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good morning thank you for joining us

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here at nasa's kennedy space center in

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florida for space shuttle atlantis's

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pre-countdown status briefing it's l

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minus three here at kennedy on space

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shuttle atlantis final flight and the

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final flight of

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the space shuttle program i'd like to

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introduce our panelists today jeremy

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joe delai

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sts-135 payload manager good morning

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and kathy winters shuttle weather

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officer good morning

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we'll hear from our panelists and then

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take questions jeremy thanks andrea

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good morning everybody

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let's see i hope everyone had a great

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fourth of july holiday yesterday uh i

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can't think of a better way to start off

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the week

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fourth of july on monday

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uh and the start of the sgs-135 launch

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countdown today followed up by launch on

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friday looking forward to a great week

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here

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and all the nasa centers across the

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country

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have been working for over a year

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to prepare atlantis the external tank

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our solid rocket boosters the payload

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and all of our ground systems

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for the sds-135 mission

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all of our preparations for launch

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countdown have been completed or are in

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work and we're working no issues at this

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time

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over the past 10 days we've completed

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several major milestones leading up to

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ordinance installation final

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pressurization of our orbiter

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maneuvering system and main propulsion

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system high pressure tanks and the final

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closure of atlantis payload bay doors

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were all completed last week with no

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and as you know the ses 135

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flight crew arrived yesterday afternoon

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and commander chris ferguson and his

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crew are very excited to be here and

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ready to

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get on with launch countdown and get to

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launch on friday

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i'll go through a quick summary of the

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launch countdown event scheduled for the

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week

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our operations today

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launch countdown call to stations is set

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for 12 30 pm today and the countdown

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clock will begin counting at one

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we'll pick up with the checkout and

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configuration of atlantis's avionics

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and we'll continue with several other

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vehicle configuration and ground uh

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verifications all leading up to our

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first major milestone on wednesday

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morning with the loading of atlantis's

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onboard liquid oxygen and liquid

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hydrogen tanks used for the electrical

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power generation system

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loading will start at 10 30 am and

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finish at 3 30 pm

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later wednesday night we'll pick up with

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the space shuttle main engine checkouts

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and as we move into thursday morning

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orbiter and ground communications

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network at 9 30 a.m

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the retraction of the rotating service

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structure is at 2 pm on thursday

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and we'll begin clearing the launch pad

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at 9 pm thursday evening leading to the

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external tank loading from 201 am to 501

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am friday morning

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let's see the final inspection team and

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the closeout crew will proceed to the

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launch pad just after 5 am to inspect

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the vehicle and prepare atlantis for the

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flight crew to arrive just after 8 am

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friday morning

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our launch window for friday

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is approximately 10 minutes in length

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and it opens at 11 21 a.m

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and we generally target the middle of

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that window which correlates to about 11

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26 a.m and as always we'll uh we'll sync

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up with daily launch parameters and the

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actual launch time will be updated

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during the t-minus nine minute hold on

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friday

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the sts-135 mission is a 12-day mission

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with zero contingency days and two

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weather contingency days our end of

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mission landing is planned at ksc at

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approximately 6 57 a.m on wednesday july

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20th and should we use one of those

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so in summary all of our vehicle and

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ground systems are ready the sds-135

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crew atlantis and the launch team are

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all ready to proceed with launch

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countdown and we're looking forward to

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getting underway with count and leading

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to a spectacular launch on friday

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morning thank you

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thank you joe

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thank you

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well good morning as jeremy said we're

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excited to be here i hope everybody had

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a good fourth of july weekend

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um this is going to be an exciting week

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for everyone i'd like to thank you for

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your support

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and this is a very special mission for

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last year

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a little over a year ago casey was asked

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do some

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unique work in the module we were asked

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to redesign our storage racks

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in order to allow more stowage weight

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wise and volume wise to be brought up on

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and we're also asked to keep the hatch

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open as late as possible

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with the original launch date i think

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and um everything went really well

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when it came to story drops

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one of the one of the primary objectives

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of this mission is to resupply iss

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for one year and we're going to perform

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that we're going to perform that task

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we're also going to bring to the iss a

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first of its kind robotic refueling

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so uh payloads are looking fantastic we

