1 00:01:01,661 --> 00:00:56,856 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE 2 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:01,728 INSIGHT PRELAUNCH PRAOEF 3 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:02,162 BRIEFING. 4 00:01:08,267 --> 00:01:05,532 MY NAME IS STEPHANIE L. SMITH. 5 00:01:11,671 --> 00:01:08,334 I'M WITH THE JET PROPULSION 6 00:01:13,005 --> 00:01:11,738 LABORATORY AND WE'RE HERE TODAY 7 00:01:13,940 --> 00:01:13,072 AND WE'LL GET TO KNOW THE 8 00:01:15,274 --> 00:01:14,007 MISSION AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE 9 00:01:17,543 --> 00:01:15,341 BEHIND THE MISSION AND WHEN I 10 00:01:19,345 --> 00:01:17,610 SAY HISTORIC I MEAN IT. 11 00:01:24,016 --> 00:01:19,412 THIS SPACECRAFT WILL BE THE 12 00:01:26,886 --> 00:01:24,083 FIRST TO STUDY THE INTERIORF 13 00:01:27,887 --> 00:01:26,953 THE FIRST WEST COAST 14 00:01:30,623 --> 00:01:27,954 INTERPLANETARY LAUNCH EVER. 15 00:01:33,025 --> 00:01:30,690 SO THAT's WHY WE'RE ALL HERE 16 00:01:34,827 --> 00:01:33,092 TODAY IN THE NASA HANGAR AT 17 00:01:37,463 --> 00:01:34,894 VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE WITH 18 00:01:45,238 --> 00:01:37,530 OVER 100 MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA 19 00:01:47,173 --> 00:01:45,305 AND CREDENTIALED MEDIA. 20 00:01:48,341 --> 00:01:47,240 WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THE 21 00:01:51,244 --> 00:01:48,408 HOUSE AND FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AND 22 00:01:54,213 --> 00:01:51,311 ON THE REPORTERS ON THE PHONE, 23 00:01:56,415 --> 00:01:54,280 PLEASE PRESS STAR ONE TO GET IN 24 00:01:57,216 --> 00:01:56,482 THE CUE. 25 00:01:58,818 --> 00:01:57,283 SO, BEFORE THIS MISSION TAKES 26 00:02:01,087 --> 00:01:58,885 OFF FROM THE GOLDEN STATE TO THE 27 00:02:03,055 --> 00:02:01,154 RED PLANET WE'LL TAKE A MINUTE 28 00:02:04,657 --> 00:02:03,122 TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE SCIENCE 29 00:02:06,959 --> 00:02:04,724 GOALS AND THE INSTRUMENTATION 30 00:02:07,326 --> 00:02:07,026 AND LAUNCH LOGISTICS OF INSIGHT 31 00:02:08,961 --> 00:02:07,426 0. 32 00:02:11,297 --> 00:02:09,028 HOW DOES I ALL FIT TOGETHER? 33 00:02:14,167 --> 00:02:11,364 TO GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT 34 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:14,234 INWILL DO AND HOW IT FITS INTO 35 00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:16,236 NASA's OVERALL PLANS FOR 36 00:02:19,138 --> 00:02:18,137 EXPLORATION BOTH MARS AND MORE 37 00:02:25,745 --> 00:02:19,205 IMPORTANTLY PLANETARY 38 00:02:28,714 --> 00:02:25,812 EXPLORATION WE HAVE NASA's CHIEF 39 00:02:29,815 --> 00:02:28,781 SCIENTIST's JIM GREEN 40 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:29,882 TELLS THESE FOLKSUT WHAT YOU 41 00:02:32,752 --> 00:02:31,351 DO AND WHAT INSIGHT WILL DO. 42 00:02:33,819 --> 00:02:32,819 >> WELL, WELCOME TO THE 43 00:02:36,322 --> 00:02:33,886 PRELAUNCH BRIEFING BECAUSE THIS 44 00:02:39,892 --> 00:02:36,389 IS REALLY A FANTASTIC MISSION. 45 00:02:41,260 --> 00:02:39,959 IT'S A PLANETARY MISSION FROM 46 00:02:43,829 --> 00:02:41,327 THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM. 47 00:02:45,598 --> 00:02:43,896 THE DISCOVERY PROGRAM IS ALL 48 00:02:51,270 --> 00:02:45,665 ABOUT DOING FIRST, GETTING TO 49 00:02:53,139 --> 00:02:51,337 PLACES THAT WE BEEN BEFORE 50 00:02:56,309 --> 00:02:53,206 AND THIS MOTION WILL PROBE THE 51 00:02:59,979 --> 00:02:56,376 INTERIOR OF ANOTHER PLANET 52 00:03:02,248 --> 00:03:00,046 GIVING US THE IDEA OF THE CORE 53 00:03:03,716 --> 00:03:02,315 AND MANTLE AND CRUX AND TO 54 00:03:05,184 --> 00:03:03,783 COMPARE THAT WITH THE EARTH. 55 00:03:08,054 --> 00:03:05,251 THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE 56 00:03:10,556 --> 00:03:08,121 FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGIN 57 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:10,623 OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND HOW IT 58 00:03:16,229 --> 00:03:14,627 BECAME THE W IT IS TODAY. 59 00:03:21,734 --> 00:03:16,296 IN ADDITION TO FUNDAMENTAL 60 00:03:24,804 --> 00:03:21,801 PLANETARY SCIENCE, THIS MISSION 61 00:03:26,572 --> 00:03:24,871 I VIEW IS FEET FORWARD TO HUMAN 62 00:03:27,940 --> 00:03:26,639 EXPLORATION ON MARS. 63 00:03:29,175 --> 00:03:28,007 WE KNOW THAT MARS QUAKES. 64 00:03:34,580 --> 00:03:29,242 WE KNOW THAT. 65 00:03:36,515 --> 00:03:34,647 WE HAVE SEEN AVALANCHES FROM THE 66 00:03:38,017 --> 00:03:36,582 MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER. 67 00:03:41,354 --> 00:03:38,084 SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED THAT 68 00:03:43,456 --> 00:03:41,421 PRODUCES IT. 69 00:03:45,691 --> 00:03:43,523 IN ADDITION TO THAT, METEORITES 70 00:03:47,493 --> 00:03:45,758 MAKE TO THE SURFACE AND IMPACT 71 00:03:48,761 --> 00:03:47,560 IT CAUSING QUAKES. 72 00:03:52,231 --> 00:03:48,828 WHAT IS THAT RATE? 73 00:03:52,565 --> 00:03:52,298 WHAT ARE THE MARS QUAKES ALL 74 00:03:54,033 --> 00:03:52,632 ABOUT? 75 00:03:57,937 --> 00:03:54,100 AND THIS MISSION WILL TAKE A 76 00:04:00,506 --> 00:03:58,004 GOOD LOOK AT ALL THOSE ASPECTS. 77 00:04:02,341 --> 00:04:00,573 FOR HUMAN EXPLORATION, HERE IN 78 00:04:04,443 --> 00:04:02,408 CALIFORNIA IN PARTICULAR, YOU 79 00:04:06,345 --> 00:04:04,510 KNOW WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BUILD 80 00:04:07,980 --> 00:04:06,412 THE STRUCTURES NECESSARY TO 81 00:04:09,615 --> 00:04:08,047 WITHSTAND THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT 82 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:09,682 WE'RE IN. 83 00:04:13,219 --> 00:04:11,918 THIS IS VERY QUAKE-PRONE AREA OF 84 00:04:15,054 --> 00:04:13,286 THE COUNTRY. 85 00:04:17,290 --> 00:04:15,121 BUT HOW QUAKE-PRONE IS MARS? 86 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:17,357 THAT's AUNDAMENTAL INFORMATION 87 00:04:22,528 --> 00:04:19,859 THAT WE NEED TO KNOW AS HUMANS 88 00:04:26,632 --> 00:04:22,595 THAT EXPLORE MARS. 89 00:04:28,901 --> 00:04:26,699 NOW, EVERYTHING IN THE SOLAR 90 00:04:30,936 --> 00:04:28,968 SYSTEM, THESE LARGE PLANETS PUT 91 00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:31,003 TOGETHER ARE STILL COOLING OFF 92 00:04:34,940 --> 00:04:32,672 AND THAT INCLUDES MARS. 93 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:35,007 THE HEAT PROBE WILL GO DOWN AND 94 00:04:36,842 --> 00:04:36,509 MEASURE THAT TEMPERATURE 95 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:36,909 DIFFERENCE. 96 00:04:38,944 --> 00:04:37,677 THAT TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE 97 00:04:41,180 --> 00:04:39,011 COULD BE LARGOULD BE SMALL, 98 00:04:43,916 --> 00:04:41,247 BUT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF 99 00:04:44,317 --> 00:04:43,983 KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THIS PLANET IS 100 00:04:46,152 --> 00:04:44,384 EVOLVING. 101 00:04:48,888 --> 00:04:46,219 AND CAN IT GIVE US INFORMATION 102 00:04:51,524 --> 00:04:48,955 ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT USE THAT HEAT 103 00:04:54,393 --> 00:04:51,591 DIFFERENTIAL TO HEAT A HABITAT. 104 00:05:00,166 --> 00:04:54,460 WE KNOW THE TEMPERATURE ON MARS 105 00:05:01,133 --> 00:05:00,233 IN ONE DAY, 170 DEGREES 106 00:05:04,370 --> 00:05:01,200 FAHRENHEIT IN ONE DAY. 107 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:04,437 AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE AS LIVING 108 00:05:07,139 --> 00:05:06,906 ON WORKING ON MARS TO SURVIVE 109 00:05:09,542 --> 00:05:07,206 THAT. 110 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:09,609 HOW CAN OUR RESOURCES THAT WE 111 00:05:13,879 --> 00:05:12,278 DISCOVER ON MARS ENABLE THAT. 112 00:05:15,548 --> 00:05:13,946 SO THIS MISSION DOES SO MANY 113 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:15,615 FUNDAMENTAL THINGS, NOT ONLY IN 114 00:05:19,618 --> 00:05:17,417 PLANETARY SCIENCE BUT HUMAN 115 00:05:19,952 --> 00:05:19,685 EXPLORATION AND A VERY POPULAR 116 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:20,019 MISSION. 117 00:05:25,458 --> 00:05:23,890 HOW POPULAR? 118 00:05:29,028 --> 00:05:25,525 WELL, WE ASKED PEOPLE IF THEY'D 119 00:05:29,362 --> 00:05:29,095 LIKE TO ADD THEIR NAME TO A 120 00:05:30,396 --> 00:05:29,429 CHIP. 121 00:05:33,999 --> 00:05:30,463 HERE's ONE OF THE CHIPS. 122 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:34,066 THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 123 00:05:39,338 --> 00:05:37,937 AND THE RESPONSE WAS 124 00:05:43,476 --> 00:05:39,405 UNBELIEVABLE. 125 00:05:45,511 --> 00:05:43,543 2.4 MILLION NAMES ARE ON THIS 126 00:05:46,245 --> 00:05:45,578 CHIP AND IT IS AFFIXED TO THE 127 00:05:47,046 --> 00:05:46,312 SURFACE OF THE SPACECRAFT. 128 00:05:48,581 --> 00:05:47,113 HOW COOL IS THAT. 129 00:05:50,483 --> 00:05:48,648 I HOPE YOU'RE ONE OF THEM. 130 00:05:52,752 --> 00:05:50,550 IT'S TOO LATE TO PUT YOUR NAME 131 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:52,819 ON THIS ONE. 132 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:54,821 IT'S ALREADY IN THE FAIRING 133 00:05:56,889 --> 00:05:55,588 READY TO GO AND SATURDAY WE'LL 134 00:05:57,656 --> 00:05:56,956 LAUNCH IT. 135 00:05:59,525 --> 00:05:57,723 THAT's THE PLAN. 136 00:06:01,227 --> 00:05:59,592 SO WITH THAT, MAY I TAKE A 137 00:06:01,727 --> 00:06:01,294 QUESTION OR TWO? 138 00:06:05,898 --> 00:06:01,794 >> ABSOLUTELY. 139 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:05,965 INSIGHT YOU'LL PROBABLY BE ABLE 140 00:06:09,902 --> 00:06:08,134 TO GET YOUR NAME ON MARS 2020. 141 00:06:11,904 --> 00:06:09,969 SO FILE THAT AWAY. 142 00:06:15,841 --> 00:06:11,971 LET's TAKE SOME QUESTIONS IN THE 143 00:06:18,844 --> 00:06:15,908 HOUSE. 144 00:06:20,413 --> 00:06:18,911 ANY QUESTIONS FOR JIM? 145 00:06:21,313 --> 00:06:20,480 WE HAVE A REPORTER ON THE PHONE 146 00:06:28,587 --> 00:06:21,380 LINE. 147 00:06:30,122 --> 00:06:28,654 LET's GO TO THE PHONE THE 148 00:06:31,657 --> 00:06:30,189 IF WE HAVE A PHONE CONNECTION 149 00:06:35,294 --> 00:06:31,724 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND 150 00:06:37,229 --> 00:06:35,361 AFFILIATION. 151 00:06:38,864 --> 00:06:37,296 >> ELIZABETH HOWL, SPACE.COM. 152 00:06:39,331 --> 00:06:38,931 >> GO AHEAD. 153 00:06:41,467 --> 00:06:39,398 >> THANK YOU. 154 00:06:42,701 --> 00:06:41,534 MR. GREEN, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW 155 00:06:46,972 --> 00:06:42,768 IF YOU COULD TALK A LIT ABOUT 156 00:06:49,041 --> 00:06:47,039 THE DECISION PROCESS BACK IN 157 00:06:50,109 --> 00:06:49,108 DECEMBER 2015 AFTER LEAK 158 00:06:52,311 --> 00:06:50,176 OCCURRED ON THE MARS INSIGHT. 159 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:52,378 IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE 160 00:06:55,047 --> 00:06:53,980 MISSION GOING AT THAT TIME AS 161 00:06:57,583 --> 00:06:55,114 OPPOSED TO STOPPING IT WHICH WAS 162 00:06:58,017 --> 00:06:57,650 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BEING 163 00:06:58,884 --> 00:06:58,084 CONSIDERED. 164 00:07:00,186 --> 00:06:58,951 IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW HOW 165 00:07:01,854 --> 00:07:00,253 THAT DECISION WAS MADE AND HOW 166 00:07:06,091 --> 00:07:01,921 YOU DECIDED TO GO FORWARD. 167 00:07:08,093 --> 00:07:06,158 >> THE QUESTION IS REALLY ALL 168 00:07:10,463 --> 00:07:08,160 ABOUT IS PLANETARY WINDOWS. 169 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:10,530 WHEN WE SELECT A MISSIONO BE 170 00:07:14,366 --> 00:07:12,665 COMPLETED WE HAVE IN MIND THAT 171 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:14,433 IT IS GOING IN A PARTICULAR 172 00:07:16,902 --> 00:07:14,867 WINDOW. 173 00:07:17,736 --> 00:07:16,969 PLANETARY WINDOWS ARE A 174 00:07:19,505 --> 00:07:17,803 BLESSING. 175 00:07:22,107 --> 00:07:19,572 THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO GET IT 176 00:07:24,176 --> 00:07:22,174 TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH 177 00:07:25,344 --> 00:07:24,243 BUT IT's ALSO A CURSE. 178 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:25,411 WHEN NOT EVERYTHING IS TOGETHER 179 00:07:30,049 --> 00:07:28,014 AND NOT WORKING WELL AND WE MISS 180 00:07:32,184 --> 00:07:30,116 THAT WINDOW WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR 181 00:07:33,686 --> 00:07:32,251 THE NEXT ONE. 182 00:07:35,688 --> 00:07:33,753 SO FOR MARS, FOR EVERYTHING TO 183 00:07:40,559 --> 00:07:35,755 LINE UP AGAIN THAT ALLOWS US TO 184 00:07:43,496 --> 00:07:40,626 LAUNCH TO MARS, THAT WINDOW IS 185 00:07:44,897 --> 00:07:43,563 EVERY 26 MONTHS. 186 00:07:47,666 --> 00:07:44,964 SO OUR WINDOW STARTS THIS 187 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:47,733 SATURDAY, MAY FIFTH, AND WILL GO 188 00:07:50,202 --> 00:07:49,035 UNTIL JUNE 8TH. 189 00:07:52,338 --> 00:07:50,269 THAT's IT. 190 00:07:54,874 --> 00:07:52,405 IF WE CAN'T LAUNCH INSIGHT THEN 191 00:07:57,109 --> 00:07:54,941 WE WAIT 26 MONTHS. 192 00:07:59,778 --> 00:07:57,176 BUT INDEED, THE PREVIOUS WINDOW 193 00:08:01,280 --> 00:07:59,845 THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO LAUNCH 194 00:08:01,647 --> 00:08:01,347 INSIGHT WE COULDN'T GET IT ALL 195 00:08:05,751 --> 00:08:01,714 TOGETHER. 196 00:08:06,452 --> 00:08:05,818 THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS EVERY ONCE 197 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:06,519 IN A WHILE. 198 00:08:10,055 --> 00:08:07,987 THIS BUSINESS IS TOUGH AND THESE 199 00:08:11,924 --> 00:08:10,122 ARE ONE OF A KIND MISSIONSINGS 200 00:08:14,793 --> 00:08:11,991 AND MAKING EXTRAORDINARILY 201 00:08:17,897 --> 00:08:14,860 IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS AND 202 00:08:19,698 --> 00:08:17,964 INDEED THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF 203 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:19,765 THIS MISSION AND ITS IMPORTANCE 204 00:08:23,869 --> 00:08:21,367 THAT FEEDS FORWARD NOT ONLY IN 205 00:08:25,571 --> 00:08:23,936 PLANETARY SCIENCE BUT IN HUMAN 206 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:25,638 EXPLORATION WAS A FACTOR IN THE 207 00:08:29,808 --> 00:08:28,107 DECISION TO KEEP THINGS GOING, 208 00:08:31,877 --> 00:08:29,875 TO COMPLETE THE INSTRUMENTATION 209 00:08:34,547 --> 00:08:31,944 AND GET IT READY FOR LAUNCH. 210 00:08:38,083 --> 00:08:34,614 AND THAT ENABLES US RIGHT NOW TO 211 00:08:41,387 --> 00:08:38,150 BE IN THE POSITION WE'RE IN. 212 00:08:43,856 --> 00:08:41,454 WITH A SPACECRAFT SITTING ON TOP 213 00:08:55,601 --> 00:08:43,923 OF AN ATLAS READY TO GO TO MARS 214 00:08:57,469 --> 00:08:55,668 AND EVERYTHING IS IN TOP SHAPE. 215 00:08:59,338 --> 00:08:57,536 >> THANK U. 216 00:09:00,172 --> 00:08:59,405 >> THERS A FULL SCALE MOCK-UP 217 00:09:01,941 --> 00:09:00,239 IN OUR SET TODAY. 218 00:09:06,645 --> 00:09:02,008 TO TALK LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 219 00:09:07,479 --> 00:09:06,712 THE DESIGN, BUILD AND SPACECRAFT 220 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:07,546 HEALTH OF THE ACTUAL FLIGHT 221 00:09:11,417 --> 00:09:09,415 HARDWARE WHICH IS TUCKED INSIDE 222 00:09:11,784 --> 00:09:11,484 OF THE PAYLOAD FAIRING RIGHT 223 00:09:15,955 --> 00:09:11,851 NOW. 224 00:09:19,258 --> 00:09:16,022 PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE TOM 225 00:09:21,226 --> 00:09:19,325 HOFFMAN AND STU THE INSIDE 226 00:09:21,560 --> 00:09:21,293 PRODUCT MANAGER FROM LOCKHEED 227 00:09:23,862 --> 00:09:21,627 SPACE. 228 00:09:26,332 --> 00:09:23,929 >> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE. 229 00:09:29,501 --> 00:09:26,399 WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF HERE IS 230 00:09:31,437 --> 00:09:29,568 THE FULLY DEPLOYED SPACECRAFT SO 231 00:09:33,539 --> 00:09:31,504 YOU HAVE THE SOLAR ARRAYS AND 232 00:09:35,841 --> 00:09:33,606 YOU HAVE THE LANDER LEGS ALL AS 233 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:35,908 IT WILL BE ON THE SURFACE. 234 00:09:38,410 --> 00:09:37,243 I'LL EXPLAIN IN JUST A MINUTE 235 00:09:38,911 --> 00:09:38,477 ABOUT HOW THIS IS ON THE ROCKET 236 00:09:40,112 --> 00:09:38,978 RIGHT NOW. 237 00:09:41,981 --> 00:09:40,179 BEFORE I DO THAT I WANT TO SAY 238 00:09:42,715 --> 00:09:42,048 I'MREALLY, REALLY EXCITED. 239 00:09:47,453 --> 00:09:42,782 I'M GOING TO MARS. 240 00:09:49,755 --> 00:09:47,520 I HOPE YOU GUYS EXCITED TOO? 241 00:09:50,456 --> 00:09:49,822 ARE YOU EXCITED TO GO TO MARS? 242 00:09:53,759 --> 00:09:50,523 COME ON! 243 00:09:54,860 --> 00:09:53,826 THIS HAS BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE 244 00:09:56,629 --> 00:09:54,927 FOR ME FOR SEVEN YEARS. 245 00:09:58,397 --> 00:09:56,696 I'VE BEEN ON THE PROJECT SINCE 246 00:10:00,099 --> 00:09:58,464 THE VERY BEGINNING AND WE WASHED 247 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:00,166 HARD TO GET TO THIS POINT AND I 248 00:10:04,303 --> 00:10:02,368 CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW VERY EXCITED 249 00:10:06,939 --> 00:10:04,370 I AM TO SEE US AT THIS POINT 250 00:10:08,540 --> 00:10:07,006 READY TO GO OFF TO MARS, READY 251 00:10:09,575 --> 00:10:08,607 TO SEND THIS TO ANOTHER PLANET. 252 00:10:12,511 --> 00:10:09,642 IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME. 253 00:10:14,413 --> 00:10:12,578 LIKE I SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE 254 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:14,480 LOOK LIKE ONCE WE DEPLOYED AND 255 00:10:16,915 --> 00:10:16,582 FULLY TO TAKE OUR SCIENCE ON 256 00:10:18,550 --> 00:10:16,982 MARS. 257 00:10:19,051 --> 00:10:18,617 BEFORE THAT WE START OUT 258 00:10:20,986 --> 00:10:19,118 DIFFERENT. 259 00:10:24,590 --> 00:10:21,053 RIGHT NOW ON THE ROCKET WE HAVE 260 00:10:25,457 --> 00:10:24,657 THE SOLAR ARRAYS ARE FOLDED UP 261 00:10:27,226 --> 00:10:25,524 UNDERNEATH THE DECK AND THESE 262 00:10:29,128 --> 00:10:27,293 LEGS ARE ALL TUCKED UP HERE SO 263 00:10:34,967 --> 00:10:29,195 IT's VERY COMPACT AND IN FACT WE 264 00:10:36,835 --> 00:10:35,034 HAVE AN ARROW SHELL AROUND US 265 00:10:38,270 --> 00:10:36,902 WHICH CONSISTS A HEAT SHIELD AND 266 00:10:39,104 --> 00:10:38,337 BACK SHELF AND A CRUISE A STAGE 267 00:10:40,539 --> 00:10:39,171 ON TOP AS WELL. 268 00:10:42,074 --> 00:10:40,606 THAT's WHAT IS IN THE ROCKET 269 00:10:45,144 --> 00:10:42,141 RIGHT NOW READY TO GO TO MARS. 270 00:10:46,311 --> 00:10:45,211 ONE OF THE COOL THINGS FOR ME 271 00:10:48,047 --> 00:10:46,378 BEING A NATIVE CALIFORNIAN IS 272 00:10:50,215 --> 00:10:48,114 THIS THE FIRST TIME EVER WE'RE 273 00:10:51,383 --> 00:10:50,282 DOING THESE INTER PLANETARY 274 00:10:54,086 --> 00:10:51,450 LAUNCH FROM THE WEST COAST. 275 00:10:55,654 --> 00:10:54,153 WE'RE FINALLY BREAKING THE 276 00:10:58,357 --> 00:10:55,721 MONOPOLY THE EAST COAST HAS HAD 277 00:11:02,661 --> 00:10:58,424 ON INTERPLANETARY LAUNCHES. 278 00:11:03,062 --> 00:11:02,728 IT'S EXCITING FOR ME TO HAVE THE 279 00:11:04,763 --> 00:11:03,129 OPPORTUNITY. 280 00:11:06,999 --> 00:11:04,830 WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS PLAY A 281 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:07,066 VIDEO AND WHAT's THAT's GOING TO 282 00:11:10,269 --> 00:11:08,067 SHOWU IS WHAT THE LAUNCH 283 00:11:11,737 --> 00:11:10,336 LOOKS LIKE AND HOPEFULLY IT's AS 284 00:11:13,072 --> 00:11:11,804 CLEAR AS THE VIDEO SHOWS IT TO 285 00:11:16,542 --> 00:11:13,139 BE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. 