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good afternoon and thanks for joining us

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for today's expedition 32 post spacewalk

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briefing with us today we have mike

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stefardini the international space

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station program manager

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ed van cise the flight director who is

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in charge of the eva today and keith

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johnson who was the lead eva officer for

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this spacewalk we'll start off with some

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statements with our participants and

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then we'll go to questions mike

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well good afternoon

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we'll spend a few moments with you today

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talking about our eva

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it was eva 18 that we had conducted

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today with the primary purpose

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to replace a main bus switching unit on

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board iss that

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that was supplying power to the iss but

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couldn't be commanded as you recall some

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months ago we uncovered this problem and

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have been

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living with it ever since

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again it was a relatively nominal

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configuration for us

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but we were unable to command it and

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there are very few situations where we

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need to do that on a regular basis and

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so we're able to wait

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uh until now to conduct the eba when we

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were ready and and had everything in

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place

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the team did a great job today this eva

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one of the longest in the history in our

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history and

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excuse me increment eva that we've

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conducted since the iss program began

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unfortunately today though we didn't we

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didn't complete all of our tasks uh we

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did we had we had three main tasks that

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we had planned and then one get ahead

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that was very important to us

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the mbsu of course was the primary uh

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job for the for the eva team but we also

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had some cables that had to be routed so

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we could supply power

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to a new russian module that's coming up

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in a year or so

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in addition that we had a boom camera on

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the ssrms that had failed that we had to

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replace and then if we had time we

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wanted to put a cover on the docking

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port that the shuttle used to use

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to keep it clear of debris until until

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we put the new docking system attached

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to the new docking system some years

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from now

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and as i said uh we didn't get all those

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tasks completed we did get the cables

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routed uh unfortunately in the process

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of trying to uh reinstall

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uh the new the spare mbsu we had some

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trouble

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um getting the bolts torqued down

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in the and ed and keith will talk more

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about that after this

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um but they did a did a uh

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a tremendous job ed and his team the the

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engineers and the crew a fantastic job

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of of working with with the uh the box

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and uh

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taking as many steps they could could

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come up with

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uh to try to get this thing reinstalled

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and ultimately we were not successful

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so in the end we left the mbsu in place

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it's partially torqued down but the

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the power connections are not made so

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we're getting no power from that

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particular mbsu and then we've tied it

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down and in this position we're in a

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stable configuration the box is fine

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thermally it'll be okay

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and we'll uh we'll decide what to do

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next and

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and go take care of it here in the in

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the near future

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uh in the meantime the iss is being

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supplied power from six of its eight

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arrays the team installed some jumpers

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prior to uh powering down the mbsu

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in preparation for the for the eva and

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those jumpers allowed us to get all

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power to all the iss systems

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and payloads and and so really what the

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team has to do they have access we can

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get power to all the systems

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but we only have three quarters of the

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power available that we normally have

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from the iss and so

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depending on the task at hand over the

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next several days the team may have to

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manage power loads a little bit

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but this is familiar territory for the

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team and so we'll be able to to deal

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decide what our next

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next plan is

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on the 16th of september local time

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and and then we have an atv departure on

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the 25th of september and so

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while we think about our plan and when

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we might do another eba if we decide

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that's necessary we'll have to take all

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that into account

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move things around in order to

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accommodate that

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uh but if we do decide to do an eva i

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think you'll see us uh if we can can

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determine what uh what we can do to get

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the mbsu ultimately installed you'll

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hear us talking about perhaps trying to

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do that sooner rather than later

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uh in the in the program

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uh for for the team first the fantastic

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job they did a great job the vehicle is

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in a in a good configuration uh we know

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how to operate uh with without power

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from uh from two of the eight arrays

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but we do have power to all the critical

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systems and so uh as always the team

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will sort this out uh decide the

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appropriate plan of action and we'll go

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out and take care of this in due time

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uh and with that i'll hand you over to

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ed who will uh talk to you more about

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the specifics of the eva

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well thank you mr suffradini and uh i i

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need to really start off uh by

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reiterating the the thanks and

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excellence that our team

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across the board showed today

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we train

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all of our different areas on handling

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malfunctions as they come up and as even

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though we didn't necessarily train for

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this particular situation it's the

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mentality that we have grown up with and

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that we demonstrate on console that gave

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us all the tools we needed to first try

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to troubleshoot the bolt issues that we

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jointly within the ops team and also

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with all the engineering

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community working to try to resolve the

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equipped to handle uh long-term off

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nominal situations if it has to uh if we

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don't have all uh eight power channels

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we know how to work with those resources

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and as was mentioned we're really not in

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a posture that the redundancy is

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compromised onboard the vehicle but just

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a matter of which facilities and which

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operations we want to do at a given time

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with the amount of power that we have

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available so while it's not ideal that

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the situation that we're in right now

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in a off situation that we can't keep

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as far as the eva itself we got the crew

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up right on time they went through their

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eva preparations without any issues we

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and didn't work any suit issues

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successful in getting the the cables

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routed and that was one that we also

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needed to track pretty closely

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the bolts themselves on the mbsu

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rest of the eva we did get the failed

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installed on its

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stowage platform behind the airlock and

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got that covered back up with its

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thermal blankets so we have that piece

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of hardware fully secured

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which only leaves us with one problem to

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go finish resolving and that's the the

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not fully installed yet but

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the team did a great job at the end as

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in eva obviously this long not only

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takes its toll on on the crew and having

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the length of the day that they had to

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but also the the integrated team and

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i never saw anything that would give me

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any indications that i had to worry

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about their capabilities or fatigue

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they did an exceptional job we got the

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crew back inside safely we absolutely

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know our configuration that we're in and

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we might go resolve the issue

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and get things squared away on board to

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support all the operations that

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mr suffredini mentioned and get us back

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as far as the operations go

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that was pretty much the highlights of

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our day and keith i don't know if you

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have anything else to add about the volt

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failures that we saw

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thank you mr van size

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let's see so uh first of all we were

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fortunate that the crew uh used the

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in-suit light exercise pre-breathe

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protocol this morning they uh they got

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out the door as had mentioned in a

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timely fashion and also we were able to

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contamination control cartridge which uh

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provides them the co2 scrubbing

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capability and we installed new ones

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with 40 minutes of pre-breathe left

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and that allowed us to have the

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extension time available to do the

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troubleshooting that ed mentioned

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during the eva we did have one suit

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issue that we began tracking towards the

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end of the eva where aki's temperature

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the cooling he needed but we'll have to

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look at that suit

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afterwards to determine if it's go for

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eva again

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during the eva the the bolt issue that

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we've been talking about i brought some

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hardware along with me

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what we call a stanchion bolt uh the h2

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here drives

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the the box down into the configuration

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that it needs to go in

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quite a few turns but not the sufficient

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to get it all the way seated and the

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electrical connectors made it and as

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the box back out again um and tried to

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the the

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the housing itself

284
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and we decided that it probably was

285
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prudent to clean

286
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the work site out so we went back to the

287
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airlock and retrieved a pair of pliers

288
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that's we went back for a different

289
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socket and found that it wasn't in the

290
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airlock as we expected and we're gonna

291
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have to do a team to go look and find

292
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out where that particular socket is

293
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we did find a pair of pliers we brought

294
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it with us to the work site and used

295
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that to to dab around and we found that

296
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some material came out of

297
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the socket when when we did that test

298
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and we tried to drive the bolt again

299
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with no success fewer turns this time

300
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when we backed it out we retrieved

301
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what's called a connector cleaner tool

302
00:10:46,630 --> 00:10:44,079
and i have a picture of that

303
00:10:48,150 --> 00:10:46,640
this is a gas canister that holds

304
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nitrogen

305
00:10:52,389 --> 00:10:49,680
i don't have the exact pressure that

306
00:10:55,910 --> 00:10:52,399
it's in there but it gives us about 10

307
00:10:58,230 --> 00:10:55,920
seconds worth of a burst of gas

308
00:11:01,430 --> 00:10:58,240
sonny williams injected that down into

309
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the receptacle on the socket and

310
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depressed the

311
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handle and it

312
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sprayed nitrogen gas down she noted that

313
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more material came out of it at that

314
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point

315
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we then decided that it probably was

316
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prudent to spray the bolt on the mbsu

317
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itself

318
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and again when we did that i'm at the

319
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that's the volt down at this end

320
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when we when we sprayed more material

321
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came out

322
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back at this end

323
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this is um

324
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the the bolt that the crew members drive

325
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we attached what's called a torque

326
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multiplier on this particular interface

327
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and that increases

328
00:11:46,389 --> 00:11:43,680
the torque that goes into the bolt that

329
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the pistol grip tool can supply

330
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when that happens there's an indicator

331
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it's located over here

332
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that shows us the locked and unlocked

333
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configuration for that particular bolt

334
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so

335
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the troubleshooting that ed mentioned we

336
00:12:04,790 --> 00:12:01,120
tried this several times our last

337
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attempt it became bound and we just

338
00:12:08,150 --> 00:12:06,639
at that point decided the best approach

339
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was to leave it where it is do

340
00:12:11,910 --> 00:12:09,760
additional troubleshooting on the ground

341
00:12:14,310 --> 00:12:11,920
and come up with a workaround plan

342
00:12:16,150 --> 00:12:14,320
that mr suffradini mentioned and

343
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will put in place and try here in the

344
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near future or determine if there's a

