1 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:11,010 GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER. 2 00:00:11,010 --> 00:00:14,019 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 3 00:00:14,019 --> 00:00:16,990 WE HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US TODAY THAT HAVE TRAVELLED FROM 4 00:00:16,990 --> 00:00:21,830 OUT OF STATE AND OVERSEAS. SPECIAL WELCOME TO A BUNCH OF 5 00:00:21,830 --> 00:00:24,160 FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE PANEL HERE TODAY. 6 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:25,772 ALL OF THEM ARE DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. 7 00:00:25,772 --> 00:00:26,772 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK GENERAL STRINGER AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR 8 00:00:26,772 --> 00:00:44,520 THEIR WORK IN GETTING US HERE FOR THIS INCREDIBLE EVENT HERE 9 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:52,969 TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 10 00:00:52,969 --> 00:01:13,330 I'M MOST HAPPY THAT IT IS SUNNY OUTSIDE AND NOT SNOWING, THAT WE 11 00:01:13,330 --> 00:01:14,330 WERE ALL ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE WITHOUT REALLY ANY 12 00:01:14,330 --> 00:01:15,330 WEATHER-RELATED ISSUES. LET ME FIRST RECOGNIZE A SPECIAL 13 00:01:15,330 --> 00:01:16,330 PERSON WE HAVE WITH US HERE TODAY CONGRESS WOMAN 14 00:01:16,330 --> 00:01:17,330 REPRESENTING OHIO'S 9th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. 15 00:01:17,330 --> 00:01:18,330 WE WILL HEAR FROM CONGRESS WOMAN CASTER HERE SHORTLY. 16 00:01:18,330 --> 00:01:19,330 [ APPLAUSE ] WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER FOLKS 17 00:01:19,330 --> 00:01:20,330 JOINING US TODAY. ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES THE 18 00:01:20,330 --> 00:01:21,330 OFFICE OF -- BOB GIBBS ALSO FROM -- THOMAS QUEEN. 19 00:01:21,330 --> 00:01:22,330 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, AS WELL. 20 00:01:22,330 --> 00:01:23,330 ARRIVED IN OHIO TWO WEEKS AGO. SINCE THEN THE INCREDIBLE TEAM. 21 00:01:23,330 --> 00:01:24,330 THAT IS WHAT THE TESTING CAPABILITIES ARE REALLY ALL 22 00:01:24,330 --> 00:01:25,330 ABOUT INSURING THAT MISSION SUCCESS. 23 00:01:25,330 --> 00:01:26,330 THAT IS OUR JOB. THAT IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM MARK 24 00:01:26,330 --> 00:01:27,330 AND THE ORION TEAM. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE NOT 25 00:01:27,330 --> 00:01:28,330 BEEN HERE BEFORE HOME TO SEVERAL UNIQUE TEST FACILITIES, ONE THE 26 00:01:28,330 --> 00:01:29,330 SPACE POWER FACILITY CONTAINING THE LARGEST VACUUM CHAMBER AND 27 00:01:29,330 --> 00:01:30,330 CAPABLE OF TESTING ALL MANNERS OF HARDWARE IN SIMULATED SPACE 28 00:01:30,330 --> 00:01:31,330 OR PLANETARY ENVIRONMENT. OTHER FACILITIES INCLUDE SPACE 29 00:01:31,330 --> 00:01:32,330 PROPULSION RESEARCH FACILITY AND HYPERSONIC TUNNEL FACILITY. 30 00:01:32,330 --> 00:01:33,330 EACH PROVIDING TESTING CAPABILITY THAT GIVES NASA AND 31 00:01:33,330 --> 00:01:34,330 ITS CUSTOMERS ONE OF WHICH IS ORION THE ABILITY TO BUY DOWN 32 00:01:34,330 --> 00:01:35,330 THAT RISK THAT EACH MISSION NEEDS TO REDUCE COST AND DELIVER 33 00:01:35,330 --> 00:01:36,330 HUMANS SAFELY TO ORBIT. BY DISCOVERING ISSUES IN THE 34 00:01:36,330 --> 00:01:37,330 CONTROLLED TESTING ENVIRONMENT ON THE GROUND WE CAN CORRECT 35 00:01:37,330 --> 00:01:38,330 THOSE ISSUES BEFORE LAUNCH RATHER THAN AFTER WHEN THERE IS 36 00:01:38,330 --> 00:03:28,940 LOTS WE CAN DO AND AT A FAR GREATER COST. 37 00:03:28,940 --> 00:03:36,420 THROUGHOUT NASA GLENN'S HISTORY WE HAVE BEEN ON THE CUTTING EDGE 38 00:03:36,420 --> 00:03:40,849 FIRST WITH TECHNOLOGIES DURING THE WAR WHICH NOT ONLY LED OUR 39 00:03:40,849 --> 00:03:46,170 COUNTRY INTO THE JET AGE BUT INTO AND THROUGH SPACE. 40 00:03:46,170 --> 00:03:50,140 THIS LEGACY OF HELPING DEVELOP TECHNOLOGIES THAT ALLOW US TO 41 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:54,360 EXPLORE THE DEEPEST REGIONS OF SPACE LIVES ON THROUGH TESTING 42 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:58,170 THAT WILL TAKE PLACE RIGHT HERE IN A FEW SHORT MONTHS. 43 00:03:58,170 --> 00:04:03,580 NASA GLENN'S EXPERTISE HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL AS PART OF THE 44 00:04:03,580 --> 00:04:08,590 AGENCY TEAM WORKING ON ORION IN DEVELOPING MANY OF ORION'S 45 00:04:08,590 --> 00:04:12,980 SYSTEMS WITH PARTNERS AT CENTERS INCLUDING STRUCTURES, 46 00:04:12,980 --> 00:04:16,739 MECHANISMS, PYROTECHNICS, MATERIALS, POWER AND AVIONICS. 47 00:04:16,739 --> 00:04:22,380 THIS TESTING WILL BE NASA GLENN'S MOST RECENT CONTRIBUTION 48 00:04:22,380 --> 00:04:29,889 TO THE PROGRAM OF THIS NATION. ORION WILL BE USED TO REACH 49 00:04:29,889 --> 00:04:34,910 DESTINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM, A CAPABILITY NO 50 00:04:34,910 --> 00:04:38,669 OTHER SPACECRAFT IN THE WORLD POSSESSES. 51 00:04:38,669 --> 00:04:47,440 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. AT THIS TIME IT IS MY HONOR TO 52 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:51,889 INTRODUCE CONGRESS WOMAN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU 53 00:04:51,889 --> 00:04:57,780 SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY TO BE A PART OF WITNESSING HISTORY 54 00:04:57,780 --> 00:05:01,979 AND BUILDING THE FUTURE. THE OTHER NIGHT WHEN THE MOON 55 00:05:01,979 --> 00:05:07,080 WAS FULL I JUST STOOD OUTSIDE AT NIGHT AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I 56 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:15,210 THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN I WAS BORN VERSUS NOW AND HOW MUCH MORE WE 57 00:05:15,210 --> 00:05:23,539 AS HUMANS KNOW ABOUT THE MILKY GALAXY AND POINTS BEYOND AND HOW 58 00:05:23,539 --> 00:05:27,990 MUCH MORE WE KNOW ABOUT HOW TO EVEN LOOK AT OUR OWN PLANET 59 00:05:27,990 --> 00:05:34,500 SUSPENDED IN THAT SPACE. AND THIS FACILITY TODAY BECAUSE 60 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:42,259 OF THE WORK OF DIRECTOR, GENERAL STRINGER, SCIENTISTS WHO TOO 61 00:05:42,259 --> 00:05:47,940 OFTEN REMAIN NAMELESS WHO GIVE THEIR LIVES TO THIS, THE 62 00:05:47,940 --> 00:05:54,080 COUNTLESS HOURS SPENT IN LABS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 63 00:05:54,080 --> 00:06:01,009 MAKE THE MATH WORK AND THE SCIENCE WORK. 64 00:06:01,009 --> 00:06:06,900 CREATING A MORE LIGHTENED FUTURE FOR ALL OF HUMANITY. 65 00:06:06,900 --> 00:06:15,699 I WANT TO THANK OUR EUROPEAN GUESTS WHO HAVE TRAVELLED SO 66 00:06:15,699 --> 00:06:21,180 VERY FAR TO BE WITH US TODAY. WE SHARE A FRATERNITY AND LOVE 67 00:06:21,180 --> 00:06:27,860 OF LIBERTY. AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT THAT 68 00:06:27,860 --> 00:06:33,039 TRANSFERRED ITS GREAT POWER HERE TO THE UNITED STATES AND TO BE 69 00:06:33,039 --> 00:06:34,860 UNITED WITH OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES IN THIS GREAT QUEST IS TRULY A 70 00:06:34,860 --> 00:06:35,860 REMARKABLE AND IMPORTANT UNDERTAKING. 71 00:06:35,860 --> 00:07:17,190 I WANT TO ALSO SAY FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FROM THIS REGION OR 72 00:07:17,190 --> 00:07:53,180 MAY BE LISTENING FROM POINTS NEAR AND FAR THERE IS NO OTHER 73 00:07:53,180 --> 00:08:23,169 PLACE LIKE THIS ON EARTH. THIS TESTING FACILITY IS RARE. 74 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:53,160 IT HAS TAKEN MILLIONS AND BILLIONS LITERALLY OF DOLLARS TO 75 00:08:53,160 --> 00:09:03,970 CONSTRUCT TO ANTICIPATE THE TESTING THAT WILL BE DONE HERE 76 00:09:03,970 --> 00:09:05,779 ON THIS MODULE. I WAS ASKING COMPARED TO WHAT 77 00:09:05,779 --> 00:09:06,779 HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THIS MODULE, HOW MUCH MORE 78 00:09:06,779 --> 00:09:07,779 SOPHISTICATED WILL THIS PARTICULAR TESTING BE? 79 00:09:07,779 --> 00:09:08,779 GIVE ME A NUMBER. HE DIDN'T WANT TO COMMIT HIMSELF 80 00:09:08,779 --> 00:09:09,779 TO EXACTLY A NUMBER BUT GEOMETRICALLY GREATER THAN 81 00:09:09,779 --> 00:09:10,779 ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN TESTED HERE BEFORE. 