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well good afternoon everybody welcome to

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nasa's johnson space center for our post

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mission management team press briefing

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joining us once again is leroy kane he's

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the deputy manager of the space shuttle

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program and the chairman of the mmt and

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he'll have some comments for you and

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then of course we'll take questions here

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and then out on the phone bridge that

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i'll turn it over to leroy

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thank you kyle

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good afternoon it's very nice to be here

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with you again today i'm

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pleased to report

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that the rendezvous and docking of

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atlantis to the international space

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station was

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absolutely flawless this morning i think

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most of you hopefully had a chance to

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see it i personally

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felt privileged to be part of this team

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as i as i watched it from my

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from my post in

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in the back

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halls of mission control today it was uh

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it was really

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moving to see the final docking of the

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shuttle to the space station so

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i believe this was the 37th docking of

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the shuttle to the international space

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station

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and for atlantis it would be the 12th

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time that atlantis had docked to the

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and if you're counting over all dockings

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for for atlantis

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atlantis had the most missions to the

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mir station

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tallying up seven total mir

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mir flights so atlantis i believe is the

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orbiter that has the most dockings to

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space stations for that matter

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things continue to go really well for us

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it was a very good day this morning um

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the crew's day continues for a couple

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more hours here before they go to bed

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and so they have a little bit more

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activity but it's been a very good day

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for us since i was here last to talk to

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you it's been a great day for the crew

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on orbit for both the shuttle and the

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station crew

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as well as the entire team on the on the

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ground they've just done an outstanding

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job so

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in the in the mission management team

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today we talked only briefly about a few

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items we got a very good status overall

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of how things are going i talked to you

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yesterday about the cryogenics and we're

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very interested in that as we always are

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but in this case we

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we would like as soon as possible to

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understand whether or not we might not

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have enough margin to

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to extend by one day

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our friends in the space station program

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are very interested in that so

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day and four hours of margin

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and so tomorrow i believe the uh

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and the space station program in the uh

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in the space station international space

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station program mission management team

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in the morning they will begin

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discussing

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the plus one day and whether or not they

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want to officially request that from us

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and they'll work on the exact list of uh

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tasks and

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and job jar items that the crew would

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in the event that we were able to extend

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the day so they'll be working on that

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tomorrow and there's a chance we'll

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discuss that in the mmt tomorrow uh it's

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a little early for me to know whether or

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not it'll be ready

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for that discussion but in any case

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it'll be the next day or two and we'll

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be able to have that discussion

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the

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it may have been reported to you we had

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where systems items are concerned

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the crew today when they were doing the

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configuration of all the all of the

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on-board systems for the rendezvous and

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proximity operations

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they had a a problem with gpc3 that's

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general purpose computer number three

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those are the onboard computers

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of which we have four for the primary

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software system

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and so on rendezvous prox ops

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day we

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we do what's called expand the set and

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we bring a third gpc into the set so we

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have some more redundancy

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when the crew did that operation today

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gpc3

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uh had a small hiccup and it decided

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turned itself off essentially and it

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went to what we call halt

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and the signature is one whereby we're

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pretty certain that this was what we

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call a switch tease condition that is to

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say that when the crewman moves the

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from one position to the next in this

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case the what we call the mode switch

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it doesn't get quite seated in the

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location that it's going to and so the

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gpc doesn't understand

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an intermittent position between the the

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two poles of the switch and so it

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it shuts down and

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looking at the signature as i said we're

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pretty confident that's probably what we

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have here we've seen this signature on

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this vehicle on this gpc before

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and so that's a another indicator that

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so we're not overly concerned with that

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we're not actually even calling it an

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anomaly yet

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the team has uh

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has scheduled uh

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a data dump from that computer tomorrow

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during the cruise day

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and that dump will give us some more

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indications of the internal workings of

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the gpc and what it has logged in terms

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of any kind of errors and things of that

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but overall not a not a concern for us

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additionally uh fuel cell three the flow

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has apparently has an erratic transducer

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this is a very minor thing because

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this transducer is a secondary cue

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to indicate the consumption of the

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the cryogenics and the performance

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overall of the fuel cell and we have

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many other ways of determining both the

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performance and the and the cryo

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consumption so it's not an issue it's a

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nuisance and we've

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and the team on the ground as uh

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has inhibited that so that we don't get

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any nuisance alarms from that

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so no issue with that item

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team reported that we

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are following what might be a

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conjunction

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that is to say a piece of orbital debris

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an item that between us and the station

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as a docked unit we'll need to watch out

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it looks right now like our point of

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closest approach would occur on the eva

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however we don't really have a good pc

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on it yet and that's the probability of

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of collision and so that all needs to be

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computed we need to get some updated

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to give us the the best accurate

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information uh the navigation

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information about exactly where the

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shuttle station combined stack is in

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inertial space

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a lot of times on rendezvous day when we

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there are a number of perturbations in

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the trajectory of both vehicles

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and so we can't say with any certainty

