1 00:00:58,141 --> 00:01:20,663 ♪ 2 00:01:20,663 --> 00:01:24,834 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, WELCOME TO 3 00:01:24,834 --> 00:01:26,002 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 4 00:01:26,002 --> 00:01:30,540 THIS MORNING NASA WAIVED OFF THE 5 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:33,943 LAUNCH ATTEMPT AFTER A LIQUID 6 00:01:33,943 --> 00:01:38,648 HYDROGEN LEAK WHILE FILLING 7 00:01:38,648 --> 00:01:39,048 PROPELLANT. 8 00:01:39,048 --> 00:01:39,716 THE TEAM WASN'T ABLE TO 9 00:01:39,716 --> 00:01:40,683 TROUBLESHOOT THE ISSUE. 10 00:01:40,683 --> 00:01:43,386 BUT TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 11 00:01:43,386 --> 00:01:50,126 NEXT STEPS, WE HAVE BILL NELSON. 12 00:01:50,126 --> 00:01:53,329 ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR OF 13 00:01:53,329 --> 00:01:56,132 EXPLORATION SYSTEM, JIM FREED. 14 00:01:56,132 --> 00:01:58,701 AND MISSION MANAGER, MIKE. 15 00:01:58,701 --> 00:02:01,805 FIRST, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO 16 00:02:01,805 --> 00:02:02,872 NELSON FOR REMARKS. 17 00:02:02,872 --> 00:02:07,944 >> WELL, WHILE WE DON'T HAVE THE 18 00:02:07,944 --> 00:02:10,547 LAUNCH WE WANTED TODAY, I CAN 19 00:02:10,547 --> 00:02:14,350 TELL YOU THAT THESE TEAMS KNOW 20 00:02:14,350 --> 00:02:15,752 EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND 21 00:02:15,752 --> 00:02:19,522 I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM. 22 00:02:19,522 --> 00:02:26,129 YOU THINK BACK TO PREVIOUS SPACE 23 00:02:26,129 --> 00:02:28,531 FLIGHTS, THE SHUTTLE WAS SENT 24 00:02:28,531 --> 00:02:31,801 BACK TO THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY 25 00:02:31,801 --> 00:02:33,837 BUILDING 20 TIMES. 26 00:02:33,837 --> 00:02:36,906 ALREADY SHARED WITH YOU MY 27 00:02:36,906 --> 00:02:43,847 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE BACK IN THE 28 00:02:43,847 --> 00:02:44,581 EARLY PART OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE 29 00:02:44,581 --> 00:02:46,382 PROGRAM OF THE CREW HAVING BEEN 30 00:02:46,382 --> 00:02:49,152 STRAPPED IN, READY TO GO AND 31 00:02:49,152 --> 00:02:52,288 SCRUBBED FOUR TIMES WITH A DELAY 32 00:02:52,288 --> 00:02:56,159 OVER THE BETTER PART OF THE 33 00:02:56,159 --> 00:02:56,960 MONTH. 34 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,898 WE DO NOT LAUNCH UNTIL WE THINK 35 00:03:01,898 --> 00:03:03,566 IT'S RIGHT. 36 00:03:03,566 --> 00:03:10,306 AND THESE TEAMS HAVE LABORED 37 00:03:10,306 --> 00:03:15,812 OVER THAT AND THAT IS THE 38 00:03:15,812 --> 00:03:16,913 CONCLUSION THEY CAME TO. 39 00:03:16,913 --> 00:03:19,282 I LOOK AT THIS AS A PART OF OUR 40 00:03:19,282 --> 00:03:21,985 SPACE PROGRAM OF WHICH SAFETY IS 41 00:03:21,985 --> 00:03:24,954 THE TEMPERATURE OF THE LIST. 42 00:03:24,954 --> 00:03:29,592 THEY WILL TELL YOU STARTING WITH 43 00:03:29,592 --> 00:03:31,661 JIM, THEY WILL TELL YOU THE 44 00:03:31,661 --> 00:03:34,731 SPECIFIC REASONS WHY THEY 45 00:03:34,731 --> 00:03:37,233 DECIDED TO STAND DOWN. 46 00:03:37,233 --> 00:03:39,903 AND WHAT THEY THINK THE FUTURE 47 00:03:39,903 --> 00:03:40,203 HOLDS. 48 00:03:40,203 --> 00:03:42,105 JUST REMEMBER, WE ARE NOT GOING 49 00:03:42,105 --> 00:03:45,608 TO LAUNCH UNTIL IT'S RIGHT. 50 00:03:45,608 --> 00:03:49,846 AND THAT IS STANDARD OPERATING 51 00:03:49,846 --> 00:03:52,015 PROCEDURE. 52 00:03:52,015 --> 00:03:53,383 AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE. 53 00:03:53,383 --> 00:03:55,018 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 54 00:03:55,018 --> 00:03:56,519 GOOD AFTERNOON. 55 00:03:56,519 --> 00:04:04,260 ABSOLUTELY, I HOPE YOU KNOW WE 56 00:04:04,260 --> 00:04:17,473 ARE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE 57 00:04:17,473 --> 00:04:18,141 EXCEPT THE VEHICLE IS SAFE. 58 00:04:18,141 --> 00:04:18,808 WE WANTED IT SAFE IN ORBIT. 59 00:04:18,808 --> 00:04:19,609 IT'S NOT THERE, IT'S SAFE ON THE 60 00:04:19,609 --> 00:04:19,943 GROUND. 61 00:04:19,943 --> 00:05:01,684 I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE BIG 62 00:05:01,684 --> 00:05:02,385 PICTURE OF WHERE WE ARE HEADED 63 00:05:02,385 --> 00:05:03,119 WITH THE LAUNCH PERIODS AND THEN 64 00:05:03,119 --> 00:05:03,853 I WILL LET MIKE FILL YOU IN ON 65 00:05:03,853 --> 00:05:04,587 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED 66 00:05:04,587 --> 00:05:04,887 TODAY. 67 00:05:04,887 --> 00:05:05,588 CHARLIE BLACK WELL THOMPSON IS 68 00:05:05,588 --> 00:05:06,289 BACK IN THE LAUNCH CENTER WITH 69 00:05:06,289 --> 00:05:07,023 HER TEAM WORKING THROUGH SOME OF 70 00:05:07,023 --> 00:05:07,757 THE NEXT STEPS THAT THE MISSION 71 00:05:07,757 --> 00:05:08,491 MANAGEMENT TEAM ASKED HER TO DO 72 00:05:08,491 --> 00:05:14,664 TODAY. 73 00:05:14,664 --> 00:05:15,398 SO WE, LAUNCH PERIOD 25 IS OFF 74 00:05:15,398 --> 00:05:15,765 THE TABLE. 75 00:05:15,765 --> 00:05:16,399 WE WON'T BE LAUNCHING THIS 76 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:17,000 PERIOD ENDS ON TUESDAY. 77 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:17,734 WE WILL NOT BE LAUNCHING IN THIS 78 00:05:17,734 --> 00:05:18,167 LAUNCH PERIOD. 79 00:05:18,167 --> 00:05:18,835 LAUNCH PERIOD 26 AND 27 WILL 80 00:05:18,835 --> 00:05:19,502 REALLY DEPEND ON THE OPTIONS 81 00:05:19,502 --> 00:05:20,203 THAT THE TEAM COMES BACK WITH 82 00:05:20,203 --> 00:05:21,037 LIKELY ON MONDAY OR EARLY DECON. 83 00:05:21,037 --> 00:05:21,771 CREW 5 WANTS TO KNOW, WE NEED TO 84 00:05:21,771 --> 00:05:22,438 MAKE SURE WE DECONFLICT WITH 85 00:05:22,438 --> 00:05:22,739 THEM. 86 00:05:22,739 --> 00:05:23,473 THAT WILL WEIGH INTO WHAT WE DO. 87 00:05:23,473 --> 00:05:24,207 AS WE GET INTO LAUNCH PERIOD 27 88 00:05:24,207 --> 00:05:24,907 IN THE LATTER PART OF OCTOBER, 89 00:05:24,907 --> 00:05:29,612 WE WILL BE LOOKING AT A LOT OF 90 00:05:29,612 --> 00:05:30,380 THINGS, OUR LIMITED LIFE ITEMS, 91 00:05:30,380 --> 00:05:31,481 OUR STAY ON THE PAD DURATIONS 92 00:05:31,481 --> 00:05:32,248 THAT WE HAVE, AND, OF COURSE, WE 93 00:05:32,248 --> 00:05:33,016 ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WEATHER, 94 00:05:33,016 --> 00:05:34,050 AS A GENERAL COURSE OF ACTION, 95 00:05:34,050 --> 00:05:36,152 FOR SOME OF THE STORM ACTIVITY 96 00:05:36,152 --> 00:05:43,393 THAT CONDITION OUT THERE. 97 00:05:43,393 --> 00:05:45,261 I'M SURE THERE IS A QUESTION YOU 98 00:05:45,261 --> 00:05:45,895 ARE CONFIDENT. 99 00:05:45,895 --> 00:05:47,263 I LOVE THAT QUESTION. 100 00:05:47,263 --> 00:05:48,798 ARE YOU CONFIDENT YOU ARE GOING 101 00:05:48,798 --> 00:05:51,567 TO GET OUT OF BED IN THE 102 00:05:51,567 --> 00:05:52,001 MORNING. 103 00:05:52,001 --> 00:05:55,838 WE DON'T JUST SAY WE HOPE THIS 104 00:05:55,838 --> 00:05:56,339 IS GOING TO WORK. 105 00:05:56,339 --> 00:05:57,006 THE CONFIDENCE TO DO ANOTHER 106 00:05:57,006 --> 00:05:57,907 LAUNCH ATTEMPT WAS BORN OUT OF 107 00:05:57,907 --> 00:06:01,144 THE FACT THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE 108 00:06:01,144 --> 00:06:02,912 HYDROGEN LEAKS WE HAD ON MONDAY. 109 00:06:02,912 --> 00:06:04,280 THOSE ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE 110 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:06,416 LEAK WE HAD TODAY. 111 00:06:06,416 --> 00:06:09,185 IN TERMS OF SCALE, ONE WAS IN 112 00:06:09,185 --> 00:06:10,920 THE SAME PLACE, BUT TODAY WAS A 113 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:12,321 DIFFERENT SIGNATURE. 114 00:06:12,321 --> 00:06:15,191 AND WE UNDERSTOOD THE ENGINE 115 00:06:15,191 --> 00:06:15,525 ISSUES. 116 00:06:15,525 --> 00:06:17,627 WE WERE CONFIDENT COMING INTO 117 00:06:17,627 --> 00:06:17,960 TODAY. 118 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,029 BUT AS THE ADMINISTRATOR SAID, 119 00:06:20,029 --> 00:06:21,364 WE ARE NOT GOING TO LAUNCH UNTIL 120 00:06:21,364 --> 00:06:22,999 WE ARE READY, WHICH MEANS WE ARE 121 00:06:22,999 --> 00:06:25,802 GOING TO STEP THROUGH THESE 122 00:06:25,802 --> 00:06:26,135 THINGS. 123 00:06:26,135 --> 00:06:28,104 THERE IS A LOT OF CONJECTURE. 124 00:06:28,104 --> 00:06:29,005 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE 125 00:06:29,005 --> 00:06:31,841 IN THAT MMT ROOM TODAY, A 126 00:06:31,841 --> 00:06:34,277 HUNDRED PLUS FOLKS, MOST 127 00:06:34,277 --> 00:06:35,778 ENGINEERS, EVERYBODY THINKING 128 00:06:35,778 --> 00:06:37,413 ABOUT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM. 129 00:06:37,413 --> 00:06:39,082 THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS ON THE LOOPS 130 00:06:39,082 --> 00:06:41,150 WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE 131 00:06:41,150 --> 00:06:41,617 THINGS. 132 00:06:41,617 --> 00:06:48,191 FOLKS ARE GIVING OPTIONS. 133 00:06:48,191 --> 00:06:49,926 THE ANOMALY LOOPS ARE ACTIVE, 134 00:06:49,926 --> 00:06:52,728 FROM THE TIME WE SAW THE 135 00:06:52,728 --> 00:06:54,997 SIGNATURE UNTIL CHARLIE MADE THE 136 00:06:54,997 --> 00:06:57,266 RIGHT DECISION TO SCRUB. 137 00:06:57,266 --> 00:06:58,701 OUR CONFIDENCE COMES THROUGH 138 00:06:58,701 --> 00:07:00,436 WHAT WE LEARN FROM THIS, WHEN WE 139 00:07:00,436 --> 00:07:02,605 ARE READY TO GO BACK OUT THERE, 140 00:07:02,605 --> 00:07:04,540 WE'LL GO BACK OUT AND TRY FOR 141 00:07:04,540 --> 00:07:06,409 ANOTHER LAUNCH. 142 00:07:06,409 --> 00:07:07,810 MICHAEL WILL LAY OUT WHAT WE 143 00:07:07,810 --> 00:07:10,413 HAVE IN BETWEEN. 144 00:07:10,413 --> 00:07:11,614 OBVIOUSLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS 145 00:07:11,614 --> 00:07:12,381 MISSION BEING RISKY. 146 00:07:12,381 --> 00:07:14,183 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE RISKS 147 00:07:14,183 --> 00:07:15,051 THAT MAKE SENSE. 148 00:07:15,051 --> 00:07:17,086 THE RISKS THAT HAVE PUSHED THE 149 00:07:17,086 --> 00:07:18,688 VEHICLE IN THE SYSTEM AS FAR AS 150 00:07:18,688 --> 00:07:21,924 IT WILL WHEN WE LAUNCH, AND BE 151 00:07:21,924 --> 00:07:22,592 READY TO GO AT THAT TIME. 152 00:07:22,592 --> 00:07:24,760 SO WITH THAT, LET ME TURN OVER 153 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:26,195 TO MIKE FOR MORE SPECIFICS. 154 00:07:26,195 --> 00:07:26,963 >> OKAY. 155 00:07:26,963 --> 00:07:28,998 GOOD AFTERNOON, AGAIN. 156 00:07:28,998 --> 00:07:30,099 THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO 157 00:07:30,099 --> 00:07:32,368 FOLLOW THE ARTEMIS 1 MISSION AND 158 00:07:32,368 --> 00:07:33,035 OUR PROGRAM. 159 00:07:33,035 --> 00:07:35,204 I WILL RECAP WHERE WE LEFT OFF 160 00:07:35,204 --> 00:07:38,307 THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE WHICH 161 00:07:38,307 --> 00:07:41,844 WAS AFTER THE LAUNCH MINUS 2 162 00:07:41,844 --> 00:07:43,513 MISSION MANAGEMENT MEETING ON 163 00:07:43,513 --> 00:07:50,686 THE FIRST, TO HEAD INTO THIS 164 00:07:50,686 --> 00:07:51,154 LAUNCH ATTEMPT. 165 00:07:51,154 --> 00:07:51,921 IF YOU RECALL THE LAUNCH CONTROL 166 00:07:51,921 --> 00:07:52,655 CENTER STAYED IN THE COUNTDOWN 167 00:07:52,655 --> 00:07:53,689 FOLLOWING THE ATTEMPT ON MONDAY. 168 00:07:53,689 --> 00:07:55,892 THAT GAVE US A HEAD START HEADED 169 00:07:55,892 --> 00:07:57,693 INTO TODAY'S ATTEMPT. 170 00:07:57,693 --> 00:07:59,829 THE TEAM, WHEN WE CAME IN FOR 171 00:07:59,829 --> 00:08:02,231 THE TANKING MEETING, WHICH WAS 172 00:08:02,231 --> 00:08:03,900 TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO LOAD 173 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:11,841 THE VEHICLE WAS ON THE TIMELINE 174 00:08:11,841 --> 00:08:14,443 OR SLIGHTLY AHEAD. 