FALCON 9.
♪ DRAGON.
SPACEX.
GO FOR LAUNCH.
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
I AM MEGAN CRUZ WITH NASA
COMMUNICATIONS JOINING YOU LIVE
FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER HERE
IN FLORIDA.
ARE WATCHING THE PRELAUNCH NEWS
CONFERENCE FOR SPACEX'S 24th
CARGO RESUPPLY MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SET
TO LIFT OFF TOMORROW MORNING AT
5:06 EASTERN TIME FROM LAUNCH
COMPLEX 39A IT IS PACKED WITH
GREAT SILENCE SCIENCE MORE THAN
TWO DOZEN EXPERIMENTS ONE IS A
HAND HELD BY OH PRINTER THAT MAY
BE USED TO PRINT TISSUE ON TO
WOUNDS FOR FASTER HEALING THEN
STUDENT FROM TWO UNIVERSITIES
WHO WILL RESEARCH HOW BACTERIA
GROW IN SPACE.
IN TOTAL, THIS LAUNCH WILL PLY
MORE THAN 6500 POUNDSES TO OUR
CREW ON THE ORBITING LAB NOW AS
ALWAYS WE HAVE ASSEMBLED A GREAT
TEAM FOR YOU TODAY TO ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS.
FIRST WE HAVE TO MY LEFT HERE
JOE, MANAGER OF NASA'S
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PROGRAM.
ALWAYS GOOD HAVE YOU HERE, JOEL.
>> THANK.
WE HAVE DR. BOB DEMOCRACY ACTING
DEPUTY CHIEF SCIENTISTS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PROGRAM.
THEN WE HAVE SARAH WALKER, DIR,
OF SPACEX'S DRAGON MISSION
MANAGEMENT AND LAUNCH WEATHER
OFFICER WITH CAPE CANAVERAL'S
45th WEATHER SQUADRON.
GOOD HAVE YOU HERE TODAY.
WE'LL TAKE OPENING MARKS FROM
THE PEOPLE YOU SEE HERE AND
START WITH JOEL.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
WELL, WELCOME AGAIN THE
PRELAUNCH PRESS BRIEF.
IT IS ALWAYS AWESOME TO BE
WITHIN 24 HOURS OF A LAUNCH.
EXCITING TIME HERE.
YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE FACES OF
THE PEOPLE WE ARE TALKING TO.
YOU CAN SITE IN INCREASED
READINESS AROUND THE CENTER
AROUND THE LAUNCHPAD AND IN THE
LAUNCH OPERATIONS.
I OFTEN WANT TO SAY HAPPY
HOLIDAYS TO FOLKS TO TELL YOU WE
HAD A BLESSED YEAR ONBOARD THE
SPACE STATION THIS PAST YEAR.
WE COMPLETED 13 SPACEWALKS
ONBOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
AND THAT IS MOSTLY DONE IN THE
LAST TEN YEARS AND SO JUST
INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME WE
HAVE HAD OUTSIDE OF PEOPLE ABOUT
A LITTLE LESS THAN 100 HOURS
DOING UTILIZATION AND RESEARCH
DOING MAINTENANCE ACTIVES AND
DOING UPGRADE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE HAD FIVE CREW MIXES THIS
YEAR.
WE HAD 13 -- I AM SORRY, SEVEN
CARGO MISSIONS AND SPACEX 24
WILL BE THE 8th CARGO
MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION THIS YEAR.
AS WE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD TWO
NEW SOLAR ARRAYS INSTALLED THIS
YEAR.
WE JUST SUCCESSFULLY LAST NIGHT
LANDED TWO JAPANESE TOURISTS
SAFELY IN KAZAKHSTAN.
AGAIN, ENDING SUCCESSFUL MISSION
FOR THEM AND WE FLEW RUSSIAN
ACTRESS THIS YEAR AND TWO NEW
RUSSIAN MODULES BROUGHT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
ARE CONTINUING TO OPERATE AND SO
JUST AN INCREDIBLE YEAR FOR
FOLKS FOR THE TEAMS.
SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS MISSION,
YOU HEARD LAUNCH TIME JUST AFTER
5:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME TOMORROW.
