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good morning everybody from the johnson

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space center in houston and welcome to

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today's briefing we're going to be

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taking a look at tomorrow's activities

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as the spacex dragon gets ready to be

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ungrappled from the international space

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station and begin its journey back to

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earth joining me here in houston is

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holly ridings who is the lead nasa

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flight director for this mission we'll

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also be going out to john coloras out at

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spacex headquarters in hawthorne

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california but we'll start off with

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holly

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all right well good morning everyone

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again it's exciting to be here and

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discuss departure of the dragon from the

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international space station

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before we get started on on that

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sequence of events i'll tell you a few

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things that have happened since last we

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spoke

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just a few days ago

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last saturday

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after the successful capture on friday

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we did open the hatches

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and go into the dragon and of course the

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crew reported

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that it really was an exciting time and

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looked great inside the dragon gave the

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crew a little bit of time off and then

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monday earlier this week we got right to

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work performing the cargo operations for

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this dragon demonstration

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mission

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the dragon did carry

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some cargo up to the station station to

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demonstrate that capability and then we

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will be returning cargo as well

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the crew worked out a plan amongst them

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themselves very efficiently and managed

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to do

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almost all the cargo operations in a in

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a single day

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took them quite a few crew hours but

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just one calendar day to get that done

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so we were very excited

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that they were able to do that when

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we're only staying attached to the

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station for this short seven day mission

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the next day on tuesday we did have a

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little bit of cargo ops to finish up and

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then today

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on console the team is working through

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the hatch closer which happened uh just

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a while ago gmt-13 so about 8 am local

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time and they're in the process of of

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what we call de-outfitting the vestibule

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that little space between the dragon

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hatch and the node 2 hatch

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disconnecting some

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cables putting back in the controllers

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that operate our common berthing

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mechanism in preparation for the unbirth

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and the departure tomorrow so those

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activities will take up

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kind of a remainder of the the crew day

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today the crew is going to bed a little

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bit early today because tomorrow morning

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we're going to wake him up two hours

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earlier than the nominal time so that's

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gmt 0-400

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in terms of the day itself big wise

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tomorrow we are kind of optimizing our

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release and departure from the space

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station

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for the dragon spacex team

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to give them the best opportunity for

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this test flight for this demonstration

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for the dragon to come home successfully

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and and john will talk in a few minutes

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about some of the the items that they've

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of their re-entry sequence

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so going back to the departure tomorrow

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the crew is waking up at

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0-400 gmt they'll get right to work

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finishing up the

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again the de-outfitting of that

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vestibule area so cleaning up the very

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last power jumper that we're leaving

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connected overnight tonight in order for

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the dragon to remain on station power so

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to finish that up they go ahead and

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close the node 2 hatch then they've got

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a significant amount of time a couple of

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hours to depress that vestibule that

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space between the dragon hatch and the

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when that's completed then they'll step

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into their cbm operations

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we did take the robotic arm back to

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position where it's already grappled to

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the dragon one other activity that

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happened since dragon was attached last

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week we did do an external survey of the

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dragon of the the trunk space the solar

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the outside of that dragon to gather a

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bunch of data for this demonstration and

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this test flight for future flights so

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activity and back uh grappled to the

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dragon where it is today so

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after the cbm activities the crew will

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be able to step right back in

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activities a series of maneuvers you do

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the unberth from the space station

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cbm and then you move the arm out to a

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release position the release itself is

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that series of activities that i that i

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just described there's some variability

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time that we're targeting the 0935

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the departure sequence is fairly quick

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and then one big burn so turn it on the

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dragon engines and the dragon will head

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away from the space station outside of

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of the integrated uh space and that will

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be the end of our integrated activity

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with the spacex dragon team and that

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process is 10 or 11 minutes

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after the release time so again very

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quick very different than rendezvous day

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when we spend a lot of time in

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integrated space the dragon will head on

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be on its own in terms of the dragon

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controlling and managing the rest of the

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activities for the day as they work

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through their re-entry and splash down

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sequence and so with that i'll hand off

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to john and he'll walk you through all

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of those activities that his team will

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hey thanks holly so holly uh perfectly

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described our departure sequence once we

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leave integrated space from the space

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approach ellipsoid we'll be conducting

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numerous operations uh which include

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closing our gnc bay door that door is

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where the grapple fixture is located

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where station grabbed us with the arm so

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be closing that up performing some

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checkouts and then performing our large

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re-entry burn which will take about 10

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release from the arm we should be in the

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water our recovery forces will be

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standing by they departed late monday

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night and they're about 16 hours out

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from the splashdown zone and they'll be

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now it's important to note again we have

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a lot ahead of us

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on the spacex side once we leave

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integrated space with nasa we still have

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the entire reentry to perform we're

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really looking forward to it we've done

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it once on c1 but it's still a very

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only a few countries have done this

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before so we're not taking this lightly

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at all but the crew looks good and we

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okay we'll take some questions now here

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in houston first then we'll go to the

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phone lines we'll start over here with

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thank you mark caro for aviation week i

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think my first question is for holly

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uh holly writings

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when does the sort of the nasa

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end is it with the ungrappled

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point down the line i just kind of

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wanted to see where you consider the

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demarcation okay it's actually as john

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mentioned when the dragon exits what's

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called the approach ellipsoid uh so

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that's the um uh one kilometer by two

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diameter it's two by four uh kilometer

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space and so to go through the burn

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sequence one more time you do the

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release uh there's two uh small

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departure burns dragon performs that

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of directly towards earth and then a

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exactly 11 after release will be outside

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point portion so per our flight rolls

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safe trajectory away from the space

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station we do continue to support the

