♪
>> THE EAGLE HAS LANDED.
>> THE POSSIBILITIES ARE OPENING
UP FOR SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION
BETWEEN COUNTRIES.
LIFTOFF.
AMERICA'S RETURN TO SPACE AS
DISCOVERY CLEARS THE TOWER.
>> GO FOR DEPLOY.
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>>> WELL, GOOD MORNING AND
WELCOME TO THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
IT'S ANOTHER GREAT DAY AT
AMERICA'S PREMIER MULTI-USER
SPACE PORT AS WE GET READY TO
MAKE HISTORY ONCE BEGAN WITH THE
SUCCESSFUL TEST FLIGHT OF THE
CREW DRAGON ON THE FALCON 9 THAT
DELIVERED BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG
HURLEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND BROUGHT THEM
HOME SAFELY.
THE FIRST FLIGHT UNDER CONTRACT
THE CREW ROTATION PWHEUGZ
SpaceX TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THIS IS CREWLY A NEW ERA OF
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT AND I
COULDN'T BE MORE PLEASEED WITH
WHAT THE NASA AND SpaceX TEAM
HAS ACCOMPLISHED.
WE ARE FLYING ON A REGULAR
CADENCE TO SPACE ON U.S.
ROCKETS.
IT'S ALSO GREAT THAT WE ARE
DOING IT WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS.
I AM TRULY PROUD AND HUMBLED TO
BE PART OF IT.
IT'S MY PLEASURE NOW, TO
INTRODUCE OUR NASA
ADMINISTRATOR, JIM BRIDENSTINE.
THROUGH HIS OUT STANDING
LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY FOR LOW
EARTH ORBIT AND TRANSFORMATION
OF THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TO
A MULTI-USER SPACE PORT HAS
BECOME REALITY.
WELCOME A GREAT AMERICAN TO THE
STAND, OUR ADMINISTRATOR, JIM
BRIDENSTINE.
[APPLAUDING]
>> THANK YOU.
WHETHER, THANK YOU, BOB, FOR
THAT INTRODUCTION AND THROUGH
FOR YOUR AMAZING LEADERSHIP AT
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER THAT
HAS BECOME A TRULY MULTI-USER
SPACE PORT AND WE ARE LOOKING
FOR TO SO MANY GREAT THINGS
HANKING IN THE YEAR AHEAD --
HAPPENING IN THE YEAR AHEAD.
IT'S ANOTHER HISTORIC MOMENT.
EVERY TIME I COME TO KENNEDY WE
ARE MAKING HISTORY AND THIS IS
NO DIFFERENT.
THE HISTORY BEING MADE THIS TIME
IS WE ARE LAUNCHING WHAT WE CALL
AN OPERATIONAL FLIGHT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
VIGILANCE IS ALWAYS REQUIRED ON
EVERY SPACE FLIGHT.
BUT AS BOB SAID THIS IS UNDER
CONTRACT.
ANOTHER FIRST FOR NASA IS THIS
FLIGHT IS CERTIFIED BY THE FAA,
THE FEDERAL AVIVATION
ADMINISTRATION.
THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FAA IS
HERE.
OUR GOAL IS TO COMMERCIALIZE OUR
ACTIVITIES IN LOW EARTH ORBIT.
NASA WANTS TO BE ONE CUSTOMER OF
MANY CUSTOMERS IN A ROBUST
MARKET PLACE.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE JUST ONE OF
MANY CUSTOMERS WE WANT NUMEROUS
PROVIDERS COMPETING AGAINST EACH
OTHER ON COST, ON INNOVATION AND
SAFETY.
ULTIMATELY BRINGING MORE ASSETS
TO SPACE THAN EVER BEFORE.
WE, OF COURSE, HAVE HAD SUCCESS
WITH COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WHERE WE ARE BUYING SERVICES TO
GET OUR EQUIPMENT AND HARDWARE
AND EXPERIMENTS TO THE ISS.
WE ARE HAVING SUCCESS WITH
COMMERCIAL CREW.
TOMORROW'S FLIGHT IS THE NEXT
MAJOR MILESTONE IN THIS
DEVELOPMENT.
AND, OF COURSE, THE NEXT BIG
PHASE IS COMMERCIAL SPACE
STATIONS THEMSELVES WHERE WE
HAVE PRIVATE CAPITAL AND NASA AS
A CUSTOMER AS WELL, ULTIMATELY
CAPITALIZING FUNDING AND MOVING
FORWARD FOR THIS NEW ERA IN
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT WHERE, AGAIN,
NASA IS JUST ONE OF MANY
CUSTOMERS AND NUMEROUS PROVIDERS
COMPETE ON COST AND INNOVATION.
THE GOAL IS TO HAVE MORE
RESOURCES FOR THINGS LIKE GO TO
THE MOON AND ON TO MARS UNDER
THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM AND THE MOON
TO MARS PROGRAM.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ACHIEVE AND BECAUSE WHAT IS
HAPPENING TODAY ALL THESE THINGS
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS A VERY EXCITING TYPE FOR
NASA.
AND THESE ARE, AGAIN, HISTORIC
FIRSTS.
TOMORROW'S LAUNCH IS LICENSED BY
THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION.
STEVE DIXON IS A GOOD FRIEND OF
MINE, THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
FAA AND THE GRADUATE OF THE AIR
FORCE ACADEMY, F-15 PIE LOT BY
TRADE AND -- BY TRADE AND FLEW
FOR DELTA FOR NINE YEARS AND GOT
A LAW DEGREE AND WAS THE SENIOR
VICE PRESIDENT OF FLIGHT FOR
DELTA BEFORE BECOMING THE
ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE FAA.
