>> WE ARE ABOUT 29 HOURS UNTIL
OUR EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY TO
LAUNCH.
YOU SEE THEM THERE LIVE THERE AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
WHEN IT LAWNS, ARTEMIS 1 WILL BE
HUMANITY'S RETURN TO THE MOON IN
ALMOST 50 YEARS.
GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER LIVE
BRIEFING.
I AM MEGAN CRUZ.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US TODAY.
THIS BRIEFING IS TO UPDATE YOU
ALL ON HOW THE COUNTDOWN IS
GOING TO SAR.
AS YOU KNOW, THE TWO-HOUR LAUNCH
WINDOW OPENS TOMORROW AT
2:17 P.M. EASTERN TIME.
HERE TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS
TODAY ARE JAMIE PARSONS HERE AT
KENNEDY.
THEN, WE ALSO, AGAIN, HAVE
MELODY, A LAUNCH OFFICER WITH
THE SUM OF SPACE FORCE.
WELCOME.
WE WILL TAKE OPENING REMARKS.
JEREMY, LET'S START WITH YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE TEAM IS DOING A TRE MEN
DOUSING JOB MOVING THROUGH
LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
SO YESTERDAY AT 14:17 OH CALL
TIME.
WE RESET THE CLOCK.
SO FAR THEY ARE PROCEEDING RIGHT
ON SCHEDULE.
LAST NIGHT, AFTER THE BRIEFING,
WE POWERED UP ORION.
WE PERFORMED THE RS TESTING.
WE POWERED UP THE CORE STAGE.
ALL LOOKED NOMINAL.
WE RAN FINAL LEAK CHECKS.
SO THIS IS THE AREA THAT HAD
LEAK DURING LAUNCH COUNTDOWN
EVENT ONE.
SO GOOD CHECKS THERE.
AND THEN, YESTERDAY EVENING, WE
ALSO COMPLETED REMOVING AXIS
STANDS AND BEGAN FINAL LAUNCH
PREP MOTHERS UMBILICALS.
WHAT WE HAVE ON THE PLATE TODAY
IS A SERIES OF LAUNCH CHECKS.
WE ARE CHARGING THE BATTERY ON
THOSE FLIGHT ALMOSTS, FINISHING
FINAL WALKDOWNS, EVERYONE GOING
THROUGH THE SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING LOOKS AND IS IN THE
APPROPRIATE CONFIGURATION.
WE HAVE A BUSY AFTERNOON.
THAT IS HANDRAILS , HEAVY
EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT GOING INTO
TOMORROW, AND THE DAY OF LAUNCH,
ACTIVITIES PICK UP REALLY EARLY.
SO AT T A.M., WE ARE DOING FULL
CLEARING OF THE BLAST DANGER
AREA.
WE GET TO SWITCHOVER AT ABOUT
3:36 A.M. SO THAT ALLOWS US TO
THEN GO INTO WHAT WE HAVE
TANKING MEETING AT 4:45 A.M. WE
EXPECT TO GET A DECISION TOM
COOING OUT OF THERE TO WHERE WE
BEGIN CRYOOPERATIONS AT
5:30 A.M. AT TESTIMONY A.M., THE
ENGINE BLEED KICK STARTS.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG
MILESTONES, GAIN, THAT WE WILL
PAY ATTENTION TO, THAT WILL GO
INTO AF HOUR.
AFTERWARD, WE WILL BE IN
REPLENISH IN TERMS OF
COMMODITIES FOR LIQUID HYDROGEN.
WHEN WE GET INTO -- AFTER THIS,
WE HAVE A TEST AT T MINUS 2:20.
SO THAT WILL BE BRINGING THE
TANK UP TO FLIGHT PRESSURE FOR A
PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT IS WHERE THE RISK
MITIGATION WHEN WE GET TO
TERMINAL COUNTS.
THEN RIGHT HOW, WE ARE ON TRACK
FOR A 2:17 P.M. LAUREN.
WE HAVE A TWO-HOUR WINDOW, SO
RIGHT NOW, THE TAM HAS DONE A
FANTASTIC JOB GETTING US OUT OF
WATCH, REPAIRING ALL THE ISSUES,
THEN GETTING US INTO A SAFE
CONFIGURATION TO PROCEED WITH
TOMORROW'S LAUNCH ATTEMPT.
FOR W THAT, THAT IS A QUICK
UPDATE.
MELANIE, DO YOU WANT TO GO
THROUGH THE WAIT SMER.
