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good afternoon and welcome to nasa's

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wallops flight facility in wallops on

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virginia i am nasa public affairs

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officer trent parado and this is the

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post-launch briefing for the orbital one

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mission for those of you who are lucky

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enough to be here at wallace or for

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those of you who watched from from home

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on nasa tv saw a beautiful launch of the

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orbital one mission as it began its

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the route to the international space

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station at 107 pm today from from right

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here walt's island virginia you can

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follow the mission as uh as cygnus is on

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orbit and begins its uh route to the

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international space station at

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www.nasa.gov

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station

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uh here to talk about today's launch and

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a bit of what comes next we have a

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number of distinguished guests each will

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provide some brief remarks and then

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we'll go to questions and answers if you

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have questions for our panelists you can

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uh you can reach out to us online on

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twitter or google plus using the hashtag

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asknasa

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let me introduce our speakers to my left

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is robert lightfoot nasa associate

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administrator

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next we have frank culbertson executive

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vice president of orbital sciences

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and we have bill rebel director of

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nasa's wallops flight facility

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and with that we'll begin with robert

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okay thanks trent um good to see

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everybody here another very successful

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at the wallops flight facility we're

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really excited about getting this

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mission off to

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in my opinion a tremendous start uh so

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congratulations frank to you and your

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team and bill to the team here at

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wallops for for getting us started on

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this next mission

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you know this wasn't without some

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challenges i think uh

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well while they had some challenges

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during the count today as we always do

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if you if you back up these guys were

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ready to fly back in december and we had

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the cooling loop problem on the station

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and the team in houston and the team on

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orbit uh went out and took care of that

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problem for us then we had i guess i

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would say some of the coldest weather

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we've had in decades that that managed

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to get us a day and then

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if what else would a solar flare coming

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but i think the team persevered through

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that and really hit a huge milestone for

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us from an agency perspective here today

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with this launch and the birthing on

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sunday of the cygnus spacecraft is going

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to be

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really an important event for us because

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in so doing and completing this mission

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this will give us two providers to the

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international space station to provide

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us the cargo and supplies that we need

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to do all the the research and the

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science and the technology that we want

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to that we want to use this this amazing

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laboratory for and coming on the heels

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of the announcement by the

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administration yesterday that we're

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talking about we're going to start

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working to extend the international

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space station to 2024 it's just great

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news for us to to actually take full

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advantage of that the just amazing

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orbiting platform we have up there to

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get us ready uh as an agency to take

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those next steps um beyond the earth

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orbit to the destinations we want to

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take people to so

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a key enabler to that strategy is having

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commercial partners that can provide us

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that cargo and today is a big step in

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that so with that i just want to

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congratulate the team here at wallops

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and congratulate the orbital team for

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doing that and and it's just a really

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exciting day for the agency and for the

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international space station as we move

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forward with that i'll turn over to the

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people that did the real work here frank

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you go ahead and start thank you very

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much robert it is a real pleasure to be

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exciting to be at a post-launch press

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conference

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that's always good when you plan on

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doing that on this day um it was a

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challenging day as robert said and

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but this is what we do the space flight

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is hard and you have to work the issues

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as they come your way and you've got to

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stay flexible you've got to be

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persistent and you've got to pay

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attention to detail no matter

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what kind of things are coming at you

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from the sun or from dfos which are not

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aliens i think but uh distance focused

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object over pressure problems or at

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least analysis uh but in the end uh i

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wallops range officers the range safety

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officers the faa everybody who worked on

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this so hard including the people who

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were standing out in the cold deploying

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on a frequent basis so we could get

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analysis right down to the last second

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get a green and proceed with the launch

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roll whenever it's ready to go i'll try

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talk over it a little bit and

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and tell you what was going on uh as as

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we launched and then tell you a little

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bit about what's coming up in the next

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couple of days um the countdown uh went

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once we got into the last 15 minutes the

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team was focused and ready to go

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all the instrumentation looked good and

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as we lifted off the teres was right on

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his trajectory

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accelerating as we expected and as you

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and we want to thank our air jet

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partners for all the work they did to

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make sure those were ready and uh our

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ukrainian partners from uzunoi and used

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mosh who built the first stage

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and it worked as as planned

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i heard that you all had a great uh

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sound show really uh as you were out at

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the uh at the visitors

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viewing site when the wind is out of the

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east you get all the acoustics and

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it really brings it home what's going on

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there's a lot of energy in these rockets

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potential to kinetic energy and it's all

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at the right times and you've got to do

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order to get into orbit you've got to

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accelerate to almost 18 000 miles an

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hour very quickly and you burn a lot of

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fuel during that time and and everything

