE HAVE 948 00:39:27,231 --> 00:39:27,998 BEEN ANSWERED. 949 00:39:27,998 --> 00:39:30,167 BUT PARTICULARLY, IT'S REALLY AN 950 00:39:30,167 --> 00:39:31,669 ASSESSMENT OF THE DATA. 951 00:39:31,669 --> 00:39:33,137 WE WILL HAVE DONE OUR STATIC 952 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:36,073 FIRE THAT WE'RE DOING HERE 953 00:39:36,073 --> 00:39:37,908 SHORTLY THIS AFTERNOON. 954 00:39:37,908 --> 00:39:38,876 WE'LL HAVE DONE OUR WET 955 00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:41,912 DRESS -- OR SORRY -- DRY DRESS 956 00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:43,681 REHEARSAL WITH THE CREW. 957 00:39:43,681 --> 00:39:45,416 AND THAT'S A TON OF DATA. 958 00:39:45,416 --> 00:39:46,217 REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 959 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:48,119 ALL OF OUR ENGINEERS ARE ON DECK 960 00:39:48,119 --> 00:39:50,454 AND READY TO GO, AND FOR THE 961 00:39:50,454 --> 00:39:53,424 NEXT FEW DAYS, THEY WILL BE 962 00:39:53,424 --> 00:39:55,292 ANALYZING ALL OF THE DATA, AND 963 00:39:55,292 --> 00:39:58,028 LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW IS TO GO 964 00:39:58,028 --> 00:40:00,731 AGAIN ACROSS ALL OF THE TEAMS 965 00:40:00,731 --> 00:40:02,199 AND EVERY PERSON AND SAY ARE YOU 966 00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:04,268 READY, WHAT DID YOU LEARN, WHAT 967 00:40:04,268 --> 00:40:07,772 CAME OUT OF THE DATA, ARE WE 968 00:40:07,772 --> 00:40:09,206 READY TO GO? 969 00:40:09,206 --> 00:40:10,775 >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 970 00:40:10,775 --> 00:40:14,178 EMERY KELLY FLORIDA TODAY. 971 00:40:14,178 --> 00:40:16,680 >> Reporter: HEY, FOLKS THANKS 972 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,550 FOR DOING THIS. 973 00:40:19,550 --> 00:40:25,956 THEED A -- THE ADMINISTRATOR 974 00:40:25,956 --> 00:40:27,158 SAID THAT FOLKS COULD SPEAK 975 00:40:27,158 --> 00:40:29,326 UP -- AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED 976 00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:30,594 THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE 977 00:40:30,594 --> 00:40:35,900 RUSSIANS AND THE ISSUES RESOLVED 978 00:40:35,900 --> 00:40:37,935 AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT 979 00:40:37,935 --> 00:40:40,171 PARACHUTES, JUST WONDERING IF 980 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:41,806 ANYTHING CAME UP YESTERDAY OR 981 00:40:41,806 --> 00:40:44,141 TODAY THAT LEAD TO LONGER 982 00:40:44,141 --> 00:40:45,075 DISCUSSIONS THAT STICKS OUT? 983 00:40:45,075 --> 00:40:45,810 THANK YOU. 984 00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:48,913 >> YEAH, SO THE OTHER TWO KIND 985 00:40:48,913 --> 00:40:52,416 OF TECHNICAL SPECIAL TOPICS WE 986 00:40:52,416 --> 00:40:59,123 HAD WERE -- WAS THE NTO TITANIUM 987 00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:00,925 COMPATIBILITY ISSUE THAT WAS 988 00:41:00,925 --> 00:41:03,294 DISCOVERED DURING THE DRAGON HOT 989 00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:05,563 FIRE TEST BACK IN APRIL. 990 00:41:05,563 --> 00:41:08,065 I -- ALSO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF 991 00:41:08,065 --> 00:41:11,502 WORK DONE BY THE NASA SPACEX 992 00:41:11,502 --> 00:41:13,304 TEAM TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AND TO 993 00:41:13,304 --> 00:41:15,506 FIGURE OUT HOW TO MITIGATE AND 994 00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:18,142 CONTROL THAT HAZARD, AND A 995 00:41:18,142 --> 00:41:20,511 LOT -- A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO 996 00:41:20,511 --> 00:41:21,612 JUST UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WERE 997 00:41:21,612 --> 00:41:24,215 AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE READY 998 00:41:24,215 --> 00:41:27,384 TO ACCEPT THAT RISK, THE 999 00:41:27,384 --> 00:41:29,954 RESIDUAL RISK THERE FOR THE 1000 00:41:29,954 --> 00:41:31,288 DEMO-2 FLIGHT, WHICH WE ARE. 1001 00:41:31,288 --> 00:41:33,858 I CANNOT TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF 1002 00:41:33,858 --> 00:41:35,926 TESTING WE HAVE DONE BY THE 1003 00:41:35,926 --> 00:41:39,029 WHITE SANDS TEST FACILITY TEAM, 1004 00:41:39,029 --> 00:41:42,333 THE SPACEX TEAM AND McGREGOR 1005 00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:43,934 OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. 1006 00:41:43,934 --> 00:41:45,302 WE HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT 1007 00:41:45,302 --> 00:41:46,370 OF TESTING. 1008 00:41:46,370 --> 00:41:48,239 AND THAT TESTING GIVES US 1009 00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:49,240 CONFIDENCE THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM 1010 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:51,976 THAT IS GOING TO PERFORM AND 1011 00:41:51,976 --> 00:41:53,811 WE'LL HAVE THAT ABORT CAPABILITY 1012 00:41:53,811 --> 00:41:56,280 THAT BENGIE WAS DISCUSSING 1013 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:56,614 EARLIER. 