>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
THE WEATHER STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR
THE LAUNCH ON SATURDAY.
THE FLOW HAS BECOME ONSHORE THIS
MORNING, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND
LOOK AT SATELLITE, SO WE CAN GO
AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IS
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THEN AS SATELLITES BEING PULLED
UP, YOU CAN SEE, IT IS A WEAK
TROUGH POSITIONED OFF TO THE
NORTH AND IF YOU ARE ABLE TO
FOCUS YOUR EYES NORTH OF THE
SPACE COAST, YOU CAN SEE SOME
THUNDERSTORMS FORMING CLOSE TO
DAYTONA THIS MORNING.
BASICALLY, THAT IS INDECORATIVE
OF ONSHORE FLOW STARTING UP.
WE DID SEE AS THIS WITH THE
MORNING WEATHER BALLOON THAT WAS
PUT UP IN THE AIR EARLIER THIS
MORNING, SO WITH THAT ONSHORE
FLOW REGIME STARTING.
IT SHOULD STRENGTHEN AS WE GET
INTO SATURDAY, AND THIS WILL
LOOKLY DID US FAVORS AS WE GET
TO THE LATER PORTION OF THE
LAUNCH WINDOW SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
AGAIN, WE ARE EXPECTING OUR
WEATHER TO START OFF A LITTLE
BIT DAISY AS WE GET INTO THE
11:00-12:00 TIMEFRAME SO WE GO
AHEAD AND SINCE AM TALKING ABOUT
THE LAUNCH WINDOW WEATHER.
WE'LL FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE OF
LOOKING AT THAT.
SO OUR WEATHER IS GOING TO START
OFF AT 40% PROB K OF VIOLATION
WHICH MEANS A 60 PERCENT GO.
HOWEVER, WE DO START EVALUATING
THE WEATHER THREE HOURS BEFORE
THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS, OF
COURSE, THAT IS RIGHT AROUND
1:10 OR SO.
I FOLKS TO MAKE NO GO CALLS AT
SOME POINT TOMORROW.
HOWEVER, AS THE EAST COAST SEA
BREEZE DRIFTS FURTHER INLAND.
WE DO EXPECT CLEARING ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THAT, AND THAT IS
BECAUSE, THAT IS THE REASON WHY
WE ARE TRENDING THE FORECAST TO
MORE 80% FAVOR K AT THE END OF
THE LAUNCH WINDOW TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
NOW, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND FLIP TO
THE BACKUP FORECAST.
THAT IS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING TIMEFRAME.
I HAVE THE SAME NUMBERS, THAT I
GAVE YOU YESTERDAY.
BASICALLY 70 PROB K OF GO;
HOWEVER, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT
MORE UNCERTAINTY IN THIS
FORECAST THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE
PREVIOUSLY, IT DID SEEM LIKE WE
DID HAVE A TADDIE EARLY PLO, AT
THIS POINT AND TIME, IT SEEMS
LIKE WE WILL HAVE A RIDGE ON TOP
OF US IN THE MID LAYERS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, IT IS SLICING
THE LOW A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN
EXPECTED TO THE NORTH OF US, WE
ARE EXPECTING MORE ON THE SIDE
OF WESTERLY FLOW AND TO THE
SOUTH OF US, WRECKS PEEING EARLY
FLOW, SO OF COURSE, WE ARE
SMACK-DAB IN THE MIDDLE THERE,
THAT GIVES AS YOU VERY, VERY
LIGHT FLOW REGIME AND ALMOST GO
EITHER WAY, SO WITH A FORECAST
LIKE THAT, BASICALLY, WE ARE
GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON THE
WEATHER WITH THOSE INLAND SEA
BREEZE BOUNDARY, AND SOMETIMESES
WITH THAT KIND OF SITUATION, WE
CAN SEE SOME FLOATING BACK
TOWARD US IN GENERAL IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING
TIMEFRAME, SO BECAUSE OF THAT,
DID GO AHEAD AND ADD THE RULE TO
THE BACKUP LAUNCH WINDOW, BUT IN
ANY CASE, LIKE I SAID YESTERDAY,
I DO NOT EXPECT WEATHER TO BE A
SHOWSTOPPER FOR EITHER LAUNCH
WINDOW.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
SO FOR THE REPORTERS IN THE
ROOM.
RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE WILL GET A MIC TO YOU.
FOR THOSE ON THE PHONE, PLEASE
PRESS STAR 1.
