>> REID WISEMAN, PILOT VICTOR
GLOVER, MISSION SPECIALIST
CHRISTINA KOCH, AND MISSION
SPECIALIST JEREMY HANSEN OF THE
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY.
WE WILL BE TAKING QUESTIONS
TODAY FROM HERE IN THE ROOM,
THROUGH THE PHONE BRIDGE AND
FROM MEDIA STAGED AT THE
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY, BUT
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE'LL
KICK IT OFF WITH OPENING REMARKS
FROM OUR CREW.
REID, TAKE IT AWAY.
REID: THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR
BEING HERE AND WATCHING ON-LINE.
VICTOR, CHRISTINA, JEREMY, WE
ARE GOING TO THE MOON.
LIKE-- IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING
JOURNEY THE LAST TWO AND A HALF
YEARS.
WE SEE THE LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL.
THERE WAS GOOD HYPE VIDEO.
THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS I
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT BEFORE I HAND
IT OVER TO MY FRIEND VECTOR.
THIS IS A TEST MISSION.
I KNOW THIS WEEK NASA HAS SAID
WE'LL OPEN THE LAUNCH WINDOW IN
EARLY FEBRUARY.
WE JUST DO NOT ANCHOR ON DATES
AM WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH WITHIN
THE VEHICLE IS READY SHALL, WHEN
THE TEAM IS READY, WE'LL
EXECUTES THE MISSION.
WHEN WE GET OFF THE PLANET.
WE MAY COME BACK HOME.
WE MAZE SPEND THREE OR FOUR DAYS
AROUND EARTH.
WE MIGHT GO TO THE MOON.
THIS IS A TEST MISSION.
WE RAILROADED FOR EVERY SCENARIO
AS WE RIDE THIS AMAZING SPACE
LAUNCH SYSTEM AND ORION
SPACECRAFT 250NOW MILES AWAY.
S AMAZING.
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING THE LAST
TWO AND A HALF YEARS?
I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE GOT TON KNOW
YOU?
YOU HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW US.
WE REALLY HAVE CRISSCROSSED THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WE HAVE BEEN OUT WEST.
WE HAVE BEEN OUT EAST.
WE HAVE BEEN IN THE MIDWEST.
WE HAVE BEEN HERE IN HOUSTON.
WE HAVE BEEN OVERSEAS.
WE WENT OVER TO GERMANY TO SEE
WHERE THE SERVICE MODULE IS
MANUFACTURED.
WE WENT TO ICELAND AND DID
TRAINING.
WE HAVE BEEN UP TOP CANADA TO
PAY HOMAGE TO OUR FRIENDS UP
NORTH.
WE HAVE BEEN ALL OVER.
EVERYWHERE WE GO, THERE IS
UNBELIEVABLE EXCITEMENT.
WISH WE COULD TAKE YOU ALL WITH
US SO YOU COULD SEE THE
EXCITEMENT OUT THERE.
IT IS PAPABLE.
WHEEL WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT,
TWO THINGS HAVE COME INTO
FOCUS-- THE FIRST TIME WE SAW
THE BOOSTERS WAS OUT IN UTAH.
THEY WERE GETTING LOADED TON THE
RAILCAR TO GET SHIPPED DOWN TO
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
JERMEY AND WERE THERE WHEN THE
CORE STAGE ROLLED OUT, PUT ON A
BARGE, FLOATED OVER TO KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
TWO WEEKS AGO, WE WERE AT
KENNEDY.
THERE WAS ORION SPACECRAFT
GETTING THE LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM
IN THE FACILITY OVER END! IN
THE VEHICLE ASSEMBLY BUILDING.
THERES THE CORE STAGE, THE
BOOSTERS ARE ASSEMBLED.
THEY ARE STRAPPED ON THE SIDE OF
THE BOEING CORE STAGE.
THE UNITED LAUNCH ALLOWANCE
ROTATIONAL PULSION STAGE MADE TO
IT THE TOP.
YOU CAN GO TO THE 274-FEET OF
FOOT LEVEL WHERE WILL THE CREW
AXIS ARM IS.
WE WERE JUST THERE AND LOOK DOWN
BENEATH YOU.
JUST THINK, I THINK IT IS
ALREADY 3! 5MILLIONPOUNDS, IT
IS UP FUELED SITTING ON THE PAD
NOW.
IT IS NOT FULLY ASSEMBLED.
ITS SO CLOSE.
YOU CAN SEE THE HARDWARE.
ALL THE ELEMENTS ARE THERE.
IT IS JUST WEIGHING FOR THE CREW
AND THE LAUNCH TEAM TO GET US
OFF OF KENNEDY.
THE SECOND THING THAT YOU SEE,
THOUGH, WHEN YOU GO AROUND IS
WHAT MATTERS THE MOST TO US.
IT IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
PUTTING THIS THING TOGETHER.
WHEN YOU WALK IN THE VEHICLE
ASSEMBLY BUILDING.
YOU SEE THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU WAN
BUILDING YOUR ROCKET.
THEY ARE COVERED IN TATTOOS.
THEY ARE WEARING HARD HATS THEY
HAVE HUGE HARNESSES ON AND
GETTING ROPED IN AND GOING UP TO
HEIGHTS THEN PUTTING THE LIVES
AT RISK PUTTING THEMSELVES IN
DANGER AND DOING IT WITH A CALM
CONFIDENCE EVERY DAY.
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU LEAVE.
THEY HAVE THE COURAGE TO STOP
AND EVOLUTION IF IT IS UNSAFE.
THEY EVEN STOPPED US WHEN WE
WERE IN UTAH, CARRYING FOUR
CHILDREN LOOKING AT THE BOOSTERS
AND SAID PLEASE QUIET TOWN.
WE HAVE A CRITICAL LIFT IN
PROGRESS OVER HERE.
THEY HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO THE
RIGHT THING.
IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
WE CAN SEE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
WE GET TO SEE THE INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS.
BETWEEN OUR LEADERSHIP WHO WE
INTERACT WITH EVERY DAY.
OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNER
LEADERSHIP.
THE NASA AGENCY LEADERSHIP.
IT IS FINE ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF IT.
WE HAD A FAILURE, QUICK
ANTIDOTE.
WE HAD A FAILURE.
I READ ONE NUMBER WRONG.
OUR INSTRUCTOR BEHIND US, IM U2.
VICTOR TURNS AROUND AND SAID
KNEW WHAT HE MEANT.
IT IS SO GREAT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TALK.
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE ALL
THINKING.
THIS CREW COHESION, AT THE POINT
NOW, WE RAILROADED TO GO FLY.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER
TO MY FRIEND VICTOR.
VICTOR: OH, MAN.
I AM READY TO GO TO QUESTIONS
IN.
THAT WAS GREAT.
WELL SAID.
SO YOU KNOW, YOU HAD THE AMAZING
OVERVIEW BRIEFINGS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR
THIS MULTI DAY SLOG ALLOWING US
TO SHARE WHAT WE ARE PRIVILEGED
TO DO WITH THE PUBLIC.
SO YOU KNOW, THE MISSION IS TEN
DAYS.
POINT SOMETHING DAYS.
WE ARE GOING TO FLY BY THE MOON
ON THE SIXTH DAY.
I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FIRST DAY.
AND SO HERE IS, HOOKER IS A
PICTURE OF THE TIMELINE.
KNOW THAT IS TOO SMALL FOR IT TO
BE REALLY USEFUL TO YOU.
I WILL KEEP HOLDING THIS UP
HERE.
THERE IS DIFFERENT COLORED LINES
ON THIS CHART.
I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT A FEW
OF THEM.
THE FIRST ONE THAT IS WE
ACTUALLY START THE DAY THAT WE
LAUNCH 7 HOURS BEFORE LAUNCH,
WAKING UP IN CREW QUARTERS TO
GET MEDICAL CHECKS, A WEATHER
BRIEF, TO WORK WITH THE TEAM, TO
START MAKING SURE WE ARE READY
TO GO TO THE LAUNCH.
WHEN THE EXPLORATION GROUND
SYSTEMS TEAM AND THE TEAM IN
LAUNCH CONTROL SAYS THAT THINGS
ARE LOOKING GOOD SEND THE CREW
ANDRE OUT TO THE PAD SO THREE TO
FOUR HOURS PRIOR WE'LL START TO
INGRESS THE VEHICLE THEN HE
TALKED ABOUT THE STACK WEIGHING
3.5POUNDS WHEN IT IS FUELED UP,
IT IS 5.5MILLIONPOUNDS BUT 8.
8MILLIONPOUNDS OF THRUSTED SEA
LEVEL, MASS FLOW IS GOING TO
ROCKET TOWARD SPACE.
9 MINUTES AFTER THAT.
WE ARE IN SPACE.
THEN, THE DAY GETS EVEN BUSIER.
NOW, WE HAVE BEEN UP FOR ALMOST
A FULL WORK DAY AT THIS POINT.
SO ONCE WE GET TO SPACE, THE
ASCENT PORTION ENDS AFTER A HALF
ORBIT WHEN WE ARE GOING FROM
1200-MILE TO 0-MILE ORBIT TO
DOING WHAT WE CALL A PERIGEE
RAISE MANEUVER THAT GETS US TO A
SUSTAINABLE ORBIT.
THEN, WE ARE GOING TO GET ADAM
COUPLE OF US OUT OF THE SEATS
AND START TO CHECK OUT CRITICAL
SYSTEMS.
THE WATER SYSTEM.
AND THE TOILET.
VERY IMPORTANT.
GOT TO HAVE A TOILET TOW GO TO
THE MOON.