THAT SETS US UP FOR DOBLING
APPROXIMATELY 4:30 A.M. EASTERN
TIME ON WEDNESDAY AND THIS
VEHICLE WILL DOCK THE ZENITH
PORT OR THE TOP OF SPACE
STATION, THE PORT THAT FACES
DEEP SPACE AND THE VEHICLE WILL
STAY DOCKED FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS
ONCE WE GET CLOSER TO THE 30
DAYS WHEN WE LOOK AT LANDING AND
WHETHER WE'LL PUCK THE LANDING
DAY AND YOU CAN EXPECT ABOUT 30
DAYS.
INSIDE WE ARE FLYING ABOUT
2,000-KILOGRAMS OF PRESSURIZED
CARGO AND BRING HOME BILLION THE
SAME THEN WE HAVE ABOUT
900-KILOGRAMS OF HARDWARE IN THE
TRUNK THAT WILL BE REMOVED FROM
THE SPACEX VEHICLE AND INSTALLED
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
SO INCREDIBLE MISSION, ARE
EXCITED TO HAVE IT, A HUGE
THANKS TO VAND THE SPACEX TEAM
FOR EVERYTHING THEY HAVE DONE.
A HUGE THANKS TO THE TEAM ACROSS
THE GLOBE FOR WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TOLL ACCOMPLISH THIS PAST
YEAR AS WE, YOU KNOW, WORK AND
OPERATE AROUND PANDEMIC
CONSTRAINTS.
THEM AS HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING
AND YOU CAN SEE IT WITH ALL THE
SUCCESSES WE HAD ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SO WITH THAT, WHICH WILL HAND IT
OVER TO BOB.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JOEL.
IT IS ALL COOK ITING TO TALKING
ABOUT THE RESEARCH THAT IS GOING
ON IN THE SPACE STATION AND THE
DRAGON 24 THAT IS TAKING UP THAT
MEGAN MENTIONED A LOT OF
EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR
ONGOING EXPERIMENTS.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE
RESEARCH ON THE ISS IS ACTUALLY
QUITE A DIVERSE PORTFOLIO, AND
TO DATE, WE HAD OVER 3200
INVESTIGATION COMPLETED ON THE
SPACE STATION BY RESEARCHES FROM
OVER 100 COUNTRIES.
IN FACT, IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, WE
HAD OVER 500 PUBLICATIONS
RELATED TO ISS RESEARCH WHICH IS
CONSIDER CAN AMOUNT.
NOW, AS WE MENTIONED, THERE IS A
COUPLE OF DOZEN NEW STUDIES
GOING UP.
THE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES THAT
ARE GOING UP ON THE CARGO DRAGON
REPRESENTING SAMPLES, HARDWARE,
EQUIPMENT, STUFF LIKE THAT.
WELL, WILL ENABLE ALMOST 500
HOURS OF RESEARCH WHICH IS
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
AS WE SPEAK, I THINK, THE FINAL
SAMPLES THAT ARE TEMPERATURE ARE
TIME SENSITIVE LIKE CELLS OR
SOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE GROWING
CRYSTALS ON OR BIT ARE BEING
LOADED INTO THE DRAGON.
AS JOEL MENTIONED, THERE IS
NEARLY 2,000-KILOGRAMS OF
SUPPLIES AND HARDWARE FOR OUT
ZIZATION OR SCIENCE INSIDE OF
THE PRESSURIZED PART OF THE
CARGO DRAGON THEN EXTERNAL TRUNK
WILL TAKE 900 AFFIXED TO THE
OUTSIDE OF THE SPACE STATION.
AND NOW DRAGON IS UNIQUE IN THAT
IT CAN RETURN SAMPLES AND AFTER
WE DO A LOT OF THE SCIENCE
ONBOARD THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT AND THERE WILL BE THINGS
LIKE BLOOD AND SALIVA AND OTHER
RESOURCES THAT NEED TO BE
RETURNED DOWN THE EARTH AND
THOSE WILL COME BACK NEXT MONTH
AND 2,000-KILOGRAMS OF THAT.
ONE MORE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS
MISSION IN TERMS OF SCIENCE IS
IT IS GOING TO BE PREPEGGING
SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL
BE USED IN THE PRIVATE ASTRONAUT
MISSION OR AXIOM ONE SCHEDULED
TO LAUNCH NEXT FEBRUARY.
