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good afternoon everyone this is the

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pre-launch news conference

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for juneau which will be on its way to

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jupiter on friday morning aboard

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an atlas v rocket

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and here to talk about the juno mission

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and the atlas launch and our weather

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forecast for friday morning

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is colleen hartman the assistant

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associate administrator from the science

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mission directorate

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omar baez the nasa launch director from

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vernon thorpe the program manager for

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nasa missions from the united launch

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jan chodas the juno project manager from

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tim gasparini the juno program manager

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and captain billy wisel the launch

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weather officer from the 45th weather

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squadron at cape canaveral air force

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and we'll begin first with opening

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comments from colleen hartman colleen

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thank you george

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we stand today on the edge of a new

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frontier

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areas of science and space

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nasa created the new frontiers program

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in order to allow scientists to

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investigate those uncharted areas in the

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the juno mission is part of the new

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frontiers program and it has been under

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development for some years now

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over many continents

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and the most incredible

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thing about it right now is that it has

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remained on schedule and within budget

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this is a true testament to the

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management of the program

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and i want to personally congratulate

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scott bolton the principal investigator

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from southwest research institute

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the jet propulsion lab who's responsible

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for project management oversight

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the lockheed martin corporation that

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built the spacecraft bus

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and many other contributors including

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the goddard space flight center the

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applied physics lab several u.s

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university and

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numerous

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international contributions and jan in a

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little while will give you the details

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about that information but

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congratulations to you all now my job

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here is to tell you a little bit about

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what we're doing this year in space and

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earth science at nasa

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earlier this year we put a spacecraft

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into orbit around messenger that's the

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first spacecraft to ever orbit that

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we also launched a mission to study sea

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surface salinity here on mother earth

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and understand its relationship to the

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water cycle

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we also put into orbit a spacecraft to

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orbit a main belt asteroid again all of

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these are complete first

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the second half of 2011 is no less

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we have nearly twin spacecraft which

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will go to the moon we have a space

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spacecraft which will launch which will

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look at weather prediction here on earth

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and last but not least is the mars

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science laboratory launch in november of

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this year and this behemoth has more

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science capacity on it than anything

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else we've ever landed on the red planet

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it will help us determine whether there

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was is or ever will be perhaps

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microbial life on mars

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so now that we've looked into the future

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i want to take your attention to the

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past well 300 or so years into the past

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when sir isaac newton used the first

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telescope this newfangled gadget that

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they had created high tech technology

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and he peered up at the giant red spot

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of jupiter

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afterwards he wrote

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if i have seen further than others it is

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because i've stood on the shoulders of

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right now the juno spacecraft is

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standing on the shoulders of the atlas v

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and it will be launched into space into

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the unknown because of the creativity of

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our scientists

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because of the tenacity of our engineers

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and because of the foresight of the

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american people who know that we must

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explore the new frontiers of science and

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go atlas go juno

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thank you george thank you colleen

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and now to omar baez the nasa launch

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director from the kennedy space center

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omar thank you george

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uh thank you for being here it's a

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pleasure uh representing the

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hundreds of employees of nasa's launch

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that made this giant that colleen talked

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let me start with taking you back a

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it's the atlas 551 we're flying

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that's a an atlas 500 series

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about a hundred thousand pounds

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this rocket on friday these are the the

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the crew brief and the decision to

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start bright and early on friday morning

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thank you all right thanks omar

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and now to vernon thorpe the program

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manager for nasa missions from united

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launch alliance firm thank you george

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i'm here today on behalf of michael gass

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our president and ceo and the 3 700

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the launch of juno this will be ula's

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eighth launch of the year and it marks

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coordination the tempo and the precision

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approximately six minutes and it will

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place juno into a low earth parking

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after we shut down the engine for the

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first time we'll enter a coast that will

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last about 33 minutes

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and when we get into the right location

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for the second engine burn we'll light

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the engine again we'll burn for about

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nine minutes on that second engine burn

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and that will put

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when that second engine burn is complete

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we'll orient juno to the proper

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attitude for separation we'll initiate

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that separation sequence

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and juno is on its way and as juno

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leaves earth orbit the centaur upper

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stage will do a series of collision and

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contamination avoidance maneuvers to get

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ula ula

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is proud to serve a critical role

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in delivering these one-of-a-kind nasa

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science payloads to support the overall

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global science community

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and the mission that you'll see us

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launch on friday represents the

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culmination of years of hard work by

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both the spacecraft team and the nasa

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and the ula launch teams

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we anticipate our atlas 5 will perform

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exceptionally well and

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we're looking forward to the science

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that we get back from juno to help us

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learn more about jupiter and about the

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evolution of our entire solar system

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back to you george thank you

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and now to jan chodes the juno project

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manager from the jet propulsion

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laboratory in pasadena jan

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thank you george

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i wanted to start off by just letting

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you know that we had our launch

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readiness review this morning everything

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went well at that review

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all the systems are ready to proceed

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with the last two days of our launch

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campaign and

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are really looking forward to getting

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off the ground on friday

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i wanted to build a little on what

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colleen said about our extended juno

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juno was really a national and

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international team scott bolton the

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principal investigator comes from

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southwest research institute as do the

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jade and uvs instruments

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jade being the

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jovian auroral distributions experiment

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and uvs the ultraviolet spectrometer

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part of uvs was contributed from belgium

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and part of the jade instrument came

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from france as a contribution

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jpl

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was

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on board to manage the project we also

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contributed part of the

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spacecraft systems the telecom system as

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well as the microwave radiometer

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goddard space flight center contrib is

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developed the

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magnetometer with um a contribution also

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from denmark for the advanced stellar

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compass

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we also have instruments coming from

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university of iowa the waves instrument

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we have um

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gerum instrument contributed from the

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italian space agency as well as the cave

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and translator which is part of the

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gravity science experiment

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we also have junocam on board from male

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and space science systems which is an

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thank you i knew i knew i was forgetting

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one of the instruments that starts with

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j so j is the jedi from applied physics

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laboratory is the juno energetic

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i'd also like to point out that it's not

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just the people on the teams that i've

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mentioned who

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are part of getting juno to

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this point in its life cycle and making

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us

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being able to be ready for launch but

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it's also the families that support all

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of those folks

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across the juno team across the extended

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juno team with

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the ksc

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and ula

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fortress participations as well so i i

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really wanted to thank and acknowledge

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the contributions of all of the team

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members as well as the the family

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support

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now vern showed what's going to happen

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for the

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rocket i'd like to show you a little

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animation that talks about what we do

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after we separate from the centaur

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could i have the animation so here we

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are lifting off and we quickly end up on

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the centaur

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spinning us up to 1.4 rpm

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we separate from the centaur

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about five minutes after separation we

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deploy the solar arrays

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takes a couple minutes to get those

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arrays out

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we will have acquired our

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signal over the canberra deep space

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network stations by this point in time

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we should be left at an attitude that

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points the solar rays at the sun if they

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are not already pointing at the sun we

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will first spin up to our nominal cruise

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spin rate of about 1 rpm and then we

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will precess the spacecraft to point the

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arrays at the sun so that we can get

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sunlight on the solar cells and start

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recharging the batteries

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we will do a health and status quick

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look poll about two hours after launch

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that will give us our first indications

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of the health of the spacecraft and then

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three hours after launch we have a more

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in-depth survey of all of the spacecraft