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very close attention at this time

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what was happening with the solar flare

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challenge because that's not something

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but we could deal with it and we did and

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the team worked together to keep things

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that needed to be warmed warmed and

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uh today and uh

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yesterday but the the solar

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flare kept us on the ground

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once the first stage finishes its job uh

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we are almost outside the atmosphere

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over 100 kilometers and uh we separate

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the first and second stage separate the

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inner stage and then we ignite the

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second stage the second stage on this

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one is a caster 30b

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caster 30 we flew on the first two

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flights built by atk and we appreciate

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the hard work they put into that

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it again performed just as we expected

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right on the money for second stage and

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you see uh the launch control team

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their uh uh instrumentation uh watching

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what's happening a lot of people get

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excited when the first stage finishes

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that payload in orbit where it's

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supposed to be so that you can actually

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do what you intended to do which is to

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deliver cargo to the international space

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station and we are right on the money if

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not a little better we're in a 218 by

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well above what we needed in order to do

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extra maneuvers in order to stay in

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we're in good shape frank demaro who's

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sitting back there and his team

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have taken control of the spacecraft the

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solar arrays are deployed the power is

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is up and and working the propulsion

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under control and uh we'll do uh our

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continuing or beginning really the the

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station so we can catch up with it and

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that burn will occur at about i think 6

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station the actual rendezvous will begin

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close to the station and then the actual

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a.m sunday morning and that's another

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exciting time for us is

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as you get close to the station and

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watch the uh you know watch your

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spacecraft approach up the r bar getting

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closer and closer and bigger and bigger

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and you think i hope it has breaks and

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and the station crew knows what they're

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doing and they do and we do have brakes

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last time we stopped at about 10 meters

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grappling we expect it to be the same

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this time

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uh the crew will then birth us to the

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station and then they will probably will

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wait until the following day to actually

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open the hatch and get their christmas

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presents out

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but they will in fact open the hatch and

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find a nice picture of c gordon

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fullerton on the back bulkhead this is

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the ss gordon fullerton named in honor

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of one of my colleagues and and our

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friends at orbital uh gordon fullerton

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who was an astronaut and also a b-52

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pilot that uh at dryden space flight

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center who dropped our our first

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commercial rocket uh the pegasus from

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the underside of the b-52 so orbital has

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a long and productive relationship with

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gordon he passed away about a year ago

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and so we miss him but we wanted to

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honor his memory by naming the

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spacecraft after him

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um

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we've got about 460 kilograms of payload

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uh cargo on board this uh uh pressurized

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cargo module um about 400 almost 500

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kilograms of that is uh what we loaded

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late much of it was science payload and

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much of it was student science student

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experiments so uh the iss is doing its

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job to continue to ensure that the next

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generation is interested in space flight

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uh has the ability to do research in

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space to get them interested so that in

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about 15 or 20 years you'll have

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somebody a lot better looking and

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smarter than us up here to talk about

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what's going on in space and

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we we are proud to be a part of that and

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to

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assist the space station in continuing

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the research that's been going on for

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over 10 years and and continue to

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further the the boundaries of human

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knowledge and soon the boundaries of

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human exploration because the station if

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not actually will virtually be our

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stepping stone to the rest of the solar

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system and uh we're very proud to be a

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part of that i look forward to your

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questions i'll be happy to answer any of

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them and now i'm going to turn it over

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to our center director here uh

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mr bill robel

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thanks frank thanks a lot yeah so a

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great way to start out the new year

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certainly and we're looking forward to

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doing this a couple more times this year

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i think right and then as robert pointed

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out uh with an extension of four years

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maybe uh maybe a number of years down

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the road after that so that's all very

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good news

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obviously we're all smiles here a lot of

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happy engineers kind of across the area

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i just have to echo the congratulations

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to the teams

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they really worked hard at pulling this

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off obviously through some pretty tough

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weather

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and not all of it terrestrial-based

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right so uh it was

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just a great effort across the board um

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a couple of other things to see that are

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going to be taking place here at wallops

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in the in the coming months is that um

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you know we were part of one of the

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teams that was selected for the

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unmanned aerial systems test site

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designation by the faa

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so we're looking forward to the work

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that's going to come with that in the

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future and we've got some other

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interesting things also coming up this

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year but

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we're all smiles here as a result of the

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way things went here early this

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afternoon

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good job

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thank you gentlemen all right let's uh

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start with questions here in the

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audience's reminder if you're uh

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watching from home and you'd like to ask

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our panel question you need so using the

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hashtag ask nasa on google plus or

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twitter but we'll start right here at

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wallops to start with ken and then we'll

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hi hank cranberry universe today

