>> WE HAVE A LIFTOFF.
>> THE EAGLE HAS
LANDED.
>> NEW POSSIBILITIES
ARE OPENING UP.
>> 3, 2, 1, 0.
>> DISCOVERY.
>> EVERYBODY IN THE
SHUTTLE PROGRAM.
>> COPY THAT.
[ENGINE]
[ENGINE WHIRRING]
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND
WELCOME TO NASA'S
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
MOMENTS AGO WE SAW
BRING CREW FLIGHT TEST
CREW BRUSH BUTCH AND
SUNNY TAXI.
THEY WILL TAKE
QUESTIONS FROM MEDIA
SHORTLY.
WE ARE ALSO JOINED BY
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
DIRECTOR JEN KUNTZ AND
DANA HUTCHERSON.
WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME
OUR BOEING TEAM HERE
TODAY.
VICE PRESIDENT OF
BOEING EXPLORATION
SYSTEM JOHN SHANNON.
STAR LINER DEPUTY
PROGRAM MANAGER AND
MISSION DIRECTOR LEROY
CAIN.
BOEING ASTRONAUT
SUPPORT MEGAN
DONALDSON.
BEFORE WE TAKE
QUESTIONS FROM THE
MEDIA WE'LL KICK IT
OFF FROM OPENING
REMARKS FROM JEN,
DANA, AND THE CREW.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
REALLY, IT'S A
BEAUTIFUL DAY TO
WELCOME THESE TWO
AMAZING CREW MEMBERS
TO THE WORLD PREMIER
SPACEPORT.
THIS IS A FIRST LAUNCH
OF ASTRONAUTS FOR
BOEING AS PART OF
NASA'S COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM.
THEY ARE VERY EXCITED,
YOU CAN SEE IT IN
THEIR SPACE.
THEY FLEW TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION ON THIS
MISSION.
WE HAVE A ROBUST TEAM
THESE MISSIONS ARE
NEVER ROUTINE.
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
ARE BYSY WILL BE BUSY
TO PREPARE FOR BOEING
FLIGHT TEST.
THIS IS READY FOR THE
MAY 6th LAUNCH.
I'D LIKE TO THANK
EVERYONE WHO HAS
WORKED BEHIND THE
SCENES AND SO
DILIGENTLY IN THE
MONTHS LEADING UP TO
THE MISSION.
IT'S BEEN MORE THAN
MONTHS.
A LOT OF WORK AND OUR
TEAMS WORKED REALLY
HARD HAND IN HAND AND
YOUR DEDICATION HAS
NOT GONE UNNOTICED.
OUR NASA TEAMS HAVE
BEEN WORKING HAND AND
HAND WITH OUR
COMMERCIAL PARTNER
BOEING AND SPACE
FORCE.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD
TO A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH
AND MISSION.
WE ARE EXCITED TO
WELCOME BACK TO THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
BUTCH WILMORE AND SUNI
WILLIAMS.
WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE
THEM HERE.
GREETING THEM ON THE
RUNWAY ALWAYS GETS ME
BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE
FINAL DAYS BEFORE
LAUNCH.
BEFORE WE HEAR FROM
THE CREW, I WANTED TO
RECOGNIZE ONE OTHER
PERSON.
MY COUNTERPART STEVE
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO
RECOGNIZE DANA
HUTCHINSON.
SHE WILL SAY A FEW
WORDS.
SHE'S BEEN HERE SINCE
WE STARTED THIS
PROGRAM.
IT'S AN EXCITING TIME
TO CERTIFY A NEW
SPACECRAFT TO LAUNCH
HUMANS BACK TO THE
SPACE STATION FROM
AMERICAN SOIL.
DANA.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE
FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I'M DANA HITCHENSON.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE
TO WELCOME BUTCH AND
SUNI.
TOE TO BOEING, THANK
YOU FOR THE HARD WORK
YOU HAVE DONE AND
WELCOMING THE CREW
WITH US.
PREPARING TO FLY NASA
CREW ON THE NEW SPACE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
THAT'S THE SIXTH TIME
WE HAVE DONE THIS.
THIS IS AN AWESOME
TIME FOR ALL OF US AND
THE PARTNERSHIP.
FOR ME PERSONALLY,
THIS IS A CAREER
DEFINING MOMENT.
