1 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:50,383 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:50,383 --> 00:00:51,117 >> THE LIFTOFF BROADCAST 3 00:00:51,117 --> 00:00:54,054 STARTED. 4 00:00:54,054 --> 00:01:06,566 ROGER 0J. 5 00:01:06,566 --> 00:01:12,105 COPY ON THE GROUND. 6 00:01:12,105 --> 00:01:26,152 SEEP TISK COOPERATION -- 7 00:01:26,152 --> 00:01:41,968 [ MUSIC ] 8 00:01:49,409 --> 00:01:50,944 >> WELL, HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND 9 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:52,445 WELCOME FROM THE KENNEDY SPACE 10 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:53,179 CENTER IN FLORIDA. 11 00:01:53,179 --> 00:01:55,482 I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE 12 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:58,184 TO THE TRADITIONAL PRE LAUNCH 13 00:01:58,184 --> 00:02:01,921 NEWS CONFERENCE FOLLOWING 14 00:02:01,921 --> 00:02:02,689 TODAY'S LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW 15 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:06,860 AHEAD OF THE CREW ONE FALCON 9 16 00:02:06,860 --> 00:02:08,461 AND DRAGON FLIGHT TO THE 17 00:02:08,461 --> 00:02:09,462 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 18 00:02:09,462 --> 00:02:10,830 HERE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE 19 00:02:10,830 --> 00:02:11,998 DETAILS ARE FOLKS THAT WERE PART 20 00:02:11,998 --> 00:02:13,266 OF THE REVIEW TODAY. 21 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:15,935 AND ALSO HAVE BEEN PART OF A LOT 22 00:02:15,935 --> 00:02:18,304 OF THE PREPARATIONS THAT HAVE 23 00:02:18,304 --> 00:02:20,206 LED UP TO THIS MOMENT. 24 00:02:20,206 --> 00:02:23,076 IT'S AN EXCITING DAY FOR 25 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:25,411 EVERYONE FOR NASA AND SPACEX AND 26 00:02:25,411 --> 00:02:26,446 HOPEFULLY EVERYONE TUNING IN 27 00:02:26,446 --> 00:02:27,046 TODAY. 28 00:02:27,046 --> 00:02:29,782 LET ME INTRODUCE THE PANEL AND 29 00:02:29,782 --> 00:02:32,152 I'LL LET THEM GIVE YOU WORDS 30 00:02:32,152 --> 00:02:36,523 BEFORE THEY TAKE QUESTIONS. 31 00:02:36,523 --> 00:02:39,459 STEVE, THE PROGRAM HERE AT 32 00:02:39,459 --> 00:02:42,996 KENNEDY, AND JOEL MONTBANO, OF 33 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:45,465 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON, 34 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:48,768 AND NORM KNIGHT, THE DEPUTY 35 00:02:48,768 --> 00:02:49,569 MANAGER OF FLIGHT OPERATIONS 36 00:02:49,569 --> 00:02:50,904 DIRECTOR AT JOHNSON. 37 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:56,142 ALSO JOINING US IS BENGY REED, 38 00:02:56,142 --> 00:02:58,278 THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN 39 00:02:58,278 --> 00:02:59,913 SPACE PROGRAMS AND SPACEX, GREAT 40 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:04,050 TO HAVE HIM WITH US, AND KURT 41 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:05,852 COSTELLO, THE NASA CHIEF 42 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:07,453 SCIENTIST AT JOHNSON SPACE 43 00:03:07,453 --> 00:03:07,854 CENTER. 44 00:03:07,854 --> 00:03:12,625 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ARLENEA 45 00:03:12,625 --> 00:03:13,826 MOSES, THE LAUNCH WEATHER 46 00:03:13,826 --> 00:03:15,628 OFFICER FOR THE 45th WEATHER 47 00:03:15,628 --> 00:03:18,231 SQUADRON, SO I KNOW EVERYBODY IS 48 00:03:18,231 --> 00:03:20,934 LOOKING FORWARD 20 HEARING FROM 49 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:21,201 HER. 50 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:22,602 WITH THAT, TURN IT OVER TO 51 00:03:22,602 --> 00:03:22,936 STEVE. 52 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:24,137 >> THANK YOU, KYLE. 53 00:03:24,137 --> 00:03:27,473 AND IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE 54 00:03:27,473 --> 00:03:28,341 FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH READINESS 55 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:28,775 REVIEW TODAY. 56 00:03:28,775 --> 00:03:31,477 IT HAS BEEN A BUSY FEW DAYS 57 00:03:31,477 --> 00:03:32,579 SINCE WE LAST TALKED. 58 00:03:32,579 --> 00:03:35,582 WE TALKED TO YOU AFTER THE 59 00:03:35,582 --> 00:03:36,349 FLIGHT MAINSTREAM REVIEW ON 60 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:38,218 TUESDAY, AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE 61 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:43,990 HAVE PUT THE FALCON 9 VEHICLE 62 00:03:43,990 --> 00:03:45,959 THROUGH A FIRE, TO MAKE SURE 63 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:48,528 THAT ALL OF THE SYSTEMS ON THE 64 00:03:48,528 --> 00:03:50,663 ROCKET WERE FUNCTIONING AS 65 00:03:50,663 --> 00:03:51,397 EXPECTED AND WE HAVE REVIEWED 66 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:53,800 ALL OF THAT DATA AND THE ROCKET 67 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:54,334 LOOKS REALLY GOOD. 68 00:03:54,334 --> 00:03:56,402 IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO DO 69 00:03:56,402 --> 00:03:57,737 SOME INSPECTIONS AFTER THAT. 70 00:03:57,737 --> 00:04:01,641 AND WE SWAPPED OUT A COUPLE OF 71 00:04:01,641 --> 00:04:03,009 INSPECTIONS AND EVERYTHING LOOKS 72 00:04:03,009 --> 00:04:04,711 REALLY GOOD. 73 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:07,614 WE DID A DRY DRESS PRACTICE WITH 74 00:04:07,614 --> 00:04:09,482 THE CREW AND THEY SUITED UP AND 75 00:04:09,482 --> 00:04:12,619 GOT IN THEIR SPACE SUITS AND ON 76 00:04:12,619 --> 00:04:13,319 THE LAUNCH PAD AND INTO THE 77 00:04:13,319 --> 00:04:13,653 VEHICLE. 78 00:04:13,653 --> 00:04:16,756 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE 79 00:04:16,756 --> 00:04:19,792 PUT FOUR PEOPLE IN DRAGON'S 80 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:22,195 VESTS, AND THAT WET REALLY WELL. 81 00:04:22,195 --> 00:04:23,396 OVAL, IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE 82 00:04:23,396 --> 00:04:25,265 WEATHER AND LOOKING AT RECOVERY 83 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:26,899 OF THE BOOSTER FOR THIS FLIGHT, 84 00:04:26,899 --> 00:04:30,703 WE HAVE ADJUSTED THE LAUNCH DAY. 85 00:04:30,703 --> 00:04:32,839 WE WERE DOING A SATURDAY LAUNCH, 86 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:34,674 AND ADJUSTED IT 24 HOURS LATER 87 00:04:34,674 --> 00:04:37,277 AND TODAY WE'RE STARTING A 88 00:04:37,277 --> 00:04:38,878 SUNDAY LAUNCH AT 7:27 EASTERN 89 00:04:38,878 --> 00:04:42,649 TIME AND THAT WILL PUT DOCKING 90 00:04:42,649 --> 00:04:44,150 ON MONDAY AT 11 P.M. EASTERN 91 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:44,450 TIME. 92 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:46,085 WE DID THAT, AND LOOKED 93 00:04:46,085 --> 00:04:48,921 CAREFULLY AT THE WEATHER AND THE 94 00:04:48,921 --> 00:04:50,056 ONSHORE FLOW LOOKED REALLY NOT 95 00:04:50,056 --> 00:04:50,890 SO GOOD FOR SATURDAY. 96 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:53,593 AND ALSO, WE NEEDED TO GET THE 97 00:04:53,593 --> 00:04:55,428 DRONE RECOVERY SHIP IN PLACE TO 98 00:04:55,428 --> 00:04:57,363 RECOVER THE BOOSTER FOR NASA, 99 00:04:57,363 --> 00:04:59,132 AND THE BOOSTER FOR SPACEX IS 100 00:04:59,132 --> 00:05:00,867 VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. 101 00:05:00,867 --> 00:05:05,338 WE'RE GOING TO REUSE THE FIRST 102 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:08,408 PHASE WE'RE FLYING ON 1 FOR THE 103 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:10,710 CREW MISSION, AND CREW 2 HAS A 104 00:05:10,710 --> 00:05:12,011 LAUNCH DATE OF MARCH 30th. 105 00:05:12,011 --> 00:05:13,212 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOVER 106 00:05:13,212 --> 00:05:14,747 THAT BOOSTER TO GET THE DRONE 107 00:05:14,747 --> 00:05:15,882 SHIP IN PLACE. 108 00:05:15,882 --> 00:05:18,184 OVAL, IT'S GOING TO BE AN 109 00:05:18,184 --> 00:05:19,185 EXCITING FLIGHT. 110 00:05:19,185 --> 00:05:22,922 CREW ONE IS GOING TO BE THE 111 00:05:22,922 --> 00:05:25,024 LONGEST SPACE FLIGHT EVER, 112 00:05:25,024 --> 00:05:27,293 EXCEEDING WHAT WE HAD ON SKY LAB 113 00:05:27,293 --> 00:05:28,161 3. 114 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:30,430 IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CREW 115 00:05:30,430 --> 00:05:33,766 IN THE CAPSULE, WHICH WE'RE 116 00:05:33,766 --> 00:05:35,401 EXCITED ABOUT FOR THE SPACE 117 00:05:35,401 --> 00:05:39,372 STATION, AND IT'S OUR FIRST FAA 118 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:40,740 LIGHT LAUNCH AS WELL AS WE MOVE 119 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:42,642 INTO THE NEXT STEP. 120 00:05:42,642 --> 00:05:46,245 SO WE'RE EXCITED TO FLY THIS 121 00:05:46,245 --> 00:05:48,648 INCREMENT MISSION FOR THE 122 00:05:48,648 --> 00:05:50,016 PROGRAM AND TO LAUNCH. 123 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:52,085 AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A 124 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:52,952 LAUNCH ON SUNDAY. 125 00:05:52,952 --> 00:05:55,254 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOEL. 126 00:05:55,254 --> 00:05:56,222 >> THANK YOU, STEVE. 127 00:05:56,222 --> 00:05:58,891 AND WELCOME TO THE PRESS BRIEF. 128 00:05:58,891 --> 00:06:01,427 IN THE PAST DAYS, WE HAVE HAD A 129 00:06:01,427 --> 00:06:02,495 NUMBER OF REVIEWS AS STEVE 130 00:06:02,495 --> 00:06:06,966 MENTIONED AND TODAY AS WE 131 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:09,168 CONCLUDED THE READINESS REVIEW, 132 00:06:09,168 --> 00:06:12,004 I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'RE READY 133 00:06:12,004 --> 00:06:13,973 FOR THIS MISSION. 134 00:06:13,973 --> 00:06:16,843 A LAUNCH TIME OF 7:27 P.M. 135 00:06:16,843 --> 00:06:17,777 EASTERN TIME ON SUNDAY, GIVING 136 00:06:17,777 --> 00:06:20,380 US A DOCKING OF LATE MONDAY 137 00:06:20,380 --> 00:06:21,914 ENGLAND, APPROXIMATELY 11 P.M. 138 00:06:21,914 --> 00:06:24,283 EASTERN TIME. 139 00:06:24,283 --> 00:06:27,019 SHORTLY AFTER DOCKING, WE'LL DO 140 00:06:27,019 --> 00:06:28,388 THE STANDARD LEAD CHECKS AND 141 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:29,689 THEN HAVE A WELCOME CEREMONY 142 00:06:29,689 --> 00:06:31,257 ONBOARD, AND THAT WILL BE 2 AND 143 00:06:31,257 --> 00:06:33,359 A HALF HOURS AFTER DOCKING. 144 00:06:33,359 --> 00:06:35,528 THIS WEEK, WE HAVE BEEN DOING A 145 00:06:35,528 --> 00:06:38,731 LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH KATE AND 146 00:06:38,731 --> 00:06:40,266 SERGEI ON ORBIT TODAY AND 147 00:06:40,266 --> 00:06:43,035 KEEPING THEM UP TO SPEED ON THE 148 00:06:43,035 --> 00:06:44,003 PREPARATIONS AND THEY'RE EXCITED 149 00:06:44,003 --> 00:06:45,905 AND READY TO HAVE NEW CREW 150 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:46,839 MEMBERS ONBOARD. 151 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,276 THIS VEHICLE IS BRINGING IN 152 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:52,645 APPROXIMATELY 240 KILOGRAMS OF 153 00:06:52,645 --> 00:06:54,714 PRESSURIZED CARGO TO ENHANCE 154 00:06:54,714 --> 00:06:56,149 WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE 155 00:06:56,149 --> 00:06:57,216 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 156 00:06:57,216 --> 00:06:58,651 WITH THESE FOUR CREW MEMBERS, 157 00:06:58,651 --> 00:07:00,286 ADDING TO THE THREE ONBOARD, 158 00:07:00,286 --> 00:07:03,956 WE'LL HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN CREW 159 00:07:03,956 --> 00:07:05,558 MEMBERS FOR A SUSTAINED 160 00:07:05,558 --> 00:07:06,025 INCREMENT. 161 00:07:06,025 --> 00:07:09,495 THIS VEHICLE WILL STAY UP FOR A 162 00:07:09,495 --> 00:07:12,098 LONG DURATION INCREMENT AND 163 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:13,366 RETURNING APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. 