SO WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING AS
A TEAM, WORKING WITH MISSION
CONTROL TO MAKE SURE THE VEHICLE
IS READY AND THEN WE ARE GOING
TO GO AROUND THE EARTH IN ABOUT
THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THAT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION GOES
AROUND THE EARTH IN 90 MINUTES
THEN ONCE WE GET TO THE CLOSEST
POINT TO THE EARTH OR PARRY
GIVE, WE ARE GOING TO DO RAISED
BURN THAT IS GOING TO GIVE US
INTO AN ORBIT ALMOST
40,000MILES AWAY FROM THE
LOOTER ON ONE END THEN A BURN TO
GET US BACK ABOVE 100MILES OR
SO.
RIGHT AFTER AS THIS RAISED BURN
ON THE PROPULSION STAGE, WE ARE
GOING TO DISCONNECT FROM THE
UPPER STAGE, THEN TURN AROUND
AND FLY AND APPROACH TO IT.
WE'LL FLY IT BY HAND.
AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE FLYING QUALITIES OF
ORION SPACECRAFT ARE SUITABLE
FOR THE MORE COMPLEX MISSIONS
WHERE WE ARE GOING TO DOCK TO
LANDER OR TO THE GATEWAY.
THE ORBITING SPACE STATION
AROUND THE MOON INCH THEN ONCE
WE ARE DONE WITH THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
RECONFIGURE THE CABIN TO MUCK
SURE IT IS READY FOR US TO LIB,
WORK FOR THE NEXT NOON DAYS THEN
BREAK DOWN THE SEATS THEN MAKE
SURE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
SYSTEM IS READY THEN WE ARE
GOING TO MONITOR A FEW BURNS
THEN THAT FIRST DAY, WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE A NAP THEN WAKE
UP, THEN OBSERVE A BURN IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO
SLEEP.
TAKE ANOTHER NAP.
WAKE UP.
THEN WE'LL HAVE THE LEAD-UP
WORKING VERY TIGHTLY WITH THE
FRIENDS HERE IN HOUSTON, MISSION
CONTROL, LEADING UP TO
TRANSLUNAR INJECTION WHEN THAT
TEAM IS READY AND GIVES US THE
GO, WE ARE GOING THAT HAPPENS ON
THE SECOND ROW RIGHT MERE.
THAT'S THE POINT WHERE WE ARE
GOING TO WRAP THAT DAY UP AND
ACTUALLY HAVE A NORMAL SLEEP
PERIOD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH
YOU A LITTLE BIT HOW BUSY, HOW
MANY REALLY CRITICAL THING ALSO
ARE GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE FIRST
DAY.
SOME AMAZING THINGS ARE GOING TO
HAPPEN EVERY DAY AFTER THAT THEN
TO TALK ABOUT THE SCIENTIFIC
ACTIVES WE ARE GOING TO CONDUCT.
I WILL PASS IT OVER TO
CHRISTINA.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VICTOR.
I AM BOTH SUPER PUMP AND VERY
TIRED HAVING HEARD ALL OF THAT
BUT IT IS GREAT TO BE WITH YOU
THIS MORNING THEN, THE THING I
LOVE ABOUT THE MOON IS THAT IT
IS NOT A BEACON FOR EXPLORATION
IN THE PLATFORM OF POSSIBILITIES
FOR INCREDIBLE MISSIONS LIKE
THIS, BUT IT HAS BENEFITS THAT
IS ACTUALLY WHY WE ARE RACING
TOWARD IT.
THOSE BENEFITING REALLY, REALLY
WIDE IN NATURE.
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING FROM
INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT, NOT ONLY FOR FUTURE
MISSIONS GOING DEEP NEAR THE
SOLAR SYSTEM AND EVERY
TECHNOLOGY THAT ENABLES, BUT
TECHNOLOGIES COME BACK TO EARTH.
YOU HAVE INDUSTRY BENEFITS.
WE ARE GOING WITH COMMERCIAL
PARTNERS IN.
WE ARE STRONGER WITH THE STRONG
AEROSPACE INDUSTRY DOING
MANUFACTURING HERE IN THE
COUNTRY AND BUILDING UP THAT
EXPERTISE THAT ACTUALLY HAS WIDE
RANGE OF APPLICATIONS THROUGH
OUR INDUSTRIAL WORLD.
YOU HAVE INSPIRATION.
WHOLE GENERATION OF PEOPLE
STARTING THIS PIPELINE OF STEM
WORKERS AND MANUFACTURERS AND
OPERATORS, THAT ARE EXCITED TO
SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU
WORK HARD AND YOU COME TOGETHER
AS A TEAM.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE
DISCOVERY, THE SCIENCE, I WILL
TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT IS
ACTUALLY WHERE WE GET TO BE A
HUGE PART OF THIS MISSION.
THE SCIENCE ON ARTEMIS, OUR
MISSION IN PARTICULAR IS THREE
DIFFERENT TYPES.
THE FIRST ONE IS CUBESATS OUR
SPACECRAFT OR THE ROCKET ITSELF
IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
DEPLOYING SOME CUBESATS FROM
COUNTRIES FROM FOUR DIFFERENT
CONTINENTS.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE SETTING
THINGS LIKE SPACE SCIENCE,
RADIATION, FUTURE COMMUNICATION
SYSTEMS AND SOME OF THAT
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS
SO IMPORTANT.
THEN THE NEXT KIND OF SCIENCE IS
ACTUALLY HUMAN RESEARCH.
SCIENCE THAT WE ARE
PARTICIPATING IN OURSELVES IN.
THERE IS FOUR MAJOR EXPERIMENTS
ON THE MISSION AND EXCITED TO BE
PART OF THIS EM.
ONE WE CALL ARCHER.
THAT ONE IS BASICALLY SOMETHING
WHERE WE ARE LEARNING HOW HUMANS
HOW WE REALLY GET THROUGH THESE
TOUGH DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION
MISSIONS WE LEARN ABOUT
COGNITION.
WE LEARN ABOUT SLEEP HIGH EVEN
IF.
WE LEARN HOW WE CAN MASK
PERFORM WHEN WE GO ON THESE
ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE SO AUSTERE
ANOTHER ONE THAT IS CALLED
AVATAR.
WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
FLYING WITH CELLS PUT INTO
TISSUE CHIPS FROM OUR OWN BOD
BOOED DID BODIES TO SEE THE
EFFECTS OF SPACE ENVIRONMENT ON
THOSE CELLS TISSUE CHIPS IS AN
INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING
WITH THEM ON THE FIRST ISS
MISSION AND REALLY WAS PRIVILEGE
BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A WAY TO
SEE THE PHYSICALITY, NOT JUST
THE CELLULAR REACTIONS OF OUR
BODIES TO THESE ENVIRONMENTS WE
ARE DOING A BY OH IMMUNITY
MARKERS TYPE OF STUDY,
FASCINATING THING ABOUT THE
SPACE ENVIRONMENT THAT ACTUALLY
CHANGES THE IMMUNE SYSTEMS OF
OUR BODIES THEN THAT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO US AND OUR FRIENDS,
MANY OF US HAD EXPERIENCED THOSE
THINGS WHEN WE WENT TOP THE ISS
THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
HAVE A HAN DELL ON THAT FOR LONG
DURATION MISSIONS THEN FINALLY A
MISSION OR EXPERIMENT CALLED
STANDARD MEASURES.
THIS ONE I LOVE BECAUSE IT
BASICALLY ENCOMPASSES EVERYTHING
YOU CAN POSSIBLY THINK ABOUT TO
MEASURE ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY
THEN PUTS INTO REPOSITORY SO
THINGS WE HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF
WHERE YET.
THE QUESTIONS WE THOUGHT WE
COULD NOT ANSWER YET.
THEN MAYBE METHODS THAT HAVE NOT
BEEN VINTED YET CAN BE APPLIED
TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE
FLOWN IN SPACE AND THE FUTURE BY
HAVING THIS REPOSITORY OF
INFORMATION SO THOSE ARE SOME OF
THE HUMAN RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS
WE ARE PART OF.
THEN OF COURSE, THERE IS THE BIG
HITTER THE LUNAR GEOLOGY WHICH
IS ACTUALLY ANOTHER WAY OF
SAYING SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION
SCIENCE.
LEARNING.
GAINING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW
SYSTEMS EVOLVE AROUND A SUN,
AROUND ENERGY SOURCE, WE CAN
TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE CAN
APPLY IT TO OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS
ALL AROUND THE UNIVERSE.
WE HAVE HAD SUCH A FUN TIME
TRAINING FOR PART OF THE
MISSION.
OUR CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE MOON
IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
SCHEDULED.
WE GET TO TAKE THREE FULL HOURS
AND DEVOTE IT TO NOTHING OTHER
THAN OBSERVING THE LUNAR
SURFACE.
AND DEPENDING ON THE TIME THAT
WE LAUNCH, DEPENDING ON THE
ILLUMINATION OF THE FAR SIDE OF
THE MOON, WE HOPE IT IS NOT THE
DARK SIDE, WE HOPE IT IS THE LIT
FAR SIDE, BECAUSE THAT COULD
MEAN THAT WE COULD SEE PARTS OF
THE MOON, THAT NEVER HAVE HAD
HUMAN EYES LAY UPON THEM BEFORE.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
HUMAN EYES ARE ONE OF THE BEST
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS THAT WE
HAVE.
OUR GEOLOGIST ARE BEYOND EXCITED
FOR OUR EYE TOES LOOK AT THE
MOON.
WE HAVE BEEN TRAINING HOW TO
TURN THOSE OBSERVATION INTO
TANGIBLE SCIENCE FOR THEM.
THERE ARE INCREDIBLE BASINS ON
THE MOON.
SOME OF THEM IN THE PICTURE
BEHIND ME.
ONE FOR EXAMPLE.
IT IS THIS GEM OF A BASIN THAT
BASICALLY IS LIKE THE ARCHITECT,
THE GRAND CAN WHERE ON, AND
SOLAR SYSTEMWIDE THAT CAN TELL
US ABOUT SOLAR SYSTEM FORMATION.
AND REALLY TO ME, WHAT DOES THIS
ALL BOIL DOWN TO.
THAT IS ANSWERING SOME OF THE
BIG QUEST QUESTIONS OF OUR TIME.
