1 00:08:09,789 --> 00:08:10,840 Good afternoon, 2 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:13,843 and welcome to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. 3 00:08:13,893 --> 00:08:15,661 Moments ago, we saw the Artemis II 4 00:08:15,661 --> 00:08:19,532 crew arrive ahead of their historic mission around the moon. 5 00:08:19,782 --> 00:08:21,284 And they have now joined us. 6 00:08:21,284 --> 00:08:24,120 And we'll be taking questions from the media shortly. 7 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,072 Before we get started, we'll go ahead and kick it off 8 00:08:26,072 --> 00:08:28,958 with some opening remarks from the crew. Go ahead. 9 00:08:28,958 --> 00:08:30,610 All right. Thanks, Courtney. 10 00:08:30,610 --> 00:08:31,811 Hey, let's go to the moon. 11 00:08:35,231 --> 00:08:35,715 I think the 12 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:38,784 nation and the world has been waiting a long time to do this again. 13 00:08:38,801 --> 00:08:40,686 And, on behalf of myself, Victor. 14 00:08:40,686 --> 00:08:42,004 Christina. Jeremy. 15 00:08:42,004 --> 00:08:44,640 We are really pumped to go do this for this entire team. 16 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:45,841 It has been a lot of work. 17 00:08:45,841 --> 00:08:47,326 It's been a great journey. 18 00:08:47,326 --> 00:08:50,413 It's great to be down here in the in the Florida warm air. 19 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:53,566 The vehicle looked amazing on the pad on the way in. 20 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:56,085 Victor and Christina led us here. 21 00:08:56,085 --> 00:08:59,639 It's just been an awesome start to this journey here at Kennedy. 22 00:08:59,655 --> 00:09:02,642 So I'll hand it over to Victor. Thank you. 23 00:09:03,309 --> 00:09:03,693 Hey. Good. 24 00:09:03,693 --> 00:09:06,312 Good afternoon, everybody. It's awesome to be here. 25 00:09:06,312 --> 00:09:07,997 We love coming here about 100 miles away. 26 00:09:07,997 --> 00:09:10,833 We said how much we love flying and do to KSC. 27 00:09:10,833 --> 00:09:14,287 And so, I just want to send a special thank you to our team. 28 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,640 They pulled a lot together to make this possible for us to get to fly 29 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,560 all these jets and stay in quarantine and have all the support. 30 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:22,478 So, thank you, to all of them. 31 00:09:22,478 --> 00:09:24,397 And looking forward to answering your questions. 32 00:09:27,183 --> 00:09:29,001 We're so happy to be here. 33 00:09:29,001 --> 00:09:30,736 Little anecdote on the way here. 34 00:09:30,736 --> 00:09:33,756 We had an, ATC controller actually 35 00:09:33,756 --> 00:09:36,976 reach out and ask us how the weather was looking for a launch and wish us luck. 36 00:09:36,976 --> 00:09:40,563 So it was really exciting to see how many people are paying attention to this. 37 00:09:40,563 --> 00:09:43,833 Even just being on this team for three years, we're actually short timers. 38 00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:45,818 A lot of people have been working for a long time. 39 00:09:45,818 --> 00:09:48,671 So we're ready to do this and to fulfill our mission 40 00:09:48,671 --> 00:09:51,674 for all of you. 41 00:09:51,791 --> 00:09:54,510 Thanks, Sam. 42 00:09:54,510 --> 00:09:55,895 Well, I want to welcome, 43 00:09:55,895 --> 00:10:00,333 we left, a crazy goodbye from just so many people lined the streets. 44 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:03,369 It was a warm embrace on our way, leaving home to come here, 45 00:10:03,369 --> 00:10:06,372 and then to arrive here and have all of you 46 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:08,975 supporting us on the way and just feels really positive. 47 00:10:08,975 --> 00:10:11,744 I got to tell you, I am fired up my family. 48 00:10:11,744 --> 00:10:13,362 It was, It's hard to say goodbye. 49 00:10:13,362 --> 00:10:17,350 We'll see him again tomorrow, but, we're all fired up to go do this, so I see, 50 00:10:18,551 --> 00:10:21,554 nice. 51 00:10:21,971 --> 00:10:22,922 In NASA speak. 52 00:10:22,922 --> 00:10:26,025 I got to go back, which means I just forgot stuff on the first time through. 53 00:10:26,142 --> 00:10:29,011 We want to give a little salute to our back ups over there. 54 00:10:29,011 --> 00:10:29,912 Andre and Jenny. 55 00:10:29,912 --> 00:10:32,915 So give them all a round of applause. 56 00:10:33,933 --> 00:10:34,717 They've been on this. 57 00:10:34,717 --> 00:10:37,036 They've been on this journey every every step of the way with us. 58 00:10:37,036 --> 00:10:39,939 And, it's great to have them in the aircraft with us coming down here. 59 00:10:39,939 --> 00:10:42,491 And they'll be strapping us into the vehicle on its launch day. 60 00:10:42,491 --> 00:10:44,710 And then I didn't forget we wanted to save this for the end, 61 00:10:44,710 --> 00:10:48,664 but we are holding our, our Zero-G indicator 62 00:10:48,664 --> 00:10:51,667 rise, and Christina will make a few comments about this. 63 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:55,621 Yes. Let's see if I can get this microphone in place. 64 00:10:55,621 --> 00:10:58,691 But we are thrilled to announce 65 00:10:58,691 --> 00:11:02,795 today the winner of the Zero-G Indicator 66 00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:06,849 or Ziggy contest, which was participated in worldwide. 67 00:11:07,450 --> 00:11:10,002 And our buddy here named rise, 68 00:11:10,002 --> 00:11:14,423 was submitted by second grader Lucas Yee from California. 69 00:11:14,423 --> 00:11:17,476 Yeah, Lucas. Thank you. Lucas. 70 00:11:19,545 --> 00:11:21,130 The crew personally 71 00:11:21,130 --> 00:11:25,384 participated in selecting our buddy, our stowaway, to fly with us. 72 00:11:25,384 --> 00:11:29,221 And this little guy rise really resonated with us 73 00:11:29,221 --> 00:11:32,675 because the theme is actually the Earthrise 74 00:11:32,975 --> 00:11:37,213 photo taken on Apollo eight, which is inspirational to all of us. 75 00:11:37,563 --> 00:11:41,133 And it is a mission that sort of mirrors our own, 76 00:11:41,384 --> 00:11:44,253 and we've incorporated it into our mission patch 77 00:11:44,253 --> 00:11:46,622 and also into our ethos and values as a crew. 78 00:11:46,622 --> 00:11:48,124 So welcome aboard Rise. 79 00:11:48,124 --> 00:11:49,692 It was a great first flight with you. 80 00:11:49,692 --> 00:11:52,495 We look forward to the next one. 81 00:11:52,495 --> 00:11:53,312 Thank you. 82 00:11:53,312 --> 00:11:56,198 Thank you. 83 00:11:56,198 --> 00:11:59,385 One last one last cool little note on rise is on the bottom of rise. 84 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:01,454 There's a little tiny zipper right here. 85 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:05,040 And the, micro SD card that has everyone's names that they've submitted. 86 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:07,126 There's still time. I think it closes tonight. 87 00:12:07,126 --> 00:12:10,262 Courtney can make sure, but this is where that SD card will live. 88 00:12:10,262 --> 00:12:12,481 So it will be right here on our Zero-G indicator. 89 00:12:12,481 --> 00:12:15,067 A great little feature of of our little buddy rice. 90 00:12:15,067 --> 00:12:15,885 Thank you. 91 00:12:15,885 --> 00:12:16,268 That's right. 92 00:12:16,268 --> 00:12:18,604 We'll be taking submissions until 5 p.m. tonight. 93 00:12:18,604 --> 00:12:21,240 So you still have time to get your name in if you're interested. 94 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:24,460 And with that, we'll go ahead and start our Q&A portion of today. 95 00:12:24,460 --> 00:12:25,711 We have a microphone right here. 96 00:12:25,711 --> 00:12:29,915 Please be sure to state your name and media affiliation before you get started. 97 00:12:29,915 --> 00:12:30,816 Go ahead. 98 00:12:30,816 --> 00:12:34,053 Hi. Marcia Dunn, Associated Press right over here. 99 00:12:34,570 --> 00:12:35,337 Here we are. 100 00:12:35,337 --> 00:12:40,776 You know, you've had, there have been two rocket rollouts, three quarantines. 101 00:12:40,893 --> 00:12:43,446 I know it's part of the job, but how tough has it 102 00:12:43,446 --> 00:12:46,382 all these up and downs been over the past couple of months? 103 00:12:50,586 --> 00:12:52,805 Yeah. 104 00:12:52,805 --> 00:12:55,107 You know, I think for the crew, 105 00:12:55,107 --> 00:12:58,110 we focus on training, readiness, safety. 106 00:12:58,110 --> 00:13:01,297 And so, you know, we've we've known that that was a possibility 107 00:13:01,413 --> 00:13:03,916 the entire time, as you stated. 108 00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:08,437 But our families have really, turned to, to, to, to make it possible. 109 00:13:08,437 --> 00:13:10,956 And I think we actually were able to quarantine 110 00:13:10,956 --> 00:13:14,076 all of us with our entire families, or at least it started that way. 111 00:13:14,076 --> 00:13:18,464 And, and so I really just wanted to focus on them and say thank you to them for, 112 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:22,802 you know, making it, for supporting us through all the different iterations. 113 00:13:23,052 --> 00:13:24,687 But, you know, that's the that's this business. 