286 00:11:20,713 --> 00:11:16,609 WE'RE ALL TUCKED UP IN THIS. 287 00:11:22,548 --> 00:11:20,780 ONE OF THE COOL THINGS, IF 288 00:11:24,016 --> 00:11:22,615 YOU'RE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT 289 00:11:30,289 --> 00:11:24,083 4:05 ON SATURDAY YOU'LL BE ABLE 290 00:11:33,225 --> 00:11:30,356 TO SEE THIS FROM Y BACKYARD. 291 00:11:34,426 --> 00:11:33,292 WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THE VIEW IS. 292 00:11:36,295 --> 00:11:34,493 ANYWHERE FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA 293 00:11:37,963 --> 00:11:36,362 FROM THIS AREA ALL THE WAY DOWN 294 00:11:39,698 --> 00:11:38,030 TO MEXICO YOU SHOULD GET A GOOD 295 00:11:39,998 --> 00:11:39,765 VIEW OF THE SPACECRAFT AT THAT 296 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:40,065 TIME. 297 00:11:43,268 --> 00:11:41,567 IT'S GOING TO BE THE BRIGHTEST 298 00:11:43,669 --> 00:11:43,335 OBJECT IN THE SKY AND QUITE 299 00:11:44,937 --> 00:11:43,736 SPECTACULAR. 300 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:45,004 SET YOUR ALARMS AND GET UP AND 301 00:11:50,976 --> 00:11:48,107 WATCH THIS IF YOU DON'T HAPPEN 302 00:11:52,811 --> 00:11:51,043 SO, ONCE W GET THAT LAUNCH OFF 303 00:11:55,481 --> 00:11:52,878 WE HAVE TO GET TO MARS. 304 00:11:58,217 --> 00:11:55,548 WE HAVE 6.5 MONTH CRUISE. 305 00:11:59,818 --> 00:11:58,284 DURING THAT TIME WE DO 306 00:12:01,820 --> 00:11:59,885 TRAJECTORY CORRECTION MANEUVERS. 307 00:12:04,857 --> 00:12:01,887 WHAT THOSE DO, IT ALLOWS US TO 308 00:12:06,391 --> 00:12:04,924 LAND ON THE SURFACE OF MARS ON 309 00:12:07,059 --> 00:12:06,458 NOVEMBER 25TH OF THIS YEAR WHICH 310 00:12:08,827 --> 00:12:07,126 IS CYBER MONDAY. 311 00:12:11,630 --> 00:12:08,894 SO AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE -- 312 00:12:12,998 --> 00:12:11,697 IF YOU'RE SHOPPING ONL AND 313 00:12:14,933 --> 00:12:13,065 DOING YOUR HOLID SHOPPING AND 314 00:12:16,468 --> 00:12:15,000 YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE, 315 00:12:16,835 --> 00:12:16,535 YOU CAN PUT THAT ON YOUR OTHER 316 00:12:18,303 --> 00:12:16,902 SCREEN. 317 00:12:18,771 --> 00:12:18,370 IF YOU'RE AT WORK YOU'RE NOT 318 00:12:20,339 --> 00:12:18,838 DOING THAT. 319 00:12:21,340 --> 00:12:20,406 YOU'RE MAYBE DOING THAT ON YOUR 320 00:12:22,975 --> 00:12:21,407 PERSONAL COMPUTER. 321 00:12:24,276 --> 00:12:23,042 BUT PUT THAT ON AND YOU CAN SEE 322 00:12:28,113 --> 00:12:24,343 US LAND. 323 00:12:28,847 --> 00:12:28,180 WE'LL LAND ABOUT NOON ON THE 324 00:12:29,982 --> 00:12:28,914 26TH OF NOVEMBER. 325 00:12:30,983 --> 00:12:30,049 PACIFIC TIME. 326 00:12:33,352 --> 00:12:31,050 THAT's GOING TO BE COOL. 327 00:12:35,921 --> 00:12:33,419 ONCE WE GET THERE WE HAVE TOO 328 00:12:37,022 --> 00:12:35,988 THRO WHAT WE CALL ENTRY 329 00:12:39,024 --> 00:12:37,089 DECENT AND LANDING PHASE. 330 00:12:40,893 --> 00:12:39,091 THAT's WHERE WE START AT 12500 331 00:12:42,027 --> 00:12:40,960 MILES AN HOUR AND WITHIN 6.5 332 00:12:42,828 --> 00:12:42,094 MINUTES WE GET DOWN TO FIVE 333 00:12:44,863 --> 00:12:42,895 MILES AN HOUR TO LAND. 334 00:12:47,699 --> 00:12:44,930 I HAVE A VIDEO TO SHOW YOU 335 00:12:49,234 --> 00:12:47,766 THAT's DESCRIBING THAT PROCESS 336 00:12:52,337 --> 00:12:49,301 SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE COMING IN 337 00:12:56,341 --> 00:12:52,404 VERY HOT LITERALLY. 338 00:12:56,775 --> 00:12:56,408 WE USE THIS SHELL TO TAKE THE 339 00:12:59,344 --> 00:12:56,842 HEAT OFF. 340 00:13:03,448 --> 00:12:59,411 WE'RE STILL GOING AT SUPERSONIC 341 00:13:03,816 --> 00:13:03,515 SEEDS WHEN WE POP OFF THE 342 00:13:06,084 --> 00:13:03,883 PARACHUTE. 343 00:13:07,486 --> 00:13:06,151 ONCE WE GET DOWN TO A GOOD SPEED 344 00:13:09,054 --> 00:13:07,553 WE DROP OFF THE HEAT SHIELD AND 345 00:13:10,856 --> 00:13:09,121 THEN WE START ACQUIRING THE 346 00:13:12,257 --> 00:13:10,923 GROUND WITH OUR RADAR. 347 00:13:14,459 --> 00:13:12,324 THAT's TELLING US WHAT OUR 348 00:13:16,695 --> 00:13:14,526 VELOCITY IS AND WE GET DOWN TO 349 00:13:17,930 --> 00:13:16,762 THE RIGHT VELOCITY ANDHIS 350 00:13:19,464 --> 00:13:17,997 ACECRAFT FREE FALLS FOR A 351 00:13:21,033 --> 00:13:19,531 WHILE AND THEN USES THE RETRO 352 00:13:23,402 --> 00:13:21,100 ROCKETS TO SLOW IT DOWN TO FIVE 353 00:13:32,277 --> 00:13:23,469 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE LEGS 354 00:13:33,512 --> 00:13:32,344 POPPED OUT IN THIS CON FORTYING 355 00:13:35,180 --> 00:13:33,579 RACE. 356 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:35,247 WE HAVE TO TAKE THESE SOLAR 357 00:13:38,984 --> 00:13:37,016 ARRAYS AND DEPLOY THEM. 358 00:13:41,453 --> 00:13:39,051 BUT THEHE NEXT STEP WE 359 00:13:42,821 --> 00:13:41,520 HAVE TO ACTUALLY DEPLOY THESE 360 00:13:45,791 --> 00:13:42,888 ELEMENTS, INSTRUMENTS THERE AND 361 00:13:46,692 --> 00:13:45,858 THE DECK TO THE GROUND. 362 00:13:48,894 --> 00:13:46,759 IT'S BASICALLY A SECOND DECENT 363 00:13:51,430 --> 00:13:48,961 AND LANDING FOR US. 364 00:13:52,664 --> 00:13:51,497 WE'RE ABOUT A METER OR SO, THREE 365 00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:52,731 FEET FROM THE GROUND BUT WE HAVE 366 00:13:55,434 --> 00:13:54,033 TO GET THAT LAST LITTLE BIT AND 367 00:13:56,501 --> 00:13:55,501 THAT WILL TAKE US A LITTLE BIT 368 00:13:57,936 --> 00:13:56,568 OF TIME. 369 00:13:59,004 --> 00:13:58,003 IT SEEMS LIKE THAT SHOULD BE 370 00:14:01,006 --> 00:13:59,071 PRETTY SIMPLE. 371 00:14:02,875 --> 00:14:01,073 WHAT WE ARE GG TOO ONCE WE 372 00:14:04,977 --> 00:14:02,942 LAND WE'LL TAKE SOME PICTURES OF 373 00:14:07,212 --> 00:14:05,044 WHAT THE TRAIN LOOKS LIKE. 374 00:14:09,615 --> 00:14:07,279 WE HAVE A TEST BED. 375 00:14:10,849 --> 00:14:09,682 WE'LL REPRODUCE THAT TRAIN 376 00:14:12,451 --> 00:14:10,916 EXACTLY IN THE TEST BED AND 377 00:14:13,752 --> 00:14:12,518 PRACTICE DEPLOYING EACH AND OF 378 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:13,819 THE INSTRUMENTS OVER AND OVER 379 00:14:15,754 --> 00:14:14,987 AND OVER AGAIN TO MAKE SURE WE 380 00:14:17,489 --> 00:14:15,821 GET IT RIGHT. 381 00:14:20,158 --> 00:14:17,556 THAT's GOING TO TAKE US ABOUT 382 00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:20,225 TWO MONTHS ROUGHLY TO GET THE 383 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:21,093 INSTRUMENTS FROM THEK DOWN 384 00:14:23,762 --> 00:14:22,027 TO THE GR. 385 00:14:24,096 --> 00:14:23,829 I WISH IT IT WAS ABOUT FIVE 386 00:14:25,530 --> 00:14:24,163 MINUTES. 387 00:14:27,132 --> 00:14:25,597 BUT ACTUALLY I HAVE A VERY THAT 388 00:14:28,233 --> 00:14:27,199 GOES REALLY, REALLY FAST AND I 389 00:14:29,735 --> 00:14:28,300 WISH IT WENT THIS FAST. 390 00:14:31,103 --> 00:14:29,802 IF WE SHOW THE NEXT VIDEO IT 391 00:14:32,070 --> 00:14:31,170 GIVES YOU AN IDEA WHAT THE 392 00:14:35,407 --> 00:14:32,137 DEPLOYMENT PROCESS IS. 393 00:14:39,444 --> 00:14:35,474 YOU CAN SEE SOLAR ARRAYS ARE 394 00:14:41,747 --> 00:14:39,511 DEPLOYED AND WE'RE PUTTING THE 395 00:14:46,351 --> 00:14:41,814 SIZE MONITOR DOWN FIRST AND THEN 396 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:46,418 WE TAKE THE WIND AND THERMAL 397 00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:47,987 SHIELD AND WE PLACE IT OVER TOP 398 00:14:51,623 --> 00:14:49,555 OF IT AND THAT BASICALLY INNOT 399 00:14:52,457 --> 00:14:51,690 SOL LATES IT FROM THE 400 00:14:57,963 --> 00:14:52,524 ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS WE CAN ON 401 00:14:58,463 --> 00:14:58,030 MARS AND THAT's WHAT IS GOING ON 402 00:15:00,999 --> 00:14:58,530 RIGHT NOW. 403 00:15:03,635 --> 00:15:01,066 AND THEN ONCE EVERYTHING IS 404 00:15:04,903 --> 00:15:03,702 LOOKING GOOD THEN WE HE TAKE OFF 405 00:15:06,171 --> 00:15:04,970 THE HEAT PHYSICAL 406 00:15:06,638 --> 00:15:06,238 PROPERTIES PACKAGE AND PUT IT 407 00:15:08,407 --> 00:15:06,705 DOWN NEXT. 408 00:15:10,709 --> 00:15:08,474 THAT WHOLE PROCESS, I WISH IT 409 00:15:12,878 --> 00:15:10,776 WENT AS FAST AS THIS VIDEO. 410 00:15:13,211 --> 00:15:12,945 IT WOULD MAKE MY LIFE A LOT 411 00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:13,278 BETTER. 412 00:15:16,515 --> 00:15:15,481 MY HAIR WOULD BE A DIFFERENT 413 00:15:18,150 --> 00:15:16,582 KIND OF BLOND AS IT IS NOW. 414 00:15:20,285 --> 00:15:18,217 BUT IT DOESN'T WORK THAT FAST. 415 00:15:21,954 --> 00:15:20,352 NOW WE'RE SET FOR THE SCIENTISTS 416 00:15:23,188 --> 00:15:22,021 TO START TO GET THE SCIENCE THEY 417 00:15:24,890 --> 00:15:23,255 WANT AND THE WHOLE REASON BEHIND 418 00:15:26,725 --> 00:15:24,957 THE MISSION AND YOU'LL HEAR A 419 00:15:28,260 --> 00:15:26,792 LOT ABOUTAT IN A LITTLE BIT. 420 00:15:30,228 --> 00:15:28,327 BEFORE I GET ON TO THAT, I DID 421 00:15:32,531 --> 00:15:30,295 WANT TO SAY IT's REALLY -- THIS 422 00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:32,598 IS REALLY AN INTERNATIONAL 423 00:15:43,508 --> 00:15:33,065 COLLABORATION. 424 00:15:45,777 --> 00:15:43,575 THERE'S PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE 425 00:15:49,681 --> 00:15:45,844 WORLD WE OF INSTRUMENTS FROM OUR 426 00:15:52,918 --> 00:15:49,748 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AND WE 427 00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:52,985 ACTUALLY HAVE OUR SPACECRAFT IS 428 00:15:56,588 --> 00:15:55,287 BEING BUILT BY LOCKHEED MARTIN 429 00:15:57,823 --> 00:15:56,655 IN DENVER. 430 00:15:59,558 --> 00:15:57,890 ONE THING JUST A PERSONAL THING 431 00:16:00,459 --> 00:15:59,625 WITH STU AND I, THIS IS THE 432 00:16:03,095 --> 00:16:00,526 SECOND MISSION WE'VE WORKED 433 00:16:04,429 --> 00:16:03,162 TOGETHER SO WE'VE BEEN ON THIS 434 00:16:05,097 --> 00:16:04,496 FOR SEVEN YEARS, TOGETHER OVER 435 00:16:07,432 --> 00:16:05,164 TEN YEARS. 436 00:16:08,867 --> 00:16:07,499 WE WORKED THE PREVIOUS DISCOVERY 437 00:16:11,303 --> 00:16:08,934 MISSION WHICH WAS A MISSION TO 438 00:16:13,238 --> 00:16:11,370 THE MOO GRAVITY MAPPING. 439 00:16:14,106 --> 00:16:13,305 IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO WORK 440 00:16:20,979 --> 00:16:14,173 WITH STU AGAIN. 441 00:16:21,747 --> 00:16:21,046 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TOM. 442 00:16:23,982 --> 00:16:21,814 APPRECIATE IT. 443 00:16:26,184 --> 00:16:24,049 BECAUSE LOCKHEED MARTIN HAS 444 00:16:29,888 --> 00:16:26,251 WORKED ON 20 PREVIOUS MARS 445 00:16:31,923 --> 00:16:29,955 MISSIONS SOMEONE ASKED ME 446 00:16:32,257 --> 00:16:31,990 RECE DO I CONSIDER 447 00:16:33,525 --> 00:16:32,324 ROUTINE. 448 00:16:37,662 --> 00:16:33,592 AND I'LL STEAL A LITTLE BIT FROM 449 00:16:39,064 --> 00:16:37,729 TOM HANKS HERE IN APOLLO 13. 450 00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:39,131 THERE IS NOTHING ROUTINE ABOUT 451 00:16:40,766 --> 00:16:40,232 GOING TO MARS ESPECIALLY LANDING 452 00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:40,833 ON MARS. 453 00:16:44,903 --> 00:16:42,701 AND THIS IS A TOUGH MISSION AND 454 00:16:47,572 --> 00:16:44,970 WE'RE HAPPY TO BE PART OF IT. 455 00:16:49,775 --> 00:16:47,639 AS TOM MENTIONED, I'VE BEEN ON 456 00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:49,842 THE PROGRAM FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE 457 00:16:53,311 --> 00:16:51,310 FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS NOW AND I 458 00:16:54,112 --> 00:16:53,378 CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST ON 459 00:16:55,380 --> 00:16:54,179 SATURDAY MORNING, THE 460 00:16:57,315 --> 00:16:55,447 ANTICIPATION AND THE EXCITEMENT 461 00:16:59,184 --> 00:16:57,382 IS GOING TO BE SECOND TO NONE. 462 00:17:03,121 --> 00:16:59,251 SO I'M REALLY LOOKING TO GETTING 463 00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:03,188 THIS THING OFF THE GROUND. 464 00:17:08,994 --> 00:17:04,990 LET's TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 465 00:17:11,063 --> 00:17:09,061 WHAT LOCKHEED MARTIN's ROLE WAS. 466 00:17:12,764 --> 00:17:11,130 THREE PHASES THAT WE PARTICIPATE 467 00:17:14,032 --> 00:17:12,831 IN ARE THE DESIGN AND 468 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:14,099 DEVELOPMENT THE SPACECRAFT 469 00:17:17,469 --> 00:17:15,667 COMPONENT AND THE INTEGRATION 470 00:17:18,036 --> 00:17:17,536 AND TEST PHASE AND THEN THE 471 00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:18,103 FLIGHT OPERATIONS. 472 00:17:21,873 --> 00:17:20,639 SO FOR THE DESIGN AND 473 00:17:23,075 --> 00:17:21,940 DEVELOPMENT, THOSE OF YOU THAT 474 00:17:24,876 --> 00:17:23,142 OF BEEN INVOLVED IN THE MARS 475 00:17:26,178 --> 00:17:24,943 PROGRAM FOR QUITE SOME TIME OR 476 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:26,245 COVERING IT YOU PROBABLY NOTICE 477 00:17:30,348 --> 00:17:28,147 THIS LOOKS A LOT LIKE PHOENIX 478 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:30,415 LANDER WHICH LAUNCHED IN 2007 479 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:31,283 AND THAT's INTENTIONAL. 480 00:17:36,088 --> 00:17:33,619 ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES IS TO 481 00:17:38,824 --> 00:17:36,155 BUILD ON OUR PREVIOUS SUCCESSES 482 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:38,891 SO WE'RE MINIMIZING THE RISK AND 483 00:17:41,726 --> 00:17:40,459 MAINTAINING THE RISK POSTURE WE 484 00:17:43,562 --> 00:17:41,793 WANT TO ON THESE MISSIONS. 485 00:17:46,264 --> 00:17:43,629 SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE 486 00:17:47,999 --> 00:17:46,331 INHERITED DIRECTLY FROM PHOENIX 487 00:17:49,701 --> 00:17:48,066 ARE THE BASIC STRUCTURAL LAYOUT 488 00:17:51,269 --> 00:17:49,768 OF THE LANDER HERE, THE THREE 489 00:17:52,070 --> 00:17:51,336 LEGS THAT DEPLOY DURING THE 490 00:17:57,075 --> 00:17:52,137 DECENT AND LANDING PHASE. 491 00:17:58,844 --> 00:17:57,142 YOU CAN SEE THE DECENT THRUSTERS 492 00:18:00,779 --> 00:17:58,911 UNDERNEATH HERE AND THE FUEL 493 00:18:02,581 --> 00:18:00,846 TANG AND ST ENTIRE PROPULSION 494 00:18:04,116 --> 00:18:02,648 SYSTEM IS THE SAME AS PHOENIX. 495 00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:04,183 HOWEVER THERE ARE QUITE A FEW 496 00:18:06,284 --> 00:18:05,851 THINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM 497 00:18:07,352 --> 00:18:06,351 PHOENIX. 498 00:18:08,887 --> 00:18:07,419 INSIDE THE INTERIOR OF THE 499 00:18:10,956 --> 00:18:08,954 LANDER WHICH YOU CAN'T SEE FROM 500 00:18:13,492 --> 00:18:11,023 THIS VIEW ARE THE FLIGHT 501 00:18:15,727 --> 00:18:13,559 ELECTRONS, THE AVIONICS. 502 00:18:17,262 --> 00:18:15,794 POWER COMPONENTS AND THE FLIGHT 503 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:17,329 COMPUTER THOSE ARE INHAIR ITTED 504 00:18:21,733 --> 00:18:19,665 FROM N, THE ONE THAT 505 00:18:24,202 --> 00:18:21,800 LAUNCHED IF 2013. 506 00:18:26,338 --> 00:18:24,269 WE HAVE MODERNIZED THE ELECTRONS 507 00:18:28,807 --> 00:18:26,405 SINCE THE PHOENIX ERA. 508 00:18:31,676 --> 00:18:28,874 ANOTHER THING OF INTEREST HERE 509 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:31,743 IS THIS MISSION UNLIKE PHOENIX 510 00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:35,047 HAS A TELE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM. 511 00:18:38,416 --> 00:18:36,949 THIS IS THE ANTENNA THAT GOES 512 00:18:39,451 --> 00:18:38,483 DIRECT TO EARTH WITH A RADIO 513 00:18:42,287 --> 00:18:39,518 SCIENCE BEACON AND THE PURPOSE 514 00:18:42,988 --> 00:18:42,354 OF THAT IS ACTUALLY AS A SCIENCE 515 00:18:44,089 --> 00:18:43,055 INVESTIGATION. 516 00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:44,156 BRUCE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS 517 00:18:47,792 --> 00:18:45,457 DURING THE SCIENCE BUT ONE OF 518 00:18:49,995 --> 00:18:47,859 THE CASES WHERE THE SPACECRAFT 519 00:18:51,296 --> 00:18:50,062 COMPONENT ACTUALLY DOUBLES AS A 520 00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:51,363 SCIENCE INVESTIGATION. 521 00:18:54,132 --> 00:18:52,631 THE SECOND PHASE THAT WE GET 522 00:18:55,667 --> 00:18:54,199 INVOLVED IN IS THE INTEGRATION 523 00:18:59,538 --> 00:18:55,734 AND TEST AS THE COMPONENTS COME 524 00:19:02,774 --> 00:18:59,605 IN WE HAVE TO ASSEMBLE THE 525 00:19:07,312 --> 00:19:02,841 FLIGHT SYSTEM AND TEST IT. 526 00:19:07,879 --> 00:19:07,379 SO IF WE COULD ROLL THE 527 00:19:09,814 --> 00:19:07,946 INTEGRATION VIDEO. 528 00:19:11,917 --> 00:19:09,881 ALL OF THIS WAS FILMED IN THE 529 00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:11,984 DENVER FACILITIES. 530 00:19:16,154 --> 00:19:14,386 THERE YOU SEE IT IN A HANG DOWN 531 00:19:17,923 --> 00:19:16,221 MODE. 532 00:19:19,624 --> 00:19:17,990 THIS IS THE CRUISE STAGE WHICH 533 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:19,691 GETS US TO THE PLANET NOT SHOWN 534 00:19:24,763 --> 00:19:21,827 HERE ON THE STAGE. 535 00:19:26,031 --> 00:19:24,830 THIS IS EARLY ONHE SCIENCE 536 00:19:28,066 --> 00:19:26,098 DECK BEFORE ANY OF THEM HAVE 537 00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:28,133 BEEN INSTALLED. 538 00:19:35,307 --> 00:19:31,870 HERE IS OUR THERMAL BACK CHAMBER 539 00:19:37,008 --> 00:19:35,374 HERE AND CAN SEE IT's A LONG 540 00:19:39,411 --> 00:19:37,075 DEEP CHAMBER AND SPENDS ABOUT 541 00:19:44,983 --> 00:19:39,478 TWO WEEKS IN THIS TO MAKE SURE 542 00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:45,050 WE CAN SURVIVE THE RIGORS AND 543 00:19:53,992 --> 00:19:52,758 THERM AL EXTREMES. 544 00:19:55,994 --> 00:19:54,059 ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DO 545 00:19:58,330 --> 00:19:56,061 AFTER TOUCHDOWN IS DEPLOY THE 546 00:20:01,533 --> 00:19:58,397 TWO SOLAR ARRAYS SO YOU CAN SEE 547 00:20:04,402 --> 00:20:01,600 THIS IS THE FINAL TEST WE DID IN 548 00:20:06,171 --> 00:20:04,469 DENVER BEFORE PACKING UP THE 549 00:20:08,373 --> 00:20:06,238 ARRAYS AND SEALING THEM AND THIS 550 00:20:10,041 --> 00:20:08,440 IS THEINAL OPERATION IN 551 00:20:11,276 --> 00:20:10,108 DENVER, THE YELLOWISH COMPONENT 552 00:20:13,044 --> 00:20:11,343 IS THE HEAT SHIELD THAT GETS 553 00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:13,111 INSTALLED OVER THE TOP OF THE 554 00:20:18,183 --> 00:20:14,780 BACK SHELL AND THEN IT GETS PUT 555 00:20:28,927 --> 00:20:18,250 INTO SHIPPING CONTAINER AND 556 00:20:29,261 --> 00:20:28,994 FLOWN OUT HERE VIA A C 17 557 00:20:32,530 --> 00:20:29,328 FLIGHT. 558 00:20:34,099 --> 00:20:32,597 THE THE SPACECRAFT TEAM WILL BE 559 00:20:37,235 --> 00:20:34,166 PARTICIPATING FROM DENVER IN OUR 560 00:20:38,903 --> 00:20:37,302 MISSION SUPPORT AREA DOING THE 561 00:20:40,538 --> 00:20:38,970 COMMANDING AND TELEMETRY 562 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:40,605 MONITORING AND SO FORTH, SO 563 00:20:42,707 --> 00:20:41,707 WE'LL BE INVOLVED IN THE MISSION 564 00:20:44,142 --> 00:20:42,774 AND SPACECRAFT ELEMENT FROM THE 565 00:20:45,844 --> 00:20:44,209 ENTIRE LAUNCH PERIOD ALL THE WAY 566 00:20:48,146 --> 00:20:45,911 TO THE END OF MISSION. 567 00:20:50,048 --> 00:20:48,213 SO I'M GOING TO WRAP UP BY 568 00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:50,115 SAYING, THANK YOU A BIG 569 00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:52,084 SHOUTOUT TO ALL THE HUNDREDS OF 570 00:20:54,719 --> 00:20:53,919 MEN AND WOMAN AT LOCKHEED MARTIN 571 00:20:56,221 --> 00:20:54,786 THAT MADE IT HAPPEN. 572 00:21:00,191 --> 00:20:56,288 IT WAS NOT AN EASY TASK. 573 00:21:01,626 --> 00:21:00,258 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JPL 574 00:21:03,795 --> 00:21:01,693 FOR ALLOWING LOCKHEED MARTIN TO 575 00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:03,862 BE PART OF THE TEAM AND IT's 576 00:21:06,631 --> 00:21:05,497 GOING TO BE A GREAT MISSION. 