1 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:11,330 t-minus 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 main engine 2 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:15,570 start zero and liftoff of the Atlas 5 3 00:00:30,210 --> 00:00:18,570 with curiosity seeking clues to the 4 00:00:30,220 --> 00:00:36,650 180 operator perspective 5 00:00:36,660 --> 00:00:46,920 bottling down to 76 6 00:00:52,890 --> 00:00:49,620 good afternoon everyone this is our post 7 00:00:55,530 --> 00:00:52,900 launch news conference for Mars Science 8 00:00:58,740 --> 00:00:55,540 Laboratory and curiosity launched this 9 00:01:01,710 --> 00:00:58,750 morning on an atlas 5 rocket and here to 10 00:01:03,660 --> 00:01:01,720 talk about curiosity and its state of 11 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:03,670 health on the way to Mars and the 12 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:06,090 agency's reaction to this launch is 13 00:01:12,030 --> 00:01:09,310 piqued eisinger the Mars Science 14 00:01:15,570 --> 00:01:12,040 Laboratory project manager from the Jet 15 00:01:18,690 --> 00:01:15,580 Propulsion Laboratory John grotzinger 16 00:01:22,310 --> 00:01:18,700 the MSL project scientist from the 17 00:01:25,350 --> 00:01:22,320 California Institute of Technology and 18 00:01:27,450 --> 00:01:25,360 dugme question the director of the Mars 19 00:01:31,499 --> 00:01:27,460 exploration program at NASA headquarters 20 00:01:34,109 --> 00:01:31,509 and we'll start first with the commensal 21 00:01:36,510 --> 00:01:34,119 project manager Pete eisinger Pete good 22 00:01:39,420 --> 00:01:36,520 afternoon our spacecraft is an excellent 23 00:01:50,730 --> 00:01:39,430 health and it's on its way to Mars okay 24 00:01:52,260 --> 00:01:50,740 and questions I'm sorry I'll talk about 25 00:01:54,719 --> 00:01:52,270 the spacecraft health in a second but I 26 00:01:58,440 --> 00:01:54,729 want to give a tremendous thanks to the 27 00:02:00,030 --> 00:01:58,450 to the launch team ula and into the 28 00:02:02,609 --> 00:02:00,040 launch service provider organization 29 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:02,619 here at Kennedy and to Kennedy Space 30 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:05,890 Center who's been our hosted us since 31 00:02:11,009 --> 00:02:09,010 since we arrived in may and june and and 32 00:02:12,479 --> 00:02:11,019 built up the spacecraft and did final 33 00:02:13,470 --> 00:02:12,489 testing here and finally a capsule 34 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:13,480 leaders were flight they did a 35 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:15,010 tremendous job today they've done a 36 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:16,570 tremendous job for all these months and 37 00:02:22,380 --> 00:02:20,530 it was a fantastic and smooth operation 38 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:22,390 today religious first-rate and 39 00:02:27,570 --> 00:02:25,570 tremendously professional as i said the 40 00:02:29,070 --> 00:02:27,580 spacecraft is in excellent health you 41 00:02:30,300 --> 00:02:29,080 may have gotten seen pictures of the 42 00:02:34,020 --> 00:02:30,310 separation with those fantastic 43 00:02:36,750 --> 00:02:34,030 photographs and we separated and 44 00:02:39,180 --> 00:02:36,760 perfectly on time of course and and the 45 00:02:43,590 --> 00:02:39,190 acquisition of signal was as expected 46 00:02:47,220 --> 00:02:43,600 about six minutes later 1552 27 if if 47 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:47,230 you want to know zulu the power we r 48 00:02:50,250 --> 00:02:48,970 power positive so we charging the 49 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:50,260 batteries we did not lose that much 50 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:51,610 state of charge in fact during the 51 00:02:56,909 --> 00:02:54,010 ascent profile we're thermally as 52 00:02:58,440 --> 00:02:56,919 expected the cat bed heaters for 53 00:03:00,120 --> 00:02:58,450 propulsion are on the temperatures are 54 00:03:00,570 --> 00:03:00,130 as we expect them on the key pieces of 55 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:00,580 equip 56 00:03:04,050 --> 00:03:02,650 it and we're changing slowly as you'd 57 00:03:07,230 --> 00:03:04,060 expect as we transition from 58 00:03:10,470 --> 00:03:07,240 ground-based space operations we are in 59 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:10,480 cruise mode we have commanded the 60 00:03:15,390 --> 00:03:13,270 spacecraft and we have art therefore 61 00:03:19,050 --> 00:03:15,400 into way and are getting navigation data 62 00:03:21,420 --> 00:03:19,060 the injection was first-rate much less 63 00:03:23,430 --> 00:03:21,430 than a tenth of a sigma is both both ula 64 00:03:26,220 --> 00:03:23,440 and our navigation estimate so it was a 65 00:03:28,500 --> 00:03:26,230 fantastic fantastic accurate with the 66 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:28,510 injection and that's about it for me 67 00:03:34,950 --> 00:03:33,190 very happy guy Thank You Pete and now 68 00:03:36,750 --> 00:03:34,960 John grotzinger the project scientist 69 00:03:40,199 --> 00:03:36,760 from the California Institute of 70 00:03:42,660 --> 00:03:40,209 Technology John well I'm also really 71 00:03:45,060 --> 00:03:42,670 excited I think on behalf of every 72 00:03:48,150 --> 00:03:45,070 scientist on this missive mission and 73 00:03:51,390 --> 00:03:48,160 there are about 250 of us I would like 74 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:51,400 to thank every engineer at JPL everybody 75 00:03:56,850 --> 00:03:54,370 that has worked so hard for almost ten 76 00:03:59,460 --> 00:03:56,860 years to build the spacecraft put it 77 00:04:01,050 --> 00:03:59,470 together all the principal investigators 78 00:04:04,350 --> 00:04:01,060 who have dedicated their lives to 79 00:04:06,210 --> 00:04:04,360 building the instruments for just as 80 00:04:07,890 --> 00:04:06,220 much time and all their team members 81 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:07,900 that have helped with getting surface 82 00:04:13,110 --> 00:04:11,110 operations we are ready to go for 83 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:13,120 landing on the surface of Mars and and 84 00:04:18,500 --> 00:04:15,610 we couldn't be happier I think this 85 00:04:21,780 --> 00:04:18,510 mission will be a great one it is a 86 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:21,790 important next step and NASA's overall 87 00:04:28,050 --> 00:04:25,510 goal to address the issue of life in the 88 00:04:30,180 --> 00:04:28,060 universe we are not a life detection 89 00:04:32,190 --> 00:04:30,190 mission we have no ability to detect 90 00:04:35,070 --> 00:04:32,200 life present on the surface of Mars and 91 00:04:37,170 --> 00:04:35,080 it is important to distinguish that as 92 00:04:39,270 --> 00:04:37,180 an intermediate mission between mer 93 00:04:42,030 --> 00:04:39,280 which was