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good morning from orbital atk's test

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complex at promontory utah today a team

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of nasa and orbital atk engineers are

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getting ready for the first

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qualification test of the five-segment

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booster that will power nasa's space

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launch system and orion spacecraft on

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future missions to deep space

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i'm nasa public affairs officer

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stephanie shearholds and i'm here today

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outside the orbital atk test engineering

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support center

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today's test is a major milestone for

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the agency and the space launch system

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program as we continue on our journey to

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mars

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this two-minute test will generate 3.6

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million pounds of thrust

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the test is set for 9 38 a.m mountain

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time 11 30 a.m eastern and the countdown

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is progressing normally

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we'll have full coverage of today's test

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for the next hour as we progress through

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the countdown the test and reaction

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afterward from managers

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you can follow along on social media

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with at nasa and at nasa underscore sls

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on twitter

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nasa sls on facebook and the hashtag sls

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fired up and journey to mars

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sls will be the most powerful rocket

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ever built and will send astronauts and

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the orion spacecraft far into the solar

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system it will also have the ability to

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send other payloads like scientific

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robotic spacecraft to places we've never

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explored before

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while engineers have been preparing for

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this booster test and making progress in

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all areas of sls development nasa's

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other exploration systems programs also

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have been making progress of their own

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in december nasa's orion spacecraft

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successfully flew in space for the first

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time and returned home after traveling

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to an altitude of about

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3604 miles farther than a spacecraft

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designed for humans has been in more

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at kennedy space center in florida where

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sls and orion will begin their deep

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space journeys the ground systems

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transforming it into a multi-user

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spaceport they just completed testing of

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new traction roller bearings on crawler

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transporter 2 which is being upgraded to

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support up to 18 million pounds to

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several years worth of work and

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preparation have led up to today's to

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to learn more about the booster

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we'll go to bill hubshere one of our

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media specialist support staff from

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nasa's marshall space flight center in

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huntsville alabama where this sls

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good morning stephanie i'm outside of

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the viewing area about a mile and a half

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from the test stand as well as a few

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hundred folks are out here viewing it

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with me uh waiting for the smoke and

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fire to usher in the next chapter in

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developing this amazing vehicle and i'm

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deputy sls booster program manager bruce

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thanks very much for taking the time

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with us today uh first of all tell us a

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little bit more about this particular

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years bill we actually have fired three

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development motors already so so we got

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a lot of experience with this design you

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this thing since the shuttle program

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because many of the pieces that uh that

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shuttle in fact someone told me the

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other day that the aft skirt that's on

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this motor was actually on sts-1 wow so

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for the vehicle and get the performance

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they're looking for well for the folks

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clarification for my myself a lot of

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people will sometimes call this a solid

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rocket motor versus a solid rocket

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booster can you tell us the difference

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interchangeable you're right and i can

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motor test as well the booster includes

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good test today

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thanks very much bruce tiller nasa's

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for the sls of the marshall space flight

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center so while we proceed with the

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countdown let's learn a little bit more

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this project has been a real fun effort

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in trying to take a a heritage booster

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that had many many years of reliability

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and great performance and evolve it into

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something bigger and better when we

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first undertook this design and

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qualification for the new booster part

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mission it's a larger booster and the

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everything on the inside of the booster

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thousand individual processes working

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identify several hundred areas of

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improvement we've got totally new

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avionics on this vehicle versus what we

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the flight avionics the old shuttle

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program utilized a rubber insulation

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material which allowed us to remove a

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performance out of it so not only is it

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major effort over the last two years to

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one that actually costs less and we

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as we've just heard this five-segment

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booster is improved in design and

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performance but it is built using cases

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with bob crippen and john young and also

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on the seventh space shuttle mission

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launching america's first female

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and now these pieces that have powered

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playing a critical role in advancing our

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when qualified and completed two

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for the last several hours teams have

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been working to secure the test area and

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prepare for the final countdown

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a little later we'll listen in to the

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last several minutes as the test

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but first let's hear more from bill and

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learn a little bit more about the

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thanks very much again stephanie we're

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about 15 minutes away from this booster

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five-minute planned hold and i am joined

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by the chief engineer for booster

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integration at orbital atk alicia

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carrillo now alicia first of all tell

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everyone what booster integration means

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what does that entail so booster

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aft skirt and then the exit cone

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now this motor has to be qualified from

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uh 40 degrees fahrenheit up to 90

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degrees fahrenheit this is our hot motor

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test so it's just over 90 degrees and

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you know you might think that you know

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90 degrees doesn't sound hot but keep in

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mind there's a million and a half pounds

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of propellant up there that we had to

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get up to an average temperature of 90

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degrees and this is the kind of

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temperatures that it could experience as

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it launches from florida right

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essentially you know long-term exposure

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in florida of course that's not

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including the many many

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degrees higher than it will be when it

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actually launches at the business end of

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the nozzle right quite a bit warmer on

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the inside and coming out the exit plane

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well i imagine that you and your team

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have been working very long very hard on

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this what goes into the months of

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preparation for this test you have a lot

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you know going on to the physical

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assembly and integration a lot of

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instrumentation going on a lot of

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checkout you know a lot of data systems

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just making sure that everything is is

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really queued up and ready to go

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so a lot of folks at the home uh may or

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hell may not know that you

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were actually the former test chief

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engineer out here at orbital tk so you

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had a lot of experience on this test

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stand uh can you tell us about let's see

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some of the safety that that you and

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your team would take would take into

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consideration before you have a test

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like this so you know obviously there's

