1 00:00:03,750 --> 00:00:01,590 and welcome to marshall space flight 2 00:00:05,910 --> 00:00:03,760 center i'm shannon redinger and i'm a 3 00:00:08,629 --> 00:00:05,920 public affairs officer here 4 00:00:12,150 --> 00:00:08,639 and uh today we're so glad you are all 5 00:00:13,749 --> 00:00:12,160 here we are excited to announce the work 6 00:00:17,029 --> 00:00:13,759 the center is going to be doing with 7 00:00:20,150 --> 00:00:17,039 sierra nevada and teledon brown 8 00:00:21,910 --> 00:00:20,160 so now i am going to introduce our panel 9 00:00:24,550 --> 00:00:21,920 and they're going to be telling us more 10 00:00:27,750 --> 00:00:24,560 about this expanded collaboration 11 00:00:30,550 --> 00:00:27,760 so the first person on our panel is paul 12 00:00:32,950 --> 00:00:30,560 gilbert and he is the deputy manager for 13 00:00:34,310 --> 00:00:32,960 flight programs and partnerships office 14 00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:34,320 here at marshall 15 00:00:39,750 --> 00:00:37,280 um and then we have mark cerangelo he is 16 00:00:41,350 --> 00:00:39,760 the corporate vice president and head of 17 00:00:45,190 --> 00:00:41,360 sierra nevada 18 00:00:47,510 --> 00:00:45,200 space systems then we have rex jevedon 19 00:00:50,389 --> 00:00:47,520 and he is the executive vice president 20 00:00:53,430 --> 00:00:50,399 of telodyne technologies and then we 21 00:00:56,229 --> 00:00:53,440 have mark maclie and he is chief of the 22 00:00:58,709 --> 00:00:56,239 advanced planning and integration office 23 00:01:00,069 --> 00:00:58,719 for marshall's mission operations 24 00:01:01,990 --> 00:01:00,079 laboratory 25 00:01:03,910 --> 00:01:02,000 so now i'm going to turn it over to paul 26 00:01:06,230 --> 00:01:03,920 and he is going to talk about flight 27 00:01:07,910 --> 00:01:06,240 programs and partnerships okay thank you 28 00:01:09,429 --> 00:01:07,920 shannon good morning everyone i'm paul 29 00:01:11,030 --> 00:01:09,439 gilbert i'm the deputy 30 00:01:13,510 --> 00:01:11,040 manager for the flight programs and 31 00:01:15,830 --> 00:01:13,520 partnerships office and as you can guess 32 00:01:18,230 --> 00:01:15,840 from our long title part of our office 33 00:01:19,510 --> 00:01:18,240 contains partnerships which is an 34 00:01:21,510 --> 00:01:19,520 organization 35 00:01:22,390 --> 00:01:21,520 i call it external facing and what it 36 00:01:24,550 --> 00:01:22,400 does 37 00:01:27,190 --> 00:01:24,560 it tries to help industry and the 38 00:01:29,109 --> 00:01:27,200 community when they need to get access 39 00:01:30,469 --> 00:01:29,119 to marshall's unique capabilities so a 40 00:01:31,270 --> 00:01:30,479 little bit like the help desk at the 41 00:01:33,749 --> 00:01:31,280 mall 42 00:01:35,749 --> 00:01:33,759 where do i go i need something how do i 43 00:01:37,670 --> 00:01:35,759 get it what is it so they're the help 44 00:01:40,149 --> 00:01:37,680 desk that comes in we're here this 45 00:01:42,149 --> 00:01:40,159 morning though because we're very proud 46 00:01:43,749 --> 00:01:42,159 part of the work we do is to support 47 00:01:45,670 --> 00:01:43,759 commercial space 48 00:01:47,830 --> 00:01:45,680 a big initiative of nasa and the 49 00:01:49,830 --> 00:01:47,840 administrations and so we're very 50 00:01:52,310 --> 00:01:49,840 pleased to be here this morning to be 51 00:01:54,550 --> 00:01:52,320 here with the sierra nevada corporation 52 00:01:56,630 --> 00:01:54,560 their space systems division to talk 53 00:01:58,630 --> 00:01:56,640 about a collaboration with them 54 00:02:01,830 --> 00:01:58,640 now when you think of these space act 55 00:02:03,749 --> 00:02:01,840 agreements basically fancy name it is 56 00:02:06,069 --> 00:02:03,759 just a small contract 57 00:02:08,469 --> 00:02:06,079 between someone and the government to do 58 00:02:10,469 --> 00:02:08,479 work and it's a way for them to get to 59 00:02:12,630 --> 00:02:10,479 our capabilities they may they're 60 00:02:15,589 --> 00:02:12,640 typically not large dollars but they're 61 00:02:17,670 --> 00:02:15,599 very critical in that they give access 62 00:02:19,750 --> 00:02:17,680 and i would equate it to i like still 63 00:02:22,630 --> 00:02:19,760 like to work on my car 64 00:02:25,110 --> 00:02:22,640 and sometimes i can't quite get it done 65 00:02:27,270 --> 00:02:25,120 and i need a special piece of test gear 66 00:02:29,110 --> 00:02:27,280 that only the dealer may have 67 00:02:31,030 --> 00:02:29,120 or i need a mechanic to troubleshoot it 68 00:02:33,190 --> 00:02:31,040 because i can't figure it out i don't 69 00:02:35,430 --> 00:02:33,200 want to buy the whole dealership i just 70 00:02:37,910 --> 00:02:35,440 want to go in and pay for them 71 00:02:40,390 --> 00:02:37,920 to help me a little bit so i can finish 72 00:02:41,670 --> 00:02:40,400 the job i started space acts work the 73 00:02:44,790 --> 00:02:41,680 same way 74 00:02:47,030 --> 00:02:44,800 industry may have some need to get some 75 00:02:48,070 --> 00:02:47,040 technical consultation or ideas or a 76 00:02:49,750 --> 00:02:48,080 test done 77 00:02:51,430 --> 00:02:49,760 and this is a way for them to come in 78 00:02:53,110 --> 00:02:51,440 and get that without buying the whole 79 00:02:54,790 --> 00:02:53,120 dealership and so it's a critical 80 00:02:56,790 --> 00:02:54,800 transfer 81 00:02:58,630 --> 00:02:56,800 uh the effort we're going to talk about 82 00:02:59,830 --> 00:02:58,640 today and they'll give you more details 83 00:03:02,070 --> 00:02:59,840 on it 84 00:03:05,430 --> 00:03:02,080 fits in with nasa's strong support of 85 00:03:07,270 --> 00:03:05,440 going with developing commercial space 86 00:03:09,750 --> 00:03:07,280 from a marshall standpoint it's an 87 00:03:12,869 --> 00:03:09,760 important collaboration to reach out and 88 00:03:15,190 --> 00:03:12,879 work with industry in the u.s and to let 89 00:03:17,190 --> 00:03:15,200 them have access to our capability 90 00:03:19,270 --> 00:03:17,200 it's also critical though when we sign 91 00:03:21,750 --> 00:03:19,280 up to this we're basically almost like a 92 00:03:22,869 --> 00:03:21,760 commercial company we need to deliver 93 00:03:26,630 --> 00:03:22,879 what 94 00:03:28,630 --> 00:03:26,640 mark sorangelo needs in his company 95 00:03:30,869 --> 00:03:28,640 and get it out on schedule to help them 96 00:03:32,869 --> 00:03:30,879 do their job 97 00:03:34,309 --> 00:03:32,879 why is marshall involved well most of 98 00:03:35,990 --> 00:03:34,319 you know especially if you're local 99 00:03:38,070 --> 00:03:36,000 marshall has 100 00:03:40,869 --> 00:03:38,080 close to 50 years experience in space 101 00:03:42,710 --> 00:03:40,879 doing design development and testing and 102 00:03:45,509 --> 00:03:42,720 we've got a litany of skills from 103 00:03:47,509 --> 00:03:45,519 propulsion to space systems to life 104 00:03:50,070 --> 00:03:47,519 support 105 00:03:51,110 --> 00:03:50,080 materials advanced manufacturing in this 106 00:03:53,670 --> 00:03:51,120 case 107 00:03:55,670 --> 00:03:53,680 all the way back to to sky lab we have 108 00:03:57,589 --> 00:03:55,680 been working science and payload 109 00:04:00,070 --> 00:03:57,599 operations and integration and so we'll 110 00:04:02,070 --> 00:04:00,080 talk about that a little more the 111 00:04:04,070 --> 00:04:02,080 partnership opportunities when people 112 00:04:06,149 --> 00:04:04,080 come in to work with us it could be 113 00:04:08,630 --> 00:04:06,159 anything from i need some time to get 114 00:04:10,710 --> 00:04:08,640 some technical consultation 115 00:04:12,869 --> 00:04:10,720 somebody may need to buy borrow one of 116 00:04:15,110 --> 00:04:12,879 our special machines for a few weeks to 117 00:04:17,349 --> 00:04:15,120 do some run themselves on or they may 118 00:04:19,030 --> 00:04:17,359 want to hire us to do testing and so 119 00:04:20,550 --> 00:04:19,040 things come in in different ways again 120 00:04:23,270 --> 00:04:20,560 to be just kind of like the car dealer 121 00:04:25,510 --> 00:04:23,280 scenario different needs and you do it 122 00:04:27,510 --> 00:04:25,520 currently we've got about 200 partners 123 00:04:29,189 --> 00:04:27,520 we're working with and these ebb and 124 00:04:30,469 --> 00:04:29,199 flow and they're always in flow and so 125 00:04:32,390 --> 00:04:30,479 there's different work we're doing 126 00:04:34,550 --> 00:04:32,400 supporting the community and again 127 00:04:36,790 --> 00:04:34,560 commercial space is critical 128 00:04:39,270 --> 00:04:36,800 and sierra nevada and their dream tracer 129 00:04:41,510 --> 00:04:39,280 is a critical part of that program 130 00:04:44,230 --> 00:04:41,520 and so i'm pleased now to introduce mark 131 00:04:46,550 --> 00:04:44,240 syrangelo he's the vice president 132 00:04:48,230 --> 00:04:46,560 from sierra nevada corporation space 133 00:04:49,830 --> 00:04:48,240 systems and he'll talk some more about 134 00:04:51,430 --> 00:04:49,840 the activity 135 00:04:53,350 --> 00:04:51,440 thank you well thank you paul 136 00:04:55,510 --> 00:04:53,360 good morning everyone 137 00:04:57,270 --> 00:04:55,520 it's a real pleasure for me to be here i 138 00:05:02,550 --> 00:04:57,280 was wandering around the mall and i ran 139 00:05:06,950 --> 00:05:04,469 it's the easiest way to get here 140 00:05:08,870 --> 00:05:06,960 uh but it is really that kind of story 141 00:05:10,469 --> 00:05:08,880 for from our company from my perspective 142 00:05:12,390 --> 00:05:10,479 space is a team sport 143 00:05:14,710 --> 00:05:12,400 and we're building the best america's 144 00:05:16,469 --> 00:05:14,720 team around this project that we can we 145 00:05:18,710 --> 00:05:16,479 can build and that means going to people 146 00:05:20,870 --> 00:05:18,720 who have the expertise the knowledge 147 00:05:23,110 --> 00:05:20,880 and the ability to make us better and 148 00:05:25,749 --> 00:05:23,120 really what today is about is that story 149 00:05:27,830 --> 00:05:25,759 we're adding to our team uh a team that 150 00:05:29,749 --> 00:05:27,840 has really grown and represents a 151 00:05:31,350 --> 00:05:29,759 substantial portion of the the best of 152 00:05:33,270 --> 00:05:31,360 the space industry in the united states 153 00:05:35,110 --> 00:05:33,280 and beyond and i wanted to just to give 154 00:05:37,510 --> 00:05:35,120 you a little bit of insight into who we 155 00:05:39,270 --> 00:05:37,520 are as a company our program and and 156 00:05:42,390 --> 00:05:39,280 this relationship and our partnership as 157 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:42,400 we go forward so before i uh i do that i 158 00:05:46,230 --> 00:05:44,479 want to recognize that beyond the people 159 00:05:48,230 --> 00:05:46,240 that are here we are really have been 160 00:05:49,749 --> 00:05:48,240 expanding in uh in alabama and we have a 161 00:05:51,510 --> 00:05:49,759 number of our other partners who are in 162 00:05:53,590 --> 00:05:51,520 the room or or 163 00:05:55,510 --> 00:05:53,600 listening in today 164 00:05:57,189 --> 00:05:55,520 lockheed martin united launch alliance 165 00:05:59,430 --> 00:05:57,199 and draper all of whom have presence 166 00:06:00,629 --> 00:05:59,440 here in alabama and we also have been 167 00:06:02,310 --> 00:06:00,639 reaching out to a number of other 168 00:06:04,150 --> 00:06:02,320 organizations here in the state core 169 00:06:06,309 --> 00:06:04,160 technologies the university of alabama 170 00:06:09,110 --> 00:06:06,319 and huntsville university of alabama and 171 00:06:11,510 --> 00:06:09,120 birmingham as well as the hudson alpha 172 00:06:13,510 --> 00:06:11,520 research center and this is a growing 173 00:06:15,430 --> 00:06:13,520 group of organizations who either are 174 00:06:17,430 --> 00:06:15,440 