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good evening and welcome to nasa's

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wallops flight facility in wallops

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island virginia i'm nasa public affairs

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officer trent parado we're here to

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discuss the orbital sciences corporation

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test launch of its antares rocket which

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lifted off from the mid-atlantic

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regional spaceport pad a some 90 minutes

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ago we have two speakers joining us

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today well they'll each give a brief

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opening statement then we'll take

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questions here in the room and

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on the phone line so reminder you can

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find out more information about today's

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orbital you can find all the ways to

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connect with nasa on social media at

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connect we briefly introduce our

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speakers and then we'll get started to

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my left we have alan lindenmoyer

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manager of nasa's commercial crew and

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cargo program from nasa's johnson space

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center in houston

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and we have frank culbertson

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executive vice president and general

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manager of orbital's advanced programs

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group and a former astronaut

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and with that we'll open with allen

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thank you trent well it certainly

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was an amazing achievement for orbital

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a great day for nasa

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and another historic day for commercial

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the flight today was just beautiful and

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it looks like

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the preliminary data says that all the

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objectives that we established for the

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uh all the expectations we had today for

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today's flight was uh

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beautifully met

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and that cannot be done without the

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extraordinary teamwork between

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government and industry nasa and orbital

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and all our other partners with the faa

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mid-atlantic spaceport

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and the wallops range and everybody who

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works so seamlessly together to make

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this happen so smoothly today

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i want to give a special thanks to my

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team that has been working with the

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project since the beginning in

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2008 with our partnership with orbital

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bruce manners our project executive and

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kevin meehan

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worked very closely with orbital to help

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help make this happen today and i

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they really do deserve some special

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thanks so

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congratulations frank to you

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it was a beautiful flight thank you so

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much for making this happen today and

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and we're looking forward to the next

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one the iss the flight to the space

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station coming up later this summer

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congratulations thank you thank you very

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my turn yes sir

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all right um it's great to be here today

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especially in under these circumstances

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on behalf of david thompson and the

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entire orbital team i want to thank all

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of you for being here and particularly

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for the to the media i want to thank you

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for telling our story because it is one

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heck of a story and as alan said that

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took a lot of people some great teamwork

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and and some some really tough

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challenges to get to this point um

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today did go extremely smoothly and it's

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a it's a real testament to the team that

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but uh if you've watched our progress

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over the last few years you know that

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this is not easy and uh and and making

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it look easy takes a lot of hard work

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and overcoming a lot of challenges and a

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number of people did that

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to alan and his team bruce and kevin

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worked through all of this with us uh

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thank you very much for supporting us

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through thick and thin

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and helping keep things going uh for

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today's operation we had an amazing team

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that worked well together we did a lot

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of rehearsals getting to here you know

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we you thought we were just delaying

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launches but we really just wanted a few

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the the mars team has taken us

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to the point where we have an amazing

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pad that will support what we need

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we had our liquid oxygen we had our rp

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on board and we had systems that

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and that's extremely important to being

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able to to be successful here and to

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dale nationalist team thank you very

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to the wallops team led by bill robel

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and the entire team in the uh mission

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control center range control center and

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uh and out at the pad all the safety

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uh want to to thank you for that because

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they worked as many long hours as we did

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trying to stay with us keep up with us

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complying with with all the local

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get to a successful conclusion

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that led by bill gerstenmaier have been

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amazingly supportive mike suffredini and

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his team kathy leaders who has gone on

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to other things and now dan hartman have

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been very anxiously awaiting this uh

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test flight and the upcoming

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demonstration to so that we can get

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going with the contract so they've been

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helpful also in getting to this point

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but i have to tell you i'm really proud

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of the orbital team

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process and who went

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through the countdown training the

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simulations the wet dress rehearsal the

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uh the practice countdowns to get to

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if if you will uh just just stay focused

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stayed on task and and kept things

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moving forward in a very professional

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i was very impressed with what i saw in

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the mission control center no matter

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whether it was a minor problem or a

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major problem they all pulled together

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led by people like our program manager

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the launch director and deputy program

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manager kurt eberle they have kept

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people moving in the right direction and

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have dealt with a lot of very difficult

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they work for ron graby the launch

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systems group general manager who of

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course has been the overall leader of

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without his leadership they wouldn't be

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but there's one person i really want to

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single out and that's mike doris the

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the the chief engineer of the program

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everything that happened pretty much

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mike has exhibited tremendous leadership

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great decision making capability and in

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the end he proved he could be a color

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narrator uh giving us the blow by blow

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on the launch and giving us the

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details of where we were and he did a

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great job with that and he says that's

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no actually he just wants to be an

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engineer but but he stepped right up to

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the task and he's he's really good

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there's a couple of other people that

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i'd like to to point out one is jr

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thompson who was our president and chief

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until uh last couple of years and then

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he is really focused on this as his

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major project to get it off the ground

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and and to to do the work necessary to

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to do the coordination between nasa

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orbital mars and keep things moving

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program managers who've gone on to other

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things but who major made major

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contributions in in getting us going and

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that's dave steffy who's in the room

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today and brent collins who i know is is

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uh following all of this closely and

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brent has retired

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dave's now my chief engineer in the

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advanced programs group but these folks

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set the tone get things moving in the

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right direction and helped enable this

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a couple of other people i'd like to

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mention are antonio elias who is here

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and bob richards who had a major role in

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helping decide that yeah we really are

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going to build a medium class rocket and

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we're gonna launch it out of wallops and

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uh all of that has come to fruition and

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that all happened like five or six years

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terms of envisioning it but it has come

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together and we've proven we can do it

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and we're going to do it many times

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so my message here today is this is all

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about people

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is all about people on earth

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whether you're doing it for the

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government or a commercial company or

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jointly it's all about the people who

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make it happen and it's the expertise

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that america produces the educated

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workforce that we have

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the the leadership that we exhibit in in

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maintaining a presence in low earth

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orbit and beyond it's all about the

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people and so i encourage you to to get

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your kids out there studying math and

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science and engineering and talk to your

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congressmen and congresswomen about the

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importance of human space flight and

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space flight in general and keep things

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moving outward we need to keep moving

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beyond low earth orbit and we're going

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to help nasa do that by taking over

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lower low earth orbit providing with the

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carbo providing them with the cargo they

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need over the next few years so that

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nasa can then go on and do the other

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missions that are important to uh to

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project humanity beyond the uh

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the earth and and into the rest of the

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solar system so that our kids can can

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actually have that as a part of their

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future but back to this this event today

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well the sequence of events went

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extremely well and you'll see in the

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uh the various events that had to happen

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first of all getting that first stage

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when it was going to occur but then

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payload itself and all of that

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demonstrated that when we do this again

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we know how to make this happen and

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we'll get that payload cygnus into orbit

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and on its way to the international

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space station so that it can continue

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its mission and we can provide them the

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cargo the experiments the clothing the

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period of time and we're really looking

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forward to being a part of that

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so i look forward to your questions

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we have a lot of very proud people over

