1 00:08:03,115 --> 00:08:04,167 Good afternoon, 2 00:08:04,167 --> 00:08:07,170 and welcome to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. 3 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:08,988 Moments ago, we saw the Artemis II 4 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:12,859 crew arrive ahead of their historic mission around the moon. 5 00:08:13,109 --> 00:08:14,610 And they have now joined us. 6 00:08:14,610 --> 00:08:17,446 And we'll be taking questions from the media shortly. 7 00:08:17,446 --> 00:08:19,398 Before we get started, we'll go ahead and kick it off 8 00:08:19,398 --> 00:08:22,285 with some opening remarks from the crew. Go ahead. 9 00:08:22,285 --> 00:08:23,936 All right. Thanks, Courtney. 10 00:08:23,936 --> 00:08:25,137 Hey, let's go to the moon. 11 00:08:28,558 --> 00:08:29,041 I think the 12 00:08:29,041 --> 00:08:32,111 nation and the world has been waiting a long time to do this again. 13 00:08:32,128 --> 00:08:34,013 And, on behalf of myself, Victor. 14 00:08:34,013 --> 00:08:35,331 Christina. Jeremy. 15 00:08:35,331 --> 00:08:37,967 We are really pumped to go do this for this entire team. 16 00:08:37,967 --> 00:08:39,168 It has been a lot of work. 17 00:08:39,168 --> 00:08:40,653 It's been a great journey. 18 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:43,739 It's great to be down here in the in the Florida warm air. 19 00:08:44,156 --> 00:08:46,893 The vehicle looked amazing on the pad on the way in. 20 00:08:46,893 --> 00:08:49,412 Victor and Christina led us here. 21 00:08:49,412 --> 00:08:52,965 It's just been an awesome start to this journey here at Kennedy. 22 00:08:52,982 --> 00:08:55,968 So I'll hand it over to Victor. Thank you. 23 00:08:56,636 --> 00:08:57,019 Hey. Good. 24 00:08:57,019 --> 00:08:59,639 Good afternoon, everybody. It's awesome to be here. 25 00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:01,324 We love coming here about 100 miles away. 26 00:09:01,324 --> 00:09:04,160 We said how much we love flying and do to KSC. 27 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,613 And so, I just want to send a special thank you to our team. 28 00:09:07,847 --> 00:09:10,967 They pulled a lot together to make this possible for us to get to fly 29 00:09:10,967 --> 00:09:13,886 all these jets and stay in quarantine and have all the support. 30 00:09:13,886 --> 00:09:15,805 So, thank you, to all of them. 31 00:09:15,805 --> 00:09:17,723 And looking forward to answering your questions. 32 00:09:20,509 --> 00:09:22,328 We're so happy to be here. 33 00:09:22,328 --> 00:09:24,063 Little anecdote on the way here. 34 00:09:24,063 --> 00:09:27,083 We had an, ATC controller actually 35 00:09:27,083 --> 00:09:30,303 reach out and ask us how the weather was looking for a launch and wish us luck. 36 00:09:30,303 --> 00:09:33,889 So it was really exciting to see how many people are paying attention to this. 37 00:09:33,889 --> 00:09:37,159 Even just being on this team for three years, we're actually short timers. 38 00:09:37,159 --> 00:09:39,145 A lot of people have been working for a long time. 39 00:09:39,145 --> 00:09:41,998 So we're ready to do this and to fulfill our mission 40 00:09:41,998 --> 00:09:45,001 for all of you. 41 00:09:45,117 --> 00:09:47,837 Thanks, Sam. 42 00:09:47,837 --> 00:09:49,221 Well, I want to welcome, 43 00:09:49,221 --> 00:09:53,659 we left, a crazy goodbye from just so many people lined the streets. 44 00:09:53,659 --> 00:09:56,696 It was a warm embrace on our way, leaving home to come here, 45 00:09:56,696 --> 00:09:59,699 and then to arrive here and have all of you 46 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:02,301 supporting us on the way and just feels really positive. 47 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:05,071 I got to tell you, I am fired up my family. 48 00:10:05,071 --> 00:10:06,689 It was, It's hard to say goodbye. 49 00:10:06,689 --> 00:10:10,676 We'll see him again tomorrow, but, we're all fired up to go do this, so I see, 50 00:10:11,877 --> 00:10:14,880 nice. 51 00:10:15,298 --> 00:10:16,248 In NASA speak. 52 00:10:16,248 --> 00:10:19,352 I got to go back, which means I just forgot stuff on the first time through. 53 00:10:19,468 --> 00:10:22,338 We want to give a little salute to our back ups over there. 54 00:10:22,338 --> 00:10:23,239 Andre and Jenny. 55 00:10:23,239 --> 00:10:26,242 So give them all a round of applause. 56 00:10:27,259 --> 00:10:28,044 They've been on this. 57 00:10:28,044 --> 00:10:30,363 They've been on this journey every every step of the way with us. 58 00:10:30,363 --> 00:10:33,265 And, it's great to have them in the aircraft with us coming down here. 59 00:10:33,265 --> 00:10:35,818 And they'll be strapping us into the vehicle on its launch day. 60 00:10:35,818 --> 00:10:38,037 And then I didn't forget we wanted to save this for the end, 61 00:10:38,037 --> 00:10:41,991 but we are holding our, our Zero-G indicator 62 00:10:41,991 --> 00:10:44,994 rise, and Christina will make a few comments about this. 63 00:10:45,978 --> 00:10:48,948 Yes. Let's see if I can get this microphone in place. 64 00:10:48,948 --> 00:10:52,018 But we are thrilled to announce 65 00:10:52,018 --> 00:10:56,122 today the winner of the Zero-G Indicator 66 00:10:56,122 --> 00:11:00,176 or Ziggy contest, which was participated in worldwide. 67 00:11:00,776 --> 00:11:03,329 And our buddy here named rise, 68 00:11:03,329 --> 00:11:07,750 was submitted by second grader Lucas Yee from California. 69 00:11:07,750 --> 00:11:10,803 Yeah, Lucas. Thank you. Lucas. 70 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:14,457 The crew personally 71 00:11:14,457 --> 00:11:18,711 participated in selecting our buddy, our stowaway, to fly with us. 72 00:11:18,711 --> 00:11:22,548 And this little guy rise really resonated with us 73 00:11:22,548 --> 00:11:26,001 because the theme is actually the Earthrise 74 00:11:26,302 --> 00:11:30,539 photo taken on Apollo eight, which is inspirational to all of us. 75 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:34,460 And it is a mission that sort of mirrors our own, 76 00:11:34,710 --> 00:11:37,580 and we've incorporated it into our mission patch 77 00:11:37,580 --> 00:11:39,949 and also into our ethos and values as a crew. 78 00:11:39,949 --> 00:11:41,450 So welcome aboard Rise. 79 00:11:41,450 --> 00:11:43,018 It was a great first flight with you. 80 00:11:43,018 --> 00:11:45,821 We look forward to the next one. 81 00:11:45,821 --> 00:11:46,639 Thank you. 82 00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:49,525 Thank you. 83 00:11:49,525 --> 00:11:52,712 One last one last cool little note on rise is on the bottom of rise. 84 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:54,780 There's a little tiny zipper right here. 85 00:11:54,780 --> 00:11:58,367 And the, micro SD card that has everyone's names that they've submitted. 86 00:11:58,367 --> 00:12:00,453 There's still time. I think it closes tonight. 87 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:03,589 Courtney can make sure, but this is where that SD card will live. 88 00:12:03,589 --> 00:12:05,808 So it will be right here on our Zero-G indicator. 89 00:12:05,808 --> 00:12:08,394 A great little feature of of our little buddy rice. 90 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:09,211 Thank you. 91 00:12:09,211 --> 00:12:09,595 That's right. 92 00:12:09,595 --> 00:12:11,931 We'll be taking submissions until 5 p.m. tonight. 93 00:12:11,931 --> 00:12:14,567 So you still have time to get your name in if you're interested. 94 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:17,787 And with that, we'll go ahead and start our Q&A portion of today. 95 00:12:17,787 --> 00:12:19,038 We have a microphone right here. 96 00:12:19,038 --> 00:12:23,242 Please be sure to state your name and media affiliation before you get started. 97 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:24,143 Go ahead. 98 00:12:24,143 --> 00:12:27,379 Hi. Marcia Dunn, Associated Press right over here. 99 00:12:27,897 --> 00:12:28,664 Here we are. 100 00:12:28,664 --> 00:12:34,103 You know, you've had, there have been two rocket rollouts, three quarantines. 101 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:36,772 I know it's part of the job, but how tough has it 102 00:12:36,772 --> 00:12:39,708 all these up and downs been over the past couple of months? 103 00:12:43,913 --> 00:12:46,132 Yeah. 104 00:12:46,132 --> 00:12:48,434 You know, I think for the crew, 105 00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:51,437 we focus on training, readiness, safety. 106 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:54,623 And so, you know, we've we've known that that was a possibility 107 00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:57,243 the entire time, as you stated. 108 00:12:57,243 --> 00:13:01,764 But our families have really, turned to, to, to, to make it possible. 109 00:13:01,764 --> 00:13:04,283 And I think we actually were able to quarantine 110 00:13:04,283 --> 00:13:07,403 all of us with our entire families, or at least it started that way. 111 00:13:07,403 --> 00:13:11,791 And, and so I really just wanted to focus on them and say thank you to them for, 112 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:16,128 you know, making it, for supporting us through all the different iterations. 113 00:13:16,378 --> 00:13:18,013 But, you know, that's the that's this business. 