1 00:01:27,971 --> 00:01:28,371 >> ♪ 2 00:01:28,371 --> 00:01:31,841 >> THAT SENSE OF WONDERMENT AND 3 00:01:31,841 --> 00:01:32,642 ACHIEVEMENT AND WORKING TOWARDS 4 00:01:32,642 --> 00:01:33,843 YOUR GOAL. 5 00:01:33,843 --> 00:01:35,578 >> WE CAN DO AND WE WILL DO. 6 00:01:35,578 --> 00:01:38,715 >> AND LIFTOFF. 7 00:01:38,715 --> 00:01:40,617 [CHEERING] 8 00:01:40,617 --> 00:01:44,420 >> TOUCHDOWN CONFIRMED. 9 00:01:44,420 --> 00:01:48,191 >> MARS IS UNAVAILABLY SPECIAL. 10 00:01:48,191 --> 00:01:49,659 >> WE HAVE ORBITED. 11 00:01:49,659 --> 00:01:51,861 >> TOGETHER WE DO IT WITH THE 12 00:01:51,861 --> 00:01:54,864 ATTITUDE OF TOGETHER WE CAN DO 13 00:01:54,864 --> 00:01:55,131 IT. 14 00:01:55,131 --> 00:01:58,368 >> THE FUTURE IS WHA* WHAT YOU 15 00:01:58,368 --> 00:02:00,003 MAKE OUT OF IT AND YOU CAN MAKE 16 00:02:00,003 --> 00:02:01,971 IT REAL. 17 00:02:01,971 --> 00:02:05,041 >> HERE WE ARE WITH MARS 18 00:02:05,041 --> 00:02:05,508 PERSEVERANCE. 19 00:02:05,508 --> 00:02:06,943 51 YEARS LATER GETTING READY TO 20 00:02:06,943 --> 00:02:10,046 DO THE FIRST EVER MARS RETURN 21 00:02:10,046 --> 00:02:11,381 MISSION. 22 00:02:11,381 --> 00:02:12,749 >> EVENTUALLY WE CAN BRING THE 23 00:02:12,749 --> 00:02:13,917 SAMPLES BACK TO EARTH AND 24 00:02:13,917 --> 00:02:15,852 DETERMINE FOR THE VERY FIRST 25 00:02:15,852 --> 00:02:21,090 TIME DID LIFE EXIST ON MARS. 26 00:02:24,894 --> 00:02:29,566 >> IN LESS THAN AN HOUR NASA'S 27 00:02:29,566 --> 00:02:30,633 300 MILLION-MILE SKWROURPB 28 00:02:30,633 --> 00:02:32,468 FREAMERICA'S SHORE TO THE CRATER 29 00:02:32,468 --> 00:02:34,671 ON MARS WILL BEGIN WITH THE 30 00:02:34,671 --> 00:02:38,241 LAUNCH OF THIS ATLAS 5 ROCKET 31 00:02:38,241 --> 00:02:38,942 INTO SPACE. 32 00:02:38,942 --> 00:02:40,476 AT THE TOP OF THAT ROCKET WITH 33 00:02:40,476 --> 00:02:48,218 A BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE IS THE ROVER 34 00:02:48,218 --> 00:02:50,253 READY TO RIDE A COLUMN OF FIRE 35 00:02:50,253 --> 00:02:53,590 AND SMOKE ON THE WAY TO THE RED 36 00:02:53,590 --> 00:02:53,923 PLANET. 37 00:02:53,923 --> 00:02:55,158 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING HERE ON 38 00:02:55,158 --> 00:02:57,193 THE SPACE COAST. 39 00:02:57,193 --> 00:02:58,061 WELCOME, EVERYONE. 40 00:02:58,061 --> 00:03:00,763 BEHIND US THE STAR OF THE SHOW. 41 00:03:00,763 --> 00:03:03,867 THIS IS A LIFE SIZED MOCKUP OF 42 00:03:03,867 --> 00:03:07,871 THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER LIKE THE 43 00:03:07,871 --> 00:03:13,543 ONE WE ARE LAUNCHING TO SPACE. 44 00:03:13,543 --> 00:03:15,578 >> IN THE 50 MINUTES LEADING UP 45 00:03:15,578 --> 00:03:19,148 TO LAUNCH WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW 46 00:03:19,148 --> 00:03:24,053 IT WILL TEST NEW TECHNOLOGIES 47 00:03:24,053 --> 00:03:27,323 CRITICAL TO FUTURE HUMAN 48 00:03:27,323 --> 00:03:27,857 MISSIONS TO MARS. 49 00:03:27,857 --> 00:03:30,894 >> A BEAUTIFUL DAY. 50 00:03:30,894 --> 00:03:35,098 WE ARE 57 MINUTES AND COUNTING 51 00:03:35,098 --> 00:03:35,531 UNTIL LAUNCH. 52 00:03:35,531 --> 00:03:36,532 IT IS ON TRACK. 53 00:03:36,532 --> 00:03:37,734 WE HAVE GREAT WEATHER. 54 00:03:37,734 --> 00:03:39,135 THE ROCKET IS LOOKING GOOD. 55 00:03:39,135 --> 00:03:41,871 IT PUTS US ON TRACK FOR A LAUNCH 56 00:03:41,871 --> 00:03:47,043 AT SEVEN:50:00 A.M. EASTERN 57 00:03:47,043 --> 00:03:47,343 TIME. 58 00:03:47,343 --> 00:03:49,512 THE BEGINNING OF A TWO HOUR 59 00:03:49,512 --> 00:03:49,846 WINDOW. 60 00:03:49,846 --> 00:03:54,350 >> WE WILL HEAR GREGORY PORTER 61 00:03:54,350 --> 00:03:59,255 ALONG WITH THE AEROSPACE 62 00:03:59,255 --> 00:04:00,924 ENGINEERS AND ASTRONAUT. 63 00:04:00,924 --> 00:04:01,457 >> I LOVE IT. 64 00:04:01,457 --> 00:04:03,660 WE HAVE TEAMS FROM COAST TO 65 00:04:03,660 --> 00:04:06,362 COAST, FOLKS HELPING US 66 00:04:06,362 --> 00:04:07,563 COUNTDOWN TO MARS AM WE'LL GO 67 00:04:07,563 --> 00:04:10,199 LIVE TO THE ATLAS SPACE FLIGHT 68 00:04:10,199 --> 00:04:10,733 SEPARATIONS CENTER. 69 00:04:10,733 --> 00:04:12,936 >> WE'LL GO LIVE TO CALIFORNIA 70 00:04:12,936 --> 00:04:17,240 TO THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY 71 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,009 WHERE THEY ARE STANDING BY TO 72 00:04:20,009 --> 00:04:21,144 COMMUNICATE AFTER IT GETS TO 73 00:04:21,144 --> 00:04:21,477 SPACE. 74 00:04:21,477 --> 00:04:23,379 >> WE ARE HERE TO TELL YOU WHAT 75 00:04:23,379 --> 00:04:24,981 THE MISSION IS ALL ABOUT. 76 00:04:24,981 --> 00:04:26,582 IT'S AN EXCITING DAY FOR ALL OF 77 00:04:26,582 --> 00:04:26,983 US HERE. 78 00:04:26,983 --> 00:04:28,318 WE WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT 79 00:04:28,318 --> 00:04:36,759 YOU WILL SEE NEXT DURING THE 80 00:04:36,759 --> 00:04:41,497 COUNTDOWN AND ROCKET LAUNCH. 81 00:04:41,497 --> 00:04:42,465 >> GOOD MORNING. 82 00:04:42,465 --> 00:04:50,373 I AM HERE ATAT LAS 5. 83 00:04:50,373 --> 00:04:52,542 ARE YOU EXCITEED TO GO TO MARS. 84 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:55,111 >> I AM EXCITEED TO GO TO MARS. 85 00:04:55,111 --> 00:04:57,680 THE SUNRISE LOOKS AWE SKP-PL AND 86 00:04:57,680 --> 00:04:59,015 READY FOR A GREAT LAUNCH. 87 00:04:59,015 --> 00:05:02,385 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 88 00:05:02,385 --> 00:05:05,488 >> PROVIDING GOOD CONTEXT. 89 00:05:05,488 --> 00:05:08,124 WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF 90 00:05:08,124 --> 00:05:10,660 WHAT IS AHEAD IN THE COUNTDOWN. 91 00:05:10,660 --> 00:05:13,830 THINGS GOT GOING AFTER MIDNIGHT 92 00:05:13,830 --> 00:05:16,966 AND ATLAS IS JUST ABOUT READY TO 93 00:05:16,966 --> 00:05:17,600 FLY. 94 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:19,268 THE WEATHER REPORT SHOULD BE 95 00:05:19,268 --> 00:05:21,404 COMING BACK IT HAS BEEN GREAT 96 00:05:21,404 --> 00:05:21,904 ALL MORNING. 97 00:05:21,904 --> 00:05:23,172 WE HAVE THE TERMINAL COUNTDOWN 98 00:05:23,172 --> 00:05:24,440 AFTER THAT AND PROCEED THROUGH 99 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,142 THE LAST FEW MINUTES OF THE 100 00:05:26,142 --> 00:05:30,013 COUNTDOWN AND THE AT ITS PEAK 101 00:05:30,013 --> 00:05:32,148 WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES 0 AND THE 102 00:05:32,148 --> 00:05:34,684 SPACECRAFT AND ROCKET TAKE 103 00:05:34,684 --> 00:05:35,018 FLIGHT. 104 00:05:35,018 --> 00:05:38,287 AFTER PASSING JUST TWO MINUTES 105 00:05:38,287 --> 00:05:40,690 INTO FLIGHT THE SOLID ROCKET 106 00:05:40,690 --> 00:05:42,191 BOOSTERS WILL BE JETTISONED. 107 00:05:42,191 --> 00:05:43,526 TWO MORE MINUTES AND THE PAY 108 00:05:43,526 --> 00:05:46,162 LOAD FERRING, WHAT YOU CALL THE 109 00:05:46,162 --> 00:05:48,164 NOSE CONE THAT HAS BEEN 110 00:05:48,164 --> 00:05:49,198 PROTECTING PERSEVERANCE WILL NOT 111 00:05:49,198 --> 00:05:52,068 BE NEEDED AND SPLIT IN TWO HALFS 112 00:05:52,068 --> 00:05:53,503 AND FALL AWAY FROM THE 113 00:05:53,503 --> 00:05:55,238 ACCELERATING VEHICLE. 114 00:05:55,238 --> 00:06:00,610 A MINUTE LATER THE BOOSTER WILL 115 00:06:00,610 --> 00:06:03,479 SEPARATE AND EXPOSE THE CENTAUR 116 00:06:03,479 --> 00:06:05,381 RL-10 UPPER STAGED ENGINE THAT 117 00:06:05,381 --> 00:06:06,749 WILL ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BEGIN 118 00:06:06,749 --> 00:06:11,454 ITS FIRST BURN AND LAST 119 00:06:11,454 --> 00:06:12,155 APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MINUTES. 120 00:06:12,155 --> 00:06:13,656 THE SECOND BURN AROUND EIGHT 121 00:06:13,656 --> 00:06:18,694 MINUTES WILL TAKE ATLAS INTO 122 00:06:18,694 --> 00:06:20,897 SOLAR ORBIT ON THE WAY TO MARS. 123 00:06:20,897 --> 00:06:22,432 THE FINAL MILESTONE WE HOPE TO 124 00:06:22,432 --> 00:06:24,734 HEAR IS THE ACQUISITION OF 125 00:06:24,734 --> 00:06:25,068 SIGNAL. 126 00:06:25,068 --> 00:06:26,369 IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT 127 00:06:26,369 --> 00:06:28,304 PERSEVERANCE WILL BE IN PERFECT 128 00:06:28,304 --> 00:06:29,439 CONDITION BUT WE WON'T MAKES 129 00:06:29,439 --> 00:06:31,174 CONTACT DURING THE BROADCAST. 130 00:06:31,174 --> 00:06:32,608 LOTS MORE TO COME. 131 00:06:32,608 --> 00:06:33,409 LOTS AHEAD. 132 00:06:33,409 --> 00:06:35,144 OVER TO YOU NOW TO TELL US MORE 133 00:06:35,144 --> 00:06:37,980 ABOUT THIS AMAZING MISSION. 134 00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:39,515 >> WE HAVE A LOT OF REALLY SMART 135 00:06:39,515 --> 00:06:41,017 PEOPLE AND TALENTED PEOPLE WE 136 00:06:41,017 --> 00:06:43,019 ARE GOING TO TALK TO TODAY. 137 00:06:43,019 --> 00:06:47,623 LET'S BEGIN WITH -- THIS IS 138 00:06:47,623 --> 00:06:58,468 COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. 139 00:06:58,468 --> 00:06:59,535 >> THIS HAS BEEN SEVEN YEARS IN 140 00:06:59,535 --> 00:07:01,571 THE MAKING AND I AM SO EXCITEED 141 00:07:01,571 --> 00:07:05,241 TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AND THOSE 142 00:07:05,241 --> 00:07:06,109 VIEWING TODAY. 143 00:07:06,109 --> 00:07:06,943 >> IT'S FANTASTIC. 144 00:07:06,943 --> 00:07:08,344 WE ARE IN A LAUNCH PERIOD. 145 00:07:08,344 --> 00:07:10,279 PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHY ARE WE 146 00:07:10,279 --> 00:07:12,415 LAUNCHING TODAY AND RIGHT NOW? 147 00:07:12,415 --> 00:07:13,149 WE ARE IN A PERIOD THAT ONLY 148 00:07:13,149 --> 00:07:14,984 COMES AROUND ONCE EVERY TWO 149 00:07:14,984 --> 00:07:15,284 YEARS. 150 00:07:15,284 --> 00:07:16,285 EXPLAIN THAT. 151 00:07:16,285 --> 00:07:17,854 >> THE ORBITS OF EARTH AND MARS 152 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:19,355 ARE ON THE SAME SIDE OF THE SUN 153 00:07:19,355 --> 00:07:21,557 TO REACH THAT DESTINATION WITH 154 00:07:21,557 --> 00:07:22,024 LESS FUEL. 155 00:07:22,024 --> 00:07:23,559 IT'S THE BEST TIME. 156 00:07:23,559 --> 00:07:24,894 SHORT JOURNEY, LESS HOURS. 157 00:07:24,894 --> 00:07:26,262 >> WE LIKE THAT. 158 00:07:26,262 --> 00:07:28,831 WE ARE STUDYING THE CLIMATE, 159 00:07:28,831 --> 00:07:30,233 GEOLOGY AND SEARCHING FOR 160 00:07:30,233 --> 00:07:30,700 ANCIENT LIFE. 161 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:32,268 WHAT KIND OF LIFE ARE WE TALKING 162 00:07:32,268 --> 00:07:33,436 ABOUT IN. 163 00:07:33,436 --> 00:07:35,705 >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO FIND 164 00:07:35,705 --> 00:07:37,874 DINOSAUR FOSSILS. 165 00:07:37,874 --> 00:07:41,277 LIKELY WE'LL FIND IT IN THE FORM 166 00:07:41,277 --> 00:07:42,345 OF MICRO SCOPIC LIFE. 167 00:07:42,345 --> 00:07:42,912 >> WE HOPE TO. 168 00:07:42,912 --> 00:07:43,412 >> HOPEING. 169 00:07:43,412 --> 00:07:45,047 >> DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THERE, 170 00:07:45,047 --> 00:07:45,381 RIGHT? 171 00:07:45,381 --> 00:07:45,915 >> DON'T KNOW. 172 00:07:45,915 --> 00:07:47,683 >> THAT'S WHY WE ARE GOING. 173 00:07:47,683 --> 00:07:48,084 >> YEAH. 174 00:07:48,084 --> 00:07:48,751 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 175 00:07:48,751 --> 00:07:50,686 BACK HERE ON EARTH OUR FRIENDS 176 00:07:50,686 --> 00:07:53,256 AT TWITTERER CELEBRATING MARS 177 00:07:53,256 --> 00:07:54,290 2020 IN A VERY SPECIAL WAY. 178 00:07:54,290 --> 00:07:55,992 WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT. 179 00:07:55,992 --> 00:07:57,260 CHECK THIS OUT. 180 00:07:57,260 --> 00:08:00,163 IF YOU TAP THE LIKE ICON ON ANY 181 00:08:00,163 --> 00:08:07,670 TWEET CONTAINING THE 182 00:08:07,670 --> 00:08:11,541 #COUNTDOWNTOMARS YOU WILL SEE AN 183 00:08:11,541 --> 00:08:13,209 ANIMATION ON YOUR SCREEN. 184 00:08:13,209 --> 00:08:16,479 YOU SEE THAT? 185 00:08:16,479 --> 00:08:17,947 >> YEAH. 186 00:08:17,947 --> 00:08:18,414 >> IT GOS. 187 00:08:18,414 --> 00:08:19,282 >> THERE YOU GO. 188 00:08:19,282 --> 00:08:21,050 >> IT WILL WORK IN ANY LANGUAGE 189 00:08:21,050 --> 00:08:23,386 FROM OUR PARTNER COUNTRIES 190 00:08:23,386 --> 00:08:25,788 INKHRAOUTDING SPANISH, FRENCH, 191 00:08:25,788 --> 00:08:27,190 NORWEGIAN AND ITALIAN. 192 00:08:27,190 --> 00:08:28,758 >> WOW, THAT IS INCREDIBLE. 193 00:08:28,758 --> 00:08:30,693 >> PRETTY NEAT. 194 00:08:30,693 --> 00:08:31,928 >> DESPITE THE DAUNTING 195 00:08:31,928 --> 00:08:34,630 CHALLENGE, NASA HAS A LONG 196 00:08:34,630 --> 00:08:37,033 HISTORY OF MISSIONS TO MARS WITH 197 00:08:37,033 --> 00:08:39,569 THE MARINER 4 SPACECRAFT. 198 00:08:39,569 --> 00:08:40,369 >> WE HAVE COVERED A LOT OF 199 00:08:40,369 --> 00:08:41,637 GROUND ON MARS SINCE THEN. 200 00:08:41,637 --> 00:08:44,941 LET'S HEAD OUT TO CALIFORNIA TO 201 00:08:44,941 --> 00:08:45,208 JPL. 202 00:08:45,208 --> 00:08:46,776 WHAT CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT OUR 203 00:08:46,776 --> 00:08:55,585 HISTORY OF EXPLORING MARS? 204 00:08:55,585 --> 00:08:57,753 >> WE EXPLORED WITH OBBITTERS 205 00:08:57,753 --> 00:09:01,157 AND LANDERS BUT IT WAS THE ROWER 206 00:09:01,157 --> 00:09:02,992 THAT UNLOCKED ITS SECRETS. 207 00:09:02,992 --> 00:09:07,330 I AM JOINED BY THE MANAGER WHO 208 00:09:07,330 --> 00:09:09,932 HAS WORKED ON EVERY MARS ROVER 209 00:09:09,932 --> 00:09:13,402 MISSION FOR THE PAST THREE 210 00:09:13,402 --> 00:09:13,769 DECADES. 211 00:09:13,769 --> 00:09:14,837 HOW DOES TODAY'S LAUNCH FIT INTO 212 00:09:14,837 --> 00:09:17,240 THE HISTORY OF EXPLORING MARS? 213 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,141 >> WELL, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 214 00:09:19,141 --> 00:09:22,044 INTERESTED IN MARS BECAUSE IT IS 215 00:09:22,044 --> 00:09:23,646 THE THING THAT IS MOST LIKE 216 00:09:23,646 --> 00:09:25,281 EARTH THAT WE KNOW OF. 217 00:09:25,281 --> 00:09:26,582 IT'S DIFFERENT TODAY. 218 00:09:26,582 --> 00:09:27,984 UNDERSTANDING WHAT HAPPENED TO 219 00:09:27,984 --> 00:09:29,252 MARS WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND 220 00:09:29,252 --> 00:09:31,087 MORE ABOUT OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND 221 00:09:31,087 --> 00:09:34,023 ALSO MORE ABOUT EARTH. 222 00:09:34,023 --> 00:09:35,791 AS WEED, MARS EXPLORATION 223 00:09:35,791 --> 00:09:39,228 STARTED IN 1965 WITH THE MARINER 224 00:09:39,228 --> 00:09:41,264 SPACECRAFT FLIES BY MARS. 225 00:09:41,264 --> 00:09:43,966 IN 1975 WE ACTUALLY LANDED THE 226 00:09:43,966 --> 00:09:44,867 SRAOEUBGSING ONE LANDER ON THE 227 00:09:44,867 --> 00:09:46,068 SURFACE OF MARS. 228 00:09:46,068 --> 00:09:48,638 AND AFTER THAT WE STARTED 229 00:09:48,638 --> 00:09:51,641 SENDING ORBITERS WITH MORE 230 00:09:51,641 --> 00:09:52,575 SOPHISTICATED INSTRUMENTS. 231 00:09:52,575 --> 00:09:55,211 THE INSTRUMENTS WOULD DO GLOBAL 232 00:09:55,211 --> 00:09:55,945 MAPPING. 233 00:09:55,945 --> 00:09:59,582 THEY FIND MINERALS AND TOPOG 234 00:09:59,582 --> 00:10:02,952 GRAVY OF MARS AND STUDY THE 235 00:10:02,952 --> 00:10:03,319 WEATHER. 236 00:10:03,319 --> 00:10:04,587 THEY NEEDED PARTNERS. 237 00:10:04,587 --> 00:10:06,055 THEY NEEDED PARTNERS TO GO DOWN 238 00:10:06,055 --> 00:10:07,890 TO THE SURFACE OF MARS AND 239 00:10:07,890 --> 00:10:09,959 EXPLORE LIKE A GEOLOGIST ON 240 00:10:09,959 --> 00:10:11,093 EARTH WOULD. 241 00:10:11,093 --> 00:10:13,296 WHERE IT WALK AROUND AND TAKES 242 00:10:13,296 --> 00:10:14,897 PICTURES AND MAYBE TAKES 243 00:10:14,897 --> 00:10:15,331 MEASUREMENTS. 244 00:10:15,331 --> 00:10:16,699 THAT'S WHAT THE ROVERS NEEDED TO 245 00:10:16,699 --> 00:10:16,966 DO. 246 00:10:16,966 --> 00:10:19,435 THAT'S WHAT STARTED THE MARS 247 00:10:19,435 --> 00:10:20,703 ROVER PROGRAM FOR US. 248 00:10:20,703 --> 00:10:23,072 OUR 50 ROVER WE SENT IN 1997. 249 00:10:23,072 --> 00:10:25,041 IT WAS THE SOJOURNER. 250 00:10:25,041 --> 00:10:27,710 IT WEIGHED ABOUT 25 POUNDS AND 251 00:10:27,710 --> 00:10:29,478 DROVE ALL OF ABOUT 400 FEET. 252 00:10:29,478 --> 00:10:32,915 SHE REALLY SHOWED US WHAT VALUE 253 00:10:32,915 --> 00:10:34,550 A ROVER ON MARS COULD HAVE. 254 00:10:34,550 --> 00:10:37,086 THEN THE MARS PROGRAM STARTED TO 255 00:10:37,086 --> 00:10:40,156 FOLLOW THE WATER THEME TO TRY TO 256 00:10:40,156 --> 00:10:41,557 UNDERSTAND MARS BETTER. 257 00:10:41,557 --> 00:10:43,726 THE FIRST TWO ROVERS SENT TO 258 00:10:43,726 --> 00:10:51,133 MARS WERE SPIRIT AND 259 00:10:51,133 --> 00:10:51,534 OPPORTUNITY. 260 00:10:51,534 --> 00:10:52,368 IN A LANDED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF 261 00:10:52,368 --> 00:10:53,102 MARS IN 2004 AND DROVE 30 MILES 262 00:10:53,102 --> 00:10:53,536 COMIN BOOED. 263 00:10:53,536 --> 00:10:55,104 THEY BOTH FOUND EVIDENCE THERE 264 00:10:55,104 --> 00:10:56,639 HAD BEEN WATER ON MARS IN THE 265 00:10:56,639 --> 00:10:57,139 PAST. 266 00:10:57,139 --> 00:10:59,241 WE STILL WEREN'T SURE WHETHER 267 00:10:59,241 --> 00:11:00,710 THAT WATER FOSTERED AN 268 00:11:00,710 --> 00:11:02,578 ENVIRONMENT THAT WAS GOOD FOR 269 00:11:02,578 --> 00:11:02,912 LIFE. 270 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:05,314 SO THEN WE SENT CURIOSITY IN 271 00:11:05,314 --> 00:11:05,681 2012. 272 00:11:05,681 --> 00:11:08,918 THE CURIOSITY ROVER WAS BIG, HAD 273 00:11:08,918 --> 00:11:10,553 A BIG ROBOTIC ARM, HAD A DRILL 274 00:11:10,553 --> 00:11:12,621 AND SCIENCE LAB IN THE FRONT AND 275 00:11:12,621 --> 00:11:16,025 CURIOSITY WAS TRYING TO 276 00:11:16,025 --> 00:11:17,660 UNDERSTAND THE HABITABILITY OF 277 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:17,993 MASHES. 278 00:11:17,993 --> 00:11:19,628 COULD IT HAVE EVER FOSTERED 279 00:11:19,628 --> 00:11:19,929 LIFE? 280 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:22,331 COULD LIFE HAVE GROWN ON MARS? 281 00:11:22,331 --> 00:11:25,501 AND WITHIN MONTHS OF CURIOSITY 282 00:11:25,501 --> 00:11:27,336 LANDING ON THE SURFACE, SHE 283 00:11:27,336 --> 00:11:29,972 ACTUALLY FOUND AN ANCIENT 284 00:11:29,972 --> 00:11:30,873 HABITABLE ENVIRONMENT ON MARS. 285 00:11:30,873 --> 00:11:33,075 WE STILL DON'T KNOW IF LIFE OF 286 00:11:33,075 --> 00:11:35,244 DID FORM ON MARS AND THAT'S THE 287 00:11:35,244 --> 00:11:38,314 GOAL OF THE PERSEVERANCE 288 00:11:38,314 --> 00:11:38,681 MISSION. 289 00:11:38,681 --> 00:11:40,049 >> WOW, THANK YOU, JENNIFER. 290 00:11:40,049 --> 00:11:43,285 NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND HOW EACH 291 00:11:43,285 --> 00:11:45,821 ROVER MISSION HELPED SHAPE THE 292 00:11:45,821 --> 00:11:46,255 OTHER. 293 00:11:46,255 --> 00:11:50,126 LET'S GET TO KNOW PERSEVERANCE. 294 00:11:50,126 --> 00:11:51,060 >> MARS IS THE CLOSEST PLACE 295 00:11:51,060 --> 00:11:53,429 THAT WE CAN REACH WITH ROBOTIC 296 00:11:53,429 --> 00:11:56,499 EXPLORATION THAT WE THINK HAD 297 00:11:56,499 --> 00:11:58,467 A REALLY GOOD CHANCE OF HAVING 298 00:11:58,467 --> 00:11:59,535 ANCIENT LIFE. 299 00:11:59,535 --> 00:12:02,872 >> IT WILL LAND AT JEZERO 300 00:12:02,872 --> 00:12:03,205 CRATER. 301 00:12:03,205 --> 00:12:04,173 IT IS A VERY INTERESTING PLACE. 302 00:12:04,173 --> 00:12:06,709 IT IS A KRAEURT THAT ONCE HELD 303 00:12:06,709 --> 00:12:07,042 A LAKE. 304 00:12:07,042 --> 00:12:08,477 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF CRATER ON 305 00:12:08,477 --> 00:12:10,246 THE SURFACE OF MARS THAT COULD 306 00:12:10,246 --> 00:12:12,848 HAVE ONCE HOSTED ANCIENT LAKES, 307 00:12:12,848 --> 00:12:15,151 BUT NOT EVERY CRATER WE THINK 308 00:12:15,151 --> 00:12:17,319 HAD A LAKE PRESERVED EVIDENCE 309 00:12:17,319 --> 00:12:17,987 THE LAKE WAS THERE. 310 00:12:17,987 --> 00:12:21,390 >> IT HAD AN IN-FLOW AND 311 00:12:21,390 --> 00:12:21,924 OUT-FLOW CHANNEL. 312 00:12:21,924 --> 00:12:23,659 THAT MEANS THE CRATER WAS FILLED 313 00:12:23,659 --> 00:12:24,360 WITH WATER. 314 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:27,129 >> IN JEZERO WE HAVE ONE OF THE 315 00:12:27,129 --> 00:12:29,031 MOST BEAUTIFULLY PRESEVENED 316 00:12:29,031 --> 00:12:31,700 DELTA DEPOSITS ON MARS IN THAT 317 00:12:31,700 --> 00:12:32,034 CRATER. 318 00:12:32,034 --> 00:12:35,070 >> THE MAJOR GOAL OF THE MISSION 319 00:12:35,070 --> 00:12:38,407 IS TO INVESTIGATE ASTRO-BIOLOGY 320 00:12:38,407 --> 00:12:40,776 ON MARS AND ADDRESS THE QUESTION 321 00:12:40,776 --> 00:12:43,012 IF LIFE EXISTED ON MARS. 322 00:12:43,012 --> 00:12:44,613 THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER STARTS 323 00:12:44,613 --> 00:12:47,116 WITH A DESIGN THAT IS SIMILAR TO 324 00:12:47,116 --> 00:12:49,351 CURIOSITY BUT WE ADDED A NEW SET 325 00:12:49,351 --> 00:12:51,053 OF SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS. 326 00:12:51,053 --> 00:12:52,922 THEY WERE PURPOSEFULLY SELECTED 327 00:12:52,922 --> 00:12:56,459 TO HELP US IN THE SEARCH FOR 328 00:12:56,459 --> 00:12:56,892 BIOSIGNATURES. 329 00:12:56,892 --> 00:13:00,463 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE MICROPHONES 330 00:13:00,463 --> 00:13:00,863 WITH US. 331 00:13:00,863 --> 00:13:03,399 FOR THE FIRST TIME WE'LL HAVE 332 00:13:03,399 --> 00:13:06,268 THAT HUMAN SENSE ON ANOTHER 333 00:13:06,268 --> 00:13:07,236 PLANET. 334 00:13:07,236 --> 00:13:08,871 PERSEVERANCE CARRIES WITH HER 335 00:13:08,871 --> 00:13:12,808 A GRAND EXPERIMENT IN SPACE 336 00:13:12,808 --> 00:13:14,143 FARING TECHNOLOGY, A HELICOPTER 337 00:13:14,143 --> 00:13:19,081 THE NAME THAT IS NOW INGENUITY. 338 00:13:19,081 --> 00:13:22,151 >> THE MAJOR UPGRADE IS IT IS 339 00:13:22,151 --> 00:13:23,052 ABLE TO SELF-DRIVE FOR 340 00:13:23,052 --> 00:13:25,087 A DISTANCE OF UP TO 200 METERS 341 00:13:25,087 --> 00:13:25,521 PER DAY. 342 00:13:25,521 --> 00:13:28,257 AS THE ROVER IS DRIVING, IT'S 343 00:13:28,257 --> 00:13:29,558 LITERALLY BUILDING THE MAP OF 344 00:13:29,558 --> 00:13:32,962 THE ROAD IT IS DRIVING ON ON 345 00:13:32,962 --> 00:13:33,262 MARS. 346 00:13:33,262 --> 00:13:34,063 >> SCIENTISTS FOR YEARS HAVE 347 00:13:34,063 --> 00:13:36,999 TOLD US TO REALLY UNLOCK THE 348 00:13:36,999 --> 00:13:38,968 SECRETS OF MARS WE HAVE TO BRING 349 00:13:38,968 --> 00:13:40,970 SAMPLES FROM MARS BACK TO EARTH. 350 00:13:40,970 --> 00:13:44,206 WHAT MARSES 2020 IS GOING TO DO 351 00:13:44,206 --> 00:13:46,842 IS DRILL SATCHELS, PUT THEM IN 352 00:13:46,842 --> 00:13:49,812 SMALL TUBES AND SEAL IT IN ITS 353 00:13:49,812 --> 00:13:54,083 OWN INDIVIDUAL TUBE. 354 00:13:54,083 --> 00:13:55,951 PROVIDE A TARGET FOR THE SECOND 355 00:13:55,951 --> 00:13:57,453 TWO MISSIONS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY 356 00:13:57,453 --> 00:13:59,088 BE IN DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT 357 00:13:59,088 --> 00:14:00,523 SEVERAL YEARS AND POTENTIALLY 358 00:14:00,523 --> 00:14:03,692 GET THE SATCHELS BACK TO EARTH 359 00:14:03,692 --> 00:14:06,662 BY -- SAMPLES BACK TO EARTH BY 360 00:14:06,662 --> 00:14:06,962 2031. 361 00:14:06,962 --> 00:14:09,298 IT IS A PROFOUND FIRST STEP IN 362 00:14:09,298 --> 00:14:11,233 OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PLACE 363 00:14:11,233 --> 00:14:14,436 IN THE UNIVERSE AND 364 00:14:14,436 --> 00:14:16,839 A STEPPINGSTONE TOWARDS HUMAN 365 00:14:16,839 --> 00:14:24,179 EXPLORATION ON MARS. 366 00:14:24,179 --> 00:14:24,980 >> A GREAT BREAK DOWN OF THE 367 00:14:24,980 --> 00:14:25,414 ROVER THERE. 368 00:14:25,414 --> 00:14:27,049 WELCOME BACK TO THE KENNEDY 369 00:14:27,049 --> 00:14:28,551 SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA WHERE 370 00:14:28,551 --> 00:14:30,219 THE NEXT MARS ROVER WILL BE 371 00:14:30,219 --> 00:14:32,655 PROPELLED INTO SPACE. 372 00:14:32,655 --> 00:14:35,157 THE MAN WHO LEADS THE COMPANY 373 00:14:35,157 --> 00:14:36,792 TANKED WITH GETTING PERSEVERANCE 374 00:14:36,792 --> 00:14:39,194 OFF THIS PLANET IS TOREY BRUNO 375 00:14:39,194 --> 00:14:41,497 THE CEO AND PROSECUTES OF UNITED 376 00:14:41,497 --> 00:14:42,197 LAUNCH ALLIANCE. 377 00:14:42,197 --> 00:14:43,399 WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE 378 00:14:43,399 --> 00:14:44,600 THIS MORNING. 379 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,303 >> HAPPY TO BE HERE. 380 00:14:47,303 --> 00:14:48,704 >> HOW IS THE LAUNCH TEAM DOING 381 00:14:48,704 --> 00:14:50,005 AND HOW ARE YOU DOING? 382 00:14:50,005 --> 00:14:51,674 >> THE LAUNCH TEAM IS DOING 383 00:14:51,674 --> 00:14:51,974 GREAT. 384 00:14:51,974 --> 00:14:53,409 THEY HAVE BEEN ON STATION FOR 385 00:14:53,409 --> 00:14:53,709 HOURS. 386 00:14:53,709 --> 00:14:56,378 THEY ARE CALM AND CONFIDENT AND 387 00:14:56,378 --> 00:14:58,714 GOING THROUGH THE SCRIPT 388 00:14:58,714 --> 00:15:00,182 AO*EUFPLT NERVOUS BUT I GET 389 00:15:00,182 --> 00:15:02,217 NERVOUS BEFORE ALL 400 LAUNCHS. 390 00:15:02,217 --> 00:15:04,620 >> WHY DO YOU GET NERVOUS? 391 00:15:04,620 --> 00:15:06,322 >> A ROCKET IS SUCH AN 392 00:15:06,322 --> 00:15:08,390 INCREDIBLY POWERFUL AND COMPLEX 393 00:15:08,390 --> 00:15:09,725 MACHINE, EVERYTHING HAS TO GO 394 00:15:09,725 --> 00:15:10,059 RIGHT. 395 00:15:10,059 --> 00:15:12,328 NOTHING CAN GO WRONG. 396 00:15:12,328 --> 00:15:16,131 AND IT'S JUST IT NEVER GETS OLD. 397 00:15:16,131 --> 00:15:18,334 >> IT IS ALWAYS EXCITING. 398 00:15:18,334 --> 00:15:18,734 >> YEAH. 399 00:15:18,734 --> 00:15:19,935 >> THIS IS A PARTICULARLY 400 00:15:19,935 --> 00:15:20,469 EXCITING MISSION. 401 00:15:20,469 --> 00:15:23,372 THIS IS THE LARGEST AND HEAVIEST 402 00:15:23,372 --> 00:15:25,040 ROVER WE HAVE EVER SENT TO THE 403 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:26,875 RED PLANET. 404 00:15:26,875 --> 00:15:29,411 HOW DID YOU CONFIGURE THE ROCKET 405 00:15:29,411 --> 00:15:32,114 TO DO THE LAUNCH ENTERRIVELY? 406 00:15:32,114 --> 00:15:33,549 -- EFFECTIVELY. 407 00:15:33,549 --> 00:15:36,185 >> THIS IS THE 541, WE CALL IT 408 00:15:36,185 --> 00:15:40,589 THE DOMINATOR. 409 00:15:40,589 --> 00:15:43,525 IT PUTS OUT THREE 50,000 POUNDS 410 00:15:43,525 --> 00:15:45,027 OF THRUST AND IT HAS THE POWER 411 00:15:45,027 --> 00:15:47,396 TO GET OUT THERE TO MARS AS WELL 412 00:15:47,396 --> 00:15:48,764 AS THE PRECISION. 413 00:15:48,764 --> 00:15:51,133 IT'S THE MOST ACCURATE ROCKET IN 414 00:15:51,133 --> 00:15:51,834 THE WORLD. 415 00:15:51,834 --> 00:15:55,437 WHENLY LET IT GO IT HAS 416 00:15:55,437 --> 00:15:56,972 200 MILLION MILES TO TRAVEL ON 417 00:15:56,972 --> 00:15:59,541 THE TRANSFER ORBIT. 418 00:15:59,541 --> 00:16:00,743 >> PRECISION IS KEY. 419 00:16:00,743 --> 00:16:01,176 >> YES. 420 00:16:01,176 --> 00:16:03,145 THE POWER SOURCE IS EYE 421 00:16:03,145 --> 00:16:04,546 CONTAINED RADIOACTIVE BATTERY. 422 00:16:04,546 --> 00:16:06,482 I HAVE SEEN IT UP CLOSE AND WE 423 00:16:06,482 --> 00:16:10,352 HAD TO ALTER THE WAY WE BEHAVED 424 00:16:10,352 --> 00:16:11,553 AROUND IT. 425 00:16:11,553 --> 00:16:13,522 >> THE OPERATION AROUND THAT ARE 426 00:16:13,522 --> 00:16:14,790 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 427 00:16:14,790 --> 00:16:16,225 WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AM 428 00:16:16,225 --> 00:16:18,894 WE HAVE FLOWN ALL OF AMERICA'S 429 00:16:18,894 --> 00:16:21,630 RTGs AND THE ONLY PROVIDER 430 00:16:21,630 --> 00:16:23,766 CERTIFIED TO HANDLE THEM. 431 00:16:23,766 --> 00:16:28,303 IT IS STILL 11 POUNDS OF 432 00:16:28,303 --> 00:16:29,171 PLUTONIUM. 433 00:16:29,171 --> 00:16:31,707 THE ONE SPECIAL THING WAS TO 434 00:16:31,707 --> 00:16:34,009 INSTALL IT WHERE WE WOULD NEVER 435 00:16:34,009 --> 00:16:40,683 BREACH THE CONTAINMENT BUT WE 436 00:16:40,683 --> 00:16:42,885 CREATED A PORTABLE CLEAN ROOM 437 00:16:42,885 --> 00:16:44,186 AND BROUGHT THIS OUT AND 438 00:16:44,186 --> 00:16:45,421 INSTALLED IT IN THE MACHINE 439 00:16:45,421 --> 00:16:47,056 WHILE KEEPING EVERYTHING 440 00:16:47,056 --> 00:16:47,423 PERFECT. 441 00:16:47,423 --> 00:16:47,890 >> AWESOME. 442 00:16:47,890 --> 00:16:49,958 CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE BIFF 443 00:16:49,958 --> 00:16:50,225 IS? 444 00:16:50,225 --> 00:16:55,531 >> THE VERTICLE INIGRATION 445 00:16:55,531 --> 00:16:56,365 FACILITY. 446 00:16:56,365 --> 00:16:58,801 WE BUILD THEM IN A FACTORY BUT 447 00:16:58,801 --> 00:17:01,537 CAN'T ASSEMBLE THEM THERE. 448 00:17:01,537 --> 00:17:03,338 THEY ARE 20 STORIES PROUD ON THE 449 00:17:03,338 --> 00:17:03,772 PAD. 450 00:17:03,772 --> 00:17:12,014 THEY COME TO CANAVERAL IN PIECES 451 00:17:12,014 --> 00:17:14,750 AND WE ASSEMBLE THEM AND THE 452 00:17:14,750 --> 00:17:17,653 LAST THING IS TO BRING IN AN 453 00:17:17,653 --> 00:17:19,722 ENCAPSULATED UNDER THE FERRING 454 00:17:19,722 --> 00:17:21,023 PERFECTLY CLEAN AND PREPARED 455 00:17:21,023 --> 00:17:22,691 SWAYS CRAFT AND PUT IT ON TOP, 456 00:17:22,691 --> 00:17:25,694 WHICH WE DID, BUT OPENED IT UP 457 00:17:25,694 --> 00:17:29,465 TO INSTALL THE BATTERY. 458 00:17:29,465 --> 00:17:31,400 >> THAT WAS LATE IN THE PROCESS 459 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,969 AND INTENTIONAL. 460 00:17:33,969 --> 00:17:34,369 >> YES. 461 00:17:34,369 --> 00:17:37,473 >> WHO CERTIFIES THE ROCKET. 462 00:17:37,473 --> 00:17:38,006 >> NASA DOES. 463 00:17:38,006 --> 00:17:40,976 AND NASA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 464 00:17:40,976 --> 00:17:42,611 ENERGY CERTIFY A PROVIDER 465 00:17:42,611 --> 00:17:45,080 LIKEITOUS HANDLE A NUCLEAR PAY 466 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:46,682 LOAD BECAUSE OF ALL THE SPECIAL 467 00:17:46,682 --> 00:17:47,116 REQUIREMENTS. 468 00:17:47,116 --> 00:17:48,450 >> WHEN YOU WERE PREPARING FOR 469 00:17:48,450 --> 00:17:50,052 THE MISSION YOU COULDN'T HAVE 470 00:17:50,052 --> 00:17:52,354 IMAGINED A YEAR AGO THAT YOU 471 00:17:52,354 --> 00:17:53,889 WOULD HAVE A CORONAVIRUS 472 00:17:53,889 --> 00:17:54,256 PANDEMIC. 473 00:17:54,256 --> 00:17:55,958 >> OH, YES. 474 00:17:55,958 --> 00:17:58,260 >> REEKING HAVOC ON THIS DAY. 475 00:17:58,260 --> 00:17:59,661 HOW DID YOU HANDLE THAT AND HOW 476 00:17:59,661 --> 00:18:01,764 DID YOU OVERCOME IT? 477 00:18:01,764 --> 00:18:03,165 >> YES, YOU KNOW, THE ONE BIG 478 00:18:03,165 --> 00:18:05,367 LESSON LEARNED HERE IS YOU CAN'T 479 00:18:05,367 --> 00:18:06,135 BUY BACK TIME. 480 00:18:06,135 --> 00:18:08,971 WHEN THIS BROKE OUT OUR RESPONSE 481 00:18:08,971 --> 00:18:10,672 WAS EARLY AND AGGRESSIVE. 