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tdrs scheduling and

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how you'll do your tracking i in other

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ships for the recovery do you have any

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aircraft involved

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and and once you bring dragon aboard the

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recovery ship can you explain

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where you'll take it next is it

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hawthorne for uh de-stowing and

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answering all your questions so first

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our splashdown zone is about 490

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angeles more to the west and south uh

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the recovery boats it's a fleet of three

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with within supporting fast boats that

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go out and save the spacecraft

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return the capsule

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it will take about maybe two to three

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for cargo unloading and for

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further spacecraft inspection

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and i'm sorry you had a question about

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tracking i believe as well so we have a

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updated positions those are updated by

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uh our gps units that are on board the

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spacecraft these all communicate with us

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connection as uh holly had mentioned

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using the nasa assets there

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mini

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telemetry vessel out there i'll be

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tracking dragon all the way to the water

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furthermore we have a separate recovery

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system that it consists of another gps

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system that uses a different

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communication system to relay to us

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globally where dragon would be in the

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water

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your final question

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uh yes sir i wondered

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you you mentioned that the

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that the recovery ships will come to a

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port and i didn't know that was

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hawthorne and then you fly it to

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mcgregor and texas if i understood you

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correctly i just wonder if you could

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sort of clarify

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the full voyage of spacex or where you

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take it i'm not i'm not clear

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sure so we uh recover dragon onto our

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recovery vessel

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uh and then from there we bring it into

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the port of los angeles and then

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immediately uh transport transported to

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our mcgregor texas facility

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you'd also ask about aircraft we

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currently have a number of aircraft

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supporting we have our own

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jet they'll be standing by but we do use

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the nasa p3 assets one is an infrared

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imaging aircraft and the other is a

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telemetry aircraft these are same

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aircraft that were used for shuttle

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return flights

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very capable assets and they'll be

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standing by and capturing dragon during

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the re-entry

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all the way to splashdown just like what

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they did to support us on the dragon c1

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mission

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hi robert perlman with collectspace.com

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with a question for john maybe also for

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josh um you mentioned having aerial

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imagery assets what might we see during

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the actual

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uh re-entry and um and splashdown

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i'll let john take that one first

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so uh the assets we have on the aircraft

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it's uh primarily infrared so it's

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trying to capture dragon during the

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re-entry process uh so you'll see uh

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varus heating profile on dragon itself

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at a rather long distance

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but still enough for us to get some good

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data from and then on the recovery

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vessels themselves we also have high

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definition video and still camera

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photography as well as a telemetry asset

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and that will be capturing uh dragon on

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board video but that video is primarily

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okay and a second question for john

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with regards to

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the nasa cargo on board what's your

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timeline for once the capsule's back in

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mcgregor for delivering the payload back

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to nasa and how does that compare to the

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timeline for an operational crs flight

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certainly so

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we have two types of cargo that we have

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requirements uh to deliver back to nasa

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and we're going to be demonstrating the

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early access cargo return which is a

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pretty special return

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return profile that wasn't normally

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meant for this mission but we'd like to

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demonstrate it and that's to get high

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value experiments back to nasa within 48

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hours of splashdown so that's a stretch

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goal for ours but we are going to

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exercise that and turn that over to nasa

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48 within 48 hours after splashdown in

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los angeles the second requirement is to

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return standard cargo to nasa within 14

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days and that we should definitely meet

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uh

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with the turnover occurring in mcgregor

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texas which works out well for nasa

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because most of the processing for the

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payloads will be occurring out of

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johnson space flight center in houston

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okay over here

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yes i'm fort atkinson with kriv here in

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houston i wonder just for the layman so

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they can understand better and me too

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for that matter what have you learned so

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far

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perhaps that you didn't expect to learn

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quite this early in the mission

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has something occurred that you you said

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to yourself wow that was easier or more

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let's see um in terms of of learning uh

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you know you're constantly learning we

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spent in john's case you know

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five or so years in my case almost three

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years designing all of these activities

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and so

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to see them run

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you know you're always learning things

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i'm trying to think of a good kind of

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high level example

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certainly the rendezvous and capture you

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know john and i worked through that

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together and so to see

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how dragon was going to behave as it's

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as it's moving towards the space station

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with all of the sensors that communicate

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with the space station and determine you

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know the location the dragon and the

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location of the space station so we all

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learned a lot about how those are going

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to behave and i know that the post

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flight the spacex team is going to look

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at those in a lot of a lot of detail

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we learned a lot about how the dragon's

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going to behave when the crew

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captures it right so you have all of

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this analysis ahead of time that says

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when you turn off of the engines and it

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and it sits in that spot where the arm

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reaches out to grab it

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how much is it going to move around

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and so

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that analysis

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told us that it was going to move around

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a little bit um and actually i think i'd

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have to look at the telemetry but to my

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eye it looked like it did very well and

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met the expectations and was very good

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for the crew to go and

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grab it so that was one thing that at

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least i was concerned about ahead of

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time

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because you want to make sure it's going

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to move in a little and

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sit in one place so that the crew can

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grab it so

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to me i you know i learned that so we

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learned how the vehicle behaved

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the other big thing we really learned

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how we'll work together as a team and

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overall that went very very well there

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are differences in the way we do

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operations of course differences in the

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structure of our control center but

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mostly we learned that

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to bring in a new a new partner the

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spacex team we were able to communicate

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and accomplish something uh very

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complicated um in space with two dynamic

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vehicles so those are probably my two

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biggest ones i don't know john yet you

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just to reiterate again uh how well the

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teams work together and the value of

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training are really allowed us to ensure

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success for the approach and the

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birthing operation um also just like how

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holly mentioned the behavior of the