114 00:13:18,013 --> 00:13:22,418 It'll go when, the engines light at t0 and so that we, 115 00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:23,869 we totally understand that. 116 00:13:23,869 --> 00:13:27,840 And, and, you know, we still have some, some weather updates and some technical 117 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:31,277 things to get through between now and, and when the launch window opens. 118 00:13:32,361 --> 00:13:33,112 Thanks. 119 00:13:33,112 --> 00:13:35,731 I'm sure. 120 00:13:35,731 --> 00:13:37,099 Hey, everyone. Mark Strassmann, CBS. 121 00:13:37,099 --> 00:13:38,250 Good to see you all again. 122 00:13:38,250 --> 00:13:41,237 Reed, I think I'll toss this one to you, if that's okay. 123 00:13:41,303 --> 00:13:43,289 You know, ever since the four of you were selected 124 00:13:43,289 --> 00:13:45,808 three years ago, you've been focused on this moment. 125 00:13:45,808 --> 00:13:46,525 And, of course, 126 00:13:46,525 --> 00:13:48,677 millions of people have been following along, 127 00:13:48,677 --> 00:13:50,062 and there are millions of people who are now 128 00:13:50,062 --> 00:13:52,431 just realizing this moment is about to happen. 129 00:13:52,431 --> 00:13:55,317 So when you factor in the unpredictability of space 130 00:13:55,317 --> 00:13:58,320 and when you factor in the fact that this is first and foremost a test flight, 131 00:13:58,554 --> 00:14:01,557 what should be the expectations for this mission? 132 00:14:03,175 --> 00:14:05,995 I think I'll start with April 1st through the six. 133 00:14:05,995 --> 00:14:10,549 I the way I kind of think about it in my head is this is the first time 134 00:14:10,549 --> 00:14:14,570 we're loading the crew on with fuel on the pad, so we're ready. 135 00:14:14,570 --> 00:14:16,589 The rocket is ready. We are ready. 136 00:14:16,589 --> 00:14:17,840 NASA is ready. 137 00:14:17,840 --> 00:14:19,408 This vehicle is definitely ready to go. 138 00:14:19,408 --> 00:14:21,210 We went through the flight readiness review. 139 00:14:21,210 --> 00:14:22,111 We are ready to launch, 140 00:14:22,111 --> 00:14:25,197 but we're also humans trying to load millions of pounds of propellant 141 00:14:25,197 --> 00:14:26,749 onto a giant machine and send it to the moon. 142 00:14:26,749 --> 00:14:29,301 So it could very well be that we get on April 1st 143 00:14:29,301 --> 00:14:32,304 and we're behind timeline, and we're just not ready as a team. 144 00:14:32,388 --> 00:14:36,408 And then we'll probably take a 24 hour or a 48 hour pause in my head. 145 00:14:36,408 --> 00:14:40,195 It probably may be a 48 hour pause, regroup, come out on the third, 146 00:14:40,195 --> 00:14:42,114 give it a go again, see how it goes. 147 00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:44,099 And if we get off on the third, great. 148 00:14:44,099 --> 00:14:46,068 If we get off on the sixth, great. 149 00:14:46,068 --> 00:14:49,104 If we got an issue, we got to come back in May or June or whatever. 150 00:14:49,104 --> 00:14:51,607 The vehicle on the team are ready. We are ready for that. 151 00:14:51,607 --> 00:14:53,809 I was just I was talking to Jenny on the way here. 152 00:14:53,809 --> 00:14:55,828 Oh, Jenny's over there. I was talking to Jenny on the way here. 153 00:14:55,828 --> 00:14:58,347 Like a little piece of my brain is always holding on. 154 00:14:58,347 --> 00:15:00,416 That April 1st is not a guarantee. 155 00:15:00,416 --> 00:15:01,850 April 6th is not a guarantee. 156 00:15:01,850 --> 00:15:04,403 We got to go feel this whole thing out. It's good to see you to. 157 00:15:08,390 --> 00:15:08,991 Hello, Jackie. 158 00:15:08,991 --> 00:15:10,910 Got out for the Times of London. 159 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:15,347 You're about to embark on one of humanity's greatest endeavors. 160 00:15:15,648 --> 00:15:18,867 There's the 250th anniversary jets over here. 161 00:15:18,867 --> 00:15:21,587 You've got the backdrop of everything that Jared announced last week 162 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:24,123 with stepping up the pathway to the moon and Mars. 163 00:15:24,123 --> 00:15:26,392 I wonder to what extent that kind of weighs on you 164 00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:30,379 as either a burden or a blessing, and how you consider your places in history. 165 00:15:30,379 --> 00:15:33,382 Thank you. 166 00:15:35,217 --> 00:15:36,769 So I'm happy to sit down. 167 00:15:36,769 --> 00:15:39,388 Yeah. 168 00:15:39,388 --> 00:15:41,273 Thank. 169 00:15:41,273 --> 00:15:43,759 We have talked a lot about the exciting changes 170 00:15:43,759 --> 00:15:47,279 that have been announced and how we're approaching, fulfilling 171 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:51,600 our, our destiny in space and our journey to the moon and on to Mars. 172 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:56,905 And the one thing the crew all agrees on is that it has been motivating. 173 00:15:56,905 --> 00:16:00,059 It has been inspiring, and it has fired us up. 174 00:16:00,326 --> 00:16:03,746 We have added in extra looks at our training, 175 00:16:03,746 --> 00:16:05,848 because we are already ramping up ideas 176 00:16:05,848 --> 00:16:08,367 for how we're going to get the next crew trained, 177 00:16:08,367 --> 00:16:10,886 and if anything, it just contributes to 178 00:16:10,886 --> 00:16:14,039 something that we've held in our values since day one. 179 00:16:14,039 --> 00:16:18,677 As a crew, we actually have relay batons because in spaceflight, 180 00:16:18,677 --> 00:16:23,148 whether it's a short duration flight like a sprint, a long duration flight 181 00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:25,467 like many of us have been on, we call it a marathon. 182 00:16:25,467 --> 00:16:26,635 We're in a relay race 183 00:16:26,635 --> 00:16:29,788 and we're not successful to the next missions that are successful. 184 00:16:29,788 --> 00:16:32,358 And if nothing else, this just fired us up for that. 185 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:33,242 All the more hundred. 186 00:16:37,980 --> 00:16:39,481 Hey everybody, great to see you again. 187 00:16:39,481 --> 00:16:40,249 Welcome back. 188 00:16:40,249 --> 00:16:42,685 It's been probably a year and a half since I got to talk to you guys. 189 00:16:42,685 --> 00:16:45,354 I'm James, I'm our local reporter from channel six. 190 00:16:45,354 --> 00:16:47,840 So I was wondering, what does it mean to each of you 191 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,909 to be flying farther away from Earth than any crew before, in 192 00:16:50,909 --> 00:16:53,912 more than 60 years of American spaceflight? 193 00:16:54,213 --> 00:16:57,199 You start there. 194 00:16:58,283 --> 00:16:58,617 Well, 195 00:16:58,617 --> 00:17:01,770 I think, for us, it's definitely not something we focus on. 196 00:17:01,870 --> 00:17:04,490 It's important for us. We look at our objectives. 197 00:17:04,490 --> 00:17:05,641 We're going to test this capsule. 198 00:17:05,641 --> 00:17:08,544 We're going to lay the groundwork for Artemis three and four, 199 00:17:08,544 --> 00:17:11,280 and we're going to try and get back safely and land in the Pacific Ocean. 200 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,283 That's what really matters to us, and that's what we should be focused on. 201 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:16,885 You know, I love the fact that people highlight that 202 00:17:16,885 --> 00:17:18,237 and communications highlights it. 203 00:17:18,237 --> 00:17:20,039 It is it is a milestone. 204 00:17:20,039 --> 00:17:22,741 If if we do pass it, there's no guarantee we will. 205 00:17:22,741 --> 00:17:26,245 But if we do, we should celebrate the pioneers who came 206 00:17:26,245 --> 00:17:29,331 before us that put us in this position to be breaking a record like that. 207 00:17:29,698 --> 00:17:31,800 And then we should, you know, throw that out 208 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,887 to the next generation to say, hey, let's let's go even further. 209 00:17:35,604 --> 00:17:37,940 Thank you very much. All right. Okay. 210 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,060 Hi, all, Jackie Wattles from CNN. 211 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:41,994 Thanks for doing this. 212 00:17:41,994 --> 00:17:45,497 So we understand you all got to be part of the flight readiness review. 213 00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:47,933 Was really curious to hear what that experience was like, 214 00:17:47,933 --> 00:17:50,536 what questions you asked and what you took away from it. 215 00:17:50,536 --> 00:17:53,005 And then I also understand you're taking some laptops 216 00:17:53,005 --> 00:17:54,440 or personal devices with you. 217 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,843 Is there anything in particular you'll have loaded onto those devices? 218 00:17:59,661 --> 00:18:03,031 We do have personal computing devices, so we can load stuff on them. 219 00:18:03,031 --> 00:18:07,319 We also got iPhones recently, so I don't think I can actually say 220 00:18:07,319 --> 00:18:09,955 that as a government employee, we have small, highly powerful 221 00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:12,958 computing devices that we will take with us with outstanding cameras. 222 00:18:13,058 --> 00:18:14,760 So we could throw a few things on that. 223 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,044 It's just it is really nice. 224 00:18:16,044 --> 00:18:18,380 We we will get those devices tonight. 