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hello everyone and welcome to today's

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pre-launch status briefing for the orb 2

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mission to the international space

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station

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orbital science's cygnus cargo

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spacecraft is loaded with about 3 000

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pounds of cargo for the space station

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and its crew the antares rocket is

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poised for liftoff tomorrow at 12 52 pm

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eastern time from the mid-atlantic

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regional spaceport's launch pad zero a

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here at nasa's wallops flight facility

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in virginia here to talk about how

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preparations for tomorrow's launch are

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going are frank culbertson

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executive vice president of orbital

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sciences

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mike pinkston

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antares program manager for orbital

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sarah doherty test director at wallops

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flight facility

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and joining us by phone from houston dan

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hartman deputy international space

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station program manager

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for those of you watching us on tv today

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or through the web we'll take your

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questions through social media

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you can use the hashtag asknasa and

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we'll get your question asked in here

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dan why don't we start with you on the

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all right thank you rachel and good

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afternoon everybody from houston

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let's see teams uh teams at orbital here

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in the control center and our crew on

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board iss we've been extremely busy in

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preparation for the launch of warp two

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tomorrow

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i just checked in with the with the

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flight director in the control room and

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the iss is ready to receive cygnus

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we've checked out our proximity control

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system inspected the node 2 cbm port

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installed our centerline birthing camera

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and we provided some extra time for the

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control for the crew to conduct some

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ssrms proficiency proficiency training

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for the for the birthing operation all

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this was completed successfully last

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week

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all other systems on board the iss are

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ready uh we conducted

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a readiness review with at the imt with

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with the partnership and uh

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gave a go for the mission so so we're

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good to go and look forward to it

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tomorrow

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on friday morning we did move up a

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planned reboost that we had for later in

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the week

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we'd been tracking a repeating debris

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item and teams agreed on a new burn plan

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so we performed that re-boost debris

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avoidance maneuver yesterday

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uh it's posing no problems for for

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cygnus berthing and also sets us up for

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the 56p docking later in the month

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as far as the orb 2 mission uh with the

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launch tomorrow suwanee will capture

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cygnus on on wednesday the 16th and then

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uh cargo transfer

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operations almost immediately

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and start our new research campaign with

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uh with the resupply of

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that cargo to the iss

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as rachel mentioned total cargo transfer

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is just over 1650 kilogram

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uh 650 kilograms of food which we'll

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we're glad to be receiving to replenish

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our pantries

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and we have about 325 kilograms of

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additional research that we've taken on

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we'll also be carrying a pump for the

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for the japanese module uh they've they

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suffered a failure

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a few months back and so we're carrying

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a replacement pump up for them that'll

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get them back up to complete redundancy

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and we also have a new installation kit

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for our nitrogen and oxygen delivery

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system this is just a kit that we will

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carrying the actual tanks to resupply

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so our plan is to keep cygnus on board

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for about a month fill it with the

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and then uh prepare uh ourselves for the

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for the next mission which will be the

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atv uh in in in late july

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uh we're really looking forward to this

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resupply mission and so

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i know the teams that wallace have been

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working tirelessly to prepare the

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vehicle for launch so i'll turn it over

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to frank for the for the orbital status

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okay thank you very much dan that was a

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good summary of the contents of the

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mission and what we're trying to

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um on behalf of david thompson and the

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rest of the orbital team i want to say

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we're very proud and pleased to be back

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here at wallops again

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conducting this operation leading up to

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the launch of antares and the rendezvous

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of cygnus with the international space

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station

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to carry over 1650 kilograms of cargo to

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we're real proud to be a part of the

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team that is keeping the station flying

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and providing the crew with the cargo

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and the research that they need

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what we are resupplying them with

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because that's what the station is there

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for is to conduct research and we uh we

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like being a part of that we like

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knowing what we're carrying and uh and

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activities that occur afterwards and

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explaining to students and teachers and

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other interested people of what we're

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doing up there and why it's important

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that we carry this cargo

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it's been a little bit of a challenge to

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started back in may with an anticipated

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launch date that was moved because of

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june date uh to work some technical

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issues and here we are getting ready to

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mike pinkston will talk a little bit

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more about the issues we worked through

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rehearsals the integrated training with

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nasa uh trained the crew and and the

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team is uh really ready to go and and

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conduct this mission as uh dan said we

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will rendezvous early on the morning of

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and uh begin unloading the the cargo

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model they've got quite a problem

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module with with as much disposable

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cargo as possible and then re-enter

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experiments of our own during that those

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five days to continue to improve on the

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performance of our systems make sure

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this particular spacecraft is named the

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ss janus voss

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janus is a friend of many of us both at

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orbital and in the nasa

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community particularly the nasa

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early in her career after attending

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purdue she worked at orbital sciences

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for about three or four years as an

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engineer and then was selected as an

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astronaut and flew five missions for

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unfortunately she passed away a couple

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years ago and it was a great loss to the

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whole team and to

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the nasa community but we wanted to

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honor her and her family by naming the

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spacecraft after janus and we think it's

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a fitting tribute to a really fine

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engineer and an outstanding astronaut

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and a great human being

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and we're proud to be able to continue

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the complication of keeping it supplied

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of keeping it uh flying and even

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politically keeping it supported by the

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various governments around the world uh

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almost everybody involved in it around

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the world understands the importance of

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maintaining this foothold on the high

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ground in space because it is the next

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stepping stone to wherever we're going

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to go next whether it's the moon mars

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system we need to continue to do that

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it's real important that we

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use the opportunity of having humans in

