1 00:01:10,253 --> 00:01:13,256 [indiscernible]. 2 00:01:13,256 --> 00:01:22,999 >> AND HERE WE GO. 3 00:01:22,999 --> 00:01:23,767 SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR -- STAGE 4 00:01:23,767 --> 00:01:27,036 ENGINE START -- THREE, TWO, ONE. 5 00:01:27,036 --> 00:01:30,707 BOOSTERS AND IGNITION, AND 6 00:01:30,707 --> 00:01:36,146 LIFT-OFF OF ARTEMIS I. 7 00:01:36,146 --> 00:01:36,913 WE RISE TOGETHER, BACK TO THE 8 00:01:36,913 --> 00:01:37,313 MOON AND BEYOND. 9 00:01:45,488 --> 00:01:54,330 >> ALL FOUR BOOSTERS NOW 10 00:01:54,330 --> 00:01:58,134 PROPELLING THE ROCKET. 11 00:01:58,134 --> 00:01:58,868 >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU 12 00:01:58,868 --> 00:02:03,573 ALL FOR STAYING UP WITH US AT 13 00:02:03,573 --> 00:02:05,542 NASAs KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 14 00:02:05,542 --> 00:02:12,215 THIS MORNING AT 1:47A.M., NASA'S 15 00:02:12,215 --> 00:02:17,921 SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ROCKET AND 16 00:02:17,921 --> 00:02:18,855 ARTEMIS I LAUNCHED FROM LAUNCH 17 00:02:18,855 --> 00:02:21,825 PAD B. 18 00:02:21,825 --> 00:02:24,060 IT'S SUCCESSFULLY COMMITTED A 19 00:02:24,060 --> 00:02:25,662 NUMBER OF MILESTONES SO FAR. 20 00:02:25,662 --> 00:02:27,330 TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH AN 21 00:02:27,330 --> 00:02:29,332 UPDATE THIS MORNING, WE HAVE 22 00:02:29,332 --> 00:02:40,276 NASA ADMINISTRATOR BILL NELSON, 23 00:02:40,276 --> 00:02:46,015 JOHN HONEYCUTT, HOWARD HUGH, 24 00:02:46,015 --> 00:02:47,250 ORION PROGRAM MANAGER AT 25 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:54,557 JOHNSON, AND EMILY NELSON, CHIEF 26 00:02:54,557 --> 00:02:57,260 FLIGHT DIRECTOR AT JOHNSON. 27 00:02:57,260 --> 00:02:59,395 IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING DAY, AND 28 00:02:59,395 --> 00:03:01,998 I'LL OPEN IT UP FOR EVERYONE TO 29 00:03:01,998 --> 00:03:04,634 SAY A FEW WORDS. 30 00:03:04,634 --> 00:03:05,068 ADMINISTRATOR? 31 00:03:05,068 --> 00:03:07,503 >> I WAS STANDING ON THE LCC 32 00:03:07,503 --> 00:03:11,841 WITH A NUMBER OF ASTRONAUTS, AND 33 00:03:11,841 --> 00:03:13,676 I'M TELLING YOU, WE'VE NEVER 34 00:03:13,676 --> 00:03:16,012 SEEN SUCH A TAIL OF FLAME. 35 00:03:16,012 --> 00:03:17,280 THERE WERE A BUNCH THERE THAT 36 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,684 WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THAT ROCKET, 37 00:03:21,684 --> 00:03:24,487 AND I HAVE TO SAY FOR WHAT WE 38 00:03:24,487 --> 00:03:32,161 SAW TONIGHT, IT'S AN A-PLUS. 39 00:03:32,161 --> 00:03:33,696 IT'S A TEST FLIGHT. 40 00:03:33,696 --> 00:03:40,670 TOOK A LONG TIME COMING TO GET 41 00:03:40,670 --> 00:03:40,970 HERE. 42 00:03:40,970 --> 00:03:44,307 LAST TIME WE WERE ON THE MOON, 43 00:03:44,307 --> 00:03:45,742 APOLLO 17, AND WE STILL HAVE A 44 00:03:45,742 --> 00:03:47,644 LONG WAYS TO GO, AND THIS IS 45 00:03:47,644 --> 00:03:50,446 JUST THE TEST FLIGHT, AND WE ARE 46 00:03:50,446 --> 00:03:52,649 STRESSING IT AND TESTING IT IN 47 00:03:52,649 --> 00:03:56,819 WAYS THAT WE WILL NOT DO TO A 48 00:03:56,819 --> 00:04:01,758 ROCKET THAT HAS A HUMAN CREW ON 49 00:04:01,758 --> 00:04:03,626 IT, BUT THAT'S THE PURPOSE, TO 50 00:04:03,626 --> 00:04:08,965 MAKE IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE, AS 51 00:04:08,965 --> 00:04:10,400 RELIABLE AS POSSIBLE FOR WHEN 52 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,536 OUR ASTRONAUTS CRAWL ON BOARD 53 00:04:13,536 --> 00:04:22,245 AND GO BACK TO THE MOON. 54 00:04:22,245 --> 00:04:24,347 THE ENTHUSIASM THROUGHOUT NOT 55 00:04:24,347 --> 00:04:26,082 ONLY THIS SPACE CENTER, EVEN 56 00:04:26,082 --> 00:04:32,855 THOUGH A LOT OF AMERICA WAS IN 57 00:04:32,855 --> 00:04:37,760 BED, ASLEEP, IT WILL BE APPARENT 58 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,563 TOMORROW, AND THE LEGACY THAT 59 00:04:40,563 --> 00:04:49,372 THIS PROFESSIONAL CREW PUT 60 00:04:49,372 --> 00:04:52,542 TOGETHER IN GETTING US TO THIS 61 00:04:52,542 --> 00:04:55,511 DAY OVER THE YEARS IS INDEED A 62 00:04:55,511 --> 00:05:08,157 LEGACY WELL EARNED AND WILL 63 00:05:08,157 --> 00:05:11,327 CONTINUE AS WE GO BACK TO MARS. 64 00:05:11,327 --> 00:05:12,295 >> YEAH, GOOD MORNING, AND THANK 65 00:05:12,295 --> 00:05:14,664 YOU FOR CONTINUING TO FOLLOW OUR 66 00:05:14,664 --> 00:05:35,284 PROGRAM IN THE ARTEMIS I 67 00:05:35,284 --> 00:05:36,019 MISSION. 68 00:05:36,019 --> 00:05:37,420 WE HAVE A PRIORITY ONE MISSION 69 00:05:37,420 --> 00:05:38,621 IN PLAY RIGHT NOW. 70 00:05:38,621 --> 00:05:40,723 WE HAD THE ROCKET DO ITS JOB AND 71 00:05:40,723 --> 00:05:43,493 DELIVER THE SPACECRAFT TO THE 72 00:05:43,493 --> 00:05:46,095 POINT OF TRANSLUNAR INJECTION, 73 00:05:46,095 --> 00:05:51,868 AND I WANT TO THANK JOHN 74 00:05:51,868 --> 00:05:57,140 HONEYCUTT AS WELL AS JODY SINGER 75 00:05:57,140 --> 00:05:59,275 AT THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT 76 00:05:59,275 --> 00:06:00,810 CENTER AS WELL AS OUR FRIENDS 77 00:06:00,810 --> 00:06:07,550 AND FAMILY HERE IN AMERICA'S 78 00:06:07,550 --> 00:06:17,794 SPACEPORT. 79 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:18,494 WE DO HAVE A PRIORITY ONE 80 00:06:18,494 --> 00:06:20,530 MISSION IN PLAY BECAUSE OF THEIR 81 00:06:20,530 --> 00:06:20,830 WORK. 82 00:06:20,830 --> 00:06:22,799 TODAY, WE GOT TO WITNESS THE 83 00:06:22,799 --> 00:06:24,734 WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL ROCKET, 84 00:06:24,734 --> 00:06:28,137 TAKE THE EARTH BY ITS EDGES, AND 85 00:06:28,137 --> 00:06:29,839 SHAKE THE WICKED EYE OF IT. 86 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,141 IT WAS QUITE A SIGHT, IT WAS 87 00:06:32,141 --> 00:06:33,142 QUITE A SIGHT. 88 00:06:33,142 --> 00:06:34,811 WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE AS WE 89 00:06:34,811 --> 00:06:35,144 GO. 90 00:06:35,144 --> 00:06:36,579 WE'VE GOT FOUR WEEKS OF MISSION 91 00:06:36,579 --> 00:06:37,280 TO GO. 92 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:38,514 WE ARE JUST BARELY STARTING TO 93 00:06:38,514 --> 00:06:43,486 SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF THE 94 00:06:43,486 --> 00:06:45,254 ARTEMIS PROGRAM AND GATHER DATA. 95 00:06:45,254 --> 00:06:47,023 WE'VE LEARNED A FEW THINGS ALONG 96 00:06:47,023 --> 00:06:50,993 THE WAY, MOSTLY THAT THIS SYSTEM 97 00:06:50,993 --> 00:06:53,162 IS PERFORMING EXACTLY AS WE 98 00:06:53,162 --> 00:06:54,497 INTENDED IT TO. 99 00:06:54,497 --> 00:06:58,634 WE HAD SOME DROPOUTS IN THE 100 00:06:58,634 --> 00:07:01,237 FLIGHT INSTRUMENTATION ON THE 101 00:07:01,237 --> 00:07:02,038 SLS ROCKET. 102 00:07:02,038 --> 00:07:04,107 WE HAD SOME FUNNIES IN THE STAR 103 00:07:04,107 --> 00:07:06,843 TRACKERS AND THEN WE HAD SOME 104 00:07:06,843 --> 00:07:08,311 FUNNIES IN THE SWITCHES IN THE 105 00:07:08,311 --> 00:07:11,814 SOLAR ARRAYS THAT THE SYSTEM IS 106 00:07:11,814 --> 00:07:15,451 PERFORMING, AND WE ARE PRESSING 107 00:07:15,451 --> 00:07:18,121 OUTBOUND TOWARD THE MOON. 108 00:07:18,121 --> 00:07:22,692 WE ARE GOING TO BE PROGRESSING 109 00:07:22,692 --> 00:07:44,447 IN THOSE MISSION DIRECTIVES, BUT 110 00:07:44,447 --> 00:07:46,949 NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO SLEEP 111 00:07:46,949 --> 00:07:52,455 UNTIL WE GET ARTEMIS BACK IN 112 00:07:52,455 --> 00:07:52,855 SPLASHDOWN. 113 00:07:52,855 --> 00:07:54,390 >> WE'RE SITTING INSIDE THE 114 00:07:54,390 --> 00:07:58,995 FIRING ROOM, LOOKING THROUGH THE 115 00:07:58,995 --> 00:08:01,164 GLASS PANES. 116 00:08:01,164 --> 00:08:01,964 THERE WERE SOME MOISTURE ON THE 117 00:08:01,964 --> 00:08:04,133 PANES SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THE VIEW 118 00:08:04,133 --> 00:08:06,335 THAT SOME OF YOU ALL HAD, BUT IT 119 00:08:06,335 --> 00:08:08,337 WAS WORTH BEING HERE AT KENNEDY 120 00:08:08,337 --> 00:08:09,372 SPACE CENTER HERE AT MISSION. 121 00:08:09,372 --> 00:08:10,973 MIKE TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR 122 00:08:10,973 --> 00:08:13,576 PRIORITY GOALS THAT WE HAVE. 123 00:08:13,576 --> 00:08:15,244 I WOULD ADD A FIFTH, TO PROVE 124 00:08:15,244 --> 00:08:16,445 THAT OUR GROUND SYSTEMS AND OUR 125 00:08:16,445 --> 00:08:18,347 GROUND TEAM WAS PREPARED AND 126 00:08:18,347 --> 00:08:19,448 READY TO LAUNCH THE MISSION 127 00:08:19,448 --> 00:08:22,818 TODAY, AND I THINK WE PASSED 128 00:08:22,818 --> 00:08:23,553 WITH FLYING COLORS. 129 00:08:23,553 --> 00:08:26,155 I THINK WE HAD A TERRIFIC DAY. 130 00:08:26,155 --> 00:08:28,324 THE TEAM HAS SHOWN A TON OF 131 00:08:28,324 --> 00:08:28,724 RESILIENCE. 132 00:08:28,724 --> 00:08:30,760 WE'VE WORKED IN A COVID 133 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,629 ENVIRONMENT. 134 00:08:33,629 --> 00:08:35,064 WE'VE DEALT WITH HURRICANES, 135 00:08:35,064 --> 00:08:36,832 BEEN WITH FIRST-TIME OPS, AND 136 00:08:36,832 --> 00:08:39,435 THE TEAM HAS SHOWN A RESOLVE TO 137 00:08:39,435 --> 00:08:41,637 DO SOMETHING SPECIAL. 138 00:08:41,637 --> 00:08:45,341 I THINK A LOT OF US COME TO 139 00:08:45,341 --> 00:08:49,712 NASA, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY 140 00:08:49,712 --> 00:08:57,420 PEOPLE WHO DREAM ABOUT WHEN 141 00:08:57,420 --> 00:08:59,655 THEY'RE KIDS AND SAY, I'M GOING 142 00:08:59,655 --> 00:09:04,327 TO GO WORK FOR NASA SOMEDAY, AND 143 00:09:04,327 --> 00:09:08,097 TODAY, THIS JUMPED THE WORK 144 00:09:08,097 --> 00:09:09,365 AHEAD TODAY. 145 00:09:09,365 --> 00:09:11,200 REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM HERE 146 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:11,534 TODAY. 147 00:09:11,534 --> 00:09:14,870 >> OVER TO JOHN HONEYCUTT WITH 148 00:09:14,870 --> 00:09:18,774 SLS PROGRAMS. 149 00:09:18,774 --> 00:09:22,378 >> YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT 150 00:09:22,378 --> 00:09:26,382 I AM ENVIOUS, TOO, LIKE MIKE 151 00:09:26,382 --> 00:09:27,149 TALKED ABOUT. 