225 00:18:18,380 --> 00:18:21,383 Here are our flight devices, and we'll be able to load a few things on there. 226 00:18:21,383 --> 00:18:23,936 I think family photos and more importantly, 227 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:26,388 all of our detailed schematics that we've gotten from the engineering 228 00:18:26,388 --> 00:18:28,791 support teams are going on to those all of our procedures. 229 00:18:28,791 --> 00:18:31,527 So just getting to look at all that stuff and put it all together 230 00:18:31,527 --> 00:18:34,830 in one place is going to be great for the flight readiness review. 231 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,700 It's a unique thing at NASA where the crew themselves, 232 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:41,987 we eavesdrop and we're there at the beginning, but we really 233 00:18:41,987 --> 00:18:45,290 the flight readiness review is really led by our chief astronaut 234 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:48,777 and our Johnson Space Center Center director from the crew perspective. 235 00:18:48,777 --> 00:18:50,212 So Vanessa was there. 236 00:18:50,212 --> 00:18:54,333 It was the I think overall, looking back at the fryer for us, 237 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:57,002 the thing that caught the attention the most was that 238 00:18:57,002 --> 00:18:59,071 everything that was briefed, we expected we 239 00:18:59,071 --> 00:19:02,191 there was not a single surprise in that entire flight readiness review. 240 00:19:02,341 --> 00:19:05,911 So when you look at something as complicated as the Artemis, name 241 00:19:05,961 --> 00:19:09,832 is to architecture across industry, across government agencies, 242 00:19:10,165 --> 00:19:13,135 it just told me that our leadership is communicating very well. 243 00:19:13,135 --> 00:19:14,419 They're communicating well at the top, 244 00:19:14,419 --> 00:19:17,222 all the way down to the crew level and the training team in between. 245 00:19:17,222 --> 00:19:19,291 And so for me, that was like a confirming cue 246 00:19:19,291 --> 00:19:21,827 that this team is ready to go fly this mission. 247 00:19:26,064 --> 00:19:27,933 Hi, Lauren Grush with Bloomberg. 248 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:30,185 So great to see you all. And welcome. 249 00:19:30,185 --> 00:19:31,019 You mentioned 250 00:19:31,019 --> 00:19:34,523 that you're prepared for this flight not to take place during this window. 251 00:19:34,823 --> 00:19:38,360 I would love to hear about what it's been like planning your lives 252 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:41,597 for these past few months, you know, with a moving target of a launch date. 253 00:19:42,047 --> 00:19:45,300 And I hate to fast forward, but is there anything you're looking forward 254 00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:48,287 to, you know, that you haven't been able to do for when you get back? 255 00:19:49,888 --> 00:19:51,707 Sure. 256 00:19:51,707 --> 00:19:53,208 Yeah. I'll take a stab at that. 257 00:19:53,208 --> 00:19:57,262 I think that as astronauts, one of our jobs, yes, 258 00:19:57,262 --> 00:20:01,433 is to be skill trained to train for all the specific things that we have to do. 259 00:20:01,550 --> 00:20:05,604 But it's also there's some kind of bigger picture, almost theoretical trainings 260 00:20:05,604 --> 00:20:06,872 that we do along the way. 261 00:20:06,872 --> 00:20:09,107 One of those menial tasks, which one of those is being able 262 00:20:09,107 --> 00:20:12,744 to be adaptable, and one of them is preparation without expectation. 263 00:20:12,961 --> 00:20:16,582 And that is something we go into this with straight away from the beginning. 264 00:20:16,582 --> 00:20:18,684 There's one thing I'm sure of, though, is every day 265 00:20:18,684 --> 00:20:22,104 that passes is a day closer to launch, and that's something that I keep in mind. 266 00:20:22,638 --> 00:20:25,140 As for things I'm looking forward to afterwards, 267 00:20:25,140 --> 00:20:29,578 just splashdown and being back on Earth, I haven't thought a whole lot past that. 268 00:20:29,578 --> 00:20:33,498 But yes, the To-Do list in the folder of post-flight is growing. 269 00:20:36,285 --> 00:20:38,520 So. Well, 270 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,923 hi! Hi TJ, I'm a square with the Epoch Times. 271 00:20:40,923 --> 00:20:43,392 Thank you so much and welcome to Florida. 272 00:20:43,392 --> 00:20:47,279 I know you guys are adamant about how you fly when you're ready 273 00:20:47,813 --> 00:20:51,867 and there's no guarantee, but in April 1st launch would mean 274 00:20:52,217 --> 00:20:55,971 that you guys would be on your way to the moon at Easter, which just seems 275 00:20:55,971 --> 00:20:59,942 to, you know, parallel Apollo eight even better because they flew a Christmas. 276 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:02,711 I'm wondering, have you guys thought about that at all? 277 00:21:02,711 --> 00:21:05,931 Especially like considering the fact that, you know, you're 278 00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:08,934 leaving your families back home. 279 00:21:12,287 --> 00:21:15,290 You haven't. 280 00:21:15,507 --> 00:21:17,609 It it it's really it's really good that you highlight. 281 00:21:17,609 --> 00:21:19,494 I was I was looking at my calendar on my way 282 00:21:19,494 --> 00:21:21,229 out of my house this morning, heading over to Arlington. 283 00:21:21,229 --> 00:21:25,284 And I was like, wow, this is this is an interesting time to go fly this mission. 284 00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:28,287 And I do love that you tied it back to Apollo eight. 285 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:32,040 And each one of us, we have our own different, opinions, 286 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,459 our own individual opinions, and our own individual beliefs. 287 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:37,679 And I think that's one of the best parts about this mission right now is we 288 00:21:37,679 --> 00:21:41,450 we have said from the beginning, we really are going for all by all, and we are. 289 00:21:41,450 --> 00:21:43,435 And we want to take the whole world along with us. 290 00:21:43,435 --> 00:21:46,471 And so we just came out of a very important Muslim holiday. 291 00:21:46,471 --> 00:21:48,924 We're going into a very important, Christian holiday. 292 00:21:48,924 --> 00:21:49,908 And I think that that's great 293 00:21:49,908 --> 00:21:51,777 that we celebrate all of this all the way around the world. 294 00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:54,780 And that's really I think that's what this this crew wants to do. 295 00:21:55,163 --> 00:21:55,497 Thank you. 296 00:21:58,133 --> 00:22:00,302 Hi, Will Robinson Smith with Spaceflight Now. 297 00:22:00,302 --> 00:22:02,070 It's good to see you all again. 298 00:22:02,070 --> 00:22:05,390 Question for Victor, if I may, the last time we spoke 299 00:22:05,390 --> 00:22:09,227 in September at JSC, you mentioned, the importance of the team 300 00:22:09,227 --> 00:22:13,465 being able to ask for simulations, go in, in sandbox, kind of work things out. 301 00:22:13,949 --> 00:22:18,770 What was the last simulation that you all did at Johnson before heading out here? 302 00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:21,773 And do you have anything planned between now and launch, or is it 303 00:22:21,773 --> 00:22:24,776 kind of just focus up time for, 304 00:22:25,427 --> 00:22:27,979 you know, actually, what we just, 305 00:22:27,979 --> 00:22:31,249 did in front of you was the last simulation. 306 00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:35,003 I guess this is a part of how we train for space and for the unknown 307 00:22:35,003 --> 00:22:36,321 and dealing with weather and things. 308 00:22:36,321 --> 00:22:40,108 But, you know, in terms of the Artemis specific simulations, 309 00:22:40,375 --> 00:22:44,062 we actually spent a day where we started off with ascent, 310 00:22:44,312 --> 00:22:45,947 and then we ended with entry. 311 00:22:45,947 --> 00:22:46,948 And so we got to work with 312 00:22:46,948 --> 00:22:50,719 both of those flight control teams and, practice those procedures. 313 00:22:50,719 --> 00:22:51,887 And we dealt with malfunctions. 314 00:22:51,887 --> 00:22:53,755 We did multiple runs of each. 315 00:22:53,755 --> 00:22:55,107 And I'll tell you, you know, 316 00:22:55,107 --> 00:22:58,977 the delays that we've had since we went into quarantine the first time in January, 317 00:22:58,977 --> 00:23:02,330 we have opened up opportunities to, to to just really imprint 318 00:23:02,330 --> 00:23:03,982 some of the learning that we already had done. 319 00:23:03,982 --> 00:23:04,282 But we've 320 00:23:04,282 --> 00:23:08,070 also done things that we had not done since, or had not done up to that point. 321 00:23:08,070 --> 00:23:11,723 And so, we we've made the most of this time. 322 00:23:12,140 --> 00:23:15,594 And I'll tell you, every time we, we get out of a sim, I'm like, man, 323 00:23:15,594 --> 00:23:18,597 there's some things that we do, and we're just like, we are clearly ready to go. 324 00:23:18,897 --> 00:23:22,134 But I'm also impressed by how much learning we still do. 325 00:23:22,284 --> 00:23:25,253 And I will tell you, the ultimate learning is going to be the mission. 