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we look forward to a launch on july 8th

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and i look forward to a very detailed

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payload briefing

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you're going to be given a kc payload

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one of our ford osmosis bag experiments

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so i look forward to that

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and then tomorrow at 2 30 our robotic

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demonstration and experiment

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again at 10 o'clock for a very detailed

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brief on our payloads thank you very

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good morning well i wish i had better

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weather for you weather briefing for you

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but it does look like we are going to

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have some weather at least potential for

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the potential for showers and isolated

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thunderstorms in the area what's going

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going to have some good weather but then

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we have an easterly wave that comes into

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the area on thursday bringing a lot of

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shower activity and with it usually with

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easterly waves we get a lot of showers

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activity but some isolated activity then

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as it pushes in it's going to really

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moisten up our atmosphere so by friday

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weather and also cumulus cloud

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other constraints that could be violated

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such as a ceiling or a flight through

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precip constraint but those are our

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rising air and that's what gives us the

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showers and storms so with that we have

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a 60 chance of ksc weather prohibiting

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there there is a chance for some showers

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forecasting great weather both at

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edwards and at northrop real nice decent

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really looking great all three days for

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aragosa and you can see sky clear there

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if we do happen to delay 24 hours the

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moisture just gradually starts to

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decrease also our launch time gets

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earlier and so that helps us in that the

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sea breeze will be developing but we

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won't get as much

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development before or by the launch

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window so what we're doing is training

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our numbers down

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so on day two we have a 40 chance of ksc

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for the abort landing sites in the u.s

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space flight meteorology group is

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forecasting great weather at both

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edwards and northrop's

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northrop field with the and then at the

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tile sites again space light meteorology

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group is saying the weather looks pretty

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good there overall

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with no violations

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for the 24 hour delay

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if we do happen to delay 48 hours

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weather improves quite a bit here

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because we get a lot drier and with that

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launch time moving earlier also the sea

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breeze just really won't quite be

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getting as much development and so with

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that we've decreased the number to a 30

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percent chance of ksc weather

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prohibiting launch

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again the abort landing sites in the u.s

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look great on

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for the 48 hour delay

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and the tower sites just one violation

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of zaragoza forecast by space light

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meteorology group just a chance for

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thunderstorms within 20 nautical miles

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but as you see marone and estrus look

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great

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so overall our primary concern for

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launch will be showers and thunderstorms

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developing along the sea breeze as it

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forms on friday and with that we have a

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60 chance of ksc weather prohibiting

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launch

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kendra thank you

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when the microphone comes your way

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please state your name affiliation and

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to whom you're addressing your question

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uh let's start over here with marcia

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please

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marcia dennis associated press for kathy

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what time do you expect all this

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terrible weather to start forming on

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friday i think it'll be at the end you

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know near the end of the countdown um

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once we get to around that 11am time

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period i think we're going to start

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seeing cumulus clouds developing

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um pretty much after 11 a.m

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earlier in the morning it should be okay

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it should be right we are going to be

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watching the residual effects of that

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tropical wave at some point all that's

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going to kind of decrease as that wave

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moves off to the west and so it looks

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good overall in the morning

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but again it's that sea breeze that

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we're mainly concerned about and for joe

348
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i know that the big payload briefing is

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later in the week but we keep hearing

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how many pounds of items are need to be

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transferred but could you say how many

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individual items that each crew member

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is going to have to haul across the

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threshold um or at least give an

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estimate of the numbers

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yeah um

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storage wise which is

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you know iss supplies and personal items

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and

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spare parts for experiments things like

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that is a is approximately 8 200 pounds

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okay now if you take the bags that are

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associated with that

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and the foam that we use for our accent

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vibration

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it's almost 9 500 pounds so depends

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which number you want

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if it's just

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the volumize how much cargo it's

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it's 8 200

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the actual amount that's going between

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the modules almost 9 500 because they

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they come in bags

374
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oh my lord

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that's what i'm saying yeah there's

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there's um

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let's see i have a 10 page map

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and each page probably has

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a dozen items on it so there's hundreds

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of items

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that are going to go into uh and into

382
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the iss hundreds

383
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yeah i'll get them i'll have a more

384
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exact number for you on friday but it's