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subsystems to understand

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how well they're performing and then

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about six hours after launch we have a

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comprehensive

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rundown of all the spacecraft subsystems

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and their health and status

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uh finally i'd like to show the

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trajectory from the earth to jupiter

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because we

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we don't go straight on that trajectory

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let me show the next animation please

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here we are launching in august we go

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out past the orbit of mars into the

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asteroid belt we have two deep space

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maneuvers about four days apart each

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burns about 30 minutes that targets us

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to come back and buy the earth we fly by

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at about a 500 kilometer altitude

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we swing by that's october 2013. uh that

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swings us out to jupiter

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we have hopefully a quiet cruise to

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breathe for a minute in between there

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and then we come up on our jupiter

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approach about a year before

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we arrive we will start our preparations

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for the approach campaign the jupiter

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orbit insertion burn which happens on

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july 4th eastern daylight time 2016. we

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will go into 107 day

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capture orbit we will do a period

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reduction maneuver another burn with our

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main engine to bring our orbit down to

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about an eleven day elliptical orbit and

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then we will do a couple of setup orbits

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and then launch into our 30 elliptical

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11-day science orbits to capture our

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science data

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thanks george

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now to tim gasparini the juno program

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manager from lockheed martin space

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systems the builders of the juno

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spacecraft tim thank you george lockheed

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martin is thrilled to have had the

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opportunity to partner with jpl on the

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development of the juno spacecraft

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i'd like to summarize for you now some

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of the processing we've done in florida

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and go over the next few days of

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spacecraft activity as we get ready for

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launch so if you would roll the

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thanks judo was assembled in denver at

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our facility there we started assembly

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in april of 2010 and the bus and the

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high gain were shipped separately

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on the c-17 we arrived here on the 8th

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of april we transported the spacecraft

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over to the facility at astrotech where

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we integrated it

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once we were at astrotech we removed the

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spacecraft from the shipping container

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and placed it on the rotation fixture so

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that we could have access to all parts

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of the large spacecraft

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uh one of the first things that we did

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was remove the highgate antenna from its

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shipping container and place it on the

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spacecraft and we ran a series of

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electrical and mechanical tests to make

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sure that we had properly reinstalled it

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to the spacecraft

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the solar arrays were shipped about

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three weeks prior to the spacecraft by

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truck and they arrived here so that we

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could do some pre-integration work on

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them we checked all of the cells on the

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spacecraft and we also installed the

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thermal blankets and the some of the

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harnessing finished up some of the

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harnessing on the on the solar rays

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we also put them on their large strong

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backs that we use to install them onto

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the spacecraft

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each of the arrays is retested

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after we get them on the spacecraft

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this serves two purposes

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the first is that we by installing and

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firing a set of test separation nuts we

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can check out the

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pyro system on the spacecraft to make

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sure that it is properly configured

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after the sept nuts are fired we

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will hand deploy

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the spacecraft

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and

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cabling are performing properly

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as you can see there's a large the solar

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rays are very large that solar array the

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wing one is 34 feet long

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there's a gravity offload fixture that

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is used to support the spacecraft or to

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support the solar ray

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as part of that installation we also do

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electrical checkouts and we illuminate

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the so the solar arrays and block

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portions of the cells so that we can

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verify that the solar arrays are

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properly connected and mated to the

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spacecraft

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after illumination

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we all the arrays are finally stowed for

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flight and we fuel the spacecraft and

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then we take it over to the it's on the

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spin balance

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fixture right there and we do a spin

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test where we determine the mass

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properties of the spacecraft and compare

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it to our

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solid model that we have and make sure

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that we've got the proper mass

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properties

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after the spin test we transfer onto the

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launch vehicle adapter and then go over

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to the encapsulation area where the ula

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has been working on the fairing and we

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are then encapsulated and ready to go to

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to transport out to the pad

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we're then

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attached onto the kmag and we are rolled

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out to the pad it takes about four or

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five hours to get out there and we're

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stacked on top of the

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on top of the atlas

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where we are today is that the

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spacecraft has been tested by itself

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we've run a series of electrical tests

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on the spacecraft and it's fine we've

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run some integrated tests with the

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launch vehicle and those went very well

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we've powered up for the final time and

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the spacecraft is sitting quiescent

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waiting for the launch what will happen

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between now and then is at about 2 hours

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and 15 minutes prior to launch we will

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open one of our latch valves to prepare

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the propulsion system

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for launch

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and then we'll do a series of sequence

567
00:22:40,070 --> 00:22:37,760
activities where we'll

568
00:22:41,750 --> 00:22:40,080
adjust heaters turn heaters on and get

569
00:22:44,070 --> 00:22:41,760
the spacecraft finally configured for

570
00:22:46,390 --> 00:22:44,080
its launch at nine minutes prior to

571
00:22:48,710 --> 00:22:46,400
launch we'll go on internal power

572
00:22:52,070 --> 00:22:48,720
and we will sit and wait for the uh

573
00:22:55,110 --> 00:22:52,080
hopefully the launch on friday of juneau

574
00:22:58,950 --> 00:22:55,120
uh thank you all right thanks tim

575
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:01,830
as captivity

576
00:23:05,510 --> 00:23:03,430
captain billy wesley will launch weather

577
00:23:07,270 --> 00:23:05,520
officer from 45th weather squadron on

578
00:23:09,830 --> 00:23:07,280
cape canaveral air force station captain

579
00:23:11,830 --> 00:23:09,840
whistle thank you very much again my

580
00:23:13,909 --> 00:23:11,840
name is billy wisel here representing

581
00:23:15,590 --> 00:23:13,919
the 45th space wing 45th operations

582
00:23:17,669 --> 00:23:15,600
group 45th weather squadron and i'm just

583
00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:17,679
truly excited to be a part of this team

584
00:23:22,390 --> 00:23:20,240
and the mission i find this mission very

585
00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:22,400
interesting but i want to jump right

586
00:23:27,190 --> 00:23:24,480
into the forecast and the official

587
00:23:30,230 --> 00:23:27,200
forecast for day of launch activities

588
00:23:32,149 --> 00:23:30,240
right now we're expecting at t-0 we're

589
00:23:33,350 --> 00:23:32,159
expecting sky conditions to be scattered

590
00:23:35,350 --> 00:23:33,360
3000

591
00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:35,360
and scattered 25 000

592
00:23:40,870 --> 00:23:37,760
visibility unrestricted winds are going

593
00:23:43,590 --> 00:23:40,880
to be from the southwest 12 gusts 16

594
00:23:44,950 --> 00:23:43,600
knots right now and the only weather

595
00:23:46,789 --> 00:23:44,960
that we're expecting in the area is just

596
00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:46,799
isolated showers which we've been seeing

597
00:23:51,110 --> 00:23:48,720
for the past several days right around

598
00:23:53,990 --> 00:23:51,120
sea breeze onset we get the chance for

599
00:23:56,310 --> 00:23:54,000
showers but we only expect a 30 chance

600
00:23:58,950 --> 00:23:56,320
for any of the weather launch constraint

601
00:24:01,350 --> 00:23:58,960
violations at this time primary concern

602
00:24:02,630 --> 00:24:01,360
for a violation would be the cumulus

603
00:24:05,430 --> 00:24:02,640
cloud rule

604
00:24:06,390 --> 00:24:05,440
with a 24-hour delay

605
00:24:07,990 --> 00:24:06,400
uh

606
00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:08,000
weather conditions actually get a little