345
00:12:22,710 --> 00:12:20,079
better course of action

346
00:12:24,870 --> 00:12:22,720
so that's all i have

347
00:12:26,629 --> 00:12:24,880
okay with that uh we'll start our

348
00:12:27,910 --> 00:12:26,639
questions we'll start here in houston

349
00:12:33,350 --> 00:12:27,920
mark

350
00:12:35,430 --> 00:12:33,360
week um i have a couple questions

351
00:12:37,590 --> 00:12:35,440
and i just want to be clear on how the

352
00:12:40,790 --> 00:12:37,600
box is now fastened to the station and

353
00:12:42,949 --> 00:12:40,800
if i understand it right one bolt

354
00:12:45,110 --> 00:12:42,959
is holding it to the station and then

355
00:12:47,990 --> 00:12:45,120
it's lashed with a tether to the hand

356
00:12:51,030 --> 00:12:48,000
rail so it's secured that way does that

357
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we come up with a plan

358
00:12:57,590 --> 00:12:55,920
pre eva where conditions like this if

359
00:13:01,190 --> 00:12:57,600
they arise we come up with a safe

360
00:13:02,150 --> 00:13:01,200
configuration that restrains the bolt

361
00:13:03,670 --> 00:13:02,160
with a

362
00:13:06,150 --> 00:13:03,680
tether and what we have is a long

363
00:13:09,030 --> 00:13:06,160
duration tie-down tether it's designed

364
00:13:11,350 --> 00:13:09,040
specifically to hold the the box in

365
00:13:13,430 --> 00:13:11,360
place for long duration and we have a

366
00:13:16,150 --> 00:13:13,440
tether point on the box itself and the

367
00:13:18,629 --> 00:13:16,160
tether point down on station and we do

368
00:13:21,350 --> 00:13:18,639
this for all the boxes that we intend to

369
00:13:23,590 --> 00:13:21,360
uh to remove and replace we come up with

370
00:13:25,509 --> 00:13:23,600
a method of doing this

371
00:13:27,430 --> 00:13:25,519
it just so happens that the bolt is now

372
00:13:29,030 --> 00:13:27,440
partially driven in so that's additional

373
00:13:30,870 --> 00:13:29,040
restraint

374
00:13:36,310 --> 00:13:30,880
but it is not the the correct

375
00:13:38,790 --> 00:13:37,190
so

376
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could you talk about

377
00:13:42,790 --> 00:13:41,199
what's affected in a power sense when

378
00:13:44,949 --> 00:13:42,800
you're in

379
00:13:47,269 --> 00:13:44,959
when you have three main bus switching

380
00:13:49,269 --> 00:13:47,279
units what some of the trade-offs are

381
00:13:51,430 --> 00:13:49,279
that you might be

382
00:13:53,670 --> 00:13:51,440
working in the next day or so in terms

383
00:13:56,150 --> 00:13:53,680
of providing power and you know whether

384
00:13:58,230 --> 00:13:56,160
it influences communications or life

385
00:14:00,949 --> 00:13:58,240
support or research or just you know

386
00:14:02,870 --> 00:14:00,959
what you have to sort of sort through to

387
00:14:04,389 --> 00:14:02,880
to take care of the priorities

388
00:14:06,470 --> 00:14:04,399
absolutely

389
00:14:07,990 --> 00:14:06,480
i guess just to provide the

390
00:14:10,230 --> 00:14:08,000
the

391
00:14:12,629 --> 00:14:10,240
clarification so we have

392
00:14:14,310 --> 00:14:12,639
power to the subsystems of the space

393
00:14:15,910 --> 00:14:14,320
station from six of our arrays but all

394
00:14:17,990 --> 00:14:15,920
eight of the arrays are of course still

395
00:14:19,910 --> 00:14:18,000
operating and still fully functional

396
00:14:21,430 --> 00:14:19,920
the two arrays that we're not pulling

397
00:14:24,150 --> 00:14:21,440
power from there

398
00:14:25,509 --> 00:14:24,160
one a and one b are what we call them

399
00:14:27,509 --> 00:14:25,519
they are still charging their own

400
00:14:29,269 --> 00:14:27,519
batteries and there are systems out

401
00:14:31,110 --> 00:14:29,279
associated with those solar arrays that

402
00:14:32,710 --> 00:14:31,120
still need maintenance and

403
00:14:34,629 --> 00:14:32,720
those arrays are still providing the

404
00:14:36,069 --> 00:14:34,639
power to do that

405
00:14:37,269 --> 00:14:36,079
so just to clarify that if there was

406
00:14:39,829 --> 00:14:37,279
question there

407
00:14:41,990 --> 00:14:39,839
with the subsystems inside and outside

408
00:14:44,470 --> 00:14:42,000
the vehicle that are not related to

409
00:14:46,069 --> 00:14:44,480
their own solar arrays we are down to

410
00:14:47,030 --> 00:14:46,079
six power channels to provide all that

411
00:14:48,470 --> 00:14:47,040
power

412
00:14:50,629 --> 00:14:48,480
and

413
00:14:53,430 --> 00:14:50,639
we have flight rules in place that give

414
00:14:55,829 --> 00:14:53,440
us a maximum loading of kilowatts per

415
00:14:57,509 --> 00:14:55,839
channel and that's what we work to

416
00:14:58,790 --> 00:14:57,519
balance across the channels that we have

417
00:15:00,310 --> 00:14:58,800
available

418
00:15:03,509 --> 00:15:00,320
the

419
00:15:06,470 --> 00:15:03,519
assembled and operational it actually

420
00:15:08,629 --> 00:15:06,480
has a lot of flexibility to route power

421
00:15:11,509 --> 00:15:08,639
around through different means

422
00:15:14,790 --> 00:15:11,519
so we can be creative with how we

423
00:15:17,189 --> 00:15:14,800
share we call it share ratios but how we

424
00:15:19,509 --> 00:15:17,199
share power across the power channels to

425
00:15:22,069 --> 00:15:19,519
be able to provide as

426
00:15:23,990 --> 00:15:22,079
much balance as we can across them

427
00:15:26,310 --> 00:15:24,000
but that said there are some things that

428
00:15:29,030 --> 00:15:26,320
do require more power are only connected

429
00:15:30,310 --> 00:15:29,040
to certain power feeds so for example

430
00:15:35,749 --> 00:15:30,320
the

431
00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:35,759
when it's in use does draw power and so

432
00:15:38,949 --> 00:15:37,680
one of the things that we have the if we

433
00:15:40,230 --> 00:15:38,959
haven't done it already we'll be doing

434
00:15:41,030 --> 00:15:40,240
tonight before they go to bed as they

435
00:15:42,949 --> 00:15:41,040
will

436
00:15:45,509 --> 00:15:42,959
disconnect the robotics workstation in

437
00:15:47,430 --> 00:15:45,519
the u.s lab so that that piece is not

438
00:15:48,949 --> 00:15:47,440
drawing power off of

439
00:15:51,590 --> 00:15:48,959
the power channels that are highly

440
00:15:53,110 --> 00:15:51,600
loaded so we take actions like that to

441
00:15:54,790 --> 00:15:53,120
turn off equipment that aren't

442
00:15:55,509 --> 00:15:54,800
necessarily required

443
00:16:00,310 --> 00:15:55,519
to

444
00:16:03,509 --> 00:16:00,320
other places another tactic that we'll

445
00:16:05,829 --> 00:16:03,519
use is we normally have shell heaters

446
00:16:08,550 --> 00:16:05,839
for all the different modules

447
00:16:10,389 --> 00:16:08,560
on such that they can turn on themselves

448
00:16:11,749 --> 00:16:10,399
if needed so they just run on their own

449
00:16:13,670 --> 00:16:11,759
thermostats

450
00:16:15,350 --> 00:16:13,680
we might instead go to a manual shell

451
00:16:17,189 --> 00:16:15,360
heater operation to where we are

452
00:16:19,829 --> 00:16:17,199
selective on which shell heaters turn on

453
00:16:22,470 --> 00:16:19,839
so that they come on using the correct

454
00:16:23,910 --> 00:16:22,480
power channel but it's really

455
00:16:25,350 --> 00:16:23,920
on a bigger scale

456
00:16:28,550 --> 00:16:25,360
we're just balancing the loads across

457
00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:28,560
the six channels that we have without

458
00:16:32,310 --> 00:16:30,800
minimizing or reducing our operational

459
00:16:34,550 --> 00:16:32,320
redundancy we need to actually go fly

460
00:16:35,670 --> 00:16:34,560
the vehicle you also mentioned payloads

461
00:16:36,790 --> 00:16:35,680
and that is going to be something we're

462
00:16:38,150 --> 00:16:36,800
going to have to look at obviously we

463
00:16:39,910 --> 00:16:38,160
want to keep doing that world-class

464
00:16:41,990 --> 00:16:39,920
science that we do

465
00:16:43,829 --> 00:16:42,000
we just have to be smart on which

466
00:16:45,910 --> 00:16:43,839
facilities we have up at a given time so

467
00:16:52,870 --> 00:16:45,920
we don't have two facilities that use a

468
00:16:57,189 --> 00:16:54,389
okay we'll go to our phone bridge

469
00:16:59,110 --> 00:16:57,199
questions uh we'll start with marcia at

470
00:17:01,749 --> 00:16:59,120
the associated press

471
00:17:04,549 --> 00:17:01,759
yes hi um i'm wondering what's the

472
00:17:05,590 --> 00:17:04,559
earliest you think a spacewalk might be

473
00:17:07,990 --> 00:17:05,600
held

474
00:17:09,590 --> 00:17:08,000
and i'm wondering if if if any of the

475
00:17:11,510 --> 00:17:09,600
three of you would you characterize this

476
00:17:19,429 --> 00:17:11,520
as an urgent situation that needs to be

477
00:17:22,710 --> 00:17:21,029
okay i'll do it

478
00:17:24,630 --> 00:17:22,720
uh let's see

479
00:17:27,189 --> 00:17:24,640
um there's an advantage to going

480
00:17:29,590 --> 00:17:27,199
outdoors uh here in the next little

481
00:17:32,230 --> 00:17:29,600
while while joe acaba is still on orbit

482
00:17:34,470 --> 00:17:32,240
for us because he's the arm operator and

483
00:17:36,230 --> 00:17:34,480
the the teams

484
00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:36,240
got all the experience they have now

