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hello everyone and welcome to today's

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pre-launch status briefing for orbital's

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mission to the international space

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station

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orbital sciences cygnus cargo spacecraft

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is loaded with about 5 000 pounds of

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cargo for the space station and the crew

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the antares rocket is poised for liftoff

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tomorrow at 6 45 pm eastern time from

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the mid-atlantic regional spaceport's

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pad 0a here at nasa's wallops flight

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facility in virginia

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here to talk about how the preparations

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for launch have been going

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are gerald esquivel

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iss cygnus visiting vehicle integration

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manager

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frank culbertson executive vice

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president for orbital sciences

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mike pinkston

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antares program manager for orbital

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and sarah dardy test director at wallops

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flight facility

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for those of you watching on tv

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we'll be taking questions from media

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through a phone bridge and for those

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joining us on social media you can ask

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questions during today's briefing using

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the hashtag asknasa

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so we'll go ahead and get started gerald

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would you like to start us off

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thank you rachel and good afternoon to

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everyone

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let me first start by saying wow

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what a great time to be here in virginia

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for a launch

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some great weather couldn't be better

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here at wallops and

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we're going to have a beautiful launch

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tomorrow evening right around dusk

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right now it's an exciting time to be

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part of the nasa community and in

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particular part of the space station

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the space station is becoming a very

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busy outpost

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we have vehicles coming and going on a

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pretty regular basis now

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this past friday we had our final go

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no-go readiness review it's called an

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where normally in the past

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we would only address a single visiting

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vehicle event we would either have a

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vehicle coming into the station or a

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vehicle leaving the station

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and all of the station partnership

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is involved in this meeting providing

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the go or no go for the event

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this time though

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we had to address four different

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visiting vehicle events

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in in the near term

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of course the most important topic of

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that readiness review was the station

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readiness and all of the teams readiness

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to conduct the orb 3 mission

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i'm happy to report that the station

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partnership did give a go

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to conduct the mission so tomorrow we

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will have the the nice launch and then

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the eventual cygnus arrival at the space

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station around the november second time

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was related to the dragon spacecraft

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that vehicle was attached to the station

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at the same birthing port

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that we have planned for cygnus

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i'm happy to report that

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the dragon was released from the space

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and it arrived back on earth splashed

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so that birthing port is now free and

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and then the other two visiting vehicle

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events that was that we discussed

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so as you can see there's there's quite

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a quite a bit of visiting vehicle

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and then just to complete the picture of

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so as you can see it's it's quite an

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exciting time with all of the comings

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as i mentioned the birthing port is now

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that has been activated checked out and

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all systems are go there

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completed so we're all ready for cygnus

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safety types get pretty excited when you

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talk about that kind of high pressure

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frank here to give you the status of the

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thank you very much gerald appreciate

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the entire orbital team i want to say

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what a pleasure it is to be back at

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wallops for another one of these big

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team that we are part of here between

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that made a quick trip out to bermuda

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launch that was a lot of a lot of hard

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work and and they weren't sure what they

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given all the traffic that's coming and

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want to send up a some of those red and

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aircraft carrier so tonto wiseman can

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direct everybody in and out of the

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docking ports it's getting pretty busy

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former um astronaut and named for a

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a member of the apollo 7

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who also was the chief astronaut for

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many years and finally had his chance to

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fly on the apollo soyuz mission

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there's a lot more information about

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deke on our website and the reasons for

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naming the spacecraft after him but he

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did have a an early tie to commercial

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owned the conestoga

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conestoga rocket that was launched out

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effort to to commercialize space launch

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have a good connection with deke dave

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thompson and our founders had some

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learning what it what this all meant

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it's a real honor for us to to carry his

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memory into into space one more time

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uh this mission as gerald said we'll

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spend some time uh we call it loitering

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but we'll actually be working

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from launch until the time we actually

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rendezvous with the space station on

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november the 2nd early in the morning i

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do want to remind you all that that is

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the night or the morning that we change

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our clocks

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so if you're planning to get up you may

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have to wait an extra hour if you get up

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on your old time

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because we fall back then we'll we'll be

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there on time right frank okay

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but it is an interesting time to try to

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adjust

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and and departure as he said is planned

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for december 3rd we actually will remain

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on orbit for about two weeks following

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our departure from the space station

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conducting tests of the spacecraft to

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continue to expand our engineering

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envelope

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to learn the spacecraft characteristics

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and to get ready for some missions that

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are coming down the line uh on later or

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orbital launches where we will conduct

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experiments

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on board the spacecraft following our

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our departure from the station so it's a

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good exercise for the team it's a good

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way to understand the the hardware

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better

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and

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this mission is going to carry over 5

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000 pounds of cargo to the crew

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a wide variety of items as you've heard

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everything from science to clothes to

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food tools replacement parts etc

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this will bring our total cargo

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delivered to over 13 thousand pounds

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once we have unloaded all of that and

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put it on the station

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in in four missions

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uh those four missions have been flown

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will have been flown in a little over a

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year and uh we're very proud of the fact

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that we're continuing to deliver on a

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regular basis and uh and especially

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deliver cargo to the station

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we're going to bring cargo away from the

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station also and

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so far we've brought almost 10 000

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pounds of of

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some people call it trash we call it

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disposable cargo uh off the station uh

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that is returned to earth uh burned up

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during reentry hopefully and especially

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with some of that stuff um and um and

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we'll bring another probably

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2 500 kilograms or about 5 000 pounds

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back on this mission uh bringing our

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total to

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almost 15 000.

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so it's it's a real pleasure and a real

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honor for us actually to be a part of

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continuing to support the space station

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to continuing to ensure that they can

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keep six people on board keep them

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supplied keep them clothed keep them

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busy with uh with the research that's

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going on and we hope to continue to

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build on that do it

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more and more frequently and do it for

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many years to come we're very proud of

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the fact that we are a part of human

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space flight in this country proud of

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the fact that we are continuing this

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outpost in low earth orbit which really

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is just a stepping stone to what we're

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going to do next which is to go beyond

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low earth orbit go out to the moon uh

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continue to explore that and eventually

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go to mars and to to asteroids and

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continue to explore our solar system and

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orbital and other companies are an

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essential part of nasa being able to do

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that as well as our international

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partners

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and we we think it's a great team effort

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we think it's important for the

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for the future of humanity it's

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important for understanding our earth as

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well as our solar system and we think

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it's important for the future of our

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next generations to come and we hope

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it's an inspiration for the next

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generations to come because

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as you probably know we fly experiments

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for all ages and

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we have experiments flying for for

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non-profits for universities for various

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organizations that go up as small

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payloads on board the uh

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the commercial

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cargo delivery vehicles and who continue

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to keep

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our kids that are in school now inspired

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keep them involved and hopefully keep

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them taking math courses so they can get

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to get through engineering in college

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but we think that's an important

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part of our job is to to keep the next

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generation interested in this so that we

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don't stop doing this because if we stop

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doing this if we stop flying humans into

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space and if the u.s stops being the

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leader on that the next generation is

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going to be really upset with us because

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they're going to have to start over and

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they really do want to go to the moon in

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so now i'm going to turn it over to a

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real rocket scientist our program

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manager for the antares program mike

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pinkston

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thanks frank uh on behalf of the entire

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antares team

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we're all excited to be back here for uh

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you know prepping at wallops for our uh

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third mission of 2014.

