1 00:00:05,049 --> 00:00:06,209 >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 2 00:00:06,209 --> 00:00:10,610 THIS IS THE PRELAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE FOR THE NASA SPACEX 3 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:11,610 C.O.T.S. 4 00:00:11,610 --> 00:00:12,800 DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT. 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,130 AND HERE TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING LAUNCH AND THE MISSION IS FILL 6 00:00:17,130 --> 00:00:21,439 McALISTER, THE DIRECTOR FOR NASA COMMERCIAL SPACE FLIGHT 7 00:00:21,439 --> 00:00:28,019 DEVELOPMENT, ALLEN LINDENMOYER, THE MANAGER FOR THE NASA 8 00:00:28,019 --> 00:00:34,220 COMMERCIAL CREW AND CARGO PROGRAM, GWEN SHOPWELL, THE 9 00:00:34,220 --> 00:00:40,559 PRESIDENT OF SPACEX, AND JOEL TUMBIOLO, THE LAUNCH WEATHER 10 00:00:40,559 --> 00:00:43,930 OFFICER FROM THE 45th WEATHER SQUADRON AT CAPE CANAVERAL AIR 11 00:00:43,930 --> 00:00:44,930 FORCE PARTICIPATION. 12 00:00:44,930 --> 00:00:48,469 NOW, WE'LL BEGIN FIRST WITH OPENING REMARKS FROM PHIL 13 00:00:48,469 --> 00:00:49,559 McALISTER. 14 00:00:49,559 --> 00:00:50,640 PHIL? 15 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:51,679 >> THANKS VERY MUCH. 16 00:00:51,679 --> 00:00:55,820 SO, FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO JUST CONGRATULATE MY FELLOW 17 00:00:55,820 --> 00:00:56,820 ANIMALISTS HERE. 18 00:00:56,820 --> 00:01:00,690 AL AND GWIN AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY 19 00:01:00,690 --> 00:01:03,719 REPRESENT FOR GETTING US THIS FAR. 20 00:01:03,719 --> 00:01:05,220 IT REALLY IS A SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT. 21 00:01:05,220 --> 00:01:11,260 WE'RE ON THE EVE OF A VERY BIG MISSION, AND IT'S BEEN -- AND IT 22 00:01:11,260 --> 00:01:15,070 ITS CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY, GETTING THIS FAR AND ALSO FOR 23 00:01:15,070 --> 00:01:19,910 THE PARTNERSHIP WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FORGE BETWEEN NASA AND SPACEX 24 00:01:19,910 --> 00:01:23,280 HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS STORY. 25 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,150 IT'S ESTIMATED THAT WELL OVER HALF OF STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS 26 00:01:27,150 --> 00:01:28,330 FAIL. 27 00:01:28,330 --> 00:01:33,780 SOME PUT THAT NUMBER CLOSER TO 80% AND YET, THIS PARTNERSHIP 28 00:01:33,780 --> 00:01:36,750 WITH TWO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, TWO DIFFERENT 29 00:01:36,750 --> 00:01:39,410 CULTURES, EXPECTATIONS, HISTORIES, HAVE COME TOGETHER 30 00:01:39,410 --> 00:01:43,150 AND STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, AND WE HAVE REALLY FORGED A 31 00:01:43,150 --> 00:01:45,910 SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP THAT'S BEEN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT 32 00:01:45,910 --> 00:01:47,930 THING, MANY CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY. 33 00:01:47,930 --> 00:01:52,170 AND YET, HERE WE ARE ON THIS EVE OF THIS TEST FLIGHT. 34 00:01:52,170 --> 00:01:55,330 SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TOMORROW, I DO WANT TO 35 00:01:55,330 --> 00:01:58,210 CONGRATULATE BOTH ALLEN AND GWYNNE AND THE ORGANIZATIONS 36 00:01:58,210 --> 00:02:00,230 THEY REPRESENT FOR GETTING US THIS FAR. 37 00:02:00,230 --> 00:02:03,150 SO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE INTO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN 38 00:02:03,150 --> 00:02:05,300 TOMORROW. 39 00:02:05,300 --> 00:02:07,820 WE HAVE SAID MANY TIMES, AND I THINK IT BEARS REPEATING, THAT 40 00:02:07,820 --> 00:02:10,860 THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT. 41 00:02:10,860 --> 00:02:13,820 NASA VIEWS TEST FLIGHTS PRIMARILY AS LEARNING 42 00:02:13,820 --> 00:02:14,820 OPPORTUNITIES. 43 00:02:14,820 --> 00:02:18,750 THEY DON'T FIT VERY NEATLY INTO CHARACTERIZATIONS OF SUCCESS AND 44 00:02:18,750 --> 00:02:20,160 FAILURE. 45 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:24,370 WE KIND OF VIEW ANY TEST FLIGHT TO BE A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. 46 00:02:24,370 --> 00:02:27,420 AND IF IT GETS US IN A BETTER POSTURE TO FLY THE NEXT TIME, 47 00:02:27,420 --> 00:02:29,040 THEN THAT'S REALLY A GOOD THING. 48 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,670 FROM MY STANDPOINT PERSONALLY, THIS MISSION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 49 00:02:32,670 --> 00:02:36,380 JUST THE ORIGINAL C-2 MISSION, WHICH WAS PRIMARILY MEANT TO 50 00:02:36,380 --> 00:02:41,641 DEMONSTRATION THE "DRAGON'S" RENDEZVOUS AND PROXIMITY IN AND 51 00:02:41,641 --> 00:02:42,690 AROUND THE ISS. 52 00:02:42,690 --> 00:02:47,020 SO, TO THE EXTENT THAT SPACEX ACHIEVES MOST OR ALL OF THOSE 53 00:02:47,020 --> 00:02:50,510 TEST OBJECTIVES, THAT WILL BE A VERY GOOD THING AND I PERSONALLY 54 00:02:50,510 --> 00:02:52,170 WILL BE PLEASED WITH THE TEST. 55 00:02:52,170 --> 00:02:53,810 NOTICE I'M NOT SAYING SUCCESS. 56 00:02:53,810 --> 00:02:55,819 I'M SAYING I'LL BE PLEASED WITH THE TEST. 57 00:02:55,819 --> 00:03:00,410 AND THEN TO THE EXTENT WE CAN ACHIEVE SOME OR MOST OR ALL OF 58 00:03:00,410 --> 00:03:03,880 THE C-3 OBJECTIVES, THEN THAT WILL BE EVEN BETTER. 59 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,330 SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 60 00:03:05,330 --> 00:03:07,959 AND JUST ONE OTHER THING THAT BEARS REPEATING. 61 00:03:07,959 --> 00:03:12,620 WHILE THIS IS A SEMINOLE MOMENT, IT'S A BIG MISSION, WE REALLY 62 00:03:12,620 --> 00:03:16,890 ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT ONE PIECE OF NASA'S OVERALL PORTFOLIO. 63 00:03:16,890 --> 00:03:21,870 WE HAVE THE LARGEST SPAKE EVER ON ITS WAY TO MARS RIGHT NOW. 64 00:03:21,870 --> 00:03:25,260 WE'VE GOT A DEEP SPACE CAPSULE IN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE 65 00:03:25,260 --> 00:03:27,840 HEAVY LIFT LAUNCH VEHICLE IN DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS 66 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,010 THOUSANDS OF EXPERIMENTS AND PAYLOADS THAT WE PLAN TO DO ON 67 00:03:31,010 --> 00:03:32,240 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 68 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,330 SO NASA'S STILL GOING TO BE PUSHING THE STATE-OF-THE-ART, 69 00:03:35,330 --> 00:03:38,360 DOING THOSE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE DECADES. 70 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:41,740 BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO DO THOSE 71 00:03:41,740 --> 00:03:48,090 THINGS, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S TIME AND READY FOR US TO TURN CARGO 72 00:03:48,090 --> 00:03:49,780 FOR DELIVERY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION OVER 73 00:03:49,780 --> 00:03:55,410 TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ALLOWING NASA TO TAKE SAVINGS AND PLOW IT 74 00:03:55,410 --> 00:03:58,340 INTO OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO DO IN 75 00:03:58,340 --> 00:04:00,709 THE YEARS AND MONTHS AHEAD. 76 00:04:00,709 --> 00:04:01,709 WITH THAT, THANKS. 77 00:04:01,709 --> 00:04:03,200 I'LL SEND IT BACK TO GEORGE. 78 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:04,660 >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, PHIL. 79 00:04:04,660 --> 00:04:08,819 AND NOW TO ALLEN LINDENMORE, MANAGER FOR NASA'S CREW AND 80 00:04:08,819 --> 00:04:11,250 CARGO PROGRAM. 81 00:04:11,250 --> 00:04:12,250 >> THANK YOU, GEORGE. 82 00:04:12,250 --> 00:04:16,299 WELL, THIS IS CERTAINLY A VERY EXCITING DAY. 83 00:04:16,299 --> 00:04:19,691 WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD TO GET TO THIS POINT, SO I'M SO 84 00:04:19,691 --> 00:04:23,870 PROUD OF OUR TEAMS THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD OVER THE YEARS 85 00:04:23,870 --> 00:04:27,020 AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH SPACEX, AND 86 00:04:27,020 --> 00:04:32,680 ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS DOING THIS FINAL WORK TO 87 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:37,169 BE SURE WE COULD DO EVERYTHING WE COULD POSSIBLY DO TO HELP 88 00:04:37,169 --> 00:04:39,189 ASSURE THE SUCCESS OF THIS MISSION. 89 00:04:39,189 --> 00:04:44,289 IT WAS CERTAINLY A GREAT EFFORT BY EVERYBODY, AND THIS IS HARD. 90 00:04:44,289 --> 00:04:48,650 THIS MISSION IS EXTREMELY COMPLICATED. 91 00:04:48,650 --> 00:04:54,740 THIS IS NOT EASY TO -- THE ENERGY INVOLVED, THE PRECISION 92 00:04:54,740 --> 00:04:59,330 REQUIRED TO GET TO THE THOUSANDS OF PARTS TO ALL WORK PERFECTLY 93 00:04:59,330 --> 00:05:06,039 TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE ORBIT AND BERTHING WITH THE SPACE STATION 94 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:10,030 IS EXTREMELY COMPLEX. 95 00:05:10,030 --> 00:05:12,199 WE'VE ESTABLISHED THESE INCREMENTAL MILESTONES WITH 96 00:05:12,199 --> 00:05:15,729 SPACEX AND THEY HAVE ACHIEVES ALL THESE MILESTONES ALONG THE 97 00:05:15,729 --> 00:05:21,620 WAY, SO THIS COULD BE THE LAST MILESTONE IN OUR AGREEMENT TO 98 00:05:21,620 --> 00:05:22,830 COMPLETE THIS DEMONSTRATION 99 00:05:22,830 --> 00:05:23,860 PHASE. 100 00:05:23,860 --> 00:05:28,669 LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FIRST EXPLORATION SPACEX ACHIEVED IN 101 00:05:28,669 --> 00:05:30,229 2010. 102 00:05:30,229 --> 00:05:33,659 THAT WAS THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION FOR OUR C.O.T.S. 103 00:05:33,659 --> 00:05:34,659 PROGRAM. 104 00:05:34,659 --> 00:05:36,949 THAT WAS DIFFICULT IN ITSELF. 105 00:05:36,949 --> 00:05:40,819 THE FIRST -- ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE SECOND FLIGHT OF THE 106 00:05:40,819 --> 00:05:45,449 BRAND-NEW "FALCON 9" ROCKET, FIRST FLIGHT OF THE "DRAGON" 107 00:05:45,449 --> 00:05:48,919 SPACECRAFT THAT SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVED ORBIT, 2 1/2 ORBITS 108 00:05:48,919 --> 00:05:53,059 LATER RE-ENTERED AND WAS RECOVERED. 109 00:05:53,059 --> 00:05:56,990 AND THAT, OF COURSE, WAS MAKING HISTORY IN ITSELF. 110 00:05:56,990 --> 00:05:58,830 THIS TIME, IT IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. 111 00:05:58,830 --> 00:06:01,219 LET ME TALK ABOUT THIS MISSION. 112 00:06:01,219 --> 00:06:06,050 THIS "DRAGON" IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST VEHICLE, SPACECRAFT THAT 113 00:06:06,050 --> 00:06:09,740 SPACEX HAS DEVELOPED WITH A HEAT REJECTION AND POWER GENERATION 114 00:06:09,740 --> 00:06:10,740 SYSTEM. 115 00:06:10,740 --> 00:06:12,999 THAT MEANS IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU WILL SEE THE SPACECRAFT 116 00:06:12,999 --> 00:06:17,520 DEPLOY ITS SOLAR ARRAYS IN ORDER TO GENERATE POWER DURING THE 117 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:18,520 MISSION. 118 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,330 IT WILL HAVE A JETTISONED SOLAR ARRAY COVERS THAT MUST COME OFF. 119 00:06:22,330 --> 00:06:26,710 IT HAS A CHARGING SYSTEM, COOLER PUMPS, RADIATOR, CABIN 120 00:06:26,710 --> 00:06:30,029 CIRCULATION FANS AND ALL THIS EQUIPMENT THAT IS NECESSARY IN 121 00:06:30,029 --> 00:06:33,689 ORDER TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEETING WITH THE 122 00:06:33,689 --> 00:06:36,199 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 123 00:06:36,199 --> 00:06:40,029 THIS DRAGON WILL BE THE FIRST TIME WE'LL SEE THE FLIGHT OF THE 124 00:06:40,029 --> 00:06:44,529 RENDEZVOUS IN PROXIMITY SENSORS, THE LIDARS AND IMAGERS THAT ARE 125 00:06:44,529 --> 00:06:47,939 REQUIRED TO GIVE THE PROPER RANGE AND RANGE RATE INFORMATION 126 00:06:47,939 --> 00:06:54,499 AS THE VEHICLE GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE SPACE STATION. 127 00:06:54,499 --> 00:06:59,099 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT SPACEX IS FLYING A COMMON 128 00:06:59,099 --> 00:07:00,800 BIRTHING MECHANISM. 129 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:04,020 THIS IS THE MECHANISM THAT'S USED ON ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT 130 00:07:04,020 --> 00:07:09,199 ATTACH, THAT ARE BIRTHED TO THE SPACE STATION. 131 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:12,990 THAT IS ASSEMBLED ON TO THIS DRAGON AS WELL AS A HATCH. 132 00:07:12,990 --> 00:07:16,490 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'LL SEE THE OPERATION OF A HATCH THAT 133 00:07:16,490 --> 00:07:20,569 SPACEX DEVELOPED, SO WE CAN ENTER THE VEHICLE. 134 00:07:20,569 --> 00:07:26,020 SO, ALSO THE FIRST TIME WE'LL SEE THE OPERATION OF THE NEW 135 00:07:26,020 --> 00:07:27,599 FLIGHT COMPUTERS ON THE VEHICLE. 136 00:07:27,599 --> 00:07:31,479 THESE ARE SPECIALLY REDUNDANT COMPUTERS IN ORDER TO MEET THE 137 00:07:31,479 --> 00:07:35,831 REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF THE SPACE 138 00:07:35,831 --> 00:07:36,831 STATION. 139 00:07:36,831 --> 00:07:40,169 SO, THOSE WILL BE DEMONSTRATED ON THIS MISSION. 140 00:07:40,169 --> 00:07:43,999 AND THIS IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME WE'LL SEE THE TRUNK SEPARATED 141 00:07:43,999 --> 00:07:46,949 FROM THE "DRAGON" SPACECRAFT. 142 00:07:46,949 --> 00:07:50,629 ON THE PREVIOUS MISSION WHEN THE DRAGON WAS SEPARATED RIGHT AT 143 00:07:50,629 --> 00:07:51,629 THE TRUNK PLAIN. 144 00:07:51,629 --> 00:07:55,089 THYME, THE TRUNK AND DRAGON WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THE SECOND 145 00:07:55,089 --> 00:07:58,249 STAGE, FLY OUT OF THE WAYSTATION AND THEN IT WILL BE SEPARATED 146 00:07:58,249 --> 00:07:59,759 BEFORE THE RE-ENTRY. 