QUESTIONS LIKE ARE WE ALONE.
WE CAN ANSWER THAT BY GOING TO
MARS IN THE FUTURE.
THIS MISSION CAN BE THE FIRST
STEP IN BRINGING THAT ANSWER
BACK TO TEAM HUMANITY.
I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JEREMY
NOW.
JEREMY: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
MISSION SUCCESS FOR US.
JUST TO START THERE.
EVERYTHING YOU HEARD DESCRIBED
THIS MORNING WE LOOK LIKE THE
LENS OF MISSION SUCCESS WHICH IS
ARTEMIS 3 GETTING BACK TO THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON.
SO WE DO ALL OF THIS TRAINING,
ALL OF THIS PREPARATION, WE ARE
BUYING DOWN THIS RISK.
ALL OF THIS THINKING.
THE NIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO BED,
A DAY LIKE THIS, IT PUTS THINGS
INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU.
IT TOOK A MOMENT TO STEP BACK
SHALL THINK ABOUT, WOW, WHAT AN
EXTRA ORDINARY PRIVILEGE IT IS
TO TRAIN WITH MY FELLOW CREW
MATES HERE TO GO ON THIS MISSION
TO TRAIN ALONGSIDE OF THE BACKUP
ASTRONAUTS ANDRE DOUGLAS, THE
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY WHO ARE
RIGHT NOW WORKING HARD ON
GETTING READY FOR THE MISSION.
WHILE WE ARE UP HERE TODAY.
OF COURSE, THE BROADER TEAM, THE
ENTIRE TEAM THAT ENABLES US TO
GO DO THIS.
IT IS TRULY IS AN ABSOLUTE
PRIVILEGE.
FOR US, ARTEMIS 2 IS ABOUT MUCH
MORE THAN JUST GOING BACK TO THE
MOON.
IT IS ABOUT THE PURSUIT OF
EXCELLENCE.
AND JUST LET ME SPEAK FIRST TO
OUR AMERICAN PARTNERS.
YOU SHOULD BE EXTRAORDINARILY
PROUD OF YOUR SPACE LEADERSHIP,
THAT YOU HAVE HELD FOR OVER A
HALF CENTURY.
YOU ARE CONSTANTLY IN THAT
PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE.
YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE THIS
INCREDIBLE INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA
WHO IS SUPPORTING AND LEADING US
BACK TO THE MOON WITH AN EYE OF
GOING TO TO MARS.
AND IT TRULY IS EXTRAORDINARY
THEN YOU DO ONE MORE THING, THAT
GREAT LEADERS DO, THAT IS YOU
CARVE OUT SPACE FOR OTHERS TO
JOIN YOU.
TO BRING THEIR TALENTS AND GIFTS
TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION.
AND TO MY FELLOW CANADIANS, YOU
SHOULD ALSO BE EXTRAORDINARILY
PROUD, THAT WE ARE END
REPRESENTED IN THE ARTEMIS
PROGRAM.
I WAS NOT A GIFT.
YOU EARNED IT.
OVER A DECADES FOR OVER DECADES
NOW.
YOU HAVE RESPONDED TO THAT CALL,
TO THAT OPPORTUNITY, WITH A
CAN-DO ALTITUDE, AND YOU HAVE,
YOU HAVE USED STRATEGIC
INVESTMENT, YOU HAVE CREATED
THINGS LIKE CANADARM, MANY OTHER
EXAMPLES THAT PUT US IN THIS
POSITION WHERE WE CAN EARN OUR
PLACE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE.
THAT IS EXTRAORDINARY.
THAT IS OUR CAN-DO ALTITUDE.
AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE FOUR
OF US, FLYING AROUND THE FAR
SIDE OF THE MOON, COMING AROUND,
SEEING THAT EARTH RISE.
TAKING IMAGES.
VIDEO AND SENDING THEM BACK TO
YOU.
THE FEELING THAT I HAVE INSIDE
IS HOPE.
I JUST IMAGINE WHEN THAT IS
GOING TO BE LIKE.
THEN WE KNOW THAT ARTEMIS 2 IS
NOT THE SOLUTION FOR HUMANITY ON
PLANET EARTH.
BUT PIT IS A CONTRIBUTION IN THE
POSITIVE COLUMN.
WE HOPE THAT JUST FOR A MOMENT,
THE PEOPLE WILL PAUSE, AND SAY,
WOW, EXTRAORDINARY WHEN YOU LOOK
BACK ON THE EARTH WITH OVER
8BILLION PEOPLE.
YOU SEE THIS CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF
WHAT HUMANITY CAN DO, THIS
EXTRAORDINARY THING, WHEN WE SET
THE BIG GOALS AND WE WORK
TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE THEM.
NOW I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT
TO SAY A FEW WORDS IN FRENCH FOR
MY FELLOW CANADIANS BACK HOME.
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
BACK TO YOU REID.
>> THANKS, WELL DONE.
DO WE VERY TIME?
>> I WON'T MAKE YOU STAND UP.
THIS PLACE WAS PACKED ON MONDAY.
THIS STAGE WAS PACKED ON MONDAY.
WE HAD SECRETARY DUFFY HERE.
WE HAD SENATOR CRUZ, CONGRESSMAN
BABIN, ALL THE LEADERSHIP, THE
ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR.
WE ANNOUNCE CONTINUE NEW HERE.
THIS HAS BEEN A WEEK FILLED WITH
AMAZING ENERGY.
WHEN I LOOK AT 20026, IT HAPPENS
TO BE THE 250th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
SO WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN PLAY
THE NUMBERS TOGETHER 1,000 TIMES
ON THE MISSION.
IT GETS US FIRED UP.
SO A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WE
THOUGHT AS CREW, WE NEED TO NAME
THE SPACECRAFT.
WE NEED TO HAVE A NAME FOR THE
ORION SPACECRAFT WE ARE GOING TO
RIDE THIS MAGICAL MISSION ON.
WE GOT THE FOUR OF US TOGETHER
AND THE BACKUPS JENNY AND ANDRE
DOUGLAS FROM NASA.
I WENT TO THE QUARANTINE
FACILITY HERE.
WE LOCKED OURSELVES IN THERE
UNTIL WE CAME UP WITH A NAME.
IT WAS AMAZING AM WE STARTED
WITH ALLOT OF NAMES IN.
THIS WERE NAMED THAT I LOVED.
WE ALL HAD OUR LITTLE PET NAMES.
AND AS WE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH
THIS, WE WENT BIG TO SMALL WHICH
THIS CREW DOES SO WELL, AND WE
STARTED WITH THE NASA CORE
VALUES.
AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY'S CORE
VALUES THEN WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT
MATTERS TO US MOST CORE VALUES
THEN WE LOOKED OUT AT WHAT IS
GOING ON WITH ARTEMIS 2.
WHAT DO WE WANT THIS TO BE?
WE WANT IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL
ARTEMIS 3 BUT JEREMY HIT.
PEACE AND HOPE FOR ALL HUMAN
KIND.
THAT IS WHAT WE REALLY WANT.
SO WE ARE BRINGING TOGETHER THE
WORLD.
WE ARE BRINGING TOGETHER AN
AMAZING WORKFORCE.
THEY ARE BRINGING TOGETHER AN
AMAZING EVENT.
AT THE END OF THAT, WHEN YOU
SQUEEZE IT DOWN, IT CREATED
MAGIC WE ARE GOING TO FLY AROUND
THE MOON IN THE SPACECRAFT
INTEGRITY.
THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL GET A MICROPHONE FOR TO
YOU.
IF YOU ON THE PHONE BRIDGE
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1.
WE'LL START HERE IN THE ROOM.
REPORTER: THANKS.
IT IS BILL HAREWOOD, CBS NEWS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN.
TRULY NONTECHNICAL QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO LOOK INSIDE
OF THE SIMULATOR OF BUILDING 9
YESTERDAY.
SOME OF US ARE THINKING OK THIS
IS WHERE TWO GUYS SPENT 16 DAYS
IN VEHICLES LIKE A VOLKSWAGEN.
FOUR PEOPLE IN A VEHICLE THE
SIZE OF A MINIVAN FOR NINE DAYS.
DAN YOU TALK ABOUT LIVING IN
CLOSE PROXIMITY BUT THE PHYSICAL
CLOSENESS INSIDE OF THE CABIN,
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MANAGE
THAT, THANKS.
>> BILL, IT IS GOING TO FEEL A
LOT BIGGER IN D.
I AM REALLY COUPING ON THAT.
>> UNTIL JEREMY STARTS
EXERCISING.
THEN IT IS GOING TO FEEL SMALL
AGAIN.
[LAUGHTER]
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE AS YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TRAINING
TOGETHER FOR OVER TWO AND A HALF
YEARS NOW.
WITH THAT COMES A CLOSENESS THAT
I THINK IS BUILD IN FOR A
REASON.
WE ARE COMFORTABLE WORKING
REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER.
WE ACTUALLY ALSO ARE COME MILTED
TO A SYSTEM OF TRAIN LIKE YOU
FLY.
SO WE TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO
BUILD IN CLOSENESS TOGETHER
WHERE WE HAVE THE REALITY OF
THAT LACK OF PRIVACY, WHEN YOU
WANT IT THE MOST.
WHEN WE ARE TAKING THAT
FOUR-HOUR NAP AT THE END OF A
37-HOUR DAY.
THAT IS WHAT IN WE ARE GOING TO
WANT TO GO TO OUR OWN ROOM, PUT
ON HEADPHONES BUT WE WON'T HAVE
THAT LUXURY.
HOW DO WE PERFORM IN THAT
ENVIRONMENT.
WE HAVE DONE SOME THINGS.
WE ACTUALLY DO LONG SIMS WHERE
WE SPEND THE NIGHT HERE ON
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON
A NAVY SHIP FOR RECOVERY FORCES
DEMONSTRATION.