482 00:18:10,672 --> 00:18:11,807 FORTUNATELY IT WAS EFFECTIVE. 483 00:18:11,807 --> 00:18:13,742 WE DID ALL THE THINGS YOU MIGHT 484 00:18:13,742 --> 00:18:15,177 BE FAMILIAR WITH. 485 00:18:15,177 --> 00:18:17,079 WE WIPED DOWN EVERY SURFACE 486 00:18:17,079 --> 00:18:18,814 EVERY HOUR. 487 00:18:18,814 --> 00:18:21,683 DEEP CLEAN AND WEARING PPE AND 488 00:18:21,683 --> 00:18:23,218 HAVE OUR TEAMS SPREAD OUT. 489 00:18:23,218 --> 00:18:24,787 WE CHANGED THE FLOW OF THE WORK 490 00:18:24,787 --> 00:18:27,089 TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE SAFE BUT ALSO 491 00:18:27,089 --> 00:18:29,525 KEEP THE VITALLY IMPORTANT 492 00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:29,992 MISSIONS GOING. 493 00:18:29,992 --> 00:18:32,795 I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR 494 00:18:32,795 --> 00:18:33,362 TEAM. 495 00:18:33,362 --> 00:18:38,400 THEY ARE SO DISCIPLINED AND 496 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:42,137 COURAGEOUS TO TERSE VEER THROUGH 497 00:18:42,137 --> 00:18:46,074 ALL -- TO PERSEVERE THROUGH ALL 498 00:18:46,074 --> 00:18:46,742 OF THIS. 499 00:18:46,742 --> 00:18:48,343 >> WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE 500 00:18:48,343 --> 00:18:49,778 SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH US. 501 00:18:49,778 --> 00:18:51,113 GOOD LUCK WITH THE ROCKET LAUNCH 502 00:18:51,113 --> 00:18:52,548 TODAY AND ENJOY IT. 503 00:18:52,548 --> 00:18:53,849 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 504 00:18:53,849 --> 00:18:55,150 GO ATLAS. 505 00:18:55,150 --> 00:18:56,685 GO PERSEVERANCE. 506 00:18:56,685 --> 00:18:58,320 >> THE COUNTDOWN TO MARS IS WELL 507 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:58,987 UNDER WAY. 508 00:18:58,987 --> 00:19:01,056 LET'S GO TO OUR LAUNCH 509 00:19:01,056 --> 00:19:02,591 COMMENTATOR TEAM ON THE 510 00:19:02,591 --> 00:19:03,692 PRE-LAUNCH EFFORTS AND THE 511 00:19:03,692 --> 00:19:05,160 WEATHER FORECAST. 512 00:19:05,160 --> 00:19:47,069 >> THANK YOU. 513 00:19:47,069 --> 00:19:48,370 ARE ASYSTEMING THE LAUNCH 514 00:19:48,370 --> 00:19:50,906 VEHICLE AS WE GET READY TO 515 00:19:50,906 --> 00:19:51,473 LIFTOFF THIS MORNING. 516 00:19:51,473 --> 00:19:52,641 >> IT IS A PROGRAMMED HOLD. 517 00:19:52,641 --> 00:19:55,344 THIS IS PART OF THE PLAN. 518 00:19:55,344 --> 00:19:57,012 THIS IS NOTHING GOING WRONGS. 519 00:19:57,012 --> 00:19:59,448 WE HAVE A TWO HOUR WINDOW BUT 520 00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:01,850 EVERYTHING IS CHARGING TOWARD 521 00:20:01,850 --> 00:20:06,822 THE 7 TIME TIME 50:00 A.M. LEFT 522 00:20:06,822 --> 00:20:12,027 OFF TIME. 523 00:20:12,027 --> 00:20:14,229 BEFORE WE GET THIS WEATHER 524 00:20:14,229 --> 00:20:14,763 BRIEFING. 525 00:20:14,763 --> 00:20:16,098 >> THE UNITED STATES SPACE 526 00:20:16,098 --> 00:20:18,033 FORCES RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC 527 00:20:18,033 --> 00:20:21,003 AND PERSONNEL SAFETY HERE WHERE 528 00:20:21,003 --> 00:20:21,870 WE ARE LAUNCHING FROM. 529 00:20:21,870 --> 00:20:23,505 VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE 530 00:20:23,505 --> 00:20:23,972 MISSION TODAY. 531 00:20:23,972 --> 00:20:25,741 THEY ARE 1 OF 5 TEAMS WORKING 532 00:20:25,741 --> 00:20:28,243 WITH US TO LAUNCH MARS 533 00:20:28,243 --> 00:20:29,411 PERSEVERANCE ON THE WAY THIS 534 00:20:29,411 --> 00:20:29,745 MORNING. 535 00:20:29,745 --> 00:20:31,079 AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT NOT 536 00:20:31,079 --> 00:20:32,981 ONLY PUBLIC SAFETY BUT THEY ALSO 537 00:20:32,981 --> 00:20:35,017 DO WEATHER FOR US TO MAKE SURE 538 00:20:35,017 --> 00:20:36,318 EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD AS WE SAW 539 00:20:36,318 --> 00:20:39,354 THE SUNRISE COME UP RIGHT BEHIND 540 00:20:39,354 --> 00:20:58,273 EVERYTHING WAS LOOKING GOOD. 541 00:21:06,848 --> 00:21:08,183 SORRY, WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING 542 00:21:08,183 --> 00:21:10,319 TO GET THAT FOR YOU LIVE, BUT 543 00:21:10,319 --> 00:21:12,454 THE AUDIO IS ON ANOTHER CHANNEL. 544 00:21:12,454 --> 00:21:13,455 FORGIVE US. 545 00:21:13,455 --> 00:21:15,490 >> WE SHOULD LOOK AT A VISIBLE 546 00:21:15,490 --> 00:21:16,758 SATELLITE IMAGE AND HAVE MOSTLY 547 00:21:16,758 --> 00:21:17,793 CLEAR SKIES. 548 00:21:17,793 --> 00:21:19,227 A PEW CLOUDS TO THE EAST OVER 549 00:21:19,227 --> 00:21:19,628 THE WATER. 550 00:21:19,628 --> 00:21:21,396 WE WERE MONITORING ONE CELL ON 551 00:21:21,396 --> 00:21:24,766 THE RADAR 10 MILES TO THE 552 00:21:24,766 --> 00:21:26,568 SOUTHEAST THAT HAS DISSIPATED 553 00:21:26,568 --> 00:21:28,170 AND THINGS ARE LOOKING GREAT FOR 554 00:21:28,170 --> 00:21:28,503 LAUNCH. 555 00:21:28,503 --> 00:21:31,340 WE ARE GO ON ALL L CCs AND 556 00:21:31,340 --> 00:21:33,008 EXPECT TO REMAIN GO THROUGH THE 557 00:21:33,008 --> 00:21:33,608 COUNT. 558 00:21:33,608 --> 00:21:35,711 OUR TEMPERATURE IS CURRENTLY 80. 559 00:21:35,711 --> 00:21:37,312 COULD CLIMB TO 82 BY THE END OF 560 00:21:37,312 --> 00:21:39,114 THE WINDOW. 561 00:21:39,114 --> 00:21:43,385 WINDS FROM 220. 562 00:21:43,385 --> 00:21:47,556 10% POV FOR THE CUMULUS CLOUD 563 00:21:47,556 --> 00:21:47,856 RULE. 564 00:21:47,856 --> 00:21:49,091 NORMAL BACKGROUND LEVELS AND 565 00:21:49,091 --> 00:21:54,463 EXPECTED TO REMAIN SO THROUGH 566 00:21:54,463 --> 00:21:54,930 THE COUNT. 567 00:21:54,930 --> 00:21:57,499 THIS CONCLUDES THE WEATHER 568 00:21:57,499 --> 00:21:59,267 BRIEFUNLESS THERE ARE ANY 569 00:21:59,267 --> 00:21:59,701 QUESTIONS. 570 00:21:59,701 --> 00:22:01,670 >> WE HEARD A GREAT REPORT 571 00:22:01,670 --> 00:22:02,004 THERE. 572 00:22:02,004 --> 00:22:07,209 HEARING THE GO ON ALL LCCs. 573 00:22:07,209 --> 00:22:08,076 >> ABSOLUTELY. 574 00:22:08,076 --> 00:22:10,278 >> LAUNCH COMMITMENT CRITERIA. 575 00:22:10,278 --> 00:22:11,613 I CAN NEVER REMEMBER THE SECOND 576 00:22:11,613 --> 00:22:11,847 C. 577 00:22:11,847 --> 00:22:14,082 TELL US ABOUT THE T-CLOCK. 578 00:22:14,082 --> 00:22:17,019 WE ARE AT T-MINUS FOUR MINUTES 579 00:22:17,019 --> 00:22:17,919 AND HOLDER. 580 00:22:17,919 --> 00:22:18,987 A DIFFERENCE IN THE 2:00S. 581 00:22:18,987 --> 00:22:20,689 >> THE TEAMS ARE WORKING TO TWO 582 00:22:20,689 --> 00:22:23,959 DIFFERENT CLOCKS THE L CLOCK OR 583 00:22:23,959 --> 00:22:25,460 LUNCH TIME IS THE REAL TIME 584 00:22:25,460 --> 00:22:27,362 CLOCK THAT CONTINUES TO 585 00:22:27,362 --> 00:22:29,297 COUNTDOWN TOWARD LIFTOFF. 586 00:22:29,297 --> 00:22:30,866 T-TIME IS THE CLOCK THE TEAM 587 00:22:30,866 --> 00:22:34,136 USES FOR OPERATIONAL SEQUENCES 588 00:22:34,136 --> 00:22:34,936 OF EVENTS. 589 00:22:34,936 --> 00:22:38,740 IT HAS BUILT IN HOLDS, WE ARE IN 590 00:22:38,740 --> 00:22:40,976 A 30 EMPTY HOLD TO ALLOW THE -- 591 00:22:40,976 --> 00:22:42,577 30 MINUTE HOLD TO ALLOW THE TEAM 592 00:22:42,577 --> 00:22:44,312 TO ADJUST WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. 593 00:22:44,312 --> 00:22:45,680 THE L CLOCK WILL CONTINUE 594 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:46,314 COUNTING DOWN. 595 00:22:46,314 --> 00:22:48,717 WHAT IS UNIQUE AT L-MINUS FOUR 596 00:22:48,717 --> 00:22:52,320 OR T-MINUS 4 THE 2:00S WILL SYNC 597 00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:54,356 UP AND WE'LL COUNTDOWN TO 598 00:22:54,356 --> 00:22:56,191 LIFTOFF THIS MORNING. 599 00:22:56,191 --> 00:22:58,093 >> ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO 600 00:22:58,093 --> 00:22:59,961 PIGGY OFF IS THE POWER SOURCE 601 00:22:59,961 --> 00:23:00,896 FOR PERSEVERANCE. 602 00:23:00,896 --> 00:23:04,533 IT HAS A NUCLEAR BATTERY. 603 00:23:04,533 --> 00:23:05,767 THAT MIGHT BE ALARMING FOR 604 00:23:05,767 --> 00:23:06,368 PEOPLE TO HEAR THAT. 605 00:23:06,368 --> 00:23:09,137 IT'S NOT A NUCLEAR REACTOR, IT'S 606 00:23:09,137 --> 00:23:10,739 A NUCLEAR BATRE AND SOMETHING 607 00:23:10,739 --> 00:23:12,340 THAT HAS BEEN -- BATTERY AND 608 00:23:12,340 --> 00:23:13,341 SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN 609 00:23:13,341 --> 00:23:15,310 DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 610 00:23:15,310 --> 00:23:15,777 ENERGY FOR. 611 00:23:15,777 --> 00:23:18,346 IT IT'S A THERMOELECTRIC 612 00:23:18,346 --> 00:23:20,982 GENERATOR BUT AN MMRTG. 613 00:23:20,982 --> 00:23:23,819 THE SIZE OF A FIVE-GALLON BUCKET 614 00:23:23,819 --> 00:23:26,621 AND DESIGNED -- HOW DOES THIS 615 00:23:26,621 --> 00:23:28,557 PRODUCE POWER FOR THE ROBOT? 616 00:23:28,557 --> 00:23:30,459 >> USING NUCLEAR MATERIAL INSIDE 617 00:23:30,459 --> 00:23:34,262 TO GENERATE THE ELECTRICITY 618 00:23:34,262 --> 00:23:34,596 THERE. 619 00:23:34,596 --> 00:23:38,366 IT WILL BE ABOUT 110 WATTS OF 620 00:23:38,366 --> 00:23:38,667 POWER. 621 00:23:38,667 --> 00:23:42,003 IT WILL PROVIDE POWER FOR MARS 622 00:23:42,003 --> 00:23:42,671 PERSEVERANCE THROUGHOUT THE 623 00:23:42,671 --> 00:23:44,106 WHOLE MISSION LIFE. 624 00:23:44,106 --> 00:23:45,974 THAT'S IS THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT 625 00:23:45,974 --> 00:23:46,775 THIS POWER SOURCE. 626 00:23:46,775 --> 00:23:48,710 IT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE WHOLE 627 00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:49,144 TIME. 628 00:23:49,144 --> 00:23:51,446 >> THE ATLAS 5 HAS A PERFECT 629 00:23:51,446 --> 00:23:52,214 LAUNCH RECORD. 630 00:23:52,214 --> 00:23:52,981 IT IS IN GOOD SHAPE. 631 00:23:52,981 --> 00:23:54,716 WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY 632 00:23:54,716 --> 00:23:55,217 PROBLEMS. 633 00:23:55,217 --> 00:23:58,120 IF THERE WAS A CONTEUPBGIENCY 634 00:23:58,120 --> 00:23:59,654 STAY WITH US TO TALK THROUGH 635 00:23:59,654 --> 00:23:59,988 DETAILS. 636 00:23:59,988 --> 00:24:02,057 WE HAVE TEAMS FOCUSED ON THIS 637 00:24:02,057 --> 00:24:03,692 SPECIFICALLY AND ARE WORKING 638 00:24:03,692 --> 00:24:05,327 TOWARDS MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS 639 00:24:05,327 --> 00:24:07,896 SAFE AND OUR EXMOREERS ARE SAFE 640 00:24:07,896 --> 00:24:09,064 AS WELL. 641 00:24:09,064 --> 00:24:10,799 A GREAT WEATHER BRIEFING. 642 00:24:10,799 --> 00:24:13,001 BACK OVER TO YOU. 643 00:24:13,001 --> 00:24:13,535 >> THANK YOU. 644 00:24:13,535 --> 00:24:14,769 WITH THE COUNTDOWN TO MARS WELL 645 00:24:14,769 --> 00:24:16,304 UNDER WAY, WE WANT TO TAKES 646 00:24:16,304 --> 00:24:17,739 A MOMENT TO HONOR OUR COUNTRY 647 00:24:17,739 --> 00:24:19,508 WITH THE SINGLING OF AMERICA THE 648 00:24:19,508 --> 00:24:20,075 BEAUTIFUL. 649 00:24:20,075 --> 00:24:21,309 >> WE ARE PROUD TO PRESENT TO 650 00:24:21,309 --> 00:24:24,012 YOU NOW, TWO TIME GRAMMY AWARD 651 00:24:24,012 --> 00:24:28,283 WINNING SINGER GREGORY PORTER. 652 00:24:28,283 --> 00:24:32,454 ♪ 653 00:24:58,947 --> 00:25:05,654 PURPLE MOUNTAINS MAJESTY ABOVE 654 00:25:05,654 --> 00:25:13,328 THE FRUITED PLAINS. 655 00:27:35,503 --> 00:27:37,038 WITH THE INSTRUMENTS WE HAVE ON 656 00:27:37,038 --> 00:27:38,406 THE ROVER. 657 00:27:38,406 --> 00:27:39,708 THEY ARE WONDERFUL. 658 00:27:39,708 --> 00:27:41,576 IT'S A GREAT SUITE BUT NOTHING 659 00:27:41,576 --> 00:27:42,610 COMPAREED TO THE 660 00:27:42,610 --> 00:27:43,812 STATE-OF-THE-ART INSTRUMENTS IN 661 00:27:43,812 --> 00:27:45,413 THE LABORATORIES AROUND THE 662 00:27:45,413 --> 00:27:46,081 WORLD. 663 00:27:46,081 --> 00:27:47,182 WE WANT TO GET THE PROFICIENCY 664 00:27:47,182 --> 00:27:52,954 SAMPLES BACK HERE -- PROFICIENCS 665 00:27:52,954 --> 00:27:54,022 SAMPLES BACK HERE. 666 00:27:54,022 --> 00:27:55,957 NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO STUDY 667 00:27:55,957 --> 00:27:57,392 THEM NOW TODAY WITH THE STATE OF 668 00:27:57,392 --> 00:27:58,727 THE ART INSTRUMENTS AND 669 00:27:58,727 --> 00:28:02,630 FACILITIES, WE CAN PRESERVE MOST 670 00:28:02,630 --> 00:28:06,167 OF THE SAMPLES FOR DECADES TO 671 00:28:06,167 --> 00:28:07,736 ALLOWITOUS USE FUTURE 672 00:28:07,736 --> 00:28:09,003 INSTRUMENTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN 673 00:28:09,003 --> 00:28:10,572 INVENTED YET OR ANSWER QUESTIONS 674 00:28:10,572 --> 00:28:11,806 WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF YET. 675 00:28:11,806 --> 00:28:13,341 IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET 676 00:28:13,341 --> 00:28:15,577 THE SAMPLES BACK HERE. 677 00:28:15,577 --> 00:28:17,979 >> COULD WE CONFIRM LIFE IF IT 678 00:28:17,979 --> 00:28:20,215 IS THERE WITH THE INSTRUMENTS WE 679 00:28:20,215 --> 00:28:21,583 HAVE ON THE ROVER OR WOULD THAT 680 00:28:21,583 --> 00:28:23,017 HAPPEN BACK ON EARTH? 681 00:28:23,017 --> 00:28:25,954 >> I FULLY EXPECT WE WON'T MAKE 682 00:28:25,954 --> 00:28:26,721 THAT DETERMINATION UNTIL THEY 683 00:28:26,721 --> 00:28:27,722 ARE BACK HERE ON EARTH. 684 00:28:27,722 --> 00:28:29,023 WE EXPECT WITH THE INSTRUMENTS 685 00:28:29,023 --> 00:28:32,260 WE HAVE ON BOARD TO DETECT 686 00:28:32,260 --> 00:28:32,994 BIOSIGNATURES AND THE THINGS 687 00:28:32,994 --> 00:28:34,796 THAT SAY YES, THIS IS A SAMPLE 688 00:28:34,796 --> 00:28:36,965 THAT MAY CONTAIN EVIDENCE OF 689 00:28:36,965 --> 00:28:38,433 PAST LIFE IN THE SAMPLE. 690 00:28:38,433 --> 00:28:40,301 IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO 691 00:28:40,301 --> 00:28:41,936 CONFIRM THAT UNTIL WE GET THE 692 00:28:41,936 --> 00:28:44,406 SAMPLES BACK HERE ON EARTH. 693 00:28:44,406 --> 00:28:45,974 >> SPEAKING OF GETS THEM BACK TO 694 00:28:45,974 --> 00:28:48,042 EARTH, HOW WILL YOU DO THAT? 695 00:28:48,042 --> 00:28:48,810 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 696 00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:51,012 WE ARE ALREADY STARTING WORK ON 697 00:28:51,012 --> 00:28:52,781 THAT NEXT MISSION CALLED MARS 698 00:28:52,781 --> 00:28:53,848 SAMPLE RETURN. 699 00:28:53,848 --> 00:28:54,516 WE THINK IT WILL LAUNCH. 700 00:28:54,516 --> 00:28:58,153 WE ARE PLANNING FOR A LAUNCH IN 701 00:28:58,153 --> 00:28:58,453 2026. 702 00:28:58,453 --> 00:28:59,487 THIS IS A REALLY COMPLEX 703 00:28:59,487 --> 00:28:59,821 MISSION. 704 00:28:59,821 --> 00:29:01,222 TELL REQUIRE TWO LAUNCHES FROM 705 00:29:01,222 --> 00:29:03,291 EARTH AND ONE LAUNCH FROM MARS 706 00:29:03,291 --> 00:29:04,826 IN ORDER TO GET THE SAMPLES 707 00:29:04,826 --> 00:29:05,393 BACKS HERE. 708 00:29:05,393 --> 00:29:05,794 >> WOW. 709 00:29:05,794 --> 00:29:07,662 >> WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH 710 00:29:07,662 --> 00:29:09,864 THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY THE 711 00:29:09,864 --> 00:29:11,800 CORE PARTNERS ON THIS MISSION. 712 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:12,500 WE'LL HAVE A LAUNCH FROM THE 713 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:14,702 U.S. THAT WILL LAUNCH A SAMPLE 714 00:29:14,702 --> 00:29:16,004 RETURN LANDER THAT WILL LAND ON 715 00:29:16,004 --> 00:29:18,306 THE SURFACE CARRYING A ROVE 716 00:29:18,306 --> 00:29:18,940 THEY'RE WILL PICK UP THE 717 00:29:18,940 --> 00:29:21,142 SATCHELS AND BRING THEM BACK, 718 00:29:21,142 --> 00:29:22,677 LOAD -- SAMPLES AND BRING THEM 719 00:29:22,677 --> 00:29:26,181 BACK AND LAUNCH THEM INTO ORBIT 720 00:29:26,181 --> 00:29:28,049 AROUND MARS. 721 00:29:28,049 --> 00:29:30,018 WHEN WE LAUNCH FROM EARTH THE 722 00:29:30,018 --> 00:29:32,554 EUROPEANS ARE LAUNCHING AN 723 00:29:32,554 --> 00:29:35,390 ORBITER AROUND MARS THAT WILL 724 00:29:35,390 --> 00:29:37,725 CAPTURE THOSE SAMPLES WITH THAT 725 00:29:37,725 --> 00:29:38,793 ORBITER. 726 00:29:38,793 --> 00:29:46,100 WE WILL CAPTURE THEM AND RETURN 727 00:29:46,100 --> 00:29:46,868 BACK TO EARTH, RELEASE THEM AND 728 00:29:46,868 --> 00:29:47,569 COME DOWN AND LAND IN THE UTAH 729 00:29:47,569 --> 00:29:48,236 DESERT WHERE WE WILL SAFELY 730 00:29:48,236 --> 00:29:49,037 CARRY THEM AND PUT THEM IN 731 00:29:49,037 --> 00:29:49,871 A CURATION FACILITY. 732 00:29:49,871 --> 00:29:51,673 >> WHAT A PROCESS. 733 00:29:51,673 --> 00:29:52,140 >> AWESOME. 734 00:29:52,140 --> 00:29:53,141 THAT IS AMAZING. 735 00:29:53,141 --> 00:29:53,775 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 736 00:29:53,775 --> 00:29:54,609 WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 737 00:29:54,609 --> 00:29:57,879 >> PLEASURE. 738 00:29:57,879 --> 00:29:58,947 >> ENJOY THE LAUNCH. 739 00:29:58,947 --> 00:30:02,150 >> GO PERSEVERANCE, GO 740 00:30:02,150 --> 00:30:02,517 INGENUITY. 741 00:30:02,517 --> 00:30:08,857 >> THE WRIGHT BROTHERS PROVED 742 00:30:08,857 --> 00:30:13,094 NIGHT WAS POSSIBLE AND NOW NASA 743 00:30:13,094 --> 00:30:14,629 WILL FLY ON MARS WITH AN 744 00:30:14,629 --> 00:30:15,730 INGENIOUS HELICOPTER. 745 00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:19,234 THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE IS 99% 746 00:30:19,234 --> 00:30:20,668 LESS DENSE THAN HERE ON EARTH. 747 00:30:20,668 --> 00:30:24,873 THIS IS NO EASY TASK TO FLY ON 748 00:30:24,873 --> 00:30:27,342 MARS. 749 00:30:27,342 --> 00:30:29,878 >> HITCHING A RIDE ON THE 750 00:30:29,878 --> 00:30:35,316 PERSEVERANCE RIDE AND THE 751 00:30:35,316 --> 00:30:35,717 HELICOPTER. 752 00:30:35,717 --> 00:30:36,484 IF SUCCESSFUL IT WOULD MARK THE 753 00:30:36,484 --> 00:30:37,952 FIRST TIME HUMANS HAVE TAKEN 754 00:30:37,952 --> 00:30:41,122 POWERED FLIGHT ON ANOTHER 755 00:30:41,122 --> 00:30:43,525 PLANET. 756 00:30:43,525 --> 00:30:44,526 INGENUITY'S PROJECT MANAGER 757 00:30:44,526 --> 00:30:47,128 TELLS US TO TALK ABOUT THE SET 758 00:30:47,128 --> 00:30:48,897 OF MILESTONES NEEDED TO TAKE 759 00:30:48,897 --> 00:30:50,865 FLIGHT ON MARS. 760 00:30:50,865 --> 00:30:52,767 >> WE JUST HAD AN EARTHQUAKE IN 761 00:30:52,767 --> 00:30:54,369 THIS ROOM. 762 00:30:54,369 --> 00:30:57,038 WITH THAT, MARS HELICOPTER DEMO 763 00:30:57,038 --> 00:31:00,041 IS MOTIVATED BY THE POTENTIAL OF 764 00:31:00,041 --> 00:31:02,310 ADDING ARIEL DIMENSION. 765 00:31:02,310 --> 00:31:04,979 IN THE FUTURE A HELICOPTER CAN 766 00:31:04,979 --> 00:31:07,715 SERVE AS A SCOUT FOR ROVERS AND 767 00:31:07,715 --> 00:31:08,116 ASTRONAUTS. 768 00:31:08,116 --> 00:31:09,784 A HELICOPTER CAN GET US TO PLACE 769 00:31:09,784 --> 00:31:12,353 OF HIGH SCIENTIFIC INTEREST THAT 770 00:31:12,353 --> 00:31:13,688 CANNOT BE REACHED TODAY. 771 00:31:13,688 --> 00:31:15,757 IT IS NOT EASY TO BUILD A ROTOR 772 00:31:15,757 --> 00:31:16,090 CRAFT. 773 00:31:16,090 --> 00:31:18,860 THE ATMOSPHERE THERE IS VERY 774 00:31:18,860 --> 00:31:19,160 THIN. 775 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:20,361 1% OF THAT COMPAREED TO EARTH. 776 00:31:20,361 --> 00:31:21,763 A HELICOPTER FROM MARS HAS TO BE 777 00:31:21,763 --> 00:31:29,370 VERY LIGHT AND HAVE A ROTOR 778 00:31:29,370 --> 00:31:30,171 SYSTEM THAT CAN SPIN VERY FAST. 779 00:31:30,171 --> 00:31:30,939 BEHIND ME IS A FULL-SCALE MODEL 780 00:31:30,939 --> 00:31:31,773 OF THE INGENUITY. 781 00:31:31,773 --> 00:31:33,408 IT IS VERY LATE. 782 00:31:33,408 --> 00:31:34,943 1.8 KILL GRAM, ABOUT 4 POUNDS. 783 00:31:34,943 --> 00:31:37,345 IT IS CAPABLE OF FLYING THROUGH 784 00:31:37,345 --> 00:31:39,213 THE THIN ATMOSPHERE OF MARS AND 785 00:31:39,213 --> 00:31:41,816 CAPABLE OF SURVIVING AND 786 00:31:41,816 --> 00:31:43,151 OPERATING AUTONOMOUSLY. 787 00:31:43,151 --> 00:31:45,587 A SET OF MILESTONES BETWEEN NOW 788 00:31:45,587 --> 00:31:50,024 AND INGENUITY'S FIRST FLIGHT. 789 00:31:50,024 --> 00:31:52,527 THE FIRST IS WHEN WE TURN ON THE 790 00:31:52,527 --> 00:31:55,196 HELICOPTER TO CHECK THE HEALTH. 791 00:31:55,196 --> 00:31:57,031 FIRST TIME OPERATING IN TRUE 792 00:31:57,031 --> 00:31:57,565 SPACE ENVIRONMENT. 793 00:31:57,565 --> 00:31:59,534 THE NEXT MILESTONE IS WHEN 794 00:31:59,534 --> 00:32:05,106 PERSEVERANCE ROVER DEPLOYS 795 00:32:05,106 --> 00:32:06,407 INGENUITY TO THE SURFACE. 796 00:32:06,407 --> 00:32:09,177 TELL MARK THE FIRST MOMENT THE 797 00:32:09,177 --> 00:32:12,013 HELICOPTER STARTS TO WORK ON ITS 798 00:32:12,013 --> 00:32:13,915 OWN IN A STAND ALONE MANNER. 799 00:32:13,915 --> 00:32:15,483 TELL NEVER RETURN TO THE ROVER. 800 00:32:15,483 --> 00:32:17,251 THE FIRST MAJOR MILESTONE THEN 801 00:32:17,251 --> 00:32:20,922 WILL BE THE HELICOPTER SURVIVING 802 00:32:20,922 --> 00:32:23,958 THE FIRST COLD MARTIAN NIGHT. 803 00:32:23,958 --> 00:32:25,760 MINUS 90 DEGREES CELSIUS. 804 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:27,829 WE HAVE DESIGNED THE HELICOPTER 805 00:32:27,829 --> 00:32:29,197 TO KEEP ITSELF WARM. 806 00:32:29,197 --> 00:32:31,933 WE HAVE PLANNED UP TO FIVE 807 00:32:31,933 --> 00:32:34,235 FLIGHTS IN THE 30 DAYS SET ASIDE 808 00:32:34,235 --> 00:32:35,670 FOR THE FLIGHT EXPERIMENT. 809 00:32:35,670 --> 00:32:38,406 THE DATA WE GET WILL INFORM OUR 810 00:32:38,406 --> 00:32:40,408 TEAM THE HEALTH OF THE 811 00:32:40,408 --> 00:32:42,043 HELICOPTER AND PERFORMANCE OF 812 00:32:42,043 --> 00:32:44,078 EACH FLIGHT. 813 00:32:44,078 --> 00:32:46,581 THE DATA COULD ALSO INCLUDE 814 00:32:46,581 --> 00:32:48,016 A FEW COLOR PHOTOS. 815 00:32:48,016 --> 00:32:51,953 FIRST EVER PHOTOS OF MARTIAN 816 00:32:51,953 --> 00:32:54,522 TERRAIN FROM AREAIEL VANTAGE. 817 00:32:54,522 --> 00:32:56,724 THAT WOULD KNOW TRUE ICING ON 818 00:32:56,724 --> 00:32:57,225 OUR CAKE. 819 00:32:57,225 --> 00:32:57,725 >> THANK YOU. 820 00:32:57,725 --> 00:33:00,695 WE DID HAVE A LITTLE SHAKE-UP. 821 00:33:00,695 --> 00:33:02,163 EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE OKAY 822 00:33:02,163 --> 00:33:03,264 RIGHT HERE SO FAR. 823 00:33:03,264 --> 00:33:06,601 WE LOOK FORWARD TO INGENUITY'S 824 00:33:06,601 --> 00:33:07,535 FIRST FLIGHT. 825 00:33:07,535 --> 00:33:10,304 LET'S GO BACK TO KFC AS WE 826 00:33:10,304 --> 00:33:13,007 CONTINUE THE COUNTDOWN TO MARS. 827 00:33:13,007 --> 00:33:14,008 >> THANK YOU. 828 00:33:14,008 --> 00:33:15,977 WHEN THE NAME PERSEVERANCE WAS 829 00:33:15,977 --> 00:33:17,512 CHOSEN OUR COUNTRY WAS IN THE 830 00:33:17,512 --> 00:33:19,580 EARLY STAGES OF THE COVID-19 831 00:33:19,580 --> 00:33:22,784 PANDENDIC. 832 00:33:22,784 --> 00:33:25,119 NOW IT'S A FITTING DESCRIPTION 833 00:33:25,119 --> 00:33:27,188 OF WHAT TEAMS NEEDED TO GET THIS 834 00:33:27,188 --> 00:33:28,690 TO THE PAD ON TIME. 835 00:33:28,690 --> 00:33:31,125 JOINING US IS NASA ADMINISTRATOR 836 00:33:31,125 --> 00:33:33,828 JIM BRIDENSTINE. 837 00:33:33,828 --> 00:33:34,862 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 838 00:33:34,862 --> 00:33:35,663 PERSEVERANCE IS MEANING A LOT, 839 00:33:35,663 --> 00:33:38,499 INCLUDING A 3.9 EARTHQUAKE WE 840 00:33:38,499 --> 00:33:39,400 HAVE IN CALIFORNIA. 841 00:33:39,400 --> 00:34:22,176 WE JUST SAW MIMI SAY THINGS ARE 842 00:34:22,176 --> 00:34:24,812 CAN ONLY GO ONCE EVERY 26 MONTHS 843 00:34:24,812 --> 00:34:27,548 WHEN THE PLANETS ARE ALIGNED. 844 00:34:27,548 --> 00:34:29,751 IF WE MISS THIS LAUNCH WINDOW IT 845 00:34:29,751 --> 00:34:31,152 WOULD COST HALF A BILLION TO 846 00:34:31,152 --> 00:34:33,888 STORE THIS VEHICLE FOR THE NEXT 847 00:34:33,888 --> 00:34:34,322 TWO YEARS. 848 00:34:34,322 --> 00:34:36,724 THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS TO GO 849 00:34:36,724 --> 00:34:37,058 FORWARD. 850 00:34:37,058 --> 00:34:37,825 SOME OF IT IS FINANCIAL. 851 00:34:37,825 --> 00:34:40,661 THE NASA BUDGET AND THEN THE 852 00:34:40,661 --> 00:34:42,263 OTHER BIG REASON IS AMERICANS 853 00:34:42,263 --> 00:34:43,998 WANT TO SEE US CONTINUE TO DO 854 00:34:43,998 --> 00:34:44,866 BIG THINGS. 855 00:34:44,866 --> 00:34:46,467 I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR 856 00:34:46,467 --> 00:34:47,902 THOUGH, WE HAVE MADE SURE ALL 857 00:34:47,902 --> 00:34:49,403 ALONG THIS PROCESS IF SOMEBODY 858 00:34:49,403 --> 00:34:50,738 DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WORKING 859 00:34:50,738 --> 00:34:52,473 ON THIS PROJECT THEY HAD THE 860 00:34:52,473 --> 00:34:54,776 OPTION TO NOT WORK ON THIS 861 00:34:54,776 --> 00:34:55,109 PROJECT. 862 00:34:55,109 --> 00:34:56,844 AND I WILL TELL YOU WE DIDN'T 863 00:34:56,844 --> 00:34:59,247 FIND THAT VERY OFTEN, IF AT ALL. 864 00:34:59,247 --> 00:35:01,816 I WILL ALSO SAY OUR HIGHEST 865 00:35:01,816 --> 00:35:03,785 PRIORITY WAS THE SAFETY OF OUR 866 00:35:03,785 --> 00:35:04,118 PEOPLE. 867 00:35:04,118 --> 00:35:05,853 WE WANTED THEM TO KNOW IF THEY 868 00:35:05,853 --> 00:35:07,255 COME TO WORK THEY WILL BE SAFER 869 00:35:07,255 --> 00:35:09,223 AT WORKS THAN THEY WOULD BE IF 870 00:35:09,223 --> 00:35:10,658 THEY STAYED AT HOME. 871 00:35:10,658 --> 00:35:14,695 AND, OF COURSE, THE PERSONAL 872 00:35:14,695 --> 00:35:16,230 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND SOCIAL 873 00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:18,299 DISTANCING AND CHANGING OF 874 00:35:18,299 --> 00:35:19,801 SCHEDULES TO MINIMIZE PEOPLE 875 00:35:19,801 --> 00:35:20,968 WORKING ON THE VEHICLE AT ONE 876 00:35:20,968 --> 00:35:22,637 TIME WERE PUT INTO PLACE AS 877 00:35:22,637 --> 00:35:23,237 PROTECTIVE MEASURES. 878 00:35:23,237 --> 00:35:25,439 IT IS TRUE THE NAME PERSEVERANCE 879 00:35:25,439 --> 00:35:28,276 WHICH WAS GIVEN TO THIS ROBOT BY 880 00:35:28,276 --> 00:35:30,678 ALEX MATHER, A SEVENth 881 00:35:30,678 --> 00:35:31,546 GRADER IN VIRGINIA. 882 00:35:31,546 --> 00:35:33,648 THIS IS ALL ABOUT PERSEVERANCE. 883 00:35:33,648 --> 00:35:36,584 GOING TO MARS AS YOU SAID, GOING 884 00:35:36,584 --> 00:35:38,419 TO MARS IS ALL ABOUT PERSEVERING 885 00:35:38,419 --> 00:35:38,853 IN GENERAL. 886 00:35:38,853 --> 00:35:41,522 DOING IT NOW IS MORE PERSEVERING 887 00:35:41,522 --> 00:35:43,324 THAN EVER BEFORE. 888 00:35:43,324 --> 00:35:44,258 >> WE HAVE A LAUNCH COUNTING 889 00:35:44,258 --> 00:35:44,559 DOWN. 890 00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:46,327 HOW ARE YOU FEEL SOMETHING. 891 00:35:46,327 --> 00:35:46,994 >> NERVOUS AS ALWAYS. 892 00:35:46,994 --> 00:35:48,563 THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY AT THE 893 00:35:48,563 --> 00:35:49,697 TOP OF A ROCKET. 894 00:35:49,697 --> 00:35:52,033 NOT JUST THE MONEY, BUT THE 895 00:35:52,033 --> 00:35:54,335 ENTIRE LIFE'S WORK OF SO MANY 896 00:35:54,335 --> 00:35:56,604 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 897 00:35:56,604 --> 00:35:58,239 LOOK, AUTOGOING TO BE A GOOD 898 00:35:58,239 --> 00:35:58,539 DAY. 899 00:35:58,539 --> 00:36:00,541 WE ARE KNOXING ON WOOD. 900 00:36:00,541 --> 00:36:01,876 -- KNOCKING ON WOOD. 901 00:36:01,876 --> 00:36:04,312 IT WILL BE A GOOD DAY FOR NASA. 902 00:36:04,312 --> 00:36:06,247 >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 903 00:36:06,247 --> 00:36:06,681 >> ALWAYS. 904 00:36:06,681 --> 00:36:07,248 >> APPRECIATE YOU. 905 00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:07,915 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 906 00:36:07,915 --> 00:36:10,418 WE ARE NOW AT L-MINUS 14 MINUTES 907 00:36:10,418 --> 00:36:11,786 AND COUNTING. 908 00:36:11,786 --> 00:36:16,490 LET'S CHECK WITH JOSHUA AND GET 909 00:36:16,490 --> 00:36:21,863 A LOOK AT PREPARATIONS. 910 00:36:21,863 --> 00:36:24,265 >> THE COUNTDOWN IS CONTINUING. 911 00:36:24,265 --> 00:36:26,634 OBVIOUSLY STATUS REPORT WE HEARD 912 00:36:26,634 --> 00:36:27,501 THEM TALKING ABOUT THE 913 00:36:27,501 --> 00:36:27,902 EARTHQUAKE. 914 00:36:27,902 --> 00:36:29,637 EVERYTHING IS STILL GOOD. 915 00:36:29,637 --> 00:36:31,239 WE HEAR THINGS ARE PROCEEDING 916 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:31,906 WELL. 917 00:36:31,906 --> 00:36:33,908 NO MAJOR ISSUES OR HICCUPS 918 00:36:33,908 --> 00:36:35,076 BECAUSE OF THAT. 919 00:36:35,076 --> 00:36:37,478 THE SAVVY VIEWERS WILL NOTICE 920 00:36:37,478 --> 00:36:38,946 THE CLOCKSES IN MOTION TWO, 921 00:36:38,946 --> 00:36:44,518 CLOCKS THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK AT 922 00:36:44,518 --> 00:36:45,987 T-MINUS 4 MINUTES AND HOLDING 923 00:36:45,987 --> 00:36:50,224 AND THE CLOCK ON YOUR SCREEN IS 924 00:36:50,224 --> 00:36:55,830 ISTHE L CLOCK. 925 00:36:55,830 --> 00:37:00,301 THE REAL TIME CLOCK. 926 00:37:00,301 --> 00:37:01,836 AT ONE POINT THE 2:00S WILL SYNC 927 00:37:01,836 --> 00:37:04,906 UP AS THE TEAMS CONTINUE TO WORK 928 00:37:04,906 --> 00:37:06,774 SEQUENCE EVENTS AND PROCEDURES. 929 00:37:06,774 --> 00:37:08,876 THE TEAMS ARE FOCUSED. 930 00:37:08,876 --> 00:37:10,211 THE EARTHQUAKE THAT WAS BROUGHT 931 00:37:10,211 --> 00:37:12,613 UP THE TEAM HAS A ASSESSED THAT 932 00:37:12,613 --> 00:37:13,948 AND ARE DOING A GREAT JOB 933 00:37:13,948 --> 00:37:15,549 GETTING US TO 0 THIS MORNING. 934 00:37:15,549 --> 00:37:17,051 WE MENTIONED THE U.S. SPACE 935 00:37:17,051 --> 00:37:19,053 FORCE AS ONE OF THE FIVE TEAMS 936 00:37:19,053 --> 00:37:21,222 AND NEXT UP WE HAVE THE NASA 937 00:37:21,222 --> 00:37:23,758 LAUNCH SERVICES TEAM RESPONSIBLE 938 00:37:23,758 --> 00:37:28,329 FOR MANAGING THE LAUNCH. 939 00:37:28,329 --> 00:37:30,731 WE'LL HEAR A POLL FOR READINESS 940 00:37:30,731 --> 00:37:32,066 IN A FEW MINUTES. 941 00:37:32,066 --> 00:37:33,434 HE IS PUNCTUAL. 942 00:37:33,434 --> 00:37:35,002 THIS WILL COME RIGHT ON TIME IN 943 00:37:35,002 --> 00:37:35,703 A FEW SECONDS. 944 00:37:35,703 --> 00:37:42,510 LET'S LISTEN IN NOW. 945 00:37:42,510 --> 00:37:44,045 >> CURRENTLY WORKING. 946 00:37:44,045 --> 00:37:47,415 NO ISSUES ON THE LAUNCH VEHICLE. 947 00:37:47,415 --> 00:37:50,051 WEATHER IS GREEN. 948 00:37:50,051 --> 00:37:53,154 10% CHANCE OF VIOLATION. 949 00:37:53,154 --> 00:37:58,559 AND WINDS ALOFT. 