1 00:00:02,860 --> 00:00:05,850 >>> GOOD AFTERNOON, WELCOME TO NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 2 00:00:05,850 --> 00:00:09,200 I'M STEPHANIE FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS. 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,349 WE ARE HERE PREPARING FOR A LAUNCH SUNDAY MORNING AT 10:21 4 00:00:13,349 --> 00:00:14,349 A.M. 5 00:00:14,349 --> 00:00:15,349 EASTERN TIME. 6 00:00:15,349 --> 00:00:18,180 OF SPACEX'S 7TH COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY MISSION TO THE 7 00:00:18,180 --> 00:00:19,870 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 8 00:00:19,870 --> 00:00:23,940 IT WILL CARRY MORE THAN 4,000 POUNDS OF SUPPLIES AND CARGO FOR 9 00:00:23,940 --> 00:00:27,340 SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS, AND RECONFIGURING THE SPACE STATION 10 00:00:27,340 --> 00:00:30,490 FOR A NEW ERA OF U.S. COMMERCIAL CREW SPACECRAFT. 11 00:00:30,490 --> 00:00:33,160 EARLIER TODAY WE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THOSE SCIENCE 12 00:00:33,160 --> 00:00:36,370 INVESTIGATIONS, AND TONIGHT WE'LL HEAR ABOUT PREPARATIONS 13 00:00:36,370 --> 00:00:37,500 FOR THE MISSION ITSELF. 14 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:41,440 SO JOINING ME TODAY ARE MICHAEL SUFFREDINI, THE INTERNATIONAL 15 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:44,050 SPACE STATION PROGRAM MANAGER. 16 00:00:44,050 --> 00:00:48,150 HANS KOENIGSMANN, VICE PRESIDENT OF MISSION ASSURANCE FOR SPACEX. 17 00:00:48,150 --> 00:00:51,060 AND KATHY WINTERS OUR LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER FOR THE 45TH 18 00:00:51,060 --> 00:00:52,540 WEATHER SQUADRON. 19 00:00:52,540 --> 00:00:54,160 SO MIKE, I'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU. 20 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,320 TALK ABOUT NASA'S PREPARATIONS FOR THE LAUNCH. 21 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,790 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 22 00:00:59,790 --> 00:01:03,090 ON BOARD TODAY†-- >> MIKE. 23 00:01:03,090 --> 00:01:04,090 MICROPHONE. 24 00:01:04,090 --> 00:01:05,090 >> SORRY. 25 00:01:05,090 --> 00:01:07,210 SORRY ABOUT THAT. 26 00:01:07,210 --> 00:01:10,260 YOU GUYS ALSO WANT TO HEAR, HUH? 27 00:01:10,260 --> 00:01:13,610 WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 28 00:01:13,610 --> 00:01:17,970 THE CREW IS BEING GIVEN A GO BY THE GROUND TEAM FOR THE ARRIVAL 29 00:01:17,970 --> 00:01:21,710 OF THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT AND SO THEY'RE READY TO GO. 30 00:01:21,710 --> 00:01:26,830 THIS IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE, IN THAT TYPICALLY WE HAVE TWO U.S. 31 00:01:26,830 --> 00:01:32,750 OS CREW MEMBERS DO THE CAPTURE, AND THE BERTING ACTIVITIES ALONG 32 00:01:32,750 --> 00:01:34,700 WITH THE GROUND TEAM. 33 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:38,200 THIS TIME AROUND BECAUSE WE'RE DOWN TO THREE CREW, WE'LL LET 34 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:42,110 SCOTT DO IT WITH GANADI AND HE WILL BE SUPPORTING HIM FOR BOTH 35 00:01:42,110 --> 00:01:47,049 THE CAPTURE ACTIVITIES AND THE BERTHING SO IT'S AGAIN TRULY AN 36 00:01:47,049 --> 00:01:51,840 INTEGRATED CREW DOING ALL THE TASKS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN ON 37 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:52,840 BOARD. 38 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,110 WE TALKED TO YOU EARLIER TODAY ABOUT THE SCIENCE THAT'S GOING 39 00:01:56,110 --> 00:01:57,110 TO TAKE PLACE. 40 00:01:57,110 --> 00:02:01,200 I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RECONFIGURATION. 41 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,619 OVER THIS LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'VE DONE THE FIRST STEPS IN 42 00:02:04,619 --> 00:02:08,429 THE CONFIGURING OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION TO 43 00:02:08,429 --> 00:02:11,819 HAVE COMMERCIAL DOCKING CAPABILITY FOR AUTONOMOUS 44 00:02:11,819 --> 00:02:14,950 DOCKING CAPABILITY IF NECESSARY. 45 00:02:14,950 --> 00:02:19,900 AND SO WITH THAT WE MOVE THE WHAT WE CALLED THE PMM, IT'S 46 00:02:19,900 --> 00:02:23,510 BASICALLY OUR STORAGE CLOSET THAT WAS ON NODE ONE NADIR AND 47 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:25,840 ATTACHED IT TO NODE THREE FORWARD. 48 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,870 AND WITH THAT WE CLEARED OUT THE PORT NECESSARY TO ALLOW BERTHING 49 00:02:30,870 --> 00:02:34,200 TO OCCUR ON NODE ONE NADIR. 50 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:36,239 THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS. 51 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:40,450 THE NEXT STEP IS TO ADD THIS DOCKING ADAPTOR, THE FIRST 52 00:02:40,450 --> 00:02:43,819 DOCKING ADAPTOR WHICH IS ON SPACEX 7 SO IT WILL BRING UP THE 53 00:02:43,819 --> 00:02:44,819 DOCKING ADAPTOR. 54 00:02:44,819 --> 00:02:48,690 BECAUSE WE'RE AT THREE CREW DURING THIS PERIOD, WHICH WASN'T 55 00:02:48,690 --> 00:02:52,520 THE ORIGINAL PLAN, WE'LL STORE THE DOCKING ADAPTOR ON BOARD 56 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:53,520 ISS. 57 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,970 AND THEN WHEN WE GET BACK UP TO SIX CREW WE'LL MOVE THE DOCKING 58 00:02:56,970 --> 00:03:02,420 ADAPTOR ON TO NODE†-- I'M SORRY, YES NODE 2 FORWARD WHICH IS 59 00:03:02,420 --> 00:03:05,560 WHERE THE SHUTTLE TRADITIONALLY DOCKED TO SPACE STATION. 60 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,250 SO IT WILL BE ON THE FORWARD PORT, AND THE VELOCITY VECTOR. 61 00:03:09,250 --> 00:03:14,440 AND THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EBAS PLANNED. 62 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,320 ONE WILL BE TO DO THE ATTACHMENTS FOR THE DOCKING 63 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:22,370 ADAPTOR, WHICH IS A MANUAL TASK THAT THE ROBOTIC ARM HELPS US 64 00:03:22,370 --> 00:03:23,370 GET IT THERE. 65 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:27,590 THEN THE CREW INSTALLS IT MANUALLY AND CONNECTS THE WIRES. 66 00:03:27,590 --> 00:03:32,599 IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL DISCONNECT NODE PMA-3, WHICH IS 67 00:03:32,599 --> 00:03:35,550 ON NODE 3 PART RIGHT NOW. 68 00:03:35,550 --> 00:03:38,580 AND THAT WILL PUT US IN THE PROCESS†-- ALLOW US TO, AT THAT 69 00:03:38,580 --> 00:03:43,140 POINT, MOVE WHENEVER WE'RE READY TO MOVE THE PMA-3 TO NODE-2 70 00:03:43,140 --> 00:03:46,659 ZENITH WHICH TODAY IS OUR BACKUP BERTHING PORT. 71 00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:52,290 AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, SPACEX 9 WILL BRING UP THE SECOND IDA, 72 00:03:52,290 --> 00:03:56,780 INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTOR, FOR NODE-2 ZENITH THEN TO BE OUR 73 00:03:56,780 --> 00:03:58,569 SECOND DOCKING PORT. 74 00:03:58,569 --> 00:04:01,080 WHEN OUR CONFIGURATION IS COMPLETE WE'LL HAVE TWO DOCKING 75 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,569 PORTS, NODE-2 FORWARD, NODE-2 ZENITH, AND TWO BERTHING PORTS, 76 00:04:04,569 --> 00:04:07,440 THE ONE WE'VE BEEN USING. 77 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,980 THE NODE-2 WILL BE PRIMARY AND THE BACKUP WILL BE NODE-1. 78 00:04:11,980 --> 00:04:15,740 THAT'S THE FINAL CONFIGURATION TO PUT US IN THE RIGHT CONFIG TO 79 00:04:15,740 --> 00:04:18,829 ALLOW DOCKING AGAIN TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON 80 00:04:18,829 --> 00:04:21,169 THE U.S. OS SEGMENT. 81 00:04:21,169 --> 00:04:24,229 IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU NEED THE COMMUNICATIONS ASSET. 82 00:04:24,229 --> 00:04:28,360 WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE RECONFIGURATION OUTSIDE. 83 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:33,439 WE PUT THE ANTENNAS, RAN WIRES NECESSARY TO ALLOW IT TO OCCUR, 84 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:36,089 AND DID SOME OF THE RECONFIGURATION INSIDE. 85 00:04:36,089 --> 00:04:39,819 SPACEX-7 WILL BRING WITH IT THE RADIO ITSELF. 86 00:04:39,819 --> 00:04:44,639 WE CALL IT V2-V2 AND IT WILL BE INSTALLED SOMETIME AFTER SPACEX 87 00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:45,729 7 AS WELL. 88 00:04:45,729 --> 00:04:49,969 OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO HAVE A DOCKING CAPABILITY READY BY 89 00:04:49,969 --> 00:04:51,860 THE END OF 2015. 90 00:04:51,860 --> 00:04:53,539 ALTHOUGH THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN WE'LL 91 00:04:53,539 --> 00:04:56,129 SEE IT NEED TO BE USED. 92 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:59,039 BUT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN OUR GOAL AND WE'RE ON TRACK TO ACCOMPLISH 93 00:04:59,039 --> 00:05:00,569 THAT GOAL. 94 00:05:00,569 --> 00:05:03,509 IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S, OF COURSE, A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT 95 00:05:03,509 --> 00:05:07,770 SPARES THAT ARE COMING UP ON THIS FLIGHT. 96 00:05:07,770 --> 00:05:13,800 AS WELL AS A FEW EXTRA PROVISIONS, FOOD, SOME CREW 97 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,909 CLOTHING THAT WE'RE REPLACING THAT WERE ON THE 59 P-PROGRESS 98 00:05:17,909 --> 00:05:20,789 THAT WAS RECENTLY LOST. 99 00:05:20,789 --> 00:05:25,499 BUT EVEN WITH THAT LOSS, WE HAVE VERY GOOD LOGISTICS ON BOARD FOR 100 00:05:25,499 --> 00:05:27,080 THE ENTIRE CREW. 101 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:31,520 WE'RE GOOD TO THE OCTOBER TIME FRAME IF NO OTHER VEHICLES SHOW 102 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:32,520 UP. 103 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:35,639 AND WITH SPACEX-7 WE GET OURSELVES TO PRETTY MUCH THE END 104 00:05:35,639 --> 00:05:38,089 OF THE YEAR ON MOST OF THE SUPPLIES. 