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nasa set out on a new course to space in

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2010 to establish a space transportation

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system using america's aerospace

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industrial expertise combined with

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nasa's extensive space flight flight

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the goal develop a new american

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spacecraft capable of safely and

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reliably sending nasa astronauts and

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others into low-earth orbit in a

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this one-of-a-kind effort by nasa's

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commercial crew program will produce an

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american space transportation system at

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a fraction of the cost of previous

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spacecraft and with a greater

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reliability and safety factor than ever

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after four years of intense efforts by

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nasa and its partners the agency is on

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the verge of taking the final steps to

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culminate in operational flights to the

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first agency

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good afternoon i'm stephanie shearholt

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from nasa's office of communications we

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are here today at kennedy space center

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to make an historic announcement about

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the future of human space flight i'm

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joined by nasa administrator charles

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kennedy space center director robert

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cavanagh

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commercial crew program manager kathy

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leaders

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each participant will be making some

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opening remarks and then we'll take a

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few questions

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mr mr cabana well good afternoon and

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welcome to the kennedy space center i'm

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really glad that you could all come out

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this afternoon

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and see the progress that we are making

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as we transform

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america's premier launch site into a

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spaceport like no other

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we've made a lot of history

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traveling from here and i think the

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announcement that we have this afternoon

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you're going to see that we're ready to

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accomplish much much more

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someone who's left the shores of

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this planet from out here i wish

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everyone had that view that some of us

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here at this table have been able to

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it's making that possibility come a lot

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the possibility for everyone to someday

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see our planet earth from space

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now don't get me wrong we've got a lot

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more work to do

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to get there

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but i know a lot of us are cheering on

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the success of our commercial crew

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program and it's not because of what it

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means to nasa human space flight but

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what it means

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to human space flight for everyone

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we also have a great advocate

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that's where charlie bolden has been

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working for years

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take what we are doing how we are coming

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up with a new way to

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perform spacecraft development at nasa

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and he's been a tireless champion of the

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crew program and the potential of this

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new partnership strategy that we have

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tomorrow's one day into deep space and i

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think when we look back on this this

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on a road that was paved by the team

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that charlie's led and so it's my

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pleasure to introduce my friend and

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fellow traveler on this bold adventure

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our administrator charlie bolton thanks

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very much bob and let me thank everybody

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who's uh who's here both in the room and

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for some people who were not able to get

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here today's announcement

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sets the stage for what promises to be

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the most ambitious and exciting chapter

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in the history of nasa and human space

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flight from day one

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the obama administration has made it

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very clear that the greatest nation on

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earth should not be dependent on any

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and say thanks to the leadership of

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president obama the hard work of our

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nasa and industry teams and the support

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of congress today we're one step closer

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to launching our astronauts from u.s

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soil on american spacecraft and ending

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the nation's sole reliance on russia by

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turning over low earth orbit

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transportation to private industry will

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also allow nasa to focus on an even more

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ambitious mission that of sending humans

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we've already fulfilled part of the

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president's vision as you all know

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for the past two years two companies

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spacex and orbital sciences have been

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making regular cargo deliveries to the

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the contracts we're announcing today are

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designed to complete the nasa

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transportation systems capable of

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carrying people into orbit

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plans to use these systems to ferry

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astronauts to the international space

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station and return them safely to earth

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of the commitment president obama made

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to return human space flight launches to

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u.s soil and end our reliance on the

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like bob as a former space shuttle

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commander i know that the goal of every

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mission is to do something different

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from the flights that have gone before

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american in space john glenn the first

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american to orbit earth and with all due

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respect to the late michael jackson neil

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today we don't know who's going to get

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to command the first mission to carry

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humans into low earth orbit on a

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spacecraft built by american private

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companies bob and i have been discussing

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whether or not we should return to the

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but we know it will be a seminal moment

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in nasa history and a major achievement

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we know now however who will build those

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spacecraft the boeing corporation or

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boeing as i will refer to them

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development of these new spacecraft

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certification in 2017 they must meet the

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same rigorous safety standards we held

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this wasn't an easy choice but it's the

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best choice for nasa and the nation

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competed to serve this nation and end

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i applaud them for all their innovation

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their hard work and most of all for

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the partnerships with boeing and spacex

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promise to give more people in america

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experience the wonder and exhilaration

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to realize the dream of leaving earth

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planet earth in microgravity and to see

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while boeing and spacex handle the tasks

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station the scientists on earth and

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as research takes place in low earth

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orbit and the companies refine their new

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um i want you to look behind me

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and uh i'm giddy today i will admit um

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i couldn't be happier um just yesterday

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the successful recovery test of the

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the next generation spacecraft that's

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being readied for its december test

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flight and its eventual use for journeys

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ocean recovery dress rehearsal and and i

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conference on commercial crew but

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you need to take in the totality what

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salute our navy

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the navy marine corps team that

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particularly rear admiral frank pons who

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rear admiral ponds had

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had been sailing from the east coast

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to come join us on the deck of the uss

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pons came and spent the day with the

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navy nasa team watching us recover uh

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the orion mock-up commodore clint