175 00:08:14,443 --> 00:08:15,978 WE MET AT 0445 THIS MORNING. 176 00:08:15,978 --> 00:08:18,080 WE TALKED ABOUT OUR SETUP FOR 177 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:18,748 THE DAY. 178 00:08:18,748 --> 00:08:22,752 THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS THAT WE 179 00:08:22,752 --> 00:08:25,922 TALKED ABOUT, BUT MOST OF THOSE 180 00:08:25,922 --> 00:08:29,492 WERE OF NO PARTICULAR CONSTRAINT 181 00:08:29,492 --> 00:08:31,460 RELATIVE TO SETTING UP FOR OUR 182 00:08:31,460 --> 00:08:32,562 LAUNCH ATTEMPT. 183 00:08:32,562 --> 00:08:35,164 THE TEAM IDENTIFIED THAT THEY 184 00:08:35,164 --> 00:08:36,933 HAD 46 COLLISION AVOIDANCE 185 00:08:36,933 --> 00:08:39,135 CUTOUTS IN THE LAUNCH WINDOW. 186 00:08:39,135 --> 00:08:41,304 MOST WERE A MINUTE OR I'M SORRY 187 00:08:41,304 --> 00:08:43,439 MOST WERE A FEW SECONDS. 188 00:08:43,439 --> 00:08:46,275 THE LONGEST WERE A MINUTE. 189 00:08:46,275 --> 00:08:48,711 WE DO HAVE AT THIS PARTICULAR 190 00:08:48,711 --> 00:08:53,382 TIME OF YEAR A HIGH PROPELLANT 191 00:08:53,382 --> 00:09:07,897 BULK TEMPERATURE WHICH GIVES US 192 00:09:07,897 --> 00:09:08,564 MORE PERFORMANCE OUT OF THE 193 00:09:08,564 --> 00:09:08,898 ROCKET. 194 00:09:08,898 --> 00:09:09,665 ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE A HOT ROCKET 195 00:09:09,665 --> 00:09:11,867 IN TERMS OF THE PERFORMANCE TO 196 00:09:11,867 --> 00:09:12,635 LAUNCH, AND THAT ACTUALLY, AS WE 197 00:09:12,635 --> 00:09:13,269 FLY UP THROUGH THE EARTH'S 198 00:09:13,269 --> 00:09:13,970 ATMOSPHERE, PUSHES THE HIGHER 199 00:09:13,970 --> 00:09:14,704 END OF THE DYNAMIC PRESSURE OR Q 200 00:09:14,704 --> 00:09:14,971 BAR. 201 00:09:14,971 --> 00:09:15,638 WE HAD POSITIVE MARGINS, BUT 202 00:09:15,638 --> 00:09:18,307 LOWER MARGINS ON ONE AREA ON THE 203 00:09:18,307 --> 00:09:23,312 ORION SPACECRAFT. 204 00:09:23,312 --> 00:09:24,113 THE VEHICLE WAS EXPECTED TO GET 205 00:09:24,113 --> 00:09:27,583 UP TO 700 POUNDS PER SQUARE 206 00:09:27,583 --> 00:09:27,883 FOOT. 207 00:09:27,883 --> 00:09:29,585 PRIOR TO THE LOADING OPERATION 208 00:09:29,585 --> 00:09:33,222 THAT THE TEAM WAS WORKING 209 00:09:33,222 --> 00:09:35,591 THROUGH A CHILL-DOWN. 210 00:09:35,591 --> 00:09:39,562 THERE WAS AN INADVERTENT 211 00:09:39,562 --> 00:09:41,964 PRESSURIZATION OF THE HYDROGEN 212 00:09:41,964 --> 00:09:43,666 TRANSFER LINE THAT THE PRESSURE 213 00:09:43,666 --> 00:09:44,600 EXCEEDED WHAT WE HAD PLANNED, 214 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,502 WHICH WAS ABOUT 20 POUNDS PER 215 00:09:46,502 --> 00:09:47,370 SQUARE INCH. 216 00:09:47,370 --> 00:09:50,006 IT GOT UP TO 60 POUNDS PER 217 00:09:50,006 --> 00:09:50,773 SQUARE INCH. 218 00:09:50,773 --> 00:09:53,743 THE FLIGHT HARDWARE ITSELF, WE 219 00:09:53,743 --> 00:09:54,777 KNOW IS FINE. 220 00:09:54,777 --> 00:09:58,414 WE DID NOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM 221 00:09:58,414 --> 00:10:01,050 DESIGN PRESSURE BUT THERE'S A 222 00:10:01,050 --> 00:10:03,819 CHANCE THAT THE SOFT GOODS OR 223 00:10:03,819 --> 00:10:13,296 THE SEAL IN THE QUICK DISCONNECT 224 00:10:13,296 --> 00:10:25,908 AT THE 8 INCHES QUICK DISCONNECT 225 00:10:25,908 --> 00:10:26,509 SAW EFFECTS FROM THAT. 226 00:10:26,509 --> 00:10:27,209 BUT IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL 227 00:10:27,209 --> 00:10:27,910 WHETHER THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF 228 00:10:27,910 --> 00:10:28,511 THE HYDROGEN LEAK TODAY. 229 00:10:28,511 --> 00:10:29,145 WE SAW A LARGE LEAK AT THE 230 00:10:29,145 --> 00:10:29,879 8 INCHES QUICK DISCONNECT TODAY. 231 00:10:29,879 --> 00:10:30,579 AND THAT LEAK STARTED WHEN WE 232 00:10:30,579 --> 00:10:31,280 WENT FROM THE SLOW FILL TO THE 233 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:31,647 FAST FILL. 234 00:10:31,647 --> 00:10:32,415 THIS PARTICULAR QUICK DISCONNECT 235 00:10:32,415 --> 00:10:34,350 DID NOT HAVE A PROBLEM OF THIS 236 00:10:34,350 --> 00:10:35,818 MAGNITUDE ON MONDAY. 237 00:10:35,818 --> 00:10:37,920 WE DID SEE A SMALL LEAK, BUT DID 238 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,923 NOT SEE ONE OF THIS MAGNITUDE. 239 00:10:40,923 --> 00:10:42,391 IT WAS CHARACTERIZED AS A LARGE 240 00:10:42,391 --> 00:10:44,894 LEAK BY OUR OPERATIONS TEAM. 241 00:10:44,894 --> 00:10:47,763 THE TEAM TRIED THREE TIMES TO 242 00:10:47,763 --> 00:10:49,332 RESOLVE THE LEAK AND ALL THREE 243 00:10:49,332 --> 00:10:53,669 TIMES WE SAW A LARGE LEAK. 244 00:10:53,669 --> 00:10:56,772 AND AS WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, 245 00:10:56,772 --> 00:10:58,007 IF YOU CAN STABILIZE BOTH SIDES 246 00:10:58,007 --> 00:10:59,842 OF THAT QUICK DISCONNECT, WE 247 00:10:59,842 --> 00:11:02,545 HAVE A GROUND SIDE AND FLIGHT 248 00:11:02,545 --> 00:11:03,713 SIDE, THAT'S WHERE THE FLUID 249 00:11:03,713 --> 00:11:05,348 FLOW OCCURS THROUGH. 250 00:11:05,348 --> 00:11:09,385 IF YOU CAN CHILL THAT DOWN AND 251 00:11:09,385 --> 00:11:11,654 ENSURE THERE IS NO DIFFERENTIAL 252 00:11:11,654 --> 00:11:13,155 TEMPERATURE, SOMETIMES THE LEAKS 253 00:11:13,155 --> 00:11:16,325 CAN SEAL THEMSELVES OR HEAL 254 00:11:16,325 --> 00:11:16,726 THEMSELVES. 255 00:11:16,726 --> 00:11:18,194 THE TEAM ATTEMPTED THAT. 256 00:11:18,194 --> 00:11:20,162 THEY ATTEMPTED TO RESEAT THE 257 00:11:20,162 --> 00:11:22,898 LEAK BY INCREASING THE PRESSURE 258 00:11:22,898 --> 00:11:24,967 IN IN. 259 00:11:24,967 --> 00:11:28,904 AND THAT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL. 260 00:11:28,904 --> 00:11:31,140 INITIALLY THE TEAM DECLARED THE 261 00:11:31,140 --> 00:11:35,211 SCRUB AT 11:17 EASTERN TIME. 262 00:11:35,211 --> 00:11:36,912 WENT INTO VEHICLE SAFE CAN AND 263 00:11:36,912 --> 00:11:49,892 DRAINED THE CRYO. 264 00:11:49,892 --> 00:11:55,698 THE TEAM WILL GET INTO PUTTING 265 00:11:55,698 --> 00:11:58,901 NITROGEN IN THERE AS TO NOT 266 00:11:58,901 --> 00:12:02,438 CONDENSE WATER VAPOR IN THE TANK 267 00:12:02,438 --> 00:12:02,738 AREA. 268 00:12:02,738 --> 00:12:03,572 THEN THEY WILL SWAP OVER TO AIR. 269 00:12:03,572 --> 00:12:05,941 WHAT THAT DOES, IT ALLOWS US TO 270 00:12:05,941 --> 00:12:08,611 GET THE TANKS BACK TO AMBIENT 271 00:12:08,611 --> 00:12:10,813 CONDITIONS AND FOR US TO GAIN 272 00:12:10,813 --> 00:12:11,647 ACCESS. 273 00:12:11,647 --> 00:12:17,553 IN THE SCRUB MEETING WE HAD AT 274 00:12:17,553 --> 00:12:18,287 2:30 EASTERN, WE TALKED ABOUT 275 00:12:18,287 --> 00:12:19,355 THREE OPTIONS. 276 00:12:19,355 --> 00:12:23,893 THE FIRST OPTION WAS TO SIMPLY 277 00:12:23,893 --> 00:12:26,195 REMATE THE UMBILICAL AT THE PAD 278 00:12:26,195 --> 00:12:28,531 HOPING THAT THE SOFT GOODS WOULD 279 00:12:28,531 --> 00:12:29,799 SEAL THE LEAK OUT. 280 00:12:29,799 --> 00:12:31,434 BUT OUR CONFIDENCE LEVEL, GIVEN 281 00:12:31,434 --> 00:12:33,302 THE SIZE OF THE LEAK WE SAW 282 00:12:33,302 --> 00:12:35,704 TODAY WAS FAIRLY LOW THAT THAT 283 00:12:35,704 --> 00:12:37,239 WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 284 00:12:37,239 --> 00:12:42,411 THE TEAM LEANED TOWARDS A 285 00:12:42,411 --> 00:12:44,346 REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE 286 00:12:44,346 --> 00:12:46,482 SOFT GOODS IN THE QUICK 287 00:12:46,482 --> 00:12:46,882 DISCONNECT. 288 00:12:46,882 --> 00:12:48,717 THE OPTIONS WERE TO DO IT AT THE 289 00:12:48,717 --> 00:12:52,388 PAD OR DO IT BACK IN THE VEHICLE 290 00:12:52,388 --> 00:12:53,088 ASSEMBLY BUILDING. 291 00:12:53,088 --> 00:12:55,157 EITHER OF THOSE OPTIONS DO NOT 292 00:12:55,157 --> 00:12:56,492 PRESERVE OUR ABILITY TO FLY 293 00:12:56,492 --> 00:12:58,360 BEFORE THE END OF THIS LAUNCH 294 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,162 PERIOD WHICH EXPIRES ON THE 295 00:13:00,162 --> 00:13:00,529 6th. 296 00:13:00,529 --> 00:13:02,431 THE TEAM IS DEVELOPING A SERIES 297 00:13:02,431 --> 00:13:03,766 OF SCHEDULE OPTIONS. 298 00:13:03,766 --> 00:13:05,167 WE'LL HEAR ABOUT THOSE EARLY 299 00:13:05,167 --> 00:13:06,068 NEXT WEEK. 300 00:13:06,068 --> 00:13:07,937 THE SCHEDULE OPTIONS INCLUDE 301 00:13:07,937 --> 00:13:11,006 REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE 302 00:13:11,006 --> 00:13:13,108 SOFT GOODS ON THE QUICK 303 00:13:13,108 --> 00:13:15,945 DISCONNECT AT THE PAD FOLLOWED 304 00:13:15,945 --> 00:13:18,714 BY A CRYOTEST. 305 00:13:18,714 --> 00:13:21,116 THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE WE CAN GET 306 00:13:21,116 --> 00:13:24,053 A FULL CRYOTEST TO ENSURE WE 307 00:13:24,053 --> 00:13:25,588 DON'T HAVE FURTHER ISSUE WITH 308 00:13:25,588 --> 00:13:27,590 RESPECT TO LEAKS AT THE 309 00:13:27,590 --> 00:13:28,724 TEMPERATURES THAT WE NEED TO 310 00:13:28,724 --> 00:13:31,060 FILL THE VEHICLE ON DAY OF 311 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:31,393 LAUNCH. 312 00:13:31,393 --> 00:13:34,396 THE OTHER OPTION IS TO ROLL BACK 313 00:13:34,396 --> 00:13:39,902 AND REMOVE AND REPLACE THE QUICK 314 00:13:39,902 --> 00:13:41,937 DISCONNECT SOFT GOODS IN THE 315 00:13:41,937 --> 00:13:43,572 VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING. 316 00:13:43,572 --> 00:13:46,342 THERE IS A RISK VERSUS RISK. 317 00:13:46,342 --> 00:13:49,078 DOING IT AT THE PAD, YOU ARE 318 00:13:49,078 --> 00:13:51,313 EXPOSED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL 319 00:13:51,313 --> 00:13:51,714 CONDITIONS. 320 00:13:51,714 --> 00:13:57,553 WE DO IT IN THE ASSEMBLY 321 00:13:57,553 --> 00:14:01,757 BUILDING, WE CANNOT TEST THIS 322 00:14:01,757 --> 00:14:03,425 QUICK DISCONNECT. 323 00:14:03,425 --> 00:14:06,161 WE CAN ONLY DO IT AT AMBIENT 324 00:14:06,161 --> 00:14:06,595 TEMPERATURES. 325 00:14:06,595 --> 00:14:07,897 WE ARE WORKING THROUGH OPTIONS. 326 00:14:07,897 --> 00:14:11,233 THE TEAM, IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY, 327 00:14:11,233 --> 00:14:14,203 BUT THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH WHY 328 00:14:14,203 --> 00:14:17,373 WE DIDN'T SEE A LEAK OF THIS 329 00:14:17,373 --> 00:14:18,974 MAGNITUDE ON MONDAY, BUT WE ARE 330 00:14:18,974 --> 00:14:20,709 SEEING IT TODAY. 331 00:14:20,709 --> 00:14:22,778 THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING AT THE 332 00:14:22,778 --> 00:14:25,414 CHILL-DOWN PROCEDURE TO LOOK AT 333 00:14:25,414 --> 00:14:27,349 ADDITIONAL CONTROLS SUCH THAT WE 334 00:14:27,349 --> 00:14:44,433 DON'T HAVE A REOCCURRENCE OF THE 335 00:14:44,433 --> 00:14:45,167 PRESSURE WE HAD EARLIER TODAY. 336 00:14:45,167 --> 00:14:45,935 ALL THAT SAID, WE TALKED ABOUT 337 00:14:45,935 --> 00:14:46,735 IT BEFORE, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY 338 00:14:46,735 --> 00:14:47,369 HARD BUSINESS, THIS IS AN 339 00:14:47,369 --> 00:14:48,037 INITIAL TEST FLIGHT OF THIS 340 00:14:48,037 --> 00:14:48,604 VEHICLE AS WAS SAID BY 341 00:14:48,604 --> 00:14:49,171 ADMINISTRATOR NELSON. 342 00:14:49,171 --> 00:14:49,905 WE ARE GOING TO FLY WHEN WE ARE 343 00:14:49,905 --> 00:14:50,205 READY. 344 00:14:50,205 --> 00:14:50,940 AS PART OF THIS TEST FLIGHT, WE 345 00:14:50,940 --> 00:14:51,707 ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE VEHICLE, 346 00:14:51,707 --> 00:14:52,675 LEARNING HOW TO OPERATE THE 347 00:14:52,675 --> 00:14:55,311 VEHICLE, AND LEARNING ALL OF THE 348 00:14:55,311 --> 00:14:56,712 THINGS REQUIRED TO GET US READY 349 00:14:56,712 --> 00:14:57,446 TO FLY. 350 00:14:57,446 --> 00:14:59,114 WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED A LARGE 351 00:14:59,114 --> 00:15:01,417 NUMBER OF THOSE THINGS, NOT ONLY 352 00:15:01,417 --> 00:15:02,952 THROUGH WET DRESS AND SOME OF 353 00:15:02,952 --> 00:15:05,020 THE OTHER GROUND TESTS THAT WE 354 00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:06,088 HAVE HAD. 355 00:15:06,088 --> 00:15:13,562 BUT WE ARE STILL LEARNING AS WE 356 00:15:13,562 --> 00:15:19,935 GO TO GET THIS VEHICLE OFF 357 00:15:19,935 --> 00:15:20,269 SAFELY. 