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AT THAT GOOD MORNING.

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I AM CATHERINE HAMILTON FROM THE

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NASA OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS.

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WE ARE HERE AT THE U.S. ARMY

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PROVING GROUND IN YOU MARKS

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ARIZONA, YUMA, ARIZONA FOR THE

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FINAL TEST OF THE ORION

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PARACHUTE SYSTEM WE HAVE PLENTY

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OF ROOM OUT HERE IN THE EXPANSE

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OF THE ARIZONA DESERT TO SEE THE

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PARACHUTES, 11PARACHUTES IN

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THIS SYSTEM IN ACTION AND THESE

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WILL HELP US ENSURE WE CAN BRING

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ASTRONAUTS HOME SAFELY WHEN WE

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SEND CREWS OUT TO THE MOON AND

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BEYOND.

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>> .. AN HOUR AGO THE C-17 TOOK

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OFF CARRYING THE ORION FOR

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TODAY'S TEST.

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IT FLEW UP ABOUT SIX AND A HALF

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MILES OVERHEAD AND WE HAVE SEEN

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IT PASS, EVERYTHING IS TRACKING

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TOWARDS A DROP TEST AT ABOUT

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8:00 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING.

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HERE WITH US IS MARK KERRY CIG,

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HE IS THE ORION PROGRAM MANAGER

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AND HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

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DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TESTING AND

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MANUFACTURING OF THE ORION

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SPACECRAFT.

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND

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CONGRATS ON GETTING TO THE FINAL

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TEST.

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>> WELL, THANK YOU, CATHERINE.

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>> PLEASE TELL US WHAT WE ARE

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GOING TO SEE TODAY AND WHY IT IS

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IMPORTANT.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

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WELL, I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW

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THAT ORION IS OUR NEW HUMAN

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EXPLORATION SPACECRAFT AND THIS

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IS A SPACECRAFT THAT IS GOING TO

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TAKE PEOPLE FARTHER INTO SPACE

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THAN WE HAVE EVER GONE BEFORE

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AND OUR MISSIONS WILL LAST FOR

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SEVERAL WEEKS LONG AND DURING

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THAT TIME THE CREW WILL TRAVEL

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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES

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INTO SPACE AND BACK AND IN SOME

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OF THE HARSHEST ENVIRONMENTS

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THAT PEOPLE HAVE EVER BEEN

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EXPOSED TO, EXTREME THERMAL,

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EXTREME RADIATION, AND SO ON.

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IT IS, AS INCREDIBLE AS ALL OF

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THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE MOST

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CHALLENGING PARTS OF THE MISSION

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IS WHAT WE CALL THE EAST ENTRY

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DESCENT AND LANDING PHASE WHEN

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WE SLOW THE SPACECRAFT DOWN AND

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WE HAVE TO DO IT JUST RIGHT SO

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WHEN THE CAPSULE TOUCHES DOWN IN

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THE OCEAN IT IS GOING SLOWLY TO

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PROTECT THE CREW AND THAT'S WHAT

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BRINGS US HERE TO THE YUMA

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PROVING GROUND.

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THE SYSTEM THAT DOES THIS FOR US

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IS OUR ORION PARACHUTE SYSTEM,

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WE CALL IT THE C PASS SYSTEM AND

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THAT'S WHAT WE WILL BE DOING

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HERE TODAY, CONDUCTING OUR FINAL

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TEST OF THIS SYSTEM HERE ON THE

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GROUND BEFORE WE TEST IT IN

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COMING BACK FROM SPACE.

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>> THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

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CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE TEAM

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HAS GONE THROUGH TO GET TO THIS

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POINT?

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A. OH, YES.

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WE HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLY TALL

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LENED ENGINEERING TEAM AT THE

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DESIGN OF THIS SYSTEM FOR OVER A

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DECADE, THE OVER TEN YEARS AND

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OVER THIS PERIOD THEY HAVE

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ACTUALLY CONDUCTED WELL OVER 40

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DROP TESTS AND THROUGHOUT THIS

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PERIOD, THEY HAVE MADE

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OBSERVATIONS.

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THEY LOOK AT THE PARACHUTES

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EVERY TIME THEY LAND AND FROM

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ALL OF THESE OBSERVATIONS THEY

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HAVE MADE NUMEROUS, COUNTLESS

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IMPROVEMENTS TO THE DESIGN, TO

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HOW WE MANUFACTURE THE

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PARACHUTES TO HOW WE INSTALL

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PARACHUTES IN THE SPACECRAFT TO

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MAKE SURE ALL OF THE LINES ARE

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LAID OUT EXACTLY RIGHT SO AS THE

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PARACHUTES ARE PULLED OUT

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NOTHING GETS CAUGHT UP.