IT IS CALLED URT UNDERWAY
RECOVERY TEST.
TO BE HONEST, WE HAVE BECOME A
FAMILY OVER THE LAST TWO AND A
HALF YEARS.
THAT IS GOING TO HELP A LOT TOO.
WE COMMITTED TO SUCCESSES WHERE
WE ARE READY BUT ALSO THE
COMMUNICATION THAT IT TAKES TO
KNOW WHEN SOMEONE DOES NEED A
LITTLE ALONE TIME AND WHAT ARE
SIGNALS FOR THAT, HOW DO WE HAVE
BOTH TEAM CARE AND SELF-CARE
SIMULTANEOUSLY TO HAVE THAT
MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE.
SO WE PRACTICE ALL OF THAT.
I THINK WE ARE IN A POSITION
WHERE WE ARE READY TO PUT IT TO
WORK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION HERE
IN THE ROOM.
REPORTER: PAUL HUNKER FROM THE
BROADCASTING CORPORATION.
HI, JEREMY.
AS THE WEEKS DWINDLE DOWN, I
WONDER WHAT THE NUMBER ONE THING
ON THE TO DO LIST IS AT THIS
POINT?
AND TO THE THREE NON-CANADIANS,
ON STAGE, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON
THE GUY ON THE END WITH THE
MAPLE LEAF ON HIS SHOULDER?
WHAT DOES HE BRING TO THE TABLE?
WHEN YOU ANSWER, BE AWARE, HE IS
LISTENING.
THE BIGGEST THING FOR US IS TO
CONTINUE TO HONE THE MUSCLE
BETWEEN US AND MISSION CONTROL,
HOW YOU BRING ALL THE MINES
TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE THINGS
THAT COULD POTENTIALLY COME UP
THAT WE HAVE NOT THOUGHT OF.
WE HAVE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THE
CONTINGENCIES THAT CAN ARISE.
WE HAVE GREAT PLANS BUT THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING WE ARE WORKING
ON REFINING AND HONING IS HOW DO
WE HANDLE THE UNKNOWN?
WE HAVE THE GREAT GROUP OF
SIMULATION TRAINERS WHO COME UP
WITH THE SORT OF EVIL TESTS FOR
US.
WE'LL BE SITTING IN THE SIM, ALL
OUR MISSION CONTROLLERS IN
MISSION ROLE, THEN STUFF WILL
START BREAKING.
COME ON.
REALLY?
THAT.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT
WE CANCRA IT TO COME HOME.
KIND OF APOLLO 16 STYLE.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT MUSCLE
TO CONTINUE TO BUILD.
REALLY FEELS LIKE IT IS COMING
ALONG.
>> WELL, IT IS TOUGH TO SIT HERE
AND TALK ABOUT THE CREW MATES
WHEN YOU HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT
IT BEFORE.
HE US THE CREATIVE ONE IN THE
CREW.
WELL WHAT IF YOU DID THIS?
WHAT IF YOU DID YOU THIS WHY
DOES IT WORK THIS WAY?
HOW CAN IT WORK A DIFFERENT WAY
M THOSE QUESTIONS WHEN YOU ARE
FLYING THE SPACECRAFT FOR THE
FIRST TIME, THOSE QUESTIONS LEAD
TO A LOT OF DISCOVERY.
AND SO, I HAS BEEN A JOY TO
WATCH A KID AND HE ALWAYS TELLS
THE STORY OF BEING A KID IN THE
TREEHOUSE WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP
NOW WE ARE GETTING TO WATCH HIM
AS PROFESSIONAL IN THE TREEHOUSE
GETTING READY TO GO TO THE MOON.
SEE THAT LITTLE KID EVERY DAY.
WE LOVE THAT.
>> LET'S TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION
IN THE ROOM.
ERIC, GO AHEAD.
REPORTER: AGAIN, GREAT TO SEE
YOU ALL.
I AM CURIOUS HOW IF THIS IS
SUCCESSFUL, YOU WOULD HO END
THAT HISTORY LOOKS BACK ON THIS
MISSION.
OBVIOUSLY FROM THE SPACEFLIGHT
PERSPECTIVE.
YOU KNOW, YOU ARE INCORPORATING
ELEMENTS OF APOLLO 7, 8, AND
OTHER MISSIONS LEADING UP TO
APOLLO 11 INTO A SINGLE MISSION.
THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL MISSION
BUT HOW WOULD YOU LIKE HISTORY
TO SORT OF VIEW THIS MISSION AT
THIS MOMENT AND TIME AND WHAT
YOU ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE?
>> THANK YOU, GREAT QUESTION.
A BIG QUESTION.
I THINK WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT
PIECES OF THIS INTEGRATED, YOU
KNOW, HOPE AND WISH, FOR ME, I
THINK, I WANT TO DISTILL IT DOWN
TO A SPECIFIC PART OF THE
MISSION, TOO.
THINK FOR THE 45 MINUTES WE ARE
CLOSEST TO THE LUNAR SURFACE ARE
ALSO GOING TO BE OUT OF CONTACT
46789 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LOS
ON LOSS OF SIGNAL.
WHILE WE CANNOT TALK TO THE
PLANET, AND OUR FRIENDS THAT ARE
EVEN IN SPACE ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, I
WOULD LOVE IT IF THE ENTIRE
WORLD PRAYING FOR US TO GET THE
ACQUISITION OF SIGNAL AND BE
BACK IN TOUCH WITH EBB IN.
IF WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
ONE THING FOR ONE MOMENT, THAT
WOULD REMIND US, WHEN THINGS GET
TOUGH, I MEAN, IT WON'T FIX
EVERYTHING, LIKE JEREMY SAID,
BUT IT WOULD BE REMINDS HE, A
DATA POINT WE ALL SHARE, THAT WE
CAN DO CHALLENGING AND VERY BIG
AND VERY IMPORTANT THINGS WHEN
WE WORK TOGETHER.
>> WE WILL TAKE THE NEXT
QUESTION IN THE ROOM.
ANDREA, GO AHEAD.
>> HI.
>> ANDREA OF THE HOUSTON
CHRONICLE.
WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT HOW
IMPORTANT THE OBSERVATION, THE
EYES ON STUDYING THE MOON,
STUDYING ABOUT GEOLOGY SO I WANT
TO HEAR ABOUT THAT TRAINING,
WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO LEARN.
TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT YOU
SEE TO THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND,
CAN YOU GIVE ME EXAMPLES OF HOW
YOU TRAINED AND IF IT HAS BEEN
HARD TO LEARN ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROCKS.
THANK YOU.
>> WELL, I WILL START.
THEN I WILL TOSS IT OVER.
WE HAVE BEEN TO THE MOON IN
APOLLO.
SO WHEN WE WOULD GO TO THE
TRAINING AND TALKING ABOUT US
LOOKING AT THE MOON, ALL THE
THINGS WE CAN BRING IN THE BACK
OF MY MIND IN THE BACK OF YOURS
WE HAVE BEEN THERE, WE ORBITED
THE MOON, WE HAVE SEEN THESE
THINGS BEFORE AND WHAT DOES
ARTEMIS 2 THAT IS GOING TO BRING
THAT IS NEW TO US.
THEN BASED AS WE FLY AROUND THE
MOON.
OUR SCIENCE TEAM PUT UP A
PICTURE ON A GIANT PROJECTOR AND
THEN IT WAS THE FAR SIDE OF THE
MOON THAT HAS BEEN SEEN BY HUMAN
EYES AND THERE IS A VERY LIKELY
CHANCE THAT WE WILL SEE 60% OF
THE FAR SIDE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN
BY HUMAN EYES AND NEVER BEEN
SEEN BY HUMAN EYES JUST BECAUSE
APOLLO IS ALWAYS LANDING IN LIT
SIDES OF THE MOON SO THE NEAR
SIDE WAS LIT.
THE FAR SIDE WAS USUALLY DARK OR
CRESS SCENT SO WE WILL LIKELY
DEPENDING IN THE LAUNCH PERIOD
WE LAUNCH IN AND SEE THINGS THAT
NO HUMAN HAS EVER SEEN AND THAT
IS WHEN I GOT ADDICTED TO
ARTEMIS 2.
>> I SAW THE EXCITE AM THIS E
HAD WITH RESPECT TO IF, LIKE THE
HUMAN EYE IS LIKE CHRISTINE WAS
SAYING, IT IS MAGICAL
INSTRUMENT.
OUR BRAIN CAN PICK UP SUBTLE
DIFFERENCES THEY IDENTIFIED THE
AREAS THIS E ARE TRAINING US ON.
TO THEM THEY LOOK DIFFERENT THAN
THE MOON BUT THE AREAS ALSO LOOK
THE SAME AND WONDERING IF THE
HUMAN.
>> I WILL BE ABLE TO PICK UP
SOMETHING THAT SHOWS THIS IS
DIFFERENT FROM THAT DIFFERENT.
AND THAT COULD ACTUALLY POINT US
TO NOW WE WANT TO GO GET MORE
DATA THERE.
THIS IS WHERE WE WANT TO SEND A
ROVER NEXT, BECAUSE WE MAY SEE A
SUBTLE HUE OR A SUBTLE GLIMPSE
WITH OUR BRAIN WE GO AROUND, WE
WILL LOOK AT THE SITES OVER AND
OVER AGAIN FROM DIFFERENT SUN
AGES THAT COULD GIVE US HINTS WE
MAY FIND NOTHING BUT IT IS WORTH
LOOKING NOW I AM TOTALLY BOUGHT
IN.
WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOK I HOPE
WE DONE MAKE SOMETHING UP.
SOMETIMES YOU SEE WHAT YOU WANT
TO SEE.
IT IS A REAL THING.
>> IT IS A REAL THING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL TAKE ONE ARE ONE MORE
QUESTION IN THE ROOM THEN HEAD
TO THE PHONE BRIDGE.
GO AHEAD.
REPORTER: "WALL STREET JOURNAL."
