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liftoff in five four three two one zero

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NASA probably doesn't make you think

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about a conference room but each year

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the best and the brightest minds

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gathered together for hundreds of hours

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sharing ideas and making plans

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unassuming rooms like this are the

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birthplace of our greatness the same can

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be said for the Commercial Crew program

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hi I'm Joshua Santora and today I'm

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gonna take you on a tour over viewing

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the Commercial Crew program what is it

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what are its goals and why you should

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care I'll be explaining all the places

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that we visit but be sure to take a look

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around and enjoy the view are you ready

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let's go we're here at one of the most

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impressively engineered runways on earth

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that's right runways aren't just giant

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slabs of concrete they're engineered

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structures this one in particular was

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meticulously engineered to be one of the

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flattest straightest and most level

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runways on earth but why are we here

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this is the space shuttle landing

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facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

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on the east coast of Central Florida

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this spot in particular is special

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because this marks the end of the space

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shuttle program back in 2011 the final

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shuttle mission flown aboard Atlantis

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landed here and came to rest this very

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spot this was the last time we had sent

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humans into space from American soil

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this is where the story of the

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Commercial Crew program really begins

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the goal was direct invest in us-based

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commercial companies to enable safe and

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reliable transportation to and from the

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space station this has also freed up

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NASA to be able to invest in a heavy

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lift capability while maintaining that

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valuable research aboard the space

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station the early phases of the program

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focused on finding out what companies

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were out there and who was far enough

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along in their development that with

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help from us they would be flight ready

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in a relatively short amount of time

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this is an example of the ultimate

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engineering design challenge and at the

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heart of any engineering challenge is

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solving a problem NASA established an

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end goal and the criteria that it would

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use to evaluate the ideas and concepts

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that were submitted from there it's up

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to the commercial companies to prove

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they had a realistic and achievable path

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to success

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we knew there would be iterations of

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design and iterations of construction

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that's engineering and those iterations

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will ultimately lead us back to

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american-based crew launch capabilities

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let's go find out more about our

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destination we've now traveled about a

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thousand miles west of the Kennedy Space

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Center to NASA's Johnson Space Center in

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Houston Texas this is the white flight

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control room this is one of several

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control rooms that we use here to

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interact with the astronauts while

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they're in space whenever we have people

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up there they need our help and support

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from down here and we've been providing

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that support from this building for more

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than 50 years the International Space

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Station is a platform for improving life

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here on earth astronauts on board are

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conducting research to better understand

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human health and how to deal with

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diseases more effectively they're also

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mapping out the earth to aid in disaster

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response they're improving physical

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processes for manufacturing and they're

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demonstrating future space technology

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since 2011 we've relied on our

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partnership with Russia for

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transportation to the space station

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we've been able to procure seats for our

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astronauts aboard the Soyuz rocket we're

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so grateful for that partnership but we

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really like to pour those same resources

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into the US economy and diversify the

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global capability of getting astronauts

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humans to space eight US companies join

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NASA's Commercial Crew program effort in

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the early phases of development as they

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design subsystems like breathing systems

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spacecraft and rockets in 2012 NASA

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selected three companies to refine

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integrated systems to launch astronauts

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to low-earth orbit this includes

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spacecraft rockets and the ground

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support systems needed ultimately NASA

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selected Boeing and SpaceX in September

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for the final development and

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certification contract to launch

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astronauts a lot of that hard work is

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put in in places just like this

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this is Michelle greens office she's the

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lead for policy planning and strategic

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communication for the Commercial Crew

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program again this isn't a fancy place

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but it's places like this where

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excellence happens from communication to

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business functions to engineering to

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mission integration every detail must be

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meticulously accounted for

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when we get to launch rockets our

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payoffs four years of hard work put in

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right here from those final three

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companies we announced in late 2014 that

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Boeing and SpaceX would be the official

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partners of the Commercial Crew program

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we're also providing some unfunded

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assistance to Sierra Nevada and Blue

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Origin as they continue to develop their

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human spaceflight capability after that

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announcement was made we've been able to

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work side by side with Boeing and SpaceX

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as we help them develop their rockets

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and spacecraft to be able to fly

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astronauts to low-earth orbit safely

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we've assigned astronauts to be onboard

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those first few missions and the process

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of testing is ongoing

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everything from parachutes to recovering

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capsules to launch abort systems

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mechanisms to actually attach to the

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international space station how to get

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an astronaut into and out of a

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spacecraft and all their gear the actual

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spacesuits that they'll wear designing

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and developing those and so much more

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our collaborations have continued to

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grow and expand and we're able to

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celebrate each other's triumphs and

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victories we're also able to be there to

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support each other when there are

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challenges these long years of

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exhaustion have been overwhelming but

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we've really been able to rise above

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that and rise to the level that's needed

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to succeed that's the legacy of NASA

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that we continue to strive for every

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single day we don't do these things

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because they're easy but it's worth it

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that's all for today this tour

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overviewing the Commercial Crew program

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we look forward to having you out next

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time as we prepare to launch America

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hello I'm Cathy leaders Commercial Crew