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good morning everyone this is our

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post-launch news conference for the

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spacex cots demonstration flight

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and here to discuss this morning's

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launch and activities on orbit right now

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are bill gerstenmaier the associate

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administrator for nasa's human

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exploration and operations mission

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directorate

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alan london moyer manager of nasa's

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commercial crew and cargo program

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gwen shotwell the president of spacex

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and joining us from california elon musk

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the chief executive officer and chief

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designer of spacex minor of spacex

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and we'll begin first with bill

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gerstenmaier bill

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thank you george

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i just want to really congratulate the

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spacex team for just an absolutely

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amazing countdown launch and orbit

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insertion today

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you know i've had the pleasure of

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working down here at the cape with a lot

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of fantastic teams that have put

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together a lot of really quality rockets

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and launched a lot of amazing things and

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i tell you the spacex team there is none

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better than this team that has really

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done a phenomenal job today and really

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have done an amazing amazing amazing

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activity today and they did a great job

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recovering from the

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shutdown a couple days ago

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and they just stayed focused on task and

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just kept moving forward and just did a

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great job today with the launch there's

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still a lot of work in front of them

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there's still a lot of exciting

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activities coming up

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the solar ray activity was great today

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the first burn was done successfully

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things are moving in the right direction

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but there's still lots of activities

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that will occur over the next days that

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will really stretch the spacex team and

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also stretch a nasa team a little bit as

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we work together to get finally to space

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station and deliver

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some demonstration cargo to iss so again

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uh congratulations to the spacex team

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and what is just a great great launch

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today thanks bill

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and now to allen lindenmoyer and that's

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nasa cops program manager alan thank you

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georgia another

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super great day for spacex and nasa

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and the beginning of another historic

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mission for commercial space flight

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congratulations to spacex on on

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demonstrating such skill and and turning

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the vehicle around and leading to such a

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spectacular

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launch this morning it it truly was was

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really beautiful

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so let me just say thanks to all of our

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the air force the faa

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of course the iss team who's getting

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ready for their new visiting vehicle

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and especially uh my program team uh who

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who's been with the program since the

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beginning and and everybody working so

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for the beginning of this mission uh

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there's still a thousand things that

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but we are certainly looking forward to

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the rest of this amazing mission and

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thank you for making

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us such a proud partner

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thank you alan and now to quinn shotwell

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the spacex president gwen

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sorry to be redundant but uh i did want

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to thank the folks at spacex for all the

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hard work that they've uh put into this

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wanted to thank uh our customers

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especially nasa at this point for being

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a great partner

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thank our other mission partners the air

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i said a few days ago that we really

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this flight than we did on the last one

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and we've done that which is great we

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did deploy the solar rays

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we do have a lot of work left to do

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upcoming here in the next 73 hours or so

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and we'll keep everybody informed as to

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to hawthorne california to the mission

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control center for spacex and elon musk

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the ceo and chief designer of spacex

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well thank you it's uh i mean i'd like

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to start off by saying what what a

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tremendous honor it's been to to work

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to just acknowledge the fact that

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we could not have started spacex nor

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without uh the help of nasa so

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i'd like to thank thank nasa as an

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commercial space program um but um

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with such great people

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express appreciation as wounded for the

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the hard work of the people at spacex uh

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it's great when you've given every ounce

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that you you have uh to see it come to

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space station um but everything is

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success no matter what happens rest the

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thank you elon

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and we're ready to take questions now so

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we'll begin here at ksc and then take

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any questions on the phone we'll start

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here in the front please give your name

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an affiliation when you get the mic and

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we'll start here with marcia

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marsha done associated press for mr musk

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we've been reading your twitter updates

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james dean with florida today for mr

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musk just following up on that question

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it sounded like uh over out there in

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hawthorne watching the video that people

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something the way we heard the cheers uh

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of they're seeing the fruit of their

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space companies still of course a very

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okay right here

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john coles with cnn uh this is for mr

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musk is there any human remains on board

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the on spacex and along with uh scotty

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from uh

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from star trek

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uh

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there are no human remains that i'm

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jay jay barbary with nbc uh ms shotwell

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excuse me i was off playing television

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didn't get your opening statement

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has the hatches open do you have the

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star trekkers out that was the next big

