1 00:01:07,383 --> 00:01:07,884 ♪ 2 00:01:07,884 --> 00:01:30,006 ♪ 3 00:01:30,006 --> 00:01:32,342 >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME 4 00:01:32,342 --> 00:01:34,878 TO NASA KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 5 00:01:34,878 --> 00:01:35,478 I AM DARYL NAIL. 6 00:01:35,478 --> 00:01:36,312 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 7 00:01:36,312 --> 00:01:38,615 WE ARE AHEAD OF THE LAUNCH OF 8 00:01:38,615 --> 00:01:41,017 NASA'S INTERSTELLAR MAPPING 9 00:01:41,017 --> 00:01:45,121 PROBE, IMAP TARGETED FOR 7:32 10 00:01:45,121 --> 00:01:47,357 A.M. EASTERN, LAUNCH THAT IS 11 00:01:47,357 --> 00:01:49,392 TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 23 ON A 12 00:01:49,392 --> 00:01:53,196 SPACE X FALCON 9 ROCKET ON PAD 13 00:01:53,196 --> 00:01:53,630 39-A. 14 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:59,369 I MAP WILL STUDY HOW THE SUN 15 00:01:59,369 --> 00:02:00,770 SHAPES THE AROUND BORN US. 16 00:02:00,770 --> 00:02:03,540 THIS CORE RON TOE OBSERVATORY 17 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:05,809 LOOKING AT EARTH'S ORBITING 18 00:02:05,809 --> 00:02:08,211 ATMOSPHERE AND SWIFT 01 19 00:02:08,211 --> 00:02:09,512 PROVIDING EARLY WARNINGS OF 20 00:02:09,512 --> 00:02:11,114 SOLAR STORMS. 21 00:02:11,114 --> 00:02:11,815 TOGETHER THESE MISSION ALSO 22 00:02:11,815 --> 00:02:12,916 STRENGTHEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF 23 00:02:12,916 --> 00:02:14,284 SPACE WEATHER AND THE EFFECTS ON 24 00:02:14,284 --> 00:02:15,819 EARTH AND OUR EXPLORERS. 25 00:02:15,819 --> 00:02:16,820 TO TALK ABOUT THAT AND ANSWER 26 00:02:16,820 --> 00:02:18,588 YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THE MEDIA 27 00:02:18,588 --> 00:02:21,457 TODAY, JOINING ME HERE IS A FINE 28 00:02:21,457 --> 00:02:22,659 PANEL OF FOLKS. 29 00:02:22,659 --> 00:02:24,627 STARTING WITH DR. NIKKI FOX, OUR 30 00:02:24,627 --> 00:02:26,663 ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR 31 00:02:26,663 --> 00:02:28,631 SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE AT 32 00:02:28,631 --> 00:02:30,400 NASA HEADQUARTERS. 33 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:34,103 TO HER LEFT, BRAD WILLIAMS, I 34 00:02:34,103 --> 00:02:37,307 MAP PROGRAM EXECUTIVE ALSO AT 35 00:02:37,307 --> 00:02:39,008 NASA HEADQUARTERS. 36 00:02:39,008 --> 00:02:44,380 IRENE PARKER, DEPUTY ASSISTANT 37 00:02:44,380 --> 00:02:47,250 ADMINISTRATOR WITH NOAH NEXUS. 38 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:49,219 GIBSON, NASA DIRECTOR FOR LAUNCH 39 00:02:49,219 --> 00:02:50,887 SERVICES PROGRAM. 40 00:02:50,887 --> 00:02:53,056 JULIANNE MAN IN SHYMAN IS THE 41 00:02:53,056 --> 00:02:54,424 DIRECTOR FOR NASA SCIENCE 42 00:02:54,424 --> 00:02:56,492 MISSIONS AT SPACE X. 43 00:02:56,492 --> 00:02:59,662 AND ARLENA MOSES, OUR LAUNCH 44 00:02:59,662 --> 00:03:01,464 WEATHER OFFICER FOR TODAY AND 45 00:03:01,464 --> 00:03:03,766 THE LAUNCH FROM THE U.S. SPACE 46 00:03:03,766 --> 00:03:04,467 FORCE. 47 00:03:04,467 --> 00:03:06,502 NOW TODAY'S BRIEF ALSO FOCUS ON 48 00:03:06,502 --> 00:03:09,606 THE MISSION READINESS AND THE 49 00:03:09,606 --> 00:03:09,973 LAUNCH. 50 00:03:09,973 --> 00:03:11,040 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC 51 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,675 DETAILS WILL BE ANSWERED AT 52 00:03:12,675 --> 00:03:14,410 ANOTHER PRESS CONFERENCE COMING 53 00:03:14,410 --> 00:03:16,946 UP AT 3:45 P.M. EASTERN. 54 00:03:16,946 --> 00:03:18,748 AND WE WILL FEATURE MISSION 55 00:03:18,748 --> 00:03:23,119 SCIENCE TEAMS FROM NASA, NOAA, 56 00:03:23,119 --> 00:03:24,020 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND THE 57 00:03:24,020 --> 00:03:25,288 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 58 00:03:25,288 --> 00:03:27,991 WE WILL BEGIN WITH REMARKS FROM 59 00:03:27,991 --> 00:03:28,725 OUR PANELISTS AND TAKE YOUR 60 00:03:28,725 --> 00:03:29,525 QUESTIONS HERE IN THE ROOM AND 61 00:03:29,525 --> 00:03:30,560 ON THE PHONE LINES. 62 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:32,962 DR. FOX, KICK US OFF. 63 00:03:32,962 --> 00:03:33,963 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DARYL. 64 00:03:33,963 --> 00:03:34,831 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US 65 00:03:34,831 --> 00:03:37,300 FOR THIS VERY, VERY EXCITING 66 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:38,868 RUN-UP TO THIS INCREDIBLE 67 00:03:38,868 --> 00:03:39,769 MISSION LAUNCH. 68 00:03:39,769 --> 00:03:42,171 THE APOLLO ERA CERTAINLY TAUGHT 69 00:03:42,171 --> 00:03:44,407 US THAT THE FURTHER HUMANITY IS 70 00:03:44,407 --> 00:03:46,643 FROM EARTH, THE MORE DEPENDENT 71 00:03:46,643 --> 00:03:48,511 WE ARE ON SCIENCE TO PROTECT AND 72 00:03:48,511 --> 00:03:50,847 TO SUSTAIN LIFE ON OTHER 73 00:03:50,847 --> 00:03:51,214 PLANETS. 74 00:03:51,214 --> 00:03:52,682 WE CERTAINLY LEARNED THAT IN 75 00:03:52,682 --> 00:03:55,084 BETWEEN THE APOLLO 16 AND 17 76 00:03:55,084 --> 00:03:57,954 MISSIONS WHEN THE ASTRONAUTS 77 00:03:57,954 --> 00:04:00,556 NARROWLY MISSED CATASTROPHE WHEN 78 00:04:00,556 --> 00:04:02,158 ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL 79 00:04:02,158 --> 00:04:03,960 RADIATION STORMS SINCE THE 80 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,795 CARRINGTON EVENT OF 1859 81 00:04:05,795 --> 00:04:09,032 OCCURRED IN AUGUST OF 1972. 82 00:04:09,032 --> 00:04:10,333 HTS ASTRONAUTS BEEN IN OR BETH 83 00:04:10,333 --> 00:04:12,568 OR IN FACT ON THE MOON'S 84 00:04:12,568 --> 00:04:14,704 SURFACE, THEY COULD HAVE 85 00:04:14,704 --> 00:04:16,172 EXPERIENCED DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 86 00:04:16,172 --> 00:04:18,341 HIGH RADIATION SPARKED BY THE 87 00:04:18,341 --> 00:04:20,843 HISTORICALLY ENORMOUS SOLAR 88 00:04:20,843 --> 00:04:23,313 FLARES BURSTING FROM THE SUN AT 89 00:04:23,313 --> 00:04:24,714 UNPRECEDENTED SPEEDS. 90 00:04:24,714 --> 00:04:26,349 I WILL SAY IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN 91 00:04:26,349 --> 00:04:28,184 IT, IT IS CALLED THE SEAHORSE 92 00:04:28,184 --> 00:04:29,786 FLARE AND I RECOMMEND THAT YOU 93 00:04:29,786 --> 00:04:30,687 GOOGLE IT. 94 00:04:30,687 --> 00:04:31,688 IT IS A BEAUTIFUL FLARE. 95 00:04:31,688 --> 00:04:33,289 THE STORM, NOT ONLY WAS IT 96 00:04:33,289 --> 00:04:34,757 BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT WAS SO FAST 97 00:04:34,757 --> 00:04:37,260 THAT THE SOLAR -- AND THE SOLAR 98 00:04:37,260 --> 00:04:39,395 RADIATION ITSELF WAS SO INTENSE, 99 00:04:39,395 --> 00:04:40,997 THAT THE IMPACTS DIDN'T JUST 100 00:04:40,997 --> 00:04:42,098 REMAIN IN SPACE. 101 00:04:42,098 --> 00:04:43,666 CORE RON KNOW MASS EJECTION 102 00:04:43,666 --> 00:04:46,269 OR CME AS WE CALL IT TRAVELED 103 00:04:46,269 --> 00:04:49,005 FROM THE SUN TO THE EARTH IN A 104 00:04:49,005 --> 00:04:50,540 RECORD-BREAKING 15 HOURS MORE 105 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:51,774 COMPARED TO THE USUAL TWO TO 106 00:04:51,774 --> 00:04:53,509 THREE DAYS AND HOLD THE RECORD 107 00:04:53,509 --> 00:04:55,111 TO THIS DAY. 108 00:04:55,111 --> 00:04:56,879 UNITED STATES EXPERIENCED RADIO 109 00:04:56,879 --> 00:04:58,114 BLACKOUTS, SIGNIFICANT POWER 110 00:04:58,114 --> 00:05:00,883 GRID DISTURBANCES, SATELLITE 111 00:05:00,883 --> 00:05:02,986 DAMAGE AND THOSE AS FAR SOUTH AS 112 00:05:02,986 --> 00:05:05,755 TEXAS SAW SPECTACULAR AURORA. 113 00:05:05,755 --> 00:05:08,324 IT ALSO CAUSED MAGNETIC 114 00:05:08,324 --> 00:05:10,193 DISTURBANCES THAT TRIGGERED THE 115 00:05:10,193 --> 00:05:12,061 ACCIDENTAL DETONATION OF U.S. 116 00:05:12,061 --> 00:05:14,163 SEA MINES FROM THE VIETNAM WAR. 117 00:05:14,163 --> 00:05:15,865 AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NO WAY 118 00:05:15,865 --> 00:05:17,767 TO REALLY PREDICT WHEN A SOLAR 119 00:05:17,767 --> 00:05:19,302 STORM WILL BEGIN TO BREW. 120 00:05:19,302 --> 00:05:22,071 NOW NASA IS LEADING THE UNITED 121 00:05:22,071 --> 00:05:27,744 STATES TO BE A SPACE WEATHER 122 00:05:27,744 --> 00:05:28,211 READY NATION. 123 00:05:28,211 --> 00:05:28,978 AND ON TUESDAY, NASA, ALONGSIDE 124 00:05:28,978 --> 00:05:31,481 27 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL 125 00:05:31,481 --> 00:05:32,415 PARTNER ALSO LAUNCH THE 126 00:05:32,415 --> 00:05:34,717 INTERSTELLAR MAPPING AND 127 00:05:34,717 --> 00:05:36,452 ACCELERATION PROBE AS WE 128 00:05:36,452 --> 00:05:37,286 LOVINGLY REFER TO AS I MAP. 129 00:05:37,286 --> 00:05:39,822 IT IS A MISSION OF FIRST, THE 130 00:05:39,822 --> 00:05:42,558 MOST ADVANCED SPACECRAFT OF 131 00:05:42,558 --> 00:05:46,295 THE HELIO SPHERE OUTER BOUNDARY 132 00:05:46,295 --> 00:05:49,699 OF THE PUZZLE OF THE SUN'S 133 00:05:49,699 --> 00:05:51,367 INFLUENCE ON OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. 134 00:05:51,367 --> 00:05:54,604 TO DO SO I MAP WILL SPIN EVERY 135 00:05:54,604 --> 00:05:57,940 15 SECONDS TO MEASURE THE 136 00:05:57,940 --> 00:06:00,043 VISIBLE PLASMA AND THE 137 00:06:00,043 --> 00:06:03,079 REVOLUTIONARY OF TEN 138 00:06:03,079 --> 00:06:03,513 INSTRUMENTS. 139 00:06:03,513 --> 00:06:05,481 ONE MILLION MILES UPSTREAM FROM 140 00:06:05,481 --> 00:06:07,016 THE EARTH, IT WILL PROVIDE 141 00:06:07,016 --> 00:06:09,585 WARNING AND WILL PROVIDED, OF 142 00:06:09,585 --> 00:06:11,554 COURSE, FOR ARTEMIS 2 AND 143 00:06:11,554 --> 00:06:14,223 ARTEMIS 3 OF INCOMING RADIATION. 144 00:06:14,223 --> 00:06:16,192 IT WILL PROVIDE ADVANCED NOTICE 145 00:06:16,192 --> 00:06:17,560 FOR ASTRONAUTS AND FOR THOSE ON 146 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:21,264 EARTH USING THE I MAP ACTIVE 147 00:06:21,264 --> 00:06:25,535 LINK FOR REALTIME OR I ALERT 148 00:06:25,535 --> 00:06:25,935 SYSTEM. 149 00:06:25,935 --> 00:06:28,004 RADIATION EXPOSURE IS A THREAT 150 00:06:28,004 --> 00:06:28,871 TO THE ASTRONAUTS TRAVELLING TO 151 00:06:28,871 --> 00:06:32,075 THE MOON AND BEYOND. 152 00:06:32,075 --> 00:06:33,609 HUMANITY ONLY EVER EXISTED 153 00:06:33,609 --> 00:06:37,914 INSIDE OUR MAGNETOSPHERE, 154 00:06:37,914 --> 00:06:40,983 WHETHER TO THE MOON OR TO MARS, 155 00:06:40,983 --> 00:06:42,285 ACTIONABLE INFORMATION FROM 156 00:06:42,285 --> 00:06:45,388 MISSIONS LIKE I MAP WILL KEEP 157 00:06:45,388 --> 00:06:48,124 OUR ASTRONAUTS SAFE NASA'S MOON 158 00:06:48,124 --> 00:06:52,428 TO MARS PROGRAM AND PGA NASA'S 159 00:06:52,428 --> 00:06:54,630 MOON TO MARS SPACE WEATHER -- I 160 00:06:54,630 --> 00:06:59,335 CAN'T SPEAK, THE ANALYSIS, A BIG 161 00:06:59,335 --> 00:06:59,702 MOUTHFUL. 162 00:06:59,702 --> 00:07:02,605 IMPLEMENT FOR THE I ALERT STORMS 163 00:07:02,605 --> 00:07:05,942 ON MISSIONS FROM OUR LUNAR 164 00:07:05,942 --> 00:07:06,742 PROVING GROUND BEFORE WE SEND 165 00:07:06,742 --> 00:07:08,711 HUMANS TO MARS WHICH IS VERY, 166 00:07:08,711 --> 00:07:10,580 VERY SIGNIFICANT. 