114 00:13:24,687 --> 00:13:29,091 It'll go when, the engines light at t0 and so that we, 115 00:13:29,141 --> 00:13:30,543 we totally understand that. 116 00:13:30,543 --> 00:13:34,513 And, and, you know, we still have some, some weather updates and some technical 117 00:13:34,513 --> 00:13:37,950 things to get through between now and, and when the launch window opens. 118 00:13:39,034 --> 00:13:39,785 Thanks. 119 00:13:39,785 --> 00:13:42,404 I'm sure. 120 00:13:42,404 --> 00:13:43,772 Hey, everyone. Mark Strassmann, CBS. 121 00:13:43,772 --> 00:13:44,924 Good to see you all again. 122 00:13:44,924 --> 00:13:47,910 Reed, I think I'll toss this one to you, if that's okay. 123 00:13:47,977 --> 00:13:49,962 You know, ever since the four of you were selected 124 00:13:49,962 --> 00:13:52,481 three years ago, you've been focused on this moment. 125 00:13:52,481 --> 00:13:53,199 And, of course, 126 00:13:53,199 --> 00:13:55,351 millions of people have been following along, 127 00:13:55,351 --> 00:13:56,735 and there are millions of people who are now 128 00:13:56,735 --> 00:13:59,104 just realizing this moment is about to happen. 129 00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:01,991 So when you factor in the unpredictability of space 130 00:14:01,991 --> 00:14:04,994 and when you factor in the fact that this is first and foremost a test flight, 131 00:14:05,227 --> 00:14:08,230 what should be the expectations for this mission? 132 00:14:09,849 --> 00:14:12,668 I think I'll start with April 1st through the six. 133 00:14:12,668 --> 00:14:17,223 I the way I kind of think about it in my head is this is the first time 134 00:14:17,223 --> 00:14:21,243 we're loading the crew on with fuel on the pad, so we're ready. 135 00:14:21,243 --> 00:14:23,262 The rocket is ready. We are ready. 136 00:14:23,262 --> 00:14:24,513 NASA is ready. 137 00:14:24,513 --> 00:14:26,081 This vehicle is definitely ready to go. 138 00:14:26,081 --> 00:14:27,883 We went through the flight readiness review. 139 00:14:27,883 --> 00:14:28,784 We are ready to launch, 140 00:14:28,784 --> 00:14:31,871 but we're also humans trying to load millions of pounds of propellant 141 00:14:31,871 --> 00:14:33,422 onto a giant machine and send it to the moon. 142 00:14:33,422 --> 00:14:35,975 So it could very well be that we get on April 1st 143 00:14:35,975 --> 00:14:38,978 and we're behind timeline, and we're just not ready as a team. 144 00:14:39,061 --> 00:14:43,082 And then we'll probably take a 24 hour or a 48 hour pause in my head. 145 00:14:43,082 --> 00:14:46,869 It probably may be a 48 hour pause, regroup, come out on the third, 146 00:14:46,869 --> 00:14:48,787 give it a go again, see how it goes. 147 00:14:48,787 --> 00:14:50,773 And if we get off on the third, great. 148 00:14:50,773 --> 00:14:52,741 If we get off on the sixth, great. 149 00:14:52,741 --> 00:14:55,778 If we got an issue, we got to come back in May or June or whatever. 150 00:14:55,778 --> 00:14:58,280 The vehicle on the team are ready. We are ready for that. 151 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:00,482 I was just I was talking to Jenny on the way here. 152 00:15:00,482 --> 00:15:02,501 Oh, Jenny's over there. I was talking to Jenny on the way here. 153 00:15:02,501 --> 00:15:05,020 Like a little piece of my brain is always holding on. 154 00:15:05,020 --> 00:15:07,089 That April 1st is not a guarantee. 155 00:15:07,089 --> 00:15:08,524 April 6th is not a guarantee. 156 00:15:08,524 --> 00:15:11,076 We got to go feel this whole thing out. It's good to see you to. 157 00:15:15,064 --> 00:15:15,664 Hello, Jackie. 158 00:15:15,664 --> 00:15:17,583 Got out for the Times of London. 159 00:15:17,583 --> 00:15:22,021 You're about to embark on one of humanity's greatest endeavors. 160 00:15:22,321 --> 00:15:25,541 There's the 250th anniversary jets over here. 161 00:15:25,541 --> 00:15:28,260 You've got the backdrop of everything that Jared announced last week 162 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:30,796 with stepping up the pathway to the moon and Mars. 163 00:15:30,796 --> 00:15:33,065 I wonder to what extent that kind of weighs on you 164 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:37,052 as either a burden or a blessing, and how you consider your places in history. 165 00:15:37,052 --> 00:15:40,055 Thank you. 166 00:15:41,890 --> 00:15:43,442 So I'm happy to sit down. 167 00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:46,061 Yeah. 168 00:15:46,061 --> 00:15:47,947 Thank. 169 00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:50,432 We have talked a lot about the exciting changes 170 00:15:50,432 --> 00:15:53,953 that have been announced and how we're approaching, fulfilling 171 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:58,273 our, our destiny in space and our journey to the moon and on to Mars. 172 00:15:58,273 --> 00:16:03,579 And the one thing the crew all agrees on is that it has been motivating. 173 00:16:03,579 --> 00:16:06,732 It has been inspiring, and it has fired us up. 174 00:16:06,999 --> 00:16:10,419 We have added in extra looks at our training, 175 00:16:10,419 --> 00:16:12,521 because we are already ramping up ideas 176 00:16:12,521 --> 00:16:15,040 for how we're going to get the next crew trained, 177 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,559 and if anything, it just contributes to 178 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:20,713 something that we've held in our values since day one. 179 00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:25,351 As a crew, we actually have relay batons because in spaceflight, 180 00:16:25,351 --> 00:16:29,822 whether it's a short duration flight like a sprint, a long duration flight 181 00:16:29,822 --> 00:16:32,141 like many of us have been on, we call it a marathon. 182 00:16:32,141 --> 00:16:33,308 We're in a relay race 183 00:16:33,308 --> 00:16:36,462 and we're not successful to the next missions that are successful. 184 00:16:36,462 --> 00:16:39,031 And if nothing else, this just fired us up for that. 185 00:16:39,031 --> 00:16:39,915 All the more hundred. 186 00:16:44,653 --> 00:16:46,155 Hey everybody, great to see you again. 187 00:16:46,155 --> 00:16:46,922 Welcome back. 188 00:16:46,922 --> 00:16:49,358 It's been probably a year and a half since I got to talk to you guys. 189 00:16:49,358 --> 00:16:52,027 I'm James, I'm our local reporter from channel six. 190 00:16:52,027 --> 00:16:54,513 So I was wondering, what does it mean to each of you 191 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:57,583 to be flying farther away from Earth than any crew before, in 192 00:16:57,583 --> 00:17:00,586 more than 60 years of American spaceflight? 193 00:17:00,886 --> 00:17:03,872 You start there. 194 00:17:04,957 --> 00:17:05,290 Well, 195 00:17:05,290 --> 00:17:08,444 I think, for us, it's definitely not something we focus on. 196 00:17:08,544 --> 00:17:11,163 It's important for us. We look at our objectives. 197 00:17:11,163 --> 00:17:12,314 We're going to test this capsule. 198 00:17:12,314 --> 00:17:15,217 We're going to lay the groundwork for Artemis three and four, 199 00:17:15,217 --> 00:17:17,953 and we're going to try and get back safely and land in the Pacific Ocean. 200 00:17:17,953 --> 00:17:20,956 That's what really matters to us, and that's what we should be focused on. 201 00:17:21,340 --> 00:17:23,559 You know, I love the fact that people highlight that 202 00:17:23,559 --> 00:17:24,910 and communications highlights it. 203 00:17:24,910 --> 00:17:26,712 It is it is a milestone. 204 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:29,415 If if we do pass it, there's no guarantee we will. 205 00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:32,918 But if we do, we should celebrate the pioneers who came 206 00:17:32,918 --> 00:17:36,004 before us that put us in this position to be breaking a record like that. 207 00:17:36,371 --> 00:17:38,474 And then we should, you know, throw that out 208 00:17:38,474 --> 00:17:41,560 to the next generation to say, hey, let's let's go even further. 209 00:17:42,277 --> 00:17:44,613 Thank you very much. All right. Okay. 210 00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:47,733 Hi, all, Jackie Wattles from CNN. 211 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:48,667 Thanks for doing this. 212 00:17:48,667 --> 00:17:52,171 So we understand you all got to be part of the flight readiness review. 213 00:17:52,404 --> 00:17:54,606 Was really curious to hear what that experience was like, 214 00:17:54,606 --> 00:17:57,209 what questions you asked and what you took away from it. 215 00:17:57,209 --> 00:17:59,678 And then I also understand you're taking some laptops 216 00:17:59,678 --> 00:18:01,113 or personal devices with you. 217 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:04,516 Is there anything in particular you'll have loaded onto those devices? 218 00:18:06,335 --> 00:18:09,705 We do have personal computing devices, so we can load stuff on them. 219 00:18:09,705 --> 00:18:13,992 We also got iPhones recently, so I don't think I can actually say 220 00:18:13,992 --> 00:18:16,628 that as a government employee, we have small, highly powerful 221 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:19,631 computing devices that we will take with us with outstanding cameras. 222 00:18:19,731 --> 00:18:21,433 So we could throw a few things on that. 223 00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:22,718 It's just it is really nice. 224 00:18:22,718 --> 00:18:25,053 We we will get those devices tonight. 