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i think i've got a short video to

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talk you through on some of the

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pre-launch preps that have been going on

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in our

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horizontal integrations

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this is a

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photo of the

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fairing and then the cygnus during the

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final cargo

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loading operation

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uh here we are up on the tell getting

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ready for fairing mate that's our team

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uh closing out the uh the fairing

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and then uh this is a shot of the

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fairing being uh maneuvered uh over the

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front end of the vehicle to encapsulate

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the upper stack and the cygnus payload

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for those

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paying close attention you'll notice

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that there's an extra cylinder on the

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end of the fairing this time that uh

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accommodates the extra two and a half

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meters or so of length that comes with

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our uh our new caster 30xl second stage

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this is the rollout process we actually

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got out of the hiff uh

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the afternoon of uh or friday afternoon

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around five o'clock uh got it to the pad

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and started the erection process

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uh you can see it making its way to

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vertical

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uh late friday night i think we actually

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got there and upright sometimes shortly

449
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after midnight it's it's quite a long

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process we drive really really slow

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and we erect really really slow but you

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know once it's up there it's a really

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beautiful sight

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so you know as far as uh where we are

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right now the team has been working hard

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at the pad uh orbital nasa wallops and

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the mars team

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we've actually

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maybe the first time yet are going to

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finish a little bit ahead of a little

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bit ahead of schedule

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we got the combined systems test

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completed last night final pad preps are

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going on and should be wrapping up right

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about now

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so just due to a combination of factors

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we actually ended up being able to roll

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out a few hours early

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friday and the team did a great job

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getting everything complete and you may

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even be able to get off and watch a

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little football sunday afternoon so

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that's that's good for for our guys i i

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would like to also add a special thanks

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to the wallops team for uh just an

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incredible job getting the bermuda site

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back up uh you know they they exceeded

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anybody's expectations in terms of our

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earliest potential launch capability

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uh but they uh they pulled off a miracle

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and have us ready to go on monday and i

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i think when you see the weather report

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you'll be as glad as i am that they made

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it so with that over to sarah thanks

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mike

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like

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frank and everyone here has mentioned

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the nasa wallops range is excited to be

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here to support this third

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mission commercial resupply mission to

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the space station and what we're

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responsible for is tracking and data

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relay as well as ensuring the safe

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flight of the of the rocket a little bit

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earlier our facility director bill robel

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gave the authority to proceed for the

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mission and that's our final milestone

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into carrying out the countdown tomorrow

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and proceeding with the rest of the

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launch operation

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from a data and communications

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perspective we have range

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instrumentation including radars and

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telemetry

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antennas as well as command

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here at wallops as well as downrange in

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bermuda and you've heard everyone talk

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about bermuda already so we had a crew

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go out there about two weeks ago to

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secure and stow the site there for us in

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preparation for hurricane gonzalo

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after that passed through

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we got the guys back out there as

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quickly as we could which was just a

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short about three days later

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and then we checked out our systems

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we unsecured everything set it all back

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up did some functional testing

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hooked of the data lines and power

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and was actually able to complete a host

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of end-to-end data flows and test

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procedures on very short order things

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that would normally take us seven to ten

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days really we got done in about three

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or four day time frame so

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definitely kudos to the team out there

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they gave quite the herculean effort

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after such a huge storm went through and

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we were we were lucky to not sustain any

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any damage at all that

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would have prevented us from doing this

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on such a short time frame

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so with that i'll also

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go into the weather report that was also

535
00:19:01,029 --> 00:18:58,640
mentioned here earlier

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00:19:04,789 --> 00:19:01,039
the launch weather officer

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has a forecast for very clear skies very

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light winds out of the southwest

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and

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that gives us a probability of 98

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percent for go launch conditions

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00:19:21,830 --> 00:19:19,600
and that's probably just due to the fact

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that the weatherman is never 100

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00:19:25,669 --> 00:19:24,240
right so we had to knock it back from

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there

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and the last

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chart i have to show here is just a

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visibility map

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due to the weather forecast and the fact

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that the the launch is going to be one

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of our first

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00:19:43,669 --> 00:19:40,640
nighttime launches of the antares rocket

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here you'll be able to see

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the rocket pretty much up and down the

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entire

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00:19:52,230 --> 00:19:49,440
eastern seaboard there from about

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00:19:54,789 --> 00:19:52,240
connecticut to south carolina we'll have

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00:19:55,990 --> 00:19:54,799
a great view of antares lighting up the

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night sky

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and then just as it

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00:20:02,870 --> 00:20:00,240
fades off if you keep your eye up there

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00:20:05,270 --> 00:20:02,880
the iss will actually pass

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over about five minutes after launch

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around 6 50 p.m so that's kind of a cool

565
00:20:13,110 --> 00:20:10,400
uh double

566
00:20:14,870 --> 00:20:13,120
double show there for everyone so with

567
00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:14,880
that i'll turn it back over to rachel

568
00:20:19,110 --> 00:20:16,480
okay thanks

569
00:20:21,510 --> 00:20:19,120
all right we'll take some questions

570
00:20:23,430 --> 00:20:21,520
from folks in the audience here

571
00:20:25,590 --> 00:20:23,440
if you wouldn't mind stating your name

572
00:20:27,430 --> 00:20:25,600
affiliation and whom you're addressing

573
00:20:29,830 --> 00:20:27,440
your question that would be a big help

574
00:20:31,190 --> 00:20:29,840
and as a reminder to those watching on

575
00:20:33,110 --> 00:20:31,200
tv

576
00:20:36,149 --> 00:20:33,120
you can send us your questions on social

577
00:20:37,830 --> 00:20:36,159
media using the hashtag asknasa

578
00:20:39,669 --> 00:20:37,840
okay uh ken looked like you had a

579
00:20:41,750 --> 00:20:39,679
question

580
00:20:44,630 --> 00:20:41,760
hi ken kramer universe today in america

581
00:20:46,710 --> 00:20:44,640
space for gerald and uh frank mike i'm

582
00:20:50,630 --> 00:20:46,720
curious about this nitrogen tank with

583
00:20:51,909 --> 00:20:50,640
6000 psi can you talk about um

584
00:20:53,590 --> 00:20:51,919
how you're going to maneuver that in

585
00:20:55,830 --> 00:20:53,600
with what the astronauts have to do to

586
00:20:57,270 --> 00:20:55,840
get that into into the station and what

587
00:21:00,310 --> 00:20:57,280
they will do with it when they when they

588
00:21:01,270 --> 00:21:00,320
do get it inside thank you

589
00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:01,280
sure

590
00:21:05,750 --> 00:21:04,720
the nitrogen tank is actually uh coming

591
00:21:08,630 --> 00:21:05,760
up in a

592
00:21:11,590 --> 00:21:08,640
uh what looks like a very similar to

593
00:21:13,510 --> 00:21:11,600
all of our other regular cargo bags so

594
00:21:15,909 --> 00:21:13,520
uh it's got some extra

595
00:21:18,789 --> 00:21:15,919
support structure to uh

596
00:21:21,270 --> 00:21:18,799
to keep it stable but in general uh

597
00:21:23,510 --> 00:21:21,280
there's no special

598
00:21:24,630 --> 00:21:23,520
crew aids or anything to handle the tank

599
00:21:27,669 --> 00:21:24,640
uh it's

600
00:21:31,510 --> 00:21:29,750
for you know the various fault tolerance

601
00:21:32,710 --> 00:21:31,520
necessary to prevent any kind of leakage

602
00:21:35,669 --> 00:21:32,720
or burst

603
00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:35,679
and we have a assembly kit already that