167 00:07:10,580 --> 00:07:12,248 NASA SCIENCE SUPPORTS THE 168 00:07:12,248 --> 00:07:17,053 AGENCY'S CORE EXPLORATION SAFETY 169 00:07:17,053 --> 00:07:18,421 IMPERATIVES FOR INSTRUMENTATION 170 00:07:18,421 --> 00:07:19,822 THAT ASTRONAUTS CAN PROTECT 171 00:07:19,822 --> 00:07:20,923 THEMSELVES IN TIME WHEN A SPACE 172 00:07:20,923 --> 00:07:22,892 WEATHER EVENT IS COMING. 173 00:07:22,892 --> 00:07:25,027 RIDING ALONG SIDE I MAP IS A 174 00:07:25,027 --> 00:07:27,096 MISSION OF OPPORTUNITY, NASA 175 00:07:27,096 --> 00:07:31,134 CARUTHERS GEE YO CORONA 176 00:07:31,134 --> 00:07:34,337 OBSERVATORY AND COMPLEMENTS I 177 00:07:34,337 --> 00:07:36,706 MAP'S DATA FOR THE SPACE WEATHER 178 00:07:36,706 --> 00:07:39,575 NEAR EARTH AND HOW IT IMPACTS 179 00:07:39,575 --> 00:07:41,410 LITTLE STUDIED REGION CALLED 180 00:07:41,410 --> 00:07:45,281 THE EXOP BEHERE. 181 00:07:45,281 --> 00:07:47,717 OUR LAST FRONTIER BEFORE YOU 182 00:07:47,717 --> 00:07:48,451 REACH DEEP SPACE. 183 00:07:48,451 --> 00:07:50,086 ONLY WAY TO IMAGE WAS A CAMERA 184 00:07:50,086 --> 00:07:52,355 THAT FLEW ON THE APOLLO 16 185 00:07:52,355 --> 00:07:52,722 MISSION. 186 00:07:52,722 --> 00:07:54,624 AND THAT WAS THE BEST IMAGE WE 187 00:07:54,624 --> 00:07:55,525 HAVE OF THE DAY. 188 00:07:55,525 --> 00:07:59,195 WITH CARUTHERS, WE WILL BE ABLE 189 00:07:59,195 --> 00:08:02,932 TO STARE CONSTANTLY THE FINAL 190 00:08:02,932 --> 00:08:04,000 BARRIER BETWEEN OUTER SPACE AND 191 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:05,668 US AS SHE RESPONDS TO SPACE 192 00:08:05,668 --> 00:08:06,035 WEATHER. 193 00:08:06,035 --> 00:08:08,971 SO A REALLY, REALLY GREAT 194 00:08:08,971 --> 00:08:09,405 PARTNERSHIP. 195 00:08:09,405 --> 00:08:13,609 THE EXOSPHERE'S RESPONSE TO 196 00:08:13,609 --> 00:08:16,612 SPACE WEATHER IS HOW THEY IMPACT 197 00:08:16,612 --> 00:08:18,114 TECHNOLOGY, IN THE UPPER 198 00:08:18,114 --> 00:08:19,115 ATMOSPHERE AND POWER LINES ON 199 00:08:19,115 --> 00:08:19,715 THE GROUND. 200 00:08:19,715 --> 00:08:21,784 YOU WILL HEAR A LOT MORE 201 00:08:21,784 --> 00:08:29,025 OF I-MAP, CARUTHERS AND NOAA'S 202 00:08:29,025 --> 00:08:30,193 SWIFTIL PRISON IN BRAD AND 203 00:08:30,193 --> 00:08:31,327 DURING THE SCIENCE BRIEFING. 204 00:08:31,327 --> 00:08:32,662 I WILL END WITH A THOUGHT THAT 205 00:08:32,662 --> 00:08:34,897 TODAY THE APOLLO ERA FLARE 206 00:08:34,897 --> 00:08:38,434 SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE 207 00:08:38,434 --> 00:08:39,402 THREAT THAT RADIATION EXPOSURE 208 00:08:39,402 --> 00:08:41,270 HAS TO TECHNOLOGY AND ASTRONAUTS 209 00:08:41,270 --> 00:08:42,104 IN SPACE. 210 00:08:42,104 --> 00:08:43,839 THE SAFETY OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF 211 00:08:43,839 --> 00:08:46,108 WHICH OUR ASTRONAUTS ARE ROBOTIC 212 00:08:46,108 --> 00:08:47,843 EXPLORERS AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE 213 00:08:47,843 --> 00:08:49,145 THAT WILL BE DEPLOYED IS 214 00:08:49,145 --> 00:08:51,581 CRITICALLY DEPENDENT ON DYNAMIC 215 00:08:51,581 --> 00:08:52,381 SPACE WEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH 216 00:08:52,381 --> 00:08:55,117 AFFECT US DAILY HERE ON EARTH. 217 00:08:55,117 --> 00:08:57,220 BUT OBVIOUSLY MUCH SAFER AND 218 00:08:57,220 --> 00:08:59,488 MUCH LOWER LEVELS FOR US HERE ON 219 00:08:59,488 --> 00:09:02,558 EARTH THAN OUT AT THE MOON. 220 00:09:02,558 --> 00:09:03,593 AS THE UNITED STATES PREPARES TO 221 00:09:03,593 --> 00:09:05,494 SEND HUMANS BACK TO THE MOON AND 222 00:09:05,494 --> 00:09:08,698 ONWARD TO MARES WITH THE ARTEMIS 223 00:09:08,698 --> 00:09:11,100 PROGRAM, NASA SCIENTISTS ARE 224 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:13,369 HAVING THE INTERPLANETARY 225 00:09:13,369 --> 00:09:15,504 SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SUPPORT 226 00:09:15,504 --> 00:09:16,706 HUMANITY'S EPIC JOURNEY ALONG 227 00:09:16,706 --> 00:09:17,540 THE WAY. 228 00:09:17,540 --> 00:09:21,577 I MAP, CARUTHERS AND SWIFT IL-1 229 00:09:21,577 --> 00:09:23,279 BUILD UPON THE MISSION OF THE 230 00:09:23,279 --> 00:09:25,348 SUN, THE SOLAR PROBE AND SOON 231 00:09:25,348 --> 00:09:27,250 ADD ESCAPADE WHICH WILL LAUNCH 232 00:09:27,250 --> 00:09:28,084 LATE THEY ARE FALL. 233 00:09:28,084 --> 00:09:30,119 ALL OF THESE MISSIONS TOGETHER 234 00:09:30,119 --> 00:09:33,189 SUPPORT AND ENHANCE THE EXISTING 235 00:09:33,189 --> 00:09:36,659 SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION YOU 236 00:09:36,659 --> 00:09:38,027 CAPABILITIES AND CONSULTATION 237 00:09:38,027 --> 00:09:40,263 WITH NOAA IN THE BENEFIT OF ALL. 238 00:09:40,263 --> 00:09:41,864 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO 239 00:09:41,864 --> 00:09:44,400 THE MISSION PARTNER ARE SPACE 240 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,069 INX AND I MAP, CARUTHERS 241 00:09:47,069 --> 00:09:51,674 AND IL-1 TEAMS. 242 00:09:51,674 --> 00:09:54,343 GO NASA, GO NOAA, AND GO FALCON. 243 00:09:54,343 --> 00:09:56,045 OVER TO YOU. 244 00:09:56,045 --> 00:09:57,713 >> THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO 245 00:09:57,713 --> 00:09:58,214 TUNED IN. 246 00:09:58,214 --> 00:10:00,783 AN HONOR TO BE HERE FOLLOWING 247 00:10:00,783 --> 00:10:02,518 THE CONCLUSION OF OUR LAUNCH 248 00:10:02,518 --> 00:10:03,619 READINESS REVIEW. 249 00:10:03,619 --> 00:10:05,354 THOSE WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY ON 250 00:10:05,354 --> 00:10:07,790 THE I MAP MISSION AND ITS 251 00:10:07,790 --> 00:10:09,925 PARTNERS, TRULY A MOW MEN IT US 252 00:10:09,925 --> 00:10:10,993 TO HE OCCASION TODAY. 253 00:10:10,993 --> 00:10:12,795 WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 254 00:10:12,795 --> 00:10:15,031 ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THE 255 00:10:15,031 --> 00:10:16,465 INCREDIBLE WORK OF THE TEAMS 256 00:10:16,465 --> 00:10:17,433 THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE. 257 00:10:17,433 --> 00:10:19,835 IT IS AS TESTAMENT TO THE POWER 258 00:10:19,835 --> 00:10:22,605 OF COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION 259 00:10:22,605 --> 00:10:24,173 THAT NIKKI MENTIONED. 260 00:10:24,173 --> 00:10:26,542 27 DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL 261 00:10:26,542 --> 00:10:28,878 PARTNERS WITH THE I MAP UNDER 262 00:10:28,878 --> 00:10:33,082 THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR P.I. DR. 263 00:10:33,082 --> 00:10:36,285 DAVE NOKOMIS AND OUR PARTNERS 264 00:10:36,285 --> 00:10:38,654 FROM JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 265 00:10:38,654 --> 00:10:40,656 APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY. 266 00:10:40,656 --> 00:10:42,792 SCIENCE ISES, ENGINEERS AND 267 00:10:42,792 --> 00:10:44,427 MISSION PARTNERS WHOSE 268 00:10:44,427 --> 00:10:45,528 DEDICATION BROUGHT THUS SPECIAL 269 00:10:45,528 --> 00:10:48,064 MOMENT READY TO EMBARK ON A 270 00:10:48,064 --> 00:10:48,998 JOURNEY THAT WILL TEACH US YOU 271 00:10:48,998 --> 00:10:53,869 HAVE THE HELI. 272 00:10:53,869 --> 00:10:54,637 SPHERE AND SPACE MESH CHIRMENTS 273 00:10:54,637 --> 00:10:56,272 ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNERS AT NOAA. 274 00:10:56,272 --> 00:10:57,707 FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK, I 275 00:10:57,707 --> 00:10:59,041 WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEM AND ALL 276 00:10:59,041 --> 00:11:00,943 THE TEAM THAT IS OUT THERE 277 00:11:00,943 --> 00:11:01,777 WATCHING AND CONTINUING WORK 278 00:11:01,777 --> 00:11:02,178 TODAY. 279 00:11:02,178 --> 00:11:03,646 SO IS THE TEAMS FROM ALL THREE 280 00:11:03,646 --> 00:11:07,650 THOSE MISSES, SPACE X, A HL, 281 00:11:07,650 --> 00:11:09,385 NASA GODDARD, UNIVERSITY OF 282 00:11:09,385 --> 00:11:11,253 CALIFORNIA BERKELEY AND MANY 283 00:11:11,253 --> 00:11:12,254 OTHER PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS 284 00:11:12,254 --> 00:11:14,390 SPENT MONTHS METICULOUSLY 285 00:11:14,390 --> 00:11:16,325 PLANNING THESE INTEGRATED 286 00:11:16,325 --> 00:11:18,227 OPERATIONS AT THE LAUNCH SITE 287 00:11:18,227 --> 00:11:19,428 THAT IS UNIQUE AND ESSENTIAL FOR 288 00:11:19,428 --> 00:11:20,930 A RIDE SHARE MISSION LIKE THIS. 289 00:11:20,930 --> 00:11:22,965 LAST FEW WEEKS, THESE TEAMS 290 00:11:22,965 --> 00:11:25,468 SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED ALL OF THE 291 00:11:25,468 --> 00:11:26,869 WELL COORDINATED ACTIVITIES THAT 292 00:11:26,869 --> 00:11:28,304 LED US TO THE LAUNCH PADS TODAY. 293 00:11:28,304 --> 00:11:30,940 I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T 294 00:11:30,940 --> 00:11:32,675 HIGHLIGHT HOW THE NASA LAUNCH 295 00:11:32,675 --> 00:11:33,976 SERVICES PROGRAM HAS BEEN AND 296 00:11:33,976 --> 00:11:34,410 THE TEAM. 297 00:11:34,410 --> 00:11:36,712 AND HOW TRULY INSTRUMENTAL IN 298 00:11:36,712 --> 00:11:39,115 INTEGRATING THESE THREE MISSIONS 299 00:11:39,115 --> 00:11:41,217 TOGETHER. 300 00:11:41,217 --> 00:11:41,884 DEMONSTRATING OUR AGENCY'S 301 00:11:41,884 --> 00:11:44,220 ABILITY TO INNOVATE AND 302 00:11:44,220 --> 00:11:45,788 ACCOMPLISH OUR SCIENTIFIC GOALS. 303 00:11:45,788 --> 00:11:47,623 LAUNCHES THREE SPACECRAFT ON ONE 304 00:11:47,623 --> 00:11:50,226 LAUNCH, MAXIMIZE EFFICIENCY AND 305 00:11:50,226 --> 00:11:51,327 COST SAVINGS. 306 00:11:51,327 --> 00:11:54,196 SYNERGY IS REALLY REMARKABLE. 307 00:11:54,196 --> 00:12:00,002 I MAP IS OUR CELESTIAL 308 00:12:00,002 --> 00:12:02,805 CARPETOGRAPHER OF THE BOUNDARY 309 00:12:02,805 --> 00:12:05,741 AND ENERGETIC PARTICLES. 310 00:12:05,741 --> 00:12:10,246 IN PARALLEL, THE SWIFT IL-1 WILL 311 00:12:10,246 --> 00:12:12,982 HELP NOAA ANSWER HANSING OUR 312 00:12:12,982 --> 00:12:15,251 FORECASTING ABILITIES AND THE 313 00:12:15,251 --> 00:12:18,387 CARUTHERS LEAD BY LAURA WALLDRIP 314 00:12:18,387 --> 00:12:20,656 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 315 00:12:20,656 --> 00:12:22,525 LOOKING BACK TO THE EARTH 316 00:12:22,525 --> 00:12:24,994 FROM IL-1 AND HOW OUR ATMOSPHERE 317 00:12:24,994 --> 00:12:28,097 BETTER INTERACTS THE SPACE 318 00:12:28,097 --> 00:12:28,531 ENVIRONMENT. 319 00:12:28,531 --> 00:12:30,699 RIDE SHARES WERE TO 320 00:12:30,699 --> 00:12:31,734 THE ESPERING. 321 00:12:31,734 --> 00:12:33,702 AND TO THE TOP OF THAT STACK AND 322 00:12:33,702 --> 00:12:37,239 ALL ENCAPSULATED IN THE FARING. 323 00:12:37,239 --> 00:12:39,942 OPINION TRANSPORTED TO SPACE X 324 00:12:39,942 --> 00:12:41,911 PAD 39-A WITH ASSEMBLY WITH ALL 325 00:12:41,911 --> 00:12:45,047 THREE SPACECRAFTS MADE TO OUR 326 00:12:45,047 --> 00:12:46,215 FALCON 9 ROCKET. 327 00:12:46,215 --> 00:12:48,317 AT THAT POINT THEY HAVE 328 00:12:48,317 --> 00:12:49,318 COMPLETED CHECKS. 