577 00:21:19,878 --> 00:21:06,698 WE'RE PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT 578 00:21:21,379 --> 00:21:19,945 AND WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH. 579 00:21:22,947 --> 00:21:21,446 >> IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, 580 00:21:24,115 --> 00:21:23,014 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND WAIT 581 00:21:25,016 --> 00:21:24,182 FOR A MICROPHONE RUNNER TO GET 582 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:25,083 TO YOU. 583 00:21:37,662 --> 00:21:33,525 CAN WE GET ONE RIGHT DOWN HERE. 584 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:37,729 STATE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION. 585 00:21:40,665 --> 00:21:38,530 >> HI. 586 00:21:45,537 --> 00:21:40,732 IS IT BETTER OR EASIER TO GO TO 587 00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:45,604 MARS FROM POLAR ORBIT AND WHY? 588 00:21:49,874 --> 00:21:47,773 >> IT's ACTUAL -- WE'RE GOING TO 589 00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:49,941 END UP GOING -- DOING ONE ORBIT 590 00:21:54,412 --> 00:21:51,977 LIKE A POLAR ORBIT AND MAKE A 591 00:21:56,948 --> 00:21:54,479 LEFT TURN ON OUR WAY TO MARS. 592 00:21:59,284 --> 00:21:57,015 SORE ESSENTIALLY GETTING OUT 593 00:22:00,719 --> 00:21:59,351 AT THE SAME TRAJECTORY AS IF WE 594 00:22:01,052 --> 00:22:00,786 LAUNCHED FROM KENNEDY SPACE 595 00:22:02,153 --> 00:22:01,119 CENTER. 596 00:22:03,688 --> 00:22:02,220 THERE IS A BIG ADVANTAGE GETTING 597 00:22:04,956 --> 00:22:03,755 OUT NEAR THE EQUATOR. 598 00:22:06,057 --> 00:22:05,023 SINCE WE'RE NOT CLOSE HERE 599 00:22:09,260 --> 00:22:06,124 OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO GET THERE. 600 00:22:13,098 --> 00:22:09,327 WE DO THAT WITH AN ORBIT AROUND 601 00:22:20,004 --> 00:22:13,165 THE EARTH AND THEN A LEFT TURN. 602 00:22:21,272 --> 00:22:20,071 >> WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER MEDIA ESTI 603 00:22:25,543 --> 00:22:21,339 COULD YOU ELABORATE FOR HOW LONG 604 00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:25,610 YOU THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO 605 00:22:29,314 --> 00:22:27,212 RECEIVE DATA? 606 00:22:32,016 --> 00:22:29,381 >> SO, THIS MISSION IS DESIGNED 607 00:22:32,884 --> 00:22:32,083 TO LAST ONE MARS YEAR, SO THAT's 608 00:22:39,624 --> 00:22:32,951 26 EARTH MONTHS. 609 00:22:39,624 --> 00:22:40,492 BUT THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS LIFE 610 00:22:43,261 --> 00:22:41,126 LIMITING ON THE SYSTEM. 611 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:43,328 BUT ONE MARS YEAR IS OUR PLAN. 612 00:22:49,701 --> 00:22:44,763 >> LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOCIAL 613 00:22:50,802 --> 00:22:49,768 MEDIA QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE OF 614 00:22:52,937 --> 00:22:50,869 THE HOUSE. 615 00:22:53,204 --> 00:22:53,004 IF YOU COULD GO TO THE FRONT 616 00:22:54,105 --> 00:22:53,271 ROW. 617 00:22:57,742 --> 00:22:54,172 >> HI. 618 00:22:59,310 --> 00:22:57,809 MY NAME IS MADDY GARCIA. 619 00:22:59,878 --> 00:22:59,377 I'M FROM M.I.T. REPRESENTING 620 00:23:01,980 --> 00:22:59,945 STUDENTS RIGHT NOW. 621 00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:02,047 I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU ABOUT 622 00:23:05,717 --> 00:23:04,850 THE THRUSTERS. 623 00:23:07,218 --> 00:23:05,784 AFTER SPEAKING WITH LOCKHEED 624 00:23:10,121 --> 00:23:07,285 MARTIN REPRESENTATIVE EARLIER I 625 00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:10,188 LEARNED THERE ARE NO REDUNDANT 626 00:23:14,492 --> 00:23:10,589 THRUSTERS. 627 00:23:16,694 --> 00:23:14,559 I GUESS WITH SUCH A HIGH RISK 628 00:23:19,063 --> 00:23:16,761 MANEUVER WITH HAVING A PRO PULL 629 00:23:24,102 --> 00:23:19,130 SHIV LANDING, HOW DO YOU JUSTIFY 630 00:23:24,469 --> 00:23:24,169 NOT HAV ANY CK-UP 631 00:23:29,874 --> 00:23:24,536 THRUSTERS? 632 00:23:30,208 --> 00:23:29,941 >> WE DON'T CONSIDER A HIGH RISK 633 00:23:33,812 --> 00:23:30,275 THERE. 634 00:23:34,245 --> 00:23:33,879 WE CAN'T ACTUALLY TOLERATE SOME 635 00:23:36,014 --> 00:23:34,312 OUTAGE THERE. 636 00:23:39,184 --> 00:23:36,081 BUT THE MAIN COMPONENTS OF THE 637 00:23:41,653 --> 00:23:39,251 THRUSTER, THE REASON WE DO THE 638 00:23:43,054 --> 00:23:41,720 PRO PULL SHIV LANDING IS BECAUSE 639 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:43,121 PHOENIX DID IT AND ALMOST 40 640 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:45,657 YEARS BEFORE THAT VIKING DID IT. 641 00:23:53,398 --> 00:23:47,993 OBVIOUSLY AIR BAGS HAVE BEEN 642 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:53,465 USED OR SKY CRAN, BUT THE PRO 643 00:23:56,968 --> 00:23:55,667 PULSIVE LANDING IS WHAT WE USED 644 00:23:58,503 --> 00:23:57,035 AT LOCKHEED MARTIN AND IT's 645 00:24:00,939 --> 00:23:58,570 READY TO GO. 646 00:24:02,841 --> 00:24:01,006 >> AEROSPACE AMERICA, GO AHEAD 647 00:24:05,643 --> 00:24:02,908 ON THE PHONE LINES. 648 00:24:07,479 --> 00:24:05,710 >> THANK YOU. 649 00:24:09,681 --> 00:24:07,546 NASA INSIGHTS WILL DIG DEEPER 650 00:24:15,086 --> 00:24:09,748 INTO MARS THAN HUMANS HAVE DID 651 00:24:17,355 --> 00:24:15,153 YOU GO ON ANOTHER WORLD. 652 00:24:22,527 --> 00:24:17,422 IT LEAVES THAT DRIVING SPIKE. 653 00:24:24,095 --> 00:24:22,594 ARE THERE ANY CONTINGENCY PLANS 654 00:24:25,697 --> 00:24:24,162 IN CASE THE GROUND IS TOUGHER 655 00:24:28,433 --> 00:24:25,764 THANANPATED? 656 00:24:30,435 --> 00:24:28,500 >> ACTUALLY THIS IS GOING TO BE 657 00:24:31,936 --> 00:24:30,502 GOOD FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER. 658 00:24:34,806 --> 00:24:32,003 WE FEEL CONFIDENT WE'RE GOING TO 659 00:24:36,508 --> 00:24:34,873 A PLACE ON MARS WHERE WE WILL 660 00:24:38,610 --> 00:24:36,575 SUCCESSFULLY PENETRATE. 661 00:24:40,311 --> 00:24:38,677 EVEN IF WE HIT ROCKS, AS LONG AS 662 00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:40,378 THEY'RE NOT FLAT WE HAVE A GOOD 663 00:24:43,248 --> 00:24:41,680 CHANCE GETTING PAST THOSE AND 664 00:24:45,116 --> 00:24:43,315 GETTING DOWN TO THE DEPTH WE 665 00:24:47,252 --> 00:24:45,183 WANT WHICH IS ABOUT TEN FEET. 666 00:24:49,921 --> 00:24:47,319 THE GOAL IS 16 FEET. 667 00:24:51,155 --> 00:24:49,988 BUTTILLMAN WILL TALK A LOT 668 00:24:52,290 --> 00:24:51,222 ABOUT THE HEAT PHYSICAL 669 00:24:53,358 --> 00:24:52,357 PROPERTIES PACKAGE COMING UP IN 670 00:24:54,893 --> 00:24:53,425 THE NEXT SECTION. 671 00:25:01,599 --> 00:24:54,960 >> WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON 672 00:25:04,602 --> 00:25:01,666 THE PHONE LINES. 673 00:25:07,171 --> 00:25:04,669 GO AHEAD. 674 00:25:08,072 --> 00:25:07,238 >> CAN YOU HEAR US? 675 00:25:08,273 --> 00:25:08,139 >> YEAH. 676 00:25:10,208 --> 00:25:08,340 HI 677 00:25:12,510 --> 00:25:10,275 THANKS FOR TAKG MY CALL. 678 00:25:16,981 --> 00:25:12,577 I WANTED TO ASK, HOW MANY 679 00:25:17,282 --> 00:25:17,048 MISSIONS HAVE THERE BEEN TO 680 00:25:20,151 --> 00:25:17,349 MARS? 681 00:25:24,556 --> 00:25:20,218 IS UP UNTIL NOW EITHER BY WAY OF 682 00:25:25,456 --> 00:25:24,623 LANDERS, ORBITERS AND ROVERS? 683 00:25:29,294 --> 00:25:25,523 DOES SOMEBODY KNOW? 684 00:25:30,061 --> 00:25:29,361 >> I THINK THE ANSWER IS 21. 685 00:25:31,429 --> 00:25:30,128 U.S. SSIONS. 686 00:25:33,431 --> 00:25:31,496 DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? 687 00:25:35,066 --> 00:25:33,498 >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD RIGHT. 688 00:25:36,701 --> 00:25:35,133 >> WE'LL GO WITH 21. 689 00:25:38,303 --> 00:25:36,768 >> WE'LL GET THAT NUMBER FOR YOU 690 00:25:38,636 --> 00:25:38,370 AFTER THE SHOW. 691 00:25:40,371 --> 00:25:38,703 OKAY. 692 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:40,438 THANKS VERY MUCH, GUYS. 693 00:25:47,111 --> 00:25:41,873 BIG ROUND APPLAUSE FOR TIM AND 694 00:25:49,414 --> 00:25:47,178 STU AND ENGINEERING OF INSIGHT. 695 00:25:51,683 --> 00:25:49,481 SO, AT 4.5 BILLION YEARS OLD AND 696 00:25:53,184 --> 00:25:51,783 IS NOT ONE VISIT TO THE DOCTOR, 697 00:25:55,753 --> 00:25:53,251 WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT 698 00:25:56,020 --> 00:25:55,820 MARS IS OVERDUE FOR A CHECK OF 699 00:25:57,855 --> 00:25:56,087 UP. 700 00:25:58,790 --> 00:25:57,922 SO INSIGHT WILL BE CHECKING THE 701 00:25:59,891 --> 00:25:58,857 PULSE AND REFLEXES AND 702 00:26:02,060 --> 00:25:59,958 TEMPERATURE OF THE PLANET AND 703 00:26:05,096 --> 00:26:02,127 TELL US MORE ABOUT THOSE SCIENCE 704 00:26:06,998 --> 00:26:05,163 GOALS PLEASE WELCOME TO THE 705 00:26:09,434 --> 00:26:07,065 STAGE BRUCE, THE INSIGHT 706 00:26:10,668 --> 00:26:09,501 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FROM THE 707 00:26:13,471 --> 00:26:10,735 JET PROPULSION LABORATORY. 708 00:26:16,140 --> 00:26:13,538 AFTER HE SAYS A FEW RKS, WE 709 00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:16,207 KEY MEMBERS OF THE 710 00:26:22,981 --> 00:26:21,446 SCIENCE TEAM, DEPUTY PROJECT 711 00:26:30,521 --> 00:26:23,048 MANAGER, THE INVESTIGATION LEAD 712 00:26:33,424 --> 00:26:30,588 FROM IPGP AND THE HP 713 00:26:36,527 --> 00:26:33,491 INVESTIGATION LEAD FROM DLR. 714 00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:36,594 BRUCE, HOW LONG HAVEOU BEEN 715 00:26:42,834 --> 00:26:42,567 WORKING TO PUT A SIZE MOW METER 716 00:26:45,837 --> 00:26:42,901 ON MARS? 717 00:26:46,337 --> 00:26:45,904 >> I GUESS I WAS THERE ON THE 718 00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:46,404 FIRST DATE. 719 00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:47,739 I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY -- BEFORE 720 00:26:50,141 --> 00:26:49,074 THERE WAS A SPACECRAFT AND 721 00:26:51,676 --> 00:26:50,208 BEFORE THERE WERE INSTRUMENTS 722 00:26:53,645 --> 00:26:51,743 THERE'S THE SCIENTIFIC QUESTION 723 00:27:02,520 --> 00:26:53,712 AND THOSE SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS 724 00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:02,587 THE BEGINNING OF THE LY SINCE 725 00:27:04,956 --> 00:27:03,188 EXPLORATION. 726 00:27:06,324 --> 00:27:05,023 THOSE QUESTIONS ARE SOMETHING 727 00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:06,391 INTRIGUED ME IN GRADUATE SCHOOL. 728 00:27:11,963 --> 00:27:10,128 AND LATE '80S AND EARLY '90S, I 729 00:27:16,267 --> 00:27:12,030 STARTED WORKING ON THE MISSIONS 730 00:27:19,737 --> 00:27:16,334 AND THIS PARTICULAR MISSION 731 00:27:21,639 --> 00:27:19,804 REALLY STARTED CG INTO PLAY 732 00:27:22,373 --> 00:27:21,706 AND IDEAS COMING TOGETHER IN THE 733 00:27:25,209 --> 00:27:22,440 EARLY 2000's. 734 00:27:26,344 --> 00:27:25,276 I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS MORE 735 00:27:30,815 --> 00:27:26,411 THAN 25 YEARS YOU CAN IMAGINE 736 00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:30,882 JUST HOW INCREDIBLY EXCITING IT 737 00:27:35,353 --> 00:27:32,217 IS FOR ME TO BE HERE TODAY. 738 00:27:36,888 --> 00:27:35,420 NOT 25 YEARS AND NOT TWO DAYS 739 00:27:39,757 --> 00:27:36,955 FROM LAUNCHING TO MARS. 740 00:27:40,992 --> 00:27:39,824 THIS IS REALLY AMAZING. 741 00:27:43,494 --> 00:27:41,059 AN THE SCIENCE THAT WE WANT TO 742 00:27:47,932 --> 00:27:43,561 DO WITH THIS MISSION, THE REASON 743 00:27:49,333 --> 00:27:47,999 WE'RE GOING TO MARS IS REALLY A 744 00:27:51,469 --> 00:27:49,400 SCIENCE OF UNDERSTANDING THE 745 00:27:52,704 --> 00:27:51,536 EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM AND HOW 746 00:27:53,204 --> 00:27:52,771 PLANETS FORM AND HOW ROCKY 747 00:27:57,608 --> 00:27:53,271 PLANETS FORM. 748 00:28:00,044 --> 00:27:57,675 AND THE WAY WE CAN DO THIS IS BY 749 00:28:02,547 --> 00:28:00,111 USING THE FACT THAT THE 750 00:28:03,981 --> 00:28:02,614 TERRESTRIAL PLANETSAVE CERTAIN 751 00:28:05,516 --> 00:28:04,048 SIMILARITIES AND FORMED IN 752 00:28:08,786 --> 00:28:05,583 BASICALLY THE SAME WAYS AND 753 00:28:11,522 --> 00:28:08,853 TODAY WE KNOW THAT MARS, VENUS, 754 00:28:12,990 --> 00:28:11,589 THE EARTH AND MERCURY ALL HAVE 755 00:28:19,797 --> 00:28:13,057 THE SAME BASIC STRUCTURE. 756 00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:19,864 THEY HAVE A DENSE, HEAVY IRON 757 00:28:24,602 --> 00:28:22,934 NICKEL CORE AND ROCKY MANTLE 758 00:28:28,406 --> 00:28:24,669 WITH DENSE SILICON ROCKS, ROCKS 759 00:28:30,541 --> 00:28:28,473 THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHED TOGETHER 760 00:28:31,876 --> 00:28:30,608 AND THE AT TOM SQUEEZED TOGETHER 761 00:28:34,145 --> 00:28:31,943 AND A TRUST OF LIGHTER ROCKS, 762 00:28:35,246 --> 00:28:34,212 ROCKS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY PICK 763 00:28:36,514 --> 00:28:35,313 UP AND THROW AT PEOPLE. 764 00:28:38,683 --> 00:28:36,581 THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT 765 00:28:40,084 --> 00:28:38,750 THAN THE ROCKS THAT MAKE UP THE 766 00:28:42,086 --> 00:28:40,151 BULK OF THE PLANET AND YET, THE 767 00:28:43,321 --> 00:28:42,153 PLANET IS FORMED FROM THE SAME 768 00:28:46,124 --> 00:28:43,388 KIND OF STUFF. 769 00:28:54,565 --> 00:28:46,191 THEY'RE FORMED FRO METEORITES 770 00:28:56,834 --> 00:28:54,632 AND COMET TERRI STUFF. 771 00:28:59,904 --> 00:28:56,901 THAT PROCESS THAT WE KNOW SORT 772 00:29:01,572 --> 00:28:59,971 OF GENERALLY HOW THAT WORKS IS 773 00:29:03,207 --> 00:29:01,639 CALLED DIFFERENTIATION WHEN THE 774 00:29:04,442 --> 00:29:03,274 PLANETS FIRST FORM, THEY MELT, 775 00:29:06,511 --> 00:29:04,509 EITHER COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY 776 00:29:08,713 --> 00:29:06,578 AND THEN THEY START TO SEPARATE. 777 00:29:10,181 --> 00:29:08,780 THE HEAVY STUFF SINKS TO THE 778 00:29:13,251 --> 00:29:10,248 BOTTOM AND THE LIGHT STUFF 779 00:29:14,685 --> 00:29:13,318 FLOATS TO THE TOP AND THAT 780 00:29:15,052 --> 00:29:14,752 PROCESS SOUNDS RELATIVELY 781 00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:15,119 SIMPLE. 782 00:29:17,522 --> 00:29:15,954 WHAT HAPPENS OF COURSE IS THAT 783 00:29:19,290 --> 00:29:17,589 IT STARTS GETTING MIXED UP AND 784 00:29:20,158 --> 00:29:19,357 WE DON'T REALLY EXACTLY HOW THAT 785 00:29:21,359 --> 00:29:20,225 WORKS. 786 00:29:23,294 --> 00:29:21,426 SO, WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE 787 00:29:24,996 --> 00:29:23,361 THE EARTH CAME FROM AND WHERE 788 00:29:27,331 --> 00:29:25,063 THE PLANET THAT WE LIVED ON AND 789 00:29:28,699 --> 00:29:27,398 HOW IT CAME TO BE THE WAY IT IS 790 00:29:31,569 --> 00:29:28,766 TODAY AND TART LOOKING AT 791 00:29:32,737 --> 00:29:31,636 EARTH's HISTORY AND WE RUN INTO 792 00:29:34,639 --> 00:29:32,804 A BRICK WALL BECAUSE THE EARTH 793 00:29:36,407 --> 00:29:34,706 IS SO ACTIVE THAT THE EVIDENCE 794 00:29:40,711 --> 00:29:36,474 OF ALL THOSE PROCESSES HAS 795 00:29:44,015 --> 00:29:40,778 GOTTEN BASICALLY ERASED BY PLATE 796 00:29:46,350 --> 00:29:44,082 TECTONICS AND FIFTYINGIOUS 797 00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:46,417 MANTLE CONVEX. 798 00:29:54,725 --> 00:29:54,359 BY VIGORIOUS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 799 00:29:55,693 --> 00:29:54,792 MILLIMETERS. 800 00:29:56,761 --> 00:29:55,760 THE EARTH DOESN'T HAVE THAT 801 00:29:59,764 --> 00:29:56,828 EVIDENCE ANYMORE. 802 00:30:01,165 --> 00:29:59,831 WE WENT TO THE MOON AND THE MOON 803 00:30:02,533 --> 00:30:01,232 HAS LOTS OF EVIDENCE. 804 00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:02,600 IT FROZE ITSELF PRETTY EARL HE 805 00:30:06,304 --> 00:30:04,369 ON BUT IT's SO SMALL THAT THE 806 00:30:08,639 --> 00:30:06,371 PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES 807 00:30:10,842 --> 00:30:08,706 INSIDE ARE ONLY CHARACTERISTIC 808 00:30:12,276 --> 00:30:10,909 OF THE EARTH DOWN TO 100, 150 809 00:30:16,647 --> 00:30:12,343 MILES OR SO. 810 00:30:20,318 --> 00:30:16,714 SO THE VAST BULK OF THE EARTH's 811 00:30:22,119 --> 00:30:20,385 INTERIOR UNDERWENT PROCESSES 812 00:30:22,453 --> 00:30:22,186 THAT NEVER, EVER WENT ON THE 813 00:30:26,824 --> 00:30:22,520 MOON. 814 00:30:27,158 --> 00:30:26,891 WE CALL IT THE GOLDIE LOCKS 815 00:30:28,459 --> 00:30:27,225 PLANET. 816 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:28,526 IT'S NOT TOO BIG OR SMALL BUT 817 00:30:32,964 --> 00:30:29,627 JUST RIGHT. 818 00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:33,031 IT'S UNDER GONE THE PROCESS 819 00:30:36,901 --> 00:30:34,032 PLANETARY DIFFERENTIATION THAT 820 00:30:38,102 --> 00:30:36,968 THE EARTH DID, BUT ABOUT 20, 50 821 00:30:39,770 --> 00:30:38,169 MILE YEARS AFTER IT WAS FORMED 822 00:30:42,073 --> 00:30:39,837 IT JUST KIND OF STOPPED AND WE 823 00:30:44,809 --> 00:30:42,140 HAVE LOTS OF GEOLOGY GOING ON 824 00:30:47,078 --> 00:30:44,876 THE SURFACE BUT ALL THOSE FINGER 825 00:30:47,945 --> 00:30:47,145 PRINTS AND EARLY PROCESSES ARE 826 00:30:50,848 --> 00:30:48,012 STILL RETAINED. 827 00:30:54,118 --> 00:30:50,915 THAT's WHY WE WANT TO GO MEASURE 828 00:30:55,386 --> 00:30:54,185 THE FUNDAMENTAL PERIMETE THE 829 00:30:57,255 --> 00:30:55,453 THICKNESS OF THE CRUST WHICH 830 00:30:59,991 --> 00:30:57,322 GIVES US THE AMOUNT OF SCUM, IF 831 00:31:01,292 --> 00:31:00,058 YOU WILL, THAT FLOATS TO THE 832 00:31:04,028 --> 00:31:01,359 SURFACE, THE SIZE AND THE 833 00:31:05,696 --> 00:31:04,095 DENSITY OF THE CORE WHICH TELLS 834 00:31:07,598 --> 00:31:05,763 US HOW MUCH IRON SUNK DOWN TO 835 00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:07,665 THE CENTER AND HOW MUCH OTHER 836 00:31:10,768 --> 00:31:08,466 ELEMENTS WERE BROUGHT WITH IT 837 00:31:13,771 --> 00:31:10,835 BECAUSE WE THINK IT's NOT PURE 838 00:31:15,973 --> 00:31:13,838 IRON BECAUSE IF IT WAS IT WOULD 839 00:31:17,508 --> 00:31:16,040 BE FROZEN SOLID TODAY. 840 00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:17,575 SINCE WE HAVE ANOTHER THINGS 841 00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:18,443 MIXED IN. 842 00:31:22,980 --> 00:31:22,480 IT ALLOWS THE CORE TO STAY 843 00:31:24,482 --> 00:31:23,047 MOLTEN. 844 00:31:27,018 --> 00:31:24,549 IT LOWERS THE TEMPERATURE JUST 845 00:31:28,986 --> 00:31:27,085 LIKE WHEN YOU THROW SALT ON A 846 00:31:31,188 --> 00:31:29,053 FROZEN SIDEWALK IT MELTS THE 847 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:31,255 SNOW ON THE SIDEWALK. 848 00:31:37,428 --> 00:31:36,027 WE WE WANT TO KNOW THE DYNAMICS 849 00:31:38,930 --> 00:31:37,495 WHICH IS RELATEDTHE AMOUNT 850 00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:38,997 OF ENERGY INVOLVED WHICH IS 851 00:31:44,001 --> 00:31:40,465 RELATED TO THE TEMPERATURE. 852 00:31:44,568 --> 00:31:44,068 WE DO THAT WITH THREE BASIC 853 00:31:47,405 --> 00:31:44,635 INVESTIGATIONS. 854 00:31:51,842 --> 00:31:47,472 THE FIRST IS THE SIZE MOM METER. 855 00:31:52,176 --> 00:31:51,909 THIS IS THE HEART OF THE INSIGHT 856 00:31:54,178 --> 00:31:52,243 MISSION. 857 00:31:56,914 --> 00:31:54,245 IT'S WHAT ALLOWS US TO SEE DEEP 858 00:31:59,317 --> 00:31:56,981 INTO THE PLANET AND HAVE INSIGHT 859 00:32:00,952 --> 00:31:59,384 AND USES TH SEISMIC WAVES THAT 860 00:32:01,819 --> 00:32:01,019 ARE GENERATED BY MARS QUAKES AND 861 00:32:03,888 --> 00:32:01,886 THEY'RE JUST VIBRATIONS. 862 00:32:05,022 --> 00:32:03,955 IF YOU LIVE IN CALIFORNIA, 863 00:32:06,357 --> 00:32:05,089 YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THESE 864 00:32:07,758 --> 00:32:06,424 KINDS OF VIBRATIONS. 865 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:07,825 BUT IT's NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO 866 00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:09,027 MEASURE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO 867 00:32:13,564 --> 00:32:11,329 SHAKE THE SPACECRAFT AROUND. 