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hello my goodness

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thanks very much for all of you uh to

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all of you for coming out hopefully you

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enjoyed the spectacular launch this

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morning i i've just got a very quick

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statement that i'd like to make and then

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i think they're gonna let me answer try

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to answer two questions and then then

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we'll be out of here because i i know

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you all are whipped

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i i really want to take this opportunity

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to congratulate spacex for for the

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successful launch this morning and

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actually salute the nasa team that

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worked alongside them to make it happen

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today marks the beginning of a new era

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in exploration a future in space that

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will create good paying jobs here on the

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on the florida coast as well as

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throughout the united states of america

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the significance of this day cannot be

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overstated

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a private company has launched a

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spacecraft to the international space

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station that will attempt to dock there

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for the first time

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and while there's a lot of work ahead to

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successfully complete this mission

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we're certainly off to a good start and

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i hope you would all agree on that

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under president obama's leadership the

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nation is embarking upon an ambitious

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exploration program

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that will take us farther into space

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than we've ever been before

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we're handing off to the private sector

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our transportation to the international

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space station

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so that nasa can focus on what we do

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best

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exploring even deeper into our solar

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system with missions to an asteroid and

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mars on the horizon

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we're committed to ending the

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outsourcing of work on america's space

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program and bringing these jobs back

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home to america

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and we're working to promote competition

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and have multiple private sector

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partners so we don't find ourselves in

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the situation we're in today having only

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one way to get our astronauts to the

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space station

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the decision to end the shuttle program

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back in 2004 was actually a dis a

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difficult one

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but with the kind of hard work

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determination and ingenuity for which

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nasa and this nation are known we're now

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back on the brink of a new future

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a future that stands on the shoulders of

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mercury and germany apollo and shuttle

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a future that embraces the innovation

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the private sector brings to the table

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and a future that opens up the skies to

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endless possibilities again

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congratulations to the spacex and nasa

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teams and godspeed dragon

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with that i'll take a couple of

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questions if you have them and you don't

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yes

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how much does today's launch validate

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nasa's approach to partnering with

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the question for those of you who may

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not have heard is you know how much does

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today's flight validate the approach

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that nasa is taking to commercial space

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flight and what does it say to the

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naysayers uh you know

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what it does today is it demonstrates

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what we've said was the future of

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american space space exploration and

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it's it's actually using private

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industry to provide for access to low

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earth orbit while nasa goes off and does

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what as i said what nasa does best and

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that's exploring doing things that

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private industry cannot do uh or should

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not do taking the risks uh in things

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like sending humans to an asteroid to

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mars to other places in our solar system

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say it's a great day for for america

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it's a it's actually a great day for the

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world because um you know there are

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people who thought that that uh we had

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gone away and and today says no we're

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not gone away at all we've got the

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dragon the spacex nasa team that came

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through this morning with flying colors

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and i hope everybody celebrates that for

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the question was you know today was a

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launch that was very successful uh this

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for spacex

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will end their participation in the cots

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program and then they move you didn't

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say all this but i'm i'm amplifying and

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then they move into crs which is cargo

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resupply services um and and how

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difficult is it from here on out as i

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briefed a focal who were our guest over

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in osb2 today was the first of a number

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of milestones in this mission what a

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spectacular start i mean it was just

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picture perfect

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vehicle is working well the next big

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milestone for us

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is about geez about an hour from now

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when the gnc door on the dragon module

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opens that exposes the the star trackers

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and the navigation instruments on board

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dragon to deep space more importantly

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though when that door opens it has the

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grapple fixture on the inside of the

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door we have to have the door lock in

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place

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in order for dragon to be birthed to the

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international space station so so that's

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the next big hurdle uh after that we've

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got a few days for dragon to get itself

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kind of if if you think about it as a

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human to get its uh you know its space

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legs on and get accustomed to being

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there and then

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tomorrow and the day after they actually

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affect the rendezvous with the

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international space station where dragon

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finds it which is not i mean that's not

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a small task

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after that happens dragon will fly

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around the international space station

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do some maneuvers to demonstrate its

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ability to be controlled uh from the

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ground and its ability to do autonomous

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control on board the dragon itself then

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it will back off will take a few hours

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or a day or so because that that will

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complete flight number two of the

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demonstration flights and then once the

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dragon team uh the spacex team and and

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the nasa teams get together uh with our

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international partners by the way and

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say okay we think everything is met all

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the criteria met for approach close

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approach to the international space

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station then dragon will close to within

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meters of the international space

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station the onboard crew will take over

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from there on will reach out with the

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space station arm

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get hold of the grapple fixture pull it

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up snugly to the international space

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station it'll be have some bolts that'll

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be screwed in place and make it one with

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the international space station

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when all the pressures are checked on

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both sides of the hatch the crew will

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physically open the hatch and that will

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expose dragon's interior to the crew

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inside the international space station

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and for the next few days there will be

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not an easy pass this is um this is this

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is good stuff

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you know i i i tell people all the time

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i'm i am really excited about what's

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going on this is what makes people in

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the space business get up in the morning

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and come to work uh and and hopefully

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since most of you are space reporters

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you wouldn't be out here if you weren't

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excited about this so hopefully the

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stories you tell today and tomorrow and

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the weeks ahead will be stories about

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victory and triumph because you know the

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future will have some difficult times

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but today it's a time for the united

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states for spacex and the nasa team to

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celebrate and that that's all i'm going

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to have time for i really apologize but

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i'm i'm trying to get back to washington