directly helping us or working on 175 00:06:19,670 --> 00:06:17,440 something that we think is important to 176 00:06:21,110 --> 00:06:19,680 our america's space future and we'd like 177 00:06:21,990 --> 00:06:21,120 to thank them for being part of this as 178 00:06:24,309 --> 00:06:22,000 well and 179 00:06:25,590 --> 00:06:24,319 continuing the relationship with us what 180 00:06:27,189 --> 00:06:25,600 i'd like to do for the next few minutes 181 00:06:28,790 --> 00:06:27,199 if i could is introduce our company a 182 00:06:29,830 --> 00:06:28,800 little bit more in detail in our program 183 00:06:32,070 --> 00:06:29,840 and then we'll talk about the 184 00:06:33,670 --> 00:06:32,080 relationship and partnership 185 00:06:35,110 --> 00:06:33,680 you know 186 00:06:37,510 --> 00:06:35,120 one of the things i find every time i 187 00:06:39,270 --> 00:06:37,520 come here to alabama is that there's a a 188 00:06:40,710 --> 00:06:39,280 passion and people come into this 189 00:06:42,870 --> 00:06:40,720 industry because we believe in what 190 00:06:44,550 --> 00:06:42,880 we're doing and and we think it's a 191 00:06:46,550 --> 00:06:44,560 wonderful place to be but it's also 192 00:06:47,990 --> 00:06:46,560 something in our soul in our hearts and 193 00:06:49,510 --> 00:06:48,000 one of my favorite sayings if i was in 194 00:06:51,749 --> 00:06:49,520 heaven i would do exactly what i'm doing 195 00:06:53,110 --> 00:06:51,759 now forever i think if you walked around 196 00:06:54,629 --> 00:06:53,120 the center here today you would find 197 00:06:57,909 --> 00:06:54,639 many people that would relate to this 198 00:06:59,029 --> 00:06:57,919 type of a feeling and we uh we try to 199 00:07:00,550 --> 00:06:59,039 see things from a little bit of a 200 00:07:02,550 --> 00:07:00,560 different perspective one of my favorite 201 00:07:04,469 --> 00:07:02,560 pictures is this this picture which is 202 00:07:06,710 --> 00:07:04,479 the first picture of earth taken from 203 00:07:08,309 --> 00:07:06,720 from the moon by a human and it really 204 00:07:10,870 --> 00:07:08,319 put our world in a different perspective 205 00:07:12,710 --> 00:07:10,880 in the 1960s and we look at our program 206 00:07:14,309 --> 00:07:12,720 as really being something that looks at 207 00:07:16,390 --> 00:07:14,319 life from a different perspective one 208 00:07:17,589 --> 00:07:16,400 that believes in partnership believes in 209 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:17,599 relationships and believes in 210 00:07:20,230 --> 00:07:19,199 collaboration 211 00:07:21,510 --> 00:07:20,240 we 212 00:07:22,950 --> 00:07:21,520 as a company 213 00:07:25,589 --> 00:07:22,960 some of you may know us some of you may 214 00:07:28,390 --> 00:07:25,599 not we're 100 owned by our management we 215 00:07:30,309 --> 00:07:28,400 have close to 3000 employees now 216 00:07:32,390 --> 00:07:30,319 a little under 2 billion a year 217 00:07:34,230 --> 00:07:32,400 organization i've been profitable for a 218 00:07:35,749 --> 00:07:34,240 long time we've been in space flight now 219 00:07:38,070 --> 00:07:35,759 over 25 years 220 00:07:40,710 --> 00:07:38,080 and have over 420 space missions to our 221 00:07:42,950 --> 00:07:40,720 credit uh about 4 000 things we've built 222 00:07:44,870 --> 00:07:42,960 for space and so far and every time i 223 00:07:46,790 --> 00:07:44,880 say this i have to smile we have we've 224 00:07:49,110 --> 00:07:46,800 had no no on orbit failures and we'd 225 00:07:50,390 --> 00:07:49,120 like to continue that way now this year 226 00:07:52,150 --> 00:07:50,400 we're going to be launching something 227 00:07:54,070 --> 00:07:52,160 that we've built every three weeks and 228 00:07:54,950 --> 00:07:54,080 have over 70 successful missions from 229 00:07:56,710 --> 00:07:54,960 nasa 230 00:07:59,350 --> 00:07:56,720 and operations and business in 20 231 00:08:00,950 --> 00:07:59,360 countries right now we represent a 232 00:08:03,029 --> 00:08:00,960 collective group of people throughout 233 00:08:05,430 --> 00:08:03,039 the united states we have offices in 20 234 00:08:08,790 --> 00:08:05,440 different states 30 different facilities 235 00:08:11,029 --> 00:08:08,800 in the united states right now 236 00:08:13,110 --> 00:08:11,039 and our product lines beyond space range 237 00:08:14,710 --> 00:08:13,120 from aviation we're one of the largest 238 00:08:16,070 --> 00:08:14,720 converter of airplanes for the us 239 00:08:17,510 --> 00:08:16,080 government we have hundreds of planes 240 00:08:19,990 --> 00:08:17,520 that are in operation around the world 241 00:08:21,909 --> 00:08:20,000 right now and in space we do four things 242 00:08:24,150 --> 00:08:21,919 we are one of the largest builders small 243 00:08:25,510 --> 00:08:24,160 satellites we're one of the most 244 00:08:27,909 --> 00:08:25,520 significant builders of space 245 00:08:29,510 --> 00:08:27,919 technologies essentially the mechanical 246 00:08:31,909 --> 00:08:29,520 and electrical mechanical parts that 247 00:08:33,509 --> 00:08:31,919 make many other spaceships work 248 00:08:35,350 --> 00:08:33,519 we are propulsion company we're not a 249 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:35,360 rocket launch company we build motors 250 00:08:38,630 --> 00:08:37,360 that move things in space and finally 251 00:08:40,149 --> 00:08:38,640 what we're here to talk about we're the 252 00:08:42,790 --> 00:08:40,159 owner operator and developer of the 253 00:08:43,750 --> 00:08:42,800 dream chaser which is a leo low earth 254 00:08:47,750 --> 00:08:43,760 orbit 255 00:08:51,190 --> 00:08:49,750 last year we celebrated our 25th year 256 00:08:52,070 --> 00:08:51,200 and we went back and looked back and 257 00:08:53,430 --> 00:08:52,080 said 258 00:08:54,870 --> 00:08:53,440 realizing that we've been to seven 259 00:08:56,630 --> 00:08:54,880 planets with something we've built the 260 00:08:59,030 --> 00:08:56,640 moon and the sun and we've been to mars 261 00:09:01,030 --> 00:08:59,040 uh almost a dozen times over our history 262 00:09:02,550 --> 00:09:01,040 it's it's really quite a series of 263 00:09:04,070 --> 00:09:02,560 programs that we've been involved with 264 00:09:05,590 --> 00:09:04,080 including most recently doing the 265 00:09:07,910 --> 00:09:05,600 birthing mechanism for the orbital 266 00:09:09,509 --> 00:09:07,920 science cygnus program a very successful 267 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:09,519 program that has resupplied the space 268 00:09:12,070 --> 00:09:10,560 station 269 00:09:13,990 --> 00:09:12,080 we've done a series of missions 270 00:09:15,910 --> 00:09:14,000 throughout nasa's history 271 00:09:17,750 --> 00:09:15,920 several mars missions including the mars 272 00:09:19,110 --> 00:09:17,760 science laboratory we're on the orion 273 00:09:21,430 --> 00:09:19,120 program 274 00:09:23,509 --> 00:09:21,440 as some of you know curiosity last year 275 00:09:25,030 --> 00:09:23,519 or two years ago landed on mars we 276 00:09:27,190 --> 00:09:25,040 helped build the descent system that 277 00:09:28,790 --> 00:09:27,200 made that happen one of the most 278 00:09:31,110 --> 00:09:28,800 significant moments i think in our 279 00:09:32,710 --> 00:09:31,120 history and when you realize 280 00:09:33,829 --> 00:09:32,720 that you see pictures like this and 281 00:09:36,070 --> 00:09:33,839 you've helped 282 00:09:38,150 --> 00:09:36,080 do things like land a robotic 283 00:09:39,670 --> 00:09:38,160 exploration vehicle on mars you realize 284 00:09:41,590 --> 00:09:39,680 why this is such a great industry and 285 00:09:43,190 --> 00:09:41,600 why collaboration and partnerships are 286 00:09:45,110 --> 00:09:43,200 such a wonderful thing 287 00:09:47,509 --> 00:09:45,120 we do a series of other missions for 288 00:09:48,470 --> 00:09:47,519 nasa including most recently we're 289 00:09:49,750 --> 00:09:48,480 joining 290 00:09:51,750 --> 00:09:49,760 what is going to be a fascinating 291 00:09:52,550 --> 00:09:51,760 mission to to study the sun from the 292 00:09:53,910 --> 00:09:52,560 most 293 00:09:56,230 --> 00:09:53,920 closest point that it's ever been 294 00:09:58,630 --> 00:09:56,240 studied from before 295 00:10:00,870 --> 00:09:58,640 we're on several large programs for 296 00:10:02,630 --> 00:10:00,880 commercial satellite programs as well as 297 00:10:04,630 --> 00:10:02,640 a number of u.s government satellite 298 00:10:07,030 --> 00:10:04,640 efforts 299 00:10:08,870 --> 00:10:07,040 part of what we do is that we all we are 300 00:10:10,470 --> 00:10:08,880 very involved with very 301 00:10:12,790 --> 00:10:10,480 most types of commercial space 302 00:10:14,550 --> 00:10:12,800 activities and this is a rocket motor 303 00:10:17,269 --> 00:10:14,560 that we build and test it's our hybrid 304 00:10:19,670 --> 00:10:17,279 rocket motor the motor is used not only 305 00:10:21,190 --> 00:10:19,680 on our dream chaser vehicle but also as 306 00:10:22,870 --> 00:10:21,200 part of the virgin galactic program 307 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:22,880 which is the first commercial tourism 308 00:10:26,470 --> 00:10:24,800 program that is slated to start its 309 00:10:29,509 --> 00:10:26,480 operations this year we're the main 310 00:10:30,550 --> 00:10:29,519 rocket motor provider for that program 311 00:10:32,230 --> 00:10:30,560 and that 312 00:10:34,230 --> 00:10:32,240 that program is now flying in test 313 00:10:35,829 --> 00:10:34,240 flight and we're very proud to be part 314 00:10:38,310 --> 00:10:35,839 of that and part of the the future of 315 00:10:39,910 --> 00:10:38,320 that sector of our industry as well 316 00:10:41,829 --> 00:10:39,920 but mostly today what we wanted to talk 317 00:10:43,509 --> 00:10:41,839 about is our dream chaser dream chaser 318 00:10:45,509 --> 00:10:43,519 is a program 319 00:10:46,870 --> 00:10:45,519 that actually started back in nasa it 320 00:10:48,310 --> 00:10:46,880 was originally a program called the 321 00:10:51,030 --> 00:10:48,320 hl-20 322 00:10:53,030 --> 00:10:51,040 in the 1980s and 90s nasa was looking 323 00:10:54,550 --> 00:10:53,040 forward to building a 324 00:10:57,030 --> 00:10:54,560 crew rescue vehicle for the space 325 00:10:59,030 --> 00:10:57,040 station and it designed such a vehicle 326 00:11:01,350 --> 00:10:59,040 this vehicle had about eight to ten 327 00:11:03,269 --> 00:11:01,360 years of of design work done primarily 328 00:11:05,750 --> 00:11:03,279 at the langley research facility and 329 00:11:07,590 --> 00:11:05,760 nasa's facility in in virginia and then 330 00:11:09,190 --> 00:11:07,600 for a variety of reasons including the 331 00:11:11,350 --> 00:11:09,200 uh the space station going down to a 332 00:11:14,389 --> 00:11:11,360 much smaller complement of people 333 00:11:16,310 --> 00:11:14,399 the this the program was put on hold we 334 00:11:19,509 --> 00:11:16,320 took it out of out of the attic as i 335 00:11:22,470 --> 00:11:19,519 like to say or out of the nasa program 336 00:11:24,150 --> 00:11:22,480 office in in 2004 and have been 337 00:11:25,750 --> 00:11:24,160 developing it as a vehicle since that 338 00:11:26,790 --> 00:11:25,760 point in time 339 00:11:28,550 --> 00:11:26,800 it has 340 00:11:30,310 --> 00:11:28,560 in our view when we first started 341 00:11:32,710 --> 00:11:30,320 looking at this we had really two goals 342 00:11:34,550 --> 00:11:32,720 in mind one was that we realized at some 343 00:11:36,389 --> 00:11:34,560 point the space shuttle was going to 344 00:11:38,389 --> 00:11:36,399 retire and having a 345 00:11:40,870 --> 00:11:38,399 lifting body space plane that could very 346 00:11:42,230 --> 00:11:40,880 much do some of the missions that that 347 00:11:44,310 --> 00:11:42,240 