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good afternoon and welcome back to

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nasa's johnson space center this is our

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briefing following the mission

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management team meeting today this is

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flight day 15 of the sts-134 space

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shuttle mission to the international

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space station and to give us some

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comments from today's meeting we have

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the chairman of the mmt leroy kane who

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is also the deputy program manager for

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the space shuttle i'll turn it over to

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leroy for comments and then open it up

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for questions

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thank you kylie good afternoon it's

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great to be here with you today

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we are as you know coming to the end of

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a spectacular mission here with endeavor

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the crew continues to perform excellent

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as well as the vehicle on orbit

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he

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yesterday we saw a magnificent

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executed the the undocking the

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separation the fly around

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just got some spectacular views

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from both the orbiter as well as from

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the station looking back at the orbiter

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and so that was pretty exciting of

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course the the dto went very well and we

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we gathered a lot of good data

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so we're flying alone now endeavors

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flying alone with the endeavor crew

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and preparing for uh for end to mission

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our normal landing and and

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and emission activities crews sleeping

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now and uh we just reviewed the status

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of the vehicle and the systems and and

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the plan forward the one thing we talked

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uh in a little bit of detail is the the

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the entry flight director gave the

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summary of of of his plan for entry and

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landing and so we reviewed that plan

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it's very good plan

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we have very good

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a very good chance to get landed at

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ksc on intermission day which is early

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so we're looking very very much forward

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as i said the vehicle is performing

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outstanding we have no new significant

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anomalies to talk about

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the mission has gone

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gone very well we're happy

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that we were able to accomplish all the

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all the objectives in the docked mission

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i think our our space station friends

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are very happy with the progress that we

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so we left them i think in in great

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and their crew in great spirits

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so we're looking very much forward here

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to uh to the end of the mission our our

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biggest milestone remains obviously to

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get endeavour and the crew back on the

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ground early early morning on wednesday

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at kennedy space center so

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it's been a great mission

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it's good to be here with you today i'd

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be happy to answer any questions you

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thank you i'm mark caro for aviation

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do you have

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a nominal end of mission plus two days

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in your thinking or or less or more

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what are your limiting consumables on

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the orbiter and making further

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okay mark

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we have we have a lot of capability

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we gave the space station as much oxygen

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as we as a station could take in its

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tanks in addition to repressurizing

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and so we feel really good about the

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consumable status that we left the

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um not knowing exactly how much power

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ams was going to use before we got her

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off the ship and onto the station

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as well as some other factors launching

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we've got more capability than we

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likelihood tomorrow sometime he'll he'll

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capability uh to extend beyond our

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the plan that we talked about today

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mission duration and so it's unlikely

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that option we'll assess things as we go

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denise childhood space.com i was just

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wondering if you could sum up the

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performance of endeavor on its final

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flight throughout the whole mission

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uh performance has been outstanding and

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teams on the ground to prepare these

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performance of the vehicles on orbit

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whether this has been you know the very

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best performance of endeavor on orbit in

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terms of numbers of system anomalies and

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things of the like i don't know that i

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because i just haven't sat down and put

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the mission side by side in that level

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of detail but certainly from a macro

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of just outstanding and of course we

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focused and and continue to be able to

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to to deal with things as they come

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flying alone part as well as the dock

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um realizing that a couple of days ago

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heat shield uh was there anything in the

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srb video or anything that you reviewed

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anything to look at before atlantis or

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there is some data robert that we'll

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some things in video that we want to

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exactly what is it when did it come off

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endeavor mission uh until we get her

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landed and then uh but we do have some

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review of all of that data in our normal

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thanks mark caro for aviation week

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review some of the dates ahead for

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135 milestones like the dates for the

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tanking test and the flight readiness

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reviews if you have them handy i don't

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i was about to correct myself and say i

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think that the tcdt

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is the 15th and the tanki test is the

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23rd but

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for sure the fr is the 28th

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the the targeted launch date is july 8th

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we do have the tcdt and the tanking test

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and the post tanking test activities

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penciled in the timeline but most of the

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numbers i have jammed into my brain

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right now are associated with the

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mission that we have on orbit

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um but we we have those dates mark and

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we can get those to you

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we'll go to the questions on the phone

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bridge we'll start with genus and sari