485
00:17:41,270 --> 00:17:38,000
with having worked on the

486
00:17:43,590 --> 00:17:41,280
on the mbsu and so the urgency really is

487
00:17:46,390 --> 00:17:43,600
not about the configuration of the iss

488
00:17:49,110 --> 00:17:46,400
or the or the condition the mbsu is in

489
00:17:51,190 --> 00:17:49,120
it really is um if we wait too long we

490
00:17:54,470 --> 00:17:51,200
have to do retesting of the emu's we

491
00:17:56,870 --> 00:17:54,480
have to do some uh checks of of the

492
00:18:00,390 --> 00:17:56,880
different systems that support the eba

493
00:18:03,350 --> 00:18:00,400
so if we can if we can figure out a plan

494
00:18:05,830 --> 00:18:03,360
that requires us to go eva to go uh

495
00:18:07,909 --> 00:18:05,840
solve this problem in the near future

496
00:18:09,830 --> 00:18:07,919
the advantage to us is saving crew time

497
00:18:11,430 --> 00:18:09,840
and getting ready to go outside and the

498
00:18:13,510 --> 00:18:11,440
crew's immediate experience having

499
00:18:15,430 --> 00:18:13,520
already dealt with this for some time

500
00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:15,440
but from a system perspective we're

501
00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:17,840
stable and in good shape we actually

502
00:18:22,870 --> 00:18:19,760
with this reconfiguration we actually do

503
00:18:27,029 --> 00:18:22,880
even get some redundancy back

504
00:18:28,870 --> 00:18:27,039
and so i would tell you uh this is not a

505
00:18:30,390 --> 00:18:28,880
a configuration want to stand for a long

506
00:18:32,549 --> 00:18:30,400
period of time but

507
00:18:35,190 --> 00:18:32,559
but even in this configuration we're

508
00:18:36,470 --> 00:18:35,200
we're robust to uh to many failures

509
00:18:38,789 --> 00:18:36,480
still

510
00:18:41,190 --> 00:18:38,799
and so in that respect we're not rushing

511
00:18:42,710 --> 00:18:41,200
out the door to try to hurry up and fix

512
00:18:44,150 --> 00:18:42,720
it we're really trying to take advantage

513
00:18:45,909 --> 00:18:44,160
of our experience and the crew that's on

514
00:18:49,270 --> 00:18:45,919
board today

515
00:18:51,830 --> 00:18:49,280
also with the flights coming up

516
00:18:55,110 --> 00:18:51,840
the htv departure and then

517
00:18:56,950 --> 00:18:55,120
ultimately with the soyuz departure

518
00:18:58,870 --> 00:18:56,960
these of course are critical operations

519
00:19:00,150 --> 00:18:58,880
and so we'll have to look if we want to

520
00:19:01,669 --> 00:19:00,160
try to do this

521
00:19:04,070 --> 00:19:01,679
sooner rather than later then we'll have

522
00:19:06,310 --> 00:19:04,080
to look at those two operations

523
00:19:08,150 --> 00:19:06,320
um the hdb from the standpoint of do we

524
00:19:09,830 --> 00:19:08,160
have to do it right now or can we maybe

525
00:19:11,029 --> 00:19:09,840
delay it a little bit until after joe

526
00:19:12,870 --> 00:19:11,039
leaves

527
00:19:15,270 --> 00:19:12,880
in order to to get that

528
00:19:16,470 --> 00:19:15,280
that work done now we we're we're not

529
00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:16,480
entertaining

530
00:19:19,669 --> 00:19:18,400
uh asking the crew to stay on orbit

531
00:19:20,789 --> 00:19:19,679
longer

532
00:19:22,390 --> 00:19:20,799
and so

533
00:19:24,150 --> 00:19:22,400
using that as sort of a constraint we're

534
00:19:25,990 --> 00:19:24,160
just trying to see if we can figure out

535
00:19:28,710 --> 00:19:26,000
a plan of attack

536
00:19:30,789 --> 00:19:28,720
if we can can get it done before for

537
00:19:32,310 --> 00:19:30,799
before joe departs and while the systems

538
00:19:34,390 --> 00:19:32,320
are still configured

539
00:19:37,350 --> 00:19:34,400
for the eva to minimize the impact in

540
00:19:39,830 --> 00:19:37,360
crude time to research

541
00:19:41,830 --> 00:19:39,840
thank you and and is what is your in

542
00:19:43,510 --> 00:19:41,840
your mind right now subject to change of

543
00:19:45,430 --> 00:19:43,520
course what is the earliest you could

544
00:19:47,990 --> 00:19:45,440
expect to go out would it be labor day

545
00:19:51,270 --> 00:19:48,000
monday tuesday wednesday do you have any

546
00:19:53,590 --> 00:19:51,280
clue s21 might be the earliest

547
00:19:55,110 --> 00:19:53,600
i would i don't know the answer to that

548
00:19:56,150 --> 00:19:55,120
uh of course we got to get the crew

549
00:19:57,430 --> 00:19:56,160
rested

550
00:19:58,470 --> 00:19:57,440
uh and we got to figure out what we're

551
00:20:00,230 --> 00:19:58,480
going to do and that's probably the

552
00:20:01,750 --> 00:20:00,240
biggest thing we need to

553
00:20:03,029 --> 00:20:01,760
you know the teams have been working all

554
00:20:04,630 --> 00:20:03,039
day today to try to get this thing

555
00:20:06,549 --> 00:20:04,640
installed and so now they're going to

556
00:20:09,190 --> 00:20:06,559
they're going to step back and and we'll

557
00:20:09,990 --> 00:20:09,200
have to go get the uh qual unit of the

558
00:20:11,990 --> 00:20:10,000
um

559
00:20:13,909 --> 00:20:12,000
of the heat exchanger which has the post

560
00:20:16,070 --> 00:20:13,919
on that keith showed you we'll go get

561
00:20:17,669 --> 00:20:16,080
the qual unit for the mbsu we'll take

562
00:20:19,350 --> 00:20:17,679
those out and probably building nine

563
00:20:21,029 --> 00:20:19,360
somewhere and we'll we'll try to look at

564
00:20:22,549 --> 00:20:21,039
what our options are and what we can do

565
00:20:25,110 --> 00:20:22,559
we'll have to look at

566
00:20:27,590 --> 00:20:25,120
the build paper for the s0 to see if we

567
00:20:29,669 --> 00:20:27,600
had anything happen during the assembly

568
00:20:30,789 --> 00:20:29,679
that would help help us understand what

569
00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:30,799
we're dealing with we have to look at

570
00:20:34,789 --> 00:20:33,200
other techniques so i would i would tell

571
00:20:37,270 --> 00:20:34,799
you marsha the long pole in the tent

572
00:20:40,950 --> 00:20:37,280
really for us is going to be can we can

573
00:20:42,789 --> 00:20:40,960
we figure out things that we could uh do

574
00:20:45,110 --> 00:20:42,799
to try to recover this

575
00:20:47,430 --> 00:20:45,120
uh and and by the time we've done that

576
00:20:48,950 --> 00:20:47,440
we've talked about it we've generated

577
00:20:50,870 --> 00:20:48,960
procedures we've

578
00:20:52,789 --> 00:20:50,880
um you know run through those procedures

579
00:20:55,110 --> 00:20:52,799
together and potted those procedures i

580
00:20:57,350 --> 00:20:55,120
think that will be the driving force

581
00:20:59,590 --> 00:20:57,360
uh and and by that time the crew will be

582
00:21:02,390 --> 00:20:59,600
rested and will have a plan in place so

583
00:21:05,270 --> 00:21:02,400
i i would think that if

584
00:21:07,830 --> 00:21:05,280
if we can we try to get out outdoors

585
00:21:09,350 --> 00:21:07,840
early early next week if we can come up

586
00:21:12,230 --> 00:21:09,360
with a plan again i think that's the

587
00:21:13,990 --> 00:21:12,240
biggest driver is knowing what we do

588
00:21:15,510 --> 00:21:14,000
and and

589
00:21:17,830 --> 00:21:15,520
having worked it enough to feel

590
00:21:20,470 --> 00:21:17,840
confident that we have you know plan a

591
00:21:22,789 --> 00:21:20,480
plan b plan c and plan d potted so we

592
00:21:24,710 --> 00:21:22,799
can get out there and be productive uh

593
00:21:26,549 --> 00:21:24,720
when we do finally go outside

594
00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:26,559
thank you very much