329 00:12:49,318 --> 00:12:51,454 AND WE ARE HAPPY TO SHARE, THAT 330 00:12:51,454 --> 00:12:53,856 ALL THE SPACE REPS ARE HEALTHY 331 00:12:53,856 --> 00:12:55,191 AND READY TO LAUNCH. 332 00:12:55,191 --> 00:12:56,826 WITH THAT, I WILL PASS IT OVER 333 00:12:56,826 --> 00:12:58,227 TO IRENE PARKER. 334 00:12:58,227 --> 00:13:00,162 >> GOOD AFTERNOON I AM THRILLED 335 00:13:00,162 --> 00:13:02,097 TO BE SPEAKING WITH ALL OF YOU 336 00:13:02,097 --> 00:13:03,532 TODAY TO HEAR THE EXCITEMENT 337 00:13:03,532 --> 00:13:05,234 AFTER THE LAUNCH. 338 00:13:05,234 --> 00:13:07,436 TO HEAR DR. NIKKI FOX TALK OF 339 00:13:07,436 --> 00:13:08,170 SPACE READY NATION. 340 00:13:08,170 --> 00:13:10,072 I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IS AN 341 00:13:10,072 --> 00:13:11,273 AMAZING FEAT AND ALL OF THE 342 00:13:11,273 --> 00:13:12,675 THREE MISSIONS WILL REALLY BE 343 00:13:12,675 --> 00:13:14,310 SUPPORTING THAT. 344 00:13:14,310 --> 00:13:16,312 SOME WITH THAT, SPACE WATER HAS 345 00:13:16,312 --> 00:13:18,047 A IMPACT ON DAILY LIVES 346 00:13:18,047 --> 00:13:18,881 FROM GPS. 347 00:13:18,881 --> 00:13:21,116 WE USE NAVIGATE AROUND THE GLOBE 348 00:13:21,116 --> 00:13:22,184 AND EVEN TO THE FOOD WE EAT 349 00:13:22,184 --> 00:13:24,653 GROWN BY FARMERS RELYING ON 350 00:13:24,653 --> 00:13:25,955 PRECISION AGRICULTURE. 351 00:13:25,955 --> 00:13:27,122 FORECASTING SPACE WEATHER EVENTS 352 00:13:27,122 --> 00:13:28,357 THAT CAN DISRUPT THESE 353 00:13:28,357 --> 00:13:30,025 TECHNOLOGIES IS CRITICAL OF 354 00:13:30,025 --> 00:13:31,627 PROTECTING OUR COUNTRY'S 355 00:13:31,627 --> 00:13:33,996 ECONOMIC VITALITY AND NATIONAL 356 00:13:33,996 --> 00:13:34,463 SECURITY. 357 00:13:34,463 --> 00:13:38,167 SWIFT IL-1 IS THE FIRST 358 00:13:38,167 --> 00:13:40,769 DEDICATED NOAH OBSERVATORY FOR 359 00:13:40,769 --> 00:13:41,537 CONTINUOUS OPERATIONAL SPACE 360 00:13:41,537 --> 00:13:42,972 WEATHER OPERATIONS. 361 00:13:42,972 --> 00:13:44,440 THE SATELLITE WILL BE OUR FIRST 362 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,142 LINE OF DEFENSE AND SERVE AS AN 363 00:13:47,142 --> 00:13:49,111 EARLY WARNING WEAKEN FOR THE 364 00:13:49,111 --> 00:13:50,212 POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING EFFECTS 365 00:13:50,212 --> 00:13:52,248 OF SPACE WEATHER. 366 00:13:52,248 --> 00:13:55,784 SWIFT WILL ORBIT IN THE SUN A 367 00:13:55,784 --> 00:13:57,453 POSITION OF DEEP SPACE ABOUT A 368 00:13:57,453 --> 00:13:58,654 MILLION MILES BETWEEN EARTH AND 369 00:13:58,654 --> 00:13:59,154 THE SUN. 370 00:13:59,154 --> 00:14:01,457 THE POSITIONING ALLOWS FOR 371 00:14:01,457 --> 00:14:02,791 CONTINUOUS UNOBSTRUCTED 372 00:14:02,791 --> 00:14:05,628 OBSERVATIONS OF THE SUN'S CORONA 373 00:14:05,628 --> 00:14:09,365 WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM THE 374 00:14:09,365 --> 00:14:09,698 EARTH. 375 00:14:09,698 --> 00:14:11,534 24-BY 7 DATA WILL GIVE THE 376 00:14:11,534 --> 00:14:13,936 OPERATORS OF NOAH'S SPACE 377 00:14:13,936 --> 00:14:16,505 WEATHER CENTER TO MAKE 378 00:14:16,505 --> 00:14:17,973 PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS THAT PRO 379 00:14:17,973 --> 00:14:20,109 SECT VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, 380 00:14:20,109 --> 00:14:21,777 ECONOMIC INTEREST AND ECONOMIC 381 00:14:21,777 --> 00:14:23,913 SECURITY ON EARTH AND IN SPACE. 382 00:14:23,913 --> 00:14:27,683 THE FOUR INSTRUMENTS ON BARRED 383 00:14:27,683 --> 00:14:30,386 SWIFTERLL WILL HAVE REALTIME 384 00:14:30,386 --> 00:14:31,253 DATA. 385 00:14:31,253 --> 00:14:32,755 THEY ARE MA PLACE IS A IN THE 386 00:14:32,755 --> 00:14:34,356 SUN'S MAGNETIC FIELD. 387 00:14:34,356 --> 00:14:38,627 AND THE ACCURACY OF FORECAST AND 388 00:14:38,627 --> 00:14:41,096 WARNING FROM NOAA SPACE WEATHER 389 00:14:41,096 --> 00:14:43,098 PREDICTION CENTER. 390 00:14:43,098 --> 00:14:47,069 SECOND OPERATIONAL CORE RON KNOW 391 00:14:47,069 --> 00:14:52,474 WITH SEA CORE WITH SOLAR CORONA 392 00:14:52,474 --> 00:14:53,042 PROJECTIONS. 393 00:14:53,042 --> 00:14:55,044 THE FIRST SEA CORE LAUNCH IN 394 00:14:55,044 --> 00:14:56,412 JUNE OF 2024. 395 00:14:56,412 --> 00:14:58,747 AND CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL FROM 396 00:14:58,747 --> 00:15:01,083 OUR GEO STATIONARY OR BIT. 397 00:15:01,083 --> 00:15:03,586 I MUST STRESS THAT IT IS A JOINT 398 00:15:03,586 --> 00:15:04,787 PROGRAM BETWEEN NOAA AND NASA 399 00:15:04,787 --> 00:15:07,256 AND BOTH HAVE AN IMPORTANT AND 400 00:15:07,256 --> 00:15:08,023 COMPLIMENTARY RESPONSIBILITY IN 401 00:15:08,023 --> 00:15:08,924 THE DEVELOPMENT, TESTING, LAUNCH 402 00:15:08,924 --> 00:15:10,759 AND OPERATION OF THE MISSION. 403 00:15:10,759 --> 00:15:13,562 NOAA IS THE PROGRAM OWNER THAT 404 00:15:13,562 --> 00:15:14,430 DETERMINES THE REQUIREMENTS, 405 00:15:14,430 --> 00:15:16,065 PROVIDES FUNDS, AND MANAGES THE 406 00:15:16,065 --> 00:15:18,067 PROGRAM OPERATIONS AND DATA 407 00:15:18,067 --> 00:15:19,468 PRODUCTS AND SYSTEM NATION TO 408 00:15:19,468 --> 00:15:21,403 THE USERS. 409 00:15:21,403 --> 00:15:22,404 NASA AND THEIR COMMERCIAL 410 00:15:22,404 --> 00:15:24,673 PARTNERS DEVELOP, BUILD AND TEST 411 00:15:24,673 --> 00:15:27,977 THE INSTRUMENTS ON NOAA'S BEHALF 412 00:15:27,977 --> 00:15:30,379 AND THE NOAA'S SPECIFICATION. 413 00:15:30,379 --> 00:15:32,181 IN MARYLAND, THE SPACE FLIGHT 414 00:15:32,181 --> 00:15:33,382 INCIDENT IS PROVIDE ACADEMIC 415 00:15:33,382 --> 00:15:36,719 AFFAIRS, ENGINEERING AND PROJECT 416 00:15:36,719 --> 00:15:38,053 MANAGEMENT SUPPORT TO YA FOR 417 00:15:38,053 --> 00:15:40,255 DEVELOPING THE MISSION. 418 00:15:40,255 --> 00:15:42,625 NASA'S SPACE SERVICES CENTER IN 419 00:15:42,625 --> 00:15:45,260 FLORIDA MANAGES LAUNCH. 420 00:15:45,260 --> 00:15:48,464 OVERALL, SWIFTA WAS PART OF OUR 421 00:15:48,464 --> 00:15:48,831 PLAN. 422 00:15:48,831 --> 00:15:50,366 NEXT PROGRAM SPACE WEATHER NEXT 423 00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:52,368 DESIGNED TO PROVIDE LONG-TERM 424 00:15:52,368 --> 00:15:54,637 CONTINUITY AND ENHANCED SPACE 425 00:15:54,637 --> 00:15:55,404 MONITORING CAPABILITIES WELL 426 00:15:55,404 --> 00:15:57,406 INTO THE FUTURE ENSURING OUR 427 00:15:57,406 --> 00:15:58,407 NATION'S TECHNOLOGICAL 428 00:15:58,407 --> 00:16:00,709 INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS 429 00:16:00,709 --> 00:16:01,110 PROTECTED. 430 00:16:01,110 --> 00:16:02,878 NOAA IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH 431 00:16:02,878 --> 00:16:04,980 CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION 432 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:08,283 TO FUND THE SPACE WEATHER NEXT 433 00:16:08,283 --> 00:16:10,719 PROGRAM WITH LAUNCHES THREE CORE 434 00:16:10,719 --> 00:16:12,287 OBSERVATORIES FOR LAUNCH IN 2029 435 00:16:12,287 --> 00:16:15,624 AND 2032 OF CONTINUITY OF THESE 436 00:16:15,624 --> 00:16:17,326 CRITICAL SURFACES. 437 00:16:17,326 --> 00:16:19,495 WITH THAT DR. DENTON GIBSON 438 00:16:19,495 --> 00:16:21,096 FROMKIN LSP. 439 00:16:21,096 --> 00:16:22,931 >> AS ALWAYS, I AM EXCITED AND 440 00:16:22,931 --> 00:16:24,967 HUMBLED TO BE SITTING HERE 441 00:16:24,967 --> 00:16:26,268 REPRESENTING THE NASA LAUNCH 442 00:16:26,268 --> 00:16:28,203 SERVICES PROGRAM, A PROGRAM 443 00:16:28,203 --> 00:16:30,439 SINCE 1998 HAS BEEN PARTNERING 444 00:16:30,439 --> 00:16:32,107 WITH COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY TO 445 00:16:32,107 --> 00:16:34,443 LAUNCH OVER 100 OF NASA SCIENCE 446 00:16:34,443 --> 00:16:35,511 MISSIONS ALL THROUGHOUT THE 447 00:16:35,511 --> 00:16:36,278 SOLAR SYSTEM. 448 00:16:36,278 --> 00:16:39,114 JUST KIND OF GETTING READY FOR 449 00:16:39,114 --> 00:16:41,583 THIS -- THIS MISSION, THINKING 450 00:16:41,583 --> 00:16:43,018 BACK OUR FIRST MISSION WITH 451 00:16:43,018 --> 00:16:45,287 SPACE X WAS THE 20th FLIGHT, AND 452 00:16:45,287 --> 00:16:47,022 NOW I MAP WILL HAD BEEN THE 453 00:16:47,022 --> 00:16:49,792 550th FLIGHT, WHICH IS HUGE 454 00:16:49,792 --> 00:16:52,594 TESTAMENT TO WHAT SPACE X HAS 455 00:16:52,594 --> 00:16:53,529 ACCOMPLISHED AND ANOTHER STEP IN 456 00:16:53,529 --> 00:16:54,630 THE PARTNERSHIP WE FORGE WITH 457 00:16:54,630 --> 00:16:54,997 THEM. 458 00:16:54,997 --> 00:16:56,765 THIS WILL BE OUR 13th MISSION 459 00:16:56,765 --> 00:16:57,700 WITH SPACE X. 460 00:16:57,700 --> 00:16:59,268 SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD 461 00:16:59,268 --> 00:16:59,735 TO THAT. 462 00:16:59,735 --> 00:17:02,271 AND I WILL JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO 463 00:17:02,271 --> 00:17:03,605 RECOGNIZE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT 464 00:17:03,605 --> 00:17:05,007 REALLY CAME TOGETHER THIS SPACE 465 00:17:05,007 --> 00:17:09,912 LAUNCH DELTA, SPACE X, NOAA AND 466 00:17:09,912 --> 00:17:11,914 NASA, TO HAVE ANOTHER EXCELLENT 467 00:17:11,914 --> 00:17:12,281 MISSION. 468 00:17:12,281 --> 00:17:13,182 YOU HEARD THERE ARE THREE 469 00:17:13,182 --> 00:17:14,316 SPACECRAFT ON THIS MISSION. 470 00:17:14,316 --> 00:17:15,918 SO IT IS ALMOST AS IF OUR 471 00:17:15,918 --> 00:17:17,653 MISSION INTEGRATION TEAM HAD TO 472 00:17:17,653 --> 00:17:18,921 WORK THREE MISSIONS 473 00:17:18,921 --> 00:17:19,988 SIMULTANEOUSLY AND IT HAS BEEN 474 00:17:19,988 --> 00:17:21,123 GOING VERY WELL. 475 00:17:21,123 --> 00:17:22,891 OUR TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY OVER THE 476 00:17:22,891 --> 00:17:24,393 LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. 477 00:17:24,393 --> 00:17:26,829 LAST WEEK OUR MISSION'S DRESS 478 00:17:26,829 --> 00:17:27,830 REHEARSAL, A SIMULATED COUNTDOWN 479 00:17:27,830 --> 00:17:30,699 THAT EXERCISES AS A TEAM TO GET 480 00:17:30,699 --> 00:17:33,001 THEM VERY PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO 481 00:17:33,001 --> 00:17:33,702 HANDLE ANYTHING. 482 00:17:33,702 --> 00:17:36,371 WET THE F.A.R. LAST WEEK THAT 483 00:17:36,371 --> 00:17:37,339 WENT AS WELL. 484 00:17:37,339 --> 00:17:39,374 WE WERE READY TO PROCEED FORWARD 485 00:17:39,374 --> 00:17:41,710 WITH THE REST OF THE 486 00:17:41,710 --> 00:17:42,411 INTEGRATION. 487 00:17:42,411 --> 00:17:44,847 AND WE ALSO ON FRIDAY ALSO HAD 488 00:17:44,847 --> 00:17:48,951 THE SPACE LAUNCH DELTA 45 LIR. 489 00:17:48,951 --> 00:17:50,919 WHICH THE SPACE DELTA LAUNCH 490 00:17:50,919 --> 00:17:52,254 LEADERSHIP GAVE THEIR GO TO 491 00:17:52,254 --> 00:17:53,555 PROCEED IN THE COUNT. 492 00:17:53,555 --> 00:17:55,057 EARLIER TODAY JUST ABOUT AN HOUR 493 00:17:55,057 --> 00:17:57,926 AND A HALF AGO, ROUGHLY, WE 494 00:17:57,926 --> 00:18:01,096 CONCLUDED THE NASA -- THE JOINT 495 00:18:01,096 --> 00:18:05,968 NASA SPACE X LIR. 496 00:18:05,968 --> 00:18:06,935 TO GO INTO THE LAUNCH COUNT 497 00:18:06,935 --> 00:18:07,703 EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. 