SAW THE FIRST HAND OVER HERE.
MARSHA?
REPORTER: MARSHA DUNN,SIDE
PRESS.
FOR MELODY, A DOES THE TAPPING
FORECAST LOOK LIKE BECAUSE WE
HAD A ONE-HOUR DALLY ON MONDAY
BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN FUEL?
MY OTHER QUESTION FOR JEREMY IS,
IF YOU HAVE TO DELAY THE START
OF FUELING FOREWATER AND ANY
OTHER REASON, IS IT A MINUTE, IN
TERMS OF THE LAUNCH TIME?
CAN YOU MAKE STUFF UP AS YOU DO
OTHER THINGS?
>> OK.
OF COURSE, I WILL TAKE THE FIRST
QUESTION.
YEAH.
I AM GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT YOU.
BECAUSE WE HAVE ONSHORE FLOW.
WE COULD HAVE SHOWERS
APPROACHING THE COASTLINE, AND
MAYBE, MAYBE A CRACK OF THUNDER
AND LIGHTNING WITH THAT, SO THAT
IS CERTAINLY A THREAT AGAIN.
A SIMILAR THREATED TO WHAT WE
HAD THE OTHER DAY.
THE ONE DIFFERENCE, THOUGH, WE
ARE NOT NEARLY AS MOIST AS WE
WERE THE OTHER DAY, SOB THAT IS
ON OUR SIDE, BUT IT IS VERY HARD
TO PREDICT SHOWER ACTIVITY
OFFSHORE DURING A LATE NIGHTTIME
FRAME, IT ISP EASIER TO PREDICT
THE SEA BREEZE THAN THE
APPROACHING NOCTURNAL SHOWER, SO
IT IS POSSIBLE, THAT THAT COULD
BE HINDERANCE, BUT IF IF WE CAN
GET PAST THAT, I AM CONFIDENT
THAT WEATHER WILL BE ABLE TO
PRESS FORWARD TO US.
>> AND TO ADDRESS THE SECOND
QUESTION, SO IT IS NOT
NECESSARILY -- IT WANT BE A
MINUTE FOR MINUTE SLIP THAT IS
WHY WE WILL LET THE TEAM WORK
THROUGH IT.
THEY DID NOT RESET THE CLOCK
THERE YESTERDAY.
SO THERE IS NY AT LOT OF MARGIN
THE TIME LAIN.
IT IS VERY ORCHESTRATED, BUT
THEY MAY BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH
CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, 15 MINUTE
DELAY, 20 MINUTE DELAYS.
WE'LL TRY TO MAKE UP TIME AS
THEY GO THROUGH.
AS I SAY, THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
MARGIN IN THAT TIME LINE.
>> OK.
WILL TAKE THE NEXT QUESTION
HERE.
SPACE FLIGHT NOW FOR JEREMY.
TOUGH THE WDR, YOU EXTENDED SOME
HOLDS TO GET A LITTLE MORE
PADDING IN THE SCHEDULE, YOU
HAVE DONE THAT AGAIN TO GET THE
ENGINE BLEED KICK-START, WORKIN,
PRESSURIZE THE TANK, ET CETERA.
I WONDER IF YOU CAN GIVE US IDEA
OF THE WORK DAY, THE LAUNCH
TEAM, WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, IS IT
MULTIPLE SHIFTS.
HOW DOES THAT WORK.
ANY POST LAUNCH TRADITIONS THAT
WE SHOULD EXPECT TO SEIZE
WHETHER BEANS AND MAYBE A PAIR
OF SCISSORS INVOLVED.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WE ARE WATCHING THE TEAM
REALLY CLOSELY.
IT IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL,
RIGHT?
SO SOME SYSTEM, IT MAY BE A
COUPLE OF DIFFERENT FOLKS
GLUING.
WHEN LOOK AT THE LEADERSHIP LIKE
CHARLIE OR SOME OF THE
INTEGRATION COUNCIL, THEY ARE
PLAYING FOR 12-HOUR DAYS, THAT
WHAT WE ARE GOING INTO RIGHT
NOW.
PHYSICAL WE GET INA SCRUB OR IN
THE OF THE WINDOW, IT COOT GO
LONGER THAN THAT, BUT IN
GENERAL, A WE ARE SEEING IS
12-HOUR DAYS IS WHAT WE ARE
SCHEDULING THEM FOR.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE TEAM
COSILY, FOR EXAMPLE.