the shuttle did not all of them 348 00:11:45,910 --> 00:11:44,320 obviously but many of them would be a 349 00:11:48,710 --> 00:11:45,920 good thing to have in the american space 350 00:11:50,550 --> 00:11:48,720 fleet this is a picture i like to use um 351 00:11:52,630 --> 00:11:50,560 because really of two reasons one is 352 00:11:54,230 --> 00:11:52,640 that while the size here is is very 353 00:11:56,470 --> 00:11:54,240 different we like to look at this as big 354 00:11:59,030 --> 00:11:56,480 brother little brother in some ways but 355 00:12:00,389 --> 00:11:59,040 we we really understand that to really 356 00:12:01,829 --> 00:12:00,399 move forward in the space industry you 357 00:12:03,350 --> 00:12:01,839 have to respect the past and you have to 358 00:12:07,030 --> 00:12:03,360 respect the people who have been in this 359 00:12:08,949 --> 00:12:07,040 and i like to say publicly that that 135 360 00:12:11,110 --> 00:12:08,959 shuttle flights really have made us a 361 00:12:12,629 --> 00:12:11,120 better company a better uh organization 362 00:12:14,870 --> 00:12:12,639 and certainly i've learned a lot from it 363 00:12:16,870 --> 00:12:14,880 and we're very proud to to continue that 364 00:12:18,949 --> 00:12:16,880 legacy of what was done by nasa in the 365 00:12:20,629 --> 00:12:18,959 shuttle program in our minds 366 00:12:21,829 --> 00:12:20,639 what we also like to point out in this 367 00:12:24,069 --> 00:12:21,839 is that if 368 00:12:26,389 --> 00:12:24,079 many people realize that the shuttle had 369 00:12:28,150 --> 00:12:26,399 a terrific job in building space station 370 00:12:30,069 --> 00:12:28,160 and opening up low earth orbit to 371 00:12:31,430 --> 00:12:30,079 research and development we feel like 372 00:12:32,710 --> 00:12:31,440 we're continuing that on with our 373 00:12:34,069 --> 00:12:32,720 vehicle and 374 00:12:35,829 --> 00:12:34,079 while these two vehicles are very 375 00:12:38,310 --> 00:12:35,839 different in size we actually have 376 00:12:40,710 --> 00:12:38,320 similar space inside the dream chaser 377 00:12:43,829 --> 00:12:40,720 for for cargo or for critical cargo and 378 00:12:45,509 --> 00:12:43,839 pressurized work for for humans and it's 379 00:12:47,350 --> 00:12:45,519 quite an honor for us to be continuing 380 00:12:48,870 --> 00:12:47,360 this program 381 00:12:50,710 --> 00:12:48,880 recently some of you know that we were 382 00:12:52,550 --> 00:12:50,720 down in florida and 383 00:12:54,870 --> 00:12:52,560 showing off the the legacy a little bit 384 00:12:56,790 --> 00:12:54,880 um this is our model of dream chaser 385 00:12:58,949 --> 00:12:56,800 next to the final spot where shuttle 386 00:13:00,949 --> 00:12:58,959 discovery landed and we took this photo 387 00:13:02,790 --> 00:13:00,959 because we have so many people from from 388 00:13:04,230 --> 00:13:02,800 nasa who have joined us we're quite 389 00:13:05,750 --> 00:13:04,240 honored to have our program lead for 390 00:13:08,150 --> 00:13:05,760 dream chaser be 391 00:13:09,910 --> 00:13:08,160 steve lindsey and john curry steve in 392 00:13:12,230 --> 00:13:09,920 particular as as we were looking at 393 00:13:15,509 --> 00:13:12,240 discovery here was a five-time shuttle 394 00:13:17,430 --> 00:13:15,519 pilot has over 1600 hours in space and 395 00:13:19,670 --> 00:13:17,440 led the nasa astronaut office for a long 396 00:13:20,470 --> 00:13:19,680 time and now he and a terrific group of 397 00:13:22,550 --> 00:13:20,480 people 398 00:13:24,710 --> 00:13:22,560 are leading our dream chaser effort and 399 00:13:26,230 --> 00:13:24,720 we do this because it is a blend we 400 00:13:27,990 --> 00:13:26,240 think that it's important to take the 401 00:13:30,389 --> 00:13:28,000 best of nasa the best of industry the 402 00:13:32,310 --> 00:13:30,399 best of university as well as what we 403 00:13:33,910 --> 00:13:32,320 can do as a as a company and put them 404 00:13:35,030 --> 00:13:33,920 all together and make a very successful 405 00:13:36,870 --> 00:13:35,040 program 406 00:13:38,550 --> 00:13:36,880 if i'd like to give you a brief video to 407 00:13:52,710 --> 00:13:38,560 show you the reality of where we are 408 00:13:56,230 --> 00:13:55,030 our vehicle is made of cob of composite 409 00:13:58,790 --> 00:13:56,240 primarily 410 00:14:00,470 --> 00:13:58,800 and that composite is is put together to 411 00:14:51,990 --> 00:14:00,480 create one of the strongest space 412 00:14:56,069 --> 00:14:53,990 as we developed the program we developed 413 00:14:58,550 --> 00:14:56,079 a series of test vehicles before we 414 00:15:00,710 --> 00:14:58,560 built our first full-size 415 00:15:02,710 --> 00:15:00,720 flight test vehicle in our world this is 416 00:15:04,949 --> 00:15:02,720 the equivalent of our enterprise as 417 00:15:06,949 --> 00:15:04,959 shuttle did its work 418 00:15:08,949 --> 00:15:06,959 that work was done using another nasa 419 00:15:11,030 --> 00:15:08,959 center we brought it out to the dryden 420 00:15:14,550 --> 00:15:11,040 center in mojave which is where it did 421 00:15:16,870 --> 00:15:14,560 its several of its toe test ground tests 422 00:15:18,790 --> 00:15:16,880 as well as captive carry and its first 423 00:15:20,710 --> 00:15:18,800 free flight test 424 00:15:22,389 --> 00:15:20,720 using as we are talking about today a 425 00:15:24,710 --> 00:15:22,399 partnership a great partnership with 426 00:15:52,550 --> 00:15:24,720 nasa and dryden as well as the us air 427 00:15:52,560 --> 00:16:08,710 please 428 00:16:13,030 --> 00:16:11,110 we are quite fortunate on this 429 00:16:14,870 --> 00:16:13,040 on this effort for dreamchaser to really 430 00:16:17,110 --> 00:16:14,880 be able to be building what we think is 431 00:16:19,269 --> 00:16:17,120 america's dream team for space 432 00:16:22,470 --> 00:16:19,279 currently we have over 15 industrial 433 00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:22,480 companies seven nasa centers and several 434 00:16:25,829 --> 00:16:24,160 universities as part of our team and 435 00:16:27,590 --> 00:16:25,839 that and that is growing and the 436 00:16:29,590 --> 00:16:27,600 philosophy here is really quite simple 437 00:16:31,509 --> 00:16:29,600 we we looked at this and said if we can 438 00:16:32,790 --> 00:16:31,519 do it if we have the the ability 439 00:16:34,790 --> 00:16:32,800 internally to do it then we might 440 00:16:35,910 --> 00:16:34,800 consider doing it but if we don't we're 441 00:16:37,430 --> 00:16:35,920 not going to build in we're going to 442 00:16:39,269 --> 00:16:37,440 look to the outside and bring on the 443 00:16:41,030 --> 00:16:39,279 best of the best from from industry to 444 00:16:42,870 --> 00:16:41,040 to be able to help us 445 00:16:44,790 --> 00:16:42,880 this has really been a i think a 446 00:16:46,629 --> 00:16:44,800 terrific way for us to grow we we 447 00:16:48,389 --> 00:16:46,639 certainly have the best team in the 448 00:16:50,790 --> 00:16:48,399 country and we now represent employment 449 00:16:52,310 --> 00:16:50,800 and suppliers in over 30 states 450 00:16:54,710 --> 00:16:52,320 working for the dream chaser program 451 00:16:56,470 --> 00:16:54,720 including obviously here in alabama 452 00:16:58,069 --> 00:16:56,480 it's uh it's quite the collection and 453 00:16:59,990 --> 00:16:58,079 when i travel around the country i get 454 00:17:01,590 --> 00:17:00,000 to meet people who really are so 455 00:17:03,350 --> 00:17:01,600 thrilled to be part of the next 456 00:17:05,350 --> 00:17:03,360 generation of america's space program 457 00:17:06,630 --> 00:17:05,360 it's uh it's really quite rewarding to 458 00:17:08,870 --> 00:17:06,640 see that 459 00:17:11,189 --> 00:17:08,880 uh recently uh some of you may know that 460 00:17:12,870 --> 00:17:11,199 we we were down in florida making an 461 00:17:14,150 --> 00:17:12,880 announcement and what you see here is 462 00:17:15,909 --> 00:17:14,160 the atlas v 463 00:17:19,270 --> 00:17:15,919 rocket which is the rocket that will be 464 00:17:21,029 --> 00:17:19,280 taking us to space on our human flights 465 00:17:23,350 --> 00:17:21,039 in the background as the actual atlas 466 00:17:25,270 --> 00:17:23,360 and the foreground is is our vehicle 467 00:17:26,870 --> 00:17:25,280 standing on top of the rocket as it will 468 00:17:28,069 --> 00:17:26,880 look in the future and 469 00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:28,079 we're very fortunate to have 470 00:17:33,510 --> 00:17:31,360 administrator bolden there as well as 471 00:17:36,470 --> 00:17:33,520 bob cabana who runs the nasa center in 472 00:17:40,549 --> 00:17:36,480 florida steve lindsey and michael gas 473 00:17:43,510 --> 00:17:41,350 that 474 00:17:44,950 --> 00:17:43,520 announcement was the was a critical part 475 00:17:46,470 --> 00:17:44,960 in our juncture and one of the great 476 00:17:47,909 --> 00:17:46,480 things about doing this is that you 477 00:17:49,909 --> 00:17:47,919 spend a lot of time 478 00:17:51,350 --> 00:17:49,919 dreaming about what you do and we're now 479 00:17:53,190 --> 00:17:51,360 in the phase of bringing that dream into 480 00:17:54,870 --> 00:17:53,200 reality we made the announcement that we 481 00:17:57,909 --> 00:17:54,880 have acquired our first 482 00:18:00,390 --> 00:17:57,919 rocket to uh go to orbit and that launch 483 00:18:01,750 --> 00:18:00,400 date will be november 2016. what's 484 00:18:03,909 --> 00:18:01,760 particularly critical and i think is 485 00:18:06,070 --> 00:18:03,919 most important here is that that is a 486 00:18:08,070 --> 00:18:06,080 multi-state effort as well the rocket 487 00:18:09,990 --> 00:18:08,080 the atlas v is built here in alabama at 488 00:18:12,230 --> 00:18:10,000 the decatur facility 489 00:18:14,150 --> 00:18:12,240 and in our view uh from the launch side 490 00:18:16,390 --> 00:18:14,160 it's really a collective of being able 491 00:18:18,070 --> 00:18:16,400 to be designed in colorado the rocket is 492 00:18:20,630 --> 00:18:18,080 built in alabama and it's launched in 493 00:18:22,630 --> 00:18:20,640 florida and it's really in my view 494 00:18:24,710 --> 00:18:22,640 bringing american jobs bringing jobs 495 00:18:26,870 --> 00:18:24,720 back to america and really expanding our 496 00:18:28,390 --> 00:18:26,880 space industry our our goal and our 497 00:18:30,230 --> 00:18:28,400 target here is currently the united 498 00:18:32,070 --> 00:18:30,240 states is acquiring all its human space 499 00:18:33,430 --> 00:18:32,080 flight from the russian space program 500 00:18:35,270 --> 00:18:33,440 and while that has worked well and 501 00:18:37,029 --> 00:18:35,280 there's been no issues we think it's 502 00:18:38,470 --> 00:18:37,039 best to be able to bring those jobs 503 00:18:40,549 --> 00:18:38,480 bring that money back to the united 504 00:18:43,270 --> 00:18:40,559 states and bring those jobs back here to 505 00:18:45,350 --> 00:18:43,280 places like alabama and uh to allow us 506 00:18:46,710 --> 00:18:45,360 to to move forward and fly proudly the 507 00:18:51,190 --> 00:18:46,720 the work that we can build here in the 508 00:18:54,630 --> 00:18:53,029 what you uh sometimes in life you you 509 00:18:57,029 --> 00:18:54,640 get the the opportunity to do something 510 00:18:58,950 --> 00:18:57,039 special certainly flying space vehicles 511 00:19:00,549 --> 00:18:58,960 and building an america's next human 512 00:19:02,310 --> 00:19:00,559 space flight vehicle special but even 513 00:19:04,789 --> 00:19:02,320 more than that through a series of 514 00:19:07,909 --> 00:19:04,799 coincidences we had our first flight on 515 00:19:10,870 --> 00:19:07,919 october 26th of 20 2013 516 00:19:13,029 --> 00:19:10,880 that happened to be the exact time hour 517 00:19:15,350 --> 00:19:13,039 and place and location that the shuttle 518 00:19:17,430 --> 00:19:15,360 enterprise finished its career of five 519 00:19:18,630 --> 00:19:17,440 flights and it was really sort of one of 520 00:19:20,630 --> 00:19:18,640 those coincidences i couldn't have 521 00:19:22,070 --> 00:19:20,640 planned it was aided in part by the 522 00:19:23,990 --> 00:19:22,080 government shutdown 523 00:19:26,470 --> 00:19:24,000 and it just turned out that uh we we 524 00:19:27,830 --> 00:19:26,480 wound up flying on the same day that 525 00:19:29,990 --> 00:19:27,840 we uh 526 00:19:32,150 --> 00:19:30,000 it's uh it's one of those things we 527 00:19:34,630 --> 00:19:32,160 really do appreciate that support 528 00:19:36,950 --> 00:19:34,640 but i i put this up here because for us 529 00:19:38,870 --> 00:19:36,960 it really is that it was it was symbolic 530 00:19:41,110 --> 00:19:38,880 in a way that enterprise was meant to 531 00:19:42,950 --> 00:19:41,120 fly and test the shuttle and atmospheric 532 00:19:44,549 --> 00:19:42,960 conditions and our our vehicle this 533 00:19:46,870 --> 00:19:44,559 first vehicle was meant to do the same 534 00:19:48,950 --> 00:19:46,880 thing and as that program ended we felt 535 00:19:50,870 --> 00:19:48,960 we were the tortures being passed and we 536 00:19:52,870 --> 00:19:50,880 were picking it up and hopefully proudly 537 00:19:55,190 --> 00:19:52,880 carrying it to the future 538 00:19:57,190 --> 00:19:55,200 we uh sierra nevada is uh here in 539 00:19:58,870 --> 00:19:57,200 huntsville we've been here since 2012. 