607
00:24:12,470 --> 00:24:10,000
bit worse uh we're expecting scattered

608
00:24:15,029 --> 00:24:12,480
skies 3000 scattered eight and broken at

609
00:24:17,590 --> 00:24:15,039
25 again however we're expecting winds

610
00:24:19,590 --> 00:24:17,600
to be out of the northeast

611
00:24:21,190 --> 00:24:19,600
15 gusts 20 knots

612
00:24:23,430 --> 00:24:21,200
with again isolated showers and

613
00:24:25,029 --> 00:24:23,440
thunderstorms in the area and we expect

614
00:24:26,870 --> 00:24:25,039
a chance for weather to violate the

615
00:24:30,149 --> 00:24:26,880
launch weather constraints that's set at

616
00:24:31,510 --> 00:24:30,159
60 percent for a 24 hour delay

617
00:24:35,029 --> 00:24:31,520
and

618
00:24:37,590 --> 00:24:35,039
could you cue up the satellite image

619
00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:37,600
just wanted to show you uh right now as

620
00:24:41,909 --> 00:24:39,279
of 11 o'clock

621
00:24:44,470 --> 00:24:41,919
this morning uh latest telemetry for a

622
00:24:46,549 --> 00:24:44,480
tropical storm emily placed the center

623
00:24:48,470 --> 00:24:46,559
of the storm 125 miles

624
00:24:52,470 --> 00:24:48,480
south of santa domingo of the dominican

625
00:24:54,789 --> 00:24:52,480
republic and or 906 miles southeast of

626
00:24:56,710 --> 00:24:54,799
cape canaveral air force station maximum

627
00:24:58,950 --> 00:24:56,720
winds with this storm are 45 knots with

628
00:25:01,510 --> 00:24:58,960
gusts of 55 knots and present movement

629
00:25:03,350 --> 00:25:01,520
is towards the west at 12 knots however

630
00:25:05,590 --> 00:25:03,360
in the north atlantic

631
00:25:07,430 --> 00:25:05,600
we have a high pressure ridge and then

632
00:25:08,710 --> 00:25:07,440
over the eastern half of the united

633
00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:08,720
states we also have another high

634
00:25:13,590 --> 00:25:10,720
pressure ridge between those two we have

635
00:25:15,590 --> 00:25:13,600
a area of troughing which is actually

636
00:25:18,470 --> 00:25:15,600
going to steer tropical storm emily up

637
00:25:20,950 --> 00:25:18,480
towards the northwest and eventually

638
00:25:22,070 --> 00:25:20,960
skirt along the eastern portion of

639
00:25:24,310 --> 00:25:22,080
florida

640
00:25:26,230 --> 00:25:24,320
and right now the forecast tracks have

641
00:25:27,510 --> 00:25:26,240
been pretty consistent from the model

642
00:25:30,870 --> 00:25:27,520
runs

643
00:25:32,470 --> 00:25:30,880
they've been running the tracks have

644
00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:32,480
been slowly working their way towards

645
00:25:36,549 --> 00:25:34,960
the east unfortunately right now it's

646
00:25:38,630 --> 00:25:36,559
too far out to

647
00:25:40,230 --> 00:25:38,640
say with any absolute certainty the

648
00:25:41,669 --> 00:25:40,240
exact center and location where the

649
00:25:44,070 --> 00:25:41,679
storm is going to be and what the exact

650
00:25:46,950 --> 00:25:44,080
intensity and

651
00:25:48,390 --> 00:25:46,960
the distance that the strong winds

652
00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:48,400
particularly 50 knot winds are going to

653
00:25:51,909 --> 00:25:49,760
be out from the center of the storm but

654
00:25:54,070 --> 00:25:51,919
right now we are not forecasting for any

655
00:25:55,990 --> 00:25:54,080
of those winds to impact us

656
00:25:57,990 --> 00:25:56,000
on the plus side anytime you have a

657
00:26:00,070 --> 00:25:58,000
tropical system that's in an area you

658
00:26:01,510 --> 00:26:00,080
get an area of substance sinking air

659
00:26:03,269 --> 00:26:01,520
around the storm which actually brings

660
00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:03,279
you favorable conditions particularly

661
00:26:05,990 --> 00:26:04,400
for our launch

662
00:26:07,909 --> 00:26:06,000
so

663
00:26:08,710 --> 00:26:07,919
that concludes the bulk of my weather

664
00:26:10,630 --> 00:26:08,720
brief

665
00:26:13,029 --> 00:26:10,640
all right thank you captain and we're

666
00:26:14,549 --> 00:26:13,039
ready now to take questions uh please be

667
00:26:16,390 --> 00:26:14,559
sure to give your name an affiliation

668
00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:16,400
when you get the microphone and we'll

669
00:26:20,149 --> 00:26:18,320
start near the front with marcia

670
00:26:23,190 --> 00:26:20,159
marshad an associated press for dr

671
00:26:24,789 --> 00:26:23,200
hartman um this lunch is coming so close

672
00:26:26,230 --> 00:26:24,799
on the heels of the end of the shuttle

673
00:26:28,070 --> 00:26:26,240
program could you just sort of from

674
00:26:30,070 --> 00:26:28,080
nasa's perspective

675
00:26:31,669 --> 00:26:30,080
talk about the end of one era the

676
00:26:32,710 --> 00:26:31,679
opening of a new one perhaps the new

677
00:26:35,190 --> 00:26:32,720
frontier

678
00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:35,200
post you know pre

679
00:26:40,149 --> 00:26:37,039
you know post shuttle and

680
00:26:43,350 --> 00:26:40,950
well

681
00:26:45,990 --> 00:26:43,360
the nasa administrator has laid out i

682
00:26:47,430 --> 00:26:46,000
think a clear plan for the follow-on to

683
00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:47,440
the shuttle

684
00:26:54,230 --> 00:26:50,320
my involvement is deeply into space and

685
00:26:56,950 --> 00:26:54,240
earth science and i think we continue

686
00:26:59,669 --> 00:26:56,960
the vein of success we've had and i

687
00:27:01,029 --> 00:26:59,679
believe 2011 that the list of missions i

688
00:27:03,750 --> 00:27:01,039
gave you

689
00:27:05,510 --> 00:27:03,760
shows that we still continue an exciting

690
00:27:08,230 --> 00:27:05,520
group of missions

691
00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:08,240
space and earth science also have a role

692
00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:10,640
to play in how humans explore the