I AM HERE THIS MORNING, SO WE
CAN GIVE CHARLIE THE MORNING
OFF.
RIGHT.
SOME OF THE KEY TEST DIRECTORS
AND TESTING DIRECTORS SO WE ARE
FOCUSED ON THEM.
WE ARE TALKING TO THEM.
WE ARE MAKING SURE THEY ARE FEEL
GOOD AND HEALTHY GOING INTO
TOMORROW'S ATTEMPT AND ARRESTED
AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
CELEBRATIONS AND WE WILL HAVE
THE LAUNCH CONTROL CENTER
AFTERWARDS AND THE INTEGRATION
COUNCIL HAS ASKED MISS BLACKWELL
THOMPSON TO CUT THEIR TIES
AFTERWARD, SO PRETTY EXCITED TO
SEE THOSE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO
ESTABLISH A FEW OF OUR OWN
TRADITION, WHAT YOU WILL SEE, I
WILL BE WEARING A GREEN TIE FOR
LAUNCH DAY TO SHOW SOLIDARITY
WITH THE LAUNCH DIRECTORS AND
THE OTHERS THERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
OVER HERE.
REPORTER: 16-19 NEWS.
YOUCAN YOU GIVE US THE CLOUD
BECAUSE A LOT OF READER WAS LIKE
TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> OK.
EVENTUALLY, I CAN TELL YOU WHAT
THE RULE IS BASED ON.
I CAN GIVE OVERVIEW OF WHAT Y
THE RULES EXIST.
PRIMARILY THE RULES EXIST
BECAUSE -- BASED ON TWO
PRINCIPLES.
YOU CANNOT FLY INTO AN ACTIVE
THUNDERSTORM, RIGHT?
NUMBER TWO, YOU CANNOT TRIGGER
YOUR OWN LIGHTNING STRIKE.
WE HAVE SEEN THAN THE PAST AT
LEAST TWICE.
SO BASICALLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT
IT.
WE ARE SENDING A CHARGED ROD UP
TOP THE SKY.
WE HAVE DONE HALF THE WORK FOR
ATMOSPHERE ALREADY.
SO THE RULE IS JUST KIND OF A
CONTINUATION OF THAT, BE WHERE,
BASICALLY, IT IS A SPREAD OF THE
ELECTRIC CURRENT POSSIBLY ALONG
TENSIONING FURTHER AWAY FROM THE
PARENT THUNDERSTORM, SO BECAUSE
OF THAT ELECTRIC CURRENT COULD
STILL EXIST, AND SOMETIMES IT IS
MASKED THINK ABOUT OUTSIDE OF
THE CHOUD, WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD
HANDLE UNHOW TO SEE IT AND HOW
TO READ IT.
IT IS JUST A BUILDIN
CONSERVATISM INTO THE RULE TO
MAKE SURE WE DON'T TRIGGER OUR
OWN LIGHTNING STRIKE.
>> OK.
WE WILL GOL TO THE PHONES.
I SEE TWO HANDS THEN FRONT ROW.
ON THE PHONE, BILL HARWOOD, CBS
NEWS.
REPORTER: YEAH HI, THANKS.
JEREMY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN
ANSWER THIS QUESTION OR NOT.
I REALIZE GOING SUP BACK TO TLI,
YOU ARE PASSING THROUGH MULTIPLE
REALMS OF SATELLITES, BUT ANY
IDEA HOW STAR LINK PLAYS INTO
ALL OF THAT FRESH IT DOES AT
ALL?
THANKS.
>> LET'S SEE, BILL, SO HONESTLY,
THE SPACE FORCE DOES THAT NAIL
SIS FOR US.
WHEN WE LOOK IT A.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE HAVE 45
CUTDOWNS, MANY ARE SHORT IN
DURATIONS.
TYPICALLY, A COUPLE OF SECONDS
EACH, TEN OF THEM BEING A MINUTE
ANTICIPATE.
IN TERMS OF WHAT GOES BEHIND
THAT MAIL SIS.
I HONESTLY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER
FOR THERE YOU.
IT IS A MIX OF SATELLITE
POSITION, ORBITAL DEBRIS, THINGS
LIKE THAT.
HONESTLY, THE SPACE FORCE KIND
OF LOOKS AT THE SPECIFICS
WHETHER UT IS STAR LINK OR OTHER
THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
>> ANOTHER ONE FROM THE PHONE
REAL QUICK.
CNN.
ARE YOU THERE?