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vehicle was as expected and that was a

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big confidence boost again to to uh

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reiterate how good our analysis was on

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it and uh honestly uh we also learned

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that at least i learned i have no

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trouble uh sleeping during the day uh

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the shifts were great shift schedule

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work worked really well and uh the crews

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both on the nasa side and the spacex

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side uh really were strong

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okay let's go to the phone lines uh i

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believe we have ken kramer with space

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okay let's go to the phone lines uh i

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believe we have ken kramer with space

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flight magazine hi thank you um

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you did a

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survey of the

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exterior

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of dragon i wonder if you could tell us

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a little bit about the results of that

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okay well we only finished it up just in

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the last 24 to 36 hours so the results

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are very preliminary but overall very

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positive one of the primary goals of the

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survey uh was to ensure again that all

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of the the models in the analysis

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performed on the ground uh really

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matched the on-orbit uh

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configuration of the dragon

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downstream flights we're going to do

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robotics where we go out

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into the trunk so we take our robotic

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arm and we put

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dexter so the

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spdm

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on the end of the arm and can reach

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around in the trunk and and grab

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different payloads that spacex brings to

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the station

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that activity

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is done what we call kind of in the

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blind where you're reaching around on

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the back back side the crew doesn't have

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a good physical view out of the cupola

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windows we use cameras and so it's

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really important that all of the models

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are accurate in terms of all of the

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clearances

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to put the arm into the trunk pull the

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payload out of the trunk

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put payloads back into the trunk so that

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was really the biggest goal the results

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were very positive they need to take all

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that data and go match it in detail to

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all of the

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the computerized models the other goal

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was really to just get a general

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understanding of of how well the dragon

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had performed

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take a look at the solar arrays look to

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make sure on the trip to space station

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there was no damage that might cause a

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problem when

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re-entering re-entry happens here

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shortly and again all of that was very

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positive there wasn't anything

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specifically identified that could

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cause a problem although i know

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everybody's still pouring through that

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data in in great detail but the initial

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thought is that the dragon really looked

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great

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for john could you describe the size of

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your spacex team mission control team

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please and i guess you work 24 hours a

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day

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uh that's correct we have uh four total

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shifts uh usually it's three working

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eight hour shifts uh each shift

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depending on what phase of flight can

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flex anywhere from four people on

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console up to the 24 seats that we have

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there now of those 24

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some of those are

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roles like safety and mission assurance

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and quality control the main operators

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probably take up about 15 to at a

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maximum of 17 operators and those

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include some very specialized roles for

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this one test flight we want to be

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making sure we had the experts in the

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room in case we had any any items we

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want to look at and uh for future

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follow-on missions crs missions the team

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would generally go from

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four operators during uh low times such

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as far field rendezvous or even birth

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operations getting down to two crew

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members uh and then all the way up

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during rendezvous ops uh between eight

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and twelve

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all right and um i just wondered too if

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you had a chance i asked this earlier uh

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to take a picture with all six crew

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members together in the dragon thanks

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oh

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well let's see so i'm pretty sure

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there's a picture with three crew

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members in there i haven't seen one yet

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with all six we'll check and see if

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there is one you know the the dragon is

562
00:21:07,190 --> 00:21:05,280
uh with the cargo in there not really uh

563
00:21:08,950 --> 00:21:07,200
enough space for for six of them to be

564
00:21:10,630 --> 00:21:08,960
in there comfortably that doesn't mean

565
00:21:12,310 --> 00:21:10,640
they haven't given it a try but i

566
00:21:14,830 --> 00:21:12,320
haven't seen a picture yet so at least

567
00:21:16,710 --> 00:21:14,840
so far the only one i i have seen is

568
00:21:18,470 --> 00:21:16,720
three thank you

569
00:21:23,830 --> 00:21:18,480
okay thanks again let's go to uh roger

570
00:21:25,430 --> 00:21:24,630
thank you

571
00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:25,440
uh

572
00:21:29,350 --> 00:21:27,760
good morning to you um

573
00:21:30,710 --> 00:21:29,360
first of all a question for holly and

574
00:21:31,510 --> 00:21:30,720
then i'd like to follow up with one for

575
00:21:34,310 --> 00:21:31,520
john

576
00:21:37,510 --> 00:21:34,320
the when you had a look at the outside

577
00:21:39,350 --> 00:21:37,520
of the dragon did the survey you had to

578
00:21:41,110 --> 00:21:39,360
look inside the trunk i presume that you

579
00:21:43,510 --> 00:21:41,120
didn't come across any anomalies that

580
00:21:47,350 --> 00:21:43,520
would cause problems recovering

581
00:21:51,029 --> 00:21:48,870
so certainly from our perspective there

582
00:21:54,789 --> 00:21:51,039
were not any anomalies and and just to

583
00:21:57,750 --> 00:21:54,799
clarify for this mission nasa did not

584
00:22:00,310 --> 00:21:57,760
put external cargo in the trunk that's

585
00:22:02,149 --> 00:22:00,320
planned for a follow-on mission

586
00:22:03,909 --> 00:22:02,159
several flights downstream from now but

587
00:22:05,270 --> 00:22:03,919
this was really all the preparation work

588
00:22:10,470 --> 00:22:05,280
to make that

589
00:22:15,909 --> 00:22:13,190
right thank you and uh a follow-up

590
00:22:19,350 --> 00:22:15,919
question for john the recovery vessel uh

591
00:22:21,750 --> 00:22:19,360
is this a spacex vessel uh what size is

592
00:22:23,029 --> 00:22:21,760
it and what sort of weather constraints

593
00:22:24,950 --> 00:22:23,039
do you have

594
00:22:26,789 --> 00:22:24,960
for recovering

595
00:22:29,909 --> 00:22:26,799
a dragon

596
00:22:34,870 --> 00:22:32,630
certainly so uh spacex contracts with a

597
00:22:36,549 --> 00:22:34,880
commercial provider for the recovery

598
00:22:38,789 --> 00:22:36,559
vessels and that allows us to have a lot

599
00:22:40,630 --> 00:22:38,799
of flexibility in case we need to call

600
00:22:42,870 --> 00:22:40,640
up a different vessel because of

601
00:22:45,270 --> 00:22:42,880
scheduling concerns

602
00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:45,280
the operators that we use normally