13 YEARS WITH THE
PROGRAM OUR HEARTS AND
SOULS ARE IN THE
SPACECRAFT AND A PART
OF US LIFTED OFF WITH
BUTCH AND SUNI AS
WELL.
WITH THE LAUNCHING
CREW WE'LL HAVE TWO
UNIQUE HUMAN
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
TO EARTH ORBIT
PROVIDING CRITICAL
REDUNDANCY AND ACCESS
TO THE SPACE STATION.
I COULDN'T BE PROUD OF
THE NASA, BOEING, AND
ULA TEAMS THAT WORKED
HARD TO GET TO THIS
POINT.
GO NASA, GO STAR
LINER.
WITH THAT, I'LL HAND
IT OVER TO THE CREW
BUTCH AND SUNI.
>> WE WERE TALKING AND
WE LOVE FLORIDA.
WE LOVE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER BECAUSE THIS IS
WHERE YOU LAUNCH
HUMANS INTO SPACE.
WE KNOW IN LESS THAN 2
WEEKS THE NEXT FLIGHT
WE TAKE WE WILL BE
LAYING ON OUR BACKS.
WE LAUNCH INTO THE
HEAVENS AND LEAVE THIS
PLANET.
TO DO THIS ON THE
BOEING STAR LINER
SPACECRAFT AND ALL
THAT THE INDIVIDUALS
PUT INTO THIS BACK
INTO THE INITIAL
CONCEPTION AND WHAT WE
WILL DO.
IT MAKES ME WANT TO
MENTION EVERYBODIES
NAME.
I CAN'T DO THAT.
SOME OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT PEOPLE THAT
DIRECTED ALL OF THIS
IS STANDING OVER
HERE.
YOU HEARD THEIR
NAMES.
WE BROUGHT THE P38s
DOWN.
THIS IS THE BEST
TRAINING PLATFORM WE
HAVE FOR SPACEFLIGHT.
THIS IS THE ONLY
PLATFORM WE MAKE LIFE
OR DEATH DECISIONS.
SUNI AND I HAVE FLOWN
MANY SIMULATE TORS AND
SOMETIMES WE HAVE
PARISHED.
WE ARE STILL HERE.
IN THESE AIRCRAFTS
RIGHT HERE, WE CAN
MAKE THE WRONG
DECISION OR THINGS
COULD HAPPEN AND LIFE
AND DEATH DECISIONS
ARE MADE.
THEY ARE A WONDERFUL
PLATFORM.
WE WANTED THE GUYS WHO
TRAINED US TO FLY
THESE AIRCRAFTS AND
KEPT US SAFE.
JESSICA IS A NEWER
ASTRONAUT AND MIKE WHO
IS THE BE ALL
BACK-UP.
HE'S AMAZING.
MIKE, SUNNY SUNI AND I
LEARNED MORE FROM
MIKE.
THERE ARE MANY NAMES I
COULD MENTION.
I COULD GO ON FOR AN
HOUR MENTIONING NAMES
TO THE PEOPLE WHO WHO
ARE THE SHOULDERS WE
STAND ON.
FOR THOSE WHO KNOW WHO
YOU ARE AND SEEING US,
WE THANK YOU.
WE ARE LAUNCHING ON
BOEING STARLINER.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BE
HERE.
THRILLED YOU CAME OUT
TO JOIN US.
IT WOULD BE LESS OF AN
EVENT IF YOU WEREN'T
HERE.
SUNI.
>> THANK YOU, BUTCH.
I'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW
WORDS.
YOU SAW US FLYING OVER
AND WE SAW EVERYBODY
DOWN HERE.
IT WAS COOL TO SEE THE
CROWD AND MORE CROWDS
AROUND THE SPACE
CENTER.
TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING
THAT HAS GONE ON.
TO SEE THE TOPPING
PIECE ON THE CREW
ACCESS ARM FOR PAD 41
THAT WE'LL FLY OUT
OF.
TO SEE NOT ONLY THAT
PAD TRANSITION WHILE
FLYING OTHER ATLAS
5s.
AGAIN, TODAY, LIKE I
MENTIONED, FLYING
AROUND AND SEEING
WHAT'S GOING ON IN
FLORIDA.
THIS IS WHERE THE
RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD
AND WHERE WE LEAF THE
PLANET AND THAT'S DARN
COOL.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF
YOU COMING OUT TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THESE GENTLEMAN TO
THE RIGHT, WE SAW
Y'ALL STANDING TO
ATTENTION WHEN WE
TAXIED UP.