REPORTER: SORRY, GUYS.
SORRY.
I MEANT TO GET OFF HOLD.
MY APOLOGIZE.
JUST WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE
POSSIBLE TO GET AN UPDATE ON
WHAT THE NEW DURATION OF THIS
MISSION IS GOING TO BE.
BELIEVE THEY SAID YESTERDAY, 37
DAYS.
SOME OF THE FOLKS AT CNN WERE
TRYING TO DO THE MATH.
IT DIDN'T AD APP.
CAN WE GET AH UPDATE?
IF IT GOES ON SATURDAY, HOW LONG
WILL THE MISSION BE, THANK YOU?
>> YEAH.
AS YOU STARTED TO DO THE COUNT,
I THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT
ARE RELEVANT THERE.
DO YOU COUNT THE LAWN DAY?
AND SO EVENTUALLY, THAT IS
PROBABLY WHERE YOU ARE GETTING A
COUPLE OF DURATIONS, THEN, ALSO
A COUPLE OF HOURS SHY OF 38 DAYS
I BELIEVE.
RIGHT NOW, IF WE LAUNCH TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
WE WOULD LAND ON
OCTOBER 11th AT 11:10
PACIFIC TIME.
THAT GIVES YOU DURATION.
WHAT WE WOULD SAY IS 37 DAYS TO
38 DAYS DID DEA PENDING ROUND
CHOOSE TO DRAW THE LINE.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
OK, HERE.
>> SPACE POLICY ON-LINE.COM.
IF YOU DO HAVE TO SCRUB
TOMORROW.
GATHER YOU GOT MONDAY AND
TUESDAY AS POSSIBILITIES.
AT THAT POINT, DO YOU HAVE TO
ROLL BACK TO THE VAB BECAUSE OF
REPLACING THE BATTERY?
ARE YOU NEGOTIATING WITH THE
RANGE TO SEE IF THEY COULD
EXTEND THAT SOME MORE?
DO YOU ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY
HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VA?
>> WE, MA'AM.
IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
SO RIGHT NOW SHALL IT IS OUR
FLIGHT TERMINATION SYSTEM IS
KIND OF THE PACING FUNCTION FOR
NEEDING A ROLLBACK AFTER THIS
LAUNCH PERIOD.
WHAT IT IS, IT IS BASED OFF
RETEST REQUIREMENTS S. SO RIGHT
NOW, THE RANGE SAYS EVERY SO
MANY DAYS.
NEED PRIOR TO LAUNCH.
YOU HAVE TOEST THAT FLIGHT
TERMINATION SYSTEM.
RAG NOW, WE WORKED WITH THEM.
WE PROVIDED DATA DOOR LITTLE
OVER 20 DAYS SINCE WE TESTED IT
UNTIL LAUNCH TIME.
WE BELIEVE WEE NEED TO ROLL BACK
AND RETEST THAT SYSTEM JUST TO
MOOT THE RANGE REQUIREMENTS.
SO RIGHT NOW, AFTER 9:06.
WE ROLL BACK.
WE TEST.
WE DON'T HAVE TO REPLACE THE
BATTERY UNLESS THE NEXT LAUNCH
PERIOD, BUT IT IS RELATIVELY
SHORT RETEST THE FLIGHT
TERMINATION SYSTEM TO PROVIDE OF
DONEES THE RANGE THAT THE PUBLIC
WILL BE SAFE.
>> WILL BE ABLE TO RECHARGE THE
BATTERIES ON THE FIVE ACCESSIBLE
CUBESATS WHILE YOU ARE BACK IN
THE BAB?
>> WELL SO, HONESTLY, I CAN
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.
TYPICALLY, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS
DURING POWER UP, WE ARE ABLE
TOLL RECHARGE TO MAKE SURE
EVERYTHING IS VERY GOOD.
A NUMBER OF THOSE WILL ACTUALLY
BE CHARGED UP ON ORBIT AS WELL.
I CAN GIVE SPECIFIC ANSWER ON
THAT ONE.
AM NOT POSITIVE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE FRONT ROW HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
FOR JEREMY.
MENTIONED THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
OF CATCHING UP AND MAKING UP
TIME IF YOU DO GET DELAYED.
AM CURIOUS ARE THE WINDOWS TOES
DO THAT?
COMING OUT OF HOLDS EARLIER.
HOW DO YOU MAKE DESNIGS SO THERE
IS A COUPLE OF BUILT IN HOLDS
THROUGHOUT THE TIMELINE.