693
00:27:15,750 --> 00:27:13,360
universe and so it's important that in

694
00:27:19,669 --> 00:27:15,760
fact both these sides of the house do

695
00:27:20,870 --> 00:27:19,679
well in future and i believe they will

696
00:27:26,070 --> 00:27:20,880
jay

697
00:27:29,110 --> 00:27:26,080
george what are we going to see on the

698
00:27:30,789 --> 00:27:29,120
way up for television on staging are we

699
00:27:32,630 --> 00:27:30,799
going to have cameras on board that's

700
00:27:34,789 --> 00:27:32,640
going to show us several we have two but

701
00:27:36,549 --> 00:27:34,799
i think vern can answer that yes that's

702
00:27:38,710 --> 00:27:36,559
correct we have two cameras on this

703
00:27:40,870 --> 00:27:38,720
vehicle we have an aft facing camera on

704
00:27:43,430 --> 00:27:40,880
the booster so we may have an

705
00:27:45,590 --> 00:27:43,440
opportunity to see some video you know

706
00:27:47,909 --> 00:27:45,600
during liftoff and we also have a

707
00:27:49,669 --> 00:27:47,919
forward-facing camera up on centaur it's

708
00:27:52,149 --> 00:27:49,679
primarily there to observe spacecraft

709
00:27:53,909 --> 00:27:52,159
separation uh providing that the link

710
00:27:55,990 --> 00:27:53,919
margins are strong enough

711
00:27:58,149 --> 00:27:56,000
on the australian tracking stations that

712
00:28:00,470 --> 00:27:58,159
will be providing that coverage

713
00:28:03,190 --> 00:28:00,480
okay and the second one

714
00:28:04,950 --> 00:28:03,200
what's the difference between this atlas

715
00:28:06,950 --> 00:28:04,960
that you're flying tomorrow and the one

716
00:28:08,310 --> 00:28:06,960
put john glenn in orbit i'm going back

717
00:28:10,389 --> 00:28:08,320
to the balloon

718
00:28:12,710 --> 00:28:10,399
and i see the lockheed martin guy

719
00:28:15,750 --> 00:28:12,720
smiling here

720
00:28:18,549 --> 00:28:15,760
i'll uh i'll take a shot at that one

721
00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:18,559
well in addition to uh what is it about

722
00:28:23,110 --> 00:28:21,919
about 50 years of experience

723
00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:23,120
you know the

724
00:28:26,070 --> 00:28:24,480
the vehicle

725
00:28:27,909 --> 00:28:26,080
has a heritage of about 50 years a

726
00:28:29,029 --> 00:28:27,919
little bit more than 50 years now as you

727
00:28:31,190 --> 00:28:29,039
know

728
00:28:32,470 --> 00:28:31,200
during that time period the vehicle has

729
00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:32,480
continually

730
00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:35,200
been improved in terms of reliability in

731
00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:37,760
terms of performance capability

732
00:28:41,510 --> 00:28:40,480
so in some ways it's very similar to the

733
00:28:43,830 --> 00:28:41,520
original

734
00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:43,840
vehicle but in many ways it's it's been

735
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:45,600
improved to maintain it as a

736
00:28:49,430 --> 00:28:47,279
state-of-the-art vehicle

737
00:28:50,870 --> 00:28:49,440
and i think the phrase was used earlier

738
00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:50,880
in the press conference about standing

739
00:28:54,710 --> 00:28:52,640
on the shoulders of giants i know that

740
00:28:56,549 --> 00:28:54,720
that those of us working on the atlas

741
00:28:59,830 --> 00:28:56,559
program today certainly feel that way

742
00:29:02,870 --> 00:28:59,840
there are two generations of

743
00:29:04,470 --> 00:29:02,880
incredible engineers and mechanics and

744
00:29:06,630 --> 00:29:04,480
technicians

745
00:29:08,230 --> 00:29:06,640
that came before us

746
00:29:10,389 --> 00:29:08,240
the most obvious difference is this

747
00:29:11,909 --> 00:29:10,399
rocket is a lot bigger we did a walk

748
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:11,919
down on the pad this morning and i was

749
00:29:16,149 --> 00:29:14,240
pointing out to a couple of my nasa

750
00:29:18,389 --> 00:29:16,159
colleagues that if you took two

751
00:29:20,710 --> 00:29:18,399
of these solid rocket boosters on this

752
00:29:22,310 --> 00:29:20,720
vehicle and put them side by side

753
00:29:24,070 --> 00:29:22,320
you would have a shape that's about the

754
00:29:26,630 --> 00:29:24,080
same size as the vehicle that launched

755
00:29:28,710 --> 00:29:26,640
john glenn each one of those srbs is 70

756
00:29:30,389 --> 00:29:28,720
feet long and 5 feet across so two of

757
00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:30,399
them side by side it'd be 10 feet across

758
00:29:34,310 --> 00:29:32,480
70 feet high and that's approximately

759
00:29:35,190 --> 00:29:34,320
the size of those early atlases that we

760
00:29:36,789 --> 00:29:35,200
flew

761
00:29:39,269 --> 00:29:36,799
so we're a lot bigger we're a lot more

762
00:29:41,669 --> 00:29:39,279
powerful we're a lot more reliable and

763
00:29:44,149 --> 00:29:41,679
we're continuing to improve

764
00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:44,159
mercury atlas was essentially a balloon

765
00:29:48,470 --> 00:29:46,320
had to be under pressure all the time do

766
00:29:49,990 --> 00:29:48,480
you still have to keep atlas this atlas

767
00:29:52,149 --> 00:29:50,000
you have under

768
00:29:54,310 --> 00:29:52,159
pressure at all times in order to keep

769
00:29:56,230 --> 00:29:54,320
it from collapsing we used that

770
00:29:57,909 --> 00:29:56,240
stainless steel balloon concept up

771
00:29:59,830 --> 00:29:57,919
through the atlas 3 vehicles when we

772
00:30:01,830 --> 00:29:59,840
went to atlas 5

773
00:30:04,710 --> 00:30:01,840
we went to a structurally stabilized

774
00:30:07,350 --> 00:30:04,720
booster the centaur upper stage however

775
00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:07,360
still uses that thin stainless steel

776
00:30:12,470 --> 00:30:09,520
balloon concept so

777
00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:12,480
for the centaur upper stage we maintain

778
00:30:15,669 --> 00:30:14,080
5 psi

779
00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:15,679
pressure to maintain the structural

780
00:30:19,350 --> 00:30:17,200
rigidity of the tank

781
00:30:20,789 --> 00:30:19,360
and we'll also supplement that by always

782
00:30:22,230 --> 00:30:20,799
almost always having the vehicle in

783
00:30:24,870 --> 00:30:22,240
stretch so that if we ever lose the

784
00:30:26,470 --> 00:30:24,880
pressurization it's still safe but we no

785
00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:26,480
longer have to do that on the atlas

786
00:30:30,950 --> 00:30:28,960
booster itself thank you

787
00:30:32,389 --> 00:30:30,960
right here leo enright with irish

788
00:30:34,470 --> 00:30:32,399
television just wondering about the

789
00:30:36,549 --> 00:30:34,480
ground track after launch where it takes

790
00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:36,559
you bringing you into night time of

791
00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:37,840
course so i'm wondering will it be

792
00:30:41,830 --> 00:30:40,080
visible to viewers on the ground and

793
00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:41,840
will the second

794
00:30:47,830 --> 00:30:44,720
centaur burn uh be visible in australia

795
00:30:51,830 --> 00:30:49,590
i'm not sure we have a good answer for

796
00:30:53,669 --> 00:30:51,840
that right now i i don't know

797
00:30:55,590 --> 00:30:53,679
i suppose if you have a powerful enough

798
00:30:56,950 --> 00:30:55,600
telescope or if you're looking in the

799
00:30:59,350 --> 00:30:56,960
right place you might be able to see it

800
00:31:02,630 --> 00:30:59,360
we have had previous

801
00:31:04,549 --> 00:31:02,640
centaurs that you could see

802
00:31:06,549 --> 00:31:04,559
especially if the centaur is still in

803
00:31:07,990 --> 00:31:06,559
sunlight and even though it's dark on

804
00:31:09,669 --> 00:31:08,000
the ground but if the centaur's in total

805
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:09,679
darkness then it would be tough to see