164 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:15,334 SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE 165 00:07:15,334 --> 00:07:17,036 SUSTAINED TIME ONBOARD TO ALLOW 166 00:07:17,036 --> 00:07:18,571 THE SCIENCE AND THE INCREASED 167 00:07:18,571 --> 00:07:21,808 DEVELOPMENT WE DO AND FOR THE 168 00:07:21,808 --> 00:07:23,743 ART MISS PROGRAM AND FUTURE 169 00:07:23,743 --> 00:07:24,110 PROGRAMS. 170 00:07:24,110 --> 00:07:26,846 ALSO THIS YEAR, CELEBRATING 20 171 00:07:26,846 --> 00:07:28,314 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS HUMAN 172 00:07:28,314 --> 00:07:29,282 PRESENCE ONBOARD THE 173 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:30,316 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 174 00:07:30,316 --> 00:07:31,617 AND DURING THOSE 20 YEARS, WE 175 00:07:31,617 --> 00:07:33,753 SET THE STANDARD FOR 176 00:07:33,753 --> 00:07:34,487 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND 177 00:07:34,487 --> 00:07:35,888 INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, BUT WE 178 00:07:35,888 --> 00:07:37,023 KEEP LEARNING. 179 00:07:37,023 --> 00:07:38,191 WE LEARN EVERY DAY. 180 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:42,094 AND YOU KNOW, NASA, WITH 181 00:07:42,094 --> 00:07:43,896 AMERICAN INDUSTRY HAS DEVELOPED 182 00:07:43,896 --> 00:07:45,031 THESE SPECIAL VEHICLES THAT 183 00:07:45,031 --> 00:07:49,135 ALLOW US TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO 184 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:51,771 LOWER EARTH ORBIT. 185 00:07:51,771 --> 00:07:53,339 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 186 00:07:53,339 --> 00:07:55,241 STATION, AND ALLOWS MORE SCIENCE 187 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:58,377 ON EARTH ORBIT AND MORE 188 00:07:58,377 --> 00:07:59,378 COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES. 189 00:07:59,378 --> 00:08:01,080 SO HUGE THANKS FOR THE 190 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:02,915 COMMERCIAL PROGRAM AND TO SPACEX 191 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:04,617 TO GETTING US TO WHERE WE ARE 192 00:08:04,617 --> 00:08:05,251 TODAY. 193 00:08:05,251 --> 00:08:06,285 WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE AND 194 00:08:06,285 --> 00:08:07,587 EXCITED FOR THE LAUNCH ON SUNDAY 195 00:08:07,587 --> 00:08:09,455 AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MONDAY'S 196 00:08:09,455 --> 00:08:11,757 DOCKING AND THE LONG DURATION 197 00:08:11,757 --> 00:08:12,124 INK MET. 198 00:08:12,124 --> 00:08:16,996 SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER 199 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:18,498 TO NORM. 200 00:08:18,498 --> 00:08:20,967 >> THANK YOU, JOE, AND AS 201 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:24,270 STATED, THE REVIEW TODAY WENT 202 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:29,542 VERY WELL. 203 00:08:29,542 --> 00:08:30,142 WEEINGO THAT. 204 00:08:30,142 --> 00:08:33,012 AND STEPPING BACK TO THE CYCLE 205 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:36,582 WITH JUST THE JOURNEY LEADING UP 206 00:08:36,582 --> 00:08:41,220 TO THIS, AND IT WAS EVIDENT THAT 207 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:42,889 THE CLOSED OUT WORK AND THE LESS 208 00:08:42,889 --> 00:08:44,824 WORK THERE WAS IN THE OVERALL 209 00:08:44,824 --> 00:08:46,325 READINESS LEVEL IN THE TEAM FOR 210 00:08:46,325 --> 00:08:47,560 THIS VEHICLE. 211 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:50,630 SO IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING, AN 212 00:08:50,630 --> 00:08:52,398 ABSOLUTE FOCUS ON CREW SAFETY 213 00:08:52,398 --> 00:08:53,666 AND VEHICLE SAFETY. 214 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:55,835 WHICH BOTH THE NASA AND THE 215 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:57,436 SPACEX TEAMS HAVE DONE A VERY 216 00:08:57,436 --> 00:08:59,572 GOOD JOB WITH. 217 00:08:59,572 --> 00:09:00,373 AND WE'RE VERY SATISFIED WITH 218 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:01,140 THAT. 219 00:09:01,140 --> 00:09:03,442 THIS WAS ON THE HEELS OF DRY 220 00:09:03,442 --> 00:09:07,380 DRESS YESTERDAY, AS STEVE 221 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:08,814 MENTIONED AND THAT WENT VERY 222 00:09:08,814 --> 00:09:10,616 WELL AND IT WAS THE FIRST 223 00:09:10,616 --> 00:09:14,053 OPPORTUNITY TO LET THE CREW SET 224 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:15,788 UP AND TRY OUT THE VEHICLE TO 225 00:09:15,788 --> 00:09:17,990 MAKE SURE THAT THE FIT WAS RIGHT 226 00:09:17,990 --> 00:09:19,825 AND THERE WERE NO LAST MINUTE 227 00:09:19,825 --> 00:09:21,961 TYPE THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE 228 00:09:21,961 --> 00:09:23,930 TWEAKED UP PRIOR TO LAUNCH AND 229 00:09:23,930 --> 00:09:25,197 THAT WENT VERY WELL AND WE'RE 230 00:09:25,197 --> 00:09:25,965 EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 231 00:09:25,965 --> 00:09:27,833 I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET 232 00:09:27,833 --> 00:09:28,901 WITH THE CREW THIS MORNING TO 233 00:09:28,901 --> 00:09:30,870 TALK WITH THEM A LITTLE BIT 234 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:33,573 ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING LAUNCH AND 235 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:34,574 THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY EXCITED. 236 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:37,577 AND YOU COULD JUST FEEL THE 237 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:38,711 RADIANT EXCITEMENT COMING OFF OF 238 00:09:38,711 --> 00:09:39,011 THEM. 239 00:09:39,011 --> 00:09:40,646 AND IN FACT, WHEN I WALKED OUT 240 00:09:40,646 --> 00:09:42,315 OF THAT BRIEFING, I WAS EXCITED 241 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:45,184 MYSELF. 242 00:09:45,184 --> 00:09:46,719 YOU COULD JUST FEEL THE ENERGY 243 00:09:46,719 --> 00:09:48,421 FROM THE CREW, AND WE HAVE SEEN 244 00:09:48,421 --> 00:09:50,590 THAT THROUGHOUT THE TEAM, WHICH 245 00:09:50,590 --> 00:09:52,792 IS GREAT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE 246 00:09:52,792 --> 00:09:54,760 REAL CLOSE AND READY TO GO, 247 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:55,695 WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT. 248 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:58,731 YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGE THAT THEY 249 00:09:58,731 --> 00:10:00,666 WANTED TO CONVEY IS RESILIENCE, 250 00:10:00,666 --> 00:10:03,302 AND TO ECHO ONCE AGAIN THAT THE 251 00:10:03,302 --> 00:10:05,938 JOURNEY TO GET HERE IS ONE OF 252 00:10:05,938 --> 00:10:06,405 RESILIENCE. 253 00:10:06,405 --> 00:10:08,407 AND IT WAS A HARD JOURNEY WITH A 254 00:10:08,407 --> 00:10:10,710 LOT OF STUFF GOING ON, AND COVID 255 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:12,545 AFFECTING THE TEAMS, BUT IT WAS 256 00:10:12,545 --> 00:10:14,280 THAT RESILIENCE AND 257 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,648 DETERMINATION BY A LOT OF FOLKS 258 00:10:15,648 --> 00:10:18,150 THAT HAVE LED UP TO THIS POINT, 259 00:10:18,150 --> 00:10:20,753 AND WE'LL SAFELY GET THEM INTO 260 00:10:20,753 --> 00:10:23,055 ORBIT AND SAFELY GET THEM DOCKED 261 00:10:23,055 --> 00:10:24,123 BEFORE SIX MONTHS AGO OF SCIENCE 262 00:10:24,123 --> 00:10:26,158 AND RETURNING BACK TO EARTH 263 00:10:26,158 --> 00:10:26,993 SAFELY AS WELL. 264 00:10:26,993 --> 00:10:29,462 SO AGAIN, A LOT OF FOLKS THAT 265 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:31,364 WERE INVOLVED WITH THAT, AND 266 00:10:31,364 --> 00:10:33,766 JUST AN APPRECIATION FOR THAT 267 00:10:33,766 --> 00:10:36,736 HARD WORK THAT HAS GOT US TO 268 00:10:36,736 --> 00:10:38,204 THAT POINT. 269 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:41,774 SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT 270 00:10:41,774 --> 00:10:43,843 OVER TO BENJI AND LOOK FORWARD 271 00:10:43,843 --> 00:10:46,545 TO QUESTIONS LATER. 272 00:10:46,545 --> 00:10:47,747 >> GREAT, AND THANK YOU VERY 273 00:10:47,747 --> 00:10:48,180 MUCH, NORM. 274 00:10:48,180 --> 00:10:50,049 FIRST OF ALL, I AM SITTING HERE 275 00:10:50,049 --> 00:10:51,884 AND I'M EXCITED AGAIN TO BE 276 00:10:51,884 --> 00:10:53,052 HERE. 277 00:10:53,052 --> 00:10:56,022 TO THINK THAT THIS IS OUR THIRD 278 00:10:56,022 --> 00:10:57,523 TIME WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY 279 00:10:57,523 --> 00:11:01,027 TO COME HERE AND LAUNCH FROM 280 00:11:01,027 --> 00:11:04,196 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, AND WE DID 281 00:11:04,196 --> 00:11:05,564 OUR IN-FLIGHT TEST BACK IN THE 282 00:11:05,564 --> 00:11:08,367 BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND DID 283 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:10,536 OUR DEMO 2 MISSIONS AND NOW 284 00:11:10,536 --> 00:11:12,405 WE'RE COMING UP ON THE FIRST 285 00:11:12,405 --> 00:11:15,074 OPERATIONAL MISSION TO START 286 00:11:15,074 --> 00:11:17,343 PROVIDING CRUDE SERVICES TO THE 287 00:11:17,343 --> 00:11:20,346 STATION, TO KEEP JOEL'S PROGRAM 288 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:22,515 RUNNING, SIX MONTH INTERVALS, 289 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:24,083 IT'S INCREDIBLE AND IF YOU 290 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:25,751 WAUPED THIS BEFORE THE PRESS 291 00:11:25,751 --> 00:11:28,688 BRIEFING, YOU SAW THE MONTAGE OF 292 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,791 THE PAST MISSIONS AND TO HEAR 293 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:32,525 JOEL TALK ABOUT THE LAST 20 294 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:35,061 YEARS IN SPACE, IT'S SO COOL AND 295 00:11:35,061 --> 00:11:36,696 AN HONOR TO BE HERE. 296 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:37,697 I'M CERTAINLY STOKED. 297 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:39,899 ON BEHALF OF ALL OF THE SPACEX 298 00:11:39,899 --> 00:11:41,534 EMPLOYEES AND OUR VENDORS AND 299 00:11:41,534 --> 00:11:43,469 PARTNERS, ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, I 300 00:11:43,469 --> 00:11:46,138 WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 301 00:11:46,138 --> 00:11:47,673 SAY THANK YOU TO NASA AND TO ALL 302 00:11:47,673 --> 00:11:49,875 OF OUR PARTNERS TO LET US BE 303 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:54,980 PART OF THIS, AND TO HELP CARRY 304 00:11:54,980 --> 00:11:57,383 THE SACRED HONOR AND 305 00:11:57,383 --> 00:11:58,517 RESPONSIBILITY ON OUR SHOULDERS. 306 00:11:58,517 --> 00:12:00,686 THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF YEARS 307 00:12:00,686 --> 00:12:04,023 OF WORK AND EFFORT FROM A LOT OF 308 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:04,356 PEOPLE. 309 00:12:04,356 --> 00:12:06,358 A LOT OF TIME, AND WE HAVE 310 00:12:06,358 --> 00:12:08,194 BUILT, I THINK WHAT I WOULD CALL 311 00:12:08,194 --> 00:12:12,565 ONE OF THE SAFEST LAUNCH AND 312 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:13,899 SPACECRAFT EVER. 313 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:16,736 AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE PART OF 314 00:12:16,736 --> 00:12:17,903 THAT. 315 00:12:17,903 --> 00:12:19,872 WE CULMINATED OUR EFFORTS WITH 316 00:12:19,872 --> 00:12:22,641 THAT WITH OUR STATIC FIRE ON 317 00:12:22,641 --> 00:12:23,843 WEDNESDAY, AND STEVE MENTIONED 318 00:12:23,843 --> 00:12:26,679 THAT AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE A 319 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:43,662 VIDEO TO SHOW THAT. 320 00:12:43,662 --> 00:12:46,532 THAT WAS A FULL 7 SECONDS STATIC 321 00:12:46,532 --> 00:12:48,701 FIRE, AND THEY FINISHED THAT UP. 322 00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:50,669 THOSE REVIEWS, WE DID JOINT 323 00:12:50,669 --> 00:12:52,671 REVIEWS WITH THE NASA TEAMS AND 324 00:12:52,671 --> 00:12:54,340 OUR TEAMS AND IT LOOKED GREAT. 