MEAN THERE IS ACTIVITIES
THROUGHOUT ALL OF THAT.
FOR EXAMPLE WE GET TO CHILL DOWN
A QUICKER THAN EXPECTED OR THE
100% BUILD AND IT IS MINUTES YOU
CAN MAKE UP IN A NUMBER OF THOSE
THINGS, BUT THERE IS NOT MUCH
PAD PAG IN THE TIMELINE.
BUT WHAT YOU SAW ON THE FIRST
ATTEMPT WAS, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR
DOWN DUE TO WEATHER.
AS WE PROGRESS TO THE FIRST POUR
TO FIVE HOURS, WE MAYBE MADE UP
10-15 MINUTES, THAT SORT OF A
THING.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON SPEED, RATE
OF CHILL DOWNS, THEY WILL NOT
CHANGE VALVE POSITIONS ARE
ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE A QUESTION IN THE THIRD
ROW OVER HERE.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.
THE FIRST IS WERE THERE ANY
OTHER CHANGES MADE THAT WOULD
COVER THE LAST 29 SECONDS TEF
COUNTDOWN THAT WERE NOT DONE IN
THE WET DRESS BUT WERE PRACTICED
THE GREEN RUN BASED ON WHAT WE
HAVE LEARNED WITH THE SENSOR OR
CONFIGURATIONS AND THE LH2 FLOW.
S THAT ONE QUESTION.
JUST KIND OF TAKE US THROUGH THE
LAST 29 SECONDS OF THE COUNTDOWN
THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED WET
AND IF THERE IS ANY CHANGES IN
THE PROCESS.
THEN, THE OTHER QUESTION IS
ABOUT THE COLAS.
ARE THOSE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE
COUNTDOWN?
CHARL AND AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU
ARE ALREADY IN THE TERMINATION
MODE OR NOT PICK UP THE FINAL
SECTION OF THE COUNTDOWN FAN
THERE IS ONE IN THE PROCESS.
THANKS.
>> YEAH.
NO YOURS.
SO FOR THE LAST 29 SECONDS, NO
CHANGES WERE MADE.
REALLY IN ORDER TO GET THE BASE
OF THE QUESTION WHICH WAS WHAT
DID WE DO TO MIM K THE GREEN RUN
ACTIVITIES S. THAT IS PRIMARILY
WHERE WE BEGAN, WHERE WE INTEND
TO BEGIN THE KICK-START TEST,
AND SO THAT IS HAPPENING BEFORE
WE GET TO STABLE REPLENISH ON
THE LH2 TANK SO WE ARE BRINGING
THAT MUCH EARLIER IN THE FLOW
AND BEFORE WE ACTUALLY EVEN GET
THE HYDROGEN TANK FULL.
SO THAT REALLY MIMICS WHAT WE
DID AT GREEN RUN, AS FAR AS WHEN
WE GO THOUGH LASTING 29 SECONDS
AND ALS HANDOVER, NO CHANGES
WERE MADE BASED OFF OF THAT.
A LOT OF THIS IS NOT GETTING ALL
OF THOSE OBJECTS AFTER WET DRESS
REHEARAL FOR THEN WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE HAVE STRONG PROCESS
CONTROL.
LET'S SEE.
I AM SORRY SYSTEM CAN YOU
REPEAT?
OK.
HOW DO WE ACCOUNT THAT?
THANK YOU ANOTHER REMINDER.
SO ON THAT ONE.
IT REALLY WILL DEPEND ON WHEN WE
CHOOSE TO RESET THE COCK.
SO SAY WE GO.
WHAT HAPPENS YOU, THE GLS
INTEGRATION COUNCIL SO THE
GROUND LAUNCH SEQUENCER HAS
THEORIES OF TIMES WHEN THE
CUTOUTS ARE AND RUN INTO ANY
ISSUES WHAT WE DO IS PERFORM
ANALYSIS AND SAY WE ARE GOOD TO
LAUNCH AT X TIME AND THEY WILL
RESET TO THAT THEN THEY AVOID
THE COLA SO IT IS NOT AUTOMATED
BUT WE DO HAVE FOLKS THAT HAVE
THOSE TIMES UP THEN WHEN WE GO
ABOUT RESINKING THE CLOCK A NEW
T0 TIME.
THANK.
>> OK.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES." SO IN THE
LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU HEARD A
LOT ABOUT THE BLEED KICK-START.