385
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it's a lot we you know we're not the

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heaviest but volume wise we're the most

387
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we've never carried this

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this amount of payload up volume wise

389
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and that's why we're asked to modify the

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racks that increase the carrying

391
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capability almost a couple hundred

392
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pounds so we could add extra volume

393
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to the racks

394
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so a lot of work but we made it

395
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james

396
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uh jeremy the teams reporting the fire

397
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firing room this afternoon

398
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doing so

399
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eagerly or reluctantly or how would you

400
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describe kind of what you think is going

401
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to be the

402
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emotional feeling or mood of folks

403
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and starting the countdown well i would

404
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say the the team

405
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the team gets into the mode of this is

406
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launch countdown and that's really the

407
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focus that everybody has and

408
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and so once we all get into that mode

409
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that's that's the work we're doing we

410
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understand it we do it very well and and

411
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that's what everyone focuses on

412
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i think that

413
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the team in general is really focusing

414
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on that and and the rest of the emotion

415
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that really comes with the end of the

416
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space shuttle program i think will

417
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really kind of roll in as

418
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as launch is completed and and we get

419
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past that

420
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i personally am very much looking

421
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forward to get getting onto console

422
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that's a really cool job it's a really

423
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great time for us to go do that and to

424
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get it do it one more time is a is a

425
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and i wondered if you could characterize

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the

427
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importance uh hopes you have to to get

428
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off on on your first attempt on on

429
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friday uh to to preserve that plus one

430
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option um

431
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how much of a bonus would that be or i

432
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assume it's not something where

433
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obviously uh you're not you wouldn't

434
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postpone just for that reason or

435
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anything right but um just

436
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you know how much uh how how helpful

437
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would it be to be able to get off that

438
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that first day or disappointing if you

439
00:15:04,069 --> 00:15:01,920
couldn't right

440
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i know that um it is a goal to try and

441
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get that um one extra day that 13th day

442
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but we really have to look at you know

443
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the day of launch parameters that that

444
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are presented to us on launch day and

445
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and we have to do the smart thing and

446
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the safe thing and uh

447
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you know we'll do everything that we can

448
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to launch on friday but if if things

449
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don't work out so that we can do that

450
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we've got plenty of options to to look

451
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at saturday and sunday and and then we

452
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do have some constraints that roll into

453
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the the range schedule after that but

454
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you know

455
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i think that our focus is to get

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launched safely and successfully and if

457
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that is on friday that's great but if we

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need to delay until saturday or sunday

459
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that's fine too

460
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bill harwich cbs news with two quick

461
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ones for jeremy one i know mike always

462
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checks with the authorities about crowd

463
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estimates have you heard an updated

464
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estimate of what folks are expecting on

465
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friday in the in your office and

466
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secondly

467
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is there any update to your strategy

468
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about you know if you get into a weather

469
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problem and late in the count there's a

470
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scrub you know saturday versus sunday

471
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just based on the crowd

472
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yeah our crowd numbers are are really

473
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back up to where they were for

474
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sts-133 where or and the first attempt

475
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for 134 um in the 500 to 750 000 that's

476
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really the kind of the prediction that

477
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we're working to

478
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so a lot you know friday morning

479
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kids are out of school it's a great

480
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opportunity for folks to come watch the

481
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last launch

482
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so with that we we really are working

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into the same kind of rules that we were

484
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previously that l minus four uh time

485
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frame launch minus four time frame is

486
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our decision point

487
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again it really is all dependent on what

488
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we see that day and the types of

489
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issues that come up how the weather is

490
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developing and uh and and again we'll

491
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talk with all the right folks and make

492
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that decision on launch day

493
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dan billow from channel 2 for kathy

494
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would you put yourself in the shoes of a

495
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spectator and even if you wind up with

496
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acceptable launch conditions friday

497
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morning

498
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um

499
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what is the chance that there will be a

500
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lot of cloud cover around central

501
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florida with all of the moisture in the

502
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air for if you're watching from us one

503
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i would say if you're trying to laun to

504
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watch from say orlando it'd probably be

505
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tough or somewhere further off to the

506
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west would be a little bit harder to see

507
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because the sea breeze would be