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congratulations on a great launch it's

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really beautiful and a great way to

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start the new year exactly so my

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question is uh for frank and maybe bob

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um yeah we did get an extension

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announced yesterday so i'd like you to

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talk what what does this mean to you as

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an astronaut

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getting extension to the iss but also

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specifically in some detail

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the point that bill gerstenmaier made

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yesterday this lets the commercial

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providers and others

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plan for the long-term horizon so how

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will this specifically help orbital as a

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cargo carrier what would you like to do

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thank you well to answer your first

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question i think it's fantastic that the

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administration is committed to to moving

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towards extending the station i know

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they've got to work with the partners

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and there's a lot to be done yet but

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it's a move in the right

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direction i mean

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in my opinion if i had my way we'd fly

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until 2050. now congress would have to

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agree to that i guess but

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there's really no reason to stop

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operations on the space station until it

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completely

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is no longer usable and i think it'll be

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usable for a long time because it's very

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well built very well maintained and uh

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and nasa and the engineers understand it

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very well and i think they're operating

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it superbly the best thing about it is

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it's now a research center and uh and it

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is really starting to ramp up it's not

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there yet it's finished as a station and

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as a laboratory but the research

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capability is just starting to to move

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in the right direction so extending it

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gives

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not only commercial companies but

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researchers the idea that yes i can do

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long-term research on the station

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because it'll be there for another 10

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years and i can get some significant

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data and i think that's really important

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for them to understand that it's going

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to be backed for that long and they

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won't get cut short

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in the middle of preparing an experiment

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or or flying it so i think that that

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first of all uh demonstrates the

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commitment of the government to

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continuing into nasa but also presents a

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lot of opportunities for a number of

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people

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as far as what it means for us and other

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commercial companies is that yes it does

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allow us to plan long term for what we

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might be able to do providing a service

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for nasa in the future

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and also gives us a chance to to be

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innovative and maybe invest in some

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improvements on how we can do this to

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make it more cost effective more

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efficient

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turnaround time quicker go more often

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go more often go a lot more often robert

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and

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don't even feel like they have to

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compete for those next few extensions

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we'll just we'll just keep going

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that's our position but we have to see

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what the government does

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but it really does give us the chance to

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uh to think long term and and make sure

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that we can get some return on our

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investment and that it actually does

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present a business opportunity that can

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expand not just uh to the station but to

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other uses in space flights such as

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exploration uh asteroids mars wherever

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we're going and uh and we hope it will

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move it'll uh transfer into other

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civilian uses and uh in space for maybe

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other stations we'll follow this one and

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we'll be able to participate in that

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thank you steve

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did you want it

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yeah the only thing i would donate i

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would add on ken is that frank said it

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right when he said this the station is

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really our stepping stone and and if you

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think of if you use that analogy of

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stepping stones the next stone we need

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we need to use this stone to know what

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the next stone looks like right so we

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can get ready whether that's research

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whether it's the what it does the human

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body the things we're learning today you

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don't want to

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jump off that's that

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platform

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before you before you're ready and and

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so we're learning every day how to live

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and operate in space and fortunately

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we're close to home and if something

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comes up we can get home

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the further we go the more we need to

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know about how to operate in space what

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kind of protection we need what kind of

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research we need for the astronauts but

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also what kind of systems do we need and

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these guys are putting systems up there

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that allow us to just

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test more and more get more time because

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when we get further away we can't get

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home as quick and so those are the kind

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of things that we get to do and with

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this extension i can now make those

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investments as an agency not just us but

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our academic partners our industry

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partners yeah the launch the launch

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market is part of this as these guys

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have shown today but it's also the the

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researchers the scientists even

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universities now can do that i mean if

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you saw the excitement today

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of the of the kids and the students that

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were out at the viewing area where i was

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for just being able to

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to take a cubesat a four inch by four

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inch cube that's that they've worked on

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and they just launched today that's i

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mean that's

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pretty cool i mean that is exactly what

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we need to be doing and that's the

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people that are as frank said are going

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to take our jobs and as long as they

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know that's going to be there for a

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while this gives them that chance to

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train and learn and do the research that

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we need to take people further so that

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it is the stepping stone and it's really

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important for us to have this extension

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i spoke to them yesterday they were very

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excited yeah i think we all envy them

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yes

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i think we do

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stephen thanks trent uh stephen clark

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with space flight now a couple of

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questions for uh frank and robert uh

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first uh

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for frank uh

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the iss extension to 2024

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and uh

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your current contract runs through the

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2016 timeframe i understand

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a lot more flights potentially for

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cygnus and antares

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so beyond 2016 as you get your cadence

