>> THERE ARE PROBABLY
TWO MILLION ASTEROIDS IN
OUR SOLAR TESTIMONY.
THE REASON PSYCHE IS
UNIQUE BECAUSE IT IS
MOTAL RICH.
IT IS BELIEVED IT MAY BE
REMNANT CORE.
ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS
THAT WENT INTO MAKING
THE EARTH AND ONE THAT
WE CANNOT SEE ANY OTHER
WAY.
AND IT WOULD BE A FIRST
METAL OBJECT THAT CAME
IN CONTACT.
>> STUDYING THE EF LUX
OF THE PLANETARY BODIES
DETECTED STORY.
THE ONLY THING WE KNOW
IT IS NOT GOING TO LOOK
LIKE WHAT WE THINK IT IS
GOING TO LOOK I LIKE AND
IT IS REALLY INTERESTING INTEREG
WHAT WITHEVER WE FIND.
>> SPACE IS ALWAYS MORE
AMAZING.
WE CAN HAIP GIN WITH OUR
MINDS ♪
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>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
ARE WATCHING THE
PRELAUNCH NEWS
CONFERENCE FOR NASA'S
MISSION TO PSYCHE.
THE MISSION WILL TAKE US
TO A WORLD FOR THE FIRST
TIME AND ALLOW US TO
TEST DEEP SPACE LASER
COMMUNICATION ALONG THE
WAY THE PSYCHE MISSION
IS SOCIETY TO LIFT OFF
ABOARD A SPACEX FALCON
HEAVE RY TOMORROW THAT
IS OCTOBER 12th AT
10:16 A.M. EASTERN.
AND THIS IS A
COAST-TO-COAST NASA
MISSION.
MANAGED BY NASA'S JET
PROPULSION WILL BE STORY
IN CALIFORNIA AND
LAUNCHING FROM FLORIDA'S
SPACE COAST.
WE HAVE JOINING US TODAY
A DISTINGUISHED PANEL OF
GUESTS READY TO TALK TO
YOU ABOUT THIS MISSION.
STARTINGSTARTING FROM MY LEFT WE
HAVE NASA ASSOCIATE
ADMINISTRATOR BOB CABANA
FOLLOWED BY DR. NICK CAN
I FOX FOR NASA SCIENCE.
HENRY STONE PSYCHE
COMMUNICATION JECT HAN
GER FROM NASA'S JET
PROPULSION LABORATORY
FOLLOWED BY TIM DUNN
SENIOR LAUNCH DIRECTOR
FOR THE NASA LAUNCH
SERVICE PROGRAM.
JULIANNA MPMAN FROM
SPACEX AND FINALLY, OUR
ALENA MOSES THE LAUNCH
WEATHER OFFICER FROM THE
U.S. SPACE FORCE.
OUR PANEL WILL BE
TALKING QUESTIONS FROM
THE MEDIA HERE IN THE
ROOM.
USING #ASKNASA BUT WE
GET TO THE QUESTIONS WE
WE'LL TICK A MOMENT.
BOB A MAN WITH, WE WILL
START WITH YOU.
>> THANK YOU, JASMIN.
IT IS GREAT TO COME BACK
TO KCSC FOR THE AMAZING
SCIENCE MISWE ARE GOING
TO LAUNCH.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE TIME
FOR SPACE EXPLORATION.
WE ARE GOING.
WE ARE ON TRAING WHY RY
TO GO SUPER SONIC TO GO
TO THE MOON, TO GO TO
ASTEROIDS TO THE
FURTHEST REACHES OF OUR
UNIVERSE.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO
LAUNCH THIS REALLY
AMAZING MISSION TO
PSYCHE AND IT RELEANS
INTO NASA'S MISSION
STATEMENT THE EXMORE THE
UNKNOWN PART.
WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORE
IN TO CRESS OUR
KNOWLEDGE AND TO
DISCOVER THINGS WE DON'T
KNOW IN ORDER TO DO
THAT, WE NEED TO
INNOVATE.
WE CREATE NEW
TECHNOLOGIES THAT
BENEFIT HUMANITY.
AND THEN WE MAKE
DISCOVERIES THAT NOT
ONLY EXPAND OUR
KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING OF THE
ROUND REMEMBERS, BUT
THEY EN SPIRE ALL OF US.
THEY INSPIRE NEW
GENERATIONS TO EXPLORE.
YOU KNOW, I GET THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ALL
OF NASA'S PORTFOLIOS AS
I TRAVEL ACROSS NASA AND
GO TO DIFFERENT DIF
CENTERS AND I GOT TO
TELL YOU, PIT IS JUST
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING ALL
THE COOL THINGS THAT WE
ARE DOING.
AS A PILOT, AM ALWAYS
INTERESTED IN WHAT WE
ARE DOING IN
AERONAUTICS.
AND WHEN I LOOK AT
THEOSPANABLE FLIGHT
DEMONSTRATOR, THE X59
QUEST, THE LOW BOOM
SUPERSONIC AIR RAFT,
THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE
THE WAY WE FLY IN THE
FUTURE.
THEN, YOU KNOW, WE GOT
ANOTHER OUTSTANDING CREW
ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
IT IS REALLY HARD TO
BELIEVE, BUT THIS
DECEMBER, IT WILL HAVE
BEEN 25 YEARS SINCE I
HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
LAYING THE CORNERSTONE
OF THIS AMAZING VEHICLE
THAT IS UP THIS RIGHT
NOW.
AND RIGHT NOW, THIS
TRULY IS THE SCIENCE ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
ALL THE THINGS THAT WE
ARE LEARNING.
IT IS JUST A PHENOMENAL
LAB THAT IS UP THIS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
POINT OUT THAT THE SPACE
STATION IS JUST ONE OF
20 MISSIONS THAT WE HAVE
STUDYING OUR OWN PLANET
EARTH.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE, THAT THE PLANET
THAT NASA STUDIES THE
MOST IS PLANET EARTH.
EVERY TIME I COME TO
KSC, I LOVE TO SEE THE
PROGRESS THAT IS BEING
MADE ON ARTEMIS AND
GOING BACK TO THE MOON
AND BEYOND AND IN THE
EVENTUALLY ON TO MARS
AND IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THIS IS WORTH IT.
IT IS WORK THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO OUR NATION.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO
ADVANCING U.S.
COMPETITIVENESS AND IT
IS KEEPING US A GLOBAL
LEADER AND OTHER NATIONS
LOOK TO US TO CONTINUE
TO LEAD.
WE ARE NOT DOING THIS
ALONE.
NASANG BRS THE TEAMS
TOGETHER.
OUR INDUSTRY AND
COMMERCIAL PARTNERS OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
TO EXPLORE THE HOME
PLANET AND WE ARE MAKING
THAT HAPPEN.
I AM SO PROUD SCIENCE
TEAM AND THE SPACE
TECHNOL HE HO GIVE
MISSION FOR THE PSYCHE
MISSION AND FOR THE DEEP
SPACE OPTICAL COM THAT
IS GOING TO GO ALONG ON
THIS FLIGHT AND
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
PSYCHE, OF COURSE, AS
YOU HEAR, THE FIRST TIME
WE ARE GOING TO A METAL
WORLD.
YOU AT THE TIMES BEFORE,
WE HAVE GONE TO PLANETS
AND OBJECTS THAT ARE
ROCK AND ICE BUT
TOMORROW, WE ARE GOING
TO GO TO THE METAL RICH
ASTEROID, ALSO NAMED
PSYCHE 2.2 BILLION MILES
AWAY FROM EARTH, AND I
DIDN'T SAY IT, YOU KNOW.
THIS TRULY IS A HEAVY
METAL ROCK THAT WE ARE
GOING TO, BE A YOU GUYS
CANOPYING IF YOU ARE OUT
WHATEVER THAT MEANS, ALL
RIGHT.
WILL TURN IT OVER TO
NICK CAN I IN SCIENCE TO
TELL US ABOUT THE
MISSION.
HECK CAN I.
THANKS SOME OF.
IS SO GREAT TO BE HERE
AS BOB SAYS, IT IS
AMAZING TO COME BACK TO
KENNEDY AND I LOVE
COMING HERE ANYWAY WHEN
WE COME HERE FOR A
LAUNCH, IT IS JUST SO
SPECIAL.
SEEING THE TEAM IN THEIR
FINAL STAGES READY TO
FO.
OF COURSE, WE HOPE THAT
WHEN WE GET TO THIS
METAL WORLD, IT WILL
JUST REVEAL A TRESH
THOUR TROVE OF
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AND
POTENTIAL ANSWERS TO OUR
DEEPER QUESTIONS WITH
THE SOLAR SYSTEM'S
HISTORY AND THE OUR
PLACE IN IT, AND OF
COURSE, NOT JUST ANSWERS
TO THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE
TODAY, BUT, WE ARE
SCIENTISTS, MORE
QUESTIONS, WE ALWAYS GET
MORE QUESTIONS WHEN WE
GET THERE.
AND WE HOPE THAT BY
STUDYING THE ASTEROID,
WE WILL LEARN MORE THE
IRON COVER OTHER PLANETS
EN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
INCLUDING, AS BOB SAID,
THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAN
HET TO US, THE WITHIN WE
LIVEN IN.
THE ONE WE LIVE ON.
WE WANT TO LARN MORE.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO
ACTUALLY GO AND STUDY
THE CORE BUT MAN WE CAN
TUD DID HE THE ASTRID
AND THAT WILL TELL US
ABOUT OUR CORE.
THE ORIGIN OF THE
ASTEROID ITSELF IS A
MYSTERY.
AND WE HOPE TO UNCOVER
THAT WHEN WE GET THERE
IN 2029 BECAUSE FINDING
OUT WHERE IT CAME FROM
WILL TEACH BUS THE
FORMATION OF OUR SOLAR
SYSTEM.