540 00:20:01,110 --> 00:19:58,880 we are expanding our presence here we're 541 00:20:02,070 --> 00:20:01,120 expecting a growth this year of about 25 542 00:20:03,750 --> 00:20:02,080 percent 543 00:20:05,750 --> 00:20:03,760 in the local area and we have multiple 544 00:20:08,070 --> 00:20:05,760 businesses here we have our integration 545 00:20:10,150 --> 00:20:08,080 integrated mission systems business here 546 00:20:12,390 --> 00:20:10,160 which does unmanned air aircraft systems 547 00:20:13,510 --> 00:20:12,400 and supports that many programs in that 548 00:20:15,669 --> 00:20:13,520 area we have a communication and 549 00:20:17,909 --> 00:20:15,679 navigation systems group here which is 550 00:20:20,070 --> 00:20:17,919 expanding things like automatic takeoff 551 00:20:21,669 --> 00:20:20,080 and landing and we are now obviously are 552 00:20:23,270 --> 00:20:21,679 expanding our space presence here so 553 00:20:25,590 --> 00:20:23,280 huntsville is becoming a critical part 554 00:20:27,350 --> 00:20:25,600 of our future 555 00:20:29,590 --> 00:20:27,360 what we're going to talk about today is 556 00:20:31,110 --> 00:20:29,600 really the the missions the potential 557 00:20:32,710 --> 00:20:31,120 missions the growth of missions for 558 00:20:34,549 --> 00:20:32,720 dream chaser and we look at those in 559 00:20:37,190 --> 00:20:34,559 really three different ways 560 00:20:39,270 --> 00:20:37,200 servicing in space doing extended 561 00:20:41,510 --> 00:20:39,280 science and space and being able to 562 00:20:43,990 --> 00:20:41,520 really understand and 563 00:20:45,350 --> 00:20:44,000 be able to utilize the technologies that 564 00:20:47,029 --> 00:20:45,360 are built here on 565 00:20:52,470 --> 00:20:47,039 in places like alabama for doing 566 00:20:55,909 --> 00:20:53,909 and i'd like to 567 00:20:58,149 --> 00:20:55,919 stop there and we'll we'll be able to 568 00:21:00,230 --> 00:20:58,159 come back to the rest of this but we are 569 00:21:01,830 --> 00:21:00,240 announcing today an expansion of our 570 00:21:03,350 --> 00:21:01,840 relationship with the marshall space 571 00:21:05,669 --> 00:21:03,360 flight center we have been working 572 00:21:06,789 --> 00:21:05,679 together now for uh well over two almost 573 00:21:08,549 --> 00:21:06,799 two years 574 00:21:10,230 --> 00:21:08,559 and we really are looking to the future 575 00:21:11,990 --> 00:21:10,240 and saying what we can do together how 576 00:21:14,070 --> 00:21:12,000 we can work together how can we utilize 577 00:21:16,230 --> 00:21:14,080 the great people here at marshall and 578 00:21:17,669 --> 00:21:16,240 and the work that's being done and 579 00:21:19,190 --> 00:21:17,679 really be able to 580 00:21:21,430 --> 00:21:19,200 advance the different mission concepts 581 00:21:22,950 --> 00:21:21,440 that we have for for dream chaser we're 582 00:21:24,710 --> 00:21:22,960 concurrently bringing on board and 583 00:21:27,110 --> 00:21:24,720 expanding our relationship with teledine 584 00:21:28,390 --> 00:21:27,120 brown and the rest of this conference is 585 00:21:29,669 --> 00:21:28,400 really going to talk about those two 586 00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:29,679 relationships but they are really 587 00:21:33,270 --> 00:21:31,840 symbolic of of our effort and what we're 588 00:21:36,070 --> 00:21:33,280 trying to do here 589 00:21:39,110 --> 00:21:36,080 i'd like to um start by uh introducing 590 00:21:41,669 --> 00:21:39,120 taylor brown and rex sitting here in my 591 00:21:44,149 --> 00:21:41,679 left really is no introduction necessary 592 00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:44,159 for this company 593 00:21:47,590 --> 00:21:45,280 now over 594 00:21:49,270 --> 00:21:47,600 since 1953 595 00:21:51,190 --> 00:21:49,280 the elements of teledyne have been doing 596 00:21:53,350 --> 00:21:51,200 work on our space program and pretty 597 00:21:55,350 --> 00:21:53,360 much anything that has touched the space 598 00:21:56,230 --> 00:21:55,360 program this organization has has 599 00:21:57,750 --> 00:21:56,240 touched 600 00:21:59,830 --> 00:21:57,760 really has been one of the premier 601 00:22:01,669 --> 00:21:59,840 engineering firms that has been involved 602 00:22:03,909 --> 00:22:01,679 in all the the major historic movements 603 00:22:05,510 --> 00:22:03,919 forward of of nasa and the space program 604 00:22:07,350 --> 00:22:05,520 and we're so fortunate to be able to 605 00:22:09,350 --> 00:22:07,360 have them come on board and and help us 606 00:22:10,710 --> 00:22:09,360 and move us forward most importantly i 607 00:22:12,710 --> 00:22:10,720 think someone like 608 00:22:14,470 --> 00:22:12,720 rex who's given his heart and soul to 609 00:22:16,549 --> 00:22:14,480 this industry and is a terrific leader 610 00:22:18,070 --> 00:22:16,559 for this organization and and really for 611 00:22:20,310 --> 00:22:18,080 our industry i'm very proud to be able 612 00:22:21,990 --> 00:22:20,320 to to have him join our team and and to 613 00:22:24,149 --> 00:22:22,000 make sure that i stay online and kick me 614 00:22:25,510 --> 00:22:24,159 in the rear end if i don't so rex i'd 615 00:22:26,870 --> 00:22:25,520 like to turn it over to you and maybe we 616 00:22:27,909 --> 00:22:26,880 can talk a little bit thank you thank 617 00:22:29,669 --> 00:22:27,919 you mark 618 00:22:31,830 --> 00:22:29,679 uh first i'd like to thank uh by the way 619 00:22:33,350 --> 00:22:31,840 welcome uh good morning to all of you 620 00:22:34,870 --> 00:22:33,360 i'd like to thank nasa marshall for 621 00:22:36,870 --> 00:22:34,880 hosting this event 622 00:22:39,190 --> 00:22:36,880 uh it's personally and professionally 623 00:22:41,590 --> 00:22:39,200 gratifying for me to make connections 624 00:22:43,190 --> 00:22:41,600 back here in huntsville and i thought it 625 00:22:44,789 --> 00:22:43,200 was uh 626 00:22:46,230 --> 00:22:44,799 sort of interesting and coincidental to 627 00:22:47,830 --> 00:22:46,240 be sharing the press table with paul 628 00:22:49,909 --> 00:22:47,840 gilbert here we talked about this last 629 00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:49,919 night but paul and i started our nasa 630 00:22:54,070 --> 00:22:52,320 careers almost exactly the same time he 631 00:22:55,510 --> 00:22:54,080 was integrating missions for space lab 632 00:22:57,590 --> 00:22:55,520 and i was trying to develop payloads for 633 00:22:59,190 --> 00:22:57,600 some of those same space lab missions 634 00:23:00,630 --> 00:22:59,200 and it's interesting that that common 635 00:23:02,710 --> 00:23:00,640 ground brings us back together here 636 00:23:04,789 --> 00:23:02,720 today so so good to be sitting here with 637 00:23:07,669 --> 00:23:04,799 paul now i wanted to thank mark 638 00:23:09,750 --> 00:23:07,679 uh sarangalo from sierra nevada for 639 00:23:11,110 --> 00:23:09,760 inviting us to participate in this event 640 00:23:12,710 --> 00:23:11,120 i thought it was 641 00:23:14,710 --> 00:23:12,720 an especially generous gesture on your 642 00:23:16,310 --> 00:23:14,720 part mark so thanks for having us 643 00:23:19,029 --> 00:23:16,320 participate in this exciting team with 644 00:23:22,149 --> 00:23:19,039 you mark and i met at the u.s 645 00:23:23,430 --> 00:23:22,159 german aerospace roundtable last fall in 646 00:23:24,710 --> 00:23:23,440 germany and we were both over there 647 00:23:26,950 --> 00:23:24,720 trying to build 648 00:23:28,870 --> 00:23:26,960 our international space portfolio 649 00:23:30,470 --> 00:23:28,880 portfolios if you will trying to 650 00:23:32,950 --> 00:23:30,480 establish some interesting relationships 651 00:23:35,350 --> 00:23:32,960 with the german space agency dlr 652 00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:35,360 and so we find that we have some common 653 00:23:39,750 --> 00:23:37,760 ground in other areas as well so 654 00:23:41,190 --> 00:23:39,760 so thank you mark for having us do this 655 00:23:42,549 --> 00:23:41,200 there are two dimensions to our 656 00:23:44,470 --> 00:23:42,559 relationship to 657 00:23:46,470 --> 00:23:44,480 sierra nevada on this 658 00:23:48,070 --> 00:23:46,480 with regard to the dream chaser program 659 00:23:49,350 --> 00:23:48,080 last fall we executed a teaming 660 00:23:52,630 --> 00:23:49,360 agreement 661 00:23:54,149 --> 00:23:52,640 with uh with sierra nevada to 662 00:23:56,149 --> 00:23:54,159 for the follow-on commercial crew 663 00:23:57,750 --> 00:23:56,159 program which is still in competition 664 00:23:59,590 --> 00:23:57,760 and per that agreement we will be the 665 00:24:01,830 --> 00:23:59,600 preferred provider for the dream lab 666 00:24:03,430 --> 00:24:01,840 science payload and cargo integration 667 00:24:05,270 --> 00:24:03,440 uh and so we're very pleased to join the 668 00:24:06,630 --> 00:24:05,280 dream chaser team with with some of the 669 00:24:08,789 --> 00:24:06,640 well-regarded companies that mark 670 00:24:11,029 --> 00:24:08,799 already mentioned and also uh some 671 00:24:13,029 --> 00:24:11,039 interesting university partners as well 672 00:24:14,310 --> 00:24:13,039 and then second we're engaged in the in 673 00:24:16,549 --> 00:24:14,320 the mission scenario planning and 674 00:24:18,470 --> 00:24:16,559 analysis through the space act agreement 675 00:24:19,830 --> 00:24:18,480 that mark referenced earlier with the 676 00:24:21,669 --> 00:24:19,840 marshall space flight center so they 677 00:24:23,110 --> 00:24:21,679 have a relationship to marshall we have 678 00:24:24,950 --> 00:24:23,120 a relationship to marshall and through 679 00:24:26,950 --> 00:24:24,960 that we're able to do some of this 680 00:24:28,549 --> 00:24:26,960 mission planning and mission analysis 681 00:24:31,110 --> 00:24:28,559 that will be interesting and important 682 00:24:32,710 --> 00:24:31,120 for the future of the program 683 00:24:34,070 --> 00:24:32,720 mark talked about it already in one of 684 00:24:35,590 --> 00:24:34,080 his charts but we're looking at some 685 00:24:36,789 --> 00:24:35,600 very interesting mission scenarios 686 00:24:38,390 --> 00:24:36,799 including 687 00:24:40,549 --> 00:24:38,400 performing science wild dock to the 688 