604
00:21:40,230 --> 00:21:37,440
was brought up on the orb ii mission

605
00:21:41,750 --> 00:21:40,240
which the tank will be inserted into to

606
00:21:43,750 --> 00:21:41,760
transfer the nitrogen over into the

607
00:21:45,430 --> 00:21:43,760
airlock

608
00:21:46,710 --> 00:21:45,440
high pressure tanks

609
00:21:48,310 --> 00:21:46,720
so uh it

610
00:21:49,510 --> 00:21:48,320
from a crew perspective if they're going

611
00:21:51,350 --> 00:21:49,520
to be handling it just like they would

612
00:21:53,029 --> 00:21:51,360
any other cargo bags until they get it

613
00:21:54,390 --> 00:21:53,039
to the airlock and then it just goes

614
00:21:57,350 --> 00:21:54,400
right into that assembly kit that's

615
00:21:59,350 --> 00:21:57,360
already been installed previously

616
00:22:00,950 --> 00:21:59,360
from our world's perspective uh we've

617
00:22:03,190 --> 00:22:00,960
spent several years now satisfying the

618
00:22:05,590 --> 00:22:03,200
nasa safety con

619
00:22:07,669 --> 00:22:05,600
safety process in a number of areas

620
00:22:09,190 --> 00:22:07,679
this one got our attention and so we put

621
00:22:11,669 --> 00:22:09,200
them through the same ring

622
00:22:12,630 --> 00:22:11,679
through the same process

623
00:22:14,630 --> 00:22:12,640
and

624
00:22:17,270 --> 00:22:14,640
had them prove to us that it really was

625
00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:17,280
well designed its

626
00:22:21,029 --> 00:22:19,520
storage and handling is all

627
00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:21,039
as it should be and safe and we're

628
00:22:25,029 --> 00:22:22,960
convinced that it's fine our team has

629
00:22:26,549 --> 00:22:25,039
already handled it loaded it on to the

630
00:22:28,549 --> 00:22:26,559
to the cygnus as you know and it's out

631
00:22:30,310 --> 00:22:28,559
at the pad and so we feel very

632
00:22:33,110 --> 00:22:30,320
comfortable with it as a system it's

633
00:22:35,110 --> 00:22:33,120
it's not overly huge as gerald said it's

634
00:22:36,070 --> 00:22:35,120
manageable uh but it is the highest

635
00:22:38,950 --> 00:22:36,080
pressure

636
00:22:41,590 --> 00:22:38,960
vessel we've ever carried inside the

637
00:22:46,230 --> 00:22:43,830
oh i'd say it's about um three three

638
00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:46,240
feet in length and maybe

639
00:22:50,789 --> 00:22:48,960
you know 18 inches in diameter

640
00:22:52,710 --> 00:22:50,799
some people say a bread basket

641
00:22:57,270 --> 00:22:52,720
that's a really big bread bastard

642
00:23:02,310 --> 00:22:59,909
nice go ahead stephen hi stephen clark

643
00:23:03,350 --> 00:23:02,320
with uh space flight now um a couple of

644
00:23:06,470 --> 00:23:03,360
questions

645
00:23:09,029 --> 00:23:06,480
uh first maybe for uh mike can you talk

646
00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:09,039
a little bit about the caster 30xl uh

647
00:23:12,310 --> 00:23:10,799
it's differences from the upper stages

648
00:23:14,789 --> 00:23:12,320
you've flown before

649
00:23:16,070 --> 00:23:14,799
and what sort of improvements or

650
00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:16,080
improvements and performance you get out

651
00:23:21,750 --> 00:23:18,640
of out of that new upper stage

652
00:23:23,590 --> 00:23:21,760
and also maybe for frank and pitching on

653
00:23:25,350 --> 00:23:23,600
this as well do you need this new upper

654
00:23:27,190 --> 00:23:25,360
stage along with the enhanced cygnus

655
00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:27,200
that you'll debut on orb 4

656
00:23:30,710 --> 00:23:28,960
to meet your contractual requirements

657
00:23:32,630 --> 00:23:30,720
for the 20 000 kilograms or is this sort

658
00:23:35,510 --> 00:23:32,640
of icing on the cake above and beyond

659
00:23:37,750 --> 00:23:35,520
the 20 000 thanks go ahead mike

660
00:23:40,549 --> 00:23:37,760
i'll take the first uh part of that uh

661
00:23:43,669 --> 00:23:40,559
the the caster 30 xl is uh

662
00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:43,679
uh an extended length uh version uh of

663
00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:45,600
the you know the caster family of motors

664
00:23:49,510 --> 00:23:48,000
that we've flown on on all of the first

665
00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:49,520
uh four missions

666
00:23:54,310 --> 00:23:51,760
uh the uh you know in some specific

667
00:23:56,630 --> 00:23:54,320
terms it's uh it's about double the

668
00:23:59,350 --> 00:23:56,640
total impulse uh compared to the caster

669
00:24:02,710 --> 00:23:59,360
30b that we flew on orb one and orb two

670
00:24:05,430 --> 00:24:02,720
uh a little higher thrust burns about 30

671
00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:05,440
45 seconds longer than the caster 30b so

672
00:24:08,870 --> 00:24:07,360
you know overall just a much higher

673
00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:08,880
performance

674
00:24:13,029 --> 00:24:10,960
second stage as i mentioned in the you

675
00:24:15,269 --> 00:24:13,039
know talking through the video it's also

676
00:24:16,630 --> 00:24:15,279
you know quite a bit longer

677
00:24:19,669 --> 00:24:16,640
it's

678
00:24:21,510 --> 00:24:19,679
between that and the ultimate extension

679
00:24:23,510 --> 00:24:21,520
of the cygnus pcm to support the full

680
00:24:25,909 --> 00:24:23,520
enhanced cargo capability that we're uh

681
00:24:28,470 --> 00:24:25,919
we're bringing online uh it's about a

682
00:24:31,110 --> 00:24:28,480
three two and a half meter so let's say

683
00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:31,120
maybe eight to ten feet in length that's

684
00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:33,440
added to the total length of the antares

685
00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:34,480
vehicle

686
00:24:40,630 --> 00:24:37,440
uh and it roughly uh just the 30xl

687
00:24:43,110 --> 00:24:40,640
itself roughly uh gives us another 800

688
00:24:45,350 --> 00:24:43,120
to 900 kilograms of payload to orbit

689
00:24:47,350 --> 00:24:45,360
capability so

690
00:24:49,110 --> 00:24:47,360
uh overall i think it's uh it's going to

691
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:49,120
be a great enhancement to our cargo