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thing

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wasn't scheduled to occur yet it looks

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like we're attempting to do that early

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i've got my email up i'll report as soon

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as it happens

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looking now or

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it was to occur at

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6 15

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local

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but they are initiating early

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you didn't miss it yet

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here

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yes chris haber with uh terrace hank

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depressed for mr musk i was wondering if

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you care to

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give any insight to a possible

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technology or research interchange

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between spacex and tesla

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i'm sure well there's this

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um

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you know in the case of

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tesla i think tesla benefits from

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spacex's uh

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ability to design really

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um advanced structures very lightweight

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uh structures with advanced materials

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for example the tesla

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model s is an all-aluminum body and

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chassis

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in fact it's the only aluminum car made

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in north america

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um

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and then on the spacex side spacex

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benefits from the most advanced battery

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pack in the world that tesla has so to

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tesla's the spacex is able to leverage

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the tesla technology there

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and

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then occasionally we use

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test facilities of

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between the companies

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also

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the automotive industry is very good at

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manufacturing um and um and and doing

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creating very reliable vehicles and you

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think about a car is a human rated

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vehicle that has to last for 15 years

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and 200 000 miles and at the end of that

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if you're in a crash the airbags have to

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deploy and work perfectly

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and and yet a car costs only a few tens

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of thousands

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so

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um that that's pretty incredible

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what what the water industry has done

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from a manufacturing standpoint so being

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able to leverage some of that

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uh experience to to the rocket business

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is actually very helpful

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irene klotz with reuters um i wanted to

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ask you a different question alan but

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i'm going to have to ask you to clarify

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about the

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celestis payload on the falcon second

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stage if you could just talk a little

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bit about

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uh you know i i hate to say that i

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actually if if they were on board i

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didn't actually know that um i was

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next question

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thanks elon um the other question i

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wanted to ask you about is um nasa's

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spending about three billion dollars a

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year now on the sls orion as you know

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and

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um i just was wondering if you think

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that

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at some point uh companies such as

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spacex

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can do something about those

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those very high costs for a

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space for a system that goes beyond low

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well i think right now our focus is very

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much on

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serving the international space station

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with cargo and then and then

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transitioning to to crew

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and um

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advancing the state of our rocket

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technology

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uh as

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we mentioned before i think the critical

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breakthrough in rocket technology is to

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create a full and rapidly reusable

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rocket um so in order to make the the

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cost of space transport start to

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approximate that of the the fuel and and

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oxygen which only constitutes about

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point three percent of the cost of the

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vehicle

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um

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so that that

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that's our focus right now and um

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you know in the in the future who knows

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but but that's what we're working on

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right now

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kevin quinn with ktrk tv from houston um

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maybe

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the question should be uh pointed to

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miss shotwell uh about the celestis

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payload um can you confirm that in fact

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this this was on board falcon or can

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anyone else on this panel

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yeah we

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we had a

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a celestis canister on the second stage

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the thought process about having them as

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a customer

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since uh

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i think 2005 or 2006.

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they flew on

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flight two and three of falcon one

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and now they're flying on flight three

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jason parr with wired uh

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you've mentioned that there's still many

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many challenges to come mr musk

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in this mission can you perhaps

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highlight where the next big uh worry

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for you is next big challenge and maybe

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explain some of the technical

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challenges and details behind that next

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well

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the next thing is for us to open

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the guidance navigation control

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uh door

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there's kind of a instrument bay

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sort of like a tiny version of

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you know open the pod bay doors on

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uh in in

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the 2001

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space odyssey um we have a tiny partial

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door

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and inside is

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are the navigation sensors which will be

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used to lock onto the space station

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and plot an approach vector a series of

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approach vectors

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and

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so we need to see does that door open

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properly does it lock into position that

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that also exposes the uh the grapple

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fixture that that station will use to

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grab dragon

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and uh

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so that's that's that should be

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happening relatively soon

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um and then we're um we're gonna see how

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how well those sensors are performing

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then in a few days we will

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do a fly by the space station and

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attempt to do the lock-on and

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with the sensors and

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do precision maneuvers relative to the

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space station

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and then

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the day after that is when we'll attempt

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to actually

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connect to the space station

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bill

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could you give us a little sense of what

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has to happen

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after this flight before the spacex