325 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:55,641 WE ASSESSED EVERYTHING THAT CAME 326 00:12:55,641 --> 00:12:57,276 FROM THE VEHICLE AND WE FELT 327 00:12:57,276 --> 00:12:58,010 VERY GOOD ABOUT IT. 328 00:12:58,010 --> 00:13:00,746 AS YOU KNOW, WE DID WORK ON THE 329 00:13:00,746 --> 00:13:02,648 ENGINES AND THE VEHICLES, AND 330 00:13:02,648 --> 00:13:04,416 GETTING READY FOR THAT LAUNCH, 331 00:13:04,416 --> 00:13:06,152 AND THAT STATIC FIRE IS VERY KEY 332 00:13:06,152 --> 00:13:08,120 TO ENSURING THAT WE'RE READY TO 333 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:09,054 GO. 334 00:13:09,054 --> 00:13:10,689 THOSE 7 SECONDS LOOKED AWESOME 335 00:13:10,689 --> 00:13:11,857 AND THE NEXT THING I WANT TO 336 00:13:11,857 --> 00:13:14,994 SHOW YOU, A PICTURE THAT WE HAVE 337 00:13:14,994 --> 00:13:16,629 FROM DRY DRESS, AND THAT'S THE 338 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:18,030 DRESS REHEARSAL THAT WE DO FROM 339 00:13:18,030 --> 00:13:18,397 THE CREW. 340 00:13:18,397 --> 00:13:21,500 AND THEY DO THE WHOLE THING, 341 00:13:21,500 --> 00:13:24,403 WHERE THEY GET SUITED UP IN THE 342 00:13:24,403 --> 00:13:26,572 ONC BUILDING HERE IN KENNEDY 343 00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,407 SPACE CENTER, AND THEY COME 344 00:13:28,407 --> 00:13:30,176 ACROSS IN THEIR TESS LAZ, AND GO 345 00:13:30,176 --> 00:13:32,044 UP THE TOWER AND GO ALL THE WAY 346 00:13:32,044 --> 00:13:33,846 TO THE DRAGON AND IT'S AN 347 00:13:33,846 --> 00:13:35,815 IMPORTANT PROCESS THAT WE DO, WE 348 00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:37,116 WALK THROUGH THAT AND THE GROUND 349 00:13:37,116 --> 00:13:39,018 TEAM IS WORKING WITH THE CREW 350 00:13:39,018 --> 00:13:40,286 AND THE CREW ITSELF AND MAKING 351 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:41,554 SURE THAT EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT. 352 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:44,890 WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PICTURE, I 353 00:13:44,890 --> 00:13:46,058 GET EXCITED ABOUT THE NEXT IT 354 00:13:46,058 --> 00:13:48,294 STEP ON THE BIG JOURNEY WE HAVE 355 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:50,162 AHEAD OF US. 356 00:13:50,162 --> 00:13:51,564 WE HAVE FOUR ASTRONAUTS GOING 357 00:13:51,564 --> 00:13:53,432 UP, AND WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO 358 00:13:53,432 --> 00:13:55,601 HAS NEVER BEEN TO SPACE, VICTOR, 359 00:13:55,601 --> 00:14:00,472 WHO IS VERY EXCITED. 360 00:14:00,472 --> 00:14:03,175 WE HAVE SAVICCI, OUR FIRST 361 00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:05,845 INTERNATIONAL PARTNER AND IT'S 362 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:08,147 REALLY REALLY COOL. 363 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:09,982 LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO 364 00:14:09,982 --> 00:14:10,916 HAPPEN ON LAUNCH DAY ITSELF. 365 00:14:10,916 --> 00:14:13,719 AND AS I TALKED ABOUT DRY DRESS 366 00:14:13,719 --> 00:14:15,688 AS A PRACTICE FOR THAT. 367 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:17,456 AND FOUR HOURS BEFORE LAUNCH 368 00:14:17,456 --> 00:14:19,325 DAY, THE CREW WILL BE IN THE ONC 369 00:14:19,325 --> 00:14:20,626 BUILDING, IN THE AREA GETTING 370 00:14:20,626 --> 00:14:22,595 SUITED UP AND OUR SUIT TECHS 371 00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:24,196 WILL BE HELPING THEM GET READY 372 00:14:24,196 --> 00:14:27,600 AND WE'LL BE DOING VARIOUS LEAK 373 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:28,701 CHECKS AND FIT CHECKS AS WE GO 374 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,536 THROUGH THAT, AND THE ASTRONAUTS 375 00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:33,239 WILL COME OUT 3 HOURS BEFORE 376 00:14:33,239 --> 00:14:37,676 LAUNCH AND GET INTO THE TESLAS, 377 00:14:37,676 --> 00:14:39,478 AND WAVE GOOD-BYE TO THEIR 378 00:14:39,478 --> 00:14:41,113 FAMILIES AND COME ACROSS TO THE 379 00:14:41,113 --> 00:14:42,181 LAUNCH PAD. 380 00:14:42,181 --> 00:14:44,750 COME ACROSS THE LAUNCH TOWER AND 381 00:14:44,750 --> 00:14:47,253 COME ACROSS THE CREW ARM AND 2 382 00:14:47,253 --> 00:14:48,921 AND A HALF HOURS BEFORE LAUNCH, 383 00:14:48,921 --> 00:14:50,623 THEY WILL GET IN THE VEHICLE. 384 00:14:50,623 --> 00:14:51,824 THEY WILL GET INSIDE OF THE 385 00:14:51,824 --> 00:14:53,893 VEHICLE AND GET ALL STRAPPED IN 386 00:14:53,893 --> 00:15:00,833 AND SAFE AT ABOUT APPROXIMATELY 387 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:02,801 45 MINUTES BEFORE LAUNCH AND 388 00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:05,004 THEY WILL DO THE FINAL GO POLL 389 00:15:05,004 --> 00:15:07,740 FOR LOADING THE VEHICLE AND FOR 390 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:08,574 ARMING THE ESCAPE SYSTEM. 391 00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:12,144 WE HAVE A LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM 392 00:15:12,144 --> 00:15:14,013 ON DRAGON THAT'S READY TO GO 393 00:15:14,013 --> 00:15:15,714 JUST IN CASE SOMETHING GOES 394 00:15:15,714 --> 00:15:18,350 WRONG WITH THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, 395 00:15:18,350 --> 00:15:20,886 DRAGON CAN ESCAPE THE CREW TO 396 00:15:20,886 --> 00:15:22,488 SAFETY AND SPLASH DOWN IN THE 397 00:15:22,488 --> 00:15:23,222 OCEAN. 398 00:15:23,222 --> 00:15:25,624 AT THAT POINT, 30 MINUTES BEFORE 399 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:29,295 LAUNCH IS WHEN WE START LOADING 400 00:15:29,295 --> 00:15:30,095 THE LAUNCH VEHICLE WITH 401 00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:31,030 PROPELLANT. 402 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:33,465 AND WE'RE OFF. 403 00:15:33,465 --> 00:15:35,868 LET'S GO NEXT TO THE LINE 404 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:36,702 DRAWING THAT WE HAVE. 405 00:15:36,702 --> 00:15:38,037 AND THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF 406 00:15:38,037 --> 00:15:40,072 WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE DOING THE 407 00:15:40,072 --> 00:15:40,406 LAUNCH. 408 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:41,840 I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THE 409 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,542 DETAILS, AND COMING THROUGH THE 410 00:15:43,542 --> 00:15:45,878 HIGHLIGHTS HERE, 2 MINUTES 40 411 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:47,980 SECONDS, WE HAVE THE FIRST AND 412 00:15:47,980 --> 00:15:48,681 SECOND STAGE SEPARATION, AND 413 00:15:48,681 --> 00:15:50,616 AFTER THAT HAPPENS, THE FIRST 414 00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:52,384 STAGE WILL LAND ON THE SHIP, 415 00:15:52,384 --> 00:15:54,453 WHICH IS HEADING OUT RIGHT NOW 416 00:15:54,453 --> 00:15:55,854 TO BE IN POSITION TO BE READY 417 00:15:55,854 --> 00:15:56,555 FOR THAT. 418 00:15:56,555 --> 00:15:59,525 AND IN THE SECOND STAGE, WE'RE 419 00:15:59,525 --> 00:16:02,161 GOING TO BE CARRYING DRAGON TO 420 00:16:02,161 --> 00:16:02,962 ORBIT. 421 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:05,431 8 MINUTES 50 SECONDS INTOED 422 00:16:05,431 --> 00:16:07,700 MISSION, THE SECOND ENGINE WILL 423 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:10,769 CUT OUT AND SHORTLY THAT, DRAGON 424 00:16:10,769 --> 00:16:12,004 WILL SEPARATE AND THEY'RE OFF TO 425 00:16:12,004 --> 00:16:13,305 THE JOURNEY TO STATION. 426 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:15,307 IF WE GO TO THE NEXT LINE 427 00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:16,342 DRAWING, WE CAN SEE THAT. 428 00:16:16,342 --> 00:16:18,143 AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT THIS 429 00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:19,178 LOOKS LIKE. 430 00:16:19,178 --> 00:16:21,080 SO PHASING IS THE PROCESS WHERE 431 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:22,081 WE'RE ESSENTIALLY CATCHING UP 432 00:16:22,081 --> 00:16:22,614 WITH SPACE STATION. 433 00:16:22,614 --> 00:16:25,784 AND THE PROCESS IS, SPACE 434 00:16:25,784 --> 00:16:28,487 STATION IS ZOOMING AROUND THE 435 00:16:28,487 --> 00:16:30,656 EARTH VERY FAST AND SO IS 436 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:31,023 DRAGON. 437 00:16:31,023 --> 00:16:33,092 YOU'RE TRYING TO USE THE GAME 438 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:35,661 WHERE YOU ARE USING THE DRAGON 439 00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:37,162 AND MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF 440 00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:38,931 FUEL TO CATCH UP AND GET THE TWO 441 00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:39,898 VEHICLES TO COME TOGETHER. 442 00:16:39,898 --> 00:16:41,567 SO YOU GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS 443 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:43,836 OF PHASING, AND BASED ON THE 444 00:16:43,836 --> 00:16:45,771 MECHANICS AND THE DAY AND TIME 445 00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:46,939 OF LAUNCH, IN THIS CASE, THE 446 00:16:46,939 --> 00:16:48,540 PARTICULAR PHASING TIME WILL 447 00:16:48,540 --> 00:16:50,376 TAKE ABOUT 25 HOURS, AND 25 448 00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:52,778 HOURS WE'LL BE CLOSE TO WHERE WE 449 00:16:52,778 --> 00:16:54,646 NEED TO BE TO BASICALLY BE IN 450 00:16:54,646 --> 00:16:56,081 POSITION TO COME UP TO THE 451 00:16:56,081 --> 00:16:58,984 STATION, AND THEN A FEW HOURS 452 00:16:58,984 --> 00:17:01,220 THAT, WE WILL HAVE DOCKED TO THE 453 00:17:01,220 --> 00:17:05,891 STATION. 454 00:17:05,891 --> 00:17:07,826 I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S 455 00:17:07,826 --> 00:17:11,063 GOING TO HAPPEN ONCE THEY DOG. 456 00:17:11,063 --> 00:17:15,901 THE CREW DOCK ON THE STATION, 457 00:17:15,901 --> 00:17:17,703 AND THEY WILL BE WELCOMED BY THE 458 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:19,304 OTHER CREW UP THERE, AND GET TO 459 00:17:19,304 --> 00:17:20,105 WORK QUICKLY. 460 00:17:20,105 --> 00:17:23,409 THE TWO THINGS INVOLVING SPACEX 461 00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:24,576 DURING THEIR SIX MONTHS ON 462 00:17:24,576 --> 00:17:26,011 STATION, ONE IS COMING UP IN A 463 00:17:26,011 --> 00:17:26,879 FEW WEEKS. 464 00:17:26,879 --> 00:17:29,915 WE HAVE OUR FIRST CARGO DRAGON, 465 00:17:29,915 --> 00:17:31,917 OUR NEW DRAGON 2 CARGO VEHICLE, 466 00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:38,690 THAT WILL BE OUR CIRRUS 21 467 00:17:38,690 --> 00:17:39,725 MISSION, AND THAT'S FULL OF 468 00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:41,060 SCIENCE FOR THE CREW TO BE 469 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:41,827 WORKING ON. 470 00:17:41,827 --> 00:17:44,196 AND SO THE FIRST FEW WEEKS AFTER 471 00:17:44,196 --> 00:17:46,298 THEY DOCKED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE 472 00:17:46,298 --> 00:17:48,767 GETTING READY FOR THAT AND 473 00:17:48,767 --> 00:17:50,736 WRAPPING UP OTHER WORK AND THEY 474 00:17:50,736 --> 00:17:52,871 WILL BE SPENDING TIME WORKING ON 475 00:17:52,871 --> 00:17:53,605 ALL OF THE CRITICAL SCIENCE 476 00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:57,543 GOING ON THERE, AND NEAR THE END 477 00:17:57,543 --> 00:17:59,578 OF THEIR TIME, WE'LL BE SENDING 478 00:17:59,578 --> 00:18:02,081 UP ANOTHER DRAGON, SO CREW 2 479 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:05,684 DRAGON WILL GO UP, AGAIN WITH 480 00:18:05,684 --> 00:18:06,385 ANOTHER FOUR ASTRONAUTS ON 481 00:18:06,385 --> 00:18:07,586 POURED AND THAT WILL DOCK TO 482 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:09,021 STATION, AND AGAIN, THERE WILL 483 00:18:09,021 --> 00:18:10,856 BE A HAND-OFF AND THEY WILL SEE 484 00:18:10,856 --> 00:18:13,725 EACH OTHER, HAND OFF THE WORK 485 00:18:13,725 --> 00:18:18,630 AND ABOUT A WEEK LATER OUR CREW 486 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:22,401 ONE WILL COME HOME. 487 00:18:22,401 --> 00:18:23,268 LET'S LOOK AT THAT. 488 00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:26,872 YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE DO ANOTHER 489 00:18:26,872 --> 00:18:27,806 DEPARTURE. 