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space to look back on the earth

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selfie um but uh we're looking at the

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earth to see what we look like and then

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world and i think it's a great

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to continue to do that and to continue

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to keep the interest up in in space

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flight so again we're proud to be a part

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of that look forward to the launch

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tomorrow and i look forward to the

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antares team doing their usual

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spectacular job of getting us into space

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and over to mike pinkston thanks frank

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i think we have a short video to show

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here uh and and i think the the launch

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ready to go i think uh these are some

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shots of the uh

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getting prepared for the uh the final

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uh and then here we go with uh with the

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team working to uh to load that final

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lots of lots of good work going on there

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a number of close-out activities

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tests that have to run and uh

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but before we can before we can prep to

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launch and and

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we really need uh

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we need we need everything to really go

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like clockwork in order to to hit our

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timeline to get to uh

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to get to launch

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uh

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and and you know as frank frank alluded

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as we continue to watch uh the cargo uh

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loading process into the end of the

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cygnus uh we did run into some uh you

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know some hiccups along the way this

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time around uh

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a lot of it uh weather related as you

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can imagine the the recent

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storms that we had in the area the last

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few days you know we can't we can't roll

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the rocket out to the pad

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and certainly not conduct hazardous

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ordnance ops with with that sort of

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weather in the area

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so we uh you know we ended up taking

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some significant delays uh you know

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several hours at a time as the team

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tried to work through i mean and around

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the weather

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as that threw us off course a couple of

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times and

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looks like the video's stopped ignore it

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okay so anyway we uh you know we worked

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through a lot of uh significant issues

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with with the weather i ran into a

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couple of technical issues along the way

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i think we finally got to roll out

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thursday night

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or sorry thursday morning early

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work work through the day and and you

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know worked through a couple of issues

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the last day or so and at this point

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we've

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got the vehicle in its final

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final throws of launch preps

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went through the lrr just

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about a couple hours ago

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and at this point we're

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ready to launch very proud to be here

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and you know the team has worked

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extremely hard both you know orbital

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uh the wallops mars and and nasa jsc

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customer uh to work around some

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significant hurdles and and and get us

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to where we are today ready to go we're

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looking forward to tomorrow

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so i think with that i'll uh pass it

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over to sarah all right thank you mike

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uh the nasa wall launch range is

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responsible for tracking and ensuring a

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safe flight of the antares vehicle

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and one of the final milestones in that

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process is our launch readiness review

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which we conducted just a little bit

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earlier

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today where our facility director

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granted the final authority to proceed

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with the launch operation so as far as

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that goes we've jumped over that final

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milestone and we're ready to go

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tomorrow

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i have an image

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here to show you all to talk about our

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range support

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from a data and communications

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perspective and range support we have

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instrumentation including radars and

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telemetry and command systems here

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located here at wallops as well as a

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downrange site in bermuda where we also

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provide tracking support for the flight

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of the vehicle

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and all those systems or instrumentation

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as we call it have been configured and

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verified ready to

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support launch we've gone through

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numerous procedures over the last couple

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days to check out those systems and

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verify that they are

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are ready to go

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another part of ensuring safe flight for

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launch is to ensure that the launch area

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and the hazard areas are clear so we do

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that by

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getting approval from external agencies

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like the faa and some military

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operations facili military operations

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organizations that control air space and

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sea surface space off our coast here so

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we have issued all of our notices to

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airmen notices to mariners

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to get the word out that we are

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launching and what our hazard areas are

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for tomorrow

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i'll roll into our weather forecast

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now which is looking very good for

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tomorrow so this is provided by our

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launch weather officer

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and tomorrow we're looking at partly

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cloudy skies with a slight breeze winds

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are going to be out of the south

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with about 10 to 15 knots

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temperatures in the mid 80s and taking

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all that into consideration that gives

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us a 90 percent probability of great

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conditions for launch so tomorrow is

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going to be a really nice day

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considering it's summer in july and

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we're in the in the mid-atlantic region

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so tomorrow looks really great and with

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that enroll into my next picture here

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you should get to see

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this launch from a pretty far distance

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so somewhere from about new jersey to

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north carolina with the good weather

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conditions will provide a really great

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view of anybody along the eastern

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seaboard there to check it out

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and with that i'll turn it back over to

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rachel okay thanks sarah all right we'll

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take some questions from folks here and

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on the phone as well

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as a reminder from the for those

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watching from afar you can

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send us your questions via social media

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using the hashtag asknasa

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and if you wouldn't mind stating your

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name and affiliation and to whom you're

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addressing your question that will

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really help us out especially with dan

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on the phone

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um ken do you want to start

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we have a mike

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thank you ken kramer for universe today

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my question is for uh frank and mike can

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you talk a little bit about the engine

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problem that you had

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with that what exactly was the problem

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in mississippi but the engine damage

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uh talk a little bit about the

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inspections what was the the lessons

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learned and what's the way forward

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please thank you

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i can i can take a a stab at that but

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you know i think as as you know we had a

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a failure in

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acceptance test of uh one of our engines

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engine 17 was the nomenclature

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that that obviously sparked

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a

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supplier but

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supported fully by orbital and and a lot

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of help from from nasa and some of the

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various nasa centers and and specific

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expertise that they brought to bear

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um you know that that was a you know a

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lengthy process and and uh you know the

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the primary source of of the delay from

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the early part of june to where we are

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today as we as we worked our way through

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that

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um you know one of the one of the

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outcomes of that uh of that process was