RIGHT NOW, SCIENTISTS
BELIEVE THE ASTEROID
PSYCHE COULD BE PART OF
A METAL RICH INTERIOR
FROM THE RAMNT NAS OF A
SMALL PLANET KNOWN.
BUT THERE IS ALSO A
BELIEF IT COULD BE A
TOTALLY NEW TYPE OF
SOLAR SYSTEM OBJECT THAT
HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN
BEFORE.
WE HAVE FOUR SCIENCE IN
STREW RESPECTS ONBOARD
THE PSYCHE SPACECRAFT.
OF COURSE, THAT WILL
HELP US STUDY THE
ASTEROID AND THEN HOPING
THAT MANY OF YOU WERE
ABLE TO ATTEND THE
SCIENCE BRIEFING
YESTERDAY, WHERE YOU
HEARD ALL BILLION THE
INCREDIBLE SCIENCE THAT
WE ARE DOING, AND WE ARE
ALSO INNOVATIVE MISSION
DESIGN WHERE SEEK CAN I
ONCE IT GOES TO ORBIT
WILL GO FOUR DIFFERENT
ALTITUDE PROFILES
STARTING AT 40 MILES
ABOVE THE ASTEROID GOING
ALL THE WAY TO JUST
47 MILES POF THE
ASTEROID WHICH IS
FREAKING COOL.
AND THEN, BACK UP TO THE
FINAL ALTITUDE OF
188 MILES POF WE'LL KEEP
GOING COLLECTING ALL THE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
ASTEROIDS MINERAL
COMPOSITION AND THE
TOPOGRAPHY, ALL THAT THE
ELEMENT COMPOSITION, THE
MAGNETIC FIELD AND THE
GRAVITY.
PSYCHE IS OUR 14th
MISSION AS PART OF
NASA'S DISCOVERY
PROGRAM.
IT IS MANAGED BY THE
MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT
CENTER.
DISCOVERY PROGRAM CAN
REALLY COMPRISES LOW
COST REALLY HIGH
QUALITY, HIGH VALUE
PLANETARY SCIENCE
MISSIONS LEAD BY
PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR.
OF COURSE, SHOUT OUT TO
OUR CURRENT FAVORITE
P.I. LINDEY ELKINS WHO
WILL BE WATCHING HER
BABY FLY VERY SOON.
AND WE ARE, OBVIOUSLY,
IT ENABLES NASA SCIENCE
TO PROVIDE SCIENCE
MISSIONS THAT EXPLORE
FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL
AND DISCOVER SCRINES
THAT WILL LAST THROUGH
GENERATIONS I DO WANT TO
QUICKLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR
CONTRIBUTING PARTNERS
THE UNIVERSITY OF
ARIZONA, THE LEADING
PSYCHE MISSION AND THAT
IS OUR HOME INSTITUTION
OF THE AMAZING P.I.
NASA'S JPL, JET
PROPULSION LAB
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
MISSION'S OVERALL
MANNGMENT, THE
OPERATIONS, JUST DOING A
PHENOMENAL JOB AS ALWAYS
AT JPL.
DELIVERED THE SOLAR
ELECTRIC PROPULSION
CHASSIS THE MAIN BODY OF
THE SPACECRAFT AND MOST
OF HE ENGINEERING HARD
WHICH ARE AND NASA'S
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
LAUNCH SERVICE PROGRAM
WHO MANAGED THE
OPERATIONS ANG THEY ARE
KIND OF IMPORTANT
SPACEX, THEY ARE GOING
TO LAUNCH ON FALCON
HEAVY ROCKET.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW THAT
PSYCHE WAS DELAYED FROM
LAUNCHING LAST YEAR DUE
TO CRITICAL TESTING NOT
BEING COMPLETED BUT IN
TIME OF THIS LAUNCH
WINDOW.
MAN, IS THIS YEAR A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT STORY.
I AM SO PROUD OF THIS
TEAM, THE WHOLE TEAM,
AND I AM SO HAPPY TO
SAY, THAT AFTER A YEAR
OF JUST NONSTOP WORK, WE
ARE ABSOLUTELY READY TO
GO.
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO
HAVING PSYCHE AND I HAVE
TO MISSION OSIRIS-REX
BECAUSE YOU ARE SEEING
THOSE SAMPLES THEN
LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING PSYCHE JOIN
OSIRIS-REX AND LOSEY
THAT ARE EXPLORING OUR
SOLAR SYSTEM DURING
WELCOME TO ASTEROID
AUTUMN AND IT IS ONE OF
THE ENGAGEMENT
OPPORTUNITIESES THAT WE
HAVE IN THE SCIENCE
MISSION DIRECTOR ATE
WITH OUR GOAL TO MAKE
SCIENCE MORE ACCESSIBLE
FOR ALL.
AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO
LOW ARE THE POUND DRIS
THEN WE WANT TO HAVE
EVERYBODY KNOWING THEY
ARE SCIENTISTS YOU DO
NOT HAVE TO HAVE A PHD
TO BE A SEE YOU
SCIENTIST.
YOU HAVE TO LOVE TO ASK
QUESTIONS.
JOIN US.
WE WILL ALSO KICK OFF ON
SATURDAY THE BIG YEAR
KICKS OFF WITH THIS
ANNUAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
THAT IS ANOTHER GREAT
WAY TO INTERACT WITH
NASA SCIENCE AND ALSO
THE EARTH INFORMATION
CENTER THAT RECENTLY
OPENED AT NASA
HEADQUARTERS THEN YOU IN
SEE THAT VIRTUALLY THEN
AGAIN, PLEASE JOIN US.
JOIN US AND DO SCIENCE.
BUT, FOR TODAY, WE ARE
READY.
WE HAVE A HEAVY METAL
MISSION.
WHICH ARE GOING TO ROCK
AND ROLL IT.
GO PSYCHE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HENRY STONE.
ALL RIGHT.
GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYBODY.
JUST REAL PLEASURE TO BE
UP HERE AND FOR ALL OF
YOU TO BE JOINING.
I COUPLE OF COMMENTS
WILL MAKE IN THE
OPENING.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO
START OFF BY LETTING YOU
KNOW THAT THE SPACECRAFT
IS COMPLETELY READY TO
GO.
ALL RIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN FUELED.
IT IS PHYSICALLY
INTEGRATED TO THE
ROCKET, OBVIOUSLY.
ROCKET IS NOW UPRIGHT
AND RECEIPTOR CALL AS I
AM SURE YOU KNOW.
THE FINAL VERSION OF THE
FLIGHT SOFTWARE HAS BEEN
LOADED ON THE VEHICLE.
THE FINAL SET OF FLIGHT
PERIMETERS THAT ARE NES
ARE RY FOR LAUNCH HAVE
BEEN LOADED.
SO IT IS READY TO GO.
WE ARE ONLY THING THAT
STANCE IN OUR WAY.
SORRY, IS THE WEATHER.
SHE WILL BRIEF US ON
THAT.
THAT IS ALL WE ARE
DOING.
IT IS JUST A WAITING
GAME NOW FOR APPROPRIATE
5thER TO GO AND
HOPEFULLY THAT WIN
TOMORROW.
BUT WE'LL SEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A
COUPLE OF PICTURES HERE
JUST KIND OF EVIDENCE OF
SOME OF THIS H THIS.
OK.
SO WE ARE STARTING OB NO
LEFT THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THE
SPACECRAFT MOUNTED UP ON
TOP OF THE I 3:00 A,
WHICH IS SHOCK ISOLATION
DEVICE.
BELOW THAT, THEN THE
PATH AT THE POT TOM
WHICH IS THE PAYLOAD
ADAPTER FITTING THAT IS
WHERE WE THEN ADAPT TO
THE ROCKET THAT WE ARE
GOING TO BE TAKING OFF
ON.
I LOVE THE NEXT PICTURE
AFTER THAT.
YOU CAN SEE THE FARING
DURING THE INTEGRATION
ACTIVITY THERE.
IF YOU LOOK RIGHT DOWN
THE CENTER OF THE
OPENING, YOU WILL SEE
THE SPACECRAFT POKED IN
THEN WE CLOSE AND SEAL
IT UP.
SO IT IS FARING ON THE
ROCKET AND, AND READY TO
GO.
WHAT HAPPENED?
WE ARE GOING TO GO OFF
LAST WEEK.
WE MOVED IT TO TODAY.
A NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO,
WE WERE DOING SOME
ADDITIONAL TESTING AT
JPL ON THE COLD GAS
THRUSTERS TO FURTHER DO
CHARACTERIZATION TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DATA
OUT OF ABUNDANCE
OFCATION AND EVERYTHING
ELSE FOR THE OPERATIONS
TEAM.
TO HAVE MORE DATA SO WHE
WITH IN FLIGHT THEY
COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT
WAS GOING ON.
DURING THOSE TESTS WE
DISCOVERED A DISCREPANCY
WITH EARLIER TEST WE HAD
RUN WAY BACK THAT WE
WERE USING IN THE
THERMAL CONTROL OF THOSE
DEVICES.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT SO
WE EMBARKED ON THE
PROGRAM OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL WEEKS TO DO
FURTHER TESTING ON THE
ACTUAL FLIGHT THAT WE
HAVE AND AS A RESULT OF
THAT, WE DEFERRED IT WAS
NES ARE RY TO MAKE
ADJUSTMENT TO THE NIGHT
PERIMETERS THAT IS
SOMETHING YOU DON'T DO
WILLY-NILLY AND JUST WIN
THEM OUT THERE, STRAIGHT
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE,
WE USE TOOK THE TIME AND
NEEDED A WEEK TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE RAN ALL OF
THE TESTING AND
VERIFICATION, AGAIN,
THAT THE ADJUSTMENTS TO
THOSE PERIMETERS WOULD
BE APPROPRIATE.