152 00:09:27,149 --> 00:09:29,518 THE FEW SECONDS THAT WE DID GET 153 00:09:29,518 --> 00:09:33,289 TO LOOK AT THE LCC, I'M LOOKING 154 00:09:33,289 --> 00:09:34,624 AT THIS BIG BALL OF FIRE AND 155 00:09:34,624 --> 00:09:37,460 THINKING, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A 156 00:09:37,460 --> 00:09:39,028 LITTLE OVER 12 YEARS SINCE I GOT 157 00:09:39,028 --> 00:09:41,964 TO EXPERIENCE THIS, AND IT'S SO 158 00:09:41,964 --> 00:09:43,266 AWESOME TO BE BACK IN THE 159 00:09:43,266 --> 00:09:44,600 BUSINESS, DOING IT. 160 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,571 AND WE'VE LAID THE FOUNDATION 161 00:09:48,571 --> 00:09:52,942 FOR THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM AND MANY 162 00:09:52,942 --> 00:09:54,410 GENERATIONS TO COME. 163 00:09:54,410 --> 00:09:55,911 TEAM JUST DID AN OUTSTANDING 164 00:09:55,911 --> 00:09:56,178 JOB. 165 00:09:56,178 --> 00:10:01,350 BUT AS YOU HEARD THE 166 00:10:01,350 --> 00:10:03,953 ADMINISTRATOR SAY, THE ROCKET 167 00:10:03,953 --> 00:10:08,424 PERFORMED OUTSTANDINGLY. 168 00:10:08,424 --> 00:10:10,660 WE HAD A GOOD PERFORMANCE ON THE 169 00:10:10,660 --> 00:10:21,504 HARDWARE ALL DAY TODAY, AND I'M 170 00:10:21,504 --> 00:10:28,377 LOOKING AT THOSE REALLY DYNAMIC 171 00:10:28,377 --> 00:10:29,345 EVENTS AS WE GET BOOSTER 172 00:10:29,345 --> 00:10:32,214 IGNITION AND THE CORE STAGE AND 173 00:10:32,214 --> 00:10:38,187 THE PRESSURE SYSTEM AND THE 174 00:10:38,187 --> 00:10:39,288 AUXILIARY POWER UNITS. 175 00:10:39,288 --> 00:10:41,490 ALL PERFORMED OUTSTANDINGLY. 176 00:10:41,490 --> 00:10:44,627 BOOSTERS AND THE RS-25 ENGINES 177 00:10:44,627 --> 00:10:58,808 DELIVERED ORION AND ICPS PER THE 178 00:10:58,808 --> 00:11:01,377 REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN, WE HAD 179 00:11:01,377 --> 00:11:05,081 THE FIRST BURN THAT GIVES US THE 180 00:11:05,081 --> 00:11:05,414 RAISE. 181 00:11:05,414 --> 00:11:08,718 IT WAS OUTSTANDING, AND THEN, 182 00:11:08,718 --> 00:11:11,053 THE TLI BURN PERFORMED 183 00:11:11,053 --> 00:11:13,322 OUTSTANDINGLY, SO RIGHT NOW, I 184 00:11:13,322 --> 00:11:16,292 CAN'T SAY I'M MORE PROUD OF THE 185 00:11:16,292 --> 00:11:18,394 WAY THE HARDWARE PERFORMED AND 186 00:11:18,394 --> 00:11:19,962 EVEN MORE PROUD OF THE TEAM. 187 00:11:19,962 --> 00:11:20,296 JACKIE? 188 00:11:20,296 --> 00:11:21,097 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 189 00:11:21,097 --> 00:11:23,899 NOW OVER TO HOWARD WITH THE 190 00:11:23,899 --> 00:11:24,767 ORION PROGRAM. 191 00:11:24,767 --> 00:11:25,768 >> YEAH, GOOD EVENING OR 192 00:11:25,768 --> 00:11:28,137 MORNING, I THINK, TO EVERYBODY. 193 00:11:28,137 --> 00:11:29,839 WHAT A TERRIFIC DAY WE'VE HAD. 194 00:11:29,839 --> 00:11:31,307 FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE 195 00:11:31,307 --> 00:11:32,742 GENTLEMAN TO MY RIGHT, JOHN AND 196 00:11:32,742 --> 00:11:33,042 MIKE. 197 00:11:33,042 --> 00:11:38,347 I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST TERRIFIC 198 00:11:38,347 --> 00:11:39,915 TEAM, GETTING US OFF THE GROUND 199 00:11:39,915 --> 00:11:42,685 AND GETTING US TO THE MOON. 200 00:11:42,685 --> 00:11:45,621 I CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR 201 00:11:45,621 --> 00:11:46,389 THE TEAM'S EFFORTS, AND NOW WE 202 00:11:46,389 --> 00:11:49,358 GET TO START THE JOURNEY IN 203 00:11:49,358 --> 00:11:53,195 LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE 204 00:11:53,195 --> 00:11:54,563 SPACECRAFT AND THE MISSION, A 205 00:11:54,563 --> 00:11:55,965 LITTLE OVER 26 DAYS. 206 00:11:55,965 --> 00:11:58,567 ALONG THE WAY, WE'VE GOT THE 207 00:11:58,567 --> 00:12:02,304 ROCKET, THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET 208 00:12:02,304 --> 00:12:03,839 WE'VE EVER BUILT AT NASA TAKING 209 00:12:03,839 --> 00:12:08,544 US TO THE MOON, AND THEN, WE'VE 210 00:12:08,544 --> 00:12:11,414 GOT THE POWER TO PROPEL US INTO 211 00:12:11,414 --> 00:12:18,487 ORBIT AND GETTING US BACK HOME. 212 00:12:18,487 --> 00:12:20,556 A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WE 213 00:12:20,556 --> 00:12:24,126 EXPLORE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 214 00:12:24,126 --> 00:12:25,161 SPACECRAFT AND GOING FORWARD 215 00:12:25,161 --> 00:12:26,395 WITH ARTEMIS. 216 00:12:26,395 --> 00:12:27,663 AND I WOULD SAY PERSONALLY FOR 217 00:12:27,663 --> 00:12:31,901 ME, I AM ONE OF THOSE MEN THAT, 218 00:12:31,901 --> 00:12:34,737 AS A LITTLE BOY, I DREAMED OF 219 00:12:34,737 --> 00:12:36,238 WORKING FOR NASA AND GOING 220 00:12:36,238 --> 00:12:38,274 BEYOND LOW-EARTH ORBIT, AND 221 00:12:38,274 --> 00:12:40,309 TODAY WAS A FABULOUS DAY FOR ME, 222 00:12:40,309 --> 00:12:41,610 JUST THINKING ABOUT THE ROCKET 223 00:12:41,610 --> 00:12:45,548 GO UP AND SEEING ORION GO TO THE 224 00:12:45,548 --> 00:12:46,816 MOON HAS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE 225 00:12:46,816 --> 00:12:48,350 AND THE START OF A GREAT 226 00:12:48,350 --> 00:12:53,489 JOURNEY, I WOULD SAY, FOR THE 227 00:12:53,489 --> 00:12:55,791 AGENCY AND FOR ARTEMIS, SO THANK 228 00:12:55,791 --> 00:12:56,091 YOU. 229 00:12:56,091 --> 00:13:00,396 >> AND TO CLOSE US OUT, EMILY 230 00:13:00,396 --> 00:13:00,996 NELSON FROM JOHNSON. 231 00:13:00,996 --> 00:13:04,433 >> WE GOT TO SEE A TRULY 232 00:13:04,433 --> 00:13:06,902 EXCITING LAUNCH THAT IS THE 233 00:13:06,902 --> 00:13:08,370 BEGINNING OF A REALLY EXCITING 234 00:13:08,370 --> 00:13:10,973 MISSION. 235 00:13:10,973 --> 00:13:13,809 THE LCC JOB DID A GREAT JOB OF 236 00:13:13,809 --> 00:13:16,312 GETTING US LIFTED OFF, AND THEN, 237 00:13:16,312 --> 00:13:20,449 THE HOUSTON MCC TEAM DID A GREAT 238 00:13:20,449 --> 00:13:24,253 JOB OF GETTING US UP TO ORBIT. 239 00:13:24,253 --> 00:13:26,489 IT WAS GREAT SEEING THE TEAMS 240 00:13:26,489 --> 00:13:29,758 USE THE YEARS OF TRAINING THAT 241 00:13:29,758 --> 00:13:31,627 THEY'VE DEVELOPED THROUGH 242 00:13:31,627 --> 00:13:32,261 PREPARATION. 243 00:13:32,261 --> 00:13:34,129 THIS MISSION IS NOT ONLY GOING 244 00:13:34,129 --> 00:13:35,498 TO TEST THE SPACECRAFT BUT TEST 245 00:13:35,498 --> 00:13:36,966 THE TEAMS, AS WELL. 246 00:13:36,966 --> 00:13:56,385 AS WE MENTIONED, I THINK WE'RE 247 00:13:56,385 --> 00:14:28,150 GOING TO SEE HOW SYSTEMS 248 00:14:28,150 --> 00:14:28,484 PERFORM. 249 00:14:28,484 --> 00:14:29,251 REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 250 00:14:29,251 --> 00:14:32,888 EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING TO LEARN 251 00:14:32,888 --> 00:14:33,188 HERE. 252 00:14:33,188 --> 00:14:35,291 >> AND BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR 253 00:14:35,291 --> 00:14:36,525 QUESTIONS, WE WANT TO SHOW YOU 254 00:14:36,525 --> 00:14:40,963 SOME OF THE FIRST IMAGES OF 255 00:14:40,963 --> 00:14:42,698 EARTH FROM ORION AS IT HEADS TO 256 00:14:42,698 --> 00:14:42,998 THE MOON. 257 00:15:14,430 --> 00:15:15,197 ALL RIGHT. 258 00:15:15,197 --> 00:15:17,366 NOW FOR THE FUN PART. 259 00:15:17,366 --> 00:15:22,504 CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. 260 00:15:22,504 --> 00:15:23,005 [indiscernible]. 261 00:15:23,005 --> 00:15:25,407 >> -- FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 262 00:15:25,407 --> 00:15:26,742 FOR MR. NELSON. 263 00:15:26,742 --> 00:15:28,477 APOLLO IS A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW, 264 00:15:28,477 --> 00:15:31,714 AND LOOKING BACK ON WHAT HAS 265 00:15:31,714 --> 00:15:35,884 GONE ON BEFORE TO THE MOON, HOW 266 00:15:35,884 --> 00:15:37,486 DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY 267 00:15:37,486 --> 00:15:41,924 AS GOING DOWN IN SPACE HISTORY? 268 00:15:41,924 --> 00:15:46,996 >> ONE OF THE EMOTIONS I HAD WAS 269 00:15:46,996 --> 00:15:50,232 THAT I WISH THAT MEMBERS OF THE 270 00:15:50,232 --> 00:15:55,971 CREW THAT I HAD PARTICIPATED IN 271 00:15:55,971 --> 00:15:57,873 WERE HERE. 272 00:15:57,873 --> 00:15:58,941 A GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS, THE 273 00:15:58,941 --> 00:16:07,383 BEST OF THE BEST, AND TO SEE THE 274 00:16:07,383 --> 00:16:10,052 CULMINATION OF A LIFETIME OF 275 00:16:10,052 --> 00:16:21,430 SACRIFICE THAT THEY HAVE DONE, I 276 00:16:21,430 --> 00:16:24,400 THINK TO THE SACRIFICES, THE 277 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,068 ASTRONAUTS THAT WE HAVE LOST, 278 00:16:26,068 --> 00:16:29,972 NOT ONLY IN THE FLIGHT IN APOLLO 279 00:16:29,972 --> 00:16:32,341 I BUT THE TRAINING ACCIDENTS, 280 00:16:32,341 --> 00:16:35,644 ALL OF THOSE EMOTIONS WELLED UP 281 00:16:35,644 --> 00:16:40,382 IN ME TODAY, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE 282 00:16:40,382 --> 00:16:45,421 HEARD THE OTHER ASTRONAUT THAT I 283 00:16:45,421 --> 00:16:48,891 WAS STANDING WITH. 284 00:16:48,891 --> 00:16:50,159 WE WERE DOWN IN THE CONTROL 285 00:16:50,159 --> 00:16:52,528 CENTER, AND ALL WENT UP ON THE 286 00:16:52,528 --> 00:16:57,032 ROOF SO THAT WE COULD FEEL THAT 287 00:16:57,032 --> 00:17:00,669 ACOUSTIC SHOCK WAVE AND SEE 288 00:17:00,669 --> 00:17:05,841 UNDIMINISHED THAT TAIL OF FLAME, 289 00:17:05,841 --> 00:17:08,077 OF FIRE, AND THEN, TO SEE THAT 290 00:17:08,077 --> 00:17:09,945 PILLAR OF SMOKE EVEN IN THE DARK 291 00:17:09,945 --> 00:17:15,551 OF NIGHT, IT WAS PRETTY 292 00:17:15,551 --> 00:17:16,852 OVERWHELMING. 293 00:17:16,852 --> 00:17:19,054 >> THANK YOU. 294 00:17:19,054 --> 00:17:21,090 JOEY [indiscernible] WITH 295 00:17:21,090 --> 00:17:21,457 REUTERS. 296 00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:22,591 >> THANKS. 297 00:17:22,591 --> 00:17:24,827 QUESTION FOR JOHN HONEYCUTT. 298 00:17:24,827 --> 00:17:26,361 THIS ROCKET'S BEEN A DECADE IN 299 00:17:26,361 --> 00:17:27,529 THE MAKING. 300 00:17:27,529 --> 00:17:30,399 THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, BILLIONS 301 00:17:30,399 --> 00:17:36,171 IN COST OVERRUNS AND THERE'S 302 00:17:36,171 --> 00:17:39,074 BEEN BILLIONS IN CHALLENGES UP 303 00:17:39,074 --> 00:17:41,477 TO THIS POINT. 304 00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:43,245 IF YOU COULD JUST TELL US WHAT 305 00:17:43,245 --> 00:17:45,814 IT FEELS LIKE, THE LAUNCH. 306 00:17:45,814 --> 00:17:47,750 AND THEN, TO MIKE, IF YOU COULD 307 00:17:47,750 --> 00:17:49,752 TELL US ABOUT THE FUNNIES THAT 308 00:17:49,752 --> 00:17:53,555 YOU SAW DURING THE MISSION, AND 309 00:17:53,555 --> 00:17:55,724 IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WAS 310 00:17:55,724 --> 00:17:57,226 CREATED DURING THE MISSION THAT 311 00:17:57,226 --> 00:17:59,728 YOU MIGHT THINK OF AS A RISK. 312 00:17:59,728 --> 00:18:05,067 >> YEAH, I'LL TELL YOU IT FEELS 313 00:18:05,067 --> 00:18:08,070 GREAT TO GET TO BUILD THE 314 00:18:08,070 --> 00:18:09,738 ROCKET, AND IT FEELS EVEN BETTER 315 00:18:09,738 --> 00:18:11,573 TO SEE IT PERFORM AS IT DID. 316 00:18:11,573 --> 00:18:14,076 IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, 317 00:18:14,076 --> 00:18:22,985 BUT I THINK IF YOU STUDY 318 00:18:22,985 --> 00:18:24,353 HISTORY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE 319 00:18:24,353 --> 00:18:25,554 THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. 