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recently the space launch system

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received authorization from the agency

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to proceed into the implementation phase

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this means that the path for the future

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of sls has been paid so the sls is

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really excited about our core stage it

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is what's happening right now in our

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program the installation of the vehicle

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assembly center at map is an important

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part of our mission the focus here at

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the michoud assembly facility in new

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orleans louisiana is factory readiness

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we're looking at weld operations coming

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online construction of facilities still

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ongoing and bringing online the assembly

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and integration areas to put together

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the integrated core stage and later the

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upper stage the core stage is the

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backbone it's the heart of the vehicle

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everything else hangs off of it the

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boosters the rs25 engines the icps this

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core stage is the core stays of the

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future it's the core stage designed for

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mars the future is now the different

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areas of the factory were first the weld

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areas on one portion of the factory the

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middle section of the factory has to do

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with our tank processing proof testing

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the tank cleaning the tank putting the

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epoxy primer on the tank and then

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finally the thermal protection system

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foams and then the final area of the

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factory has to do with the assembly and

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integration areas because we're building

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a rocket and not the external tank of

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yesteryear on the shuttle program we

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need to bring on engine integration and

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avionics that we didn't have in prior

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processing that gives us a much more

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complex factory but we're excited with

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the challenge

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when we've completed it this factory

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with its people and his facilities will