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on the base and at the launch control

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center we're sorry about the fire out

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there but you know that wasn't

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anticipated and when i think they needed

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to clear that brush anyway so

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it'll all work out in the end

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environmentalism right but uh it's a

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it's a proud day for orbital um this is

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the first of many many successes to come

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and uh thank you all for being here and

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help us send the message that we're on

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our way to low earth orbit thank you

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thanks very much frank let's go ahead

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and take some questions uh we'll start

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here in the room and let's uh let's

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start here with stephen clark

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just good microfrontier

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thanks trent um a couple of questions

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stephen clark with spaceflight now

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first of all can you go over

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what orbit you achieved that you have

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data on was it close to the target and

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also

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looking ahead toward the

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space station flight this summer

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i know the hardware is is coming along

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nicely but what about the

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the software and the integration with

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the space station and some of the

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big steps coming up in the next two

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months to actually get the go ahead from

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nasa to take that flight thanks okay

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as far as today's flight uh we wanted a

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minimum of

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250 kilometers we're there approximately

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at 250. we will have to do some

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additional evaluation to see if if we're

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exactly on target or if we need to make

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some adjustments but uh but we think

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we're very close to that and uh

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you know the sequence of events as i

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said went pretty much as planned if we

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need to make adjustments for future

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flights we will we will do so but we

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certainly

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achieved orbit and that's that was the

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main goal for cygnus itself the

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cygnus spacecraft that will fly to the

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space station this summer

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has actually been fueled it's ready to

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be transferred into the horizontal

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integration facility and as soon as that

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rocket is ready to receive it we'll

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integrate the two together and it'll be

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ready to roll out to the pads sometime

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this summer probably late june or early

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july and

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so we will be on track for delivery uh

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assuming the space station schedule can

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accommodate us and and that we don't run

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into any unforeseen problems but as far

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as cygnus goes we've achieved all of our

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safety approvals

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we've been through all the simulations

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necessary to

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achieve approval for our software we

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continue to look at it and to continue

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to do simulations but but so far it's

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gone very well with the nasa uh

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participation in our sims the ops team

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is ready we do sims every couple of

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weeks with the nasa team to make sure

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we're all on the same page and uh

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and we're really anxious to get going

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with that so the spacecraft will not be

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the long pole in getting to the pad it

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really will be just

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evaluating the pad condition to see what

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we have to do to refurbish it if

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anything and then getting the next core

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completely assembled with this engine

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second stage and get the fairing in here

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so we can assemble it and uh and attach

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the spacecraft to the to the front end

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and then roll it out and on the nasa

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side there's already been a great deal

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of joint testing done with the software

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and the simulating the mission and

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that's all gone very well

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so what's left is to finish up the

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verification of the final safety review

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packages making sure everything is

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compliant

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with

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the visiting vehicle requirements that

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we establish once those verifications

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are complete we'll go into a final

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review of the readiness flight readiness

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status

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and uh we should be good to go

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let's take two more here in the room and

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then we'll go to the phone line so one

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two and then

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keep it moving

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jim mclaughlin talking space first nope

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alan frank congratulations

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has there any information on the status

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of the cubesat payload that antares took

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up today

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they did deploy but it'll probably take

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a couple of orbits before they can

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achieve contact with them for the ones

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that are looking for that

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because they don't have very many ground

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stations that monitor what they're doing

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but we know that they did get deployed

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singles

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and just a really brief follow-up there

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did um the the launch delays actually

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help you know the the folks in the

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mission control center sort of iron out

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the bugs with you know communication

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among themselves and so on that

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essentially did those delays actually

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contribute to today's success thanks i

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would say that every time you go through

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an operation like this it contributes to

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future success whether you get off the

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pad or not you're going to go through

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the same exercises same communication

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same problem solving which is a big part

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of it and get the people

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on the same page and keep them sharp so

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i never see a scrubbed launch attempt as

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a as a problem i see it as an

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opportunity to get better and better

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and i can tell you from shuttle

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experience sometimes it takes a lot of

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attempts to get off the pad but you get

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better every time

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one of my missions we said we finally

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trained after two months of launch

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but uh no this this was a uh good and

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you know every couple of days we were we

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were running through it and and the team

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was really sharp and the sooner we do

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the next one the better

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uh jeff thousand space review uh quickly

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uh any more details about that uh brush

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fire around the pad after the launch

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there any damage to any of the pad

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facilities that you know of at this time

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uh according to to the ranged folks that

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i talk to there's there's really nothing

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in that area that that could be damaged

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that's outside the fence and so it's

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really just brush burning and i'm sure

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they got the the firefighters down there

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pretty quickly to put it out uh it

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doesn't appear that anything around the

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pad itself was burning or any any

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hardware or equipment that we would

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worry about it was well outside the uh

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the perimeter of our valuable

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and mars is valuable hardware best we

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could tell we'll we'll get more

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information later

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okay let's go to the phone lines uh and

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we'll start with uh tarek malik of

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thank you

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i think uh this question is primarily

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for uh frank uh but alan if there's an

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app assigned please feel free i think

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i'm wondering what the process is now

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for the team in terms of just going over

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the data you got back from the sensors

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on on board the dummy payload uh and uh

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you know what the

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the flow is going to be

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in and making sure that everything is

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set for the summer flight thanks

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i couldn't understand that very well but

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let me answer what i think i heard

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uh the payload simulator itself once

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it's separated from the second stage we

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didn't receive any more data from it we

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received all the data we're going to get

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prior to separation and we will evaluate

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that

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as we do a review of the of the launch

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data acoustics accelerations

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vibrations etc and that'll give us a

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good feel for what the launch

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environments are we did get very good

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video

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uh from the

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rocket cam of the pairing separation the

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separation of the components and that's

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all valuable information to us also but

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but as far as the payload itself the

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payload simulator we don't have any

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further data coming coming from it so

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we felt pretty good about what we saw

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and and what we have so far but

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but that's all we're going to get

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did i miss anything tariq

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i think i was just curious what what you

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saw as like the the the schedule of

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analyzing it i mean do you do you think

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maybe just weeks or would you would you

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want to spend a whole month going over

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what you did receive

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it'll probably just take a few days to

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get the preliminary data but we'll

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continue to analyze it until we launch

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the next one

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you know how this system works

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and i and i could say for the purpose of

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the objectives that we established for

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the flight um

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as soon as we saw separation of the

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payload that was really

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the end of the primary mission

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objectives

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that we established today and then to be

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sure that there was some telemetry and

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downlinking occurring after the

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separation which we have verification of

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so i don't think it's going to take very

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long it's certainly not going to take

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days for us to conclude uh primary

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objectives uh certainly two sets of

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objectives one of the space act

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agreement objectives that alan talked

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about and we of course uh consider those

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very important we had to meet those for

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a variety of reasons but we also had

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test objectives that will lead into the

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success of the next mission and we

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always are looking at the data we can

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achieve that will help us do a better

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job next time around

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okay let's take two more from the phone

