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Hi my name is Mike Roberts
I'm the mechanical team lead

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for structural testing at
Marshall Space Flight Center

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in Huntsville Alabama. This
is Rocket Science in

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Sixty Seconds.

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I lead a team of test
engineers that perform

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the structural testing on
NASA's Space Launch System.

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On hardware such as the
Intertank for the core stage.

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Using hydraulic systems we
apply forces above and

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beyond what the flight articles
will experience during

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lift off and flight.

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Well, SLS will take humans
further into space than

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every before and we perform 
structural tests to ensure

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the safety of the mission and
all future missions and

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to ensure the safety of
the astronauts.

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Throughout the beginning all
of this was just a

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concept on paper. We took
the test requirements

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made this test hardware
and now we're actually

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producing and testing this
hardware. Seeing it

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all come together and
verifying that it is