the search for water and 94 00:04:44,430 --> 00:04:42,040 future missions which may undertake life 95 00:04:47,310 --> 00:04:44,440 detection our mission is about looking 96 00:04:49,710 --> 00:04:47,320 for ancient habitable environments and a 97 00:04:51,420 --> 00:04:49,720 time in the history of Mars that is very 98 00:04:52,890 --> 00:04:51,430 different from the time from the 99 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:52,900 conditions that you see today on the 100 00:04:56,820 --> 00:04:54,850 surface of Mars we have a lot of 101 00:04:59,370 --> 00:04:56,830 evidence that has brought us to a single 102 00:05:02,100 --> 00:04:59,380 landing site the result of six years of 103 00:05:05,310 --> 00:05:02,110 deliberation over more than 50 potential 104 00:05:06,690 --> 00:05:05,320 landing sites the engineering system on 105 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:06,700 this mission that will land us on the 106 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:08,410 surface of Mars for the first time in 107 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:10,930 the history of any landed mission to 108 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:13,210 Mars gets the scientists to exact 109 00:05:17,610 --> 00:05:15,310 where they wanted to go there's no 110 00:05:20,610 --> 00:05:17,620 compromise we are going to the very best 111 00:05:22,820 --> 00:05:20,620 place that we could find to go to and I 112 00:05:26,370 --> 00:05:22,830 kiss can't wait to get on the ground 113 00:05:29,010 --> 00:05:26,380 thanks John now dugme question the 114 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:29,020 director for NASA's Mars exploration 115 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:32,310 program at NASA headquarters doc 116 00:05:38,279 --> 00:05:36,490 ecstatic is the word I mean the agency 117 00:05:41,430 --> 00:05:38,289 has been working this mission hard with 118 00:05:42,900 --> 00:05:41,440 JPL and all the the other organizations 119 00:05:45,870 --> 00:05:42,910 such as Department of Energy our 120 00:05:48,180 --> 00:05:45,880 international partners and now KSC and 121 00:05:51,810 --> 00:05:48,190 ula have put us right where we want it 122 00:05:54,990 --> 00:05:51,820 to be moving fast cruising to cruising 123 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:55,000 to Mars hot straight normal right in 124 00:06:00,120 --> 00:05:57,610 good shape so the agency is ecstatic I 125 00:06:01,589 --> 00:06:00,130 mean we have started an era a new era of 126 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:01,599 exploration of Mars with this mission 127 00:06:06,029 --> 00:06:03,310 not just technologically but 128 00:06:08,790 --> 00:06:06,039 scientifically as John said I hope we 129 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:08,800 have more work than the scientists can 130 00:06:13,379 --> 00:06:11,289 actually handle once we get to the 131 00:06:15,170 --> 00:06:13,389 surface I expect them all to be overrun 132 00:06:18,270 --> 00:06:15,180 with data that they've never seen before 133 00:06:20,399 --> 00:06:18,280 I expect the public to have images 134 00:06:22,649 --> 00:06:20,409 vistas that we've never seen before 135 00:06:24,749 --> 00:06:22,659 either down in the bottom of Gale Crater 136 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:24,759 when we land those first images are 137 00:06:28,980 --> 00:06:27,130 going to just be stunning I believe 138 00:06:31,740 --> 00:06:28,990 it'll be like sitting at the bottom of 139 00:06:33,089 --> 00:06:31,750 the Grand Canyon I think so we are we 140 00:06:35,790 --> 00:06:33,099 are absolutely ecstatic can't wait to 141 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:35,800 get to Mars also need to thank the JPL 142 00:06:41,070 --> 00:06:38,710 team you and your guys John for 143 00:06:43,469 --> 00:06:41,080 forgetting us to this point it's an 144 00:06:46,020 --> 00:06:43,479 enormous mission it's an equivalent of 145 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:46,030 three missions frankly and quite an 146 00:06:49,740 --> 00:06:47,770 undertaking science fiction is now 147 00:06:51,959 --> 00:06:49,750 science fact we're flying to Mars we get 148 00:06:54,839 --> 00:06:51,969 him on that get it on the ground and see 149 00:06:57,089 --> 00:06:54,849 what we find thank you Doug we're ready 150 00:06:58,560 --> 00:06:57,099 now to take questions please give your 151 00:07:00,209 --> 00:06:58,570 name and your affiliation when the 152 00:07:02,189 --> 00:07:00,219 microphone comes to you let's start here 153 00:07:03,930 --> 00:07:02,199 the front with Marcia Marcia Dunn 154 00:07:06,209 --> 00:07:03,940 Associated Press probably for mr. thigh 155 00:07:09,420 --> 00:07:06,219 singer but you know we've heard that the 156 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:09,430 Bermuda Triangle awaits you how is that 157 00:07:13,890 --> 00:07:11,610 even on your mind today I mean are you 158 00:07:15,870 --> 00:07:13,900 quickly putting the launch behind as a 159 00:07:19,999 --> 00:07:15,880 success in now looking forward to this 160 00:07:23,850 --> 00:07:20,009 eight-month cruise or launch what lunch 161 00:07:25,679 --> 00:07:23,860 exactly exactly um well you can't you 162 00:07:27,959 --> 00:07:25,689 know we've clearly been thinking about 163 00:07:29,249 --> 00:07:27,969 entry sent landing for for quite a while 164 00:07:30,749 --> 00:07:29,259 as well as thinking about the surface 165 00:07:33,509 --> 00:07:30,759 mission for a while but you gotta you 166 00:07:35,999 --> 00:07:33,519 know today's today and we've me feel 167 00:07:37,769 --> 00:07:36,009 everybody enjoy the moment we all 168 00:07:40,709 --> 00:07:37,779 recognize this as a prologue for the 169 00:07:43,709 --> 00:07:40,719 mission necessary but not I mean but not 170 00:07:44,939 --> 00:07:43,719 sufficient and and we all have our work 171 00:07:47,069 --> 00:07:44,949 cut out for us in the next eight and a 172 00:07:49,859 --> 00:07:47,079 half months to prepare for a surface 173 00:07:51,809 --> 00:07:49,869 mission and do the final I totting it 174 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:51,819 and T crossing for you yell but but 175 00:07:58,109 --> 00:07:56,110 today is a great day I do Jim Siegel 176 00:08:00,799 --> 00:07:58,119 celebration independent newspaper I 177 00:08:03,959 --> 00:08:00,809 believe this one might be for Doug I 178 00:08:06,029 --> 00:08:03,969 noticed in some of the press materials 179 00:08:08,189 --> 00:08:06,039 that we receive their been maybe 20 or 180 00:08:11,549 --> 00:08:08,199 30 different missions that have been to 181 00:08:14,309 --> 00:08:11,559 send to Mars or less attempted since 182 00:08:17,519 --> 00:08:14,319 nineteen sixty and there are several 183 00:08:18,869 --> 00:08:17,529 that are planned or perhaps not budgeted 184 00:08:21,059 --> 00:08:18,879 but at least planned and I wonder if you 185 00:08:24,689 --> 00:08:21,069 could tell us a little bit about what's 186 