82 00:09:10,779 --> 00:09:11,779 MAYBE 20 TIMES, MAYBE MORE. MAYBE MORE THAN THAT. 83 00:09:11,779 --> 00:09:12,779 SO WE THINK ABOUT WHAT TOOK ALL OF YOU WORKING TOGETHER, MANY 84 00:09:12,779 --> 00:09:13,779 WHO AREN'T HERE TODAY TO HELP US PROBE WITH THIS LIFE SUPPORT 85 00:09:13,779 --> 00:09:14,779 SYSTEM WHICH IS WHAT IT IS, WE THANK THOSE IN EUROPE FOR 86 00:09:14,779 --> 00:09:15,779 PARTNERING ACROSS SEVERAL NATIONS WITH OUR OWN AND I KNOW 87 00:09:15,779 --> 00:09:16,779 THAT WHEN ORION IS TESTED AND ULTIMATELY LIFTED WITH A FULL 88 00:09:16,779 --> 00:09:17,779 PAY LOAD THAT THE WORLD WILL CHEER AND WE KNOW THAT THE 89 00:09:17,779 --> 00:09:18,779 PEOPLE HERE WILL HAVE DONE IT. SO MARVELOUS TO BE HERE WITH 90 00:09:18,779 --> 00:09:19,779 REPRESENTATIVES OF MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE CONGRESS. 91 00:09:19,779 --> 00:09:20,779 CONGRESSMAN GIBBS, SENATORS BROWN AND PORTMAN WHO HAVE ALSO 92 00:09:20,779 --> 00:09:21,779 TRAVELLED FAR TO BE WITH US TODAY. 93 00:09:21,779 --> 00:09:22,779 DID I MISS ANYONE? I HOPE NOT. 94 00:09:22,779 --> 00:09:23,779 TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE OUR SUPPORT AND WE ARE VERY PROUD AS 95 00:09:23,779 --> 00:09:24,779 BUCKEYES THAT THIS TESTING WILL BE DONE HERE IN THE GREAT STATE 96 00:09:24,779 --> 00:09:25,779 OF OHIO. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL. 97 00:09:25,779 --> 00:09:26,779 WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND WE ALL STAND AT LIBERTY SIDE AS 98 00:09:26,779 --> 00:09:27,779 THIS MOVES FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 99 00:09:27,779 --> 00:09:28,779 [ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU. 100 00:09:28,779 --> 00:09:29,779 GOOD AFTERNOON. MT I FRANK JENNINGS OF THE NASA. 101 00:09:29,779 --> 00:09:30,779 JOINING US ON STAGE IS OUR PANEL OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF 102 00:09:30,779 --> 00:09:31,779 THE ORION PROGRAM PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THE TESTING BEING 103 00:09:31,779 --> 00:09:32,779 CONDUCTED IN THE SPACE POWER FACILITY. 104 00:09:32,779 --> 00:09:33,779 THEY ARE MR. JIM FREE, MR. GREG WILLIAMS, DEPUTY ASSOCIATE 105 00:09:33,779 --> 00:09:34,779 ADMINISTRATOR FOR HUMAN EXPLORATION AND OPERATIONS. 106 00:09:34,779 --> 00:09:36,209 MR. MARK KIRASICH, DR. MIKE HAWES, LOCKHEED MARTIN RORN 107 00:09:36,209 --> 00:09:40,600 PROGRAM MANAGER. MR. NICO DETTMANN, EUROPEAN 108 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,720 SPACE AGENCY HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 109 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:54,839 AND DR. OLIVER JUCKENHOFEL. AT THE CONCLUSION OF REMARKS I 110 00:09:54,839 --> 00:10:00,690 OPEN THE DOOR FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL AS THOSE JOINING US ONLINE 111 00:10:00,690 --> 00:10:04,410 THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON THE PHONE. 112 00:10:04,410 --> 00:10:06,570 IF ANYONE IS FOLLOWING US ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WOULD LIKE TO 113 00:10:06,570 --> 00:10:10,640 ASK A QUESTION YOU CAN SEND A QUESTION TO #ASKNASA. 114 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:16,769 I WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS ONCE WE ARRIVE AT THAT 115 00:10:16,769 --> 00:10:18,940 POINT. BEFORE WE HEAR FROM OUR 116 00:10:18,940 --> 00:11:58,910 PANELISTS WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO WE WOULD LIKE TO SHOW. 117 00:11:58,910 --> 00:13:37,450 [ APPLAUSE ] >>> AT THIS TIME WE BEGIN WITH 118 00:13:37,450 --> 00:13:39,209 OUR FIRST PANEL MEMBER MR. JIM >> GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN 119 00:13:39,209 --> 00:13:40,209 EVERYONE. THAT IS A GREAT VIDEO TO WATCH. 120 00:13:40,209 --> 00:13:41,209 SIMPLE. COUPLE MINUTES WE FLEW OUT AND 121 00:13:41,209 --> 00:13:42,209 BACK AND LANDED NO PROBLEM. THAT REALLY IS LOOKING FORWARD A 122 00:13:42,209 --> 00:13:43,209 COUPLE OF YEARS OF WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE. 123 00:13:43,209 --> 00:13:44,209 THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY. THIS IS ANOTHER STOP ALONG THAT 124 00:13:44,209 --> 00:13:45,209 JOURNEY, THE JOURNEY OF THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM DESIGNING A 125 00:13:45,209 --> 00:13:46,209 VEHICLE THAT IS GOING TO CARRY HUMANS FARTHER THAN WE HAVE GONE 126 00:13:46,209 --> 00:13:47,209 EVER. THAT IS AN AGENCY TEAM. 127 00:13:47,209 --> 00:13:48,209 MANY PARTNERS ACROSS, SOME OF WHICH YOU SEE FROM THE NASA 128 00:13:48,209 --> 00:13:49,209 SIDE. WE HAVE INCREDIBLE PARTNER 129 00:13:49,209 --> 00:13:50,209 LEADING FROM A CENTER PERSPECTIVE AND A GREAT PARTNER 130 00:13:50,209 --> 00:13:51,209 TO ME PERSONALLY HERE AT THE CENTER. 131 00:13:51,209 --> 00:13:52,209 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THE TESTING THAT IS GOING TO 132 00:13:52,209 --> 00:13:53,209 TAKE PLACE IN THE SPACE POWER FACILITY OVER THE NEXT YEAR IS 133 00:13:53,209 --> 00:13:54,209 REALLY ABOUT INSURING THAT SUCCESS OF EM 1. 134 00:13:54,209 --> 00:15:46,783 THE BUILDING HOUSES THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL AND CAPABLE 135 00:15:46,783 --> 00:15:47,783 TESTING FACILITIES. IT'S THE ONLY PLACE TO TEST A 136 00:15:47,783 --> 00:15:48,783 VEHICLE OF THIS SIZE FULLY DEPLOYED IN ITS LAUNCH AND IN 137 00:15:48,783 --> 00:15:49,783 ITS SPACE CONFIGURATION WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT IN INSURING THAT 138 00:15:49,783 --> 00:15:50,783 MISSION'S SUCCESS. IT IS GREAT TO LOOK THROUGH THIS 139 00:15:50,783 --> 00:15:51,783 ENTIRE FACILITY END TO END. AT THE OTHER END AND MECHANICAL 140 00:15:51,783 --> 00:15:52,783 VIBRATION FACILITY WHICH TAKES THE HARD MOUNTED VEHICLE AND 141 00:15:52,783 --> 00:15:53,783 SHAPES IT TO INDUCE ENVIRONMENTS STRONGER THAN ANY OTHER IN THE 142 00:15:53,783 --> 00:15:54,783 WORLD WITH. AT THE FAR END THE ACOUSTIC TEST 143 00:15:54,783 --> 00:15:55,783 FACILITY CAPABLE OF UP TO 163 DECIBELS WHICH IS EQUIVALENT OF 144 00:15:55,783 --> 00:15:56,783 20 JET ENGINES FIRING SIMULTANEOUSLY. 145 00:15:56,783 --> 00:15:57,783 OUR ENGINEERS, THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY AND AIR BUS 146 00:15:57,783 --> 00:15:58,783 ENGINEERS WILL SIMULATE THAT LAUNCH ENVIRONMENT TO GET THOSE 147 00:15:58,783 --> 00:15:59,783 VIBRATIONS IN THE VEHICLE. IT IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW GOOD IS 148 00:15:59,783 --> 00:16:00,783 OUR DESIGN. AND THEN THE SPACE SIMULATION 149 00:16:00,783 --> 00:16:01,783 VACUUM CHAMBER NEAREST TO US, 100 FEET IN DIAMETER MORE 150 00:16:01,783 --> 00:16:02,783 CAPABLE THAN ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 151 00:16:02,783 --> 00:16:03,783 THAT IS WHERE WE SIMULATE WHAT SPACE IS LIKE FOR THE VEHICLE. 152 00:16:03,783 --> 00:16:04,783 IT'S REALLY THAT ONE STOP SHOP TO COME TO FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 153 00:16:04,783 --> 00:16:05,783 TESTS ON THIS SCALE. THE VEHICLE WILL GO THROUGH 154 00:16:05,783 --> 00:16:08,649 MULTIPLE LOCATIONS DURING ITS TESTING AND GETTING QUALIFIED 155 00:16:08,649 --> 00:16:11,190 FOR FLIGHT. FOR US THAT JUST MEANS WE DID 156 00:16:11,190 --> 00:16:14,320 OUR JOB RIGHT AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEMS WE COULD 157 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:16,730 ON THE GROUND WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO TEST THE WAY WE ARE 158 00:16:16,730 --> 00:16:21,180 GOING TO FLY. IN ADDITION TO VIBRATION AND 159 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:25,149 SPACE ENVIRONMENT CAPABILITY THAT ARE HERE THE SOLAR 160 00:16:25,149 --> 00:16:28,839 DEPLOYMENT IS DONE HERE. WE WILL FIRE PYROTECHNICS TO 161 00:16:28,839 --> 00:16:34,009 SIMULATE DEPLOYMENT AND ALSO SIMULATE SEPARATION FROM THE 162 00:16:34,009 --> 00:16:40,649 LAUNCH VEHICLE AND THE SHOCKS THAT THAT INDUCES INTO RRN ORION 163 00:16:40,649 --> 00:16:46,860 ABOUT INSURING MISSION SUCCESS, MAKING SURE OUR ULTIMATE GOAL 164 00:16:46,860 --> 00:16:50,420 WHICH IS CREW SAFETY AND MEETING FLIGHT REQUIREMENTS AND MISSION 165 00:16:50,420 --> 00:16:52,730 REQUIREMENTS. THAT TESTING IS GOING TO 166 00:16:52,730 --> 00:16:56,490 IDENTIFY ANY RISKS THAT WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH, ANY DESIGN 167 00:16:56,490 --> 00:17:00,279 PROBLEMS, ANY POTENTIAL FAILURES HERE IN THE CONTROL ENVIRONMENT 168 00:17:00,279 --> 00:17:02,899 ON THE GROUND. THAT'S THE BEST PLACE TO FIND 169 00:17:02,899 --> 00:17:06,970 THE ISSUES IS BEFORE FLIGHT. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF 170 00:17:06,970 --> 00:17:11,459 EM-1. THE ORION SERVICE MODULE 171 00:17:11,459 --> 00:17:15,439 PROVIDED BY PARTNERS AT THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY AND AIR 172 00:17:15,439 --> 00:17:20,789 BUS, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP. 173 00:17:20,789 --> 00:17:23,179 WE ARE BUILDING ON INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP. 174 00:17:23,179 --> 00:17:30,610 THAT IS WHERE WE COME FROM AND THE STRENGTH WE RELY ON TO 175 00:17:30,610 --> 00:17:34,039 FULFILL OUR GOAL IN DEVELOPING THE TESTING FOR THIS VEHICLE. 176 00:17:34,039 --> 00:17:38,750 WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR ROLE IN THAT MISSION HERE AT NASA GLENN. 177 00:17:38,750 --> 00:17:42,240 I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE ASSOCIATED ARE ORION FOR A LONG 178 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:48,080 TIME. WE ARE PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT 179 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,799 HERE IN OHIO AND ESPECIALLY AT NASA GLENN. 180 00:17:50,799 --> 00:18:02,679 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >>> GOOD AFTERNOON. 181 00:18:02,679 --> 00:18:07,799 I'M GREG WILLIAMS. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HEADQUARTERS 182 00:18:07,799 --> 00:18:11,390 GUY. I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE TO 183 00:18:11,390 --> 00:18:14,559 BE ABLE TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM ON WHAT IS REALLY A SIGNIFICANT 184 00:18:14,559 --> 00:18:18,500 ACCOMPLISHMENT IN THE PROGRAM, DELIVERY OF STRUCTURAL TEST 185 00:18:18,500 --> 00:18:25,620 ARTICLE. THE DELIVERY HERE TODAY IS A 186 00:18:25,620 --> 00:18:28,590 SUBSTANTIAL MILESTONE IN THE PROGRAM AND REALLY REPRESENTS 187 00:18:28,590 --> 00:18:32,789 TWO THINGS IN MY MIND. ONE JIM MENTIONED A SECOND AGO 188 00:18:32,789 --> 00:18:36,450 IS WHAT IT REPRESENTS IN TERMS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION 189 00:18:36,450 --> 00:18:41,250 THAT IS INVOLVED IN THIS WHOLE HUMAN EXPLORATION ENDEAVOR. 190 00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:44,990 YOU HEAR A LOT OF FOLKS SAY WE NEED INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION 191 00:18:44,990 --> 00:18:48,809 BECAUSE NO ONE NATION CAN AFFORD TO DO SPACE EXPLORATION ON ITS 192 00:18:48,809 --> 00:18:53,059 OWN. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT 193 00:18:53,059 --> 00:18:57,100 WE DON'T WANT TO GO ALONE. WE WANT TO GO AS INTERNATIONAL 194 00:18:57,100 --> 00:19:01,320 PARTNERSHIP WE WOULD LOVE TO BE GLOBAL ENDEAVOR. 195 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:06,309 IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AS HUMANITY. 196 00:19:06,309 --> 00:19:09,650 SO WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION. 197 00:19:09,650 --> 00:19:12,480 JIM MENTIONED INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PARTNERSHIP WHICH 198 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:18,860 HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME. PLEASED TO BE A PART FOR THE 199 00:19:18,860 --> 00:19:20,940 FIRST ROUND FOR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 200 00:19:20,940 --> 00:19:23,960 I HAVE A SENSE FOR HOW CHALLENGING THE PARTNERSHIPS CAN 201 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,690 BE TO FORM AND CARRY OUT AND HOW REWARDING THEY ARE. 202 00:19:27,690 --> 00:19:59,410 WHAT IT IS WE CAN ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER AND LOOK AT WONDER. 203 00:19:59,410 --> 00:20:14,820 THEY ARE GOING TO SEE THE SAME WITH ORION. 204 00:20:14,820 --> 00:20:15,820 THE INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION THAT REPRESENTS FOR US IS HUGE. 205 00:20:15,820 --> 00:20:16,820 THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I AM PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE. 206 00:20:16,820 --> 00:20:17,820 THE OTHER THING IT REPRESENTS TREMENDOUS PROGRESS THIS PROGRAM 207 00:20:17,820 --> 00:20:18,820 IS MAKING. THE WHOLE EXPLORATION SYSTEM'S 208 00:20:18,820 --> 00:20:19,820 ENDEAVOR, WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE DESIGN PHASE. 209 00:20:19,820 --> 00:20:20,820 WE ARE BUILDING HARDWARE, DELIVERING HARDWARE, 210 00:20:20,820 --> 00:20:21,820 FABRICATING, WRITING SOFTWARE. WE ARE PUTTING THE PIECES 211 00:20:21,820 --> 00:20:22,820 TOGETHER. IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE. 212 00:20:22,820 --> 00:20:23,820 YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT ORION AND THE PROGRESS IN THAT 213 00:20:23,820 --> 00:20:24,820 CONTEXT. I WANT TO POINT OUT WHILE I'M 214 00:20:24,820 --> 00:20:25,820 HERE THAT OTHER PIECES ARE ALSO COMING TOGETHER UNDER LEADERSHIP 215 00:20:25,820 --> 00:20:26,820 OF THOSE WHO ARE HERE AND LEADING SO EFFECTIVELY THE 216 00:20:26,820 --> 00:20:28,809 ENTERPRISE. THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM PROGRAM 217 00:20:28,809 --> 00:20:36,630 IS MAKING TREMENDOUS PROGRESS. THERE ARE ELEMENTS BEING 218 00:20:36,630 --> 00:20:40,919 FABRICATED. THERE ARE ENGINES BEING TESTED. 219 00:20:40,919 --> 00:20:43,880 THERE IS A NEW CONTRACT IN PLACE TO START THAT PRODUCTION LINE 220 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:46,970 AGAIN. TREMENDOUS PROGRESS. 221 00:20:46,970 --> 00:20:50,320 SIMILARLY IN THE GROUND SYSTEMS PROGRAM THE VERTICAL ASSEMBLY 222 00:20:50,320 --> 00:20:53,250 BUILDING, THE ICONIC HUGE STRUCTURE IS BEING RE-JOUT 223 00:20:53,250 --> 00:20:58,330 FITTED WITH A WHOLE NEW STRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE 224 00:20:58,330 --> 00:21:02,260 PROCESSING. THE PADS ARE BEING REFURBISHED. 225 00:21:02,260 --> 00:21:03,559 THERE IS A NEW FIRE CONTROL ROOM. 226 00:21:03,559 --> 00:21:07,679 ALL OF THESE ARE EVIDENCE OF REAL PROGRESS THAT THE WHOLE 227 00:21:07,679 --> 00:21:11,450 EXPLORATION SYSTEM ENTERPRISE IS MAKING AND IT IS EXCITING TO 228 00:21:11,450 --> 00:21:15,350 SEE. BILL HILL HAS HIRED A MISSION 229 00:21:15,350 --> 00:21:19,210 MANAGER TO CHOREOGRAPH THESE PIECES COMING TOGETHER. 230 00:21:19,210 --> 00:21:25,470 YOU WILL SEE VARIOUS TIMES A VIEW OF PROGRESS FROM THE TOP OF 231 00:21:25,470 --> 00:21:30,690 THE STACK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM. ALL THAT TO SAY IS WE ARE ON 232 00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:34,770 THIS MARCH TO EM-1. IT IS A FEW SHORT YEARS AWAY AND 233 00:21:34,770 --> 00:21:39,169 REALLY EXCITING TO SEE. AND THE SERVICE MODULE IS THE 234 00:21:39,169 --> 00:21:44,429 FIRST EVIDENT OF THAT. YOU GET TO SEE HERE. 235 00:21:44,429 --> 00:21:48,159 I JUST LIKE TO CLOSE BY CONGRATULATING THE WHOLE TEAM, 236 00:21:48,159 --> 00:21:54,520 THE ORION PROGRAM IN NASA, LOCKHEED MARTIN, SIGNIFICANT 237 00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,900 ACCOMPLISHMENT AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE 238 00:21:56,900 --> 00:22:09,140 TO COME. LET ME TALK ABOUT ORION. 239 00:22:09,140 --> 00:22:10,620 >> THANK YOU. WELCOME. 240 00:22:10,620 --> 00:22:13,150 THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE TODAY. 241 00:22:13,150 --> 00:22:17,260 WE IN THE ORION PROGRAM HAVE THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND CHALLENGE 242 00:22:17,260 --> 00:22:20,549 OF BUILDING THE SPACECRAFT THAT IS GOING TO TAKE HUMANS FARTHER 243 00:22:20,549 --> 00:22:22,480 THAN WE HAVE GONE INTO SPACE BEFORE. 