868 00:32:14,398 --> 00:32:13,631 IT'S MEASURING VERY SMALL 869 00:32:15,399 --> 00:32:14,465 VIBRATIONS THAT STARVED STARTED 870 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:15,466 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET 871 00:32:18,903 --> 00:32:16,567 AND TRAVELED ALL THE WAY THROUGH 872 00:32:20,638 --> 00:32:18,970 AND COME BACK UP TO THE SURFACE 873 00:32:21,973 --> 00:32:20,705 UNDERNEATH THESPACECRAFT. 874 00:32:23,274 --> 00:32:22,040 THOSE VIBRATIONS BY THE TIME 875 00:32:23,874 --> 00:32:23,341 THEY GET TO INSIGHT THEY'RE 876 00:32:28,379 --> 00:32:23,941 VERY, VERY SMALL. 877 00:32:29,013 --> 00:32:28,446 WE DO THIS ON THE EARTH MORE OR 878 00:32:31,082 --> 00:32:29,080 LESS ROUTINELY. 879 00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:31,149 HERE IN CALIFORNIA WE PICK UP 880 00:32:34,385 --> 00:32:32,617 EARTHQUAKES FROM JAPAN AND 881 00:32:37,688 --> 00:32:34,452 MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN AND EUROPE 882 00:32:40,958 --> 00:32:37,755 MANY TIMES A DAY. 883 00:32:43,861 --> 00:32:41,025 THAT's CONSIDERED ROUTINE. 884 00:32:44,161 --> 00:32:43,928 IT'S NOT QUITE SO ROUTINE ON 885 00:32:45,963 --> 00:32:44,228 MARS. 886 00:32:56,073 --> 00:32:46,030 WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE SO SMALL 887 00:32:58,809 --> 00:32:56,140 ON THE SCALE AN ATOM. 888 00:32:59,243 --> 00:32:58,876 SO IT's A VERY, VERY PRECISE 889 00:33:03,047 --> 00:32:59,310 MEASUREMENT. 890 00:33:04,648 --> 00:33:03,114 AND SO, WE HAVE OUR SIZE MOM 891 00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:04,715 METER AND WE PUT THE WINDSHIELD 892 00:33:08,119 --> 00:33:06,551 OVER IT TO KEEP IT FROM BLOWING 893 00:33:13,924 --> 00:33:08,186 AROUND AND WE HAVE OTHER SENSORS 894 00:33:16,827 --> 00:33:13,991 TO KEEP TRACK OF WEATHER AND 895 00:33:18,763 --> 00:33:16,894 MAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS. 896 00:33:19,797 --> 00:33:18,830 WHEN WE GET THE SEISMIC WAVES IT 897 00:33:22,500 --> 00:33:19,864 TURNS OUT AS THEY TRAVEL THROUGH 898 00:33:24,301 --> 00:33:22,567 THE PLANET THEY ACTUALLY PICK UP 899 00:33:26,237 --> 00:33:24,368 INFORMATION ALONG THE WAY. 900 00:33:27,071 --> 00:33:26,304 WHEN THEYRAVEL TGH ROCKS 901 00:33:28,105 --> 00:33:27,138 DIFFERENT ROCKS EFFECT THE WAY 902 00:33:29,507 --> 00:33:28,172 IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 903 00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:29,574 WHEN THEY COME BACK UP, ALL 904 00:33:34,612 --> 00:33:31,409 THOSE LITTLE WIGGLES YOU SEE ON 905 00:33:35,846 --> 00:33:34,679 SIZE MOW GRAMS AFTER AN 906 00:33:37,615 --> 00:33:35,913 EARTHQUAKE, SCIENTISTS KNOW HOW 907 00:33:40,017 --> 00:33:37,682 TO TAKE THE SHAPES FROM THE 908 00:33:41,052 --> 00:33:40,084 WIGGLES AND FREQUENCY AND 909 00:33:42,686 --> 00:33:41,119 AMPLITUDE AND POLARIZATION AND 910 00:33:46,957 --> 00:33:42,753 THE TIMING AND ALL KINDS OF 911 00:33:48,859 --> 00:33:47,024 PROPERTIES AND IT OUT THAT 912 00:33:52,596 --> 00:33:48,926 THE WAVES HAVE PICKED UP ALONG 913 00:33:55,599 --> 00:33:52,663 THE PATH AND FINALLY AFTER WE'VE 914 00:33:57,835 --> 00:33:55,666 GOTTEN IT, WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A 915 00:33:59,103 --> 00:33:57,902 THREE DIMENSIONAL VIEW FROM THE 916 00:34:00,371 --> 00:33:59,170 INSIDE OF MARS. 917 00:34:03,808 --> 00:34:00,438 SECOND IS HEAT FLOW AND PHYSICAL 918 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:03,875 PROPERTIES PACKAGE AND THIS IS 919 00:34:10,114 --> 00:34:08,746 THE MOLE THAT GOES DOWN DEEP 920 00:34:12,016 --> 00:34:10,181 INTO THE MARTIAN CRUST -- NOT 921 00:34:13,684 --> 00:34:12,083 THE CRUST BUT THE SOIL, ABOUT 922 00:34:14,752 --> 00:34:13,751 FIVE METERS OR 16 FEET AND 923 00:34:15,853 --> 00:34:14,819 MEASURES NOT JUST THE 924 00:34:17,888 --> 00:34:15,920 TEMPERATURE DOWN THERE BUT 925 00:34:20,791 --> 00:34:17,955 MEASURES THE TEMPERATURE ALL THE 926 00:34:22,259 --> 00:34:20,858 WAY ALONG THE HOLE THAT IT HAD 927 00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:22,326 GONE DOWN AND THE INSTRUMENT IS 928 00:34:26,564 --> 00:34:24,996 NOT THE MOLE THAT PULLS IT DOWN. 929 00:34:32,203 --> 00:34:26,631 YOU THE INSTRUMENT IS ACTUALLY 930 00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:32,270 THE CABLE THAT IT PULLS BEHIND 931 00:34:34,138 --> 00:34:32,637 IT. 932 00:34:35,506 --> 00:34:34,205 BASICALLY IT ALLOWS US TO 933 00:34:39,610 --> 00:34:35,573 UNDERSTAND THE HEAT BUDGET OF 934 00:34:41,078 --> 00:34:39,677 THE PLANET AND THE ENERGY BUDGET 935 00:34:43,614 --> 00:34:41,145 THAT's DRIVEN THE EVOLUTION OF 936 00:34:45,449 --> 00:34:43,681 THE PLANET THE LAST 4.5, BILLION 937 00:34:47,384 --> 00:34:45,516 YEARS AND FINALLY WE HAVE OUR 938 00:34:48,519 --> 00:34:47,451 RADIO SCIENCE EXPERIMENT AND 939 00:34:50,955 --> 00:34:48,586 THAT's NOT AN INSTRUMENT BUT THE 940 00:34:53,157 --> 00:34:51,022 RADIO TRANSMITTER ON THE 941 00:34:55,759 --> 00:34:53,224 ECRAFT AND HAS A COUPLE OF 942 00:34:56,594 --> 00:34:55,826 ANTENNAS, THESE LITTLE THINGS 943 00:34:59,930 --> 00:34:56,661 HERE. THEY LOOK AT THE MORNING 944 00:35:04,034 --> 00:34:59,997 AND THE EVENING HORIZON AS EARTH 945 00:35:05,736 --> 00:35:04,101 RISES AND SETS AND IT 946 00:35:06,637 --> 00:35:05,803 COMMUNICATES WITH THE DEEP SPACE 947 00:35:09,039 --> 00:35:06,704 NETWORK STATIONS. 948 00:35:11,041 --> 00:35:09,106 THOSE BIG DISHES WHICH A 949 00:35:11,442 --> 00:35:11,108 TRANSMITTER RADIO WAVE UP TO THE 950 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:11,509 SPACECRAFT. 951 00:35:17,014 --> 00:35:15,947 WHEN WE RECEIVE IT HERE, WE 952 00:35:18,149 --> 00:35:17,081 SOMETHING THAT SENDS IT BACK 953 00:35:19,550 --> 00:35:18,216 DOWN TO EARTH WITHOUT A BREAK IN 954 00:35:25,222 --> 00:35:19,617 THE SIGNAL. 955 00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:25,289 IT's VIBRATING THREE OR 5 GIGA 956 00:35:27,691 --> 00:35:25,590 HERTZ. 957 00:35:28,792 --> 00:35:27,758 IT COMES BACK DOWN AND BY 958 00:35:31,028 --> 00:35:28,859 ANALYZING THE DOPPLER SHIFT AND 959 00:35:34,565 --> 00:35:31,095 THE TIMING WE CAN TRACK THE 960 00:35:36,834 --> 00:35:34,665 LOCATION OF THE SPACECRAFT AT 961 00:35:37,668 --> 00:35:36,901 I DON'T KNOW, 60 MILLION, 962 00:35:41,071 --> 00:35:37,735 100 MILLION MILES AN AWAY WITH 963 00:35:48,245 --> 00:35:41,138 AN ACCURACY OF SOMETHING AROUND 964 00:35:49,346 --> 00:35:48,312 A FOOT OR SO. 965 00:35:51,549 --> 00:35:49,413 YOU CAN MAKE THOSE DETERMINATION 966 00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:51,616 AND WE TRACK IT DURING THE DAY 967 00:35:54,652 --> 00:35:53,284 AND AS THE PLANET ROTATES IT 968 00:35:57,388 --> 00:35:54,719 GOES THROUGH AN ARC AND WE CAN 969 00:35:59,523 --> 00:35:57,455 THEN FIGURE O WHERE THE NORTH 970 00:36:00,624 --> 00:35:59,590 POLE OF MARS IS POINTING TO A 971 00:36:01,392 --> 00:36:00,691 REALLY HIGH DEGREE OFACK 972 00:36:03,494 --> 00:36:01,459 CONTRACT AND I OVER THE COURSE 973 00:36:06,163 --> 00:36:03,561 OF THE 80-TWOER WE CAN WATCH 974 00:36:07,131 --> 00:36:06,230 THAT NORTH POLE WOBBLE JUST A 975 00:36:08,332 --> 00:36:07,198 LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE CORE 976 00:36:10,334 --> 00:36:08,399 SLOSHING AROUND INSIDE THE 977 00:36:12,303 --> 00:36:10,401 PLANET AND THAT's WHAT GIVES A 978 00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:12,370 VERY, VERY TIGHT CONCENTRATE ON 979 00:36:17,975 --> 00:36:14,639 THE SIZE OF THE CORE AND DENSITY 980 00:36:19,376 --> 00:36:18,075 AND ITS COMPOSITION. 981 00:36:21,579 --> 00:36:19,443 THAT TELLS US THE STRUCTURE OF 982 00:36:23,981 --> 00:36:21,646 MARS, THE STRUCTURE OF MARS 983 00:36:25,082 --> 00:36:24,048 TELLS US SOMETHING ABOUT THE 984 00:36:27,184 --> 00:36:25,149 PROCESSES THAT PUT THAT TOGETHER 985 00:36:29,019 --> 00:36:27,251 AND WE CAN PUT THOSE INTO OUR 986 00:36:32,656 --> 00:36:29,086 MODELS AND EXTRAPOLATE THE EARTH 987 00:36:34,792 --> 00:36:32,723 AND UNDERSTAND HOW IT FORMED 988 00:36:36,227 --> 00:36:34,859 FOUR .$5 BILLION AGO AND THAT's 989 00:36:39,396 --> 00:36:36,294 THE CRUX BEHIND THE MISSION. 990 00:36:40,564 --> 00:36:39,463 >> MUCH INSIDE OF ITS PAYLOAD 991 00:36:42,199 --> 00:36:40,631 FAIRING WE'RE JAM PACKING A LOT 992 00:36:43,234 --> 00:36:42,266 OF AWESOME INTO A VERY SMALL 993 00:36:45,636 --> 00:36:43,301 SPACE AND TIME THIS AFTERNOON. 994 00:36:47,538 --> 00:36:45,703 AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 995 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:47,605 GET A FEW MINUTES, A COUPLE 996 00:36:52,910 --> 00:36:50,107 MINUTES WITH EACH OF OUR SCIENCE 997 00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:52,977 TEAM KEY MEMBERS HERE, SO LET's 998 00:36:56,981 --> 00:36:54,445 TURN IT OVER TO YOU. 999 00:37:01,018 --> 00:36:57,048 WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? 1000 00:37:01,385 --> 00:37:01,085 >> GOOD AFTERNOON,D 1001 00:37:06,323 --> 00:37:01,452 GENTLEMEN. 1002 00:37:08,759 --> 00:37:06,390 SO, I'M THE DEPUTY OF THE 1003 00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:08,826 PROJECT MANAGER. 1004 00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:10,461 WHAT A GREAT DAY TO BE ALL 1005 00:37:18,569 --> 00:37:12,897 TOGETHER CLOSE TO THE LAUNCH AND 1006 00:37:24,241 --> 00:37:18,636 I'M VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT THE 1007 00:37:28,445 --> 00:37:24,308 FRENCH AGENCY SPACE TEAM. 1008 00:37:30,381 --> 00:37:28,512 SO, I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON TWO 1009 00:37:34,285 --> 00:37:30,448 CHALLENGES WE SUCCEEDED. 1010 00:37:40,491 --> 00:37:34,352 THE FIRST ONE IS FOR THE FRENCH 1011 00:37:42,293 --> 00:37:40,558 AGENCY TO CALL THE NEXT FIVE 1012 00:37:45,896 --> 00:37:42,360 COUNTRIES. 1013 00:37:56,206 --> 00:37:45,963 THAT THEY PROVIDE FOR US THE 1014 00:38:01,211 --> 00:37:56,273 SYSTEM AND GREAT RETURN AND 1015 00:38:02,746 --> 00:38:01,278 PROVIDES ELECTRONIC BUS. 1016 00:38:40,050 --> 00:38:02,813 IT'S INSIDE. 1017 00:38:43,220 --> 00:38:40,117 YOU CAN SEE IT. 1018 00:39:04,274 --> 00:38:43,287 SO, ANOTHER CHALLENGE WE FACE IS 1019 00:39:04,675 --> 00:39:04,341 TO VALIDATE THE 1020 00:39:10,280 --> 00:39:04,742 FUNCTIONS. 1021 00:39:12,983 --> 00:39:10,347 WE UF IT IS EASY TO ADD IT AD 1022 00:39:14,518 --> 00:39:13,050 TO BE ABLE TO VALIDATE THAT 1023 00:39:18,922 --> 00:39:14,585 BECAUSE YOU KNOW ON MARS THE 1024 00:39:19,223 --> 00:39:18,989 TEMPERATURE COULD BE VERY, VERY 1025 00:39:26,330 --> 00:39:19,290 COLD. 1026 00:39:39,677 --> 00:39:26,397 WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE PICTURE 1027 00:39:46,683 --> 00:39:45,816 TO BE ABLE TO TILT OUR 1028 00:40:09,072 --> 00:39:46,750 INSTRUMENTS. 1029 00:40:15,245 --> 00:40:09,139 WE ALSO IT's AN SILL 54 MINE WE 1030 00:40:18,215 --> 00:40:15,312 WORKED WITH IT AND WE CAN 1031 00:40:24,955 --> 00:40:18,282 VALIDATE THE EQUIPMENT AND WE 1032 00:40:29,359 --> 00:40:25,022 CAN SAY WHICH. 1033 00:40:32,896 --> 00:40:29,426 AND FINALLY, WE DO THE TEST IN 1034 00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:32,963 LOCKHEED MARTIN AND IT WAS A 1035 00:40:38,769 --> 00:40:37,001 GREAT FOR OTHER TEAMS TO 1036 00:40:43,073 --> 00:40:38,836 PARTICIPATE IN THE TEST. 1037 00:40:44,675 --> 00:40:43,140 IT'S AROUND 250 PEOPLE, WOMEN 1038 00:40:46,677 --> 00:40:44,742 AND MEN IN GENERAL WHO 1039 00:40:56,220 --> 00:40:46,744 PARTICIPATE IN THIS CHALLENGE 1040 00:40:58,288 --> 00:40:56,287 AND GET READY TO LAUNCH ON 1041 00:41:02,659 --> 00:40:58,355 SATURDAY. 1042 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:02,726 IT WAS VERY WONDERFUL ADVENTURE 1043 00:41:15,572 --> 00:41:09,867 LIKE WE LIKE IT AND FOR YOU AND 1044 00:41:18,642 --> 00:41:15,639 ALL THE TEAM. 1045 00:41:19,142 --> 00:41:18,709 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1046 00:41:21,845 --> 00:41:19,209 ALL RIGHT. 1047 00:41:22,212 --> 00:41:21,912 WE JUST GOT A COUPLE MINUTES 1048 00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:22,279 HERE. 1049 00:41:27,684 --> 00:41:26,817 >> HELLO. 1050 00:41:31,021 --> 00:41:27,751 I'M THE LEADER. 1051 00:41:35,292 --> 00:41:31,088 WITH THE FIRST SLIDE SO I WILL 1052 00:41:37,461 --> 00:41:35,359 CONTINUE TO THANK GPL AND 1053 00:41:38,996 --> 00:41:37,528 ESPECIALLY ALL THE TECHNICAL 1054 00:41:41,064 --> 00:41:39,063 TEAM IN THE WORLD, YOU KNOW IN 1055 00:41:43,500 --> 00:41:41,131 MANY PLACESND OF COURSE ALL 1056 00:41:45,869 --> 00:41:43,567 THE SPACE AGENCIES WHO MADE THIS 1057 00:41:49,907 --> 00:41:45,936 MISSION POSSIBLE. 1058 00:41:54,344 --> 00:41:49,974 SO, INSIDE IT WILL REALLY BE A 1059 00:41:55,846 --> 00:41:54,411 NEW PAGE OF HISTORY. 1060 00:41:57,481 --> 00:41:55,913 WE STARTED ON THE EARTH ON 130 1061 00:42:00,817 --> 00:41:57,548 YEARS AGO AND WE STARTED IT ON 1062 00:42:03,220 --> 00:42:00,884 THE MOON 50 YEARS AGO AND WE'LL 1063 00:42:03,554 --> 00:42:03,287 START IT BY LAUNCHING TH 1064 00:42:05,055 --> 00:42:03,621 MISSION. 1065 00:42:10,227 --> 00:42:05,122 IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW PLANET 1066 00:42:14,431 --> 00:42:10,294 WHERE WE DISCOVER SOMETHING. 1067 00:42:20,904 --> 00:42:14,498 THE KEY POINT IS I WANT TO 1068 00:42:21,538 --> 00:42:20,971 CONVINCE YOU THAT WE DETECT THE 1069 00:42:24,641 --> 00:42:21,605 INSIDE OF SOMETHING. 1070 00:42:29,179 --> 00:42:24,708 I WILL ASK YOU A QUESTION. 1071 00:42:31,882 --> 00:42:29,246 WHAT IS INSIDE THIS PLANET? 1072 00:42:33,984 --> 00:42:31,949 I MAKE AN IMPACT LIKE THIS. 1073 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:34,051 THE TELL ME IF THIS IS FULL OR 1074 00:42:37,554 --> 00:42:35,786 IF THERE IS NOTHING. 1075 00:42:38,855 --> 00:42:37,621 I GUESS YOU KNOW IMMEDIATELY THE 1076 00:42:41,592 --> 00:42:38,922 ANSWER BECAUSE YOU GOT THE SOUND 1077 00:42:43,460 --> 00:42:41,659 OF THE PLANET AND THIS SOUND 1078 00:42:48,832 --> 00:42:43,527 IS -- IT'S ALMOST LIKE SEISMIC 1079 00:42:50,701 --> 00:42:48,899 WAVE AND I WAS MAKING AN IMPACT 1080 00:42:51,935 --> 00:42:50,768 WITH MY HAND. 1081 00:42:53,770 --> 00:42:52,002 WE'LL DOT SAME THING ON MARS 1082 00:42:55,772 --> 00:42:53,837 WITH IMPACT AND OF COURSE WE 1083 00:42:59,276 --> 00:42:55,839 WILL FIND THERE IS A LOT INSIDE. 1084 00:43:02,145 --> 00:42:59,343 I HAVE A MOVIE FOR YOU 1085 00:43:02,479 --> 00:43:02,212 BECAUSE -- GIVE ME IT BACK, 1086 00:43:03,413 --> 00:43:02,546 PLEASE. 1087 00:43:04,314 --> 00:43:03,480 I AM NOT FINISHED. 1088 00:43:08,218 --> 00:43:04,381 THIS IS A QUAKE. 1089 00:43:09,820 --> 00:43:08,285 WE HAVE ONE LENDER AND WE NEED 1090 00:43:12,656 --> 00:43:09,887 TO DETECT WAVE. 1091 00:43:15,892 --> 00:43:12,723 SO THEREFORE THE POINT IS THAT 1092 00:43:17,494 --> 00:43:15,959 WE WILL ADD A QUAKE. 1093 00:43:20,464 --> 00:43:17,561 AND THE NICE THING IS THAT WE 1094 00:43:22,532 --> 00:43:20,531 KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS THE 1095 00:43:25,035 --> 00:43:22,599 DISTANCE OF THE PLANET. 1096 00:43:27,437 --> 00:43:25,102 SO THEREFORE WHEN WE CATCH THE 1097 00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:27,504 WAVE TWO TIMES FIRST TIME IS 1098 00:43:31,308 --> 00:43:29,106 ARRIVING FIRST AND SECOND TI 1099 00:43:32,743 --> 00:43:31,375 WHEAVE HAS MADE A FULL 1100 00:43:34,244 --> 00:43:32,810 TURN IT's LIKE IN THE STADIUM 1101 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:34,311 YOU GET IMMEDIATELY THE SPEED OF 1102 00:43:42,486 --> 00:43:36,747 THE WAVE AND TELLS YOU 1103 00:43:44,154 --> 00:43:42,553 EVERYTHING 23R ON THE INSIDE. 1104 00:43:46,189 --> 00:43:44,221 THE BIG PROBLEM IT's ET WAVE 1105 00:43:48,525 --> 00:43:46,256 AFTER A FULL TURN. 1106 00:43:49,426 --> 00:43:48,592 YOU SEE THAT IT's TEN TIMES 1107 00:43:51,161 --> 00:43:49,493 SMALLER THAN THE BIG WAVE 1108 00:43:52,496 --> 00:43:51,228 BECAUSE A LOT OF DISTA 1109 00:43:54,831 --> 00:43:52,563 TO GO THROUGH. 1110 00:43:56,633 --> 00:43:54,898 SO THEREFORE GIVE ME THE NEXT 1111 00:44:01,772 --> 00:43:56,700 SLIDE AND I'M DONE BECAUSE I 1112 00:44:18,522 --> 00:44:01,839 KNOW THE INTERIOR NOW. 1113 00:44:21,291 --> 00:44:18,589 I NEED TO DETECT NEXT SLIDE THIS 1114 00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:21,358 IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE. BUT ON 1115 00:44:29,666 --> 00:44:25,896 THE TOP OF THAT WE WILL PUT THE 1116 00:44:32,002 --> 00:44:29,733 WINDSHIELD TO PROTECT. 1117 00:44:41,778 --> 00:44:32,069 THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A 1118 00:44:42,379 --> 00:44:41,845 POSSIBLE -- THIS IS SOMETHING WE 1119 00:44:53,590 --> 00:44:42,446 GO. 1120 00:44:55,358 --> 00:44:53,657 NEXT ONE. 1121 00:44:57,828 --> 00:44:55,425 FOR THE FIRST TIME WE WILL 1122 00:44:58,862 --> 00:44:57,895 DEPLOY WITH SOMETHING ON THE 1123 00:45:02,199 --> 00:44:58,929 SHEER FAITH OF THE PLANET. 1124 00:45:07,170 --> 00:45:02,266 THE THIS WAS MADE ON THE MOON BY 1125 00:45:07,838 --> 00:45:07,237 AN ASTRONAUT ON THE APOLLO, 11, 1126 00:45:10,340 --> 00:45:07,905 12, 14, 15 AND 17. 1127 00:45:14,444 --> 00:45:10,407 HERE WE HAVE THE ROBOT BUT WE 1128 00:45:38,668 --> 00:45:14,511 HAVE THE ARM OF THE ROBOT AND 1129 00:45:40,303 --> 00:45:38,735 THAT GUY WILL DO THE JOB FOR 1130 00:45:42,939 --> 00:45:40,370 EARTH. 1131 00:45:43,907 --> 00:45:43,006 THEY USE INTERNAL HEAT AS 1132 00:45:49,579 --> 00:45:43,974 EVERYBODY IN CALIFORNIA SHOULD 1133 00:45:50,714 --> 00:45:49,646 KNOW WE CAN SEE IT ALL OVER THE 1134 00:45:53,416 --> 00:45:50,781 PLACE. 1135 00:45:55,852 --> 00:45:53,483 I SPENT MOST OF MY SCIENTIFIC 1136 00:45:56,853 --> 00:45:55,919 CAREER STUDYING THE INTERNAL 1137 00:45:58,121 --> 00:45:56,920 HEAT OF PLAN SET AND THANKS TO 1138 00:46:01,424 --> 00:45:58,188 THIS MISSION AND ALL THE 1139 00:46:06,029 --> 00:46:01,491 WONDERFUL PEOPLE I HAVE A CHANCE 1140 00:46:07,964 --> 00:46:06,096 OF MEASURING THE CHARACTERIZING 1141 00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:08,031 MARS AS AN ENGINE JUST AS 1142 00:46:12,602 --> 00:46:10,167 THERMAL ENGINEER WOULD DO THAT 1143 00:46:16,273 --> 00:46:12,669 WOULD USE THE HEAT RADIATING 1144 00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:16,340 FROM THE MOTOR TO STUDY THE PACE 1145 00:46:20,443 --> 00:46:17,507 AT WHICH THE MOTOR IS RUNNING 1146 00:46:26,449 --> 00:46:20,510 AND THAT's WHAT WE ARE ING. 1147 00:46:42,666 --> 00:46:26,516 OW ARE WE GOING DO THIS? 1148 00:46:44,134 --> 00:46:42,733 THIS IS OUR EXPERIMENT. 1149 00:46:44,968 --> 00:46:44,201 IT CARRIES BEHIND IT AND THAT 1150 00:46:48,205 --> 00:46:45,035 WILL MEASURE THE TEMPERATURE. 1151 00:46:48,872 --> 00:46:48,272 I HAVE A VIDEO TO SHOW YOU HOW 1152 00:46:51,541 --> 00:46:48,939 THIS ALL WORKS. 1153 00:46:52,642 --> 00:46:51,608 CAN WE HAVE THE VIDEO. 1154 00:46:54,878 --> 00:46:52,709 HERE WE SEE THE MOLE IN THE 1155 00:46:55,212 --> 00:46:54,945 TOWER AND TO THE LEFT WE SEE THE 1156 00:46:58,248 --> 00:46:55,279 HAMMER. 