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a desire to go back and conduct some

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specific investigators inspections

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of the engines uh really it'll it'll

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happen to all engines but uh but first

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and foremost to the engines that we had

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on the orb ii vehicle out here wallops

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at the time

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to confirm the presence and proper

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configuration of some critical features

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uh within within the engine

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uh that were you know in areas of

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interest relative to the to the failure

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and the and the uh you know what what

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the investigation had concluded as far

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as some of the likely uh potential

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causes

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that was obviously a favorable result we

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we saw what we needed to see uh you know

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and with with that and and and with the

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fact that these engines have

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uh successfully passed uh you know the

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same acceptance process not only here in

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the united states but also kind of twice

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after original manufacturing in russia

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they've got a lot of test time on them

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we've got a lot of confidence that the

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the two engines on on orb 2 are ready to

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go

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i just just want to add to that that the

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uh

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problem with engine 17

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from orbital and uh aerojet to the to

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the

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nasa personnel at stennis marshall jsc

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and headquarters

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has been phenomenal and that helps us

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get to a favorable

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result as we deal with problems like

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this the same is what we've had this

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week in dealing with some of the issues

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we've had to work through the nasa mars

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orbital team has

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has started working together even more

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smoothly than before and i think we're

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going to see that this becomes a a

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routine situation where we work as one

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team when we're leading up to the launch

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and we attribu achieve success by by

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putting the pieces together with the

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best professionals available and

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everybody chips in and works really hard

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and we sure appreciate that

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jeff bowser's space review for sarah um

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you mentioned getting the notices out to

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mariners and such given that this launch

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is taking place in the middle of a day

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on a weekend in the height of tourist

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season do you do anything special to

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make sure that the range that there's no

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boats getting into the restricted areas

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given the also the very short launch

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window that's available sure

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typically we do do a lot of work uh to

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ensure those types of things for this

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one we have taken an extra step like you

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mentioned because of just the time of

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year that it is and it is a weekend day

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so we've made a huge effort to go out

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and talk to all the recreational boaters

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make some visits to the harbors that are

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here where people would be launching

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their boats from

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we also have per the code of

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federal regulations and with the help of

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the the coast guard and virginia marine

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police

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an area called a danger zone which is

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about a 30 nautical mile sector just off

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our coast here where we have

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fine and arrest authority there to

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actually clear people out of our hazard

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area so

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we do we have made those extra strides

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for this launch and we're confident that

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we can

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have a clear range for the first second

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let's see let's go here

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hi robert perlman with collect space um

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for frank and dan um

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it was noted today that it was the that

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today is the 5 000th uh day of

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continuous crude ops on the space

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station

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and um

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it may be a little obvious but i wonder

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how critical um deliveries such as

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cygnus is providing is to maintaining

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that record of continuous ops and

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and

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pushing it forward

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i suggest that dan uh answers the

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question of the actual criticality the

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way we look at it at orbital is every

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flight is critical

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we carry a variety of

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types of cargo on board which includes

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food and basic supplies for the crew and

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also the research research as i said

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they really can't afford to get behind

564
00:21:08,470 --> 00:21:07,039
on any of that with six people up there

565
00:21:10,149 --> 00:21:08,480
and if we're going to keep six people on

566
00:21:11,590 --> 00:21:10,159
the station we need a routine and

567
00:21:12,950 --> 00:21:11,600
regular delivery of cargo and that's

568
00:21:14,549 --> 00:21:12,960
what we're trying to establish with this

569
00:21:16,230 --> 00:21:14,559
service

570
00:21:18,230 --> 00:21:16,240
yeah and robert you know you mentioned

571
00:21:19,590 --> 00:21:18,240
five thousand days and that's certainly

572
00:21:21,510 --> 00:21:19,600
uh you know

573
00:21:23,590 --> 00:21:21,520
celebratory in its own right and just

574
00:21:25,750 --> 00:21:23,600
over a couple months ago we we reached

575
00:21:27,830 --> 00:21:25,760
five years on orbit with uh with six

576
00:21:29,510 --> 00:21:27,840
person crew and so uh you know the

577
00:21:32,470 --> 00:21:29,520
milestones that we're we're achieving

578
00:21:34,710 --> 00:21:32,480
are are pretty remarkable uh 15 years on

579
00:21:36,710 --> 00:21:34,720
board as well so you know but but as

580
00:21:38,710 --> 00:21:36,720
frank mentions right you got to you got

581
00:21:39,990 --> 00:21:38,720
to resupply the crew you got to keep the

582
00:21:47,029 --> 00:21:40,000
research

583
00:21:49,669 --> 00:21:47,039
samples uh you know there's a lot of

584
00:21:51,990 --> 00:21:49,679
system maturation that we need to do uh

585
00:21:53,669 --> 00:21:52,000
that we're testing out on the iss

586
00:21:55,510 --> 00:21:53,679
uh if we're gonna go deeper and further

587
00:21:57,270 --> 00:21:55,520
into space it could be the regen eclipse

588
00:21:59,350 --> 00:21:57,280
system understanding radiation a little

589
00:22:01,510 --> 00:21:59,360
bit better effects on the human body

590
00:22:03,430 --> 00:22:01,520
just just a host of uh

591
00:22:05,590 --> 00:22:03,440
of technical challenges that we know are

592
00:22:08,549 --> 00:22:05,600
out there and and the way to

593
00:22:10,950 --> 00:22:08,559
to to succeed and buy down all that risk

594
00:22:13,909 --> 00:22:10,960
is is to have these vehicles sicknesses

595
00:22:16,470 --> 00:22:13,919
atvs the hdvs the spacex's uh

596
00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:16,480
have a consistent resupply