1014 00:41:56,614 --> 00:42:01,118 ANOTHER ONE WAS -- A MORE 1015 00:42:01,118 --> 00:42:03,988 LATE-BREAKING ISSUE -- LATE 1016 00:42:03,988 --> 00:42:04,989 BREAKING WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH 1017 00:42:04,989 --> 00:42:08,959 OR SO, NOT DAYS. 1018 00:42:08,959 --> 00:42:11,228 ON PERFORMANCE SHORTFALL OF THE 1019 00:42:11,228 --> 00:42:12,296 FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. 1020 00:42:12,296 --> 00:42:14,465 THAT'S A SYSTEM THAT SUPPRESSES 1021 00:42:14,465 --> 00:42:17,368 ANY FIRE IN ANY EQUIPMENT OR 1022 00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:18,769 ANYTHING ON THE FLOOR. 1023 00:42:18,769 --> 00:42:22,239 ON DRAGON UNDER THE FLOOR OF 1024 00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:22,573 DRAGON. 1025 00:42:22,573 --> 00:42:24,942 SO THE TEAM ANALYZED BOTH THE 1026 00:42:24,942 --> 00:42:26,977 HAZARDS THERE, AS WELL AS THE 1027 00:42:26,977 --> 00:42:28,445 ABILITY OF THE SYSTEM TO 1028 00:42:28,445 --> 00:42:30,447 SUPPRESS THE FIRE, AND THE -- WE 1029 00:42:30,447 --> 00:42:32,516 DEEMED THE RISK TO BE VERY LOW 1030 00:42:32,516 --> 00:42:34,518 THERE, SO WE WERE ABLE TO REVIEW 1031 00:42:34,518 --> 00:42:36,453 THAT DATA, AND GREAT WORK DONE 1032 00:42:36,453 --> 00:42:38,322 BY THE TEAM AND ACCEPT THAT 1033 00:42:38,322 --> 00:42:38,622 RISK. 1034 00:42:38,622 --> 00:42:40,591 A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF 1035 00:42:40,591 --> 00:42:42,259 TECHNICAL ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN 1036 00:42:42,259 --> 00:42:44,028 CLOSED OUT BEFORE THE REVIEW, 1037 00:42:44,028 --> 00:42:46,430 BUT WERE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD, 1038 00:42:46,430 --> 00:42:48,432 LOTS OF QUESTIONS, LOTS OF BACK 1039 00:42:48,432 --> 00:42:52,636 AND FORTH, AND IN THE END WE 1040 00:42:52,636 --> 00:42:53,404 AGREED WITH THE PROGRAM THAT 1041 00:42:53,404 --> 00:42:55,005 WERE CLOSING THOSE ISSUES, AND 1042 00:42:55,005 --> 00:42:56,774 WE WERE READY TO PROCEED. 1043 00:42:56,774 --> 00:43:00,311 >> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 1044 00:43:00,311 --> 00:43:02,146 JEFF FAUST AT SPACE NEWS. 1045 00:43:02,146 --> 00:43:02,446 JEFF? 1046 00:43:02,446 --> 00:43:03,314 >> Reporter: YEAH, GOOD 1047 00:43:03,314 --> 00:43:03,847 AFTERNOON. 1048 00:43:03,847 --> 00:43:05,449 ACTUALLY JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON 1049 00:43:05,449 --> 00:43:06,517 THE PREVIOUS QUESTION. 1050 00:43:06,517 --> 00:43:09,520 THERE IS DISCUSSION THAT THERE 1051 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,288 IS STILL SOME OPEN WORK LEFT TO 1052 00:43:11,288 --> 00:43:14,224 DO TO TIE UP LOOSE ENDS BEFORE 1053 00:43:14,224 --> 00:43:16,060 THE LAUNCH. 1054 00:43:16,060 --> 00:43:20,030 CAN YOU GIVE US SOME EXAMPLES OF 1055 00:43:20,030 --> 00:43:22,132 SOME OF THAT WORK THAT STILL HAS 1056 00:43:22,132 --> 00:43:24,635 TO BE DONE BETWEEN NOW AND 1057 00:43:24,635 --> 00:43:25,502 MONDAY? 1058 00:43:25,502 --> 00:43:25,836 THANKS. 1059 00:43:25,836 --> 00:43:27,304 >> I THINK WE MENTIONED THE OPEN 1060 00:43:27,304 --> 00:43:27,838 WORK. 1061 00:43:27,838 --> 00:43:30,674 THERE'S FINAL CHECKOUTS ON THE 1062 00:43:30,674 --> 00:43:32,509 SPACECRAFT THAT HAPPEN, LIKE 1063 00:43:32,509 --> 00:43:36,113 PRIOR TO FINAL HATCH CLOSURE. 1064 00:43:36,113 --> 00:43:38,115 THAT'S NORMAL, STANDARD WORK. 1065 00:43:38,115 --> 00:43:39,817 WE ALREADY MENTIONED THE BIG 1066 00:43:39,817 --> 00:43:40,117 EVENT. 1067 00:43:40,117 --> 00:43:42,519 THE BIG EVENT, OBVIOUSLY STATIC 1068 00:43:42,519 --> 00:43:45,155 FIRE TODAY, MAKING SURE THE 1069 00:43:45,155 --> 00:43:46,757 LAUNCH VEHICLE, FINAL CHECK OUTS 1070 00:43:46,757 --> 00:43:48,892 ON THE VEHICLE ARE DONE. 1071 00:43:48,892 --> 00:43:50,561 GOING THROUGH AND DOING DRY 1072 00:43:50,561 --> 00:43:52,963 DRESS -- I MEAN, LIKE WE ALREADY 1073 00:43:52,963 --> 00:43:55,032 TALKED ABOUT, DRY DRESS AND 1074 00:43:55,032 --> 00:43:56,200 MAKING SURE THAT WHOLE SYSTEM 1075 00:43:56,200 --> 00:43:59,036 FROM DELIVERY OF THE CREW TO THE 1076 00:43:59,036 --> 00:43:59,837 PAD, WORKING THROUGH ALL OF 1077 00:43:59,837 --> 00:44:01,839 THOSE PIECES, MAKING SURE 1078 00:44:01,839 --> 00:44:02,940 EVERYTHING IS WORKING, YOU KNOW, 1079 00:44:02,940 --> 00:44:06,610 DAYS BEFORE THE LAUNCH. 1080 00:44:06,610 --> 00:44:08,712 THAT'S ALL NORMAL OPEN WORK, AND 1081 00:44:08,712 --> 00:44:11,882 THEN DOING THE JOB OF GOING 1082 00:44:11,882 --> 00:44:15,319 THROUGH ALL OF THE DATA OUT OF 1083 00:44:15,319 --> 00:44:18,355 THE TESTS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE 1084 00:44:18,355 --> 00:44:20,524 WORKING, YOU KNOW, SATURDAY, 1085 00:44:20,524 --> 00:44:21,392 SUNDAY, MONDAY, YOU KNOW, 1086 00:44:21,392 --> 00:44:23,360 TUESDAY, UP TO LAUNCH DAY TO 1087 00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,362 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL 1088 00:44:25,362 --> 00:44:26,163 CHECKING EVERYTHING OUT. 1089 00:44:26,163 --> 00:44:28,565 YOU KNOW, I TALKED A COUPLE OF 1090 00:44:28,565 --> 00:44:30,100 WEEKS AGO ABOUT CONTINUING TO 1091 00:44:30,100 --> 00:44:32,603 DOT THE I'S AND CROSS THE T'S, 1092 00:44:32,603 --> 00:44:34,238 AND THAT'S THE KIND OF OPEN WORK 1093 00:44:34,238 --> 00:44:36,740 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. 