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okay we'll try jim oberg next

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jim are you on the line

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go ahead

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i'm wondering if we have any uh mirror

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if you have any update from outside

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about the status of the

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soyuz back out pictures you got the uh

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shuttle pictures of the iss but we're

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still waiting for the soyuz pictures of

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the iss

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yeah jim uh we're all pretty excited to

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see him i hope we get to see him sooner

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than later

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the last i heard was we should expect

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them uh not earlier than june sixth

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and um i suppose uh there's there's an

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outside chance we may get uh a sneak

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preview of them before that but uh but i

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don't have any better intelligence for

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do you have another

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irene klotz next

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hi um thanks very much can you hear me

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can you hear me all right go ahead

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oh thanks very much um leroy a year ago

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you know nasa was preparing to end the

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shuttle program after this mission if

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funding for 135 didn't come through and

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i know uh they're still landing ahead

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and you guys are still really deep in

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the day-to-day but i was wondering if

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you might be able to just take a step

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back for a minute and

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share any thoughts or feelings you might

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have about the imminent shutdown of this

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okay irene

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um

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you know the

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the it's interesting the dynamics of of

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things as as you come

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toward the end of in this case the

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shuttle program um

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we've been through a lot in the last few

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years that the planning i think has been

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has been outstanding the teams have the

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execution has been um i think our

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greatest achievement in terms of

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being able to actually

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uh follow through on the plans that we

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put forward and then you know because

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execution involves being able to

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to adjust to things when they come up

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things that you expect as well as things

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you don't expect and

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and you have to have some flexibility

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and you have to really stay within

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yourselves

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and your processes to be able to move

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forward and do it safely and i think

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we've done that i think you know we said

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a couple years ago

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certainly within the last year that you

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mentioned we've talked a lot about

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finishing strong and and we've been very

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determined as a team to do that and

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the last mission of discovery i think

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you saw that i think you're seeing it

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play out here with endeavor

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um i'm quite confident you'll see it uh

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when we go fly atlantis in july

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and i just couldn't be more proud of the

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team in terms of how they they've come

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through

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on plan

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and

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on plan being

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to finish strong the details always

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change and so

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the flexibility and

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and uh and resilience of the team is is

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i think what really stands out

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um

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you know

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with respect to shutdown and and talking

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about lasts and and all of that we've

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talked a great deal about all these

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things i think we've talked about those

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things and and and rightfully so um and

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we've given uh the uh

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i think we've given the right level of

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detail and attention

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and and respect

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um and uh reverence to to the things

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that that we should as we go along and

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and and we have some very important um

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and historic milestones

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um

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what i would say about all that is

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is we're very much

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looking forward to some firsts

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and

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in other words

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we've known for a while that the last

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were coming

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we all understand that and and we're

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dealing with that and we're certainly

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executing and we're going to execute to

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the end

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but

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you know in my mind last also means

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first if if you're doing the last of

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something you're getting ready to do the

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first of something else and and i think

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it's really important for us to

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to um to transition here um

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to

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is really um

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what a lot of folks are looking forward

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to and getting excited about there's

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opportunity um

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there's uh

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possibility

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um there's change

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and and those things are for every bit

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as as as scary and uncertain and

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um you know perhaps

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you know people head into those things

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with a little bit of trepidation for

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every bit as much as they are those

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things they're exciting

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and so

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that's what i'm beginning to think about

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irene when i think of of last is is more

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about first and about new and about

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moving forward and about what can we do

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next and about you know

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while we're recognizing what we've done

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with the shuttle

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and and certainly it's it's more than

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than uh you know we could talk about for

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hours and hours and hours and and we

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should continue to do that and i know we

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will

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and we've chronicled those things and we

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should continue to do that and we will

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finish strong we'll finish this mission

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strong we'll finish the atlantis mission

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strong and as a program we will finish

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very strong i'm confident of that we've

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said that before

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and as we go forward

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we're going to we're going to transition

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here

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from last to first

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and and i think that's important for

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people to think about it that way and i

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think it's important for us to start to

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to have that in our dialogue because

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um that is where the excitement is

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generated from and and that is what i

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know i'm thinking about and and the

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folks that i that i work with day in and

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day out are are excited to look forward

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so that's where i'm putting my emphasis

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thanks library for the thoughtful answer