147 00:07:59,759 --> 00:08:03,219 WE'LL ALSO SEE THE FIRST-TIME OPERATION OF THE 148 00:08:03,219 --> 00:08:07,539 SPACEX-DEVELOPED C.O.T.S./UHF COMMUNICATIONS UNIT, WHICH A 149 00:08:07,539 --> 00:08:10,669 RADIO SPACEX HAS BUILT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN FLOWN AND 150 00:08:10,669 --> 00:08:12,789 PREPOSITIONED ON THE SPACE STATION. 151 00:08:12,789 --> 00:08:14,740 THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE 152 00:08:14,740 --> 00:08:18,340 STATION AND THE DRAGON DURING THE MISSION AS WELL AS A CREW 153 00:08:18,340 --> 00:08:24,110 COMMAND PANEL THAT CAN GIVE SPECIFIC COMMANDS TO THE 154 00:08:24,110 --> 00:08:25,110 VEHICLE. 155 00:08:25,110 --> 00:08:26,789 SO THERE'S A LOT OF FIRSTS. 156 00:08:26,789 --> 00:08:27,999 FIRST FLIGHT WAS TOUGH. 157 00:08:27,999 --> 00:08:32,339 THIS IS EVEN MORE COMPLEX. 158 00:08:32,339 --> 00:08:34,450 IT IS A TEST FLIGHT. 159 00:08:34,450 --> 00:08:38,699 EVERYTHING IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE, SO WE'RE CERTAINLY 160 00:08:38,699 --> 00:08:44,329 GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF LEARNING ON THIS FLIGHT. 161 00:08:44,329 --> 00:08:47,529 SO, THIS PROGRAM REPRESENTS A NEW WAY OF DOING BUSINESS FOR 162 00:08:47,529 --> 00:08:49,290 NASA, AND YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT THAT. 163 00:08:49,290 --> 00:08:51,810 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT A MINUTE. 164 00:08:51,810 --> 00:08:54,339 INSTEAD OF USING TRADITIONAL CONTRACTING APPROACHES, WE'RE 165 00:08:54,339 --> 00:08:56,440 USING A COMMERCIAL MODEL. 166 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,209 SO, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 167 00:08:58,209 --> 00:09:03,680 THAT MEANS IT STARTS WITH A SOLID VALUE PROPOSITION. 168 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:08,240 COMPANIES HAVE PROPOSED TO US SOMETHING UNIQUE, SOMETHING THAT 169 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:13,600 WAS SPECIAL, SOMETHING THAT HAD VALUE, THAT THEY BELIEVED COULD 170 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:18,220 BE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAPTURE A SHARE OF THE EXISTING MARKET, OR 171 00:09:18,220 --> 00:09:21,250 PERHAPS CREATE AND OPEN NEW MARKETS. 172 00:09:21,250 --> 00:09:26,300 SO, WE HAD THIS COMPETITION IN 2006, AND THAT WAS THE CORE OF 173 00:09:26,300 --> 00:09:29,110 WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR -- WHAT IS THE VALUE PROPOSITION, WHAT 174 00:09:29,110 --> 00:09:35,120 IS IT THAT IS DIFFERENT, THAT CAN HELP LOWER THE COST AND MAKE 175 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:39,130 SPACE MORE ACCESSIBLE? 176 00:09:39,130 --> 00:09:42,050 THEN YOU HAVE TO ACHIEVE THE FINANCING. 177 00:09:42,050 --> 00:09:45,230 YOU MUST SECURE THE FINANCING AND THE CAPITAL RESOURCES 178 00:09:45,230 --> 00:09:48,089 NECESSARY TO BRING THIS PRODUCT TO MARKET. 179 00:09:48,089 --> 00:09:51,660 ASSUMING THAT'S SUCCESSFUL, THEN OF COURSE, YOU ENTER INTO THE 180 00:09:51,660 --> 00:09:53,970 DESIGN, THE FABRICATION AND THE TEST PHASE. 181 00:09:53,970 --> 00:09:58,209 AND FINALLY, YOU BRING THE PRODUCT TO MARKET, SELL IT AND, 182 00:09:58,209 --> 00:10:01,100 HOPEFULLY, YOU HAVE A PROFITABLE ENTERPRISE. 183 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:03,449 SO, THAT'S THE COMMERCIAL MODEL. 184 00:10:03,449 --> 00:10:06,079 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING. 185 00:10:06,079 --> 00:10:11,759 SPACEX WAS A VERY STRONG CONTENDER IN OUR COMPETITION, 186 00:10:11,759 --> 00:10:13,620 AND WE BELIEVE THEY HAD ONE OF THE STRONGEST VALUE 187 00:10:13,620 --> 00:10:15,700 PROPOSITIONS. 188 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:19,230 WE APPLIED SOME OF THE FINANCING TO HELP THIS MOVE ALONG, NOT 189 00:10:19,230 --> 00:10:20,630 ALL. 190 00:10:20,630 --> 00:10:23,959 WE ARE INVESTOR IN THE PROJECT. 191 00:10:23,959 --> 00:10:28,329 AND OF COURSE, I WOULD SAY IT HAS BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL SO FAR 192 00:10:28,329 --> 00:10:30,560 WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE "FALCON 9," AND THEY HAVE 193 00:10:30,560 --> 00:10:33,329 ALREADY LINED UP A NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS TO ACHIEVE A 194 00:10:33,329 --> 00:10:36,160 SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS. 195 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,930 I THINK THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT ITS 196 00:10:39,930 --> 00:10:43,160 BEST. 197 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:50,560 SO, OF COURSE, WE WISH THE BEST OF LUCK TO SPACEX TONIGHT, AND 198 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:54,770 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE MISSIONS AND REGULAR CARGO 199 00:10:54,770 --> 00:10:56,959 SERVICE FLIGHTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 200 00:10:56,959 --> 00:10:58,680 >> THANK YOU, ALAN. 201 00:10:58,680 --> 00:11:00,480 AND NOW TO SPACEX. 202 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,870 GWYNNE SHOTWELL, WHO'S THE PRESIDENT OF SPACEX. 203 00:11:03,870 --> 00:11:04,890 GWYNNE. 204 00:11:04,890 --> 00:11:07,399 >> IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE DIFFICULT -- WELL, IT IS GOING 205 00:11:07,399 --> 00:11:10,670 TO BE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO CONVEY HOW EXCITED I AM TO BE BACK IN 206 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:14,149 THIS ROOM, BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE'RE FLYING SHORTLY. 207 00:11:14,149 --> 00:11:15,160 IT'S BEEN A BIT OF TIME SINCE WE'VE FLOWN. 208 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:19,500 THE C.O.T.S. C-1 MISSION WAS SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED IN 209 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:26,519 DECEMBER OF 2010, AND I HAVE ABOUT 1,850 FOLKS IN CALIFORNIA, 210 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:31,639 BOTH AT OUR HEADQUARTERS AND OUR VANDENBERG LAUNCH SITE IN TEXAS, 211 00:11:31,639 --> 00:11:35,370 HERE AT THE CAPE, AND OUR FACILITIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. 212 00:11:35,370 --> 00:11:39,110 SO, ALMOST 1,900 FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING VERY HARD, 213 00:11:39,110 --> 00:11:42,480 VERY LONG HOURS, AND I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK 214 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,720 THEM AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN HANGING IN THERE 215 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:46,600 WITH EACH OF THEM. 216 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:51,269 SO, THANKS TO THE EMPLOYEES FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY AND 217 00:11:51,269 --> 00:11:52,829 TALK ABOUT THIS UPCOMING FLIGHT. 218 00:11:52,829 --> 00:11:55,220 I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR SUPPORTERS. 219 00:11:55,220 --> 00:11:59,459 WE'VE GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS JUST TODAY WISHING US LUCK FOR 220 00:11:59,459 --> 00:12:01,720 THE FLIGHT UPCOMING HERE. 221 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,839 OUR CUSTOMERS -- I'LL TALK ABOUT NASA LAST, BUT WE HAVE A REALLY 222 00:12:05,839 --> 00:12:07,769 GREAT AND SUPPORTIVE SET OF CUSTOMERS. 223 00:12:07,769 --> 00:12:10,860 IT'S GOT FALCON 9 MISSIONS MANIFESTED. 224 00:12:10,860 --> 00:12:15,060 IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND SPACEX HAS BENEFITED 225 00:12:15,060 --> 00:12:18,440 TREMENDOUSLY FROM THE SUPPORT NASA'S GIVEN. 226 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,399 OUR INVESTORS HAVE BEEN GREAT AS WELL. 227 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:24,279 THEY'VE PUT QUITE A BIT OF MONEY INTO SPACEX AND THIS C.O.T.S. 228 00:12:24,279 --> 00:12:25,279 PROGRAM. 229 00:12:25,279 --> 00:12:26,509 I WANT TO THANK THE U.S. AIR FORCE. 230 00:12:26,509 --> 00:12:28,899 THEY ARE A KEY MISSION PARTNER FOR US HERE ON THIS UPCOMING 231 00:12:28,899 --> 00:12:30,529 FLIGHT AS WELL AS THE FAA. 232 00:12:30,529 --> 00:12:31,870 I SEE GEORGE IN THE AUDIENCE. 233 00:12:31,870 --> 00:12:34,400 AND THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF OTHER FOLKS WITHIN THE 234 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,850 GOVERNMENT THAT HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE AND HELPFUL FOR US TO 235 00:12:36,850 --> 00:12:37,850 GET HERE. 236 00:12:37,850 --> 00:12:39,779 FINALLY, OF COURSE, I HAVE TO THANK NASA. 237 00:12:39,779 --> 00:12:42,290 SPACEX WOULD NOT BE THE COMPANY THAT IT IS TODAY WITHOUT THEIR 238 00:12:42,290 --> 00:12:45,009 HELP AND SUPPORT, BOTH FINANCIALLY AS WELL AS THE 239 00:12:45,009 --> 00:12:48,899 TECHNICAL GUIDANCE AND JUST OVERALL HELPFULNESS THAT THEY'VE 240 00:12:48,899 --> 00:12:51,269 BEEN DURING THIS EXTRAORDINARY PERIOD OF TIME. 241 00:12:51,269 --> 00:12:57,340 WE DID BEGIN THIS PROGRAM IN AUGUST OF 2006, SO IT'S BEEN A 242 00:12:57,340 --> 00:13:01,570 LONG TIME COMING, AND WE'RE JUST REALLY, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO 243 00:13:01,570 --> 00:13:02,730 BE HERE. 244 00:13:02,730 --> 00:13:05,440 SO, ALAN TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THE FIRSTS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO 245 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,329 GO INTO THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MISSION ITSELF, 246 00:13:09,329 --> 00:13:10,770 JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF DETAILS. 247 00:13:10,770 --> 00:13:14,120 I WON'T FOCUS TOO MUCH ON THE PROX OPS STUFF WITH THE 248 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:15,160 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 249 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,730 I'LL COME BACK TOMORROW AFTER A SUCCESSFUL LIFT-OFF AND WE CAN 250 00:13:17,730 --> 00:13:20,069 TALK MORE DETAILS TOMORROW ABOUT THAT. 251 00:13:20,069 --> 00:13:22,350 BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MISSION AND WHAT YOU GUYS CAN 252 00:13:22,350 --> 00:13:25,470 EXPECT AT 4:55 A.M. 253 00:13:25,470 --> 00:13:26,470 LOCAL. 254 00:13:26,470 --> 00:13:28,439 WE SHOULD BE LIFTING OFF "FALCON 9 DRAGON." 255 00:13:28,439 --> 00:13:32,939 ABOUT 9 1/2 MINUTES INTO THAT FLIGHT, WE SHOULD BE SEPARATING 256 00:13:32,939 --> 00:13:37,290 THE DRAGON CAPSULE WITH THE TRUNK, AND THEN WE WILL 257 00:13:37,290 --> 00:13:41,129 INITIALLY -- WE WILL BEGIN ON ORBIT INITIALIZATION. 258 00:13:41,129 --> 00:13:45,009 WE'LL DEPLOY THE SOLAR ARRAYS ABOUT 11 1/2 MINUTES. 259 00:13:45,009 --> 00:13:49,069 REALLY, A KEY MILESTONE THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR IS ABOUT 260 00:13:49,069 --> 00:13:58,050 2 1/2 HOURS IN, THEN, WHERE WE OPEN THE GN AND CN DOOR. 261 00:13:58,050 --> 00:14:01,970 WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S A KEY NEW FEATURE FOR THIS. 262 00:14:01,970 --> 00:14:06,740 IT BASICALLY REVEALS THE PROXIMATIZATION SENSORS TO SPACE 263 00:14:06,740 --> 00:14:12,620 SO WE CAN SEE THE SPACE STATION AS WE'RE APPROACHING AND WE CAN 264 00:14:12,620 --> 00:14:13,820 BIRTH. 265 00:14:13,820 --> 00:14:18,810 SO, THAT'S A CRITICAL FUNCTION FOR US AND THAT HAPPENS ABOUT 2 266 00:14:18,810 --> 00:14:21,819 HOURS AND 26 MINUTES, I BELIEVE. 267 00:14:21,819 --> 00:14:28,310 SO, THE FIRST 24 HOURS OR SO ARE GOING TO BE SPENT CATCHING UP OR 268 00:14:28,310 --> 00:14:31,310 PHASING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 269 00:14:31,310 --> 00:14:37,379 ENTERING DAY TWO AT ABOUT HOUR 40, WE WILL START A FLY-UNDER, 270 00:14:37,379 --> 00:14:40,010 AND THAT WILL GO FOR ABOUT TEN HOURS. 271 00:14:40,010 --> 00:14:42,980 SO, WHAT WE'RE DOING DURING THAT FLY-UNDER IS THE MAJORITY OF THE 272 00:14:42,980 --> 00:14:45,259 C-2 PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL MISSION. 273 00:14:45,259 --> 00:14:50,220 WE'LL BE TALKING TO THE SPACE STATION THROUGH OUR CUCKOO RADIO 274 00:14:50,220 --> 00:14:51,999 THAT ALAN DESCRIBED. 275 00:14:51,999 --> 00:14:55,449 WE WILL ALSO BE DOING A RELATIVE GPS DEMONSTRATION IN THAT TIME 276 00:14:55,449 --> 00:14:56,449 FRAME AS WELL. 277 00:14:56,449 --> 00:14:58,610 THOSE ARE CRITICAL OPERATIONS AND TESTS THAT WE NEED TO 278 00:14:58,610 --> 00:15:02,270 EXECUTE, SHOW NASA THE DATA, MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE'RE 279 00:15:02,270 --> 00:15:04,610 SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, MAKING SURE THE COMS ARE WORKING. 280 00:15:04,610 --> 00:15:07,990 I BELIEVE THE SHUTTLE -- EXCUSE ME, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 281 00:15:07,990 --> 00:15:11,160 STATION ALSO COMMANDS "DRAGON" TO TURN ON ITS STROBE LIGHTS, 282 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:15,139 JUST SO WE KNOW THE ASTRONAUTS CAN COMMAND THROUGH CUCKOO AND 283 00:15:15,139 --> 00:15:18,260 THE COMMAND PANEL THAT'S ON THE ISS. 284 00:15:18,260 --> 00:15:19,779 THEN WE'LL DO A RE-RESIDENT VUX. 285 00:15:19,779 --> 00:15:22,709 SO WE'LL DO A FLY-UNDER ABOUT 2 1/2 KILOMETERS UNDER. 286 00:15:22,709 --> 00:15:26,329 THEN WE GO IN FRONT OF THE STATION, RAISE ABOVE IT START 287 00:15:26,329 --> 00:15:30,310 FALLING BACK BEHIND IT, AND THIS IS THE RE-RENDEZVOUS SECTION. 288 00:15:30,310 --> 00:15:35,260 THEN WE WILL START OPERATIONS AROUND HOUR 70 OF THE MISSION. 