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would be cleared to start routine cargo

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deliveries in other words i guess what

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i'm wondering is

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could they have some failures and

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what would it require for another test

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flight i guess is what i'm wondering

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what do you have to get done now to

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clear the way for routine delivery

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again i think the way we've talked about

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that is

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we'll take a look at how the mission

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goes and then we'll analyze what occurs

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and and if we think the failure is small

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enough it can be easily corrected and

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then we could go right into commercial

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resupply services and we would need to

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do another demonstration flight if it's

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something that we collectively think

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requires a lot of extra work and would

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actually benefit from another test

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flight then we would go propose the test

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flight so it's we tried to talk about it

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alan and i and the teams looked at a

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little bit ahead of time could we

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actually define crisp criteria yes or no

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one way or the other and we really

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couldn't so we'll just kind of see how

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the mission goes see how it plays out

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and then make a decision based on what

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we get but again i think you know we're

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ready to go to commercial resupply as

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services as soon as we can get there in

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the right amount of time and we'll be

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kind of leaning that way as we go

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from where you are the benefit of

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perspective that you have given that

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you've been here for decades with the

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agency the significance of this moment

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and moving forward uh the weight of the

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responsibility that the commercial

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sector is taking on

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you know again i think the

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you know my my primary thoughts today

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was how impressed i was with this team

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and what they accomplished today the

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professionalism that they brought into

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this activity is the same

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professionalism that we've exhibited

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over the past many years and to see this

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team just as focused just as hard

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working just as dedicated as the teams

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that have done this before is real a

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tribute to our business and

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and then culminating in a rocket launch

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there's something special about a rocket

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launch

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i mean i think everybody smiles

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everybody high-fives each other

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everybody hugs each other and that's

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universal and i and i think the reason

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that occurs is because it took so much

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work ahead of time

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you know it took years of preparation

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from from when the engine test began

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with these guys way back in mcgregor and

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and working through all these activities

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and the manufacturing and all the

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problems that that come about that are

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kind of routine things then in one small

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instant within milliseconds you see all

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those past years worth of labor work and

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effort

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result in this phenomenal launch and

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when that occurs i think the teams get

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really excited and it's it's good seeing

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this next next version come on online i

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think it's also good because this frees

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us up to really focus on below beyond

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low earth orbit and we've got the sls

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and mpcv we're looking for those those

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bigger targets to push beyond and this

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lets nasa focus on those those little

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bit harder destinations those little

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things are a little more demanding from

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an overall standpoint and move in that

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direction

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this is also absolutely critical to

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space station this this cargo resupply

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is absolutely needed for station to to

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reach its research potential and move

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forward so i'm very proud for what the

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team has done and i'm very glad that

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they had the wonderful start to this

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mission but again the caution for all of

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us is there's still a lot to go

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we're going to take a question on the

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phone right now brendan mcgarry from

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bloomberg news brendan are you there

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i am thanks for taking a call from the

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line uh congratulations everyone seems

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pretty exciting

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question is related to sort of uh i

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guess

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what happens next especially with with

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docking uh in in the event of a

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a failure or or some kind of

578
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no-go on that particular portion of the

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mission

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what happens would would the capsule

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simply be steered to a re-entry

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and and would that in and of itself

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necessitate another demonstration flight

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i'll take that this initially if you

585
00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:31,760
don't mind uh this particular dragon

586
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well actually and and going forward we

587
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have the ability to uh

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um back away depending on what the issue

589
00:22:41,990 --> 00:22:39,200
is from the space station it's called a

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retreat or actually abort and

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re-rendezvous and try again

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on missions going forward because we

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don't have to do that c2 portion if you

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recall from the from two days ago we'll

595
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all right right here

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thank you very much scott powers from

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00:23:03,909 --> 00:23:01,760
the orlando sentinel question for bill

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uh follow up on the commercial resupply

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uh statement you made a moment ago

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how much of your your near future medium

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00:23:13,669 --> 00:23:12,000
future resupply is already committed

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00:23:15,029 --> 00:23:13,679
through manifests and contracts how much

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00:23:16,070 --> 00:23:15,039
of that can be turned over and how

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00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:16,080
quickly to

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00:23:20,070 --> 00:23:18,640
either spacex or other commercial