244 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:27,159 AT TIMES IT CAN GET HARD TO BORROW FROM THE CONGRESS WOMAN 245 00:22:27,159 --> 00:22:30,370 AT TIMES IT IS HARD TO GET TO WORK AND CLOSE TOGETHER. 246 00:22:30,370 --> 00:22:36,200 IN ORION WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO EMPLOY BEST, 247 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,880 BRIGHTEST ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS FROM ACROSS THE 248 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:43,900 AGENCY FROM INDUSTRY AND IN THIS PROGRAM FROM AROUND THE WORLD. 249 00:22:43,900 --> 00:22:47,260 THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DO IS TO CELEBRATE THE 250 00:22:47,260 --> 00:22:50,909 ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF TWO OF ORION'S MOST IMPORTANT PARTNERS. 251 00:22:50,909 --> 00:22:59,340 I'LL START WITH A STORY. WHEN I JOINED THE PROGRAM MANY 252 00:22:59,340 --> 00:23:02,929 YEARS AGO I WON'T QUOTE THE NUMBER. 253 00:23:02,929 --> 00:23:06,520 THE VERY FIRST PERSON THAT CALLED ME WHEN I JOINED THE 254 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,409 PROGRAM AND WELCOMED ME INTO THE PROGRAM WAS JIM FREE WHO IS NOW 255 00:23:10,409 --> 00:23:13,330 THE CENTER DIRECTOR. AT THE TIME HE WAS THE SERVICE 256 00:23:13,330 --> 00:23:19,679 MODULE MANAGER FOR ORION. JIM HAS HELD A NUMBER OF JOBS 257 00:23:19,679 --> 00:23:23,500 SINCE THEN BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT JIM AND ABOUT 258 00:23:23,500 --> 00:23:30,390 EVERYBODY THAT WE WORK WITH HERE IS THEY WORK TIRELESSLY TO HELP 259 00:23:30,390 --> 00:23:34,309 MAKE ORION SUCCESSFUL. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 260 00:23:34,309 --> 00:23:43,549 AND REALLY NOWHERE IS IT MORE VISIBLY -- 261 00:23:43,549 --> 00:23:45,559 YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH THE 262 00:23:45,559 --> 00:23:48,110 BUILDING. YOU WILL SEE THIS LARGE THERMAL 263 00:23:48,110 --> 00:23:54,539 VACUUM CHAMBER, THE ACOUSTIC CHAMBER. 264 00:23:54,539 --> 00:23:57,150 THESE REALLY ARE WORLD CLASS FACILITIES. 265 00:23:57,150 --> 00:23:59,779 THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD THAT YOU SEE FACILITIES 266 00:23:59,779 --> 00:24:02,650 LIKE THIS. JIM TALKED ABOUT THEY ARE REALLY 267 00:24:02,650 --> 00:24:05,909 IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE LAUNCH ON THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL 268 00:24:05,909 --> 00:24:08,580 ROCKET WE ARE GOING TO BE SHAKEN AND VIBRATED. 269 00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:10,690 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SURVIVE THAT. 270 00:24:10,690 --> 00:24:16,590 WHEN WE ARE TRAVELING WE WILL SEE THERMAL EXTREMES. 271 00:24:16,590 --> 00:24:20,500 WE HAVE TO PUT OUR SPACECRAFT THROUGH TESTING TO MAKE SURE IT 272 00:24:20,500 --> 00:29:06,429 IS WORTHY OF CARRYING HUMAN BEINGS ON THIS MISSION. 273 00:29:06,429 --> 00:29:07,429 THANK YOU AND I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE 274 00:29:07,429 --> 00:29:09,880 PEOPLE HERE HAVE DONE TO GET US READY FOR THIS TESTING. 275 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,890 I ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES. 276 00:29:12,890 --> 00:29:18,140 IT WAS JUST THREE YEARS AGO IN DECEMBER OF 2012 THAT WE SIGNED 277 00:29:18,140 --> 00:29:30,029 AN AGREEMENT AND WELCOMED THEM INTO THE ORION PROGRAM. 278 00:29:30,029 --> 00:30:26,240 I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF THE 279 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:59,640 EUROPEAN SERVICE MODULE. IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF 280 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,919 HARDWARE IN OUR SPACECRAFT. PROPULSION SYSTEM. 281 00:31:02,919 --> 00:31:06,779 IT PROVIDES THE CAPABILITIES, DURING THE HIGHEST PART OF 282 00:31:06,779 --> 00:31:09,480 ASCENT IT GIVES AN ABORT CAPABILITY SHOULD WE HAVE A 283 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,480 CONTINGENCY GOING UPHILL. IT HAS VERY LARGE SOLAR RAYS. 284 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:13,480 IT GENERATES ELECTRICITY THAT POWERS EQUIPMENT ON BOARD. 285 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:14,480 IT HAS RADIATORS THAT OVERTHROW HEAT AND KEEP OUR EQUIPMENT AND 286 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:18,669 HUMANS INSIDE THE SPACECRAFT NICE AND COMFORTABLE AND HAS GAS 287 00:31:18,669 --> 00:31:26,909 TANKS AND WATER TANKS TO PROVIDE THE AIR THE CREW BREATHES AND 288 00:31:26,909 --> 00:31:32,480 WATER THAT THEY DRINK. AS YOU CAN EASILY UNDERSTAND THE 289 00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:36,029 SERVICE MODULE IS CRITICAL AND WE REALLY NEED IT. 290 00:31:36,029 --> 00:31:37,630 WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE WITHOUT IT. 291 00:31:37,630 --> 00:31:40,899 THAT'S WHY TODAY IS SUCH A GREAT DAY BECAUSE THE PIECE OF 292 00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:43,429 HARDWARE RIGHT BEHIND ME, THE BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF HARDWARE IS A 293 00:31:43,429 --> 00:31:45,840 SIGN OF THE PROGRESS AND OVER THE THREE YEARS IT SHOWS THE 294 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,080 COMMITMENT THAT THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY AND THEIR 295 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,149 CONTRACTOR TEAM HAD TO DELIVER THE ARTICLE WHEN THEY DID. 296 00:31:51,149 --> 00:31:55,850 SO NICO, TO YOU AND OLIVER AND OUR COLLEAGUES TODAY I WANT TO 297 00:31:55,850 --> 00:32:12,380 EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU ARE BRINGING TO THE 298 00:32:12,380 --> 00:32:21,200 PROGRAM. THANK YOU. 299 00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:38,830 [ APPLAUSE ] BEFORE I INTRODUCE MY INDUSTRY 300 00:32:38,830 --> 00:33:05,940 PARTNER I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRESS ORION IS MAKING 301 00:33:05,940 --> 00:33:08,240 AROUND THE COUNTRY. MOST NOTABLY DOWN IN LOUISIANA 302 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,100 RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK THE EXPLORATION MISSION I CREW 303 00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:15,429 MODULE THAT WILL BE ON ITS WAY TOWARDS THE MOON IN THE VIDEO 304 00:33:15,429 --> 00:33:20,710 YOU JUST SAW IN THREE YEARS FROM NOW IS ALMOST COMPLETE. 305 00:33:20,710 --> 00:33:24,870 WE WILL COMPLETE IT EARLY JANUARY. 306 00:33:24,870 --> 00:33:32,490 FROM THERE WE SHIP IT TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WHERE LOCKHEED 307 00:33:32,490 --> 00:33:39,100 FACTORY IS LOCATED ON SITE. AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A SHORT 308 00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:42,370 VIDEO THAT SHOWS YOU SOME OF THIS PROGRESS AROUND THE 309 00:33:42,370 --> 00:33:43,370 COUNTRY. 310 00:33:43,370 --> 00:33:49,169 [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU AND I WILL HAND OFF TO 311 00:33:49,169 --> 00:33:53,179 MIKE HAWES. MIKE IS MY INDUSTRY COUNTER PART 312 00:33:53,179 --> 00:33:55,840 WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN. >> THANKS VERY MUCH. 313 00:33:55,840 --> 00:34:01,159 THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. LOCKHEED MARTIN IS PROUD TO BE 314 00:34:01,159 --> 00:34:05,600 NASA'S INDUSTRY PARTNER. THAT GIVES US A SPECIAL ROLE IN 315 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:11,250 RELATION TO THE EUROPEAN SERVICE MODULE, AS WELL, THAT I WOULD 316 00:34:11,250 --> 00:34:17,379 LIKE TO TALK ABOUT. BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THINK 317 00:34:17,379 --> 00:34:24,250 IT IS A LITTLE SURPRISING TO ME WHEN WE THINK BACK THAT THIS 318 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:29,149 SATURDAY IS ONE YEAR FROM OUR FIRST TEST FLIGHT FOR ORION. 