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whether we really have a conjunction

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but it's a potential is what i would say

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right now that we have a conjunction and

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if we do then we'll do our normal we'll

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procedures and and processes for dealing

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with that and we'll probably know excuse

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me quite a bit better by about this time

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tomorrow whether that's really going to

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the damage assessment team i'll just

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give you a brief status there as you

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all completed and preliminarily we

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didn't see anything all the data was

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downlinked and the team has had an

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opportunity to go through all that data

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perhaps some of the final peer review

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remaining on the on the wing leading

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edge in the nose cap systems but overall

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any indications that we're going to have

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any problems there

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we did all but clear the uh the wing

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looks very good for the rcc

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ground now the 400 millimeter data the

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the team is is reviewing all that data

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data that was in the process of being

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to be on the ground here and be assessed

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and we may be able to even preliminarily

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the other engineering and safety experts

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around the program get together and talk

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about the likelihood or the need

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for a focused inspection and so the

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first of those is is tonight

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meeting i don't anticipate that there's

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anything we're going to need to look at

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have but we'll let everybody do our

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normal process here as we always do

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the the ascent

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trajectory and and flight dynamics

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and it was very very good the the

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uh quite well and uh and there were no

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issues uh with the ascent

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flight dynamics data to include all of

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and all of the normal things that we

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terms of the trajectory parameters and

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the winds and all of the things that

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all of that looked very good there were

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evaluate the wins in the weather on

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and the team has such a robust set of

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backup procedures and down modes

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and off ramps for all of those

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scenarios that it

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barely made it to

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management's attention all the things

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that they were working on launch day and

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they did it quite seamlessly with with

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what turns out to be a pretty

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challenging day because the balloons

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were tending to ice up

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at uh at some of the higher altitudes

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and so

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they did an outstanding job working

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through all that and again just another

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example of things that were going on

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behind the scenes on launch day any one

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of which could have prevented us from

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being able to actually launch on friday

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and

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team just did a great job all the way

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around so that was a very good status

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that they gave us today obviously there

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will be more in-depth

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review of all of that data but as we

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call it it's a quick look and and as a

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quick look goes it looked very very good

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um

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and uh i think

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that's about all i have to report

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um i i should mention the booster ops we

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have the

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the port

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the left-hand booster will be in the

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port tonight

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and then slip-ops will occur tomorrow

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with open assessment to occur on tuesday

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i think i mistakenly mentioned yesterday

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i think i was off by a day i was getting

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my flight days and calendar days mixed

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up

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and so

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the boosters are again one is in the

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port

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the left booster will be in tonight

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around midnight i think is what they

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said

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and then we'll do slip ups tomorrow

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morning and during the day tomorrow with

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open assessment on tuesday

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so

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able to expect the video from the

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boosters

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sometime on monday and so we'll look

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forward to that as well

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so with that again in summary the the

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mission is going exceedingly well we're

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very much looking forward to our

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multi-purpose logistic module operations

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tomorrow where we would pull the mplm

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out of the payload bay and move it over

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on to

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on the space station and get on with the

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transfer of all this critical cargo in

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earnest

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and the crew is finishing up with a few

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items to prepare for that activity

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tomorrow to include handing off the obss

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the robotic boom that we use

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ultimately tomorrow to

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to help us

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move the mplm over to the station and so

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they're winding up their activities on

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board and they're finishing up what has

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been a very productive and successful

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day on orbit so

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with that i'd be happy to answer any

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questions you have okay great take them

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here and then out on the phone bridge

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and of course

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as before you have to walk up to the

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microphone or nobody on the net is going

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to be able to hear you so

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spelling bee contestant number one mark

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corral hey thanks uh mark crowe for

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aviation week uh do you have anything on

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the size or origin of the debris that

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you're tracking for a potential

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conjunction then i had a follow-up i

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don't mark what we were told today was

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very preliminary so i don't know what

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kind of object it is i don't even know

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what the object number is most of these

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objects are in our quote catalog

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and

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so no i don't have that information

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we'll probably have it later today or

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tomorrow

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thanks

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and i'll acknowledge this may not have

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an answer but

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it seems good to ask

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if you had to maneuver could you do it

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without interfering with the timing of

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the space walk or with the discussion

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about extending the mission if you had

389
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to maneuver include changing the space

390
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walk to accommodate that or am i way

391
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ahead

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well

393
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it's okay you're a little ahead and and

394
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that's okay um we um

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in all likelihood it would not interfere

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with what we're doing on the space walk

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if we do what a debris avoidance

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maneuver uh um to get away from an

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object in this case we would do it using

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the shuttle vrcs the small little

401
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thrusters

402
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and so in all likelihood we could do

403
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that in an operation where it's not

404
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going to impact what we're trying to do

405
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in the normally planned

406
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activities of the flight plan on that

407
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day so now having said that

408
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until i know what it is and and what

409
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kind of maneuver

410
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and and we have all of the details