490 00:18:27,806 --> 00:18:30,776 THE DOCKING PROCESS, IT'S FULLY 491 00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:34,880 AUTOMATED AND AUTONOMOUS. 492 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:35,948 AND THE ASTRONAUTS WERE ABLE TO 493 00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,216 TAKE CONTROL. 494 00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:42,054 AND THE ASTRONAUTS ON THE ISS 495 00:18:42,054 --> 00:18:44,056 ARE ABLE TO SEE THAT EVERYTHING 496 00:18:44,056 --> 00:18:44,723 IS HAPPENING CORRECTLY. 497 00:18:44,723 --> 00:18:46,725 AND AS WE HEAD AWAY, WE START 498 00:18:46,725 --> 00:18:48,527 THE PHASING TO COME HOME AND 499 00:18:48,527 --> 00:18:50,129 IT'S THE SAME PROCESS THAT I 500 00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:50,829 TALKED ABOUT. 501 00:18:50,829 --> 00:18:52,965 WE NEED TO PHASE TO MAKE SURE 502 00:18:52,965 --> 00:18:56,135 THAT WE HIT THE RIGHT SPOT ON 503 00:18:56,135 --> 00:18:57,536 THE EARTH AT THE RIGHT TIME FOR 504 00:18:57,536 --> 00:18:58,704 SPLASHDOWN. 505 00:18:58,704 --> 00:19:01,440 AFTER THAT HAPPENS, OUR RECOVERY 506 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:02,508 CREWS WILL COME OUT AND THEY 507 00:19:02,508 --> 00:19:07,012 WILL BE MEETING THE CREW. 508 00:19:07,012 --> 00:19:09,448 WE HAVE A LARGE RECOVERY VESSEL 509 00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:10,916 AND FAST BOATS, AND THE FAST 510 00:19:10,916 --> 00:19:12,518 BOATS WILL GO OUT AND MEET THE 511 00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:13,752 CREW AND THE FIRST THING THEY 512 00:19:13,752 --> 00:19:15,120 WILL DO IS CHECK THE AREA AND 513 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:17,089 MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS 514 00:19:17,089 --> 00:19:18,357 SAFE FOR APPROACH. 515 00:19:18,357 --> 00:19:21,560 AND THE SECOND FAST BOAT WILL BE 516 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,395 RECOVERING THE PARACHUTES, AND 517 00:19:23,395 --> 00:19:24,663 THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH THE 518 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:27,299 LARGER VEHICLE, WHICH WILL PULL 519 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:31,436 DRAGON OUT OF THE WATER. 520 00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:33,639 ALL RIGHT, ONE OF THE THINGS I 521 00:19:33,639 --> 00:19:36,375 DO WANT TO MENTION AS WE TALK 522 00:19:36,375 --> 00:19:37,910 ABOUT THIS RECOVERY PROCESS, WE 523 00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:44,016 KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS VERY 524 00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:45,150 EXCITED ABOUT LAUNCH AND VERY 525 00:19:45,150 --> 00:19:47,219 EXCITED ABOUT RECOVERY AND HUMAN 526 00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:48,086 SPACE FLIGHT IN GENERAL. 527 00:19:48,086 --> 00:19:49,721 AND WE ASK THAT EVERYBODY IS 528 00:19:49,721 --> 00:19:51,990 RESOLVED AND IF YOU COME OUT TO 529 00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:53,725 WATCH THE LAUNCH AND EVERYTHING 530 00:19:53,725 --> 00:19:56,094 THAT WE'RE DOING, WEAR YOUR MASK 531 00:19:56,094 --> 00:19:58,063 AND FOLLOW SOCIAL DISTANCING 532 00:19:58,063 --> 00:19:59,965 GUIDELINES AND KEEP EVERYBODY 533 00:19:59,965 --> 00:20:00,265 SAFE. 534 00:20:00,265 --> 00:20:03,001 AND SECOND, WE ASK THAT ALL OF 535 00:20:03,001 --> 00:20:04,670 THE BOATERS PAY ATTENTION TO 536 00:20:04,670 --> 00:20:06,071 WHAT THE NAVY AND THE COAST 537 00:20:06,071 --> 00:20:07,906 GUARD REGULATIONS ARE AND ADD 538 00:20:07,906 --> 00:20:08,373 ADVISORIES. 539 00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:10,576 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP 540 00:20:10,576 --> 00:20:11,910 THE RECOVERY CREWS AND THE 541 00:20:11,910 --> 00:20:12,678 ASTRONAUTS THEMSELVES SAFE. 542 00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:14,546 I WANT TO TAKE ONE MORE MOMENT 543 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:16,381 TO DO A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT 544 00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:16,715 THINGS. 545 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:19,318 NUMBER ONE, I WANT TO THANK ALL 546 00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:22,888 OF THE SPACEXERS AND THEIR 547 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:23,255 FAMILIES. 548 00:20:23,255 --> 00:20:25,857 AND THEN ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT 549 00:20:25,857 --> 00:20:27,659 TEAMS AND PARTNERS INVOLVED IN 550 00:20:27,659 --> 00:20:29,561 THE EFFORT TO GET US HERE. 551 00:20:29,561 --> 00:20:30,729 IT'S A VERY BIG TEAM. 552 00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:33,098 AND PART OF THE CERTIFICATION AS 553 00:20:33,098 --> 00:20:34,766 WE HAVE GONE WILL YOU AND TALKED 554 00:20:34,766 --> 00:20:36,602 ABOUT THE OTHER DAY, THAT NASA 555 00:20:36,602 --> 00:20:39,504 HAS CERTIFIED ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS 556 00:20:39,504 --> 00:20:42,007 FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. 557 00:20:42,007 --> 00:20:43,508 THAT CERTIFICATIONEST IS REALLY 558 00:20:43,508 --> 00:20:45,143 IMPORTANT AND IT REPRESENTS THE 559 00:20:45,143 --> 00:20:46,845 COUNTLESS HOURS AND HOURS OF 560 00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:48,480 WORK THAT WERE PUT IN BY ALL OF 561 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:49,748 THESE TEAMS. 562 00:20:49,748 --> 00:20:52,517 DRAGON AND FALCON, THE GROUND 563 00:20:52,517 --> 00:20:54,753 TEAM, THE LAUNCH SITE TEAMS, AND 564 00:20:54,753 --> 00:20:57,489 IT'S ALL OF OUR HARDWARE AND 565 00:20:57,489 --> 00:20:58,657 SOFTWARE OPERATORS AND 566 00:20:58,657 --> 00:21:00,959 EVERYBODY, ALL OF THEM PUT OUR 567 00:21:00,959 --> 00:21:03,262 TIME IN AND SACRIFICE AND 568 00:21:03,262 --> 00:21:04,730 DEDICATION NEEDED. 569 00:21:04,730 --> 00:21:06,565 THE SAME IS TRUE FOR ALL OF OUR 570 00:21:06,565 --> 00:21:09,001 NASA PARTNERS AND VENDORS, A BIG 571 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:09,635 THANK YOU THERE. 572 00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:11,970 AND FINALLY, A VERY IMPORTANT 573 00:21:11,970 --> 00:21:13,739 SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE 574 00:21:13,739 --> 00:21:15,474 ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL BE FLYING. 575 00:21:15,474 --> 00:21:17,709 VICTOR, MIKE, SHANNON, AND TO 576 00:21:17,709 --> 00:21:19,745 YOUR FAMILY, WE THANK YOU FOR 577 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:21,647 THE TRUST THAT YOU PUT INTO 578 00:21:21,647 --> 00:21:23,282 SPACEX TO GET YOU TO SPACE, TO 579 00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:27,586 BE THERE AS A LIFEBOAT AND GET 580 00:21:27,586 --> 00:21:28,186 THEM HOME SAFELY. 581 00:21:28,186 --> 00:21:29,521 THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF 582 00:21:29,521 --> 00:21:30,522 US. 583 00:21:30,522 --> 00:21:32,291 >> WE'LL HEAR FROM KURT, TALKING 584 00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:33,325 ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND THE REASON 585 00:21:33,325 --> 00:21:34,559 THAT THESE GUYS ARE ACTUALLY 586 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:36,395 GOING UP THERE, TAKE IT AWAY, 587 00:21:36,395 --> 00:21:36,695 KURT. 588 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:39,731 >> THANK YOU, AS JOEL MENTIONED 589 00:21:39,731 --> 00:21:41,767 EARLIER, IT WAS LESS THAN TWO 590 00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:44,770 WEEKS AGO WE WERE CELEBRATING 20 591 00:21:44,770 --> 00:21:46,204 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS CRUDE 592 00:21:46,204 --> 00:21:48,140 PRESENCE ON ORBIT. 593 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:50,042 AND WE WERE NOT CELEBRATING AN 594 00:21:50,042 --> 00:21:53,145 ENDING, BUT JUST THE END OF THE 595 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:56,214 BEGINNING. 596 00:21:56,214 --> 00:21:57,849 THE LAUNCH COMING UP WITH 597 00:21:57,849 --> 00:21:58,850 ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBERS TO THE 598 00:21:58,850 --> 00:22:01,520 ISS IS THE START OF AN ERA FOR 599 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,622 RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY ONBOARD. 600 00:22:03,622 --> 00:22:06,491 THE CAPABILITIES MUCH THE CREW 601 00:22:06,491 --> 00:22:07,959 DRAGON BRINGING ADDITIONAL CREW 602 00:22:07,959 --> 00:22:16,435 AND SAMPLES BACK TO THE SITE AT 603 00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:18,236 KSC IS AN AMAZING CAPABILITY. 604 00:22:18,236 --> 00:22:20,572 WE HOPE TO DOUBLE THE CREW TIME 605 00:22:20,572 --> 00:22:21,473 FOR SCIENCE AND RESEARCH, AND WE 606 00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:24,009 HOPE TO GET EASIER ACCESS FOR 607 00:22:24,009 --> 00:22:26,378 THOSE SATCHELS WHEN THEY COME 608 00:22:26,378 --> 00:22:28,480 BACK TO EARTH AND EASIER ACCESS 609 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:30,515 FOR OUR CREW MEMBERS, PRE AND 610 00:22:30,515 --> 00:22:33,452 POST-FLIGHT TO CONDUCT SOME OF 611 00:22:33,452 --> 00:22:34,519 OUR HUMAN RESEARCH. 612 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:35,587 WE HAVE SELF INVESTIGATIONS 613 00:22:35,587 --> 00:22:37,956 GOING UP ON THIS FLIGHT. 614 00:22:37,956 --> 00:22:41,159 WE HAVE 28 KILOGRAMS OF PAYLOADS 615 00:22:41,159 --> 00:22:43,195 GOING UP, AND SOME OF THOSE 616 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:48,300 EXPERIMENTS WILL BE GOING UP TO 617 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,502 INCLUDE EDUCATION AND PUBLIC 618 00:22:50,502 --> 00:22:55,907 OUTREACH EXPERIMENTS FOR HIM. 619 00:22:55,907 --> 00:22:58,944 AND THEN WE HAVE A HUMAN 620 00:22:58,944 --> 00:23:02,114 EXPERIMENT LOOKING AT THE HUMBLE 621 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:07,819 FRUIT FLY, AND HOW IT ADAPTS IN 622 00:23:07,819 --> 00:23:15,360 ORBIT FOR RHYTHM. 623 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:18,663 AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN YOU 624 00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:22,501 HAVE 16 DAY AND NIGHT CYCLES 625 00:23:22,501 --> 00:23:26,104 EVERY DAY, IT CAN BE CONFUSING 626 00:23:26,104 --> 00:23:27,239 TO THE BODY. 627 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:32,844 THEY ARE GREAT LITTLE ORGANISMS, 628 00:23:32,844 --> 00:23:35,147 THEY SHARE 95% OF THE GENES THAT 629 00:23:35,147 --> 00:23:36,548 CAUSE DISEASE IN THE HUMAN BODY. 630 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:41,686 AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR 631 00:23:41,686 --> 00:23:45,757 ASTRONAUTS ARE ON THE RESEARCH 632 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:48,393 TEAM, AND THEY WILL BE BEFORE 633 00:23:48,393 --> 00:23:50,962 AND AFTER THE MISSION, ONE IS 634 00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:53,231 FOOD PHYSIOLOGY, WHICH IS 635 00:23:53,231 --> 00:23:57,869 LOOKING AT WHETHER NUTRITIONAL 636 00:23:57,869 --> 00:24:01,973 CHANGES IN THE ASTRONAUT'S DIET 637 00:24:01,973 --> 00:24:06,178 CAN BE FOR THE ASTRONAUT'S DIET. 638 00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:09,448 AND AGAIN, MIKE AND VICTOR AND 639 00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:13,084 ESPECIALLY FOR MY OLD ALUM, 640 00:24:13,084 --> 00:24:14,820 SHANNON FROM RICE, GODSPEED AND 641 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:19,224 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD 642 00:24:19,224 --> 00:24:21,193 AMOUNT OF WORK AND RESEARCH 643 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:24,996 YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN. 644 00:24:24,996 --> 00:24:25,530 >> THANKS, KURT. 645 00:24:25,530 --> 00:24:26,665 AND SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY 646 00:24:26,665 --> 00:24:28,333 LIKES TO TALK ABOUT IS WEATHER. 