>> GO FOR LAUNCH.
>> WE ARE FOLLOWING IN THE
FOOTSTEPS TO GET US TO WHERE WE
ARE TODAY.
♪ ♪
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM MEGAN CRUZ.
WELCOME TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
ON THE SPACE COAST OF FLORIDA,
WHERE WE ARE ONCE AGAIN POISED
TO MAKE HISTORY.
THIS TIME WITH NASA'S BOEING
CREW FLIGHT TEST SET TO LIFTOFF
ON THE UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE
FROM CAPE CANAVERAL LAUNCH
COMPLEX 41 ON MONDAY,
MAY 6th AT 10:34 P.M.
EASTERN TIME.
NASA ASTRONAUTS BUTCH WILMORE
AND SUNIIAMS WILL BE THE FIRST
TO NI ON BOEING'S STARLINER
MAKING IT THE 6th TIME NASA
HAS FLOWN A NEW TRANSPORTATION
SPACECRAFT P. AND HERE TO SPEAK
WITH ALL OF YOU ABOUT THE LAUNCH
READINESS REVIEW AS WELL AS ANY
UPDATES WE HAVE ON THE MISSION
ARE LEADERS FROM NASA, BOEING,
ALSOS A LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER
FROM THE 45th WEATHER
SQUADRON TO LET ME INTRODUCE
THEM TO YOU NOW.
NO STRANGER, NASA ADMINISTRATOR
BILL NELSON, THEN STEVE STICH,
MANAGER, NASES' COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM, THEN JOINING US
VIRTUALLY FROM HOUSTON, DANA
WEIGEL, MANAGER, NASA'S
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PROGRAM.
BACK HERE ON THE DESK, WE HAVE
JENNIFER BUCKLEY, CHIEF
SCIENTISTS, SPACE STATION
PROGRAM, MARK NAPPY, VICE
PRESIDENT AND PROGRAM MANAGER,
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM FROM
BOEING.
AND THEN GARY WENTZ, VICE
PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT AND
COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS OVER AT U OF
L AND BRIAN, LAUNCH WEATHER
OFFICER, 5th WEATHER
SQUADRON, CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE
FORCE STATION.
EACH WILL GIVE OPENING REMARKS
THEN OPEN QUESTIONS FROM HERE ON
THE ROOM AND ON THE PHONE.
IF YOU ARE HERE IN THE ROM, WAIT
FOR A MICROPHONE.
IF YOU ARE ON THE PHONE, YOU CAN
GET TOT THE QUESTION CUE BY
PRESSING STAR 1.
PLEASE ASK ONE QUESTION AND TRY
TO KEEP YOUR QUESTIONS TO
TODAY'S MISSION THAT WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
ALL RIGHT.
ADMINISTRATOR, GO AHEAD.
BILL: THANK YOU, MEGAN.
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
THAT BRINGS TO BEAR ALL THE
THINGS THAT THE TITLE AM PLIES.
WE ARE TESTING THE VEHICLE FOR,
IN THIS CASE, THE FIRST TIME
WITH HUMANS ONBOARD.
MEGAN SAID THIS HAS BEEN DONE
SIX TIMES BEFORE.
SO YOU THINK OF IT, THE FIRST
TIME HUMANS HAVE FLOWN ON A NEW
SPACECRAFT.
STARTED WITH MERCURY, THEN WITH
GEMINI, AND THEN WITH APOLLO,
THE SPACE SHUTTLE, THEN DRAGON,
AND NOW STARLINER.
AND COME NEXT YEAR, I WILL BE
THE FIRST TIME THAT A CREW WILL
CLIMB ON AND WILL LAUNCH ON THE
ORION SPACECRAFT, WHICH WILL
TAKE US AROUND THE MOON.
BECAUSE IT IS A TEST FLIGHT, WE
GIVE EXTRA ATTENTION.
THEY ARE CHECKING OUT A LOT OF
THE SYSTEMS, THE LIFE SUPPORT,
THE MANUAL CONTROL, ALL OF THOSE
THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO BE
CHECKED OUT, THAT IS WHY WE PUT
TWO TEST PILOTS ONBOARD.
AND OF COURSE, THE RESUMES OF
BUTCH AND SUNI ARE EXTENSIVE.
THE OTHER THING TO COMMENT ABOUT
THIS FLIGHT THIS IS ALL A PART
OF OUR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
SO YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN
COMMERCIAL CREW AND CARGO TO
ORBIT WITH THE DRAGON AND OTHER
CARGO VEHICLES.
THIS WILL GIVE US THAT
ADDITIONAL CAPABILITY BECAUSE WE
ALWAYS LOOK FOR A BACKUP, THAT
IS WHY, IF YOU REMEMBER, IN THE
COMPETITIONS ON THE SPACECRAFT
TO BE THE LANDER ON THE MOON,
NASA HAD AWARDED ONLY ONE, AND
WE INSISTED THAT WE GO TO A
SECOND COMPETITION FOR A SECOND
LANDER.
THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING
TWO TO GIVE YOU THE ROBUST
CAPABILITY.
AND FROM NASA'S POINT OF VIEW,
IT IS A FIXED-PRICE CONTRACT.
AND WE SHARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT
COSTS, BUT THEN THE OPERATION IS
A FIXED PRICE CONTRACT.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A
WHOLE NEW ADVENTURE THIS IS VERY
MUCH A PART OF OUR EXPLORATION
IN SPACE IN WHAT I CALL THE
GOLDEN AGE OF SPACE EXPLORATION.
THINK ABOUT IT, SINCE WE ARE
GOING TO COOP THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION GOING GUSH GUSH
GOING TO KEEP THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION GOING FOR ANOTHER
SIX YEARS TO DEORBIT IN 2031.
THIS ABOUT THESE SPACECRAFT.
THEY WILL BE ABLE THEN TO
SERVICE THE TO AND FROM TO THE
COMMERCIAL SPACE STATIONS WHICH
WE EXPECT TO HAVE ON ORBIT BY
THE TIME WE ARE DEORBITING THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IT IS AN HISTORICAL DAY.
IT ISES A WONDERFUL DAY.
BY THE WAY, ONE OTHER HISTORICAL
FACT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
SINCE APOLLO 7 LAUNCH THAT A
HUMAN ASTRONAUT RAUNCH IS
ACTUALLY ON OB THE CAPE
CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION AND
IS NOW OF COURSE CAPE CANAVERAL
SPACE FORCE STATION.
MEGAN?
>> GREAT REMINDER, YEAH.
ALL THE FIRST MILESTONES WE ARE
MEETING TODAY WITH THIS FLIGHT
TEST.
OK, STEVE.
STEVE.
THANK YOU, MEGAN.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
THANKS FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHTS PROGRAMS AT
NASA.
IT HAS BEEN A BUSY TIME SINCE WE
LAST TALKED AFTER THE FLIGHT
TEST READINESS REVIEW.
THAT FRIDAY AFTER THE REVIEW,
THE CREW GOT INTO THE VEHICLE.
YOU HEARD FROM BUTCH AND SUNI
DID A MISSION DRESS REHEARSAL.
THEY WERE EXTREMELY PLEASED WITH
THE VEHICLE.
WE CHECKED OUT THE SPACECRAFT
AND CHECKED OUT THE WHOLE
PROCESS OF GETTING IN, GETTING
SUITED UP DOING COM CHECKS.
THAT WENT WELL.
I HAVE A FEW THINGS TO MOVE
AROUND IN THE COCKPIT BASED ON
INPUT BUT THAT WENT WELL.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF ITEMS WE
WE ARE CLOSE TO REAPING THAT
GOAL WELL THE PLANNED LAUNCH ON
MONDAY.
WE DID A PORT RELOCATION AND
DANA WEIGEL WILL TALK ABOUT THIS
AND WE MOVED DRAGON ON ORBIT TO
GET THE PORT READY.
THAT IS ALREADY TO GO.
OVERALL THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD
FOR LAUNCH.
I KNOW THE CREW ON ORBIT IS
EXCITED AS WELL.
MIKE, MATT, JEANETTE, ALEXANDER
ARE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING BUTCH
AND SUNI ONBOARD.