692
00:24:54,549 --> 00:24:52,400
service and and yeah we need it

693
00:24:56,710 --> 00:24:54,559
and as far as increasing the

694
00:24:58,390 --> 00:24:56,720
capability of the system when we won the

695
00:25:00,630 --> 00:24:58,400
contract we already had

696
00:25:02,630 --> 00:25:00,640
plans for a performance enhancement

697
00:25:04,230 --> 00:25:02,640
program part way through the system to

698
00:25:07,269 --> 00:25:04,240
ensure that we could in fact carry our

699
00:25:10,710 --> 00:25:07,279
contracted amount of 20 tons to to the

700
00:25:12,870 --> 00:25:10,720
iss we started uh with lower delivery

701
00:25:14,870 --> 00:25:12,880
numbers to begin with and

702
00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:14,880
and have gradually increased it as we

703
00:25:17,590 --> 00:25:16,400
work off our contingencies and our

704
00:25:19,590 --> 00:25:17,600
margins

705
00:25:21,110 --> 00:25:19,600
but we needed this part of it the

706
00:25:23,590 --> 00:25:21,120
enhanced

707
00:25:25,430 --> 00:25:23,600
cargo carrying module which is a meter

708
00:25:27,269 --> 00:25:25,440
longer as well as the increased

709
00:25:29,110 --> 00:25:27,279
performance on the second stage to

710
00:25:30,470 --> 00:25:29,120
really meet our goals and we are in fact

711
00:25:32,470 --> 00:25:30,480
doing that and as mike said eight or

712
00:25:34,230 --> 00:25:32,480
nine hundred kilograms of additional

713
00:25:36,789 --> 00:25:34,240
cargo over what we've done the first few

714
00:25:38,549 --> 00:25:36,799
missions uh it will be our capability

715
00:25:41,430 --> 00:25:38,559
going forward and we needed the extra

716
00:25:43,350 --> 00:25:41,440
volume in order to to carry that and as

717
00:25:45,990 --> 00:25:43,360
we go through the this program and in

718
00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:46,000
future we hope programs with nasa will

719
00:25:49,590 --> 00:25:47,760
continue to increase that performance as

720
00:25:51,669 --> 00:25:49,600
we go

721
00:25:53,269 --> 00:25:51,679
okay robert hi robert with

722
00:25:55,750 --> 00:25:53,279
collectspace.com

723
00:25:57,750 --> 00:25:55,760
um for gerald and frank uh sort of

724
00:25:58,950 --> 00:25:57,760
building off of that and the mention of

725
00:26:01,830 --> 00:25:58,960
all the visiting vehicles that are

726
00:26:04,470 --> 00:26:01,840
coming back and forth uh when cygnus

727
00:26:06,310 --> 00:26:04,480
births it'll be the 14th anniversary of

728
00:26:07,909 --> 00:26:06,320
expedition 1

729
00:26:09,990 --> 00:26:07,919
and 14 years of continuous crude

730
00:26:11,590 --> 00:26:10,000
operations can you talk a little bit

731
00:26:14,230 --> 00:26:11,600
towards the

732
00:26:16,070 --> 00:26:14,240
evolution of logistic support on orbit

733
00:26:17,590 --> 00:26:16,080
and what it says about our current

734
00:26:19,830 --> 00:26:17,600
capabilities that

735
00:26:22,950 --> 00:26:19,840
so much payload so much cargo comes back

736
00:26:25,750 --> 00:26:22,960
and forth between the space station

737
00:26:27,830 --> 00:26:25,760
go ahead boss

738
00:26:29,590 --> 00:26:27,840
wow

739
00:26:30,950 --> 00:26:29,600
you make me feel old by talking all the

740
00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:30,960
way back to expedition one i've been

741
00:26:34,470 --> 00:26:32,400
part of the space station program since

742
00:26:37,350 --> 00:26:34,480
the beginning so i'm feeling

743
00:26:41,190 --> 00:26:39,430
uh but like you said um you know we had

744
00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:41,200
a very robust capability when we had the

745
00:26:45,350 --> 00:26:43,679
shuttle around and uh when we retired

746
00:26:46,950 --> 00:26:45,360
the shuttle

747
00:26:48,470 --> 00:26:46,960
it was uh

748
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:48,480
we had to rely on our international

749
00:26:53,830 --> 00:26:50,720
partners to provide uh the resupply to

750
00:26:56,149 --> 00:26:53,840
the station and when we had the

751
00:26:57,830 --> 00:26:56,159
the concept the the strategy to involve

752
00:26:59,990 --> 00:26:57,840
the commercial partners uh commercial

753
00:27:01,830 --> 00:27:00,000
providers in in starting to bring our

754
00:27:02,950 --> 00:27:01,840
cargo to station

755
00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:02,960
that was

756
00:27:06,149 --> 00:27:04,799
quite an exciting time not only was it

757
00:27:07,590 --> 00:27:06,159
going to be doing something different at

758
00:27:09,350 --> 00:27:07,600
nasa but

759
00:27:11,110 --> 00:27:09,360
we were going to be returning some of

760
00:27:12,950 --> 00:27:11,120
that resupply capability to the united

761
00:27:14,710 --> 00:27:12,960
states

762
00:27:16,230 --> 00:27:14,720
when you include the two demonstration

763
00:27:18,389 --> 00:27:16,240
missions

764
00:27:21,990 --> 00:27:18,399
we this will be our ninth commercial

765
00:27:22,710 --> 00:27:22,000
flight to the station and as as they've

766
00:27:24,789 --> 00:27:22,720
been

767
00:27:26,549 --> 00:27:24,799
as they have demonstrated

768
00:27:27,909 --> 00:27:26,559
they're very capable of bringing all the

769
00:27:30,310 --> 00:27:27,919
cargo needs

770
00:27:32,470 --> 00:27:30,320
that's the station has

771
00:27:34,870 --> 00:27:32,480
the htv and the atv vehicles provide

772
00:27:36,789 --> 00:27:34,880
some other unique capabilities but

773
00:27:38,870 --> 00:27:36,799
getting the day in and day out needs of

774
00:27:40,950 --> 00:27:38,880
the station now via our commercial

775
00:27:43,990 --> 00:27:40,960
providers is has been key

776
00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:44,000
and we see that continuing on with our

777
00:27:48,549 --> 00:27:45,840
future contracts as well as when we

778
00:27:49,909 --> 00:27:48,559
eventually uh go with the crew

779
00:27:52,870 --> 00:27:49,919
crew transport

780
00:27:54,389 --> 00:27:52,880
and i'll let frank answer any other part

781
00:27:56,870 --> 00:27:54,399
well first of all gerald when you said

782
00:27:58,710 --> 00:27:56,880
you feel old

783
00:28:00,149 --> 00:27:58,720
i started working this stuff almost 20

784
00:28:03,269 --> 00:28:00,159
years before that so what are you trying

785
00:28:06,389 --> 00:28:04,630
it is

786
00:28:07,350 --> 00:28:06,399
gratifying to see it going so well and

787
00:28:09,190 --> 00:28:07,360
to see

788
00:28:10,870 --> 00:28:09,200
the ability of american industry as well

789
00:28:13,190 --> 00:28:10,880
as our international partners to support

790
00:28:14,789 --> 00:28:13,200
this program even without the shuttle

791
00:28:16,870 --> 00:28:14,799
shuttle was a key part of building the

792
00:28:17,750 --> 00:28:16,880
station if it had been able to continue

793
00:28:19,669 --> 00:28:17,760
it would have been a key part of

794
00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:19,679
continuing to supply it and probably