326 00:23:25,253 --> 00:23:27,022 And so that's one of the things I'm looking forward 327 00:23:27,022 --> 00:23:30,208 to, is coming back and talking about how much we've learned as we fly 328 00:23:31,793 --> 00:23:33,895 ready? 329 00:23:33,895 --> 00:23:36,498 Yes. Zachary, with the launch pad from Canada. 330 00:23:36,498 --> 00:23:38,400 Welcome to the beautiful Space Coast. 331 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,652 It's a great day here with you guys arriving. 332 00:23:40,652 --> 00:23:43,221 At top, we believe that space is better together. 333 00:23:43,221 --> 00:23:44,005 And I think all of you 334 00:23:44,005 --> 00:23:47,943 embody that, that you're not going back just as America this time Canada is going. 335 00:23:47,943 --> 00:23:51,263 And this is laying a foundation to expand back to the moon. 336 00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:54,232 And on to Mars. As a united humanity. 337 00:23:54,232 --> 00:23:55,817 If one of you could just speak on why 338 00:23:55,817 --> 00:23:59,688 space is so important to explore together and go back, as a united front, 339 00:23:59,688 --> 00:24:02,724 and hopefully that trickles back down to being united here on Earth as well. 340 00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:08,280 Yes. Yeah, yeah. 341 00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:10,849 You just kind of answered the your own question there. 342 00:24:10,849 --> 00:24:13,618 I think you did a wonderful job. So, it 343 00:24:15,170 --> 00:24:16,121 we are going back. 344 00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:18,073 The administrator has been, 345 00:24:18,073 --> 00:24:21,293 hard at work this week talking about ignition and getting us. 346 00:24:21,810 --> 00:24:23,662 He's been talking a lot more than we have, for sure. 347 00:24:23,662 --> 00:24:27,365 So the plans that we have, the plans that this agency is setting forth 348 00:24:27,382 --> 00:24:31,102 and this nation is setting forth, we cannot do this alone long term. 349 00:24:31,369 --> 00:24:34,322 There is no way we are going to take this planet 350 00:24:34,322 --> 00:24:37,309 Earth, humanity and explore the cosmos unless we are doing it, 351 00:24:38,810 --> 00:24:41,129 coalition together, all of us. 352 00:24:41,129 --> 00:24:43,498 It is going to take significant investment. 353 00:24:43,498 --> 00:24:45,200 It's going to take significant 354 00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:48,470 development, new technologies, inventive minds. 355 00:24:48,470 --> 00:24:50,539 Everybody's going to have to come together, and I will. 356 00:24:50,539 --> 00:24:53,008 I will echo what you always say. 357 00:24:53,008 --> 00:24:54,359 If you want to go fast, go alone. 358 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:55,460 If you want to go far, go together. 359 00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:56,928 Like that's been our motto from the beginning. 360 00:24:56,928 --> 00:25:00,198 And you feel that right now with a sustainable lunar base, 361 00:25:00,198 --> 00:25:04,436 habitat architecture and kind of the test 362 00:25:04,619 --> 00:25:08,273 fly, test develop approach, we have been missing that for a long time. 363 00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:09,958 We are very happy to have that back. 364 00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:11,877 Yeah. 365 00:25:11,877 --> 00:25:13,278 And just to give a shout out, 366 00:25:13,278 --> 00:25:16,281 yes, we're taking a Canadian, but we also have satellites. 367 00:25:16,281 --> 00:25:17,549 You know, some of the cubesats are from 368 00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:20,202 international partners in the European Space Agency. 369 00:25:20,202 --> 00:25:22,737 Worked with Airbus to make that service module. 370 00:25:22,737 --> 00:25:25,223 So it is a team effort. And I'm glad you highlighted that. 371 00:25:25,223 --> 00:25:26,341 There's a lot of countries 372 00:25:26,341 --> 00:25:27,175 that are really cheering us 373 00:25:27,175 --> 00:25:30,178 on physically by contributing hardware for this mission. 374 00:25:30,178 --> 00:25:32,364 Thanks for joining us together, Jeremy. 375 00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:33,348 Thank you for taking Canada. 376 00:25:33,348 --> 00:25:36,535 Growing up in Canada, we didn't envision as students going to the moon. 377 00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:37,602 So thank you. 378 00:25:37,602 --> 00:25:40,589 Have an amazing flight. 379 00:25:43,191 --> 00:25:46,878 I Dick from at Astra magazine, National Space Society, 380 00:25:47,462 --> 00:25:50,248 in the history of U.S human spaceflight, 381 00:25:50,248 --> 00:25:54,319 the first flight of a crewed spacecraft and rockets only occurred a few times. 382 00:25:54,803 --> 00:25:57,505 Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, the shuttle, 383 00:25:57,505 --> 00:26:00,508 commercial crew with Crew Dragon and Starliner. 384 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:02,277 How do you feel about 385 00:26:02,277 --> 00:26:05,513 making this first flight with Orion and the Space Launch System? 386 00:26:06,081 --> 00:26:09,651 And where do you see it placing you in the advancement of, 387 00:26:09,935 --> 00:26:13,488 our human spaceflight program and an add on question. 388 00:26:13,488 --> 00:26:17,275 Are you looking forward to that new capsule smell when you get into Orion? 389 00:26:21,179 --> 00:26:24,182 Okay. 390 00:26:25,166 --> 00:26:26,701 I think it's one thing 391 00:26:26,701 --> 00:26:29,821 that's common for astronauts is we just crave a challenge. 392 00:26:29,821 --> 00:26:32,057 And it's not just the astronauts, it's the team. 393 00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:33,024 It's the broad team. 394 00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:36,027 And when you're doing a first with a vehicle, 395 00:26:36,361 --> 00:26:39,281 any first, you just get to see people at their best. 396 00:26:39,281 --> 00:26:41,666 You are bringing a team. You're giving them challenges. 397 00:26:41,666 --> 00:26:43,585 You think you've solved it, then you realize you have it, 398 00:26:43,585 --> 00:26:46,071 and then you see them dig in and dig out of that. 399 00:26:46,071 --> 00:26:48,239 Challenge it over and over and over again. 400 00:26:48,239 --> 00:26:50,308 And it's just inspiring. 401 00:26:50,308 --> 00:26:53,211 And so to be part of first and we got a lot of first coming ahead 402 00:26:53,211 --> 00:26:54,329 with all the changes. 403 00:26:54,329 --> 00:26:58,350 This is an exciting time and it is going to truly test our mettle. 404 00:26:58,350 --> 00:27:02,120 And I think for humanity, gosh, how lucky are we into it 405 00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:05,490 to be in a position where we can set this many new first up 406 00:27:05,573 --> 00:27:09,177 in front of us, that we're going to slowly knock down one after the other? 407 00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:12,113 You know, there's something that we often say, 408 00:27:12,113 --> 00:27:15,500 you know, failure is not an option, but I think it is often misunderstood. 409 00:27:15,767 --> 00:27:19,287 It's not that we never fail is that we don't quit when we fail, 410 00:27:19,587 --> 00:27:22,941 we stick at it until we create a solution and find our way through it. 411 00:27:22,941 --> 00:27:26,361 We know there's failures coming, but we know we're going to stick to it. 412 00:27:26,811 --> 00:27:29,698 Good job. 413 00:27:29,698 --> 00:27:32,634 Yeah, that's 414 00:27:32,634 --> 00:27:33,535 that. Hello. 415 00:27:33,535 --> 00:27:35,420 My name is Anthony from exploration. 416 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:36,538 Welcome to Florida. 417 00:27:36,538 --> 00:27:41,426 Christina, you're about to become the first woman to fly 418 00:27:42,510 --> 00:27:44,479 beyond low-Earth orbit ever. 419 00:27:44,479 --> 00:27:47,399 I wonder I'm curious to know how that waiting on you. 420 00:27:47,399 --> 00:27:49,551 If, beyond being part of the crew. 421 00:27:49,551 --> 00:27:50,402 One more of the crew. 422 00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:55,023 Do you feel that extra responsibility of paving the way for the younger 423 00:27:55,023 --> 00:27:59,160 generations, girls and other women following you for your steps? 424 00:27:59,577 --> 00:28:00,979 Yeah, thank you for that. 425 00:28:00,979 --> 00:28:06,301 For me, that aspect of this flight isn't necessarily about any one person. 426 00:28:06,301 --> 00:28:10,739 It's the thing to celebrate is that we as a world, 427 00:28:10,739 --> 00:28:14,809 actually are living in an era where we know that we have to go for all 428 00:28:14,809 --> 00:28:18,229 and by all, in order to answer humanity's call to explorer. 429 00:28:18,747 --> 00:28:21,416 I recognize that we talk about these superlatives. 430 00:28:21,416 --> 00:28:22,734 We talk about the first. 431 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:25,437 And that's a great thing because it brings people in 432 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:28,740 what is state of the art right now in human spaceflight, where are we? 433 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:31,076 Where are we reaching? Where have we been? 434 00:28:31,076 --> 00:28:35,480 And just like that Vista, I am so grateful to those 435 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,516 that paved the way for me to be here and for all of us to be here. 436 00:28:38,633 --> 00:28:43,822 And it's an honor to potentially inspire the explorers of the future. 