595
00:21:36,789 --> 00:21:34,390
yeah hi guys um yeah maybe this is for

596
00:21:39,430 --> 00:21:36,799
keith or or uh or ed i'm not sure i'm a

597
00:21:41,190 --> 00:21:39,440
little bit confused is the box

598
00:21:43,190 --> 00:21:41,200
is the bolt jammed right now in other

599
00:21:45,190 --> 00:21:43,200
words is it jammed on the post or can

600
00:21:47,350 --> 00:21:45,200
you get it off that's my first question

601
00:21:49,990 --> 00:21:47,360
i'm confused about it secondly

602
00:21:52,470 --> 00:21:50,000
is can this device could it is it even

603
00:21:54,070 --> 00:21:52,480
possible to jumper this thing outside if

604
00:21:55,909 --> 00:21:54,080
it came down to that if you could never

605
00:21:57,909 --> 00:21:55,919
get it to drive down on the post like

606
00:22:00,070 --> 00:21:57,919
you want it to are there possible

607
00:22:01,510 --> 00:22:00,080
workarounds to uh with cabling or

608
00:22:04,390 --> 00:22:01,520
whatever to

609
00:22:06,310 --> 00:22:04,400
to get around that

610
00:22:09,750 --> 00:22:06,320
well to answer the first part of your

611
00:22:10,549 --> 00:22:09,760
question the the bolt is uh jammed right

612
00:22:12,230 --> 00:22:10,559
now

613
00:22:13,669 --> 00:22:12,240
we

614
00:22:15,830 --> 00:22:13,679
don't remember the exact turn count that

615
00:22:18,390 --> 00:22:15,840
we got on it but we did drive it with

616
00:22:20,390 --> 00:22:18,400
the torque multiplier that keith

617
00:22:24,310 --> 00:22:20,400
explained and drove it as far as we

618
00:22:27,029 --> 00:22:24,320
could before the the tool torqued out

619
00:22:29,190 --> 00:22:27,039
we did that however such that we could

620
00:22:30,630 --> 00:22:29,200
still be able to get it back out if if

621
00:22:32,470 --> 00:22:30,640
and when we need to

622
00:22:33,510 --> 00:22:32,480
so we were very methodical in our

623
00:22:36,630 --> 00:22:33,520
approach

624
00:22:38,310 --> 00:22:36,640
so that we always had a a known setting

625
00:22:40,070 --> 00:22:38,320
that we could use to back it back out so

626
00:22:43,190 --> 00:22:40,080
you saw us backing out several times

627
00:22:46,149 --> 00:22:43,200
today and the torque that we went into

628
00:22:47,830 --> 00:22:46,159
the uh the bolt the last time

629
00:22:49,270 --> 00:22:47,840
there's still a torque setting

630
00:22:51,510 --> 00:22:49,280
with that torque multiplier that'll

631
00:22:53,190 --> 00:22:51,520
allow us to get it back out so it's not

632
00:22:54,549 --> 00:22:53,200
jammed in there such that we can't go

633
00:22:56,149 --> 00:22:54,559
either direction

634
00:22:58,149 --> 00:22:56,159
we did leave it

635
00:22:59,830 --> 00:22:58,159
with it jammed in

636
00:23:00,950 --> 00:22:59,840
i'd say probably four or five turns on

637
00:23:02,870 --> 00:23:00,960
the bolt

638
00:23:04,549 --> 00:23:02,880
and then with a long duration tether

639
00:23:08,630 --> 00:23:04,559
that keith mentioned

640
00:23:11,750 --> 00:23:08,640
as far as jumpers to go between the s0

641
00:23:13,590 --> 00:23:11,760
truss and the mbsu for example we don't

642
00:23:16,230 --> 00:23:13,600
have anything like that right now it

643
00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:16,240
doesn't mean that creative people

644
00:23:20,549 --> 00:23:17,840
on orbit and on the ground couldn't come

645
00:23:23,190 --> 00:23:20,559
up with solutions so as of right now

646
00:23:24,789 --> 00:23:23,200
we've only just begun to start talking

647
00:23:26,789 --> 00:23:24,799
about what the different options might

648
00:23:28,789 --> 00:23:26,799
be of course we want to really resolve

649
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:28,799
the issue and get the box fully

650
00:23:31,909 --> 00:23:29,919
installed

651
00:23:33,990 --> 00:23:31,919
but part of that of course will will

652
00:23:35,669 --> 00:23:34,000
spin off i'm sure discussions about what

653
00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:35,679
happens if we just can't and what is our

654
00:23:39,830 --> 00:23:37,840
long-term solution going to be and with

655
00:23:41,430 --> 00:23:39,840
the creativity that there is with people

656
00:23:43,029 --> 00:23:41,440
around here and

657
00:23:44,630 --> 00:23:43,039
if we have the materials on board there

658
00:23:47,350 --> 00:23:44,640
could very well be a possibility but we

659
00:23:48,390 --> 00:23:47,360
haven't had any of those discussions yet

660
00:23:50,149 --> 00:23:48,400
well

661
00:23:52,149 --> 00:23:50,159
can you give us any idea of what sorts

662
00:23:53,430 --> 00:23:52,159
of things might be done to get this

663
00:23:55,510 --> 00:23:53,440
thing fixed i realize you don't have an

664
00:23:57,750 --> 00:23:55,520
answer yet but i'm i'm confused i guess

665
00:24:00,070 --> 00:23:57,760
enough to have any idea what might be

666
00:24:01,590 --> 00:24:00,080
possible thanks

667
00:24:02,830 --> 00:24:01,600
well let's see

668
00:24:05,669 --> 00:24:02,840
obviously the

669
00:24:07,669 --> 00:24:05,679
the go straight added approach was tried

670
00:24:09,029 --> 00:24:07,679
today we tried multiple torques of just

671
00:24:11,190 --> 00:24:09,039
driving it in multiple torques of

672
00:24:12,230 --> 00:24:11,200
driving it out wiggle it this way wiggle

673
00:24:14,390 --> 00:24:12,240
it that way

674
00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:14,400
can't it in different orientations so

675
00:24:18,470 --> 00:24:16,799
those were all the the easy

676
00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:18,480
maybe not so easy but the the lowest

677
00:24:22,789 --> 00:24:21,440
hanging fruit uh to attempt so really

678
00:24:24,549 --> 00:24:22,799
the first thing that has to happen is we

679
00:24:26,230 --> 00:24:24,559
have to like mr sufferdini said go back

680
00:24:27,830 --> 00:24:26,240
and look at the vehicle

681
00:24:29,269 --> 00:24:27,840
go look at the design and see if there

682
00:24:31,430 --> 00:24:29,279
might be some

683
00:24:34,630 --> 00:24:31,440
some tricks in there that we can use to

684
00:24:36,149 --> 00:24:34,640
use the tools to just actuate that bolt

685
00:24:39,350 --> 00:24:36,159
keith mentioned the connector cleaner

686
00:24:40,870 --> 00:24:39,360
tool we i believe we have additional

687
00:24:42,710 --> 00:24:40,880
capabilities with

688
00:24:44,230 --> 00:24:42,720
similar tools like that to possibly

689
00:24:46,789 --> 00:24:44,240
clean out the

690
00:24:48,470 --> 00:24:46,799
the s0 side and the bolt side so people

691
00:24:50,310 --> 00:24:48,480
will be looking at that

692
00:24:52,470 --> 00:24:50,320
there's there's a lubricant i'm sure you

693
00:24:54,870 --> 00:24:52,480
heard the bolt threads and the

694
00:24:56,789 --> 00:24:54,880
receptacle threads were lubricated

695
00:24:58,549 --> 00:24:56,799
people i'm sure we'll be looking at that

696
00:25:01,750 --> 00:24:58,559
and see if there might be something we

697
00:25:03,990 --> 00:25:01,760
need to do in the ways of lubrication

698
00:25:06,230 --> 00:25:04,000
to make things turn a little bit

699
00:25:08,149 --> 00:25:06,240
more easily

700
00:25:09,669 --> 00:25:08,159
and that's just off the top of my head

701
00:25:10,870 --> 00:25:09,679
trying to come up with things that

702
00:25:12,549 --> 00:25:10,880
people are going to look at and i'm sure

703
00:25:15,750 --> 00:25:12,559
we'll go even deeper and further to come

704
00:25:17,510 --> 00:25:15,760
up with like you said plans a through d

705
00:25:18,549 --> 00:25:17,520
i will mention a couple other for you

706
00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:18,559
bill we

707
00:25:21,830 --> 00:25:20,320
you have to keep in mind it's a blind

708
00:25:25,269 --> 00:25:21,840
mate connection so when you talk about

709
00:25:27,269 --> 00:25:25,279
the jumper when the mbsu comes down

710
00:25:29,750 --> 00:25:27,279
not only are the electrical connectors

711
00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:29,760
connecting but the fins for the cooling

712
00:25:34,630 --> 00:25:32,320
system are are can are interlacing with

713
00:25:37,110 --> 00:25:34,640
one another and we have to have that

714
00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:37,120
interface in order to keep it cool so

715
00:25:41,269 --> 00:25:38,880
the idea of a jumper is very difficult

716
00:25:42,950 --> 00:25:41,279
because you got to get in there and try

717
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:42,960
to get the jumpers between the blind

718
00:25:46,070 --> 00:25:44,720
mate connection and still get the box

719
00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:46,080
down but you can't get the box down