THANK YOU FOR
REPRESENTING THE
NATION AS YOU DID.
STANDING AT EASE NOW.
WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR
WHAT YOU DID.
COURTNEY, OVER TO
YOU.
>> OKAY, WE'LL NOW
TAKE QUESTIONS FROM
THE MEDIA.
THERE IS A MICROPHONE
IN THE FRONT.
LINE-UP IF YOU HAVE A
QUESTION.
WE ASK THAT YOU
LIMITED TO ONE
QUESTION AT THIS
TIME.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE
MICROPHONE STATE YOUR
NAME AND MEDIA
AFFILIATION.
>> WITH EVERYTHING
GOING ON WITH BOEING
HOW CRUCIAL IS IT THAT
THIS FIRST CREW FLIGHT
ON STARLINER GOES OFF
AS WELL AS IT CAN?
>> IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
DO WITH BOEING.
THEY ARE ALL VITALLY
IMPORTANT.
THIS IS HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHT.
FAILURE IS NOT AN
OPTION.
THAT HAS NOTHING
SPECIFICALLY TO DO
WITH BOEING OR THE
PROGRAM.
THAT'S ALL THINGS WE
DO.
THIS IS NO MORE OR
LESS IMPORTANT THAN
ANYTHING ELSE WE ARE
DOING.
IT'S THE MOST
IMPORTANT ONE WE ARE
DOING RIGHT NOW.
SUPPORTING THE CREW ON
ORBIT IS THE THING WE
ARE DOING.
COME MAY 6th THIS IS
THE FOCUS AND THIS
MISSION GOING OFF
WELL.
OF COURSE WE WANT IT
TO DO THAT.
DO WE EXPECT IT TO GO
PERFECTLY?
THIS IS THE FIRST
HUMAN FLIGHT.
I'M SURE WE WILL FIND
THINGS OUT.
WHEN YOU DO TESTS WE
EXPECT TO FIND
THINGS.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE
DONE.
THE NAMES I DIDN'T
MENTION EARLIER
PREPARING US TO HANDLE
ANY AND ALL
CONCEIVABLE SITUATION
AND MANY OF THOSE WE
CAN'T CONCEIVE OF.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO
HANDLE THOSE AS WELL.
NOT THAT SUNNY SUNI
AND I ARE READY.
THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE
AND READY AS WELL.
WE ARE BUMPED AND
EXCITED TO BE HERE AND
GO FORWARD.
>> HI, RICHARD WITH
THE ORLANDO SENTINEL.
BUTCH AND SUNI ROLLS
OFF THE TONGUES.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A NEW
CREW SINCE BOB AND
DOUG.
HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH
BOB AND DOUG ABOUT
WHAT IS TO EXPECT AND
WHAT IS EXPECTED OF
YOU?
>> AS A MATTER OF FACT
I GOT A TEXT FROM BOB
LAST NIGHT.
HE WAS PUMPED WE ARE
COMING DOWN HERE.
HE SAID I'M RELIVING
IT AND IT'S IN MY MIND
WHERE WE WERE.
ONE THING WE WERE
CHATTING ABOUT MAY 6th
IS THE LAUNCH DATE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF
THINGS BETWEEN NOW AND
THEN.
MAY 6th ISN'T
MAGICAL.
IF YOU GET A SCRUB
IT'S NICE BECAUSE IT
TAKES THE PRESSURE OFF
A BIT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED TO THEM IF
I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
WE WILL SEE.
WE WERE CHATTING ABOUT
HOW THIS WILL BE.
HE SAID, GIVERS US HIS
BEST AND READY FOR US
TO GO FLY.
>> KEN WITH SPACE
UP-CLOSE.
THANK YOU.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I LOVE THEM TOO.
I'M NERVOUS TOO.
CONGRATULATIONS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG
TIME.
WE MET YOU BEFORE AND
WE WISH YOU THE BEST
LUCK.
MY QUESTION FOR YOU
TWO IS TELL THE US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
SCIENCE.
YOU DON'T HAVE A LONG
MISSION.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT
THE SCIENCE AND PUBLIC
OUTREACH YOU WILL DO
TO STUDENTS AND
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
>> I'LL TALK TO THE
FINEST UNIVERSITY IN
THE NATION.