358 00:15:20,269 --> 00:15:21,003 OUR FOCUS IS ON UNDERSTANDING 359 00:15:21,003 --> 00:15:21,437 THE PROBLEM. 360 00:15:21,437 --> 00:15:23,038 DEVELOPING SOLUTIONS IN TERMS OF 361 00:15:23,038 --> 00:15:23,772 SCHEDULE, BUT ALSO RISK VERSUS 362 00:15:23,772 --> 00:15:24,206 RISK IMPACTS. 363 00:15:24,206 --> 00:15:24,907 AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP NEXT WEEK 364 00:15:24,907 --> 00:15:25,541 WHEN WE HAVE THOSE OPTIONS 365 00:15:25,541 --> 00:15:27,610 FLUSHED OUT FURTHER. 366 00:15:27,610 --> 00:15:30,446 >> NOW WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR 367 00:15:30,446 --> 00:15:31,213 QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM AND ALSO 368 00:15:31,213 --> 00:15:31,647 ON THE PHONES. 369 00:15:31,647 --> 00:15:34,483 ON THE PHONE, AS A REMINDER, 370 00:15:34,483 --> 00:15:37,219 PRESS STAR 1 TO GET INTO THE 371 00:15:37,219 --> 00:15:37,486 CUE. 372 00:15:37,486 --> 00:15:40,289 IN YOUR ROOM, IF YOU CAN LEAVE 373 00:15:40,289 --> 00:15:43,492 YOUR HAND HIGH FOR THE MIC 374 00:15:43,492 --> 00:15:43,993 FOLKS. 375 00:15:43,993 --> 00:15:48,030 FIRST UP IS JERRY WITH REUTERS. 376 00:15:48,030 --> 00:15:49,665 >> QUESTION FOR MIKE. 377 00:15:49,665 --> 00:15:53,302 IF YOU DECIDE TO ROLL BACK, I 378 00:15:53,302 --> 00:15:54,069 KNOW IT'S UNCERTAIN RIGHT NOW, 379 00:15:54,069 --> 00:15:55,804 WHAT'S THE QUICKEST YOU COULD 380 00:15:55,804 --> 00:15:57,773 ROLL BACK OUT TO THE PAD? 381 00:15:57,773 --> 00:15:59,942 WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE AND 382 00:15:59,942 --> 00:16:01,510 WHAT OTHER THINGS WOULD YOU HAVE 383 00:16:01,510 --> 00:16:02,311 TO DO WHILE IT'S THERE? 384 00:16:02,311 --> 00:16:04,179 >> WE ARE LOOKING AT SEVERAL 385 00:16:04,179 --> 00:16:07,783 WEEKS TO DO THAT. 386 00:16:07,783 --> 00:16:09,318 DEPENDING ON THE REQUIRED WORK 387 00:16:09,318 --> 00:16:11,186 AT THE PAD OR WHETHER WE DO IT 388 00:16:11,186 --> 00:16:13,889 IN THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY 389 00:16:13,889 --> 00:16:15,157 BUILDING, THAT WILL DETERMINE 390 00:16:15,157 --> 00:16:15,958 THE EXACT SCHEDULE. 391 00:16:15,958 --> 00:16:20,462 IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY HOW MANY 392 00:16:20,462 --> 00:16:20,763 DAYS. 393 00:16:20,763 --> 00:16:31,607 >> UP NEXT ON THE PHONES, WE 394 00:16:31,607 --> 00:16:38,480 HAVE MARCIA DUNN WITH THE AP. 395 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:44,820 >> Caller: YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 396 00:16:44,820 --> 00:16:45,387 >> WE CAN HEAR YOU. 397 00:16:45,387 --> 00:16:47,222 >> Caller: YES, I WAS WONDERING, 398 00:16:47,222 --> 00:16:47,990 IF YOU DO THE REPAIRS AT THE PAD 399 00:16:47,990 --> 00:16:48,657 AND IT GOES WELL, YOU COULD 400 00:16:48,657 --> 00:16:49,224 STILL MAYBE GET OFF IN 401 00:16:49,224 --> 00:16:49,892 SEPTEMBER, BY THE END OF THE 402 00:16:49,892 --> 00:16:50,492 MONTH, BEFORE THE SpaceX 403 00:16:50,492 --> 00:16:51,093 LAUNCH COMING UP AT THE 404 00:16:51,093 --> 00:16:51,660 BEGINNING OF OCTOBER? 405 00:16:51,660 --> 00:16:52,261 IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? 406 00:16:52,261 --> 00:16:55,597 THE WAY THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW, 407 00:16:55,597 --> 00:16:56,799 WHICH WAY DO YOU THINK YOU ARE 408 00:16:56,799 --> 00:16:58,000 LEANING FOR? 409 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:58,333 THANKS. 410 00:16:58,333 --> 00:17:04,973 >> I WILL TAKE THE FIRST PART OF 411 00:17:04,973 --> 00:17:05,274 THAT. 412 00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:06,508 I THINK WE STILL HAVE OUR 413 00:17:06,508 --> 00:17:07,242 CONSTRAINT ON THE RANGE, WITH 414 00:17:07,242 --> 00:17:08,510 THE RANGE TO TEST OUR FLIGHT 415 00:17:08,510 --> 00:17:09,645 TERMINATION SYSTEM, RIGHT NOW WE 416 00:17:09,645 --> 00:17:10,579 HAVE 25 DAYS. 417 00:17:10,579 --> 00:17:12,981 I THINK WE ARE GOING TO TALK 418 00:17:12,981 --> 00:17:15,384 WITH THE RANGE ABOUT WHAT THE 419 00:17:15,384 --> 00:17:16,318 POSSIBILITIES ARE. 420 00:17:16,318 --> 00:17:18,687 IN ORDER TO TEST OUR BATTERIES, 421 00:17:18,687 --> 00:17:20,355 CHANGE OUT THE BATTERIES, WE 422 00:17:20,355 --> 00:17:22,057 HAVE TO ROLL BACK FOR THAT. 423 00:17:22,057 --> 00:17:25,961 I WILL LET YOU HANDLE THE 424 00:17:25,961 --> 00:17:26,295 OPTIONS. 425 00:17:26,295 --> 00:17:28,464 >> MARCIA, WITH RESPECT TO 426 00:17:28,464 --> 00:17:29,932 WHETHER OR NOT SEPTEMBER, THE 427 00:17:29,932 --> 00:17:32,735 LATTER PART OF SEPTEMBER IS 428 00:17:32,735 --> 00:17:35,237 STILL IN THE TRADE SPACE, IT'S 429 00:17:35,237 --> 00:17:37,539 TOO EARLY TO TELL. 430 00:17:37,539 --> 00:17:39,842 IT COMES DOWN TO WHAT DOES THE 431 00:17:39,842 --> 00:17:41,744 FALL TREE ANALYSIS TELL US, WHAT 432 00:17:41,744 --> 00:17:44,747 ARE THE CHANGES AND MITIGATIONS 433 00:17:44,747 --> 00:17:46,415 REQUIRED TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT 434 00:17:46,415 --> 00:17:49,151 WE HAVE RESOLVED THIS LARGE LEAK 435 00:17:49,151 --> 00:17:52,454 AT THE 8-INCH QUICK DISCONNECT. 436 00:17:52,454 --> 00:17:53,622 WE'LL HAVE A BETTER ANSWER EARLY 437 00:17:53,622 --> 00:17:54,389 NEXT WEEK. 438 00:17:54,389 --> 00:17:57,159 RIGHT NOW IT'S TOO EARLY TO 439 00:17:57,159 --> 00:17:57,459 TELL. 440 00:17:57,459 --> 00:18:10,506 >> NEXT. 441 00:18:10,506 --> 00:18:17,012 WE HAVE TOM COSTELLO WITH NBC. 442 00:18:17,012 --> 00:18:17,546 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 443 00:18:17,546 --> 00:18:18,313 COULD I CLARIFY, YOU SAID THAT 444 00:18:18,313 --> 00:18:18,814 THE LINE HAD BEEN 445 00:18:18,814 --> 00:18:19,548 OVER-PRESSURIZED UP TO 60 PSI. 446 00:18:19,548 --> 00:18:20,282 DO YOU BELIEVE THAT CAUSED THE 447 00:18:20,282 --> 00:18:20,582 LEAK? 448 00:18:20,582 --> 00:18:22,084 AND ANY IDEA HOW THAT LINE WAS 449 00:18:22,084 --> 00:18:22,584 OVER-PRESSURIZED? 450 00:18:22,584 --> 00:18:23,786 >> MIKE TALKED ABOUT THE FAULT 451 00:18:23,786 --> 00:18:24,086 TREE. 452 00:18:24,086 --> 00:18:27,055 WE HAVE TO GO LOOK AT IS THAT A 453 00:18:27,055 --> 00:18:28,924 CAUSE, IS THAT THE CAUSE. 454 00:18:28,924 --> 00:18:30,692 I'M SURE IT WILL END UP ON THE 455 00:18:30,692 --> 00:18:31,493 FAULT TREE. 456 00:18:31,493 --> 00:18:33,996 BUT WE HAVE TO RUN THROUGH ALL 457 00:18:33,996 --> 00:18:35,497 LEGS BEFORE WE DECIDE THAT'S 458 00:18:35,497 --> 00:18:38,934 ABSOLUTELY THE CAUSE. 459 00:18:38,934 --> 00:18:41,703 WE DO, I THINK, I FORGET THE 460 00:18:41,703 --> 00:18:44,773 WORDS YOU USED LAST, WE TUNE IN 461 00:18:44,773 --> 00:18:45,874 THIS HYDROGEN. 462 00:18:45,874 --> 00:18:47,543 WE DID THAT ON MONDAY. 463 00:18:47,543 --> 00:18:49,745 MONDAY WE SAW IT START TO GO UP 464 00:18:49,745 --> 00:18:52,948 AND WE SLOWED THE RATE AND DID A 465 00:18:52,948 --> 00:18:53,749 MANUAL FILL. 466 00:18:53,749 --> 00:18:55,551 THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS. 467 00:18:55,551 --> 00:18:58,987 AND WE NEED TO LOOK, AS MIKE 468 00:18:58,987 --> 00:19:00,823 SAID, TO AUTOMATE THAT AND GET 469 00:19:00,823 --> 00:19:03,358 THE PLACES WHERE IT WILL CUT OUT 470 00:19:03,358 --> 00:19:06,695 IF THE PRESSURE IS GOING TOO 471 00:19:06,695 --> 00:19:06,995 HIGH. 472 00:19:06,995 --> 00:19:09,598 SO WE DON'T HIT THAT KIND OF 473 00:19:09,598 --> 00:19:10,065 COMMAND AGAIN. 474 00:19:10,065 --> 00:19:11,967 THAT WOULD BE PART OF WHAT WE 475 00:19:11,967 --> 00:19:14,069 AUTOMATE AND PRACTICE FOR THE 476 00:19:14,069 --> 00:19:14,937 NEXT TIME. 477 00:19:14,937 --> 00:19:15,871 IT'S ON THE FAULT TREE. 478 00:19:15,871 --> 00:19:18,040 IT'S TOUGH TO SAY RIGHT NOW THAT 479 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,742 IS THE ABSOLUTE CAUSE. 480 00:19:20,742 --> 00:19:27,082 >> CHRIS DAVENPORT, WASHINGTON 481 00:19:27,082 --> 00:19:27,382 POST. 482 00:19:27,382 --> 00:19:28,016 >> THANK YOU. 483 00:19:28,016 --> 00:19:30,919 I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, YOU ARE 484 00:19:30,919 --> 00:19:43,866 GOING BACK TO THE VAB NO MATTER 485 00:19:43,866 --> 00:19:44,166 WHAT? 486 00:19:44,166 --> 00:19:44,933 AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK 487 00:19:44,933 --> 00:19:53,609 ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES WITH THIS 488 00:19:53,609 --> 00:19:54,343 HYDROGEN LEAK, THIS BIG ONE YOU 489 00:19:54,343 --> 00:19:55,043 HAD, VERSUS THE ONE YOU WERE 490 00:19:55,043 --> 00:19:55,711 ABLE TO OVERCOME ON MONDAY. 491 00:19:55,711 --> 00:19:56,044 THANKS. 492 00:19:56,044 --> 00:19:56,778 >> FOR THE VAB PART OF IT, IT'S 493 00:19:56,778 --> 00:19:57,179 WHAT I SAID. 494 00:19:57,179 --> 00:19:57,713 WE HAVE TO GO BACK. 495 00:19:57,713 --> 00:19:58,447 WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH 496 00:19:58,447 --> 00:19:59,181 THE RANGE WE CAN LAUNCH WHEN OUR 497 00:19:59,181 --> 00:19:59,882 BATTERIES HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED 498 00:19:59,882 --> 00:20:00,315 AFTER 25 DAYS. 499 00:20:00,315 --> 00:20:02,451 SO THAT RUNS OUT HERE, AS MIKE 500 00:20:02,451 --> 00:20:02,918 SAID. 501 00:20:02,918 --> 00:20:04,586 AND SO IN ORDER TO CHANGE THEM 502 00:20:04,586 --> 00:20:06,355 OUT, WE HAVE TO GO BACK. 503 00:20:06,355 --> 00:20:07,856 TO GET THAT KIND OF EXTENSION 504 00:20:07,856 --> 00:20:09,625 WITH THE RANGE IS SOMETHING WE 505 00:20:09,625 --> 00:20:11,193 HAVE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT. 506 00:20:11,193 --> 00:20:12,995 RIGHT NOW OUR POSITION IS WE'LL 507 00:20:12,995 --> 00:20:15,397 HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE VAB. 508 00:20:15,397 --> 00:20:17,332 WHEN WE GO BACK, IT WILL DEPEND 509 00:20:17,332 --> 00:20:19,067 ON THE TESTING OPTIONS MIKE 510 00:20:19,067 --> 00:20:19,768 TALKED ABOUT. 511 00:20:19,768 --> 00:20:22,604 >> TO TAKE A CRACK AT THE SECOND 512 00:20:22,604 --> 00:20:23,739 PART OF YOUR QUESTION THERE, 513 00:20:23,739 --> 00:20:25,807 CHRIS, IN TERMS OF THE LEAK THAT 514 00:20:25,807 --> 00:20:29,578 WE SAW ON MONDAY, IT WAS A 515 00:20:29,578 --> 00:20:30,779 MANAGEABLE LEAK. 516 00:20:30,779 --> 00:20:32,481 THIS WAS NOT A MANAGEABLE LEAK. 517 00:20:32,481 --> 00:20:36,485 AS SOON AS WE STARTED TO GET IN 518 00:20:36,485 --> 00:20:38,487 TO FAST FILL AND WE NEED TO GET 519 00:20:38,487 --> 00:20:41,590 INTO FAST FILL AS PART OF THIS 520 00:20:41,590 --> 00:20:46,161 BALANCE OF YOU WANT TO LOAD 521 00:20:46,161 --> 00:20:48,130 WITHIN THE CAPABILITY OF THE 522 00:20:48,130 --> 00:20:50,399 QUICK DISCONNECT WHICH TELLS YOU 523 00:20:50,399 --> 00:20:51,733 WANT TO SLOW IT DOWN. 524 00:20:51,733 --> 00:20:53,635 BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO SPEED IT UP 525 00:20:53,635 --> 00:20:55,170 SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR LAUNCH 526 00:20:55,170 --> 00:20:57,139 WINDOW SO YOU HAVE THIS BALANCE 527 00:20:57,139 --> 00:21:00,208 BETWEEN THE FLOW RATE AND THE 528 00:21:00,208 --> 00:21:01,643 PRESSURE AND IF THERE'S A LEAK 529 00:21:01,643 --> 00:21:03,745 PRESENT, YOU NEED TO MANAGE 530 00:21:03,745 --> 00:21:04,046 THAT. 531 00:21:04,046 --> 00:21:05,414 ON MONDAY THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO 532 00:21:05,414 --> 00:21:06,648 SUCCESSFULLY WORK THEIR WAY 533 00:21:06,648 --> 00:21:09,851 THROUGH THAT WHILE STAYING BELOW 534 00:21:09,851 --> 00:21:12,187 THE HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATION 535 00:21:12,187 --> 00:21:13,422 LIMIT OF THE HYDROGEN THAT WAS 536 00:21:13,422 --> 00:21:14,890 LEAKING OUT. 537 00:21:14,890 --> 00:21:15,891 WE WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT TODAY. 