GOOD MORNING.
REID YOU MENTIONED SORT OF
SEEING THE LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL HERE IN THE OPENING
REMARKS THAT SUGGEST EAGERNESS
TO GO TO LAUNCH.
COULD YOU ELABORATE ON THAT?
HAS IT BEEN FRUSTRATING THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS AT TIMES TO HAVE
THESE DELAYS AND SORT OF WORK
THROUGH HE ISSUES ESPECIALLY THE
HEAT SHIELD?
THANKS?
>> I WILL GIVE YOU A VERY HONEST
ANSWER.
THERE IS NO NO FRUSTRATION IN
WHICH WHAT WE PERCEIVE AS
DELAYS.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS
VEHICLE COME TOGETHER.
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE TEAM
COME TOGETHER.
I THINK THE REASON GIVE ME A
LITTLE GRACE HERE.
THE REASON I FEEL EAGERNESS
RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE IT IS THE
RIGHT TIME.
LIKE WE REALLY-- WE WERE JUST
LOOKING AT THE SPACECRAFT INSIDE
THE LAUNCH ABORT TESTIMONY.
THEY HAD ONE OF THE FINAL NOT
INSTALLED YET.
CUE SEE THIS INTEGRITY INSIDE OF
THE LAUNCH ABORT SYSTEM FROM
ABOUT 30-40FEET AWAY.
WAS SO HIGH UP.
YOU COULD SEE THE SPACECRAFT IN
THERE.
I WAS LIKE, MAN.
THERE IS ONE LEFT TO BE IN THIS
THING.
THEN WE GOT A CURE BONDING THEN
WE ROLL TO THE VAB.
LIKE THIS.
HOW I FEEL VERY MUCH LIKE MY
FIRST WHEN I GOT ON A SOYUZ
WHICH WAS I WILL NOT BELIEVE
THIS UNTIL WE ARE OFF THE PAD.
AS HUMAN, YOU CANNOT LET
YOURSELF ADVANCE TO THE NEXT
STEP UNTIL IT REALLY GETS THERE.
LIFE IS A FRAGILE BUT
INTERESTING RIDE.
AND SO, EVERY DAY WHEN THIS
VEHICLE IS READY WE'LL GET ON
IT.
WE'LL GO.
>> OK.
WE WILL HEAD OVER TOFF THE PHONE
BRIDGE.
WE WILL START WITH MARSHA DUNN
WITH "THE ASSOCIATED PRESS."
REPORTER: WELSH FOR REID AND THE
REST OF THE CREW.
TEST FLIGHT MEANS EXTRA RISK
EVEN MORE WHEN YOU ARE FLYING TO
THE MOON.
HOW MUCH MORE DANGEROUS DO YOU
PERSONALLY FEEL GOING TO THIS
MISSION COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS
SPACEFLIGHTS AND HOW ARE YOU AND
THE FAMILY DEALING WITH IT?
THANKS.
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I WILL START.
I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF.
WHEN YOU SEE NUMBERS LIKE MOCK
36 ENTRY.
WHEN YOU SEE 38,000MILES,
250,000MILES, THOSE ARE,
5-MILLION POUNDS ON THE PAD,
THOSE ARE INSANE NUMBERS.
LIKE THOSE ARE NUMBERS THAT
HUMANS THINK ABOUT.
WE WERE FLYING IN A SIM
YESTERDAY AND WATCHING THE MILES
CLICKDOWN, WHAT DID WE SAY WE
WERE DOING 5 TO 7 MILLS A SECOND
COMING BACK TO EARTH SO THESE
NUMBERS YOU DON'T COMPREHEND.
THERE IS RISK IN THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW-- WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT WE DON'T KNOW NOW.
WE'LL LEARN THAT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT
FEELS SO FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT
FOR ME ON THIS MISSION THAT IS
WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN THERE
EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THIS HE WAY
OF THE SPACECRAFT BEING BUILD.
NO ASTRONAUT GETS THAT
PRIVILEGE.
WE HAD THAT PRIVILEGE.
THAT IS WHAT I SAID IN THE
BEGINNING.
FOR ME I FEEL COMPLETELY 100%
BOUGHT IN.
WHEN I GET ORION LIKE CLIMBING
IN MY BED AND I WILL FEEL WARM
AND TUCKED IN METAL AND PLASTIC
BED.
HELLO OUT THERE IN FLORIDA.
IT IS UNINTERESTING.
CRUISE 1, MY PREVIOUS MISSION,
THE SECOND CREWED SPACEFLIGHT OF
THE DRAGON.
AND WE HAD ISSUES WITH THE
ROCKET NOZZLE.
WE HAD PROPELLANT, I AM SORRY
PARACHUTE RICER ISSUES THAT HAD
TO BE REDESIGNED.
WE HAD A HEAT SHIELD ISSUE SO WE
FLEW THAT HEAT SHIELD THE FIRST
TIME ON OUR MISSION.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF
SIMILARITIES.
BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE ARE
A HOST OF DIFFERENCES.
THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT SCALE.
AND SO, THE SAME PREPARATION
THOUGH IS WHAT GOES INTO IT FOR
ME.
PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME HOW I
FEEL.
I AM GLAD REID IS EXCITED.
I AM FOCUSED.
ALL THE FEELINGS THAT I DO HAVE
DRIVE FROM MY FAMILY AND FOCUS.
SO MY FAMILY, WE ARE PREPARING
THE SAME WAY.
WE TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING.
WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE
FEELING.
AND I PUT AS MUCH TIME NASA
ACTUALLY, THE AMAZING TEAM WE
HAVE HERE, WHICH IS THE BASIS OF
THAT TRUST.
ALL THE THINGS THAT RADIO REID
SAID THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE
PEOPLE, THE TECHNICIANS,
ENGINEER, MANAGERS WE SEE
WORKING FOR THIS INTEGRATED
EFFORT.
AND I TALK TO MY FAMILY AND WORK
THIS WOMEN TOM PREPARE AS MUCH
AS I TRAIN FOR THE TECHNICAL AND
OPERATIONAL THINGS THAT WE DO AT
WORK.
AND SO, FOR ME, IT IS ABOUT MY
FAMILY AND MY FOCUS.
WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING.
I THINK IT WORKED BUT YOU SHOULD
ASK THEM.
>> I WILL JUST ADD BECAUSE I, I
AM IN COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH
THE CREW MATES?
ANOTHER REASON THIS MISSION IS
DIFFERENT IS NOT JUST THAT IT IS
A TEST MISSION.
IT IS ACTUALLY JUST THE MISSION
DESIGN ITSELF.
BECAUSE OUR TLI BURN, THE BURN
THAT GETS US GOING TO THE MOON,
IS ALSO OUR DEORBIT BURN.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS, AS SOON AS
WE TAKE THAT BURN, WE HAVE
BOUGHT OFF ON THE BASICALLY THE
REST OF THE MISSION.
SAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS TO DO
YOU TURN BURN THERE AS WELL.
THAT IS DIFFERENT CONCEPT WHEN
WE FLEW ON ISS AND CAPCOM FOR
ISS, WE ALWAYS KNOW THERE IS OUT
90 MINUTES AWAY, OR A COUPLE OF
MINUTES AWAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
LANDING BUT THIS IS DIFFERENT,
THEN WRAPPING OUR HEADS AROUND
THAT IS INTERESTING BEFORE GO TO
THE IN TRY SIMS THE SIMS FOR
RE-ENTRY AND WE TALK ABOUT HOW,
HEY, THERE IS NO, THERE IS NO
CAN SELLING THE COUNTDOWN ON
THIS.
WE ARE REENTERING THIS BUT THE
TRUTH IS, WE ARE REENTERING
BEFORE AND AT THE MOMENT WE DO
TLI, RECOGNIZING THAT OUR TEAM
HAS TO BE READY FOR THE FULL
MISSION AS SOON AS WE BUY IN,
THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING RISK
POSTURE.
THAT IS WHY I AM SO GLAD WE HAVE
SPENT SO MUCH TIME WITH THE
TEAM, SUPER INTEGRATED, LEARNING
THE VEHICLE HOPEFULLY BETTER
THAN ANYONE WILL HAVE TO IN THE
FUTURE AS WE GET THOSE REPS BUT
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY
GETTING TO HAVE THE TECHNICAL
KNOW HOW ON THIS VEHICLE AS MUCH
AS WE HAVE AND ENGINEER I REALLY
LOVED THAT PROCESS.
>> OK.
WE WILL TAKE ONE MORE FROM THE
PHONE BRIDGE.
SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
THOMAS MOORE WITH SKY NEWS.
THOMAS, IF YOU ARE TALKING, WE
CANNOT HEAR YOU.
THOMAS.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> WE HEAR NOW.
REPORTER: THE UNITED STATES WILL
BEAT CHINA BACK TO THE SUR
FASHION OF THE MOON.
HOW DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR ROLES
IN SPACE, DO YOU SENSE THAT
WEIGHT OF EXPECTATION?
>> SURE.
I AM GOOD.
I THINK I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
ALL OF US.
THE BEN GIT OF HAVING REALISTIC
VIEW POINT IN THE WORLD.
THERE ARE REAL THINGS HAPPENING.
YOU GOT TO BE THINKING A FEW
STEPS AHEAD.
THIS ALL MAKES SENSE TO US.
I THINK FOR THE FOUR OF US, WE
KIND OF KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
LIKE NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT
IT.
IT IS REALLY ALL THE SAME FOR
US.
WE ARE JUST GOING TO PURSUE
EXCELLENCE LIKE I TALKED ABOUT
BEFORE.
THAT IS HOW YOU WIN A SPACE
RACE.
THAT IS JUST HOW YOU MOVE OUR
COUNTRIES FORWARD.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT IS HOW
YOU CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE
YOU MAY ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO
COLLABORATE.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF
COLLABORATION, WINNING THAT RACE
IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US.