THAT'S TENNESSEE
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY.
IT HAPPENS TO BE WHERE
I GRADUATED FROM AS
WELL.
THAT'S WHO I WILL
INTERACT WITH ON ONE
OF THE DAYS I'M UP
THERE.
NOT SURE WHEN.
THAT WAS MINE, YOU GET
THE REST.
>> SO, YOU KNOW, THERE
ARE A LOT OF SPECIFIC
SCIENCIST UP THERE.
MANY ARE TRAINED FOR
IT.
WE HAVEN'T GONE
THROUGH THAT LEVEL OF
TRAINING FOR SPECIFIC
SCIENCE.
ONE THING WE ARE GOOD
AT IS RIGHTY TIGHTY
LEFTY LOSEY.
WE ARE READY TO DO ANY
TYPE OF MAINTENANCE.
WE ARE READY TO DO
ROBOTICS THAT NEEDS TO
HAPPEN AND
SPACEWALKS.
WE HAVE OUR BASIC
QUALIFICATIONS.
WHATEVER SCIENCE STUFF
WE CAN HELP OUT WITH,
THAT'S GREAT.
I'M TALKING TO A
LITTLE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF
LITTLE KIDS THERE THAT
KNOW WHO I AM.
>> THE NAME OF THAT
SCHOOL HAPPENS TO BE
IT WILL YAMS IAMS
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THIS IS A TEST
FLIGHT.
WE HAVE A LIST OF
ITEMS WE'LL CHECK OUT
OB ON THE WAY TO SPACE
STATION A LIST WHEN WE
ARE DOCKED, A WHOLE
LIST PRIOR TO
RETURNING AND WHILE
RETURNING.
TEST POINTS AND
OBJECTIVES TO PROVE
THE CAPABILITIES OF
THE SPACECRAFT.
IT'S AN EXCITING
PROCESS WE HAVE BEEN
THROUGH TO GET TO THIS
POINT.
WE HAVE THEORIZED WHAT
WE NEEDED TO DO.
DISCUSSED WITH THE
GUYS OVER HERE.
THINGS WE COULD AND
SHOULDN'T DO.
THE LIST IS
COMPREHENSIVE.
THIS SPACECRAFT IS
READY TO CARRY
INDIVIDUALS TO AND
FROM THE SPACE
STATION.
WE ARE KNOCKING OUT A
LOT OF ACTION ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HI, I'M JAMES A
LOCAL REPORTER AT
CHANNEL 6.
GIVEN HOW PUBLICIZED
THE DELAYS HAVE BEEN.
TELL US WHY YOU
BELIEVE THE SPACECRAFT
IS AS SAFE AS
POSSIBLE?
>> JAMES, THAT'S A
FOOD AND FAIR GD
FAIR QUESTION.
WE WOULDN'T BE
STANDING HERE IF WE
DIDN'T.
THEY WOULDN'T BE HERE
IF WE DIDN'T.
TIME AND AGAIN, WE
WILL NOT FLY UNTIL WE
ARE READY.
THAT'S FROM THE TOP.
THESE ARE THE TOP
RIGHT HERE.
FROM THE TOP DOWN.
THEY SAID THAT
MULTIPLE TIMES.
WE HAD DELAYS BECAUSE
WE WEREN'T READY.
FLYING IN SPACE IS
HARD.
IT'S REALLY HARD.
IT'S SOMETHING I THINK
NASA AND THE TEAM
COMING TOGETHER, WE
MAKE IT LOOK EASY FOR
THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN
GENERAL BECAUSE YOU
SEE THE LAUNCH GO AND
EVERYTHING WORKS OUT
WELL.
YOU MIGHT HEAR OF A
LITTLE THING HERE AND
THERE.
IT'S NOT EASY TO DO
WHAT WE DO AND MAKE
SURE THE ROCKET
ENGINES ARE CORRECT.
THE VARIOUS BOLTS ARE
TORQUED TO THE RIGHT
SETTINGS.
THERE ARE 1,000 EVENTS
TAKING PLACE
SIMULTANEOUSLY AS YOU
GET SET UP TO DO THE
LAUNCH.
THE SPACECRAFT ITSELF,
THERE IS SO MUCH GOING
ON.
IT'S NOT EASY.
I THINK WE MAKE IT
LOOK EASY.
THAT'S OUR GOAL.