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and then we'll come back here to the

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room next is james dean florida today go

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ahead james

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well thanks very much um mr culbertson

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how much tougher is the next mission

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uh after

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getting through this first launch phase

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now you gotta get a complete an orbital

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mission with a new spacecraft how much

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tougher is that going to be and

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and also i wondered if you just might

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have any early feedback on

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things like the turnout there how far

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away people could see this launch and

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sort of reaction from from the community

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up there thanks

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okay i'm pretty sure i'm not going to

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hold my breath any less on the next one

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than i did on this one

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every launch is is uh is a challenge and

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you want to make sure that it's all done

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right so we'll pay as much attention to

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the next one as we will this one and and

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we will uh

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be at a certain level of nervousness all

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the way to

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to uh main engine cut off and then to uh

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to orbit insertion but on that one of

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course we will have the additional

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challenge of making sure that the cygnus

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is actually in orbit and that it deploys

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its solar arrays it has its own power

560
00:19:23,430 --> 00:19:21,760
and then it can start its uh rendezvous

561
00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:23,440
maneuvers to get to the station which

562
00:19:27,190 --> 00:19:25,440
will take about three to five days

563
00:19:28,789 --> 00:19:27,200
so we won't relax for quite a while on

564
00:19:30,549 --> 00:19:28,799
that one until we're actually grappled

565
00:19:31,669 --> 00:19:30,559
and birthed to the station and the hatch

566
00:19:33,830 --> 00:19:31,679
is open

567
00:19:35,190 --> 00:19:33,840
uh even then we'll still want to make

568
00:19:37,270 --> 00:19:35,200
sure everything goes right but that will

569
00:19:39,029 --> 00:19:37,280
be a major major achievement

570
00:19:40,789 --> 00:19:39,039
so uh the next one's going to bring its

571
00:19:41,669 --> 00:19:40,799
own challenges

572
00:19:46,710 --> 00:19:41,679
um

573
00:19:49,669 --> 00:19:46,720
was what i just wondered if you had any

574
00:19:50,950 --> 00:19:49,679
uh early reports of um things like turn

575
00:19:52,870 --> 00:19:50,960
out or

576
00:19:56,230 --> 00:19:52,880
just kind of reaction from from people

577
00:19:58,310 --> 00:19:56,240
up there to this uh biggest rocket

578
00:20:00,470 --> 00:19:58,320
well in in the control center of course

579
00:20:02,470 --> 00:20:00,480
we couldn't see it live but we were

580
00:20:05,750 --> 00:20:02,480
watching it and we started feeling the

581
00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:05,760
rumble after about 30 seconds or so

582
00:20:08,470 --> 00:20:07,520
in the control center it was rattling

583
00:20:11,350 --> 00:20:08,480
the roof

584
00:20:13,270 --> 00:20:11,360
rattling

585
00:20:15,669 --> 00:20:13,280
and we could we could hear it and and

586
00:20:17,110 --> 00:20:15,679
feel it in there which was an amazing

587
00:20:18,470 --> 00:20:17,120
experience

588
00:20:19,350 --> 00:20:18,480
but the people who were out at the

589
00:20:21,590 --> 00:20:19,360
launch

590
00:20:23,830 --> 00:20:21,600
site itself and the viewing site who

591
00:20:25,590 --> 00:20:23,840
came in later and talked to us and i'm

592
00:20:27,270 --> 00:20:25,600
sure there were a few in here that could

593
00:20:29,430 --> 00:20:27,280
address that

594
00:20:31,029 --> 00:20:29,440
said they were incredibly close compared

595
00:20:33,830 --> 00:20:31,039
to where you are for a shuttle flight

596
00:20:34,950 --> 00:20:33,840
and that it was an amazing experience

597
00:20:37,110 --> 00:20:34,960
and

598
00:20:40,470 --> 00:20:37,120
the words that dave thompson used were

599
00:20:42,070 --> 00:20:40,480
this was a majestic liftoff an ascent

600
00:20:43,430 --> 00:20:42,080
and i think it was

601
00:20:44,870 --> 00:20:43,440
that's one way of saying it was really

602
00:20:47,510 --> 00:20:44,880
slow coming off the pad and we never

603
00:20:50,310 --> 00:20:47,520
thought it would clear the tower but but

604
00:20:54,870 --> 00:20:50,320
it is slow accelerating and majestic is

605
00:20:58,710 --> 00:20:56,549
after a while it was going like a

606
00:21:00,870 --> 00:20:58,720
scalded ape so um

607
00:21:02,950 --> 00:21:00,880
it was it was accelerating quickly and

608
00:21:04,789 --> 00:21:02,960
and everything was looking great as it

609
00:21:07,909 --> 00:21:04,799
as it climbed into the sky and it was a

610
00:21:09,430 --> 00:21:07,919
beautiful blue sky today

611
00:21:11,669 --> 00:21:09,440
okay uh one more from the phone line

612
00:21:16,070 --> 00:21:11,679
let's go to jason parr with wired go

613
00:21:19,350 --> 00:21:17,669
i was just trying to get a little bit

614
00:21:22,549 --> 00:21:19,360
more information

615
00:21:23,830 --> 00:21:22,559
uh about the timing and uh

616
00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:23,840
things during the launch because