950 00:37:58,559 --> 00:38:00,428 THE SPACECRAFT DID EXPERIENCE 951 00:38:00,428 --> 00:38:02,763 SOME EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY AT 952 00:38:02,763 --> 00:38:04,799 THEIR CONTROL CENTER IN PASADENA 953 00:38:04,799 --> 00:38:07,301 BUT APPEARS TO BE READY TO 954 00:38:07,301 --> 00:38:07,668 PROCEED. 955 00:38:07,668 --> 00:38:09,470 WITH THAT I WILL LIKE TO POLL 956 00:38:09,470 --> 00:38:13,207 THE TEAM FOR FINAL LAUNCH POLL 957 00:38:13,207 --> 00:38:16,510 AND SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATION. 958 00:38:16,510 --> 00:38:18,379 >> NASA CE IS GO. 959 00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:19,213 >> SMA. 960 00:38:19,213 --> 00:38:20,514 >> SMA IS GO. 961 00:38:20,514 --> 00:38:21,682 >> SMD. 962 00:38:21,682 --> 00:38:24,018 >> SMD IS GO. 963 00:38:24,018 --> 00:38:26,520 >> NASA MISSION MGR. 964 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:27,989 >> NATIONA MISSION MANAGER IS 965 00:38:27,989 --> 00:38:28,489 GO. 966 00:38:28,489 --> 00:38:30,558 >> WELL, IS SP. 967 00:38:30,558 --> 00:38:32,760 >> L SP IS GO. 968 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:33,160 >> COPY. 969 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:35,463 NASA TEAM IS READY TO PROCEED. 970 00:38:35,463 --> 00:38:36,998 >> WE HEARD NASA TEAM IS READY 971 00:38:36,998 --> 00:38:38,332 TO PROCEED. 972 00:38:38,332 --> 00:38:41,202 THE WEATHER IN THERE ONLY A 10% 973 00:38:41,202 --> 00:38:42,103 CHANCE OF VIOLATION. 974 00:38:42,103 --> 00:38:44,605 A THANK YOU TO JESSICA WILLIAMS 975 00:38:44,605 --> 00:38:46,774 OF THE U.S. SPACE FORCE 45th 976 00:38:46,774 --> 00:38:47,708 SPACE WING. 977 00:38:47,708 --> 00:38:49,810 I LIKE WE ARE WORKING NO ISSUES. 978 00:38:49,810 --> 00:38:51,112 THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PART 979 00:38:51,112 --> 00:38:52,146 BROUGHT UP. 980 00:38:52,146 --> 00:38:54,148 ONE THING YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND 981 00:38:54,148 --> 00:38:57,218 IS IT'S A COMBINED NASA TEAM OF 982 00:38:57,218 --> 00:38:58,753 SPACECRAFT AND ENGINEERING. 983 00:38:58,753 --> 00:39:00,388 HEARING ALL THE GOES IS GOOD. 984 00:39:00,388 --> 00:39:01,822 >> WE'LL KEEP MOVING. 985 00:39:01,822 --> 00:39:13,067 WE HAVE A LOT TO DO STILL. 986 00:39:13,067 --> 00:39:13,601 >> THANK YOU. 987 00:39:13,601 --> 00:39:14,368 OF OUR NASA TEAMS ACROSS THE 988 00:39:14,368 --> 00:39:15,836 COUNTRY OVER CAME CHALLENGES 989 00:39:15,836 --> 00:39:16,570 CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 OUT BREAK 990 00:39:16,570 --> 00:39:17,271 AS YOU HEARD SO FAR TO GET IN 991 00:39:17,271 --> 00:39:18,005 MARS ROVER TO THE LAUNCH PAD ON 992 00:39:18,005 --> 00:39:18,305 TIME. 993 00:39:18,305 --> 00:39:19,040 >> WE ARE ABOUT TO HEAR FROM 994 00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:19,707 WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA AND 995 00:39:19,707 --> 00:39:21,776 FLORIDA WHO TOOK EVERY 996 00:39:21,776 --> 00:39:22,543 IMAGINABLE PRECAUTION WHILE 997 00:39:22,543 --> 00:39:25,746 MANAGING TO GET THIS VITAL WORK 998 00:39:25,746 --> 00:39:27,915 DONE. 999 00:39:27,915 --> 00:39:30,918 ♪ 1000 00:39:30,918 --> 00:39:33,387 >> WHEN I SAW THE COUNTRY 1001 00:39:33,387 --> 00:39:35,790 SHUTTING DOWN I THOUGHT FOR SURE 1002 00:39:35,790 --> 00:39:38,092 THERE IS NO WAY WE ARE GOING TO 1003 00:39:38,092 --> 00:39:40,594 BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS. 1004 00:39:40,594 --> 00:39:41,695 >> IT'S SOMETHING NOBODY 1005 00:39:41,695 --> 00:39:42,196 EXPECTED. 1006 00:39:42,196 --> 00:39:44,031 IT'S SOMETHING NOBODY CAN PLAN 1007 00:39:44,031 --> 00:39:44,298 FOR. 1008 00:39:44,298 --> 00:39:46,967 RATHER THAN YOUR 50 PRIORITY 1009 00:39:46,967 --> 00:39:48,702 BEING MISSION SUCCESS AND GETING 1010 00:39:48,702 --> 00:39:50,971 TO THE LAUNCHPAD, YOUR 50 1011 00:39:50,971 --> 00:39:52,773 PRIORITY IS DISPLACED AND IT'S 1012 00:39:52,773 --> 00:39:56,777 NOW THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE. 1013 00:39:56,777 --> 00:40:00,047 >> SERIOUSLY THINKING MARS WAS 1014 00:40:00,047 --> 00:40:01,482 BE MARS 2022. 1015 00:40:01,482 --> 00:40:04,985 >> IT TOOK WORK TO KEEP MOMENTUM 1016 00:40:04,985 --> 00:40:06,520 GOING AND KEEP PEOPLE WORKING 1017 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:09,023 SAFELY AND HEALTHY AND ON 1018 00:40:09,023 --> 00:40:09,390 SCHEDULE. 1019 00:40:09,390 --> 00:40:14,261 >> THERE IS NODOUBT WORKING IN 1020 00:40:14,261 --> 00:40:16,163 ISOLATION, NOT VIRTUAL 1021 00:40:16,163 --> 00:40:18,032 ISOLATION, BUT IN PHYSICAL 1022 00:40:18,032 --> 00:40:20,534 ISOLATION FROM EVERYONE ELSE IS 1023 00:40:20,534 --> 00:40:20,968 A CHALLENGE. 1024 00:40:20,968 --> 00:40:21,702 >> HARD FOR ME. 1025 00:40:21,702 --> 00:40:23,404 I HAVE TWO YOUNG KIDS. 1026 00:40:23,404 --> 00:40:25,573 SOMETIMES I'M NOT ABLE TO FOCUS 1027 00:40:25,573 --> 00:40:27,374 OR LISTEN PROBABLY AS WELL AS I 1028 00:40:27,374 --> 00:40:28,676 WOULD WANT TO. 1029 00:40:28,676 --> 00:40:30,111 >> A LOT OF WORK WAS OCCURRING 1030 00:40:30,111 --> 00:40:31,712 IN A CLEAN ROOM ANY WAY, BUT 1031 00:40:31,712 --> 00:40:33,547 EVEN BEFORE WE ENTERED THE CLEAN 1032 00:40:33,547 --> 00:40:37,017 ROOM WE HAD TO FIND A WAY OF 1033 00:40:37,017 --> 00:40:38,119 ENSURING THAT WE WERE NOT 1034 00:40:38,119 --> 00:40:41,288 PUTTING OURSELVES OR OTHERS AT 1035 00:40:41,288 --> 00:40:42,289 RISK. 1036 00:40:42,289 --> 00:40:44,225 >> MOST OF THE TIME BEFORE THE 1037 00:40:44,225 --> 00:40:46,093 MISSIONS OUR RELATIONS WITH THE 1038 00:40:46,093 --> 00:40:48,229 SPACECRAFT CUSTOMER IS 1039 00:40:48,229 --> 00:40:48,963 INCREDIBLY PERSONALITY BUT WE 1040 00:40:48,963 --> 00:40:50,898 ARE ABLE TO BE HERE WORKING 1041 00:40:50,898 --> 00:40:52,666 BESIDE THEM ON THEIR EQUIPMENT 1042 00:40:52,666 --> 00:40:54,268 AND MAKING SURE ALL THEIR NEEDS 1043 00:40:54,268 --> 00:40:55,936 ARE COVERED BEFORE THIGH ASK FOR 1044 00:40:55,936 --> 00:40:56,203 IT. 1045 00:40:56,203 --> 00:40:58,439 IT IS A CHARGE -- BEFORE THEY 1046 00:40:58,439 --> 00:41:01,342 ASK FOR IT. 1047 00:41:01,342 --> 00:41:03,944 WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR 1048 00:41:03,944 --> 00:41:06,413 FACILITY. 1049 00:41:06,413 --> 00:41:09,083 >> A DIFFERENT SET UP WE HAVE TO 1050 00:41:09,083 --> 00:41:09,450 OVERCOME. 1051 00:41:09,450 --> 00:41:11,152 IT'S NOT LIKE A BROKEN ROCKET 1052 00:41:11,152 --> 00:41:12,920 BUT IT HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES. 1053 00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,323 >> OUR JOB IS TO GO INTO THE 1054 00:41:16,323 --> 00:41:16,690 UNKNOWN. 1055 00:41:16,690 --> 00:41:20,161 THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF 1056 00:41:20,161 --> 00:41:20,928 THE UNKNOWN. 1057 00:41:20,928 --> 00:41:22,997 HOW TO MAKE THIS JOB HAPPEN. 1058 00:41:22,997 --> 00:41:25,166 WHEN YOU ARE DOING IT LARGELY 1059 00:41:25,166 --> 00:41:27,935 THROUGH A COMPUTER SCREEN. 1060 00:41:27,935 --> 00:41:29,670 >> I ASKED THE TEAM A COUPLE 1061 00:41:29,670 --> 00:41:31,472 MONTHS AGO IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO 1062 00:41:31,472 --> 00:41:32,773 DO SOMETHING TO SYMBOLIZE AND 1063 00:41:32,773 --> 00:41:36,443 MARK THE CHALLENGES WE FACED. 1064 00:41:36,443 --> 00:41:39,213 AND DESIGNED A COVID-19 1065 00:41:39,213 --> 00:41:39,747 PERSEVERANCE PLATE. 1066 00:41:39,747 --> 00:41:41,949 IT IS NOW AFFIXED TO THE PORT 1067 00:41:41,949 --> 00:41:43,684 SIDE OF THE ROVER AND HAS 1068 00:41:43,684 --> 00:41:45,653 A GLOBE REPRESENTING ALL OF US 1069 00:41:45,653 --> 00:41:47,521 THAT FACE THIS CHALLENGE 1070 00:41:47,521 --> 00:41:47,888 TOGETHER. 1071 00:41:47,888 --> 00:41:49,423 THE SPACECRAFT LEAVING THE EARTH 1072 00:41:49,423 --> 00:41:51,926 ON ITS WAY TO MARS AND ALL OF 1073 00:41:51,926 --> 00:41:53,627 THE SUPPORTED BY THE NOW 1074 00:41:53,627 --> 00:41:55,763 FAMILIAR STAFF AND SERPENT OF 1075 00:41:55,763 --> 00:41:56,997 THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY. 1076 00:41:56,997 --> 00:41:59,099 WE HOPE THIS MISSION IN SOME 1077 00:41:59,099 --> 00:42:04,138 SMALL WAY CAN INSPIRE THEM. 1078 00:42:04,138 --> 00:42:05,773 >> PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY I 1079 00:42:05,773 --> 00:42:08,309 TALKED TO ASOERBGTSED WITH THE 1080 00:42:08,309 --> 00:42:09,677 MISSION -- ASSOCIATED WITH THE 1081 00:42:09,677 --> 00:42:11,478 MISSION SAID THE SAME THING YOU 1082 00:42:11,478 --> 00:42:12,179 COULDN'T HAVE COME UP WITH 1083 00:42:12,179 --> 00:42:13,981 A BETTER NAME THAN PERSEVERANCE. 1084 00:42:13,981 --> 00:42:15,816 >> WE HAVE PERSEVERED. 1085 00:42:15,816 --> 00:42:17,618 WE WILL GET THIS MISSION DONE. 1086 00:42:17,618 --> 00:42:19,887 WE WILL GET IT DONE THROUGH THE 1087 00:42:19,887 --> 00:42:20,254 PANDEMIC. 1088 00:42:20,254 --> 00:42:22,189 >> I THINK IT NOW IS A REALLY 1089 00:42:22,189 --> 00:42:25,259 IMPORTANT SYMBOL OF HUMANITY. 1090 00:42:25,259 --> 00:42:27,194 HOPEFULLY PERSEVERING THROUGH 1091 00:42:27,194 --> 00:42:28,329 THIS GREAT CHALLENGING TIME WE 1092 00:42:28,329 --> 00:42:32,366 HAVE RIGHT NOW. 1093 00:42:32,366 --> 00:42:33,467 >> WE APPRECIATE THAT TEAM AS 1094 00:42:33,467 --> 00:42:35,369 WELL AS THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY 1095 00:42:35,369 --> 00:42:37,304 THAT STEPPED UP AND HELPED. 1096 00:42:37,304 --> 00:42:39,540 IT'S IRONIC THE NAME 1097 00:42:39,540 --> 00:42:40,908 PERSEVERANCE WAS CHOSEN BY 1098 00:42:40,908 --> 00:42:41,609 A SEVENth GRADER AT THE 1099 00:42:41,609 --> 00:42:41,909 TIME. 1100 00:42:41,909 --> 00:42:44,979 HE DIDN'T KNOW WE WOULD BE FACED 1101 00:42:44,979 --> 00:42:48,249 WITH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 1102 00:42:48,249 --> 00:42:49,984 WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE HIM AND HIS 1103 00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:52,286 FAMILY HERE WITH THE STUDENT WHO 1104 00:42:52,286 --> 00:42:53,654 NAMED THE HELICOPTER. 1105 00:42:53,654 --> 00:42:57,024 >> THEIR NAMES ARE ALEXANDER 1106 00:42:57,024 --> 00:43:01,762 MATHER AND RAPIZZA RAMANNY AND 1107 00:43:01,762 --> 00:43:03,664 JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY FROM 1108 00:43:03,664 --> 00:43:05,866 THE COUNTDOWN CLOCK. 1109 00:43:05,866 --> 00:43:08,902 THERE THEY ARE LOOKING COOL. 1110 00:43:08,902 --> 00:43:10,838 ALEXANDER MATHER SUBMITTED THE 1111 00:43:10,838 --> 00:43:13,807 WINNING ESSAY TO NAME OUR ROVER 1112 00:43:13,807 --> 00:43:14,241 PERSEVERANCE. 1113 00:43:14,241 --> 00:43:15,476 >> THEY HAVE A GREAT VIEW. 1114 00:43:15,476 --> 00:43:18,579 I HAVE SEEN IT FROM UP THERE. 1115 00:43:18,579 --> 00:43:20,614 IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SET UP 1116 00:43:20,614 --> 00:43:23,784 FOR THIS AWESOME LAUNCH. 1117 00:43:23,784 --> 00:43:25,319 YOU SEE HER WAVING. 1118 00:43:25,319 --> 00:43:26,420 HEY, GUYS. 1119 00:43:26,420 --> 00:43:26,920 APPRECIATE YOU. 1120 00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:35,095 SHE IS JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. 1121 00:43:35,095 --> 00:43:37,431 SHE CAME UP WITH INGENUITY FOR 1122 00:43:37,431 --> 00:43:39,033 THE HELICOPTER THAT WILL 1123 00:43:39,033 --> 00:43:40,668 ACCOMPANY OUR ROVER TO MARS. 1124 00:43:40,668 --> 00:43:42,102 THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 1125 00:43:42,102 --> 00:43:44,571 WHAT A NEAT VIEW THAT IS. 1126 00:43:44,571 --> 00:43:46,640 WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW AFTER 1127 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,242 THE LAUNCH IT WILL BE ABOUT AN 1128 00:43:48,242 --> 00:43:50,844 HOUR BEFORE MARS PERSEVERANCE 1129 00:43:50,844 --> 00:43:52,980 SEPARATES FROM THE SECOND STAGE 1130 00:43:52,980 --> 00:43:55,215 AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS ROVER WILL 1131 00:43:55,215 --> 00:43:57,117 BE ON ITS WAY TO MARS. 1132 00:43:57,117 --> 00:43:57,618 HANG IN THERE. 1133 00:43:57,618 --> 00:43:59,353 >> DON'T GO AWAY AS WE WILL WALK 1134 00:43:59,353 --> 00:44:01,088 YOU THROUGH THE FLIGHT AROUND 1135 00:44:01,088 --> 00:44:04,358 THE EARTH AND TALK LIVE WITH THE 1136 00:44:04,358 --> 00:44:06,694 ASTRONAUT ABOUT OUR HUMAN 1137 00:44:06,694 --> 00:44:09,596 EXPLORATION AMBITIONS. 1138 00:44:09,596 --> 00:44:11,165 >> IT WILL BE GREAT. 1139 00:44:11,165 --> 00:44:12,199 STICK AROUND. 1140 00:44:12,199 --> 00:44:16,503 IT'S L MINUS-6 MINUTES AND 62NDS 1141 00:44:16,503 --> 00:44:16,770 NOW. 1142 00:44:16,770 --> 00:44:18,272 TIME TO FOCUS ON THE LAUNCH 1143 00:44:18,272 --> 00:44:20,674 OPERATION THE REST OF THE WAY TO 1144 00:44:20,674 --> 00:44:21,008 LIFTOFF. 1145 00:44:21,008 --> 00:44:26,213 LET'S SEND IT BACK OUT. 1146 00:44:26,213 --> 00:44:27,047 >> THANK YOU. 1147 00:44:27,047 --> 00:44:28,816 I WANT TO LET YOU LISTEN IN TO 1148 00:44:28,816 --> 00:44:32,052 THE REMAINDER OF THE POLL IN 1149 00:44:32,052 --> 00:44:33,053 MOTION. 1150 00:44:33,053 --> 00:44:35,389 >> RANGE COORDINATOR. 1151 00:44:35,389 --> 00:44:37,224 LAUNCH DIRECTOR. 1152 00:44:37,224 --> 00:44:40,094 >> IS GO AND PERTPHOEUGZ LAUNCH. 1153 00:44:40,094 --> 00:44:42,629 >> PROCEEDING WITH IT NOW. 1154 00:44:42,629 --> 00:44:47,334 >> AL C FOR 11:50. 1155 00:44:54,274 --> 00:44:56,777 >> THAT IS SEVEN:50:00 A.M. 1156 00:44:56,777 --> 00:44:57,211 EASTERN TEAM. 1157 00:44:57,211 --> 00:44:59,980 THAT TIME IS CORRECT. 1158 00:44:59,980 --> 00:45:00,748 >> WATCHING JOSH. 1159 00:45:00,748 --> 00:45:02,816 [LAUGHING] 1160 00:45:02,816 --> 00:45:05,119 THERE IS A LOT TO COME AHEAD. 1161 00:45:05,119 --> 00:45:06,720 ONE OF THE THINGS COMING UP IN 1162 00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:23,504 JUST A FEW SECONDS. 1163 00:45:23,504 --> 00:45:25,639 >> ALL STEPS ARE COMPLETE PRIOR 1164 00:45:25,639 --> 00:45:28,142 TO TERMINAL COUNT. 1165 00:45:28,142 --> 00:45:29,510 >> THINGS ARE REALLY STARTING TO 1166 00:45:29,510 --> 00:45:29,877 PICK UP. 1167 00:45:29,877 --> 00:45:32,045 YOU WILL HEAR MORE AND MORE 1168 00:45:32,045 --> 00:45:32,379 CHATTER. 1169 00:45:32,379 --> 00:45:33,714 THAT CALL WAS TO SAY 1170 00:45:33,714 --> 00:45:34,982 PERSEVERANCE IS POWERED AND 1171 00:45:34,982 --> 00:45:37,684 READY TO GO, WHICH IS 1172 00:45:37,684 --> 00:45:39,920 A PHENOMENAL CALL. 1173 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:42,823 >> LAUNCH CONDUCTOR PULLED 1174 00:45:42,823 --> 00:45:44,258 POLLED THE TEAM AND THEY WERE 1175 00:45:44,258 --> 00:45:44,892 GOOD TO GO. 1176 00:45:44,892 --> 00:45:46,827 THE THIRD OF FIVE TEAMS. 1177 00:45:46,827 --> 00:45:49,630 WE GOT TO HEAR THE END WHERE THE 1178 00:45:49,630 --> 00:45:51,498 RANGE WAS CLEARED TO PROCEED AND 1179 00:45:51,498 --> 00:45:53,133 THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR GAVE THE 1180 00:45:53,133 --> 00:45:55,769 AUTHORITY TO GO FOR LAUNCH AT 1181 00:45:55,769 --> 00:45:56,670 7:50 A.M. 1182 00:45:56,670 --> 00:46:00,307 WE GOT TO HEAR FROM THE JPL 1183 00:46:00,307 --> 00:46:00,774 SPACECRAFT TEAM. 1184 00:46:00,774 --> 00:46:01,375 >> THE FOURTH TEAM. 1185 00:46:01,375 --> 00:46:02,876 >> THE FOURTH TEAM THEY ARE ON 1186 00:46:02,876 --> 00:46:04,845 INTERNAL POWER AND TIMERS ARE 1187 00:46:04,845 --> 00:46:05,412 SET. 1188 00:46:05,412 --> 00:46:09,450 THEY ARE TARGETING A LIFTOFF OF 1189 00:46:09,450 --> 00:46:10,584 7:50 A.M. 1190 00:46:10,584 --> 00:46:11,718 ALL THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. 1191 00:46:11,718 --> 00:46:13,954 WE TALK ABOUT BEING STKPHEFRBS 1192 00:46:13,954 --> 00:46:14,288 EXCITED. 1193 00:46:14,288 --> 00:46:16,957 THIS IS WHERE WE ARE NERVOUS AND 1194 00:46:16,957 --> 00:46:17,291 EXCITED. 1195 00:46:17,291 --> 00:46:18,425 THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS 1196 00:46:18,425 --> 00:46:20,294 HAPPENING AS WE GET READY TO 1197 00:46:20,294 --> 00:46:23,130 COUNTDOWN TO LIFTOFF THIS 1198 00:46:23,130 --> 00:46:23,464 MORNING. 1199 00:46:23,464 --> 00:46:25,432 WE HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT IN THIS 1200 00:46:25,432 --> 00:46:27,301 HOLD BEFORE WE PICK UP THE 1201 00:46:27,301 --> 00:46:27,601 COUNT. 1202 00:46:27,601 --> 00:46:28,502 >> THE FIFTH TEAM IS THE 1203 00:46:28,502 --> 00:46:31,505 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WHO IS 1204 00:46:31,505 --> 00:46:35,375 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RPG, THE 1205 00:46:35,375 --> 00:46:37,277 POWER SOURCE FOR PERSEVERANCE. 1206 00:46:37,277 --> 00:46:39,580 >> 2, 1, MARK. 1207 00:46:39,580 --> 00:46:41,381 >> THIS IS NOW THE TERMINAL 1208 00:46:41,381 --> 00:46:42,916 COUNTDOWN THE TIME WHEN THINGS 1209 00:46:42,916 --> 00:46:44,818 BECOME MORE AND MORE AUTO MATED 1210 00:46:44,818 --> 00:46:46,987 IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES AND THE 1211 00:46:46,987 --> 00:46:49,590 ENERGY BUILDING BUT THE FOCUS 1212 00:46:49,590 --> 00:46:49,990 INCREASING. 1213 00:46:49,990 --> 00:46:52,226 >> TOREYED DURING HIS INTERVIEW 1214 00:46:52,226 --> 00:46:54,761 THE TEAMS ARE DISCIPLINED AND 1215 00:46:54,761 --> 00:46:56,430 FOCUSED ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING 1216 00:46:56,430 --> 00:46:58,131 THE OPERATIONAL SEQUENCE OF 1217 00:46:58,131 --> 00:46:59,600 EKWEPBTS THEY ARE FOLLOWING AND 1218 00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:00,367 MAKING SURE EVERYTHING HAPPENS 1219 00:47:00,367 --> 00:47:03,103 IN THE T-MINUS 4 AND COUNTING. 1220 00:47:03,103 --> 00:47:06,340 THEY HAVE TO FINISH TOPPING THE 1221 00:47:06,340 --> 00:47:08,308 VEHICLE AND MAKE SURE ALL THE 1222 00:47:08,308 --> 00:47:09,977 TANKS FIRST STAGE AND SECOND 1223 00:47:09,977 --> 00:47:10,844 STAGE ARE AT FLIGHT PRESSURES 1224 00:47:10,844 --> 00:47:13,514 AND FULL OF FUEL READY TO GO 1225 00:47:13,514 --> 00:47:15,516 THIS MORNING AND THE FTS SYSTEM 1226 00:47:15,516 --> 00:47:17,150 IS ARMED AND READY FOR PERSONNEL 1227 00:47:17,150 --> 00:47:19,853 SAFETY, JUST IN CASE. 1228 00:47:19,853 --> 00:47:22,523 THEY HAVE TO CHECK THE 1229 00:47:22,523 --> 00:47:25,459 ELECTRICAL AND AVIONIC SYSTEMS 1230 00:47:25,459 --> 00:47:26,827 AND MAKE SURE THE COMPUTER HAS 1231 00:47:26,827 --> 00:47:28,962 THE INFORMATION IT NEEDS TO 1232 00:47:28,962 --> 00:47:31,398 PLACE IT INTOOR BIT. 1233 00:47:31,398 --> 00:47:32,165 A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. 1234 00:47:32,165 --> 00:47:34,501 EXCITING TIME FOR THE TEAM RIGHT 1235 00:47:34,501 --> 00:47:35,702 NOW. 1236 00:47:35,702 --> 00:47:37,337 AGAIN, STAYING FOCUSED AND 1237 00:47:37,337 --> 00:47:40,007 FOLLOWING THE PROCEDURE THEY 1238 00:47:40,007 --> 00:47:40,607 HAVE. 1239 00:47:40,607 --> 00:47:42,476 AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO POST 1240 00:47:42,476 --> 00:47:42,876 LIFTOFF. 1241 00:47:42,876 --> 00:47:44,611 THERE WILL BE A LOT GOING ON. 1242 00:47:44,611 --> 00:47:46,547 YOU WON'T HEAR FROM US YOU WILL 1243 00:47:46,547 --> 00:47:49,850 HEAR FROM THE UL A FLIGHT 1244 00:47:49,850 --> 00:47:50,250 COMMENTATOR. 1245 00:47:50,250 --> 00:47:52,052 HE WILL GIVE THE CALLS PAST 1246 00:47:52,052 --> 00:47:53,587 LIFTOFF THAT WILL WALK US 1247 00:47:53,587 --> 00:47:56,123 THROUGH MAXIMUM DYNAMIC PRESSURE 1248 00:47:56,123 --> 00:48:02,563 AND THROUGH SEPARATION AND 1249 00:48:02,563 --> 00:48:04,765 FERRING SEPARATION AND FIRST 1250 00:48:04,765 --> 00:48:07,467 MAIN ENGINE IGNITION OF THE 1251 00:48:07,467 --> 00:48:07,834 CENTAUR. 1252 00:48:07,834 --> 00:48:10,337 YOU WILL HEAR US JUMP BACK IN 1253 00:48:10,337 --> 00:48:11,171 AND PROVIDE CONTEXT. 1254 00:48:11,171 --> 00:48:13,440 WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY WITH US 1255 00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:14,241 FOR THE REST OF THE SHOW. 1256 00:48:14,241 --> 00:48:15,909 THERE IS A TON MORE CONTENT TO 1257 00:48:15,909 --> 00:48:17,144 BRING YOU. 1258 00:48:17,144 --> 00:48:18,445 THE COUNTDOWN TO MARS IS NOT 1259 00:48:18,445 --> 00:48:19,379 DONE AT 0 TODAY. 1260 00:48:19,379 --> 00:48:22,049 THE COUNTDOWN TO MARS ENDS IN 1261 00:48:22,049 --> 00:48:24,685 FEBRUARY WHEN MARS 2020 SAFELY 1262 00:48:24,685 --> 00:48:27,955 DELIVER THE PERSEVERANCE AND 1263 00:48:27,955 --> 00:48:29,423 INGENUITY TO THE RED PLANET AM 1264 00:48:29,423 --> 00:48:32,759 WE'LL LET YOU ENJOY THE LAST PEW 1265 00:48:32,759 --> 00:48:34,094 MINUTES OF PROCESS OF. 1266 00:48:34,094 --> 00:48:37,564 WAKING A ROCKET. 1267 00:48:40,334 --> 00:48:43,637 >> 1:59. 1268 00:48:43,637 --> 00:48:45,305 >> VEHICLE INTERNAL. 1269 00:48:45,305 --> 00:48:50,410 >> LAUNCH SEQUENCERS START. 1270 00:48:50,410 --> 00:48:52,479 >> 1:50. 1271 00:48:52,479 --> 00:48:57,084 >> 69 CENTAUR L O-2. 1272 00:48:57,084 --> 00:49:03,256 >> HEARD THE FUELING. 1273 00:49:03,256 --> 00:49:04,992 THE SEQUENCE IS READY TO GO AND 1274 00:49:04,992 --> 00:49:08,261 GETTING READY TO TURN IT OVER TO 1275 00:49:08,261 --> 00:49:15,102 AUTOMATIC AT TMINUS 31 SECONDS. 1276 00:49:15,102 --> 00:49:17,037 THEY WILL GIVE THE FINAL GOES 1277 00:49:17,037 --> 00:49:19,239 EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO AND 1278 00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,908 THE LAUNCH VEHICLE IS READY TO 1279 00:49:21,908 --> 00:49:24,978 LIFTOFF FOR THE MISSION. 1280 00:49:24,978 --> 00:49:25,545 >> 1:15. 1281 00:49:25,545 --> 00:49:27,948 >> CCS FOR LAUNCH. 1282 00:49:27,948 --> 00:49:30,017 >> ROGER. 1283 00:49:30,017 --> 00:49:42,529 >> 1:10. 1284 00:49:42,529 --> 00:49:43,563 1:HUNDRED. 1285 00:49:43,563 --> 00:49:44,798 >> RANGE GREEN. 1286 00:49:44,798 --> 00:49:46,733 >> THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR. 1287 00:49:46,733 --> 00:49:48,902 >> YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN 1288 00:49:48,902 --> 00:49:49,436 A BEAUTIFUL SHOT. 1289 00:49:49,436 --> 00:49:51,038 THE SKIES LOOK GREAT. 1290 00:49:51,038 --> 00:49:52,105 LITTLE WIND HAPPENING. 1291 00:49:52,105 --> 00:49:57,277 YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THE VENTING. 1292 00:49:57,277 --> 00:50:03,917 WE ARE READY TO GO. 1293 00:50:03,917 --> 00:50:07,154 THEY ARE STABLE AT STEP 3, THE 1294 00:50:07,154 --> 00:50:08,522 TANKS ARE READY TO GO. 1295 00:50:08,522 --> 00:50:10,524 HERE IN ABOUT FIVE SECONDS WE'LL 1296 00:50:10,524 --> 00:50:14,461 HEAR THE TEAM GIVE THE FINAL GO. 1297 00:50:14,461 --> 00:50:15,362 >> STATUS CHECK. 1298 00:50:15,362 --> 00:50:17,230 >> GO ATLAS. 1299 00:50:17,230 --> 00:50:18,231 >> GO CENTAUR. 1300 00:50:18,231 --> 00:50:20,434 >> GO MARS 2020. 1301 00:50:20,434 --> 00:50:21,034 >> THERE WE GO. 1302 00:50:21,034 --> 00:50:23,537 WE ARE READY TO GO LIFTOFF THIS 1303 00:50:23,537 --> 00:50:26,907 MORNING. 1304 00:50:31,011 --> 00:50:35,816 >> 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, ENGINE 1305 00:50:35,816 --> 00:50:39,653 IGNITION, 2, 1, 0. 1306 00:50:39,653 --> 00:50:42,022 AND LIFTOFF. 1307 00:50:42,022 --> 00:50:43,690 THE COUNT TOWN TO MARS 1308 00:50:43,690 --> 00:50:44,424 CONTINUES. 1309 00:50:44,424 --> 00:50:46,193 THE PERSEVERANCE OF HUMANITY 1310 00:50:46,193 --> 00:50:48,161 LAUNCHING THE NEXT GENERATION OF 1311 00:50:48,161 --> 00:50:50,063 ROBOTIC EXPLORERS TO THE RED 1312 00:50:50,063 --> 00:50:53,467 PLANET. 1313 00:51:06,046 --> 00:51:10,150 >> COMING UP ON 30 SECONDS THE 1314 00:51:10,150 --> 00:51:10,650 180. 1315 00:51:10,650 --> 00:51:15,522 ENGINE RESPONSE LOOKS GOOD. 1316 00:51:15,522 --> 00:51:16,223 MACH 1. 1317 00:51:16,223 --> 00:51:20,260 ATLAS IS NOW SUPER SONIC. 1318 00:51:25,732 --> 00:51:26,967 PASSING 452NDS INTO FLIGHT, 1319 00:51:26,967 --> 00:51:28,201 VEHICLE IS NOW PASSING THROUGH 1320 00:51:28,201 --> 00:51:30,971 MAX CUE, MAXIMUM DYNAMIC 1321 00:51:30,971 --> 00:51:35,809 PRESSURE. 1322 00:51:44,284 --> 00:51:46,253 AND PASSING ONE MINUTE INTO 1323 00:51:46,253 --> 00:51:48,522 FLIGHT THE RD 180 IS THROTTLING 1324 00:51:48,522 --> 00:51:50,624 BEING BAUP AND ENGINE RESPONSE 1325 00:51:50,624 --> 00:51:52,726 LOOKS GOOD. 1326 00:51:52,726 --> 00:51:55,128 AT THIS TIME PRESSURE CHAMBERS 1327 00:51:55,128 --> 00:51:57,898 REMAIN NOMINAL AND FUEL INJECTOR 1328 00:51:57,898 --> 00:52:00,066 PRESSURES ARE RESPONDING WELL TO 1329 00:52:00,066 --> 00:52:01,468 DEMANDS ON THE ENGINE. 1330 00:52:01,468 --> 00:52:04,671 STAND BY FOR BURN OUT SHORTLY. 1331 00:52:09,976 --> 00:52:13,380 AND WE HAVE BURN OUT ON ALL FOUR 1332 00:52:13,380 --> 00:52:14,848 SRBs, BURN OUT PRESSURE 1333 00:52:14,848 --> 00:52:16,016 SIGNATURES LOOK GOOD. 1334 00:52:16,016 --> 00:52:20,453 STAND BY FOR JETTISON SHORTLY. 1335 00:52:31,598 --> 00:52:35,135 AND WE HAVE GOOD INDICATION OF 1336 00:52:35,135 --> 00:52:37,771 SRB JETTISON OF ALL FOUR SRBs. 1337 00:52:37,771 --> 00:52:42,943 THE SR*BG HAS GONE TO CLOSE-LOOP 1338 00:52:42,943 --> 00:52:43,710 GUIDANCE. 1339 00:52:43,710 --> 00:52:47,581 VEHICLE BODY RATE, RESPONDING 1340 00:52:47,581 --> 00:52:50,951 NOMINALLY AT THIS TIME. 1341 00:53:01,094 --> 00:53:02,829 AND COMING UP ON TWO AND A HALF 1342 00:53:02,829 --> 00:53:07,167 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT THE RD 180 1343 00:53:07,167 --> 00:53:10,203 HAS THROTTLED DOWN SLIGHTLY AS 1344 00:53:10,203 --> 00:53:11,805 EXPECTED AND ENGINE RESPONSE 1345 00:53:11,805 --> 00:53:12,539 LOOKS GOOD. 1346 00:53:12,539 --> 00:53:15,208 THE VEHICLE IS 50 TPHAOEULS 1347 00:53:15,208 --> 00:53:17,277 ALTITUDE, 85 MILES DOWN RANGE 1348 00:53:17,277 --> 00:53:18,812 TRAVELING AT 6,000 MILES PER 1349 00:53:18,812 --> 00:53:21,448 HOUR. 1350 00:53:26,620 --> 00:53:29,089 AND THE CENTAUR REACTION CONTROL 1351 00:53:29,089 --> 00:53:30,757 SYSTEM IS PRESSURIZING TO FLIGHT 1352 00:53:30,757 --> 00:53:48,608 LEVELS. 1353 00:53:48,608 --> 00:53:49,409 AND JUST PAST THREE MINUTES INTO 1354 00:53:49,409 --> 00:53:50,176 FLIGHT THE RD-180 IS THROTTLING 1355 00:53:50,176 --> 00:53:53,179 TO MAINTAIN A CONSTANT LIMIT FOR 1356 00:53:53,179 --> 00:53:55,682 PAY LOAD FERRING JETTISON. 1357 00:53:55,682 --> 00:53:59,119 VEHICLE ACCELBATION LOOKS 1358 00:53:59,119 --> 00:54:03,323 GOOD -- ACCELERATION LOOKS GOOD. 1359 00:54:10,230 --> 00:54:11,898 AND WE HAVE GOOD INDICATION OF 1360 00:54:11,898 --> 00:54:15,101 PAY LOAD FERRING JETTISON AND 1361 00:54:15,101 --> 00:54:16,970 CENTAUR FORWARD REACTOR 1362 00:54:16,970 --> 00:54:18,672 JETTISON. 1363 00:54:22,609 --> 00:54:27,847 AND THE RD 180 IS THROTTLING 1364 00:54:27,847 --> 00:54:33,586 BACK UP TO ACCELERATION. 1365 00:54:33,586 --> 00:54:34,287 ENGINE RESPONSE CONTINUES TO 1366 00:54:34,287 --> 00:54:39,225 LOOK GOOD. 1367 00:54:39,225 --> 00:54:42,162 AND CENTAUR HAS BEGUN THE BOOST 1368 00:54:42,162 --> 00:54:45,665 PHASE TO CONDITION THE RL-10 FOR 1369 00:54:45,665 --> 00:54:47,968 OPERATION. 1370 00:54:47,968 --> 00:54:51,504 STANDING BY. 1371 00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:02,749 >> THAT IS THE CALL FOR BOOSTER 1372 00:55:02,749 --> 00:55:03,216 ENGINES. 1373 00:55:03,216 --> 00:55:05,118 >> WE HAVE BOOSTER ENGINE CUT 1374 00:55:05,118 --> 00:55:07,053 OFF STANDING BY FOR STAGE 1375 00:55:07,053 --> 00:55:09,589 SEPARATION. 1376 00:55:11,858 --> 00:55:15,628 AND WE HAVE GOOD INDICATION OF 1377 00:55:15,628 --> 00:55:24,070 ATLAS CENTAUR SEPARATION. 1378 00:55:24,070 --> 00:55:25,805 RL-10 OPERATING PARAMETERS LOOK 1379 00:55:25,805 --> 00:55:27,240 GOOD. 1380 00:55:27,240 --> 00:55:35,782 CHAMBER PRESSURES ARE STABLE. 1381 00:55:35,782 --> 00:55:37,650 THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF TWO 1382 00:55:37,650 --> 00:55:39,719 BURNS FOR TODAY'S MISSION. 1383 00:55:39,719 --> 00:55:42,622 THE FIRST BURN WILL BE 1384 00:55:42,622 --> 00:55:43,523 APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MINUTES IN 1385 00:55:43,523 --> 00:55:50,964 LENGTH. 1386 00:55:50,964 --> 00:55:52,665 >> IT IS EXCEPTIONAL FOOTAGE. 1387 00:55:52,665 --> 00:55:54,267 LIVE VIDEO AM WE'LL SEE THE 1388 00:55:54,267 --> 00:55:57,737 SWITCH OVER TO AN ANIMATION THAT 1389 00:55:57,737 --> 00:55:59,606 HELPS LET US KNOW WHAT IS 1390 00:55:59,606 --> 00:56:01,041 HAPPENING WITH THE ROCKET. 1391 00:56:01,041 --> 00:56:01,641 A BEAUTIFUL LIFTOFF. 1392 00:56:01,641 --> 00:56:04,010 FUN TO FEEL THE RUMBLE IN THE 1393 00:56:04,010 --> 00:56:05,445 BUILDING HERE AS WE PROCEED 1394 00:56:05,445 --> 00:56:09,049 TOWARDS ORBIT AND TOWARDS MARS 1395 00:56:09,049 --> 00:56:09,449 DESTINATION. 1396 00:56:09,449 --> 00:56:11,985 >> IT IS GREAT WATCHING KNOW ON 1397 00:56:11,985 --> 00:56:15,655 TIME LIFTOFF WITH A LITTLE OVER 1398 00:56:15,655 --> 00:56:17,257 2 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST CLEAR 1399 00:56:17,257 --> 00:56:19,692 THE TOWER IN FIVE SECONDS. 1400 00:56:19,692 --> 00:56:22,162 YOU AND I WORKED THE INSIGHT 1401 00:56:22,162 --> 00:56:24,330 SKPHEUGZ IF YOU RECALL IT TOOK 1402 00:56:24,330 --> 00:56:31,771 17 SUBJECTEDS AND THIS REALLY -- 1403 00:56:31,771 --> 00:56:34,574 IT TOOK 17 SECONDS. 1404 00:56:34,574 --> 00:56:36,209 EVERYTHING IS LOOKING NOMINAL 1405 00:56:36,209 --> 00:56:38,011 AND ALL VEHICLE PARAMETERS ARE 1406 00:56:38,011 --> 00:56:39,379 WITHIN THE DESIGN LIMITS AND WE 1407 00:56:39,379 --> 00:56:41,915 ARE GETTING READY TO COME UP ON 1408 00:56:41,915 --> 00:56:43,450 THE MAIN ENGINE START FOR THE 1409 00:56:43,450 --> 00:56:44,751 FIRST BURN. 1410 00:56:44,751 --> 00:56:47,153 >> RECAPPING THE COUNTDOWN TO 1411 00:56:47,153 --> 00:56:47,454 MARS. 1412 00:56:47,454 --> 00:56:49,756 THE STATIONS FILLED UP JUST 1413 00:56:49,756 --> 00:56:51,091 AFTER MIDNIGHT. 1414 00:56:51,091 --> 00:56:52,926 FUELING, POWERING UP ALL THE WAY 1415 00:56:52,926 --> 00:56:54,694 THROUGH THAT LIFTOFF THAT 1416 00:56:54,694 --> 00:56:57,864 HAPPENED I THINK IT WASN'T 1417 00:56:57,864 --> 00:57:00,467 PRECISEY ON TIME, LIKE 10 1418 00:57:00,467 --> 00:57:01,768 MILLISECONDS EARLY, SO PRETTY 1419 00:57:01,768 --> 00:57:02,869 MUCH DEAD ON. 1420 00:57:02,869 --> 00:57:05,038 >> THIS TEAM DOES A GOOD JOB. 1421 00:57:05,038 --> 00:57:07,073 THEY ARE FOCUSED AND DISCIPLINED 1422 00:57:07,073 --> 00:57:08,942 AND AS TOREYED, COURAGEOUS. 