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um the other question i had was just on

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4135 is there anything that you know of

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now

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that is going to be added or has been

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requested to be added to the manifest

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following the 134 mission thanks

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well there have been a couple things

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come up

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as during the course of this docked

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mission irene and and those are the only

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things that we've talked about that are

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new that i'm aware of

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and so once we get the wheels on the

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ground here and we pull our heads up and

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we get into the flight readiness review

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process for 135 for atlantis

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we'll review in more detail and there

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may be a few things here and there

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that were perhaps going to be

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manifested or de-manifested

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two things from this mission from the

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dock phase we talked about one is uh is

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a one of the uh one of the bags of water

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one of the cwc's

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and so there's a there's a plan in work

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to try and bring back uh another one on

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the in the mplm on 135. another one is a

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grapple fixture that that we're leaving

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behind here and we may we may end up

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bringing it back in the

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in the mplm as well on sts-135 so

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those are two notable items and then uh

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there will always be other puts and

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takes to the manifest between now and

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the next

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week or two where the mplm is concerned

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and then maybe a little bit beyond that

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thank you okay next on the line is bill

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bill are you still there

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we'll try james dean please

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thanks very much james dean from florida

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today i have a few questions first just

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a quick one leroy on the weather you

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sound pretty confident about getting

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down on eom

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um i just wonder is that because the the

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crosswinds that we're now seeing as a

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violation are

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well the yeah james the the

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the weather briefing today was uh was

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pretty good um and and

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again the entry flight director will

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give you all the details associated

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around that my takeaway from the weather

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briefing was that um there the uh the

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feature that's setting up

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pretty much in in the next 24 hours here

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is one that's going to cause the winds

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to be out of the east and it's and

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they're going to be blowing a little bit

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but in all likelihood probably if

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they're around our limits they're not

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going to be really above them or much

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above them

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and

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know the second opportunity looks like

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it might be a little bit better so

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um

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primarily my confidence

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in in the intermission weather at this

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point is it's night time it's usually

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not that windy at night even when a

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feature like this sets up a lot of times

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we're able to

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if not the first opportunity the second

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opportunity when things die down a

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little bit

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we're able to make it work out and and

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if not that's perfectly fine it's in the

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mission day we do our best to try to get

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into ksc

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um there's no reason to to push things

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and and and i know that uh

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that the team will look at at uh

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possibly going around to the next day

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depending on on what cards were dealt so

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but overall as far as weather forecasts

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go it's pretty good

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and it's a good time of day slash night

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i guess very very early in the morning

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in florida generally a good time to to

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try to get in in terms of

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of weather so it looks pretty good

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overall

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thanks and so if it does work out i

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assume that that you'll be there and

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just wondered um if you could comment on

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kind of that special coincidence i guess

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of atlantis rolling out at the same time

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and um

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following up on irene's question you

566
00:20:59,110 --> 00:20:57,120
know what do you think that'll what do

567
00:21:01,350 --> 00:20:59,120
you think the tenor of the space center

568
00:21:03,669 --> 00:21:01,360
will be uh as that's all unfolding will

569
00:21:07,110 --> 00:21:03,679
it be a happier sad

570
00:21:10,549 --> 00:21:08,789
well let's see first of all yeah it was

571
00:21:13,029 --> 00:21:10,559
really nice of

572
00:21:14,870 --> 00:21:13,039
of our ksc team members to to schedule

573
00:21:17,029 --> 00:21:14,880
things so that we could

574
00:21:18,630 --> 00:21:17,039
we could be uh we could be there at the

575
00:21:21,029 --> 00:21:18,640
same time as uh

576
00:21:22,630 --> 00:21:21,039
as atlantis rollout so for anybody that

577
00:21:24,789 --> 00:21:22,640
can be there in the evening before

578
00:21:26,070 --> 00:21:24,799
landing uh before endeavors landing on

579
00:21:28,870 --> 00:21:26,080
wednesday morning

580
00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:28,880
you'll be able to uh to witness uh