THIS IS A HUGE
INVESTMENT.
A MISSION LIKE THIS.
WE WANTED IT TO BE
ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY
SURE THAT WE ARE READY
TO GO.
WE COMPLETED THAT
ACTIVITY IN THIS
SCHEDULED WEEK THAT WE
TOOK.
WE REVIEWED THOSE
RESULTS WITH
HEADQUARTERS AND ALL THE
RAREAS STAKEHOLDERS AND
AS I SAY, WE ARE READY
TO GO.
YOU PROBABLY HAVE
FURTHER QUESTIONS.
BUT A PREVIEW ON WHAT TO
EX PE.
RIGHT?
WHAT IS THE UNUSUAL
TIMELINE HERE.
WHEN WE ARE GOING TO
FLARE THE SPACECRAFT
THAT WE ARE OFTEN OFF
AND RUNNING.
SO THE SPACECRAFT WILL
BE POWERED UP ABOUT FIVE
OR SO HOURS BEFORE THE
ACTUAL LAUNCH AND THAT
WILL BE HANDLED BUY A
CREW OF OUR ASSEMBLY
TEST AND LAUNCH
OPERATION TEAM THAT HAS
BEEN HE INDICATED DOWN
HERE AT THE CAPE.
THEY WILL HANDLE THAT IN
CONJUNCTION AND PARALLEL
WITH THE OPERATIONS THAT
ARE TAKING PLACE ON THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE AND IN
PREP RATION FOR THE
COUNTDOWN.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THE
COUNTDOWN WITH THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE.
THE SPACECRAFT ITSELF
WILL BE TRANSITIONED
THROUGH INITIAL TEST
MODE WHEN IT ISISH INLY
POWERED UP AND NOZ A
PRELAUNCH MODE AND THE
LAUNCH STATE ALL
CONFIGURED FINALLY AT
THE END.
THEN THAT GREAT ROCKET
IS GOING TO BLAST US OFF
AND MARK THE ACTUAL
START OF THE MISSION.
SEPARATION OF THE
VEHICLE OF THE
SPACECRAFT AND THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE OCCURS
APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR
AFTER LAUNCH.
AROUND THE FIRST THING
IT IS GOING TO DO IS TO
TRECH OUT THE BIG,
BEAUTIFUL SOLAR ARRAYS
THAT YOU SEE THERE THIS
IS THE SOLAR ELECTRIC
POWERED MISSION.
THOSE WILL BE DEPLOYED
AUTONOMOUSLY, ONE AT A
TIME, ALL OF THE TWO
WINGS GOING OUT AND
PLITTING OUT.
WE THEN, THE SPACE WILL
BE USING SOME SENSORS TO
SEARCH FOR THE DIRECTION
OF THE SUN, WE CAN
ORIENT THE REEK, GET
THOSE PANELS DIRECTLY ON
THE SUN AND GO POWER
POSITIVE SO WE ARE NO
LONGER USING THE
BATTERIES TO POWER THE
VEHICLE.
SHORTLY AFTER LAUNCH,
HEN WE DO THAT, THEN
LOOKING AT THOUGH SUN,
WE ARE ENTERING
20-KILOWATTS OF POW
ONBOARD.
AT THAT POINT, WE WILL
START TO ROTATE THE
VEHICLE VERY SLOWLY AND
BECAUSE WE MAY OR MAY
NOT HAVE OUR LOW GAIN
ANTENNA FOR COMB
INDICATING TO EARTH
POINTED IN THE VIEW
TOWARD EARTH, SO WE WILL
ROTATE THE SPIN AND OFF
TOFF THE SIDE, RIGHT?
THEN, ONCE WE DETECT
WHERE IT IS.
START PICKING UP CARRIER
AND POTENTIALLY
TELEMETRY AND WE WILL
SEND A COMMAND TOP THE
SPACECRAFT TO CONTINUE
ONE MORE ROTATION UNTIL
IT GETS RIGHT TO THAT
POINT TO GET US LINED UP
TO HAVE THE LOW GAIN
ANTENNA POINTED TO THE
EARTH SO WE CAN START OB
THE CONTINUOUS
COMMUNICATIONS SO IT IS
REALLY THOSE SET OF
OPERATIONS WILL TAKE
ROUGHLY TWO HOURS OR SO
AFTER SEPARATION BEFORE
WE ARE ASSURED OR HAVE
HIGH CONFIDENCE WE WILL
HAVE LOCKED IN POSITION
TO START TO GET ACTUAL
TELEMETRY HOWEVER, IT IS
POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON
THE ORIENTATION WE GET
DROPPED OFF FROM THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE, THAT WE
MAY HAVE CARRIER OR
TELEMETRY MUCH EARLIER
THAN THAT.
AND/OR INTERMITTENTLY.
SO I WANT TO SET
EVERYBODY'S
EXPECTATIONS, ABOUT YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THE
CONTROL TEAM AT JPL
WHICH WILL BE HANDING
THIS OFF TO IS GOING TO
BE EAGER TO SEE THOSE
SIGNAL SOUS ARE GETTING
INFORMATION AS TO
WHETHER AND WHEN WE
START TO CAR REQUIRE AND
WHEN WE GO TO A FULL
LOCKOUT SO WE CONDITION
GET TELEMETRY AND
INITIAL JUMP OF THAT AND
DO ASSESSMENT OF THE
OVERALL HEALTH OF THE
VEHICLE THAT ENDS
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE
SEPARATION EVENT SO
THAT'S THE GENERAL EYE
LEVEL TIMELINE.
LET ME SEE IF I COULD
PICK UP.
I HAD A PHOTO HERE.
LIKE I SAID.
WE HAVE TWO TEAMS THE
VAST MAJORITY OF THE
PROJECT IS ACTUALLY
LOCATED IN THE MISSION
SUPPORT AREA BACK IN
CALIFORNIA AT THE JET
PROPULSION LABORATORY
HERE IS KIND OF A
PICTURE OF ONE OF THE
ROOMS YOU HAVE PROBABLY
SEEN THIS CONTROL ROOM
ON OTHER MISSIONS BUT
THAT IS,S THAT THE TEAM
THAT WILL BE HANDING
OFF, SO AS SOON AS WE
SEPARATE THAT IS WHERE
THE ACTION WILL TAKE
PLACE.
THEN OUR TEAM KSC WILL
BE PREPARED TO STAND
DOESN'T AND MOVE BACK TO
CALIFORNIA.
SO JUST, SO JUST ONE,
YOU KNOW, ENDEAVORS OF
THIS SIZE, TAKE AND
EXTRA ORDINARY NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WITH
EXTRAORDINARY TALENTS
AND WE HAVE HAD THAT ON
THIS PROJECT AND THIS IS
NOT ONLY WITHIN THE
PROJECT BUT ALL THE
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS
HERE AND LSP, SPACEX TO
MAKE A MISSION LIKE THIS
POSSIBLE THEN I WANT TO
EXTEND MY THANKS TO THEM
AND THEN, JUST EXPRESS
THAT IT IS JUST HONOR TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SIT IN THIS SEAT AS THE
PROJECT MAN FER THEN,
THEN, LEAD THIS
ACTIVITY, SO AGAIN,
THRILLED TO BE HERE.
I AM THRILLED THAT YOU
ARE ALL HERE AND THE
PUBLIC WATCHING TO JOIN
US IN THE START OF
REMARKABLE MISSION TO
EXTRAORDINARY PLACE OVER
THE WORLD.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM TIM
DUNN FROM THE LAUNCH
SERVICE PROGRAM.
>> THANK YOU, JASMIN.
>> SO PROUD TO BE HERE
TODAY REPRESENTING THE
WOMEN AND THE MEN OF
NASA'S LAUNCH SERVICES
PROGRAM.
ON THE LAUNCH DIRECTOR
FOR THE PSYCHE MISSION
AND THRILLED TO BE A
SMALL PART OF THE AMAGS
TEAM THAT IS LAPPING TO
SPACECRAFT.
PSYCHE IS THE SEVENTH
NASA LSP MISSION TO
LUNCH ON A SPACEX ROCKET
ANOSMIAS' FIRST MISSION
TO FLY ON THE MASSIVE
FALCON HEAVY.
PSYCHE WILL DEPART FROM
EARTH, FROM HISTORIC
LAUNCH COMPLEX 39A RIGHT
HERE AT KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER AND IT IS THE
SECOND TIME WE HAVE GOT
TON LAUNCH FROM THIS PAD
THAT IS PREVIOUSLY
HOSTED SUCH VEHICLES
THAT'S THE SAT TUSH 5
AND THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
I AM GLAD YOU MENTIONED
IT, HENRY.
I WOULD LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE THE FALCON
HEAVY PSYCHE LAUNCH TEAM
SPACEX.
NASA HEADQUARTERS NASA
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND
THE JET PROPULSION
LABORATORY AND OF
COURSE, THE UNITED
STATES SPACE FORCE'S
SPACE LAUNCH DELL TALL
45.
THIS IS A SIMPLE GROUP
OF PROFESSIONALS IS
TRULY WORLD CLASS
EXECUTING THE LAUNCH
CAMPAIGN WITH SURGICAL
PRECISION.
WHILE WE REPRESENT OUR
AGENCIES THEN OUR
ORGANIZATIONS, WE IT IS
AMAZING THE INCREDIBLE
PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING
THEIR HANDS ON THE HARD
WHICH ARE AND MAKING
THIS PSYCHE MISSION
HAPPEN.
HENRY ALLUDED TO IT.
I JUST WISH FOR A MOMENT
THAT YOU COULD SEE SOME
OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES
INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES
ACROSS AGENCIES THEN
ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS TO
GET THE JOB DONE.
