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doing there we'll let you go look and

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see what they're doing thanks ken thank

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you laura

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i'm here now at the space station

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processing facility with tom erdmann who

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is marshall's resident manager here and

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tom you manage all of the marshall

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hardware in this building right that is

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correct the space station processing

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facility at kennedy space center is a

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unique location where all the hardware

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from all over the world comes together

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and marshall's had an integral role in

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processing the space station which

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includes the us lab the airlock node one

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the express racks and the microgravity

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science glove box currently on orbit

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you've done a lot of work but a lot of

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work's still going on that's actually no

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two behind us being worked on right now

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that is correct no two marshall provides

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the design engineering work for that we

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have the mplm there's three missions

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left that marshall provides design

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engineering for that we have numerous

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payloads that are scheduled to fly

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inside the express racks and the

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microgravity science glove box and it's

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not just getting ready for launch you

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have to re-prepare those mplms when they

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come back from launch right yes after

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every mission we have a design we have a

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set of requirements for maintenance on

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them and after missions we have

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experiments coming down that we have to

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retrieve the samples and get them

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processed for the scientists and then

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it's right back to the launch pad after

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you get it all ready again right yes all

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right thanks for showing us around thank

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i'm here now with benny davis and he is

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the marshall representative for the

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space shuttle main engines and we're in

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the engine shop but benny this is no

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ordinary garage no it's not this is a

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high-tech engine shop and in here we

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process the spatial domain engines

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between each of the flights we start

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right here with our hyster we use this

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to go over to the orbiters and pull the

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three engines off after it lands

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then we can bring them down here and we

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can do some preliminary checkouts here

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in this room and then you tell me you

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have an oven in here that's right we

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have an oven here and we use this to dry

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the engines out uh our by-products are

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water so we have to get that water out

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of those before we go fly them again so

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how long of a process does that just

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takes about eight hours or so to get all

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the water out all right let's put

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something in to bake all right what else

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happens after that well after that then

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we can bring them out and start doing

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some checkouts and inspections and

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things like that we can bring them into

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and then we can either horizontally or

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we can rotate them vertically and put

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them on one of these pedestals and when

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we do that then we can get up top and we

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can go work on the turbo machinery or we

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can work on the power head and do other

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inspections we need we can also get down

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below and look at the nozzle actually

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crawl up inside the nozzle and do any

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kind of inspections there we need to do

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once that's done we can do some final

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checkouts and we can check them out on

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the stands then we rotate them back down

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downs uh to get ready for installation

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of the engines once we're done here we

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can bring them into this final room over

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sure everything's sealed up tight and

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then we're ready to start the process

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and go put them back on the river and go

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fly again go fly again then they come

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back and you start all over this all

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over again that's correct all right

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thanks for showing us around you're

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welcome

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we're here in the launch control center

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now with tony smith the solid rocket

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marshall and tony we're in firing room

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four tell me what goes on here we

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launched the space shuttle from here the

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shuttle senior managers sit in this room

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including the marshall center director

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across the way mr robert lightfoot the

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deputy propulsion manager sits with his

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team of project managers who look after

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each propulsion system as we come

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together for launch so they make

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critical decisions from this room during

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countdown absolutely they do they

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monitor what's going on here they

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communicate with the operations center

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back in huntsville and they they're sure

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to have a good safe launch as we

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progress through and you also do some

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testing prior to launch from this room

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right yes we do

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the shuttle comes together the parts

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come together and they are tested and

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measured and when those measurements go

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a little bit outside of where they

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should be we have some special tests and

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that's when the marshall team gets

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involved we we plug into this firing

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room we monitor and we look at the data

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that's all prior to launch day but on

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launch day as you said all the important

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people sit in this room right so i i

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haven't found my chair yet

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mr dave king sits over here i'm sure he

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won't oh yeah i'm sure he wouldn't mind

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so this is where all of that hard work

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comes together we're actually standing

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on a launch pad with a vehicle ready to

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go yeah i get really excited seeing that

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vehicle out there on the launch pad

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ready to go that's what we're here for

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we're here to launch rockets i have to

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say i'm a little excited like a kid in a

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candy store being this close to the

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vehicle and it doesn't matter whether

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you're a marshall employee ksc employee

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whatever nasa employee you are when

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you're out there and you're looking at

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that vehicle you'll get a thrill thank

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you so much for showing us around today

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jolene you're welcome

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lori come on hurry up you're going to

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well i didn't know that marshall had

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such a presence down there at kennedy

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yeah it was exciting to see how much to

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do to make that happen look at that that

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must have been beautiful to see in

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person it was amazing find out where we

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turn up next as we focus on marshall