795
00:28:23,350 --> 00:28:21,919
expand it but without the shuttle we we

796
00:28:25,029 --> 00:28:23,360
need all of these vehicles coming and

797
00:28:27,110 --> 00:28:25,039
going in order to support the research

798
00:28:28,310 --> 00:28:27,120
on board and to keep the crew

799
00:28:32,230 --> 00:28:28,320
healthy and

800
00:28:33,750 --> 00:28:32,240
well sustained it is a logistics problem

801
00:28:35,909 --> 00:28:33,760
as well as an operational problem for

802
00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:35,919
the program to to solve but that's part

803
00:28:39,269 --> 00:28:37,520
of what we do

804
00:28:40,870 --> 00:28:39,279
in the space program as we continue to

805
00:28:43,190 --> 00:28:40,880
increase capabilities and if we're going

806
00:28:44,789 --> 00:28:43,200
to want to keep people in space and go

807
00:28:46,470 --> 00:28:44,799
beyond the space station which means

808
00:28:48,389 --> 00:28:46,480
even more people going into space we've

809
00:28:49,830 --> 00:28:48,399
got to keep this going and we've got to

810
00:28:51,669 --> 00:28:49,840
figure out how to do it as efficiently

811
00:28:54,870 --> 00:28:51,679
as possible

812
00:28:57,350 --> 00:28:54,880
i think it's a testament to the both the

813
00:28:58,470 --> 00:28:57,360
the program as well as the suppliers

814
00:29:00,630 --> 00:28:58,480
that we can

815
00:29:02,470 --> 00:29:00,640
interweave all these capabilities

816
00:29:04,549 --> 00:29:02,480
coordinate between the various entities

817
00:29:06,630 --> 00:29:04,559
and international partners and still

818
00:29:09,590 --> 00:29:06,640
keep it flowing fairly smoothly

819
00:29:11,510 --> 00:29:09,600
and keep the research going so

820
00:29:13,830 --> 00:29:11,520
i think that you'll see even more

821
00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:13,840
complicated scenarios in the future as

822
00:29:18,070 --> 00:29:16,000
we as we go forward and try to go beyond

823
00:29:19,669 --> 00:29:18,080
where we are now

824
00:29:21,669 --> 00:29:19,679
okay let's take some questions that

825
00:29:23,110 --> 00:29:21,679
we're getting on social media go ahead

826
00:29:24,070 --> 00:29:23,120
jason

827
00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:24,080
indeed

828
00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:25,440
this first question comes from twitter

829
00:29:29,510 --> 00:29:27,760
user launch complex who's asking i'm

830
00:29:31,830 --> 00:29:29,520
wondering will the recent solar flares

831
00:29:35,590 --> 00:29:31,840
present any issues for orb 3 launch like

832
00:29:38,870 --> 00:29:35,600
they did for the orb 1 launch in january

833
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:43,190
but we always watch space weather

834
00:29:47,350 --> 00:29:44,950
all right this question comes from

835
00:29:49,510 --> 00:29:47,360
twitter user james who asks with the

836
00:29:51,590 --> 00:29:49,520
launch scheduled about 37 minutes after

837
00:29:53,669 --> 00:29:51,600
sunset will the vehicle reach sunlight

838
00:29:57,110 --> 00:29:53,679
during ascent

839
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:57,120
i predict that it will but i'm not sure

840
00:30:00,549 --> 00:29:58,799
that's my prediction also frank but i

841
00:30:02,389 --> 00:30:00,559
don't have any hard evidence to support

842
00:30:04,470 --> 00:30:02,399
it

843
00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:04,480
this is this comes from experience of

844
00:30:09,909 --> 00:30:07,760
seeing launches right at sunset

845
00:30:11,669 --> 00:30:09,919
indeed twitter user jim asks what are

846
00:30:14,950 --> 00:30:11,679
the benefits of launching from virginia

847
00:30:16,630 --> 00:30:14,960
versus florida versus california

848
00:30:18,710 --> 00:30:16,640
um well the benefits are that we have a

849
00:30:23,669 --> 00:30:18,720
launch pad here that is compatible with

850
00:30:28,230 --> 00:30:24,950
number one

851
00:30:29,909 --> 00:30:28,240
and uh uh secondly um we feel it's

852
00:30:31,909 --> 00:30:29,919
important for the united states to have

853
00:30:34,070 --> 00:30:31,919
as many capable launch vehicles or

854
00:30:36,870 --> 00:30:34,080
launch processing and launching

855
00:30:39,750 --> 00:30:36,880
facilities as the industry can support

856
00:30:41,909 --> 00:30:39,760
wallops is a very capable site it's been

857
00:30:43,830 --> 00:30:41,919
developed to uh to deal with larger

858
00:30:45,350 --> 00:30:43,840
vehicles now that that antares is

859
00:30:47,269 --> 00:30:45,360
launching out of there and they and out

860
00:30:49,110 --> 00:30:47,279
of here and we could they could support

861
00:30:51,190 --> 00:30:49,120
even others that if others wanted to

862
00:30:53,590 --> 00:30:51,200
come here but it also helps deconflict

863
00:30:55,750 --> 00:30:53,600
some of the traffic that also goes down

864
00:30:58,789 --> 00:30:55,760
goes on at the kennedy space center in

865
00:31:00,549 --> 00:30:58,799
cape canaveral just like the station has

866
00:31:02,950 --> 00:31:00,559
traffic issues there are launch traffic

867
00:31:04,710 --> 00:31:02,960
issues going out of florida so having

868
00:31:06,470 --> 00:31:04,720
the two sites virginia and florida we

869
00:31:09,350 --> 00:31:06,480
think is is very good for the country

870
00:31:11,110 --> 00:31:09,360
and good for the iss

871
00:31:13,430 --> 00:31:11,120
excellent last question here comes from

872
00:31:17,110 --> 00:31:13,440
scott on twitter who asks what kind of

873
00:31:20,310 --> 00:31:17,120
trash does the iss generate

874
00:31:24,070 --> 00:31:23,110
was it the kind or the amount the kind

875
00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:24,080
yeah

876
00:31:28,070 --> 00:31:25,760
let me take that sure

877
00:31:30,830 --> 00:31:28,080
since i generated some of that

878
00:31:34,149 --> 00:31:30,840
many many years ago gerald

879
00:31:36,470 --> 00:31:34,159
um uh a lot of it is is uh packing for

880
00:31:38,789 --> 00:31:36,480
your food that you consume you've got to

881
00:31:41,190 --> 00:31:38,799
do something with the food trash um

882
00:31:42,310 --> 00:31:41,200
a lot of it is clothing that's been worn

883
00:31:44,070 --> 00:31:42,320
and since we don't have a laundry

884
00:31:46,230 --> 00:31:44,080
facility up there you just you throw it

885
00:31:48,549 --> 00:31:46,240
away and then you return it in whatever

886
00:31:51,750 --> 00:31:48,559
vehicle is leaving next

887
00:31:52,870 --> 00:31:51,760
wet towels from from bathing

888
00:31:55,110 --> 00:31:52,880
the

889
00:31:57,350 --> 00:31:55,120
remnants of of old experiments that are

890
00:32:00,070 --> 00:31:57,360
no longer being used and have produced

891
00:32:02,789 --> 00:32:00,080
all their data they will sometimes uh

892
00:32:05,269 --> 00:32:02,799
send that that hardware down not to be

893
00:32:06,789 --> 00:32:05,279
recovered but to be disposed of uh there

894
00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:06,799
is certainly human waste that has to

