1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:00,333 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:00,333 --> 00:00:18,251 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:18,251 --> 00:00:19,853 ♪ WELCOME BACK FOR THE SECOND IN 4 00:00:19,853 --> 00:00:21,855 OUR SERIES OF DEMO 2MISSION 5 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:22,956 BRIEFINGS TODAY. THIS ONE IS 6 00:00:22,956 --> 00:00:24,057 GOING TO GET INTO THE SPECIFICS 7 00:00:24,057 --> 00:00:26,659 ON THIS HISTORIC MISSION AND 8 00:00:26,659 --> 00:00:27,861 DELVE INTO THE DETAILS AND HERE 9 00:00:27,861 --> 00:00:29,562 TO DO THAT TODAY IS THE 10 00:00:29,562 --> 00:00:31,564 COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM DEPUTY 11 00:00:31,564 --> 00:00:33,867 MANAGER STEVE STITCH, NASA 12 00:00:33,867 --> 00:00:36,569 2DEMONSTRATION, THE SOVILLE AND 13 00:00:36,569 --> 00:00:38,972 SPACE-X DIRECTOR OF CREW MISSION 14 00:00:38,972 --> 00:00:40,774 MANAGEMENT BENNY GEED. 15 00:00:40,774 --> 00:00:42,275 LAST TIME WE WILL START WITH 16 00:00:42,275 --> 00:00:43,576 OPENING REMARKS FROM EACH OF 17 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:45,078 THEM BUT ALSO WOULD LIKE TO 18 00:00:45,078 --> 00:00:46,679 REMIND EVERYBODY JUST LIKE LAST 19 00:00:46,679 --> 00:00:48,381 TIME WE WILL BE TAKING QUESTIONS 20 00:00:48,381 --> 00:00:49,983 VIA PHONE AND SOCIAL MEDIA, 21 00:00:49,983 --> 00:00:50,984 REPORTERS ON THE PHONE SHOULD GO 22 00:00:50,984 --> 00:00:53,286 AHEAD AND PRESS STAR 1TO GET 23 00:00:53,286 --> 00:00:54,888 INTO THE QUEUE TO ASK QUESTIONS. 24 00:00:54,888 --> 00:00:56,990 YOU CAN PRESS STAR 2IF YOUR 25 00:00:56,990 --> 00:00:58,391 QUESTION IS ANSWERED AND WANT TO 26 00:00:58,391 --> 00:00:59,993 WITHDRAW IT AND AUDIENCE MEMBERS 27 00:00:59,993 --> 00:01:02,095 AT HOME CAN USE SOCIAL MEDIA 28 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:03,496 HASHTAG ASK NASA. 29 00:01:03,496 --> 00:01:04,431 SO WE ARE GOING TO START WITH 30 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:05,932 THE OPENING REMARKS, LET'S GO TO 31 00:01:05,932 --> 00:01:07,033 STEVE TO START FIRST. 32 00:01:07,033 --> 00:01:09,235 >> HEY, THANKS, BRANDY AND GOOD 33 00:01:09,235 --> 00:01:09,836 MORNING. 34 00:01:09,836 --> 00:01:11,638 AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE 35 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:15,041 EVERYBODY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 36 00:01:15,041 --> 00:01:16,843 SUPER EXCITING DAY TO BE HERE AS 37 00:01:16,843 --> 00:01:18,745 WE ARE ABOUT 26 DAYS AWAY FROM 38 00:01:18,745 --> 00:01:20,447 OUR FIRST CREWED LAUNCH IN THE 39 00:01:20,447 --> 00:01:22,649 COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM, FIRST 40 00:01:22,649 --> 00:01:24,651 LAUNCH FROM THE U.S. IN NINE 41 00:01:24,651 --> 00:01:27,754 YEARS AND JUST AN EXCITING DAY 42 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:30,256 FOR AS WE GET READY FOR THE 43 00:01:30,256 --> 00:01:31,558 FLIGHT. FROM A BIG PICTURE 44 00:01:31,558 --> 00:01:32,859 PERSPECTIVE THE FLIGHT IS AN 45 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:34,160 IMPORTANT TEST FLIGHT OF THE 46 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,063 CREW DRAGON VEHICLE AND WE HAVE 47 00:01:37,063 --> 00:01:38,565 GOT LOTS OF MISSION OBJECTIVES 48 00:01:38,565 --> 00:01:38,965 PLANNED. 49 00:01:38,965 --> 00:01:40,467 I KNOW ZEB WILL GO THROUGH SOME 50 00:01:40,467 --> 00:01:41,067 OF THOSE. 51 00:01:41,067 --> 00:01:42,168 ONE OF THE BIG THINGS ON THE 52 00:01:42,168 --> 00:01:44,170 FLIGHT THAT WE WILL TEST OUT IS 53 00:01:44,170 --> 00:01:45,371 THE RENDEZVOUS SYSTEM WHICH WE 54 00:01:45,371 --> 00:01:47,373 DID ON DEMO ONE, FOR THIS FLIGHT 55 00:01:47,373 --> 00:01:48,475 THE CREW IS ACTUALLY GOING TO 56 00:01:48,475 --> 00:01:49,776 TAKE OVER AND DO A LITTLE BIT OF 57 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:52,278 MANUAL FLYING ON -- AS WE 58 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:53,980 TRANSITION UP TO THE V BAR AND 59 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:55,582 TAKE SOME CONTROL AND MAKE SURE 60 00:01:55,582 --> 00:01:56,883 THE SPACECRAFT CAN RESPOND TO 61 00:01:56,883 --> 00:01:58,184 THEIR COMMANDS AND WHEN WE GET 62 00:01:58,184 --> 00:02:00,587 UP ABOUT 150METERS FROM THE 63 00:02:00,587 --> 00:02:02,188 SPACE STATION DOUG HURLEY AND 64 00:02:02,188 --> 00:02:03,490 BOB WILL TAKE OVER AND DO A 65 00:02:03,490 --> 00:02:04,624 LITTLE BIT OF MANUAL FLYING. 66 00:02:04,624 --> 00:02:05,825 YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO BE 67 00:02:05,825 --> 00:02:07,227 TESTING A LOT OF SYSTEMS ON 68 00:02:07,227 --> 00:02:09,229 DRAGON FOR THE FIRST TIME. 69 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:10,430 WE HAVE A GREAT CHECK ON THE 70 00:02:10,430 --> 00:02:11,931 SPACECRAFT ON DEMO ONE BUT THIS 71 00:02:11,931 --> 00:02:13,633 TIME WE ARE GOING TO CHECK OUT 72 00:02:13,633 --> 00:02:15,034 LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, THE SPACE 73 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:17,237 SUITS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND MANY 74 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:18,838 OTHER SYSTEMS THAT BOB AND DOUG. 75 00:02:18,838 --> 00:02:19,339 WILL NEED. 76 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:20,440 AND ALSO THE ABILITY FOR THE 77 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,243 CREW TO LIVE AND WORK INSIDE 78 00:02:23,243 --> 00:02:24,644 DRAGON ON THE WAY TO SPACE 79 00:02:24,644 --> 00:02:27,146 STATUE AND ALSO ON THE WAY BACK. 80 00:02:27,146 --> 00:02:37,557 STICH, LAUNCHED AT 4:32, BACKUP 81 00:02:37,557 --> 00:02:38,758 DATE IS A BUT THE DAYS LATER, 82 00:02:38,758 --> 00:02:40,059 THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE FLIGHT 83 00:02:40,059 --> 00:02:41,961 DAY 2RENDEZVOUS WHICH MEANS IT 84 00:02:41,961 --> 00:02:43,863 TAKES A LITTLE LESS THAN 24 85 00:02:43,863 --> 00:02:44,964 HOURS TO GET TO THE SPACE 86 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:46,165 STATION, BACKUP OPPORTUNITY 87 00:02:46,165 --> 00:02:49,469 WOULD BE ON MAY30, A FEW DAYS 88 00:02:49,469 --> 00:02:51,371 LATER AND THAT'S ANOTHER FLIGHT 89 00:02:51,371 --> 00:02:54,073 DATE 2OR 24-HOUR RENDEZVOUS 90 00:02:54,073 --> 00:02:54,974 WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR THIS 91 00:02:54,974 --> 00:02:55,208 FLIGHT. 92 00:02:55,208 --> 00:02:56,676 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 93 00:02:56,676 --> 00:02:58,177 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON FOR 94 00:02:58,177 --> 00:02:59,679 THIS FLIGHT IS THE MISSION 95 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:00,980 MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THE 96 00:03:00,980 --> 00:03:03,182 CONSTRUCT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT 97 00:03:03,182 --> 00:03:04,117 THAN WHAT WE HAD IN SPACE 98 00:03:04,117 --> 00:03:04,617 SHUTTLE. 99 00:03:04,617 --> 00:03:05,718 THE MISSION MANAGEMENT TEAM IS 100 00:03:05,718 --> 00:03:07,020 CALLED THE DRAGON MISSION 101 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:07,620 MANAGEMENT TEAM. 102 00:03:07,620 --> 00:03:09,923 IT IS ACTUALLY LED BY SPACE-X, 103 00:03:09,923 --> 00:03:11,524 NASA PARTICIPATES IN THAT 104 00:03:11,524 --> 00:03:12,625 MISSION MANAGEMENT TEAM, I AM 105 00:03:12,625 --> 00:03:14,127 THE NASA REPRESENTATIVE FOR THAT 106 00:03:14,127 --> 00:03:15,128 MISSION MANAGEMENT TEAM 107 00:03:15,128 --> 00:03:15,728 ACTIVITY. 108 00:03:15,728 --> 00:03:17,530 WE HAVE BEEN PRACTICING OVER THE 109 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:19,332 LAST FEW MONTHS HAND IN HAND 110 00:03:19,332 --> 00:03:23,236 WITH SPACEX THROUGH -- ON DOCK 111 00:03:23,236 --> 00:03:24,938 STIMULATIONS, THROUGH RENDEZVOUS 112 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:26,039 SIMULATIONS. 113 00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:27,340 IN FACT WE WILL HAVE A TEAM FROM 114 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:29,442 JSC HEAD DOWN TO THE LAUNCH 115 00:03:29,442 --> 00:03:30,543 CONTROL CENTER ON MONDAY, 116 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:32,545 MAY4TH AND WE WILL DO OUR FINAL 117 00:03:32,545 --> 00:03:34,547 PRACTICE FOR LAUNCH WITH THE 118 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:36,950 CREW, THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM AT 119 00:03:36,950 --> 00:03:39,552 HAWTHORNE, THE SPACEX CONTROL 120 00:03:39,552 --> 00:03:41,054 TEAM FOR THE FALCON AND THEN THE 121 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:42,855 NASA MISSION MANAGEMENT TEAM AND 122 00:03:42,855 --> 00:03:44,657 SPACEX MISSION MANAGEMENT TEAM 123 00:03:44,657 --> 00:03:45,158 OVERALL. 124 00:03:45,158 --> 00:03:46,659 I WOULD SIGH THAT'S GOING REALLY 125 00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:47,560 WELL AND HAVE A STRONG 126 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:48,361 PARTNERSHIP. 127 00:03:48,361 --> 00:03:49,062 WE HAVE ESTABLISHED STRONG 128 00:03:49,062 --> 00:03:49,762 RELATIONSHIPS. 129 00:03:49,762 --> 00:03:51,564 WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER 130 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:52,665 FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS AND 131 00:03:52,665 --> 00:03:53,967 THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO 132 00:03:53,967 --> 00:03:55,668 SEE AS YOU GET CLOSE TO 133 00:03:55,668 --> 00:03:56,269 SPACEFLIGHT. 134 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:57,770 FINALLY I WANT TO SAY THERE IS A 135 00:03:57,770 --> 00:03:58,871 REALLY EXCITING MISSION FOR ME 136 00:03:58,871 --> 00:04:00,273 PERSONALLY, I HAVE BEEN WORKING 137 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:01,874 ON THIS PROGRAM FOR FOUR AND A 138 00:04:01,874 --> 00:04:03,509 HALF YEARS AND I STAND HERE 139 00:04:03,509 --> 00:04:04,611 TODAY REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF 140 00:04:04,611 --> 00:04:05,812 PEOPLE WITHIN NASA AND THE 141 00:04:05,812 --> 00:04:07,313 SPACEX ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 142 00:04:07,313 --> 00:04:08,615 I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PROUD I AM 143 00:04:08,615 --> 00:04:09,816 OF THE ENTIRE TEAM. 144 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:11,517 THEY ARE WORKING LONG HOURS, 145 00:04:11,517 --> 00:04:13,019 EVEN UNDER THE COVID-19 146 00:04:13,019 --> 00:04:15,922 PRECAUTIONS AND VIRUS ALL ACROSS 147 00:04:15,922 --> 00:04:17,523 THE COUNTRY, ALL ACROSS VARIOUS 148 00:04:17,523 --> 00:04:20,226 NASA CENTERS ACROSS ALL THE 149 00:04:20,226 --> 00:04:21,828 SPACEX SITES TO MAKE SURE THIS 150 00:04:21,828 --> 00:04:23,830 MISSION HAPPENS SUCCESSFULLY AND 151 00:04:23,830 --> 00:04:26,032 SAFELY AND IT IS JUST AN HONOR 152 00:04:26,032 --> 00:04:27,533 TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM AND I 153 00:04:27,533 --> 00:04:28,935 WILL HAND IT OVER THE ZEB. 154 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:30,036 THANK YOU, STEVE. 155 00:04:30,036 --> 00:04:32,038 SO AS STEVE SAID, THIS IS JUST 156 00:04:32,038 --> 00:04:34,240 REALLY AN EXCITING DAY AND I AM 157 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,643 ENORMOUSLY PROUD TO BE HERE 158 00:04:36,643 --> 00:04:38,244 TALKING ABOUT THE EXCITING 159 00:04:38,244 --> 00:04:39,245 LAUNCH AND THE MISSION WE HAVE 160 00:04:39,245 --> 00:04:39,846 COMING UP. 161 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:42,949 I THINK ABOUT WHAT THE WORLD IS 162 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:44,150 GOING THROUGH NOW AND ALL 163 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:46,252 MISSING OUR SPORTS, OUR, YOU 164 00:04:46,252 --> 00:04:47,854 KNOW, BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL AND 165 00:04:47,854 --> 00:04:49,455 SOCIAL GATHERINGS, THIS IS GOING 166 00:04:49,455 --> 00:04:51,457 TO BE ON MAY27 LIKE GETTING THE 167 00:04:51,457 --> 00:04:53,559 WORLD SERIES, THE STANLEY CUP, 168 00:04:53,559 --> 00:04:55,061 THE SUPER BOWL ALL ROLLED INTO 169 00:04:55,061 --> 00:04:57,764 ONE WHEN THE FALCON 9LIFTS OFF 170 00:04:57,764 --> 00:04:59,265 THE COAST OF FLORIDA AND HEADS 171 00:04:59,265 --> 00:05:00,166 TOWARDS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 172 00:05:00,166 --> 00:05:01,567 STATION SO I CAN'T WAIT FOR 173 00:05:01,567 --> 00:05:03,469 REALLY ALL AMERICA TO COME OUT 174 00:05:03,469 --> 00:05:06,205 AND WATCH WHAT IS GOING ON IN 175 00:05:06,205 --> 00:05:10,109 THE ONLINE COME AND JOIN US, 176 00:05:10,109 --> 00:05:11,210 COME AND WATCH THE LAUNCH AND 177 00:05:11,210 --> 00:05:12,111 WATCH THE RENDEZVOUS AND 178 00:05:12,111 --> 00:05:12,345 MISSION. 179 00:05:12,345 --> 00:05:13,813 THIS IS GOING TO BRING IT 180 00:05:13,813 --> 00:05:15,515 ALTOGETHER AND GET EVERYONE TO 181 00:05:15,515 --> 00:05:16,716 RALLY BEHIND WHAT WE PUT 182 00:05:16,716 --> 00:05:17,717 TOGETHER FOR THIS SHOW. 183 00:05:17,717 --> 00:05:19,619 SO A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THE 184 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:20,019 MISS. 185 00:05:20,019 --> 00:05:22,622 AFTER THE LAUNCH HAPPENS THAT'S 186 00:05:22,622 --> 00:05:24,223 GOING TO BE A REALLY DYNAMIC 187 00:05:24,223 --> 00:05:26,826 EVENT WITH POWERFUL LAUNCH IN 188 00:05:26,826 --> 00:05:28,928 THE F 9GOING UP INTO ORBIT AND 189 00:05:28,928 --> 00:05:30,530 PUTS THE CREW IN A SAFE ORBIT AS 190 00:05:30,530 --> 00:05:32,331 THEY BEGIN THE RENDEZVOUS TOWARD 191 00:05:32,331 --> 00:05:32,732 ISS. 192 00:05:32,732 --> 00:05:34,434 AS STEVE MENTIONED THAT IS ABOUT 193 00:05:34,434 --> 00:05:36,035 A TWO-DAY RENDEZVOUS TO REACH 194 00:05:36,035 --> 00:05:36,736 THE ISS. 195 00:05:36,736 --> 00:05:38,938 SO WE WILL BE DOCKING ON THE 196 00:05:38,938 --> 00:05:39,939 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 197 00:05:39,939 --> 00:05:41,841 AROUND THE 28TH, DURING THAT 198 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:42,942 FREE FLIGHT PORTION THERE ARE 199 00:05:42,942 --> 00:05:44,644 SEVERAL TESTS AND CHECKOUTS THAT 200 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:46,045 WE WILL BE DOING, INCLUDING SOME 201 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:47,847 MANUAL FLYING DEMONSTRATIONS, 202 00:05:47,847 --> 00:05:50,650 THERE WILL BE VERIFYING LIFE 203 00:05:50,650 --> 00:05:51,951 SUPPORT SYSTEMS ARE WORKING, THE 204 00:05:51,951 --> 00:05:53,152 CREW HABITATION WITHIN THAT 205 00:05:53,152 --> 00:05:55,254 CLOSED LOOP ENVIRONMENT AND BE 206 00:05:55,254 --> 00:05:56,656 PLYING FOR THE FIRST TIME. 207 00:05:56,656 --> 00:05:58,357 AS THEY APPROACH INTERNATIONAL 208 00:05:58,357 --> 00:05:59,759 SPACE STATION WE GET INTO A 209 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:01,861 CLOSE INTEGRATED OPERATIONS 210 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:05,698 SEQUENCE WHERE THE JOINT SPACE 211 00:06:05,698 --> 00:06:07,100 STATION CONTROL TEAM AND THE 212 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:08,201 SPACEX CONTROL TEAMWORKS 213 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:10,703 TOGETHER TO SHOW AND COMPLETE 214 00:06:10,703 --> 00:06:11,804 THE FINAL RENDEZVOUS. 215 00:06:11,804 --> 00:06:12,905 I ACTUALLY HAVE A VIDEO THAT 216 00:06:12,905 --> 00:06:14,307 SHOWS THAT SEQUENCE FOR THOSE 217 00:06:14,307 --> 00:06:16,509 FINAL STEPS FOR THE RENDEZVOUS 218 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:30,423 AND HAPPY TO ROLL THAT NOW. 219 00:06:30,423 --> 00:06:32,125 HERE YOU CAN SEE THE DRAGON 220 00:06:32,125 --> 00:06:33,526 VEHICLE COMING UNDERNEATH THE 221 00:06:33,526 --> 00:06:36,329 SPACE STATION. THIS IS ABOUT A 222 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:40,633 KILOMETER BELOW ISS AND DOES A 223 00:06:40,633 --> 00:06:42,235 NUMBER OF MANEUVERS TO FLY 224 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:43,136 AROUND TO THE V BAR. 225 00:06:43,136 --> 00:06:44,837 THIS IS THE VELOCITY VECTOR THAT 226 00:06:44,837 --> 00:06:46,139 THE ISS IS TRAVELING IN AND THAT 227 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:49,142 WILL ALIGN IT UP ON THE DOCKING 228 00:06:49,142 --> 00:06:50,843 ACCESS ALIGNED WITH THE DOCKING 229 00:06:50,843 --> 00:06:52,245 PART PORT. THIS VIDEO IS 230 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:55,148 EXTREMELY SPED UP SO IT SHOWS 231 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:57,350 THINGS IN A MUCH HIGHER SPEED 232 00:06:57,350 --> 00:06:58,651 BUT THE GRAPHIC ITSELF IS TAKEN 233 00:06:58,651 --> 00:06:59,752 FROM ONE OF THE TRAINING AND 234 00:06:59,752 --> 00:07:01,354 STIMULATION RUNS THAT WE DID AS 235 00:07:01,354 --> 00:07:03,689 A JOINT NASA AND SPACEX TEAM 236 00:07:03,689 --> 00:07:04,791 PRACTICING THIS RONALD VIEW 237 00:07:04,791 --> 00:07:07,894 EVENT. 