PLEASE WELCOME HIM
[APPLAUDING]
>> I APPRECIATE YOUR HOSPITALITY
WITH BOB AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER.
IT'S AN HONOR FOR THE FAA TO
PARTNER WITH NASA AND SpaceX
ON THE FIRST OPERATIONAL CREW
DRAGON LAUNCH.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU SAY
ADD A DROP OR TWO OF ROCKLE FUEL
TO INGENUITY.
WE HAVE GIVEN COUNTLESS HOURS TO
MAKE SURE THIS LAUNCH IS SAFE
AND SUCCESSFUL.
THE FAA'S JOB IN THIS SKPHEUGZ
COMMERCIAL SPACE IS TO PROTECT
PUBLIC SAFETY, PROPERTY AND
NATIONAL SECURITY.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT SKILL AND THE
RIGHT WORK FORCE AND THE RIGHT
TEAM TO GET THIS DONE.
WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DOING IT
FOR MANY YEAR, BUT THIS IS OUR
FIRST MANNED ORBITAL SPACE
FLIGHT AND WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO
PARTICIPATE TODAY.
THE FAA HAS LICENSED 31 SPACE
OPERATIONS THUS FAR.
WE SET A RECORD IN THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER WITH SIX IN ONE MONTH.
AND WE EXPECT TO LICENSE 56 MORE
SPACE OPERATIONS.
SO JUST ABOUT ONE A WEEK IN
2021.
REALLY AN EXCITING TIME IN
AEROSPACE IN THE UNITED STATES.
IN AND OF THEMSELVES THESE
NUMBERS ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE, BUT
THEY REALLY ARE JUST THE TIP THE
ICEBERG ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME.
ONCE SPACE TOURISM TURNS THE
CORNER WE WILL SEE TOPPING 100
OPERATIONS A YEAR.
WE ARE PREPARED FOR THAT.
THESE OPERATIONS ARE GOING TO BE
A HUGE PART OF THE NEW SPACE
ECONOMY SOME SAY COULD BE WORTH
A TRILLION BY THE YEAR 2040.
IT'S MY JOB UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
OF TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE U.S. IS
A DOORWAY NOT A BARRIER TO THIS
INONYIVATION.
-- INNOVATION.
WE RECENTLY FINALIZED THE
LICENSING RULE.
NEW RULE WILL ALLOW SPACE LAUNCH
OPERATORS TO USE A SINGLE
LICENSE FOR MULTIPLE LAUNCHES
FROM MULTIPLE LAUNCH SITES.
IT STRIPS OUT A PRESWREUPTIVE
REQUIREMENTS AND INJECTS
FLEXIBILITY PERFORMANCE-BASED
CRITERIA.
WE TOLD THE INDUSTRY WE WOULD BE
ON THE LAUNCHPAD WITH THEM AND
WE HAVE KEPT THAT PROMISE HERE
TODAY AMIAS WE CUT RED TAPE WE
ESTABLISH OUR SPACE
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE HAVE LICENSED 12 SPACE PORTS
WITH SEVERAL POTENTIAL SITES IN
THE PREAPPLICATION PHASE FOR
CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AN FA OFFICE
OF SPATE PORTS TO -- SPACE PORTS
TO DETERMINE WHAT REGULATION
WILL BE NEEDED TO SUPPORT SPACE
PORTS.
ALONG WITH THIS A SUITE OF GAME
CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES AND
PROCEDURES TO SAFELY INTEGRATE
SPACE OPERATIONS INTO THE
NATIONAL AEROSPACE SUGGESTS.
BY THE START OF NEXT YEAR WE
PLAN TO DEPLOY A PROTOTYPE OF
THE SPACE DATA INTEGRATOR OR SDI
AS WE CALL IT THAT WILL FEED
REAL TIME TELEEM TREE DATA FROM
THE SPACE VEHICLE INTO THE FAA'S
TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGE'M SYSTEM TO
MANAGE AIR TRAFFIC MORE
SURGICALLY THAN WE HAVE BEFORE.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO BLOCK OFF AIR
SPACE FOR OPERATION AND RELEASE
IT MORE QUICKLY SO IT'S
AVAILABLE FOR OTHER AIR SPACE
USERS.
AND TO COMPLEMENT WE ARE USING
TIME-BASED AIR TRAFFIC
PROCEDURES.
THIS IS ALSO, I THINK, AN
INSPIRING TIME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
AS WELL.
WE WANT YOUNG PEOPLE TO KNOW
WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE IN
AEROSPACE AND SPACE IN
PARTICULAR THAT COULD COME FROM
A CAREER AND WE'RE WORKING TO
REACH KIDS OF ALL AGES.
AS A MATTER OF FACT WE'LL WATCH
TOMORROW'S LAUNCH WITH A GROUP
OF KIDS FROM TULSA, OKLAHOMA,
WHO HAVE THE DREAM OF SPACE
WITHIN THEIR REACH IT NEVER WAS
FOR MY GENERATION.
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS,
TOMORROW'S CREW DRAGON LAUNCH IS
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN
INGENUITY AND A TREMENDOUS
EXAMPLE OF GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND
PARTNERSHIP.
THERE ARE BIGGER AND BETTER DAYS
TO CAPTAIN.
AMERICA IS CATCHING AND THE --
TO COME.
AMERICA CAN WATCHING AND THE
ENTIRE WORLD IS TOO.
FROM WHAT I SEE THIS INDUSTRY IS
STEPPING UP TO THE TASK.