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carroll the the amphibious squadron 3

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commander who was also out there with us

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and most importantly captain mike

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mckenna and his command master chief

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pedro and santos uh leading the crew of

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the uss anchorage lha-23

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following its first flight orion will

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splash down in the pacific ocean and

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it's the uss anchorage and her crew

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that will duplicate what they did over

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the last few days and are practicing

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this week to recover orion and get it

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back to us

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this will be the first time in more than

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40 years and i cannot i cannot

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overemphasize this um you know i i think

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most of you sitting in here are

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americans or

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or at least pretend to be

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um you know if you don't feel good over

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the coming weeks and months

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because for the first time in more than

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40 years this nation is going to launch

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a vehicle intended to carry humans

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beyond low earth orbit more than 40

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years so we're really excited about

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what's going to happen here in december

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last week again right here at ksc we

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rolled the orion crew module for eft-1

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out of the neil armstrong onc building

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to its hypergolic processing facility

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where it's being fueled right now in

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preparations for in preparation for its

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maiden test flight in december

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just two days later at nasa's michoud

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assembly facility in new orleans we cut

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the ribbon on the new 170-foot high

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vertical assembly center the

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state-of-the-art tooling facility that

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will weld together the massive core

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stage of the sls the rocket that will

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launch orion and our astronauts farther

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into space than any human has ever gone

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before

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from michoud i traveled to the stennis

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space center to view progress on the

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historic b2 test stand that is being

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prepared to test the core stage of sls

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and its configuration of four rs-25 what

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used to be the shuttle main engines

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we'll launch sls and orion about a mile

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from here where we sit over the over on

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launch complex 39b

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it will test the systems needed to get

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to mars with missions to an asteroid and

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areas beyond the moon such as lagrange

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points where space observatories will be

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operating within our reach in the 2020s

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as we conduct the first deep space

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missions with astronauts since the

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apollo moon landings

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we'll conduct missions that will each

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set their own impressive roster of

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firsts

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first crew to visit and take samples

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from an asteroid

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first crew to fly beyond the orbit of

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the moon

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perhaps the first crew to grow its own

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food and eat it in space

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all of which will set us up for

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humanity's next giant leap the first

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crew to touch down on and take steps on

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the surface of mars

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the partner i said all that because i

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want you to take everything in totality

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because the partnerships that we're

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announcing today for development of our

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commercial crew vehicles

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would not be possible

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without the hard work of hundreds of

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individuals dedicated to america's

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spirit of exploration and innovation

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i especially want to commend president

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obama and the congress provide for

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providing us support for this new way of

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doing business and it is a new way of

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doing business and kathy's going to talk

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a little bit about that

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by combining private sector ingenuity

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with bipartisan national commitment and

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the unmatched expertise of nasa we're

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not only better able to stretch the

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boundaries of the possible we're

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strengthening our economy and creating

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good jobs for our people

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as president obama has said himself and

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i quote we will not only extend

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humanity's reach into space we will

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strengthen america's leadership here on

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earth our destiny is set and our course

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is laid out before us and we're

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following it

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we hope all of you will be inspired to

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join us on this next great ambitious leg

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of humanity's journey farther into the

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solar system than ever before and for us

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it starts right here in low earth orbit

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and it starts with what we're announcing

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today and i could not be more proud

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thank you

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cathy leaders nasa's commercial crew

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program manager will share some more

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details with us in addition she'll be

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sharing some details on a teleconference

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following this

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in addition to her engineering prowess

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earned during the shuttle and space

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station programs she has worked closely

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with aerospace companies i'll turn it

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over to you kathy for more details

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thank you stephanie

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sitting here today it is humbling to

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recall how often nasa's kennedy space

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center has been the stepping off point

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for americans who left the boundaries of

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earth to look forward toward the future

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once again with these amazing structures

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as our backdrop we are one step closer

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to that future

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the nation is entrusting us with the

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opportunity to establish a u.s

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commercial capability to share the job

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of flying nasa crew members to the

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international space station

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and we know going to space is hard

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nasa and aerospace industry have

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accomplished hard things in the past

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collectively we have a deep

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understanding of the momentous challenge

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that is laid before us and the

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relatively short time that we have to

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accomplish this difficult yet exciting

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task

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once nasa determines

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spacex and boeing have met our

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requirements

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the systems will be certified for nasa

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human space flight missions

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they will then conduct at least two

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and up to six missions under these

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contracts to deliver a crew of four to

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the international space station

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these missions will also carry powered

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cargo

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and vital science experiments to the

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station

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and safely return them to u.s soil

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these missions will enable nasa and our

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international partners to be perform

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more research on the orbiting laboratory

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nearly doubling today's scientific

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research potential

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they also offer the unique capability of

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serving as a space station life boat for

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up to 210 days keeping our crew members

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safe in the event of an emergency

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we'll get to that certification level

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through an incremental stepping stone

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approach

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boeing and spacex are responsible for

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completing the design

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the development the testing the

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evaluation and certification of their

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system

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under these contracts nasa will assess

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and evaluate how those systems meet

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nasa's safety and performance

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requirements

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the two contracts give us the necessary