NOW?
GET A LITTLE NITE THE SPECIFICS
AND FIRST LET'S START OFF WITH A
GENERAL VIDEO.
♪ ♪
CAN PUT ON THAT WILL INCREASE
AND EXPEDITE HEALING.
STUDY NOT BE USING CELLS THIS
TIME BUT THAT IS THE TINT AND
THAT WILL BE USEFUL DOWN THE
ROAD WHEN WE ARE GOING TO THE
MOON MARS IF ASTRO NOWS HAVE
INJURY, BUT ALSO, IT COULD BE
USED IN REMOTE PLACES ON THE
EARTH OR PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE
ALL THE FACILITIES THAT MIGHT BE
USEFUL.
AS FORMER STRIN UKOR, IT IS COOK
ITING TO SEE STEM PROJECTS.
THERE IS A COUPLE OF PROJECTS
GOING UP THERE.
THE CITIZEN SCIENCE AND ONE OF
THOSE STUDIESES IS WHEN THEY
TOUCH SURFACES LICKS HERE ON THE
EARTH.
YOU CAN TRANSMIT BACTERIA AND
WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT IS
TRYING TO PRODUCE BACTERIA
RESIST TENSE OL POLLY MERES THAT
COULD BE APPLIED TO SURFACES SO
THEY WON'T SPREAD.
AN EXCITING PART OF THAT SCIENCE
IS THAT AN ARMY OF 200 STUDENTS
ON THE GROUND HAVE BEEN
UTILIZING ANTEING THE PROTOCOLS
THAT WILL BE USED ON OR BIT.
3:00 WE HAVE KNOWN FROM STUDYING
ASTRO NOW ON THE SPACE STATION
FOR AWHILE THAT THEIR IMMUNE
SYSTEMS CAN BE DEGRADED DUE TO
THE STRESSES OF FLYING IN SPACE.
BACTERIA AND VIRUS CAN ALSO BE
MORE IN SPACE SO WHAT THIS STUDY
IS GOING TO DO IS LOOK AT
BACTERIA AND CULTIVATE IT WITH
BLOOD CELLS FROM THE ASTRONAUTS
TAKEN BEFORE DURING AND AFTER
THEIR MISSION TO SEE HOW THE
BACTERIA IN THE RESPONSE CHANCE
CHANGE-OVER DIME.
ANOTHER INTERESTING STUDY ON
THIS FLIGHT IS THE MULTI
VARIABLE PLANT OR MVP01 PROJECT.
WE HAVE GROWN PLANTS ON THE
SPACE STATION FOR AWHILE NOW,
AND I HAVE LEARNED A LOT.
USUALLY WE DO IS GROW IT IN
SPACE ON THE STATION.
THEN WE HAVE A CONTROL PLANT ON
THE GROUND.
WHAT THIS WILL DO IS ALLOW US TO
DO THE SAME ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES AND VARY ONE OF THOSE
VARIABLES.
THIS STUDY WILL RAR RY OR LOOK
AT THE EFFECT OF GRAVITY BECAUSE
YOU WILL HAVE SEEDS GROWING IN
THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT
THEN A CENTRIFUGE IN THERE THAT
WILL DO EARTH'S ONE GRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT SO YOU WILL BE WITH
ABLE TO DIRECTLY COMPARE THE
PLANTS GROWN THE SAME OXYGEN,
CARBON DIE OXIDE AND RADIATION.
THIS WILL ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND
BETTER HOW TO GROW PLANTS WHICH
GROWING THE OWN FOOD GROWING TO
MARRYINGS WILL BE IMPORTANT THEN
ALLOW US TO DO BETTER CROP
UNDERSTANDING AND FARMING ON THE
GROUND.
YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO ASTRONAUT
FOLDING A SHIRT BECAUSE LAUNDRY
IS A BIG CHALLENGE FOR
ASTRONAUTS AND NORMALLY, TODAY,
WHAT WE DO IS WE FLY UP CLOTHING
AND AFTER THEY WEAR IT.
WE THROW IT OUT.
IT WOULD BE EFFICIENT IF WE
COULD RECYCLE OR WASH THAT
LINDA.