I WILL INTRO* DUCE THE VICE
PRESIDENT OF JAK SA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING ME.
ON BEHALF OF ALL JAKSA, I WOULD
LIKE TO EXPRESS TO NASA AND
SpaceX FOR THE LAUNCH
OPERATIONS.
IT IS GREAT FOR ME FOR THESE
EXCITING MISSIONS AND PREPARED
FOR THE LAUNCH.
AND ISS IS READY AND WAITING FOR
THE CREW ARRIVAL.
THIS MISSION IS SYMBOL OF
JAPAN-U.S. PARTNERSHIP AND WANT
TO GO TOGETHER TO THE ISS AND
BEYOND.
I AM LOOKING FOR TO THE LAUNCH
TOMORROW AND I WISH YOU
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH.
THROUGH.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE NASA
ASTRONAUT AND VERY FAMOUS IN
JAPAN
[APPLAUDING]
>> IT IS SO GREAT TO BE HERE IN
FLORIDAMENT I'M SO EXCITED TO
SEE OUR FRIENDS LAUNCH TOMORROW.
IT IS JUST GOING TO BE AWESOME
TO SEE THEM GET TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
BE UP THERE WORKING FOR THE NEXT
SIX MONTHS.
YOU KNOW, THE COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM WITH BOEING AND SpaceX
HAS BEEN SPECTACULAR WATCHING
THE INNOVATION FROM BOTH
COMPANIES HAS BEEN AMAZING.
I AM SPECIFICALLY LOOKING
FORWARD TO SEEING THEM LIVE UP
THERE BECAUSE OUR CREW, MY CREW
WILL BE THE COMPLEMENTARY CREW
ON THE BOEING STARLINER AT THE
END OF NEXT YEAR.
THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR ALL
OF US WATCHING THEM PAVE THE WAY
SO THAT WE CAN DO LOW EARTH
ORBIT WITH COMMERCIAL CREW AND
MOVE ON TO THE NEXT BIG STEPS.
WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO
INTRODUCE ONE OF THE NEWEST
ASTRONAUTS JOHNNY KIM WHO IS
GOING TO BE LEADING THAT
EXPLORATION CHARGE.
THROUGH.
[APPLAUDING]
>> GOOD MORNING.
I AM JOHNNY KIM AND I AM HONORED
AND PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE.
IT'S CRAZY TO BE THINKING ABOUT
WHAT WE'LL BE DOING TOMORROW.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HOW FAR WE
HAVE COME.
THE FIRST CERTIFIED FLIGHT OF
A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LAUNCHING
THREE AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS AND
INTERNATIONAL PARTNER TO THE
SPACE STATION.
WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WORK
BEHIND THE SCENES.
WE TRULY STAND ON THE SHOULDERS
OF GIANTS.
FROM POERPLER ASTRONAUTS TO OUR
ADMINISTRATOR AND OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T
FOR EVERYONE.
YOU HAVE HEARD OF ALL THE
BENEFITS THAT COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM IS BRINGING TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE TO HUMANITY,
WHAT I AM MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS
BEING ABLE TO SEE FOUR OF MY
FRIENDS LAUNCH ON THAT ROCKET
TOMORROW.
THEY ARE BROTHERS, SISTER,
PARENT, CHILDREN, BUT THEY ARE
ALL HUMANS AND THEY REPRESENT US
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE STAND FOR
FOR HUMANITY.
AND THE SUCCESSES OF THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM IS THE
ISS, WHICH HAS BEEN INHABITED
FOR 20 YEAR, HAS SET THE STAGE
FOR FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION.
AS WE GO DEEP SPWOER SPACE, AS
WE RETURN TO THE MOON AND
BEYOND, SO I AM GREATLY
PRIVILEGED AND HONORED TO BE
HERE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO
TOMORROW.
[APPLAUDING]
>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL START TAKING QUESTIONS
FROM REPORTERS.
PLEASE ONE QUESTION PER
REPORTER.
OUR FOCUS IS ON CREW 1.
ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN CREW
1 WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE AFTER THIS
PRESS CONFERENCE.
OUR 50 QUESTION?
FIRST QUESTION?
>> HELLO.
FOR MR. BRIDENSTINE.
ELON MUSK HAS BEEN TWEETING HE
IS NOT FEELING SO GOOD AND SOME
OF HIS COVID TESTS ARE POSITIVE,
SOME ARE NEGATIVE.
WHAT IS HE TELLING YOU
PERSONALLY.
WILL YOU ALLOW HIM TO BE IN
LAUNCH QUARTERS EVEN IF HIS NEXT
TEST COMES BACK NEGATIVE?
>> I TALKED TO ELON TWO-DAYS AGO
BEFORE THIS NEWS CAME TO BE.
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN SOMEBODY
TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID HERE AT
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND
ACROSS NASA IT IS OUR POLICY FOR
THAT PERSON TO QUARANTINE AND
SELF-ISOLATE.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL BE
TAKING PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, WE
ARE LOOKING TO SpaceX TO DO
ANY CONTACT TRACING THAT IS
IMPORTANT.
IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT NEED
TO BE MADE WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE.
AUTOVERY EARLY TO KNOW -- IT'S
VERY EARLY TO KNOW IF ANY
CHANGES ARE NECESSARY AT THIS
POINT.
WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
>> MY QUESTION IS FOR JIM.
CREW 1 COMES AT A VERY
TRANSITIONAL TIME FOR OUR
COUNTRY AND AS WE PREPARE FOR
A NEW ADMINISTRATION WHAT ARE
YOUR HOPES FOR THE COMMERCIAL
CREW PROGRAM THE FUTURE OF HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT AT NASA AND HOW DO
YOU PLAN TO WORK WITH ANY SUCK
SUCCESSORS.
