1 00:00:06,019 --> 00:00:04,370 good morning thank you for joining us 2 00:00:08,259 --> 00:00:06,029 here at nasa's kennedy space center in 3 00:00:10,910 --> 00:00:08,269 florida for space shuttle endeavour's 4 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:10,920 sts-134 l minus 1 countdown status 5 00:00:16,330 --> 00:00:12,990 briefing joining me today is Jeff 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:16,340 Spalding NASA test director good morning 7 00:00:24,050 --> 00:00:20,730 Jodl I sts-134 payload manager good 8 00:00:30,919 --> 00:00:24,060 morning in Kathy winners shuttle weather 9 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:30,929 officer good morning we'll listen to our 10 00:00:34,970 --> 00:00:32,610 panelists and then take questions Jeff 11 00:00:37,310 --> 00:00:34,980 Thank You kendriya and good morning to 12 00:00:39,020 --> 00:00:37,320 everyone and welcome I'm very happy to 13 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:39,030 be here today to provide status on 14 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:41,010 tomorrow's launch of the space shuttle 15 00:00:45,279 --> 00:00:43,530 Endeavour on the sts-134 mission to 16 00:00:48,830 --> 00:00:45,289 deliver the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer 17 00:00:49,970 --> 00:00:48,840 up to the station I'm also pleased to 18 00:00:51,860 --> 00:00:49,980 report that everything is going well out 19 00:00:53,540 --> 00:00:51,870 of pate we don't have any issues right 20 00:00:55,220 --> 00:00:53,550 now that we're tracking we're right back 21 00:00:57,380 --> 00:00:55,230 on our time lines yesterday we were down 22 00:00:58,910 --> 00:00:57,390 a little bit if you recall but we have 23 00:01:00,950 --> 00:00:58,920 worked really hard overnight to get 24 00:01:02,689 --> 00:01:00,960 things caught back up and and we're in 25 00:01:05,299 --> 00:01:02,699 really good shape going through the rest 26 00:01:06,530 --> 00:01:05,309 of the count today also yesterday we 27 00:01:08,899 --> 00:01:06,540 were getting ready to get into our fuel 28 00:01:11,719 --> 00:01:08,909 cell reactant loading and that operation 29 00:01:14,270 --> 00:01:11,729 is complete and we did get all of the 30 00:01:16,460 --> 00:01:14,280 tanks loaded up to our full capacity as 31 00:01:18,590 --> 00:01:16,470 expected and consequently we do have our 32 00:01:21,020 --> 00:01:18,600 seven days of pad whole time for liquid 33 00:01:22,850 --> 00:01:21,030 hydrogen and 12 for liquid oxygen so 34 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:22,860 that gives us our maximum capability we 35 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:24,890 were looking for out of our fuel cells 36 00:01:30,740 --> 00:01:27,450 our countdown just entered our t minus 37 00:01:33,140 --> 00:01:30,750 11 hour hold that's a 13 hour 22 minute 38 00:01:36,380 --> 00:01:33,150 built-in hold and will get us through 39 00:01:38,660 --> 00:01:36,390 the remainder of today we are just 40 00:01:40,940 --> 00:01:38,670 finishing also our main engine final 41 00:01:43,039 --> 00:01:40,950 preparations and check out and now those 42 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:43,049 are going as expected and we're doing a 43 00:01:46,730 --> 00:01:45,090 lot of our planned inspections of the 44 00:01:48,410 --> 00:01:46,740 external tank and the boosters in the 45 00:01:51,710 --> 00:01:48,420 orbiter and all of those are in working 46 00:01:53,149 --> 00:01:51,720 going well also later this afternoon we 47 00:01:56,389 --> 00:01:53,159 do intend to power up our orbital ground 48 00:01:58,249 --> 00:01:56,399 and the orbit and groundside 49 00:01:59,719 --> 00:01:58,259 communications networks and we'll be 50 00:02:01,969 --> 00:01:59,729 doing a full check out end-to-end on all 51 00:02:04,340 --> 00:02:01,979 of those systems at about 1 30 or so 52 00:02:05,539 --> 00:02:04,350 once we're done with that we'll go into 53 00:02:07,490 --> 00:02:05,549 the crew module and start beginning our 54 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:07,500 flight crew equipment light still 55 00:02:11,270 --> 00:02:09,690 operations putting all of our final mid 56 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:11,280 decks and some of the last provisions 57 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:12,450 into the vehicle as well and some 58 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:13,710 configurations 59 00:02:18,130 --> 00:02:17,130 or the crew once that it's done we do 60 00:02:19,970 --> 00:02:18,140 have quite a bit of launchpad 61 00:02:22,610 --> 00:02:19,980 configuring to do throughout the night 62 00:02:23,990 --> 00:02:22,620 to get us to our retraction of the 63 00:02:25,340 --> 00:02:24,000 rotating service structure which is 64 00:02:28,460 --> 00:02:25,350 scheduled for seven o'clock this evening 65 00:02:30,290 --> 00:02:28,470 as we work throughout the night after 66 00:02:31,820 --> 00:02:30,300 that we do have some final pad 67 00:02:34,910 --> 00:02:31,830 configurations as well as our final 68 00:02:36,530 --> 00:02:34,920 launch loading preps for our propellants 69 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:36,540 and those will continue throughout the 70 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:38,010 night until we start clearing the pad of 71 00:02:41,410 --> 00:02:39,690 non-essentials about 130 in the morning 72 00:02:43,820 --> 00:02:41,420 and then we'll work our final 73 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:43,830 preparations anticipation of loading the 74 00:02:49,430 --> 00:02:47,330 external tank at 622 tomorrow morning 75 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:49,440 once we get done with that operation 76 00:02:51,830 --> 00:02:50,910 it's about three hours long or so the 77 00:02:54,110 --> 00:02:51,840 flight crew will be headed out to the 78 00:02:56,300 --> 00:02:54,120 pad shortly after noon tomorrow and then 79 00:02:58,670 --> 00:02:56,310 we'll work our final operations that we 80 00:03:00,590 --> 00:02:58,680 need to get us to our launch on time our 81 00:03:02,630 --> 00:03:00,600 launch time as we've been briefing is 82 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:02,640 our window opens at 342 tomorrow 83 00:03:06,590 --> 00:03:05,310 afternoon we do target the middle of the 84 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:06,600 window which correlates to about that 85 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:09,090 347 timeframe or so we'll sync 86 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:10,500 everything up to the second once we get 87 00:03:14,060 --> 00:03:12,510 done or t-minus nine minute hold so 88 00:03:15,620 --> 00:03:14,070 we'll have all that in place as we get 89 00:03:18,530 --> 00:03:15,630 ready to go down through the rest of the 90 00:03:22,370 --> 00:03:18,540 count as far as our launch availability 91 00:03:24,110 --> 00:03:22,380 goes we do have tomorrow April the 29th 92 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:24,120 all the way up through and including may 93 00:03:27,650 --> 00:03:25,710 the 4th so we have six days of 94 00:03:30,380 --> 00:03:27,660 opportunities we will only get about 95 00:03:31,820 --> 00:03:30,390 four attempts in those six days just due 96 00:03:33,830 --> 00:03:31,830 to the limitations of our ability on our 97 00:03:35,390 --> 00:03:33,840 turnarounds so we'll use the best four 98 00:03:37,550 --> 00:03:35,400 of those six days to get us through the 99 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:37,560 count and before we went into our first 100 00:03:42,830 --> 00:03:40,410 constraint and that constraint excuse me 101 00:03:46,190 --> 00:03:42,840 is the Atlas launch which is currently 102 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:46,200 on May the six we do need them for the 103 00:03:49,700 --> 00:03:47,850 Atlas folks to be ready they need the 104 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:49,710 fifth and the seventh also to configure 105 00:03:53,540 --> 00:03:51,810 the range so we have about three days of 106 00:03:54,740 --> 00:03:53,550 blocked out that we cannot use the range 107 00:03:56,210 --> 00:03:54,750 so after the fourth our first 108 00:03:58,340 --> 00:03:56,220 opportunity to come back on the range 109 00:04:00,230 --> 00:03:58,350 would be made the eighth that would give 110 00:04:02,030 --> 00:04:00,240 us another opportunity before we went 111 00:04:04,250 --> 00:04:02,040 into one of our constraints on the 9th 112 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:04,260 which is one of our dual doc tops 113 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:07,290 constraints that has to do with the 25's 114 00:04:11,350 --> 00:04:09,690 the Soyuz mission undocking that's a 115 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:11,360 single day constrained at this point and 116 00:04:15,380 --> 00:04:13,830 then we would get back and be able to 117 00:04:17,060 --> 00:04:15,390 launch from the 10th pretty much clear 118 00:04:19,070 --> 00:04:17,070 and free through the 28th of the month 119 00:04:21,020 --> 00:04:19,080 of May after that point we run into a 120 00:04:23,540 --> 00:04:21,030 lot of constraints with the ATV and the 121 00:04:24,890 --> 00:04:23,550 27 s Soyuz mission as well as some beta 122 00:04:26,870 --> 00:04:24,900 angle cut out so we're going to be done 123 00:04:27,620 --> 00:04:26,880 for a couple of weeks after that but it 124 00:04:29,060 --> 00:04:27,630 does give us a lot of 125 00:04:31,070 --> 00:04:29,070 opportunity up front before we run into 126 00:04:33,350 --> 00:04:31,080 the Atlas and then a lot of opportunity 127 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:33,360 certainly afterwards to get off the 128 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:38,010 ground it is a 14-day mission we do have 129 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:39,330 two contingency days as we've been 130 00:04:43,370 --> 00:04:41,610 briefing we will be looking at those 131 00:04:44,660 --> 00:04:43,380 once we get on orbit probably a five or 132 00:04:47,090 --> 00:04:44,670 six to see if we're going to use those 133 00:04:48,890 --> 00:04:47,100 additional contingency days on orbit to 134 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:48,900 do additional work that we have honest 135 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:50,130 that we could do while we're up on the 136 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:53,010 station then