437 00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:48,777 But again, the big thing to to celebrate and the big thing about that, 438 00:28:48,777 --> 00:28:52,881 that we should all be talking about is we collectively made the decision 439 00:28:52,881 --> 00:28:56,401 to be here in a place where everyone gets to contribute 440 00:28:56,401 --> 00:29:00,338 equally and work equally hard to achieve their dreams, and then vice. 441 00:29:05,477 --> 00:29:07,729 Hi, I'm Rebecca morrow from BBC news. 442 00:29:07,729 --> 00:29:10,148 Thanks so much for speaking to us today. 443 00:29:10,148 --> 00:29:12,767 I'm a quick question for each of you. 444 00:29:12,767 --> 00:29:16,971 You're going to be spending quite a lot of time in a very cramped space. 445 00:29:17,372 --> 00:29:20,275 Do you have any annoying habits that you're worried 446 00:29:20,275 --> 00:29:21,292 about the others discovering? 447 00:29:21,292 --> 00:29:24,629 I mean, you probably know about them already, but please do 448 00:29:24,629 --> 00:29:27,632 share a question for each of you. 449 00:29:31,402 --> 00:29:34,372 Well, we got to Ellington Field this morning. 450 00:29:34,372 --> 00:29:38,693 I had a lot of energy, and I was making some remarks in 451 00:29:38,693 --> 00:29:42,347 front of everybody and like doing a selfie with all the families and stuff. 452 00:29:42,347 --> 00:29:44,966 And Christina goes, that's normal. That's just how it was. 453 00:29:44,966 --> 00:29:47,969 That's just how I'm a metabolizes stress or something like that. 454 00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:49,587 I was like, all right, we know each other. 455 00:29:49,587 --> 00:29:50,989 We know each other for sure. 456 00:29:50,989 --> 00:29:53,908 What you talk about is real and it is important. 457 00:29:53,908 --> 00:29:57,745 And, and we we have developed over three years 458 00:29:57,745 --> 00:30:01,583 very intentionally talking through everything because you never know, 459 00:30:01,583 --> 00:30:05,753 like clicking a pen cap can annoy somebody over ten days in a small capsule. 460 00:30:05,970 --> 00:30:07,188 So you just we have 461 00:30:07,188 --> 00:30:11,059 we have got a great dialog together and we talk through those sorts of things. 462 00:30:11,059 --> 00:30:13,495 But there are definitely going to be things by day six, 463 00:30:13,495 --> 00:30:16,464 seven, eight, nine that we're like, man, all right, I need a little space. 464 00:30:16,464 --> 00:30:17,515 And I can't get any right now. 465 00:30:17,515 --> 00:30:19,551 But we are a good crew. 466 00:30:19,551 --> 00:30:22,187 Confessions, please come forward. 467 00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:24,739 If anybody has something to you can do for sure. 468 00:30:24,739 --> 00:30:26,007 Yeah, sure. 469 00:30:26,007 --> 00:30:28,526 My initial instinct was to just say pass. 470 00:30:28,526 --> 00:30:31,196 My my second instinct is to say I can't really answer it 471 00:30:31,196 --> 00:30:32,597 because they're the ones who would be annoyed. 472 00:30:32,597 --> 00:30:34,332 So I don't know. I don't, I don't know. 473 00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:37,585 But, you know, an interesting thing about this, like you said, 474 00:30:37,585 --> 00:30:41,389 it is a very important aspect of spending, a lot of time in tight quarters. 475 00:30:42,590 --> 00:30:43,591 There comes a point. 476 00:30:43,591 --> 00:30:45,593 Also, like the joke Christina made about Reid 477 00:30:45,593 --> 00:30:49,230 this morning, that there comes a point where what maybe started off 478 00:30:49,230 --> 00:30:52,667 as a potential annoyance, actually becomes a thing of endearment. 479 00:30:52,967 --> 00:30:54,536 And I think we have reached that point. 480 00:30:54,536 --> 00:30:55,787 We spend so much time together. 481 00:30:55,787 --> 00:30:57,689 We shared a state room on a on a Navy ship. 482 00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:58,773 We camp together. 483 00:30:58,773 --> 00:31:00,959 We you know, we've been in a lot of tight situations. 484 00:31:00,959 --> 00:31:03,177 And so they've actually become things that we 485 00:31:03,177 --> 00:31:05,813 I think at least I can say appreciate about each other. 486 00:31:05,813 --> 00:31:08,816 And so I just wanted to share that aspect of. 487 00:31:11,402 --> 00:31:14,539 I will say am I annoying trait would be question avoidance. 488 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:16,658 And I'm going to just speak around that. 489 00:31:16,658 --> 00:31:22,730 No, I think it really speaks a lot to how you worded 490 00:31:22,730 --> 00:31:25,850 your question and that that probably is how we're all thinking about it. 491 00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:27,201 What are we worried about? 492 00:31:27,201 --> 00:31:29,087 That we're going to annoy other people? 493 00:31:29,087 --> 00:31:32,807 I don't think any of us are worried that the other people are going to annoy them. 494 00:31:32,807 --> 00:31:34,943 And for that reason, we're going to do just fine. 495 00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:38,997 And for the record, I have plenty. 496 00:31:41,516 --> 00:31:45,019 The one obvious one for me is I haven't lived in space for over 497 00:31:45,019 --> 00:31:48,172 six months like these three have, and so I won't know how to float and fly, 498 00:31:48,172 --> 00:31:49,757 and I'll be a bit clumsy up there. 499 00:31:49,757 --> 00:31:53,011 So I know that's going to be hilarious and annoying at the same time. 500 00:31:53,328 --> 00:31:54,228 Some of that. 501 00:31:54,228 --> 00:31:57,932 The other thing I'll just share is, we do have a toolbox or two 502 00:31:57,932 --> 00:31:59,267 on our toolbox for this. 503 00:31:59,267 --> 00:32:02,604 Is that, you know, we have just really clearly stated 504 00:32:02,604 --> 00:32:06,257 to one another and, and believe it in our hearts that we never have 505 00:32:06,257 --> 00:32:10,078 any intention to annoy the others or not lift the others up. 506 00:32:10,078 --> 00:32:13,765 And so when something comes up, we know that it's not intentional, 507 00:32:13,998 --> 00:32:15,533 and we know that we can also bring it up. 508 00:32:15,533 --> 00:32:17,101 And so I expect the three of them 509 00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:21,122 to just tell me when something comes up that's, that's not cool with them. 510 00:32:21,122 --> 00:32:23,875 And, I'll just fix it. No big deal. 511 00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:24,776 Thank you so much. 512 00:32:27,812 --> 00:32:30,598 Hi, Don Eladio, for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 513 00:32:30,598 --> 00:32:32,100 A question for Jeremy. 514 00:32:32,100 --> 00:32:35,603 Jeremy, what can you say about your going to be making history here? 515 00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:38,606 Being the first non-American to leave low-Earth orbit. 516 00:32:38,606 --> 00:32:39,357 How do you feel? 517 00:32:39,357 --> 00:32:42,110 And what can you tell Canada about your feelings? 518 00:32:42,110 --> 00:32:46,247 I feel a lot of things, for sure. 519 00:32:46,247 --> 00:32:49,884 I feel a great sense of pride, for Canada, 520 00:32:49,884 --> 00:32:52,887 because I have seen the greatness that we have 521 00:32:52,887 --> 00:32:56,274 within the country and the contributions that we are capable of making. 522 00:32:56,507 --> 00:32:58,009 And it's fun to see them. 523 00:32:58,009 --> 00:33:02,296 It's fulfilling to see them appreciated on the world stage. 524 00:33:02,296 --> 00:33:05,700 So a sense of pride in, in Canada, for sure. 525 00:33:05,933 --> 00:33:08,936 And also, 526 00:33:09,053 --> 00:33:10,922 you know, it is time to continue 527 00:33:10,922 --> 00:33:14,275 to evolve our vision as Canadians, you know, what can we continue to do? 528 00:33:14,308 --> 00:33:17,011 What can we do next? And that's really exciting to me. 529 00:33:17,011 --> 00:33:18,329 I love that that, 530 00:33:18,329 --> 00:33:22,033 we have that Canadian can-do spirit that what's going to be the next challenge? 531 00:33:22,050 --> 00:33:25,920 Yes. I'll be the first Canadian to fly in a deep space, but, 532 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:27,238 we often say in this crew, 533 00:33:27,238 --> 00:33:30,241 the points not being the first, it's making sure you're not the last. 534 00:33:30,441 --> 00:33:33,177 And, And what's what's someone going to do? 535 00:33:33,177 --> 00:33:34,362 What's Jenny going to do? 536 00:33:34,362 --> 00:33:38,549 Next for Canada, for example, the other thing I always want to 537 00:33:38,549 --> 00:33:42,170 highlight and, and emphasize in a moment like this that you, 538 00:33:42,420 --> 00:33:46,858 you must acknowledge the extraordinary U.S. 539 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:49,977 space leadership that creates an environment where 540 00:33:49,977 --> 00:33:54,265 we can bring that excellence and demands that excellence and, 541 00:33:54,265 --> 00:33:58,436 and so that Americans should rightly be proud that they curate, 542 00:33:58,803 --> 00:34:02,657 collaboration that does this together, because that is an intentional, 543 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:05,727 not unnecessary, but an intentional choice to do that. 544 00:34:05,727 --> 00:34:07,528 And that's an extraordinary thing that lifts up 545 00:34:07,528 --> 00:34:11,182 the entire world to do what Reid was talking about earlier, 546 00:34:11,432 --> 00:34:14,786 to all bring our gifts and do some just extraordinary stuff. 