320 00:18:25,554 --> 00:18:27,923 THE EMOTION THAT I HAVE THAT 321 00:18:27,923 --> 00:18:34,463 HITS ME THE MOST IS IT'S THE 322 00:18:34,463 --> 00:18:35,164 PEOPLE THAT DO THE WORK THAT 323 00:18:35,164 --> 00:18:36,231 MAKE THE HARDWARE WHAT IT IS. 324 00:18:36,231 --> 00:18:36,965 OF COURSE, THE HARDWARE DOES THE 325 00:18:36,965 --> 00:18:38,333 JOB AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT 326 00:18:38,333 --> 00:18:40,569 IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT GET US TO 327 00:18:40,569 --> 00:18:43,806 THE LAUNCH PAD THAT HAVE HELPED 328 00:18:43,806 --> 00:18:46,008 US BUILD THIS FOUNDATION, AND 329 00:18:46,008 --> 00:18:48,177 THEY ALL TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN 330 00:18:48,177 --> 00:18:49,845 IT, AND I DO, TOO. 331 00:18:49,845 --> 00:18:52,014 >> AND JOEY, IN TERMS OF THE 332 00:18:52,014 --> 00:18:56,218 FUNNIES THAT WE SAW, IN TERMS OF 333 00:18:56,218 --> 00:19:01,657 THE IMAGERY FINDINGS, WE'RE 334 00:19:01,657 --> 00:19:03,592 STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT. 335 00:19:03,592 --> 00:19:06,161 WE STILL HAD SOME DEBRIS 336 00:19:06,161 --> 00:19:07,863 LIBERATION FAIRLY EARLY IN 337 00:19:07,863 --> 00:19:10,065 ASCENT, AND THE TEAM IS STILL 338 00:19:10,065 --> 00:19:10,833 LOOKING AT THAT. 339 00:19:10,833 --> 00:19:13,402 IN TERMS OF WHAT IT WAS, AGAIN, 340 00:19:13,402 --> 00:19:14,903 IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY. 341 00:19:14,903 --> 00:19:17,206 THE FUNNIES THAT WE SAW ON THE 342 00:19:17,206 --> 00:19:20,342 STAR TREKKERS, THERE WAS A 343 00:19:20,342 --> 00:19:21,510 COMPETENT READY FLAG THAT WAS 344 00:19:21,510 --> 00:19:24,580 SET, AND THE TEAM HAD TO RESOLVE 345 00:19:24,580 --> 00:19:29,718 AND BASICALLY ACTIVATE THE STAR 346 00:19:29,718 --> 00:19:30,452 TRACKERS IN SPITE OF THAT READY 347 00:19:30,452 --> 00:19:30,686 FLAG. 348 00:20:09,091 --> 00:20:11,827 >> -- WE KNEW THAT THAT WAS 349 00:20:11,827 --> 00:20:16,031 SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN 350 00:20:16,031 --> 00:20:18,300 FAIRLY EARLY ON. 351 00:20:18,300 --> 00:20:19,935 AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME, 352 00:20:19,935 --> 00:20:20,869 RELATIVELY BENIGN. 353 00:20:20,869 --> 00:20:26,008 WE PUSHED ON WITH THE TRANSLUNAR 354 00:20:26,008 --> 00:20:29,211 INJECTION, AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE 355 00:20:29,211 --> 00:20:31,446 NOT TERRIBLY CONCERNED WITH ANY 356 00:20:31,446 --> 00:20:33,081 OF THOSE. 357 00:20:33,081 --> 00:20:34,783 HOWARD, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS 358 00:20:34,783 --> 00:20:35,150 ON THAT. 359 00:20:35,150 --> 00:20:36,051 >> NO. 360 00:20:36,051 --> 00:20:37,619 I THINK WE'LL KEEPING LOOKING AT 361 00:20:37,619 --> 00:20:38,854 THE DATA AND ANALYZING THE DATA 362 00:20:38,854 --> 00:20:49,631 AND LOOK AT WHAT THAT TELLS US. 363 00:20:49,631 --> 00:20:52,301 >> ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE'RE 364 00:20:52,301 --> 00:20:53,802 GOING TO EXPECT THOSE THINGS TO 365 00:20:53,802 --> 00:20:55,504 GO WRONG, AND THEN, WE'RE GOING 366 00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:58,607 TO TRY TO WORK THEM. 367 00:20:58,607 --> 00:21:02,644 THIS IS THE PART. 368 00:21:02,644 --> 00:21:07,215 SPACE IS HARD. 369 00:21:07,215 --> 00:21:08,951 SPACE IS HARD WHEN YOU TRY TO DO 370 00:21:08,951 --> 00:21:11,119 WHAT WE'RE DOING. 371 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:12,554 >> THANK YOU. 372 00:21:12,554 --> 00:21:14,589 TOM COSTELLO WITH NBC. 373 00:21:14,589 --> 00:21:20,395 TOM, IF YOU COULD JUST -- 374 00:21:20,395 --> 00:21:20,896 >> THANK YOU. 375 00:21:20,896 --> 00:21:22,197 WELL, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF 376 00:21:22,197 --> 00:21:22,464 YOU. 377 00:21:22,464 --> 00:21:26,301 MR. NELSON, I'M WONDERING, IT 378 00:21:26,301 --> 00:21:27,836 HAS BEEN 50 YEARS NEXT MONTH 379 00:21:27,836 --> 00:21:32,040 SINCE WE SAW HUMANS ON THE MOON, 380 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,609 AND NOW, THE FIRST STEP OF 381 00:21:34,609 --> 00:21:36,912 RETURNING TO THE MOON, SO I'M 382 00:21:36,912 --> 00:21:43,685 WONDERING, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE 383 00:21:43,685 --> 00:21:44,419 EMOTIONS AND THE SPACE PROGRAM 384 00:21:44,419 --> 00:21:46,221 OVER THE YEARS, BUT NOW, CLOSE 385 00:21:46,221 --> 00:21:49,091 TO FIVE DECADES LATER, THE FIRST 386 00:21:49,091 --> 00:21:50,058 STEPS OF GOING BACK. 387 00:21:50,058 --> 00:21:51,827 I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT 388 00:21:51,827 --> 00:21:52,160 THAT. 389 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,429 YOU TALKED ABOUT NEEDING TO 390 00:21:54,429 --> 00:21:56,231 STRESS IT AND TEST IT TO A 391 00:21:56,231 --> 00:21:58,967 GREATER EXTREME SO YOU KNOW WHAT 392 00:21:58,967 --> 00:21:59,801 THE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE IN FOR. 393 00:21:59,801 --> 00:22:01,370 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, TO STRESS 394 00:22:01,370 --> 00:22:04,706 IT AND TEST IT TO THIS EXTENT 395 00:22:04,706 --> 00:22:04,973 NOW? 396 00:22:04,973 --> 00:22:06,208 HOW WILL YOU BE DOING THAT? 397 00:22:06,208 --> 00:22:07,075 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 398 00:22:07,075 --> 00:22:10,045 >> WELL, IT HAS A LOT MORE 399 00:22:10,045 --> 00:22:11,246 SENSORS THAN WILL BE ON THE 400 00:22:11,246 --> 00:22:13,148 ROCKETS IN THE FUTURE, AND 401 00:22:13,148 --> 00:22:18,120 THAT'S TO KNOW HOW THE VEHICLE 402 00:22:18,120 --> 00:22:22,691 AND VEHICLES PERFORM. 403 00:22:22,691 --> 00:22:33,802 WHY ARE WE GOING BACK OUT? 404 00:22:33,802 --> 00:22:36,905 TO EXPLORE THE HEAVENS, AND THIS 405 00:22:36,905 --> 00:22:37,806 IS OUR NEXT STEP. 406 00:22:37,806 --> 00:22:39,841 WE WENT OUT, WE WERE THERE FOR A 407 00:22:39,841 --> 00:22:40,876 SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN, 408 00:22:40,876 --> 00:22:42,244 WE CAME BACK. 409 00:22:42,244 --> 00:22:44,846 THEN, WE HAD SKYLAB, AND WE 410 00:22:44,846 --> 00:22:46,948 STARTED TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE 411 00:22:46,948 --> 00:22:49,184 LONGER IN ZERO-G. 412 00:22:49,184 --> 00:22:51,019 THEN, WE HAD THE SPACE SHUTTLE, 413 00:22:51,019 --> 00:22:52,154 AND WE BUILT THE SPACE STATION. 414 00:22:52,154 --> 00:22:55,190 AND NOW, WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE 415 00:22:55,190 --> 00:22:57,859 MOON NOT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF 416 00:22:57,859 --> 00:23:01,830 GOING TO THE MOON BUT TO LEARN, 417 00:23:01,830 --> 00:23:09,337 TO LIVE, TO DID HE VL OP, TO 418 00:23:09,337 --> 00:23:18,380 LEARN HOW TO LEARN -- DEVELOP TO 419 00:23:18,380 --> 00:23:20,115 LEARN HOW TO LEARN TO LIVE ON 420 00:23:20,115 --> 00:23:22,017 THE MOON AND THEN MARS. 421 00:23:22,017 --> 00:23:24,553 THE MOON IS JUST DAYS AWAY. 422 00:23:24,553 --> 00:23:26,621 MARS IS MONTHS AND MONTHS AWAY, 423 00:23:26,621 --> 00:23:28,723 AND WE ARE UNDERSTANDING NOW 424 00:23:28,723 --> 00:23:30,892 FROM THE JAMES WEBB SPACE 425 00:23:30,892 --> 00:23:32,861 TELESCOPE JUST HOW BIG AND VAST 426 00:23:32,861 --> 00:23:33,829 THIS UNIVERSE IS. 427 00:23:33,829 --> 00:23:43,705 THERE'S A LOT OUT THERE TO 428 00:23:43,705 --> 00:23:44,039 EXPLORE. 429 00:23:44,039 --> 00:23:45,774 THIS IS THE NEXT BEGINNING, AND 430 00:23:45,774 --> 00:23:51,580 THIS IS THE ARTEMIS GENERATION. 431 00:23:51,580 --> 00:23:58,453 >> THANK YOU. 432 00:23:58,453 --> 00:24:00,155 UP HERE? 433 00:24:00,155 --> 00:24:00,889 >> HI. 434 00:24:00,889 --> 00:24:02,124 [indiscernible] ALL OF THIS WAS 435 00:24:02,124 --> 00:24:08,230 AWESOME AND INSPIRING, SO THANKS 436 00:24:08,230 --> 00:24:11,833 TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO 437 00:24:11,833 --> 00:24:12,701 BE HERE. 438 00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:14,970 I WONDER IF YOU'VE SPOKEN TO 439 00:24:14,970 --> 00:24:18,773 PRESIDENT BIDEN AT ALL, AND 440 00:24:18,773 --> 00:24:20,408 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, HAVE YOU 441 00:24:20,408 --> 00:24:24,045 SPOKEN TO ANY OF THEM WHO WILL 442 00:24:24,045 --> 00:24:27,916 WORK IN THE ARTEMIS GATEWAY 443 00:24:27,916 --> 00:24:28,250 PROJECT? 444 00:24:28,250 --> 00:24:33,922 >> WELL, AS YOU KNOW, THE 445 00:24:33,922 --> 00:24:38,026 PRESIDENT IS IN BALI, INDONESIA, 446 00:24:38,026 --> 00:24:39,928 AND I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED, 447 00:24:39,928 --> 00:24:44,332 SINCE IT'S DAYTIME THERE AND 448 00:24:44,332 --> 00:24:47,102 IT'S NIGHT TIME HERE, I WOULD 449 00:24:47,102 --> 00:24:49,271 NOT BE SURPRISED IF HIS 450 00:24:49,271 --> 00:24:50,939 ASSISTANTS TOOK A T.V. TO HIM 451 00:24:50,939 --> 00:24:52,474 AND SHOWED HIM THE LAUNCH, AND 452 00:24:52,474 --> 00:24:56,912 THAT WOULD MAKE HIM VERY, VERY 453 00:24:56,912 --> 00:25:01,550 PROUD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 454 00:25:01,550 --> 00:25:03,251 SPEAKING TO HIM SOMETIME AFTER 455 00:25:03,251 --> 00:25:05,820 HE GETS BACK AND GETS OVER HIS 456 00:25:05,820 --> 00:25:09,958 JET LAG. 457 00:25:09,958 --> 00:25:12,360 NOW WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND 458 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:12,761 QUESTION? 