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AND THE TEAMS HAVE DONE A

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FANTASTIC JOB. THIS LAST SERIES

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OF TESTS, THE QUALIFICATION

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TEST, WHAT WE DO IS WE PUSH THE

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PARACHUTE SYSTEM TO ALL OF THE

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CORNERS OF THE OPERATIONAL BOX

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WHERE WE EXPECT IT TO OPERATE

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AND WE INTENTIONALLY INDUCE

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FAILURES, WE INTENTIONALLY SAY,

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TODAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO DEPLOY

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A PARTICULAR PARACHUTE, TO

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VALIDATE THE SYSTEM WORKS

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EXACTLY AS IT IS SUPPOSED TO

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UNDER THE MOST EXTREME

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ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, AND

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WITH SYSTEM FAILURES.

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>> THANKS, MARK.

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NOW THIS IS THE ONLY SYSTEM ON

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ORION HAS TO ASSEMBLE ITSELF

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MIDAIR WHICH MAKES IT A

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PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING JOB FOR

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THE ENGINEERS THAT HAVE TO

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DESIGN AND DEVELOP IT.

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LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE

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PREPARATION THAT EARLIER THIS

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WEEK, INCLUDING LOADING THE

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CAPSULE AND THE PARACHUTES INTO

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THE AIRPLANE AND MAKING SURE

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THAT EVERYTHING IS RIGGED.

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THIS WORK IS ALL IN PREPARATION

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FOR THE FIRST CREWED MISSION

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THAT WILL SEND ASTRONAUTS AROUND

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THE MOON AND BEYOND, LAUNCHING

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ON THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM

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ROCKET. WE ALREADY HAVE THE

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PARACHUTES FOR THE FIRST

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UNCREWED MISSION PACKED INTO

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ORION AND READY TO GO FOR THE

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FIRST FLIGHT.

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NEXT WITH US WE HAVE ASTRONAUT

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RANDY BRESNIK.

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>> RANDY, THANKS FOR JOINING US

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HERE TODAY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY

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OF.

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>> THANK YOU, MARK.

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>>

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RANDY.

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>> GOOD MORNING.

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>> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IT IS

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LIKE TO WATCH A TEST LIKE THIS,

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KNOWING YOUR FELLOW ASTRONAUTS

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OR YOU COULD POSSIBLY BE ON ONE

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OF THE ORION FLIGHTS IN THE

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FUTURE?

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>> I KNOW THAT I AND CERTAINLY

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ALL OF MY FELLOW ASTRONAUTS AND

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FUTURE ASTRONAUTS ARE EXCITED

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ABOUT THIS TEST BECAUSE IT IS

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THE CULMINATION OF DECADE LONG

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OF TESTING OF SUCH A CRITICAL

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SYSTEM. THE FACT THAT IT IS THE

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FINAL TEST THAT WE HAVE

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DEVELOPED THE SYSTEM, REDUCED

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WEIGHT, INCREASED SAFETY AND WE

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ARE, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO THE

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POINT WHERE AFTER TODAY,

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EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO

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PLAN WE ARE READY FOR A FLIGHT,

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THAT IS JUST ASTOUNDING AND

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CERTAINLY WHEN I SAY CRITICAL

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SYSTEM.

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THE CREW WILL SURVIVE THE

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LAUNCH, THE PASSAGE THROUGH THE

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RADIATION BELTS, THREE DAYS,

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250,000MILES GO AROUND THE MOON

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AND THREE DAYS, 250,000MILES TO

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COME BACK, INTO THE EARTH'S

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ATMOSPHERE, MOCK 32, IF THEY

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SURVIVOR THAT, THEY ARE LOOK NEW

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YORK TUG OF THE PARACHUTES WHEN

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THEY COME OUT AND THEN THEY KNOW

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THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SAVELY LAND

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ON EARTH AFTER THAT MISSION. SO

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WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT TODAY'S

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TEST IS THE FINAL ONE AND

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QUALIFIES ORION FOR FLIGHT.

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>> GREAT.

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WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO SEE IN

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TODAY'S TEST?