00:24:42,230 --> 00:24:40,559 space station satellite servicing 689 00:24:44,230 --> 00:24:42,240 mission sorting missions that do science 690 00:24:46,870 --> 00:24:44,240 independent of the space station so this 691 00:24:48,549 --> 00:24:46,880 vehicle is capable of a lot of different 692 00:24:50,310 --> 00:24:48,559 interesting mission profiles and we're 693 00:24:52,789 --> 00:24:50,320 helping to assess that and work through 694 00:24:54,390 --> 00:24:52,799 those scenarios with the company 695 00:24:56,070 --> 00:24:54,400 it was mainly our rich history that's 696 00:24:57,750 --> 00:24:56,080 already been alluded to here but our 697 00:24:59,029 --> 00:24:57,760 rich history and payload development and 698 00:25:00,870 --> 00:24:59,039 integration that connected us to the 699 00:25:03,029 --> 00:25:00,880 dream chaser program 700 00:25:04,390 --> 00:25:03,039 we do have a 55-year history in human 701 00:25:06,149 --> 00:25:04,400 space flight that goes all the way back 702 00:25:08,310 --> 00:25:06,159 to explorer one 703 00:25:11,190 --> 00:25:08,320 many of you in the room will know that 704 00:25:13,990 --> 00:25:11,200 nasa launched a satellite in january of 705 00:25:15,669 --> 00:25:14,000 1958 in response to sputnik it was 706 00:25:17,990 --> 00:25:15,679 really sputnik is really what led to the 707 00:25:19,909 --> 00:25:18,000 creation of nasa through the space act 708 00:25:21,510 --> 00:25:19,919 and uh brown engineering as it was known 709 00:25:23,510 --> 00:25:21,520 back in those days was involved in the 710 00:25:25,110 --> 00:25:23,520 integration of that payload so 711 00:25:26,950 --> 00:25:25,120 our integra our payload integration 712 00:25:28,470 --> 00:25:26,960 capability in history goes literally 713 00:25:30,230 --> 00:25:28,480 back to the very first 714 00:25:31,990 --> 00:25:30,240 u.s satellite ever to be put in orbit 715 00:25:34,470 --> 00:25:32,000 and we're proud of that fact 716 00:25:35,990 --> 00:25:34,480 we've been working with nasa in nasa 717 00:25:38,230 --> 00:25:36,000 marshall in particular in this payload 718 00:25:39,909 --> 00:25:38,240 integration activity for all these years 719 00:25:41,750 --> 00:25:39,919 we were involved with the integration 720 00:25:43,350 --> 00:25:41,760 and operation of over 20 different space 721 00:25:46,549 --> 00:25:43,360 lab missions 722 00:25:48,310 --> 00:25:46,559 that occurred between 1983 and 1998 723 00:25:50,149 --> 00:25:48,320 we are the team with nasa that has 724 00:25:52,149 --> 00:25:50,159 performed payload operation science 725 00:25:54,390 --> 00:25:52,159 operations on the international space 726 00:25:56,310 --> 00:25:54,400 station for the last 15 years 727 00:25:58,230 --> 00:25:56,320 that's what we do so payload operations 728 00:26:00,310 --> 00:25:58,240 payload integration is really really 729 00:26:03,190 --> 00:26:00,320 where we live and we're glad to be able 730 00:26:06,390 --> 00:26:03,200 to translate that capability uh to to 731 00:26:10,230 --> 00:26:08,070 uh and finally i will offer that 732 00:26:12,950 --> 00:26:10,240 teledyne brown i would say uh and 733 00:26:14,470 --> 00:26:12,960 teledon uh largely embraces the 734 00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:14,480 particular kind of commercial business 735 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:15,760 model that we see 736 00:26:20,390 --> 00:26:18,320 sierra nevada undertaking here with nasa 737 00:26:22,230 --> 00:26:20,400 uh we find it i i find it easy to 738 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:22,240 endorse a program that's 739 00:26:26,549 --> 00:26:24,159 that has a symbiotic nature to it where 740 00:26:28,789 --> 00:26:26,559 we depend upon one another i think mark 741 00:26:30,230 --> 00:26:28,799 put it extremely well when he said space 742 00:26:31,750 --> 00:26:30,240 is a team sport 743 00:26:33,350 --> 00:26:31,760 we believe that to be the case and the 744 00:26:36,630 --> 00:26:33,360 challenges that are brought about by 745 00:26:38,310 --> 00:26:36,640 space require complex solutions require 746 00:26:39,830 --> 00:26:38,320 integrated teams and great efforts and 747 00:26:42,870 --> 00:26:39,840 so uh that's the way that we see this 748 00:26:44,710 --> 00:26:42,880 one going uh to cite an example telodyne 749 00:26:46,789 --> 00:26:44,720 um has a program has a space act 750 00:26:49,190 --> 00:26:46,799 agreement actually with with nasa to put 751 00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:49,200 a commercial space imaging platform on 752 00:26:52,870 --> 00:26:50,720 the international space station we call 753 00:26:54,230 --> 00:26:52,880 that the muses program where we'll be 754 00:26:55,669 --> 00:26:54,240 running a commercial business doing 755 00:26:57,990 --> 00:26:55,679 earth imaging 756 00:27:01,110 --> 00:26:58,000 we've built a ground operations center 757 00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:01,120 here at our teledyne brown side on 300 758 00:27:04,630 --> 00:27:02,799 sparkman drive 759 00:27:06,310 --> 00:27:04,640 to take the data to do the data analysis 760 00:27:08,470 --> 00:27:06,320 and distribute the data and we've talked 761 00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:08,480 with snc about using that same 762 00:27:13,110 --> 00:27:11,520 capability on the dreamchaser program 763 00:27:14,789 --> 00:27:13,120 the point is that we're finding 764 00:27:16,630 --> 00:27:14,799 interesting ways to work together with 765 00:27:19,430 --> 00:27:16,640 each other with nasa 766 00:27:21,190 --> 00:27:19,440 and even with other governments like dlr 767 00:27:23,750 --> 00:27:21,200 to tackle the complex challenges that 768 00:27:25,190 --> 00:27:23,760 space offers to us so again very pleased 769 00:27:26,149 --> 00:27:25,200 to be a part of this event part of this 770 00:27:27,909 --> 00:27:26,159 team and 771 00:27:28,870 --> 00:27:27,919 thank you mark and back to you thank you 772 00:27:30,630 --> 00:27:28,880 rex 773 00:27:32,230 --> 00:27:30,640 one of the reasons that we think that 774 00:27:33,830 --> 00:27:32,240 this is so important is that dreamchaser 775 00:27:35,669 --> 00:27:33,840 has a lot of attributes but it is a 776 00:27:38,070 --> 00:27:35,679 runway landing vehicle and it brings 777 00:27:39,510 --> 00:27:38,080 things home from space with very low 778 00:27:41,350 --> 00:27:39,520 g-forces 779 00:27:43,110 --> 00:27:41,360 what we do at the iss what we do in 780 00:27:44,710 --> 00:27:43,120 low-earth orbit is really not 781 00:27:46,390 --> 00:27:44,720 observation right now we're not there 782 00:27:48,230 --> 00:27:46,400 only to take pictures that people can 783 00:27:50,310 --> 00:27:48,240 see we're there to do real science and 784 00:27:52,470 --> 00:27:50,320 real research and being able to bring 785 00:27:54,470 --> 00:27:52,480 that real science home bring it home to 786 00:27:56,549 --> 00:27:54,480 a runway bring it home with the least 787 00:27:58,310 --> 00:27:56,559 disruptive force possible enables that 788 00:27:59,430 --> 00:27:58,320 science really to to move to the next 789 00:28:01,510 --> 00:27:59,440 level 790 00:28:03,590 --> 00:28:01,520 and as part of this as as rex mentioned 791 00:28:06,149 --> 00:28:03,600 we're looking at how we can maximize the 792 00:28:08,070 --> 00:28:06,159 utility of the vehicle once once we are 793 00:28:09,750 --> 00:28:08,080 starting to operate in low earth orbit 794 00:28:10,630 --> 00:28:09,760 in a couple of years 795 00:28:12,230 --> 00:28:10,640 we 796 00:28:14,470 --> 00:28:12,240 have had a similar wonderful 797 00:28:16,789 --> 00:28:14,480 relationship developing with nasa 798 00:28:18,070 --> 00:28:16,799 centers around the country and and here 799 00:28:19,669 --> 00:28:18,080 in huntsville we started our 800 00:28:22,789 --> 00:28:19,679 relationship with the nasa space 801 00:28:24,230 --> 00:28:22,799 marshall space flight center in 2012 802 00:28:26,310 --> 00:28:24,240 when we started doing some really 803 00:28:28,310 --> 00:28:26,320 critical work with wind tunnel 804 00:28:29,669 --> 00:28:28,320 examination is the is the vehicle going 805 00:28:31,990 --> 00:28:29,679 to fly the way we think it's going to 806 00:28:33,990 --> 00:28:32,000 fly and the the terrific people here at 807 00:28:36,070 --> 00:28:34,000 marshall helped us down that road prove 808 00:28:37,909 --> 00:28:36,080 that our concept and it began 809 00:28:38,870 --> 00:28:37,919 the road that we we now continue on 810 00:28:41,190 --> 00:28:38,880 today 811 00:28:43,510 --> 00:28:41,200 uh the dinner the data generated really 812 00:28:45,350 --> 00:28:43,520 enabled us to understand that yes we can 813 00:28:47,350 --> 00:28:45,360 do this we can't fly we can do what we 814 00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:47,360 need to do and and we're quite fortunate 815 00:28:51,590 --> 00:28:49,120 to have the really the best people here 816 00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:51,600 at marshall be able to work on that 817 00:28:54,710 --> 00:28:53,200 as we continue on we're looking at 818 00:28:57,190 --> 00:28:54,720 science missions for dream chaser what 819 00:28:59,510 --> 00:28:57,200 we can do and again we think that the 820 00:29:01,750 --> 00:28:59,520 space flight center here in 821 00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:01,760 huntsville has a capability of taking us 822 00:29:06,630 --> 00:29:03,840 to the next level 823 00:29:07,669 --> 00:29:06,640 really when you think about payloads 824 00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:07,679 you really have to think about 825 00:29:11,029 --> 00:29:09,200 huntsville and nasa and huntsville 826 00:29:12,870 --> 00:29:11,039 there's been now 827 00:29:14,389 --> 00:29:12,880 operations for over well over 100 828 00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:14,399 different instruments and many many 829 00:29:18,070 --> 00:29:16,320 different programs here and as we 830 00:29:20,310 --> 00:29:18,080 started looking at how could dream 831 00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:20,320 chaser be a supplement to what's going 832 00:29:23,190 --> 00:29:21,760 on in low earth orbit we certainly 833 00:29:24,389 --> 00:29:23,200 wanted to be able to have the best of 834 00:29:26,549 --> 00:29:24,399 that 835 00:29:29,190 --> 00:29:26,559 technology most of those people join us 836 00:29:31,669 --> 00:29:29,200 on this on this effort uh dream chaser 837 00:29:33,830 --> 00:29:31,679 is is a program that really we think is 838 00:29:35,510 --> 00:29:33,840 is a continuation of not only what the 839 00:29:37,510 --> 00:29:35,520 shuttle was doing but an extension of 840 00:29:39,590 --> 00:29:37,520 what we're doing at the on the iss and 841 00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:39,600 low earth orbit so i'd like to turn it 842 00:29:43,350 --> 00:29:41,120 over to someone whose name i can't 843 00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:43,360 forget since it's mark 844 00:29:47,029 --> 00:29:44,880 and have him tell us a little bit more 845 00:29:49,269 --> 00:29:47,039 about uh what we're doing here in in 846 00:29:51,029 --> 00:29:49,279 huntsville and in his operation and 847 00:29:52,950 --> 00:29:51,039 certainly the long history that that he 848 00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:52,960 and the center has in reaching out in 849 00:29:56,549 --> 00:29:54,720 partnerships like this mark yeah thank 850 00:29:57,430 --> 00:29:56,559 you mark i want to wish everybody a good 851 00:29:59,669 --> 00:29:57,440 morning 852 00:30:01,110 --> 00:29:59,679 um you know as an engineer uh it's 853 00:30:04,070 --> 00:30:01,120 always a good day when you get