225 00:18:25,053 --> 00:18:28,056 Here are our flight devices, and we'll be able to load a few things on there. 226 00:18:28,056 --> 00:18:30,609 I think family photos and more importantly, 227 00:18:30,609 --> 00:18:33,061 all of our detailed schematics that we've gotten from the engineering 228 00:18:33,061 --> 00:18:35,464 support teams are going on to those all of our procedures. 229 00:18:35,464 --> 00:18:38,200 So just getting to look at all that stuff and put it all together 230 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,503 in one place is going to be great for the flight readiness review. 231 00:18:41,553 --> 00:18:45,374 It's a unique thing at NASA where the crew themselves, 232 00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:48,660 we eavesdrop and we're there at the beginning, but we really 233 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:51,964 the flight readiness review is really led by our chief astronaut 234 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:55,450 and our Johnson Space Center Center director from the crew perspective. 235 00:18:55,450 --> 00:18:56,885 So Vanessa was there. 236 00:18:56,885 --> 00:19:01,006 It was the I think overall, looking back at the fryer for us, 237 00:19:01,206 --> 00:19:03,675 the thing that caught the attention the most was that 238 00:19:03,675 --> 00:19:05,744 everything that was briefed, we expected we 239 00:19:05,744 --> 00:19:08,864 there was not a single surprise in that entire flight readiness review. 240 00:19:09,014 --> 00:19:12,584 So when you look at something as complicated as the Artemis, name 241 00:19:12,634 --> 00:19:16,505 is to architecture across industry, across government agencies, 242 00:19:16,839 --> 00:19:19,808 it just told me that our leadership is communicating very well. 243 00:19:19,808 --> 00:19:21,093 They're communicating well at the top, 244 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:23,896 all the way down to the crew level and the training team in between. 245 00:19:23,896 --> 00:19:25,964 And so for me, that was like a confirming cue 246 00:19:25,964 --> 00:19:28,500 that this team is ready to go fly this mission. 247 00:19:32,738 --> 00:19:34,606 Hi, Lauren Grush with Bloomberg. 248 00:19:34,606 --> 00:19:36,859 So great to see you all. And welcome. 249 00:19:36,859 --> 00:19:37,693 You mentioned 250 00:19:37,693 --> 00:19:41,196 that you're prepared for this flight not to take place during this window. 251 00:19:41,496 --> 00:19:45,033 I would love to hear about what it's been like planning your lives 252 00:19:45,033 --> 00:19:48,270 for these past few months, you know, with a moving target of a launch date. 253 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,974 And I hate to fast forward, but is there anything you're looking forward 254 00:19:51,974 --> 00:19:54,960 to, you know, that you haven't been able to do for when you get back? 255 00:19:56,562 --> 00:19:58,380 Sure. 256 00:19:58,380 --> 00:19:59,882 Yeah. I'll take a stab at that. 257 00:19:59,882 --> 00:20:03,936 I think that as astronauts, one of our jobs, yes, 258 00:20:03,936 --> 00:20:08,106 is to be skill trained to train for all the specific things that we have to do. 259 00:20:08,223 --> 00:20:12,277 But it's also there's some kind of bigger picture, almost theoretical trainings 260 00:20:12,277 --> 00:20:13,545 that we do along the way. 261 00:20:13,545 --> 00:20:15,781 One of those menial tasks, which one of those is being able 262 00:20:15,781 --> 00:20:19,418 to be adaptable, and one of them is preparation without expectation. 263 00:20:19,635 --> 00:20:23,255 And that is something we go into this with straight away from the beginning. 264 00:20:23,255 --> 00:20:25,357 There's one thing I'm sure of, though, is every day 265 00:20:25,357 --> 00:20:28,777 that passes is a day closer to launch, and that's something that I keep in mind. 266 00:20:29,311 --> 00:20:31,813 As for things I'm looking forward to afterwards, 267 00:20:31,813 --> 00:20:36,251 just splashdown and being back on Earth, I haven't thought a whole lot past that. 268 00:20:36,251 --> 00:20:40,172 But yes, the To-Do list in the folder of post-flight is growing. 269 00:20:42,958 --> 00:20:45,193 So. Well, 270 00:20:45,193 --> 00:20:47,596 hi! Hi TJ, I'm a square with the Epoch Times. 271 00:20:47,596 --> 00:20:50,065 Thank you so much and welcome to Florida. 272 00:20:50,065 --> 00:20:53,952 I know you guys are adamant about how you fly when you're ready 273 00:20:54,486 --> 00:20:58,540 and there's no guarantee, but in April 1st launch would mean 274 00:20:58,890 --> 00:21:02,644 that you guys would be on your way to the moon at Easter, which just seems 275 00:21:02,644 --> 00:21:06,615 to, you know, parallel Apollo eight even better because they flew a Christmas. 276 00:21:06,632 --> 00:21:09,384 I'm wondering, have you guys thought about that at all? 277 00:21:09,384 --> 00:21:12,604 Especially like considering the fact that, you know, you're 278 00:21:12,604 --> 00:21:15,607 leaving your families back home. 279 00:21:18,961 --> 00:21:21,964 You haven't. 280 00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:24,283 It it it's really it's really good that you highlight. 281 00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:26,168 I was I was looking at my calendar on my way 282 00:21:26,168 --> 00:21:27,903 out of my house this morning, heading over to Arlington. 283 00:21:27,903 --> 00:21:31,957 And I was like, wow, this is this is an interesting time to go fly this mission. 284 00:21:32,224 --> 00:21:34,960 And I do love that you tied it back to Apollo eight. 285 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,714 And each one of us, we have our own different, opinions, 286 00:21:38,714 --> 00:21:41,133 our own individual opinions, and our own individual beliefs. 287 00:21:41,133 --> 00:21:44,353 And I think that's one of the best parts about this mission right now is we 288 00:21:44,353 --> 00:21:48,123 we have said from the beginning, we really are going for all by all, and we are. 289 00:21:48,123 --> 00:21:50,108 And we want to take the whole world along with us. 290 00:21:50,108 --> 00:21:53,145 And so we just came out of a very important Muslim holiday. 291 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,597 We're going into a very important, Christian holiday. 292 00:21:55,597 --> 00:21:56,581 And I think that that's great 293 00:21:56,581 --> 00:21:58,450 that we celebrate all of this all the way around the world. 294 00:21:58,450 --> 00:22:01,453 And that's really I think that's what this this crew wants to do. 295 00:22:01,837 --> 00:22:02,170 Thank you. 296 00:22:04,806 --> 00:22:06,975 Hi, Will Robinson Smith with Spaceflight Now. 297 00:22:06,975 --> 00:22:08,744 It's good to see you all again. 298 00:22:08,744 --> 00:22:12,064 Question for Victor, if I may, the last time we spoke 299 00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:15,901 in September at JSC, you mentioned, the importance of the team 300 00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:20,138 being able to ask for simulations, go in, in sandbox, kind of work things out. 301 00:22:20,622 --> 00:22:25,444 What was the last simulation that you all did at Johnson before heading out here? 302 00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:28,447 And do you have anything planned between now and launch, or is it 303 00:22:28,447 --> 00:22:31,450 kind of just focus up time for, 304 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:34,653 you know, actually, what we just, 305 00:22:34,653 --> 00:22:37,923 did in front of you was the last simulation. 306 00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:41,676 I guess this is a part of how we train for space and for the unknown 307 00:22:41,676 --> 00:22:42,994 and dealing with weather and things. 308 00:22:42,994 --> 00:22:46,782 But, you know, in terms of the Artemis specific simulations, 309 00:22:47,049 --> 00:22:50,736 we actually spent a day where we started off with ascent, 310 00:22:50,986 --> 00:22:52,621 and then we ended with entry. 311 00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:53,622 And so we got to work with 312 00:22:53,622 --> 00:22:57,392 both of those flight control teams and, practice those procedures. 313 00:22:57,392 --> 00:22:58,560 And we dealt with malfunctions. 314 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,429 We did multiple runs of each. 315 00:23:00,429 --> 00:23:01,780 And I'll tell you, you know, 316 00:23:01,780 --> 00:23:05,650 the delays that we've had since we went into quarantine the first time in January, 317 00:23:05,650 --> 00:23:09,004 we have opened up opportunities to, to to just really imprint 318 00:23:09,004 --> 00:23:10,655 some of the learning that we already had done. 319 00:23:10,655 --> 00:23:10,956 But we've 320 00:23:10,956 --> 00:23:14,743 also done things that we had not done since, or had not done up to that point. 321 00:23:14,743 --> 00:23:18,397 And so, we we've made the most of this time. 322 00:23:18,814 --> 00:23:22,267 And I'll tell you, every time we, we get out of a sim, I'm like, man, 323 00:23:22,267 --> 00:23:25,270 there's some things that we do, and we're just like, we are clearly ready to go. 324 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:28,807 But I'm also impressed by how much learning we still do. 325 00:23:28,957 --> 00:23:31,927 And I will tell you, the ultimate learning is going to be the mission. 