411
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you know

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as you said to begin with it's it's a

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little ahead in that sense but generally

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speaking i don't anticipate that's going

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to be any issue at all

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bill bill hardwood cbs was just a it's a

417
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related question it's almost what he

418
00:14:13,990 --> 00:14:11,920
answered in a different form the flight

419
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rule with the box that you guys maintain

420
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around the station

421
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is it the same box when the shuttle is

422
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attached to the dimensions different and

423
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and i don't understand um

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does the rule change if there's a

425
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spacewalk involved i don't know if

426
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there's i don't know how evas play into

427
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the box and what your rules are about

428
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what you can and can't do it's it's a

429
00:14:34,150 --> 00:14:32,160
good question bill i

430
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if the rule is different

431
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to be specific for

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while we're doing a space walk

433
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i'm not aware of that and i'll have to

434
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refresh my memory on the details of it

435
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in that regard and the team will brief

436
00:14:48,629 --> 00:14:47,199
us on on all of those specifics

437
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what they told us today was very

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preliminary in terms of

439
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we just found out that we might have a

440
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conjunction so i didn't have a chance to

441
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go back and and review those specifics i

442
00:15:00,470 --> 00:14:58,399
don't think it's different if we've got

443
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folks outside versus not

444
00:15:04,389 --> 00:15:02,880
um but we'll we'll have those details

445
00:15:06,870 --> 00:15:04,399
tomorrow

446
00:15:08,470 --> 00:15:06,880
um genus and sarah abc news could be

447
00:15:10,550 --> 00:15:08,480
could you walk me through the process

448
00:15:12,710 --> 00:15:10,560
that you are going through now that you

449
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know about this conjunction what kind of

450
00:15:16,230 --> 00:15:14,639
teams are working on it what do they do

451
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who's involved i mean kind of would you

452
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paint that picture for me sure gina

453
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the

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objects

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is

456
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in the mountain the spacecom folks and

457
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and

458
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um

459
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or stratcom i i lose track of their name

460
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and it and it changes so often we can't

461
00:15:38,629 --> 00:15:37,279
even keep it correct in our flight rules

462
00:15:40,470 --> 00:15:38,639
but

463
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at any rate that organization is

464
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responsible for overall keeping track of

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all the objects that are that are in

466
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orbit

467
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and so we have a process where there's a

468
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notification

469
00:15:53,590 --> 00:15:51,279
that goes to our flight dynamics and

470
00:15:55,829 --> 00:15:53,600
trajectory experts here

471
00:15:58,310 --> 00:15:55,839
in mission control for space station

472
00:15:59,910 --> 00:15:58,320
operations and first shuttle operations

473
00:16:02,150 --> 00:15:59,920
in the shuttle room that's the flight

474
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dynamics officer or the fido

475
00:16:05,990 --> 00:16:04,800
in the station room that's the

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topo

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which is trajectory operations and

478
00:16:12,310 --> 00:16:10,720
planning officer i believe at any rate

479
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they perform roughly the same function

480
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for the two different vehicles with some

481
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differences as you can imagine

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those folks are notified and they then

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notify the next level of management in

484
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this case it would be the flight

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director

486
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and then depending on the timing

487
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and

488
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whether or not the event is going to

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occur in the next 24 hours or 48 hours

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or 72 hours

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then

492
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the urgency and the level of

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notification goes up

494
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as the reaction time goes down

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so

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in this case we've got a couple of days

497
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it's a it's a few days away if you will

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and so

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we just got the notification today in

500
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the mission management team i imagine

501
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the mission ops team found out about it

502
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sometime earlier this morning

503
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and so there's a process of checks and

504
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balances between the flight dynamics

505
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team and the folks in the mountain who

506
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have the

507
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state vector data if you will for all

508
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the objects

509
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and so then they compare their notes and

510
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it's an iterative process from there

511
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until the time of

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the day or the hour of the day of

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closest approach whereby we then assess

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what turns out to be the calculation for

515
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the probability of collision

516
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and then based on what the pc is

517
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and it changes with every new vector

518
00:17:41,350 --> 00:17:39,679
that we get

519
00:17:42,789 --> 00:17:41,360
we'll take action based on what's

520
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outlined in our flight rules and the

521
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guidance that's provided in those rules

522
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so there's a notification process from

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the mountain to us and from internal to

524
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the control center then it goes up the

525
00:17:55,590 --> 00:17:53,600
mission ops chain all the way up to

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higher management as may be necessary in

527
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the shuttle and or station program

528
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depending on whether or not there's

529
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going to be some action that's required

530
00:18:03,990 --> 00:18:01,760
and then in addition to that of course

531
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the station on their part they talk with

532
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the

533
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station

534
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and then so so the notification just

535
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goes on

536
00:18:16,390 --> 00:18:14,480
um and that's basically how it works for

537
00:18:17,430 --> 00:18:16,400
a given object

538
00:18:22,230 --> 00:18:17,440
robert

539
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um on the subject of uh adding an extra