WE ESTIMATE GOING TO MARS WILL
TAKE ABOUT 500 POUNDS OF
CLOTHING PER ASTRONAUT WHICH IS
A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MATERIAL
TO CARRY.
SO WITH THE PG STUDY DOES IS
PROCTER & GAMBLE HAVE
REFORMLATED SOME OF THE
DETERGENT AND THEN TO MAKE IT
COME PA PATTEDDABLE WITH THE ISS
SYSTEM AND TO DEGRADABLE THEN
WON'T AFFECT THE ISS SYSTEMS
THEN AS YOU MAY BE AWARE WE
RECYCLE ALL OF OUR CONSUMABLE
THINGS LIKE WATER SO WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THIS WOULD NOT AFFECT
IT THEN THIS STUDY WILL LOOK AT
THE STABILITY OF THE DETERGENT
IN THE MICROGRAVITY AND
RADIATION ENVIRONMENT IF WE CAN
DEVELOP A WAY TO NOT HAVE TO
TAKE ALL THE CLOTHING THAT WILL
BE GREAT FOR GOING TO MARS BUT
REDUCE THE POLLUTION FOOT WERE
YOU NOT AND USE LESS BETWEEN
GROUND AND WILL BE USEFUL US TO.
THE LAST ONE I WANTED TO MENTION
IS THE TURBINE SUPER ALLOY
CASTING MODULE OR THE TURBINE
AND THEN WHAT THIS IS LOOKING AT
IS PRODUCING THE BETTER SUPER
ALLOYS IN SPACE.
AN AALLOY IS A MATERIAL THAT HAS
TWO CHEMICALS IN.
ONE OF WHICH IS A METAL THEN
THEY BELIEVE THAT IN THE
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT THEY
WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE BETTER SUB
STRUCTURES IN THE ALLOYS.
IF THAT WORKS OUT, WE CAN MAKE
THINGS LIKE TURBINES FOR JET
ENGINES THAT WILL BE STRONGER
AND LESS THERMALLY SUSCEPTIBLE
WHICH WILL REDUCE MAINTENANCE
COSTS THEN HOPEFULLY, THAT SORT
OF ITEM COULD BE MANUFACTURED IN
THE FUTURE.
SO THAT IS JUST A FEW OF THE
SCIENCE STUFF.
I COULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME.
THERE IS A LOT GOING UP.
WILL MENSE TO KEEP UP WITH THE
SPACE STATION SCIENCE.
YOU CAN FOLLOW US AT WWW.NASA.
GOV -- SCIENCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU SOME OF.
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE THE
WIDE VARIETY OF SCIENCE YOU ARE
FLYING UP AND TO ALSO JUST REAL.
>> THE THINGS WE THINK ABOUT
HERE ON EARTH ARE WHAT ASTRONAUT
NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT AS WELL
THAT AGAIN GOES WITH THE
EXPERIENCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT.
SPACEX.
YOUR TURN.
SURE.
IT GUYS HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU A GAIN FOR HAVING ME
AND GOOD TO BE HERE WITH NASA
AND COLLEAGUES AND THE SPACE
LAUNCH STEALTH 45 AS JOE AND BOB
MENTION WE ARE LESS THAN 24
HOURS FROM THE 24th RESUPPLY
MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND A
RECORD-BREAKING FOR SPACEX, 2
THIS IS THE 31st AND FINAL
LAUNCH OF 2021 WHICH PUTS US A
STEP ABOVE THE 26 LAUNCHES WE
COMPLETED LAST YEAR AND TODAY,
WE ARE USEING A NEW BOOSTER, BUT
I THINK I HAVE A CHARM TO SHOW
YOU, THAT SHOWS THAT THERE IS
ONLY A SECOND MISSION THIS YEAR.
WE DEBUTED NEW FIRST STAGE
BOOSTER.
WE KNOW REUSABILITY IS KEY TO
LOWERING THE COST OF SPACEFLIGHT
WHICH ENABLES MORE INVESTMENTS
SO IT IS GREAT TOT SEE THE TREND
AS WE GO TO THE FUTURE AND THEN
IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLANNED
THIS WILL BE THE 100th
RECOVERY OF ORBITAL CLASS
BOOSTER FROM SPACE SINCE THE
FIRST SUCCESSFUL LANDING IN 2015
TO MAKE IT MORE SPECIAL IF THE
CLOUDS PART FOR US AND ABLE TO
LAUNCH ON THE 21st AND WE DO
RECOVER THE BOOSTER, IT WILL BE
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF OUR VERY
FIRST BOOSTER LANDING THAT WAS
DECEMBER 21st OF 2015 THAT IS
EXCITING, TOO.