238 00:07:07,894 --> 00:07:09,395 AS DRAGON APPROACHES THE V BAR 239 00:07:09,395 --> 00:07:12,999 HERE, IT WILL BE ABOUT 250, 240 00:07:12,999 --> 00:07:15,201 220METERS AWAY FROM ISS. 241 00:07:15,201 --> 00:07:16,602 YOU CAN SEE IN THE MULTIPLE 242 00:07:16,602 --> 00:07:18,304 CAMERA VIEWS WHAT ONE CAMERA 243 00:07:18,304 --> 00:07:20,306 WILL BE SEEING AS IT LOOKS 244 00:07:20,306 --> 00:07:22,008 TOWARDS ISS OUT OF THE CENTER OF 245 00:07:22,008 --> 00:07:23,409 THE DOCKING MECHANISM. 246 00:07:23,409 --> 00:07:24,710 AT THIS POINT, THE CREW IS GOING 247 00:07:24,710 --> 00:07:27,113 TO TAKE MANUAL CONTROL AND DO A 248 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:28,114 MANUAL FLIGHT TEST. 249 00:07:28,114 --> 00:07:29,515 THIS WILL BE A CAPABILITY THAT 250 00:07:29,515 --> 00:07:30,817 WE ARE DEMONSTRATING SHOULD 251 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:32,819 THERE EVER BE IN THE FUTURE A 252 00:07:32,819 --> 00:07:33,719 FAILURE OF THE DOCKING 253 00:07:33,719 --> 00:07:35,221 MECHANISMS OF THE RENDEZVOUS 254 00:07:35,221 --> 00:07:36,222 MECHANISMS WE ARE ABLE TO 255 00:07:36,222 --> 00:07:38,524 MANUALLY PILOT IN THE DRAGON 256 00:07:38,524 --> 00:07:40,226 SPACECRAFT TOWARDS THE ISS AND 257 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:42,028 COMPLETE THE DOCKING MANUALLY. 258 00:07:42,028 --> 00:07:42,929 HERE THE CREW WILL BE 259 00:07:42,929 --> 00:07:44,831 DEMONSTRATING A SERIES OF 260 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:46,332 TRANSLATIONS AND MANEUVERS IN 261 00:07:46,332 --> 00:07:49,836 THE Y AND Z ACCESS AS THEY 262 00:07:49,836 --> 00:07:51,938 REALLY GET SOME STICK TIME 263 00:07:51,938 --> 00:07:53,840 FLYING THE VEHICLE MANUALLY 264 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,942 VERSUS THE COMPUTER AUTOMATED 265 00:07:55,942 --> 00:07:59,545 CONTROL. 266 00:07:59,545 --> 00:08:01,647 AS THAT TEST COMPLETES, THE CREW 267 00:08:01,647 --> 00:08:03,983 WILL THEN PAUSE THE VEHICLE, PUT 268 00:08:03,983 --> 00:08:06,385 IT INTO A HOLD STATE, THE FLIGHT 269 00:08:06,385 --> 00:08:07,587 CONTROL TEAM WILL THEN BE ABLE 270 00:08:07,587 --> 00:08:10,289 TO TRANSITION DRAGON BACK INTO 271 00:08:10,289 --> 00:08:11,991 AN AUTOMATED APPROACH SEQUENCE 272 00:08:11,991 --> 00:08:14,193 AND IT WILL BEGIN TO RESUME ITS 273 00:08:14,193 --> 00:08:16,195 RENDEZVOUS TOWARDS ISS ONCE 274 00:08:16,195 --> 00:08:23,903 AGAIN. 275 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:25,304 AS DRAGON APPROACHES ISS AT 276 00:08:25,304 --> 00:08:26,906 ABOUT THE 20-METER POINT, THERE 277 00:08:26,906 --> 00:08:28,507 IS A BUILT-IN HOLD WHERE WE DO 278 00:08:28,507 --> 00:08:30,810 OUR FINAL GO, NO GO CHECKS TO 279 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:32,011 MAKE SURE WE ARE READY FOR THE 280 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:34,413 FINAL DOCKING .. YOU CAN SEE THE 281 00:08:34,413 --> 00:08:35,715 DRAGON HOLDING AT ABOUT 282 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:36,716 20METERS. 283 00:08:36,716 --> 00:08:40,419 AT THAT POINT, WE PROCEED FROM 284 00:08:40,419 --> 00:08:42,521 THAT HOLD POINT FOR THE FINAL 285 00:08:42,521 --> 00:08:44,323 DOCKING SEQUENCE AFTER THAT GO 286 00:08:44,323 --> 00:08:46,726 NO GO VERIFICATION HAS BEEN 287 00:08:46,726 --> 00:08:47,827 GIVEN. 288 00:08:47,827 --> 00:08:51,230 .. AT THIS POINT THIS IS ALL 289 00:08:51,230 --> 00:08:52,632 AGAIN UNDER AUTOMATED DOCKING 290 00:08:52,632 --> 00:08:53,432 SEQUENCE. 291 00:08:53,432 --> 00:08:55,134 THERE IS A SERIES OF NAVIGATION 292 00:08:55,134 --> 00:08:56,636 CENTERS THAT CONTROL DRAGON TO 293 00:08:56,636 --> 00:08:57,837 KEEP IT PERFECTLY ALIGNED WHERE 294 00:08:57,837 --> 00:08:59,138 THE DOCKING MECHANISM. 295 00:08:59,138 --> 00:09:01,240 AND THEN WE HAVE THE FINAL 296 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:07,980 CONTACT AND SOFT CAPTURE. 297 00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:09,782 FROM THIS POINT, THE DOCKING 298 00:09:09,782 --> 00:09:11,384 SEQUENCE CONTINUES WHERE WE 299 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:12,985 ACHIEVE HARD MATE AND HAVE A 300 00:09:12,985 --> 00:09:14,587 SERIES OF HOOKS THAT DRIVE TO 301 00:09:14,587 --> 00:09:15,888 COMPLETE THE FINAL STRUCTURAL 302 00:09:15,888 --> 00:09:16,589 INTERFACE. 303 00:09:16,589 --> 00:09:18,090 GO A SERIES OF LEAK CHECKS AND 304 00:09:18,090 --> 00:09:20,893 REPRESSURIZATIONS OF THE JOINT 305 00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:22,094 ATMOSPHERES AND GET THE CREW 306 00:09:22,094 --> 00:09:24,897 HAPPILY ON TO ISS AS A JOINT 307 00:09:24,897 --> 00:09:29,902 INTEGRATED ISS CREW TEAM. 308 00:09:29,902 --> 00:09:31,904 THE MISSION AT THAT POINT WILL 309 00:09:31,904 --> 00:09:34,006 CONTINUE FOR A DOCKED PERIOD OF 310 00:09:34,006 --> 00:09:34,407 TIME. 311 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:36,208 THAT DURATION, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 312 00:09:36,208 --> 00:09:37,810 BUILT IN SOME VARIABILITY TO 313 00:09:37,810 --> 00:09:39,712 ALLOW US TO ACCOMMODATION 314 00:09:39,712 --> 00:09:41,514 MISSION DURATIONS THAT BEST FIT 315 00:09:41,514 --> 00:09:43,015 THE NEEDS OF THE COMMERCIAL 316 00:09:43,015 --> 00:09:45,918 PROGRAM AND THE CREW PROGRAM TO 317 00:09:45,918 --> 00:09:49,622 ENABLE THE BALANCE OF THE ISS 318 00:09:49,622 --> 00:09:51,724 NEEDS AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT 319 00:09:51,724 --> 00:09:53,426 AND READINESS FOR THE CREW 320 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:54,026 BEYOND THAT. 321 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:55,528 DURING THE DOCKED TIME FRAME 322 00:09:55,528 --> 00:09:57,029 THERE WILL BE A SERIES OF TEST 323 00:09:57,029 --> 00:09:58,331 OBJECTIVES WE WILL BE DOING ON 324 00:09:58,331 --> 00:09:59,732 THE ISS. THIS IS REALLY TO 325 00:09:59,732 --> 00:10:01,334 SHAKE DOWN AND DEMONSTRATE THAT 326 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:02,635 ALL OF THE PREPARATIONS AND THE 327 00:10:02,635 --> 00:10:03,836 EMERGENCY CAPABILITIES WE HAVE 328 00:10:03,836 --> 00:10:06,639 BUILT INTO THIS VEHICLE HAVE 329 00:10:06,639 --> 00:10:09,241 MADE IT RELIABLE AS A LIFEBOAT 330 00:10:09,241 --> 00:10:11,444 AND CONTINUE ON BOARD THE ISS IT 331 00:10:11,444 --> 00:10:13,145 IS ALWAYS AS A BACKUP TO GET THE 332 00:10:13,145 --> 00:10:14,146 CREW MEMBERS DOWN TO THE GROUND 333 00:10:14,146 --> 00:10:16,549 IF NEEDED BUT ALSO AS A RELIABLE 334 00:10:16,549 --> 00:10:22,855 PLACE TO COURIER UP AND DOWN ON 335 00:10:22,855 --> 00:10:23,856 A REGULAR BASIS. 336 00:10:23,856 --> 00:10:24,957 AT THE END OF THE DOCK SEQUENCE 337 00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:26,359 WE WILL HAVE A SERIES OF EVENTS 338 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:27,860 TO DO TO PREPARE FOR THE UNDOCK 339 00:10:27,860 --> 00:10:29,362 AND TRANSFERRING SOME HARDWARE 340 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:31,263 BACK ON TO THE DRAGON, WE ARE 341 00:10:31,263 --> 00:10:32,965 MOVING STUFF OFF DRAGON AND PUT 342 00:10:32,965 --> 00:10:34,767 IT BACK ON ISS AND BEGIN THE 343 00:10:34,767 --> 00:10:35,668 UNDOCK PREPARATIONS AND THIS 344 00:10:35,668 --> 00:10:37,870 WILL AGAIN BE AN AUTOMATED 345 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:39,372 UNDOCK AND THE CREW WILL DEPART 346 00:10:39,372 --> 00:10:42,975 STATION AND HAVE ABOUT A TWO-DAY 347 00:10:42,975 --> 00:10:44,477 PREFLIGHT SEQUENCE BEFORE 348 00:10:44,477 --> 00:10:45,778 SPLASHING DOWN SAFELY OFF THE 349 00:10:45,778 --> 00:10:47,380 COAST OF FLORIDA. 350 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:48,681 AT THAT POINT THE RECOVERY 351 00:10:48,681 --> 00:10:50,082 OPERATIONS LED BY SPACEX WILL 352 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:50,583 BEGIN. 353 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:52,284 WE WILL GET THEM ON THE RECOVERY 354 00:10:52,284 --> 00:10:53,886 BOATS AND BRING THEM BACK SAFELY 355 00:10:53,886 --> 00:10:55,488 TO THE FLORIDA COTE COAST AND 356 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:56,288 BACK OFF TO NASA. 357 00:10:56,288 --> 00:10:58,290 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FROM 358 00:10:58,290 --> 00:10:59,992 AN OVERALL MISSION PERSPECTIVE 359 00:10:59,992 --> 00:11:01,193 THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE AN 360 00:11:01,193 --> 00:11:02,294 EXCITING DAY AND LOOKING FORWARD 361 00:11:02,294 --> 00:11:03,529 TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL MISSION. 362 00:11:03,529 --> 00:11:04,730 THERE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS 363 00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:07,133 EFFORT WITH THE TEAMWORK BETWEEN 364 00:11:07,133 --> 00:11:09,135 SPACEX AND NASA, IT IS REALLY A 365 00:11:09,135 --> 00:11:10,136 JOINT INTEGRITY GRADE TEAM TO 366 00:11:10,136 --> 00:11:11,737 BRING US TO THIS POINT AND WITH 367 00:11:11,737 --> 00:11:12,838 THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT 368 00:11:12,838 --> 00:11:14,240 BACK OVER TO BENJI. 369 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:19,945 >> HI. 370 00:11:19,945 --> 00:11:20,946 THERE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 371 00:11:20,946 --> 00:11:23,449 HAVING ME ON TODAY. 372 00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:24,550 AS STEVE MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU 373 00:11:24,550 --> 00:11:26,552 KNOW, WE ARE REALLY HERE 374 00:11:26,552 --> 00:11:28,854 REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF 375 00:11:28,854 --> 00:11:30,256 PEOPLE, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HERE 376 00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:31,757 AT SPACEX, THOUSANDS OF OUR 377 00:11:31,757 --> 00:11:33,959 PARTNERS AT NASA, AND ALL OF OUR 378 00:11:33,959 --> 00:11:36,062 SUPPLIES AND VEND, VENDORS AND 379 00:11:36,062 --> 00:11:37,163 OF COURSE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC 380 00:11:37,163 --> 00:11:39,665 AND THE PUBLIC AROUND THE WORLD. 381 00:11:39,665 --> 00:11:41,367 EVERYBODY IS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT 382 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:41,967 THIS. 383 00:11:41,967 --> 00:11:43,169 WE ARE HONORED TO BE A PART OF 384 00:11:43,169 --> 00:11:46,672 THIS -- THIS HISTORIC EVENT AND 385 00:11:46,672 --> 00:11:48,274 ALSO IT IS A SACRED HONOR TO 386 00:11:48,274 --> 00:11:49,275 MAKE SURE WE ARE GOING TO BRING 387 00:11:49,275 --> 00:11:51,177 THE CREW, TAKE THE CREW UP TO 388 00:11:51,177 --> 00:11:52,478 SPACE, BRING THEM TO THE SPACE 389 00:11:52,478 --> 00:11:53,679 STATION SAFELY AND BRING THEM 390 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,882 BACK HOME TO THEIR FAMILY. 391 00:11:56,882 --> 00:11:58,384 FUNDAMENTALLY THERE IS WHAT 392 00:11:58,384 --> 00:12:00,186 SPACEX WAS FOUNDED FOR, OUR GOAL 393 00:12:00,186 --> 00:12:02,388 IS TO TAKE PEOPLE TO SPACE TO 394 00:12:02,388 --> 00:12:04,623 MAKE LIFE MULTIPLANETARY SO THIS 395 00:12:04,623 --> 00:12:07,726 IS A HISTORIC EVENT FOR OUR 396 00:12:07,726 --> 00:12:09,929 COMPANY AS WELL. 397 00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:12,531 WE ARE CLOSER THAN EVER NOW AS 398 00:12:12,531 --> 00:12:15,034 WE GET READY TO BRING HEWLETT 399 00:12:15,034 --> 00:12:16,135 PACKARD SPACE PLIGHT CAPABILITY 400 00:12:16,135 --> 00:12:16,836 BACK TO THE UNITED STATES FOR 401 00:12:16,836 --> 00:12:19,238 THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2011, IS 402 00:12:19,238 --> 00:12:21,040 TENS SPACE SHUTTLE WAS RETIRED. 403 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,641 AND AS WE HAVE HEARD EARLIER 404 00:12:22,641 --> 00:12:24,343 TODAY TOO, THE CRITICALITY OF 405 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:25,744 THIS IS NOT JUST THAT CAPABILITY 406 00:12:25,744 --> 00:12:27,847 BUT TO ACTUALLY HELP THE SPACE 407 00:12:27,847 --> 00:12:30,649 STATION STAY FULLY OPERATIONAL. 408 00:12:30,649 --> 00:12:32,852 AND TO HELP NOT ONLY OUR SPACE 409 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:36,255 PROGRAM BUT THE PROGRAM, 410 00:12:36,255 --> 00:12:37,456 PROGRAMS OF MANY COUNTRIES 411 00:12:37,456 --> 00:12:38,057 AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE 412 00:12:38,057 --> 00:12:38,858 INVOLVED IN THE SPACE STATION 413 00:12:38,858 --> 00:12:41,460 AND MANY COUNTRIES WHO LOOK 414 00:12:41,460 --> 00:12:43,262 FORWARD TO BEING INVOLVED AS 415 00:12:43,262 --> 00:12:45,664 PART OF THE SPACE STATION. 416 00:12:45,664 --> 00:12:47,967 REALLY, THIS ENDEAVOR IS THE 417 00:12:47,967 --> 00:12:49,768 CULMINATION OF NOT ONLY YEARS 418 00:12:49,768 --> 00:12:51,570 AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OR OF 419 00:12:51,570 --> 00:12:54,473 TIME AND WORK BUT HUNDREDS OF 420 00:12:54,473 --> 00:12:56,175 THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF TIRELESS 421 00:12:56,175 --> 00:12:58,878 EFFORT TO BRING US HERE. 422 00:12:58,878 --> 00:13:02,882 AND IT IS ALSO FOCUSED AGAIN ON, 423 00:13:02,882 --> 00:13:03,616 YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY AND 424 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:05,317 RELIABILITY OF THE SYSTEM. 425 00:13:05,317 --> 00:13:06,418 AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 426 00:13:06,418 --> 00:13:08,020 SYSTEM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO 427 00:13:08,020 --> 00:13:09,321 UNDERSTAND A LOT OF TIMES WE 428 00:13:09,321 --> 00:13:10,422 FOCUS ON CREW DRAGON WHICH OF 429 00:13:10,422 --> 00:13:11,624 COURSE IS KIND OF THE CROWN 430 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:15,427 JEWEL AND WHAT YEARS THE 431 00:13:15,427 --> 00:13:17,229 ASTRONAUTS BUT THERE IS REALLY A 432 00:13:17,229 --> 00:13:19,932 WHOLE SYSTEM AND THE RUNS, YOU 433 00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:22,134 KNOW, FROM THE ENGINEERS AND 434 00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:24,036 DESIGN AND ANALYSIS THAT GOES ON 435 00:13:24,036 --> 00:13:25,037 THROUGH THE FACTORY AND 436 00:13:25,037 --> 00:13:27,940 FABRICATION AND ALL THE TESTING 437 00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:29,842 AND IT ALL INVOLVES, YOU KNOW, 438 00:13:29,842 --> 00:13:31,844 THE FALCON 9LAUNCH VEHICLE, THE 439 00:13:31,844 --> 00:13:34,547 DRAGON SPACECRAFT, THE 440 00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:35,848 OPERATIONAL TEAMS AND ALL THE 441 00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:38,050 OPERATIONAL CENTERS AND OF 442 00:13:38,050 --> 00:13:40,152 COURSE .., YOU KNOW, IT IS 443 00:13:40,152 --> 00:13:41,253 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND 444 00:13:41,253 --> 00:13:42,454 EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE PUT 445 00:13:42,454 --> 00:13:42,755 TOGETHER. 446 00:13:42,755 --> 00:13:44,657 ALL OF THIS HAS TO BE DONE 447 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:46,058 CORRECTLY, IT HAS TO BE DONE 448 00:13:46,058 --> 00:13:47,259 WELL, SUPER VETTED WITH OUR 449 00:13:47,259 --> 00:13:48,761 PARTNERS AT NASA AND VERY 450 00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:50,262 GREATFUL FOR THEIR INPUT AND 451 00:13:50,262 --> 00:13:51,363 SUPPORT. 452 00:13:51,363 --> 00:13:53,165 AND HOW WE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO 453 00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:54,667 ENSURE THAT THAT RELIABILITY 454 00:13:54,667 --> 00:13:56,869 WILL BE IN PLACE IS CRITICAL. 455 00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:59,271 AND SO WE ARE EXCITED, VERY 456 00:13:59,271 --> 00:14:00,973 EXCITED TO BE HERE. 457 00:14:00,973 --> 00:14:02,074 I THINK WE ARE ALL VERY 458 00:14:02,074 --> 00:14:03,509 APPROPRIATELY NERVOUS AND 459 00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:05,311 GETTING MORE SO AS WE GET CLOSE 460 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:08,814 TO -- BET CLOSE TO THIS DAY. 461 00:14:08,814 --> 00:14:12,918 WE ARE AT 26 DAYS FROM LAUNCH 462 00:14:12,918 --> 00:14:15,621 AND IT IS GOING TO BE QUITE A 463 00:14:15,621 --> 00:14:17,823 SHOW. 464 00:14:17,823 --> 00:14:19,625 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT I TALK 465 00:14:19,625 --> 00:14:20,926 ABOUT SOME OF THE TESTS AND SOME 466 00:14:20,926 --> 00:14:28,934 OF THE THINGS -- WE HAD OVER 700 467 00:14:28,934 --> 00:14:30,035 TESTIMONIES EH TEST OF THE 468 00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:30,269 SYSTEM. 469 00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:31,937 THE SUPER DRACOS ARE THE ENGINES 470 00:14:31,937 --> 00:14:33,739 ON DRAGON THAT ARE USED TO CARRY 471 00:14:33,739 --> 00:14:36,242 DRAGON AWAY FROM THE FALCON IN 472 00:14:36,242 --> 00:14:37,443 CASE THERE IS AN EMERGENCY NEED 473 00:14:37,443 --> 00:14:39,345 TO ESCAPE DRAGON AWAY FROM 474 00:14:39,345 --> 00:14:40,045 THERE. 