to work 854 00:30:07,029 --> 00:30:04,080 with highly motivated highly innovative 855 00:30:08,470 --> 00:30:07,039 people like the folks at sierra nevada 856 00:30:10,470 --> 00:30:08,480 the mission operations lab here at 857 00:30:11,510 --> 00:30:10,480 marshall space flight center has a long 858 00:30:14,630 --> 00:30:11,520 history 859 00:30:16,389 --> 00:30:14,640 of being what i call science enablers 860 00:30:18,630 --> 00:30:16,399 we're not the scientists but we've done 861 00:30:21,110 --> 00:30:18,640 a lot through the years to really 862 00:30:22,950 --> 00:30:21,120 enhance and advocate for and bring home 863 00:30:25,269 --> 00:30:22,960 the science for a lot of 864 00:30:28,389 --> 00:30:25,279 uh scientists at universities in private 865 00:30:31,750 --> 00:30:28,399 industry and within the agency itself um 866 00:30:34,389 --> 00:30:31,760 and uh this this stretches way back um 867 00:30:36,789 --> 00:30:34,399 space lab was where i eventually got 868 00:30:38,149 --> 00:30:36,799 involved as i was coming along in my 869 00:30:39,190 --> 00:30:38,159 career and 870 00:30:40,870 --> 00:30:39,200 we had a 871 00:30:42,870 --> 00:30:40,880 very successful program there that 872 00:30:44,149 --> 00:30:42,880 evolved into the international space 873 00:30:46,549 --> 00:30:44,159 station 874 00:30:48,549 --> 00:30:46,559 the mission operations lab really leads 875 00:30:49,909 --> 00:30:48,559 the payload operations integration 876 00:30:52,710 --> 00:30:49,919 efforts 877 00:30:54,950 --> 00:30:52,720 for the international space station and 878 00:30:57,350 --> 00:30:54,960 provides really the mission planning and 879 00:30:59,029 --> 00:30:57,360 the overall 880 00:31:01,669 --> 00:30:59,039 goals priorities 881 00:31:03,269 --> 00:31:01,679 helps execute what happens in terms of 882 00:31:05,669 --> 00:31:03,279 science on the international space 883 00:31:08,470 --> 00:31:05,679 station 884 00:31:09,750 --> 00:31:08,480 when you look at the the dream chaser uh 885 00:31:11,590 --> 00:31:09,760 vehicle 886 00:31:13,590 --> 00:31:11,600 she just begs the question of what more 887 00:31:15,909 --> 00:31:13,600 can she do she's she's designed for the 888 00:31:18,149 --> 00:31:15,919 commercial crew commercial cargo 889 00:31:20,070 --> 00:31:18,159 functions but when you start looking at 890 00:31:22,710 --> 00:31:20,080 or you think okay there are other things 891 00:31:24,870 --> 00:31:22,720 and so sierra nevada has come to us 892 00:31:28,070 --> 00:31:24,880 primarily because of our 893 00:31:29,430 --> 00:31:28,080 long experience in enabling science and 894 00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:29,440 our understanding of the kinds of 895 00:31:33,669 --> 00:31:31,600 payloads we've seen through the years 896 00:31:34,870 --> 00:31:33,679 the kind of capabilities that a vehicle 897 00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:34,880 will need 898 00:31:38,070 --> 00:31:36,240 some of the 899 00:31:39,669 --> 00:31:38,080 criteria for 900 00:31:40,470 --> 00:31:39,679 different kinds of science missions 901 00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:40,480 whether you're talking about 902 00:31:44,149 --> 00:31:42,640 microgravity science in the materials 903 00:31:45,669 --> 00:31:44,159 world or whether you're talking about 904 00:31:47,190 --> 00:31:45,679 life sciences 905 00:31:48,389 --> 00:31:47,200 and so we're going to be working with 906 00:31:50,710 --> 00:31:48,399 them 907 00:31:52,630 --> 00:31:50,720 it's really a team effort to to define 908 00:31:53,830 --> 00:31:52,640 mission profiles that make sense for 909 00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:53,840 their vehicle 910 00:31:57,990 --> 00:31:56,080 and give them an opportunity to go back 911 00:31:59,190 --> 00:31:58,000 and and really decide 912 00:32:01,909 --> 00:31:59,200 in the long run how they're going to 913 00:32:03,990 --> 00:32:01,919 output this vehicle for science uh both 914 00:32:05,350 --> 00:32:04,000 in attach station mode potentially and 915 00:32:07,190 --> 00:32:05,360 in sorting mode 916 00:32:08,230 --> 00:32:07,200 so that i'll talk about you mark thank 917 00:32:09,830 --> 00:32:08,240 you mark 918 00:32:11,110 --> 00:32:09,840 uh as we uh 919 00:32:12,630 --> 00:32:11,120 conclude this we'll open up for 920 00:32:14,549 --> 00:32:12,640 questions here in a second but i i'd 921 00:32:16,389 --> 00:32:14,559 like to just end by saying 922 00:32:17,029 --> 00:32:16,399 thank you to to you all for showing up 923 00:32:20,149 --> 00:32:17,039 and 924 00:32:22,630 --> 00:32:20,159 in us when i first started coming here 925 00:32:24,789 --> 00:32:22,640 we noticed that the the cars license 926 00:32:26,710 --> 00:32:24,799 tags said stars fell on 927 00:32:28,710 --> 00:32:26,720 on alabama and 928 00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:28,720 i think we take that literally in space 929 00:32:32,470 --> 00:32:30,559 because we we look at the stars a lot 930 00:32:34,549 --> 00:32:32,480 but i think beyond that it's more than 931 00:32:36,630 --> 00:32:34,559 just the the thought of looking at stars 932 00:32:39,029 --> 00:32:36,640 it's the people involved and really what 933 00:32:41,350 --> 00:32:39,039 we we are doing is bringing the stars of 934 00:32:42,789 --> 00:32:41,360 our industry together and certainly 935 00:32:44,950 --> 00:32:42,799 huntsville and al and the rest of 936 00:32:46,870 --> 00:32:44,960 alabama is going to be a continued a 937 00:32:48,630 --> 00:32:46,880 really significant part of our of our 938 00:32:50,789 --> 00:32:48,640 program and i'd like to 939 00:32:53,110 --> 00:32:50,799 extend my appreciation to my to my 940 00:32:54,549 --> 00:32:53,120 guests here and to nasa for hosting this 941 00:32:55,750 --> 00:32:54,559 and for all the people behind here 942 00:32:56,549 --> 00:32:55,760 because it's it's really been a 943 00:32:58,710 --> 00:32:56,559 collective effort with the 944 00:33:00,630 --> 00:32:58,720 communications department as well so 945 00:33:02,870 --> 00:33:00,640 we'll take some questions now 946 00:33:06,310 --> 00:33:02,880 okay and we just would like to thank our 947 00:33:08,870 --> 00:33:06,320 panel for um talking to us today and now 948 00:33:22,950 --> 00:33:08,880 we will open it up to the media that is 949 00:33:26,789 --> 00:33:25,029 you you talk about the 950 00:33:29,110 --> 00:33:26,799 huntsville the rest of alabama being 951 00:33:31,590 --> 00:33:29,120 very key when it comes to economic 952 00:33:33,029 --> 00:33:31,600 development and scientific contributions 953 00:33:35,029 --> 00:33:33,039 can you go into more detail about how 954 00:33:36,630 --> 00:33:35,039 you'll be utilizing and what 955 00:33:39,190 --> 00:33:36,640 specifically you'll be doing in this 956 00:33:41,590 --> 00:33:39,200 partnership with uah with hudson alpha 957 00:33:44,149 --> 00:33:41,600 institute for biotechnology and other 958 00:33:47,750 --> 00:33:44,159 local corporations sure 959 00:33:48,789 --> 00:33:47,760 i i think just to to start we 960 00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:48,799 as i mentioned we're going to be 961 00:33:53,190 --> 00:33:50,320 building our rocket here which is a big 962 00:33:54,870 --> 00:33:53,200 deal and that's certainly a an important 963 00:33:56,549 --> 00:33:54,880 element of our starting but what we're 964 00:33:57,990 --> 00:33:56,559 looking at doing the space the dream 965 00:33:59,830 --> 00:33:58,000 chaser essentially 966 00:34:01,430 --> 00:33:59,840 is you can think of it as a mobile 967 00:34:02,710 --> 00:34:01,440 science lab much like we have on the 968 00:34:05,269 --> 00:34:02,720 space station 969 00:34:07,509 --> 00:34:05,279 it has the capability of doing on orbit 970 00:34:08,790 --> 00:34:07,519 research in a variety of different ways 971 00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:08,800 and we think one of the most critical 972 00:34:11,669 --> 00:34:10,159 ways to do that is looking at the whole 973 00:34:13,669 --> 00:34:11,679 bioscience area 974 00:34:15,909 --> 00:34:13,679 to be able to understand 975 00:34:17,589 --> 00:34:15,919 things in space that we can't do here on 976 00:34:19,030 --> 00:34:17,599 earth and that is what's being done in 977 00:34:20,869 --> 00:34:19,040 part on the space station but there are 978 00:34:22,389 --> 00:34:20,879 a lot of experiments that really don't 979 00:34:24,710 --> 00:34:22,399 need the long duration work that's on 980 00:34:26,069 --> 00:34:24,720 the station or perhaps aren't best used 981 00:34:28,149 --> 00:34:26,079 on the station so we think we can be 982 00:34:29,990 --> 00:34:28,159 supplementing that what we found here in 983 00:34:31,430 --> 00:34:30,000 alabama through the organizations that 984 00:34:33,990 --> 00:34:31,440 you mentioned is that there's a terrific 985 00:34:36,069 --> 00:34:34,000 knowledge base of already how to connect 986 00:34:37,669 --> 00:34:36,079 that type of research with the type of 987 00:34:39,270 --> 00:34:37,679 research we might do in leo and we're 988 00:34:41,190 --> 00:34:39,280 exploring how do we put those two 989 00:34:43,030 --> 00:34:41,200 together how do we make those 990 00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:43,040 that type of research enabled by the 991 00:34:46,069 --> 00:34:44,560 dream chaser and by what we're trying to 992 00:34:48,149 --> 00:34:46,079 accomplish and the gentleman here at the 993 00:34:49,669 --> 00:34:48,159 table and their organizations are really 994 00:34:51,270 --> 00:34:49,679 going to help facilitate the 995 00:34:53,510 --> 00:34:51,280 construction of what that might look 996 00:34:55,030 --> 00:34:53,520 like inside the vehicle as well as then 997 00:34:56,629 --> 00:34:55,040 we're reaching out to the organization 998 00:34:58,150 --> 00:34:56,639 saying saying what experiments might 999 00:34:59,430 --> 00:34:58,160 they be able to do if we had this 1000 00:35:01,829 --> 00:34:59,440 capacity 1001 00:35:03,750 --> 00:35:01,839 how many companies though and how many 1002 00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:03,760 institutions are we talking about can 1003 00:35:07,270 --> 00:35:06,240 you talk about that as well as dollars 1004 00:35:08,870 --> 00:35:07,280 and people 1005 00:35:10,630 --> 00:35:08,880 uh i really can't yet listen i'll be 1006 00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:10,640 honest we're beginning this this 1007 00:35:14,790 --> 00:35:12,320 dialogue we are reaching out to the 1008 00:35:16,470 --> 00:35:14,800 organizations this is i would i would 1009 00:35:18,230 --> 00:35:16,480 consider this the kickoff point for what 1010 00:35:19,829 --> 00:35:18,240 we're trying to accomplish 1011 00:35:21,510 --> 00:35:19,839 we could we could project but then that 1012 00:35:22,870 --> 00:35:21,520 wouldn't be honest so we'd rather come 1013 00:35:24,069 --> 00:35:22,880 out and say that we're starting the 1014 00:35:26,310 --> 00:35:24,079 dialogue with these important 1015 00:35:28,069 --> 00:35:26,320 organizations and really trying to look 1016 00:35:29,510 --> 00:35:28,079 at what's the best way to move forward 1017 00:35:30,870 --> 00:35:29,520 hopefully you'll come back to the next 1018 00:35:32,870 --> 00:35:30,880 level of conference we'll have where 1019 00:35:35,430 --> 00:35:32,880 i'll be able to to outline those more 1020 00:35:36,950 --> 00:35:35,440 more in uh specifics but really we now 1021 00:35:39,190 --> 00:35:36,960 are starting to fly the dream chaser and 1022 00:35:41,030 --> 00:35:39,200 once we start flying we then can look at 1023 00:35:43,270 --> 00:35:41,040 what else can we do what missions can we 1024 00:35:45,190 --> 00:35:43,280 accomplish what concepts