647 00:24:28,333 --> 00:24:30,469 SO LET'S TURN IT OVER TO ARLENEA 648 00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:32,838 AND HAVE HER GIVE THE LATEST 649 00:24:32,838 --> 00:24:33,305 LAUNCH FORECAST. 650 00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:36,041 >> FOR US IN FLORIDA, WE HAVE 651 00:24:36,041 --> 00:24:38,109 BEEN PLAGUED BY TROPICAL STORM 652 00:24:38,109 --> 00:24:39,611 ETA FOR MOST OF THE UPCOMING 653 00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:41,880 WEEKEND AND IT WAS UNCERTAIN AT 654 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:43,181 FIRST IF IT WAS GOING TO CLEAR 655 00:24:43,181 --> 00:24:44,583 OUT THIS WEEKEND. 656 00:24:44,583 --> 00:24:47,219 BUT THANKFULLY ETA IS WELL OUT 657 00:24:47,219 --> 00:24:48,320 TO SEA AND MOVING FURTHER WITH 658 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:51,723 TIME AND WITH ITS PASSAGE, IT 659 00:24:51,723 --> 00:24:54,826 BROUGHT A BIT OF A COOL FRONT 660 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:55,861 HERE INTO FLORIDA. 661 00:24:55,861 --> 00:24:58,497 IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT MUCH 662 00:24:58,497 --> 00:24:59,865 NOW, IT'S STILL WARM AND HUMID. 663 00:24:59,865 --> 00:25:01,032 BUT OVERALL, IT'S GOING TO GIVE 664 00:25:01,032 --> 00:25:02,734 US A PRETTY GOOD SHOT FOR 665 00:25:02,734 --> 00:25:05,070 WEATHER FOR THE PRIMARY LAUNCH 666 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:05,403 DATE. 667 00:25:05,403 --> 00:25:07,706 AS WE LOOK AT THE FORECAST, WE 668 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:15,447 ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW WITH A 669 00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:17,849 POSSIBILITY OF 40% WITH THAT 670 00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:19,684 KIND OF WEAK FRONT THAT CAME 671 00:25:19,684 --> 00:25:20,252 THROUGH. 672 00:25:20,252 --> 00:25:22,754 A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, IT'S GOING 673 00:25:22,754 --> 00:25:25,056 TO KIND OF CREEP BACK TOWARDS 674 00:25:25,056 --> 00:25:27,459 US, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE 675 00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:28,860 WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE. 676 00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:30,829 SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS MUCH 677 00:25:30,829 --> 00:25:33,498 OF A CONCERN FOR OUR ATTEMPT TO 678 00:25:33,498 --> 00:25:35,534 LAUNCH ON SUNDAY. 679 00:25:35,534 --> 00:25:37,569 BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A FEW 680 00:25:37,569 --> 00:25:40,205 SHOWERS IN HERE WITH CUMULUS 681 00:25:40,205 --> 00:25:42,941 CLOUDS, AND ELECTION THE CONCERN 682 00:25:42,941 --> 00:25:49,748 FOR FLYING BOTH THE DRAGON AND 683 00:25:49,748 --> 00:25:51,550 THE CAPSULE, DURING THE LAUNCH 684 00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:51,850 TIME. 685 00:25:51,850 --> 00:25:55,186 AS WE LOOK AT OUR BACKUP WINDOW 686 00:25:55,186 --> 00:25:56,454 GOING INTO WEDNESDAY, SO A 687 00:25:56,454 --> 00:25:58,657 COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, WE DRY OUT 688 00:25:58,657 --> 00:26:01,159 QUITE A BIT. 689 00:26:01,159 --> 00:26:01,927 A NICE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE, 690 00:26:01,927 --> 00:26:04,496 AND WE GET A TRUE FLORIDA COLD 691 00:26:04,496 --> 00:26:06,264 FRONT COMING THROUGH, AND THE 692 00:26:06,264 --> 00:26:08,533 TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE A 693 00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:11,202 BIT COOL FOR AT LEAST US IN 694 00:26:11,202 --> 00:26:12,070 FLORIDA, MAYBE NOT FOR 695 00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:12,737 EVERYBODY. 696 00:26:12,737 --> 00:26:14,606 BUT THE RAIN CHANCES DROP QUITE 697 00:26:14,606 --> 00:26:16,007 A BIT. 698 00:26:16,007 --> 00:26:18,243 A CONCERN FOR ONLY A FEW CLOUDS, 699 00:26:18,243 --> 00:26:20,111 AND THE DOWNSIDE, THE WINDS 700 00:26:20,111 --> 00:26:23,748 COMING FROM THE NORTHEAST, A 701 00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:24,950 LITTLE BIT STRONGER ON THAT 702 00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:26,151 PARTICULAR DAY, BUT IT'S 703 00:26:26,151 --> 00:26:27,519 SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE 704 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:30,055 MONITORING WITH THE WEATHER. 705 00:26:30,055 --> 00:26:31,356 SO GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE, AND 706 00:26:31,356 --> 00:26:32,991 WE'LL BE DOING OUR PART WITH THE 707 00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:35,160 WEATHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 708 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:36,328 LAUNCH SUCCESSFULLY. 709 00:26:36,328 --> 00:26:37,262 >> GREAT, THANKS A LOT. 710 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:39,097 AND THANKS EVERYBODY ELSE, AND 711 00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:39,898 WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS. 712 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:41,666 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE 713 00:26:41,666 --> 00:26:43,101 QUEUE AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AND IT 714 00:26:43,101 --> 00:26:44,703 HAS BEEN A LONG DAY. 715 00:26:44,703 --> 00:26:48,139 WE HAVE HALF AN HOUR OR SO FOR 716 00:26:48,139 --> 00:26:49,140 QUESTION-AND-ANSWER, AND I'M 717 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:52,310 GOING TO CALL ON YOU BY NAME AND 718 00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:54,446 AFFILIATION, AND IF YOU CAN TRY 719 00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:56,581 TO LIMIT YOUR QUESTION TO A 720 00:26:56,581 --> 00:26:58,116 ONE-PART QUESTION SO WE CAN TRY 721 00:26:58,116 --> 00:26:59,884 TO GET TO AS MANY FOLKS AS WE 722 00:26:59,884 --> 00:27:03,388 CAN ON THE LINE, AND FIRST UP IS 723 00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:05,423 MARSHA DUNN, ASSOCIATED PRESS. 724 00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:06,257 >> Reporter: YES, HI, AND HOPING 725 00:27:06,257 --> 00:27:08,793 THAT YOU CAN HEAR ME. 726 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:15,233 FOR STEVE, I'M WONDERING WHAT IS 727 00:27:15,233 --> 00:27:18,536 NASA'S THINKING ABOUT ELIN BEING 728 00:27:18,536 --> 00:27:20,271 ALLOWED INTO THE LAUNCH CONTROL 729 00:27:20,271 --> 00:27:24,042 AND FOR BENJI, TO HAVE HIM IN 730 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:26,778 PERSON FOR THE LAUNCH. 731 00:27:26,778 --> 00:27:48,400 THANK YOU. 732 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,535 >> I THINK MARSHA'S QUESTION, I 733 00:27:50,535 --> 00:27:51,736 DON'T KNOW WHO THIS WOULD BE 734 00:27:51,736 --> 00:27:55,040 DIRECTED TO, IS THERE A CONCERN 735 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,376 RELATIVE TO THE COVID CONCERN 736 00:27:58,376 --> 00:28:02,380 THAT ELIN MUSK RAISED EARLIER 737 00:28:02,380 --> 00:28:05,216 VIA TEXT OR TWEET? 738 00:28:05,216 --> 00:28:06,618 >> I'LL JUMP HAD AND START ON 739 00:28:06,618 --> 00:28:07,218 THAT ONE. 740 00:28:07,218 --> 00:28:11,556 AS WAS IN THE NEWS TODAY, IT WAS 741 00:28:11,556 --> 00:28:14,559 REPORTED THAT ELON TOOK SEVERAL 742 00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:16,828 COVID TESTS, AND THAT STARTED UP 743 00:28:16,828 --> 00:28:19,064 A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO 744 00:28:19,064 --> 00:28:20,131 HEALTH AND POTENTIAL 745 00:28:20,131 --> 00:28:21,499 CONTAMINATION, BUT WHAT I CAN 746 00:28:21,499 --> 00:28:26,237 TELL YOU, NASA AND OUR 747 00:28:26,237 --> 00:28:28,173 COMMERCIAL PARTNERS HAVE A 748 00:28:28,173 --> 00:28:31,109 HEALTH STABILIZATION PLAN IN 749 00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:34,913 PLACE, AND REALLY IT'S A 750 00:28:34,913 --> 00:28:37,048 PROTOCOL THAT PROTECTS THE 751 00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:38,683 FLIGHT CREW FROM ANY DISEASE OR 752 00:28:38,683 --> 00:28:42,387 ILLNESS, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE 753 00:28:42,387 --> 00:28:43,621 COMPROMISED, THAT CAN COMPROMISE 754 00:28:43,621 --> 00:28:45,457 THE MISSION AND WE PAY A LOT OF 755 00:28:45,457 --> 00:28:46,524 ATTENTION TO THAT, AND WE HAVE 756 00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:47,559 DONE THAT FOR YEARS. 757 00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:48,727 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN 758 00:28:48,727 --> 00:28:51,696 IN PLACE FOR THE APOLLO 759 00:28:51,696 --> 00:28:52,897 TIMEFRAME AND SHUTTLE AND ALL OF 760 00:28:52,897 --> 00:28:54,499 THE STATIONS AS WELL TO MAKE 761 00:28:54,499 --> 00:28:56,568 SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THE 762 00:28:56,568 --> 00:28:58,303 FLIGHT CREW, AND HOW WE DO THIS 763 00:28:58,303 --> 00:29:00,605 IS, THAT OBVIOUSLY THE CREW IS, 764 00:29:00,605 --> 00:29:02,607 WHEN THEY COME CLOSE TO LAUNCH 765 00:29:02,607 --> 00:29:04,776 OR PUT INTO A QUARANTINE AND 766 00:29:04,776 --> 00:29:08,246 THEY START THAT SOFT QUARANTINE 767 00:29:08,246 --> 00:29:09,547 ABOUT 21 DAYS PRIOR TO FLIGHT, 768 00:29:09,547 --> 00:29:11,649 THAT PERIOD IS FROM 21 DAYS TO 769 00:29:11,649 --> 00:29:14,219 14 DAYS, WITH THE SOFT 770 00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:15,987 QUARANTINE AND THEY'RE REALLY 771 00:29:15,987 --> 00:29:18,790 STARTING TO ISOLATE AND REDUCE 772 00:29:18,790 --> 00:29:20,959 THEIR MOVEMENT AND EXPOSURE TO 773 00:29:20,959 --> 00:29:24,462 OTHER FOLKS, AND THEN AT 14 DAYS 774 00:29:24,462 --> 00:29:25,964 TO LAUNCH, A HARD QUARANTINE, 775 00:29:25,964 --> 00:29:28,066 WHERE THEY'RE TOTALLY ISOLATED 776 00:29:28,066 --> 00:29:30,668 AND WATCHED CLOSELY BY THE DOCS 777 00:29:30,668 --> 00:29:32,804 AND THAT'S A PROTOCOL THAT'S IN 778 00:29:32,804 --> 00:29:34,205 PLACE FOR THE CREW, AND IN 779 00:29:34,205 --> 00:29:36,207 ADDITION TO THAT, THAT PROTOCOL 780 00:29:36,207 --> 00:29:38,276 IS ALSO FOR ALL FOLKS THAT HAVE 781 00:29:38,276 --> 00:29:43,615 CONTACT WITH THE CREW. 782 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:46,684 SO WE TRAIN OUR PERSONNEL AND 783 00:29:46,684 --> 00:29:47,719 THE SPACEX PERSONNEL IN THIS 784 00:29:47,719 --> 00:29:49,287 CASE, AND WHAT THE PROTOCOLS 785 00:29:49,287 --> 00:29:52,157 ARE, WE TRAIN THEM AND MAKE SURE 786 00:29:52,157 --> 00:29:54,225 THAT WE UNDERSTAND HYGIENE, 787 00:29:54,225 --> 00:29:56,728 SOCIAL DISTANCING, MASK 788 00:29:56,728 --> 00:29:58,429 REQUIREMENTS WHEN AROUND THE 789 00:29:58,429 --> 00:29:58,730 CREW. 790 00:29:58,730 --> 00:30:03,968 YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAIN 791 00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:06,371 PROTOCOLS MET BEFORE YOU CAN GET 792 00:30:06,371 --> 00:30:08,273 CLOSE TO THE CREW, WHETHER TRAIN 793 00:30:08,273 --> 00:30:10,575 ORG GETTING CLOSE TO LAUNCH, AND 794 00:30:10,575 --> 00:30:11,743 THOSE PEOPLE, DEPENDING ON THE 795 00:30:11,743 --> 00:30:12,911 LEVEL OF CONTACT THAT THEY HAVE 796 00:30:12,911 --> 00:30:14,946 WITH THE CREW, THEY'RE COVID 797 00:30:14,946 --> 00:30:16,347 TESTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE 798 00:30:16,347 --> 00:30:18,049 SAFE, AND AGAIN, THAT ACCESS IS 799 00:30:18,049 --> 00:30:20,218 VERY RESTRICTED, SO YOU CAN KIND 800 00:30:20,218 --> 00:30:23,521 OF THINK OF IT AS CONCENTRIC 801 00:30:23,521 --> 00:30:24,956 CIRCLES FROM THE CENTER AND 802 00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:27,225 PROTECTING AS THEY GO OUT AND AS 803 00:30:27,225 --> 00:30:29,928 THE CIRCLES GO OUT, THE 804 00:30:29,928 --> 00:30:30,728 PROTOCOLS CHANGE RELATIVE TO THE 805 00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:32,030 CONTACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE WITH 806 00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:32,530 THE CREW. 807 00:30:32,530 --> 00:30:35,400 NOW, IF ANY OF THOSE PERSONNEL 808 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:38,036 IN THAT RING, OR ANY OF THOSE 809 00:30:38,036 --> 00:30:40,839 RINGS COMES UP WITH ANY COVID 810 00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:42,207 TYPE SYMPTOMS, THEY'RE TESTED 811 00:30:42,207 --> 00:30:43,408 AND WE DO CONTACT TRACING TO 812 00:30:43,408 --> 00:30:45,643 MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW WHO THEY 813 00:30:45,643 --> 00:30:48,913 WERE AROUND AND WHAT IMPACT THAT 814 00:30:48,913 --> 00:30:50,648 COULD POSSIBLY HAVE TO THE TEAM. 815 00:30:50,648 --> 00:30:53,484 SO AGAIN, WE HAVE A HEALTH 816 00:30:53,484 --> 00:30:55,553 STABILIZATION PLAN IN PLACE, AND 817 00:30:55,553 --> 00:30:57,889 IT HAS WORKED EFFECTIVELY FOR 818 00:30:57,889 --> 00:31:01,092 MANY YEARS, JUST LIKE ITS 819 00:31:01,092 --> 00:31:02,260 WORKING TODAY IN THIS 820 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:02,694 ENVIRONMENT. 