540
00:18:26,870 --> 00:18:24,320
day to the mission uh given the the

541
00:18:28,470 --> 00:18:26,880
margins that you have now can you just

542
00:18:31,350 --> 00:18:28,480
maybe provide some examples of what

543
00:18:33,029 --> 00:18:31,360
would need to happen for you not to have

544
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that option any longer

545
00:18:37,110 --> 00:18:34,799
when you do consider it like what would

546
00:18:41,190 --> 00:18:37,120
prevent you at this point from

547
00:18:46,230 --> 00:18:43,750
well if we somehow came in and and said

548
00:18:47,909 --> 00:18:46,240
well our our cryo consumable

549
00:18:50,310 --> 00:18:47,919
calculations were wrong there was

550
00:18:52,390 --> 00:18:50,320
something we didn't take into account

551
00:18:54,630 --> 00:18:52,400
in other words we got that number wrong

552
00:18:57,110 --> 00:18:54,640
and we are suddenly something less than

553
00:19:00,549 --> 00:18:57,120
24 hours margin then it's not something

554
00:19:04,390 --> 00:19:01,830
barring that

555
00:19:06,950 --> 00:19:04,400
given that the station has a need

556
00:19:07,909 --> 00:19:06,960
and a very strong desire and a need for

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00:19:10,230 --> 00:19:07,919
us to

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to add a day

559
00:19:15,190 --> 00:19:12,000
if we've got the margin then i'm

560
00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:15,200
probably willing to do it

561
00:19:19,110 --> 00:19:17,200
and there are other factors

562
00:19:22,470 --> 00:19:19,120
of extending the mission

563
00:19:24,070 --> 00:19:22,480
and assuming all things are are

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00:19:26,150 --> 00:19:24,080
more or less equal with those other

565
00:19:27,430 --> 00:19:26,160
factors to include

566
00:19:28,310 --> 00:19:27,440
the crews

567
00:19:30,789 --> 00:19:28,320
um

568
00:19:32,310 --> 00:19:30,799
schedule the crew's health the the team

569
00:19:33,990 --> 00:19:32,320
on the ground and the activities that

570
00:19:35,909 --> 00:19:34,000
they would like to to complete all of

571
00:19:37,909 --> 00:19:35,919
those things that if they're otherwise

572
00:19:40,950 --> 00:19:37,919
pretty much equal then then that's about

573
00:19:42,230 --> 00:19:40,960
the only thing that would prevent it

574
00:19:44,470 --> 00:19:42,240
yeah

575
00:19:46,630 --> 00:19:44,480
dan vegano with usa today uh leaving

576
00:19:47,990 --> 00:19:46,640
aside the conjunction issue um i was

577
00:19:50,150 --> 00:19:48,000
wondering if you could characterize the

578
00:19:52,549 --> 00:19:50,160
crew's activities in the coming week um

579
00:19:53,909 --> 00:19:52,559
when we write to our readers that uh

580
00:19:55,270 --> 00:19:53,919
they're resupplying the station that

581
00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:55,280
doesn't sound like they're too busy i