326 00:23:31,927 --> 00:23:33,695 And so that's one of the things I'm looking forward 327 00:23:33,695 --> 00:23:36,882 to, is coming back and talking about how much we've learned as we fly 328 00:23:38,467 --> 00:23:40,569 ready? 329 00:23:40,569 --> 00:23:43,171 Yes. Zachary, with the launch pad from Canada. 330 00:23:43,171 --> 00:23:45,073 Welcome to the beautiful Space Coast. 331 00:23:45,073 --> 00:23:47,325 It's a great day here with you guys arriving. 332 00:23:47,325 --> 00:23:49,895 At top, we believe that space is better together. 333 00:23:49,895 --> 00:23:50,679 And I think all of you 334 00:23:50,679 --> 00:23:54,616 embody that, that you're not going back just as America this time Canada is going. 335 00:23:54,616 --> 00:23:57,936 And this is laying a foundation to expand back to the moon. 336 00:23:57,936 --> 00:24:00,906 And on to Mars. As a united humanity. 337 00:24:00,906 --> 00:24:02,491 If one of you could just speak on why 338 00:24:02,491 --> 00:24:06,361 space is so important to explore together and go back, as a united front, 339 00:24:06,361 --> 00:24:09,397 and hopefully that trickles back down to being united here on Earth as well. 340 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:14,953 Yes. Yeah, yeah. 341 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:17,522 You just kind of answered the your own question there. 342 00:24:17,522 --> 00:24:20,292 I think you did a wonderful job. So, it 343 00:24:21,843 --> 00:24:22,794 we are going back. 344 00:24:22,794 --> 00:24:24,746 The administrator has been, 345 00:24:24,746 --> 00:24:27,966 hard at work this week talking about ignition and getting us. 346 00:24:28,483 --> 00:24:30,335 He's been talking a lot more than we have, for sure. 347 00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:34,039 So the plans that we have, the plans that this agency is setting forth 348 00:24:34,055 --> 00:24:37,776 and this nation is setting forth, we cannot do this alone long term. 349 00:24:38,043 --> 00:24:40,996 There is no way we are going to take this planet 350 00:24:40,996 --> 00:24:43,982 Earth, humanity and explore the cosmos unless we are doing it, 351 00:24:45,484 --> 00:24:47,802 coalition together, all of us. 352 00:24:47,802 --> 00:24:50,172 It is going to take significant investment. 353 00:24:50,172 --> 00:24:51,873 It's going to take significant 354 00:24:51,873 --> 00:24:55,143 development, new technologies, inventive minds. 355 00:24:55,143 --> 00:24:57,212 Everybody's going to have to come together, and I will. 356 00:24:57,212 --> 00:24:59,681 I will echo what you always say. 357 00:24:59,681 --> 00:25:01,032 If you want to go fast, go alone. 358 00:25:01,032 --> 00:25:02,133 If you want to go far, go together. 359 00:25:02,133 --> 00:25:03,602 Like that's been our motto from the beginning. 360 00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:06,872 And you feel that right now with a sustainable lunar base, 361 00:25:06,872 --> 00:25:11,109 habitat architecture and kind of the test 362 00:25:11,293 --> 00:25:14,946 fly, test develop approach, we have been missing that for a long time. 363 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:16,631 We are very happy to have that back. 364 00:25:17,649 --> 00:25:18,550 Yeah. 365 00:25:18,550 --> 00:25:19,951 And just to give a shout out, 366 00:25:19,951 --> 00:25:22,954 yes, we're taking a Canadian, but we also have satellites. 367 00:25:22,954 --> 00:25:24,222 You know, some of the cubesats are from 368 00:25:24,222 --> 00:25:26,875 international partners in the European Space Agency. 369 00:25:26,875 --> 00:25:29,411 Worked with Airbus to make that service module. 370 00:25:29,411 --> 00:25:31,897 So it is a team effort. And I'm glad you highlighted that. 371 00:25:31,897 --> 00:25:33,014 There's a lot of countries 372 00:25:33,014 --> 00:25:33,848 that are really cheering us 373 00:25:33,848 --> 00:25:36,851 on physically by contributing hardware for this mission. 374 00:25:36,851 --> 00:25:39,037 Thanks for joining us together, Jeremy. 375 00:25:39,037 --> 00:25:40,021 Thank you for taking Canada. 376 00:25:40,021 --> 00:25:43,208 Growing up in Canada, we didn't envision as students going to the moon. 377 00:25:43,208 --> 00:25:44,276 So thank you. 378 00:25:44,276 --> 00:25:47,262 Have an amazing flight. 379 00:25:49,864 --> 00:25:53,552 I Dick from at Astra magazine, National Space Society, 380 00:25:54,135 --> 00:25:56,922 in the history of U.S human spaceflight, 381 00:25:56,922 --> 00:26:00,992 the first flight of a crewed spacecraft and rockets only occurred a few times. 382 00:26:01,476 --> 00:26:04,179 Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, the shuttle, 383 00:26:04,179 --> 00:26:07,182 commercial crew with Crew Dragon and Starliner. 384 00:26:07,966 --> 00:26:08,950 How do you feel about 385 00:26:08,950 --> 00:26:12,187 making this first flight with Orion and the Space Launch System? 386 00:26:12,754 --> 00:26:16,324 And where do you see it placing you in the advancement of, 387 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:20,161 our human spaceflight program and an add on question. 388 00:26:20,161 --> 00:26:23,949 Are you looking forward to that new capsule smell when you get into Orion? 389 00:26:27,852 --> 00:26:30,855 Okay. 390 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:33,375 I think it's one thing 391 00:26:33,375 --> 00:26:36,494 that's common for astronauts is we just crave a challenge. 392 00:26:36,494 --> 00:26:38,730 And it's not just the astronauts, it's the team. 393 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:39,698 It's the broad team. 394 00:26:39,698 --> 00:26:42,701 And when you're doing a first with a vehicle, 395 00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:45,954 any first, you just get to see people at their best. 396 00:26:45,954 --> 00:26:48,340 You are bringing a team. You're giving them challenges. 397 00:26:48,340 --> 00:26:50,258 You think you've solved it, then you realize you have it, 398 00:26:50,258 --> 00:26:52,744 and then you see them dig in and dig out of that. 399 00:26:52,744 --> 00:26:54,913 Challenge it over and over and over again. 400 00:26:54,913 --> 00:26:56,982 And it's just inspiring. 401 00:26:56,982 --> 00:26:59,884 And so to be part of first and we got a lot of first coming ahead 402 00:26:59,884 --> 00:27:01,002 with all the changes. 403 00:27:01,002 --> 00:27:05,023 This is an exciting time and it is going to truly test our mettle. 404 00:27:05,023 --> 00:27:08,793 And I think for humanity, gosh, how lucky are we into it 405 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:12,163 to be in a position where we can set this many new first up 406 00:27:12,247 --> 00:27:15,850 in front of us, that we're going to slowly knock down one after the other? 407 00:27:17,168 --> 00:27:18,787 You know, there's something that we often say, 408 00:27:18,787 --> 00:27:22,173 you know, failure is not an option, but I think it is often misunderstood. 409 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,960 It's not that we never fail is that we don't quit when we fail, 410 00:27:26,261 --> 00:27:29,614 we stick at it until we create a solution and find our way through it. 411 00:27:29,614 --> 00:27:33,034 We know there's failures coming, but we know we're going to stick to it. 412 00:27:33,485 --> 00:27:36,371 Good job. 413 00:27:36,371 --> 00:27:39,307 Yeah, that's 414 00:27:39,307 --> 00:27:40,208 that. Hello. 415 00:27:40,208 --> 00:27:42,093 My name is Anthony from exploration. 416 00:27:42,093 --> 00:27:43,211 Welcome to Florida. 417 00:27:43,211 --> 00:27:48,099 Christina, you're about to become the first woman to fly 418 00:27:49,184 --> 00:27:51,152 beyond low-Earth orbit ever. 419 00:27:51,152 --> 00:27:54,072 I wonder I'm curious to know how that waiting on you. 420 00:27:54,072 --> 00:27:56,224 If, beyond being part of the crew. 421 00:27:56,224 --> 00:27:57,075 One more of the crew. 422 00:27:57,075 --> 00:28:01,696 Do you feel that extra responsibility of paving the way for the younger 423 00:28:01,696 --> 00:28:05,834 generations, girls and other women following you for your steps? 424 00:28:06,251 --> 00:28:07,652 Yeah, thank you for that. 425 00:28:07,652 --> 00:28:12,974 For me, that aspect of this flight isn't necessarily about any one person. 426 00:28:12,974 --> 00:28:17,412 It's the thing to celebrate is that we as a world, 427 00:28:17,412 --> 00:28:21,483 actually are living in an era where we know that we have to go for all 428 00:28:21,483 --> 00:28:24,903 and by all, in order to answer humanity's call to explorer. 429 00:28:25,420 --> 00:28:28,089 I recognize that we talk about these superlatives. 430 00:28:28,089 --> 00:28:29,407 We talk about the first. 431 00:28:29,407 --> 00:28:32,110 And that's a great thing because it brings people in 432 00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:35,413 what is state of the art right now in human spaceflight, where are we? 433 00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:37,749 Where are we reaching? Where have we been? 434 00:28:37,749 --> 00:28:42,153 And just like that Vista, I am so grateful to those 435 00:28:42,153 --> 00:28:45,190 that paved the way for me to be here and for all of us to be here. 436 00:28:45,306 --> 00:28:50,495 And it's an honor to potentially inspire the explorers of the future. 