1157 00:46:58,515 --> 00:46:58,315 YOU SEE THAT HAMMER IS PULLED 1158 00:47:01,084 --> 00:46:58,582 UP. 1159 00:47:03,887 --> 00:47:01,151 AND IT's HAMMERING ON TO THE 1160 00:47:07,290 --> 00:47:03,954 ANVIL AND IT IS DRIVEN BY A 1161 00:47:10,093 --> 00:47:07,357 SPRING THAT IS COMPRESSED AS THE 1162 00:47:13,096 --> 00:47:10,160 MOTOR DRIVES THE HAMMER UP. 1163 00:47:15,632 --> 00:47:13,163 WE'RE NOT GOING IN AT ONCE BUT 1164 00:47:18,101 --> 00:47:15,699 STOPPING EVERY TWO FEET OR SO TO 1165 00:47:18,835 --> 00:47:18,168 TAKE A MEASUREMENT OF THE 1166 00:47:23,106 --> 00:47:18,902 CONDUCTIVITY OF THE SOIL. 1167 00:47:23,874 --> 00:47:23,173 WE DO THAT BY HEATING THE MOLE 1168 00:47:25,909 --> 00:47:23,941 AND MEASURE THE TEMPERATURE OF 1169 00:47:50,934 --> 00:47:25,976 THE MOLE ITS AS A MEASURE OF 1170 00:47:52,302 --> 00:47:51,001 THE HEAT ESCAPING FROM THE MOLE. 1171 00:47:54,504 --> 00:47:52,369 TAKING THE TEMPERATURE RADIANT 1172 00:47:55,972 --> 00:47:54,571 TIMES THE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY 1173 00:48:01,411 --> 00:47:56,039 GIVES US THE HEAT FLOW. 1174 00:48:02,145 --> 00:48:01,478 VERY SIMPLE AND VERY 1175 00:48:04,347 --> 00:48:02,212 STRAIGHTFORWARD AND DIFFICULT 1176 00:48:05,515 --> 00:48:04,414 THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS. 1177 00:48:06,716 --> 00:48:05,582 THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'M 1178 00:48:07,384 --> 00:48:06,783 READY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. 1179 00:48:09,352 --> 00:48:07,451 >> ALL RIGHT. 1180 00:48:10,220 --> 00:48:09,419 SO WE'VE GOT TIME FOROU CAN 1181 00:48:12,155 --> 00:48:10,287 HANG ON TO THAT. 1182 00:48:13,223 --> 00:48:12,222 WE GOT TIME FOR JUST A COUPLE OF 1183 00:48:18,762 --> 00:48:13,290 QUESTIONS HERE IN THE HOUSE. 1184 00:48:22,198 --> 00:48:18,829 LET's GET A MICROPHONE OVER HERE 1185 00:48:22,933 --> 00:48:22,265 AND THEN ON DECK MICROPHONE ON 1186 00:48:25,302 --> 00:48:23,000 THIS SIDE. 1187 00:48:25,969 --> 00:48:25,369 >> I'M WITH THE CANADIAN 1188 00:48:27,871 --> 00:48:26,036 BROADCASTING SITUATION. 1189 00:48:28,772 --> 00:48:27,938 THE QUESTION IS REGARDING THE 1190 00:48:31,374 --> 00:48:28,839 SIZE MOM METER. 1191 00:48:34,811 --> 00:48:31,441 NORMALLY 's PUT ON A BEDROCK 1192 00:48:35,111 --> 00:48:34,878 AND HERE IT's ON THE SURFACE OF 1193 00:48:40,283 --> 00:48:35,178 MARS. 1194 00:48:51,094 --> 00:48:40,350 HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU TO GET 1195 00:48:52,595 --> 00:48:51,161 GOOD RESULTS. 1196 00:48:53,863 --> 00:48:52,662 THE PEM IT THE FACT THAT 1197 00:48:55,632 --> 00:48:53,930 THE WAVES ARE NOT ABLE TO GO 1198 00:48:56,967 --> 00:48:55,699 THROUGH. 1199 00:48:58,501 --> 00:48:57,034 THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE METER IS 1200 00:49:00,770 --> 00:48:58,568 ABLE TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT. 1201 00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:00,837 THIS IS WHY WE COVER IT WITH A 1202 00:49:06,276 --> 00:49:03,306 SHIELD AND HERE YOU SEE WE HAVE 1203 00:49:07,577 --> 00:49:06,343 A SYSTEM WHICH WILL RELIEVE THE 1204 00:49:08,578 --> 00:49:07,644 TENSION OF THE CABLE TO THE SIZE 1205 00:49:10,213 --> 00:49:08,645 MOW METER. 1206 00:49:14,117 --> 00:49:10,280 WE HAVE MADE THE MODEL AND WE 1207 00:49:16,353 --> 00:49:14,184 HAVE MADE TESTS AND WE VERY 1208 00:49:16,753 --> 00:49:16,420 CONFIDENT TO MEET THE 1209 00:49:18,722 --> 00:49:16,820 REQUIREMENT. 1210 00:49:19,456 --> 00:49:18,789 >> WE HAD ONE QUESTION ON THE 1211 00:49:20,690 --> 00:49:19,523 SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 1212 00:49:25,295 --> 00:49:20,757 >> HI. 1213 00:49:27,430 --> 00:49:25,362 I'M WONDERING IF IT WILL TELL US 1214 00:49:29,733 --> 00:49:27,497 ABOUT THE ICE BELOW THE SURFACE 1215 00:49:32,569 --> 00:49:29,800 ON MARS AND IF THAT WILL HELP US 1216 00:49:33,203 --> 00:49:32,636 DRILLING FOR WATER IN FUTURE 1217 00:49:35,271 --> 00:49:33,270 MANNED MISSIONS? 1218 00:49:36,773 --> 00:49:35,338 >> BRUCE, DO YOU WANT TOAKE A 1219 00:49:40,210 --> 00:49:36,840 CRACK AT THAT AND FOR FUTURE 1220 00:49:41,277 --> 00:49:40,277 MISSIONS WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO 1221 00:49:43,146 --> 00:49:41,344 NASA HEADQUARTERS. 1222 00:49:44,614 --> 00:49:43,213 >> THE PLACE WHERE IT's LANDING 1223 00:49:46,349 --> 00:49:44,681 IS JUST REALLY CLOSE TO THE 1224 00:49:48,218 --> 00:49:46,416 EQUATOR OF MARS. 1225 00:49:49,486 --> 00:49:48,285 ALL OF OUR CALCULATIONS OF THE 1226 00:49:51,354 --> 00:49:49,553 STABILITY OF ICE INDICATES THAT 1227 00:49:54,491 --> 00:49:51,421 WE DON'T EXPECT ICE TO BE 1228 00:49:56,459 --> 00:49:54,558 PRESENT BELOW INSIGHT. 1229 00:49:58,495 --> 00:49:56,526 SEISMICALLY IT's POSSIBLE TO 1230 00:50:01,231 --> 00:49:58,562 DETECT ICE ALTHOUGH OUR 1231 00:50:02,432 --> 00:50:01,298 PARTICULAR EXPERIMENT ISN'T 1232 00:50:02,832 --> 00:50:02,499 OPTIMIZED FOR THAT KIND OF 1233 00:50:06,302 --> 00:50:02,899 DETECTION. 1234 00:50:09,039 --> 00:50:06,369 IF THERE WAS A VERY THICK LAYER 1235 00:50:10,306 --> 00:50:09,106 OF ICE -- BY THICK I MEAN 1236 00:50:12,008 --> 00:50:10,373 FRACTIONS OF A MILE AND NOT MANY 1237 00:50:15,045 --> 00:50:12,075 FEET THAT WOULD PROBABLY EFFECT 1238 00:50:17,814 --> 00:50:15,112 THE SEISMIC WAVES AND ALLOW US 1239 00:50:18,581 --> 00:50:17,881 TO TEASE THAT INFORON OUT OF 1240 00:50:22,419 --> 00:50:18,648 THE DATA. 1241 00:50:23,420 --> 00:50:22,486 BUT WE DON'T EXPECT TO HAVE THAT 1242 00:50:24,220 --> 00:50:23,487 IN THIS PARTICULAR MISSION 1243 00:50:24,621 --> 00:50:24,287 BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION WE'RE 1244 00:50:31,528 --> 00:50:24,688 GOING TO. 1245 00:50:31,961 --> 00:50:31,595 >> AND WE COULD SEE IT IN THE 1246 00:50:33,963 --> 00:50:32,028 CONDUCTIVITY. 1247 00:50:36,566 --> 00:50:34,030 >> WE'VE GOT A QUESTION ON THE 1248 00:50:36,966 --> 00:50:36,633 PHONE LINES FROM IRIS 1249 00:50:37,534 --> 00:50:37,033 TELEVISION. 1250 00:50:39,202 --> 00:50:37,601 GO AHEAD. 1251 00:50:43,773 --> 00:50:39,269 >> THANK YOU VERY MUC 1252 00:50:47,677 --> 00:50:43,840 THEME OF THE MAN WHO INVENTED 1253 00:50:49,846 --> 00:50:47,744 SIZE MONTHLY SKWREU, I'M SORRY, 1254 00:50:51,214 --> 00:50:49,913 BUT THIS NEW FORMAT HAS TOLD ME 1255 00:50:59,756 --> 00:50:51,281 A LITTLE BIT. 1256 00:51:01,157 --> 00:50:59,823 IF I MAY ASK THE ENGINE ERRS AND 1257 00:51:03,993 --> 00:51:01,224 DR. GREEN THE QUESTION, AGAIN 1258 00:51:07,397 --> 00:51:04,060 GOING BACK TO THE FIRST QUESTION 1259 00:51:08,865 --> 00:51:07,464 OF THE SESSION, WHAT HAPPENED 1260 00:51:13,436 --> 00:51:08,932 WITH THE SIZE MOM METER THAT 1261 00:51:16,372 --> 00:51:13,503 CAUSED A TWO YEAR DELAY AND FOR 1262 00:51:17,373 --> 00:51:16,439 DR. GREEN, DID NASA AT SOME 1263 00:51:19,342 --> 00:51:17,440 STAGE CONSIDER CANCELLING THIS 1264 00:51:21,744 --> 00:51:19,409 MISSION AS A RESULT? 1265 00:51:26,282 --> 00:51:21,811 >> I CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT. 1266 00:51:26,583 --> 00:51:26,349 >> DGREEN IS NO LONGER IN THE 1267 00:51:27,784 --> 00:51:26,650 HOUSE. 1268 00:51:28,518 --> 00:51:27,851 >> I WAS VERY INVOLVED IN BOTH 1269 00:51:31,154 --> 00:51:28,585 THOSE PROCESSES. 1270 00:51:33,690 --> 00:51:31,221 THE THING THAT CAUSED US TO 1271 00:51:38,094 --> 00:51:33,757 DELAY THE LAUNCH IN 2015 WAS A 1272 00:51:41,698 --> 00:51:38,161 PROBLEM WITH THE SIZE MOM METER. 1273 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:41,765 THEY'RE KEPT IN VERY HARD VACUUM 1274 00:51:45,368 --> 00:51:44,067 INSIDE A SPHER CAVITYUT 1275 00:51:47,070 --> 00:51:45,435 NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET THE 1276 00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:47,137 SIGNALS IN AND OUT AND THE POWER 1277 00:51:51,207 --> 00:51:49,306 IN AND OUT THROUGH THAT CAVITY. 1278 00:51:51,574 --> 00:51:51,274 WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE FEED 1279 00:51:55,278 --> 00:51:51,641 THROUGHS. 1280 00:51:56,613 --> 00:51:55,345 ONE OF THOSE WAS NOT CAPABLE OF 1281 00:51:57,647 --> 00:51:56,680 MAINTAINING ITSELF UNDER THE 1282 00:52:00,517 --> 00:51:57,714 LARGE TEMPERATURE STREAMS. 1283 00:52:05,121 --> 00:52:00,584 SO WHEN WE TESTED IT AT MARS 1284 00:52:06,289 --> 00:52:05,188 CONDITIONS GOING DOWN MINUS 100 1285 00:52:10,660 --> 00:52:06,356 DEGREE20 DEGREESELSIUS IT 1286 00:52:11,961 --> 00:52:10,727 DEVELOPED A TINY CRACK AND 1287 00:52:14,531 --> 00:52:12,028 STARTED LEAKING. 1288 00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:14,598 IT'S A VERY SMALL LEAK. 1289 00:52:21,137 --> 00:52:17,667 IF YOU HAD A LEAK IN YOUR TIRE 1290 00:52:21,771 --> 00:52:21,204 IT WOULD VERY 50 YEARS TO SEE A 1291 00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:21,838 ONE PSI DIFFERENCE. 1292 00:52:24,574 --> 00:52:23,707 BUT THIS WAS ENOUGH TO UPSET THE 1293 00:52:26,376 --> 00:52:24,641 WHOLE APPLE CART. 1294 00:52:27,343 --> 00:52:26,443 WE TRIED TO FIX IT AND HAD A 1295 00:52:28,645 --> 00:52:27,410 LIMITED AMOUNT OFTIME. 1296 00:52:30,313 --> 00:52:28,712 BUTHE KINDS OF THINGS THAT 1297 00:52:33,249 --> 00:52:30,380 WE'RE TRYING TO USE TO PATCH IT 1298 00:52:34,517 --> 00:52:33,316 AGAIN HAD TO BE ABLE TO 1299 00:52:37,420 --> 00:52:34,584 WITHSTAND THESE HUGE TEMPERATURE 1300 00:52:40,356 --> 00:52:37,487 EXTREMES AND WE FINALLY REALIZED 1301 00:52:41,491 --> 00:52:40,423 WE WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO 1302 00:52:43,393 --> 00:52:41,558 DO A CONFIDENT JOB OF PATCHING 1303 00:52:45,361 --> 00:52:43,460 THIS AND WE WOULD BE CERTAIN IT 1304 00:52:47,096 --> 00:52:45,428 WAS GOING TO BE WORKING ON MARS 1305 00:52:51,568 --> 00:52:47,163 AND DECIDED IT IT WAS GOING TO 1306 00:52:53,269 --> 00:52:51,635 BE MUCH MORE PRUDENT TO STOP AND 1307 00:52:54,637 --> 00:52:53,336 NOT DO SOMETHING WITH MARS THAT 1308 00:52:55,705 --> 00:52:54,704 WE'RE UNSURE OF BUT STEP BACK 1309 00:52:56,606 --> 00:52:55,772 AND SEE WHETHER WE COULD DO 1310 00:52:59,108 --> 00:52:56,673 SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 1311 00:53:02,478 --> 00:52:59,175 WE WENT TO NASA A FEW MONTHS 1312 00:53:04,480 --> 00:53:02,545 LATER WITH A PLAN FOR FIXING 1313 00:53:06,583 --> 00:53:04,547 THIS AND WE HAD -- I THINK WE 1314 00:53:07,951 --> 00:53:06,650 PUT TOGETHER A VERY SOLID PLAN 1315 00:53:09,752 --> 00:53:08,018 FOR SHOWING THAT WE COULD FIX IT 1316 00:53:11,154 --> 00:53:09,819 AND WE COULD FIX IT IN PLENTY OF 1317 00:53:13,156 --> 00:53:11,221 TIMEND TEST IT TO THE LEVEL 1318 00:53:19,562 --> 00:53:13,223 THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY DOUBT 1319 00:53:21,931 --> 00:53:19,629 ABOUT IT ONCE WE GOT TO THE 1320 00:53:24,033 --> 00:53:21,998 SPACECRAFT AND BETWEEN THE PLAN 1321 00:53:26,436 --> 00:53:24,100 AND AS JIM SAID THE IMPORTANCE 1322 00:53:28,905 --> 00:53:26,503 OF THE SCIENCE THAT THIS MISSION 1323 00:53:31,874 --> 00:53:28,972 WAS GOING TO RETURN, IS NASA 1324 00:53:32,909 --> 00:53:31,941 MADE A DECISION TO ALLOWS US TO 1325 00:53:34,377 --> 00:53:32,976 FORWARD. 1326 00:53:36,713 --> 00:53:34,444 THEY WATCHED US VERY CAREFULLY 1327 00:53:39,282 --> 00:53:36,780 AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. 1328 00:53:49,726 --> 00:53:39,349 THEY WATCHED THE PROGRESS OF THE 1329 00:53:51,094 --> 00:53:49,793 SIZE MOM METER TO MAKE SURE WE 1330 00:53:52,895 --> 00:53:51,161 HAD EXTRA MARGIN AND EXTRA 1331 00:53:54,397 --> 00:53:52,962 ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THIS VACUUM. 1332 00:53:54,797 --> 00:53:54,464 I HOPE T ANSW YOUR 1333 00:53:55,265 --> 00:53:54,864 QUESTION. 1334 00:53:56,733 --> 00:53:55,332 >> ALL RIGHT. 1335 00:54:01,304 --> 00:53:56,800 WITH THAT A ROUND APPLAUSE FOR 1336 00:54:01,771 --> 00:54:01,371 OUR SCIENCE PLANL. 1337 00:54:03,573 --> 00:54:01,838 [APPLAUSE] 1338 00:54:07,744 --> 00:54:03,640 WE'RE HERE FOR A LAUNCH AND TELL 1339 00:54:10,113 --> 00:54:07,811 US MORE ABOUT THE ATLAS 5401 1340 00:54:13,816 --> 00:54:10,180 PLEASE WELCOME TO THE STAGE TWO 1341 00:54:16,286 --> 00:54:13,883 OF NASA's STEELY-EYED MISSILE 1342 00:54:20,556 --> 00:54:16,353 MEN TIM DUNNAUNCH DIRECTOR AND 1343 00:54:25,028 --> 00:54:20,623 SCOTT MESSER, THE ULA AND DELTA 1344 00:54:27,830 --> 00:54:25,095 TWO PROGRAM MANAGER FROM KSC. 1345 00:54:31,334 --> 00:54:27,897 >> WHO IS EXCITED? 1346 00:54:31,634 --> 00:54:31,401 EXCITEMENT OVER HERE. ALL 1347 00:54:33,036 --> 00:54:31,701 RIGHT. 1348 00:54:35,071 --> 00:54:33,103 I KNOW WHERE THE SOCIAL MEDIA 1349 00:54:35,371 --> 00:54:35,138 FOLKS ARE SO I'LL FOCUS ON YOU 1350 00:54:36,939 --> 00:54:35,438 GUYS. 1351 00:54:40,076 --> 00:54:37,006 THESEROFESSIONAL MEDIA GUYS IT 1352 00:54:40,343 --> 00:54:40,143 TAKES A LOT TO GET THEM EXCITED. 1353 00:54:42,679 --> 00:54:40,410 WOW. 1354 00:54:44,981 --> 00:54:42,746 I MEAN, THAT ROCKET OVER THERE, 1355 00:54:47,183 --> 00:54:45,048 THIS AMAZING SPACECRAFT, WE GOT 1356 00:54:49,552 --> 00:54:47,250 IT ALL BUNDLED UP TOGETHER. 1357 00:54:52,855 --> 00:54:49,619 IT'S JUST ABOUT TWO MILES FROM 1358 00:54:54,657 --> 00:54:52,922 HERE SOUTH UP ON THE HILL. 1359 00:54:58,961 --> 00:54:54,724 VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE. 1360 00:55:00,596 --> 00:54:59,028 I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND I GETO 1361 00:55:01,831 --> 00:55:00,663 COME TO CALIFORNIA AND FIRST 1362 00:55:02,432 --> 00:55:01,898 TIME EVER LAUNCH A MISSION TO 1363 00:55:04,801 --> 00:55:02,499 MARS. 1364 00:55:12,475 --> 00:55:04,868 THIS IS THRILLING. 1365 00:55:20,883 --> 00:55:12,542 WHAT's AMAZING, IS OCCASIONALLY 1366 00:55:23,353 --> 00:55:20,950 THE STEALLY-EYED SCIENTISTS SAY, 1367 00:55:25,555 --> 00:55:23,420 YOU CAN SENSE OUR AIR FORCE TEAM 1368 00:55:28,458 --> 00:55:25,622 AND THE WING AND EVEN -- THIS 1369 00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:28,525 TAKES A LOT TO GET FOLKS IN 1370 00:55:32,362 --> 00:55:30,627 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- NASA 1371 00:55:35,198 --> 00:55:32,429 HEADQUARTERS IS EVEN EXCITED. 1372 00:55:35,965 --> 00:55:35,265 RIGHT, DENNIS? 1373 00:55:38,234 --> 00:55:36,032 ALL RIGHT. 1374 00:55:39,969 --> 00:55:38,301 I'M TIM DUNN AND I'M EXCITED 1375 00:55:41,170 --> 00:55:40,036 HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE THE 1376 00:55:46,142 --> 00:55:41,237 LAUNCH DIRECTOR FOR THIS MISSION 1377 00:55:47,577 --> 00:55:46,209 AND I STAND BEFORE YOU AND I 1378 00:55:49,879 --> 00:55:47,644 JUST REPRESENT A HUGE 1379 00:55:51,681 --> 00:55:49,946 ORGANIZATION CALLED NASA LAUNCH 1380 00:55:54,517 --> 00:55:51,748 SERVICES PROGRAM. 1381 00:55:54,917 --> 00:55:54,584 AND LSP TAKES CARE OF YOU, THE 1382 00:55:56,586 --> 00:55:54,984 TAXPAYER. 1383 00:55:58,187 --> 00:55:56,653 HOW DO WE DO THAT? 1384 00:56:01,457 --> 00:55:58,254 WE MATCH UP REQUIREMENTS LIKE 1385 00:56:03,292 --> 00:56:01,524 THIS BEAUTIFUL SPACECRAFT THAT 1386 00:56:04,761 --> 00:56:03,359 NEEDS TO GO TO MARS WIHOSE 1387 00:56:05,094 --> 00:56:04,828 CKETS LIKE THE MIGHTY ATLAS 1388 00:56:09,031 --> 00:56:05,161 FIVE. 1389 00:56:13,236 --> 00:56:09,098 THE SO WHAT WE DO WE COMPETE 1390 00:56:15,104 --> 00:56:13,303 THOSE REQUIREMENTS ACROSS THE 1391 00:56:17,173 --> 00:56:15,171 LAUNCH INDUSTRY AND IN THIS CASE 1392 00:56:18,674 --> 00:56:17,240 THE UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCES AND 1393 00:56:21,043 --> 00:56:18,741 THAT GOLD STANDARD ROCKET THAT 1394 00:56:22,178 --> 00:56:21,110 IS AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE 1395 00:56:24,414 --> 00:56:22,245 CAPABILITY THAT WE HAVE. 1396 00:56:26,082 --> 00:56:24,481 OF THIS TEAM.THRILLED TO BE PART 1397 00:56:27,517 --> 00:56:26,149 SO I JUS WANT BE TO TAKE OH 1398 00:56:29,652 --> 00:56:27,584 JUST A MOMENT TO TELL YOU WHERE 1399 00:56:31,721 --> 00:56:29,719 WE'VE COME FROM IN THE LAST -- 1400 00:56:33,823 --> 00:56:31,788 IN THE RECENT HISTORY AND WHAT's 1401 00:56:34,424 --> 00:56:33,890 GOING TO HAPPEN LESS THAN TWO 1402 00:56:36,092 --> 00:56:34,491 DAYS FROM NOW. 1403 00:56:41,330 --> 00:56:36,159 SO LET's LOOK AT SOME VIDEO 1404 00:56:42,965 --> 00:56:41,397 HERE. OKAY, THERE'S THE MIGHTY 1405 00:56:45,435 --> 00:56:43,032 ATLAS FIRST STAGE ON ITS WAY OUT 1406 00:56:49,272 --> 00:56:45,502 TO SPACE LAUNCH COMPLEX THREE. 1407 00:56:49,672 --> 00:56:49,339 UP THE HILL HERE ON SOUTH 1408 00:56:52,508 --> 00:56:49,739 VANDENBERG. 1409 00:56:55,344 --> 00:56:52,575 THAT's A QUICK SEQUENCE OF THE 1410 00:56:56,913 --> 00:56:55,411 ERECTION GOING INTO THE LAUNCH 1411 00:56:59,982 --> 00:56:56,980 MOUNT THERE AT SLICK THREE. 1412 00:57:02,385 --> 00:57:00,049 OKAY, THAT IS THE ISA TRANSITION 1413 00:57:04,187 --> 00:57:02,452 STRUCTURE THAT TAKES US FROM THE 1414 00:57:05,788 --> 00:57:04,254 FIRST STAGE DOWN TO THE SECOND 1415 00:57:08,925 --> 00:57:05,855 STAGE AND HERE IS THE SECOND 1416 00:57:12,395 --> 00:57:08,992 STAGE OF AN ATLASFIVE. 1417 00:57:15,698 --> 00:57:12,462 THIS IS CALLED CENTAUR. 1418 00:57:17,633 --> 00:57:15,765 IT'S GOT AN INCREDIBLE 1419 00:57:19,101 --> 00:57:17,700 PERFORMING SPACE VEHICLE. 1420 00:57:21,637 --> 00:57:19,168 THERE'S YOUR SECOND STAGE. 1421 00:57:24,273 --> 00:57:21,704 GOING UP, WE ERECTED THE FIRST 1422 00:57:27,643 --> 00:57:24,340 AND SECOND STAGE BACK IN MARCH. 1423 00:57:29,111 --> 00:57:27,710 SO JUST UNDER TWO MONTHS AGO WE 1424 00:57:31,848 --> 00:57:29,178 WERE PUTTING IT ALL TOGE. 1425 00:57:34,350 --> 00:57:31,915 YOU SEE THE PROFESSIONALS IN 1426 00:57:35,318 --> 00:57:34,417 AN AND THAT's WHAT IT's ALL 1427 00:57:39,655 --> 00:57:35,385 ABOUT RIGHT THERE. 1428 00:57:41,123 --> 00:57:39,722 THAT's THE SPACECRAFT INSIGHT 1429 00:57:42,992 --> 00:57:41,190 INCAPSULATED IN THE METAL 1430 00:57:45,995 --> 00:57:43,059 FAIRING, THE FOUR METER FAIRING 1431 00:57:49,799 --> 00:57:46,062 BEING ERECTED. 1432 00:57:50,833 --> 00:57:49,899 A LITTLE BIT OF A FOGGY DAY AND 1433 00:57:52,201 --> 00:57:50,900 THERE WE ARE. 1434 00:57:52,902 --> 00:57:52,268 BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF SOME OF THE 1435 00:57:58,007 --> 00:57:52,969 ARTWORK THERE. 1436 00:57:58,374 --> 00:57:58,074 ON THE SIDE OF THE PAYLOAD 1437 00:57:58,741 --> 00:57:58,441 FAIRING. 1438 00:57:59,742 --> 00:57:58,808 ALL RIGHT. 1439 00:58:00,877 --> 00:57:59,809 SO THERE'S MY VIDEO. 1440 00:58:05,114 --> 00:58:00,944 THAT WHAT HE THE ROCKET LOOKS 1441 00:58:05,414 --> 00:58:05,181 LIKE INSIDE THE MOBILE SERVICE 1442 00:58:06,983 --> 00:58:05,481 TOWER. 1443 00:58:08,317 --> 00:58:07,050 WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING JUST 1444 00:58:10,820 --> 00:58:08,384 THIS WEEK WE DID A FLIGHT 1445 00:58:12,455 --> 00:58:10,887 READINESS REVIEW ON MONDAY AND 1446 00:58:12,788 --> 00:58:12,522 MISSION DRESS REHEARSAL ON 1447 00:58:14,757 --> 00:58:12,855 TUESDAY. 1448 00:58:16,425 --> 00:58:14,824 THE ENTIRE LAUNCH TEAM ALL 1449 00:58:17,460 --> 00:58:16,492 AGENCIES, WE ARE PRIMED AND 1450 00:58:20,296 --> 00:58:17,527 READY AND JUST THIS MORNING WE 1451 00:58:26,936 --> 00:58:20,363 DID THE LAUNCH READINESS REVIEW 1452 00:58:28,471 --> 00:58:27,003 AND WE GOT GO's FROM ALL 1453 00:58:30,273 --> 00:58:28,538 ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAD A VESTED 1454 00:58:36,512 --> 00:58:30,340 INTEREST IN LAUNCHING INSIGHT. 1455 00:58:38,714 --> 00:58:36,579 SO WE ARE GO FOR LAUNCH. 1456 00:58:39,815 --> 00:58:38,781 MOVING FORWARD, TOMORROW IS 1457 00:58:42,685 --> 00:58:39,882 FRIDAY. 1458 00:58:46,656 --> 00:58:42,752 THE SO, MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU. 1459 00:58:50,092 --> 00:58:46,723 WHAT I TOLD THE LAUNCH TEAM WAS, 1460 00:58:51,661 --> 00:58:50,159 MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU DURING 1461 00:58:52,595 --> 00:58:51,728 YOUR CREW REST DAY BECAUSE WE'LL 1462 00:58:55,765 --> 00:58:52,662 ALL GET RESTED UP YOU ARING DID 1463 00:58:59,335 --> 00:58:55,832 THE DAY BECAUSE IT's AN 1464 00:59:00,536 --> 00:58:59,402 OVERNIGHT LAUNCH. 1465 00:59:01,370 --> 00:59:00,603 4:45 A.M. IS THE TIME. 1466 00:59:02,171 --> 00:59:01,437 IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE YOU'RE 1467 00:59:03,639 --> 00:59:02,238 WORKING ALL NIGHT. 