IT IS REALLY, IT IS
REALLY FASCINATING AND
IT IS ACTUALLY THIS PART
OF A LAUNCH CAMPAIGN IS
SO PLEASURABLE FOR ME,
PERSONALLY, TO SEE HOW
THE TEAM COMES TOGETHER
TO EXECUTE THIS AMAZING
MISSION.
THAT ENTIRE FALCON HEAVY
TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY WITH
FINAL LAUNCH
PREPARATION.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO WE
PERFORMED A SUCCESSFUL
MISSION DRESS REHEARSAL
WHERE WE EXERCISED THE
LAUNCH TEAM IN
PERFORMING THE SIMULATED
COUNTDOWN.
THIS ANY A FEW DAYS
LATER, THE COMBINED
LAUNCH TEAM HELD OUR
FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW
WHERE WE ACCESSED
READINESS TO GO CONDUCT
A STATIC FIRE OF THE
VEHICLE.
WE CAME OUT OF THAT
REVIEW SUCCESSFULLY AND
THEN TWO DAYS LATER ON
THE 30th OF
SEPTEMBER, WE IGNITED
ALL 27 OF THOSE
INCREDIBLE FIRST STAGE
FALCON HEAVY ENGINES FOR
7 SECONDS ON THE PAD.
THEN, THAT WAS, THAT WAS
HUGELY SUCCESSFUL TEST.
SUBSEQUENTLY WE RETURNED
THE FALCON HEAVY TO THE
LS39 HANGAR AND THEN,
ITS PRECIOUS CARGO, THE
PSYCHE SPACE LEFT WAS
MATED TO THE ROCKET JUST
THIS PAST FRIDAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A
VIDEO IN PREPARE FOG THE
LAUNCH FOR THIS MISSION.
PLEASE ROLL THE TAPE.
THERE IS THE LSD PATCH.
I LOVE THAT ONE.
AH.
THIS WE ARE IN APRIL OF
LAST YEAR OF 2022 WHERE
PSYCHE ARRIVED HERE AT
THE LAUNCH SITE.
WE GOT IT INTO ITS FIRST
PAYLOAD PROCESSING
FACILITY HERE AT KSC AND
WE LATER TRANSITIONED IT
OVER TO TITUSVILLE TO
ASTROTECH HERE YOU SEE
THE SOLAR ARRAYS
ARRIVING AT ASTROTECH
THEN BEING MATED TO THE
PSYCHE SPACECRAFT AND
YOU ARE GOING TO GET AT
BEAUTIFUL VIEW THERE OF
THE EXTENDED SOLAR
ARRAYS THIS.
ABOUT 25 METERS ACROSS.
THAT IS 80 FEET.
THERE IS THE STOWED
CONFIGURATION OF PSYCHE
THEN BEING ENCAPSULATED
WITH THE FALCON HEAVY
PAYLOAD FARING.
THERE IS ROLL-OUT.
THAT OCCURRED JUST
ELEMENT A WEEK AGO.
LAST THURSDAY EVENING,
WHERE WE ROLLED OUT
HEADED OUT TO COMPLEX 39
THEN THAT IS A GLAMOUR
SHOT OF FALCON HEAVY
RIGHT THERE IN THE
HANGAR OUT AT 389A.
THIS WAS AT NOON
YESTERDAY AS WE WERE
ROLLING OUT OF THE HANG
ARE ON OUR WAY UP THE
RAMP.
TO THE PAD DECK AT 39A.
AND GREAT SHOTS THIS.
WE ARE GOING TO GET A
SHOT FROM LAST NIGHT.
THAT IS ABOUT 11:00 P.M.
LAST NIGHT WHERE WE WENT
VERTICAL ON THE
LAUNCHPAD.
AS YOU WALK OUT OF THIS
BUILDING, YOU CAN LOOK
ACROSS THE WAY TO SEE
THAT BEAUTIFUL ROCKET.
IN ITS GENTLY USED FOR
THOSE SIDE CORES, BUT WE
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
SEEING SOME OF THAT TYPE
OF VIDEO HERE IN A FEW
DAYS, SUCCESSFULLY
LIFTOFF THEN OBVIOUSLY,
RETURNING TO THOSE SIDE
CORES BACK HERE TO THE
CAPE FOR REUSE ON A DOD
MISSION TO
USE THOSE AGAIN FOR THE
CLIPPER NEXT YEAR.
SO THEY WILL GET SOME
GREAT NASA USE OUT OF
THEM.
SO YESTERDAY, WE HELD
THE NASA SPACEX LAUNCH
READINESS REVIEW, THE
LRR.
JUST THIS MORNING WE DID
LRR WITH SPACE LAUNCH
DEAL 45 IN BOTH ROW
VIEWS WE RECEIVED
APPROVALS FROM SENIOR
HAS SA JPL, SPACEX AND
U.S. SPACE FORCE
LEADERSHIP TO ENTER INTO
LAUNCH COUNTDOWN.
AS YOU SAW, YESTERDAY,
AT THE LAUNCHPAD, WE DID
BEGIN THE FINAL LAUNCH
PREPARATIONS BY ROLLING
FALCON HEAVY WITH THE
MATED PSYCHE SPACECRAFT
OUT TO THE PAD DECK AND
ERECTING TO THE VERTICAL
LAUNCH CONFESSION
RACIAL.
WE DO HAVE WEATHER
CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US
THAT WE'LL DEAL WITH
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
THEN OUR LAUNCH WEATHER
OFFICER IS GOING TO
EXPERTLY COVER THAT FOUR
SOON.
BUT WEATHER PERMIT AND
ONCE WE CALL OUT OF
ANOTHER WEATHER CALL
LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
EARLY TOMORROW MORNING,
WE ARE GOING TO PERFORM
FINAL PRESSURIZATIONS
THEN VEHICLE CHECKOUTS
THEN SPACECRAFT INTO
ETERNAL POWER.
IF ALL IS GONE WELL TO
THAT POINT.
ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE
LAUNCH, SO SOMEWHERE
AROUND 9:20 A.M.
WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN WE
DO A POLL AND BEGIN
LOADING THE CRYOGENIC
BLOCKS THEN THE SUPER
RP1 TO FALCON HEAVY AND
THE SECOND STAGE.
AFTER COMPLETION OF THAT
PROPELLENT LOADING THEN
ALONG WITH THE SERIES OF
FINAL LAUNCH VEHICLE
CHECKS WE ARE GOING TO
BE READY FOR THE
TARGETED INSTANTANEOUS
T40 LAUNCH AT 10:16 AND
49 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME
TOMORROW MORNING.
SO TO SUMMARIZE THE
FALCON HEAVY ROCKET AND
THE PSYCHE SPACECRAFT
ARE READY.
THE LAUNCH TEAM IS
PREPARED AND EXCITED TO
LAUNCH THIS AMAZING
METAL ASTEROID MISSION.
BACK TO YOU, JASMIN.
THANK YOU, TIM.
NOW HERE TO TELL US MORE
ABOUT FALCON HEAVY,
SPACEX.
>> THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY
THANKING NASA AND THE
PARTNERS THE JET
PROPULSION LABORATORY
AND ARIZONA STATE
UNIVERSITY IN SUPPORT OF
THE MISSION.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD
TO GET HERE.
BUT WE ARE SO SO EXCITED
TO BE AT THIS PHASE OF
THE MISSION, SO CLOSES
TO LIFTOFF AND FINDING
OUT WHAT THAT PSYCHE
ASTEROID IS MADE OUT OF.
PSYCHES AN INCREDIBLY
IMPORTANT MISSION FOR
SPACEX AS YOU HEARD TIM
MENTIONED IT'S THE FIRST
FALCON HEAVY LAUNCH
WHERE WE ARE HEADING FOR
FOR SPACEX
THAT HAS REQUIRED WHAT
IS CALLED CATEGORY 3
CERTIFICATION.
THIS IS THE HIGHEST OF
CERTIFICATION ONCE YOU
GET IN A LAUNCH VEHICLE
THAT DEMONSTRATES THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE IS READY
FOR NASA'S MOST
IMPORTANT SCIENCE
MISSIONS THAT MEANS
FALCON HEAVY HAS BEENING
INTO THE RINGER AND
WHETHER THAT IS DESIGNER
REVIEWS, CRAWLFICATION
TESTING, POST FLIGHT
TATA REVIEWS THEN
VERIFICATION AND FALCON
HEAVY IS READY AND SO
EXCITED TO HAVE YOU
SUPPORT THE MISSION.
AND THE LAST OF THOSE
REVIEWS YOU HEARD TIM
MENTIONED WE
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
YESTERDAY THE LAUNCH
READINESS REVIEW THEN
TRACKING NOSH SHOES ON
THE ROCKET THE ROCKET IS
LOOKING GREAT AHEAD OF
TOMORROW THEN, FOR
ARLENE NA SO HAS SOME
WORK TO DO.
BUT WE TRUST.
SO AFTER LIFTOFF, YOU
HEARD MENTIONED, WE'LL
GO THROUGH A SORRY OF
EVENTS THEN THE SIDE
BOOSTERS WILL SEPARATE
AND COME BACK AND RETURN
TO LAN HERE AT LABBING
ZONE ONE AND TWO FOR
THOSE IN THE AREA WHO
HAVE COME TO VISIT AND
WATCH THE LAUNCH OR WHO
ARE LIVING HERE DON'T BE
SURPRISED IF YOU HEAR A
COUPLE OF SONIC BOOMS.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW,
REUSABILITY IS SO KEY TO
SPACEX'S MISSION AND SO
PROUD TO HAVE A PARTNER
LIKE NASA WHO HAS
EMBRACED REUSABILITY
THEN YOU HEARD TIM
MENTION THE CLEVER
MISSION FLYING ON
PSYCHE'S BOOSTERS, YOU
KNOW, RESEUSSABILITY IS
SO KEY.