1094 00:44:36,740 --> 00:44:40,210 >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 1095 00:44:40,210 --> 00:44:44,915 DAVID MOSHER AT BUSINESS 1096 00:44:44,915 --> 00:44:45,249 INSIDER. 1097 00:44:45,249 --> 00:44:53,390 DAVE? 1098 00:44:53,390 --> 00:44:55,793 AND OUR NEXT QUESTION WILL BE 1099 00:44:55,793 --> 00:44:58,095 FROM JACKIE GODDARD WITH THE 1100 00:44:58,095 --> 00:45:00,898 IRISH TIMES OF LONDON. 1101 00:45:00,898 --> 00:45:01,231 JACKIE? 1102 00:45:01,231 --> 00:45:03,434 >> YES, HELLO, THANK YOU. 1103 00:45:03,434 --> 00:45:05,869 EARLIER THIS WEEK THERE WAS A 1104 00:45:05,869 --> 00:45:08,272 REPORT FROM THE RUSSIAN 1105 00:45:08,272 --> 00:45:09,973 GOVERNMENT NEWS AGENCY THAT 1106 00:45:09,973 --> 00:45:10,741 QUOTED OFFICIALS SAYING THEY 1107 00:45:10,741 --> 00:45:12,609 WERE MONITORING INCREASED 1108 00:45:12,609 --> 00:45:15,312 SPENDING LEVELS INSIDE THE SPACE 1109 00:45:15,312 --> 00:45:15,679 STATION. 1110 00:45:15,679 --> 00:45:18,415 THEY STRESSED IT WAS NO THREAT 1111 00:45:18,415 --> 00:45:20,684 TO CREW AND THAT THE 1112 00:45:20,684 --> 00:45:22,086 CONCENTRATIONS DIDN'T EXCEED THE 1113 00:45:22,086 --> 00:45:22,419 LIMIT. 1114 00:45:22,419 --> 00:45:23,821 BUT CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT 1115 00:45:23,821 --> 00:45:25,556 WAS ALL ABOUT. 1116 00:45:25,556 --> 00:45:27,558 WAS THERE ANY FOCUS OF 1117 00:45:27,558 --> 00:45:31,061 CONVERSATION AT THE REVIEW, AND 1118 00:45:31,061 --> 00:45:33,130 DOES IT RAISE A LEVEL OF CONCERN 1119 00:45:33,130 --> 00:45:39,269 WITH SENDING TWO ADDITIONAL CREW 1120 00:45:39,269 --> 00:45:39,837 MEMBERS UP. 1121 00:45:39,837 --> 00:45:41,605 >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WORK 1122 00:45:41,605 --> 00:45:45,075 VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR RUSSIAN 1123 00:45:45,075 --> 00:45:45,542 PARTNERS. 1124 00:45:45,542 --> 00:45:48,312 I SPEAK TO THEM -- IF NOT DAILY, 1125 00:45:48,312 --> 00:45:49,113 CERTAINLY WEEKLY. 1126 00:45:49,113 --> 00:45:51,381 WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME PEOPLE IN 1127 00:45:51,381 --> 00:45:54,051 MY ORGANIZATION WHO LIVE IN 1128 00:45:54,051 --> 00:45:54,384 MOSCOW. 1129 00:45:54,384 --> 00:45:56,019 SO WE'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE. 1130 00:45:56,019 --> 00:45:57,354 GREAT PARTNERS. 1131 00:45:57,354 --> 00:45:58,956 THERE HAS BEEN NO DISCUSSION 1132 00:45:58,956 --> 00:46:01,358 ABOUT ANY CHANGE, ANY MEDIA 1133 00:46:01,358 --> 00:46:02,259 CHANGE IN -- IN THE WORK THAT 1134 00:46:02,259 --> 00:46:04,561 THEY ARE DOING, CERTAINLY NO 1135 00:46:04,561 --> 00:46:06,830 INCREASED RISK TO THE CREW TODAY 1136 00:46:06,830 --> 00:46:08,932 AS A RESULT OF ANY OF THIS, SO 1137 00:46:08,932 --> 00:46:10,868 I'M NOT CONCERNED AT ALL ABOUT 1138 00:46:10,868 --> 00:46:12,669 THAT -- I THINK MAYBE WHAT THEY 1139 00:46:12,669 --> 00:46:14,972 ARE REFERRING TO MIGHT BE 1140 00:46:14,972 --> 00:46:16,406 LONGER-TERM DECISIONS THAT THE 1141 00:46:16,406 --> 00:46:18,675 RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AND RUSSIAN 1142 00:46:18,675 --> 00:46:20,410 SPACE AGENCY COULD MAKE, BUT 1143 00:46:20,410 --> 00:46:21,812 THAT WOULD REALLY BE A QUESTION 1144 00:46:21,812 --> 00:46:22,479 FOR THEM. 1145 00:46:22,479 --> 00:46:26,350 SO THE RUSSIAN CREW -- I SPOKE 1146 00:46:26,350 --> 00:46:29,353 WITH YVONNE AND ANATOLIY THIS 1147 00:46:29,353 --> 00:46:31,522 WEEK, AND THEY ARE VERY EXCITED 1148 00:46:31,522 --> 00:46:32,923 ABOUT HAVING TWO MORE CREW 1149 00:46:32,923 --> 00:46:34,591 MEMBERS COME UP THERE. 1150 00:46:34,591 --> 00:46:38,228 THE ISS IS IN GREAT SHAPE. 1151 00:46:38,228 --> 00:46:40,998 THE CREW ARE IN GREAT SHAPE, SO 1152 00:46:40,998 --> 00:46:42,766 I THINK THE VEHICLE ON ORBIT IS 1153 00:46:42,766 --> 00:46:45,202 READY TO GO, AND WE'RE WORKING 1154 00:46:45,202 --> 00:46:46,970 TO MAKE THE VEHICLE HERE ON THE 1155 00:46:46,970 --> 00:46:48,372 GROUND READY TO GO. 1156 00:46:48,372 --> 00:46:53,644 >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 1157 00:46:53,644 --> 00:46:56,914 ANTOINEO WITH FLORIDA TODAY 1158 00:46:56,914 --> 00:46:57,981 >> Reporter: YES, HI. 1159 00:46:57,981 --> 00:47:00,317 THANKS FOR TAKING MY QUESTION. 1160 00:47:00,317 --> 00:47:03,821 WHY DID IT TAKE CREW DRAGON 19 1161 00:47:03,821 --> 00:47:05,155 HOURS TO REACH THE IN ADDITION 1162 00:47:05,155 --> 00:47:06,790 IN ADDITION WHEN IT ONLY TAKES 1163 00:47:06,790 --> 00:47:08,859 RUSSIA SIX HOURS, AND CAN THEY 1164 00:47:08,859 --> 00:47:10,327 GET IS THERE TO THE SPACE 1165 00:47:10,327 --> 00:47:13,597 STATION QUICKER, AND IF SO, WHY 1166 00:47:13,597 --> 00:47:15,732 HASN'T SPACEX AND NASA DECIDED 1167 00:47:15,732 --> 00:47:18,468 TO DO THAT? 1168 00:47:18,468 --> 00:47:18,802 THANKS. 1169 00:47:18,802 --> 00:47:20,037 >> YOU BET. 1170 00:47:20,037 --> 00:47:20,437 [ LAUGHTER ] 1171 00:47:20,437 --> 00:47:21,004 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1172 00:47:21,004 --> 00:47:23,207 REALLY IT'S ABOUT ORBITAL 1173 00:47:23,207 --> 00:47:23,607 MECHANICS. 1174 00:47:23,607 --> 00:47:25,242 IT'S ABOUT WHEN YOU LAUNCH. 