289 00:15:35,260 --> 00:15:39,920 THEN IF ALL IS GOING WELL, BY HOUR 75, WE SHOULD HAVE BIRTHED, 290 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,160 WHICH IS GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT. 291 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:46,259 SO, I'VE TALKED VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THE TIME LINE OF THE 292 00:15:46,259 --> 00:15:47,259 MISSION. 293 00:15:47,259 --> 00:15:49,769 ALAN HAS TALKED ABOUT THE FIRSTS. 294 00:15:49,769 --> 00:15:51,410 I AM REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. 295 00:15:51,410 --> 00:15:53,839 I KNOW EVERYBODY AT SPACEX IS REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS 296 00:15:53,839 --> 00:15:56,610 PARTICULAR MISSION. 297 00:15:56,610 --> 00:15:58,709 AND THANKS, THANKS VERY MUCH. 298 00:15:58,709 --> 00:15:59,709 GEORGE? 299 00:15:59,709 --> 00:16:00,709 >> THANK YOU, GWYNNE. 300 00:16:00,709 --> 00:16:04,360 WE'LL LOOK NOW AT THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR TOMORROW MORNING. 301 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:09,450 JOEL TUMBIOLO, WEATHER OFFICER FROM CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE 302 00:16:09,450 --> 00:16:10,450 STATION. 303 00:16:10,450 --> 00:16:11,450 JOEL? 304 00:16:11,450 --> 00:16:12,499 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 305 00:16:12,499 --> 00:16:14,790 FOR THOSE WHO DON'T LIVE IN FLORIDA AND HAVE BEEN HERE THE 306 00:16:14,790 --> 00:16:17,410 LAST FEW DAYS, YOU'VE KIND OF GOTTEN A TASTE FOR WHAT OUR 307 00:16:17,410 --> 00:16:21,089 AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS ARE LIKE AROUND HERE DURING THE 308 00:16:21,089 --> 00:16:22,089 SUMMERTIME. 309 00:16:22,089 --> 00:16:25,170 WE'VE HAD WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND THINGS 310 00:16:25,170 --> 00:16:26,209 OF THAT NATURE. 311 00:16:26,209 --> 00:16:29,249 IT'S PRETTY COMMON FOR US TO SEE THAT KIND OF WEATHER DURING THE 312 00:16:29,249 --> 00:16:30,740 SUMMERTIME MONTHS. 313 00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:34,600 SO, THE FIRST GOOD NEWS THAT I HAVE IS THAT SINCE THIS IS AN 314 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,249 EARLY-MORNING LAUNCH, THAT IS TYPICALLY DURING THE SUMMERTIME, 315 00:16:37,249 --> 00:16:39,589 ANYWAY, OUR BEST WEATHER TIME OF THE DAY. 316 00:16:39,589 --> 00:16:44,079 SO, FOR THAT REASON, WE ARE LOOKING AT FAVORABLE CONDITIONS. 317 00:16:44,079 --> 00:16:46,710 IF I COULD HAVE THE SATELLITE PICTURE UP TO KIND OF JUST GIVE 318 00:16:46,710 --> 00:16:50,850 YOU A SCENARIO OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 319 00:16:50,850 --> 00:16:54,220 AGAIN, BASICALLY, WE'VE HAD AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ROLL 320 00:16:54,220 --> 00:16:59,379 THROUGH THE AREA, A COMBINATION OF TROPICAL MOISTURE AND OUR 321 00:16:59,379 --> 00:17:03,150 NORMAL LOCAL SEA BREEZE, AND WE'VE ALSO HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A 322 00:17:03,150 --> 00:17:05,490 WEAK BOUNDARY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. 323 00:17:05,490 --> 00:17:09,839 COMBINATION OF ALL THOSE FACTORS HAVE GIVEN US THE WIDESPREAD 324 00:17:09,839 --> 00:17:11,700 THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. 325 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:14,860 THE GOOD NEWS IS, ONE OF THOSE FEATURES, THE SURFACE TROUGH HAS 326 00:17:14,860 --> 00:17:19,339 KIND OF MOVED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER THIS MORNING, AND IT HAS 327 00:17:19,339 --> 00:17:22,180 TAKEN AWAY SOME OF THE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND MOVED IT 328 00:17:22,180 --> 00:17:23,790 OFF OUT OVER THE OCEAN. 329 00:17:23,790 --> 00:17:27,920 SO, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT DRIER OVER THE PENINSULA TODAY. 330 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:31,870 SO ALTHOUGH WE WON'T BE TOTALLY THUNDERSTORM-FREE, THE COVERAGE 331 00:17:31,870 --> 00:17:35,180 OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MUCH, MUCH LESS THIS AFTERNOON AND 332 00:17:35,180 --> 00:17:38,100 EVENING THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS. 333 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,870 WE COULD HAVE ONE OR TWO IN THE AREA, BUT AGAIN, I'M NOT 334 00:17:40,870 --> 00:17:45,040 EXPECTING THE WIDESPREAD, STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH 335 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,470 FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND ALL THAT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING 336 00:17:48,470 --> 00:17:49,470 TODAY. 337 00:17:49,470 --> 00:17:50,630 SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS. 338 00:17:50,630 --> 00:17:54,040 AGAIN, ONCE WE GET INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, DURING THIS 339 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:57,510 TIME OF THE YEAR, IT'S TYPICALLY OUR BEST TIME OF THE YEAR. 340 00:17:57,510 --> 00:17:59,550 WHAT WE EXPECT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IS JUST SOME 341 00:17:59,550 --> 00:18:00,950 PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. 342 00:18:00,950 --> 00:18:05,010 THERE COULD BE A COUPLE SHOWERS OVER THE OCEAN WANDERING AROUND, 343 00:18:05,010 --> 00:18:07,670 BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TOO MUCH OF A THREAT. 344 00:18:07,670 --> 00:18:09,810 OUR WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE. 345 00:18:09,810 --> 00:18:12,180 RIGHT NOW THEY'RE OUT OF THE NORTH AND THEY'LL BE OUT OF THE 346 00:18:12,180 --> 00:18:15,420 NORTHEAST AND EAST LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON WITH OUR SEA BREEZE. 347 00:18:15,420 --> 00:18:17,800 ONCE WE GET INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS, AS THIS IS THE FORECAST 348 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,060 FOR TOMORROW MORNING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LIGHT EASTERLY 349 00:18:21,060 --> 00:18:23,080 WIND, PROBABLY ON THE ORDER 56 TO 10 KNOTS. 350 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:26,210 NOT REALLY EXPECTING ANY CONCERNS AS FAR AS WIND. 351 00:18:26,210 --> 00:18:29,660 AND AGAIN, JUST ONE SCATTERED CLOUD DECK AT AROUND 25,000 352 00:18:29,660 --> 00:18:30,670 FEET. 353 00:18:30,670 --> 00:18:33,200 COULD BE A COUPLE ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AREA, BUT AGAIN, 354 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,070 WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THAT TO BE TOO MUCH OF A CONCERN. 355 00:18:36,070 --> 00:18:38,530 AND AS FAR AS THE PROBABILITY OF VIOLATING ONE OF OUR WEATHER 356 00:18:38,530 --> 00:18:42,390 RULES, IT'S ONLY A 30% CHANCE OF THAT OCCURRING, WHICH FOR THIS 357 00:18:42,390 --> 00:18:44,920 TIME OF THE YEAR IS A FAIRLY LOW NUMBER. 358 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:47,770 AND AGAIN, OUR MAIN CONCERN IS WHAT WE CALL THE CUMULUS CLOUD 359 00:18:47,770 --> 00:18:51,590 ROLL, WHICH IS JUST BASICALLY CLOUDS IN THE AREA, AND IF THEY 360 00:18:51,590 --> 00:18:54,320 REACH A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE AND IF THEY'RE A CERTAIN DISTANCE 361 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,610 AWAY FROM THE LAUNCHPAD, WE HAVE TO WATCH THEM. 362 00:18:56,610 --> 00:18:59,490 BUT AGAIN, THAT CONCERN IS VERY, VERY LOW. 363 00:18:59,490 --> 00:19:02,280 SO WE ARE LOOKING AT A VERY FAVORABLE CONDITION EARLY 364 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:03,280 TOMORROW MORNING. 365 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,820 AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES, THEY WILL BE IN THE LOW 70s, 73 TO 75 366 00:19:06,820 --> 00:19:09,890 DEGREES, SO NOT EXPECTING ANY CONCERNS THERE. 367 00:19:09,890 --> 00:19:13,040 AND IF WE WERE TO GO INTO THE THREE-DAY DELAY, FOR WHATEVER 368 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:16,040 REASON, VERY SIMILAR CONDITION. 369 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:18,150 THE ONLY CHANGE IS THAT OUR WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE 370 00:19:18,150 --> 00:19:20,800 OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST, WHICH COULD BRING A LITTLE BIT MORE 371 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:24,220 MOISTURE AND A FEW MORE SHOWERS AND CLOUDS IN THE AREA. 372 00:19:24,220 --> 00:19:29,050 BUT AGAIN, OVERALL, BEING AN EARLY-MORNING LAUNCH, AGAIN, 373 00:19:29,050 --> 00:19:31,380 THIS TIME OF YEAR, THAT'S OUR BEST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR 374 00:19:31,380 --> 00:19:34,590 WEATHER, AND WE'RE ONLY LOOKING FOR A 40% CHANCE OF A VIOLATION. 375 00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:37,630 AGAIN, THAT'S FOR THE THREE-DAY DELAY, IF THAT WERE TO BE 376 00:19:37,630 --> 00:19:38,630 NEEDED. 377 00:19:38,630 --> 00:19:41,830 SO, IN SUMMARY, AGAIN, WE COULD HAVE ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS, 378 00:19:41,830 --> 00:19:44,260 NOT NECESSARILY ON THE CAPE HERE, BUT SOMEWHERE IN CENTRAL 379 00:19:44,260 --> 00:19:46,550 FLORIDA THAT WE'LL BE MONITORING. 380 00:19:46,550 --> 00:19:49,700 ONCE THE SUN SETS, THOSE WILL DIE OUT AND THEN WE'RE EXPECTING 381 00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:52,970 EXCELLENT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO TOMORROW 382 00:19:52,970 --> 00:19:53,970 MORNING. 383 00:19:53,970 --> 00:19:54,970 SO, THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEFING. 384 00:19:54,970 --> 00:19:55,970 THANK YOU, GEORGE. 385 00:19:55,970 --> 00:19:57,540 >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JOEL. 386 00:19:57,540 --> 00:19:59,940 WE'RE READY NOW TO TAKE QUESTIONS. 387 00:19:59,940 --> 00:20:03,120 PLEASE BE SURE TO GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION WHEN THE 388 00:20:03,120 --> 00:20:05,270 MICROPHONE COMES TO YOU. 389 00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:08,520 AND WE'LL START -- LET'S START WITH MARCIA RIGHT HERE IN THE 390 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,340 SECOND ROW AND THEN WE'LL COME FORWARD. 391 00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:14,410 >> MARCIA DUNN, "ASSOCIATED PRESS" FOR MS. 392 00:20:14,410 --> 00:20:15,410 SHOTWELL. 393 00:20:15,410 --> 00:20:17,880 TALK ABOUT YOUR SENSE OF WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE HISTORY OF 394 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,590 SPACE FLIGHT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, FROM THE COMPANY'S 395 00:20:21,590 --> 00:20:24,710 PERSPECTIVE, AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR YOU TO SUCCEED, AT 396 00:20:24,710 --> 00:20:27,950 LEAST, IN SOME OF YOUR OBJECTIVES. 397 00:20:27,950 --> 00:20:34,190 >> WELL, IF SUCCESSFUL, THERE'S NO QUESTION, THIS IS A HISTORIC 398 00:20:34,190 --> 00:20:35,190 FLIGHT. 399 00:20:35,190 --> 00:20:38,400 THERE'S BEEN ONLY FOUR NATIONS OR GROUPS OF NATIONS THAT HAVE 400 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,430 BIRTHED OR DOCKED A SPACECRAFT TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 401 00:20:41,430 --> 00:20:42,430 STATION. 402 00:20:42,430 --> 00:20:47,430 IT'S EUROPE, RUSSIA, THE UNITED STATES, OF COURSE, AND JAPAN. 403 00:20:47,430 --> 00:20:52,860 SO, YEAH, WE REALLY STAND IN AWE OF HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO 404 00:20:52,860 --> 00:20:55,160 ATTEMPT THIS. 405 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,770 THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT. 406 00:20:57,770 --> 00:21:00,410 WHAT'S IMPORTANT FROM A SPACEX PERSPECTIVE ON A TEST FLIGHT IS 407 00:21:00,410 --> 00:21:02,130 TO MAKE SURE WE LEARN SOMETHING. 408 00:21:02,130 --> 00:21:05,490 HOPEFULLY, WE LEARN A LOT, AND HOPEFULLY, WE MAKE A LOT OF 409 00:21:05,490 --> 00:21:06,530 PROGRESS. 410 00:21:06,530 --> 00:21:10,410 BUT REALLY, WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE 411 00:21:10,410 --> 00:21:14,180 SPACECRAFT, RING IT OUT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE, AND 412 00:21:14,180 --> 00:21:16,790 OBVIOUSLY THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BIRTH. 413 00:21:16,790 --> 00:21:17,790 >> JAY? 414 00:21:17,790 --> 00:21:20,460 >> JAY BARBERIE WITH NBC. 415 00:21:20,460 --> 00:21:21,460 MS. 416 00:21:21,460 --> 00:21:27,031 SHOTWELL, WHAT EVERYBODY IS EXPECTING HERE, YOU'RE 417 00:21:27,031 --> 00:21:30,020 DELIVERING CARGO, WHICH IS GREAT AND IT'S NEEDED, BUT WHAT 418 00:21:30,020 --> 00:21:33,780 THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS WHEN WILL AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS BE BACK 419 00:21:33,780 --> 00:21:36,460 FLYING FROM THESE SHORES? 420 00:21:36,460 --> 00:21:41,330 WE KNOW OF SPACEX'S INTEREST TO FLY AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS. 421 00:21:41,330 --> 00:21:42,330 MR. 422 00:21:42,330 --> 00:21:45,530 MUSK SAID BACK IN JANUARY 2011 THAT HE WOULD FLY "FALCON 423 00:21:45,530 --> 00:21:50,340 9" 17 MORE TIMES BEFORE HUMANS WOULD FLY. 424 00:21:50,340 --> 00:21:54,270 NOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY REVAMPED THE SCHEDULE A 425 00:21:54,270 --> 00:21:55,270 LITTLE BIT. 426 00:21:55,270 --> 00:21:58,280 COULD YOU TELL US HOW MANY TIMES YOU EXPECT TO FLY "FALCON 9," 427 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:02,220 WHERE IT WILL BE BEFORE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TALK TO NASA OR GET 428 00:22:02,220 --> 00:22:06,340 READY TO FLY AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS FROM HERE AGAIN? 