597
00:22:21,430 --> 00:22:18,880
of uh not only uh you know the supplies

598
00:22:23,990 --> 00:22:21,440
needed for the crew but uh but also the

599
00:22:27,350 --> 00:22:24,000
you know the cutting edge uh technology

600
00:22:30,630 --> 00:22:27,360
demonstrations that we need to to to fly

601
00:22:33,270 --> 00:22:30,640
to uh to test uh yes fail at times

602
00:22:36,390 --> 00:22:33,280
retest uh just uh just to have that big

603
00:22:37,909 --> 00:22:36,400
learning experience as we go forward

604
00:22:40,950 --> 00:22:37,919
okay a couple more here and then we'll

605
00:22:44,310 --> 00:22:40,960
go to the phone

606
00:22:47,909 --> 00:22:44,320
harvey leifert freelance science writer

607
00:22:50,390 --> 00:22:47,919
my question i think is for dan hartman

608
00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:50,400
i'm concerned about the the garbage

609
00:22:53,590 --> 00:22:51,760
issue

610
00:22:55,110 --> 00:22:53,600
as i understand it the

611
00:22:57,590 --> 00:22:55,120
return trip

612
00:22:59,430 --> 00:22:57,600
which will end in the atlantic ocean

613
00:23:00,870 --> 00:22:59,440
will be carrying a lot of trash from the

614
00:23:02,950 --> 00:23:00,880
space station

615
00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:02,960
and i wonder why rather than further

616
00:23:07,110 --> 00:23:04,480
pollute the ocean

617
00:23:10,549 --> 00:23:07,120
it isn't simply figuratively kicked out

618
00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:10,559
the door on a downward uh trajectory

619
00:23:13,190 --> 00:23:12,000
that will cause it to burn up in the

620
00:23:14,070 --> 00:23:13,200
atmosphere

621
00:23:15,750 --> 00:23:14,080
yeah

622
00:23:18,549 --> 00:23:15,760
and i'm sorry i didn't copy the name but

623
00:23:20,310 --> 00:23:18,559
that's exactly what we do uh there there

624
00:23:21,990 --> 00:23:20,320
is you know and frank can explain with

625
00:23:23,909 --> 00:23:22,000
the with the cygnus vehicle you know

626
00:23:25,669 --> 00:23:23,919
himself but the the trash the

627
00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:25,679
trajectories we take to come in through

628
00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:28,320
the atmosphere uh it is a completely

629
00:23:34,230 --> 00:23:31,120
burn up of those vehicles uh and so

630
00:23:36,710 --> 00:23:34,240
uh at times we do have very very uh

631
00:23:37,430 --> 00:23:36,720
heavy items that we do specific analysis

632
00:23:39,830 --> 00:23:37,440
on

633
00:23:42,149 --> 00:23:39,840
uh that you know

634
00:23:43,909 --> 00:23:42,159
very very rarely but uh and then we we

635
00:23:47,350 --> 00:23:43,919
build a trajectory of where those

636
00:23:49,269 --> 00:23:47,360
specific items uh should hit uh earth

637
00:23:51,510 --> 00:23:49,279
but uh you know in general all these

638
00:23:53,909 --> 00:23:51,520
vehicles the russian vehicles the htvs

639
00:23:56,230 --> 00:23:53,919
the atvs the cygnus vehicles they all

640
00:23:57,510 --> 00:23:56,240
completely burn up on re-entry uh and

641
00:24:00,310 --> 00:23:57,520
nothing makes it back down into the

642
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:02,710
okay

643
00:24:06,870 --> 00:24:05,190
this is jd taylor with usa in space uh

644
00:24:08,870 --> 00:24:06,880
first i want to say thank you for uh

645
00:24:11,190 --> 00:24:08,880
launching from wallops it's nice to have

646
00:24:13,110 --> 00:24:11,200
it much more local for myself but also i

647
00:24:14,950 --> 00:24:13,120
think it's a beautiful location are all

648
00:24:17,590 --> 00:24:14,960
of your flights is for dan uh earlier

649
00:24:20,149 --> 00:24:17,600
flights going to be from wallops and are

650
00:24:22,950 --> 00:24:20,159
you finding some advantage to that as as

651
00:24:24,950 --> 00:24:22,960
being visible from dc that might help

652
00:24:27,590 --> 00:24:24,960
more of the space interest is that for

653
00:24:29,909 --> 00:24:27,600
us yes i'm sorry yeah i'm sorry

654
00:24:32,390 --> 00:24:29,919
uh yes right now the antares the only

655
00:24:34,230 --> 00:24:32,400
launch site that is prepared for antares

656
00:24:35,669 --> 00:24:34,240
is here at orbital and uh of course it

657
00:24:37,830 --> 00:24:35,679
belongs to the mid-atlantic regional

658
00:24:39,350 --> 00:24:37,840
spaceport uh an offshoot of virginia

659
00:24:42,390 --> 00:24:39,360
space flight authority

660
00:24:43,990 --> 00:24:42,400
uh they are a tenant here at nasa and uh

661
00:24:46,870 --> 00:24:44,000
and it's been a really good

662
00:24:48,390 --> 00:24:46,880
teamwork effort to bring this launch

663
00:24:49,190 --> 00:24:48,400
facility here and to bring the rocket

664
00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:49,200
here

665
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:50,080
um

666
00:24:54,070 --> 00:24:52,400
the antares is designed specifically to

667
00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:54,080
operate out of this field but out of