582
00:19:58,230 --> 00:19:57,039
was wondering if maybe you would have a

583
00:20:00,310 --> 00:19:58,240
different perspective before you could

584
00:20:02,710 --> 00:20:00,320
share your perspective on that well i'll

585
00:20:05,190 --> 00:20:02,720
certainly try the

586
00:20:06,470 --> 00:20:05,200
they will be busy i promise you that

587
00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:06,480
and

588
00:20:12,710 --> 00:20:09,919
um so tomorrow we do the the actual move

589
00:20:14,950 --> 00:20:12,720
of the large mplm from the payload bay

590
00:20:17,510 --> 00:20:14,960
to the space station and birth it

591
00:20:19,350 --> 00:20:17,520
and then essentially open up the hatch

592
00:20:20,549 --> 00:20:19,360
at the end of at the end of that

593
00:20:22,070 --> 00:20:20,559
activity

594
00:20:24,630 --> 00:20:22,080
and then the crew can begin to get in

595
00:20:27,430 --> 00:20:24,640
there and start to to pull things out

596
00:20:28,870 --> 00:20:27,440
and uh and actually begin the transfer

597
00:20:30,470 --> 00:20:28,880
operations

598
00:20:32,070 --> 00:20:30,480
on flight day five we have our space

599
00:20:35,270 --> 00:20:32,080
walk

600
00:20:37,669 --> 00:20:35,280
and then pretty much subsequent to that

601
00:20:39,430 --> 00:20:37,679
we have a number of significant blocks

602
00:20:40,950 --> 00:20:39,440
of time where we're doing

603
00:20:41,750 --> 00:20:40,960
pretty much

604
00:20:44,950 --> 00:20:41,760
uh

605
00:20:47,830 --> 00:20:44,960
devoting most of our time to the the sto

606
00:20:50,310 --> 00:20:47,840
the transfer stowage on on stowing and

607
00:20:51,830 --> 00:20:50,320
repacking of the of the mplm

608
00:20:53,190 --> 00:20:51,840
for the things that are returning in the

609
00:20:55,909 --> 00:20:53,200
mplm

610
00:20:58,390 --> 00:20:55,919
so i believe it's um

611
00:20:59,750 --> 00:20:58,400
i'll give you the exact number of hours

612
00:21:01,510 --> 00:20:59,760
we've got

613
00:21:02,630 --> 00:21:01,520
about 30 hours

614
00:21:05,190 --> 00:21:02,640
of

615
00:21:06,230 --> 00:21:05,200
transfer for the mid deck

616
00:21:08,630 --> 00:21:06,240
so that's

617
00:21:10,549 --> 00:21:08,640
that's 30 man hours 30 person hours if

618
00:21:12,710 --> 00:21:10,559
you will of of work that has to be done

619
00:21:15,590 --> 00:21:12,720
to transfer items where the mid deck

620
00:21:18,149 --> 00:21:15,600
alone is concerned and we've got some

621
00:21:20,630 --> 00:21:18,159
nearly 130 hours of multi-purpose

622
00:21:21,669 --> 00:21:20,640
logistic module transfer

623
00:21:24,630 --> 00:21:21,679
so

624
00:21:28,710 --> 00:21:24,640
if you play all that out across

625
00:21:30,630 --> 00:21:28,720
an eight or so docked day mission

626
00:21:32,310 --> 00:21:30,640
plus a day or so

627
00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:32,320
and then you divide that up between the

628
00:21:36,230 --> 00:21:33,760
crew members that we have you can see

629
00:21:37,750 --> 00:21:36,240
that in addition to the other normally

630
00:21:39,750 --> 00:21:37,760
scheduled things that we do for any

631
00:21:41,270 --> 00:21:39,760
shuttle station dock mission

632
00:21:42,630 --> 00:21:41,280
we're going to be able to keep them

633
00:21:45,830 --> 00:21:42,640
pretty busy

634
00:21:47,510 --> 00:21:45,840
and so as is per normal

635
00:21:49,110 --> 00:21:47,520
the space station program and again i

636
00:21:50,230 --> 00:21:49,120
mentioned earlier

637
00:21:52,789 --> 00:21:50,240
they will

638
00:21:55,669 --> 00:21:52,799
talk about this a good deal in their

639
00:21:57,590 --> 00:21:55,679
station mmt tomorrow morning i believe

640
00:21:59,110 --> 00:21:57,600
they will as per normal they will have a

641
00:22:02,149 --> 00:21:59,120
couple of

642
00:22:03,750 --> 00:22:02,159
job jar items undoubtedly

643
00:22:06,230 --> 00:22:03,760
on the space station side that they

644
00:22:08,390 --> 00:22:06,240
would ask for our help with in the event

645
00:22:10,870 --> 00:22:08,400
that we're able to extend a day

646
00:22:12,870 --> 00:22:10,880
so it's kind of like your list that you

647
00:22:14,470 --> 00:22:12,880
have at home right there are always

648
00:22:15,669 --> 00:22:14,480
things there's always work to do on the

649
00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:15,679
house

650
00:22:19,270 --> 00:22:17,679
it doesn't matter how much you've done

651
00:22:21,990 --> 00:22:19,280
already or

652
00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:22,000
or how new or how old the house is

653
00:22:26,390 --> 00:22:24,559
there's always a list of things to do

654
00:22:27,990 --> 00:22:26,400
sometimes it

655
00:22:29,669 --> 00:22:28,000
they're wish list items that you may

656
00:22:31,110 --> 00:22:29,679
never do

657
00:22:32,789 --> 00:22:31,120
and other times they're obviously items

658
00:22:34,630 --> 00:22:32,799
that are maintenance items or otherwise

659
00:22:35,909 --> 00:22:34,640
that you're definitely going to do

660
00:22:37,270 --> 00:22:35,919
and they have the same kind of thing on

661
00:22:39,029 --> 00:22:37,280
the space station

662
00:22:40,870 --> 00:22:39,039
and so

663
00:22:42,149 --> 00:22:40,880
i mentioned that just to say that in

664
00:22:43,750 --> 00:22:42,159
addition to

665
00:22:45,350 --> 00:22:43,760
the additional work that we could do in

666
00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:45,360
terms of stowage and then setting up