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mechanisms to ensure we're on the right

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track

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boeing and spacex are each required to

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conduct five certification milestones

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the certification baseline review the

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design certification review

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the flight test readiness review the

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operational readiness review and the

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certification review in addition to

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others they have proposed

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boeing and spacex will be paid based on

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the performance of these and other key

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milestones through approval of these

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reviews and with regular nasa insight

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into their activities

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nasa will be able to determine or what

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we call certify when boeing and spacex's

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systems have met nasa's safety

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requirements for transporting nasa crews

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to the international space station

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before regular missions begin

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boeing and spacex will run their systems

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through rigorous ground tests

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they also will perform at least one

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crewed flight test to the station

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with a nasa crew member on board

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during that flight test they will

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demonstrate the ability to safely

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deliver crew and cargo

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dock to the station and then return the

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crew safely home

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nasa is committed to ensuring these

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systems are held to the same rigorous

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safety standards as previous government

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human space flight programs

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we have worked carefully and diligently

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to assure our safety requirements span

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all mission phases and

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adequately

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address hazards including pad

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emergencies in-flight aborts and

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emergency landings

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boeing and spacex

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and the commercial crew program

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recognize the extraordinary work we have

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ahead of us

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to reach our goal of certifying a crew

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transportation capability in

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2017 we are grateful to have worked with

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eight industry partners throughout the

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past four and a half years

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and we know industry is up to the

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challenges ahead

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these contracts highlight

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what commercial companies can accomplish

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and we are counting on them to deliver

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our most precious cargo

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the crew who will perform vital science

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research

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on the international space station

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and i think here's our

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example of some of that precious cargo

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so i'm going to let mike

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mike get started

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all right well thank you kathy indeed

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this is uh this is an exciting day and

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i'm honored uh today to be representing

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the american astronaut corps and it's a

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great chance to look into the future and

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think of what we can do with these new

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spacecraft

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i kind of look at keys when i look at

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these spacecraft keys to the

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doorway of these

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to space right where we can uh

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we're the

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we've really are trying to open up uh

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the door to more and more people getting

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to see what what we've seen from space

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beautiful planet earth and and and then

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like charlie was saying and beyond uh

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think about it for a minute uh you know

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nasa has availed as unveiled five

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spacecraft built for humans to take us

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to space and safely return during the 50

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years you know as long as we've been

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around at nasa we have mercury gemini

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apollo space shuttle and orion and of

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course we built our me

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our amazing orbiting laboratory the

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beautiful international space station

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and each of these programs you'll leave

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impressive marks on american history and

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show how far we can reach

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as humans when we try

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and the debut of each one of those uh

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those programs

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left that indelible mark in history

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imagine today we're unveiling

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two new spacecraft and uh and it's

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imagines boggles the mind to think of

568
00:21:48,070 --> 00:21:46,640
the possibilities of what we're going to

569
00:21:51,029 --> 00:21:48,080
accomplish

570
00:21:52,870 --> 00:21:51,039
so uh when i see you know the cst 100

571
00:21:54,710 --> 00:21:52,880
and the and the crew dragon i can't help

572
00:21:57,190 --> 00:21:54,720
but think of how it might affect all of

573
00:21:59,830 --> 00:21:57,200
us not just astronauts and engineers but

574
00:22:01,510 --> 00:21:59,840
and space workers but but all americans

575
00:22:03,669 --> 00:22:01,520
and these transportation systems will

576
00:22:05,909 --> 00:22:03,679
carry all the hall marks of nasa's

577
00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:05,919
legendary spacecraft that i mentioned it

578
00:22:10,070 --> 00:22:07,919
will be carefully designed with safety

579
00:22:12,549 --> 00:22:10,080
and forefront of in the forefront of

580
00:22:14,070 --> 00:22:12,559
requirements and a feature which we

581
00:22:17,029 --> 00:22:14,080
astronauts

582
00:22:17,909 --> 00:22:17,039
truly value safety first and carry the

583
00:22:20,950 --> 00:22:17,919
most

584
00:22:23,510 --> 00:22:20,960
technolo technologically advanced

585
00:22:24,789 --> 00:22:23,520
systems and operate

586
00:22:26,630 --> 00:22:24,799
at the hands of the most skilled

587
00:22:28,789 --> 00:22:26,640
professionals that the world has to

588
00:22:30,549 --> 00:22:28,799
offer so i'd like to compliment kathy

589
00:22:32,870 --> 00:22:30,559
leaders and her commercial crew program

590
00:22:34,470 --> 00:22:32,880
team they've included us astronauts

591
00:22:36,470 --> 00:22:34,480
since the beginning of this innovative

592
00:22:38,710 --> 00:22:36,480
program and have brought out the best of

593
00:22:40,310 --> 00:22:38,720
our unique skills and experience to the

594
00:22:43,190 --> 00:22:40,320
entire team and we look forward to this

595
00:22:45,110 --> 00:22:43,200
next phase of development flight testing

596
00:22:46,710 --> 00:22:45,120
and being part of this industry and

597
00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:46,720
government team