806
00:31:13,430 --> 00:31:11,279
anything

807
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:13,440
hi angela swafford with muy interesante

808
00:31:17,269 --> 00:31:15,760
i think maybe for lockheed martin

809
00:31:19,190 --> 00:31:17,279
with juno being

810
00:31:22,870 --> 00:31:19,200
such an interesting spacecraft in terms

811
00:31:27,430 --> 00:31:24,870
cells is this the beginning of a new

812
00:31:30,549 --> 00:31:27,440
trend in nasa is trying to use now solar

813
00:31:33,269 --> 00:31:30,559
power for next vehicles

814
00:31:34,230 --> 00:31:33,279
we've used solar power for all of our um

815
00:31:35,590 --> 00:31:34,240
all of the spacecraft all the

816
00:31:39,509 --> 00:31:35,600
interplanetary spacecraft that we've

817
00:31:40,789 --> 00:31:39,519
done for um dunford for nasa and for jpl

818
00:31:43,029 --> 00:31:40,799
we've launched a number of spacecraft to

819
00:31:46,149 --> 00:31:43,039
mars with these uh similar designs for

820
00:31:49,590 --> 00:31:46,159
our solar panels and um we had the

821
00:31:52,070 --> 00:31:49,600
ability on juno to be able to um to use

822
00:31:53,990 --> 00:31:52,080
solar cells for the specific

823
00:31:56,389 --> 00:31:54,000
mission that we had that we could do on

824
00:31:59,269 --> 00:31:56,399
juno where we were always in sunlight

825
00:32:01,110 --> 00:31:59,279
where we'd have to go back behind the

826
00:32:04,789 --> 00:32:01,120
back behind jupiter and to have an

827
00:32:06,230 --> 00:32:04,799
eclipse jupiter is a big planet and

828
00:32:07,590 --> 00:32:06,240
we probably wouldn't be able to do that

829
00:32:09,269 --> 00:32:07,600
but because of the specific mission

830
00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:09,279
design that we have on juno we're able

831
00:32:18,470 --> 00:32:15,830
ken hi ken kramer for space flight

832
00:32:20,310 --> 00:32:18,480
magazine uh for vernon thirp i think um

833
00:32:21,509 --> 00:32:20,320
can you tell us the differences in this

834
00:32:23,269 --> 00:32:21,519
atlas v

835
00:32:25,509 --> 00:32:23,279
compared to new horizons which i think

836
00:32:27,590 --> 00:32:25,519
was a previous most powerful version and

837
00:32:29,590 --> 00:32:27,600
i'm also wondering about the

838
00:32:31,190 --> 00:32:29,600
weather constraints on on the rollout

839
00:32:34,470 --> 00:32:31,200
tomorrow thank you

840
00:32:36,630 --> 00:32:34,480
okay this vehicle is very similar to the

841
00:32:39,430 --> 00:32:36,640
one that we use for pluto new horizons

842
00:32:42,389 --> 00:32:39,440
they're both 551s in fact pluto new

843
00:32:44,230 --> 00:32:42,399
horizons was the first atlas 5 551

844
00:32:46,389 --> 00:32:44,240
and this will be the second

845
00:32:47,590 --> 00:32:46,399
so we've flown

846
00:32:49,430 --> 00:32:47,600
you're probably aware we have many

847
00:32:51,509 --> 00:32:49,440
different configurations

848
00:32:54,070 --> 00:32:51,519
of the atlas but this is only the second

849
00:32:55,990 --> 00:32:54,080
one that you used all five srbs so in

850
00:32:57,750 --> 00:32:56,000
that sense

851
00:32:59,350 --> 00:32:57,760
for all practical purposes it's almost

852
00:33:00,789 --> 00:32:59,360
identical to the version we use for

853
00:33:02,470 --> 00:33:00,799
pluto new horizons there's minor

854
00:33:03,990 --> 00:33:02,480
differences like

855
00:33:05,590 --> 00:33:04,000
the size of the access doors and the

856
00:33:07,990 --> 00:33:05,600
fairing and things like that but it's

857
00:33:09,269 --> 00:33:08,000
essentially the same vehicle

858
00:33:10,470 --> 00:33:09,279
as far as

859
00:33:12,549 --> 00:33:10,480
could you repeat the question about the

860
00:33:14,470 --> 00:33:12,559
weather constraints trains

861
00:33:16,070 --> 00:33:14,480
for rollout what what are they you know

862
00:33:18,070 --> 00:33:16,080
you're going to make a decision i guess

863
00:33:19,669 --> 00:33:18,080
you said it uh

864
00:33:21,269 --> 00:33:19,679
uh sometime tomorrow morning whether

865
00:33:23,029 --> 00:33:21,279
you'll roll it out you talked about the

866
00:33:25,350 --> 00:33:23,039
launch constraint i'm wondering about

867
00:33:27,029 --> 00:33:25,360
the rollout constraint yeah i think uh

868
00:33:28,630 --> 00:33:27,039
the main thing we'll be focusing on is

869
00:33:30,870 --> 00:33:28,640
wins but i think i'll defer to omar on

870
00:33:33,269 --> 00:33:30,880
that he's more familiar with it okay for

871
00:33:35,350 --> 00:33:33,279
the rollout tomorrow the wind constraint

872
00:33:38,310 --> 00:33:35,360
we're well under the wind constraint uh

873
00:33:40,549 --> 00:33:38,320
it's 42 knots our main concern right now

874
00:33:42,630 --> 00:33:40,559
is if for example

875
00:33:45,190 --> 00:33:42,640
we make an attempt on friday and have to

876
00:33:47,909 --> 00:33:45,200
scrub that attempt and cannot make it

877
00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:47,919
into six in the 69-minute window

878
00:33:52,710 --> 00:33:50,320
and then we have to roll back or

879
00:33:54,789 --> 00:33:52,720
re-attempt on the next day that next day

880
00:33:56,870 --> 00:33:54,799
you notice the weather officer says the

881
00:33:59,269 --> 00:33:56,880
the winds are predicted to come up a

882
00:34:01,669 --> 00:33:59,279
little bit depending on where that storm

883
00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:01,679
emily traces whether it's

884
00:34:04,789 --> 00:34:03,360
a little bit to the west or a little bit

885
00:34:07,590 --> 00:34:04,799
to the east

886
00:34:10,230 --> 00:34:07,600
it makes the conditions

887
00:34:13,270 --> 00:34:10,240
um either better or worse for us if it

888
00:34:15,109 --> 00:34:13,280
stays to the east that's our most

889
00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:15,119
or if it breaks up altogether that's our

890
00:34:20,550 --> 00:34:18,240
best solution if it comes closer to us

891
00:34:22,470 --> 00:34:20,560
we have a concern

892
00:34:25,030 --> 00:34:22,480
we don't want to leave the vehicle and

893
00:34:27,349 --> 00:34:25,040
the spacecraft exposed

894
00:34:29,190 --> 00:34:27,359
to to the winds and and the rainstorm

895
00:34:31,430 --> 00:34:29,200
although structurally it can handle it

896
00:34:32,389 --> 00:34:31,440
it's it's probably not the wise thing to

897
00:34:33,589 --> 00:34:32,399
do

898
00:34:34,869 --> 00:34:33,599
so

899
00:34:37,190 --> 00:34:34,879
one of the things we're looking for

900
00:34:39,510 --> 00:34:37,200
tomorrow is to be able to

901
00:34:41,750 --> 00:34:39,520
see how far out we can

902
00:34:43,510 --> 00:34:41,760
predict what may or may not happen

903
00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:43,520
unfortunately right now this storm is