720
00:25:50,390 --> 00:25:47,760
because the screw won't

721
00:25:52,390 --> 00:25:50,400
won't screw down so you we really can't

722
00:25:54,390 --> 00:25:52,400
operate in a configuration where the

723
00:25:56,390 --> 00:25:54,400
mbsu at least not at high loads where

724
00:25:58,710 --> 00:25:56,400
the mbsu is not connected to this heat

725
00:26:00,230 --> 00:25:58,720
exchanger so that's one of the one of

726
00:26:01,590 --> 00:26:00,240
the issues and so

727
00:26:04,630 --> 00:26:01,600
some of the things we've talked about

728
00:26:06,149 --> 00:26:04,640
while ed was busy doing his his day job

729
00:26:08,149 --> 00:26:06,159
back with the engineers we talked about

730
00:26:10,950 --> 00:26:08,159
was is there a way to either remove the

731
00:26:14,390 --> 00:26:10,960
post itself or remove the screw from the

732
00:26:16,149 --> 00:26:14,400
mbsu in order to to get it down and let

733
00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:16,159
just the other bolt what we call the h1

734
00:26:20,870 --> 00:26:18,720
bolt hold the mbsu in place and maybe

735
00:26:22,950 --> 00:26:20,880
add a strap

736
00:26:24,870 --> 00:26:22,960
it turns out both of those are kind of

737
00:26:26,870 --> 00:26:24,880
difficult

738
00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:26,880
but the the teams that's those are two

739
00:26:30,710 --> 00:26:28,640
other options the teams are off to look

740
00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:30,720
at uh we'll look at whether or not we

741
00:26:34,549 --> 00:26:32,400
can go higher on torques if we change

742
00:26:37,190 --> 00:26:34,559
techniques like ed mentioned

743
00:26:39,430 --> 00:26:37,200
uh we also are considering whether the

744
00:26:41,590 --> 00:26:39,440
the spdm can be utilized and whether or

745
00:26:44,870 --> 00:26:41,600
not as a robot

746
00:26:46,710 --> 00:26:44,880
we can apply forces on it to help it go

747
00:26:48,789 --> 00:26:46,720
down all of these things are being

748
00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:48,799
kicked around and i assume uh starting

749
00:26:52,710 --> 00:26:50,640
tomorrow the teams will have a whole

750
00:26:55,269 --> 00:26:52,720
list of other things as ed said

751
00:26:56,470 --> 00:26:55,279
as possibilities that we'll sort through

752
00:27:00,149 --> 00:26:56,480
to see if we can get this thing

753
00:27:00,159 --> 00:27:04,310
okay anything else bill

754
00:27:14,070 --> 00:27:05,430
all right then we'll go ahead and move

755
00:27:18,549 --> 00:27:15,750
all right not hearing anything todd with

756
00:27:22,789 --> 00:27:21,830
uh thanks todd halberson of florida

757
00:27:26,549 --> 00:27:22,799
today

758
00:27:27,669 --> 00:27:26,559
for anybody who wants to take it i'm i'm

759
00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:27,679
wondering if

760
00:27:32,789 --> 00:27:31,360
somebody can explain uh in real layman's

761
00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:32,799
terms

762
00:27:39,430 --> 00:27:35,840
why you would not be able to you know

763
00:27:42,470 --> 00:27:39,440
drive a simple bolt something that

764
00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:42,480
everybody does in their garage

765
00:27:49,350 --> 00:27:45,840
i suspect it has to do with thermal

766
00:27:50,389 --> 00:27:49,360
conditions in space but uh perhaps you

767
00:27:53,269 --> 00:27:50,399
could

768
00:27:57,750 --> 00:27:55,510
who wants to take it gosh i guess if we

769
00:27:58,870 --> 00:27:57,760
knew that we'd have it bolted down by

770
00:28:02,789 --> 00:27:58,880
now

771
00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:02,799
cross-threaded it's an acme bolt it's a

772
00:28:08,549 --> 00:28:06,320
it's a very big square threaded bolt

773
00:28:11,029 --> 00:28:08,559
but bolt galling is a very

774
00:28:12,549 --> 00:28:11,039
um common condition

775
00:28:14,950 --> 00:28:12,559
which you may or may not have

776
00:28:17,430 --> 00:28:14,960
experienced in your garage

777
00:28:19,269 --> 00:28:17,440
you know most of us us uh shade tree

778
00:28:22,310 --> 00:28:19,279
mechanics and i count myself as one of

779
00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:22,320
those uh i've i've i've

780
00:28:26,630 --> 00:28:23,760
crossed threaded a bolt or two in my

781
00:28:28,149 --> 00:28:26,640
life and galled a bolt or two in my life

782
00:28:30,389 --> 00:28:28,159
and um

783
00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:30,399
you know when you do that it's your it's

784
00:28:34,230 --> 00:28:32,320
your car and you're only marginally

785
00:28:35,830 --> 00:28:34,240
worried about your success and so you

786
00:28:38,630 --> 00:28:35,840
just get a bigger torque wrench out and

787
00:28:40,310 --> 00:28:38,640
you hope you can get it down um but you

788
00:28:43,430 --> 00:28:40,320
know really as an ops team we can't do

789
00:28:44,389 --> 00:28:43,440
that so we have to worry about

790
00:28:48,789 --> 00:28:44,399
you can

791
00:28:51,510 --> 00:28:48,799
bolts and then not be able to move them

792
00:28:53,750 --> 00:28:51,520
and in this case if we had if we had

793
00:28:55,510 --> 00:28:53,760
done that with this particular box and

794
00:28:58,870 --> 00:28:55,520
gotten it half on

795
00:29:00,870 --> 00:28:58,880
we'd be in a really bad spot so

796
00:29:02,950 --> 00:29:00,880
part of it is we don't just get the

797
00:29:04,870 --> 00:29:02,960
biggest torque wrench out and try to you

798
00:29:06,710 --> 00:29:04,880
know really kind of lean on this thing

799
00:29:08,549 --> 00:29:06,720
until it starts to move or that or the

800
00:29:10,070 --> 00:29:08,559
the bolt shears off

801
00:29:11,669 --> 00:29:10,080
because that puts you in a much worse

802
00:29:13,269 --> 00:29:11,679
position so

803
00:29:15,190 --> 00:29:13,279
it's a you know it's got to be a

804
00:29:16,549 --> 00:29:15,200
combination of

805
00:29:21,350 --> 00:29:16,559
of

806
00:29:23,909 --> 00:29:21,360
assumed it was associated with how the

807
00:29:26,549 --> 00:29:23,919
box goes down as we said earlier you've

808
00:29:28,549 --> 00:29:26,559
got as the box comes down you've got one

809
00:29:30,389 --> 00:29:28,559
bolt driving first in fact we didn't

810
00:29:32,549 --> 00:29:30,399
start pulling down on the other bolt

811
00:29:34,230 --> 00:29:32,559
which is a little shorter the h1 bolt

812
00:29:35,909 --> 00:29:34,240
the h2 bolts got to get you down and

813
00:29:37,190 --> 00:29:35,919
then you drive the h1 bolt well while

814
00:29:38,870 --> 00:29:37,200
that's happening

815
00:29:40,950 --> 00:29:38,880
you're you're eventually going to come

816
00:29:42,630 --> 00:29:40,960
down and settle on the on the on the

817
00:29:45,510 --> 00:29:42,640
fins and there's a whole bunch of fins

818
00:29:47,029 --> 00:29:45,520
that that small fins that meet each

819
00:29:48,710 --> 00:29:47,039
other and then you're going to have the

820
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:48,720
connection over here well in the process

821
00:29:53,029 --> 00:29:50,799
of doing that you're trying to make sure

822
00:29:55,269 --> 00:29:53,039
this box is coming down square and so we

823
00:29:56,950 --> 00:29:55,279
we assumed eventually after we pulled

824
00:29:58,070 --> 00:29:56,960
the box off and confirmed that the bolts

825
00:29:59,510 --> 00:29:58,080
didn't look

826
00:30:01,990 --> 00:29:59,520
galled and that's kind of a hard

827
00:30:03,430 --> 00:30:02,000
assessment to make outside but but it

828
00:30:04,870 --> 00:30:03,440
looked like it wasn't gold and after

829
00:30:06,789 --> 00:30:04,880
cleaning it up we thought maybe it was a

830
00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:06,799
technique thing and so we started down

831
00:30:10,789 --> 00:30:08,399
this technique path

832
00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:10,799
of trying to get this this uh this box

833
00:30:13,669 --> 00:30:12,320
settled down so

834
00:30:15,350 --> 00:30:13,679
so somewhere in there you're either

835
00:30:16,549 --> 00:30:15,360
dealing with contamination you're

836
00:30:18,070 --> 00:30:16,559
dealing with

837
00:30:20,070 --> 00:30:18,080
uh you know we're getting it a little

838
00:30:22,630 --> 00:30:20,080
cocked and that's making it hard for us

839
00:30:23,750 --> 00:30:22,640
to drive the bolt maybe the bolt is gall

840
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:23,760
that's one of the things we'll have to

841
00:30:27,830 --> 00:30:26,000
talk about can we recover from

842
00:30:29,269 --> 00:30:27,840
maybe is a thermal difference and for

843
00:30:31,029 --> 00:30:29,279
some reason the bolts a little bigger

844
00:30:32,950 --> 00:30:31,039
than the than the socket but we go to

845
00:30:36,630 --> 00:30:32,960
great pains to make sure that's not the

846
00:30:38,310 --> 00:30:36,640
case when we do tolerances before we fly

847
00:30:40,549 --> 00:30:38,320
but we'll look at all these different

848
00:30:41,909 --> 00:30:40,559
options to to to

849
00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:41,919
see what's keeping us from getting this

