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>> Six, five, four,
three, two, one.

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>> Fire. [inaudible].

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>> The flight opportunities
program facilitates the

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demonstration of
technologies that'll be used

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in space commerce as well
as space exploration.

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And we do that through utilizing
suborbital flight providers

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that can test these technologies
in suborbital space.

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>> Capsule.

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>> Go.

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>> [inaudible] go.

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>> Two, one.

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>> The mission of the NASA
flight opportunities program is

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to do [inaudible] of new
technologies by flying them

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on commercial flight platform.

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The way it work is that
the principal investigator

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of a technology will go and pick
a commercial of flight vehicles

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such as balloon, where
it can get long exposure

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to high-altitude environment,
[inaudible] radiation.

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You can also use public
aircraft to get a few seconds

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of micro-gravity or [inaudible]

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to get a few minutes
of micro-gravity.

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You can also use a vertical
takeoff and landing vehicles

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on which you can test
lander's technology.

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>> Copy. Surveillance.

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>> Surveillance ready.

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>> The work that we're doing

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under flight opportunities helps
provide validation that yes,

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it can be done and yes,
this is the sort of thing

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that is worth these other
companies investing their

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money in.

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>> NASA is really excited

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to help advance the
commercial spaceflight industry.

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The flight opportunities program
funds technology development

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flights on commercial vehicles.

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These flight investments not
only stimulate the technical

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advancement which can, of
course, be used on commercial

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and NASA missions but it also
stimulates the flight provider

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industry, bringing more vehicles
to the market in the future

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which can be used
for further research.