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welcome back i'm joshua santora coming

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to you from near the kennedy space

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center

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we took a couple months off obviously we

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had the crew one mission a phenomenal

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um the first crew of seven on aboard

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expedition onboard space station

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we also had the sentinel six michael

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freilick flight from the west coast at

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vandenberg air force base

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beautiful launch and landing and then we

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had just recently

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the spacex commercial resupply services

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mission 21

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take off to supply with supplies and

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resources for the the crew aboard space

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station

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we're getting back into things now

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talking about what does it take to get

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humans into deep space and specifically

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how the world's premier spaceport is

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playing a part

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today we're going to focus on the way

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that the kennedy space center is

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probably the most directly involved

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in humanities exploration and that's by

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way of launching

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we'll be launching the space launch

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system rocket or sls

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along with the orion crew capsule on top

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and this is coming by way of the

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exploration ground systems program

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you may not have heard of them but

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they're responsible for all of the

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infrastructure to actually launch

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they major in testing launching and

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recovery for the next generation in

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evolution of humanity's deep space

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exploration

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so let's get started jumping right in

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we're now joined by yves lamothe who is

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exploration ground systems com systems

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project manager

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uh thanks for joining me eves it's

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always a pleasure when our paths cross

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oh you are so welcome josh happy to be

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here

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uh can you tell me a little bit about

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your role for artemis

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right so um as the comp systems project

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uh i'm responsible for providing you

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know comp services which includes

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voice imagery and transmission systems

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uh to support launch you know we work

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with uh

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the marshall space flight center in the

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johnson space center

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and uh and they may need data they may

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need imagery they may need um

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access to some of those um items and so

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we the transmission piece of it is what

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the ability to get them that data that

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yeah as we prepare for the artemis one

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artemis two and three are right on its

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heels and we don't have time to just

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focus on one of the time we're working

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so is this really a rinse wash and

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so you know in essence the answer is yes

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and uh the things that we learn we will

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the follow-on missions and it will give

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and launch the vehicle much more

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eves tell me why the goal of humans back

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is so important right now you know um

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that that's a really really good

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question why do we do the things that we

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we have this amazing resource um on the

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moon with so many knowns

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and unknowns and it would almost be a

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explore what what the possibilities are

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now the moon is also a perfect place to

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figure out how to live long term on in

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that is that is the one thing that i

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it's important it's uh valuable um earth

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precious and it takes it takes a lot to

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and we as humans right

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we have to explore and figure out how to

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find resources to help us sustain or

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critical to the success of every program

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and mission so good luck to you and your

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uh excited for for what you have to do

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in the future for us

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absolutely josh always a pleasure to be

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here with you guys yeah until next time

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you got it joining us now is a man with

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a couple different titles

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and a lot of responsibility in ensuring

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we get off the ground successfully

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he is both the chief of the test launch

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and recovery operations branch

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and the assistant launch director jeremy

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gregor thank you for making time for us

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hey absolutely joshua i appreciate you

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i obviously just mentioned both of your

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titles there can you break down those

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roles for us

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so i'll kind of hit each one of them uh

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as the chief of the test launch and

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operations branch uh folks in my office

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are responsible for bringing

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all of the right representatives subject

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matter experts

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uh orion folks um sls folks together

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the engineering the the safety pieces

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all of those things together for these

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very large integrated tests and so

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with anything she needs

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what's left to do absolutely so

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there is not a crew right so certain

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capabilities available for those

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no doubt the tip of the iceberg when it

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doing so many things at once um

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incredibly excited to see this first

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and subsequent ones as well so good luck

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to you in the entire team i know you

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have a ton of work to do and we're

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excited for your success

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thank you so much appreciate the time

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and thanks for having me

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you certainly cannot get humans to deep

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space without a ride

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and we are literally in the process of

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seeing that ride come together with

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uh join us next time for the last

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as we look at how to survive once you

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we're making good use of it

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that's gonna do it for this episode and

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remember that even the sky