547 00:34:14,786 --> 00:34:16,471 But it does take a leader. 548 00:34:16,471 --> 00:34:18,723 It does take a vision to go do that. 549 00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:21,709 And we have that going on. How lucky are we? 550 00:34:22,009 --> 00:34:22,376 Thank you. 551 00:34:27,381 --> 00:34:28,199 That was that for me? 552 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:29,867 Oh, sorry. 553 00:34:29,867 --> 00:34:32,820 Jeremy, did you get taller? 554 00:34:32,820 --> 00:34:33,287 You look. 555 00:34:33,287 --> 00:34:34,889 You look taller, sir. 556 00:34:34,889 --> 00:34:36,557 We're, Yeah, we keep bringing them. 557 00:34:36,557 --> 00:34:39,560 No, I'm trying to keep a low profile here. 558 00:34:40,645 --> 00:34:43,314 I do have a question for Reid, if I may, and I'm going to mispronounce this. 559 00:34:43,314 --> 00:34:45,116 I'm Greg Pollone with Spectrum News 13. 560 00:34:45,116 --> 00:34:47,785 This is where our spectrum stations up in New York. 561 00:34:47,785 --> 00:34:48,953 Right. Okay. 562 00:34:48,953 --> 00:34:50,304 I'm going to mispronounce this. 563 00:34:50,304 --> 00:34:52,907 It's the art. Well, how about I do the acronym for you? 564 00:34:52,907 --> 00:34:56,427 Since we're we're all here, RPI, you're a journey from RPI. 565 00:34:56,544 --> 00:34:59,664 The Polytechnic Institute to commander of Artemis to you 566 00:34:59,664 --> 00:35:02,667 tell us about that journey. 567 00:35:03,151 --> 00:35:05,269 Well, it's been a long time, and we don't have that much time, 568 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:06,120 but it has been awesome. 569 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:10,308 I had a great education up there in New York at Rensselaer and, 570 00:35:10,558 --> 00:35:11,642 joined the US Navy, 571 00:35:11,642 --> 00:35:14,011 which is just an amazing place for a young man 572 00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:16,597 to go serve or woman or any American. 573 00:35:16,597 --> 00:35:19,400 It really taught me a tremendous amount just about the world, 574 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:21,135 about cultures around the world. 575 00:35:21,135 --> 00:35:22,170 A lot of people think 576 00:35:22,170 --> 00:35:26,057 that the military is all about fighting, but it is really all for me. 577 00:35:26,057 --> 00:35:27,592 It was that was my job. 578 00:35:27,592 --> 00:35:29,994 But it was all about learning and getting to go around the world. 579 00:35:29,994 --> 00:35:31,129 I traveled around the world 580 00:35:31,129 --> 00:35:33,231 five times on aircraft carriers and in the Navy, 581 00:35:33,231 --> 00:35:36,017 and just learned a tremendous amount that people are at the core. 582 00:35:36,017 --> 00:35:37,135 They're pretty much all the same. 583 00:35:37,135 --> 00:35:39,270 They want to raise their families and do right. 584 00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:42,356 And, sometimes we have our differences on a, on a large scale. 585 00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:43,975 My, my 586 00:35:43,975 --> 00:35:46,978 time in the Navy was just filled with great friends and a good career. 587 00:35:47,028 --> 00:35:49,013 And then in 2009, I came to NASA. 588 00:35:49,013 --> 00:35:51,482 I flew to the International Space Station in 2014. 589 00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:52,700 It's been a while since I've been up there. 590 00:35:52,700 --> 00:35:54,652 So Jeremy, I think I'm a rookie with you. 591 00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:57,638 And then here we are standing here today on this beautiful Florida 592 00:35:57,839 --> 00:36:00,625 afternoon and about to go right, a rocket to the moon. 593 00:36:00,625 --> 00:36:03,561 It's pretty amazing. Very lucky. Thank you. Good luck. Good luck. 594 00:36:03,561 --> 00:36:06,480 Thank you. 595 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:08,966 Hi. Good afternoon, Max Evans with Nasaspaceflight. 596 00:36:08,966 --> 00:36:09,233 You know, 597 00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:11,786 I asked the same question to the crew of Polaris Don, 598 00:36:11,786 --> 00:36:13,704 when they launched about a year and a half ago now. 599 00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:16,340 And I figured, given the weight of what could be happening next week, 600 00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:18,659 I figured I'd toss it in your guys way too. 601 00:36:18,659 --> 00:36:22,530 Given given how, given the weight of what could be happening 602 00:36:22,530 --> 00:36:25,616 next week, how do you think this mission is going to affect you both personally 603 00:36:25,616 --> 00:36:26,334 and professionally? 604 00:36:27,768 --> 00:36:30,771 Blessing for the whole crew. 605 00:36:34,342 --> 00:36:35,126 It's a deep question. 606 00:36:35,126 --> 00:36:37,828 Yeah. 607 00:36:37,828 --> 00:36:41,365 That wow, that is a deep question and thanks for posting it. 608 00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:45,469 And it's interesting to have a Polaris Dawn crew member here as well. 609 00:36:45,686 --> 00:36:49,040 It just it underscores some things that are being said all the time. 610 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,541 The golden age of space exploration. 611 00:36:50,541 --> 00:36:54,262 There's so many amazing things happening and we should be proud, all of us. 612 00:36:56,130 --> 00:36:59,784 You know, I guess I am I'm not going to answer your question. 613 00:36:59,784 --> 00:37:03,354 I actually spend a lot of time keeping myself 614 00:37:03,354 --> 00:37:06,390 from thinking beyond the mission on purpose. 615 00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:08,209 When I start to daydream about those things, 616 00:37:08,209 --> 00:37:11,879 just because I really want to focus and give my all to this, this task. 617 00:37:12,146 --> 00:37:13,648 And, you know, a few of you have asked different 618 00:37:13,648 --> 00:37:15,566 types of questions about how do you think of this? 619 00:37:15,566 --> 00:37:16,801 The way to this moment, 620 00:37:16,801 --> 00:37:20,271 all astronauts start a mission with one goal to not mess it up. 621 00:37:20,521 --> 00:37:22,857 And I think that is really the at the core of it. 622 00:37:22,857 --> 00:37:24,208 We have a lot of work to do. 623 00:37:24,208 --> 00:37:28,379 And so but I will share something that is related to what you asked. 624 00:37:28,379 --> 00:37:29,397 I can tell you this. 625 00:37:29,397 --> 00:37:30,798 My first mission, 626 00:37:30,798 --> 00:37:34,085 the dream of going to space because it was my first time, was there. 627 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:34,885 It was front and center. 628 00:37:34,885 --> 00:37:37,555 Even if I tried to focus past it or beyond it. 629 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:40,675 This mission is much more about duty and responsibility. 630 00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:43,010 So we can pass the baton off for this campaign. 631 00:37:43,010 --> 00:37:45,179 Called Artemis, with its lofty goals. 632 00:37:45,179 --> 00:37:47,298 And we we live that every day. 633 00:37:47,298 --> 00:37:49,100 And and then and then that's it. 634 00:37:49,100 --> 00:37:51,602 And then we want to back out and disappear while the Artemis 635 00:37:51,602 --> 00:37:53,754 three crew stands in front of this microphone. 636 00:37:53,754 --> 00:37:57,541 And so I personally really look forward to to that period 637 00:37:57,541 --> 00:38:01,345 where I think personally and professionally, it is going to satisfy 638 00:38:01,729 --> 00:38:05,449 all of this risk chasing that I've been doing for 27 years. 639 00:38:06,367 --> 00:38:06,901 That was awesome. 640 00:38:06,901 --> 00:38:09,503 Again, we're going to stop right there. And that was great. 641 00:38:13,708 --> 00:38:14,508 All right, Josh, dinner. 642 00:38:14,508 --> 00:38:15,693 Space.com. 643 00:38:15,693 --> 00:38:19,697 What is your impression of the public's perception of your mission? 644 00:38:19,697 --> 00:38:21,499 And do you think there's any aspect of your flight 645 00:38:21,499 --> 00:38:24,769 that people are underestimating, or maybe not as excited 646 00:38:24,769 --> 00:38:27,772 about as you think that they should be? 647 00:38:29,307 --> 00:38:32,310 That's a great question. 648 00:38:32,843 --> 00:38:35,846 Yeah. 649 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:36,864 I'll take it. Go. 650 00:38:36,864 --> 00:38:38,332 You guys jump in. 651 00:38:38,332 --> 00:38:40,701 I can say, 652 00:38:40,701 --> 00:38:42,119 okay, I can say that 653 00:38:42,119 --> 00:38:45,139 after three years, that's the first time I've gotten that question. 654 00:38:45,139 --> 00:38:47,358 So I'm going to wing it here. 655 00:38:47,358 --> 00:38:50,611 I think overall, 656 00:38:50,878 --> 00:38:56,000 some of the big picture things are that we are going to be looking back 657 00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,738 at an Earth where not every human is on earth that is new, that is different. 