603
00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:47,919
operate a vessel in about the 140 foot

604
00:22:50,950 --> 00:22:48,960
range

605
00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:50,960
and then supporting vessels are slightly

606
00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:52,320
smaller than that

607
00:22:56,549 --> 00:22:53,520
and

608
00:22:58,870 --> 00:22:56,559
the vessels are meant for oceanic

609
00:23:00,310 --> 00:22:58,880
voyages and so forth so they uh they

610
00:23:02,870 --> 00:23:00,320
have very high

611
00:23:05,350 --> 00:23:02,880
uh sea state constraints and our

612
00:23:08,070 --> 00:23:05,360
recovery constraints are about to put in

613
00:23:10,870 --> 00:23:08,080
terms of past programs slightly higher

614
00:23:13,110 --> 00:23:10,880
than the apollo sea state constraints

615
00:23:16,070 --> 00:23:13,120
and right now weather is looking great

616
00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:16,080
through forecast to be great through the

617
00:23:24,149 --> 00:23:18,240
recovery time plus some margin for the

618
00:23:28,870 --> 00:23:26,390
okay i think that's it from roger uh

619
00:23:30,950 --> 00:23:28,880
let's go to clara moscow with space.com

620
00:23:32,390 --> 00:23:30,960
thanks very much yes huh i'm wondering

621
00:23:33,750 --> 00:23:32,400
if you can tell me

622
00:23:35,669 --> 00:23:33,760
if there's any chance at all that the

623
00:23:38,870 --> 00:23:35,679
space station crew will be able to see

624
00:23:40,630 --> 00:23:38,880
re-entry uh from from orbit and also uh

625
00:23:43,110 --> 00:23:40,640
if dragon is going to be flying over any

626
00:23:44,870 --> 00:23:43,120
parts of the land in in pre-dawn or

627
00:23:47,110 --> 00:23:44,880
darkness where people on the ground

628
00:23:48,789 --> 00:23:47,120
could see it

629
00:23:49,830 --> 00:23:48,799
okay well i'll take the first part i

630
00:23:51,990 --> 00:23:49,840
actually just talked to the space

631
00:23:54,149 --> 00:23:52,000
station crew this morning we were doing

632
00:23:56,390 --> 00:23:54,159
our last robotics training session and

633
00:23:57,510 --> 00:23:56,400
after that we had a little uh debrief

634
00:23:59,510 --> 00:23:57,520
and one of the things we talked about

635
00:24:02,230 --> 00:23:59,520
was potentially trying to see dragons so

636
00:24:03,430 --> 00:24:02,240
the release time itself right now is in

637
00:24:05,669 --> 00:24:03,440
the dark

638
00:24:08,630 --> 00:24:05,679
however what they can really see is is a

639
00:24:10,710 --> 00:24:08,640
plasma trail and so

640
00:24:12,630 --> 00:24:10,720
if you plot out the time of the plasma

641
00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:12,640
trail it's in the daylight which will

642
00:24:15,269 --> 00:24:14,080
make it pretty hard for them to see

643
00:24:17,269 --> 00:24:15,279
although i will tell you in the control

644
00:24:18,630 --> 00:24:17,279
center right now they're sending up the

645
00:24:19,990 --> 00:24:18,640
information to the crew so they know

646
00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:20,000
where to look just in the off chance

647
00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:22,320
they can see it although we think it's

648
00:24:27,909 --> 00:24:24,240
unfortunately pretty unlikely just

649
00:24:34,870 --> 00:24:30,549
okay thanks

650
00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:36,950
hi um thanks very much i have a couple

651
00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:39,120
questions first a quick follow-up to

652
00:24:43,029 --> 00:24:41,440
john on one of the previous questions is

653
00:24:47,190 --> 00:24:43,039
what's the name of the company that's

654
00:24:52,230 --> 00:24:49,990
ah certainly it's uh american marine out

655
00:24:55,590 --> 00:24:52,240
of los angeles

656
00:24:57,669 --> 00:24:55,600
thanks and um for holly um

657
00:25:00,950 --> 00:24:57,679
how important is it uh do you think for

658
00:25:04,549 --> 00:25:00,960
nasa to get a big return load since it's

659
00:25:07,750 --> 00:25:04,559
been nearly a year since uh the station

660
00:25:09,830 --> 00:25:07,760
programs had this capability

661
00:25:11,590 --> 00:25:09,840
well in terms of return cargo because

662
00:25:13,269 --> 00:25:11,600
this is the test flight

663
00:25:16,070 --> 00:25:13,279
specifically

664
00:25:17,110 --> 00:25:16,080
the program made sure that there's not

665
00:25:18,789 --> 00:25:17,120
anything

666
00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:18,799
coming home that

667
00:25:22,789 --> 00:25:20,320
we couldn't afford to not get back

668
00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:22,799
certainly that is not the plan uh john's