the mission is planned 137 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:55,170 right now for KSC on Friday to the 13th 138 00:04:59,000 --> 00:04:56,730 right around nine thirty in the morning 139 00:05:00,200 --> 00:04:59,010 on that day if we do go to a plus one 140 00:05:02,390 --> 00:05:00,210 day the time doesn't change too much 141 00:05:06,380 --> 00:05:02,400 it's around nine fifty two or so on 142 00:05:08,300 --> 00:05:06,390 saturday the 14th so we are very proud 143 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:08,310 of our teams here at KSC and also all 144 00:05:12,860 --> 00:05:10,050 around the world that have been working 145 00:05:15,140 --> 00:05:12,870 on this shuttle and as well as onto this 146 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:15,150 payload to get us ready for this sts-134 147 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:17,370 mission and ever like all of our 148 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:18,930 shuttles has had a really distinguished 149 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:21,330 history throughout its throughout its 150 00:05:25,850 --> 00:05:23,400 life tomorrow we're going to add to that 151 00:05:27,830 --> 00:05:25,860 distinction as she departs for the 152 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:27,840 mission to deliver the Alpha Magnetic 153 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:30,740 Spectrometer to the station so thank you 154 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:35,490 thank you Joe ok thank you ok good 155 00:05:41,630 --> 00:05:39,330 morning I'm Joseph July the NASA KSC 156 00:05:43,610 --> 00:05:41,640 mission manager and I'd like to spend 157 00:05:45,860 --> 00:05:43,620 just a few minutes talking to you guys 158 00:05:49,790 --> 00:05:45,870 about the payloads that we're going to 159 00:05:52,370 --> 00:05:49,800 be flying on on your left six I can 160 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:52,380 honestly say that in the many years i 161 00:05:56,090 --> 00:05:53,910 have been here which is quite a few 162 00:05:59,860 --> 00:05:56,100 years this is probably one of the most 163 00:06:01,910 --> 00:05:59,870 challenging but you had a most exciting 164 00:06:05,570 --> 00:06:01,920 payload that i've ever had a chance to 165 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:05,580 work on i'm not going to go too much in 166 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:07,530 AMS because i know professor ting is 167 00:06:11,900 --> 00:06:09,330 going to be given a brief in the two 168 00:06:14,750 --> 00:06:11,910 o'clock and i want to steal his thunder 169 00:06:16,100 --> 00:06:14,760 so I'll concentrate on the deck go a 170 00:06:21,890 --> 00:06:16,110 little bit in AMS and then we'll talk 171 00:06:25,580 --> 00:06:21,900 some index next slide please okay just a 172 00:06:28,490 --> 00:06:25,590 couple of general highlights as Jeff 173 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:28,500 mentioned it's a 14 day plus 2 plus 2 174 00:06:36,710 --> 00:06:32,910 mission crew 6 the AMS weighed in a 175 00:06:39,460 --> 00:06:36,720 little over 15,000 pounds and ELC waited 176 00:06:42,370 --> 00:06:39,470 almost at 14,000 pounds excuse me 177 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:42,380 a mess will eventually be attached to 178 00:06:49,660 --> 00:06:45,650 the s3 trusts and the lc3 will be 179 00:06:51,970 --> 00:06:49,670 attached to the p3 trust so flight day 180 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:51,980 one they'll go ahead and check out AMS 181 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:53,390 kind to a health check in the orbiter 182 00:06:58,210 --> 00:06:55,970 and then flight dates three which is 183 00:07:01,990 --> 00:06:58,220 also the docking day they'll take the 184 00:07:04,030 --> 00:07:02,000 deck and check it out install it on to 185 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:04,040 p3 and then flight day for they'll go 186 00:07:16,900 --> 00:07:13,490 ahead and install AMS onto on s3 okay 187 00:07:18,460 --> 00:07:16,910 this is the great picture of the it's a 188 00:07:20,610 --> 00:07:18,470 great layout of the various payloads 189 00:07:23,410 --> 00:07:20,620 that I'm going to be in the orbiter 190 00:07:24,820 --> 00:07:23,420 there's two other payloads with flying 191 00:07:27,910 --> 00:07:24,830 i'd be remiss if i didn't talk about 192 00:07:32,250 --> 00:07:27,920 them the first one is missy and that's a 193 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:32,260 DoD payload and it will characterize 194 00:07:37,570 --> 00:07:34,210 performance of new perspective 195 00:07:39,310 --> 00:07:37,580 spacecraft material and electrons when 196 00:07:41,950 --> 00:07:39,320 subject to the space environment we 197 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:41,960 flying those for a few years and in 198 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:44,210 storm that we're going to be taken up is 199 00:07:50,170 --> 00:07:47,690 a prototype system consisting of visual 200 00:07:52,060 --> 00:07:50,180 navigation and a dotting camera and it 201 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:52,070 will advance the capability necessary 202 00:08:01,180 --> 00:07:56,570 for automated rendezvous and in docking 203 00:08:04,300 --> 00:08:01,190 now this is a great picture of the deck 204 00:08:06,490 --> 00:08:04,310 3 that's being that was installed into 205 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:06,500 the canister and eventually take it out 206 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:11,690 to the pad ok so let's just talk a 207 00:08:17,050 --> 00:08:13,970 little bit about the oil used orbital 208 00:08:19,570 --> 00:08:17,060 replacement units there's a bunch of 209 00:08:25,270 --> 00:08:19,580 going up on this mission so let's let's 210 00:08:28,060 --> 00:08:25,280 talk about them next slide please ok so 211 00:08:30,370 --> 00:08:28,070 we have dec three and on top of the deck 212 00:08:31,990 --> 00:08:30,380 there's going to be some more use of 213 00:08:33,969 --> 00:08:32,000 course on the bottom of the deck is 214 00:08:35,770 --> 00:08:33,979 going to be all use as mentioned earlier 215 00:08:38,140 --> 00:08:35,780 this will be attached to station and 216 00:08:41,290 --> 00:08:38,150 then what I call future spares orbital 217 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:41,300 replacement units if we need it we got 218 00:08:45,610 --> 00:08:43,370 them will have the capability to use 219 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:45,620 them ok let's go through those a little 220 00:08:49,690 --> 00:08:47,690 bit next page ok so the first oh you 221 00:08:53,140 --> 00:08:49,700 were bringing up as the ammonia tank the 222 00:08:56,230 --> 00:08:53,150 ETA and I was actually two tanks 223 00:08:58,870 --> 00:08:56,240 and each tank contains about 300 pounds 224 00:09:03,840 --> 00:08:58,880 of ammonia and that's used as part of 225 00:09:08,470 --> 00:09:05,890 another all you were bringing up is 226 00:09:11,980 --> 00:09:08,480 called the HP GT of the high-pressure 227 00:09:14,230 --> 00:09:11,990 gas tank that contains about 15 cubic 228 00:09:19,300 --> 00:09:14,240 feet of oxygen that will be used to 229 00:09:21,370 --> 00:09:19,310 supply these National Space Station okay 230 00:09:23,680 --> 00:09:21,380 excuse me another payload or argue that 231 00:09:27,490 --> 00:09:23,690 will bring it up on the deck is is s2 ph 232 00:09:31,030 --> 00:09:27,500 3 and that basically stands for space 233 00:09:33,730 --> 00:09:31,040 test program Houston and that's a DoD 234 00:09:36,700 --> 00:09:33,740 experiment and it's a competetive for 235 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:36,710 individual experiments that will advance 236 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:40,730 thermal protection various pumps digital 237 00:09:44,860 --> 00:09:42,890 camera and disposed in approaching 238 00:09:49,810 --> 00:09:44,870 spacecraft in low-earth orbit for 239 00:09:52,510 --> 00:09:49,820 long-duration UK and this is a great 240 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:52,520 picture of whipping up to sasses which 241 00:09:56,980 --> 00:09:54,530 is the s-band antenna sub-assembly and 242 00:09:59,020 --> 00:09:56,990 that's used primarily for local 243 00:10:01,630 --> 00:09:59,030 communications between the orbiter and 244 00:10:08,380 --> 00:10:01,640 of course potential future vehicles and 245 00:10:11,490 --> 00:10:08,390 and ISS okay this is a picture of the 246 00:10:14,950 --> 00:10:11,500 special purpose dexterous manipulator 247 00:10:17,470 --> 00:10:14,960 which is highly intricate component on 248 00:10:20,290 --> 00:10:17,480 the International Space Station mobile 249 00:10:22,060 --> 00:10:20,300 service and station and what we're doing 250 00:10:24,460 --> 00:10:22,070 on this mission will actually send it up 251 00:10:29,050 --> 00:10:24,470 a spare rom that's going to be part of 252 00:10:32,650 --> 00:10:29,060 the spdm okay this picture the CTC the 253 00:10:34,210 --> 00:10:32,660 ACOG o tren transportation carrier we're 254 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:34,220 going to be flying up ten what we call a 255 00:10:41,170 --> 00:10:37,480 PCMs or remote power control modules and 256 00:10:44,140 --> 00:10:41,180 100 you attachment kit the the AH PCMs 257 00:10:49,090 --> 00:10:44,150 or like like big circuit breakers for 258 00:10:51,130 --> 00:10:49,100 electronics and space okay now let's 259 00:10:54,070 --> 00:10:51,140 talk a little bit about AMS as I 260 00:10:57,340 --> 00:10:54,080 mentioned earlier late today I think on 261 00:10:59,980 --> 00:10:57,350 two o'clock professor ting will be given 262 00:11:01,540 --> 00:10:59,990 a briefing on AMS but I do want to say 263 00:11:05,340 --> 00:11:01,550 that it's been an honor and a privilege 264 00:11:07,180 --> 00:11:05,350 to work with Professor ting and his team 265 00:11:09,610 --> 00:11:07,190 here we have 16 266 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:09,620 entries some of the smartest physicists 267 00:11:14,650 --> 00:11:12,410 in the world all coming together to 268 00:11:17,650 --> 00:11:14,660 design and build a particle particle 269 00:11:21,430 --> 00:11:17,660 detector to search for antimatter and 270 00:11:24,850 --> 00:11:21,440 matter in dock matter in space I think 271 00:11:28,510 --> 00:11:24,860 the most exciting objective of AMS is 272 