SO FALCON 9 IS VERTICAL ON THE
PAD AT 39A THE LAST OF THE TIME
IT IS BEING LOADED IN AS WE
SPEAK AND TRACKING NO ISSUES
AHEAD OF TOMORROW'S LAUNCH AT
5:06 A.M. EASTERN TIME.
WE HAVE A BACKUP OPPORTUNITY
AVAILABLE THOUGH THE FOLLOWING
DAY WEDNESDAY THE 21st IF
NEED.
SO THIS IS A SECOND FLIGHT OF
THE DRAGON SUPPORTING THIS
MISSION AND FLEW TO OTHER CARGO
RESUPPLY MISSION EARLIER THIS
YEAR AND IT IS OUR SIXTH OF THE
YEAR AND THE FIFTH FOR NASA SO
FOLLOWING CREW 2 AND CREW AND 23
EARLIER THIS YEAR.
ACTUALLY 12 ASTRONAUTS IN
28,000 POUNDS OF CARGO HAS MADE
IT TO SPACE AND BACK THIS YEAR
IN 2021 INCLUDING AM THE CARGO
ONBOARD THIS MISSION LAWNING
TOMORROW.
SO REALLY BUSY YEAR.
AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT
YEAR SEVERAL MORE MISSIONS TO
THE SPACE STATION TO TAKE CREW
AND CARGO INCLUDING THE FIRST
FULLY COMMERCIAL HUMAN SPACE IN
PARTNERSHIP SO FOUR PEOPLE WILL
SPEND ABOUT A WEEK ONBOARD THE
SPATIAL STATION AND THAT MISSION
ALONG WITH CREW 4 AND 25 ARE ALL
SLATED TO LAUNCH IN THE FIRST
HALF OF NEXT YEAR SO EXCITING
YEAR 2022 AS WELL.
WELL, I WANT TO SAY AGAIN.
WE ARE HONIED TO BE HERE AND
THANK YOU NASA FOR YOUR
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND TRUST
IN THE SPACEX.
>> THANKS SOME.
IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE.
DO YOU MIND TELLING US WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE TOMORROW.
WELL, YES.
EVERYBODY IS KINDS OF ALREADY
BROUGHT UP A LITTLE BIT BEFORE
PRIOR AND UNFORTUNATELY WEATHER
IS NOT TRACK TO BE THE GREATEST
FOR OUR LAUNCH ATTEMPT AND EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING AND FOR THOSE
OF US HERE ON THE SPACE COAST
THIS MORNING.
WE WOKE UP TO A LITTLE COOLER
CLOUDY CONDITIONS AND WE DID
HAVE A FRONT GO THROUGH AND THEN
LAST EVENING AND BUT, THAT IS
NOT THE LAST WE ARE GOING TO SEE
OF THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND WE
TAKE A LOOK AT SATELLITE GOING
ON CURRENTLY.
THE BLOB OUT THERE IN THE GULF
OF MEXICO IS DEVELOPING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OUT THERE AND IT
IS DEVELOPING ALONG OUR OLD
BOUND DAY THERE WENT THROUGH
LAST NIGHT AND THAT IS GOING TO
TRACK ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO THE REST OF THE DAY AND
THEN ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA
HERE AND THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
OVER THE NEXT KIND OF 24 HOURS
AND UNFORTUNATELY, RIGHT AS WE
ARE PLANNING OUR LAUNCH
OPPORTUNITY LATE TONIGHT AND
INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.
SO IF WE TAKE LOOK AT THREER
FORECAST HERE FOR THE PRIMARY
LAUNCH ATTEMPT.
WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
WINDS FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST
ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES PER HOUR
INCH THEN THEY COULD BE A BIT
BREEZY AT TIMES AS WE ARE
CURRENTLY SEEING AND
TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 70'S.