1423 00:57:08,942 --> 00:57:11,177 THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO 1424 00:57:11,177 --> 00:57:12,779 GET US HERE TODAY. 1425 00:57:12,779 --> 00:57:15,815 THE PANDEMIC CHANGED HOW THEY 1426 00:57:15,815 --> 00:57:17,183 DID SOME OF THEIR SPWORBG MADE 1427 00:57:17,183 --> 00:57:18,451 ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED. 1428 00:57:18,451 --> 00:57:56,156 A L 1429 00:57:56,156 --> 00:57:57,290 >> THE SPACE TRACKING SYSTEM. 1430 00:57:57,290 --> 00:57:58,324 THERE YOU GO. 1431 00:57:58,324 --> 00:58:00,093 THIS IS NOT NATURAL VIDEO. 1432 00:58:00,093 --> 00:58:02,629 THIS IS AN ANIMATION DRIVEN BY 1433 00:58:02,629 --> 00:58:04,164 REAL DAT A. ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT 1434 00:58:04,164 --> 00:58:06,166 ACTUALLY SEEING THE ENGINE ON 1435 00:58:06,166 --> 00:58:08,268 SCREEN, WE CAN SEE IT IS LIT AND 1436 00:58:08,268 --> 00:58:09,903 DRIVEN BY THE DATA THAT SAYS THE 1437 00:58:09,903 --> 00:58:13,606 ENGINE IS TRULY LIT AND WE ARE 1438 00:58:13,606 --> 00:58:17,177 IN THE BURN. 1439 00:58:17,177 --> 00:58:18,545 >> IT ALLOWS THEM TO CONTINUE TO 1440 00:58:18,545 --> 00:58:20,079 WATCH WHAT IS GOING ON AND MAKE 1441 00:58:20,079 --> 00:58:22,315 SURE ALL SEQUENCE OF EVENTS MEET 1442 00:58:22,315 --> 00:58:23,316 THE TIME LINE. 1443 00:58:23,316 --> 00:58:25,018 WE CONTINUE ON A NOMINAL FLIGHT 1444 00:58:25,018 --> 00:58:26,152 THIS MORNING. 1445 00:58:26,152 --> 00:58:27,687 THIS FIRST BURN AS WE HEARD 1446 00:58:27,687 --> 00:58:29,389 EARLIER WILL BE SIX MINUTES AND 1447 00:58:29,389 --> 00:58:32,792 GET US INTO THE PARK ORBIT 1448 00:58:32,792 --> 00:58:35,295 AROUND EARTH AND ALLOW US TO GET 1449 00:58:35,295 --> 00:58:38,631 ON OUR WAY AND THE 30 MINUTE 1450 00:58:38,631 --> 00:58:40,934 COAST PERIOD WE'LL HAVE EIGHT 1451 00:58:40,934 --> 00:58:47,941 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT. 1452 00:58:47,941 --> 00:58:49,242 SEEING STABLE BODY RATES FROM 1453 00:58:49,242 --> 00:58:53,413 THE CENTAUR. 1454 00:58:53,413 --> 00:58:55,281 >> WE MENTIONED FIVE TEAMS IN 1455 00:58:55,281 --> 00:58:55,582 PLAY. 1456 00:58:55,582 --> 00:58:56,616 IF YOU WERE WATCHING HOPEFULLY 1457 00:58:56,616 --> 00:58:58,785 YOU SAW IT IN PERSON, IF NOT ON 1458 00:58:58,785 --> 00:58:59,118 CAMERA. 1459 00:58:59,118 --> 00:59:00,887 IT IS EASY TO SAY IT'S OVER, 1460 00:59:00,887 --> 00:59:02,021 LIKES, JOB DONE. 1461 00:59:02,021 --> 00:59:04,624 ALL FIVE TEAMS VERY MUCH ENGAGED 1462 00:59:04,624 --> 00:59:06,759 AND FOCUSED. 1463 00:59:06,759 --> 00:59:08,261 THERE IS A LOT OF WORK AHEAD 1464 00:59:08,261 --> 00:59:11,130 GOING THROUGH THE FIRST BURN AND 1465 00:59:11,130 --> 00:59:14,200 COAST AND SECOND BURN. 1466 00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:16,803 AND THE ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL 1467 00:59:16,803 --> 00:59:18,671 FROM MARS 2020. 1468 00:59:18,671 --> 00:59:20,106 I KNOW FOR LAUNCH SERVICES 1469 00:59:20,106 --> 00:59:22,709 PROGRAM YOU MANAGE THE LAUNCH. 1470 00:59:22,709 --> 00:59:24,077 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 1471 00:59:24,077 --> 00:59:25,745 THIS IS YOUR WORK IN ACTION. 1472 00:59:25,745 --> 00:59:27,213 >> THAT IS THE FIFTH TEAM. 1473 00:59:27,213 --> 00:59:31,751 WE TALKED JPL AND UNITED SPACE 1474 00:59:31,751 --> 00:59:32,986 FORCE, UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE 1475 00:59:32,986 --> 00:59:36,222 AND UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE. 1476 00:59:36,222 --> 00:59:38,691 LSP ARE LIKE THE BROKERS TO 1477 00:59:38,691 --> 00:59:40,827 SELECT THIS LAUNCH VEHICLE AND 1478 00:59:40,827 --> 00:59:42,729 MANAGE THE MISSION. 1479 00:59:42,729 --> 00:59:45,765 THE JPL FOLKS COME TO US AND 1480 00:59:45,765 --> 00:59:47,900 HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THEY 1481 00:59:47,900 --> 00:59:50,403 NEED FOR THE MISSION. 1482 00:59:50,403 --> 00:59:51,371 LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM MADE UP 1483 00:59:51,371 --> 00:59:53,740 OF ENGINEERS AND FLIGHT ANALYSIS 1484 00:59:53,740 --> 00:59:55,141 FOLKS AND LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND 1485 00:59:55,141 --> 00:59:56,309 DEFINE THE REQUIREMENTS. 1486 00:59:56,309 --> 00:59:58,678 WE GO OUT AND PROCURE A VEHICLE 1487 00:59:58,678 --> 01:00:00,013 FROM A COMMERCIAL PARTNER. 1488 01:00:00,013 --> 01:00:06,052 THIS WAS THE ATLAS 541 NEEDED 1489 01:00:06,052 --> 01:00:07,220 FOR PERFORMANCE. 1490 01:00:07,220 --> 01:00:09,055 WE TALKED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL 1491 01:00:09,055 --> 01:00:11,958 DAYS ONE OF THE THINGS IMPORTANT 1492 01:00:11,958 --> 01:00:14,761 TO LOOKS AT WAS THE PERFORMANCE 1493 01:00:14,761 --> 01:00:19,265 TO GET IT INTO TRANSFER OBBIT 1494 01:00:19,265 --> 01:00:21,801 INTO SOLAR ORBIT. 1495 01:00:21,801 --> 01:00:27,140 IT IS AMALGUS TO A QUARTERBACK 1496 01:00:27,140 --> 01:00:28,341 THROWING A FOOTBALL DOWN FIELD. 1497 01:00:28,341 --> 01:00:29,809 YOU NEED A QUARTERBACK WITH I 1498 01:00:29,809 --> 01:00:31,711 A LOT OF PERFORMANCE WHO CAN GET 1499 01:00:31,711 --> 01:00:33,212 THE FOOTBALL WHERE IT NEEDS TO 1500 01:00:33,212 --> 01:00:36,582 BE SO THE RECEIVER CAN INTERCEPT 1501 01:00:36,582 --> 01:00:36,883 THAT. 1502 01:00:36,883 --> 01:00:38,451 IN OUR CASE SEVEN MONTHS LATER. 1503 01:00:38,451 --> 01:00:39,752 >> THE LONGEST FOOTBALL PASS 1504 01:00:39,752 --> 01:00:40,053 EVER. 1505 01:00:40,053 --> 01:00:43,122 THE EARTH IS THE QUARTERBACK, 1506 01:00:43,122 --> 01:00:43,856 THE ATLAS IS THE QUARTERBACK'S 1507 01:00:43,856 --> 01:00:45,491 ARM, PERVEERANCE IS THE FOOTBALL 1508 01:00:45,491 --> 01:00:47,960 AND MARS IS THE RECEIVER. 1509 01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:49,062 >> EXACTLY RIGHT. 1510 01:00:49,062 --> 01:00:52,665 >> WE TALKED ABOUT TECHNICALLY 1511 01:00:52,665 --> 01:00:54,534 YOU COULD LAUNCH IF YOU HAD 1512 01:00:54,534 --> 01:00:55,635 A ROCKET POWERFUL ENOUGH. 1513 01:00:55,635 --> 01:00:57,403 BUT THIS IS THE LAUNCH PERIOD 1514 01:00:57,403 --> 01:00:59,706 EVERY 26 MONTHS OR SO THAT MAKES 1515 01:00:59,706 --> 01:01:00,840 THE MOST SENSE BECAUSE YOU 1516 01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:02,542 REQUIRE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF 1517 01:01:02,542 --> 01:01:03,943 ENERGY TO GET TO MARS. 1518 01:01:03,943 --> 01:01:05,712 IT TAKES A LOT TO GET THERE. 1519 01:01:05,712 --> 01:01:09,515 THE ATLAS 541 IS A WORK HORSE. 1520 01:01:09,515 --> 01:01:12,819 >> THEY ARE A DOMINATOR AS 1521 01:01:12,819 --> 01:01:13,152 TOREYED. 1522 01:01:13,152 --> 01:01:14,821 I LOVE THAT NAME FOR THE ATLAS 1523 01:01:14,821 --> 01:01:15,488 541. 1524 01:01:15,488 --> 01:01:17,523 WE HEARD JIM BRIDENSTINE TELL US 1525 01:01:17,523 --> 01:01:18,925 IF WE DIDN'T MAKES THIS LAUNCH 1526 01:01:18,925 --> 01:01:21,394 PERIOD WE WOULD BE DOWN FOR 1527 01:01:21,394 --> 01:01:22,795 ROUGHLY 26 MONTHS. 1528 01:01:22,795 --> 01:01:24,964 THE PERIOD STARTED JULY 17th 1529 01:01:24,964 --> 01:01:27,934 AND WENT UNTIL AUGUST 15th. 1530 01:01:27,934 --> 01:01:30,103 TODAY, JULY 30th IS ONE OF 1531 01:01:30,103 --> 01:01:31,304 THE LAUNCH OPPORTUNITIES WE HAD. 1532 01:01:31,304 --> 01:01:33,172 WE HAD A TWO HOUR WINDOW AND 1533 01:01:33,172 --> 01:01:35,375 WITHIN THAT WINDOW WE HAD 1534 01:01:35,375 --> 01:01:36,709 SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES. 1535 01:01:36,709 --> 01:01:38,144 25, ACTUALLY. 1536 01:01:38,144 --> 01:01:40,446 WE LAUNCHED ON OUR FIRST 1537 01:01:40,446 --> 01:01:43,082 OPPORTUNITY TO GET MARS 2,020 1538 01:01:43,082 --> 01:01:46,152 2020 GOING ON THE WAY. 1539 01:01:46,152 --> 01:01:49,222 IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, AND IT IS. 1540 01:01:49,222 --> 01:01:51,124 THE FLIGHT ANALYSIS GROUP DID 1541 01:01:51,124 --> 01:01:53,793 A LOT OF WORK TO PICK OUT THOSE 1542 01:01:53,793 --> 01:01:55,828 TARGET SETS AND FIGURE OUT WHERE 1543 01:01:55,828 --> 01:01:56,562 WE NEED TO BE. 1544 01:01:56,562 --> 01:01:57,964 WE'LL SEE HOW THIS MISSION 1545 01:01:57,964 --> 01:01:58,331 CONTINUES. 1546 01:01:58,331 --> 01:01:59,832 TELL US ABOUT THE TWO BURNS 1547 01:01:59,832 --> 01:02:00,199 REQUIRED. 1548 01:02:00,199 --> 01:02:02,435 WE ARE COMING UP ON THE END OF 1549 01:02:02,435 --> 01:02:06,939 THE FIRST ONE. 1550 01:02:06,939 --> 01:02:08,908 WE ARE LIKE WHY WOULDN'T YOU 1551 01:02:08,908 --> 01:02:10,543 JUST KEEP FIRING THE ENGINES AND 1552 01:02:10,543 --> 01:02:11,444 FIRE ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND GET 1553 01:02:11,444 --> 01:02:13,513 TO MARS IN ONE SHOT? 1554 01:02:13,513 --> 01:02:16,115 >> THE FIRST BURN IS THE PARK 1555 01:02:16,115 --> 01:02:17,450 ORBIT WE TALKED ABOUT. 1556 01:02:17,450 --> 01:02:19,218 WE LIFTED OFF AND LEFT EARTH AND 1557 01:02:19,218 --> 01:02:22,822 GOT INTO A PARK ORBIT AROUND 1558 01:02:22,822 --> 01:02:23,122 EARTH. 1559 01:02:23,122 --> 01:02:25,758 WHILE IN THAT ORBIT WE WILL 1560 01:02:25,758 --> 01:02:28,027 PERFORM MANEUVERS TO ROLL IT AND 1561 01:02:28,027 --> 01:02:30,696 THE CENTAUR AND COAST DURING 1562 01:02:30,696 --> 01:02:33,332 THAT TIME BASICALLY SETTING 1563 01:02:33,332 --> 01:02:35,067 ITSELF UP LOOKING AT THE SUN AND 1564 01:02:35,067 --> 01:02:39,238 AWAY FROM THE SUN TO CONTROL THE 1565 01:02:39,238 --> 01:02:40,440 THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS. 1566 01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:42,208 THAT COAST PERIOD WILL ALLOW US 1567 01:02:42,208 --> 01:02:44,143 TO COAST AROUND INTO THE 1568 01:02:44,143 --> 01:02:46,112 POSITION WE NEED SO THAT WE CAN 1569 01:02:46,112 --> 01:02:48,347 HAVE THE SECOND FIRING TO GET 1570 01:02:48,347 --> 01:02:50,116 THE VELOCITY NEEDED TO HEAD OFF 1571 01:02:50,116 --> 01:02:52,919 INTO MARS. 1572 01:02:52,919 --> 01:02:53,753 >> WE'LL BE BACK FOR THAT SECOND 1573 01:02:53,753 --> 01:02:55,988 BURN IN JUST UNDER 30 MINUTES 1574 01:02:55,988 --> 01:02:56,289 NOW. 1575 01:02:56,289 --> 01:02:57,490 THERE IS MORE TO LEARN ABOUT 1576 01:02:57,490 --> 01:02:59,559 THIS MISSION AND ALL THE AMAZING 1577 01:02:59,559 --> 01:03:01,027 SCIENCE INVOLVED. 1578 01:03:01,027 --> 01:03:09,268 BACK TO YOU. 1579 01:03:09,268 --> 01:03:09,769 >> ALL RIGHT. 1580 01:03:09,769 --> 01:03:10,837 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1581 01:03:10,837 --> 01:03:12,472 GREAT LAUNCH AND GREAT JOB, 1582 01:03:12,472 --> 01:03:12,805 GUYS. 1583 01:03:12,805 --> 01:03:15,475 BACK OUTSIDE NOW TO RECAP. 1584 01:03:15,475 --> 01:03:19,145 AN ATLAS FIVE ROCKET LAUNCHED ON 1585 01:03:19,145 --> 01:03:23,749 TIME FROM THE CAPE CANAVERAL 1586 01:03:23,749 --> 01:03:32,191 STATION AT 8:50 EASTERN DAYLIGHT 1587 01:03:32,191 --> 01:03:34,360 TIME. 1588 01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:36,796 >> PERSEVERANCE IS ON 1589 01:03:36,796 --> 01:03:38,030 A TRAJECTORY TOWARD MARS AND 1590 01:03:38,030 --> 01:03:39,365 GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS. 1591 01:03:39,365 --> 01:03:40,933 >> WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT 1592 01:03:40,933 --> 01:03:41,901 AS WELL. 1593 01:03:41,901 --> 01:03:43,703 WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE SECOND 1594 01:03:43,703 --> 01:03:45,838 BURN HANG IN WITH US, WE HAVE 1595 01:03:45,838 --> 01:03:47,006 EXCITING COVERAGE TO GO. 1596 01:03:47,006 --> 01:03:48,574 WE WILL WELCOME IN ONE OF OUR 1597 01:03:48,574 --> 01:03:51,344 LAUNCH GUESTS DR. DEREK MUELLER 1598 01:03:51,344 --> 01:03:54,647 THE CREATOR AND HOST OF THE 1599 01:03:54,647 --> 01:03:56,249 POPULAR SCIENCE EDUCATION 1600 01:03:56,249 --> 01:03:57,850 CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE. 1601 01:03:57,850 --> 01:04:00,853 HE HOLDS A DOCTORATE IN PHYSICS 1602 01:04:00,853 --> 01:04:01,254 EDUCATION. 1603 01:04:01,254 --> 01:04:02,388 HE IS REALLY SMART. 1604 01:04:02,388 --> 01:04:03,956 THAT'S WHY YOU SAW US HAVING 1605 01:04:03,956 --> 01:04:04,257 FUN. 1606 01:04:04,257 --> 01:04:06,659 HE WAS ON SET AND WE WERE HAVING 1607 01:04:06,659 --> 01:04:09,529 A GOOD TIME. 1608 01:04:09,529 --> 01:04:11,030 TALKING ABOUT THIS LAUNCH, YOUR 1609 01:04:11,030 --> 01:04:12,465 FIRST TIME SEEING A LAUNCH IN 1610 01:04:12,465 --> 01:04:12,798 PERSON. 1611 01:04:12,798 --> 01:04:14,000 WHAT DID YOU THINK? 1612 01:04:14,000 --> 01:04:15,968 >> WHAT CAN YOU SAY? 1613 01:04:15,968 --> 01:04:17,537 VINOTHING TO COMBEAR IT TO BUT 1614 01:04:17,537 --> 01:04:18,804 IT WAS AWESOME. 1615 01:04:18,804 --> 01:04:20,339 I WANT TO BE INVITED BACK. 1616 01:04:20,339 --> 01:04:21,741 IF YOU COULD MAKE THAT HAPPEN, 1617 01:04:21,741 --> 01:04:24,076 JUST SO AMAZING. 1618 01:04:24,076 --> 01:04:27,880 >> GREAT JOB EXPLAINING PHYSICS. 1619 01:04:27,880 --> 01:04:29,515 WALK ME THROUGH AS YOU WERE 1620 01:04:29,515 --> 01:04:31,150 WATCHING AND EXPERIENCING. 1621 01:04:31,150 --> 01:04:32,485 >> IT IS LIKE ALL THE PHYSICS 1622 01:04:32,485 --> 01:04:34,554 GOES OUT THE WINDOW A BIT. 1623 01:04:34,554 --> 01:04:36,088 IT'S A VISCERAL MOMENT BETWEEN 1624 01:04:36,088 --> 01:04:38,090 YOU AND THIS POWERFUL CRAFT. 1625 01:04:38,090 --> 01:04:40,026 IT'S JUST AMAZING ALL THE, YOU 1626 01:04:40,026 --> 01:04:43,996 KNOW, ENGINEERING THAT GOES INTO 1627 01:04:43,996 --> 01:04:45,364 MAKING SOMETHING THAT POWERFUL 1628 01:04:45,364 --> 01:04:47,033 AND TO WITNESS THAT IS 1629 01:04:47,033 --> 01:04:47,433 PHENOMENAL. 1630 01:04:47,433 --> 01:04:49,468 TO FEEL THE RUMBLE OF THE SOUND 1631 01:04:49,468 --> 01:04:50,369 AS IT HITS YOU. 1632 01:04:50,369 --> 01:04:54,006 IT WAS AN INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL 1633 01:04:54,006 --> 01:04:54,407 EXPERIENCE. 1634 01:04:54,407 --> 01:04:55,207 IT IS ALMOST UNBELIEVABLE TO SEE 1635 01:04:55,207 --> 01:04:56,242 IT TAKING OFF. 1636 01:04:56,242 --> 01:04:59,011 IT'S VERY SURREAL FOR SURE. 1637 01:04:59,011 --> 01:05:00,413 >> WHAT EXCITES YOU THE MOST 1638 01:05:00,413 --> 01:05:02,682 ABOUT THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER? 1639 01:05:02,682 --> 01:05:04,917 >> IT IS GOING TO DO A LOT OF 1640 01:05:04,917 --> 01:05:06,218 GREAT SCIENCE. 1641 01:05:06,218 --> 01:05:08,421 TELL CACHE SAMPLES WE WILL BRING 1642 01:05:08,421 --> 01:05:09,188 BACK. 1643 01:05:09,188 --> 01:05:10,556 SUPER EXCITED WE ARE GOING TO 1644 01:05:10,556 --> 01:05:13,025 HAVE SAMPLES FROM MARS IN OUR 1645 01:05:13,025 --> 01:05:14,727 HANDS AND THAT MAY CLENCH IF WE 1646 01:05:14,727 --> 01:05:16,195 CAN SEE LIFE IS THERE. 1647 01:05:16,195 --> 01:05:18,931 I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT 1648 01:05:18,931 --> 01:05:20,266 INGENUITY AND THE HELICOPTER I 1649 01:05:20,266 --> 01:05:21,567 GOT TO VISIT BEFORE IT WAS 1650 01:05:21,567 --> 01:05:23,235 STRAPPED TO THE UNDER BELLY OF 1651 01:05:23,235 --> 01:05:23,736 THE ROVER. 1652 01:05:23,736 --> 01:05:26,038 TO THINK ABOUT FLYING A ROTOR 1653 01:05:26,038 --> 01:05:27,907 CRAFT IN, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 1654 01:05:27,907 --> 01:05:29,875 WORLD ESSENTIALLY IN A PLACE 1655 01:05:29,875 --> 01:05:37,817 THAT ONLY HAS 1- 100th OF 1656 01:05:37,817 --> 01:05:39,719 THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE IS 1657 01:05:39,719 --> 01:05:40,052 AMAZING. 1658 01:05:40,052 --> 01:05:41,621 I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IF IT WORKS 1659 01:05:41,621 --> 01:05:43,990 AND I THINK THE TEAM IS 1660 01:05:43,990 --> 01:05:44,390 PHENOMENAL. 1661 01:05:44,390 --> 01:05:47,493 >> YOU DID A YOUTUBE STORY ON IT 1662 01:05:47,493 --> 01:05:49,395 AND A FANTASTIC STORY. 1663 01:05:49,395 --> 01:05:53,065 >> I WAS SO LUCKY IT WAS THERE 1664 01:05:53,065 --> 01:05:56,002 A METEOR TWO AWAY FROM ME ON THE 1665 01:05:56,002 --> 01:05:58,237 OTHER SIDE OF A DOOR IN A CLEAN 1666 01:05:58,237 --> 01:05:58,537 ROOM. 1667 01:05:58,537 --> 01:05:59,338 ONE OF THE GREAT MOMENTS OF MY 1668 01:05:59,338 --> 01:06:00,873 LIFE. 1669 01:06:00,873 --> 01:06:03,342 AND IT WEIGHS AS MUCH AS MY 1670 01:06:03,342 --> 01:06:03,676 LAPTOP. 1671 01:06:03,676 --> 01:06:07,446 YOU THINK ABOUT IT'S SUBSTANTIAL 1672 01:06:07,446 --> 01:06:09,248 IN SIZE AND TAKE OFF AND FLY BY 1673 01:06:09,248 --> 01:06:10,850 ITSELF BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTROL 1674 01:06:10,850 --> 01:06:12,785 IT GIVEN THE TIME DELAY AND 1675 01:06:12,785 --> 01:06:14,987 EVERYTHING, THAT IS -- I JUST 1676 01:06:14,987 --> 01:06:16,522 THINK ONE OF THE PINNACLES OF 1677 01:06:16,522 --> 01:06:17,156 HUMAGE ENGINEERING. 1678 01:06:17,156 --> 01:06:18,424 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1679 01:06:18,424 --> 01:06:20,359 THIS IS GOING TO DO BIG SCIENCE 1680 01:06:20,359 --> 01:06:21,093 AS WELL. 1681 01:06:21,093 --> 01:06:22,728 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE 1682 01:06:22,728 --> 01:06:25,431 SEARCH FOR ANCIENT MICROBIAL 1683 01:06:25,431 --> 01:06:27,366 LIFE ON ANOTHER PLANET, MARS? 1684 01:06:27,366 --> 01:06:29,001 >> I THINK CHANCES ARE GOOD THAT 1685 01:06:29,001 --> 01:06:30,903 MARS ONCE HABORED LIFE. 1686 01:06:30,903 --> 01:06:33,239 IT WAS SIMILAR TO EARTH IN THE 1687 01:06:33,239 --> 01:06:33,539 PAST. 1688 01:06:33,539 --> 01:06:35,741 ONE CAN ONLY EXPECT LIFE SPRUNG 1689 01:06:35,741 --> 01:06:37,777 UP THERE AS WELL. 1690 01:06:37,777 --> 01:06:39,645 I AM REALLY EXCITED FOR US TO 1691 01:06:39,645 --> 01:06:43,015 GET THAT CONFIRMATION. 1692 01:06:43,015 --> 01:06:44,483 IT TRANSFORMED OURED WHYS ABOUT 1693 01:06:44,483 --> 01:06:46,252 LIFE AND HOW FREQUENT IT IS. 1694 01:06:46,252 --> 01:06:49,689 WE HAVE THE SAMPLE SIZE OF ONE. 1695 01:06:49,689 --> 01:06:50,389 ONE EARTH WITH LIFE. 1696 01:06:50,389 --> 01:06:52,858 IF WE FIND ANOTHER ONE THAT IS 1697 01:06:52,858 --> 01:06:55,428 100% MORE INFORMATION AND DATA 1698 01:06:55,428 --> 01:06:57,463 AND LIKELY THAT LIFE WILL NOT BE 1699 01:06:57,463 --> 01:06:58,964 EXACTLY LIKE OURS. 1700 01:06:58,964 --> 01:07:00,399 IT WILL BE FASCINATING. 1701 01:07:00,399 --> 01:07:01,701 ANYTHING WE CAN LEARN ABOUT 1702 01:07:01,701 --> 01:07:04,303 OTHER POTENTIAL FORMS OF LIFE BY 1703 01:07:04,303 --> 01:07:05,371 FINDING LIFE ON ANOTHER PLANET. 1704 01:07:05,371 --> 01:07:06,672 >> YOU SEE THIS AND THINK THERE 1705 01:07:06,672 --> 01:07:07,773 IS LIFE. 1706 01:07:07,773 --> 01:07:08,741 >> I DO. 1707 01:07:08,741 --> 01:07:10,543 YOU HAVE LIQUID WATER FOR I 1708 01:07:10,543 --> 01:07:13,112 DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HALF BILLION 1709 01:07:13,112 --> 01:07:14,213 OR BILLION YEARS. 1710 01:07:14,213 --> 01:07:15,648 ON EARTH THAT WAS ENOUGH TO 1711 01:07:15,648 --> 01:07:17,049 CREATE LIFE. 1712 01:07:17,049 --> 01:07:19,618 SO, YOU KNOW, THE GUESS IS 1713 01:07:19,618 --> 01:07:22,088 THAT'S NOT A UNIQUE THING, 1714 01:07:22,088 --> 01:07:22,421 RIGHT? 1715 01:07:22,421 --> 01:07:23,989 THE HIGHWAY POTTING SIS IS YOU 1716 01:07:23,989 --> 01:07:26,492 RUN THAT ENOUGH TIMES IT IS 1717 01:07:26,492 --> 01:07:28,828 GOING TO LEAD TO LIFE AGAIN IN 1718 01:07:28,828 --> 01:07:29,395 OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. 1719 01:07:29,395 --> 01:07:31,964 >> WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 1720 01:07:31,964 --> 01:07:33,265 YOUTUBE CREATOR. 1721 01:07:33,265 --> 01:07:34,700 WE KNOW YOU HAVE A TWO AND 1722 01:07:34,700 --> 01:07:38,070 A HALF WEEK OLD CHILD AT HOME 1723 01:07:38,070 --> 01:07:38,738 NOW. 1724 01:07:38,738 --> 01:07:40,372 >> VERY FEW THINGS I CAN LEAVE 1725 01:07:40,372 --> 01:07:40,639 FOR. 1726 01:07:40,639 --> 01:07:43,576 THIS IS ONE. 1727 01:07:43,576 --> 01:07:44,009 [LAUGHING] 1728 01:07:44,009 --> 01:07:46,846 >> A SELFIE WITH OUR FULL-SIZED 1729 01:07:46,846 --> 01:07:47,346 ROVER HE. 1730 01:07:47,346 --> 01:07:48,481 >> I DEFINITELY WELL. 1731 01:07:48,481 --> 01:07:49,482 >> THANK YOU. 1732 01:07:49,482 --> 01:07:51,083 >> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF AN 1733 01:07:51,083 --> 01:07:53,519 TISIPATION BY NASA TEAMS LEADING 1734 01:07:53,519 --> 01:07:54,053 UP TO THE LAUNCH. 1735 01:07:54,053 --> 01:07:55,588 SOME WON'T BE ABLE TO FULLY 1736 01:07:55,588 --> 01:07:57,556 CELEBRATE UNTIL THE ROVER HAS 1737 01:07:57,556 --> 01:08:01,594 LANDED ON MARS SEVEN MONTHS FROM 1738 01:08:01,594 --> 01:08:02,361 NOW. 1739 01:08:02,361 --> 01:08:05,598 HOW ARE THEY REACTING TO SEEING 1740 01:08:05,598 --> 01:08:07,466 MARS 2020 TAKES FLIGHT? 1741 01:08:07,466 --> 01:08:10,035 >> IT HAS BEEN QUITE AN EVENTFUL 1742 01:08:10,035 --> 01:08:11,270 MORNING WITH THE EARTHQUAKE. 1743 01:08:11,270 --> 01:08:14,940 YOU COULD FEEL THE ENERGY 1744 01:08:14,940 --> 01:08:17,409 BUILDING IN THE ROOM IN THE RUN 1745 01:08:17,409 --> 01:08:19,979 UP TO LAUNCH. 1746 01:08:19,979 --> 01:08:23,516 BOBBY, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW YOU 1747 01:08:23,516 --> 01:08:25,017 ARE FEELING? 1748 01:08:25,017 --> 01:08:27,019 >> IT'S JUST A GREAT DAY. 1749 01:08:27,019 --> 01:08:29,789 WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED TO GET 1750 01:08:29,789 --> 01:08:32,224 STARTED IN THIS WAY AND TO BE ON 1751 01:08:32,224 --> 01:08:34,860 OUR WAY AFTER ALL THIS WORK THE 1752 01:08:34,860 --> 01:08:36,395 TEAM HAS GONE THROUGH. 1753 01:08:36,395 --> 01:08:38,798 IT IS REALLY JUST FANTASTIC. 1754 01:08:38,798 --> 01:08:41,600 >> THAT'S GREAT. 1755 01:08:41,600 --> 01:08:45,504 WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS? 1756 01:08:45,504 --> 01:08:47,873 >> WE ARE ALMOST ON THE PATH TO 1757 01:08:47,873 --> 01:08:48,908 MARS, IF YOU WILL. 1758 01:08:48,908 --> 01:08:50,176 THE LAUNCH VEHICLE HAS DONE 1759 01:08:50,176 --> 01:08:51,343 GREAT SO FAR. 1760 01:08:51,343 --> 01:08:54,947 OUR PARTNERS AT ULA ARE 1761 01:08:54,947 --> 01:08:56,315 FANTASTIC AND WE ARE HOPE TO 1762 01:08:56,315 --> 01:08:57,516 WORK WITH THEM AND THEM TO GIVE 1763 01:08:57,516 --> 01:08:58,851 US THIS BOOST SO FAR. 1764 01:08:58,851 --> 01:09:00,486 WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER 1765 01:09:00,486 --> 01:09:02,054 BURN OF OUR UPPER STAGE. 1766 01:09:02,054 --> 01:09:04,089 WE HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THE 1767 01:09:04,089 --> 01:09:05,524 NIGHT SIDE OR SHADOW OF THE 1768 01:09:05,524 --> 01:09:06,926 EARTH AND COME OUT ON THE OTHER 1769 01:09:06,926 --> 01:09:09,195 SIDE AND FIND THE SUN AND POWER 1770 01:09:09,195 --> 01:09:11,764 UP AND THEN ESTABLISH CONTACT 1771 01:09:11,764 --> 01:09:12,865 WITH THE SPACECRAFT. 1772 01:09:12,865 --> 01:09:15,768 ONCE WE DO, WE'LL TRULY BE ON 1773 01:09:15,768 --> 01:09:16,902 OUR WAY TO MARS. 1774 01:09:16,902 --> 01:09:19,638 WE'LL HAVE A SPACECRAFT THAT IS 1775 01:09:19,638 --> 01:09:21,373 POWER SAFE WE CAN COMMUNICATE 1776 01:09:21,373 --> 01:09:23,676 WITH AND OUR JOURNEY WILL REALLY 1777 01:09:23,676 --> 01:09:24,009 BEGIN. 1778 01:09:24,009 --> 01:09:25,477 >> LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 1779 01:09:25,477 --> 01:09:27,646 THANK, BOBBY. 1780 01:09:27,646 --> 01:09:29,081 THERE IS AN EXCITEMENT HERE IN 1781 01:09:29,081 --> 01:09:31,016 THE ROOM AS THE TEAM LOOKS AHEAD 1782 01:09:31,016 --> 01:09:33,252 TO THE SECOND CENTAUR BURN. 1783 01:09:33,252 --> 01:09:34,753 BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, LET'S 1784 01:09:34,753 --> 01:09:36,422 LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SCIENCE ON 1785 01:09:36,422 --> 01:09:41,493 BOARD THIS ROVER. 1786 01:09:41,493 --> 01:09:43,529 >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 1787 01:09:43,529 --> 01:09:46,265 THERE ARE NUMEROUS SCIENTIFIC 1788 01:09:46,265 --> 01:09:47,666 STUDIES AND TECHNOLOGY 1789 01:09:47,666 --> 01:09:49,235 DEMONSTRATIONS ON PERSEVERANCE. 1790 01:09:49,235 --> 01:09:51,036 SOME ARE DIRECTLY PREPARING US 1791 01:09:51,036 --> 01:09:53,239 TO ONE DAY SEND HUMANS TO MARS. 1792 01:09:53,239 --> 01:09:57,209 ONE IN PARTICULAR IS CALLED 1793 01:09:57,209 --> 01:10:02,915 MOXIE. 1794 01:10:02,915 --> 01:10:08,787 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES -- 1795 01:10:08,787 --> 01:10:12,157 >> IT'S A BRITNEY SPEARS-STYLE 1796 01:10:12,157 --> 01:10:12,458 MIC. 1797 01:10:12,458 --> 01:10:13,859 WE CAN HEAR YOU. 1798 01:10:13,859 --> 01:10:17,930 THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE 1799 01:10:17,930 --> 01:10:18,330 ADJUSTMENT. 1800 01:10:18,330 --> 01:10:21,533 THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PIECE OF 1801 01:10:21,533 --> 01:10:22,234 EQUIPMENT THIS MOXIE. 1802 01:10:22,234 --> 01:10:23,068 WHAT IS IT? 1803 01:10:23,068 --> 01:10:24,970 AND WHY IS IT TPH-RPBT? 1804 01:10:24,970 --> 01:10:27,673 >> IT IS MARSES OXYGEN, 1805 01:10:27,673 --> 01:10:32,177 INSTITUTE RESOURCEUTEILIZATION 1806 01:10:32,177 --> 01:10:33,279 EXPERIMENT. 1807 01:10:33,279 --> 01:10:36,215 WE JUST GRAB THE LETTERS AND 1808 01:10:36,215 --> 01:10:36,682 CALL IT MOXIE. 1809 01:10:36,682 --> 01:10:38,851 IT HAS A CERTAIN ATTITUDE THAT 1810 01:10:38,851 --> 01:10:41,820 IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS 1811 01:10:41,820 --> 01:10:47,326 AMBITIOUS MISSION -- MARS. 1812 01:10:47,326 --> 01:10:50,763 IT UTILIZES THE RESOURCES TO 1813 01:10:50,763 --> 01:10:52,298 PROVIDE USEFUL COMMODITIES. 1814 01:10:52,298 --> 01:10:54,233 WHAT MOXIE WILL DO IS SUCK IN 1815 01:10:54,233 --> 01:10:56,368 THE MARS ATMOSPHERE THAT IS 1816 01:10:56,368 --> 01:10:58,103 MOSTLY CARBON DIOXIDE AND 1817 01:10:58,103 --> 01:10:59,305 PRODUCE PURE OXYGEN. 1818 01:10:59,305 --> 01:11:04,910 O*BS GEN IS A COMMODITY WE CAN 1819 01:11:04,910 --> 01:11:05,411 USE. 1820 01:11:05,411 --> 01:11:10,049 MOXIE IS THE FIRST 1821 01:11:10,049 --> 01:11:11,684 RESOURCULEITIZATION EXPERIMENT 1822 01:11:11,684 --> 01:11:16,355 ON ANOTHER -- RESOURCE 1823 01:11:16,355 --> 01:11:26,665 UTIZATIONEXPERIMENT ON ANOTHER . 1824 01:11:26,665 --> 01:11:29,568 >> AN INCREDIBLE WEIGHT, FUEL, 1825 01:11:29,568 --> 01:11:30,803 RESOURCES TO USE THE ONES THERE 1826 01:11:30,803 --> 01:11:31,537 AND IN PLACE. 1827 01:11:31,537 --> 01:11:32,104 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 1828 01:11:32,104 --> 01:11:34,239 IT TOOK A LOT OF MOXIE. 1829 01:11:34,239 --> 01:11:34,640 [LAUGHING] 1830 01:11:34,640 --> 01:11:35,941 WHAT WERE SOME OF THE BIGGEST 1831 01:11:35,941 --> 01:11:38,610 CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING THE 1832 01:11:38,610 --> 01:11:41,146 TECHNOLOGY IN DESIGNING AND 1833 01:11:41,146 --> 01:11:41,547 BUILDING IT. 1834 01:11:41,547 --> 01:11:44,183 >> THE TEAM THAT PRODUCED THE 1835 01:11:44,183 --> 01:11:46,385 HARDWARE WE SAW LAUNCHED ON THE 1836 01:11:46,385 --> 01:11:46,986 WAY TO MARS. 1837 01:11:46,986 --> 01:11:48,187 THEY HAD MOXIE. 1838 01:11:48,187 --> 01:11:50,122 THEY HAD TO OVERCOME A LOT OF 1839 01:11:50,122 --> 01:11:51,390 CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY. 1840 01:11:51,390 --> 01:11:53,392 WHEN YOU START TO DEVELOP NEW 1841 01:11:53,392 --> 01:11:55,027 TECHNOLOGIES YOU ARE WORKING IN 1842 01:11:55,027 --> 01:11:56,328 A LAB TOREY AND HAVE ALL THE 1843 01:11:56,328 --> 01:11:58,630 ROOM YOU NEED USUALLY AND CAN 1844 01:11:58,630 --> 01:11:59,565 BUILD IT BIG AND HEAVY BECAUSE 1845 01:11:59,565 --> 01:12:01,800 YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT 1846 01:12:01,800 --> 01:12:06,538 LOOK PRETTY, BUT JUST MAKE IT 1847 01:12:06,538 --> 01:12:06,839 WORK. 1848 01:12:06,839 --> 01:12:08,273 CAN YOU CONTROL THE THERMAL 1849 01:12:08,273 --> 01:12:09,541 ENVIRONMENT AND HAVE PEOPLE COME 1850 01:12:09,541 --> 01:12:12,344 IN AND TINK WER IT WHEN IT 1851 01:12:12,344 --> 01:12:12,678 BREAKS. 1852 01:12:12,678 --> 01:12:14,213 YOU CAN SEE WHERE I'M GOING WITH 1853 01:12:14,213 --> 01:12:14,980 THIS. 1854 01:12:14,980 --> 01:12:16,015 WHEN YOU GET TO THE POINT WHERE 1855 01:12:16,015 --> 01:12:19,651 IT IS TIME TO FLY THAT HARDWARE 1856 01:12:19,651 --> 01:12:20,519 AND PROVE IT OUT IN THE SPACE 1857 01:12:20,519 --> 01:12:22,821 ENVIRONMENT OR ON THE PLANETARY 1858 01:12:22,821 --> 01:12:25,457 SURFACE, THE RUBBER REALLY HITS 1859 01:12:25,457 --> 01:12:27,092 THE ROAD IN TERMS OF 1860 01:12:27,092 --> 01:12:27,493 ENGINEERING. 1861 01:12:27,493 --> 01:12:29,128 THAT'S WHERE THE TEAMS. 1862 01:12:29,128 --> 01:12:31,030 ENGINEERS COME INTO PLAY. 1863 01:12:31,030 --> 01:12:33,565 THEY DEVELOP CLEVER SOLUTIONS TO 1864 01:12:33,565 --> 01:12:35,200 IMPLEMENT THE PROCESS THAT HAS 1865 01:12:35,200 --> 01:12:36,735 BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE LAB AND 1866 01:12:36,735 --> 01:12:38,837 FOOTAGE FOR SPACE FLIGHT. 1867 01:12:38,837 --> 01:12:40,672 MOXIE FACED A LOT OF CHALLENGES. 1868 01:12:40,672 --> 01:12:45,077 ONCE YOU HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE 1869 01:12:45,077 --> 01:12:46,578 ROVER, THE SIZE BECOMES 1870 01:12:46,578 --> 01:12:46,979 IMPORTANT. 1871 01:12:46,979 --> 01:12:49,081 IT HAS A CERTAIN FIT AND VOLUME 1872 01:12:49,081 --> 01:12:50,582 ON THE ROVER. 1873 01:12:50,582 --> 01:12:52,718 THE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT OR MASS 1874 01:12:52,718 --> 01:12:53,385 BECOMES REALLY IMPORTANT. 1875 01:12:53,385 --> 01:12:54,920 EVERY OUNCE YOU LAUNCH INTO 1876 01:12:54,920 --> 01:12:58,290 SPACE TAKES PROPELLANT TO MOVE 1877 01:12:58,290 --> 01:12:58,557 IT. 1878 01:12:58,557 --> 01:12:59,725 WE WANT TO MAKES MOXIE AS LIGHT 1879 01:12:59,725 --> 01:13:01,326 AS POSSIBLE. 1880 01:13:01,326 --> 01:13:05,597 TO FIX WITHIN A CERTAIN BUDGET 1881 01:13:05,597 --> 01:13:07,266 OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN KICKED OFF 1882 01:13:07,266 --> 01:13:08,233 THE ROVER. 1883 01:13:08,233 --> 01:13:10,135 >> GLAD YOU MADE. 1884 01:13:10,135 --> 01:13:12,271 IT HOW DOES IT CONVERT CARBON 1885 01:13:12,271 --> 01:13:13,472 DIOXIDE TO OXYGEN. 