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been quite a bit of safety elements

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going on so far you know they cleared

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the bay lots of gates and lights and

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clearing everything going on right now

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the closest people are in the control

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bunker which is actually underground and

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then we're here at the closest that

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people are allowed to be above ground

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those that are allowed to view it from

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here of course

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now we mentioned that the team has been

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here since three o'clock this morning

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when they first rolled back the building

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because the booster itself is actually

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tied down right it's so it can't go

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anywhere right the booster is not going

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anywhere it's you know it's into the

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thrust block which is going to react the

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3.6 million pounds of thrust it's tied

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down in several locations through the

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test stand it's got a restraint system

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and the crew has just been busy making

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sure that everything is is all tidied up

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yeah and i know they've been there but

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uh what are some of the other things

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they've been doing to prepare the site

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for for this test so you know i mean

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obviously smoke and fire coming out the

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back end we've got some concrete blocks

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on and lots of sand on the back end we

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want to protect that concrete as much as

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possible so we don't basically sand

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blast the whole aft end of the bay

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and also hit the side of that mountain

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right there now we want to mention that

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we've also got quite a few uh of our

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nasa social media enthusiasts here with

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us today have been using the hashtag uh

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sls fired up and hashtag journey to mars

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so you've taken some time to speak with

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fact you spoke with them this morning

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what were some of the questions they

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were asking you you know they're really

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interested in you know the procedures

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and the buy-off and what this

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qualification motor means to the overall

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verification you know they're also

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pretty interested in you know a female

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presence in engineering and in the

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aerospace industry fantastic alicia

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carrillo the booster integration with

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orbital atk thanks so much for taking

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the time to talk with us today so when

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it comes to of course igniting this

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booster it's a bit more complicated than

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just lighting a match and running for

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the cover uh

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we'll learn a little bit more about what

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it takes to light this proverbial candle

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with gordy russell the orbital atk

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manager at the marshall space flight

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so we are getting ready to stack fire

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the qm1 static test motor it's full

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rocket booster it's made of five

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segments pieced together and that's

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important as we've added another length

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of a segment into this booster to make

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it bigger and better a lot of planning

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and work is done ahead of time as we

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design these rocket boosters to get the

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propellant geometry just right we know

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at any given time during the burn of

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that motor what the what the thrust is

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and what the profile of the pressure is

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inside that motor so with the new thrust

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profile for the sls boosters we've added

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an extra fin and change some of the

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geometry of our propellant surfaces so

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we can burn more propellant at the

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beginning of the test or beginning of

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rocket firing to get a solid rocket

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booster burn we have an igniter at the

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front end that that it's like a small

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rock in itself and it shoots a flame 150

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feet down this entire rocket booster and

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ignites all the surface of the

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propellant all at once once you ignite a

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solid rocket booster it can't stop it

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you don't flip a switch to turn it on

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off at the same time you can't turn a

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knob to increase your thrust or decrease

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your thrust that's why it's important to

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design this beforehand so we can get the

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amount of thrust we need at each point

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during this two-minute burn to reach the

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maximum thrust at the given time points

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that we need at the beginning of the

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burn is when we have the most thrust

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about three and a half million pounds of

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thrust that we maintain for about 25

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seconds it takes just over two minutes

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of rocket firing for the propellant to

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completely burn out and the propellant

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is burning really fast it's got a

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certain rate that it's burning but it's

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burning from inside out so as every

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second goes by it's like one layer of

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that propellant essentially being peeled

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away and shot out the end of that rocket

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motor and as this propellant burns and

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and begins to to create this mass that

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we are projecting out of this rocket we

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are creating the thrust that we need to

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carry humans and astronaut and more

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we are at about 10 minutes t minus 40 10

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minutes and 40 seconds away from the

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actual test as you see the folks are

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gathering are here in the in the viewing

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area and the anticipation is palpable

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one might say as you take a closer look

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there at the motor up there in the test

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tester the booster the entire full

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booster i should say tied down in the

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test complex area i'm joined now by

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someone who has ridden a vehicle with

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two boosters similar to the design of

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today's test motor uh charlie precourt

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veteran astronaut one time chief of the

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astronaut corps and now vice president

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and general uh general manager of the

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propulsion systems with orbital atk sir

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thanks very much for coming to join us

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today first of all you've got to be

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proud of your team making it to this

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milestone immensely proud this is a

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culmination of a lot of work a lot of

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people

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working very closely with our nasa

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customer and the leadership at the nasa

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team it's been a great effort and we're

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really excited about what this booster

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can do

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so what will us here at the viewing area

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and of course the folks at home see

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today well we're going to ignite the

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booster and run it through a full series

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of tests that will verify the design

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that we put together here in particular

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folks will be able to see the nozzle

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fluctuating as we vector the thrust for

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the steerage that would be needed on a

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normal mission asset to orbit so well

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let's talk a little bit about that uh

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the steering mechanisms it's just

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basically a couple of very small motors

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attached to the side right well the

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inside the aft skirt we call it the near

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the nozzle underneath the structure

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there are two hydraulic actuators that

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move the nozzle left right and up down

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as we look at it on the stand up there

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today and they can swing about five

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degrees in either direction and that

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allows us to move that three and a half

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million pounds of thrust just enough to

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steer the whole vehicle

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three and a half million pounds of

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thrust that's a lot and that's only for

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one booster that's right that's right

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one booster and multiply that by two so

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you've had a little bit of experience on

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riding these what can you tell us about

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that compared to this one well there's