105 00:05:38,089 --> 00:05:40,059 SO WE'RE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE IN THAT RESPECT. 106 00:05:40,059 --> 00:05:45,250 SO WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH RESEARCH PER OUR NORMAL PLAN AND 107 00:05:45,250 --> 00:05:49,240 THE RECONFIGURATION FOR OUR NORMAL PLAN, AND SPACEX-7 WILL 108 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:50,819 KEEP US ON TRACK. 109 00:05:50,819 --> 00:05:51,820 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 110 00:05:51,820 --> 00:05:52,820 >> ALL RIGHT. 111 00:05:52,820 --> 00:05:55,289 WE'LL PASS IT OVER TO YOU, HANS. 112 00:05:55,289 --> 00:05:57,960 >> YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE. 113 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:59,740 OUR TEAM HAS BEEN BUSY. 114 00:05:59,740 --> 00:06:02,490 THE SPACEX TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY BUSY TO PUT THE VEHICLE 115 00:06:02,490 --> 00:06:07,599 TOGETHER, THE FIRST STAGE AND SECOND STAGE, AND WITH DRAGON ON 116 00:06:07,599 --> 00:06:11,649 TOP OF IT, LOADED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE EXCEPT FOR THE LATE 117 00:06:11,649 --> 00:06:12,649 LOADS. 118 00:06:12,649 --> 00:06:17,669 IN FACT, WE HAVE A STATIC FIRE VEHICLE BEING HELD DOWN AND THE 119 00:06:17,669 --> 00:06:21,619 FIRST STAGE IS BEING FIRED FOR AROUND ABOUT TWO SECONDS. 120 00:06:21,619 --> 00:06:27,361 WE JUST HAD THAT AS I WAS DRIVING UP T-0 WAS AT 4:00 AND I 121 00:06:27,361 --> 00:06:32,509 HEARD IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, FULL DURATION, AND THAT CLEARS 122 00:06:32,509 --> 00:06:36,259 THE NEXT COMING DAYS UP TO LAUNCH ON SUNDAY MORNING. 123 00:06:36,259 --> 00:06:42,599 LAUNCH IS AT 10:21:12 SO FAR. 124 00:06:42,599 --> 00:06:48,330 AGAIN, IT'S A ONE-SECOND LAUNCH WINDOW TO CATCH THE EYE, IN ITS 125 00:06:48,330 --> 00:06:53,529 PLANE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN THE RIGHT ORBIT BEHIND IT. 126 00:06:53,529 --> 00:06:56,039 OR UNDER IT, RATHER. 127 00:06:56,039 --> 00:06:58,860 THE LAUNCH ITSELF WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE LAST COUPLE 128 00:06:58,860 --> 00:07:04,139 LAUNCHES THAT YOU'VE SEEN AFTER ALL THIS IS, I CALL IT TR-7, 129 00:07:04,139 --> 00:07:08,620 SPACEX-7, IT'S THE SAME THING JUST DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. 130 00:07:08,620 --> 00:07:10,599 IT'S THE SEVENTH FLIGHT. 131 00:07:10,599 --> 00:07:13,990 WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AT THIS POINT 132 00:07:13,990 --> 00:07:15,710 IN TIME. 133 00:07:15,710 --> 00:07:17,909 DRAGON HAS BEEN SUPER RELIABLE. 134 00:07:17,909 --> 00:07:20,409 SO HAS BEEN FALCON-9. 135 00:07:20,409 --> 00:07:23,740 THE PRIMARY MISSION ON THIS ONE IS OBVIOUSLY GETTING DRAGON AND 136 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:29,300 ITS PAYLOAD UP INTO ORBIT, AND PHASE IT INTO AN ORBIT WHERE IT 137 00:07:29,300 --> 00:07:33,740 CAN DOCK WITH THE STATION WITHIN I THINK THE TIME IS ABOUT 40†1/2 138 00:07:33,740 --> 00:07:37,520 HOURS BETWEEN LIFTOFF AND DOCKING TO THE STATION. 139 00:07:37,520 --> 00:07:43,699 THE FLIGHT ITSELF AGAIN VERY SIMILAR. 140 00:07:43,699 --> 00:07:47,300 FIRST STAGE WILL GO ON FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN THREE MINUTES. 141 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:48,629 160 SECONDS. 142 00:07:48,629 --> 00:07:49,629 EXACTLY. 143 00:07:49,629 --> 00:07:52,199 MASS CUES AT THE SAME TIME 70 SECONDS. 144 00:07:52,199 --> 00:07:56,330 THOSE DATA ACTUALLY CHANGE VERY LITTLE FROM FLIGHT TO FLIGHT. 145 00:07:56,330 --> 00:08:00,190 SECOND STAGE WILL BURN TO GET THE REST OF THE VELOCITY, AND 146 00:08:00,190 --> 00:08:05,419 THEN DRAGON WILL BE DEPLOYED ABOUT 9†1/2 MINUTES AFTER 147 00:08:05,419 --> 00:08:07,830 LIFTOFF. 148 00:08:07,830 --> 00:08:09,520 THAT'S THE PRIMARY MISSION. 149 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,020 TOP GOAL IS TO GET THIS SAFELY AND RELIABLY DONE. 150 00:08:13,020 --> 00:08:17,029 I DO WANT TO BRING UP WE DO HAVE A SECONDARY MISSION COMPLETELY 151 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:22,509 EXPERIMENTAL WE WILL PERFORM ANOTHER LANDING ATTEMPT ON A 152 00:08:22,509 --> 00:08:23,699 DRONESHIP. 153 00:08:23,699 --> 00:08:26,580 DRONESHIP IS OUT THERE AT THIS POINT IN TIME OR ON ITS WAY TO 154 00:08:26,580 --> 00:08:30,479 ITS LANDING POINT. 155 00:08:30,479 --> 00:08:34,909 THE FIRST STAGE OF THE SHUTDOWN WILL FLIP AROUND PRETTY QUICKLY, 156 00:08:34,909 --> 00:08:37,849 AND THEN PERFORM A BOOST BACK BURN. 157 00:08:37,849 --> 00:08:42,959 IT WILL THEN COAST FOR AWHILE, AND THEN PERFORM AN ENTRY BURN. 158 00:08:42,959 --> 00:08:47,010 THE ENTRY BURN BASICALLY LOWERS SPEED AND PRESSURE DURING THE 159 00:08:47,010 --> 00:08:50,589 ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY AND THEN AT THE VERY END PERFORM A LANDING 160 00:08:50,589 --> 00:08:59,180 BURN ON THE SINGLE ENGINE, AND HOPEFULLY GENTLY LAND ON THE 161 00:08:59,180 --> 00:09:01,230 DRONE SHIP. 162 00:09:01,230 --> 00:09:06,870 SO, AGAIN, THIS IS A SECONDARY EXPERIMENT. 163 00:09:06,870 --> 00:09:10,680 IT DOESN'T†-- THE PRIMARY MISSION OR FOCUS ON THE LAUNCH 164 00:09:10,680 --> 00:09:12,949 TEAM IS GOING TO BE ON DRAGON. 165 00:09:12,949 --> 00:09:16,579 THE TIMING IS ROUGHLY THE SAME, HOWEVER, BY THE TIME DRAGON GETS 166 00:09:16,579 --> 00:09:21,610 TO ORBIT THE FIRST STAGE WILL LAND ON THE DRONE SHIP. 167 00:09:21,610 --> 00:09:27,110 AND I GUESS PENDING FURTHER, EVERYTHING IS LOOKING VERY GOOD 168 00:09:27,110 --> 00:09:28,380 ON OUR SIDE. 169 00:09:28,380 --> 00:09:32,649 TEAM IS IN EXCELLENT SPIRITS, AND VEHICLE AND DRAGON ARE IN 170 00:09:32,649 --> 00:09:35,210 EXCELLENT CONDITION AFTER STATIC FIRE. 171 00:09:35,210 --> 00:09:39,269 THAT'S ALWAYS THE LAST†-- THE LAST BIG TEST FOR US, STATIC 172 00:09:39,269 --> 00:09:44,450 FIRE GOES WELL, THINGS ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD FOR LAUNCH. 173 00:09:44,450 --> 00:09:49,009 HOPEFULLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT A GOOD LAUNCH ON SUNDAY MORNING. 174 00:09:49,009 --> 00:09:50,009 >> ALL RIGHT. 175 00:09:50,009 --> 00:09:53,440 SO WE'LL HEAR FROM THE WEATHER OFFICER, KATHY. 176 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,570 >> THE WEATHER IS NOT GOOD AT THE MOMENT. 177 00:09:55,570 --> 00:09:58,920 BUT IT DOES†-- AS YOU ALL CAN HEAR OUTSIDE THERE'S LOTS OF 178 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,170 THUNDER ROLLING, AND WE DO HAVE ACTUALLY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 179 00:10:02,170 --> 00:10:04,399 THAT'S MOVING INTO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER RIGHT NOW. 180 00:10:04,399 --> 00:10:08,509 BUT THE STATIC FIRE IS CLOSER TO THE COAST, AND ACTUALLY IT 181 00:10:08,509 --> 00:10:10,800 WAS†-- THE WEATHER WAS HOLDING OFF LONG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO BE 182 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:12,680 ABLE TO CONTINUE THEIR OPERATIONS AND IT LOOKS LIKE 183 00:10:12,680 --> 00:10:15,850 THINGS ARE GOING TO HOLD OFF JUST LONG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO GET 184 00:10:15,850 --> 00:10:17,050 THAT DONE. 185 00:10:17,050 --> 00:10:20,209 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO LAUNCH DAY WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE OKAY 186 00:10:20,209 --> 00:10:23,649 BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT LAUNCH TIME, 10:21 IN THE MORNING, AND 187 00:10:23,649 --> 00:10:26,089 SO WITH THAT, THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO DEVELOP UNTIL 188 00:10:26,089 --> 00:10:27,520 THE AFTERNOON. 189 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,240 WE DID HAVE SOME MORNING†-- MORE MORNING-ISH THUNDERSTORMS AS WE 190 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:32,240 WERE YESTERDAY BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY WEAK FLOW. 191 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,050 OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, INCLUDING TODAY THAT WESTERLY 192 00:10:35,050 --> 00:10:36,829 FLOW IS STARTING TO GET STRONGER. 193 00:10:36,829 --> 00:10:40,970 WHEN YOU HAVE THAT WESTERLY FLOW PUSHING HARD ENOUGH, YOU CAN 194 00:10:40,970 --> 00:10:43,279 HOLD OFF THAT EAST COAST SEA BREEZE WHICH IS WHAT'S CAUSING 195 00:10:43,279 --> 00:10:45,350 OUR WEATHER RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT CAUSES OUR 196 00:10:45,350 --> 00:10:47,220 AFTERNOON WEATHER HERE. 197 00:10:47,220 --> 00:10:51,300 IT WILL MAYBE POSSIBLY FORM DURING THE DAY, BUT ON THAT DAY 198 00:10:51,300 --> 00:10:53,889 BUT IT'S MORE LIKE 4:00 TO 5:00 IN THE AFTERNOON AND WE MAY EVEN 199 00:10:53,889 --> 00:10:56,069 GET A WEST COAST SEA BREEZE ACROSS. 200 00:10:56,069 --> 00:10:57,579 THAT WILL ALL BE AFTER LAUNCH TIME. 201 00:10:57,579 --> 00:11:02,089 RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY FORECASTING A 10% CHANCE OF VIOLATING LAUNCH 202 00:11:02,089 --> 00:11:05,680 CRITERIA ASSOCIATED WITH WEATHER ON SUNDAY FOR THE LAUNCH DAY. 203 00:11:05,680 --> 00:11:09,190 LET'S GO LOOK AT SOME WEATHER ON SOME DISPLAYS. 204 00:11:09,190 --> 00:11:10,491 WE DO HAVE THE RADAR PICTURE HERE. 205 00:11:10,491 --> 00:11:12,519 YOU CAN SEE THE STORM THAT'S FORMING RIGHT OVER OUR BUILDING 206 00:11:12,519 --> 00:11:15,230 THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW AND THAT IS A SEVERE STORM THAT HAS 207 00:11:15,230 --> 00:11:17,940 DEVELOPED ALONG OR AT LEAST WE'RE FORECASTING FOR SEVERE 208 00:11:17,940 --> 00:11:21,660 WEATHER DEVELOPED ALONG THE SEA BREEZE HERE ON THE EAST COAST, 209 00:11:21,660 --> 00:11:23,860 AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WE TEND TO GET OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM 210 00:11:23,860 --> 00:11:26,519 THESE STORMS AS WELL AND THEY MERGE AND WE TEND TO GET MORE 211 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:27,519 STORMS. 