00:08:28,350 --> 00:08:24,699 the next step is after after curiosity 187 00:08:30,659 --> 00:08:28,360 and the Mars Science Laboratory sure the 188 00:08:32,790 --> 00:08:30,669 next mission is an orbiter the Maven 189 00:08:35,670 --> 00:08:32,800 mission so we'll be back in twenty six 190 00:08:38,249 --> 00:08:35,680 months so we told the ula guys and the 191 00:08:39,659 --> 00:08:38,259 lucky or the Kennedy Space Center folks 192 00:08:42,540 --> 00:08:39,669 this morning to be prepared we are 193 00:08:44,159 --> 00:08:42,550 coming back so maven mission is an 194 00:08:47,670 --> 00:08:44,169 exciting mission it is an orbiter as I 195 00:08:50,369 --> 00:08:47,680 mentioned but it's also an atmospheric 196 00:08:52,769 --> 00:08:50,379 xscape rate mission so one of the keys 197 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:52,779 to what's happened to Mars and moving it 198 00:08:57,230 --> 00:08:54,730 from me I'm talking about your category 199 00:09:00,360 --> 00:08:57,240 now here's poked me when I say it wrong 200 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:00,370 moving from from a wet planet in a warm 201 00:09:03,749 --> 00:09:02,290 and wet planet in the past to a cold dry 202 00:09:05,519 --> 00:09:03,759 planet that we know now with water 203 00:09:08,069 --> 00:09:05,529 that's significantly under the surface 204 00:09:10,710 --> 00:09:08,079 but at the poles is what happened to the 205 00:09:13,019 --> 00:09:10,720 atmosphere and mavens mission is called 206 00:09:14,910 --> 00:09:13,029 arana me and the job is to try to help 207 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:14,920 understand what the escape rates of the 208 00:09:18,990 --> 00:09:17,050 atmosphere are now the interaction with 209 00:09:20,910 --> 00:09:19,000 the solar wind and if we can try to 210 00:09:23,009 --> 00:09:20,920 understand the history of the atmosphere 211 00:09:24,749 --> 00:09:23,019 that actually helped change the planet 212 00:09:27,439 --> 00:09:24,759 so it's a planetary evolution in a way 213 00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:27,449 mission that's the next exciting mission 214 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:31,990 that's a 2013 launch and after that 215 00:09:35,460 --> 00:09:33,310 we're still in disgust 216 00:09:36,390 --> 00:09:35,470 with the Europeans we're looking at as 217 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:36,400 you said there's a number of different 218 00:09:39,330 --> 00:09:38,050 missions that were planning potentially 219 00:09:41,820 --> 00:09:39,340 trace gas emissions which is what we'd 220 00:09:44,490 --> 00:09:41,830 like to do hopefully another Lander in 221 00:09:46,170 --> 00:09:44,500 18 that will continue moving the science 222 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:46,180 forward that ms l will start in that new 223 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:50,710 era of seeking the signs of life just a 224 00:09:55,530 --> 00:09:53,050 quick follow-up how many additional 225 00:09:58,500 --> 00:09:55,540 missions would you envision then between 226 00:10:03,480 --> 00:09:58,510 now and when we might actually try 227 00:10:05,579 --> 00:10:03,490 manned exploration of the planet there's 228 00:10:07,650 --> 00:10:05,589 a series of precursor measurements that 229 00:10:10,079 --> 00:10:07,660 need to be done better understanding of 230 00:10:12,530 --> 00:10:10,089 the dust and of the regolith and how it 231 00:10:16,890 --> 00:10:12,540 interacts with hardware and equipment 232 00:10:19,890 --> 00:10:16,900 toxicity of the soils how easy it is to 233 00:10:21,540 --> 00:10:19,900 extract water and things from from from 234 00:10:23,730 --> 00:10:21,550 the materials that we have on the 235 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:23,740 surface and maybe other materials it 236 00:10:27,329 --> 00:10:25,810 could be useful that's a series of 237 00:10:29,850 --> 00:10:27,339 precursor missions that we actually 238 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:29,860 don't have on the books quite yet we've 239 00:10:33,269 --> 00:10:31,810 had years of discussion about what those 240 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:33,279 might be and how to go about those 241 00:10:37,260 --> 00:10:35,770 things but there's a balance of 242 00:10:39,150 --> 00:10:37,270 scientific missions and human 243 00:10:41,940 --> 00:10:39,160 exploration precursor missions that have 244 00:10:45,090 --> 00:10:41,950 yet to be discerned what that balance is 245 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:45,100 going to be the big the big issue with 246 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:46,810 getting humans to Mars frankly is 247 00:10:51,540 --> 00:10:49,450 entered descent and landing ptin the 248 00:10:53,340 --> 00:10:51,550 team the Mars exploration program are 249 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:53,350 about to put the largest vehicle on the 250 00:10:59,130 --> 00:10:56,050 surface ever put down a metric ton well 251 00:11:00,480 --> 00:10:59,140 900 kilograms to be exact when you're 252 00:11:02,310 --> 00:11:00,490 talking about humans tomorrow's you're 253 00:11:04,410 --> 00:11:02,320 talking an order of magnitude almost 254 00:11:06,180 --> 00:11:04,420 more than that you're talking well 255 00:11:08,970 --> 00:11:06,190 couple of orders magnitude in some cases 256 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:08,980 you're talkin 40 50 60 killer kilotons 257 00:11:13,980 --> 00:11:12,370 and metric tons excuse me we don't know 258 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:13,990 how to do that yet we actually don't 259 00:11:17,940 --> 00:11:16,450 know how to do that yet that's more of 260 00:11:20,610 --> 00:11:17,950 the technology tall pole than the 261 00:11:26,910 --> 00:11:20,620 scientific precursor missions are mm-hmm 262 00:11:29,730 --> 00:11:26,920 re i'm irene klotz with Reuters in one 263 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:29,740 of the earlier briefings on this week i 264 00:11:34,230 --> 00:11:31,570 guess it's still mike mainland was 265 00:11:36,570 --> 00:11:34,240 talking about the huge amounts of data 266 00:11:39,870 --> 00:11:36,580 that will need to be coming back just 267 00:11:41,370 --> 00:11:39,880 from the images and if any of you could 268 00:11:44,340 --> 00:11:41,380 just talk a little bit about what your 269 00:11:46,630 --> 00:11:44,350 plan is for managing the communications 270 00:11:48,730 --> 00:11:46,640 and if there's a backup in case 271 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:48,740 mro something happens with it and that's 272 00:11:57,190 --> 00:11:52,970 not available they seem both to be 273 00:11:59,410 --> 00:11:57,200 looking at me don't date well we we have 274 00:12:03,340 --> 00:11:59,420 a UHF relay communications plan through 275 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:03,350 both Odyssey and mro & and we do have a 276 00:12:09,850 --> 00:12:05,330 