>> WHEN WE THINK OF THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM WE ARE
GRATE TO FEEL CHARLIE BOLDEN AND
HIS COMMITMENT GOING BACK MANY
YEARS AND ROBERT LIGHTFOOT AND
THE LEADERSHIP THAT I HAVE HAD.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS
SPANNED MULTIPLE
ADMINISTRATIONS.
I HAVE ALWAYS SAID AND WILL
CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR NASA,
CREATING SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS.
THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK FOR.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE
ARE ACHIEVING WITH THE ARTEMIS
PROGRAM.
WE HAVE SEEN NOW BILLS IN THE
HOUSE AND IN THE SENATE,
RECEIVED STRONG BI-PARTISAN
SUPPORT THAT FUND THE HUMAN
LANDING SYSTEM FOR THE MOON AND
THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM.
THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO
ACHIEVE WHAT WE WOULD SAY
SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS.
WE ARE THINKING ABOUT PROGRAMS
THAT LAST TPHAOT JUST DECADES
BUT EVEN GENERATIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A DAY WHEN
MY CHILDREN ARE MY AGE AND WE
HAVE PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING
ON THE MOON AND, IN FACT, ON
MARS.
TO ACHIEVE THAT WE ARE GOING TO
NEED TO HAVE STRONG APOLITICAL
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT AND WE HAVE
WORKED FOR THAT DAY IN AND DAY
OUT SINCE I CAME TO NASA.
THAT IS OUR COMMITMENT.
I LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN
THE HOUSE AND SENATE AND I AM
CONFIDENT WE HAVE STRONG
BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT THAT WILL
SUSTAIN OUR PROGRAM.
>> THIS IS FOR JIM.
WONDERING IF YOU COULD BRIEFLY
TALK ABOUT THE FALCON 9 ENGINE
ISSUE THAT STARTED WITH THE GPS
3 MISSION WITH THE LAST SECOND
ABORT AND HOW THAT PLAYED OUT IN
TERMS OF ENGINES BEING SWAPPED
OUT ON GPS 3, CREW ONE AND
CENTINAL 6 AND HOW MANY
ULTIMATELY ARE BEING SWAPPED OUT
ACROSS ALL THREE ROCKETS.
>> I'LL ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION
KIND OF BIG PICTURE, BUT I WOULD
REFER YOU, WE ARE HAVING
A FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW AND
WILL HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE
AFTER THAT.
I WOULD REFER THOSE QUESTIONS TO
THE PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE
FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE
COMMERCIAL PROGRAM ITSELF AND I
SAID THIS EARLIER REMEMBER WHAT
WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
NASA WANTS TO BE ONE CUSTOMER OF
MANY CUSTOMERS IN A ROBUST
MARKET PLACE.
ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS THAT WHEN
THE AIR FORCE OR THE SPACE FORCE
OR A COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS
SATELLITE LAUNCHES, WE ARE GOING
TO GET DATA AND INFORMATION
ABOUT THE ENGINE ON THE FALCON
NINE ROCKET, ABOUT THE
PERFORMANCE OF THE AFIONICS
SETC. AND SO EACH ONE OF THESE
MISSIONS IS VERY INFORMATIVE FOR
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AS
AN AGENCY.
THAT IS, IN FACT, WHAT I THINK
IS SO MAGNIFICENT ABOUT THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM IN
GENERAL.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE
GO BACK TO THE SHUTTLE ERA EVERY
FLIGHT WAS A HUMAN FLIGHT.
AND EVERY FLIGHT WAS, IN FACT,
A NASA FLIGHT.
AND IN THIS CASE WE HAVE
COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS AS BOB CABANA
HAS DONE, HE HAS TURNED THIS
FACILITY INTO A MULTI-USER SPACE
PORT WHERE WE HAVE ALL THESE
DIFFERENT ENTITIES USING THESE
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES INCLUDING
NASA SO WE CAN GET BENEFITS FROM
THE OTHER LAUNCHES.
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I WOULD REVIEW YOU TO THE FLIGHT
READINESS REVIEW.
IT IS HAPPENING TODAY.
AT THE CONCLUSION THERE WILL BE
A CONFERENCE AND THAT'S
A QUESTION I WOULD REFER TO
THEM.
>> FOR JIM, YOU TOUCHED ON THIS
IN YOUR OPENING REMARKS, BUT
THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
THIS BEING THE BEGINNING OF
OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS FROM U.S.
SOIL AND REGULAR FLIGHTS WITH
CREW TO THE SPACE STAUGZ.
THE CREW DRAGON HAS ONLY FLOWN
A COUPLE OF TIMES.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE
DOING TO ENSURE IT IS SAFE.
IT SEEMS TO ME THIS IS A TEST
MISSION STILL IN A LOT OF WAYS.
>> ABSOLUTELY, CHRIS.
SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FLIGHTS
TO SPACE, THEY ARE ALL -- WE
TAKE ALL OF THEM WITH GREAT
PRECAUTION AND TAKE THEM VERY
SERIOUSLY AND EVERY BIT OF
ATTENTION TO DETAIL WE HAVE ON
A TEST FLIGHT WE HAVE ON
OPERATIONAL FLIGHT.
THAT BEING SAID I HAVE SAID WE
LEARN FROM EVERY SINGLE FLIGHT
WHETHER OPERATIONAL OR TEST
FLIGHT.