459 00:25:12,761 --> 00:25:15,397 >> HAVE YOU HEARD FROM MEMBERS 460 00:25:15,397 --> 00:25:17,966 OF CONGRESS AND OTHER 461 00:25:17,966 --> 00:25:18,900 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS? 462 00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:21,736 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S 463 00:25:21,736 --> 00:25:23,271 NOTEWORTHY IN A COUNTRY WHERE 464 00:25:23,271 --> 00:25:25,006 OUR POLITICS ARE SO SPLIT, WHERE 465 00:25:25,006 --> 00:25:28,777 DO YOU HAVE BOTH Rs AND Ds COME 466 00:25:28,777 --> 00:25:32,447 TOGETHER TO SUPPORT, AND OUR 467 00:25:32,447 --> 00:25:38,954 SPACE PROGRAM IS SUCH A PLACE OF 468 00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:40,722 RECONCILIATION AND CAMARADERIE 469 00:25:40,722 --> 00:25:46,962 AND BIPARTISANSHIP, AND SO I 470 00:25:46,962 --> 00:25:49,631 THINK THE SUCCESS OF THIS ROCKET 471 00:25:49,631 --> 00:25:51,399 AND THE FUTURE POTENTIAL SUCCESS 472 00:25:51,399 --> 00:26:05,046 OF THE MISSION IS ONLY GOING TO 473 00:26:05,046 --> 00:26:09,084 ENERGIZE THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE 474 00:26:09,084 --> 00:26:09,517 HAD. 475 00:26:09,517 --> 00:26:13,288 DART HITTING A BULL'S EYE 7 476 00:26:13,288 --> 00:26:13,922 MILLION MILES AWAY. 477 00:26:13,922 --> 00:26:16,625 LOOK AT ALL THE SCIENCE THAT HAS 478 00:26:16,625 --> 00:26:29,037 COME OUT, AND NOW, JAMES WEBB 479 00:26:29,037 --> 00:26:31,706 SPACE TELESCOPE, AND NOW, GOING 480 00:26:31,706 --> 00:26:35,410 BACK TO THE MOON IN ORDER TO GO 481 00:26:35,410 --> 00:26:36,177 TO MARS. 482 00:26:36,177 --> 00:26:43,251 THAT, I THINK, IS GOING TO 483 00:26:43,251 --> 00:26:45,620 ENGENDER A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPORT 484 00:26:45,620 --> 00:26:46,921 ON CAPITOL HILL. 485 00:26:46,921 --> 00:27:07,242 >> NEXT QUESTION, IN THE SECOND 486 00:27:07,242 --> 00:27:07,509 ROW. 487 00:27:07,509 --> 00:27:09,244 >> [indiscernible] I'M CURIOUS 488 00:27:09,244 --> 00:27:14,182 HOW YOUR PERSPECTIVE AS CHANGED 489 00:27:14,182 --> 00:27:16,651 FROM WHEN YOU WERE WRITING THE 490 00:27:16,651 --> 00:27:19,120 BILL TO WHEN YOU WERE 491 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:21,523 IMPLEMENTING IT, AND I'M CURIOUS 492 00:27:21,523 --> 00:27:23,725 IF YOUR VIEW HAS CHANGED NOW 493 00:27:23,725 --> 00:27:26,661 THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON THE 494 00:27:26,661 --> 00:27:27,162 IMPLEMENTING SIDE? 495 00:27:27,162 --> 00:27:27,696 THANK YOU. 496 00:27:27,696 --> 00:27:29,364 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE 497 00:27:29,364 --> 00:27:31,399 DONE WHEN I GET BACK TO THE 498 00:27:31,399 --> 00:27:34,669 BUILDING IS I SENT A TEXT TO 499 00:27:34,669 --> 00:27:38,640 SENATOR KAY BAILEY HUTCHINSON, 500 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,009 WHO WAS MY PARTNER IN CRAFTING 501 00:27:41,009 --> 00:27:43,778 THE LEGISLATION BACK 12 YEARS 502 00:27:43,778 --> 00:27:44,045 AGO. 503 00:27:44,045 --> 00:27:45,413 AS SOON AS I CAN GET THEIR 504 00:27:45,413 --> 00:27:49,050 ADDRESS, I WILL ALSO BE TEXTING 505 00:27:49,050 --> 00:27:51,086 ROB NEIGHBORS, WHO WAS AN 506 00:27:51,086 --> 00:27:55,790 ASSISTANT IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO 507 00:27:55,790 --> 00:27:58,360 PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND TO JACK 508 00:27:58,360 --> 00:28:01,429 LOU, WHO WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE 509 00:28:01,429 --> 00:28:02,097 O.M.B. AT THE TIME. 510 00:28:02,097 --> 00:28:23,685 HE BECAME LATER THE CHIEF OF 511 00:28:23,685 --> 00:28:24,018 STAFF. 512 00:28:24,018 --> 00:28:28,490 THE CONGRATULATIONS GOES TO 513 00:28:28,490 --> 00:28:28,857 EVERYBODY. 514 00:28:28,857 --> 00:28:36,798 THIS TEAM, THIS PROFESSIONALISM, 515 00:28:36,798 --> 00:28:40,769 THAT PERFORMANCE TODAY, TONIGHT, 516 00:28:40,769 --> 00:28:46,808 THAT YOU SAW, SO MY PERSPECTIVE 517 00:28:46,808 --> 00:28:52,847 HAS CHANGED BECAUSE I GET TO SEE 518 00:28:52,847 --> 00:28:55,417 IT FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW. 519 00:28:55,417 --> 00:28:57,652 REMEMBER, BACK IN THOSE EARLY 520 00:28:57,652 --> 00:29:00,255 LEGISLATIVE YEARS I GOT TO SEE 521 00:29:00,255 --> 00:29:02,991 IT FROM AN INSIDE VIEW WHEN I 522 00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:05,894 PARTICIPATED IN THE 24 FLIGHT OF 523 00:29:05,894 --> 00:29:07,095 THE SPACE SHUTTLE. 524 00:29:07,095 --> 00:29:14,502 AND SO THIS IS REALLY A 525 00:29:14,502 --> 00:29:16,838 GRATIFYING TIME, AND IT'S ONLY 526 00:29:16,838 --> 00:29:18,606 GOING TO GET BETTER. 527 00:29:18,606 --> 00:29:21,376 IN TWO YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO BE 528 00:29:21,376 --> 00:29:24,379 SENDING HUMANS TO THE MOON. 529 00:29:24,379 --> 00:29:25,380 IN THREE YEARS, WE'RE GOING TO 530 00:29:25,380 --> 00:29:27,015 BE LANDING ON THE MOON, AND 531 00:29:27,015 --> 00:29:29,551 THEN, IT'S GOING TO BE A SERIES 532 00:29:29,551 --> 00:29:31,619 OF THINGS, INCLUDING, SOMEONE 533 00:29:31,619 --> 00:29:34,856 MENTIONED EARLIER, GATEWAY, A 534 00:29:34,856 --> 00:29:38,960 LUNAR OUTPOST, A MINI SPACE 535 00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:43,331 STATION, SO ARTEMIS IV IS 536 00:29:43,331 --> 00:29:46,468 ACTUALLY GOING TO GO UP, INSTALL 537 00:29:46,468 --> 00:29:53,942 GATEWAY IN THIS LUNAR ELLIPTICAL 538 00:29:53,942 --> 00:29:56,244 POLAR ORBIT, AND THEN, THE 539 00:29:56,244 --> 00:29:58,146 LANDER'S GOING TO COME AND 540 00:29:58,146 --> 00:30:02,717 ATTACH TO GATEWAY AND TO 541 00:30:02,717 --> 00:30:06,254 TRANSFER THE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE 542 00:30:06,254 --> 00:30:09,524 THROUGH GATEWAY, THE MINI SPACE 543 00:30:09,524 --> 00:30:09,858 STATION. 544 00:30:09,858 --> 00:30:11,926 SO ONE THING WILL BUILD ON 545 00:30:11,926 --> 00:30:13,695 ANOTHER AS WE PREPARE TO GO TO 546 00:30:13,695 --> 00:30:19,834 MARS LATE IN THE DECADE OF THE 547 00:30:19,834 --> 00:30:20,502 2030s. 548 00:30:20,502 --> 00:30:21,636 >> THANK YOU. 549 00:30:21,636 --> 00:30:26,474 IN THE SECOND ROW HERE? 550 00:30:26,474 --> 00:30:30,712 >> HI. 551 00:30:30,712 --> 00:30:32,847 CHRISTOPHER MICK HUDSON, 552 00:30:32,847 --> 00:30:33,948 [indiscernible] OBSERVER. 553 00:30:33,948 --> 00:30:36,251 I WAS JUST WONDERING SOME OF THE 554 00:30:36,251 --> 00:30:38,253 FOOTAGE COMING DOWN FROM THE 555 00:30:38,253 --> 00:30:40,855 ICPS AND THE ORION, THERE 556 00:30:40,855 --> 00:30:46,761 APPEARED TO BE SOME SLIGHT 557 00:30:46,761 --> 00:30:49,097 YAWING OF THE CAMERA. 558 00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:53,234 I'M NOT USED TO THAT, SO I'M 559 00:30:53,234 --> 00:30:56,871 JUST WONDERING IF IT'S SOMETHING 560 00:30:56,871 --> 00:31:02,143 UNIQUE TO THE ORION OR IF IT WAS 561 00:31:02,143 --> 00:31:02,544 UNEXPECTED? 562 00:31:02,544 --> 00:31:05,713 >> THOSE ARE FROM THE WINGTIP 563 00:31:05,713 --> 00:31:10,919 CAMERAS ON THE SOLAR ARRAYS OF 564 00:31:10,919 --> 00:31:11,653 ORION, AND THEY WERE BASICALLY 565 00:31:11,653 --> 00:31:13,454 WHEN WE HAD AN IGNITION EVENT ON 566 00:31:13,454 --> 00:31:18,493 THE RL-10 ENGINE, WHICH IS THE 567 00:31:18,493 --> 00:31:24,566 UPPER ENGINE. 568 00:31:24,566 --> 00:31:25,333 WE SAW THAT WITH THE IGNITION 569 00:31:25,333 --> 00:31:26,167 AND START-UP OF THE TRANSLUNAR 570 00:31:26,167 --> 00:31:27,135 INJECTION MOVEMENT. 571 00:31:27,135 --> 00:31:28,937 WE KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN. 572 00:31:28,937 --> 00:31:31,706 THERE WAS A REASON WE POSITIONED 573 00:31:31,706 --> 00:31:36,978 THOSE SOLAR ARRAYS IN THAT 574 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:38,413 UNIQUE POSITION. 575 00:31:38,413 --> 00:31:41,382 HOWARD PROBABLY KNOWS HOW LONG 576 00:31:41,382 --> 00:31:42,383 THE SOLAR ARRAYS ARE. 577 00:31:42,383 --> 00:31:43,518 I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF 578 00:31:43,518 --> 00:31:47,255 MY HEAD, BUT THERE WAS A REASON 579 00:31:47,255 --> 00:31:50,058 WE PUT THOSE IN THOSE POSITIONS. 580 00:31:50,058 --> 00:31:50,825 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE 581 00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:53,528 ANYTHING TO ADD, HOWARD. 582 00:31:53,528 --> 00:31:59,334 >> NO, THAT WAS A GOOD ANSWER, 583 00:31:59,334 --> 00:31:59,634 MIKE. 584 00:31:59,634 --> 00:32:00,535 >> [indiscernible] WITH SPACE 585 00:32:00,535 --> 00:32:04,372 NEWS IN THE BACK. 586 00:32:04,372 --> 00:32:08,343 >> JEFF HOUSE, SPACE NEWS. 587 00:32:08,343 --> 00:32:12,146 QUESTION FOR MIKE BULGER. 588 00:32:12,146 --> 00:32:14,215 I THINK WE WERE ALL HOLDING OUR 589 00:32:14,215 --> 00:32:15,984 BREATH WHEN WE LEARNED WITH THE 590 00:32:15,984 --> 00:32:16,484 HYDROGEN LEAK. 591 00:32:16,484 --> 00:32:19,454 I WONDER IF YOU COULD TELL US 592 00:32:19,454 --> 00:32:21,122 WHAT THE RED TEAM DID WHEN THEY 593 00:32:21,122 --> 00:32:23,825 WENT OUT TO THE PAD TO FIX THE 594 00:32:23,825 --> 00:32:24,192 PROBLEM. 595 00:32:24,192 --> 00:32:25,727 >> DEFINITELY I WILL. 596 00:32:25,727 --> 00:32:35,003 AS I HAVE A CHANCE TO ANSWER THE 597 00:32:35,003 --> 00:32:35,803 QUESTION, I LOOK OUT INTO THE 598 00:32:35,803 --> 00:32:39,607 CROWD AND SEE ALL THE MEDIA WITH 599 00:32:39,607 --> 00:32:41,709 ARTEMIS SHIRTS, SO I'M REALLY 600 00:32:41,709 --> 00:32:42,877 HAPPY TO SEE THAT. 601 00:32:42,877 --> 00:32:50,485 WE HAD A LEAK IN A REPLENISH 602 00:32:50,485 --> 00:32:52,987 VALVE, SO THAT CAUSED US TO GO 603 00:32:52,987 --> 00:32:55,456 INTO A STOP FLOW ON THE CORE 604 00:32:55,456 --> 00:32:57,825 STAGE AND UPPER STAGE WHILE WE 605 00:32:57,825 --> 00:32:58,993 RESOLVED THE LEAK THAT WE WERE 606 00:32:58,993 --> 00:33:00,895 SEEING IN THE BASE. 607 00:33:00,895 --> 00:33:02,830 WE SENT A RED TEAM OUT, AND 608 00:33:02,830 --> 00:33:04,565 BASICALLY, WHAT THE RED TEAM WAS 609 00:33:04,565 --> 00:33:06,300 DOING, WE HAD A COUPLE OF FOLKS 610 00:33:06,300 --> 00:33:07,335 IN THERE. 611 00:33:07,335 --> 00:33:09,737 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE 612 00:33:09,737 --> 00:33:12,073 VIDEO, BUT IT WAS KIND OF A 613 00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:14,075 TIGHT FIT WITH THE TORQUE 614 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:17,111 WRENCH, AND THEY WERE TIGHTENING 615 00:33:17,111 --> 00:33:19,547 DOWN SOME PACKING NUTS, AND THEY 616 00:33:19,547 --> 00:33:21,082 WERE TIGHTENING DOWN EITHER SIDE 617 00:33:21,082 --> 00:33:22,183 OF THEM. 618 00:33:22,183 --> 00:33:26,921 WE CYCLED THE VALVE, THEY WERE 619 00:33:26,921 --> 00:33:29,190 STILL TURNING THEM A LITTLE BIT, 620 00:33:29,190 --> 00:33:31,859 WE CYCLED THEM AGAIN, AND THEY 621 00:33:31,859 --> 00:33:35,296 TIGHTENED THEM MORE, AND WE 622 00:33:35,296 --> 00:33:39,500 RECYCLED THEM, AND WE FELT 623 00:33:39,500 --> 00:33:41,069 CONFIDENT THAT THEY WERE TIGHT 624 00:33:41,069 --> 00:33:42,704 AND HAD A GOOD VALVE. 625 00:33:42,704 --> 00:33:45,339 WE GOT THE RED TEAM BACK FROM 626 00:33:45,339 --> 00:33:48,843 THE PAD AND GOT BACK INTO FAST 627 00:33:48,843 --> 00:33:59,987 FILL AND IN FACT, WE RESOLVED 628 00:33:59,987 --> 00:34:06,094 THE PROBLEM AND HAD NO LONGER 629 00:34:06,094 --> 00:34:09,897 PROBLEMS IN THE BAY. 630 00:34:09,897 --> 00:34:12,800 WE SENT THE TEAM OUT AND THEY 631 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:14,836 DID A TERRIFIC JOB, AND THEY GOT 632 00:34:14,836 --> 00:34:16,404 THAT ISSUE RESOLVED. 