667
00:22:49,350 --> 00:22:47,919
things on the station side of all of the

668
00:22:51,510 --> 00:22:49,360
of all of the uh

669
00:22:52,830 --> 00:22:51,520
the cargo that we're bringing up

670
00:22:55,029 --> 00:22:52,840
they will have

671
00:22:56,230 --> 00:22:55,039
unrelated job jar items that they will

672
00:22:59,270 --> 00:22:56,240
ask us to do and they will be

673
00:23:03,110 --> 00:22:59,280
prioritized and i'm

674
00:23:06,549 --> 00:23:04,310
to

675
00:23:08,470 --> 00:23:06,559
have very productive work for our

676
00:23:10,710 --> 00:23:08,480
four-person crew to do if we if we

677
00:23:12,149 --> 00:23:10,720
should extend a day

678
00:23:13,430 --> 00:23:12,159
if i could ask a second question i was

679
00:23:14,870 --> 00:23:13,440
wondering if could you put the

680
00:23:16,310 --> 00:23:14,880
conjunction a little bit of perspective

681
00:23:18,950 --> 00:23:16,320
you know there was the

682
00:23:20,789 --> 00:23:18,960
flyby a week or so ago

683
00:23:22,230 --> 00:23:20,799
you know our readers might suddenly

684
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:22,240
think the thing is being bombarded could

685
00:23:26,310 --> 00:23:24,080
you sort of you know

686
00:23:27,590 --> 00:23:26,320
how often does this come up

687
00:23:29,110 --> 00:23:27,600
well i don't have a number for you in

688
00:23:30,470 --> 00:23:29,120
terms of how often

689
00:23:32,950 --> 00:23:30,480
it's um

690
00:23:36,630 --> 00:23:32,960
it's not uncommon

691
00:23:38,230 --> 00:23:36,640
there's a lot of junk in in orbit and

692
00:23:39,909 --> 00:23:38,240
there are a lot of objects that are

693
00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:39,919
being tracked and we have a very good

694
00:23:42,710 --> 00:23:41,600
process for

695
00:23:47,590 --> 00:23:42,720
for

696
00:23:49,029 --> 00:23:47,600
to avoid them in the in the cases where

697
00:23:51,590 --> 00:23:49,039
we need to avoid them

698
00:23:54,470 --> 00:23:51,600
so it's not uncommon

699
00:23:55,830 --> 00:23:54,480
and and what you see happening is in

700
00:23:58,149 --> 00:23:55,840
part anyway

701
00:24:02,390 --> 00:23:58,159
we have a number of objects that are

702
00:24:05,190 --> 00:24:02,400
essentially spent rocket bodies or other

703
00:24:06,950 --> 00:24:05,200
ranging in size of space debris

704
00:24:08,870 --> 00:24:06,960
and over time these things will drag

705
00:24:10,070 --> 00:24:08,880
down from their from their original

706
00:24:11,669 --> 00:24:10,080
orbits

707
00:24:14,310 --> 00:24:11,679
and so

708
00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:14,320
in some cases um

709
00:24:20,230 --> 00:24:15,840
there's a

710
00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:20,240
debris we see in the orbits that we

711
00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:22,320
worry about over time

712
00:24:26,230 --> 00:24:24,240
and that'll change it's not a constant

713
00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:26,240
it changes because things drag down and

714
00:24:30,630 --> 00:24:27,520
they go away

715
00:24:32,390 --> 00:24:30,640
it changes because new things

716
00:24:33,510 --> 00:24:32,400
are in the orbit

717
00:24:34,310 --> 00:24:33,520
and

718
00:24:36,230 --> 00:24:34,320
so

719
00:24:37,990 --> 00:24:36,240
it's not a a constant that happens once

720
00:24:38,950 --> 00:24:38,000
a day or twice a week or a hundred times

721
00:24:41,269 --> 00:24:38,960
a year

722
00:24:43,110 --> 00:24:41,279
um it's not unusual for us to have to

723
00:24:44,950 --> 00:24:43,120
deal with it we're having to deal with

724
00:24:47,350 --> 00:24:44,960
it more than we did

725
00:24:49,510 --> 00:24:47,360
10 years ago i don't know what it'll be

726
00:24:52,310 --> 00:24:49,520
like 10 years from now but there are a

727
00:24:54,630 --> 00:24:52,320
lot of experts that that could uh

728
00:24:57,430 --> 00:24:54,640
um could give us those prediction and

729
00:24:59,750 --> 00:24:57,440
have given us those us in the larger

730
00:25:01,190 --> 00:24:59,760
sense of a space community given those

731
00:25:03,029 --> 00:25:01,200
predictions to us

732
00:25:06,310 --> 00:25:03,039
and will continue to do so as we go

733
00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:06,320
forward so space debris is an issue and

734
00:25:10,789 --> 00:25:08,559
it's one of the things that as an agency

735
00:25:12,470 --> 00:25:10,799
we have some ideas about

736
00:25:13,830 --> 00:25:12,480
about how we might approach this for

737
00:25:16,149 --> 00:25:13,840
future vehicles

738
00:25:18,310 --> 00:25:16,159
and some ways to to manage things and

739
00:25:22,070 --> 00:25:18,320
it's something that's constantly uh it's

740
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,029
denise

741
00:25:28,549 --> 00:25:27,110
um just a quick clarification and then a

742
00:25:30,710 --> 00:25:28,559
follow-up um

743
00:25:33,190 --> 00:25:30,720
did your team first receive notification

744
00:25:35,669 --> 00:25:33,200
of this potential conjunction this

745
00:25:37,029 --> 00:25:35,679
afternoon or this morning

746
00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:37,039
i believe it was this morning i have to