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00:23:22,789 --> 00:23:20,080
companies

607
00:23:25,270 --> 00:23:22,799
um we've already initiated the contract

608
00:23:27,029 --> 00:23:25,280
for 12 flights with spacex going forward

609
00:23:29,510 --> 00:23:27,039
under commercial resupply services and

610
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those are already in place

611
00:23:33,990 --> 00:23:31,600
we effectively have booked from both the

612
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orbital and from spacex 20 metric tons

613
00:23:38,710 --> 00:23:36,720
each of cargo resupply to iss how much

614
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do you have this is my question that

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might be committed to the russians or

616
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elsewhere right now we've committed

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00:23:46,789 --> 00:23:44,640
everything we are no longer purchasing

618
00:23:48,870 --> 00:23:46,799
any cargo resupply from the russians it

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00:23:50,390 --> 00:23:48,880
is we are solely dependent upon the

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commercial providers

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with a little bit coming from our

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automated transfer vehicle

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from the europeans and the japanese htv

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00:24:01,029 --> 00:23:58,960
vehicle but those are small amounts of

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00:24:02,789 --> 00:24:01,039
unique payloads that are kind of geared

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to those unique spacecraft for example

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00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:05,760
htv can carry large racks that can be

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transferred through the hatch that we

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00:24:11,430 --> 00:24:09,360
can in those other areas but all the

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00:24:13,350 --> 00:24:11,440
commercial cargo that we could we could

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put we put it on the commercial side to

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to be on these new companies

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uh

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with the valencia voice i have a

635
00:24:21,909 --> 00:24:20,000
question for mr musk or anyone that may

636
00:24:23,590 --> 00:24:21,919
know uh with thousands of satellites

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00:24:25,350 --> 00:24:23,600
already in orbit more getting launched

638
00:24:27,190 --> 00:24:25,360
every year by spacex governments and

639
00:24:29,590 --> 00:24:27,200
other companies uh are there any plans

640
00:24:31,990 --> 00:24:29,600
to like deal with space debris or like

641
00:24:33,269 --> 00:24:32,000
uh down satellites like disposal of them

642
00:24:34,549 --> 00:24:33,279
just like in the future as like space

643
00:24:36,789 --> 00:24:34,559
debris because i know it's been an issue

644
00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:36,799
for the iss like possibly getting hit by

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00:24:39,830 --> 00:24:38,720
space debris and we're kind of adding to

646
00:24:41,190 --> 00:24:39,840
that in a way

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so are there any plans for like dealing

648
00:24:53,430 --> 00:24:49,350
i don't know of any specific plants

649
00:24:55,669 --> 00:24:53,440
actually deorbit other satellites or

650
00:24:58,070 --> 00:24:55,679
debris or other pieces we do have

651
00:24:59,669 --> 00:24:58,080
requirements on what second stages can

652
00:25:01,590 --> 00:24:59,679
do and other things to try to get those

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00:25:03,590 --> 00:25:01,600
re-entered so they don't become

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00:25:05,430 --> 00:25:03,600
a portion of the

655
00:25:07,750 --> 00:25:05,440
of the debris hazard we also have a

656
00:25:09,430 --> 00:25:07,760
requirement for spacecraft to

657
00:25:11,430 --> 00:25:09,440
essentially inert the propellant system

658
00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:11,440
so they don't fragment into space and

659
00:25:15,510 --> 00:25:13,440
create more debris but we don't really

660
00:25:17,990 --> 00:25:15,520
have on the books yet any kind of

661
00:25:20,950 --> 00:25:18,000
planned return of a

662
00:25:22,870 --> 00:25:20,960
failed spacecraft or debris from space

663
00:25:25,669 --> 00:25:22,880
there is quite a bit of interest on the

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00:25:27,590 --> 00:25:25,679
commercial side to clear the geo belt

665
00:25:28,870 --> 00:25:27,600
either to grapple satellites and push

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00:25:32,149 --> 00:25:28,880
them out of the way or actually try to

667
00:25:35,110 --> 00:25:33,909
i suppose if you push it out of the way

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00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:35,120
it's a little bit like a janitor

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00:25:42,630 --> 00:25:37,679
satellite if you're refueling it it's