1175 00:47:25,242 --> 00:47:27,644 THERE'S PHASING YOU HAVE TO DO 1176 00:47:27,644 --> 00:47:29,279 TO GET TO THE SPACE STATION. 1177 00:47:29,279 --> 00:47:31,048 SO YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT 1178 00:47:31,048 --> 00:47:33,584 LAUNCH OPPORTUNITIES, AGAIN, 1179 00:47:33,584 --> 00:47:36,019 BASED ON WEATHER AND A WHOLE 1180 00:47:36,019 --> 00:47:37,988 NUMBER OF OTHER FACTORS, AND YOU 1181 00:47:37,988 --> 00:47:39,590 SET UP A NUMBER OF LAUNCH 1182 00:47:39,590 --> 00:47:40,924 OPPORTUNITIES, DAYS AND TIMES, 1183 00:47:40,924 --> 00:47:43,093 AND SOME OF THOSE LAUNCH 1184 00:47:43,093 --> 00:47:43,961 OPPORTUNITIES REQUIRE MORE 1185 00:47:43,961 --> 00:47:45,562 PHASING TIME, AND SOME OF THEM 1186 00:47:45,562 --> 00:47:47,831 REQUIRE LESS, AND SO ON THE 1187 00:47:47,831 --> 00:47:50,601 27TH, IT'S ABOUT A 19-HOUR 1188 00:47:50,601 --> 00:47:52,402 PHASING, BUT ON OTHER DAYS IT 1189 00:47:52,402 --> 00:47:54,371 WOULD BE LESS AND OTHER DAYS IT 1190 00:47:54,371 --> 00:47:55,305 COULD BE MORE. 1191 00:47:55,305 --> 00:47:57,207 SO IT'S THAT ORBIT OF SPACE 1192 00:47:57,207 --> 00:47:58,742 STATION AND THE TIME OF DAY, AND 1193 00:47:58,742 --> 00:48:00,477 TIME OF YEAR THAT DETERMINES 1194 00:48:00,477 --> 00:48:02,246 THAT -- THAT LENGTH OF TIME. 1195 00:48:02,246 --> 00:48:04,448 >> I WILL ADD ONE MORE THING. 1196 00:48:04,448 --> 00:48:06,216 THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT, YOU KNOW, 1197 00:48:06,216 --> 00:48:08,952 WE TALK ABOUT THIS LAUNCH, BUT 1198 00:48:08,952 --> 00:48:10,687 THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT, RIGHT? 1199 00:48:10,687 --> 00:48:12,856 SO WE -- WE COULD HAVE PICKED 1200 00:48:12,856 --> 00:48:14,658 DIFFERENT LAUNCH DAYS THAT HAD 1201 00:48:14,658 --> 00:48:17,261 DIFFERENT PHASING OPPORTUNITIES, 1202 00:48:17,261 --> 00:48:17,628 RIGHT? 1203 00:48:17,628 --> 00:48:19,763 BUT THERE'S ALSO CHECKOUTS THAT 1204 00:48:19,763 --> 00:48:21,798 WE'RE DOING ALONG THE WAY, SO WE 1205 00:48:21,798 --> 00:48:23,867 KIND OF PICKED A DAY THAT WOULD 1206 00:48:23,867 --> 00:48:25,302 ALWAYS -- A PHASING OPPORTUNITY 1207 00:48:25,302 --> 00:48:26,904 THAT WOULD GIVE US THE TIME TO 1208 00:48:26,904 --> 00:48:28,672 BE ABLE TO DO THOSE CHECKOUTS 1209 00:48:28,672 --> 00:48:31,575 ALONG THE WAY, BECAUSE THIS IS A 1210 00:48:31,575 --> 00:48:32,476 CRITICAL TEST FLIGHT. 1211 00:48:32,476 --> 00:48:34,845 BOB AND DOUG ARE GOING TO GET TO 1212 00:48:34,845 --> 00:48:36,280 TEST FLY THE VEHICLE, AND CHECK 1213 00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:39,549 IT OUT, AND MAKE SURE THAT FIRST 1214 00:48:39,549 --> 00:48:42,653 TIME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE IN A 1215 00:48:42,653 --> 00:48:45,122 SPACEX VEHICLE AND GET TO KIND 1216 00:48:45,122 --> 00:48:46,890 OF -- YOU KNOW, TAKE IT OUT FOR 1217 00:48:46,890 --> 00:48:48,659 A TEST RUN AND -- AND MAKE SURE 1218 00:48:48,659 --> 00:48:50,227 THAT BEFORE IT'S CERTIFIED THAT 1219 00:48:50,227 --> 00:48:52,229 THE DESIGN IS WORKING, SO THIS 1220 00:48:52,229 --> 00:48:54,164 IS A REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT 1221 00:48:54,164 --> 00:48:54,932 FLIGHT FOR US. 1222 00:48:54,932 --> 00:48:57,768 WE HAVE GOT TWO GREAT TEST 1223 00:48:57,768 --> 00:48:59,036 PILOTS IN THERE, AND THEY 1224 00:48:59,036 --> 00:49:01,204 ARE -- THEY ARE GOING TO BE 1225 00:49:01,204 --> 00:49:02,639 CHECKING OUT THE VEHICLE. 1226 00:49:02,639 --> 00:49:07,210 >> AND IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE 1227 00:49:07,210 --> 00:49:07,711 THING. 1228 00:49:07,711 --> 00:49:09,279 THE RUSSIAN VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED 1229 00:49:09,279 --> 00:49:13,450 IN THE '70S AND BEGAN FLYING IN 1230 00:49:13,450 --> 00:49:16,520 THE '80S, AND IT HAS ONLY BEEN 1231 00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:18,221 IN THE LAST THREE, THREE AND A 1232 00:49:18,221 --> 00:49:20,490 HALF YEARS THAT THEY STARTED 1233 00:49:20,490 --> 00:49:22,459 GOING FROM TWO DAYS TO GET TO 1234 00:49:22,459 --> 00:49:23,226 SIX HOURS. 1235 00:49:23,226 --> 00:49:25,395 SO I'M COUNTING ON SPACEX 1236 00:49:25,395 --> 00:49:28,131 TO -- TO ACCELERATE THE TIME IN 1237 00:49:28,131 --> 00:49:31,201 THE NEXT 20 YEARS, SO . . . 1238 00:49:31,201 --> 00:49:31,601 [ LAUGHTER ] 1239 00:49:31,601 --> 00:49:33,603 >> AND I'LL SAY KATHY MAKES A 1240 00:49:33,603 --> 00:49:34,371 REALLY GOOD POINT. 1241 00:49:34,371 --> 00:49:36,473 ONE OF THE COOL THINGS THAT 1242 00:49:36,473 --> 00:49:39,042 THE -- AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK 1243 00:49:39,042 --> 00:49:39,776 ON THAT KIRK. 1244 00:49:39,776 --> 00:49:44,414 I HOPE IT'S A LOT SOONER THAN 20 1245 00:49:44,414 --> 00:49:44,715 YEARS. 1246 00:49:44,715 --> 00:49:46,616 BUT BOB AND DOUG ARE GOING TO 1247 00:49:46,616 --> 00:49:49,119 GET A CHANCE TO TRY SLEEPING. 1248 00:49:49,119 --> 00:49:51,855 AND THE CREW HAVE TAKEN TO HEART 1249 00:49:51,855 --> 00:49:53,724 HAS TEST PILOTS THE IMPORTANCE 1250 00:49:53,724 --> 00:49:55,659 OF THEIR WORK TO ENSURE THE 1251 00:49:55,659 --> 00:49:56,827 READINESS OF THE VEHICLE, AND 1252 00:49:56,827 --> 00:49:58,261 THE SYSTEM AND THE PROGRAM FOR 1253 00:49:58,261 --> 00:50:00,197 FUTURE CREWS. 