747
00:25:39,990 --> 00:25:38,480
assume it was this morning i have an

748
00:25:41,350 --> 00:25:40,000
exact time for you because i didn't ask

749
00:25:42,789 --> 00:25:41,360
for the exact time

750
00:25:45,269 --> 00:25:42,799
but i have to assume it was this morning

751
00:25:47,029 --> 00:25:45,279
because i just found out at the mmt and

752
00:25:49,830 --> 00:25:47,039
right after lunchtime

753
00:25:51,029 --> 00:25:49,840
um and then what's the latest time that

754
00:25:52,870 --> 00:25:51,039
you would

755
00:25:55,830 --> 00:25:52,880
want to have a definitive decision about

756
00:25:59,190 --> 00:25:55,840
the adding an extra day

757
00:26:01,909 --> 00:25:59,200
we have a little bit of time to talk the

758
00:26:03,990 --> 00:26:01,919
the team has indicated that if we should

759
00:26:06,070 --> 00:26:04,000
add the plus one day for the doctor

760
00:26:06,870 --> 00:26:06,080
mission they would like to insert it

761
00:26:08,950 --> 00:26:06,880
after

762
00:26:10,870 --> 00:26:08,960
what is today flight day eight in the

763
00:26:13,350 --> 00:26:10,880
nominal timeline

764
00:26:15,190 --> 00:26:13,360
so in order to do that and to do it

765
00:26:16,950 --> 00:26:15,200
efficiently and effectively

766
00:26:19,430 --> 00:26:16,960
you'd really like to start having that

767
00:26:21,669 --> 00:26:19,440
in the new timeline that you published

768
00:26:23,269 --> 00:26:21,679
to the crew on board around about flight

769
00:26:25,029 --> 00:26:23,279
day six

770
00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:25,039
and so if i back up from that it'd be

771
00:26:30,470 --> 00:26:28,640
nice to make a decision by fly day five

772
00:26:32,310 --> 00:26:30,480
it's probably not necessarily required

773
00:26:34,230 --> 00:26:32,320
before flight day six

774
00:26:35,350 --> 00:26:34,240
but i don't see any reason we're not

775
00:26:36,789 --> 00:26:35,360
going to be able to make that decision

776
00:26:39,909 --> 00:26:36,799
in the next day or two so it kind of

777
00:26:45,750 --> 00:26:42,230
okay let's go take a couple of uh phone

778
00:26:51,269 --> 00:26:45,760
bridge call in uh questions marcia dunn

779
00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:53,830
can you hear me there yeah go ahead

780
00:26:58,230 --> 00:26:55,440
yes i'm wondering is there any kind of

781
00:27:00,390 --> 00:26:58,240
early word on just how close that piece

782
00:27:04,549 --> 00:27:00,400
of debris might come to the shuttle

783
00:27:08,470 --> 00:27:06,470
i don't have any information beyond what

784
00:27:10,230 --> 00:27:08,480
i've already told you marcia it was a

785
00:27:12,310 --> 00:27:10,240
preliminary indication that we may have

786
00:27:13,510 --> 00:27:12,320
a conjunction we didn't have an initial

787
00:27:15,029 --> 00:27:13,520
pc

788
00:27:16,390 --> 00:27:15,039
a probability of collision because we

789
00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:16,400
didn't have good enough state vector

790
00:27:21,830 --> 00:27:18,480
information to compute that yet

791
00:27:23,510 --> 00:27:21,840
and so um next time i talk to you we'll

792
00:27:24,549 --> 00:27:23,520
have quite a bit more data on that and

793
00:27:26,630 --> 00:27:24,559
probably

794
00:27:30,470 --> 00:27:26,640
in the interim as well i just don't have

795
00:27:32,310 --> 00:27:30,480
anything uh today in terms of pc

796
00:27:34,070 --> 00:27:32,320
what is the earliest

797
00:27:35,029 --> 00:27:34,080
that the

798
00:27:37,350 --> 00:27:35,039
shuttle

799
00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:37,360
station might perform the avoidance

800
00:27:40,870 --> 00:27:38,960
maneuver might it happen tomorrow would

801
00:27:42,630 --> 00:27:40,880
you tend to wait until uh tuesday

802
00:27:45,990 --> 00:27:42,640
morning

803
00:27:48,710 --> 00:27:46,000
it it it all depends on what the actual

804
00:27:49,909 --> 00:27:48,720
timing of the event is marcia there's a

805
00:27:51,590 --> 00:27:49,919
good chance that

806
00:27:52,950 --> 00:27:51,600
we might do something very late in the

807
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:52,960
day tomorrow

808
00:27:57,029 --> 00:27:55,440
but that means we'd have to have

809
00:27:58,470 --> 00:27:57,039
a lot of data pretty quickly that we

810
00:27:59,909 --> 00:27:58,480
could iterate on

811
00:28:01,269 --> 00:27:59,919
and i don't know what kind of object it

812
00:28:03,669 --> 00:28:01,279
is i don't know what kind of orbit it's

813
00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:03,679
in whether it's in a circular orbit or