very very limited expand communication 277 00:12:12,670 --> 00:12:09,860 with the ground so I think that you know 278 00:12:15,010 --> 00:12:12,680 we will prioritize the data and send it 279 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:15,020 down in the priorities that both the 280 00:12:21,250 --> 00:12:16,370 engineers and the scientists want to 281 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:21,260 have is it is likely that the with the 282 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:22,730 cameras being able to take so many 283 00:12:25,510 --> 00:12:24,410 pictures that we are going to have data 284 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:25,520 that we're not going to be able to ever 285 00:12:29,830 --> 00:12:27,530 return I think that we will have to 286 00:12:31,900 --> 00:12:29,840 prioritize and send send it send it back 287 00:12:33,580 --> 00:12:31,910 and that's just the fact that our 288 00:12:36,540 --> 00:12:33,590 telemetry link is not as good as our 289 00:12:42,190 --> 00:12:36,550 data acquisition process on the planet I 290 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:42,200 think that we firmly expect mro there's 291 00:12:45,340 --> 00:12:43,730 no reason not to believe that mro will 292 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:45,350 be there for the entire mission and it's 293 00:12:48,910 --> 00:12:46,610 doing the extended mission I think 294 00:12:50,410 --> 00:12:48,920 Odyssey is a little bit more of a 295 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:50,420 question mark although the latest eight 296 00:12:53,890 --> 00:12:51,710 as I've had on its gas utilization 297 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:53,900 indicate that it will it is still quite 298 00:12:59,650 --> 00:12:56,090 an expected life so so that's where we 299 00:13:02,860 --> 00:12:59,660 are I can inject on that also maven is 300 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:02,870 carrying electra radios also so electra 301 00:13:07,630 --> 00:13:04,850 radios are a software reprogrammable 302 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:07,640 radio that that it does the primary 303 00:13:11,410 --> 00:13:09,710 uplink downlink from the surface and so 304 00:13:13,630 --> 00:13:11,420 as we go through orbiters that's why 305 00:13:15,430 --> 00:13:13,640 this program is set up as a program and 306 00:13:17,260 --> 00:13:15,440 it's not just individual random missions 307 00:13:19,030 --> 00:13:17,270 that's one of the reasons so we will 308 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:19,040 refresh that telecom capability of 309 00:13:23,650 --> 00:13:21,290 Odyssey and mro when maven flies because 310 00:13:27,310 --> 00:13:23,660 it'll take an electro radio to the 311 00:13:30,490 --> 00:13:27,320 planet as well science question maybe 312 00:13:32,470 --> 00:13:30,500 for you John on the I was just kind of 313 00:13:35,140 --> 00:13:32,480 curious if the if this suite of 314 00:13:37,390 --> 00:13:35,150 instruments that are on curiosity was on 315 00:13:40,060 --> 00:13:37,400 the Viking landers do you think that the 316 00:13:41,590 --> 00:13:40,070 results would be any different or do you 317 00:13:44,500 --> 00:13:41,600 think that the place where the Vikings 318 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:44,510 Landers touched down is just completely 319 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:48,170 kind of antithesis to any any search for 320 00:13:53,950 --> 00:13:51,110 organics yeah I you know I think if you 321 00:13:56,680 --> 00:13:53,960 had the Viking Lander 1 in Viking Lander 322 00:13:57,940 --> 00:13:56,690 two sites on the list today they 323 00:13:59,630 --> 00:13:57,950 wouldn't have made it past the first 324 00:14:01,550 --> 00:13:59,640 landing site workshop 325 00:14:03,560 --> 00:14:01,560 and you know you saw it in those days 326 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:03,570 you get you get what you can get to and 327 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:05,490 hope that make the most out of it the 328 00:14:09,830 --> 00:14:07,410 big difference we've got now is with the 329 00:14:11,990 --> 00:14:09,840 rover's capability is that we are a 330 00:14:13,370 --> 00:14:12,000 mobile and be with all the 331 00:14:15,110 --> 00:14:13,380 instrumentation and all the people 332 00:14:16,820 --> 00:14:15,120 working on the mission we have a much 333 00:14:19,340 --> 00:14:16,830 better chance to focus in on areas that 334 00:14:24,170 --> 00:14:19,350 we think are promising for the the goals 335 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:24,180 of investigating past habitability okay 336 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:28,850 Craig thanks Craig gevalt with aerospace 337 00:14:35,510 --> 00:14:32,970 America kind of a lessons learned to 338 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:35,520 this point question on development I 339 00:14:43,190 --> 00:14:38,850 think you'd agree that the the 340 00:14:45,980 --> 00:14:43,200 development of msl was perhaps a bigger 341 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:45,990 cast and NASA believed it would be at 342 00:14:53,270 --> 00:14:48,930 the start if you had it to do over again 343 00:14:59,240 --> 00:14:53,280 what would you do differently let me 344 00:15:01,400 --> 00:14:59,250 take that one yes I do you know NASA is 345 00:15:03,620 --> 00:15:01,410 here to do the hard stuff if we were 346 00:15:06,020 --> 00:15:03,630 doing the easy stuff we wouldn't be NASA 347 00:15:09,230 --> 00:15:06,030 I don't believe have we learned lessons 348 00:15:10,790 --> 00:15:09,240 yeah we sure have we've learned lessons 349 00:15:12,380 --> 00:15:10,800 about how to manage certain things we've 350 00:15:13,790 --> 00:15:12,390 learned lessons technically what works 351 00:15:17,990 --> 00:15:13,800 what doesn't work we've learned lessons 352 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:18,000 about lead times I we really needed 353 00:15:22,490 --> 00:15:20,490 those two years that we took and it was 354 00:15:24,470 --> 00:15:22,500 important that we did that it was money 355 00:15:27,740 --> 00:15:24,480 that's we're going to see real shortly 356 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:27,750 is well invested but you know whenever 357 00:15:31,580 --> 00:15:28,730 you're pushing the envelope 358 00:15:33,950 --> 00:15:31,590 scientifically or technically it's going 359 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:33,960 to be harder than you think it is so I 360 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:35,370 think the length of time we have for 361 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:37,110 development is one of the key lessons 362 00:15:40,010 --> 00:15:38,610 that we've learned and our intent as we 363 00:15:42,590 --> 00:15:40,020 go forward is to make sure that we 364 00:15:45,230 --> 00:15:42,600 aren't aren't compressing the