212 00:11:27,519 --> 00:11:30,180 THEY SORT OF START FEEDING EACH OTHER AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN 213 00:11:30,180 --> 00:11:31,600 EXPERIENCING THE LAST FEW DAYS. 214 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,899 WE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE MORE OF THAT THE NEXT FUP DAYS BUT 215 00:11:33,899 --> 00:11:37,680 LATER IN THE AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF THE STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW. 216 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:39,250 SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK AT THE LAUNCH FORECAST. 217 00:11:39,250 --> 00:11:41,839 YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE JUST FORECASTING SCATTERED SKIES FOR 218 00:11:41,839 --> 00:11:43,560 LAUNCH, GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS. 219 00:11:43,560 --> 00:11:45,970 WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST HOLDING OFF THAT SEA BREEZE, BECAUSE 220 00:11:45,970 --> 00:11:49,290 IT'S A LITTLE BIT STRONG AT 17 KNOTS†-- OR 17 MILES PER HOUR. 221 00:11:49,290 --> 00:11:51,139 AND THAT'S GOOD ACTUALLY FOR US. 222 00:11:51,139 --> 00:11:53,430 THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE 84 DEGREES EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY 223 00:11:53,430 --> 00:11:54,430 10:21 IN THE MORNING. 224 00:11:54,430 --> 00:11:55,610 WE'VE BEEN GETTING PRETTY HOT. 225 00:11:55,610 --> 00:11:59,720 JUST A 10% CHANCE OF VIOLATING LAUNCH WEATHER CONSTRAINTS. 226 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:02,290 AND OUR PRIMARY CONCERN IS THE CUMULUS CLOUD ROLL AND THAT'S 227 00:12:02,290 --> 00:12:05,709 THE TYPE OF CLOUDS THAT FORM ALONG THE SEA BREEZE. 228 00:12:05,709 --> 00:12:09,040 FOR THE LANDING FORECAST, WEATHER IS LOOKING OVERALL 229 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:10,040 FAVORABLE. 230 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,079 THE SEAS ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGH, 5 TO 7 FEET BUT NOTHING THAT 231 00:12:12,079 --> 00:12:13,079 VIOLATES CONSTRAINTS. 232 00:12:13,079 --> 00:12:16,301 THE WINDS, THOSE SEAS ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGH BECAUSE OF THE 233 00:12:16,301 --> 00:12:19,819 WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 KNOTS NEAR THE SURFACE. 234 00:12:19,819 --> 00:12:23,730 AND THEN IF WE HAPPEN TO DELAY 24 HOURS WE DO HAVE A TROUGH 235 00:12:23,730 --> 00:12:24,730 THAT COMES DOWN. 236 00:12:24,730 --> 00:12:27,279 THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE MORE CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA, AND 237 00:12:27,279 --> 00:12:30,459 ALSO AS A TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THEY 238 00:12:30,459 --> 00:12:32,510 TEND TO FORM A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. 239 00:12:32,510 --> 00:12:35,439 WITH THOSE CONDITIONS, A LITTLE BIT MORE POSSIBLE WE DO HAVE A 240 00:12:35,439 --> 00:12:38,270 CONCERN FOR CUMULUS CLOUDS BUT ALSO THE THICK CLOUD RULE 241 00:12:38,270 --> 00:12:40,610 VIOLATION WHICH IS IF THE CLOUDS ARE THICK ENOUGH YOU COULD HAVE 242 00:12:40,610 --> 00:12:44,300 AN ELECTRIC FIELD GENERATE ENOUGH ELECTRIC FIELD TO CAUSE A 243 00:12:44,300 --> 00:12:45,649 TRIGGERED LIGHTNING STRIKE. 244 00:12:45,649 --> 00:12:48,399 AGAIN IT'S A MORNING LAUNCH SO WE'RE ONLY GOING WITH A 30% 245 00:12:48,399 --> 00:12:50,110 CHANCE OF VIOLATING LAUNCH CRITERIA. 246 00:12:50,110 --> 00:12:54,870 THE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO DEGRADE AFTER THE LAUNCH TIME. 247 00:12:54,870 --> 00:12:57,070 SO OVERALL, EVEN THOUGH WE DO HAVE A LOT OF AFTERNOON 248 00:12:57,070 --> 00:12:59,139 THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORECAST, THE LAUNCH TIME IS REALLY 249 00:12:59,139 --> 00:13:02,480 FAVORABLE WHEN IT COMES TO WEATHER, SO JUST A 10% CHANCE OF 250 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:03,490 VIOLATED CONSTRAINTS. 251 00:13:03,490 --> 00:13:05,519 GOOD WEATHER FOR LAUNCH. 252 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:06,519 >> GREAT. 253 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:07,519 THANK YOU. 254 00:13:07,519 --> 00:13:08,760 WE'LL NOW TAKE SOME QUESTIONS. 255 00:13:08,760 --> 00:13:12,290 AND JUST A REMINDER TO RAISE YOUR HAND, WAIT FOR MICROPHONE 256 00:13:12,290 --> 00:13:15,480 TO COME TO YOU, STATE YOUR NAME, AND TO WHOM YOU'RE ADDRESSING 257 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:16,480 YOUR QUESTION. 258 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:20,380 ALSO, FOR THOSE OF US THOSE WHO MAY BE FOLLOWING ONLINE IF YOU 259 00:13:20,380 --> 00:13:24,519 WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION, USE #ASKNASA ON TWITTER AND WE'LL 260 00:13:24,519 --> 00:13:29,749 GET TO YOUR QUESTIONS AS WELL. 261 00:13:29,749 --> 00:13:31,310 >> FOX ORLANDO. 262 00:13:31,310 --> 00:13:34,540 WHAT IS IT ABOUT THIS BOOSTER LANDING, HANS, THAT YOU FEEL 263 00:13:34,540 --> 00:13:37,820 MORE CONFIDENT THAN THE PRIOR TWO? 264 00:13:37,820 --> 00:13:44,769 >> WE HAD TWO PRECEDING LANDING ATTEMPTS THAT WE USED TO LEARN 265 00:13:44,769 --> 00:13:46,240 THINGS. 266 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:50,730 SPACEX PUSHES INNOVATION, AND PART OF THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THAT 267 00:13:50,730 --> 00:13:54,390 YOU LEARN FROM YOUR†-- FROM YOUR I DON'T WANT TO SAY TRIALS, BUT 268 00:13:54,390 --> 00:13:58,749 IT IS AN EXPERIMENT OR A TRIAL TO SOME EXTENT, AND YOU LOOK AT 269 00:13:58,749 --> 00:14:03,790 THE DATA, YOU EVALUATE THIS AND YOU MAKE CORRECTION, AND THAT'S 270 00:14:03,790 --> 00:14:07,940 ULTIMATELY HOW YOU SUCCEED IN MY OPINION. 271 00:14:07,940 --> 00:14:10,910 AND MAKE A SAFE LANDING IN THE END. 272 00:14:10,910 --> 00:14:16,499 THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TWO SO FAR, GIVES ME JUST CONFIDENCE WE 273 00:14:16,499 --> 00:14:19,360 HAD TWO PROBLEMS THAT WE SOLVED. 274 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,519 I THINK THE ODDS†-- IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT THE ODDS ARE, IF IT'S 275 00:14:22,519 --> 00:14:24,930 BETTER IN THE LAST ONE, OR NOT. 276 00:14:24,930 --> 00:14:28,360 BUT, THERE'S ALWAYS†-- THERE WAS ALWAYS UNCERTAINTY UNTIL WE 277 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:32,899 BASICALLY SOLVED THIS PROBLEM, AND TO END ALWAYS GOING TO BE 278 00:14:32,899 --> 00:14:35,319 SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE OUTCOME. 279 00:14:35,319 --> 00:14:40,119 I FEEL A LOT BETTER. 280 00:14:40,119 --> 00:14:45,649 >> HI, KEN KRAMER FOR UNIVERSE TODAY IN THE NORTHEAST ASTRONOMY 281 00:14:45,649 --> 00:14:46,649 FORUM. 282 00:14:46,649 --> 00:14:49,009 A QUESTION FOR MIKE AND HANS. 283 00:14:49,009 --> 00:14:51,709 QUICK ONE FOR MIKE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE NEED THESE NEW 284 00:14:51,709 --> 00:14:53,399 DOCKING ADAPTORS? 285 00:14:53,399 --> 00:14:56,930 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DOCKING ADAPTOR FOR THE 286 00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:59,499 SHUTTLE, AND THESE NEW IDA ADAPTORS, WHY DO WE NEED THEM? 287 00:14:59,499 --> 00:15:04,589 AND FOR HANS CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN YOU MIGHT 288 00:15:04,589 --> 00:15:07,110 LAND THE FALCON ON LAND? 289 00:15:07,110 --> 00:15:09,490 I THINK YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT IT FOR THIS ONE BUT YOU DECIDED 290 00:15:09,490 --> 00:15:10,690 NOT TO FOR SOME REASON. 291 00:15:10,690 --> 00:15:12,980 WHEN MIGHT WE SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE? 292 00:15:12,980 --> 00:15:14,019 THANK YOU. 293 00:15:14,019 --> 00:15:16,510 >> SO, THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION, DOCKING ADAPTOR. 294 00:15:16,510 --> 00:15:21,160 THE APASS WAS NOT REALLY DESIGNED FOR AUTOMATED DOCKING. 295 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:24,170 WE USE HANDED LOOP FOR RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING AND 296 00:15:24,170 --> 00:15:28,839 ALTHOUGH THE ADAPTOR ITSELF PROBABLY COULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO 297 00:15:28,839 --> 00:15:33,620 WORK FOR US, IT WAS SUCH AN OLDER TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAD TO 298 00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:38,230 DESIGN THE MATING HAP ANYWAY, REDESIGN AND SO WE TOOK THAT 299 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:41,100 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, AND IN 300 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:43,990 FACT SOME COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP 301 00:15:43,990 --> 00:15:45,490 PARTICIPATED, AS WELL. 302 00:15:45,490 --> 00:15:50,790 THE DESIGN WHAT WE CALL AN INTERNATIONAL DOCKING SYSTEM 303 00:15:50,790 --> 00:15:52,250 SPEC. 304 00:15:52,250 --> 00:15:59,149 AND SO OUR DREAM IS TO HAVE ONE COMMON DOCKING SYSTEM THAT ALL 305 00:15:59,149 --> 00:16:02,449 COUNTRIES WILL USE TO GIVE US COMMONALITY AS WE REACH FURTHER 306 00:16:02,449 --> 00:16:05,879 AND FURTHER INTO SPACE, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY 307 00:16:05,879 --> 00:16:10,209 TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER AS WE START TO COLLABORATE IN OTHER 308 00:16:10,209 --> 00:16:13,420 EFFORTS IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT AND WELL BEYOND. 