498 00:18:07,703 --> 00:18:09,204 WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY 499 00:18:09,204 --> 00:18:11,406 A VIDEO -- A VIDEO TO SHOW YOU 500 00:18:11,406 --> 00:18:12,508 SOME OF THE INTEGRATION WORK 501 00:18:12,508 --> 00:18:16,578 THAT HAS BEEN DONE. 502 00:18:16,578 --> 00:18:19,148 SO HERE AS YOU HEARD 503 00:18:19,148 --> 00:18:22,384 MENTIONED, I MAP ARRIVED ON 504 00:18:22,384 --> 00:18:24,920 ASTRO TECH IN TITUSVILLE SECOND 505 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,655 WEEK OF MAY. 506 00:18:26,655 --> 00:18:30,259 AND ALSO SWIFTLE L 1 AND 507 00:18:30,259 --> 00:18:31,794 CARUTHERS ARRIVED MID-JULY. 508 00:18:31,794 --> 00:18:34,096 AS YOU MENTION, THE PAYLOAD 509 00:18:34,096 --> 00:18:35,597 HAPPENED EARLY SEPTEMBER WHEN 510 00:18:35,597 --> 00:18:37,933 ALL THREE SPACECRAFT -- AND HAD 511 00:18:37,933 --> 00:18:40,669 A GOOD SHOT THERE A ENCAPSULATE 512 00:18:40,669 --> 00:18:41,737 ASSEMBLY THAT YOU ARE LOOKING IN 513 00:18:41,737 --> 00:18:44,039 THE PHOTOS OCCURRED SEPTEMBER 514 00:18:44,039 --> 00:18:44,306 16. 515 00:18:44,306 --> 00:18:47,042 AND THEN THE TRANSPORT TO THE 516 00:18:47,042 --> 00:18:47,509 LAUNCH PAD. 517 00:18:47,509 --> 00:18:48,744 THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT 518 00:18:48,744 --> 00:18:51,446 RIGHT THERE FOR THE HANGER OF 519 00:18:51,446 --> 00:18:54,016 LAUNCH PAD OF TRANSPORT. 520 00:18:54,016 --> 00:18:55,317 SECURED SEPTEMBER 17 AND GET 521 00:18:55,317 --> 00:18:56,752 GOOD SHOTS THERE. 522 00:18:56,752 --> 00:18:58,253 AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE. 523 00:18:58,253 --> 00:19:00,088 NOT THE ACTUAL FOOTAGE OF THE 524 00:19:00,088 --> 00:19:01,557 LAUNCH VEHICLE, BUT AN EXAMPLE 525 00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:03,492 WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 526 00:19:03,492 --> 00:19:06,495 ROLL OUT FROM THE HANGAR AT 39A 527 00:19:06,495 --> 00:19:07,963 TO THE LAUNCH PAD. 528 00:19:07,963 --> 00:19:09,398 HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS, WE 529 00:19:09,398 --> 00:19:12,067 MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A GOOD SHOT 530 00:19:12,067 --> 00:19:13,268 AS THEY WORK THROUGH THAT. 531 00:19:13,268 --> 00:19:15,370 SO, THERE YOU GO. 532 00:19:15,370 --> 00:19:18,373 SO AS WE -- IF YOU ARE LOOKING 533 00:19:18,373 --> 00:19:20,209 AT EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON, 534 00:19:20,209 --> 00:19:22,144 WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. 535 00:19:22,144 --> 00:19:24,513 WE ARE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING 536 00:19:24,513 --> 00:19:26,515 ROUGHLY ABOUT 30 TO 40 MINUTES 537 00:19:26,515 --> 00:19:29,718 AHEAD OF OUR T-ZERO, WE WILL 538 00:19:29,718 --> 00:19:33,088 PULL THE NASA TEAM TO STEP INTO 539 00:19:33,088 --> 00:19:34,456 PROPELLANT LOADING AND LAUNCH. 540 00:19:34,456 --> 00:19:37,426 IF ALL GOING WITH, THE 541 00:19:37,426 --> 00:19:41,263 PROPELLANT TANKS ON THE FALCON 9 542 00:19:41,263 --> 00:19:43,632 WILL BE LOADED CAN DENSIFIED 543 00:19:43,632 --> 00:19:47,102 REPELLENT AS AND T-0 AT 7: A.M. 544 00:19:47,102 --> 00:19:47,836 TUESDAY MORNING. 545 00:19:47,836 --> 00:19:50,305 AND JUST TO SUMMARIZE, THE 546 00:19:50,305 --> 00:19:52,407 FALCON 9 IS READY. 547 00:19:52,407 --> 00:19:56,211 THE I MAP, SWIFT, CA RUTHER'S 548 00:19:56,211 --> 00:20:01,683 TEAM ARE READY AND THEY ARE 549 00:20:01,683 --> 00:20:02,417 EXCITED TO STEP INTO LAUNCH 550 00:20:02,417 --> 00:20:02,751 COUNT. 551 00:20:02,751 --> 00:20:03,485 WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO 552 00:20:03,485 --> 00:20:04,253 MY PARTNER IN CRIME WHO I WORKED 553 00:20:04,253 --> 00:20:07,422 WITH SINCE, LIKE, 2012. 554 00:20:07,422 --> 00:20:10,492 SUZANNA SHYMAN, THE DIRECTOR OF 555 00:20:10,492 --> 00:20:11,260 SCIENCE MISSIONS. 556 00:20:11,260 --> 00:20:12,561 >> THANK YOU, DENTON. 557 00:20:12,561 --> 00:20:14,263 THANK YOU, DR. GIBSON. 558 00:20:14,263 --> 00:20:15,998 SUPER EXCITED TO TALK OF OUR 559 00:20:15,998 --> 00:20:17,232 NEXT SCIENCE MISSION. 560 00:20:17,232 --> 00:20:19,601 EVERYONE AT SPACE X IS 561 00:20:19,601 --> 00:20:20,502 INCREDIBLY PROUD TO SUPPORT 562 00:20:20,502 --> 00:20:22,504 MISSIONS LIKE THIS. 563 00:20:22,504 --> 00:20:25,440 AS YOU HEARD, THE TEAM TALKED 564 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:30,345 OF I MAP, SWIFTLE, CARUTHERS ALL 565 00:20:30,345 --> 00:20:31,847 SPACE MISSIONS. 566 00:20:31,847 --> 00:20:34,549 SPACE WEATHER AS YOU HEARD DR. 567 00:20:34,549 --> 00:20:36,018 FOX TALKED ABOUT INCREDIBLY 568 00:20:36,018 --> 00:20:38,186 IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF OUR 569 00:20:38,186 --> 00:20:42,124 MISSIONS, I-MAP, SPACE 570 00:20:42,124 --> 00:20:42,557 EXPLORATION. 571 00:20:42,557 --> 00:20:44,293 THE SPACE WEATHER DATA IS 572 00:20:44,293 --> 00:20:45,894 CRITICAL FOR MISSION SUCCESS AND 573 00:20:45,894 --> 00:20:47,229 CRITICAL FOR FUTURE HUMAN 574 00:20:47,229 --> 00:20:48,430 MISSIONS TO MARS. 575 00:20:48,430 --> 00:20:50,198 THANK YOU, NASA AND NOAA FOR 576 00:20:50,198 --> 00:20:52,134 DOING AMAZING MISSIONS LIKE THIS 577 00:20:52,134 --> 00:20:56,171 THAT HELP US BUILD THE NEXT 578 00:20:56,171 --> 00:20:56,571 GENERATION. 579 00:20:56,571 --> 00:20:57,706 AS YOU HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT IN 580 00:20:57,706 --> 00:20:59,474 THE PAST, ONE OF THE REASONS I 581 00:20:59,474 --> 00:21:01,743 CAME TO SPACE X BECAUSE I WANTED 582 00:21:01,743 --> 00:21:03,278 TO HELP ENABLE GREATER 583 00:21:03,278 --> 00:21:04,713 SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION. 584 00:21:04,713 --> 00:21:06,982 THE WAY WE DO THAT AT SPACE X, 585 00:21:06,982 --> 00:21:08,517 LOWERING THE COST TO ACCESS TO 586 00:21:08,517 --> 00:21:08,850 SPACE. 587 00:21:08,850 --> 00:21:10,352 WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY DOING 588 00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:12,587 THAT FOR NASA AND NOAA OVER THE 589 00:21:12,587 --> 00:21:13,588 PAST FEW YEARS. 590 00:21:13,588 --> 00:21:16,792 AS YOU HEARD DENTON MENTIONED, I 591 00:21:16,792 --> 00:21:20,529 MAP IS THE 13th MISSION FOR THE 592 00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:21,096 SERVICES PROGRAM. 593 00:21:21,096 --> 00:21:22,898 SEVENTH MISSION IN LESS THAN TWO 594 00:21:22,898 --> 00:21:24,166 YEARS FOR THE NASA SERVICES 595 00:21:24,166 --> 00:21:24,533 PROGRAM. 596 00:21:24,533 --> 00:21:25,367 WE HAVE BEEN BUSY. 597 00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:28,203 EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE 598 00:21:28,203 --> 00:21:30,639 LAUNCHED SPR-X WITH FOUR 599 00:21:30,639 --> 00:21:31,006 PAYLOADS. 600 00:21:31,006 --> 00:21:33,875 THIS N JULY THE TRACERS MISSION 601 00:21:33,875 --> 00:21:36,611 WITH FLEW WITH A TOTAL OF FIVE 602 00:21:36,611 --> 00:21:39,381 NASA SPACECRAFT AND NOW I MAP 603 00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:43,618 WITH L-1 AND CARUTHERS. 604 00:21:43,618 --> 00:21:46,188 16 CRITICAL NASA PAYLOADS WITH 605 00:21:46,188 --> 00:21:49,458 THE LUNAR PAYLOAD AND RIDE SHARE 606 00:21:49,458 --> 00:21:51,059 MISSIONS THAT FLY ON OUR 607 00:21:51,059 --> 00:21:51,860 TRANSPORTER PROGRAM. 608 00:21:51,860 --> 00:21:53,462 WE ARE BIG TEAM SCIENCE AND VERY 609 00:21:53,462 --> 00:21:55,864 PROUD TO SUPPORT THOSE CRITICAL 610 00:21:55,864 --> 00:21:58,233 SCIENCE MISSIONS. 611 00:21:58,233 --> 00:21:59,634 ALSO WHEN I THINK OF THE NEXT 612 00:21:59,634 --> 00:22:00,736 GENERATION OF VEHICLES, I AM 613 00:22:00,736 --> 00:22:03,171 SUPER EXCITED FOR HOW STARSHIP 614 00:22:03,171 --> 00:22:05,173 WILL ENABLE ANOTHER LEVEL OF 615 00:22:05,173 --> 00:22:06,508 SCIENCE. 616 00:22:06,508 --> 00:22:09,177 STARSHIP, WITH ITS LARGE PAYLOAD 617 00:22:09,177 --> 00:22:11,146 VOLUME AND EXCESS PERFORMANCE, 618 00:22:11,146 --> 00:22:14,016 WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT 619 00:22:14,016 --> 00:22:15,350 NEVER-BEFORE SCIENTIFIC MISSIONS 620 00:22:15,350 --> 00:22:18,253 LIKE INCREDIBLY LARGE TELESCOPES 621 00:22:18,253 --> 00:22:20,122 AND INTERSTELLAR THAT DON'T NEED 622 00:22:20,122 --> 00:22:21,857 TO MEASURE MASS DOWN TO THE 623 00:22:21,857 --> 00:22:22,157 GRAM. 624 00:22:22,157 --> 00:22:23,558 BUT FOCUSING ON TUESDAY MORNING. 625 00:22:23,558 --> 00:22:27,829 VERY EXCITED TO LAUNCH I MAP, 626 00:22:27,829 --> 00:22:31,466 SWIFTLE I-1 AND CARUTHERS AND 627 00:22:31,466 --> 00:22:32,701 THANKS NASA FOR THEIR CONTINUED 628 00:22:32,701 --> 00:22:35,237 PARTNERSHIP AND ILENA FOR THE 629 00:22:35,237 --> 00:22:36,438 WEATHER WEARING OUR SUN EARRINGS 630 00:22:36,438 --> 00:22:38,073 WHICH I KNOW IS GOOD NEWS. 631 00:22:38,073 --> 00:22:39,107 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 632 00:22:39,107 --> 00:22:40,375 I THOUGHT THE SUN EARRINGS WOULD 633 00:22:40,375 --> 00:22:41,643 BE APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE MISSION 634 00:22:41,643 --> 00:22:42,811 WE ARE WORKING ON. 635 00:22:42,811 --> 00:22:45,313 WE ARE NOT LOOKING FROM A SPACE 636 00:22:45,313 --> 00:22:47,149 PERSPECTIVE AS A LAUNCH WEATHER 637 00:22:47,149 --> 00:22:49,351 OFFICER, BUT TER REST A Y'ALL 638 00:22:49,351 --> 00:22:50,552 WEATHER PERSPECTIVE, SUN PLAY AS 639 00:22:50,552 --> 00:22:51,887 BIG PART OF THAT AS WELL. 640 00:22:51,887 --> 00:22:53,121 AS WE GO INTO TUESDAY MORNING, 641 00:22:53,121 --> 00:22:54,356 IF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE LOCALLY ON 642 00:22:54,356 --> 00:22:56,291 THE SPACE COAST, YOU KNOW WE HAD 643 00:22:56,291 --> 00:22:58,226 A BIT OF A DRY SPELL AFTER A 644 00:22:58,226 --> 00:23:01,163 VERY WET LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL 645 00:23:01,163 --> 00:23:01,596 TIME FRAME. 646 00:23:01,596 --> 00:23:02,464 FELT REALLY NICE. 647 00:23:02,464 --> 00:23:04,132 KIND OF GET IN THE FLORIDA FALL 648 00:23:04,132 --> 00:23:04,866 TIME FRAME. 649 00:23:04,866 --> 00:23:05,867 UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS GOING TO 650 00:23:05,867 --> 00:23:07,903 CHANGE A LITTLE BIT AS WE START 651 00:23:07,903 --> 00:23:09,304 OUR WEEK HERE OVER THE NEXT 652 00:23:09,304 --> 00:23:10,105 COUPLE OF DAYS. 653 00:23:10,105 --> 00:23:12,707 WITHER GOING TO HAVE AN 654 00:23:12,707 --> 00:23:13,775 UPPER-LEVEL SYSTEM THAT COMES 655 00:23:13,775 --> 00:23:15,811 THROUGH THAT BRINGS BACK A 656 00:23:15,811 --> 00:23:17,279 LITTLE MORE MOISTURE AND ALSO 657 00:23:17,279 --> 00:23:19,281 START OF KIND -- KIND OF RUFFLE 658 00:23:19,281 --> 00:23:20,849 UP THE ATMOSPHERE JUST A LITTLE 659 00:23:20,849 --> 00:23:22,717 BIT THAT WILL PLAY A PART AS WE 660 00:23:22,717 --> 00:23:23,819 GO LATE MONDAY INTO THE FIRST 661 00:23:23,819 --> 00:23:24,686 PART OF TUESDAY. 