508
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developing and you'd have some clouds

509
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between you and the launch if you're

510
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right here along the coast it will

511
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depend on where that sea breeze focus

512
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sea breeze is focused but i do think

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that

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eventually the coast will clear out so

515
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the question will be how quickly will

516
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that clear out when it comes to the

517
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launch itself if we are green for launch

518
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it's likely that you'll be able to see

519
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that launch if you're here along the

520
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coast but if you're off to the west it's

521
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going to be a lot tougher to all the

522
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clouds in the area

523
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so uh you don't necessarily expect a you

524
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know kind of an overcast type of a lot

525
00:18:01,430 --> 00:17:59,600
of cloud cover right in this vicinity

526
00:18:03,510 --> 00:18:01,440
the only overcast that we're thinking is

527
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maybe right around that high cloud area

528
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the 25 000 foot area so you still would

529
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see a decent amount of the launch um but

530
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um

531
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again if you're inland then it you

532
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wouldn't but right here along the coast

533
00:18:15,990 --> 00:18:13,039
it wouldn't be like the last launch we

534
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had that strata cumulus cloud solid deck

535
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in the low levels it's not like that

536
00:18:21,029 --> 00:18:18,880
it's more of the cumulus clouds

537
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summertime bubbly tropical type weather

538
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that we're looking for

539
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okay ken

540
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hi ken kramer for space flight magazine

541
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uh for jeremy i'm just wondering about

542
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this fuel valve that you you you you

543
00:18:35,510 --> 00:18:33,760
switched out and is there any update on

544
00:18:36,950 --> 00:18:35,520
on a contamination you found this was

545
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this little particle five to eight

546
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microns have you found anything else the

547
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other thing i'm wondering is um i guess

548
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you tested this then at ambient

549
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temperature do you gain any confidence

550
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if you could test this at cryogenic

551
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temperatures

552
00:18:52,470 --> 00:18:50,240
thank you well as far as camp uh

553
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contamination goes uh i don't have any

554
00:18:56,310 --> 00:18:54,480
further update on that we can we can get

555
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that information and work that through

556
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kandra

557
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as well as uh you know i'm not a

558
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technical expert on the valve so

559
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the testing

560
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ambient temperatures

561
00:19:10,390 --> 00:19:09,039
as we saw with the tanking test it was a

562
00:19:11,350 --> 00:19:10,400
great opportunity

563
00:19:13,830 --> 00:19:11,360
uh

564
00:19:16,150 --> 00:19:13,840
to to see what we had as far as our

565
00:19:18,150 --> 00:19:16,160
vehicle configured configuration goes

566
00:19:21,029 --> 00:19:18,160
and you know we did pick up and and

567
00:19:22,789 --> 00:19:21,039
identify the problem so you know but

568
00:19:24,950 --> 00:19:22,799
we've gone through and done all the work

569
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we've you know changed out the valve

570
00:19:29,590 --> 00:19:27,120
done all the retest work that we needed

571
00:19:31,590 --> 00:19:29,600
to the valve's working great

572
00:19:33,110 --> 00:19:31,600
and we don't have any expectation that

573
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there's going to be any issue when we go