AND THIS IS TO VERIFY THE
PROSATISFIED DURES, I WAS
WONDERING WHAT DOES THAT SORT
OUT.
WHEN DOES THE ENGINE OCCUR?
>> OK.
SO LET ME TRY AND GET TO THE
CORE OF THE QUESTION.
WHEN DO WE KIND OF -- MAYBE WILL
REPEAT IT BACK.
WHEN DO WE VALIDATE THE NEW
PROCEDURE?
THAT IS THE QUESTION?
>> NO.
ASSUMING EVERYTHING WORKS THE
WAY YOU WAN IT TO THIS TIME.
SO FOR ARTEMIS 2 WHEN WILL THE
CHILL DOWN ACTUALLY OCCUR DURING
A NORMAL COUNTDOWN?
>> TO SO THE KICK-START RECEDE
DURE IS SOMETHING WE WILL DO
EVERY SINGLE FLOW WHAT WE ARE
DOING THIS TIME OF AROUND WHICH
WE WOULD NOT HAVE IS A PROGRESS
TEST AND GETTING INTO UNDERSTAND
K EXACTLY WHAT CONTROLS ARE AND
HOW EVERYTHING BASE HAVING AND
THAT IS REALLY GOING TO BE A
RISK MITIGATION TO THE TERMINAL
COUNT.
BUY DO BELIEVE WE WILL NOT
CONTINUE TO DO -- WE WILL DO THE
KICK-START SIMILAR IN EVERY SIN
DELL.
AT WHAT TIME IN THE COUNTDOWN
WOULD THAT GO LATER?
>> RUING NOW.
IT IS GOING TO OCCUR AT
APPROXIMATELY TESTIMONY A.M. AND
I DON'T HAVE THE T MAY US IN
TIME LAIN ON ME.
SHOULD OH KAUR AT TESTIMONY A.M.
FOR AN HOUR.
IN THE FUTURE?
IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR TIME.
>> THANKS?
AM WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THE
PHONE.
NASA TECH.NET.
>> OH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY
QUESTION.
THIS F THE LAUNCH MOVES TO
MONDAY INSTEAD OF SATURDAY, WHEN
WILL THE LAUNCH WINDOW OPEN?
I ASSUME IT WILL BE A TWO-HOUR
LAUNCH WINDOW.
THANK YOU.
>> LET'S SEIZE SO OUR LAUNCH
WINDOW OPENS, YOU KNOW, IT IS A
COUPLE OF HOURS LATER, I DON'T
HAVE THAT EX AC INFORMATION WITH
ME HANDY, SO I WILL HAVE TO GET
BACK TO YOU EXACTLY THAT TIME
AND SO I WILL FOLLOW UP, AND
THEN WE HAVE ANTHONY ON THE
PHONE.
>> HI, THERE.
THANKS.
FOR JEREMY, IF THE CORE STAGE
FROM YESTERDAY WAS MENTIONED FOR
FLIGHT, ANY OTHER AREA ON THE
CORE STAGE WHERE THAT THAT WOULD
BE SHALL YOU?
>> HOW WOULD THOSE MON SENATOR
SO WE DO CIRRUS OF CHECKS
THROUGHOUT LAUNCH COUNTDOWN AND
IN BETWEEN THE LAUNCH ATTEMPT.
WE DO THOROUGH INSPECTS OF THE
VEHICLE, EVEN VERY MINOR DEFECTS
ARE NOTED THROUGHOUT LAUNCH
COUNTDOWN.
WE HAVE A TEAM ON THE COUNCIL
AND THEY DO INSPECTIONS
THROUGHOUT.
SO THEY USE HIGH-DEFINITION
CAMERA, INFRARED, THINGS ALONG
THOSE LINES, SO RIGHT NOW, WE
HAVE DONE A FULL INFECTION OF
THE VEHICLE.
NOTED ANY NONCONFORMANCE AND
THEY CLEARED ANY THOSE FOR
FLIGHT THROUGHOUT THE COUNT, YOU
KNOW, AS WE SEE CRYOPUMPING,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME
THING.
THEY NOTE IT.
THEN THEY TURN IT OVER TO A DEA
BREA TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS TEAM TO
DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE HAVE A
CONCERN SO THEY HAVE STANDARDS
THAT THEY USE AGAINST AND MODELS
WE RUN IN ABOVE THOSE STANDARDS.
IN THE, JUST TO ANSWER THE OTHER
QUESTION.