598
00:22:50,630 --> 00:22:48,960
and for us astronauts the cst-100 and

599
00:22:53,110 --> 00:22:50,640
crew dragon are going to be terrific

600
00:22:54,310 --> 00:22:53,120
machines outstanding to get into orbit

601
00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:54,320
when you think about all the things that

602
00:22:57,909 --> 00:22:56,080
go into a successful mission aboard our

603
00:23:00,390 --> 00:22:57,919
beautiful international space station

604
00:23:01,830 --> 00:23:00,400
it's always the first 250 miles getting

605
00:23:04,549 --> 00:23:01,840
into orbit that can be the most

606
00:23:08,310 --> 00:23:06,470
and these these spacecraft are going to

607
00:23:10,549 --> 00:23:08,320
make the trip a bit easier and we all

608
00:23:13,270 --> 00:23:10,559
know that it will never be easy

609
00:23:14,870 --> 00:23:13,280
and uh once arriving at the station

610
00:23:15,990 --> 00:23:14,880
like kathy said they'll stay docked in

611
00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:16,000
case we

612
00:23:20,710 --> 00:23:18,240
have to call on them to get us home

613
00:23:23,430 --> 00:23:20,720
like a lifeboat and then they'll get us

614
00:23:24,789 --> 00:23:23,440
home when we do need to go home safely

615
00:23:26,710 --> 00:23:24,799
and quickly

616
00:23:28,149 --> 00:23:26,720
and uh

617
00:23:29,350 --> 00:23:28,159
the biggest thing i think is going to

618
00:23:31,909 --> 00:23:29,360
that's going to really help us with the

619
00:23:33,669 --> 00:23:31,919
commercial program crew program is that

620
00:23:35,110 --> 00:23:33,679
it's we have more people working aboard

621
00:23:37,190 --> 00:23:35,120
the international space station

622
00:23:39,270 --> 00:23:37,200
conducting even more scientific research

623
00:23:41,029 --> 00:23:39,280
than we've been able to do so far and

624
00:23:43,350 --> 00:23:41,039
think about that and it gives us a

625
00:23:46,149 --> 00:23:43,360
capability of seven people

626
00:23:47,590 --> 00:23:46,159
on an iss mission instead of uh just six

627
00:23:49,190 --> 00:23:47,600
and we're talking about the ability to

628
00:23:50,870 --> 00:23:49,200
conduct a full-on studies that we're

629
00:23:52,950 --> 00:23:50,880
counting on that's going to help fill in

630
00:23:55,190 --> 00:23:52,960
the gaps about long-duration space

631
00:23:57,909 --> 00:23:55,200
flight so we can survive the years-long

632
00:23:59,269 --> 00:23:57,919
trip to mars and back

633
00:24:00,950 --> 00:23:59,279
and we have to get when we're up there

634
00:24:02,710 --> 00:24:00,960
aboard the space station believe me i i

635
00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:02,720
know sometimes i didn't do it but we got

636
00:24:06,789 --> 00:24:05,120
to get it we've got to do things right

637
00:24:08,549 --> 00:24:06,799
and these new spacecraft are going to

638
00:24:10,710 --> 00:24:08,559
help us get it right by giving us more

639
00:24:12,149 --> 00:24:10,720
time in orbit more people to perform the

640
00:24:15,110 --> 00:24:12,159
work and offering a way to get the

641
00:24:17,350 --> 00:24:15,120
experiment results which include us

642
00:24:19,269 --> 00:24:17,360
astronauts too and hardware used up

643
00:24:22,070 --> 00:24:19,279
there and back down here on earth so

644
00:24:24,310 --> 00:24:22,080
that we can be studied up close

645
00:24:26,870 --> 00:24:24,320
later on these two spacecraft the

646
00:24:28,630 --> 00:24:26,880
cst-100 and and crew dragon could

647
00:24:30,470 --> 00:24:28,640
provide a comfortable lift and orbit for

648
00:24:32,470 --> 00:24:30,480
those who are not astronauts but are

649
00:24:34,549 --> 00:24:32,480
like all of us intrigued by space flight

650
00:24:36,470 --> 00:24:34,559
and expanding american industry much

651
00:24:37,590 --> 00:24:36,480
like our successful history with the

652
00:24:39,110 --> 00:24:37,600
airplane

653
00:24:40,710 --> 00:24:39,120
so i've watched from the windows of our

654
00:24:43,750 --> 00:24:40,720
beautiful international space station

655
00:24:46,710 --> 00:24:43,760
and during wonderful space walks as the

656
00:24:48,950 --> 00:24:46,720
earth moved below and from 250 miles up

657
00:24:49,990 --> 00:24:48,960
a glance can reveal one way you can see

658
00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:50,000
paris

659
00:24:53,669 --> 00:24:51,760
look over there there's california or

660
00:24:55,590 --> 00:24:53,679
brazil and uh

661
00:24:57,750 --> 00:24:55,600
and looking up you can see the entire

662
00:24:59,269 --> 00:24:57,760
universe before us and and with the

663
00:25:01,350 --> 00:24:59,279
addition of these new systems the

664
00:25:03,430 --> 00:25:01,360
international space station orion and

665
00:25:05,990 --> 00:25:03,440
the space launch system nasa like

666
00:25:07,830 --> 00:25:06,000
charlie said is poised to explore this

667
00:25:09,830 --> 00:25:07,840
beckoning universe

668
00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:09,840
and the view from orbit around beautiful