429 00:22:06,340 --> 00:22:07,630 >> SURE, JAY. 430 00:22:07,630 --> 00:22:12,670 I THINK WE'RE STILL VERY CLOSE TO THE 17 FLIGHTS THE "FALCON 9" 431 00:22:12,670 --> 00:22:13,670 TARGET. 432 00:22:13,670 --> 00:22:16,660 WE ANTICIPATE THREE FLIGHTS TODAY, "FALCON 9" AND "DRAGON" 433 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:17,690 FLIGHTS THIS YEAR. 434 00:22:17,690 --> 00:22:23,860 NEXT YEAR WE HOPE TO FLY BOTH TWICE UNDER THE CRS PROGRAM, AND 435 00:22:23,860 --> 00:22:26,290 THEN WE HAVE SIX ADDITIONAL FLIGHTS, WHICH INCLUDE THE 436 00:22:26,290 --> 00:22:29,200 ADVENT OF THE "FALCON HEAVY" NEXT YEAR. 437 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:34,790 AND THEN IN 2014, I'VE GOT A LAUNCH ALMOST EVERY MONTH. 438 00:22:34,790 --> 00:22:37,600 I'VE GOT ONLY A COUPLE SPOTS LEFT ON THE MANIFEST. 439 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:42,400 SO BY THE END OF '14 OR EARLY '15 WHEN WE HOPE TO FLY HUMANS 440 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,740 FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE SHOULD HAVE, I GUESS IF I WERE TO BE 441 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:51,690 ADDING WHILE I WAS GOING, IT'S PROBABLY 20 OR SO, LITTLE OVER 442 00:22:51,690 --> 00:22:52,780 20 FLIGHTS. 443 00:22:52,780 --> 00:22:54,950 >> EXCUSE ME, 20 FLIGHTS? 444 00:22:54,950 --> 00:22:55,970 >> OF "FALCON 9." 445 00:22:55,970 --> 00:22:56,970 >> UH HUH? 446 00:22:56,970 --> 00:23:00,080 >> THEN LET'S GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT HOW MANY "FALCON 9" AND 447 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:01,080 "DRAGON" FLIGHTS. 448 00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:02,950 THREE THIS YEAR, TWO NEXT YEAR. 449 00:23:02,950 --> 00:23:09,320 IN '14, THREE FLIGHTS AND THEN A NUMBER OF TEST FLIGHTS OF THE 450 00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:12,620 "DRAGON" AND ITS CREW CONFIGURATION IN '14 AS WELL. 451 00:23:12,620 --> 00:23:16,500 BY THE WAY, I'M PRESUMING THAT WE ARE ONE OF THE WINNERS. 452 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:18,900 I KIND OF JUMPED AHEAD OF MYSELF HERE, SORRY. 453 00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:22,850 OF THE ONGOING PROCUREMENT WITH NASA FOR THE CCI CAMP, THE 454 00:23:22,850 --> 00:23:24,370 COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 455 00:23:24,370 --> 00:23:27,800 >> BUT YOU'RE REALLY SAYING THAT YOU REALLY EXPECT ALL OF THIS 456 00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:31,620 HAS TO GO CORRECTLY, HAS TO GO RIGHT, YOU HAVE NO PROBLEMS, AND 457 00:23:31,620 --> 00:23:35,100 THEN YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE VERY EARLIEST, AT THE END OF 458 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:39,250 2015, EARLY 2016, IS THAT CORRECT? 459 00:23:39,250 --> 00:23:43,610 >> OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS TO FLY CREW WITHIN THREE YEARS. 460 00:23:43,610 --> 00:23:49,240 SO HOPEFULLY IN EARLY, CERTAINLY BY MID-2015, WE SHOULD BE FLYING 461 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:50,240 CREW. 462 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,240 AND NOT ALL THOSE FLIGHTS HAVE 463 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,700 TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT. 464 00:23:53,700 --> 00:23:56,250 OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD LOVE FOR EVERY FLIGHT WE HAVE ON OUR 465 00:23:56,250 --> 00:23:57,610 MANIFEST TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 466 00:23:57,610 --> 00:24:01,040 IT WOULD CERTAINLY MAKE MY JOB INCREDIBLY EASY. 467 00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,880 BUT I DON'T THINK -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY I DON'T THINK THAT'S 468 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:05,860 REALISTIC. 469 00:24:05,860 --> 00:24:07,020 THIS IS A TOUGH BUSINESS. 470 00:24:07,020 --> 00:24:10,510 >> JUST SO I UNDERSTAND THIS, YOU'RE FLYING THREE FLIGHTS THIS 471 00:24:10,510 --> 00:24:11,510 YEAR, WHICH IS 2012. 472 00:24:11,510 --> 00:24:12,510 >> CORRECT. 473 00:24:12,510 --> 00:24:13,510 >> OKAY. 474 00:24:13,510 --> 00:24:16,030 NOW, YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO FLY TWO NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS 2013. 475 00:24:16,030 --> 00:24:22,610 >> TWO "FALCON 9" "DRAGON" FLIGHTS, PLUS SIX ADDITIONAL 476 00:24:22,610 --> 00:24:23,730 "DRAGON" FLIGHTS. 477 00:24:23,730 --> 00:24:26,150 >> SO EIGHT OF NEXT YEAR? 478 00:24:26,150 --> 00:24:27,230 >> THAT'S THE PLAN. 479 00:24:27,230 --> 00:24:28,320 >> SO THAT WILL BE IN '13. 480 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:32,760 SO IN '15, ABOUT ONE A MONTH, I THINK YOU SAID THERE. 481 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:38,470 AND THIS IS WHEN YOU HOPE THAT YOU COULD GET READY AND, I 482 00:24:38,470 --> 00:24:42,820 ASSUME, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING ON PAD 40 OR IF 483 00:24:42,820 --> 00:24:45,190 YOU'LL GO TO PAD 39B. 484 00:24:45,190 --> 00:24:47,450 YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS OUT THERE YET TO DO. 485 00:24:47,450 --> 00:24:50,200 >> WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK IN FRONT OF US TO FLY CREW, THAT IS 486 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,200 TRUE. 487 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,460 >> OKAY, BUT YOU HOPE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT IN 2015. 488 00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:55,460 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 489 00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:57,140 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. 490 00:24:57,140 --> 00:25:04,730 >> CLARA MOSKOWITS WITH SPACE.COM. 491 00:25:04,730 --> 00:25:07,620 WHICH SECTION OF THE FLIGHT IS MAYBE THE MOST DIFFICULT OR 492 00:25:07,620 --> 00:25:11,110 NAIL-BITING FOR YOU GUYS AT SPACEX? 493 00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:12,920 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE BITING OFF OUR FINGERS 494 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:17,790 BETWEEN NOW AND HOUR 75. 495 00:25:17,790 --> 00:25:19,890 LAUNCH IS OBVIOUSLY KEY. 496 00:25:19,890 --> 00:25:22,140 YOU'VE GOT TO GET "DRAGON" SUCCESSFULLY TO ORBIT, SO THAT'S 497 00:25:22,140 --> 00:25:24,790 A PRETTY NERVE-RACKING TIME FRAME. 498 00:25:24,790 --> 00:25:27,490 THIS ISN'T ACTUALLY A DIFFICULT MISSION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF 499 00:25:27,490 --> 00:25:28,640 THE LAUNCH WINDOW. 500 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,600 WE HAVE A NEAR INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOW. 501 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:35,320 SO IF BY 4:45 AND A COUPLE OF SECONDS, WE HAVEN'T LIFTED OFF, 502 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:39,030 WE WILL HAVE TO SCRUB -- WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES 503 00:25:39,030 --> 00:25:42,160 EVERY DAY, BUT THEY HAVE MASSIVE PROPELLANT REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER 504 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:45,190 TO CATCH UP TO THE SPACE STATION, SO THE OPTIMUM TIME FOR 505 00:25:45,190 --> 00:25:49,110 US TO FLY AGAIN WOULD BE THE 22nd. 506 00:25:49,110 --> 00:25:51,860 I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF SLEEP IN THE NEXT 70 507 00:25:51,860 --> 00:25:56,130 OR 75 HOURS FOR FOLKS AT SPACEX. 508 00:25:56,130 --> 00:25:57,640 IT'S ALL HARD. 509 00:25:57,640 --> 00:26:02,490 >> HI, ROBERT PEARLMAN WITH COLLECTSPACE.COM. 510 00:26:02,490 --> 00:26:06,960 I GUESS FOR GWYNNE, BUT ALSO FOR ANYONE ON THE PANEL. 511 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,500 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SUCCESS AND ABOUT THIS BEING A 512 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:12,590 TEST FLIGHT AND LEARNING THINGS AND BEING PLEASED, BUT WHAT 513 00:26:12,590 --> 00:26:15,510 DEFINES MISSION SUCCESS FOR THIS? 514 00:26:15,510 --> 00:26:17,970 IS IT JUST GETTING OFF THE PAD AND YOU LEARN SOMETHING THAT 515 00:26:17,970 --> 00:26:18,970 WAY? 516 00:26:18,970 --> 00:26:21,480 OR DO YOU HAVE TO BE ENTIRELY SUCCESSFUL FOR IT TO BE DECLARED 517 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,480 MISSION SUCCESS? 518 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,460 >> YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THAT? 519 00:26:26,460 --> 00:26:32,290 >> WELL, I CAN ANSWER THAT FROM OUR SPACE ACT AGREEMENT, IN 520 00:26:32,290 --> 00:26:36,900 TERMS OF OUR FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH SPACEX. 521 00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:42,600 WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES LISTED, STARTING FROM LICENSING, 522 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,170 GROUND OPERATIONS, THE LAUNCH ACTIVITY, ON-ORBIT OPERATIONS 523 00:26:46,170 --> 00:26:50,020 THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE BIRTHING PERIOD AND THE CONTROLLED ENTRY 524 00:26:50,020 --> 00:26:51,020 AND RECOVERY. 525 00:26:51,020 --> 00:26:54,050 ALL OF THESE ARE INCREMENTAL MILESTONES THAT WE'VE LISTED AS 526 00:26:54,050 --> 00:27:01,220 SUCCESS CRITERIA, BUT THE NATURE OF THIS FLIGHT IS SUCH THAT IF 527 00:27:01,220 --> 00:27:04,900 THEY ARE NOT ALL ACHIEVED, WELL THEN THEY WOULD ROLL INTO THE 528 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:07,330 NEXT FLIGHT. 529 00:27:07,330 --> 00:27:10,070 SO ACHIEVING ANY ONE OF THOSE INCREMENTAL STEPS WOULD BE 530 00:27:10,070 --> 00:27:13,750 CONSIDERED A SUCCESS AND THE THINGS THAT WERE NOT ACHIEVED, 531 00:27:13,750 --> 00:27:16,680 THEN WE WOULD ROLL INTO THE NEXT FLIGHT. 532 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:22,220 >> KEN KRAMER FOR "SPACE FLIGHT" MAGAZINE FOR MS. 533 00:27:22,220 --> 00:27:23,850 SHOTWELL AND ANYONE. 534 00:27:23,850 --> 00:27:27,560 YOU'VE HAD TO DO A LOT OF ADDITIONAL TESTING OVER THE LAST 535 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,570 FEW MONTHS BECAUSE YOU'VE COMBINED THESE TWO MISSIONS, 536 00:27:29,570 --> 00:27:30,570 OKAY? 537 00:27:30,570 --> 00:27:31,760 AND YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH NASA. 538 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:36,080 I WONDER IF YOU COULD DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT WHAT IS THE NATURE OF 539 00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:38,440 THAT TESTING LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL, WHAT YOU'VE HAD TO DO. 540 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:42,000 HAVE YOU UNCOVERED ANY ISSUES THAT YOU HAD TO FIX AND THINGS 541 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:43,000 LIKE THAT? 542 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,000 THANK YOU. 543 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,000 >> SURE. 544 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:51,410 SO, WE DID A BASELINE WITH NASA IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND 545 00:27:51,410 --> 00:27:55,640 THAT WAS TO FOCUS ON THE PRIMARY, THE BASELINE MISSION. 546 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,860 AND THEN WE CONTINUED TO WORK ON THE ELEMENTS OF, SUCH AS 547 00:27:58,860 --> 00:28:02,090 RE-ENTRY AND ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK ON CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 548 00:28:02,090 --> 00:28:03,110 SINCE THEN. 549 00:28:03,110 --> 00:28:05,780 WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF REGRESSION TESTS WITH NASA HAND 550 00:28:05,780 --> 00:28:11,540 IN HAND ON THE GN&C SIDE AS WELL AS ON THE SOFTWARE SIDE. 551 00:28:11,540 --> 00:28:17,160 MOST RECENTLY, WE LOCKED DOWN OUR SOFTWARE IN MID-APRIL, AND 552 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:19,600 WE'VE CONTINUED TO WORK WITH NASA VERY CLOSELY ON THE 553 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:21,410 SOFTWARE ASSURANCE PROCESS. 554 00:28:21,410 --> 00:28:23,860 WE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES SINCE THAT PRIMARY BASELINE IN 555 00:28:23,860 --> 00:28:28,270 DECEMBER, AND WE WENT THROUGH EVERY CHANGE WITH NASA HELP, 556 00:28:28,270 --> 00:28:29,940 REMINDED ME OF BEING IN COLLEGE. 557 00:28:29,940 --> 00:28:32,190 STARTED AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING, WENT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. 558 00:28:32,190 --> 00:28:35,740 BY THE WAY, THE NASA FOLKS WERE ONLINE AT 9:00 UNTIL 2:00 IN THE 559 00:28:35,740 --> 00:28:38,470 MORNING, DAYS IN A ROW. 560 00:28:38,470 --> 00:28:41,070 AND WE WENT THROUGH EVERY SOFTWARE CHANGE, EVERY COT 561 00:28:41,070 --> 00:28:43,780 CHANGE AND EVERY CONFIGURATION CHANGE SINCE THE BASELINE IN 562 00:28:43,780 --> 00:28:45,160 DECEMBER. 563 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:49,070 WE FOUND NO ISSUES WITH THE SOFTWARE, SO THERE SHOULD BE NO 564 00:28:49,070 --> 00:28:51,920 ISSUES ABOUT MY SOFTWARE WRITTEN. 565 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,980 WE DID FIND A COUPLE PROCESS AREAS THAT WE CAN WORK ON AND DO 566 00:28:54,980 --> 00:28:58,610 BETTER, BUT THERE WERE NO SUBSTANTIAL ACTIONS OR ISSUES 567 00:28:58,610 --> 00:29:01,960 THAT CAME OUT OF THAT REVIEW. 568 00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,110 THE SPACECRAFT IS FUNDAMENTALLY A NEW SPACECRAFT. 