different 365 00:15:46,430 --> 00:15:45,240 phases of design and development when 366 00:15:51,730 --> 00:15:46,440 we're actually trying to do something 367 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:51,740 new and challenging yes right back here 368 00:15:57,740 --> 00:15:55,250 hi Robert Pearlman with collectspace.com 369 00:16:00,170 --> 00:15:57,750 sort of working off of Irene's question 370 00:16:02,210 --> 00:16:00,180 earlier about communication management 371 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:02,220 how will curiosity's arrival on the 372 00:16:08,420 --> 00:16:05,330 planet affect opportunities mission will 373 00:16:11,220 --> 00:16:08,430 priority be given to curiosity in terms 374 00:16:13,650 --> 00:16:11,230 of communicating with earth 375 00:16:18,150 --> 00:16:13,660 I don't necessarily think that that's 376 00:16:21,750 --> 00:16:18,160 that that's an issue the we have the two 377 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:21,760 orbiters they we are able to track both 378 00:16:26,190 --> 00:16:23,890 orbiters at once with multiple aperture 379 00:16:28,830 --> 00:16:26,200 / multiple spacecraft were actually 380 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:28,840 capability for DSN so so right now I 381 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:30,700 don't see a tremendous conflict in terms 382 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:33,970 of our data needs and opportunities data 383 00:16:39,180 --> 00:16:37,570 needs as we go forward certainly hope 384 00:16:43,310 --> 00:16:39,190 that opportunity is there so we have 385 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:46,800 okay okay hi mike wall from space com um 386 00:16:51,390 --> 00:16:48,850 so so you guys are going to be gathering 387 00:16:52,770 --> 00:16:51,400 a ton of data and it's there's going to 388 00:16:54,450 --> 00:16:52,780 be a real bottleneck in terms of sending 389 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:54,460 at home can you just just kind of talk 390 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:55,690 about what that's going to mean for 391 00:16:58,680 --> 00:16:57,490 folks who are not necessarily scientists 392 00:17:00,090 --> 00:16:58,690 but interested in what you guys are 393 00:17:02,250 --> 00:17:00,100 discovering like the views in the videos 394 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:02,260 how fast are you going to be able to get 395 00:17:06,390 --> 00:17:04,690 that stuff down and I mean how how much 396 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:06,400 are we like that kind of going to be 397 00:17:12,030 --> 00:17:07,810 able to see of these vistas that 398 00:17:14,220 --> 00:17:12,040 curiosity is see I think John may 399 00:17:17,130 --> 00:17:14,230 correct me but I think our current data 400 00:17:19,890 --> 00:17:17,140 rate is around is 250 megabytes per day 401 00:17:22,650 --> 00:17:19,900 that we should get down so that that 402 00:17:24,420 --> 00:17:22,660 allows quite a rich amount of data I 403 00:17:25,980 --> 00:17:24,430 don't don't you know in my caution 404 00:17:27,300 --> 00:17:25,990 before I certainly even want to indicate 405 00:17:29,190 --> 00:17:27,310 that we're going to get one tenth or 406 00:17:31,170 --> 00:17:29,200 100th of the pictures down I don't think 407 00:17:32,130 --> 00:17:31,180 that's the case but certainly we're not 408 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:32,140 going to get a hundred percent of the 409 00:17:36,060 --> 00:17:33,970 pictures down and we will pick and 410 00:17:37,410 --> 00:17:36,070 choose because we will the scientists 411 00:17:39,810 --> 00:17:37,420 will want very much to get the right 412 00:17:41,790 --> 00:17:39,820 context camera right context pictures to 413 00:17:43,950 --> 00:17:41,800 do the the rest of science investigation 414 00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:43,960 that they need to do well you just add 415 00:17:47,820 --> 00:17:46,510 to that a little bit the principal 416 00:17:50,220 --> 00:17:47,830 investigator Mike male and when he 417 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:50,230 designed the cameras each camera has its 418 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:54,130 own buffer which is eight gigs and the 419 00:17:57,540 --> 00:17:56,290 the science plan this time around is 420 00:17:59,880 --> 00:17:57,550 going to be a little bit different than 421 00:18:01,470 --> 00:17:59,890 what happened with mer on mer the 422 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:01,480 science team would look at the nav cam 423 00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:04,450 images and then based on those select 424 00:18:09,780 --> 00:18:07,540 some sub set of images to then shoot 425 00:18:11,310 --> 00:18:09,790 with the pan camp this time around what 426 00:18:13,410 --> 00:18:11,320 the P I would like to do is shoot a 427 00:18:15,630 --> 00:18:13,420 broader vista right away and return 428 00:18:17,880 --> 00:18:15,640 thumbnails all thumbnails will come back 429 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:17,890 when the size team will actually look at 430 00:18:22,230 --> 00:18:20,410 those color thumbnails and from that be 431 00:18:24,790 --> 00:18:22,240 able to select what subset you would 432 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:24,800 actually downlink so the buffers exist 433 00:18:29,770 --> 00:18:27,410 as a date of management process to allow 434 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:29,780 much bigger data sets to be acquired 435 00:18:33,850 --> 00:18:32,210 with the full intention that some some 436 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:33,860 subset of it will never be returned 437 00:18:43,290 --> 00:18:39,110 probably scott powers me orlando 438 00:18:45,550 --> 00:18:43,300 sentinel Pete are there any upcoming 439 00:18:47,230 --> 00:18:45,560 significant milestones or challenges 440 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:47,240 between now and August for this 441 00:18:51,970 --> 00:18:48,770 flighters it could be nice cruise for 442 00:18:54,340 --> 00:18:51,980 eight and a half months yes we've got an 443 00:18:57,010 --> 00:18:54,350 engineering check out that will occur in 444 00:18:59,040 --> 00:18:57,020 a few weeks and a scientist remit check 445 00:19:01,960 --> 00:18:59,050 out that will occur sometime thereafter 446 00:19:04,870 --> 00:19:01,970 we have of course sixty to eject 447 00:19:06,490 --> 00:19:04,880 reconnection maneuvers to engage in the 448 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:06,500 first one will be about 15 days out from 449 00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:10,730 today the second one approximately two 450 00:19:16,810 --> 00:19:14,630 months out and and the third one about a 451 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:16,820 month or so before we get to Mars in the 452 00:19:21,220 --> 00:19:18,710 