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down

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what sort of cost savings you expect to

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be able to offer nasa

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from the 1.9 billion crs

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contract and also for mr lightfoot when

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do you

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plan to

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re-compete or extend

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spacex orbital new providers how how do

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you pursue that mechanism working and

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when you plan to do it thanks well if

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robert answers first i might be able to

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get you a better answer

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well and i think for us part of the

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whole we have an acquisition strategy

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we'll go through as an agency in terms

557
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of how we go purchase these services in

558
00:18:06,710 --> 00:18:05,039
the future

559
00:18:09,350 --> 00:18:06,720
one of the key

560
00:18:11,430 --> 00:18:09,360
parts of that strategy is how long

561
00:18:13,430 --> 00:18:11,440
right and so we just got that yesterday

562
00:18:14,710 --> 00:18:13,440
so we'll be folding that into our

563
00:18:16,630 --> 00:18:14,720
process for

564
00:18:17,750 --> 00:18:16,640
for the for any extension that we do in

565
00:18:19,830 --> 00:18:17,760
terms of the

566
00:18:21,510 --> 00:18:19,840
the service provider so we're just now i

567
00:18:23,830 --> 00:18:21,520
mean this was part of our strategy was

568
00:18:25,830 --> 00:18:23,840
to get be first know we're going to try

569
00:18:27,110 --> 00:18:25,840
to go to 2024 and then that'll fold into

570
00:18:29,029 --> 00:18:27,120
our acquisition strategy as we go

571
00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:29,039
forward so we know we got till 16 we've

572
00:18:32,549 --> 00:18:30,720
got flights with orbital and with spacex

573
00:18:34,630 --> 00:18:32,559
already on the books and this this will

574
00:18:35,830 --> 00:18:34,640
actually begin to shape our strategy as

575
00:18:37,190 --> 00:18:35,840
we go forward we just haven't gotten

576
00:18:38,950 --> 00:18:37,200
that far yet

577
00:18:40,310 --> 00:18:38,960
yeah the variables are the same for both

578
00:18:41,909 --> 00:18:40,320
sides of the equation whether you're the

579
00:18:43,909 --> 00:18:41,919
customer or the provider and that's

580
00:18:46,549 --> 00:18:43,919
understanding uh what's available how

581
00:18:47,909 --> 00:18:46,559
long you want to go and and then uh

582
00:18:48,870 --> 00:18:47,919
what what

583
00:18:52,390 --> 00:18:48,880
what is

584
00:18:53,750 --> 00:18:52,400
also possible in terms of reducing costs

585
00:18:54,950 --> 00:18:53,760
i can't tell you in front of these guys

586
00:18:56,470 --> 00:18:54,960
what kind of numbers we might be

587
00:18:58,310 --> 00:18:56,480
thinking about but

588
00:19:00,390 --> 00:18:58,320
we definitely will go to more of a

589
00:19:02,070 --> 00:19:00,400
production mode rather than development

590
00:19:03,350 --> 00:19:02,080
mode on the spacecraft and the rocket

591
00:19:05,029 --> 00:19:03,360
and we've already demonstrated that in

592
00:19:07,270 --> 00:19:05,039
the company with our commercial

593
00:19:10,789 --> 00:19:07,280
satellites that we provide for comsats

594
00:19:12,390 --> 00:19:10,799
and and for science use and and other um

595
00:19:14,470 --> 00:19:12,400
other purposes where we just turn them

596
00:19:15,990 --> 00:19:14,480
out of the factory with modifications as

597
00:19:18,630 --> 00:19:16,000
necessary for the customer and we can

598
00:19:20,230 --> 00:19:18,640
really we really can get very efficient

599
00:19:22,070 --> 00:19:20,240
with that if we can do the same design

600
00:19:24,470 --> 00:19:22,080
over and over and that's what we would

601
00:19:27,430 --> 00:19:24,480
intend to do for the next phase of

602
00:19:29,430 --> 00:19:27,440
crs services

603
00:19:31,510 --> 00:19:29,440
we would like to see

604
00:19:33,350 --> 00:19:31,520
nasa tell us as quickly as possible what

605
00:19:35,830 --> 00:19:33,360
they want to do because the sooner we

606
00:19:37,750 --> 00:19:35,840
know the the sooner we can get other

607
00:19:39,590 --> 00:19:37,760
vendors other suppliers on contract and

608
00:19:41,990 --> 00:19:39,600
get our plans in place to to give them

609
00:19:43,830 --> 00:19:42,000
the most cost effective solution but uh

610
00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:43,840
but definitely this extension i think