617
00:21:28,950 --> 00:21:26,320
everybody progressed as predicted

618
00:21:32,390 --> 00:21:28,960
uh whether any hiccups at any point

619
00:21:33,909 --> 00:21:32,400
between uh liftoffs and uh shutdown over

620
00:21:36,470 --> 00:21:33,919
the second stage

621
00:21:38,390 --> 00:21:36,480
no everything all the events occurred uh

622
00:21:40,630 --> 00:21:38,400
within a second or so when we expected

623
00:21:42,470 --> 00:21:40,640
them we didn't really see any major

624
00:21:44,630 --> 00:21:42,480
anomalies at all and and so we're very

625
00:21:46,390 --> 00:21:44,640
happy with the sequence of events and

626
00:21:48,149 --> 00:21:46,400
and how it all occurred so we will

627
00:21:50,870 --> 00:21:48,159
obviously go in and analyze it much more

628
00:21:53,430 --> 00:21:50,880
carefully uh in the coming days and and

629
00:21:55,110 --> 00:21:53,440
uh and replay everything uh to make sure

630
00:21:57,990 --> 00:21:55,120
we can get maximum information from the

631
00:21:59,669 --> 00:21:58,000
data but uh but first glance it all

632
00:22:01,270 --> 00:21:59,679
looked really good

633
00:22:04,870 --> 00:22:01,280
and looking at the look on mike dorsey's

634
00:22:11,990 --> 00:22:07,190
okay back to the room let's take a quick

635
00:22:15,510 --> 00:22:14,390
what's up chrissaver crusader.com

636
00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:15,520
um

637
00:22:20,630 --> 00:22:17,679
a couple things uh first i was hoping

638
00:22:25,110 --> 00:22:20,640
you could give a a a bit of a timeline

639
00:22:27,190 --> 00:22:25,120
of uh your your delays beginning in 2011

640
00:22:31,669 --> 00:22:27,200
up to launch today

641
00:22:31,679 --> 00:22:37,190
a bit on

642
00:22:41,350 --> 00:22:39,190
the thought process to

643
00:22:43,510 --> 00:22:41,360
not transmit

644
00:22:45,909 --> 00:22:43,520
any data after

645
00:22:46,789 --> 00:22:45,919
the simulator separation

646
00:22:48,710 --> 00:22:46,799
okay

647
00:22:50,390 --> 00:22:48,720
as far as not transmitting data after

648
00:22:51,590 --> 00:22:50,400
the simulator separation

649
00:22:52,710 --> 00:22:51,600
that's completely due to the fact

650
00:22:54,789 --> 00:22:52,720
there's no battery on board the

651
00:22:56,230 --> 00:22:54,799
simulator and no transmitter to send we

652
00:22:57,430 --> 00:22:56,240
all the data came through the second

653
00:22:59,029 --> 00:22:57,440
stage

654
00:23:01,830 --> 00:22:59,039
which is as it normally is this was a

655
00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:01,840
very simple simulator allowing us to to

656
00:23:06,470 --> 00:23:03,840
actually demonstrate the capability to

657
00:23:10,070 --> 00:23:06,480
get to orbit on a test flight so the

658
00:23:11,350 --> 00:23:10,080
simulator was was more of a nice to have

659
00:23:13,750 --> 00:23:11,360
we really wanted to demonstrate the

660
00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:13,760
first and second stage

661
00:23:16,870 --> 00:23:15,120
and the separation of the fairing and

662
00:23:18,789 --> 00:23:16,880
the other components

663
00:23:21,270 --> 00:23:18,799
as far as delays

664
00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:21,280
going back as far as 2011

665
00:23:25,270 --> 00:23:23,120
i really am not prepared to go through

666
00:23:29,350 --> 00:23:25,280
all of those

667
00:23:33,110 --> 00:23:30,789
rockets are hard

668
00:23:35,029 --> 00:23:33,120
space flight is difficult and and

669
00:23:36,950 --> 00:23:35,039
getting off the ground is a real

670
00:23:39,029 --> 00:23:36,960
challenge for whatever team is trying to

671
00:23:42,230 --> 00:23:39,039
do it and you can see that in almost any

672
00:23:44,310 --> 00:23:42,240
organization that's tried to do it so um

673
00:23:46,630 --> 00:23:44,320
the way i look at it is we're on a new

674
00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:46,640
schedule now and uh and we're on

675
00:23:50,549 --> 00:23:48,720
schedule we launched today and the next

676
00:23:52,789 --> 00:23:50,559
launch will occur on the schedule that

677
00:23:54,870 --> 00:23:52,799
we set starting from today and we will

678
00:23:56,310 --> 00:23:54,880
start delivering cargo this summer and

679
00:23:58,230 --> 00:23:56,320
then we'll set up another schedule that

680
00:24:00,149 --> 00:23:58,240
we will operate on in conjunction with

681
00:24:01,830 --> 00:24:00,159
nasa for delivering cargo on a on a

682
00:24:02,710 --> 00:24:01,840
fairly regular basis

683
00:24:04,630 --> 00:24:02,720
um

684
00:24:06,549 --> 00:24:04,640
i think if you look back the amount of

685
00:24:09,350 --> 00:24:06,559
total amount of time it took from the

686
00:24:12,230 --> 00:24:09,360
point where we were put on contract for

687
00:24:13,350 --> 00:24:12,240
this and and the time it took to get to

688
00:24:15,669 --> 00:24:13,360
this launch

689
00:24:17,909 --> 00:24:15,679
has probably never been achieved before

690
00:24:20,149 --> 00:24:17,919
uh it's a pretty amazingly short

691
00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:20,159
schedule in the bigger scheme of rocket

692
00:24:23,750 --> 00:24:22,320
development and uh

693
00:24:25,110 --> 00:24:23,760
and by the time we get to the station i

694
00:24:26,630 --> 00:24:25,120
think that will even puncture be

695
00:24:29,430 --> 00:24:26,640
punctuated by that

696
00:24:31,669 --> 00:24:29,440
that achievement so

697
00:24:33,830 --> 00:24:31,679
the company in conjunction with nasa

698
00:24:37,830 --> 00:24:33,840
nasa wallops mars

699
00:24:38,950 --> 00:24:37,840
our subcontractors aerojet atk

700
00:24:41,110 --> 00:24:38,960
and others

701
00:24:43,590 --> 00:24:41,120
we've achieved a major accomplishment

702
00:24:45,430 --> 00:24:43,600
today in getting this rocket off the pad

703
00:24:47,830 --> 00:24:45,440
and actually first in getting this pad

704
00:24:48,950 --> 00:24:47,840
built and all that went into that and

705
00:24:50,630 --> 00:24:48,960
and

706
00:24:53,110 --> 00:24:50,640
what seemed like forever but really was

707
00:24:55,350 --> 00:24:53,120
a relatively short period of time

708
00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:55,360
supported by nasa supported by senator

709
00:24:59,750 --> 00:24:57,840
mikulski and others in congress and

710
00:25:01,590 --> 00:24:59,760
supported by the state of virginia we

711
00:25:02,789 --> 00:25:01,600
were able to achieve that it was a great

712
00:25:04,950 --> 00:25:02,799
public

713
00:25:06,789 --> 00:25:04,960
private partnership and then development

714
00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:06,799
of the rocket itself which was done by

715
00:25:09,990 --> 00:25:08,559
orbital and the development of the

716
00:25:11,669 --> 00:25:10,000
spacecraft that's coming soon which is

717
00:25:12,630 --> 00:25:11,679
done jointly with nasa

718
00:25:14,470 --> 00:25:12,640
has been

719
00:25:16,470 --> 00:25:14,480
even though we set really aggressive

720
00:25:18,549 --> 00:25:16,480
goals for ourselves and when we don't

721
00:25:19,669 --> 00:25:18,559
make them it feels like we're being

722
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:19,679
delayed

723
00:25:23,190 --> 00:25:21,279
when this history is written and you

724
00:25:24,950 --> 00:25:23,200
look back it will be an amazing

725
00:25:27,269 --> 00:25:24,960
accomplishment in terms of time and

726
00:25:28,789 --> 00:25:27,279
money and i think that that most folks

727
00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:28,799
will agree with that and i've gotten