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an immense amount of energy that we're

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controlling here and i always describe

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it as if you take a chair at the dinner

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table and lay it over on the floor on

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its back and you're laying on the floor

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looking up and imagine a giant hand

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reaching in under that chair and

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lurching you towards the ceiling

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and then the push continues for eight

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and a half minutes that same thrust in

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the back all the way to orbit

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the key for a booster is to provide that

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thrust to be able to fly the vertical

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portion of the trajectory lift all that

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weight to get us out of the atmosphere

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and turn the corner on our way to orbit

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i think some of the things that folks

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are going to experience here anyway is

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you of course felt that all the way up

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where and we're going to feel like for a

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good two minutes here whereas at launch

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for the folks watching on the ground

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it's really only for a few seconds

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that's right and at the launch site

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you'll feel the vibration

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waving towards you

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but once that wave is passed the vehicle

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is out of sight and you don't feel that

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anymore you're going to feel it

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continuously here this morning feel it

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we'll definitely hear it because i

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understand that with overcast skies it

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directs all the acoustics keeps it

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pretty close to the ground that's that's

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likely

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charlie precor thanks very much for

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taking the time to see it let's hear a

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little bit more about qm1 and the sls

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from one of charlie's uh compatriots and

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fellow astronauts and a colleague here

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at orbital aquitai kent rominger and

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from the sls program

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this upcoming test the qm1 motor firing

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is going to be a really big deal for us

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these motors have 25 percent more energy

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than the motors we use to get the

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shuttle off the ground

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during the space shuttle days as a space

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shuttle astronaut i flew the space

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shuttle five times every one of those

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was on the redesigned

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rocket motor that proved itself to be

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the most reliable rocket motor in the

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world so this motor we're looking at

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here is called the qualification motor

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number one and it's actually the fourth

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motor in a series we had three

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development motors and on the

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development motors they really are

550
00:19:49,830 --> 00:19:46,720
development where you start out

551
00:19:51,750 --> 00:19:49,840
conservatively you do a test fine you

552
00:19:53,510 --> 00:19:51,760
see how all the insulators worked how

553
00:19:55,830 --> 00:19:53,520
much thrust what was the performance of

554
00:19:59,190 --> 00:19:55,840
the motor really and then you start

555
00:20:01,590 --> 00:19:59,200
optimizing so qm1 is the first of two

556
00:20:03,909 --> 00:20:01,600
tests that will be used to qualify the

557
00:20:05,430 --> 00:20:03,919
motors for flight we're actually already

558
00:20:07,590 --> 00:20:05,440
building the pieces of the second

559
00:20:09,590 --> 00:20:07,600
qualification motor flight this is a

560
00:20:11,669 --> 00:20:09,600
really exciting time for all of us here

561
00:20:13,110 --> 00:20:11,679
coming off of orion's first flight test

562
00:20:15,070 --> 00:20:13,120
in december

563
00:20:17,510 --> 00:20:15,080
less than a month later we had the new

564
00:20:19,669 --> 00:20:17,520
rs25 engines which are the liquid

565
00:20:21,750 --> 00:20:19,679
engines that will power the rocket

566
00:20:23,669 --> 00:20:21,760
have been tested at stennis with a brand

567
00:20:26,870 --> 00:20:23,679
new state-of-the-art controller the

568
00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:26,880
pieces of the rocket itself the core

569
00:20:31,750 --> 00:20:29,760
almost 30 feet in diameter are all

570
00:20:32,630 --> 00:20:31,760
being manufactured at michoud as we

571
00:20:34,950 --> 00:20:32,640
speak

572
00:20:37,669 --> 00:20:34,960
there's a company called conrad down in

573
00:20:39,830 --> 00:20:37,679
south louisiana they took our pegasus

574
00:20:41,350 --> 00:20:39,840
barge which is the barge we used to move

575
00:20:43,510 --> 00:20:41,360
the external tank around during the

576
00:20:46,310 --> 00:20:43,520
space shuttle days they had to cut it in

577
00:20:48,230 --> 00:20:46,320
half and add 65 feet and stiffen it up

578
00:20:50,310 --> 00:20:48,240
to be able to handle the massive core

579
00:20:52,630 --> 00:20:50,320
that will come out of michoud near new

580
00:20:54,390 --> 00:20:52,640
orleans to be shipped down to ksc and

581
00:20:56,310 --> 00:20:54,400
then in a few months we'll actually

582
00:20:58,470 --> 00:20:56,320
complete the critical design review of

583
00:21:00,950 --> 00:20:58,480
the space launch system this is where we

584
00:21:02,549 --> 00:21:00,960
actually say we are now done designing

585
00:21:04,710 --> 00:21:02,559
and it's time to start putting all this

586
00:21:06,710 --> 00:21:04,720
hardware together and running it through

587
00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:06,720
its test and verifying that it actually

588
00:21:11,110 --> 00:21:08,320
meets the requirements we're going to

589
00:21:12,470 --> 00:21:11,120
fly the sls system in 2018 and between

590
00:21:14,390 --> 00:21:12,480
now and then we're going to fire this

591
00:21:16,870 --> 00:21:14,400
motor less than a year from now we'll

592
00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:16,880
fire the second qualification motor and

593
00:21:20,310 --> 00:21:18,320
then we'll start assembling that space

594
00:21:23,110 --> 00:21:20,320
launch system rocket in florida launch

595
00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:23,120
in 2018 and the second flight of that