611
00:19:47,990 --> 00:19:46,320
will help move things along

612
00:19:49,830 --> 00:19:48,000
okay robert and then we'll take one from

613
00:19:51,750 --> 00:19:49,840
social

614
00:19:53,350 --> 00:19:51,760
hi robert pullman with collectspace.com

615
00:19:55,510 --> 00:19:53,360
with a question for frank

616
00:19:57,830 --> 00:19:55,520
looking at the more immediate future at

617
00:19:59,430 --> 00:19:57,840
the two flights for the later this year

618
00:20:00,870 --> 00:19:59,440
can you give an update on where you are

619
00:20:02,149 --> 00:20:00,880
with the hardware for that for those

620
00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:02,159
flights um

621
00:20:06,870 --> 00:20:04,880
both antares and cygnus sure

622
00:20:08,470 --> 00:20:06,880
our next flight is planned for early may

623
00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:08,480
may 1st i think is the current planned

624
00:20:12,950 --> 00:20:11,520
date the next one is in early october

625
00:20:14,549 --> 00:20:12,960
we actually have

626
00:20:16,870 --> 00:20:14,559
virtually all the hardware for most of

627
00:20:19,270 --> 00:20:16,880
the for both of those flights either

628
00:20:21,190 --> 00:20:19,280
here or in process

629
00:20:23,270 --> 00:20:21,200
the long pole on the antares is the

630
00:20:25,270 --> 00:20:23,280
engines finishing the atp acceptance

631
00:20:28,070 --> 00:20:25,280
testing stennis and getting the engines

632
00:20:29,510 --> 00:20:28,080
delivered here uh we've got other cores

633
00:20:31,350 --> 00:20:29,520
on the way here so we'll actually have i

634
00:20:33,110 --> 00:20:31,360
think four cores here

635
00:20:35,350 --> 00:20:33,120
in about two weeks

636
00:20:36,950 --> 00:20:35,360
which will take us into the next year

637
00:20:38,870 --> 00:20:36,960
on the entire side

638
00:20:40,870 --> 00:20:38,880
we have the first

639
00:20:44,070 --> 00:20:40,880
we've got the spacecraft

640
00:20:45,990 --> 00:20:44,080
completed through orb 3 and orb 4 and 5

641
00:20:48,630 --> 00:20:46,000
are in work and

642
00:20:50,310 --> 00:20:48,640
and the pcms have actually uh been

643
00:20:52,310 --> 00:20:50,320
completed up through about orb six

644
00:20:54,470 --> 00:20:52,320
that's the pressurized cargo module with

645
00:20:56,070 --> 00:20:54,480
the last two uh going through final

646
00:20:57,909 --> 00:20:56,080
assembly now

647
00:21:00,710 --> 00:20:57,919
and then the subsystems are either on

648
00:21:02,390 --> 00:21:00,720
order or on dock and so we're in very

649
00:21:05,990 --> 00:21:02,400
good shape in terms of availability of

650
00:21:10,070 --> 00:21:08,630
we'll take a question from social okay

651
00:21:12,549 --> 00:21:10,080
wonderful our first question from social

652
00:21:14,149 --> 00:21:12,559
media comes from twitter user jupiterfix

653
00:21:16,310 --> 00:21:14,159
could cygnus make a four orbit

654
00:21:19,029 --> 00:21:16,320
rendezvous profile and docked to the iss

655
00:21:22,149 --> 00:21:19,039
in six plus hours

656
00:21:24,789 --> 00:21:23,510
my program manager is sitting back there

657
00:21:26,870 --> 00:21:24,799
and the challenge i've given the team is

658
00:21:29,029 --> 00:21:26,880
to get there in one day so we're working

659
00:21:31,110 --> 00:21:29,039
on that this really is just our first

660
00:21:32,710 --> 00:21:31,120
contract delivery flight so

661
00:21:34,470 --> 00:21:32,720
we're being a somewhat conservative but

662
00:21:36,630 --> 00:21:34,480
actually we're getting there in half the

663
00:21:38,789 --> 00:21:36,640
time we would have on the on the demo

664
00:21:39,909 --> 00:21:38,799
mission already and uh

665
00:21:41,510 --> 00:21:39,919
if the phasing were right we could

666
00:21:43,430 --> 00:21:41,520
probably do it in one day less it really

667
00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:43,440
depends on where the station is when we