1254 00:50:00,197 --> 00:50:02,299 TO THEM IN THEIR MIND IT IS 1255 00:50:02,299 --> 00:50:05,302 ALWAYS IS THIS THE RIGHT SAFE, 1256 00:50:05,302 --> 00:50:06,336 RELIABLE SYSTEM FOR ANYBODY TO 1257 00:50:06,336 --> 00:50:08,305 FLY IN, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE 1258 00:50:08,305 --> 00:50:09,940 THAT THEIR COLLEAGUES IN THE 1259 00:50:09,940 --> 00:50:11,775 CREW OFFICE WOULD BE ABLE TO 1260 00:50:11,775 --> 00:50:13,577 CONTINUE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY 1261 00:50:13,577 --> 00:50:15,979 WANT TO DO, SO THEY ARE TESTING 1262 00:50:15,979 --> 00:50:18,548 IT OUT NOT JUST FOR THEMSELVES, 1263 00:50:18,548 --> 00:50:20,584 BUT FOR ALL FUTURE FLIGHTS. 1264 00:50:20,584 --> 00:50:23,587 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN 1265 00:50:23,587 --> 00:50:25,822 SLEEP ON BOARD, EAT MEALS AND DO 1266 00:50:25,822 --> 00:50:28,091 ALL OF THAT STUFF WHILE THEY ARE 1267 00:50:28,091 --> 00:50:31,495 ON BOARD DRAGON, YET GET THEM TO 1268 00:50:31,495 --> 00:50:36,533 STATION AS QUICKLY AND SAFELY AS 1269 00:50:36,533 --> 00:50:36,900 POSSIBLE. 1270 00:50:36,900 --> 00:50:42,839 >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 1271 00:50:42,839 --> 00:50:46,143 JACKY WADDLES. 1272 00:50:46,143 --> 00:50:46,743 >> Reporter: THANKS. 1273 00:50:46,743 --> 00:50:48,612 I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU HAD TO DO 1274 00:50:48,612 --> 00:50:50,747 ANY ADDITIONAL PREPARATION TO 1275 00:50:50,747 --> 00:50:52,916 ASSUME YOUR ROLE, AND IF THAT 1276 00:50:52,916 --> 00:50:54,684 LAST-MINUTE CHANGE CREATED ANY 1277 00:50:54,684 --> 00:50:56,853 CHALLENGES OVER THE PAST COUPLE 1278 00:50:56,853 --> 00:50:57,888 OF DAYS? 1279 00:50:57,888 --> 00:51:01,224 >> YEAH, ACTUALLY, I HAVE BEEN 1280 00:51:01,224 --> 00:51:02,659 CONDUCTING AGENCY-LEVEL REVIEWS 1281 00:51:02,659 --> 00:51:04,161 OF THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM 1282 00:51:04,161 --> 00:51:06,730 FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AS THE 1283 00:51:06,730 --> 00:51:09,533 ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATOR, THAT'S 1284 00:51:09,533 --> 00:51:12,235 PART OF MY CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE 1285 00:51:12,235 --> 00:51:14,738 MANAGEMENT COUNCIL, SO EVERY TWO 1286 00:51:14,738 --> 00:51:16,373 TO THREE MONTHS KATHY HAS COME 1287 00:51:16,373 --> 00:51:18,175 IN AND BRIEFED AGENCY 1288 00:51:18,175 --> 00:51:19,676 LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING MYSELF ON 1289 00:51:19,676 --> 00:51:21,578 THE PROGRAM -- ALL OF THE ISSUES 1290 00:51:21,578 --> 00:51:24,648 AND CHALLENGES, THE RESOLUTION 1291 00:51:24,648 --> 00:51:28,018 OF THEM, OR PATHS TO RESOLUTION, 1292 00:51:28,018 --> 00:51:30,387 SO THOSE REVIEWS PREPARED ME 1293 00:51:30,387 --> 00:51:34,224 REALLY WELL TO STEP IN AND 1294 00:51:34,224 --> 00:51:38,762 CHAIR, AS WELL AS THE SAFETY 1295 00:51:38,762 --> 00:51:40,730 ADVISORY PANEL REVIEW PROGRAMS. 1296 00:51:40,730 --> 00:51:42,899 I HAVE SAT IN ON ALL OR MOST OF 1297 00:51:42,899 --> 00:51:44,234 THOSE REVIEWS ALSO. 1298 00:51:44,234 --> 00:51:47,571 SO GIVEN ALL OF THAT, I WAS WELL 1299 00:51:47,571 --> 00:51:47,938 PREPARED. 1300 00:51:47,938 --> 00:51:49,039 I ALSO WANT TO STRESS THAT THERE 1301 00:51:49,039 --> 00:51:51,441 IS A SERIES OF REALLY GREAT 1302 00:51:51,441 --> 00:51:53,877 REVIEWS LEADING UP TO THE FLIGHT 1303 00:51:53,877 --> 00:51:54,678 READINESS REVIEW. 1304 00:51:54,678 --> 00:51:57,747 THERE WAS ENGINEERING REVIEWS OF 1305 00:51:57,747 --> 00:52:00,150 EACH SYSTEM ON DRAGON AND ON 1306 00:52:00,150 --> 00:52:02,385 FALCON BY THE ENGINEERING TEAMS. 1307 00:52:02,385 --> 00:52:03,720 THEY WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED 1308 00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:06,690 ABOUT DOING THOSE VIRTUALLY, 1309 00:52:06,690 --> 00:52:09,826 VERSUS FACE-TO-FACE, BUT THE 1310 00:52:09,826 --> 00:52:14,764 FEEDBACK I RECEIVED WERE THOSE 1311 00:52:14,764 --> 00:52:16,233 REVIEWS WERE VERY EFFECTIVE. 1312 00:52:16,233 --> 00:52:19,503 AND THEN THERE WAS THE STATION 1313 00:52:19,503 --> 00:52:22,105 READINESS REVIEW BY KIRK. 1314 00:52:22,105 --> 00:52:25,008 A FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW BY 1315 00:52:25,008 --> 00:52:25,442 SPACEX. 1316 00:52:25,442 --> 00:52:27,077 THERE WAS A FLIGHT TEST 1317 00:52:27,077 --> 00:52:29,012 READINESS REVIEW, LEAD BY KATHY 1318 00:52:29,012 --> 00:52:33,216 AND THE TEAM, AND THAT LEAD UP 1319 00:52:33,216 --> 00:52:34,751 TO THE FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW. 1320 00:52:34,751 --> 00:52:37,320 SO I FELT VERY, VERY PREPARED TO 1321 00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,524 CHAIR THE REVIEW, AND I -- AND 1322 00:52:40,524 --> 00:52:42,792 SO -- DON'T THINK THERE WERE ANY 1323 00:52:42,792 --> 00:52:45,128 SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES IN 1324 00:52:45,128 --> 00:52:46,062 TRANSITIONING FROM DOUG TO 1325 00:52:46,062 --> 00:52:48,431 MYSELF IN CHAIRING THE FRR. 1326 00:52:48,431 --> 00:52:50,100 >> AND OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM 1327 00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:52,769 MARSHA DUNN, ASSOCIATED PRESS. 