309 00:16:13,420 --> 00:16:18,689 AND SO INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTOR IS REALLY THE FIRST STEP 310 00:16:18,689 --> 00:16:25,779 FOR A SORT OF UNIVERSAL DOCKING SYSTEM THAT†-- AND REALLY WAS 311 00:16:25,779 --> 00:16:28,370 THE FIRST STEP IN EXPLORATION, IN BRINGING ALL THE COUNTRIES 312 00:16:28,370 --> 00:16:29,610 TOGETHER IN EXPLORATION. 313 00:16:29,610 --> 00:16:32,070 SO IN THAT RESPECT IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS. 314 00:16:32,070 --> 00:16:34,670 BUT BASICALLY WE NEEDED A NEW SYSTEM ANYWAY. 315 00:16:34,670 --> 00:16:38,480 WE COULDN'T USE THE OLD SYSTEM, AND IN THIS SYSTEM, REALLY 316 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:42,389 DESIGNED FOR AUTOMATED DOCKING, IF THAT BECOMES NECESSARY. 317 00:16:42,389 --> 00:16:45,939 >> AND SO REGARDING LANDING ON LAND. 318 00:16:45,939 --> 00:16:49,519 I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I FORGOT WHAT THAT IS THE NEXT ONE. 319 00:16:49,519 --> 00:16:52,420 BUT IT'S NOT DRIVEN NECESSARILY BY SCHEDULE, IT'S LARGELY DRIVEN 320 00:16:52,420 --> 00:16:53,420 BY PERFORMANCE. 321 00:16:53,420 --> 00:16:57,520 WE HAVE ENOUGH PROPELLANT ON THE FIRST STAGE TO TURN THE STAGE 322 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:00,709 AROUND AND THEN FIRE ALL THE WAY BACK TO LAND. 323 00:17:00,709 --> 00:17:04,220 OBVIOUSLY THAT REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE PERFORMANCE THAN WHAT 324 00:17:04,220 --> 00:17:05,360 WE DO RIGHT NOW. 325 00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:09,020 AND SO WE WOULD NEED A MISSION THAT IS LIGHTER, BASICALLY, OR 326 00:17:09,020 --> 00:17:12,900 HAS A LOW EARTH ENERGY ORBIT TO PERFORM THAT. 327 00:17:12,900 --> 00:17:17,870 I BELIEVE IT IS A MISSION BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. 328 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:21,991 IN EITHER CASE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS SAFE, AND 329 00:17:21,991 --> 00:17:30,749 RELIABLE, AND THAT'S†-- WHEN WE'RE READY WE WILL DO THIS. 330 00:17:30,749 --> 00:17:33,029 >> JIM SIEGEL WITH THE CELEBRATION NEWS AND ALSO SPACE 331 00:17:33,029 --> 00:17:35,020 FLIGHT INSIDER. 332 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:37,830 FOLLOW-UP QUESTION FOR YOU, MIKE, REGARDING THE DOCKING 333 00:17:37,830 --> 00:17:39,029 ADAPTOR. 334 00:17:39,029 --> 00:17:44,140 SO, THE ONE YOU'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING IS UNIVERSAL DOCKING 335 00:17:44,140 --> 00:17:47,049 ADAPTOR, IF YOU WILL. 336 00:17:47,049 --> 00:17:50,409 HOW MANY OTHER DOCKING AND BERTHING NODES ARE THERE AND ARE 337 00:17:50,409 --> 00:17:52,190 THOSE ON THE SPACE STATION? 338 00:17:52,190 --> 00:17:56,040 AND ARE THOSE GOING TO STAY IN PLACE, AS WELL, OR IS THERE 339 00:17:56,040 --> 00:18:00,659 GOING TO ONLY BE THIS SINGLE EVENTUALLY THIS SINGLE UNIVERSAL 340 00:18:00,659 --> 00:18:02,470 DOCKING SYSTEM? 341 00:18:02,470 --> 00:18:03,529 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 342 00:18:03,529 --> 00:18:09,370 OUR RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES HAVE A NUMBER OF DOCKING OPTIONS. 343 00:18:09,370 --> 00:18:12,680 AND SO, THEY†-- TODAY THEY USE A PROBE AND CONE. 344 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,430 IT'S A RELATIVELY†-- IT'S A SMALLER DIAMETER, I WON'T SAY 345 00:18:16,430 --> 00:18:19,800 RELATIVELY SMALL, BUT IT'S A SMALLER DIAMETER. 346 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:25,789 IT'S TYPICALLY PROBING CONE IS SIMPLER SYSTEM, MORE RELIABLE 347 00:18:25,789 --> 00:18:26,789 AND LIGHTER. 348 00:18:26,789 --> 00:18:29,090 PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT IS LIGHTER. 349 00:18:29,090 --> 00:18:32,690 HOWEVER, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE†-- WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING OR 350 00:18:32,690 --> 00:18:37,350 DECIDING WHAT THIS INTERNATIONAL SPEC WOULD LOOK LIKE WE WANTED 351 00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:41,970 TO KEEP THE ANDROGYNE OF THE APASS, THAT IS THAT YOU CAN†-- 352 00:18:41,970 --> 00:18:44,070 YOU CAN BE EITHER HAP AND COME IN. 353 00:18:44,070 --> 00:18:48,330 IF YOU NEED TO BRING ANOTHER SPACECRAFT IN TO DOCK OR ONE 354 00:18:48,330 --> 00:18:54,030 SPACECRAFT NEEDS TO GO TO THE ONE THAT'S NOT WORKING ANYMORE, 355 00:18:54,030 --> 00:18:57,410 THIS WAS REALLY ABOUT SUPPORTING EACH OTHER, PARTICULARLY IN 356 00:18:57,410 --> 00:18:58,410 CONTINGENCY CASES. 357 00:18:58,410 --> 00:19:01,580 SO YOU CAN ALWAYS PLAN, HAVE THE CONE ON ONE SIDE, THE PROBE ON 358 00:19:01,580 --> 00:19:02,580 THE OTHER. 359 00:19:02,580 --> 00:19:04,860 BUT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU HAD A CONTINGENCY YOU WERE TRYING TO 360 00:19:04,860 --> 00:19:08,110 SAVE A SPACECRAFT AND YOU HADN'T CONSIDERED THAT, IF YOU HAVE 361 00:19:08,110 --> 00:19:13,179 ANDROGYNE, THEN ANYONE CAN DOCK TO THE OTHER. 362 00:19:13,179 --> 00:19:16,610 SO HE WE WERE BUILDING THE DESIGN WE KNEW WE NEEDED DOCKING 363 00:19:16,610 --> 00:19:20,720 CAPABILITY ON STATION FOR THE NEW VEHICLES THAT WERE GOING TO 364 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:24,860 COME UP TO ISS AND THE CREW VEHICLES THAT WOULD COME TO ISS. 365 00:19:24,860 --> 00:19:29,059 WE DECIDED WE WOULD GO OUT AND DO THIS LOOK INTERNATIONALLY, 366 00:19:29,059 --> 00:19:31,740 FIND OUT WHAT EVERYONE THOUGHT WAS REASONABLE AND IT CAME OUT 367 00:19:31,740 --> 00:19:34,000 THE IDEA WAS YOU WANT TO TRY TO HAVE ANDROGYNE. 368 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,580 THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT. 369 00:19:36,580 --> 00:19:40,750 WITH THAT COMES A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATION IN TERMS OF THE 370 00:19:40,750 --> 00:19:45,159 DESIGN AND WEIGHT ASSOCIATED, AS WELL. 371 00:19:45,159 --> 00:19:49,620 SO, THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THOSE SYSTEMS THAT ON THE U.S. SIDE. 372 00:19:49,620 --> 00:19:53,679 SO WE'LL PUT TWO OF THOSE ON THE U.S. OS AND THAT'S HOW WE WILL 373 00:19:53,679 --> 00:19:56,850 HAVE DOCKING ON THE U.S. OS BECAUSE THE INVESTMENT OUR 374 00:19:56,850 --> 00:20:00,330 RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES HAVE MADE, EVEN THOUGH THEY PARTICIPATED IN 375 00:20:00,330 --> 00:20:04,330 THE INTERNATIONAL DOCKING SPEC, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO USE 376 00:20:04,330 --> 00:20:08,260 PROBE AND CONE ON THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT AND SO THEY HAVE TODAY 377 00:20:08,260 --> 00:20:10,720 THEY HAVE FOUR DOCKING PORTS. 378 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,770 THAT HAVE PROBE AND CONE DOCKING CAPABILITY. 379 00:20:13,770 --> 00:20:20,429 AND THEN ON THE U.S. SEGMENT, WE HAVE BEEN†-- WE HAVE THE CBM 380 00:20:20,429 --> 00:20:23,860 INTERFACE, THE BERTHING INTERFACE, THAT DRAGON WILL 381 00:20:23,860 --> 00:20:25,120 UTILIZE. 382 00:20:25,120 --> 00:20:29,480 WE†-- WE BUILT THAT TYPE OF INTERFACE IN ORDER TO HAVE VERY 383 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:34,059 STRONG STRUCTURAL INTERFACE BETWEEN ELEMENTS. 384 00:20:34,059 --> 00:20:38,040 AND THEN WHEN WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO USE BERTHING FOR THESE 385 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:40,610 CARGO VEHICLES, BECAUSE YOU GET THE MUCH BIGGER HATCH. 386 00:20:40,610 --> 00:20:44,010 I CAN GET MUCH LARGER CARGO THROUGH THAT THAN I CAN THROUGH 387 00:20:44,010 --> 00:20:48,010 A HATCH EVEN FOR THE†-- EVEN FOR THE DOCKING†-- NEW DOCKING 388 00:20:48,010 --> 00:20:56,110 ADAPTOR, YOU HAVE NOW THESE 50 INCH HATCHES, AND A VERY STRONG 389 00:20:56,110 --> 00:20:58,899 STRUCTURAL ATTACHMENT AS A RESULT OF THAT. 390 00:20:58,899 --> 00:21:00,770 SO WHEN WE GOT AROUND TO BERTHING IT WAS JUST NATURAL TO 391 00:21:00,770 --> 00:21:02,910 GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE TO BERTH TO THOSE. 392 00:21:02,910 --> 00:21:05,730 SO WE HAVE, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH OUR CONFIGURATION WE WILL 393 00:21:05,730 --> 00:21:08,019 PRESERVE TWO BERTHING PORTS LIKE WE HAVE TODAY. 394 00:21:08,019 --> 00:21:11,960 BUT NOW THEY'LL BE NODE-1 NADIR AND NODE-2 NADIR. 395 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:16,779 WE'LL HAVE TWO DOCKING ADAPTORS ON THE U.S. SEGMENT THAT ARE THE 396 00:21:16,779 --> 00:21:20,360 INTERNATIONAL DOCKING SYSTEM SPEC STANDARD OR INTERNATIONAL 397 00:21:20,360 --> 00:21:25,350 DOCKING STANDARD, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE FOUR PROBE AND CONES 398 00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:27,429 THAT ARE ON THE RUSSIAN ELEMENT. 399 00:21:27,429 --> 00:21:29,260 THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. 400 00:21:29,260 --> 00:21:33,410 AND AS THE RUSSIANS PLAN TO ADD A COUPLE MORE ELEMENTS, THEY 401 00:21:33,410 --> 00:21:38,941 WILL PRESERVE THE FOUR DOCKING PORTS, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO 402 00:21:38,941 --> 00:21:41,309 BE PROBE AND CONE JUST BECAUSE THEIR INVESTMENT. 403 00:21:41,309 --> 00:21:44,720 >> WE'LL GO TO ONE ON THE PHONE. 404 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,610 >> HI, I'M WITH THE NASA SOCIAL GROUP. 405 00:21:47,610 --> 00:21:48,610 QUESTION FOR HANS. 406 00:21:48,610 --> 00:21:52,640 IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT WITH THE LANDING OF THE FIRST STAGE, 407 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:53,640 WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO IT? 408 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:57,229 AND ARE YOU PLANNING TO REPLY IT? 409 00:21:57,229 --> 00:21:59,620 >> OBVIOUSLY IT WILL BE TOWED BACK TO THE HARBOR. 