475 00:14:40,045 --> 00:14:41,547 THERE HAVE BEEN THOUSANDS OF 476 00:14:41,547 --> 00:14:43,349 TESTS ON THE DRACO ENGINES 477 00:14:43,349 --> 00:14:44,149 THEMSELVES. 478 00:14:44,149 --> 00:14:45,251 TODAY WE ARE ACTUALLY HOPING TO 479 00:14:45,251 --> 00:14:48,153 COMPLETE THE 27TH TEST OF OUR 480 00:14:48,153 --> 00:14:50,556 MARK 3PARACHUTE SYSTEM, ONE OF 481 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:51,957 THE MOST ADVANCED PARACHUTE 482 00:14:51,957 --> 00:14:53,259 SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD. 483 00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:55,661 AND PROBABLY THE MOST ADVANCED 484 00:14:55,661 --> 00:14:57,463 SPACE ORBITAL RETURN PARACHUTE 485 00:14:57,463 --> 00:14:59,565 SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD THAT HAVE 486 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:00,766 EVER BEEN MADE. 487 00:15:00,766 --> 00:15:03,369 IT IS VERY EXCITING. 488 00:15:03,369 --> 00:15:10,509 IT WAS PERFORMED OVER -- 489 00:15:10,509 --> 00:15:12,011 INCLUDING THE ONES THAT FLEW ON 490 00:15:12,011 --> 00:15:12,911 CARGO. 491 00:15:12,911 --> 00:15:15,814 CARGO DRAGON UNDER THE CRS 492 00:15:15,814 --> 00:15:18,917 PROGRAM, ON THAT NOTE, THE 493 00:15:18,917 --> 00:15:21,120 DRAGON TO TO AND FROM THE SPACE 494 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,921 STATION SUCCESSFULLY 20 TIMES 495 00:15:22,921 --> 00:15:24,923 FOR CARGO MISSIONS AND OF COURSE 496 00:15:24,923 --> 00:15:26,425 LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR 497 00:15:26,425 --> 00:15:29,028 DEMONSTRATION 1MISSION WHICH 498 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:31,830 WAS THE CREW DRAGON, WITHOUT ANY 499 00:15:31,830 --> 00:15:32,731 CREW ON BOARD. 500 00:15:32,731 --> 00:15:34,933 AND WENT TO THE SPACE STATION 501 00:15:34,933 --> 00:15:38,437 AND DID SOME TESTS THERE. 502 00:15:38,437 --> 00:15:40,539 OPENED UP THE HATCH, AND CAME 503 00:15:40,539 --> 00:15:43,042 BACK HOME, LANDED BEAUTIFULLY, 504 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:44,543 THE WHOLE -- THAT WHOLE PROCESS 505 00:15:44,543 --> 00:15:46,645 WAS KIND OF FROM START TO FINISH 506 00:15:46,645 --> 00:15:48,047 JUST EXACTLY THE WAY WE WANTED 507 00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:48,647 IT TO BE. 508 00:15:48,647 --> 00:15:50,549 WE LEARNED A LOT FROM THE FLIGHT 509 00:15:50,549 --> 00:15:52,451 AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND 510 00:15:52,451 --> 00:15:53,852 EXCITING WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT 511 00:15:53,852 --> 00:15:56,855 BEFORE THIS. 512 00:15:56,855 --> 00:15:59,258 AS WE MOVE, AS WE MOVED FORWARD 513 00:15:59,258 --> 00:16:01,660 FROM THAT TEST, THAT TEST 514 00:16:01,660 --> 00:16:03,896 FLIGHT, WE THEN DID ANOTHER 515 00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:05,097 IMPORTANT FLIGHT TEST WHICH IS 516 00:16:05,097 --> 00:16:07,700 THE IN NIGHT ABORT TEST. 517 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,101 WE DID THAT BACK IN JANUARY OF 518 00:16:09,101 --> 00:16:10,102 THIS YEAR. 519 00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:11,403 AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY A 520 00:16:11,403 --> 00:16:13,005 FOLLOW-UP TEST FROM A 521 00:16:13,005 --> 00:16:15,207 PADDLEBOARD TEST THAT WE DID A 522 00:16:15,207 --> 00:16:16,208 NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, FIVE YEARS 523 00:16:16,208 --> 00:16:19,511 AGO THAT IN BOTH CASES IT IS 524 00:16:19,511 --> 00:16:22,414 WHERE WE IN THE PORT CASE WE HAD 525 00:16:22,414 --> 00:16:23,716 DRAGON ON THE PAD AND TEST THAT 526 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:25,317 LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM TO ENSURE 527 00:16:25,317 --> 00:16:26,719 IN CASE SOMETHING GOES WRONG ON 528 00:16:26,719 --> 00:16:28,520 THE PAD WE CAN ESCAPE THE CREW 529 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,723 RAPIDLY AWAY FROM THE PAD AND 530 00:16:30,723 --> 00:16:32,624 LAND THEM SAFELY IN THE WATER 531 00:16:32,624 --> 00:16:33,826 AND IN JANUARY WE DID THE SAME 532 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,027 THING. 533 00:16:35,027 --> 00:16:37,029 AND I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY ONE 534 00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:39,031 OF THE MOST COMPLEX ENGINEERING 535 00:16:39,031 --> 00:16:40,733 TESTS EVER DONE, MAYBE IN THE 536 00:16:40,733 --> 00:16:41,533 HISTORY OF THE WORLD. 537 00:16:41,533 --> 00:16:43,435 I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT WAS AMAZING 538 00:16:43,435 --> 00:16:44,136 TO SEE. 539 00:16:44,136 --> 00:16:45,637 WE ACTUALLY PUT DRAGON ON TOP 540 00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:48,240 OFFAL CON, LAUNCHED THE FALCON 541 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,743 AND THEN INITIATED THE LAUNCH 542 00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:54,346 ESCAPE SYSTEM. 543 00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:56,048 WE ARE KIND OF AT THIS PEAK 544 00:16:56,048 --> 00:16:57,349 MOMENT OF LOAD ON THE VEHICLES 545 00:16:57,349 --> 00:16:58,550 AND AGAIN WE DEMONSTRATED THAT 546 00:16:58,550 --> 00:17:01,153 IS, THAT WILL THAT DRAGON IS 547 00:17:01,153 --> 00:17:02,755 CAPABLE OF CARRYING THE CREW 548 00:17:02,755 --> 00:17:04,790 AWAY FROM FALCON IN THE EVENT OF 549 00:17:04,790 --> 00:17:06,592 AN EMERGENCY. 550 00:17:06,592 --> 00:17:09,395 THESE TESTS ARE CRITICAL STEPS 551 00:17:09,395 --> 00:17:11,897 ON THE WAY THAT THIS UPCOMING 552 00:17:11,897 --> 00:17:13,499 DEMONSTRATION 2FLIGHT, YOU 553 00:17:13,499 --> 00:17:15,701 KNOW, THIS IS ALSO A TEST 554 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:19,104 MISSION AND I THINK IN AN 555 00:17:19,104 --> 00:17:23,409 EARLIER BRIEFING, ADMINISTRATOR 556 00:17:23,409 --> 00:17:25,010 BRIDENSTINE MADE A POINT I 557 00:17:25,010 --> 00:17:26,712 HADN'T REALIZED BEFOREHAND, THIS 558 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:28,514 WILL BE ONLY THE FIFTH TIME IN 559 00:17:28,514 --> 00:17:29,815 THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 560 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:31,116 AND I THINK THE NINTH TIME IN 561 00:17:31,116 --> 00:17:33,218 THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD THAT 562 00:17:33,218 --> 00:17:35,320 CREWS HAVE BEEN -- THAT HUMANS 563 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,724 HAVE FLOWN ON A BRAND-NEW SPACE 564 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:40,926 SYSTEM, SPACEFLIGHT SYSTEM, AND 565 00:17:40,926 --> 00:17:41,927 THAT IS A BIG DEAL. 566 00:17:41,927 --> 00:17:44,229 IT IS REALLY, REALLY COOL, AGAIN 567 00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:46,131 IT IS AN HONOR AND SACRED HONOR 568 00:17:46,131 --> 00:17:48,133 I KNOW ALL OF US HERE AT SPACEX 569 00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:50,335 AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE 570 00:17:50,335 --> 00:17:52,638 HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH 571 00:17:52,638 --> 00:17:54,440 AT NASA TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY AND 572 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:55,541 WE ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF 573 00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:55,941 IT. 574 00:17:55,941 --> 00:17:58,844 AS PART OF THAT EFFORT WE HAVE 575 00:17:58,844 --> 00:18:00,145 BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE 576 00:18:00,145 --> 00:18:01,647 CREW AND ALL OF OUR OPERATIONS 577 00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:02,247 TEAMS. 578 00:18:02,247 --> 00:18:03,982 THEY PUT IN THOUSANDS OF HOURS, 579 00:18:03,982 --> 00:18:05,984 LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF 580 00:18:05,984 --> 00:18:09,188 TRAINING AND SIMULATION TIME. 581 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:10,789 EVEN IN AT LEAST A COUPLE OF 582 00:18:10,789 --> 00:18:12,191 THOUSAND, JUST DIRECTLY WITH BOB 583 00:18:12,191 --> 00:18:14,293 AND DOUG INVOLVED IN THE LOOP. 584 00:18:14,293 --> 00:18:15,794 AND I THINK WE HAVE A VIDEO WE 585 00:18:15,794 --> 00:18:17,196 WANT TO BRING UP AND TALK A 586 00:18:17,196 --> 00:18:18,397 LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT IS 587 00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:20,699 GOING TO HAPPEN AS PART OF THE 588 00:18:20,699 --> 00:18:21,700 TRAINING WE HAVE DONE AND ALSO 589 00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:22,801 WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE 590 00:18:22,801 --> 00:18:24,303 DAY OF THE LAUNCH. 591 00:18:24,303 --> 00:18:25,804 IF WE CAN BRING THAT VIDEO UP 592 00:18:25,804 --> 00:18:25,971 NOW. 593 00:18:25,971 --> 00:18:30,209 >> YOU CAN SEE, YOU HAVE SEEN ON 594 00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:32,311 SOME OF THE VIDEOS THIS IS BOB, 595 00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:34,913 AND DOUG HURLEY WHO ARE 596 00:18:34,913 --> 00:18:36,014 ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL BE FLYING 597 00:18:36,014 --> 00:18:37,216 WITH US ON THIS DEMONSTRATION 598 00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:38,116 MISSION. 599 00:18:38,116 --> 00:18:41,019 THEY HAVE JOINTLY EXECUTED MANY, 600 00:18:41,019 --> 00:18:43,322 MANY SIMULATIONS LIKE I SAID A 601 00:18:43,322 --> 00:18:45,224 COUPLE OF THOUSAND OF HOURS OF 602 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:47,526 TRAINING AND SIMULATION TIME AND 603 00:18:47,526 --> 00:18:48,727 HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY 604 00:18:48,727 --> 00:18:49,228 TOGETHER. 605 00:18:49,228 --> 00:18:50,829 AND WITH OUR TEAM. 606 00:18:50,829 --> 00:18:52,531 ON ALL OF THIS. 607 00:18:52,531 --> 00:18:58,837 AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 608 00:18:58,837 --> 00:19:00,138 ACTUALLY THE DAY OF THE LAUNCH 609 00:19:00,138 --> 00:19:01,540 ITSELF. 610 00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:03,342 ON THAT DAY IT WILL BE AT ABOUT 611 00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:07,179 4:32P.M. EASTERN TIME. 612 00:19:07,179 --> 00:19:10,482 WE WILL LAUNCH THE CREW. 613 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:11,984 A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THAT WE WILL 614 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:14,887 HAVE DONE A SERIES OF WHAT WE 615 00:19:14,887 --> 00:19:17,189 CALL OUR STATIC FIRE TEST. 616 00:19:17,189 --> 00:19:18,590 THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE DRAGON AND 617 00:19:18,590 --> 00:19:20,893 FALCON INTEGRATED AND STANDING 618 00:19:20,893 --> 00:19:21,593 ON THE PAD. 619 00:19:21,593 --> 00:19:24,196 WE HOLD THE VEHICLE DOWN AS WE 620 00:19:24,196 --> 00:19:30,302 INITIATE THE FALCON ENGINES AND 621 00:19:30,302 --> 00:19:31,603 MAKE SURE THAT BASICALLY DO A 622 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:33,005 QUICK CHECK OF ALL THE SYSTEMS 623 00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:33,906 AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS 624 00:19:33,906 --> 00:19:35,107 LOOKING GREAT AND ALSO GOING TO 625 00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:37,609 DO WHAT WE CALL A CREW DRY DRESS 626 00:19:37,609 --> 00:19:40,812 REHEARSAL WHERE DOUG WILL GET IN 627 00:19:40,812 --> 00:19:42,714 THEIR SUITS AT THE ONC BUILDING 628 00:19:42,714 --> 00:19:45,217 AT NASA AND THEY WILL GET READY 629 00:19:45,217 --> 00:19:49,721 TO BET INTO THE VEHICLES, COME 630 00:19:49,721 --> 00:19:52,024 TO THE PAD, GO ACROSS THE PAD 631 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:55,327 ARM, THE PAD CREW WILL BE THERE 632 00:19:55,327 --> 00:19:57,229 SUPPORTING THEM AS THEY GET INTO 633 00:19:57,229 --> 00:19:59,131 THE DRAGON AND THEY WILL GET 634 00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:00,332 INTO THEIR SEATS, DRAGON WILL 635 00:20:00,332 --> 00:20:02,134 GET CLOSED UP AND THEY WILL GET 636 00:20:02,134 --> 00:20:03,535 ALL IN PLACE. 637 00:20:03,535 --> 00:20:04,937 SO WE WILL BASICALLY RUN THE 638 00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:06,038 WHOLE SEQUENCE UP TO THE POINT 639 00:20:06,038 --> 00:20:08,040 OF WHERE WE WERE GOING LAUNCH. 640 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:11,443 WE WILL DO THAT WHAT WE CALL THE 641 00:20:11,443 --> 00:20:12,644 DRY DRESS REHEARSAL AND ON THE 642 00:20:12,644 --> 00:20:15,447 DAY OF THE LAUNCH ITSELF, THE 643 00:20:15,447 --> 00:20:16,548 PROCESS IS THE SAME. 644 00:20:16,548 --> 00:20:17,749 WE WILL HAVE PRACTICE AT THE 645 00:20:17,749 --> 00:20:18,650 REHEARSAL ABOUT FOUR HOURS 646 00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:19,851 BEFORE LAUNCH. 647 00:20:19,851 --> 00:20:22,054 THE CREW WILL GET READY TO GO. 648 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:24,156 ABOUT THREE HOURS BEFORE LAUNCH 649 00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:25,757 THEY WILL BE GETTING TRANSPORTED 650 00:20:25,757 --> 00:20:27,659 TO THE PAD, AND THEN WE GET 651 00:20:27,659 --> 00:20:31,263 READY TO GO THROUGH THE LAUNCH 652 00:20:31,263 --> 00:20:37,069 PROCESS AND FROM THERE, IT IS A 653 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:38,470 LOT OF THE SIMILAR KIND OF THING 654 00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:40,572 THAT WE DO NORMALLY FOR 655 00:20:40,572 --> 00:20:41,373 LAUNCHES. 656 00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:43,976 YOU KNOW, THE GOAL OF OUR 657 00:20:43,976 --> 00:20:46,778 SYSTEMS ARE ALWAYS TO HAVE, YOU 658 00:20:46,778 --> 00:20:48,780 KNOW, DRAGON FLY AND FALCON FLY 659 00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:50,582 AS CONSISTENTLY AND REPEATEDLY 660 00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:51,883 AS POSSIBLE, WHETHER WE ARE 661 00:20:51,883 --> 00:20:53,986 FLAYING CREW OR NOT, AND THAT 662 00:20:53,986 --> 00:20:55,287 ADDS A LOT TO THE SAFETY AND 663 00:20:55,287 --> 00:20:57,189 RELIABILITY OF THE SYSTEM. 664 00:20:57,189 --> 00:21:00,692 AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN INFO 665 00:21:00,692 --> 00:21:01,593 GRAPHIC WE ARE GOING TO BE 666 00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:03,195 BRINGING UP THAT TALKS A LITTLE 667 00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:04,630 BIT ABOUT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE 668 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:05,631 AFTER WE LAUNCH. 669 00:21:05,631 --> 00:21:09,334 >> AND YOU CAN KIND OF GET A 670 00:21:09,334 --> 00:21:10,535 SENSE HERE IF YOU LOOK AT THIS 671 00:21:10,535 --> 00:21:13,538 INFO GRAPHIC AS TO WHAT IT LOOKS 672 00:21:13,538 --> 00:21:15,340 LIKE FROM LAUNCH AND WHAT THE 673 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:16,341 SERIES OF EVENTS ARE GOING TO 674 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:16,642 BE. 675 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:18,343 I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF 676 00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:20,145 THE KEY TAKES AWAY FROM THERE IS 677 00:21:20,145 --> 00:21:21,446 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 678 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:23,548 ONCE IN ORBIT THE CREW IS GOING 679 00:21:23,548 --> 00:21:25,651 TO BE TAKING AND DOING A NUMBER 680 00:21:25,651 --> 00:21:30,555 OF TESTS .. AND VARIOUS 681 00:21:30,555 --> 00:21:31,556 DEMONSTRATIONS THEY ARE GOING TO 682 00:21:31,556 --> 00:21:33,258 BE DOING IN THE SYSTEM, THE 683 00:21:33,258 --> 00:21:34,760 THINGS THEY CAN CONTROL, AND 684 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,061 THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CHECK OUT 685 00:21:36,061 --> 00:21:37,763 IN TERMS OF THE LIFE SUPPORT 686 00:21:37,763 --> 00:21:39,364 SYSTEM AND OTHER THINGS THAT 687 00:21:39,364 --> 00:21:40,565 THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT IN 688 00:21:40,565 --> 00:21:43,468 THERE. 689 00:21:43,468 --> 00:21:45,270 I THINK THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER 690 00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:47,272 INFO GRAPHIC THAT WE WILL BE 691 00:21:47,272 --> 00:21:49,174 BRINGING UP. 692 00:21:49,174 --> 00:21:50,976 THIS IS TALKING ABOUT AS WE 693 00:21:50,976 --> 00:21:54,780 APPROACH SPACE STATION AND YOU 694 00:21:54,780 --> 00:22:00,085 SAW ZEB'S VIDEO EARLIER ANOTHER 695 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:02,187 VIEW OF HOW THAT LOOKS AT DRAGON 696 00:22:02,187 --> 00:22:03,722 APPROACHES SPACE STATION AND 697 00:22:03,722 --> 00:22:04,823 GETS READY TO DOCK. 698 00:22:04,823 --> 00:22:07,125 AND THEN THERE IS ONE MORE 699 00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:08,326 GRAPHIC THAT I THINK WE WILL BE 700 00:22:08,326 --> 00:22:09,127 BRINGING UP. 701 00:22:09,127 --> 00:22:11,730 AND THIS IS FOR RETURN. 