904
00:34:47,669 --> 00:34:46,720
not cooperating with us in our timelines

905
00:34:49,510 --> 00:34:47,679
and

906
00:34:51,909 --> 00:34:49,520
it's hard to say

907
00:34:53,510 --> 00:34:51,919
what it will be doing tomorrow

908
00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:53,520
morning when we need to make that

909
00:34:57,750 --> 00:34:55,760
decision so it that decision may have to

910
00:34:59,750 --> 00:34:57,760
be delayed or we might have to take a

911
00:35:02,069 --> 00:34:59,760
launch delay

912
00:35:04,710 --> 00:35:02,079
if it doesn't look favorable for us

913
00:35:08,150 --> 00:35:04,720
right now it does look if you if you

914
00:35:10,710 --> 00:35:08,160
have a an optimistic view it looks okay

915
00:35:12,630 --> 00:35:10,720
if you have the pessimistic view

916
00:35:14,470 --> 00:35:12,640
you might not want to roll out tomorrow

917
00:35:16,710 --> 00:35:14,480
because you might be stuck out there and

918
00:35:18,870 --> 00:35:16,720
you don't want to do that

919
00:35:19,910 --> 00:35:18,880
thanks okay

920
00:35:22,230 --> 00:35:19,920
yes

921
00:35:24,069 --> 00:35:22,240
stephanie played then for italian state

922
00:35:25,589 --> 00:35:24,079
radio and tv

923
00:35:26,550 --> 00:35:25,599
a couple of questions concerning the

924
00:35:28,069 --> 00:35:26,560
center

925
00:35:29,349 --> 00:35:28,079
upper stage

926
00:35:31,829 --> 00:35:29,359
one is

927
00:35:34,870 --> 00:35:31,839
how fast is it going to

928
00:35:38,630 --> 00:35:34,880
go when it leaves earth orbit

929
00:35:42,310 --> 00:35:38,640
and how quickly is it going to cross the

930
00:35:44,870 --> 00:35:42,320
lunar orbit in the first place

931
00:35:48,069 --> 00:35:44,880
i can take a stab at

932
00:35:49,589 --> 00:35:48,079
how fast it's going to be going when

933
00:35:51,990 --> 00:35:49,599
um

934
00:35:55,109 --> 00:35:52,000
uh when when we're at tip or when we

935
00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:55,119
separate and that's approximately 22 000

936
00:35:59,589 --> 00:35:57,599
miles per hour

937
00:36:03,670 --> 00:35:59,599
which which is not bad it's not as fast

938
00:36:05,510 --> 00:36:03,680
as pluto new horizons but um it's fast

939
00:36:08,310 --> 00:36:05,520
uh i i can't take a hack at that the

940
00:36:10,310 --> 00:36:08,320
lunar orbit though that okay

941
00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:10,320
what's going to happen to the centaur

942
00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:11,680
stage once it's finished is it going to

943
00:36:15,430 --> 00:36:14,400
go into a solar orbit or fall into the

944
00:36:17,990 --> 00:36:15,440
sun

945
00:36:20,870 --> 00:36:18,000
as vern said there's a c-cam maneuver to

946
00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:20,880
to separate it away from

947
00:36:26,150 --> 00:36:24,160
from the juno spacecraft but but it it's

948
00:36:27,829 --> 00:36:26,160
it's also leaving the planet earth and

949
00:36:33,510 --> 00:36:27,839
and not coming back

950
00:36:38,550 --> 00:36:34,790
okay

951
00:36:52,829 --> 00:36:38,560
back here then to um

952
00:36:58,710 --> 00:36:56,230
here uh todd albertson uh florida today

953
00:37:00,790 --> 00:36:58,720
for whoever really wants to

954
00:37:03,750 --> 00:37:00,800
field it um this of course is going to

955
00:37:07,109 --> 00:37:03,760
be the first solar power uh spacecraft

956
00:37:09,109 --> 00:37:07,119
to fly and operate

957
00:37:11,990 --> 00:37:09,119
around the outer planets around and

958
00:37:14,630 --> 00:37:12,000
outer planet uh previous missions have

959
00:37:17,910 --> 00:37:14,640
uh used a plutonium

960
00:37:22,150 --> 00:37:17,920
electric generator to um operate i'm

961
00:37:25,829 --> 00:37:22,160
wondering if you can uh talk about um

962
00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:25,839
whether or not this is a shift in nasa's

963
00:37:30,390 --> 00:37:27,760
thinking about

964
00:37:32,710 --> 00:37:30,400
how it should power its

965
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:32,720
missions to the outer planets and could

966
00:37:38,150 --> 00:37:34,720
you talk about the

967
00:37:39,589 --> 00:37:38,160
advances in solar cell technology since

968
00:37:44,470 --> 00:37:39,599
say

969
00:37:46,150 --> 00:37:44,480
galileo launched way back in 1989

970
00:37:48,950 --> 00:37:46,160
so i think maybe we'll take this in two

971
00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:48,960
parts i'll answer the nasa question

972
00:37:55,030 --> 00:37:51,680
there is no shift in power as technology

973
00:37:57,750 --> 00:37:55,040
gets better we use the best capability

974
00:38:00,870 --> 00:37:57,760
for that technology given the particular

975
00:38:03,589 --> 00:38:00,880
circumstances of that mission

976
00:38:05,510 --> 00:38:03,599
and so we are always looking for more

977
00:38:08,790 --> 00:38:05,520
cost effective

978
00:38:10,550 --> 00:38:08,800
assured ways to power our spacecraft and

979
00:38:12,470 --> 00:38:10,560
it is an exciting development that we

980
00:38:14,310 --> 00:38:12,480
can actually go all the way out five a

981
00:38:16,310 --> 00:38:14,320
use with solar power

982
00:38:18,470 --> 00:38:16,320
but there's no need to make a management

983
00:38:20,630 --> 00:38:18,480
decision about it it really is the

984
00:38:23,109 --> 00:38:20,640
advance of technology

985
00:38:24,950 --> 00:38:23,119
and all that um

986
00:38:27,109 --> 00:38:24,960
yeah i'm not exactly sure what the

987
00:38:29,510 --> 00:38:27,119
efficiency for galileo was but our cells

988
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:29,520
are about 28 efficient

989
00:38:35,270 --> 00:38:32,320
so

990
00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:35,280
um just a quick follow you have a launch