814
00:28:07,590 --> 00:28:05,600
in all likelihood it's it's not circular

815
00:28:10,149 --> 00:28:07,600
it's somewhat elliptical

816
00:28:11,750 --> 00:28:10,159
it depends on the orbit it depends on

817
00:28:15,350 --> 00:28:11,760
which direction it's coming from there

818
00:28:19,430 --> 00:28:17,830
when we would want to do a maneuver

819
00:28:20,710 --> 00:28:19,440
but i would tell you it's possible we

820
00:28:22,630 --> 00:28:20,720
could do something as

821
00:28:25,590 --> 00:28:22,640
as early as late tomorrow

822
00:28:27,430 --> 00:28:25,600
um i just don't have enough data to tell

823
00:28:28,830 --> 00:28:27,440
you any more than that because i i don't

824
00:28:31,830 --> 00:28:28,840
know enough about the object in the

825
00:28:33,750 --> 00:28:31,840
orbit thank you

826
00:28:36,470 --> 00:28:33,760
see todd halverson florida today todd

827
00:28:41,830 --> 00:28:39,190
uh yes i am kyle thanks um

828
00:28:44,630 --> 00:28:41,840
uh leroy i was wondering if you could

829
00:28:46,470 --> 00:28:44,640
elaborate a little bit about the process

830
00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:46,480
you'll go through with the solid rocket

831
00:28:52,789 --> 00:28:48,320
boosters once they

832
00:28:55,830 --> 00:28:52,799
are back in port and over at hanger af

833
00:28:57,909 --> 00:28:55,840
and what ultimately is going to happen

834
00:29:00,789 --> 00:28:57,919
with these two

835
00:29:03,110 --> 00:29:00,799
solid rocket boosters are they going to

836
00:29:06,950 --> 00:29:03,120
stay at ksc are they going to utah could

837
00:29:12,310 --> 00:29:09,909
well the normal process in the slip

838
00:29:14,630 --> 00:29:12,320
operations is to begin to prepare the

839
00:29:16,870 --> 00:29:14,640
boosters so that you can

840
00:29:19,430 --> 00:29:16,880
take them out of the water obviously and

841
00:29:22,149 --> 00:29:19,440
then disassemble them

842
00:29:23,350 --> 00:29:22,159
the what we refer to as the the the

843
00:29:25,350 --> 00:29:23,360
booster

844
00:29:27,430 --> 00:29:25,360
aspects of the overall solid rocket

845
00:29:30,230 --> 00:29:27,440
motor or you know the the

846
00:29:31,830 --> 00:29:30,240
the nose cone and the nozzle and and

847
00:29:33,990 --> 00:29:31,840
things that that you can actually

848
00:29:35,430 --> 00:29:34,000
physically take apart and take off of

849
00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:35,440
the top and the bottom of the rocket if

850
00:29:38,389 --> 00:29:36,480
you will

851
00:29:39,990 --> 00:29:38,399
um and then open assessment gets a

852
00:29:42,870 --> 00:29:40,000
little bit more involved in terms of

853
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actually looking inside the motor

854
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ultimately these motors will

855
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the current plan is that they will go

856
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back to atk

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in utah

858
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and i don't know the details of their

859
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okay i think that's awesome thanks

860
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that's all for me kyle okay uh we're

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back here and everybody have any

862
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follow-ups

863
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all right a couple of programming notes

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uh the crew heads to bed as leroy

865
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mentioned around six o'clock today

866
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central time

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flight day three highlights start at

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eight o'clock central

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and of course that'll be on the hour

870
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every hour except for one hour we'll

871
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play the launching our dream special

872
00:30:23,029 --> 00:30:21,600
space shuttle program video if you

873
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:23,039
haven't seen that take a look at that

874
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that will be at 10 pm

875
00:30:30,789 --> 00:30:28,399
the next mission status briefing is at 8

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30 tomorrow morning so a little earlier

877
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than usual

878
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and

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the next mmt briefing we'll have is

880
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tomorrow afternoon at three same time

881
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after the meeting which is at one

882
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o'clock central um it's all out there on

883
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a nasa television schedule we're up to

884
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rev c

885
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right now so be sure to look for that

886
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out on the web at

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www.nasa.gov slash shuttle tv

888
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and

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we'll again we'll be back here tomorrow

890
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after the mmt so thanks a lot leroy and

891
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thanks everybody we'll head back to

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hi i'm michelle savoie lawrence baitland

893
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i'm faith knutson i'm taylor rasca i'm

894
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julie bryce field i'm erica halsey and

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we're the biomedical flight controllers