1886 01:13:13,472 --> 01:13:16,241 >> IT USES A THERMAL AND ELECT 1887 01:13:16,241 --> 01:13:18,710 ROW CHEMICAL PROCESS. 1888 01:13:18,710 --> 01:13:20,479 A COMPRESSOR WAS BUILT BY AIR 1889 01:13:20,479 --> 01:13:20,813 SQUARED. 1890 01:13:20,813 --> 01:13:22,347 SOME OF THAT FUNDED UNDER THE 1891 01:13:22,347 --> 01:13:24,850 NASA SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE 1892 01:13:24,850 --> 01:13:25,617 RESEARCH PROGRAM, ACTUALLY. 1893 01:13:25,617 --> 01:13:27,319 THEY BUILT THE COMPRESSOR. 1894 01:13:27,319 --> 01:13:31,690 IT ACQUIRES THE CARBON 1895 01:13:31,690 --> 01:13:32,491 DIOBVIOUSIDE FROM THE ATMOSPHERE 1896 01:13:32,491 --> 01:13:34,460 AND PUSH ITS INTO THEENTIOUS 1897 01:13:34,460 --> 01:13:37,429 LENGTH ROL SIS SYSTEM. 1898 01:13:37,429 --> 01:13:42,434 --ENTIOUS LENGTH TROL SIS -- 1899 01:13:42,434 --> 01:13:48,474 ELECT TROL SIS SYSTEM. 1900 01:13:48,474 --> 01:13:53,278 IT TAKES CO 2 AND PULLS THE 1901 01:13:53,278 --> 01:13:55,047 OXYGEN OFF LEAVING CO. 1902 01:13:55,047 --> 01:13:56,849 >> OH, WOW. 1903 01:13:56,849 --> 01:14:00,185 >> THE ATOMS MI GRATE THROUGH 1904 01:14:00,185 --> 01:14:04,823 AND THE IONS ARE NEUTRALIZED AND 1905 01:14:04,823 --> 01:14:10,596 RECOMBINED AN 0 AND AN 0 BECOMEE 1906 01:14:10,596 --> 01:14:11,930 OXYGEN OUT OF THE SYSTEM. 1907 01:14:11,930 --> 01:14:18,203 >> TO GET PHOBGSO BOARD YOU HAD 1908 01:14:18,203 --> 01:14:21,106 TO CLEAR IT WITH THE LADY TO MY 1909 01:14:21,106 --> 01:14:21,640 LEFT. 1910 01:14:21,640 --> 01:14:26,678 SHE HAD TO CLEAN OFF PART OF IT. 1911 01:14:26,678 --> 01:14:28,647 >> THE SOFT PART WAS 1912 01:14:28,647 --> 01:14:29,148 SELF-STERILIZING. 1913 01:14:29,148 --> 01:14:31,650 IT WAS HOT ENOUGH TO CLEAN 1914 01:14:31,650 --> 01:14:31,984 ITSELF. 1915 01:14:31,984 --> 01:14:35,687 PART OF THE SENSORS WERE 1916 01:14:35,687 --> 01:14:37,156 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. 1917 01:14:37,156 --> 01:14:41,693 IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE USE IT ON 1918 01:14:41,693 --> 01:14:42,094 HARDWARE. 1919 01:14:42,094 --> 01:14:42,661 >> SO THANK YOU. 1920 01:14:42,661 --> 01:14:43,195 >> THANK YOU. 1921 01:14:43,195 --> 01:14:44,796 >> THANK YOU FOR LETTING US DO 1922 01:14:44,796 --> 01:14:45,230 THAT. 1923 01:14:45,230 --> 01:14:48,534 >> SPEAKING ABOUT THE ROVER, 1924 01:14:48,534 --> 01:14:50,169 WHAT -- CURIOSITY TOLD US WE 1925 01:14:50,169 --> 01:14:53,105 HAVE OR HAD AT ONE TIME ON MARS 1926 01:14:53,105 --> 01:14:54,339 MOVING WATER. 1927 01:14:54,339 --> 01:14:54,907 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 1928 01:14:54,907 --> 01:14:57,176 >> WHAT IS PERSEVERANCE GOING TO 1929 01:14:57,176 --> 01:14:59,611 DO IN TERMS OF CONFIRMING 1930 01:14:59,611 --> 01:15:01,580 WHETHER LIFE COULD BE THERE? 1931 01:15:01,580 --> 01:15:02,548 >> YEAH, EXACTLY. 1932 01:15:02,548 --> 01:15:05,517 THE PAST MISSION SET UP WHAT 1933 01:15:05,517 --> 01:15:07,486 COULD SUSTAIN LIFE AND WE ARE 1934 01:15:07,486 --> 01:15:09,555 LOOKING FOR SIGNATURES OF THAT 1935 01:15:09,555 --> 01:15:09,855 LIFE. 1936 01:15:09,855 --> 01:15:12,090 >> SO SOME OF THE ANSWERS YOU 1937 01:15:12,090 --> 01:15:13,358 ARE LOOKING FOR, WHICH ONE ARE 1938 01:15:13,358 --> 01:15:16,028 YOU PERSONALLY LOOKING MOST 1939 01:15:16,028 --> 01:15:17,229 FORWARD TO? 1940 01:15:17,229 --> 01:15:18,597 >> I'M PERSONALLY LOOKING 1941 01:15:18,597 --> 01:15:21,500 FORWARD TO SEEING SIGNS OF LIFE 1942 01:15:21,500 --> 01:15:23,635 WHERE NO ONE WILL ARGUE WHERE IT 1943 01:15:23,635 --> 01:15:25,337 HAS A BIOTIC SOURCE. 1944 01:15:25,337 --> 01:15:28,707 IT'S EASY TO SAY THIS CHEMISTRY 1945 01:15:28,707 --> 01:15:30,509 COULD HAVE HAPPENED FROM NATURAL 1946 01:15:30,509 --> 01:15:32,077 REASONS, I WANT TO SEE A SMOKING 1947 01:15:32,077 --> 01:15:32,344 GUN. 1948 01:15:32,344 --> 01:15:33,912 THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. 1949 01:15:33,912 --> 01:15:35,280 >> THAT'S NOT EASY, RIGHT? 1950 01:15:35,280 --> 01:15:35,681 >> NO. 1951 01:15:35,681 --> 01:15:37,316 NOT AT ALL. 1952 01:15:37,316 --> 01:15:38,016 >> EXPLAIN THAT TO US. 1953 01:15:38,016 --> 01:15:40,986 >> YEAH, SO IN ORDER TO GET THAT 1954 01:15:40,986 --> 01:15:42,621 DEFINITIVE SIGNAL YOU HAVE TO 1955 01:15:42,621 --> 01:15:43,989 MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A CLEAN 1956 01:15:43,989 --> 01:15:45,357 INSTRUMENT YOU ARE SAMPLING 1957 01:15:45,357 --> 01:15:45,657 WITH. 1958 01:15:45,657 --> 01:15:50,596 WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME CLEANING, 1959 01:15:50,596 --> 01:15:52,531 BAKING OUT HARDWARE FOR SOME OF 1960 01:15:52,531 --> 01:15:54,533 THE PARTS TO MAKE SURE IT WAS 1961 01:15:54,533 --> 01:15:55,100 CLEAN ENOUGH. 1962 01:15:55,100 --> 01:15:57,436 >> THIGH HAVE TO BE SPECIALLY 1963 01:15:57,436 --> 01:15:59,071 MADE TO HANDLE THE HEAT. 1964 01:15:59,071 --> 01:15:59,504 >> YEAH. 1965 01:15:59,504 --> 01:16:01,006 >> TO GET PAST YOU. 1966 01:16:01,006 --> 01:16:01,873 >> ALL THE MATERIAL SELECTION, 1967 01:16:01,873 --> 01:16:03,175 EVERYTHING WAS DONE SPECIFICALLY 1968 01:16:03,175 --> 01:16:03,942 FOR THAT PURPOSE. 1969 01:16:03,942 --> 01:16:05,310 >> WHERE ELSE IN THE UNIVERSE DO 1970 01:16:05,310 --> 01:16:08,413 YOU THINK WE SHOULD EXPLORE FOR 1971 01:16:08,413 --> 01:16:08,714 LIFE? 1972 01:16:08,714 --> 01:16:10,882 >> I'M EXCITED ABOUT EUROPA. 1973 01:16:10,882 --> 01:16:15,988 IT HAS AN OCEAN UNDER A THICK 1974 01:16:15,988 --> 01:16:16,521 LAYER OF ICE. 1975 01:16:16,521 --> 01:16:20,125 IT HAS VENTS SO THERE IS A HATE 1976 01:16:20,125 --> 01:16:25,297 SOURCE AND -- HEAT SOURCE. 1977 01:16:25,297 --> 01:16:27,332 ICY MOON IS THE NEXT PLACE TO 1978 01:16:27,332 --> 01:16:27,666 GO. 1979 01:16:27,666 --> 01:16:28,700 >> A VERY, VERY COLD, COLD 1980 01:16:28,700 --> 01:16:29,001 PLACE. 1981 01:16:29,001 --> 01:16:29,401 >> YEAH. 1982 01:16:29,401 --> 01:16:30,535 >> YOU HAVE A ROVENER FRONT OF 1983 01:16:30,535 --> 01:16:30,836 YOU. 1984 01:16:30,836 --> 01:16:31,737 >> I DO. 1985 01:16:31,737 --> 01:16:34,606 >> WE HAVE ONE BEHIND US, RIGHT? 1986 01:16:34,606 --> 01:16:38,343 YOU ALSO HAD TO MAKE SURE THE 1987 01:16:38,343 --> 01:16:40,279 NUCLEAR BATTERY WAS INSTALLED. 1988 01:16:40,279 --> 01:16:40,679 >> YEAH. 1989 01:16:40,679 --> 01:16:41,213 BACK HERE. 1990 01:16:41,213 --> 01:16:43,682 >> TELL ME ABOUT HOW THAT WORKED 1991 01:16:43,682 --> 01:16:44,583 AND WHEN YOU DID IT AND HOW THAT 1992 01:16:44,583 --> 01:16:45,684 PROCESS WAS. 1993 01:16:45,684 --> 01:16:47,319 >> IT WAS ONLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE 1994 01:16:47,319 --> 01:16:48,487 THIS LAUNCH DAY. 1995 01:16:48,487 --> 01:16:50,489 WE JUST FINISHED COUNTING OUR 1996 01:16:50,489 --> 01:16:52,124 SAMPLES JUST A COUPLE DAYS AGO. 1997 01:16:52,124 --> 01:16:53,458 >> HOW ABOUT THAT? 1998 01:16:53,458 --> 01:16:55,260 >> WE HAD TO ALTER THE WAY WE 1999 01:16:55,260 --> 01:16:57,262 SAMPLE AND TAKE WIPES AND SWABS. 2000 01:16:57,262 --> 01:17:00,499 FOR THIS WE HAD TO MAKE SURE OUR 2001 01:17:00,499 --> 01:17:03,935 HEAD WAS FAR BACK AND HAD AS 2002 01:17:03,935 --> 01:17:05,604 MINIMUM RADIATION IMPACT AS 2003 01:17:05,604 --> 01:17:08,140 POSSIBLE. 2004 01:17:08,140 --> 01:17:08,840 EVERYONE HAS DONE A FANTAST I 2005 01:17:08,840 --> 01:17:10,442 THINK SO JOB MAKING SURE IT IS 2006 01:17:10,442 --> 01:17:11,410 CLEAN AS POSSIBLE. 2007 01:17:11,410 --> 01:17:13,278 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE 2008 01:17:13,278 --> 01:17:14,279 FULL-SIZED ROVER. 2009 01:17:14,279 --> 01:17:16,648 >> IT'S INCREDIBLE. 2010 01:17:16,648 --> 01:17:17,282 YOU SHOULD BE UP THERE. 2011 01:17:17,282 --> 01:17:18,750 >> APPARENTLY IT IS RIGHT TO 2012 01:17:18,750 --> 01:17:19,518 SCALE. 2013 01:17:19,518 --> 01:17:20,118 A SHOT OF IT THERE. 2014 01:17:20,118 --> 01:17:21,219 THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL ROVEER. 2015 01:17:21,219 --> 01:17:21,787 >> IT IS. 2016 01:17:21,787 --> 01:17:23,455 >> THANK YOU FOR DESCRIBING THAT 2017 01:17:23,455 --> 01:17:25,324 TO US. 2018 01:17:25,324 --> 01:17:25,724 >> YEAH. 2019 01:17:25,724 --> 01:17:27,025 >> I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU 2020 01:17:27,025 --> 01:17:28,126 DESCRIBING THAT. 2021 01:17:28,126 --> 01:17:29,594 >> MY PLEASURE. 2022 01:17:29,594 --> 01:17:32,431 >> BACK INTO THE SHOW MOVING FOR 2023 01:17:32,431 --> 01:17:41,239 ON.WE CONTINUE TO TRACK AND 2024 01:17:41,239 --> 01:17:44,376 TRACKING MARS 2020 ON THE WAY. 2025 01:17:44,376 --> 01:17:45,043 WHEN SEARCHING FOR THE 2026 01:17:45,043 --> 01:17:46,144 POSSIBILITY OF LIFE ON MARS IT'S 2027 01:17:46,144 --> 01:17:47,879 ABOUT LOCATION, LOCATION, 2028 01:17:47,879 --> 01:17:49,948 LOCATION. 2029 01:17:49,948 --> 01:17:54,419 PERSEVERANCE'S DESTINATION IS 2030 01:17:54,419 --> 01:17:55,520 JEZERO CRATER. 2031 01:17:55,520 --> 01:17:57,389 YOU HAVE A SCIENTIST WHO 2032 01:17:57,389 --> 01:17:59,458 BELIEVES IT GIVES THEM THE BEST 2033 01:17:59,458 --> 01:18:02,260 CHANCE OF FINDING ANY EVIDENT OF 2034 01:18:02,260 --> 01:18:05,764 PAST MICRO SCOPIC LIFE. 2035 01:18:05,764 --> 01:18:06,331 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 2036 01:18:06,331 --> 01:18:08,667 KNOWING WHERE TO LOOK FOR SIGNS 2037 01:18:08,667 --> 01:18:11,570 OF ANCIENT LIFE ON MARS CAN BE 2038 01:18:11,570 --> 01:18:12,037 A DAUNTING TASK. 2039 01:18:12,037 --> 01:18:14,673 IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO SELECT THE 2040 01:18:14,673 --> 01:18:16,808 PERFECT LANDING SIGHT. 2041 01:18:16,808 --> 01:18:19,411 NOW WITH US IS ONE OF THE 2042 01:18:19,411 --> 01:18:20,112 PROJECT SCIENTISTS WHO HELPED 2043 01:18:20,112 --> 01:18:20,679 PICK THAT LOCATION. 2044 01:18:20,679 --> 01:18:23,048 CAN YOU TELL US WHY WE ARE 2045 01:18:23,048 --> 01:18:27,018 HEADING TO ZEZER O CRATER? 2046 01:18:27,018 --> 01:18:28,787 >> MANY REASONS WHY SCIENTISTS 2047 01:18:28,787 --> 01:18:31,256 ARE EXCITEED TO SENSE 2048 01:18:31,256 --> 01:18:33,792 PERSEVERANCE TO ZEZERO CRATER 2049 01:18:33,792 --> 01:18:40,065 AND WHY IT -- JEZERO. 2050 01:18:40,065 --> 01:18:42,801 WE THINK IT CAN GET A DIVERSE 2051 01:18:42,801 --> 01:18:45,203 SET OF SAMPLES TO RESOLVE SOME 2052 01:18:45,203 --> 01:18:46,571 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS 2053 01:18:46,571 --> 01:18:48,306 ABOUT LIFE BEYOND EARTH AND THE 2054 01:18:48,306 --> 01:18:51,276 EVOLUTION OF PLANETS OVER TIME. 2055 01:18:51,276 --> 01:18:52,844 WE KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THERE 2056 01:18:52,844 --> 01:18:56,515 WAS AN ANCIENT LAKE AND RIVER 2057 01:18:56,515 --> 01:18:56,848 DELTA. 2058 01:18:56,848 --> 01:18:59,584 AND WE HAVE RIVER VALLEYS THAT 2059 01:18:59,584 --> 01:19:01,219 FLOW INTO AND OUT OF THE CRATER 2060 01:19:01,219 --> 01:19:03,188 AND KNOW IT FILLED UP WITH WATER 2061 01:19:03,188 --> 01:19:04,189 AND OVER FLOWED. 2062 01:19:04,189 --> 01:19:06,057 LIFE AS WE KNOW IT REQUIRES 2063 01:19:06,057 --> 01:19:08,360 WATER TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE AND 2064 01:19:08,360 --> 01:19:14,032 WE THINK JEZERO HAS ALL THE 2065 01:19:14,032 --> 01:19:17,769 KNOWLEDGE BLOCKS TO PRESERVE 2066 01:19:17,769 --> 01:19:18,069 LIFE. 2067 01:19:18,069 --> 01:19:18,937 IT IS ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED 2068 01:19:18,937 --> 01:19:21,239 DELTAS AND THEY ARE IDEAL FOR 2069 01:19:21,239 --> 01:19:21,773 SUPPORTING LIFE. 2070 01:19:21,773 --> 01:19:24,109 THE ROCKS PERSEVERANCE WILL 2071 01:19:24,109 --> 01:19:25,510 EXPLORE CAN TELL US MORE ABOUT 2072 01:19:25,510 --> 01:19:27,813 THE POSSIBILITY FOR PAST LIFE ON 2073 01:19:27,813 --> 01:19:28,146 MARS. 2074 01:19:28,146 --> 01:19:30,148 THE ROCKS AT THE CRATER ARE SOME 2075 01:19:30,148 --> 01:19:32,350 OF THE OLDEST ON MARS BETWEEN 2076 01:19:32,350 --> 01:19:33,819 THREE AND A HALF AND 4 BILLION 2077 01:19:33,819 --> 01:19:35,687 YEARS OLD AND THAT'S THE SAME 2078 01:19:35,687 --> 01:19:37,055 INTERVAL OF TIME LIFE DEVELOPED 2079 01:19:37,055 --> 01:19:38,056 ON EARTH. 2080 01:19:38,056 --> 01:19:40,225 BY EXPLORING THE ROCKS WITH 2081 01:19:40,225 --> 01:19:41,326 PERSEVERANCE WE HAVE THE 2082 01:19:41,326 --> 01:19:42,694 OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE MORE 2083 01:19:42,694 --> 01:19:44,396 ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE IN 2084 01:19:44,396 --> 01:19:47,599 THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND CAN ANSWER 2085 01:19:47,599 --> 01:19:48,834 SOME OF THE MAJOR QUESTIONS 2086 01:19:48,834 --> 01:19:51,203 ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION. 2087 01:19:51,203 --> 01:19:51,636 BACK TO YOU. 2088 01:19:51,636 --> 01:19:52,070 >> GREAT. 2089 01:19:52,070 --> 01:19:54,172 THANK YOU SO MUCH, KATY. 2090 01:19:54,172 --> 01:20:35,680 WITH THAT LET'S HEAD BACK 2091 01:20:35,680 --> 01:20:38,216 YOU SEE THE TWO STEREO CAMERAS. 2092 01:20:38,216 --> 01:20:39,584 THE EYEBALL THAT LOOKS LIKE AN 2093 01:20:39,584 --> 01:20:41,019 EYE IS A LASER. 2094 01:20:41,019 --> 01:20:45,156 IT SHOOTS AT THE ROCKS AND 2095 01:20:45,156 --> 01:20:46,625 DEPENDING ON THE SIGNATURE THAT 2096 01:20:46,625 --> 01:20:52,664 COMES BACK A SPECHTROMETER READS 2097 01:20:52,664 --> 01:20:55,066 IT AND TELLS YOU WHAT IS COMING 2098 01:20:55,066 --> 01:20:55,367 BACK. 2099 01:20:55,367 --> 01:20:57,502 >> THIS IS THE ARTICULATING ARM 2100 01:20:57,502 --> 01:20:59,304 THAT COMES OUT AND GOES DOWN ON 2101 01:20:59,304 --> 01:21:01,239 TO THE PLANET AND STARTS 2102 01:21:01,239 --> 01:21:02,908 DRILLING. 2103 01:21:02,908 --> 01:21:03,375 >> EXACTLY. 2104 01:21:03,375 --> 01:21:04,376 >> WHAT ALL IS HERE THAT WILL 2105 01:21:04,376 --> 01:21:05,610 HELP US UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT 2106 01:21:05,610 --> 01:21:07,712 THE GEOLOGY OF MARS AND THE 2107 01:21:07,712 --> 01:21:09,114 CLIMATE AND IF THERE WAS LIFE. 2108 01:21:09,114 --> 01:21:13,418 >> THERE IS PIXEL AND SHERLOC. 2109 01:21:13,418 --> 01:21:15,654 IN THE MIDDLE THERE IS THE 2110 01:21:15,654 --> 01:21:17,589 CORING DRILL. 2111 01:21:17,589 --> 01:21:20,158 THE REAL DRILL WILL HAVE A DRILL 2112 01:21:20,158 --> 01:21:22,127 BIT THAT IS HOLLOW IN THE MIDDLE 2113 01:21:22,127 --> 01:21:23,495 AND A TUBE INSIDE. 2114 01:21:23,495 --> 01:21:26,064 THIS IS A 3D PRINTED VERSION. 2115 01:21:26,064 --> 01:21:29,134 AS IT COLLECTS SAMPLES THEY WILL 2116 01:21:29,134 --> 01:21:31,269 GO INTO THE TUBE. 2117 01:21:31,269 --> 01:21:31,836 >> A TUBE THERE. 2118 01:21:31,836 --> 01:21:32,571 >> THE TUBE HERE. 2119 01:21:32,571 --> 01:21:35,006 IT WILL GO DOWN THE MIDDLE OF 2120 01:21:35,006 --> 01:21:37,709 THE TUBE AS IT IS ACQUIRING THE 2121 01:21:37,709 --> 01:21:38,076 SAMPLES. 2122 01:21:38,076 --> 01:21:39,978 WONTS IT'S DONE TELL -- ONCE IT 2123 01:21:39,978 --> 01:21:43,515 IS DONE IT WILL DOCK HERE AND 2124 01:21:43,515 --> 01:21:46,518 INJECT THE BIT WITH THE TUBED IN 2125 01:21:46,518 --> 01:21:48,386 IN THE SAMPLE AND ROTATE DOWN TO 2126 01:21:48,386 --> 01:21:51,056 THE BELLY AND A LITTLE ARM ON 2127 01:21:51,056 --> 01:21:54,793 THE INSIDE TO MANIPULATE IT AND 2128 01:21:54,793 --> 01:21:57,195 TAKE PICTURES AND SEAL IT. 2129 01:21:57,195 --> 01:21:58,797 >> THAT'S FANTASTIC. 2130 01:21:58,797 --> 01:22:01,132 QUITE A BIT OF ROBOTICS. 2131 01:22:01,132 --> 01:22:01,566 >> A LOT. 2132 01:22:01,566 --> 01:22:02,567 >> HAPPENING BETWEEN THIS PART 2133 01:22:02,567 --> 01:22:05,036 AND GETTING IT UNDERNEATH. 2134 01:22:05,036 --> 01:22:05,570 IT IS UNDERNEATH. 2135 01:22:05,570 --> 01:22:07,372 HERE IS A SPECIAL GUEST. 2136 01:22:07,372 --> 01:22:09,674 WE WILL DUCK DOWN. 2137 01:22:09,674 --> 01:22:14,779 THIS IS THE MARS HELICOPTER. 2138 01:22:14,779 --> 01:22:15,280 >> INGENUITY. 2139 01:22:15,280 --> 01:22:16,214 >> IT WILL BE TUCKED UNDER THE 2140 01:22:16,214 --> 01:22:17,115 ROVER. 2141 01:22:17,115 --> 01:22:18,850 A LATE ADDITION TO THE PROJECT. 2142 01:22:18,850 --> 01:22:19,651 >> YES. 2143 01:22:19,651 --> 01:22:21,987 >> ONE OF THE NEATEST THINGS ON 2144 01:22:21,987 --> 01:22:23,288 IT. 2145 01:22:23,288 --> 01:22:26,391 >> AMAZING, 2,400 RPM THE BLADES 2146 01:22:26,391 --> 01:22:28,226 WILL SPIN IN 2147 01:22:28,226 --> 01:22:28,760 A COUNTER-DIRECTION. 2148 01:22:28,760 --> 01:22:29,961 A LITTLE UNDER 4 POUNDS. 2149 01:22:29,961 --> 01:22:31,162 IT'S SUPER LIGHT. 2150 01:22:31,162 --> 01:22:33,198 IT WILL BE THE FIRST ROTOCRAFT 2151 01:22:33,198 --> 01:22:36,101 FLIGHT ON THE SURFACE OF MARS. 2152 01:22:36,101 --> 01:22:37,102 SPECTACULAR. 2153 01:22:37,102 --> 01:22:38,236 >> IT WILL TAKE PICTURES AS L, 2154 01:22:38,236 --> 01:22:39,004 RIGHT? 2155 01:22:39,004 --> 01:22:40,505 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 2156 01:22:40,505 --> 01:22:43,041 >> AND THEY TURN IN OPPOSITE 2157 01:22:43,041 --> 01:22:43,441 DIRECTIONS. 2158 01:22:43,441 --> 01:22:43,875 >> THEY DO. 2159 01:22:43,875 --> 01:22:45,510 >> IT WILL HAVE A CAMERA ON IT 2160 01:22:45,510 --> 01:22:47,746 AND SHOOT LIVE VIDEO WE WILL GET 2161 01:22:47,746 --> 01:22:50,115 BACKS AND SHOOT VIDEO OF THE 2162 01:22:50,115 --> 01:22:51,783 ROVER AS IT IS DOING ITS WORK. 2163 01:22:51,783 --> 01:22:53,418 >> IT IS SPECTACULAR. 2164 01:22:53,418 --> 01:22:54,753 LOOK AT THIS CLEARANCE. 2165 01:22:54,753 --> 01:22:56,421 IT NEEDS TO CLEAR THIS 2166 01:22:56,421 --> 01:22:58,123 HELICOPTER AFTER BEING DEPLOYED. 2167 01:22:58,123 --> 01:22:59,457 >> THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE 2168 01:22:59,457 --> 01:22:59,758 TOUR. 2169 01:22:59,758 --> 01:23:00,158 >> YEAH. 2170 01:23:00,158 --> 01:23:01,960 >> IT'S JUST LIKES THE REAL ONE 2171 01:23:01,960 --> 01:23:03,261 EXCEPT NOT GOING TO MARS. 2172 01:23:03,261 --> 01:23:04,963 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2173 01:23:04,963 --> 01:23:06,965 AND SO BY NOW YOU MAY HAVE HEARD 2174 01:23:06,965 --> 01:23:09,401 THIS ROVER WAS NAMED BY 2175 01:23:09,401 --> 01:23:09,968 A SEVENth GRADER. 2176 01:23:09,968 --> 01:23:12,370 IT WAS GIVEN THAT NAME WHICH WAS 2177 01:23:12,370 --> 01:23:12,904 VERY SPECIAL TO US. 2178 01:23:12,904 --> 01:23:20,345 WE ASKED HIDDEN FIGURES ACTRESS 2179 01:23:20,345 --> 01:23:21,112 OCTAFIA SPENCER WHY IT IS MORE 2180 01:23:21,112 --> 01:23:24,249 THAN JUST A NAME TO US HERE AT 2181 01:23:24,249 --> 01:23:26,251 NASA. 2182 01:23:26,251 --> 01:23:30,088 >> WE ARE A SPECIES OF 2183 01:23:30,088 --> 01:23:30,488 EXPLORERS. 2184 01:23:30,488 --> 01:23:33,358 >> WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON 2185 01:23:33,358 --> 01:23:35,326 NOT BECAUSE IT THEY ARE EASY, 2186 01:23:35,326 --> 01:23:37,462 BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD. 2187 01:23:37,462 --> 01:23:39,264 >> WE ARE WILLING TO DO THE HARD 2188 01:23:39,264 --> 01:23:43,401 THINGS TO OVERCOME THE MANY 2189 01:23:43,401 --> 01:23:43,868 CHALLENGES THIS. 2190 01:23:43,868 --> 01:23:45,770 IS WHAT BRINGSES OUT THE BEST IN 2191 01:23:45,770 --> 01:23:46,037 US. 2192 01:23:46,037 --> 01:23:47,238 >> WE ARE GO FOR A MISSION TO 2193 01:23:47,238 --> 01:23:48,339 THE MOON. 2194 01:23:48,339 --> 01:23:50,909 >> OUR PATH HAS LED TO SUCCESS. 2195 01:23:50,909 --> 01:23:54,212 >> WE COME TOGETHER TODAY TO 2196 01:23:54,212 --> 01:23:56,047 MOURN THE LOSS OF SEVEN BRAVE 2197 01:23:56,047 --> 01:23:56,414 AMERICANS. 2198 01:23:56,414 --> 01:23:59,818 >> YET, EVEN WHEN FACED WITH 2199 01:23:59,818 --> 01:24:04,489 TRAGEDY, SETBACKS, WE PERSEVERE. 2200 01:24:04,489 --> 01:24:06,991 WE KEEP STRIVING. 2201 01:24:06,991 --> 01:24:09,360 WE KEEP BELIEVING. 2202 01:24:09,360 --> 01:24:12,430 FROM SPACE WE SEE OUR PLANET AS 2203 01:24:12,430 --> 01:24:12,764 A WHOLE. 2204 01:24:12,764 --> 01:24:16,434 WE SEE THE CHALLENGES FACES US 2205 01:24:16,434 --> 01:24:19,671 AND WE FACE THOSE CHALLENGES 2206 01:24:19,671 --> 01:24:20,038 TOGETHER. 2207 01:24:20,038 --> 01:24:22,307 WE WILL NOT GIVE UP. 2208 01:24:22,307 --> 01:24:24,943 WE CHALLENGE CONVENTION. 2209 01:24:24,943 --> 01:24:29,981 WE REFUSE TO ACCEPT. 2210 01:24:29,981 --> 01:24:31,916 THE TIME AT HAND IS HARD, BUT WE 2211 01:24:31,916 --> 01:24:32,917 WILL PERSEVERE. 2212 01:24:32,917 --> 01:24:34,853 WE CAN STILL DRAW HOPE FROM THE 2213 01:24:34,853 --> 01:24:36,855 MOON AND THE STARS. 2214 01:24:36,855 --> 01:24:39,891 FROM SPACE. 2215 01:24:39,891 --> 01:24:41,993 FROM EXPLORATION. 2216 01:24:41,993 --> 01:24:43,528 THERE IS A MEW DAY BEYOND THE 2217 01:24:43,528 --> 01:24:47,132 CHALLENGES WE FACE NOW. 2218 01:24:47,132 --> 01:24:48,833 -- NEW DAY BEYOND THE CHALLENGES 2219 01:24:48,833 --> 01:24:52,270 WE FACE NOW. 2220 01:24:52,270 --> 01:24:55,640 >> THE NAMES OF PAST MARS 2221 01:24:55,640 --> 01:24:56,875 ROVERS. 2222 01:24:56,875 --> 01:25:04,649 >> 10, 9, WE HAVE IGINATION 2223 01:25:04,649 --> 01:25:06,651 SEQUENCE. 2224 01:25:06,651 --> 01:25:09,554 >> 3, 2,. 2225 01:25:09,554 --> 01:25:10,121 >> PERSEVERANCE. 2226 01:25:10,121 --> 01:25:11,089 >> LAUNCH COMMENCE. 2227 01:25:11,089 --> 01:25:11,422 LIFTOFF. 2228 01:25:11,422 --> 01:25:15,693 WE HAVE LIFTOFF. 2229 01:25:15,693 --> 01:25:18,530 >> WE ARE A SPECIES EVER 2230 01:25:18,530 --> 01:25:35,146 EXPLORERS. 2231 01:25:35,146 --> 01:25:41,019 WE WILL ALWAYS PERSEVERE. 2232 01:25:47,091 --> 01:25:47,959 >> OUR COLLECTIVE PERSEVERANCE 2233 01:25:47,959 --> 01:25:49,828 IS WHAT HAS GOTTEN US TO THIS 2234 01:25:49,828 --> 01:25:52,330 DAY AND MARCH 2020 IS ON THE 2235 01:25:52,330 --> 01:25:57,368 SEVEN MONTH JOURNEY TO MARS WITH 2236 01:25:57,368 --> 01:26:00,405 LANDING DATE IN FEBRUARY 2021. 2237 01:26:00,405 --> 01:26:03,341 WE ARE JOINED BY THE ASSOCIATE 2238 01:26:03,341 --> 01:26:06,878 ADMINISTRATOR STRAEUFRT FOR 2239 01:26:06,878 --> 01:26:08,313 ADMINISTRATOR FOR SCIENCE. 2240 01:26:08,313 --> 01:26:12,784 >> I'M SO GLAD I'M HERE AND SO 2241 01:26:12,784 --> 01:26:13,151 RELIEVED. 2242 01:26:13,151 --> 01:26:14,452 WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE 2243 01:26:14,452 --> 01:26:15,987 SPACECRAFT AND EVERYTHING IS 2244 01:26:15,987 --> 01:26:17,055 NOMINAL. 2245 01:26:17,055 --> 01:26:19,357 WAITING FOR THE SECOND BURN. 2246 01:26:19,357 --> 01:26:19,824 >> EXACTLY. 2247 01:26:19,824 --> 01:26:22,360 >> NOT QUITE THERE, BUT REALLY 2248 01:26:22,360 --> 01:26:22,660 CLOSE. 2249 01:26:22,660 --> 01:26:26,831 >> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT MAKES 2250 01:26:26,831 --> 01:26:30,034 GOING TO MARS INCREDIBLY HARD. 2251 01:26:30,034 --> 01:26:32,070 >> THE FIRST IS YOU NEED TO HEAD 2252 01:26:32,070 --> 01:26:35,306 IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. 2253 01:26:35,306 --> 01:26:37,275 HAVE A LOT OF ENERGY AND THE 2254 01:26:37,275 --> 01:26:38,276 RIGHT DIRECTION. 2255 01:26:38,276 --> 01:26:41,846 WHAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IS IN 2256 01:26:41,846 --> 01:26:43,615 FEBRUARY WHEN MARS COMES YOU 2257 01:26:43,615 --> 01:26:46,351 WANT TO BE RIGHT THERE TO GET 2258 01:26:46,351 --> 01:26:46,684 CAPTURE. 2259 01:26:46,684 --> 01:26:48,653 THE SECOND ONE THAT WILL MAKE US 2260 01:26:48,653 --> 01:26:52,156 NERVOUS IN FEBRUARY IS ENTRY, 2261 01:26:52,156 --> 01:26:56,394 DESCENT AND LAND. 2262 01:26:56,394 --> 01:26:58,463 THE MARS ATMOSPHERE IS THE WORST 2263 01:26:58,463 --> 01:26:59,230 OF ALL. 2264 01:26:59,230 --> 01:27:02,133 IF IT IS WAS EARTH YOU COULD 2265 01:27:02,133 --> 01:27:02,500 PARACHUTE. 2266 01:27:02,500 --> 01:27:04,936 IF NOT OF THEM BEING LIKE THE 2267 01:27:04,936 --> 01:27:05,236 MOON. 2268 01:27:05,236 --> 01:27:07,405 BUT IN MARS YOU HAVE TO DO BOTH 2269 01:27:07,405 --> 01:27:09,040 ON TOP OF EACH OTHER THAT MAKES 2270 01:27:09,040 --> 01:27:11,576 IT 10 TIMES HARDER THAN THE 2271 01:27:11,576 --> 01:27:11,976 OTHER TWO. 2272 01:27:11,976 --> 01:27:13,544 THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO HARD. 2273 01:27:13,544 --> 01:27:14,946 >> YOU HAVE DEVOTED MUCH OF YOUR 2274 01:27:14,946 --> 01:27:16,180 LIFE TO SCIENCE. 2275 01:27:16,180 --> 01:27:18,216 YOU WERE ASKED DURING A NEWS 2276 01:27:18,216 --> 01:27:19,651 CONFERENCE WHY ANOTHER ROVER. 2277 01:27:19,651 --> 01:27:22,153 YOU GAVE A PRETTY IMPASSIONED 2278 01:27:22,153 --> 01:27:22,520 RESPONSE. 2279 01:27:22,520 --> 01:27:25,356 WHY IS THIS ROVER IMPORTANT IN 2280 01:27:25,356 --> 01:27:26,291 YOUR MIND TO THE WORK THAT SO 2281 01:27:26,291 --> 01:27:29,260 MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING IN 2282 01:27:29,260 --> 01:27:30,161 SCIENCE? 2283 01:27:30,161 --> 01:27:34,198 >> IT IS REALLY KIND OF A KEY OF 2284 01:27:34,198 --> 01:27:36,167 A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW RESEARCH WE 2285 01:27:36,167 --> 01:27:38,036 ARE DOING THAT IS FOCUSED ON 2286 01:27:38,036 --> 01:27:39,537 A QUESTION THAT FOR THOUSANDS OF 2287 01:27:39,537 --> 01:27:44,542 YEARS PHILOSOPHERS AND 2288 01:27:44,542 --> 01:27:45,343 SCIENTISTS HAVE ASKED AND WE ARE 2289 01:27:45,343 --> 01:27:46,844 READY TO ANSWER WITH THE TOOLS 2290 01:27:46,844 --> 01:27:48,846 OF SCIENCE THAT GETS RELIABLE 2291 01:27:48,846 --> 01:27:51,215 ANSWERS, THAT IS: IS THERE LIFE 2292 01:27:51,215 --> 01:27:52,850 OUT THERE? 2293 01:27:52,850 --> 01:27:55,086 WE KNOW ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT OF 2294 01:27:55,086 --> 01:27:55,920 MARS AND WE ARE READY TO ASK 2295 01:27:55,920 --> 01:27:56,220 THAT. 2296 01:27:56,220 --> 01:27:58,423 THE WAY WE ARE DOING THAT IS 2297 01:27:58,423 --> 01:27:59,791 WITH THIS ROVER. 2298 01:27:59,791 --> 01:28:01,926 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES 2299 01:28:01,926 --> 01:28:03,728 THE FIRST ASTRO-BIOLOGY MISSION 2300 01:28:03,728 --> 01:28:05,797 WE ARE READY FOR IT. 2301 01:28:05,797 --> 01:28:06,264 THE NEXT STEP. 2302 01:28:06,264 --> 01:28:09,167 THERE ARE OTHERS COMING, 2303 01:28:09,167 --> 01:28:09,801 DRAGONFLY, WE ARE ALREADY 2304 01:28:09,801 --> 01:28:11,536 THINKING ABOUT. 2305 01:28:11,536 --> 01:28:13,204 AND OTHER MISSIONS. 2306 01:28:13,204 --> 01:28:16,107 WE WANT TO GO TO EUROPA AND 2307 01:28:16,107 --> 01:28:20,545 LEARN ABOUT LIFE THERE ALSO. 2308 01:28:20,545 --> 01:28:22,480 IT IS AN AMAZING FIRST. 2309 01:28:22,480 --> 01:28:23,948 >> WHETHER THERE IS LIFE OR NOT. 2310 01:28:23,948 --> 01:28:26,117 THAT IS THE ANSWER THAT WE ARE 2311 01:28:26,117 --> 01:28:30,021 LOOKING FOR IN THESE PLACES. 2312 01:28:30,021 --> 01:28:30,488 >> EXACTLEY. 2313 01:28:30,488 --> 01:28:31,956 >> WE WANT TO DO A SOCIAL MEDIA 2314 01:28:31,956 --> 01:28:34,392 QUESTION IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT WU. 2315 01:28:34,392 --> 01:28:36,127 >> WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM 2316 01:28:36,127 --> 01:28:38,596 TWITTER: WHAT IS THE KEY 2317 01:28:38,596 --> 01:28:41,499 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREVIOUS NASA 2318 01:28:41,499 --> 01:28:45,436 ROVER MISSIONS TO MARS AND 2319 01:28:45,436 --> 01:28:45,870 PERSEVERANCE? 2320 01:28:45,870 --> 01:28:47,972 IN WHAT WAY IS PERSEVERANCE 2321 01:28:47,972 --> 01:28:51,075 UNIQUE FROM THE PREVIOUS ONES. 2322 01:28:51,075 --> 01:28:51,843 >> A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE IN 2323 01:28:51,843 --> 01:28:52,744 THE APPROACH. 2324 01:28:52,744 --> 01:28:58,383 IT IS THAT WE DECIDED TO PUT THE 2325 01:28:58,383 --> 01:29:00,985 INSTRUMENTS ON PERVEERANCE THE 2326 01:29:00,985 --> 01:29:03,488 BEST GEOLOGY AND SCIENCE ON THIS 2327 01:29:03,488 --> 01:29:05,656 TO FIND THE RIGHT SAMPLES AND WE 2328 01:29:05,656 --> 01:29:08,226 DECIDED NOT TO PUT A CHEMISTRY 2329 01:29:08,226 --> 01:29:09,427 LAB ON IT. 2330 01:29:09,427 --> 01:29:10,028 THAT'S WHY. 2331 01:29:10,028 --> 01:29:14,632 WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE YET. 2332 01:29:14,632 --> 01:29:16,868 WE ARE COLLECTING THE SAMPLES 2333 01:29:16,868 --> 01:29:18,603 THAT WE WILL BRING TO THE BEST 2334 01:29:18,603 --> 01:29:20,738 LABS AVAILABLE TO HUMANITY ALL 2335 01:29:20,738 --> 01:29:22,373 OVER THE WORLD AND THAT'S THE 2336 01:29:22,373 --> 01:29:23,174 CHOICE HERE. 2337 01:29:23,174 --> 01:29:25,109 OF COURSE, TO DO THAT WE NEED TO 2338 01:29:25,109 --> 01:29:27,745 DO ANOTHER FIRST, HUMANITY'S 50 2339 01:29:27,745 --> 01:29:29,280 ROUND TRIP TO ANOTHER PLANET. 2340 01:29:29,280 --> 01:29:31,416 THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT. 2341 01:29:31,416 --> 01:29:35,153 >> WE HAVE MORE TO GO. 2342 01:29:35,153 --> 01:29:37,755 HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT 2343 01:29:37,755 --> 01:29:38,089 LAUNCH? 2344 01:29:38,089 --> 01:29:39,957 >> PUNCHING A HOLE IN THE SKY 2345 01:29:39,957 --> 01:29:43,895 AND GETTING OFF THE SHORE OF OUR 2346 01:29:43,895 --> 01:29:44,695 EARTH INTO WADING OUT THERE INTO 2347 01:29:44,695 --> 01:29:45,430 THE COSMIC OCEAN. 2348 01:29:45,430 --> 01:29:46,864 I JUST LOVE IT. 2349 01:29:46,864 --> 01:29:48,599 EVERY TIME IT GETS ME. 2350 01:29:48,599 --> 01:29:51,069 >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR. 2351 01:29:51,069 --> 01:29:52,870 WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO 2352 01:29:52,870 --> 01:29:54,972 EXPLAIN ALL THE SCIENCE AND 2353 01:29:54,972 --> 01:29:55,573 EXCITEMENT COMING UP. 2354 01:29:55,573 --> 01:29:56,774 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2355 01:29:56,774 --> 01:29:58,042 >> APPRECIATE IT. 2356 01:29:58,042 --> 01:29:59,877 WE TALKED TO SCIENTISTS AND 2357 01:29:59,877 --> 01:30:02,280 ENGINEERS AND WE HAVE SHARED 2358 01:30:02,280 --> 01:30:03,481 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MISSION AND 2359 01:30:03,481 --> 01:30:06,217 TECH DEMONSTRATIONS CENTRAL TO 2360 01:30:06,217 --> 01:30:08,619 THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER. 2361 01:30:08,619 --> 01:30:10,388 WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO SHARE. 