991
00:38:41,109 --> 00:38:37,760
uh period here of august 5th through i

992
00:38:43,109 --> 00:38:41,119
believe the 26th uh when is your next

993
00:38:45,270 --> 00:38:43,119
opportunity to

994
00:38:46,710 --> 00:38:45,280
launch after that

995
00:38:48,150 --> 00:38:46,720
period

996
00:38:50,470 --> 00:38:48,160
the next opportunity to launch to

997
00:38:56,870 --> 00:38:50,480
jupiter is 13 months later so it's the

998
00:38:59,670 --> 00:38:58,390
all right we've uh oh okay marshall's

999
00:39:01,990 --> 00:38:59,680
got to follow up with them yep could i

1000
00:39:03,750 --> 00:39:02,000
have a quick follow-up with miss

1001
00:39:05,670 --> 00:39:03,760
what does it take for you to be able to

1002
00:39:07,829 --> 00:39:05,680
insert on july 4th

1003
00:39:11,270 --> 00:39:07,839
how do you make that happen

1004
00:39:14,550 --> 00:39:11,280
july 4th of next year

1005
00:39:16,390 --> 00:39:14,560
july 1st or august 1st

1006
00:39:18,230 --> 00:39:16,400
why that day in particular i mean i know

1007
00:39:19,829 --> 00:39:18,240
what day well it was not targeted to be

1008
00:39:21,349 --> 00:39:19,839
july 4th

1009
00:39:24,790 --> 00:39:21,359
it was

1010
00:39:26,870 --> 00:39:24,800
given the celestial mechanics of

1011
00:39:28,790 --> 00:39:26,880
where the planets are aligned in order

1012
00:39:31,910 --> 00:39:28,800
to follow

1013
00:39:35,270 --> 00:39:31,920
our trajectory and arrive at jupiter and

1014
00:39:37,589 --> 00:39:35,280
insert ourselves into the type of polar

1015
00:39:40,150 --> 00:39:37,599
elliptical orbit that

1016
00:39:42,069 --> 00:39:40,160
we need for our mission design

1017
00:39:44,710 --> 00:39:42,079
so it just falls out of the math

1018
00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:44,720
so if you delay a day or two does it it

1019
00:39:48,710 --> 00:39:46,560
does not change so for this whole period

1020
00:39:50,790 --> 00:39:48,720
it will remain july 4th okay so you

1021
00:39:53,030 --> 00:39:50,800
didn't have to do anything fancy to to

1022
00:39:54,630 --> 00:39:53,040
achieve that day in particular

1023
00:39:56,550 --> 00:39:54,640
no we did not do anything fancy to

1024
00:39:59,670 --> 00:39:56,560
choose that day we and we did not

1025
00:40:02,069 --> 00:39:59,680
target any specific day it falls out

1026
00:40:03,589 --> 00:40:02,079
of the trajectory analysis

1027
00:40:04,950 --> 00:40:03,599
okay we've got a

1028
00:40:07,030 --> 00:40:04,960
few questions on the phone we're going

1029
00:40:10,150 --> 00:40:07,040
to take those and then come back here

1030
00:40:12,069 --> 00:40:10,160
claire moskowitz

1031
00:40:14,710 --> 00:40:12,079
yes hi this is clara moskowitz with

1032
00:40:16,470 --> 00:40:14,720
space.com and a question i think for jan

1033
00:40:18,790 --> 00:40:16,480
or anyone who wants to answer just

1034
00:40:20,630 --> 00:40:18,800
wondering um what kind of overall

1035
00:40:22,790 --> 00:40:20,640
checkouts do you have to do in the sort

1036
00:40:28,309 --> 00:40:22,800
of days and weeks following launch and

1037
00:40:32,390 --> 00:40:30,309
i would say that

1038
00:40:34,230 --> 00:40:32,400
we launched the spacecraft and the first

1039
00:40:35,670 --> 00:40:34,240
thing we do is

1040
00:40:37,030 --> 00:40:35,680
some engineering

1041
00:40:39,430 --> 00:40:37,040
confirmations that our engineering

1042
00:40:41,910 --> 00:40:39,440
subsystems are working properly

1043
00:40:44,870 --> 00:40:41,920
we have our first trajectory correction

1044
00:40:47,750 --> 00:40:44,880
maneuver targeted for around launch plus

1045
00:40:49,829 --> 00:40:47,760
20 days there's a possibility that we

1046
00:40:51,910 --> 00:40:49,839
will not need that maneuver depending on

1047
00:40:53,510 --> 00:40:51,920
how well the launch vehicle injects us

1048
00:40:55,670 --> 00:40:53,520
into our

1049
00:40:57,270 --> 00:40:55,680
our paths to jupiter so we'll be able to

1050
00:40:59,109 --> 00:40:57,280
make that decision a few days after

1051
00:41:00,870 --> 00:40:59,119
launch we'll know whether or not we need

1052
00:41:02,870 --> 00:41:00,880
to make that correction

1053
00:41:04,790 --> 00:41:02,880
we will start checking out the

1054
00:41:05,829 --> 00:41:04,800
instruments we call it a low voltage

1055
00:41:07,430 --> 00:41:05,839
check

1056
00:41:08,790 --> 00:41:07,440
we have three instruments that operate

1057
00:41:11,030 --> 00:41:08,800
at high voltages but we will check

1058
00:41:13,190 --> 00:41:11,040
everything out at low voltage first in

1059
00:41:15,750 --> 00:41:13,200
around the um

1060
00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:15,760
launch plus 20 to launch plus 50 time

1061
00:41:20,309 --> 00:41:18,319
frame and then we will do the high

1062
00:41:26,630 --> 00:41:20,319
voltage checkouts

1063
00:41:30,150 --> 00:41:28,630
so so that way we will have checked out

1064
00:41:31,829 --> 00:41:30,160
all of the engineering subsystems and

1065
00:41:33,510 --> 00:41:31,839
all of the instruments

1066
00:41:36,069 --> 00:41:33,520
the official science data gathering of

1067
00:41:38,069 --> 00:41:36,079
course is not until we reach jupiter and

1068
00:41:40,470 --> 00:41:38,079
we go into our science orbits there but

1069
00:41:42,230 --> 00:41:40,480
there are certainly observations that we

1070
00:41:43,910 --> 00:41:42,240
could take along the way

1071
00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:43,920
including something that we might be