669
00:25:13,590 --> 00:25:11,120
planet earth affects everyone

670
00:25:15,510 --> 00:25:13,600
differently i know it affected me quite

671
00:25:17,510 --> 00:25:15,520
profoundly it changes how we think of

672
00:25:19,510 --> 00:25:17,520
our planet how we think of our neighbors

673
00:25:21,669 --> 00:25:19,520
and perhaps more profoundly there's that

674
00:25:22,789 --> 00:25:21,679
word again but it is how we think of

675
00:25:25,029 --> 00:25:22,799
ourselves

676
00:25:26,549 --> 00:25:25,039
these new ships give us the hope that

677
00:25:29,190 --> 00:25:26,559
more and more people will get to see

678
00:25:31,110 --> 00:25:29,200
that view and take that and take the in

679
00:25:33,190 --> 00:25:31,120
that inspiration and these two

680
00:25:34,470 --> 00:25:33,200
spacecraft might be pretty small to

681
00:25:36,789 --> 00:25:34,480
carry so many big dreams and

682
00:25:39,029 --> 00:25:36,799
expectations but i think and i know they

683
00:25:40,470 --> 00:25:39,039
will do extremely well we astronauts

684
00:25:42,230 --> 00:25:40,480
look forward to the next several years

685
00:25:43,590 --> 00:25:42,240
as we develop build and test and fly

686
00:25:44,950 --> 00:25:43,600
these new ships

687
00:25:48,470 --> 00:25:44,960
thank you

688
00:25:50,630 --> 00:25:48,480
we will take some questions we do have a

689
00:25:52,310 --> 00:25:50,640
little bit limited amount of time as the

690
00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:52,320
administrator has a plan to catch here

691
00:25:57,430 --> 00:25:54,640
pretty quickly and i'll let mr weaver

692
00:25:59,110 --> 00:25:57,440
let us know when when that needs to be

693
00:26:01,190 --> 00:25:59,120
please keep in mind that as with any

694
00:26:03,350 --> 00:26:01,200
procurement nasa's selection rationale

695
00:26:05,110 --> 00:26:03,360
and additional details will be provided

696
00:26:07,269 --> 00:26:05,120
at the appropriate time but that is not

697
00:26:09,510 --> 00:26:07,279
today i encourage you to ask questions

698
00:26:11,350 --> 00:26:09,520
our experts will be able to answer today

699
00:26:13,750 --> 00:26:11,360
please raise your hand identify yourself

700
00:26:16,070 --> 00:26:13,760
by name and affiliation one question

701
00:26:17,029 --> 00:26:16,080
each please

702
00:26:20,230 --> 00:26:17,039
um

703
00:26:24,230 --> 00:26:21,830
thanks very much general baldwin could

704
00:26:26,390 --> 00:26:24,240
what's the breakdown of the the contract

705
00:26:28,470 --> 00:26:26,400
amounts between the two companies and

706
00:26:29,990 --> 00:26:28,480
do you feel like these um

707
00:26:32,950 --> 00:26:30,000
give you kind of the best of both worlds

708
00:26:35,029 --> 00:26:32,960
with the uh old space new space

709
00:26:36,230 --> 00:26:35,039
kind of mix that you might be looking

710
00:26:37,909 --> 00:26:36,240
for

711
00:26:39,669 --> 00:26:37,919
uh i'm gonna let kathy answer the

712
00:26:41,510 --> 00:26:39,679
question about the exact amount in the

713
00:26:44,549 --> 00:26:41,520
contracts um

714
00:26:46,870 --> 00:26:44,559
the old space news space uh

715
00:26:49,029 --> 00:26:46,880
we're learning a lot we started learning

716
00:26:50,070 --> 00:26:49,039
with the commercial cargo program

717
00:26:52,149 --> 00:26:50,080
one of the things that's really

718
00:26:53,269 --> 00:26:52,159
encouraged me is to watch kathy leaders

719
00:26:58,710 --> 00:26:53,279
and

720
00:27:00,070 --> 00:26:58,720
become partners in the in the

721
00:27:02,149 --> 00:27:00,080
development of their respective

722
00:27:02,950 --> 00:27:02,159
spacecraft and when i i listen to them

723
00:27:05,430 --> 00:27:02,960
talk

724
00:27:07,510 --> 00:27:05,440
how they're playing off each other she's

725
00:27:09,510 --> 00:27:07,520
learning uh from the development of

726
00:27:11,750 --> 00:27:09,520
orion and mark is learning quite a bit

727
00:27:14,470 --> 00:27:11,760
about uh what she's going through with

728
00:27:16,789 --> 00:27:14,480
the development of commercial crew so uh

729
00:27:18,549 --> 00:27:16,799
that's what i call old space new space

730
00:27:20,710 --> 00:27:18,559
and and it's working very well from for

731
00:27:21,830 --> 00:27:20,720
us as demonstrated by commercial cargo

732
00:27:23,590 --> 00:27:21,840
so i'm gonna let kathy answer the

733
00:27:26,630 --> 00:27:23,600
question about specific amounts in the

734
00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:26,640
cargo in the contract so the uh the