can we work at 1025 00:35:47,430 --> 00:35:45,200 and today's organization is to take us 1026 00:35:49,190 --> 00:35:47,440 to the next level both on the design of 1027 00:35:56,950 --> 00:35:49,200 the vehicle as well as the beginnings of 1028 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:57,589 of board 1029 00:36:01,990 --> 00:35:59,750 that folks in your corporation and here 1030 00:36:04,069 --> 00:36:02,000 at marshall and and telegram brown 1031 00:36:06,550 --> 00:36:04,079 exhibit and uh you know for the 1032 00:36:09,750 --> 00:36:06,560 non-space professional for 1033 00:36:11,109 --> 00:36:09,760 uh you know the average joe blow the 1034 00:36:13,910 --> 00:36:11,119 average citizen 1035 00:36:16,069 --> 00:36:13,920 who may hear commercial space and 1036 00:36:17,750 --> 00:36:16,079 commercial as opposed to what or you 1037 00:36:19,349 --> 00:36:17,760 know may not exactly know exactly what 1038 00:36:21,510 --> 00:36:19,359 we're dealing with here 1039 00:36:22,870 --> 00:36:21,520 can you explain why these days you know 1040 00:36:25,109 --> 00:36:22,880 in an era where you know nasa is 1041 00:36:27,750 --> 00:36:25,119 essentially having to 1042 00:36:29,270 --> 00:36:27,760 validate themselves and you know can you 1043 00:36:31,270 --> 00:36:29,280 can you talk about why these 1044 00:36:34,310 --> 00:36:31,280 collaborations are so important for not 1045 00:36:36,390 --> 00:36:34,320 only just the continued mission and 1046 00:36:37,430 --> 00:36:36,400 self-education really but just for even 1047 00:36:39,270 --> 00:36:37,440 just for 1048 00:36:40,630 --> 00:36:39,280 the next generation for posterity for 1049 00:36:42,470 --> 00:36:40,640 the next generation of those who are 1050 00:36:44,630 --> 00:36:42,480 going to continue what what we want to 1051 00:36:46,310 --> 00:36:44,640 accomplish here of course thank you and 1052 00:36:47,589 --> 00:36:46,320 thanks for the question i think there's 1053 00:36:49,270 --> 00:36:47,599 a couple answers there you guys with 1054 00:36:51,270 --> 00:36:49,280 long questions so if you will i'll take 1055 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:51,280 uh i'll take it in different pieces to 1056 00:36:55,190 --> 00:36:52,320 start with 1057 00:36:56,870 --> 00:36:55,200 i wanted to to really congratulate nasa 1058 00:36:58,390 --> 00:36:56,880 on having the courage to look at this 1059 00:37:00,550 --> 00:36:58,400 differently it's not easy for a 1060 00:37:02,390 --> 00:37:00,560 government agency to look at the future 1061 00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:02,400 and say we need to to think about how 1062 00:37:05,829 --> 00:37:04,160 we're going to work together this is a 1063 00:37:07,349 --> 00:37:05,839 public private partnership the program 1064 00:37:09,510 --> 00:37:07,359 that we're involved in and it's a unique 1065 00:37:11,510 --> 00:37:09,520 one in many ways and and so far a very 1066 00:37:13,670 --> 00:37:11,520 successful one and we feel very 1067 00:37:15,510 --> 00:37:13,680 benefited by being able to look at it 1068 00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:15,520 that way it is a true partnership my 1069 00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:18,079 inclination is is to reach out to my 1070 00:37:21,910 --> 00:37:20,160 partners in nasa and the companies that 1071 00:37:23,430 --> 00:37:21,920 are working with us to to see when we 1072 00:37:24,790 --> 00:37:23,440 have something new to do that's where we 1073 00:37:26,150 --> 00:37:24,800 go first 1074 00:37:28,950 --> 00:37:26,160 but really why are we doing this we're 1075 00:37:31,190 --> 00:37:28,960 doing this in many ways to to stimulate 1076 00:37:34,069 --> 00:37:31,200 the the stem education side of our 1077 00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:34,079 country to stimulate our thought process 1078 00:37:38,069 --> 00:37:35,680 most people if you talk to people in 1079 00:37:39,510 --> 00:37:38,079 space myself included we got stimulated 1080 00:37:41,750 --> 00:37:39,520 at one point in time something happened 1081 00:37:43,910 --> 00:37:41,760 in our past that made us realize this is 1082 00:37:45,670 --> 00:37:43,920 where we wanted to be and part of our 1083 00:37:47,270 --> 00:37:45,680 obligation as leaders in this industry 1084 00:37:49,109 --> 00:37:47,280 is to look to the future and say what 1085 00:37:51,190 --> 00:37:49,119 can we do to stimulate the next 1086 00:37:52,870 --> 00:37:51,200 generation of people the next generation 1087 00:37:54,870 --> 00:37:52,880 of kids and if you see the children who 1088 00:37:56,390 --> 00:37:54,880 come up to dream chaser and you see what 1089 00:37:57,270 --> 00:37:56,400 they do when they look at it i don't 1090 00:37:59,109 --> 00:37:57,280 know whether or not they're going to 1091 00:38:00,390 --> 00:37:59,119 build a better space vehicle than i do 1092 00:38:02,310 --> 00:38:00,400 but i do know that it's going to make 1093 00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:02,320 them think about science and think about 1094 00:38:06,069 --> 00:38:04,000 what they can do and how they can expand 1095 00:38:08,310 --> 00:38:06,079 their minds and that's part of what we 1096 00:38:10,310 --> 00:38:08,320 carry with us going forward 1097 00:38:13,430 --> 00:38:10,320 and as we do that i think we also look 1098 00:38:15,109 --> 00:38:13,440 at and saying that our job here is 1099 00:38:17,349 --> 00:38:15,119 we feel we're part of a long-term 1100 00:38:18,390 --> 00:38:17,359 partnership in nasa's future 1101 00:38:20,390 --> 00:38:18,400 a lot of people 1102 00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:20,400 wonder where nasa is going i don't i 1103 00:38:24,230 --> 00:38:22,640 think it's on a terrific track we're 1104 00:38:26,390 --> 00:38:24,240 very supportive of the space launch 1105 00:38:29,030 --> 00:38:26,400 system of the orion program our job is 1106 00:38:30,790 --> 00:38:29,040 not to go beyond leo our job is to to 1107 00:38:32,390 --> 00:38:30,800 really look at low earth orbit and try 1108 00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:32,400 to provide the best transportation 1109 00:38:37,270 --> 00:38:34,800 system and platform that we can 1110 00:38:39,270 --> 00:38:37,280 and in doing so make as much of that uh 1111 00:38:41,430 --> 00:38:39,280 based here in the united states and in 1112 00:38:43,030 --> 00:38:41,440 our partner partner companies and 1113 00:38:45,190 --> 00:38:43,040 countries as we can 1114 00:38:47,670 --> 00:38:45,200 and we think at the end of the day that 1115 00:38:50,470 --> 00:38:47,680 will make an opportunity for those 1116 00:38:51,670 --> 00:38:50,480 students who are on board now we have a 1117 00:38:53,510 --> 00:38:51,680 one of the things i like to talk about 1118 00:38:54,550 --> 00:38:53,520 we have a really active internship 1119 00:38:57,030 --> 00:38:54,560 program we're going to be bringing 1120 00:38:58,950 --> 00:38:57,040 people from alabama on board are as in 1121 00:39:00,550 --> 00:38:58,960 interns in our program and i used to 1122 00:39:01,910 --> 00:39:00,560 think that they were we were giving them 1123 00:39:03,190 --> 00:39:01,920 an opportunity 1124 00:39:05,030 --> 00:39:03,200 and then they show up and then you 1125 00:39:06,470 --> 00:39:05,040 realize that what they're really doing 1126 00:39:08,630 --> 00:39:06,480 is they're stimulating the people like 1127 00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:08,640 me in this industry and and we really 1128 00:39:13,430 --> 00:39:11,359 just are very fortunate to be able to to 1129 00:39:17,829 --> 00:39:13,440 help move that next generation along so 1130 00:39:17,839 --> 00:39:23,270 okay do we have other questions 1131 00:39:27,030 --> 00:39:25,349 mark how will you go about soliciting 1132 00:39:28,630 --> 00:39:27,040 and exploiting the things that dream 1133 00:39:30,230 --> 00:39:28,640 teacher you believe it can do on the 1134 00:39:32,710 --> 00:39:30,240 scientific realm 1135 00:39:35,109 --> 00:39:32,720 well what we what we tend to do is start 1136 00:39:37,430 --> 00:39:35,119 looking at the basic capabilities and 1137 00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:37,440 see what can grow off of those in terms 1138 00:39:41,510 --> 00:39:39,520 of some potential science 1139 00:39:43,510 --> 00:39:41,520 types of science there's uh when you 1140 00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:43,520 look at space station you have things 1141 00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:45,359 like material science furnaces you have 1142 00:39:49,990 --> 00:39:47,520 things like glove boxes we have an 1143 00:39:51,910 --> 00:39:50,000 express rack which gives a standard 1144 00:39:54,069 --> 00:39:51,920 interface for different flavors of 1145 00:39:56,710 --> 00:39:54,079 science but they can use that same 1146 00:39:58,870 --> 00:39:56,720 common interface for rapid integration 1147 00:40:01,829 --> 00:39:58,880 so i'm anticipating that the dream 1148 00:40:04,550 --> 00:40:01,839 chaser will lend itself to some of those 1149 00:40:07,190 --> 00:40:04,560 concepts and then when you look at 1150 00:40:08,069 --> 00:40:07,200 actual mission requirements 1151 00:40:09,829 --> 00:40:08,079 you know 1152 00:40:12,310 --> 00:40:09,839 some missions microgravity kind of 1153 00:40:13,910 --> 00:40:12,320 missions want very low disturbances 1154 00:40:15,990 --> 00:40:13,920 there's things that dream chaser could 1155 00:40:18,310 --> 00:40:16,000 do in a sorting mode uncrewed that could 1156 00:40:20,870 --> 00:40:18,320 give very low disturbances for payloads 1157 00:40:24,069 --> 00:40:20,880 that need you know a short duration 1158 00:40:26,069 --> 00:40:24,079 flight but but low microgravity so it 1159 00:40:28,230 --> 00:40:26,079 really starts with assessing you know 1160 00:40:30,310 --> 00:40:28,240 where the design is today 1161 00:40:31,829 --> 00:40:30,320 looking at 1162 00:40:34,390 --> 00:40:31,839 what what we've learned from space 1163 00:40:36,870 --> 00:40:34,400 station learn look at our best practices 1164 00:40:39,430 --> 00:40:36,880 in terms of payload integration and 1165 00:40:41,750 --> 00:40:39,440 really just talking and conceptualizing 1166 00:40:45,270 --> 00:40:41,760 with the team on 1167 00:40:47,510 --> 00:40:45,280 you know what it could potentially do 1168 00:40:50,310 --> 00:40:47,520 okay so now we're going to take a few 1169 00:40:53,270 --> 00:40:50,320 questions from our teleconference line 1170 00:40:55,990 --> 00:40:53,280 so we will open it up and camilla if you 1171 00:40:58,550 --> 00:40:56,000 would uh put through the first uh 1172 00:41:02,230 --> 00:40:58,560 question that we have and i'll put the 1173 00:41:06,390 --> 00:41:04,790 no problem thank you so much today's um 1174 00:41:07,589 --> 00:41:06,400 question and answer session has begun on 1175 00:41:11,190 --> 00:41:07,599 the phone line 1176 00:41:12,069 --> 00:41:11,200 press stars and one on your touchstone 1177 00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:12,079 phone 1178 00:41:15,430 --> 00:41:13,280 and you'll be queued up for your 1179 00:41:17,349 --> 00:41:15,440 question once you are queued up 1180 00:41:19,349 --> 00:41:17,359 um just record your first and last name 1181 00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:19,359 and your media affiliation 1182 00:41:22,630 --> 00:41:21,280 and um you can go ahead and queue your 1183 00:41:24,230 --> 00:41:22,640 question up 1184 00:41:25,750 --> 00:41:24,240 and again if you have a question on the 1185 00:41:28,069 --> 00:41:25,760 phone line press star then one on your 1186 00:41:30,950 --> 00:41:28,079 touchstone phone record your first and 