669
00:25:26,549 --> 00:25:24,640
team is going to have a great re-entry

670
00:25:27,510 --> 00:25:26,559
and splashdown but we didn't put any

671
00:25:28,549 --> 00:25:27,520
critical

672
00:25:30,310 --> 00:25:28,559
cargo

673
00:25:31,590 --> 00:25:30,320
on the return manifest you know that

674
00:25:33,669 --> 00:25:31,600
being said i know it's a really

675
00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:33,679
important capability

676
00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:34,960
to prove

677
00:25:39,909 --> 00:25:37,679
for nasa and for the space station

678
00:25:41,909 --> 00:25:39,919
program as as we go forward

679
00:25:45,830 --> 00:25:41,919
since this vehicle has the unique

680
00:25:49,909 --> 00:25:47,830
thanks and the last question i had is um

681
00:25:52,070 --> 00:25:49,919
i assume the surprise is over now can

682
00:25:54,789 --> 00:25:52,080
either of you

683
00:25:57,190 --> 00:25:54,799
tell us what was a board dragon for the

684
00:26:00,630 --> 00:25:57,200
crew just kind of the care packages

685
00:26:03,909 --> 00:26:02,230
let's see so i i talked to them this

686
00:26:05,510 --> 00:26:03,919
morning but i actually didn't ask them

687
00:26:09,029 --> 00:26:05,520
that question so i don't know john d do

688
00:26:12,390 --> 00:26:10,310
actually i was going to defer to you

689
00:26:15,029 --> 00:26:12,400
holly on that one so i don't have that

690
00:26:17,350 --> 00:26:15,039
information either yeah so so generally

691
00:26:19,029 --> 00:26:17,360
you know we they we keep it private and

692
00:26:20,950 --> 00:26:19,039
and we don't really uh we don't really

693
00:26:22,470 --> 00:26:20,960
delve into their their care packages

694
00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:22,480
that's kind of what makes them special

695
00:26:28,230 --> 00:26:25,600
so i i didn't actually ask them and and

696
00:26:29,750 --> 00:26:28,240
don't know the answer for you

697
00:26:31,750 --> 00:26:29,760
oh thanks uh

698
00:26:33,669 --> 00:26:31,760
gwen chodwell had said uh before launch

699
00:26:36,070 --> 00:26:33,679
that they had asked for apples that they

700
00:26:36,870 --> 00:26:36,080
decided not to include them because of

701
00:26:38,149 --> 00:26:36,880
uh

702
00:26:39,909 --> 00:26:38,159
you know that they didn't want him to

703
00:26:41,590 --> 00:26:39,919
rot in between so just you know was

704
00:26:44,230 --> 00:26:41,600
curious if there was anything like that

705
00:26:45,669 --> 00:26:44,240
but that's fine thank you

706
00:26:47,750 --> 00:26:45,679
okay thanks irene let's go to marcia

707
00:26:50,070 --> 00:26:47,760
down with cecilia press

708
00:26:52,789 --> 00:26:50,080
yes hi this is uh marcia dunn with a

709
00:26:54,950 --> 00:26:52,799
couple of questions for john is this

710
00:26:59,830 --> 00:26:54,960
spacecraft in particular

711
00:27:04,230 --> 00:27:00,789
okay

712
00:27:06,230 --> 00:27:04,240
nasa has contracted all new dragons for

713
00:27:08,950 --> 00:27:06,240
both the cots commercial orbital

714
00:27:12,070 --> 00:27:08,960
transportation services and the crew

715
00:27:14,230 --> 00:27:12,080
resupply or crs missions so this vessel

716
00:27:16,789 --> 00:27:14,240
and then the 12 follow-on spacecraft

717
00:27:19,029 --> 00:27:16,799
will all be new builds we do have the

718
00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:19,039
capability to refurbish and re-fly

719
00:27:23,830 --> 00:27:21,760
dragons both to other destinations so if

720
00:27:26,310 --> 00:27:23,840
there is a commercial uh desire either

721
00:27:27,750 --> 00:27:26,320
to go to a different space station or

722
00:27:30,230 --> 00:27:27,760
for uh

723
00:27:32,149 --> 00:27:30,240
eventual crew carrying a capability we

724
00:27:34,389 --> 00:27:32,159
could look to refurbish these capsules

725
00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:34,399
and also we have a vehicle called dragon

726
00:27:38,549 --> 00:27:36,880
lab which is a long-term free flyer

727
00:27:40,470 --> 00:27:38,559
where we can fly experiments up to two

728
00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:40,480
years on orbit that do not go to the

729
00:27:44,230 --> 00:27:42,320
international space station and we may

730
00:27:46,630 --> 00:27:44,240
refurbish these capsules to fulfill that

731
00:27:50,470 --> 00:27:48,470
a couple more questions then what will

732
00:27:54,870 --> 00:27:50,480
happen to this dragon in particular will

733
00:28:00,630 --> 00:27:57,750
use it for parts

734
00:28:03,110 --> 00:28:00,640
uh i don't have that information but i

735
00:28:05,430 --> 00:28:03,120
uh it will definitely be on display for

736
00:28:07,830 --> 00:28:05,440
its history making a history making

737
00:28:09,830 --> 00:28:07,840
aspect of this mission

738
00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:09,840
my last question for you is how would

739
00:28:13,269 --> 00:28:11,200
you measure

740
00:28:15,350 --> 00:28:13,279
this mission

741
00:28:16,630 --> 00:28:15,360
if you don't get the dragon back the way

742
00:28:18,389 --> 00:28:16,640
you hope

743
00:28:20,470 --> 00:28:18,399
how will you how would you assess the

744
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:20,480
mission then up to this day if

745
00:28:24,710 --> 00:28:21,440
everything

746
00:28:26,549 --> 00:28:24,720
goes well tomorrow and if it does not

747
00:28:29,430 --> 00:28:26,559
so first of all it was a major success

748
00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:29,440
for us uh the ability to first combine