SORT OF THE BIG NUMBER THERE
THAT THING IS THAT PROCT OF GO
CONDITIONS IS ONLY 30% AT THIS
TIME AND THEN AS WE ARE GOING TO
BE LOOKING AT PROBABLY CLOUDS
AND THE CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS
AND STORMS IN THE VICINITY
THROUGH THE ACCOUNT LATE TONIGHT
AND TOMORROW MORNING.
THERATION HOPE SO WE MAY GET A
LITTLE BUTT OF CLEARING TOWARD
OUR PLAN AS THE BOUNDARY LIFTS
NORTH AND BEFORE THE LOW CROSSE
THE STATE, SO THAT IS WHAT WE
ARE HOPING FOR FOR THIS EVENING.
NOW, IF WE LOOK AT THE BACKUP
DAY, ABOUT 24 HOURS LATER, THAT
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BE
MOVING OUT TO THE ATLANTIC, AND
THE EASTERN SEABOARD THERE ON
THE BACK SIDE OF THAT SO HERE
LOCALLY, WE ARE LOOK AT MUCH
DRIER CONDITIONS AND WITH A SET
OF GO OF 7% AND THEN LOOKING AT
FEW CLOUDS IN THE AREA AND MAYBE
A SPRINKLE OR TWO BUILT BE
BREEZY WITH WINDS FROM THE WINDS
NORTH WEST AT 17 TO 22 MILES PER
HOUR PERIOD, SO NOT THE GREATEST
WEATHER FOR TONIGHT BUT THINGS
ARE LOOKING BETTER FOR OUR
BACKUP DAY SO, BUT YOU KNOW, WE
WILL STILL KEEP OUR FINGERS
CROSSED WE CAN FIND A GOOD
LAUNCH OPPORTUNITY FOR TONIGHT.
WHY YES.
>> WE ARE GOING TO QUESTIONINGS.
KEN RIGHT HERE.
REPORTER: HI, THANK YOU.
KEN KRAMER.
SPACE UP CLOSING.
IT IS AWESOME TO BE HERE.
SO THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE.
THIS IS REALLY SPECTACULAR TO BE
BACK IN HERE AND GOOD LUCK, GOOD
LUCK TO ALL OF WITH YOU THE
LAUNCH.
SO LOOKING A LITTLE BIT TO THE
FUTURE AND I THINK, I THINK CREW
6 IS GOING TO HAVE A CREW ON IT.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT IS THE
TAT US EQUALLY RUSSIAN
COSMONAUTS FLYING ON FUTURE
COMMERCIAL CREW MISSION, PLEASE,
THANKS.
>> WELL, OK.
FIRST OF.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AYOU GUYS AGAIN
AND NOT TALKING TO JUST A CAMERA
SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AND ENJOY
DOING THESE PRESS CONFERENCES
FACE-TO-FACE AGAIN.
AS FAR AS THE CREW, YOU SAID IT
RIGHT.
THE PLAN IS ON CREW 5 UNTIL FALL
OF 22 WHERE WE PLAN TO HAVE
RUSSIAN COSMONAUT ON SPACEX
VEHICLE AND THEN A NASAS A VO
NAULT ON THE SOYUZ VEHICLE SOON
WE ARE WORKING SO AS WE TALKED
ABOUT THERE ARE GOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN
BETWEEN OUR STATE DEPARTMENT AND
THE RUSSIAN MINISTRIES THE
AGREEMENT HAS BEEN OUT THINK OF
STATE DEPARTMENT AND IT IS NU ON
THE RUSSIAN SIDE AND THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT BUT IN PARALLEL, WE
HAVE COSMONAUTS IN STRAINING AND
ASTRONAUTS IN TRAINING YOU ARE
SOON THE PRESS RELEASES.
SO WE ARE PRESSING FORWARD THE
GOAL OF SUCCESS FOR THE FALL OF
2022 WHERE WE START DOING THIS
ROTATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT SO LONG FOR.
>> THANK NOIR QUESTION.
OVER HERE.
>> HELLO.
I HAVE A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION.
ARE THERE PLANS NASA DIRECTOR TO
TRAVEL TO MOSCOW?
I KNOW ARE THERE EXACT ADULTS
AND TIMEFRAME FOR THAT TRIP?
>> FOR WHO TRAVELING TO MOSCOW?