658 00:39:00,738 --> 00:39:03,541 We will have crew members and our colleagues 659 00:39:03,541 --> 00:39:06,177 orbiting Earth around the International Space Station, 660 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:09,413 and we even have event where we get to talk to them, ship to ship, 661 00:39:09,413 --> 00:39:13,367 which I think is a really exciting moment to be a part of, and I hope people 662 00:39:13,367 --> 00:39:17,071 come along for that and recognize the importance of that milestone. 663 00:39:17,571 --> 00:39:19,173 I think another really cool thing 664 00:39:19,173 --> 00:39:23,361 that we're doing is the proximity operations demonstration, 665 00:39:23,461 --> 00:39:27,031 where we actually separate from our upper stage rocket 666 00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:31,052 and then use it as a target to manually fly a space ship. 667 00:39:31,402 --> 00:39:33,120 That is awesome. 668 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,723 I'm really excited about that. And of course, rightfully so. 669 00:39:35,723 --> 00:39:38,726 We keep talking about the destination, the moon. 670 00:39:39,026 --> 00:39:42,646 We are doing some awesome things and getting some of our most important 671 00:39:42,646 --> 00:39:46,500 flight objectives done in that really high Earth orbit 672 00:39:46,500 --> 00:39:48,953 that we take in that first 24 hours in space. 673 00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:50,721 So so that's a huge one. 674 00:39:50,721 --> 00:39:54,291 And I'll say the other thing is our proximity to the moon. 675 00:39:54,542 --> 00:39:57,294 We're going to be somewhere between 4000 and 6000 miles 676 00:39:57,294 --> 00:40:01,399 from the surface of the moon, much farther than most of the Apollo missions. 677 00:40:01,732 --> 00:40:05,186 And there's actually a silver lining and an awesome thing about that, 678 00:40:05,369 --> 00:40:07,705 which is that if it's lighted in the right way, 679 00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:10,858 which we expect it to be, especially for this launch window, 680 00:40:11,158 --> 00:40:14,929 we have the opportunity to see parts of the far side of the moon 681 00:40:14,929 --> 00:40:17,398 with human eyes that have never been seen before, 682 00:40:17,398 --> 00:40:20,634 because we have that pulled back perspective, 683 00:40:20,634 --> 00:40:23,387 and that's a really exciting thing to be a part of. 684 00:40:23,387 --> 00:40:26,040 I think our biggest wishes though, for this, and 685 00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:29,910 I do think that as people come online learning about this mission, 686 00:40:29,910 --> 00:40:32,930 they are feeling because of the questions we get 687 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:36,000 and the feedback we get is that it's for all of humanity. 688 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,002 We really, truly are going for all. 689 00:40:38,002 --> 00:40:42,857 And by all, I'm picking that up from from the public and I hope that 690 00:40:42,857 --> 00:40:47,428 it is just more and more impressed upon them that this is everyone's mission. 691 00:40:48,512 --> 00:40:51,499 Thank you. 692 00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:54,168 This is Bob La Fuente with Audrey Time. 693 00:40:54,168 --> 00:40:57,471 Vinita. I'm speaking, you know, 694 00:40:57,471 --> 00:41:00,624 as a content creator, they are, first of all, thank you. 695 00:41:00,624 --> 00:41:01,675 You've been here one hour. 696 00:41:01,675 --> 00:41:04,945 Answering questions under the sun is a very hot day, so please hydrate. 697 00:41:05,362 --> 00:41:08,365 Thank you to the NASA team for allowing us to be here. 698 00:41:08,499 --> 00:41:10,851 Christine, as you just mentioned, this, 699 00:41:10,851 --> 00:41:14,538 you are going to see things that no human have witnessed before. 700 00:41:14,872 --> 00:41:18,359 At least with that perspective, now that we know that you will have 701 00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:21,562 computer devices that can take video and pictures, 702 00:41:21,662 --> 00:41:25,499 how are you guys planning to share that content with the whole world? 703 00:41:25,499 --> 00:41:27,651 Because you are inspiring so many. 704 00:41:27,651 --> 00:41:30,654 Thank you. 705 00:41:32,189 --> 00:41:33,023 Well, a couple of things. 706 00:41:33,023 --> 00:41:36,744 Consider it's the first time I go out there with humans, of course. 707 00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:39,580 And so we want to set expectations realistically. 708 00:41:39,580 --> 00:41:43,350 That's not like being on the international Space Station 250 miles away. 709 00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:47,238 The communication system may be really robust, and we may be able 710 00:41:47,238 --> 00:41:50,391 to get a lot of information back, but we might not be able to as well. 711 00:41:50,724 --> 00:41:54,445 And this is one of the test objectives, is to see how our deep space communication 712 00:41:54,445 --> 00:41:58,432 system works, how much bandwidth we have for transmitting high resolution 713 00:41:58,432 --> 00:41:59,667 photos or video. 714 00:41:59,667 --> 00:42:02,786 And so I don't know exactly what you'll see during the mission, but 715 00:42:02,786 --> 00:42:06,290 we will capture it all on the cards and bring it back with us. 716 00:42:06,290 --> 00:42:09,527 And we'll we'll do a great job of sharing that. 717 00:42:09,527 --> 00:42:14,548 We're excited to try our best to take some images, to try and bring you along 718 00:42:14,548 --> 00:42:19,353 on that journey to see the moon, to see some extraordinary aspects of the moon. 719 00:42:19,353 --> 00:42:23,040 But also to see yourselves from the perspective of the moon. 720 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,826 I mean, just imagine that the moon in the foreground 721 00:42:25,826 --> 00:42:28,646 and that Earth in the background, and you're all in that shot. 722 00:42:29,697 --> 00:42:29,897 Yeah. 723 00:42:29,897 --> 00:42:32,900 We're really excited to share that with you 724 00:42:33,033 --> 00:42:35,119 very, very. 725 00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:36,237 I thank you for doing this. 726 00:42:36,237 --> 00:42:38,389 Thank you for doing this kind cry for space up close. 727 00:42:38,389 --> 00:42:43,110 Speaking about talking back to you, Manatee, I'd like to ask you guys, 728 00:42:43,110 --> 00:42:48,482 the Apollo crews did broadcasts in space, try to educate the kids. 729 00:42:48,482 --> 00:42:50,334 What? What are you guys going to do? 730 00:42:50,334 --> 00:42:54,121 Transmitting back on your way to the moon and back to motivate, 731 00:42:54,505 --> 00:42:58,042 educate and excite the kids and everybody else. 732 00:42:58,042 --> 00:43:01,045 Thank you. 733 00:43:02,963 --> 00:43:05,966 I, I think the 734 00:43:06,083 --> 00:43:08,852 we've all kind of hit on the the first thing we have to do 735 00:43:08,852 --> 00:43:10,771 is we got to fly this mission successfully. 736 00:43:10,771 --> 00:43:13,040 There is going to be a tremendous amount of unknowns. 737 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:14,608 There's going to be things that we didn't expect. 738 00:43:14,608 --> 00:43:16,760 There's going to be com linkage difficulties. 739 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:17,928 There's going to be all sorts of things. 740 00:43:17,928 --> 00:43:19,196 The first thing we got to do 741 00:43:19,196 --> 00:43:22,733 is we just got to fly this mission and then layered into our schedule. 742 00:43:23,417 --> 00:43:26,036 Our public relations folks at NASA 743 00:43:26,036 --> 00:43:29,790 have developed a very nice portfolio of outreach opportunities. 744 00:43:29,790 --> 00:43:32,543 I think the NASA flagship channel, which I believe is on 745 00:43:32,543 --> 00:43:35,429 YouTube, is going to stream this live 24 over seven. 746 00:43:35,429 --> 00:43:37,247 So if you're having trouble falling asleep one night, 747 00:43:37,247 --> 00:43:39,850 you can just pop that on and watch us for a little while. 748 00:43:39,850 --> 00:43:43,170 Spaceflight can be very slow and it can be very awesome. 749 00:43:43,971 --> 00:43:46,640 But we are going to have a tremendous amount of outreach. 750 00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:49,610 We're trying to hit all the social media sites. 751 00:43:49,610 --> 00:43:50,311 We're trying to hit 752 00:43:50,311 --> 00:43:54,148 all the traditional media sites, and we're trying to stream 24 over seven. 753 00:43:54,498 --> 00:43:57,501 And then the other thing that I think we do is just 754 00:43:57,568 --> 00:44:00,988 we have a pretty gregarious, outgoing crew that really feels 755 00:44:00,988 --> 00:44:02,189 bought into this mission. 756 00:44:02,189 --> 00:44:03,357 And part of this mission 757 00:44:03,357 --> 00:44:06,560 is bringing along the world for for all of us to be in this together. 758 00:44:06,677 --> 00:44:08,545 So, you know, we are going to be involved 759 00:44:08,545 --> 00:44:10,914 and we're going to be out there doing this. Thank you. 760 00:44:12,983 --> 00:44:13,817 Sean. 761 00:44:13,817 --> 00:44:14,718 Hey. Good afternoon. 762 00:44:14,718 --> 00:44:16,787 I'm Brandon from Interstellar Gateway. 