668
00:24:58,070 --> 00:24:56,000
this spaceport but it could operate out

669
00:25:00,470 --> 00:24:58,080
of others if we have enough customers

670
00:25:02,230 --> 00:25:00,480
and we require enough increase in launch

671
00:25:04,390 --> 00:25:02,240
rate to go other places

672
00:25:05,350 --> 00:25:04,400
uh but we like lancashire out of wallops

673
00:25:06,950 --> 00:25:05,360
it's uh

674
00:25:08,390 --> 00:25:06,960
we got a good relationship with

675
00:25:10,390 --> 00:25:08,400
everybody in the area

676
00:25:12,149 --> 00:25:10,400
and uh it also gets us a little bit away

677
00:25:14,870 --> 00:25:12,159
from the congestion of traffic that

678
00:25:17,430 --> 00:25:14,880
other launch sites occasionally have and

679
00:25:20,230 --> 00:25:17,440
and it also is well situated to put us

680
00:25:23,190 --> 00:25:20,240
in the uh space station orbit uh as we

681
00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:23,200
leave and fly to the southeast

682
00:25:26,789 --> 00:25:24,640
okay i think we have a couple on the

683
00:25:28,789 --> 00:25:26,799
phone we'll start with iron cloths of

684
00:25:31,110 --> 00:25:28,799
reuters

685
00:25:34,310 --> 00:25:31,120
thanks rachel um i have uh several

686
00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:34,320
questions the first is for you frank

687
00:25:38,710 --> 00:25:36,240
six months ago you said that you weren't

688
00:25:41,110 --> 00:25:38,720
able to discuss any other prospective

689
00:25:43,110 --> 00:25:41,120
customers for antares because anything

690
00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:43,120
changed on that count

691
00:25:49,909 --> 00:25:46,710
thank you

692
00:25:51,990 --> 00:25:49,919
thanks um and if if mike went into this

693
00:25:54,470 --> 00:25:52,000
a little bit it got cut out by the

694
00:25:56,549 --> 00:25:54,480
operator on the call about the upshot of

695
00:25:59,029 --> 00:25:56,559
the aj26 failure

696
00:26:01,269 --> 00:25:59,039
um what was what was the problem there

697
00:26:03,430 --> 00:26:01,279
and then i have two quick ones for dan

698
00:26:04,470 --> 00:26:03,440
thanks

699
00:26:06,870 --> 00:26:04,480
yeah well

700
00:26:09,669 --> 00:26:06,880
uh as i mentioned earlier uh you know

701
00:26:11,590 --> 00:26:09,679
can't can't get in too much detail about

702
00:26:13,750 --> 00:26:11,600
the the actual nature of the problem but

703
00:26:15,830 --> 00:26:13,760
uh you know i did mention that uh you

704
00:26:16,630 --> 00:26:15,840
know based on on our investigation we

705
00:26:19,029 --> 00:26:16,640
did

706
00:26:21,269 --> 00:26:19,039
do some uh uh specific targeted

707
00:26:23,350 --> 00:26:21,279
inspections of the of the fleet of

708
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:23,360
engines we have most notably the two

709
00:26:26,950 --> 00:26:25,760
that are on on the orb 2 rocket right

710
00:26:28,870 --> 00:26:26,960
now

711
00:26:31,269 --> 00:26:28,880
and it did see what we needed to see in

712
00:26:34,310 --> 00:26:31,279
terms of proper configuration and

713
00:26:36,390 --> 00:26:34,320
of some specific features of concern

714
00:26:38,870 --> 00:26:36,400
uh you know and then obviously those

715
00:26:40,950 --> 00:26:38,880
engines have have a pretty solid test

716
00:26:42,390 --> 00:26:40,960
history behind them as well so we're

717
00:26:44,950 --> 00:26:42,400
very confident that we got two good

718
00:26:47,510 --> 00:26:44,960
engines on the vehicle

719
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:47,520
thanks very much and for dan what is the

720
00:26:53,430 --> 00:26:50,720
current schedule for the next spacex

721
00:26:54,950 --> 00:26:53,440
launch and um are you still planning on

722
00:26:58,870 --> 00:26:54,960
issuing the

723
00:27:00,549 --> 00:26:58,880
final rfp for the crcrs2

724
00:27:01,350 --> 00:27:00,559
follow-on contract

725
00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:01,360
on

726
00:27:07,029 --> 00:27:04,400
september 30th thank you

727
00:27:08,390 --> 00:27:07,039
yeah let's see uh uh who actually would

728
00:27:10,549 --> 00:27:08,400
i think was irene right we're we're

729
00:27:12,390 --> 00:27:10,559
having uh what we call our uh

730
00:27:13,909 --> 00:27:12,400
space station control board on tuesday

731
00:27:17,510 --> 00:27:13,919
where we're gonna go over our our

732
00:27:19,909 --> 00:27:17,520
forward manifesting plans uh right now

733
00:27:21,350 --> 00:27:19,919
what we'll show at that review is spacex

734
00:27:22,710 --> 00:27:21,360
4 on

735
00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:22,720
9 12

736
00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:24,320
september 12th

737
00:27:29,269 --> 00:27:25,279
um

738
00:27:31,430 --> 00:27:29,279
and then i'm sorry oh the the rfp

739
00:27:35,350 --> 00:27:31,440
i probably need to check

740
00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:35,360
we put an rfi out for uh recently for