538 00:21:15,891 --> 00:21:18,193 IT WAS A MUCH LARGER LEAK. 539 00:21:18,193 --> 00:21:19,895 THE TEAM TRIED TO WORK AND USE 540 00:21:19,895 --> 00:21:23,031 THE SAME TECHNIQUE AS PART OF A 541 00:21:23,031 --> 00:21:24,399 PRE-PLANNED PROCEDURE. 542 00:21:24,399 --> 00:21:29,237 THEY TRIED MULTIPLE TIMES AND 543 00:21:29,237 --> 00:21:30,572 THAT DIDN'T WORK. 544 00:21:30,572 --> 00:21:33,208 THEY TRIED TO BUMP THE QUICK 545 00:21:33,208 --> 00:21:35,043 DISCONNECT AND RECEDE IT, NONE 546 00:21:35,043 --> 00:21:37,713 OF THOSE TECHNIQUES USED. 547 00:21:37,713 --> 00:21:40,816 THE TECHNIQUES WE USED ON MONDAY 548 00:21:40,816 --> 00:21:46,488 WERE NOT WORKING IN OUR FAVOR. 549 00:21:46,488 --> 00:21:55,931 >> THANKS, MIKE. 550 00:21:55,931 --> 00:21:56,631 CHRISTIAN FISCHER WITH CNN. 551 00:21:56,631 --> 00:21:57,065 >> THANK YOU. 552 00:21:57,065 --> 00:21:57,899 JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS A 553 00:21:57,899 --> 00:21:58,867 PRECEDENT FOR GETTING AN 554 00:21:58,867 --> 00:22:00,135 EXTENSION WITH THE RANGE ON 555 00:22:00,135 --> 00:22:01,136 SOMETHING LIKE THIS? 556 00:22:01,136 --> 00:22:03,338 HAS THAT EVER BEEN DONE BEFORE? 557 00:22:03,338 --> 00:22:05,841 OR IF YOU WERE TO ASK FOR THE 558 00:22:05,841 --> 00:22:06,641 RANGE FOR THAT, TO ALLOW THE 559 00:22:06,641 --> 00:22:08,443 VEHICLE TO STAY ON THE LAUNCH 560 00:22:08,443 --> 00:22:11,213 PAD BEFORE NEXT ATTEMPT, WOULD 561 00:22:11,213 --> 00:22:12,414 THAT BE SOMETHING THAT HASN'T 562 00:22:12,414 --> 00:22:13,348 BEEN DONE BEFORE? 563 00:22:13,348 --> 00:22:16,952 >> WE WORKED WITH THEM TO GO 564 00:22:16,952 --> 00:22:18,754 FROM 20 TO 25 DAYS SHOWING THEM 565 00:22:18,754 --> 00:22:21,690 THE TECHNICAL DATA THEY NEEDED 566 00:22:21,690 --> 00:22:24,393 TO SEE ABOUT THE INTEGRITY MUCH 567 00:22:24,393 --> 00:22:25,127 OUR SYSTEM. 568 00:22:25,127 --> 00:22:27,596 THERE IS PROBABLY OTHER ONES. 569 00:22:27,596 --> 00:22:31,700 WE JUST NEGOTIATED WITH THEM TO 570 00:22:31,700 --> 00:22:32,701 GO FROM 20 TO 25. 571 00:22:32,701 --> 00:22:34,569 >> DO YOU FEEL CONFIDENT THAT 572 00:22:34,569 --> 00:22:36,271 THERE IS A CHANCE THAT PERHAPS 573 00:22:36,271 --> 00:22:37,939 THIS ROCKET COULD STAY ON THE 574 00:22:37,939 --> 00:22:42,144 PAD BEFORE NEXT LAUNCH ATTEMPT? 575 00:22:42,144 --> 00:22:45,781 >> MY CONJECTURE IS I DON'T 576 00:22:45,781 --> 00:22:46,114 KNOW. 577 00:22:46,114 --> 00:22:47,649 IT'S REALLY THEIR CALL. 578 00:22:47,649 --> 00:22:51,420 AND I THINK WE HAVE DATA THAT 579 00:22:51,420 --> 00:22:51,987 PROBABLY SUPPORTS IT. 580 00:22:51,987 --> 00:22:52,988 I KNOW OUR FOLKS ARE GOING TO 581 00:22:52,988 --> 00:22:54,856 TALK TO THE RANGE AS SOON AS 582 00:22:54,856 --> 00:22:56,591 THEY ARE ABLE TO. 583 00:22:56,591 --> 00:22:57,893 THAT'S SERIOUS BUSINESS THAT 584 00:22:57,893 --> 00:22:59,761 THEY DEAL WITH AND WE DEAL WITH. 585 00:22:59,761 --> 00:23:01,930 WE WANT TO RESPECT THAT THIS IS 586 00:23:01,930 --> 00:23:05,500 THEIR RANGE AND WE ARE LAUNCHING 587 00:23:05,500 --> 00:23:06,768 FROM IT. 588 00:23:06,768 --> 00:23:11,740 >> LAUREN WITH BLOOMBERG. 589 00:23:11,740 --> 00:23:14,509 >> I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN WALK 590 00:23:14,509 --> 00:23:16,044 US THROUGH WHAT HARDWARE YOU 591 00:23:16,044 --> 00:23:18,713 NEED TO BE REPLACING, EXACTLY 592 00:23:18,713 --> 00:23:21,750 WHERE IT IS AND HOW 593 00:23:21,750 --> 00:23:23,285 TIME-INTENSIVE THAT WORK WILL 594 00:23:23,285 --> 00:23:24,486 BE. 595 00:23:24,486 --> 00:23:24,820 THANKS. 596 00:23:24,820 --> 00:23:26,955 >> I WILL TAKE A CRACK AT THAT. 597 00:23:26,955 --> 00:23:30,859 RIGHT NOW WE ARE FOCUSED ON THE 598 00:23:30,859 --> 00:23:33,562 8 INCHES QUICK DISCONNECT AND 599 00:23:33,562 --> 00:23:35,397 SIMPLY THE SOFT GOODS, THE SEAL 600 00:23:35,397 --> 00:23:36,832 THAT SURROUNDS IT. 601 00:23:36,832 --> 00:23:39,000 WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THE FAULT 602 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,703 TREE ANALYSIS TO FIGURE OUT 603 00:23:41,703 --> 00:23:48,944 EXACTLY IF THERE IS ANYTHING 604 00:23:48,944 --> 00:23:49,711 ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTED 605 00:23:49,711 --> 00:23:49,978 FOR. 606 00:23:49,978 --> 00:23:50,812 IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO TELL, 607 00:23:50,812 --> 00:23:51,646 AGAIN, AS TO WHAT ELSE MAY BE IN 608 00:23:51,646 --> 00:23:55,283 PLAY, WHAT OTHER WORK MAY BE 609 00:23:55,283 --> 00:23:55,650 NECESSARY. 610 00:23:55,650 --> 00:23:57,486 THERE IS YOUR ENGINEERING REVIEW 611 00:23:57,486 --> 00:23:59,354 BOARD OR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT 612 00:23:59,354 --> 00:24:01,256 WILL HAPPEN IN THE OFFICE 613 00:24:01,256 --> 00:24:01,656 ENVIRONMENT. 614 00:24:01,656 --> 00:24:04,960 THEN WE'LL GO OUT AND HE DEMATE 615 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,295 THE UMBILICAL, WHETHER IT'S ON 616 00:24:07,295 --> 00:24:10,065 THE PAD OR VEHICLE ASSEMBLY 617 00:24:10,065 --> 00:24:11,466 BUILDING, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE 618 00:24:11,466 --> 00:24:13,602 TEAM BRINGS FORWARD NEXT WEEK. 619 00:24:13,602 --> 00:24:28,116 WE'LL PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER AND 620 00:24:28,116 --> 00:24:28,850 DECIDE WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE 621 00:24:28,850 --> 00:24:29,618 CAN RESOLVE ON THE DATA WE HAVE 622 00:24:29,618 --> 00:24:30,385 AND WE DON'T NEED TO CHECK THESE 623 00:24:30,385 --> 00:24:31,119 THINGS OR WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO 624 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:31,653 CHECK THESE THINGS. 625 00:24:31,653 --> 00:24:32,387 AND THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME 626 00:24:32,387 --> 00:24:33,054 WITNESS INFORMATION WHEN WE 627 00:24:33,054 --> 00:24:33,622 DEMATE THE UMBILICAL. 628 00:24:33,622 --> 00:24:34,756 WE ARE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT DEMATING 629 00:24:34,756 --> 00:24:37,993 THE UMBILICAL, WE DON'T WANT TO 630 00:24:37,993 --> 00:24:40,762 DISTURB WHAT MAY BE CRITICAL 631 00:24:40,762 --> 00:24:42,731 ENGINEERING DATA AS PART OF 632 00:24:42,731 --> 00:24:43,031 THAT. 633 00:24:43,031 --> 00:24:47,035 BEFORE WE PROCEED INTO A SIMPLE 634 00:24:47,035 --> 00:24:48,803 WHAT WE THINK MAY BE A SIMPLE 635 00:24:48,803 --> 00:24:50,972 REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THIS 636 00:24:50,972 --> 00:24:52,707 QUICK DISCONNECT SEAL, WE WANT 637 00:24:52,707 --> 00:24:54,509 TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT 638 00:24:54,509 --> 00:24:55,810 OVERLOOKING SOMETHING. 639 00:24:55,810 --> 00:24:57,345 WE WANT TO TAKE TIME TO GO 640 00:24:57,345 --> 00:25:01,516 THROUGH THIS FROM AN ENGINEERING 641 00:25:01,516 --> 00:25:02,150 STANDPOINT, EXCLUDE ANY 642 00:25:02,150 --> 00:25:03,685 POTENTIAL CAUSE BASED ON THE 643 00:25:03,685 --> 00:25:04,319 INFORMATION WE HAD. 644 00:25:04,319 --> 00:25:06,788 IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL EXACTLY 645 00:25:06,788 --> 00:25:10,192 WHERE WE MAY NEED TO DO SOME 646 00:25:10,192 --> 00:25:10,492 WORK. 647 00:25:10,492 --> 00:25:14,963 >> THANK YOU. 648 00:25:14,963 --> 00:25:16,531 ERIC BURGER. 649 00:25:16,531 --> 00:25:20,335 >> TWO QUICK ONES ABOUT THE 650 00:25:20,335 --> 00:25:20,702 HYDROGEN. 651 00:25:20,702 --> 00:25:23,505 FIRST OF ALL, MIKE, IF I WAS 652 00:25:23,505 --> 00:25:27,876 STANDING THERE WITH A BUCKET, 653 00:25:27,876 --> 00:25:29,377 HOW QUICKLY WOULD IF FILL THE 654 00:25:29,377 --> 00:25:29,711 BUCKET? 655 00:25:29,711 --> 00:25:33,181 I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE HOW 656 00:25:33,181 --> 00:25:34,015 LASHING THE LEAK WAS. 657 00:25:34,015 --> 00:25:35,550 FOR SENATOR NELSON, WHEN YOU 658 00:25:35,550 --> 00:25:37,319 WERE WRITING THE AUTHORIZATION 659 00:25:37,319 --> 00:25:40,889 BILL IN 2010, SETTING UP THIS 660 00:25:40,889 --> 00:25:47,963 SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM, DID YOU 661 00:25:47,963 --> 00:25:48,697 HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE USE OF 662 00:25:48,697 --> 00:25:49,064 HYDROGEN? 663 00:25:49,064 --> 00:25:52,734 >> I WILL ANSWER THAT RIGHT OUT. 664 00:25:52,734 --> 00:25:55,370 I, ALONG WITH SENATOR 665 00:25:55,370 --> 00:25:58,173 HUTCHINSON, ALONG WITH OUR FOLKS 666 00:25:58,173 --> 00:26:00,942 IN THE WHITE HOUSE, DEFERRED TO 667 00:26:00,942 --> 00:26:03,645 THE PEOPLE WHO BEST KNEW THE 668 00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:04,579 SYSTEMS. 669 00:26:04,579 --> 00:26:05,680 SO THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION 670 00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:06,514 IS NO. 671 00:26:06,514 --> 00:26:10,018 WE DID NOT HAVE ANY QUESTION 672 00:26:10,018 --> 00:26:11,052 ABOUT HYDROGEN. 673 00:26:11,052 --> 00:26:17,659 WE DEFERRED TO THE EXPERTS. 674 00:26:17,659 --> 00:26:19,160 >> AND, ERIC, TO ANSWER YOUR 675 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,663 QUESTION ABOUT HOW LARGE IS THE 676 00:26:21,663 --> 00:26:30,939 LEAK, I WOULDN'T USE A BUCKET 677 00:26:30,939 --> 00:26:31,506 ANALOGY ON THAT ONE. 678 00:26:31,506 --> 00:26:32,073 IT'S A CONCENTRATION. 679 00:26:32,073 --> 00:26:33,675 WHEN YOU HAVE A FUEL SOURCE IN 680 00:26:33,675 --> 00:26:42,984 ATMOSPHERIC AIR THAT CONTAINS 681 00:26:42,984 --> 00:26:43,685 20% OXYGEN, WHEN YOU MIX THE 682 00:26:43,685 --> 00:26:44,953 TWO, ALL YOU NEED IS AN IGNITION 683 00:26:44,953 --> 00:26:45,587 SOURCE TO CLOSE THE FIRE 684 00:26:45,587 --> 00:26:45,954 TRIANGLE. 685 00:26:45,954 --> 00:26:47,889 WE KNOW WHEN YOU GET ROUGHLY 686 00:26:47,889 --> 00:26:49,658 ABOVE A 4% CONCENTRATION OF 687 00:26:49,658 --> 00:26:54,963 HYDROGEN IN AMBIENT AIR, YOU ARE 688 00:26:54,963 --> 00:27:04,172 AT RISK OF HAVING A FLAMMABILITY 689 00:27:04,172 --> 00:27:04,506 HAZARD. 690 00:27:04,506 --> 00:27:06,875 WE WERE SEEING EXCESS OF TWO, 691 00:27:06,875 --> 00:27:09,611 THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE, OR 692 00:27:09,611 --> 00:27:12,447 TWO, THREE TIMES OUR ACCEPTABLE 693 00:27:12,447 --> 00:27:14,716 CONCENTRATION LIMIT. 694 00:27:14,716 --> 00:27:16,418 IT WAS CLEAR WE WEREN'T GOING TO 695 00:27:16,418 --> 00:27:18,887 BE ABLE TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH 696 00:27:18,887 --> 00:27:21,022 IT ON MONDAY IN TERMS OF THE 697 00:27:21,022 --> 00:27:22,490 MANAGING OF THE LEAK. 698 00:27:22,490 --> 00:27:25,060 EVERY TIME WE SAW THE LEAK, IT 699 00:27:25,060 --> 00:27:27,128 WAS A LARGE LEAK THAT 700 00:27:27,128 --> 00:27:32,901 IMMEDIATELY EXCEEDED 701 00:27:32,901 --> 00:27:33,501 ORIFLAMMABLETY LIMITS. 702 00:27:33,501 --> 00:27:35,036 A COUPLE OF TECHNIQUES WERE 703 00:27:35,036 --> 00:27:36,971 TRIED, WE COULDN'T GET THERE 704 00:27:36,971 --> 00:27:40,075 TODAY. 