WE WILL TAKE IT ONE STEP AT TO
EMAND WORK OUR WAY THROUGH
EVENTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
THEN WHEN WE ARE READY, WE WILL
LAUNCH, HOPEFULLY, ON MONDAY.
YOU KNOW?
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE
MAKING HISTORY.
FEEL THAT A LOT AS THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM MANAGER.
WAS JUST FOUR YEARS AGO WE
BROUGHT THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT
ON-LINE AND THE FALCON 9 LAUNCH
VEHICLE AND HERE WE ARE NOW FOUR
YEARS LATER BRINGING ANOTHER
SYSTEM ON-LINE SO HAVE BEEN
TAKING OUR TIME TO GO THROUGH
EVERYTHING METHODICALLY BECAUSE
IT IS A TEST FLIGHT, AND WE WANT
IT TO GO WELL.
I AM SURE WE WILL LEARN
SOMETHING ON ORBIT AND LEARN
SOMETHING DURING THE FLIGHT BUT
OUR TEAM IS CHECKING,
DOUBLE-CHECKING EVERYTHING AND
MAKING SURE WE ARE READY TO GO,
SO I WANT TO THANK OUR ENTIRE
TEAM, ON COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM
WITHIN NASA, AND THE BOEING
TEAM, OUR INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS, UNITED LAUNCH
ALLIANCE, IT HAS BEEN ALLOT OF
WORK TO GET HERE.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK
TO GO.
WE TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIM AND
LAUNCH WHEN WE ARE READY.
BACK OVER TO YOU, MEGAN.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
DANA?
OVER IN HOUSTON AGAIN, JOINING
US VIRTUALLY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, ALL, FOR JOINING US
TODAY TO HEAR ABOUT THIS
HISTORIC MISSION.
THIS IS A RITE CALL MILESTONE
FOR COMMERCIAL RU, FOR ISS AND
OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS WHO
WILL ONE DAY NI ABOARD THE
STARLINER VEHICLE.
YOU HEARD IT MENGED JUST TO
REEMPHASIZE HAVING TWO DIFFERENT
U.S. CREWED VEHICLES THAT CAN
TRAVEL AND TAKE CREW TO ISS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US.
IT HELPS USES WITH ANY NUMBER OF
DIFFERENT NOMINAL SCENARIOS WE
COULD ENCOUNTER, SO THIS CREWED
FLIGHT TEST IS A CRITICAL
STEPPING STONE TO REACH THAT
BROADER GOAL.
STEVE MENTIONED IT BUT ON ORBIT
YESTERDAY, CREW-8 RELOCATED
THEIR SPACECRAFT FROM THE NODE
HARMONY FORWARD PORT TO THE NODE
2 ZENITH PORT, THAT FREES UP FOR
THE STARLINER VEHICLE.
JUSTS THIS MORNING, THE ISS
MANAGEMENT TEAM CONVENED TO
REVIEW OUR READINESS FOR CFT.
EVERYONE POLLED GO.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF OPEN ITEMS
ONBOARD.
WE GOT INSPECTION USING THE
ROBOTIC ARM OF THAT NODE 2
FORWARD DOCKING PORT AND THEN WE
GOT TO GO PUT THE ARM IN A
STOWED LOCATION.
WE WILL FINISH THAT THIS
EVENING.
WE ARE NOT WORKING ANY OTHER
ISSUES RELATED TO THE MISSION,
SO EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO GO
SMOOTHLY ONBOARD ISS.
ONCE TAR LUNIERS IN PREFLIGHT,
THE ISS TEAM WILL FOLLOW ALONG
WITH THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
SPACECRAFT.
WE DO THAT EVALUATION ALONG WITH
THE COMMERCIAL CREW IN BOEING
TEAMS, THEN ON TUESDAY,
AFTERNOON, EVENING, WE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER ISS MISSION MANAGEMENT
TEAM TO REVIEW THE OVERALL
SPACECRAFT PERFORMANCE AND TO
GIVE THE FINAL GO FOR INTEGRATED
OPERATIONS AND DOCKING.
ONCE BUTCH AND SUNI ARE ONBOARD,
THEY WILL BE THERE FOR A LITTLE
OVER A WEEK.
THE FOCUS ON STARLINER ITSELF
AND PUT IT THROUGH THE PACES AND
LOOK AT CONFIGURATION OF THE
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT IN THEIR
SPACECRAFT, THEY WILL ALSO DO
SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WILL
VERIFY OPERATIONS, THAT WE WILL
ULTIMATELY NEED FOR SOME OF THE
LONGER DURATION MISSIONS.
THEY DEPLOYED SOME PAYLOADS AND
SOME EXTERNAL HARDWARE OUTSIDE
OF ISS, THEN LAST SUNDAY, WE HAD
THE UNDOCKING OF THE SPACEX 30
CARGO MISSION, ABOUT A DAY AND A
HALF LATER, THAT SUCCESSFULLY
SPLASHED DOWN SPACEX 30 WAS
CARRYING 4,000 POUNDS OF
RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC
INVESTIGATIONS BACK TO EARTH.
WE ARE LOOKING FORWARDED TO THE
CREWED FLIGHT TEST.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE BUTCH AND
SUNI ONBOARD AND REALLY HAPPY WE
ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS TO
HAVING THE TWO U.S. CREWED
PROVIDERS.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT
BACK TO MEGAN.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A
ROBUST COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM.
THAT WILL HAVE IMPACT ON THE
STATION, RIGHT, JENNIFER?
>> TO DATE, WE HAVE DONE ALMOST
4,000 INVESTIGATIONS AND SERVING
OVER 5,000 RESEARCHERS.
THE CREW IS DEDICATED TO
CONDUCTS THE SCIENCE ON ISS, AS
WELL AS PARTICIPATING IN THE
SCIENCE THEMSELVES, SO ON THIS
MISSION, THE CREWMEMBERS WILL BE
PART OF TWO HUMAN RESEARCH
STUDIES AND WILL BE CARRYING
HARDWARE ON THE VEHICLE TO
ENABLE ANOTHER HUMAN ROW SEARCH
STUDY FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS, THE EUROPEAN SPACE
AGENCY.
THE CREW IS PARTICIPATING IN A
STUDY CALLED PILOT EGRESS
FITNESS AS WE LOOK AT GOING
BACKK TO THE MOON AND ON TOP
MARS.
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO
UNDERSTAND THE PHYSIOLOGICAL
IMPACTS OF SPACEFLIGHT ON
CREWMEMBERS ESPECIALLY AS WE
LOOK AT THEM ENTERING INTO A
PARTIAL PRAIF TY ENVIRONMENT, SO
WHEN WILL THEY BE ABLE TOLL
EGRESS THE VEHICLE, WHAT TYPE OF
TASKS WILL THEY BE ABLE TO DO
AND FEED HEAVILY INTO THE
ARCHITECTURE OF THE MISSIONS
THAT WE PLAN AS WELL AS SEEING
HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE CREW.
DO WE NEED COUNTER MEASURES?
HOW CAN WE MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL
ON THE SURFACE.
AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE, THEY
WILL DO A SERIES OF STUDIES AND
TESTS WHERE THEY TRAVERSE A
LADDER.
EVENTUALLY THIS TEST WILL EVOLVE
INTO WHERE THE CREW WILL DO
SUITED EVA'S.
WE'LL NOT DO THAT FOR THIS
PARTICULAR FLIGHT AND OVERLAY
THAT WITH THE BEN AND MUSCLE
DATA TAT WE COLLECTED PREAND
POST FLIGHT TO TAKE A LOOK AT
THEIR PERFORMANCE.
THE OTHER INVESTIGATION THEY ARE
PARTICIPATING IN IS A SPACECRAFT
OCCUPANCY RISK.
THIS IS WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT
THE FORCES EXPERIENCED BY CREW
TO HELP US BUILD BETTER MODELS
OF WHAT THOSE FORCES LOOKED LIKE
FOR THOSE RE-ENTRY AS WELL AS
LANDING.
THIS IS SIMILAR TO WHAT IS DONE
IN THE AUTO TRY.