1328 00:52:52,769 --> 00:52:53,103 MARSHA? 1329 00:52:53,103 --> 00:52:55,505 >> Reporter: YES, HELLO. 1330 00:52:55,505 --> 00:52:57,607 I WOULD LIKE BOTH SPACEX AND 1331 00:52:57,607 --> 00:52:59,209 NASA TO ADDRESS THIS. 1332 00:52:59,209 --> 00:53:02,579 ALL SPACE FLIGHT IS RISKY, BUT 1333 00:53:02,579 --> 00:53:04,848 THIS IS A TRUE TEST FLIGHT. 1334 00:53:04,848 --> 00:53:07,184 AND I WOULD LIKE BIG PICTURE 1335 00:53:07,184 --> 00:53:09,819 FROM YOU ON JUST HOW RISKY AND 1336 00:53:09,819 --> 00:53:11,054 DANGEROUS THIS MISSION IS THAT 1337 00:53:11,054 --> 00:53:13,223 BOB AND DOUG ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK 1338 00:53:13,223 --> 00:53:13,657 ON. 1339 00:53:13,657 --> 00:53:15,859 I'M NOT LOOKING FOR STATISTICS 1340 00:53:15,859 --> 00:53:19,796 OR NUMBERS, BUT IN YOUR GUTS 1341 00:53:19,796 --> 00:53:23,099 WHAT ARE YOU FEELING ABOUT THE 1342 00:53:23,099 --> 00:53:26,636 RISKS AND DANGER OF THIS FLIGHT? 1343 00:53:26,636 --> 00:53:27,304 THANK YOU. 1344 00:53:27,304 --> 00:53:28,538 >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1345 00:53:28,538 --> 00:53:30,974 >> THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT 1346 00:53:30,974 --> 00:53:32,809 ARE IN NASA. 1347 00:53:32,809 --> 00:53:33,210 [ LAUGHTER ] 1348 00:53:33,210 --> 00:53:35,078 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, MARSHA, 1349 00:53:35,078 --> 00:53:37,380 I -- IT'S REALLY HARD AS A 1350 00:53:37,380 --> 00:53:39,349 PROGRAM MANAGER, BECAUSE MY JOB 1351 00:53:39,349 --> 00:53:42,118 IS TO BUY DOWN RISK, RIGHT? 1352 00:53:42,118 --> 00:53:45,522 AND FOR THE LAST, LIKE, WITH 1353 00:53:45,522 --> 00:53:47,857 STEVE LAID OUT -- I MEAN, 1354 00:53:47,857 --> 00:53:49,159 REALLY, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS 1355 00:53:49,159 --> 00:53:50,827 AS PROGRAM MANAGER, THAT'S WHAT 1356 00:53:50,827 --> 00:53:53,997 I FEEL LIKE I HAVE BEEN DOING, 1357 00:53:53,997 --> 00:53:56,032 SO IF I -- RIGHT NOW WE'RE 1358 00:53:56,032 --> 00:53:57,567 TRYING TO IDENTIFY ANY RISKS 1359 00:53:57,567 --> 00:53:59,469 THAT WE KNOW OF THAT IS OUT 1360 00:53:59,469 --> 00:54:01,204 THERE, AND CONTINUE TO LOOK AT 1361 00:54:01,204 --> 00:54:03,373 RISKS AND BUY THEM DOWN, BUT WE 1362 00:54:03,373 --> 00:54:06,309 ALSO CAN'T FOOL OURSELVES, YOU 1363 00:54:06,309 --> 00:54:06,610 KNOW? 1364 00:54:06,610 --> 00:54:09,679 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT IS REALLY, 1365 00:54:09,679 --> 00:54:11,615 REALLY TOUGH, AND, YOU KNOW, 1366 00:54:11,615 --> 00:54:13,450 WE -- IT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO 1367 00:54:13,450 --> 00:54:20,557 LOOK FOR RISKS, AND -- AND DO 1368 00:54:20,557 --> 00:54:24,494 ADDITION ASSESSMENTS, AND WE 1369 00:54:24,494 --> 00:54:26,029 NEVER FEEL COMFORTABLE, BECAUSE 1370 00:54:26,029 --> 00:54:27,564 THAT'S WHEN YOU ARE NOT 1371 00:54:27,564 --> 00:54:28,832 SEARCHING, RIGHT? 1372 00:54:28,832 --> 00:54:30,634 SO I THINK -- YOU KNOW, WE 1373 00:54:30,634 --> 00:54:32,102 TALKED TODAY ABOUT STAYING 1374 00:54:32,102 --> 00:54:33,603 HUNGRY, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO 1375 00:54:33,603 --> 00:54:37,474 STAY HUNGRY, AND WE'RE GOING TO 1376 00:54:37,474 --> 00:54:39,309 STAY HUNGRY UNTIL BOB AND DOUG 1377 00:54:39,309 --> 00:54:40,210 COME HOME. 1378 00:54:40,210 --> 00:54:42,145 BUT I THOUGHT OF EVERY SINGLE 1379 00:54:42,145 --> 00:54:42,445 RISK. 1380 00:54:42,445 --> 00:54:43,413 WE HAVE BEEN SCOURING. 1381 00:54:43,413 --> 00:54:46,016 OUR TEAMS ARE SCOURING AND 1382 00:54:46,016 --> 00:54:47,284 THINKING OF EVERY SINGLE RISK 1383 00:54:47,284 --> 00:54:50,253 THAT IS OUT THERE, AND WE HAVE 1384 00:54:50,253 --> 00:54:51,788 WORKED OUR BUTT OFF TO BUY DOWN 1385 00:54:51,788 --> 00:54:53,256 THE ONES WE KNOW OF. 1386 00:54:53,256 --> 00:54:55,692 AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AND 1387 00:54:55,692 --> 00:54:57,460 CONTINUE TO BUY THEM DOWN UNTIL 1388 00:54:57,460 --> 00:54:59,262 WE BRING THEM HOME. 1389 00:54:59,262 --> 00:55:00,864 >> KATHY SAID IT VERY, VERY 1390 00:55:00,864 --> 00:55:02,966 WELL, AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS 1391 00:55:02,966 --> 00:55:03,400 TOUGH. 1392 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,068 SPACE FLIGHT IS HARD. 1393 00:55:05,068 --> 00:55:08,104 BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, WE SEARCH 1394 00:55:08,104 --> 00:55:10,073 OURSELVES AND SEARCH OUR SOULS. 1395 00:55:10,073 --> 00:55:11,775 WE ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER, YOU 1396 00:55:11,775 --> 00:55:14,778 KNOW, IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH 1397 00:55:14,778 --> 00:55:16,246 NASA AND SPACEX. 1398 00:55:16,246 --> 00:55:17,814 BUT CERTAINLY WITHIN OUR 1399 00:55:17,814 --> 00:55:20,216 COMPANY, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY 1400 00:55:20,216 --> 00:55:22,919 TO LOOK OVER OUR SHOULDERS. 