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:28,520 too is the probe the unknown if we'd 273 00:11:31,540 --> 00:11:29,810 have probably known that's not exciting 274 00:11:33,430 --> 00:11:31,550 we're going to go probe the unknown 275 00:11:35,740 --> 00:11:33,440 that's exciting and we're going to 276 00:11:39,940 --> 00:11:35,750 search for phenomena which exists in 277 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:39,950 nature that has not yet imagined nor do 278 00:11:44,290 --> 00:11:42,530 we have the tools to discover so 279 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:44,300 somebody was tell me what is a mess do I 280 00:11:48,850 --> 00:11:46,130 can tell you what I think gameís is 281 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:48,860 going to do but we don't know what it's 282 00:11:54,790 --> 00:11:50,090 going to do and that's a good thing 283 00:11:58,180 --> 00:11:54,800 that's how you advance science so I jobs 284 00:12:00,610 --> 00:11:58,190 at KSC was to work with professor Chang 285 00:12:03,610 --> 00:12:00,620 and his team and complete the 286 00:12:07,810 --> 00:12:03,620 integration testing of AMS and as I 287 00:12:08,950 --> 00:12:07,820 mentioned at style this presentation you 288 00:12:10,990 --> 00:12:08,960 know I can honestly say it's probably 289 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:11,000 the most challenging be a memorable 290 00:12:15,910 --> 00:12:12,710 payloads so experiments that we've 291 00:12:19,540 --> 00:12:15,920 worked on in many years okay here's a 292 00:12:23,490 --> 00:12:19,550 picture of AMS being delivered from CERN 293 00:12:27,790 --> 00:12:23,500 Switzerland to KSC back in August 2010 294 00:12:30,460 --> 00:12:27,800 and picture of AMS the beautiful picture 295 00:12:32,500 --> 00:12:30,470 of a ms in our processing facility as 296 00:12:36,660 --> 00:12:32,510 we're testing it and doing some final 297 00:12:40,060 --> 00:12:36,670 integration work and of course AMS is 298 00:12:44,260 --> 00:12:40,070 being lifted into the canister and of 299 00:12:45,820 --> 00:12:44,270 course eventually by out to the pad and 300 00:12:53,050 --> 00:12:45,830 then here is what a mess will look like 301 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:53,060 once it's on station okay so now we 302 00:12:56,290 --> 00:12:54,170 talked about the payloads and 303 00:12:58,420 --> 00:12:56,300 experiments let's just spend a few 304 00:13:01,329 --> 00:12:58,430 minutes talking about on mid decks 305 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:01,339 there's a total of ten modex that are 306 00:13:07,450 --> 00:13:03,110 going up on this mission I think a door 307 00:13:11,079 --> 00:13:07,460 non passive and to a pastor of the two a 308 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:11,089 two hour power apply to them the non 309 00:13:15,010 --> 00:13:12,770 passives I think we'll start installing 310 00:13:17,740 --> 00:13:15,020 those on 11 this morning and the powers 311 00:13:19,780 --> 00:13:17,750 units was to install in early afternoon 312 00:13:20,980 --> 00:13:19,790 after lunch but let me just spend a 313 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:20,990 couple seconds a couple 314 00:13:24,490 --> 00:13:22,250 talking about some of the different mid 315 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:24,500 decks so on the Left we have glacier 316 00:13:29,949 --> 00:13:27,130 which is the general laboratory active 317 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:29,959 cryogenic ISS experiment refrigeration 318 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:32,450 and this is designed to provide 319 00:13:37,530 --> 00:13:34,850 transportation and the preservation 320 00:13:39,670 --> 00:13:37,540 capability for sampling that requires 321 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:39,680 thermal control dem types of samples 322 00:13:44,889 --> 00:13:42,410 that require thermal control on the 323 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:44,899 right is what we call hace Biocon in 324 00:13:49,930 --> 00:13:47,270 space and is sponsored by our Italian 325 00:13:54,750 --> 00:13:49,940 friends and they can investigate areas 326 00:14:00,480 --> 00:13:59,079 okay this picture is called the cg b a 327 00:14:05,470 --> 00:14:00,490 the commercial generic bioprocessing 328 00:14:08,230 --> 00:14:05,480 apparatus and we found this before and 329 00:14:11,740 --> 00:14:08,240 this provides the K through 12 community 330 00:14:14,139 --> 00:14:11,750 with the opportunities to utilize the 331 00:14:17,019 --> 00:14:14,149 unique microgravity environment that's 332 00:14:20,139 --> 00:14:17,029 on ISS as part of their studies as part 333 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:20,149 of classes the classroom studies the 334 00:14:24,449 --> 00:14:21,770 particular experiment the kids will be 335 00:14:29,410 --> 00:14:24,459 looking at spiders so that's pretty cool 336 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:29,420 alright next we have the cube cube lab 337 00:14:35,500 --> 00:14:32,570 see ube and this provider provides a 338 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:35,510 low-cost another low-cost fantastic 339 00:14:41,889 --> 00:14:38,450 educational platform for on ISS in this 340 00:14:49,300 --> 00:14:41,899 picture we have 6c dwells inside a plant 341 00:14:50,710 --> 00:14:49,310 growth chamber okay on the left is what 342 00:14:52,630 --> 00:14:50,720 we call the immune payload or the 343 00:14:54,940 --> 00:14:52,640 integrate immune payload and this 344 00:14:57,630 --> 00:14:54,950 monitors the crew members immune 345 00:15:01,350 --> 00:14:57,640 functions to assess any adverse effects 346 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:01,360 on spaceflight on the human system and 347 00:15:07,889 --> 00:15:04,610 on the right is called in space which is 348 00:15:11,199 --> 00:15:07,899 the investigating the structure or 349 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:11,209 paramagnetic aggregates from collodial 350 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:14,450 emulsions so what that means is it's 351 00:15:19,389 --> 00:15:16,760 going to study the behavior of fluids 352 00:15:22,829 --> 00:15:19,399 under the influence of various magnetic 353 00:15:25,630 --> 00:15:22,839 fields and this should help lead to 354 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:25,640 improvements or potential development of 355 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:27,410 like new brake systems for various 356 00:15:36,970 --> 00:15:34,480 okay and last but not least we got a 357 00:15:39,660 --> 00:15:36,980 couple pictures of various biology and 358 00:15:44,530 --> 00:15:39,670 National Lab Pathfinder experiments on 359 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:44,540 the top right is a picture of the npl 360 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:47,510 vaccine which is a commercial payload 361 00:15:53,950 --> 00:15:49,850 which will help lead to the potential 362 00:15:55,780 --> 00:15:53,960 development of vaccines of infections we 363 00:16:00,100 --> 00:15:55,790 have here on earth and that is flown 364 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:00,110 before so in summary you know we got two 365 00:16:04,210 --> 00:16:01,490 great payloads going out we got four 366 00:16:06,100 --> 00:16:04,220 great payloads going up and lots of good 367 00:16:09,370 --> 00:16:06,110 mid decks and this is a very exciting 368 00:16:12,370 --> 00:16:09,380 mission for us all and I'm just glad to 369 00:16:15,010 --> 00:16:12,380 be part of it thank you thank you Cathy 370 00:16:16,780 --> 00:16:15,020 well weather is expected to get a little 371 00:16:18,010 --> 00:16:16,790 bit bad this evening we do have good 372 00:16:20,050 --> 00:16:18,020 weather today through the day it's a 373 00:16:22,810 --> 00:16:20,060 little bit hot a little bit windy but 374 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:22,820 overall no significant hazards as we get 375 00:16:26,410 --> 00:16:24,650 into the late afternoon and into the 376 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:26,420 evening hours we are expecting the front 377 00:16:29,769 --> 00:16:28,130 that's been working its way through the 378 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:29,779 southeast us last couple days causing 379 00:16:33,820 --> 00:16:31,610 all that severe weather respecting that 380 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:33,830 to move down into Central Florida now I 381 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:35,810 won't have its energy like gets had up 382 00:16:41,710 --> 00:16:38,450 and won't be producing a severe weather 383 00:16:43,780 --> 00:16:41,720 as widespread is it has been doing the 384 00:16:46,030 --> 00:16:43,790 last couple of days but we do expect 385 00:16:48,310 --> 00:16:46,040 that there could be an isolated severe 386 00:16:50,290 --> 00:16:48,320 thunderstorm along the front or as we 387 00:16:52,420 --> 00:16:50,300 get the convergence along the coast this 388 00:16:54,010 --> 00:16:52,430 evening so what we're expecting is as 389 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:54,020 the front comes down we're expecting 390 00:16:57,550 --> 00:16:55,610 some inland thunderstorms may already be 391 00:17:00,070 --> 00:16:57,560 making their way over to us some 392 00:17:01,780 --> 00:17:00,080 isolated storms after about 4 p.m. but 393 00:17:03,070 --> 00:17:01,790 then as we get into the evening hours we 394 00:17:05,860 --> 00:17:03,080 could get some more widespread activity 395 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:05,870 coming in from the northwest so the 396 00:17:09,730 --> 00:17:07,370 weather for this evening is a concern 397 00:17:11,439 --> 00:17:09,740 due to the RSS retract operations the 398 00:17:12,669 --> 00:17:11,449 front should move through in the 399 00:17:15,130 --> 00:17:12,679 overnight hours where the weather will 400 00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:15,140 probably be done somewhere on 10 or 11pm 401 00:17:20,050 --> 00:17:17,780 and so that's not probably going to 402 00:17:21,550 --> 00:17:20,060 cause too much of a delay and we'll 403 00:17:23,590 --> 00:17:21,560 still be able to get to tanking by 404 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:23,600 tomorrow morning so as we get into 405 00:17:27,699 --> 00:17:24,890 tanking we expect the conditions to be 406 00:17:29,260 --> 00:17:27,709 cloudy and then as we go