662 00:23:24,686 --> 00:23:26,922 SO IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT 663 00:23:26,922 --> 00:23:28,523 THE FORECAST FOR OUR PRIMARY 664 00:23:28,523 --> 00:23:29,925 LAUNCH DAY, WE ARE GOING TO BE 665 00:23:29,925 --> 00:23:32,894 OVERALL LOOKING AT A POV OR 666 00:23:32,894 --> 00:23:34,262 PROBABILITY OF VIOLATION -- THAT 667 00:23:34,262 --> 00:23:36,465 IS A PROBABILITY OF SEEING ANY 668 00:23:36,465 --> 00:23:38,233 OF THOSE LAUNCH WEATHER 669 00:23:38,233 --> 00:23:38,600 CONCERNS. 670 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:39,968 THERE ARE TEN OF THEM THAT ARE 671 00:23:39,968 --> 00:23:43,338 POSSIBLE THAT WE LOOK AT. 672 00:23:43,338 --> 00:23:43,939 25%. 673 00:23:43,939 --> 00:23:45,941 SO 2-5% OR IF YOU WANT TO LOOK 674 00:23:45,941 --> 00:23:50,011 AT IT IN REVERSE A GO OF 75%. 675 00:23:50,011 --> 00:23:51,980 AND OUR MAIN CONCERNS FOR OUR 676 00:23:51,980 --> 00:23:53,014 PRIMARY LAUNCH DAY ARE GOING TO 677 00:23:53,014 --> 00:23:55,117 BE SOMETHING CALLED THE "THICK 678 00:23:55,117 --> 00:23:56,485 CLOUD LAYER RULE." 679 00:23:56,485 --> 00:24:01,957 THAT IS LOOKING AT TYPES OF 680 00:24:01,957 --> 00:24:02,624 CLOUDS THAT ARE NOT, LIKE, 681 00:24:02,624 --> 00:24:03,391 THUNDERSTORMS OR CUMULUS CLOUDS. 682 00:24:03,391 --> 00:24:04,226 BIG PUFFY COULD THE CONTINUE TO 683 00:24:04,226 --> 00:24:04,659 BALL CLOUDS. 684 00:24:04,659 --> 00:24:07,262 THOSE ARE LOOKING AT THE KIND OF 685 00:24:07,262 --> 00:24:08,230 FLAT CLOUDS THAT YOU SOMETIME 686 00:24:08,230 --> 00:24:09,831 SEE ROLL IN DURING WINTERTIME 687 00:24:09,831 --> 00:24:11,900 STORMS NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE 688 00:24:11,900 --> 00:24:14,035 HERE ACROSS THE NORTHERN 689 00:24:14,035 --> 00:24:14,436 HEMISPHERE. 690 00:24:14,436 --> 00:24:15,904 AND WINDS ARE GOING TO BE 691 00:24:15,904 --> 00:24:16,872 RELATIVELY LIGHT, SO NOT 692 00:24:16,872 --> 00:24:18,206 EXPECTING TOO MUCH OF A CONCERN 693 00:24:18,206 --> 00:24:19,107 WITH THAT. 694 00:24:19,107 --> 00:24:21,710 NOW AS WE GO INTO OUR BACK-UP 695 00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:23,478 DAY, LOOKING AT THE FORECAST FOR 696 00:24:23,478 --> 00:24:25,247 OUR FORECAST DAY, THAT LITTLE 697 00:24:25,247 --> 00:24:26,648 UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WE HAVE 698 00:24:26,648 --> 00:24:27,482 STARTS TO MOVE BY. 699 00:24:27,482 --> 00:24:29,651 AND WE GET A LITTLE BIT DRIER 700 00:24:29,651 --> 00:24:30,252 CONDITIONS MOVING IN. 701 00:24:30,252 --> 00:24:31,820 SO LOOKING AT OUR FORECAST 702 00:24:31,820 --> 00:24:35,724 NUMBERS FOR THE BACK-UP DAY. 703 00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:36,958 OVERALL LOOKING AT PROBABILITY 704 00:24:36,958 --> 00:24:43,498 VIOLATION OF 10% OR LOOKING AT A 705 00:24:43,498 --> 00:24:45,000 OF 90%. 706 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,502 THOSE NUMBERS GO DOWN, THE TIME, 707 00:24:47,502 --> 00:24:49,604 NOT THE PEAK FOR SHOWER OR 708 00:24:49,604 --> 00:24:50,438 THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HERE ALONG 709 00:24:50,438 --> 00:24:51,640 THE SPACE COAST FOR FLORIDA. 710 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,575 SO A COUPLE OF THINGS WE WILL BE 711 00:24:53,575 --> 00:24:55,177 MONITORING FOR OUR LAUNCH COMING 712 00:24:55,177 --> 00:24:56,011 UP HERE. 713 00:24:56,011 --> 00:24:57,913 BUT OVERALL, I THINK THINGS ARE 714 00:24:57,913 --> 00:24:59,548 TRACKING GOOD FOR WEATHER. 715 00:24:59,548 --> 00:25:01,216 BACK TO YOU, DARYL. 716 00:25:01,216 --> 00:25:03,018 >> THANK YOU, ALL, TO OUR 717 00:25:03,018 --> 00:25:04,519 PANELISTS FOR THE OWNING 718 00:25:04,519 --> 00:25:05,921 REMARKS. 719 00:25:05,921 --> 00:25:07,022 START WITH THE QUESTIONS. 720 00:25:07,022 --> 00:25:07,956 START IN THE ROOM AND WE HAVE 721 00:25:07,956 --> 00:25:08,890 QUESTIONS ON THE PHONE. 722 00:25:08,890 --> 00:25:10,425 PUNCH THE KEYS AND LET US KNOW 723 00:25:10,425 --> 00:25:11,159 YOU HAVE A QUESTION. 724 00:25:11,159 --> 00:25:12,694 WE WILL GET TO YOUR QUESTION. 725 00:25:12,694 --> 00:25:13,662 BUT AGAIN START IN THE ROOM, 726 00:25:13,662 --> 00:25:15,463 WAIT FOR THE PERSON WITH THE 727 00:25:15,463 --> 00:25:17,465 MIKE TO COME OVER AND STATE YOUR 728 00:25:17,465 --> 00:25:19,534 NAME AND YOUR MEDIA AFFILIATION 729 00:25:19,534 --> 00:25:21,503 AND YOUR QUESTION. 730 00:25:21,503 --> 00:25:23,972 AND LET'S STARTS THAT WITH ONE 731 00:25:23,972 --> 00:25:25,874 WE QUESTION AT A TIME. 732 00:25:25,874 --> 00:25:36,518 THE FIRST QUESTION ON THE START 733 00:25:36,518 --> 00:25:37,052 OF THE ROOM, KEN. 734 00:25:37,052 --> 00:25:37,752 >> HI, KEN KRAMER, SPACE UP 735 00:25:37,752 --> 00:25:38,086 CLOSE. 736 00:25:38,086 --> 00:25:38,787 GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL ON THIS 737 00:25:38,787 --> 00:25:39,387 VERY EXCITING MISSION. 738 00:25:39,387 --> 00:25:40,055 WISHING YOU ALL GOOD LUCK. 739 00:25:40,055 --> 00:25:41,122 NIKKI, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR 740 00:25:41,122 --> 00:25:41,456 YOU. 741 00:25:41,456 --> 00:25:43,858 SINCE YOU MENTIONED PROJECT 742 00:25:43,858 --> 00:25:44,226 ARTEMIS. 743 00:25:44,226 --> 00:25:45,660 THERE WAS SOME REALLY GREAT NEWS 744 00:25:45,660 --> 00:25:48,330 OF VIPIR ON FRIDAY NIGHT. 745 00:25:48,330 --> 00:25:51,032 IT WAS CANCELLED AND NOW IT 746 00:25:51,032 --> 00:25:53,301 SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE REVIVING IT. 747 00:25:53,301 --> 00:25:54,402 THEY WERE VERY SCANTY TAILS. 748 00:25:54,402 --> 00:25:57,305 WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HOW DID IT 749 00:25:57,305 --> 00:25:58,139 COME ABOUT. 750 00:25:58,139 --> 00:25:59,774 AND -- WHAT CAN WE EXPECT. 751 00:25:59,774 --> 00:26:01,810 WILL IT LAUNCH IN 2027? 752 00:26:01,810 --> 00:26:03,011 THANK YOU. 753 00:26:03,011 --> 00:26:06,014 >> VERY EXCITED ABOUT VIPIR. 754 00:26:06,014 --> 00:26:07,349 THE ACTUAL SORT OF CANCELLATION 755 00:26:07,349 --> 00:26:09,217 OF THE PROJECT AT THE TIME 756 00:26:09,217 --> 00:26:10,585 CERTAINLY DID NOT REFLECT ANY 757 00:26:10,585 --> 00:26:13,088 LACK OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE 758 00:26:13,088 --> 00:26:15,390 SCIENCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF 759 00:26:15,390 --> 00:26:17,058 ACTUALLY GOING IN AND SAMPLING 760 00:26:17,058 --> 00:26:19,227 FOR VOLATILES ON THE MOON. 761 00:26:19,227 --> 00:26:21,296 UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH, AT THAT 762 00:26:21,296 --> 00:26:23,064 TIME, WE DID NOT HAVE A PATH 763 00:26:23,064 --> 00:26:25,166 FORWARD FOR THE VIPIR MISSION 764 00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:27,669 WITH A LANDER .SO WE MADE THE 765 00:26:27,669 --> 00:26:29,137 VERY DIFFICULT DECISION TO 766 00:26:29,137 --> 00:26:31,773 ACTUALLY SORT OF TIE A BOW 767 00:26:31,773 --> 00:26:33,141 ON VIPIR. 768 00:26:33,141 --> 00:26:34,609 WE CONTINUED IT THROUGH THE 769 00:26:34,609 --> 00:26:34,976 TESTING. 770 00:26:34,976 --> 00:26:37,012 AND SO IT IS COMPLETELY SAFE. 771 00:26:37,012 --> 00:26:39,581 IT IS BEING STORED VERY, VERY 772 00:26:39,581 --> 00:26:41,716 WELL. 773 00:26:41,716 --> 00:26:43,251 AWAITING A LAUNCH VEHICLE OR -- 774 00:26:43,251 --> 00:26:44,719 SORRY, A LANDING -- WRONG 775 00:26:44,719 --> 00:26:45,387 MISSION. 776 00:26:45,387 --> 00:26:47,088 A LANDER. 777 00:26:47,088 --> 00:26:54,229 AND WITH YOU PUT OUT A COUPLE OF 778 00:26:54,229 --> 00:26:55,463 CALLS FOR PARTNERSHIP. 779 00:26:55,463 --> 00:26:57,732 AND GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF 780 00:26:57,732 --> 00:26:59,467 STEPS TO FIND THE RIGHT RIDE. 781 00:26:59,467 --> 00:27:01,102 IT WAS ACTUALLY SOLICITED 782 00:27:01,102 --> 00:27:06,274 THROUGH ECLIPSE, PAYROLL CALL. 783 00:27:06,274 --> 00:27:08,677 OUR ECLIPSE VENDOR WERE ABLE TO 784 00:27:08,677 --> 00:27:11,479 PROPOSE AND WE WERE EXCITED OF 785 00:27:11,479 --> 00:27:13,381 THE SUCCESSFUL PROPOSAL COMING 786 00:27:13,381 --> 00:27:14,816 IN FROM BLUE ORIGIN. 787 00:27:14,816 --> 00:27:16,818 LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK WITH 788 00:27:16,818 --> 00:27:18,753 BLUE AND GETTING IT SUCCESSFUL 789 00:27:18,753 --> 00:27:21,423 AND FOR VIPIR. 790 00:27:21,423 --> 00:27:23,325 THE ACTUAL LAUNCH DATE ITSELF, 791 00:27:23,325 --> 00:27:25,260 REFER TO YOU BLUE TO GET MORE 792 00:27:25,260 --> 00:27:27,095 DETAILS ON THAT BUT WE ARE VERY 793 00:27:27,095 --> 00:27:28,530 EXCITED OF THIS PARTNERSHIP AND 794 00:27:28,530 --> 00:27:29,764 IT DOES HIGHLIGHT OF IMPORTANCE 795 00:27:29,764 --> 00:27:31,433 OF WHAT WE DO AT NASA SCIENCE 796 00:27:31,433 --> 00:27:35,236 FOR SUPPORTING THE MOON TO MARS 797 00:27:35,236 --> 00:27:37,072 AND THE ARTEMIS PROGRAMS. 798 00:27:37,072 --> 00:27:39,808 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE 799 00:27:39,808 --> 00:27:45,814 ROOM? 800 00:27:45,814 --> 00:27:46,381 YES, SIR. 801 00:27:46,381 --> 00:27:50,618 >> YES, A QUESTION FOR JULIANNA. 802 00:27:50,618 --> 00:27:53,922 CAN YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT 803 00:27:53,922 --> 00:27:55,623 MORE THE SEQUENCE OF DEPLOYMENTS 804 00:27:55,623 --> 00:27:56,491 OF THE THREE PROBES. 805 00:27:56,491 --> 00:27:59,494 WE KNOW THE THREE OF THEM ARE 806 00:27:59,494 --> 00:28:02,263 GOING TO L-1. 807 00:28:02,263 --> 00:28:03,765 ARE THEY TRAVELING TOGETHER? 808 00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:06,101 HOW IS THE SEQUENCE GOING TO 809 00:28:06,101 --> 00:28:06,401 WORK. 810 00:28:06,401 --> 00:28:08,136 >> SURE. 811 00:28:08,136 --> 00:28:10,939 HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THAT AND 812 00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:13,074 DENTON, FEEL FREE TO CHIME IF 813 00:28:13,074 --> 00:28:13,908 YOU WOULD LIKE TO. 814 00:28:13,908 --> 00:28:16,644 THREE PAYLOADS THAT GO TO THE 815 00:28:16,644 --> 00:28:19,481 SAME PLACE HL-1. 816 00:28:19,481 --> 00:28:21,850 FALCONS WILL LIFT OFF. 817 00:28:21,850 --> 00:28:22,851 THEY WILL SEPARATE. 818 00:28:22,851 --> 00:28:24,018 THE STAGES WILL PERFORM TWO 819 00:28:24,018 --> 00:28:24,352 BURNS. 820 00:28:24,352 --> 00:28:25,854 AFTER COMPLETED THE SECOND BURN, 821 00:28:25,854 --> 00:28:27,989 THE FIRST PAYLOAD TO BE DEPLOYED 822 00:28:27,989 --> 00:28:29,391 IS I MACHINE. 823 00:28:29,391 --> 00:28:32,727 THAT AND THEN SWIFTLE L-1 AND 824 00:28:32,727 --> 00:28:37,165 CARUTHERS IN THAT ORDER. 825 00:28:37,165 --> 00:28:41,403 I-MAP, SWIFTLE L-1 AND CARUTHERS 826 00:28:41,403 --> 00:28:44,105 WITHIN TEN MINUTES OF EACH 827 00:28:44,105 --> 00:28:44,439 OTHER. 828 00:28:44,439 --> 00:28:46,174 AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER 829 00:28:46,174 --> 00:28:46,674 LIFTOFF. 830 00:28:46,674 --> 00:28:47,008 DENTON. 