763 00:44:16,787 --> 00:44:20,507 This question just can just go out to whoever it jumps out to the most. 764 00:44:20,841 --> 00:44:25,379 As someone who grew up watching space shuttle from right here on the Space Coast 765 00:44:25,646 --> 00:44:28,649 and now being in the position that I'm in, I was wondering, 766 00:44:28,649 --> 00:44:32,369 what's something that inspired you growing up that has kind of thrust you 767 00:44:32,369 --> 00:44:35,372 into the position that you're in now about to launch around the moon? 768 00:44:39,927 --> 00:44:42,479 I hope that we all get a chance to answer. 769 00:44:42,479 --> 00:44:44,281 And I was inspired. 770 00:44:44,281 --> 00:44:46,233 I'll give a space kind of related one. 771 00:44:46,233 --> 00:44:50,537 I was inspired by things that made me feel small the night sky, the vast ocean. 772 00:44:50,537 --> 00:44:53,607 I love sailing with my family, big mountains, 773 00:44:53,607 --> 00:44:56,577 anything that made me ponder the size of the universe. 774 00:44:56,577 --> 00:45:00,631 And then on a more individual level, I was inspired by the leaders of the Civil 775 00:45:00,631 --> 00:45:05,369 Rights movement, by the people that weren't afraid to do what scared them 776 00:45:05,636 --> 00:45:10,140 in the face of a lot of mixed messages on what was the right thing. 777 00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:12,509 But they knew what was right, and they pursued that. 778 00:45:12,509 --> 00:45:17,214 No matter what I think about those people a lot, when I'm in positions of 779 00:45:17,748 --> 00:45:20,901 having to work through fear, having to face things 780 00:45:20,901 --> 00:45:24,238 that are uncomfortable, and those are the people that inspired me growing up. 781 00:45:31,345 --> 00:45:34,281 Thank you for the the question and the opportunity to, 782 00:45:34,281 --> 00:45:37,501 bring my parents into it because it's them, my mother and father. 783 00:45:37,501 --> 00:45:38,902 And I know it's easy to say without my mom. 784 00:45:38,902 --> 00:45:42,423 I wouldn't be here, literally, but also not just from the birth perspective. 785 00:45:42,673 --> 00:45:46,760 Along the way, my mom is the reason that I am alive and made it to adulthood 786 00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:49,763 because I was trying real hard to make that not the case. 787 00:45:50,748 --> 00:45:54,535 And literally a conversation I had with my father while I was in college. 788 00:45:54,835 --> 00:45:56,837 I decided I wanted to join the Navy. 789 00:45:56,837 --> 00:45:58,388 I wanted to be a Navy Seal. 790 00:45:58,388 --> 00:46:00,808 And my dad said, hey, I know some Swat guys. 791 00:46:00,808 --> 00:46:02,426 He was a is a retired police officer. 792 00:46:02,426 --> 00:46:03,744 I know some Swat guys who did that. 793 00:46:03,744 --> 00:46:05,479 But, you know, that just doesn't look like you. 794 00:46:05,479 --> 00:46:08,849 But with a degree from Cal Poly and and some wings on your chest, 795 00:46:08,849 --> 00:46:10,918 you might mess around and become an astronaut one day. 796 00:46:10,918 --> 00:46:13,487 And he said that to me in 1997. 797 00:46:13,487 --> 00:46:16,907 And, so listen to your parents, folks, but, 798 00:46:16,907 --> 00:46:20,127 my parents and I could tell you stories like that about my grandparents as well, 799 00:46:20,310 --> 00:46:23,814 but it's been my parents, inspiration and support 800 00:46:24,081 --> 00:46:25,616 through this whole 49 year journey. 801 00:46:25,616 --> 00:46:28,218 That is the reason I get to to be on this side of this microphone. 802 00:46:30,204 --> 00:46:30,971 Nice to talk. 803 00:46:30,971 --> 00:46:33,240 Yeah. 804 00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:34,808 So, poignant. 805 00:46:34,808 --> 00:46:37,711 Victor, for me, I've told this many times 806 00:46:37,711 --> 00:46:41,482 I saw an image, a human stand on the moon, an encyclopedia as a young child. 807 00:46:41,815 --> 00:46:44,001 But I went one step further. 808 00:46:44,001 --> 00:46:47,004 I wasn't just inspired, but I shared that with other people 809 00:46:47,037 --> 00:46:51,091 like Victor Sambo, with my parents, with, teachers, mentors 810 00:46:51,358 --> 00:46:55,128 and people realized that this was something I was passionate about, 811 00:46:55,128 --> 00:46:59,583 and they used it to push me outside my comfort zone over and over again. 812 00:46:59,666 --> 00:47:03,053 I was also fortunate that I grew up watching the space shuttle program, 813 00:47:03,420 --> 00:47:06,657 and, I watched Canadian astronauts fly. 814 00:47:06,990 --> 00:47:10,077 And so I think these mentors, for me, it wasn't something unachievable. 815 00:47:10,077 --> 00:47:14,665 They were actually seeing Canadians fly in space, the space agency through NASA. 816 00:47:15,048 --> 00:47:17,668 And that was very empowering. 817 00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:21,421 And there's something that I, that I often think about what's really important, 818 00:47:21,421 --> 00:47:24,474 I wasn't inspired because there was an inspiration program. 819 00:47:24,808 --> 00:47:28,829 I was inspired because humans went and did something extremely inspiring. 820 00:47:29,096 --> 00:47:31,849 And yes, we have a whole system that shares this so that it can be 821 00:47:31,849 --> 00:47:35,002 used and leveraged and put out there to inspire our next generation. 822 00:47:35,219 --> 00:47:38,972 But the key is to do what our leadership is trying to do right now, which is like, 823 00:47:38,972 --> 00:47:40,073 let's get out there 824 00:47:40,073 --> 00:47:44,995 and let's make it as inspiring as we can possibly make it for this next generation. 825 00:47:44,995 --> 00:47:46,430 And you know what will happen? 826 00:47:46,430 --> 00:47:49,766 They'll be standing here and ten, 20, 30 years, continuing 827 00:47:49,766 --> 00:47:51,001 to do extraordinary things. 828 00:47:51,985 --> 00:47:52,286 Thank you. 829 00:47:52,286 --> 00:47:54,438 Jeremy. 830 00:47:54,438 --> 00:47:57,257 Jeremy, just now that I was just going to say you just have to go 831 00:47:57,257 --> 00:48:01,578 do things like all of us are inspired by people who went and did new things, 832 00:48:01,578 --> 00:48:06,917 did difficult things, did hard things like get out there and try and go do I 833 00:48:07,217 --> 00:48:11,088 that what my favorite part of Polaris Dawn was when you all hit apogee 834 00:48:11,488 --> 00:48:16,293 and you said that Artemis two is going to go carry this torch further from Earth. 835 00:48:16,293 --> 00:48:20,547 And what an amazing moment right there on a on a private spaceflight 836 00:48:20,547 --> 00:48:23,850 at apogee to make that radio call like that's burned into my head. 837 00:48:23,850 --> 00:48:26,536 He's motivated me. You all have motivated all of us. 838 00:48:26,536 --> 00:48:29,573 And we get the opportunity right now to hold the conquered, motivate the world. 839 00:48:29,573 --> 00:48:31,458 And that is an amazing privilege. 840 00:48:31,458 --> 00:48:34,161 And that is something that we are not going to let go of lightly. 841 00:48:34,161 --> 00:48:34,978 But we're doing it 842 00:48:34,978 --> 00:48:38,482 because we're going out and doing something that is so critically important. 843 00:48:38,882 --> 00:48:42,269 I wanted to wrap up, just really by saying two things. 844 00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:43,637 Maybe I'll go back, 845 00:48:43,637 --> 00:48:47,958 but two things, first, for the media this year, if you just look this way, 846 00:48:48,258 --> 00:48:50,961 there's like this gaggle of unassuming people down here. 847 00:48:50,961 --> 00:48:53,363 But when we look at these people down here, 848 00:48:53,363 --> 00:48:55,649 these are the people that built the rocket, that know the rocket 849 00:48:55,649 --> 00:48:57,985 that are going to launch the rocket that have worked on this day 850 00:48:57,985 --> 00:48:58,819 in and day out. 851 00:48:58,819 --> 00:49:00,988 So we look over here and we see our friends 852 00:49:00,988 --> 00:49:04,408 Tyler and our launch director, and we see Jeremy Kelvin, center directors. 853 00:49:04,408 --> 00:49:07,878 We've got associate administrator, deputy associate administrators over there. 854 00:49:07,878 --> 00:49:10,230 It's like, these are our friends over here that have made this mission. 855 00:49:10,230 --> 00:49:12,199 So I just wanted to highlight them. 856 00:49:12,199 --> 00:49:14,101 And then I really, for the crew, just wanted to 857 00:49:14,101 --> 00:49:17,237 look every one of you in the eye down this row and say thank you, 858 00:49:17,487 --> 00:49:19,856 because what you're doing is every bit as important 859 00:49:19,856 --> 00:49:22,142 as what we're doing and what they're doing. 860 00:49:22,142 --> 00:49:26,096 Sharing the message, motivating the world, finding the truth and reporting on it. 861 00:49:26,096 --> 00:49:28,732 So thank you all. Thanks for giving us your time and we appreciate you. 862 00:49:31,101 --> 00:49:31,585 All right. 863 00:49:31,585 --> 00:49:34,588 That's all the time we have for today. 864 00:49:34,921 --> 00:49:39,710 We have a series of briefings lined up this week as we countdown to launch. 865 00:49:39,710 --> 00:49:44,181 So next up, we'll hear from the crew again this Sunday at 11:30 a.m. 866 00:49:44,181 --> 00:49:47,217 as they join us from crew quarters virtually. 867 00:49:47,517 --> 00:49:51,054 And as always, you can stay up to date on all the latest mission 868 00:49:51,054 --> 00:49:53,273 news and events@nasa.gov. 869 00:49:53,273 --> 00:49:56,510 Thanks to our crew for joining us today, and thank you all for joining us today. 870 00:49:56,510 --> 00:49:57,694 We'll see you on Sunday.