into launch 407 00:17:31,570 --> 00:17:29,270 time we expect the clouds of gradually 408 00:17:32,830 --> 00:17:31,580 scatter out by launch time but we are a 409 00:17:34,120 --> 00:17:32,840 little bit more concerned a ceiling 410 00:17:36,010 --> 00:17:34,130 could linger in the area so we did 411 00:17:37,570 --> 00:17:36,020 increase the probability of que se 412 00:17:38,890 --> 00:17:37,580 weather prohibiting launch from twenty 413 00:17:40,900 --> 00:17:38,900 percent yet that we had yesterday to 414 00:17:42,669 --> 00:17:40,910 thirty percent due to the fact that the 415 00:17:44,260 --> 00:17:42,679 front is a little bit slower on the 416 00:17:46,660 --> 00:17:44,270 meteorological models and we want to 417 00:17:49,330 --> 00:17:46,670 to make sure we're capturing the concern 418 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:49,340 for a low cloud ceiling as well so I 419 00:17:53,020 --> 00:17:51,050 wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow we are 420 00:17:54,490 --> 00:17:53,030 read during the countdown for a ceiling 421 00:17:56,470 --> 00:17:54,500 and then we expect the conditions to 422 00:17:57,580 --> 00:17:56,480 improve by lunchtime so again a thirty 423 00:17:59,560 --> 00:17:57,590 percent chance can see whether 424 00:18:00,760 --> 00:17:59,570 prohibiting launch we going to show you 425 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:00,770 the satellite picture when you look at 426 00:18:03,940 --> 00:18:01,730 the satellite picture you can see that 427 00:18:05,980 --> 00:18:03,950 front that's been causing the severe 428 00:18:08,110 --> 00:18:05,990 weather in the southeast and very bad 429 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:08,120 obviously a lot of tornado reports and 430 00:18:12,130 --> 00:18:09,170 hail reports and severe weather 431 00:18:14,350 --> 00:18:12,140 yesterday and that is going to be moving 432 00:18:15,580 --> 00:18:14,360 into Florida but it's really the tail 433 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:15,590 end of the front and it's not going to 434 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:18,170 be as strong as what would its been in 435 00:18:21,460 --> 00:18:19,850 the southeast but as it does come down 436 00:18:23,410 --> 00:18:21,470 into Florida it is going to cause us 437 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:23,420 some weather this evening some cloud and 438 00:18:26,260 --> 00:18:24,680 conditions in the morning maybe even 439 00:18:27,790 --> 00:18:26,270 some showers in the area tanking time 440 00:18:30,190 --> 00:18:27,800 that's not a constraint for tanking 441 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:30,200 though and then clearing up by launch 442 00:18:35,950 --> 00:18:33,410 time so going into the tanking forecast 443 00:18:39,220 --> 00:18:35,960 the weather is expected to be cloudy 444 00:18:40,690 --> 00:18:39,230 during that time visibility should be 445 00:18:43,330 --> 00:18:40,700 unrestricted there I can't rule out a 446 00:18:44,770 --> 00:18:43,340 stray shower still being in the area but 447 00:18:46,900 --> 00:18:44,780 overall the weather should be starting 448 00:18:48,730 --> 00:18:46,910 to improve by this time I did increase 449 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:48,740 the number for the probability of Casey 450 00:18:51,940 --> 00:18:50,210 weather permitting tanking just a bit 451 00:18:53,980 --> 00:18:51,950 from five percent to ten percent just 452 00:18:55,150 --> 00:18:53,990 because the front is a bit slower and so 453 00:18:56,890 --> 00:18:55,160 with that there's a slightly greater 454 00:18:58,750 --> 00:18:56,900 risk of lightning within five if it 455 00:19:00,970 --> 00:18:58,760 happens that trend happens to continue 456 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:00,980 but right now we're expecting overall 457 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:02,930 just to be cloudy with maybe some 458 00:19:07,300 --> 00:19:04,610 isolated showers in the area but overall 459 00:19:09,850 --> 00:19:07,310 no no significant chance for violation 460 00:19:11,380 --> 00:19:09,860 for tanking as we go into our launch 461 00:19:13,660 --> 00:19:11,390 forecast you see we're still expecting 462 00:19:16,210 --> 00:19:13,670 scattered skies in the low levels to 463 00:19:18,070 --> 00:19:16,220 some clouds around 3,000 feet visibility 464 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:18,080 unrestricted winds are expected to be 465 00:19:22,990 --> 00:19:20,810 from the north northeast 12 gustan to 18 466 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:23,000 knots so ever be concerned there is the 467 00:19:27,670 --> 00:19:25,610 cross one but again the cross one isn'ta 468 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:27,680 is one of those things where if it 469 00:19:31,510 --> 00:19:29,450 exceeds 15 knots of Trey's now at the 470 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:31,520 slf it's pork has to be 16 not cross 471 00:19:36,910 --> 00:19:33,770 then the aircraft can give us some help 472 00:19:38,650 --> 00:19:36,920 by doing the dives and and seeing if the 473 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:38,660 performance is still okay a lot of times 474 00:19:43,510 --> 00:19:40,490 we can get up to 17 knots on the cross 475 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:43,520 one and still be okay so over all right 476 00:19:47,350 --> 00:19:45,650 now the main concerns are cross winds 477 00:19:48,820 --> 00:19:47,360 and ceilings lingering in the area with 478 00:19:51,970 --> 00:19:48,830 that we have a thirty percent chance of 479 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:51,980 KS see whether prohibiting launch for 480 00:19:55,540 --> 00:19:53,690 the SRB recovery forecast the weather 481 00:19:57,850 --> 00:19:55,550 should be clearing out there pretty 482 00:19:59,169 --> 00:19:57,860 quickly tomorrow morning and 483 00:20:02,500 --> 00:19:59,179 so winds are going to be mainly from the 484 00:20:04,450 --> 00:20:02,510 north from 12 to 18 knots use five to 485 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:04,460 six feet it might be a little choppy in 486 00:20:07,210 --> 00:20:05,690 the morning things will start smoothing 487 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:07,220 out over the next few days though so 488 00:20:12,430 --> 00:20:10,690 overall no concerns for SRB recovery 489 00:20:14,230 --> 00:20:12,440 spaceflight meteorology group is 490 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:14,240 forecasting some pretty significant wind 491 00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:17,059 at the abort landing sites out west for 492 00:20:20,830 --> 00:20:18,710 Edwards Air Force Base we have peak 493 00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:20,840 winds gusting up to 35 knots and also 494 00:20:27,220 --> 00:20:24,110 for northrop filled up to 36 knots and 495 00:20:28,780 --> 00:20:27,230 so for edwards that's a head and tail 496 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:28,790 wind constraint violation and for 497 00:20:34,690 --> 00:20:31,330 northrop that's across one of 32 not so 498 00:20:35,740 --> 00:20:34,700 violations at both those locations and 499 00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:35,750 space let meteorology group is 500 00:20:40,780 --> 00:20:37,910 forecasting good whether it is trous 501 00:20:43,390 --> 00:20:40,790 again still concerned for showers in the 502 00:20:46,770 --> 00:20:43,400 area both at maroon and zaragoza due to 503 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:46,780 a trough that's located over the area 504 00:20:51,909 --> 00:20:49,970 now if we happen to delay 24 hours the 505 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:51,919 weather improves when it comes to the 506 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:53,690 clouds and those conditions everything 507 00:20:57,070 --> 00:20:55,250 really clears out pretty nicely we're 508 00:20:58,330 --> 00:20:57,080 just expecting few clouds at 3,000 feet 509 00:20:59,620 --> 00:20:58,340 but we have more of a cross when 510 00:21:01,570 --> 00:20:59,630 concerned due to the fact that the winds 511 00:21:03,789 --> 00:21:01,580 come around more easterly so with that 512 00:21:05,049 --> 00:21:03,799 the crossings are more of a concern the 513 00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:05,059 clouds are less concerned still at 514 00:21:10,659 --> 00:21:07,309 thirty percent chance of KSC weather 515 00:21:12,580 --> 00:21:10,669 prohibiting launch for the abort landing 516 00:21:15,070 --> 00:21:12,590 sites and yes still looking at some 517 00:21:16,570 --> 00:21:15,080 windy conditions although edwards does 518 00:21:19,510 --> 00:21:16,580 come back into a go condition with a 519 00:21:21,340 --> 00:21:19,520 head wind of 16 knots still though a 520 00:21:26,230 --> 00:21:21,350 significant crosswind in Northrop field 521 00:21:27,430 --> 00:21:26,240 of 26 knots and for the tail side 522 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:27,440 spaceflight meteorology group is still 523 00:21:32,380 --> 00:21:30,290 concerned about the Zaragoza and Marrone 524 00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:32,390 both areas having youth of showers or 525 00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:34,370 thunderstorms forecast to be in the area 526 00:21:40,450 --> 00:21:38,690 but again mistress is looking good and 527 00:21:41,710 --> 00:21:40,460 if we happen to Billy 48 hours weather 528 00:21:44,020 --> 00:21:41,720 improves a bit more with the wind's 529 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:44,030 coming more up the runway so without a 530 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:45,770 twenty percent chance of can't see 531 00:21:48,909 --> 00:21:47,450 whether prohibiting launch due to mainly 532 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:48,919 more concerns or just some cumulus 533 00:21:53,799 --> 00:21:50,690 clouds but overall pretty good weather 534 00:21:55,810 --> 00:21:53,809 on Sunday and again for the board 535 00:21:58,180 --> 00:21:55,820 landing site so this time this day the 536 00:22:01,870 --> 00:21:58,190 weather looks great on for both Edwards 537 00:22:03,270 --> 00:22:01,880 and for Northrop field and spaceflight 538 00:22:06,340 --> 00:22:03,280 meteorology groups still forecasting 539 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:06,350 showers and around the area of