728
00:25:31,590 --> 00:25:30,080
that feedback from

729
00:25:33,350 --> 00:25:31,600
a number of people much smarter than me

730
00:25:35,110 --> 00:25:33,360
that that

731
00:25:36,630 --> 00:25:35,120
this is the way it ought to be done so

732
00:25:38,230 --> 00:25:36,640
we're going to keep doing it we're going

733
00:25:40,710 --> 00:25:38,240
to be a great commercial partner for

734
00:25:42,230 --> 00:25:40,720
nasa i believe and we're looking forward

735
00:25:44,470 --> 00:25:42,240
to being an integral part of the

736
00:25:45,990 --> 00:25:44,480
international space station program and

737
00:25:48,470 --> 00:25:46,000
keeping the cargo coming and keeping the

738
00:25:50,870 --> 00:25:48,480
crew on orbit and again giving a

739
00:25:52,390 --> 00:25:50,880
destination for future generations so

740
00:25:55,110 --> 00:25:52,400
they can step off from there to the rest

741
00:25:56,310 --> 00:25:55,120
of the solar system

742
00:25:57,510 --> 00:25:56,320
okay it's like a few more here in the

743
00:25:58,950 --> 00:25:57,520
room there's a microphone in the middle

744
00:26:00,789 --> 00:25:58,960
and then we'll go to the back go ahead

745
00:26:05,669 --> 00:26:00,799
doug money

746
00:26:07,750 --> 00:26:05,679
frank um just for the record and for my

747
00:26:09,110 --> 00:26:07,760
refreshment um can you go through some

748
00:26:11,190 --> 00:26:09,120
of the firsts on this flight obviously

749
00:26:14,310 --> 00:26:11,200
the first flight of the rocket but this

750
00:26:16,070 --> 00:26:14,320
is also orbital's first liquid-fueled

751
00:26:18,149 --> 00:26:16,080
rocket correct and i believe that this

752
00:26:20,630 --> 00:26:18,159
is also like the first flight of both of

753
00:26:23,750 --> 00:26:20,640
the aerojet 8j

754
00:26:25,990 --> 00:26:23,760
26 engines and maybe even the you know

755
00:26:27,269 --> 00:26:26,000
russian heritage parts in there um are

756
00:26:28,549 --> 00:26:27,279
there more firsts in there that i'm

757
00:26:30,390 --> 00:26:28,559
missing or

758
00:26:31,909 --> 00:26:30,400
does that about cover it

759
00:26:33,750 --> 00:26:31,919
you're correct uh

760
00:26:36,230 --> 00:26:33,760
those are some of the first on this uh

761
00:26:38,630 --> 00:26:36,240
it is orbital's first liquid rocket that

762
00:26:39,909 --> 00:26:38,640
i'm aware of dave thompson as a kid may

763
00:26:41,269 --> 00:26:39,919
have launched a couple of liquid rockets

764
00:26:42,470 --> 00:26:41,279
that i don't know about but

765
00:26:44,710 --> 00:26:42,480
but um

766
00:26:47,350 --> 00:26:44,720
because he started early

767
00:26:49,029 --> 00:26:47,360
but it is the first one we've done uh on

768
00:26:54,149 --> 00:26:49,039
a commercial basis that i'm aware of

769
00:26:57,269 --> 00:26:55,750
oh no i'm getting to that but

770
00:26:58,870 --> 00:26:57,279
but

771
00:27:00,870 --> 00:26:58,880
antonio's always about two steps ahead

772
00:27:02,710 --> 00:27:00,880
of me but uh

773
00:27:04,950 --> 00:27:02,720
but yes the it is the first flight of

774
00:27:06,870 --> 00:27:04,960
the aj26 it's a dual engine

775
00:27:08,070 --> 00:27:06,880
configuration and

776
00:27:09,830 --> 00:27:08,080
it's the first time we've fired those

777
00:27:11,990 --> 00:27:09,840
two engines together in a dual

778
00:27:14,950 --> 00:27:12,000
configuration for that long we've done a

779
00:27:16,549 --> 00:27:14,960
30 second firing earlier this year and

780
00:27:19,110 --> 00:27:16,559
all the other firings we did were single

781
00:27:21,510 --> 00:27:19,120
engine tests at stennis

782
00:27:24,070 --> 00:27:21,520
um it was the first flight of the atk

783
00:27:25,350 --> 00:27:24,080
atk caster 30 engine which is a new

784
00:27:27,590 --> 00:27:25,360
solid

785
00:27:28,870 --> 00:27:27,600
and great job to atk

786
00:27:31,190 --> 00:27:28,880
and um

787
00:27:32,789 --> 00:27:31,200
and it worked as as designed and they've

788
00:27:34,310 --> 00:27:32,799
got an even better version of it coming

789
00:27:36,950 --> 00:27:34,320
along

790
00:27:38,870 --> 00:27:36,960
as we proceed through the program

791
00:27:40,389 --> 00:27:38,880
up to a 30 xl that will give us quite a

792
00:27:42,789 --> 00:27:40,399
bit more thrust and help us carry more

793
00:27:43,830 --> 00:27:42,799
cargo

794
00:27:45,669 --> 00:27:43,840
it was the first flight of this

795
00:27:47,830 --> 00:27:45,679
particular fairing

796
00:27:50,230 --> 00:27:47,840
larger than any fairing we had flown

797
00:27:52,710 --> 00:27:50,240
before a similar design to previous

798
00:27:56,310 --> 00:27:52,720
fairings but improved and and it all

799
00:28:00,950 --> 00:27:58,389
it was the first flight that i know of

800
00:28:03,269 --> 00:28:00,960
other than little joe that was a liquid

801
00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:03,279
launch from here at wallops