WE ARE GOING TO BE COLLECTING
DATA TAT PRE AND POST FLIGHT ON
THE CREW ON THEIR PHYSIOLOGY AS
WELL AS TAKING A LOOK AT THINGS
LIKE, SEAT, VIDEO COLLECTED,
EVEN SURVEYS ON THE CREW MEMBER
AXE PERIENCE.
THEN FINALLY, THE CREW IS
BRINGING UP HARDWARE TO SUPPORT
A EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
INVESTIGATION CALLED I HOON TY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT
CREWMEMBERS RESPONSE AND HOW WE
SEE CHANGES TO THE SPACEFLIGHT
ENVIRN PRESIDENT AND THEIR
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
SO IN PARTICULAR, THE WHITE
BLOOD CELLS.
THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING
BECAUSE BEFORE WE HAD TO RETURN
THE SAMPLES TO THE GROUND AND
NOW WE ARE GOING TO ANALYZE THEM
ONBOARD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS NO A TEST FLIGHT OF OUR
ASTRONAUTS AS WELL.
OK.
MARK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR PEG HERE
HERE TODAY.
TODAY WE HAD A LONG LIST OF
REVIEWS THAT LED UP TO THIS.
TODAY'S WAS JUST LIKE ALL THE
REST AND IT SHOWED HOW WELL
ALIGNED AND HOW READY WE ARE FOR
THIS MISSION.
AS OF LAST HEIGHT.
WE HAD?
O'KON TRAINTS TO LUNCH AND THE
WORK WE HAVE TO DO THIS WEEKEND
AND ROLLING TOMORROW TO THO PAD.
WILL DO TIME CARGO FOR CREW
INGRESS AND DO POWER UP AND
HEALTH CHECKS THEN WE GO TO
LAUNCH AND LEAD US UP TO MONDAY
NIGHT AND WE HAVE TWO DAY ON
SATURDAY AND IF NECESSARY ON
SUNDAY AND REALLY THE PURPOSE OF
THOSE MEETINGS TO MAKE SURE THE
TEAM HAS EVERYTHING THEY NEED
AND REVIEW THE WEATHER AND JUST,
JUST ADDRESS ANYTHING THAT MAY
COME UP OVER THE LAST TWOS DAYS.
LAST THING I WILL TALK ABOUT IS
REALLY THE TEAM'S READINESS AND
BOY, I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF
THIS TEAM.
WE CAME BACK AFTER THE HOLIDAY
AND WE HAD PLANNED TO BE READY
ON MARCH FIRST KNOWING THAT OUR
WINDOW WAS SOMETIME IN MARCH,
APRIL, MAY.
WE SAID LET'S JUST BE READY FOR
WHEN AREA OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION CAN SENT.
WE CAME BACK AFTER THE FIRST OF
THE YEAR.
WE HAD A SAFETY CHECK-IN AND
TALKED TO THE TEAM AND SAID,
BUMP AND SUNNY CAME OVER AND
SHARED SOME OF THEIR EXPERIENCES
THEN TOLD THEM HOW EXCITED THEY
WERE ABOUT WHAT WAYSES WITH
AHEAD OF US.
TOLD THE TEAM AT THAT POINT WE
DON'T HAVE TO HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING.
LET'S START SLOW AND BUILD
MOMENTUM THEN PEAK AT THE RIGHT
TIME.
THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
WE ARE AT PEAK PERFORMANCE RIGHT
NOW.
THEN WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO
EXECUTING THIS WEEKEND AND
EXCUTING ON THE LUNCH AND
EXECUTERRING THE MISSION AND THE
SAME WAY THAT WE GOT HERE.
WE ARE READY TO GO.
>> THANK YOU, MARK.
>> FAR RY.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.
WE REHONORRED TO BE PREPPING FOR
THE CREWED FLIGHT TEST AND
INITIATE SUNI AND BUTCH'S
JOURNEY TO THE SPACE STATION.
THERE IS SOME HISTORY
SURROUNDING THIS MISSION SO BACK
IN 1962.
JOHN GLENN FLEW ON THE FIRST AND
62 YEARS LATER, WE ARE FLYING
OUR 100th ATLAS WITH BUTCH
AND SUNI ONBOARD.
THAT IS SIGNIFICANT FOR OUR TEAM
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TEAM WE
HAVE BEEN HIGHLY FOCUSED ON THE
SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE, THE
SAFETY BUTCH AND SUNI.
KEEPING IN OUR MIND, THEM, THEIR
FAMILIES AND THE NEEDS OF THE
NATION TO BE ABLE FOPORT THIS
SECOND CREWED NIGHT VEHICLE TO
SPACE STATION.
BEFORE AND SUNI SPENT A LOT OF
TIME IN THE FACILITIES
INTERACTING WITH EVERY EMPLOYEE
WITHIN THE UAL TEAM AND THEY
HAVE BECOME PART OUR FAMILY AS
WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE SEE THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.
THEY REFER FOR THE HARDWARE AS
THEIR HARDWARE.
AND IT IS REALLY MEANS A LOT OUR
ENTIRE TEAM TO SEE THEM, TO HAVE
THEM ON THE CALL THIS MORNING
AND ADDRESSING THE TEAM ABOUT
THEIR READINESS AND THEIR
CONFIDENCE.
AND THAT IS EXTREMELY EXCITING
AND WE ARE HONORED TO BE PLAYING
THIS PART OF THE MISSION.
FOR THIS, WE DESIGNED TWO
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIESES TO
SUPPORT HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT.
WE PUT AN EMERGENCY DETECTION
SYSTEM ONBOARD, THAT MONITORS
ALL THE VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND IN
THE EVENT THAT WE HAD AN OFF
NOMINAL PERFORMANCE OF ONE OF
THOSE SYSTEMS, AND IT, IT
REQUIRE THE CREW TO PERFORM
ABORT THIS WILL ACTUALLY
AUTOMATICALLYINGER THAT ABORT SO
WE MONITOR THOSE SYSTEMS AND PAY
CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT.
WHICH IS REALLY BRINGING IT BACK
FROM A HERITAGE VEHICLE THAT WE
FLEW PREVIOUSLY AND WHAT WE ARE
FLYING IN THE CENTER.
IT IS DUAL ENGINE CENTER.
WE HAVE THAT FOR THIS MISSION AS
WELL.
GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
ASSENT TEAM THAT IS FOCUSED
SPECIFICALLY ON MONITORING THE
VEHICLE SYSTEMS, COMMUNICATING
WITH OUR FLIGHT OPERATIONS TEAM
IN HOUSTON, AND RELAYING THAT
INFORMATION TO THE CREW
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
SO THE TEAM IS WHOLLY FOCUSED
AROUND THE CREW AND THE CREW
SAFETY AND REALLY APPRECIATES
THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE
CONFIDENCE OF BOTH BOEING, NASA
AND THE FLIGHT CREW TO FLY
ONBOARD THE AT 5.
THE VEHICLE IS VERY CLEAN.
THIS IS ONE OF THE CLEANEST
FLOWS THAT WE HAVE HAD.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO COME
TOM THE DIFFERENT FLIGHT TEST
READINESS REVIEW, THE FLIGHT
TEST READINESS REVIEW AND NOT
HAVE ISSUES TO TALK ABOUT.
WE HAD SOME MINOR THINGS THAT WE
WORKED THROUGH AND SOME
EXPERIENCES WITH COMING RIGHT
AFTER A VULCAN FLIGHT INTO AN
ATLAS AND SO WE UPDATED OUR
SYSTEMS FOR THAT TRANSITION TO
BE ABLE TO CONTINUE FLYING ATLAS
AND VULCAN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF YEARS.
WITH THAT, WE WILL CONTINUE TO
WATCH BEFORE WE DEEM MISSION
SUCCESS, BUT EVERYTHING IS
LOOKING GREAT AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO ROLL TOMORROW.
MEGAN?
>> SOUNDS GREAT, GARY, THANK
YOU.
BRIAN, THE WEATHER COULD NOT BE
ANY BET HUH.