705 00:27:40,075 --> 00:27:42,310 >> CHRIS FROM SPACE.COM. 706 00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:45,413 >> THANK YOU. 707 00:27:45,413 --> 00:27:46,948 THIS IS FOR MIKE. 708 00:27:46,948 --> 00:27:48,550 JUST A FOLLOW-UP ABOUT THE 709 00:27:48,550 --> 00:27:51,820 NATURE OF WHAT HAS TO BE 710 00:27:51,820 --> 00:27:52,187 REPLACED. 711 00:27:52,187 --> 00:27:53,088 YOU MENTIONED SOFT GOODS. 712 00:27:53,088 --> 00:27:55,824 IS THAT AS SIMPLE AS A RUBBER 713 00:27:55,824 --> 00:27:57,192 SEAL, SILICONE OR MORE HARDWARE 714 00:27:57,192 --> 00:27:58,626 YOU HAVE TO REPLACE? 715 00:27:58,626 --> 00:28:00,962 AND WHY WOULD YOU NEED AN 716 00:28:00,962 --> 00:28:04,966 ENCLOSURE AROUND IT, IS IT TO 717 00:28:04,966 --> 00:28:06,601 PREVENT CORROSION AROUND THAT 718 00:28:06,601 --> 00:28:06,901 SEAL? 719 00:28:06,901 --> 00:28:09,671 THANK YOU. 720 00:28:09,671 --> 00:28:14,376 >> SO THE QUICK DISCONNECT, IT 721 00:28:14,376 --> 00:28:21,282 IS A METAL POP-IT LIKE DEVICE. 722 00:28:21,282 --> 00:28:24,219 IT HAS A GASKET AROUND IT. 723 00:28:24,219 --> 00:28:28,757 I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT GASKET 724 00:28:28,757 --> 00:28:29,124 MATERIAL. 725 00:28:29,124 --> 00:28:31,393 BUT IF WE WERE TO SEE DAMAGE ON 726 00:28:31,393 --> 00:28:33,395 THE QUICK DISCONNECT, THAT WOULD 727 00:28:33,395 --> 00:28:36,631 TELL US WE NEED TO REPLACE THE 728 00:28:36,631 --> 00:28:38,867 HARDWARE. 729 00:28:38,867 --> 00:28:39,834 IF WE SAW FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS 730 00:28:39,834 --> 00:28:42,036 THAT WOULD TELL US THAT MAYBE WE 731 00:28:42,036 --> 00:28:43,872 GOT SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON. 732 00:28:43,872 --> 00:28:46,674 OR IF WE JUST SAW A SIMPLE 733 00:28:46,674 --> 00:28:49,344 DAMAGE ON THE GASKET, WE GOT 734 00:28:49,344 --> 00:28:52,847 SPARES WE CAN QUICKLY REMOVE AND 735 00:28:52,847 --> 00:28:53,348 REPLACE THAT. 736 00:28:53,348 --> 00:28:57,485 OUR HISTORY OF OUR OWN TESTING 737 00:28:57,485 --> 00:29:00,054 AT THE LAUNCH EQUIPMENT TEST 738 00:29:00,054 --> 00:29:01,956 FACILITY WHICH IS RIGHT HERE AT 739 00:29:01,956 --> 00:29:04,025 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, TELLS US 740 00:29:04,025 --> 00:29:06,494 THAT A LEAK OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS 741 00:29:06,494 --> 00:29:08,229 TYPICALLY RESOLVED THROUGH A 742 00:29:08,229 --> 00:29:10,698 REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE 743 00:29:10,698 --> 00:29:11,566 SOFT GOODS, THAT SEAL, AND 744 00:29:11,566 --> 00:29:13,334 THAT'S ONE OF OUR LEADING 745 00:29:13,334 --> 00:29:17,372 SUSPECTS RIGHT NOW. 746 00:29:17,372 --> 00:29:18,506 BUT AGAIN, WE NEED TO GO THROUGH 747 00:29:18,506 --> 00:29:20,208 THE FAULT TREE, WE NEED TO 748 00:29:20,208 --> 00:29:22,777 INSPECT THE HARDWARE, WE NEED TO 749 00:29:22,777 --> 00:29:24,846 SEE WHAT THE HARDWARE IS TELLING 750 00:29:24,846 --> 00:29:25,113 US. 751 00:29:25,113 --> 00:29:26,915 IN TERMS OF EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS 752 00:29:26,915 --> 00:29:29,350 TO BE DONE, IT'S TOO EARLY TO 753 00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:29,651 TELL. 754 00:29:29,651 --> 00:29:31,619 I'M SORRY, THERE WAS A SECOND 755 00:29:31,619 --> 00:29:32,754 PART TO YOUR QUESTION. 756 00:29:32,754 --> 00:29:35,123 I DON'T RECALL WHAT THE SECOND 757 00:29:35,123 --> 00:29:35,490 PART WAS. 758 00:29:35,490 --> 00:29:37,492 >> ABOUT THE ENCLOSURE. 759 00:29:37,492 --> 00:29:41,729 >> THE ENCLOSURE AFFORDS US THE 760 00:29:41,729 --> 00:29:44,866 ABILITY TO PROVIDE WHAT WE CALL 761 00:29:44,866 --> 00:29:49,737 A PURGE AT THAT INTERFACE. 762 00:29:49,737 --> 00:29:50,905 THE PURGE ALLOWS US TO PUSH 763 00:29:50,905 --> 00:29:53,675 NITROGEN IN THERE TO ESSENTIALLY 764 00:29:53,675 --> 00:29:55,710 INERT OR PUSH OUT ANY OXYGEN. 765 00:29:55,710 --> 00:30:00,482 SO IT REDUCES THE LIKELIHOOD OF 766 00:30:00,482 --> 00:30:02,350 FLAMMABILITY HAZARD. 767 00:30:02,350 --> 00:30:05,220 IF WE WERE TO PUMP REGULAR OLD 768 00:30:05,220 --> 00:30:06,721 AIR, IT HAS OXYGEN IN IT. 769 00:30:06,721 --> 00:30:09,657 WE ELIMINATE THAT OXYGEN BY 770 00:30:09,657 --> 00:30:10,959 CREATING AN ENCLOSURE AND 771 00:30:10,959 --> 00:30:13,061 PUTTING NITROGEN IN THERE TO 772 00:30:13,061 --> 00:30:14,529 DISPLACE ANY OXYGEN SUCH THAT IF 773 00:30:14,529 --> 00:30:16,498 THERE IS A HYDROGEN LEAK, YOU 774 00:30:16,498 --> 00:30:19,501 GOT ONE LEG OF THE FIRE TRIANGLE 775 00:30:19,501 --> 00:30:22,237 REMOVED. 776 00:32:49,417 --> 00:32:51,686 THERE WAS A SEQUENCE OF ABOUT A 777 00:32:51,686 --> 00:32:53,588 DOZEN COMMANDS THAT WERE 778 00:32:53,588 --> 00:32:56,024 REQUIRED AND IT WAS SIMPLY THE 779 00:32:56,024 --> 00:32:58,660 WRONG VALVE WAS COMMANDED AND IT 780 00:32:58,660 --> 00:33:04,432 WAS IDENTIFIED AFTER ABOUT 3 OR 781 00:33:04,432 --> 00:33:05,900 4 SECONDS AND IT WAS RECTIFIED. 782 00:33:05,900 --> 00:33:07,769 SO THAT'S WHAT WE UNDERSTAND. 783 00:33:07,769 --> 00:33:09,637 WE KNOW WHAT THE PRESSURE 784 00:33:09,637 --> 00:33:11,839 PROFILE LOOKED LIKE AT THIS 785 00:33:11,839 --> 00:33:13,908 PARTICULAR INTERFACE. 786 00:33:13,908 --> 00:33:18,212 AND WE'RE LOOKING AT AGAIN THE 787 00:33:18,212 --> 00:33:21,716 SEQUENCE AND AS WAS MENTIONED BY 788 00:33:21,716 --> 00:33:23,851 OUR LEAD PROJECT ENGINEER 789 00:33:23,851 --> 00:33:27,121 EARLIER TODAY WE WANT TO BE 790 00:33:27,121 --> 00:33:28,723 DELIBERATE AND CAREFUL ABOUT 791 00:33:28,723 --> 00:33:30,625 DRAWING CONCLUSIONS HERE, 792 00:33:30,625 --> 00:33:32,060 BECAUSE CORRELATION DOES NOT 793 00:33:32,060 --> 00:33:34,028 EQUAL CAUSE INDICATION. 794 00:33:34,028 --> 00:33:38,933 WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE 795 00:33:38,933 --> 00:33:41,636 INADVERTENT OVERDRESS AND LOOK 796 00:33:41,636 --> 00:33:43,538 WHAT THAT MEANT TO THIS 797 00:33:43,538 --> 00:33:45,106 PARTICULAR INTERFACE AND THEN 798 00:33:45,106 --> 00:33:48,109 WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FAULT TREE 799 00:33:48,109 --> 00:33:52,413 ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEAK THAT WE 800 00:33:52,413 --> 00:33:52,680 SAW. 801 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:57,785 IF THERE IS A CONJUNCTION OF 802 00:33:57,785 --> 00:34:00,388 POTENTIAL CAUSES ON THE FAULT 803 00:34:00,388 --> 00:34:03,391 TREE, THEN THAT WILL TAKE US ONE 804 00:34:03,391 --> 00:34:08,029 DOWN PATH. 805 00:34:08,029 --> 00:34:12,300 IF THERE IS NO ROOT CAUSE THEN 806 00:34:12,300 --> 00:34:14,535 THAT WILL TAKE US DOWN AN 807 00:34:14,535 --> 00:34:15,336 ANOTHER PATH. 808 00:34:15,336 --> 00:34:16,671 IT'S EARLY TO TELL. 809 00:34:16,671 --> 00:34:18,106 WE LOOKED THROUGH QUITE A BIT OF 810 00:34:18,106 --> 00:34:19,340 INFORMATION ALREADY BUT WE GOT 811 00:34:19,340 --> 00:34:21,209 TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS ONE 812 00:34:21,209 --> 00:34:26,614 AND WE'LL DO IT METHODICALLY. 813 00:34:26,614 --> 00:34:29,684 >> QUESTION: JEFF FAUST WITH 814 00:34:29,684 --> 00:34:31,085 SPACE NEWS YOU. 815 00:34:31,085 --> 00:34:33,421 IF THE RANG ALLOWS YOU TO EXTEND 816 00:34:33,421 --> 00:34:35,990 THE LIFE AND DO THE REPAIRS ON 817 00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:37,725 THE PAD, ARE THERE ANY OTHER 818 00:34:37,725 --> 00:34:39,527 FACTORS THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO 819 00:34:39,527 --> 00:34:42,697 STAY THERE AND NOT HAVE YOU ROLL 820 00:34:42,697 --> 00:34:42,997 BACK? 821 00:34:42,997 --> 00:34:48,436 >> WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR STAY 822 00:34:48,436 --> 00:34:53,775 AT THE PAD BECAUSE A FOR ORION, 823 00:34:53,775 --> 00:34:56,144 THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS AT HOW 824 00:34:56,144 --> 00:34:57,512 MUCH TIME THEY CAN SPEND AT THE 825 00:34:57,512 --> 00:34:58,312 PAD VERSUS THE WINDS. 826 00:34:58,312 --> 00:34:59,947 SO WE HAVE TO LOOK WITHIN THAT 827 00:34:59,947 --> 00:35:02,383 AND IF WE'RE WITHIN THAT THAT 828 00:35:02,383 --> 00:35:03,951 WOULD BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT AS 829 00:35:03,951 --> 00:35:05,386 A PLUS SIDE IF WE CAN STAY 830 00:35:05,386 --> 00:35:08,656 WITHIN THAT ANALYSIS. 831 00:35:08,656 --> 00:35:11,392 BUT ULTIMATE I WE'RE DRIVEN BY 832 00:35:11,392 --> 00:35:11,659 FPS. 833 00:35:11,659 --> 00:35:12,493 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE 834 00:35:12,493 --> 00:35:15,329 ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? 835 00:35:15,329 --> 00:35:19,801 >> YEAH, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT 836 00:35:19,801 --> 00:35:24,572 WORK EXACTLY WE NEED TO DO. 837 00:35:24,572 --> 00:35:26,374 THERE MAY BE, DEPENDING ON THE 838 00:35:26,374 --> 00:35:27,975 FALL TREE ANALYSIS AND ANY 839 00:35:27,975 --> 00:35:31,445 INSPECTION WORK THAT WE DO, IT 840 00:35:31,445 --> 00:35:32,914 MAY MEAN THAT THE VEHICLE 841 00:35:32,914 --> 00:35:33,915 ASSEMBLY BUILDING IS THE RIGHT 842 00:35:33,915 --> 00:35:35,149 PLACE TO DO THIS WORK. 843 00:35:35,149 --> 00:35:37,518 WE ARE MINDFUL WE'RE OUT THERE 844 00:35:37,518 --> 00:35:39,587 IN THE ELEMENTS WHEN WE'RE AT 845 00:35:39,587 --> 00:35:40,955 THE PAD. 846 00:35:40,955 --> 00:35:44,225 THAT HAS A COUPLE OF PROS AND 847 00:35:44,225 --> 00:35:47,028 CONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 848 00:35:47,028 --> 00:35:49,130 YOU KNOW, THE CONS HAPPEN PRETTY 849 00:35:49,130 --> 00:35:50,631 MUCH EVERY HAPPEN AROUND HERE 850 00:35:50,631 --> 00:35:52,033 WHEN YOU GET A SHOWER OR A 851 00:35:52,033 --> 00:35:54,669 THUNDERSTORM ROLLING THROUGH. 852 00:35:54,669 --> 00:35:59,807 AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ISSUES 853 00:35:59,807 --> 00:36:04,779 WITH THAT INTERFACE BECAUSE WE 854 00:36:04,779 --> 00:36:06,714 DE-MATED IT OUT THERE IN THE 855 00:36:06,714 --> 00:36:07,148 ENVIRONMENT. 856 00:36:07,148 --> 00:36:08,683 SO, WE'RE GOING TO TALK THROUGH 857 00:36:08,683 --> 00:36:09,650 ALL THOSE THINGS. 858 00:36:09,650 --> 00:36:11,419 I THINK IT'S AGAIN A LITTLE BIT 859 00:36:11,419 --> 00:36:13,721 EARLY TO SAY AS TO WHAT THE 860 00:36:13,721 --> 00:36:18,526 RIGHT PATH FORWARD IS. 861 00:36:18,526 --> 00:36:22,797 FLIGHT DETERMINATION SYSTEM IS 862 00:36:22,797 --> 00:36:24,866 ONE THING TO CONSIDER AND THE 863 00:36:24,866 --> 00:36:27,935 RANG HAS BEEN FANTASTIC AS PART 864 00:36:27,935 --> 00:36:30,838 OF THE GOVERNMENT AND INNER 865 00:36:30,838 --> 00:36:31,272 AGENCY WORK. 866 00:36:31,272 --> 00:36:32,640 WE DON'T OWN THAT DECISION BUT 867 00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:33,241 THE RANG DOES. 868 00:36:33,241 --> 00:36:34,775 SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH 869 00:36:34,775 --> 00:36:35,776 THEM AND TALK WITH THEM BEFORE 870 00:36:35,776 --> 00:36:44,886 ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE. 871 00:36:44,886 --> 00:36:46,687 >> 872 00:36:46,687 --> 00:36:49,090 >> REPORTER: ARE YOU DOING 873 00:36:49,090 --> 00:36:51,392 ANOTHER WET DRESS REHEARSAL 874 00:36:51,392 --> 00:36:53,494 INSTEAD OF DOING ANOTHER LAUNCH 875 00:36:53,494 --> 00:36:53,961 ATTEMPT. 876 00:36:53,961 --> 00:36:54,829 ADMINISTRATION SAID WE WON'T 877 00:36:54,829 --> 00:36:56,063 LAUNCH UNTIL IT'S RIGHT. 878 00:36:56,063 --> 00:36:58,599 IN ORDER TO GET TO THAT POINT IS 879 00:36:58,599 --> 00:36:59,567 THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE 880 00:36:59,567 --> 00:37:02,536 YOU SAY, LET'S GO BACK AND WE'LL 881 00:37:02,536 --> 00:37:03,838 TEST IT'S RIGHT? 