749
00:28:35,029 --> 00:28:32,320
the c2 and c3 missions and

750
00:28:37,909 --> 00:28:35,039
the trust and hard work that nasa helped

751
00:28:39,909 --> 00:28:37,919
spacex with were really important and

752
00:28:41,830 --> 00:28:39,919
the ability to get to space station on

753
00:28:44,149 --> 00:28:41,840
our first time to

754
00:28:46,710 --> 00:28:44,159
not only rendezvous but then to birth

755
00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:46,720
transfer cargo and depart safely are

756
00:28:51,510 --> 00:28:49,279
major mission objectives and we would

757
00:28:53,669 --> 00:28:51,520
call that mission alone a success

758
00:28:55,909 --> 00:28:53,679
every other spacecraft short of soyuz

759
00:28:58,149 --> 00:28:55,919
fulfills that exact role where it

760
00:29:00,789 --> 00:28:58,159
delivers cargo and then has a

761
00:29:03,269 --> 00:29:00,799
destructive reentry we're hopeful again

762
00:29:04,950 --> 00:29:03,279
it's a major challenge tomorrow that we

763
00:29:07,430 --> 00:29:04,960
feel we're ready for

764
00:29:09,590 --> 00:29:07,440
to perform re-entry but regardless this

765
00:29:12,310 --> 00:29:09,600
c2 plus mission has been a major success

766
00:29:13,510 --> 00:29:12,320
for spacex and for nasa thank you very

767
00:29:15,110 --> 00:29:13,520
much

768
00:29:19,029 --> 00:29:15,120
all right thanks marcia

769
00:29:23,269 --> 00:29:21,110
thank you a couple questions for john

770
00:29:25,669 --> 00:29:23,279
john could you describe the the heating

771
00:29:27,669 --> 00:29:25,679
and g-forces dragon will experience

772
00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:27,679
during reentry and possibly compare that

773
00:29:31,350 --> 00:29:29,279
to any other

774
00:29:33,750 --> 00:29:31,360
vehicles that have re-entered and and

775
00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:33,760
would it is it the same profile as if

776
00:29:38,470 --> 00:29:35,760
you would you you would anticipate if

777
00:29:40,070 --> 00:29:38,480
you were flying people

778
00:29:42,789 --> 00:29:40,080
it is the same profile that we would

779
00:29:44,230 --> 00:29:42,799
anticipate flying uh were we carrying

780
00:29:46,549 --> 00:29:44,240
crew from the international space

781
00:29:49,350 --> 00:29:46,559
station instead of cargo

782
00:29:52,389 --> 00:29:49,360
uh right now because of the inclination

783
00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:52,399
and the iss attitude altitude this

784
00:29:57,750 --> 00:29:54,720
reentry profile will be similar to the

785
00:30:01,029 --> 00:29:57,760
c1 profile that we already flew and we

786
00:30:03,029 --> 00:30:01,039
saw very very strong results on dragon

787
00:30:05,990 --> 00:30:03,039
so we don't anticipate anything uh

788
00:30:08,710 --> 00:30:06,000
atypical from that with standard heating

789
00:30:09,909 --> 00:30:08,720
again similar to most vehicles that have

790
00:30:12,549 --> 00:30:09,919
re-entered

791
00:30:14,470 --> 00:30:12,559
including shuttle with the exception of

792
00:30:17,029 --> 00:30:14,480
some some variations on shuttle's

793
00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:17,039
profile but again very standard for the

794
00:30:21,190 --> 00:30:18,960
inclination and altitude of space

795
00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:21,200
station

796
00:30:24,789 --> 00:30:22,480
so so that would be

797
00:30:28,230 --> 00:30:24,799
perhaps up to about 3000 degrees that

798
00:30:31,830 --> 00:30:29,669
i'd actually have to get you that number

799
00:30:34,950 --> 00:30:31,840
i don't recall offhand but that does

800
00:30:36,950 --> 00:30:34,960
sound uh roughly correct and as well as

801
00:30:39,029 --> 00:30:36,960
gs that are well within the crew limits

802
00:30:40,870 --> 00:30:39,039
again the cargo version dragon is

803
00:30:42,870 --> 00:30:40,880
designed to fulfill as many crew

804
00:30:46,149 --> 00:30:42,880
carrying capabilities as possible and

805
00:30:47,990 --> 00:30:46,159
that includes the g profile

806
00:30:50,630 --> 00:30:48,000
thanks and i was wondering if you could

807
00:30:52,149 --> 00:30:50,640
possibly just explain a little more why

808
00:30:54,070 --> 00:30:52,159
given the different

809
00:30:56,710 --> 00:30:54,080
factors you want you wanted to optimize

810
00:31:00,070 --> 00:30:56,720
why tomorrow is the best

811
00:31:01,909 --> 00:31:00,080
reentry day for you and then finally

812
00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:01,919
when do you expect the next dragon to

813
00:31:08,310 --> 00:31:05,760
ship to the cape and be ready for flight

814
00:31:09,990 --> 00:31:08,320
certainly uh the reason why tomorrow is

815
00:31:11,509 --> 00:31:10,000
optimal for us is it gives us the

816
00:31:13,830 --> 00:31:11,519
maximum amount of daylight in the

817
00:31:16,870 --> 00:31:13,840
recovery zone so that gives the recovery

818
00:31:18,389 --> 00:31:16,880
crew a great opportunity to get dragon

819
00:31:21,110 --> 00:31:18,399
on board the vessel as quickly as

820
00:31:23,110 --> 00:31:21,120
possible also in the morning hours we

821
00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:23,120
expect sea states to be a little bit