702 00:22:11,730 --> 00:22:13,932 AND JUST TO TALK A LITTLE BIT 703 00:22:13,932 --> 00:22:15,133 ABOUT THIS IN MORE DETAIL. 704 00:22:15,133 --> 00:22:19,938 SO DRAGON WILL BE DEPARTING FROM 705 00:22:19,938 --> 00:22:21,840 THE SPACE STATION .. AND AGAIN 706 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,243 SIMILAR TO THE APPROACH DRAGON 707 00:22:25,243 --> 00:22:27,245 IS FULLY AUTONOMOUS AND THE CREW 708 00:22:27,245 --> 00:22:29,548 WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE CONTROL TO 709 00:22:29,548 --> 00:22:31,650 DO MANUAL PILOTING IF NEEDED IN 710 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:32,451 AN EMERGENCY SITUATION BUT 711 00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:33,652 OTHERWISE IT IS FULLY 712 00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:34,453 AUTONOMOUS. 713 00:22:34,453 --> 00:22:36,455 AND AS DRAGON LEAST THE SPACE 714 00:22:36,455 --> 00:22:37,856 STATION IT WILL GET READY FOR 715 00:22:37,856 --> 00:22:39,858 ITS REENTRY AND OF COURSE IT 716 00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:41,660 WILL JETTISON THE TRUNK AS WE 717 00:22:41,660 --> 00:22:42,861 HAVE ALWAYS DONE WITH THE CAR I 718 00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:45,464 GO DRAGONS AND WE DID FOR THE 719 00:22:45,464 --> 00:22:46,765 SPACEFLIGHT LAST YEAR AND THEN 720 00:22:46,765 --> 00:22:49,668 IT WILL COME HOME, REENTER, AND 721 00:22:49,668 --> 00:22:51,970 DEPLOY THE PARACHUTE SYSTEM, THE 722 00:22:51,970 --> 00:22:53,472 SAME PARACHUTE SYSTEM THAT I 723 00:22:53,472 --> 00:22:55,273 MENTIONED WE WILL BE DOING OUR 724 00:22:55,273 --> 00:22:56,975 27TH AND TIME TEST OF THE MARK 725 00:22:56,975 --> 00:22:58,677 3DESIGN TODAY. 726 00:22:58,677 --> 00:23:02,180 AND THEN AS WE DEPLOYED FOR THE 727 00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:03,815 DEMONSTRATION ONE MISSION LAST 728 00:23:03,815 --> 00:23:04,316 YEAR. 729 00:23:04,316 --> 00:23:07,719 AND SO ONCE THE CREW IS RETURNED 730 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:10,222 TO THE WATER SAFELY, IN LESS 731 00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:12,324 THAN AN HOUR A RECOVERY FORCES 732 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:14,426 WILL ACTUALLY HAVE ACQUIRED THE 733 00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:16,328 DRAGON AND BROUGHT IT UP ON TO 734 00:23:16,328 --> 00:23:18,930 THE RECOVERY VESSEL AND WE WILL 735 00:23:18,930 --> 00:23:20,632 HAVE THE CREW OUT OF THE DRAGON, 736 00:23:20,632 --> 00:23:22,134 ALL OF THAT IN LESS THAN AN HOUR 737 00:23:22,134 --> 00:23:24,536 AFTER SPLASHDOWN. 738 00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:26,738 THAT REALLY WRAPS UP WHAT THE 739 00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:31,143 WHOLE MISSION LOOKS LIKE AND 740 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:32,444 FROM THERE I THINK I WILL HAND 741 00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:33,745 IT BACK OVER TO STEVE. 742 00:23:33,745 --> 00:23:39,551 >> THIS IS BRANDON. 743 00:23:39,551 --> 00:23:40,752 WE WILL GO NEXT TO SOME 744 00:23:40,752 --> 00:23:41,019 QUESTIONS. 745 00:23:41,019 --> 00:23:42,654 SO AGAIN PRESS STAR 1ON THE 746 00:23:42,654 --> 00:23:44,156 PHONE TO LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE 747 00:23:44,156 --> 00:23:45,657 ONE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA USING 748 00:23:45,657 --> 00:23:48,160 THE HASH -- YOU CAN USE THE 749 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:49,861 HASHTAG ASK NASA. 750 00:23:49,861 --> 00:23:50,762 OUR FIRST QUESTION IS GOING TO 751 00:23:50,762 --> 00:23:52,964 BE FROM LAUREN WITH THE VERGE 752 00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:54,266 AND LAUREN PLEASE REMEMBER TO 753 00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:55,167 DIRECT YOUR QUESTION TO THE 754 00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:56,668 PERSON YOU WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER 755 00:23:56,668 --> 00:23:57,269 IT. 756 00:23:57,269 --> 00:23:58,970 >> GREAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 757 00:23:58,970 --> 00:23:59,771 TAKING MY QUESTION. 758 00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:02,374 I THINK THIS IS FOR STEVE. 759 00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:04,509 I AM REALLY CURIOUS TO HEAR MORE 760 00:24:04,509 --> 00:24:05,510 ABOUT THE EXTENDED MISSION. 761 00:24:05,510 --> 00:24:06,711 WHEN WAS THE DECISION MADE TO 762 00:24:06,711 --> 00:24:09,014 MAKE THIS EXTENDED MISSION? 763 00:24:09,014 --> 00:24:10,215 HOW DID THAT CHANGE THE TRAINING 764 00:24:10,215 --> 00:24:11,817 FOR THE ASTRONAUTS? 765 00:24:11,817 --> 00:24:13,318 HOW LONG WILL YOU BE STAYING? 766 00:24:13,318 --> 00:24:14,820 WHEN DO THEY COME HOME? 767 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:16,521 WHAT WILL THEY BE DOING? 768 00:24:16,521 --> 00:24:18,323 JUST MORE INFORMATION ABOUT 769 00:24:18,323 --> 00:24:18,723 THAT. 770 00:24:18,723 --> 00:24:19,124 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 771 00:24:19,124 --> 00:24:20,125 >> GOOD QUESTION, LAUREN. 772 00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:23,829 SO WE MADE A DECISION TO HAVE 773 00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:25,730 THIS CAPABILITY TO FLY A LONGER 774 00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:28,733 MISSION, IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 775 00:24:28,733 --> 00:24:30,235 SIX MONTHS AGO OR SO WHEN WE 776 00:24:30,235 --> 00:24:31,937 STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT, 777 00:24:31,937 --> 00:24:33,238 LAUREN, AND THE VEHICLE HAS THE 778 00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:35,640 CAPABILITY TO FLY PREMISSION, 779 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:37,742 OUR PREDICTIONS ARE ABOUT 119 780 00:24:37,742 --> 00:24:39,144 DAYS AND THAT TIME THE SOLAR 781 00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:40,846 ARRAYS, THE ATMOSPHERE DEGRADES 782 00:24:40,846 --> 00:24:42,848 ALL SOLAR ARRAYS IN LOW EARTH 783 00:24:42,848 --> 00:24:44,850 ORBIT OVER TIME SO THE SOLAR 784 00:24:44,850 --> 00:24:47,052 ARRAYS ON DRAGON WE WILL WATCH 785 00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:47,752 THEM CAREFULLY. 786 00:24:47,752 --> 00:24:49,754 TO SEE -- THE IDEA BEHIND IT WAS 787 00:24:49,754 --> 00:24:51,156 WE STARTED LOOKING AT WHEN WE 788 00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:52,157 WILL START FLYING THIS MISSION 789 00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:53,959 AND THE NEEDS OF THE SPACE 790 00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:55,160 STATION BRAM AND THERE WAS A BIT 791 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,963 OF A NEED TO HAVE BOB AND DOUG 792 00:24:57,963 --> 00:24:59,064 AUGMENT THE CAPABILITY OF 793 00:24:59,064 --> 00:24:59,564 STATIONS. 794 00:24:59,564 --> 00:25:01,666 SO WE LOOKED VERY CAREFULLY AT 795 00:25:01,666 --> 00:25:03,602 ALL AT ALL THE VEHICLE SYSTEMS 796 00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:04,603 AT THE TIME. THIS DRAGON 797 00:25:04,603 --> 00:25:06,304 VEHICLE IS DESIGNED EXCEPT FOR 798 00:25:06,304 --> 00:25:08,306 THE SOLAR ARRAYS AND A FEW OTHER 799 00:25:08,306 --> 00:25:10,408 COMPONENTS TO MEET THAT TYPICAL 800 00:25:10,408 --> 00:25:12,410 210 DAY MISSION REQUIREMENT FOR 801 00:25:12,410 --> 00:25:12,811 US. 802 00:25:12,811 --> 00:25:14,512 AND SO WE DECIDED, HEY, IT IS 803 00:25:14,512 --> 00:25:16,114 SMART TO GO AHEAD AND EXTEND THE 804 00:25:16,114 --> 00:25:18,717 MISSION AND HAVE BOB AND DOUG BE 805 00:25:18,717 --> 00:25:20,919 ON STATION A LITTLE LONGER. 806 00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:23,021 BOB AND DOUG DID GET ADDITIONAL 807 00:25:23,021 --> 00:25:25,824 TRAINING AND KIRK MAY HAVE 808 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:27,726 TALKED ABOUT IT ALREADY EARLIER 809 00:25:27,726 --> 00:25:28,727 TODAY BUT THEY GOT ADDITIONAL 810 00:25:28,727 --> 00:25:29,728 TRAINING ON THE SPACE STATION 811 00:25:29,728 --> 00:25:31,229 SYSTEMS, IN FACT, BOB WENT IN 812 00:25:31,229 --> 00:25:34,532 AND DID EVEN A FEW NEUTRAL 813 00:25:34,532 --> 00:25:36,334 BUOYANCY LAB RUNS TO PRACTICE 814 00:25:36,334 --> 00:25:38,837 FOR SPACEWALKS SO THEY CAN HELP 815 00:25:38,837 --> 00:25:40,538 AUGMENT THE STATION CREW. 816 00:25:40,538 --> 00:25:43,441 WHEN WE GET ON ORBIT WE WILL 817 00:25:43,441 --> 00:25:44,843 AGAIN LOOK AT THE VEHICLE 818 00:25:44,843 --> 00:25:45,644 SYSTEMS AND HOW IT IS 819 00:25:45,644 --> 00:25:48,546 PERFORMING, HOW DRAGON IS DOING. 820 00:25:48,546 --> 00:25:50,348 WE WILL BE LOOKING ALSO AT THE 821 00:25:50,348 --> 00:25:51,750 READINESS FOR THE CREW ONE 822 00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:55,053 MISSION LATER THIS YEAR AND THEN 823 00:25:55,053 --> 00:25:56,054 AT A TIME DURING THE MISSION WE 824 00:25:56,054 --> 00:25:58,556 WILL DECIDE EXACTLY HOW LONG WE 825 00:25:58,556 --> 00:26:02,661 WILL FLY THE MISSION. 826 00:26:02,661 --> 00:26:02,961 OKAY. 827 00:26:02,961 --> 00:26:03,795 NEXT WE WILL TAKE A QUESTION 828 00:26:03,795 --> 00:26:06,398 FROM MARK WHO IS WITH THE SPACEX 829 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:07,098 REDDIT GROUP. 830 00:26:07,098 --> 00:26:16,708 >> MARTIN, CAN YOU HEAR US? 831 00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:17,008 >> YES. 832 00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:18,310 IN HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 833 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:18,543 >> YES. 834 00:26:18,543 --> 00:26:24,916 >> HAVE A QUESTION FOR BENJI. 835 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:27,218 WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE 836 00:26:27,218 --> 00:26:29,521 CRITERIA BETWEEN NORMAL CARGO 837 00:26:29,521 --> 00:26:30,922 LAUNCHES, WHETHER, WEATHER, ET 838 00:26:30,922 --> 00:26:32,424 CETERA AND MANNED LAUNCHES? 839 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:33,825 DO YOU ANTICIPATE A HIGHER RISK 840 00:26:33,825 --> 00:26:36,628 FOR WEATHER RELATED -- AND WILL 841 00:26:36,628 --> 00:26:39,631 THERE BE AN IMPACT ON THE 842 00:26:39,631 --> 00:26:41,333 RECYCLE TIME BETWEEN LAUNCHES? 843 00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:41,599 THANK YOU. 844 00:26:41,599 --> 00:26:45,837 >> UP. 845 00:26:45,837 --> 00:26:47,439 THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 846 00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:50,642 AND CERTAINLY WE DO EXPECT MORE, 847 00:26:50,642 --> 00:26:52,544 A HIGHER RISK OF WEATHER RELATED 848 00:26:52,544 --> 00:26:53,445 SCRUBS ON THIS MISSION, YOU 849 00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:54,946 KNOW, WHEN YOU ARE DOING A 850 00:26:54,946 --> 00:26:56,448 STANDARD FALCON FLIGHT YOU HAVE 851 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,450 ALL OF THE LAUNCH CRITERIA, THAT 852 00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:00,251 YOU LOOK FOR FOR BEING ABLE TO 853 00:27:00,251 --> 00:27:01,553 LAUNCH A FALCON. 854 00:27:01,553 --> 00:27:03,054 WHEN YOU ADD DRAGON INTO THAT 855 00:27:03,054 --> 00:27:04,489 MIX THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL SET 856 00:27:04,489 --> 00:27:06,291 OF LAUNCH CRITERIA THAT YOU 857 00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:07,392 WORRY ABOUT THAT ARE 858 00:27:07,392 --> 00:27:09,594 PARTICULARLY WEATHER RELATED. 859 00:27:09,594 --> 00:27:10,996 AND THEN WITH THE CREW 860 00:27:10,996 --> 00:27:12,097 ESPECIALLY WE NEED TO THINK 861 00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:13,498 ABOUT IN THE CASE OF AN 862 00:27:13,498 --> 00:27:15,500 EMERGENCY IF THEY NEEDED TO 863 00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:17,202 BRING THE DRAGON HOME, YOU KNOW, 864 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:18,703 EITHER IN A LAUNCH ESCAPE 865 00:27:18,703 --> 00:27:21,106 SCENARIO FROM, YOU KNOW, COMING 866 00:27:21,106 --> 00:27:25,110 OFF OFFAL CON OR EVEN AFTER -- 867 00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:27,812 AFTER DRAGON IS ON ORBIT, AND IT 868 00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:29,314 NEEDS TO COME HOME VERY EARLY IN 869 00:27:29,314 --> 00:27:30,515 THE MISSION CYCLE. 870 00:27:30,515 --> 00:27:31,316 WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE 871 00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:34,919 WEATHER ALONG THE TRACK OF WHERE 872 00:27:34,919 --> 00:27:36,721 WHERE DRAGON CAN COME DOWN AS 873 00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:38,223 WELL AND ACTUALLY LOOKING ACROSS 874 00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:39,924 NOT JUST THE LOCAL WEATHER OR 875 00:27:39,924 --> 00:27:41,326 EVEN TO GET INTO ORBIT WEATHER 876 00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:43,028 BUT ALSO WHERE DRAGON WOULD NEED 877 00:27:43,028 --> 00:27:44,729 TO COME BACK HOME SO THE 878 00:27:44,729 --> 00:27:47,532 COMBINATION OF THAT -- OF ALL OF 879 00:27:47,532 --> 00:27:49,034 THOSE CONSTRAINTS PUT TOGETHER 880 00:27:49,034 --> 00:27:50,435 CERTAINLY I WOULD EXPECT THERE 881 00:27:50,435 --> 00:27:52,737 TO BE A VERY HIGH CHANCE OF 882 00:27:52,737 --> 00:27:54,339 SCRUB DUE TO WEATHER. 883 00:27:54,339 --> 00:27:56,341 AND GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR IT 884 00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:58,243 WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME AS WELL FOR 885 00:27:58,243 --> 00:27:58,543 THAT. 886 00:27:58,543 --> 00:28:01,346 >> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO 887 00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:03,982 BE FROM MARKMAN SITUATE ANY WITH 888 00:28:03,982 --> 00:28:05,083 HOUSE STUFF WORKS. 889 00:28:05,083 --> 00:28:09,687 >> MANCINI, HELLO, THERE. 890 00:28:09,687 --> 00:28:12,290 I BELIEVE THIS QUESTION IS FOR 891 00:28:12,290 --> 00:28:13,291 DEB. 892 00:28:13,291 --> 00:28:14,592 I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD 893 00:28:14,592 --> 00:28:17,495 SPEAK TO THE SPACESUITS THAT ARE 894 00:28:17,495 --> 00:28:18,696 GOING TO BE WORN ON THIS 895 00:28:18,696 --> 00:28:21,299 MISSION, AND WHETHER OR NOT 896 00:28:21,299 --> 00:28:22,600 SPACEX WAS INVOLVED IN THEIR 897 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:22,834 DESIGN. 898 00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:26,504 >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BENJI 899 00:28:26,504 --> 00:28:28,106 CAN SPEAK TO VERY WELL AS WELL. 900 00:28:28,106 --> 00:28:30,108 THIS IS AN ENTIRELY SPACEX 901 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:32,110 DEVELOPED SUIT AND IT IS 902 00:28:32,110 --> 00:28:33,511 DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE CREW 903 00:28:33,511 --> 00:28:35,613 MEMBERS IN CASE OF LOSS OF 904 00:28:35,613 --> 00:28:37,115 ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE SO IT IS A 905 00:28:37,115 --> 00:28:38,616 FULL PRESSURE SUIT THEY WEAR 906 00:28:38,616 --> 00:28:40,418 DURING THE ASCENT PORTION 907 00:28:40,418 --> 00:28:41,519 PORTION AND ALSO HAVE THE CREW 908 00:28:41,519 --> 00:28:42,921 MEMBERS DON IT AND DO LEAK 909 00:28:42,921 --> 00:28:43,922 CHECKS PRIOR TO THE DOCKING AND 910 00:28:43,922 --> 00:28:45,223 THE UNDOCKING AND EVENTUALLY THE 911 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:46,724 REENTRY. 912 00:28:46,724 --> 00:28:49,828 BUT THIS WAS ENTIRELY NEW BUILD, 913 00:28:49,828 --> 00:28:52,831 NEW DESIGN BY THE SPACEX 914 00:28:52,831 --> 00:28:56,434 COMPANY. 915 00:28:56,434 --> 00:28:56,734 ? 916 00:28:56,734 --> 00:28:57,335 >> THE OKAY. 917 00:28:57,335 --> 00:28:59,037 NEXT WHIP TAKE A QUESTION FROM 918 00:28:59,037 --> 00:29:01,739 KENNETH CHANG WITH "THE NEW YORK 919 00:29:01,739 --> 00:29:02,640 TIMES". 920 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:03,875 >> THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY 921 00:29:03,875 --> 00:29:04,175 QUESTION. 922 00:29:04,175 --> 00:29:06,277 SO THIS IS FOR MR.REED. 923 00:29:06,277 --> 00:29:08,780 I WAS WONDERING AFTER THE 924 00:29:08,780 --> 00:29:09,681 CERTIFICATION WHAT HAPPENS TO 925 00:29:09,681 --> 00:29:10,682 THIS CREW DRAGON? 926 00:29:10,682 --> 00:29:13,384 IS IT GOING TO BE USED FOR AN 927 00:29:13,384 --> 00:29:17,388 AXIOM FLIGHT? 