574
00:19:37,669 --> 00:19:35,919
load on on friday so i think we're in

575
00:19:39,110 --> 00:19:37,679
really good shape as far as the main

576
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field valve goes

577
00:19:43,270 --> 00:19:40,559
okay robert

578
00:19:45,830 --> 00:19:43,280
hi robert perlman with collectspace.com

579
00:19:48,150 --> 00:19:45,840
uh with a question for jeremy um given

580
00:19:50,070 --> 00:19:48,160
that this is the last shuttle countdown

581
00:19:50,870 --> 00:19:50,080
do you expect any additional ceremony at

582
00:19:52,310 --> 00:19:50,880
this

583
00:19:53,830 --> 00:19:52,320
at the start of the countdown or

584
00:19:55,510 --> 00:19:53,840
throughout the

585
00:19:57,110 --> 00:19:55,520
uh as the count progresses any

586
00:19:58,230 --> 00:19:57,120
additional um

587
00:19:59,990 --> 00:19:58,240
uh

588
00:20:02,870 --> 00:20:00,000
ti any will you take any additional time

589
00:20:05,110 --> 00:20:02,880
to mark this milestone

590
00:20:06,630 --> 00:20:05,120
well the great thing about uh putting

591
00:20:09,110 --> 00:20:06,640
together a launch countdown schedule is

592
00:20:10,549 --> 00:20:09,120
you account for every single second

593
00:20:13,190 --> 00:20:10,559
and every job that you need to

594
00:20:14,149 --> 00:20:13,200
accomplish to get to launch countdown

595
00:20:15,510 --> 00:20:14,159
those

596
00:20:17,190 --> 00:20:15,520
all of that work

597
00:20:19,270 --> 00:20:17,200
takes up all the time that we account

598
00:20:21,190 --> 00:20:19,280
for in launch countdown so we're going

599
00:20:23,190 --> 00:20:21,200
to treat this launch exactly the way we

600
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treat have treated every launch up to

601
00:20:29,350 --> 00:20:25,840
this point and and the celebrations will

602
00:20:30,789 --> 00:20:29,360
will take uh take place after launch

603
00:20:32,710 --> 00:20:30,799
but i'm sure

604
00:20:34,549 --> 00:20:32,720
a lot of folks will be marking those

605
00:20:37,669 --> 00:20:34,559
milestones in their head as

606
00:20:39,909 --> 00:20:37,679
as very exciting times but we don't have

607
00:20:43,190 --> 00:20:39,919
any specifically planned milestones

608
00:20:44,870 --> 00:20:43,200
called out during the launch countdown

609
00:20:48,950 --> 00:20:44,880
kevin

610
00:20:50,630 --> 00:20:48,960
joe since it's the last launch and you

611
00:20:52,789 --> 00:20:50,640
have a full payload have you had to turn

612
00:20:54,710 --> 00:20:52,799
down a number of requests for people

613
00:20:55,909 --> 00:20:54,720
wanting items to fly on the last space

614
00:20:57,669 --> 00:20:55,919
shuttle can you give us a sense of

615
00:21:01,430 --> 00:20:57,679
anything that you've had to turn away

616
00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:01,440
yeah that's a good question um

617
00:21:07,190 --> 00:21:03,600
there were items that

618
00:21:07,909 --> 00:21:07,200
just couldn't make our our milestones

619
00:21:11,990 --> 00:21:07,919
to

620
00:21:13,350 --> 00:21:12,000
certain time have the crew come do a

621
00:21:15,190 --> 00:21:13,360
bench review

622
00:21:16,950 --> 00:21:15,200
turn it over to uh

623
00:21:18,789 --> 00:21:16,960
to our team and pack it there there were

624
00:21:20,310 --> 00:21:18,799
a few items but

625
00:21:22,149 --> 00:21:20,320
there weren't as many as the previous

626
00:21:24,630 --> 00:21:22,159
missions

627
00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:24,640
by keeping the hatch open as late as

628
00:21:28,950 --> 00:21:26,320
possible going to the pad as late as

629
00:21:32,070 --> 00:21:30,310
increasing our weight and getting the

630
00:21:35,270 --> 00:21:32,080
word out a little bit earlier for the

631
00:21:36,950 --> 00:21:35,280
most part we did okay it wasn't too bad

632
00:21:39,029 --> 00:21:36,960
and by doing that it also allowed to

633
00:21:40,630 --> 00:21:39,039
pull back some of our mid-deck items

634
00:21:41,669 --> 00:21:40,640
into the mplm which opened up on

635
00:21:44,470 --> 00:21:41,679
mid-deck

636
00:21:46,390 --> 00:21:44,480
so overall it was not as bad as as other

637
00:21:48,070 --> 00:21:46,400
missions but there were a few items but

638
00:21:50,230 --> 00:21:48,080
nothing um

639
00:21:52,070 --> 00:21:50,240
nothing i can just think of so it wasn't

640
00:21:53,669 --> 00:21:52,080
that bad

641
00:21:59,029 --> 00:21:53,679
todd

642
00:22:01,590 --> 00:21:59,039
wanted to follow first for joe

643
00:22:03,430 --> 00:22:01,600
i'm wondering if you can compare the

644
00:22:05,669 --> 00:22:03,440
amount of mass or volume you're taking

645
00:22:08,470 --> 00:22:05,679
up on this mission with other cargo

646
00:22:12,630 --> 00:22:08,480
carriers that fly to the station the

647
00:22:15,510 --> 00:22:12,640
progress the atv the htv

648
00:22:18,789 --> 00:22:15,520
i remember back on

649
00:22:19,830 --> 00:22:18,799
ulf 2 we flew up lots of racks we flew

650
00:22:21,669 --> 00:22:19,840
up

651
00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:21,679
lots of eclipse racks if you guys