WE WANT THE GENERAL
PUBLIC TO THINK IT'S
EASY BUT IT'S NOT.
IT'S WAY HARD.
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF
IT WASN'T READY.
WE ARE READY, THE
SPACECRAFT IS READY.
THE TEAMS ARE READY.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE YOU
WOULD EXPECT TO HEAR
OR WE WOULDN'T BE
HERE.
>> I'D LIKE TO ADD TO
THAT.
KUDOS TO THE TRAINING
TEAM.
IT'S OUR DEVELOPMENTAL
TEAM.
ALL OF THE FOLKS
WORKING WITH US IN
MISSION CONTROL AND
FOLKS SETTING UP THE
SEM LATE SIMULATE ORS
ARE FORMULATING THE
PROCEDURES WE PREFORM
BASED ON ALL OF THE
DEVELOPMENTAL TESTS WE
HAVE DONE IN THE
SIMULATE TORS OVER OR.
WE HAD THE KITCHEN
SINK THROWN AT US.
WE CAME OUT FINE.
I HAVE ALL OF THE
CONFIDENCE, NOT ONLY
IN OUR CAPABILITIES
BUT ALSO OUR MISSION
CONTROL TEAM WHO IS
READY FOR THE
CHALLENGE AND THEY ARE
UP FOR IT AND GETTING
READY BACK IN
HOUSTON.
>> SCOTT.
THIS IS FOR BOTH OF
YOU.
ONE THING, FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE COVERED THE
COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM.
WE HAVE COME OUT AND
HEARD ASTRONAUTS TALK
ABOUT WHAT THE
PREVIOUS CREW TOLD
THEM ABOUT THE DRAGON
AND MISSION.
LESSONS LEARNED.
COMPELLING
INFORMATION.
YOU DON'T HAVE THAT.
WHAT DOES THAT FEEL
LIKE.
WHAT HAVE SOME OF YOUR
MAYBE WHAT HAVE YOU
SAID IN RETURN?
>> LET'S SEE HERE, WAS
IT JAMES?
>> SCOTT.
>> SAME NUMBER OF
LETTERS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THAT'S HOW MY MIND
WORKS, SORRY.
YOU KNOW, YOU POST
SOME INTERESTING
QUESTIONS.
THERE IS SO MUCH WITH
THE SPACECRAFT THAT
OTHER SPACECRAFTS
DON'T HAVE.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN
EXAMPLE.
OUR FINAL SIM WAS ON
MONDAY.
IN OUR FINAL SIM.
THE TEAM BUILT THE
SCENARIOS AND THEY
WILL FAIL THIS AND
THAT AS WE GO THROUGH
THE PROCESS TO TRAIN
US FOR ALL POSSIBLE
OUTCOMES, RIGHT.
ANYTHING WE CAN THINK
OF.
WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH
THE ROCKET, THE ROCKET
ITSELF.
THIS CAUSED US TO
ABORT EARLY.
WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO
ORBIT.
WE HAD SEVERAL AREAS
TO ABORT.
ONE WAS NEAR SHANNON
IRELAND.
I PUNCHED IT LONG IN
THERE.
THE CRAFT IS SUPPOSED
TO FLY IN THERE AND
LAND CLOSE TO THE
POINT, OKAY.
THE GUIDANCE FAILED
JUST BEFORE WE HIT THE
PLASMA IN THE
ATMOSPHERE.
ALMOST 180 DEGREES
OUT.
THE ONLY OPTION IS
MANUAL MODE AND
MANEUVERER TO THE
ATTITUDE, MANUALLY.
WE COULDN'T GET THERE
QUICK ENOUGH.
THE COMPUTERS ARE NOT
INVOLVED IN THE
THOUGHT PROCESS.
ONE YOU WANT TO ROLL
RIGHT.
I HOPE THIS ISN'T
BORING FOR YOU BUT
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
IN THE BACK-UP MODE
WHICH IS OUR FAIL SAFE
MODE.
HOW CLOSE DO YOU THINK
WE GO TOT THE POINT OF
IMPACT?
I MEAN, WE ARE LANDING
IN THE WATER BUT WE
ARE USING THIS BANG
BANG FILTER TO CONTROL
THE SPACECRAFT.
WE GOT THE BACK END
POINTED IN THE HEAT
JUST IN TIME FROM WHEN
THE FAILURE CAME IN.