5:17 P.M.
IT'S THE LAUNCH TIME AND I
BELIEVE ITS THE WENT DOE AS WELL
5:12.
ACTUALLY.
5:12.
IT IS 2:17 SATURDAY.
SO 5:12 ON ON DAY.
NO PROBLEM OVER THE 90 MINUTE M
WINDOW AND THE GRE BEFORE.
WE HAVE A QUESTION IN THE ROOM.
YEP.
>> CAN YOU CAN BOTTOM LINE IT
FOR US? HOW CONFIDENT RY THIS
IS GOING TO FLY ON SATURDAY?
HOW CONFIDENT YOU ARE GOING TO
FLY BEFORE IN THE OF THE TUESDAY
WINDOW?
>> YEAH.
SO THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT, RIGHT.
SO WHILE I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT
PROCEDURES WHEN YOU LOOK THE
THAN THE EYE, THEY ARE READY.
WE CAN'T CONTROL THE WEATHER.
AND SO ON ANY GIVEN DAY, YOU
KNOW, THERE IS RISKS THAT WE'LL
BE ABLE GET OFF.
I THINK, WHAT I KIND OF AM
LOOKING AT IS OUR TEAM IS READY.
THEY ARE GEEING BETTER WITH
EVERY ATTEMPT.
AND ACTUALLY PERFORMED SUPERABLY
DURING LAUNCH COUNTDOWN NUMBER
ONE, SO IN MY MIND, I THINK IF
THE CONDITIONS WITH WEATHER AND
THE HARDWARE ALIGN, WE WILL
ABSOLUTELILY GO.
WE HAVE THE RATING TIME AT THE
RIGHT TIME.
SO THOSE STAKESES, THOSE
PROCCABILITIES GO WAY UP IF WE
GET TWO ATTEMPTS OFF BEFORE
THENS OF THE WINDOW.
>> I BELIEVE THERE WAS ANOTHER
ONE IN THE ROOM.
NO.
OVER HERE.
>> HI.
I AM BRANDY CAMPBELL WITH FOX
WEATHERMENT WITH THE WEATHER
BEING VARVABLE AT 60%.
WITH THAT BEING THE RATE, DO YOU
FOR SEE WAITING AWHILE LIKE A
GOOD TIME TO TAKE OFF OR CHANCE
TO TAKE OFF AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE WINDOW.
THOSE ARE EX LEN QUESTIONS I
DON'T HAVE WHAT YOU ARE
SEARCHING FOR A CAN GET BACK
WITH YOU FOR THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU ON ANY GIVEN DAY
THERE IS ABOUT A 1-3 CHANCE WE
WILL SCRUB FOR ANY REASON.
OUT OF THE CHAPS FOR US
SCRUBBING THERE IS 50% CHANCE IT
IS DUE TO WEATHER.
IT ALL GENES ON THE SEA BREEZE
AND WHETHER IT MOVES INLAND AND
AS FAST AS WE ARE EXPECTING IF
WE ARE LOOK IN THE MORNING THEN
THAT EARLY FLOW IS NOT NEARLY AS
ESTABLISHED AS WE WERE HOPING TO
SEE.
QUEAS RUN INTO A SITUATION WE
ARE READ A LITTLE BIT LONGER
THAN EXPECT TO BE.
OVERALL, THE SEA BREEZE WINCE
OUT WITH EARLY FLOW REGARDLESS
OF TRULY HOW STRONG IT IS.
>> OK.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CONES
THE PHONE.
IF WE ARE DONE HERE IN THE ROOM,
THEN I THINK WE CAN WRAP UP
TODAY'S NEWS CONFERENCE, AGAIN,
THAT THANK YOU JEREMY, MELODY,
EVERYONE WHO ASKED QUESTIONS S.
ANOTHER INFORMATION ON ARTEMIS 1
WE'LL PULL UP RESOURCE ON THE
SCREEN.
YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEB
SAY IT AND FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
MEDIA CHANNELS THERE.
THE COVERAGE OF US WILL BEGIN AT
5:45 A.M. EASTERN TIME TOMORROW
ON NASA TV THEN THE LIVE LAUNCH
COVERAGE WILL BEGIN AT
12:15 P.M.
THIS THE SPANISH LAUNCH VIEWERS
THE SPANISH LAUNCH BROADCAST
WILL BEGIN AT 1:00 P.M. WE HOPE
YOU CAN JOIN US.
THANKS SO MUCH.