581
00:21:33,190 --> 00:21:31,440
roll out to the launch pad of atlantis

582
00:21:35,350 --> 00:21:33,200
weather permitting which again we have a

583
00:21:37,750 --> 00:21:35,360
good forecast it sounds like it will be

584
00:21:39,990 --> 00:21:37,760
a good night for a rollout as well so

585
00:21:41,669 --> 00:21:40,000
we very much appreciate that um and of

586
00:21:43,029 --> 00:21:41,679
course i'm i'm kidding a little bit

587
00:21:44,149 --> 00:21:43,039
because the schedule is not driven

588
00:21:45,990 --> 00:21:44,159
doesn't have anything to do with my

589
00:21:48,390 --> 00:21:46,000
schedule and or anybody else's for that

590
00:21:50,710 --> 00:21:48,400
matter we go when we're ready obviously

591
00:21:53,110 --> 00:21:50,720
um but that'll be nice it'll be exciting

592
00:21:54,950 --> 00:21:53,120
it'll be an opportunity for the team to

593
00:21:59,350 --> 00:21:54,960
uh to see two

594
00:22:00,870 --> 00:21:59,360
large uh you know vehicle milestones one

595
00:22:02,230 --> 00:22:00,880
obviously with getting atlantis out to

596
00:22:04,310 --> 00:22:02,240
the launch pad and then and then

597
00:22:06,390 --> 00:22:04,320
following that up just a few short hours

598
00:22:08,470 --> 00:22:06,400
later with hopefully uh landing on the

599
00:22:10,549 --> 00:22:08,480
first opportunity at kc

600
00:22:12,789 --> 00:22:10,559
of endeavour so

601
00:22:15,110 --> 00:22:12,799
i you know the tenor will be excitement

602
00:22:16,789 --> 00:22:15,120
james um folks get really excited about

603
00:22:19,430 --> 00:22:16,799
these things as well they should they

604
00:22:20,950 --> 00:22:19,440
work really hard to get to this point on

605
00:22:22,630 --> 00:22:20,960
any one of these

606
00:22:25,029 --> 00:22:22,640
you know in the case of atlantis to get

607
00:22:27,350 --> 00:22:25,039
to this point in the flow of atlantis

608
00:22:29,270 --> 00:22:27,360
obviously this is huge because it's uh

609
00:22:30,310 --> 00:22:29,280
you know the final rollout of of

610
00:22:32,070 --> 00:22:30,320
atlantis

611
00:22:34,070 --> 00:22:32,080
to the launch pad and and a lot of

612
00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:34,080
excitement around that

613
00:22:37,270 --> 00:22:35,120
um

614
00:22:40,549 --> 00:22:37,280
you know sadness i people deal with

615
00:22:42,950 --> 00:22:40,559
these things in their own ways and so

616
00:22:43,909 --> 00:22:42,960
i would expect overwhelmingly though the

617
00:22:45,590 --> 00:22:43,919
the air

618
00:22:46,789 --> 00:22:45,600
and the and the

619
00:22:49,029 --> 00:22:46,799
overall

620
00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:49,039
um you know tenor of the thing to be a

621
00:22:53,350 --> 00:22:51,760
lot of a lot of excitement

622
00:22:55,669 --> 00:22:53,360
and and again

623
00:22:57,830 --> 00:22:55,679
folks realizing that uh what we're doing

624
00:22:59,190 --> 00:22:57,840
here is really important it's been it's

625
00:23:01,590 --> 00:22:59,200
been um

626
00:23:03,990 --> 00:23:01,600
in some ways it's it's been historically

627
00:23:05,110 --> 00:23:04,000
it will it will be very important in

628
00:23:06,149 --> 00:23:05,120
many ways

629
00:23:07,029 --> 00:23:06,159
um

630
00:23:08,549 --> 00:23:07,039
but

631
00:23:10,630 --> 00:23:08,559
at the same time really looking forward

632
00:23:12,470 --> 00:23:10,640
to what what we're about

633
00:23:14,870 --> 00:23:12,480
as an agency and what we're about as a

634
00:23:16,710 --> 00:23:14,880
nation in terms of moving forward and

635
00:23:17,750 --> 00:23:16,720
and having a lot of excitement and and

636
00:23:19,510 --> 00:23:17,760
uh

637
00:23:22,310 --> 00:23:19,520
um

638
00:23:25,590 --> 00:23:22,320
about that and and being able to to look

639
00:23:27,590 --> 00:23:25,600
forward to to what's next

640
00:23:29,029 --> 00:23:27,600
thanks very much and then lastly i just

641
00:23:31,590 --> 00:23:29,039
want to ask you um

642
00:23:34,230 --> 00:23:31,600
you discussed how endeavor has left the

643
00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:34,240
station and in very good shape and just