IT IS AMAZING TO HAVE A
PARTNER EM PRICE THAT
WITH US AND, UM, YOU
KNOW, WE BELIEVE IT FOR
BOTH MISSIONS AND SO WE
ARE PEEKS ITED ABOUT
THATP.
WE HAVE A LOT TO BE
EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE
FALCON HEAVY THE
BEGINNING OF AMAZING
SCIENCE MISSIONS WE HAVE
COMING UP ON FALCON
HEAVY SO WE HAVE PSYCHE.
WE HAVE EUROPA CLIPPER
PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR
FOLLOWED BY PAYLOAD PP
WHICH ISES IN SA'S LUNAR
GET WHICH AND THE ROMAN
SPACE TELESCOPE MISSION
SO THAT IS A SWEEP OF
AMAZING SCIENCE MISSIONS
PARTNERED WITH FALCON
HEAVY AND COULD NOT BE
PORE MOUD TO BE TRUSTED
WITH NASA'S SIRENS
MISSION AND KICKS OFF
WITH PSYCHE HOPEFULLY
TOMORROW.
SO ON BEHALF OF
EVERYBODY AT SPACEX, I
WANT TO THANK NASA
ADAPIN FOR THEIR
CONTINUED CONFIDENCE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
THEY WEAR HAS BEEN
MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES
ALREADY.
SO TAKETTE AWAY.
THANK YOU.
YES.
>> ONE OF THENG THISES
THAT ALO OF PEOPLE HAVE
TOUCHED ON TODAY WHETHER
IS ONE OF THE BIG WATCH
ITEMS FOR OUR PRIMARY
WINDOW GOING INTO
TOMORROW.
ONE OF THE -- WE ARE ALL
WATCHING THE AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE THAT HAS
DEVELOPED IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO.
A NONTROPICAL AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE.
I KNOW SOMETIMES THIS
TIME OF RAR WE CAN GET
TROPICAL SYSTEM BUT THIS
IS A NONTROPICAL ONE AND
AS IT A I PROCHS US HERE
OVER THE NEXT 20 HOURS
WE ARE GOING TO START TO
SEE STEADILY DECREASING
DETERIORATING WEATHER
HERE ACROSS CENTRAL
FLOOR DID AND THE SPACE
PORT AS WELL AND START
OFF BY TAKING A LOOK AT
THE SATELLITE IMAGERY
AND GIVING AS YOU
BROADER VIEW ACROWS THE
SOUTHEASTERN U.S. THE
GULF OF MEXICO, WHAT
WHAT IS GOING ON.
THE AREA OF INTEREST WE
ARE WATCHING HERE'S THE
BRIGHTER COLORS THE
WHITES AND THE ORANGES
AND THE YELLOWS THAT IS
THE KIND OF COLDER
THUNDERSTORMS AND CLOUD
TOPS ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AND A LITTLE
CLOSER TO HOME, THERE IS
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY, IF
YOU WERE HERE EARLIER
THIS WEEK, INTO THIS
PAST WEEKEND WE ARE POT
THE NICE FIRST TASTE OF
FALL THAT CAME IN.
THAT SAME COLD FRONT
THAT WENT THROUGH AS YOU
COUPLE OF DAYS AGO IS
NOW LIFTING BACK NORTH
ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA EXED TO ARRIVE
HERE LATE THIS EVENING
AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS WITH THE MENTION
THAT DECREASED STED
STEADILY DETERIORATING
WEATHER GOING TO TO BE A
CONCERN FOR STRONG WINDS
GOING TO BE A CONCERN
FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND
OF COURSE, LIGHTNING
ANOTHER CONCERN GOING
FORTH AND KIND OF
OVERNIGHT.
NOW ONE OF THE GOOD
THINGS WITH SOME OF THE
LATEST MODEL ONES WE
HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IS
THAT LOOKS RIGHT NOW
THAT THE, THAT WARM
FRONT IS GOING TO BE A
LITTLE NORTH OF US AS WE
GO INTO THE FIRST PART
OF TOMORROW MORNING.
AND, WHAT THAT IS GOING
TO HELP US OUT WITH IS
THAT SHOULD TAKE A LOT
OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL
AND BEST CHANCES OF
STORMS NORTH OF US,
HOWEVER, WE STILL WILL
HAVE A VERY UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE SO THERE MAY
BE STORMS AND RAINFALL
AROUND AND PROBABLY LOTS
OF CLOUD COVER AND ALL
OF THESE THINGS THAT WE
HAVE CONCERN FOR WITH
OUR ROCKET LAUNCHES IN
THE LIGHTNING LAUNCH
COMMIT CRITERIA WHICH IS
THE SAFETY CRITERIA THAT
WE HONER TO TO MAKE SURE
THE ROCKET LAUNCHES STAY
SAFE.
THEN IF WE WANT TO TAKE
A LOOK AT THE FORECAST
AREA.
WE CAN PUT NUMBERS TO
KIND OF THE GENERAL
THING WE HAVE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT.
ONE OF THE MAIN WATCH
ITEMS NOW HAS SHIFTED
FROM JUST THE STORMS IN
THE AREA TO OUR LIFTOFF
WINDS.
BEHIND THIS WARM FRONT
AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
COMING TOWARD US.
WE EXPECT WINDS THAT
PICK UP QUICKLY OUT OF
THE SOUTH AND SOUTH WEST
COULD SEE 20 55 MILES
PER HOUR LIKELY SOME
STRONGER GUSTS WITH THAT
AS WELL.
THAT IS ONCE WE GET
STARTED THIS EVENING AND
GOING INTO THE LAUNCH
WINDOW TOMORROW MORNING.
SO RIGHT HOW, WE HAVE
20 PERCENT GO CONDITIONS
FOR OUR WINDOW THURSDAY
MORNING AND ALSO SOME
CONCERNS FOR INTERVALS
WHICH ARE THE TOXIC
THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD
PRODUCE LIGHTNING Z WELL
AND SURFACE WHICH IS
MONITORING THE ELECTRIC
FIELDS HERE ON THE
GROUND AND SOME OF THE
EQUIPMENT.
HOWEVER, IF WE GO TO THE
NEXT DAY I WILL BACKUP
WINDOW FRIDAY MORNING
AND CONDITIONS IMPROVE
DRAMATICALLY THERE HAS
BEEN A LITTLE BACK AND
FORTH FOR THE MODELS AS
TO EXACTLY WHAT HAP ENDS
BUT, THE GENERAL TREND
WE EXPECT IS THAT LOW
PRESSURE IS GOING TO
MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN OFF TO THE EAST
AND THEN, BRING THE
FRONT BACK, WE CANNOT
GET RID OF IT.
BRING THE BOUNDARY BACK
TO US AND MAYBE JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF DRYER AIR
TO HELP US OUT AND
DEFINITELY LOWER WINDS
AS THAT APPROACHES THEN
YOU SEE WE ARE LOOKING
ABOUT PROBABLY 7 TO
12 MILES PER HOUR IN
THAT TIMEFRAME THEN, SO
FOR OUR FIRST BACKUP
WINDOW FRIDAY MORNING.
50% CHANCE FOR ROAD
CONDITIONS THEN OUR
CONCERNS STILL BEING
ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS
IN THE AREA WHERE WE
HAVE CLOUDS THEN THICK
CLOUDS WHICH IS LAYERED
CLOUDS AS WELL AS
CUMULUS LOUD CLOUDS
WOULD GET ASSOCIATED
WITH STORMS NOW LOOKING
A AT SATURDAY MORNING ON
THE THIRD BACKUP WINDOW
THEN HERE HERE IS THE STILL
APPROXIMATELY THE SAME
PROBABILITY THERE ARE
50% CHANCES AND FAIRLY
SIMILAR CONDITIONS HERE
WHERE THERE PLY BE SOME
STORMS AROUND BUT WE
EXPECT MOST OF ANY
STORMS TO BE AFTER OUR
MORNING LAUNCH WINDOW SO
IF YOU ARE HERE AND KIND
OF THE AFTERNOONS THEN
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE
STORE ARE STORMIAN THEN
WINDS PICKING UP FROM
THE WEST-SOUTHWEST AND
SO NOT AS STRONG ENOUGH
WE THINK RIGHT NOW TO BE
LAUNCH WEATHER CONCERN
GOING TO THAT.
SO KIND OF ALREADY
TALKED ABOUT RIGHT NOW
FORECASTS NOT LOOKING
THE BEST BUT A LITTLE
BIT OF HOPE THERE AND
IMPROVEMENT THEN
SOMETHING OUR LAUNCH
WEATHER TEAM WHILE WE
ARE MONITORING AND
WORKING WITH OUR
PARTNERS IN SPACEX AND
NASA TO KEEP THEM UP TO
TATE WITH THE LATEST
CHANGES IN OUR WEATHER
TOMORROW.
SO WE'LL DO OUR PART TO
HELP GET THE ROCKET OFF
SAFELY TOMORROW MORNING
AND THEN, IF NOT WE LOOK
BACK AT THE DAYS THIS
BUT OVERALL I THINK, HAD
A LITTLE BIT MORE HOPE
TODAY AND I KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE DON'T.
ALO OF HOPE TODAY THAN
LOOKING AT DESPITE THE
20% FOR TOMORROW.
>> THANK YOU, GIVING US
A LITTLE BIT HOV HOPE
FOR THIS WEEKEND WE
APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE
PANEL NOW THE FLOOR IS
OPEN FOR QUESTIONS FOR
MODE YA HERE IN THE
ROOM.
MEAS RAISE YOUR-AND GIVE
AS YOU MOMENT TO GET A
FY CO MOAN TO YOU AND
THOSE ON THE PHONE
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 TO
ENTER THE QUESTION CUE
AND THOSE DROP IN!