BUT FOR US, WE ARE GOING TO GO
BACK WHEN WE ARE DONE TALKING TO
YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK IN THE
SIM THEN KEEP GETTING READY TO
GO.
>> ALL RIGHT WE'LL HEAD OVER TO
THE MEDIA TO TAKE TWO QUESTIONS
FROM THERE.
REPORTER:
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
MISSION FLYING AROUND THE MOON?
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
WHAT HISTORY WOULD WE SOLVE
UNTIL FOR ME, IT IS NOT A
MYSTERY.
IT IS A CHALLENGE FOR I THINK,
FOR HUMANITY, IT IS JUST
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ROOTING NOW
THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE TRYING
TO ACHIEVE AND COLLABORATION
NEEDS TO BE THE ULTIMATE GOAL IF
8BILLION OF US ARE GOING TO
HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE ON THE
PLANET SO AS WE COME AROUND THE
FAR SIDE, JUST HAVING HUMANITY
STOP FOR A MOMENT AND SAY, WOW,
LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO, WHEN WE
WORK TOGETHER.
LET'S JUST SET GOALS TO DO A
BETTER JOB OF THAT ON THIS
PLANET TODAY.
>> OK.
WE WILL TAKE ONE MORE FROM THE
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
SPACE.COM.
FOR REID OR JEREMY.
YOU HAVE SPOKEN MANY TIMES ABOUT
HOW ART THE MISSION 2 IS A
DEVELOPMENTAL MISSION, AS SUCH,
HOW DO YOU ACCESS WHEN YOU HAVE
ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE OR SKILL TO
PERFORM A TASK ON THE MISSION?
CAN YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE?
>> WE TALK ABOUT THIS A FAIR
AMOUNT.
USUALLY IN THE CREW, THERE IS A
MAGICAL MOMENT.
YOU LOOK AROUND YOU A AND YOU
ARE LIKE WE ARE READY TO GO.
I HAVE REALLY STARTED TO FEEL
THAT RECENTLY.
I MIGHT LET THEM CHIME IN HERE
FOR A SECOND.
BUT YOU GET TO THAT POINT WHERE
YOU DO HAVE NOT HAVE TO
COMMUNICATE ANY LONGER.
ARE JUST LISTENING TO EVERYTHING
HAPPENING AND ALL FOUR OF US ARE
WATCHING EACH OTHER AND THE
MISSION AND WE DO NOT NEED TO
SPEAK.
WE JUST KNOW.
I CAN JUST SEE THE CORNER OF AN
EYE AND EXACTLY WHAT IS
HAPPENING THAN PERSON, SO FOR
ME, IT WASES THIS MOMENT, A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE WERE IN
THE MPFF THE MULTI-PAYLOAD WHERE
THE ORION SPACECRAFT WAS GETTING
AND INTEGRITY WAS GETTING FUELED
THE EUROPEAN SERVICE MODULE WAS
GETTING FUELED UP AND THIS
SPACECRAFT ITSELF AS WELL.
THERE WAS MOMENT IN THAT TEST,
VICTOR AND I WERE IT SITTING
NEXT TO EACH OTHER LIKE THIS BUT
VERSE.
AS VICTOR REACHED UP TO POINT AS
SOMETHING DURING THE DISPLAY I
WAS TRIGGERING THE MICROPHONE.
>> OK.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK INTO THE
ROOM.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK INTO THE
ROOM.
REPORTER: HEY.
FROM GERMAN PUBLIC TV.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR REID.
WHAT IS YOUR ROLE AS COMMANDER?
OR BETTER, HOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND
IT?
IS IT LIKE I AM THE BOSS?
I TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.
OR IS IT MORE KIND OF
DEMOCRATIC.
>> THAT QUESTION IS BETTER
ANSWERED BY MY CREW.
LIKE, LAKE, WE HAVE A VERY FLAT
ARCHITECTURE HERE IN THE
ASTRONAUT OFFICE ESPECIALLY AT
NASA.
I CAN YOUR BOSS ONE DAY.
YOU CAN BE THE BOSS THE NEXT
DAY.
YOU HAVE TO BE KIND TO PEOPLE
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW.
BUT THIS LOOK AT THE FOUR OF US.
LISTEN TO THE FOUR OF US.
GO BACK AND READ OUR BY OHS TO
SEE THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE BRING
TO THE TABLE THIS THEN AT THE
END OF THE DAY, IF A DECISION
HAS TO BE MADE, I WILL MAKE THAT
DECISION, ASIDE FROM THAT, WE
ARE A TEAM.
WE ARE HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE.
I TRUST THESE PEOPLE.
HOPEFULLY THEY TRUST ME.
WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT TO GET
THE JOB DONE.
>> OK.
WE WILL TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION
HOON THE ROOM.
TOM, GO AHEAD.
NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
YOU ARE SITTING THERE ON THE
SAME STAGE THAT THE APOLLO
ASTRONAUTS STOOD AND SAT.
AS THEY PREPARED FOR THEIR
MISSION.
TO THE MOON.
AND I AM WONDERING NOW IF YOU
FAST FORWARD FROM THAT,
EXPERIENCE THE APOLLO 11 THEN
THE OTHER APOLLO MISSIONS WHAT,
WHAT IS IN YOUR MINDS AS YOU
SHARE THAT LEGACY, THAT MISSION,
AND REALLY THE, WHAT SIMILAR
GOALS DO YOU HAVE FROM WHEN
APOLLO, THE APOLLO MISSIONS DID,
BE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO DO?
>> CAN I JUST AT LEAST START?
I WILL ANSWER, TOO.
I GUESS I HAVE A REQUEST.
I WOULD LOVE IT IF WE COULD SAY
SOMETHING TO THIS ONE?
I WILL KEEP MINE SHORT.
THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
RACES BUT WHEN YOU BRING UP
APOLLO.
THE THING, THAT LEGACY, IT JUST
RESINATES THROUGH EVERYTHING WE
REDOING.
THE RACE I THINK THE MOST ABOUT
IS THE RELAY RACE WE ARE IN.
THEN, YOU KNOW, A SAYING IF YOU
WANT TO GO FAST, GO ALOPE.
IF YOU WANT TO GO FAR, WE ARE
GOING TOGETHER.
OUR MISSION SUCCESS IS BUILD ON
HANDING OF OUR A STARTING POINT
TO ARTEMIS 3 THAT SETTLES OUR
COUNTRY, OUR PARTNERS TO GO BACK
TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON SO I
THINK ABOUT LEGACY.
THEN THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE IT
IS TO BE A PART OF THIS.
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.
AND FOR ERIC'S EARLIER, LEGACY
IS SOMETHING THAT WE THINK ABOUT
A LOT
ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE GOING
THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENTAL
MISSION TRAINING WHICH IS SO
UNDEFINED IN SO MANY I WITH AS
WE ARE ASKING OURSELVES A
QUESTION YOU ASKED EARLIER OF
NOT ONLY WHEN ARE WE READY BUT
HOW DO WE GET READY HOW MUCH DO
WE DEEP DIVE?
HOW MUCH DO WE LET THE TEAM
HANDLE?
WHAT DECISIONS DO WE PASS OFF?
AND NOT HAVING A BOOK FOR WHAT
TO KNOW, WHAT TO DO, WHAT IS
RIGHT?
WRITING THAT BACK AS WE GO IS A
CHALLENGE.
AND SOMETIMES WHEN THAT
CHALLENGE GETS TOO CONFUSING.
I SIT BACK, I THINK ABOUT
LEGACY.
WHAT DO WE WANT THE LEGACY TO
BE?
THAT IS A GUIDING LIGHT FOR HOW
WE APPROACH THIS MISSION.
AND I DO THINK ABOUT THOSE
APOLLO ASTRONAUTS HAVE SEEN THEM
MANY TIMES IN THOSE PRESS
CONFERENCES.
WE READ THEIR BOOK.
THEY WERE MISSION FOCUSED.
THEY WENT THROUGH THE TRAINING
THE TEAM PUT BEFORE THEM.
THEY WORKED WITH THE TEAMS.
THEY STAYED UP LATE.
THEY STUDIED BECAUSE THEY CARED
ABOUT GIVING THE MOST BACKUP
THEY POSSIBLY COULD.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE SHARE WITH
THEM.
THAT I AM SO PROUD AND HONORED
TO SHARE.
THEN ANOTHER THOUGHT THAT COMES
TO MIND IS ABOUT HOW NASA IS DO
REVERED FOR THAT HISTORY, AND I
ALSO WANT IT TO BE REVERED FOR
THE FUTURE.
FOR THE FUTURE THAT WE ARE
BRIDGING TO HUMANITY AND DOING
THIS MISSION.
>> I THINK YOU TWO COVERED THAT
BUTTE PLY.
BEAUTIFULLY.
AL APOLLO 8 WHEN THE FLU AROUND
THE MOON BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN
1908.
THERE WAS A LOT GOING IN THE
WORLD.
PEOPLE REALIZE IT WAS A TOUGH
TIME.
PEOPLE WERE STRUGGLING.
IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND I THINK WE CAN ALL RESONATE
WITH THAT TODAY.
AND I REMEMBER READING ABOUT A
POSTCARD THAT BILL EARNS POLT
WHEN HE GOT BACK.
ALL THAT WAS WRITTEN ON IT, YOU
SAVED 1968.
>> IT MAY LAND WRONG.
I WILL TRY ANYWAY.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ARE
GOING TO SEND HUMANS TO THE MOON
AND HUMANS ON LOW EARTH ORBIT.
THAT US AWESOME.
AS HUMAN, WE SHOULD TAKE A BRIEF
MOMENT TO GO THAT IS AWESOME.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE MOST LOOK
FORWARD TO, WE ARE GOING TO DO A
CREW CONFERENCE BETWEEN
INTEGRITY AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION AND THE CREW UP
THERE.
OUR FRIENDS ON CREW-11 AND OUR
FRIENDS THAT ARE GETTING READY
TO LAUNCH ON 12 A ARM WRESTLING
TO SEE WHO GETS TO BE IN SPACE.