831 00:28:47,008 --> 00:28:49,310 IF YOU WANT TO CHIME IN. 832 00:28:49,310 --> 00:28:51,346 >> I MAN WILL BE DEPLOYED AN 833 00:28:51,346 --> 00:28:54,416 HOUR AND 20 MINUTES AFTER T-0 834 00:28:54,416 --> 00:28:57,419 AND SWIFTLE L-1 WILL BE SEVEN 835 00:28:57,419 --> 00:28:58,620 MINUTES AFTER I MAP. 836 00:28:58,620 --> 00:29:01,356 AND CARUTHERS WILL BE SIX 837 00:29:01,356 --> 00:29:04,526 MINUTES AFTER SWIFTLE L 1. 838 00:29:04,526 --> 00:29:05,894 >> LET'S GO TO THE PHONES NOW 839 00:29:05,894 --> 00:29:08,029 FOR OUR NEXT QUESTION. 840 00:29:08,029 --> 00:29:09,731 WILL ROBINSON SMITH WITH SPACE 841 00:29:09,731 --> 00:29:11,299 FLIGHT NOW. 842 00:29:11,299 --> 00:29:13,034 GO AHEAD. 843 00:29:13,034 --> 00:29:13,902 >> HEY, DARYL. 844 00:29:13,902 --> 00:29:14,936 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 845 00:29:14,936 --> 00:29:18,039 AND THANKS FOR THE PANEL. 846 00:29:18,039 --> 00:29:19,040 APOLOGIZE FOR THE CAR NOISE IN 847 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:19,941 THE BACKGROUND. 848 00:29:19,941 --> 00:29:22,277 TRAVELLING TO HOUSTON AHEAD OF 849 00:29:22,277 --> 00:29:24,879 THE INTRE DUNKS OF THE ASTRONAUT 850 00:29:24,879 --> 00:29:26,047 CLASS ON MONDAY. 851 00:29:26,047 --> 00:29:28,116 QUESTION TO NIKKI FOX. 852 00:29:28,116 --> 00:29:29,484 OF COURSE, WE ARE A COUPLE OF 853 00:29:29,484 --> 00:29:32,554 WEEKS AWAY FROM A POTENTIAL 854 00:29:32,554 --> 00:29:33,354 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN YET AGAIN. 855 00:29:33,354 --> 00:29:35,390 AND A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY ABOUT 856 00:29:35,390 --> 00:29:36,825 WHERE THAT LEAVES THE NASA 857 00:29:36,825 --> 00:29:38,927 BUDGET, IN PARTICULAR, THE 858 00:29:38,927 --> 00:29:40,528 SCIENCE BUDGET, AS TO WHETHER OR 859 00:29:40,528 --> 00:29:42,997 NOT IT WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE 860 00:29:42,997 --> 00:29:44,833 PROPOSED CUTS FROM THE OFFICE OF 861 00:29:44,833 --> 00:29:46,901 MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OR IF 862 00:29:46,901 --> 00:29:48,236 THERE IS A DIFFERENT OPERATING 863 00:29:48,236 --> 00:29:51,306 LEVEL THAT YOU GUYS WILL USE. 864 00:29:51,306 --> 00:29:54,042 SO I GUESS CAN YOU PROVIDE SOME 865 00:29:54,042 --> 00:29:55,944 CLARITY IF THE GOVERNMENT SHUTS 866 00:29:55,944 --> 00:29:58,646 DOWN, WHAT THEN, ESPECIALLY WHAT 867 00:29:58,646 --> 00:30:00,181 HAPPENS TO THE IMPORTANT SCIENCE 868 00:30:00,181 --> 00:30:02,250 MISSIONS AT RISK OF BEING 869 00:30:02,250 --> 00:30:04,686 UNFUNDED OR DEFUNDED IN THAT 870 00:30:04,686 --> 00:30:05,053 SCENARIO? 871 00:30:05,053 --> 00:30:05,487 THANK YOU. 872 00:30:05,487 --> 00:30:07,088 >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE 873 00:30:07,088 --> 00:30:07,489 QUESTION. 874 00:30:07,489 --> 00:30:09,357 AS WE DO WITH EVERY POSSIBLE 875 00:30:09,357 --> 00:30:13,595 GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN, WE PLAN OUR 876 00:30:13,595 --> 00:30:14,362 -- FOR THE CONTINGENCY 877 00:30:14,362 --> 00:30:14,796 OPERATIONS. 878 00:30:14,796 --> 00:30:16,331 WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE ARE 879 00:30:16,331 --> 00:30:22,637 PROTECTING LEAVE AND -- LIFE AND 880 00:30:22,637 --> 00:30:23,304 PROPERTY AND THE MISSION 881 00:30:23,304 --> 00:30:24,172 INFORMATION SPACE THAT ARE 882 00:30:24,172 --> 00:30:24,572 OPERATING. 883 00:30:24,572 --> 00:30:27,175 AND CLEARLY WE DON'T ANTICIPATE 884 00:30:27,175 --> 00:30:28,910 ANY SLIPS TO THIS LAUNCH. 885 00:30:28,910 --> 00:30:31,112 LOOKING DOWN THE TABLE. 886 00:30:31,112 --> 00:30:32,714 AND SO YOU KNOW, THESE MISSIONS 887 00:30:32,714 --> 00:30:34,482 WILL BE UP IN SPACE OBVIOUSLY 888 00:30:34,482 --> 00:30:36,050 MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE -- WE 889 00:30:36,050 --> 00:30:39,487 ARE ABLE TO OPERATE THEM AND DO 890 00:30:39,487 --> 00:30:40,655 ALL THOSE VERY CRUCIAL THINGS 891 00:30:40,655 --> 00:30:41,823 REALLY IMPORTANT EVEN IN THE 892 00:30:41,823 --> 00:30:43,324 UNLIKELY EVENT THAT MAYBE THE 893 00:30:43,324 --> 00:30:45,193 WEATHER CAUSE AS SLIP. 894 00:30:45,193 --> 00:30:47,061 WE WOULD STILL HAVE THESE 895 00:30:47,061 --> 00:30:48,229 PRIORITIZED AS, OF COURSE, AT 896 00:30:48,229 --> 00:30:50,365 THIS POINT WE WOULD BE RISKING 897 00:30:50,365 --> 00:30:52,634 DAMAGE TO OUR PROPERTY IF WE 898 00:30:52,634 --> 00:30:54,335 DIDN'T ACTUALLY LAUNCH THEM. 899 00:30:54,335 --> 00:30:56,704 AND SO I HAVE NO CONCERNS ABOUT 900 00:30:56,704 --> 00:30:59,007 THE CARE AND FEEDING THAT WILL 901 00:30:59,007 --> 00:31:00,875 BE GIVEN TO THESE THREE 902 00:31:00,875 --> 00:31:01,242 MISSIONS. 903 00:31:01,242 --> 00:31:03,344 THEY ARE ALL VERY CRITICAL, AND 904 00:31:03,344 --> 00:31:05,146 THEY ARE CRITICAL FOR MANY 905 00:31:05,146 --> 00:31:05,813 GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES. 906 00:31:05,813 --> 00:31:07,248 AND WE WILL CERTAINLY BE MOVING 907 00:31:07,248 --> 00:31:09,784 THEM THROUGH REGARDLESS OF THE 908 00:31:09,784 --> 00:31:11,719 SHUT DOWN. 909 00:31:11,719 --> 00:31:13,354 >> WE WILL STAY ON THE PHONE 910 00:31:13,354 --> 00:31:15,490 BRIDGE AND GO TO STEVEN CLARK 911 00:31:15,490 --> 00:31:19,093 WITH RS TECHNICA. 912 00:31:19,093 --> 00:31:19,761 >> HI. 913 00:31:19,761 --> 00:31:21,996 THANKS FOR TAKING MY QUESTION. 914 00:31:21,996 --> 00:31:23,798 JUST GO DOWN THE LINE PLEASE FOR 915 00:31:23,798 --> 00:31:26,401 EACH MISSION, A TOTAL COST. 916 00:31:26,401 --> 00:31:28,102 AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION 917 00:31:28,102 --> 00:31:29,871 OF HOW THEY GET DEPLOYED, 918 00:31:29,871 --> 00:31:31,539 FOLLOWING UP ON THAT. 919 00:31:31,539 --> 00:31:33,241 HOW LONG DOES EACH MISSION TAKE 920 00:31:33,241 --> 00:31:36,978 TO GET TO L-1 IN OPERATIONS. 921 00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:37,312 THANKS. 922 00:31:37,312 --> 00:31:40,014 >> YEAH, I CAN START FOR I-MAP 923 00:31:40,014 --> 00:31:40,715 AND CARUTHERS. 924 00:31:40,715 --> 00:31:44,352 A LIFE CYCLE COST OF $781.8 925 00:31:44,352 --> 00:31:45,553 MILLION INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT 926 00:31:45,553 --> 00:31:46,988 COSTS, LAUNCH VEHICLE COSTS AND 927 00:31:46,988 --> 00:31:49,257 OPERATIONS COSTS FOR A TWO-YEAR 928 00:31:49,257 --> 00:31:51,693 PRIME SCIENCE MISSION. 929 00:31:51,693 --> 00:31:55,029 CARUTHERS GEO CORONA OBSERVATORY 930 00:31:55,029 --> 00:31:57,899 LIFE CYCLE COST OF $97 MILLION 931 00:31:57,899 --> 00:32:00,168 INCLUDING A TWO-YEAR PRIME 932 00:32:00,168 --> 00:32:01,369 SCIENCE MISSION AND TOTAL COST 933 00:32:01,369 --> 00:32:04,305 FOR NASA TO LAUNCH THESE I MAP 934 00:32:04,305 --> 00:32:09,177 AND SECONDARY RIDE SHARES IS 935 00:32:09,177 --> 00:32:10,511 $109.4 MILLION. 936 00:32:10,511 --> 00:32:12,814 >> SWIFTLE, $192 MILLION FROM 937 00:32:12,814 --> 00:32:14,882 CONCEPT PHASE ALL THE WAY TO 938 00:32:14,882 --> 00:32:17,151 OPERATIONS AND DISPOSAL. 939 00:32:17,151 --> 00:32:20,088 THAT INCLUDES THE SWIFTLE 940 00:32:20,088 --> 00:32:21,089 SPACECRAFT, FOUR INSTRUMENTS. 941 00:32:21,089 --> 00:32:23,291 ALSO THE INSTRUMENT, THE 942 00:32:23,291 --> 00:32:25,960 FIRST S-COR ALONG WITH OUR 943 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:27,629 GROUND SEGMENT FOR OPERATIONS. 944 00:32:27,629 --> 00:32:30,798 AND WE PLAN TO BE HOPEFULLY 945 00:32:30,798 --> 00:32:33,434 OPERATIONAL AT L-1 IN ANTICIPATE 946 00:32:33,434 --> 00:32:37,071 OF 2026. 947 00:32:37,071 --> 00:32:37,839 >> AND I CAN JUST ADD BACK TO I 948 00:32:37,839 --> 00:32:40,441 MAP. 949 00:32:40,441 --> 00:32:42,744 I-MAP AND CARUTHERS ARRIVED 950 00:32:42,744 --> 00:32:48,416 AT L-1, 107 OR 108 DAY AFTER 951 00:32:48,416 --> 00:32:48,750 LAUNCH. 952 00:32:48,750 --> 00:32:51,252 BOTH ARE FULLY COMMISSIONED IN 953 00:32:51,252 --> 00:32:52,020 STARTING PRIME SCIENCE. 954 00:32:52,020 --> 00:32:53,388 >> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. 955 00:32:53,388 --> 00:32:55,690 LET'S GO BACK TO THE ROOM NOW. 956 00:32:55,690 --> 00:32:58,393 AND DO WE HAVE ANY HANDS FOR 957 00:32:58,393 --> 00:33:03,965 QUESTIONS? 958 00:33:03,965 --> 00:33:04,832 KEN? 959 00:33:04,832 --> 00:33:07,669 >> THANKS FOR FOLLOW-UP. 960 00:33:07,669 --> 00:33:09,971 YEAH, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT 961 00:33:09,971 --> 00:33:11,439 COORDINATING THESE THREE 962 00:33:11,439 --> 00:33:12,373 MISSIONS TOGETHER. 963 00:33:12,373 --> 00:33:13,241 WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THIS 964 00:33:13,241 --> 00:33:13,641 QUESTION. 965 00:33:13,641 --> 00:33:15,309 THAT HAS GOT TO BE A LOT OF 966 00:33:15,309 --> 00:33:17,478 CHALLENGES AND HURDLES TO THAT. 967 00:33:17,478 --> 00:33:18,646 YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT. 968 00:33:18,646 --> 00:33:21,315 CAN YOU GO INTO THAT IN DETAIL, 969 00:33:21,315 --> 00:33:21,649 PLEASE. 970 00:33:21,649 --> 00:33:23,351 AND I DON'T KNOW FROM THE 971 00:33:23,351 --> 00:33:24,719 BEGINNING THESE THREE MISSIONS 972 00:33:24,719 --> 00:33:26,054 WERE PLANNED TO BE TOGETHER OR 973 00:33:26,054 --> 00:33:28,456 HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? 974 00:33:28,456 --> 00:33:35,763 THANKS. 975 00:33:35,763 --> 00:33:38,032 >> I WILL TAKE LAST BIT FIRST. 976 00:33:38,032 --> 00:33:39,834 I-MAP WAS COMPETED AND SELECTED 977 00:33:39,834 --> 00:33:42,336 IN 2018 -- COMPETED THROUGH 978 00:33:42,336 --> 00:33:42,637 2017. 979 00:33:42,637 --> 00:33:46,441 DURING THAT TIME THE HELIO 980 00:33:46,441 --> 00:33:47,875 PHYSICS DIVISION UNDER THE 981 00:33:47,875 --> 00:33:50,411 LEADERSHIP OF PEG LUSE HAD THIS 982 00:33:50,411 --> 00:33:53,748 WONDERFUL IDEA GOING UP TO L-1. 983 00:33:53,748 --> 00:33:55,917 WHAT ELSE CAN WE TRAVEL WITH. 984 00:33:55,917 --> 00:33:56,651 IMMEDIATE PARTNERSHIP FORMED 985 00:33:56,651 --> 00:34:00,321 WITH NOAA TO PUT THE SPACE 986 00:34:00,321 --> 00:34:02,757 WEATHER FOLLOW-ON L-1 SUBMISSION 987 00:34:02,757 --> 00:34:04,392 ON THE SAC. 988 00:34:04,392 --> 00:34:05,626 AND THE PROPOSAL TEAMS WERE 989 00:34:05,626 --> 00:34:08,730 ASKED IF IT WAS -- THE I-MAP 990 00:34:08,730 --> 00:34:13,267 PROPOSAL TEAMS LAUNCH THEIR 991 00:34:13,267 --> 00:34:14,535 TRAJECTORY TO PUT TOGETHER A 992 00:34:14,535 --> 00:34:16,704 PLAN AND AN ACTUAL CALL FOR RIDE 993 00:34:16,704 --> 00:34:18,940 SHARES FOR THE I MAP MISSION 994 00:34:18,940 --> 00:34:21,342 THAT WENT OUT IN 2018. 995 00:34:21,342 --> 00:34:24,145 THE CARUTHERS -- CALLED "GLIDE" 996 00:34:24,145 --> 00:34:26,647 AT THE TIME BUT THE CORE RON 997 00:34:26,647 --> 00:34:30,118 KNOW GEO OBSERVATORY SELECTED AS 998 00:34:30,118 --> 00:34:30,952 PAYLOAD. 999 00:34:30,952 --> 00:34:32,987 ANOTHER PAYLOAD WAS TECHNOLOGY 1000 00:34:32,987 --> 00:34:33,788 DEMONSTRATION AND UNFORTUNATELY 1001 00:34:33,788 --> 00:34:35,089 WAS NOT CONFIRMED. 