735
00:27:34,310 --> 00:27:30,159
boeing contract award was uh 4.2 billion

736
00:27:36,149 --> 00:27:34,320
and the spacex award was 2.6 billion now

737
00:27:39,669 --> 00:27:36,159
i want to make sure people understand

738
00:27:42,149 --> 00:27:39,679
that that contract value is for

739
00:27:44,070 --> 00:27:42,159
certification so full up certification

740
00:27:45,269 --> 00:27:44,080
development certification efforts

741
00:27:48,070 --> 00:27:45,279
including

742
00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:48,080
the within the rfp we had a requirement

743
00:27:51,430 --> 00:27:50,080
for at least one

744
00:27:54,230 --> 00:27:51,440
crude demo

745
00:27:57,750 --> 00:27:54,240
like a demonstration flight to the iss

746
00:28:00,870 --> 00:27:57,760
with nasa crew members on it

747
00:28:02,870 --> 00:28:00,880
the there's a maximum of six missions

748
00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:02,880
under that contract value

749
00:28:06,149 --> 00:28:03,760
and

750
00:28:08,470 --> 00:28:06,159
a certain contract value amount for

751
00:28:10,389 --> 00:28:08,480
special studies so those three

752
00:28:11,269 --> 00:28:10,399
components are all in

753
00:28:13,350 --> 00:28:11,279
those

754
00:28:15,990 --> 00:28:13,360
totals that i gave you for boeing and

755
00:28:17,510 --> 00:28:16,000
spacex

756
00:28:19,269 --> 00:28:17,520
marcia dunn

757
00:28:22,070 --> 00:28:19,279
martian associated press with for

758
00:28:24,630 --> 00:28:22,080
general bulletin um just how hard was it

759
00:28:27,029 --> 00:28:24,640
narrowing it down to these two companies

760
00:28:28,630 --> 00:28:27,039
and what put them over the top if you

761
00:28:30,950 --> 00:28:28,640
could just speak in

762
00:28:33,029 --> 00:28:30,960
broad terms i was not a part of the

763
00:28:35,430 --> 00:28:33,039
selection process i'm proud to say it

764
00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:35,440
was really hard i know that but again i

765
00:28:40,630 --> 00:28:38,159
guess i'd defer to kathy to let her tell

766
00:28:41,990 --> 00:28:40,640
you what what she went through

767
00:28:44,789 --> 00:28:42,000
well i wasn't part of the selection

768
00:28:45,830 --> 00:28:44,799
processes either what i can say is that

769
00:28:50,549 --> 00:28:45,840
the

770
00:28:53,590 --> 00:28:50,559
evaluation board

771
00:28:57,190 --> 00:28:53,600
that supported him was made up of a team

772
00:28:59,830 --> 00:28:57,200
of experienced and very seasoned nasa

773
00:29:02,789 --> 00:28:59,840
career civil servants

774
00:29:04,630 --> 00:29:02,799
and you know they conducted a very

775
00:29:06,630 --> 00:29:04,640
rigorous process

776
00:29:13,190 --> 00:29:06,640
and

777
00:29:16,549 --> 00:29:13,200
very confident in their these awards

778
00:29:21,269 --> 00:29:18,710
hi thanks very much um irene klotz with

779
00:29:23,350 --> 00:29:21,279
reuters um kathy on the

780
00:29:25,590 --> 00:29:23,360
award the discrepancy between the two

781
00:29:27,430 --> 00:29:25,600
amounts is that what the companies had

782
00:29:29,750 --> 00:29:27,440
asked for in other words is spacex going

783
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:29,760
to be able to get to the same end point

784
00:29:34,310 --> 00:29:32,080
as boeing with that uh less amount of

785
00:29:36,230 --> 00:29:34,320
money and for charlie is are these

786
00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:36,240
awards at all depending on

787
00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:38,720
nasa um having more than a continuing

788
00:29:43,430 --> 00:29:40,559
resolution for

789
00:29:46,789 --> 00:29:43,440
the um for this year's budget thanks

790
00:29:49,510 --> 00:29:46,799
so for my part of it

791
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:49,520
both of the both both of both boeing and

792
00:29:53,430 --> 00:29:50,799
spacex

793
00:29:56,789 --> 00:29:53,440
propose to the same set of requirements

794
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:56,799
and so nasa awarded the contracts based

795
00:30:00,070 --> 00:29:58,799
on their proposals

796
00:30:04,070 --> 00:30:00,080
so it's two

797
00:30:07,269 --> 00:30:04,080
contracts to the same requirements

798
00:30:09,750 --> 00:30:07,279
and to come on the second part irene you

799
00:30:12,549 --> 00:30:09,760
know as we have said in order for us to

800
00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:12,559
get to 2017 what we really need is for