THEY ARE AS FIRED UP AS WE ARE.
I DID NOT EXPECT THAT.
WE ARE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT
LEGACY HERE.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED
THIS TWO AND A HALF YEARS A, WE
DID A LOT OF THIS LIKE BIG HUGE
STRATEGIC THINKING.
HUGE INSPIRATION, THE LAST SIX
MONTHS IS TOTALLY CHANGED.
WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW DOES
THIS COMPUTER TALK TO THIS
COMPUTER HOW DO THESE ABORT
SYSTEMS WORK WHEN WE ARE OVER
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, OVER AFRICA,
OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN, WE ARE
THINKING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
SET OF THOUGHTS IN THAT IS
AWESOME.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE FUTURE, WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT WHAT IS OUR
LEGACY?
I DON'T WANT TO LOOK FIVE YEARS
OR TEN YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
I WANT TO LOOK 100 OR 200 YEARS
IN THE FUTURE.
HONESTELY, THIS IS WHERE I
THOUGHT IT MAY LAND WRONG.
I HOPE WE ARE FORGOTTEN.
IF WE ARE FORGOTTEN, THEN
ARTEMIS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE HUMANS ON MARS.
WE HAVE HUMANS ON THE MOONS WAS
SALT TURN.
WE ARE EXPANDING IN THE SOLAR
SYSTEM.
WE HAVE ROBOTIC PRECURSOR
MISSIONS GOING ON.
WE HAVE SPACECRAFT.
MAYBE WE INVENTED SOMETHING WE
NEVER DREAMED OF AND IN SPIRED
SOME KID SOMEWHERE AND THAT IS
THE FOOTNOTE.
HE INSPIRED SUSIE OR JOHNNY TO
DO WHAT THEY DID.
THAT WOULD BE MAGICAL.
>> OK.
WE WILL TAKE A QUESTION HERE IN
THE BACK.
GO AHEAD.
>> BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.
REID, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR
ALL THE GREAT ARTEMIS 2 UPDATE
ON INSTAGRAM.
THEY ARE WONDER.
THEY MAKE US FEEL A PART OF THE
MISSION.
>> THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE.
>> NO, REALLY.
IT IS GREAT.
YOU SAID THAT THE AEROSPACE WALK
WAS MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, THE
MOST DIFFICULT THING YOU HAVE
DONE.
I GOT TO BELIEVE LAND K IN THE
SOYUZ SPACECRAFT HAS GOT TO BE
PHYSICALLY CHALLENGING AS WELL.
AS YOU LOOK AT THE CHALLENGES OF
GOING TO THE MOON.
HOW IS THIS LOOK, HOW DOES THIS
NEW CHALLENGE LOOK TO YOU AS
COMPARED TO BEFORE.
>> HOW DOES THE NEW CHALLENGE
LOOK?
WELL, FIRST.
AM BASICALLY A SPACEWALKING
ROOKIE.
I HAVE ONLY DONE TWO OF THIS EM.
MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK OTHER PEOPLE
ON THE STAGE.
MAYBE IT GETS EASIER.
DOES IT GET EASIER AS YOU GO?
I DON'T KNOW.
DOES IT GET EASIER?
>> I THINK SO.
ALL RIGHT.
IT IS EASIER.
THIS JUST, THIS IS, THIS IS SO
DIFFERENT.
LIKE WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO THE
SPACE STATION, YOU ARE GOING UP
THERE FOR SIX MONTHS OF HARD
CORE SCIENCE.
YOU ARE OPERATOR.
YOU ARE JUST, YOU GIVE
EVERYTHING TO MISSION CONTROL IN
HOUSTON.
THEY PLAN EVERYTHING OUT FOR
YOU.
YOU GET UP AS A GOOD ASTRONAUT
EVERY DAY AND YOU GET THE JOB
DONE.
THERE ARE STRESSFUL MOMENTS AND
THERE ARE FUN MOMENTS.
THERE IS A LOT OF LAUGHTER WHEN
YOU LAUGH IN SPACE TO THE POINT
YOU CRY TEARS OF JOY.
THEY STICK IN YOUR EYEBALLS.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS HILARIOUS ONE
OF THE FONDEST MEMORIES OF BEING
IN SPACE.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS.
THERE ARE JUST A LOT OF
UNKNOWNS.
THERE IS A LOT OF OF INTEREST
THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF
UNEXPECTED STRESS.
AND JUST HOW WE WAKE UP EVERY
DAY.
WHEN YOU ARE COMING HOME ON THE
SOYUZ, THAT IS IMPRESSIVE RIDE.
WENT YOU LAND, THE FIRST THING I
THOUGHT WHEN I LAND I WILL GO DO
THAT IMMEDIATELY.
IF YOU CAN TAKE ME IN A CRANE
AND PUT ME UP AND DO THIS AGAIN.
WAN THAT RIDE AGAIN.
SO I HOPE THAT IS WHAT WE FEEL
WHEN WE SPLASHDOWN ON ART THE
MISSION 2 THAT WILL BE MAGICAL.
I KEEP SAYING MAGICAL.
THAT WILL BE A GREAT MOMENT.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL TAKE THE NEXT QUESTION
HERE.
GO AHEAD.
REPORTER: THANK YOU VERY AM?
THE GLOBE AND MAIL.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE
TIME TODAY.
I THINK IT IS REALLY STRIKING
THAT EXPLORATION FOR THIS CREW
ACTUALLY STARTS WITH THE VEHICLE
BECAUSE YOU ARE THE FIRST SET OF
PEOPLE GO HAVE THIS INMATE OF
RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS
PARTICULAR VEHICLE INCLUDING
NAMING IT.
SO I WANT TO START WITH JEREMY
AS THE TALLEST EXPLORER.
IN AND VERY SMALL VOLUME.
WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS
BEFORE.
I WOULD LOVE KNOW MORE ABOUT
DETAILS OF WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
EXPLORING THIS SPACE?
HOW THAT MIGHT INFLUENCE, YOU
KNOW, THE DESIGN OF THE SPACE?
OR HOW IT IS USED, JUST A LITTLE
BIT MORE OF WHAT THAT
EXPLORATION HAS BEEN LIKE SO
FAR?
>> WAY.
CANADA DID GET MORE OF THE FAIR
SHARE OF THE VOLUME ON THE
MISSION BY ASSIGNING KNOW THIS.
I HEARD IT ACKNOWLEDGED MANY
TIMES.
SO I AM GETTING A LITTLE BIT
CONSCIOUS ABOUT MY SIZE.
PART OF THIS IS EXPLORING HOW TO
USE THE SPACE EFFICIENTLY.
THINGS CHANGE FROM PROBABLY HOW
YOU SAW IT YESTERDAY.
WHEN WE GET TO SPACE, WE START
TO DEACON STRUCK THE SEATS.
DEACON STRUCK THE SEATS AND MAKE
MORE ROOM IN THERE FOR
OURSELVES.
OF COURSE WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF MICROGRAVITY AND WHETHER THE
SLEEPING BAG BAGS WOULD BE HUNG
UP ALL OVER OR SCRAPPED UP ALL
OVER THE SPACECRAFT HOWEVER WE
FIT THEM IN THERE.
WE HAVE TRIED IT.
IT WORKS.
I THINK A LOT OF IT, IT IS
INTERESTING WHEN WE SIM THIS
STUFF, WE HAVE TWO PLACINGS
INCHES ONE IN BUILDING NINE
WHERE YOU SAW THE MOCK-UP, YOU
KNOW, WHERE THE SEATS ARE LAYING
ON THEIR BACK.
IT MAKES IT A LOT MORE
CHALLENGING THAN WHEN WE
PRACTICE THIS STUFF IN THE OTHER
MISSION CONTROL WHERE WE CAN
WALK AROUND AND WALK UP TO THE
DISPLAYS AND USE THEM THERE.
IT IS MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE FOR
1G TRAINING WHERE YOU BUY THINK
IT IS GOING TO BE A BIT OF
ADJUSTMENT FOR US WHEN WE GET UP
THERE AND CONSTANTLY BE IN EACH
OTHER'S WAYS AS WE GET THROUGH
THE BUSY TIMELINE ON DAY ONE IN
THE LAUNCH AND ENTRY SUITS.
BY SOME POINT, WE GOT TO
COORDINATE GETTING OUT OF THEM.
GET EVERYTHING SET UP.
TESTED FOR THE FIRST DAY.
THEN, THESE THREE ARE GOING TO
HAVE TO MENTOR ME A LITTLE BIT
AS I GET MY SPACE LEGS BECAUSE
THEY HAD SIXISH MONTHS ON SPACE
STATION THEN LEARNING HOW TO
NOTE, TO FLY, BUMPING INTO
STUFF, THEN I WILL NEED A LITTLE
HELP PROBABLY.
>> OK.
NASA SPACEFLIGHT NOW.
REPORTER: THANKS SO MUCH FOR
DOING THIS.
EVERY SO OFTEN, I LOOK UP AT THE
INTO IT SKY, THE MOON CATCHES MY
EYE, I THINK WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE HUMANS THERE.
I AM WONDERING WHAT IS LIKE FOR
YOU GUYS WHEN YOU CATCH THE MOON
OUT OF THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE?
THANKS.
>> WE ARE ALL GOING TO ANSWER
THIS MOST IMPORTANT CERTAINLY.
WHO WANTS TO START.
>> I SAID TOO MUCH.
EYE SUPPOSE I CAN START.
YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT
THIS EVEN BIGGER PICTURE.
MAYBE SOME OF US IN THIS ROOM
WHO ARE LISTENING, KNEW A TIME
WHERE WITH YOU LOOKED AT THE
MOON, YOU INHERENTLY DIDN'T KNOW
WE HAVE BEEN THERE?