895
00:32:11,669 --> 00:32:08,960
leave the station in

896
00:32:13,990 --> 00:32:11,679
very tight containers

897
00:32:15,990 --> 00:32:14,000
that actually works very well and so we

898
00:32:19,110 --> 00:32:16,000
return that in in all the vehicles that

899
00:32:20,470 --> 00:32:19,120
that are disposed of in the atmosphere

900
00:32:22,950 --> 00:32:20,480
and then anything else the crew just

901
00:32:24,230 --> 00:32:22,960
doesn't need anymore um when you think

902
00:32:26,710 --> 00:32:24,240
about it the station is a closed

903
00:32:28,549 --> 00:32:26,720
environment so anything that goes up

904
00:32:30,389 --> 00:32:28,559
there has to have an end-of-life plan

905
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:30,399
for how does it get off the station

906
00:32:32,950 --> 00:32:31,760
otherwise you just keep filling up that

907
00:32:35,190 --> 00:32:32,960
container and there's eventually not

908
00:32:37,669 --> 00:32:35,200
going to be room for the crew so every

909
00:32:40,630 --> 00:32:37,679
every kilogram that goes to the station

910
00:32:42,789 --> 00:32:40,640
an equal kilogram has to come off or a

911
00:32:44,630 --> 00:32:42,799
cubic meter cubic meter has to come off

912
00:32:46,549 --> 00:32:44,640
so you got to think of it in in those

913
00:32:47,909 --> 00:32:46,559
terms there's only so much room it's

914
00:32:49,669 --> 00:32:47,919
like my daughter's bedroom you know i

915
00:32:53,509 --> 00:32:49,679
mean that only so much can go in there

916
00:32:56,710 --> 00:32:54,789
okay let's see do we have any more

917
00:33:00,230 --> 00:32:56,720
questions here in the room let's go

918
00:33:04,310 --> 00:33:02,549
hi my name is rebecca moore

919
00:33:06,870 --> 00:33:04,320
i'm one of the social media contacts for

920
00:33:08,789 --> 00:33:06,880
nasa uh before i came i took some

921
00:33:10,310 --> 00:33:08,799
questions from some of my followers that

922
00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:10,320
i have

923
00:33:13,029 --> 00:33:11,200
and

924
00:33:15,190 --> 00:33:13,039
this question um

925
00:33:17,909 --> 00:33:15,200
really goes to you spoke earlier about

926
00:33:20,389 --> 00:33:17,919
how the missions like this are important

927
00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:20,399
for continuing to be able for the next

928
00:33:24,630 --> 00:33:22,720
generation to be able to go to the moon

929
00:33:26,470 --> 00:33:24,640
and go to mars and a lot of the

930
00:33:29,350 --> 00:33:26,480
questions i was getting are when's the

931
00:33:30,789 --> 00:33:29,360
next big deal things when's the next you

932
00:33:32,470 --> 00:33:30,799
know when are we going to set up a

933
00:33:35,669 --> 00:33:32,480
permanent colony when are we putting a

934
00:33:37,990 --> 00:33:35,679
man on mars um and so how are missions

935
00:33:39,590 --> 00:33:38,000
like this contributing to those you know

936
00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:39,600
long-term goals

937
00:33:46,710 --> 00:33:42,880
that orbital science and nasa and other

938
00:33:47,909 --> 00:33:46,720
uh commercial space flight places have

939
00:33:48,870 --> 00:33:47,919
let me just say one thing then i'm going

940
00:33:50,389 --> 00:33:48,880
to turn it over to the government

941
00:33:52,710 --> 00:33:50,399
official here who

942
00:33:54,870 --> 00:33:52,720
has all those answers but uh we are this

943
00:33:56,389 --> 00:33:54,880
is the next big thing flying on the

944
00:33:58,310 --> 00:33:56,399
space station is a big deal and i wish

945
00:34:00,070 --> 00:33:58,320
people understood that better because

946
00:34:01,509 --> 00:34:00,080
it's not easy to get six people up there

947
00:34:03,430 --> 00:34:01,519
and get them back safely and it's not

948
00:34:05,190 --> 00:34:03,440
easy to keep them supplied it's not easy

949
00:34:06,870 --> 00:34:05,200
to develop the payloads and the research

950
00:34:09,190 --> 00:34:06,880
that goes on up there people put their

951
00:34:11,190 --> 00:34:09,200
entire careers into these projects that

952
00:34:13,190 --> 00:34:11,200
end up on the station and some of them

953
00:34:15,190 --> 00:34:13,200
last for years and years and people

954
00:34:18,149 --> 00:34:15,200
really do build careers around them but

955
00:34:19,669 --> 00:34:18,159
it is the future for low earth orbit for

956
00:34:22,389 --> 00:34:19,679
people who want to be astronauts or who

957
00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:22,399
want to be involved in in space

958
00:34:26,710 --> 00:34:24,639
on the human space flight side and so it

959
00:34:28,950 --> 00:34:26,720
is a big deal and i wish people

960
00:34:30,790 --> 00:34:28,960
understood how difficult it still is to

961
00:34:32,629 --> 00:34:30,800
get people and things into orbit and to

962
00:34:34,310 --> 00:34:32,639
get them home safely and to live up

963
00:34:36,790 --> 00:34:34,320
there they have to do spacewalks they've

964
00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:36,800
got to work a full schedule and