437 00:28:50,795 --> 00:28:55,450 But again, the big thing to to celebrate and the big thing about that, 438 00:28:55,450 --> 00:28:59,554 that we should all be talking about is we collectively made the decision 439 00:28:59,554 --> 00:29:03,074 to be here in a place where everyone gets to contribute 440 00:29:03,074 --> 00:29:07,011 equally and work equally hard to achieve their dreams, and then vice. 441 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:14,402 Hi, I'm Rebecca morrow from BBC news. 442 00:29:14,402 --> 00:29:16,821 Thanks so much for speaking to us today. 443 00:29:16,821 --> 00:29:19,441 I'm a quick question for each of you. 444 00:29:19,441 --> 00:29:23,645 You're going to be spending quite a lot of time in a very cramped space. 445 00:29:24,045 --> 00:29:26,948 Do you have any annoying habits that you're worried 446 00:29:26,948 --> 00:29:27,966 about the others discovering? 447 00:29:27,966 --> 00:29:31,302 I mean, you probably know about them already, but please do 448 00:29:31,302 --> 00:29:34,305 share a question for each of you. 449 00:29:38,076 --> 00:29:41,045 Well, we got to Ellington Field this morning. 450 00:29:41,045 --> 00:29:45,366 I had a lot of energy, and I was making some remarks in 451 00:29:45,366 --> 00:29:49,020 front of everybody and like doing a selfie with all the families and stuff. 452 00:29:49,020 --> 00:29:51,639 And Christina goes, that's normal. That's just how it was. 453 00:29:51,639 --> 00:29:54,642 That's just how I'm a metabolizes stress or something like that. 454 00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:56,261 I was like, all right, we know each other. 455 00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:57,662 We know each other for sure. 456 00:29:57,662 --> 00:30:00,582 What you talk about is real and it is important. 457 00:30:00,582 --> 00:30:04,419 And, and we we have developed over three years 458 00:30:04,419 --> 00:30:08,256 very intentionally talking through everything because you never know, 459 00:30:08,256 --> 00:30:12,427 like clicking a pen cap can annoy somebody over ten days in a small capsule. 460 00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:13,862 So you just we have 461 00:30:13,862 --> 00:30:17,732 we have got a great dialog together and we talk through those sorts of things. 462 00:30:17,732 --> 00:30:20,168 But there are definitely going to be things by day six, 463 00:30:20,168 --> 00:30:23,137 seven, eight, nine that we're like, man, all right, I need a little space. 464 00:30:23,137 --> 00:30:24,189 And I can't get any right now. 465 00:30:24,189 --> 00:30:26,224 But we are a good crew. 466 00:30:26,224 --> 00:30:28,860 Confessions, please come forward. 467 00:30:28,860 --> 00:30:31,412 If anybody has something to you can do for sure. 468 00:30:31,412 --> 00:30:32,680 Yeah, sure. 469 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:35,200 My initial instinct was to just say pass. 470 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,869 My my second instinct is to say I can't really answer it 471 00:30:37,869 --> 00:30:39,270 because they're the ones who would be annoyed. 472 00:30:39,270 --> 00:30:41,005 So I don't know. I don't, I don't know. 473 00:30:41,005 --> 00:30:44,259 But, you know, an interesting thing about this, like you said, 474 00:30:44,259 --> 00:30:48,062 it is a very important aspect of spending, a lot of time in tight quarters. 475 00:30:49,264 --> 00:30:50,265 There comes a point. 476 00:30:50,265 --> 00:30:52,267 Also, like the joke Christina made about Reid 477 00:30:52,267 --> 00:30:55,904 this morning, that there comes a point where what maybe started off 478 00:30:55,904 --> 00:30:59,340 as a potential annoyance, actually becomes a thing of endearment. 479 00:30:59,641 --> 00:31:01,209 And I think we have reached that point. 480 00:31:01,209 --> 00:31:02,460 We spend so much time together. 481 00:31:02,460 --> 00:31:04,362 We shared a state room on a on a Navy ship. 482 00:31:04,362 --> 00:31:05,446 We camp together. 483 00:31:05,446 --> 00:31:07,632 We you know, we've been in a lot of tight situations. 484 00:31:07,632 --> 00:31:09,851 And so they've actually become things that we 485 00:31:09,851 --> 00:31:12,487 I think at least I can say appreciate about each other. 486 00:31:12,487 --> 00:31:15,490 And so I just wanted to share that aspect of. 487 00:31:18,076 --> 00:31:21,212 I will say am I annoying trait would be question avoidance. 488 00:31:21,212 --> 00:31:23,331 And I'm going to just speak around that. 489 00:31:23,331 --> 00:31:29,404 No, I think it really speaks a lot to how you worded 490 00:31:29,404 --> 00:31:32,523 your question and that that probably is how we're all thinking about it. 491 00:31:32,523 --> 00:31:33,875 What are we worried about? 492 00:31:33,875 --> 00:31:35,760 That we're going to annoy other people? 493 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,480 I don't think any of us are worried that the other people are going to annoy them. 494 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,616 And for that reason, we're going to do just fine. 495 00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:45,670 And for the record, I have plenty. 496 00:31:48,189 --> 00:31:51,693 The one obvious one for me is I haven't lived in space for over 497 00:31:51,693 --> 00:31:54,846 six months like these three have, and so I won't know how to float and fly, 498 00:31:54,846 --> 00:31:56,431 and I'll be a bit clumsy up there. 499 00:31:56,431 --> 00:31:59,684 So I know that's going to be hilarious and annoying at the same time. 500 00:32:00,001 --> 00:32:00,902 Some of that. 501 00:32:00,902 --> 00:32:04,606 The other thing I'll just share is, we do have a toolbox or two 502 00:32:04,606 --> 00:32:05,940 on our toolbox for this. 503 00:32:05,940 --> 00:32:09,277 Is that, you know, we have just really clearly stated 504 00:32:09,277 --> 00:32:12,931 to one another and, and believe it in our hearts that we never have 505 00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:16,751 any intention to annoy the others or not lift the others up. 506 00:32:16,751 --> 00:32:20,438 And so when something comes up, we know that it's not intentional, 507 00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:22,206 and we know that we can also bring it up. 508 00:32:22,206 --> 00:32:23,775 And so I expect the three of them 509 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:27,795 to just tell me when something comes up that's, that's not cool with them. 510 00:32:27,795 --> 00:32:30,548 And, I'll just fix it. No big deal. 511 00:32:30,548 --> 00:32:31,449 Thank you so much. 512 00:32:34,485 --> 00:32:37,271 Hi, Don Eladio, for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 513 00:32:37,271 --> 00:32:38,773 A question for Jeremy. 514 00:32:38,773 --> 00:32:42,276 Jeremy, what can you say about your going to be making history here? 515 00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:45,279 Being the first non-American to leave low-Earth orbit. 516 00:32:45,279 --> 00:32:46,030 How do you feel? 517 00:32:46,030 --> 00:32:48,783 And what can you tell Canada about your feelings? 518 00:32:48,783 --> 00:32:52,920 I feel a lot of things, for sure. 519 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:56,557 I feel a great sense of pride, for Canada, 520 00:32:56,557 --> 00:32:59,560 because I have seen the greatness that we have 521 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,947 within the country and the contributions that we are capable of making. 522 00:33:03,181 --> 00:33:04,682 And it's fun to see them. 523 00:33:04,682 --> 00:33:08,970 It's fulfilling to see them appreciated on the world stage. 524 00:33:08,970 --> 00:33:12,373 So a sense of pride in, in Canada, for sure. 525 00:33:12,607 --> 00:33:15,610 And also, 526 00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:17,595 you know, it is time to continue 527 00:33:17,595 --> 00:33:20,948 to evolve our vision as Canadians, you know, what can we continue to do? 528 00:33:20,982 --> 00:33:23,685 What can we do next? And that's really exciting to me. 529 00:33:23,685 --> 00:33:25,003 I love that that, 530 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:28,706 we have that Canadian can-do spirit that what's going to be the next challenge? 531 00:33:28,723 --> 00:33:32,593 Yes. I'll be the first Canadian to fly in a deep space, but, 532 00:33:32,593 --> 00:33:33,911 we often say in this crew, 533 00:33:33,911 --> 00:33:36,914 the points not being the first, it's making sure you're not the last. 534 00:33:37,115 --> 00:33:39,851 And, And what's what's someone going to do? 535 00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:41,035 What's Jenny going to do? 536 00:33:41,035 --> 00:33:45,223 Next for Canada, for example, the other thing I always want to 537 00:33:45,223 --> 00:33:48,843 highlight and, and emphasize in a moment like this that you, 538 00:33:49,093 --> 00:33:53,531 you must acknowledge the extraordinary U.S. 539 00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:56,651 space leadership that creates an environment where 540 00:33:56,651 --> 00:34:00,938 we can bring that excellence and demands that excellence and, 541 00:34:00,938 --> 00:34:05,109 and so that Americans should rightly be proud that they curate, 542 00:34:05,476 --> 00:34:09,330 collaboration that does this together, because that is an intentional, 543 00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:12,400 not unnecessary, but an intentional choice to do that. 544 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:14,202 And that's an extraordinary thing that lifts up 545 00:34:14,202 --> 00:34:17,855 the entire world to do what Reid was talking about earlier, 546 00:34:18,106 --> 00:34:21,459 to all bring our gifts and do some just extraordinary stuff. 