822
00:31:27,269 --> 00:31:25,360
lower than they are as the day goes on

823
00:31:28,389 --> 00:31:27,279
so this is really a prime opportunity

824
00:31:31,110 --> 00:31:28,399
for us

825
00:31:34,389 --> 00:31:31,120
and i'm sorry your second question

826
00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:34,399
when will the next dragon to fly do you

827
00:31:38,789 --> 00:31:36,799
understand the falcon 9 is is already at

828
00:31:42,710 --> 00:31:38,799
the cape when will the dragon be shipped

829
00:31:45,110 --> 00:31:42,720
and and be ready to go for crs one

830
00:31:46,549 --> 00:31:45,120
yes that's correct uh falcon 9 is at the

831
00:31:48,950 --> 00:31:46,559
cape and it looks great right now in

832
00:31:51,590 --> 00:31:48,960
fact it's uh it's completing checkouts

833
00:31:54,149 --> 00:31:51,600
at the cape for the next mission uh the

834
00:31:55,990 --> 00:31:54,159
dragon is uh for crs one is here in

835
00:32:02,310 --> 00:31:56,000
hawthorne right now and we expect that

836
00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:04,389
okay thanks james let's go to charles

837
00:32:08,149 --> 00:32:06,000
atkinson

838
00:32:10,310 --> 00:32:08,159
good morning charles action examiner.com

839
00:32:13,990 --> 00:32:10,320
holly what key test does nasa have

840
00:32:15,509 --> 00:32:14,000
planned for dragon following unbirthing

841
00:32:17,830 --> 00:32:15,519
and the question was which what key

842
00:32:20,710 --> 00:32:17,840
tests was that the question

843
00:32:23,430 --> 00:32:20,720
yes does nasa have any new or key tests

844
00:32:25,430 --> 00:32:23,440
that they want to try uh prior to

845
00:32:27,590 --> 00:32:25,440
re-entry for dragon

846
00:32:29,830 --> 00:32:27,600
we actually have already completed all

847
00:32:32,630 --> 00:32:29,840
of what we called our demonstrations or

848
00:32:33,430 --> 00:32:32,640
as you termed them key tests they were

849
00:32:35,669 --> 00:32:33,440
really

850
00:32:37,669 --> 00:32:35,679
playing for the fly ender and then

851
00:32:39,909 --> 00:32:37,679
on rendezvous day

852
00:32:42,470 --> 00:32:39,919
obviously the the cargo transfer was a

853
00:32:44,950 --> 00:32:42,480
key test in terms of fulfilling

854
00:32:45,909 --> 00:32:44,960
dragon's capability to transfer cargo

855
00:32:47,190 --> 00:32:45,919
and so

856
00:32:48,470 --> 00:32:47,200
once we

857
00:32:50,149 --> 00:32:48,480
do the release

858
00:32:52,230 --> 00:32:50,159
from the robotic arm and then as i

859
00:32:54,230 --> 00:32:52,240
mentioned earlier the dragon does its

860
00:32:56,070 --> 00:32:54,240
departure sequence it's it's three burns

861
00:32:57,590 --> 00:32:56,080
out of the approach ellipsoid we don't

862
00:33:00,310 --> 00:32:57,600
have anything else planned for this

863
00:33:02,630 --> 00:33:00,320
mission i know that the the team will be

864
00:33:03,909 --> 00:33:02,640
gathering a lot of data because a lot of

865
00:33:06,549 --> 00:33:03,919
the

866
00:33:08,149 --> 00:33:06,559
sensors and systems on dragon will be

867
00:33:09,990 --> 00:33:08,159
used again as it was during the

868
00:33:12,149 --> 00:33:10,000
rendezvous sequence but we've actually

869
00:33:14,149 --> 00:33:12,159
already completed all of our key tests

870
00:33:15,830 --> 00:33:14,159
for the flight

871
00:33:17,990 --> 00:33:15,840
thank you holly and john i've got a

872
00:33:19,830 --> 00:33:18,000
couple real quick how is dragon's fuel

873
00:33:22,549 --> 00:33:19,840
levels following its extended approach

874
00:33:27,190 --> 00:33:24,549
so dragon is looking uh very good we're

875
00:33:29,590 --> 00:33:27,200
above our margins for a nominal re-entry

876
00:33:31,509 --> 00:33:29,600
and uh we're tracking closely uh with

877
00:33:33,350 --> 00:33:31,519
holly's group for uh release but we're

878
00:33:35,269 --> 00:33:33,360
still above our minimums and above our

879
00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:35,279
profile

880
00:33:41,190 --> 00:33:37,760
okay uh what is the name of the recovery

881
00:33:45,029 --> 00:33:43,190
i don't have that information we have a

882
00:33:46,470 --> 00:33:45,039
number of vessels that we work with but

883
00:33:47,509 --> 00:33:46,480
we can get that to you later if you'd

884
00:33:48,870 --> 00:33:47,519
like

885
00:33:51,190 --> 00:33:48,880
okay that'd be great and then one last

886
00:33:53,430 --> 00:33:51,200
one thank you uh will spacex ever

887
00:33:56,389 --> 00:33:53,440
consider naming future dragons with a

888
00:34:01,190 --> 00:33:58,710
that question you'd have to ask elon so

889
00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:01,200
i can check with him but um