668
00:21:47,830 --> 00:21:45,280
launch and

669
00:21:48,950 --> 00:21:47,840
and what how long it takes us to

670
00:21:50,950 --> 00:21:48,960
to

671
00:21:52,149 --> 00:21:50,960
finish all of the orbital adjustments

672
00:21:54,310 --> 00:21:52,159
but i really would like to get there in

673
00:21:56,710 --> 00:21:54,320
one day to to support the science

674
00:21:58,549 --> 00:21:56,720
program and and get the cargo on board

675
00:22:00,149 --> 00:21:58,559
as quickly as possible

676
00:22:01,830 --> 00:22:00,159
let's do one more wonderful our next

677
00:22:02,870 --> 00:22:01,840
question comes from twitter user greg

678
00:22:05,029 --> 00:22:02,880
beet

679
00:22:06,950 --> 00:22:05,039
did the caster 30b the new second stage

680
00:22:12,470 --> 00:22:06,960
perform as expected

681
00:22:15,190 --> 00:22:13,990
uh let's go to the phone line uh i

682
00:22:16,870 --> 00:22:15,200
understand we have a couple reporters

683
00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:16,880
there we'll start with uh tarek molly

684
00:22:24,149 --> 00:22:18,880
from space.com

685
00:22:24,159 --> 00:22:31,669
let's try a dan leone space news

686
00:22:34,630 --> 00:22:33,430
let's go back to wallops any questions

687
00:22:36,470 --> 00:22:34,640
here they told us there's gonna be a

688
00:22:39,350 --> 00:22:36,480
blackout with that solar flare

689
00:22:41,029 --> 00:22:39,360
yeah it could be solar flare

690
00:22:44,070 --> 00:22:41,039
any any further questions

691
00:22:48,070 --> 00:22:46,070
just a quick follow-up for uh maybe

692
00:22:50,710 --> 00:22:48,080
frank uh how long is this mission

693
00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:50,720
programmed to last uh 30 to 45 days

694
00:22:54,390 --> 00:22:52,320
what's the variable there

695
00:22:56,950 --> 00:22:54,400
30 to 45 days and the the variables

696
00:22:58,870 --> 00:22:56,960
really on nasa's side of the equation uh

697
00:23:01,510 --> 00:22:58,880
they've got another mission coming in

698
00:23:03,270 --> 00:23:01,520
february spacex uh they've also got a

699
00:23:05,110 --> 00:23:03,280
russian eva and a russian progress that

700
00:23:08,870 --> 00:23:05,120
are coming up and so they have to work

701
00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:08,880
all this traffic model together uh we uh

702
00:23:12,310 --> 00:23:10,799
we'll guarantee them at least 45 days up

703
00:23:14,870 --> 00:23:12,320
there if they want it right now i think

704
00:23:17,990 --> 00:23:14,880
it's what 40 days frank

705
00:23:19,669 --> 00:23:18,000
so we have some flexibility there

706
00:23:27,590 --> 00:23:19,679
i wanted to add one thing to a previous

707
00:23:30,230 --> 00:23:29,029
i know trent hates it when i do this but

708
00:23:31,430 --> 00:23:30,240
uh

709
00:23:33,190 --> 00:23:31,440
we were talking earlier about the

710
00:23:35,190 --> 00:23:33,200
extension and what that means and and we

711
00:23:37,270 --> 00:23:35,200
talked about the ability to get more

712
00:23:38,149 --> 00:23:37,280
science up there and to to make more

713
00:23:40,149 --> 00:23:38,159
plans

714
00:23:41,110 --> 00:23:40,159
i think another thing that we need to

715
00:23:43,110 --> 00:23:41,120
to

716
00:23:45,909 --> 00:23:43,120
push really hard for with commercial

717
00:23:46,789 --> 00:23:45,919
cargo commercial crew transportation and

718
00:23:48,470 --> 00:23:46,799
the other

719
00:23:50,870 --> 00:23:48,480
capabilities that are coming

720
00:23:52,310 --> 00:23:50,880
in the country is to fly more people to

721
00:23:54,390 --> 00:23:52,320
the space station on a more frequent

722
00:23:56,230 --> 00:23:54,400
basis now right now we're flying people

723
00:23:57,190 --> 00:23:56,240
for about six months at a time crews of

724
00:24:00,630 --> 00:23:57,200
three

725
00:24:02,149 --> 00:24:00,640
rotating in overlapping fashion and

726
00:24:04,230 --> 00:24:02,159
a cruise of six

727
00:24:06,390 --> 00:24:04,240
in overlapping fashion we may eventually

728
00:24:07,430 --> 00:24:06,400
get to seven but the more people we fly

729
00:24:09,909 --> 00:24:07,440
the more interest we'll get in the

730
00:24:11,669 --> 00:24:09,919
country and i think there's a a place

731
00:24:13,590 --> 00:24:11,679
for people who wanna who need to be up

732
00:24:14,789 --> 00:24:13,600
there for six to twelve months for a

733
00:24:16,070 --> 00:24:14,799
variety of reasons there's probably a

734
00:24:17,590 --> 00:24:16,080
place for people who could go up for a

735
00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:17,600
month finish their experiment and come