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>> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO COUNT

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THE NUMBER 11, THAT'S THE NUMBER

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OF PARACHUTES THAT WILL COME

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OUT, A DIFFERENT SERIES OF THE

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SEQUENCES TO DRORNTION AND ALSO

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LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE POINT

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WHERE I AM TOLD FROM THE TESTERS

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THAT WHEN IT COPS OUT OF THE

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C-17 IT HAS A WHOLE SYSTEM AND

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PALLET THAT ORION IS RIDING ON,

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WELL, THE ORION DEPARTS FROM

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THAT PALLET AND ALL OF THE

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PARACHUTES ARE OFF AND IT FALLS

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FOR 12 SECONDS BEFORE THE ORION

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SYSTEM WE ARE TESTING THE 11

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PARACHUTES START TO OPERATE. I

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WILL SEE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE

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THAT KNOW THIS TEST AND SYSTEM

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ARE HOLDING THEIR BREATH DURING

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THE 12 SECONDS AND WE GET A

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COLLECTIVE GASP OF RELIEF WHEN

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THE, BEFORE THE PARACHUTES START

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COMING OUT INITIATING THE

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SEQUENCE.

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11 PARACHUTES IN 12 SECONDS.

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WE WILL COUNT WITH YOU.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

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THANKS AND LET YOU GO WATCH THE

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TEST NOW.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

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THANK YOU.

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>>

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WE ARE A FEW MINUTES AWAY AND I

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BELIEVE THE C-17 IS ABOUT READY

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TO DROP THE CAPSULE FROM ITS

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CARGO BAY.

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UP NEXT WE HAVE JEROD DOM.

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>> AND HE IS HERE TO WALK US

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THROUGH TEST AND FIVE US A PLAY

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BY PLAY.

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AS THE PARACHUTE -- IT IS A

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PARACHUTES UNFURL AND ALSO GOING

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TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS

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FOR US FROM FOLKS ONLINE.

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IF YOU ARE WATCHING ONLINE,

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PLEASE USE THE HASHTAG ASK NASA

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TO SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS.

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>> ALL RIGHT, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT

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TO SEE A FEW MINUTES FROM NOW?

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>> OKAY.

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SO THE MAIN POINT OF THIS TEST

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IS TO SEE HOW THE 11ORION

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PARACHUTES PERFORM BUT IN ORDER

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TO GET TO THE 11PARACHUTES WE

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HAVE OVER10 SUPPORT PARACHUTES

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TO GET US TO THE TEST POINT.

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SO NOT ONLY DO WE SEE THE 11BUT

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ANOTHER TEN GETTING US THERE.

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>> SO 21 TOTAL.

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>> 21 TOTAL. THE FIRST THING

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YOU WILL SEE IS OUR TOE SHOOT,

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THE TOE CHUTE COMES OUT ATTACHED

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TO THE AIRCRAFT FOR A GOOD TEN

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SECONDS BUT IT PULLS OUT THE TWO

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EXTRACTION PARACHUTES.

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THOSE ARE ABOUT 28FEET IN

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DIAMETER AND THEIR JOB IS TO

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PULL THE TEST VEHICLE ON THE

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PALLET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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AS THE PALLET IS GETTING

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EXTRACTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT,

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PITCH DOWN, THE CAPSULE WILL

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RELEASE FROM THE PALLET AND

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DEPLOY TWO PROGRAMMER

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PARACHUTES.

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THESE TWO PROGRAMMER PARACHUTES

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WILL GET US SET UP TO THE RIGHT

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TEST POINT TO BEGIN THE FREE

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FALL RANDY DESCRIBED.

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WE WILL FREE FALL FOR 12 SECONDS

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TOGETHER AT THAT SPEED TO GET TO

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WHAT WE GET A HIGH DYNAMIC

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PRESSURE TO TEST THE PARACHUTES.

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THAT STARTS THE REAL TEST.

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THE THREE RECOVERY WILL BE

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FOLLOWED BY TWO DRONE PARACHUTE,

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THREE PILOTS AND THREE MAINS. I

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WILL GIVE YOU THE PLAY BY PLAY

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AS THEY COME OUT.

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>> WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU

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TESTING ON THIS DROP AND HOW

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DOES IT HELP CERTIFY THE

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PARACHUTES TO CARRY HUMANS?

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>> EXCELLENT QUESTION.

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THIS IS THE FINAL QUALIFICATION

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DROP AND THIS IS A FULL SYSTEM.

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SO WE ARE TESTING ALL OF OUR

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PARACHUTES, AS RANDY DESCRIBED,

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WE TEST VARIOUS FAILURE SE FAR

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CROWS WHERE SOMETIMES WE DON'T

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DEPLOY AN PARACHUTE OR DEPLOY A

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MAIN.