802
00:28:07,029 --> 00:28:04,559
and maybe some of the wallace people can

803
00:28:08,789 --> 00:28:07,039
correct me on that but

804
00:28:09,510 --> 00:28:08,799
littlejoe was a test of the abort system

805
00:28:12,710 --> 00:28:09,520
for

806
00:28:14,789 --> 00:28:12,720
apollo but this is the first commercial

807
00:28:16,950 --> 00:28:14,799
liquid rocket from wallops

808
00:28:19,110 --> 00:28:16,960
that i'm aware of and and the first

809
00:28:20,230 --> 00:28:19,120
liquid off of pad 0a

810
00:28:22,710 --> 00:28:20,240
i don't know if it's the first brush

811
00:28:27,269 --> 00:28:25,669
as a result of a rocket launch or not

812
00:28:28,710 --> 00:28:27,279
we put as much water as we could on that

813
00:28:31,350 --> 00:28:28,720
pad but i guess we didn't spray it in

814
00:28:33,830 --> 00:28:31,360
the right place uh any other first that

815
00:28:36,389 --> 00:28:33,840
i'm missing dave or antonio

816
00:28:37,909 --> 00:28:36,399
okay that's good i'm gonna back is this

817
00:28:39,590 --> 00:28:37,919
the largest crowd wallops has ever had

818
00:28:41,029 --> 00:28:39,600
for a rocket

819
00:28:42,230 --> 00:28:41,039
that would be my question

820
00:28:43,909 --> 00:28:42,240
we'll find that out that's a good that's

821
00:28:45,909 --> 00:28:43,919
a good data point hi there well i'm

822
00:28:47,750 --> 00:28:45,919
margaret howell i'm from rttv america

823
00:28:49,750 --> 00:28:47,760
i'm the correspondent i have two rather

824
00:28:51,190 --> 00:28:49,760
less technical questions for you the

825
00:28:52,710 --> 00:28:51,200
first one would be can you give us an

826
00:28:54,230 --> 00:28:52,720
idea of how much this little venture of

827
00:28:56,070 --> 00:28:54,240
yours actually cost

828
00:28:57,990 --> 00:28:56,080
and then the second question would be do

829
00:29:00,950 --> 00:28:58,000
you see a cross-country competition

830
00:29:02,310 --> 00:29:00,960
being sparked from this possibly

831
00:29:05,269 --> 00:29:02,320
where other people are trying to get

832
00:29:06,230 --> 00:29:05,279
this up just as we've done here

833
00:29:08,230 --> 00:29:06,240
well there's already plenty of

834
00:29:09,990 --> 00:29:08,240
competition going on to to launch

835
00:29:12,389 --> 00:29:10,000
commercial uh

836
00:29:13,909 --> 00:29:12,399
cargo and commercial crew and and as

837
00:29:15,430 --> 00:29:13,919
well as tourists and others and i think

838
00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:15,440
you'll continue to see that for quite a

839
00:29:21,029 --> 00:29:18,000
while in in a wide variety of of

840
00:29:22,389 --> 00:29:21,039
capabilities and and concepts uh our

841
00:29:23,590 --> 00:29:22,399
intent of course is to keep going with

842
00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:23,600
this and

843
00:29:27,350 --> 00:29:25,440
along with others who are providing

844
00:29:30,630 --> 00:29:27,360
cargo services to keep the space station

845
00:29:34,630 --> 00:29:33,110
as far as

846
00:29:39,750 --> 00:29:34,640
the cost

847
00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:39,760
was funded by multiple sources

848
00:29:44,230 --> 00:29:41,120
including the state of virginia and

849
00:29:46,070 --> 00:29:44,240
orbital was uh approximately 140 million

850
00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:46,080
dollars and that's a pretty good

851
00:29:49,909 --> 00:29:48,320
investment in the eastern shore here and

852
00:29:52,470 --> 00:29:49,919
i think it has paid off

853
00:29:54,389 --> 00:29:52,480
and uh and we believe that the

854
00:29:56,389 --> 00:29:54,399
local community has been a major part of

855
00:29:57,830 --> 00:29:56,399
us being here a major part of our

856
00:29:59,029 --> 00:29:57,840
success and we certainly appreciate

857
00:30:00,789 --> 00:29:59,039
their support

858
00:30:02,149 --> 00:30:00,799
and and sometimes their tolerance of

859
00:30:04,549 --> 00:30:02,159
large payloads being hauled down the

860
00:30:06,710 --> 00:30:04,559
road at midnight out to uh out to the

861
00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:06,720
island but

862
00:30:10,549 --> 00:30:08,399
but just locally that's been the

863
00:30:12,630 --> 00:30:10,559
investment here orbital itself in

864
00:30:16,149 --> 00:30:12,640
conjunction with our partners in nasa

865
00:30:19,430 --> 00:30:16,159
has has uh uh invested probably about uh

866
00:30:21,430 --> 00:30:19,440
3 million or so 300 million in in the

867
00:30:23,029 --> 00:30:21,440
spacecraft and

868
00:30:24,230 --> 00:30:23,039
slightly larger amount in the rocket

869
00:30:26,789 --> 00:30:24,240
itself so

870
00:30:29,510 --> 00:30:26,799
it's a pretty big investment and

871
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:29,520
but it's going to i think demonstrate a

872
00:30:33,110 --> 00:30:31,200
commercial capability that will pay off

873
00:30:36,230 --> 00:30:33,120
in the long run we obviously are hoping

874
00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:36,240
for more customers to to use this system

875
00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:38,480
uh we're going to have uh quite a good

876
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:40,080
business going initially with the cargo

877
00:30:44,070 --> 00:30:41,600
delivery but we're going to have more

878
00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:44,080
capability in that we we look forward to

879
00:30:50,070 --> 00:30:46,640
to using this this system for for

880
00:30:54,710 --> 00:30:50,080
many many years to come

881
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,430
my left

882
00:31:02,789 --> 00:30:59,990
cody leewards wmdt47

883
00:31:04,549 --> 00:31:02,799
alan frank can you go into it a little

884
00:31:06,230 --> 00:31:04,559
bit about what this actually means for

885
00:31:09,830 --> 00:31:06,240
the community for the eastern shore for

886
00:31:14,470 --> 00:31:12,070
well i can tell you from our perspective

887
00:31:17,110 --> 00:31:14,480
we've had a number of people move here

888
00:31:19,190 --> 00:31:17,120
and who are living in the community now

889
00:31:20,950 --> 00:31:19,200
many on a permanent basis some on a

890
00:31:22,870 --> 00:31:20,960
temporary basis from wherever they were

891
00:31:24,470 --> 00:31:22,880
working before but who

892
00:31:26,310 --> 00:31:24,480
they were told if you can go to wallops

893
00:31:27,509 --> 00:31:26,320
for about six months you know we'll get

894
00:31:29,830 --> 00:31:27,519
this thing off the pad well that was

895
00:31:31,830 --> 00:31:29,840
about two years ago and uh for a lot of

896
00:31:33,590 --> 00:31:31,840
them so they they have really invested

897
00:31:35,990 --> 00:31:33,600
in this and made a lot of personal

898
00:31:37,750 --> 00:31:36,000
sacrifices to help get this rocket off

899
00:31:39,350 --> 00:31:37,760
the ground and we certainly appreciate

900
00:31:40,950 --> 00:31:39,360
what they have done

901
00:31:43,029 --> 00:31:40,960
mike laylee and a number of other people

902
00:31:45,350 --> 00:31:43,039
are great examples of that

903
00:31:46,950 --> 00:31:45,360
but i do think in in

904
00:31:48,789 --> 00:31:46,960
circulating around the community meeting

905
00:31:50,149 --> 00:31:48,799
some of the leaders here they seem

906
00:31:51,669 --> 00:31:50,159
really happy about the fact that we're

907
00:31:53,430 --> 00:31:51,679
here and we're bringing more business to

908
00:31:55,269 --> 00:31:53,440
the eastern shore it's certainly

909
00:31:57,990 --> 00:31:55,279
changing the complexion of the launch

910
00:32:00,389 --> 00:31:58,000
operations here and uh the fact that we

911
00:32:03,750 --> 00:32:00,399
are bringing in more high-tech

912
00:32:05,350 --> 00:32:03,760
and larger rockets i think will help

913
00:32:06,630 --> 00:32:05,360
encourage more industry to come into

914
00:32:09,590 --> 00:32:06,640
this area and we're hoping it will

915
00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:09,600
encourage the the the

916
00:32:13,509 --> 00:32:11,840
students of this area to pay a lot more

917
00:32:15,590 --> 00:32:13,519
attention to science technology

918
00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:15,600
engineering and math and to see that as