736
00:24:20,870 --> 00:24:19,360
home now i know all you need is a little

737
00:24:22,149 --> 00:24:20,880
more money for transportation systems

738
00:24:24,149 --> 00:24:22,159
robert but

739
00:24:25,750 --> 00:24:24,159
think about it in terms of how many

740
00:24:27,590 --> 00:24:25,760
people could then come back and tell

741
00:24:29,430 --> 00:24:27,600
people about what they've done and push

742
00:24:31,909 --> 00:24:29,440
the program and help help move it

743
00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:31,919
forward as well as how much experience

744
00:24:37,190 --> 00:24:34,480
could we continue to develop uh in this

745
00:24:38,870 --> 00:24:37,200
country in in uh space flight uh how

746
00:24:40,470 --> 00:24:38,880
many hours how many days could you spend

747
00:24:42,950 --> 00:24:40,480
in space and then how ready those people

748
00:24:45,190 --> 00:24:42,960
will be to do the long missions for

749
00:24:47,909 --> 00:24:45,200
exploration to the moon and mars and

750
00:24:49,830 --> 00:24:47,919
beyond so i really think that

751
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:49,840
having a longer

752
00:24:53,669 --> 00:24:52,400
commitment by the station and uh in an

753
00:24:55,909 --> 00:24:53,679
encouraging

754
00:24:58,789 --> 00:24:55,919
industry to come up with more innovation

755
00:25:00,789 --> 00:24:58,799
on how to uh efficiently transport cargo

756
00:25:02,310 --> 00:25:00,799
and crew up there will help nasa then

757
00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:02,320
maybe transition to

758
00:25:06,149 --> 00:25:04,640
a higher traffic model for the uh for

759
00:25:09,750 --> 00:25:06,159
the crews themselves

760
00:25:13,269 --> 00:25:11,269
let's go back back to the phone line and

761
00:25:18,310 --> 00:25:13,279
see if we can get tarik uh malik go

762
00:25:20,870 --> 00:25:19,669
all right let's do a follow-up with ken

763
00:25:22,789 --> 00:25:20,880
here in the audience and then we'll

764
00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:22,799
we'll go back to social

765
00:25:27,830 --> 00:25:26,159
i follow up for frank um yeah ken kramer

766
00:25:30,149 --> 00:25:27,840
for us today talk a little bit about

767
00:25:31,510 --> 00:25:30,159
you've got the the larger cygnus

768
00:25:33,590 --> 00:25:31,520
cygnus uh

769
00:25:36,630 --> 00:25:33,600
cargo module what will that allow you to

770
00:25:38,789 --> 00:25:36,640
do as and also looking in the long term

771
00:25:40,630 --> 00:25:38,799
talk about the possibilities to to leave

772
00:25:43,029 --> 00:25:40,640
a cygnus up there again in relation to

773
00:25:44,870 --> 00:25:43,039
the fact that iss is going to be there

774
00:25:46,789 --> 00:25:44,880
longer now so this may give you more

775
00:25:49,909 --> 00:25:46,799
incentive to develop a long duration

776
00:25:52,549 --> 00:25:49,919
sickness oh we're happy to do that

777
00:25:54,390 --> 00:25:52,559
yes the extended cygnus will fly our

778
00:25:58,230 --> 00:25:54,400
enhanced cygnus as we call it will fly

779
00:25:59,830 --> 00:25:58,240
on orb4 which will be early 2015. uh

780
00:26:02,630 --> 00:25:59,840
it'll be a meter longer it'll carry

781
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:02,640
about 600 or 700 kilograms more of cargo

782
00:26:05,669 --> 00:26:04,240
than the current one

783
00:26:07,269 --> 00:26:05,679
which of course gives nasa more

784
00:26:10,630 --> 00:26:07,279
flexibility

785
00:26:11,990 --> 00:26:10,640
and and we think it'll also benefit the

786
00:26:13,990 --> 00:26:12,000
station greatly by being able to get

787
00:26:15,830 --> 00:26:14,000
more cargo up there and now we don't

788
00:26:19,029 --> 00:26:15,840
want to have the downside of saying well

789
00:26:20,789 --> 00:26:19,039
you carry more so you fly less often

790
00:26:22,710 --> 00:26:20,799
we just want them to do more up there so

791
00:26:24,310 --> 00:26:22,720
they'll need to need to use it but it

792
00:26:26,310 --> 00:26:24,320
also allows us to take heavier and

793
00:26:27,669 --> 00:26:26,320
denser cargo up there including water

794
00:26:30,149 --> 00:26:27,679
and batteries and things like that if

795
00:26:31,750 --> 00:26:30,159
needed as far as staying on orbit longer

796
00:26:33,510 --> 00:26:31,760
we've had discussions with nasa and

797
00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:33,520
other people actually about that with