801
00:30:15,350 --> 00:30:14,320
the congress to support the president's

802
00:30:18,549 --> 00:30:15,360
request

803
00:30:21,510 --> 00:30:18,559
uh we are confident that given where we

804
00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:21,520
are right now with the 2014 budget that

805
00:30:29,430 --> 00:30:24,720
you know and and it's outrun um

806
00:30:31,029 --> 00:30:29,440
we can mate the 2014 uh the 2017 launch

807
00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:31,039
date but that again

808
00:30:36,470 --> 00:30:33,440
depends on congress fully funding the

809
00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:36,480
the budget as requested by the president

810
00:30:42,149 --> 00:30:37,840
bill harwood

811
00:30:43,669 --> 00:30:42,159
for anyone really um

812
00:30:45,830 --> 00:30:43,679
is the long-range goal here is to have

813
00:30:47,590 --> 00:30:45,840
two operational crude vehicles that will

814
00:30:50,149 --> 00:30:47,600
be routinely servicing the space station

815
00:30:51,990 --> 00:30:50,159
either alternating or whatever or is the

816
00:30:53,990 --> 00:30:52,000
expectation that one of these companies

817
00:30:55,350 --> 00:30:54,000
will emerge at the end of this road and

818
00:30:57,110 --> 00:30:55,360
be the one you use now i'm trying to

819
00:30:58,310 --> 00:30:57,120
understand how this plays out

820
00:31:00,549 --> 00:30:58,320
i'm going to answer that bill because

821
00:31:03,350 --> 00:31:00,559
i'm going to tell you about the vision

822
00:31:05,509 --> 00:31:03,360
and i the reason i went out to mars

823
00:31:07,430 --> 00:31:05,519
and started theirs because that that is

824
00:31:09,269 --> 00:31:07,440
where we're going the the nation is

825
00:31:10,389 --> 00:31:09,279
going to mars and we're leading other

826
00:31:13,350 --> 00:31:10,399
nations and

827
00:31:16,070 --> 00:31:13,360
of the world who really want to explore

828
00:31:18,549 --> 00:31:16,080
uh but everybody realizes you can't get

829
00:31:21,029 --> 00:31:18,559
there if you don't have a robust viable

830
00:31:22,710 --> 00:31:21,039
low-earth orbit infrastructure and in

831
00:31:24,470 --> 00:31:22,720
order to put that infrastructure in

832
00:31:28,149 --> 00:31:24,480
place as we have said at least for the

833
00:31:31,029 --> 00:31:28,159
last five years we've got to have

834
00:31:32,710 --> 00:31:31,039
sustainable commercial capability to

835
00:31:35,269 --> 00:31:32,720
service that lower

836
00:31:36,950 --> 00:31:35,279
infrastructure we need more destinations

837
00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:36,960
than the international space station to

838
00:31:40,950 --> 00:31:39,200
be quite honest uh and in order to

839
00:31:42,870 --> 00:31:40,960
service those additional destinations

840
00:31:45,269 --> 00:31:42,880
we're going to need as many providers as

841
00:31:48,070 --> 00:31:45,279
we can so our intent

842
00:31:50,630 --> 00:31:48,080
is as long as the providers

843
00:31:51,430 --> 00:31:50,640
meet our requirements we want to use

844
00:31:54,470 --> 00:31:51,440
them

845
00:31:56,630 --> 00:31:54,480
you know ideally several years from now

846
00:31:58,830 --> 00:31:56,640
there will not just be the international

847
00:32:01,590 --> 00:31:58,840
space station but there will be other

848
00:32:03,509 --> 00:32:01,600
laboratories uh single modules and the

849
00:32:04,789 --> 00:32:03,519
like where people can be going and some

850
00:32:06,950 --> 00:32:04,799
of them won't have anything to do with

851
00:32:09,590 --> 00:32:06,960
the government at all that's that's the

852
00:32:12,470 --> 00:32:09,600
vision of a commercial space industry

853
00:32:15,110 --> 00:32:12,480
and you know when you talk to boeing and

854
00:32:17,029 --> 00:32:15,120
spacex over the next few days

855
00:32:19,509 --> 00:32:17,039
i'd invite you all to ask them what you

856
00:32:21,669 --> 00:32:19,519
know what do they what do they envision

857
00:32:23,669 --> 00:32:21,679
as the market since they stayed in this

858
00:32:24,549 --> 00:32:23,679
thing

859
00:32:25,990 --> 00:32:24,559
uh

860
00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:26,000
we i think we have time for two more

861
00:32:31,190 --> 00:32:27,760
questions i know scott powers had his

862
00:32:34,389 --> 00:32:33,269
scott powers from the orlando sentinel

863
00:32:36,149 --> 00:32:34,399
um

864
00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:36,159
based on the progress they've made so