652
00:22:25,270 --> 00:22:22,960
remember that

653
00:22:27,029 --> 00:22:25,280
and then 17a and so on

654
00:22:29,990 --> 00:22:27,039
we flew up the uh if you remember we

655
00:22:33,190 --> 00:22:30,000
flew up the uh waste hygiene rack

656
00:22:36,549 --> 00:22:33,200
we flew up crew quarters

657
00:22:38,630 --> 00:22:36,559
we flew up melfi science racks

658
00:22:40,870 --> 00:22:38,640
so um

659
00:22:42,390 --> 00:22:40,880
the module itself has a fantastic

660
00:22:44,710 --> 00:22:42,400
capability

661
00:22:46,870 --> 00:22:44,720
to bring huge items

662
00:22:50,390 --> 00:22:46,880
and as you saw from

663
00:22:53,270 --> 00:22:50,400
ulf2 and 17a and 19a

664
00:22:55,590 --> 00:22:53,280
and here we are on on 135

665
00:22:58,070 --> 00:22:55,600
we got those big items on station and

666
00:22:59,110 --> 00:22:58,080
that was that's a good thing

667
00:23:02,630 --> 00:22:59,120
the

668
00:23:06,310 --> 00:23:04,390
modules if i can if i can use that word

669
00:23:07,750 --> 00:23:06,320
or other vehicles i'll be flying the

670
00:23:10,390 --> 00:23:07,760
station

671
00:23:12,310 --> 00:23:10,400
their objective again will be to keep

672
00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:12,320
resupplying

673
00:23:17,990 --> 00:23:14,320
the iss and bringing up certain

674
00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:18,000
experiments and stowage items

675
00:23:23,270 --> 00:23:20,240
nothing is going to have the um

676
00:23:26,549 --> 00:23:23,280
the volume wise like the mplm does

677
00:23:29,029 --> 00:23:26,559
you can't bring up 16 science racks or

678
00:23:30,630 --> 00:23:29,039
16 fully loaded racks on other vehicles

679
00:23:31,590 --> 00:23:30,640
but you do have the capability to bring

680
00:23:35,510 --> 00:23:31,600
up

681
00:23:37,909 --> 00:23:35,520
so you will always have the capability

682
00:23:40,149 --> 00:23:37,919
to resupply station

683
00:23:42,310 --> 00:23:40,159
you just don't have the volume wise like

684
00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:42,320
we did on the mplm to bring up we'll say

685
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:45,600
16 sign tracks at one time

686
00:23:48,310 --> 00:23:47,520
and for jeremy

687
00:23:51,190 --> 00:23:48,320
if

688
00:23:52,149 --> 00:23:51,200
for whether other reasons you do not get

689
00:23:54,390 --> 00:23:52,159
off

690
00:23:56,310 --> 00:23:54,400
by sunday i think you have a range

691
00:23:57,190 --> 00:23:56,320
conflict with the delta

692
00:24:00,070 --> 00:23:57,200
in

693
00:24:03,669 --> 00:24:00,080
that event would you stand down to top

694
00:24:05,590 --> 00:24:03,679
off prsd and if so or if not when would

695
00:24:07,590 --> 00:24:05,600
be the next uh shuttle launch

696
00:24:09,590 --> 00:24:07,600
opportunity after that

697
00:24:11,190 --> 00:24:09,600
yeah if we got to that condition

698
00:24:12,710 --> 00:24:11,200
essentially we would

699
00:24:14,870 --> 00:24:12,720
we'll take our best two out of three

700
00:24:17,029 --> 00:24:14,880
days for the 8th through the 10th

701
00:24:19,510 --> 00:24:17,039
we would stand stand down

702
00:24:20,950 --> 00:24:19,520
to support the delta launch

703
00:24:22,710 --> 00:24:20,960
and assuming that they launched on the

704
00:24:23,909 --> 00:24:22,720
14th and didn't have a delay of their

705
00:24:26,789 --> 00:24:23,919
own

706
00:24:27,909 --> 00:24:26,799
we would have opportunities uh from the

707
00:24:30,149 --> 00:24:27,919
16th

708
00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:30,159
through the 31st and then we would get