882 00:37:03,838 --> 00:37:07,141 >> I GUESS WHAT I WOULD SAY, 883 00:37:07,141 --> 00:37:09,744 WHATEVER THE CONNECTION THAT WE 884 00:37:09,744 --> 00:37:14,582 ARE TESTING UNDER AMBIENT WILL 885 00:37:14,582 --> 00:37:16,250 ACT A LOT DIFFERENT. 886 00:37:16,250 --> 00:37:19,387 WE TESTED THIS ONE IN OUR WET 887 00:37:19,387 --> 00:37:21,455 DRESS AND WE SAW IT MANAGEABLE 888 00:37:21,455 --> 00:37:22,924 THE OTHER DAY. 889 00:37:22,924 --> 00:37:28,863 SO TO US HYDROGEN IS DIFFICULT 890 00:37:28,863 --> 00:37:43,077 TO WORK WITH. 891 00:37:43,077 --> 00:37:50,985 WHAT THAT CRYOGENIC TEST IS TBD. 892 00:37:50,985 --> 00:37:54,322 BUT WE TESTED THIS AT A WET 893 00:37:54,322 --> 00:37:54,622 DRESS. 894 00:37:54,622 --> 00:37:56,724 TO SAY WE SHOULD HAVE DONE 895 00:37:56,724 --> 00:37:59,293 ANOTHER WET DRESS, THIS WEAN 896 00:37:59,293 --> 00:37:59,627 SEALED. 897 00:37:59,627 --> 00:38:00,962 I WILL TAKE EVERYBODY BACK. 898 00:38:00,962 --> 00:38:04,765 THE SUMMER OF 1990 WAS THE 899 00:38:04,765 --> 00:38:07,635 SUMMER OF HYDROGEN WHERE 900 00:38:07,635 --> 00:38:09,971 SHUTTLEL WAS LAUNCHING FOR 9 901 00:38:09,971 --> 00:38:12,506 YEARS AND THEY CHASED A WHOLE 902 00:38:12,506 --> 00:38:15,476 SUMMER CHASING HYDROGEN LEEKS. 903 00:38:15,476 --> 00:38:18,813 WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE DIFFERENT 904 00:38:18,813 --> 00:38:20,281 HYDROGEN LEEKS. 905 00:38:20,281 --> 00:38:21,282 WHATEVER THE FAULT IS WE'LL HAVE 906 00:38:21,282 --> 00:38:24,285 TO FIND OUT AND WE'LL RUN IT TO 907 00:38:24,285 --> 00:38:25,686 GROUND AND BUILD THAT CONFIDENCE 908 00:38:25,686 --> 00:38:27,154 TO COME OUT EARLY. 909 00:38:27,154 --> 00:38:29,290 IF THE TEAM SAYS, A WET DRESS IS 910 00:38:29,290 --> 00:38:31,759 THE WAY TO GO, THEN WE NEED TO 911 00:38:31,759 --> 00:38:32,593 FIGURE IT OUT. 912 00:38:32,593 --> 00:38:37,598 BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WE 913 00:38:37,598 --> 00:38:40,434 TESTED IT AND IT WORKED AND IT 914 00:38:40,434 --> 00:38:42,203 DIDN'T TODAY. 915 00:38:42,203 --> 00:38:46,107 >> WE KNOW WE DON'T NEED TO DO A 916 00:38:46,107 --> 00:39:00,254 FULL WET DRESS REHEARSAL. 917 00:39:00,254 --> 00:39:01,455 AFTER THIS WORK IS DONE AT THE 918 00:39:01,455 --> 00:39:07,895 PAD WE DON'T NEED TO DO A 919 00:39:07,895 --> 00:39:11,899 FULL-UP WET DRESS REHEARSAL IF 920 00:39:11,899 --> 00:39:13,868 THAT MAKES SENSE. 921 00:39:13,868 --> 00:39:20,741 >> REPORTER: YOU TALKED ABOUT IT 922 00:39:20,741 --> 00:39:22,309 BEING INADVERTENT. 923 00:39:22,309 --> 00:39:24,645 WAS THAT SOFTWARE THAT CAUSED 924 00:39:24,645 --> 00:39:27,815 THE OVERPRESSURIZATION AND IS IT 925 00:39:27,815 --> 00:39:30,084 SOMETHING YOU'VE DONE SEEN OTHER 926 00:39:30,084 --> 00:39:30,885 TIMES WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT? 927 00:39:30,885 --> 00:39:35,022 I TAKE IT FROM YOUR EARLIER 928 00:39:35,022 --> 00:39:38,359 ANSWER YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE 929 00:39:38,359 --> 00:39:39,493 OVERPRESSURIZATION MAY HAVE 930 00:39:39,493 --> 00:39:44,098 AFFECTED O-RINGS AND ANYTHING. 931 00:39:44,098 --> 00:39:45,099 >> THE FIRST PART OF THE 932 00:39:45,099 --> 00:39:48,836 QUESTION THE INADVERTENT COMMAND 933 00:39:48,836 --> 00:39:51,839 AND OVERPRESS, AGAIN, IT'S A 934 00:39:51,839 --> 00:39:54,842 LITTLE BIT EARLY TO TELL EXACTLY 935 00:39:54,842 --> 00:39:55,309 WHAT HAPPENED. 936 00:39:55,309 --> 00:39:56,677 WE'RE STILL WORKING OUR WAY 937 00:39:56,677 --> 00:39:57,011 THROUGH. 938 00:39:57,011 --> 00:40:05,319 THIS WAS A MANUAL SEQUENCE. 939 00:40:05,319 --> 00:40:06,754 IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FACT THAT 940 00:40:06,754 --> 00:40:09,190 WE DIDN'T AUTOMATE THIS 941 00:40:09,190 --> 00:40:11,425 PARTICULAR SEQUENCE THAT COULD 942 00:40:11,425 --> 00:40:14,128 HAVE BEEN PART OF THE REASON WE 943 00:40:14,128 --> 00:40:17,364 HAD THE INADVERTENT 944 00:40:17,364 --> 00:40:18,466 OVERPRESSURE. 945 00:40:18,466 --> 00:40:21,702 THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER 946 00:40:21,702 --> 00:40:23,337 REASONS WHEN YOU'RE AN OPERATOR 947 00:40:23,337 --> 00:40:25,673 AND YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH A 948 00:40:25,673 --> 00:40:27,842 COMMAND SEQUENCE THAT COULD HAVE 949 00:40:27,842 --> 00:40:33,080 COME INTO PLAY. 950 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:34,482 WE'LL LOOK THROUGH THE DATA AND 951 00:40:34,482 --> 00:40:37,551 WE'LL REASSESS WHY THIS 952 00:40:37,551 --> 00:40:38,652 INADVERTENT COMMAND HAPPENED. 953 00:40:38,652 --> 00:40:41,755 IN TERMS OF SOFT GOODS IT'S A 954 00:40:41,755 --> 00:40:47,695 SEAL THAT IS A NON-METALLIC 955 00:40:47,695 --> 00:40:48,295 MATERIAL. 956 00:40:48,295 --> 00:40:50,464 I DON'T KNOW WHAT PARTICULAR 957 00:40:50,464 --> 00:41:00,708 MATERIAL IT IS. 958 00:41:00,708 --> 00:41:02,109 >> REPORTER: I THINK THIS IS 959 00:41:02,109 --> 00:41:03,210 PROBABLY FOR MIKE. 960 00:41:03,210 --> 00:41:04,879 THERE WAS TIME BETWEEN THE 961 00:41:04,879 --> 00:41:07,281 RECOMMENDATION TO SCRUB AND WHEN 962 00:41:07,281 --> 00:41:09,150 CHARLEY DECIDED TO CALL IT A 963 00:41:09,150 --> 00:41:09,750 DAY. 964 00:41:09,750 --> 00:41:11,652 WAS THERE ADDITIONAL 965 00:41:11,652 --> 00:41:12,553 TROUBLESHOOTING THAT WAS BEING 966 00:41:12,553 --> 00:41:13,387 DISCUSSED AS AN OPTION? 967 00:41:13,387 --> 00:41:15,589 WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WAS 968 00:41:15,589 --> 00:41:17,925 GLEANED FROM THE ACTIVITIES THAT 969 00:41:17,925 --> 00:41:27,701 TOOK PLACE TODAY? 970 00:41:27,701 --> 00:41:28,469 WAY THE SENSOR ISSUE A FACTOR AT 971 00:41:28,469 --> 00:41:29,203 ALL IN ANY OF THESE SCENARIOS? 972 00:41:29,203 --> 00:41:30,738 >> I'LL START WITH YOUR LAST 973 00:41:30,738 --> 00:41:31,105 QUESTION. 974 00:41:31,105 --> 00:41:31,772 SHORT ANSWER IS NO. 975 00:41:31,772 --> 00:41:33,741 THE SENSOR ISSUE THAT WE SAW THE 976 00:41:33,741 --> 00:41:39,280 OTHER DAY THAT IS ON THE ENGINE 977 00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:44,285 SIDE AS PART OF THE ENGINE 978 00:41:44,285 --> 00:41:45,452 BLEED. 979 00:41:45,452 --> 00:41:47,821 THAT REALLY HASN'T ENTERED INTO 980 00:41:47,821 --> 00:41:48,789 THE DISCUSSION. 981 00:41:48,789 --> 00:41:51,992 IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL 982 00:41:51,992 --> 00:41:53,561 TROUBLESHOOTING, THERE WAS A 983 00:41:53,561 --> 00:41:58,199 PAUSE BEFORE A SCRUB WAS 984 00:41:58,199 --> 00:41:59,667 DECLARED. 985 00:41:59,667 --> 00:42:01,802 AND WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS COME 986 00:42:01,802 --> 00:42:05,673 FROM OUR ENGINEERING TEAM AS TO 987 00:42:05,673 --> 00:42:06,574 WHAT A POTENTIAL OPTION SHOULD 988 00:42:06,574 --> 00:42:11,478 BE AND IT TURNED OUT TO NOT BE A 989 00:42:11,478 --> 00:42:12,279 VIABLE OPTION. 990 00:42:12,279 --> 00:42:13,347 THERE WERE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS 991 00:42:13,347 --> 00:42:15,649 TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD REALLY 992 00:42:15,649 --> 00:42:16,684 EXHAUSTED ALL OUR OPTIONS AND 993 00:42:16,684 --> 00:42:19,320 THAT'S WHY THERE WAS A LITTLE 994 00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,055 BIT OF A PAUSE TOWARDS THE END 995 00:42:21,055 --> 00:42:24,792 BEFORE THE SCRUB WAS DECLARED. 996 00:42:24,792 --> 00:42:31,065 >> REPORTER: HI MY NAME IS JACOB 997 00:42:31,065 --> 00:42:32,733 AND I'M A STUDENT REPORTER. 998 00:42:32,733 --> 00:42:34,201 I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 999 00:42:34,201 --> 00:42:36,937 ONE, SO I KNOW I HEARD EARLIER 1000 00:42:36,937 --> 00:42:40,608 THAT THE TEMPERATURE AFFECTS HOW 1001 00:42:40,608 --> 00:42:43,010 THE ROCKET LAUNCH GOES IN SOME 1002 00:42:43,010 --> 00:42:43,410 WAYS. 1003 00:42:43,410 --> 00:42:46,146 AS SMALLER GOES INTO FALL AND 1004 00:42:46,146 --> 00:42:47,248 WINTER, HOW IS THIS MISSION 1005 00:42:47,248 --> 00:42:49,650 GOING TO NEED TO BE ADAPTED 1006 00:42:49,650 --> 00:42:51,552 GOING FORWARD THIS FAR INTO THE 1007 00:42:51,552 --> 00:42:51,919 FUTURE? 1008 00:42:51,919 --> 00:42:54,088 I KNOW IT'S ONE YOU WON'T WANT 1009 00:42:54,088 --> 00:42:55,522 TO HEAR RIGHT NOW BUT I'LL ASK 1010 00:42:55,522 --> 00:42:56,924 IT ANYWAY. 1011 00:42:56,924 --> 00:43:00,327 HOW DOES THIS PUSHBACK THE 1012 00:43:00,327 --> 00:43:02,229 TIMELINE OF THE ART MISSION 1013 00:43:02,229 --> 00:43:03,430 PROGRAM AS A WHOLE? 1014 00:43:03,430 --> 00:43:06,200 >> WE ARE STILL PLANNING ARTEMIS 1015 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:12,973 2 IN 2024 AND ARTEMIS 3 IN '25. 1016 00:43:12,973 --> 00:43:14,875 >> IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURE 1017 00:43:14,875 --> 00:43:16,510 EFFECTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A 1018 00:43:16,510 --> 00:43:18,646 COMBINATION OF SOLID PROPELLANT 1019 00:43:18,646 --> 00:43:21,181 IN THE BOOSTERS AND LIQUID 1020 00:43:21,181 --> 00:43:22,349 PROPEL PENT IN THE CORE STAGE, 1021 00:43:22,349 --> 00:43:25,719 THE CORE STAGE REALLY HAS NO 1022 00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:27,755 SIGNIFICANT IMPACT DUE TO 1023 00:43:27,755 --> 00:43:28,989 TEMPERATURE OTHER THAN WHAT WE 1024 00:43:28,989 --> 00:43:33,260 CALL THE BOIL OFF, WHICH IS YOU 1025 00:43:33,260 --> 00:43:34,795 CAUSE THE PROPELLANT TO GO FROM 1026 00:43:34,795 --> 00:43:36,330 A LIQUID TO A GAS AND YOU'RE NOT 1027 00:43:36,330 --> 00:43:39,900 ABLE TO FEED THE ENGINES AS PART 1028 00:43:39,900 --> 00:43:40,534 OF THAT. 1029 00:43:40,534 --> 00:43:42,803 THAT IS -- THERE IS ESSENTIALLY 1030 00:43:42,803 --> 00:43:45,706 NO EFFECT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. 1031 00:43:45,706 --> 00:43:48,976 BECAUSE AS WE GO FROM SUMMER 1032 00:43:48,976 --> 00:43:51,078 INTO THE FALL MONTHS, BECAUSE 1033 00:43:51,078 --> 00:43:53,480 YOU LOAD THE CRYO AND THEN YOU 1034 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,183 GO AND YOU ENSURE THAT THE TANK 1035 00:43:56,183 --> 00:43:59,253 IS FULL BEFORE YOU GO. 1036 00:43:59,253 --> 00:44:03,657 IN TERMS OF THE SOLID PROPULSION 1037 00:44:03,657 --> 00:44:05,526 SYSTEM, THE LOWER THE BULK 1038 00:44:05,526 --> 00:44:07,127 TEMPERATURE OF THE PROPELLANT 1039 00:44:07,127 --> 00:44:08,429 THE LOWER PERFORMANCE AND WE 1040 00:44:08,429 --> 00:44:10,798 KNOW WHAT THE PERFORMANCE 1041 00:44:10,798 --> 00:44:11,865 CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE 1042 00:44:11,865 --> 00:44:13,600 PARTICULAR BOOSTERS ARE AND 1043 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:17,204 THEY'VE BEEN TESTED THROUGHOUT 1044 00:44:17,204 --> 00:44:17,971 THE FULL RANGE. 1045 00:44:17,971 --> 00:44:20,507 THE SUMMER MONTHS YOU GET THE 1046 00:44:20,507 --> 00:44:21,575 MOST PERFORMANCE OUT OF THE 1047 00:44:21,575 --> 00:44:25,479 SOLIDS AND THE PERFORMANCE WILL 1048 00:44:25,479 --> 00:44:28,482 BE SLIGHTLY LOWER IN THE FALL. 1049 00:44:28,482 --> 00:44:31,218 BUT THE PERFORMANCE WAS EYE 1050 00:44:31,218 --> 00:44:33,153 WATER IN TERMS OF MARGIN IN 1051 00:44:33,153 --> 00:44:36,457 TERMS OF ALTITUDE SO WE'RE NOT 1052 00:44:36,457 --> 00:44:37,591 CONCERNED WITH PERFORMANCE OF 1053 00:44:37,591 --> 00:44:40,928 THE ROCKET AT THIS POINT. 1054 00:44:40,928 --> 00:44:52,439 >> REPORTER: GIVEN THESE TWO ON 1055 00:44:52,439 --> 00:44:55,509 FURTHER DELAYS, HOW DOES THIS 1056 00:44:55,509 --> 00:44:57,478 AFFECT THE PAYLOAD ON BOARD? 1057 00:44:57,478 --> 00:45:00,381 DO WE NEED BATTERY CHANGES OR 1058 00:45:00,381 --> 00:45:04,752 HOW DOES IT AFFECT THE CUBESATS? 