633 00:34:16,404 --> 00:34:18,172 A LOW MOMENT WHEN WE FIRST SAW 634 00:34:18,172 --> 00:34:19,440 THE LEAK. 635 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:20,975 WE STUMBLED THROUGH SOME OF THE 636 00:34:20,975 --> 00:34:22,844 OTHER LEAKS THAT WE HAD IN THE 637 00:34:22,844 --> 00:34:24,245 PAST, BUT REALLY A HIGH MOMENT 638 00:34:24,245 --> 00:34:26,114 WHEN WE RECOGNIZED THAT WE'D 639 00:34:26,114 --> 00:34:26,714 SOLVED THE PROBLEM. 640 00:34:26,714 --> 00:34:27,615 >> THANKS, MIKE. 641 00:34:27,615 --> 00:34:29,317 JUST WANT TO REMIND THE FOLKS ON 642 00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:31,085 THE PHONE THAT IF YOU HAVE A 643 00:34:31,085 --> 00:34:32,787 QUESTION, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE 644 00:34:32,787 --> 00:34:34,789 THOSE OVER THE LINE, AS WELL. 645 00:34:34,789 --> 00:34:36,424 YOU PRESS STAR, ONE TO GET INTO 646 00:34:36,424 --> 00:34:36,891 THE QUEUE. 647 00:34:36,891 --> 00:34:42,563 NEXT UP, WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE 648 00:34:42,563 --> 00:34:51,939 IN THE FRONT. 649 00:34:51,939 --> 00:34:54,175 >> [indiscernible] JAPANESE 650 00:34:54,175 --> 00:34:54,542 NEWSPAPER. 651 00:34:54,542 --> 00:34:56,711 IN JULY, YOU EXPRESSED YOUR 652 00:34:56,711 --> 00:34:59,514 CONCERN ABOUT CHINA'S NEW 653 00:34:59,514 --> 00:35:02,750 EXPRESSION IN GERMAN NEWSPAPER. 654 00:35:02,750 --> 00:35:07,388 NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT 655 00:35:07,388 --> 00:35:08,656 CHINA SPACE EXPLORATION AND DO 656 00:35:08,656 --> 00:35:10,124 YOU THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE 657 00:35:10,124 --> 00:35:15,463 FOR YOU TO COMPETE WITH CHINA 658 00:35:15,463 --> 00:35:17,632 REGARDING THEIR NEW EXPRESSION? 659 00:35:17,632 --> 00:35:19,200 >> THE QUESTION IS DO I THINK IT 660 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:20,601 WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR CHINA AND 661 00:35:20,601 --> 00:35:24,739 THE U.S. TO COOPERATE? 662 00:35:24,739 --> 00:35:30,011 I HOPE SO, BUT I SEE NO EVIDENCE 663 00:35:30,011 --> 00:35:30,845 OF THAT. 664 00:35:30,845 --> 00:35:35,850 TO THE CONTRARY, WHAT WE HAVE 665 00:35:35,850 --> 00:35:44,592 SEEN IS A LACK OF VISIBILITY, A 666 00:35:44,592 --> 00:35:55,102 SECRETIVENESS, A LACK OF 667 00:35:55,102 --> 00:35:56,971 TRANSPARENCY OF THEM PUTTING UP 668 00:35:56,971 --> 00:35:58,272 THEIR STAGE FOR THEIR SPACE 669 00:35:58,272 --> 00:36:07,748 STATION, NOT HAVING THE STAGE ON 670 00:36:07,748 --> 00:36:11,285 REENTRY, AND THEN NOT SHARING 671 00:36:11,285 --> 00:36:12,353 TRAJECTORY INFORMATION. 672 00:36:12,353 --> 00:36:13,521 NOW FORTUNATELY, IT FELL INTO 673 00:36:13,521 --> 00:36:19,694 THE OCEAN. 674 00:36:19,694 --> 00:36:21,395 THE SECOND THING IS THERE WAS A 675 00:36:21,395 --> 00:36:23,431 CHANCE THAT WE COULD SEE BEFORE 676 00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:29,604 IT FELL IN THE INDIAN OCEAN THAT 677 00:36:29,604 --> 00:36:33,274 IT MIGHT COME DOWN IN GREECE AND 678 00:36:33,274 --> 00:36:35,343 IT MIGHT COME DOWN IN THE TRACK 679 00:36:35,343 --> 00:36:36,143 IN SAUDI ARABIA. 680 00:36:36,143 --> 00:36:42,650 FORTUNATELY, IT CAME DOWN IN THE 681 00:36:42,650 --> 00:36:48,556 INDIAN OCEAN, SO I WISH I COULD 682 00:36:48,556 --> 00:36:49,457 GIVE A BETTER ANSWER. 683 00:36:49,457 --> 00:36:51,192 I PERSONALLY TALKED TO THE 684 00:36:51,192 --> 00:36:53,127 CHINESE AMBASSADOR, WHO I 685 00:36:53,127 --> 00:37:02,870 HAPPENED TO RUN INTO AT A SUNDAY 686 00:37:02,870 --> 00:37:03,204 BRUNCH. 687 00:37:03,204 --> 00:37:05,206 HE SAID WELL, WE CAN COOPERATE, 688 00:37:05,206 --> 00:37:07,174 AND I SAID WELL, LET ME GIVE YOU 689 00:37:07,174 --> 00:37:09,310 AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT YOU 690 00:37:09,310 --> 00:37:10,411 COULD DO. 691 00:37:10,411 --> 00:37:13,414 I SAID 50 YEARS AGO, WE RETURNED 692 00:37:13,414 --> 00:37:14,282 SAMPLES FROM THE MOON. 693 00:37:14,282 --> 00:37:16,751 WE SHARED THAT WITH THE 694 00:37:16,751 --> 00:37:18,552 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. 695 00:37:18,552 --> 00:37:20,087 YOU HAVE JUST RECENTLY RETURNED 696 00:37:20,087 --> 00:37:24,125 A SAMPLE FROM THE MOON. 697 00:37:24,125 --> 00:37:29,030 YOU OUGHT TO SHARE THAT WITH THE 698 00:37:29,030 --> 00:37:29,797 INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, AND 699 00:37:29,797 --> 00:37:34,235 THAT WAS ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO 700 00:37:34,235 --> 00:37:34,969 WHEN WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, 701 00:37:34,969 --> 00:37:38,973 AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. 702 00:37:38,973 --> 00:37:43,010 >> NEXT QUESTION? 703 00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:43,644 HERE IN THE SECOND ROW. 704 00:37:43,644 --> 00:37:46,414 >> SOPHIE SANCHEZ WITH COSMIC 705 00:37:46,414 --> 00:37:46,747 CHICAGO. 706 00:37:46,747 --> 00:37:48,249 FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS TO 707 00:37:48,249 --> 00:37:50,418 ALL OF YOU. 708 00:37:50,418 --> 00:37:52,553 MY QUESTION IS FOR MIKE BULGER. 709 00:37:52,553 --> 00:37:54,355 A FOLLOW UP ON A QUESTION THAT I 710 00:37:54,355 --> 00:37:56,090 ASKED CHARLIE BACK IN AUGUST 711 00:37:56,090 --> 00:37:59,226 ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE RED CREW 712 00:37:59,226 --> 00:38:00,127 AND EXISTING LAUNCHES. 713 00:38:00,127 --> 00:38:01,228 SHE SAID THEN THAT THE 714 00:38:01,228 --> 00:38:02,396 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHUTTLE AND 715 00:38:02,396 --> 00:38:04,598 NOW WAS THE USE OF HIGH TECH 716 00:38:04,598 --> 00:38:07,101 CAMERAS AND JUST MORE TECHNOLOGY 717 00:38:07,101 --> 00:38:09,303 IN GENERAL SO THE CREW CAN 718 00:38:09,303 --> 00:38:10,604 EVALUATE AND REPORT REMOTELY, 719 00:38:10,604 --> 00:38:12,740 BUT THEN, SHE ALSO SAID THAT UP 720 00:38:12,740 --> 00:38:14,442 UNTIL NOW THAT HAS BEEN 721 00:38:14,442 --> 00:38:16,811 ADEQUATE, AND YOU GUYS -- BUT 722 00:38:16,811 --> 00:38:19,080 YOU STILL HAVE THE OPTION TO 723 00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:22,049 SUMMON THE CREW TO THE PAD IF 724 00:38:22,049 --> 00:38:23,217 YOU HAVE TO. 725 00:38:23,217 --> 00:38:24,485 CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE MOMENT 726 00:38:24,485 --> 00:38:26,620 IN THE COUNT DOWN THAT YOU 727 00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:29,123 REALIZED THAT TECH ALONE WASN'T 728 00:38:29,123 --> 00:38:30,391 ADEQUATE ENOUGH AND YOU NEEDED 729 00:38:30,391 --> 00:38:32,326 TO SEND THE CREW. 730 00:38:32,326 --> 00:38:33,961 HOW WAS THAT DECISION MADE? 731 00:38:33,961 --> 00:38:36,163 >> THAT'S AN INTERESTING 732 00:38:36,163 --> 00:38:58,085 QUESTION, SO LET ME THINK. 733 00:38:58,085 --> 00:38:59,854 WE TALKED ABOUT OPTIONS WHERE WE 734 00:38:59,854 --> 00:39:01,389 WOULDN'T HAVE TO SEND A RED TEAM 735 00:39:01,389 --> 00:39:03,391 OUT THERE, AND THINK ABOUT, 736 00:39:03,391 --> 00:39:06,127 COULD YOU SHUT THE REPLENISH 737 00:39:06,127 --> 00:39:08,729 VALVE OFF AND USE THE MAIN VALVE 738 00:39:08,729 --> 00:39:11,799 IN A VERY DELICATE WAY TO TRY TO 739 00:39:11,799 --> 00:39:12,800 PERFORM THAT SAME FUNCTION IN 740 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:18,139 THE REPLENISH, AND THE CRYO 741 00:39:18,139 --> 00:39:22,610 TEAM, WHICH IS AN AMAZING TEAM 742 00:39:22,610 --> 00:39:25,413 WHO DETERMINED THE PROCEDURE. 743 00:39:25,413 --> 00:39:37,958 NONE OF US REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT 744 00:39:37,958 --> 00:39:40,227 THAT PROCESS, ONLY THAT YOU 745 00:39:40,227 --> 00:39:43,330 WOULD BE TRYING TO MANAGE THE 746 00:39:43,330 --> 00:39:44,799 FLOW WITH A DIFFERENT VALVE. 747 00:39:44,799 --> 00:39:46,400 REALLY, AS THE TEAM TALKED ABOUT 748 00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:50,304 IT, I THINK THE PREVAILING 749 00:39:50,304 --> 00:39:54,675 OPINION WAS IT'S PROBABLY THESE 750 00:39:54,675 --> 00:39:57,611 PACKING NUTS AND LET'S GO OUT 751 00:39:57,611 --> 00:40:01,215 THERE AND SEE IF TURNING A 752 00:40:01,215 --> 00:40:02,349 WRENCH WILL RESOLVE THIS ISSUE, 753 00:40:02,349 --> 00:40:05,453 AND ONCE WE GOT OUT THERE, WE 754 00:40:05,453 --> 00:40:06,987 FELT PRETTY GOOD THAT THAT WAS 755 00:40:06,987 --> 00:40:34,548 GOING TO RESOLVE IT. 756 00:40:34,548 --> 00:40:37,651 >> I THINK THIS IS TO MIKE. 757 00:40:37,651 --> 00:40:39,320 I'M CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ANY 758 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:40,721 UPDATES ON THE CUBESATS. 759 00:40:40,721 --> 00:40:42,656 WERE THEY ALL DEPLOYED, ARE THEY 760 00:40:42,656 --> 00:40:44,558 ALL FUNCTIONING? 761 00:40:44,558 --> 00:40:47,261 >> YEAH, MARSHA, THANK YOU FOR 762 00:40:47,261 --> 00:40:47,862 THE QUESTION. 763 00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:50,464 IN TERMS OF THE CUBESAT DEPLOYS, 764 00:40:50,464 --> 00:40:53,901 THE EARLIEST DEPLOYS ARE NOT 765 00:40:53,901 --> 00:40:54,668 QUITE FOUR HOURS INTO THE 766 00:40:54,668 --> 00:40:57,104 MISSION, AND I'M NOT SURE 767 00:40:57,104 --> 00:40:58,172 EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE TIMELINE 768 00:40:58,172 --> 00:40:58,639 WISE. 769 00:40:58,639 --> 00:41:02,643 WE'RE PROBABLY -- IT'S PARTLY 770 00:41:02,643 --> 00:41:03,878 BECAUSE OF THE SLEEP SHIFT IN 771 00:41:03,878 --> 00:41:08,716 THE EARLY MORNING LAUNCH, BUT 772 00:41:08,716 --> 00:41:14,188 THE FIRST GROUP OF FIVE OUGHT TO 773 00:41:14,188 --> 00:41:18,859 BE READY TO BE DEPLOYED ANY 774 00:41:18,859 --> 00:41:19,160 TIME. 775 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:20,761 THEY NEED TO GET SEPARATED FROM 776 00:41:20,761 --> 00:41:24,598 THE ORION SPACECRAFT IN ORDER TO 777 00:41:24,598 --> 00:41:36,377 EXPOSE THE DEPLOYMENT AREA WE 778 00:41:36,377 --> 00:41:39,013 WILL GET AN UPDATE AS WE GET 779 00:41:39,013 --> 00:41:42,149 FURTHER INTO THE MISSION OF 780 00:41:42,149 --> 00:41:42,449 THOSE. 781 00:41:42,449 --> 00:41:46,086 >> AND AS I HAVE FOLKS TALKING 782 00:41:46,086 --> 00:41:48,989 INTO MY EAR, I CAN TELL YOU THAT 783 00:41:48,989 --> 00:41:51,926 THEY HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED AT THIS 784 00:41:51,926 --> 00:41:52,226 TIME. 785 00:41:52,226 --> 00:41:54,028 NEXT QUESTION, SECOND ROW HERE, 786 00:41:54,028 --> 00:41:58,899 IN THE BLUE SHIRT -- OR THIRD, 787 00:41:58,899 --> 00:41:59,233 SORRY. 