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good day and welcome back to the johnson

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space center for today's mission status

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briefing on flight day six of

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discovery's final mission to the

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international space station a busy day

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in orbit and here on the ground and with

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us today to discuss all of those

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activities are david korth the iss orbit

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one flight director for sts-133 ulf5 and

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kenny todd the mission integration and

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operations manager for the international

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space station program and the chairman

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of the iss mission management team and

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we'll start off with david

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all right good day to everyone

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orbiter status everything's looking

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there's been a lot of discussion the

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last couple of days about

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can we add a date of the mission or not

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and the the management team decided

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yesterday that indeed we will be adding

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a day to the docked mission

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we're going to focus on pmm outfitting

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and i'm happy to say the pmm is now part

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of the international space station

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we were actually fortunate enough

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right around the time that we were

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bolting putting final final bolting in

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we passed over a tour in italy this was

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kind of a

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poetic poetic justice for pmm

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right now on the the overall mission

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we're about 60 percent complete with the

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uh physical item transfer

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as far as the

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duration of the mission we're we're

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calling it a 12 plus 1 plus 2 mission at

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this point o2 limited

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we still have a lot more margin so uh

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folks are still discussing

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how we want to make use of that for the

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rest of the mission

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from today's timeline

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the uh

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as you probably know and i was fortunate

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enough the

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we all got supported the crew and

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getting ahead on the plan

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the pmm is installed and is part of the

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the crew is working now on the initial

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vestibule outfitting and pressurization

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with the intent

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hatch opening in ingress

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later this evening houston time

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per the the nominal timeline if you will

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would have been about 5 58 pm but we're

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optimistic that will happen a little

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sooner

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we had

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great support today on orbit from a

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variety of people

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on the the arm

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using the ssrms to grapple the pmm and

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the payload bay bring it out bertha to

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katie and eric bowe

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get us through bolting

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our ground control team to take care of

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the final bolting and seal the interface

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and then uh katie and mike barrett uh

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ungrappled the arm and put it in

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position for eva2 tomorrow

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russian team is working hard on the uh

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the replacement of the vos duke system

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their co2 scrubbing system uh that seems

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to be going well on plan

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and uh as i mentioned uh tonight

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we'll be uh obviously getting ready for

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eva number two tomorrow

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campout begins at 7 33 pm local or

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gmt 60 day 0 1 hours 33 minutes

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as when we begin the o2

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hygiene break tomorrow 503 local am

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gmt 61 out 61 days 11 hours 3 minutes

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a gmt of 61 days 15 hours 23 minutes

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with an ingress at 21 hours 43 minutes

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gmt around 3 43 p.m

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a number of different activities we have

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on the plan tomorrow

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for the eva we've accomplished all what

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we call the high high priority

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one of the first things we'll do

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is on the eva is the

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ammonia venting from the the pump module

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that's on the esp-2

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and then we'll work off a number of

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trying to get to tomorrow is a data

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cable that we want to get out of the pmm

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to provide a data connection into the

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iss directly hardwired data connection

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to the htv which is on the node 2 zenith

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and we've been operating with an rf link

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elements so we're we're looking forward

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to that hard line connection and of

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course the next thing is we'll be taking

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a lot of trash or packing trash a lot of

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items that came up in the pmm

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packing material structure to protect it

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for its ascent loads so we're going to

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take that out throw it in htv

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and we're going to move the robonaut

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block we're going to take its packing

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foam off and you'll get this big large

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we'll be putting that in the lab for

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beyond that i have mission is going

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like i mentioned we're ahead of the

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timeline again today

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we're looking forward to successful eva

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2 tomorrow and of course successful

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ingress this evening into the

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that's that's really all i had at this

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if you want i can take questions now

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actually we'll go on to kenny first then

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we'll take questions here kenny okay

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well it's uh great to be here with you

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today we had the eva yesterday

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everything went really well they got us

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in a good position

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the ops team and the crew did to go do

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the pmm install this morning

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that all went very well congratulations

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to to both the crew and and the ops team

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uh look very much forward to getting

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into the pmm uh later this afternoon

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early this evening and get about the

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task of integrating that that new module

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into the living space onboard the space

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then we turn the corner we go as dave

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said do the eba tomorrow we got a lot of

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what i would call kind of cats and dogs

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on that on that eba things that we've

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been tracking that we need to get done

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for some time so got a good opportunity

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to go get those tomorrow and so

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we we feel good about where we are there

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from a program perspective as most of

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a detailed choreography right now of

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vehicles coming to and from the space

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if you're keeping a scorecard we had the

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htv and get here at the end of january

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show up last week and then this past

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weekend our our shuttle friends came for

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we're very much happy to have all those

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returning here in a couple of weeks

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and then and then we'll look forward a

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couple of weeks after that to the ulf

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so as you can see we're right in the

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middle of of what's again a pretty

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large number of vehicles coming to and

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of time getting ready to receive those

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vehicles and get ready for them to part

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and uh and uh as david said we got a lot

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of work relative to configuring the pmm

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unpacking it uh getting it ready to

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compromise our ability to continue doing

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activities things that that you know

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adding a plus one day for us

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again every time we have a shuttle visit

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if we can take advantage of the

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we we certainly want to do that leroy

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and mmt considered that proposal and

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agreed to stay an extra day and so we're

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with the focus being on trying to to get

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the pmm in a good configuration

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as quick as we can

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another task that we looked at

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uh consider this possibility uh we uh we

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started this a couple of weeks ago we we

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identified all the forward work through

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the different partners that they had to

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go do to assess their readiness from a

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retract that work through the the iss

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due diligence

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management processes that allow them to

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identify risk and and do what they can

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and so that process has been going on

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week to two weeks um this morning at