WE LANDED WITHIN 200
METERS.
THAT'S BETWEEN HERE
AND THE BUILDING,
BETWEEN THE POINT.
NO OTHER SPACECRAFT IN
THE WORLD CAN DO
THAT.
IT CAN DO IT
AUTOMATICALLY.
WE CAN DO IT IN MANUAL
MODE.
WE CAN HIT THE BULLS
EYE.
NO OTHER SPACECRAFT
DOES THAT ON THE
GLOBE.
THAT'S A CAPABILITY.
THAT'S ONE OF MANY
STORIES I CAN TELL YOU
ABOUT THE SPACECRAFT
THAT SET IT APART AND
MADE IT DIFFERENT.
>> YEAH, THIS
SPACECRAFT IS
AWESOME.
I WORKED WITH OUR
OTHER FRIENDS FOR A
WHILE TOO.
THAT SPACECRAFT IS
ALSO AWESOME.
I THINK IN OUR OFFICE
PEOPLE KNOW, THIS ONE,
THERE IS A LOT TO
KNOW, DOE, AND BE ABLE
TO LEARN FROM THE
SPACECRAFT.
I HONESTLY THINK IT'S
A GREAT STEPPINGSTONE
AS WE LIVE LOWER
EITHER EARTH ORBIT AND
GO BACK TO THE MOON.
IT HAS SIMILAR THINGS
ORION HAS.
IF I HAD TO PICK I'D
WANT TO FLY
STARLINER.
>> THIS IS GEORGE WITH
FLORIDA MEDIA NOW.
THE LAST TIME AN ATLAS
FAMILY ROCKET LAUNCHED
A CREW WAS MAY 15,
1962.
GORDON COOPER, MERCURY
7 I THINK IT WAS.
THE NEXT TIME AN ATLAS
LAB.
ED CREW WAS MAY 6th
OF THIS YEAR WHEN YOU
FLY ON IT.
I WONDER WHAT YOUR
THOUGHTS ARE ON ATLAS'
LEGACY AND THE JOB
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE
HAS DONE PREPARING
YOUR RIDE TO SPACE.
>> THERE IS NOT
ANOTHER ROCKET
EXPANDABLE LAUNCH
VEHICLE.
THERE IS NOT ANOTHER
ROCKET IN THAT
CATEGORY OF ROCKETS
I'D WANT TO FLY ON.
THE UNITED LAUNCH
ALLIANCE TEAM HAS DONE
AMAZING THINGS WITH
THEIR ROCKET TO MAKE
IT HUMAN RATED.
WITH THIS EDS SYSTEM.
IF THERE IS A PROBLEM,
ROCKETS HAVE
PROBLEMS.
WE DON'T EXPECT IT.
THE EMERGENCY
DETECTION SYSTEM WILL
SAVE OUR LIVES.
THERE IS NOT A ROCKET
IN EXISTENCE.
I'M USING BIG WORDS.
THERE IS NOT ONE IN
EXISTENCE.
THIS IS THE ONE I WANT
TO FLY ON.
THIS ATLAS IS READY.
THE FOLKS HAVE WORKED
TIRELESS TO MAKE IT
READY AND GET IT TO
THE HUE HUMAN RATING.
>> HI, WILL ROBERTSON
SMITH.
YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT
WHAT YOU WENT THROUGH
DURING THE FINAL SIMS
BEFORE YOU CAME HERE.
I WONDER, WHAT WAS IT
LIKE TO LEAVE THOSE
FINAL SIMULATIONS WHEN
YOU KNEW THE END POINT
OF THE TRAINING.
YOU STILL HAVE ONE
MORE CREW READINESS
DAY.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO
LEAVE THAT ENVIRONMENT
AT JOHNSON KNOWING
THAT CHAPTER IS NOW
CLOSED?
>> JUST REALLY QUICK?
I QUICK, WE ARE THE
HUMANS GETTING IN THE
ROCKET.
I COULDN'T BE MORE
PROUDER OF OUR MISSION
CONTROL TEAMS.
I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING
HOW IT GELS AND
WORKS.
TALK ABOUT CREW
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT,
CRM BETWEEN US AND THE
SPACECRAFT AND GROUND
AND EVERYTHING THEY
DO.
OUR FLIGHT DIRECTORS,
YOU TALK ABOUT IN
BASKETBALL THEY ARE
PEAKING AT THE RIGHT
TIME, OH, MY.