1468 00:59:07,743 --> 00:59:03,706 THE HARD TO GO TO SLEEP TOMORROW 1469 00:59:11,347 --> 00:59:07,810 BUT WE'LL TRY TO GET SOME REST. 1470 00:59:13,816 --> 00:59:11,414 SO THEN, WE GOT TO GET IN ON 1471 00:59:14,817 --> 00:59:13,883 CONSOLE AND MOVE THAT MOBILE 1472 00:59:16,652 --> 00:59:14,884 SERVICE TOWER THAT SURROUNDS IT 1473 00:59:19,155 --> 00:59:16,719 AND BACK THAT AWAY AND THAT's 1474 00:59:19,689 --> 00:59:19,222 GOING TO HAPPEN AROUND MIDNIGHT 1475 00:59:21,724 --> 00:59:19,756 TOMORROW NIGHT. 1476 01:00:17,747 --> 00:59:21,791 FIRST THING SATURDAY MORNING AND 1477 01:00:19,248 --> 01:00:17,814 THEN PUT ALL THE CRYOGENIC ALLIA 1478 01:00:20,316 --> 01:00:19,315 THIS IS A GREAT VEHICLE AS TIM 1479 01:00:22,151 --> 01:00:20,383 HAS MENTIONED THAT IS OUT THERE. 1480 01:00:25,154 --> 01:00:22,218 IT IS THE401. 1481 01:00:25,655 --> 01:00:25,221 THE WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT 1482 01:00:30,092 --> 01:00:25,722 CONFIGURATIONS. 1483 01:00:31,927 --> 01:00:30,159 THE ATLAS 401 HAS A FOUR METER 1484 01:00:35,231 --> 01:00:31,994 FAIRING UP HERE AT THE TOP TO 1485 01:00:37,099 --> 01:00:35,298 HOUSE THE SPACECRAFT AND PROTECT 1486 01:00:39,368 --> 01:00:37,166 IT UNTIL WE GET OUT OF THE 1487 01:00:45,107 --> 01:00:39,435 ATMOSPHERE AND FOUR METER BODY 1488 01:00:48,844 --> 01:00:45,174 AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY SOLID ET MO 1489 01:00:50,479 --> 01:00:48,911 THE THE UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE 1490 01:00:52,314 --> 01:00:50,546 OUT OF THE 2128 LAUNCHES 37 OF 1491 01:00:55,184 --> 01:00:52,381 THOSE HAVE BEEN WITH THE 401. 1492 01:00:57,186 --> 01:00:55,251 THIS IS BY FAR THE WORKHORSE OF 1493 01:00:59,255 --> 01:00:57,253 OUR ATLAS FAMILY. ALMOST HALF OF 1494 01:01:01,724 --> 01:00:59,322 THE ATLAS VEHICLES HAVE LAUNCHED 1495 01:01:03,826 --> 01:01:01,791 THIS CONFIGURATION WHICH IS 1496 01:01:04,727 --> 01:01:03,893 VERY, VERY -- IT HAS BEEN A VERY 1497 01:01:06,996 --> 01:01:04,794 GOOD VEHICLE FORUS. 1498 01:01:08,297 --> 01:01:07,063 AND FOR CUSTOMERS. 1499 01:01:10,866 --> 01:01:08,364 SO, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT 1500 01:01:12,034 --> 01:01:10,933 KEEPS COMING UP, YOU MIGHT HAVE 1501 01:01:15,705 --> 01:01:12,101 HEARD THIS IS THE FIRST 1502 01:01:16,272 --> 01:01:15,772 PLANETARY LAUNCH FROM THE WEST 1503 01:01:19,275 --> 01:01:16,339 COAST. 1504 01:01:20,509 --> 01:01:19,342 A LOT OF PEOPLE KEEP ASKING, WHY 1505 01:01:24,213 --> 01:01:20,576 IS THAT? 1506 01:01:25,681 --> 01:01:24,280 AND JUST IN SIMPLE TERMS, NASA 1507 01:01:26,449 --> 01:01:25,748 SENT US A PROPOSE TOTAL LAUNCH 1508 01:01:29,585 --> 01:01:26,516 IN 2016. 1509 01:01:31,787 --> 01:01:29,652 E WENT AND LOOKED AT OUR 1510 01:01:33,122 --> 01:01:31,854 MANIFEST OUT ON THE EAST COAST 1511 01:01:37,326 --> 01:01:33,189 AND IT WAS A LITTLE CROWDED AND 1512 01:01:38,527 --> 01:01:37,393 WE FELT LIKE GETTING A VEHICLE 1513 01:01:41,197 --> 01:01:38,594 OUT HERE WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA 1514 01:01:42,465 --> 01:01:41,264 AND GET OUT OF THAT CONGESTION 1515 01:01:43,666 --> 01:01:42,532 OF THE MANIFEST. 1516 01:01:45,634 --> 01:01:43,733 BECAUSE THIS SPACECRAFT WAS 1517 01:01:47,670 --> 01:01:45,701 ORIGINALLY SIZED FOR A DELTA 1518 01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:47,737 TWO, AND WE WERE GOING TO 1519 01:01:52,475 --> 01:01:50,907 PROPOSE AND LAUNCH ON AN ATLAS 1520 01:01:52,875 --> 01:01:52,542 401 WE HAD PLENTY OF PERFORMANCE 1521 01:01:55,411 --> 01:01:52,942 DO THAT. 1522 01:01:57,646 --> 01:01:55,478 WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND 1523 01:02:00,349 --> 01:01:57,713 PROPOSE THAT AND NASA LIKED IT 1524 01:02:00,616 --> 01:02:00,416 AND EVERYBODY IS EXCITED ABOUT 1525 01:02:01,717 --> 01:02:00,683 IT. 1526 01:02:04,420 --> 01:02:01,784 WE GOT A SHORT VIDEO HERE THAT 1527 01:02:05,654 --> 01:02:04,487 WILL SHOW YOU WHAT's GOING TO 1528 01:02:06,856 --> 01:02:05,721 HAPPEN TOMORROW MORNING -- OR 1529 01:02:08,858 --> 01:02:06,923 SAOEUPL SORRY, SATURDAY MORNING. 1530 01:02:38,587 --> 01:02:08,925 IF WE COULD ROLL THAT VIDEO AND 1531 01:02:41,357 --> 01:02:38,654 SHOW WHAT's ENGINE SHUTS DOWN AT 1532 01:02:42,691 --> 01:02:41,424 AND SIX SECONDS LATER THE ATLAS 1533 01:02:43,926 --> 01:02:42,758 CENTAUR SEPARATION SYSTEM 1534 01:02:45,561 --> 01:02:43,993 ACTIVATES TO RELEASE THE BOOTER 1535 01:02:49,198 --> 01:02:45,628 STAGE AND THE VEHICLE NOW WEIGHS 1536 01:02:51,400 --> 01:02:49,265 A LITTLE MORE THAN 7% OF WHAT IT 1537 01:02:53,469 --> 01:02:51,467 DID AT LIFTOFF. 1538 01:02:54,904 --> 01:02:53,536 4:20 THE FIRST CENTAUR MAIN 1539 01:02:56,605 --> 01:02:54,971 ENGINE BURNING BEGINS. 1540 01:02:58,908 --> 01:02:56,672 AND APPROXIMATELY FOUR MINUTES 1541 01:03:01,443 --> 01:02:58,975 AND 28 SECONDS, IS PAYLOAD 1542 01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:01,510 FAIRING IS JETTED AND 13 MINUTES 1543 01:03:06,415 --> 01:03:05,147 AND 16 SECONDS CUT OFF OF THE 1544 01:03:08,150 --> 01:03:06,482 CENTAUR MAIN ENGINE OCCURS. 1545 01:03:09,385 --> 01:03:08,217 AT NEARLY ONE HOUR AND 15 1546 01:03:12,588 --> 01:03:09,452 MINUTES THE CENTAUR MAIN ENGINE 1547 01:03:14,490 --> 01:03:12,655 IS RESTARTED FOR THE SECOND AND 1548 01:03:16,058 --> 01:03:14,557 FINAL BURN. 1549 01:03:18,160 --> 01:03:16,125 APPROXIMATELY FOUR MINUTES AND 1550 01:03:20,162 --> 01:03:18,227 49 SECONDS LATER THE FINAL 1551 01:03:22,598 --> 01:03:20,229 CUTOFF OF THE MAIN ENGINE 1552 01:03:24,900 --> 01:03:22,665 OCCURS. 1553 01:03:26,235 --> 01:03:24,967 1:28 OTHER .40 SECONDS THEY 1554 01:03:28,571 --> 01:03:26,302 RELEASE THE INSIGHT SPACECRAFT 1555 01:03:33,375 --> 01:03:28,638 ON ITS JOURNEY TO MARS. 1556 01:03:34,076 --> 01:03:33,442 MARCO A SEPARATES 1:29 INTO 1557 01:03:39,815 --> 01:03:34,143 FLIGHTL FOLLOWED 48 SECONDS 1558 01:03:40,115 --> 01:03:39,882 LATER BY THE SEPARN OF 1559 01:03:41,317 --> 01:03:40,182 MARCO. 1560 01:03:44,053 --> 01:03:41,384 SO IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER 1561 01:03:47,890 --> 01:03:44,120 THERE HAD BEEN A LOT OF MISSIONS 1562 01:03:49,391 --> 01:03:47,957 TO MARS AND BY OUR ACCOUNT, ALL 1563 01:03:51,961 --> 01:03:49,458 OF THE MISSIONS THAT HAVE GONE 1564 01:03:53,996 --> 01:03:52,028 TO MARS SINCE 1960 HAVE LAUNCHED 1565 01:04:00,002 --> 01:03:54,063 ON A ULA OR HERITAGE VEHICLE. 1566 01:04:01,437 --> 01:04:00,069 SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR 1567 01:04:04,173 --> 01:04:01,504 HISTORY WITH THE MARS PROGRAM. 1568 01:04:06,642 --> 01:04:04,240 AS I MENTIONED EARLIER 100% OF 1569 01:04:07,443 --> 01:04:06,709 THE MISSIONS HAVE BEEN 1570 01:04:10,546 --> 01:04:07,510 SUCCESSFUL IN THE LAST TEN YEARS 1571 01:04:12,414 --> 01:04:10,613 SO WE'RE THRILLED TO BE PART OF 1572 01:04:13,349 --> 01:04:12,481 THIS AND OFFER THAT AGAIN TO OUR 1573 01:04:15,117 --> 01:04:13,416 CUSTOMERS AND WE'RE VERY PROUD 1574 01:04:18,587 --> 01:04:15,184 AND WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL 1575 01:04:21,156 --> 01:04:18,654 THE MISSION PARTNERS, NASA, TO 1576 01:04:22,658 --> 01:04:21,223 LOCKHEED MARTIN A JPL AND 1577 01:04:24,159 --> 01:04:22,725 EVERY ONE FOR LETTING US TO BE 1578 01:04:26,829 --> 01:04:24,226 PART OF THE WONDERFUL AND 1579 01:04:32,234 --> 01:04:26,896 EXCITING MISSION AND IN 1580 01:04:33,269 --> 01:04:32,301 CONCLUSION I'LL SAY GO ATLAS AND 1581 01:04:35,037 --> 01:04:33,336 GO INSIGHT. 1582 01:04:37,206 --> 01:04:35,104 >> I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SOME 1583 01:04:37,673 --> 01:04:37,273 SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTIONS AND ASK 1584 01:04:42,211 --> 01:04:37,740 NASA QUESTIONS. 1585 01:04:44,046 --> 01:04:42,278 IF WE COULD G A MICROPHONE 1586 01:04:45,581 --> 01:04:44,113 DOWN HERE FROM THE NASA HEAD 1587 01:04:48,117 --> 01:04:45,648 QUART ERSZ SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM. 1588 01:04:50,619 --> 01:04:48,184 YOU CAN SUBMIT THOSE ONLINE WITH 1589 01:04:52,221 --> 01:04:50,686 THE #ASKNASA. 1590 01:04:53,589 --> 01:04:52,288 THOSE WE CAN'T GET TO WILL BE 1591 01:04:55,557 --> 01:04:53,656 ANSWERING MORE ONLINE LATER AND 1592 01:04:55,891 --> 01:04:55,624 ALSO IN LAUNCH COMMENTARY. 1593 01:04:58,427 --> 01:04:55,958 JASON? 1594 01:05:00,596 --> 01:04:58,494 >> FIRST QUESTION HERE COMES 1595 01:05:02,998 --> 01:05:00,663 FROM TWITTER USER TRACY. 1596 01:05:04,033 --> 01:05:03,065 HOW MUCH DO THEY COORATE WITH 1597 01:05:05,968 --> 01:05:04,100 THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND 1598 01:05:06,302 --> 01:05:06,035 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE 1599 01:05:07,836 --> 01:05:06,369 BIT? 1600 01:05:10,105 --> 01:05:07,903 >> WE COORDINATE WITH OUR 1601 01:05:12,408 --> 01:05:10,172 PARTNERS IN THE AIR FORCE A LOT. 1602 01:05:13,442 --> 01:05:12,475 WE HAVE A TERRIFIC PARTNERSHIP 1603 01:05:15,844 --> 01:05:13,509 ON BOTH RANGES. 1604 01:05:16,145 --> 01:05:15,911 HERE WE ARE AT THE 30TH SPACE 1605 01:05:18,714 --> 01:05:16,212 WING. 1606 01:05:21,317 --> 01:05:18,781 THE INCREDIBLE HOSTS. 1607 01:05:23,285 --> 01:05:21,384 VANDENBERG IS A WONDERFUL PLACE. 1608 01:05:27,556 --> 01:05:23,352 I HAVE, WHEN WORKING A MISSION 1609 01:05:30,159 --> 01:05:27,623 AT VANDENBERG, PROBABLY AT LEAST 1610 01:05:30,526 --> 01:05:30,226 WEEKLY NORMALLY MULTIPLE WEEKLY 1611 01:05:31,560 --> 01:05:30,593 CONTACTS. 1612 01:05:34,263 --> 01:05:31,627 THE YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM 1613 01:05:35,898 --> 01:05:34,330 THE WING COMMANDER HERE AT THE 1614 01:05:37,533 --> 01:05:35,965 30TH SPACE WING IN A LITTLE BIT. 1615 01:05:40,169 --> 01:05:37,600 HIS TEAM IS AMAZING. 1616 01:05:41,303 --> 01:05:40,236 THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT THEY 1617 01:05:42,338 --> 01:05:41,370 PROVIDE FOR BOTH AIR FORCE 1618 01:05:45,040 --> 01:05:42,405 MISSIONS OBVIOUSLY BUT FOR OTHER 1619 01:05:45,874 --> 01:05:45,107 MISSIONS AND FOR THE SCIENCE 1620 01:05:47,242 --> 01:05:45,941 MISSIONS AND FOR C 1621 01:05:50,245 --> 01:05:47,309 MISSIONS AS WELL. 1622 01:05:51,647 --> 01:05:50,312 THERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF 1623 01:05:55,117 --> 01:05:51,714 COORDINATION AT MY LEVEL. 1624 01:05:56,719 --> 01:05:55,184 AT NASA HEADQUARTERS LEVEL TO 1625 01:05:57,720 --> 01:05:56,786 AIR FORCE PENTAGON HREPL AND 1626 01:05:59,254 --> 01:05:57,787 AIR FORCE HIGHER HEADQUARTERS 1627 01:06:04,059 --> 01:05:59,321 LEVEL. 1628 01:06:05,728 --> 01:06:04,126 IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP. 1629 01:06:08,230 --> 01:06:05,795 >> COUPLE OF FOLKS ARE ASKING, 1630 01:06:09,231 --> 01:06:08,297 WHAT FACTORS ARE DETERMINING THE 1631 01:06:10,799 --> 01:06:09,298 LAUNCH GOING FROM CALIFORNIA 1632 01:06:12,167 --> 01:06:10,866 INSTEAD OF FLORIDA AND WHY 1633 01:06:14,403 --> 01:06:12,234 AREN'T LAUNCHES FROM THE WEST 1634 01:06:17,206 --> 01:06:14,470 COAST TO THE PLANETS AS COMMON 1635 01:06:18,907 --> 01:06:17,273 AS LAUNCHES FROM THE EAST COAST? 1636 01:06:21,443 --> 01:06:18,974 >> SO, I CAN TAKE THAT. 1637 01:06:28,417 --> 01:06:21,510 WHEN NASA PUTS OUT A REQUEST FOR 1638 01:06:29,585 --> 01:06:28,484 A PROPOAL HE MAKE AN HE HAVE 1639 01:06:32,221 --> 01:06:29,652 TORATCH THE VEHICLE. 1640 01:06:35,224 --> 01:06:32,288 THE INSIGHT SPACECRAFT IS A 1641 01:06:37,459 --> 01:06:35,291 LITTLE SMALLER AND IS EASILY 1642 01:06:40,429 --> 01:06:37,526 FITS INTO OUR ATLAS 401. 1643 01:06:41,697 --> 01:06:40,496 SO, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE 1644 01:06:42,798 --> 01:06:41,764 TRADITIONALLY HAVE LAUNCHED 1645 01:06:46,335 --> 01:06:42,865 EUPBLTSER PLANETARY MISSIONS 1646 01:06:48,337 --> 01:06:46,402 FROM THE EAST COAST IS BECAUSE 1647 01:06:49,438 --> 01:06:48,404 WHEN WE DO THAT WE GET TO TAKE 1648 01:06:52,908 --> 01:06:49,505 ADVANTAGE OF THE ROTATION OF THE 1649 01:07:00,382 --> 01:06:52,975 EARTH. 1650 01:07:02,217 --> 01:07:00,449 IT's LIKE JUMPING OFF A ROTATION 1651 01:07:02,951 --> 01:07:02,284 DISK GOING IN THE DIRECTION THE 1652 01:07:04,286 --> 01:07:03,018 DISK IS GOING. 1653 01:07:05,554 --> 01:07:04,353 YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AS MUCH 1654 01:07:08,857 --> 01:07:05,621 POWER IN YOUR VEHICLE. 1655 01:07:11,660 --> 01:07:08,924 IN THIS CASE BECAUSE THE ATLAS 1656 01:07:13,862 --> 01:07:11,727 401 HAD ENOUGH PERFORMANCE WE 1657 01:07:19,435 --> 01:07:13,929 WERE ABLE TO DO THAT OFF THE 1658 01:07:21,737 --> 01:07:19,502 WEST COAST WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO 1659 01:07:22,137 --> 01:07:21,804 DO THAT IN THE OPPOSITE 1660 01:07:23,338 --> 01:07:22,204 DIRECTION. 1661 01:07:25,174 --> 01:07:23,405 WE DON'T GET TO TAKE AS MUCH 1662 01:07:26,575 --> 01:07:25,241 ADVANTAGE OF THE ROTATION OF THE 1663 01:07:31,447 --> 01:07:26,642 EARTH. 1664 01:07:31,780 --> 01:07:31,514 THAT's WHY WE'RE DOING INSIGHT 1665 01:07:32,948 --> 01:07:31,847 HERE. 1666 01:07:36,785 --> 01:07:33,048 >> ASTIC. 1667 01:07:39,555 --> 01:07:36,852 DO WE HAVE Y OTHER QUESTIONS 1668 01:07:39,855 --> 01:07:39,622 HERE IN THE ROOM ON THE MEDIA 1669 01:07:41,223 --> 01:07:39,922 SIDE? 1670 01:07:42,858 --> 01:07:41,290 WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION 1671 01:07:54,436 --> 01:07:42,925 DOWN HERE IN THE FRONT. 1672 01:07:57,606 --> 01:07:54,503 LET's WAIT FOR A MICROPHONE. 1673 01:07:58,040 --> 01:07:57,673 >> I'M A PUBLIC DEFENDER FROM 1674 01:08:00,008 --> 01:07:58,107 PHILADELPHIA. 1675 01:08:01,844 --> 01:08:00,075 I SAW THAT MARCO A AND B WILL BE 1676 01:08:03,879 --> 01:08:01,911 LAUNCHING WITH THE INSIGHT. 1677 01:08:05,047 --> 01:08:03,946 YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT THE MARCO 1678 01:08:05,414 --> 01:08:05,114 CUBES AND WHAT THEY ADD TO THE 1679 01:08:07,182 --> 01:08:05,481 MISSION? 1680 01:08:09,118 --> 01:08:07,249 >> WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE SEGMENT 1681 01:08:11,353 --> 01:08:09,185 ABOUT MARCO, SO WHY DON'T WE 1682 01:08:13,589 --> 01:08:11,420 HANG ON TO THAT ONE FOR WHEN WE 1683 01:08:17,626 --> 01:08:13,656 GO TO Q & A THEN. 1684 01:08:22,898 --> 01:08:17,693 ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS SIDE OR AN 1685 01:08:26,368 --> 01:08:22,965 ONE TO MY RIGHT. 1686 01:08:30,305 --> 01:08:26,435 OKAY. 1687 01:08:32,407 --> 01:08:30,372 >> IF THE INSIGHT MISSION -- IF 1688 01:08:33,876 --> 01:08:32,474 THE WINGED DOUGH -- THE LAUNCH 1689 01:08:35,978 --> 01:08:33,943 GOES BEYOND THE MISSION WINDOW 1690 01:08:38,514 --> 01:08:36,045 IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO PUT 1691 01:08:40,849 --> 01:08:38,581 INSIGHT OBJECT TO AER ROCKET 1692 01:08:42,951 --> 01:08:40,916 AND LAUNCH FROM THE EAST COAST 1693 01:08:44,620 --> 01:08:43,018 OR EVEN HERE? 1694 01:08:47,422 --> 01:08:44,687 >> NOT UNTIL 26 MONTHS FROM NOW. 1695 01:08:48,790 --> 01:08:47,489 SO THAT WOULD BE -- IF WE ARE 1696 01:08:49,958 --> 01:08:48,857 NOT ABLE TO LAUNCH FOR SOME 1697 01:08:52,761 --> 01:08:50,025 REALLY BAD REASON. 1698 01:08:54,596 --> 01:08:52,828 WE HAVE 35 OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN 1699 01:08:55,998 --> 01:08:54,663 SATURDAY AND JUNE 8TH THAT's A 1700 01:08:57,866 --> 01:08:56,065 LOT OF CHANCES TO LAUNCH. 1701 01:08:59,735 --> 01:08:57,933 BUT IN A REALLY BAD SITUATION 1702 01:09:00,969 --> 01:08:59,802 WE'D HAVE TO WAIT FORHAT NEXT 1703 01:09:04,039 --> 01:09:01,036 MARS WINDOW. 1704 01:09:08,944 --> 01:09:04,106 >> ARE I WOULD JUST ADD, IS THE 1705 01:09:10,913 --> 01:09:09,011 ATLAS PERFORMANCE WOULD INDICATE 1706 01:09:11,780 --> 01:09:10,980 WE HAVE ABOUT 95, 98% 1707 01:09:21,456 --> 01:09:11,847 PROBABILITY IN GETTING OFF IN 1708 01:09:26,862 --> 01:09:21,523 THE NEXT TWO DAYS. 1709 01:09:28,130 --> 01:09:26,929 ONE MORE QUESTION RIGHT DOWN 1710 01:09:30,332 --> 01:09:28,197 HERE. 1711 01:09:34,336 --> 01:09:30,399 >> MY QUESTION IS, WILL THE DATA 1712 01:09:37,439 --> 01:09:34,403 RECEIVED BE PUBLISHED OPENLY? 1713 01:09:39,074 --> 01:09:37,506 >> SO, THE SCIENCE DATA FROM 1714 01:09:41,343 --> 01:09:39,141 INSIGHT, I'M GOING TO TURN THAT 1715 01:09:43,378 --> 01:09:41,410 BACK OVER TO ONE OF -- MOST OF 1716 01:09:47,816 --> 01:09:43,445 THIS DATA IS GOING T END I 1717 01:09:50,152 --> 01:09:47,883 THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. 1718 01:09:54,423 --> 01:09:50,219 >> ALL THE SCIENCE DATA FROM 1719 01:09:55,057 --> 01:09:54,490 NASA MISSIONS ENDS UP IN THE 1720 01:09:57,960 --> 01:09:55,124 PUBLIC DOMAIN. 1721 01:10:00,262 --> 01:09:58,027 I HAVE SIGNED A DOCUMENT SAYING 1722 01:10:03,599 --> 01:10:00,329 THAT I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR ALL OF 1723 01:10:05,767 --> 01:10:03,666 OUR DATA WILL BE ON THE INTERNET 1724 01:10:07,636 --> 01:10:05,834 IN THE PLANETARY DATA SYSTEM 1725 01:10:17,312 --> 01:10:07,703 REPOSITORY IN LESS THAN SIX 1726 01:10:20,349 --> 01:10:17,379 MONTHS AFTER WE ACQUIRE IT. 1727 01:10:23,252 --> 01:10:20,416 OUR GOAL IS TO PUSH OUT DATA 1728 01:10:25,287 --> 01:10:23,319 WITHIN A MATTER OF WEEKS OF 1729 01:10:26,722 --> 01:10:25,354 ACQUISITION AND THE IMAGES WE 1730 01:10:28,123 --> 01:10:26,789 GET FROM H WE HOPE TO GET 1731 01:10:29,224 --> 01:10:28,190 THEM ON THE INTERNET WITHIN DAYS 1732 01:10:31,727 --> 01:10:29,291 OF ACQUISITION. 1733 01:10:32,894 --> 01:10:31,794 SO, YES, THE DATA THAT's COMING 1734 01:10:36,098 --> 01:10:32,961 DOWN FROM INSIGHT BELONGS TO 1735 01:10:36,898 --> 01:10:36,165 EVERYBODY AND BELONGS TO THE 1736 01:10:39,067 --> 01:10:36,965 TAXPAYERS OF THE UNITED STATES 1737 01:10:41,737 --> 01:10:39,134 AND TAXPAYERS OF EUROPE AND THE 1738 01:10:42,971 --> 01:10:41,804 WHOLE WORLD AND PUSH IT OUT AS 1739 01:10:45,140 --> 01:10:43,038 FAST AS WE CAN. 1740 01:10:46,942 --> 01:10:45,207 >> ALL THESE DATA ARE YOURS AND 1741 01:10:47,676 --> 01:10:47,009 WITH THAT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO 1742 01:10:52,214 --> 01:10:47,743 TIM AND SCOTT. 1743 01:10:54,016 --> 01:10:52,281 G ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM. 1744 01:10:55,517 --> 01:10:54,083 [APPLAUSE] 1745 01:10:55,917 --> 01:10:55,584 >> A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE 1746 01:11:00,522 --> 01:10:55,984 AIR FORCE. 1747 01:11:02,157 --> 01:11:00,589 WE WOULD NOT BE BE LIFTING OFF 1748 01:11:04,126 --> 01:11:02,224 THIS PLANET IF WEREN'T FOR THE 1749 01:11:05,227 --> 01:11:04,193 30TH SPACE WING AT VANDENBERG 1750 01:11:09,131 --> 01:11:05,294 AIR FORCE BASE. 1751 01:11:15,137 --> 01:11:09,198 LET's BRING UP TWO MEMBERS OF 1752 01:11:17,539 --> 01:11:15,204 THE THE SPACE WING. 1753 01:11:18,807 --> 01:11:17,606 COLONEL MICHAEL HUFF, THE SPACE 1754 01:11:21,476 --> 01:11:18,874 LAUNCH COMMANDER OF THE 30TH 1755 01:11:22,511 --> 01:11:21,543 SPACE WING AND JOINED BY FIRST 1756 01:11:24,546 --> 01:11:22,578 LIEUTENANT CHRISTINA WILLIAMS, 1757 01:11:25,314 --> 01:11:24,613 THE WEATHER OFFICER. 1758 01:11:28,083 --> 01:11:25,381 THANK YOU. 1759 01:11:28,383 --> 01:11:28,150 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1760 01:11:31,186 --> 01:11:28,450 OKAY. 1761 01:11:32,821 --> 01:11:31,253 ONE, I APPRECIATE YOU GETTING MY 1762 01:11:35,223 --> 01:11:32,888 NAME RIGHT. 1763 01:11:38,260 --> 01:11:35,290 THE HOUGH. 1764 01:11:40,662 --> 01:11:38,327 THANKS FOR THAT. 1765 01:11:42,230 --> 01:11:40,729 COLONEL MIKE HOUGH. 1766 01:11:44,833 --> 01:11:42,297 I'VE BEEN IN THE SEAT NOW FOR 1767 01:11:46,535 --> 01:11:44,900 JUST CLOSE TO A YEAR. 1768 01:11:47,769 --> 01:11:46,602 AND YOU HEARD THE TERM 1769 01:11:53,275 --> 01:11:47,836 EXCITEMENT AND OF COURSE THAT's 1770 01:12:00,716 --> 01:11:53,342 EXACTLY WHAT WE FEEL IN 1771 01:12:03,618 --> 01:12:00,783 SUPPORTING THIS LAUNCH. 