928 00:29:17,388 --> 00:29:18,990 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TOO. 929 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:21,793 DRAGON HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR 930 00:29:21,793 --> 00:29:24,496 REUSE AND REFLIGHT, UP TO FIVE 931 00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:26,998 TIMES, SIMILAR TO OUR FALCON 932 00:29:26,998 --> 00:29:27,599 VEHICLES. 933 00:29:27,599 --> 00:29:30,001 NOT ONLY TO WE REFLY FALCONS FOR 934 00:29:30,001 --> 00:29:31,903 MANY MISSIONS BUT ALSO REANY 935 00:29:31,903 --> 00:29:33,004 DRAGONS ALREADY. 936 00:29:33,004 --> 00:29:36,307 THE DRAGON 1LINE FOR CARGO HAS 937 00:29:36,307 --> 00:29:38,009 A NUMBER OF THOSE, HAVE FLOWN 938 00:29:38,009 --> 00:29:39,410 MORE THAN ONCE AND EVEN MORE 939 00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:41,112 THAN TWICE TO THE SPACE STATION. 940 00:29:41,112 --> 00:29:43,915 WE INTEND FOR CREW DRAGONS TO 941 00:29:43,915 --> 00:29:45,617 ALSO BE ABLE TO BE FULLY 942 00:29:45,617 --> 00:29:49,821 REUSABLE AND THIS DRAGON ITSELF 943 00:29:49,821 --> 00:29:51,222 WILL BE BROUGHT HOME AND REFUR 944 00:29:51,222 --> 00:29:52,624 WISHED AND MADE READY FOR A 945 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:53,224 FUTURE FLIGHT. 946 00:29:53,224 --> 00:29:55,026 I CAN'T SPEAK TO EXACTLY WHICH 947 00:29:55,026 --> 00:29:56,327 FLIGHT IT WILL FLY ON. 948 00:29:56,327 --> 00:29:58,530 WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR 949 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:01,833 MANIFEST AND WHAT TIMELINE MEETS 950 00:30:01,833 --> 00:30:03,034 FOR OUR CUSTOMERS BUT CERTAINLY 951 00:30:03,034 --> 00:30:05,036 ALL OF THE CREW DRAGONS OUR 952 00:30:05,036 --> 00:30:06,437 INTENT IS TO REFURBISH THEM AND 953 00:30:06,437 --> 00:30:08,039 BE ABLE TO REFLY THEM. 954 00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:10,942 >> THANK YOU. 955 00:30:10,942 --> 00:30:12,043 NEXT WE ARE GOING TO GO TO 956 00:30:12,043 --> 00:30:14,245 DANIEL OVER HOUSE WITH WIRED. 957 00:30:14,245 --> 00:30:18,550 >> HI, YES. 958 00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:20,351 I JUST HAD A QUICK FOLLOW-UP 959 00:30:20,351 --> 00:30:22,153 ABOUT THE SOLAR ARRAYS. 960 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:24,355 CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT 961 00:30:24,355 --> 00:30:26,958 ABOUT WHAT SPECIFICALLY LIMITS 962 00:30:26,958 --> 00:30:28,560 DRAGON TIME IN ORBIT RELATIVE TO 963 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,762 THE SOLAR PANELS AND ALSO BENJI 964 00:30:30,762 --> 00:30:32,363 IF YOU COULD TELL ME HOW THE 965 00:30:32,363 --> 00:30:34,766 MANUAL CONTROL ON DRAGON DIFFERS 966 00:30:34,766 --> 00:30:37,068 FROM THAT IN SOYUZ BECAUSE IT IS 967 00:30:37,068 --> 00:30:38,870 QUITE A UNIQUE CONTROL PANEL 968 00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:39,771 FROM WHAT I CAN TELL. 969 00:30:39,771 --> 00:30:40,672 >> YES. 970 00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:41,873 I WILL START WITH THE SOLAR 971 00:30:41,873 --> 00:30:43,775 ARRAYS AND THEN LET BENJI TALK 972 00:30:43,775 --> 00:30:45,677 ABOUT THE MANUAL PILOT AND 973 00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:47,178 CAPABILITY WITH THE NEW TOUCH 974 00:30:47,178 --> 00:30:48,079 SCREEN DISPLAYS. 975 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:49,981 THE SOLAR ARRAYS THEMSELVES, ANY 976 00:30:49,981 --> 00:30:52,584 SOLAR ARRAY IN LOW EARTH ORBIT 977 00:30:52,584 --> 00:30:53,885 TENDS TO DEGRADE A LITTLE BIT 978 00:30:53,885 --> 00:30:54,485 OVER TIME. 979 00:30:54,485 --> 00:30:55,587 IT TURNS OUT THE ATMOSPHERE HAS 980 00:30:55,587 --> 00:30:57,388 A LITTLE BIT OF OXYGEN IN IT 981 00:30:57,388 --> 00:30:59,591 CALLED ATOMIC OXYGEN SO THERE IS 982 00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:00,992 A LITTLE BIT OF DEGRADATION IN 983 00:31:00,992 --> 00:31:02,794 THE ABILITY FOR THAT SOLAR ARRAY 984 00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:06,231 TO ITSELF TO GENERATE POWER. 985 00:31:06,231 --> 00:31:08,533 AND THE PARTICULAR CELLS ON THE 986 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:11,336 TRUNK FOR DRAGON BASED ON 987 00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:13,137 ANALYSIS CAPABILITY KIND OF A 988 00:31:13,137 --> 00:31:14,339 WORST CASE PREDICTION WE THINK 989 00:31:14,339 --> 00:31:16,040 WE CAN GET ABOUT 120 DAYS 990 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,842 CAPABILITY OUT OF THOSE. 991 00:31:17,842 --> 00:31:19,444 WHAT WE WILL DO IN FLIGHT IS WE 992 00:31:19,444 --> 00:31:21,446 HAVE THIS CURVE OF WHAT WE 993 00:31:21,446 --> 00:31:23,248 EXPECT THAT DEGRADATION TO BE 994 00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:24,249 OVER TIME. 995 00:31:24,249 --> 00:31:26,551 WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT THE POWER 996 00:31:26,551 --> 00:31:28,453 THAT THE ARRAYS GENERATE EACH 997 00:31:28,453 --> 00:31:29,754 DAY AND KIND OF PLOT THAT 998 00:31:29,754 --> 00:31:31,356 AGAINST THIS PREDICTION AND THAT 999 00:31:31,356 --> 00:31:33,858 CAN GIVE US THE OVERALL TOTAL 1000 00:31:33,858 --> 00:31:35,159 CAPABILITY SO THAT IS REALLY 1001 00:31:35,159 --> 00:31:36,961 WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE SOLAR 1002 00:31:36,961 --> 00:31:37,462 ARRAYS. 1003 00:31:37,462 --> 00:31:40,565 WE LOOKED AT THE REST OF THE -- 1004 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:42,267 WE LOOKED AT THE PUMPS ON THE 1005 00:31:42,267 --> 00:31:43,968 THERMAL SYSTEM, WE LACKED AT THE 1006 00:31:43,968 --> 00:31:45,470 PROPULSION SYSTEM, ALL OF THE 1007 00:31:45,470 --> 00:31:47,472 OTHER COMPONENTS WHEN WE TALK 1008 00:31:47,472 --> 00:31:48,573 ABOUT EXTENDING THE MISSION AND 1009 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:51,476 THE SOLAR ARRAYS ARE A THE 0 1010 00:31:51,476 --> 00:31:52,977 ONLY ONES THAT HAVE A BIT OF A 1011 00:31:52,977 --> 00:31:54,779 POKEOUT SO WE WILL WATCH THEIR 1012 00:31:54,779 --> 00:31:55,680 PERFORMANCE IN FLIGHT AND BE 1013 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:56,681 ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION 1014 00:31:56,681 --> 00:31:59,784 ABOUT HOW LONG TO STAY DOCKED. 1015 00:31:59,784 --> 00:32:01,486 I WILL LET BENJI TALK ABOUT THE 1016 00:32:01,486 --> 00:32:02,887 TOUCH SCREENS. 1017 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:05,723 >> SURE. 1018 00:32:05,723 --> 00:32:06,024 ABSOLUTELY. 1019 00:32:06,024 --> 00:32:09,927 YOU KNOW, TRUE DRAGON IS A -- IS 1020 00:32:09,927 --> 00:32:11,729 A 21ST CENTURY SPACECRAFT AND WE 1021 00:32:11,729 --> 00:32:14,732 WANTED IT TOO NOT ONLY, YOU 1022 00:32:14,732 --> 00:32:17,135 KNOW, BE AS SAFE AND RELIABLE 1023 00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:19,437 AND -- AS YOU WOULD EXPECT FROM, 1024 00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:21,239 YOU KNOW, THE MOST ADVANCED 1025 00:32:21,239 --> 00:32:23,241 SPACECRAFT IN THE WORLD AND TO 1026 00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:26,344 BE ONE IF NOT THE SAFEST 1027 00:32:26,344 --> 00:32:27,245 AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD BUT WE 1028 00:32:27,245 --> 00:32:29,347 ALSO WANTED TO LOOK AMAZING AND 1029 00:32:29,347 --> 00:32:30,048 LOOK BEAUTIFUL. 1030 00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:32,350 I MEAN SPACECRAFT SHOULD BE 1031 00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:34,052 INSPIRING WE NEED TO BE EXCITED 1032 00:32:34,052 --> 00:32:37,455 ABOUT MOVING INTO SPACE AND I 1033 00:32:37,455 --> 00:32:38,956 THINK DRAGON DESIGN DOES THAT. 1034 00:32:38,956 --> 00:32:42,260 AND CERTAINLY THE LOOK OF THE 1035 00:32:42,260 --> 00:32:44,362 CONTROL SYSTEM DOES THAT, BUT 1036 00:32:44,362 --> 00:32:46,064 MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE CONTROL 1037 00:32:46,064 --> 00:32:50,368 SYSTEM IS TECHNOLOGICALLY A 1038 00:32:50,368 --> 00:32:52,970 MODERN FEAT OF ENGINEERING AND 1039 00:32:52,970 --> 00:32:55,373 RELIES ON MANY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS 1040 00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:56,974 THAT EXIST FOR TOUCH SCREENS 1041 00:32:56,974 --> 00:32:59,177 THAT WE USE ALL THE TIME, ALL 1042 00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:02,880 THE TIME NOW IN OUR LIVES AND IN 1043 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:04,615 INDUSTRY AND SO ONE OF THE 1044 00:33:04,615 --> 00:33:06,017 BIGGEST DIFFERENCES YOU SEE OF 1045 00:33:06,017 --> 00:33:09,220 COURSE FROM A TRADITIONAL 1046 00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:11,022 COCKPIT MANY YEARS AGO WHEN YOU 1047 00:33:11,022 --> 00:33:12,724 HAVE MANY SWITCHES AND KNOBS AND 1048 00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:14,425 DIALS, INSIDE OF DRAGON YOU HAVE 1049 00:33:14,425 --> 00:33:16,928 THESE LARGE TOUCH SCREENS THAT 1050 00:33:16,928 --> 00:33:19,831 ALLOW YOU TO DO MOST OF THE DATA 1051 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:23,034 REVIEWING AND -- OR ALL OF THE 1052 00:33:23,034 --> 00:33:24,936 DATA REVIEWING AND ALL OF THE 1053 00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:25,837 INFORMATION YOU GATHER AND QUITE 1054 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:26,838 A BIT AT THE CONTROL. 1055 00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:29,140 THERE ARE A FEW GAL MANUAL 1056 00:33:29,140 --> 00:33:31,042 SWITCHES OR KNOBS THAT YOU NEED 1057 00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:34,245 JUST IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OR 1058 00:33:34,245 --> 00:33:34,846 CONVENIENCE. 1059 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:36,447 BUT OTHERWISE IT IS ALL TOUCH 1060 00:33:36,447 --> 00:33:37,849 SCREEN CONTROLLED AND THE CREW 1061 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:41,052 OF COURSE HAS PUT IN MANY HOURS 1062 00:33:41,052 --> 00:33:42,353 RANKING AND USING THOSE SYSTEMS 1063 00:33:42,353 --> 00:33:45,356 FOR GETTING READY FOR A FLIGHT. 1064 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:47,058 AGAIN, DRAGON WILL BE FULLY 1065 00:33:47,058 --> 00:33:48,059 AUTONOMOUS. 1066 00:33:48,059 --> 00:33:49,360 THE EXPECTATION IS THAT IT CAN 1067 00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,062 CARRY THE CREW SAFELY TO THE 1068 00:33:51,062 --> 00:33:52,864 STATION AND BRING THEM HOME 1069 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:55,066 WITHOUT DIRECT INTERVENTION BUT 1070 00:33:55,066 --> 00:33:56,267 OF COURSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 1071 00:33:56,267 --> 00:33:57,969 WE GIVE THE CREW ALL THE TOOLS 1072 00:33:57,969 --> 00:34:00,471 POSSIBLE IN CASE THEY NEED TO 1073 00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:02,974 MANUALLY PILOT OUR MANAGE 1074 00:34:02,974 --> 00:34:04,208 DRAGON'S FLIGHT SO THEY ARE ABLE 1075 00:34:04,208 --> 00:34:06,611 TO DO THAT. 1076 00:34:06,611 --> 00:34:06,911 OKAY. 1077 00:34:06,911 --> 00:34:08,212 WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF 1078 00:34:08,212 --> 00:34:09,313 QUESTIONS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA NOW. 1079 00:34:09,313 --> 00:34:11,816 I THINK THIS ONE WILL BE FOR DEN 1080 00:34:11,816 --> 00:34:12,517 I DIDN'T AS WELL. 1081 00:34:12,517 --> 00:34:14,318 TREVOR FROM TWITTER IS ASKING 1082 00:34:14,318 --> 00:34:18,823 WHO WILL THE CAP COM BE THAN THE 1083 00:34:18,823 --> 00:34:20,224 USUAL MISSION? 1084 00:34:20,224 --> 00:34:21,726 I KNOW THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN 1085 00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:23,428 THE WAY WE NORMALLY DO IT. 1086 00:34:23,428 --> 00:34:24,328 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 1087 00:34:24,328 --> 00:34:25,530 ACTUALLY I WILL THROW THAT ONE 1088 00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:27,231 BACK OVER TO ZEB BECAUSE HIS 1089 00:34:27,231 --> 00:34:27,932 TEAM. 1090 00:34:27,932 --> 00:34:30,835 HE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT CAN COME 1091 00:34:30,835 --> 00:34:34,238 IS, CAP COMM IS AND HOW WE ARE 1092 00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:35,339 INTEGRATING WITH OUR TEAM AND 1093 00:34:35,339 --> 00:34:36,741 THE NASA TEAM. 1094 00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:37,942 >> YES. 1095 00:34:37,942 --> 00:34:40,344 SO THERE IS A NEW CAPABILITY 1096 00:34:40,344 --> 00:34:43,548 THAT DIFFERENTIATES THE CREW 1097 00:34:43,548 --> 00:34:45,349 DRAGON VEHICLE FROM PREVIOUS 1098 00:34:45,349 --> 00:34:47,452 DRAGONS AND WITH THE CREW ON 1099 00:34:47,452 --> 00:34:52,056 BOARD THEY NOW NEED THE 1100 00:34:52,056 --> 00:34:52,957 COMMUNICATORS ON THE GROUND TO 1101 00:34:52,957 --> 00:34:54,759 SUPPORT THEM, SO THE CAP COMM 1102 00:34:54,759 --> 00:34:56,561 ROLE ITSELF GOES BACK TO THE OLD 1103 00:34:56,561 --> 00:34:58,763 MERCURY DAYS WITH THE 1104 00:34:58,763 --> 00:35:00,164 COMMUNICATOR WITH THE ASTRONAUT 1105 00:35:00,164 --> 00:35:01,165 THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TALK TO 1106 00:35:01,165 --> 00:35:02,567 THE CREW AND SHARE THE 1107 00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:04,202 PERSPECTIVE OF THE GROUND AND BE 1108 00:35:04,202 --> 00:35:06,304 ABLE TO TIE THE ON BOARD CREW 1109 00:35:06,304 --> 00:35:08,906 WITH THE GROUND TEAM AS WELL. 1110 00:35:08,906 --> 00:35:11,709 WE STILL HAVE THE CAP COMM 1111 00:35:11,709 --> 00:35:12,910 POSITION FLYING THE 1112 00:35:12,910 --> 00:35:13,511 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 1113 00:35:13,511 --> 00:35:15,313 EVERY DAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE 1114 00:35:15,313 --> 00:35:18,716 TO HAVE A SPECIFIED CAP COMM 1115 00:35:18,716 --> 00:35:22,520 LEAD FOR THE UPCOMING DEMO 1116 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,222 2MISSION ON THE NASA SIDE. 1117 00:35:24,222 --> 00:35:27,625 NEW TO THIS MISSION, SPACEX HAS 1118 00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:28,926 A COROLLARY POSITION. 1119 00:35:28,926 --> 00:35:31,229 THEY ARE CALLING IT CORE, AND 1120 00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:34,432 THE CORE IS THE INDIVIDUALS 1121 00:35:34,432 --> 00:35:35,833 RESPONSIBLE FOR TALKING TO THE 1122 00:35:35,833 --> 00:35:36,634 CREW MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE 1123 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:36,934 MISSION. 1124 00:35:36,934 --> 00:35:40,338 AND SO THEY HAVE A TEAM OF CORES 1125 00:35:40,338 --> 00:35:42,039 WHICH I HAVE TRAINED ON ALL OF 1126 00:35:42,039 --> 00:35:44,242 THE VARIOUS PHASES OF THE FLIGHT 1127 00:35:44,242 --> 00:35:45,643 SO THERE IS A CORE SUPPORTING 1128 00:35:45,643 --> 00:35:47,044 FOR ASCENT PHASE, A DIFFERENT 1129 00:35:47,044 --> 00:35:48,846 ONE DURING THE RENDEZVOUS AND 1130 00:35:48,846 --> 00:35:50,648 DOCKING PHASE AND ANOTHER ONE 1131 00:35:50,648 --> 00:35:51,749 DURING THE UNDOCKING AND 1132 00:35:51,749 --> 00:35:52,650 SPLASHDOWN PHASE. 1133 00:35:52,650 --> 00:35:54,952 ALL OF THE CORE TEAM HAS BEEN 1134 00:35:54,952 --> 00:35:56,854 TRAINED WELL TO BE ABLE TO CROSS 1135 00:35:56,854 --> 00:35:58,256 TRAIN TO SUPPORT OTHER PHASES OF 1136 00:35:58,256 --> 00:36:01,759 FLIGHT AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING 1137 00:36:01,759 --> 00:36:02,860 CLOSELY WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE 1138 00:36:02,860 --> 00:36:04,595 THAT WE ARE SHARING OUR 1139 00:36:04,595 --> 00:36:05,796 EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING FROM 1140 00:36:05,796 --> 00:36:07,098 EACH OTHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 1141 00:36:07,098 --> 00:36:08,399 ARE PROVIDING THE CREWS THE 1142 00:36:08,399 --> 00:36:09,200 INFORMATION THEY NEED BOTH IN 1143 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:11,802 THE NOMINAL MISSION AND IN THE 1144 00:36:11,802 --> 00:36:13,804 CONTINGENCY CASES AS WELL SHOULD 1145 00:36:13,804 --> 00:36:14,605 THEY ARISE. 1146 00:36:14,605 --> 00:36:15,506 >> THANK YOU, ZEB. 1147 00:36:15,506 --> 00:36:16,707 WE ARE GOING TO TRY AGAIN FOR 1148 00:36:16,707 --> 00:36:17,909 ONE FOR BENJI. 1149 00:36:17,909 --> 00:36:19,410 THIS IS COMING IN ACTUALLY FROM 1150 00:36:19,410 --> 00:36:21,112 A LOT OF PEOPLE ON MANY 1151 00:36:21,112 --> 00:36:23,014 DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. 1152 00:36:23,014 --> 00:36:25,516 WANTING MORE DETAILS ON THE 1153 00:36:25,516 --> 00:36:26,317 SPACE SUITS. 1154 00:36:26,317 --> 00:36:27,919 THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT 1155 00:36:27,919 --> 00:36:30,221 THEIR FEATURES, WHEN THEY ARE 1156 00:36:30,221 --> 00:36:31,923 USED, WHAT THEY ARE MADE OF AND 1157 00:36:31,923 --> 00:36:32,823 ARE THEY COMFORTABLE? 