410 00:21:59,620 --> 00:22:02,030 IT'S NOT QUITE CLEAR RIGHT NOW HOW LONG THIS TAKES. 411 00:22:02,030 --> 00:22:06,640 NEEDLESS TO SAY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PRESSURE IS OUT, 412 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:13,899 EVERYTHING IS SAFE, TIED DOWN, AND THEN BACK TO THE HARBOR. 413 00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:18,730 FROM THE HARBOR, I BELIEVE THE PLAN WAS TO BRING IT BACK TO 414 00:22:18,730 --> 00:22:21,740 TEXAS, AND THERE WILL BE TESTS. 415 00:22:21,740 --> 00:22:27,110 BUT THE VEHICLES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BURN IT AGAIN, FLY 416 00:22:27,110 --> 00:22:28,110 IT AGAIN, BASICALLY. 417 00:22:28,110 --> 00:22:30,799 IT DEPENDS A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT WE FIND. 418 00:22:30,799 --> 00:22:33,690 SO THAT THE FIRST THING OBVIOUSLY IS A REALLY THOROUGH 419 00:22:33,690 --> 00:22:36,210 INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE. 420 00:22:36,210 --> 00:22:41,560 WHERE WE SEE IF THERE'S ANY DAMAGE TO RE-ENTRY OR HOW WELL 421 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:45,660 IN SHAPE IT BASICALLY IS AFTER RE-ENTRY. 422 00:22:45,660 --> 00:22:49,169 GIVEN THE WAY WE RE-ENTER AND THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING WE 423 00:22:49,169 --> 00:22:52,490 THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE AND WE CAN FLY IT 424 00:22:52,490 --> 00:22:53,980 PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THAT. 425 00:22:53,980 --> 00:22:57,340 BUT THE VEHICLE IS DESIGNED TO FLY MULTIPLE TIMES, TO BE 426 00:22:57,340 --> 00:23:01,000 REUSABLE, AND WE'RE GOING TO TEST THAT. 427 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:02,909 >> GREAT, THANK YOU. 428 00:23:02,909 --> 00:23:06,510 WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM BILL HARWOOD FROM CBS ON THE PHONE. 429 00:23:06,510 --> 00:23:07,850 >> YES, HI. 430 00:23:07,850 --> 00:23:10,659 A QUICK QUESTION FOR HANS, IF I CAN. 431 00:23:10,659 --> 00:23:11,659 COULD YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE ENHANCED 432 00:23:11,659 --> 00:23:12,659 ENGINES YOU GUYS ARE DEVELOPING. 433 00:23:12,659 --> 00:23:14,340 HOW THE TESTING'S BEEN GOING. 434 00:23:14,340 --> 00:23:16,529 I WAS CURIOUS AS TO HOW MUCH TESTING IS REQUIRED FOR 435 00:23:16,529 --> 00:23:22,009 CERTIFICATION AND WHEN WE MIGHT SEE THOSE FIRE? 436 00:23:22,009 --> 00:23:26,230 >> I GUESS YOU'RE PROBABLY REFERRING TO THE UPGRADE THAT WE 437 00:23:26,230 --> 00:23:28,799 PERFORMED A COUPLE OF VEHICLES FROM NOW. 438 00:23:28,799 --> 00:23:30,630 THOSE TESTS ARE UNDER WAY. 439 00:23:30,630 --> 00:23:34,120 WE PERFORM ENGINE TESTS AT THIS POINT, AND MAKE REGULAR OF THE 440 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:37,299 FLIGHT ENGINES AND WITH THE QUALIFICATION ENGINES. 441 00:23:37,299 --> 00:23:42,309 SO FAR FROM WHAT I HEAR TESTS ARE GOING PRETTY WELL. 442 00:23:42,309 --> 00:23:47,010 AND THE TEAM IS ON SCHEDULE FOR THE UPCOMING LAUNCH ON THIS 443 00:23:47,010 --> 00:23:48,970 PARTICULAR VEHICLE. 444 00:23:48,970 --> 00:23:53,419 I BELIEVE IT IS FLIGHT 21 IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. 445 00:23:53,419 --> 00:23:54,730 >> THANK YOU. 446 00:23:54,730 --> 00:23:56,210 >> I HAVE A QUESTION. 447 00:23:56,210 --> 00:24:01,520 >> I'M ELIZABETH FROM VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WITH NASA 448 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:02,750 SOCIAL. 449 00:24:02,750 --> 00:24:06,159 I'M SERIOUS ABOUT THIS ONE-SECOND WINDOW SITUATION, 450 00:24:06,159 --> 00:24:07,659 SUPER FASCINATING. 451 00:24:07,659 --> 00:24:08,659 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE MISSED IT? 452 00:24:08,659 --> 00:24:12,179 >> ESSENTIALLY NOT THAT BIG A DEAL IF YOU WOULD MISS IT BY A 453 00:24:12,179 --> 00:24:13,299 COUPLE OF SECONDS. 454 00:24:13,299 --> 00:24:16,210 IF YOU MISS IT BY LIKE A MINUTE THAT WOULD BE BAD. 455 00:24:16,210 --> 00:24:18,980 WHAT HAPPENS IS BASICALLY THE ORBITAL PLANE OF THE SPACE 456 00:24:18,980 --> 00:24:22,260 STATION, AND THE EARTH ROTATES UNDER IT BASICALLY. 457 00:24:22,260 --> 00:24:27,010 SO WE BASICALLY CALCULATE THE OFFSET BASED ON THE BURN TIME 458 00:24:27,010 --> 00:24:28,010 THAT WE HAVE. 459 00:24:28,010 --> 00:24:32,969 WHICH IS JUST NINE MINUTES, AND I THINK IT'S LIKE 40 SECONDS. 460 00:24:32,969 --> 00:24:36,549 AND SO THE GOAL IS THE VELOCITY†-- TO HAVE THE VELOCITY 461 00:24:36,549 --> 00:24:38,339 EXACTLY IN THAT PLANE. 462 00:24:38,339 --> 00:24:40,820 AND THE REASON THIS IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THIS IS A PRETTY LONG 463 00:24:40,820 --> 00:24:45,760 VELOCITY VECTOR. 464 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,669 IT'S 7.88 KILOMETERS PER SECOND. 465 00:24:47,669 --> 00:24:50,659 SO IN ORDER TO MOVE THAT VELOCITY VECTOR A LITTLE BIT TO 466 00:24:50,659 --> 00:24:53,010 THE LEFT OR A LITTLE BIT TO THE RIGHT, WE NEED A LOT OF PER 467 00:24:53,010 --> 00:24:56,279 POUNDS AND BY THAT TIME DRAGON IS ON ITS OWN. 468 00:24:56,279 --> 00:24:59,130 SO IF DRAGON HAS A LOT OF PROPELLANT YOU CAN CORRECT FOR 469 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:05,460 THOSE INCLINATION OR NODE ERRORS, BASICALLY, WE'RE TRYING 470 00:25:05,460 --> 00:25:09,059 TO PRESERVE AS MUCH PROPELLANT AS WE CAN FOR THE ACTUAL 471 00:25:09,059 --> 00:25:13,559 RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING, AND, YEAH ON THE SPACE STATION AND SO 472 00:25:13,559 --> 00:25:17,030 WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY HIT THE ORB IT VERY WELL. 473 00:25:17,030 --> 00:25:20,299 BUT AS I SAID YOU KNOW, IF YOU MISS IT BY TEN SECONDS YOU PAY A 474 00:25:20,299 --> 00:25:23,260 CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PROPELLANT, A COUPLE KILOGRAMS. 475 00:25:23,260 --> 00:25:27,290 IF YOU MISS IT BY 30 SECONDS, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE, AND IF 476 00:25:27,290 --> 00:25:31,159 YOU MISS IT BY A MINUTE THAT MIGHT BE A LOT ALREADY. 477 00:25:31,159 --> 00:25:33,799 AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT FOR US. 478 00:25:33,799 --> 00:25:37,250 WE AUTOMATE A LOT ON THE GROUND SYSTEM. 479 00:25:37,250 --> 00:25:41,049 IT'S AN AUTO SEQUENCE, A COMPUTER THAT TAKES OVER ON THE 480 00:25:41,049 --> 00:25:42,049 GROUND. 481 00:25:42,049 --> 00:25:43,910 YOU PUSH THE BUTTON. 482 00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:49,100 THE COMPUTER SIN KRON SIZES AT T-MINUS 10 THE LAUNCH TIME SO AT 483 00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:52,770 THAT MOMENT WE'RE HANDS OFF. 484 00:25:52,770 --> 00:25:54,542 AND IT COUNTS DOWN, AND IT LAUNCHES AT THAT EXACT SECOND. 485 00:25:54,542 --> 00:25:56,630 IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT. 486 00:25:56,630 --> 00:26:01,080 AND TEN SECONDS LATER, THERE WOULD BE NO BENEFIT FOR US TO 487 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,860 HAVE THE ABILITY TO STOP AND SAY, NO I WANT TO GO THIS TEN 488 00:26:03,860 --> 00:26:05,789 SECONDS LATER, I WANT TO DO THIS TEN SECONDS EARLIER. 489 00:26:05,789 --> 00:26:09,120 IT'S JUST AT THAT POINT IN TIME IT'S AUTOMATIC BASICALLY. 490 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:12,250 IT SOUNDS DRAMATIC, HOWEVER. 491 00:26:12,250 --> 00:26:13,250 >> OKAY. 492 00:26:13,250 --> 00:26:14,250 >> IT'S VERY COMMON. 493 00:26:14,250 --> 00:26:17,880 ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT FLY TO A POINT IN†-- THEY'RE TRYING TO 494 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:22,559 CHASE SOMETHING THAT'S MOVING IN SPACE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE 495 00:26:22,559 --> 00:26:26,000 INFINITE PERFORMANCE AND YOU TYPICALLY LOAD UP YOUR VEHICLE 496 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,370 AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, SO IN SHUTTLE WE HAD FIVE†-- ABOUT A 497 00:26:29,370 --> 00:26:30,370 FIVE MINUTE WINDOW. 498 00:26:30,370 --> 00:26:32,130 THE SOYUZ HAS A 10-SECOND WINDOW. 499 00:26:32,130 --> 00:26:34,399 THEY'RE VERY, VERY SHORT WINDOWS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO 500 00:26:34,399 --> 00:26:35,509 RENDEZVOUS. 501 00:26:35,509 --> 00:26:40,280 >> WE HAVE A QUESTION BACK HERE? 502 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,580 >> I'M DAVID LEE WITH NASA SOCIAL, AND MY QUESTION IS WHERE 503 00:26:43,580 --> 00:26:49,600 KATHY, REGARDING THE WEATHER AROUND THE BARGE FOR TRYING TO 504 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:53,760 LAND FIRST STAGE, DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR THAT DAY? 505 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,850 >> WE†-- >> AN ISSUE? 506 00:26:56,850 --> 00:26:58,529 >> WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ISSUES. 507 00:26:58,529 --> 00:27:01,440 WE MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AREA BUT THOSE WON'T BE 508 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:05,559 AN ISSUE AND WE DO EXPECT WINDS TO BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST, 509 00:27:05,559 --> 00:27:08,280 GUSTING AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. 510 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,850 THE ONLY THING THAT CAUSES IT IS FIVE TO SEVEN FOOT SEAS BUT NONE 511 00:27:11,850 --> 00:27:16,619 OF THOSE ARE CONSTRAINTS FOR LANDING. 