547 00:34:21,459 --> 00:34:23,144 But it does take a leader. 548 00:34:23,144 --> 00:34:25,396 It does take a vision to go do that. 549 00:34:25,396 --> 00:34:28,382 And we have that going on. How lucky are we? 550 00:34:28,683 --> 00:34:29,050 Thank you. 551 00:34:34,055 --> 00:34:34,872 That was that for me? 552 00:34:34,872 --> 00:34:36,541 Oh, sorry. 553 00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:39,494 Jeremy, did you get taller? 554 00:34:39,494 --> 00:34:39,961 You look. 555 00:34:39,961 --> 00:34:41,562 You look taller, sir. 556 00:34:41,562 --> 00:34:43,231 We're, Yeah, we keep bringing them. 557 00:34:43,231 --> 00:34:46,234 No, I'm trying to keep a low profile here. 558 00:34:47,318 --> 00:34:49,987 I do have a question for Reid, if I may, and I'm going to mispronounce this. 559 00:34:49,987 --> 00:34:51,789 I'm Greg Pollone with Spectrum News 13. 560 00:34:51,789 --> 00:34:54,459 This is where our spectrum stations up in New York. 561 00:34:54,459 --> 00:34:55,626 Right. Okay. 562 00:34:55,626 --> 00:34:56,978 I'm going to mispronounce this. 563 00:34:56,978 --> 00:34:59,580 It's the art. Well, how about I do the acronym for you? 564 00:34:59,580 --> 00:35:03,101 Since we're we're all here, RPI, you're a journey from RPI. 565 00:35:03,217 --> 00:35:06,337 The Polytechnic Institute to commander of Artemis to you 566 00:35:06,337 --> 00:35:09,340 tell us about that journey. 567 00:35:09,824 --> 00:35:11,943 Well, it's been a long time, and we don't have that much time, 568 00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:12,794 but it has been awesome. 569 00:35:12,794 --> 00:35:16,981 I had a great education up there in New York at Rensselaer and, 570 00:35:17,231 --> 00:35:18,316 joined the US Navy, 571 00:35:18,316 --> 00:35:20,685 which is just an amazing place for a young man 572 00:35:20,685 --> 00:35:23,271 to go serve or woman or any American. 573 00:35:23,271 --> 00:35:26,073 It really taught me a tremendous amount just about the world, 574 00:35:26,073 --> 00:35:27,809 about cultures around the world. 575 00:35:27,809 --> 00:35:28,843 A lot of people think 576 00:35:28,843 --> 00:35:32,730 that the military is all about fighting, but it is really all for me. 577 00:35:32,730 --> 00:35:34,265 It was that was my job. 578 00:35:34,265 --> 00:35:36,667 But it was all about learning and getting to go around the world. 579 00:35:36,667 --> 00:35:37,802 I traveled around the world 580 00:35:37,802 --> 00:35:39,904 five times on aircraft carriers and in the Navy, 581 00:35:39,904 --> 00:35:42,690 and just learned a tremendous amount that people are at the core. 582 00:35:42,690 --> 00:35:43,808 They're pretty much all the same. 583 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:45,943 They want to raise their families and do right. 584 00:35:45,943 --> 00:35:49,030 And, sometimes we have our differences on a, on a large scale. 585 00:35:50,114 --> 00:35:50,648 My, my 586 00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:53,651 time in the Navy was just filled with great friends and a good career. 587 00:35:53,701 --> 00:35:55,686 And then in 2009, I came to NASA. 588 00:35:55,686 --> 00:35:58,156 I flew to the International Space Station in 2014. 589 00:35:58,156 --> 00:35:59,373 It's been a while since I've been up there. 590 00:35:59,373 --> 00:36:01,325 So Jeremy, I think I'm a rookie with you. 591 00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:04,312 And then here we are standing here today on this beautiful Florida 592 00:36:04,512 --> 00:36:07,298 afternoon and about to go right, a rocket to the moon. 593 00:36:07,298 --> 00:36:10,234 It's pretty amazing. Very lucky. Thank you. Good luck. Good luck. 594 00:36:10,234 --> 00:36:13,154 Thank you. 595 00:36:13,154 --> 00:36:15,640 Hi. Good afternoon, Max Evans with Nasaspaceflight. 596 00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:15,907 You know, 597 00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:18,459 I asked the same question to the crew of Polaris Don, 598 00:36:18,459 --> 00:36:20,378 when they launched about a year and a half ago now. 599 00:36:20,378 --> 00:36:23,014 And I figured, given the weight of what could be happening next week, 600 00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:25,333 I figured I'd toss it in your guys way too. 601 00:36:25,333 --> 00:36:29,203 Given given how, given the weight of what could be happening 602 00:36:29,203 --> 00:36:32,290 next week, how do you think this mission is going to affect you both personally 603 00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:33,007 and professionally? 604 00:36:34,442 --> 00:36:37,445 Blessing for the whole crew. 605 00:36:41,015 --> 00:36:41,799 It's a deep question. 606 00:36:41,799 --> 00:36:44,502 Yeah. 607 00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:48,039 That wow, that is a deep question and thanks for posting it. 608 00:36:48,039 --> 00:36:52,143 And it's interesting to have a Polaris Dawn crew member here as well. 609 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:55,713 It just it underscores some things that are being said all the time. 610 00:36:55,713 --> 00:36:57,215 The golden age of space exploration. 611 00:36:57,215 --> 00:37:00,935 There's so many amazing things happening and we should be proud, all of us. 612 00:37:02,803 --> 00:37:06,457 You know, I guess I am I'm not going to answer your question. 613 00:37:06,457 --> 00:37:10,027 I actually spend a lot of time keeping myself 614 00:37:10,027 --> 00:37:13,064 from thinking beyond the mission on purpose. 615 00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:14,882 When I start to daydream about those things, 616 00:37:14,882 --> 00:37:18,552 just because I really want to focus and give my all to this, this task. 617 00:37:18,819 --> 00:37:20,321 And, you know, a few of you have asked different 618 00:37:20,321 --> 00:37:22,240 types of questions about how do you think of this? 619 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:23,474 The way to this moment, 620 00:37:23,474 --> 00:37:26,944 all astronauts start a mission with one goal to not mess it up. 621 00:37:27,194 --> 00:37:29,530 And I think that is really the at the core of it. 622 00:37:29,530 --> 00:37:30,881 We have a lot of work to do. 623 00:37:30,881 --> 00:37:35,052 And so but I will share something that is related to what you asked. 624 00:37:35,052 --> 00:37:36,070 I can tell you this. 625 00:37:36,070 --> 00:37:37,471 My first mission, 626 00:37:37,471 --> 00:37:40,758 the dream of going to space because it was my first time, was there. 627 00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:41,559 It was front and center. 628 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:44,228 Even if I tried to focus past it or beyond it. 629 00:37:44,228 --> 00:37:47,348 This mission is much more about duty and responsibility. 630 00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:49,684 So we can pass the baton off for this campaign. 631 00:37:49,684 --> 00:37:51,852 Called Artemis, with its lofty goals. 632 00:37:51,852 --> 00:37:53,971 And we we live that every day. 633 00:37:53,971 --> 00:37:55,773 And and then and then that's it. 634 00:37:55,773 --> 00:37:58,276 And then we want to back out and disappear while the Artemis 635 00:37:58,276 --> 00:38:00,428 three crew stands in front of this microphone. 636 00:38:00,428 --> 00:38:04,215 And so I personally really look forward to to that period 637 00:38:04,215 --> 00:38:08,019 where I think personally and professionally, it is going to satisfy 638 00:38:08,402 --> 00:38:12,123 all of this risk chasing that I've been doing for 27 years. 639 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:13,574 That was awesome. 640 00:38:13,574 --> 00:38:16,177 Again, we're going to stop right there. And that was great. 641 00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:21,182 All right, Josh, dinner. 642 00:38:21,182 --> 00:38:22,366 Space.com. 643 00:38:22,366 --> 00:38:26,370 What is your impression of the public's perception of your mission? 644 00:38:26,370 --> 00:38:28,172 And do you think there's any aspect of your flight 645 00:38:28,172 --> 00:38:31,442 that people are underestimating, or maybe not as excited 646 00:38:31,442 --> 00:38:34,445 about as you think that they should be? 647 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:38,983 That's a great question. 648 00:38:39,517 --> 00:38:42,520 Yeah. 649 00:38:42,953 --> 00:38:43,537 I'll take it. Go. 650 00:38:43,537 --> 00:38:45,006 You guys jump in. 651 00:38:45,006 --> 00:38:47,375 I can say, 652 00:38:47,375 --> 00:38:48,793 okay, I can say that 653 00:38:48,793 --> 00:38:51,812 after three years, that's the first time I've gotten that question. 654 00:38:51,812 --> 00:38:54,031 So I'm going to wing it here. 655 00:38:54,031 --> 00:38:57,284 I think overall, 656 00:38:57,551 --> 00:39:02,673 some of the big picture things are that we are going to be looking back 657 00:39:02,673 --> 00:39:07,411 at an Earth where not every human is on earth that is new, that is different. 