JOINING THE CONVERSATION
ONLINE DONE FOR GET TO
USE HASHTAG ASK NASA.
WE WILL START RIGHT
HERE.
YEAH.
TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
ONE QUESTION THIS IS
PROBABLY FOR LINDEY BUT
MOST OF THESE MUS
CONFERENCE I HEARD FROM
NINE ASTEROIDS KNOWN.
WHATS THE BEST NUMBER TO
PUT AFTER THE WORD ABOUT
IN OUR STORIES.
THEN A LAUNCH QUESTION
FOR YOU GUYS M.
WHAT ARE THE SCRUB
RECYCLE OPTIONS WITH THE
FALCON HEAVY IF YOU FUEL
IT TWICE AND DON'T GO
YOU HAVE TO STAND DOWN
FIVE DAYS TO REPLENISH
THE COMMODITIES COULD
YOU WALK THROUGH US JUST
IN CASE IT COMES TO
THAT.
THANKS.
YEAH IT SHOULD START
THERE.
I AM NOT SURE.
I AM GETTING THE FINGER
COUNT.
THE ANSWER IS 9.
IT IS 9.
BUT PSYCHE IS BY PAR THE
LARGEST AND THAT IS WHY
WE WANT TO GO TO IT
BECAUSE SMALLER ONES
THEN MORE LIKELY TO HAVE
BEEN CHANGED BY THINGS
IM ACTING THEM AND THE
BIG ONE IS UNCHANGED
THEN WANT TO APOLOGIZE
TO LINDEY AND TALKING
ABOUT OSIRIS-REX EARLIER
ARIZONA STATE ARIZONA
STATE I AM SO SORRY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I WILL TAKE THAT SECOND
PART OF THE QUESTION,
PILL.
SO WHAT YOU ARE HEARING
ON THE LIMITATIONS FOR
RECYCLED ATTEMPTS IS DUE
TO THE VAST WON A TY OF
DENSE LOCKS THAT WE USED
FOR EACH WITH THE FALCON
HEAVY CONFIGURATION THAT
IS A LOT OF BLOCKS WE
ARE PUTTING ON THE
ROCKET SO WE HAVE THE
CAPABILITY TO DO TWO
CONSECUTIVE ATTEMPTS BY
COUNTING ALL, BY LOAD
AND COUNTING AL THE WAY
DOWN TO NEAR T0 THEN
SCRUBBED OUT WE CAN DO
THAT AGAIN.
THEN, AFTER THAT SECOND
ATTEMPT, SHOULD WE HAVE
DONE THAT, THEN HE WOULD
BE DOWN ABOUT FIVE DAYS
TO REPLENISH THE LOCKS
IN THE GROUND SPHERE AND
GET IT INTO A DENSE
STATE SO THAT IS WHERE
YOU ARE HEARING TWO
CONSECUTIVE ATTEMPT THEN
A PERIOD OF TIME SO
OBVIOUSLY, KNOWING THAT
THAT CONSTRAINT ON THE
LAUNCH OPERATIONS WE
HANDLES THAT QAIRFULLY
WHEN WE MAKE DECISION AN
HOUR BEFORE LAUNCH ON
WHETHER TO LOAD THAT DY
AND LOOKING AT WORKING
THE LAUNCH VEHICLE BE
SHOW AND THE SPACECRAFT
ISSUE SO A LOT GOES INTO
THAT, SO JUST GLANCING
BACK OVER THE LAST 11
MONTHS SPACEX HAS
LAUNCHED FOUR FALCON
HEAVIES OF THOSE FOUR
TWO OF THEM WENT ON THE
FIRST ATTEMPT.
THE OTHER TWO WENT ON
THE SECOND ATTEMPT.
SO TWO OF THOSE WERE DOD
MISSIONS THEN COMMERCIAL
MISSIONS SO SPACEX HAS A
LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN
HANDLING THAT AND
ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST
YEAR.
SO IT IS OBVIOUSLY IT IS
A CRITICAL LAUNCH
DECISION AND WE TREAT IT
WITH A LOT OF REFERENCE
BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED
PLANETARY WINDOW WE ARE
DEALING WITH.
ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
>> MY QUESTION IS FOR
HENRY, YOU MENTIONED A
JUSTMENTS MADE TO THE
FLIGHT PERIMETER FORCE
THE SPACECRAFT.
ARE THESE TRAJECTORY
ADJUSTMENTS OR PA
MECHANICAL TO THE
SPACECRAFT THAT.
>> THE PERIMETERS WERE
ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF
THE NAVIGATION CONTROL
AND PROTECTION
PERIMETERS TO MAKE SURE
WE DIDN'T OVERDRIVE THE
THRUSTERS AND OVERHEAT
THEM.
SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH THE TRAING WHY I
HAVE AND IN FACT, THOSE
CHANGES WILL HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH WHEN
WE ARRIVE OR ANY HINGE
LIKE THAT TO THE MISSION
AT ALL.
>> THANK YOU, HENRY.
OVER HERE IN THE CENTER
OF THE SIDE OF THE ROOM.
THANK YOU.
>> SPACEFLIGHT NOW AND
SO IT HAS BEEN 33 YEARS
SINCE YOUR FIRST MISSION
AND BACK THEN, AS? HAD
A REPUTATION FOR
OPENNESS AND
TRANSPARENCY RY BEEN
COVERING FOR 35 YEARS
THEN I HAVE TO SAY IT
HAS NEVER BEEN AS
DIFFICULT AS IT IS TODAY
TO GET TIMELY AND
ACCURATE INFORMATION FOR
NASA.
AT LEAST A WEAK PERHAPS
LONGER A PROBLEM WITH
THE THRUSTER THAT THE
LAUNCH WAS DELAYED THEN
I THINK THAT DECISION
WAS TAKEN TWO DAYS
BEFORE WE HEARD ANYTHING
AND WHEN WE ASK
QUESTIONS OF THE
SPOKESPERSON IT SEEMS
LIKE THEY ARE NOT ABLE
TO SPEAK WITHOUT THEIR
WORDS BEING APPROVED BY
COMMITTEE.
AND INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
TIME TO GET ANY
RESPONSES AND TOLD TO
LOOK FOR THE BLOG POST.
THE BLOG POST OFTEN
ARRIVES IN THE EVENING
AS PSYCHE AND IT, OFTEN
READED READS LIKE GOING
TO BE A TO BE FRANK AND
OFTEN RESULTS IN MORE
QUESTIONS THAN WE HAVE
ANSWERS FOR.
THIS IS A PROBLEM A NOT
BE PROBLEM IT IS
INTERESTING WIDE ISSUE
AND IN MANY WAYS THIS IS
A FOLLOW WERE UP TO A
QUESTION THE BILL HAD TO
ASK AFTER THE CREW-7
LAUNCH BACK IN AUGUST
FUST WHEN WE ALSO DID
NOT HEAR THAT THAT
MISSION HAD BEEN DELAYED
AND NASA WOULD NOT
CONFIRM IT ON THAT
OCCASION, EITHER.
SO I AM ASKING MY
QUESTION IS IS THERE
ANYTHING THAT CAN BE
DONE WITH YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES AND NASA
LEADERSHIP TO AM PO HE
POWER THE SPOKESPERSON,
THE FRET TEAM TO AND THE
QUESTIONS AND TO RESTORE
NASA'S REPUTATION FOR
OPENNESS?
>> WELL, THANKS FOR THE
QUESTION, STEVE.
>> I THOUGHT YOU GOING
DONE THE ROAD THAT I AM
REALLY OLD.
NOW, NOW, NOW, THANKS,
BILL.
THANKS.
LET ME JUST SAY IT.
I APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION.
AND IUND ARE STANZ WHAT
YOU ARE SAYING.
LET ME, HELT ME LOOK
INTO TO IT SEIZE WHAT I
CAN DO, OK.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
BACK HERE.
ON THIS SIDE OF THE
ROOM.
>> STEPHON CLARK.
PRETTY SIMPLE BUT
HOPEFULLY.
WHATS THE WIND LIMIT FOR
FALCON HEAVY.
WHAT IS THE SPEED WE
SHOULD BE WATCHING OUT
FOR TOMORROW?
>> SO YEAH.
WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT
AROUND 31 MILES PER
HOUR.
THE LIFTOFF CONSTRAINT
WHEN WE REASON THE
STRONG BACK AND THE
CLAMPS ON THE ROCKET WE
CAN TOLERATE HIGHER
WINDS THAT THAN.
BUT TO COME HIT TO
LIFTOFF THAT WOULD BE
IT.
>> THANK YOU, TIM.
BACK TO THE ROOM.
LET'S GO ON THIS SIDE
HERE.
RIGHT HERE IN THIS
CENTER.
>> SCOTT ARIZONA STATE
UNIVERSITY.
YOU SAID THERE IS A
WEATHER CALL.
A WEATHER MEETING THIS
AFTERNOON.
WHAT WHEN IS THE LATEST
YOU CAN MAKE A CALL ON
WHETHER TOMORROW IS A GO
OR NOT OR SOON AS YOU
HAVE TO MAKE IT IN THE.
>> THAT DECISION MADE IN
CONJUNCTION WITH NOT
JUST US.
THERE IS A GROUP
DECISION WE MAKE WITH
ALL THE LEADERS ACROSS
SPACEX AND NASA AS WELL
THEN PROVIDE THE
INFORMATION TO HELP WITH
THE DECISION THAT IS
BEST TAKING ALL
DIFFERENT FACTORS INTO
ACCOUNT AND FOR THE
MISSION.
>> YEAH.
I CAN ADD TO THAT.