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this this morning's uh station mission

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management team meeting we had uh we had

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a plan to go do a go no-go uh to go do

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that soyuz flyabout

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um our uh our russian colleagues

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were first out of the shoot this morning

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and after doing their own due diligence

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the russian side of the house

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that with 24 soyuz which is the vehicle

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we were going to use to do this this fly

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around that they are not in a position

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to to recommend doing that that fly

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and uh their primary basis for was was

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because this particular vehicle is what

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they consider to be a new vehicle that's

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what we call a series 700 vehicle

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and so this is it's made in flight

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that particular vehicle which had it

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come into station serving its uh six

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and the amount of time they had to look

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at it uh and and the fact that they

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didn't have before this vehicle was

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launched an opportunity to go work this

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maneuver through their normal

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development and test uh planning uh

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given that it's again a new vehicle

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they came back to us and said they'd

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recommend not doing it

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and from a mission management team

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perspective um we knew all along that

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that you know was critical for all

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partners to be able to

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to to go through their own processes and

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to get comfortable with doing this

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activity and and when we got that

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feedback from the russians this morning

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it wasn't necessarily what we we were

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hoping to get back but at the same point

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you know i applaud the russians

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for doing the right thing uh you know

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not

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disregarding their own processes but

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instead uh making sure that uh that they

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do their due diligence the way they

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should and uh and and bringing that back

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to the partnership and so i accepted

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their recommendation

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i opened that up for comments to the

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entire mission management team and and

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it was unanimous there were no no

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dissenting opinions to the russian

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recommendation

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we all placed a great amount of faith in

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the system that the russians have to go

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make this decision on their side and so

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as a as a mission management team i

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i ask that we cease all further

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activities with regard to discussions

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about a fly about

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i think in in some ways it's allowed the

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team now to get on with the rest of the

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mission uh everything we can take off

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their plate is a good thing it allows

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them to stay focused on on trying to get

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the things done that we need to do

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that we had laid out for this mission

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for for the last couple of years

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and uh and i'm happy to say i feel good

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about where we're at right now and and i

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think it was a good decision this

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morning and uh and i look forward to a

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good successful conclusion to this

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doctor mission with the shuttle guys and

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and we'll we'll be ready to go do these

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next

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vehicle operations that i mentioned

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earlier

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and that's all i have unless you have

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any questions

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okay thanks kenny uh we'll take

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questions here in houston we also have

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reporters at the kennedy space center

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and on our phone bridge so we'll start

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here in the back with mark

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oh thank you uh mark caro for aviation

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week and space technology and i had a

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couple questions for uh

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for ken todd

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can can you offer us sort of any new

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context on how the proposal for the

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for the fly about in the picture uh came

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about whether it was a proposal just

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from nasa or from three of the

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four of the major partners

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and

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would you foresee any occasion where

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this might be possible to do again

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where you have worked with the other

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part i know the shuttle

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probably

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you know has a couple more occasions to

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come to the station i just

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wonder if this is uh

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gone or whether it might work into a

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future flight plan thank you

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okay

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let's see so how it came about well i

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will tell you as a

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as an immt chairman we were asked to go

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look at it um

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certainly to me it came through the

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through the nasa channels

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as we began discussing this with the

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partnership i will tell you there was

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broad support

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our russian colleagues

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worked very hard over the last couple of

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weeks to

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to build a plan

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and to work it within their own system

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to

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everybody was comfortable in the russian

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segment world

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the europeans again very supportive our

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jackson colleagues very supportive as

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well as our canadian partners so

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again i think across the board um i

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don't know exactly

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where it came from how it came to us but

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i can tell you this and the discussions

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that we had

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with the entire partnership there was

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very broad support for doing this

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i think in general the community

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community thought this was a really

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great thing to go do if we could go do

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it

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uh the cory choreography i talked about

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earlier

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if you look at ulf6

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clearly the htv will be gone by that

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time and so

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i think where we're at today if you look

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at the flight program and the way it's

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if it plays out the way it's laid out

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today

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we won't have

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the uh the same number of visiting

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vehicles

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and and so whether that uh again um

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we would want to take advantage of that

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is something we'll have to go to go look

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at uh to be perfectly frank we didn't

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know we would be here when we we put the

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shuttle plan in place you know uh

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a year or so ago you know we didn't

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realize that we weren't going to fly in

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november and we'd end up in february so

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how that looks going forward you know

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you never say never but i would tell you

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right now the way we have the flight

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program laid out

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this is a this is a unique opportunity

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that

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shuttle mission

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bill

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i just want to make sure i understand

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with the htv there i mean my

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understanding if you're coming off the

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poisk module and stuff that

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htv provided some shielding i guess from

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plumbing and you couldn't use another

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soyuz for that i mean that was the only

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one that was available was this was the

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o m vehicle yeah see that the issue that

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we have the only other place we have the

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soyuz right now is down on the fgb

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nader side

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and uh the issue that we had um

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with that is there's a a

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cone that we try to protect uh leaving

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the fgb nader

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in fact

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when we depart any port we have an

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understanding of what the what the worst

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case dispersions might be with the

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departure and and try to make sure that

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we have good clearance and with the

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shuttle uh docked um

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to the pma2

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the tail actually protrudes into that

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cone that we like to protect so in

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general we don't want to compromise uh

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and i would tell you at this point we

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don't want to compromise on on that that

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cone and as those clearances and so so

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we don't really look at fgb nader as a

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as an option at this point um that is a

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series 200 vehicle that's there

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uh the other thing that we have to

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consider is that that's the uh that's

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the newest vehicle vehicle that that's

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arrived to station with that crew

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and so uh you know again uh part of the

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job

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that we have to go do is we have to look

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at all the what-ifs and what if you