658 00:39:07,411 --> 00:39:10,214 We will have crew members and our colleagues 659 00:39:10,214 --> 00:39:12,850 orbiting Earth around the International Space Station, 660 00:39:12,850 --> 00:39:16,087 and we even have event where we get to talk to them, ship to ship, 661 00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:20,041 which I think is a really exciting moment to be a part of, and I hope people 662 00:39:20,041 --> 00:39:23,744 come along for that and recognize the importance of that milestone. 663 00:39:24,245 --> 00:39:25,846 I think another really cool thing 664 00:39:25,846 --> 00:39:30,034 that we're doing is the proximity operations demonstration, 665 00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:33,704 where we actually separate from our upper stage rocket 666 00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:37,725 and then use it as a target to manually fly a space ship. 667 00:39:38,075 --> 00:39:39,794 That is awesome. 668 00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:42,396 I'm really excited about that. And of course, rightfully so. 669 00:39:42,396 --> 00:39:45,399 We keep talking about the destination, the moon. 670 00:39:45,699 --> 00:39:49,320 We are doing some awesome things and getting some of our most important 671 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:53,174 flight objectives done in that really high Earth orbit 672 00:39:53,174 --> 00:39:55,626 that we take in that first 24 hours in space. 673 00:39:55,626 --> 00:39:57,395 So so that's a huge one. 674 00:39:57,395 --> 00:40:00,965 And I'll say the other thing is our proximity to the moon. 675 00:40:01,215 --> 00:40:03,968 We're going to be somewhere between 4000 and 6000 miles 676 00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:08,072 from the surface of the moon, much farther than most of the Apollo missions. 677 00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:11,859 And there's actually a silver lining and an awesome thing about that, 678 00:40:12,042 --> 00:40:14,378 which is that if it's lighted in the right way, 679 00:40:14,378 --> 00:40:17,531 which we expect it to be, especially for this launch window, 680 00:40:17,832 --> 00:40:21,602 we have the opportunity to see parts of the far side of the moon 681 00:40:21,602 --> 00:40:24,071 with human eyes that have never been seen before, 682 00:40:24,071 --> 00:40:27,308 because we have that pulled back perspective, 683 00:40:27,308 --> 00:40:30,060 and that's a really exciting thing to be a part of. 684 00:40:30,060 --> 00:40:32,713 I think our biggest wishes though, for this, and 685 00:40:32,713 --> 00:40:36,584 I do think that as people come online learning about this mission, 686 00:40:36,584 --> 00:40:39,603 they are feeling because of the questions we get 687 00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:42,673 and the feedback we get is that it's for all of humanity. 688 00:40:42,673 --> 00:40:44,675 We really, truly are going for all. 689 00:40:44,675 --> 00:40:49,530 And by all, I'm picking that up from from the public and I hope that 690 00:40:49,530 --> 00:40:54,101 it is just more and more impressed upon them that this is everyone's mission. 691 00:40:55,186 --> 00:40:58,172 Thank you. 692 00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:00,841 This is Bob La Fuente with Audrey Time. 693 00:41:00,841 --> 00:41:04,145 Vinita. I'm speaking, you know, 694 00:41:04,145 --> 00:41:07,298 as a content creator, they are, first of all, thank you. 695 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:08,349 You've been here one hour. 696 00:41:08,349 --> 00:41:11,619 Answering questions under the sun is a very hot day, so please hydrate. 697 00:41:12,036 --> 00:41:15,039 Thank you to the NASA team for allowing us to be here. 698 00:41:15,172 --> 00:41:17,525 Christine, as you just mentioned, this, 699 00:41:17,525 --> 00:41:21,212 you are going to see things that no human have witnessed before. 700 00:41:21,545 --> 00:41:25,032 At least with that perspective, now that we know that you will have 701 00:41:25,232 --> 00:41:28,235 computer devices that can take video and pictures, 702 00:41:28,335 --> 00:41:32,173 how are you guys planning to share that content with the whole world? 703 00:41:32,173 --> 00:41:34,325 Because you are inspiring so many. 704 00:41:34,325 --> 00:41:37,328 Thank you. 705 00:41:38,863 --> 00:41:39,697 Well, a couple of things. 706 00:41:39,697 --> 00:41:43,417 Consider it's the first time I go out there with humans, of course. 707 00:41:43,417 --> 00:41:46,253 And so we want to set expectations realistically. 708 00:41:46,253 --> 00:41:50,024 That's not like being on the international Space Station 250 miles away. 709 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:53,911 The communication system may be really robust, and we may be able 710 00:41:53,911 --> 00:41:57,064 to get a lot of information back, but we might not be able to as well. 711 00:41:57,398 --> 00:42:01,118 And this is one of the test objectives, is to see how our deep space communication 712 00:42:01,118 --> 00:42:05,105 system works, how much bandwidth we have for transmitting high resolution 713 00:42:05,105 --> 00:42:06,340 photos or video. 714 00:42:06,340 --> 00:42:09,460 And so I don't know exactly what you'll see during the mission, but 715 00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:12,963 we will capture it all on the cards and bring it back with us. 716 00:42:12,963 --> 00:42:16,200 And we'll we'll do a great job of sharing that. 717 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:21,222 We're excited to try our best to take some images, to try and bring you along 718 00:42:21,222 --> 00:42:26,026 on that journey to see the moon, to see some extraordinary aspects of the moon. 719 00:42:26,026 --> 00:42:29,713 But also to see yourselves from the perspective of the moon. 720 00:42:29,713 --> 00:42:32,499 I mean, just imagine that the moon in the foreground 721 00:42:32,499 --> 00:42:35,319 and that Earth in the background, and you're all in that shot. 722 00:42:36,370 --> 00:42:36,570 Yeah. 723 00:42:36,570 --> 00:42:39,573 We're really excited to share that with you 724 00:42:39,707 --> 00:42:41,792 very, very. 725 00:42:41,792 --> 00:42:42,910 I thank you for doing this. 726 00:42:42,910 --> 00:42:45,062 Thank you for doing this kind cry for space up close. 727 00:42:45,062 --> 00:42:49,783 Speaking about talking back to you, Manatee, I'd like to ask you guys, 728 00:42:49,783 --> 00:42:55,155 the Apollo crews did broadcasts in space, try to educate the kids. 729 00:42:55,155 --> 00:42:57,007 What? What are you guys going to do? 730 00:42:57,007 --> 00:43:00,794 Transmitting back on your way to the moon and back to motivate, 731 00:43:01,178 --> 00:43:04,715 educate and excite the kids and everybody else. 732 00:43:04,715 --> 00:43:07,718 Thank you. 733 00:43:09,637 --> 00:43:12,640 I, I think the 734 00:43:12,756 --> 00:43:15,526 we've all kind of hit on the the first thing we have to do 735 00:43:15,526 --> 00:43:17,444 is we got to fly this mission successfully. 736 00:43:17,444 --> 00:43:19,713 There is going to be a tremendous amount of unknowns. 737 00:43:19,713 --> 00:43:21,282 There's going to be things that we didn't expect. 738 00:43:21,282 --> 00:43:23,434 There's going to be com linkage difficulties. 739 00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:24,602 There's going to be all sorts of things. 740 00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:25,869 The first thing we got to do 741 00:43:25,869 --> 00:43:29,406 is we just got to fly this mission and then layered into our schedule. 742 00:43:30,090 --> 00:43:32,710 Our public relations folks at NASA 743 00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:36,463 have developed a very nice portfolio of outreach opportunities. 744 00:43:36,463 --> 00:43:39,216 I think the NASA flagship channel, which I believe is on 745 00:43:39,216 --> 00:43:42,102 YouTube, is going to stream this live 24 over seven. 746 00:43:42,102 --> 00:43:43,921 So if you're having trouble falling asleep one night, 747 00:43:43,921 --> 00:43:46,523 you can just pop that on and watch us for a little while. 748 00:43:46,523 --> 00:43:49,843 Spaceflight can be very slow and it can be very awesome. 749 00:43:50,644 --> 00:43:53,314 But we are going to have a tremendous amount of outreach. 750 00:43:53,314 --> 00:43:56,283 We're trying to hit all the social media sites. 751 00:43:56,283 --> 00:43:56,984 We're trying to hit 752 00:43:56,984 --> 00:44:00,821 all the traditional media sites, and we're trying to stream 24 over seven. 753 00:44:01,171 --> 00:44:04,174 And then the other thing that I think we do is just 754 00:44:04,241 --> 00:44:07,661 we have a pretty gregarious, outgoing crew that really feels 755 00:44:07,661 --> 00:44:08,862 bought into this mission. 756 00:44:08,862 --> 00:44:10,030 And part of this mission 757 00:44:10,030 --> 00:44:13,233 is bringing along the world for for all of us to be in this together. 758 00:44:13,350 --> 00:44:15,219 So, you know, we are going to be involved 759 00:44:15,219 --> 00:44:17,588 and we're going to be out there doing this. Thank you. 760 00:44:19,657 --> 00:44:20,491 Sean. 761 00:44:20,491 --> 00:44:21,392 Hey. Good afternoon. 762 00:44:21,392 --> 00:44:23,460 I'm Brandon from Interstellar Gateway. 