850
00:30:47,029 --> 00:30:44,320
bolt down and uh

851
00:30:48,710 --> 00:30:47,039
and and see if we can find a path that

852
00:30:51,190 --> 00:30:48,720
will give us the

853
00:30:53,430 --> 00:30:51,200
the additional force or oomph we need to

854
00:30:55,510 --> 00:30:53,440
get this installed without actually

855
00:30:57,269 --> 00:30:55,520
damaging ourselves to the damaging it to

856
00:30:59,269 --> 00:30:57,279
the point that we can't

857
00:31:01,669 --> 00:30:59,279
ultimately remove it and get a

858
00:31:03,909 --> 00:31:01,679
new one on again as you recall we pulled

859
00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:03,919
this off when we pulled the old one off

860
00:31:08,070 --> 00:31:05,440
we noticed the contamination but we

861
00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:08,080
looked at the bolt on the on the on the

862
00:31:11,509 --> 00:31:10,080
failed unit that came off the bolt was

863
00:31:14,310 --> 00:31:11,519
in good shape we went and installed it

864
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:14,320
in the fsc and and other than you know

865
00:31:18,870 --> 00:31:15,760
trying to get it positioned down there

866
00:31:20,470 --> 00:31:18,880
and torqued down we it went in okay

867
00:31:22,789 --> 00:31:20,480
and so right now we're not assuming that

868
00:31:24,230 --> 00:31:22,799
we're dealing with a completely

869
00:31:26,470 --> 00:31:24,240
um

870
00:31:28,070 --> 00:31:26,480
damaged socket

871
00:31:30,070 --> 00:31:28,080
or that we're not dealing with a bolt

872
00:31:31,750 --> 00:31:30,080
issue on the spare

873
00:31:33,590 --> 00:31:31,760
otherwise we could just we could go get

874
00:31:34,870 --> 00:31:33,600
the other spare and install it but that

875
00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:34,880
would be one of the things we'll talk

876
00:31:37,509 --> 00:31:36,240
about is whether or not we think maybe

877
00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:37,519
we did something

878
00:31:40,549 --> 00:31:39,200
to the spare in the process of trying to

879
00:31:42,070 --> 00:31:40,559
get it installed so all those things

880
00:31:44,389 --> 00:31:42,080
we're going to have to talk about

881
00:31:45,909 --> 00:31:44,399
uh to see where we think we are and what

882
00:31:49,110 --> 00:31:45,919
the what the path through the wilderness

883
00:31:53,590 --> 00:31:51,029
thanks mike

884
00:32:00,549 --> 00:31:53,600
okay on to uh pat with the german press

885
00:32:06,389 --> 00:32:04,230
all right uh denise space.com

886
00:32:08,710 --> 00:32:06,399
hi thanks um i think this question is

887
00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:08,720
for ed um i'm just wondering if

888
00:32:13,190 --> 00:32:10,640
um you're still thinking or early

889
00:32:15,269 --> 00:32:13,200
assessments um lead you to believe that

890
00:32:15,909 --> 00:32:15,279
there might be some debris still stuck

891
00:32:20,710 --> 00:32:15,919
in

892
00:32:24,230 --> 00:32:20,720
likely caused when the bolts from the

893
00:32:26,470 --> 00:32:24,240
faulty unit before being removed

894
00:32:29,190 --> 00:32:26,480
well as keith mentioned we did two

895
00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:29,200
different methods of trying to get fod

896
00:32:33,990 --> 00:32:32,240
out of the s0 receptacle the first thing

897
00:32:35,909 --> 00:32:34,000
that we did

898
00:32:38,149 --> 00:32:35,919
when we pulled the mbsu out for the

899
00:32:39,029 --> 00:32:38,159
first time we had sunny williams go look

900
00:32:40,630 --> 00:32:39,039
at it

901
00:32:42,470 --> 00:32:40,640
and she did tell us about the little bit

902
00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:42,480
of fod that she could see

903
00:32:46,149 --> 00:32:44,640
and based on that we went and got the

904
00:32:47,430 --> 00:32:46,159
needle nose pliers out of the crew lock

905
00:32:50,149 --> 00:32:47,440
and had her

906
00:32:51,990 --> 00:32:50,159
put that into the receptacle to try to

907
00:32:53,669 --> 00:32:52,000
get the debris out of

908
00:32:55,909 --> 00:32:53,679
out of the area

909
00:32:56,710 --> 00:32:55,919
we attempted installing the mbsu as you

910
00:32:59,110 --> 00:32:56,720
know

911
00:33:01,509 --> 00:32:59,120
and didn't have luck so we got the

912
00:33:03,990 --> 00:33:01,519
connector cleaner tool and with that we

913
00:33:04,630 --> 00:33:04,000
shot a couple puffs of nitrogen in there

914
00:33:06,870 --> 00:33:04,640
and

915
00:33:09,110 --> 00:33:06,880
she reported that she did see

916
00:33:10,950 --> 00:33:09,120
more debris coming out and after that

917
00:33:12,789 --> 00:33:10,960
was complete she looked in and as far as

918
00:33:15,029 --> 00:33:12,799
she could see there was nothing left

919
00:33:16,870 --> 00:33:15,039
inside the receptacle so we're fairly

920
00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:16,880
confident for at least the best that we

921
00:33:20,070 --> 00:33:18,640
could see that there was

922
00:33:22,789 --> 00:33:20,080
no debris

923
00:33:24,950 --> 00:33:22,799
remaining inside the receptacle when we

924
00:33:26,230 --> 00:33:24,960
went to install it this last time now it

925
00:33:27,830 --> 00:33:26,240
doesn't mean that there of course isn't

926
00:33:29,430 --> 00:33:27,840
debris generated now based on the

927
00:33:30,710 --> 00:33:29,440
efforts that we undertook and ultimately

928
00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:30,720
torquing out the

929
00:33:34,149 --> 00:33:32,320
the bolt but when we went to install it

930
00:33:35,669 --> 00:33:34,159
the last time at least as far as we

931
00:33:38,389 --> 00:33:35,679
could could see in the best of our

932
00:33:40,310 --> 00:33:38,399
ability we were clear of fod and we also

933
00:33:42,230 --> 00:33:40,320
inspected the bolt

934
00:33:44,950 --> 00:33:42,240
and gave it a couple of puffs of

935
00:33:48,950 --> 00:33:44,960
nitrogen as well to get anything

936
00:33:51,509 --> 00:33:48,960
off of the bolt that we could liberate

937
00:33:53,350 --> 00:33:51,519
thanks and as far as i know

938
00:33:54,549 --> 00:33:53,360
it wasn't possible or pictures just

939
00:33:56,310 --> 00:33:54,559
weren't taken

940
00:33:57,669 --> 00:33:56,320
of the work site um

941
00:33:59,990 --> 00:33:57,679
does that pose a challenge not being

942
00:34:01,990 --> 00:34:00,000
able to directly see

943
00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:02,000
what's going on or is does it not really

944
00:34:05,750 --> 00:34:03,360
matter because you have the building

945
00:34:07,750 --> 00:34:05,760
plans for all these components anyway

946
00:34:10,950 --> 00:34:07,760
well we did actually have the helmet

947
00:34:13,430 --> 00:34:10,960
cameras from both sunny and aki so we

948
00:34:14,950 --> 00:34:13,440
were able to get pretty good views but

949
00:34:16,470 --> 00:34:14,960
of course the the resolution that we

950
00:34:18,470 --> 00:34:16,480
would need to actually be able to see

951
00:34:20,550 --> 00:34:18,480
inside the bolt is something that we

952
00:34:22,310 --> 00:34:20,560
just don't have on those cameras we did

953
00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:22,320
have the crew take still pictures

954
00:34:25,909 --> 00:34:23,839
however we

955
00:34:29,190 --> 00:34:25,919
the very first time that we got the

956
00:34:31,030 --> 00:34:29,200
failed mbsu out we had sunny take some

957
00:34:32,230 --> 00:34:31,040
still pictures so we know

958
00:34:33,990 --> 00:34:32,240
what

959
00:34:35,510 --> 00:34:34,000
the the situation looked like before we

960
00:34:39,430 --> 00:34:35,520
attempted any cleaning and before we

961
00:34:41,669 --> 00:34:39,440
attempted installing the the spare mbsu

962
00:34:44,310 --> 00:34:41,679
and then also as we were leaving the

963
00:34:45,669 --> 00:34:44,320
work site we had aki use his camera to

964
00:34:47,190 --> 00:34:45,679
take some more pictures of the worksite

965
00:34:49,669 --> 00:34:47,200
and of course that's with the

966
00:34:51,349 --> 00:34:49,679
mbsu installed as we have it right now

967
00:34:52,869 --> 00:34:51,359
but at least we have good clear

968
00:34:53,669 --> 00:34:52,879
indications of what the work site looks

969
00:34:55,430 --> 00:34:53,679
like

970
00:34:57,430 --> 00:34:55,440
we were also getting great verbal cues

971
00:34:59,829 --> 00:34:57,440
from the crew they were telling us the

972
00:35:01,750 --> 00:34:59,839
separation distances between the

973
00:35:03,030 --> 00:35:01,760
hardware and the truss for example they

974
00:35:04,630 --> 00:35:03,040
were telling us what the status

975
00:35:05,910 --> 00:35:04,640
indicators were doing that keith

976
00:35:08,150 --> 00:35:05,920
mentioned

977
00:35:09,030 --> 00:35:08,160
so based on their verbal cues we were

978
00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:09,040
also

979
00:35:12,470 --> 00:35:11,119
i feel confidently well aware of what

980
00:35:16,069 --> 00:35:12,480
was going on with

981
00:35:17,030 --> 00:35:16,079
the situation and the work site

982
00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:17,040
thank you

983
00:35:21,829 --> 00:35:19,520
okay and i think our last caller is

984
00:35:23,990 --> 00:35:21,839
irene klotz

985
00:35:26,150 --> 00:35:24,000
thanks kelly um i have a few different

986
00:35:28,069 --> 00:35:26,160
questions uh first of all could someone

987
00:35:30,870 --> 00:35:28,079
just describe the

988
00:35:32,470 --> 00:35:30,880
dimensions of this bolt and also just

989
00:35:35,349 --> 00:35:32,480
i'm having trouble getting my head

990
00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:35,359
around this neither the h1 or the h2