1059 00:45:04,752 --> 00:45:07,454 >> I THINK WE ANSWERED THE CUBE 1060 00:45:07,454 --> 00:45:08,922 STAT QUESTION EARLIER. 1061 00:45:08,922 --> 00:45:11,091 WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE LIMITED 1062 00:45:11,091 --> 00:45:15,629 BATTERY LIFE ON THE CUBE 1063 00:45:15,629 --> 00:45:17,831 CUBESATS AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT 1064 00:45:17,831 --> 00:45:21,735 THE DECAY RATES ARE. 1065 00:45:21,735 --> 00:45:27,841 THE CUSTOMERS OF THE CUBE 1066 00:45:27,841 --> 00:45:32,579 SATURDAYS ARE AWARE. 1067 00:45:32,579 --> 00:45:34,114 WE HAVE RADIATION MONITORS AND A 1068 00:45:34,114 --> 00:45:36,216 NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS AND WE 1069 00:45:36,216 --> 00:45:38,419 KNOW WHAT THE INSTALL OR 1070 00:45:38,419 --> 00:45:39,486 BASELINE CONFIGURATION WAS. 1071 00:45:39,486 --> 00:45:42,055 OBVIOUSLY THE LONGER YOU SIT OUT 1072 00:45:42,055 --> 00:45:43,557 THERE ON PAD THE MORE RADIATION 1073 00:45:43,557 --> 00:45:45,459 SOME OF THESE SENSORS WILL 1074 00:45:45,459 --> 00:45:47,394 ACCRUE BUT WE ALSO HAVE WITNESS 1075 00:45:47,394 --> 00:45:49,696 SENSORS IN THERE TO HELP US 1076 00:45:49,696 --> 00:45:52,666 UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ACCUMULATE 1077 00:45:52,666 --> 00:45:54,435 DURING THE SPACEFLIGHT PORTION 1078 00:45:54,435 --> 00:45:55,702 AS OPPOSED TO HERE ON THE 1079 00:45:55,702 --> 00:45:56,036 GROUND. 1080 00:45:56,036 --> 00:45:57,471 THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS 1081 00:45:57,471 --> 00:46:01,241 THAT WE PLAN AHEAD AND TRACK AND 1082 00:46:01,241 --> 00:46:02,843 AT THIS POINT WE'RE REALLY 1083 00:46:02,843 --> 00:46:05,345 FOCUSSED ON GETTING THE VEHICLE 1084 00:46:05,345 --> 00:46:08,148 READY AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE 1085 00:46:08,148 --> 00:46:10,818 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ARE TO THE 1086 00:46:10,818 --> 00:46:13,587 PAYLOADS AND THE CUBESATS 1087 00:46:13,587 --> 00:46:16,089 WHETHER THEY'RE IN ORION OR ON 1088 00:46:16,089 --> 00:46:19,359 THE ROCKET AS PART OF THE 10 1089 00:46:19,359 --> 00:46:20,160 CUBESATS. 1090 00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:26,800 YEAH, I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 1091 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:28,335 THAT. 1092 00:46:28,335 --> 00:46:31,572 >> REPORTER: MY QUESTION IS FOR 1093 00:46:31,572 --> 00:46:33,040 THE SENATOR. 1094 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,108 WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT 1095 00:46:35,108 --> 00:46:37,911 GOING UNTIL YOU'RE READY AND IT 1096 00:46:37,911 --> 00:46:39,279 IS RIGHT. 1097 00:46:39,279 --> 00:46:42,049 WE KNOW THAT SCRUBS ARE A VERY 1098 00:46:42,049 --> 00:46:44,451 NATURAL PART OF ALL OF THE SPACE 1099 00:46:44,451 --> 00:46:44,818 MISSIONS. 1100 00:46:44,818 --> 00:46:47,120 THAT SAID, I GOT TO BELIEVE THAT 1101 00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:49,389 THERE'S SOME LEVEL OF 1102 00:46:49,389 --> 00:46:49,857 DISAPPOINTMENT. 1103 00:46:49,857 --> 00:46:52,159 CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE DEMEANOR 1104 00:46:52,159 --> 00:46:54,261 INSIDE AND SPECIFICALLY HOW IS 1105 00:46:54,261 --> 00:46:55,629 CHARLIE BLACKWELL THOMPSON AND 1106 00:46:55,629 --> 00:46:58,298 WHAT DID YOU SAY TO HER TODAY 1107 00:46:58,298 --> 00:47:00,267 AFTER THE DECISION TO SCRUB? 1108 00:47:00,267 --> 00:47:03,637 >> THE DEMEANOR IN THE LCC IS 1109 00:47:03,637 --> 00:47:05,506 VERY PROFESSIONAL. 1110 00:47:05,506 --> 00:47:08,175 THEY DO THEIR JOB. 1111 00:47:08,175 --> 00:47:12,045 NATURALLY ALL OF US, NO MORE 1112 00:47:12,045 --> 00:47:16,850 THAN ALL OF US INCLUDING THE LCC 1113 00:47:16,850 --> 00:47:22,155 WANTED IT GO TO GO TODAY. 1114 00:47:22,155 --> 00:47:24,825 BUT THESE GUYS THAT ARE THE 1115 00:47:24,825 --> 00:47:40,007 PROFESSIONALS KNOW WE DON'T GO 1116 00:47:40,007 --> 00:47:41,208 UNTIL IT'S A READY 1117 00:47:41,208 --> 00:47:43,810 >> REPORTER: HOW'S CHARLIE 1118 00:47:43,810 --> 00:47:44,144 DOING? 1119 00:47:44,144 --> 00:47:46,280 ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU CAN 1120 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:46,580 SHARE? 1121 00:47:46,580 --> 00:47:49,349 >> I WILL SAY THIS BEFORE MIKE 1122 00:47:49,349 --> 00:47:53,287 ANSWERS THAT THIS TEAM IS VERY 1123 00:47:53,287 --> 00:47:56,023 AWARE OF POTENTIAL FATIGUE AND 1124 00:47:56,023 --> 00:48:01,028 THEREFORE THEY GAVE SUFFICIENT 1125 00:48:01,028 --> 00:48:03,297 TIME OFF FOR THE TEAM YESTERDAY 1126 00:48:03,297 --> 00:48:09,369 AFTER THE M M T WHICH I I THINK 1127 00:48:09,369 --> 00:48:11,171 OCCURRED 2 DAYS AGO, THEY GAVE 1128 00:48:11,171 --> 00:48:12,372 EVERYBODY THE DAY OFF SO THEY 1129 00:48:12,372 --> 00:48:16,143 COULD REGROUP AND M T WHICH I I 1130 00:48:16,143 --> 00:48:16,877 OCCURRED 2 DAYS AGO, THEY GAVE 1131 00:48:16,877 --> 00:48:17,611 EVERYBODY THE DAY OFF SO THEY 1132 00:48:17,611 --> 00:48:18,445 COULD REGROUP AND T WHICH I I T 1133 00:48:18,445 --> 00:48:19,179 OCCURRED 2 DAYS AGO, THEY GAVE 1134 00:48:19,179 --> 00:48:19,880 EVERYBODY THE DAY OFF SO THEY 1135 00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:20,480 COULD REGROUP AND REST. 1136 00:48:20,480 --> 00:48:21,248 AND THAT'S PART OF THE LESSONS 1137 00:48:21,248 --> 00:48:22,082 THAT CAME OUT OF THE CHALLENGER 1138 00:48:22,082 --> 00:48:22,416 REPORT. 1139 00:48:22,416 --> 00:48:26,453 FATIGUE WAS A FACTOR THERE. 1140 00:48:26,453 --> 00:48:28,655 >> IN TERMS OF THE FIRING ROOM 1141 00:48:28,655 --> 00:48:32,426 AND CHARLIE IN PARTICULAR, ONE 1142 00:48:32,426 --> 00:48:35,762 OF THE THINGS THAT I 1143 00:48:35,762 --> 00:48:38,298 PARTICULARLY ENJOY ABOUT THE 1144 00:48:38,298 --> 00:48:40,367 AGENCY, YOU SURROUND YOURSELF 1145 00:48:40,367 --> 00:48:42,869 WITH AMAZINGLY CAPABLE BUILDING 1146 00:48:42,869 --> 00:48:44,805 AND AMAZING LEADERSHIP AND 1147 00:48:44,805 --> 00:48:47,374 CHARLIE IS ONE OF THOSE AMAZING 1148 00:48:47,374 --> 00:48:48,342 LEADERS WE HAVE IN THE AGENCY. 1149 00:48:48,342 --> 00:48:49,943 WHEN I WAS TALKING TO HER ABOUT 1150 00:48:49,943 --> 00:48:51,812 THE SCRUB DECISION SHE WAS 1151 00:48:51,812 --> 00:48:53,880 FOCUSSED, HEAD IN THE GAME. 1152 00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:58,752 SHE WAS FOCUSSED ON THE 1153 00:48:58,752 --> 00:49:00,654 OPERATION AND THE FLIGHT 1154 00:49:00,654 --> 00:49:04,391 HARDWARE AND SAVING THE VEHICLE 1155 00:49:04,391 --> 00:49:08,428 AND ENSURING THE TEAM HAD WHAT 1156 00:49:08,428 --> 00:49:10,297 THEY NEEDED TO GET THROUGH THE 1157 00:49:10,297 --> 00:49:13,100 REMAINING OPERATION. 1158 00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:14,968 THAT'S KIND OF NATURAL WHEN YOU 1159 00:49:14,968 --> 00:49:17,971 COME FROM THE OPERATIONS REALM. 1160 00:49:17,971 --> 00:49:20,073 THERE'S DEFINITELY TIME TO 1161 00:49:20,073 --> 00:49:22,943 REFLECT ON THAT AFTER YOU COME 1162 00:49:22,943 --> 00:49:25,312 OUT OF THE FIRING ROOM ON DRIVE 1163 00:49:25,312 --> 00:49:27,047 HOME OR ONCE YOU'RE HOME. 1164 00:49:27,047 --> 00:49:28,849 BUT THAT WAS NEITHER THE TIME OR 1165 00:49:28,849 --> 00:49:30,984 PLACE AND SHE DIDN'T SHOW ANY 1166 00:49:30,984 --> 00:49:33,086 INKLING SHE WAS FOCUSSED ON 1167 00:49:33,086 --> 00:49:34,121 ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE RIGHT 1168 00:49:34,121 --> 00:49:35,822 DECISIONS FOR HER TEAM AND FOR 1169 00:49:35,822 --> 00:49:50,470 THE SPACECRAFT AND FOR THE 1170 00:49:50,470 --> 00:49:51,438 ROCKET. 1171 00:49:51,438 --> 00:49:53,340 I'M STILL UNCLEAR ABOUT THE 1172 00:49:53,340 --> 00:49:54,541 DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT 1173 00:49:54,541 --> 00:49:56,543 YOU'RE GOING TO ROLL BACK. 1174 00:49:56,543 --> 00:49:58,512 JIM, I HEARD YOU SAY YOU MUST 1175 00:49:58,512 --> 00:50:00,681 ROLL BACK BECAUSE OF THE FTS 1176 00:50:00,681 --> 00:50:01,048 BATTERIES. 1177 00:50:01,048 --> 00:50:03,517 MIKE, I HEARD YOU SAY IF YOU 1178 00:50:03,517 --> 00:50:07,287 ROLL BACK YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO 1179 00:50:07,287 --> 00:50:08,455 RECHARGE THE CUBESATS. 1180 00:50:08,455 --> 00:50:09,923 IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THE RANG 1181 00:50:09,923 --> 00:50:12,125 AND ASK THEM TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER 1182 00:50:12,125 --> 00:50:13,860 WAIVER FOR THE STS IT'S NOT JUST 1183 00:50:13,860 --> 00:50:21,802 A COUPLE DAYS BUT SEVERAL WEEKS. 1184 00:50:21,802 --> 00:50:24,705 CAN YOU CONDENSE IT ALL AND SAY 1185 00:50:24,705 --> 00:50:25,972 ARE YOU ROLLING BACK OR NOT? 1186 00:50:25,972 --> 00:50:31,611 CAN YOU MAKE AN A DECISION AND 1187 00:50:31,611 --> 00:50:36,116 IS THE FTS THE ONLY THING YOU -- 1188 00:50:36,116 --> 00:50:44,057 >> WE DON'T HAVE AN FTS AND 1189 00:50:44,057 --> 00:50:44,925 UNTILING WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE TO 1190 00:50:44,925 --> 00:50:45,726 ROLL BACK IN ORDER TO SATISFY 1191 00:50:45,726 --> 00:50:57,904 THE RANGE REQUIREMENT. 1192 00:50:57,904 --> 00:50:59,573 WE'LL WORK WITH THE RANGE TO TRY 1193 00:50:59,573 --> 00:50:59,973 TO GET THAT. 1194 00:50:59,973 --> 00:51:00,707 WE HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT THEY'RE 1195 00:51:00,707 --> 00:51:01,241 WILLING TO GIVE US. 1196 00:51:01,241 --> 00:51:02,008 THAT NEGOTIATION HASN'T HAPPENED 1197 00:51:02,008 --> 00:51:03,176 SO AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED WE 1198 00:51:03,176 --> 00:51:04,611 HAVE TO ROLL BACK BECAUSE WE 1199 00:51:04,611 --> 00:51:06,079 HAVE TO SATISFY THAT 1200 00:51:06,079 --> 00:51:06,613 REQUIREMENT. 1201 00:51:06,613 --> 00:51:08,115 THAT'S WHERE I THINK MIKE'S IF 1202 00:51:08,115 --> 00:51:09,382 STATEMENT COMES FROM. 1203 00:51:09,382 --> 00:51:11,218 BECAUSE THAT IS A POSSIBILITY 1204 00:51:11,218 --> 00:51:13,053 BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT TODAY. 1205 00:51:13,053 --> 00:51:15,122 >> I'LL JUST BE UP FRONT WITH 1206 00:51:15,122 --> 00:51:15,422 YOU. 1207 00:51:15,422 --> 00:51:17,591 I DON'T ALWAYS PICK THE BEST 1208 00:51:17,591 --> 00:51:17,924 WORDS. 1209 00:51:17,924 --> 00:51:18,391 [LAUGHTER] 1210 00:51:18,391 --> 00:51:21,762 >> AND I COULD HAVE CHOSEN A 1211 00:51:21,762 --> 00:51:27,334 BETTER PHRASE OR WORD IN THAT 1212 00:51:27,334 --> 00:51:27,634 CASE. 1213 00:51:27,634 --> 00:51:28,235 AND JIM IS RIGHT. 1214 00:51:28,235 --> 00:51:30,604 IT IS NOT OUR DECISION. 1215 00:51:30,604 --> 00:51:33,907 IT IS THE RANGE'S DECISION AND 1216 00:51:33,907 --> 00:51:34,674 THEY'RE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR 1217 00:51:34,674 --> 00:51:36,176 PUBLIC SAFETY. 1218 00:51:36,176 --> 00:51:39,012 WHEN WE ROLL BACK, UNLESS WE GET 1219 00:51:39,012 --> 00:51:42,916 A WAIVER, IT IS A ROLL BACK 1220 00:51:42,916 --> 00:51:43,283 SCENARIO. 1221 00:51:43,283 --> 00:51:45,118 I SAID "IF" AND I APOLOGIZE FOR 1222 00:51:45,118 --> 00:51:45,719 THAT. 1223 00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:47,921 I PROBABLY COULD HAVE CHOSEN 1224 00:51:47,921 --> 00:51:48,488 BETTER WORDS. 1225 00:51:48,488 --> 00:51:50,423 IF THAT'S THE HARDEST THING I 1226 00:51:50,423 --> 00:51:53,093 HAD TO DEAL WITH TODAY THEN I'M 1227 00:51:53,093 --> 00:52:00,867 HAPPY ABOUT THAT. 1228 00:52:00,867 --> 00:52:04,037 >> REPORTER: MY QUESTION CAN BE 1229 00:52:04,037 --> 00:52:05,505 FOR ANY OR ALL OF YOU ALL. 1230 00:52:05,505 --> 00:52:09,042 CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT ACTUAL 1231 00:52:09,042 --> 00:52:11,344 COSTS OF TWO BACK-TO-BACK 1232 00:52:11,344 --> 00:52:11,678 SCRUBS? 