821 00:31:02,694 --> 00:31:06,397 WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANY WORDS 822 00:31:06,397 --> 00:31:08,933 FOR THE SPACEX TEAM? 823 00:31:08,933 --> 00:31:11,002 >> SURE, WE NEED TO REMEMBER 824 00:31:11,002 --> 00:31:13,238 THAT WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 825 00:31:13,238 --> 00:31:18,676 WORKING ON SPACEX, AND IT TAKES 826 00:31:18,676 --> 00:31:19,344 THOSE PEOPLE TO LAUNCH THE 827 00:31:19,344 --> 00:31:21,479 SPACECRAFT. 828 00:31:21,479 --> 00:31:23,248 IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, ANY 829 00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:26,451 ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, IF THEY 830 00:31:26,451 --> 00:31:29,420 GET A COVID TEST, WE WORK 831 00:31:29,420 --> 00:31:30,221 THROUGH THAT. 832 00:31:30,221 --> 00:31:31,155 WE HAVE ALL OF THE PROTECTIONS 833 00:31:31,155 --> 00:31:33,625 IN PLACE IF WE DO TO MAKE SURE 834 00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:34,959 THAT EVERYBODY IS SAFE. 835 00:31:34,959 --> 00:31:36,561 AND CERTAINLY IN THE CASE OF OUR 836 00:31:36,561 --> 00:31:38,730 LAUNCHES AND THE CREW, EVERYBODY 837 00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:41,966 IS SAFE AND WE DO THE CONTACT 838 00:31:41,966 --> 00:31:43,368 TRACING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, 839 00:31:43,368 --> 00:31:45,003 AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT 840 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:47,038 WE'RE GOOD FOR LAUNCH AND ALL OF 841 00:31:47,038 --> 00:31:47,972 THE CRITICAL PERSONNEL INVOLVED. 842 00:31:47,972 --> 00:31:53,544 >> THANKS. 843 00:31:53,544 --> 00:31:54,279 >> RESTRICTED ACCESS AND 844 00:31:54,279 --> 00:31:56,080 EVERYTHING, AND NO ONE IS ABOVE 845 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:59,317 THIS ACCESS, AND DOESN'T MATTER 846 00:31:59,317 --> 00:32:02,153 IF YOU'RE ELON MUSK, OR JOE 847 00:32:02,153 --> 00:32:04,722 BIDEN, IF YOU DON'T MEET ANY OF 848 00:32:04,722 --> 00:32:06,691 THE PROTOCOLS, WE'RE NOT GOING 849 00:32:06,691 --> 00:32:08,359 TO LET YOU NEAR THE CREW, AND 850 00:32:08,359 --> 00:32:09,794 AGAIN, IT'S TO PROTECT THE 851 00:32:09,794 --> 00:32:10,728 OVERALL MISSION THAT WE'RE 852 00:32:10,728 --> 00:32:12,697 TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, AND 853 00:32:12,697 --> 00:32:14,399 EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THAT, AND 854 00:32:14,399 --> 00:32:15,033 IT'S NO SURPRISE. 855 00:32:15,033 --> 00:32:15,300 THE. 856 00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:15,900 >> THANK YOU BOTH. 857 00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:17,869 AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE 858 00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:20,238 AUDIO PROBLEM FIXED AND WE'LL GO 859 00:32:20,238 --> 00:32:30,982 TO ABC NEWS MANY 860 00:32:30,982 --> 00:32:34,218 [ NO AUDIO ] 861 00:32:34,218 --> 00:32:38,990 >> LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE, AND 862 00:32:38,990 --> 00:32:40,591 BILL HARWOOD WITH CBS NEWS. 863 00:32:40,591 --> 00:32:41,893 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 864 00:32:41,893 --> 00:32:44,028 >> YEP. 865 00:32:44,028 --> 00:32:44,829 >> GREAT. 866 00:32:44,829 --> 00:32:47,365 I'M NOT SURE WHO THIS IS FOR, 867 00:32:47,365 --> 00:32:50,501 BUT A REALLY QUICK QUESTION, AND 868 00:32:50,501 --> 00:32:52,203 IF YOU COVERED T. I APOLOGIZE. 869 00:32:52,203 --> 00:32:55,540 WAS PART OF THE ISSUE TODAY THE 870 00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:57,442 EXPECTED WEATHER IN THE RECOVERY 871 00:32:57,442 --> 00:32:57,742 ZONE? 872 00:32:57,742 --> 00:32:58,843 IN OTHER WORDS, WAS THE FORECAST 873 00:32:58,843 --> 00:33:01,546 TO BE OUT OF LIMITS OR WAS IT 874 00:33:01,546 --> 00:33:02,714 FAVORABLE AND THE SHIP COULDN'T 875 00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:04,882 GET THERE IN TIME OR BOTH? 876 00:33:04,882 --> 00:33:06,417 THANKS. 877 00:33:06,417 --> 00:33:08,653 >> IT'S FUNDAMENTALLY, IT WAS AN 878 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:10,321 ISSUE OF GETTING THE DRONE SHIP 879 00:33:10,321 --> 00:33:11,189 THERE IN TIME. 880 00:33:11,189 --> 00:33:14,158 THE WEATHER WAS SUCH BECAUSE OF 881 00:33:14,158 --> 00:33:14,859 THE TROPICAL STORM THAT WE 882 00:33:14,859 --> 00:33:16,094 COULDN'T GET THE DRONE SHIP TO 883 00:33:16,094 --> 00:33:17,662 LEAVE IN TIME TO GET THERE, AND 884 00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:19,297 THE SEAS ARE SUCH THAT WE CAN'T 885 00:33:19,297 --> 00:33:21,632 GET THE SPEED UP TO GET THERE 886 00:33:21,632 --> 00:33:24,068 THAT WE WERE HOME TO TO GET THE 887 00:33:24,068 --> 00:33:24,602 SATURDAY LAUNCH. 888 00:33:24,602 --> 00:33:26,004 WE WERE ABLE TO LEAVE PORT 889 00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:26,938 YESTERDAY AROUND MIDDAY. 890 00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:28,773 AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE 891 00:33:28,773 --> 00:33:30,074 GETTING THERE IN PLENTY OF TIME 892 00:33:30,074 --> 00:33:34,178 FOR A SUNDAY LAUNCH. 893 00:33:34,178 --> 00:33:36,314 >> OKAY, NEXT IS PAUL, UNITED 894 00:33:36,314 --> 00:33:39,984 PRESS INTERNATIONAL. 895 00:33:39,984 --> 00:33:41,619 >> THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL, 896 00:33:41,619 --> 00:33:42,587 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 897 00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:43,988 >> YES, SIR. 898 00:33:43,988 --> 00:33:48,626 >> MY QUESTION IS, ABOUT THE 899 00:33:48,626 --> 00:33:51,362 CHANGE, COULD YOU WALK US 900 00:33:51,362 --> 00:33:52,597 THROUGH THE NORM ABOUT WHAT 901 00:33:52,597 --> 00:33:55,266 HAPPENS WHEN YOU DELAY A LAUNCH 902 00:33:55,266 --> 00:34:01,773 BY DAY LIKE THIS, AND A CRUISE 903 00:34:01,773 --> 00:34:03,141 LAUNCH, DOES ANYTHING HAVE TO BE 904 00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:07,645 DONE TO THE CAPSULE? 905 00:34:07,645 --> 00:34:08,446 I'M ASSUMING THAT MORE FUEL HAS 906 00:34:08,446 --> 00:34:11,849 TO BE ADDED AND DOES THE CREW 907 00:34:11,849 --> 00:34:14,185 HAVE TO REPACK THEIR CARGO OR 908 00:34:14,185 --> 00:34:16,287 ANYTHING LIKE THAT IF THEY'RE 909 00:34:16,287 --> 00:34:17,522 GOING TO BE THERE THREE TIMES 910 00:34:17,522 --> 00:34:20,925 LONGER OR IN FLIGHT LONGER THAN 911 00:34:20,925 --> 00:34:21,526 WE WOULD? 912 00:34:21,526 --> 00:34:22,260 THANKS. 913 00:34:22,260 --> 00:34:23,227 >> WHY DON'T YOU START OUT WITH 914 00:34:23,227 --> 00:34:25,029 THE VEHICLE. 915 00:34:25,029 --> 00:34:26,330 >> ABSOLUTELY, AND IN TERMS OF 916 00:34:26,330 --> 00:34:28,633 THE VEHICLE, REALLY, THERE'S 917 00:34:28,633 --> 00:34:29,934 NOTHING DIFFERENT THAN WE DO, 918 00:34:29,934 --> 00:34:30,334 RIGHT? 919 00:34:30,334 --> 00:34:32,236 WE CHECKED OUT AND WENT INTO ALL 920 00:34:32,236 --> 00:34:35,006 OF THE TESTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT 921 00:34:35,006 --> 00:34:36,207 AND MANY MONTHS AGO UP TO 922 00:34:36,207 --> 00:34:37,975 LAUNCH, AND NOW WE DO THE TESTS 923 00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:39,177 THIS WEEK TO MAKE SURE THAT 924 00:34:39,177 --> 00:34:42,080 WE'RE READY AND WE GO THROUGH 925 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,114 THE FLIGHT READINESS REVIEWS, 926 00:34:43,114 --> 00:34:45,883 AND ALL OF THESE ARE GO FOR THE 927 00:34:45,883 --> 00:34:46,384 LAUNCH TOMORROW. 928 00:34:46,384 --> 00:34:49,387 AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S NOT GO 929 00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:50,822 FOR LAUNCH IS THE POSITION IN 930 00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:51,556 OVERALL WEATHER. 931 00:34:51,556 --> 00:34:54,525 SO THAT IS REALLY KEY, AND 932 00:34:54,525 --> 00:34:57,628 THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAT WE DO 933 00:34:57,628 --> 00:34:58,729 OTHER THAN DOUBLE AND TRIPLE 934 00:34:58,729 --> 00:34:59,030 CHECK. 935 00:34:59,030 --> 00:35:01,132 THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ALL DOING, 936 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:02,567 ALL OF THE ENGINEERS AND ALL OF 937 00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:04,602 US WILL BE LOOKING AT DATA AND 938 00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:05,536 ENSURING THAT EVERYTHING IS 939 00:35:05,536 --> 00:35:07,638 READY TO GO TO TAKE THE CREW 940 00:35:07,638 --> 00:35:07,972 SAFELY. 941 00:35:07,972 --> 00:35:09,474 AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD 942 00:35:09,474 --> 00:35:10,775 OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO CATCH 943 00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:11,843 UP ON SOME REST. 944 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:14,378 >> AND THEN FROM A CREW 945 00:35:14,378 --> 00:35:15,780 STANDPOINT, WHETHER THEY'RE 946 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:16,881 GETTING TO THE SPACE STATION IN 947 00:35:16,881 --> 00:35:22,620 8 HOURS OR 27 HOURS, FLIGHT ONE 948 00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:24,789 OR FLIGHT TWO RENDEZVOUS, FROM A 949 00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:26,424 CREW PERSPECTIVE, IT'S PRETTY 950 00:35:26,424 --> 00:35:27,458 MUCH THE CHANGE. 951 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:28,993 THE TIMELINE WILL CHANGE. 952 00:35:28,993 --> 00:35:30,628 FROM THE LAUNCH, THEY WILL HAVE 953 00:35:30,628 --> 00:35:32,096 STAYED UP AND PRESSED THROUGH 954 00:35:32,096 --> 00:35:34,165 DOCK AND GO IN THE CASE OF 955 00:35:34,165 --> 00:35:36,234 SUNDAY, IT'S A DAY TWO LAUNCH. 956 00:35:36,234 --> 00:35:38,436 AND THE CREW WILL GO TO SLEEP IN 957 00:35:38,436 --> 00:35:41,439 DRAGON AND WAKE UP AND JUMP INTO 958 00:35:41,439 --> 00:35:43,875 THE RENDEZVOUS PROFILE. 959 00:35:43,875 --> 00:35:45,042 TO PREPARE THEM TO DOCK FOR 960 00:35:45,042 --> 00:35:45,409 STATION. 