569 00:29:04,110 --> 00:29:06,730 WE FLEW A VERSION OF IT IN DECEMBER, BUT THIS IS A MUCH 570 00:29:06,730 --> 00:29:08,690 MORE SOPHISTICATED SPACECRAFT. 571 00:29:08,690 --> 00:29:12,150 HAS A LOT MORE SUBSYSTEMS ON IT, AS ALAN TALKED ABOUT. 572 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:17,380 AND WE ARE APPROACHING A MANNED, A CRUDE BODY, THE ISS. 573 00:29:17,380 --> 00:29:21,080 AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT ALL EYES LOOKING AT 574 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:22,250 EVERYTHING. 575 00:29:22,250 --> 00:29:23,690 AND I THINK WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT. 576 00:29:23,690 --> 00:29:25,630 IT'S BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY COUPLE OF WEEKS. 577 00:29:25,630 --> 00:29:26,690 I'M SURE WE WORE THE NAS WERE 578 00:29:26,690 --> 00:29:29,130 FOLKS OUT. 579 00:29:29,130 --> 00:29:35,180 >> HI, VAUGHN SIMON. 580 00:29:35,180 --> 00:29:38,540 A QUESTION FOR THE NASA REPRESENTATIVES. 581 00:29:38,540 --> 00:29:41,870 IT SEEMS TO BE A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH TO A MISSION WHERE IN 582 00:29:41,870 --> 00:29:44,320 THE PAST, NASA WOULD OPERATE THE MISSION, AND NOW YOU'RE ALMOST 583 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:45,320 REGULATING IT. 584 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:49,460 I'M CURIOUS HOW THAT ROLE CHANGE HAS GONE INSIDE THE 585 00:29:49,460 --> 00:29:50,460 ORGANIZATION. 586 00:29:50,460 --> 00:29:52,690 HAS IT BEEN DIFFICULT TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION? 587 00:29:52,690 --> 00:29:55,440 AND I GUESS FOR SPACEX, YOU KIND OF ANSWERED THE PRIOR QUESTION 588 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:58,790 SIMILAR TO THAT, JUST WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE REGULATED IN THIS NEW 589 00:29:58,790 --> 00:30:07,560 ENVIRONMENT. 590 00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:10,530 >> THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS DIFFERENT FOR US. 591 00:30:10,530 --> 00:30:14,500 WE ARE VERY ACCUSTOMED TO ESTABLISHING A LARGE LIST OF 592 00:30:14,500 --> 00:30:24,140 DETAILED REQUIREMENTS THAT WE ASSURE ARE VERIFIED AND MET FOR 593 00:30:24,140 --> 00:30:26,220 ALL OF OUR MISSIONS. 594 00:30:26,220 --> 00:30:33,310 THIS TIME, WE HAD TO THINK LIKE A CUSTOMER OF SERVICES, SORT OF 595 00:30:33,310 --> 00:30:35,070 AN END-TO-END CARGO DELIVERY. 596 00:30:35,070 --> 00:30:36,070 HERE'S OUR CARGO. 597 00:30:36,070 --> 00:30:40,010 WE EXPECT IT TO BE DELIVERED IN THE SAME SHAPE WE GAVE IT TO YOU 598 00:30:40,010 --> 00:30:41,330 AND RECOVERED. 599 00:30:41,330 --> 00:30:43,520 AND THAT WAS A WHOLE DIFFERENT MINDSET FOR US, BECAUSE THE 600 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:48,460 REQUIREMENTS THEN CAME DOWN SUBSTANTIALLY TO WHAT OUR NEEDS 601 00:30:48,460 --> 00:30:53,580 WERE, AND THEN WE FOCUSED ONLY ON THE FIRM REQUIREMENTS THAT 602 00:30:53,580 --> 00:30:56,880 WERE REQUIRED TO ASSURE THE SAFETY OF THE SPACE STATION. 603 00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,730 SO, THAT WAS A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT APPROACH FOR US. 604 00:31:00,730 --> 00:31:02,950 AND I THINK IT WORKED OUT VERY WELL. 605 00:31:02,950 --> 00:31:06,190 OF COURSE, IN TERMS OF THE SPACE STATION VERIFICATION, AS GWYNNE 606 00:31:06,190 --> 00:31:09,590 MENTIONED, PART OF LOOKING AT ALL THE CHANGES AND VERIFYING 607 00:31:09,590 --> 00:31:12,880 AND RUNNING IT THROUGH OUR JOINT SIMULATIONS IS PART OF A 608 00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,250 STANDARD PROCESS THAT WE WOULD DO FOR ANY VEHICLE, BUT THE REST 609 00:31:16,250 --> 00:31:19,340 OF IT WAS PRETTY MUCH UP TO SPACEX IN TERMS OF THE 610 00:31:19,340 --> 00:31:23,560 CONFIGURATIONS OF THE VEHICLES, THE CARGO CAPACITIES, THE 611 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:24,860 VOLUMES. 612 00:31:24,860 --> 00:31:32,790 AND WE LEARNED TO UTILIZE WHAT SPACEX WAS OFFERING, INSTEAD OF 613 00:31:32,790 --> 00:31:35,090 VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. 614 00:31:35,090 --> 00:31:38,250 >> AND JUST ONE MORE -- IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE THING. 615 00:31:38,250 --> 00:31:41,370 NASA'S ROLE IS NOT REGULATORY IN THIS REQUIREMENT. 616 00:31:41,370 --> 00:31:44,870 I CAN SEE WHERE YOU MIGHT MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION, BUT THE FAA IS 617 00:31:44,870 --> 00:31:45,900 ONE OF OUR PARTNERS. 618 00:31:45,900 --> 00:31:47,610 THEY'RE NOT UP HERE TODAY, BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY ONE OF OUR 619 00:31:47,610 --> 00:31:49,690 PARTNERS AND THEY HAVE THE REGULATORY ROLE FOR THIS 620 00:31:49,690 --> 00:31:50,710 MISSION. 621 00:31:50,710 --> 00:31:55,210 NASA'S ROLE IS MORE LIKE ALAN SAID. 622 00:31:55,210 --> 00:31:59,340 I KIND OF THINK OF IT MORE AS AN INVESTOR, A VERY INTERESTED 623 00:31:59,340 --> 00:32:00,340 INVESTOR. 624 00:32:00,340 --> 00:32:02,890 AND IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE NASA PORTFOLIO, WE PURCHASE 625 00:32:02,890 --> 00:32:05,480 COMMERCIAL SERVICES FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 626 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,430 WE'VE JUST NEVER DONE IT IN HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. 627 00:32:07,430 --> 00:32:12,330 SO, THERE WAS A LOT OF EXPERTISE AND HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE THAT 628 00:32:12,330 --> 00:32:13,870 WE COULD DRAW ON. 629 00:32:13,870 --> 00:32:17,560 WE PURCHASE OUR ROBOTIC LAUNCH SERVICES COMMERCIALLY AS WELL, 630 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:20,950 SO BEEN ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THOSE LESSONS LEARNED. 631 00:32:20,950 --> 00:32:24,960 SO, WHILE IT WAS NEW, IT WASN'T COMPLETELY NEW, YOU KNOW. 632 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,100 IT'S HARD TO CHARACTERIZE THESE THINGS AS EITHER HALF EMPTY OR 633 00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:31,160 HALF FULL, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE FOR US 634 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,800 TO LEVERAGE, BUT IT HAS DEFINITELY BEEN A CHANGE IN THE 635 00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:39,280 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT AREA, AND IT'S TAKEN MANY YEARS, BUT WE'VE 636 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:44,390 DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB, I THINK, OVER THAT TIME. 637 00:32:44,390 --> 00:32:45,730 >> WITH VOICE OF AMERICA. 638 00:32:45,730 --> 00:32:49,740 IN TERMS OF COMMAND AND CONTROL OF "DRAGON" AND ALSO "FALCON," 639 00:32:49,740 --> 00:32:52,680 WHO ACTUALLY HAS THE LEAD IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG? 640 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:57,670 WOULD IT BE SPACEX OR NASA WHO HAS FULL CONTROL OF, ESPECIALLY 641 00:32:57,670 --> 00:33:02,710 "DRAGON," ESPECIALLY DURING FLY-UNDER, APPROACH AND BIRTH? 642 00:33:02,710 --> 00:33:07,810 >> SPACEX COMMANDS THE "DRAGON" CAPSULE AND OPERATES IT. 643 00:33:07,810 --> 00:33:13,620 THE CREW ON BOARD THE ISS, AND I BELIEVE THE CREW, THE OPERATORS 644 00:33:13,620 --> 00:33:16,750 IN MISSION CONTROL, HAVE THE ABILITY TO CALL AN ABORT. 645 00:33:16,750 --> 00:33:19,900 SO NASA HAS THE ABILITY TO CALL "DRAGON" OFF IF THEY ARE 646 00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:21,470 CONCERNED ABOUT ANYTHING. 647 00:33:21,470 --> 00:33:26,060 "DRAGON" AUTONOMOUSLY COULD ABORT AS WELL, AND WE COULD 648 00:33:26,060 --> 00:33:27,470 OBVIOUSLY COMMAND AN ABORT. 649 00:33:27,470 --> 00:33:33,610 SO, WE OPERATE THE VEHICLE IN ANY NOMINAL SITUATION, BUT THE 650 00:33:33,610 --> 00:33:37,240 INTERNATIONAL -- THE CREW ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, MCC 651 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:41,350 IN HOUSTON, "DRAGON" ITSELF AND SPACEX MISSION CONTROL CAN 652 00:33:41,350 --> 00:33:43,350 COMMAND AN ABORT. 653 00:33:43,350 --> 00:33:47,870 >> LET ME JUST ADD, CERTAINLY SPACEX IS FLYING AND IN COMMAND 654 00:33:47,870 --> 00:33:51,960 OF THE VEHICLE, BUT THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC LIST OF FLIGHT 655 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:54,620 RULES THAT AS THE VEHICLE APPROACHES THE PARTICIPATION, 656 00:33:54,620 --> 00:33:59,740 THERE ARE PREDEFINED RULES IN TERMS OF REDUNDANCY, RELIABILITY 657 00:33:59,740 --> 00:34:03,080 AND PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE, AND IT WILL BE PASSING THROUGH 658 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:09,349 THESE PERIODS AS IT APPROACHES, WHICH IS AN OPERATION THAT IS 659 00:34:09,349 --> 00:34:15,320 MANAGED OUT OF HOUSTON MISSION CONTROL, BUT THE ACTUAL 660 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:18,700 CONTROLLING AND COMMAND OF THE VEHICLE IS BY SPACEX. 661 00:34:18,700 --> 00:34:22,470 >> BILL HOROWITZ, CBS NEWS FOR GWYNNE OR MAYBE FOR PHIL, I'M 662 00:34:22,470 --> 00:34:23,470 NOT SURE. 663 00:34:23,470 --> 00:34:26,030 YOU'RE TALKING 2015, IF ALL GOES WELL, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. 664 00:34:26,030 --> 00:34:28,630 NASA'S TOLD US REPEATEDLY THAT BASED ON THE BUDGET PROFILE, 665 00:34:28,630 --> 00:34:32,100 YOU'RE OUT TO 2017 AT THIS POINT AT THE EARLIEST, AND THIS YEAR'S 666 00:34:32,100 --> 00:34:34,790 BUDGET, IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, IT COULD BE EVEN LATER. 667 00:34:34,790 --> 00:34:38,429 MY QUESTION IS, IS IT 2015 IS WHAT YOU COULD DO IF FULLY 668 00:34:38,429 --> 00:34:39,429 FUNDED? 669 00:34:39,429 --> 00:34:41,740 AND DOES SPACEX HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN EVEN IF 670 00:34:41,740 --> 00:34:44,129 THE NASA BUDGETS AREN'T FULLY FUNDED? 671 00:34:44,129 --> 00:34:46,790 IN OTHER WORDS, ARE YOU COMMITTED TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN 672 00:34:46,790 --> 00:34:52,780 ON A FASTER SCHEDULE ON YOUR OWN? 673 00:34:52,780 --> 00:35:00,380 >> GIVEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN ABOUT THE BUDGET THIS YEAR AND WHAT WE 674 00:35:00,380 --> 00:35:06,110 WOULD ANTICIPATE NEXT YEAR, WE BELIEVE '15 IS A REASONABLE DATE 675 00:35:06,110 --> 00:35:07,230 TO FLY CREW. 676 00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:11,230 NOW, IF BUDGETS WERE TO GET CUT DRAMATICALLY FROM CURRENT OR 677 00:35:11,230 --> 00:35:17,320 ANTICIPATED LEVELS, THEN WE MIGHT LOOK AT A STRETCH-OUT. 678 00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:22,380 SPACEX WAS FOUNDED, ACTUALLY, TO TAKE CREW AND EXPLORERS TO 679 00:35:22,380 --> 00:35:23,380 SPACE. 680 00:35:23,380 --> 00:35:26,610 SO, WE WOULD PROCEED, REGARDLESS. 681 00:35:26,610 --> 00:35:29,710 HOWEVER, IT WOULD TAKE LONGER BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF CAPITAL 682 00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,080 FOR A COMPANY TO RAISE. 683 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:32,080 IT WOULD TAKE LONGER. 684 00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:35,480 >> PHIL, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? 685 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:36,680 OR MAYBE ALAN? 686 00:35:36,680 --> 00:35:37,680 WHOEVER. 687 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:40,000 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SPECULATE ON 688 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:41,000 FUTURE BUDGETS. 689 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,660 WE'RE GOING TO GET WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, AND WE'LL SEE -- I 690 00:35:42,660 --> 00:35:46,310 THINK I CAN SAY FOR SURE THAT WE WILL MAKE THE BEST USE OF 691 00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:48,410 WHATEVER BUDGET THAT WE DO GET. 692 00:35:48,410 --> 00:35:51,440 I WOULD SAY IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULE, THAT'S ANOTHER 693 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:52,440 DIFFICULT THING TO PREDICT. 694 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,250 JUST LIKE THE BUDGETS, THERE IS A CONNECTION THERE, OBVIOUSLY, 695 00:35:56,250 --> 00:36:01,080 BETWEEN THE BUDGETS AND HOW FAST WE CAN GO. 696 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,230 BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT THERE IS A 697 00:36:03,230 --> 00:36:06,810 DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHEN THEY COULD FIRST FLY PEOPLE AND WHEN 698 00:36:06,810 --> 00:36:09,300 THEY WOULD BE CERTIFIED TO FLY NASA ASTRONAUTS TO THE 699 00:36:09,300 --> 00:36:10,330 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 700 00:36:10,330 --> 00:36:14,280 THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT DATES, AND I THINK WHEN NASA SAYS 2017, 701 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,560 THAT'S SORT OF OUR BEST ESTIMATE AS TO WHEN WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE 702 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,540 A CERTIFIED VEHICLE FLYING TO THE ISS. 703 00:36:19,540 --> 00:36:22,710 BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PRECLUDE AN EARLIER AVAILABILITY OF 704 00:36:22,710 --> 00:36:23,710 SERVICES. 705 00:36:23,710 --> 00:36:26,930 SO, WE RECOGNIZE THAT MANY OF OUR PARTNERS BELIEVE THEY CAN 706 00:36:26,930 --> 00:36:29,180 GET THERE QUICKER, AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO SLOW 707 00:36:29,180 --> 00:36:30,180 THEM UP. 708 00:36:30,180 --> 00:36:35,050 SO, WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW FOR AN EARLIER AVAILABILITY OF 709 00:36:35,050 --> 00:36:36,050 SERVICES. 