2362 01:30:10,388 --> 01:30:12,090 >> MARS PERSEVERANCE HAS BEEN 2363 01:30:12,090 --> 01:30:14,025 FLYING IN SPICE FOR MORE THAN 2364 01:30:14,025 --> 01:30:17,829 A HALF- SPACE FOR MORE THAN 2365 01:30:17,829 --> 01:30:19,130 A HALF-HOUR NOW. 2366 01:30:19,130 --> 01:30:20,898 LET'S HEAR WHAT IS COMING UP 2367 01:30:20,898 --> 01:30:21,199 NEXT. 2368 01:30:21,199 --> 01:30:24,068 >> AS YOU ARE SEEING ON SKRAOEP 2369 01:30:24,068 --> 01:30:27,138 SCREEN, THE ANIMATION OF CENTAUR 2370 01:30:27,138 --> 01:30:28,906 IN MOTION AROUND EARTH. 2371 01:30:28,906 --> 01:30:32,477 YOU CAN SEE THE AN MISSION BEING 2372 01:30:32,477 --> 01:30:34,745 DRIVEN -- ANIMATION BEING DRIVEN 2373 01:30:34,745 --> 01:30:40,151 BY REAL DATA. 2374 01:30:40,151 --> 01:30:41,986 >> WE ARE HEARING EVERYTHING HAS 2375 01:30:41,986 --> 01:30:45,623 BEEN NOMINAL AND CENTAUR IS 2376 01:30:45,623 --> 01:30:47,925 PERFORMING WELL AND THE FUEL 2377 01:30:47,925 --> 01:30:50,428 STILL IN THE TANK WHERE WE IT 2378 01:30:50,428 --> 01:30:52,296 NEEDS TO BE WHERE WE GET READY 2379 01:30:52,296 --> 01:30:53,498 FOR THE SECOND BURN THAT IS 2380 01:30:53,498 --> 01:30:55,933 IMPORTANT TO GET THE VELOCITY 2381 01:30:55,933 --> 01:31:00,304 AND INTO THE TRANSPERORBIT TO 2382 01:31:00,304 --> 01:31:00,605 MARS. 2383 01:31:00,605 --> 01:31:02,707 >> THAT WILL BE UP IN A FEW 2384 01:31:02,707 --> 01:31:04,475 MINUTES. 2385 01:31:04,475 --> 01:31:05,743 I AM BEING HELD. 2386 01:31:05,743 --> 01:31:07,178 WE WILL HANG OUT HERE. 2387 01:31:07,178 --> 01:31:11,482 COMING UP, TALK ABOUT THE C-3. 2388 01:31:11,482 --> 01:31:13,784 HAVING TO DO WITH THE ENERGY TO 2389 01:31:13,784 --> 01:31:15,386 LEVER EARTH AND GO SOMEWHERE -- 2390 01:31:15,386 --> 01:31:16,954 LEAVE EARTH AND GO SOMEWHERE 2391 01:31:16,954 --> 01:31:17,922 ELSE. 2392 01:31:17,922 --> 01:31:20,424 SPEEDS OVER 25,000 MILES PER 2393 01:31:20,424 --> 01:31:23,427 HOUR, EARTH'S ESCAPE VELOCITY. 2394 01:31:23,427 --> 01:31:25,930 >> THAT IS THE TEXICAL TERM WE 2395 01:31:25,930 --> 01:31:27,698 USE -- TECHNICAL TERM TO REFER 2396 01:31:27,698 --> 01:31:29,934 TO THE VELOCITY WE NEED TO GET 2397 01:31:29,934 --> 01:31:32,236 THE VEHICLE WHERE IT NEEDS TO 2398 01:31:32,236 --> 01:31:32,503 BE. 2399 01:31:32,503 --> 01:31:34,372 A LITTLE OR 2 MILLION POUNDS OF 2400 01:31:34,372 --> 01:31:36,574 THRUST WE LEFT EARTH WITH, WITH 2401 01:31:36,574 --> 01:31:39,110 THE MIGHTY FOUR SOLIDS ON THE 2402 01:31:39,110 --> 01:31:39,510 DOMINATOR. 2403 01:31:39,510 --> 01:31:40,811 I STILL LIKE THAT. 2404 01:31:40,811 --> 01:31:43,114 I WILL TAKE THAT FROM TOREY. 2405 01:31:43,114 --> 01:31:44,849 WE GOT OFF HERE INTO THE PARK 2406 01:31:44,849 --> 01:31:47,351 ORBIT WITH THE PROPER VELOCITY 2407 01:31:47,351 --> 01:31:48,152 WE MEDED. 2408 01:31:48,152 --> 01:31:50,221 THE SECOND BURN IS SO IMPORTANT 2409 01:31:50,221 --> 01:31:54,592 TO GET INTO TRANSFER ORBIT. 2410 01:31:54,592 --> 01:31:56,327 >> DOMINATOR PUNCHING A HOLE IN 2411 01:31:56,327 --> 01:31:56,694 THE SKY. 2412 01:31:56,694 --> 01:31:59,030 WE'LL GO TO THE MAIN DECK AND BE 2413 01:31:59,030 --> 01:32:03,668 BACK TO CATCH THE SECOND BURN. 2414 01:32:03,668 --> 01:32:05,269 >> JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT HOW 2415 01:32:05,269 --> 01:32:08,172 SPECIAL THE MISSIONS ARE IS 2416 01:32:08,172 --> 01:32:09,840 DR. MICHAEL WATKINS THE DIRECTOR 2417 01:32:09,840 --> 01:32:16,747 EVER THE JET PROPULSION 2418 01:32:16,747 --> 01:32:17,148 LABORATORY. 2419 01:32:17,148 --> 01:32:19,250 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 2420 01:32:19,250 --> 01:32:20,685 WE HAVE SOME MAYBE GREAT 2421 01:32:20,685 --> 01:32:21,285 QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 2422 01:32:21,285 --> 01:32:25,823 WHY ARE MISSIONS TO MARS UNIQUE? 2423 01:32:25,823 --> 01:32:26,857 >> FOR TWO REASONS. 2424 01:32:26,857 --> 01:32:30,161 ONE IT IS JUST MARS HAS BEEN IN 2425 01:32:30,161 --> 01:32:36,067 OUR IMAGINATION FOR CENTURIES. 2426 01:32:36,067 --> 01:32:38,336 IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT COULD HAVE 2427 01:32:38,336 --> 01:32:38,970 BEEN HOME TO LIFE. 2428 01:32:38,970 --> 01:32:42,240 WE CAN GET THERE EVERY COUPLE 2429 01:32:42,240 --> 01:32:43,874 YEARS AND SEND MISSIONS AND 2430 01:32:43,874 --> 01:32:44,775 BUILD ON THE MISSIONS AND LEARN 2431 01:32:44,775 --> 01:32:46,744 FROM YOUR MISTAKES AND 2432 01:32:46,744 --> 01:32:47,111 SUCCESSES. 2433 01:32:47,111 --> 01:32:49,480 ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKES TO 2434 01:32:49,480 --> 01:32:51,015 JOKE ABOUT WE SAY PERSEVERANCE 2435 01:32:51,015 --> 01:32:53,417 LOOKS LIKE CURIOSITY. 2436 01:32:53,417 --> 01:32:54,151 THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THEM ARE 2437 01:32:54,151 --> 01:32:55,853 THE SAME. 2438 01:32:55,853 --> 01:32:57,154 [LAUGHING] 2439 01:32:57,154 --> 01:32:59,890 A LOT OF OUR FOLKS WORKED ON 2440 01:32:59,890 --> 01:33:01,759 MARS PATHFINDER, SPIRIT, 2441 01:33:01,759 --> 01:33:04,262 OPPORTUNITY, CURIOSITY AND NOW 2442 01:33:04,262 --> 01:33:05,529 PERSEVERANCE. 2443 01:33:05,529 --> 01:33:07,431 THAT HISTORY, THAT GROUP OF 2444 01:33:07,431 --> 01:33:09,300 FOLKS, THEY ARE JUST WORLD 2445 01:33:09,300 --> 01:33:09,734 LEADERS. 2446 01:33:09,734 --> 01:33:10,968 IT'S WHY WE ARE SUCCESSFUL. 2447 01:33:10,968 --> 01:33:13,170 >> YOU OVER SEE THE JET 2448 01:33:13,170 --> 01:33:14,272 PROPULSION LAB TORE 2449 01:33:14,272 --> 01:33:15,439 NECALIFORNIA. 2450 01:33:15,439 --> 01:33:17,308 DOING INCREDIBLY COMPLEX WORK. 2451 01:33:17,308 --> 01:33:19,877 WHY ARE THESE ROBOTIC MISSIONS 2452 01:33:19,877 --> 01:33:21,912 SO HARD? 2453 01:33:21,912 --> 01:33:24,415 >> THEY ARE HARD BECAUSE YOU 2454 01:33:24,415 --> 01:33:25,816 CAN'T REALLY SEE WHAT IS GOING 2455 01:33:25,816 --> 01:33:26,083 TO. 2456 01:33:26,083 --> 01:33:27,818 YOU CAN'T USE YOUR HUMAN 2457 01:33:27,818 --> 01:33:28,185 RESPONSES. 2458 01:33:28,185 --> 01:33:30,254 YOU ARE USED TO DRIVING YOUR CAR 2459 01:33:30,254 --> 01:33:32,323 AND SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND 2460 01:33:32,323 --> 01:33:32,890 YOU TURN THE WHEEL. 2461 01:33:32,890 --> 01:33:34,792 IN THIS CASE WE HAVE TO TELL THE 2462 01:33:34,792 --> 01:33:36,627 ROVER, WE HAVE HAD TO REPAIR THE 2463 01:33:36,627 --> 01:33:38,396 ROVE TORE DO A LOT OF THAT STUFF 2464 01:33:38,396 --> 01:33:40,031 ON ITS OWN. 2465 01:33:40,031 --> 01:33:41,332 WE UNDERSTAND MARS AND HOW THE 2466 01:33:41,332 --> 01:33:43,234 ROVER WORKS AND HAVE TO PUT ALL 2467 01:33:43,234 --> 01:33:49,073 THAT TOGETHER INTO A MACHINE 2468 01:33:49,073 --> 01:33:51,108 THAT CAN FUNCTION WITHOUT US. 2469 01:33:51,108 --> 01:33:54,512 WE HAVE TO TELL IT TO DO 2470 01:33:54,512 --> 01:33:56,380 EXPERIMENTS AND IT HAS TO DO IT. 2471 01:33:56,380 --> 01:34:01,719 WE GIVE IT INTENTION AND IT DOES 2472 01:34:01,719 --> 01:34:02,820 IT YOURSELF. 2473 01:34:02,820 --> 01:34:10,127 >> YOU HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH 2474 01:34:10,127 --> 01:34:12,730 THE FOLKS AT JPL. 2475 01:34:12,730 --> 01:34:14,065 A EARTHQUAKE PLAYED OUT. 2476 01:34:14,065 --> 01:34:15,499 HOW IS YOUR TEAM? 2477 01:34:15,499 --> 01:34:18,302 >> THEY ARE DOING GREAT. 2478 01:34:18,302 --> 01:34:23,374 IT WAS THE EARTH BEING EXCITED 2479 01:34:23,374 --> 01:34:25,576 ABOUT GOING TO MARS. 2480 01:34:25,576 --> 01:34:26,577 A MINOR EARTHQUAKE. 2481 01:34:26,577 --> 01:34:28,779 LIKE HURRICANES OR TROPICAL 2482 01:34:28,779 --> 01:34:29,980 STORMS HERE. 2483 01:34:29,980 --> 01:34:31,549 A MINOR EVENT AND EVERYTHING IS 2484 01:34:31,549 --> 01:34:31,849 FINE. 2485 01:34:31,849 --> 01:34:34,985 WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO MARS. 2486 01:34:34,985 --> 01:34:35,786 >> A RUMBLE HERE IN FLORIDA, 2487 01:34:35,786 --> 01:34:38,489 SOME IN CALIFORNIA, IT WORKS OUT 2488 01:34:38,489 --> 01:34:38,823 GREAT. 2489 01:34:38,823 --> 01:34:39,357 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2490 01:34:39,357 --> 01:34:40,691 WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US. 2491 01:34:40,691 --> 01:34:41,992 >> MY PLEASURE. 2492 01:34:41,992 --> 01:34:42,560 THANK YOU. 2493 01:34:42,560 --> 01:34:43,027 >> AWESOME. 2494 01:34:43,027 --> 01:34:47,064 WE WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION 2495 01:34:47,064 --> 01:34:48,899 COMING UP. 2496 01:34:48,899 --> 01:34:49,500 >> THE ASTRONAUT. 2497 01:34:49,500 --> 01:34:50,468 >> EXCITED ABOUT. 2498 01:34:50,468 --> 01:34:50,868 >> YEAH. 2499 01:34:50,868 --> 01:34:52,870 >> ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 2500 01:34:52,870 --> 01:34:54,305 CENTAUR BURN. 2501 01:34:54,305 --> 01:34:57,041 WE'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT SIX MAJOR 2502 01:34:57,041 --> 01:34:59,610 TECHNOLOGIES NASA IS FOCUSING 2503 01:34:59,610 --> 01:35:01,512 INCLUDING THE CRITICAL ENERGY 2504 01:35:01,512 --> 01:35:04,048 NEEDS FOR SUCH MISSIONS. 2505 01:35:04,048 --> 01:35:07,318 LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE 2506 01:35:07,318 --> 01:35:08,085 NEXT OPERATIONAL SET. 2507 01:35:08,085 --> 01:35:09,720 >> WE ARE HERE AND EXCITED. 2508 01:35:09,720 --> 01:35:12,590 WE HAVE A FUEL PRESTART CALL 2509 01:35:12,590 --> 01:35:13,724 JUST COMING IN AND GETTING READY 2510 01:35:13,724 --> 01:35:15,993 TO HEAR THE CALL FOR THE SECOND 2511 01:35:15,993 --> 01:35:21,832 BURN OF THE CENTAUR RL-10 2512 01:35:21,832 --> 01:35:22,166 ENGINE. 2513 01:35:22,166 --> 01:35:23,033 EXPLAIN WHAT IT IS FOR. 2514 01:35:23,033 --> 01:35:26,070 >> IT IS REALLY TO GET US THE 2515 01:35:26,070 --> 01:35:28,239 VELOCITY HEADING INTO THE 2516 01:35:28,239 --> 01:35:28,739 TRANSFER ORBIT. 2517 01:35:28,739 --> 01:35:30,341 IT WILL HEAD INTO THE SOLAR 2518 01:35:30,341 --> 01:35:33,043 ORBIT ON THE WAY WITH THE PROPER 2519 01:35:33,043 --> 01:35:33,411 VELOCITY. 2520 01:35:33,411 --> 01:35:37,548 WE WILL THEN GET READY TO 2521 01:35:37,548 --> 01:35:38,749 SEPARATE ON ITS WAY. 2522 01:35:38,749 --> 01:35:43,254 I AM HEARING SETTLING IS DONE 2523 01:35:43,254 --> 01:35:44,455 AND MAIN ENGINE START. 2524 01:35:44,455 --> 01:35:45,089 THERE WE GO. 2525 01:35:45,089 --> 01:35:48,826 THE ANIMATION THERE DRIVEN BY 2526 01:35:48,826 --> 01:35:51,896 ACTUAL DATA COMING FROM THE 2527 01:35:51,896 --> 01:35:52,229 ROCKET. 2528 01:35:52,229 --> 01:35:53,864 THAT'S A PHENOMENAL SIGN. 2529 01:35:53,864 --> 01:35:57,468 IT IS TOUGH WITH THE IMAGES 2530 01:35:57,468 --> 01:35:59,336 PERSPECTIVE AND SCALE AREO 2531 01:35:59,336 --> 01:35:59,703 IMPORTANT. 2532 01:35:59,703 --> 01:36:01,939 THIS VEHICLE IS IN EARTH ORBIT 2533 01:36:01,939 --> 01:36:03,841 AND NOT NEAR ANYTHING SO YOU 2534 01:36:03,841 --> 01:36:05,176 CAN'T SEE THE ACCELERATION OF 2535 01:36:05,176 --> 01:36:07,011 WHAT IS HAPPENING. 2536 01:36:07,011 --> 01:36:07,945 FOR EIGHT MINUTES IT WILL PICK 2537 01:36:07,945 --> 01:36:08,446 UP SPEED. 2538 01:36:08,446 --> 01:36:10,414 >> THIS IS THE BURN THAT GETS US 2539 01:36:10,414 --> 01:36:12,650 MOVING IN THE DIRECTION WE NEED 2540 01:36:12,650 --> 01:36:16,053 TO GO THE FAST VELOCITY TO GET 2541 01:36:16,053 --> 01:36:17,521 OUT OF OUR PARK ORBIT AND HEAD 2542 01:36:17,521 --> 01:36:18,923 TO MARS. 2543 01:36:18,923 --> 01:36:22,660 CENTAUR AND MARS 2020 ARE STILL 2544 01:36:22,660 --> 01:36:24,295 TOGETHER AND WE ARE HEARING 2545 01:36:24,295 --> 01:36:26,263 EVERYTHING IS LOOKING NOMINAL ON 2546 01:36:26,263 --> 01:36:27,264 THIS FIRE. 2547 01:36:27,264 --> 01:37:08,472 THE MAIN ENGINE START LOOKS GOOD 2548 01:37:08,472 --> 01:37:10,140 >> TELL US ABOUT YOUR ROLE. 2549 01:37:10,140 --> 01:37:13,444 WHAT DO YOU DO? 2550 01:37:13,444 --> 01:37:15,079 >> WE ARE THE ENGINEERING TEAM 2551 01:37:15,079 --> 01:37:17,715 LEAD FOR A LOT OF THE ROCKETS WE 2552 01:37:17,715 --> 01:37:20,584 LAUNCH OUR SCIENCE MISSIONS ON 2553 01:37:20,584 --> 01:37:21,352 AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVER 2554 01:37:21,352 --> 01:37:27,091 SIGHT AND INSIGHT INTO THE 2555 01:37:27,091 --> 01:37:34,665 LAUNCH VEHICLES FOR NASA. 2556 01:37:34,665 --> 01:37:35,266 >> THAT'S AWESOME. 2557 01:37:35,266 --> 01:37:35,933 IN THE PAST YOU SUPPORTED 2558 01:37:35,933 --> 01:37:36,534 A VARIETY OF VEHICLES. 2559 01:37:36,534 --> 01:37:37,234 TELL US ABOUT THE VEHICLES YOU 2560 01:37:37,234 --> 01:37:37,968 HAVE SUPPORTED AND THE ONES YOU 2561 01:37:37,968 --> 01:37:38,536 ARE FOCUSED ON TODAY. 2562 01:37:38,536 --> 01:37:39,336 >> THE DELTA 2, WHICH WAS A LONG 2563 01:37:39,336 --> 01:37:40,037 TIME WORKING WITH OUR SCIENCE 2564 01:37:40,037 --> 01:37:41,272 MISSIONS AS WELL AS THE PEGASUS 2565 01:37:41,272 --> 01:37:43,774 AND TAURUS AND MIN TAUR AND 2566 01:37:43,774 --> 01:37:47,878 RIGHT NOW FOCUSED ON FALCON 9. 2567 01:37:47,878 --> 01:37:48,345 >> AWESOME. 2568 01:37:48,345 --> 01:37:51,115 NOT FOCUSED ON THE ATLAS 5 BUT 2569 01:37:51,115 --> 01:37:52,416 A EXPERIENCE AND PROCESS IS THE 2570 01:37:52,416 --> 01:37:52,716 SAME. 2571 01:37:52,716 --> 01:37:56,253 I WANT TO TAKES A MOMENT TO 2572 01:37:56,253 --> 01:37:57,988 PAUSE AND SAY AT THE HANGAR THEY 2573 01:37:57,988 --> 01:37:59,390 ARE PROUD OF THAT. 2574 01:37:59,390 --> 01:38:05,162 THE TELEEMETRY CENTER OF THE 2575 01:38:05,162 --> 01:38:05,563 UNIVERSITY. 2576 01:38:05,563 --> 01:38:08,999 IS THE PROCESS THE -- OF THE 2577 01:38:08,999 --> 01:38:09,366 UNIVERSE. 2578 01:38:09,366 --> 01:38:12,870 IS THE PROCESS THE SAME GETTING 2579 01:38:12,870 --> 01:38:15,573 FROM EARTH TO MARS. 2580 01:38:15,573 --> 01:38:19,810 DOES FALCON HAVE TRENDS LIKE 2581 01:38:19,810 --> 01:38:20,144 ATLAS. 2582 01:38:20,144 --> 01:38:25,583 >> MANY PROCESSES ARE THE SAME. 2583 01:38:25,583 --> 01:38:29,153 SHIP TO THE LAUNCH SITE AND 2584 01:38:29,153 --> 01:38:30,554 ASSEMBLED BUT THERE ARE 2585 01:38:30,554 --> 01:38:31,855 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE LAUNCH 2586 01:38:31,855 --> 01:38:32,823 VEHICLES THAT MAY CHANGE THAT 2587 01:38:32,823 --> 01:38:34,625 PROCESS A BIT. 2588 01:38:34,625 --> 01:38:39,330 THE PROCESSIES ARE THE SAME. 2589 01:38:39,330 --> 01:38:40,931 >> HE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT 2590 01:38:40,931 --> 01:38:44,201 VEHICLES HE'S WORKED ON BUT 2591 01:38:44,201 --> 01:38:48,072 DENTON IS ONE OF MY SENIOR 2592 01:38:48,072 --> 01:38:48,472 ENGINEERS. 2593 01:38:48,472 --> 01:38:49,239 EVEN THOUGH HE IS NOT TOTALLY 2594 01:38:49,239 --> 01:38:51,542 SUPPORTING ATLAS 5 HE DOES HAVE 2595 01:38:51,542 --> 01:38:53,711 EXPERIENCE AND THING, SIMILAR. 2596 01:38:53,711 --> 01:38:55,312 USING HIS EXPERIENCE WE ARE ABLE 2597 01:38:55,312 --> 01:38:58,549 TO TRAIN AND BRING ON NEW 2598 01:38:58,549 --> 01:38:59,850 GENERATIONS OF ENGINEERS AND HE 2599 01:38:59,850 --> 01:39:01,919 HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF THAT TO 2600 01:39:01,919 --> 01:39:04,355 ALLOW US TO GROW OUR BENCH, IF 2601 01:39:04,355 --> 01:39:07,391 YOU WILL, TO START WORKING 2602 01:39:07,391 --> 01:39:08,993 COMMERCIAL PARTNER SKWRAOGS WHAT 2603 01:39:08,993 --> 01:39:10,995 GOES BEHIND THE SCENES AND THE 2604 01:39:10,995 --> 01:39:12,963 ROCKET SCIENCE OF GOING FROM 2605 01:39:12,963 --> 01:39:14,064 EARTH TO MARS. 2606 01:39:14,064 --> 01:39:17,935 TO GO INTO SOLAR ORBIT? 2607 01:39:17,935 --> 01:39:19,703 >> A LOT BEHIND THE SCENES A LOT 2608 01:39:19,703 --> 01:39:23,173 OF ANALYSIS WORK DONE BY OUR 2609 01:39:23,173 --> 01:39:23,474 TEAMS. 2610 01:39:23,474 --> 01:39:24,808 IT IS MONTHS AND MONTHS THAT ARE 2611 01:39:24,808 --> 01:39:26,777 PERFORMED BASED ON THE ORBIT 2612 01:39:26,777 --> 01:39:28,579 INSERTION, THE PERFORMANCE OF 2613 01:39:28,579 --> 01:39:30,714 THE LAUNCH VEHICLE AND MODELING 2614 01:39:30,714 --> 01:39:34,551 AND SIMULATIONS DONE TO GET TO 2615 01:39:34,551 --> 01:39:36,920 THIS POINT WHERE WE CAN TRANSFER 2616 01:39:36,920 --> 01:39:39,857 FROM EARTH ORBIT INTO SOLAR 2617 01:39:39,857 --> 01:39:40,257 ORBIT. 2618 01:39:40,257 --> 01:39:40,724 >> AWESOME. 2619 01:39:40,724 --> 01:39:43,293 YOU ARE A ROCKET SCIENTIST. 2620 01:39:43,293 --> 01:39:45,629 THAT'S LIKE THE PINNACLE AND HEY 2621 01:39:45,629 --> 01:39:47,364 I WANT TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST. 2622 01:39:47,364 --> 01:39:49,933 WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HEIR IN 2623 01:39:49,933 --> 01:39:50,668 YOUR CAREER? 2624 01:39:50,668 --> 01:39:52,036 THERE ARE THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE 2625 01:39:52,036 --> 01:39:53,170 TO ACCOMPLISH. 2626 01:39:53,170 --> 01:39:56,073 >> FOR ME, ONE OF THE COOLEST 2627 01:39:56,073 --> 01:39:58,842 THINGS IS WORKING WITH LAUNCH, 2628 01:39:58,842 --> 01:39:59,810 RIGHT? 2629 01:39:59,810 --> 01:40:00,344 >> ABSOLUTELY. 2630 01:40:00,344 --> 01:40:01,512 >> WHO DOESN'T LOVE A LAUNCH AND 2631 01:40:01,512 --> 01:40:03,514 WORKING LAUNCHES? 2632 01:40:03,514 --> 01:40:05,916 >> WE LOVE THEM. 2633 01:40:05,916 --> 01:40:07,418 THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. 2634 01:40:07,418 --> 01:40:07,918 >> OF COURSE. 2635 01:40:07,918 --> 01:40:10,220 ONE OF THE IDEAL JOBS SUCCESS 2636 01:40:10,220 --> 01:40:10,921 A LAUNCH DIRECTOR BECAUSE YOU 2637 01:40:10,921 --> 01:40:12,556 GET TO WORK ALL THE LAUNCHES. 2638 01:40:12,556 --> 01:40:13,991 HOW COOL IS THAT? 2639 01:40:13,991 --> 01:40:15,159 >> THAT'S TRUE. 2640 01:40:15,159 --> 01:40:16,827 AND IS IT RIGHT TO SAY YOU CALL 2641 01:40:16,827 --> 01:40:19,463 THE SHOTS OR THE BUCK STOPS WITH 2642 01:40:19,463 --> 01:40:19,730 YOU? 2643 01:40:19,730 --> 01:40:21,231 >> THE BUCK STOPS WITH THE 2644 01:40:21,231 --> 01:40:21,699 LAUNCH MANAGER. 2645 01:40:21,699 --> 01:40:24,702 TODAY WE TALK THE OUR LAUNCH 2646 01:40:24,702 --> 01:40:27,504 MANAGER FOR MARS 2020 HAD TO 2647 01:40:27,504 --> 01:40:28,439 POLL THE TEAM AND MAKE SURE 2648 01:40:28,439 --> 01:40:29,206 EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO AND 2649 01:40:29,206 --> 01:40:31,341 THE BUCK DOES STOP WITH HIM ON 2650 01:40:31,341 --> 01:40:32,643 TODAY'S LAUNCH. 2651 01:40:32,643 --> 01:40:35,446 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE 2652 01:40:35,446 --> 01:40:36,213 THAT WOULD LOVE THAT JOB AND HE 2653 01:40:36,213 --> 01:40:37,581 IS LOOKING AT THE NEXT STEP. 2654 01:40:37,581 --> 01:40:39,216 WE HAVE TO GIVE OMAR AND HIS 2655 01:40:39,216 --> 01:40:42,720 ASSISTANT LAUNCH MANAGER A HEADS 2656 01:40:42,720 --> 01:40:42,986 UP. 2657 01:40:42,986 --> 01:40:43,387 [LAUGHING] 2658 01:40:43,387 --> 01:40:43,987 >> IS THERE YOU GO. 2659 01:40:43,987 --> 01:40:45,556 >> DR. GIBSON IS ON THE WAY. 2660 01:40:45,556 --> 01:40:50,494 >> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WHAT 2661 01:40:50,494 --> 01:40:52,596 ARE YOU WORKING ON? 2662 01:40:52,596 --> 01:40:58,035 >> SUPPORTING THE CREW LAUNCH 2663 01:40:58,035 --> 01:41:06,009 COMING UP. 2664 01:41:06,009 --> 01:41:06,844 >> DR. GIBSON, APPRECIATE YOU. 2665 01:41:06,844 --> 01:41:08,612 WANT TO TAKE A SPECIAL MOMENT ON 2666 01:41:08,612 --> 01:41:11,014 THE COMMERCIAL CREW NOTE TO 2667 01:41:11,014 --> 01:41:12,049 COMMENT. 2668 01:41:12,049 --> 01:41:14,084 WE GOT A BIG DAY PENDING 2669 01:41:14,084 --> 01:41:15,519 WEATHER. 2670 01:41:15,519 --> 01:41:16,653 A TROPICAL SYSTEM THAT MIGHT GET 2671 01:41:16,653 --> 01:41:17,921 IN THE MIX. 2672 01:41:17,921 --> 01:41:20,290 WE HAVE A TROPICAL SYSTEM 2673 01:41:20,290 --> 01:41:22,292 OTHERWISE WE HAVE BOB AND DOUG 2674 01:41:22,292 --> 01:41:24,328 COMING HOME ON AUGUST 2nd. 2675 01:41:24,328 --> 01:41:26,764 >> THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US. 2676 01:41:26,764 --> 01:41:30,067 DENTON WAS MY LEAD WITH A FEW 2677 01:41:30,067 --> 01:41:31,401 OTHERS THAT ARE IN THE GROUP 2678 01:41:31,401 --> 01:41:33,804 THAT WORKED THAT MISSION WITH 2679 01:41:33,804 --> 01:41:36,573 THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 2680 01:41:36,573 --> 01:41:38,008 IT'S IMPORTANT TO SUPPORT OTHER 2681 01:41:38,008 --> 01:41:39,376 PROGRAMS WITHIN THE AGENCY TO 2682 01:41:39,376 --> 01:41:41,645 MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN AS WE 2683 01:41:41,645 --> 01:41:43,514 LAUNCH MARS 2020 TODAY, ANOTHER 2684 01:41:43,514 --> 01:41:46,216 STEP FOR US GETTING HUMANS TO 2685 01:41:46,216 --> 01:41:48,652 MARS IS GETTING HUMANS LAUNCHED 2686 01:41:48,652 --> 01:41:51,522 OFF EARTH SOIL, A HUGE STEP, OFF 2687 01:41:51,522 --> 01:41:53,223 AMERICAN SOIL, WAS A HUGE STEP 2688 01:41:53,223 --> 01:41:55,392 FOR US. 2689 01:41:55,392 --> 01:41:58,228 >> TALK ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY WITH 2690 01:41:58,228 --> 01:41:58,896 LSP. 2691 01:41:58,896 --> 01:42:00,364 APPRECIATE DENTON AND HIS 2692 01:42:00,364 --> 01:42:02,299 CONTRIBUTION AND YOU WORKING 2693 01:42:02,299 --> 01:42:03,200 TOWARDS COMMERCIAL CREW AND 2694 01:42:03,200 --> 01:42:08,505 SUPPORTING ARTEMIS PART OF GET 2695 01:42:08,505 --> 01:42:15,679 BEING HUMANS TO MARS. 2696 01:42:15,679 --> 01:42:18,248 >> THE GATEWAY PROGRAM, RIGHT. 2697 01:42:18,248 --> 01:42:26,757 DEEP SPACE LOGISTICS. 2698 01:42:26,757 --> 01:42:29,026 THEY ARE PROVIDING THE ROCKETS 2699 01:42:29,026 --> 01:42:29,993 FOR THOSE MISSIONS. 2700 01:42:29,993 --> 01:42:31,562 ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT 2701 01:42:31,562 --> 01:42:33,797 WORKING WITH LAUNCH SERVICES 2702 01:42:33,797 --> 01:42:36,266 PROGRAM IS WE WORK WITH ALL OF 2703 01:42:36,266 --> 01:42:39,937 OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNER, 2704 01:42:39,937 --> 01:42:45,642 SpaceX, NORTHROP GRUMMAN. 2705 01:42:45,642 --> 01:42:50,380 IT'S A GROWING FIELD IN THE 2706 01:42:50,380 --> 01:42:50,881 AEROSPACE FIELD. 2707 01:42:50,881 --> 01:42:51,648 WE TAKE PRIDE IN WORKING WITH 2708 01:42:51,648 --> 01:42:53,116 THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO 2709 01:42:53,116 --> 01:42:54,751 FOR NASA AND THE COUNTRY. 2710 01:42:54,751 --> 01:42:57,588 >> IT IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR 2711 01:42:57,588 --> 01:42:58,021 SPACE FLIGHT. 2712 01:42:58,021 --> 01:42:59,122 IT IS BOOMING. 2713 01:42:59,122 --> 01:43:00,824 ALWAYS MEW THINGS HAPPENING. 2714 01:43:00,824 --> 01:43:02,659 IF YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THE NEWS 2715 01:43:02,659 --> 01:43:08,198 THERE ARE NEW THINGS. 2716 01:43:08,198 --> 01:43:10,767 THE ENGINE CUT OFF HAPPENS AND 2717 01:43:10,767 --> 01:43:12,603 FIVE MINUTES UNTIL WE SEE THE 2718 01:43:12,603 --> 01:43:14,171 SPACECRAFT SEPARATION OCCUR. 2719 01:43:14,171 --> 01:43:15,205 WE'LL STAY WITH YOU THROUGH THAT 2720 01:43:15,205 --> 01:43:18,609 AND WANT TO PREVIEW THAT. 2721 01:43:18,609 --> 01:43:19,409 YOU SHOULD BE SEEING THE ENGINE 2722 01:43:19,409 --> 01:43:22,279 CUT OFF AND THAT IS EXPECTED. 2723 01:43:22,279 --> 01:43:24,581 THAT'S A NOMINAL OPERATION. 2724 01:43:24,581 --> 01:43:28,018 WE'LL HEAR FROM JESSE GONZALEZ 2725 01:43:28,018 --> 01:43:29,553 LOOKING AT THE ANIMATION THERE. 2726 01:43:29,553 --> 01:43:32,389 LET'S LISTEN IN FOR JESSE HERE. 2727 01:43:32,389 --> 01:43:35,926 >> THERE IS THE CALL AND THE 2728 01:43:35,926 --> 01:43:37,194 ANIMATION. 2729 01:43:37,194 --> 01:43:39,062 >> RL-10 SHUT DOWN PARAMETERS. 2730 01:43:39,062 --> 01:43:41,365 >> IT IS NOT AN AUTOMATIC THING 2731 01:43:41,365 --> 01:43:43,100 TO JUST SHOOT INFORMATION AT 2732 01:43:43,100 --> 01:43:48,238 EARTH AND HAVE THAT BE USABLE. 2733 01:43:48,238 --> 01:43:49,806 HOW DO WE GO ABOUT COMMUNICATING 2734 01:43:49,806 --> 01:43:51,174 THOUGHT ONLY THROUGH LAUNCH BUT 2735 01:43:51,174 --> 01:43:53,844 ON THE WAY TO MARS AND AT MARS? 2736 01:43:53,844 --> 01:43:55,279 >> THE IMPORTANT THING THIS 2737 01:43:55,279 --> 01:43:57,781 MORNING WHEN WE LIFTED OFF FROM 2738 01:43:57,781 --> 01:43:58,548 COMPLEX 41. 2739 01:43:58,548 --> 01:44:00,684 WE HAD GROUND STATIONSES LOOKING 2740 01:44:00,684 --> 01:44:01,818 AT THE LAUNCH VEHICLE AND 2741 01:44:01,818 --> 01:44:03,320 TRACKED IT TO POVIDE DATA. 2742 01:44:03,320 --> 01:44:07,724 ONCE WE GOT ON TO ORBIT AFTER 2743 01:44:07,724 --> 01:44:09,192 STAGE SPRAEUGSZ YOU HEARD A CALL 2744 01:44:09,192 --> 01:44:15,198 OUT FOR THE NETWORK USED FOR THE 2745 01:44:15,198 --> 01:44:18,568 ISS AND WILL BE USED FOR THE 2746 01:44:18,568 --> 01:44:18,936 LANDING. 2747 01:44:18,936 --> 01:44:20,337 GETTING OFF THE GROUND TODAY WAS 2748 01:44:20,337 --> 01:44:24,574 GREAT. 2749 01:44:24,574 --> 01:44:26,343 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO 2750 01:44:26,343 --> 01:44:35,419 BE ABLE TO GET THE TELEMETRY. 2751 01:44:35,419 --> 01:44:38,055 THE JPL TEAM WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE 2752 01:44:38,055 --> 01:44:40,757 EVER NASA'S DEEP SPACE NETWORK 2753 01:44:40,757 --> 01:44:42,092 THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG 2754 01:44:42,092 --> 01:44:44,728 TIME TO TRANSMIT COMMANDS AND 2755 01:44:44,728 --> 01:44:46,930 DATA TO MARS 2020. 2756 01:44:46,930 --> 01:44:49,433 IT TAKES A LOT OF FOLKS WO WORK 2757 01:44:49,433 --> 01:44:52,703 THOSE AND THE NETWORK AND DEEP 2758 01:44:52,703 --> 01:44:54,237 SPACE NETWORK ARE VERY 2759 01:44:54,237 --> 01:44:54,604 IMPORTANT. 2760 01:44:54,604 --> 01:44:56,006 >> THE COORDINATION OF THAT IS 2761 01:44:56,006 --> 01:44:57,441 SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T GET 2762 01:44:57,441 --> 01:44:58,642 A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE 2763 01:44:58,642 --> 01:45:02,446 AS YOUD, WE ARE USING TEDRIS FOR 2764 01:45:02,446 --> 01:45:03,880 CREW RETURN AND SPACE STKPAEUGZ 2765 01:45:03,880 --> 01:45:07,417 IT IS NOT AN UNLIMITED RESOURCE. 2766 01:45:07,417 --> 01:45:10,087 WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF 2767 01:45:10,087 --> 01:45:14,124 SATELLITES BUT IT IS 2768 01:45:14,124 --> 01:45:16,259 A COORDINATED EFFORT AND WE HAVE 2769 01:45:16,259 --> 01:45:18,528 GROUND STATIONS IN AUSTRALIA. 2770 01:45:18,528 --> 01:45:18,929 >> YES. 2771 01:45:18,929 --> 01:45:19,329 EVERYWHERE. 2772 01:45:19,329 --> 01:45:21,698 NOT ONLY HERE IN AMERICA ON THE 2773 01:45:21,698 --> 01:45:25,435 WEST COAST AND EAST COAST, BUT 2774 01:45:25,435 --> 01:45:27,004 SOUTH AFRICA AREA, AUSTRALIA, 2775 01:45:27,004 --> 01:45:30,073 YOU SAID, WE HAVE SEVERAL GROUND 2776 01:45:30,073 --> 01:45:32,309 STATIONS THAT CATCH UP DIFFERENT 2777 01:45:32,309 --> 01:45:33,143 THINGS FOR MISSIONS. 2778 01:45:33,143 --> 01:45:36,680 IN ORBIT TEDRIS AND THE DEEP 2779 01:45:36,680 --> 01:45:38,782 SPACE NETWORK ARE IMPORTANT. 2780 01:45:38,782 --> 01:45:41,351 THERE IS NOT AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT 2781 01:45:41,351 --> 01:45:42,152 OF RESOURCES. 2782 01:45:42,152 --> 01:45:44,121 WE HAVE TO COORDINATE THOSE 2783 01:45:44,121 --> 01:45:45,889 WITHIN THE NASA AGENCY AND 2784 01:45:45,889 --> 01:45:47,657 COMMERCIAL PAARE THENERS WHEN 2785 01:45:47,657 --> 01:45:52,662 USED -- PARTNERS WHEN USED FOR 2786 01:45:52,662 --> 01:45:56,099 OUR LAUNCHES. 2787 01:45:56,099 --> 01:45:58,969 >> ON THAT NOTE AROUND THE WORLD 2788 01:45:58,969 --> 01:46:01,571 CURRENTLY IT IS ROUGHLY OVER THE 2789 01:46:01,571 --> 01:46:04,141 SOUTH INDIAN OEGSZ. 2790 01:46:04,141 --> 01:46:05,609 INDIAN OCEAN. 2791 01:46:05,609 --> 01:46:07,044 THINKING ABOUT HOW FAST WE ARE 2792 01:46:07,044 --> 01:46:09,246 MOVING AND AMAZING WORLD OF 2793 01:46:09,246 --> 01:46:09,679 SPACE FLIGHT. 2794 01:46:09,679 --> 01:46:11,982 IT IS HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS. 2795 01:46:11,982 --> 01:46:14,284 WE ARE FLYING AROUND THE EARTH 2796 01:46:14,284 --> 01:46:15,152 AND HALFWAY AROUND IT. 2797 01:46:15,152 --> 01:46:19,723 WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THEY 2798 01:46:19,723 --> 01:46:24,895 ARE WORKING TO PROTECT MARS FROM 2799 01:46:24,895 --> 01:46:27,864 CONTAMINATION. 2800 01:46:27,864 --> 01:46:31,101 THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT WHEN 2801 01:46:31,101 --> 01:46:31,635 FLYING TO MARS. 2802 01:46:31,635 --> 01:46:34,137 >> IT IS A COMBINED EFFORT TO 2803 01:46:34,137 --> 01:46:35,806 LOOK AT THAT FOR WHEN WE GET 2804 01:46:35,806 --> 01:46:37,407 READY FOR SEPARATION IN 2805 01:46:37,407 --> 01:46:37,774 A MINUTE. 2806 01:46:37,774 --> 01:46:38,842 ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED 2807 01:46:38,842 --> 01:46:42,079 ABOUT IS CENTAUR AND MARS 2808 01:46:42,079 --> 01:46:44,915 2020 ARE ON THE SAME PATH TOWARD 2809 01:46:44,915 --> 01:46:47,317 MARS RIGHT NOW. 2810 01:46:47,317 --> 01:46:50,454 ONCE WE SEPARATE THERE WILL BE 2811 01:46:50,454 --> 01:46:52,489 A CONTAMINATION AND CONTROL AND 2812 01:46:52,489 --> 01:46:54,224 BLOW DOWN WHAT IS LEFT OF 2813 01:46:54,224 --> 01:46:56,526 PROTELEANTS IN THE THINK -- 2814 01:46:56,526 --> 01:46:57,727 PROPELLANTS IN ITS TANK SO IT 2815 01:46:57,727 --> 01:47:01,665 WILL BE ON A DIFFERENT TRACK SO 2816 01:47:01,665 --> 01:47:04,000 IT WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH MARS 2817 01:47:04,000 --> 01:47:05,302 2020 FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. 2818 01:47:05,302 --> 01:47:07,237 THAT TOOK A LOT OF WORKS BY THE 2819 01:47:07,237 --> 01:47:08,772 JPL TEAM AND LAUNCH TEAM TO MAKE 2820 01:47:08,772 --> 01:47:10,107 SURE THAT WOULD HAPPEN. 2821 01:47:10,107 --> 01:47:14,678 ANOTHER PLANETARY PROTECTION 2822 01:47:14,678 --> 01:47:16,313 MANEUVER THAT HAD TO BE DONE. 2823 01:47:16,313 --> 01:47:18,448 >> I UNDERSTAND FROM EXPERTS 2824 01:47:18,448 --> 01:47:19,216 THIS ROCKET AFTER THE SECOND 2825 01:47:19,216 --> 01:47:21,251 BURN IS NOT ACTUALLY AIMED 2826 01:47:21,251 --> 01:47:25,422 DESPERATE AT MARS FOR -- 2827 01:47:25,422 --> 01:47:27,057 AIMINGED DIRECTLY AT MARS. 2828 01:47:27,057 --> 01:47:33,997 TELL REDIRECT ITSELF SLIGHTLY. 