1158 00:36:32,823 --> 00:36:36,727 >> 1159 00:36:36,727 --> 00:36:39,330 >> SO THE SPACE SUITS ARE, 1160 00:36:39,330 --> 00:36:42,934 AGAIN, ANOTHER PIECE OF THE 1161 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:44,035 IMPORTANCE EQUIPMENT AND REALLY 1162 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:45,436 A SUBSYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE. 1163 00:36:45,436 --> 00:36:46,837 THAT IS CRITICAL FOR CREW 1164 00:36:46,837 --> 00:36:49,941 SAFETY. 1165 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:51,742 FUNDAMENTALLY WE CALL THESE 1166 00:36:51,742 --> 00:36:53,644 SPACEFLIGHTS AS I THINK ZEB 1167 00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:54,845 MENTIONED EARLIER THESE ARE NOT 1168 00:36:54,845 --> 00:36:56,447 THE SUITS YOU SEE PEOPLE USING 1169 00:36:56,447 --> 00:36:57,949 OUTSIDE FOR WHAT YOU CALL 1170 00:36:57,949 --> 00:36:59,750 EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY, THESE 1171 00:36:59,750 --> 00:37:01,352 ARE DESIGNED TO KEEP YOU SAFE 1172 00:37:01,352 --> 00:37:02,453 WHILE STILL IN THE VEHICLE IN 1173 00:37:02,453 --> 00:37:03,888 CASE THERE IS A LOSS OF 1174 00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:05,790 ATMOSPHERE. 1175 00:37:05,790 --> 00:37:07,692 OR SOMETHING ELSE IS HAPPENING 1176 00:37:07,692 --> 00:37:09,293 INSIDE THE CREW, INSIDE THE 1177 00:37:09,293 --> 00:37:11,696 VEHICLE WHERE YOU NEED TO ENSURE 1178 00:37:11,696 --> 00:37:14,098 THE CREW HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF 1179 00:37:14,098 --> 00:37:14,999 ATMOSPHERE PRESSURE OR 1180 00:37:14,999 --> 00:37:16,200 TEMPERATURE, OXYGEN SUPPLY, 1181 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,301 THOSE SORT OF THINGS AND THAT'S 1182 00:37:17,301 --> 00:37:21,005 WHAT THE SUIT IS FOR. 1183 00:37:21,005 --> 00:37:22,907 THE SUIT IS A ONE PIECE SUIT, 1184 00:37:22,907 --> 00:37:24,308 ESSENTIALLY WE LOOKED AT A A LOT 1185 00:37:24,308 --> 00:37:25,309 OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS IN 1186 00:37:25,309 --> 00:37:29,914 PREVIOUS FLIGHT SUITS, AND TRIED 1187 00:37:29,914 --> 00:37:31,115 TO MAKE SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS 1188 00:37:31,115 --> 00:37:32,116 WE THOUGHT WE COULD TO REALLY 1189 00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:33,517 MAKE THIS AN ADVANCED FLIGHT 1190 00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:35,820 SUIT, AS ADVANCED AS POSSIBLE. 1191 00:37:35,820 --> 00:37:37,321 SOME OF THOSE THINGS WILL 1192 00:37:37,321 --> 00:37:38,522 INCLUDE THE FACT IT IS ONE PIECE 1193 00:37:38,522 --> 00:37:41,125 SO YOU DON'T HAVE PIECES OF YOUR 1194 00:37:41,125 --> 00:37:43,127 SUIT KIND OF FLOATING AWAY, A 1195 00:37:43,127 --> 00:37:44,729 GLOVE FLOATING OFF AND GETTING 1196 00:37:44,729 --> 00:37:46,330 LOST, THAT SORT OF THING. AND 1197 00:37:46,330 --> 00:37:50,434 THEN YOU USE THE SUIT AGAIN, AS 1198 00:37:50,434 --> 00:37:52,036 MENTIONED, DURING KIND OF THESE 1199 00:37:52,036 --> 00:37:54,839 CRITICAL PHASES OF FLIGHT. 1200 00:37:54,839 --> 00:37:56,841 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT KIND 1201 00:37:56,841 --> 00:37:59,143 OF WHERE YOUR HIGHEST RISK WHERE 1202 00:37:59,143 --> 00:38:00,645 MAYBE YOU MIGHT NEED TO CONTROL 1203 00:38:00,645 --> 00:38:01,946 FOR IN THE ATMOSPHERE, THEY HAVE 1204 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:03,047 GOT THEIR SUITS ON AND READY TO 1205 00:38:03,047 --> 00:38:03,681 GO. 1206 00:38:03,681 --> 00:38:04,682 SO OF COURSE THAT INCLUDES 1207 00:38:04,682 --> 00:38:08,686 LAUNCH AND THEN WHEN YOU ARE ON 1208 00:38:08,686 --> 00:38:09,887 ORBIT THEY WILL ACTUALLY DO SOME 1209 00:38:09,887 --> 00:38:11,989 PRACTICE WITH THE SUITS AS WELL, 1210 00:38:11,989 --> 00:38:13,290 AS YOU ARE APPROACHING SPACE 1211 00:38:13,290 --> 00:38:14,392 STATION AND GETTING READY TO 1212 00:38:14,392 --> 00:38:15,593 DOCK THEY WILL HAVE THE SUITS ON 1213 00:38:15,593 --> 00:38:17,194 AND AGAIN THEY WILL PUT THEM ON 1214 00:38:17,194 --> 00:38:19,096 AS THEY UNDOCK AND WHEN THEY 1215 00:38:19,096 --> 00:38:20,698 COME HOME, WHEN THEY ARE COMING 1216 00:38:20,698 --> 00:38:21,899 HOME FOR FLASH DOWN THEY WILL 1217 00:38:21,899 --> 00:38:22,800 HAVE THE SUITS ON. 1218 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:26,303 THE SUITS PROVIDE AIR, OXYGEN 1219 00:38:26,303 --> 00:38:28,706 SUPPLY, THEY MAINTAIN PRESSURE, 1220 00:38:28,706 --> 00:38:30,007 THEY CAN MAINTAIN THE RIGHT 1221 00:38:30,007 --> 00:38:32,410 TEMPERATURE FOR THE CREW. 1222 00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:33,711 THE SUITS ALSO HAVE AN 1223 00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:35,312 INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 1224 00:38:35,312 --> 00:38:37,715 SO THAT THE CREW CAN COMMUNICATE 1225 00:38:37,715 --> 00:38:40,418 THROUGH THEIR HELMETS AS THEY 1226 00:38:40,418 --> 00:38:42,319 HAVE THEIR HELMETS ON, AND THEN 1227 00:38:42,319 --> 00:38:43,721 IN THE SUIT REALLY IS AN 1228 00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:47,124 INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF DRAGON. 1229 00:38:47,124 --> 00:38:50,528 IT PLUGS INTO THE SEAT WHEN WE 1230 00:38:50,528 --> 00:38:51,629 ARE SITTING IN YOUR SEAT WITH 1231 00:38:51,629 --> 00:38:52,930 YOUR SUIT ON YOU ARE ACTUALLY 1232 00:38:52,930 --> 00:38:53,431 PLUGGED IN. 1233 00:38:53,431 --> 00:38:55,533 AND SIMILAR TO FLIGHT SUITS IN 1234 00:38:55,533 --> 00:38:57,334 PAST SYSTEMS, THAT DOES THE SAME 1235 00:38:57,334 --> 00:38:59,837 THING AND WITH WHEN THE CREW IS 1236 00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:00,938 NOT IN DRAGON AND HAVE THEIR 1237 00:39:00,938 --> 00:39:02,139 SUITS ON THEY ALSO HAVE -- THEY 1238 00:39:02,139 --> 00:39:03,674 CAN PLUG INTO A DEVICE THAT THEY 1239 00:39:03,674 --> 00:39:05,576 CARRY. 1240 00:39:05,576 --> 00:39:07,778 THE SUITS ARE REALLY KIND OF TWO 1241 00:39:07,778 --> 00:39:10,281 MAJOR LAYERS. 1242 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:11,382 THERE IS WHAT WE CALL THE 1243 00:39:11,382 --> 00:39:12,583 BLADDER LAYER AND THAT'S THE 1244 00:39:12,583 --> 00:39:16,187 LAYER THAT DOES THE CONTAINMENT 1245 00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:17,388 OF ATMOSPHERE. 1246 00:39:17,388 --> 00:39:19,190 AND PRESSURE AND THEN THERE IS 1247 00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:21,292 THE OUTER LAYER, AND THAT OUTER 1248 00:39:21,292 --> 00:39:23,894 GARMENT KIND OF REALLY SERVES, 1249 00:39:23,894 --> 00:39:25,096 TWO PURPOSES OF COURSE, OR THREE 1250 00:39:25,096 --> 00:39:26,597 PURPOSES, REALLY, IT HOLDS THE 1251 00:39:26,597 --> 00:39:28,899 WHOLE SUIT TOGETHER, IT IS A 1252 00:39:28,899 --> 00:39:31,902 FIRE RESISTANT LAYER AS WELL, IT 1253 00:39:31,902 --> 00:39:34,805 KEEPS THE CREW SAFE IN, CREW 1254 00:39:34,805 --> 00:39:37,308 SAFE IN CASE OF FIRE EMERGENCY 1255 00:39:37,308 --> 00:39:38,709 AND IT LOOKS COOL AND JUST LIKE 1256 00:39:38,709 --> 00:39:40,211 THE INTERIOR OF DRAGON IT IS 1257 00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:41,011 IMPORTANT THE SUITS ARE 1258 00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:43,013 COMFORTABLE, AND ALSO ARE 1259 00:39:43,013 --> 00:39:45,416 INSPIRING. 1260 00:39:45,416 --> 00:39:46,617 AS WE SEE THE ASTRONAUTS WALK 1261 00:39:46,617 --> 00:39:48,519 OUT TO THE PAD AND BE IN THEIR 1262 00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:49,420 VEHICLE AND DO EVERYTHING THAT 1263 00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:51,322 THEY DO IN THE SUITS IT IS 1264 00:39:51,322 --> 00:39:52,323 SOMETHING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 1265 00:39:52,323 --> 00:39:53,924 IS VERY INSPIRING AS WELL. 1266 00:39:53,924 --> 00:39:55,926 BUT ABOVE ALL IT IS DESIGNED TO 1267 00:39:55,926 --> 00:39:57,128 KEEP THE CREW SAFE. 1268 00:39:57,128 --> 00:39:58,429 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1269 00:39:58,429 --> 00:39:59,530 WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE 1270 00:39:59,530 --> 00:40:00,731 PHONE BRIDGE NOW AND TAKE A 1271 00:40:00,731 --> 00:40:02,833 QUESTION FROM MIKE BROWN WITH 1272 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:03,234 INVERSE. 1273 00:40:03,234 --> 00:40:08,639 >> SORRY. 1274 00:40:08,639 --> 00:40:11,742 MY QUESTION IS FOR BENJI. 1275 00:40:11,742 --> 00:40:13,944 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IN TERMS OF 1276 00:40:13,944 --> 00:40:17,448 THE SPACESUITS HOW MUCH OF THE 1277 00:40:17,448 --> 00:40:20,050 DESIGN WILL HELP INFORM FUTURE 1278 00:40:20,050 --> 00:40:22,653 MISSIONS LIKE THE MANNED MISSION 1279 00:40:22,653 --> 00:40:25,456 TO MARS, HOW MUCH MODIFICATION 1280 00:40:25,456 --> 00:40:26,557 WOULD IT REQUIRE BEFORE 1281 00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:27,858 SUPPORTING THESE SORT OF 1282 00:40:27,858 --> 00:40:29,760 MISSIONS AND WOULD THIS SERVE AS 1283 00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:31,162 THE BASIS FOR THESE SORT OF 1284 00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:31,862 FUTURE MISSIONS? 1285 00:40:31,862 --> 00:40:35,266 >> 1286 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:35,666 >> SURE. 1287 00:40:35,666 --> 00:40:38,068 YOU KNOW, THE SUITS THEMSELVES 1288 00:40:38,068 --> 00:40:40,371 ARE DESIGNED PARTICULARLY FOR 1289 00:40:40,371 --> 00:40:43,974 CRUZ WITHIN DRAGON AND AS OUR 1290 00:40:43,974 --> 00:40:45,476 FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTING 1291 00:40:45,476 --> 00:40:47,978 NASA CREW TO AND FROM THE SPACE 1292 00:40:47,978 --> 00:40:48,379 STATION. 1293 00:40:48,379 --> 00:40:50,181 SO THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE FOCUS 1294 00:40:50,181 --> 00:40:51,282 FOR THE SUITS TODAY. 1295 00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:53,484 BUT JUST LIKE ALL SYSTEMS ON 1296 00:40:53,484 --> 00:40:55,085 DRAGON AND THE FALCON AND 1297 00:40:55,085 --> 00:40:57,388 EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO HERE, 1298 00:40:57,388 --> 00:40:59,089 WE HAVE DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED 1299 00:40:59,089 --> 00:41:00,791 THEM BASED ON KNOWLEDGE OF ALL 1300 00:41:00,791 --> 00:41:02,293 THE PAST SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN 1301 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:03,294 DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED BY 1302 00:41:03,294 --> 00:41:03,928 OTHERS. 1303 00:41:03,928 --> 00:41:06,730 AND THEN WE TAKE THE SIGNS AND 1304 00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:08,132 RESULTS OF OUR WORK IN THE DATA 1305 00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:10,134 THAT WE GET FROM TESTS AND 1306 00:41:10,134 --> 00:41:11,936 ACTUAL PLIGHT TO BE FEED INTO 1307 00:41:11,936 --> 00:41:14,038 FUTURE WORK, SO AS WE LOOK 1308 00:41:14,038 --> 00:41:15,339 TOWARD THE FUTURE, CERTAINLY, WE 1309 00:41:15,339 --> 00:41:16,240 WILL BE TAKING WHAT WE LEARN 1310 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:17,541 FROM THESE SUITS AND GETTING THE 1311 00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:19,844 DATA FROM IT AND APPLYING THAT 1312 00:41:19,844 --> 00:41:20,845 FOR FUTURE MISSIONS. 1313 00:41:20,845 --> 00:41:25,149 >> NEXT UP WE ARE GOING TO GO TO 1314 00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:28,052 MARINA CORINE FROM THE ATLANTIC. 1315 00:41:28,052 --> 00:41:30,855 >> HI, EVERYONE, HOPE YOU ARE 1316 00:41:30,855 --> 00:41:32,156 WELL. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR 1317 00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:32,456 STEVE. 1318 00:41:32,456 --> 00:41:35,159 COULD YOU PLEASE TALK IN MORE 1319 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:36,360 DETAIL .. ABOUT THE SPECIFIC 1320 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:37,761 PRECAUTIONS THAT NASA EMPLOYEES 1321 00:41:37,761 --> 00:41:39,363 ARE GOING TO BE TAKING AS THEY 1322 00:41:39,363 --> 00:41:41,165 PREPARE FOR THE LAUNCH? 1323 00:41:41,165 --> 00:41:43,567 FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE DAY OF THE 1324 00:41:43,567 --> 00:41:44,668 LAUNCH WILL YOU ADVISE PEOPLE IN 1325 00:41:44,668 --> 00:41:47,571 THE CONTROL ROOM, CAPE CANAVERAL 1326 00:41:47,571 --> 00:41:49,874 TO STAY SIXFEET APART AND WEAR 1327 00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:50,975 FACE MASKS? 1328 00:41:50,975 --> 00:41:51,876 >> YES. 1329 00:41:51,876 --> 00:41:52,676 GOOD QUESTION. 1330 00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:54,578 OBVIOUSLY WITH THE COVID-19 1331 00:41:54,578 --> 00:41:56,680 PANDEMIC WE ARE TAKING EXTRA 1332 00:41:56,680 --> 00:42:00,784 PRECAUTIONS FOR ALL THE TEAMS 1333 00:42:00,784 --> 00:42:02,386 SUPPORTING THE LAUNCH AND ALL 1334 00:42:02,386 --> 00:42:03,187 PHASES OF FLIGHT. 1335 00:42:03,187 --> 00:42:05,322 SO IN THE VARIOUS CONTROL ROOMS 1336 00:42:05,322 --> 00:42:07,524 WE HAVE LAID OUT THOSE ROOMS TO 1337 00:42:07,524 --> 00:42:10,427 HAVE AT LEAST SIXFEET BETWEEN 1338 00:42:10,427 --> 00:42:13,030 ANYBODY ON A CONSOLE LOOKING AT 1339 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:15,733 DISPLAYS WE GO IN AND CLEAN 1340 00:42:15,733 --> 00:42:17,334 THOSE ROOMS AHEAD OF TIME WITH 1341 00:42:17,334 --> 00:42:18,636 SANITIZER AND MAKE SURE THAT 1342 00:42:18,636 --> 00:42:22,239 THEY ARE, HE WE HAVE HAND 1343 00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:24,041 SANITIZER AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF 1344 00:42:24,041 --> 00:42:25,242 EMPLOYEES AND I KNOW BENJI AND 1345 00:42:25,242 --> 00:42:27,244 THE SPACEX TEAM ARE TAKING ALL 1346 00:42:27,244 --> 00:42:28,245 THE PRECAUTIONS. 1347 00:42:28,245 --> 00:42:29,346 WE HAVE MASKS AVAILABLE FOR 1348 00:42:29,346 --> 00:42:30,347 THOSE EMPLOYEES. 1349 00:42:30,347 --> 00:42:31,548 SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH ALL OF 1350 00:42:31,548 --> 00:42:35,152 THOSE PRECAUTIONS THAT ANYBODY 1351 00:42:35,152 --> 00:42:37,655 WOULD GO WITH THE VIRUS, AND 1352 00:42:37,655 --> 00:42:39,757 THEN INBETWEEN SHIFTS WE MAKE 1353 00:42:39,757 --> 00:42:42,459 SURE WE CLEAN THINGS FOR THE 1354 00:42:42,459 --> 00:42:45,362 NEXT GROUP OF FLIGHT CONTROLLERS 1355 00:42:45,362 --> 00:42:46,363 AND OPERATORS. 1356 00:42:46,363 --> 00:42:47,765 AND WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING 1357 00:42:47,765 --> 00:42:49,466 IN THE MISSION CONTROL CENTERS, 1358 00:42:49,466 --> 00:42:50,668 ZEB COULD TALK MORE ABOUT THAT 1359 00:42:50,668 --> 00:42:52,169 AND I KNOW BENJI AND THE SPACEX 1360 00:42:52,169 --> 00:42:53,370 TEAM ARE DOING THE SAME THING. 1361 00:42:53,370 --> 00:42:54,772 ANY CREW TRAINING, THERE HAS 1362 00:42:54,772 --> 00:42:56,073 BEEN A LOT OF PRECAUTIONS TAKEN 1363 00:42:56,073 --> 00:42:58,575 AS WELL FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT 1364 00:42:58,575 --> 00:43:00,878 NEEDS TO GET CLOSE TO THE CREW, 1365 00:43:00,878 --> 00:43:01,979 VARIOUS MEDICAL CHECKS DO MAKE 1366 00:43:01,979 --> 00:43:03,380 SURE THAT THEY ARE WELL AND 1367 00:43:03,380 --> 00:43:05,616 HEALTHY AND THE APPROPRIATE 1368 00:43:05,616 --> 00:43:07,217 MASKS, GLOVES AND SO FORTH, SO 1369 00:43:07,217 --> 00:43:08,419 WE HAVE BEEN TAKING THOSE 1370 00:43:08,419 --> 00:43:09,620 PRECAUTIONS, WE HAVE BEEN 1371 00:43:09,620 --> 00:43:11,322 PRACTICING THOSE AND ACTUALLY 1372 00:43:11,322 --> 00:43:12,723 WILL PRACTICE WITH THIS LAUNCH 1373 00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:13,724 SIMULATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO 1374 00:43:13,724 --> 00:43:16,527 DO ON MAY4TH ON MONDAY, WE ARE 1375 00:43:16,527 --> 00:43:17,728 GOING TO GO THROUGH AND USE ALL 1376 00:43:17,728 --> 00:43:18,929 OF THOSE PRECAUTIONS. 1377 00:43:18,929 --> 00:43:21,832 AND WE DID A SIM BACK IN MID 1378 00:43:21,832 --> 00:43:22,933 APRIL WHERE WE USED THOSE 1379 00:43:22,933 --> 00:43:24,535 PRECAUTIONS AS WELL FOR ALL OF 1380 00:43:24,535 --> 00:43:27,137 OUR EMPLOYEES AND EVEN WHEN WE 1381 00:43:27,137 --> 00:43:28,439 HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES THAT CAN 1382 00:43:28,439 --> 00:43:30,541 SUPPORT REMOTELY BASED ON THE 1383 00:43:30,541 --> 00:43:31,842 MODERN TECHNOLOGY CAPABILITY 1384 00:43:31,842 --> 00:43:32,543 THAT WE HAVE. 1385 00:43:32,543 --> 00:43:35,946 SO, SO FAR IT HAS WORKED WELL 1386 00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:37,648 AND REALLY DON'T SEE ANY IMPACTS 1387 00:43:37,648 --> 00:43:38,949 TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO OPERATE 1388 00:43:38,949 --> 00:43:40,451 ON LAUNCH DAY OR RENDEZVOUS DAY 1389 00:43:40,451 --> 00:43:41,952 OR ANY OTHER PART OF THE FLIGHT. 1390 00:43:41,952 --> 00:43:45,055 >> NOW WE ARE GOING GO TO 1391 00:43:45,055 --> 00:43:48,158 CHARLES FISHMAN WHO IS WITH BASS 1392 00:43:48,158 --> 00:43:48,759 COMPANY. 