METEOROLOGIST: IT IS A GOOD SIGN
WHEN THE WEATHER GUY HAS A SMALE
ON HIS FACE.
I AM HAPPY TO BRING GOOD NEWS
HERE.
DR. BRIAN IS LEADING THE TEAM.
HE IS WORKING HARD ON A LOT OF
THESE FORECASTS.
BUT YEAH, AS I ALLUDED TO, THE
WEATHER LOOKS FAVORABLE HERE AT
THE LAUNCH SITE FOR THE MONDAY
EVENING LAUNCH ATTEMPT.
WE ARE A FEW WEEKS AWAY ARE THE
SUMMER THUNDERSTORM SEASON HERE
IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA.
ALTHOUGH, WE ARE IN A BIT OF
SUMMER LIKE PAT TURN WITH
ATLANTIC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
IN CONTROL WE DON'T HAVE THE
MOISTURE AND THE INABILITY THAT
WE MIGHT HAVE IN JUNE, JULY,
AUGUST, THAT WOULD HELP LIMB THE
AMOUNT OF SHOWERS THAT ARE ABLE
TO DEVELOP WITH THE AFTERNOON
HEATING, SO ON HYUNDAI, WE
EXPECTS LIGHT ONSHORE SOUTHERLY
FLOW TO START THE DAY, THAT WILL
HELP THE SEA BREEZE PUSH INLAND
AND TO THE WEST AND SO, ANY
SHOWERS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE
OUT TO THE WEST, AND THEN, AS WE
GET LATER IN THE AFTERNOON, INTO
THE EVENING HOURS, THEN, AFTER
SUNSET, WE START TO SEE ANY OF
THAT SHOWER ACTIVITY BEGIN TO
DIE OFF AS WE HEAD CLOSER AND
CLOSER T0.
THE WEATHER DOES LOOK FAVORABLE
HERE.
THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH FORECAST AS
OF RIGHT NOW.
IF WE COULD BRING THAT UP.
THAT IS 5%, SO -9D 5%% CHANCE A
GO HERE AT THE LAUNCH.
I DO WANT TO CAVEAT AND SAY WE
WORK CLOSELY WITH THE
SPACEFLIGHT METERROLOGY GROUP
OUT IN HOUSTON.
THAT IS LED BY TIM GARDENER AND
CREWED LAUNCH, THERE ARE
ADDITIONAL WEATHER
CONSIDERATIONS OF THE ENTIRE
TEAM HE IS LOOKING AT
PACIFICALLY FOR CREW SAFETY AND
LOOKING ALL ALONG THE ASCENT
CORRIDOR TO MAKE SURE THIS WE
REGOD TO GO FOR LAUNCH.
SOL WE WILL BE MONITORING THAT
VERY CLOSELY AND THIS PERCENT GO
HERE DOES JUST ENCAPSULATE THE
WEATHER A THE LAUNCH SITE AND WE
MONITOR FOR A SET OF ROLLS
CALLED THE CRITERIA DESIGNED TO
PROTECT NOT JUST AGAINST NATURAL
LIGHTING BUT ROCKET TRIGGER
LIGHTING.
THE ROCKET CAN TRIGGER A
LIGHTNING STRIKE THAT WOULD NOT
HAVE NATURALLY OH CORE THEN WE
GO TO THE BACKUP DAY IN THE
EVENT WE DO HAVE TO USE THE NEXT
LAUNCH WINDOW, WEATHER LOOKS
EQUALLY AS GOOD.
AGAIN, 5% CHANCE A GO, BUT IF
KNOT ARE MO MOTHER NA I TURE
DOES THROW A CURVE BALL AT US.
WE WILL BE READY TO GO.
MEGAN, BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
AND SMILING TODAY.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
SO LET'S HEAD ON WITH THE
QUESTIONS AND START HERE IN THE
ROOM.
I SAW MARSHA HAS TWO HANDS UP.
WE'LL START WITH YOU.
>> WHAT PERSONAL ASSURENESS AS
HAVE YOU GOTTEN FROM BOW HAG THE
SAFETY ISSUE ON THE AIRPLANE
SIDE HAVE NOT SPILLED OVER TO
THE SPACECRAFT SIDED?
HAVE YOU TALKED DIRECTLY TO DAVE
CALHOUN ABOUT ANY OF THIS?
>> I TALKED TO DAVE CALHOUN MANY
TIMES.
NOT SINCE THE AIRCRAFT HAD THE
MOST RECENT PROBLEMS WITH THE
BOLTS ON THE PANEL FALLING OUT,
BUT DAVE CALHOUN, WHEN I FIRST
MET HIM, HE ROTATIONAL DUESED ME
TO HIS NEW HEAD OF -- HE
INTRODUCED ME TO THE NEW HEAD OF
THE BOEING DEFENSE IN SPACE.
HE SAID THIS GUY IS A GOOD ONE.
PE SAID IS GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYTHING IS WORKING AND
THAT DEFENSE AND SPACE SECTOR
WHICH INCLUDES THE STARLINER.
MY INTERN TATION AND OBSERVATION
IS DRN DRN MY INTERPRETATION AND
OBSERVATION, LIKE HAS BEEN
REPORTED TO YOU TODAY, THAT THEY
HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT A HITCH,
THAT THIS IS A CLEAN SPACESHIP
AND IT IS READY TO LAUNCH.
I CAN TELL YOU FROM NASA'S POINT
OF RU, WE DON'T LAUNCH UNTIL IT
IS READY.
>> THANK YOU, MARSHA.
>> OVER YOU.
OVER HERE.
>> SPACE NEWS.
FOR GARY, BESIDES THE EMERGENCY
DETECTION CENTER AND THE DUAL
ENGINE CENTER, IS THERE ANYTHING
ABOUT THE AT LA 5 FROM OTHER
PREVIOUS ATLAS 5'S ANYTHING THAT
MAY ACCOUNT FOR A VERY CLEAN
FLOW LEADING UP TO THIS LAUNCH?
NO.
THE VEHICLE IS PRETTY MUCH A
STANDARD ATLAS 5 VEHICLE, GOES
THROUGH THE SAME STANDARD
PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES, THE
ONLY OTHER SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE IS IT DOESN'T HAVE A
PAYLOAD FARING, INSTEAD, WE
HAVE, AS YOU HAVE SEEN TWICE
PREVIOUSLY, A CAPSULE WITH ARROW
SKIRT SITTING ON TOP.
THAT HAS BEEN FLIGHT PROVEN AND
CHECKED OUT, SO WE ARE
COMFORTABLE GOING FORWARD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE WILL TAKE A FEW MORE IN THE
ROOM HERE BEFORE GOING TO THE
PHONE.
JAMES OVER HERE ON THE END.
>> THANKS, MEG AND.
HI, EVERYONE.
AM JAMES THE LOCAL REPORTER FOR
CHANNEL 6.
S THE SOURCE OF YOUR CONFIDENCE
WORKING THROUGH DELAYS OVER THE
LAST FEW YEARS HAS OVERCOMING
THAT ADVERSITY BROUGHT YOU TO
THE POINT WHERE YOU FEEL AS
PREPARED AS POSSIBLE?
THANK YOU.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH
A RIG LOUSE ROSS GRESS TO GET
HERE AND MY SOURCE OF CONFIDENCE
COMES FROM IS GOING THROUGH THAT
PROCESS.
WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH NASA.
WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FROM
THE FACTORY FLOOR TO THE
SOFTWARE TO ALL THE ENGINEERING
DESIGN AND THE CERTIFICATION
PRODUCTS AND WE HAVE COME TOM
THE POINT WHERE WE ARE ALL IN
TOTAL AGREEMENT.
YOU CAN'T BE MORE CONFIDENT THAN
THAT.
>> OK.
JUSTS TO REMIND THOSE ON THE
PHONE TO GET TOT THE QUESTION
CUE.
HIT STAR 1.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TALKING
THE TIME.
QUESTION FOR GARY.
A UM COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BEFORE
OFT2.
YOU WERE ASKED ABOUT THE
PROGRESS TOWARD HUMAN RATING THE
VULCAN ROCK KETTLE.