596
00:21:26,950 --> 00:21:24,960
rocket motor will take astronauts

597
00:21:29,110 --> 00:21:26,960
further into space than we've ever been

598
00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:29,120
from there we're now into the proving

599
00:21:34,390 --> 00:21:31,440
ground where we test the ability to be

600
00:21:36,950 --> 00:21:34,400
distant from earth by days and weeks and

601
00:21:38,950 --> 00:21:36,960
getting ready for the long-term exposure

602
00:21:41,029 --> 00:21:38,960
to deep space that gets us ready for a

603
00:21:42,789 --> 00:21:41,039
mars mission in the future so they say

604
00:21:44,710 --> 00:21:42,799
the journey of a thousand miles begins

605
00:21:46,549 --> 00:21:44,720
with the first step in this case our

606
00:21:48,470 --> 00:21:46,559
journey is millions of miles away to

607
00:21:49,510 --> 00:21:48,480
mars and we're starting to take these

608
00:21:51,350 --> 00:21:49,520
steps

609
00:21:52,950 --> 00:21:51,360
the next step is going to be this qm

610
00:21:58,470 --> 00:21:52,960
motor firing and we're really getting

611
00:22:01,590 --> 00:22:00,230
we're about eight minutes away from

612
00:22:04,149 --> 00:22:01,600
today's

613
00:22:06,149 --> 00:22:04,159
booster test which is scheduled for 9 30

614
00:22:08,870 --> 00:22:06,159
a.m mountain time everything is

615
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:08,880
progressing normally in the countdown

616
00:22:13,029 --> 00:22:10,840
we'll listen in now to some of the

617
00:22:15,190 --> 00:22:13,039
countdown and you'll primarily hear the

618
00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:15,200
voices of the test conductor richard

619
00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:17,679
rupp and the test control coordinator

620
00:22:22,149 --> 00:22:19,520
howard healey

621
00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:22,159
this test is sometimes called a hot test

622
00:22:26,470 --> 00:22:24,559
because orbital atk has spent the last

623
00:22:28,710 --> 00:22:26,480
month getting all parts of the booster

624
00:22:30,710 --> 00:22:28,720
inside and out heated to a temperature

625
00:22:33,110 --> 00:22:30,720
of 90 degrees fahrenheit

626
00:22:34,630 --> 00:22:33,120
combined with a second test next year at

627
00:22:36,870 --> 00:22:34,640
40 degrees

628
00:22:39,430 --> 00:22:36,880
teams will get a full range of data to

629
00:22:41,190 --> 00:22:39,440
feed into analytical models that inform

630
00:22:42,470 --> 00:22:41,200
how the booster performs at any

631
00:22:45,110 --> 00:22:42,480
temperature

632
00:22:47,350 --> 00:22:45,120
more than 530 instruments are recording

633
00:22:49,510 --> 00:22:47,360
data during this test

634
00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:49,520
in this test the real heat will be

635
00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:51,760
inside the motor chamber where the gas

636
00:22:56,149 --> 00:22:53,520
temperature reaches

637
00:23:32,710 --> 00:22:56,159
600 degrees fahrenheit hot enough to

638
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:40,310
t-minus seven minutes

639
00:23:44,070 --> 00:23:42,470
verifying that the test range is clear

640
00:23:46,310 --> 00:23:44,080
of all personnel

641
00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:46,320
soon he will authorize the arming crew

642
00:23:51,590 --> 00:23:48,720
to surrender the fire control key to the

643
00:23:53,750 --> 00:23:51,600
test conductor the arming crew is also

644
00:23:55,909 --> 00:23:53,760
verifying that the emergency diesel

645
00:23:58,149 --> 00:23:55,919
generator is online

646
00:24:00,630 --> 00:23:58,159
the diesel generator acts as a backup

647
00:24:03,029 --> 00:24:00,640
power source in the unlikely event that

648
00:24:32,789 --> 00:24:03,039
the test area suffers a power failure

649
00:24:37,590 --> 00:24:35,510
t minus six minutes

650
00:24:39,750 --> 00:24:37,600
central support systems operator this is

651
00:24:40,870 --> 00:24:39,760
the test conductor turn on the water

652
00:24:45,110 --> 00:24:40,880
boost pump

653
00:24:47,510 --> 00:24:45,120
system have just been turned on

654
00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:47,520
these pumps provide the necessary water

