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What we’ve been doing today is going

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through a process to test the interfaces

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between two pieces of flight hardware.

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One piece of the flight hardware is the

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Delta four heavy upper stage. The Delta

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four will be used in the EFT-1 l flight test

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which is the Exploration flight test, one for

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the Orion program. And here at Marshall

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we’ve designed the interface hardware in

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between the Orion capsule and that upper

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stage. So today we’ve been taking the two

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unique pieces of hardware, they’re

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supposed to have a common interface…

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basically lower them, together, bolting

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them and making sure that they fit.

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The MSA is a great example of a couple of

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things, one it’s actually a piece of hardware

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that we are flying on an early test, but we’re

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also going to fly for the long term that’s

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going to be part of the Orion and SLS plan.

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It also shows a great collaboration I think

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between NASA and our contractors.

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We’re providing a Delta four heavy launch

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vehicle, a proven heavy lift…a three bodied

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heavy launch vehicle with a very very

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capable upper stage…and it will be able

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to put the Orion space craft into a very

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very high energy orbit.  And the real key

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to this mission will be a great deal of risk

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reduction in the overall development of

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the Orion SLS program.

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I think it shows that exploration is not just

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a debate…it’s not just a bunch of charts…

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we’re actually flying something in fifteen

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months. We’re going to test a lot of the

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key systems on Orion and also for SLS

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with the upper stage and the MSA that are

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going to be used when we fly people into