IN THAT TIME, HAVE THERE BEEN
ANY YUN DATES TOWARD THAT WHAT
ARE YOU LOOKING AT WITH THIS
MISSION AND SUCCESS OF THE NEXT
SIX FLIGHTS OF STARLINER WITH
ATLASES THAT MAY HELP INFORM
HUMAN RATING WITH STARLINER,
THANKSES?
>> SO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH
VULCAN AND HUMAN RATING WE
RECONTINUING TO, TO DO DIFFERENT
STUDIES, A LOT OF THE HARDWARE
IS COMMON, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE
AVI ON INGS SUITE IS COMMON, SO
THERE IS A LOT OF CAPABILITY
THAT WE DESEENED INTO VULCAN
MOVING FORWARD THEN WE WORK WITH
BOEING AND OTHER CUSTOMERS ON
HUMAN RATING AND LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY VULCAN
AS WELL WITH HUMANS ONBOARD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
JONATHAN WITH FOX NEWS.
JONATHAN, THANK YOU HEAR US.
>> YES, CAN.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR TANGING MY
QUESTION.
YON THAN SERRIE WITH FOX NEW.
MY QUESTION IS ABOUT BACKUP
LAUNCH DATES.
I BELIEVE YOU SAID IT WAS MAY 7,
10 AND 11.
I AM WONDERING WHAT TIMES OF DAY
ARE YOU LOOKING AT FOR THOSE
DATES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
STEVE STICH, I CAN PROVIDE
THOSE.
THE FIRST BACKUP OPPORTUNITY IF
WE SCRUB ON MONDAY WOULD BE
TUESDAY MAY 7th LAUNCH WOULD
BE 10:00-11:00 P.M. EASTERN
TIME.
THEN, I DON'T HAVE THE TIME FOR
THE TENTH BUT WE DO HAVE THE
TENTH AND 11th AND WE CAN
GET THOSE TIMES FOR YOU.
>> I DO HAVE THE MAY TENTH.
MAY TENTH AT 9:00 P.M. THEN
MAY 11th AT 6:38 P.M. ALL
EASTERN TIME.
>> THANK YOU, MEGAN.
>> OF COURSE.
WE HAVE JOEY ROULETTE ON THE
PHONE.
>> HI.
THANKS, JOEY ROULETTE WITH
REUTERS.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION IN TIME FOR
DANA, MARK, WHOEVER WANTS TO
ANSWER.
WHAT I AMS WILL THEY BE HONER
TOKING DURING THE MISSION
THROUGHOUT LAUNCH AS WELL AS
DOCK AND RETURN AND ITEMS THAT
MAY REQUIRE LONG DURATION
MISSION FOR EXAMPLE THE
BATTERIES ARE BELIEVED TO BE
DESIGNED FOR THE SHORT TERM STAY
BUT NOT FOR A LONG DURATION
STAY.
WITH ANYTHING ELSE BE EXAMINED
LIKE THAT DURING THE MISSION?
>> THANKS.
>> WELL, I WILL START.
WELL, FIRST OF AM, IT HAS BEEN
SAID THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
SO THE WHOLE, ALL OF THE
SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS ARE GOING TO
BE MONITORED.
THERE IS REALLY NOTHING
PARTICULAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO
BE LOOKING AT THAT WE KNOW TODAY
WE WANT TO CHANGE.
WE HAVE THINGS LOOK THE PAT RYES
THAT WE ARE WORKING TO
POTENTIALLY MODIFY AND UPGRADE.
WE ARE GOING TO DEPEND ON THE
FLIGHT TEST OBJECTIVES TO GIVE
US FEEDBACK ON IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED WITH
THE VEHICLE.
REMEMBER, WE TALKED ABOUT
EARLIER THE PURPOSE OF THIS
MISSION IS TO, IS TO LAST TIME
WE FLU THE VEHICLE, IT WAS
AUTONOMOUS.
THIS TIME WE ARE FLYING WITH IT
PEOPLE AND REALLY CHECK THAT
INTERFACE BETWEEN THE HUMAN
ELEMENT AND THE VEHICLE ITSELF.
WE ARE GOING TO BE RELYING ON
THAT FEEDBACK ON EVEN FUTURE
MODIFICATIONS THAT WE WANT TO GO
BACK.
>> AND I WILL ADD.
I WOULD SAY THERE IS NOT MAJOR
CHANGES WE ARE PLANNING FOR
STARLINER ONE AND WILL CONTINUE
TO UPGRADE THE VEHICLE.
BOEING HAS PLANS TO DO RAR CHRIS
UPGRADES ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE
WE ARE GOING TO PUT INTO PLACE
ON STARLINERMENT ONE IS A LITTLE
BIT BETTER CAPABILITY FOR
LANDING AND WINDS SO THEY GOT
UPGRADE TO SOME OF THE STRUCTURE
THAT HOLDS THE AIRBAGS ON STAR
LUNIER AND THAT IS PLANNED FOR
STARLINER ONE, BUT THERE IS, THE
OTHER UPGRADE I WOULD SAY IS
STARLINER TODAY CAN DOCK TO THE
FORWARD PORT OF INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, LONG TERM, IF YOU
JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT WE JUST
DID, RIGHT WE MOVED A PACE CRAFT
DRAGON FROM THE FORWARD PORT TO
THE ZENITH PORT TO ACCOMMODATE
STARLINER FOR STARLINER ONE.
WE HAVE CAPABILITY TO DOCK AT
THE ZENITH PORT UNDOCK FROM THE
ZENITH PORT AND DO THE PORT
RELOCATE OPERATIONS SO THAT IS A
BIG UPGRADE PLAN IN THE SOFTWARE
AND REMEMBER WHAT WE DID BACK
FOUR YEARS AGO WAS THE BASICALLY
THE SAME THING WITH DRAGON
DEMO-2 COULD GO TO THE FORWARD
FOR THEN FOR CREW 1 AND WE HAVE
THE CAPABILITY TO FO TO EITHER
PORT SO THAT'S THE OTHER BIG
PIECE OF SOFT WHICH ARE AND
MODIFICATIONS TO THE GNC SYSTEM
THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
>> THANK YOU, BOTH.
>> OK.
WE HAVE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" ON
THE PHONE.
>> CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ANY
POTENTIAL CONTENT IF IS THAT
WILL COME UP THERE THE MISSION
AND HOW BOEING AND NASA WILL BE
COME IN INDICATING ABOUT THOSE
AND DECISION MAKING?
>> THANKS A LOT THINK IT IS
PROBABLY TWOFOLD.
>> THEY TRAIN AND TRAIN AND
TRAIN FOR THESE CONTINGENCIES
AND THEY ARE JUST WELL
EXPERIENCED TO REACT TO THEM.
SOME WE LET THEM REACT TO THEM.
AND WE RELY ON THE FEEDBACK OUT
OF OUR MISSION DIRECTOR BE A
STEVE'S OPERATIONS MANAGER TO
GIVE US THE INFORMATION THAT WE
NEED IN CASE WE NEED TO HELP
THEM OR WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE
ACROSS THE INDUSTRY OR COME IN
KATE OUT.
SO WE HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS IN
PLACE SO THAT NUMBER ONE WE ARE
EXECUTING THEM INSIDE OF THE
PROGRAMS AND INSIDE OF THE
COMPANIES, AND HUM FORE, WE ARE
EXECUTING ACROSS NASA AND U OF L
IF NECESSARY.
>> I WOULD ADD, EVEN HER TO LONG
HAUL, SINCE THE CONTACT WAS
WORDED ABOUT TEAM WORK, AND IF
YOU STEP BACK, THE FLIGHT
CONTROL TEAM HAS FLIGHT RULES
AND ROW EID PROCEDURES IN PLACE
FOR MANY CONTINGENCIES IF A
PIECE OF HARDWARE FAILS THEY CAN
USE THE BACKUP HARDWARE.
THAT IS ALL PRACTICED AS MARK
SAID.