last three or four fine-tuning the entry 453 00:19:24,610 --> 00:19:21,230 descent and landing corridor we are also 454 00:19:27,670 --> 00:19:24,620 planning to software loads one in May to 455 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:27,680 to be the final update of the software 456 00:19:33,940 --> 00:19:30,770 for edl and in the last phase of the 457 00:19:35,860 --> 00:19:33,950 mission and and one in June for surface 458 00:19:37,690 --> 00:19:35,870 mission so those are the key kind of 459 00:19:40,030 --> 00:19:37,700 major events that that will be engaged 460 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:40,040 on the spacecraft on the ground will be 461 00:19:43,870 --> 00:19:41,810 engaging and operational readiness test 462 00:19:45,730 --> 00:19:43,880 and we have about ten plan between now 463 00:19:47,170 --> 00:19:45,740 and August solar we're going to be 464 00:19:48,850 --> 00:19:47,180 clipping often more than one a month 465 00:19:50,050 --> 00:19:48,860 three of them for entry descent landing 466 00:19:55,030 --> 00:19:50,060 and some of them for the surface 467 00:19:56,950 --> 00:19:55,040 operations between now and when it 468 00:19:59,380 --> 00:19:56,960 reaches Mars right the first one the 469 00:20:01,000 --> 00:19:59,390 first there's a major aim bias that 470 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:01,010 takes place when you go to Mars because 471 00:20:04,750 --> 00:20:02,690 the third state excuse me the second 472 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:04,760 stage the Centaurs also going to Mars 473 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:07,310 and it's not treated from a planetary 474 00:20:11,590 --> 00:20:09,050 protection standpoint the same way the 475 00:20:13,420 --> 00:20:11,600 spacecraft is treated so the aim point 476 00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:13,430 right now is quite a bit away from Mars 477 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:14,750 and so the first directory correction 478 00:20:18,490 --> 00:20:16,490 maneuver will be the to correct the 479 00:20:23,460 --> 00:20:18,500 aimpoint for what we want the entry 480 00:20:25,810 --> 00:20:23,470 point to be all the entry all the 481 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:25,820 treasury collection maneuvers after that 482 00:20:30,270 --> 00:20:27,470 are basically take out the errors of 483 00:20:34,990 --> 00:20:30,280 that first temporary protection over 484 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:35,000 okay you can hi ken kremer for 485 00:20:39,850 --> 00:20:36,530 spaceflight magazine 486 00:20:41,350 --> 00:20:39,860 question for John he said the other day 487 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:41,360 in today also this is not a life 488 00:20:44,530 --> 00:20:43,130 detection mission I wonder if he could 489 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:44,540 describe a little bit what kind of 490 00:20:49,270 --> 00:20:46,610 instruments you'd like to have to make 491 00:20:52,330 --> 00:20:49,280 it a life detection mission in in the 492 00:20:53,470 --> 00:20:52,340 future and a question for Pete when you 493 00:20:55,030 --> 00:20:53,480 do get to Mars you're going to be 494 00:20:57,430 --> 00:20:55,040 monitoring the weather so you can make 495 00:21:00,120 --> 00:20:57,440 last-minute changes in the entry descent 496 00:21:04,360 --> 00:21:00,130 and landing profile at all and other 497 00:21:07,120 --> 00:21:04,370 atmospheric data tube Thanks your 498 00:21:09,340 --> 00:21:07,130 personal all right so I you know what i 499 00:21:12,970 --> 00:21:09,350 would want is is Watson Watson Watson 500 00:21:14,830 --> 00:21:12,980 lots and lots and lots of Rovers because 501 00:21:16,450 --> 00:21:14,840 what we learn on earth is that you need 502 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:16,460 lots of humans to go out in the field 503 00:21:20,860 --> 00:21:18,170 and rocks that are three and a half 504 00:21:22,510 --> 00:21:20,870 billion years old to to actually find 505 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:22,520 something that you can look at and hold 506 00:21:26,620 --> 00:21:24,110 up and hold a press conference like this 507 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:26,630 and and say you know I've found evidence 508 00:21:31,900 --> 00:21:29,810 of life on the early Earth and and again 509 00:21:33,940 --> 00:21:31,910 I'll emphasize this throughout the 510 00:21:35,770 --> 00:21:33,950 mission the great paradox here is that 511 00:21:38,110 --> 00:21:35,780 water the very thing that enables life 512 00:21:40,270 --> 00:21:38,120 when you convert loose sediment that 513 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:40,280 might have microorganisms in it and you 514 00:21:45,010 --> 00:21:42,410 convert that to solid rock that requires 515 00:21:47,710 --> 00:21:45,020 circulation of many many pore volumes of 516 00:21:49,860 --> 00:21:47,720 water and water is an oxidant so the 517 00:21:54,310 --> 00:21:49,870 water actually oxidizes the organics and 518 00:21:56,410 --> 00:21:54,320 on earth the exploration for for fossils 519 00:21:59,890 --> 00:21:56,420 that might be President ancient rocks is 520 00:22:01,900 --> 00:21:59,900 is is quite serendipitous you have to 521 00:22:04,030 --> 00:22:01,910 sort of learn how to get to get to a 522 00:22:07,030 --> 00:22:04,040 good spot that looks promising in terms 523 00:22:09,190 --> 00:22:07,040 of kind of cementing the material in 524 00:22:11,380 --> 00:22:09,200 very early on if it happens later on 525 00:22:13,660 --> 00:22:11,390 that's no good you want to get it early 526 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:13,670 on because most microorganisms degrade 527 00:22:17,740 --> 00:22:15,650 within hours or days so you got to get 528 00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:17,750 them walked in early and with that 529 00:22:21,460 --> 00:22:19,520 paradigm then you begin to just poke 530 00:22:23,140 --> 00:22:21,470 around and it's just really just 531 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:23,150 collecting many different kinds of rocks 532 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:26,150 so I would imagine that what we could do 533 00:22:31,060 --> 00:22:28,250 as far as exploring ancient Mars is 534 00:22:32,830 --> 00:22:31,070 concerned as you do need to explore 535 00:22:34,660 --> 00:22:32,840 probably a couple of different of these 536 00:22:38,110 --> 00:22:34,670 landing sites and learn to become 537 00:22:41,170 --> 00:22:38,120 familiar with the the patterns by which 538 00:22:44,650 --> 00:22:41,180 water converted materials including 539 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:44,660 potential organics into rocks so and 540 00:22:48,610 --> 00:22:46,250 then in addition to that you would need 541 00:22:49,810 --> 00:22:48,620 very specialized microscopes that that 542 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:49,820 