Zaragoza 540 00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:08,450 and thunderstorms in maroon but again 541 00:22:13,390 --> 00:22:10,310 instr is still a good towel side all 542 00:22:15,610 --> 00:22:13,400 three days so overall our primary 543 00:22:17,860 --> 00:22:15,620 concerns for launch or ceiling in the 544 00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:17,870 area or across one concern with that we 545 00:22:21,340 --> 00:22:19,760 have a thirty percent chance of Casey 546 00:22:22,630 --> 00:22:21,350 weather we're having launched and we do 547 00:22:25,360 --> 00:22:22,640 have one good towel side forecast 548 00:22:27,880 --> 00:22:25,370 mistress that concludes my briefing 549 00:22:29,380 --> 00:22:27,890 thank you will now take questions when 550 00:22:31,420 --> 00:22:29,390 the microphone comes your way please 551 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:31,430 state your name your affiliation and to 552 00:22:37,540 --> 00:22:32,690 whom you're addressing your question 553 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:37,550 let's start over here with mark hi mark 554 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:39,530 Kirkman interspace news is for a Jeff 555 00:22:44,140 --> 00:22:42,050 these queen countdowns have a habit of 556 00:22:46,060 --> 00:22:44,150 having some last-minute drama like we 557 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:46,070 had on the last launch and I just was 558 00:22:49,120 --> 00:22:47,090 wondering if you can clarify a little 559 00:22:50,730 --> 00:22:49,130 bit Mike said you guys went back and 560 00:22:54,010 --> 00:22:50,740 talked to the range yesterday but 561 00:22:55,570 --> 00:22:54,020 between that and stuff I've seen in some 562 00:22:57,850 --> 00:22:55,580 of your internal messages has anything 563 00:23:00,070 --> 00:22:57,860 changed and how you'll manipulate that 564 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:00,080 kill switch or it procedurally anything 565 00:23:03,030 --> 00:23:01,910 changed in the LCC and how you would 566 00:23:07,170 --> 00:23:03,040 deal with the situation like that 567 00:23:09,370 --> 00:23:07,180 probably the most significant change 568 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:09,380 well let me just start with saying we 569 00:23:11,860 --> 00:23:10,610 did a lot to just enhance our 570 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:11,870 communications between the two groups 571 00:23:16,090 --> 00:23:14,210 that we understand what each other is 572 00:23:18,580 --> 00:23:16,100 going to be doing during those periods 573 00:23:20,500 --> 00:23:18,590 Leighton accountant so that there was no 574 00:23:22,150 --> 00:23:20,510 confusion at all and then secondly what 575 00:23:24,190 --> 00:23:22,160 we did was we went through and talked 576 00:23:27,220 --> 00:23:24,200 about once we get into a hold for 577 00:23:29,170 --> 00:23:27,230 example we can go ahead and remove the 578 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:29,180 whole that's there as a result of that 579 00:23:32,410 --> 00:23:30,650 switch because it's it's almost like we 580 00:23:34,690 --> 00:23:32,420 have two holds at that point because we 581 00:23:36,610 --> 00:23:34,700 also have an internal hold associated 582 00:23:38,590 --> 00:23:36,620 with our ground launch sequencer so we 583 00:23:40,030 --> 00:23:38,600 didn't need the secondary hold there we 584 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:40,040 still won't manage to constraint once 585 00:23:43,870 --> 00:23:41,930 constraints removed and we don't have to 586 00:23:45,340 --> 00:23:43,880 go through two wickets essentially to 587 00:23:46,660 --> 00:23:45,350 have the range move their whole switch 588 00:23:49,090 --> 00:23:46,670 and have our ground launch sequencer 589 00:23:50,650 --> 00:23:49,100 remove their hold so that was one of the 590 00:23:52,150 --> 00:23:50,660 things we cleaned up so once we get you 591 00:23:54,430 --> 00:23:52,160 get into a hold where we're holding for 592 00:23:56,710 --> 00:23:54,440 a range constraint we would have them 593 00:23:58,810 --> 00:23:56,720 take that position of the switch into 594 00:24:00,790 --> 00:23:58,820 the proceed position if you will and 595 00:24:02,260 --> 00:24:00,800 then at that point then we manage the 596 00:24:03,430 --> 00:24:02,270 constraint as we would normally and once 597 00:24:04,690 --> 00:24:03,440 that constraints been lifted then we'd 598 00:24:06,250 --> 00:24:04,700 be able to pick up the clock a little 599 00:24:07,330 --> 00:24:06,260 bit more cleanly than we did last time 600 00:24:09,430 --> 00:24:07,340 that was probably the biggest thing that 601 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:09,440 we we did out of all of those changes is 602 00:24:16,570 --> 00:24:11,570 aside from enhancing the communications 603 00:24:18,820 --> 00:24:16,580 between the groups um Kim I can't 604 00:24:20,110 --> 00:24:18,830 grammar for Space Flight magazine for 605 00:24:21,940 --> 00:24:20,120 Jeff and Cathy we had some real 606 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:21,950 excitement yesterday with the fire I 607 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:24,050 wonder if you could tell us if that fire 608 00:24:28,210 --> 00:24:26,330 happened during the launch day how that 609 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:28,220 would have affected the launch would you 610 00:24:33,730 --> 00:24:31,610 have scrubbed it also that fire go over 611 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:33,740 the smoke go over the pad and what would 612 00:24:38,260 --> 00:24:35,690 have been the effect on an RTLS aboard 613 00:24:39,820 --> 00:24:38,270 thank you I'll start with the first part 614 00:24:41,140 --> 00:24:39,830 and I'll let Kathy talk what are 615 00:24:44,670 --> 00:24:41,150 actually some of our constraints are 616 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:44,680 that we have from the smoke perspective 617 00:24:49,510 --> 00:24:46,850 but yes of course we did have the fire 618 00:24:51,070 --> 00:24:49,520 kick up a little bit and I haven't seen 619 00:24:52,300 --> 00:24:51,080 anything new I think it was presumed 620 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:52,310 that it was caused from lightning from 621 00:24:55,900 --> 00:24:54,530 the day previous and had been smoldering 622 00:24:58,060 --> 00:24:55,910 and of course with the winds that we've 623 00:25:00,160 --> 00:24:58,070 had kind of kicked up that into a brush 624 00:25:02,740 --> 00:25:00,170 fire and and and burned pretty good 625 00:25:04,270 --> 00:25:02,750 yesterday we did kind of get that under 626 00:25:06,220 --> 00:25:04,280 control with the Fish and Wildlife folks 627 00:25:07,990 --> 00:25:06,230 and and and have it pretty well under 628 00:25:09,460 --> 00:25:08,000 control as we speak but there are still 629 00:25:10,330 --> 00:25:09,470 some wins and is smoldering a little bit 630 00:25:12,190 --> 00:25:10,340 so we're going to watch that and 631 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:12,200 continue to do so most of the smoke did 632 00:25:17,950 --> 00:25:13,850 not go over the pad I went in between 633 00:25:21,250 --> 00:25:17,960 the this area out here and the pad 634 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:21,260 itself so most of it did not with the 635 00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:22,730 amount of smoke that we were seeing was 636 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:24,410 really not a concern from the pad 637 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:26,690 perspective because all of the air 638 00:25:31,540 --> 00:25:28,490 intakes that we have out there are well 639 00:25:34,120 --> 00:25:31,550 filtered and and able to handle you know 640 00:25:35,470 --> 00:25:34,130 a large amount of particulate so we 641 00:25:36,820 --> 00:25:35,480 didn't have any real concerns from that 642 00:25:39,130 --> 00:25:36,830 perspective we also monitor the amount 643 00:25:40,420 --> 00:25:39,140 of particular that's coming in so none 644 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:40,430 of that was really a concern to us at 645 00:25:44,860 --> 00:25:43,250 that point most of the concern when we 646 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:44,870 have smoke in the area and we've had 647 00:25:49,060 --> 00:25:47,450 that and other times is from a landing 648 00:25:50,050 --> 00:25:49,070 perspective and visibilities no steps of 649 00:25:52,180 --> 00:25:50,060 things I don't know if you want to talk 650 00:25:55,150 --> 00:25:52,190 that Kathy well yes there's a there's an 651 00:25:56,830 --> 00:25:55,160 RTLS constraint of four miles for 652 00:25:58,660 --> 00:25:56,840 visibility so if for some reason the 653 00:26:00,640 --> 00:25:58,670 smoke brought the visual down to four 654 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:00,650 miles I'd be the rtls constraint and 655 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:01,910 also for long to constrain the 656 00:26:06,580 --> 00:26:03,710 visibility restrictions five miles to 657 00:26:08,170 --> 00:26:06,590 range safety constraint we also have a 658 00:26:10,210 --> 00:26:08,180 smoke plume rule if there was an active 659 00:26:14,260 --> 00:26:10,220 fire and a cumulus cloud developed over 660 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:14,270 that fire and and caught cause cause the 661 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:16,490 commutes cloud the cloud the the fire 662 00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:18,890 itself then we cannot launch through 663 00:26:22,930 --> 00:26:20,510 that cloud so if that cloud migrated 664 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:22,940 over the launch pad and had not been at 665 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:24,710 least 60 minutes since it detached from 666 00:26:27,940 --> 00:26:26,810 the smoke plume then we would not live 667 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:27,950 with them we would have to be read for 668 00:26:31,210 --> 00:26:29,810 the smoke plume lightning launch commit 669 00:26:34,900 --> 00:26:31,220 criteria and that's to prevent 670 00:26:41,570 --> 00:26:39,350 clara clara moskowitz with space calm 671 00:26:43,250 --> 00:26:41,580 and one for Jeff and one for Joe for 672 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:43,260 Jeff I'm wondering if you have an 673 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:45,450 