655
00:24:52,070 --> 00:24:50,080
pressure to feed about 1 million gallons

656
00:24:53,990 --> 00:24:52,080
of water through a series of nozzles

657
00:24:55,830 --> 00:24:54,000
underneath the motor chamber

658
00:24:58,230 --> 00:24:55,840
it's essentially a bank of sprinkler

659
00:25:01,350 --> 00:24:58,240
heads that spray water up onto the

660
00:25:03,750 --> 00:25:01,360
chamber after the test to cool the case

661
00:25:06,149 --> 00:25:03,760
the water deluge lasts a minimum of 20

662
00:25:12,630 --> 00:25:06,159
minutes for the forward segments and at

663
00:25:17,110 --> 00:25:15,269
roger high speed operator monitor rock

664
00:25:19,110 --> 00:25:17,120
and tilt gas generator temperatures on

665
00:25:32,630 --> 00:25:19,120
the genesis system and verify they are

666
00:25:37,909 --> 00:25:35,830
t minus five minutes

667
00:25:40,310 --> 00:25:37,919
the test conductor is surrendering the

668
00:25:41,590 --> 00:25:40,320
fire control key to the test control

669
00:25:43,510 --> 00:25:41,600
coordinator

670
00:25:45,190 --> 00:25:43,520
the key will be turned to the on

671
00:25:47,669 --> 00:25:45,200
position

672
00:25:50,470 --> 00:25:47,679
at t minus 70 seconds when the final

673
00:25:51,909 --> 00:25:50,480
decision to commit the motor is made

674
00:25:53,590 --> 00:25:51,919
in just a moment

675
00:25:56,470 --> 00:25:53,600
the test conductor will pull all

676
00:25:58,789 --> 00:25:56,480
stations for a go for the test each

677
00:26:00,310 --> 00:25:58,799
station will report go before we proceed

678
00:26:01,990 --> 00:26:00,320
for ignition

679
00:26:04,470 --> 00:26:02,000
among the stations you'll hear make a

680
00:26:32,789 --> 00:26:04,480
call are the support systems various

681
00:26:32,799 --> 00:26:37,430
t minus four minutes

682
00:26:40,950 --> 00:26:39,669
this is the test conductor report system

683
00:26:43,190 --> 00:26:40,960
status

684
00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:43,200
the support systems are go for static

685
00:26:46,630 --> 00:26:44,480
test

686
00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:46,640
low speed data systems are go high speed

687
00:26:50,870 --> 00:26:48,320
data systems are go

688
00:26:53,350 --> 00:26:50,880
ultrasonic data system is go avionics

689
00:26:56,950 --> 00:26:53,360
solicit systems go redline monitor

690
00:26:59,269 --> 00:26:56,960
system is go bus monitor system is go

691
00:27:00,470 --> 00:26:59,279
motor temperatures are go for static

692
00:27:07,909 --> 00:27:00,480
test

693
00:27:10,950 --> 00:27:07,919
and with that all stations are go for

694
00:27:32,710 --> 00:27:10,960
today's static test of the sls booster

695
00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:37,590
t minus three minutes

696
00:27:42,230 --> 00:27:39,750
at the viewing area all eyes are on the

697
00:28:07,909 --> 00:27:42,240
countdown now less than three minutes

698
00:28:18,389 --> 00:28:10,710
t minus 145 seconds

699
00:28:32,630 --> 00:28:19,669
all high speed data systems are

700
00:28:42,389 --> 00:28:35,029
t minus two minutes

701
00:28:47,350 --> 00:28:44,710
all low speed data systems are recording

702
00:28:49,430 --> 00:28:47,360
roger bus monitor operators select stop

703
00:28:51,990 --> 00:28:49,440
all followed by startall to begin a new

704
00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:52,000
recording file bus monitor is recording

705
00:29:02,710 --> 00:28:54,159
a new file roger

706
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:12,789
t minus 90 seconds

707
00:29:17,190 --> 00:29:14,870
t minus 80 seconds

708
00:29:22,870 --> 00:29:17,200
test control coordinator standby to

709
00:29:27,029 --> 00:29:24,950
t minus 70 seconds

710
00:29:33,110 --> 00:29:27,039
commit the motor

711
00:29:42,630 --> 00:29:35,590
t-minus 60 seconds

712
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:52,470
t minus 50 seconds

713
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,549
t minus 40 seconds

714
00:29:56,559 --> 00:30:03,029
bad flush is on

715
00:30:03,039 --> 00:30:08,630
t minus 30 seconds

716
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:13,510
minus 25

717
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:18,149
minus 20

718
00:30:18,159 --> 00:30:22,630
minus 15.

719
00:30:25,269 --> 00:30:24,230
t minus 10

720
00:30:26,149 --> 00:30:25,279
9

721
00:30:27,190 --> 00:30:26,159
8

722
00:30:28,149 --> 00:30:27,200
7

723
00:30:29,190 --> 00:30:28,159
6

724
00:30:30,149 --> 00:30:29,200
5

725
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:30,159
4

726
00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:31,200
3

727
00:30:33,110 --> 00:30:32,240
2

728
00:30:34,789 --> 00:30:33,120
1

729
00:30:37,350 --> 00:30:34,799
fire

730
00:31:02,710 --> 00:30:37,360
we have ignition of nasa's space launch

731
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:12,789
plus 30.

732
00:31:12,799 --> 00:31:23,190
plus 40.

733
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:32,870
plus 50.

734
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:43,509
t plus 60 seconds

735
00:31:43,519 --> 00:31:54,310
plus 70.

736
00:31:58,830 --> 00:31:56,389
central support systems operator enabled

737
00:32:03,669 --> 00:31:58,840
the dilution co2 and quench tool

738
00:32:26,710 --> 00:32:07,269
plus 90 over the two liter enable valve

739
00:32:45,990 --> 00:32:41,110
activated

740
00:32:47,750 --> 00:32:46,000
activate quench tool command forward and

741
00:33:18,149 --> 00:32:47,760
half co2

742
00:33:25,110 --> 00:33:21,350
t plus 165 seconds high speed data

743
00:33:27,350 --> 00:33:25,120
operator stop recording

744
00:33:28,630 --> 00:33:27,360
the full two minute test has concluded

745
00:33:32,950 --> 00:33:28,640
high speed recording now the carbon

746
00:33:34,389 --> 00:33:32,960
dioxide quench arm pumps 31 tons of co2

747
00:33:36,630 --> 00:33:34,399
into the booster

748
00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:36,640
the carbon dioxide quenches any burning

749
00:33:41,190 --> 00:33:39,360
of the insulation without damaging it to

750
00:33:42,310 --> 00:33:41,200
preserve the state it was in during the

751
00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:42,320
test

752
00:33:47,750 --> 00:33:44,240
this allows the team to get the best

753
00:33:49,350 --> 00:33:47,760
data about how it will perform in flight

754
00:33:51,669 --> 00:33:49,360
there's quite a bit of action remaining

755
00:33:53,430 --> 00:33:51,679
for the teams here as they ensure the

756
00:33:56,070 --> 00:33:53,440
test area is safe

757
00:33:58,230 --> 00:33:56,080
and the data are recorded

758
00:33:59,909 --> 00:33:58,240
following motor burnout the chamber will

759
00:34:02,710 --> 00:33:59,919
be sprayed with 2

760
00:34:04,470 --> 00:34:02,720
300 gallons of water per minute on the

761
00:34:05,990 --> 00:34:04,480
underside of the case to help cool it

762
00:34:08,069 --> 00:34:06,000
down

763
00:34:10,389 --> 00:34:08,079
this will cool the chamber from 1000

764
00:34:11,829 --> 00:34:10,399
degrees fahrenheit to 300 degrees

765
00:34:13,750 --> 00:34:11,839
fahrenheit

766
00:34:15,669 --> 00:34:13,760
avionics engineer verified that the

767
00:34:23,109 --> 00:34:15,679
solidistic has finished saving the log

768
00:34:27,750 --> 00:34:25,109
redline monitor operator transfer the

769
00:34:30,389 --> 00:34:27,760
log file to the local computer roger and

770
00:34:32,829 --> 00:34:30,399
work roger bus monitor operator transfer

771
00:34:48,230 --> 00:34:32,839
the data files to the local computer in

772
00:35:08,310 --> 00:34:49,829
monitor files have been transferred to

773
00:35:12,470 --> 00:35:10,310
let's go back out to bill where he's

774
00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:12,480
standing by for first reactions from

775
00:35:16,550 --> 00:35:15,040
those who were outside watching the test

776
00:35:18,470 --> 00:35:16,560
thanks very much stephanie yeah two

777
00:35:20,310 --> 00:35:18,480
minutes of excitement and exhilaration

778
00:35:22,069 --> 00:35:20,320
followed by jubilation from the crowd as

779
00:35:24,870 --> 00:35:22,079
well as some of the gentlemen who helped

780
00:35:27,109 --> 00:35:24,880
make this happen i'm joined by alex

781
00:35:28,390 --> 00:35:27,119
priscos he's the sls booster manager at

782
00:35:31,270 --> 00:35:28,400
the marshall space flight center of

783
00:35:33,270 --> 00:35:31,280
course rejoined by orbital atks charlie

784
00:35:35,190 --> 00:35:33,280
precor charlie let me quickly start with

785
00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:35,200
you everything seemed to go well and uh

786
00:35:38,630 --> 00:35:36,480
how do you think it looked it looked

787
00:35:41,190 --> 00:35:38,640
really clean we're very excited it's

788
00:35:43,109 --> 00:35:41,200
great result you could feel the the

789
00:35:45,349 --> 00:35:43,119
pressure coming off the motor you could

790
00:35:46,710 --> 00:35:45,359
see the plume and watch the vectoring it

791
00:35:48,390 --> 00:35:46,720
all looked great we'll be looking for

792
00:35:49,990 --> 00:35:48,400
the quick lick data but

793
00:35:51,430 --> 00:35:50,000
really nice result i think what was

794
00:35:52,470 --> 00:35:51,440
exciting and i haven't been to one of

795
00:35:54,230 --> 00:35:52,480
these in a couple of years so it was

796
00:35:55,990 --> 00:35:54,240
really exciting to see is is you've got

797
00:35:57,270 --> 00:35:56,000
that initial pause when the when

798
00:35:58,950 --> 00:35:57,280
everything loads you see all the smoke

799
00:36:00,550 --> 00:35:58,960
in the fire and then suddenly that sound

800
00:36:02,470 --> 00:36:00,560
wave hits you great little science

801
00:36:04,069 --> 00:36:02,480
demonstration for the speed of light the

802
00:36:05,670 --> 00:36:04,079
speed of sound you know a little delay

803
00:36:07,349 --> 00:36:05,680
and then the noise hits you really

804
00:36:09,430 --> 00:36:07,359
pretty neat i know that you and your

805
00:36:10,870 --> 00:36:09,440
crew are far from finished what what

806
00:36:12,630 --> 00:36:10,880
immediately is your crew doing up there

807
00:36:13,990 --> 00:36:12,640
right now so we're making sure all the

808
00:36:15,910 --> 00:36:14,000
systems are shut down you know we've had

809
00:36:19,109 --> 00:36:15,920
hydraulic power units running and so

810
00:36:20,550 --> 00:36:19,119
forth all that post fire stuff begins

811
00:36:22,630 --> 00:36:20,560
we've got quenching going on there's a

812
00:36:25,030 --> 00:36:22,640
lot of water systems up there cooling

813
00:36:26,950 --> 00:36:25,040
the belly of the booster because a lot

814
00:36:28,870 --> 00:36:26,960
of the residual

815
00:36:31,109 --> 00:36:28,880
materials in there that are so hot that

816
00:36:32,950 --> 00:36:31,119
plume was 5000 degrees

817
00:36:36,230 --> 00:36:32,960
a lot of that hot stuff is laying in the

818
00:36:38,710 --> 00:36:36,240
belly of the booster so we got cooling

819
00:36:41,349 --> 00:36:38,720
water jets cooling off the belly of the

820
00:36:42,470 --> 00:36:41,359
booster so that it doesn't get too hot

821
00:36:43,750 --> 00:36:42,480
and then

822
00:36:45,030 --> 00:36:43,760
over time

823
00:36:46,790 --> 00:36:45,040
we'll be able to go up and take a look

824
00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:46,800
and the dissection will begin and all

825
00:36:50,870 --> 00:36:48,800
the data will start to flow and we'll be

826
00:36:52,630 --> 00:36:50,880
looking for qualifications and if i'm

827
00:36:54,790 --> 00:36:52,640
not mistaken a lot of that hardware can

828
00:36:57,990 --> 00:36:54,800
be reused right absolutely all of this

829
00:37:00,069 --> 00:36:58,000
stuff will get recycled and used in

830
00:37:01,430 --> 00:37:00,079
either another test or maybe in flight

831
00:37:03,670 --> 00:37:01,440
all right thanks very much charlie let

832
00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:03,680
me turn now to alex priscos once again

833
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with the sls program out of the marshall

834
00:37:09,109 --> 00:37:06,720
space flight center you look like a

835
00:37:11,910 --> 00:37:09,119
happy man i am very happy this morning

836
00:37:14,550 --> 00:37:11,920
great test uh just just a fantastic

837
00:37:16,470 --> 00:37:14,560
result uh you used a stopwatch we

838
00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:16,480
haven't seen the real preliminary data

839
00:37:19,030 --> 00:37:17,760
but we get a little bit with just a

840
00:37:21,750 --> 00:37:19,040
watch and this thing was about as

841
00:37:23,990 --> 00:37:21,760
perfect and nominal as we it could be we

842
00:37:26,550 --> 00:37:24,000
were looking for two-minute firing time

843
00:37:29,430 --> 00:37:26,560
and and that's what we got so

844
00:37:31,109 --> 00:37:29,440
it's great i'd like to thank uh orbital

845
00:37:32,710 --> 00:37:31,119
atk and the nasa team for all they've

846
00:37:35,109 --> 00:37:32,720
done to get us here it's been just a

847
00:37:36,470 --> 00:37:35,119
fantastic effort on everybody's part

848
00:37:37,990 --> 00:37:36,480
so let me ask you i know you've got a

849
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lot of your team here as well as you met

850
00:37:42,390 --> 00:37:39,599
some of the folks from orbital atk as

851
00:37:43,510 --> 00:37:42,400
well as some of our nasa social media uh

852
00:37:44,870 --> 00:37:43,520
visitors

853
00:37:46,230 --> 00:37:44,880
what has been some of the reaction from

854
00:37:47,990 --> 00:37:46,240
some of them about being here and then

855
00:37:49,990 --> 00:37:48,000
seeing something like that i saw lots of

856
00:37:51,829 --> 00:37:50,000
handshaking on your way up here you know

857
00:37:53,829 --> 00:37:51,839
the enthusiasm

858
00:37:55,990 --> 00:37:53,839
uh that you're getting a test like this

859
00:37:57,589 --> 00:37:56,000
is just incredible it shows what what

860
00:37:59,510 --> 00:37:57,599
these kind of tests mean to everybody

861
00:38:00,470 --> 00:37:59,520
that that literally spend years and

862
00:38:02,550 --> 00:38:00,480
years and

863
00:38:05,829 --> 00:38:02,560
hours and hours and hours every every

864
00:38:08,870 --> 00:38:05,839
week working on it is as well as those

865
00:38:10,630 --> 00:38:08,880
uh that just show an extreme amount of

866
00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:10,640
interest and to watch the momentum and

867
00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:12,800
the interest build in this program has

868
00:38:17,750 --> 00:38:15,040
absolutely been fantastic and it has

869
00:38:19,829 --> 00:38:17,760
really really built uh consistently the

870
00:38:22,230 --> 00:38:19,839
last uh several months

871
00:38:23,510 --> 00:38:22,240
so what's next for the booster team in

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00:38:27,270 --> 00:38:23,520
the short term

873
00:38:29,349 --> 00:38:27,280
this data we we will look at it on

874
00:38:31,430 --> 00:38:29,359
several levels we'll get our first free

875
00:38:33,910 --> 00:38:31,440
look at the data in in probably about an

876
00:38:35,589 --> 00:38:33,920
hour but we'll continue to dissect and

877
00:38:36,950 --> 00:38:35,599
go deeper and deeper into data for

878
00:38:38,790 --> 00:38:36,960
several months

879
00:38:40,630 --> 00:38:38,800
meanwhile we will be preparing uh

880
00:38:42,470 --> 00:38:40,640
qualification motor number two which is

881
00:38:44,950 --> 00:38:42,480
our second call test which will be a

882
00:38:46,470 --> 00:38:44,960
cold test to understand the performance

883
00:38:48,310 --> 00:38:46,480
in a cold condition

884
00:38:49,990 --> 00:38:48,320
and that will probably happen early next

885
00:38:51,109 --> 00:38:50,000
year so what are some of the finer

886
00:38:52,390 --> 00:38:51,119
points of the data that you're going to

887
00:38:55,109 --> 00:38:52,400
be looking for

888
00:38:57,349 --> 00:38:55,119
uh pressure time curve which really

889
00:38:59,750 --> 00:38:57,359
gives us a sense of power and when it

890
00:39:02,390 --> 00:38:59,760
happens and how much we'll be looking at

891
00:39:04,630 --> 00:39:02,400
the erosion of the insulator which tells

892
00:39:06,710 --> 00:39:04,640
us how much margin we have thermally in

893
00:39:09,510 --> 00:39:06,720
in the system and we'll be looking at

894
00:39:11,589 --> 00:39:09,520
nozzle erosion uh those are just three

895
00:39:14,069 --> 00:39:11,599
there are several hundred parameters but

896
00:39:15,990 --> 00:39:14,079
those are the three that we'll

897
00:39:16,870 --> 00:39:16,000
be looking at very very hard and very

898
00:39:18,390 --> 00:39:16,880
quickly

899
00:39:20,390 --> 00:39:18,400
all right excellent well thanks once

900
00:39:22,550 --> 00:39:20,400
again very much to the both of you uh

901
00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:22,560
congratulations on a successful test and