319 00:34:29,149 --> 00:34:33,760 IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE IT HAS GONE THAT FAST. 320 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,679 BUT USUALLY I TELL MY TEAM TO KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN AND COLOR 321 00:34:37,679 --> 00:34:42,409 AND KEEPING OUR HEADS DOWN AND COLORING HAS GIVEN YOU THE ORION 322 00:34:42,409 --> 00:34:47,149 SCENES IN THAT MOVIE. WE HAVE THE NEXT CREW MODULE IN 323 00:34:47,149 --> 00:34:50,339 NEW ORLEANS. THERE ARE SEVEN WELDS OF THE 324 00:34:50,339 --> 00:34:53,300 ALUMINUM STRUCTURE. FIVE OF THE SEVEN HAVE BEEN 325 00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:56,329 COMPLETE. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NEXT ONE 326 00:34:56,329 --> 00:35:01,430 AT THE END OF THIS WEEK, EARLY NEXT WEEK. 327 00:35:01,430 --> 00:35:03,800 WE ARE ALSO DELIVERING COMPUTER BOARDS, SECONDARY STRUCTURE, 328 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:05,920 INTERFACE CARDS THAT WE ARE WORKING TO DELIVER TO OUR 329 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:07,170 COLLEAGUES. WORK GOING ON ACROSS THE 330 00:35:07,170 --> 00:35:11,050 COUNTRY. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE 331 00:35:11,050 --> 00:35:15,220 THAT MUCH WORK COMING TOGETHER AND NEW EQUIPMENT BEING 332 00:35:15,220 --> 00:35:18,500 PRODUCED -- THE EXPLORATION HAS TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL VENTURE. 333 00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:21,839 WE ARE PROUD THAT ORION IS THE FIRST PIECE OF THAT 334 00:35:21,839 --> 00:35:22,839 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. SO WE WORK REGULARLY ON THE 335 00:35:22,839 --> 00:35:25,579 GENERAL SIDE WE SUPPORT THE NASA/ESA PARTNERSHIP. 336 00:35:25,579 --> 00:35:31,230 WE WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH OLIVER'S AIR BUS TEAM. 337 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:33,256 WHILE IT IS CHALLENGING YOU CAN'T GO DOWN THE HALLWAY TO 338 00:35:33,256 --> 00:35:34,256 TALK, AIR BUS HAS FOLKS IN THE UNITED STATES WORKING WITH US. 339 00:35:34,256 --> 00:35:35,256 WE HAVE FOLKS WORKING REGULARLY WITH OLIVER'S TEAM. 340 00:35:35,256 --> 00:35:36,256 SO THERE IS A LOT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, THE TWO 341 00:35:36,256 --> 00:35:37,256 TEAMS WORKING TOGETHER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED 342 00:35:37,256 --> 00:35:38,256 TO REALLY GIVE YOU A SENSE FOR AND MARK TOUCHED ON IT IN A 343 00:35:38,256 --> 00:35:39,256 COUPLE OF EXAMPLES BUT I WANT TO TAKE THOSE EXAMPLES A LITTLE BIT 344 00:35:39,256 --> 00:35:40,256 FURTHER. THERE IS SO MUCH CAPABILITY IN 345 00:35:40,256 --> 00:35:41,256 THE SERVICE MODULE BUT THAT ALL HAS TO BE TOTALLY INTERACTIVE 346 00:35:41,256 --> 00:35:42,256 WITH WHAT IS IN THE CREW MODULE. THESE ARE NOT MODULES YOU CAN 347 00:35:42,256 --> 00:35:43,256 JUST BOLT TOGETHER AND SAY YOU ARE GOOD TO GO FLY. 348 00:35:43,256 --> 00:35:44,256 YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE ALL OF THE INTERFACES AND CAPABILITIES. 349 00:35:44,256 --> 00:35:45,256 THE SOLAR RAYS THAT MARK TALKED ABOUT POWER THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. 350 00:35:45,256 --> 00:35:46,256 THEY FEED THE BATTERIES IN THE CREW MODULE AND COMMANDS THROUGH 351 00:35:46,256 --> 00:35:47,256 THE COMPUTERS TELL THE SOLAR RAYS WHICH DIRECTIONS TO TURN TO 352 00:35:47,256 --> 00:35:48,256 OPTIMIZE THE SUN LIGHT. JUST AS IN DATA CONNECTIONS WHEN 353 00:35:48,256 --> 00:35:49,256 WE ARE FIRING THE ENGINES THAT MARK TALKED ABOUT, GUIDANCE 354 00:35:49,256 --> 00:35:50,256 NAVIGATION SYSTEM IN THE CREW MODULE IS DETERMINING WHICH 355 00:35:50,256 --> 00:35:51,256 ENGINES TO FIRE, HOW LONG TO FIRE AND FEEDING THOSE COMMANDS 356 00:35:51,256 --> 00:35:52,256 ACROSS THE INTERFACE TO THE SERVICE MODULE. 357 00:35:52,256 --> 00:35:53,256 VERY COMPLICATED AND COMPLEX INTERACTIONS, BUT THINGS THAT 358 00:35:53,256 --> 00:35:54,256 HAVE TO ABSOLUTELY BE TESTED AND DEMONSTRATED BEFORE WE FLY. 359 00:35:54,256 --> 00:35:55,256 AND THIS WORK IS REALLY THE FIRST STEP OF DOING THAT 360 00:35:55,256 --> 00:35:56,256 INTEGRATION AND THAT TEST. SO IT IS A PLEASURE FOR LOCKHEED 361 00:35:56,256 --> 00:35:57,256 MARTIN TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM. 362 00:35:57,256 --> 00:35:58,256 AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WORKING IN A VERY COLLABORATIVE 363 00:35:58,256 --> 00:35:59,256 MANNER WITH OUR AIRBUS INDUSTRY PARTNERS. 364 00:35:59,256 --> 00:36:00,256 WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO NICO FOR THE ESA PERSPECTIVE. 365 00:36:00,256 --> 00:36:01,256 >> THANK YOU FOR THE WARM WELCOME. 366 00:36:01,256 --> 00:36:02,256 EVERYBODY WAS TALKING AND I CAN TELL YOU ESA IS PROUD HAVING 367 00:36:02,256 --> 00:36:03,256 BEEN SELECTED AS PARTNER FOR THE LARGEST U.S. EXPLORATION 368 00:36:03,256 --> 00:36:04,256 PROGRAM. WE ARE DEVELOPING A VERY 369 00:36:04,256 --> 00:36:05,256 SIGNIFICANT ONE. THE LAST THREE YEARS OF 370 00:36:05,256 --> 00:36:06,256 COOPERATION HAVE BEEN TOUGH, BIG EXCITEMENT. 371 00:36:06,256 --> 00:36:07,256 I WANT TO MAKE A BIG COMPLIMENT TO ALL TEAMS INVOLVED FOR THE 372 00:36:07,256 --> 00:36:08,256 EUROPEAN INDUSTRY AND FOR LOCKHEED WHO HELPED TO BRING 373 00:36:08,256 --> 00:36:09,256 THIS PIECE OF HARDWARE AFTER THREE YEARS TO HERE. 374 00:36:09,256 --> 00:36:10,256 IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED AND WHO KNOWS WHAT 375 00:36:10,256 --> 00:36:11,256 IT MEANS -- IT IS A REAL TEAM ACHIEVEMENT. 376 00:36:11,256 --> 00:36:12,256 THE ATLANTIC BETWEEN US HAS NOT ALWAYS HELPED. 377 00:36:12,256 --> 00:36:13,256 I HAVE SEEN A TREMENDOUS DEVELOPMENT IN COOPERATION OF 378 00:36:13,256 --> 00:36:14,256 THE TEAMS. THIS IS CONCERNING THE 379 00:36:14,256 --> 00:36:15,256 SUCCESSFUL CONTINUATION OF WHAT THE TEAMS HAVE DONE. 380 00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:16,256 I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD IN THE COOPERATION. 381 00:36:16,256 --> 00:36:17,256 BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY WHAT THIS MEANS THIS 382 00:36:17,256 --> 00:36:18,256 COOPERATION? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME EMBARKING 383 00:36:18,256 --> 00:36:19,256 ON THE HUMAN MISSION BEYOND LOWER EARTH ORBIT. 384 00:36:19,256 --> 00:36:20,256 AND IT FITS INTO OUR STRATEGY AND THEY ARE VERY HAPPY. 385 00:36:20,256 --> 00:36:21,256 WE ARE VERY COMMITTED TO DELIVER ON TIME. 386 00:36:21,256 --> 00:36:22,256 WITH THAT I CAN HAND OVER TO OLIVER. 387 00:36:22,256 --> 00:36:23,256 THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] 388 00:36:23,256 --> 00:36:24,256 >>> SO SOLID LIKE I'M THE ONE WHO IS SUPPOSED TO DELIVER ON 389 00:36:24,256 --> 00:36:25,256 TIME. I GOT THAT MESSAGE. 390 00:36:25,256 --> 00:36:26,256 STARTED DELIBERATING ON MY PERSPECTIVE. 391 00:36:26,256 --> 00:36:27,256 LET ME THANK YOU JIM FREE FOR THE HOSPITALITY NOT JUST FOR 392 00:36:27,256 --> 00:36:28,256 TODAY BUT FOR THE LAST WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME BECAUSE WHAT WE 393 00:36:28,256 --> 00:36:29,256 DON'T SEE IN THIS ROOM WE ARE HAVING PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE GOING 394 00:36:29,256 --> 00:36:30,256 TO LIVE IN OHIO, IN THE VICINITY OF THE FACILITY TO WORK HERE FOR 395 00:36:30,256 --> 00:36:31,256 THE NEXT MONTHS. THIS SHOWS HOW MUCH INTEGRATED 396 00:36:31,256 --> 00:36:32,256 THIS WORK IS TODAY AND HOW IT MUST BE. 397 00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:33,256 WITHOUT THE INTEGRATION STARTING IN EUROPE AND THEN GOING OVER 398 00:36:33,256 --> 00:36:34,256 HERE INTO THE U.S. IT WOULD SIMPLY NOT WORK. 399 00:36:34,256 --> 00:36:35,256 WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN BUILDING FOR SPACE AND MANY, 400 00:36:35,256 --> 00:36:36,256 MANY TIMES WE HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE WHICH MEANS WE ARE USED 401 00:36:36,256 --> 00:36:37,256 TO BEING THE SYSTEM PRIME. IN THIS PROGRAM WE ARE THE 402 00:36:37,256 --> 00:36:38,256 PARTNER OF LOCKHEED MARTIN BUILDING FOR THE AGENCIES. 