updated estimate for the crowd levels 674 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:47,250 expected on the Space Coast tomorrow we 675 00:26:50,210 --> 00:26:48,450 heard that it might be even more than 676 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:50,220 what we were hearing yesterday and just 677 00:26:55,370 --> 00:26:52,050 what kind of challenges that's going to 678 00:26:57,290 --> 00:26:55,380 present for you and your team um I don't 679 00:26:59,420 --> 00:26:57,300 understand all those brief yesterday so 680 00:27:02,240 --> 00:26:59,430 I apologize to that but on center we're 681 00:27:04,070 --> 00:27:02,250 expecting somewhere probably 45 thousand 682 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:04,080 or so I think it may be upwards of 700 683 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:06,090 thousand in the county and I think those 684 00:27:09,650 --> 00:27:07,710 are still probably pretty good numbers 685 00:27:11,030 --> 00:27:09,660 you know we're going into a weekend we 686 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:11,040 do expect a lot of folks to be come and 687 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:13,890 visit us visiting us for this launch it 688 00:27:18,020 --> 00:27:15,570 is a historic launch as we all know and 689 00:27:19,610 --> 00:27:18,030 so we're we're really pleased with the 690 00:27:21,380 --> 00:27:19,620 attention that we're getting from the 691 00:27:23,030 --> 00:27:21,390 local communities and all the folks that 692 00:27:25,730 --> 00:27:23,040 have come down to visit and are coming 693 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:25,740 over to watch the launch it presents a 694 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:27,210 little bit of trouble not so much for 695 00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:28,650 the folks coming in to do the launch 696 00:27:32,330 --> 00:27:31,170 itself probably more so if we run into a 697 00:27:34,790 --> 00:27:32,340 scrub scenario and I thought we probably 698 00:27:36,350 --> 00:27:34,800 talked about that quite a bit we've 699 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:36,360 worked on a lot of different means by 700 00:27:40,190 --> 00:27:38,610 which to try to help the traffic in the 701 00:27:42,850 --> 00:27:40,200 area the local law enforcement has been 702 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:42,860 working extremely hard to try to help 703 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:45,090 move traffic along more quickly in the 704 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:47,250 local areas and to help everybody get 705 00:27:50,540 --> 00:27:49,170 you know out and about on to the 706 00:27:52,850 --> 00:27:50,550 roadways and get out as quickly as they 707 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:52,860 can we do expect some delays we're 708 00:27:55,550 --> 00:27:54,210 trying to manage those internally 709 00:27:57,620 --> 00:27:55,560 through the way we're shifting some of 710 00:27:59,510 --> 00:27:57,630 our crews and way in which we're 711 00:28:02,030 --> 00:27:59,520 managing some of the things that we have 712 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:02,040 on launch day but for the most part it 713 00:28:05,860 --> 00:28:03,810 really is of no impact to the prime 714 00:28:08,810 --> 00:28:05,870 launch team that's in the firing room 715 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:08,820 and they'll be there to support and able 716 00:28:12,140 --> 00:28:10,890 to support without any real issue we 717 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:12,150 kind of get sequestered in the firing 718 00:28:16,130 --> 00:28:14,010 line once we're here and a lot of that 719 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:16,140 stuff that's going on externally we 720 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:17,970 don't tend to notice as much as probably 721 00:28:25,430 --> 00:28:23,490 the rest of the folks do mark Ratterman 722 00:28:29,590 --> 00:28:25,440 with talking space a couple questions 723 00:28:32,450 --> 00:28:29,600 for Joe to lie on AMS on the payload I 724 00:28:35,390 --> 00:28:32,460 know that part of the structure as well 725 00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:35,400 as the instrument itself is designed to 726 00:28:40,010 --> 00:28:38,310 handle launch vibrations anything about 727 00:28:42,770 --> 00:28:40,020 the structure that you could tell me 728 00:28:45,530 --> 00:28:42,780 about as to how it's going to protect 729 00:28:47,889 --> 00:28:45,540 the instrument itself and a second 730 00:28:51,110 --> 00:28:47,899 question regarding 731 00:28:52,490 --> 00:28:51,120 temperatures inside the instrument kind 732 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:52,500 of what's the environment in the 733 00:28:56,269 --> 00:28:53,970 instrument after the heaters are on 734 00:29:01,490 --> 00:28:56,279 what's the temperature range that that 735 00:29:05,230 --> 00:29:01,500 it's happy with okay so for the first 736 00:29:09,370 --> 00:29:05,240 question the I mean the structure itself 737 00:29:13,730 --> 00:29:09,380 with the mat with the magnet is is ams 738 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:13,740 okay so besides of course you have mli 739 00:29:19,009 --> 00:29:15,450 or what you know the white blankets on 740 00:29:21,379 --> 00:29:19,019 the outside of that so besides the the 741 00:29:24,250 --> 00:29:21,389 main structure protecting a mess it is 742 00:29:26,570 --> 00:29:24,260 part of a mess because you've also got 743 00:29:29,509 --> 00:29:26,580 detectors an electronic boxes attached 744 00:29:31,940 --> 00:29:29,519 to it so beside it kind of be in a 745 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:31,950 cradle or a structure for EMS it's also 746 00:29:38,810 --> 00:29:35,010 part of a mess and then for the second 747 00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:38,820 question the the AMS of course is going 748 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:40,289 to be working in a space environment 749 00:29:47,450 --> 00:29:44,130 which goes from cold to hot every every 750 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:47,460 x amount of minutes so again it's able 751 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:50,490 to take that for numerous years so there 752 00:29:58,399 --> 00:29:51,570 shouldn't be any issues there either 753 00:30:01,100 --> 00:29:58,409 thank you okay Irene please Irene Klotz 754 00:30:04,460 --> 00:30:01,110 with Reuters for either Jeff or Cathy I 755 00:30:07,820 --> 00:30:04,470 don't recall if the if the abort landing 756 00:30:10,299 --> 00:30:07,830 sites in North weapon Edwards are not 757 00:30:12,980 --> 00:30:10,309 available is that a constraint to launch 758 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:12,990 que se available as an abort once around 759 00:30:17,450 --> 00:30:15,570 as well as I route to rtls site so from 760 00:30:20,810 --> 00:30:17,460 that perspective we're still good and 761 00:30:23,690 --> 00:30:20,820 also the concern with low clouds for 762 00:30:26,330 --> 00:30:23,700 launch is that for rtls or is that forum 763 00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:26,340 range safety or is that for both it's 764 00:30:31,669 --> 00:30:28,470 it's for both for RTLS two constraints 765 00:30:33,230 --> 00:30:31,679 5,000 feet for a range safety we have a 766 00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:33,240 six thousand foot constraint for 767 00:30:37,850 --> 00:30:35,130 unlimited thickness we can go down to 768 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:37,860 4,000 feet if it's 500 feet thick or 769 00:30:44,060 --> 00:30:39,570 less and the foreign observers have good 770 00:30:48,379 --> 00:30:44,070 visibility on the vehicle bill the hard 771 00:30:49,610 --> 00:30:48,389 way CBS 14 Cathy 14 Jeff is there a 772 00:30:51,230 --> 00:30:49,620 better chance tonight with the front 773 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:51,240 slowing a little bit that RSS could be 774 00:30:55,370 --> 00:30:53,130 delayed and for Jeff how long can you go 775 00:30:57,740 --> 00:30:55,380 before you absolutely have to have that 776 00:30:59,850 --> 00:30:57,750 thing back to hit the opening of your 777 00:31:02,310 --> 00:30:59,860 fueling window 778 00:31:04,289 --> 00:31:02,320 I it could be a little bit better chance 779 00:31:06,390 --> 00:31:04,299 for delay that but not by a lot i don't 780 00:31:08,370 --> 00:31:06,400 think a lot of the weather is associated 781 00:31:09,690 --> 00:31:08,380 with both the front coming down and also 782 00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:09,700 the afternoon weather that will be all 783 00:31:13,620 --> 00:31:11,710 converging back towards the east coast 784 00:31:15,510 --> 00:31:13,630 so i don't think it'll be much more but 785 00:31:17,460 --> 00:31:15,520 it may be more till about midnight or so 786 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:17,470 11 to midnight as the time period we're 787 00:31:21,810 --> 00:31:18,970 thinking raised yesterday we're thinking 788 00:31:23,010 --> 00:31:21,820 more nine to ten p.m. so so maybe just a 789 00:31:26,549 --> 00:31:23,020 little bit more with the delay of the 790 00:31:28,110 --> 00:31:26,559 front and with that too that's that is 791 00:31:29,250 --> 00:31:28,120 it looks like the weather is going to 792 00:31:32,220 --> 00:31:29,260 cooperate to the point where we're going 793 00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:32,230 to be able to do the rotation of the RSS 794 00:31:35,250 --> 00:31:33,910 and not have to hold it because of 795 00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:35,260 weather unless we get into a situation 796 00:31:38,250 --> 00:31:36,610 where we've got you know phase two 797 00:31:39,930 --> 00:31:38,260 lightning or some significant winds that 798 00:31:41,460 --> 00:31:39,940 we got to deal with I don't think 799 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:41,470 there's any concern at this point for 800 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:43,690 anything that would delay us unless some 801 00:31:46,020 --> 00:31:44,890 of those things stall right over us and 802 00:31:49,350 --> 00:31:46,030 we gotta hold off but we'll evaluate 803 00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:49,360 that as we always do if we were to delay 804 00:31:53,850 --> 00:31:52,330 you know obviously you know we could 805 00:31:56,490 --> 00:31:53,860 still a a few hours you know two three 806 00:31:57,990 --> 00:31:56,500 four hours potentially depending on how 807 00:32:00,000 --> 00:31:58,000 the other work is going and what other 808 00:32:01,530 --> 00:32:00,010 things are going on there are some 809 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:01,540 challenges though as to being able to 810 00:32:04,650 --> 00:32:03,250 hit the opening of the window once you 811 00:32:07,620 --> 00:32:04,660 start delaying past about two or three 812 00:32:11,130 --> 00:32:07,630 hours or as far as excuse me the opening 813 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:11,140 of the ability to tank on time so you do 814 00:32:13,350 --> 00:32:12,490 run into a significant amount of problem 815 00:32:14,490 --> 00:32:13,360 now you're working a lot of things in 816 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:14,500 parallel that normally don't happen in 817 00:32:18,990 --> 00:32:15,970 parallel and that becomes a bit of a 818 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:19,000 challenge but we've done things like 819 00:32:21,810 --> 00:32:20,410 that in the past and had issues and 820 00:32:23,010 --> 00:32:21,820 delays and been creative and how we 821 00:32:24,299 --> 00:32:23,020 manage as long as we know in advance 822 00:32:27,810 --> 00:32:24,309 what we're doing we can sometimes pull 823 00:32:31,260 --> 00:32:27,820 some things in Marsha Marsha den 824 00:32:33,600 --> 00:32:31,270 Associated Press for Jeff one day out do 825 00:32:35,820 --> 00:32:33,610 you feel the excitement building on your 826 00:32:37,919 --> 00:32:35,830 team and around you even in your 827 00:32:40,530 --> 00:32:37,929 wherever you live it seems like this is 828 00:32:43,080 --> 00:32:40,540 just really taking hold of this whole 829 00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:43,090 area because of the president and the 830 00:32:47,430 --> 00:32:45,610 Congress woman in has there been a 831 00:32:49,820 --> 00:32:47,440 decision yet on where the president and 832 00:32:52,289 --> 00:32:49,830 his family will view the launch from 833 00:32:54,030 --> 00:32:52,299 first of all the first question nod I 834 00:32:56,430 --> 00:32:54,040 think there is a lot of time I mean I've 835 00:32:57,990 --> 00:32:56,440 been getting a lot of people talking to 836 00:33:00,659 --> 00:32:58,000 me about it in a lot of different places 837 00:33:02,340 --> 00:33:00,669 when I see folks out or and about and 838 00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:02,350 not just over the last couple of days 839 00:33:06,299 --> 00:33:05,110 but even for the last few weeks I think 840 00:33:09,630 --> 00:33:06,309 that certainly the folks locally 841 00:33:12,090 --> 00:33:09,640 recognize the historic nature of this 842 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:12,100 the last flight of endeavor as well as a 843 00:33:15,490 --> 00:33:13,250 second to the last show 844 00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:15,500 flight and for that reason it's very 845 00:33:20,050 --> 00:33:17,360 important to them and to all of us that 846 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:20,060 live and work in this community and then 847 00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:21,890 likewise the attention that it's getting 848 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:24,290 from all of the people you know really 849 00:33:27,340 --> 00:33:26,330 around the world and certainly a lot of 850 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:27,350 folks here in united states which are 851 00:33:33,750 --> 00:33:29,570 come and visit us and be part of this 852 00:33:36,190 --> 00:33:33,760 incredible crowd it is very exciting I 853 00:33:38,170 --> 00:33:36,200 think a lot of people are talking about 854 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:38,180 it quite a bit and are really excited 855 00:33:40,930 --> 00:33:39,260 about all the things that are going to 856 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:40,940 be happening and the fact that there are 857 00:33:45,460 --> 00:33:43,970 going to be so many people we all teams 858 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:45,470 like we hear a lot of folks talking 859 00:33:48,340 --> 00:33:46,850 about how bad the traffic is going to be 860 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:48,350 but I don't really hear those kind of 861 00:33:51,970 --> 00:33:49,970 comments coming from the team themselves 862 00:33:54,790 --> 00:33:51,980 about the concerns with with dealing 863 00:33:57,220 --> 00:33:54,800 with the traffic because kind of the 864 00:33:59,410 --> 00:33:57,230 ends justify the means in and people are 865 00:34:01,090 --> 00:33:59,420 just happy to be part of this event and 866 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:01,100 I think they're really excited about 867 00:34:07,270 --> 00:34:04,730 that they don't wear the president will 868 00:34:09,129 --> 00:34:07,280 be viewing there's still some discussion 869 00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:09,139 about some of those things the final 870 00:34:13,180 --> 00:34:11,210 determination I don't have exactly where 871 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:13,190 he's going to be there certainly looking 872 00:34:19,060 --> 00:34:15,010 at a number of different locations still 873 00:34:21,909 --> 00:34:19,070 and as is always the case that plans may 874 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:21,919 be changed very late and we will be 875 00:34:26,139 --> 00:34:23,810 ready to accommodate wherever that 876 00:34:30,790 --> 00:34:26,149 location is and and certainly will be 877 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:30,800 I'm happy to have him here James James 878 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:32,210 Dean from Florida today a couple 879 00:34:37,210 --> 00:34:34,970 questions for Jeff first is the second 880 00:34:39,550 --> 00:34:37,220 consecutive countdown we unfolding when 881 00:34:41,530 --> 00:34:39,560 another vehicle stocking up at the space 882 00:34:44,740 --> 00:34:41,540 station at the same time just wondering 883 00:34:48,159 --> 00:34:44,750 how much extra sort of drama perhaps 884 00:34:49,570 --> 00:34:48,169 uncertainty that that adds to the 885 00:34:52,180 --> 00:34:49,580 process that you're going through during 886 00:34:54,970 --> 00:34:52,190 the countdown there is certainly a lot 887 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:54,980 of there's probably a lot more drama to 888 00:34:57,610 --> 00:34:56,330 the folks that are doing the docking 889 00:35:00,850 --> 00:34:57,620 procedure and doing all those other 890 00:35:02,350 --> 00:35:00,860 things our team is really focused in on 891 00:35:04,420 --> 00:35:02,360 what it is that we're doing here and 892 00:35:06,340 --> 00:35:04,430 those types of things they're well aware 893 00:35:07,870 --> 00:35:06,350 that the docking of the progress is 894 00:35:09,610 --> 00:35:07,880 going to take place probably around an 895 00:35:12,610 --> 00:35:09,620 hour so after we get done with our 896 00:35:13,990 --> 00:35:12,620 tanking operation but that certainly 897 00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:14,000 isn't the thing that's first and 898 00:35:17,650 --> 00:35:16,310 foremost on their mind doing the tanking 899 00:35:18,730 --> 00:35:17,660 of the vehicle and getting it ready for 900 00:35:19,810 --> 00:35:18,740 the flight crew to come out later in the 901 00:35:22,150 --> 00:35:19,820 day that's what our folks are going to 902 00:35:23,770 --> 00:35:22,160 be focusing on we'll be happy to get 903 00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:23,780 that clear so that we can continue the 904 00:35:26,620 --> 00:35:25,730 rest of the countdown but but I don't 905 00:35:27,460 --> 00:35:26,630 think that's 906 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:27,470 anything that's going to be on folks 907 00:35:30,730 --> 00:35:28,850 mine too much that they're going to 908 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:30,740 worry about as we're working through the 909 00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:35,510 day and just you know for the President 910 00:35:40,030 --> 00:35:37,850 and and many others who may be coming to 911 00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:40,040 see the launch for the first time if you 912 00:35:43,470 --> 00:35:41,810 have to give them a little sneak preview 913 00:35:46,210 --> 00:35:43,480 what do they have to look forward to 914 00:35:48,580 --> 00:35:46,220 well I think all of our launches are 915 00:35:51,610 --> 00:35:48,590 exciting and certainly this was getting 916 00:35:53,650 --> 00:35:51,620 a lot more visibility but for me you 917 00:35:55,150 --> 00:35:53,660 know I get to stay in the firing room 918 00:35:57,010 --> 00:35:55,160 and that's believe me that's extremely 919 00:35:58,450 --> 00:35:57,020 exciting being part of the team and when 920 00:36:00,160 --> 00:35:58,460 you feel the vibration coming in the 921 00:36:02,500 --> 00:36:00,170 windows shake and all those different 922 00:36:04,570 --> 00:36:02,510 things and when it goes off the pad that 923 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:04,580 certainly makes all the hard work in all 924 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:05,810 the years of preparation and a lot of 925 00:36:10,660 --> 00:36:08,810 folks have had to do all worth it and 926 00:36:12,850 --> 00:36:10,670 but I think you feel it even more when 927 00:36:15,070 --> 00:36:12,860 you're outside and that's really the 928 00:36:16,510 --> 00:36:15,080 place for a lot of folks I think for the 929 00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:16,520 first time they've come to see a shuttle 930 00:36:20,770 --> 00:36:18,290 launch when you're outside and you can 931 00:36:22,570 --> 00:36:20,780 feel those shock waves coming and see as 932 00:36:24,220 --> 00:36:22,580 it's climbing up to the sky I mean 933 00:36:25,900 --> 00:36:24,230 that's that's really what it's all about 934 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:25,910 when you not only get to see it but you 935 00:36:29,650 --> 00:36:27,890 get to feel it and hear it and hear the 936 00:36:31,420 --> 00:36:29,660 rumble of shaking the ground I mean 937 00:36:33,790 --> 00:36:31,430 that's the most exciting thing you feel 938 