670
00:25:46,870 --> 00:25:45,029
hi clara moskowitz with space.com a

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00:25:49,190 --> 00:25:46,880
question for mr musk

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00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:49,200
can you talk about how uh spacex is

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00:25:53,350 --> 00:25:51,760
doing on its plan to outfit dragon for

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00:25:55,590 --> 00:25:53,360
crew and what are some of the big

675
00:26:00,149 --> 00:25:55,600
challenges coming up for you guys in

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00:26:05,669 --> 00:26:03,029
sure uh the the the work on on upgrading

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00:26:08,789 --> 00:26:05,679
dragon for crew is going quite well um

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00:26:13,430 --> 00:26:11,350
we're sorting out uh

679
00:26:15,269 --> 00:26:13,440
in particular the the launch escape

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00:26:17,430 --> 00:26:15,279
system there's a the launch escape

681
00:26:19,350 --> 00:26:17,440
thruster is called super draco and we've

682
00:26:21,909 --> 00:26:19,360
had a number of successful test firings

683
00:26:24,390 --> 00:26:21,919
of that uh that that thruster

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and we'll be integrating that into

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00:26:28,470 --> 00:26:26,159
the a

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00:26:29,830 --> 00:26:28,480
a full propulsion module uh hopefully

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00:26:31,669 --> 00:26:29,840
later this year

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00:26:34,070 --> 00:26:31,679
um so so the launch escape system which

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00:26:35,350 --> 00:26:34,080
is the critical path item for

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00:26:37,510 --> 00:26:35,360
carrying crew

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00:26:38,789 --> 00:26:37,520
is progressing really well and i'm very

692
00:26:40,549 --> 00:26:38,799
excited about that because i think it's

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going to represent

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00:26:46,710 --> 00:26:44,000
a a big advancement in launch escape

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00:26:48,390 --> 00:26:46,720
technology for for spacecraft

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00:26:49,830 --> 00:26:48,400
and then we've also

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00:26:53,190 --> 00:26:49,840
done a lot of work with nasa on the

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00:26:54,950 --> 00:26:53,200
ergonomics and figuring out how to fit

699
00:26:56,070 --> 00:26:54,960
up to seven astronauts in the dragon

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spacecraft

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and

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00:27:00,630 --> 00:26:58,320
what the instrumentation should look

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00:27:02,310 --> 00:27:00,640
like and the control systems

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00:27:05,990 --> 00:27:02,320
and i think that's that's going really

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00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:18,549
let's have a question over here

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00:27:24,070 --> 00:27:22,230
hi i'm simone syed for black star and

707
00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:24,080
discovery communications

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00:27:28,070 --> 00:27:25,279
um

709
00:27:31,190 --> 00:27:28,080
now as you we've seen on twitter tonight

710
00:27:33,830 --> 00:27:31,200
uh spacex became a trending feature

711
00:27:35,350 --> 00:27:33,840
which was fantastic but

712
00:27:38,230 --> 00:27:35,360
why is

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00:27:40,230 --> 00:27:38,240
spacex significant for all of humanity

714
00:27:49,110 --> 00:27:40,240
why should every person on the planet

715
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:51,430
sure um i could answer that

716
00:27:54,149 --> 00:27:52,880
i suppose so

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00:27:56,310 --> 00:27:54,159
i i think

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00:27:57,990 --> 00:27:56,320
as i was mentioning earlier

719
00:27:58,950 --> 00:27:58,000
what what this mission

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00:28:01,430 --> 00:27:58,960
really

721
00:28:04,070 --> 00:28:01,440
does is it i think it heralds the dawn

722
00:28:06,230 --> 00:28:04,080
of a new era of space exploration uh one

723
00:28:08,710 --> 00:28:06,240
where there's a significant uh

724
00:28:11,029 --> 00:28:08,720
commercial space uh elemental press sort

725
00:28:13,350 --> 00:28:11,039
of private space element and uh just

726
00:28:14,710 --> 00:28:13,360
like the the uh advent of the internet

727
00:28:16,310 --> 00:28:14,720
or the

728
00:28:17,830 --> 00:28:16,320
in the 90s when commercial companies

729
00:28:19,510 --> 00:28:17,840
entered the internet which was a

730
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:19,520
originally governed endeavor and that