1401 00:55:22,919 --> 00:55:25,822 WE SAY DON'T TAKE OFFENSE WHEN 1402 00:55:25,822 --> 00:55:27,524 PEOPLE CHALLENGE YOUR WORK. 1403 00:55:27,524 --> 00:55:28,958 ENCOURAGE IT. 1404 00:55:28,958 --> 00:55:30,193 WE'RE IN THE FINAL PREPARATIONS 1405 00:55:30,193 --> 00:55:32,896 FOR FLIGHT, BUT ALSO WHERE THE 1406 00:55:32,896 --> 00:55:34,531 MAJORITY OF ENGINEERS AND PEOPLE 1407 00:55:34,531 --> 00:55:35,932 IN THE FACTORY AND EVERYBODY WHO 1408 00:55:35,932 --> 00:55:38,368 HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ALL OF 1409 00:55:38,368 --> 00:55:42,939 THESE YEARS ARE NOW INTO A 1410 00:55:42,939 --> 00:55:47,243 PERIOD WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING 1411 00:55:47,243 --> 00:55:48,645 UNDER EVERY STONE JUST TO MAKE 1412 00:55:48,645 --> 00:55:50,847 SURE WE'RE READY TO GO. 1413 00:55:50,847 --> 00:55:52,215 AND ANYBODY CAN RAISE AN ISSUE 1414 00:55:52,215 --> 00:55:53,583 OR A RISK. 1415 00:55:53,583 --> 00:55:55,819 WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE THAT 1416 00:55:55,819 --> 00:55:57,821 ALLOW ANYBODY IN THE COMPANY TO 1417 00:55:57,821 --> 00:56:06,229 OPEN UP WHAT WE CALL RISK 1418 00:56:06,229 --> 00:56:08,098 TICKETS WHERE THEY CAN SAY, HEY, 1419 00:56:08,098 --> 00:56:09,833 I'M WORRIED ABOUT THIS. 1420 00:56:09,833 --> 00:56:11,901 IT'S TOUGH, BUT WE WON'T LAUNCH 1421 00:56:11,901 --> 00:56:13,770 UNTIL WE'RE READY, AND WE'LL 1422 00:56:13,770 --> 00:56:15,872 LISTEN TO THE DATA AND THE 1423 00:56:15,872 --> 00:56:16,206 PEOPLE. 1424 00:56:16,206 --> 00:56:19,376 >> AND OUR FINAL QUESTION WILL 1425 00:56:19,376 --> 00:56:25,081 BE FROM JOYY ROULETTE FROM 1426 00:56:25,081 --> 00:56:25,548 REUTERS. 1427 00:56:25,548 --> 00:56:26,616 >> Reporter: HEY, THANKS SO MUMP 1428 00:56:26,616 --> 00:56:27,984 FOR DOING THIS. 1429 00:56:27,984 --> 00:56:29,786 THIS IS FOR KIRK OR ANYONE ELSE. 1430 00:56:29,786 --> 00:56:31,821 YOU MENTIONED THE ROLE THE 1431 00:56:31,821 --> 00:56:33,156 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS PLAYED. 1432 00:56:33,156 --> 00:56:35,425 CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF THE 1433 00:56:35,425 --> 00:56:37,627 RESPONSE AND ANY CONCERNS RAISED 1434 00:56:37,627 --> 00:56:38,928 BY THOSE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 1435 00:56:38,928 --> 00:56:40,964 IN REGARD TO THIS REVIEW? 1436 00:56:40,964 --> 00:56:44,167 AND FOR BENGIE, WILL ANY DATA 1437 00:56:44,167 --> 00:56:45,902 FROM THIS MISSION INFORM STAR 1438 00:56:45,902 --> 00:56:48,571 SHIP DESIGN OR STAR SHIP 1439 00:56:48,571 --> 00:56:50,173 MISSIONS IN THE FUTURE. 1440 00:56:50,173 --> 00:56:52,075 AND WOULD STAR SHIP DO ANY TEST 1441 00:56:52,075 --> 00:56:53,810 FLIGHTS LIKE THIS ONE TO THE 1442 00:56:53,810 --> 00:56:55,578 SPACE STATION, THANKS? 1443 00:56:55,578 --> 00:56:58,915 >> FROM MY INTERNATIONAL STAR 1444 00:56:58,915 --> 00:57:01,384 PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, IT'S REALLY 1445 00:57:01,384 --> 00:57:01,785 INTERESTING. 1446 00:57:01,785 --> 00:57:06,423 ONE IS WE ARE A PARTNERSHIP, AND 1447 00:57:06,423 --> 00:57:10,493 WE EXPECT OUR ASTRONAUTS AND 1448 00:57:10,493 --> 00:57:14,364 COSMONAUTS TO FLY ON THESE 1449 00:57:14,364 --> 00:57:14,731 VEHICLES. 1450 00:57:14,731 --> 00:57:16,766 ON THE NEXT FLIGHT THERE WILL BE 1451 00:57:16,766 --> 00:57:17,834 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. 1452 00:57:17,834 --> 00:57:19,135 ALL OF THE INTERNATIONAL 1453 00:57:19,135 --> 00:57:20,570 PARTNERS WERE PARTICIPATING 1454 00:57:20,570 --> 00:57:21,471 ALONG THE WAY, BECAUSE THEY KNOW 1455 00:57:21,471 --> 00:57:23,006 THEIR CREW MEMBERS WILL BE 1456 00:57:23,006 --> 00:57:24,841 FLYING ON THIS VEHICLE, NUMBER 1457 00:57:24,841 --> 00:57:25,108 1. 1458 00:57:25,108 --> 00:57:28,878 NUMBER 2, IT'S DOCKING TO THE 1459 00:57:28,878 --> 00:57:29,712 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 1460 00:57:29,712 --> 00:57:30,713 ALL OF THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE MADE 1461 00:57:30,713 --> 00:57:33,049 HUGE INVESTMENTS INTO THAT 1462 00:57:33,049 --> 00:57:35,285 VEHICLE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE 1463 00:57:35,285 --> 00:57:37,787 DO NOT RISK THAT VEHICLE OR THE 1464 00:57:37,787 --> 00:57:38,588 CREW MEMBERS. 1465 00:57:38,588 --> 00:57:41,958 SO ALL ALONG, VERY, VERY 1466 00:57:41,958 --> 00:57:42,358 INTERESTED. 1467 00:57:42,358 --> 00:57:46,229 THE DIFFICULTIES HERE, ONE, I 1468 00:57:46,229 --> 00:57:49,566 TALKED ABOUT TIME ZONES, BUT WE 1469 00:57:49,566 --> 00:57:52,535 ALSO HAD EXPORT CONTROL, SO WHEN 1470 00:57:52,535 --> 00:57:55,205 WE DEVELOP A VEHICLE HERE IN THE 1471 00:57:55,205 --> 00:57:56,873 UNITED STATES, ALL OF THAT 1472 00:57:56,873 --> 00:57:59,375 TECHNOLOGY IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE 1473 00:57:59,375 --> 00:58:02,979 EXPORTED. 1474 00:58:02,979 --> 00:58:11,154 AND THERE'S PROPRIETORRY DATA. 1475 00:58:11,154 --> 00:58:14,190 SO WE ANSWERED THEIR QUESTIONS, 1476 00:58:14,190 --> 00:58:15,959 ASSURED THEM THEIR CREW MEMBERS 1477 00:58:15,959 --> 00:58:22,131 WOULD BE SAFE, AND HONORED THE 1478 00:58:22,131 --> 00:58:22,899 PROPRIETARY DATA. 1479 00:58:22,899 --> 00:58:24,968 SO THE FACT THAT WE DID THIS, 1480 00:58:24,968 --> 00:58:27,337 AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WERE 1481 00:58:27,337 --> 00:58:29,405 PART OF THIS WORK, AND WE'RE 1482 00:58:29,405 --> 00:58:31,107 READY TO PROCEED IS REALLY AN 1483 00:58:31,107 --> 00:58:33,376 AMAZING THING, SO WE'RE HAPPY 1484 00:58:33,376 --> 00:58:35,745 ABOUT THAT ASPECT. 