WE ARE LAUNCHING FOUR ASTRONAUT,
THREE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT,
A JAPANESE ASTRONAUT, THEY ARE
GOING TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION FOR A PERIOD OF SIX
MONTHS TO DO VERY REAL AND
SERIOUS WORK ON BEHALF OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
IT IS OPERATIONAL AND ALSO TRUE
THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SPACE
FLIGHT EVERY FLIGHT IS A TEST
FLIGHT.
THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW
AND ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IN THIS CASE THEY ARE GOING FOR
A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AND WILL
DO DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THEY ARE GOING WITH A CREW OF
FOUR AND WILL DO DIFFERENT
THINGS ON THE WAY.
EACH ONE OF THOSE REQUIRES US TO
BE EXCEPTIONALLY DILIGENT, WHICH
WE ALWAYS ARE.
MAKE SURE WE DON'T TAKE ANY OF
THIS LIGHTLY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR.
I AM PIGGING BACKING ON AN
EARLIER QUESTION, REALLY.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE
CHANGE THAT IS COMING NOW WITH
THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF GIVEN
THE OPPORTUNITY WOULD YOU LIKE
TO CONTINUE THE WORK THAT HAS
ALREADY BEGUN HERE?
>> I WILL REFER YOU TO THE
COMMENTS I MADE TOI REIN WHO IS
STANDING BEHIND YOU.
I MADE THEM ON SUNDAY AND I WILL
LEAVE MY COMMENTS THERE ON THAT.
>> HI.
JIM, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RUSSIANS TO
DO CREW SWAPS FOR COMMERCIAL
CREW AND SOYUZ?
>> I KNOW BOTH COUNTRIES ARE
COMMITTED TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND THE AMAZING
WORK THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON
THERE NOW WITH HUMANS ON BOARD
FOR 20 YEARS.
WE ARE MOVING INTO THIS NEW ERA
WHERE INSTEAD OF NASA PURCHASING
SEATS, WE WANT TO HAVE AN
EXCHANGE OF SEATS WHERE AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS CAN FLY ON RUSSIAN
SOYUZ ROCKETS AND RUSSIAN CANS
FLY ON AMERICAN CREW VEHICLES.
THAT'S THE DIRECTION I THINK
BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE AN INTO IN
ACHIEVING AND THAT'S NECESSARY.
WE WANT TO SEE A DAY IF THERE IS
A CHALLENGE WITH ONE OF THE
VEHICLES AND IT'S DOWN FOR
A PERIOD OF TIME WE HAVE
CONTINUAL ACCESS BY BOTH
PARTNERS.
THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE ON-GOING.
WE DON'T HAVE A RESOLUTION AT
THIS POINT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING
BOTH COUNTRIES ARE WORKING
TOWARDS.
>> SECOND QUESTION OF
MR. DICKSON.
IS THE PROCESS YOU JUST WENT
THROUGH TO CERTIFY THIS MICK
SON, HOW SIMILAR WILL THAT BE
WHEN YOU'RE ASKED TO CERTIFY
FLIGHTS WITH NON-PROFESSIONAL
ASTRONAUTS?
>> GREAT QUESTION.
IT WILL BE REALLY THE SAME
PROCESS.
AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE
POSSESS WE HAVE BEEN USING
FOR -- PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN
USING FOR MANY GYROS UNMANNED
COMMERCIAL MISSIONS.
TO JIM'S POINT ABOUT SUSTAINABLE
PROGRAMS, THE FAA BEING INVOLVED
THIS IS PART OF SCALING MANNED
COMMERCIAL SPACE MISSIONS IN
A LARGER WAY.
IT WILL BECOME A MORE ROUTINE
PART OF THE AEROSPACE SYSTEM IN
OUR COUNTRY.
AGAIN, IT'S REALLY BUILDING ON
THE WORK WE HAVE ALL DONE
TOGETHER.
NASA AND THE FAA HAVE PARTNERED
ON MANY ISSUES OVER THE YEARS
AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FORM OF
THAT PARTNERSHIP.
>> FIRST FOR ADMINISTRATOR
BRIDENSTINE.
WANT TO GET YOUR RESPONSE TO THE
APPROPERATIONS BILL IN THE
SENATE THAT PROVIDES A BILLION
TO THE HLS PROGRAM, LESS THAN
A THIRD OF WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION REQUESTED.
A LITTLE MORE THAN THE HOUSE
VERSION BUT NOT AS MUCH AS
REQUESTED.
JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW THAT
WHOLE PROCESS IS GOING TO AFFECT
THE HLS PROCUREMENT AND 2024 FOR
ARTEMIS.
FOR WILLIAMS WHAT IS THE LATEST
YOU ARE HEARING FROM BOWING ON
STARLINER AND WHEN THE TEST
FLIGHTS, CREW FLIGHT-TEST AND
WHEN YOU WILL FLY AND WHAT IS
DRIVING THE SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU.
>> GREAT QUESTION, BOTH.
I'LL TELL YOU WHEN IT COMES TO
THE BILLS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE
HOUSE AND SENATE.
FIRST OF ALL WE CURRENTLY HAVE
ENACTED A $600 MILLION
APPROPERATION FOR A HUMAN
LANDING SYSTEM DONE WITH
BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT IN THE HOUSE
AND SENATE AND HAS RESULTED IN
THREE CONTRACTORS BEING
CONTRACTED TO DEVELOP THE HUMAN
LANDING SYSTEM.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED
SINCE 1972.
SO WE ARE EXCEPTIONALLY GRATEFUL
FOR WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE OF THE BI-PARTISAN
SUPPORT WE HAVE HAD FROM THE
HOUSE AND SENATE.