1772 01:12:05,354 --> 01:12:03,685 I'M GOING TO BE INSIDE AND 1773 01:12:06,888 --> 01:12:05,421 SITTING AND I HATE I WON'T BE 1774 01:12:09,791 --> 01:12:06,955 ABLE TO SEE IT LIVE. 1775 01:12:10,992 --> 01:12:09,858 AND I TELL YOU TOO, BECAUSE 1776 01:12:12,994 --> 01:12:11,059 LIEUTENANT WILLIAMS WILL CATCH 1777 01:12:14,963 --> 01:12:13,061 THIS ONE IN A SECOND I'M GLAD 1778 01:12:16,832 --> 01:12:15,030 THE SCREEN.SEE THEUAL ON 1779 01:12:18,166 --> 01:12:16,899 ANYBODY WHO HAS BEEN TO CENTRAL 1780 01:12:20,369 --> 01:12:18,233 COAST, CALIFORNIA, KNOWS WE GET 1781 01:12:22,104 --> 01:12:20,436 A PRETTY GOOD MARINE LAYER. 1782 01:12:25,440 --> 01:12:22,171 AT LEAST YOU CAN SAY YOU SAW A 1783 01:12:26,808 --> 01:12:25,507 LAUNCH BY LOOKING AT THAT VIDEO. 1784 01:12:31,880 --> 01:12:26,875 BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 1785 01:12:34,683 --> 01:12:31,947 SOME MARINE LAYER COMING OUT. 1786 01:12:36,284 --> 01:12:34,750 >> OUR MISSION HERE IS WE HELP 1787 01:12:38,487 --> 01:12:36,351 SUPPORT THESE LAUNCHES. 1788 01:12:40,021 --> 01:12:38,554 OF COURSE WE RELY ON THE EXPERTS 1789 01:12:41,723 --> 01:12:40,088 THAT YOU HEARD FROM UNITED 1790 01:12:44,226 --> 01:12:41,790 LAUNCH ALLIANCE AND OF COURSE 1791 01:12:47,462 --> 01:12:44,293 FROM NASA AND MANY OTHER LAUNCH 1792 01:12:47,896 --> 01:12:47,529 PROVIDERS HERE ON THE WESTERN 1793 01:12:49,998 --> 01:12:47,963 RANGE. 1794 01:12:51,366 --> 01:12:50,065 OUR ROLE HERE, MY ROLE IS TO 1795 01:12:53,335 --> 01:12:51,433 OPERATE THIS THING CALLED THE 1796 01:12:55,103 --> 01:12:53,402 WESTERN RANGE AND IN WHAT I 1797 01:12:57,205 --> 01:12:55,170 LIKEN IT TO IS THAT WE HAVE 1798 01:12:59,908 --> 01:12:57,272 THESE LAUNCH PROVIDERS COMEN 1799 01:13:00,242 --> 01:12:59,975 AND I QUOTE, UNQUOTE, THEY PLUG 1800 01:13:03,111 --> 01:13:00,309 IN. 1801 01:13:04,613 --> 01:13:03,178 WE PROVIDE THEM THE 1802 01:13:05,847 --> 01:13:04,680 INFRASTRUCTURE AND POWER AND 1803 01:13:08,316 --> 01:13:05,914 COMMUNICATIONS AND THEN THE 1804 01:13:09,751 --> 01:13:08,383 TELEMETRY AND RADAR AND THE 1805 01:13:11,920 --> 01:13:09,818 OPTICS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 1806 01:13:14,423 --> 01:13:11,987 THAT LAUNCH AND ALSO PROVIDE -- 1807 01:13:15,991 --> 01:13:14,490 WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC 1808 01:13:23,732 --> 01:13:16,058 SAFETY AND SECURITY AS WELL. 1809 01:13:29,204 --> 01:13:23,799 TEAM OF AIRMEN OUT THERE WHO ARE 1810 01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:29,271 DOING THE GROUNDWORK TO MAKE 1811 01:13:33,341 --> 01:13:31,907 THAT SECTION BUT HAVE DEFENDERS, 1812 01:13:35,343 --> 01:13:33,408 MY SECURITY FORCES WHO ARE OUT 1813 01:13:37,045 --> 01:13:35,410 THERE AND THEY SWEEP THE AREA 1814 01:13:38,313 --> 01:13:37,112 AND KEEP IT SAFE AND SECURE. 1815 01:13:39,681 --> 01:13:38,380 IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. 1816 01:13:40,115 --> 01:13:39,748 HOW ABOUT OVER TO. 1817 01:13:40,315 --> 01:13:40,182 THE 1818 01:13:42,517 --> 01:13:41,249 >> ALL RIGHT. 1819 01:13:43,885 --> 01:13:42,584 THANK YOU. 1820 01:13:45,620 --> 01:13:43,952 IT'S CRAZY TO THINK THAT SOME 1821 01:13:46,621 --> 01:13:45,687 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 1822 01:13:49,424 --> 01:13:46,688 FOR SEVEN YEARS BECAUSE I'VE 1823 01:13:49,891 --> 01:13:49,491 ONLY BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR TWO 1824 01:13:51,193 --> 01:13:49,958 MONTHS. 1825 01:13:53,061 --> 01:13:51,260 BUT I'M FIRST LIEUTENANT 1826 01:13:54,095 --> 01:13:53,128 CHRISTINA WILLIAMS ASK I'M THE 1827 01:13:55,864 --> 01:13:54,162 LAUNCH OFFICER. 1828 01:13:59,267 --> 01:13:55,931 I'M ORIGINALLY FROM WISCONSIN. 1829 01:14:00,936 --> 01:13:59,334 I HAVE A DEGREE IN METROLOGY 1830 01:14:02,737 --> 01:14:01,003 FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN 1831 01:14:04,739 --> 01:14:02,804 MADISON AND BEEN IN THE A NORS 1832 01:14:06,741 --> 01:14:04,806 FOR 3.5 AND BEEN AT VANDENBERG 1833 01:14:10,078 --> 01:14:06,808 FOR ABOUT FIVE MONTHS. 1834 01:14:11,847 --> 01:14:10,145 AS AN LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER MY 1835 01:14:15,617 --> 01:14:11,914 JOB WILL BE TO LEAD A TEAM. 1836 01:14:17,886 --> 01:14:15,684 WE PROVIDE PRELAUNCH SUPPORT 1837 01:14:19,554 --> 01:14:17,953 WITH OUR FORECAST LEADING UP TO 1838 01:14:21,590 --> 01:14:19,621 THE LAUNCH AS WELL AS SUPPORT ON 1839 01:14:24,759 --> 01:14:21,657 DAY OF LAUNCH. 1840 01:14:26,628 --> 01:14:24,826 I WORK -- WEPERATE OUT OF FOUR 1841 01:14:26,962 --> 01:14:26,695 LOCATIONS FOR THE -- ON DAY OF 1842 01:14:29,130 --> 01:14:27,029 LAUNCHL. 1843 01:14:30,165 --> 01:14:29,197 I'LL BE WORKING IN THE WESTERN 1844 01:14:32,200 --> 01:14:30,232 RANGE OPERATION CONTROL CENTER 1845 01:14:37,038 --> 01:14:32,267 WHICH IS WHERE THE MAIN WEATHER 1846 01:14:42,277 --> 01:14:37,105 HUB ON DAY OF LAUNCH AND 1847 01:14:46,515 --> 01:14:42,344 FORECASTERS WILL BE WORKING OUT 1848 01:14:49,518 --> 01:14:46,582 OF THE WEATHER STATION. 1849 01:14:53,588 --> 01:14:49,585 BALLOON EDITORS AND CONTRACTORS 1850 01:14:57,392 --> 01:14:53,655 EDITING THE DATA AND WE'LL HAVE 1851 01:14:58,159 --> 01:14:57,459 OBSERVERS AT A SITE A MILE AWAY 1852 01:15:08,236 --> 01:14:58,226 TAKING OBSERVATIONS. 1853 01:15:09,671 --> 01:15:08,303 THREE DAYS LEADINGRT OUR L 1854 01:15:12,474 --> 01:15:09,738 MINUS THREE DAY FORECAST AND 1855 01:15:14,976 --> 01:15:12,541 TOMORROW I'LL BE SENDING OUT OUR 1856 01:15:16,678 --> 01:15:15,043 L MINUS ONE DAY FORECAST. 1857 01:15:20,282 --> 01:15:16,745 WE GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW WHAT 1858 01:15:26,288 --> 01:15:20,349 TYPE OF WEATHER WE'RE EXPECTING 1859 01:15:26,721 --> 01:15:26,355 FOR LIFTOFF OR T ZERO AND USE 1860 01:15:29,491 --> 01:15:26,788 IRCONSTRAINTS. 1861 01:15:30,158 --> 01:15:29,558 WHAT THESE ARE ARE THE 1862 01:15:33,595 --> 01:15:30,225 LIKELIHOOD THAT A CERTAIN 1863 01:15:34,095 --> 01:15:33,662 CONSTRAINT WILL BE VIOLATED OR 1864 01:15:35,163 --> 01:15:34,162 EXCEEDED. 1865 01:15:36,264 --> 01:15:35,230 KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR LATER IN 1866 01:15:39,834 --> 01:15:36,331 THE HE HAVE PWRAOG. 1867 01:15:41,436 --> 01:15:39,901 WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT 1868 01:15:44,139 --> 01:15:41,503 SATELLITE, CURRENTLY WE'RE 1869 01:15:45,974 --> 01:15:44,206 SEEING A RIDGE BUILDING IN WITH 1870 01:15:49,244 --> 01:15:46,041 AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WELL WEST 1871 01:15:50,278 --> 01:15:49,311 OF THE REGION WHICH IS MOVING 1872 01:15:52,013 --> 01:15:50,345 SLOWLY TOWARD US. 1873 01:15:52,414 --> 01:15:52,080 THERE IS FOG OFF THE COAST OF 1874 01:15:53,848 --> 01:15:52,481 CALIFORNIA. 1875 01:15:56,985 --> 01:15:53,915 AS I'M SURE YOU SAW THIS MORNING 1876 01:15:58,653 --> 01:15:57,052 THERE WAS FOG OVERLAND AS WELL. 1877 01:15:59,921 --> 01:15:58,720 LOOKING IT HE LAUNCH DAY 1878 01:16:02,357 --> 01:15:59,988 FORECAST, WE'RE EXPECTING WINDS 1879 01:16:05,160 --> 01:16:02,424 OUT OF THE NORTH AT 7-10 KNOTS 1880 01:16:06,628 --> 01:16:05,227 WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 1881 01:16:09,164 --> 01:16:06,695 50S. 1882 01:16:10,498 --> 01:16:09,231 VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE 1883 01:16:11,800 --> 01:16:10,565 ONE-HALF TO ONE STATUE MILES DUE 1884 01:16:13,568 --> 01:16:11,867 TO FOG AS WE'RE EXPECTINGHAT 1885 01:16:16,538 --> 01:16:13,635 LAY YOR FOG TO IMPACT THE 1886 01:16:18,273 --> 01:16:16,605 PAD AT T ZERO. 1887 01:16:20,375 --> 01:16:18,340 FOR AN OVERALL PROBABILITY OF 1888 01:16:22,577 --> 01:16:20,442 VIOLATION OR P.O. V.WE'RE 1889 01:16:24,446 --> 01:16:22,644 EXPECTING 80% DUE TO THE 1890 01:16:25,847 --> 01:16:24,513 REQUIRED RANGE SAFETY LAUNCH 1891 01:16:29,084 --> 01:16:25,914 VISIBILITY CONSTRAINTS. 1892 01:16:30,685 --> 01:16:29,151 ALL OTHER MANDATORY RANGE SAFETY 1893 01:16:36,257 --> 01:16:30,752 AND LAUNCH AGENCY CONSTRAINTS 1894 01:16:37,759 --> 01:16:36,324 HAVE A POV OF 0%. 1895 01:16:40,762 --> 01:16:37,826 FOR OUR SCRUB DAY FORECAST, 1896 01:16:43,031 --> 01:16:40,829 WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE HIGH 1897 01:16:45,100 --> 01:16:43,098 PRESSURE MOVE ANDING OUT AS THE 1898 01:16:46,901 --> 01:16:45,167 UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MAKES ITS WAY 1899 01:16:49,971 --> 01:16:46,968 TOWARD US HOUF IT WILL NOT 1900 01:16:50,271 --> 01:16:50,038 EFFECT THE WEATHER WHO ARE TOO 1901 01:16:52,607 --> 01:16:50,338 MUCH. 1902 01:16:54,342 --> 01:16:52,674 WINDS WILL SHIRT WILL BE OUT OF 1903 01:16:58,046 --> 01:16:54,442 THE NORTH WEST AND TEMPERATURES 1904 01:16:59,347 --> 01:16:58,113 IN THE LOW 50 WITH VISIBILITY 1905 01:17:00,915 --> 01:16:59,414 THREE QUARTERS TO 1.5 MILES. 1906 01:17:01,249 --> 01:17:00,982 SLIGHTLY IMPROVED BUT STILL NOT 1907 01:17:03,885 --> 01:17:01,316 GREAT. 1908 01:17:05,286 --> 01:17:03,952 SO STILL ASSIGNING THAT 80% 1909 01:17:07,656 --> 01:17:05,353 PROBABILITY OF VIOLATION DUE TO 1910 01:17:09,124 --> 01:17:07,723 THE RANGE SAFETY REQUIRED LAUNCH 1911 01:17:10,191 --> 01:17:09,191 VISIBILITY CONSTRAINTS. 1912 01:17:12,360 --> 01:17:10,258 I KNOW 80%. 1913 01:17:13,795 --> 01:17:12,427 THAT's A BIG NUMBER, RIGHT? 1914 01:17:16,264 --> 01:17:13,862 IS IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE 1915 01:17:18,900 --> 01:17:16,331 WON'T LAUNCH BECAUSE OF WEATHER. 1916 01:17:20,068 --> 01:17:18,967 , WHAT IT IS, WE -- LIKE I 1917 01:17:21,036 --> 01:17:20,135 SAID, YOU PROBABLY SAW THIS 1918 01:17:22,771 --> 01:17:21,103 MORNING, THERE IS FOG THAT 1919 01:17:25,273 --> 01:17:22,838 HAPPENS ALONG THE COAST. 1920 01:17:32,647 --> 01:17:25,340 IT'S A COMMON EVENT HERE, 1921 01:17:34,015 --> 01:17:32,714 ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR. 1922 01:17:36,918 --> 01:17:34,082 CONSTRAINT IS FOR SAFETY BUT 1923 01:17:38,687 --> 01:17:36,985 THEY HAVE WAYS OF MITIGATING IT. 1924 01:17:40,455 --> 01:17:38,754 I'M SAYING THERE IS AN 80% 1925 01:17:42,691 --> 01:17:40,522 CHAN YOU'LL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE 1926 01:17:45,126 --> 01:17:42,758 THE ROCKET LAUNCH AT LIFTOFF. 1927 01:17:45,460 --> 01:17:45,193 MANY SO THIS IS ALL I HAVE FOR 1928 01:17:47,796 --> 01:17:45,527 WEATHER. 1929 01:17:48,863 --> 01:17:47,863 >> WHICH IS WHY I'M GLAD YOU SAW 1930 01:17:50,365 --> 01:17:48,930 THAT VIDEO. 1931 01:17:51,332 --> 01:17:50,432 >> BEFORE YOU CRUSH ALL MY 1932 01:17:52,267 --> 01:17:51,399 DREAMS I'M STILL GOING TO HEAR 1933 01:17:55,136 --> 01:17:52,334 IT AND FEEL IT. 1934 01:17:55,470 --> 01:17:55,203 I'M GOING TO FEEL IT MY BONES, 1935 01:17:56,037 --> 01:17:55,537 RIGHT? 1936 01:18:00,075 --> 01:17:56,104 >> OH, YEAH. 1937 01:18:01,643 --> 01:18:00,142 EVEN THOUGH WE'LL BE INDOORS 1938 01:18:02,677 --> 01:18:01,710 FURTHER AWAY, WE'LL ALSO FEEL IT 1939 01:18:25,867 --> 01:18:02,744 AS WELL INSIDE. 1940 01:18:28,670 --> 01:18:25,934 AND THAT's A GREAT THING. 1941 01:18:29,504 --> 01:18:28,737 MAYBE DOES THIS BRING IN A LOT 1942 01:18:31,873 --> 01:18:29,571 OF JOBS? 1943 01:18:33,408 --> 01:18:31,940 >> SO, I WON'T SPEAK TO THE 1944 01:18:35,210 --> 01:18:33,475 ECONOMIC IMPACT OVERALL. 1945 01:18:37,378 --> 01:18:35,277 YOU CAN SEE BY THE -- THIS IS 1946 01:18:38,947 --> 01:18:37,445 THE FIRST TIME BY THE WAY THAT 1947 01:18:39,814 --> 01:18:39,014 STOOD UP IN FRONT OF A CROWD AND 1948 01:18:41,750 --> 01:18:39,881 TALKED ABOUT A MISSION. 1949 01:18:42,550 --> 01:18:41,817 YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE HAS A 1950 01:18:48,022 --> 01:18:42,617 LITTLE MORE IMPORTANCE THAN WHAT 1951 01:18:50,425 --> 01:18:48,089 WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST. 1952 01:18:51,760 --> 01:18:50,492 OUR FIRST INTERPLANETARY LAUNCH 1953 01:18:56,297 --> 01:18:51,827 FROM VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, 1954 01:18:57,132 --> 01:18:56,364 AGAIN, TO ME A LAUNCH IS A LUNCH 1955 01:18:58,967 --> 01:18:57,199 IS A LUNCH. 1956 01:19:03,571 --> 01:18:59,034 BUT BECAUSE THIS ONE IS SO 1957 01:19:05,640 --> 01:19:03,638 HISTORIC LIKE YOU SAID, THAT I 1958 01:19:06,040 --> 01:19:05,707 IT's JUST GARNERED A LOT OF 1959 01:19:07,275 --> 01:19:06,107 ATTENTION. 1960 01:19:08,643 --> 01:19:07,342 YEAH THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE 1961 01:19:08,977 --> 01:19:08,710 COMING IN AND VIEWING THE 1962 01:19:15,116 --> 01:19:09,044 LAUNCH. 1963 01:19:22,290 --> 01:19:15,183 BUT I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR 1964 01:19:24,092 --> 01:19:22,357 YOU AS FAR AS LONG TERM. 1965 01:19:26,594 --> 01:19:24,159 FROM AN AIR FORCE STANDPOINT I 1966 01:19:27,028 --> 01:19:26,661 DON'T TRACK THAT FROM A MILITARY 1967 01:19:28,196 --> 01:19:27,095 STANDPOINT. 1968 01:19:30,331 --> 01:19:28,263 >> WE'LL GO TO A REPORTER 1969 01:19:32,801 --> 01:19:30,398 QUESTION ON THE PHONE LINE. 1970 01:19:37,839 --> 01:19:32,868 AVIATION WEEK. 1971 01:19:48,850 --> 01:19:37,906 GO AHEAD. 1972 01:19:51,419 --> 01:19:48,917 >> THANKS VERY MUCH. 1973 01:19:52,520 --> 01:19:51,486 BASED ON OTHER FACTORS NOT 1974 01:19:56,791 --> 01:19:52,587 INCLUDING WHETHER PEOPLE ON THE 1975 01:19:57,058 --> 01:19:56,858 GROUND WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT OR 1976 01:19:58,993 --> 01:19:57,125 NOT? 1977 01:20:00,295 --> 01:19:59,060 >> IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 1978 01:20:02,463 --> 01:20:00,362 VISIBILITY ITSELF WE ARE 1979 01:20:02,730 --> 01:20:02,530 ANTICIPATING IT TO BE BAD THAT 1980 01:20:06,334 --> 01:20:02,797 DAY. 1981 01:20:07,335 --> 01:20:06,401 THE EXPECTING IT TO BE ONE-HALF 1982 01:20:09,470 --> 01:20:07,402 TO ONE STATUE MILE. 1983 01:20:11,840 --> 01:20:09,537 THE PROBABILITY OF VIOLATI FOR 1984 01:20:12,907 --> 01:20:11,907 THAT SPECIFIC CNTRATE IS AT 1985 01:20:14,509 --> 01:20:12,974 80%. 1986 01:20:15,877 --> 01:20:14,576 THERE'S AN 80% CHANCE WE'LL HAVE 1987 01:20:18,213 --> 01:20:15,944 VISIBILITY DOWN THAT LOW AND YOU 1988 01:20:20,782 --> 01:20:18,280 WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE LAUNCH. 1989 01:20:22,383 --> 01:20:20,849 HOWEVER FOR THE LAUNCH TO HAPPEN 1990 01:20:24,986 --> 01:20:22,450 WE'RE ANTICIPATING FOR ALL OTHER 1991 01:20:26,254 --> 01:20:25,053 RANGE SAFETY AND USER 1992 01:20:43,705 --> 01:20:26,321 CONSTRAINTS THAT THE PROBABILITY 1993 01:20:45,440 --> 01:20:43,772 OF VIOLATION IS 0%. 1994 01:20:46,941 --> 01:20:45,507 THE LAUNCH WILL STILL BE 1995 01:20:47,308 --> 01:20:47,008 SUCCESSFUL AND NOT IMPACTED BY 1996 01:20:48,009 --> 01:20:47,375 WEATHER. 1997 01:20:48,843 --> 01:20:48,076 >> THERE I THINK WE'VE GOT 1998 01:20:49,310 --> 01:20:48,910 ANOTHER QUESTION ON THIS SIDE OF 1999 01:20:55,083 --> 01:20:49,377 THE HOUSE. 2000 01:20:56,117 --> 01:20:55,150 IF WE COULD GET A MICROPHONE. 2001 01:20:56,951 --> 01:20:56,184 THANK YOU. 2002 01:20:58,386 --> 01:20:57,018 FRP 2003 01:20:59,287 --> 01:20:58,453 >> JUST A POINT OF 2004 01:21:02,190 --> 01:20:59,354 CLARIFICATION. 2005 01:21:03,758 --> 01:21:02,257 SO, WE KNOW THAT GOOD CHANCE WE 2006 01:21:05,793 --> 01:21:03,825 WON'T SEE THE LAUNCH ANYWHERE 2007 01:21:06,995 --> 01:21:05,860 AROUND THE LAUNCH PAD. 2008 01:21:08,796 --> 01:21:07,062 THE QUESTION THOUGH THROUGHOUT 2009 01:21:10,365 --> 01:21:08,863 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHEN IT GETS 2010 01:21:11,232 --> 01:21:10,432 TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL IT 2011 01:21:13,001 --> 01:21:11,299 BE SEEN. 2012 01:21:15,136 --> 01:21:13,068 >> WE ARE ANTICIPATING THIS FOG 2013 01:21:17,939 --> 01:21:15,203 TO BE VERY SHALLOW. 2014 01:21:18,439 --> 01:21:18,006 ONLY ABOUT 200 TO 600 FEET ABOVE 2015 01:21:19,741 --> 01:21:18,506 THE PAD. 2016 01:21:21,476 --> 01:21:19,808 AS SOON AS IT REACHES ABOVE 2017 01:21:24,379 --> 01:21:21,543 THAT, THEN IF YOU'RE STANDING 2018 01:21:27,382 --> 01:21:24,446 FAR ENOUGH AWAY OR AT A DISTANCE 2019 01:21:27,749 --> 01:21:27,449 YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE 2020 01:21:28,616 --> 01:21:27,816 ROCKET. 2021 01:21:30,818 --> 01:21:28,683 >> YOU RECOMMEND FOR PEOPLE TO 2022 01:21:31,719 --> 01:21:30,885 ET UP AT 4 O'CLOCK IN THE 2023 01:21:32,921 --> 01:21:31,786 MORNING IT MIGHT BE WORTH 2024 01:21:37,091 --> 01:21:32,988 SEEING, RIGHT? 2025 01:21:40,728 --> 01:21:37,158 >> IF YOU STAND ABOVE 600 FEET 2026 01:21:42,363 --> 01:21:40,795 THEN YES. 2027 01:21:46,401 --> 01:21:42,430 >> WE'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION 2028 01:21:47,735 --> 01:21:46,468 RIGHT DOWN HERE IN FRONT. 2029 01:21:48,870 --> 01:21:47,802 >> HI. 2030 01:21:50,638 --> 01:21:48,937 STEVEN CLARK. 2031 01:21:51,039 --> 01:21:50,705 ANOTHER CLARIFICATION ON THE 2032 01:21:55,777 --> 01:21:51,106 VISIBILITY. 2033 01:21:58,813 --> 01:21:55,844 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MIIGATIONS 2034 01:22:00,281 --> 01:21:58,880 IF SOMEONE CAN SPEAK ABOUT THAT 2035 01:22:00,715 --> 01:22:00,348 TO WAVE THE CONSTRAINT FOR 2036 01:22:04,052 --> 01:22:00,782 VISIBILITY. 2037 01:22:05,453 --> 01:22:04,119 >> SO WE LOOK TO OUR LAUNCH 2038 01:22:08,289 --> 01:22:05,520 PARTNER AND SO -- WE HAVE A LOT 2039 01:22:08,723 --> 01:22:08,356 OF THINGS THAT MONITOR THE 2040 01:22:11,025 --> 01:22:08,790 ROCKETS. 2041 01:22:14,262 --> 01:22:11,092 IF ONE OF THOSE SHOULD FAIL WE 2042 01:22:16,097 --> 01:22:14,329 HAVE TO HAVE VISIBILITY FOR 2043 01:22:18,066 --> 01:22:16,164 SAFETY STANDPOINTS. 2044 01:22:19,867 --> 01:22:18,133 THEN THE AIR FORCE WOULD SAY, 2045 01:22:22,437 --> 01:22:19,934 YES, NOW W HAVE TO HAVE 2046 01:22:25,406 --> 01:22:22,504 VISIBILITY AND NOW YOU WOULD 2047 01:22:27,208 --> 01:22:25,473 HAVE AN 80% CHANCE OF IT. 2048 01:22:28,343 --> 01:22:27,275 AS YOU HEARD THE LIEUTENANT TALK 2049 01:22:30,111 --> 01:22:28,410 ABOUT THAT THERE'S NOTHING ELSE 2050 01:22:31,813 --> 01:22:30,178 GETTING IN THE WAY OF THIS 2051 01:22:35,883 --> 01:22:31,880 LAUNCH, SO WE ARE CLEAN FROM 2052 01:22:40,054 --> 01:22:35,950 THAT STANDPOINT. 2053 01:22:41,389 --> 01:22:40,121 NOW IF ULA OR NASA SAID TO US, 2054 01:22:43,624 --> 01:22:41,456 WE HA TO HAVE VISIBILITY ON 2055 01:22:45,426 --> 01:22:43,691 THIS LAUNCH THEN WE WOULD ABIDE 2056 01:22:46,761 --> 01:22:45,493 AND LISTEN TO THEM AND SAY, 2057 01:22:47,729 --> 01:22:46,828 GOTCHA AND THEN WE'D BE AT THAT 2058 01:22:48,563 --> 01:22:47,796 POINT OF 80%. 2059 01:22:49,464 --> 01:22:48,630 BUT NOTHING STANDING IN THE WAY 2060 01:22:50,298 --> 01:22:49,531 OF THAT RIGHT NOW. 2061 01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:50,365 >> FANTASTIC. 2062 01:22:53,001 --> 01:22:52,067 A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR 2063 01:23:00,375 --> 01:22:53,068 FRIENDS FROM THE 30TH SPACE 2064 01:23:01,009 --> 01:23:00,442 WING. 2065 01:23:04,579 --> 01:23:01,076 [APPLAUSE] 2066 01:23:06,981 --> 01:23:04,646 >> AS YOU SAW IN THAT ULA VIDEO 2067 01:23:08,216 --> 01:23:07,048 EARLIER IN THE SHOW, INSIGHT IS 2068 01:23:10,985 --> 01:23:08,283 NOT THE ONLY SPACECRAFT THAT's 2069 01:23:14,255 --> 01:23:11,052 SET TO LAUNCH ON MAY FIFTH. 2070 01:23:15,390 --> 01:23:14,322 THERE ARE TWO SMALL ONES, MARS 2071 01:23:16,824 --> 01:23:15,457 CUBED ONE OR MARCO. 2072 01:23:20,862 --> 01:23:16,891 COME ON UP HERE, GUYS BECAUSE 2073 01:23:22,797 --> 01:23:20,929 WE'VE GOT A VERY LOVELY -- 2074 01:23:23,898 --> 01:23:22,864 ANOTHER FULL SCALE MODEL BELIEVE 2075 01:23:26,234 --> 01:23:23,965 IT NOT. 2076 01:23:28,836 --> 01:23:26,301 T OUR INSIGHT LANDER AND THEN 2077 01:23:31,372 --> 01:23:28,903 WE'VE GOT MARS CUBE ONE. 2078 01:23:32,874 --> 01:23:31,439 MARCO THIS IS A TECH DEMO. 2079 01:23:35,243 --> 01:23:32,941 SMALL SIZE DOES NOT BELIE ITS 2080 01:23:38,513 --> 01:23:35,310 BIG GOALS. 