991
00:35:39,349 --> 00:35:37,520
bolts are currently engaged is that

992
00:35:40,390 --> 00:35:39,359
correct

993
00:35:43,750 --> 00:35:40,400
well

994
00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:43,760
um as we mentioned the the h2 bolt is

995
00:35:46,710 --> 00:35:45,280
the first bolt that we drive when we're

996
00:35:48,310 --> 00:35:46,720
putting the box in and so all the

997
00:35:49,510 --> 00:35:48,320
troubleshooting that we did back and

998
00:35:51,829 --> 00:35:49,520
forth

999
00:35:55,349 --> 00:35:51,839
allowed us to get at least a few turns

1000
00:35:57,510 --> 00:35:55,359
into the h2 bolt so that is driven

1001
00:35:58,790 --> 00:35:57,520
probably on the order of four or five

1002
00:36:01,109 --> 00:35:58,800
turns

1003
00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:01,119
the dimensions the box itself is

1004
00:36:03,270 --> 00:36:02,320
probably

1005
00:36:06,630 --> 00:36:03,280
um

1006
00:36:07,990 --> 00:36:06,640
you know i would say on the order of a

1007
00:36:10,829 --> 00:36:08,000
probably about

1008
00:36:13,990 --> 00:36:10,839
i don't know 60 centimeters by

1009
00:36:15,030 --> 00:36:14,000
about 40 centimeters by about

1010
00:36:17,190 --> 00:36:15,040
maybe

1011
00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:17,200
i don't know a foot deep i'm changing

1012
00:36:21,190 --> 00:36:18,480
you know units here in the middle of

1013
00:36:23,990 --> 00:36:21,200
this thing but uh the bolt itself is a

1014
00:36:25,030 --> 00:36:24,000
is a pretty good size bolt um

1015
00:36:27,510 --> 00:36:25,040
i can't

1016
00:36:30,630 --> 00:36:27,520
really it's hard to show in the in what

1017
00:36:33,030 --> 00:36:30,640
i have here but um it's a it's a pretty

1018
00:36:36,230 --> 00:36:33,040
good gauge bolt it's it's sturdy it's

1019
00:36:38,790 --> 00:36:36,240
used to for launch loads and um and and

1020
00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:38,800
holding the box in place uh during that

1021
00:36:43,750 --> 00:36:41,680
and then again when it's on orbit

1022
00:36:45,349 --> 00:36:43,760
so we could probably provide you with

1023
00:36:46,710 --> 00:36:45,359
information on on all of those

1024
00:36:49,510 --> 00:36:46,720
dimensions

1025
00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:49,520
but i don't have them here

1026
00:36:55,270 --> 00:36:51,920
oh um okay can you you can't just like

1027
00:36:58,470 --> 00:36:55,280
estimate the diameter of it like the

1028
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,950
think of

1029
00:37:06,829 --> 00:37:02,870
i don't know if somebody can zoom in on

1030
00:37:10,790 --> 00:37:09,109
size okay well

1031
00:37:13,910 --> 00:37:10,800
to give you a gauge

1032
00:37:15,270 --> 00:37:13,920
this is this is the bolt right here and

1033
00:37:17,510 --> 00:37:15,280
i'd say

1034
00:37:19,430 --> 00:37:17,520
probably on the order of i don't know

1035
00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:19,440
half inch to three-fourths of an inch

1036
00:37:23,030 --> 00:37:21,520
and it drives into this particular hole

1037
00:37:24,470 --> 00:37:23,040
right here

1038
00:37:26,470 --> 00:37:24,480
so

1039
00:37:27,910 --> 00:37:26,480
if that gives you any indication

1040
00:37:29,589 --> 00:37:27,920
the torque that

1041
00:37:30,470 --> 00:37:29,599
one of the things that

1042
00:37:33,670 --> 00:37:30,480
we

1043
00:37:34,790 --> 00:37:33,680
like this

1044
00:37:37,750 --> 00:37:34,800
is

1045
00:37:38,710 --> 00:37:37,760
as ed mentioned we we changed the torque

1046
00:37:40,710 --> 00:37:38,720
um

1047
00:37:43,430 --> 00:37:40,720
stepping it up and increasing it each

1048
00:37:45,750 --> 00:37:43,440
time we tried to drive uh the bolt there

1049
00:37:48,630 --> 00:37:45,760
is a failure threshold that we that we

1050
00:37:50,550 --> 00:37:48,640
work towards and so

1051
00:37:53,109 --> 00:37:50,560
we want to make sure that we maintain a

1052
00:37:55,030 --> 00:37:53,119
torque that will not shear the bolt off

1053
00:37:56,550 --> 00:37:55,040
and and that creates all kinds of other

1054
00:37:58,230 --> 00:37:56,560
problems and and so part of our

1055
00:38:01,270 --> 00:37:58,240
troubleshooting and what we want to do

1056
00:38:03,430 --> 00:38:01,280
and maintain is is not actually causing

1057
00:38:04,790 --> 00:38:03,440
irreparable damage such as breaking a

1058
00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:04,800
torque so

1059
00:38:08,230 --> 00:38:06,160
the torque value

1060
00:38:09,750 --> 00:38:08,240
that this particular bolt would shear at

1061
00:38:12,630 --> 00:38:09,760
while driving it in is something on the

1062
00:38:15,109 --> 00:38:12,640
order of 63 foot pounds

1063
00:38:16,550 --> 00:38:15,119
so we keep that in our scope as we're

1064
00:38:19,109 --> 00:38:16,560
increasing the torque and using the

1065
00:38:21,510 --> 00:38:19,119
tools to drive it we could well exceed

1066
00:38:23,589 --> 00:38:21,520
that with the tools that we have and so

1067
00:38:26,870 --> 00:38:23,599
we have to be very careful in how we

1068
00:38:30,069 --> 00:38:26,880
approach uh driving the bolt

1069
00:38:31,670 --> 00:38:30,079
thanks and um how many um how many of

1070
00:38:33,030 --> 00:38:31,680
the how many spare

1071
00:38:36,069 --> 00:38:33,040
units are

1072
00:38:37,990 --> 00:38:36,079
currently on the station

1073
00:38:39,190 --> 00:38:38,000
and have you i can't remember if this

1074
00:38:44,470 --> 00:38:39,200
has ever been

1075
00:38:48,150 --> 00:38:46,790
so i think we have uh so you're catching

1076
00:38:50,470 --> 00:38:48,160
us all cold because we have so many

1077
00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:50,480
spares on orbit now uh i believe we had

1078
00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:53,040
two mbsu spares on orbit uh in fact

1079
00:38:56,230 --> 00:38:54,640
we're fixing to fly one here in a few

1080
00:38:58,630 --> 00:38:56,240
flights but we have i believe we had two

1081
00:39:01,109 --> 00:38:58,640
spares on orbit so we were about to uh

1082
00:39:02,870 --> 00:39:01,119
we were about to consume this one and uh

1083
00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:02,880
and so that would leave us with one more

1084
00:39:07,510 --> 00:39:05,920
and then i believe the next htv flight

1085
00:39:10,230 --> 00:39:07,520
was going to bring up

1086
00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:10,240
another spare mbsu as well so we we do