WE ASKED A LOT FROM
ARLENE NA ON CONTINUALLY
PROVIDING THE SENIOR
MANAGEMENT TEAM WITH
WEATHER DALT TA SO WE
ASKED FOR A 5:00 P.M.
GATHERING THIS EVENING.
WE WILL TAKE HER
FORECAST AND THEN WE'LL
MAKE A CALL AS TO
WHETHER IT IS PRUDENT TO
BRING THE TEAM IN FOR
LAUNCH ATTEMPT TOMORROW.
THERE IS A LOT OF
REASONS WHY IT IS.
EXERCISE THE TEAM
THROUGH THE INITIAL PART
OF THE COUNTDOWN AND SEE
WHAT WE CAN LEARN UP TOP
THE T MO US IN ONE HOUR
EVEN PHYSICIAN WE ARE
LACKING AT ONLY 20%
PROCT OF GOING TOMORROW
AND SO, IF IT IS JUST
DIRE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
WE GET LATER THIS
EVENING WITH THE MOST
RECENT DATA WE MAY
CHOOSE TO STANDDOWN AND
NOT EXERCISE THE TEAM
GOING COMING ON CONSOLE
TOMORROW AND DEFER TO
THE FIRST ATTEMPT ON
FRIDAY.
>> THANK YOU, ARLENE NA
AND TIM.
DO WE HAVE ONE RIGHT
HERE IN THE FRONT OF THE
ROOM?
>> HI.
KIM CREAMER, SPACE
UPCLOSE.
THANKS FOR DOING THIS.
JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON
STEVEN YOUNG.
THE OPENNESS WOULD BE
GREAT AND THE NEW
WEBSITE HAS A LOT OF
SHORES MAYBE YOU GUYS
COULD WORK ON THAT.
AND MORE DIR ROBBING
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
LAUNCHES AND THE
LANDINGS AND THE TWITTER
FEED YOU HAD BEFORE IT
IS NOT THERE NOW AND I
THINK THAT WOULD BE
REALLY HELPFUL IF YOU
COULD PUT SOME OF THAT
BACK.
THANK YOU.
SO I COULD ASK YOU ALL
AL QUESTION.
GOOD LUCK TOMORROW.
BUT LET ME ASK ABOUT --
LET'S GO BACK TO THE
WEATHER THE THREE OF
YOU.
WHAT DOES, YOU TALKED
ABOUT THE LAUNCH
WEATHER.
BLAUZE ABOUT THE LANDING
WEATHER AND THE THIS HAS
BEEN A LOT OF TURBULENCE
LANDING WEATHER AND
THEPPER ALTITUDES OF
WINDS WHAT DOES THAT
LOOK LIKE FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> YEAH.
WELL I THINK THE THING
TO MENTION IS THE SIDE
BOOSTERS FOR PSYCHE ARE
COMING BACK TO LAND NOT
OUT TO A DRONE SHIP SO
THE BENEFIT OF PROFILE
WHEREIN YOU KNOW, WE HAD
A RETURN TO LAND AND THE
CONDITIONS ARE COMMON
BETWEEN THOSE ARE THAT
ARE REQUIRED FOR LARCH
AND RECOVERY SO, UM, I
THINK IT IS JUST
IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT
THAN AND MAYBE LOOKING A
THE SAME CONDITIONS
EVENTUALLY FOR ACCEPT
AND RECOVERY.
YOU CAN TALK ABOUT
WEATHER.
A YEAH SO TO ADD ON TON
WHAT SHE SAID JUST SAID.
WE HAVE A VAST ARRAY OF
MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND
HERE AT KSC AND CAPE AS
WELL FOR LAUNCH AND
LANDING THEN YOU OH, WE
ARE CONSTANTLY
MONITORING THAT AND
PROVIDING THAT
INFORMATION AND MR. TIME
WITH THAT AND A LOT OF
INTRACOMMUNICATION TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
STAYING WITHIN THE
LIMITS THEN ALSO, NOT
JUST THAT BUT
FORECASTING WHAT WE
EXPECT TO HAPPEN BASED
ON THE TREND WE ARE
SEEING AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
NOWELL GEE TO THE PHONE
LINES.
WE HAVE JEFF FROM SPACE
NEWS.
ARE YOU WITH US?
>> WAY.
FOOD AFTERNOON.
QUESTION FOR HENRY STONE
AND YOU MENTIONED THE
CHANGES IN THE FLIGHT
PERIMETERS BECAUSE OF
THE THRUSTER ISSUE YOU
HOW WILL THAT AFFECT
SPACECRAFT OPERATIONS
PARTICULARLY PEN YOU GET
TO THE PSYCHE AND WILL
YOU HAVE TO CHANGE HOW
YOU ORION THE SPACECRAFT
OR HANDLE OTHER
SPACECRAFT OPERATIONS
WHEN YOU GET THERE SENSE
YOU ARE OPERATING THE
THRUSTERS DIFFERENTLY.
THANKS.
YEAH.
THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION
AS WELL.
YEAH.
THE ADJUSTMENTS AFFECTED
THE TIMELINE HARDINS
THAT WE ALREADY HAD BUT
CONDUCT THE SAME
OPERATION WHEN WE GET TO
THE BODY SO NO IMPACT.
NEXT WE HAVE SAWYER FROM
NASA'S SPACEFLIGHT.
FIRST I KNOW THAT PSYCHE
IS A BIG PRIORITY IN
TERMS OF UPCOMING
MISSIONS ANY KIND OF
RULES IN PLACE TO DEFINE
THAT PRIORITY ESPECIALLY
WITH I KNOW STAR LINK
ATTEMPTS THEN I KNOW WE
TALK ABOUT REUSING
BOOSTERS NOW THE
RESETTER IF HECATIONS A
AND ANY POTENTIAL FOR
THE REUSE IN THE FUTURE.
THANKS?
>> YEAH.
LIKE I SAID EVERYONE IS
INCREDIBLY PROUD TO BE
SUPPORTING THIS MISSION
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING
HERE AS A TEAM FOR QUITE
SOME TO EMAND HON ARE
OED TO HAVE A PROVE TO
EVERYBODY AT SPACEX AND
SO PROUD TO BE
SUPPORTING THE PSYCHE
MISSION.
BE A THE SCIENCE
MISSIONS COMING UP.
UP WITH OF THINK THINGS
WE DO IS MAKE SURE WE
ARE THE ONLY FLY WHEN WE
ARE READY TOFULLY AND
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SAFE
TO PLY AND ONE OF THE
KEY ASPECTS OF THAT IS
POST FLIGHT DATA REYOU
HAVE AND LOOKING SURE WE
ARE LOOKING NOT JUST AT
THE VEHICLE WE ARE
LAUNCHING FOR MISSION
BUT THE MISSIONS WE
LAUNCHED PRIOR AND
FALCON 89 SO WE HAVE A
LOT OF AMAZING DATA WERE
THE THE WEEK AND HOW IT
PERFORM AND WHAT WE
EXPECT AND PRESERVE
SUFFICIENT TIME TO
PARTNER TO MAKE SURE
THAT DATA IS REVIEWED TO
MAKE SURE AND TIME TOLL
REVIEW ALL THE POSSIBLE
DATA WE COULD TO MAKE
SURE PSYCHE WAS FLYING
AND SAFE TO FLY AND TWO
ARE EXCITED FOR
TOMORROW.
DO YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON
THE CLEARING?
>> I WILL ADD OBVIOUSLY
THE ACCEPT FROM PREVIOUS
LAUNCHES THEN WE HAVE
REQUESTED SEARCH
SETBACKS THEN SPACE P
HAS ACCOMMODATED WITH
THAT SET BACK FROM A
PRIOR LAUNCH AND WE DID
ASK THEM TO STAN DOWN ON
THE STAR LINK EARLIER
THIS WEEK AROUND GIVERS
OUR TEAM TIME THAT WE
WANT TO KNOW BEFORE WE
COME NOTE IT A LAUNCH
AND SO OUR TEAM WAS BUSY
ON THE LSP SIDE OF
LOOKING WHICH LAUNCHED
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND
ASKED THEM TO STAND DOWN
HERE AND WE HAVE A VERY
CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH
THEM ON THE TOPIC AND WE
DO A LOT OF TIE DIALOGUE
BEFORE THOSE COMMITTING
TO THE NASA MISSION AND
APPRECIATE THAT.
THANKS.
OTHER THAN BOOSTERS WE
WERE NOT READY FOR A
REUSED FARINGS ON PSYCHE
AND EARLY NEXT YEAR WE
PROBABLY WON'T BE READY
FOR OUR FIRST COUPLE OF
MESSINGS IN 20 BUT WE
ARE, WE HAVE BE
PHYSICIAN THE DIALOGUE
THEN WORKING WITH SPACEX
AND I DO SEE LSP REUSING
IN THIS FEATURE AND THAT
IS PROBABLY THE GENERAL
TIMEFRAME THAT I WOULD
GUESS.
THANK YOU.
BEFORE WE GET BACK TO
THE ROOM WE HAVE ONE
MORE ON THE PHONE JIM
SIEGEL FROM NASA TECH
ARE YOU WITH US?
>> HI, EVERYBODY.
I AM CUR CHRIS ABOUT
WHETHER GIVEN POTENTIAL
WEATHER DELAYS IF AT
SOME POINT DEPENDING ON
THE THEM IN BER OF
DELAYS THEN THE AMOUNT
OF TIME, WITH IT I BE
NECESSARY TO BRING THE
SPACE RAFT BACK TO THE
HANGAR TO DO ANY SORT OF
RESETS OR REPLACEMENT OF
PARTS OR WHATEVER?
>> THANK YOU.
>> THERE SHOULD NOT BE
ANY.
THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY
REASON WHY WE WOULD HAVE
TO DO THAT AT THIS
POINT.