890
00:34:06,070 --> 00:34:03,760
right now this dragon is a c2 plus

891
00:34:09,990 --> 00:34:06,080
vehicle and the next vehicle to fly

892
00:34:12,790 --> 00:34:10,000
dragon 3 is uh is is going to be

893
00:34:14,710 --> 00:34:12,800
fulfilling the crs one role

894
00:34:16,550 --> 00:34:14,720
okay thanks john congratulations on a

895
00:34:19,349 --> 00:34:16,560
great flight

896
00:34:21,190 --> 00:34:19,359
thank you i really appreciate it

897
00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:21,200
okay i think that is all any follow-ups

898
00:34:33,510 --> 00:34:31,349
thanks again mark caro for aviation week

899
00:34:36,149 --> 00:34:33,520
i i wondered about the

900
00:34:37,669 --> 00:34:36,159
the early cargo that will be taken from

901
00:34:39,829 --> 00:34:37,679
dragon

902
00:34:41,589 --> 00:34:39,839
and and presented to nasa i guess in the

903
00:34:43,510 --> 00:34:41,599
los angeles area

904
00:34:46,470 --> 00:34:43,520
is any of that some of the medical

905
00:34:48,149 --> 00:34:46,480
specimens that have been accumulating

906
00:34:50,310 --> 00:34:48,159
on the space station or is there some

907
00:34:52,069 --> 00:34:50,320
way you can sort of describe the nature

908
00:34:54,389 --> 00:34:52,079
of what's

909
00:34:56,790 --> 00:34:54,399
early material to get or is it simply

910
00:34:59,990 --> 00:34:56,800
just demo stuff that

911
00:35:02,390 --> 00:35:01,270
okay well

912
00:35:04,069 --> 00:35:02,400
probably would be better to get you the

913
00:35:07,349 --> 00:35:04,079
specifics off of the manifest from what

914
00:35:09,349 --> 00:35:07,359
i can remember looking at it yesterday

915
00:35:11,670 --> 00:35:09,359
we went into dragon and took some

916
00:35:13,589 --> 00:35:11,680
samples of the environment grab sample

917
00:35:17,109 --> 00:35:13,599
as an example and so that's one of the

918
00:35:18,390 --> 00:35:17,119
early dsto items so that

919
00:35:20,150 --> 00:35:18,400
the team on the ground can start

920
00:35:22,230 --> 00:35:20,160
analyzing that immediately and make sure

921
00:35:25,109 --> 00:35:22,240
everything was as we expected and in

922
00:35:26,470 --> 00:35:25,119
terms of of medical samples i think it'd

923
00:35:29,670 --> 00:35:26,480
be better if we check the manifest and

924
00:35:31,589 --> 00:35:29,680
then we'll get you that information

925
00:35:33,589 --> 00:35:31,599
okay i think that's it let's take a look

926
00:35:36,150 --> 00:35:33,599
at our programming coming up uh early

927
00:35:38,150 --> 00:35:36,160
tomorrow morning here on nasa television

928
00:35:40,150 --> 00:35:38,160
uh we'll have the iss update later on

929
00:35:41,829 --> 00:35:40,160
today at 10 o'clock central time 11

930
00:35:43,190 --> 00:35:41,839
o'clock eastern time

931
00:35:44,550 --> 00:35:43,200
and as you heard holly talk about the

932
00:35:46,390 --> 00:35:44,560
crew is going to wake up

933
00:35:49,190 --> 00:35:46,400
bright and early later on tonight at 11

934
00:35:52,390 --> 00:35:49,200
p.m central time uh midnight eastern

935
00:35:54,630 --> 00:35:52,400
time our coverage will begin at 1 30 a.m

936
00:35:56,630 --> 00:35:54,640
central time with the

937
00:35:58,470 --> 00:35:56,640
unbirthing of the dragon spacecraft from

938
00:36:02,069 --> 00:35:58,480
the international space station that

939
00:36:04,390 --> 00:36:02,079
time right now set for 305 a.m central

940
00:36:06,710 --> 00:36:04,400
time for the robotic arm to

941
00:36:08,310 --> 00:36:06,720
detach dragon from the space station and

942
00:36:12,310 --> 00:36:08,320
then the actual release will take place

943
00:36:13,829 --> 00:36:12,320
at 4 35 a.m central time 5 35 a.m

944
00:36:15,829 --> 00:36:13,839
eastern time

945
00:36:18,150 --> 00:36:15,839
we'll have another edition of iss update

946
00:36:20,710 --> 00:36:18,160
early tomorrow morning at 8 00 a.m

947
00:36:22,790 --> 00:36:20,720
central time 9 00 a.m eastern time and

948
00:36:25,910 --> 00:36:22,800
then our live coverage will continue at

949
00:36:27,910 --> 00:36:25,920
9 15 a.m central time for the deorbit

950
00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:27,920
and splashdown coverage right now the

951
00:36:32,310 --> 00:36:30,640
de-orbit burn is scheduled for 9 51 a.m

952
00:36:34,230 --> 00:36:32,320
central time which of course would be uh

953
00:36:37,109 --> 00:36:34,240
10 51 a.m eastern

954
00:36:41,750 --> 00:36:37,119
and then the splashdown targeted for 10

955
00:36:43,349 --> 00:36:41,760
44 a.m central time 11 44 a.m eastern

956
00:36:45,030 --> 00:36:43,359
time and then we'll have our final

957
00:36:47,910 --> 00:36:45,040
mission status briefing from here in

958
00:36:49,349 --> 00:36:47,920
houston and also in hawthorne at 1pm

959
00:36:52,069 --> 00:36:49,359
central time

960
00:36:54,230 --> 00:36:52,079
2 p.m eastern time so please join us

961
00:36:56,230 --> 00:36:54,240
tomorrow for the conclusion of this

962
00:36:57,670 --> 00:36:56,240
historic mission and of course for all

963
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the latest information just log on to

964
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spacex or slash station iss update is up