1233 00:52:11,678 --> 00:52:13,647 AND DO YOU FEEL THERE'S A COST 1234 00:52:13,647 --> 00:52:15,215 TO PUBLIC PERCEPTION? 1235 00:52:15,215 --> 00:52:16,416 SHOULD THERE WAS SO MUCH 1236 00:52:16,416 --> 00:52:19,219 BUILD-UP TO THIS LAUNCH AND SO 1237 00:52:19,219 --> 00:52:22,255 MANY PEOPLE CAME TO FLORIDA 1238 00:52:22,255 --> 00:52:27,060 HOPING TO SEE A MOON ROCKET IS 1239 00:52:27,060 --> 00:52:28,328 THERE SOMETHING YOU'RE LOOKING 1240 00:52:28,328 --> 00:52:30,831 AT NOW REGARDING THE PUBLIC? 1241 00:52:30,831 --> 00:52:32,966 >> YOU ALL TALK ABOUT THE 1242 00:52:32,966 --> 00:52:37,604 BACK-TO-BACK COST AND I'LL TALK 1243 00:52:37,604 --> 00:52:38,205 ABOUT THE PERCEPTION. 1244 00:52:38,205 --> 00:52:46,646 [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW SPACE IS THE 1245 00:52:46,646 --> 00:52:46,947 PLACE. 1246 00:52:46,947 --> 00:52:51,418 EVERYBODY IS REALLY INTERESTED 1247 00:52:51,418 --> 00:52:52,552 IN THIS MISSION AND GOING BACK 1248 00:52:52,552 --> 00:52:54,688 TO MARS AND GETTING READY TO GO 1249 00:52:54,688 --> 00:52:55,789 BACK TO THE MOON AND GETTING 1250 00:52:55,789 --> 00:52:59,993 READY TO GO TO MARS. 1251 00:52:59,993 --> 00:53:04,364 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID 1252 00:53:04,364 --> 00:53:10,437 EARLY ON WE TRIED TO STRESS THAT 1253 00:53:10,437 --> 00:53:12,505 THIS IS A TEST AND A TEST HAS 1254 00:53:12,505 --> 00:53:17,677 CERTAIN RISKS. 1255 00:53:17,677 --> 00:53:19,179 WE POUNDED THAT IN EVERY PUBLIC 1256 00:53:19,179 --> 00:53:26,186 COMMENT THAT WE HAD. 1257 00:53:26,186 --> 00:53:27,254 THIS ORDER TO GET EXPECTATIONS 1258 00:53:27,254 --> 00:53:29,422 IN ALIGNMENT WITH REALITY AND 1259 00:53:29,422 --> 00:53:31,625 YET HUMAN NATURE IS WHAT YOU 1260 00:53:31,625 --> 00:53:39,165 KNOW IT IS. 1261 00:53:39,165 --> 00:53:40,500 YOU SAW CROWDS OUT HERE ON 1262 00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:42,135 MONDAY MORNING. 1263 00:53:42,135 --> 00:53:46,473 A LOT LESS CROWDS TODAY. 1264 00:53:46,473 --> 00:53:49,242 HOWEVER THE NATURE OF HUMANS IS 1265 00:53:49,242 --> 00:54:03,323 THAT WE WANT DESPITE ALL THAT 1266 00:54:03,323 --> 00:54:05,659 THAT'S WHY THESE GUYS ARE SUCH 1267 00:54:05,659 --> 00:54:07,661 CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONALS. 1268 00:54:07,661 --> 00:54:08,962 THEY DO IT BY THE BOOK AND WHEN 1269 00:54:08,962 --> 00:54:09,663 IT'S READY. 1270 00:54:09,663 --> 00:54:11,331 >> AS FAR AS COSTS, I CAN'T GIVE 1271 00:54:11,331 --> 00:54:12,032 YOU A NUMBER. 1272 00:54:12,032 --> 00:54:14,301 I CAN TELL YOU THE COST -- THERE 1273 00:54:14,301 --> 00:54:16,937 ARE COMMODITIES THAT WE USE WITH 1274 00:54:16,937 --> 00:54:18,638 OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN. 1275 00:54:18,638 --> 00:54:20,273 WE TRY TO RECOVER THOSE AS WE 1276 00:54:20,273 --> 00:54:22,642 DRAIN BACK BUT A LOT OF THOSE 1277 00:54:22,642 --> 00:54:25,045 BOIL OFF SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM 1278 00:54:25,045 --> 00:54:25,979 TOP OFF. 1279 00:54:25,979 --> 00:54:27,747 I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY 1280 00:54:27,747 --> 00:54:29,816 TANKERS THAT WE HAD AFTER 1281 00:54:29,816 --> 00:54:30,317 MONDAY'S ATTEMPT. 1282 00:54:30,317 --> 00:54:36,156 I THINK WE HAD 5 OR 6 WAVES AS I 1283 00:54:36,156 --> 00:54:37,590 REMEMBER. 1284 00:54:37,590 --> 00:54:39,793 THE EXACT COST OF THE HYDROGEN I 1285 00:54:39,793 --> 00:54:42,562 CAN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY 1286 00:54:42,562 --> 00:54:43,096 HEAD. 1287 00:54:43,096 --> 00:54:45,732 I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT OFF THE 1288 00:54:45,732 --> 00:54:49,869 TOP OF MY HEAD. 1289 00:54:49,869 --> 00:54:52,339 I GO TO COMMODITIES FIRST AND WE 1290 00:54:52,339 --> 00:54:54,808 SCHEDULE UP RESOURCES TO PROVIDE 1291 00:54:54,808 --> 00:54:58,211 COMMON TRACKING FOR US. 1292 00:54:58,211 --> 00:55:04,317 AND THEN THE LABOR OF THE FOLKS 1293 00:55:04,317 --> 00:55:06,252 HERE. SO SOME OF THE ASSETS 1294 00:55:06,252 --> 00:55:07,921 THAT AREN'T OURS THAT ARE 1295 00:55:07,921 --> 00:55:10,623 OUTSIDE OF NASA'S CONTROL AND 1296 00:55:10,623 --> 00:55:13,827 LIQUID OXYGEN AND HYDROGEN. 1297 00:55:13,827 --> 00:55:15,395 >> THE COST OF TWO SCRUBS IS A 1298 00:55:15,395 --> 00:55:28,508 LOT LESS THAN A FAILURE. 1299 00:55:28,508 --> 00:55:31,845 >> REPORTER: THIS IS FOR THE 1300 00:55:31,845 --> 00:55:32,312 ADMINISTRATOR. 1301 00:55:32,312 --> 00:55:36,483 WE ARE COMING UP WITH THE 60 1302 00:55:36,483 --> 00:55:38,451 ANNIVERSARY WITH PRESIDENT 1303 00:55:38,451 --> 00:55:40,153 KENNEDY'S SPEECH WHERE HE 1304 00:55:40,153 --> 00:55:41,554 DEDECLARED WE CHOOSE TO GO TO 1305 00:55:41,554 --> 00:55:42,288 THE MOON. 1306 00:55:42,288 --> 00:55:44,090 NEARLY 60 YEARS LATER HOW DO YOU 1307 00:55:44,090 --> 00:55:46,659 REFLECT ON THE UPCOMING 1308 00:55:46,659 --> 00:55:47,427 ANNIVERSARY AND THE CHALLENGES 1309 00:55:47,427 --> 00:55:51,131 THAT WE FACE AS WE CHOOSE ONCE 1310 00:55:51,131 --> 00:55:54,401 AGAIN TO GO TO THE MOON? 1311 00:55:54,401 --> 00:55:56,936 >> AS A MATTER OF FACT ON THE 1312 00:55:56,936 --> 00:55:59,506 60TH ANNIVERSARY I WILL BE IN 1313 00:55:59,506 --> 00:56:05,979 RICE STADIUM THERE WILL BE 4,000 1314 00:56:05,979 --> 00:56:08,381 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WILL 1315 00:56:08,381 --> 00:56:12,685 BE IN THE STADIUM JUST AS IT WAS 1316 00:56:12,685 --> 00:56:17,323 60 YEARS AGO WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL 1317 00:56:17,323 --> 00:56:18,958 STUDENTS. 1318 00:56:18,958 --> 00:56:20,894 WHAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY SAID WAS, 1319 00:56:20,894 --> 00:56:23,863 WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON AND 1320 00:56:23,863 --> 00:56:28,001 DO OTHER THINGS NOT BECAUSE IT'S 1321 00:56:28,001 --> 00:56:28,301 EASY. 1322 00:56:28,301 --> 00:56:35,608 BUT BECAUSE IT'S HARD. 1323 00:56:35,608 --> 00:56:38,378 THIS IS A WHOLE NEW VEHICLE AND 1324 00:56:38,378 --> 00:56:39,245 TECHNOLOGY AND PURPOSE OF GOING 1325 00:56:39,245 --> 00:56:40,947 BACK TO THE MOON AND PREPARATION 1326 00:56:40,947 --> 00:56:42,916 TO GO TO MARS. 1327 00:56:42,916 --> 00:56:55,995 AND YES, IT'S HARD. 1328 00:56:55,995 --> 00:56:58,298 >> REPORTER: YOU TALKED ABOUT 1329 00:56:58,298 --> 00:56:59,165 NOT LAUNCHING UNTIL YOU'RE 1330 00:56:59,165 --> 00:56:59,499 READY. 1331 00:56:59,499 --> 00:57:02,135 HAVE YOU FELT ANY PRESSURE FROM 1332 00:57:02,135 --> 00:57:03,736 ANYWHERE WITHIN NASA OR FROM THE 1333 00:57:03,736 --> 00:57:15,115 WHITE HOUSE OR ANYWHERE IN 1334 00:57:15,115 --> 00:57:15,482 CONGRESS? 1335 00:57:15,482 --> 00:57:17,083 >> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY 1336 00:57:17,083 --> 00:57:19,319 STANDPOINT, NO, AND IF I KNEW 1337 00:57:19,319 --> 00:57:25,925 ABOUT IT I WOULD TRY TO STOP IT. 1338 00:57:25,925 --> 00:57:36,536 BUT WE HAVE FELT NO PRESSURE 1339 00:57:36,536 --> 00:57:37,837 WHATSOEVER. 1340 00:57:37,837 --> 00:57:51,551 AS TO WHAT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON 1341 00:57:51,551 --> 00:57:56,055 SAID, WE'RE NOT FEELING ANY 1342 00:57:56,055 --> 00:57:56,456 EXTERNALLY. 1343 00:57:56,456 --> 00:57:59,759 >> TIME FOR ONE MORE QUESTION. 1344 00:57:59,759 --> 00:58:02,362 >> REPORTER: HE TALKED A FEW 1345 00:58:02,362 --> 00:58:03,730 QUESTIONS BACK ABOUT THE 1346 00:58:03,730 --> 00:58:05,899 POSSIBILITY TO DO CRYO LOADING, 1347 00:58:05,899 --> 00:58:07,267 TO TEST THAT SEAL. 1348 00:58:07,267 --> 00:58:10,069 I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH CRYOS 1349 00:58:10,069 --> 00:58:12,505 WOULD YOU HAVE TO LOAD TO TAKE 1350 00:58:12,505 --> 00:58:15,074 THE SEAL IF IT'S HEATED AND WHAT 1351 00:58:15,074 --> 00:58:18,344 WOULD BE THE TURN AROUND FOR A 1352 00:58:18,344 --> 00:58:18,678 LAUNCH? 1353 00:58:18,678 --> 00:58:19,979 >> IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH CRYO WE 1354 00:58:19,979 --> 00:58:22,815 WOULD HAVE TO LOAD WHAT WE WOULD 1355 00:58:22,815 --> 00:58:25,585 NEED TO DO IS GET THROUGH THE 1356 00:58:25,585 --> 00:58:27,153 CHILL DOWN SLOW FILL AND INTO 1357 00:58:27,153 --> 00:58:28,755 THE FAST FILL AND TYPICALLY WHEN 1358 00:58:28,755 --> 00:58:31,191 YOU GET IN THE FAST FILL IF 1359 00:58:31,191 --> 00:58:32,292 THERE'S A LEAK THAT'S WHERE YOU 1360 00:58:32,292 --> 00:58:32,692 SEE IT. 1361 00:58:32,692 --> 00:58:34,727 BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HIGHEST 1362 00:58:34,727 --> 00:58:36,029 PRESSURE AND FLOW RATE AND YOU 1363 00:58:36,029 --> 00:58:38,598 DON'T NEED THE WHOLE TANK TO DO 1364 00:58:38,598 --> 00:58:39,732 THAT. 1365 00:58:39,732 --> 00:58:42,669 IT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE 5 PLUS 1366 00:58:42,669 --> 00:58:43,002 PERCENT. 1367 00:58:43,002 --> 00:58:44,804 IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF 1368 00:58:44,804 --> 00:58:46,005 THE LIQUID HYDROGEN TANK. 1369 00:58:46,005 --> 00:58:48,174 AND I'M SORRY WHAT WAS THE 1370 00:58:48,174 --> 00:58:49,342 SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION? 1371 00:58:49,342 --> 00:58:50,977 I'VE BEEN UP SINCE MIDNIGHT? 1372 00:58:50,977 --> 00:58:52,178 >> REPORTER: HOW LONG COULD YOU 1373 00:58:52,178 --> 00:58:53,746 TURN AROUND FOR A LAUNCH? 1374 00:58:53,746 --> 00:58:57,016 WOULD IT BE 2 OR 3 DAYS LATER? 1375 00:58:57,016 --> 00:59:02,722 >> AGAIN, IT DEPENDS ON A WHOLE 1376 00:59:02,722 --> 00:59:03,223 HOST OF THINGS. 1377 00:59:03,223 --> 00:59:05,158 BUT YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF 1378 00:59:05,158 --> 00:59:07,727 REPLENISHING THE COMMODITIES AND 1379 00:59:07,727 --> 00:59:10,296 SETTING UP FOR A SUBSEQUENT 1380 00:59:10,296 --> 00:59:11,864 ATTEMPT, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN 1381 00:59:11,864 --> 00:59:15,468 TURN AROUND EITHER 42 -- I'M 1382 00:59:15,468 --> 00:59:18,037 SORRY 42 OR 78 HOURS SIMPLY 1383 00:59:18,037 --> 00:59:22,041 BASED ON COMMODITY AND 1384 00:59:22,041 --> 00:59:23,843 REPLENISHMENT. 1385 00:59:23,843 --> 00:59:24,510 IF THERE WERE ADDITIONAL 1386 00:59:24,510 --> 00:59:25,245 ENGINEERING INVESTIGATIONS OR 1387 00:59:25,245 --> 00:59:26,879 ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE NEEDED 1388 00:59:26,879 --> 00:59:28,915 TO DO, FOLLOWING A CRYO TEST AT 1389 00:59:28,915 --> 00:59:31,150 THAT INTERFACE, IT IS SOMETHING 1390 00:59:31,150 --> 00:59:33,553 THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE FACTORED 1391 00:59:33,553 --> 00:59:34,220 IN THE PLAN. 1392 00:59:34,220 --> 00:59:36,522 WE'LL UNDERSTAND THIS BETTER 1393 00:59:36,522 --> 00:59:40,460 NEXT WEEK. 1394 00:59:40,460 --> 00:59:41,527 IN TERMS OF THE FIRST PART OF 1395 00:59:41,527 --> 00:59:47,333 THE QUESTION IT'S NOT 1396 00:59:47,333 --> 00:59:47,734 SIGNIFICANT. 1397 00:59:47,734 --> 00:59:48,835 >> AS WE SAID EARLIER WE'LL HAVE 1398 00:59:48,835 --> 00:59:51,838 AN UPDATE FOR YOU NEXT WEEK ON 1399 00:59:51,838 --> 00:59:54,374 THE PATH FORWARD. 1400 00:59:54,374 --> 00:59:55,975 AS ALWAYS TUNE INTO NASA TV AND 1401 00:59:55,975 --> 00:59:56,909 OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS TO 1402 00:59:56,909 --> 00:59:58,278 KEEP UP TO DATE ON LATEST. 1403 00:59:58,278 --> 00:59:59,612 THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US AND 1404 00:59:59,612 --> 01:00:03,983 HAVE A GREAT LABOR DAY.