763 00:44:23,460 --> 00:44:27,181 This question just can just go out to whoever it jumps out to the most. 764 00:44:27,514 --> 00:44:32,052 As someone who grew up watching space shuttle from right here on the Space Coast 765 00:44:32,319 --> 00:44:35,322 and now being in the position that I'm in, I was wondering, 766 00:44:35,322 --> 00:44:39,043 what's something that inspired you growing up that has kind of thrust you 767 00:44:39,043 --> 00:44:42,046 into the position that you're in now about to launch around the moon? 768 00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:49,153 I hope that we all get a chance to answer. 769 00:44:49,153 --> 00:44:50,954 And I was inspired. 770 00:44:50,954 --> 00:44:52,906 I'll give a space kind of related one. 771 00:44:52,906 --> 00:44:57,211 I was inspired by things that made me feel small the night sky, the vast ocean. 772 00:44:57,211 --> 00:45:00,280 I love sailing with my family, big mountains, 773 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:03,250 anything that made me ponder the size of the universe. 774 00:45:03,250 --> 00:45:07,304 And then on a more individual level, I was inspired by the leaders of the Civil 775 00:45:07,304 --> 00:45:12,042 Rights movement, by the people that weren't afraid to do what scared them 776 00:45:12,309 --> 00:45:16,814 in the face of a lot of mixed messages on what was the right thing. 777 00:45:16,814 --> 00:45:19,183 But they knew what was right, and they pursued that. 778 00:45:19,183 --> 00:45:23,887 No matter what I think about those people a lot, when I'm in positions of 779 00:45:24,421 --> 00:45:27,574 having to work through fear, having to face things 780 00:45:27,574 --> 00:45:30,911 that are uncomfortable, and those are the people that inspired me growing up. 781 00:45:38,018 --> 00:45:40,954 Thank you for the the question and the opportunity to, 782 00:45:40,954 --> 00:45:44,174 bring my parents into it because it's them, my mother and father. 783 00:45:44,174 --> 00:45:45,576 And I know it's easy to say without my mom. 784 00:45:45,576 --> 00:45:49,096 I wouldn't be here, literally, but also not just from the birth perspective. 785 00:45:49,346 --> 00:45:53,434 Along the way, my mom is the reason that I am alive and made it to adulthood 786 00:45:53,434 --> 00:45:56,437 because I was trying real hard to make that not the case. 787 00:45:57,421 --> 00:46:01,208 And literally a conversation I had with my father while I was in college. 788 00:46:01,508 --> 00:46:03,510 I decided I wanted to join the Navy. 789 00:46:03,510 --> 00:46:05,062 I wanted to be a Navy Seal. 790 00:46:05,062 --> 00:46:07,481 And my dad said, hey, I know some Swat guys. 791 00:46:07,481 --> 00:46:09,099 He was a is a retired police officer. 792 00:46:09,099 --> 00:46:10,417 I know some Swat guys who did that. 793 00:46:10,417 --> 00:46:12,152 But, you know, that just doesn't look like you. 794 00:46:12,152 --> 00:46:15,522 But with a degree from Cal Poly and and some wings on your chest, 795 00:46:15,522 --> 00:46:17,591 you might mess around and become an astronaut one day. 796 00:46:17,591 --> 00:46:20,160 And he said that to me in 1997. 797 00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,580 And, so listen to your parents, folks, but, 798 00:46:23,580 --> 00:46:26,800 my parents and I could tell you stories like that about my grandparents as well, 799 00:46:26,984 --> 00:46:30,487 but it's been my parents, inspiration and support 800 00:46:30,754 --> 00:46:32,289 through this whole 49 year journey. 801 00:46:32,289 --> 00:46:34,892 That is the reason I get to to be on this side of this microphone. 802 00:46:36,877 --> 00:46:37,644 Nice to talk. 803 00:46:37,644 --> 00:46:39,913 Yeah. 804 00:46:39,913 --> 00:46:41,482 So, poignant. 805 00:46:41,482 --> 00:46:44,384 Victor, for me, I've told this many times 806 00:46:44,384 --> 00:46:48,155 I saw an image, a human stand on the moon, an encyclopedia as a young child. 807 00:46:48,489 --> 00:46:50,674 But I went one step further. 808 00:46:50,674 --> 00:46:53,677 I wasn't just inspired, but I shared that with other people 809 00:46:53,710 --> 00:46:57,764 like Victor Sambo, with my parents, with, teachers, mentors 810 00:46:58,031 --> 00:47:01,802 and people realized that this was something I was passionate about, 811 00:47:01,802 --> 00:47:06,256 and they used it to push me outside my comfort zone over and over again. 812 00:47:06,340 --> 00:47:09,726 I was also fortunate that I grew up watching the space shuttle program, 813 00:47:10,093 --> 00:47:13,330 and, I watched Canadian astronauts fly. 814 00:47:13,664 --> 00:47:16,750 And so I think these mentors, for me, it wasn't something unachievable. 815 00:47:16,750 --> 00:47:21,338 They were actually seeing Canadians fly in space, the space agency through NASA. 816 00:47:21,722 --> 00:47:24,341 And that was very empowering. 817 00:47:24,341 --> 00:47:28,095 And there's something that I, that I often think about what's really important, 818 00:47:28,095 --> 00:47:31,148 I wasn't inspired because there was an inspiration program. 819 00:47:31,481 --> 00:47:35,502 I was inspired because humans went and did something extremely inspiring. 820 00:47:35,769 --> 00:47:38,522 And yes, we have a whole system that shares this so that it can be 821 00:47:38,522 --> 00:47:41,675 used and leveraged and put out there to inspire our next generation. 822 00:47:41,892 --> 00:47:45,646 But the key is to do what our leadership is trying to do right now, which is like, 823 00:47:45,646 --> 00:47:46,747 let's get out there 824 00:47:46,747 --> 00:47:51,668 and let's make it as inspiring as we can possibly make it for this next generation. 825 00:47:51,668 --> 00:47:53,103 And you know what will happen? 826 00:47:53,103 --> 00:47:56,440 They'll be standing here and ten, 20, 30 years, continuing 827 00:47:56,440 --> 00:47:57,674 to do extraordinary things. 828 00:47:58,659 --> 00:47:58,959 Thank you. 829 00:47:58,959 --> 00:48:01,111 Jeremy. 830 00:48:01,111 --> 00:48:03,931 Jeremy, just now that I was just going to say you just have to go 831 00:48:03,931 --> 00:48:08,252 do things like all of us are inspired by people who went and did new things, 832 00:48:08,252 --> 00:48:13,590 did difficult things, did hard things like get out there and try and go do I 833 00:48:13,891 --> 00:48:17,761 that what my favorite part of Polaris Dawn was when you all hit apogee 834 00:48:18,161 --> 00:48:22,966 and you said that Artemis two is going to go carry this torch further from Earth. 835 00:48:22,966 --> 00:48:27,220 And what an amazing moment right there on a on a private spaceflight 836 00:48:27,220 --> 00:48:30,524 at apogee to make that radio call like that's burned into my head. 837 00:48:30,524 --> 00:48:33,210 He's motivated me. You all have motivated all of us. 838 00:48:33,210 --> 00:48:36,246 And we get the opportunity right now to hold the conquered, motivate the world. 839 00:48:36,246 --> 00:48:38,131 And that is an amazing privilege. 840 00:48:38,131 --> 00:48:40,834 And that is something that we are not going to let go of lightly. 841 00:48:40,834 --> 00:48:41,652 But we're doing it 842 00:48:41,652 --> 00:48:45,155 because we're going out and doing something that is so critically important. 843 00:48:45,555 --> 00:48:48,942 I wanted to wrap up, just really by saying two things. 844 00:48:49,593 --> 00:48:50,310 Maybe I'll go back, 845 00:48:50,310 --> 00:48:54,631 but two things, first, for the media this year, if you just look this way, 846 00:48:54,932 --> 00:48:57,634 there's like this gaggle of unassuming people down here. 847 00:48:57,634 --> 00:49:00,037 But when we look at these people down here, 848 00:49:00,037 --> 00:49:02,322 these are the people that built the rocket, that know the rocket 849 00:49:02,322 --> 00:49:04,658 that are going to launch the rocket that have worked on this day 850 00:49:04,658 --> 00:49:05,492 in and day out. 851 00:49:05,492 --> 00:49:07,661 So we look over here and we see our friends 852 00:49:07,661 --> 00:49:11,081 Tyler and our launch director, and we see Jeremy Kelvin, center directors. 853 00:49:11,081 --> 00:49:14,551 We've got associate administrator, deputy associate administrators over there. 854 00:49:14,551 --> 00:49:16,903 It's like, these are our friends over here that have made this mission. 855 00:49:16,903 --> 00:49:18,872 So I just wanted to highlight them. 856 00:49:18,872 --> 00:49:20,774 And then I really, for the crew, just wanted to 857 00:49:20,774 --> 00:49:23,910 look every one of you in the eye down this row and say thank you, 858 00:49:24,161 --> 00:49:26,530 because what you're doing is every bit as important 859 00:49:26,530 --> 00:49:28,815 as what we're doing and what they're doing. 860 00:49:28,815 --> 00:49:32,769 Sharing the message, motivating the world, finding the truth and reporting on it. 861 00:49:32,769 --> 00:49:35,405 So thank you all. Thanks for giving us your time and we appreciate you. 862 00:49:37,774 --> 00:49:38,258 All right. 863 00:49:38,258 --> 00:49:41,261 That's all the time we have for today. 864 00:49:41,595 --> 00:49:46,383 We have a series of briefings lined up this week as we countdown to launch. 865 00:49:46,383 --> 00:49:50,854 So next up, we'll hear from the crew again this Sunday at 11:30 a.m. 866 00:49:50,854 --> 00:49:53,890 as they join us from crew quarters virtually. 867 00:49:54,191 --> 00:49:57,728 And as always, you can stay up to date on all the latest mission 868 00:49:57,728 --> 00:49:59,946 news and events@nasa.gov. 869 00:49:59,946 --> 00:50:03,183 Thanks to our crew for joining us today, and thank you all for joining us today. 870 00:50:03,183 --> 00:50:04,368 We'll see you on Sunday.