2081 01:23:40,848 --> 01:23:38,580 LET's BRING THIS OUT. 2082 01:23:43,084 --> 01:23:40,915 >> MY NAME IS ANN I'M WORKING ON 2083 01:23:45,386 --> 01:23:43,151 THE MARCO MISSION. 2084 01:23:46,287 --> 01:23:45,486 THIS IS A FULL SIZED REPLICA OF 2085 01:23:48,122 --> 01:23:46,354 THE MARCO SPACECRAFT. 2086 01:23:51,125 --> 01:23:48,189 AS YOU CAN SEE IT's 2087 01:23:53,961 --> 01:23:51,192 SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER THAN 2088 01:23:54,896 --> 01:23:54,028 INSIGHT. 2089 01:23:58,199 --> 01:23:54,963 IT'S A SIX CUBE SET. 2090 01:24:00,535 --> 01:23:58,266 IT'S A TEN BY TEN BY TEN BY TEN 2091 01:24:02,737 --> 01:24:00,602 CENTIMETER CUBE AND EACH ONE 2092 01:24:06,808 --> 01:24:02,804 WEIGHS ABOUT 30 POUNDS BUT WHEN 2093 01:24:08,843 --> 01:24:06,875 IT's ALL FOLDED UP IT's THE SIZE 2094 01:24:10,745 --> 01:24:08,910 OF A CEREAL BOX. 2095 01:24:13,448 --> 01:24:10,812 MARCO IS A TECHNOLOGY TESTIMONY 2096 01:24:15,650 --> 01:24:13,515 STRAEUGS AND FIRST OPPORTUNITY 2097 01:24:22,223 --> 01:24:15,717 FOR A CUBE WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY 2098 01:24:22,657 --> 01:24:22,290 TO FLY ON AN INTERPLANETARY 2099 01:24:24,425 --> 01:24:22,724 TRAJECTORY. 2100 01:24:27,462 --> 01:24:24,492 THERE ARE THREE MAIN 2101 01:24:30,298 --> 01:24:27,529 TECHNOLOGIES AND ONE IS A PRO 2102 01:24:31,365 --> 01:24:30,365 PULL SHUN SYSTEM FOR 2103 01:24:32,800 --> 01:24:31,432 . 2104 01:24:34,735 --> 01:24:32,867 THE PROPELLANT ON BOARD IS THE 2105 01:24:37,705 --> 01:24:34,802 SAME YOU WOULD FIND INSIDE A 2106 01:24:40,141 --> 01:24:37,772 FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND FOR THOSE 2107 01:24:48,649 --> 01:24:40,208 OF YOU WHO HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE 2108 01:24:54,021 --> 01:24:48,716 WALLY, THE MAIN CHARACTER FLIES 2109 01:24:55,690 --> 01:24:54,088 AROUND ON A FIRE EXTINKER SO WE 2110 01:24:58,860 --> 01:24:55,757 NAMED THEM WALLY. 2111 01:25:00,862 --> 01:24:58,927 THE OTHER TWO WERE DEVELOPED 2112 01:25:02,930 --> 01:25:00,929 SPECIFICALLY IN-HOUSE AT JPL TO 2113 01:25:06,134 --> 01:25:02,997 FLY ON THIS MISSION ARE ONE OF 2114 01:25:09,737 --> 01:25:06,201 THE RADIO -- ABOUT THE SIZE OF A 2115 01:25:12,340 --> 01:25:09,804 SOFTBALL AND DESIGNED TO FIT IN 2116 01:25:14,742 --> 01:25:12,407 A FORM FACTOR BUT ALSO BE ABLE 2117 01:25:16,844 --> 01:25:14,809 TO INTERFACE WITH THE DEEP SPACE 2118 01:25:21,115 --> 01:25:16,911 NETWORK. 2119 01:25:23,384 --> 01:25:21,182 THAT IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE IN 2120 01:25:24,952 --> 01:25:23,451 INTERPLANETARY SPACE 2121 01:25:27,155 --> 01:25:25,019 COMMUNICATION IS A CHALLENGE 2122 01:25:27,488 --> 01:25:27,222 THEY HAVE NOT HAD TO DEAL WITH 2123 01:25:28,456 --> 01:25:27,555 BEFORE. 2124 01:25:30,558 --> 01:25:28,523 THEY'RE MUCH FARTHER AWAY FROM 2125 01:25:33,294 --> 01:25:30,625 EARTH AND THEY HAVE TO FIGURE 2126 01:25:34,962 --> 01:25:33,361 OUT HOW TO RANGE AND DETERMINE 2127 01:25:37,832 --> 01:25:35,029 TH ORBIT OF THE CUBE. 2128 01:25:40,134 --> 01:25:37,899 THAT RADIO ENABLES THIS MISSION 2129 01:25:41,969 --> 01:25:40,201 TO DO THAT. 2130 01:25:43,671 --> 01:25:42,036 THIS, THE HIGH GAIN ANTENNA IS 2131 01:25:45,907 --> 01:25:43,738 ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS 2132 01:25:47,808 --> 01:25:45,974 DEVELOPED AT JPL. 2133 01:25:48,109 --> 01:25:47,875 IT'S CALLED A PASSIVE PHASED 2134 01:25:50,711 --> 01:25:48,176 ARRAY. 2135 01:25:53,581 --> 01:25:50,778 YOU CAN SEE THE CIRCULAR PATTERN 2136 01:25:56,450 --> 01:25:53,648 ON HERE WHEN THE RADIO SENDS A 2137 01:25:56,751 --> 01:25:56,517 SIGNAL AND ILLUMINATES THIS 2138 01:25:58,686 --> 01:25:56,818 PANEL. 2139 01:26:01,122 --> 01:25:58,753 THE SIGNAL IS FOCUSED JUST LIKE 2140 01:26:02,757 --> 01:26:01,189 IT WAS COMING OUTS OF A 2141 01:26:05,059 --> 01:26:02,824 PARABOLIC DISH. 2142 01:26:07,128 --> 01:26:05,126 BUT BECAUSE IT IS FLAT LIKE THIS 2143 01:26:08,996 --> 01:26:07,195 IT CAN STOW IN A VERY SMALL 2144 01:26:12,066 --> 01:26:09,063 VOLUME WHICH IS IDEAL FOR 2145 01:26:14,368 --> 01:26:12,133 LAUNCHING A CUBE SET IN A BOX. 2146 01:26:15,937 --> 01:26:14,435 A SOME OTHER THINGS ARE SOLAR 2147 01:26:18,239 --> 01:26:16,004 PANELS AND THESE DEPLOY AT THE 2148 01:26:20,808 --> 01:26:18,306 BEGINNING OTHE MON AND 2149 01:26:23,110 --> 01:26:20,875 GENERATES ABOUT 40 WATTS AT 2150 01:26:26,480 --> 01:26:23,177 EARTH AND 17 WATTS NEAR MARS AND 2151 01:26:30,218 --> 01:26:26,547 ANTENNA AT THE BOTTOM. 2152 01:26:33,554 --> 01:26:30,285 IF MARCO IS SUCCESSFUL IT's A 2153 01:26:37,091 --> 01:26:33,621 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION. 2154 01:26:38,326 --> 01:26:37,158 BUT AS IT FLIES BY, IF 2155 01:26:43,030 --> 01:26:38,393 EVERYTHING GOES WELL AND 2156 01:26:45,633 --> 01:26:43,097 TIMED PERFECTLY, THIS ANTENNA IS 2157 01:26:48,536 --> 01:26:45,700 DESIGNED TO RECEIVE SIGNALS FROM 2158 01:26:51,906 --> 01:26:48,603 INSIGHT AS INSIGHT GOES THROUGH 2159 01:26:53,774 --> 01:26:51,973 ITS DESCENT AND LANDING PHASE. 2160 01:26:57,278 --> 01:26:53,841 THE RADIO IS ON BOARD AND 2161 01:27:01,015 --> 01:26:57,345 TRANSMITS THAT BACK DIRECTLY TO 2162 01:27:03,150 --> 01:27:01,082 EARTH OVER IT WITH THIS ANTENNA. 2163 01:27:05,386 --> 01:27:03,217 I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO 2164 01:27:25,539 --> 01:27:05,453 ANDY SKPO TALK ABOUT THE MARCO 2165 01:27:26,540 --> 01:27:25,606 MISSION AND THE CUBE SET 2166 01:27:28,376 --> 01:27:26,607 PARADIGM. 2167 01:27:30,678 --> 01:27:28,443 THEY GROW IN CAPABILITY EACH AND 2168 01:27:32,680 --> 01:27:30,745 IS EVERY YEAR. 2169 01:27:33,948 --> 01:27:32,747 WITH ALMOST 700 FLYING AROUND 2170 01:27:35,416 --> 01:27:34,015 THE EARTH. 2171 01:27:36,417 --> 01:27:35,483 THEY'RE FLYING ABOUT 800 2172 01:27:39,020 --> 01:27:36,484 KILOMETERS ABOVE THE SURFACE. 2173 01:27:42,790 --> 01:27:39,087 WITH MARCO WE'RE SENDING OUR TWO 2174 01:27:43,858 --> 01:27:42,857 SPACE CRAFTS APPROXIMATELY 158 2175 01:27:45,192 --> 01:27:43,925 MILLION KILOMETERS AWAY FROM 2176 01:27:47,061 --> 01:27:45,259 EARTH. 2177 01:27:49,897 --> 01:27:47,128 THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE 2178 01:27:50,364 --> 01:27:49,964 AND WHY THIS IS A TECHNOLOGY 2179 01:27:51,165 --> 01:27:50,431 DEMONSTRATION. 2180 01:27:52,933 --> 01:27:51,232 ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO GO 2181 01:27:54,902 --> 01:27:53,000 RIGHT ALONG THE WAY. 2182 01:27:56,871 --> 01:27:54,969 AS ANNIE MENTIONED WE NEED TO BE 2183 01:27:59,940 --> 01:27:56,938 ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND NAVIGATE 2184 01:28:01,742 --> 01:28:00,007 AND MANEUVER IN THE DEEP SPACE 2185 01:28:02,843 --> 01:28:01,809 ENVIRONMENT AWAY FROM EARTH AND 2186 01:28:05,212 --> 01:28:02,910 DEALING WITH THE LIFETIME DELAY 2187 01:28:05,646 --> 01:28:05,279 AND ALL THE OER ISSUES WE 2188 01:28:07,515 --> 01:28:05,713 HAVE. 2189 01:28:08,983 --> 01:28:07,582 ON SATURDAY, WE'LL BE LAUNCHING 2190 01:28:11,018 --> 01:28:09,050 WITH THE INSIGHT MISSION AND 2191 01:28:12,320 --> 01:28:11,085 APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES AFTER 2192 01:28:14,255 --> 01:28:12,387 LAUNCH ONCE INSIGHT SEPARATES 2193 01:28:17,224 --> 01:28:14,322 FROM THAT UPPER STAGE THE TWO 2194 01:28:18,893 --> 01:28:17,291 MARCO SPACECRAFT WILL POP UP. 2195 01:28:19,827 --> 01:28:18,960 I HAVE A SHORT VIDEO THAT WILL 2196 01:28:22,430 --> 01:28:19,894 SHOW YOU THAT EXPLAIN SOME OF 2197 01:28:24,432 --> 01:28:22,497 THE DETAILS OF EARLY LAUNCH. 2198 01:28:26,567 --> 01:28:24,499 MARCO A WILL POP OUT FIRST FROM 2199 01:28:26,934 --> 01:28:26,634 THE CARRIER OF THE CENTAUR UPPER 2200 01:28:29,003 --> 01:28:27,001 STAGE. 2201 01:28:30,004 --> 01:28:29,070 AND FROM THAT SIDE IT WILL 2202 01:28:32,807 --> 01:28:30,071 SLOWLY DRIFT OFF. 2203 01:28:35,242 --> 01:28:32,874 IT WILL ROTATE 180 DEGREES AND 2204 01:28:37,712 --> 01:28:35,309 THEN DEPLOY THE SPACECRAFT. 2205 01:28:39,480 --> 01:28:37,779 EACH OF THESE WILL BE FLYING OUT 2206 01:28:40,848 --> 01:28:39,547 TOWARDS MARS INDEPENDENT FROM 2207 01:28:42,683 --> 01:28:40,915 INSIGHT ITSELF OVER THE 2208 01:28:44,085 --> 01:28:42,750 FOLLOWING 6.5 MONTHS. 2209 01:28:47,355 --> 01:28:44,152 IN THE EARLY MINUTES OF THE 2210 01:28:49,623 --> 01:28:47,422 MISSION ITSELF, WILL START TO 2211 01:28:52,693 --> 01:28:49,690 DEPLOY OU SOLAR PANELS. 2212 01:28:54,795 --> 01:28:52,760 THE SOLAR PANELS WILL DEPLOY OFF 2213 01:28:56,964 --> 01:28:54,862 ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND BURN 2214 01:28:59,033 --> 01:28:57,031 TO DEPLOY THEM ON LEFT-HAND SIDE 2215 01:29:00,835 --> 01:28:59,100 AND THESE ARE CRITICAL FOR 2216 01:29:03,104 --> 01:29:00,902 RECHARGING THE BATTERIES AS THEY 2217 01:29:03,471 --> 01:29:03,171 HAVE BEEN POWERED OFF SINCE LATE 2218 01:29:05,940 --> 01:29:03,538 FEBRUARY. 2219 01:29:08,776 --> 01:29:06,007 AFTER THE SOLAR PANELS ARE 2220 01:29:12,880 --> 01:29:08,843 DEPLOYED WE'LL CHECK OUT ALL THE 2221 01:29:15,816 --> 01:29:12,947 ANTENNAS THAT WE SEE BEFORE YOU. 2222 01:29:17,918 --> 01:29:15,883 FOLLOWED SOON BY THE UHF ANTENNA 2223 01:29:18,786 --> 01:29:17,985 WHICH COMES OFF THE BOTTOM SIDE 2224 01:29:20,588 --> 01:29:18,853 OF THE SPACECRAFT. 2225 01:29:21,489 --> 01:29:20,655 EACH OF THESE ARE CRITICAL TO 2226 01:29:23,424 --> 01:29:21,556 PROVIDE COMMUNICATION AS WE'RE 2227 01:29:25,860 --> 01:29:23,491 GOING AWAY FROM EARTH BUT ONCE 2228 01:29:29,797 --> 01:29:25,927 WE GET NEAR MARS TO BE ABLE TO 2229 01:29:31,499 --> 01:29:29,864 SUPPORT THE INSIGHT PRIMERY 2230 01:29:35,369 --> 01:29:31,566 SPACECRAFT, IT WLL BROADCAST UP 2231 01:29:36,737 --> 01:29:35,436 TO THE SPACECRAFT WHICH WILL 2232 01:29:38,839 --> 01:29:36,804 RELAY THEM OUT THE ANTENNA AND 2233 01:29:39,173 --> 01:29:38,906 SEND IT DOWN TO THE 70 METER 2234 01:29:41,642 --> 01:29:39,240 DISH. 2235 01:29:44,779 --> 01:29:41,709 WE DO NOT NEED TO WAIT UNTIL IT 2236 01:29:46,714 --> 01:29:44,846 TESTS OUT THIS RELAY SYSTEM. 2237 01:29:47,648 --> 01:29:46,781 WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE STATE 2238 01:29:50,351 --> 01:29:47,715 UNIVERSITY AS WE'RE CLOSER TO 2239 01:29:50,684 --> 01:29:50,418 CHECK OUT THE SYSTEM ALONG THE 2240 01:29:53,921 --> 01:29:50,751 WAY. 2241 01:29:55,790 --> 01:29:53,988 THE MARCO SPACECRAFT ARE REALLY 2242 01:29:57,491 --> 01:29:55,857 A COLLABORATION BUT FOR MANY 2243 01:29:59,026 --> 01:29:57,558 OTHER COMMERCIAL AND UNIVERSITY 2244 01:30:00,261 --> 01:29:59,093 ACADEMIC ENTITY THAT ARE OUT 2245 01:30:00,661 --> 01:30:00,328 THERE IN ORDER TO PULL THIS 2246 01:30:03,564 --> 01:30:00,728 TOGETHER. 2247 01:30:05,299 --> 01:30:03,631 IT IS REALLY A COLLABORATION OF 2248 01:30:06,567 --> 01:30:05,366 THE ENTIRE CUBE SET COMMUNITY 2249 01:30:09,603 --> 01:30:06,634 AND BUILDING UPON ALL THE EFFORT 2250 01:30:11,772 --> 01:30:09,670 THAT HAS BEEN DONE THAT ALLOWS 2251 01:30:13,541 --> 01:30:11,839 US TO TAKE THE FIRST CUBE SETS 2252 01:30:15,342 --> 01:30:13,608 OUT TO DEEP SPA AND WE'RE 2253 01:30:18,245 --> 01:30:15,409 LOOKING FORRD TO RIDING ALONG 2254 01:30:22,416 --> 01:30:18,312 WITH INSIGHT. 2255 01:30:23,584 --> 01:30:22,483 >> I WAS SO EXCITED GETTING YOUR 2256 01:30:26,520 --> 01:30:23,651 FULL SCALE MODELING. 2257 01:30:29,523 --> 01:30:26,587 THIS IS ANDY CLASH, THE MARCO 2258 01:30:30,324 --> 01:30:29,590 CHIEF ENGINEER FROM THE JET 2259 01:30:31,258 --> 01:30:30,391 PROPULSION LABORATORY. 2260 01:30:34,094 --> 01:30:31,325 DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS 2261 01:30:43,571 --> 01:30:34,161 FOR ANDY OR ANNIE? 2262 01:30:47,308 --> 01:30:43,638 YES, RIGHT DOWN HERE IN FRONT. 2263 01:30:52,546 --> 01:30:47,375 RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT ROW. 2264 01:30:55,382 --> 01:30:52,613 >> HI, MY NAME IS ATHENA. 2265 01:30:57,451 --> 01:30:55,449 I'M WONDERING, SEEING THE FUTURE 2266 01:30:58,752 --> 01:30:57,518 WITH HUMANS COLONIZING RS. 2267 01:30:59,987 --> 01:30:58,819 DO YOU SEE THIS TYPE OF 2268 01:31:02,823 --> 01:31:00,054 TECHNOLOGY FOR SATELLITES BEING 2269 01:31:04,158 --> 01:31:02,890 ABLE TO BE USED TO COMMUNICATE 2270 01:31:05,593 --> 01:31:04,225 TO THOSE LIVING ON MARS FOR 2271 01:31:09,497 --> 01:31:05,660 THEIR TECHNOLOGY SINCE THIS IS 2272 01:31:09,997 --> 01:31:09,564 ABLE TO PICK UP SIGNALS FOR THE 2273 01:31:12,500 --> 01:31:10,064 INSIGHT MISSION? 2274 01:31:13,434 --> 01:31:12,567 >> OUR PARTICULAR SPACECRAFT ARE 2275 01:31:16,070 --> 01:31:13,501 DEMONSTRATING WHAT WE MIGHT BE 2276 01:31:17,071 --> 01:31:16,137 ABLE TO USE IN THE FUTURE. 2277 01:31:18,973 --> 01:31:17,138 SMALL SPACECRAFT OVERALL ARE 2278 01:31:20,941 --> 01:31:19,040 VERY GOOD AT FOCUSED MISSIONS. 2279 01:31:22,810 --> 01:31:21,008 THEY CAN DO ONE THING AND DO 2280 01:31:25,579 --> 01:31:22,877 THAT ONE THING VERY, VERY WELL 2281 01:31:26,380 --> 01:31:25,646 ON HERE. SO WE'RE EXCITED HOW 2282 01:31:28,148 --> 01:31:26,447 CAPABILITY MAY GROW BUT 2283 01:31:31,685 --> 01:31:28,215 EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE THAT IS 2284 01:31:31,986 --> 01:31:31,752 SO SMALL DOES ONE THING VERY 2285 01:31:32,419 --> 01:31:32,053 WELL. 2286 01:31:33,888 --> 01:31:32,486 >> OKAY. 2287 01:31:34,188 --> 01:31:33,955 AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER QUESTION 2288 01:31:39,994 --> 01:31:34,255 THERE. 2289 01:31:42,796 --> 01:31:40,061 AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF 2290 01:31:44,431 --> 01:31:42,863 ASK NASA QUESTIONS. 2291 01:31:45,966 --> 01:31:44,498 >> THIS IS SUCH AN EXCITING NEW 2292 01:31:48,269 --> 01:31:46,033 KNOLL SKWREUFPLT WHAT'S THE NEXT 2293 01:31:49,837 --> 01:31:48,336 STEP AFTER THIS MISSION FOR THE 2294 01:31:55,142 --> 01:31:49,904 TECHNOLOGY IF IT's SUCCESSFUL? 2295 01:31:56,610 --> 01:31:55,209 >> SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY 2296 01:31:58,512 --> 01:31:56,677 -- SO THE FIRST LAUNCH OF THE 2297 01:32:01,348 --> 01:31:58,579 SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM THERE ARE 13 2298 01:32:01,348 --> 01:32:02,316 CUBE SETS OF THIS SIZE THAT ARE 2299 01:32:06,420 --> 01:32:04,685 MANIFESTS AND HALF OF THEM ARE 2300 01:32:07,821 --> 01:32:06,487 USING THE SAME RADIO TECHNOLOGY 2301 01:32:09,890 --> 01:32:07,888 THAT IS ON MARCO. 2302 01:32:11,158 --> 01:32:09,957 AND I'M WORKING ON AT LEAST ONE 2303 01:32:13,394 --> 01:32:11,225 OF THEM. 2304 01:32:17,097 --> 01:32:13,461 BUT YEAH, THIS TECHNOLOGY EVEN 2305 01:32:17,965 --> 01:32:17,164 BEFORE IT FLIES IS BEING USED BY 2306 01:32:20,701 --> 01:32:18,032 FUTURE MISSIONS. 2307 01:32:21,001 --> 01:32:20,768 >> OKAY. 2308 01:32:21,969 --> 01:32:21,068 JASON? 2309 01:32:26,407 --> 01:32:22,036 >> ALL RIGHT. 2310 01:32:28,275 --> 01:32:26,474 COMING IN ON ASK NASA THERE 2311 01:32:30,878 --> 01:32:28,342 IS A QUESTION FROM TWITTER USER, 2312 01:32:33,414 --> 01:32:30,945 WILL THEY BE MONITORED AT ALL 2313 01:32:33,714 --> 01:32:33,481 AFTER COMPLETING THE FLY BY OF 2314 01:32:36,684 --> 01:32:33,781 MARS? 2315 01:32:38,285 --> 01:32:36,751 >> SOON AFTER THE FLY BY OF 2316 01:32:39,920 --> 01:32:38,352 MARS, THEY'LL ATTEMPT TO 2317 01:32:41,422 --> 01:32:39,987 REBROADCAST THE SAME DATA BACK 2318 01:32:43,490 --> 01:32:41,489 DOWN TO EARTH WITHIN THE FIRST 2319 01:32:47,061 --> 01:32:43,557 COUPLE OF WEEKS PAST THE MARS 2320 01:32:48,228 --> 01:32:47,128 FLY BY ON THER WILL BE 2321 01:32:50,464 --> 01:32:48,295 CHECKING OUT THE AND THAT WILL 2322 01:32:52,333 --> 01:32:50,531 BE THE END OF THE PRIMARY 2323 01:32:54,268 --> 01:32:52,400 MISSION FOR THE MARCOS. 2324 01:32:55,536 --> 01:32:54,335 >> AND WE HAVE ONE GO BACK. 2325 01:32:56,136 --> 01:32:55,603 WE HAVE OUR MARCO QUESTION 2326 01:33:01,041 --> 01:32:56,203 EARLIER IN THE SHOW. 2327 01:33:01,342 --> 01:33:01,108 I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT IN 2328 01:33:01,942 --> 01:33:01,409 NOW. 2329 01:33:03,243 --> 01:33:02,009 ALL RIGHT. 2330 01:33:07,014 --> 01:33:03,310 WELL THEN ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. 2331 01:33:07,448 --> 01:33:07,081 ANY OTHER QUESTNS FOR RCO? 2332 01:33:11,085 --> 01:33:07,515 ALL RIGHT. 2333 01:33:11,885 --> 01:33:11,152 WE GOT ONE IN THE BACK THERE. 2334 01:33:13,787 --> 01:33:11,952 >> HI. 2335 01:33:17,057 --> 01:33:13,854 COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE ABOUT 2336 01:33:20,594 --> 01:33:17,124 HOW MARCO OR EPBTS ITSELF USING 2337 01:33:22,396 --> 01:33:20,661 CONSTELLATIONS? 2338 01:33:25,199 --> 01:33:22,463 >> LIKE MANY OTHER SPACECRAFT 2339 01:33:30,070 --> 01:33:25,266 OUT THERE USES STARS AND STAR 2340 01:33:31,572 --> 01:33:30,137 IDENTIFY HOW ITS ORIENTED WITH 2341 01:33:33,440 --> 01:33:31,639 RESPECT TO THE STARS AND PASS 2342 01:33:33,841 --> 01:33:33,507 THAT ON TO THE BROADER 2343 01:33:34,908 --> 01:33:33,908 SPACECRAFT. 2344 01:33:37,478 --> 01:33:34,975 ONCE WE HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE WE 2345 01:33:39,713 --> 01:33:37,545 USE SMALL REACTION WHEELS, SMALL 2346 01:33:41,115 --> 01:33:39,780 SPINNING WHEELS ON BOARD ALONG 2347 01:33:42,950 --> 01:33:41,182 WITH THIS SYSTEM THAT ANNIE 2348 01:33:43,751 --> 01:33:43,017 DESCRIBED IN ORDER TO TURN 2349 01:33:45,953 --> 01:33:43,818 OURSELVES TO WHERE WE'D LIKE TO 2350 01:33:47,021 --> 01:33:46,020 BE ORIENTED ALONG THE WAY. 2351 01:33:54,228 --> 01:33:47,088 >> ALL RIGHT. 2352 01:33:54,561 --> 01:33:54,295 AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU MARCO 2353 01:33:55,663 --> 01:33:54,628 TEAM. 2354 01:33:58,399 --> 01:33:55,730 [APPLAUSE] 2355 01:33:59,767 --> 01:33:58,466 >> I KNOW WE HAD MORE ASK NASA 2356 01:34:01,602 --> 01:33:59,834 QUESTIONS THAN WE GOT TO. 2357 01:34:03,671 --> 01:34:01,669 WE'LL BE ANSWERING THOSE ONLINE 2358 01:34:05,272 --> 01:34:03,738 ON THE VARIOUS NETWORKS THAT 2359 01:34:06,540 --> 01:34:05,339 THEY CAME IN ON AFTER THE SHOW 2360 01:34:08,142 --> 01:34:06,607 AND ALSO WE'LL BE REFERRING TO 2361 01:34:10,477 --> 01:34:08,209 SOME OF THEM TO THE SUBJECT 2362 01:34:11,011 --> 01:34:10,544 MATTER EXPERTS IN LAUNCH 2363 01:34:12,680 --> 01:34:11,078 COMMENTARY. 2364 01:34:14,948 --> 01:34:12,747 Y CAN INTERACT WITH THE 2365 01:34:16,050 --> 01:34:15,015 MISSION DIRECTLY ONLINE ON 2366 01:34:21,655 --> 01:34:16,117 SOCIAL MEDIA. 2367 01:34:22,389 --> 01:34:21,722 SO JUST GO TO THE HANDLE 2368 01:34:23,624 --> 01:34:22,456 @NASAINSIGHT ON BOTH FACEBOOK 2369 01:34:25,826 --> 01:34:23,691 AND TWITTER AND GET YOUR 2370 01:34:27,294 --> 01:34:25,893 QUESTIONS ANSWERED THROUGH 2371 01:34:28,195 --> 01:34:27,361 LAUNCH AND THROUGH CRUISE AND 2372 01:34:29,530 --> 01:34:28,262 LANDING AND SURFACE OPERATIONS. 2373 01:34:32,332 --> 01:34:29,597 IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE, 2374 01:34:38,338 --> 01:34:32,399 PLEASE VISIT THE MISSION ONLINE 2375 01:34:38,872 --> 01:34:38,405 AT MARS.NASA.GOV/INSIGHT OR 2376 01:34:41,408 --> 01:34:38,939 NASA.GOV/INSIGHT. 2377 01:34:43,711 --> 01:34:41,475 THE LAUNCH WINDOW FOR IN SIGHT 2378 01:34:46,513 --> 01:34:43,778 OPENS SATURDAY, MAY FIFTH. 2379 01:34:50,918 --> 01:34:46,580 WE'LL BE BACK HERE LIVE ON NASA 2380 01:34:53,387 --> 01:34:50,985 TV AND ALL THE ONLINE SIMULCASTS 2381 01:34:56,023 --> 01:34:53,454 STARTING AT 3:30 PACIFIC 2382 01:35:01,328 --> 01:34:56,090 DAYLIGHT TIME WITH THE LAUNCH 2383 01:35:01,662 --> 01:35:01,395 EXPECTED NO EARLIER THAN 2384 01:35:04,398 --> 01:35:01,729 4:35PDT. 2385 01:35:11,371 --> 01:35:04,465 WITH THAT WE'LL SEE YOU ONLINE