710 00:36:36,050 --> 00:36:38,321 BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PICTURE, WE THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY, WE 711 00:36:38,321 --> 00:36:42,810 THINK A REASONABLE ESTIMATE, AND IT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE, IS 2017. 712 00:36:42,810 --> 00:36:44,100 COULD BE LONGER, COULD BE SHORT. 713 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:48,430 >> BUT WE THINK THAT'S REASONABLE. 714 00:36:48,430 --> 00:36:49,900 >> PETER KING ALSO OF CBS NEWS. 715 00:36:49,900 --> 00:36:51,670 THIS IS FOR MS. 716 00:36:51,670 --> 00:36:52,670 SHOTWELL. 717 00:36:52,670 --> 00:36:54,290 EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT, OF COURSE, COMMERCIAL SPACE, AND 718 00:36:54,290 --> 00:36:57,270 THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF PARALLELS DRAWN BETWEEN WHAT'S 719 00:36:57,270 --> 00:37:02,020 HAPPENING HERE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF AVIATION IN THE AIRLINES. 720 00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:05,070 THIS IS A COUPLE PARTS HERE. 721 00:37:05,070 --> 00:37:08,530 AT WHAT POINT HAVE YOU MADE BACK YOUR INVESTMENT AND DOES THIS 722 00:37:08,530 --> 00:37:12,060 START BEING A PROFIT-MAKING VENTURE RATHER THAN TRYING TO 723 00:37:12,060 --> 00:37:13,680 EARN BACK THE INVESTMENT? 724 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:18,860 AND THE SECOND PART WOULD BE, DO YOU EXPECT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO 725 00:37:18,860 --> 00:37:22,450 MAKE THE BULK OF YOUR MONEY ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS, LIKE NASA, 726 00:37:22,450 --> 00:37:26,320 THE WAY THE AIRLINES DID IN THE EARLY DAYS WITH THE AIR MAIL? 727 00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:30,810 OR IS IT GOING TO BE SPACE TOURISM AND OTHER CONCERNS THAT 728 00:37:30,810 --> 00:37:35,150 REALLY PUSH YOU INTO THE BLACK? 729 00:37:35,150 --> 00:37:38,370 >> SPACEX AS A BUSINESS HAS DONE VERY WELL FINANCIALLY. 730 00:37:38,370 --> 00:37:41,260 WE'VE BEEN FREE CASH FLOW POSITIVE FOR FIVE YEARS AND 731 00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:44,960 PROFITABLE AS WELL. 732 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:50,300 SO, THE VALUE OF THE COMPANY IS NOT NECESSARILY -- IT'S VALUED 733 00:37:50,300 --> 00:37:51,300 DIFFERENTLY. 734 00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:58,250 THE COMPANY IS WORTH -- LET ME NOT GO DOWN THAT PATH. 735 00:37:58,250 --> 00:38:01,640 WE'VE BEEN FREE CASH FLOW POSITIVE AND PROFITABLE FOR MANY 736 00:38:01,640 --> 00:38:02,640 YEARS. 737 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:04,100 SO LET'S TAKE THAT PIECE. 738 00:38:04,100 --> 00:38:06,980 NOW, THE SECOND PIECE YOU SAY IS ARE WE GOING TO MAKE MOST OF OUR 739 00:38:06,980 --> 00:38:08,440 MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT? 740 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:11,190 AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE MAJORITY OF OUR MISSIONS, NOT 741 00:38:11,190 --> 00:38:13,480 NECESSARILY THE MAJORITY OF OUR REVENUE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OUR 742 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:16,750 MISSIONS ARE COMMERCIAL OR INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS. 743 00:38:16,750 --> 00:38:19,770 WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO TO SUSTAIN A HEALTHY BUSINESS IS TO 744 00:38:19,770 --> 00:38:23,700 HAVE GOOD PENETRATION IN EVERY MARKET SECTOR. 745 00:38:23,700 --> 00:38:27,820 WE'D LOVE TO HAVE 30% COMMERCIAL, 30% GOVERNMENT AND 746 00:38:27,820 --> 00:38:29,500 30% INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT. 747 00:38:29,500 --> 00:38:33,800 THAT WOULD PROTECT US FROM DOWNTURNS IN ANY SINGLE SECTOR. 748 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:38,940 WHAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS WITH THE SPACEX SYSTEM, "FALCON 749 00:38:38,940 --> 00:38:43,260 9" FLIES TO TAKE "DRAGON" TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR 750 00:38:43,260 --> 00:38:44,260 CARGO MISSIONS. 751 00:38:44,260 --> 00:38:47,200 HOPEFULLY, IT WILL FLY TO TAKE CREW MISSIONS AS WELL, BUT IT 752 00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:49,750 ALSO DELIVERS SATELLITES TO ORBIT. 753 00:38:49,750 --> 00:38:51,820 THAT'S A WELL-DEFINED MARKET. 754 00:38:51,820 --> 00:38:53,980 IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME. 755 00:38:53,980 --> 00:38:57,640 THE U.S. ACTUALLY USED TO DOMINATE LAUNCH IN THE '90s. 756 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:01,080 WE FLEW THE MAJORITY OF THE MISSIONS, COMMERCIAL MISSIONS. 757 00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:04,310 WE LOST THAT IN THE LATE '90s, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT 758 00:39:04,310 --> 00:39:06,340 COME BACK NOW WITH THE "FALCON 9." 759 00:39:06,340 --> 00:39:08,610 WE ARE COMPETITIVE INTERNATIONALLY. 760 00:39:08,610 --> 00:39:13,400 WE'RE BEATING OTHERS AT COMPETED DEALS, AND WE'RE BUILDING OUR 761 00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:15,619 MANIFEST TO KEEP THE COMPANY HEALTHY. 762 00:39:15,619 --> 00:39:16,619 >> IRENE? 763 00:39:16,619 --> 00:39:17,619 >> THANKS. 764 00:39:17,619 --> 00:39:19,080 IRENE FOX WITH REUTERS. 765 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,470 I HAVE A COUPLE FINANCIAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU, GWYNNE, AND 766 00:39:22,470 --> 00:39:25,460 ONE FOR EITHER ALAN OR PHIL. 767 00:39:25,460 --> 00:39:28,930 LAST TIME I THINK WE TALKED TO ELON, HE SAID THAT THIS PROGRAM 768 00:39:28,930 --> 00:39:33,950 TO DATE, THE "FALCON 9" DEVELOPMENT, ALSO "FALCON 1" AND 769 00:39:33,950 --> 00:39:38,550 LAUNCH SITES AND "DRAGON" AND SO FORTH IS $1 BILLION, OF WHICH 770 00:39:38,550 --> 00:39:43,310 NASA IS ROUGHLY $400 MILLION, NOT COUNTING THE COMMERCIAL 771 00:39:43,310 --> 00:39:46,510 CREW, AND HE HAD PUT IN $100 MILLION. 772 00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:49,680 SO WHERE DID THE OTHER $500 MILLION COME FROM? 773 00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,100 >> SO, WE'VE ACTUALLY SPENT -- THAT WAS SOME TIME AGO, RIGHT? 774 00:39:53,100 --> 00:39:56,960 SO NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT $1.2 BILLION IN EXPENDITURE. 775 00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:00,690 NASA HAS PROVIDED ABOUT $390 MILLION SO FAR UNDER THE 776 00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:01,690 C.O.T.S. 777 00:40:01,690 --> 00:40:02,690 PROGRAM. 778 00:40:02,690 --> 00:40:04,440 WE'VE HAD ELON'S INVESTED $100 MILLION. 779 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:07,120 WE'VE HAD OUTSIDE INVESTORS AT $120 MILLION. 780 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:12,090 OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS HAVE PUT IN ABOUT THE SAME AS OUR CRS 781 00:40:12,090 --> 00:40:14,810 CUSTOMERS, SO JUST UNDER $300 MILLION THERE. 782 00:40:14,810 --> 00:40:15,990 AND THEN THERE'S THE CCDEV2. 783 00:40:15,990 --> 00:40:20,350 I SHOULDN'T SAY OUR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS -- OUR OTHER-THAN-NASA 784 00:40:20,350 --> 00:40:21,660 CUSTOMERS. 785 00:40:21,660 --> 00:40:22,970 >> OKAY. 786 00:40:22,970 --> 00:40:26,020 AND I REALIZED YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IN A PROCUREMENT SITUATION NOW, 787 00:40:26,020 --> 00:40:31,540 BUT COULD YOU SAY ROUGHLY HOW MUCH SPACEX INTENDS TO UNDERCUT 788 00:40:31,540 --> 00:40:36,950 THE RUSSIANS' $60 MILLION A SEAT FOR FLYING ASTRONAUTS TO THE 789 00:40:36,950 --> 00:40:37,950 ISS? 790 00:40:37,950 --> 00:40:41,310 >> WE'VE BEEN VERY PUBLIC ABOUT THAT. 791 00:40:41,310 --> 00:40:44,760 WE BELIEVE OUR CREW CAPABILITY, THAT WE CAN OFFER THAT TO NASA 792 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,850 FOR $140 MILLION PERMISSION. 793 00:40:47,850 --> 00:40:50,750 WE CAN TAKE SEVEN ASTRONAUTS, SO THAT'S 20 MILLION BUCKS A SEAT. 794 00:40:50,750 --> 00:40:55,390 >> WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE PHONES NOW, AND PLEASE ASK JUST 795 00:40:55,390 --> 00:40:58,270 ONE QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE 796 00:40:58,270 --> 00:40:59,270 PHONE. 797 00:40:59,270 --> 00:41:02,340 THEN WE'LL COME BACK HERE AND TAKE A COUPLE MORE TO WRAP IT 798 00:41:02,340 --> 00:41:03,340 UP. 799 00:41:03,340 --> 00:41:08,730 MARK FROM "AVIATION WEEK." 800 00:41:08,730 --> 00:41:16,080 MARK, ARE YOU THERE? 801 00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:25,000 OKAY, HOW ABOUT ANDY COX FROM THE WEATHER CHANNEL? 802 00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:36,320 ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM WITH THE PHONES, SO LET'S COME 803 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:37,320 BACK HERE AND TAKE SOME MORE. 804 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:43,799 WE'LL TAKE A COUPLE IN THE FRONT. 805 00:41:43,799 --> 00:41:45,910 >> SAWYER ROSENSTEIN FOR "TALKING SPACE." 806 00:41:45,910 --> 00:41:51,330 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR PHIL OR ALAN. 807 00:41:51,330 --> 00:41:56,360 AS THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY, IT WAS ORIGINALLY GOVERNMENT-RUN, AND 808 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:58,710 THEN IT BECAME COMMERCIALIZED. 809 00:41:58,710 --> 00:42:02,460 DO YOU FORESEE THAT BECOMING SIMILAR WITH WHAT NASA PLANS TO 810 00:42:02,460 --> 00:42:06,039 DO WITH THE FUTURE OF COMMERCIAL SPACE? 811 00:42:06,039 --> 00:42:07,039 >> ABSOLUTELY. 812 00:42:07,039 --> 00:42:09,290 I THINK IT'S NOT A PERFECT ANALOGY, BUT IT'S A GOOD 813 00:42:09,290 --> 00:42:10,760 ANALOGY. 814 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,070 WE'VE SEEN THE GOVERNMENT SORT OF PUSH THE STATE OF THE ART AND 815 00:42:13,070 --> 00:42:15,020 THEN THE PRIVATE SECTOR COME BACK IN. 816 00:42:15,020 --> 00:42:19,070 AND MY PERSONAL FEELING IS, AND IT GOES BACK TO ONE OF THE 817 00:42:19,070 --> 00:42:22,460 EARLIER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS MISSION MEANS, I KIND OF 818 00:42:22,460 --> 00:42:25,810 SEE THAT TRANSITION AS BEING INEVITABLE. 819 00:42:25,810 --> 00:42:28,010 I BELIEVE IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT SOME POINT. 820 00:42:28,010 --> 00:42:31,000 IF IT'S NOT TODAY AND THIS MISSION FALLS SHORT OF 821 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:34,070 EXPECTATIONS, IT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE IT IS 822 00:42:34,070 --> 00:42:35,070 INEVITABLE. 823 00:42:35,070 --> 00:42:38,220 LOW EARTH ORBIT IS GOING TO BE A PLACE, I BELIEVE, WHERE WE'RE 824 00:42:38,220 --> 00:42:43,890 GOING TO SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, SCIENTIFIC 825 00:42:43,890 --> 00:42:46,880 ACTIVITY, ACROSS THE BOARD. 826 00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:52,060 SO, I BELIEVE THERE IS A ROLE, THERE IS CERTAINLY A PLACE FOR 827 00:42:52,060 --> 00:42:54,360 EVERYBODY, AND THE UNIVERSE IS A VERY BIG PLACE, AND THE SOLAR 828 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:55,690 SYSTEM IS A VERY BIG PLACE. 829 00:42:55,690 --> 00:42:58,310 SO NASA'S STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 830 00:42:58,310 --> 00:43:01,630 BUT FOR THIS MORE ROUTINE OPERATION OF GOING UP AND DOWN 831 00:43:01,630 --> 00:43:04,700 TO LOW EARTH ORBIT, IT'S DIFFICULT, IT'S HARD. 832 00:43:04,700 --> 00:43:06,780 ALAN GAVE YOU A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF THAT. 833 00:43:06,780 --> 00:43:09,590 BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR DECADES NOW, AND 834 00:43:09,590 --> 00:43:14,450 IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE DONE OVER 100 TIMES BY NASA. 835 00:43:14,450 --> 00:43:17,390 AND SO, WE THINK NOW, THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR ALL THOSE 836 00:43:17,390 --> 00:43:20,480 CONDITIONS, THAT WE'RE NOT PUSHING THE STATE-OF-THE-ART. 837 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,540 IT'S A WELL-DEFINED MISSION THAT HAS POTENTIAL FOR OTHER 838 00:43:23,540 --> 00:43:24,990 CUSTOMERS IN ADDITION TO NASA. 839 00:43:24,990 --> 00:43:29,640 WHEN YOU PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER, IT'S, IN MY OPINION AN 840 00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,060 INEVITABLE OUTCOME THAT THIS WILL EVENTUALLY BE LOW EARTH 841 00:43:33,060 --> 00:43:35,640 ORBIT, AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY, RIGHT? 842 00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:40,610 IT FREES NASA UP TO DO THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT'S MADE US PROUD 843 00:43:40,610 --> 00:43:42,420 AS A NATION OVER THOSE YEARS. 844 00:43:42,420 --> 00:43:48,100 AND THE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IS WE'VE HAD SOME SETBACKS IN HUMAN 845 00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:50,811 SPACE FLIGHT, AND THAT'S REQUIRED US TO SORT OF HAVE A 846 00:43:50,811 --> 00:43:53,270 DISCUSSION WITHIN THE NATION ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING 847 00:43:53,270 --> 00:43:54,360 WE STILL WANT TO DO. 848 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:56,750 AND THERE'S BEEN SOME PEOPLE AFTER EACH ONE OF THOSE SETBACKS 849 00:43:56,750 --> 00:44:00,800 HAVE ARGUED FOR US TO GET OUT OF SPACE OR LOW EARTH ORBIT OR 850 00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:02,000 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. 