919
00:32:20,310 --> 00:32:18,240
a way to to better themselves and to and

920
00:32:22,389 --> 00:32:20,320
to further their educations and get into

921
00:32:23,830 --> 00:32:22,399
something really exciting that's always

922
00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:23,840
been something wildlife has done a very

923
00:32:28,389 --> 00:32:26,320
good job at for in a variety of areas

924
00:32:29,669 --> 00:32:28,399
but this gets a lot more attention than

925
00:32:31,909 --> 00:32:29,679
some of the other things that are going

926
00:32:33,190 --> 00:32:31,919
on and and we hope that it'll spread

927
00:32:35,190 --> 00:32:33,200
throughout the schools and and

928
00:32:37,190 --> 00:32:35,200
throughout the communities and we hope

929
00:32:39,029 --> 00:32:37,200
also people uh see us as a positive

930
00:32:40,630 --> 00:32:39,039
addition to the to the community we're

931
00:32:42,630 --> 00:32:40,640
sorry about having to move all the

932
00:32:45,269 --> 00:32:42,640
overhead lines and the traffic lights

933
00:32:48,470 --> 00:32:45,279
and stuff so we can move our payload but

934
00:32:51,110 --> 00:32:48,480
you got new traffic lights out of it so

935
00:32:54,950 --> 00:32:51,120
i think you're going to see

936
00:32:59,269 --> 00:32:56,870
orbital has a number of flights already

937
00:33:00,870 --> 00:32:59,279
on the books uh eight eight flights to

938
00:33:02,549 --> 00:33:00,880
the space station over the coming years

939
00:33:04,470 --> 00:33:02,559
there's going to be a lot of activity

940
00:33:07,750 --> 00:33:04,480
with the space station cargo coming here

941
00:33:10,950 --> 00:33:09,669
so this was not a one-shot deal they're

942
00:33:14,149 --> 00:33:10,960
going to be here a while yeah every

943
00:33:19,509 --> 00:33:16,310
okay let's take one here and then we'll

944
00:33:23,750 --> 00:33:21,509
hi i'm denise ryan and i'm here today

945
00:33:25,830 --> 00:33:23,760
through the nasa social program i'm

946
00:33:27,830 --> 00:33:25,840
going back to the brush fire i was

947
00:33:29,990 --> 00:33:27,840
surprised to see that the the liquid or

948
00:33:31,909 --> 00:33:30,000
the water in the in the tank by the

949
00:33:34,470 --> 00:33:31,919
launch pad wasn't used today could you

950
00:33:38,149 --> 00:33:34,480
go into that decision or would it have

951
00:33:39,190 --> 00:33:38,159
even worked oh it used it was used

952
00:33:41,110 --> 00:33:39,200
yeah

953
00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:41,120
it we don't spray into the brush we

954
00:33:44,950 --> 00:33:42,880
spray on the pad to protect the pad and

955
00:33:46,870 --> 00:33:44,960
protect the rocket

956
00:33:49,269 --> 00:33:46,880
for a variety of reasons partly to

957
00:33:51,269 --> 00:33:49,279
dampen out the the shock waves that come

958
00:33:52,870 --> 00:33:51,279
off reflected off the pad but also to

959
00:33:54,789 --> 00:33:52,880
cool the pad surface and to cool the

960
00:33:56,950 --> 00:33:54,799
trench that the flame goes through

961
00:33:59,029 --> 00:33:56,960
before it goes out over the ocean and

962
00:34:00,470 --> 00:33:59,039
that's the main purpose of the 200 000

963
00:34:03,430 --> 00:34:00,480
gallons of water that came out of the

964
00:34:05,269 --> 00:34:03,440
tank and it did work

965
00:34:06,549 --> 00:34:05,279
we're sorry again that that we didn't

966
00:34:07,990 --> 00:34:06,559
spray any in that direction but we were

967
00:34:09,829 --> 00:34:08,000
out of water by then

968
00:34:11,510 --> 00:34:09,839
and uh and they have a great fire

969
00:34:13,030 --> 00:34:11,520
department here so i know they they took

970
00:34:14,550 --> 00:34:13,040
care of it

971
00:34:16,149 --> 00:34:14,560
and a couple follow-ups in the front

972
00:34:18,629 --> 00:34:16,159
were there anybody asked and didn't have

973
00:34:20,629 --> 00:34:18,639
a chance to ask a question yet okay

974
00:34:21,990 --> 00:34:20,639
so let's go here one two and then we'll

975
00:34:27,829 --> 00:34:22,000
we'll bring it to a close if we can get

976
00:34:31,510 --> 00:34:29,669
jean mcconkley with talking space um

977
00:34:32,470 --> 00:34:31,520
alan i guess this question's for you

978
00:34:34,470 --> 00:34:32,480
um

979
00:34:37,030 --> 00:34:34,480
i know around the kennedy space center

980
00:34:38,629 --> 00:34:37,040
they go out and they take a very serious

981
00:34:41,030 --> 00:34:38,639
look at you know the wildlife in the

982
00:34:44,069 --> 00:34:41,040
area and so on did nasa have a similar

983
00:34:45,190 --> 00:34:44,079
program for any of the uh the wildlife

984
00:34:47,909 --> 00:34:45,200
around here

985
00:34:50,470 --> 00:34:47,919
uh just just curious yeah absolutely

986
00:34:53,430 --> 00:34:50,480
going into any operation like this there

987
00:34:55,829 --> 00:34:53,440
is always a environmental impact study

988
00:34:58,390 --> 00:34:55,839
that's done and it's a very thorough

989
00:35:01,829 --> 00:34:58,400
assessment of the

990
00:35:02,870 --> 00:35:01,839
impacts from the environment and

991
00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:02,880
there were

992
00:35:07,990 --> 00:35:06,240
no adverse findings from those

993
00:35:09,910 --> 00:35:08,000
studies and and

994
00:35:11,430 --> 00:35:09,920
but it certainly was looked at

995
00:35:12,950 --> 00:35:11,440
that was one of the early milestones we

996
00:35:14,630 --> 00:35:12,960
had to achieve was making sure that we

997
00:35:16,630 --> 00:35:14,640
and nasa work together

998
00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:16,640
as well as mars on eis and make sure