512 00:27:16,619 --> 00:27:20,190 >> THE MAXIMUM WEATHER IS REALLY PRETTY HIGH ON THAT DRONE SHIP. 513 00:27:20,190 --> 00:27:25,679 KEEP IN MIND THE PRIMARY MISSION IS DRAGON SPACE STATION SUPPLY, 514 00:27:25,679 --> 00:27:26,880 AND THAT IS ON THE SIDE. 515 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:29,950 SO OBVIOUSLY THE WEATHER FOR A LAUNCH IS MUCH MORE IMPORTANT 516 00:27:29,950 --> 00:27:32,429 THAN THE WEATHER FOR LANDING. 517 00:27:32,429 --> 00:27:33,429 >> OKAY. 518 00:27:33,429 --> 00:27:35,190 WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE PHONE. 519 00:27:35,190 --> 00:27:39,649 FROM STEVEN CLARK OF NASA SPACE FLIGHT NOW. 520 00:27:39,649 --> 00:27:43,120 >> HI, STEVEN CLARK WITH SPACE FLIGHT NOW. 521 00:27:43,120 --> 00:27:44,289 A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 522 00:27:44,289 --> 00:27:49,870 FIRST, FOR HANS, WHAT'S NEXT AFTER THIS MISSION? 523 00:27:49,870 --> 00:27:51,980 I KNOW YOU HAVE JASON 3, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR NEXT COUPLE OF 524 00:27:51,980 --> 00:27:54,409 LAUNCHES AT THE CAPE? 525 00:27:54,409 --> 00:27:55,669 AND FOR MR.†SUFFREDINI, A COUPLE, FIRST DO YOU HAVE THE 526 00:27:55,669 --> 00:28:01,490 COST OF THE IDA OR BOTH IDAS, AND ALSO, YOU HAVE TWO CARGO 527 00:28:01,490 --> 00:28:03,649 MISSIONS GOING UP TO THE STATION THIS WEEK. 528 00:28:03,649 --> 00:28:06,450 HOW MUCH DOES THIS RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN 529 00:28:06,450 --> 00:28:08,220 AFTER LOSING ORBIT THREE IN THE PROCESS. 530 00:28:08,220 --> 00:28:09,971 I KNOW YOU HAVE CONSUMABLES UNTIL OCTOBER BUT YOU'RE TRYING 531 00:28:09,971 --> 00:28:13,110 TO GET BACK TO A SIX-MONTH PADDING IF I UNDERSTAND. 532 00:28:13,110 --> 00:28:19,960 WHERE DOES THIS GET YOU WITH THESE TWO DELIVERIES COMING UP? 533 00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:23,390 THANKS A LOT. 534 00:28:23,390 --> 00:28:31,049 >> SO, IN TERMS OF THE UPCOMING LAUNCHES, I†-- YOU KNOW, I'M 535 00:28:31,049 --> 00:28:34,840 ACTUALLY WORKING VERY HARD ON THIS ONE ON SUNDAY. 536 00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:39,330 SO FOR ME, IT IS HARD TO LOOK MUCH BEYOND THAT. 537 00:28:39,330 --> 00:28:43,460 BUT, THIS IS†-- THE NUMBERS ARE OUT OF ORDER. 538 00:28:43,460 --> 00:28:45,700 BUT RIGHT NOW THE NUMBERS PRESENT AND THE VEHICLE LEAVES 539 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:49,740 THE FACTORY, BASICALLY, AFTER THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S 19 OR 540 00:28:49,740 --> 00:28:52,539 JASON 3 FROM BRANDENBURG IS GOING TO BE EXCITING. 541 00:28:52,539 --> 00:28:55,300 MUCH FURTHER COMMUTE FOR ME. 542 00:28:55,300 --> 00:29:06,130 AND THEN WE HAVE THE NEXT ONE IS 21, IS STS-9, WHICH IS ONE OF 543 00:29:06,130 --> 00:29:08,990 OUR STANDARD LAUNCH PROFILES BY NOW. 544 00:29:08,990 --> 00:29:16,649 AND THEN AFTER THAT COMES CRS-8 OR SPACEX-8 OR I BELIEVE CRS-9 545 00:29:16,649 --> 00:29:18,049 SHORTLY AFTER THAT. 546 00:29:18,049 --> 00:29:21,480 SO IT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE SLOT†-- A WHOLE BUNCH OF 547 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:23,059 LAUNCHES LATER THIS YEAR. 548 00:29:23,059 --> 00:29:24,990 YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY BUSINESS IS. 549 00:29:24,990 --> 00:29:29,100 AND I'M CERTAINLY LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY, MANY FLIGHTS 550 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:34,869 OVER HERE, AND LAUNCHES FROM THE CAPE. 551 00:29:34,869 --> 00:29:36,200 >> THE COST TO IDA. 552 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,669 I DON'T REMEMBER IDA OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 553 00:29:38,669 --> 00:29:43,389 WE HAD TO DESIGN BOTH THE DOCKING SYSTEM, WHICH IS OF 554 00:29:43,389 --> 00:29:48,450 COURSE MUCH MORE COMPLICATED THAN THE DOCKING ADAPTOR ON ISS, 555 00:29:48,450 --> 00:29:52,230 WHICH DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME FUNCTIONALITY AS RECEIVING 556 00:29:52,230 --> 00:29:57,360 A DOCKING SYSTEM, WHICH ABSORBS THE SHOCK AND PULLS THE 557 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,870 SPACECRAFT IN FOR THE HARD DOCK. 558 00:29:59,870 --> 00:30:01,299 SO IT'S MUCH SIMPLER. 559 00:30:01,299 --> 00:30:05,399 THE ENTIRE SYSTEM HAS BEEN OVER $100 MILLION IN TERMS OF 560 00:30:05,399 --> 00:30:06,490 DEVELOPMENT. 561 00:30:06,490 --> 00:30:08,019 BUT I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT PART OF THAT. 562 00:30:08,019 --> 00:30:12,809 A MUCH SMALLER PART IS THE COST OF THE IDA ITSELF. 563 00:30:12,809 --> 00:30:16,049 IN TERMS OF LOGISTICS, YOU SAID IT RIGHT. 564 00:30:16,049 --> 00:30:17,679 WE'RE GOOD TO OCTOBER. 565 00:30:17,679 --> 00:30:21,649 SPACEX-7 GETS US TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. 566 00:30:21,649 --> 00:30:23,370 WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO SIX MONTHS. 567 00:30:23,370 --> 00:30:25,950 SIX MONTHS ISN'T A REQUIREMENT. 568 00:30:25,950 --> 00:30:28,100 IT'S NOT A HARD REQUIREMENT. 569 00:30:28,100 --> 00:30:32,389 WE DON'T STOP BRINGING OTHER SUPPLIES TO ISS IN ORDER TO GET 570 00:30:32,389 --> 00:30:33,389 BACK UP TO SIX MONTHS. 571 00:30:33,389 --> 00:30:36,519 WE'RE TRYING TO GET THERE WHILE STILL CARRYING THE SPARE PARTS 572 00:30:36,519 --> 00:30:40,649 WE NEED, AND OF COURSE ALL THE RESEARCH WE NEED TO FLY. 573 00:30:40,649 --> 00:30:43,940 BUT I THINK BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THAT WE'LL BE KIND OF 574 00:30:43,940 --> 00:30:47,759 CLOSER TO WHERE WE'D LIKE TO BE, WHICH IS CLOSER TO ABOUT FIVE OR 575 00:30:47,759 --> 00:30:49,350 SIX MONTHS. 576 00:30:49,350 --> 00:30:52,360 AND WE'LL TRY TO STAY THERE, AND GRADUALLY GET OURSELVES ALL THE 577 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:53,669 WAY BACK UP TO SIX MONTHS. 578 00:30:53,669 --> 00:30:55,970 BUT YOU CAN SEE WHY WE DO THAT. 579 00:30:55,970 --> 00:31:01,070 WE'VE HAD REALLY NO IMPACT TO RESEARCH AT ALL. 580 00:31:01,070 --> 00:31:04,840 GIVEN BOTH THE ORB 3 ANOMALY AND THIS RECENT PROGRESS ANOMALY. 581 00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,860 SO THAT'S THE POINT WHY WE DO THIS. 582 00:31:07,860 --> 00:31:09,230 SPACE FLIGHT IS VERY, VERY CHALLENGING. 583 00:31:09,230 --> 00:31:13,019 WE EXPECT OCCASIONALLY THAT THINGS WON'T GO QUITE RIGHT. 584 00:31:13,019 --> 00:31:14,179 THAT'S NOT TOMORROW. 585 00:31:14,179 --> 00:31:16,559 BUT IN GENERAL THAT CAN HAPPEN. 586 00:31:16,559 --> 00:31:20,150 SO WE TRY TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THAT. 587 00:31:20,150 --> 00:31:22,809 >> JARED WITH THE MARS SOCIETY AND SPACE FLIGHT INSIDER. 588 00:31:22,809 --> 00:31:24,419 I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HANS. 589 00:31:24,419 --> 00:31:26,570 COULD YOU TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OR 590 00:31:26,570 --> 00:31:29,539 CONCERNS IN BRINGING THE FALCON-9 FIRST STAGE BACK IN TO 591 00:31:29,539 --> 00:31:32,170 JACKSONVILLE HARBOR, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE DRONE 592 00:31:32,170 --> 00:31:35,230 SHIP DOCKS NEAR A FAIRLY ACTIVE CRUISE SHIP PORT? 593 00:31:35,230 --> 00:31:40,830 >> I DON'T THINK I CAN TALK A LOT TO THAT, FRANKLY. 594 00:31:40,830 --> 00:31:43,580 PART OF THIS, IT GOES BACK TO PRIMARY MISSION, SECONDARY 595 00:31:43,580 --> 00:31:44,580 MISSION, RIGHT? 596 00:31:44,580 --> 00:31:50,190 SO I DEDICATE 100% OF MY TIME TO THE PRIMARY MISSION. 597 00:31:50,190 --> 00:31:54,509 AND I'M WITH MISSION ASSURANCE SO THAT IS MY MAIN JOB. 598 00:31:54,509 --> 00:31:58,270 I'VE BEEN PAYING MORE AND MORE ATTENTION TO THE LANDING 599 00:31:58,270 --> 00:32:02,399 ATTEMPTS, TOO, BECAUSE THAT OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO GET THIS 600 00:32:02,399 --> 00:32:04,889 DONE IN THE LONG RUN, SO IT IS IMPORTANT. 601 00:32:04,889 --> 00:32:08,019 BUT I HAVEN'T LOOKED TOO MUCH AT THE DETAILS IN TERMS OF TOWING 602 00:32:08,019 --> 00:32:11,990 IT BACK TO OR BRINGING IT BACK TO JACKSONVILLE. 603 00:32:11,990 --> 00:32:17,000 I'M PRETTY SURE WE WILL DO THIS SUCH THAT IT DOESN'T COLLIDE 604 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:26,490 WITH CRUISE SHIPS, OR ANYTHING ELSE. 605 00:32:26,490 --> 00:32:29,419 I KNOW THAT THE CRUISE SHIPS ARE NEXT TO IT AND THEY'RE REALLY 606 00:32:29,419 --> 00:32:31,210 WATCHING. 607 00:32:31,210 --> 00:32:36,010 I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE THE CASE WHEN THE DRONE SHIP COMES 608 00:32:36,010 --> 00:32:39,159 BACK. 609 00:32:39,159 --> 00:32:41,620 >> THIS IS A BRIEF QUESTION FOR KATHY. 610 00:32:41,620 --> 00:32:44,440 COMING FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, I'M STRUCK BY THE WEATHER HERE. 611 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,889 YOU MUST HAVE A REALLY DIFFICULT JOB. 612 00:32:47,889 --> 00:32:51,029 I KNOW THAT THE LAUNCH SITE WAS HISTORICALLY SELECTED FOR MANY 613 00:32:51,029 --> 00:32:52,029 DIFFERENT REASONS. 614 00:32:52,029 --> 00:32:55,200 IF YOU COULD MOVE IT ANYWHERE ELSE, WHERE WOULD YOU MOVE IT? 615 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:59,049 >> WELL, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T AS BAD OF A LOCATION 616 00:32:59,049 --> 00:33:00,049 AS IT SOUNDS. 617 00:33:00,049 --> 00:33:04,259 BECAUSE COLD TEMPERATURES ARE REALLY BAD FOR†-- ARE NOT VERY 618 00:33:04,259 --> 00:33:07,970 GOOD FOR ROCKET FUEL, AND ROCKET COMPONENTS. 619 00:33:07,970 --> 00:33:11,940 SO IN ACTUALITY WE DO HAVE TO PROTECT FOR LIGHTNING AROUND 620 00:33:11,940 --> 00:33:12,940 HERE. 621 00:33:12,940 --> 00:33:15,570 BUT WE ALSO GET THE BENEFIT OF NOT HAVING THE COLD TEMPERATURES 622 00:33:15,570 --> 00:33:17,340 THAT YOU CAN HAVE IN OTHER LOCATIONS. 623 00:33:17,340 --> 00:33:20,880 SO IF YOU COULD FIND A PLACE THAT WAS WARM, WITH NO 624 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,740 LIGHTNING, THEN YOU'D BE GREAT. 625 00:33:22,740 --> 00:33:24,399 BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE. 626 00:33:24,399 --> 00:33:26,960 AND THEN ALSO STILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE ACCESS THAT YOU HAVE 627 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:31,889 HERE AT THE CAPE AND KSC FROM WATER AND LAND. 628 00:33:31,889 --> 00:33:35,429 I KNOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT OUR HURRICANES AND OUR THUNDERSTORMS 629 00:33:35,429 --> 00:33:37,690 AND WE CERTAINLY, YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND THE LAUNCH 630 00:33:37,690 --> 00:33:40,370 PAD, YOU SEE THE LIGHTNING PROTECTIONS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE 631 00:33:40,370 --> 00:33:43,399 DO A LOT OF MITIGATE THAT AND WE ALSO PROVIDE LIGHTNING REPORTS 632 00:33:43,399 --> 00:33:47,570 AFTER LIGHTNING EVENTS SO THAT THE†-- OUR CUSTOMERS KNOW WHAT 633 00:33:47,570 --> 00:33:50,419 ACTUALLY OCCURRED, CLOUD-TO-GROUND STROKEWISE WHEN 634 00:33:50,419 --> 00:33:51,720 IT COMES TO LIGHTNING. 635 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:53,370 SO WE DO A LOT TO MITIGATE. 636 00:33:53,370 --> 00:34:02,870 BUT OUR WARM TEMPERATURES, I THINK, OFFSET ALL OF THAT. 637 00:34:02,870 --> 00:34:06,350 >> BACK THERE AND THEN NEXT TO YOU. 638 00:34:06,350 --> 00:34:10,310 >> HI, I'M BRENDA FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PERTH. 639 00:34:10,310 --> 00:34:13,360 I WORK WITH KIDS AND I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THEY'VE ASKED 640 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:14,360 ME TO ASK. 641 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,950 THIS ONE IS FOR YOU, KATHY. 642 00:34:16,950 --> 00:34:19,930 ONE OF THE GREAT EIGHT WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS A MAXIMUM TIME 643 00:34:19,930 --> 00:34:22,950 FRAME THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE A LAUNCH? 644 00:34:22,950 --> 00:34:26,660 SO HOW MANY DAYS OUT CAN YOU ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHEN A LAUNCH 645 00:34:26,660 --> 00:34:30,960 IS, AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN GO WRONG IN THAT PROCESS? 646 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,170 >> WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION FROM THEM. 647 00:34:34,170 --> 00:34:37,370 WE USUALLY FEEL PRETTY GOOD WITHIN THE FIRST THREE DAYS WE 648 00:34:37,370 --> 00:34:40,220 FEEL REALLY GOOD FORECASTING THREE DAYS OUT. 649 00:34:40,220 --> 00:34:42,170 WE FEEL CONFIDENT GOING OUT TO FIVE DAYS. 650 00:34:42,170 --> 00:34:45,370 ONCE YOU START GETTING BEYOND FIVE DAYS WE PUT A LOT OF 651 00:34:45,370 --> 00:34:47,640 CAVEATS INTO THAT FORECAST. 652 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,260 IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT NEXT YEAR, OR YOU KNOW, A 653 00:34:51,260 --> 00:34:53,890 CERTAIN TIME OF YEAR, WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD CLIMATOLOGY 654 00:34:53,890 --> 00:34:55,940 INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. 655 00:34:55,940 --> 00:34:58,270 SO WE CAN TELL THEM THE BEST TIME OF YEAR TO LAUNCH, THE BEST 656 00:34:58,270 --> 00:34:59,440 TIME OF DAY TO LAUNCH. 657 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,310 WE EVEN HAVE HOURLY DATA THAT SAYS WHEN IS THE MOST LIKELY 658 00:35:02,310 --> 00:35:03,310 TIME. 659 00:35:03,310 --> 00:35:04,740 THIS TIME OF YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS OR LIGHTNING 660 00:35:04,740 --> 00:35:06,000 IN THE AREA. 661 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,400 SO FOR IMMEDIATE FORECASTS, THOUGH, I USUALLY TELL PEOPLE, 662 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,050 WE CAN GIVE YOU A REAL DETAILED FORECAST OUT THREE DAYS, EVEN 663 00:35:12,050 --> 00:35:13,350 DOWN TO HOURS. 664 00:35:13,350 --> 00:35:17,270 BUT THEN OUT TO FIVE DAYS, WE KIND OF LIKE TO GO, MORNING IS 665 00:35:17,270 --> 00:35:20,121 GOOD, AFTERNOON IS GOOD, AND THEN BEYOND THAT WE SORT OF JUST 666 00:35:20,121 --> 00:35:22,790 START GETTING MORE INTO CLIMATOLOGY OR OVERALL GENERAL 667 00:35:22,790 --> 00:35:25,850 WEATHER PATTERNS FOR THIS AREA. 668 00:35:25,850 --> 00:35:27,840 >> HI. 669 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:31,000 I WAS HOPING YOU COULD DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BERTHING 670 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,130 AND DOCKING ON THE SPACE STATION. 671 00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:35,461 SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES, ASSOCIATED WITH 672 00:35:35,461 --> 00:35:36,461 EACH METHOD. 673 00:35:36,461 --> 00:35:37,461 WHAT THEY MIGHT BE USED FOR. 674 00:35:37,461 --> 00:35:39,970 AND HANS, I'M FROM JACKSONVILLE, IT'S A VERY SMALL CRUISE SHIP SO 675 00:35:39,970 --> 00:35:41,750 YOU GUYS SHOULD BE FINE. 676 00:35:41,750 --> 00:35:43,810 >> THANK YOU. 677 00:35:43,810 --> 00:35:46,890 >> ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. 678 00:35:46,890 --> 00:35:52,200 WELL THEY BOTH HAVE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES. 679 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,880 SO WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ALL THE TIME. 680 00:35:55,880 --> 00:36:01,050 FROM A LOGISTICS STANDPOINT THE BIGGEST HOLE I CAN GET TO BRING 681 00:36:01,050 --> 00:36:03,840 SPARE PARTS THROUGH IS WHAT I LIKE THE BEST. 682 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,650 AND SO BERTHING REALLY BRINGS US THAT BIG ADVANTAGE. 683 00:36:06,650 --> 00:36:11,130 THAT'S A MUCH LARGER HOLE TO GET OBJECTS THROUGH THAN IF YOU DOCK 684 00:36:11,130 --> 00:36:12,860 BY THE VERY NATURE OF THE BEAST. 685 00:36:12,860 --> 00:36:17,011 BERTHING, ALSO, FROM A BLOOD PRESSURE STANDPOINT FOR A 686 00:36:17,011 --> 00:36:19,460 PROGRAM MANAGER BERTHING IS A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE THE 687 00:36:19,460 --> 00:36:22,690 SPACECRAFT JUST SNEAKS UP AND SNEAKS UP AND ABOUT TEN METERS 688 00:36:22,690 --> 00:36:23,690 AWAY IT STOPS. 689 00:36:23,690 --> 00:36:25,990 AND YOU'RE JUST SITTING THERE STARING AT IT GOING OH, GOOD 690 00:36:25,990 --> 00:36:28,270 IT'S NOT COMING ANY CLOSER AND YOU GRAB IT WITH THE ARM AND 691 00:36:28,270 --> 00:36:29,800 ATTACH IT AND IT'S ALL GOOD. 692 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,230 DOCKING YOU GOT TO FLY IT RIGHT IN. 693 00:36:31,230 --> 00:36:35,140 IN FACT IF YOU GO TOO SLOW THAT'S NOT GOOD EITHER BECAUSE 694 00:36:35,140 --> 00:36:38,200 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THE RIGHT BASICALLY ENERGY ON THE 695 00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:40,700 SPACECRAFT SO IT FOLLOWS THE PATH YOU WANT IT TO FOLLOW. 696 00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:44,140 SO IT DOES HAVE TO APPROACH AT SOME SPEED AND AT SOME POINT YOU 697 00:36:44,140 --> 00:36:46,350 DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER CHOICE YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING THE 698 00:36:46,350 --> 00:36:47,900 REST OF THE WAY. 699 00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:50,210 NOW I SAY THAT SORT OF FACETIOUSLY. 700 00:36:50,210 --> 00:36:53,050 THE WAY THE SYSTEMS ARE SET UP BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE POINT 701 00:36:53,050 --> 00:36:56,710 WHERE IT'S REALLY A POINT OF NO RETURN THE ODDS ARE VERY, VERY 702 00:36:56,710 --> 00:36:59,630 SMALL THAT ANYTHING CAN GO BAD ENOUGH WRONG THAT YOU WON'T 703 00:36:59,630 --> 00:37:01,080 COMPLETE YOUR DOCKING. 704 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:02,960 BUT YOU DO HAVE MORE ENERGY IN THAT CASE. 705 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:07,010 IN A BERTHING CASE, YOU'RE BASICALLY YOU'RE DEALT THE 706 00:37:07,010 --> 00:37:11,490 VELOCITY IS ZERO BY THE TIME YOU GET TO TEN METERS AWAY. 707 00:37:11,490 --> 00:37:14,770 AND FOR DOCKING YOU HAVE TO HAVE A DELTA VELOCITY IN ORDER TO 708 00:37:14,770 --> 00:37:17,560 ACTUALLY DOCK. 709 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,650 THE ADVANTAGE OF DOCKING CAN BE DONE IN AUTOMATED FASHION. 710 00:37:20,650 --> 00:37:23,640 SO IF YOU HAVE A NEED TO GET A SPACECRAFT THERE FIRST, WHICH 711 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:29,840 THERE ARE A LOT OF SCENARIOS, PARTICULARLY WITH FUTURE WORK 712 00:37:29,840 --> 00:37:32,430 WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR MARS AND WHATNOT, YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR 713 00:37:32,430 --> 00:37:35,070 LOGISTICS THERE IN ADVANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU'RE GOING 714 00:37:35,070 --> 00:37:36,070 TO WANT TO DOCK. 715 00:37:36,070 --> 00:37:39,150 YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE THIS WAY TO DOCK AUTONOMOUSLY, 716 00:37:39,150 --> 00:37:41,300 AND TODAY WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO†-- I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE 717 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:42,320 DON'T KNOW HOW TO. 718 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:46,400 WE HAVEN'T DEVISED A WAY TO DO BERTHING IN AN AUTOMATED FASHION 719 00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:48,650 ALTHOUGH IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 720 00:37:48,650 --> 00:37:51,460 THOSE ARE THE BIG TWOES. 721 00:37:51,460 --> 00:37:56,030 >> DO WE HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM? 722 00:37:56,030 --> 00:38:00,060 ANOTHER QUESTION FROM THE STUDENTS? 723 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:01,430 >> SURE. 724 00:38:01,430 --> 00:38:02,890 >> THIS ONE IS FOR HANS. 725 00:38:02,890 --> 00:38:04,870 I'M GOING TO TAKE A CHANCE. 726 00:38:04,870 --> 00:38:09,890 ONE OF THE KIDS HAVE ASKED IN REGARDS TO SPACEX DO YOU GUYS DO 727 00:38:09,890 --> 00:38:15,030 INTERNSHIP FOR YOUNG KIDS TO COME THROUGH TO EXPERIENCE SPACE 728 00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:16,030 TRAVEL PROGRAMS? 729 00:38:16,030 --> 00:38:17,980 DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN PLACE? 730 00:38:17,980 --> 00:38:20,120 IS THAT SOMETHING YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE? 731 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,980 >> I WOULD REFER THEM TO THE VET SIDE FRANKLY. 732 00:38:22,980 --> 00:38:26,520 I KNOW WE SOMETIMES DO SPECIAL PROGRAMS. 733 00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:30,850 GENERALLY WE WANT OUR INTERNS TO HAVE SOME BASIC KNOWLEDGE IN 734 00:38:30,850 --> 00:38:32,880 MATH AND SCIENCE. 735 00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:36,020 I KNOW WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL PROGRAMS. 736 00:38:36,020 --> 00:38:41,270 I WOULD REFER TO THE SIDE AND SEE WHAT'S ON THERE OR SEND AN 737 00:38:41,270 --> 00:38:43,020 E-MAIL TO EMILY. 738 00:38:43,020 --> 00:38:50,180 >> NOS IS AHAS LOTS AND LOTS OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS IF YOU GO TO 739 00:38:50,180 --> 00:38:52,010 NASA.GOV, SPECIAL EDUCATION. 740 00:38:52,010 --> 00:38:53,110 QUESTION HERE? 741 00:38:53,110 --> 00:38:54,210 >>> HI. 742 00:38:54,210 --> 00:38:58,090 KYLE BROWN U.S. LAUNCH REPORT. 743 00:38:58,090 --> 00:38:59,180 THIS ONE IS FOR HANS. 744 00:38:59,180 --> 00:39:02,630 CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES YOU INCURRED WHEN 745 00:39:02,630 --> 00:39:05,240 INSTALLING THE INTERNATIONAL DOCKING BATCH ONTO THE DRAGON 746 00:39:05,240 --> 00:39:07,170 CAPSULE? 747 00:39:07,170 --> 00:39:11,340 >> I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ANY. 748 00:39:11,340 --> 00:39:14,860 I MEAN, I GOT LOTS OF REPORTS. 749 00:39:14,860 --> 00:39:21,260 I DON'T RECALL, THERE WAS NO EVENT RELATED TO THE ADAPTOR. 750 00:39:21,260 --> 00:39:26,400 SO MY ASSUMPTION RIGHT NOW IS IT WENT PRETTY FLAWLESS. 751 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,930 I MUST SAY, REGARDING THE DOCKING ADOPTER, THIS IS 752 00:39:29,930 --> 00:39:31,069 ACTUALLY PRETTY COOL. 753 00:39:31,069 --> 00:39:35,570 BECAUSE IT DOES PLAY RIGHT IN TO OUR NEXT CREW DRAGON PROGRAM. 754 00:39:35,570 --> 00:39:39,000 IT IS SOMETHING WE BRING UP FOR OUR OWN FUTURE. 755 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,740 AND SO WE'RE REALLY MOTIVATED TO BRING THIS UP. 756 00:39:41,740 --> 00:39:46,110 I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN PUSHING EXTERNAL PAYLOADS A LOT. 757 00:39:46,110 --> 00:39:48,140 BIG PIECES THAT BUILD UP A STATION. 758 00:39:48,140 --> 00:39:53,880 SO I REALLY THINK IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO DO THIS. 759 00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:55,750 >> ANOTHER QUESTION HERE? 760 00:39:55,750 --> 00:39:59,800 >> HANS, YOU MENTIONED, WELL I JUST HEARD ONE COMMENT ABOUT 761 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:00,800 BLOOD PRESSURE. 762 00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,610 BUT WITH EACH ONE OF THESE SPECIFIC MISSIONS HAVING A†-- 763 00:40:04,610 --> 00:40:06,980 YOU HAVE A REAL SPECIFIC ASPECT TO THE MISSION, BUT EACH ONE IS 764 00:40:06,980 --> 00:40:10,100 ALSO EXPERIMENTAL AND JUST SPACE TRAVEL IN GENERAL, AND GETTING 765 00:40:10,100 --> 00:40:13,300 THINGS UP, AND HOW THEY'RE COMING DOWN, WHAT'S YOUR ANXIETY 766 00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:19,290 LEVEL LIKE GOING IN TO EACH AND EVERY LAUNCH? 767 00:40:19,290 --> 00:40:25,860 >> I THINK MY ANXIETY LEVEL†-- YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE SEVENTH 768 00:40:25,860 --> 00:40:31,390 TIME, 20 LAUNCHES, I'VE BEEN ON EVERY LAUNCH AT SPACEX SO FAR. 769 00:40:31,390 --> 00:40:33,310 I'M STILL EXCITED ABOUT IT. 770 00:40:33,310 --> 00:40:36,620 I'M STILL†-- I STILL GO THROUGH A LOT OF DATA. 771 00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:38,760 I WOULD USE VERY CAREFULLY. 772 00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:43,960 BUT MY OVERALL BLOOD PRESSURE DID GO DOWN OVER TIME. 773 00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:47,920 ON THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, I HAVE A FAIRLY HEALTHY BLOOD 774 00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:49,330 PRESSURE OVERALL. 775 00:40:49,330 --> 00:40:52,140 >> ONE FINAL QUESTION. 776 00:40:52,140 --> 00:40:53,140 >> HI. 777 00:40:53,140 --> 00:40:57,050 JANET HEATON WITH THE NASA SOCIAL GROUP, J.K. 778 00:40:57,050 --> 00:40:58,050 HEATON ON TWITTER. 779 00:40:58,050 --> 00:41:01,620 I HAD A QUESTION FROM A TWITTER FRIEND AND I THINK YOU TOUCHED 780 00:41:01,620 --> 00:41:04,930 ON THIS A LITTLE BIT MIKE, BUT HE'S ASKING IS THERE A DESIGN 781 00:41:04,930 --> 00:41:08,490 BOARD PROGRESS TOWARDS THE UNIVERSAL DOCKING APERTURE WHERE 782 00:41:08,490 --> 00:41:11,130 THERE WILL BE NO MORE ADAPTORS? 783 00:41:11,130 --> 00:41:18,280 >> OKAY I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION. 784 00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:24,310 BUT, I THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER IT. 785 00:41:24,310 --> 00:41:26,270 BY THE WAY, THIS IS A FAVORITE TECHNIQUE, RIGHT? 786 00:41:26,270 --> 00:41:29,340 WHEN YOU TAKE THIS TRAINING FOR MEDIA TRAINING THEY SAY ANSWER 787 00:41:29,340 --> 00:41:34,620 THE QUESTION YOU WANT TO ANSWER. 788 00:41:34,620 --> 00:41:37,430 SO I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT. 789 00:41:37,430 --> 00:41:42,780 AND I ACTUALLY NEVER HAD MEDIA TRAINING, SO THERE YOU GO. 790 00:41:42,780 --> 00:41:45,300 I REFER TO IT AS THE INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTOR 791 00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:48,610 AND WE CALL IT THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ADAPTING THE APASS TO THIS 792 00:41:48,610 --> 00:41:52,770 NEW ADAPTOR RING AND ESSENTIALLY IT HAS AN APASS ON ONE SIDE AND 793 00:41:52,770 --> 00:41:57,370 IT HAS THIS NEW INTERFACE THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE 794 00:41:57,370 --> 00:41:59,920 INTERNATIONAL DOCKING SYSTEM SPECIFICATION. 795 00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:02,370 SO THAT'S WHY WE CALL AN ADAPTOR. 796 00:42:02,370 --> 00:42:06,090 WE'RE ADAPTING OUR DOCKING SYSTEM. 797 00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:10,581 THE FUTURE DOCKING SYSTEMS THAT WILL DOCK THE SPACE STATION, AND 798 00:42:10,581 --> 00:42:14,860 ANYBODY CAN BUILD I SUSPECT IS FOR EVERYBODY'S USE IN SPACEX IS 799 00:42:14,860 --> 00:42:19,740 USING IT TO BUILD THEIRS, WE DESIGNED AND BUILT ONE, AS WELL, 800 00:42:19,740 --> 00:42:23,060 THAT WE'VE†-- THAT WE INTEND TO USE IN THE FUTURE, AND IT'S 801 00:42:23,060 --> 00:42:25,500 DESIGNED THAT ANYBODY CAN BUILD. 802 00:42:25,500 --> 00:42:28,940 BUT THESE THEN ARE THE DOCKING SYSTEMS THAT NOT ONLY WILL DOCK 803 00:42:28,940 --> 00:42:32,100 TO STATION, AND WE CALL IT THE ADAPTOR, BUT CAN DOCK TO OTHER 804 00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:34,000 DOCKING SYSTEMS ON OTHER SPACECRAFT. 805 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:37,290 SO WE CALL OURS, THE THING THAT'S FLYING UP NOW IS VERY 806 00:42:37,290 --> 00:42:39,600 SIMPLE, WE CALL IT AN ADAPTOR BECAUSE WE'RE ADAPTING WHAT WE 807 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:42,180 HAVE ON SPACIOUS TO MEET THAT SPEC. 808 00:42:42,180 --> 00:42:45,000 BUT THE DOCKING SYSTEMS THEMSELVES ARE MADE TO DOCK WITH 809 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,240 EACH OTHER. 810 00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:48,070 SO MAYBE THAT'S THE CONFUSION. 811 00:42:48,070 --> 00:42:49,110 >> OKAY. 812 00:42:49,110 --> 00:42:52,650 THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY TO TALK ABOUT PRELAUNCH 813 00:42:52,650 --> 00:42:56,080 PREPARATIONS FOR SUNDAY'S 10:21 A.M. 814 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,150 EASTERN TIME LAUNCH. 815 00:42:58,150 --> 00:43:01,360 PREPARATIONS WILL CONTINUE AND OUR BRIEFINGS WILL CONTINUE. 816 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,870 WE HAVE ANOTHER BRIEFING SCHEDULED FOR 2:00 P.M. 817 00:43:03,870 --> 00:43:04,950 TOMORROW ON SATURDAY. 818 00:43:04,950 --> 00:43:06,400 THAT'S 2:00 P.M. 819 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:07,400 EASTERN TIME. 820 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:09,660 WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE INTERNATIONAL 821 00:43:09,660 --> 00:43:12,360 SPACE STATION, STUDENT SCIENCE, AND COMMERCIAL CREW. 822 00:43:12,360 --> 00:43:15,850 WE'LL HAVE TWO STUDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIMENTS FLYING ABOARD. 823 00:43:15,850 --> 00:43:17,930 THEY'RE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WILL BE JOINING US TO TALK 824 00:43:17,930 --> 00:43:21,750 ABOUT THEIR INVESTIGATION THAT WILL BE FLYING TO SPACE. 825 00:43:21,750 --> 00:43:23,940 AND WE'LL HAVE MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 826 00:43:23,940 --> 00:43:27,140 PROGRAM, COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM, AS WELL AS BOEING AND 827 00:43:27,140 --> 00:43:31,760 SPACEX TO TALK ABOUT COMMERCIAL CREW AND PREPARING FOR U.S. 828 00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:32,760 COMMERCIAL CREW. 829 00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,550 SO, JOIN US AT 2:00 P.M. 830 00:43:34,550 --> 00:43:36,610 EASTERN TIME TOMORROW, AND FOLLOW ALONG