851 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:06,670 I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSITION IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR CONTINUING 852 00:44:06,670 --> 00:44:09,600 THAT PUSH OUTWARD INTO THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 853 00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:13,450 ONCE WE GET PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS OUT TO 854 00:44:13,450 --> 00:44:16,310 LOW EARTH ORBIT, THERE WILL BE NO TURNING BACK. 855 00:44:16,310 --> 00:44:19,590 IT WILL NO LONGER BE SUBJECT TO THE PREVAILING POLITICAL WINDS, 856 00:44:19,590 --> 00:44:22,710 AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS TRANSITION'S SO IMPORTANT. 857 00:44:22,710 --> 00:44:25,050 IT WILL JUST KEEP PUSHING US FURTHER AND FURTHER OUT. 858 00:44:25,050 --> 00:44:27,800 NO MORE LOOKING BACKWARDS, ONLY LOOKING FORWARDS. 859 00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:29,980 >> ALL RIGHT, QUESTION RIGHT HERE? 860 00:44:29,980 --> 00:44:33,170 >> SCOTT POWERS FROM "THE ORLANDO SENTINEL." 861 00:44:33,170 --> 00:44:35,170 COUPLE QUESTIONS UNRELATED FOR GWYNNE. 862 00:44:35,170 --> 00:44:38,270 A COUPLE NICE AGO, WE HAD NASTY WEATHER BLOW THROUGH HERE. 863 00:44:38,270 --> 00:44:43,290 DID THAT CAUSE ANY SPECIFIC PROBLEMS OR NEAR MISSES FOR YOU? 864 00:44:43,290 --> 00:44:44,760 >> NO, NOT AT ALL. 865 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:49,251 AS A MATTER OF FACT, "DRAGON" AND "FALCON 9" WERE IN THE 866 00:44:49,251 --> 00:44:51,350 HANGAR UNTIL LAST NIGHT. 867 00:44:51,350 --> 00:44:55,530 THEY DID GET ROLLED OUT AND VERTICAL, HOWEVER, WITH NO 868 00:44:55,530 --> 00:44:56,530 ISSUES. 869 00:44:56,530 --> 00:44:59,130 SO, I GUESS SHE WAS OUT IN THE RAIN A LITTLE BIT LAST NIGHT. 870 00:44:59,130 --> 00:45:01,730 I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE RAIN STOPPED AND WHEN "FALCON 9" 871 00:45:01,730 --> 00:45:05,010 ROLLED OUT, BUT NO, NO ISSUES ON THE VEHICLE. 872 00:45:05,010 --> 00:45:06,210 IT LOOKS SOLID. 873 00:45:06,210 --> 00:45:09,900 >> SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE 17 MANIFESTED FLIGHTS 874 00:45:09,900 --> 00:45:10,900 YOU'VE GOT COMING UP. 875 00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:12,630 CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THAT? 876 00:45:12,630 --> 00:45:14,450 WHAT KIND OF CUSTOMER MIX YOU HAVE, WHO YOU'VE GOT THOSE 877 00:45:14,450 --> 00:45:15,930 FLIGHTS COMING UP FOR? 878 00:45:15,930 --> 00:45:16,930 >> SURE. 879 00:45:16,930 --> 00:45:21,130 GOSH, IF I NAME SOME CUSTOMERS, THEN I WILL INSULT THE ONES THAT 880 00:45:21,130 --> 00:45:22,130 I FORGET. 881 00:45:22,130 --> 00:45:26,710 SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SECTORS THAT WE ARE WINNING IN. 882 00:45:26,710 --> 00:45:29,220 WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE G.O. 883 00:45:29,220 --> 00:45:32,210 TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET. 884 00:45:32,210 --> 00:45:36,270 WE'VE JUST SIGNED RECENTLY TWO FOR ASIA BROADCAST SATELLITE AND 885 00:45:36,270 --> 00:45:38,050 TWO FOR SATMEX. 886 00:45:38,050 --> 00:45:41,250 WE HAVE SIGNED TWO MISSIONS FOR ASIASAT, PRIOR TO THAT TWO 887 00:45:41,250 --> 00:45:42,570 "FALCON 9" MISSIONS. 888 00:45:42,570 --> 00:45:46,480 WE SIGNED THAICOM IN THAT MARKET SECTOR. 889 00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:50,300 AND RIGHT AFTER THE "FALCON 9" FLIGHT IN DECEMBER OF 2010, WE 890 00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:53,080 SIGNED SES, ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATIVE 891 00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,860 GEOTELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS ON THE PLANET. 892 00:45:55,860 --> 00:45:57,550 SO WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT SALE. 893 00:45:57,550 --> 00:46:01,460 SO, WE'RE MAKING GREAT INROADS THERE IN THAT SECTOR. 894 00:46:01,460 --> 00:46:04,790 WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF LOW EARTH ORBIT MISSIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL 895 00:46:04,790 --> 00:46:10,280 GOVERNMENTS WE'VE SOLD TO TAIWAN FOR OUR NFPO IN TAIWAN, WHICH IS 896 00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:11,619 THEIR SPACE AGENCY. 897 00:46:11,619 --> 00:46:14,250 WE SOLD TO THE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY. 898 00:46:14,250 --> 00:46:18,350 WE'VE SOLD TO ARGENTINA, TOO, FOR CO-9, THE ARGENTINEAN SPACE 899 00:46:18,350 --> 00:46:19,350 AGENCY. 900 00:46:19,350 --> 00:46:21,280 WE'VE GOT A COUPLE COMMERCIAL MISSIONS. 901 00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,700 WELL, OBVIOUSLY, WE SOLD -- I WAS PRETTY PUBLIC ABOUT OUR 902 00:46:23,700 --> 00:46:26,740 IRIDIUM DEAL, PRETTY PROUD ABOUT THAT, BIGGEST COMMERCIAL LAUNCH 903 00:46:26,740 --> 00:46:29,210 DEAL EVER SIGNED. 904 00:46:29,210 --> 00:46:33,150 THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER MISSIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN 905 00:46:33,150 --> 00:46:34,150 PUBLIC ABOUT. 906 00:46:34,150 --> 00:46:36,510 WE JUST SIGNED A MISSION THIS WEEK, AS A MATTER OF FACT. 907 00:46:36,510 --> 00:46:39,160 HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THAT NEXT WEEK. 908 00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:42,700 AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED A MISSION, A TEST MISSION ON THE 909 00:46:42,700 --> 00:46:44,040 STRATA LAUNCH CONCEPT. 910 00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:47,350 >> OKAY, ONE QUESTION HERE AND WE'LL TRY THE PHONES AGAIN. 911 00:46:47,350 --> 00:46:49,540 >> WITH NHK. 912 00:46:49,540 --> 00:46:53,910 IN TALKING TO OTHER FOLKS IN INDUSTRY AND ALSO WITHIN THE 913 00:46:53,910 --> 00:46:57,340 AGENCY, YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ROOTING FOR SPACEX, NOT JUST FOR 914 00:46:57,340 --> 00:47:00,080 THE SUCCESS OF THE COMPANY, BUT REALLY FOR THE SUCCESS OF 915 00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:01,080 COMMERCIAL SPACE. 916 00:47:01,080 --> 00:47:02,920 THEY SAY THAT EVEN ON BACKGROUND, SO IT'S SOMEWHAT 917 00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:04,200 SURPRISING TO ME. 918 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:07,170 AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD -- THAT'S A BURDEN FOR YOU. 919 00:47:07,170 --> 00:47:09,260 I MEAN, YOU'RE REALLY -- THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A LOT 920 00:47:09,260 --> 00:47:10,260 WEIGHING ON YOUR LAUNCH. 921 00:47:10,260 --> 00:47:13,710 I WONDER IF YOU CAN DESCRIBE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT, THE 922 00:47:13,710 --> 00:47:16,110 IMPORTANCE OF THAT BURDEN THAT YOU CARRY FORWARD? 923 00:47:16,110 --> 00:47:19,050 AND A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT IS, IF YOU CAN GIVE US A PEEK INTO 924 00:47:19,050 --> 00:47:22,430 WHAT'S GOING ON IN HAWTHORNE, SPECIFICALLY THE ACTIVITIES OF 925 00:47:22,430 --> 00:47:24,910 YOUR CHIEF DESIGNER? 926 00:47:24,910 --> 00:47:26,990 >> ELON. 927 00:47:26,990 --> 00:47:29,070 OKAY. 928 00:47:29,070 --> 00:47:33,480 YEAH, WE TAKE THE ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY. 929 00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:38,360 WE KNOW THIS HAS BEEN TOUTED AS A HUGE, HUGE MISSION. 930 00:47:38,360 --> 00:47:39,360 WE KEEP TRYING TO SAY IT'S A 931 00:47:39,360 --> 00:47:42,290 TEST. 932 00:47:42,290 --> 00:47:47,320 BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S A BIG JOB, AND IT CERTAINLY IS NOT GOING -- 933 00:47:47,320 --> 00:47:49,880 THE SUCCESS OR FAILURE -- SUCCESS IS NOT GOING TO BE THE 934 00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:52,300 SUCCESS OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY AND FAILURE IS NOT 935 00:47:52,300 --> 00:47:55,240 GOING TO MEAN FAILURE OF THE COMMERCIAL SPACE INDUSTRY. 936 00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:59,510 CERTAINLY, IT MAKES THINGS MUCH EASIER IF WE DO BIRTH WITH THE 937 00:47:59,510 --> 00:48:04,840 STATION, BUT WE TAKE THAT ROLE VERY SERIOUSLY. 938 00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:09,250 WE DIDN'T ASK FOR THAT ROLE, BUT WE DO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. 939 00:48:09,250 --> 00:48:12,510 THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN MAKING SURE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN ON 940 00:48:12,510 --> 00:48:14,630 THIS FLIGHT TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL. 941 00:48:14,630 --> 00:48:17,599 >> DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE CARRYING -- 942 00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:19,960 [ INAUDIBLE ] >> YOU KNOW, I FEEL MORE THAT 943 00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:23,750 I'M CARRYING MY 1,860 EMPLOYEES WITH ME. 944 00:48:23,750 --> 00:48:27,240 >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET TO THE PHONES NOW. 945 00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:29,750 PLEASE ASK JUST ONE QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF 946 00:48:29,750 --> 00:48:30,750 TIME. 947 00:48:30,750 --> 00:48:31,750 MARK FROM "AVIATION WEEK." 948 00:48:31,750 --> 00:48:32,750 >> YES, THANKS. 949 00:48:32,750 --> 00:48:34,060 IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE THE LAUNCH 950 00:48:34,060 --> 00:48:35,060 OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND MAY 22nd? 951 00:48:35,060 --> 00:48:41,300 AND CAN YOU DISCUSS ANY SORT OF DATES FOR BETA ANGLE AS THOSE 952 00:48:41,300 --> 00:48:47,690 HAVE BEEN CALCULATED FOR THIS FLIGHT? 953 00:48:47,690 --> 00:48:49,660 >> VERY INFORMED QUESTION. 954 00:48:49,660 --> 00:48:54,420 SO, WE HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES TOMORROW MORNING, THE MORNING OF 955 00:48:54,420 --> 00:48:57,910 THE 22nd, THE 25th AND THE 29th. 956 00:48:57,910 --> 00:49:01,540 THOSE ARE VERY GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR US. 957 00:49:01,540 --> 00:49:05,040 LESS GREAT OPPORTUNITIES IS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY ON THE 958 00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:09,119 23rd AND THE 26th TO LAUNCH. 959 00:49:09,119 --> 00:49:11,280 THOSE WE'LL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE A LITTLE BIT. 960 00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:15,940 I THINK WE HAVE A QUICK FLY-UNDER, AND WE'RE NOT SURE WE 961 00:49:15,940 --> 00:49:19,720 CAN GET ALL THE DATA TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SAFE TO APPROACH THE 962 00:49:19,720 --> 00:49:20,720 PARTICIPATION. 963 00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:24,910 AS FAR AS BETA CUTOFF, BETA IS THE SUN ANGLE TO THE ORBIT 964 00:49:24,910 --> 00:49:26,840 PLAIN. 965 00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,090 WE'RE ENTERING A PERIOD OF VERY HIGH-BID ANGLE TO THE 966 00:49:29,090 --> 00:49:30,600 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 967 00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:35,720 THINGS GET VERY HOT IN THAT TIME FRAME, AND THERE IS A CUTOUT. 968 00:49:35,720 --> 00:49:41,110 SO, THE 29th IS OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH BEFORE 969 00:49:41,110 --> 00:49:45,359 THIS CUTOUT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE CAN COME -- I DON'T HAVE 970 00:49:45,359 --> 00:49:47,790 A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN WE COME BACK, BUT IT'S AROUND THE LATE 971 00:49:47,790 --> 00:49:52,770 TEENS OF JUNE THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND FLY AGAIN. 972 00:49:52,770 --> 00:49:53,870 >> OKAY. 973 00:49:53,870 --> 00:49:56,180 ANDY COX FROM THE WEATHER CHANNEL. 974 00:49:56,180 --> 00:49:57,390 >> YES. 975 00:49:57,390 --> 00:50:00,320 AS YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THIS IS A NEW WAY OF DOING 976 00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:01,320 BUSINESS FOR NASA. 977 00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:03,880 AND I THINK MANY OF US ON THE OUTSIDE ARE ALSO TRYING TO 978 00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:06,710 ADJUST TO UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS WORK COMPARED TO SHUTTLE 979 00:50:06,710 --> 00:50:09,250 OPERATIONS WE GOT USED TO OVER 30 YEARS. 980 00:50:09,250 --> 00:50:12,300 BUT MY QUESTION, NOT SURPRISINGLY, HAS TO DO WITH THE 981 00:50:12,300 --> 00:50:14,230 COORDINATION BETWEEN SPACEX AND THE WEATHER TEAMS AT CAPE 982 00:50:14,230 --> 00:50:15,230 CANAVERAL. 983 00:50:15,230 --> 00:50:18,760 SO, SHUTTLE LAUNCHES HAD THE U.S. AIR FORCE 45th WEATHER 984 00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,720 SQUADRON METEOROLOGISTS IN FLORIDA AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER 985 00:50:21,720 --> 00:50:23,890 SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS AND MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON. 986 00:50:23,890 --> 00:50:27,630 THE ULTIMATE DECISION TO LAUNCH, NOT FOR WEATHER, BUT AS A WHOLE, 987 00:50:27,630 --> 00:50:31,920 CAME FROM BOTH THE SHUTTLE LAUNCH DIRECTOR AT KENNEDY AND 988 00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:33,640 ALSO THE FLIGHT DIRECTOR AT MISSION CONTROL. 