you could you 543 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:52,730 used to take rocks on earth we cut them 544 00:22:56,980 --> 00:22:54,530 so thin you can pass light through them 545 00:22:58,390 --> 00:22:56,990 and then you can see actually cellular 546 00:23:02,050 --> 00:22:58,400 structure and distinguish that from 547 00:23:04,030 --> 00:23:02,060 abiotic processes the other option is to 548 00:23:05,890 --> 00:23:04,040 find what you think really is the it's 549 00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:05,900 sort of the glory hole and get a piece 550 00:23:10,930 --> 00:23:09,200 of and return it back to earth so you 551 00:23:12,310 --> 00:23:10,940 know I think that latter option is the 552 00:23:20,380 --> 00:23:12,320 direction that the Mars program is 553 00:23:23,590 --> 00:23:20,390 headed in okay yeah the the the current 554 00:23:25,410 --> 00:23:23,600 instruments on mro and an odyssey and 555 00:23:28,420 --> 00:23:25,420 Mars Express will in fact look at the 556 00:23:29,890 --> 00:23:28,430 atmosphere and give us data on any 557 00:23:31,930 --> 00:23:29,900 changes in the atmosphere that we might 558 00:23:33,100 --> 00:23:31,940 see we don't expect to this to be to 559 00:23:35,260 --> 00:23:33,110 have a dust storm because this is not 560 00:23:37,270 --> 00:23:35,270 the storm season but there could be 561 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:37,280 inflation in the atmosphere as a result 562 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:39,290 of other processes our entry descent and 563 00:23:43,650 --> 00:23:41,690 landing simulations and testing has 564 00:23:46,330 --> 00:23:43,660 taken a look at extremely broad 565 00:23:48,820 --> 00:23:46,340 atmospheric distribution in terms of 566 00:23:51,010 --> 00:23:48,830 pressure and density profiles so so I 567 00:23:52,780 --> 00:23:51,020 don't expect any surprises there but 568 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:52,790 will of course fine tune the entry 569 00:23:58,990 --> 00:23:54,410 descent landing timeline based upon what 570 00:24:02,140 --> 00:23:59,000 we see Jean michalka with talking space 571 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:02,150 question for John we got a good idea of 572 00:24:06,010 --> 00:24:03,650 what the engineering side is doing on 573 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:06,020 the cruise out what is the science side 574 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:07,250 going to be doing on the cruise out 575 00:24:13,210 --> 00:24:10,610 right so Pete mentioned operational 576 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:13,220 readiness test and we have several of 577 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:15,050 those planned for the sides team and 578 00:24:20,170 --> 00:24:17,810 what we do is we work with curiosity's 579 00:24:23,050 --> 00:24:20,180 twin which is back at JPL on the testbed 580 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:23,060 there and it has a high degree of 581 00:24:28,120 --> 00:24:25,730 fidelity compared to what the spacecraft 582 00:24:30,490 --> 00:24:28,130 is it's on its way to Mars and and with 583 00:24:32,740 --> 00:24:30,500 that then we undergo tests where the 584 00:24:34,750 --> 00:24:32,750 team actually thinks about what kind of 585 00:24:38,290 --> 00:24:34,760 sequences they would like to acquire on 586 00:24:39,940 --> 00:24:38,300 the surface of Mars as it were they get 587 00:24:42,220 --> 00:24:39,950 implemented they get built they get 588 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:42,230 radiated to Mars the data gets returned 589 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:44,450 back to earth and in this simulation 590 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:46,730 then the science team gets to practice 591 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:49,130 with for example how you would do triage 592 00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:52,490 between the amount of data that's 593 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:54,050 available the amount of power that's 594 00:24:57,460 --> 00:24:55,850 available the amount of time that's a 595 00:24:59,500 --> 00:24:57,470 variable basically the three fundamental 596 00:25:02,830 --> 00:24:59,510 resources that allow us to do the 597 00:25:04,540 --> 00:25:02,840 science experiments and so then you know 598 00:25:06,910 --> 00:25:04,550 help them with the 10 instruments to be 599 00:25:09,550 --> 00:25:06,920 able to learn how to efficiently do 600 00:25:11,620 --> 00:25:09,560 trade offs and and work with this flight 601 00:25:13,540 --> 00:25:11,630 software and will interact with the 602 00:25:16,590 --> 00:25:13,550 engineers it will be required to help us 603 00:25:22,530 --> 00:25:16,600 do everything and lots of training there 604 00:25:26,710 --> 00:25:22,540 yep I'm malankara of Swiss engineering 605 00:25:31,620 --> 00:25:26,720 after this beautiful flight I would like 606 00:25:36,180 --> 00:25:31,630 to know if what do you think about the 607 00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:36,190 international international cooperation 608 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:43,310 after the program XO marks I think I 609 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:47,570 have to answer them you know we've been 610 00:25:52,780 --> 00:25:49,850 working with European Space Agency for 611 00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:52,790 several years now and you know we are 612 00:25:58,240 --> 00:25:55,310 continuing to do that I we met last 613 00:26:01,230 --> 00:25:58,250 night to continue discussions it's a 614 00:26:04,060 --> 00:26:01,240 very important partnership for us NASA 615 00:26:07,260 --> 00:26:04,070 with both the 16 mission in the 2018 616 00:26:10,180 --> 00:26:07,270 mission we continue to pursue those and 617 00:26:12,310 --> 00:26:10,190 my 2012 budget that was just passed by 618 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:12,320 Congress recently supports that activity 619 00:26:17,620 --> 00:26:15,290 and we will continue pressing that as 620 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:17,630 you know we have excellent international 621 00:26:26,350 --> 00:26:21,770 participation on MSL I hope I get them 622 00:26:29,590 --> 00:26:26,360 all Canada Russia France Germany are all 623 00:26:33,340 --> 00:26:29,600 aboard and Spain thank you and Spain or 624 00:26:36,490 --> 00:26:33,350 all aboard I knew I'd miss one it's been 625 00:26:38,230 --> 00:26:36,500 a long day and so you know we work with 626 00:26:40,900 --> 00:26:38,240 the international community all the time 627 00:26:42,730 --> 00:26:40,910 and this is expanding that with exomars 628 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:42,740 and we intend to continue to pursue that 629 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:46,090 so we want that to happen todd todd 