1485 00:58:35,745 --> 00:58:36,079 BENGIE? 1486 00:58:36,079 --> 00:58:36,446 >> SURE. 1487 00:58:36,446 --> 00:58:39,182 FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT KIRK SAID, 1488 00:58:39,182 --> 00:58:41,618 IT'S EXCITING TO GET TO WORK 1489 00:58:41,618 --> 00:58:43,253 WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AS 1490 00:58:43,253 --> 00:58:43,553 WELL. 1491 00:58:43,553 --> 00:58:45,822 WE HAVE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY ON 1492 00:58:45,822 --> 00:58:49,225 THE CARGO PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEY 1493 00:58:49,225 --> 00:58:50,393 JOINTLY RUN THE SPACE STATION, 1494 00:58:50,393 --> 00:58:51,694 SO WE HAD TO WORK WITH THEM. 1495 00:58:51,694 --> 00:58:54,531 AND GETTING TO WORK WITH THE 1496 00:58:54,531 --> 00:58:55,865 PARTNERS AND WORK WITH ALL KINDS 1497 00:58:55,865 --> 00:58:57,400 OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD IS 1498 00:58:57,400 --> 00:58:59,235 EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO. 1499 00:58:59,235 --> 00:59:01,237 WE WANT TO SEND ALL KINDS OF 1500 00:59:01,237 --> 00:59:03,373 PEOPLE TO SPACE, AND ULTIMATELY 1501 00:59:03,373 --> 00:59:05,475 THIS MISSION COMING UP, AND 1502 00:59:05,475 --> 00:59:07,310 EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IS TO 1503 00:59:07,310 --> 00:59:08,778 OPEN THAT NEW CHAPTER IN THE 1504 00:59:08,778 --> 00:59:12,382 SPACE AGE, AND ULTIMATELY MAKE 1505 00:59:12,382 --> 00:59:18,788 LIFE MULTI-PLANETARY, AND IT'S 1506 00:59:18,788 --> 00:59:19,155 EXCITING. 1507 00:59:19,155 --> 00:59:23,626 IN TERMS OF THE DATA AND WILL 1508 00:59:23,626 --> 00:59:27,163 THIS INFORM DATA ON STAR SHIP OR 1509 00:59:27,163 --> 00:59:29,732 OTHER PROGRAMS, ABSOLUTELY. 1510 00:59:29,732 --> 00:59:31,634 DATA IS DATA, AND WE WANT TO 1511 00:59:31,634 --> 00:59:33,736 LEARN FROM IT AND APPLY IT 1512 00:59:33,736 --> 00:59:34,470 WHEREVER WE CAN. 1513 00:59:34,470 --> 00:59:37,073 AND AGAIN, ULTIMATELY BE ABLE TO 1514 00:59:37,073 --> 00:59:38,841 TAKE LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE 1515 00:59:38,841 --> 00:59:39,642 INTO SPACE. 1516 00:59:39,642 --> 00:59:40,243 >> THANK YOU. 1517 00:59:40,243 --> 00:59:43,513 AND NOW WE'LL GO BACK FOR SOME 1518 00:59:43,513 --> 00:59:46,182 FINAL CLOSING COMMENTS FROM 1519 00:59:46,182 --> 00:59:46,516 STEVE. 1520 00:59:46,516 --> 00:59:47,550 >> THANKS, JOSH. 1521 00:59:47,550 --> 00:59:52,889 SO, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO 1522 00:59:52,889 --> 00:59:57,427 REITERATE WE HAD A VERY 1523 00:59:57,427 --> 00:59:58,328 SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT READINESS 1524 00:59:58,328 --> 00:59:58,661 REVIEW. 1525 00:59:58,661 --> 01:00:00,997 WE DID A THOROUGH ASSESSMENT OF 1526 01:00:00,997 --> 01:00:02,732 ALL OF THE SYSTEMS AND ALL OF 1527 01:00:02,732 --> 01:00:04,233 THE RISKS. 1528 01:00:04,233 --> 01:00:06,703 AND IT IS UNANIMOUS ON THE BOARD 1529 01:00:06,703 --> 01:00:08,404 THAT WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH. 1530 01:00:08,404 --> 01:00:11,741 IT'S VERY EXCITING TO LAUNCH FOR 1531 01:00:11,741 --> 01:00:13,610 THE FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS. 1532 01:00:13,610 --> 01:00:16,312 IT'S -- I KNOW IT HAS BEEN A 1533 01:00:16,312 --> 01:00:17,880 LONG, REALLY CHALLENGING ROAD, 1534 01:00:17,880 --> 01:00:19,782 AND I JUST CANNOT TELL YOU HOW 1535 01:00:19,782 --> 01:00:24,454 PROUD I AM OF THE NASA SPACEX 1536 01:00:24,454 --> 01:00:26,723 TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR TALENT, 1537 01:00:26,723 --> 01:00:29,025 HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND 1538 01:00:29,025 --> 01:00:30,293 PERSEVERANCE TO GET TO THIS 1539 01:00:30,293 --> 01:00:32,629 POINT OF FIVE DAYS FROM LAUNCH. 1540 01:00:32,629 --> 01:00:35,331 I CAN HARDLY -- I MEAN -- I'M 1541 01:00:35,331 --> 01:00:37,066 INCREDIBLY EXCITED AND CAN 1542 01:00:37,066 --> 01:00:38,368 HARDLY BELIEVE IT. 1543 01:00:38,368 --> 01:00:40,803 SO, YEAH, WE WANT YOU TO JOIN 1544 01:00:40,803 --> 01:00:41,070 US. 1545 01:00:41,070 --> 01:00:44,741 MOST OF YOU VIRTUALLY, 1546 01:00:44,741 --> 01:00:48,044 UNFORTUNATELY, GIVEN THE 1547 01:00:48,044 --> 01:00:50,480 SITUATION ON WEDNESDAY 1548 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:54,350 MARCH 27TH AT 4:43 PM WHEN WE'RE 1549 01:00:54,350 --> 01:00:55,585 GOING TO SEND DATE OF BIRTH AND 1550 01:00:55,585 --> 01:00:57,920 DOUG TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 1551 01:00:57,920 --> 01:00:59,455 STATION AND DOCK 19 HOURS LATER. 1552 01:00:59,455 --> 01:01:01,457 AND THEY WILL BECOME A PART OF 1553 01:01:01,457 --> 01:01:04,060 THE NEXT ISS EXPEDITION. 1554 01:01:04,060 --> 01:01:06,429 SO WITH THAT, WE'LL CONCLUDE THE 1555 01:01:06,429 --> 01:01:12,835 PRESS CONFERENCE.