788 00:41:59,233 --> 00:42:00,501 >> HI. 789 00:42:00,501 --> 00:42:03,604 STEPHEN CLARK FROM SPACE FLIGHT 790 00:42:03,604 --> 00:42:03,871 NOW. 791 00:42:03,871 --> 00:42:10,311 I THINK MY QUESTION IS FOR MIKE 792 00:42:10,311 --> 00:42:14,281 SERAPHIM, BUT HOWARD, YOU CAN 793 00:42:14,281 --> 00:42:16,350 CHIME IN IF YOU WANT. 794 00:42:16,350 --> 00:42:19,920 IF YOU CAN CLARIFY THE AMOUNT OF 795 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:26,794 RISK THAT IS WITH THE SUCCESSFUL 796 00:42:26,794 --> 00:42:30,798 SPACE FLIGHT SYSTEM. 797 00:42:30,798 --> 00:42:33,133 OVER THE COURSE OF THE OUTBOUND 798 00:42:33,133 --> 00:42:37,705 TEST OF THE MOON, WHAT ARE SOME 799 00:42:37,705 --> 00:42:46,313 OF THE THINGS BEING DEVELOPED 800 00:42:46,313 --> 00:42:49,250 FOR THE PROGRAM? 801 00:42:49,250 --> 00:42:51,585 >> THE INSERTION ALTITUDE WAS -- 802 00:42:51,585 --> 00:43:11,338 WE WERE AIMING FOR A 975 BY 803 00:43:11,338 --> 00:43:14,808 16 NAUTICAL INSERTION, AND WE 804 00:43:14,808 --> 00:43:26,086 GOT 972 BY 16. 805 00:43:26,086 --> 00:43:29,356 IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH RISK, ALL 806 00:43:29,356 --> 00:43:34,128 THE SEPARATION EVENTS THROUGH 807 00:43:34,128 --> 00:43:38,432 BOOSTER SEPARATION, SERVICE 808 00:43:38,432 --> 00:43:42,603 MODULE, THE JETTISON ABORT 809 00:43:42,603 --> 00:43:47,941 LAUNCH SYSTEM, SHUTTING DOWN THE 810 00:43:47,941 --> 00:43:50,110 RS-25 ENGINES PROPERLY, THE 811 00:43:50,110 --> 00:43:53,681 SCORE STAGE, AND THEN THE 812 00:43:53,681 --> 00:43:57,818 INTERIM STAGE FOLLOWED BY 813 00:43:57,818 --> 00:43:58,919 TRANSLUNAR INJECTION MANEUVER, 814 00:43:58,919 --> 00:44:02,456 WHILE YOU'VE GOT THE DEPLOYMENT 815 00:44:02,456 --> 00:44:07,294 OF THE ORION SOLAR ARRAYS, AND 816 00:44:07,294 --> 00:44:10,864 POSITIONING THOSE IN TIME, THAT 817 00:44:10,864 --> 00:44:17,438 ALL OF THESE CHOREOGRAPHED 818 00:44:17,438 --> 00:44:18,839 EVENTS, IT HAPPENS LIKE THAT IN 819 00:44:18,839 --> 00:44:20,808 THE SYSTEM, AND GETTING ALL OF 820 00:44:20,808 --> 00:44:23,077 THOSE SOLAR ARRAYS DEPLOYED 821 00:44:23,077 --> 00:44:25,412 BEFORE THE BATTERIES EXPIRED, 822 00:44:25,412 --> 00:44:30,050 AND THEN DISPOSAL OF THE STAGE 823 00:44:30,050 --> 00:44:34,922 RESPONSIBLY, DISPOSING OF THE 824 00:44:34,922 --> 00:44:55,342 INTERIM STAGES REFERENCED TO 825 00:44:55,342 --> 00:44:58,679 EARLIER. 826 00:44:58,679 --> 00:45:01,382 WE ARE HEADING OUTBOUND TO THE 827 00:45:01,382 --> 00:45:04,952 VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELTS. 828 00:45:04,952 --> 00:45:07,154 WE ARE FLYING OUTBOUND PAST THE 829 00:45:07,154 --> 00:45:09,056 EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD INTO THE 830 00:45:09,056 --> 00:45:14,728 DEEP SPACE ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT 831 00:45:14,728 --> 00:45:18,065 GETS EXTREMELY COLD, AND WE'VE 832 00:45:18,065 --> 00:45:19,333 DEMONSTRATED ALL OF THAT. 833 00:45:19,333 --> 00:45:24,204 NOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF IN-SPACE 834 00:45:24,204 --> 00:45:26,340 PROPULSIVE MANEUVERS AHEAD OF 835 00:45:26,340 --> 00:45:29,343 US. 836 00:45:29,343 --> 00:45:30,911 WE'LL DEMONSTRATE SPACE COMMAND 837 00:45:30,911 --> 00:45:32,513 AND CONTROL OF THE DEEP SPACE 838 00:45:32,513 --> 00:45:35,315 NETWORK, AND THEN WE'VE GOT A 839 00:45:35,315 --> 00:45:39,186 SET UP FOR THE SECOND PART OF 840 00:45:39,186 --> 00:45:41,522 OUR PRIORITY TRAJECTORY ON THE 841 00:45:41,522 --> 00:45:49,329 WAY HOME, WHICH IS A NEW HEAT 842 00:45:49,329 --> 00:45:51,965 SHIELD DESIGN AND THEN RECOVER 843 00:45:51,965 --> 00:45:52,299 IT. 844 00:45:52,299 --> 00:45:53,967 AS I SET AT THE OUTSET. 845 00:45:53,967 --> 00:45:57,671 WE ARE ON DAY ONE OF A 26-DAY 846 00:45:57,671 --> 00:45:59,139 MISSION, AND I DON'T KNOW, 847 00:45:59,139 --> 00:46:01,308 HOWARD, IF YOU WANT TO ADD 848 00:46:01,308 --> 00:46:01,909 ANYTHING MORE TO THAT. 849 00:46:01,909 --> 00:46:04,077 >> YEAH, I'LL ADD A FEW MORE 850 00:46:04,077 --> 00:46:05,045 THINGS. 851 00:46:05,045 --> 00:46:07,147 MIKE, THAT WAS A GREAT RECAP. 852 00:46:07,147 --> 00:46:10,717 WE'LL BE TESTING OUR MAIN 853 00:46:10,717 --> 00:46:13,921 ENGINES AND OUR SET OF AUXILIARY 854 00:46:13,921 --> 00:46:15,055 ENGINES, AS WELL. 855 00:46:15,055 --> 00:46:16,256 THE THERMAL ENVIRONMENT THAT 856 00:46:16,256 --> 00:46:20,060 WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN DEEP SPACE 857 00:46:20,060 --> 00:46:20,694 IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE A 858 00:46:20,694 --> 00:46:25,999 CHALLENGE AND WE'RE GOING TO 859 00:46:25,999 --> 00:46:27,067 CORRELATE OUR MODELS AND GET ALL 860 00:46:27,067 --> 00:46:32,339 THE DATA THAT WE NEED FROM OUR 861 00:46:32,339 --> 00:46:32,673 SENSORS. 862 00:46:32,673 --> 00:46:35,075 SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, SHOWING 863 00:46:35,075 --> 00:46:37,945 THAT THOSE REENTRY SPEEDS AND 864 00:46:37,945 --> 00:46:40,981 SLOWING THE VEHICLE DOWN SO WE 865 00:46:40,981 --> 00:46:42,850 HAVE NICE TOUCHDOWN, 20 MILES 866 00:46:42,850 --> 00:46:44,485 PER HOUR, WILL BE A GREAT DAY, 867 00:46:44,485 --> 00:46:46,186 SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE 868 00:46:46,186 --> 00:46:46,920 REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE LEARN AND 869 00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:47,254 GO FORWARD. 870 00:46:52,092 --> 00:46:58,165 >> LAUREN GRUSH WITH BLOOMBERG 871 00:46:58,165 --> 00:47:00,667 ON THE BACK IN THE LEFT. 872 00:47:00,667 --> 00:47:05,305 >> HI. 873 00:47:05,305 --> 00:47:07,608 LAUREN GRUSH FROM BLOOMBERG. 874 00:47:07,608 --> 00:47:10,244 I JUST WONDER IF YOU GOT ANY 875 00:47:10,244 --> 00:47:13,847 INFORMATION ON THE ETHERNET 876 00:47:13,847 --> 00:47:15,849 SWITCH AND IF THAT CAUSED ANY 877 00:47:15,849 --> 00:47:16,917 PROBLEM DURING THE COUNT DOWN? 878 00:47:16,917 --> 00:47:18,252 >> YEAH, LAUREN, I'LL TELL YOU 879 00:47:18,252 --> 00:47:23,056 WHAT I KNOW ON THE SWITCH. 880 00:47:23,056 --> 00:47:25,592 IT WAS REQUIRED TO TAKE THE -- 881 00:47:25,592 --> 00:47:29,696 SOME OF THE REMOTE RANGE SAFETY 882 00:47:29,696 --> 00:47:32,833 SYSTEMS AND PROCESS THAT AT 883 00:47:32,833 --> 00:47:34,868 THEIR CONTROL CENTER, AND THEY 884 00:47:34,868 --> 00:47:36,703 HAD A COMPUTER PROBLEM AT THE 885 00:47:36,703 --> 00:47:37,304 RANGE. 886 00:47:37,304 --> 00:47:42,442 I THINK I WOULD DIRECT THAT 887 00:47:42,442 --> 00:47:43,744 QUESTION MORE TOWARDS THE SPACE 888 00:47:43,744 --> 00:47:45,178 FORCE AND THE RANGE BECAUSE 889 00:47:45,178 --> 00:47:49,550 THAT'S NOT A NASA SYSTEM. 890 00:47:49,550 --> 00:47:50,684 I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYMORE 891 00:47:50,684 --> 00:47:51,218 ON THAT, MIKE. 892 00:47:51,218 --> 00:47:53,287 >> I THINK YOU'VE GOT IT. 893 00:47:53,287 --> 00:47:55,355 IT WAS BASICALLY AN ETHERNET 894 00:47:55,355 --> 00:47:59,560 SWITCH THAT ALLOWED THEM TO TIE 895 00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:06,099 IN DATA FROM REMOTE SITES INTO 896 00:48:06,099 --> 00:48:07,301 THEIR CENTRAL HUB. 897 00:48:07,301 --> 00:48:09,636 THEY RECOVERED FROM IT WELL AND 898 00:48:09,636 --> 00:48:13,407 ALLOWED US TO HAVE A LAUNCH 899 00:48:13,407 --> 00:48:13,707 TODAY. 900 00:48:13,707 --> 00:48:14,474 WHILE IT WAS UNFORTUNATE AND 901 00:48:14,474 --> 00:48:18,045 UNTIMELY, IT ALLOWED US TO GET 902 00:48:18,045 --> 00:48:23,717 TO A LAUNCH, SO KUDOS TO US. 903 00:48:23,717 --> 00:48:32,326 >> I THINK THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE 904 00:48:32,326 --> 00:48:33,193 OF THE NASA AND FIRING ROOM. 905 00:48:33,193 --> 00:48:34,795 THEY SAID WE HAVE AN ISSUE HERE 906 00:48:34,795 --> 00:48:39,132 AND WE NEED TO RECOVER THIS 907 00:48:39,132 --> 00:48:40,467 BEFORE WE CAN SAFELY AND 908 00:48:40,467 --> 00:48:48,041 RESPONSIBY LAUNCH, AND THEY 909 00:48:48,041 --> 00:48:50,744 ACTED IN VERY CLOSE COORDINATION 910 00:48:50,744 --> 00:48:52,579 AND GAVE AN ESTIMATE AS TO WHEN 911 00:48:52,579 --> 00:48:53,580 THEY COULD RECOVER, AND THEY 912 00:48:53,580 --> 00:48:55,716 WERE VERY CLOSE TO IT, AND THEY 913 00:48:55,716 --> 00:48:57,484 WORKED THROUGH IT VERY 914 00:48:57,484 --> 00:48:59,820 METHODICALLY, AND THEY TOLD US 915 00:48:59,820 --> 00:49:05,225 EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WHERE THEY 916 00:49:05,225 --> 00:49:06,727 WERE IN TERMS OF RECOVERY, AND 917 00:49:06,727 --> 00:49:11,932 THAT ALLOWED US TO OPEN OUR 918 00:49:11,932 --> 00:49:14,568 WINDOW VERY CLOSE TO THE 919 00:49:14,568 --> 00:49:15,335 INTENDED TIME. 920 00:49:15,335 --> 00:49:17,270 WE WENT WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR 921 00:49:17,270 --> 00:49:20,040 REALLY WAS A BY-PRODUCT OF 922 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:21,008 NEEDING SOME OF THE RECEIPT CREW 923 00:49:21,008 --> 00:49:27,080 OUT TO THE PAD, AND WE HAD TO 924 00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:28,915 HALT SOME OF THE LOADING 925 00:49:28,915 --> 00:49:31,018 OPERATIONS AND SAFETY OF THOSE 926 00:49:31,018 --> 00:49:31,351 PEOPLE. 927 00:49:31,351 --> 00:49:32,919 THEY WERE GOING INTO A HAZARDOUS 928 00:49:32,919 --> 00:49:35,155 ENVIRONMENT, BUT IN THE INTEREST 929 00:49:35,155 --> 00:49:36,823 OF CONTROLLING THAT ENVIRONMENT 930 00:49:36,823 --> 00:49:38,692 AS MUCH AS YOU COULD, WE HAD TO 931 00:49:38,692 --> 00:49:43,363 HALT THE INTENT, WHICH SLOWED 932 00:49:43,363 --> 00:49:46,166 THE LAUNCH IN GETTING THE UPPER 933 00:49:46,166 --> 00:49:47,801 STAGE FULLY CONFIGURED. 934 00:49:47,801 --> 00:49:53,740 SO SEEING THAT CHOREOGRAPHY 935 00:49:53,740 --> 00:49:54,474 BETWEEN THE SPACE FORCE AND THE 936 00:49:54,474 --> 00:49:55,642 NASA FIRING ONE I THINK WAS 937 00:49:55,642 --> 00:49:58,311 EXTREMELY WELL HANDLED AND OUR 938 00:49:58,311 --> 00:50:00,113 HATS OFF TO THE SPACE FORCE IN 939 00:50:00,113 --> 00:50:02,382 GETTING THAT HANDLED. 940 00:50:02,382 --> 00:50:15,729 >> NEXT QUESTION, HERE IN FRONT. 941 00:50:15,729 --> 00:50:16,263 >> [indiscernible]. 942 00:50:16,263 --> 00:50:20,167 I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR EMILY. 943 00:50:20,167 --> 00:50:24,805 ONE THING ABOUT THE ENGINEERS IS 944 00:50:24,805 --> 00:50:29,009 THE AMOUNT OF WOMEN BEHIND THE 945 00:50:29,009 --> 00:50:33,046 SCENES IN THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM. 946 00:50:33,046 --> 00:50:34,681 CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT THE 947 00:50:34,681 --> 00:50:36,149 EMOTIONS YOU FELT AND HOW IT 948 00:50:36,149 --> 00:50:39,319 FEELS TO BE PART OF THIS ARTEMIS 949 00:50:39,319 --> 00:50:39,686 PROGRAM? 