2829 01:47:33,997 --> 01:47:36,833 WE HEAR JESSE TELLING US CENTAUR 2830 01:47:36,833 --> 01:47:38,201 IS SPINNING UP. 2831 01:47:38,201 --> 01:47:41,037 THIS CITIZEN MANEUVER PRIOR TO 2832 01:47:41,037 --> 01:47:42,706 SPACECRAFT SEPARATION WHERE WE 2833 01:47:42,706 --> 01:47:46,243 GET INTO THE SLIGHT ROLL TO GIVE 2834 01:47:46,243 --> 01:47:56,686 MARS 2020 SOME STABILITY. 2835 01:47:56,686 --> 01:47:58,989 THE REACTION CONTROL SYSTEM. 2836 01:47:58,989 --> 01:48:01,158 THE SERIES OF THE SMALL ENGINES 2837 01:48:01,158 --> 01:48:03,693 YOU SEE FIRING AROUND THE 2838 01:48:03,693 --> 01:48:05,896 SPACECRAFT ARE USED FOR THE 2839 01:48:05,896 --> 01:48:07,531 INFLATE OPERATIONS AND ROLLING 2840 01:48:07,531 --> 01:48:08,131 ACTIVITIES. 2841 01:48:08,131 --> 01:48:10,367 IT IS PROVIDING STABILITY TO THE 2842 01:48:10,367 --> 01:48:11,535 FLIGHT. 2843 01:48:11,535 --> 01:48:12,202 TELL US. 2844 01:48:12,202 --> 01:48:13,570 >> WE HAVE SUCCESSFUL SEPARATION 2845 01:48:13,570 --> 01:48:16,039 OF MARS 2020 WITH THE 2846 01:48:16,039 --> 01:48:17,440 PERSEVERANCE ROVER. 2847 01:48:17,440 --> 01:48:17,908 >> AWESOME. 2848 01:48:17,908 --> 01:48:20,277 >> NICE APPLAUSE THERE. 2849 01:48:20,277 --> 01:48:23,680 WE HOPE TO GET LIVE VOIDIO BACK 2850 01:48:23,680 --> 01:48:25,782 FROM THAT -- VIDEO BACK FROM 2851 01:48:25,782 --> 01:48:26,082 THAT. 2852 01:48:26,082 --> 01:48:28,518 WE DON'T HAVE IT AT THIS INSTANT 2853 01:48:28,518 --> 01:48:30,120 AND WE'LL BRING THAT TO YOU IF 2854 01:48:30,120 --> 01:48:31,955 WE DO. 2855 01:48:31,955 --> 01:48:32,822 TELL US ABOUT THE SEPARATION 2856 01:48:32,822 --> 01:48:33,723 MANEUVER. 2857 01:48:33,723 --> 01:48:38,161 THE APPARATUS. 2858 01:48:38,161 --> 01:48:38,795 >> SEPARATION CLAMP. 2859 01:48:38,795 --> 01:48:40,830 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN 2860 01:48:40,830 --> 01:48:41,198 A MINUTE. 2861 01:48:41,198 --> 01:48:43,233 YOU SEE THE MISSION DIRECTOR 2862 01:48:43,233 --> 01:48:44,501 SYSTEM AND WE JOKESSED ABOUT 2863 01:48:44,501 --> 01:48:47,304 THIS EARLIER, BUT WHEN THE 2864 01:48:47,304 --> 01:48:48,071 PANDEMIC AND EVERYTHING GOING 2865 01:48:48,071 --> 01:48:50,040 ON, THE TEAMS HAVE DONE A GREAT 2866 01:48:50,040 --> 01:48:50,941 JOB. 2867 01:48:50,941 --> 01:48:53,610 NORMALLY SPACECRAFT 2868 01:48:53,610 --> 01:48:54,044 SEPARATION -- 2869 01:48:54,044 --> 01:48:56,046 >> CENTAUR WILL PERFORM THE 2870 01:48:56,046 --> 01:48:58,481 PROPELLANT BLOW DOWN SEQUENCE 2871 01:48:58,481 --> 01:49:04,588 T 2872 01:49:04,588 --> 01:49:04,888 INERT. 2873 01:49:04,888 --> 01:49:06,556 THIS WILL CONCLUDE TODAY'S 2874 01:49:06,556 --> 01:49:06,957 COMMENTARY. 2875 01:49:06,957 --> 01:49:09,292 THIS IS ATLAS FLIGHT COMMENTARY 2876 01:49:09,292 --> 01:49:10,327 SIGNING OFF. 2877 01:49:10,327 --> 01:49:14,331 >> THE END OF UL A'S JOB. 2878 01:49:14,331 --> 01:49:16,633 >> WHAT I WAS SAYING ABOUT THE 2879 01:49:16,633 --> 01:49:18,034 MISSION DIRECTOR CENTER, WE 2880 01:49:18,034 --> 01:49:20,337 WOULD SEE CLAPPING AND HIGH 2881 01:49:20,337 --> 01:49:21,938 FIVES. 2882 01:49:21,938 --> 01:49:22,472 >> HANDSHAKING. 2883 01:49:22,472 --> 01:49:23,873 >> WITH THE PANDEMIC PEOPLE ARE 2884 01:49:23,873 --> 01:49:25,208 STAYING THEIR DISTANCE AND 2885 01:49:25,208 --> 01:49:27,577 TAKING THE GUIDELINES SERIOUSLY. 2886 01:49:27,577 --> 01:49:30,146 WE SAW A LOT OF AIR 5s. 2887 01:49:30,146 --> 01:49:30,647 >> ABSOLUTELY. 2888 01:49:30,647 --> 01:49:32,415 >> DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT 2889 01:49:32,415 --> 01:49:34,517 THE TEAM, HOW EXCITED THEY ARE. 2890 01:49:34,517 --> 01:49:36,853 THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO 2891 01:49:36,853 --> 01:49:38,455 GET TO THIS POINT. 2892 01:49:38,455 --> 01:49:42,592 SEEING SPRAYS CRAFT SEPARATION 2893 01:49:42,592 --> 01:49:42,993 AWESOME. 2894 01:49:42,993 --> 01:49:46,229 >> ON TOP OF ALL OF THAT MARS 2895 01:49:46,229 --> 01:49:47,797 2020 WAS LIKE HERE, HAVE 2896 01:49:47,797 --> 01:49:48,865 A EARTHQUAKE. 2897 01:49:48,865 --> 01:49:49,266 WE DID IT. 2898 01:49:49,266 --> 01:49:50,834 MOST OF THE WAY THERE, NOT THERE 2899 01:49:50,834 --> 01:49:51,101 YET. 2900 01:49:51,101 --> 01:49:53,236 >> YOU HEARD OMAR EARLIER SAY 2901 01:49:53,236 --> 01:49:55,272 A LOT OF US WHEN WE STARTED THIS 2902 01:49:55,272 --> 01:49:59,075 THE PANDEMIC STARTED, WE THOUGHT 2903 01:49:59,075 --> 01:50:03,880 MARS 2020 MIGHT BE MARS 2022. 2904 01:50:03,880 --> 01:50:05,382 MR. BRIDENSTINE AND NASA DECIDED 2905 01:50:05,382 --> 01:50:05,915 TO MOVE FORWARD. 2906 01:50:05,915 --> 01:50:08,485 THE TEAMS FOUND WAYS TO ON DO 2907 01:50:08,485 --> 01:50:09,286 THIS. 2908 01:50:09,286 --> 01:50:11,154 THEY WERE DISCIPLINED AND 2909 01:50:11,154 --> 01:50:12,922 FOCUSED AND COURAGEOUS. 2910 01:50:12,922 --> 01:50:15,158 ALL THAT PLAYED OFF TODAY WITH 2911 01:50:15,158 --> 01:50:17,060 A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AND NOW 2912 01:50:17,060 --> 01:50:22,565 SPACECRAFT AND MARS 20S 20S ON 2913 01:50:22,565 --> 01:50:23,933 THE WAY. 2914 01:50:23,933 --> 01:50:24,934 >> STAY WITH US. 2915 01:50:24,934 --> 01:50:29,673 REALLY FAST, TELL US ABOUT THIS 2916 01:50:29,673 --> 01:50:30,040 MECHANISM. 2917 01:50:30,040 --> 01:50:31,074 WE TEASED IT. 2918 01:50:31,074 --> 01:50:32,309 HOW DID THEY SEPARATE. 2919 01:50:32,309 --> 01:50:34,577 >> THE SEPARATION SYSTEM IS 2920 01:50:34,577 --> 01:50:38,181 CALLED A CLAMP BAND DESIGNED 2921 01:50:38,181 --> 01:50:47,090 EARLIER BY KARL MARX. 2922 01:50:47,090 --> 01:50:49,626 THE CLAMP BAND AND SPRINGS JUST 2923 01:50:49,626 --> 01:50:51,728 GIVE ENOUGH FORCE TO PUSH THE 2924 01:50:51,728 --> 01:50:53,663 SPACECRAFT OFF THE FRONT OF THE 2925 01:50:53,663 --> 01:50:57,067 VEHICLE. 2926 01:50:57,067 --> 01:50:57,801 >> HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE THAT 2927 01:50:57,801 --> 01:50:58,268 VIDEO. 2928 01:50:58,268 --> 01:50:59,769 WE'LL CHECK IN FOR ONE FINAL 2929 01:50:59,769 --> 01:51:02,305 TIME IN A LITTLE BIT WITH THE 2930 01:51:02,305 --> 01:51:03,306 FOLKS HERE. 2931 01:51:03,306 --> 01:51:03,907 BACK TO YOU. 2932 01:51:03,907 --> 01:51:04,874 >> THANK YOU. 2933 01:51:04,874 --> 01:51:07,477 GREAT JOB BOTH OF YOU. 2934 01:51:07,477 --> 01:51:09,412 IT'S GREAT TO SEE MICK EXPLAIN 2935 01:51:09,412 --> 01:51:10,947 SPRINGS ARE WHAT IS GETTING US 2936 01:51:10,947 --> 01:51:12,115 TO MARS. 2937 01:51:12,115 --> 01:51:14,117 WE HAVE OUR SECOND BURN UNDER 2938 01:51:14,117 --> 01:51:14,884 WAY. 2939 01:51:14,884 --> 01:51:17,754 WE HAVE BEEN FLYING FOR AN HOUR 2940 01:51:17,754 --> 01:51:19,356 AND AS YOU SAW SPACECRAFT 2941 01:51:19,356 --> 01:51:21,658 SEPARATION WENT WELL. 2942 01:51:21,658 --> 01:51:22,392 THAT'S FANTASTIC. 2943 01:51:22,392 --> 01:51:25,762 WE CAN NOW SAY THAT PERSEVERANCE 2944 01:51:25,762 --> 01:51:28,465 IS OFFICIALLY ON ITS WAY TO 2945 01:51:28,465 --> 01:51:28,765 MARS. 2946 01:51:28,765 --> 01:51:30,967 >> WHAT A BEAUTIFUL THOUGHT THAT 2947 01:51:30,967 --> 01:51:31,234 IS. 2948 01:51:31,234 --> 01:51:34,838 WHILE WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THE 2949 01:51:34,838 --> 01:51:36,406 SPACECRAFT SINCE LAUNCH, I KNOW 2950 01:51:36,406 --> 01:51:38,074 THE MISSION CONTROL TEAMALITY 2951 01:51:38,074 --> 01:51:39,909 JPL IS TURNING TO THE NEXT 2952 01:51:39,909 --> 01:51:41,378 MILESTONE AND THAT IS ENSURING 2953 01:51:41,378 --> 01:51:43,747 THE ARRAY OF COMMUNICATION 2954 01:51:43,747 --> 01:51:45,715 ANTENNAS KNOWN AS THE DEEP SPACE 2955 01:51:45,715 --> 01:51:48,618 NETWORK RECEIVE A SIGNAL FROM 2956 01:51:48,618 --> 01:51:49,386 THE SPACECRAFT FLYING THE ROVE 2957 01:51:49,386 --> 01:51:50,520 TORE MARS. 2958 01:51:50,520 --> 01:51:53,556 WE EXPECT TO SEA THE TEAMS 2959 01:51:53,556 --> 01:51:56,292 ACQUIRE THE SIGNAL CLOSE TO 9:14 2960 01:51:56,292 --> 01:51:57,594 EASTERN TIME. 2961 01:51:57,594 --> 01:51:59,562 SEPARATION HAS OCCURRED IN THE 2962 01:51:59,562 --> 01:52:00,330 SHADOW OF THE EARTH. 2963 01:52:00,330 --> 01:52:03,833 THIS COULD TAKE LONGER THAN 2964 01:52:03,833 --> 01:52:05,702 ESTIMATED. 2965 01:52:05,702 --> 01:52:08,204 >> FINDING LIFE ON MARS WON'T BE 2966 01:52:08,204 --> 01:52:10,039 AS EASY AS YOU MIGHT THINK AND 2967 01:52:10,039 --> 01:52:11,107 WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. 2968 01:52:11,107 --> 01:52:12,542 HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND MORE 2969 01:52:12,542 --> 01:52:19,149 IS NASA ASTRONAUT ZENA CARDMON. 2970 01:52:19,149 --> 01:52:21,518 THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. 2971 01:52:21,518 --> 01:52:25,722 YOUR REACTION TO THE LAUNCH. 2972 01:52:25,722 --> 01:52:26,122 >> WOW. 2973 01:52:26,122 --> 01:52:27,123 EVERY TIME IT TAKES MY BREATH 2974 01:52:27,123 --> 01:52:27,891 AWAY. 2975 01:52:27,891 --> 01:52:30,727 I HAD NEVER SEEN A LAUNCH BEFORE 2976 01:52:30,727 --> 01:52:33,530 UNTIL I GOT THIS JOB AND I HAVE 2977 01:52:33,530 --> 01:52:34,798 BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO SEE THREE. 2978 01:52:34,798 --> 01:52:36,633 EVERY TIME IT MAKES ME FEEL SO 2979 01:52:36,633 --> 01:52:37,667 MUCH EMOTION. 2980 01:52:37,667 --> 01:52:38,835 >> TALK US THROUGH. 2981 01:52:38,835 --> 01:52:40,570 AS YOU WERE WATCHING IT YOU FEEL 2982 01:52:40,570 --> 01:52:44,040 THE RUPRUMBLE. 2983 01:52:44,040 --> 01:52:45,842 >> FIRST YOU SEE IT UP AND THEN 2984 01:52:45,842 --> 01:52:48,344 FEEL THE RUMBLE AS THE SOUND 2985 01:52:48,344 --> 01:52:49,779 TRAVELS TO YOU. 2986 01:52:49,779 --> 01:52:51,414 YOU FEEL IT IN YOUR CHEST. 2987 01:52:51,414 --> 01:52:53,116 IT'S AMAZING. 2988 01:52:53,116 --> 01:52:55,084 >> YOU HAVE AMAZING BACKGROUND. 2989 01:52:55,084 --> 01:52:56,753 YOU SEARCHED FOR SIGNS OF LIFE 2990 01:52:56,753 --> 01:52:59,122 IN SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME 2991 01:52:59,122 --> 01:53:01,925 ENVIRONMENTS ON EARTHANT AICT, 2992 01:53:01,925 --> 01:53:02,258 ARCTIC. 2993 01:53:02,258 --> 01:53:06,663 YOU ARE USED TO LOOKING FOR THE 2994 01:53:06,663 --> 01:53:07,730 BIO-SIGNATURES. 2995 01:53:07,730 --> 01:53:08,498 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT 2996 01:53:08,498 --> 01:53:09,999 THIS ROVER SEARCHING FOR SIGNS 2997 01:53:09,999 --> 01:53:10,733 OF LIFE. 2998 01:53:10,733 --> 01:53:12,101 >> WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE 2999 01:53:12,101 --> 01:53:15,705 LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE IN 3000 01:53:15,705 --> 01:53:19,843 UNUSUAL ENVIRONMENTS HERE ON 3001 01:53:19,843 --> 01:53:20,176 EARTH. 3002 01:53:20,176 --> 01:53:22,545 MARS IS VERY COLD AND DRY AND WE 3003 01:53:22,545 --> 01:53:24,214 HAVE PLACES ON EARTH THAT ARE 3004 01:53:24,214 --> 01:53:32,722 LIKE THAT ANT ARCTICA. 3005 01:53:32,722 --> 01:53:37,961 IF YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THE 3006 01:53:37,961 --> 01:53:40,964 SIGNS LEFT BEHIND MET ROCK 3007 01:53:40,964 --> 01:53:41,297 RECORD. 3008 01:53:41,297 --> 01:53:42,765 MICRO ORCHISMS ARE TINEY AND 3009 01:53:42,765 --> 01:53:45,502 SOFT AND DON'T LEAVE 3010 01:53:45,502 --> 01:53:46,970 A FOSSILLIKE A DINOSAUR WOULD 3011 01:53:46,970 --> 01:53:49,706 LEAVE A BONE OR FOOT PRINT. 3012 01:53:49,706 --> 01:53:55,144 WE USE CHEMICAL SIGNATURES. 3013 01:53:55,144 --> 01:53:56,246 >> SOMETHING WIGGLING AROUND. 3014 01:53:56,246 --> 01:53:57,180 NO. 3015 01:53:57,180 --> 01:53:58,948 >> WHY DO WE NEED TO GO TO THE 3016 01:53:58,948 --> 01:54:00,483 MOON BEFORE WE GO TO MARS? 3017 01:54:00,483 --> 01:54:01,951 >> THAT'S SUCH A GOOD QUESTION. 3018 01:54:01,951 --> 01:54:03,419 WE ANSWER BEEN TO THE MOON, 3019 01:54:03,419 --> 01:54:03,720 RIGHT? 3020 01:54:03,720 --> 01:54:05,321 BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE MOON 3021 01:54:05,321 --> 01:54:05,822 TO STAY. 3022 01:54:05,822 --> 01:54:08,358 WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO LIVE OFF 3023 01:54:08,358 --> 01:54:12,095 EARTH ON ANOTHER PLANETARY BODY. 3024 01:54:12,095 --> 01:54:15,131 WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE 3025 01:54:15,131 --> 01:54:17,567 RESOURCES, USE TOOLS IF WE WANT 3026 01:54:17,567 --> 01:54:19,969 TO DO GEOLOGY ON MARS. 3027 01:54:19,969 --> 01:54:21,571 THE TOOLS WE USE HERE ON EARTH 3028 01:54:21,571 --> 01:54:23,673 WILL LOOK SIMILAR BUT NOT WORK 3029 01:54:23,673 --> 01:54:25,542 QUITE THE SAME WAY. 3030 01:54:25,542 --> 01:54:27,176 BECAUSE THE ROUND TRIP TO MARS 3031 01:54:27,176 --> 01:54:28,778 IS SO MUCH LONGER THAN THE ROUND 3032 01:54:28,778 --> 01:54:29,579 TRIP TO THE MOON. 3033 01:54:29,579 --> 01:54:32,115 WHEN WE GO, WE WANT TO DO IT 3034 01:54:32,115 --> 01:54:32,415 RIGHT. 3035 01:54:32,415 --> 01:54:34,083 >> HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT ROVER 3036 01:54:34,083 --> 01:54:35,184 BEHIND YOU? 3037 01:54:35,184 --> 01:54:35,685 >> I LOVE IT. 3038 01:54:35,685 --> 01:54:36,219 >> IT'S GREAT. 3039 01:54:36,219 --> 01:54:37,954 I WANT TO ASK YOU SOCIAL 3040 01:54:37,954 --> 01:54:38,855 QUESTIONS NOW. 3041 01:54:38,855 --> 01:54:39,355 >> ABSOLUTELY. 3042 01:54:39,355 --> 01:54:40,623 >> FROM OUR AUDIENCE WHO HAS 3043 01:54:40,623 --> 01:54:41,524 BEEN WATCHING. 3044 01:54:41,524 --> 01:54:44,193 WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT OUR 3045 01:54:44,193 --> 01:54:47,063 FIRST QUESTION THROUGH FACEBOOK 3046 01:54:47,063 --> 01:54:49,365 WILL PERSEVERANCE LAND TO 3047 01:54:49,365 --> 01:54:51,000 INVESTIGATE THE LANDING SITE FOR 3048 01:54:51,000 --> 01:54:52,669 A FUTURE MANNED MISSION IN THE 3049 01:54:52,669 --> 01:55:25,101 SAME LOCATION? 3050 01:55:25,101 --> 01:55:26,336 >> IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ANOTHER 3051 01:55:26,336 --> 01:55:30,807 SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION FROM 3052 01:55:30,807 --> 01:55:31,307 TWITTER. 3053 01:55:31,307 --> 01:55:33,710 >> DO YOU THINK WE WILL SEND 3054 01:55:33,710 --> 01:55:35,511 ASTRONAUTS TO MARS IN A SAFE WAY 3055 01:55:35,511 --> 01:55:37,380 TO SEND A ROVER LIKE 3056 01:55:37,380 --> 01:55:41,417 PERSEVERANCE TO MARS IN A SAFE 3057 01:55:41,417 --> 01:55:41,684 WAY. 3058 01:55:41,684 --> 01:55:44,454 >> WE WON'T GO UNTIL IT'S SAFE 3059 01:55:44,454 --> 01:55:45,588 AND ROUND TRIP. 3060 01:55:45,588 --> 01:55:46,923 PART OF THIS SPHEUGSZ A ROUND 3061 01:55:46,923 --> 01:55:53,663 TRIP. 3062 01:55:53,663 --> 01:55:54,464 WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING LIFTOFF 3063 01:55:54,464 --> 01:55:55,932 MARS AND COME BACK. 3064 01:55:55,932 --> 01:55:57,567 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 3065 01:55:57,567 --> 01:55:57,967 HERE. 3066 01:55:57,967 --> 01:56:01,404 YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND ARE 3067 01:56:01,404 --> 01:56:01,871 A GREAT GUEST. 3068 01:56:01,871 --> 01:56:07,677 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3069 01:56:07,677 --> 01:56:08,878 >> THANK YOU. 3070 01:56:08,878 --> 01:56:11,881 >> THERE ARE A LOT OF SYSTEMS TO 3071 01:56:11,881 --> 01:56:13,650 DEVELOP AND PROVE OUT AS WE 3072 01:56:13,650 --> 01:56:15,952 PREPARE FOR SENDING HUMANS TO 3073 01:56:15,952 --> 01:56:17,820 MARS AS YOU HAVE JUST HEARD. 3074 01:56:17,820 --> 01:56:20,223 HERE ARE SIX TECHNOLOGY 3075 01:56:20,223 --> 01:56:22,792 DISCIPLINES CRITICAL TO THE 3076 01:56:22,792 --> 01:56:27,730 SUCCESS OF FUTURE EXPLORATIONS. 3077 01:56:29,866 --> 01:57:23,920 ♪ 3078 01:57:29,926 --> 01:58:13,436 ♪ 3079 01:58:14,637 --> 01:58:27,350 ♪ 3080 01:58:27,350 --> 01:58:28,317 >> NASA'S FIRST MARS ROVER WERE 3081 01:58:28,317 --> 01:58:31,487 POWERED BY SOLAR ENERGY. 3082 01:58:31,487 --> 01:58:33,589 THIS BLOCKS MUCH NEEDED SUN 3083 01:58:33,589 --> 01:58:34,157 LIGHT. 3084 01:58:34,157 --> 01:58:36,359 NASA UPGRADED TO NUCLEAR 3085 01:58:36,359 --> 01:58:37,627 BATTERIES PROVIDED BY THE 3086 01:58:37,627 --> 01:58:38,728 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 3087 01:58:38,728 --> 01:58:41,030 JOINING US NOW IS THE ASSISTANT 3088 01:58:41,030 --> 01:58:44,033 SECRETARY FOR THE OFFICE OF 3089 01:58:44,033 --> 01:58:44,834 NUCLEAR ENERGY. 3090 01:58:44,834 --> 01:58:46,702 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING 3091 01:58:46,702 --> 01:58:47,036 HERE. 3092 01:58:47,036 --> 01:58:47,470 >> GREAT. 3093 01:58:47,470 --> 01:58:49,438 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 3094 01:58:49,438 --> 01:58:51,474 >> HOW DID YOU ENJOY THE LAUNCH? 3095 01:58:51,474 --> 01:58:52,909 >> IT WAS AMAZING. 3096 01:58:52,909 --> 01:58:53,843 ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 3097 01:58:53,843 --> 01:58:55,745 SO FORTUNATE TO BE HERE AND 3098 01:58:55,745 --> 01:58:57,613 EXCITEED TO WATCH IT. 3099 01:58:57,613 --> 01:58:59,182 I'M JUST GIDDY. 3100 01:58:59,182 --> 01:59:00,583 THIS IS MY FIRST ONE. 3101 01:59:00,583 --> 01:59:01,284 >> WHAT DID YOU FEEL? 3102 01:59:01,284 --> 01:59:04,120 >> YOU COULD LITERALLY FEEL THE 3103 01:59:04,120 --> 01:59:04,453 LAUNCH. 3104 01:59:04,453 --> 01:59:06,556 IT WAS VERY EXCITING. 3105 01:59:06,556 --> 01:59:07,924 >> VERY GOOD. 3106 01:59:07,924 --> 01:59:09,458 >> IT'S REALLY INTERESTING. 3107 01:59:09,458 --> 01:59:12,128 WHEN YOU SAW THE SEGMENT I WAS 3108 01:59:12,128 --> 01:59:13,729 FASCINATED BY THE NUCLEAR PART 3109 01:59:13,729 --> 01:59:15,331 OF IT. 3110 01:59:15,331 --> 01:59:16,599 HOW DID THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 3111 01:59:16,599 --> 01:59:18,334 GET INTO THE BUSINESS OF MAKING 3112 01:59:18,334 --> 01:59:21,871 NUCLEAR BATTERIES FOR SPACE 3113 01:59:21,871 --> 01:59:22,305 EXPLORATION? 3114 01:59:22,305 --> 01:59:26,576 >> SPACE EXPLOREERATION REQUIRES 3115 01:59:26,576 --> 01:59:28,878 POWER SOURCES FOR THE TYPE OF 3116 01:59:28,878 --> 01:59:30,613 ACTIVITY AND HEAT AND 3117 01:59:30,613 --> 01:59:31,848 ELECTRICITY TO BE PROVIDED TO 3118 01:59:31,848 --> 01:59:34,116 THE SPACECRAFT AND THE 3119 01:59:34,116 --> 01:59:35,618 SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT. 3120 01:59:35,618 --> 01:59:38,087 NUCLEAR ENERGY CAN PROVIDE THAT 3121 01:59:38,087 --> 01:59:38,421 POWER. 3122 01:59:38,421 --> 01:59:46,095 ONE SOURCE IS THE RADIO ISOTOPE 3123 01:59:46,095 --> 01:59:46,662 POWER SYSTEM, RPS. 3124 01:59:46,662 --> 01:59:47,396 WART OF THAT RPS IS THE RADIO 3125 01:59:47,396 --> 01:59:49,932 ISOTOPE THERMAL GENERATOR. 3126 01:59:49,932 --> 01:59:51,834 THAT'S A LOT. 3127 01:59:51,834 --> 01:59:53,903 HAVE A DECOREDDER RING. 3128 01:59:53,903 --> 01:59:55,972 BUT IT'S A SPACE NUCLEAR POWER 3129 01:59:55,972 --> 02:00:01,711 SYSTEM THAT CONVERTS HEAT INTO 3130 02:00:01,711 --> 02:00:05,448 ELECTRICITY WITHOUT ANY MOVING 3131 02:00:05,448 --> 02:00:05,781 PARTS. 3132 02:00:05,781 --> 02:00:07,683 IT TURNS THE MATERIALS INTO 3133 02:00:07,683 --> 02:00:09,185 ELECTRICITY. 3134 02:00:09,185 --> 02:00:10,453 THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE ON THE ROVER 3135 02:00:10,453 --> 02:00:12,955 THAT WE JUST GOT LAUNCHED THIS 3136 02:00:12,955 --> 02:00:13,289 MORNING. 3137 02:00:13,289 --> 02:00:14,724 IT CONNIVITYS OF TWO MAJOR 3138 02:00:14,724 --> 02:00:17,360 ELEMENTS, A HEAT SOURCE THAT 3139 02:00:17,360 --> 02:00:22,231 CONTAINS A RADIO ISOTOPE FILL, 3140 02:00:22,231 --> 02:00:24,834 PLUTONIUM 238 AND SOLID STATE 3141 02:00:24,834 --> 02:00:29,405 THERM OR COUPLERS. 3142 02:00:29,405 --> 02:00:31,774 WE DEVELOPED SEVERAL GENERATIONS 3143 02:00:31,774 --> 02:00:35,278 THAT BE USED FOR LICKITY AND THE 3144 02:00:35,278 --> 02:00:37,346 HEAT FOR -- ELECTRICITY AND THE 3145 02:00:37,346 --> 02:00:39,148 HEAT FOR A VARIETY OF 3146 02:00:39,148 --> 02:00:39,515 APPLICATIONS. 3147 02:03:04,060 --> 02:03:04,860 >> I WORK AS MISSION 3148 02:03:04,860 --> 02:03:16,072 COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER FOR LSP. 3149 02:03:16,072 --> 02:03:19,809 >> JOSHUA, JESSICA IS ONE OF OUR 3150 02:03:19,809 --> 02:03:20,843 WIZARDS. 3151 02:03:20,843 --> 02:03:22,945 WE DEPEND ON OUR FOLKS TO MAKE 3152 02:03:22,945 --> 02:03:24,814 SURE THAT WE GET EVERYTHING WE 3153 02:03:24,814 --> 02:03:26,682 NEED TO DO OUR ASSESSMENTS AS 3154 02:03:26,682 --> 02:03:27,049 ENGINEERS. 3155 02:03:27,049 --> 02:03:29,318 THEY MAKE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE 3156 02:03:29,318 --> 02:03:30,186 THERE. 3157 02:03:30,186 --> 02:03:31,720 >> TELL US ABOUT HOW YOU GET THE 3158 02:03:31,720 --> 02:03:34,457 DATA BACK AND HOW IT'S UTILIZED 3159 02:03:34,457 --> 02:03:37,560 OUT TO THE TEAM. 3160 02:03:37,560 --> 02:03:41,464 >> WE GO AHEAD AND GET A DATA 3161 02:03:41,464 --> 02:03:43,365 AND THAT GOES AHEAD AND GOES 3162 02:03:43,365 --> 02:03:45,101 BACK TO THE ENGINEERS. 3163 02:03:45,101 --> 02:03:46,068 THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE FLEET 3164 02:03:46,068 --> 02:03:50,206 INSIGHT BASED ON THE CONSOLES. 3165 02:03:50,206 --> 02:03:53,509 >> CAN YOU TELL US HOW LONG 3166 02:03:53,509 --> 02:03:55,010 YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 3167 02:03:55,010 --> 02:03:55,444 MISSION. 3168 02:03:55,444 --> 02:03:57,546 PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH 3169 02:03:57,546 --> 02:03:59,115 TIME GOES IN TO MAKE THESE 3170 02:03:59,115 --> 02:03:59,915 MISSIONS HAPPEN. 3171 02:03:59,915 --> 02:04:02,751 >> I'VE BEEN WORKING FOR ABOUT 3172 02:04:02,751 --> 02:04:04,320 2.5 YEARS ON THIS MISSION. 3173 02:04:04,320 --> 02:04:09,458 WE START WORKING WITH JPL TO GET 3174 02:04:09,458 --> 02:04:10,459 THOSE REQUIREMENTS. 3175 02:04:10,459 --> 02:04:13,295 WE GET THE PROCESSING VIDEO AND 3176 02:04:13,295 --> 02:04:17,333 ALSO BEING ABLE TO TALK ABOUT TO 3177 02:04:17,333 --> 02:04:19,135 JPL, BEING ABLE TO TALK TO 3178 02:04:19,135 --> 02:04:19,568 HEADQUARTERS. 3179 02:04:19,568 --> 02:04:20,503 >> WHAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST 3180 02:04:20,503 --> 02:04:21,537 CHALLENGE FOR THIS MISSION? 3181 02:04:21,537 --> 02:04:23,339 I KNOW THIS MISSION PRESENTED 3182 02:04:23,339 --> 02:04:24,807 LOT OF UNIQUE CHALLENGES FOR ALL 3183 02:04:24,807 --> 02:04:25,674 OUR TEAM. 3184 02:04:25,674 --> 02:04:28,644 FOR YOU, WHERE HAS THAT 3185 02:04:28,644 --> 02:04:29,545 CHALLENGE LIE? 3186 02:04:29,545 --> 02:04:32,748 >> WE HAVE A TON OF EXPERIENCE 3187 02:04:32,748 --> 02:04:34,717 FROM DIFFERENT MISSION IN THE 3188 02:04:34,717 --> 02:04:35,017 PAST. 3189 02:04:35,017 --> 02:04:37,453 THE MOST UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS 3190 02:04:37,453 --> 02:04:41,624 MISSION HAS BEEN OUR TREATMENT 3191 02:04:41,624 --> 02:04:55,671 OF COVID. 3192 02:04:55,671 --> 02:04:57,106 >> I THINK THAT MEANS YOU DID 3193 02:04:57,106 --> 02:04:58,641 YOUR JOB REALLY WELL TODAY. 3194 02:04:58,641 --> 02:05:00,342 >> THEY DID THEIR JOB GREAT, 3195 02:05:00,342 --> 02:05:01,777 JOSHUA. 3196 02:05:26,468 --> 02:05:29,738 >> THINGS ARE PRETTY QUIET NOW. 3197 02:05:29,738 --> 02:05:35,277 THAT'S EXPECTED. 3198 02:05:35,277 --> 02:05:37,713 THE TIME THERE IS THE ESTIMATE 3199 02:05:37,713 --> 02:05:40,683 BASED ON THE PRELAUNCH DATA. 3200 02:05:40,683 --> 02:05:41,884 WE'RE BEHIND THE EARTH. 3201 02:05:41,884 --> 02:05:43,319 WE'LL COME OUT OF THAT SHORTLY 3202 02:05:43,319 --> 02:05:44,954 AND HOPEFULLY ACQUIRE THAT 3203 02:05:44,954 --> 02:05:45,287 SIGNAL. 3204 02:05:45,287 --> 02:05:46,589 THERE'S SOLAR RAYS THAT HAVE TO 3205 02:05:46,589 --> 02:05:49,558 PLAY IN HERE. 3206 02:05:49,558 --> 02:05:52,828 STILL KIND OF SOME -- WE'RE 3207 02:05:52,828 --> 02:05:53,229 ANXIOUS. 3208 02:05:53,229 --> 02:05:58,300 >> I WOULD SAY WE'RE ANXIOUS AND 3209 02:05:58,300 --> 02:05:58,901 FOCUSED STILL. 3210 02:05:58,901 --> 02:06:00,169 FOCUSED AND DISCIPLINED. 3211 02:06:00,169 --> 02:06:02,771 EVEN THOUGH IT'S PRETTY QUIET 3212 02:06:02,771 --> 02:06:03,038 NOW. 3213 02:06:03,038 --> 02:06:04,740 WE HAVE HAD SPACECRAFT 3214 02:06:04,740 --> 02:06:05,407 SEPARATION WHICH WAS A HUGE 3215 02:06:05,407 --> 02:06:06,709 MILESTONE FOR THE TEAM AND 3216 02:06:06,709 --> 02:06:20,022 EXCITING TIME FOR US AT NASA. 3217 02:06:20,022 --> 02:06:22,157 THE TEAM IS STILL PERFORMING 3218 02:06:22,157 --> 02:06:22,992 EVERYTHING THAT NEED TO BE DONE 3219 02:06:22,992 --> 02:06:24,526 AS WE AWAIT THE ACQUISITION 3220 02:06:24,526 --> 02:06:24,860 SIGNAL. 3221 02:06:24,860 --> 02:06:26,395 SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON HERE 3222 02:06:26,395 --> 02:06:27,329 IS GROUND SECURING AND 3223 02:06:27,329 --> 02:06:28,364 EVERYTHING HERE AT THE COMPLEX 3224 02:06:28,364 --> 02:06:30,599 TO MAKE SURE WE SAFELY DO THE 3225 02:06:30,599 --> 02:06:31,433 WORK. 3226 02:06:31,433 --> 02:06:34,069 LOT OF WORK GOING ON. 3227 02:06:34,069 --> 02:06:34,937 >> WE'LL SEND YOU BACK TO 3228 02:06:34,937 --> 02:06:35,304 DARRELL. 3229 02:06:35,304 --> 02:06:37,006 WE NEED TO TALK TO THE FOLKS 3230 02:06:37,006 --> 02:06:39,108 GETTING THAT DATA BACK. 3231 02:06:39,108 --> 02:06:40,409 DARRYL, ONE LAST THING JUST A 3232 02:06:40,409 --> 02:06:41,443 FEW MINUTES. 3233 02:06:41,443 --> 02:06:43,145 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 3234 02:06:43,145 --> 02:06:43,746 JOSHUA AND MICK. 3235 02:06:43,746 --> 02:06:45,648 >> WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO OUR 3236 02:06:45,648 --> 02:06:47,516 FINAL CRITICAL MILESTONE FOR 3237 02:06:47,516 --> 02:06:48,617 TODAY'S BROADCAST. 3238 02:06:48,617 --> 02:06:53,422 ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL THAT WILL 3239 02:06:53,422 --> 02:06:54,523 MARK THE OFFICIAL CONCLUSION. 3240 02:06:54,523 --> 02:06:56,992 MY COLLEAGUES AT JPL HAS BEEN 3241 02:06:56,992 --> 02:06:57,826 EAGERLY AWAITING THE FIRST 3242 02:06:57,826 --> 02:06:59,461 MOMENT TO SEE THE PERSEVERANCE 3243 02:06:59,461 --> 02:07:00,329 SIGNAL SHOW UP. 3244 02:07:00,329 --> 02:07:02,298 >> IT'S EXCITING. 3245 02:07:02,298 --> 02:07:03,265 >> YES, IT IS. 3246 02:07:03,265 --> 02:07:04,366 >> OUR MISSION MANAGERS ARE 3247 02:07:04,366 --> 02:07:06,335 EXPECTING THAT SIGNAL ABOUT 80 3248 02:07:06,335 --> 02:07:07,536 MINUTES AFTER LIFTOFF. 3249 02:07:07,536 --> 02:07:10,472 THAT'S GOING TO PUT THAT RIGHT 3250 02:07:10,472 --> 02:07:12,007 AROUND 9:14 A.M. EASTERN TIME. 3251 02:07:12,007 --> 02:07:15,811 LET'S GO BACK OUT NOW TO JPL IN 3252 02:07:15,811 --> 02:07:19,348 CALIFORNIA WHERE THINGS ARE 3253 02:07:19,348 --> 02:07:19,915 SHAKING. 3254 02:07:19,915 --> 02:07:22,518 RAQUEL, HOW DOES THIS 3255 02:07:22,518 --> 02:07:25,054 ACQUISITION AND SIGNAL WORKS? 3256 02:07:25,054 --> 02:07:27,656 >> WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING A 3257 02:07:27,656 --> 02:07:30,492 LONG DISTANCE CALL, IT'S HARD TO 3258 02:07:30,492 --> 02:07:32,027 TOP NASA DEEP SPACE NETWORK. 3259 02:07:32,027 --> 02:07:34,863 IT'S THE LARGEST AND 3260 02:07:34,863 --> 02:07:36,065 TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN THE 3261 02:07:36,065 --> 02:07:36,365 WORLD. 3262 02:07:36,365 --> 02:07:39,468 IT'S WAITING FOR PERSEVERANCE 3263 02:07:39,468 --> 02:07:42,104 ROVER TO PHONE HOME AND LET US 3264 02:07:42,104 --> 02:07:44,573 KNOW ITS HEADING TO MARS. 3265 02:07:44,573 --> 02:07:47,776 PHILIP BALDWIN JOIN US FROM HIS 3266 02:07:47,776 --> 02:07:48,077 HOME. 3267 02:07:48,077 --> 02:07:51,513 PHILIP IS PART OF NASA'S SPACE 3268 02:07:51,513 --> 02:07:52,214 COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION 3269 02:07:52,214 --> 02:07:52,614 PROGRAM. 3270 02:07:52,614 --> 02:07:55,651 HE'S HERE TO TELL US HOW WE 3271 02:07:55,651 --> 02:07:57,453 COMMUNICATE ACROSS DEEP SPACE. 3272 02:07:57,453 --> 02:07:59,822 MARS IS SEVERAL MILLION MILES 3273 02:07:59,822 --> 02:08:00,689 AWAY FROM EARTH. 3274 02:08:00,689 --> 02:08:02,858 HOW DO WE GET SIGNALS BACK AND 3275 02:08:02,858 --> 02:08:05,828 FORTH BETWEEN THE TWO? 3276 02:08:05,828 --> 02:08:08,330 >> WELL, WE RECEIVE A SIGNAL 3277 02:08:08,330 --> 02:08:09,932 EVERYDAY ON OUR CELL PHONES. 3278 02:08:09,932 --> 02:08:11,033 YOU CAN IMAGINE DRIVING OUT IN 3279 02:08:11,033 --> 02:08:13,936 THE COUNTRY SIDE, FARTHEST FROM 3280 02:08:13,936 --> 02:08:15,671 THE NEAREST CELL PHONE TOWER. 3281 02:08:15,671 --> 02:08:18,574 YOU SEE ONE BAR A FAINT SIGNAL. 3282 02:08:18,574 --> 02:08:26,048 MARS IS VERY FAR AWAY. 3283 02:08:26,048 --> 02:08:27,249 THANKFULLY, WE HAVE ONE ON THE 3284 02:08:27,249 --> 02:08:30,586 GROUND FROM DEEP SPACE NETWORK. 3285 02:08:30,586 --> 02:08:34,189 VERY LARGE TRANSITION THAT CAN 3286 02:08:34,189 --> 02:08:35,090 DETECT THAT SAME SIGNAL. 3287 02:08:35,090 --> 02:08:36,759 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SIGNAL 3288 02:08:36,759 --> 02:08:39,428 THAT'S LIKE INCANDESCENT LIGHT 3289 02:08:39,428 --> 02:08:39,728 BULB. 3290 02:08:39,728 --> 02:08:45,267 WE HAVE 70-METER ANTENNAS AND 3. 3291 02:08:45,267 --> 02:08:48,137 70-METER IS ABOUT SIZE OF 3292 02:08:48,137 --> 02:08:49,605 20-STORY BUILDING. 3293 02:08:49,605 --> 02:08:51,840 VERY LARGE SYSTEM THAT CAN 3294 02:08:51,840 --> 02:08:54,943 DETECT THAT SAME SIGNAL. 3295 02:08:54,943 --> 02:08:55,377 >> GREAT. 3296 02:08:55,377 --> 02:08:56,912 THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK 3297 02:08:56,912 --> 02:08:59,681 COMMUNICATES WITH ALL OUR OTHER 3298 02:08:59,681 --> 02:09:01,283 MISSIONS BEYOND THE MOON. 3299 02:09:01,283 --> 02:09:04,219 HOW FAR HAVE WE GONE INTO SPACE? 3300 02:09:04,219 --> 02:09:07,389 >> WELL, OUR MISSIONS ARE THE 3301 02:09:07,389 --> 02:09:11,393 FARTHEST AND HUMAN MADE OBJECT 3302 02:09:11,393 --> 02:09:12,694 THAT EXIST. 3303 02:09:12,694 --> 02:09:14,196 VOYAGE ONE IS 14 BILLION MILES 3304 02:09:14,196 --> 02:09:14,830 AWAY FROM EARTH. 3305 02:09:14,830 --> 02:09:16,698 IT TAKES 20 HOURS ONE WAY TO 3306 02:09:16,698 --> 02:09:18,167 COMMUNICATE TO IT. 3307 02:09:18,167 --> 02:09:20,736 YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THAT LIGHT 3308 02:09:20,736 --> 02:09:21,170 BULB. 3309 02:09:21,170 --> 02:09:22,504 CAN YOU IMAGINE TURNING A LIGHT 3310 02:09:22,504 --> 02:09:27,309 SWITCH AND THAT LIGHT TAKING 20 3311 02:09:27,309 --> 02:09:28,243 HOURS. 