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SO WE WILL HAVE ALL 11

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PARACHUTES AND LOOKING FOR AN

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ORDERLY DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE

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PARACHUTES, MEANING THE

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COMPONENTS COME OUT WHEN WE

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EXPECT THEM TO COME OUT AND ALSO

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LOOK AT THE CHUTES AFTER WE

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RECOVER THEM SO THE TEST DOESN'T

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END AFTER TOUCHDOWN W HE RECOVER

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THE PARACHUTES AND INSPECT ALL

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HEAVEN AND LOOK FOR ANY DAMAGES

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THAT ARE UNEXPECTED.

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WE COEXPECT SOME DAMAGE LANDING

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OUT HERE IN THE DESERT, WE HAVE

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PRICKLY BUSHES BUT LOOKING FOR

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ANY FLIGHT DAMAGE THAT MAY BE OF

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CONCERN.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

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NO BUT GORE, NOW WE ARE GOING TO

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TAKE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM

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FOLKS WATCHING ON NASA TV IF YOU

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WOULD LIKE TO IN SUBMIT YOUR

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QUESTIONS USE THE # ASK NASA.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

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LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE GOT HERE.

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>> UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS WHAT

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IS THE DEPLOYMENT ALTITUDE FOR

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EACH PARACHUTE TYPE?

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>> EXCELLENT QUESTION.

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SO ORION REENTERS THE ATMOSPHERE

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ABOUT 17,500MILES PER HOUR AND

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USES THE HEAT SHIELD BASICALLY

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THE DRAGON THE BLUNT BODY OF THE

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SPACECRAFT TO SLOW DOWN TO ABOUT

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350MILES PER HOUR AT ABOUT

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25,000FEET.

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AT ABOUT 25,000FEET, WE BEGIN

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THE SEQUENCE OF DEPLOYING THE

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FORWARD RECOVER PARACHUTES TOES

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ARE THE COVER COVERED BY THE

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DRONE PARACHUTES IMMEDIATELY

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AFTER.

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WE WILL RIDE THOSE TO 6,000FEET

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ABOVE THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THEN

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CUT AWAY THE DROGUE PARACHUTES

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AND PULL OUT THE MAINS WHICH

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TAKE US DOWN TO ZERO FEET.

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>> OKAY.

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AND WHAT MATERIALS ARE USED FOR

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THE CHUTES?

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>> EXCELLENT QUESTIONS, USE A

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COMBINATION OF MATERIALS, MOSTLY

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KEVLAR AND NYLON, SO EVERYTHING

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HAS HEARD OF KEVLAR, USED IN

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BULLETPROOF VESTS VERY STRONG

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FOR A RELATIVELY LIGHTWEIGHT AND

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USE THAT MORE THE LOAD BEARING

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MEMBERS, OUR RADIALS, OUR

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EXTENSION LINES AND RISERS AND

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THE DRAG PRODUCING MEMBERS WE

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USE MATERIAL LIKE NYLON, VERY

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LIGHTWEIGHT AND SEE THROUGH THE

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BROADCLOTH ON THE ORANGE AND

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WHITE MAIN AND PRODUCE THE DRAG

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AND TRANSFERRED DOWN TO THE

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SPACECRAFT.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

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AND HOW MUCH HAS TECHNOLOGY FOR

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PARACHUTES CHANGED OVER THE

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YEARS?

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>> EXCELLENT QUESTION.

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CHANGED QUITE A BIT.

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A LOT IN THE MATERIAL

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PROPERTIES.

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APOLLO USED STEEL RISERS WHICH

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ARE VERY HEAVY AND BULKY AND

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HARD TO PACK INTO THE

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SPACECRAFT, WE TRANSITIONED TO

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KEVLAR RISERS NOW WE HAVE KEVLAR

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AVAILABLE THAT MAKES THE WEIGHT

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AND INTEGRATION A LOT EASIER AND

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HAVE A LOT BETTER COMPUTER

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SIMULATION TECHNIQUES TO HELP US

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GET IN THE DROP ZONE AND

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STIMULATE WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH

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THE ACTUAL SPACECRAFT SO WE CAN

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GET TO THE FINAL DESIGN SOLUTION

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WITH FEWER DROP TESTS.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

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AND HOW HEAVY IS THE ORION

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CAPSULE THAT THE PARACHUTES ARE

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BRINGING DOWN?

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>> ORION IS ABOUT 21,000POUNDS,

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THAT IS A LOT OF METAL, A LOT OF

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SYSTEMS IN THERE, INCLUDING OUR

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HUMANS, AND THE HUMANS ARE THE

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MOST IMPORTANT PART.

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LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ABOUT A

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MINUTE UNTIL WE HAVE OUR

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EXTRACTION.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

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DO YOU THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO

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SPOT THE PLANE?