SPACECRAFT HAS A LARGE
VALUE AND CHARGED UP AND
READY TO GO SO WE DON'T
ANTICIPATE THAT.
>> THANK YOU HENRY.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE
ROOM.
WE HAVE ONE HERE IN THE
CORNER.
>> HI.
JOHN FROM WYANDOT CABLE
TV.
THIS QUESTION IS FOR NAS
SASS AND JPL AND SPACEX.
BESIDES THE CAT 3 BEING
UP FIRST ANY OTHER FIRST
FOR THIS MISSION WITH
DRIVE OR ANY LING LIKE
THAT FIRST IS THE FIRST
USE OF THE HALL EFFECT
THRUSTERS THAT IS PART
OF THE ELECTRIC
ROTATIONAL PULSION
SYSTEM FOR THE MISSION
AND THIS IS OUR FIRST
TIME TAKING IT OUT TO
SPACE.
AND SO WE ARE EXCITED
ABOUT THAT AND THAT IS
THE OPENING UP OF A LOT
OF OTHER OPPORTUNITY
FORCE FUTURE MISSIONS AS
WELL.
>> ONE WAY IN THE BACK.
6:00.
>> PLEASE GIVE AS YOU
MOMENT TO GET THE
MICROPHONE.
>> CAN I TALK TO YOU.
>> YES.
YES.
PLEASE GO AHEAD.
WE HAVE FOR THE FIRST OF
COURSE AS WE HAVE THE
TECH DEMO OF THE DEEP
SPACE OBSTACLE COME
UNCATIONS SO IT IS
REALLY EXCITED AND YOU
THINK ABOUT IT WE GOT
CABLINGS IN HERE TO
INCREASE THE ABILITY TO
TALK ON EARTH AND SHE
ARE GOING TO THAT FOR US
IN SPACE AND THAT IS
EXCITING THING FOR US,
TOO.
YOU CAN ADD THIS IS THE
FIRST FALCON HEAVY
LAUNCH FOR NASA THAT I
BE WITH THE EIGHTH
FALCON HEAVY OVERALL AND
THE FIRST FALCON HEAVY
FOR NASES SO SO EX COULD
ITED ABOUT.
THANK YOU ARE A ALL FOR
TAG TEAMING THAT ANSWER
AND ANOTHER WE DID IN
THE BACK THERE.
>> YES, HI.
SPACEFLIGHT NOW.
THANKS FOR TAKING THE
TIME TO ANSWER THE
QUESTIONS.
QUESTION FOR JULIANNA.
WITH THE FALCON 9
BOOSTERS WELL ON THE WAY
TOWARD 20 TOTAL FLIGHT
THEN THE FIFTH TIME THE
SIDE BOOK BOOSTS ARE
USED FOR THE FOURTH
TIME.
THERETHERE IS A CURRENT
LIMITATION ON THE REUSE
FOR THE SIDE BOOST HES
THEN JUST THE PROCESS
DIFFER FOR REEVALUATING
THEM FOR FURTHER FLIGHTS
IS THERE ANY DAYLIGHT
BETWEEN THOSE AND THE
CLASSIC FALCON'S.
THANKS.
>> THATS FOR THE
QUESTION.
>> SO ONE OF THE -- I
MENTIONED THIS IN THE
REMARKS BUT I REALLY
HAVE TO GIVE REDDIT TOT
THE NASA LAUNCH SERVICES
PROGRAM FOR EMBRACING
THE REUSABILITY THEN NOT
JUST PARTNERING WITH US
ON YOU KNOW THE YOU
KNOW, THE DD THEY
PARTNERED WITH US AT THE
TECHNICAL HEF REL SO
EVERY SINGLE HAS SASS
REVIEWED EVERY SINGLE
COMPONENT ON THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE HOW MANY FLIGHTS
EACH HAS QUALIFIED FOR
AND THEN YOU KNOW, LOOK
I SAID, WE ONLY FLY WHEN
THE VEHICLE WE THINK IS
READY AND SAFE TO FLY
AND SO, FOR ALL OF THE
BOOSTERS IT IS NOT AS
SIMPLE AS THIS MANY
FLIGHT AND YOU ARE GOOD
BUT ALSO THE POST FLIGHT
DATA WE GET THE DATA
PACK FROM EACH RECOVERY
TO LOOK TO SEE IF THE
VEHICLE IS READY TOFULLY
SO I DON'T HAVE AN EASY
NUMBER TO JEFF YOU SO I
WILL SAY THAT IT IS
TECHNICAL DISCUSSION WE
HAVE IN PARTNERSHIP WHEN
WE LOOK AT THE ACTUAL
DATA AND THIS IS
PSYCHE'S SIDE BOOSTERS
HAVE FLOWN THREE TIMES
SO IT WILL BE THE FOURTH
FLIGHT AND YEAH.
YEAH.
I THINK THAT WAS
ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.
>> YEAH.
I CAN REINFORCE IT WHERE
WE ARE WITHIN MASS SAN
LSP NOW ON REFLIGHT AS
JULIANNA MENTIONED A LOT
OF PARTNERSHIP AND A LOT
OF ANALYSIS OF THE AS
FLOWN HARD WHICH ARE AND
WE HAVE SHOWN WE HAVE
FLOWN FIFTH BOOSTERS AND
ABOUT TO FLY TO THE
FOURTH FLIGHT AND WHEN
EUROPE ARE A CLIPPER
USES THE SIDE BOOSTERS
THE SIXTH FLIGHT AND SO,
SO, THAT IS THE FAMILY
OF FLIGHTS AS YOU CAN
TELL THAT WE ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH TODAY
AND ALWAYS CONTINUALLY
LOOKING AT DATA TAT TO
PUSH THAT FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, TIM.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PHONE
IN QUESTION.
MARSHA SMITH FROM SPACE
POLICY ON-LINE ARE YOU
WITH US? THANKS SO
MUCH.
MY QUESTION IS FOR HENRY
AND AGAIN, HAS TO TO
WITH THE THRUST ERS YOU
SAID SEVERAL TIMES THAT
IT IS NOT GOING TO
AFFECT THE MISSION
OPERATIONS AND NOT
AFFECT THEM TO GET THERE
AND WHAT YOU DO TO GET
THERE.
WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED
IF YOU HAD NOT
DISCOVERED THIS REFLIGHT
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE
IMPACT ON THE MISSION
AND WHAT POINT WOULD YOU
HAVE DISCOVERED THERE
WAS A PROBLEM?
>> WELL, UM, THERE WOULD
HAVE BEEN POTENTIAL RISK
OF OVERHEATING THE
THRUSTERS AND DAMAGING
THEM SO IT WAS SERIOUS
ISSUE WE HAD TO DEAL
WITH.
AND WE WOULD HAVE
PROBABLY DISCOVERED THAT
RIGHT AWAYED A WE NOT
CAUGHT THIS AND DONE THE
DUE DILL DENS THAT WE
WERE, THAT WE WENT
THROUGH AND THAT IS WHY
WE TOOK THAT EXTRA WEEK
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
COULD THOROUGHLY
THOROUGHLY REVIEW GET,
MANY DIFFERENT SETS OF
EYES ON THE TESTING AND
THE CHANGES THAT WE WERE
MAKING TO A SELECT SUCK
SETH OF PERIMETERS.
>> SUBSET OF PERIMETERS.
GIVE A SHOUT-OUT THE
TEAM FOR THE FACT THAT
THEY FOUND THIS AND THE
WORK THEY DID, YOU KNOW,
IT SEEMS LIKE, WELL, YOU
WE LOST SEVEN DAYS BUT
WE DISCOVERED THIS IN
1852 AND PEOPLE HAVE
OPINION WAITING A LONG
TIME TO FO STUDY THIS
AND WHEN YOU ARE PUT ALL
OF THIS EFFORT INTO THE
MISSION YOU TAKE THAT
EXTRA TIME TO MAKE SURE
IT IS PERFECT SO I THIS
I THE TEAM DESERVES A
LOT OF CRED DEBT FOR
DOING THAT WORK AND TO
MAKE SURE THE MISSION IS
A SUCCESS.
YEAH.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THE
TESTING WE WERE DOING IN
PEP OPERATION FOR
OPERATIONS.
YOU KNOW.
WE KEPT GOING TO THE END
TO MAKE SURE THAT AS
MUCH AS WE CAN DO BEFORE
WE WOULD LAUNCH TO
ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF
THE MISSION.
SO A HUGE INVESTMENT.
AND ALL THE PEOPLE
INVOLVED WANTED TO DO
THAT OBVIOUSLY RIGHT.
WE GOT A PERSONAL
COMMITMENT FOR MANY
YEARS YOU WANT TO SEE
SUCCEED.
YEAH.
VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM
FOR TRACKING IT DOWN.
AND THE TIME WE DID.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH.
S THAT THE TIME WE HAVE
FOR QUESTIONS TODAY I
WANT TO THANK THE
PANELISTS FOR JOINING US
TODAY OF COURSE THANK
YOU FOR THE MEDIA FOR
PARTIES PACING THEN
THOSE WATCHING ONLINE WE
APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENCE
AND AS WELL.
AS A REMINDER PSYCHE IS
SET TO LAUNCH ABOARD A
SPACEX FALCON HEAVY
TOMORROW THAT IS
OCTOBER 12th AT
10:16 A.M. EASTERN AND
LIVE COMMENTARY IS SET
FOR 9:30 A.M. EASTERN ON
AS? TV AND NASA.
GOV/AS? TV.
WE ALSO HAVE ASK THAT
YOU PLEASE TUNE IN TODAY
TO THE NASA SOCIAL PANEL
STEALING ON FACE BOOK AT
2:30 P.M. UNTIL NEXT
TIME, YOU GO NASA, GO
SPACEX, GO PSYCHE.