3312 02:09:28,243 --> 02:09:31,780 TO COMMUNICATE TO VOYAGER, WE 3313 02:09:31,780 --> 02:09:35,184 SEND COMMAND HIGH. 3314 02:09:35,184 --> 02:09:38,587 VERY FAR AWAY, THANKFULLY, MARS 3315 02:09:38,587 --> 02:09:41,757 NOT AS FAR AWAY. 3316 02:09:41,757 --> 02:09:45,160 IT TAKES NOT 20 HOURS BUT SEVEN 3317 02:09:45,160 --> 02:09:45,527 MINUTES. 3318 02:09:45,527 --> 02:09:48,263 IT'S LITTLE BETTER SITUATION 3319 02:09:48,263 --> 02:09:48,764 THERE. 3320 02:09:48,764 --> 02:09:51,300 >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO ADD THE 3321 02:09:51,300 --> 02:09:52,267 PERSEVERANCE MISSION TO THE DEEP 3322 02:09:52,267 --> 02:09:54,870 SPACE NETWORK? 3323 02:09:54,870 --> 02:09:56,238 >> IT'S LOT OF PREWORK BEFORE 3324 02:09:56,238 --> 02:09:57,673 THE LAUNCH. 3325 02:09:57,673 --> 02:09:59,741 WE TEST WITH THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, 3326 02:09:59,741 --> 02:10:01,543 WE TEST WITH THE SPACECRAFT. 3327 02:10:01,543 --> 02:10:03,378 WE TEST WITH THE ROVER. 3328 02:10:03,378 --> 02:10:05,380 WE TEST OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO 3329 02:10:05,380 --> 02:10:07,516 ENSURE THAT WHEN IT LAUNCHES, 3330 02:10:07,516 --> 02:10:09,284 WHEN SPACECRAFT SEPARATES, WHEN 3331 02:10:09,284 --> 02:10:12,588 IT LANDS ON MARS, WE CAN HAVE 3332 02:10:12,588 --> 02:10:14,022 CONFIDENCE IT WILL BE ABLE TO 3333 02:10:14,022 --> 02:10:15,357 ESTABLISH THAT COMMUNICATION 3334 02:10:15,357 --> 02:10:16,558 WITH US BACK ON EARTH. 3335 02:10:16,558 --> 02:10:17,960 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 3336 02:10:17,960 --> 02:10:19,361 IT'S STILL THAT CONFIDENCE BY 3337 02:10:19,361 --> 02:10:20,462 TESTING AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE 3338 02:10:20,462 --> 02:10:21,396 LOT OF TESTING. 3339 02:10:21,396 --> 02:10:23,765 THE PAYOFF COMES WHEN WE SEE 3340 02:10:23,765 --> 02:10:25,434 GREAT IMAGES FROM MARS. 3341 02:10:25,434 --> 02:10:27,769 LOT OF TESTING HAPPENS UP FRONT 3342 02:10:27,769 --> 02:10:30,138 AND GREAT TEAM THAT WORKS ON 3343 02:10:30,138 --> 02:10:31,974 THAT. 3344 02:10:31,974 --> 02:10:33,141 >> GREAT, GETTING AN ACQUISITION 3345 02:10:33,141 --> 02:10:35,878 OF SIGNAL IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT 3346 02:10:35,878 --> 02:10:36,211 MOMENT. 3347 02:10:36,211 --> 02:10:38,514 TELL US HOW IT WORKS AND WHAT WE 3348 02:10:38,514 --> 02:10:40,816 SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE FOR THIS 3349 02:10:40,816 --> 02:10:41,517 MISSION? 3350 02:10:41,517 --> 02:10:43,285 >> THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 3351 02:10:43,285 --> 02:10:44,319 MOMENT. 3352 02:10:44,319 --> 02:10:48,891 SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE A SPECTRUM 3353 02:10:48,891 --> 02:10:51,360 GRAPH, WITH COUPLE OF LINES ON 3354 02:10:51,360 --> 02:10:52,361 THE BOTTOM. 3355 02:10:52,361 --> 02:10:53,996 YOU'LL SEE A PEAK IN THE MIDDLE 3356 02:10:53,996 --> 02:10:54,763 COME UP. 3357 02:10:54,763 --> 02:10:56,331 THAT'S A CARRIER SIGNAL. 3358 02:10:56,331 --> 02:10:59,635 IT'S DESCRIBED AS A CARRIER, IT 3359 02:10:59,635 --> 02:11:00,736 BRINGS IN THE SIGNAL. 3360 02:11:00,736 --> 02:11:04,540 IT CARRIES THE SIGNAL TO US, 3361 02:11:04,540 --> 02:11:06,141 THEREFORE, WE CAN SEE THAT 3362 02:11:06,141 --> 02:11:07,809 SIGNAL AND KNOW WE'RE RECEIVING 3363 02:11:07,809 --> 02:11:09,011 DATA AND CARRIER SIGNAL BUT 3364 02:11:09,011 --> 02:11:11,680 AFTER THAT, WE HAVE A DECODE 3365 02:11:11,680 --> 02:11:13,515 WHAT THE SIGNAL SAYING. 3366 02:11:13,515 --> 02:11:14,783 HOPEFULLY WE'RE SEEING THE 3367 02:11:14,783 --> 02:11:17,185 SPACECRAFT SAYING I'M DOING OKAY 3368 02:11:17,185 --> 02:11:20,088 I'M ON MY WAY TO MARS. 3369 02:11:20,088 --> 02:11:22,024 WE EXPECT TO SEE THAT SIGNAL AND 3370 02:11:22,024 --> 02:11:23,692 WE'LL DECODE IT AND GET THE 3371 02:11:23,692 --> 02:11:25,561 HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE 3372 02:11:25,561 --> 02:11:25,961 SPACECRAFT. 3373 02:11:25,961 --> 02:11:27,696 WHAT WE'LL LOOK OUT FOR IS HOW 3374 02:11:27,696 --> 02:11:28,597 TO TRACK IT. 3375 02:11:28,597 --> 02:11:32,434 ONCE WE HAD HAT SIGNAL, WE'LL 3376 02:11:32,434 --> 02:11:33,735 MOVE OUR LARGE TRANSITION AS THE 3377 02:11:33,735 --> 02:11:36,705 EARTH SPINS, WE'LL TRACK THE 3378 02:11:36,705 --> 02:11:37,906 SPACECRAFT AROUND THE GLOBE. 3379 02:11:37,906 --> 02:11:39,908 THIS IS A GLOBAL EFFORT. 3380 02:11:39,908 --> 02:11:44,479 WE HAVE OUR STATION CAMERA IN 3381 02:11:44,479 --> 02:11:45,781 AUSTRALIA, MADRID SPAIN AND 3382 02:11:45,781 --> 02:11:46,648 CALIFORNIA WHO WILL BE PART OF 3383 02:11:46,648 --> 02:11:47,983 THIS TRACKING AS THE SPACECRAFT 3384 02:11:47,983 --> 02:11:51,253 GOES TO MARS. 3385 02:11:51,253 --> 02:11:56,091 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING 3386 02:11:56,091 --> 02:11:56,625 FROM PERSEVERANCE. 3387 02:11:56,625 --> 02:11:57,793 >> THANK YOU PHILIP. 3388 02:11:57,793 --> 02:11:58,694 WE ARE JUST COUPLE OF MINUTES 3389 02:11:58,694 --> 02:12:00,562 AWAY FROM THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY 3390 02:12:00,562 --> 02:12:06,001 WE'LL HAVE TO SEE PERSEVERANCE 3391 02:12:06,001 --> 02:12:07,869 SIGNAL ON THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK 3392 02:12:07,869 --> 02:12:08,203 NETWORK. 3393 02:12:08,203 --> 02:12:09,504 ONE STEP CLOSER TO MARS. 3394 02:12:09,504 --> 02:12:11,640 WE HAVE MANY OTHER MILESTONES TO 3395 02:12:11,640 --> 02:12:13,442 HIT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 3396 02:12:13,442 --> 02:12:15,510 MONTHS. 3397 02:12:15,510 --> 02:12:17,279 I'M WITH PERSEVERANCE CHIEF 3398 02:12:17,279 --> 02:12:18,647 ENGINEER AND TELL US WHAT'S IN 3399 02:12:18,647 --> 02:12:19,581 STORE FOR THE ROVER. 3400 02:12:19,581 --> 02:12:22,317 WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT TO SEE 3401 02:12:22,317 --> 02:12:25,721 NEXT? 3402 02:12:25,721 --> 02:12:27,689 >> WELL, AFTER WE ACQUIRE 3403 02:12:27,689 --> 02:12:29,224 SIGNAL, WE HAVE LEFT THE 3404 02:12:29,224 --> 02:12:29,591 BUILDING. 3405 02:12:29,591 --> 02:12:31,493 WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO MARS. 3406 02:12:31,493 --> 02:12:37,399 WE'RE NO LONGER IN ORBIT AROUND 3407 02:12:37,399 --> 02:12:37,699 EARTH. 3408 02:12:37,699 --> 02:12:41,236 WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT IS WE WILL 3409 02:12:41,236 --> 02:12:43,538 START OUR CRUISE PHASE. 3410 02:12:43,538 --> 02:12:44,740 IT WILL BE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS 3411 02:12:44,740 --> 02:12:47,142 BEFORE WE MAKE IT TO THE RED 3412 02:12:47,142 --> 02:12:47,476 PLANET. 3413 02:12:47,476 --> 02:12:51,880 WE HAVE A SET OF PLANNED 3414 02:12:51,880 --> 02:12:53,215 TRAJECTORY CHANGE MANEUVERS THAT 3415 02:12:53,215 --> 02:12:57,686 WE DO DURING CREWS TO ADJUST OUR 3416 02:12:57,686 --> 02:12:58,387 TARGETING. 3417 02:12:58,387 --> 02:13:02,791 WE'RE TARGETING TO MISS MARS 3418 02:13:02,791 --> 02:13:03,058 NOW. 3419 02:13:03,058 --> 02:13:07,696 IN ORDER TO MAKE OUR CENTER 3420 02:13:07,696 --> 02:13:08,697 WHICH THREW US IN THE DIRECTION 3421 02:13:08,697 --> 02:13:12,300 OF MARS, WE'RE ON A MISSING 3422 02:13:12,300 --> 02:13:12,701 TRAJECTORY. 3423 02:13:12,701 --> 02:13:17,406 WE'LL DO TCM1 WHICH WILL TARGET 3424 02:13:17,406 --> 02:13:20,275 OUR IMPACT WITH THE MARTIAN 3425 02:13:20,275 --> 02:13:23,879 SURFACE IN A FEW DAYS. 3426 02:13:23,879 --> 02:13:26,782 WE START WITH THE SPACECRAFT AND 3427 02:13:26,782 --> 02:13:30,318 MAKE SURE IT'S HEALTHY AND HAPPY 3428 02:13:30,318 --> 02:13:34,756 AND TWEAK ITS TRAJECTORY. 3429 02:13:34,756 --> 02:13:35,657 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH ADAM. 3430 02:13:35,657 --> 02:13:38,193 WE ARE JUST A MINUTE AWAY FROM 3431 02:13:38,193 --> 02:13:39,494 THE ACQUISITION SIGNAL. 3432 02:13:39,494 --> 02:13:41,163 LET'S PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND 3433 02:13:41,163 --> 02:13:44,666 WATCH OUR TEAMS AT WORK. 3434 02:16:18,820 --> 02:16:20,188 [APPLAUSE] 3435 02:17:01,129 --> 02:17:05,000 >> WE NOW HAVE AN ACQUISITION 3436 02:17:05,000 --> 02:17:05,500 SIGNAL. 3437 02:17:05,500 --> 02:17:08,570 IT'S AN AMAZING MOMENT AND YEARS 3438 02:17:08,570 --> 02:17:09,871 BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS FOR EVERY 3439 02:17:09,871 --> 02:17:11,740 PERSON WHO WORKED ON THIS 3440 02:17:11,740 --> 02:17:13,475 MISSION IS REALIZED AS 3441 02:17:13,475 --> 02:17:15,076 PERSEVERANCE MAKES ITS WAY TO 3442 02:17:15,076 --> 02:17:15,377 MARS. 3443 02:17:15,377 --> 02:17:17,379 IF WE STILL HAVE ADAM HERE, I 3444 02:17:17,379 --> 02:17:20,048 WANT TO KNOW YOUR REACTION TO 3445 02:17:20,048 --> 02:17:22,951 GETTING THE ACQUISITION SIGNAL? 3446 02:17:22,951 --> 02:17:24,552 >> IT'S VERY NICE TO HAVE THE 3447 02:17:24,552 --> 02:17:27,222 SPACECRAFT IN A SAFE, SEPARATED 3448 02:17:27,222 --> 02:17:29,224 ON ITS WAY TO MARS. 3449 02:17:29,224 --> 02:17:30,959 IT LOOKS GOOD. 3450 02:17:30,959 --> 02:17:31,660 WE'RE HEARING FROM THE 3451 02:17:31,660 --> 02:17:32,060 SPACECRAFT. 3452 02:17:32,060 --> 02:17:33,361 THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION. 3453 02:17:33,361 --> 02:17:35,764 IT'S NOT REALLY MUCH OF OF 3454 02:17:35,764 --> 02:17:36,131 QUESTION. 3455 02:17:36,131 --> 02:17:39,401 IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT 3456 02:17:39,401 --> 02:17:39,868 CONFIRMATION. 3457 02:17:39,868 --> 02:17:41,903 OUR LAUNCH PROCESS IS COMPLETE. 3458 02:17:41,903 --> 02:17:45,607 THE VEHICLES ARE ON ITS WAY TO 3459 02:17:45,607 --> 02:17:46,841 MARS. 3460 02:17:46,841 --> 02:17:49,377 THE NEXT CHAPTER IN 3461 02:17:49,377 --> 02:17:50,345 PERSEVERANCE'S MISSION CAN 3462 02:17:50,345 --> 02:17:51,246 BEGIN. 3463 02:17:51,246 --> 02:17:51,680 >> GREAT. 3464 02:17:51,680 --> 02:17:53,782 WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO 3465 02:17:53,782 --> 02:17:54,282 NEXT? 3466 02:17:54,282 --> 02:17:57,018 >> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 3467 02:17:57,018 --> 02:18:02,257 IDEALLY VERY QUIET AND BORING 3468 02:18:02,257 --> 02:18:04,392 CRUISE TO MARS AND AS WE PREFER 3469 02:18:04,392 --> 02:18:07,963 FOR THE NEVER BORING LANDING ON 3470 02:18:07,963 --> 02:18:09,831 THE 18th OF FEBRUARY. 3471 02:18:09,831 --> 02:18:12,067 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH ADAM. 3472 02:18:12,067 --> 02:18:13,501 WE HOPE YOU TUNE INTO OUR 3473 02:18:13,501 --> 02:18:18,773 COVERAGE OF THE LANDING ON 3474 02:18:18,773 --> 02:18:19,341 FEBRUARY 18, 2021. 3475 02:18:19,341 --> 02:18:20,942 WE HERE AT JPL WOULD LIKE TO 3476 02:18:20,942 --> 02:18:23,378 THANK YOU AND THE ENTIRE LAUNCH 3477 02:18:23,378 --> 02:18:25,447 SERVICE PROGRAM AND UNITED 3478 02:18:25,447 --> 02:18:26,815 LAUNCH ALLIANCE TEAMS FOR ALL 3479 02:18:26,815 --> 02:18:27,916 YOUR AMAZING WORK TODAY AND ALL 3480 02:18:27,916 --> 02:18:29,951 THE WORK YOU DO EVERYDAY TO MAKE 3481 02:18:29,951 --> 02:18:32,887 A LAUNCH LIKE THIS POSSIBLE. 3482 02:18:32,887 --> 02:18:35,023 JOSHUA, BACK TO YOU AT THE CAPE. 3483 02:18:35,023 --> 02:18:35,824 >> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND 3484 02:18:35,824 --> 02:18:38,760 THE TEAM OVER THERE. 3485 02:18:38,760 --> 02:18:39,427 OBVIOUSLY JPL, I THINK ADAM 3486 02:18:39,427 --> 02:18:41,529 RESPONSE IS WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM 3487 02:18:41,529 --> 02:18:41,830 ADAM. 3488 02:18:41,830 --> 02:18:43,498 CHECK THAT BOX, WE GOT LOT OF 3489 02:18:43,498 --> 02:18:44,933 WORK TO GO. 3490 02:18:44,933 --> 02:18:46,301 >> , THE WORK HERE FOR THE 3491 02:18:46,301 --> 02:18:47,969 LAUNCH TEAM EXCITING DAY. 3492 02:18:47,969 --> 02:18:49,471 WE GOT THIS DONE, OUR PORTION OF 3493 02:18:49,471 --> 02:18:50,238 THIS IS DONE. 3494 02:18:50,238 --> 02:18:52,140 ADAM AND THE TEAM HAVE MARS 2020 3495 02:18:52,140 --> 02:18:53,074 ON THEIR WAY. 3496 02:18:53,074 --> 02:18:54,676 THEY GOT LOT OF WORK IN FRONT OF 3497 02:18:54,676 --> 02:18:55,210 THEM. 3498 02:18:55,210 --> 02:18:57,379 HOPEFULLY IT'S A QUIET SEVEN 3499 02:18:57,379 --> 02:18:57,746 OMONTHS. 3500 02:18:57,746 --> 02:19:00,782 WE ARE SO EXCITED TO PERFORM 3501 02:19:00,782 --> 02:19:01,616 THIS THERE THEM AS JPL CUSTOMER. 3502 02:19:01,616 --> 02:19:04,019 I KNOW TORY AND THE TEAM ARE 3503 02:19:04,019 --> 02:19:05,820 EXCITED AS WELL. 3504 02:19:05,820 --> 02:19:09,524 I CAN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT 3505 02:19:09,524 --> 02:19:11,159 HOW THIS WENT 3506 02:19:11,159 --> 02:19:12,927 >> WE WANT TO CHECK IN WITH THE 3507 02:19:12,927 --> 02:19:16,097 NASA LAUNCH MANAGER, OMAR TO GET 3508 02:19:16,097 --> 02:19:16,464 THOUGHTS. 3509 02:19:16,464 --> 02:19:21,669 KIND OF GIVE US YOUR RESPONSE 3510 02:19:21,669 --> 02:19:23,371 AFTER SEEING A SUCCESSFUL 3511 02:19:23,371 --> 02:19:28,643 PROCESS THIS MORNING. 3512 02:19:28,643 --> 02:19:29,044 >> OKAY. 3513 02:19:29,044 --> 02:19:32,614 ABOUT A MINUTE AGO, ACQUISITION 3514 02:19:32,614 --> 02:19:35,884 OF THE SPACECRAFT SIGNAL. 3515 02:19:35,884 --> 02:19:42,323 THAT SIGNIFIES THAT JPL'S DEEP 3516 02:19:42,323 --> 02:19:43,992 SPACE NETWORK HAS LOCKED ON THE 3517 02:19:43,992 --> 02:19:45,527 SPACECRAFT. 3518 02:19:45,527 --> 02:19:47,829 ITS ON ITS JOURNEY TO MARS. 3519 02:19:47,829 --> 02:19:49,731 EVERYTHING APPEARS TO BE GOING 3520 02:19:49,731 --> 02:19:50,331 FOR THEM. 3521 02:19:50,331 --> 02:19:52,300 THEY'LL GET TO CHECK OUT THE 3522 02:19:52,300 --> 02:19:53,234 SPACECRAFT NOW THROUGH THOSE 3523 02:19:53,234 --> 02:19:54,936 CHECKS THAT THEY NEED TO DO TO 3524 02:19:54,936 --> 02:19:57,105 LEARN HOW TO FLY THAT VEHICLE 3525 02:19:57,105 --> 02:19:59,240 THE WAY IT WANTS TO FLY ON ITS 3526 02:19:59,240 --> 02:20:02,377 WAY TO MARS. 3527 02:20:02,377 --> 02:20:04,212 PRETTY INTERESTING. 3528 02:20:04,212 --> 02:20:07,782 WE SEPARATED THEM AT 3529 02:20:07,782 --> 02:20:10,118 APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES AN HOUR. 3530 02:20:10,118 --> 02:20:14,456 IT'S -- 25,000 MILES AN HOUR. 3531 02:20:14,456 --> 02:20:16,057 IT WILL TAKE COUPLE OF MONTHS TO 3532 02:20:16,057 --> 02:20:18,126 GET TO FEBRUARY 18th LANDING 3533 02:20:18,126 --> 02:20:18,426 DATE. 3534 02:20:18,426 --> 02:20:21,963 IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT OF 3535 02:20:21,963 --> 02:20:25,166 SPEED THAT E IM-- IMPARTED. 3536 02:20:25,166 --> 02:20:27,502 THAT SPEED IS WHAT OUR JOB IS 3537 02:20:27,502 --> 02:20:29,804 LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM AND 3538 02:20:29,804 --> 02:20:31,573 UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCES TO 3539 02:20:31,573 --> 02:20:33,208 PROVIDE THAT SPACECRAFT. 3540 02:20:33,208 --> 02:20:35,944 HEAVY LIFTING NOW IS ON OUR 3541 02:20:35,944 --> 02:20:38,346 PARTNERS AT THE JET PROPULSION 3542 02:20:38,346 --> 02:20:38,746 LABRATORY. 3543 02:20:38,746 --> 02:20:44,018 TO SLOW OIT DOWN WHEN IT GETS TO 3544 02:20:44,018 --> 02:20:49,757 MARS. 3545 02:20:49,757 --> 02:20:51,593 SKY CRANE AND LAND ON MARS. 3546 02:20:51,593 --> 02:20:53,728 THEIR GOT A HECK LOT OF WORK TO 3547 02:20:53,728 --> 02:20:56,731 DO FROM HERE ON OUT. 3548 02:20:56,731 --> 02:20:59,033 TODAY'S COUNT WENT BEAUTIFUL UP 3549 02:20:59,033 --> 02:21:01,436 UNTIL THE LAST 20 MINUTES. 3550 02:21:01,436 --> 02:21:02,637 STARTED TO GET EXCITING WITH 3551 02:21:02,637 --> 02:21:05,373 SOME OF THE ASSETS ON THE RANGE 3552 02:21:05,373 --> 02:21:08,109 HAVING DROPOUTS. 3553 02:21:08,109 --> 02:21:13,248 THEN SURPRISE CALL FROM 3554 02:21:13,248 --> 02:21:15,049 SPACECRAFT MISSION DIRECTOR THAT 3555 02:21:15,049 --> 02:21:20,922 WE HAD SMALL EARTHQUAKE IN 3556 02:21:20,922 --> 02:21:22,590 CALIFORNIA, PASADENA, THAT THE 3557 02:21:22,590 --> 02:21:25,059 FOLKS IN THE CONTROL ROOM FELT. 3558 02:21:25,059 --> 02:21:28,663 THEY NEVER LOST SIGNAL AND THEY 3559 02:21:28,663 --> 02:21:31,399 CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID THEY 3560 02:21:31,399 --> 02:21:32,433 WERE READY TO PROCEED. 3561 02:21:32,433 --> 02:21:36,104 WE WERE ABLE TO LOCK DOWN THE 3562 02:21:36,104 --> 02:21:37,972 TIME WE WERE AFTER. 3563 02:21:37,972 --> 02:21:39,607 LAUNCHED ON TIME, PERFECT LAUNCH 3564 02:21:39,607 --> 02:21:41,376 FROM WHAT I COULD SEE. 3565 02:21:41,376 --> 02:21:44,679 VISUALLY HERE IN THE CONTROL 3566 02:21:44,679 --> 02:21:44,979 ROOM. 3567 02:21:44,979 --> 02:21:48,449 THE PARAMETERS LOOKED DEAD ON. 3568 02:21:48,449 --> 02:21:49,884 OUR VELOCITY IS DEAD ON. 3569 02:21:49,884 --> 02:21:51,419 WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO MARS. 3570 02:21:51,419 --> 02:21:55,056 THERE'S NO WAY BACK. 3571 02:21:55,056 --> 02:21:57,358 GOOD LUCK TO THE MARS 2020 TEAM. 3572 02:21:57,358 --> 02:21:58,960 IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE PART 3573 02:21:58,960 --> 02:21:59,827 OF THIS. 3574 02:21:59,827 --> 02:22:05,867 I'VE BEEN WITH THIS MARS 3575 02:22:05,867 --> 02:22:09,571 COMMUNITY SINCE SOJOURNER AND 3576 02:22:09,571 --> 02:22:11,639 THROUGH SPIRIT, OPPORTUNITY AND 3577 02:22:11,639 --> 02:22:12,340 CURIOSITY. 3578 02:22:12,340 --> 02:22:15,577 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ONCE AGAIN 3579 02:22:15,577 --> 02:22:19,514 PART THAT LITTLE BIT, THAT 3580 02:22:19,514 --> 02:22:24,152 BECOMES THAT CLUB, ON MARS. 3581 02:22:24,152 --> 02:22:26,354 I WANT TO SAY I'M VERY PROUD OF 3582 02:22:26,354 --> 02:22:28,489 THIS TEAM. 3583 02:22:28,489 --> 02:22:32,327 THIS TEAM HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY 3584 02:22:32,327 --> 02:22:33,361 TO GET HERE. 3585 02:22:33,361 --> 02:22:37,932 IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO GET TO MARS 3586 02:22:37,932 --> 02:22:38,366 DURING COVID. 3587 02:22:38,366 --> 02:22:41,569 TODAY WE'RE DEALING WITH A SMALL 3588 02:22:41,569 --> 02:22:41,970 EARTHQUAKE. 3589 02:22:41,970 --> 02:22:44,005 THE THREAT OF A TROPICAL STORM 3590 02:22:44,005 --> 02:22:47,075 HEADING IN OUR DIRECTION. 3591 02:22:47,075 --> 02:22:48,943 IT'S AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF 3592 02:22:48,943 --> 02:22:51,779 PRESSURE ON THE TEAM. 3593 02:22:51,779 --> 02:22:54,215 IT'S SO RELIEVING TO GOTTEN THAT 3594 02:22:54,215 --> 02:22:56,918 MISSION OFF TODAY ON THE FIRST 3595 02:22:56,918 --> 02:22:58,119 ATTEMPT. 3596 02:22:58,119 --> 02:23:01,522 WITH THAT, THAT CLOSES THE SHOW 3597 02:23:01,522 --> 02:23:03,758 FOR US. 3598 02:23:03,758 --> 02:23:05,226 >> AWESOME, THANKS TO OMAR. 3599 02:23:05,226 --> 02:23:08,096 APPRECIATE HIM AND HIS WORDS. 3600 02:23:08,096 --> 02:23:10,932 PHENOMENAL EFFORT FROM ALL OUR 3601 02:23:10,932 --> 02:23:11,232 TEAMS. 3602 02:23:11,232 --> 02:23:14,435 FROM LSP, CONGRATS TO THIS TEAM, 3603 02:23:14,435 --> 02:23:18,206 JPL, CONGRATS TO THE U.S. SPACE 3604 02:23:18,206 --> 02:23:19,140 FORCE, CONGRATS TO YOU. 3605 02:23:19,140 --> 02:23:20,608 THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US TODAY 3606 02:23:20,608 --> 02:23:21,776 AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. 3607 02:23:21,776 --> 02:23:24,612 SPECIAL THANKS TO COUPLE OF 3608 02:23:24,612 --> 02:23:27,415 GROUPS RAD CC AND THE JIK. 3609 02:23:27,415 --> 02:23:28,850 THEY WERE WORKING BEHIND THE 3610 02:23:28,850 --> 02:23:31,919 SCENES TO PREPARE FOR 3611 02:23:31,919 --> 02:23:33,454 CONTINGENCY. 3612 02:23:33,454 --> 02:23:35,356 DIDN'T HAVE TO EXERCISE ANY OF 3613 02:23:35,356 --> 02:23:38,259 THAT WORK. 3614 02:23:38,259 --> 02:23:39,594 WHICH IS WHAT THEY WANTED ABOUT. 3615 02:23:39,594 --> 02:23:42,096 EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT DAY. 3616 02:23:42,096 --> 02:23:43,531 THANK YOU AS WELL FOR JOINING ME 3617 02:23:43,531 --> 02:23:44,732 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME 3618 02:23:44,732 --> 02:23:45,066 AGAIN. 3619 02:23:45,066 --> 02:23:46,634 I LOVE DOING THIS WITH YOU. 3620 02:23:46,634 --> 02:23:48,002 EXCITED ABOUT THE MARS MISSION 3621 02:23:48,002 --> 02:23:52,173 AS OMAR SAID, OUR PRAYERS AND 3622 02:23:52,173 --> 02:23:53,908 GOOD LUCK WITH THE JPL TEAM. 3623 02:23:53,908 --> 02:23:55,410 THEY'VE GOT LOT OF WORK IN FRONT 3624 02:23:55,410 --> 02:23:56,010 OF THEM. 3625 02:23:56,010 --> 02:23:57,245 WE'RE SO EXCITED TO GET THEM ON 3626 02:23:57,245 --> 02:24:00,715 THEIR WAY IN A PERFECT LAUNCH IN 3627 02:24:00,715 --> 02:24:02,283 ORBIT TODAY. 3628 02:24:02,283 --> 02:24:04,585 >> COUNTDOWN TO MARS CONTINUES. 3629 02:24:04,585 --> 02:24:08,323 THAT WILL DO IT FOR US. 3630 02:24:08,323 --> 02:24:10,425 DARRYL, BACK YOU. 3631 02:24:10,425 --> 02:24:11,392 >> THANK YOU BOTH. 3632 02:24:11,392 --> 02:24:14,529 GREAT JOB DONE BY YOU AND AGAIN 3633 02:24:14,529 --> 02:24:15,463 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LAUNCH 3634 02:24:15,463 --> 02:24:17,365 SERVICES PROGRAM TEAM HERE AT 3635 02:24:17,365 --> 02:24:18,733 NASA FOR THE GREAT LAUNCH AS 3636 02:24:18,733 --> 02:24:20,601 WELL AS UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE 3637 02:24:20,601 --> 02:24:21,636 GETTING THAT OFF. 3638 02:24:21,636 --> 02:24:25,840 I GOT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AS 3639 02:24:25,840 --> 02:24:26,874 WELL DR. REU. 3640 02:24:26,874 --> 02:24:27,842 YOU'RE WITH JPL AND WORKING ON 3641 02:24:27,842 --> 02:24:29,143 THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS. 3642 02:24:29,143 --> 02:24:29,711 CONGRATULATIONS. 3643 02:24:29,711 --> 02:24:33,948 >> IT'S AMAZING TO HAVE THIS 3644 02:24:33,948 --> 02:24:35,283 MISSION CEMENTED IN TIME. 3645 02:24:35,283 --> 02:24:37,151 LIKE ADAM SAID, THERE'S SO MUCH 3646 02:24:37,151 --> 02:24:38,086 MORE TO GO 3647 02:24:38,086 --> 02:24:39,620 >> YOU KNOW YOUR BABY IN FRONT 3648 02:24:39,620 --> 02:24:41,522 OF YOU ON ITS WAY TO MARS. 3649 02:24:41,522 --> 02:24:42,890 >> IT IS. 3650 02:24:42,890 --> 02:24:44,192 >> ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS AT 3651 02:24:44,192 --> 02:24:46,627 NASA HAVE SPENT YEARS DESIGNING 3652 02:24:46,627 --> 02:24:48,096 AS TOLD AND TESTING AND BUILDING 3653 02:24:48,096 --> 02:24:50,131 THE MARS PERSEVERANCE ROVER. 3654 02:24:50,131 --> 02:24:51,799 WE HAD HELP FROM A NUMBER OF 3655 02:24:51,799 --> 02:24:54,369 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. 3656 02:24:54,369 --> 02:24:55,503 >> NORWAY, FRANCE AND SPAIN JUST 3657 02:24:55,503 --> 02:24:57,805 TO NAME A FEW. 3658 02:24:57,805 --> 02:24:59,340 EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE SPACE 3659 02:24:59,340 --> 02:24:59,674 AGENCY. 3660 02:24:59,674 --> 02:25:01,109 HERE NOW IS A COAST TO ALL THOSE 3661 02:25:01,109 --> 02:25:03,978 WHO HELPED US GET TO MARS AND 3662 02:25:03,978 --> 02:25:04,946 HELPED THAT PERSEVERANCE ROVER 3663 02:25:04,946 --> 02:25:07,949 GET READY TO FLY. 3664 02:25:07,949 --> 02:25:09,083 >> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE 3665 02:25:09,083 --> 02:25:11,152 SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF THIS 3666 02:25:11,152 --> 02:25:12,353 FANTASTIC NEW MISSION TO THE 3667 02:25:12,353 --> 02:25:15,690 PLANET MARS. 3668 02:25:15,690 --> 02:25:16,924 >> CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE GREAT 3669 02:25:16,924 --> 02:25:18,860 LAUNCH. 3670 02:25:18,860 --> 02:25:22,463 DESPITE ALL THE COVID-19. 3671 02:25:22,463 --> 02:25:23,464 >> I WANT TO CONGRATULATE 3672 02:25:23,464 --> 02:25:25,166 EVERYBODY WHO MADE THIS MISSION 3673 02:25:25,166 --> 02:25:27,802 HAPPEN THUS FAR. 3674 02:25:27,802 --> 02:25:30,371 >> THANK YOU FOR THE COMMITMENT 3675 02:25:30,371 --> 02:25:37,512 TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 3676 02:25:37,512 --> 02:25:42,216 >> CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE 3677 02:25:42,216 --> 02:25:44,952 TEAMS 3678 02:25:44,952 --> 02:25:52,727 >> I HOPE YOU HAVE A SAFE CREW. 3679 02:25:52,727 --> 02:25:56,063 >> WELL DONE. 3680 02:25:56,063 --> 02:25:57,098 >> OUR INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO 3681 02:25:57,098 --> 02:25:59,867 REACH MARS IS MORE IMPORTANT NOW 3682 02:25:59,867 --> 02:26:04,772 THAN IT HAS BEEN BEFORE. 3683 02:26:04,772 --> 02:26:07,041 >> WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER, WE CAN 3684 02:26:07,041 --> 02:26:12,146 OVERCOME CHALLENGES. 3685 02:26:12,146 --> 02:26:15,483 >> A MISSION THAT DESERVES ITS 3686 02:26:15,483 --> 02:26:19,620 NAME, PERSEVERANCE. 3687 02:26:19,620 --> 02:26:21,222 >> PERSEVERE IS TO CONTINUE 3688 02:26:21,222 --> 02:26:31,666 TRYING TIRELESSLY. 3689 02:26:31,666 --> 02:26:32,767 [INDISCERNIBLE] 3690 02:26:32,767 --> 02:26:35,169 >> IT'S A JOURNEY TO MAKE 3691 02:26:35,169 --> 02:26:48,516 HISTORY IN MARS EXPLORATION. 3692 02:26:48,516 --> 02:26:51,486 >> MARS IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO 3693 02:26:51,486 --> 02:26:55,323 EXPLORE. 3694 02:26:55,323 --> 02:26:57,391 >> MARS IS ESSENTIAL TO 3695 02:26:57,391 --> 02:26:59,360 UNDERSTAND AND KNOW ABOUT OUR 3696 02:26:59,360 --> 02:27:01,562 SOLAR SYSTEM AND IMPROVING OUR 3697 02:27:01,562 --> 02:27:02,230 EARTH. 3698 02:27:02,230 --> 02:27:08,903 >> WE THINK WE CONTINUE 3699 02:27:08,903 --> 02:27:15,543 PROPORTION OF -- EXPLORATION OF 3700 02:27:15,543 --> 02:27:21,182 MARS. 3701 02:27:21,182 --> 02:27:24,819 >> WE NEED ROBOTIC PRECURSOR 3702 02:27:24,819 --> 02:27:26,220 MISSION TO HELP US UNDERSTAND 3703 02:27:26,220 --> 02:27:27,622 WHERE WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT WE 3704 02:27:27,622 --> 02:27:29,524 NEED TO DO WHEN WE GET TO MARS 3705 02:27:29,524 --> 02:27:30,791 BUT ULTIMATELY OUR OBJECTIVE AS 3706 02:27:30,791 --> 02:27:33,361 A GLOBE IS TO PUT HUMANS ON THE 3707 02:27:33,361 --> 02:27:35,997 SURFACE OF MARS. 3708 02:27:35,997 --> 02:27:36,831 >> TOGETHER WE'RE COUNTING DOWN 3709 02:27:36,831 --> 02:27:40,201 TO MARS. 3710 02:27:40,201 --> 02:27:48,142 GO PERSEVERANCE. 3711 02:27:48,142 --> 02:27:57,318 [SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE] 3712 02:27:57,318 --> 02:28:00,054 >> TOGETHER COUNTING DOWN TO 3713 02:28:00,054 --> 02:28:01,622 MARS. 3714 02:28:01,622 --> 02:28:03,224 GO PERSEVERANCE. 3715 02:28:03,224 --> 02:28:06,460 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR 3716 02:28:06,460 --> 02:28:07,261 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS THAT YOU 3717 02:28:07,261 --> 02:28:07,728 JUST SAW THERE. 3718 02:28:07,728 --> 02:28:09,130 THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. 3719 02:28:09,130 --> 02:28:11,866 BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WE WANT TO 3720 02:28:11,866 --> 02:28:13,734 TELL YOU ABOUT A LITTLE 3721 02:28:13,734 --> 02:28:14,769 TRADITION THAT JPL HAS WHERE 3722 02:28:14,769 --> 02:28:16,737 THEY DID THIS AFTER LAUNCH OR 3723 02:28:16,737 --> 02:28:21,509 BEFORE THE LAUNCH WITH SOME 3724 02:28:21,509 --> 02:28:21,842 PEANUTS. 3725 02:28:21,842 --> 02:28:23,044 >> PERSEVERANCE LITTLE BABY 3726 02:28:23,044 --> 02:28:24,579 PERCY BROUGHT US PEANUTS HERE. 3727 02:28:24,579 --> 02:28:25,913 LET ME GIVE YOU SOME. 3728 02:28:25,913 --> 02:28:28,382 IT ACTUALLY STARTED WITH A 3729 02:28:28,382 --> 02:28:30,451 LANDING EVENT. 3730 02:28:30,451 --> 02:28:32,553 RANGER 1-6, DIDN'T GO AS 3731 02:28:32,553 --> 02:28:32,920 PLANNED. 3732 02:28:32,920 --> 02:28:34,889 THEN WITH RANGER 7, IT LANDED 3733 02:28:34,889 --> 02:28:36,390 SUCCESSFULLY ON THE MOON. 3734 02:28:36,390 --> 02:28:38,326 THEY WERE THINKING, WHAT WAS THE 3735 02:28:38,326 --> 02:28:41,028 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RANGER 1-6 3736 02:28:41,028 --> 02:28:41,362 AND 7. 3737 02:28:41,362 --> 02:28:43,598 IT WAS THESE LUCKY PEANUTS. 3738 02:28:43,598 --> 02:28:45,132 >> EVER SINCE THEN, I GUESS 3739 02:28:45,132 --> 02:28:48,669 THEY'RE BEEN HAVING PEANUTS. 3740 02:28:48,669 --> 02:28:50,037 >> EVERY LANDING AND NOW 3741 02:28:50,037 --> 02:28:50,438 LAUNCHES. 3742 02:28:50,438 --> 02:28:51,572 >> WE GOT OURS. 3743 02:28:51,572 --> 02:28:53,808 WE'LL HOLD OFF. 3744 02:28:53,808 --> 02:28:56,010 WE'RE READY TO GO WITH OUR 3745 02:28:56,010 --> 02:28:56,344 PEANUTS. 3746 02:28:56,344 --> 02:28:57,912 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 3747 02:28:57,912 --> 02:28:59,280 WATCHING NASA'S LAUNCH COVERAGE 3748 02:28:59,280 --> 02:29:01,115 OF MARS 2020. 3749 02:29:01,115 --> 02:29:04,585 STAY TUNED TO NASA TV FOR 3750 02:29:04,585 --> 02:29:04,952 UPDATES. 3751 02:29:04,952 --> 02:29:06,587 >> COMING UP OUGHT 11:30 3752 02:29:06,587 --> 02:29:09,023 EASTERN, WE'LL HAVE A 3753 02:29:09,023 --> 02:29:09,757 POST-LAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE 3754 02:29:09,757 --> 02:29:11,158 RIGHT HERE ON NASA TV. 3755 02:29:11,158 --> 02:29:13,694 STAY TUNED FOR THAT AND TO THE 3756 02:29:13,694 --> 02:29:14,862 NEXT BIG MOMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN 3757 02:29:14,862 --> 02:29:15,696 TALKING ABOUT. 3758 02:29:15,696 --> 02:29:18,065 THE LANDING OF THE PERSEVERANCE 3759 02:29:18,065 --> 02:29:20,234 ROVER ON THE SURFACE OF MARS 3760 02:29:20,234 --> 02:29:22,336 SEVEN MONTHS FROM NOW. 3761 02:29:22,336 --> 02:29:25,339 THAT DATE FEBRUARY 18, 2021. 3762 02:29:25,339 --> 02:29:27,475 FOR NOW, WE LEAVE YOU WITH 3763 02:29:27,475 --> 02:29:29,343 HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE THRILLING 3764 02:29:29,343 --> 02:29:30,811 LIFTOFF EARLIER THIS MORNING. 3765 02:29:30,811 --> 02:29:31,979 TAKE CARE EVERYONE. 3766 02:29:31,979 --> 02:29:33,914 REMEMBER, KEEP LOOKING UP. 3767 02:29:33,914 --> 02:29:35,349 CHEERS. 3768 02:29:35,349 --> 02:29:41,889 >> CHEERS! 3769 02:29:41,889 --> 02:29:50,998 >> 7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 1, 0 -- 3770 02:29:50,998 --> 02:29:51,332 LIFTOFF. 3771 02:29:51,332 --> 02:29:54,068 COUNTDOWN TO MARS CONTINUES TO 3772 02:29:54,068 --> 02:29:56,837 THE RED PLANET.