THEY GO THROUGH SIMULATION TRAIN
AND UNDERSTAND THOSE FLIGHT
RULES MUCH LOOK WE HAD FOR THE
SPACE SHUTTLE THEN WE HAD
MANAGEMENT TEAM IN PLACE LIKE WE
HAD FOR SPACE SHUTTLE WHERE IF
THERE WAS SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF
THE FLIGHT RULES OR PROCEED
DOORS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO ON
THE MISSION, THAT COMES TO THIS
FORUM WHICH WE HAVE ON A REGULAR
BASIS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE
NASA TEAM CAN WEIGH IN, NASA
WILL BE FOLLOWING ALONG THE
FLIGHT, STEP BY STEP, WE ARE
PEOPLE IN THE CONTROL CENTER, WE
UNDERAND THE SYSTEMS.
WE WANT TO DO THAT TO HELP WITH
CREW SAFETY BUT ALSO, OUR
ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO CERTIFY THIS
VEHICLE, YOU OH, FOR THE SIX
MONTH INCREMENT MISSIONS THAT
WE'LL FLY LATER ON, SO WE HAVE
PEOPLE IN PLACE AND WORKING
SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH MARK'S TEAM
AND WE PREPARE AND TRAINED AND
GO THROUGH SIMULATIONS THEN WORK
THROUGH ANYTHING THAT GOES UP.
>> JUST REMINDER AGAIN TO HIT
STAR ONE AND OPEN UP THE FOR
THAT HERE AND ANYONE WITH A
QUESTION.
WE'LL TEAK THE ONE HERE ON THE
FRONT YEAH WE CAN GET A MIC IN.
I HAVE A QUESTION AND JAP
JAPANESE ASTRONAUT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
LET ME KNOW THE POSSIBILITIES
THAT ASTRONAUT ON THE TAR LINER
AFTER SUCCESSFUL CREWED TEST.
>> YEAH.
WE DO EXPECT AFTER WE GET
THROUGH THE CREWED TEST NIGHT
THAT WE WOULD START FLYING
INTERNATIONAL PARTNER ASTRONAUTS
AS SOON AS STARLINER ONE AND WE
WOULD WORK.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS IN
INCLUDING THE YAP NIECE PACE
AGENCY AND ESA AND ROSCOSMOS AS
WELL TO SHARE INFORMATION SO
THEY CAN UNDERSTAND THE
SPACECRAFT AND KEEP DOING THAT
WITH PROP RACIAL OF STARLINER
ONE AND SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS AS
WELL P. GREAT.
I SAW ANOTHER HAND ON THIS SIDE.
OH, YEAH.
THIS IS FROM SPACE.
MY QUESTION IS FOR CREW.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
>> DAN NAP WOULD YOU LIKE TO
TAKE THAT QUESTION?
>> I AM SORRY.
SOMEONE WAS TALKING OVER IT
HERE.
CAN YOU PLEASE GET IT REPEATED?
>> SO MY QUESTION WAS, WHEN WILL
WE BE ABLE TO SEE THE RUSSIAN
COSMONAUT FLY ABOARD THE
STARLINER?
>> STEVE MENTIONED FOR ALL
INTERNATION PARTNERS GOING
THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING
THEM ALL THE DATA THEY NEED TO
BE COMFORTABLE WITH FLYING THEIR
CREWMEMBERS ON THE VEHICLE FOR
THE TEST FLIGHT, ALL OF THE
PARTNERS ARE JUST LOOKING AT THE
READINESS OF THIS SPACECRAFT AND
THE SAFETY ASSOCIATED WITH
BRINGING THE SPACECRAFT CLOSE TO
ISS BOTH FOR THE RENDEZVOUS, BER
GRATED OPERATIONS AND DOCKING SO
THEIR GO AND THEIR COMMITMENT
FOR THIS FLIGHT IS LIMB MILTED
TO THAT.
ONCE WE HAVE THE RESULT
INTERESTS THIS CREWED TEST
FLIGHT, WE WILL SHARE THAT DATA
TAT WITH THE PARTNERSHIP AND
THEY WILL USE THAT TO GO THROUGH
THEIR OWN READINESS AND APPROVAL
PROCESSES, WE EXPECT ON THE
ROSCOSMOS SIDE, THAT THEY ARE
MORE LIKELY TO WANT TO SEE A
LONG DURATION FLIGHT ALSO.
SO WE THINK THEY WILL WANT TO
FLY WITH US STARTING THE
STARLINER 2.
>> OKMENT WE HAVE TWO IN THE
ROOM.
GO AHEAD.
WILL ROBINSON SMITH WITH SPACE
FLIGHT NOW AGAIN.
SORT OF PIGGYBACKING OFF OF THAT
WITH STARLINER ONE FLYING IN
LIKELY SPRING OF 25 IF ALL GOES
WELL WELL THE MISSION AND
ALTERNATING WITH DRAGON, HOW
WILL THAT WORK WITH THE SEATS
SWAP WITHOUT COSMONAUT ON THE
FIRST MISSION MAYBE NOT UNTIL
THE SECOND AND YOU KNOW, JUST IF
YOU CAN CLARIFY THE FLOW OF THAT
AND WHAT THE BACK AND FORTH WILL
LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD AND
WILL WE SEE STARLINER IN THE
SPRING AND DRAGON IN THE LATE
SUMMER?
>> THANKS.
>> SURE.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT.
IT IS OUR DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO
DO INTEGRATED CREW WE THINK WE
HAVE A LOT MORE ROBUST
CAPABILITY OVER ALL SIMILAR TO
THE REASON WHERE WE WANT
DIFFERENT CREWED VEHICLES THAT
PROTECTS FOR AIR LOFT DIFFERENT
OPT NOMINAL SCENARIOS THIS.
WE INTEND TO STILL FLY
CREWMEMBERS ON THE SOYUZ VEHICLE
BUT WE HAVE NOT REACHED
AGREEMENT YET FOR THAT FOR THE
OVERLAPPING PERIOD WITH
STARLINER ONE SO THAT IS STILL A
WORK IN FRONT OF US.
THE EXPECTATION IS EVEN IF WAY
CANNOT MAKE THAT SWAP WORK WE GO
BACK TO THE INTEGRATED CREW AND
SWAPPING FOR THE REST OF THE
FLIGHTS IN TERMS OF THE CADENCE
OF THE FLIGHTS THE IDEA IS ONCE
WE ANCHOR THE FIRST STARLINER
ONE MISSION WE'LL ALTERNATE ROW
ARE PROVIDERS SO STARLINER,
DRAGON ALTERNATING BACK AND
FORTH AT SIX MONTH INTERVALS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ONE IN THE ROOM HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
ONE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
FLYING A TWO-MEMBER CREW AS
OPPOSED TO FOUR.
ARE THERE THINGS YOU ARE GOING
TO LEARN FROM THIS ONE THAT
WILL, ARE THERE BIG GAPS OR
DIFFERENCE OR THE SAME NO MAT
ARE HOW MANY NUMBERS YOU HAVE
ONBOARD INTHAT PROBABLY IS FOR
STEVE?
>> RHEA.
THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
WITH ONE OF THE THING WE DO
WHILE WE ARE DOCKED IS DO WHAT I
CALL A HABITABILITY EVALUATION.
SO WE ARE GOING TO GET EXTRA
CREWMEMBERS IN THE HE VEHICLE
THEN JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT IT
WOULD BE LIKE WITH FOUR PEOPLE.
BUTCH AND SUNI WILL ALSO HELP US
OUT, RIGHT THEY GO THROUGH HOW
YOU SORT OF LIVE AND WORK IN
SPACE AND STARLINER AND WITH
JUST THOSE TWOS THEN I THINK
THEY ARE EXPERIENCED TEST BY LO
AND ASTRONAUTS THEY WILL BE ABLE
TO GIVE US A FEEL FOR WHAT IT IS
GOING TO BE LIKE TO HAVE TWO
ADIGSAL CREWMEMBERS THE VEHICLE
ITSELF IS DESIGNED TO BE FLOWN
REALLY BY A SINGLE CREW MEMBER
WITH THE GROUND HELPING THEM AND
SO, WE ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE A
BACKUP OF COMMANDER AND AND
PILOT THAT IS OUR HERT I AM AND
TRADITION LIKE IN AVIATION
INDUSTRY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ADDING A COUPLE
OF EXTRA CREWMEMBERS, IT IS
ABOUT HABITABILITY.
