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this is aries launch control at t-minus

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two hours 27 minutes 40 seconds and

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counting

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and here in the mission directors center

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we're being joined by

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terry mcgugan who is the manager of

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parachute operations for united space

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alliance

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and he

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has been

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responsible for a lot of the activity

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that we have seen in that video

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just uh that we've just played that is

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involved with getting these shoots ready

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for the ares 1x booster to

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fly today

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and

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terry i wonder first of all can you tell

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us

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how many how many shoots are actually on

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it and how does it differ from the the

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shoots that are on the shuttle sure

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george i i'm glad to talk about that a

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little bit uh same components uh same

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number of components is on a shuttle

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mission there's three main parachutes

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one drogue and one pilot parachute for

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the aries

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they're different in construction and

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materials but they're they're running

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the same purpose and the process

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once it comes in aerodynamically and we

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start throwing the parachutes it's very

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similar to what we do on the shuttle

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missions

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is there any kind of a shoot at all on

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the second stage the upper stage or not

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uh no not for this mission there are

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parachutes that will be there on the

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orion capsule eventually but those are

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different parachutes than what we're

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doing in my shop

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what's the very first shoot that we're

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going to see if we have a chance to see

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this visually that's going to come out

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sure

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the first parachute is called the pilot

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parachute it comes out first and its job

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is basically to pull out the drogue

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parachute so it immediately pulls out

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the drug parachute out of its deployment

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bag the drug parachute

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orients the vehicle more or less in line

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and gets it to where it's not tilted

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over too far and then the main

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parachutes deployed and those are

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deployed on altitude switch sensors that

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determine when these parachutes get

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deployed

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so can you give us an idea then after

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the separation occurs from the upper

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stage and the first stage how soon after

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that do we see the first shoot come out

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or does it fall for a while first

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actually it falls quite a while you

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don't see the parachutes until way late

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in the game

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the the booster separates from the upper

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stage and it goes through a tumble

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maneuver

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and then an aerodynamic reentry and it

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comes quite a ways down into the

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atmosphere i believe that these are set

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to go off at about 15 000 feet is where

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we start uh arming up the the pilot

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parachute

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now how is the retrieval by the uh ships

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different i think it's actually the the

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liberty star that's is liberty gonna

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pick up the the booster uh it'll be

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a lot of ways it's going to be

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similar to an srb mission but we've got

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a different orientation

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it's a longer vehicle it's actually a

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five segment booster of course for this

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mission the fifth segment is uh

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non-functional it's not not really a

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motorist it's a simulator but it's a

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longer booster and so we have some

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different dynamics about how it lays in

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the water and stuff but they're just

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going to go up and get a hold of the

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booster

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retrieve the parachutes get them reeled

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on board of course on this mission we're

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only going to get back to three mains

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the drug parachute stays attached to the

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forward skirt extension

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and that does not have flotation for

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this test flight and so we won't

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retrieve that whereas on an srv mission

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for the shuttle system we retrieve all

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the parachutes

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well terry thank you very much we

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appreciate that uh further explanation

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and of course the uh tape showing some

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of your team and action they're getting

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the shoots for this mission ready to go

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so it's it's a great team george i have

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some awesome people working with me so

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thank you very much thank you

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and we're now at t-minus two hours 23