OUR CONTROL TEAMS ARE
PEAKING AT THE RIGHT
TIME.
I COULDN'T BE MORE
PROUD OF THEM.
WE LIVE SIMS AND GO
WOW, COULD THAT HAVE
GONE BETTER.
IT'S TRULY AMAZING.
I'M NOT SAYING THIS
BEFORE YOU ARE HERE.
IT'S AN HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE TO TRAIN FOR
THIS SPACEFLIGHT.
>> YEAH, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT WHO
THOSE PEOPLE ARE.
THEY BROUGHT OVER THE
BEST FROM SHUTTLE WHO
HAVE TRAINED THE NEWER
FOLKS THAT ARE OUR
MISSION OPERATION
FOLKS.
FOR ME, IT'S
INTERESTING.
WE KNOW THEM ALL
WELL.
WE HAVE SIDE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
HOW DOES THIS WORK AND
THAT WORK.
WHY IS IT DOING THIS
OR THAT.
TELL ME WHAT YOU MEAN
BY THIS STAR BLOCK 5
PAGES DOWN INTO THE
MALFUNCTION.
WE HAD THOSE IN-DEPTH
CONVERSATIONS.
WHEN I TURN ONE OF THE
DISPLAY PAGES.
IF IT'S NDS.
I'LL SEE MIKE.
THEIR FACES ARE
IMPRINTED ON THE
SYSTEMS.
THEY ARE THERE IN THE
CONTROL ROOM READY TO
HELP US OUT AND BACK
US UP IF WE HAVE ANY
PROBLEMS.
WE TAKE THEM ALL WITH
US.
>> GREG WITH SPECTRUM
NEWS 13.
A HOMECOMING FOR YOU.
FLORIDA TECH GRAD, DO
YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR
THE FLORIDA TECH
FAMILY?
>> THEY ARE IN THE SIN
TER OF IT.
FLORIDA TECH IS RIGHT
DOWN THE STREET.
I HOPE THEY COME OUT
AND WATCH AND I MAKE
THEM PROUD.
GO PANTHERS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HI, BUTCH AND
SUNI.
WHAT DOES THE I TEN
RARERY LOOK N
RARERY LOOK LIKE?
>> REVIEW, REVIEW,
REVIEW.
THERE IS A FAIRMOUNT
OF RESPONSIBILITY WE
HOLD.
WE ARE READY.
WE WANT TO STAY
READY.
WE HAVE A WEEK TO
CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE
THERE WASN'T A SINGLE
EVENT THAT WE TRAINED
FOR THAT WE ARE NOT
READY FOR.
SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS
LEROY CAIN, WE SPOKE
ABOUT WANTING ON THE
CTA EVENT.
JUST TO LOOK AROUND AS
I CRAWL IN AND STRAP
IN.
MAKE SURE OUR MINDS
ARE SET.
WHERE THE BAGS ARE AND
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE
CONNECTED.
THIS IS A WEEK OF
REVIEW AND
PREPARATION.
>> THANK YOU.
>> BRANDON WITH
CENTRAL FLORIDA PUBLIC
MEDIA.
SORRY.
GOT A TWO PART
QUESTION FOR YOU.
FIRST PART HAS BEEN
AWHILE.
WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON
DOING TO PASS THE TIME
WHILE THERE?
WHAT'S ON THE MENU
THERE?
>> YEAH, THE MENU WE
ARE SUPPOSED TO COME
UP WITH OUR LAST MEAL
AS THEY CALL IT.
ULTIMATE, I'M SORRY.
THE ULTIMATE MEAL BY
FRIDAY.
WE HAVE MORE TIME TO
DECIDE THAT.
WE HAVE GREAT FOLKS
WORKING IN ASTRONAUT
CREW QUARTERS.
WE HAVE IT ALL.
WE JUST GOT TO
CHITCHAT A BIT AND
EVERYTHING IS ALL SET
UP FOR US.
I THINK TO PASS THE
TIME AWAY.
THERE IS A LOT OF
REVIEW.
IT'S A BIT OF SLEEP.
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF
WORKING OUT AND
WALKING ON THE BEACH
AND GOING FOR A RUN AS
WELL AS MAYBE A MOVIE
OR TWO.
IT'S GOING TO BE
RELAXING AND A LOT OF
REVIEW.