798
00:26:37,909 --> 00:26:35,760
cygnus the spacecraft itself is based on

799
00:26:39,830 --> 00:26:37,919
the legacy of our commercial satellites

800
00:26:41,990 --> 00:26:39,840
are designed sometimes for as much as 15

801
00:26:43,909 --> 00:26:42,000
years and so we've got really robust

802
00:26:46,390 --> 00:26:43,919
components in the in the spacecraft with

803
00:26:48,789 --> 00:26:46,400
a lot of capability for for maneuvering

804
00:26:50,230 --> 00:26:48,799
and rendezvous as you've seen and so i

805
00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:50,240
think it could be used to support

806
00:26:54,230 --> 00:26:52,320
exploration it could be used to support

807
00:26:56,310 --> 00:26:54,240
long-duration missions elsewhere it

808
00:26:57,909 --> 00:26:56,320
could also be used to test

809
00:26:59,909 --> 00:26:57,919
systems on the station if nasa would

810
00:27:01,750 --> 00:26:59,919
like to do that they could attach a

811
00:27:03,590 --> 00:27:01,760
cygnus unload the cargo and then

812
00:27:04,870 --> 00:27:03,600
activate a life support system for

813
00:27:06,870 --> 00:27:04,880
example for

814
00:27:07,990 --> 00:27:06,880
testing for a trip to mars or wherever

815
00:27:09,269 --> 00:27:08,000
they'd like to go

816
00:27:10,789 --> 00:27:09,279
they could actually lock a crew in there

817
00:27:12,070 --> 00:27:10,799
for 12 months and see how they do you

818
00:27:13,990 --> 00:27:12,080
know and

819
00:27:16,870 --> 00:27:14,000
simulate a mars mission

820
00:27:17,909 --> 00:27:16,880
i'd do it yeah but but i think to to

821
00:27:19,430 --> 00:27:17,919
your question

822
00:27:20,950 --> 00:27:19,440
the extension allows us to start having

823
00:27:22,389 --> 00:27:20,960
those kind of discussions in a very

824
00:27:24,149 --> 00:27:22,399
serious way right because there's a lot

825
00:27:25,669 --> 00:27:24,159
of those i could there's a lot of those

826
00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:25,679
kind of examples

827
00:27:29,350 --> 00:27:27,440
and as long as they're all aligned with

828
00:27:31,190 --> 00:27:29,360
where we're heading from a perspective

829
00:27:32,149 --> 00:27:31,200
like frank said we're heading to take

830
00:27:33,909 --> 00:27:32,159
people

831
00:27:35,269 --> 00:27:33,919
further into space those are the kind of

832
00:27:37,350 --> 00:27:35,279
things the kind of discussions we'll be

833
00:27:38,789 --> 00:27:37,360
able to have now um

834
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in a much

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with a much longer term view of where we

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want to go so that's what's pretty

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exciting about it

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let's take two more and we'll let you

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guys get back to the space flight we'll

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take one from social and do a follow-up

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with robert go ahead jason

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wonderful this question comes from

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twitter user dean ripley does orbital

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sciences plan on the development of a

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human-rated cygnus module

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assuming the continued success of crs

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right now we're not working on human

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rating the cygnus itself um the i mean

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it has a certain amount of human rating

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in order to be able to fly to the space

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station but in terms of being able to

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launch people in it or to return people

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to earth it's not

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not currently in our plans we could make

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modifications but that's a ways away

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actually uh since the phone lines

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weren't working via the social media

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tariq malek from space.com

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a question for frank um how long is uh

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cygnus going to stay at the station do

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you have a

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target undocking day well about 40 days

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is the current plan uh we could stay 45

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and uh if nasa needed us to we could

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probably figure out a way to stay longer

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but currently 45 is what we're

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contracted for on this mission

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inventive like it okay that's going to

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do it um so as as frank said we have a

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uh we're looking ahead to rendezvous on

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sunday january 12th uh nasa tv coverage

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of that will begin at 5 00 a.m for a 602

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grapple uh

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nasty v coverage will continue at 7 00

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a.m for the installation by the

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expedition 38 crew

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as the as they birth cygnus so on behalf

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of everyone here at wallops i'm trim

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parado thank you so much please help me

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thank our our panelists for joining us