1 00:00:25,249 --> 00:00:22,760 status check to proceed with terminal 2 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:25,259 count Atlas systems propulsion go 3 00:00:31,849 --> 00:00:28,650 hydraulics go go Maddox go tell it to go 4 00:00:35,570 --> 00:00:31,859 water go centaur systems propulsion go 5 00:00:38,509 --> 00:00:35,580 pneumatics go hello - LH to go as camp 6 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:38,519 now back to go system airborne go round 7 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:42,410 go facility are FFTs go flight control 8 00:00:48,770 --> 00:00:45,510 instrumentation no calm go you seek you 9 00:00:52,399 --> 00:00:48,780 go pellicle go easy yes good night 10 00:00:54,710 --> 00:00:52,409 mother go quality go osm ill a safety 11 00:00:55,070 --> 00:00:54,720 officer go range weather and clear to 12 00:01:00,049 --> 00:00:55,080 proceed 13 00:01:01,789 --> 00:01:00,059 no you work for years some of us have 14 00:01:03,649 --> 00:01:01,799 worked for five six years to get to this 15 00:01:06,050 --> 00:01:03,659 point and it always seemed like it was 16 00:01:07,940 --> 00:01:06,060 so far away so far away it was never 17 00:01:10,609 --> 00:01:07,950 really going to come and what's amazing 18 00:01:12,649 --> 00:01:10,619 when we came down here in June it still 19 00:01:15,320 --> 00:01:12,659 seemed like it was a long way away July 20 00:01:17,570 --> 00:01:15,330 August September comes and goes and now 21 00:01:21,590 --> 00:01:17,580 you realize wow the number of weeks are 22 00:01:23,330 --> 00:01:21,600 you can count on one hand see I've had 23 00:01:25,730 --> 00:01:23,340 the privilege of working with the Mars 24 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:25,740 Science Laboratory mission for the past 25 00:01:29,660 --> 00:01:28,170 three years and I will there say it's 26 00:01:31,039 --> 00:01:29,670 probably one of the coolest missions 27 00:01:33,139 --> 00:01:31,049 that I've worked on 28 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:33,149 not just because of the science 29 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:36,090 objectives but the scale of the rover 30 00:01:40,819 --> 00:01:38,490 itself the challenges that the team has 31 00:01:42,730 --> 00:01:40,829 gone through to try to meet the science 32 00:01:45,109 --> 00:01:42,740 objectives to make sure that the 33 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:45,119 payloads and the instruments operate as 34 00:01:49,580 --> 00:01:46,890 they should the launch vehicle that 35 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:49,590 we're using the Atlas 5 541 this is the 36 00:01:57,559 --> 00:01:53,090 first flight of a 541 launch vehicle 37 00:01:59,929 --> 00:01:57,569 what we do is we roll out the rocket 38 00:02:02,359 --> 00:01:59,939 from the vertical integration facility 39 00:02:04,819 --> 00:02:02,369 out to the launch pad we use what's 40 00:02:08,719 --> 00:02:04,829 called a clean launch pad approach and 41 00:02:11,210 --> 00:02:08,729 we do that two days before the launch at 42 00:02:14,870 --> 00:02:11,220 that point we connect the rocket and the 43 00:02:17,380 --> 00:02:14,880 mobile launch platform to the to the 44 00:02:20,479 --> 00:02:17,390 launch pad and that's how we're able to 45 00:02:23,030 --> 00:02:20,489 load our liquid oxygen and liquid 46 00:02:24,949 --> 00:02:23,040 hydrogen on board and actually made up 47 00:02:27,220 --> 00:02:24,959 the electrical connectors that have to 48 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:27,230 power up the rocket and the spacecraft 49 00:02:32,509 --> 00:02:30,450 while it's at the pad certainly we're 50 00:02:35,780 --> 00:02:32,519 confident in our systems now but we keep 51 00:02:38,509 --> 00:02:35,790 checking them we we have continuous in a 52 00:02:41,229 --> 00:02:38,519 series of predefined tests that we do to 53 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:41,239 make sure that the launch vehicle is is 54 00:02:47,620 --> 00:02:43,530 communicating correctly with with the 55 00:02:50,090 --> 00:02:47,630 spacecraft there's a million operating 56 00:02:52,340 --> 00:02:50,100 components there and they all need to 57 00:02:55,729 --> 00:02:52,350 work all simultaneously you don't want 58 00:02:58,099 --> 00:02:55,739 any glitches when you get down to just a 59 00:03:00,589 --> 00:02:58,109 week before launch the planets align 60 00:03:02,690 --> 00:03:00,599 only every two years and you only get 61 00:03:06,170 --> 00:03:02,700 about a three week window so if you're 62 00:03:07,849 --> 00:03:06,180 not ready to launch the planets move out 63 00:03:10,460 --> 00:03:07,859 of alignment and you're waiting another 64 00:03:11,870 --> 00:03:10,470 two years so it's very critical that we 65 00:03:14,780 --> 00:03:11,880 don't have anything that would delay our 66 00:03:17,610 --> 00:03:14,790 schedule and make us miss the launch 67 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:17,620 launched a weather doesn't look too bad 68 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:19,570 there is a front that's pushing through 69 00:03:22,410 --> 00:03:20,890 it looks like Wednesday night 70 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:22,420 Thanksgiving Day should we push the 71 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:23,980 south of us or at least South to Central 72 00:03:27,570 --> 00:03:25,930 Florida bit breezy for roll in Friday 73 00:03:29,010 --> 00:03:27,580 but we should have should have decent 74 00:03:30,660 --> 00:03:29,020 weather may be a threat of an isolated 75 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:30,670 shower coming in with a brisk onshore 76 00:03:34,890 --> 00:03:33,130 flow and that looks similar to Saturday 77 00:03:36,510 --> 00:03:34,900 it looks like the winds decrease just a 78 00:03:39,270 --> 00:03:36,520 little bit on Saturday but anytime we're 79 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:39,280 that breezy with easterly flow would 80 00:03:42,780 --> 00:03:40,930 expect to see some kind of clouds coming 81 00:03:44,190 --> 00:03:42,790 in from the Atlantic with the threat of 82 00:03:49,610 --> 00:03:44,200 an isolated shower so that's the 83 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:53,280 LLC this is the LD on channel 1 l see 84 00:03:58,230 --> 00:03:54,610 you have permission to launch 85 00:04:36,980 --> 00:03:58,240 Roger sitting with account do you - ten 86 00:04:40,830 --> 00:04:39,600 am i confident that she's gonna go and 87 00:04:43,860 --> 00:04:40,840 she's going to be successful