865
00:32:39,430 --> 00:32:37,840
far on the timetables that they project

866
00:32:41,430 --> 00:32:39,440
out do you expect that one company the

867
00:32:44,470 --> 00:32:41,440
other will be finished and ready to be

868
00:32:47,669 --> 00:32:44,480
certified first and in action first and

869
00:32:51,110 --> 00:32:49,269
so i would say

870
00:32:52,950 --> 00:32:51,120
right now we're not going to comment on

871
00:32:54,549 --> 00:32:52,960
a particular proposal i think you know

872
00:32:56,950 --> 00:32:54,559
you got a couple companies out there

873
00:33:00,389 --> 00:32:56,960
that are willing to talk about their

874
00:33:02,950 --> 00:33:00,399
plans i will tell you that the goal on

875
00:33:05,590 --> 00:33:02,960
under the rfp was for us to have

876
00:33:07,909 --> 00:33:05,600
certification by 2017

877
00:33:10,070 --> 00:33:07,919
and we have credible plans for both

878
00:33:10,870 --> 00:33:10,080
companies to get there by that period of

879
00:33:12,870 --> 00:33:10,880
time

880
00:33:14,789 --> 00:33:12,880
certification includes like i talked

881
00:33:17,430 --> 00:33:14,799
about before at least one crude

882
00:33:20,070 --> 00:33:17,440
demonstration flight

883
00:33:22,310 --> 00:33:20,080
and so we're very committed to that goal

884
00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:22,320
our providers are committed to that goal

885
00:33:26,950 --> 00:33:24,480
but we will not sacrifice crew safety

886
00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:26,960
for that goal

887
00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:28,720
eric i think it is yes

888
00:33:33,509 --> 00:33:32,320
uh yeah eric von aiken wkmg local 6 cbs

889
00:33:35,590 --> 00:33:33,519
here in orlando of course we're

890
00:33:37,350 --> 00:33:35,600
concerned about and very interested in

891
00:33:39,110 --> 00:33:37,360
the local impact i hope this is a

892
00:33:41,590 --> 00:33:39,120
question you can answer and if not maybe

893
00:33:43,590 --> 00:33:41,600
you can get close here we've heard from

894
00:33:47,269 --> 00:33:43,600
boeing that if they awarded the contract

895
00:33:49,029 --> 00:33:47,279
we'd see up to 550 local jobs here is

896
00:33:51,110 --> 00:33:49,039
that number correct

897
00:33:53,750 --> 00:33:51,120
and how many of those jobs will be from

898
00:33:59,830 --> 00:33:53,760
workers here on the space coast and same

899
00:34:02,950 --> 00:34:01,029
yeah i don't

900
00:34:04,549 --> 00:34:02,960
you know we we are really not going to

901
00:34:06,950 --> 00:34:04,559
comment on the particular provider's

902
00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:06,960
capability i suggest now that you know

903
00:34:10,790 --> 00:34:09,280
who the offers are or who the awardees

904
00:34:12,149 --> 00:34:10,800
are that you know you're going to have a

905
00:34:14,069 --> 00:34:12,159
couple of folks out there that are going

906
00:34:16,790 --> 00:34:14,079
to be chomping at the bit to be able to

907
00:34:18,790 --> 00:34:16,800
share their strategy and their impact on

908
00:34:20,950 --> 00:34:18,800
the local economy

909
00:34:22,069 --> 00:34:20,960
really today we're celebrating the

910
00:34:23,750 --> 00:34:22,079
awards

911
00:34:26,629 --> 00:34:23,760
and um

912
00:34:29,589 --> 00:34:26,639
and making sure that you understand what

913
00:34:31,030 --> 00:34:29,599
the requirements were in within the rfp

914
00:34:32,869 --> 00:34:31,040
and making sure you understand what

915
00:34:34,310 --> 00:34:32,879
nasa's role is going to be here

916
00:34:36,149 --> 00:34:34,320
industries out there and i'm sure

917
00:34:37,430 --> 00:34:36,159
they're ready to share with you their

918
00:34:38,470 --> 00:34:37,440
impact

919
00:34:40,389 --> 00:34:38,480
thank you

920
00:34:42,629 --> 00:34:40,399
you know this really validates our plans

921
00:34:45,030 --> 00:34:42,639
at ksc of having a true commercial

922
00:34:47,510 --> 00:34:45,040
spaceport we're moving ahead what we

923
00:34:49,750 --> 00:34:47,520
laid in place years back and the vision

924
00:34:51,990 --> 00:34:49,760
that we had is coming to fruition now

925
00:34:53,829 --> 00:34:52,000
having this happen so i think we've made

926
00:34:56,790 --> 00:34:53,839
tremendous progress and i think we're

927
00:34:58,630 --> 00:34:56,800
going to continue to down that path so

928
00:34:59,990 --> 00:34:58,640
this validates everything that we've

929
00:35:01,589 --> 00:35:00,000
been doing

930
00:35:03,750 --> 00:35:01,599
thank you all for your time today it's

931
00:35:05,510 --> 00:35:03,760
an exciting day at nasa for human space

932
00:35:08,310 --> 00:35:05,520
flight we will have a follow-on

933
00:35:10,550 --> 00:35:08,320
teleconference with kathy leaders you

934
00:35:14,710 --> 00:35:10,560
are welcome to call in or to listen to

935
00:35:17,670 --> 00:35:15,829
news

936
00:35:21,430 --> 00:35:17,680
and of course you can find all the nasa