1393 00:43:48,759 --> 00:43:50,260 >> HI. 1394 00:43:50,260 --> 00:43:51,562 THANK YOU GAZE SO MUCH FOR DOING 1395 00:43:51,562 --> 00:43:51,762 THIS. 1396 00:43:51,762 --> 00:43:53,364 >> THANK YOU A GUYS SO MUCH FOR 1397 00:43:53,364 --> 00:43:54,064 DOING THIS. 1398 00:43:54,064 --> 00:43:55,866 A QUICK FOLLOW-UP ON SPACE SUIT 1399 00:43:55,866 --> 00:43:57,267 AND A SPACESHIP QUESTION. 1400 00:43:57,267 --> 00:44:00,471 >> SOMEBODY SAID IN PASSING THAT 1401 00:44:00,471 --> 00:44:04,008 SPACEX HAD SIGN THE SPACESUITS, 1402 00:44:04,008 --> 00:44:06,710 ARE THE SPACESUITS THAT U.S. 1403 00:44:06,710 --> 00:44:08,112 ASTRONAUTS HAVE USED SINCE 1404 00:44:08,112 --> 00:44:10,414 APOLLO HAVE BEEN MADE BY -- IN 1405 00:44:10,414 --> 00:44:13,317 DELAWARE, DID SPACEX, A, COBB 1406 00:44:13,317 --> 00:44:15,319 COCONSULT THEM AND DID SPACEX 1407 00:44:15,319 --> 00:44:16,620 BUILD THESE SUITS OR MANUFACTURE 1408 00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:18,122 THE SUITS THEMSELVES? 1409 00:44:18,122 --> 00:44:20,924 AND BENJI, ON THE SPACESHIP 1410 00:44:20,924 --> 00:44:22,126 ITSELF YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT 1411 00:44:22,126 --> 00:44:24,128 ABOUT THE TOUCH CONTROLS, BUT 1412 00:44:24,128 --> 00:44:26,730 GIVE US A LITTLE MORE SENSE OF 1413 00:44:26,730 --> 00:44:29,333 THE SPACESHIP AS A SPACESHIP. 1414 00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:33,237 IT REALLY IS FIRST SHIP DESIGNED 1415 00:44:33,237 --> 00:44:34,338 IN 40 YEARS IN THE UNITED 1416 00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:35,639 STATES. 1417 00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:39,943 A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE SHUTTLE. 1418 00:44:39,943 --> 00:44:42,146 HOW--, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE 1419 00:44:42,146 --> 00:44:45,549 LIFE SUPPORT, THE WAY THE 1420 00:44:45,549 --> 00:44:47,551 SPACESHIP MANEUVERS, THE WAY IT 1421 00:44:47,551 --> 00:44:50,154 NAVIGATES, DOES THIS SHIP USE 1422 00:44:50,154 --> 00:44:52,756 INERTIAL NAVIGATION, A NETWORK 1423 00:44:52,756 --> 00:44:54,258 OF GPS SATELLITES? 1424 00:44:54,258 --> 00:44:56,660 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT 1425 00:44:56,660 --> 00:44:58,462 WAS INTERESTING IN TAKING A 1426 00:44:58,462 --> 00:45:00,064 CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER AND 1427 00:45:00,064 --> 00:45:02,766 DESIGNING AN ALL-NEW SPACESHIP 1428 00:45:02,766 --> 00:45:03,600 IN A COMPLETE DIFFICULT 1429 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:04,601 DIFFERENT ERA. 1430 00:45:04,601 --> 00:45:10,808 >> SURE. 1431 00:45:10,808 --> 00:45:11,108 UNDERSTOOD. 1432 00:45:11,108 --> 00:45:14,611 YOU KNOW, SO I THINK NUMBER ONE, 1433 00:45:14,611 --> 00:45:16,213 IN TERMS OF THE SPACESUITS, I 1434 00:45:16,213 --> 00:45:17,614 CAN'T REALLY SAY EXACTLY WHO 1435 00:45:17,614 --> 00:45:19,316 SPECIFICALLY MAY, WE MAY HAVE 1436 00:45:19,316 --> 00:45:20,117 CONSULTED OR NOT. 1437 00:45:20,117 --> 00:45:21,318 I KNOW WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY 1438 00:45:21,318 --> 00:45:23,921 WITH NASA AND ALSO RELIED, YOU 1439 00:45:23,921 --> 00:45:27,424 KNOW, AGAIN ON THE MANY YEARS OF 1440 00:45:27,424 --> 00:45:29,426 SPACESUIT DESIGN EXPERIENCE AND 1441 00:45:29,426 --> 00:45:31,728 PRACTICE. YOU KNOW. FROM 1442 00:45:31,728 --> 00:45:33,430 AROUND THE WORLD. 1443 00:45:33,430 --> 00:45:35,332 AND WE DID BUILD THE SPACE SUITS 1444 00:45:35,332 --> 00:45:37,334 HERE IN HOUSE, JUST LIKE MANY 1445 00:45:37,334 --> 00:45:39,937 THINGS, WE OUTSOURCE MANY OF OUR 1446 00:45:39,937 --> 00:45:41,438 COMPONENTS AND PIECE PARTS. 1447 00:45:41,438 --> 00:45:42,539 WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY 1448 00:45:42,539 --> 00:45:43,640 THOUSANDS OF VENDORS AND 1449 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:45,843 SUPPLIERS THAT WE ARE HONORED 1450 00:45:45,843 --> 00:45:48,145 HAVE SUPPORTING HERE AT SPACEX. 1451 00:45:48,145 --> 00:45:51,248 AND WE DO, DO THE INTEGRATION 1452 00:45:51,248 --> 00:45:52,349 WORK AND ACTUALLY HAVE A GREAT 1453 00:45:52,349 --> 00:45:57,054 TEAM OF SOFT GOODS PERSONNEL, 1454 00:45:57,054 --> 00:45:57,955 ENGINEERS AND TECHNICIANS WHO 1455 00:45:57,955 --> 00:46:00,257 ARE BUSY WORKING ALL THE TIME 1456 00:46:00,257 --> 00:46:01,558 BUILDING THE VARIOUS WHAT WE 1457 00:46:01,558 --> 00:46:03,794 CALL SOFT GOODS FOR THE VEHICLE 1458 00:46:03,794 --> 00:46:04,895 AND FOR THE SYSTEMS, INCLUDING 1459 00:46:04,895 --> 00:46:06,697 THE SPACESUITS. 1460 00:46:06,697 --> 00:46:08,398 AND IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING 1461 00:46:08,398 --> 00:46:10,200 JOURNEY AS WELL. 1462 00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:11,902 AS MUCH AS EVERYTHING ELSE, 1463 00:46:11,902 --> 00:46:13,203 WATCHING THE SPACESUIT DESIGN 1464 00:46:13,203 --> 00:46:15,405 EVOLVE AND GET TESTED, A HUGE 1465 00:46:15,405 --> 00:46:16,907 AMOUNT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE CREW 1466 00:46:16,907 --> 00:46:18,909 DIRECTLY, BOB AND DOUG, AND EVEN 1467 00:46:18,909 --> 00:46:20,410 SOME OF THE OTHER ASTRONAUTS 1468 00:46:20,410 --> 00:46:21,612 FROM THE CREW OFFICE HAVE BEEN 1469 00:46:21,612 --> 00:46:22,412 DIRECTLY INVOLVED FOR A NUMBER 1470 00:46:22,412 --> 00:46:25,215 OF YEARS IN OUR SPACESUIT DESIGN 1471 00:46:25,215 --> 00:46:27,017 AND GIVING US FEEDBACK IN TERMS 1472 00:46:27,017 --> 00:46:28,519 OF COMFORT AND PERFORMANCE AND 1473 00:46:28,519 --> 00:46:29,119 MOBILITY. 1474 00:46:29,119 --> 00:46:30,220 AND THAT HAS BEEN A GREAT 1475 00:46:30,220 --> 00:46:31,722 PARTNERSHIP TO SEE THAT COME 1476 00:46:31,722 --> 00:46:32,422 TOGETHER. 1477 00:46:32,422 --> 00:46:35,225 IN TERMS OF THE SPACECRAFT 1478 00:46:35,225 --> 00:46:38,228 ITSELF, MAYBE A BIT MORE OF AN 1479 00:46:38,228 --> 00:46:39,730 OVERVIEW, TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF 1480 00:46:39,730 --> 00:46:40,831 IT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE FOUR 1481 00:46:40,831 --> 00:46:43,834 SEATS IN THIS VERSION OF CREW 1482 00:46:43,834 --> 00:46:48,839 DRAGON, THEY GO ACROSS IN A ROW. 1483 00:46:48,839 --> 00:46:50,340 THERE ARE SOME WINDOWS THAT 1484 00:46:50,340 --> 00:46:53,243 PEOPLE CAN LOOK OUT OF AS THEY 1485 00:46:53,243 --> 00:46:55,546 ARE FLYING AND ALSO I THINK AS 1486 00:46:55,546 --> 00:46:57,347 THEY APPROACH THE SPACE STATION 1487 00:46:57,347 --> 00:47:00,250 AND SEE THE EARTH AND ALSO SEE 1488 00:47:00,250 --> 00:47:00,751 THE STATION. 1489 00:47:00,751 --> 00:47:02,553 THERE IS THE TOUCH SCREEN PANELS 1490 00:47:02,553 --> 00:47:03,587 I TALKED ABOUT. 1491 00:47:03,587 --> 00:47:04,288 THOSE ARE BASICALLY WE ARE 1492 00:47:04,288 --> 00:47:05,489 SEATED IN THE CENTER TWO SEATS 1493 00:47:05,489 --> 00:47:06,890 FOR THE PILOT AND COMMANDER. 1494 00:47:06,890 --> 00:47:08,492 YOU WILL LOOK UP AND YOU CAN 1495 00:47:08,492 --> 00:47:10,093 TOUCH THOSE TOUCH SCREENS AND 1496 00:47:10,093 --> 00:47:12,196 SEE THEM THERE. 1497 00:47:12,196 --> 00:47:16,200 BELOW THE SEATS ARE PALLETS, WE 1498 00:47:16,200 --> 00:47:18,202 CALL PALLETS WHERE WE CAN NUT 1499 00:47:18,202 --> 00:47:19,503 CARGO AND WE WILL BE CARRYING 1500 00:47:19,503 --> 00:47:20,504 CARGO ON THIS MISSION. 1501 00:47:20,504 --> 00:47:22,806 QUESTION CARRIED CAR BOW ON THE 1502 00:47:22,806 --> 00:47:24,808 LAST MISSION, THE MISSION 1503 00:47:24,808 --> 00:47:27,611 1MISSION AND CARRY CARGO FOR 1504 00:47:27,611 --> 00:47:28,612 THE SPACE STATION. 1505 00:47:28,612 --> 00:47:31,615 IT IS VERY CRITICAL TO HAVE THE 1506 00:47:31,615 --> 00:47:34,518 STAFF AND THE THOSE RUNNING AND 1507 00:47:34,518 --> 00:47:35,719 LEADING THE SPACE STATION BUT 1508 00:47:35,719 --> 00:47:36,920 ALSO THEY NEED TO THE STUFF TO 1509 00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:38,622 DO THAT, NOT JUST FOOD AND WATER 1510 00:47:38,622 --> 00:47:41,425 AND SUPPLIES BUT THE SCIENCE, 1511 00:47:41,425 --> 00:47:43,627 AND CREW SIMILAR TO CARGO DRAGON 1512 00:47:43,627 --> 00:47:45,729 WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY POWERED 1513 00:47:45,729 --> 00:47:47,231 LOCKERS OR POWERED BASICALLY 1514 00:47:47,231 --> 00:47:48,732 FREEZERS AND REFRIGERATOR UNIT 1515 00:47:48,732 --> 00:47:51,735 THAT ARE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED TO 1516 00:47:51,735 --> 00:47:53,237 CARRY CERTAIN LIFE SCIENCE AND 1517 00:47:53,237 --> 00:47:57,341 OTHER EXPERIMENTS THAT GO UP ON 1518 00:47:57,341 --> 00:47:58,942 DRAGON THAT A LOT OF THOSE ARE 1519 00:47:58,942 --> 00:48:00,244 TIME CRITICAL AND TEMPERATURE 1520 00:48:00,244 --> 00:48:01,545 CRITICAL AND SO WE WILL BE 1521 00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:03,146 CARRYING THOSE AS WELL IN THAT 1522 00:48:03,146 --> 00:48:05,882 CARGO AREA ON CREW DRAGON. 1523 00:48:05,882 --> 00:48:08,285 AS WELL AS THE CARGO AREA, THERE 1524 00:48:08,285 --> 00:48:10,687 IS JUST A TON OF LITTLE CUBBIES 1525 00:48:10,687 --> 00:48:12,689 AND PLACES WHERE PEOPLE PUT 1526 00:48:12,689 --> 00:48:13,490 DIFFERENT THINGS. 1527 00:48:13,490 --> 00:48:14,992 THERE ARE CREW SUPPLIES, OF 1528 00:48:14,992 --> 00:48:17,494 COURSE, FOOD AND WATER, AND THEN 1529 00:48:17,494 --> 00:48:20,197 ALSO PERSONAL SUPPLIES THAT THE 1530 00:48:20,197 --> 00:48:22,599 CREW CAN BRING, THEIR PERSONAL 1531 00:48:22,599 --> 00:48:24,201 BELONGINGS, THEY HAVE A STOWAGE 1532 00:48:24,201 --> 00:48:24,501 FOR THAT. 1533 00:48:24,501 --> 00:48:26,803 YOU KNOW, DRAGON AS IT FUNCTIONS 1534 00:48:26,803 --> 00:48:30,107 IS BUILDING AGAIN ON DECADES OF 1535 00:48:30,107 --> 00:48:32,509 HERITAGE FOR THE THE CAPSULE 1536 00:48:32,509 --> 00:48:36,913 TYPE SPACECRAFT AND THEN -- AND 1537 00:48:36,913 --> 00:48:38,515 OF COURSE THERE ARE MANY 1538 00:48:38,515 --> 00:48:40,117 MISSIONS AND MANY YEARS ON THE 1539 00:48:40,117 --> 00:48:41,918 CARGO RESUPPLY VEHICLE, THE 1540 00:48:41,918 --> 00:48:45,722 DRAGON 1LINE, AND WHICH IS, 1541 00:48:45,722 --> 00:48:46,823 WHICH HAS FLOWN MANY TIMES. 1542 00:48:46,823 --> 00:48:49,126 AND SIMILAR TO DRAGON 1, CREW 1543 00:48:49,126 --> 00:48:50,827 DRAGON HAS, YOU KNOW, THE DRACO 1544 00:48:50,827 --> 00:48:52,229 THRUSTERS AND THAT'S OUR PRIMARY 1545 00:48:52,229 --> 00:48:54,431 CONTROL FOR MOVING AROUND IN 1546 00:48:54,431 --> 00:48:56,733 SPACE WHEN YOU ARE ON ORBIT, AS 1547 00:48:56,733 --> 00:48:59,036 I MENTIONED CREW DRAGON ALSO HAS 1548 00:48:59,036 --> 00:49:01,438 SUPER DRACOS FOR THE LAUNCH 1549 00:49:01,438 --> 00:49:02,339 ESCAPE SYSTEM. 1550 00:49:02,339 --> 00:49:03,240 THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KEY 1551 00:49:03,240 --> 00:49:04,474 ASPECTS OF DRAGON. 1552 00:49:04,474 --> 00:49:06,777 THERE IS A NOSE CONE, A COOL 1553 00:49:06,777 --> 00:49:08,779 THING ABOUT CREW DRAGON AND 1554 00:49:08,779 --> 00:49:10,681 DRAGON 2IN GENERAL IS THE NOSE 1555 00:49:10,681 --> 00:49:13,684 CONE ACTUALLY, IT OPENS FOR 1556 00:49:13,684 --> 00:49:16,787 DOCKING AND THEN WHEN WE UNDOCK, 1557 00:49:16,787 --> 00:49:18,388 IT ACTUALLY CLOSES AND RETURNS, 1558 00:49:18,388 --> 00:49:20,691 IT IS NOT JETTISONED AND WILL 1559 00:49:20,691 --> 00:49:23,593 COME HOME WITH THE NOSE CONE AS 1560 00:49:23,593 --> 00:49:24,895 WELL AND IS FULLY REUSABLE. 1561 00:49:24,895 --> 00:49:26,296 >> WE HAVE ABOUT TEN MINUTES 1562 00:49:26,296 --> 00:49:27,597 LEFT SO IF YOU CAN LIMIT YOUR 1563 00:49:27,597 --> 00:49:28,498 QUESTIONS TO JUST ONE PART THAT 1564 00:49:28,498 --> 00:49:30,200 WILL HELP US GET THROUGH MORE OF 1565 00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:30,901 THE REQUESTS. 1566 00:49:30,901 --> 00:49:33,103 THE NEXT UP WE WILL GO TO ALAN 1567 00:49:33,103 --> 00:49:34,604 BOYLE AT TWEAK WIRE. 1568 00:49:34,604 --> 00:49:37,908 >> HI, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY 1569 00:49:37,908 --> 00:49:38,909 QUESTION. 1570 00:49:38,909 --> 00:49:41,411 I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE TIME 1571 00:49:41,411 --> 00:49:45,115 FRAME FOR EXTENDED MISSION, YOU 1572 00:49:45,115 --> 00:49:47,417 HAVE TALKED ABOUT 119 DAYS OF 1573 00:49:47,417 --> 00:49:50,020 PERHAPS BEING THE MAXIMUM. 1574 00:49:50,020 --> 00:49:52,422 CAN YOU-- CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT 1575 00:49:52,422 --> 00:49:54,024 THE MINIMUM VERSUS THE MAXIMUM 1576 00:49:54,024 --> 00:49:56,426 ARE AND WHAT THE DECISION 1577 00:49:56,426 --> 00:49:57,728 TIMELINE MIGHT BE? 1578 00:49:57,728 --> 00:49:58,328 THANK YOU. 1579 00:49:58,328 --> 00:50:00,831 >> YES. 1580 00:50:00,831 --> 00:50:01,732 I WILL ADDRESS THAT QUESTION. 1581 00:50:01,732 --> 00:50:05,035 SO THE MINIMUM MISSION DURATION 1582 00:50:05,035 --> 00:50:08,338 IS REALLY ABOUT A MONTH AND THE 1583 00:50:08,338 --> 00:50:10,640 MAXIMUM AS I TALKED ABOUT IS 119 1584 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:14,044 DAYS AND WE ARE REALLY, AGAIN, 1585 00:50:14,044 --> 00:50:16,446 TRYING TO DO BOTH A TEST FLIGHT 1586 00:50:16,446 --> 00:50:18,348 WITH THIS VEHICLE AND ALSO HAVE 1587 00:50:18,348 --> 00:50:19,850 THE VEHICLE DOCKED TO THE 1588 00:50:19,850 --> 00:50:21,852 STATION TO ALLOW BOB AND DOUG TO 1589 00:50:21,852 --> 00:50:24,154 AUGMENT THE STATION CREW. 1590 00:50:24,154 --> 00:50:25,355 AND REALLY, THE DECISION POINT 1591 00:50:25,355 --> 00:50:27,958 IS, HEY, IS DRAGON HEALTHY? 1592 00:50:27,958 --> 00:50:30,861 IS -- IS THE ADVOCATE PERFORMING 1593 00:50:30,861 --> 00:50:32,262 WELL, AND THEN WE WILL BE 1594 00:50:32,262 --> 00:50:33,463 LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT 1595 00:50:33,463 --> 00:50:35,165 MISSION, THE CREW 1FLIGHT AND 1596 00:50:35,165 --> 00:50:36,466 LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE READINESS 1597 00:50:36,466 --> 00:50:37,868 AND TRYING TO DETERMINE, HEY, 1598 00:50:37,868 --> 00:50:39,069 WHAT IS THE SMART THING TO DO 1599 00:50:39,069 --> 00:50:39,970 RELATIVE TO THE MISSION 1600 00:50:39,970 --> 00:50:40,570 DURATION? 1601 00:50:40,570 --> 00:50:42,773 SO AGAIN, IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF 1602 00:50:42,773 --> 00:50:44,274 A VARIABLE, BUT IT IS ONE THAT I 1603 00:50:44,274 --> 00:50:47,477 THINK WE CAN MANAGE WELL AND WE 1604 00:50:47,477 --> 00:50:49,179 HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE SPACE 1605 00:50:49,179 --> 00:50:50,280 STATION PROGRAM ABOUT THIS AND 1606 00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:51,982 THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM AND 1607 00:50:51,982 --> 00:50:53,483 SPACEX AND THINK WE ARE ALL ON 1608 00:50:53,483 --> 00:50:54,785 THE SAME PAGE AS WE WOULD LIKE 1609 00:50:54,785 --> 00:50:57,988 TO FLY A MISSION THAT IS AS LONG 1610 00:50:57,988 --> 00:50:59,489 AS WE NEED TO FOR A TEST FLIGHT 1611 00:50:59,489 --> 00:51:01,591 BUT ALSO SUCH PORT SOME OF THE 1612 00:51:01,591 --> 00:51:02,993 SPACE STATION PROGRAM NEEDS AND 1613 00:51:02,993 --> 00:51:04,528 AUGMENT THEIR CREW CAPABILITY TO 1614 00:51:04,528 --> 00:51:07,431 DO THE SCIENCE AND OTHER 1615 00:51:07,431 --> 00:51:08,732 OPERATIONS AND STATIONS THE AND 1616 00:51:08,732 --> 00:51:11,234 ONCE WE ARE DOCKED THE RISK -- 1617 00:51:11,234 --> 00:51:12,335 IF YOU LOOK AT THE RISK IN 1618 00:51:12,335 --> 00:51:13,537 SPACEFLIGHT THE RISK IN GENERAL 1619 00:51:13,537 --> 00:51:15,539 IS TWO BIG PARTS, IT IS THE 1620 00:51:15,539 --> 00:51:16,740 LAUNCH PHASE AND THEN THE 1621 00:51:16,740 --> 00:51:18,542 LANDING PHASE AND SO ONCE WE ARE 1622 00:51:18,542 --> 00:51:20,243 DOCKED TO THE SPACE STATION WE 1623 00:51:20,243 --> 00:51:22,245 CAN WAKE THE DRAGON UP ONCE A 1624 00:51:22,245 --> 00:51:23,547 WEEK AND CHECK THE SYSTEMS OUT 1625 00:51:23,547 --> 00:51:24,648 AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS 1626 00:51:24,648 --> 00:51:26,450 HEALTHY AND THEN LOOK AT THE 1627 00:51:26,450 --> 00:51:28,251 SOLAR ARRAY PERFORMANCE AND 1628 00:51:28,251 --> 00:51:29,352 DECIDE WHEN TO RETURN. 1629 00:51:29,352 --> 00:51:31,354 >> ALL RIGHT. 1630 00:51:31,354 --> 00:51:31,621 THANK YOU. 1631 00:51:31,621 --> 00:51:34,858 NEXT WE ARE GOING TO GO TO IVAN 1632 00:51:34,858 --> 00:51:36,560 CARON. 1633 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:37,461 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH A 1634 00:51:37,461 --> 00:51:41,064 QUESTION FOR BENJI. 1635 00:51:41,064 --> 00:51:43,066 HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM THE SPACEX 1636 00:51:43,066 --> 00:51:45,469 TEAM HAVE HAD COVID-19 OR HAVE 1637 00:51:45,469 --> 00:51:48,472 BEEN IN QUARANTINE SO PAR, IF 1638 00:51:48,472 --> 00:51:48,772 ANY? 1639 00:51:48,772 --> 00:51:52,175 >> 1640 00:51:52,175 --> 00:51:54,077 >> BOY, I WOULD NOT KNOW THAT. 1641 00:51:54,077 --> 00:51:55,979 I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL THAT 1642 00:51:55,979 --> 00:51:57,581 DATA FROM A NASA PERSPECTIVE. 