AND I WOULD SAY WHEN WE LOOK AT
WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE
LOOKING FOR FOR 2021, NUMBER ONE
THE HOUSE HAS, AGAIN, PASSED
A BIPARTISAN BILL THAT FUNDSES
A HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM AND THE
SENATE HAVE NOW PRESENTED A BILL
THAT HAS A HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM
PUNNEDDED AT -- FUNDED AT
$1 BILLION.
STRONG BIPARTISAN SUPPORT IN
BOTH CHAMBERS.
VERY POSITIVE FOR THE CREATION
OF THE SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM,
WHICH, OF COURSE, IS OUR HIGHEST
PRIORITY.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH TIMES IN
PAST THE VISION FOR SPACING
EXPLORE SKPAEUGZ PLANS GET
CANCELLED.
PLANS TO GO TO THE MOON AND GET
CANCELLED.
THAT'S WHY THIS BIPARTISAN
A POLITICAL SUPPORT IS SO
IMPORTANT.
I AM GRATEFUL AS HARD AS WE HAVE
WORKED TO ACHIEF IT -- ACHIEVED
IT AND DO WE HAVE EVERYTHING,
THE ANSWER IS NO.
THE PROCESS IS ON-GOING.
THERE IS A BILL IN THE HOUSE,
A BILL IN THE SENATE.
THEY WILL HAVE TO BE
CONTPREPBED.
THERE WILL BE DISCUSSIONS WITH
THE WHITE HOUSE AND I THINK, YOU
KNOW, AT THE FRIEND WE WOULD
LIKE TO SEE THE FULL AMOUNT
FUNDED, BUT I WILL ALSO SAY IT
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO
RECOGNIZE THE STRONG APOLITICAL
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THE HUMAN
LANDING SYSTEM AND THE ARTEMIS
PROGRAM IN GENERAL.
>> SPAR LINER IS AN -- STARLINER
IS AN AMAZING VEHICLE AND IT'S
GREAT.
WE ARE MAKING SURE ALL THE Ts
ARE CROSSED AND I'S ARE DOTTED
AND THE NEXT SPACECRAFT WILL BE
READY FOR PEOPLE TO BE ON BOARD.
IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHERE
WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE SYSTEMS
IN PLACE.
IT'S MORE DILIGENT THAT WE ARE
WORKING ON THE SPACECRAFT.
END OF THIS YEAR, BEGINNING OF
NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD HAVE OFT
READY TO FOLLOW BY SPRING TIME
AND KNOCK ON WOOD I'M HOPING ME
AND MY CREW WILL BE READY TO GO
BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
IT WILL BE AN EXCITING YEAR.
WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT
PORT, OPEN ON THE SPACE STATION.
IT'S GETTING CROWDED IN SPACE
AND THAT'S A REALLY GOOD THING
AND WE'LL HAVE TO WORK INTO THE
SCHEDULE.
STAND BY.
IT WILL BE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
>> THIS IS FOR THE
ADMINISTRATOR.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE
AND I KNOW IT'S NOT LOST ON YOU
THAT THESE HISTORIC LAUNCH,
HAPPENING IN THE MIDst OF
A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
YOU COULD EVEN ARGUE MORE PEOPLE
ARE SUFFERING NOW THAN THEY WERE
IN MAY WHEN WE SAW THAT OTHER
LAUNCH.
HOW DO YOU CONVINCE THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
MISSION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
RIGHT NOW?
>> IT REALLY IS AN IMPORTANT
MISSION.
YO
WHEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL
ASTRONAUTS, A FULL COMPLEMENT OF
CREW ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION THE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH
WILL BE TRANSFORMATIONAL.
IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS WE
ADVANCE THE HUMAN CONDITION HERE
ON EARTH WHETHER WE TALK ABOUT
CREATING HAOUL AN TISSUE IN
THE -- HUMIDITY AN TISSUE IN THE
GRAVITY OF SPACE WHERE IT
DOESN'T GO FLAT LIKE THE GRAVITY
WELL OF EARTH AND CAN BE USED TO
MAYBE SAVE LIVES ONE DAY.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF
TECHNOLOGIES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
INDUSTRIALIZED BIOMEDICINE
HAPPENING ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION RIGHT NOW THAT MAY
RELATE TO THIS PANDEMIC, THAT
MAY RELATE TO THE NEXT PANDEMIC
THAT MAY RELATE TO PEOPLE RIGHT
NOW THAT HAVE MACULAR
DEGENERATION.
WE ARE CREATING ARTIFICIAL
RETINAS FOR THE HUMAN EYEBALL ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
USING ADVANCED MATERIALS.
THESE, THE KIND OF THINGS THAT
ARE TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR LIFE ON
EARTH.
WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
I WANT TO GIVE COMPLIMENTS TO
BOB CABANA, SHUTTLE ASTRONAUT
FOUR MISSIONS, WHO HAS DONE
GREAT WORK AS THE LEADER OF THIS
CENTER.
WE HAVE HAD CASES AT THE CENTER,
BUT PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING IT
HERE.
THEY ARE GETTING IT OTHER PLACES
BECAUSE OF THE PROTOCOLS BOB HAS
PUT IN PLACE AND THE ADHERENCE
THE.
GREAT WORK FORCE HERE AT
KENNEDY, THE ADHERENCE TO THE
PROTOCOL, SOCIAL DISTANCING,
MASK WEARING.
IF YOU DON'T NEED TO COME TO
WORK AND CAN DO IT AT HOME, DO
IT FROM HOME.
THESE ARE THE PROTOCOLS WE HAVE
PUT IN PLACE AND BOB LED THEST
AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
SUCCESS.