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undocked this guy and couldn't get him

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back then you you know then

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you know you brought your your newest

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crew home and so again that that all

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weighs into it but i would tell you the

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primary reason we won't do anything with

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an fgb nader location is because of

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because of the clearance issue just a

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quick follow then but the only reason

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that the o m vehicle could be used is

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because htv is on harmony zenith and

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that provided you the same effect i

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guess going up i would i would tell you

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right now in the configuration that

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we're in with htv on the xena and the

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shuttle where it's at it provides good

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blockage for the for the windows and so

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um

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again that

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if the opportunity were ever arise or we

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were to make a decision that we wanted

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to go attempt this again and htv wasn't

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there again what we've got today is a

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point analysis we'll basically have to

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go start over with the configuration and

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try to understand what it would mean to

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try to do it in a even a slightly

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different configuration

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other questions

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yeah thanks pete spots uh with the

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christian science monitor um

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uh one of the as we've been hearing

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about this uh throughout the week one of

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the rationales was a gathering of

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engineering data doesn't that

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is is that rationale

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strong enough to you know suggest taking

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another crack at this um you know in a

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future time or

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um is it the alignment of the vehicles

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on top of that that sort of made this

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the prime

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um

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you know the prime opportunity to do it

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well again i think there was multiple

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reasons why this was

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was going to be a good thing to go do

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clearly photo documentation

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whether it be used for engineering data

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or whether it be used for

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you know the the photograph for the ages

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is is is it doesn't

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you know still the configuration is what

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it is as far as um the use of soyuz in

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the future to help with uh capturing

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engineering related data and and doing

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fly around and

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i will tell you we every time we do one

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of these things we learn a lot not just

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about the vehicles but about our

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processes that we use to go do these

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kinds of activities and so um

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though we're not doing the fly about

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here i would tell you we we gotta get a

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lot of good data

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both about our ability to go do this

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kind of

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function

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not just on the russian side but but

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what it would take on our side to go do

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it and and with the rest of the

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partnership so

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again i i don't see it as a wasted time

544
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wasted effort and and

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if we ever needed to go do something

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with the soil using and capture some

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additional engineering data related to

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something that may be going on on

549
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outside the vehicle

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you know we'll have to assess that at

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that time

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denise ciao it's space.com a question

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for kenneth um you mentioned that this

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is a unique opportunity that you have

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here and that given the layout of the

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flight plan

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moving forward it probably won't

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match up where you have all the visiting

559
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vehicles here at the same time and i

560
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know from an operational and risk

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standpoint it

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makes sense to to accept the decision

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but i just wonder if you could comment

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on maybe your disappointment or the

565
00:20:17,510 --> 00:20:15,760
disappointment of other of the flight

566
00:20:19,270 --> 00:20:17,520
control members

567
00:20:21,909 --> 00:20:19,280
okay sure um

568
00:20:23,750 --> 00:20:21,919
you know this is uh this is very much a

569
00:20:25,830 --> 00:20:23,760
a a can-do

570
00:20:27,430 --> 00:20:25,840
team and i'm not talking about the nasa

571
00:20:29,190 --> 00:20:27,440
team i'm not talking about the ops team

572
00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:29,200
i'm talking about the entire

573
00:20:34,549 --> 00:20:32,240
partnership if you look at

574
00:20:37,750 --> 00:20:34,559
the last 10 11 years that we've been

575
00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:37,760
operating on orbit um this uh

576
00:20:41,669 --> 00:20:38,880
this team

577
00:20:43,190 --> 00:20:41,679
you know thrives on challenges and

578
00:20:44,789 --> 00:20:43,200
this was something that again we were

579
00:20:47,029 --> 00:20:44,799
asked to go take a look at it was

580
00:20:49,669 --> 00:20:47,039
relatively late it was different than

581
00:20:52,390 --> 00:20:49,679
than what our nominal plan was and uh

582
00:20:54,310 --> 00:20:52,400
and the first reaction is uh how we

583
00:20:55,669 --> 00:20:54,320
gonna do this and then everybody steps

584
00:20:57,430 --> 00:20:55,679
back they take a breath and the next

585
00:21:00,470 --> 00:20:57,440
thing you know here come the options and

586
00:21:02,230 --> 00:21:00,480
here come the thoughts and and so uh

587
00:21:04,470 --> 00:21:02,240
you know people start knocking down the

588
00:21:06,870 --> 00:21:04,480
walls and figure out how to how to make

589
00:21:09,830 --> 00:21:06,880
things happen and again we do that all

590
00:21:11,750 --> 00:21:09,840
in the context of our of our uh our risk

591
00:21:13,270 --> 00:21:11,760
management processes that help make sure

592
00:21:16,149 --> 00:21:13,280
that that we're asking all the right

593
00:21:17,909 --> 00:21:16,159
questions and so i think

594
00:21:20,230 --> 00:21:17,919
even on the russian side you know this

595
00:21:21,909 --> 00:21:20,240
is not necessarily uh what they wanted

596
00:21:24,149 --> 00:21:21,919
the outcome to be

597
00:21:26,070 --> 00:21:24,159
and so is there disappointment sure i

598
00:21:28,630 --> 00:21:26,080
think so i think that

599
00:21:30,390 --> 00:21:28,640
this was going to be something that that

600
00:21:31,990 --> 00:21:30,400
a lot of us were were looking to pull

601
00:21:33,510 --> 00:21:32,000
off but just because

602
00:21:35,190 --> 00:21:33,520
again it would have been something

603
00:21:36,710 --> 00:21:35,200
really really good for

604
00:21:39,029 --> 00:21:36,720
for for the program it would have been

605
00:21:41,350 --> 00:21:39,039
good for a lot of people to uh to have

606
00:21:42,870 --> 00:21:41,360
this this image and and this

607
00:21:43,990 --> 00:21:42,880
this available so

608
00:21:45,909 --> 00:21:44,000
yeah there's there's a little bit of

609
00:21:47,909 --> 00:21:45,919
disappointment but like i told the team

610
00:21:50,470 --> 00:21:47,919
at the mmt this morning you know we have

611
00:21:52,149 --> 00:21:50,480
to respect the fact that that

612
00:21:53,510 --> 00:21:52,159
uh you know it's the right thing to go

613
00:21:55,669 --> 00:21:53,520
do and ask the hard questions and

614
00:21:58,390 --> 00:21:55,679
sometimes the the hard questions bring

615
00:21:59,990 --> 00:21:58,400
about answers that that you know may not

616
00:22:02,149 --> 00:22:00,000
be what everybody wants but it may be

617
00:22:04,789 --> 00:22:02,159
the right thing to go do and and again i

618
00:22:06,710 --> 00:22:04,799
had absolute 100 consensus in the room

619
00:22:11,029 --> 00:22:06,720
there

620
00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:13,510
hi robert perlman with collectspace.com

621
00:22:17,350 --> 00:22:14,320
um

622
00:22:20,070 --> 00:22:17,360
you mentioned uh well this was a a late

623
00:22:22,149 --> 00:22:20,080
decision uh or late idea to come forward

624
00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:22,159
for the fly about um

625
00:22:26,549 --> 00:22:24,320
and not to play what if but if there had

626
00:22:29,350 --> 00:22:26,559
been more time if this had been proposed

627
00:22:30,870 --> 00:22:29,360
well before discovery launched

628
00:22:32,230 --> 00:22:30,880
do you believe that the partners would

629
00:22:33,909 --> 00:22:32,240
have been able to come become

630
00:22:34,789 --> 00:22:33,919
comfortable with the idea or was it

631
00:22:37,430 --> 00:22:34,799
simply

632
00:22:38,950 --> 00:22:37,440
it was it not a timing issue

633
00:22:41,029 --> 00:22:38,960
i would tell you it's only a timing

634
00:22:43,029 --> 00:22:41,039
issue in that

635
00:22:44,230 --> 00:22:43,039
that we didn't

636
00:22:46,470 --> 00:22:44,240
we didn't get a chance to talk about

637
00:22:49,190 --> 00:22:46,480
this before that soyuz launched uh had

638
00:22:50,710 --> 00:22:49,200
it made a difference in the in the um in

639
00:22:52,630 --> 00:22:50,720
the roscosmos

640
00:22:54,630 --> 00:22:52,640
position potentially if they would have

641
00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:54,640
had a chance to know this was out there

642
00:22:58,149 --> 00:22:56,080
and that we had this potential to do

643
00:22:59,990 --> 00:22:58,159
this uh you know through their own

644
00:23:02,230 --> 00:23:00,000
engineering test programs and their

645
00:23:04,149 --> 00:23:02,240
their their train and fly type mentality

646
00:23:06,230 --> 00:23:04,159
similar to ours you know they may have

647
00:23:07,510 --> 00:23:06,240
gotten to the point where uh you know

648
00:23:09,590 --> 00:23:07,520
they would have felt more comfortable

649
00:23:11,350 --> 00:23:09,600
with this vehicle doing this but i i

650
00:23:13,990 --> 00:23:11,360
would tell you at this point uh you know

651
00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:14,000
it's a new vehicle um they're

652
00:23:16,950 --> 00:23:15,520
they're just like we are in that they

653
00:23:19,830 --> 00:23:16,960
want to be very guarded with the way

654
00:23:22,230 --> 00:23:19,840
they do things and and we we we test our

655
00:23:23,990 --> 00:23:22,240
stuff before we fly it we we we test it

656
00:23:26,789 --> 00:23:24,000
in a way that that we intend to use it

657
00:23:28,390 --> 00:23:26,799
on orbit and in this instance we were

658
00:23:30,470 --> 00:23:28,400
as a partnership talking about doing

659
00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:30,480
something that they hadn't hadn't tested

660
00:23:33,750 --> 00:23:32,080
and done before so

661
00:23:36,870 --> 00:23:33,760
i would tell you that

662
00:23:38,390 --> 00:23:36,880
it wasn't just um you know a week

663
00:23:40,230 --> 00:23:38,400
kind of thing i think we were probably

664
00:23:41,110 --> 00:23:40,240
talking about a much longer period than

665
00:23:45,029 --> 00:23:41,120
that

666
00:23:46,549 --> 00:23:45,039
this and and quite frankly uh we

667
00:23:48,230 --> 00:23:46,559
wouldn't have had that discussion back

668
00:23:50,630 --> 00:23:48,240
then because we didn't know exactly

669
00:23:52,710 --> 00:23:50,640
where the shuttle was going to end up we

670
00:23:54,950 --> 00:23:52,720
again had a window of opportunity here

671
00:23:58,549 --> 00:23:54,960
that was created with with the shuttle

672
00:24:01,110 --> 00:23:58,559
ending up in february so um again

673
00:24:04,950 --> 00:24:01,120
it is what it is and and uh

674
00:24:06,710 --> 00:24:04,960
and we'll we move forward from here

675
00:24:11,830 --> 00:24:06,720
okay let's go down to the kennedy space

676
00:24:15,110 --> 00:24:13,990
um hello marcia dunn of the associated

677
00:24:17,110 --> 00:24:15,120
press

678
00:24:18,789 --> 00:24:17,120
one fly around question and then one

679
00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:18,799
non-related

680
00:24:23,830 --> 00:24:21,440
for mr todd was it the fly around

681
00:24:26,070 --> 00:24:23,840
portion itself that was the

682
00:24:28,630 --> 00:24:26,080
concern of the russian engineers or was

683
00:24:30,310 --> 00:24:28,640
it the re-docking part of it i'm just

684
00:24:32,870 --> 00:24:30,320
wondering what was what was their

685
00:24:35,110 --> 00:24:32,880
concerned area of

686
00:24:37,669 --> 00:24:35,120
area about this whole thing

687
00:24:39,909 --> 00:24:37,679
sure marcia i don't think

688
00:24:42,230 --> 00:24:39,919
again at least the the level of detail

689
00:24:45,029 --> 00:24:42,240
that was given to me wasn't broken down

690
00:24:46,870 --> 00:24:45,039
by the profile that this particular part

691
00:24:49,590 --> 00:24:46,880
of the profile is what was giving them

692
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:49,600
fits i think in general uh it's just

693
00:24:53,990 --> 00:24:52,400
this this idea that that you know we

694
00:24:55,190 --> 00:24:54,000
we're going to go

695
00:24:56,630 --> 00:24:55,200
build a vehicle there's what we're going

696
00:24:59,510 --> 00:24:56,640
to ask it to do we're going to go train

697
00:25:01,590 --> 00:24:59,520
our crews to go do this and and and with

698
00:25:04,310 --> 00:25:01,600
this first vehicle there's just some

699
00:25:06,549 --> 00:25:04,320
level of of discomfort and straying too

700
00:25:09,029 --> 00:25:06,559
far from the plan uh that they already

701
00:25:11,669 --> 00:25:09,039
had in place and and not having uh the

702
00:25:13,990 --> 00:25:11,679
right amount of time uh with the vehicle

703
00:25:17,029 --> 00:25:14,000
to go to go get comfortable and and with

704
00:25:18,789 --> 00:25:17,039
the crew as well so uh again i think i

705
00:25:21,430 --> 00:25:18,799
think that uh what we're dealing with

706
00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:21,440
here is just it's an it's a new vehicle

707
00:25:26,070 --> 00:25:23,760
it's got it's got new systems on it and

708
00:25:28,070 --> 00:25:26,080
and so there's some level of of comfort

709
00:25:29,830 --> 00:25:28,080
that they need to gain before

710
00:25:31,669 --> 00:25:29,840
they're going to be willing to entertain

711
00:25:35,669 --> 00:25:31,679
these kinds of of

712
00:25:40,470 --> 00:25:38,630
all right thank you and and for um for

713
00:25:42,789 --> 00:25:40,480
mr uh korth

714
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:42,799
uh when they enter leonardo later today

715
00:25:46,390 --> 00:25:44,720
will they have the usual protective gear

716
00:25:48,310 --> 00:25:46,400
goggles um

717
00:25:50,070 --> 00:25:48,320
face masks that sort of thing

718
00:25:52,149 --> 00:25:50,080
yeah that's that's part of our standard

719
00:25:54,070 --> 00:25:52,159
protocol for entering any

720
00:25:55,590 --> 00:25:54,080
any new vehicle the first time it shows

721
00:25:58,070 --> 00:25:55,600
up and and

722
00:26:01,510 --> 00:25:58,080
even though leonardo as it was formerly

723
00:26:03,190 --> 00:26:01,520
called pmm formally known as leonardo

724
00:26:04,630 --> 00:26:03,200
has a history i think it's like seven

725
00:26:07,430 --> 00:26:04,640
times we've we've flown it on the

726
00:26:10,310 --> 00:26:07,440
orbiter uh it's been reconfigured

727
00:26:11,909 --> 00:26:10,320
uh got new mmod micrometeoroid

728
00:26:14,149 --> 00:26:11,919
protection other things we've done to it

729
00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:14,159
so for all intents and purposes it is a

730
00:26:18,870 --> 00:26:15,919
new vehicle so we'll treat it the same

731
00:26:22,070 --> 00:26:20,390
okay i think that's it down at the

732
00:26:24,390 --> 00:26:22,080
kennedy space center we have reporters

733
00:26:27,430 --> 00:26:24,400
on the phone bridge and first up on the

734
00:26:29,269 --> 00:26:27,440
phone bridge is irene klotz

735
00:26:30,630 --> 00:26:29,279
thanks very much i have a couple

736
00:26:33,269 --> 00:26:30,640
questions um

737
00:26:35,269 --> 00:26:33,279
the first is with the addition of pmm

738
00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:35,279
and not including the shuttle's mass

739
00:26:40,549 --> 00:26:37,039
what's the current mass of the space

740
00:26:44,230 --> 00:26:42,630
somewhere around nine hundred thousand

741
00:26:47,750 --> 00:26:44,240
pounds i believe that's the number i

742
00:26:52,630 --> 00:26:49,830
um thank you and uh the other the other

743
00:26:55,110 --> 00:26:52,640
thing uh concerning the fly about

744
00:26:57,750 --> 00:26:55,120
although the picture won't be the same

745
00:27:00,149 --> 00:26:57,760
is can't you get what engineering data

746
00:27:04,870 --> 00:27:00,159
you need during the shuttles fly around

747
00:27:07,430 --> 00:27:06,149
is your question are we still going to

748
00:27:09,350 --> 00:27:07,440
do the fly around with the shuttle and

749
00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:09,360
get some engineering data there oh

750
00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:12,240
certainly absolutely uh we we're going

751
00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:13,360
to

752
00:27:17,430 --> 00:27:15,520
still at least get get get the data we

753
00:27:19,669 --> 00:27:17,440
would normally capture with uh with a

754
00:27:21,350 --> 00:27:19,679
shuttle fly around and go do the normal

755
00:27:24,549 --> 00:27:21,360
post flight analysis that we would do

756
00:27:27,510 --> 00:27:24,559
with that imagery you bet

757
00:27:29,830 --> 00:27:27,520
thanks and i had one other one the um

758
00:27:32,630 --> 00:27:29,840
although this brings to

759
00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:32,640
the end the uss uh

760
00:27:36,070 --> 00:27:34,480
pressurized modules for station i

761
00:27:38,230 --> 00:27:36,080
believe there's still

762
00:27:40,789 --> 00:27:38,240
one or two more coming from russia do

763
00:27:42,950 --> 00:27:40,799
you either of you have any updates on

764
00:27:45,750 --> 00:27:42,960
what um what might still be coming for a

765
00:27:49,190 --> 00:27:46,789
well uh

766
00:27:50,870 --> 00:27:49,200
there there's the mlm that's still still

767
00:27:53,669 --> 00:27:50,880
in the queue our russian partners are

768
00:27:55,669 --> 00:27:53,679
working on it uh irena that's that's

769
00:27:57,510 --> 00:27:55,679
that's the only one that i know of that

770
00:27:59,190 --> 00:27:57,520
that uh they're currently active in

771
00:28:00,789 --> 00:27:59,200
working on and there may be others i

772
00:28:01,830 --> 00:28:00,799
just don't have that information with me

773
00:28:04,070 --> 00:28:01,840
here and

774
00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:04,080
and and potential launch dates and all

775
00:28:07,350 --> 00:28:05,600
that we can we can certainly try to get

776
00:28:08,549 --> 00:28:07,360
that to you though

777
00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:08,559
thank you

778
00:28:12,950 --> 00:28:10,799
okay next up on the phone bridge james

779
00:28:16,549 --> 00:28:12,960
dean

780
00:28:18,470 --> 00:28:16,559
uh thank you rob james in florida today

781
00:28:20,710 --> 00:28:18,480
mr todd i wonder you've been referring

782
00:28:23,110 --> 00:28:20,720
to the soyuz as a new vehicle could you

783
00:28:26,070 --> 00:28:23,120
discuss at all what is new and different

784
00:28:27,990 --> 00:28:26,080
about this particular soyuz and are you

785
00:28:29,990 --> 00:28:28,000
surprised that that

786
00:28:31,430 --> 00:28:30,000
concern wasn't raised much earlier in

787
00:28:33,110 --> 00:28:31,440
the process it seemed like it really

788
00:28:36,230 --> 00:28:33,120
came down to

789
00:28:38,070 --> 00:28:36,240
last day before all of a sudden that was

790
00:28:39,430 --> 00:28:38,080
the reason for

791
00:28:40,710 --> 00:28:39,440
down

792
00:28:42,789 --> 00:28:40,720
james

793
00:28:44,870 --> 00:28:42,799
i will tell you that that there's some

794
00:28:46,230 --> 00:28:44,880
new avionics systems there's new

795
00:28:48,630 --> 00:28:46,240
computers

796
00:28:50,549 --> 00:28:48,640
associated with this particular series

797
00:28:52,389 --> 00:28:50,559
700 vehicle

798
00:28:53,669 --> 00:28:52,399
as far as

799
00:28:55,990 --> 00:28:53,679
as what

800
00:28:57,350 --> 00:28:56,000
what this means to us as we work through

801
00:28:58,870 --> 00:28:57,360
the process

802
00:29:00,230 --> 00:28:58,880
i would tell you in my initial

803
00:29:01,510 --> 00:29:00,240
discussions with the russians they

804
00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:01,520
brought this up

805
00:29:06,389 --> 00:29:03,520
this this was not new information there

806
00:29:10,070 --> 00:29:06,399
was no surprise to anybody in the entire

807
00:29:12,149 --> 00:29:10,080
partnership um that the russians were

808
00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:12,159
were having these types of discussions

809
00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:14,320
um again

810
00:29:18,230 --> 00:29:16,320
every every day you're working in low

811
00:29:21,110 --> 00:29:18,240
earth orbit is an exercise and risk

812
00:29:23,029 --> 00:29:21,120
management is it is by nature what we do

813
00:29:25,269 --> 00:29:23,039
and so um

814
00:29:27,830 --> 00:29:25,279
no matter what task is in front of us

815
00:29:29,510 --> 00:29:27,840
we're always asking the what ifs and and

816
00:29:31,350 --> 00:29:29,520
and so there's no doubt in my mind that

817
00:29:33,269 --> 00:29:31,360
the russians as soon as we brought this

818
00:29:35,510 --> 00:29:33,279
up again started their own uh

819
00:29:36,630 --> 00:29:35,520
discussions internally and and going

820
00:29:39,750 --> 00:29:36,640
through their own risk management

821
00:29:41,269 --> 00:29:39,760
process to try to understand uh what uh

822
00:29:42,950 --> 00:29:41,279
what level of comfort they could get

823
00:29:44,710 --> 00:29:42,960
with this and they were very open with

824
00:29:47,190 --> 00:29:44,720
us about this

825
00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:47,200
and and we had discussions

826
00:29:50,549 --> 00:29:49,760
to that regard but but

827
00:29:51,430 --> 00:29:50,559
we

828
00:29:53,430 --> 00:29:51,440
uh

829
00:29:55,990 --> 00:29:53,440
the rest of the partnership

830
00:29:58,070 --> 00:29:56,000
really needed to let them conclude their

831
00:29:59,430 --> 00:29:58,080
part of the process that that needed to

832
00:30:00,310 --> 00:29:59,440
happen

833
00:30:02,230 --> 00:30:00,320
and

834
00:30:04,710 --> 00:30:02,240
you know it is their vehicle it's uh it

835
00:30:07,669 --> 00:30:04,720
was been their commander uh performing

836
00:30:08,870 --> 00:30:07,679
the function and so uh from from the

837
00:30:11,190 --> 00:30:08,880
standpoint of

838
00:30:13,269 --> 00:30:11,200
of it being a surprise it absolutely was

839
00:30:14,870 --> 00:30:13,279
not a surprise uh they needed to go do

840
00:30:16,789 --> 00:30:14,880
their their own internal process and

841
00:30:19,190 --> 00:30:16,799
that just took some amount of time and

842
00:30:21,350 --> 00:30:19,200
and we just got that conclusion uh this

843
00:30:24,149 --> 00:30:21,360
morning

844
00:30:25,669 --> 00:30:24,159
okay thanks and um i wondered if if you

845
00:30:28,149 --> 00:30:25,679
might be able just to elaborate a little

846
00:30:30,149 --> 00:30:28,159
bit more on how that plus one day will

847
00:30:31,110 --> 00:30:30,159
be used since it seems like transfer is

848
00:30:33,909 --> 00:30:31,120
um

849
00:30:34,870 --> 00:30:33,919
is well on its way and out of schedule

850
00:30:36,389 --> 00:30:34,880
um

851
00:30:39,190 --> 00:30:36,399
and uh

852
00:30:41,669 --> 00:30:39,200
finally also if there's any of the uh

853
00:30:44,549 --> 00:30:41,679
eva cats and dogs that you could

854
00:30:46,549 --> 00:30:44,559
uh specify or or highlight uh uh

855
00:30:48,389 --> 00:30:46,559
occurring tomorrow that are um you know

856
00:30:50,789 --> 00:30:48,399
important activities but but just sort

857
00:30:53,669 --> 00:30:50,799
of uh

858
00:30:55,190 --> 00:30:53,679
activities that they'll be performing

859
00:30:57,590 --> 00:30:55,200
i can say

860
00:31:00,470 --> 00:30:57,600
the prime use right now of this this

861
00:31:02,630 --> 00:31:00,480
extra day is going to be outfitting

862
00:31:04,389 --> 00:31:02,640
of the the new pmm

863
00:31:06,710 --> 00:31:04,399
the current timeline that we had going

864
00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:06,720
into the mission really barely got us

865
00:31:11,750 --> 00:31:08,960
into the pmm i've got a couple of big

866
00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:11,760
items out with the the intent

867
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:14,080
of gathering as much packing foam and

868
00:31:17,350 --> 00:31:15,600
packing structure to throw away in the

869
00:31:19,350 --> 00:31:17,360
htv that's that's a big program

870
00:31:20,950 --> 00:31:19,360
objective you know we got a lot of good

871
00:31:23,350 --> 00:31:20,960
stuff out htv

872
00:31:26,070 --> 00:31:23,360
um and the other objective of htv was to

873
00:31:28,710 --> 00:31:26,080
bring home a lot of the uh packing trash

874
00:31:29,990 --> 00:31:28,720
and that uh we expected to come up in on

875
00:31:32,230 --> 00:31:30,000
this mission

876
00:31:34,389 --> 00:31:32,240
so adding a day

877
00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:34,399
the equipment that's brought up in pmm

878
00:31:38,389 --> 00:31:36,799
there is a tremendous amount of things

879
00:31:41,509 --> 00:31:38,399
it's packed to the gills

880
00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:41,519
and there are many many many manned crew

881
00:31:43,509 --> 00:31:42,640
hours

882
00:31:45,350 --> 00:31:43,519
of

883
00:31:48,789 --> 00:31:45,360
packing resto

884
00:31:50,630 --> 00:31:48,799
and reorganization so adding a day and

885
00:31:52,230 --> 00:31:50,640
having more folks to

886
00:31:54,710 --> 00:31:52,240
help with that task

887
00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:54,720
tremendously helps out the the station

888
00:31:58,389 --> 00:31:56,080
and the stage

889
00:32:01,350 --> 00:31:58,399
process so we're going to intend to use

890
00:32:05,509 --> 00:32:01,360
it to help out put a dent in the

891
00:32:11,149 --> 00:32:09,029
okay next up charles atkinson

892
00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:11,159
yes good evening charles zankinson with

893
00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:12,840
spacelaunchnews.com and

894
00:32:17,430 --> 00:32:15,840
examiner.com mr todd i'm interested if

895
00:32:19,590 --> 00:32:17,440
you could talk a little bit about russia

896
00:32:22,310 --> 00:32:19,600
is going to keep three cosmonauts on

897
00:32:25,350 --> 00:32:22,320
board going into 2012 at least

898
00:32:27,909 --> 00:32:25,360
while the u.s has two americans and

899
00:32:31,269 --> 00:32:27,919
there's going to be jaxa in esa vying

900
00:32:36,149 --> 00:32:34,789
as far as an international community um

901
00:32:40,230 --> 00:32:36,159
what is the

902
00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:40,240
seeing one of their astronauts staying

903
00:32:49,750 --> 00:32:47,430
well uh clearly uh certainly they have a

904
00:32:51,110 --> 00:32:49,760
lot of interest i mean this this is

905
00:32:52,549 --> 00:32:51,120
again it's an international space

906
00:32:54,149 --> 00:32:52,559
station uh

907
00:32:55,990 --> 00:32:54,159
with the with a crew of six so they

908
00:32:57,830 --> 00:32:56,000
definitely

909
00:33:00,149 --> 00:32:57,840
are wanting their astronauts on board

910
00:33:02,070 --> 00:33:00,159
they have utilization

911
00:33:05,269 --> 00:33:02,080
objectives for the space station and and

912
00:33:08,070 --> 00:33:05,279
certainly um it's a it's a great source

913
00:33:11,669 --> 00:33:08,080
of pride uh for for them if they can

914
00:33:14,149 --> 00:33:11,679
have one of their uh one of their um

915
00:33:16,789 --> 00:33:14,159
civilians aboard and so uh

916
00:33:19,029 --> 00:33:16,799
you know clearly they would like to

917
00:33:19,750 --> 00:33:19,039
like to to be a board and doing science

918
00:33:22,389 --> 00:33:19,760
uh

919
00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:22,399
for their for their nation so so there's

920
00:33:25,590 --> 00:33:23,679
a great interest in doing that and

921
00:33:27,590 --> 00:33:25,600
that's uh something that we have to

922
00:33:29,590 --> 00:33:27,600
balance as a partnership

923
00:33:30,950 --> 00:33:29,600
going forward

924
00:33:33,029 --> 00:33:30,960
but does it uh

925
00:33:35,830 --> 00:33:33,039
does it seem to you that russia may have

926
00:33:39,669 --> 00:33:35,840
a more of a controlling stance here

927
00:33:44,950 --> 00:33:41,669
well clearly again it's a it's a russian

928
00:33:48,549 --> 00:33:44,960
segment in a and a usos segment and

929
00:33:51,590 --> 00:33:48,559
those agreements to uh to split the

930
00:33:53,830 --> 00:33:51,600
the crew crew assignments uh that's been

931
00:33:56,549 --> 00:33:53,840
in place for for a very long time if

932
00:33:58,549 --> 00:33:56,559
there's any any thoughts about about

933
00:34:00,389 --> 00:33:58,559
changing that again that's that's going

934
00:34:03,990 --> 00:34:00,399
to be discussions it'll be held at a

935
00:34:15,270 --> 00:34:07,110
okay thank you and last on the phone

936
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,230
is jim still there

937
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:20,230
okay we don't hear him so we'll go back

938
00:34:25,270 --> 00:34:21,760
to the kennedy space center i believe

939
00:34:29,669 --> 00:34:27,190
uh yes one follow-up for anyone on the

940
00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:29,679
panel i'm wondering um do you have the

941
00:34:34,389 --> 00:34:32,480
latest percentage for completion of the

942
00:34:37,750 --> 00:34:34,399
space station both interior

943
00:34:41,669 --> 00:34:40,310
i do not marcia i can get that for you i

944
00:34:43,510 --> 00:34:41,679
meant to get that before i came over

945
00:34:45,030 --> 00:34:43,520
here and i just didn't get it so but i

946
00:34:49,190 --> 00:34:45,040
will i will run that down for you and

947
00:34:51,909 --> 00:34:50,389
okay

948
00:34:53,829 --> 00:34:51,919
i think we're back here now for any

949
00:34:57,589 --> 00:34:53,839
follow-ups

950
00:35:00,230 --> 00:34:57,599
couple of programming notes uh we're on

951
00:35:01,990 --> 00:35:00,240
rev e of the mission television schedule

952
00:35:03,109 --> 00:35:02,000
that will be updated as developments

953
00:35:04,710 --> 00:35:03,119
warrant throughout the rest of the

954
00:35:06,470 --> 00:35:04,720
mission the current

955
00:35:08,069 --> 00:35:06,480
mission tv schedule reflects the

956
00:35:10,710 --> 00:35:08,079
extended mission

957
00:35:12,790 --> 00:35:10,720
a series of hometowner media interviews

958
00:35:15,190 --> 00:35:12,800
will be seen on nasa television with a

959
00:35:17,670 --> 00:35:15,200
variety of crew members at 3 23 pm

960
00:35:21,030 --> 00:35:17,680
central time today that'll be with king

961
00:35:23,829 --> 00:35:21,040
tv in seattle ktrk tv here in houston

962
00:35:25,670 --> 00:35:23,839
and como tv in seattle the crew's

963
00:35:27,589 --> 00:35:25,680
initial entry into the permanent

964
00:35:29,430 --> 00:35:27,599
multipurpose module as you heard will be

965
00:35:31,910 --> 00:35:29,440
later this afternoon planned just before

966
00:35:34,150 --> 00:35:31,920
6 pm central time today perhaps a bit

967
00:35:37,030 --> 00:35:34,160
earlier than that and the crew sleep

968
00:35:38,950 --> 00:35:37,040
period begins at 8 23 pm central time

969
00:35:41,030 --> 00:35:38,960
this evening just before the first

970
00:35:43,270 --> 00:35:41,040
airing of our flight day highlights at 9

971
00:35:45,430 --> 00:35:43,280
00 pm central time those highlights to

972
00:35:47,589 --> 00:35:45,440
be replayed every hour on the hour

973
00:35:50,069 --> 00:35:47,599
throughout the course of the night

974
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:50,079
the iss orbit 3 flight director chris

975
00:35:53,910 --> 00:35:51,760
edelen will provide his update on

976
00:35:56,790 --> 00:35:53,920
planning activities from console early

977
00:35:59,190 --> 00:35:56,800
wednesday morning at 2 40 a.m central

978
00:36:01,109 --> 00:35:59,200
time and the wake-up call for the crew

979
00:36:03,270 --> 00:36:01,119
to begin flight day seven and

980
00:36:06,310 --> 00:36:03,280
preparations for the second spacewalk of

981
00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:06,320
the flight is set for 4 23 a.m central

982
00:36:10,470 --> 00:36:08,800
time tomorrow morning

983
00:36:12,150 --> 00:36:10,480
you can follow all the activities on

984
00:36:17,030 --> 00:36:12,160
both the shuttle and the station side of

985
00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:17,040
the house on our website at www.nasa.gov

986
00:36:20,310 --> 00:36:18,480
with that we'll call it a briefing and