1643 00:51:57,581 --> 00:52:00,183 I KNOW WE HAVE HAD EMPLOYEES IN 1644 00:52:00,183 --> 00:52:01,384 CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES WITH 1645 00:52:01,384 --> 00:52:01,685 COVID-19. 1646 00:52:01,685 --> 00:52:02,886 I REALLY WOULDN'T KNOW THAT 1647 00:52:02,886 --> 00:52:03,186 NUMBER. 1648 00:52:03,186 --> 00:52:05,822 >> WE CAN CHECK ON THAT AND GET 1649 00:52:05,822 --> 00:52:08,225 BACK TO YOU ON THAT QUESTION, 1650 00:52:08,225 --> 00:52:09,025 IVAN. 1651 00:52:09,025 --> 00:52:11,228 LET'S GO NOW TO ANDREA LINE 1652 00:52:11,228 --> 00:52:12,329 FELDER FROM THE HOUSTON 1653 00:52:12,329 --> 00:52:13,129 CHRONICLE. 1654 00:52:13,129 --> 00:52:15,131 >> HI. 1655 00:52:15,131 --> 00:52:17,033 I JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE MORE 1656 00:52:17,033 --> 00:52:20,237 INFORMATION ON WHEN IT IS GOING 1657 00:52:20,237 --> 00:52:21,438 TO BE MANUALLY CONTROLLED AND 1658 00:52:21,438 --> 00:52:23,039 WHEN IT IS GOING TO BE AUTOMATED 1659 00:52:23,039 --> 00:52:24,541 WHEN YOU ARE LINE TOOKING WITH 1660 00:52:24,541 --> 00:52:26,243 THE SPACE STATION AND ALSO, 1661 00:52:26,243 --> 00:52:28,044 SORRY, TO CLARIFY HOW MANY DAYS 1662 00:52:28,044 --> 00:52:29,946 IT WILL TAKE TO GET THERE AND TO 1663 00:52:29,946 --> 00:52:30,247 LAND. 1664 00:52:30,247 --> 00:52:30,847 THANK YOU. 1665 00:52:30,847 --> 00:52:33,149 >> ANDREA, THANK YOU. 1666 00:52:33,149 --> 00:52:34,751 I CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION PRETTY 1667 00:52:34,751 --> 00:52:35,252 WELL. 1668 00:52:35,252 --> 00:52:37,854 THE TIME TO GET FROM THE LAUNCH 1669 00:52:37,854 --> 00:52:39,356 TO DOCKING IS A LITTLE BIT 1670 00:52:39,356 --> 00:52:40,557 VARIABLE. 1671 00:52:40,557 --> 00:52:42,959 FOR THE MAY, JUNE TIME FRAME, WE 1672 00:52:42,959 --> 00:52:45,262 ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT A TWO-DAY 1673 00:52:45,262 --> 00:52:47,364 RENDEZVOUS, ACTUALLY ABOUT 19 1674 00:52:47,364 --> 00:52:48,765 HOURS TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE 1675 00:52:48,765 --> 00:52:50,066 BUT AS THE SPACE STATION IS 1676 00:52:50,066 --> 00:52:51,768 MOVING AROUND THE EARTH, THE 1677 00:52:51,768 --> 00:52:53,370 DISTANCE AND WHAT WE CALL THE 1678 00:52:53,370 --> 00:52:55,071 PHASE BETWEEN THAT AND THE CAPE 1679 00:52:55,071 --> 00:52:56,773 IN FLORIDA IS VARIABLE, AND SO 1680 00:52:56,773 --> 00:52:59,175 THE DRAGON HAS THE CAPABILITY TO 1681 00:52:59,175 --> 00:53:00,377 GET TO SPACE STATION A LITTLE 1682 00:53:00,377 --> 00:53:01,778 BIT FASTER AND EVEN GET THERE ON 1683 00:53:01,778 --> 00:53:03,513 A ONE-DAY MISSION OR IN SOME 1684 00:53:03,513 --> 00:53:05,315 CASE AS THREE-DAY RENDEZVOUS 1685 00:53:05,315 --> 00:53:06,216 PROFILE AND THAT WILL BE 1686 00:53:06,216 --> 00:53:07,417 VARIABLE BASED UPON THE 1687 00:53:07,417 --> 00:53:08,818 PARTICULAR DAY THAT WE CHOOSE TO 1688 00:53:08,818 --> 00:53:10,320 LAUNCH AND THE SAME IS TRUE 1689 00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:12,422 COMING DOWN AS WELL, THAT TIME 1690 00:53:12,422 --> 00:53:13,623 TO GET THE CREW DOWN, WE ARE 1691 00:53:13,623 --> 00:53:17,027 TRYING TO GET A, HIT A VERY 1692 00:53:17,027 --> 00:53:18,328 SPECIFIC COAST OFF THE FLORIDA 1693 00:53:18,328 --> 00:53:19,930 AND THE ATLANTIC AND SO THAT 1694 00:53:19,930 --> 00:53:22,933 TIME WILL VARY BASED UPON THE 1695 00:53:22,933 --> 00:53:24,534 TRAJECTORY OF THE ISS AND THE 1696 00:53:24,534 --> 00:53:26,136 DRAGON AS IT COMES DOWN. 1697 00:53:26,136 --> 00:53:27,837 IN TERMS OF THE MANUAL TIME 1698 00:53:27,837 --> 00:53:30,440 PERIOD VERSUS THE AUTOMATED TIME 1699 00:53:30,440 --> 00:53:32,542 PERIOD, THERE ARE TWO PERIODS AS 1700 00:53:32,542 --> 00:53:34,544 I MENTIONED THAT ARE PLANNED FOR 1701 00:53:34,544 --> 00:53:37,747 MANUAL CONTROL, ONE IS EARLY ON 1702 00:53:37,747 --> 00:53:39,049 FLIGHT DAY ONE, AFTER THE 1703 00:53:39,049 --> 00:53:40,650 VEHICLE HAS LAUNCHED AND THEY 1704 00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:42,252 HAVE DONE THE INITIAL ACTIVATION 1705 00:53:42,252 --> 00:53:43,453 AND CHECKOUT, THERE IS A PERIOD 1706 00:53:43,453 --> 00:53:45,255 WHERE THE DRAGON IS ESSENTIALLY 1707 00:53:45,255 --> 00:53:47,457 COATING -- COASTING AS IT TRIES 1708 00:53:47,457 --> 00:53:48,458 TO CATCH UP WITH THE SPACE 1709 00:53:48,458 --> 00:53:49,659 STATION, AT THAT TIME WE EXPECT 1710 00:53:49,659 --> 00:53:50,560 THERE TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO 1711 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:52,162 THIS FIRST PART OF THE MANUAL 1712 00:53:52,162 --> 00:53:53,463 FLYING DEMONSTRATION, THERE 1713 00:53:53,463 --> 00:53:56,166 REASON A DEMONSTRATION OF THE 1714 00:53:56,166 --> 00:53:57,767 ATTITUDE CONTROL, SO ROLL, 1715 00:53:57,767 --> 00:53:59,869 PITCH, YAW, MAKING SURE THOSE 1716 00:53:59,869 --> 00:54:01,871 ARE WORKING BUT WON'T ACTUALLY 1717 00:54:01,871 --> 00:54:03,273 BE CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY OF 1718 00:54:03,273 --> 00:54:05,709 THE DRAGON ITSELF, IT IS JUST 1719 00:54:05,709 --> 00:54:06,910 ORIENTATION AND FROM THE SECOND 1720 00:54:06,910 --> 00:54:08,211 TIME, AT THAT POINT IT WILL 1721 00:54:08,211 --> 00:54:09,512 CONTINUE ITS AUTOMATED APPROACH 1722 00:54:09,512 --> 00:54:12,215 WITH THE BURNS PROGRAMMED BOTH 1723 00:54:12,215 --> 00:54:14,117 BY THE VEHICLE AND BY THE GROUND 1724 00:54:14,117 --> 00:54:17,921 CONTROLLERS AS IT GETS CLOSE, AS 1725 00:54:17,921 --> 00:54:20,323 IT GETS CLOSE TORE ISS AND THE 1726 00:54:20,323 --> 00:54:21,725 WITHIN 200METERS OR SO FROM THE 1727 00:54:21,725 --> 00:54:23,426 SPACATION IT WILL BE THE OTHER 1728 00:54:23,426 --> 00:54:25,328 MANUAL FLIGHT TEST THAT IS 1729 00:54:25,328 --> 00:54:27,230 PERFORMED BY THE CREW FLYING AND 1730 00:54:27,230 --> 00:54:29,132 THEN THOSE ARE .. REALLY THE 1731 00:54:29,132 --> 00:54:31,234 ONLY PLANNED TIMES, AGAIN THE 1732 00:54:31,234 --> 00:54:32,335 CREW HAS THE CAPABILITY OF 1733 00:54:32,335 --> 00:54:33,536 TAKING OVER REALLY AND DECIDE 1734 00:54:33,536 --> 00:54:35,238 THEIR OWN FATE IF THAT WAS 1735 00:54:35,238 --> 00:54:37,440 NECESSARY TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM 1736 00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,043 A MANUAL REENTRY, SPLASHDOWN 1737 00:54:40,043 --> 00:54:42,245 THEY HAVE A LOT OF CAPABILITIES. 1738 00:54:42,245 --> 00:54:44,247 WE HAVE VIGOROUSLY TESTED WITH 1739 00:54:44,247 --> 00:54:46,950 ALL OF THE SYSTEMS FROM 1740 00:54:46,950 --> 00:54:49,352 NAVIGATION CONTROL, REENTRY, 1741 00:54:49,352 --> 00:54:50,854 PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENTS AND SO 1742 00:54:50,854 --> 00:54:51,054 FORTH. 1743 00:54:51,054 --> 00:54:56,059 >> NEXT UP WE WILL GO TO LEAH 1744 00:54:56,059 --> 00:54:57,260 CRANE WITH NEW SCIENTIST. 1745 00:54:57,260 --> 00:55:04,000 >> LEAH, ARE YOU THERE? 1746 00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:05,602 I APOLOGIZE. 1747 00:55:05,602 --> 00:55:06,803 HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR A ME? 1748 00:55:06,803 --> 00:55:07,404 >> WE CAN. 1749 00:55:07,404 --> 00:55:07,804 GO AHEAD. 1750 00:55:07,804 --> 00:55:09,105 >> OKAY. 1751 00:55:09,105 --> 00:55:10,607 GREAT. 1752 00:55:10,607 --> 00:55:13,710 HI, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. 1753 00:55:13,710 --> 00:55:17,514 I APOLOGIZE BUT I HAVE ANOTHER 1754 00:55:17,514 --> 00:55:20,717 CORONAVIRUS NAAH WHICH IS HOW 1755 00:55:20,717 --> 00:55:22,318 WILL THE ASTRONAUTS THEMSELVES 1756 00:55:22,318 --> 00:55:25,522 BE PROTECTED FROM INFECTING THE 1757 00:55:25,522 --> 00:55:26,423 ISS? 1758 00:55:26,423 --> 00:55:28,425 WILL THEY BE QUARANTINED FOR AN 1759 00:55:28,425 --> 00:55:30,427 EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE 1760 00:55:30,427 --> 00:55:32,829 THE LAUNCH? 1761 00:55:32,829 --> 00:55:33,229 >> YES. 1762 00:55:33,229 --> 00:55:34,731 I CAN TAKE THAT QUESTION. 1763 00:55:34,731 --> 00:55:37,934 SO WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A 1764 00:55:37,934 --> 00:55:39,035 NUMBER OF PRECAUTIONS WITH BOB 1765 00:55:39,035 --> 00:55:41,237 AND DOUG AS THE CORONAVIRUS 1766 00:55:41,237 --> 00:55:44,040 PANDEMIC HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A 1767 00:55:44,040 --> 00:55:46,342 FEW MONTHS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 1768 00:55:46,342 --> 00:55:47,744 SORT OF MINIMIZED CONTACT WITH 1769 00:55:47,744 --> 00:55:51,448 THEM FOR WEEKS NOW TO ENSURE 1770 00:55:51,448 --> 00:55:54,651 THAT THEY HAVE LESS CONTACT THAN 1771 00:55:54,651 --> 00:55:56,453 MOST PEOPLE WOULD. 1772 00:55:56,453 --> 00:55:58,054 THE THEY ONLY COME TO CERTAIN 1773 00:55:58,054 --> 00:55:58,955 TRAINING EVENTS WHERE THEY 1774 00:55:58,955 --> 00:56:00,256 REALLY NEED TO BE PRESENT. 1775 00:56:00,256 --> 00:56:01,658 A LOT OF TRAINING EVENTS ARE 1776 00:56:01,658 --> 00:56:03,493 DONE VIRTUALLY AND THEN THE 1777 00:56:03,493 --> 00:56:04,694 NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT A PARTICULAR 1778 00:56:04,694 --> 00:56:06,496 TRAINING EVENT IS DRAMATICALLY 1779 00:56:06,496 --> 00:56:08,098 MINIMIZED AND THEN PEOPLE IN 1780 00:56:08,098 --> 00:56:09,699 CLOSE PROBLEMS IMTHE TOY BOB AND 1781 00:56:09,699 --> 00:56:11,701 DOUG, YOU KNOW, HAVE MASKS AND 1782 00:56:11,701 --> 00:56:14,504 GLOVES AND -- TO PROTECT BOB AND 1783 00:56:14,504 --> 00:56:17,907 DOUG AND ALSO THEY ARE SCREENED 1784 00:56:17,907 --> 00:56:20,310 FROM A HEALTH PERSPECTIVE. 1785 00:56:20,310 --> 00:56:23,113 THEY WILL GO INTO A QUARANTINE 1786 00:56:23,113 --> 00:56:24,714 FOR FLIGHT. 1787 00:56:24,714 --> 00:56:26,116 RIGHT NOW I THINK FROM MAY27TH 1788 00:56:26,116 --> 00:56:28,618 THAT QUARANTINE STARTS AROUND 1789 00:56:28,618 --> 00:56:30,120 MAY16TH. 1790 00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:32,021 THEY WOULD COME ON SIGHT HERE AT 1791 00:56:32,021 --> 00:56:34,524 JSC AND BE IN THE CREW QUARTERS 1792 00:56:34,524 --> 00:56:36,626 FACILITY AND THEN THEY WILL FLY 1793 00:56:36,626 --> 00:56:38,828 DOWN TO NASA AIRCRAFT AND BE 1794 00:56:38,828 --> 00:56:42,031 QUARANTINED DOWN AT THE KENNEDY 1795 00:56:42,031 --> 00:56:43,233 SPACE CENTER JUST LIKE WE DID 1796 00:56:43,233 --> 00:56:44,534 FOR SPACE SHUTTLE AND OTHER 1797 00:56:44,534 --> 00:56:44,801 LAUNCHES. 1798 00:56:44,801 --> 00:56:46,436 SO WE HAVE GOT A ROBUST PLAN IN 1799 00:56:46,436 --> 00:56:47,737 PLACE TO PROTECT BOB AND DOUG 1800 00:56:47,737 --> 00:56:49,739 AND ENSURE THEY ARE HEALTHY WHEN 1801 00:56:49,739 --> 00:56:51,141 THEY GO FLY AND ALSO THAT WE 1802 00:56:51,141 --> 00:56:53,243 PROTECT THE SPACE STATION CREW 1803 00:56:53,243 --> 00:56:53,843 MEMBERS AS WELL. 1804 00:56:53,843 --> 00:56:58,848 >> OKAY WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE 1805 00:56:58,848 --> 00:57:00,750 QUESTION NEXT FROM JULIE 1806 00:57:00,750 --> 00:57:02,051 ROULETTE FROM REUTERS. 1807 00:57:02,051 --> 00:57:03,887 >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR DOING 1808 00:57:03,887 --> 00:57:04,087 THIS. 1809 00:57:04,087 --> 00:57:06,189 A QUESTION FOR ALL. 1810 00:57:06,189 --> 00:57:08,191 AFTER STARLINER HAD ITS FIVE 1811 00:57:08,191 --> 00:57:09,392 MINUTE BLOCKOUT WITH THE 1812 00:57:09,392 --> 00:57:12,195 SATELLITE NETWORK, HAS THE CREW 1813 00:57:12,195 --> 00:57:13,897 DRAGON TEAM TAKEN ANY STEPS TO 1814 00:57:13,897 --> 00:57:15,799 PREVENT THE SAME TYPE OF BLACK 1815 00:57:15,799 --> 00:57:16,900 YOUTH FROM OCCURRING AND ALSO 1816 00:57:16,900 --> 00:57:19,903 FOR STEVE, THE SPECIFIC DURATION 1817 00:57:19,903 --> 00:57:22,906 IS BASED ON THE READINESS OF THE 1818 00:57:22,906 --> 00:57:24,908 NEXT CREW LAUNCH AND IS IT BASED 1819 00:57:24,908 --> 00:57:26,810 ON ANY OTHER FACTORS AND IF SO 1820 00:57:26,810 --> 00:57:28,411 WHAT ARE THOSE FACTORS? THANKS. 1821 00:57:28,411 --> 00:57:29,012 >> YES. 1822 00:57:29,012 --> 00:57:30,713 I MEAN, I COULD TALK A LITTLE 1823 00:57:30,713 --> 00:57:32,515 BIT ABOUT THE OFT FLIGHT AND THE 1824 00:57:32,515 --> 00:57:35,819 TEETER OUTAGE, THAT PARTICULAR 1825 00:57:35,819 --> 00:57:37,320 MISSION .. THE REASON THAT WE 1826 00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:39,222 HAD A TEETER OUTAGE WAS REALLY 1827 00:57:39,222 --> 00:57:40,723 NOT NECESSARILY A NETWORK 1828 00:57:40,723 --> 00:57:40,957 PROBLEM. 1829 00:57:40,957 --> 00:57:42,325 IT WASN'T A PROBLEM WITH THE 1830 00:57:42,325 --> 00:57:44,427 TEETERS SATELLITES OR THE 1831 00:57:44,427 --> 00:57:45,628 NETWORK IT WAS REALLY A PROBLEM 1832 00:57:45,628 --> 00:57:47,530 WITH THE TIME ON BOARD THE 1833 00:57:47,530 --> 00:57:49,632 STARLINER SPACECRAFT AND THAT 1834 00:57:49,632 --> 00:57:51,835 TIME BEING OFF AND SO THE 1835 00:57:51,835 --> 00:57:53,636 STARLINER REALLY WASN'T LOOKING 1836 00:57:53,636 --> 00:57:54,637 FOR THE TEETER SATELLITE IN THE 1837 00:57:54,637 --> 00:57:55,338 RIGHT LOCATION. 1838 00:57:55,338 --> 00:57:58,241 SO WE HAVE DONE ENORMOUS AMOUNT 1839 00:57:58,241 --> 00:57:59,742 OF TESTING WITH THE DRAGON TO 1840 00:57:59,742 --> 00:58:02,445 MAKE SURE THAT THE DRAGON 1841 00:58:02,445 --> 00:58:03,580 SPACECRAFT AND THE FALCON 1842 00:58:03,580 --> 00:58:04,781 9LAUNCH VEHICLE DON'T HAVE ANY 1843 00:58:04,781 --> 00:58:05,782 OF THOSE PROBLEMS. 1844 00:58:05,782 --> 00:58:07,083 IN FACT, THE SPACEX TEAM HAS 1845 00:58:07,083 --> 00:58:10,086 DONE EXTRA TESTS AFTER THAT 1846 00:58:10,086 --> 00:58:10,386 MISSION. 1847 00:58:10,386 --> 00:58:12,088 SO WE KNOW THAT THE DRAGON 1848 00:58:12,088 --> 00:58:14,791 SPACECRAFT KNOWS HOW TO FIND 1849 00:58:14,791 --> 00:58:16,392 TEETERS, IN FACT IT DID IT ON 1850 00:58:16,392 --> 00:58:18,194 THE DEMONSTRATION 1MISSION BACK 1851 00:58:18,194 --> 00:58:19,796 IN MARCH SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE 1852 00:58:19,796 --> 00:58:20,597 ANY CONCERNS THERE. 1853 00:58:20,597 --> 00:58:21,497 AND THEN WHAT WAS THE SECOND 1854 00:58:21,497 --> 00:58:23,800 PART OF YOUR QUESTION? 1855 00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:25,902 >> CAN THE SECOND PART WAS 1856 00:58:25,902 --> 00:58:27,904 WHETHER THE MISSION DURATION OF 1857 00:58:27,904 --> 00:58:29,205 CREW DRAGON IS BASED ON ANY 1858 00:58:29,205 --> 00:58:31,908 OTHER FACTORS OTHER THAN THE 1859 00:58:31,908 --> 00:58:33,209 TIMING OF THE NEXT COMMERCIAL 1860 00:58:33,209 --> 00:58:33,710 CREW LAUNCH. 1861 00:58:33,710 --> 00:58:35,912 >> REALLY, AGAIN, IT IS BASED ON 1862 00:58:35,912 --> 00:58:38,014 TWO THINGS, IS THE SPACECRAFT 1863 00:58:38,014 --> 00:58:38,815 HEALTHY? 1864 00:58:38,815 --> 00:58:39,816 IS IT DOING WELL? 1865 00:58:39,816 --> 00:58:41,517 DO WE SEE ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE 1866 00:58:41,517 --> 00:58:42,619 SHOULD RETURN EARLY? 1867 00:58:42,619 --> 00:58:44,420 BASED ON HOW THE DRAGON IS 1868 00:58:44,420 --> 00:58:46,623 PERFORMING AND THE SECOND ONE 1869 00:58:46,623 --> 00:58:48,825 REALLY IS WHEN WHEN IS THE NEXT 1870 00:58:48,825 --> 00:58:50,827 FLIGHT READY SO WE CAN HAVE OUR 1871 00:58:50,827 --> 00:58:52,328 FULL CREW ROTATION MISSION WHERE 1872 00:58:52,328 --> 00:58:54,631 WE HAVE FOUR CREW MEMBERS COMING 1873 00:58:54,631 --> 00:58:57,133 UP ON CREW ONE AND GO UP TO THE 1874 00:58:57,133 --> 00:58:58,835 FULL OPERATING CAPABILITY OF 1875 00:58:58,835 --> 00:59:00,737 DRAGON SO IT IS REALLY BASED ON 1876 00:59:00,737 --> 00:59:01,237 THOSE TWO THINGS. 1877 00:59:01,237 --> 00:59:02,639 >> WE ARE ONCE AGAIN OUT OF 1878 00:59:02,639 --> 00:59:03,239 TIME. 1879 00:59:03,239 --> 00:59:04,474 THANKS SO MUCH TO OUR BRIEFERS 1880 00:59:04,474 --> 00:59:06,276 AND EVERYONE WHO CALLED IN OR 1881 00:59:06,276 --> 00:59:07,477 SENT IN QUESTIONS. 1882 00:59:07,477 --> 00:59:08,478 WE WILL WRAP UP THIS BRIEFING 1883 00:59:08,478 --> 00:59:09,879 NOW BUT AGAIN YOU CAN STICK 1884 00:59:09,879 --> 00:59:11,080 AROUND, OUR FINAL BRIEFING OF 1885 00:59:11,080 --> 00:59:12,282 THE DAY IS COMING UP AT 1886 00:59:12,282 --> 00:59:15,184 1:00P.M. CENTRAL, 2:00P.M. 1887 00:59:15,184 --> 00:59:16,486 COMING WHERE WE WILL HAVE 1888 00:59:16,486 --> 00:59:19,088 DOUGLAS HURLEY HERE TO ANSWER 1889 00:59:19,088 --> 00:59:19,789 YOUR QUESTIONS. 1890 00:59:19,789 --> 00:59:21,391 WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. 1891 00:59:21,391 --> 00:59:54,123 THANKS. 1892 00:59:54,123 --> 00:59:55,224 WE WILL WRAP UP THIS BRIEFING 1893 00:59:55,224 --> 00:59:56,426 NOW BUT AGAIN YOU CAN STICK 1894 00:59:56,426 --> 00:59:57,727 AROUND, OUR FINAL BRIEFING OF 1895 00:59:57,727 --> 00:59:59,028 THE DAY IS COMING UP AT 1896 00:59:59,028 --> 01:00:01,230 1:00P.M. CENTRAL, 2:00P.M. 1897 01:00:01,230 --> 01:00:02,832 EASTERN WHEN WE WILL HAVE DEMO 1898 01:00:02,832 --> 01:00:06,135 2CREW MEMBERS -- AND DOUGLAS 1899 01:00:06,135 --> 01:00:08,037 HURLEY HERE TO ANSWER YOUR 1900 01:00:08,037 --> 01:00:08,338 QUESTIONS. 1901 01:00:08,338 --> 01:00:09,339 WE WILL SEE YOU THEN. 1902 01:00:09,339 --> 01:00:19,349 THANKS.