WOOY NEED THAT -- WE NEED TO
THAT CONTINUE.
I FEEL GOOD WHERE WE ARE AND THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE DO AS WELL, I
THINK.
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
JIM, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
BEING A GREAT ADPIN STRAIGHTER.
YOU HAVE -- ADMINISTRATOR.
YOU HAVE REALLY MOTIVATED
EVERYBODY AND EXCITED EVERYBODY
WITH ARTEMIS JUST LIKE THE FAA
GENTLEMEN EXCITING THE KIDS IT'S
SO EXCITING.
WE HAVE BEEN WAITING DECADES TO
GO BACK TO THE MOON.
THANK YOU
REASON WE DO THE GREEN RUN TEST,
WE GO THROUGH EVERY SYSTEM AND
EVERY SUB SYSTEM AND WE TEST ALL
OF THE LIMITS TO MAKE SURE ALL
OF THE MARGINE ON AND WE'RE
GOING TO FIND THINGS AND WE'LL
GET THEM CORRECTED.
REMEMBER, THE SLS ROCKET IS
NOT -- IT IS A TEST VEHICLE.
BUT IT IS GOING TO THE MOON.
THAT ROCKET IS GOING TO FLY TO
THE MOON.
I'LL SAY THIS, IT'S GOING TO
LAUNCH ORIION AND THE EUROPEAN
SERVICE MODULE TO THE MOON.
AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE
GET IT RIGHT.
AND WHEN WE GET THIS FIRST ONE
RIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND SL S
WILL LAUNCH AMERICAN ASTRONAUT
AROUND THE MOON.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS ON THE
5-YARD LINE AND WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT GETTING THE TEST COMPLETE
AND GETTING THE CORE STAGE HERE.
YESTERDAY I WAS AT THE VEHICLE
ASSEMBLY BUILDING.
THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS ARE
THERE.
THEY ARE IN A PROCESSING
FACILITY AND HERE AT KENNEDY.
WE SAW THE ORION CREW CAPSULE IS
HERE AND TESTED AND THE EUROPEAN
SERVICE MODULE IS READY AND
TESTED.
EVERYTHING IS READY, WE HAVE TO
GET THE CORE STAGE HERE.
WE SAW JUST RECENTLY THE MOBILE
LAUNCHER ROLL OUT AND ROLL BACK
IN.
AND YESTERDAY I SAW IT IN ITS
COMPLETED FORM AND IT'S
BEAUTIFUL.
BOB TOLD ME THAT WOULD NOT BE
WHAT HOLDS US UP AND SO FAR HE'S
BEEN RIGHT.
THERE IS A LOT OF POSITIVE
THINGS HAPPENING AND WE ARE VERY
EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THAT FIRST
LAUNCH DONE.
THE NOVEMBER DATE OF 2021 HAS
NOT CHANGED.
WE HAVE MARGIN IN THAT SCHEDULE.
BUT I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT
WITH COVID AND THE HURRICANES
AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT
MARGIN IS GOING TO SLIP.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE HOLDING TO THE
SCHEDULE.
WILL IT STAY THAT WAY?
IT DEPENDS.
AS TIME GOES ON WE'LL LEARN HOW
THE IMPACTSES ARE AFFECTING US.
>> CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION
ABOUT COVID.
IF THERE IS ANY RESEARCH ON THE
ISS OR DIRECTED OR HAVE YOU BEEN
CONTACTED BY THE VACCINE
COMPANIES WHERE THE ISS COULD
ASSIST IN THAT RESEARCH?
>> NOT ON THE VACCINES PER SE.
WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST BEGAN WE
HAD GREAT FOLKS AT THE JET
PROPULSION LABORATORY AND THEY,
WHEN THEY HAD TO STOP WORK ON
PROJECTS BECAUSE OF COVID THEY
WENT TO WORK IN THEIR OWN HOMES
AND CREATED A VENTILATOR THAT
USES NONE OF THE PARTIES THAT
COME FROM THE OTHER VENTILATOR
MANUFACTURING CAPABILITIES.
IT HAS NOW BEEN LICENSED TO
A NUMBER OF COMPANIES FOR MASK
MANUFACTURING IF AND WHEN --
MASS MANUFACTURING IF AND WHEN
NEEDED.
THE WAY WE MAKE SURE THAT WE
PROTECT PLANETS WHEN WE FLY
ROBOTS TO OTHER WORLDS THAT'S
WHAT A FOG AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
DON'T TAKE ANY MICROBES TO ANY
OTHER WORLDS.
THAT FOG ACTUALLY KILLS VIRUSES
AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE NOW PARTNERED WITH
A COMPANY IN OHIO TO USE THAT
FOG TO CLEAN THE INSIDE OF
AMBULANCES AND NOW IT'S GOING TO
BE SCALED UP TO CLEAN THE INSIDE
OF CLASSROOMS AND BUSINESSES AND
YOU NAME IT.
ANY CLOSED SPACE.
THERE ARE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE
HAPPENING AT NASA THAT SUPPORT
THE COVID RESPONSE.
BUT AS FAR AS ANY IMMUNIZATION
CAPABILITY AT THIS POINT IF
THERE IS I HAVE NOT HEARD OF IT
AT THIS POINT.
>> ONE QUESTION AS THE RULES
IMPLY BUT TWO PARTS.
HAVE ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES AT ALL
ARISEN ON LAUNCHPAD 39 WITH THE
CREW 1 STACK AND AFTER THE
SPLASH DOWN OF DEMO 2 AND ALL
THE ANALYSIS POST SPLASH DOWN,
WAS IT CONCLUDED THAT WAS
A FLAWLESS LAUNCH AND MISSION?