>> BILL NELSON.
>> OR OTHER NASA EXECUTIVES.
>> SURE.
>> SENATOR NELSON HAVE TALKED
REGULARLY.
AS FAR AS FUTURE PLANS, I AM NOT
AWARE OF A SPECIFIC DATE.
YOU KNOW THEY DO WANT TO HAVE A
FACE-TO-FACE.
THEY BOTH TALKED POSITIVESLY
ABOUT WHEN THAT COULD HAPPEN.
MY HOPE IS AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE
TO TRAVEL FOR THAT.
THAT WILL OCCUR.
I CAN TELL YOU OTHER SENIOR
MANAGEMENT FROM THE RUSSIAN SIDE
TO THE UNITED STATES AND WILL
CONTINUE TRAVELING AND HANDFUL
OF US WERE JUST IN RUSSIA RIGHT
BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND WE'LL
CONTINUE THOSE AND IT IS
IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THAT
RELATIONSHIP TO US.
>> THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE STEVEN CLARK FROM
SPACEFLIGHT NOW ON THE LINE.
CAN YOU HEAR US, STEVEN?
DO YOU HAVE THE QUESTION READY?
REPORTER: YES, I DO.
A FOLLOW-UP, FIRST OF ALL, FROM
COME'S WE DO CONTROL.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN A WHEN
WOULD YOU HAVE TO HAVE TO ASK
WHEN DO THEY START TRAINING FOR
A DRAGON FLIGHT?
ALSO, WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR
SUBSEQUENT LAUNCH ATTEMPTS
BEYOND TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND
WHEN WILL BE THE NEXT
OPPORTUNITY ON THE RANGE AND
WITH ORBITAL PHASING?
THANKS.
>> OK.
WE ALREADY HAD COSMONAUTS AT
HAWTHORNE TRAINING.
WE HAVE A COSMONAUT RIGHT NOW,
AND THE PLAN IS TO FINISH THAT
TRAINING AND THEN THAT PERSON
WILL COME BACK AND LATE JANUARY
ARTIFICIALLY FEBRUARY AND WILL
ADD AND ADD ANYTHING TO THAT ONE
THEN AS FAR AS BACKUP
OPPORTUNITIES, WE HAVE A BACKUP
THE NEXT DAY, SO 24 HOURS LATER,
THEN, THEN WE WOULD RECYCLE THE
NEXT OPPORTUNITY AFTER THAT
WOULD BE THE 25th.
ANYTHING ELSE.
>> NOTHING TO ADD.
WE ARE EXCITED TO TRAIN THE
CREWS YOU SEND OURWAY.
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT PERSON ON THE PHONE IS AMY
THOMPSON SPACE.COM.
>> HI, THANKS FOR TAKING MY
QUESTION.
I WAS WONDERING ANOTHER LANDING,
I KNOW HE THIS WOULD BE THE
100th LANDING.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR SPACEX?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF
THE REUSABILITY BEING ABLE TO
CONTINUE TO FLY THE HUGE
ROCKETS?
>> YEAH.
SO I PATIENCE AT THE QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, IT IS DORE THE MISSION
AND IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE TO THROW
AWAY THE PLAN IT TOOK TO NEW
YORK FLIGHT, RIGHT.
SO IT IS CRITICAL TO LOWERING
THE COST OF SPACE FLIGHT TO
CONTINUE TO REUSE THESE BOOSTERS
MORE AND MORE TIMES AND 100ATION
BIG SMILETONE SO EXCITED ABOUT
THAT AND WE ARE ALSO EXCITED TO
SEE HOW NEW BOOSTERS WITH VERY
TO ROW DUES AS THE YEARSES GO
BUY AND DEVELOP OUR ROW BUSTING
MAINTAIN NEXT, PROCESS ON THE
FLEET SO YOU WILL CONTINUE TO
SEE THE TREND CONTINUE, I THINK.
RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
THEN I HAVE A QUESTION ON SOCIAL
MEDIA HERE, SO THIS IS FOR
DR. BOB, YOU MENTIONED A TIME
SENSITIVE EXPERIMENTS HAVING TO
COME BACK AND WILL THIS SPLASH
DOWN BE OFF THE COAST OF
FLORIDA?
>> , I THINK VAR CAN CHECK ME ON
THAT.