999
00:35:21,910 --> 00:35:19,040
that everything was as it should be in

1000
00:35:23,510 --> 00:35:21,920
that regard and that all came out good

1001
00:35:25,270 --> 00:35:23,520
okay take our last question from stephen

1002
00:35:27,829 --> 00:35:25,280
clark go ahead thanks stephen clark

1003
00:35:30,470 --> 00:35:27,839
space flight now again for alan um

1004
00:35:33,270 --> 00:35:30,480
just a question uh based on your

1005
00:35:35,829 --> 00:35:33,280
experience with spacex and their cots

1006
00:35:38,230 --> 00:35:35,839
test flights do you feel like that

1007
00:35:40,710 --> 00:35:38,240
sort of smoothed the road with orbital

1008
00:35:42,230 --> 00:35:40,720
um going into to this launch and then

1009
00:35:43,430 --> 00:35:42,240
the next launch

1010
00:35:45,430 --> 00:35:43,440
you know there was a

1011
00:35:47,270 --> 00:35:45,440
pretty lengthy delay between

1012
00:35:48,950 --> 00:35:47,280
spacex's test launches

1013
00:35:50,150 --> 00:35:48,960
and uh sounds like you're going to be

1014
00:35:51,670 --> 00:35:50,160
ready to go in a couple of months i'm

1015
00:35:52,950 --> 00:35:51,680
just curious if

1016
00:35:56,829 --> 00:35:52,960
does that reflect on orbital or does it

1017
00:36:00,230 --> 00:35:56,839
reflect on on the process being improved

1018
00:36:02,950 --> 00:36:00,240
thanks well i i i think it's hard to

1019
00:36:05,750 --> 00:36:02,960
draw a comparison because what happened

1020
00:36:08,069 --> 00:36:05,760
with spacex was was different here in in

1021
00:36:10,230 --> 00:36:08,079
spacex's case

1022
00:36:12,230 --> 00:36:10,240
they made

1023
00:36:13,990 --> 00:36:12,240
a conscious decision to upgrade the

1024
00:36:16,390 --> 00:36:14,000
engines and do some upgrades to the

1025
00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:16,400
vehicle from the initial flight of their

1026
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:18,720
launch vehicle to actually flying the

1027
00:36:23,550 --> 00:36:20,480
cots demonstration

1028
00:36:28,310 --> 00:36:26,310
accelerating the third what was to be

1029
00:36:30,069 --> 00:36:28,320
the third mission to the station down

1030
00:36:32,470 --> 00:36:30,079
into the second flight took some extra

1031
00:36:35,430 --> 00:36:32,480
time so there was a different different

1032
00:36:37,270 --> 00:36:35,440
evolution of their vehicles from the

1033
00:36:38,950 --> 00:36:37,280
maiden flight all the way to the space

1034
00:36:42,470 --> 00:36:38,960
station

1035
00:36:47,670 --> 00:36:45,589
the length of time in that period and in

1036
00:36:49,030 --> 00:36:47,680
orbital's case

1037
00:36:50,630 --> 00:36:49,040
they don't

1038
00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:50,640
have that evolution

1039
00:36:54,150 --> 00:36:52,240
it was

1040
00:36:56,710 --> 00:36:54,160
originally planned just to have one demo

1041
00:36:58,230 --> 00:36:56,720
flight immediately to the space station

1042
00:37:00,630 --> 00:36:58,240
and we were able to insert this

1043
00:37:02,390 --> 00:37:00,640
inaugural flight today

1044
00:37:04,470 --> 00:37:02,400
there should be very minor changes

1045
00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:04,480
between what was flown today

1046
00:37:08,950 --> 00:37:06,400
in the vehicle that will fly the next

1047
00:37:10,630 --> 00:37:08,960
demo flight so it's just it was it's

1048
00:37:13,349 --> 00:37:10,640
just a different history a different

1049
00:37:18,230 --> 00:37:15,190
okay gentlemen anything you want to add

1050
00:37:20,069 --> 00:37:18,240
before we draw to a close

1051
00:37:22,150 --> 00:37:20,079
sure

1052
00:37:24,470 --> 00:37:22,160
again i want to point out the fact that

1053
00:37:26,150 --> 00:37:24,480
uh this is all about people

1054
00:37:28,150 --> 00:37:26,160
people working hard people being

1055
00:37:29,670 --> 00:37:28,160
innovative uh people being willing to

1056
00:37:31,829 --> 00:37:29,680
work together and people communicating

1057
00:37:34,310 --> 00:37:31,839
about very difficult problems

1058
00:37:35,589 --> 00:37:34,320
that's how we get to space

1059
00:37:37,190 --> 00:37:35,599
you work hard

1060
00:37:38,870 --> 00:37:37,200
and you you bring the right talent

1061
00:37:41,829 --> 00:37:38,880
together and then the hardware comes out

1062
00:37:43,270 --> 00:37:41,839
of that and the operations and uh this

1063
00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:43,280
was a good example of that there'll be

1064
00:37:46,069 --> 00:37:44,640
more to come

1065
00:37:47,910 --> 00:37:46,079
but that's been the history of our space

1066
00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:47,920
program as is

1067
00:37:51,990 --> 00:37:50,320
smart people committed to some very

1068
00:37:53,349 --> 00:37:52,000
difficult goals and being willing to

1069
00:37:55,430 --> 00:37:53,359
take chances

1070
00:37:57,910 --> 00:37:55,440
and risk failure

1071
00:37:59,349 --> 00:37:57,920
achieving great things and we feel like

1072
00:38:01,670 --> 00:37:59,359
today

1073
00:38:03,349 --> 00:38:01,680
we did take some risk getting here

1074
00:38:04,870 --> 00:38:03,359
because as a company it was a huge risk

1075
00:38:07,270 --> 00:38:04,880
to invest in this

1076
00:38:09,829 --> 00:38:07,280
but the right people pulling together

1077
00:38:11,190 --> 00:38:09,839
and with great teammates were able to uh

1078
00:38:14,310 --> 00:38:11,200
to achieve this

1079
00:38:16,790 --> 00:38:14,320
and uh we're real happy we're real proud

1080
00:38:19,750 --> 00:38:16,800
thank you all for your support

1081
00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:19,760
and i would just add that this is um

1082
00:38:24,150 --> 00:38:22,640
um this this is an investment for nasa

1083
00:38:26,230 --> 00:38:24,160
this this is

1084
00:38:27,510 --> 00:38:26,240
a new way of doing business and with any

1085
00:38:28,390 --> 00:38:27,520
investment there's a certain amount of

1086
00:38:30,790 --> 00:38:28,400
risk

1087
00:38:33,510 --> 00:38:30,800
but it sure is nice to see a return on

1088
00:38:36,710 --> 00:38:33,520
investment and things

1089
00:38:39,670 --> 00:38:36,720
go your way so i think this was a a

1090
00:38:41,510 --> 00:38:39,680
great day for everybody

1091
00:38:43,030 --> 00:38:41,520
okay well that's going to do it here

1092
00:38:44,470 --> 00:38:43,040
from nasa's wallops flight facility in

1093
00:38:45,829 --> 00:38:44,480
wallops island virginia as a reminder

1094
00:38:50,150 --> 00:38:45,839
you can find out more information about

1095
00:38:52,870 --> 00:38:51,589
orbital you can find out more

1096
00:38:54,230 --> 00:38:52,880
information about how to connect with

1097
00:38:58,150 --> 00:38:54,240
nasa on social media continue the

1098
00:39:00,230 --> 00:38:58,160
conversation there at www.nasa.gov

1099
00:39:01,990 --> 00:39:00,240
connect we thank our speakers once again

1100
00:39:03,589 --> 00:39:02,000
thank you for joining us from nasa's