741
00:27:38,870 --> 00:27:36,880
the crs2

742
00:27:40,310 --> 00:27:38,880
i know it is planned to come out later

743
00:27:42,070 --> 00:27:40,320
in the year

744
00:27:46,830 --> 00:27:42,080
and i'll just have to take an action to

745
00:27:53,269 --> 00:27:49,830
that okay i think we have one other

746
00:27:59,350 --> 00:27:55,430
it got cut out by the operator on the

747
00:28:15,590 --> 00:27:59,360
call about the upcoming 26 days

748
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:21,669
let's take a question here in the room

749
00:28:25,510 --> 00:28:24,149
the money tmc net um can you talk a

750
00:28:27,430 --> 00:28:25,520
little bit about the inspections it

751
00:28:28,789 --> 00:28:27,440
sounds like they were all visual and

752
00:28:30,549 --> 00:28:28,799
something that you didn't have to tear

753
00:28:32,230 --> 00:28:30,559
down

754
00:28:33,750 --> 00:28:32,240
the engines for it was something that

755
00:28:36,389 --> 00:28:33,760
was relatively easy you could do with a

756
00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:36,399
bore scope or just opening up a panel is

757
00:28:40,389 --> 00:28:38,159
that correct

758
00:28:42,870 --> 00:28:40,399
yeah that that's generally right it was

759
00:28:44,950 --> 00:28:42,880
uh it was pretty non-invasive but

760
00:28:47,590 --> 00:28:44,960
conducted with a borescope and and

761
00:28:49,029 --> 00:28:47,600
visual uh through a port that gives us

762
00:28:51,110 --> 00:28:49,039
access

763
00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:51,120
to some areas of interest and we were

764
00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:53,200
able to visually confirm that

765
00:28:57,350 --> 00:28:55,600
you know the the configuration of the

766
00:28:59,830 --> 00:28:57,360
hardware that we were interested in was

767
00:29:01,590 --> 00:28:59,840
as we expected

768
00:29:03,350 --> 00:29:01,600
okay and i think we have a couple from

769
00:29:04,070 --> 00:29:03,360
social media

770
00:29:07,029 --> 00:29:04,080
sure

771
00:29:07,990 --> 00:29:07,039
first question is for frank from gene on

772
00:29:09,350 --> 00:29:08,000
twitter

773
00:29:11,430 --> 00:29:09,360
he's wondering if you can discuss what

774
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:11,440
the experiments are that orbital will be

775
00:29:16,549 --> 00:29:14,240
performing on cygnus

776
00:29:18,470 --> 00:29:16,559
we'll be looking at uh

777
00:29:21,029 --> 00:29:18,480
rendezvous with a new system that we're

778
00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:21,039
incorporating into cygnus that will

779
00:29:23,590 --> 00:29:21,760
be

780
00:29:25,990 --> 00:29:23,600
more cost effective and a little bit

781
00:29:27,350 --> 00:29:26,000
less weight less mass on board and so we

782
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:27,360
want to check it out thoroughly before

783
00:29:30,710 --> 00:29:29,360
we continue to fly with it routinely on

784
00:29:33,029 --> 00:29:30,720
future missions

785
00:29:34,950 --> 00:29:33,039
we're also looking at new profiles for

786
00:29:37,430 --> 00:29:34,960
re-entry which will ensure that we do

787
00:29:39,029 --> 00:29:37,440
burn up as we as we re-enter

788
00:29:41,350 --> 00:29:39,039
but also might be more efficient in

789
00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:41,360
terms of saving fuel for other uses

790
00:29:45,990 --> 00:29:42,320
during the

791
00:29:47,750 --> 00:29:46,000
we want to be able to fly cygnus for

792
00:29:48,870 --> 00:29:47,760
extended periods of time after it leaves

793
00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:48,880
the station

794
00:29:54,070 --> 00:29:49,760
and

795
00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:54,080
there are nasa centers that want to

796
00:29:57,750 --> 00:29:55,760
conduct other experiments and the longer

797
00:30:00,070 --> 00:29:57,760
we can stay in space the better and so

798
00:30:01,590 --> 00:30:00,080
we're looking at ways to ensure that we

799
00:30:03,430 --> 00:30:01,600
understand the most efficient operation

800
00:30:06,630 --> 00:30:03,440
of the spacecraft once it leaves the

801
00:30:11,190 --> 00:30:08,630
the next step is from marsha smith on

802
00:30:12,710 --> 00:30:11,200
twitter for sarah what's the 10

803
00:30:14,710 --> 00:30:12,720
probability that you won't be able to

804
00:30:16,230 --> 00:30:14,720
watch tomorrow is it thunderstorms or

805
00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:16,240
winds

806
00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:18,480
that's a great question uh the 10 is

807
00:30:24,070 --> 00:30:21,039
just for potential like cumulus clouds

808
00:30:27,029 --> 00:30:24,080
forming in the area that may have convec

809
00:30:29,510 --> 00:30:27,039
be convective in nature and

810
00:30:31,990 --> 00:30:29,520
potentially come up but it's very small

811
00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:32,000
it was hard to give it zero so we had to

812
00:30:36,310 --> 00:30:34,720
had to give it 10 on that

813
00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:36,320
they'd never give they never give us a

814
00:30:40,789 --> 00:30:38,480
hundred

815
00:30:42,950 --> 00:30:40,799
and more from social media sure ron from

816
00:30:45,350 --> 00:30:42,960
twitter is asking what the launch window

817
00:30:47,190 --> 00:30:45,360
looks like for tomorrow

818
00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:47,200
the launch window is uh five minutes