630 00:26:54,070 --> 00:26:50,930 halvorson Florida today I was wondering 631 00:26:57,790 --> 00:26:54,080 if you could tell us what you anticipate 632 00:27:00,840 --> 00:26:57,800 to get out of the descent camera what we 633 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:00,850 will actually see as a product of that 634 00:27:07,870 --> 00:27:05,570 instrument and when we might see it so 635 00:27:10,180 --> 00:27:07,880 the the descent camera turns on just 636 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:10,190 moments before separation of the of the 637 00:27:14,890 --> 00:27:12,530 heat shield and it acquires all the way 638 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:14,900 to the surface at about five frames per 639 00:27:19,260 --> 00:27:15,490 second 640 00:27:21,810 --> 00:27:19,270 full color HD resolution and then after 641 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:21,820 after we touch down it shuts off 642 00:27:27,630 --> 00:27:24,010 nominally with that camera is available 643 00:27:29,910 --> 00:27:27,640 to use throughout the mission on a best 644 00:27:32,460 --> 00:27:29,920 efforts basis after that so that that 645 00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:32,470 data set will be a very large one and 646 00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:34,630 and given the fact that we will want 647 00:27:40,290 --> 00:27:38,110 other critical engineering data to come 648 00:27:43,290 --> 00:27:40,300 down and also some other initial science 649 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:43,300 products to come down our guess is that 650 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:45,970 probably initially within a within a 651 00:27:49,290 --> 00:27:48,010 week or two there will be a subset of 652 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:49,300 the frames that will be a pretty 653 00:27:52,710 --> 00:27:50,679 nice-looking movie that will be 654 00:27:54,870 --> 00:27:52,720 available and probably within a few 655 00:27:56,610 --> 00:27:54,880 months it will be required to down like 656 00:27:58,530 --> 00:27:56,620 all of the frames that would give you 657 00:28:03,450 --> 00:27:58,540 the complete sequence something like 658 00:28:08,549 --> 00:28:03,460 that any further questions yes we have 659 00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:08,559 one over here Thank You Jackie got out 660 00:28:13,110 --> 00:28:10,480 for the sunday telegraph of London and 661 00:28:15,990 --> 00:28:13,120 already our Lord coverage online is 662 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:16,000 generating the usual array of reader 663 00:28:19,919 --> 00:28:18,490 comments that say that question the 664 00:28:22,380 --> 00:28:19,929 amount of spending on a mission like 665 00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:22,390 this and why are we feeding the world 666 00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:24,970 starving and frivolous and waste of 667 00:28:29,630 --> 00:28:27,030 money do you find that kind of attitude 668 00:28:32,130 --> 00:28:29,640 demoralizing and how do you redress that 669 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:32,140 that lack of understanding of the 670 00:28:37,500 --> 00:28:33,730 importance of this science that you're 671 00:28:40,140 --> 00:28:37,510 doing yeah I think any one of us could 672 00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:40,150 could take that but people I've often 673 00:28:44,970 --> 00:28:42,970 discussed this especially in the context 674 00:28:46,620 --> 00:28:44,980 of the two years slip you asked in 675 00:28:49,799 --> 00:28:46,630 retrospect you know what what does it 676 00:28:51,780 --> 00:28:49,809 mean that we've done that I think you 677 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:51,790 look back and at least for this country 678 00:28:56,669 --> 00:28:54,910 you take every child woman and man and 679 00:28:58,919 --> 00:28:56,679 you divide the total price tag by the 680 00:29:01,350 --> 00:28:58,929 number of people and it comes out to 681 00:29:02,700 --> 00:29:01,360 about the cost of a movie so you know 682 00:29:04,169 --> 00:29:02,710 I'll leave you to judge for yourself 683 00:29:05,850 --> 00:29:04,179 whether or not that's a that's a movie 684 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:05,860 you'd like to see I know that's why I 685 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:09,850 would I think the cost is a bargain for 686 00:29:13,710 --> 00:29:12,160 education for all the science team 687 00:29:16,380 --> 00:29:13,720 members that represent other countries 688 00:29:18,780 --> 00:29:16,390 as well that this is the stuff that 689 00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:18,790 fuels kids imaginations to go into 690 00:29:23,370 --> 00:29:21,370 science and engineering I can't think of 691 00:29:24,870 --> 00:29:23,380 anything better I have a lot of friends 692 00:29:27,510 --> 00:29:24,880 of mine whose kids were watching early 693 00:29:28,910 --> 00:29:27,520 this morning at JPL and it's about as 694 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:28,920 good as it gets and I think that's a 695 00:29:34,670 --> 00:29:32,850 investment like to add the standard 696 00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:34,680 cliched of that however which is we 697 00:29:40,630 --> 00:29:37,470 don't spend any money on Mars right we 698 00:29:43,900 --> 00:29:40,640 spend it all here these are high tech 699 00:29:46,490 --> 00:29:43,910 good-paying jobs across the country that 700 00:29:48,290 --> 00:29:46,500 are created when you do something like 701 00:29:49,610 --> 00:29:48,300 this I've not actually counted it up and 702 00:29:51,740 --> 00:29:49,620 I know that there are thousands of 703 00:29:54,950 --> 00:29:51,750 individuals across the country anyway 704 00:29:58,130 --> 00:29:54,960 from high school education to phd's that 705 00:30:00,560 --> 00:29:58,140 are gainfully employed exciting other 706 00:30:03,650 --> 00:30:00,570 people as you said to bring more kids 707 00:30:05,420 --> 00:30:03,660 into the engineering and sciences and 708 00:30:10,820 --> 00:30:05,430 frankly that's what moves society 709 00:30:13,010 --> 00:30:10,830 forward very important all right if 710 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:13,020 there are no other questions we're going 711 00:30:17,420 --> 00:30:15,390 to conclude but as we go out we're going 712 00:30:19,730 --> 00:30:17,430 to show some video of the spacecraft 713 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:19,740 separation today which everyone agrees 714 00:30:24,830 --> 00:30:22,770 was quite mind-blowing we're going to go 715 00:30:26,270 --> 00:30:24,840 ahead will show that and then that will 716 00:30:41,020 --> 00:30:26,280 conclude this briefing thank you very 717 00:30:46,820 --> 00:30:41,030 much I have seconds spacecraft snap 718 00:30:52,370 --> 00:30:46,830 achieved our targeted roll rate be a