1072
00:41:49,190 --> 00:41:46,640
able to do at the earth flyby

1073
00:41:50,870 --> 00:41:49,200
okay bill harwood

1074
00:41:52,790 --> 00:41:50,880
thank you uh one quick question i may

1075
00:41:54,550 --> 00:41:52,800
have missed this earlier so i apologize

1076
00:41:55,990 --> 00:41:54,560
um once you guys separate what is the

1077
00:41:58,069 --> 00:41:56,000
time frame for

1078
00:41:59,910 --> 00:41:58,079
uh getting your initial health checks

1079
00:42:01,190 --> 00:41:59,920
done in other words when will we know

1080
00:42:02,790 --> 00:42:01,200
that the arrays are deployed that the

1081
00:42:06,150 --> 00:42:02,800
transmitters are working

1082
00:42:11,910 --> 00:42:08,870
we will in a nominal case

1083
00:42:14,069 --> 00:42:11,920
we will be able to acquire over the

1084
00:42:16,309 --> 00:42:14,079
canberra stations

1085
00:42:18,230 --> 00:42:16,319
approximately within the first five

1086
00:42:21,430 --> 00:42:18,240
minutes after separation

1087
00:42:22,390 --> 00:42:21,440
um we have targeted that so that when we

1088
00:42:26,790 --> 00:42:22,400
first

1089
00:42:29,109 --> 00:42:26,800
nuts uh we want to be able to see that

1090
00:42:31,349 --> 00:42:29,119
in telemetry we fire the second pair of

1091
00:42:33,109 --> 00:42:31,359
sep nuts uh six minutes after separation

1092
00:42:35,670 --> 00:42:33,119
and then the arrays start to deploy so

1093
00:42:37,349 --> 00:42:35,680
ideally we will have acquired uh

1094
00:42:41,190 --> 00:42:37,359
downlink telemetry and be able to see

1095
00:42:42,790 --> 00:42:41,200
that um as it happens um there are many

1096
00:42:44,230 --> 00:42:42,800
reasons why we may not be able to get

1097
00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:44,240
telemetry

1098
00:42:49,030 --> 00:42:46,640
both ground and spacecraft and

1099
00:42:50,790 --> 00:42:49,040
and network uh issues but nominally

1100
00:42:53,990 --> 00:42:50,800
that's what will happen

1101
00:42:56,470 --> 00:42:54,000
we will do our first quick look status

1102
00:42:58,309 --> 00:42:56,480
poll about two hours after launch so

1103
00:42:59,270 --> 00:42:58,319
that's about an hour after separation so

1104
00:43:01,430 --> 00:42:59,280
we will

1105
00:43:02,550 --> 00:43:01,440
have gone through and seen the arrays

1106
00:43:04,870 --> 00:43:02,560
deploy

1107
00:43:07,270 --> 00:43:04,880
we will precess towards the sun if

1108
00:43:09,670 --> 00:43:07,280
needed we will have spun back up after

1109
00:43:11,990 --> 00:43:09,680
the deployment

1110
00:43:13,990 --> 00:43:12,000
we will be turning on our sun sensors

1111
00:43:16,309 --> 00:43:14,000
and other instruments other engineering

1112
00:43:18,390 --> 00:43:16,319
subsystems

1113
00:43:19,589 --> 00:43:18,400
just preparing to check out and go on

1114
00:43:21,829 --> 00:43:19,599
our way

1115
00:43:24,550 --> 00:43:21,839
so really i'm looking forward to the

1116
00:43:27,190 --> 00:43:24,560
launch plus two hour quick look

1117
00:43:29,670 --> 00:43:27,200
status poll and then we follow that an

1118
00:43:31,510 --> 00:43:29,680
hour later with a more in-depth uh

1119
00:43:33,750 --> 00:43:31,520
summary from each of the subsystems as

1120
00:43:35,829 --> 00:43:33,760
to their health and status

1121
00:43:40,870 --> 00:43:35,839
i think we have one more on the phone if

1122
00:43:43,990 --> 00:43:42,309
all right stop all right we're going to

1123
00:43:46,309 --> 00:43:44,000
come back here todd

1124
00:43:47,829 --> 00:43:46,319
todd halverson of florida today again i

1125
00:43:49,829 --> 00:43:47,839
think for uh

1126
00:43:52,790 --> 00:43:49,839
omar um

1127
00:43:56,630 --> 00:43:52,800
how long does it take to roll the atlas

1128
00:43:59,190 --> 00:43:56,640
back to the vehicle integration facility

1129
00:44:02,790 --> 00:43:59,200
if you need to do that for any reason

1130
00:44:04,309 --> 00:44:02,800
and what type of weather would prompt

1131
00:44:05,430 --> 00:44:04,319
you to

1132
00:44:07,510 --> 00:44:05,440
decide

1133
00:44:09,589 --> 00:44:07,520
not to roll back could you give me a

1134
00:44:11,990 --> 00:44:09,599
couple of scenarios or

1135
00:44:13,750 --> 00:44:12,000
conditions that would prompt you not to

1136
00:44:15,990 --> 00:44:13,760
roll back i guess you're thinking about

1137
00:44:17,990 --> 00:44:16,000
the weather on saturday in that case

1138
00:44:19,990 --> 00:44:18,000
right

1139
00:44:21,990 --> 00:44:20,000
some of the

1140
00:44:24,710 --> 00:44:22,000
depending on the situation i get caught

1141
00:44:26,230 --> 00:44:24,720
in for example if i had if we had loaded

1142
00:44:29,430 --> 00:44:26,240
cryogenic fuel

1143
00:44:31,030 --> 00:44:29,440
or cryogenics on board it takes us about

1144
00:44:33,270 --> 00:44:31,040
18 hours

1145
00:44:35,750 --> 00:44:33,280
to warm that system back up so i can't

1146
00:44:36,870 --> 00:44:35,760
move that stack until that process is

1147
00:44:39,510 --> 00:44:36,880
done

1148
00:44:41,109 --> 00:44:39,520
have i if i don't do that i still have

1149
00:44:42,950 --> 00:44:41,119
to shift in

1150
00:44:45,349 --> 00:44:42,960
if i don't get to a cryoload i still

1151
00:44:47,430 --> 00:44:45,359
have to bring in the workforce at a

1152
00:44:50,309 --> 00:44:47,440
certain time the next day to be able to

1153
00:44:52,390 --> 00:44:50,319
roll back that rollback uh can take

1154
00:44:56,230 --> 00:44:52,400
anywhere from four to

1155
00:44:58,390 --> 00:44:56,240
uh six hours eight hours by the time uh

1156
00:45:00,950 --> 00:44:58,400
you're you're safely back in the barn so

1157
00:45:02,870 --> 00:45:00,960
it's it's it's a big it's a it's a full

1158
00:45:06,309 --> 00:45:02,880
day

1159
00:45:08,470 --> 00:45:06,319
you gotta take into account um the local

1160
00:45:10,550 --> 00:45:08,480
weather then uh whether we're in the

1161
00:45:13,270 --> 00:45:10,560
thunderstorms and so forth where we

1162
00:45:15,589 --> 00:45:13,280
can't be out there so

1163
00:45:20,870 --> 00:45:19,190
there there's a lot of factors into that

1164
00:45:21,910 --> 00:45:20,880
okay we'll take one last question from

1165
00:45:28,550 --> 00:45:21,920
jay

1166
00:45:31,829 --> 00:45:28,560
you're explaining juno's mission to mrs

1167
00:45:33,829 --> 00:45:31,839
russell's eighth grade science class

1168
00:45:36,069 --> 00:45:33,839
what would you tell them

1169
00:45:38,309 --> 00:45:36,079
that you hope that juno will find when

1170
00:45:41,030 --> 00:45:38,319
it gets there

1171
00:45:43,670 --> 00:45:41,040
to summarize to an eighth grade class i

1172
00:45:46,470 --> 00:45:43,680
would tell them that jupiter holds the

1173
00:45:47,990 --> 00:45:46,480
secrets of of how our solar system

1174
00:45:53,109 --> 00:45:48,000
formed

1175
00:45:55,910 --> 00:45:53,119
jupiter itself as well as the earth and

1176
00:45:57,109 --> 00:45:55,920
how we got here ourselves so

1177
00:45:58,790 --> 00:45:57,119
really the

1178
00:46:00,230 --> 00:45:58,800
the spark that i would hope interest

1179
00:46:02,150 --> 00:46:00,240
would interest them would be the fact

1180
00:46:05,190 --> 00:46:02,160
that we can learn more about ourselves

1181
00:46:08,470 --> 00:46:06,950
all right that's going to conclude the

1182
00:46:10,390 --> 00:46:08,480
pre-launch news conference we're going

1183
00:46:12,150 --> 00:46:10,400
to pause just long enough to change

1184
00:46:14,390 --> 00:46:12,160
players on the diocese and we will go