1002 00:34:35,089 --> 00:34:38,292 IT WAS A SORT OF WELL-THOUGHT 1003 00:34:38,292 --> 00:34:40,194 OUT PLAN TO HAVE THE MISSIONS 1004 00:34:40,194 --> 00:34:42,230 TOGETHER ON THE STACK. 1005 00:34:42,230 --> 00:34:42,563 DENTON. 1006 00:34:42,563 --> 00:34:48,402 >> AS NIKKI MENTIONED, ONCE THE 1007 00:34:48,402 --> 00:34:49,203 DECISIONS WERE MADE TO HAVE ALL 1008 00:34:49,203 --> 00:34:49,937 THREE ON THE STACK, SLP STARTS 1009 00:34:49,937 --> 00:34:50,738 WORKING WITH THE SPACECRAFT TO 1010 00:34:50,738 --> 00:34:52,106 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS 1011 00:34:52,106 --> 00:34:52,673 ARE. 1012 00:34:52,673 --> 00:34:54,642 ONCE THEY PUT OUT PROPOSAL FOR 1013 00:34:54,642 --> 00:34:57,745 LAUNCH SERVICES AND SPACE X IS 1014 00:34:57,745 --> 00:34:59,647 SELECTED OUR TEAM STARTS TO WORK 1015 00:34:59,647 --> 00:35:04,118 WITH SPACE X YEARS IN ADVANCE TO 1016 00:35:04,118 --> 00:35:05,953 MAKE SURE THAT ALL CAN BE MET 1017 00:35:05,953 --> 00:35:08,089 AND WITH THE FALCON 9 YEARS OF 1018 00:35:08,089 --> 00:35:10,391 PLANNING AND MONTHS OF 1019 00:35:10,391 --> 00:35:10,792 EXECUTION. 1020 00:35:10,792 --> 00:35:11,993 >> ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. 1021 00:35:11,993 --> 00:35:14,195 >> WHAT ABOUT SPACE X? 1022 00:35:14,195 --> 00:35:15,429 WHAT DID YOU HAVE IN PARTICULAR 1023 00:35:15,429 --> 00:35:16,731 TO MAKE IT HAPPEN? 1024 00:35:16,731 --> 00:35:16,998 >>. 1025 00:35:16,998 --> 00:35:17,398 >> SURE. 1026 00:35:17,398 --> 00:35:19,200 YEAH, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR 1027 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:19,667 THE QUESTION. 1028 00:35:19,667 --> 00:35:21,002 HE ASKED WHAT CAN WE DO IN 1029 00:35:21,002 --> 00:35:22,637 PARTICULAR TO MAKE THE MISSION 1030 00:35:22,637 --> 00:35:22,970 HAPPEN. 1031 00:35:22,970 --> 00:35:24,639 AS HAS BEEN TOUCHED ON, WE HAD 1032 00:35:24,639 --> 00:35:27,875 TO LOOK AT ALL THE SPACECRAFT 1033 00:35:27,875 --> 00:35:28,709 REQUIREMENTS AND MAKE SURE WE 1034 00:35:28,709 --> 00:35:30,077 CAN SUPPORT THEM ON THE MISSION. 1035 00:35:30,077 --> 00:35:31,112 VERY FUN EXAMPLES OF 1036 00:35:31,112 --> 00:35:32,480 REQUIREMENTS WITH THE TO WORK 1037 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:32,847 THROUGH. 1038 00:35:32,847 --> 00:35:36,517 MY FAVORITE ONE IS THAT EACH 1039 00:35:36,517 --> 00:35:38,820 SPACECRAFT, I MAP, SWIFTLE AND 1040 00:35:38,820 --> 00:35:45,493 CARUTHERS CONTINUEH-ZERO 1041 00:35:45,493 --> 00:35:48,429 NITROGEN PURGE OF MOISTURE 1042 00:35:48,429 --> 00:35:49,230 SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT RIGHT UP 1043 00:35:49,230 --> 00:35:50,298 INTO LIFTOFF. 1044 00:35:50,298 --> 00:35:53,501 EACH IN THEIR OWN NITROGEN 1045 00:35:53,501 --> 00:35:54,202 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OWN 1046 00:35:54,202 --> 00:35:55,503 PRESSURES AND FLOW RATES AND 1047 00:35:55,503 --> 00:35:58,339 UNIQUE SYSTEM TO HAVE OUR 1048 00:35:58,339 --> 00:36:00,074 THREE-HEADED BEAST OF NITROGEN 1049 00:36:00,074 --> 00:36:02,009 PICK FOR THE SPACECRAFT. 1050 00:36:02,009 --> 00:36:03,511 ANOTHER THING THAT CAME TO LINE 1051 00:36:03,511 --> 00:36:07,348 AND DR. FOX MENTIONED THIS, I 1052 00:36:07,348 --> 00:36:09,150 MAP IS A SPIN STATION. 1053 00:36:09,150 --> 00:36:10,685 WE HAVE TO SPIN THE SECOND STAGE 1054 00:36:10,685 --> 00:36:14,155 FOR OUR -- SORRY, 24 DEGREES PER 1055 00:36:14,155 --> 00:36:17,058 SECOND, PRETTY FAST TO DEPLOY 1056 00:36:17,058 --> 00:36:18,292 THE SPACECRAFT. 1057 00:36:18,292 --> 00:36:20,494 WE HAD TO MAKE SURE DEPLOYING I 1058 00:36:20,494 --> 00:36:23,364 MAP -- HAVEN'T DEPLOYED SWIFTHLE 1059 00:36:23,364 --> 00:36:24,298 OR CARUTHERS. 1060 00:36:24,298 --> 00:36:27,235 WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN THE SPIN 1061 00:36:27,235 --> 00:36:32,573 AND DEPLOY THE SWIFTLE AND 1062 00:36:32,573 --> 00:36:32,974 CARUTHERS. 1063 00:36:32,974 --> 00:36:34,942 >> ONE OF THE CLEANEST 1064 00:36:34,942 --> 00:36:36,711 ENVIRONMENTS FOR SPACE-X ON THIS 1065 00:36:36,711 --> 00:36:37,111 PIGS. 1066 00:36:37,111 --> 00:36:39,280 THANK YOU, JULIANNA. 1067 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,581 LET'S GO IN THE ROOM TO THE 1068 00:36:40,581 --> 00:36:41,215 GENTLEMAN ON THE BACK. 1069 00:36:41,215 --> 00:36:43,818 >> JOEL OCKEBACK. 1070 00:36:43,818 --> 00:36:44,352 FREELANCE. 1071 00:36:44,352 --> 00:36:46,187 I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DR. FOX. 1072 00:36:46,187 --> 00:36:48,122 FOLLOWING UP THE FIRST QUESTION 1073 00:36:48,122 --> 00:36:51,259 WE HEARD, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF 1074 00:36:51,259 --> 00:36:53,794 ALL THESE OTHER SCIENCE MISSIONS 1075 00:36:53,794 --> 00:36:57,098 THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WILL BE 1076 00:36:57,098 --> 00:36:58,799 IMPERILLED IF THE PRESIDENT'S 1077 00:36:58,799 --> 00:37:01,736 BUDGET REQUEST WERE ADOPTED. 1078 00:37:01,736 --> 00:37:03,804 CAN YOU GIVE US SOME CLARITY OF 1079 00:37:03,804 --> 00:37:06,307 WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE 1080 00:37:06,307 --> 00:37:06,974 NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. 1081 00:37:06,974 --> 00:37:09,844 HAVE THE LEADERS OF THESE 1082 00:37:09,844 --> 00:37:12,246 MISSIONS BEEN TOLD TO PREPARE TO 1083 00:37:12,246 --> 00:37:17,051 SHUT DOWN THESE OPERATIONAL 1084 00:37:17,051 --> 00:37:19,253 SPACECRAFT? 1085 00:37:19,253 --> 00:37:21,222 THERE IS A CONTINGENCY IN CASE 1086 00:37:21,222 --> 00:37:22,590 THE PRESIDENT'S REQUEST IS 1087 00:37:22,590 --> 00:37:23,691 ADOPTED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT 1088 00:37:23,691 --> 00:37:25,493 IS ADOPTED. 1089 00:37:25,493 --> 00:37:27,561 WHAT DO YOU TELL THE LEADERS OF 1090 00:37:27,561 --> 00:37:29,230 ALL THESE MISSIONS WHETHER THEIR 1091 00:37:29,230 --> 00:37:34,568 MARS ORBITERS OR NEW HORIZONS 1092 00:37:34,568 --> 00:37:37,238 AND LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE 1093 00:37:37,238 --> 00:37:37,672 OBSERVATORY. 1094 00:37:37,672 --> 00:37:38,439 WHAT ARE YOU TELLING THOSE 1095 00:37:38,439 --> 00:37:40,007 PEOPLE RUNNING THOSE MISSIONS. 1096 00:37:40,007 --> 00:37:40,508 >> THANK YOU. 1097 00:37:40,508 --> 00:37:41,943 THAT A GREAT QUESTION. 1098 00:37:41,943 --> 00:37:43,678 OBVIOUSLY THE INFORMATION THAT 1099 00:37:43,678 --> 00:37:46,247 WE HAVE IN THE PRESIDENT'S 1100 00:37:46,247 --> 00:37:47,081 BUDGET, TECHNICAL SUPPLEMENT 1101 00:37:47,081 --> 00:37:56,824 RELEASED ON MAY31. 1102 00:37:56,824 --> 00:37:57,558 I EN ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK ON 1103 00:37:57,558 --> 00:37:58,059 THAT BUDGET CAP. 1104 00:37:58,059 --> 00:37:58,859 WHEN THAT WAS RELEASED WE DID AS 1105 00:37:58,859 --> 00:38:00,328 WE ALWAYS DO, ASK THE MISSIONS 1106 00:38:00,328 --> 00:38:02,463 FOR A PLAN OF WHAT IT WOULD 1107 00:38:02,463 --> 00:38:02,797 TAKE. 1108 00:38:02,797 --> 00:38:04,699 WHAT A SHUTDOWN LOOKS LIKE IF -- 1109 00:38:04,699 --> 00:38:06,133 IF, INDEED, THAT IS THE 1110 00:38:06,133 --> 00:38:08,302 DIRECTION THAT WE GET. 1111 00:38:08,302 --> 00:38:10,571 WE ARE, OF COURSE, LIKE ANY 1112 00:38:10,571 --> 00:38:12,640 OTHER AGENCY ANTICIPATING AN 1113 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,675 APPROPRIATION TO TELL US 1114 00:38:14,675 --> 00:38:16,410 EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WILL 1115 00:38:16,410 --> 00:38:18,913 DO MOVING FORWARD AND NASA AS AN 1116 00:38:18,913 --> 00:38:21,015 AGENCY ALWAYS FOLLOWS THE LAW. 1117 00:38:21,015 --> 00:38:22,483 WORKS CLOSELY WITNESS OFFICE OF 1118 00:38:22,483 --> 00:38:23,851 MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET AND WITH 1119 00:38:23,851 --> 00:38:25,720 OUR APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES TO 1120 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:28,055 ENSURE THAT WHAT WE DO. 1121 00:38:28,055 --> 00:38:30,224 WE, OF COURSE, EVERYTHING WE DO 1122 00:38:30,224 --> 00:38:30,858 FOLLOWS ADMINISTRATION 1123 00:38:30,858 --> 00:38:31,759 PRIORITIES AND EVERYTHING WE DO 1124 00:38:31,759 --> 00:38:33,361 IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE NATION. 1125 00:38:33,361 --> 00:38:35,363 AND SO WE WAIT TO FIND OUT WHAT 1126 00:38:35,363 --> 00:38:36,731 THE LEVEL OF -- YOU OF RESOURCE 1127 00:38:36,731 --> 00:38:38,499 ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE 1128 00:38:38,499 --> 00:38:41,635 TO PUSH ALL THAT FORWARD. 1129 00:38:41,635 --> 00:38:42,136 >> RIGHT. 1130 00:38:42,136 --> 00:38:43,704 BACK TO THE PHONE BRIDGE NOW. 1131 00:38:43,704 --> 00:38:47,108 JEFF FAUST WITH SPACE NEWS. 1132 00:38:47,108 --> 00:38:49,310 GO AHEAD. 1133 00:38:49,310 --> 00:38:51,412 >> FOLLOW-UP WITH JOEL'S 1134 00:38:51,412 --> 00:38:52,380 QUESTION FOR NIKKI. 1135 00:38:52,380 --> 00:38:54,548 A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED. 1136 00:38:54,548 --> 00:38:56,751 IF COME FIRST OF OCTOBER, EVEN 1137 00:38:56,751 --> 00:38:58,586 IF WE HAVE A CR, THERE ARE 1138 00:38:58,586 --> 00:39:00,388 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND 1139 00:39:00,388 --> 00:39:03,024 SENATE FUNDING LEVELS FOR NASA 1140 00:39:03,024 --> 00:39:04,592 SCIENCE WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM 1141 00:39:04,592 --> 00:39:09,497 WHAT IS IN THE ADMINISTRATION'S 1142 00:39:09,497 --> 00:39:09,864 PROPOSAL. 1143 00:39:09,864 --> 00:39:10,531 HAVE YOU BEEN GIVEN ANY 1144 00:39:10,531 --> 00:39:12,366 DIRECTION WHAT LEVEL OF FUNDING 1145 00:39:12,366 --> 00:39:13,634 TO PLAN FOR DURING THE TIME WHEN 1146 00:39:13,634 --> 00:39:16,404 THE CR KICKS IN IF THERE IS A CR 1147 00:39:16,404 --> 00:39:18,139 UNTIL WE GET A FINAL 1148 00:39:18,139 --> 00:39:19,240 APPROPRIATIONS BILL? 1149 00:39:19,240 --> 00:39:19,640 THANK YOU. 1150 00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,275 >> SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING 1151 00:39:21,275 --> 00:39:23,177 THE DETAILS OF THAT CR AND 1152 00:39:23,177 --> 00:39:24,512 WHATEVER WE ARE ASKED TO DO. 1153 00:39:24,512 --> 00:39:26,347 WE ARE READY TO IMPLEMENT. 1154 00:39:26,347 --> 00:39:28,582 >> JUST A REMINDER, WE HAVE OUR 1155 00:39:28,582 --> 00:39:29,650 INDIVIDUAL -- ALL YOU HAVE OUR 1156 00:39:29,650 --> 00:39:31,385 INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PANEL HERE 1157 00:39:31,385 --> 00:39:35,890 TODAY ARE EXPERT ON THE I MAP, 1158 00:39:35,890 --> 00:39:37,758 SWIFTLEL 1 AND CARUTHERS 1159 00:39:37,758 --> 00:39:38,125 MISSION. 1160 00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:39,794 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF 1161 00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:40,928 THAT, WE CERTAINLY WELCOME 1162 00:39:40,928 --> 00:39:41,262 THOSE. 