1 00:00:09,670 --> 00:00:15,180 The strong NASA presence at this year's symposium is clearly represented in our next panel, 2 00:00:15,180 --> 00:00:21,580 where we have gathered six center directors who are leading NASA at a time of transition. 3 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:26,300 And to lead the discussion, we welcome Dr. David Livingston, the founder and host of 4 00:00:26,310 --> 00:00:27,630 The Space Show. 5 00:00:27,630 --> 00:00:29,900 Dr. Livingston, we look forward to your panel. 6 00:00:29,900 --> 00:00:35,519 Dr. David Livingston: Thank you very much, and thank you also to the Space Foundation 7 00:00:35,519 --> 00:00:37,449 for making this discussion possible. 8 00:00:37,449 --> 00:00:39,360 We really appreciate it. 9 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:45,710 And I'd like to introduce our panel members today for the center directors' discussion, 10 00:00:45,710 --> 00:00:47,070 in a time of transition. 11 00:00:47,070 --> 00:00:54,330 So, Robert Cabana from Kennedy Space Center, we will have a five-minute opening statement 12 00:00:54,330 --> 00:00:57,550 from each one about transition at their center. 13 00:00:57,550 --> 00:01:02,559 Robert Cabana: So the Kennedy Space Center is the poster child for change during a time 14 00:01:02,559 --> 00:01:04,159 of transition. 15 00:01:04,159 --> 00:01:09,630 In the last six years, we have evolved to be America's premier spaceport. 16 00:01:09,630 --> 00:01:14,890 This was KSC six years ago: One government program, utilizing all the facilities, paying 17 00:01:14,890 --> 00:01:16,359 all the bills. 18 00:01:16,359 --> 00:01:23,119 Today it's a totally different story, as we look at Boeing, SpaceX, Blue Origin. 19 00:01:23,119 --> 00:01:28,150 In all of history only three nations have sent humans to space: the United States, Russia, 20 00:01:28,150 --> 00:01:29,450 and China. 21 00:01:29,450 --> 00:01:34,559 Today there are four United States companies -- with facilities at Kennedy Space Center 22 00:01:34,559 --> 00:01:39,009 -- building hardware to send humans to space. 23 00:01:39,009 --> 00:01:44,520 If you look at Blue Origin, they're building a huge facility in Exploration Park, a research 24 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:49,829 and development park at the Kennedy Space Center outside the secure perimeter, to build 25 00:01:49,829 --> 00:01:51,909 the New Glenn rocket. 26 00:01:51,909 --> 00:01:53,770 Of course we've got Boeing. 27 00:01:53,770 --> 00:02:00,130 Boeing is located in what used to be Orbiter Processing Facility 3 and also in Orbiter 28 00:02:00,130 --> 00:02:05,409 Processing Facilities 1 and 2 with the Air Force X-37 space plane. 29 00:02:05,409 --> 00:02:11,069 Of course Boeing's entry into the Commercial Crew market is the CST-100 Starliner, and 30 00:02:11,069 --> 00:02:14,340 they're doing a bang-up job down there building that. 31 00:02:14,340 --> 00:02:17,940 If you move off to SpaceX, now you've got the Crew Dragon. 32 00:02:17,940 --> 00:02:25,100 And looking out to what is Launch Complex 39A, what used to be a shuttle and Apollo 33 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:30,150 launch pad, we've now launched three commercial launches with SpaceX off that facility. 34 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:34,250 And that's where the crew is going to launch from on the Crew Dragon. 35 00:02:34,250 --> 00:02:38,590 And then rounding it out, of course, we've got Lockheed Martin with the Orion spacecraft 36 00:02:38,590 --> 00:02:43,830 being built in the Operations and Checkout Building high bay. 37 00:02:43,830 --> 00:02:49,549 Partnership with the state of Florida refurbishing that to accommodate Lockheed Martin in there. 38 00:02:49,549 --> 00:02:55,140 Then we look at the Ground Systems Development and Operations Program at Kennedy Space Center, 39 00:02:55,140 --> 00:03:01,420 building the infrastructure to support the Space Launch System. 40 00:03:01,420 --> 00:03:03,439 Tremendous progress has been made. 41 00:03:03,439 --> 00:03:09,680 You know, if you look at SLS and what we're doing, six years ago, inside the Vehicle Assembly 42 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,220 Building, we had the shuttle. 43 00:03:12,220 --> 00:03:18,200 Today, if you look inside High Bay 3, there are 10 adjustable platforms that support this 44 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:23,080 rocket as it evolves, easily adjustable with inserts as it grows and the outer mode line 45 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:24,659 changes. 46 00:03:24,659 --> 00:03:26,409 All those platforms are installed. 47 00:03:26,409 --> 00:03:27,960 It's complete. 48 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:29,040 You know the mobile launcher. 49 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:34,590 A mobile launch platform that supported shuttle -- today we have a mobile launcher supporting 50 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:38,150 SLS and a clean pad design. 51 00:03:38,150 --> 00:03:41,909 Here you can see the first umbilical being installed. 52 00:03:41,909 --> 00:03:45,730 All the structural work is complete, all the systems are going into it now. 53 00:03:45,730 --> 00:03:49,390 This will be complete in September of this year. 54 00:03:49,390 --> 00:03:53,980 The high bay will be complete in April of this year, the end of the month -- there's 55 00:03:53,980 --> 00:03:55,200 still some outfitting to do. 56 00:03:55,200 --> 00:04:00,620 And the launch pad, if you look out to the launch pad, it's going to be complete in August. 57 00:04:00,620 --> 00:04:04,940 We're completing the flame trench right now with all of the fire brick and the new flame 58 00:04:04,940 --> 00:04:06,739 deflector. 59 00:04:06,739 --> 00:04:11,190 We are going to be ready when SLS arrives. 60 00:04:11,190 --> 00:04:18,340 I tell my program manager, Mike Bolger, without undue pressure, that KSC will not be the reason 61 00:04:18,340 --> 00:04:20,019 we don't launch on time. 62 00:04:20,019 --> 00:04:21,019 [laughter] 63 00:04:21,019 --> 00:04:26,650 Cabana: You know, if you look at the Kennedy Space Center, five years ago, we had a vision. 64 00:04:26,650 --> 00:04:28,370 And we've made that vision a reality. 65 00:04:28,370 --> 00:04:31,090 Public-private partnerships work. 66 00:04:31,090 --> 00:04:32,570 We have transformed KSC. 67 00:04:32,570 --> 00:04:36,150 And it's not government programs or commercial programs. 68 00:04:36,150 --> 00:04:38,750 If we are going to be successful, it's government and commercial. 69 00:04:38,750 --> 00:04:39,750 We need them both. 70 00:04:39,750 --> 00:04:44,770 They are fully integrated for us to be successful as a nation, and Kennedy is ready to support 71 00:04:44,770 --> 00:04:45,770 the future. 72 00:04:45,770 --> 00:04:47,880 And I think it's an absolutely outstanding one. 73 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:48,880 Thank you. 74 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:52,520 Livingston: Thank you to our panel and to all of you who listened and participated. 75 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:55,500 It's been an honor for me to be the moderator. 76 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:59,910 And I appreciate the Space Foundation for making all of this possible for all of us 77 00:04:59,910 --> 00:05:02,250 up here and all of you in the room. 78 00:05:02,250 --> 00:05:03,770 Thank you and goodbye everyone.