819
00:30:51,669 --> 00:30:48,960
long which is our typical window for

820
00:30:53,909 --> 00:30:51,679
operating out of wallops and

821
00:30:55,350 --> 00:30:53,919
as as she said the weather looks good

822
00:30:56,870 --> 00:30:55,360
during that time frame that gives us a

823
00:30:58,470 --> 00:30:56,880
little bit of flexibility to work a few

824
00:30:59,350 --> 00:30:58,480
minor problems if we need to during the

825
00:31:02,470 --> 00:30:59,360
count

826
00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:02,480
uh but uh it it works for us and so

827
00:31:06,950 --> 00:31:04,640
typically it'll be five minutes

828
00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:06,960
okay a few more from the room

829
00:31:15,430 --> 00:31:13,509
again again from space.com um i was

830
00:31:18,070 --> 00:31:15,440
wondering if you've had to do any

831
00:31:20,470 --> 00:31:18,080
wildlife mitigation for this launch

832
00:31:22,149 --> 00:31:20,480
looks very green near the pad right now

833
00:31:23,669 --> 00:31:22,159
do you have to worry about grass fires

834
00:31:27,110 --> 00:31:23,679
or are there any

835
00:31:29,750 --> 00:31:27,120
specific problems to launching in july

836
00:31:32,389 --> 00:31:29,760
i can take that one if you want

837
00:31:35,110 --> 00:31:32,399
there aren't any concerns that we have

838
00:31:36,310 --> 00:31:35,120
we do have a plan for

839
00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:36,320
some

840
00:31:40,310 --> 00:31:38,240
an indigenous plant species that we have

841
00:31:42,389 --> 00:31:40,320
here to kind of control them around the

842
00:31:44,149 --> 00:31:42,399
pad they're called phragmites

843
00:31:48,149 --> 00:31:44,159
but right now this time of year that's

844
00:31:53,909 --> 00:31:50,870
robert

845
00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:53,919
again

846
00:31:58,389 --> 00:31:56,080
for frank for today's launch readiness

847
00:32:00,630 --> 00:31:58,399
review i just wonder i know you came out

848
00:32:02,630 --> 00:32:00,640
with a go but were there any pending

849
00:32:04,149 --> 00:32:02,640
issues that needed review

850
00:32:05,830 --> 00:32:04,159
yesterday during the science briefing

851
00:32:07,669 --> 00:32:05,840
someone noted that there was a cherry

852
00:32:09,110 --> 00:32:07,679
picker up against the

853
00:32:10,789 --> 00:32:09,120
antares

854
00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:10,799
were there any last-minute issues you're

855
00:32:15,350 --> 00:32:11,840
working

856
00:32:17,590 --> 00:32:15,360
occasionally we have to have people

857
00:32:19,350 --> 00:32:17,600
around the vehicle to adjust something

858
00:32:21,269 --> 00:32:19,360
or to take a look and see if

859
00:32:22,470 --> 00:32:21,279
an anomalous reading is accurate or not

860
00:32:23,909 --> 00:32:22,480
and we had a little bit of that that we

861
00:32:25,190 --> 00:32:23,919
had to work through

862
00:32:26,870 --> 00:32:25,200
during the count and everything is

863
00:32:28,630 --> 00:32:26,880
checked out and looking good there

864
00:32:31,190 --> 00:32:28,640
really were no issues

865
00:32:32,950 --> 00:32:31,200
open uh for the remainder of the count

866
00:32:34,470 --> 00:32:32,960
and we anticipate it should be fairly

867
00:32:35,750 --> 00:32:34,480
smooth

868
00:32:36,789 --> 00:32:35,760
i did want to mention a little bit about

869
00:32:38,630 --> 00:32:36,799
the future now that i've got the

870
00:32:39,830 --> 00:32:38,640
microphone um

871
00:32:42,070 --> 00:32:39,840
we

872
00:32:45,269 --> 00:32:42,080
are anticipating another launch this

873
00:32:48,070 --> 00:32:45,279
year should be in october or three and

874
00:32:50,630 --> 00:32:48,080
then three more launches next year

875
00:32:53,590 --> 00:32:50,640
three spacecraft are in various stages

876
00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:53,600
of completion at our dulles facility

877
00:32:57,750 --> 00:32:55,360
and we've got preparations for the next

878
00:32:58,710 --> 00:32:57,760
two going on actually the next three

879
00:33:00,630 --> 00:32:58,720
going on

880
00:33:01,509 --> 00:33:00,640
as we speak and so we are we are

881
00:33:03,509 --> 00:33:01,519
building

882
00:33:06,549 --> 00:33:03,519
steadily to continue to provide this

883
00:33:08,630 --> 00:33:06,559
this service and the ontario's guys are

884
00:33:10,470 --> 00:33:08,640
bringing in their hardware and

885
00:33:11,830 --> 00:33:10,480
and things are arriving on time and

886
00:33:13,750 --> 00:33:11,840
we're going to be able to maintain this

887
00:33:15,909 --> 00:33:13,760
schedule as long as we can fit it in

888
00:33:17,669 --> 00:33:15,919
between the traffic models and the and

889
00:33:20,549 --> 00:33:17,679
the other range constraints we might run

890
00:33:22,310 --> 00:33:20,559
into but uh this is an exciting time to

891
00:33:25,190 --> 00:33:22,320
to be involved with the space station on

892
00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:25,200
a commercial basis and we applaud nasa

