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I'm NASA Kennedy's Ashley Keegan, and I'm
taking you Inside KSC

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NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman was
on site this week kicking off NASA's

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Agency Innovation Mission, and hosting the
NASA Innovation Kick Start competition.

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Kennedy and other NASA centers around the
country joined forces to pick their

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favorites and celebrate talent across the
entire agency.

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Meanwhile, Kennedy's own Innovation Expo
featured exciting speakers, innovation

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activities, networking opportunities and the
centerwide KSC KickStart Competition.

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Employees presented their innovative ideas
for an opportunity to receive up to $5,000

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for realization equipment.

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Work continues on upgrades to the flame trench
at Launch Pad 39B as NASA's Ground

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System Development and Operations Program
prepares for the launch of the Orion

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spacecraft on NASA's Space Launch System

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rocket on Exploration Mission 1 in late 2018.

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About 100,000 heat-resistant bricks, in three
different sizes, will be secured to the walls

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on the north side of the flame trench.

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They will withstand temperatures of up to
two

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thousand degrees Fahrenheit at launch of the
rocket's engines and

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solid rocket boosters.