965
00:34:39,589 --> 00:34:38,320
it's like being on an outpost anywhere

966
00:34:41,270 --> 00:34:39,599
else where you're living in hazardous

967
00:34:42,869 --> 00:34:41,280
conditions and you can't always go

968
00:34:45,990 --> 00:34:42,879
outside when you want to

969
00:34:47,510 --> 00:34:46,000
to get away so it is a big deal and then

970
00:34:51,750 --> 00:34:47,520
the future of nasa i think gerald is

971
00:34:55,349 --> 00:34:53,909
well as frank is saying

972
00:34:58,069 --> 00:34:55,359
space flight

973
00:34:59,670 --> 00:34:58,079
is very difficult business and having

974
00:35:00,630 --> 00:34:59,680
the space station in low earth orbit

975
00:35:02,470 --> 00:35:00,640
they're

976
00:35:04,310 --> 00:35:02,480
providing a microgravity

977
00:35:06,630 --> 00:35:04,320
environment for both science as well as

978
00:35:09,430 --> 00:35:06,640
technology advancement is is very key

979
00:35:11,990 --> 00:35:09,440
for our future travels to the moon the

980
00:35:13,349 --> 00:35:12,000
mars and and further out

981
00:35:15,109 --> 00:35:13,359
we have

982
00:35:17,109 --> 00:35:15,119
a lot of things geared going on at the

983
00:35:19,750 --> 00:35:17,119
station right now to support

984
00:35:22,630 --> 00:35:19,760
understanding those longer term missions

985
00:35:24,630 --> 00:35:22,640
next year we have our our first

986
00:35:27,190 --> 00:35:24,640
expedition where we have

987
00:35:28,310 --> 00:35:27,200
crew members staying on orbit for a full

988
00:35:30,069 --> 00:35:28,320
year

989
00:35:31,589 --> 00:35:30,079
normally they are staying up there no

990
00:35:33,589 --> 00:35:31,599
longer than six months and so we're

991
00:35:35,190 --> 00:35:33,599
trying to make sure we understand all of

992
00:35:37,030 --> 00:35:35,200
the physiological changes that might

993
00:35:40,230 --> 00:35:37,040
occur to the human body

994
00:35:42,069 --> 00:35:40,240
with a lengthier time on orbit

995
00:35:44,310 --> 00:35:42,079
and then when you talk about some of the

996
00:35:45,589 --> 00:35:44,320
systems spacecraft systems that are

997
00:35:46,790 --> 00:35:45,599
going to be necessary for these long

998
00:35:47,670 --> 00:35:46,800
missions

999
00:35:52,390 --> 00:35:47,680
those

1000
00:35:53,750 --> 00:35:52,400
have multiple strings of redundancy

1001
00:35:55,589 --> 00:35:53,760
because you are going to eventually have

1002
00:35:57,990 --> 00:35:55,599
a failure from time to time

1003
00:35:59,589 --> 00:35:58,000
and demonstrating those technologies the

1004
00:36:01,670 --> 00:35:59,599
reliability

1005
00:36:03,109 --> 00:36:01,680
aspect of those devices those subsystems

1006
00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:03,119
on space station

1007
00:36:07,750 --> 00:36:05,440
is providing invaluable information to

1008
00:36:09,030 --> 00:36:07,760
our engineers to our scientists in

1009
00:36:10,069 --> 00:36:09,040
developing those systems that are going

1010
00:36:11,750 --> 00:36:10,079
to take us

1011
00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:11,760
beyond low earth orbit

1012
00:36:14,470 --> 00:36:12,560
so

1013
00:36:16,710 --> 00:36:14,480
um and then later this year i understand

1014
00:36:18,950 --> 00:36:16,720
we are having a big orion uh mission so

1015
00:36:21,030 --> 00:36:18,960
that will be our first uh real good test

1016
00:36:21,910 --> 00:36:21,040
of of that vehicle that's intended to

1017
00:36:24,550 --> 00:36:21,920
take us

1018
00:36:26,710 --> 00:36:24,560
beyond low low earth orbit so it's

1019
00:36:28,630 --> 00:36:26,720
pretty exciting if i could have one

1020
00:36:29,990 --> 00:36:28,640
other thing there is one other big deal

1021
00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:30,000
here that's uh

1022
00:36:34,150 --> 00:36:32,400
uh being demonstrated by this particular

1023
00:36:36,390 --> 00:36:34,160
launch tomorrow and that's the fact that

1024
00:36:38,150 --> 00:36:36,400
uh nasa and industry are changing their

1025
00:36:39,750 --> 00:36:38,160
approach to how we do exploration and

1026
00:36:41,750 --> 00:36:39,760
how we

1027
00:36:44,470 --> 00:36:41,760
maintain a presence in space the

1028
00:36:46,310 --> 00:36:44,480
commercial resupply services contract

1029
00:36:48,710 --> 00:36:46,320
between orbital and

1030
00:36:50,310 --> 00:36:48,720
nasa and spacex and nasa is a good

1031
00:36:51,270 --> 00:36:50,320
example of that but it's not the only

1032
00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:51,280
one

1033
00:36:54,790 --> 00:36:52,720
nasa and other government agencies have

1034
00:36:57,750 --> 00:36:54,800
always relied on contractors to to

1035
00:36:59,589 --> 00:36:57,760
implement and develop and and execute

1036
00:37:01,430 --> 00:36:59,599
new programs and build hardware but this

1037
00:37:05,109 --> 00:37:01,440
is a more commercial approach

1038
00:37:06,950 --> 00:37:05,119
uh that was begun back in the uh

1039
00:37:09,430 --> 00:37:06,960
actually 80s and 90s

1040
00:37:11,750 --> 00:37:09,440
on a small scale by deak and his company

1041
00:37:14,310 --> 00:37:11,760
by dave thompson and his company and now

1042
00:37:16,630 --> 00:37:14,320
by elon and others who are moving the

1043
00:37:18,630 --> 00:37:16,640
boundaries of of commercial activity in

1044
00:37:20,069 --> 00:37:18,640
space further and further out and i

1045
00:37:22,790 --> 00:37:20,079
think that partnership is going to

1046
00:37:25,030 --> 00:37:22,800
enable us to go beyond low earth orbit

1047
00:37:27,190 --> 00:37:25,040
and allow industry to be a different

1048
00:37:29,349 --> 00:37:27,200
type of partner with with nasa and other

1049
00:37:31,990 --> 00:37:29,359
agencies in in developing our access to

1050
00:37:34,310 --> 00:37:32,000
space both for humans and for robots as

1051
00:37:37,190 --> 00:37:34,320
we continue to explore the solar system

1052
00:37:40,950 --> 00:37:37,200
so the the business frontier is moving

1053
00:37:42,630 --> 00:37:40,960
along with the space frontier

1054
00:37:45,910 --> 00:37:42,640
okay we have time for one or two more

1055
00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:45,920
questions if there anymore here

1056
00:37:50,320 --> 00:37:54,710
let's go here in the front

1057
00:37:59,349 --> 00:37:56,950
hi robert perlman with collectspace.com

1058
00:38:00,230 --> 00:37:59,359
again um with halloween right around the

1059
00:38:02,950 --> 00:38:00,240
corner

1060
00:38:04,950 --> 00:38:02,960
uh is it safe to say there are or

1061
00:38:09,430 --> 00:38:04,960
are there any treats on board for the

1062
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,510
i'm not at liberty to say

1063
00:38:19,190 --> 00:38:16,069
might be a trick

1064
00:38:23,510 --> 00:38:19,200
and they might be watching

1065
00:38:28,870 --> 00:38:27,270
and i have questions from second graders

1066
00:38:30,550 --> 00:38:28,880
second graders at oakville elementary

1067
00:38:32,390 --> 00:38:30,560
would like to know what's the best thing

1068
00:38:37,270 --> 00:38:32,400
about being an engineer or scientist

1069
00:38:41,670 --> 00:38:40,150
well you get to work on space flight

1070
00:38:43,829 --> 00:38:41,680
that's that's the most exciting part

1071
00:38:45,349 --> 00:38:43,839
we're leaving the boundaries of earth

1072
00:38:47,750 --> 00:38:45,359
you're working on some of the newest

1073
00:38:50,550 --> 00:38:47,760
technologies you're always pushing the

1074
00:38:51,670 --> 00:38:50,560
envelope it's things that engineers

1075
00:38:53,589 --> 00:38:51,680
strive for

1076
00:38:56,310 --> 00:38:53,599
so working for nasa working in the

1077
00:38:57,990 --> 00:38:56,320
aerospace industry

1078
00:39:00,470 --> 00:38:58,000
is just a wonderful place to work as an

1079
00:39:04,069 --> 00:39:00,480
engineer so that's what i would tell any

1080
00:39:08,230 --> 00:39:06,870
i i'd just say watch a rocket launch and

1081
00:39:09,510 --> 00:39:08,240
and you'll

1082
00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:09,520
you'll have a hard time finding