989 00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:35,400 SO, OBVIOUSLY, THE 45th IS SUPPORTING THIS LAUNCH, BUT 990 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:38,040 SPACEX, DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN METEOROLOGISTS IN CALIFORNIA OR 991 00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:40,560 DO YOU RELY COMPLETELY ON THE AIR FORCE TEAM? 992 00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:43,580 AND ALSO, I GUESS WHO HAS THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE 993 00:50:43,580 --> 00:50:44,580 WHETHER TO LAUNCH? 994 00:50:44,580 --> 00:50:49,330 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 995 00:50:49,330 --> 00:50:53,060 I KNOW WE RELY VERY HEAVILY ON THE WEATHER -- THE 996 00:50:53,060 --> 00:51:01,960 METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT WITH THE CAPE HERE. 997 00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:06,830 WE SEND UP SOME BALLOONS TO CHECK WINDS ALOFT. 998 00:51:06,830 --> 00:51:10,010 THE RANGE DOES GIVE A RED, YELLOW, GREEN DURING OUR 999 00:51:10,010 --> 00:51:14,151 COUNTDOWN SEQUENCE, HOWEVER, AND IF WE'RE RED ON WEATHER, THEN WE 1000 00:51:14,151 --> 00:51:15,730 DON'T FLY. 1001 00:51:15,730 --> 00:51:19,130 SO I GUESS THE ULTIMATE DECISION IS WITH YOU GUYS. 1002 00:51:19,130 --> 00:51:23,960 >> YEAH, WE HAVE, IF I MAY, WE HAVE THE SAME SAFETY-TRIGGERED 1003 00:51:23,960 --> 00:51:26,710 LIGHTNING RULES AS WE HAVE FOR EVERY LAUNCH VEHICLE HERE ON THE 1004 00:51:26,710 --> 00:51:27,710 CAPE. 1005 00:51:27,710 --> 00:51:31,740 SO AS FAR AS THOSE RULES ARE CONCERNED, WE HAVE THE AIR 1006 00:51:31,740 --> 00:51:35,920 FORCE, THE RANGE HAS THE OVERALL AUTHORITY OVER GO OR NO GO AS 1007 00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:36,960 FAR AS FLIGHT IS CONCERNED. 1008 00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:37,960 >> DAN LEONI FROM "SPACE NEWS." 1009 00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:38,960 >> HI, EVERYBODY. 1010 00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:39,960 THANKS FOR DOING THE CALL AND FOR TAKING THE PHONE. 1011 00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:43,120 I'M CURIOUS, WHY IS THE LAUNCH OPPORTUNITY AN INSTANT WINDOW? 1012 00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:47,910 AND WILL ALL THE FOLLOW-UP OPPORTUNITIES ALSO BE INSTANT 1013 00:51:47,910 --> 00:51:48,910 WINDOWS? 1014 00:51:48,910 --> 00:51:53,770 THE PREVIOUS TWO "FALCON 9" LAUNCHES, THEY HAVE BOTH HAD 1015 00:51:53,770 --> 00:52:02,339 SOME SORT OF UNPLANNED HOLD. 1016 00:52:02,339 --> 00:52:03,700 >> IT'S NOT ACTUALLY AN INSTANTANEOUS. 1017 00:52:03,700 --> 00:52:05,070 IT'S A NEAR INSTANTANEOUS WINDOW. 1018 00:52:05,070 --> 00:52:09,050 THE PROBLEM IS YOU WANT TO CATCH THE ORBIT PLAIN, YOU WANT TO 1019 00:52:09,050 --> 00:52:12,200 LAUNCH WHEN THE ORBIT PLAIN FLIES AS CLOSE TO YOUR LAUNCH 1020 00:52:12,200 --> 00:52:14,910 SITE AS POSSIBLE AND MOVES. 1021 00:52:14,910 --> 00:52:19,520 SO, THE MORE YOU MISS IT, THE MORE PROPELLANT YOU NEED TO 1022 00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:22,880 CATCH UP. 1023 00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:25,340 WE COULD PROBABLY -- YEAH, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. 1024 00:52:25,340 --> 00:52:28,220 IT'S SOMETHING LIKE A COUPLE KILOGRAMS A PROPELLANT PER 1025 00:52:28,220 --> 00:52:31,820 SECOND, BUT WE DON'T GENERALLY RECYCLE IN A COUPLE SECONDS. 1026 00:52:31,820 --> 00:52:38,350 WE RECYCLE MANY TIMES, BUT TAKES MANY MINUTES UP TO 40, 50 1027 00:52:38,350 --> 00:52:39,420 MINUTES. 1028 00:52:39,420 --> 00:52:41,910 WE WOULD NOT LAUNCH 50 MINUTES LATER BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T HAVE 1029 00:52:41,910 --> 00:52:46,130 ENOUGH PROPELLANT ON BOARD TO CATCH UP WITH THE SPACE STATION. 1030 00:52:46,130 --> 00:52:48,420 SO YEAH, SO, IT'S A VERY TIGHT WINDOW. 1031 00:52:48,420 --> 00:52:51,120 IT'S NOT INSTANTANEOUS LIKE INTERPLANETARY MISSIONS, BUT 1032 00:52:51,120 --> 00:52:52,849 IT'S VERY TIGHT. 1033 00:52:52,849 --> 00:52:58,240 >> IF I COULD ADD LITTLE, GWYNNE. 1034 00:52:58,240 --> 00:53:02,040 THIS MISSION IS PARTICULARLY CON STRAINING BECAUSE OF ALL THE 1035 00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:06,070 OBJECTIVES SPACEX IS TRYING TO ACHIEVE. 1036 00:53:06,070 --> 00:53:09,070 THEREFORE, THEY NEED AS MUCH PROPELLANT MARGIN AS THEY COULD 1037 00:53:09,070 --> 00:53:12,430 POSSIBLY GET, BUT THEY ARE PROTECTING FOR NOT ONLY 1038 00:53:12,430 --> 00:53:16,190 COMPLETING THE C-2 OBJECTIVES, BUT ALSO THE RE-RENDEZVOUS AND 1039 00:53:16,190 --> 00:53:18,990 COMING BACK AND BIRTHING FOR THE C-2 OBJECTIVES. 1040 00:53:18,990 --> 00:53:21,869 AND THEN EVEN ON TOP OF THAT, THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROTECT FOR 1041 00:53:21,869 --> 00:53:24,880 AN ABORT CASE, SO THAT THEY COULD EVEN COME BACK AND TRY 1042 00:53:24,880 --> 00:53:25,880 AGAIN. 1043 00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:28,580 SO, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF OBJECTIVES ON THIS FLIGHT, THAT 1044 00:53:28,580 --> 00:53:29,910 REQUIRES A LOT OF PROPELLANT. 1045 00:53:29,910 --> 00:53:32,280 THEREFORE, THEY NEED TO HAVE VERY PRECISE TIMING ON THE 1046 00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:35,410 LAUNCH IN ORDER TO HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. 1047 00:53:35,410 --> 00:53:40,870 >> KERRY SHERIDAN FROM THE FRENCH PRESS. 1048 00:53:40,870 --> 00:53:44,960 ALL RIGHT. 1049 00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:51,190 ALL RIGHT, JOSEPH ABBOTT FROM "THE WACO TRIBUNE." 1050 00:53:51,190 --> 00:53:52,720 >> HELLO, THANKS. 1051 00:53:52,720 --> 00:53:59,630 MIKE GRIFFIN TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS LAST FALL WAS SNEERING 1052 00:53:59,630 --> 00:54:02,820 THAT YOU WOULD -- THIS IS FOR 1053 00:54:02,820 --> 00:54:04,609 GWYNNE SHOTWELL, I'M SORRY. 1054 00:54:04,609 --> 00:54:09,210 MIKE GRIFFIN WAS SAYING YOU WOULD YET TO EVEN DELIVER THE 1055 00:54:09,210 --> 00:54:11,690 LAUNDRY TO THE ISS. 1056 00:54:11,690 --> 00:54:14,200 NOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING 1057 00:54:14,200 --> 00:54:18,490 THE LAUNDRY, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE HOPEFULLY PUTTING THAT 1058 00:54:18,490 --> 00:54:19,660 CRITICISM TO REST? 1059 00:54:19,660 --> 00:54:22,690 >> YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY EASY TO CRITICIZE, AND IT'S VERY 1060 00:54:22,690 --> 00:54:25,260 DIFFICULT TO SOLVE A PROBLEM AND ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING. 1061 00:54:25,260 --> 00:54:28,960 SO, I TEND TO FOCUS ON THE BUSINESS AND GETTING OUR JOBS 1062 00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:33,090 DONE AND NOT FOCUS ON THOSE THAT WANT TO CRITICIZE ME OR MY 1063 00:54:33,090 --> 00:54:35,950 COMPANY. 1064 00:54:35,950 --> 00:54:38,740 >> BRENDAN McGARY FROM "BLOOMBERG NEWS." 1065 00:54:38,740 --> 00:54:39,740 >> THANKS. 1066 00:54:39,740 --> 00:54:41,180 QUICK QUESTION. 1067 00:54:41,180 --> 00:54:49,380 WHEN DOES THE FIRST ACTUAL CARGO SUPPLY MISSION BEGIN OR WHEN'S 1068 00:54:49,380 --> 00:54:56,703 THAT SCHEDULED TO BEGIN, OF THE 12 THAT SPACEX HAVE CONTRACTS 1069 00:54:56,703 --> 00:54:57,703 FOR? 1070 00:54:57,703 --> 00:54:59,630 >> ASSUMING GOOD PROGRESS ON THIS NEXT FLIGHT, THE NEXT 1071 00:54:59,630 --> 00:55:03,300 FLIGHT WOULD BECOME THE CRS-1 FLIGHT, OR AS NASA CALLS IT, 1072 00:55:03,300 --> 00:55:07,610 SPACEX 1 FLIGHT, AND THAT FLIGHT WILL BE READY TO FLY LATER THIS 1073 00:55:07,610 --> 00:55:09,700 YEAR, HOPEFULLY EARLY FALL. 1074 00:55:09,700 --> 00:55:13,130 >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S COME BACK HERE AND TAKE A COUPLE QUESTIONS 1075 00:55:13,130 --> 00:55:15,560 AND THEN WE'LL WRAP IT UP. 1076 00:55:15,560 --> 00:55:16,560 DAN? 1077 00:55:16,560 --> 00:55:25,190 >> HI, DAN BILLOW FROM WESH TV FOR GWYNNE SHOTWELL. 1078 00:55:25,190 --> 00:55:27,960 IS THERE A DOLLAR VALUE YOU CAN PUT ON THIS MISSION? 1079 00:55:27,960 --> 00:55:30,359 HOW MUCH IS THIS COSTING, THIS ONE MISSION? 1080 00:55:30,359 --> 00:55:33,450 AND IS THERE A WAY YOU CAN TELL US HOW MUCH OF THAT IS PRIVATE 1081 00:55:33,450 --> 00:55:35,740 MONEY AND HOW MUCH IS GOVERNMENT MONEY? 1082 00:55:35,740 --> 00:55:41,130 >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO DIVIDE UP THE VALUE OF -- I CAN 1083 00:55:41,130 --> 00:55:45,530 TELL YOU WE'VE SPENT ALMOST $680 MILLION ON THE C.O.T.S. 1084 00:55:45,530 --> 00:55:48,570 EFFORT TO DATE. 1085 00:55:48,570 --> 00:55:53,560 AND HOPEFULLY, THAT'S THE END OF IT, BECAUSE HOPEFULLY, WE HAVE 1086 00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:55,670 SUCCESS AND BIRTH. 1087 00:55:55,670 --> 00:56:00,400 >> I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW, IF I COULD, GIVEN THAT ONE-SECOND OR 1088 00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,480 SO LAUNCH WINDOW AND THE FACT THAT THIS ROCKET HAS FLOWN JUST 1089 00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:06,570 TWICE, I BELIEVE, THE FULL-OUT "FALCON 9," WHAT DO YOU THINK IS 1090 00:56:06,570 --> 00:56:13,849 THE CHANCE YOU'LL JUST ACTUALLY GET INTO ORBIT TOMORROW? 1091 00:56:13,849 --> 00:56:16,470 >> YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYONE IS EVER GOOD AT 1092 00:56:16,470 --> 00:56:19,930 PREDICTING THESE THINGS. 1093 00:56:19,930 --> 00:56:21,660 WE HAVE NOT HIT A T-0. 1094 00:56:21,660 --> 00:56:27,950 I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE HIT A T-0 YET ON OUR FIRST ATTEMPT. 1095 00:56:27,950 --> 00:56:29,820 WE GOT THERE ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT FOR THE WET DRESS 1096 00:56:29,820 --> 00:56:30,820 REHEARSAL. 1097 00:56:30,820 --> 00:56:36,140 HOWEVER, OUR TEAM LEARNS EVERY DAY MORE ABOUT THIS VEHICLE. 1098 00:56:36,140 --> 00:56:41,599 SO, I'M GOING TO GIVE MYSELF BETTER THAN A 50/50 SHOT OF 1099 00:56:41,599 --> 00:56:45,360 LIFTING OFF TOMORROW, AND IF WE LIFT OFF, I BELIEVE WE WILL GET 1100 00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:46,390 TO ORBIT. 1101 00:56:46,390 --> 00:56:47,420 >> RIGHT HERE. 1102 00:56:47,420 --> 00:56:49,710 >> JASON POTTER WITH WIRE.COM AND FOR MS. 1103 00:56:49,710 --> 00:56:50,720 SHOTWELL. 1104 00:56:50,720 --> 00:56:52,950 YOU MENTIONED THAT THE "DRAGON" THAT'S FLYING TOMORROW IS 1105 00:56:52,950 --> 00:56:56,010 DIFFERENT THAN THE "DRAGON" THAT FLEW IN DECEMBER OF 2010. 1106 00:56:56,010 --> 00:56:57,500 CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT? 1107 00:56:57,500 --> 00:57:00,930 ARE THOSE MOSTLY INTERNAL DIFFERENCES, SYSTEMS, OR 1108 00:57:00,930 --> 00:57:02,230 STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES? 1109 00:57:02,230 --> 00:57:05,510 AND MOVING FORWARD TO THE RESUPPLY MISSIONS, ARE THERE 1110 00:57:05,510 --> 00:57:09,660 KNOWN CHANGES THAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE "DRAGON" BETWEEN THIS ONE 1111 00:57:09,660 --> 00:57:12,900 AND THE NEXT COUPLE LAUNCHES? 1112 00:57:12,900 --> 00:57:15,470 >> THERE'S NO PRIMARY STRUCTURAL CHANGE TO THIS PARTICULAR 1113 00:57:17,470 --> 00:57:16,470 DRAGON. 1114 00:57:17,470 --> 00:57:19,990 IT HAS A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, MEANING SOLAR ARRAYS. 1115 00:57:19,990 --> 00:57:21,890 WE DID NOT HAVE THAT ON THE FIRST ONE. 1116 00:57:21,890 --> 00:57:25,619 IT HAS A COMMON BIRTHING MECHANISM, WHICH I GUESS IS A 1117 00:57:25,619 --> 00:57:27,560 STRUCTURAL CHANGE. 1118 00:57:27,560 --> 00:57:29,530 THAT'S THE INTERFACE BETWEEN "DRAGON" AND THE INTERNATIONAL 1119 00:57:29,530 --> 00:57:30,530 SPACE STATION. 1120 00:57:30,530 --> 00:57:35,520 SO IT'S GOT THE POWER GENERATION SYSTEM, THE CBM INTERFACE, AND 1121 00:57:35,520 --> 00:57:38,820 THEN THE PROXIMITY OPERATIONS SENSOR SUITE. 1122 00:57:38,820 --> 00:57:42,290 THE OTHER DIFFERENCE IS LESS PHYSICAL, BUT SOFTWARE IS 1123 00:57:42,290 --> 00:57:45,900 DRAMATICALLY MORE COMPLEX ON THIS MISSION, AND WE ARE ALSO 1124 00:57:45,900 --> 00:57:51,000 REDUNDANT, DUEL REDUNDANT IN EVERY SAFETY SYSTEM. 1125 00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:54,950 SO THE "DRAGON" WE FLEW IN DECEMBER OF 2010 WAS A LARGELY 1126 00:57:54,950 --> 00:57:55,950 SINGLE STRING. 1127 00:57:55,950 --> 00:57:58,350 NOT COMPLETELY SINGLE STRING, AND IT DID NOT HAVE THE OTHER 1128 00:57:58,350 --> 00:58:00,220 FEATURES THAT I TALKED ABOUT. 1129 00:58:00,220 --> 00:58:02,980 GOING FORWARD, THE CRS DRAGON SHOULD LOOK LARGELY LIKE THIS. 1130 00:58:02,980 --> 00:58:06,540 THERE ARE SOME UPGRADES WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON. 1131 00:58:06,540 --> 00:58:09,790 ONE, NASA WOULD LIKE US TO INCREASE THE POWER CAPABILITY OF 1132 00:58:09,790 --> 00:58:14,700 DRAGON, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE POWER 1133 00:58:14,700 --> 00:58:16,040 TO THE CARGO. 1134 00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:17,850 AND THAT REQUIRES MAYBE ONYX ADJUSTMENTS. 1135 00:58:17,850 --> 00:58:23,240 BUT THEN THE NEXT BIG CHANGE WOULD COME WITH THE INTEGRATED 1136 00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:25,589 LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM ON THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 1137 00:58:25,589 --> 00:58:28,560 >> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR. 1138 00:58:28,560 --> 00:58:32,350 THAT BRINGS US TO OUR NEXT MAJOR MILESTONE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE 1139 00:58:32,350 --> 00:58:33,350 LAUNCH COVERAGE. 1140 00:58:33,350 --> 00:58:35,020 THAT STARTS AT 3:30 A.M. 1141 00:58:35,020 --> 00:58:38,190 EASTERN TIME ON NASA TV.