403 00:36:38,256 --> 00:36:39,256 YOU CAN HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE EUROPE IS BUILDING FOR THE U.S. 404 00:36:39,256 --> 00:36:40,256 OR THE PERSPECTIVE THAT A TEAM IS BUILDING FOR AGENCIES. 405 00:36:40,256 --> 00:36:41,256 ABOUT ONE AND A HALF YEARS AGO MENTIONED WHAT HE IS EXPECTING 406 00:36:41,256 --> 00:36:42,256 US TO DO IS THAT WE GET OUR STAKES TOGETHER AND WE FIX 407 00:36:42,256 --> 00:36:43,256 ISSUES ON A TECHNICAL LEVEL INDEPENDENT OF BOUNDARIES AND OF 408 00:36:43,256 --> 00:36:44,256 COMPANY BOUNDARIES AND AGENCY OR NATIONAL BOUNDARIES AND THEN WE 409 00:36:44,256 --> 00:36:45,256 REPORT INTO A JOINT MANAGEMENT TEAM. 410 00:36:45,256 --> 00:36:46,256 AND I THINK THIS IS THE KEY. YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE EUROPE 411 00:36:46,256 --> 00:36:47,256 WITH OR AGAINST THE U.S. OR YOU CAN SEE IT IS TO SELECT THE 412 00:36:47,256 --> 00:36:48,256 RIGHT PEOPLE AND THE RIGHT PARTNERS TO WORK ON THE TOPIC 413 00:36:48,256 --> 00:36:49,256 AND THEN DELIVER AGAINST EXPECTATIONS. 414 00:36:49,256 --> 00:36:50,256 THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING EVERY DAY. 415 00:36:50,256 --> 00:36:51,256 WE MUST DO IT LIKE THAT BECAUSE SUCH A VEHICLE YOU COULDN'T 416 00:36:51,256 --> 00:36:52,256 BUILD IN A DIFFERENT MANNER. WE HEARD IT ALREADY IN A NUT 417 00:36:52,256 --> 00:36:53,256 SHELL. OUR EUROPEAN SERVICE MODULE 418 00:36:53,256 --> 00:36:54,256 COULDN'T FLY ALONE. IT IS MISSING A LITTLE BIT OF 419 00:36:54,256 --> 00:36:55,256 INTELLIGENCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN 420 00:36:55,256 --> 00:36:56,256 EXECUTE. THE WHOLE MISSION CONTROL IS 421 00:36:56,256 --> 00:36:57,256 DONE IN THE CREW MODULE DELIVERED BY LOCKHEED AND THEN 422 00:36:57,256 --> 00:36:58,256 BY NASA FOR OVERALL MISSION RESPONSIBILITY. 423 00:36:58,256 --> 00:36:59,256 NASA CANNOT FLY WITHOUT US, WE CANNOT FLY WITHOUT THEM WHICH 424 00:36:59,256 --> 00:37:00,256 MEANS YOU HAVE TO FIND SOLUTIONS. 425 00:37:00,256 --> 00:37:01,256 THIS IS THE BASIC PREREQUISITE FOR DESIGNING AN OPTIMUM 426 00:37:01,256 --> 00:37:02,256 VEHICLE. WITHOUT DESIGNING FOR OPTIMUM 427 00:37:02,256 --> 00:37:03,256 VEHICLE YOU WILL NOT FLY TO THE MOON OR BEYOND. 428 00:37:03,256 --> 00:37:04,256 WHAT I SEE IN THE TEAMS WORLD WIDE THAT IS JUST AMAZING. 429 00:37:04,256 --> 00:37:05,256 WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO COLLABORATE. 430 00:37:05,256 --> 00:37:06,256 IT IS WORLD WIDE EVEN IN THE U.S. 431 00:37:06,256 --> 00:37:07,256 BUT COLLABORATION ON SUCH A DAILY BASIS REQUIRES A LOT OF 432 00:37:07,256 --> 00:37:08,256 EFFORT FROM EVERYBODY. SO YOU MENTIONED THAT ALREADY 433 00:37:08,256 --> 00:37:09,256 I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS MOST COSTLY ON THIS PROGRAM, THE TELEPHONE 434 00:37:09,256 --> 00:37:10,256 BILL FOR OUR TEAMS OR ANY YOU ARE SEEING THERE. 435 00:37:10,256 --> 00:37:11,256 IT IS A GREAT EFFORT. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED 436 00:37:11,256 --> 00:37:12,256 IN THAT. FOR US AND ALSO FOR YOU IF YOU 437 00:37:12,256 --> 00:37:13,256 TAKE A LOOK AT THE EUROPEAN SERVICE MODULE IT IS THE FIRST 438 00:37:13,256 --> 00:37:14,256 OF ITS KIND. IT IS CALLED STRUCTURAL TEST 439 00:37:14,256 --> 00:37:15,256 ARTICLE. IT IS THE FIRST EUROPEAN SERVICE 440 00:37:15,256 --> 00:37:16,256 MODULE. IT HAS TO BE LIKE THAT BECAUSE 441 00:37:16,256 --> 00:37:17,256 THE WAY WE ARE TESTING HERE IS TESTING FOR FLIGHT. 442 00:37:17,256 --> 00:37:18,256 IF THIS IS NOT FLIGHT REPRESENTATIVE IN MATERIALS AND 443 00:37:18,256 --> 00:37:19,256 THE WAY WE ARE PRODUCING THAT THEN YOU DONOT GET THE MESSAGE 444 00:37:19,256 --> 00:37:20,256 OUT OF THE TEST. IT IS MISSING THE ELECTRONICS 445 00:37:20,256 --> 00:37:21,256 COMPONENT WHICH WE ARE DEVELOPING AND MANUFACTURING IN 446 00:37:21,256 --> 00:37:22,256 PERIL TO THIS BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE MECHANICAL 447 00:37:22,256 --> 00:37:23,256 REPRESENTATIONS YOU SEE BEHIND OURSELVESM. 448 00:37:23,256 --> 00:37:24,256 THIS IS OUR FIRST MILESTONE TO EMBARK IN THE LONG TERM ORION 449 00:37:24,256 --> 00:37:25,256 PROGRAM. I CAN JUST SAY ALL EUROPEAN 450 00:37:25,256 --> 00:37:26,256 COUNTRIES WHO ARE PARTICIPATING FOR THIS SPACE IS IN OUR DNA. 451 00:37:26,256 --> 00:37:27,256 IF YOU WANT TO FIND ONE PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN REALLY HAVE THE 452 00:37:27,256 --> 00:37:28,256 PLEASURE OF FACING THAT, THAT IS THE ORION PROGRAM. 453 00:37:28,256 --> 00:37:29,256 WE WANT TO BE THERE FOR A LONG TIME. 454 00:37:29,256 --> 00:37:30,256 THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO ARE PARTICIPATING HERE. 455 00:37:30,256 --> 00:37:31,256 >>> THIS CONCLUDES THE REMARKS PORTION FOR THE PANEL. 456 00:37:31,256 --> 00:37:32,256 I WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE MEDIA 457 00:37:32,256 --> 00:37:33,256 REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE JOINING US. 458 00:37:33,256 --> 00:37:34,256 BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS I CAN ONLY ACCEPT QUESTIONS FROM 459 00:37:34,256 --> 00:37:35,256 I WILL ROTATE THE QUESTIONS BETWEEN THOSE COMING FROM 460 00:37:35,256 --> 00:37:36,256 AUDIENCE AND THOSE SUBMITTED ONLINE AT #ASKNASA AND THEN WE 461 00:37:36,256 --> 00:37:37,256 DPOE TO THE PHONES IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS. 462 00:37:37,256 --> 00:37:38,256 IF THOSE MEDIA REPS IN THE AUDIENCE PLEASE RAISE HANDS AND 463 00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:39,256 SOMEONE WITH A MICROPHONE WILL COME TO YOU. 464 00:37:39,256 --> 00:37:40,256 PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ORGANIZATION YOU ARE WITH AND 465 00:37:40,256 --> 00:37:41,256 THEN WE WILL PROCEED. FIRST QUESTION. 466 00:37:41,256 --> 00:37:42,256 >> I'M WITH NBC 24 FROM TOLEDO. WELCOME. 467 00:37:42,256 --> 00:37:43,256 AND THIS IS FOR MR. FREE IF I COULD. 468 00:37:43,256 --> 00:37:44,256 A LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR AREA DON'T KNOW THIS FACILITY EXISTS. 469 00:37:44,256 --> 00:37:45,256 THEY KNOW SANDUSKY IS THE HOME TO CEDAR POINT. 470 00:37:45,256 --> 00:37:46,256 COULD YOU REFLECT A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT THIS FACILITY MEANS TO 471 00:37:46,256 --> 00:37:47,256 THIS COMMUNITY? >> I ACTUALLY THINK CEDAR POINT 472 00:37:47,256 --> 00:37:48,256 IS SECOND TO US. NOT EVERYBODY THINKS THAT WAY. 473 00:37:48,256 --> 00:37:49,256 I THINK IT IS A GREAT -- FOR ALL NINE NASA CENTERS EVERY 474 00:37:49,256 --> 00:37:50,256 COMMUNITY THAT HAS A NASA CENTER, A NASA FIELD SITE LIKE 475 00:37:50,256 --> 00:37:51,256 THIS IS FOR US SHOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE IT. 476 00:37:51,256 --> 00:37:52,256 THIS PLACE IS PART OF THE LEGACY OF WHAT IS IN SPACE. 477 00:37:52,256 --> 00:37:53,256 THE TESTING THAT HAS OCCURRED HERE TO DATE FOR THE RADIATORS 478 00:37:53,256 --> 00:37:54,256 ON THE SPACE STATION, THE WAY WE DUMP FEED ON THE STATION TODAY 479 00:37:54,256 --> 00:37:55,256 IS BECAUSE OF RADIATOR TESTING DONE HERE. 480 00:37:55,256 --> 00:37:56,256 LAUNCH VEHICLE TESTING DONE HERE HAS SERVED TO LAUNCH SCIENTIFIC 481 00:37:56,256 --> 00:37:57,256 SPACECRAFT AND NATIONAL SECURITY PAY LOADS AND THAT WILL SHROUD 482 00:37:57,256 --> 00:37:58,256 THE JAMES WEB SPACE TELESCOPE WHICH WAS TESTED HERE. 483 00:37:58,256 --> 00:37:59,256 IT SHOULD BE AN ELEMENT OF PRIDE AS THIS PLACE IS PART OF THE 484 00:37:59,256 --> 00:38:00,256 SPACE PROGRAM IN YEARS PAST AND WITH WHAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY 485 00:38:00,256 --> 00:38:01,256 WILL BE PART OF THE SPACE PROGRAM IN YEARS TO COME. 486 00:38:01,256 --> 00:38:02,256 >> NEXT QUESTION. IN THE SECOND ROW. 487 00:38:02,256 --> 00:38:03,256 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M FROM DUTCH RADIO AND 488 00:38:03,256 --> 00:38:04,256 TELEVISION. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LONG 489 00:38:04,256 --> 00:38:05,256 TERM VISION. YOU SHOWED WHAT IS AHEAD OF US. 490 00:38:05,256 --> 00:38:06,256 IN 2018 WE WANT TO GO TO THE MOON. 491 00:38:06,256 --> 00:38:07,256 OF COURSE, THE LONG TERM ENVISION IS MARS. 492 00:38:07,256 --> 00:38:08,256 ARE YOU ALREADY THINKING AHEAD BECAUSE A SERVICE MODULE LIKE 493 00:38:08,256 --> 00:38:09,256 YOU HAVE NOW IS NOT ENOUGH TO BRING PEOPLE TO MARS. 494 00:38:09,256 --> 00:38:10,256 YOU NEED SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE CAN LIVE IN. 495 00:38:10,256 --> 00:38:11,256 IS SOMETHING BEING DESIGNED ALREADY? 496 00:38:11,256 --> 00:38:12,256 ARE YOU THINKING AHEAD? >> SHORT ANSWER IS YES WE ARE 497 00:38:12,256 --> 00:38:13,256 THINKING AHEAD. WE CALL THE 2018 FLIGHT EM-1 498 00:38:13,256 --> 00:38:14,256 BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL AFTER THAT. 499 00:38:14,256 --> 00:38:15,256 THE WHOLE REASON WE ARE GOING TO THE VICINITY OF THE MOON IS 500 00:38:15,256 --> 00:38:16,256 BECAUSE LUNAR SPACE AROUND THE MOON SERVES AS GREAT AREA TO 501 00:38:16,256 --> 00:38:17,256 PRACTICE DEEP SPACE OPERATIONS AND STAGING AREA FOR WHICH WE 502 00:38:17,256 --> 00:38:18,256 CAN SEND FUTURE MISSIONS TO MARS. 503 00:38:18,256 --> 00:38:19,256 THE FIRST PIECES OF THIS ARE ORION INCLUDING SERVICE MODULE. 504 00:38:19,256 --> 00:38:20,256 SUBSEQUENT PIECES ARE GOING TO INCLUDE HABITATION CAPABILITY 505 00:38:20,256 --> 00:38:21,256 WHICH WE WILL NEED IN DEEP SPACE, WHERE WE NEED IN SPACE 506 00:38:21,256 --> 00:38:22,256 PROPULSION CAPABILITIES. WE ARE DEMONSTRATING THAT WITH 507 00:38:22,256 --> 00:38:23,256 THE REDIRECT MISSION. THAT WILL PROVIDE US ABILITY TO 508 00:38:23,256 --> 00:38:24,256 MOVE LARGE CARGO MASSES LONG DISTANCES IN DEEP SPACE. 509 00:38:24,256 --> 00:38:25,256 THAT IS UNDERWAY. WE WILL ALSO NEED LANDING 510 00:38:25,256 --> 00:38:26,256 CAPABILITIES FOR THE ATMOSPHERE. THERE IS A NUMBER OF 511 00:38:26,256 --> 00:38:27,256 TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED, FUNDED BY MISSION 512 00:38:27,256 --> 00:38:28,256 DIRECTORATE. SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES BEING DONE 513 00:38:28,256 --> 00:38:29,256 HERE. SO WE ARE THINKING AHEAD. 514 00:38:29,256 --> 00:38:30,256 THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECES IN PLACE. 515 00:38:30,256 --> 00:38:31,256 THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES UNDERWAY FOR ALL OF THOSE. 516 00:38:31,256 --> 00:38:32,256 A NUMBER OF THOSE ARE ALSO TECHNOLOGIES WHICH WE ARE IN 517 00:38:32,256 --> 00:38:33,256 DISCUSSION WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS BECAUSE A LOT OF THE 518 00:38:33,256 --> 00:38:34,256 TECHNOLOGIES REVOLVE AROUND KEEPING CREWS SAFE. 519 00:38:34,256 --> 00:38:35,256 A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGIES ARE BEING TESTED ON INTERNATIONAL 520 00:38:35,256 --> 00:38:36,256 SPACE STATION JUST RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 521 00:38:36,256 --> 00:38:37,256 ONE-YEAR CREW MISSION. WE JUST PASSED THE HALF WAY 522 00:38:37,256 --> 00:38:38,256 MILESTONE ON THAT. A LOT OF PIECES NEEDED. 523 00:38:38,256 --> 00:38:39,256 MANY ARE EITHER BEING DESIGNED OR TECHNOLOGY BEING DEMONSTRATED 524 00:38:39,256 --> 00:38:40,256 FOR AND OTHERS ARE ON THE WAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG 525 00:38:40,256 --> 00:38:41,256 DURATION. WE HAVE TO PACE OURSELVES GIVEN 526 00:38:41,256 --> 00:38:42,256 WHERE WE ARE BUDGETARILY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE 527 00:38:42,256 --> 00:38:43,256 JOURNEY TO MARS DOCUMENT. IT EXPRESSES OUR LATEST THINKING 528 00:38:43,256 --> 00:38:44,256 ON WHAT THE MAJOR PIECES ARE AND IN PARTICULAR WHAT WE WANT TO 529 00:38:44,256 --> 00:38:45,256 ACCOMPLISH THROUGH THE 2020s WITH MULTIPLE FLIGHTS SO THAT WE 530 00:38:45,256 --> 00:38:46,256 CAN CONVINCE OURSELVES WE ARE READY. 531 00:38:46,256 --> 00:38:47,256 >> THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION. 532 00:38:47,256 --> 00:38:48,256 >>> WE HAVE SEVERAL THAT HAVE COME IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 533 00:38:48,256 --> 00:38:49,256 THE FIRST IS FROM LAUNCH COMPLEX WHO ASKED DOES THE ORION SERVICE 534 00:38:49,256 --> 00:38:50,256 MODULE INCLUDE NEW TECHNOLOGIES NOT SEEN IN PREVIOUS SPACECRAFT? 535 00:38:50,256 --> 00:38:51,256 >> ALWAYS A GOOD QUESTION, WHAT IS THE NEW TECHNOLOGY. 536 00:38:51,256 --> 00:38:52,256 THE ESSENCE IS THAT WE HAVE A GOOD MIXTURE OF WHAT WE HAVE 537 00:38:52,256 --> 00:38:53,256 FLOWN ALREADY IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY. 538 00:38:53,256 --> 00:38:54,256 WE PUT TOGETHER TO A NEW MIX. I WANT TO FOCUS ON ONE 539 00:38:54,256 --> 00:38:55,256 PARTICULAR THING WHICH IS THE PRESSURE REGULATION FOR THE 540 00:38:55,256 --> 00:38:56,256 PROPULSION SUBSYSTEM. IT IS NOT NEW IN THE SENSE. 541 00:38:56,256 --> 00:38:57,256 YOU WILL SEE THE APPLICATION WE ARE USING WITH THE PRESSURE 542 00:38:57,256 --> 00:38:58,256 RANGE OF MORE THAN 400 BARS DOWN TO A VERY SMALL REGIME TO 543 00:38:58,256 --> 00:38:59,256 OPERATE WITH ONE SYSTEM. BUT ALSO THE OLD SHUTTLE ENGINE, 544 00:38:59,256 --> 00:39:00,256 THIS IS REALLY A NEW KEY FEATURE WHICH HAS BEEN DONE IN SUCH A 545 00:39:00,256 --> 00:39:01,256 RANGE BEFORE HAND. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO SELECT WHERE 546 00:39:01,256 --> 00:39:02,256 YOU WANT TO FLY NEW TECHNOLOGIES. 547 00:39:02,256 --> 00:39:03,256 WE BELIEVE WE WANT TO GO AS FAST AS POSSIBLE RATHER THAN BUILDING 548 00:39:03,256 --> 00:39:04,256 NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THEN POTENTIALLY HAVE DELAYS. 549 00:39:04,256 --> 00:39:05,256 WE ARE EXPLORING WHAT WE CAN DO TODAY. 550 00:39:05,256 --> 00:39:06,256 >> I WOULD SAY FROM THE ORION STANDPOINT WHAT HERITAGE IS THE 551 00:39:06,256 --> 00:39:07,256 SHAPE. COMING BACK FROM A LUNAR 552 00:39:07,256 --> 00:39:08,256 VELOCITY THAT IS THE SHAPE THAT WORKS. 553 00:39:08,256 --> 00:39:09,256 INSIDE THE SPACECRAFT AND OUTSIDE ALL TECHNOLOGIES ARE 554 00:39:09,256 --> 00:39:10,256 NEW. MANUFACTURES THE THRUSTERS FOR 555 00:39:10,256 --> 00:39:11,256 THE CREW MODULE HAS JUST RELEASED A PRESS RELEASE THAT 556 00:39:11,256 --> 00:39:12,256 THEY ARE 3 D PRINTING ALL OF THE NOZZLES FOR THE REACTION CONTROL 557 00:39:12,256 --> 00:39:13,256 SYSTEM ON THE ORION CREW MODULE. >> ANOTHER ONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA 558 00:39:13,256 --> 00:39:14,256 FROM MARSHA SMITH. HOW MANY SERVICE MODULES HAVE 559 00:39:14,256 --> 00:39:15,256 ESA AGREED TO PROVIDE? ARE THEY REUSABLE AND HOW MUCH 560 00:39:15,256 --> 00:39:16,256 DOES EACH COST? >> SO AT THE CURRENT AGREEMENT 561 00:39:16,256 --> 00:39:17,256 WE DEVELOP THE DESIGNS. WE DELIVER THE FIRST FLIGHT 562 00:39:17,256 --> 00:39:18,256 MODULE. WE HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO START 563 00:39:18,256 --> 00:39:19,256 THE PROCUREMENT OF THE SECOND ITEM WHICH HAS TO BE CONFIRMED 564 00:39:19,256 --> 00:39:20,256 IN 2016 BUT THE PLAN AND THE CONFIDENCE ARE HIGH THAT ESA 565 00:39:20,256 --> 00:39:21,256 WILL DELIVER THE SECOND MODULE. AND BEYOND THAT WE WILL CONTINUE 566 00:39:21,256 --> 00:39:22,256 TO DISCUSS. THANK YOU. 567 00:39:22,256 --> 00:39:23,256 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE 568 00:39:23,256 --> 00:39:24,256 PHONE. >> FOLLOWING ON THE SECOND 569 00:39:24,256 --> 00:39:25,256 QUESTION, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE TEST 570 00:39:25,256 --> 00:39:26,256 ARTICLE IF ALL GOES WELL? WILL THIS ONE LEAVE THE GROUND? 571 00:39:26,256 --> 00:39:27,256 WHICH TEST ARTICLE WILL BE FLYING IN 2018? 572 00:39:27,256 --> 00:39:28,256 WHICH SERVICE MODULE? >> FIRST OFF, AFTER THE TESTS 573 00:39:28,256 --> 00:39:29,256 ARE COMPLETE HERE PARTS OF THE EUROPEAN SERVICE MODULE WILL GO 574 00:39:29,256 --> 00:39:30,256 BACK TO EUROPE TO BE USED FOR OTHER TEST PURPOSES. 575 00:39:30,256 --> 00:39:31,256 THE MAIN PARTS HERE WE KEEP AND SEND TO KENNEDY SPACE CENTER FOR 576 00:39:31,256 --> 00:39:32,256 REFURBISHMENT AND WE WILL USE THE REFURBISHED ESA SERVICE 577 00:39:32,256 --> 00:39:33,256 MODULE IN A SECOND SERIES WHEN THE LOCKHEED PRODUCED HALF 578 00:39:33,256 --> 00:39:34,256 ARRIVES. IT WILL SEE A LOT OF USE. 579 00:39:34,256 --> 00:39:35,256 THIS ARTICLE WILL NOT FLY. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE EXPLORATION 580 00:39:35,256 --> 00:39:36,256 MISSION ONE FLIGHT ARTICLES UNDER CONSTRUCTION HERE IN THE 581 00:39:36,256 --> 00:39:37,256 UNITED STATES AND THE EQUIVALENT EUROPEAN PARTS UNDER 582 00:39:37,256 --> 00:39:38,256 CONSTRUCTION IN EUROPE RIGHT NOW. 583 00:39:38,256 --> 00:39:39,256 >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. 584 00:39:39,256 --> 00:39:40,256 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> CODY WITH 585 00:39:40,256 --> 00:39:41,256 NASASPACEFLIGHT.COM. DOES ESA'S INVOLVEMENT WITH 586 00:39:41,256 --> 00:39:42,256 SERVICE MODULE PUT THEM IN GOOD POSITION FOR ESA ASTRONAUT TO 587 00:39:42,256 --> 00:39:43,256 RIDE ON A FUTURE ORION MISSION? >> THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE TO 588 00:39:43,256 --> 00:39:44,256 HAVE AN ESA ASTRONAUT FLYING BEYOND LOWER EARTH ORBIT. 589 00:39:44,256 --> 00:39:45,256 WE HOPE THIS COOPERATION WILL ACTUALLY LEAD TO HAVING A 590 00:39:45,256 --> 00:39:46,256 EUROPEAN NATIONAL ON SUCH A MISSION. 591 00:39:46,256 --> 00:39:47,256 >> THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERNATIONAL ENDEAVOR ON THE 592 00:39:47,256 --> 00:39:48,256 LONG JOURNEY TO MARS. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE ASTRONAUTS 593 00:39:48,256 --> 00:39:49,256 FROM SEVERAL NATIONS BE INVOLVED WHEN WE FIRST STEP FOOT ON THE 594 00:39:49,256 --> 00:39:50,256 RED PLANET. >> ANYONE ELSE? 595 00:39:50,256 --> 00:39:51,256 >>> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. FIRST QUESTION, WHAT IS THE MOST 596 00:39:51,256 --> 00:39:52,256 POWERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS HELPING WITH BUILDING ORION? 597 00:39:52,256 --> 00:39:53,256 AND THE SECOND QUESTION, WHAT KIND OF MATERIAL CHALLENGES HAVE 598 00:39:53,256 --> 00:39:54,256 YOU FACED? >> I WOULD SAY FIRST AND 599 00:39:54,256 --> 00:39:55,256 FOREMOST THE ADVANTAGE OF ISS IS THAT IT IS AN EXISTENCE PROOF 600 00:39:55,256 --> 00:39:56,256 THAT THESE PARTNERSHIPS CAN WORK IN A VERY LARGE SCALE. 601 00:39:56,256 --> 00:39:57,256 IN MY PAST LIFE IN NASA HAD MANY, MANY YEARS OF WORKING ON 602 00:39:57,256 --> 00:39:58,256 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND REALLY DEMONSTRATES HOW MUCH 603 00:39:58,256 --> 00:39:59,256 WE CAN DO. IN THIS CASE THIS IS A STEP 604 00:39:59,256 --> 00:40:00,256 FORWARD FOR NASA AND ESA. ESA IS ABSOLUTELY IN THE 605 00:40:00,256 --> 00:40:01,256 CRITICAL PATH. IT IS A COMPLEX INTEGRATION OF 606 00:40:01,256 --> 00:40:02,256 THE TWO PORTIONS OF THE SPACECRAFT. 607 00:40:02,256 --> 00:40:03,256 IT REALLY IS BUILDING ON THAT FOUNDATION THAT WE SET IN ISS. 608 00:40:03,256 --> 00:40:04,256 THERE ARE SOME TECHNOLOGY DEMENTRATIONS THAT WE ARE ALSO 609 00:40:04,256 --> 00:40:05,256 USING TO DEMONSTRATE ISS OR ON COMPONENTS THAT WILL BE HELPFUL 610 00:40:05,256 --> 00:40:06,256 FOR THE LONGER TERM DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACECRAFT. 611 00:40:06,256 --> 00:40:07,256 WHAT WAS QUESTION TWO? >> THE SECOND QUESTION WAS ABOUT 612 00:40:07,256 --> 00:40:08,256 MATERIAL CHALLENGES. >> MATERIALS CHALLENGES, 613 00:40:08,256 --> 00:40:09,256 EVERYTHING. I USUALLY DESCRIBE MY DAY ON THE 614 00:40:09,256 --> 00:40:10,256 INDUSTRY SIDE AS WHACK A MOLE. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING 615 00:40:10,256 --> 00:40:11,256 POPPING UP. IT'S WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO -- 616 00:40:11,256 --> 00:40:12,256 YOU ARE TRYING TO USE THE BEST MATERIALS THAT YOU CAN, THE BEST 617 00:40:12,256 --> 00:40:13,256 TECHNOLOGIES THAT YOU CAN, BUT YOU ARE ALSO HOLDING SCHEDULE 618 00:40:13,256 --> 00:40:14,256 AND COST AND TRYING TO SEE HOW ALL OF THESE PIECES COME 619 00:40:14,256 --> 00:40:15,256 TOGETHER. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING IS A 620 00:40:15,256 --> 00:40:16,256 GREAT EXAMPLE. IN A BROAD FORM IT'S NOT WELL 621 00:40:16,256 --> 00:40:17,256 UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE MATERIAL PROPERTIES TESTS 622 00:40:17,256 --> 00:40:18,256 OF SOME OF THOSE END ITEM MATERIALS. 623 00:40:18,256 --> 00:40:19,256 IF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY PRINTED ALUMINUM PART OR TITANIUM PART 624 00:40:19,256 --> 00:40:20,256 YOU DON'T HAVE THE YEARS AND YEARS OF USE OF THAT MATERIAL 625 00:40:20,256 --> 00:40:21,256 THAT TELLS YOU ITS STRENGTH, ELASTICITY AND ALL OF THE THINGS 626 00:40:21,256 --> 00:40:22,256 THAT OUR DESIGNERS REALLY RELY ON TO BUILD A SAFE DESIGN. 627 00:40:22,256 --> 00:40:23,256 THAT HAS TO BE DEVELOPED ALONG THE WAY AS YOU GO ON THE 628 00:40:23,256 --> 00:40:24,256 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ON THE PHONE? 629 00:40:24,256 --> 00:40:25,256 NO. ONE UP FRONT. 630 00:40:25,256 --> 00:40:26,256 GENTLEMAN. >> I'M A VOLUNTEER NASA SOLAR 631 00:40:26,256 --> 00:40:27,256 SYSTEM AMBASSADOR. I BLOG AND A MEMBER OF THE 632 00:40:27,256 --> 00:40:28,256 ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. HOW ARE YOU HANDLING THE 633 00:40:28,256 --> 00:40:29,256 RADIATION ENVIRONMENT LIKE COSMIC RAYS WHEN IT COMES TO 634 00:40:29,256 --> 00:40:30,256 LONG TERM JOURNEYS TO MARS? >> SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS. 635 00:40:30,256 --> 00:40:31,256 FIRST OF ALL, AND YOU ARE RIGHT, RADIATION WHEN WE LEAVE THE 636 00:40:31,256 --> 00:40:32,256 PROTECTIVE REGION AROUND THE EARTH BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING. 637 00:40:32,256 --> 00:40:33,256 SO ALL OF OUR COMPONENTS HAVE TO BE RADIATION HARDENED. 638 00:40:33,256 --> 00:40:34,256 WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE CREW. 639 00:40:34,256 --> 00:40:35,256 ONE OF THE SPECIAL FEATURES TO TAKE CARE OF THE HUMAN BEINGS, 640 00:40:35,256 --> 00:40:36,256 ONE OF THE SPECIAL FEATURES WE ARE BUILDING INTO ORION IS 641 00:40:36,256 --> 00:40:37,256 BUILDING PLACES THAT CAN PROTECT THE ASTRONAUTS, CREW FROM 642 00:40:37,256 --> 00:40:38,256 RADIATION SHOULD WE HAVE A SOLAR FLARE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 643 00:40:38,256 --> 00:40:39,256 WE DO IT SINCE MASS AND WEIGHT IS SO IMPORTANT WE CAN'T BUILD 644 00:40:39,256 --> 00:40:40,256 UNIQUE STRUCTURES. WE DESIGN THE LAYOUT TO PROVIDE 645 00:40:40,256 --> 00:40:41,256 CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THE CREW CAN HIDE FROM THE RADIATION AND 646 00:40:41,256 --> 00:40:42,256 PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE RADIATION. 647 00:40:42,256 --> 00:40:43,256 SO THE HUMAN BEINGS. >> AND I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY 648 00:40:43,256 --> 00:40:44,256 ENGINEERS PLAY CURBAL SPACE PROGRAMS? 649 00:40:44,256 --> 00:40:45,256 >> I HAVE HEARD IT DESCRIBED SO I CAN SAY MORE THAN ZERO. 650 00:40:45,256 --> 00:40:46,256 DO I UNDERSTAND IT? NOT A CLUE. 651 00:40:46,256 --> 00:40:47,256 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THEN THIS CONCLUDES THE QUESTION 652 00:40:47,256 --> 00:40:48,256 AND ANSWER PORTION OF OUR PROGRAM. 653 00:40:48,256 --> 00:40:49,256 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PANEL MEMBERS FOR JOINING US TODAY AND 654 00:40:49,256 --> 00:40:50,256 TO TRAVEL MEMBER MILES AND I THINK A ROUPD OF APPLAUSE IS IN 655 00:40:50,256 --> 00:40:51,256 ORDER FOR THEM. [ APPLAUSE ] 656 00:40:51,256 --> 00:40:52,256 OUR PANEL MEMBERS WILL DEPART THE STAGE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE 657 00:40:52,256 --> 00:40:53,256 FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 658 00:40:53,256 --> 00:40:54,256 OVER BY THE NASA MEAT BALL ON THE WALL. 659 00:40:54,256 --> 00:40:55,256 AND FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN 660 00:40:55,256 --> 00:40:56,256 TOURING THE SPACE POWER FACILITY IF YOU CAN PROCEED DOWN THE 661 00:40:56,256 --> 00:40:57,256 CENTER AISLE YOU WILL BE MET BY SPACE POWER FACILITY PERSONNEL 662 00:40:57,256 --> 00:40:58,256 WHO BEGIN YOUR TOURS. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PROGRAM.