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>> YES, WE HAVE FOLKS HELPING

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US, THEY WILL BE COMING IN OVER

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HERE FROM THE EAST RIGHT ABOUT

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WHERE THE SUN IS SO BE CAREFUL

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NOT TO LOOK DIRECTLY IT INTO.

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>> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET A

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SHOT ON THE PLANE.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

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I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR ONE OF THE

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PLANES.

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>> YEP.

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THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR

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SUPPORT HELICOPTERS.

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SO WE HAVE VARIOUS AIRCRAFT AT

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DIFFERENT ALTITUDES, VIDEO AND

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IMAGERY IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US

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ON THESE TESTS SO WE HAVE

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AIRCRAFT STAGED AT VARIOUS

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ALTITUDES TO GET THE RIGHT

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SEQUENCE OF VIDEO, AND PHOTOS.

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YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE ONE CHASE

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AIRCRAFT THERE.

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OKAY.

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THERE IS OUR TOE CHUTE OUR TOE

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CHUTE IS OUT AND ANCHORED TO THE

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AIRCRAFT RIGHT NOW, IN A MOMENT

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THE CREW WILL RELEASE AND IT

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WILL PULL OUT OUR TWO EXTRACTION

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SHOOTS -- CHUTES.

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>> THE AND THERE ARE OUR TWO

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EXTRACTION CHUTES TO ABOUT TO

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PULL OUT THE PALLET.

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PALLET WITH SEPARATION RIGHT

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THERE.

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NOW WE HAVE STATIC LINE

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DEPLOYED, TWO PROGRAMMERS, NOW

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THE TWO PROGRAMMERS WILL

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STABILIZE THE VEHICLE AND GET US

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TO THE RIGHT ALTITUDE, ATTITUDE

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AND VELOCITY FOR US TO BEGIN THE

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TEST.

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>> THE TEST WILL BEGIN WITH

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SEVERING THE PROGRAMMERS FOR THE

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12 SECOND FREE FALL.

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NOW, THE VEHICLE IS UNSTABLE AT

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THESE SPEEDS, SO WE HAVE

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SOFTWARE ON BOARD THAT WILL

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MONITOR THE RATES AND THE

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ATTITUDES OF THE VEHICLES TO

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MAKE SURE WE DON'T TUMBLE

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00:27:26,578 --> 00:27:27,679
FORWARD, WE DON'T WANT TO TUMBLE

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THE VEHICLE, THAT WOULD BE BAD

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00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,884
FOR OUR DROGES TO BE DEPLOYED

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00:27:32,884 --> 00:27:33,485
APEX FORWARD.

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SO WE WILL MONITOR THE, OH THERE

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00:27:35,286 --> 00:27:36,888
IS OUR FREE FALL, IF YOU WANT

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YOU CAN COUNT TO 12.

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>> LOOKS PRETTY STABLE, THAT'S

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LOOKING GREAT.

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>> YOU WILL SOON SEE THE 2

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DROGES, EXCUSE ME, THREE, FOUR,

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THERE THEY GO, AND LIFT OFF THE

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COVER, THE COVER IS SEPARATED

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TWO DEPLOYED DROGES A LOT OF

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DEBRIS IN THE AREA, THAT'S THE

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LID, THE BAGS, OTHER EQUIPMENT

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SO NOW WE ARE RIDING THESE 2

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DROGES AND REEFED, THAT MEANS WE

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HAVE A LINE WRAPPED AROUND THE

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SKIRT OF THE PARACHUTE

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CONSTRICTING THE DIAMETER OF THE

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CHUTES TO MODULATE OUR DRAG AREA

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TO REDUCE OUR LOADS AND TO KIND

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OF HELP WITH AN ORDERLY

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INFLATION.

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>> SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO RIDE

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THESE DROGES AS LOW AS WE

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POSSIBLY CAN .. THE ACTUAL THE

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ORION VEHICLE WITH OUR

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ASTRONAUTS IN IT WILL BE SENT TO

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THE OCEAN, WHICH IS AT ZERO

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FEET, BEING SEA LEVEL.

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HERE AT YUMA WE ARE WORRIED

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ABOUT 1,500 FEET ABOVE SEA

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LEVEL.

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>> THERE IS THE THREE PILOTS,

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THREE MAINS.

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NOW THESE WILL INFLATE THROUGH

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THE REEFING STAGES SOMEWHERE TO

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THE DROGES IT IS MORE PRONOUNCED

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ON THE MAINS, YOU CAN SEE, THIS

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00:28:53,832 --> 00:28:55,033
IS LOOKING THE REALLY GOOD SO

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FAR.