709
00:24:35,029 --> 00:24:33,440
into a beta angle cut out

710
00:24:36,789 --> 00:24:35,039
once we were through the beta angle cut

711
00:24:40,470 --> 00:24:36,799
out on the 15th we'd then also be able

712
00:24:43,350 --> 00:24:40,480
to pick up on the august 16th so

713
00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:43,360
the earliest after uh the

714
00:24:48,870 --> 00:24:46,320
delta cut out would be

715
00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:48,880
would be on the 16th

716
00:24:52,070 --> 00:24:50,080
and what we would do is we would

717
00:24:54,230 --> 00:24:52,080
basically back all the way out of launch

718
00:24:56,549 --> 00:24:54,240
countdown and then get back into launch

719
00:24:58,470 --> 00:24:56,559
countdown so we'd kind of reset start

720
00:25:01,350 --> 00:24:58,480
over and that would allow us to get

721
00:25:03,190 --> 00:25:01,360
a full load of prsd and have the full

722
00:25:06,310 --> 00:25:03,200
capability going into the next

723
00:25:09,110 --> 00:25:06,320
opportunity starting on the 16th

724
00:25:10,310 --> 00:25:09,120
we have time for one final question

725
00:25:12,149 --> 00:25:10,320
um

726
00:25:13,110 --> 00:25:12,159
pete

727
00:25:15,669 --> 00:25:13,120
excuse me

728
00:25:18,870 --> 00:25:15,679
pete crow grows on daily for jeremy

729
00:25:21,029 --> 00:25:18,880
um does the failure to um inability to

730
00:25:22,789 --> 00:25:21,039
launch on perhaps day one or two impact

731
00:25:24,870 --> 00:25:22,799
the

732
00:25:26,630 --> 00:25:24,880
ability to fly that extra day

733
00:25:28,070 --> 00:25:26,640
my understanding was that

734
00:25:30,710 --> 00:25:28,080
that decision would be made somewhere

735
00:25:32,230 --> 00:25:30,720
out around day four of five

736
00:25:34,230 --> 00:25:32,240
it does um

737
00:25:36,870 --> 00:25:34,240
the the challenges the the longer that

738
00:25:40,149 --> 00:25:36,880
we stay on the ground uh the more on

739
00:25:42,470 --> 00:25:40,159
board cryos we boil off and so we don't

740
00:25:45,669 --> 00:25:42,480
take that capability with us if we

741
00:25:48,390 --> 00:25:45,679
launch later than on friday but again

742
00:25:50,789 --> 00:25:48,400
the all of those calculations and that

743
00:25:53,190 --> 00:25:50,799
data will be evaluated once we're on

744
00:25:55,510 --> 00:25:53,200
orbit and you know the team at jsc will

745
00:25:58,149 --> 00:25:55,520
take a look at what we launch with

746
00:26:00,549 --> 00:25:58,159
the the amount that we have on board and

747
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:00,559
and determine if they're able to

748
00:26:05,350 --> 00:26:04,240
work out that additional day

749
00:26:07,669 --> 00:26:05,360
that's all the time we have for the

750
00:26:09,110 --> 00:26:07,679
pre-countdown status briefing today as

751
00:26:11,750 --> 00:26:09,120
jeremy mentioned the countdown

752
00:26:13,750 --> 00:26:11,760
officially begins at 1 pm eastern time

753
00:26:16,470 --> 00:26:13,760
that won't be shown live on nasa tv but

754
00:26:18,630 --> 00:26:16,480
please join us at 12 30 p.m for a live

755
00:26:20,750 --> 00:26:18,640
demonstration of the ford osmosis

756
00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:20,760
experiment for more information on the