893
00:33:31,269 --> 00:33:28,720
for continuing to to push that

894
00:33:34,389 --> 00:33:31,279
commercial capability and allow industry

895
00:33:36,230 --> 00:33:34,399
to to help further uh the exploration of

896
00:33:40,710 --> 00:33:36,240
of space using the international space

897
00:33:44,950 --> 00:33:43,350
say in space again uh for frank

898
00:33:47,990 --> 00:33:44,960
uh i know we're coming up with some bad

899
00:33:49,909 --> 00:33:48,000
weather uh after this this attempt do

900
00:33:53,269 --> 00:33:49,919
you have a backup date if it doesn't

901
00:33:54,630 --> 00:33:53,279
launch uh tomorrow we'll just keep going

902
00:33:56,389 --> 00:33:54,640
day by day

903
00:33:58,950 --> 00:33:56,399
and check the weather and make sure the

904
00:34:01,029 --> 00:33:58,960
systems are working

905
00:34:02,789 --> 00:34:01,039
if we don't launch tomorrow it depends

906
00:34:05,269 --> 00:34:02,799
on the reason we don't launch if it's a

907
00:34:06,870 --> 00:34:05,279
technical problem that takes less than a

908
00:34:08,629 --> 00:34:06,880
day to fix them we'll we'll do that if

909
00:34:11,829 --> 00:34:08,639
it's uh something longer we'll we'll

910
00:34:13,430 --> 00:34:11,839
adjust but as i said uh nasa and mars

911
00:34:15,669 --> 00:34:13,440
work very closely with us on range

912
00:34:17,190 --> 00:34:15,679
availability uh and we of course work

913
00:34:19,430 --> 00:34:17,200
with the international space station on

914
00:34:21,990 --> 00:34:19,440
its availability for receiving us

915
00:34:24,310 --> 00:34:22,000
we've got about uh

916
00:34:26,710 --> 00:34:24,320
four more days of

917
00:34:28,790 --> 00:34:26,720
launch capability uh if the weather

918
00:34:30,389 --> 00:34:28,800
cooperates if it doesn't then we'll just

919
00:34:32,550 --> 00:34:30,399
we'll

920
00:34:34,950 --> 00:34:32,560
scrub if we need to and go to the next

921
00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:34,960
day there is a cut out later in july

922
00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:36,720
when the progress operation is being

923
00:34:39,190 --> 00:34:37,919
conducted

924
00:34:40,629 --> 00:34:39,200
but after that i think we'll have more

925
00:34:44,470 --> 00:34:40,639
opportunities if we need them but let's

926
00:34:51,510 --> 00:34:47,430
any other last questions here

927
00:34:55,669 --> 00:34:53,190
yeah just a quick follow-up on on that

928
00:34:57,349 --> 00:34:55,679
one um and uh maybe this is for sarah

929
00:34:59,190 --> 00:34:57,359
again uh

930
00:35:02,150 --> 00:34:59,200
there's a launch from the cape schedule

931
00:35:03,670 --> 00:35:02,160
for monday morning can you support if if

932
00:35:05,430 --> 00:35:03,680
the launch here gets delayed from sunday

933
00:35:06,870 --> 00:35:05,440
to monday can you still support that

934
00:35:09,109 --> 00:35:06,880
launch if there's also a launch of the

935
00:35:10,390 --> 00:35:09,119
cape are there any range tracking assets

936
00:35:11,270 --> 00:35:10,400
that are shared that would cause an

937
00:35:13,990 --> 00:35:11,280
issue

938
00:35:15,109 --> 00:35:14,000
yeah we have we have looked at that so

939
00:35:17,829 --> 00:35:15,119
there are some

940
00:35:19,670 --> 00:35:17,839
periods of time during uh both of

941
00:35:20,870 --> 00:35:19,680
the countdowns from the cape and from

942
00:35:23,750 --> 00:35:20,880
here where

943
00:35:25,670 --> 00:35:23,760
we will be real-time coordinating um

944
00:35:27,910 --> 00:35:25,680
just radio frequency

945
00:35:29,430 --> 00:35:27,920
deconfliction that's the the main thing

946
00:35:32,069 --> 00:35:29,440
so that we're not

947
00:35:35,190 --> 00:35:32,079
operating on a frequency that they are

948
00:35:37,109 --> 00:35:35,200
using for uh command confidence checks

949
00:35:39,030 --> 00:35:37,119
and things of that nature so but we've

950
00:35:40,870 --> 00:35:39,040
already got that all worked out and

951
00:35:43,670 --> 00:35:40,880
we'll be working that real time if we

952
00:35:48,069 --> 00:35:43,680
are you know looking at a one day slip

953
00:35:53,109 --> 00:35:51,190
okay and we have time for one more here

954
00:35:55,510 --> 00:35:53,119
a little a question here

955
00:35:57,109 --> 00:35:55,520
nope okay

956
00:35:58,550 --> 00:35:57,119
just waving at you

957
00:36:00,150 --> 00:35:58,560
all right well i want to thank everyone

958
00:36:01,510 --> 00:36:00,160
for joining us today especially our

959
00:36:03,109 --> 00:36:01,520
participants

960
00:36:05,270 --> 00:36:03,119
for those of you who want to tune in to

961
00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:05,280
our launch coverage tomorrow that begins

962
00:36:09,910 --> 00:36:08,480
at noon eastern time on nasa tv

963
00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:09,920
you can find more about the

964
00:36:16,630 --> 00:36:11,760
international space station and about