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NOW WE ARE INTO THE SECOND

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STAGE, THEY ARE A LITTLE BIGGER

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AND IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY YOU

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HEAR THE MAINS INFLATING AND

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THERE WE GO TO THE FULL OPEN.

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BEAUTIFUL SHOT RIGHT THERE.

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THREE MAINS SPREAD OUT.

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YOU HEAR THE CROWD IN THE BACK

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CHEERING.

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00:29:09,948 --> 00:29:11,149
WE ARE NOT QUITE DONE YET.

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THERE IS STILL A LOT OF STUFF IN

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THE AIR.

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EVENTUALLY WE WILL SEE THE COVER

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COME RACING BY AND IMPACT THE

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DESERT FLOOR.

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THERE YOU CAN SEE THE THREE

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MAINS BOUNCING IN AND OUT.

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THAT IS COMPLETELY EXPECTED.

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00:29:22,861 --> 00:29:24,362
YOU SEE THERE ARE HOLES IN THE

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00:29:24,362 --> 00:29:25,563
SIDES OF THE PARACHUTES, WE PUT

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00:29:25,563 --> 00:29:25,964
THOSE THERE.

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00:29:25,964 --> 00:29:27,065
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.

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WE CALL THAT GEOMETRIC POROSITY.

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THAT DOES REDUCE THE DRAG OF THE

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PARACHUTES BUT IT DOES INCREASE

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THE STABILITY SO THE INCREASED

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00:29:34,572 --> 00:29:38,076
STABILITY MAKES THOSE FLIGHT OUT

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SMALLER THAN THEY NORMALLY WOULD

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BE.

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WHICH MEANS THAT ON AVERAGE, OUR

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00:29:42,914 --> 00:29:44,015
DRAG IS HIGHER.

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>> SO ONE OF THESE THREE MAIN

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PARACHUTES WAS ACTUALLY WHAT WE

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CALL ENVIRONMENTALLY TESTED SO

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WE PUT ONE OF THESE PARACHUTES

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00:29:52,223 --> 00:29:53,725
THROUGH THE ENTIRE SEQUENCE THAT

525
00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:55,226
A FLIGHT PARACHUTE WOULD SEE.

526
00:29:55,226 --> 00:29:57,428
THIS INCLUDES WHAT WE CALL CREEP

527
00:29:57,428 --> 00:29:59,130
TESTING, THERMAL CYCLING BETWEEN

528
00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:00,331
HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES,

529
00:30:00,331 --> 00:30:03,535
VIBRATION TESTING, AND RAPID DE

530
00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:05,336
PRESSURIZATION TESTING.

531
00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:07,138
WE DID ALL OF THAT .. THROUGHOUT

532
00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:08,439
THIS CALENDAR YEAR AND THEN

533
00:30:08,439 --> 00:30:09,541
INTEGRATED IT DIRECTLY OPEN TO

534
00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:12,744
THIS VEHICLE TO VALIDATE THE

535
00:30:12,744 --> 00:30:15,246
DESIGN TO ENSURE IT CAN GO

536
00:30:15,246 --> 00:30:17,348
THROUGH THOSE ENVIRONMENTS

537
00:30:17,348 --> 00:30:18,950
WITHOUT HAVING ANY ISSUES.

538
00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:22,654
>> SO WE HAVE SEEN 11ORION

539
00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:24,255
PARACHUTES AND THERE IS ALSO THE

540
00:30:24,255 --> 00:30:26,157
HANDFUL OF TEST SUPPORT

541
00:30:26,157 --> 00:30:28,359
PARACHUTES.

542
00:30:28,359 --> 00:30:30,562
THERE IS ONE PARACHUTE

543
00:30:30,562 --> 00:30:32,463
DESCENDING THE PALLET TO THE

544
00:30:32,463 --> 00:30:33,965
GROUND, NOW THIS IS A SPECIAL

545
00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:34,866
PARACHUTE.

546
00:30:34,866 --> 00:30:37,268
IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO OUR ORION

547
00:30:37,268 --> 00:30:39,504
MAIN, BUT THE LOWER SALES, I AM

548
00:30:39,504 --> 00:30:41,105
NOT SURE IF THE CAMERA IS ON IT

549
00:30:41,105 --> 00:30:44,108
BUT IT HAS GOT A LIGHTER WEIGHT

550
00:30:44,108 --> 00:30:44,709
BROADCLOTH.

551
00:30:44,709 --> 00:30:45,710
THERE WE GOVERNMENT WE HAVE

552
00:30:45,710 --> 00:30:46,511
TOUCHDOWN.