644
00:23:41,190 --> 00:23:37,760
wondered if he could look ahead again to

645
00:23:43,350 --> 00:23:41,200
135 and and just sort of explain how

646
00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:43,360
that mission picks up from where

647
00:23:46,390 --> 00:23:45,200
endeavour left off

648
00:23:48,789 --> 00:23:46,400
in terms of

649
00:23:51,669 --> 00:23:48,799
you know patients long-term uh

650
00:23:52,549 --> 00:23:51,679
sustainability and operation

651
00:23:54,710 --> 00:23:52,559
sure

652
00:23:58,310 --> 00:23:54,720
the um you know we

653
00:24:00,549 --> 00:23:58,320
we put kind of the final uh assembly

654
00:24:02,630 --> 00:24:00,559
pieces if you will um

655
00:24:04,470 --> 00:24:02,640
the large pieces on the station at least

656
00:24:05,669 --> 00:24:04,480
from a shuttle station assembly

657
00:24:10,149 --> 00:24:05,679
standpoint

658
00:24:12,470 --> 00:24:10,159
uh with uh with ams and the elc-3

659
00:24:14,149 --> 00:24:12,480
and then we even gave station our our

660
00:24:16,870 --> 00:24:14,159
orbiter our

661
00:24:19,029 --> 00:24:16,880
our boom system sensor system

662
00:24:21,510 --> 00:24:19,039
and so we won't be leaving any other

663
00:24:23,669 --> 00:24:21,520
large pieces behind when when we uh when

664
00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:23,679
we come up with atlantis obviously we

665
00:24:26,390 --> 00:24:25,600
have the mplm and the associated cargo

666
00:24:28,870 --> 00:24:26,400
in it

667
00:24:30,549 --> 00:24:28,880
that uh we'll haul up and unload and

668
00:24:32,149 --> 00:24:30,559
then we'll we'll repack it with some

669
00:24:35,029 --> 00:24:32,159
things we're going to bring home it'll

670
00:24:36,710 --> 00:24:35,039
be very much a logistics kind of mission

671
00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:36,720
uh the last opportunity for the shuttle

672
00:24:40,470 --> 00:24:38,720
to do that for the space station

673
00:24:42,149 --> 00:24:40,480
and so the missions are different in

674
00:24:43,430 --> 00:24:42,159
that regard

675
00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:43,440
neither one is more important than the

676
00:24:47,430 --> 00:24:45,760
other in my opinion they're both very

677
00:24:48,950 --> 00:24:47,440
important this one was really important

678
00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:48,960
for the station for us to be able to get

679
00:24:53,190 --> 00:24:51,600
here and accomplish this mission

680
00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:53,200
and obviously we've completed the dock

681
00:24:56,789 --> 00:24:56,000
phase of it and again as i said we have

682
00:24:58,789 --> 00:24:56,799
you know

683
00:25:00,870 --> 00:24:58,799
as we look forward i keep reminding you

684
00:25:03,350 --> 00:25:00,880
as well as everyone else that

685
00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:03,360
you know our most significant most

686
00:25:07,269 --> 00:25:04,640
important milestone remains for

687
00:25:09,190 --> 00:25:07,279
endeavors mission here on orbit

688
00:25:11,029 --> 00:25:09,200
and uh and so we look forward to that

689
00:25:13,190 --> 00:25:11,039
wednesday morning but as it relates to

690
00:25:14,870 --> 00:25:13,200
135 in the atlantis mission it will be

691
00:25:18,070 --> 00:25:14,880
very important for station as well i

692
00:25:19,990 --> 00:25:18,080
think i i probably cannot

693
00:25:21,590 --> 00:25:20,000
characterize the importance as well as

694
00:25:23,350 --> 00:25:21,600
some of my friends in the space station

695
00:25:25,269 --> 00:25:23,360
program can do for you when they come

696
00:25:29,110 --> 00:25:25,279
over and talk to you

697
00:25:30,870 --> 00:25:29,120
but it is primarily logistics james uh

698
00:25:33,110 --> 00:25:30,880
and and um

699
00:25:35,190 --> 00:25:33,120
a lot of times folks uh hear that and

700
00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:35,200
they think okay it's just you know