1163 00:39:41,262 --> 00:39:42,930 AND THE GENTLEMAN -- LET'S GO TO 1164 00:39:42,930 --> 00:39:45,066 ONE MORE ON THE PHONE LINE. 1165 00:39:45,066 --> 00:39:51,272 I THINK WILL ROBINSON SMITH IS 1166 00:39:51,272 --> 00:39:52,473 QUEUE. 1167 00:39:52,473 --> 00:39:53,407 >> THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING A 1168 00:39:53,407 --> 00:39:54,708 FOLLOW-UP, DARYL. 1169 00:39:54,708 --> 00:39:56,177 TO IRENE PARKER. 1170 00:39:56,177 --> 00:39:59,146 YOU MENTIONED THAT OBVIOUSLY 1171 00:39:59,146 --> 00:40:03,084 SWIFT L-1 IS THE BEGINNING OF 1172 00:40:03,084 --> 00:40:04,718 THIS NEXT EVOLUTION IN SPACE 1173 00:40:04,718 --> 00:40:06,754 WEATHER TRACKING AND WARNING 1174 00:40:06,754 --> 00:40:11,692 SYSTEMS UNDER NOAA AS PURVIEW. 1175 00:40:11,692 --> 00:40:13,127 I AM WONDER WHAT IS THE NEXT 1176 00:40:13,127 --> 00:40:16,764 STEPS OF GETTING TO THAT MARKER 1177 00:40:16,764 --> 00:40:18,666 AND IN THE LATE 2020s WORKING 1178 00:40:18,666 --> 00:40:20,801 WITH CONGRESS TO SECURE THE 1179 00:40:20,801 --> 00:40:21,168 FUNDING. 1180 00:40:21,168 --> 00:40:23,137 HOW SOON DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT 1181 00:40:23,137 --> 00:40:25,406 IN HAND BEFORE YOU START 1182 00:40:25,406 --> 00:40:28,676 ACTUALLY BUILDING OUT THESE 1183 00:40:28,676 --> 00:40:29,844 SPACECRAFTS. 1184 00:40:29,844 --> 00:40:30,177 THANK. 1185 00:40:30,177 --> 00:40:33,013 >> THE FOLLOW-ON OUT YOU HAVE 1186 00:40:33,013 --> 00:40:35,049 SWIFT L-1 IS SOLAR. 1187 00:40:35,049 --> 00:40:37,017 AND AWARDED THE I BELIEVE 1188 00:40:37,017 --> 00:40:37,918 INSTRUMENT AND SPACE CONTRACTS 1189 00:40:37,918 --> 00:40:40,020 ALREADY FOR THAT WITH THE 1190 00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:40,754 SUPPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION 1191 00:40:40,754 --> 00:40:41,322 AND CONGRESS. 1192 00:40:41,322 --> 00:40:42,923 SO WE ARE MOVING OUT ON THAT. 1193 00:40:42,923 --> 00:40:49,363 SO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ON TRACK 1194 00:40:49,363 --> 00:40:50,097 FOR A 2029-2030 LAUNCH FOR 1195 00:40:50,097 --> 00:40:51,966 SOLAR A. 1196 00:40:51,966 --> 00:40:52,967 >> THANK YOU. 1197 00:40:52,967 --> 00:40:58,172 AND ON THE ONLINE NOW, KENNETH C 1198 00:40:58,172 --> 00:41:01,976 HAD --CHANG WITH THE NEW YORK 1199 00:41:01,976 --> 00:41:02,309 TIMES. 1200 00:41:02,309 --> 00:41:04,712 >> REQUEST QUESTION FOR IRENE 1201 00:41:04,712 --> 00:41:05,579 PARKER. 1202 00:41:05,579 --> 00:41:08,182 WHAT IS WITH DISCOVER STAND 1203 00:41:08,182 --> 00:41:10,584 SWIVET L-1. 1204 00:41:10,584 --> 00:41:13,020 WITH NIKKI FOX, WHAT WARNING 1205 00:41:13,020 --> 00:41:14,355 SYSTEMS FOR ASTRONAUTS THAT 1206 00:41:14,355 --> 00:41:15,956 AREN'T ON SWIFT-L. 1207 00:41:15,956 --> 00:41:18,425 >> FOR THE STATUS OF DISCOVER, 1208 00:41:18,425 --> 00:41:19,894 AS OF JULY, WE HAVE NOT BEEN 1209 00:41:19,894 --> 00:41:22,163 ABLE TO BE FULLY IN 1210 00:41:22,163 --> 00:41:23,364 COMMUNICATION WITH DISCOVER; 1211 00:41:23,364 --> 00:41:26,500 HOWEVER, IT IS A SECONDARY SPACE 1212 00:41:26,500 --> 00:41:27,902 WEATHER MISSION. 1213 00:41:27,902 --> 00:41:30,271 AND WE HAVE OUR PRIMARY MISSIONS 1214 00:41:30,271 --> 00:41:33,474 OF ACE AND SOHO THAT IS 1215 00:41:33,474 --> 00:41:34,875 PROVIDING TYPE OF INFORMATION 1216 00:41:34,875 --> 00:41:38,345 FROM SOLAR WINDS TO INFORMATION. 1217 00:41:38,345 --> 00:41:39,713 SWIFT-L COMPARED TO DISCOVER 1218 00:41:39,713 --> 00:41:41,048 WILL HAVE ACTUALLY HAVE HIGHER 1219 00:41:41,048 --> 00:41:43,817 CAPABILITY AND REDUCE THE 1220 00:41:43,817 --> 00:41:45,653 LATENCY TIME FOR INFORMATION 1221 00:41:45,653 --> 00:41:49,223 COMING FROM OUR L-1 CAPABILITY 1222 00:41:49,223 --> 00:41:51,192 FOR, LIKE, SOLAR WINDS AND ALSO 1223 00:41:51,192 --> 00:41:53,794 WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF 1224 00:41:53,794 --> 00:41:57,464 A C-CORE TO SEE THE CMEs THAT 1225 00:41:57,464 --> 00:41:58,966 DISCOVER CURRENTLY CANNOT 1226 00:41:58,966 --> 00:42:02,636 BUT SOHO CAN. 1227 00:42:02,636 --> 00:42:04,772 SWIFT-L AS GREAT REPLACEMENT 1228 00:42:04,772 --> 00:42:06,674 ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA ENSURING 1229 00:42:06,674 --> 00:42:10,711 FULL 24-7 CONTINUITY POSTS THE 1230 00:42:10,711 --> 00:42:11,979 WONDERFUL MISSIONS OF ACE 1231 00:42:11,979 --> 00:42:15,549 AND SOHO THAT THEY HAVE BEEN 1232 00:42:15,549 --> 00:42:16,650 DOING WITH I DON'T SEEN KNOW HOW 1233 00:42:16,650 --> 00:42:18,118 MANY YEARS BEYOND THEIR 1234 00:42:18,118 --> 00:42:20,120 LIFETIME. 1235 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:21,722 LOOKING FORWARD TO SWIFTL 1236 00:42:21,722 --> 00:42:22,089 LAUNCHING. 1237 00:42:22,089 --> 00:42:23,958 >> FOR YOUR QUESTION OF WHAT I 1238 00:42:23,958 --> 00:42:24,725 MAP HAS? 1239 00:42:24,725 --> 00:42:28,229 I DON'T LOOK SO MUCH WHAT I MAP 1240 00:42:28,229 --> 00:42:31,799 HAS THAT SWIFT DOESN'T HAVE. 1241 00:42:31,799 --> 00:42:33,067 THEY ARE DIFFERENT MISSION 1242 00:42:33,067 --> 00:42:33,400 GOALS. 1243 00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:37,137 SWIFT L HAS TO PROVIDE 24-7 AND 1244 00:42:37,137 --> 00:42:39,740 DO THAT WITH A SETS OF 1245 00:42:39,740 --> 00:42:42,176 PARAMETERS TRIED AND TRUE THAT 1246 00:42:42,176 --> 00:42:44,278 WE NODE TO YOU TO FEED INTO THE 1247 00:42:44,278 --> 00:42:44,912 MODELS. 1248 00:42:44,912 --> 00:42:47,615 I MAP IS UNFETTERED BY THE 1249 00:42:47,615 --> 00:42:48,882 OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENT. 1250 00:42:48,882 --> 00:42:52,052 WE CAN TAKE THESE EXQUISITE 1251 00:42:52,052 --> 00:42:53,420 MEASUREMENTS THAT WE CAN SEE HOW 1252 00:42:53,420 --> 00:42:55,623 THEY FIT INTO THE SPACE WEATHER 1253 00:42:55,623 --> 00:42:58,025 PUZZLE TO SEE WHAT THE NEXT 1254 00:42:58,025 --> 00:42:59,727 GENERATION -- WE ARE REALLY 1255 00:42:59,727 --> 00:43:01,662 HELPING NEXT GENERATION OF 1256 00:43:01,662 --> 00:43:02,963 OPERATIONAL MEASUREMENTS FINDING 1257 00:43:02,963 --> 00:43:06,066 THIS MAGIC ONE WE HAVEN'T 1258 00:43:06,066 --> 00:43:06,834 MEASURED BEFORE AN MEASURING IT 1259 00:43:06,834 --> 00:43:10,704 WITH I MAP AND THE GAME CHANGER 1260 00:43:10,704 --> 00:43:11,705 IN THE SPACE WEATHER FORECAST. 1261 00:43:11,705 --> 00:43:12,706 WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. 1262 00:43:12,706 --> 00:43:15,442 ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO 1263 00:43:15,442 --> 00:43:17,511 IMPROVE OUR SPACE WEATHER 1264 00:43:17,511 --> 00:43:19,446 MODELING AND WE ARE PUSHING THE 1265 00:43:19,446 --> 00:43:22,016 BOUNDARIES, MAKING FIRST OF ITS 1266 00:43:22,016 --> 00:43:23,384 KIND MEASUREMENTS AND PUTTING 1267 00:43:23,384 --> 00:43:25,085 THE EXQUISITE MODELS TOGETHER 1268 00:43:25,085 --> 00:43:27,621 THAT CAN THEN BE TRANSFERRED 1269 00:43:27,621 --> 00:43:29,156 INTO THE OPERATIONAL 1270 00:43:29,156 --> 00:43:29,590 ENVIRONMENTS. 1271 00:43:29,590 --> 00:43:31,959 THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT -- NOT 1272 00:43:31,959 --> 00:43:34,395 WHAT ONE HAS OR WHAT ONE DOESN'T 1273 00:43:34,395 --> 00:43:36,030 HAVE, THE FOCUS OF MISSIONS AND 1274 00:43:36,030 --> 00:43:37,698 WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE PRES OF 1275 00:43:37,698 --> 00:43:39,199 SCIENCE AND DO THAT AND WE PASS 1276 00:43:39,199 --> 00:43:41,902 ANY OF OUR KNOWLEDGE AND ANY OF 1277 00:43:41,902 --> 00:43:43,737 OUR BREAK-THROUGHS GO 1278 00:43:43,737 --> 00:43:45,339 IMMEDIATELY TO OUR VERY -- VERY 1279 00:43:45,339 --> 00:43:48,609 CLOSE PARTNERS, NOAA, AS WE WANT 1280 00:43:48,609 --> 00:43:50,644 TO ENABLE BETTER WEATHER SPACE 1281 00:43:50,644 --> 00:43:51,812 FORECASTING FOR THE NATION. 1282 00:43:51,812 --> 00:43:53,781 >> WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE 1283 00:43:53,781 --> 00:43:54,748 QUESTION IN THE ROOM. 1284 00:43:54,748 --> 00:43:57,418 AND THE GENTLEMAN HERE IN THE 1285 00:43:57,418 --> 00:44:06,327 MIDDLE. 1286 00:44:06,327 --> 00:44:06,960 >> TIMOTHY MILLIGAN AND 1287 00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:07,361 FREELANCE. 1288 00:44:07,361 --> 00:44:08,696 IF FOR SOME REASON I MAP IS NOT 1289 00:44:08,696 --> 00:44:09,963 ABLE TO BE DEPLOYED. 1290 00:44:09,963 --> 00:44:11,598 WILL THAT STOP THE OTHER TWO 1291 00:44:11,598 --> 00:44:14,868 CRAFTS FROM BEING DEPLOYED? 1292 00:44:14,868 --> 00:44:16,870 >> FOR SOME REASON, IF I MAP HAS 1293 00:44:16,870 --> 00:44:19,673 AN ISSUE WITH DEPLOYMENT, FALCON 1294 00:44:19,673 --> 00:44:20,474 FLIGHT COMPUTER AND MISSION 1295 00:44:20,474 --> 00:44:22,276 SOFTWARE IS DESIGNED TO PROCEED 1296 00:44:22,276 --> 00:44:23,344 WITH THE MISSION. 1297 00:44:23,344 --> 00:44:24,611 SO THE INTENT WILL BE THAT WE 1298 00:44:24,611 --> 00:44:26,380 WOULD -- IF WE FAILED TO 1299 00:44:26,380 --> 00:44:33,253 DEPLOY I MAP, WE WOULD GET 1300 00:44:33,253 --> 00:44:34,755 SWIFT-O AND CARUTHERS. 1301 00:44:34,755 --> 00:44:35,889 >> VERY GOOD. 1302 00:44:35,889 --> 00:44:38,225 THANK YOU TO OUR PANEL FOR 1303 00:44:38,225 --> 00:44:39,626 JOINING US AN GIVING US ALL THE 1304 00:44:39,626 --> 00:44:39,993 INSIGHT. 1305 00:44:39,993 --> 00:44:42,262 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE 1306 00:44:42,262 --> 00:44:44,298 OF THE THREE NEW SPACE WEATHER 1307 00:44:44,298 --> 00:44:47,401 MISSIONS TOGETHER VISIT 1308 00:44:47,401 --> 00:44:47,835 NASA.GOV/SUN. 1309 00:44:47,835 --> 00:44:48,569 ALSO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT 1310 00:44:48,569 --> 00:44:50,404 THAT SCIENCE, MAKE SURE YOU TUNE 1311 00:44:50,404 --> 00:44:52,506 N TO THE SCIENCE NEWS CONFERENCE 1312 00:44:52,506 --> 00:44:54,208 AT 3:45 P.M. EASTERN TIME. 1313 00:44:54,208 --> 00:44:55,542 THAT IS TODAY. 1314 00:44:55,542 --> 00:44:57,978 WE WILL HAVE EXPERTS FROM NASA, 1315 00:44:57,978 --> 00:44:59,046 NOAA, PRINCETON AND THE 1316 00:44:59,046 --> 00:45:00,748 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. 1317 00:45:00,748 --> 00:45:01,849 FINALLY, LAUNCH DAY, OF COURSE 1318 00:45:01,849 --> 00:45:04,251 HAVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER SET 1319 00:45:04,251 --> 00:45:06,153 FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23. 1320 00:45:06,153 --> 00:45:08,589 OUR COVERAGE ON NASA PLUS, 1321 00:45:08,589 --> 00:45:10,457 YOUTUBE, AMAZON PRIME AND MORE 1322 00:45:10,457 --> 00:45:13,594 BEGINS AT 6:40 A.M. EASTERN 1323 00:45:13,594 --> 00:45:13,961 TIME. 1324 00:45:13,961 --> 00:45:16,196 WE WILL HOPE YOU TUNE IN WITH I 1325 00:45:16,196 --> 00:45:17,931 MAP AND ITS RIDE SHARE 1326 00:45:17,931 --> 00:45:21,402 COMPANIONS HEAD TO SPACE TO 1327 00:45:21,402 --> 00:45:22,269 UNDERSTAND THE SUN AND SPACE 1328 00:45:22,269 --> 00:45:22,636 WEATHER. 1329 00:45:22,636 --> 00:45:23,971 THAT CONCLUDES OUR BRIEFING. 1330 00:45:23,971 --> 00:45:24,605 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.