902
00:39:25,430 --> 00:39:23,920
and i know a lot of us i speak for many

903
00:39:26,790 --> 00:39:25,440
of us out here we're just glad we could

904
00:39:29,190 --> 00:39:26,800
have been here to be a part of it uh

905
00:39:31,990 --> 00:39:29,200
once again charlie precourt with orbital

906
00:39:33,910 --> 00:39:32,000
atk alex priscos from the sls booster

907
00:39:35,910 --> 00:39:33,920
program so gentlemen uh we're going to

908
00:39:37,670 --> 00:39:35,920
take before we head back inside first to

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00:39:39,190 --> 00:39:37,680
stephanie for a few last words let's

910
00:39:42,790 --> 00:39:39,200
take a look at some of the replays of

911
00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:42,800
the test we just saw

912
00:40:01,510 --> 00:39:45,359
we have ignition of nasa's space launch

913
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:10,710
yes

914
00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:20,710
plus 30.

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00:40:20,720 --> 00:40:31,190
plus 40.

916
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:40,870
plus 50.

917
00:40:40,880 --> 00:41:05,109
t plus 60 seconds

918
00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:07,910
co2 and quench tool controls

919
00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:15,270
plus

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00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:21,030
simulator enabled

921
00:41:21,040 --> 00:46:12,470
plus 100.

922
00:46:31,510 --> 00:46:15,030
we have ignition of nasa's space launch

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00:46:31,520 --> 00:47:00,870
morning

924
00:47:00,880 --> 00:47:11,430
plus 50.

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00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:31,990
seconds

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00:47:34,990 --> 00:47:34,069
sample support systems operator enabled

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00:47:50,710 --> 00:47:35,000
the

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00:47:50,720 --> 00:52:15,910
plus 100.

929
00:52:43,829 --> 00:52:18,470
we have ignition of nasa's space launch

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00:52:43,839 --> 00:53:04,309
plus 30.

931
00:53:04,319 --> 00:53:14,549
plus 50.

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00:53:14,559 --> 00:53:39,670
60 seconds

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00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:54,470
controls

934
00:53:54,480 --> 00:55:14,069
100

935
00:55:18,950 --> 00:55:16,069
today's successful test of the space

936
00:55:21,190 --> 00:55:18,960
launch system five segment booster is a

937
00:55:23,589 --> 00:55:21,200
major milestone on our journey back into

938
00:55:25,670 --> 00:55:23,599
deep space and on to mars

939
00:55:27,990 --> 00:55:25,680
but today's a busy day for other parts

940
00:55:30,390 --> 00:55:28,000
of nasa as well

941
00:55:32,470 --> 00:55:30,400
we have the earth science mission and

942
00:55:35,109 --> 00:55:32,480
the international state space station

943
00:55:38,470 --> 00:55:35,119
program have major events happening

944
00:55:40,950 --> 00:55:38,480
today at 11 a.m mountain time 1 pm

945
00:55:43,270 --> 00:55:40,960
eastern join us for the science briefing

946
00:55:46,309 --> 00:55:43,280
for nasa's magnetospheric multi-scale

947
00:55:49,829 --> 00:55:46,319
mission which launches thursday at 10 44

948
00:55:52,549 --> 00:55:49,839
pm eastern today at 1 pm mountain time 3

949
00:55:54,630 --> 00:55:52,559
pm eastern nasa tv will air live

950
00:55:56,870 --> 00:55:54,640
coverage of the undocking of three

951
00:55:59,910 --> 00:55:56,880
international space station expedition

952
00:56:02,069 --> 00:55:59,920
42 crew members including nasa astronaut

953
00:56:06,470 --> 00:56:02,079
barry wilmore as they begin their

954
00:56:08,230 --> 00:56:06,480
journey home after 167 days in space

955
00:56:11,270 --> 00:56:08,240
thank you for joining us for today's

956
00:56:14,150 --> 00:56:11,280
live coverage of the sls booster test

957
00:56:17,030 --> 00:56:14,160
from orbital atk's test complex at

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00:56:19,030 --> 00:56:17,040
promenatory utah i've been your host

959
00:56:21,990 --> 00:56:19,040
stephanie shareholtz we'll conclude

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00:56:24,630 --> 00:56:22,000
today's broadcast with a note that you

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00:56:29,109 --> 00:56:24,640
can follow us and keep up to date on all

962
00:56:36,470 --> 00:56:32,309
gov www.nasa.gov sls and follow us on

963
00:56:40,069 --> 00:56:36,480
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964
00:56:42,470 --> 00:56:40,079
at nasa underscore sls and on instagram

965
00:56:45,109 --> 00:56:42,480
at explorenasa

966
00:56:47,190 --> 00:56:45,119
for all the latest news on nasa as we

967
00:56:49,670 --> 00:56:47,200
reach for new heights to reveal the