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okay so where are we guys

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we're right right now where are we

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standing where am i standing

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and the freedom star what is that is a

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is a ship and what's the significance of

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the freedom

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star we retrieve the boosted rockets the

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bush so the solid rockets

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which after two and a half minutes they

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burn out land in the ocean yeah

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and you guys go and fetch them we refer

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you get one and then the liberty store

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gets the other so one apiece so the

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other liberty stars out there right

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there over here

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so we got the liberty star and this is

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the freedom star

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okay is that the only thing that these

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ships do is recover solid rockets or do

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they do uh no we also get the external

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tank you get the external tank

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okay you totally okay so that's from a

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shoe

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you uh you go to michoud tow the tank in

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the barge over here is that right from

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louisiana mississippi mississippi

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smaller

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okay

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but you put so you take it from uh

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from some from gulfport across the gulf

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and around uh

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around the tip of florida and then bring

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it here okay because we lose that thing

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after the launch

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it goes it lands somewhere in the in the

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pacific

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or indian ocean okay i thought it was

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indian ocean those guys out there i

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thought tommy is in the pacific is that

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right tim is the indian ocean that's

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what i thought too these guys

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okay well one of them oceans

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all right so i'm with you i think it's

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the indian ocean that's the way i was i

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was taught okay so so that thing lanza

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you never get it again but these solid

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rockets should go and you're going to go

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get these now

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so it takes you how long when you need

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to be in position uh we need to be in

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our msp uh two hours prior to launch it

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typically takes us about 20 hours to get

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there he said msp what's ms what does

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that mean

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uh position mission supports okay cool

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all right so you need to be there two

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hours before launch

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patrol the box is a box they give us uh

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the warning shows no ships going through

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the box the landing zone impact zone of

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the boosters

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um so we'll get on station we'll look at

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our radars and make sure there's no

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vessels that can come in contact with

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the boosters all right and uh we'll

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patrol that for a couple hours prior to

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launch and um we'll be in the position

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for launch how big is this box

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yeah yeah that year

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square miles i say so yeah so you guys

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are running around with the ship making

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sure no one comes in there we don't run

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around we have radar your radar okay all

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okay our radar up to 96 miles and uh you

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know we have a

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plane flight overhead too and they help

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us out finding ships in the corners and

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stuff

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all right make sure it's safe the

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primary box is probably 20 square miles

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okay but the whole box in case they were

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something like that right

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it's pretty big okay so you want to make

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sure no one's in the danger zone of

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getting hit by a solid rocket because

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then he would blame you guys right there

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who are those guys out there more or

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less right hey what's up those guys got

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hit with some some guy out there fishing

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do you ever have do you have people in

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usually got a scatter out there or uh

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these these guys they get contacts all

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the time and they're coming yeah there's

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typically a couple ships we have to uh

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you know get with the coast guard and we

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can only suggest they change course in

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direction of speed or something like

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that but okay and it usually will work

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out of the sky that usually won't work i

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guess their attention yeah like over

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there i'm trying to get this last

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flounder how far away from florida are

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you when you when you recover those

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that's where you'll be that's where you

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pick those things up when you bring them

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back here yes all right then from here

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they get loaded on to uh

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something else that takes them by train

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up to uh somewhere or what happens they

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disassemble them here all right and uh

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you keep the skirts in the f skirts we

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refer to them here in florida locally oh

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okay and then the uh the segments

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themselves will get put on a train and

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utah deep river it'll be packed again

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what's going on back here

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the throttle looks like a throttle it's

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a half console half console any kind of

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operations we do uh dives in the water

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or retrieving anything this is where we

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operate the vessel from all

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at the back deck and watch some more

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cool back deck

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all the work that's done back there oh

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so what are these controllers a joystick

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for is that uh this is your uh throttle

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bathrooms are here okay this is a full

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uh dp system right here um basically the

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same thing you have on the phone console

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is back here this is your props your lip

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system for your props your main engines

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um and then um you have a tiller instead

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of a wheel here okay rudders

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and uh pretty much you do anything you

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can do from from up there you can do it

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keep it's getting late here you guys are

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saying overtime

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uh and without pay i assume huh yeah

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see the full parachute rails there

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that's our recovery crane right there

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all right it's an articulating boom we

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used that crane to launch the boat over

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and also to recover the frustum the

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the top of the solid rocket booster

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those two devices on the fourth quarter

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over there are called diver operator

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plugs or edops

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our divers are going to take those down

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to a depth of over a hundred feet

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position them under the booster the host

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in a a vertical manner with the half

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skirt open to the ocean

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they're going to stick one of those

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plugs into the open nozzle

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we're going to connect an air hose from

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this hose reel over here

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we're going to pump all the water out of

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that booster it's going to rise up out

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of the water fall over on its side

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we're going to connect to the parachute

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shroud lines and we're going to tow it

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in using the ship's tow winch right here

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we're going over to the uh liberty star

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next all right liberty star is identical

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to freedom one major difference you're

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going to see is that liberty has a wide

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radar on board a tracking radar for

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ascent debris

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freedom is also configured to hold

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debris you shouldn't colossa that means

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anything that might that is coming off

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absolutely they can track it that's

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anything else cool all right that's the

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they have two of those radars one of

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these ships will be carrying the radar

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for the offshore position the second

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radar is going to be on an army landing

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craft about 10 miles offshore

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a land facility nearby so they

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three different angles

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to get a full picture of what's going on

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with that shuttle during the first

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couple of minutes of flight okay

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so this thing looks for debris coming

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down from the external tank or from and

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how how much range is it to protect to

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protect you guys or to protect uh

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anybody who might be in the area right

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if something's coming down that's

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actually to uh

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give nasa an early heads up on any

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absolutely okay how many divers you have

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uh go out there with you we have eight

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on each ship eight on each ship yeah

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we've got some really talented guys here

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uh our core group or diver emt

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paramedics wow we borrow divers from

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throughout the company from the united

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space alliance uh we have engineers we

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have technicians we have welders that's

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the hat on the beach and we go to see

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they're our recovery guys they're also

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trained divers they're also trained to

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operate that hyperbaric chamber

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now what we're real proud of is they've

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achieved world-class status they have

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among the best safety records of any

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dive group in the world and that's a big

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deal you wouldn't expect anything less

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from nasa would you no you would not

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you compare us to commercial or

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comparison to the navy or anybody else

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we're top dogs

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what do you think of that navy all right

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cool

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but it's just amazing they've you know

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all the different disciplines that come

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into the space program you know it's not

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you know it's uh no it isn't yeah a lot

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of professional mariners

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you got your kitchen right here

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all right so this is all the cooking

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goes on

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you guys eat pretty well on the ship

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very well yeah where they feed you

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what's a typical dinner

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you ever get a burger

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you can get burgers uh steaks pork chops

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got it all regular food yup

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regular food all right it's a nice place

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to hang out down here

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very comfortable great coaching

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all right well thanks bill good luck

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with whatever you're studying there what

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is that stuff

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what do you got are you working on

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something going to school serial

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accounting managerial accounting not fun

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at all

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that's all right just get through the

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class

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the fun comes later yeah school isn't

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necessarily fun

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hear that kid school isn't necessarily

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fun but it could it should be fun

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teachers will kill me

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but uh it's better way afterwards it'll

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get better yeah all right well good luck

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appreciate you all right

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okay this is liberty stars engine room

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liberty and freedom are 2 900 horsepower

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they're 12 cylinder emds

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division the general motors these are

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marine variants of a diesel locomotive

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engine diesel engines powered by diesel

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fuel

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two generators

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they provide our electricity when we're

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at sea they're 871 detroit diesels

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they'd be equivalent to a large truck

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engine it's a big engine yeah

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noisy down here

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okay it gets to 120 degrees and 120

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decibels down here in the summertime

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it's a miserable place

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so this is an automated engine room the

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engineers make routine rounds but you

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don't want to hang out here no it's not

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a place you'd want to hang out at unless

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you had to fix something all right

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we've got all kinds of air compressors

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on board

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now this doesn't look like anything

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fancy but this is actually pretty cool

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this is one of the biggest air

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compressors you'll ever see this

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produces the high volume

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low pressure air

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that we pump into the solid rocket

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booster that booster may only be about

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four psi by the time we get the air out

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of here and through a 1200 foot hose and

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the diver operator plug into the booster

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but it's enough to float that thing okay

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so you want to press get air inside of

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it to make it buoyant is the idea right

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and and to eject the water out through

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the plug

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so again that booster is 30 foot above

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the water 100 foot below the water our

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divers have plugged it we've connected

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the air hose we start blowing through

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this uh compressor she rises up out of

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the water

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timber over continue pumping get the

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rest of the water out and we tow that

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sucker in that's cool enemies workshop

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stuff breaks this is where they come to

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fix it they've got everything from lays