1087
00:39:15,190 --> 00:39:12,960
have plenty of spares

1088
00:39:19,349 --> 00:39:15,200
and then the last uh question i had was

1089
00:39:21,750 --> 00:39:19,359
about the um science um impacts if any i

1090
00:39:23,270 --> 00:39:21,760
wasn't very clear about

1091
00:39:24,310 --> 00:39:23,280
why um

1092
00:39:27,030 --> 00:39:24,320
uh how

1093
00:39:29,829 --> 00:39:27,040
how you're going why you'd lose uh

1094
00:39:31,589 --> 00:39:29,839
to use the power availability of two of

1095
00:39:34,069 --> 00:39:31,599
the arrays

1096
00:39:38,150 --> 00:39:34,079
with this unit not connected

1097
00:39:40,710 --> 00:39:38,160
and um if you uh did power down anything

1098
00:39:43,270 --> 00:39:40,720
even you know today or yesterday

1099
00:39:45,190 --> 00:39:43,280
in preparation for the replacement of

1100
00:39:46,550 --> 00:39:45,200
this unit and in particular i'm

1101
00:39:49,190 --> 00:39:46,560
interested in

1102
00:39:51,589 --> 00:39:49,200
ams and any other of the

1103
00:39:53,990 --> 00:39:51,599
kind of very high profile experiments

1104
00:39:58,069 --> 00:39:56,230
well as far as the power downs are

1105
00:40:01,190 --> 00:39:58,079
concerned uh of course

1106
00:40:03,109 --> 00:40:01,200
the mbsu itself each we have four mbsus

1107
00:40:05,829 --> 00:40:03,119
operating on the vehicle and each of

1108
00:40:08,069 --> 00:40:05,839
them takes the input from two power

1109
00:40:11,030 --> 00:40:08,079
channels and just so you've got two

1110
00:40:13,349 --> 00:40:11,040
inputs and distributes them across

1111
00:40:15,030 --> 00:40:13,359
multiple different output feeds and we

1112
00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:15,040
route that to

1113
00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:15,760
all

1114
00:40:22,230 --> 00:40:20,720
of the laboratories and we send some of

1115
00:40:24,069 --> 00:40:22,240
that power back to the russian segment

1116
00:40:25,829 --> 00:40:24,079
as well

1117
00:40:29,030 --> 00:40:25,839
and so that's that's what the critical

1118
00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:29,040
function is that these mbsu's provide

1119
00:40:33,510 --> 00:40:31,200
so when you take away a quarter of uh

1120
00:40:37,430 --> 00:40:33,520
the capability and that specifically is

1121
00:40:39,430 --> 00:40:37,440
the 1a and 1b power channel feeds

1122
00:40:41,589 --> 00:40:39,440
we have to

1123
00:40:42,950 --> 00:40:41,599
make do with only the six remaining

1124
00:40:44,870 --> 00:40:42,960
power feeds coming out of the other

1125
00:40:47,109 --> 00:40:44,880
mbsus

1126
00:40:49,670 --> 00:40:47,119
and if of course everything on board the

1127
00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:49,680
vehicle uses power so we have to do a

1128
00:40:54,150 --> 00:40:52,160
balancing act with that power and our

1129
00:40:55,829 --> 00:40:54,160
our research facilities use power just

1130
00:40:58,710 --> 00:40:55,839
like everything else

1131
00:41:00,790 --> 00:40:58,720
and again it's at this point

1132
00:41:03,589 --> 00:41:00,800
getting ready for the eva

1133
00:41:04,470 --> 00:41:03,599
we went and made a specific power down

1134
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:04,480
plan

1135
00:41:08,230 --> 00:41:06,640
so that we could keep all of our

1136
00:41:10,470 --> 00:41:08,240
necessary redundancies with these

1137
00:41:12,230 --> 00:41:10,480
jumpers installed we could

1138
00:41:13,430 --> 00:41:12,240
keep the heaters off that we didn't need

1139
00:41:15,270 --> 00:41:13,440
to be running

1140
00:41:18,390 --> 00:41:15,280
and basically make sure that we were in

1141
00:41:20,790 --> 00:41:18,400
a good power posture for this day

1142
00:41:22,630 --> 00:41:20,800
now we just need to continue that

1143
00:41:24,390 --> 00:41:22,640
through the next several days until we

1144
00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:24,400
get this issue resolved and we have a

1145
00:41:28,309 --> 00:41:26,160
great team a power resource team and

1146
00:41:30,390 --> 00:41:28,319
that is their primary function and their

1147
00:41:32,710 --> 00:41:30,400
exceptional added to looking at all the

1148
00:41:34,870 --> 00:41:32,720
different resources that are required

1149
00:41:36,710 --> 00:41:34,880
and so what will happen is

1150
00:41:37,589 --> 00:41:36,720
for any given day

1151
00:41:41,829 --> 00:41:37,599
the

1152
00:41:45,109 --> 00:41:41,839
your core systems that need just a given

1153
00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:45,119
set of power you have your core research

1154
00:41:49,750 --> 00:41:46,640
facilities that are always on for

1155
00:41:52,550 --> 00:41:49,760
example ams being one of those and then

1156
00:41:54,790 --> 00:41:52,560
you have the periodic loads be they the

1157
00:41:56,950 --> 00:41:54,800
space station robot arm or a specific

1158
00:41:59,589 --> 00:41:56,960
payload facility that needs power at a

1159
00:42:01,349 --> 00:41:59,599
specific time or for a specific day

1160
00:42:02,390 --> 00:42:01,359
all of those will go into the power

1161
00:42:03,589 --> 00:42:02,400
resource

1162
00:42:06,390 --> 00:42:03,599
officers

1163
00:42:09,109 --> 00:42:06,400
and they will lay it out onto the maps

1164
00:42:10,630 --> 00:42:09,119
of what's predicted to be our capability

1165
00:42:12,390 --> 00:42:10,640
for that given day

1166
00:42:13,829 --> 00:42:12,400
and ideally we'd like to accommodate

1167
00:42:15,430 --> 00:42:13,839
everything and sometimes that doesn't

1168
00:42:16,870 --> 00:42:15,440
work and now that we only have six of

1169
00:42:18,470 --> 00:42:16,880
eight power channels

1170
00:42:20,390 --> 00:42:18,480
we have to be

1171
00:42:22,550 --> 00:42:20,400
a little bit more constrained and what

1172
00:42:24,790 --> 00:42:22,560
we can manage and what that might mean

1173
00:42:27,430 --> 00:42:24,800
is that if a particular payload wants to

1174
00:42:28,950 --> 00:42:27,440
do science on wednesday

1175
00:42:31,349 --> 00:42:28,960
with some other activities also

1176
00:42:33,190 --> 00:42:31,359
occurring on wednesday they may have to

1177
00:42:35,510 --> 00:42:33,200
accept doing it on thursday instead just

1178
00:42:37,589 --> 00:42:35,520
so we can keep the power balance so as

1179
00:42:39,510 --> 00:42:37,599
far as capability for doing research the

1180
00:42:41,990 --> 00:42:39,520
ongoing research will keep going and

1181
00:42:44,069 --> 00:42:42,000
it's just the periodic research that we

1182
00:42:46,470 --> 00:42:44,079
pick and choose to do on certain days

1183
00:42:48,390 --> 00:42:46,480
will be a little bit more constrained on

1184
00:42:50,470 --> 00:42:48,400
potentially just given on what our

1185
00:42:52,710 --> 00:42:50,480
capabilities are for that day whether or

1186
00:42:54,390 --> 00:42:52,720
not they'll be able to operate but we're

1187
00:42:57,109 --> 00:42:54,400
not looking at needing to shut down any

1188
00:42:58,470 --> 00:42:57,119
of our key research facilities

1189
00:43:01,030 --> 00:42:58,480
not the ams

1190
00:43:02,630 --> 00:43:01,040
or any of the others and we will be able

1191
00:43:03,990 --> 00:43:02,640
to continue

1192
00:43:07,270 --> 00:43:04,000
doing all the research it's just a

1193
00:43:09,670 --> 00:43:07,280
matter of being able to schedule it

1194
00:43:11,270 --> 00:43:09,680
thanks very much

1195
00:43:12,630 --> 00:43:11,280
okay we skipped over a couple of folks

1196
00:43:17,030 --> 00:43:12,640
that were on the phone i want to make

1197
00:43:20,470 --> 00:43:17,990
okay

1198
00:43:22,150 --> 00:43:20,480
and any follow-ups here at jfc mark

1199
00:43:24,069 --> 00:43:22,160
yeah thanks mark

1200
00:43:25,589 --> 00:43:24,079
from aviation week and i think these are

1201
00:43:28,309 --> 00:43:25,599
pretty quick questions i just want to

1202
00:43:31,190 --> 00:43:28,319
make sure though that i understand the

1203
00:43:33,190 --> 00:43:31,200
four mbsus were

1204
00:43:35,990 --> 00:43:33,200
fitted onto the truss before it was

1205
00:43:38,069 --> 00:43:36,000
launched so seo came up

1206
00:43:40,870 --> 00:43:38,079
and

1207
00:43:43,109 --> 00:43:40,880
from your demonstrations the the bolts

1208
00:43:45,589 --> 00:43:43,119
are integrated into the

1209
00:43:47,829 --> 00:43:45,599
the truss and the mbsu it's not like you

1210
00:43:49,670 --> 00:43:47,839
can go get a spare bolt somewhere you

1211
00:43:55,270 --> 00:43:49,680
really have to work with what you've got

1212
00:43:58,230 --> 00:43:56,470
all right

1213
00:44:00,870 --> 00:43:58,240
well with that i want to thank everyone

1214
00:44:02,390 --> 00:44:00,880
for being here for today's briefing uh

1215
00:44:04,309 --> 00:44:02,400
here at the johnson space center the

1216
00:44:06,550 --> 00:44:04,319
newsroom will continue to track the

1217
00:44:08,630 --> 00:44:06,560
progress of the team as they work on the

1218
00:44:10,390 --> 00:44:08,640
issues that occurred today and we'll be

1219
00:44:13,589 --> 00:44:10,400
providing all the updates on the

1220
00:44:16,390 --> 00:44:13,599
internet at the nasa website at

1221
00:44:17,430 --> 00:44:16,400
www.nasa.gov

1222
00:44:19,109 --> 00:44:17,440
station