731
00:28:23,029 --> 00:28:21,440
dramatically accelerated the pace of

732
00:28:25,990 --> 00:28:23,039
advancement in the internet and made it

733
00:28:27,830 --> 00:28:26,000
accessible to the mass market i think i

734
00:28:29,350 --> 00:28:27,840
think we're at a similar inflection

735
00:28:32,470 --> 00:28:29,360
point for space

736
00:28:34,230 --> 00:28:32,480
so i think this this is um

737
00:28:36,070 --> 00:28:34,240
i i i

738
00:28:38,230 --> 00:28:36,080
i hope and i i believe

739
00:28:39,269 --> 00:28:38,240
this this mission will be

740
00:28:41,990 --> 00:28:39,279
uh

741
00:28:44,310 --> 00:28:42,000
historic in in marking that turning

742
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:44,320
point towards

743
00:28:49,830 --> 00:28:47,279
a a a rapid advancement in space

744
00:28:51,510 --> 00:28:49,840
transportation technology

745
00:28:53,990 --> 00:28:51,520
okay we'll take one last question here

746
00:28:55,909 --> 00:28:54,000
and that'll wrap it up right here

747
00:28:57,590 --> 00:28:55,919
from new york times as a question from

748
00:28:59,430 --> 00:28:57,600
mr kirsten meyer

749
00:29:01,110 --> 00:28:59,440
i understand that commercial cargos is

750
00:29:02,630 --> 00:29:01,120
critical for station but it's not urgent

751
00:29:03,870 --> 00:29:02,640
because you had gotten a lot of supplies

752
00:29:06,149 --> 00:29:03,880
up with

753
00:29:07,669 --> 00:29:06,159
sts-135 i was just wondering where would

754
00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:07,679
the station be at right now if you

755
00:29:17,909 --> 00:29:14,149
again i think what what 135 did was it

756
00:29:19,350 --> 00:29:17,919
added about a year of margin to to allow

757
00:29:20,870 --> 00:29:19,360
the essentially the commercial cargo

758
00:29:23,190 --> 00:29:20,880
providers to get established in

759
00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:23,200
delivering routine cargo to iss so it

760
00:29:27,350 --> 00:29:25,840
gave us about a year's worth of margin

761
00:29:29,750 --> 00:29:27,360
we have lots of scientific

762
00:29:31,510 --> 00:29:29,760
investigations going on right now we're

763
00:29:32,870 --> 00:29:31,520
working pretty heavily with spacex on a

764
00:29:35,269 --> 00:29:32,880
couple of the flights in the future

765
00:29:37,430 --> 00:29:35,279
where a bunch of our payloads are

766
00:29:39,430 --> 00:29:37,440
looking at getting added to spacex

767
00:29:41,190 --> 00:29:39,440
there's also the dragon trunk where we

768
00:29:42,870 --> 00:29:41,200
can carry some external cargo that's

769
00:29:44,789 --> 00:29:42,880
another feature we're going to add on a

770
00:29:46,389 --> 00:29:44,799
later commercial resupply services

771
00:29:48,870 --> 00:29:46,399
flight we're working those activities

772
00:29:51,110 --> 00:29:48,880
right now with spacex so

773
00:29:52,870 --> 00:29:51,120
again like i described earlier in our

774
00:29:55,190 --> 00:29:52,880
business we're really working things

775
00:29:56,710 --> 00:29:55,200
that are three or four flights down the

776
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:56,720
road to get prepared for those

777
00:30:01,430 --> 00:29:58,799
activities so we're really gearing up

778
00:30:03,269 --> 00:30:01,440
for a large amount of payload activity

779
00:30:04,950 --> 00:30:03,279
to be carried on spacex and we're

780
00:30:07,190 --> 00:30:04,960
working that that right now so it's

781
00:30:09,830 --> 00:30:07,200
really critical but 135 gave us about a

782
00:30:11,350 --> 00:30:09,840
year of margin to essentially let the

783
00:30:13,350 --> 00:30:11,360
let the new commercial providers let

784
00:30:16,149 --> 00:30:13,360
spacex and orbital get established and

785
00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:16,159
delivering cargo to us

786
00:30:21,590 --> 00:30:18,480
all right that's going to conclude our

787
00:30:23,830 --> 00:30:21,600
briefing and our coverage for the spacex