1187 00:41:32,309 --> 00:41:30,960 last name and your media affiliation 1188 00:41:50,069 --> 00:41:32,319 and at this time we'll wait for our 1189 00:41:53,510 --> 00:41:51,510 it's how you know you've thrown a good 1190 00:41:55,910 --> 00:41:53,520 press conference go ahead 1191 00:41:57,750 --> 00:41:55,920 my question is now that i have a panel 1192 00:42:00,069 --> 00:41:57,760 of experts in front of me and in this 1193 00:42:02,230 --> 00:42:00,079 room for the last five days the world 1194 00:42:03,829 --> 00:42:02,240 has been watching malaysia and the 1195 00:42:06,069 --> 00:42:03,839 airline are there 1196 00:42:08,550 --> 00:42:06,079 and no one can find it 1197 00:42:09,750 --> 00:42:08,560 has nasa and rex with your expertise 1198 00:42:12,230 --> 00:42:09,760 with nasa 1199 00:42:14,870 --> 00:42:12,240 has nasa been asked for any of its 1200 00:42:17,670 --> 00:42:14,880 assets it certainly has some that can 1201 00:42:19,510 --> 00:42:17,680 perhaps contribute to the location or is 1202 00:42:21,990 --> 00:42:19,520 there anything with sierra nevada is 1203 00:42:24,550 --> 00:42:22,000 there anything technologically out there 1204 00:42:28,230 --> 00:42:24,560 that hasn't been tapped to help 1205 00:42:31,910 --> 00:42:30,309 so i'll take a crack at that liz i i 1206 00:42:33,430 --> 00:42:31,920 don't know the answer to the question 1207 00:42:34,710 --> 00:42:33,440 since i'm not no longer inside the 1208 00:42:36,550 --> 00:42:34,720 government but 1209 00:42:38,150 --> 00:42:36,560 there's certainly a variety of of us 1210 00:42:39,670 --> 00:42:38,160 government assets that could be brought 1211 00:42:41,430 --> 00:42:39,680 to bear there and i'll be surprised that 1212 00:42:43,750 --> 00:42:41,440 they have been 1213 00:42:45,750 --> 00:42:43,760 what would those be well satellites and 1214 00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:45,760 things like that imaging systems 1215 00:42:51,270 --> 00:42:46,640 um 1216 00:42:53,430 --> 00:42:51,280 ocean or something like that but 1217 00:42:55,750 --> 00:42:53,440 uh and and i'll be surprised if they 1218 00:42:57,270 --> 00:42:55,760 haven't been scouring just about all the 1219 00:42:58,630 --> 00:42:57,280 commercial and all the government 1220 00:43:00,710 --> 00:42:58,640 imagery that's available to see if they 1221 00:43:02,309 --> 00:43:00,720 can find anything 1222 00:43:05,109 --> 00:43:02,319 that kind of requests would typically 1223 00:43:07,270 --> 00:43:05,119 come in at headquarters somewhere so 1224 00:43:08,950 --> 00:43:07,280 from the center perspective we haven't 1225 00:43:10,390 --> 00:43:08,960 heard it but it would come in and like 1226 00:43:12,390 --> 00:43:10,400 rex said it would probably go to one of 1227 00:43:13,910 --> 00:43:12,400 the satellite divisions like the science 1228 00:43:15,910 --> 00:43:13,920 mission directorate 1229 00:43:17,430 --> 00:43:15,920 or someone but that would be worked at 1230 00:43:18,790 --> 00:43:17,440 headquarters and so we don't have any 1231 00:43:21,190 --> 00:43:18,800 knowledge of it well i had a question 1232 00:43:22,470 --> 00:43:21,200 for instance like was severe severe was 1233 00:43:24,470 --> 00:43:22,480 able to see 1234 00:43:27,670 --> 00:43:24,480 so many interesting things with the 1235 00:43:29,589 --> 00:43:27,680 mayan ruins and that was in a low depth 1236 00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:29,599 i thought well this is a low depth area 1237 00:43:33,270 --> 00:43:31,119 is that something that 1238 00:43:35,030 --> 00:43:33,280 one could possibly think about another 1239 00:43:36,309 --> 00:43:35,040 application 1240 00:43:37,750 --> 00:43:36,319 they absolutely could and that's the 1241 00:43:39,270 --> 00:43:37,760 correct analogy and in the case of 1242 00:43:41,349 --> 00:43:39,280 severe what they're doing is their 1243 00:43:42,790 --> 00:43:41,359 they're tasking either commercial or 1244 00:43:44,790 --> 00:43:42,800 government satellites to produce that 1245 00:43:46,630 --> 00:43:44,800 imagery for them and so that's exactly 1246 00:43:48,790 --> 00:43:46,640 what you do put a request in see if you 1247 00:43:51,109 --> 00:43:48,800 can find an image that's relevant to it 1248 00:43:52,870 --> 00:43:51,119 and hopefully find something and i'm 1249 00:43:55,030 --> 00:43:52,880 very certain they're doing that 1250 00:43:56,950 --> 00:43:55,040 is there anything with any of your jobs 1251 00:43:59,190 --> 00:43:56,960 that they're looking for technology now 1252 00:44:03,349 --> 00:43:59,200 that can actually be put on a commercial 1253 00:44:07,430 --> 00:44:04,790 not that i'm aware of 1254 00:44:09,589 --> 00:44:07,440 not directly 1255 00:44:10,950 --> 00:44:09,599 so so if we if we have no other 1256 00:44:13,589 --> 00:44:10,960 questions then we'll close it out but 1257 00:44:14,470 --> 00:44:13,599 are they i think we do have okay 1258 00:44:16,309 --> 00:44:14,480 so 1259 00:44:18,069 --> 00:44:16,319 we'll take our first question from the 1260 00:44:19,829 --> 00:44:18,079 phone line 1261 00:44:22,230 --> 00:44:19,839 the first question comes from al 1262 00:44:26,790 --> 00:44:22,240 schrader independent inventor your line 1263 00:44:30,710 --> 00:44:29,109 hello this alfred schrader hi albert 1264 00:44:32,470 --> 00:44:30,720 it's mark sorangelo how are you yeah 1265 00:44:34,630 --> 00:44:32,480 mark um i'm down here in florida 1266 00:44:36,950 --> 00:44:34,640 actually i'm right directly from this 1267 00:44:38,470 --> 00:44:36,960 kennedy space center as it is at one 1268 00:44:41,589 --> 00:44:38,480 time like say it's a beautiful day here 1269 00:44:43,829 --> 00:44:41,599 it's amazing but anyhow um 1270 00:44:50,870 --> 00:44:43,839 the dream chaser is using a new fuel 1271 00:44:56,069 --> 00:44:53,190 okay can we get you to uh ask your 1272 00:44:57,510 --> 00:44:56,079 question again please your uh 1273 00:45:00,550 --> 00:44:57,520 volume wasn't 1274 00:45:02,550 --> 00:45:00,560 very good is it too high or too low 1275 00:45:06,150 --> 00:45:02,560 turn up just a little bit 1276 00:45:10,630 --> 00:45:08,390 the dream chaser is using what in our 1277 00:45:13,270 --> 00:45:10,640 industry is a relatively new fuel system 1278 00:45:14,950 --> 00:45:13,280 uh the butadine and nitrous can you 1279 00:45:16,870 --> 00:45:14,960 explain how that is different how it 1280 00:45:18,630 --> 00:45:16,880 works 1281 00:45:19,910 --> 00:45:18,640 uh sure i 1282 00:45:21,829 --> 00:45:19,920 there are a couple elements of the dream 1283 00:45:23,430 --> 00:45:21,839 chasers propulsion that i think are 1284 00:45:25,510 --> 00:45:23,440 notable the first is that we have no 1285 00:45:26,950 --> 00:45:25,520 hazardous materials on board this is as 1286 00:45:29,589 --> 00:45:26,960 far as we know this first human 1287 00:45:32,470 --> 00:45:29,599 spaceship that has done that 1288 00:45:35,270 --> 00:45:32,480 we we use a main propulsion system that 1289 00:45:37,270 --> 00:45:35,280 uses nitrous oxide which is laughing gas 1290 00:45:40,309 --> 00:45:37,280 that's what your dentist gives you the 1291 00:45:42,309 --> 00:45:40,319 fuel is a derivative of rubber and it's 1292 00:45:44,710 --> 00:45:42,319 quite safe and quite stable 1293 00:45:46,550 --> 00:45:44,720 and the system that we use to do small 1294 00:45:49,829 --> 00:45:46,560 movements in space which is a reaction 1295 00:45:52,069 --> 00:45:49,839 control system uses an ethanol based 1296 00:45:54,069 --> 00:45:52,079 fuel so between all those essentially 1297 00:45:56,790 --> 00:45:54,079 what that means is that the the dream 1298 00:45:58,710 --> 00:45:56,800 chaser has no hazardous materials and 1299 00:45:59,750 --> 00:45:58,720 that really helps us in two important 1300 00:46:03,190 --> 00:45:59,760 ways 1301 00:46:06,069 --> 00:46:03,200 being very safe and stable as a flight 1302 00:46:08,230 --> 00:46:06,079 vehicle it allows us to when we land go 1303 00:46:09,670 --> 00:46:08,240 right up to the vehicle unlike the space 1304 00:46:11,750 --> 00:46:09,680 shuttle which had a lot of poisonous 1305 00:46:13,270 --> 00:46:11,760 materials and had to be safe we can 1306 00:46:14,950 --> 00:46:13,280 actually go right up to the vehicle much 1307 00:46:15,910 --> 00:46:14,960 like if you go up to a regional jet you 1308 00:46:17,589 --> 00:46:15,920 can 1309 00:46:19,190 --> 00:46:17,599 put the stairway up and take the people 1310 00:46:20,870 --> 00:46:19,200 off and take the critical experiments 1311 00:46:21,990 --> 00:46:20,880 off so if you can imagine if we're 1312 00:46:23,589 --> 00:46:22,000 bringing home 1313 00:46:25,670 --> 00:46:23,599 an astronaut who isn't well or if we're 1314 00:46:27,510 --> 00:46:25,680 bringing home a very critically time 1315 00:46:30,710 --> 00:46:27,520 sensitive experiment the ability to do 1316 00:46:31,910 --> 00:46:30,720 that allows us to to move as as rapidly 1317 00:46:34,230 --> 00:46:31,920 as possible 1318 00:46:36,790 --> 00:46:34,240 the other uh interesting feature is that 1319 00:46:38,150 --> 00:46:36,800 we are able to land at any commercial 1320 00:46:40,069 --> 00:46:38,160 airport 1321 00:46:41,910 --> 00:46:40,079 and we are looking at whether or not we 1322 00:46:44,550 --> 00:46:41,920 want to do that but the vehicle has the 1323 00:46:45,750 --> 00:46:44,560 ability to land basically any places 737 1324 00:46:48,309 --> 00:46:45,760 can land 1325 00:46:50,470 --> 00:46:48,319 and as we look forward to how we want to 1326 00:46:51,990 --> 00:46:50,480 operate where we're what we're doing 1327 00:46:53,670 --> 00:46:52,000 with the vehicles sometimes it may be 1328 00:46:55,589 --> 00:46:53,680 very important to bring those 1329 00:46:57,990 --> 00:46:55,599 experiments back as close as possible to 1330 00:47:02,150 --> 00:46:58,000 where they need to be analyzed 1331 00:47:06,150 --> 00:47:03,349 you're pretty much committed on your 1332 00:47:07,990 --> 00:47:06,160 landing can these engines be restarted 1333 00:47:09,750 --> 00:47:08,000 they can be restarted in space but 1334 00:47:11,589 --> 00:47:09,760 they're they're not re-uh we're not 1335 00:47:13,109 --> 00:47:11,599 going to be restarting them on the on 1336 00:47:15,349 --> 00:47:13,119 the return trip home once we've 1337 00:47:17,349 --> 00:47:15,359 committed to coming back 1338 00:47:19,670 --> 00:47:17,359 so we are able to use them in space as 1339 00:47:21,589 --> 00:47:19,680 restartable throttle motors and what 1340 00:47:23,349 --> 00:47:21,599 that allows us to do from a scientific 1341 00:47:26,309 --> 00:47:23,359 point of view or from a repair and 1342 00:47:28,470 --> 00:47:26,319 construction point of view is to to 1343 00:47:31,109 --> 00:47:28,480 potentially conceive different missions 1344 00:47:34,309 --> 00:47:31,119 at different places in orbit uh from the 1345 00:47:37,270 --> 00:47:35,430 well that's pretty good well thank you 1346 00:47:39,990 --> 00:47:37,280 very much yeah thank you 1347 00:47:41,750 --> 00:47:40,000 okay so do we have any more questions 1348 00:47:44,470 --> 00:47:41,760 like one more if we have any 1349 00:47:45,349 --> 00:47:44,480 uh others in the audience 1350 00:47:47,829 --> 00:47:45,359 okay 1351 00:47:58,470 --> 00:47:47,839 well thank you all for coming today 1352 00:48:03,589 --> 00:48:00,390 okay camilla i 1353 00:48:05,109 --> 00:48:03,599 i think your person may have gotten lost 1354 00:48:07,270 --> 00:48:05,119 so we're gonna 1355 00:48:09,270 --> 00:48:07,280 go ahead and conclude the press 1356 00:48:10,309 --> 00:48:09,280 conference we would like to thank our 1357 00:48:13,349 --> 00:48:10,319 panel 1358 00:48:15,349 --> 00:48:13,359 um paul mark rex mark thank you all so 1359 00:48:18,309 --> 00:48:15,359 much we'd like to thank all of you for