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We’re here outside the Launch Control Center at\h
NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Behind those giant\h\h

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glass walls are our Firing Rooms. That’s where\h
we launch rockets from. I’m Joshua Santora,\h\h

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and today I’ll be taking you behind the scenes\h
inside Firing Room 1 and out to Launch Complex\h\h

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39b where I’m going to give you a one of\h
a kind perspective on a water deluge test.\h\h

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Both of these facilities are major parts of the\h
Artemis program. Artemis has three main elements,\h\h

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the Space Launch System, or SLS, the Orion\h
crew capsule and Exploration Ground Systems.\h\h

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They’re responsible for all of the\h
infrastructure to actually launch.\h\h

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Be sure to enjoy the view as we go,\h
look all around - let’s get moving.

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We are now in Firing Room 1 of the Launch Control\h
Center. What you’re seeing is one of many launch\h\h

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simulations used to certify the launch team and\h
the software to fly the Space Launch System.

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Software is probably the most underrated part\h
of technology today. For you to simply watch\h\h

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this video right now on a phone, a computer,\h
a virtual reality headset… it takes thousands,\h\h

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if not millions, of lines\h
of code to make that happen.

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Today’s smartphone is impressive and\h
powerful, and software makes it work.\h\h

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Now, think about how complex your phone is\h
compared to the complexity of a rocket that\h\h

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stands 322 feet tall, weighs 5.75 million pounds,\h
can carry upwards of 26 tons of cargo to the Moon,\h\h

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and is the most powerful rocket ever built.\h
Imagine the amount of coding, or software,\h\h

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that it takes to make all of that operate.\h
That software development pays off right here\h\h

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at Launch Complex 39b, where the Space\h
Launch System, or SLS, will launch from.

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This pad was originally\h
built for the Apollo Program,\h\h

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so it is fitting that we are returning to\h
the Moon from this pad. You may be surprised\h\h

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to learn that at this range, less than 800\h
feet from the launch pad, the sound waves can\h\h

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kill you. The closest spectators have to be at\h
least three miles away to ensure they are safe.

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Beginning around 2011, we were redesigning and\h\h

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modifying the pad to accommodate not only\h
NASA rockets, but also commercial rockets.\h

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The Kennedy Space Center is a\h
spaceport and we’re open for business.

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What you’re about to watch is 450,000 gallons\h
of water flooding this pad in about 30 seconds.\h\h

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The water will not only help to cool the\h
intense heat that occurs during launch,\h\h

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but will also help to suppress the\h
forceful sound waves that occur at liftoff.

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Whether it’s human-sized-valves on water pipes,\h
solid rocket motors functioning as intended,\h\h

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a flight controller and the Launch\h
Control Center monitoring fuel levels,\h\h

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or the thousands of other things\h
that happen on launch day -- it’s\h\h

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all made possible by those billions of\h
lines of code, typed out one by one.

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We hope that you will continue to track our\h
progress as we work towards the first woman\h\h

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and next man to walk on the moon. From NASA’s\h
Kennedy Space center, for Exploration Ground\h\h

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Systems, that’s all we have time for today.\h
We build, launch and recover for the next\h\h