553
00:30:46,511 --> 00:30:49,814
SO ORION LOOKS LIKE THE TEST

554
00:30:49,814 --> 00:30:51,015
VEHICLE IS UP RIGHT, THAT IS

555
00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:52,717
GREAT, THAT MAKES RECOVERY EASY,

556
00:30:52,717 --> 00:30:53,918
A LOT OF TIMES IT WILL FLIP

557
00:30:53,918 --> 00:30:54,319
OVER.

558
00:30:54,319 --> 00:30:55,520
IT IS NOT DESIGNED TO LAND HERE

559
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,622
IN THE DESERT SO WHEN IT HITS

560
00:30:57,622 --> 00:30:59,224
THE HARD GROUND VERSUS THE

561
00:30:59,224 --> 00:31:01,025
WATER, IT KIND OF ROLLS AROUND A

562
00:31:01,025 --> 00:31:02,827
LITTLE BITS, BUT THAT IS NOT A

563
00:31:02,827 --> 00:31:03,628
BIG DEAL.

564
00:31:03,628 --> 00:31:06,030
>> YOU CAN SEE THOSE ORANGE

565
00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:07,632
CHUTES DEFLATING AND FALLING TO

566
00:31:07,632 --> 00:31:09,133
THE GROUND.

567
00:31:09,133 --> 00:31:10,835
THE GROUND WINDS ARE VERY

568
00:31:10,835 --> 00:31:11,936
IMPORTANT DURING THIS TESTING IN

569
00:31:11,936 --> 00:31:13,338
TERMS OF SAFETY FOR THE

570
00:31:13,338 --> 00:31:14,839
PERSONNEL THAT GO OUT TO RECOVER

571
00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:15,540
THE CHUTES.

572
00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:17,041
YOU SEE ONE OF THOSE MAIN

573
00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:18,543
PARACHUTES IS STILL A LITTLE BIT

574
00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:21,145
INFLATED BUT THAT WILL DROOP

575
00:31:21,145 --> 00:31:24,048
DOWN AS THE MOUTH OF IT KIND OF

576
00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:25,049
CLOSES UP.

577
00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:28,753
>> SO THE SAFETY OF THE CREW AND

578
00:31:28,753 --> 00:31:30,555
SAFETY OF THE PERSONNEL IS VERY

579
00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,357
IMPORTANT IN THE RECOVERY, IF

580
00:31:32,357 --> 00:31:34,058
THOSE PARACHUTES ARE GENERATED

581
00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:36,761
THEY GENERATE10S OF THOUSANDS

582
00:31:36,761 --> 00:31:38,496
OF POUNDS OF FORCE THAT, AND

583
00:31:38,496 --> 00:31:39,597
THAT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS TO

584
00:31:39,597 --> 00:31:40,798
ANYBODY GOING OUT TO RECOVER

585
00:31:40,798 --> 00:31:40,999
THEM.

586
00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:42,100
>> ALL RIGHT.

587
00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:44,202
AND SO WHAT IS NEXT?

588
00:31:44,202 --> 00:31:45,903
>> SO NEXT IS THE RECOVERY

589
00:31:45,903 --> 00:31:46,137
PROCESS.

590
00:31:46,137 --> 00:31:48,706
SO THIS WAS THE HARD PART, NEXT

591
00:31:48,706 --> 00:31:50,708
IS ALSO THE HARD PART, I GUESS,

592
00:31:50,708 --> 00:31:52,110
SO WE WILL DRIVE OUT THERE AND

593
00:31:52,110 --> 00:31:53,511
GO RECOVER EACH OF THESE

594
00:31:53,511 --> 00:31:55,013
PARACHUTES, ALL OF THE OTHER

595
00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:56,614
EQUIPMENT, BAG THEM UP AND TAKE

596
00:31:56,614 --> 00:31:58,616
THEM TO OUR SHAKEOUT TOWER, AT

597
00:31:58,616 --> 00:32:00,818
THE SHAKEOUT TOWER WE WILL

598
00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:02,520
STRING THEM UP AND SHAKE OUT THE

599
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,122
SIX AND SCORPIONS AND LOOK AT

600
00:32:04,122 --> 00:32:06,424
ANY DAMAGE THAT WE MAY HAVE

601
00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:06,724
INCURRED.

602
00:32:06,724 --> 00:32:07,225
>> OKAY.

603
00:32:07,225 --> 00:32:15,933
AND SO, JEROD, -- ALL RIGHT.