>> WHAT A MOVIE DO YOU
THINK WE'LL WATCH?
>> NAVY PIOLET.
NAVY PIOLET.
TOP GUN MAVERICK.
EXACTLY.
>> NAVY.
NAVY.
OH, AIR FORCE.
>> HE SAYS STUFF LIKE
THAT ALL OF THE TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT, GO
NAVY.
I'M JIM WITH FLORIDA
MEDIA NOW AND NASA
TECH.NET.
I HAVE A MORE SPECIFIC
QUESTION TO THE ONE
JUST ASKED.
ASIDE FROM THE LEISURE
TIME YOU WILL HAVE.
WHAT ACTIVITIES DO YOU
HAVE CONTINUING TO
TRAIN OR REVIEW THE
ROCKET OR SO ON.
IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE
SOME OF THOSE FOR YOU
TWO AND THE OTHER FOUR
IN THE BACKGROUND,
WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING
THIS WEEK.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS.
I'LL BE SHORT.
RAY IS THE GUY THAT
TRAINS US AND HAS
DEVELOPED ALL OF OUR
RON PROCEDURES.
AT ANY POINT IF
ANYTHING HAPPENS THE
TRAJECTORY KEEPS
STATIONS SAFE.
NO POINT THE
TRAJECTORY COULD COME
NEAR IMPACTING THE
SPACE STATION.
HIS TEAM DEVELOPED
THIS AND TRAINED US TO
GO MANUAL FROM 6
KILOMETERS AWAND AND
KNOCK.
WE'LL TEAM UP WITH HIM
DURING THE WEEK JUST
TO DISCUSS AND GO
OVER.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
>> YEAH, JUST ANOTHER
THING, YOU KNOW, ON
REVIEW, HOW THE
SPACECRAFT IS LAID
OUT.
WE GET SO MUCH TIME IN
THE SPACECRAFT AS WE
COME HERE.
WE LIVE-IN TEXAS AND
COME OUT AND GET A
CHANCE TO GO IN.
WE HAVE SOME OF THE
STUFF PACKED IN IT.
SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T
DEPENDING ON THE
OPERATIONS.
IT'S ALL PACKED,
RIGHT.
WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE
THAT TOMORROW.
THERE IS ONLY A SMALL
AMOUNT OF TIME FOR
THAT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP
HERE HEAD BY ARMONDO
THAT PUT TOGETHER A
VIRTUAL REALITY LOOK.
WE ARE READY FOR ANY
TASKS.
WE WILL REVIEW, GET
INTO THE VIRTUAL
REALITY SPACECRAFT AND
SEE WHERE THE PIECES
OF EQUIPMENT ARE.
IF WE HAD TO GO IN AND
DO SOMETHING TO FIX
IT.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING
WE'LL HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO AT
ASTRONAUT CREW
QUARTERS.
A LOT OF REVIEW.
CROSSING Ts AND
DOTTING Is.
WHEN WE STEP-OFF THE
LAUNCHPAD WE KNOW
EVERYTHING WE NEED TO
KNOW.
>> YOU KNOW, THE
FRIGHT OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR IS WHAT THE
ASTRONAUT OFFICE, WHAT
THE T38s AND OTHER
PLANES UNDER THAT
UMBRELLA.
WE ARE INVOLVED IN A
LOT OF STUFF.
JUSTIN WILL TELL YOU
WHAT HE'S INVOLVED
IN.
>> THE NEXT WEEK WE
HAVE CRS30 RETURN.
WB57.
THAT'S WHAT I DO.
WE HAVE CFT SUPPORT AS
THEY LAUNCH.
>> THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE ARE VERY BROAD AND
DETAILED IN ALL WE
DO.
THESE GUYS, WE WANT TO
DO A LOT OF WORK TO
MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU, AND GOOD
LUCK.
>> THANK YOU FOR ALL
OF YOUR QUESTIONS
TODAY.
BUTCH AND SUNI.
NEXT UP IS THE FLIGHT
TEST MEDIA REVIEW
CONFERENCE WE ARE
TARGETING AROUND 4:00
P.M. EASTERN ON ONE
HOUR AFTER THE FLIGHT
READINESS REVIEW
CONCLUDES.
SEE YOU THEN.
THANK YOU FOR
JOINING.
[ APPLAUSE ]
THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE.