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good afternoon and welcome to our

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sts-134 post Flight Readiness review

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news conference we are here today to

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talk about the day-long meeting that

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arrived at a decision for the official

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launch date and here to talk to us about

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it our NASA's associate administrator

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for Space Operations mr. bill

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Gerstenmaier afternoon Mike Moses the

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space shuttle program launched

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integration manager definitely and Mike

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Leinbach the shuttle launch director

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good afternoon we'll begin with opening

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comments and then we'll be happy to take

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your questions mr Bruce Meyer thanks

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Mike again we set Friday April 29th that

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347 p.m. is a launch time for the

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mission we had a very extensive review

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thorough review today I think the things

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that impressed me the most is that the

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team is still continuing to really work

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issues and look look at the vehicle

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performance on each and every flight

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just like if they would during any

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normal mission you know from a good

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example is on the last flight when they

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were doing the ascent reconstruction

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data they did they looked at the

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reconstructed essent performance and

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they saw some temperature increases in

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the data around the 502nd point and that

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was due to the fact that the beta angle

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was a little bit higher and the alpha

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angle was a little bit higher because of

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the delay in the launch window typically

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launched in the middle of the launch

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window at the optimum time but we were

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at the end of the window and that caused

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a little bit of steering to be a little

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bit different and that caused additional

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heating on the wings more than they

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expected so they went back and they

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actually looked at the certification

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models and they found a small error and

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the certification models that some of

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those outlying cases were not really

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accurately modeled in the model so they

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went back and redid that for this flight

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to show that we have plenty of margin

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and then for the remaining flight

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they're also going to go take a look at

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that and actually change our

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certification model so I think it's a

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tribute to the team that they're not

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just taking the data and just looking at

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it and saying it's okay they're actually

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understanding what the data means and

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continue to understand how they can

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improve the performance of the vehicles

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and

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vehicle will have more of the breat I'll

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that's the tougher tile on the bottom of

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the orbit than any other vehicle we've

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flown before we've been putting that

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around the landing gear doors and the

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external tank doors to provide a little

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more debris protection and we've got

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those additional tile the tougher tile

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installed and that's good here on

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endeavour we also spent quite a bit of

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time talking about the systems onboard

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the space station and they all seem to

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be functioning well we're still

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continuing to learn a lot about the

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environmental control system on Space

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Station the oxygen generation system the

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water processors some of the equipment

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we've been flying up on the shuttle will

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be critical to keep those systems up and

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operating and moving forward as well

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some of the samples have really been

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helpful coming back from station that we

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can actually understand what's going on

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with station we also talked a little bit

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about the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer

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professor ting gave us a little

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discussion on what he hopes to see from

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his instrument onboard space station and

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that was a pretty exciting discussion

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that he gave us that you know the fact

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that we get a chance to look back at the

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the Big Bang and see if there's

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antimatter that occurred then is a

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pretty promising piece also to look at

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high-energy particle physics kind of

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parameters similar to what we see in a

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ground super collider will be also

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another outcome of the AMS and then the

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third thing it it'll allow us to do is

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to kind of just just learn more about

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dark matter which makes up a large

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portion of the universe which we really

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don't understand why it's there or

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matter that we can't see with the

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classical instruments so it was very

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interesting hearing about AMS then the

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last thing we spent quite a bit of time

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talking about was the external tank this

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is et 122 if you remember it was at math

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during Katrina when Katrina hit a

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portion of the roof came down and struck

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the tank and we reviewed and

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excruciating detail that this tank is

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really ready to fly that there's no

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concerns we reviewed all the analysis

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they did to show that this tank was

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certified to go fly we also talked about

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this tank from a stringer standpoint and

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are the stringers of the right material

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to go fly I think we have three strong

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indications that the

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are the right stringers the right

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material and they're not the defective

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material so that's it was encouraging to

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us and then the last thing we went over

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was that this tank doesn't have some of

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the modifications to it that other tanks

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external tanks have had so we expect to

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see some foam loss if you remember we

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used to lose foam around the LH to ice

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frost ramps on the hydrogen tank because

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there was a little guide pin or

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alignment pin that would allow some cryo

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pumping and an ingestion around the ice

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frost ramps which would cause some foam

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to come off from those areas we fully

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expected this to occur on this tank we

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didn't make the modifications to do that

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it'll again be late losses of foam but

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we expect to see some foam losses in

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that area the et team also looked pretty

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extensively at the foam loss we saw on

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the just below the inner tank region on

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the LH to side and we understand or we

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think we understand again why that

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occurred and and we'll see and we've

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really done the right things to make

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sure that it's okay the performance was

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also acceptable in the fact that it came

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off late just as we have predicted but

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the teams went back and they just didn't

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accept the fact that it came off late

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they actually went back and redid models

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updated risk assessments to make sure

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that we're still okay to fly so it

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wasn't just saying we lost foam and it

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didn't cause us any problem it was okay

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they took it a step further said how big

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could the foam lost be could it be at a

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different slightly different time would

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any of that cause us any concern so they

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spent quite a bit of time reviewing that

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to make sure we were comfortable with

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what we'd seen from the last flight so

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again I'd say we we reviewed everything

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we spent quite a bit of time talking

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about all the things and I think the

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team was unanimous and we're ready to go

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flies as I described earlier so it was a

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very good review so Mike thanks Bill so

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again yeah it was a really good review

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today from both station and shuttles

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perspective just to continue on the

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external tank discussion ET 122 s can

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kind of called the hurricane tank since

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it went through Hurricane Katrina it had

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the return to flight mods made to it

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like like bill said to make its debris

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to help reduce the any debris liberation

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off of it with the exception of a few

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areas we decided based on risk that we

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did not need to address and then we went

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did the et stringer mod to it even

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though we we subsequently got enough

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data to prove that that the stringer

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material on this tank is not of the same

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family as what we had on the last tank

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and will have on the next one on sts-135

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stank and so it didn't really need that

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stringer modification but when the time

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came in the schedule to be able to do

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that work and have enough time to still

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make the launch date we needed to move

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out on doing it without all the data and

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then we found out afterwards that we

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didn't really need to do it so the team

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did a really good job but just

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double-checking that we have plenty of

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test and analysis to show that this

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modification made the good stringers

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doesn't change our dynamics or our

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performance on the tank at all but

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really what kind of wraps it up is it's

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hard to see because it's around the

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corner but you might see it in some of

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the shots there's a door on the side of

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the inner tank we caught the entertained

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or and it has a logo painted on it for

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the first time ever in the history the

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shuttle program we've actually painted a

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logo it's the it's a hurricane with the

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shuttle stack lifting off through the

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eye of the storm really try to kind of

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represents what this tank has been

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through but but to me more importantly

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what it represents is what the external

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tank team has been through if you think

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of it we had the tank at at math in

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machine near New Orleans when the

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Columbia accident occurred they looked

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at that tank to see what we could do to

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get it back in line and start flying it

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again then Katrina hit damage to the

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tank we had to stop work on it and in

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fact stop work across most of the plant

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and recover so that logo kind of really

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represents to us emotionally what the

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the tank has been through but more

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importantly what what the team has been

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through if you think about it Katrina

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did nothing to our tank compared to what

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it did to the people's lives down there

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and and even to this day they're still

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recovering from that so an absolutely

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amazing job by our external tank team

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the motto of that group has been to

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finish strong and they are most

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certainly doing that not only with the

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stringer issue we had on the last flight

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but but just this tank to get get it

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back into the flight assets given where

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it went with its pedigree is a really

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testament to the the dedication and the

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resiliency of that team focus a little

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bit on the mission that we're going to

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do we talked a lot about our timeline

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this is going to be a very complex

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choreography a lot of small tasks that

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all have to go when they're supposed to

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or they have to ripple down and find new

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homes which makes it a big challenge for

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them

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operations team and they have a pretty

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good plan with a lot of backups in it to

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be able to handle that on flight day

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three after we docked to the station we

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will take the ELC pallet out which has a

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bunch of external oru that are spares

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for the station and so they'll go stow

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that on the station on flight day for

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will lift out AMS and go put it on the

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other side of the station so by flight

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day for will have both of the big main

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payloads out of the bay and then I'm

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flight day 10 we're actually going to

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leave behind our boom our inspection

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boom the OBS s this is the the extension

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arm that we use to do shuttle TPS style

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and wing leading edge protection

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inspections we do it on flight day 2

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after we get in orbit we make sure we

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didn't have any asset damage and then we

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do it a couple days before we land to

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make sure we didn't have any

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micrometeorite or orbital debris impacts

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to the to the RCC on the wing leading

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edges where the nose cap we're going to

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leave that boom behind on station we've

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left it behind once before if you

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remember way back STS 123 and 124 that

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boom came about after some of those

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modules were built the Japanese the gem

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module was a little too big to have the

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OBS s in the payload base of the mission

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before it left its boom behind and after

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they installed the gem on the following

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mission they grabbed that boom and used

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it for their inspections and brought it

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back home we're going to use that same

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hardware to stow the OB SS but this time

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it's going to stay on station and you go

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way back to sts 117 119 I can't remember

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my numbers but when we were moving the

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p6 solar rate we had the that tear in

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the solar array we used our boom on the

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station arm as an extension to let Scott

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pairs in ski go out extend the reach and

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do a repair that's basically why station

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once that boom it gives him some extra

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reach and can get to some pieces of

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station that they can't get to right now

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just with their station arm so that boom

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will stay up on station it it'll be

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modified a little bit so that it can be

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grappled by the SS RMS the station arm

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down at the end right now it can only

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grapple it in the middle of the boom so

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we'll move that fixture down to the end

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the sensor pack that we use the laser

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sensors and the cameras are going to

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stay on but they're not going to be

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powered so they're going to die pretty

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quickly there's no plans for the station

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team to use those sensors but the boom

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will have the mods to be able to go add

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sensors at a later date if it becomes

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necessary and they find an operational

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to do that but for now it's just going

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to basically be an extension stick that

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we're going to leave behind on station

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so because of that we're going to do

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just like we've done on sts-1 23 and

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then we did again on sts-131 when our K

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you band antenna failed we're going to

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do our late inspection with that that

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final inspection of the orbiter TPS well

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we're docked to the space station before

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we leave the boom behind so we'll do

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that very well understood playing like I

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said we've done it twice before the crew

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has been very well trained that should

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go off without a hitch that's going to

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happen on flight day 11 it's like a 12o

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beva for the finally VA and that require

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an e VA to go install the boom on

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station so so you'll see that sequence

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of we do a late inspection then we stow

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the boom on the e VA the following day

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we talked a little bit about our mission

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duration we're going to lift off with a

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14-day planned mission we have two

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extension days in addition to the two

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weather and systems wave off days that

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we keep for deorbit landing

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contingencies but so we have two mission

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extension days this time we do plan on

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using those we didn't want to commit

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them pre-flight just in case something

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happened that made us want to redress

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why we had committed them so after we

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get doc to station probably around

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flight day five or so the mission

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management team both on the station in

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the shuttle side we'll take a look at

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where we're at the mission ops team has

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a really good plan where those two extra

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days we'll go in and we'll probably add

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those two days taking it to a 16-day

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mission but we won't do that until we

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get in orbit and see what we got the the

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main activities are really station

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outfitting that need to be done the

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station we already know have a whole

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host of tasks we need to fill in on

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those two days so those will be very

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helpful and if we lift off on time we'll

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have plenty of cryo to be able to do

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that like I've mentioned TVA's we have

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four of on this mission we're gonna

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you're going to see us use a new

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pre-breathe protocol pre-breathe is what

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we have the crew do it's a lot like when

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you're scuba diving the guys who go out

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in their suits go down at a lower

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pressure we have the suits at a lower

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pressure brother than atmospheric ax

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14.7 PSI so we need to purge the

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nitrogen out of their blood before they

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go to that lower pressure the protocol

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we mainly use these days is called camp

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out the night before the tui VA

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astronauts go into the airlock they shut

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the door they lower the pressure just in

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that airlock rather than in the entire

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station and then they kind of camp out

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all night long at that lower pressure

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get up in the morning get on masks do

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their activities

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their suits this new activity basically

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is called in suit light exercise

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protocol and exercises a real stretch so

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the morning of the crew doesn't have to

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camp out so the morning of they'll go in

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they'll they'll get into their suits

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they'll start breathing pure o2 for

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about 50 minutes more 50 minutes more

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than they normally would and then during

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that time they'll do what we call light

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exercises which is really just very slow

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flexing of their elbows and legs and so

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they're going to basically bend their

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knees a little bit than their hips build

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their arms like I said calling exercises

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is a stretch there not really going to

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do much at all but just to get your

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metabolic rate up a little bit and then

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after that 50 minutes they'll have 50

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minutes arrests again still on pro2 so

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100 minutes of pre-breathe will will

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make the equivalent of having camped out

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overnight at a lower pressure you still

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get all the nitrogen out of your system

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and operationally it's a much more

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friendly operational system of pre

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breeze protocol than than either the

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other methods we use mostly because the

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crew doesn't have to be camped out by

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themselves overnight and you avoid some

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of the the problems like for example a

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false smoke alarm station would cause

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that airlock to be repressed which would

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break the protocol and prevent you from

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going eevee a the next day this will

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avoid any of those problems so both the

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operations team in Houston and the crew

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are looking forward to this protocol

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we're going to use that on EV a 3 as

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kind of a test run and if it goes well

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we'll probably use it also an EV a for

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its been through extensive ground

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testing and approval through both NASA

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chain and independent medical chains so

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it's a it's a very well approved

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procedure we just want to kind of make

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sure we got the the biggie VA's behind

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us and then we'll try it on the on the

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last couple just in case we run it in

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any hiccups other than that the other

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thing you'll see us do a little

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different this time we're flying a

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sensor in the payload Bay called storm

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which is effectively a relative motion

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sensor that was going to be flown on

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Orion that we'd use for automated

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docking it with the shuttle there's a

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sensor out there we call TCS a

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trajectory control sensor it's basically

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a range finding laser the storm payload

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has a similar thing but it's a much more

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active system so after we undock we'll

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do our normal undock we'll fly around

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with the space shuttle and we'll do our

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separation and then after that set burn

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we'll do a couple more burns to put us

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on re rendezvous profile grant told

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about four hours we'll come back around

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again

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close back in on station using this this

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other sensor the storm sensor rather

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than our TCS sensors will go out about

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30,000 feet total before we come back in

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again and we'll come back up what we

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call the rbar so if you think about it

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the station will come in directly below

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the station that's the same point we do

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the RPM the rendezvous pitch maneuver

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with the shuttle when we come up the

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shuttle then kind of transitions up and

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flies in on what we call the v-bar we're

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going to come up on that our bar about a

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thousand feet away and then we'll stop

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and separate away from there we don't

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need to go any closer to test out the

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storm sensor on this flight so it'll be

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a really good hands-on use of some new

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technology and to demonstrate its

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capabilities in in docking and Rhonda

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who's in the future so that's a little

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different thing we'll do after we undock

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we kind of come back again take another

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look at station and then head home all

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in all like I said it's going to be a

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very busy mission very packed and a very

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exciting one to watch I'm looking

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forward to it but endeavour and the team

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are in great shape all that might tell

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you more about how the launch team is

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ready to go come 10 days from now okay

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thanks Mike well the final processing

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flow from Deborah is going extremely

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well out the pad especially given the

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extra extra days we were given by the

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program extra ten days last night we

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completed the ordinance installation for

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the for the different elements which

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separates Britain the orbiter from

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living from the MLP and the different

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flight elements themselves that's all

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complete and good will get into the

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pressurization of the high-pressure gas

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bottles tomorrow night and rest of the

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pad flow is really pretty easy we have

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all the Easter weekend off which is nice

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for us we'll come back in next Monday

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close payload bay doors and a week from

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right now will be will be in to launch

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countdown for sts-134 one thing to

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mention at the end of March we did have

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some some adverse weather at the launch

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pad that was that was reviewed in detail

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throughout the last couple of weeks or

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so in addition today each element

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reported out we had small hail

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experienced small hill and the external

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tank we also had some high winds those

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were all disposition perfectly fine to

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go so no issue from the from the adverse

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weather if you hear about that a good

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easy launch countdown a standard

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countdown for us we do have a little bit

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of a note to offload after PR SD load

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but we hope to get to the opening of the

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launch window friday the 29 to 1542

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eastern time

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endeavour and her team are doing really

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well for a final flow very proud of the

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team and we'll have a good good launch

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and a good mission Thanks all right

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we'll begin with questions here at the

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Kennedy Space Center in Florida please

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wait for the microphone state your name

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and affiliation and please address to

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whom you're asking your question and

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we'll begin with Marcia Marcia Dunn

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Associated Press could one of you just

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run through the window what's available

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if you don't get off on the twenty-ninth

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and then just sort of refresh us on how

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jun 28th is looking for Atlantis and how

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that's stacking up so for the launch

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window we start on the on the

542
00:18:32,700 --> 00:18:30,429
twenty-ninth there's an Atlas launch

543
00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:32,710
coming up on the range on the 6th of May

544
00:18:35,820 --> 00:18:34,450
right now so we would be able to try if

545
00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:35,830
we needed to all the way through and

546
00:18:40,110 --> 00:18:38,650
including the fourth of May before we'd

547
00:18:42,750 --> 00:18:40,120
have to stand down for that Atlas launch

548
00:18:45,570 --> 00:18:42,760
as Mike mentioned with the pad hold we

549
00:18:47,340 --> 00:18:45,580
have in the PSD offload we'd have to top

550
00:18:49,620 --> 00:18:47,350
off and it would take us more than a

551
00:18:51,150 --> 00:18:49,630
normal 48 hours so the timing lines up

552
00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:51,160
pretty good that if we were stretched

553
00:18:55,110 --> 00:18:52,510
out that long for some reason we could

554
00:18:56,909 --> 00:18:55,120
reload our cryo and and be ready to go

555
00:18:58,380 --> 00:18:56,919
on the other side of that window it

556
00:18:59,580 --> 00:18:58,390
would depending on whether they go on

557
00:19:01,830 --> 00:18:59,590
their first or second attempt we could

558
00:19:05,010 --> 00:19:01,840
come back around the 9th or 10th there's

559
00:19:07,799 --> 00:19:05,020
some station Soyuz undocking issues that

560
00:19:09,419 --> 00:19:07,809
we may may or may not have to address if

561
00:19:10,950 --> 00:19:09,429
we come back but somewhere around the

562
00:19:13,260 --> 00:19:10,960
9th or so we'd be coming back for

563
00:19:14,460 --> 00:19:13,270
another launch attempt we'd have to wait

564
00:19:15,510 --> 00:19:14,470
and see why we were having the problems

565
00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:15,520
in the first place before we can make

566
00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:17,530
that for sure and then we can go pretty

567
00:19:21,570 --> 00:19:19,330
much through the end of may with that

568
00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:21,580
launch window there's some implications

569
00:19:24,450 --> 00:19:23,410
to do and so on the station mission we'd

570
00:19:26,250 --> 00:19:24,460
really need to make sure we talk about

571
00:19:29,820 --> 00:19:26,260
but but it's legal launch window for us

572
00:19:31,230 --> 00:19:29,830
if we needed it and Atlantis processing

573
00:19:32,820 --> 00:19:31,240
is going really well we're still

574
00:19:34,530 --> 00:19:32,830
shooting for a may the 12th rollout of

575
00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:34,540
the OPF and now to the launch pad on the

576
00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:38,290
20th and we have TC dt on jun 2nd we

577
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:40,090
have a tanking test plan for the seventh

578
00:19:43,590 --> 00:19:42,010
of june and right now all looks good for

579
00:19:48,030 --> 00:19:43,600
the end of June June twenty eighth for

580
00:19:50,580 --> 00:19:48,040
the final flight James James Dean from

581
00:19:51,659 --> 00:19:50,590
Florida theme is mr. Grissom arcady give

582
00:19:54,030 --> 00:19:51,669
us a status where you are with the

583
00:19:57,480 --> 00:19:54,040
budget after the recent budget deal for

584
00:20:01,590 --> 00:19:57,490
the shuttle program you know for example

585
00:20:02,830 --> 00:20:01,600
how far could you push out one 135 given

586
00:20:05,740 --> 00:20:02,840
the funding that you have

587
00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:05,750
is that why you're now sticking with

588
00:20:10,660 --> 00:20:07,730
your jun 28 and stead pushing it out

589
00:20:12,580 --> 00:20:10,670
later into the into the year I guess

590
00:20:14,590 --> 00:20:12,590
it's really not budget driven we just

591
00:20:17,020 --> 00:20:14,600
take a look at what we need to go do and

592
00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:17,030
if the teams are ready to go fly and the

593
00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:19,010
hardware is ready and then everybody's

594
00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:21,770
trained I think June twenty-eighth is

595
00:20:24,430 --> 00:20:23,090
what we've been planning for and that's

596
00:20:25,990 --> 00:20:24,440
kind of where we're am and if we need to

597
00:20:28,390 --> 00:20:26,000
move a little bit technically will move

598
00:20:30,370 --> 00:20:28,400
a little bit we're not you know overly

599
00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:30,380
constrained budget wise but there's no

600
00:20:34,120 --> 00:20:32,090
big advantage of moving the flight

601
00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:34,130
multiple months to us from a hardware

602
00:20:38,410 --> 00:20:36,170
availability standpoint we reviewed in

603
00:20:40,030 --> 00:20:38,420
detail with the station program what

604
00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:40,040
additional hardware they could fly what

605
00:20:43,150 --> 00:20:41,330
things would help them out and there was

606
00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:43,160
no big driver one way or the other so we

607
00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:44,750
think the end of June is about the right

608
00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:46,610
time to go fly and we'll just continue

609
00:20:50,530 --> 00:20:48,410
to follow the processing and a crew

610
00:20:52,330 --> 00:20:50,540
training and and if something comes up

611
00:20:53,710 --> 00:20:52,340
that makes this move will move where we

612
00:20:56,830 --> 00:20:53,720
need to move so we have sufficient

613
00:20:58,390 --> 00:20:56,840
budget to do what we need to do if

614
00:21:00,040 --> 00:20:58,400
something comes up some kind of new

615
00:21:04,390 --> 00:21:00,050
technical issue or something is there a

616
00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:04,400
essentially a deadline a last date by

617
00:21:08,770 --> 00:21:06,290
which you would you know you have to get

618
00:21:11,050 --> 00:21:08,780
flown or you couldn't pull it off

619
00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:11,060
anymore I don't think there's a really

620
00:21:15,700 --> 00:21:13,490
there's not a hard constraint it will

621
00:21:17,590 --> 00:21:15,710
work it and depend you know where we are

622
00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:17,600
and see what we need to go do but we'll

623
00:21:20,620 --> 00:21:19,250
let the technical data drive us where we

624
00:21:22,150 --> 00:21:20,630
need to and then I'll work the budget

625
00:21:23,740 --> 00:21:22,160
stuff once we understand the technical

626
00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:23,750
problems that pushes where we got to go

627
00:21:28,510 --> 00:21:26,210
push it if it needs to move so I don't

628
00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:28,520
there's not a financial constraint that

629
00:21:35,890 --> 00:21:31,400
says an ex date we can't fly beyond that

630
00:21:37,870 --> 00:21:35,900
date don't build harwood CBS two quick

631
00:21:39,670 --> 00:21:37,880
ones from me could one of you guys give

632
00:21:41,770 --> 00:21:39,680
me the whatever the risk assessment was

633
00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:41,780
for this flight I just was curious if

634
00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:43,310
the use of this tank changed the numbers

635
00:21:47,470 --> 00:21:45,410
even a little bit I was really looking

636
00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:47,480
for the total number and then debris and

637
00:21:53,110 --> 00:21:50,090
SN if you had those in your charts at

638
00:21:54,790 --> 00:21:53,120
cedia the mm OD micrometeorite on over

639
00:22:00,480 --> 00:21:54,800
debris our orbital debris risk number

640
00:22:03,820 --> 00:22:00,490
was one in 277 279 5275 anywhere between

641
00:22:07,150 --> 00:22:03,830
275 and 279 I'll look it up here in just

642
00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:07,160
a sec that's a little lower than it

643
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:09,650
would be because we're doing this

644
00:22:13,510 --> 00:22:12,170
inspection normally we do it at about

645
00:22:15,130 --> 00:22:13,520
three or four days before landing we're

646
00:22:16,100 --> 00:22:15,140
doing it even earlier than that so

647
00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:16,110
there's a couple

648
00:22:19,070 --> 00:22:17,130
more days that were exposed to

649
00:22:21,650 --> 00:22:19,080
micrometeorite debris that we then don't

650
00:22:23,090 --> 00:22:21,660
go look to make sure we didn't get it so

651
00:22:24,890 --> 00:22:23,100
that makes that risk number go a little

652
00:22:27,020 --> 00:22:24,900
bigger the other piece is when we're

653
00:22:28,310 --> 00:22:27,030
docked a station the the inspection

654
00:22:30,919 --> 00:22:28,320
coverage we get is not a hundred percent

655
00:22:33,169 --> 00:22:30,929
coverage there's a few areas that aren't

656
00:22:34,910 --> 00:22:33,179
that are deemed low-risk on the RCC that

657
00:22:36,260 --> 00:22:34,920
we can't see so that makes that risk

658
00:22:38,330 --> 00:22:36,270
number go up because there's a few areas

659
00:22:39,650 --> 00:22:38,340
that you couldn't see so from that

660
00:22:42,860 --> 00:22:39,660
standpoint the numbers a little lower

661
00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:42,870
but it was a known risk trade with the

662
00:22:48,020 --> 00:22:44,910
gain of leaving the boom behind for

663
00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:48,030
station future ups and we got one in 275

664
00:22:54,590 --> 00:22:52,799
is the number yeah they don't present

665
00:22:56,810 --> 00:22:54,600
that one to us we don't compute that one

666
00:22:58,430 --> 00:22:56,820
per flight anymore yeah and we don't see

667
00:23:01,100 --> 00:22:58,440
it I mean we looked at it kind of from

668
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:01,110
an overall risk standpoint and we really

669
00:23:04,460 --> 00:23:02,850
don't see a significant difference

670
00:23:07,159 --> 00:23:04,470
between this tank and our other tanks

671
00:23:08,690 --> 00:23:07,169
you know before like but we will see

672
00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:08,700
some potentially some more foam loss

673
00:23:14,270 --> 00:23:11,970
especially after the aerodynamically

674
00:23:15,940 --> 00:23:14,280
sensitive time frame because we know we

675
00:23:19,130 --> 00:23:15,950
have this potential cryo pumping

676
00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:19,140
associated with our hydrogen ice frost

677
00:23:22,250 --> 00:23:20,730
ramp so we know we will see some foam

678
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:22,260
loss but it again we'll be late enough

679
00:23:25,820 --> 00:23:23,850
that it doesn't impact any of our risk

680
00:23:27,409 --> 00:23:25,830
numbers from an overall standpoint risk

681
00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:27,419
of one in 75 or whatever that number is

682
00:23:30,950 --> 00:23:28,950
that's pretty much the same as always

683
00:23:33,890 --> 00:23:30,960
yes yeah we did review that from an

684
00:23:35,570 --> 00:23:33,900
external tank risk is unchanged and 14

685
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:35,580
Gerst uh where do you guys stand on

686
00:23:39,110 --> 00:23:37,890
shoehorning a fly around in to 135 I

687
00:23:40,340 --> 00:23:39,120
know y'all are looking at that I know

688
00:23:42,080 --> 00:23:40,350
the Russians are and I know that's a

689
00:23:44,150 --> 00:23:42,090
tight schedule with four-man crew so

690
00:23:45,950 --> 00:23:44,160
where did where does that stand we're

691
00:23:47,690 --> 00:23:45,960
still taking a look at that we're

692
00:23:50,390 --> 00:23:47,700
putting the details of that overall

693
00:23:52,190 --> 00:23:50,400
timeline together the program's made

694
00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:52,200
some decisions about what hardware gets

695
00:23:55,730 --> 00:23:53,910
transferred back and forth and that kind

696
00:23:57,289 --> 00:23:55,740
of freeze some things up and we'll see

697
00:23:59,480 --> 00:23:57,299
how all that fits and see if a fly

698
00:24:01,730 --> 00:23:59,490
around works for 135 so we're off

699
00:24:03,260 --> 00:24:01,740
evaluating that and see if it makes

700
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:03,270
sense and it's kind of part of the

701
00:24:09,140 --> 00:24:05,970
overall kind of as we get to the the

702
00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:09,150
final mission build or you know the

703
00:24:12,890 --> 00:24:11,130
final timeline tweaks we're going to go

704
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:12,900
see if that fits and makes sense for us

705
00:24:17,980 --> 00:24:15,210
to go do the Russians at least amenable

706
00:24:20,750 --> 00:24:17,990
going in yeah I think the Russians are

707
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:20,760
supporting you know they they're there

708
00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:22,530
we're supporting this time but again

709
00:24:28,790 --> 00:24:25,710
with the with the potential launch of

710
00:24:29,690 --> 00:24:28,800
the Soyuz coming up we wanted to delay

711
00:24:33,019 --> 00:24:29,700
the landing

712
00:24:34,730 --> 00:24:33,029
to be consistent with keeping the amount

713
00:24:36,799 --> 00:24:34,740
of time we only have three persons crew

714
00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:36,809
onboard station to us to about the same

715
00:24:40,310 --> 00:24:39,120
time frame as before what the Russians

716
00:24:41,509 --> 00:24:40,320
would have done for this flight is we

717
00:24:43,039 --> 00:24:41,519
would that they would have undock the

718
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:43,049
Soyuz as part of their return

719
00:24:46,639 --> 00:24:44,970
configuration done to fly around data

720
00:24:48,980 --> 00:24:46,649
and then returned the Soyuz potentially

721
00:24:51,620 --> 00:24:48,990
to the ground then with the Soyuz launch

722
00:24:53,539 --> 00:24:51,630
delay to june seventh that would allowed

723
00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:53,549
a longer period on orbit with us at

724
00:24:56,779 --> 00:24:55,470
three crew we didn't think that was the

725
00:24:58,279 --> 00:24:56,789
right thing to do from a station

726
00:25:01,580 --> 00:24:58,289
utilization standpoint we want to keep

727
00:25:03,860 --> 00:25:01,590
our crew at six as long as we can so we

728
00:25:05,870 --> 00:25:03,870
asked the Russians to delay that landing

729
00:25:08,060 --> 00:25:05,880
which they've agreed to do to keep the

730
00:25:09,590 --> 00:25:08,070
same amount of time where we're down at

731
00:25:12,860 --> 00:25:09,600
three-person crew so that's why we move

732
00:25:14,419 --> 00:25:12,870
the fly around off of sts-1 34 and then

733
00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:14,429
at the same time we ask the Russians to

734
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:16,710
take a look at it for 135 but we need to

735
00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:17,970
look at it from an overall timeline

736
00:25:21,950 --> 00:25:20,070
standpoint to make sure we don't put too

737
00:25:24,019 --> 00:25:21,960
much pressure on the crew that with only

738
00:25:25,730 --> 00:25:24,029
two four-person crew there on 135 so

739
00:25:27,379 --> 00:25:25,740
that's I'd say that's normal work in

740
00:25:29,810 --> 00:25:27,389
front of us will evaluate that in next

741
00:25:31,850 --> 00:25:29,820
couple weeks we have some reporters in

742
00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:31,860
Houston so we'll take one more question

743
00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:33,809
here then go to Houston and then come

744
00:25:37,340 --> 00:25:35,760
back go ahead please Jackie got her for

745
00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:37,350
The Times in London and it's a question

746
00:25:43,220 --> 00:25:40,049
for Mike Leinbach if I may the workforce

747
00:25:45,350 --> 00:25:43,230
here seems to have such a close and

748
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:45,360
respectful bond with the shuttle it

749
00:25:49,430 --> 00:25:47,490
seems a very emotional attachment there

750
00:25:50,750 --> 00:25:49,440
can you tell us how people are coping

751
00:25:52,730 --> 00:25:50,760
with the prospect at the end of the

752
00:25:56,509 --> 00:25:52,740
program and what the mood and atmosphere

753
00:25:57,889 --> 00:25:56,519
is here well the mood I'd say is is has

754
00:25:59,899 --> 00:25:57,899
been consistent over the last several

755
00:26:02,330 --> 00:25:59,909
months and that in that we know the end

756
00:26:05,350 --> 00:26:02,340
is coming and we're dealing with it we

757
00:26:08,930 --> 00:26:05,360
did have a layoff last Friday week ago

758
00:26:10,820 --> 00:26:08,940
535 people so that was a put a little

759
00:26:13,430 --> 00:26:10,830
bit of a somber mood on the team I'd say

760
00:26:14,870 --> 00:26:13,440
and but but we're dealing with it we

761
00:26:16,879 --> 00:26:14,880
have sufficient workforce to get all the

762
00:26:19,070 --> 00:26:16,889
work done and launch this thing and land

763
00:26:21,049 --> 00:26:19,080
it and the next one as well the

764
00:26:22,519 --> 00:26:21,059
emotional aspect is very very real and

765
00:26:25,909 --> 00:26:22,529
it's very difficult to put into words

766
00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:25,919
but I think I think all of Kennedy Space

767
00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:27,510
Center got a big boost when we when we

768
00:26:31,430 --> 00:26:29,130
got the word that we were going to be

769
00:26:32,690 --> 00:26:31,440
able to keep it lantus here and so we're

770
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:32,700
looking forward to that the ultimate

771
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:35,010
display of the ultimate spaceship here

772
00:26:39,830 --> 00:26:36,330
at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor

773
00:26:43,100 --> 00:26:39,840
Center okay let's go to Houston and see

774
00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:43,110
if we have any questions there please

775
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:45,970
jenison sorry ABC News let me give this

776
00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:48,970
to mr. Gerstenmaier I'm stuck asking the

777
00:26:52,860 --> 00:26:50,710
question did you ever consider moving

778
00:26:55,259 --> 00:26:52,870
the launch off April 29th since it

779
00:26:57,210 --> 00:26:55,269
conflicts with a in a vet that's not

780
00:27:03,330 --> 00:26:57,220
happening in this country buts happening

781
00:27:05,399 --> 00:27:03,340
overseas that the frank answer is no i

782
00:27:08,700 --> 00:27:05,409
didn't realize when the wedding was

783
00:27:10,049 --> 00:27:08,710
until we moved the launch date and we

784
00:27:11,820 --> 00:27:10,059
moved the launch date essentially

785
00:27:14,399 --> 00:27:11,830
because we needed to deconflict with the

786
00:27:16,529 --> 00:27:14,409
progress and we wanted to and we wanted

787
00:27:17,999 --> 00:27:16,539
to pick a date that gave us a reasonable

788
00:27:19,649 --> 00:27:18,009
number of attempts before we ran into

789
00:27:21,990 --> 00:27:19,659
any other range conflicts and that's how

790
00:27:23,789 --> 00:27:22,000
we set on the twenty-ninth so we kind of

791
00:27:26,220 --> 00:27:23,799
set that date independently and then as

792
00:27:27,810 --> 00:27:26,230
i was setting the date somebody called

793
00:27:30,450 --> 00:27:27,820
me and told me about the wedding and

794
00:27:32,850 --> 00:27:30,460
that was a consideration but you know we

795
00:27:35,730 --> 00:27:32,860
work beta constraints and we work launch

796
00:27:38,369 --> 00:27:35,740
range constraints I haven't yet put on

797
00:27:40,230 --> 00:27:38,379
our manifest charts wedding constraints

798
00:27:46,289 --> 00:27:40,240
so so we didn't factor that into our

799
00:27:47,970 --> 00:27:46,299
thinking mark karo from the Houston

800
00:27:52,190 --> 00:27:47,980
Chronicle I have a station related

801
00:27:54,990 --> 00:27:52,200
question if i recall correctly you had a

802
00:27:56,970 --> 00:27:55,000
remote power controller issue on the

803
00:27:58,860 --> 00:27:56,980
starboard truss i think at the end of

804
00:28:02,149 --> 00:27:58,870
last week or the beginning of this week

805
00:28:04,619 --> 00:28:02,159
and it's wondered if that has any

806
00:28:11,009 --> 00:28:04,629
ramification at all for plugging in the

807
00:28:13,230 --> 00:28:11,019
AMS no it doesn't it it it it powers

808
00:28:17,129 --> 00:28:13,240
some of the rotary thermal joint

809
00:28:19,499 --> 00:28:17,139
activities and an MDM and s1 MDM and I

810
00:28:21,210 --> 00:28:19,509
think I just got a page prior to coming

811
00:28:23,549 --> 00:28:21,220
here that they actually reset that and

812
00:28:25,710 --> 00:28:23,559
it reset with no over current so I think

813
00:28:27,419 --> 00:28:25,720
we're in good configuration we discussed

814
00:28:29,519 --> 00:28:27,429
that pretty extensively at the review

815
00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:29,529
and it wasn't going to be impacted to

816
00:28:34,529 --> 00:28:31,720
any of our future operations and then I

817
00:28:36,269 --> 00:28:34,539
think last night we lost a camera RPC

818
00:28:39,930 --> 00:28:36,279
and it looked like that was an actual

819
00:28:41,369 --> 00:28:39,940
short we saw a high current event so

820
00:28:43,259 --> 00:28:41,379
we'll just leave the kids if for a

821
00:28:44,879 --> 00:28:43,269
camera heater and what we'll do is we'll

822
00:28:46,230 --> 00:28:44,889
just leave the camera powered and it'll

823
00:28:48,990 --> 00:28:46,240
provide enough heat to keep the

824
00:28:51,659 --> 00:28:49,000
component warm so so I think the RPC em

825
00:28:53,669 --> 00:28:51,669
that the remote power control module

826
00:28:54,630 --> 00:28:53,679
that you talked about mark it will not

827
00:28:55,890 --> 00:28:54,640
be an impact to us

828
00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:55,900
looks like at least it was resolved

829
00:28:59,550 --> 00:28:58,090
today and it wouldn't have been even if

830
00:29:01,950 --> 00:28:59,560
it wasn't resolved we had plenty of time

831
00:29:03,330 --> 00:29:01,960
to go work the issue okay we're back

832
00:29:06,180 --> 00:29:03,340
here at Kennedy Space Center with

833
00:29:08,090 --> 00:29:06,190
questions this is greg polo news 13 this

834
00:29:10,860 --> 00:29:08,100
is for either for bill or either Mike

835
00:29:13,500 --> 00:29:10,870
can you think of any fitting tribute for

836
00:29:15,540 --> 00:29:13,510
endeavor as being the youngest orbiter

837
00:29:17,850 --> 00:29:15,550
is there anything that comes to mind

838
00:29:19,590 --> 00:29:17,860
when you think of endeavor and the fact

839
00:29:21,290 --> 00:29:19,600
that it essentially replaced challenger

840
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:21,300
are there any thoughts in your head

841
00:29:26,130 --> 00:29:24,490
where you would you would think of some

842
00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:26,140
words to describe endeavour in its

843
00:29:32,970 --> 00:29:27,760
service and the significant missions

844
00:29:36,300 --> 00:29:32,980
that have been accomplished on it let's

845
00:29:38,010 --> 00:29:36,310
see for me yeah you know it kind of it's

846
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:38,020
the it's the engineering answer but

847
00:29:41,220 --> 00:29:39,850
we're still focused on the mission so to

848
00:29:43,260 --> 00:29:41,230
me the best tribute to endeavour right

849
00:29:45,180 --> 00:29:43,270
now is to go get it launched next week

850
00:29:46,710 --> 00:29:45,190
and get into orbit and let it go finish

851
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:46,720
out that and finish strong here with the

852
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:48,610
mission to station and then when it

853
00:29:52,350 --> 00:29:50,410
comes back does then I'll start thinking

854
00:29:54,390 --> 00:29:52,360
about what that what that ship meant and

855
00:29:56,790 --> 00:29:54,400
what did what it's done it's a pretty

856
00:29:57,660 --> 00:29:56,800
big career they gave us a packet on the

857
00:30:00,330 --> 00:29:57,670
way over and I didn't even have a chance

858
00:30:01,650 --> 00:30:00,340
to read some of the history and the

859
00:30:04,230 --> 00:30:01,660
first that it's done since it's been

860
00:30:07,470 --> 00:30:04,240
delivered here and being being the

861
00:30:08,670 --> 00:30:07,480
youngest ship you know so maybe mike has

862
00:30:10,860 --> 00:30:08,680
some thoughts about haven't worked with

863
00:30:13,290 --> 00:30:10,870
it a little more hands-on but but again

864
00:30:14,700 --> 00:30:13,300
I don't I don't mean to take the cheesy

865
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:14,710
answer out but we're kind of holding on

866
00:30:17,580 --> 00:30:16,570
reflecting until we're done and and so

867
00:30:20,220 --> 00:30:17,590
we won't be done for a couple more weeks

868
00:30:21,810 --> 00:30:20,230
yet with endeavor what's up I've been

869
00:30:23,580 --> 00:30:21,820
I've been working with endeavour since

870
00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:23,590
she arrived here I was the NASA test

871
00:30:26,910 --> 00:30:25,510
director for her first flow when we did

872
00:30:28,800 --> 00:30:26,920
a Flight Readiness firing out to launch

873
00:30:30,690 --> 00:30:28,810
pad and tested out the NPS system and

874
00:30:33,060 --> 00:30:30,700
the main engines and in the launch of

875
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:33,070
course so I've been with endeavor for

876
00:30:38,790 --> 00:30:36,370
her whole flow and last week Dana

877
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:38,800
Hutcherson flow director for 105 and I

878
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:40,330
went out to the pad went looking around

879
00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:42,370
and just reflecting a little bit there

880
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:44,770
are a lot of there are a lot of a lot of

881
00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:46,330
views of endeavours still look almost

882
00:30:50,070 --> 00:30:48,190
brand new I mean the top of the wings

883
00:30:52,290 --> 00:30:50,080
the blankets on the wing still look like

884
00:30:55,710 --> 00:30:52,300
they just came out of the factory and so

885
00:30:59,460 --> 00:30:55,720
it for me it's it's it's like retiring a

886
00:31:00,690 --> 00:30:59,470
friend early but it's a good friend and

887
00:31:02,220 --> 00:31:00,700
so we're going to get a good mission off

888
00:31:04,530 --> 00:31:02,230
just like Mike said and we're going to

889
00:31:06,150 --> 00:31:04,540
do the engineering all the engineering

890
00:31:07,270 --> 00:31:06,160
work on this last flight like we did on

891
00:31:09,670 --> 00:31:07,280
the first fight nope

892
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:09,680
changes there and again we'll be able to

893
00:31:13,540 --> 00:31:11,450
reflect after after she lands and brings

894
00:31:16,300 --> 00:31:13,550
her crew home safely that that was her

895
00:31:17,890 --> 00:31:16,310
final mission and when I look at this

896
00:31:20,110 --> 00:31:17,900
mission I think a little bit about the

897
00:31:22,380 --> 00:31:20,120
AMS and and this is a pretty unique

898
00:31:25,540 --> 00:31:22,390
payload that's going to space station

899
00:31:27,790 --> 00:31:25,550
you know we don't typically fly a you

900
00:31:30,550 --> 00:31:27,800
know a payload that takes as much of the

901
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:30,560
cargo bay as AMS does and the potential

902
00:31:36,310 --> 00:31:33,770
science that it can return to understand

903
00:31:39,340 --> 00:31:36,320
dark matter that lives in the universe

904
00:31:41,950 --> 00:31:39,350
and to understand these these unique

905
00:31:43,510 --> 00:31:41,960
high-energy particles that that are out

906
00:31:45,310 --> 00:31:43,520
there in space it's going to be

907
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:45,320
tremendously important so when I when I

908
00:31:50,170 --> 00:31:48,290
see endeavour flying this really unique

909
00:31:51,460 --> 00:31:50,180
instrument to space station that's a

910
00:31:53,590 --> 00:31:51,470
that's a pretty this is a pretty unique

911
00:31:55,450 --> 00:31:53,600
mission to kind of close out endeavours

912
00:31:58,960 --> 00:31:55,460
career it it's not your run-of-the-mill

913
00:32:01,240 --> 00:31:58,970
kind of missions this is a really unique

914
00:32:03,070 --> 00:32:01,250
chance to see this vehicle carry a very

915
00:32:05,820 --> 00:32:03,080
unique science instrument to space that

916
00:32:11,410 --> 00:32:05,830
has a potential of returning really or

917
00:32:13,060 --> 00:32:11,420
shattering science to us aside from all

918
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:13,070
the wonderful stuff that's happening

919
00:32:17,950 --> 00:32:15,770
with the shuttle on this mission there

920
00:32:19,630 --> 00:32:17,960
is that added public interest of course

921
00:32:21,460 --> 00:32:19,640
in Mark Kelly being commander and the

922
00:32:23,140 --> 00:32:21,470
story of that he's been through over the

923
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:23,150
last few months can you talk a little

924
00:32:26,890 --> 00:32:25,130
bit about what a roller coaster that's

925
00:32:27,970 --> 00:32:26,900
been for the crew really and and how

926
00:32:29,410 --> 00:32:27,980
they've come through that and work

927
00:32:33,220 --> 00:32:29,420
together to get to this point ready to

928
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:33,230
launch yeah I can't talk in any

929
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:36,770
specifics but I will tell you that again

930
00:32:41,290 --> 00:32:38,210
the crew has just done a tremendous job

931
00:32:43,090 --> 00:32:41,300
of staying on focus and being trained

932
00:32:44,980 --> 00:32:43,100
and ready to go fly you know we were

933
00:32:46,870 --> 00:32:44,990
originally scheduled to fly on this day

934
00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:46,880
April nineteenth and the crew was ready

935
00:32:50,470 --> 00:32:48,710
to go to go meet that date they were

936
00:32:52,450 --> 00:32:50,480
fully trained they completed all their

937
00:32:54,250 --> 00:32:52,460
training activities and then when we

938
00:32:55,900 --> 00:32:54,260
slipped to launch 10 days they got to go

939
00:32:57,550 --> 00:32:55,910
ahead and hone some skills and move some

940
00:32:59,770 --> 00:32:57,560
more some more things but again I would

941
00:33:02,520 --> 00:32:59,780
say it's a testimony to the to the

942
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:02,530
entire crew to stay focused to

943
00:33:06,580 --> 00:33:04,490
compartmentalize and to do what they

944
00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:06,590
need to do for this mission when you see

945
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:09,050
the EV A's and spacewalks these are not

946
00:33:13,570 --> 00:33:11,210
trivial spacewalks at all especially the

947
00:33:17,020 --> 00:33:13,580
one with the ammonia servicing and

948
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:17,030
ammonia refilling is a is a big task and

949
00:33:20,060 --> 00:33:18,890
Mark will play a key role and kind of

950
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:20,070
watching over that

951
00:33:24,830 --> 00:33:22,170
to watch the spacewalkers as they go do

952
00:33:27,110 --> 00:33:24,840
those EV a tasks and going to be the

953
00:33:28,820 --> 00:33:27,120
conductor in a sense of watching some of

954
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:28,830
those activities occur from an overall

955
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:31,290
commander standpoint and so he'll play a

956
00:33:34,850 --> 00:33:33,210
key role in all that and he's also plays

957
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:34,860
a key role obviously in the ascent and

958
00:33:38,900 --> 00:33:36,450
entry and he's done a good job of being

959
00:33:40,250 --> 00:33:38,910
trained with all that so I think the

960
00:33:41,690 --> 00:33:40,260
good thing is that they've been able to

961
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:41,700
work together as a team and they're

962
00:33:47,060 --> 00:33:43,410
they're about ready to go fly and and

963
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:47,070
that's that's good Marcia I shouldn't

964
00:33:51,290 --> 00:33:49,290
Associated Press possibly for either the

965
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:51,300
two mics are there any special

966
00:33:55,850 --> 00:33:53,610
accommodations being taken our or any

967
00:33:57,470 --> 00:33:55,860
plan in case congresswoman giffords can

968
00:34:00,380 --> 00:33:57,480
attend the launch as her husband hopes

969
00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:00,390
and do you expect that to be a

970
00:34:04,430 --> 00:34:02,570
distraction for your teams on launch day

971
00:34:06,590 --> 00:34:04,440
well see from the launch team

972
00:34:08,510 --> 00:34:06,600
perspective it it won't be a distraction

973
00:34:10,700 --> 00:34:08,520
I'd there's a whole separate team

974
00:34:12,140 --> 00:34:10,710
working that that issue I'm not quite

975
00:34:14,330 --> 00:34:12,150
sure if she's coming or not to be honest

976
00:34:15,860 --> 00:34:14,340
with you I've turned that over to other

977
00:34:17,660 --> 00:34:15,870
people that then take care of that so I

978
00:34:20,510 --> 00:34:17,670
can focus on the countdown and the

979
00:34:24,620 --> 00:34:20,520
launch team hope she comes but I don't

980
00:34:26,420 --> 00:34:24,630
know shoe or not well yeah this thistle

981
00:34:27,950 --> 00:34:26,430
this is a dumb question but I've been

982
00:34:29,210 --> 00:34:27,960
asked this a million times since the

983
00:34:30,290 --> 00:34:29,220
announcement last week about where the

984
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:30,300
orbiters are going some hoping one of

985
00:34:33,500 --> 00:34:31,530
you guys will explain it and I don't

986
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:33,510
have to answer it anymore why not just

987
00:34:37,340 --> 00:34:35,850
send in Deborah California instead of

988
00:34:39,530 --> 00:34:37,350
bringing it back here why do you have to

989
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:39,540
bring it back here you mean for upon the

990
00:34:43,610 --> 00:34:42,210
land in California so when it lands

991
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:43,620
it'll be full of all kinds of hazardous

992
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:46,410
stuff pyros that haven't been fired yet

993
00:34:51,700 --> 00:34:48,770
hyper Gauls in the ohms and RCS system

994
00:34:54,020 --> 00:34:51,710
hyper Gauls and not in the AP use

995
00:34:55,670 --> 00:34:54,030
hydraulic fluid all over the place you

996
00:34:57,140 --> 00:34:55,680
know it's not something that you'd hand

997
00:34:58,670 --> 00:34:57,150
over to the public in that configuration

998
00:35:00,260 --> 00:34:58,680
so we need to bring it home here to say

999
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:00,270
fit and we don't have the facilities to

1000
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:05,010
do that out in California James James

1001
00:35:09,970 --> 00:35:07,410
Dean with floor today to to follow

1002
00:35:13,940 --> 00:35:09,980
questions on any any consideration of

1003
00:35:17,300 --> 00:35:13,950
Atlantis landing in California on its

1004
00:35:20,950 --> 00:35:17,310
flight important on purpose to give it a

1005
00:35:23,630 --> 00:35:20,960
farewell tour of a ferry flight person

1006
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:23,640
again I I will tell you what I've asked

1007
00:35:27,620 --> 00:35:25,770
the team to do is I want us to make

1008
00:35:30,350 --> 00:35:27,630
these last flights as much as normal

1009
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:30,360
flights as we can so I didn't we didn't

1010
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:32,370
plan to do anything special will let the

1011
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:33,330
weather tell us where

1012
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:34,650
we're going to goal and we'll do the

1013
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:36,450
normal mission planning the way we are I

1014
00:35:40,130 --> 00:35:38,370
didn't want to interfere with the team

1015
00:35:43,130 --> 00:35:40,140
planning you know we spent a long time

1016
00:35:44,690 --> 00:35:43,140
many years 30 years you know honing the

1017
00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:44,700
way we do flight rules they'll hold me

1018
00:35:48,350 --> 00:35:46,320
honing the way we build procedures the

1019
00:35:50,180 --> 00:35:48,360
way we do plans and I wanted all these

1020
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:50,190
flights to be done as much just like the

1021
00:35:54,050 --> 00:35:51,930
ones we've done before as the ones that

1022
00:35:55,820 --> 00:35:54,060
are at the end so so we made no special

1023
00:35:57,890 --> 00:35:55,830
accommodations for that in fact i was

1024
00:36:00,080 --> 00:35:57,900
asked it should we do that i told them i

1025
00:36:02,030 --> 00:36:00,090
did not want to do what you suggested i

1026
00:36:04,190 --> 00:36:02,040
wanted to make it just a nominal into

1027
00:36:05,690 --> 00:36:04,200
mission let us do the plus to weather

1028
00:36:07,010 --> 00:36:05,700
day planning stuff just like we normally

1029
00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:07,020
do and treat it just like a normal

1030
00:36:10,250 --> 00:36:08,760
flight and we'll see what the conditions

1031
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:10,260
and the flight rules drive us to as we

1032
00:36:15,140 --> 00:36:13,050
move forward and it's one more from me

1033
00:36:16,550 --> 00:36:15,150
that i meant to ask earlier to Gerst the

1034
00:36:18,230 --> 00:36:16,560
business of the leading edges and the

1035
00:36:19,700 --> 00:36:18,240
temperature constraints that you went

1036
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:19,710
back and reevaluate which way was the

1037
00:36:23,630 --> 00:36:22,290
Arab made was it you had less margin

1038
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:23,640
than you thought or you had more than

1039
00:36:26,240 --> 00:36:24,690
you thought and I'm just now just

1040
00:36:28,790 --> 00:36:26,250
curious how that played out the the

1041
00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:28,800
model under predicted what we would see

1042
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:30,990
it at least at launching it late in the

1043
00:36:35,180 --> 00:36:32,730
window so in other words it was warmer

1044
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:35,190
in the actual case we flew then the

1045
00:36:41,210 --> 00:36:38,490
models would have predicted what the

1046
00:36:43,670 --> 00:36:41,220
actual constraint really is no it was it

1047
00:36:46,250 --> 00:36:43,680
didn't it was yes there was plenty of

1048
00:36:49,340 --> 00:36:46,260
capability in the vehicle beyond what it

1049
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:49,350
design standpoint but what it showed us

1050
00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:51,450
was our certification analysis if we

1051
00:36:55,370 --> 00:36:53,250
would account it on that wasn't exactly

1052
00:36:56,780 --> 00:36:55,380
done it wasn't done correctly and then

1053
00:36:58,910 --> 00:36:56,790
what's important for that is it's not

1054
00:37:01,040 --> 00:36:58,920
just this case then you want to look at

1055
00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:01,050
transatlantic aborts you want to look at

1056
00:37:04,370 --> 00:37:03,030
all the other scenarios to make sure

1057
00:37:06,230 --> 00:37:04,380
that there's not something from a

1058
00:37:08,060 --> 00:37:06,240
certification standpoint that we missed

1059
00:37:09,710 --> 00:37:08,070
now that we found this model air so it

1060
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:09,720
was a real tribute to the team that they

1061
00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:11,490
saw this and it surprised them and then

1062
00:37:15,350 --> 00:37:13,770
they just didn't just pass it off they

1063
00:37:16,610 --> 00:37:15,360
actually kept looking to see what that

1064
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:16,620
would mean to make sure that we are

1065
00:37:21,530 --> 00:37:18,690
really certified for all conditions that

1066
00:37:23,660 --> 00:37:21,540
we expect to fly okay we'll wrap it up

1067
00:37:25,010 --> 00:37:23,670
with a question from James Dean yeah I'm

1068
00:37:26,420 --> 00:37:25,020
sorry just well I was just wondering if

1069
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:26,430
you could discuss a little further these

1070
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:28,410
extension days a couple couple in the

1071
00:37:32,260 --> 00:37:30,210
last flight and a couple more probable

1072
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:32,270
here it seems like to kind of underscore

1073
00:37:36,590 --> 00:37:35,370
shuttles ending and got to just cram

1074
00:37:39,430 --> 00:37:36,600
everything we can and these final

1075
00:37:42,230 --> 00:37:39,440
missions just are you doing it

1076
00:37:43,940 --> 00:37:42,240
essentially because you can or do these

1077
00:37:45,799 --> 00:37:43,950
things really actually need to get done

1078
00:37:47,749 --> 00:37:45,809
in a way that's different from you know

1079
00:37:50,479 --> 00:37:47,759
what happened 10 missions ago a data

1080
00:37:52,189 --> 00:37:50,489
plan and i can i can add a little bit to

1081
00:37:54,499 --> 00:37:52,199
it what's really happening with space

1082
00:37:56,299 --> 00:37:54,509
station is you know we have 17 vehicles

1083
00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:56,309
that go into station during this period

1084
00:38:00,739 --> 00:37:58,410
so this is a very busy time on space

1085
00:38:03,319 --> 00:38:00,749
station so what this that takes a lot of

1086
00:38:07,309 --> 00:38:03,329
time for the crew a way to handle the

1087
00:38:09,170 --> 00:38:07,319
atv docking and departure the HTV

1088
00:38:11,299 --> 00:38:09,180
docking and departure the progress is

1089
00:38:13,309 --> 00:38:11,309
that are coming and going the soyuz etc

1090
00:38:15,019 --> 00:38:13,319
so the crew is it doesn't have as much

1091
00:38:16,579 --> 00:38:15,029
time on orbit and we're also trying to

1092
00:38:18,890 --> 00:38:16,589
focus on research and do a lot of

1093
00:38:20,809 --> 00:38:18,900
research so what the shuttle flights are

1094
00:38:24,529 --> 00:38:20,819
allowing us to do for example our oxygen

1095
00:38:25,849 --> 00:38:24,539
generation system we have a new system

1096
00:38:28,969 --> 00:38:25,859
we'd like to put in there that will

1097
00:38:30,939 --> 00:38:28,979
control the acidity or the pH of the

1098
00:38:34,339 --> 00:38:30,949
loop into the oxygen generation system

1099
00:38:35,959 --> 00:38:34,349
the current filter we have causes too

1100
00:38:37,939 --> 00:38:35,969
high a delta pressure we can't run the

1101
00:38:39,589 --> 00:38:37,949
pump so we have a low pressure system we

1102
00:38:42,140 --> 00:38:39,599
would like to install that's about a

1103
00:38:44,449 --> 00:38:42,150
four or five our task to go do that and

1104
00:38:46,099 --> 00:38:44,459
install that we would like to do that

1105
00:38:47,900 --> 00:38:46,109
during one of these extension day so we

1106
00:38:50,029 --> 00:38:47,910
can get the shuttle team along with a

1107
00:38:51,439 --> 00:38:50,039
station team to go put that in and we

1108
00:38:54,169 --> 00:38:51,449
can get the oxygen generation system

1109
00:38:55,819 --> 00:38:54,179
then fully up and ready to go support if

1110
00:38:57,349 --> 00:38:55,829
it doesn't occur during this mission and

1111
00:38:59,120 --> 00:38:57,359
we can't do it then we can push it off

1112
00:39:00,410 --> 00:38:59,130
to the increment to station crew can do

1113
00:39:02,689 --> 00:39:00,420
it later but then it will take some time

1114
00:39:04,669 --> 00:39:02,699
away from research so what we're trying

1115
00:39:07,189 --> 00:39:04,679
to do is we're identifying tasks that

1116
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:07,199
that really helped station end up in a

1117
00:39:10,339 --> 00:39:08,729
much better configuration so we're

1118
00:39:12,109 --> 00:39:10,349
taking advantage of that extra work

1119
00:39:14,150 --> 00:39:12,119
force that comes up with the shuttle to

1120
00:39:15,859 --> 00:39:14,160
really take advantage of these items and

1121
00:39:17,900 --> 00:39:15,869
that's why those two days are a pretty

1122
00:39:19,249 --> 00:39:17,910
dog and are unimportant and if you look

1123
00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:19,259
at the actual tasks we're putting in

1124
00:39:22,309 --> 00:39:20,910
there not trivial tasks their high

1125
00:39:23,839 --> 00:39:22,319
priority tasks that we're going to have

1126
00:39:25,849 --> 00:39:23,849
to do probably in the next month or two

1127
00:39:30,349 --> 00:39:25,859
and this allows us to get ahead with

1128
00:39:32,390 --> 00:39:30,359
those tasks okay I think that wraps it

1129
00:39:34,870 --> 00:39:32,400
up by we really appreciate you coming

1130
00:39:37,609 --> 00:39:34,880
today I just wanted to remind you that

1131
00:39:39,410 --> 00:39:37,619
sts-134 activities begin in earnest

1132
00:39:42,229 --> 00:39:39,420
again here on nasa television one week

1133
00:39:44,179 --> 00:39:42,239
from today april twenty sixth at ten

1134
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:44,189
a.m. eastern time with a pre countdown

1135
00:39:49,039 --> 00:39:47,249
status briefing the sts-134 flight crew

1136
00:39:51,349 --> 00:39:49,049
arrives here at Kennedy Space Center at

1137
00:39:53,089 --> 00:39:51,359
twelve-fifteen that day and a two

1138
00:39:55,279 --> 00:39:53,099
o'clock in the afternoon the countdown

1139
00:39:58,669 --> 00:39:55,289
officially picks up all leading toward

1140
00:39:59,180 --> 00:39:58,679
launched on April 29 that 347 p.m.

1141
00:40:01,280 --> 00:39:59,190
eastern

1142
00:40:06,290 --> 00:40:01,290
time and you can keep up with all the