00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:33,800 and it is really awe-inspiring I think 939 00:36:37,990 --> 00:36:35,870 it is for a lot of folks that come I 940 00:36:40,030 --> 00:36:38,000 know yesterday they use determine a 941 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:40,040 life-changing moment and sometimes it 942 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:42,650 can be for folks it's amazing a lot of 943 00:36:46,540 --> 00:36:44,570 people remember the first shuttle launch 944 00:36:50,590 --> 00:36:46,550 when they came to watch that and believe 945 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:50,600 me I do Robert Robert Pearlman with 946 00:36:55,330 --> 00:36:52,130 collectspace.com with a question for 947 00:36:58,480 --> 00:36:55,340 Jeff and a question for Joe first Jeff I 948 00:36:59,920 --> 00:36:58,490 know you said that the logistics of how 949 00:37:01,830 --> 00:36:59,930 many people are coming into the area 950 00:37:05,590 --> 00:37:01,840 doesn't really play within the launch 951 00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:05,600 within within the LCC but in terms of 952 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:08,540 tanking decisions and an even scrub 953 00:37:13,030 --> 00:37:10,930 decision as you got closer to launch 954 00:37:15,010 --> 00:37:13,040 given that there is a chance that you 955 00:37:19,500 --> 00:37:15,020 would have to go to a 48-hour turnaround 956 00:37:22,300 --> 00:37:19,510 because of traffic how do you balance 957 00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:22,310 weighing whether which right now try it 958 00:37:26,020 --> 00:37:24,710 seems to be trending well but if it were 959 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:26,030 to get worse balancing a weather 960 00:37:33,190 --> 00:37:30,170 decision versus a 48-hour turnaround as 961 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:33,200 a team well when we do our turnarounds 962 00:37:36,250 --> 00:37:34,490 we look at a lot of stuff as you know 963 00:37:38,950 --> 00:37:36,260 the first thing we're going to look at 964 00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:38,960 is our technical ability to launch at 965 00:37:42,010 --> 00:37:40,490 the next available opportunity 966 00:37:43,420 --> 00:37:42,020 because if we didn't launch there's a 967 00:37:44,770 --> 00:37:43,430 reason that we didn't watch if it's just 968 00:37:46,390 --> 00:37:44,780 whether then we'll evaluate with the 969 00:37:48,340 --> 00:37:46,400 weather is at that point but if there's 970 00:37:49,570 --> 00:37:48,350 a technical reason that the prevented us 971 00:37:51,070 --> 00:37:49,580 from launching ly certainly we need to 972 00:37:52,690 --> 00:37:51,080 manage that understand what the 973 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:52,700 implications are and how to get through 974 00:37:56,290 --> 00:37:54,290 all that and then we also need to look 975 00:37:57,790 --> 00:37:56,300 at if there's some delay in a number of 976 00:38:00,310 --> 00:37:57,800 days or whatever how we get to that 977 00:38:01,630 --> 00:38:00,320 point and can we still support it the 978 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:01,640 next thing we also look at is whether 979 00:38:05,380 --> 00:38:03,890 and in our ability to be able to tank 980 00:38:07,030 --> 00:38:05,390 and then launch again on a subsequent 981 00:38:08,350 --> 00:38:07,040 day that we would have available to us 982 00:38:09,370 --> 00:38:08,360 and those are the most important 983 00:38:10,630 --> 00:38:09,380 criteria we have there's some other 984 00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:10,640 criteria now that we're looking at as 985 00:38:14,140 --> 00:38:12,530 well which is the ability for to get our 986 00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:14,150 crew rest and get folks home in some 987 00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:16,910 reasonable amount of time we have put a 988 00:38:19,690 --> 00:38:18,710 lot of mitigations in place traffic's 989 00:38:21,790 --> 00:38:19,700 still going to be bad going to be 990 00:38:23,790 --> 00:38:21,800 difficult they will they will look at 991 00:38:26,290 --> 00:38:23,800 that as we get really close to launch 992 00:38:29,020 --> 00:38:26,300 there'll be a much greater propensity to 993 00:38:30,250 --> 00:38:29,030 probably want to go to a 48-hour scrub 994 00:38:31,870 --> 00:38:30,260 turnaround but we will not be making 995 00:38:34,270 --> 00:38:31,880 that decision until we get into launch 996 00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:34,280 day the further back you are from t0 the 997 00:38:37,870 --> 00:38:35,630 less impact of course the traffic will 998 00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:37,880 have on the team that's here because the 999 00:38:41,010 --> 00:38:39,260 traffic will have cleared before most of 1000 00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:41,020 those folks even get off console so 1001 00:38:45,010 --> 00:38:43,310 there's less concern if you described 1002 00:38:48,099 --> 00:38:45,020 before tanking ordering tanking or even 1003 00:38:49,599 --> 00:38:48,109 after tanking with those folks in their 1004 00:38:50,620 --> 00:38:49,609 ability to get home in a reasonable 1005 00:38:52,030 --> 00:38:50,630 amount of time and get the crew rest 1006 00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:52,040 that they need before they get back so 1007 00:38:55,930 --> 00:38:54,710 all of those factors come into play as 1008 00:39:00,010 --> 00:38:55,940 well as probably some other intangibles 1009 00:39:02,410 --> 00:39:00,020 that I haven't even mentioned so and for 1010 00:39:05,470 --> 00:39:02,420 Joe given this is the second to last 1011 00:39:08,280 --> 00:39:05,480 shuttle mission can you characterize how 1012 00:39:10,030 --> 00:39:08,290 packed endeavour is in terms of mass 1013 00:39:12,849 --> 00:39:10,040 specifically with regards to the 1014 00:39:14,590 --> 00:39:12,859 mid-deck realizing payload and the 1015 00:39:16,660 --> 00:39:14,600 payload bay is judge a little bit 1016 00:39:18,670 --> 00:39:16,670 different but how much of it how much of 1017 00:39:22,270 --> 00:39:18,680 an urge was there to use every available 1018 00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:22,280 space and pound available and good 1019 00:39:27,370 --> 00:39:25,130 question I mean just if you just take a 1020 00:39:29,710 --> 00:39:27,380 look at the mid-deck that the payload 1021 00:39:34,540 --> 00:39:29,720 group is doing which I call utilization 1022 00:39:36,810 --> 00:39:34,550 or research there's ten of them a non 1023 00:39:39,340 --> 00:39:36,820 power to power that's that's quite a bit 1024 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:39,350 and just look you know looking and 1025 00:39:45,370 --> 00:39:42,650 reviewing the map of all the space that 1026 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:45,380 was available they uh they used every 1027 00:39:50,590 --> 00:39:47,450 inch that was available I mean they 1028 00:39:52,300 --> 00:39:50,600 really maximize what they could to bring 1029 00:39:54,609 --> 00:39:52,310 supplies up there knowing that this is 1030 00:39:55,989 --> 00:39:54,619 the second to last launch 1031 00:39:57,370 --> 00:39:55,999 might take advantage and get as much as 1032 00:39:59,470 --> 00:39:57,380 we can up there between these two 1033 00:40:01,930 --> 00:39:59,480 launches so a lot of work and a lot of 1034 00:40:05,140 --> 00:40:01,940 effort went into maximizing the weight 1035 00:40:08,710 --> 00:40:05,150 and the trade-off scenarios to get items 1036 00:40:11,589 --> 00:40:08,720 up to a good question we have time for 1037 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:11,599 one final question i'm alan boyle with 1038 00:40:16,809 --> 00:40:15,410 MSNBC I wanted to ask Jeff how long has 1039 00:40:19,539 --> 00:40:16,819 it been since there's been a launch that 1040 00:40:23,589 --> 00:40:19,549 has gone off on time and does the is 1041 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:23,599 there any effect that the idea of having 1042 00:40:28,089 --> 00:40:25,970 the president and the Congress woman and 1043 00:40:30,359 --> 00:40:28,099 all these VIPs here does that have an 1044 00:40:34,210 --> 00:40:30,369 effect on the launch team do you have to 1045 00:40:36,099 --> 00:40:34,220 explain to folks and we and emphasize 1046 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:36,109 that this is just another launch and 1047 00:40:39,249 --> 00:40:37,730 that it's no different or is it 1048 00:40:42,910 --> 00:40:39,259 different for the launch team because 1049 00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:42,920 event and and i think i would have to 1050 00:40:48,759 --> 00:40:45,410 defer us to win our last when we went on 1051 00:40:50,019 --> 00:40:48,769 the first attempt and on time I just 1052 00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:50,029 don't recall off the top of my head 1053 00:40:53,650 --> 00:40:51,890 which particular one that was because 1054 00:40:56,170 --> 00:40:53,660 our launch have been spaced out a little 1055 00:40:57,789 --> 00:40:56,180 bit over the last couple of years as far 1056 00:41:00,190 --> 00:40:57,799 as the launch team goes we don't make 1057 00:41:01,779 --> 00:41:00,200 any different determinations as to the 1058 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:01,789 way we manage our any of our 1059 00:41:06,009 --> 00:41:03,410 requirements or the work in which we're 1060 00:41:09,279 --> 00:41:06,019 going to do or or try harder if you will 1061 00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:09,289 because we have folks here we do the 1062 00:41:13,269 --> 00:41:11,170 exact same level of effort we have 1063 00:41:15,489 --> 00:41:13,279 excellent procedures and requirements 1064 00:41:17,470 --> 00:41:15,499 that have been built over 30 years and 1065 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:17,480 they have served as well through that 1066 00:41:23,859 --> 00:41:19,220 time and they will continue to do so for 1067 00:41:25,630 --> 00:41:23,869 these last two launches that will 1068 00:41:28,089 --> 00:41:25,640 conclude today's countdown status 1069 00:41:31,539 --> 00:41:28,099 briefing please join us live on NASA 1070 00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:31,549 television at 11am eastern time for the 1071 00:41:35,339 --> 00:41:33,170 Commercial Crew development round to