HOW ARE THINGS WORKING, SLEEP,
THOSE SORTS OF ACTIVES THEN I
THINK BUTCH AND SUNI WILL GIVE
USES A GOOD FEEL FOR THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO BACK TO THE PHONES.
WE HAVE ABC NEWS.
>> FOR DANA, HOW IMPORTANT IS
THIS MISSION TO ADD TO THE
SYSTEMS ON THE SPACE STATION?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I KNOW YOU HEARD IT SAID BUY A
NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TODAY.
SO I THINK I WILL SHARE WITH YOU
AN EXAMPLE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD THE SOYUZ
LEAK ONBOARD IN THE SOYUZ ISSUE,
THE FIRST DISCUSSION POINT WAS
IF WE NEED TO HOW DO WE GET THE
CREW HOME.
IN THAT PLACE, WE HAD PLANS FOR
CONTINGENCY COVERAGE IF WE HAD
TO BRING THE WHOLE CREW HOME ON
THE SPACEX DRAGON WE COULD HAVE
DONE THAT.
SOME THE MORE DISSIMILAR
CAPABILITIES YOU HAVE, THE MORE
ROBUST YOU ARE FOR DEALING WITH
ISSUES THAT COULD ARISE ONBOARD
OR ISSUES FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE SO TODAY WE ARE
ALL LAUNCHES ON CREWED DRAGON
VEHICLES WE GOT THE F9 AND FOR
SOME REASON THERE WAS PROBLEM
THAT COULD AFFECT THE FLEET AND
YOU GOT TO STAND DOWN FOR AWHILE
HAVING ANOTHER PROVIDER IS
REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, THE SPACE STATION IS
DESEENED TO BE CONTINUOUSLY CREW
AND WE NEED THE CREW UP THERE TO
TAKE CARE OF THE VEHICLE SYSTEMS
AND SO, IF WE HADED A PERIOD
WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE CREW THERE,
WE COULD SUFFER A LOT OF
DEGRADATION TO THE VEHICLE
ITSELF AND SO, REALLY, REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR USES TO HAVE
ROBUST AND REDUNDANT CAPABILITY
TO KEEP US CREWED AND KEEP THE
VEHICLE HEALTHY.
>> THANK YOU, DANA.
ALSO ON THE PHONE, PAYLOAD
SPACE.
>> THIS IS THE QUESTION FOR
MARK, I AM JUST CURIOUS LOOKING
AT THE HISTORY OF THIS
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM AND TAR
LINER THAT CERTAINLY HAS BEEN UP
AND DOWN AND WE HOPE TOP SEE
THEM FLY EARLIER AND NOW AT THE
LAUNCHPAD, HE CURIOUS IF YOU
COULD MAYBE COME PIR ANCONE RAST
WITH OTHER BOEING PROGRAMS YOU
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH AND GIVE
US A SENSE OF WHAT MAKES
STARLINER U HECK AND WHY IT HAS
TAKEN THIS PATH TO GET TO THE
LAUNCHPAD.
THANK YOU.
OH, DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT IS
THE PHASE THAT WE HAVE JUST COME
OUT OF AND ARE ENDING AND GOING
INTO OPERATIONS AND DESIGN AND
DEVELOPMENT IS LIKE, IT IS
CONSTANT UPS AND DOWNS, CONSTANT
UPS AND DOWNS BUT THE OVERALL
SLOPE IS ALWAYS UP.
SO THAT IS WHERE WE, THAT IS
WHERE WE HAVE GOTTEN TO TODAY.
WE ARE ON THE SLOPE.
WE ARE BASICALLY AT THE TOP OF
THAT LOPE THEN NOW STARTING TO
GET INTO OPERATIONS.
IT WAS TYPICAL ON SLS, THE
PROGRAM I WAS ON PREVIOUSLY,
THEN OF COURSE, I WAS ON SHUTTLE
FOR MOST OF MY CAREER IN THE
EARLY DAYS OF OPERATIONS AND IT
WAS, IT WAS ALMOST SIMILAR JUST
BECAUSE YOU ARE MATURING IN THE
LIFE CYCLE OF OPERATIONS.
SO, UM, THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN
MATURING OVER THE LAST TEN
YEARS, IT IS PRETTY TYPICAL THAT
A HUMAN PACE FLIGHT VEHICLE FROM
DESIGN TO FLYING HUMANS IS A
TEN-YEAR PERIOD AND THAT IS
WHERE WE RE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE JOEY ON THE PHONE AGAIN
FROM REUTERS CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> YEAH.
THIS MIGHT BE -- I DON'T KNOW IF
YOU SAID THIS OR SHOULD KNOW.
I AM CURIOUS IF YOU CAN SPEAK
HOW AUTONOMOUS STARLINER IS IN
GENERAL.
IT IS IT 100% AUTONOMOUS.
THEN WHAT PART OF THAT COULD
ASTRONAUTS MANUALLY TAKE CONTROL
OVER AN EVENT OF THE CONTINGENCY
WITH UP WITH OF THOSE SYSTEMS?
>> THANKS.
>> I CAN START.
>> WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO FOR
THE CREW TO TAKE OVER CONTROL
AND WE HAVE ADDITIONAL ABILITY
FOR WHAT WE CALL A BACKUP FLIGHT
CASE WHERE WE CAN TOTALLY
ELIMINATE THE FLIGHT COMPUTERS
AND FLY THE VEHICLE MANUALLY, SO
IT IS QUITE VERSATILE VEHICLE.
IT IS DESIGNEDDED TO THESE
BACKUP SYSTEMS AND TO BE KIND OF
CREW FRIENDLY REEK.
STEVE?
>> IT IS AUTONOMOUS, RIGHT.
ORBIT FLIGHT TEST 2.
WE DEMONSTRATED THAT AUTONOMOUS
CAPABILITY WITH NO ONE CONBOARD
THE VEHICLE AUTONOMOUSLY.
LAUNCH SEPARATED FROM THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE FROM THE AT LASS 5.
GOT ON ORBIT.
DID A SERIES OF RENDEZVOUS BURNS
AND GOT CLOSE THE SPACE STATION
THEN DO D THE WHOLE RENDEZVOUS
PROFILE WELL THE SOFTWARE
ONBOARD THE VEHICLE THEN THE
GROUND TEAMP MON TOWING IT, SO
IT IS QUITE CAPABILITY VEHICLE
OF AUTONOMOUS PLIGHT BUT ALSO, I
HI, AS MARK SAID, HAS TREMENDOUS
CAPABILITY FOR THE PILOT TO FLY
IN VARIOUS MODES AND WE ARE
GOING TO DEMONSTRATE SOME OF
THOSE WITH BUTCH AND SUNI DURING
THE NIGHT AND IN TERMS OF DOING
SOME MANUAL FLYING TOWARD
MANEUVERING AND POINTING THE
VEHICLE, THEN ONCE WE GET ON THE
FINAL APPROACH TO THE SPACE
STATION, WE GET UP AND ON THAT
FINAL PHASE.
BUTCH WILL MAKE SOME COMMAND
INPUTS AND DEMONSTRATE THE
ABILITY TO FLY STARLINER
MANUALLY.
THANK YOU, MARK.
I THINK THERE IS MORE IN THE
ROOM HERE.
YEAH.
LET'S GO.
WHO IS GOING TO GET TO THEM
FIRST.
>> QUESTION PROBABLY FOR STEVE.
WE HAVE A PASSING REFERENCE
EARLIER TO ABORT WEATHERMENT
WHAT DIFFERENCES, IF ANTICIPATE
ANY, ARE THERE FOR STARLINER
VERSUS CREW DRAGON?
YEAH.
GOOD QUESTION.
>> I WOULD SAY THE ABORT WEATHER
CONSTRAINTS ARE SIMILAR AND
START AT THE LAUNCHPAD AND WE
HAVE A CRY EAR YA WE WANT IF
SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN TON THE
LAUNCH VEHICLE WHICH WE DON'T
EXPECT IT TO HAPPEN AT
CONTINGENCY THE SPACECRAFT CAN
SEPARATE THEN LAND IN THE WATER
SO THERE IS ONSHORE WIND
COMPONENT WE GOT TO LOOK AT.