961 00:35:45,409 --> 00:35:48,179 AND ALSO, FOR SLIPS LIKE THIS, 962 00:35:48,179 --> 00:35:51,816 DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THAT, 963 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:53,784 THERE COULD BE CARGO THAT COMES 964 00:35:53,784 --> 00:35:55,520 OFF. 965 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,356 AND MAYBE KIRK COULD ADDRESS 966 00:35:58,356 --> 00:35:58,656 THAT. 967 00:35:58,656 --> 00:35:59,423 BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE 968 00:35:59,423 --> 00:36:02,693 CASE FOR SUNDAY. 969 00:36:02,693 --> 00:36:07,465 >> NEXT UP, TARIQ MALICK. 970 00:36:07,465 --> 00:36:08,499 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 971 00:36:08,499 --> 00:36:12,403 AND MY QUESTION I THINK IS ABOUT 972 00:36:12,403 --> 00:36:18,709 THE EXTENDED TRIP FOR THE CREW 973 00:36:18,709 --> 00:36:19,977 AND THE ASTRONAUTS THERE. 974 00:36:19,977 --> 00:36:23,314 ON THE LAST FLIGHT, WITH THE 975 00:36:23,314 --> 00:36:27,952 DEMO TOO, THE TRIP WE SAW, WITH 976 00:36:27,952 --> 00:36:30,288 LIFE ON CREW DRAGON WAS LIKE, 977 00:36:30,288 --> 00:36:33,724 AND I'M SURE WITH THIS ADDED 978 00:36:33,724 --> 00:36:37,128 TIME, WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE, 979 00:36:37,128 --> 00:36:39,463 THE TOUR AND A TASTE OF WHAT THE 980 00:36:39,463 --> 00:36:42,500 TRIP IS GOING TO BE LIKE ON 981 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:44,502 MONDAY PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AND WHAT 982 00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:46,604 YOU CAN EXPECT AND WHAT THE 983 00:36:46,604 --> 00:36:51,909 VIEWERS MIGHT EXPECT. 984 00:36:51,909 --> 00:36:54,245 >> I'LL START OUT AND TURN IT 985 00:36:54,245 --> 00:36:55,947 OVER TO BENJI FOR DETAILS. 986 00:36:55,947 --> 00:36:58,616 BUT AGAIN, LAUNCH IS A BIG DEAL 987 00:36:58,616 --> 00:37:00,284 AND THEY PREP AND GO ON THE 988 00:37:00,284 --> 00:37:02,353 VEHICLE AND LAGE, AND THEN 989 00:37:02,353 --> 00:37:04,322 OBVIOUSLY, ONCE THEY GET INTO 990 00:37:04,322 --> 00:37:06,691 ORBIT, THEY'RE GOING TO TO DO A 991 00:37:06,691 --> 00:37:08,693 SERIES OF ORBITAL BURNS TO GET 992 00:37:08,693 --> 00:37:10,494 THEM SET UP FOR THE PHASING TO 993 00:37:10,494 --> 00:37:12,930 GET TO THE STATION. 994 00:37:12,930 --> 00:37:14,632 THE CREW HAS A TIMELINE, AND WE 995 00:37:14,632 --> 00:37:18,536 CAN GET YOU INFORMATION ON IF 996 00:37:18,536 --> 00:37:19,370 THERE'S ANY PRESS BRIEFINGS IN 997 00:37:19,370 --> 00:37:20,371 THAT TIME. 998 00:37:20,371 --> 00:37:22,240 BUT THE CREWS ARE IN CONSTANT 999 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:23,441 CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND I'M 1000 00:37:23,441 --> 00:37:25,409 SURE THAT YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM 1001 00:37:25,409 --> 00:37:26,444 THEM RELATIVE TO THAT. 1002 00:37:26,444 --> 00:37:29,046 THEY GO TO SLEEP. 1003 00:37:29,046 --> 00:37:31,549 THEY HAVE A STANDARD SLEEP 1004 00:37:31,549 --> 00:37:33,618 PERIOD AND WAKE UP AFTER 1005 00:37:33,618 --> 00:37:35,820 SLEEPING IN DRAGON AND START 1006 00:37:35,820 --> 00:37:37,188 GETTING PREPPED AND EATING 1007 00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:39,390 BREAKFAST, AND GETTING SITUATED 1008 00:37:39,390 --> 00:37:41,025 AND START PREPPING FOR THE DAY, 1009 00:37:41,025 --> 00:37:42,260 BECAUSE IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 1010 00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:44,929 DAY, AND YOU START DOING THOSE 1011 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:46,564 CRITICAL BURNS, GETTING READY 1012 00:37:46,564 --> 00:37:48,532 FOR THE RENDEZVOUS PROFILE TO 1013 00:37:48,532 --> 00:37:50,501 GET SET UP FOR DOCKING, AND 1014 00:37:50,501 --> 00:37:53,804 THERE'S TIME IN THAT DAY, 1015 00:37:53,804 --> 00:37:55,439 OBVIOUSLY FOR IF ANYTHING GOES 1016 00:37:55,439 --> 00:37:58,109 WRONG, AND ONCE THEY'RE ON THE 1017 00:37:58,109 --> 00:37:59,610 STATION THEY UTILIZE THE TIME AS 1018 00:37:59,610 --> 00:38:02,113 WAS STATED EARLIER TO REALLY 1019 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,848 LEARN ABOUT THE STATION AND 1020 00:38:03,848 --> 00:38:06,517 LEARN WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF AN 1021 00:38:06,517 --> 00:38:08,185 EMERGENCY, AND LEARN TO USE ALL 1022 00:38:08,185 --> 00:38:09,520 OF THE FACILITIES ON THE STATION 1023 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,122 THAT ARE GOING TO BE VERY 1024 00:38:11,122 --> 00:38:12,156 IMPORTANT ONCE THEY DOCK. 1025 00:38:12,156 --> 00:38:14,725 DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? 1026 00:38:14,725 --> 00:38:16,560 >> SURE, IT GIVES THEM MORE OF 1027 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,897 AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY OUT THE 1028 00:38:19,897 --> 00:38:21,332 DRAGON AND BE CREW MEMBERS OF 1029 00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:23,134 THE DRAGON, WHICH I ASSUME WILL 1030 00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:24,602 BE EXCITING FOR THEM, BUT ALSO, 1031 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:26,504 IT WILL BE GREAT FOR US TO LEARN 1032 00:38:26,504 --> 00:38:28,005 WHAT THAT IS, BECAUSE IT'S 1033 00:38:28,005 --> 00:38:30,408 IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE 1034 00:38:30,408 --> 00:38:32,677 FULLY CAPABLE DRAGON WITH ALL OF 1035 00:38:32,677 --> 00:38:34,378 THE SEATS OCCUPIED, TO KNOW WHAT 1036 00:38:34,378 --> 00:38:36,280 THAT'S LIKE, AND THEY WILL BE 1037 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,183 GETTING OUT OF THEIR SUITS AND 1038 00:38:39,183 --> 00:38:39,650 FLOATING AROUND. 1039 00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:41,152 AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF 1040 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:41,986 BROADCAST EVENTS THAT THEY WILL 1041 00:38:41,986 --> 00:38:43,721 BE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS TIME 1042 00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:44,522 PERIOD. 1043 00:38:44,522 --> 00:38:46,290 BUT CHECKING THINGS OUT AND 1044 00:38:46,290 --> 00:38:48,626 SEEING THE EARTH GO BY, I KNOW I 1045 00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:50,227 WOULD LOVE TO BE THERE TOO, SO 1046 00:38:50,227 --> 00:38:55,433 GREAT. 1047 00:38:55,433 --> 00:38:58,002 >> OKAY, LET'S SEE, JOEY IS NEXT 1048 00:38:58,002 --> 00:39:01,205 WITH REUTERS, GO AHEAD, JOEY. 1049 00:39:01,205 --> 00:39:05,009 >> A QUESTION FOR JOEL, I WONDER 1050 00:39:05,009 --> 00:39:07,878 IF YOU CAN GIVE US AN UPDATE ON 1051 00:39:07,878 --> 00:39:10,281 THE TALKS WITH RUSSIA FOR FUTURE 1052 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:13,384 FLIGHTS, AND SOME KIND OF 1053 00:39:13,384 --> 00:39:14,552 BILATERAL AGREEMENT AND WHEN YOU 1054 00:39:14,552 --> 00:39:20,424 THINK THE SOONEST WE CAN KNOW 1055 00:39:20,424 --> 00:39:24,128 WHEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO FLY WITH 1056 00:39:24,128 --> 00:39:24,595 RUSSIANS IN. 1057 00:39:24,595 --> 00:39:25,763 >> WE'RE LOOKING TO FLY ON EACH 1058 00:39:25,763 --> 00:39:28,866 OTHER'S VEHICLES, PROBABLY LATER 1059 00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:32,370 IN 2021, WHERE WE'LL HAVE A 1060 00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:36,107 COSMONAUT FLYING ON OUR 1061 00:39:36,107 --> 00:39:37,608 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, AND THE 1062 00:39:37,608 --> 00:39:43,514 FIRST STEP IS WHAT WE CALL AN 1063 00:39:43,514 --> 00:39:45,149 IMPLEMENTING ARRAIGNMENT WITH 1064 00:39:45,149 --> 00:39:46,317 THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO DRAFT 1065 00:39:46,317 --> 00:39:46,884 THAT. 1066 00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:52,022 AND WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THAT. 1067 00:39:52,022 --> 00:39:54,592 TURNING ON OVER TO COSMOS, AND 1068 00:39:54,592 --> 00:39:55,493 THEY WILL WORK WITH THE 1069 00:39:55,493 --> 00:39:57,027 GOVERNMENT TO GET IT BACK TO US, 1070 00:39:57,027 --> 00:39:59,530 AND WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY ANOTHER 1071 00:39:59,530 --> 00:40:01,298 ITERATION OR SO, BUT ALL OF THAT 1072 00:40:01,298 --> 00:40:04,201 WITH THE GOAL OF FLYING IN LATE 1073 00:40:04,201 --> 00:40:06,270 2021 ON EACH OTHER'S VEHICLES. 1074 00:40:06,270 --> 00:40:08,139 >> OKAY, THE NEXT QUESTION IS 1075 00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:11,909 FROM MORGAN FROM BUSINESS 1076 00:40:11,909 --> 00:40:12,276 INSIDER. 1077 00:40:12,276 --> 00:40:18,449 GO AHEAD. 1078 00:40:18,449 --> 00:40:19,884 >> HI, STEVE MENTIONED THE OTHER 1079 00:40:19,884 --> 00:40:25,256 DAY THAT THE CREW WAS FLYING FOR 1080 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:27,925 YEARS, AND THIS WOULD BE THEIR 1081 00:40:27,925 --> 00:40:30,127 FIRST CRUISE, AND I WONDER WHY 1082 00:40:30,127 --> 00:40:32,530 DID THEY LAUNCH OLDER VERSIONS 1083 00:40:32,530 --> 00:40:36,200 OF THOSE -- AND ALSO, THE CREW 1084 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:41,372 DRAGON VEHICLES HAVE MORE ROBUST 1085 00:40:41,372 --> 00:40:42,206 TOLERATING THE RANGE OF WEATHER 1086 00:40:42,206 --> 00:40:42,640 CONDITIONS. 1087 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,975 AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THEY 1088 00:40:44,975 --> 00:40:47,211 MAKE THE VEHICLE MORE ROBUST. 1089 00:40:47,211 --> 00:40:52,283 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1090 00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:53,617 >> I'LL TAKE THAT, AND THANKS, 1091 00:40:53,617 --> 00:40:57,087 WE HAVE A FEW UPGRADES FLYING ON 1092 00:40:57,087 --> 00:40:58,923 CREW ONE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS 1093 00:40:58,923 --> 00:41:01,158 WE'RE WORKING WITH SPACEX ON IT, 1094 00:41:01,158 --> 00:41:03,561 HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE 1095 00:41:03,561 --> 00:41:05,729 THIS VEHICLE AND MAKE IT BETTER? 1096 00:41:05,729 --> 00:41:08,032 AND THE PRESSURE INVESTIGATIONS 1097 00:41:08,032 --> 00:41:10,201 ON FALCON NINE, MANY OF THEM ARE 1098 00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:11,502 AN UPGRADED LINE AND ARE THAT 1099 00:41:11,502 --> 00:41:14,038 MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE 1100 00:41:14,038 --> 00:41:15,873 ROBUST AS SPACEX IMPROVED THAT 1101 00:41:15,873 --> 00:41:16,707 LINE AND ARE IT WILL ALLOW THEM 1102 00:41:16,707 --> 00:41:19,677 TO USE IT A LITTLE LONGER. 1103 00:41:19,677 --> 00:41:27,751 THE TURBAN WHEELS ON THIS 1104 00:41:27,751 --> 00:41:29,854 VEHICLE, THE WHEELS ARE PRONE TO 1105 00:41:29,854 --> 00:41:31,589 ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU GET TO A 1106 00:41:31,589 --> 00:41:35,125 CERTAIN SETTING OF THE THROTTING 1107 00:41:35,125 --> 00:41:38,796 ON THE ENGINES, YOU COULD HAVE 1108 00:41:38,796 --> 00:41:41,932 CERTAIN SET UP, AND THESE AMOUR 1109 00:41:41,932 --> 00:41:44,268 ROBUST TO THE THROTTLE AND WE'RE 1110 00:41:44,268 --> 00:41:46,237 GLAD TO HAVE THAT AS A SAFETY 1111 00:41:46,237 --> 00:41:48,539 UPGRADE AND ALSO FOR LANDING, WE 1112 00:41:48,539 --> 00:41:50,407 MADE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE 1113 00:41:50,407 --> 00:41:51,475 STRUCTURE SO WE CAN HANDLE A 1114 00:41:51,475 --> 00:41:53,177 LITTLE BIT MORE WIND AT THE 1115 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:55,646 LANDING ZONE, WHICH GIVES US A 1116 00:41:55,646 --> 00:41:57,248 FEW MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO LAND. 1117 00:41:57,248 --> 00:41:58,649 SO THROWS ARE THREE UPGRADES ON 1118 00:41:58,649 --> 00:41:59,717 THIS VEHICLE, AND YOU'LL 1119 00:41:59,717 --> 00:42:02,052 CONTINUE TO SEE UPGRADES WITH 1120 00:42:02,052 --> 00:42:04,221 THE CREW TOO AND FUTURE VEHICLES 1121 00:42:04,221 --> 00:42:11,195 TO IMPROVE SAFETY. 1122 00:42:11,195 --> 00:42:12,830 >> I GUESS, CNN, ARE YOU OUT 1123 00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:15,399 THERE, JACKIE? 