701
00:25:38,390 --> 00:25:36,240
um

702
00:25:40,710 --> 00:25:38,400
band-aids and food and whatever else and

703
00:25:43,269 --> 00:25:40,720
it's really not it's more than that and

704
00:25:44,789 --> 00:25:43,279
and and it is extremely important for

705
00:25:46,310 --> 00:25:44,799
station and for the viability station

706
00:25:48,230 --> 00:25:46,320
for the next calendar year is what i

707
00:25:49,510 --> 00:25:48,240
would say

708
00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:49,520
thanks a lot

709
00:25:53,430 --> 00:25:51,600
okay we'll try it back on the line is

710
00:25:55,190 --> 00:25:53,440
gina on there

711
00:25:56,870 --> 00:25:55,200
yes i'm on the line

712
00:25:58,950 --> 00:25:56,880
um leroy

713
00:26:00,950 --> 00:25:58,960
you talked about the importance of 135

714
00:26:03,830 --> 00:26:00,960
as a logistics mission people described

715
00:26:06,870 --> 00:26:03,840
as kind of a u-haul truck going up and a

716
00:26:09,110 --> 00:26:06,880
recycling truck coming back um how do

717
00:26:12,870 --> 00:26:09,120
you sell this to people who say boy

718
00:26:16,310 --> 00:26:14,390
um

719
00:26:17,909 --> 00:26:16,320
you know

720
00:26:20,230 --> 00:26:17,919
there's nothing boring about a space

721
00:26:22,149 --> 00:26:20,240
shuttle mission so i that's where my

722
00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:22,159
where my difficulty begins in terms of

723
00:26:26,789 --> 00:26:23,760
having the discussion around those kind

724
00:26:29,430 --> 00:26:28,470
if you

725
00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:29,440
you know

726
00:26:34,070 --> 00:26:32,000
to to be around the shuttle system and

727
00:26:35,669 --> 00:26:34,080
to be around a shuttle launch and to be

728
00:26:37,190 --> 00:26:35,679
around

729
00:26:38,950 --> 00:26:37,200
you know a docking with the space

730
00:26:42,390 --> 00:26:38,960
station

731
00:26:44,549 --> 00:26:42,400
activities

732
00:26:47,269 --> 00:26:44,559
and what the crew does on board and what

733
00:26:49,110 --> 00:26:47,279
their crew day is involved and what's

734
00:26:50,950 --> 00:26:49,120
involved in their crew day

735
00:26:53,590 --> 00:26:50,960
to be around that and to be around and

736
00:26:55,909 --> 00:26:53,600
undock and a fly around and a deorbit in

737
00:26:57,669 --> 00:26:55,919
a landing and a roll out and

738
00:27:00,630 --> 00:26:57,679
i don't know how you can be around that

739
00:27:04,070 --> 00:27:00,640
or have awareness of that or or have an

740
00:27:05,669 --> 00:27:04,080
understanding of what's really going on

741
00:27:08,230 --> 00:27:05,679
and be bored

742
00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:08,240
so i suppose it's possible for that to

743
00:27:13,190 --> 00:27:11,039
be a boring thing um and i think if you

744
00:27:14,549 --> 00:27:13,200
just talk about

745
00:27:15,430 --> 00:27:14,559
the mission in terms of we're going to

746
00:27:17,190 --> 00:27:15,440
launch a shuttle it's going to be a

747
00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:17,200
logistic mission and that's the end of

748
00:27:22,630 --> 00:27:18,880
it then maybe that would be boring for

749
00:27:24,470 --> 00:27:22,640
some people but i would talk about

750
00:27:26,549 --> 00:27:24,480
what it really means to to get a shuttle

751
00:27:29,190 --> 00:27:26,559
on orbit to begin with

752
00:27:31,750 --> 00:27:29,200
which is no small feat as you well know

753
00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:31,760
and and try to get folks to