SO FAR, THAT IS LOOKING GOOD
THEN UP THE EAST COAST WE HAVE
TIE CRITERIA FOR ABORT WEATHER
AND SO FAR, THAT IS LOOKING
FAIRLY FAVORABLE THE ONLY
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STARLINER
AND DRAGON ARE REALLY THE
STAGING POINTS ARE A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
THE ATLAS FIRST STAGE TEAKS A
LITTLE BIT LONGER TO BURN OUT SO
THAT STAGING POINT IS A LITTLE
FURTHER NORTH.
THAN FOR DRAGON AND FALCON 9 BUT
BASICALLY, IT IS SIMILAR
CRITERIA LOOKING AT STATES
PRECIPITATION AND WINDS AT
SPLASHDOWN POINTS THEN THE
OVERALL RISK OF THAT FOR THE
CORRIDOR.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF.
>> MARSHA RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
>> PROBABLY IF YOU LAUNCH ON THE
6th THEN YOU DOING ON THE
8th WHAT IS YOUR WORKING DAY
FOR LANDING?
WHATS THE EARLIEST YOU COULD
LAND?
WHAT DWY THAT BE?
THE EARLIEST DATE RIGHT NOW
WOULD BE MAY 15th, SO AND
THAT IS THE EVENTUALLY THE FIRST
OPPORTUNITY AFTER THE 8 DAYS,
RIGHT?
WE ASSUME WE NEED ABOUT DAYS
WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THE MISSION
OB LOOKTIVES THAT WE PLAN TO GO
DO THEN SO IT IS AROUND THE
15th BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT
THE WEATHER THEN WE ARE GOING TO
LOOK AT HOW THINGS ARE GOING IN
THIS HE MISSION AND ANYTHING WE
WANT TO LEARN.
ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THE
MANIFEST WE EXECUTED SO FAR THIS
YEAR.
WE LAID OUT THIS PRETTY CLEAR ON
ISS TO WHERE WE HEEDED TO STAY
LITTLE LONGER WE CAN AT ISS SO
THE 15th IS ABOUT THE FIRST
DAY.
>> I PANE,.
>> WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
SO OPPORTUNITIESES THAT ARE
ASCENDING WHICH IS A DAY LANDING
THEN LIKE THE 17th A DAY
LATER WOULD BE A NIGHT LANDING
DESCENDING, SO YOU KNOW, WE LOOK
AT THE WEATHER, THE WEATHER MAY
BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FAVORABLE
IN THE DESERT AFTER SUNSET.
SO WE'LL LOOK AT THAT AND
DESCENDING MAY BE A LITTLE BIT
BETTER.
>> OK.
WE GO BACK TO THE PHONE AM WE
HAVE DAVID CURLY, FULL THROTTLE.
>> THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> MARK NAPPY WITH ALL DO
RESPECT.
FOUR NEAR YEARS AGO PLUS WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT WHO WAS GOING TO
CAPTURE THE FLAG.
YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRAM
MATURING.
YOU HAVE GOTTEN THERE.
CAN YOU PUT A LITTLE PER SPECT
IN THAT.
SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED
ABOUT THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF
STARLINER HAVE YOU HAD ANY
INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS AT BOEING
AND ANY DECISIONS MOVE CLOSER AS
TO HOW LONG THE SPACECRAFT WILL
OPERATE.
THANK YOU.
>> OK.
>> I AM NOT SURE HOW TO ANSWER
YOUR QUESTION ABOUT MATURING, WE
ARE TO A STATE, NOW, WHERE WE
ARE READY TO PERFORM THE TEST
FLIGHT.
AND I HAVE NEVER FELT READIER ON
ANY MISSION THAT I PARTICIPATED
INMENT WE ARE FULLY ALIGNED WITH
NASA AND ULA, THIS IS A VERY
CLEAN, VERY CLEAN, IT HAS BEEN
AND VERY CLEAN LAST MONTH, SO,
WE ARE MATURE AND WHERE WE ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE AT THIS POINT.
AS FAR AS LONG TERM, RE, WE HAVE
BEEN WORK ON THE LONG-TERM PLANS
FOR STARLINER SINCE THE TWO
YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON THE PROGRAM
AND THERE IS A AM BER OF AREAS
WEED TO LOOK AT.
DO WE NEED ADDITIONAL
SPACECRAFTS?
ARE WE GOING TO DO WHEN WE
TRANSITION THE VEHICLE.
WHEN ARE WE GOING TO TRANSITION
THE VEHICLE WE KNOCKED A COUPLE
OF THOSE QUESTIONS OFF, WHAT I
CAN TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
SIX FLIGHTS TO FLY WITH NASA ON
THE CONTRACT.
AND THAT TAKES US OUT TO THE
TEND OF THE DECADE AND WHAT WE
DO AFTER THAT, WE HAVE TIME TO
MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, BASED ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STAGS,
BASED ON THE OTHER SPACE
STATIONS THAT MAY BE PUT NOT A
ORBIT AFTER THAT.
THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE
HEED TO CONSIDER AS WE GO
FORWARD.
>> OK.
LAST CALL FOR QUESTIONS HERE IN
THE ROOM.
ONE RIGHT HERE.
>> JOHN WITH AEROSPACE AMERICA
FOR EITHER STEVE OR DANA.
ARE YOU LOOKING AT ANY
INCREASING ANY SCENARIOS TO
INCREASE THE KAY DEPS OF FLIGHTS
TO THE ISS MAYBE GO WITH SHORTER
CREW DURATIONS TO ENABLE MORE
CREWS ON ORBIT AS WELL AS UP THE
USE OF THE VEHICLES FROM MORE
THAN ONCE PER YEAR.
>> OUR PLAN IS TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE SIX MONTH CREWED
FLIGHTS.
KNOW YOU HAVE SEEN US DO THAT.
BE HAVE PRIVATE ASTRONAUT
MISSIONS THAT HAVE SHORTER DIR
RACIAL OUR INTENTION IS TO
SUPPORT THE PLIV VATE ASTRONAUT
MISSIONS THOSE RIGHT NOW ARE
AROUND TWO WEEKS LONG AND WE RUN
INTO WEATHER AND THEY CAN BE
LONGER SO WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO
FIT IN AS MANY AS WE CAN BUT NO
PLANS RIGHT NOW TO CHANGE OUR
CREW INTERVALS.
>> THOSE SINGS MONTH FLIGHTS
THAT EM.
>> S ABOUT RIGHT RELATIVE TO
WHEN WE CAN GET VEHICLES READIED
TO GO FLY AND ALSO COLLECTING
MEDICAL DATA ON THE CREWS AND
THE SCIENTISTS REALLY WANT SOME
STABLE INCREMENTS TO COLLECT
THAT DATA AND THEY WOULD LIKE
THE SIX MONS TO COLLECT HOW DOES
THE CREW PERFORM AND HOW DO THEY
READAPT AND WE HAVE FLOWN A FEW
ASTRONAUT AND COSMONAUTS OUT TO
A YEAR TO COLLECT DATA TAT FROM
MARS SO SOME OF THE DATA IS
REALLY DRIVEN BY MAYBE THE SIXTH
TO ONE YEAR DURATION VERSUS
GETTING THE SHORTER DURATION AND
MEDICAL DATA.
>> OK.
WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
GO BACK TO THE PHONE.
JOEY.
TAKE IT AWAY.
>> HI.
THANK YOU.
QUICK ONE FOR GARY OR MARK.
IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT CREW
VULCAN SHOULD BE GIVEN
SIMILARITIES TO ATS ARE AND JUST
WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE A
BALLPARK IN HOW MUCH YOU WOULD
THINK THAT WOULD COST TO CREW
RATE VULCAN GIVEN THE EASE AND
WHO WOULD BE THE ONES PAYING FOR
THAT WOULD THAT BE U OF L,
BOEING OR NASA, THANKS.
>> HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST?
[LAUGHTER]
>> I DON'T KNOW WE ARE REALLY
PREPAR