THINK THAT IS THE PLAN AND THAT
IS VERY USEFUL BECAUSE THERE
PAIM BER OF STUDIES THAT YOU
KNOW, IF WE CAN GET TO THE
RESEARCHES A HANDS QUICKLY FOR
EXAMPLE, THE CHRIS FALLS THAT WE
BRING BACK THAT WE CREATED IN
MICROGRAVITY CAN DEGRADE
OVERTIME IN THE 1G ENVIRONMENT
THEN I KNOW ONE OF THE STUDIES
THAT IS ON THIS MISSION AND THAT
PCG MISSION OR TUD DAY THIS WILL
BE LOOKING AT THE MONO CLONAL
ANTIBOD DIGS AND RESEARCHES ARE
VERY EXCITED THEY ARE ABLE TO
GET THOSE MATERIALS IN THEIR
HANDS VERY QUICKLY 6:00 AND
BEGIN THE WRENCH RESEARCH WITHIN
HOURS OF LANDING.
>> YEAH.
THAT IS RIGHT.
WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE SUIT ON BOTH
COASTS IN FLORIDA SO OFF THE
ATLANTIC COAST AND IN THE GULF
AND WE JUST LOOK AT WEATHER AND
WHICH SITE IS MOST AVAILABLE IN
THE TIMEFRAME THAT NASA NEEDS
THE SCIENCE TO RETURN AND CLEAN
ABLES US TO GET SCIENCE INTO THE
HANDS WITHIN HOURS WHICH IS
EXCITE AND MORE EFFICIENT FOR US
AS WELL AND WE DO ALL THE
MAINTENANCE OF OUR DRAGON
CAPSULE AND RIGHT HERE IN
FLORIDA AND SO ABLE TO GET THAT
CAPSULE QUICKLY BACK TO THE SITE
TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR THE
NEXT MISSION.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
AND JEFF SPACE NEWS IS ALSO ON
THE LINE.
JEFF, CAN YOU ASK US YOUR
QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
A QUESTION FOR JOEL AND WANT TO
SEE IF THERE WERE ANY UPDATES
FROM COSMOS TO THE INVESTIGATION
OF THE THRUSTER FIRINGS BY THE
MML SHORTLY AFTER THE DOCKING IN
JULY IF YOU HEARD MORE ABOUT
WHAT THE ROOT CAUSE WAS AND ANY
SORT OF ACTION THEY NEEDED TO
TAKE IN THE FUTURE.
THANKS.
>> SO GOOD QUESTION.
NO NEW INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WE
ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE
RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES THEN WE HAVE
GONE THROUGH AND DONE OUR VEX ON
OUR SIDE AND THEN NEXT STEP IS
WHERE WE SIT DOWN AND COMPARE
NOTE BASICALLY WE GO AHEAD AND
SIT DOWN AND SAY HERE IS DOWNER
STANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED THEN
THEY WILL GIVE US COMMENTS TO
THAT THEN WE SIT DOESN'T AND
LOOK AT LESSONS LEARNED AND IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THE
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THESE AND
APPLY THEM TO FUTURE PROGRAMS
AND SO ON OUR SIDE WE'LL BE
LOOKING TO WHAT CAN WE DO APPLY
TO SPACE STATION AS WELL AS THE
ORION PROGRAM AND THE GATEWAY
PROGRAM AND THE LANNER PROGRAM
AND I EXPECT THE RUSSIANS WILL
DOLL THE SAME THING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THEN ANOTHER QUESTION FROM
ON-LINE HERE.
I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR DR. BOB
BOTH HAVE TO DO WITH STUDYING
SPACE THAT ASK TO STUDY THE TOP
K YOU A GAIN AS PART OF THE STEM
PROGRAM AND PHYSICIAN SO, WHY?
>> WELL WOW THAT IS INTERESTING
QUESTION AND I WOULD HAVE TO GET
BACK FOU WE ASKED THEM BUT IT IS
DEFINITELY YOU KNOW, THE
ASTRONAUT IMMUNIZATION OR IMMUNE
SYSTEM IS VERY INTERESTK TO US,
SO WHENEVER THEY WANT TO PARTNER
ON THOSE SORT OF SUBJECTS YOU LO
WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM