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good morning thank you for joining us

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here at nasa's kennedy space center in

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florida for the l minus one countdown

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status briefing for space shuttle

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discovery's sts-133 mission to the

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international space station joining me

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today is steve payne nasa test director

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good morning

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scott higginbotham sts-133 payload

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manager good morning

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and kathy winters shuttle weather

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officer good morning

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we'll hear from our panelists and then

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we'll take questions steve thank you

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you know next to the launch itself this

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is the part i like best uh we're in

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launch countdown within a day of launch

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there's a lot of excitement in the air

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everyone's putting on their game face

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and getting ready for the launch

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tomorrow

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the launch team's in preparing discovery

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for her 39th and final flight that's

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going to be putting a permanent

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multi-purpose module and the express

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logistics carrier up at the

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international space station

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after addressing a couple of issues last

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night and this morning our countdown

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work is currently on schedule back on

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schedule we had a good reactant load and

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offload last night

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that's enough whole time to take us

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through the end of our window without

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having to top off which is a good thing

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last night we had a couple of issues we

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had to go repair a faulty regulator on

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our launch pad nitrogen purge system it

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has a primary and a secondary leg to it

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they're redundant systems the primary

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side had a bad regulator so

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we finished our load our reactant load

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as we intended to and in the time after

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that we went repaired our primary side

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and it's back up and supporting it's in

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launch configuration now it's good to go

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we also had a little excitement early

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this morning

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when we're doing our engine checkouts we

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brought up our engine controllers

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when we got to our engine 3 backup

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engine controller it didn't come up as

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we had expected apparently there was

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something wrong with one of the three

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phases that provide power to it

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after doing some troubleshooting we

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narrowed it down to either the circuit

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breaker or switch that provides it power

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we did some troubleshooting recycle the

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breaker recycle the switch

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we kind of narrowed it down to transient

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contamination once in a while you get

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that when you push a switch and it

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doesn't go

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after cycling the switch in the breaker

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a few times it cleared up the controller

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is powered up normally we did the

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checkout and they are now back up and

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supporting

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we just recently completed the

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the engine checkout so they're back up

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and running and they should be that way

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all the way through t0

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they're still talking about final

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disposition so the the paperwork isn't

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closed but i think we're going to be

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okay on that one as well

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currently the countdown clock is holding

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at t minus 11 hours we're working preps

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for the checkout for the orbital ground

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communications network and that should

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start this afternoon at 1 30.

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we're doing our final flight crew

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equipment stowe this afternoon at 3 and

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that's where they put in the late

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experiments and food and other things

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that are perishable in last minute uh

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we'll be performing a number of final

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inspections of the tank the boosters and

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thrusters and removing access platforms

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of various kinds in preparation for

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rotating the rotating service structure

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this evening

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at 7 00 pm tonight we're going to be

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taking the rotating service structure

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back and we'll begin final crew module

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at 11 30 tonight we'll pick up the clock

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again and resume it count at t minus 11

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hours and then we'll begin final loading

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preparations and begin clearing the pad

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at about 1 30 in the morning tomorrow

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at that time we'll begin purging the mid

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body and aft compartment and forward and

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half reaction control systems with

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nitrogen and work final preparations for

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tanking

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for 6 27 in the morning tomorrow should

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take us about three hours to get the

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tank filled

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our flight crew is scheduled to arrive

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just before 1 pm on wednesday

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launch window remains the same it's a

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10-minute window for station flights

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we have opportunities for a flight day

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three and flight day four rendezvous

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which adds about another three minutes

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to that typically we pick the middle of

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the window so we'll

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go about five minutes into it we're

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expecting somewhere around

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347 for window open

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and about five minutes later for middle

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let's see

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we have through the seventh of november

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to get off the ground it gives us plenty

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of opportunities to have our four

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attempts in five days scenario which is

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our standard

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plenty of hold time so it's not a

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concern there it's an 11 day mission

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with one contingency day for admission

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extension should we need it and two

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weather contingency days in case we need

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those as well

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our end-of-mission landing is planned

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for a sunday november 14th at 9 59

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eastern time

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right now it's uh i'm sure you've heard

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a great deal about discovery in her

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history and her long and distinguished

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career

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but i'd also like to comment on the

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remarkable team that gets her ready to

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fly

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they put their heart and soul into this

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one and they know it's their last flight

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and they put everything they can to make

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it as good as every other flight we've

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had in the past

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she's now poised to take to the skies

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tomorrow and when she goes she's going

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to take a little bit of every one of us

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we're ready

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thank you steve

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good morning everyone i'd like to start

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this morning with a little video

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compilation of the processing campaign

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for both the permanent multi-purpose

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module and express logistics carrier 4.

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the work for those two elements took

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place over the span of about 13 months

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but we're going to compress it down into

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about four and a half minutes so i'm

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going to try to talk fast and it does

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bounce around from element to element so

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along the way i'll try to keep it

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straight for you this is the arrival of

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elc-4 it came in via air force c5

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back on august 15th of last year

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flew down from the goddard space flight

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center where the fine people there under

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kevin carmack put this and the other

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elc's together for us to go fly

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this is the module fm1 leonardo that

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returned on the sts-131 mission and we

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got it back into our work stand on the

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26th of april

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of this year and began the process to

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turn it into a pmm

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this is uh some views of the

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de-integration of the cargo that took

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place for a couple of weeks before we

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actually started the modifications of

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the element to uh to convert it this is

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a view of our common birthing mechanism

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checkout equipment that we lift up to

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simulate the station side of the docking

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interface and this took place back in

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mid-may of this year and we do that to

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make sure that all those mechanisms are

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going to work right and seal

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appropriately once we do dock the

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element to the station

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the work to modify the element primarily

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took place in may in in june and july

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this is a lift of elc 4

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over to the rotation stand one of many

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times that we flipped it 180 degrees so

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that we could work on the top side or

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we started installing racks after the

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mods were complete into the pmm the

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first track went in on the 7th of july

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and the last rack went in on the 22nd of

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july we have 14 racks flying up with us

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inside the vehicle

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our tallest helina space friends working

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for roberto barretto and that great team

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they they did a lot of the mods on the

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vehicle and there they were installing

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some of the nextil kevlar

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shielding on the vehicle

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thermal radiator the big hunk and

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radiator as some of us call it on top of

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the lc4 it's the one and only oru that

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we're flying up on this mission because

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of mass property limitations

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on the bottom side of the deck there are

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four five sites for future payloads and

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they were used to be installed two of

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which are launching on htv2 in january

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this is a scene of the mate of the deck

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to its keel

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that took place on the 4th of august of

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this year

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and that keel comes home it's the only

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piece of this compliment for the two

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major elements that comes home

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robonaut 2 our favorite uh robot

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astronaut he is uh

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flying up with us on this mission he

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arrived in early august and spent about

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uh about 10 days being prepared for

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installation into its uh protective

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enclosure which is called sleeper and

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ultimately that enclosure was installed

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in the module as the last major big

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thing that we put on board

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the module was lifted on the 5th of

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october and weighed one last time before

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it went into the transportation canister

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where it joined up with elc-4 that was

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installed back in in late september it

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was done a little bit earlier

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and then once both elements were in the

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canister the doors were closed up and we

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left the sspf and went down to our

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canister rotation facility where the

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canister is picked up on end and set

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back down onto the transporter

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canister rolled out to pad a

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on the 7th of october of this year my

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21st wedding anniversary

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my wife's here in the audience

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and rolled out to the pad arriving in

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the early morning hours where it was

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then hoisted up into the rotating

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and then the payload elements were

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transferred into the payload ground

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handling mechanism which is in the

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payload changeout room that's part of

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that whole rotating service structure

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then comes back around the orbiter we

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open up the doors and we insert the

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payload elements into the orbiter

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make all the necessary mechanical and

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electrical connections test those

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interfaces and then do our final

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closeouts and then on the 16th of

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it all came to a conclusion when we

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closed the payload doors for flight

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it was a very bittersweet moment for me

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and my team

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i wouldn't have missed it though for the

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world it was neat to kiss leonardo

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goodbye

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and that brings us basically up to where

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we stand today the two primary elements

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in the payload bay are ready to go fly

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and they are quite content to uh to set

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as long as is necessary to get discovery

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on orbit where it belongs

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we have no scrub turnaround

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considerations for either of the two

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primary elements

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for the middeck complement we have quite

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a few items that were flying up in the

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mid deck

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research-wise

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and uh the the major push to get all

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those installed in the vehicle uh will

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happen today starting at noon and

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running until about 7 pm tonight we have

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nine different things that we're

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installing into the vehicle

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as far as scrub turnarounds

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is concerned for the experiments they

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run the the full spectrum we have one

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item that has to be swapped out after

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every launch attempt and when we have

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another item that's good for 30 days and

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everything in between so our team has a

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lot of different plans in place and

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we're prepared for whatever whatever the

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weather or the vehicle throws at us

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we'll be prepared to go get the the

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samples freshened and ready to go fly to

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maximize our science return

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so uh at this point uh we're about ready

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to go put the ulf5 complement into space

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and add this this amazing pressurized

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vehicle to the station it's been part of

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our family here for a long time it's

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leonardo's been here for over 10 years

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and in some respects we're sad to see

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him go because again he's a he's an old

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friend of ours but spacecraft belong in

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space not on the ground and this is a

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fitting place for him to end his uh and

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his career

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over the seven flights that leonardo has

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flown so far it has

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been in space for about 91 days it's

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made 1500 orbits of the earth and has

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traveled about 40 million miles

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but as far as you spacecraft go it's a

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cream puff

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it's still got a lot of good miles left

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in it and in fact if we leave it up

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there for the full 10 years planned

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we're going to put another 1.5 billion

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miles on that spacecraft

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so

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our team's excited we're looking forward

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to the launch and seeing our fine

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hardware added to the station and then

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we can move on to the next chapter in

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our lives

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so that's all i have for you today

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kendria thank you scott kathy

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good morning well the weather this

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morning is a little bit cloudy out there

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here ksc we also had some isolated

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showers in the area this morning this is

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all a result of an upper level low

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that's dipping down into texas and

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drawing a lot of moisture back up into

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our into our area and we kind of

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expected to see some isolated showers

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start to occur and that did start

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happening today that is our concern

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again for tomorrow is that we could have

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some showers in the area and also a low

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cloud ceiling a lot of that moisture is

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going to pull to the north we still have

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a very moist atmosphere though and so

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with that we do expect that it's

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possible during the countdown tomorrow

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that we may have to go red for a low

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cloud ceiling or an isolated shower or

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maybe observe no go for a little while

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in the early portion of the afternoon

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late portion of the morning early

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afternoon

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as the showers push inland with the sea

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breeze but then we expect that

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conditions will improve as we get closer

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to launch time we had something similar

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like that happened yesterday with our

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low cloud ceiling in the area as we got

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into the afternoon hours the sea breeze

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push in and we get some sinking air

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behind that sea breeze and it helps us

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out here along the coast and so tomorrow

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we'll see something similar like that

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happen and so with that we we are

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optimistic on the forecast even though

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we know that it's possible we could go

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red during the countdown

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right now we are still forecasting a 30

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percent chance of ksc weather

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prohibiting launch

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now if we get into a delay though you'll

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you'll see the forecast it looks a lot

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worse as if that entire frontal system

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is going to be coming across our area

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what's happening is an upper level

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trough is dipping down from the north

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into the eastern u.s that's going to

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pick up that cutoff low that's going to

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be

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sort of drifting in the western gulf of

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mexico and all that is going to march

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over florida so we'll finally get some

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much-needed rain on thursday but it will

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deteriorate our launch forecast and with

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that we have a 70 chance on on thursday

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of ksc weather prohibiting launch let me

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go and show you all this on the

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satellite picture when you look at the

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satellite picture you can see that upper

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level low is dipping down into texas

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the weather at the surface is all on the

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east side of that low and so with that

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you can see our friends in houston did

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wake up to some thunderstorm activity

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this morning and all of that is going to

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be lingering out in that area for the

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next 24 hours as that low cuts off in

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the upper levels out in that area and

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drifts into the western gulf of mexico

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with that though we will be expecting

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moisture to pull up into our area also

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to note is a tropical storm tomas that's

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down in the caribbean about 250 miles

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south of the island of hispaniola that's

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continuing to be forecast to march

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towards the west and then make a turn

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northeast and unfortunately it's

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probably going to give haiti some

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trouble here as we get it to the end of

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the week

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let me show you a closer picture of our

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satellite here in the local area a good

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visible satellite picture

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you can see a lot of clouds in the area

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here in florida right now

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basically an old frontal boundary

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migrate is migraine back north through

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the area today with bringing all that

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moisture and we'll get on the moist side

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of this boundary

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after it moves to the north but we do

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expect the conditions to look a little

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bit better tomorrow than what this looks

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like right now and then of course

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through the mid-morning then we'd expect

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to see some clouds kind of accumulate as

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the sea breeze first forms and then as

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that all migrates inland and we expect

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the coast to start improving as we get

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in the afternoon towards launch time

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so let's go ahead and let me before we

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go on to our launch forecast information

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let me show you the the hurricane

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center's forecast for tomas you can see

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that right turn that is expected at the

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end of the week and now the models

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differ a little bit on the last four to

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five days for tomas but still not a

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threat to florida mainly the threat is

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to haiti if the storm starts lingering

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in that area

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some of the models pull it out to the

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northeast away into the atlantic and

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then there's a couple of them that are

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starting to linger it in the area of

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haiti which would be unfortunate for

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them because of the

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amount of rainfall that they could

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experience there in the entire island of

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hispaniola so that'll be a concern for

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them but for us this is not a threat and

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it's still not a threat also for the srb

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recovery area

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so let's go ahead and move to our tanki

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forecast for tomorrow weather does look

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like we'll probably see some more of

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those isolated showers in the area for

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tanking but that's not a

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constraint for tanking and so overall

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weather looks very good will be pretty

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humid tomorrow and the temperature be

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around 74 degrees and the probability of

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violating tanking constraints i did go

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with the 10 percent chance there the

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atmosphere is just starting to trend

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more unstable but it's not likely we'd

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see any lightning in the morning but i

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did just drop a temp i did

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increase that number from five to ten

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percent due to just that unstable

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atmosphere that's starting to occur but

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we expect that to really come more into

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the following 24 hours

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let's go ahead and go to our launch

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forecast you can see there's a chance

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for some isolated showers still expect

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that they'd mostly be off to the west

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and inland question mark will be if

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those are going to be within 20 nautical

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miles of the shuttle landing facility if

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so then that would be an rtls violation

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for the shuttle landing facility um also

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we're just slightly concerned that cloud

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deck at the 3000 feet we know we'll

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probably see a ceiling in the early

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portion of the afternoon as we get

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closer to launch time that should

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improve and scatter out but for those

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concerns we do have a 30 chance of ksc

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weather prohibiting launch

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for srb recovery the weather is not bad

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at all on launch day just some isolated

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showers expected in the area the seas

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are going to be five to six feet however

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over the next several days of the trend

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is going to be that the seas are going

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to be on the increase

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first of all with that weather system

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that moves through on thursday and then

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particularly on friday the seas will

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pick up as that strong wind comes in

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behind the frontal boundary so the main

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concern is just that while they're out

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there recovering they're going to be

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dealing with a lot of weather and then

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on friday the seas will be increasing to

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space flight meteorology group is

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forecasting good conditions at our abort

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landing sites here in the u.s

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and for our tile sites the weather still

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looks very good out there at all three

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towel sites for launch day

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if we do happen to delay 24 hours things

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change quite a bit here that

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front comes in the area that we talked

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about that low comes across we could get

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up to an inch of rain in the central

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florida area here on the east coast and

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so with the potential for showers in the

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area and even potential for

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thunderstorms in the area as well as low

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cloud ceilings we do have a 70 percent

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chance on this day of ksc weather

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prohibiting launch

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the abort landing sites though in the us

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still do look good for at both edwards

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and at northrop field

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and the only concern space flight

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meteorology group has at the tao sites

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is for a chance of four miles visibility

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and fog as aragosa but we only need one

554
00:18:18,950 --> 00:18:16,720
good tile site and and estrus both

555
00:18:21,029 --> 00:18:18,960
look good

556
00:18:22,150 --> 00:18:21,039
for the 48 hour delay we expect that the

557
00:18:23,750 --> 00:18:22,160
frontal boundary will move through

558
00:18:25,590 --> 00:18:23,760
sometime either thursday night or friday

559
00:18:27,350 --> 00:18:25,600
morning it will pass completely through

560
00:18:28,630 --> 00:18:27,360
the area with some lingering cloud cover

561
00:18:30,870 --> 00:18:28,640
behind it

562
00:18:33,270 --> 00:18:30,880
but that will also eventually clear

563
00:18:35,909 --> 00:18:33,280
the bigger concern is the winds picking

564
00:18:37,990 --> 00:18:35,919
up on this day from the direction of 340

565
00:18:39,669 --> 00:18:38,000
degrees the pad wind constraint is 34

566
00:18:41,669 --> 00:18:39,679
knots but if it happens to be a little

567
00:18:43,510 --> 00:18:41,679
bit more northerly it starts to decrease

568
00:18:45,990 --> 00:18:43,520
and from straight north it's actually

569
00:18:47,669 --> 00:18:46,000
down to 23 knots so that's our only

570
00:18:49,590 --> 00:18:47,679
concern our main concern on this day

571
00:18:51,190 --> 00:18:49,600
there's just a slight concern also for a

572
00:18:52,310 --> 00:18:51,200
low cloud ceiling during this time in

573
00:18:53,990 --> 00:18:52,320
case that boundary moves through a

574
00:18:56,230 --> 00:18:54,000
little bit slower than the models are

575
00:18:58,950 --> 00:18:56,240
forecasting so overall we have a 30

576
00:19:00,390 --> 00:18:58,960
chance of ksc weather prohibiting launch

577
00:19:02,630 --> 00:19:00,400
i will note the upper level winds do get

578
00:19:03,909 --> 00:19:02,640
very strong on this day so

579
00:19:06,310 --> 00:19:03,919
sometimes when we have strong jet

580
00:19:09,590 --> 00:19:06,320
streams come in that can cause a concern

581
00:19:10,870 --> 00:19:09,600
for our folks on at ascent at jsc and

582
00:19:13,909 --> 00:19:10,880
marshall that will be working the upper

583
00:19:17,270 --> 00:19:13,919
level winds but right now this number

584
00:19:18,950 --> 00:19:17,280
does not cover that probability

585
00:19:20,390 --> 00:19:18,960
if we do happen to

586
00:19:21,750 --> 00:19:20,400
use the abort landing sites at edwards

587
00:19:22,549 --> 00:19:21,760
and northrop field the weather does look

588
00:19:24,310 --> 00:19:22,559
good

589
00:19:26,310 --> 00:19:24,320
and for the taos sites again just a

590
00:19:28,950 --> 00:19:26,320
concern as aragosa for visibility coming

591
00:19:31,110 --> 00:19:28,960
down with fog

592
00:19:32,310 --> 00:19:31,120
so overall tomorrow looks like a good

593
00:19:33,990 --> 00:19:32,320
day especially when you compare it to

594
00:19:37,830 --> 00:19:34,000
thursday but tomorrow we have 30 percent

595
00:19:39,430 --> 00:19:37,840
chance of ksc weather branding launch

596
00:19:41,190 --> 00:19:39,440
thank you kathy we'll now take your

597
00:19:43,190 --> 00:19:41,200
questions when the microphone comes your

598
00:19:44,390 --> 00:19:43,200
way please state your name affiliation

599
00:19:47,270 --> 00:19:44,400
and to whom you're addressing your

600
00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:54,549
start over here with bill

601
00:19:58,470 --> 00:19:56,950
uh for steve on that controller thing

602
00:19:59,990 --> 00:19:58,480
that's just a paperwork constraint now

603
00:20:01,110 --> 00:20:00,000
you there are no constraints to pressing

604
00:20:03,110 --> 00:20:01,120
with any of the

605
00:20:04,950 --> 00:20:03,120
you know mech power-ups and stuff that

606
00:20:06,789 --> 00:20:04,960
no the rest of the count is proceeding

607
00:20:07,990 --> 00:20:06,799
normally that engineering is still

608
00:20:09,830 --> 00:20:08,000
figuring out how they want to close the

609
00:20:11,270 --> 00:20:09,840
paperwork and what what if anything we

610
00:20:12,789 --> 00:20:11,280
need to do further but you don't think

611
00:20:14,549 --> 00:20:12,799
this one's going to be an issue for us i

612
00:20:17,750 --> 00:20:14,559
don't expect it to thanks

613
00:20:20,149 --> 00:20:17,760
okay in the second row with todd please

614
00:20:23,510 --> 00:20:20,159
um todd halverson of florida today for

615
00:20:27,669 --> 00:20:23,520
scott um do you happen to have uh upmass

616
00:20:29,510 --> 00:20:27,679
and down mass uh totals for leonardo

617
00:20:30,549 --> 00:20:29,520
over seven missions and i haven't

618
00:20:32,310 --> 00:20:30,559
followed

619
00:20:34,630 --> 00:20:32,320
not over the not over the seven missions

620
00:20:36,710 --> 00:20:34,640
although we could go obtain that i

621
00:20:39,190 --> 00:20:36,720
meant to gather that but i didn't sorry

622
00:20:41,909 --> 00:20:39,200
um i do know we're taking up about 6 500

623
00:20:46,470 --> 00:20:41,919
pounds up on this flight of cargo the

624
00:20:48,549 --> 00:20:46,480
module weighs 21 817 pounds as launched

625
00:20:50,870 --> 00:20:48,559
on this mission but over its over its

626
00:20:52,549 --> 00:20:50,880
lifetime uh this is a fairly light load

627
00:20:55,270 --> 00:20:52,559
for an mplm because of our mass

628
00:20:57,669 --> 00:20:55,280
limitations and cg limitations

629
00:20:59,350 --> 00:20:57,679
so uh you know it normally flies with

630
00:21:00,870 --> 00:20:59,360
seven eight thousand pounds of cargo up

631
00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:00,880
for flight

632
00:21:05,270 --> 00:21:03,600
and just to uh follow um

633
00:21:07,990 --> 00:21:05,280
do you know or can you tell us what the

634
00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:08,000
final disposition of the other mplms

635
00:21:12,710 --> 00:21:09,679
will be what's going to happen with the

636
00:21:14,310 --> 00:21:12,720
rafaello and donna tello well for now

637
00:21:17,190 --> 00:21:14,320
we're going to hold on to them because

638
00:21:19,909 --> 00:21:17,200
uh there is some talk about potentially

639
00:21:22,470 --> 00:21:19,919
flying them on unmanned rockets in the

640
00:21:24,470 --> 00:21:22,480
future and and maybe is a another

641
00:21:25,190 --> 00:21:24,480
permanent module to add to the station

642
00:21:26,549 --> 00:21:25,200
so

643
00:21:28,149 --> 00:21:26,559
they're they're good vehicles they've

644
00:21:30,310 --> 00:21:28,159
got a lot of lifetime left in them and

645
00:21:33,029 --> 00:21:30,320
so for now i think the intent is to hold

646
00:21:34,390 --> 00:21:33,039
on to them and and see if an opportunity

647
00:21:36,470 --> 00:21:34,400
arises

648
00:21:38,390 --> 00:21:36,480
just to follow that quickly uh do you

649
00:21:40,070 --> 00:21:38,400
know what unmanned rockets they would be

650
00:21:41,669 --> 00:21:40,080
compatible with

651
00:21:42,830 --> 00:21:41,679
no i really don't off the top of my head

652
00:21:45,750 --> 00:21:42,840
todd

653
00:21:47,510 --> 00:21:45,760
okay marcia

654
00:21:49,750 --> 00:21:47,520
where's your done associated press first

655
00:21:51,270 --> 00:21:49,760
question for kathy what does just for

656
00:21:52,789 --> 00:21:51,280
kicks what does the saturday and sunday

657
00:21:56,710 --> 00:21:52,799
weather look like

658
00:22:00,070 --> 00:21:58,390
even a little bit more northerly

659
00:22:01,510 --> 00:22:00,080
and so we'll be watching that because

660
00:22:03,270 --> 00:22:01,520
from a northerly direction if the winds

661
00:22:06,149 --> 00:22:03,280
are strong then that would drop that pad

662
00:22:08,230 --> 00:22:06,159
wind constraint down to 23 knots and

663
00:22:09,990 --> 00:22:08,240
then if the high continues to move off

664
00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:10,000
then you start running into crosswind

665
00:22:13,190 --> 00:22:11,440
issues so the winds are still going to

666
00:22:15,110 --> 00:22:13,200
be probably the biggest concern as we

667
00:22:16,470 --> 00:22:15,120
get into saturday and sunday eventually

668
00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:16,480
tapering off though and improving

669
00:22:19,990 --> 00:22:18,480
weather conditions probably by maybe

670
00:22:23,669 --> 00:22:20,000
sunday afternoon and into monday so

671
00:22:25,029 --> 00:22:23,679
it'll be trending down during that time

672
00:22:26,870 --> 00:22:25,039
scott

673
00:22:28,710 --> 00:22:26,880
you said there are load limitations with

674
00:22:30,149 --> 00:22:28,720
only the radiator on that cargo carrier

675
00:22:31,830 --> 00:22:30,159
could you explain that a little more why

676
00:22:33,909 --> 00:22:31,840
more things more equipment couldn't have

677
00:22:35,350 --> 00:22:33,919
been loaded on that okay well there's

678
00:22:37,510 --> 00:22:35,360
two things we have to deal with on every

679
00:22:38,789 --> 00:22:37,520
flight the the vehicle itself based on

680
00:22:40,310 --> 00:22:38,799
its performance flying to the

681
00:22:42,310 --> 00:22:40,320
inclination orbit that we're flying to

682
00:22:44,950 --> 00:22:42,320
and the altitude we're flying to has a

683
00:22:46,549 --> 00:22:44,960
limit to how much mass it can carry out

684
00:22:48,549 --> 00:22:46,559
and then furthermore we have to keep the

685
00:22:51,510 --> 00:22:48,559
vehicle within certain center of gravity

686
00:22:53,430 --> 00:22:51,520
limits so that it can safely fly back in

687
00:22:55,590 --> 00:22:53,440
in the event of an emergency or for a

688
00:22:57,270 --> 00:22:55,600
nominal landing and so when you look at

689
00:22:59,590 --> 00:22:57,280
both of those things it limits you as to

690
00:23:01,190 --> 00:22:59,600
what you can fly and that there's a team

691
00:23:03,270 --> 00:23:01,200
in houston that does very very thorough

692
00:23:05,190 --> 00:23:03,280
analysis looking at mission complements

693
00:23:06,789 --> 00:23:05,200
and coming up with the best way to get

694
00:23:08,870 --> 00:23:06,799
the most bang for our buck so to speak

695
00:23:10,870 --> 00:23:08,880
and how we lay out that cargo and

696
00:23:12,390 --> 00:23:10,880
several several months ago actually it

697
00:23:14,630 --> 00:23:12,400
had been well over a year ago there was

698
00:23:16,230 --> 00:23:14,640
an assessment done to look at some

699
00:23:17,990 --> 00:23:16,240
different configurations for these last

700
00:23:19,830 --> 00:23:18,000
few flights and and the best scenario

701
00:23:21,830 --> 00:23:19,840
they could come up with over those few

702
00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:21,840
flights was to fly this module and this

703
00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:24,320
deck and this configuration loaded out

704
00:23:27,110 --> 00:23:25,760
as they are

705
00:23:28,789 --> 00:23:27,120
and even though they're not completely

706
00:23:30,230 --> 00:23:28,799
full either one it's the best that we

707
00:23:31,750 --> 00:23:30,240
could do under the circumstances and

708
00:23:37,590 --> 00:23:31,760
stay within the orbiter's performance

709
00:23:41,430 --> 00:23:39,590
hi ken kramer for space flight magazine

710
00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:41,440
for scott can you please describe a

711
00:23:45,830 --> 00:23:43,600
little more detail tonight the nine

712
00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:45,840
items you'll be putting on today well

713
00:23:49,830 --> 00:23:48,000
let's see we have uh

714
00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:49,840
we have a glacier which is a fridge

715
00:23:53,190 --> 00:23:51,440
freezer that we're going to install and

716
00:23:55,029 --> 00:23:53,200
in that fridge freezer we're going to be

717
00:23:57,190 --> 00:23:55,039
installing a jacks experiment called

718
00:23:59,269 --> 00:23:57,200
c-spins and that is an acronym that's

719
00:24:00,870 --> 00:23:59,279
about a foot and a half long so i don't

720
00:24:02,789 --> 00:24:00,880
think i can help you with that

721
00:24:04,630 --> 00:24:02,799
we have two animal enclosure modules for

722
00:24:06,149 --> 00:24:04,640
a mouse immunology experiment that are

723
00:24:08,470 --> 00:24:06,159
going on board those those are both

724
00:24:10,549 --> 00:24:08,480
powered the glacier is also powered we

725
00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:10,559
have a commercial generic bioprocessing

726
00:24:14,950 --> 00:24:12,400
apparatus which we've flown many times

727
00:24:17,830 --> 00:24:14,960
this time it's carrying the national lab

728
00:24:19,830 --> 00:24:17,840
pathfinder vaccine 11

729
00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:19,840
and so those those comprise our four

730
00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:21,440
powered experiments

731
00:24:26,070 --> 00:24:23,840
we have a colored fungi and space

732
00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:26,080
experiment that's from europe

733
00:24:29,590 --> 00:24:27,520
we have a

734
00:24:31,110 --> 00:24:29,600
national lab pathfinder cell 6

735
00:24:34,950 --> 00:24:31,120
experiment

736
00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:34,960
mentioned earlier we have lmm bio which

737
00:24:38,950 --> 00:24:37,440
is a it's a biological experiment that's

738
00:24:40,789 --> 00:24:38,960
going to go up and use the the

739
00:24:42,870 --> 00:24:40,799
microscope that's in one of our

740
00:24:45,269 --> 00:24:42,880
microgravity research racks on orbit to

741
00:24:48,070 --> 00:24:45,279
prove that that microscope can be used

742
00:24:49,750 --> 00:24:48,080
to look at biological samples and then

743
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:49,760
we have a materials processing

744
00:24:53,830 --> 00:24:52,400
experiment called bcat6

745
00:24:55,190 --> 00:24:53,840
that's going up that we're installing

746
00:24:57,669 --> 00:24:55,200
today

747
00:25:00,870 --> 00:24:57,679
i think that's all of them

748
00:25:02,390 --> 00:25:00,880
and on the end here please

749
00:25:03,909 --> 00:25:02,400
justin mullins from new scientists at

750
00:25:05,430 --> 00:25:03,919
first steve

751
00:25:07,029 --> 00:25:05,440
what happens to discovery after the

752
00:25:09,269 --> 00:25:07,039
mission has ended is anyone is it final

753
00:25:11,430 --> 00:25:09,279
resting place being determined

754
00:25:13,110 --> 00:25:11,440
not officially there are a number of uh

755
00:25:14,470 --> 00:25:13,120
organizations bidding for the orbiters

756
00:25:15,909 --> 00:25:14,480
and that there's a panel that's going to

757
00:25:18,070 --> 00:25:15,919
determine where they all end up at some

758
00:25:19,990 --> 00:25:18,080
point they're all going to museums where

759
00:25:21,510 --> 00:25:20,000
the public can enjoy them as much as we

760
00:25:23,190 --> 00:25:21,520
have

761
00:25:25,990 --> 00:25:23,200
but the the official who's getting which

762
00:25:27,510 --> 00:25:26,000
one is not yet been put out so i don't

763
00:25:29,029 --> 00:25:27,520
know the answer to you

764
00:25:31,110 --> 00:25:29,039
decision be made

765
00:25:32,230 --> 00:25:31,120
i'm not sure that we might have to get

766
00:25:34,310 --> 00:25:32,240
back to you with an answer on that one

767
00:25:38,630 --> 00:25:34,320
okay

768
00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:40,230
question for steve mark ratterman with

769
00:25:44,630 --> 00:25:42,880
talking space on the number three engine

770
00:25:47,350 --> 00:25:44,640
the backup controller that you mentioned

771
00:25:48,630 --> 00:25:47,360
the problem powering it up overnight

772
00:25:50,710 --> 00:25:48,640
are those switches i may have missed

773
00:25:52,390 --> 00:25:50,720
this is this orbital or ground support

774
00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:52,400
equipment these are orbiter switches

775
00:25:56,470 --> 00:25:54,640
there is a a circuit breaker on the left

776
00:25:58,310 --> 00:25:56,480
side panel l4

777
00:26:01,190 --> 00:25:58,320
and there is a switch on the right side

778
00:26:03,190 --> 00:26:01,200
panel where the pilot sits r2

779
00:26:05,029 --> 00:26:03,200
and those are the ones we cycled

780
00:26:07,909 --> 00:26:05,039
when did they come into play during the

781
00:26:08,870 --> 00:26:07,919
uh during the countdown or is that a

782
00:26:12,310 --> 00:26:08,880
at this point they're going to stay

783
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,990
okay are there any more questions

784
00:26:21,110 --> 00:26:18,950
that will conclude today's sts-133 l

785
00:26:22,710 --> 00:26:21,120
minus one countdown status briefing as

786
00:26:24,230 --> 00:26:22,720
steve mentioned the rotating service

787
00:26:26,070 --> 00:26:24,240
structure will move away from space

788
00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:26,080
shuttle discovery in preparation for its

789
00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:28,640
launch tomorrow at 7 pm eastern time

790
00:26:32,789 --> 00:26:31,200
that will be shown on nasa television

791
00:26:35,669 --> 00:26:32,799
commentary coverage for the launch

792
00:26:38,470 --> 00:26:35,679
tomorrow will begin with tanking at 6 25

793
00:26:41,110 --> 00:26:38,480
a.m eastern time live on nasa tv for

794
00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:41,120
more information on the sts-133 mission