1124 00:42:15,399 --> 00:42:18,168 >> Reporter: HEY, I SURE AM AND 1125 00:42:18,168 --> 00:42:19,503 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING 1126 00:42:19,503 --> 00:42:19,970 THIS. 1127 00:42:19,970 --> 00:42:22,172 ANOTHER COVID QUESTION, I WAS 1128 00:42:22,172 --> 00:42:23,574 CURIOUS IF I COULD GET SOME 1129 00:42:23,574 --> 00:42:25,242 INSIGHT ON HOW THE CONTACT 1130 00:42:25,242 --> 00:42:27,211 TRACING PLAYED OUT AND WHO WAS 1131 00:42:27,211 --> 00:42:28,846 IN CHARGE OF IT. 1132 00:42:28,846 --> 00:42:31,415 WAS IT SPACEX OR A JOINT TEAM 1133 00:42:31,415 --> 00:42:34,118 AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY, 1134 00:42:34,118 --> 00:42:36,453 BENJI OR ANYONE ELSE CAN SPEAK 1135 00:42:36,453 --> 00:42:39,757 TO IF SOMETHING WAS TO ARISE IN 1136 00:42:39,757 --> 00:42:41,725 HAWTHORNE MISSION CONTROL, HOW 1137 00:42:41,725 --> 00:42:48,799 IT WOULD PLAY OUT. 1138 00:42:48,799 --> 00:42:51,702 >> THE WAY WE WORK FROM A 1139 00:42:51,702 --> 00:42:54,071 MEDICAL VIEW AT NASA, WE HAVE 1140 00:42:54,071 --> 00:42:55,673 SPACEX FLIGHT SURGEONS, AND NASA 1141 00:42:55,673 --> 00:42:58,042 HAS FLIGHT SURGEONS, AND WE HAVE 1142 00:42:58,042 --> 00:42:59,343 HEALTH AND HUMAN MEDICAL 1143 00:42:59,343 --> 00:43:01,412 DIRECTOR, AND WE ALL WORK VERY 1144 00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:02,346 CLOSELY TOGETHER. 1145 00:43:02,346 --> 00:43:04,515 AND OUR FLIGHT SURGEONS TALK TO 1146 00:43:04,515 --> 00:43:06,350 THE NASA FLIGHT SURGEONS, AND 1147 00:43:06,350 --> 00:43:07,885 OURS COME FROM NASA, AND WHAT 1148 00:43:07,885 --> 00:43:10,387 THEY HAVE WORKED OUT, NOT ONLY 1149 00:43:10,387 --> 00:43:13,324 FOLLOWING THE HEALTH 1150 00:43:13,324 --> 00:43:14,625 STABILIZATION PROTOCOLS THAT 1151 00:43:14,625 --> 00:43:17,861 THEY TALKED ABOUT, THE OVAL GOOD 1152 00:43:17,861 --> 00:43:18,862 PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES, MAKING 1153 00:43:18,862 --> 00:43:20,965 SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE 1154 00:43:20,965 --> 00:43:22,032 CDC GUIDELINES, INCLUDING WITH 1155 00:43:22,032 --> 00:43:23,334 THE CONTACT TRACING. 1156 00:43:23,334 --> 00:43:25,502 WE HAVE WORKED THAT, AND THESE 1157 00:43:25,502 --> 00:43:27,805 ARE THINGS THAT WHILE WE'LL DO 1158 00:43:27,805 --> 00:43:29,006 THINGS ON OUR SIDE. 1159 00:43:29,006 --> 00:43:30,274 AND THE CONTACT TRACING 1160 00:43:30,274 --> 00:43:32,242 OURSELVES FOR HOW WE'RE MANAGING 1161 00:43:32,242 --> 00:43:33,677 ALL OF OUR STAFF W. HE PROVIDE 1162 00:43:33,677 --> 00:43:37,381 THAT DATA AND REVIEW THAT WITH 1163 00:43:37,381 --> 00:43:39,350 NASA, AND EVERYBODY FEELS GOOD 1164 00:43:39,350 --> 00:43:40,618 ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT. 1165 00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:42,419 BUT IN TERMS OF THE STAFF, YOU 1166 00:43:42,419 --> 00:43:44,888 ASKED ABOUT THE OPERATIONS IN 1167 00:43:44,888 --> 00:43:47,191 HAWTHORNE, FOR EXAMPLE N. THE 1168 00:43:47,191 --> 00:43:48,158 LAUNCH CONTROL AND FIRING 1169 00:43:48,158 --> 00:43:50,027 ROUTES, AND WE HAVE PLANS IN 1170 00:43:50,027 --> 00:43:50,594 PLACE, RIGHT? 1171 00:43:50,594 --> 00:43:52,930 WE HAVE THE BACKUP OPERATORS, 1172 00:43:52,930 --> 00:43:55,566 AND OUR OPERATORS HAVE BEEN AT A 1173 00:43:55,566 --> 00:43:56,634 HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF CARE, AND 1174 00:43:56,634 --> 00:43:58,569 THEY GO INTO A TYPE OF 1175 00:43:58,569 --> 00:44:02,006 QUARANTINE THEMSELVES, VERY 1176 00:44:02,006 --> 00:44:06,543 LIMITED INVOLVEMENT ACCESS, AND 1177 00:44:06,543 --> 00:44:09,847 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO, AND 1178 00:44:09,847 --> 00:44:11,348 DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE SCREENS TO 1179 00:44:11,348 --> 00:44:12,983 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READY FOR 1180 00:44:12,983 --> 00:44:14,385 THE LONG-TERM MISSION AS WELL. 1181 00:44:14,385 --> 00:44:16,020 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALL 1182 00:44:16,020 --> 00:44:20,090 OF THAT GREAT SCIENCE GOING ON 1183 00:44:20,090 --> 00:44:21,225 IN THE STATION REQUIRES 6 MONTHS 1184 00:44:21,225 --> 00:44:23,260 AGO OF WORK, AND THAT MEANS THE 1185 00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:25,663 DRAGON WILL BE UP FOR SIX 1186 00:44:25,663 --> 00:44:27,531 MONTHS, AND WE'LL BE MONITORING 1187 00:44:27,531 --> 00:44:28,999 THE DRAGON SYSTEMS, AND HOW NASA 1188 00:44:28,999 --> 00:44:32,403 IS CONTINUING TO FLY, WE NEED TO 1189 00:44:32,403 --> 00:44:34,972 MAKE SURE THAT THE CRITICAL 1190 00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:36,473 PERSONNEL ARE HEALTHY FOR THE 1191 00:44:36,473 --> 00:44:38,609 LONG HAUL. 1192 00:44:38,609 --> 00:44:41,345 >> ON THE CONTACT TRACING, IF 1193 00:44:41,345 --> 00:44:43,080 THERE'S ANY THOUGHT OR CONCERN 1194 00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:45,616 OF COMPROMISE TO THE FLIGHT 1195 00:44:45,616 --> 00:44:46,850 CREW, THE NASA TEAM WILL BE 1196 00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:48,352 DOING THAT CONTACT TRACING AND 1197 00:44:48,352 --> 00:44:50,688 WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT 1198 00:44:50,688 --> 00:44:53,524 SPACEX TO DO THAT TRACING OR 1199 00:44:53,524 --> 00:44:56,694 WHOEVER THE CONTRACTOR OR NASA 1200 00:44:56,694 --> 00:44:58,395 FACILITY MAY COME FROM, AND 1201 00:44:58,395 --> 00:44:59,163 WE'LL TRACE THAT BACK AND FIND 1202 00:44:59,163 --> 00:45:00,464 THE IMPACT. 1203 00:45:00,464 --> 00:45:01,732 FOR THE SPECIFIC TEAMS, IF THEY 1204 00:45:01,732 --> 00:45:03,367 HAVE NOT HAD CONTACT WITH THE 1205 00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:04,802 CREW, WE DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE 1206 00:45:04,802 --> 00:45:09,306 HAD CONTACT WITH THE CREW, AND 1207 00:45:09,306 --> 00:45:11,508 THE DIRECTOR, TO DO THOSE KINDS 1208 00:45:11,508 --> 00:45:17,314 OF CONTACT TRACES, AND AS BENGY 1209 00:45:17,314 --> 00:45:20,050 SAID, IT'S UNDER THE AUSPICE OF 1210 00:45:20,050 --> 00:45:21,418 THE HEALTH STABILIZATION PROGRAM 1211 00:45:21,418 --> 00:45:23,854 AND THE GUIDELINES SET FORWARD. 1212 00:45:23,854 --> 00:45:26,156 IT'S VERY THOROUGH. 1213 00:45:26,156 --> 00:45:28,926 >> NEXT UP, KENNETH CHANG, 1214 00:45:28,926 --> 00:45:30,127 "NEW YORK TIMES", AND GO AHEAD, 1215 00:45:30,127 --> 00:45:41,371 KEN. 1216 00:45:41,371 --> 00:45:41,805 [ NO AUDIO ] 1217 00:45:41,805 --> 00:45:44,475 >> LET'S SEE WHO IS NEXT IN THE 1218 00:45:44,475 --> 00:45:44,775 QUEUE. 1219 00:45:44,775 --> 00:45:52,216 JUST WAITING FOR THAT UPDATE. 1220 00:45:52,216 --> 00:45:54,251 KEN DROPPED OFF. 1221 00:45:54,251 --> 00:45:55,719 SUZIE FROM BUSINESS INSIDER. 1222 00:45:55,719 --> 00:45:57,654 IS THAT RIGHT? 1223 00:45:57,654 --> 00:46:00,224 >> YES, THANK YOU. 1224 00:46:00,224 --> 00:46:05,662 SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THE 1225 00:46:05,662 --> 00:46:08,031 LAUNCH DATES BEYOND SUNDAY F. 1226 00:46:08,031 --> 00:46:10,467 YOU HAVE TO DELAY AGAIN, AND 1227 00:46:10,467 --> 00:46:13,704 WHAT ARE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS 1228 00:46:13,704 --> 00:46:17,641 AT THE SPLASHDOWN SITE LIKE FOR 1229 00:46:17,641 --> 00:46:18,175 EMERGENCY RECOVERY? 1230 00:46:18,175 --> 00:46:19,643 >> I CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION. 1231 00:46:19,643 --> 00:46:21,712 SO WE HAVE A SERIES OF LAUNCH 1232 00:46:21,712 --> 00:46:22,212 DATES COMING UP. 1233 00:46:22,212 --> 00:46:25,349 AND OBVIOUSLY, SUNDAY IS OUR 1234 00:46:25,349 --> 00:46:27,050 PRIME DATE. 1235 00:46:27,050 --> 00:46:28,952 AND THEN WE WOULD STAND DOWN ON 1236 00:46:28,952 --> 00:46:31,355 MONDAY, MONDAY, THERE'S A 1237 00:46:31,355 --> 00:46:33,991 SPACEWALK GOING ON ON THE ISS SO 1238 00:46:33,991 --> 00:46:36,527 THAT'S NOT A GOOD DAY TO GO OFF 1239 00:46:36,527 --> 00:46:38,595 AND RENDEZVOUS AND DOCK TO THE 1240 00:46:38,595 --> 00:46:39,229 SPACE STATION. 1241 00:46:39,229 --> 00:46:42,766 TUESDAY, ALSO IS NOT A GOOD DAY, 1242 00:46:42,766 --> 00:46:44,868 IT'S A LITTLE LONGER RENDEZVOUS 1243 00:46:44,868 --> 00:46:47,437 PROFILE AND WE DON'T WANT TO 1244 00:46:47,437 --> 00:46:49,206 TAKE THAT PROFILE. 1245 00:46:49,206 --> 00:46:51,408 SO THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE 1246 00:46:51,408 --> 00:46:52,476 WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY IN 1247 00:46:52,476 --> 00:46:53,977 THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. 1248 00:46:53,977 --> 00:46:56,313 RIGHT NOW, FOR SUNDAY, THE 1249 00:46:56,313 --> 00:46:59,616 WEATHER LOOKS PRETTY GOOD ALONG 1250 00:46:59,616 --> 00:47:00,184 THE COAST. 1251 00:47:00,184 --> 00:47:05,289 WHAT WE DO, WE PROTECT FOR AN 1252 00:47:05,289 --> 00:47:06,990 ESCAPE FROM THE LAUNCH PAD, ALL 1253 00:47:06,990 --> 00:47:09,326 THE WAY UP INTO ORBIT. 1254 00:47:09,326 --> 00:47:10,527 SO WE HAVE WEATHER CONSTRAINTS, 1255 00:47:10,527 --> 00:47:12,930 AND RIGHT NOW, THOSE LOOK GOOD 1256 00:47:12,930 --> 00:47:13,931 FOR MONDAY. 1257 00:47:13,931 --> 00:47:15,599 AND WE HAVE NOT LOOKED FAR OUT 1258 00:47:15,599 --> 00:47:16,466 TO WEDNESDAY, AND IN THE MIDDLE 1259 00:47:16,466 --> 00:47:19,570 OF THE WEEK, IT LOOKS GOOD NOT 1260 00:47:19,570 --> 00:47:22,039 ONLY FOR THE LAUNCH WEATHER, BUT 1261 00:47:22,039 --> 00:47:23,173 THE RECOVERY DRONE SHIP, WHICH 1262 00:47:23,173 --> 00:47:24,541 IS IMPORTANT AS WELL. 1263 00:47:24,541 --> 00:47:27,077 SO WE'RE PRETTY WELL SET UP FOR 1264 00:47:27,077 --> 00:47:28,645 SUNDAY, AND AS ARLENE SAID, WE 1265 00:47:28,645 --> 00:47:30,247 HAVE TO WATCH THE LOCAL WEATHER 1266 00:47:30,247 --> 00:47:32,583 AS THE FRONT COMES THROUGH. 1267 00:47:32,583 --> 00:47:35,285 WE GET SOME PRESIP OR STORMS 1268 00:47:35,285 --> 00:47:37,588 ALONG THE FRONT LINES. 1269 00:47:37,588 --> 00:47:39,122 >> THANKS, STEVE AND THANKS, 1270 00:47:39,122 --> 00:47:39,857 EVERYBODY, THAT'S ALL OF THE 1271 00:47:39,857 --> 00:47:41,825 QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD. 1272 00:47:41,825 --> 00:47:43,193 THAT LEADS US TO SUNDAY, WHAT 1273 00:47:43,193 --> 00:47:45,495 EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT, THE 1274 00:47:45,495 --> 00:47:47,264 PREPARATIONS FOR LAUNCH ARE ON 1275 00:47:47,264 --> 00:47:49,600 GOING BE OBVIOUSLY, AND WITH OUR 1276 00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,002 NASA TV COVERAGE, IT'S GOING TO 1277 00:47:52,002 --> 00:47:55,005 CONTINUE AND START AT 3:15 P.M. 1278 00:47:55,005 --> 00:47:56,039 EASTERN TIME ON SUNDAY. 1279 00:47:56,039 --> 00:47:59,476 WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE 1280 00:47:59,476 --> 00:48:02,746 BROADCAST PLANNED FOR YOU, AND 1281 00:48:02,746 --> 00:48:04,081 MAKE SURE THAT YOU TUNE INTO 1282 00:48:04,081 --> 00:48:05,616 THAT. 1283 00:48:05,616 --> 00:48:07,818 THE LAUNCH IS TARGETED FOR 1284 00:48:07,818 --> 00:48:10,320 7:20 P.M. EASTERN TIME FROM 1285 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:12,055 LAUNCH COMPLEX 39-A, THE 1286 00:48:12,055 --> 00:48:13,724 STARTING POINT FOR CREW ONE'S 1287 00:48:13,724 --> 00:48:16,026 ADVENTURE IF YOU WILL TO THE 1288 00:48:16,026 --> 00:48:17,628 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 1289 00:48:17,628 --> 00:48:20,330 WITH THAT LAUNCH SUNDAY EVENING, 1290 00:48:20,330 --> 00:48:22,666 CREW DRAGON RESILIENCE AND IT'S 1291 00:48:22,666 --> 00:48:25,435 FOUR ASTRONAUTS ARE SCHEDULED TO 1292 00:48:25,435 --> 00:48:29,072 DOCK AT 1 12 P.M. ON MONDAY AS 1293 00:48:29,072 --> 00:48:29,973 WELL. 1294 00:48:29,973 --> 00:48:32,609 SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE TUNING 1295 00:48:32,609 --> 00:48:33,210 IN TODAY. 1296 00:48:33,210 --> 00:48:34,945 AND ONE REMINDER, KEEP 1297 00:48:34,945 --> 00:48:37,047 PRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING AND 1298 00:48:37,047 --> 00:48:38,048 GO CREW ONE, THANKS AGAIN, EVER.