950 00:50:39,686 --> 00:50:40,320 >> CERTAINLY. 951 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:48,695 I MEAN, I THINK MY EMOTIONS ARE 952 00:50:48,695 --> 00:50:50,063 MATCHED PRETTY MUCH BY NOT ONLY 953 00:50:50,063 --> 00:50:51,698 EVERYBODY AT THIS TABLE BUT 954 00:50:51,698 --> 00:50:52,432 EVERYBODY WHETHER THEY WERE 955 00:50:52,432 --> 00:50:53,333 WORKING IT OR NOT. 956 00:50:53,333 --> 00:50:55,102 THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF 957 00:50:55,102 --> 00:50:55,435 PRIDE. 958 00:50:55,435 --> 00:50:57,504 THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF AWE, AND 959 00:50:57,504 --> 00:51:00,707 THAT PRIDE IS NOT ONLY IN THE 960 00:51:00,707 --> 00:51:02,242 INDIVIDUALS THAT WE KNOW AND OUR 961 00:51:02,242 --> 00:51:04,745 FRIENDS WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD 962 00:51:04,745 --> 00:51:05,645 OVER THE NUMBER OF YEARS WHO 963 00:51:05,645 --> 00:51:08,415 HAVE GOTTEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO 964 00:51:08,415 --> 00:51:10,884 CONTRIBUTE TO THIS GREAT MISSION 965 00:51:10,884 --> 00:51:17,491 BUT ALSO JUST IN THE FACT THAT 966 00:51:17,491 --> 00:51:18,291 WE TOGETHER HAVE GOTTEN TO THIS 967 00:51:18,291 --> 00:51:20,994 PLACE WHERE WE'RE GOING BACK. 968 00:51:20,994 --> 00:51:22,028 I WASN'T HERE YET THE LAST TIME 969 00:51:22,028 --> 00:51:25,165 WE WENT, AND SO IT'S REALLY 970 00:51:25,165 --> 00:51:26,933 EXCITING FOR MY GENERATION AND 971 00:51:26,933 --> 00:51:35,308 FOR THE ARTEMIS GENERATION TO GO 972 00:51:35,308 --> 00:51:36,910 TO THE MOON AND BEYOND. 973 00:51:36,910 --> 00:51:39,846 IF YOU WATCH THE PHOTOS AND THE 974 00:51:39,846 --> 00:51:40,947 IMAGERY FROM THE LAST TIME WE 975 00:51:40,947 --> 00:51:43,416 WERE THERE, THE DIVERSITY OF THE 976 00:51:43,416 --> 00:51:47,621 WORKFORCE OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THE 977 00:51:47,621 --> 00:51:48,688 OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE WAS 978 00:51:48,688 --> 00:51:49,923 NOT WHAT IT IS TODAY, AND I 979 00:51:49,923 --> 00:51:53,026 THINK THAT'S A POINT OF PRIDE, 980 00:51:53,026 --> 00:51:54,995 BUT I THINK IT'S IN A WAY 981 00:51:54,995 --> 00:51:58,532 SURPRISING BECAUSE WE'VE ALL 982 00:51:58,532 --> 00:51:59,633 GROWN IN THAT DIRECTION. 983 00:51:59,633 --> 00:52:08,475 WHEN I WAS INTERVIEWING TO 984 00:52:08,475 --> 00:52:09,509 BECOME A FLIGHT DIRECTOR, I MADE 985 00:52:09,509 --> 00:52:15,482 A BIT OF A FAUX PAS BECAUSE I 986 00:52:15,482 --> 00:52:17,551 SAID I CAN'T WAIT TO BE A FLIGHT 987 00:52:17,551 --> 00:52:21,021 DIRECTOR WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE 988 00:52:21,021 --> 00:52:23,423 MOON, AND IT WAS A BIT OF A 989 00:52:23,423 --> 00:52:27,194 FAUX PAS BECAUSE FLIGHT 990 00:52:27,194 --> 00:52:35,902 DIRECTORS DON'T STICK AROUND 991 00:52:35,902 --> 00:52:36,303 THIS LONG. 992 00:52:36,303 --> 00:52:39,539 >> IF IT'S YOUR FIRST LAUNCH IN 993 00:52:39,539 --> 00:52:42,275 A NEW POSITION IN THE FIRING 994 00:52:42,275 --> 00:52:45,645 ROOM, AFTER THE LAUNCH, CHARLIE 995 00:52:45,645 --> 00:52:47,914 CUTS YOUR TIE. 996 00:52:47,914 --> 00:52:50,283 I DON'T HAVE A TIE TODAY BECAUSE 997 00:52:50,283 --> 00:52:52,819 IT WAS CUT, BUT IT WAS PRETTY 998 00:52:52,819 --> 00:52:55,021 AMAZING TO HAVE OUR SUPPORT TEAM 999 00:52:55,021 --> 00:52:55,455 BE A FEMALE. 1000 00:52:55,455 --> 00:53:01,027 >> NEXT UP, WE HAVE A QUESTION 1001 00:53:01,027 --> 00:53:05,599 FROM THE PHONE, DAVID WITH 1002 00:53:05,599 --> 00:53:05,999 DISCOVERY. 1003 00:53:05,999 --> 00:53:08,501 >> MIKE SERAPIN, CAN YOU TALK 1004 00:53:08,501 --> 00:53:10,170 ABOUT DAY 26. 1005 00:53:10,170 --> 00:53:16,409 THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY GOAL ON THIS 1006 00:53:16,409 --> 00:53:17,911 MISSION, AND THE HEAT SHIELD, 1007 00:53:17,911 --> 00:53:22,048 AND WHAT WILL YOU BE THINKING 1008 00:53:22,048 --> 00:53:23,583 ABOUT THE NEXT 25 DAYS? 1009 00:53:23,583 --> 00:53:24,985 >> YEAH, DAVID, THANK YOU FOR 1010 00:53:24,985 --> 00:53:25,485 THE QUESTION. 1011 00:53:25,485 --> 00:53:28,121 AS I SAID, WE BROUGHT DOWN HALF 1012 00:53:28,121 --> 00:53:29,389 OF OUR PRIORITY ONE ALREADY 1013 00:53:29,389 --> 00:53:31,191 THROUGH THE ROCKET, SETTING UP 1014 00:53:31,191 --> 00:53:35,362 THOSE INITIAL CONDITIONS. 1015 00:53:35,362 --> 00:53:37,797 WE DO HAVE A LONG FOUR-WEEK 1016 00:53:37,797 --> 00:53:39,399 MISSION AHEAD OF US, AND WE'RE 1017 00:53:39,399 --> 00:53:41,001 JUST GOING TO WORK IT DAY BY 1018 00:53:41,001 --> 00:53:44,838 DAY, AND WE NEED TO WORK IT WITH 1019 00:53:44,838 --> 00:53:46,206 VIGILANCE, AND WE ARE GOING TO 1020 00:53:46,206 --> 00:53:47,574 DO SOME EXTRAORDINARILY HARD 1021 00:53:47,574 --> 00:53:48,541 STUFF. 1022 00:53:48,541 --> 00:53:51,044 WE'RE GOING TO FLY WITHIN 62 1023 00:53:51,044 --> 00:53:53,446 MILES OF THE SURFACE OF THE MOON 1024 00:53:53,446 --> 00:53:57,183 AND USE THE LUNAR GRAVITY ASSIST 1025 00:53:57,183 --> 00:53:59,219 TO MOVE US INTO WHAT'S CALLED A 1026 00:53:59,219 --> 00:54:02,188 LUNAR RETROGRADE ORBIT AND THEN 1027 00:54:02,188 --> 00:54:04,124 SHAKE DOWN THE SPACECRAFT WHEN 1028 00:54:04,124 --> 00:54:12,999 IT'S OUT THERE, AND THEN ANOTHER 1029 00:54:12,999 --> 00:54:13,767 FLIGHT 62 MILES FROM THE SURFACE 1030 00:54:13,767 --> 00:54:15,702 OF THE MOON, AND WE NEED TO DO 1031 00:54:15,702 --> 00:54:18,638 IT WITH ENOUGH PRECISION THAT WE 1032 00:54:18,638 --> 00:54:21,007 HIT FROM 250,000 MILES AWAY. 1033 00:54:21,007 --> 00:54:23,376 WE NEED TO DO IT WITH ENOUGH 1034 00:54:23,376 --> 00:54:25,578 PRECISION THAT WE DON'T SKIP 1035 00:54:25,578 --> 00:54:28,315 BACK OUT INTO DEEP SPACE OR THAT 1036 00:54:28,315 --> 00:54:30,583 WE DON'T COME IN TOO STEEP AND 1037 00:54:30,583 --> 00:54:31,651 DESTRESS THE VEHICLE. 1038 00:54:31,651 --> 00:54:34,988 THERE'S A LOT AHEAD OF US AND 1039 00:54:34,988 --> 00:54:36,923 WE'VE GOT A LOT TO DO ALONG THE 1040 00:54:36,923 --> 00:54:37,524 WAY. 1041 00:54:37,524 --> 00:54:40,393 WE'RE GOING TO SHARE IMAGERY 1042 00:54:40,393 --> 00:54:42,696 LIKE WE DID EARLIER OF THE FIRST 1043 00:54:42,696 --> 00:54:44,864 SHOTS OF THE EARTH FROM THE 1044 00:54:44,864 --> 00:54:45,432 SPACECRAFT. 1045 00:54:45,432 --> 00:54:47,834 WE'RE GOING TO SHARE IMAGERY 1046 00:54:47,834 --> 00:54:49,903 FROM INSIDE THE COCKPIT, WE'RE 1047 00:54:49,903 --> 00:54:52,605 GOING TO SHARE IMAGERY CLOSE UP 1048 00:54:52,605 --> 00:54:54,741 FROM THE MOON, BUT THERE'S A LOT 1049 00:54:54,741 --> 00:55:01,214 OF STUFF THAT WE'VE GOT TO 1050 00:55:01,214 --> 00:55:01,614 DEMONSTRATE. 1051 00:55:01,614 --> 00:55:07,954 WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT 1052 00:55:07,954 --> 00:55:09,723 MACH 1053 00:55:09,723 --> 00:55:12,425 32 OR 24,500 MILES PER HOUR AND 1054 00:55:12,425 --> 00:55:17,230 THEN SLOW DOWN THAT DEPLOYMENT 1055 00:55:17,230 --> 00:55:17,931 AND SPLASHDOWN IN THE PACIFIC. 1056 00:55:17,931 --> 00:55:21,468 WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, IT 1057 00:55:21,468 --> 00:55:24,471 WILL SIGNAL THE ARRIVAL OF OUR 1058 00:55:24,471 --> 00:55:26,106 DEEP SPACECRAFT AND HOW MANY 1059 00:55:26,106 --> 00:55:26,906 TRANSPORTATION, AND IT WILL SHOW 1060 00:55:26,906 --> 00:55:29,275 THAT WE'VE GOT A CAPABILITY IN 1061 00:55:29,275 --> 00:55:30,543 PLACE IN COMBINATION WITH THE 1062 00:55:30,543 --> 00:55:31,845 ROCKET THAT WE'VE ALREADY 1063 00:55:31,845 --> 00:55:33,580 DEMONSTRATED THAT PUTS US ON A 1064 00:55:33,580 --> 00:55:35,015 PATH TO ACCOMPLISH THE REST OF 1065 00:55:35,015 --> 00:55:37,117 THE ARTEMIS MANIFEST IN FRONT OF 1066 00:55:37,117 --> 00:55:39,486 US, SO AGAIN, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE 1067 00:55:39,486 --> 00:55:40,653 IT DAY BY DAY. 1068 00:55:40,653 --> 00:55:46,459 WE'RE GOING TO LEARN STUFF AS WE 1069 00:55:46,459 --> 00:55:46,726 GO. 1070 00:55:46,726 --> 00:55:48,428 WE'VE GOT THOUSANDS AND 1071 00:55:48,428 --> 00:55:55,035 THOUSANDS OF MEASUREMENTS AND 1072 00:55:55,035 --> 00:55:56,970 DATA AND THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING 1073 00:55:56,970 --> 00:56:00,907 TO DO ALONG THE WAY, AND IF 1074 00:56:00,907 --> 00:56:01,674 THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 1075 00:56:01,674 --> 00:56:03,710 WE THOUGHT THEY WERE, WE'VE GOT 1076 00:56:03,710 --> 00:56:05,578 TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT BEFORE WE 1077 00:56:05,578 --> 00:56:07,280 PUT HUMANS ON THE MOON. 1078 00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,082 IF WE'RE LUCKY AND FLY RIGHT 1079 00:56:09,082 --> 00:56:10,850 DOWN THE MIDDLE, IT'LL BE A 1080 00:56:10,850 --> 00:56:12,519 GREAT DAY, AND IF WE LEARN FROM 1081 00:56:12,519 --> 00:56:14,354 IT, THAT GOES BACK TO WHY WE'RE 1082 00:56:14,354 --> 00:56:17,690 HAVING AN UNCREWED TEST FLIGHT 1083 00:56:17,690 --> 00:56:20,026 AND WHY WE PURPOSEFULLY SET UP 1084 00:56:20,026 --> 00:56:23,396 AN UNCREWED MISSION BEFORE WE 1085 00:56:23,396 --> 00:56:26,533 FLY ASTRONAUTS ON THE NEXT 1086 00:56:26,533 --> 00:56:26,866 MISSION. 1087 00:56:26,866 --> 00:56:27,867 >> THANKS, MIKE. 1088 00:56:27,867 --> 00:56:30,170 WE'RE RUNNING UP ON OUR HOUR, 1089 00:56:30,170 --> 00:56:32,338 BUT WE DO HAVE TIME FOR A COUPLE 1090 00:56:32,338 --> 00:56:36,676 MORE QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM. 1091 00:56:36,676 --> 00:56:37,510 YEP, IN FRONT. 1092 00:56:37,510 --> 00:56:39,879 >> JOHN [indiscernible] COUPLE 1093 00:56:39,879 --> 00:56:41,481 OF THINGS. 1094 00:56:41,481 --> 00:56:43,083 HOW MUCH DO YOU LOSE BY NOT 1095 00:56:43,083 --> 00:56:45,952 FLYING THE 40 DAYS, PLUS YOU'RE 1096 00:56:45,952 --> 00:56:46,920 DOWN TO 25 DAYS. 1097 00:56:46,920 --> 00:56:48,455 YOU HAVE THE MANNEQUINS ON BOARD 1098 00:56:48,455 --> 00:56:50,890 AND YOU'RE GATHERING ALL THIS 1099 00:56:50,890 --> 00:56:54,127 DATA, FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO 1100 00:56:54,127 --> 00:56:54,527 ANSWER THAT. 1101 00:56:54,527 --> 00:56:56,162 AND THE NEXT THING IS OVER THE 1102 00:56:56,162 --> 00:56:57,597 COURSE OF THE MONTH, WE'VE 1103 00:56:57,597 --> 00:57:02,702 TALKED TO SO MANY FOLKS ON YOUR 1104 00:57:02,702 --> 00:57:05,038 TEAM WHO HAVE BEEN WITH YOU 1105 00:57:05,038 --> 00:57:06,806 SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE 1106 00:57:06,806 --> 00:57:07,841 PROGRAM, OVER TEN YEARS. 