BUT MY WHOLE LIFE, WHEN I LOOK
AT THE MOON, SOMETHING IN THE
BACK OF MY MIND, ALWAYS KNEW WE
VERY BEEN THERE.
THE PERSPECTIVE I HAD JUST
LOOKING OUT INTO THE WORLD AND
LOOKING OUT TO THE STARRY NIGHT
AND THE MOON.
AND I WONDER IF THERE WILL BE A
DIFFERENCE AFTER WE GO BACK WITH
YOUNG FOLKS ESPECIALLY THINKING
NOT ONLY WE HAVE BEEN THERE.
BUT THAT IS OUR FUTURE.
THAT IS AN ACTIVE PART OF WHO WE
ARE AS PEOPLE.
>> THAT WAS AWESOME.
>> WE WILL HEAD BACK OVER THIS
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY CANADIAN
SPACE AGENCY FOR ANOTHER
QUESTION.
REPORTER:
[SPEAKING IN FRENCH]
>> ARE YOU READY TO LOOK AT THE
MOON?
HAVE YOU CHOSEN THE WINDOW YOU
WILL LOOK AT THE MOON FROM?
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> FOR THE CREW AS WE FLY AROUND
THE MOON.
THERE ARE FIVE WINDOWS IN ORION,
ACTUALLY, I GUESSES THERE ARE
SIX.
THERE ARE TWO THAT POINTED
DIRECTLY AT THE MOON, BE THAT
THE ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEM
WE'LL KEEP FIXED SO WE CAN GET
THE BEST FOE PHOTOS.
WE WILL ROTATE THROUGH THERE
SHARING THE WORKLOAD, TAKING
PHOTOS, IN THE SOME OF US WILL
BE KIND OF TAKING A STEP BACK TO
CAPTURE THOSE MOMENTS FOR YOU,
AND NOW, WITH VIDEO CAMERAS, SO
WE CAN SHARE WHAT IS LIKE WHILE
WE ARE FLY AROUND THE MOON,
OBSERVING THIS, CAPTURE THE
FEELINGS AND SENTIMENTS.
>> GREAT.
OK.
WE TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION HERE IN
THE ROOM.
GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH.
GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
IT IS HONOR.
JOHN WITH HARPERCOLLINS CANADA.
MY QUESTION IS FOR THE AMERICAN
COLLEAGUE.
COULD YOU SPEAK TO THE
IMPORTANCE OF INCLUDING AN
INTERNATIONAL PARTNER ON THIS
MISSION?
NOT JUST JEREMY ON THIS MISSION,
BUT YOU KNOW, IN A BREEDER
SENSE, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS OVERALL AND IF I CAN
JUST, JUST SORT OF SHORTEN THE
PENCIL ON THAT QUESTION A BIT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE CULTURAL
BENEFITS ARE BACKGROUND THEY CAN
BRING TO A MISSION?
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
I WILL START WITH SOMETHING THAT
I SAID EARLIER.
THAT OLD SAYING THAT YOU KNOW,
IF YOU WANT TO GO FAST, GO
ALONE.
IF YOU WANT TOP GO FAR, GO
TOGETHER.
I SPENT A LOT OF TIME THE TWO
AND A HALF YEARS THINKING ABOUT
WHAT IS SIMILAR TO APOLLO.
WHAT IS DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THE OUTER
LINE OF THE SPACECRAFT.
THE SOLAR ARRAYS STAY STICKING
OUT OF THERE.
IT IS DIFFERENT ON APOLLO.
THAT PHYSICAL, TECH KNOW LOGICAL
DIFFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS, ITS
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP DIFFERENCE
THAT WAS MADE.
WE WENT TO JEREMY TO SEE WHERE
THE SOLAR RAYS WERE INTEGRATED
TO THESE MODULE AND THE EUROPEAN
SERVICE MODULE.
THAT ART THE MISSION ACCORDS
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP THAT
WE ARE, THAT WE REALIZE IS
FUNDAMENTAL TO HUMAN SPACE
EXPLORATION IS ONE OF THE
NEATEST CONTRAST TO WHAT WE DID
IN APOLLO.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU
MENTIONED, KNOW, MORE THAN JUST
HAVING JEREMY, BUT HONESTLY, I
COULD NOT THINK OF A BETTER
AMBASSADOR, I AM BIAS, I HAVE
BEEN WORKING WITH THE GUY
CLOSELY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS
AND A HALF.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE BETTER
AMBASSADOR.
YOU HEARD HOW HE TALKS ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIP,
LEADERSHIP.
HE LIVES IT.
LIKE THAT WAS NOT FOR TODAY.
HE HAS LIVED THAT FOR AS LONG AS
I HAVE KNOWN HIM.
SO I THINK IT MAKES OUR
ASTRONAUT CORE BETTER HAVING THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND
ASTRONAUT HERE'S IN HOUSTON AND
MAKES THE PROGRAM BETTER AND
WHAT HE HAS CONTRIBUTED HAS BEEN
FUNDAMENTAL.
THE PROGRAM IS BETTER FOR THE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO I WILL KEEP IT
SHORT BY NOT GOING TO DETAILS
BUT TO ARTEMIS 2 OVERALL AND
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP IS
FUNDAL TO HOW WE EXPLORE SPACE
AND I HOPE WE CONTINUE TO HOLD
THAT UP AS A BEACON OF A WAY
THAT YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WORK
TOGETHER.
OK.
WE WILL TAKE ONE FINAL QUESTION
HERE IN THE ROOM.
>> HI.
THANKS SO MUCH.
TJ WITH THE TIMES.
IT IS LIKE, WHEN YOU ALL
SLINGSHOT AROUND THE MOON, YOU
GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE
TO BEAT APOLLO 13'S RECORD AND
BECOME THE CREW TO GO FURTHEST
AWAY FROM THE EARTH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT?
AND CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS WRAP
YOUR HEAD AROUND THE NUMBERS IN
TERMS OF THE NUMBERS?
>> WHEN I GET A QUESTION LIKE
THIS, I SOMETIMES TELL THE STORY
OF HOW I MET FRED HAYES HERE AT
JSC.
HE SAID HI.
I HEARD YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE
RECORD.
AND IT MADE ME REALIZE, MAYBE HE
IS, PAYING ATTENTIONS TO IT MORE
THAN WE ARE.
I THINK THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT IT, WE MAY
INADVERTENTLY IGNORE THE REAL
STORY OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE
MISSION.
TO ME, THE FACT THAT THERE MAY
BE A COUPLE OF MILES TICKED
MORE.
IT DOES DEPEND ON WHEN WE
LAUNCH.
IT IS NOT GUARANTEED.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE
CHASING BUT WE MAY IGNORE THE
REAL STORY HERE BEHIND WHAT WE
ARE DOING SO I LIKE TO HIGH
LOOING THE FACT IT IS NOT FIRST,
FASTEST, LONGEST.
ITS ABOUT THE TEAM WORK THAT
WENT INTO THAT AND THE
DEDICATION IT TOOK TO TAKE ON
THE BILLING CHALLENGES.
AND I THINK THAT IS REALLY THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING I CAN THINK
OF.
>> YOU KNOW, THERE IS SOMETHING
ELSE ABOUT RECORDS.
IT IS INTERESTING SOME OF THOSE
RECORDS GOING TO THE MOON THE
FIRST TIME BUT YOU THINK ABOUT
THE DISTANCE RECORD WAS SETTLE
BAY APOLLO 13 AND THIS MISSION
DID NOT GET TO GO TO THE
SURFACE.
SO RECORDS ARE INTERESTING AND
CHALLENGING THING NOT ALL OF
THEM COME FROM SOMETHING
POSITIVE.
SOME OF THEM ARE THE OUTCOME OF
NOT GREAT SITUATION.
AND THEN, I ALSO WANT ADDRESS
THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION,
THAT WAS, THINKING ABOUT ALL OF
THESE GRAN THINGS YOU KNOW, THE
MISSION, AND ACTUALLY, I AM GLAD
YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
DONE THINK ABOUT IT.
THAT IS A DISTRACTION.
IF WE WANT TO LIVE UP TO THE
STANDARDS THAT WE OWE THE
AMERICAN AND CANADIAN IN GENERAL
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS AND
KNOW WHAT THE NEXT RIGHT THING
IS TO DO.
AND SO I ACTUALLY SPEND A LOT OF
TIME CLEARING THAT OUT OF MY
HEAD SO I CAN FOCUS ON MY JOB.
>> BUT WE STILL GIGGLE A LITTLE
BIT.
WE SEE IT CLICK OVER MOCK 36 ON
ENTRY.
WE DO GIGGLE A LITTLE BIT.
>> A LITTLE BIT.
>> AFTER.
I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING THAT
IS REALLY GOOD FOR YOU ALL TOLL
REALIZED, TOO.
EVEN IF WE DO SET THAT RECORD,
IT WON'T LAST VERY LONG.
WE ARE UP TO SOMETHING MUCH,
MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT.
IT IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT ALL OF
YOU CAN DO IS, I MEAN, YOU CAN
HELP US.
WE NEED SOME CHEERLEADERS FOR
THIS ENTERPRISE THAT IS GOING TO
DO THIS STUFF.
WE ARE NOT JUST THINKING ABOUT
ARTEMIS 2.
WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
DO WE MAKE THIS ENTERPRISE GO
FASTER HOW DO WE EVOLVE IT?
IF WE ARE GOING TO GOING BACK
AND ESTABLISH A THE LUNAR
SURFACE AND THEN GO TO MARS IN
THIS SAW SOME WHAT WE ARE DOING
NOW BUT THIS IS NOT THE END.
IT GETS EVEN BETTER FROM HERE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR
TODAY.
THANK YOU TO THE CREW FOR YOUR
TIME AND FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU TO THE MEDIA WHO IN AD
HERE IN PERSON AND THROUGH THE
PHONE BRIDGE AND AT THE CANADIAN
SPACE AGENCY.
WE'LL SEE YOU YOU NEXT TIME.