1083
00:39:12,630 --> 00:39:11,760
something cooler than that and uh you

1084
00:39:14,390 --> 00:39:12,640
know

1085
00:39:15,190 --> 00:39:14,400
between that and what what we're doing

1086
00:39:17,510 --> 00:39:15,200
to

1087
00:39:19,589 --> 00:39:17,520
really expand the frontier it's just

1088
00:39:21,190 --> 00:39:19,599
exciting and i'm not sure

1089
00:39:23,349 --> 00:39:21,200
there's a better job for an engineer or

1090
00:39:24,470 --> 00:39:23,359
a scientist

1091
00:39:28,150 --> 00:39:24,480
mike

1092
00:39:30,390 --> 00:39:28,160
say tomorrow that's the most exciting

1093
00:39:31,510 --> 00:39:30,400
thing is actually launching a rocket and

1094
00:39:33,430 --> 00:39:31,520
when you're a part of that and

1095
00:39:34,710 --> 00:39:33,440
experience that it motivates you to want

1096
00:39:36,790 --> 00:39:34,720
to learn

1097
00:39:40,150 --> 00:39:36,800
and have hands-on experience with

1098
00:39:41,589 --> 00:39:40,160
everything involved in that

1099
00:39:42,950 --> 00:39:41,599
all those things are true and the only

1100
00:39:44,470 --> 00:39:42,960
thing i'd add is that you get to work

1101
00:39:46,470 --> 00:39:44,480
with people like these and people like

1102
00:39:48,470 --> 00:39:46,480
out there uh some of the smartest people

1103
00:39:50,790 --> 00:39:48,480
in the world some of the people who are

1104
00:39:52,950 --> 00:39:50,800
most excited about their jobs and uh who

1105
00:39:55,670 --> 00:39:52,960
feel the greatest sense of satisfaction

1106
00:39:57,270 --> 00:39:55,680
when it goes well and the the most

1107
00:40:00,230 --> 00:39:57,280
frustration when it doesn't but who

1108
00:40:02,630 --> 00:40:00,240
never give up and it's an amazing

1109
00:40:04,550 --> 00:40:02,640
industry to be a part of and i highly

1110
00:40:05,990 --> 00:40:04,560
recommend it whether you are going to be

1111
00:40:09,030 --> 00:40:06,000
a political scientist or a business

1112
00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:09,040
major or an engineer or a scientist or a

1113
00:40:12,790 --> 00:40:10,960
doctor um that there is nothing better

1114
00:40:15,910 --> 00:40:12,800
than space flight in terms of having a

1115
00:40:18,710 --> 00:40:15,920
future that uh is probably somewhat

1116
00:40:20,470 --> 00:40:18,720
unknown but always always exciting and

1117
00:40:22,309 --> 00:40:20,480
if i could maybe add a little bit more

1118
00:40:25,109 --> 00:40:22,319
to the halloween question

1119
00:40:27,510 --> 00:40:25,119
um robert when uh uh when i was on

1120
00:40:29,190 --> 00:40:27,520
station during expedition 3 we did have

1121
00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:29,200
a crew come knock on our door on

1122
00:40:33,109 --> 00:40:31,760
halloween october 31st they had launched

1123
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from baikonur

1124
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and uh they were there trick-or-treating

1125
00:40:45,510 --> 00:40:43,510
and they brought us treats so uh and we

1126
00:40:47,349 --> 00:40:45,520
had a few for them so it was it was a

1127
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nice halloween

1128
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okay let's take one more in the back

1129
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from social media and then we'll go

1130
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ahead and conclude

1131
00:40:56,069 --> 00:40:53,920
this question comes from twitter user

1132
00:41:01,270 --> 00:40:56,079
kieran who asks wondering how long the

1133
00:41:06,470 --> 00:41:04,230
the the orb 3 launch window's 10 minutes

1134
00:41:08,309 --> 00:41:06,480
in length and it's really driven by

1135
00:41:10,630 --> 00:41:08,319
uh you know performance and targeting

1136
00:41:13,510 --> 00:41:10,640
requirements that uh get us in the right

1137
00:41:14,790 --> 00:41:13,520
orbit at the right time uh that allows

1138
00:41:16,390 --> 00:41:14,800
cygnus to

1139
00:41:18,390 --> 00:41:16,400
uh do what they need to do to rendezvous

1140
00:41:19,829 --> 00:41:18,400
with the space station it is actually a

1141
00:41:21,030 --> 00:41:19,839
little bit longer than the last couple i

1142
00:41:22,870 --> 00:41:21,040
think we were working with five minute

1143
00:41:24,150 --> 00:41:22,880
windows previously but because of this

1144
00:41:25,990 --> 00:41:24,160
particular

1145
00:41:28,790 --> 00:41:26,000
uh configuration with the with the

1146
00:41:30,550 --> 00:41:28,800
bigger second stage and and not a full

1147
00:41:31,829 --> 00:41:30,560
you know fully enhanced cygnus we're

1148
00:41:32,950 --> 00:41:31,839
able to open the window up a little bit

1149
00:41:35,990 --> 00:41:32,960
and give us a little more time if we

1150
00:41:38,390 --> 00:41:36,000
need it and as sarah mentioned uh if you

1151
00:41:39,910 --> 00:41:38,400
watch the night sky after after liftoff

1152
00:41:41,670 --> 00:41:39,920
a few minutes later you'll see the

1153
00:41:43,829 --> 00:41:41,680
international station go space station

1154
00:41:45,349 --> 00:41:43,839
go over five minutes right bill

1155
00:41:46,790 --> 00:41:45,359
and that tells you what's happening is

1156
00:41:48,230 --> 00:41:46,800
we are launching

1157
00:41:50,069 --> 00:41:48,240
so that we end up slightly ahead of the

1158
00:41:52,230 --> 00:41:50,079
station and then it'll start catching up

1159
00:41:53,990 --> 00:41:52,240
and then we will phase until we end up

1160
00:41:56,390 --> 00:41:54,000
beneath the station and uh two or three

1161
00:41:58,550 --> 00:41:56,400
days later if if it depending on when

1162
00:42:00,790 --> 00:41:58,560
our rendezvous actually occurs uh when

1163
00:42:02,390 --> 00:42:00,800
we'll be in in the same orbit with it so

1164
00:42:06,790 --> 00:42:02,400
it's all part of orbital mechanics and

1165
00:42:10,150 --> 00:42:08,550
okay well i want to thank everyone for

1166
00:42:11,670 --> 00:42:10,160
joining us today

1167
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if you'd like to watch tomorrow

1168
00:42:18,069 --> 00:42:14,240
evening's launch our nasa tv coverage

1169
00:42:20,790 --> 00:42:18,079
starts at 5 45 pm eastern time for the 6

1170
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45 pm launch

1171
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and you can find out more about