754
00:27:36,710 --> 00:27:34,480
remind folks of an appreciation of

755
00:27:37,909 --> 00:27:36,720
of what it is we're dealing with here in

756
00:27:39,909 --> 00:27:37,919
terms of

757
00:27:42,230 --> 00:27:39,919
of getting to low earth orbit it's not

758
00:27:44,870 --> 00:27:42,240
easy to do

759
00:27:46,149 --> 00:27:44,880
we're a little bit

760
00:27:48,070 --> 00:27:46,159
we have a little bit of a challenge

761
00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:48,080
sometimes in terms of explaining things

762
00:27:51,669 --> 00:27:50,080
because sometimes the shuttle missions

763
00:27:56,070 --> 00:27:51,679
kind of look easy

764
00:27:57,830 --> 00:27:56,080
i admit that that that seems true

765
00:27:58,870 --> 00:27:57,840
it couldn't be further from the truth

766
00:28:00,389 --> 00:27:58,880
however

767
00:28:02,630 --> 00:28:00,399
and and

768
00:28:04,789 --> 00:28:02,640
so i would talk about the complexities

769
00:28:05,669 --> 00:28:04,799
in general of a shuttle station docked

770
00:28:07,430 --> 00:28:05,679
mission

771
00:28:09,669 --> 00:28:07,440
and and regardless of what you're

772
00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:09,679
carrying up or bringing home

773
00:28:13,669 --> 00:28:10,480
um

774
00:28:16,310 --> 00:28:13,679
it's a it's uh it's pretty fascinating

775
00:28:17,669 --> 00:28:16,320
to be able to to accomplish it in on any

776
00:28:20,149 --> 00:28:17,679
mission

777
00:28:22,310 --> 00:28:20,159
those primary objectives of launching

778
00:28:26,389 --> 00:28:22,320
docking

779
00:28:29,830 --> 00:28:26,399
and landing those are pretty

780
00:28:36,389 --> 00:28:29,840
pretty huge significant

781
00:28:36,399 --> 00:28:42,789
okay we'll try bill harwood again too

782
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:44,789
let's not be on the line any follow-ups

783
00:28:53,269 --> 00:28:50,230
we do have uh some programming notes

784
00:28:55,750 --> 00:28:53,279
uh we are having a technical

785
00:28:57,029 --> 00:28:55,760
difficulty with the editing of the

786
00:28:59,269 --> 00:28:57,039
flight day highlight so that hasn't

787
00:29:00,870 --> 00:28:59,279
aired on nasa television yet

788
00:29:02,389 --> 00:29:00,880
we'll get that at the top of the hour

789
00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:02,399
during the crew sleep period as soon as

790
00:29:05,190 --> 00:29:03,520
we can

791
00:29:07,510 --> 00:29:05,200
the crew is scheduled to awaken just

792
00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:07,520
before 6 pm central time this evening at

793
00:29:12,710 --> 00:29:10,960
5 56 pm and that is the first of two

794
00:29:14,310 --> 00:29:12,720
original songs that will be played for

795
00:29:17,110 --> 00:29:14,320
the cruise wake up during the mission as

796
00:29:18,950 --> 00:29:17,120
part of the song contest the second

797
00:29:21,430 --> 00:29:18,960
place winner will be played tonight for

798
00:29:22,549 --> 00:29:21,440
that wake up and then the preparation

799
00:29:24,549 --> 00:29:22,559
for the

800
00:29:26,710 --> 00:29:24,559
spatial endeavors return to earth

801
00:29:28,630 --> 00:29:26,720
including also a break for the crew

802
00:29:30,470 --> 00:29:28,640
members to have interviews with network

803
00:29:33,190 --> 00:29:30,480
news representatives which will be at

804
00:29:35,830 --> 00:29:33,200
806 pm central time this evening

805
00:29:38,870 --> 00:29:35,840
and taking time to pay tribute to

806
00:29:40,789 --> 00:29:38,880
endeavor that will be at 11 26 p.m and

807
00:29:42,950 --> 00:29:40,799
as mentioned the next mission status

808
00:29:45,110 --> 00:29:42,960
briefing will be at 4 00 a.m central

809
00:29:47,190 --> 00:29:45,120
time tuesday morning with

810
00:29:49,430 --> 00:29:47,200
the entry flight director tony saccacci

811
00:29:51,510 --> 00:29:49,440
as after his shift with preparing

812
00:29:52,870 --> 00:29:51,520
endeavor for its return to home