1107 00:57:07,841 --> 00:57:09,576 AS YOU SAID, MR. ADMINISTRATOR, 1108 00:57:09,576 --> 00:57:10,210 IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING? 1109 00:57:16,616 --> 00:57:18,351 >> I'LL ANSWER YOUR SECOND 1110 00:57:18,351 --> 00:57:18,718 QUESTION. 1111 00:57:18,718 --> 00:57:20,687 I'M A LONG TIMER MYSELF, AND 1112 00:57:20,687 --> 00:57:25,091 I'VE BEEN WITH THE ORION PROGRAM 1113 00:57:25,091 --> 00:57:25,725 SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. 1114 00:57:25,725 --> 00:57:31,097 I WOULD SAY TO MY COLLEAGUES AND 1115 00:57:31,097 --> 00:57:35,835 PEOPLE THAT CAME BEFORE ME, 1116 00:57:35,835 --> 00:57:38,938 WE'VE WORKED HARD AND PERSEVERED 1117 00:57:38,938 --> 00:57:42,308 THROUGH A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN 1118 00:57:42,308 --> 00:57:43,643 TERMS OF CHANGES IN 1119 00:57:43,643 --> 00:57:45,311 ADMINISTRATION AND STUFF, BUT 1120 00:57:45,311 --> 00:57:47,614 JOHN SAID IT VERY WELL. 1121 00:57:47,614 --> 00:57:50,416 THE HARDWARE IS THE PEOPLE 1122 00:57:50,416 --> 00:57:51,751 ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN 1123 00:57:51,751 --> 00:57:53,653 EUROPE, AS WELL, WORKING WITH 1124 00:57:53,653 --> 00:57:58,358 US, SPENDING LONG HOURS, TRYING 1125 00:57:58,358 --> 00:57:59,826 TO MAKE THIS ENDEAVOR HAPPEN, 1126 00:57:59,826 --> 00:58:04,297 AND I THINK IT'S A VERY PROUD 1127 00:58:04,297 --> 00:58:05,031 MOMENT, AND I LOOK AT WHAT WE 1128 00:58:05,031 --> 00:58:07,934 DID TODAY, AND I REFLECT BACK ON 1129 00:58:07,934 --> 00:58:10,603 ALL THE LATE NIGHTS AND I LOOK 1130 00:58:10,603 --> 00:58:12,906 BACK ON ALL THE PEOPLE ACROSS 1131 00:58:12,906 --> 00:58:13,973 THE COUNTRY AND EUROPE TRYING TO 1132 00:58:13,973 --> 00:58:16,109 MAKE THIS HAPPEN, AND WE SHOULD 1133 00:58:16,109 --> 00:58:18,578 ALL BE PROUD OF WHAT WE'VE 1134 00:58:18,578 --> 00:58:21,147 ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR, BUT WE'VE 1135 00:58:21,147 --> 00:58:22,182 GOT A WAYS TO GO. 1136 00:58:22,182 --> 00:58:23,616 EACH DAY IS GOING TO BE 1137 00:58:23,616 --> 00:58:24,984 IMPORTANT IN THIS MISSION AND 1138 00:58:24,984 --> 00:58:26,753 WE'VE GOT TO LEARN A LOT AS WE 1139 00:58:26,753 --> 00:58:29,956 GO FORWARD, SO THAT'S HOW I 1140 00:58:29,956 --> 00:58:30,723 WOULD RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION. 1141 00:58:30,723 --> 00:58:33,793 >> YEAH, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH 1142 00:58:33,793 --> 00:58:34,994 HOWARD. 1143 00:58:34,994 --> 00:58:36,696 PERSEVERANCE IS THE WORD OF THE 1144 00:58:36,696 --> 00:58:37,096 DAY. 1145 00:58:37,096 --> 00:58:41,134 THE FOLKS IN THIS HAVE HAD TO 1146 00:58:41,134 --> 00:58:42,268 PERSEVERE OVER THE YEARS AND 1147 00:58:42,268 --> 00:58:47,307 MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS OF 1148 00:58:47,307 --> 00:58:51,945 PREPARATION AND TESTING AND 1149 00:58:51,945 --> 00:58:53,246 WORKING ON THE GROUP, LEARNING 1150 00:58:53,246 --> 00:58:55,415 WHAT THE SYSTEMS ARE CAPABLE OF 1151 00:58:55,415 --> 00:58:56,749 ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF WHERE WE 1152 00:58:56,749 --> 00:58:57,584 GOT TO TODAY. 1153 00:58:57,584 --> 00:59:06,826 BUT IN TERMS OF WHETHER WE LOSE 1154 00:59:06,826 --> 00:59:08,795 OBJECTIVES THROUGH A 26-DAY 1155 00:59:08,795 --> 00:59:14,801 MISSION INSTEAD OF A 1156 00:59:14,801 --> 00:59:15,535 40-TO-42-DAY MISSION, IT IS IN 1157 00:59:15,535 --> 00:59:23,309 THE MARGINS OF EXTRA DATA TAKES. 1158 00:59:23,309 --> 00:59:24,477 WE WOULD STILL ACCOMPLISH ALL OF 1159 00:59:24,477 --> 00:59:25,445 THE OBJECTIVES. 1160 00:59:25,445 --> 00:59:32,785 WHEN WE BASELINED THE ARTEMIS I 1161 00:59:32,785 --> 00:59:34,487 MISSION, IT WAS ORIGINALLY JUST 1162 00:59:34,487 --> 00:59:35,255 A 26-DAY MISSION. 1163 00:59:35,255 --> 00:59:36,856 WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THE 1164 00:59:36,856 --> 00:59:38,424 MISSION AVAILABILITY, WE 1165 00:59:38,424 --> 00:59:52,372 REALIZED THAT WE COULDN'T LAUNCH 1166 00:59:52,372 --> 00:59:56,509 AS MUCH AS WE WOULD WANT. 1167 00:59:56,509 --> 00:59:59,812 SO WE CAME UP WITH A LONG STAY 1168 00:59:59,812 --> 01:00:01,347 AND A SHORT STAY MISSION, AND 1169 01:00:01,347 --> 01:00:03,549 THAT DOUBLED OUR AVAILABILITY SO 1170 01:00:03,549 --> 01:00:05,885 WE COULD LAUNCH TWO WEEKS PER 1171 01:00:05,885 --> 01:00:07,920 MONTH OR ROUGHLY HALF THE MONTH. 1172 01:00:07,920 --> 01:00:09,889 THAT WAS SEEN AS A WIN IN TERMS 1173 01:00:09,889 --> 01:00:10,757 OF MISSION AVAILABILITY AND ALSO 1174 01:00:10,757 --> 01:00:16,062 IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, BUYING 1175 01:00:16,062 --> 01:00:16,729 DOWN RISK. 1176 01:00:16,729 --> 01:00:20,700 BUT WE'RE FLYING A 26-DAY 1177 01:00:20,700 --> 01:00:24,304 MISSION, AND THAT IS ORIGINALLY 1178 01:00:24,304 --> 01:00:26,739 WHAT WE HAD INTENDED. 1179 01:00:26,739 --> 01:00:29,375 IT JUST GIVES US FUTURE 1180 01:00:29,375 --> 01:00:30,743 DAY-TO-DAY OPPORTUNITIES FOR A 1181 01:00:30,743 --> 01:00:32,812 WHOLE HOST OF THINGS, BUT WE ARE 1182 01:00:32,812 --> 01:00:33,946 CONFIDENT IN THE TIME FRAME THAT 1183 01:00:33,946 --> 01:00:37,450 WE'RE FLYING WE CAN GET ENOUGH 1184 01:00:37,450 --> 01:00:39,952 ENGINEERING DATA TO SAY THAT WE 1185 01:00:39,952 --> 01:00:41,921 CAN FLY A CREW WITH CONFIDENCE 1186 01:00:41,921 --> 01:00:43,122 ON THE NEXT MISSION. 1187 01:00:43,122 --> 01:00:44,290 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1188 01:00:44,290 --> 01:00:46,025 I THINK WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE 1189 01:00:46,025 --> 01:00:47,193 MORE QUESTION. 1190 01:00:47,193 --> 01:00:49,495 NOT HEARING ANY IN THE ROOM SO 1191 01:00:49,495 --> 01:00:51,364 ONE ON THE PHONE. 1192 01:00:51,364 --> 01:01:05,545 JIM McKENNA WITH AEROSPACE TECH 1193 01:01:05,545 --> 01:01:05,878 REVIEW. 1194 01:01:05,878 --> 01:01:23,096 SPACETEC -- 1195 01:01:23,096 --> 01:01:27,967 >> WHEN DOES ORION ARRIVE AT 1196 01:01:27,967 --> 01:01:28,568 THOSE [indiscernible]. 1197 01:01:28,568 --> 01:01:35,908 >> EMILY, YOU WANT TO START? 1198 01:01:35,908 --> 01:01:38,411 >> LET ME SEE IF I CAN REMEMBER 1199 01:01:38,411 --> 01:01:38,711 IT. 1200 01:01:38,711 --> 01:01:40,246 >> I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU 1201 01:01:40,246 --> 01:01:40,646 OUT. 1202 01:01:40,646 --> 01:01:42,348 IN TERMS OF THE NEXT BIG 1203 01:01:42,348 --> 01:01:45,485 MILESTONE, IT WOULD BE WHAT WE 1204 01:01:45,485 --> 01:01:50,656 CALL THE OUTBOUND TRAJECTORY 1205 01:01:50,656 --> 01:01:51,023 MANEUVER. 1206 01:01:51,023 --> 01:01:53,760 WE PURPOSEFULLY HAVE A 30-SECOND 1207 01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:56,028 FIRING OF THE SERVICE MODULE 1208 01:01:56,028 --> 01:01:57,563 ENGINE, AND THAT HAPPENS JUST 1209 01:01:57,563 --> 01:01:58,731 UNDER EIGHT HOURS INTO THE 1210 01:01:58,731 --> 01:02:03,436 MISSION, SO 7:47 INTO THE 1211 01:02:03,436 --> 01:02:04,103 MISSION. 1212 01:02:04,103 --> 01:02:11,811 AND THEN, I'M SORRY, JIM, I LOST 1213 01:02:11,811 --> 01:02:13,679 THE -- [indiscernible] I'VE GOT 1214 01:02:13,679 --> 01:02:14,414 IT HERE. 1215 01:02:14,414 --> 01:02:15,548 GIVE ME JUST A SECOND. 1216 01:02:15,548 --> 01:02:18,217 >> HOPEFULLY A WEEK, AND THEN, 1217 01:02:18,217 --> 01:02:20,019 WE SPEND ABOUT A WEEK IN THE 1218 01:02:20,019 --> 01:02:23,856 ORBIT, AND THEN WE SPEND ABOUT A 1219 01:02:23,856 --> 01:02:24,357 WEEK COMING HOME. 1220 01:02:24,357 --> 01:02:26,492 >> THERE'S A REASON I WRITE THIS 1221 01:02:26,492 --> 01:02:26,993 STUFF DOWN, JIM. 1222 01:02:26,993 --> 01:02:27,527 HANG ON JUST A SECOND. 1223 01:02:39,739 --> 01:02:45,144 WE ACTUALLY ISSUE MEMOS ON THIS, 1224 01:02:45,144 --> 01:02:53,352 STALLING FOR TIME, JUST TO KEEP 1225 01:02:53,352 --> 01:02:56,722 EVERYBODY SYNCHRONIZED. 1226 01:02:56,722 --> 01:02:58,558 I WILL FIND IT, JIM, HERE IN 1227 01:02:58,558 --> 01:02:58,925 JUST A SECOND. 1228 01:03:08,568 --> 01:03:08,935 ALL RIGHT. 1229 01:03:08,935 --> 01:03:10,670 SO OUTBOUND PART FLY BY IS ON 1230 01:03:10,670 --> 01:03:14,307 THE 21 AT 7:44 EASTERN TIME IN 1231 01:03:14,307 --> 01:03:16,409 THE MORNING, SO THAT IS THE 1232 01:03:16,409 --> 01:03:21,214 FIRST OF THE TWO-MANEUVER 1233 01:03:21,214 --> 01:03:21,948 SEQUENCE THAT DOES THAT LUNAR 1234 01:03:21,948 --> 01:03:24,183 FLY BY AND SLING SHOT AT 62 1235 01:03:24,183 --> 01:03:25,585 MILES ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE 1236 01:03:25,585 --> 01:03:27,854 MOON. 1237 01:03:27,854 --> 01:03:28,588 WE DO THAT BEHIND THE MOON, BY 1238 01:03:28,588 --> 01:03:30,923 THE WAY, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO 1239 01:03:30,923 --> 01:03:32,158 SEE IT UNTIL AFTER THE MANEUVER 1240 01:03:32,158 --> 01:03:35,094 IS COMPLETE. 1241 01:03:35,094 --> 01:03:39,799 WHEN WE GET ACQUISITION OF THE 1242 01:03:39,799 --> 01:03:41,868 SIGNAL FROM THE SPACECRAFT, 1243 01:03:41,868 --> 01:03:52,011 WE'LL KNOW THAT IT WAS 1244 01:03:52,011 --> 01:03:52,478 SUCCESSFUL. 1245 01:03:52,478 --> 01:03:53,880 I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR 1246 01:03:53,880 --> 01:03:54,247 QUESTION. 1247 01:03:54,247 --> 01:03:54,714 >> ALL RIGHT. 1248 01:03:54,714 --> 01:03:55,581 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. 1249 01:03:55,581 --> 01:03:57,783 THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE THIS 1250 01:03:57,783 --> 01:04:00,953 MORNING, BUT THE ARTEMIS I 1251 01:04:00,953 --> 01:04:02,522 MISSION IS JUST BEGINNING. 1252 01:04:02,522 --> 01:04:05,725 IN JUST A FEW HOURS, WE'LL HAVE 1253 01:04:05,725 --> 01:04:07,727 LIVE T.V. COVERAGE AND 1254 01:04:07,727 --> 01:04:12,798 COMMENTARY OF ARTEMIS' FIRST 1255 01:04:12,798 --> 01:04:15,034 TRAJECTORY BURN, SO STAY TUNED, 1256 01:04:15,034 --> 01:04:16,002 AND GO ARTEMIS. 1257 01:04:26,546 --> 01:04:30,216 >> SERVE, SIX, FIVE, FOUR -- 1258 01:04:30,216 --> 01:04:37,757 STAGE ENGINE START -- THREE, 1259 01:04:37,757 --> 01:04:41,060 TWO, ONE, AND LIFT OFF OF 1260 01:04:41,060 --> 01:04:42,962 ARTEMIS I MISSION. 1261 01:04:42,962 --> 01:04:43,796 WE LIFT OFF TOGETHER, BACK TO 1262 01:04:43,796 --> 01:04:44,363 THE MOON AND BEYOND. 1263 01:04:48,301 --> 01:04:53,005 >> ALL FOUR RS-25 BOOSTER 1264 01:04:53,005 --> 01:04:55,207 ENGINES NOW PROPELLING THE 1265 01:04:55,207 --> 01:04:55,841 VEHICLE AT 128 MILES PER HOUR.