>> I'LL IDENTIFY TWO ISSUES THAT
WE TOOK UP AND DEALT WITH AND
I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BOB
REGARDING THE LAUNCHPAD ITSELF.
SO WHEN THE CAPSULE CAME BACK IT
LOOKED LIKE THE APWHRAEUTED HEAT
SHIELD HAD SPOTES WHERE IT
AAABAPWHRAEUTED MORE THAN W
AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, THEY
WERE WITHIN MARGIN AND SAFE.
WE JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IT
MORE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND WE
DID.
AS FAR AS THE PAD I'LL TURN IT
OVER TO BOB.
>> THE PAD'S READY TO GO.
AFTER EVERY LAUNCH REGARDLESS OF
WHAT PAD IT IS, THERE ARE
MAINTENANCE POSEEDURES THAT HAVE
TO BE -- PROCEDURES AND CHECK
AND BE READY FOR THE NEXT
LAUNCH.
SpaceX WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING
AFTER EVERY LAUNCH AND ARE GOOD
TO GO.
>> REFERRING TO THE PAD ITSELF
BUT THE CAPSULE AND ROCKET
STACK.
>> WE'LL HAVE IT READY AND HAVE
A REVIEW AT NOON AND FIND OUT
THE LATEST DETAIL OF EVERYTHING.
AS FAR AS I KNOW THEY ARE
WORKING NO SERIOUS ISSUE ARES
AND WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
WE'LL HAVE DETAILS AFTER THE
LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW AT NOON.
>> GOOD MORNING.
A QUESTION FOR MR. BRIDENSTINE.
TOMORROW WILL BE A HISTORIC
FLIGHT OF CREW 1 WHERE WILL BE
FLYING ALONG SIDE AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF IT FOR
NASA AS JAXA?
>> IT IS EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT.
HE IS AN AMAZING ASTRONAUT AND
HUMAN BEING AND NOT JUST
A JAPANESE HERO, HE IS AN
AMERICAN HERO.
HE IS ONE OF THE FINEEST.
I WILL TELL YOU WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE
AROUND THE WORLD, JAPAN IS AMONG
THE BEST PARTNERS WE HAVE.
AND I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT PARTNERSHIP
IS HERE WE ARE ON THE FIRST
OPERATIONAL MISSION OF
A COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLE AND
JAPAN IS WITH US.
REALLY, ON DAY ONE, JAPAN IS
WITH US.
WITH US ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ENTHUSIASM
IN JAPAN FOR THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM
AND THE BUDGET THAT JAPAN IS
SEEKING TO ACHIEVE HUMANS
LANDING ON THE MOON FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE 1972 AND
KNOWING THAT JAPAN WANTS TO BE
WITH US ON THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM
AND COMMITTING THEMSELVES NOT
JUST TO THE EFFORT BUT BACKING
IT UP WITH FINANCIAL RESOURCE,
JAPAN IS AN AMAZING PARTNER AND
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE NATION
OF JAPAN.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE
AMAZING THINGS HE WILL DO ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OVER
THE COMING SIX MONTHS.
HE IS A SPECIAL INDIVIDUAL.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG
AND STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH
JAPAN AS WE CONTINUE.
>> THE LAST QUESTION.
>> ADMINISTRATOR, ABOUT ELON
MUSK AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT
HE'S NOT FEELING GOOD AND COULD
BE ILL.
I KNOW THE CREW IS IN
QUARANTINE.
HAS HE HAD CONTACT WITH THE CREW
OR OTHERS, TRAINERS OR OTHERS IN
CONTACT OF THE CREW AND HAVE YOU
BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT TRACE ALL
THAT?
IS THERE A CHANCE IF HE IS ILL
YOU WILL HAVE TO DELAY.
>> AS FAR AS CONTACT WITH THE
CREW I AM UNAWARE WITH IT.
THE CONTACT TRACING SHOULD BE
UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW.
AND OF COURSE, NASA AND SpaceX
WILL WORK THROUGH IT TOGETHER
AND COME TO THE RIGHT
CONCLUSION.
LOOK, THIS NEWS JUST BROKE
BEFORE THIS PRESS CONFERENCE.
LOOK, IF THERE ARE ADJUSTMENTS
THAT NEED TO BE MADE WE'LL MAKE
THEM.
OUR ASTRONAUTS HAVE BEEN IN
QUARANTINE FOR WEEKS AND THEY
SHOULD MOLT HAVE HAD CON-- NOT
HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH ANYBODY.
THEY SHOULD BE IN GOOD SHAPE.
>> IF THERE IS A CHANCE YOU
COULD DELAY IF THERE IS
A CONTACT TRACE THAT GETS BACK
TO THE CREW.
>> I DON'T KNOW THAT.
I AM NOT GOING TO SAY THAT.
THERE IS A LOT TO LEARN.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
IS A LOT OF FIRSTS ON THIS
FLIGHT AND AMAZING DISCOVERIES
THAT WILL HAPPEN BY THESE FOUR
AMAZING ASTRONAUTS OVER THE NEXT
SIX MONTHS.
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE AT NASA
AND A GREAT TIME IF YOU ARE AN
ENTHUSIASTIC OF SPACE
EXPLORATION THERE IS A LOT
HAPPENING NOT JUST IN LOW EARTH
ORBIT BUT WITH THE ARTEMIS
PROGRAM AND TO THE MOON.
THANK YOU FOR BEING IN
ATTENDANCE AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO A GREAT LAUNCH TOMORROW.
THANK YOU.