604
00:32:15,933 --> 00:32:17,335
I CAN IMAGINE THAT, YOU KNOW, NO

605
00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:18,536
TWO DAYS THE WEATHER CONDITIONS

606
00:32:18,536 --> 00:32:19,937
ARE EXACTLY ALIKE.

607
00:32:19,937 --> 00:32:22,740
SO HOW DO YOU DESIGN A PARACHUTE

608
00:32:22,740 --> 00:32:24,742
SYSTEM FOR ALL OF THE CONDITIONS

609
00:32:24,742 --> 00:32:26,144
THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY

610
00:32:26,144 --> 00:32:27,145
EXPERIENCE WHEN COMING HOME?

611
00:32:27,145 --> 00:32:28,246
>> EXCELLENT QUESTION.

612
00:32:28,246 --> 00:32:29,747
SO IT IS NOT SO MUCH THE WEATHER

613
00:32:29,747 --> 00:32:31,249
THAT ORION HAS TO WORRY ABOUT

614
00:32:31,249 --> 00:32:32,550
BUT IT IS THE ENTRY CONDITIONS.

615
00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:33,551
SO WE HAVE TO DESIGN THE

616
00:32:33,551 --> 00:32:36,554
PARACHUTES TO PERFORM WELL AND

617
00:32:36,554 --> 00:32:37,955
IN EVERYTHING FROM AN ABORT

618
00:32:37,955 --> 00:32:39,590
SCENARIO TO NOMINAL ENTRY.

619
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:40,792
SO NOMINAL ENTRY IS UP AT

620
00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:43,494
25,000FEET, 350MILES PER HOUR

621
00:32:43,494 --> 00:32:44,896
WHERE AN ABORT COULD BE FROM THE

622
00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:46,297
PAD AND WE NEED THE PARACHUTES

623
00:32:46,297 --> 00:32:47,498
TO WORK VERY QUICKLY TO GET THE

624
00:32:47,498 --> 00:32:50,001
CREW TO A SAFE SPEED BEFORE WE

625
00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:50,902
HIT THE WATER.

626
00:32:50,902 --> 00:32:52,203
IT IS A LOT OF TESTING HERE

627
00:32:52,203 --> 00:32:53,604
TESTING ALL OF THOSE VARIOUS

628
00:32:53,604 --> 00:32:54,706
SCENARIOS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE

629
00:32:54,706 --> 00:32:56,207
THE DATA TO INFORM OUR COMPUTER

630
00:32:56,207 --> 00:32:57,508
MODELS WHICH WILL TELL US THAT

631
00:32:57,508 --> 00:32:58,309
THE PARACHUTES ARE SAFE.

632
00:32:58,309 --> 00:33:00,511
>> GREAT, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS

633
00:33:00,511 --> 00:33:02,814
FOR COMPLETING THE TEST SERIES.

634
00:33:02,814 --> 00:33:04,816
TO QUALIFY ORION'S PARACHUTES TO

635
00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:05,216
CARRY HUMANS.

636
00:33:05,216 --> 00:33:06,417
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

637
00:33:06,417 --> 00:33:08,619
>> ALL RIGHT.

638
00:33:08,619 --> 00:33:10,221
WELL, THANKS, JERRY FOR TALKING

639
00:33:10,221 --> 00:33:11,422
US THROUGH THE QUESTIONS AND

640
00:33:11,422 --> 00:33:12,423
ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS AND

641
00:33:12,423 --> 00:33:14,425
TALKING US TAKING US THROUGH THE

642
00:33:14,425 --> 00:33:16,127
TEST AND THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO

643
00:33:16,127 --> 00:33:18,529
JOINED US ON NASA TELEVISION.

644
00:33:18,529 --> 00:33:19,430
THIS TEST COMPLETES THE

645
00:33:19,430 --> 00:33:21,232
PARACHUTE TESTING TO GET READY

646
00:33:21,232 --> 00:33:22,734
FOR CREWED MISSIONS.

647
00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:25,937
>> AND TOGETHER ORION AND THE

648
00:33:25,937 --> 00:33:27,038
SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ROCKET WILL

649
00:33:27,038 --> 00:33:28,439
BE THE BACKBONE CAPABILITIES

650
00:33:28,439 --> 00:33:30,241
THAT WILL CARRY HUMANS TO THE

651
00:33:30,241 --> 00:33:32,143
MOON AND EXTEND HUMAN PRESENCE

652
00:33:32,143 --> 00:33:34,245
INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM FARTHER

653
00:33:34,245 --> 00:33:35,346
THAN EVER BEFORE.

654
00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:36,848
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW AL

655
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:38,049
WITH THE PROGRESS WE ARE MAKING