1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:05,200 >>> GOOD AFTERNOON. 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:08,760 THIS IS IS THE PRELAUNCH NEWS CONFERENCE FOR CRS-8. 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:18,650 THE MISSION TO BE LAUNCHED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT 4:43 P.M. 4 00:00:18,650 --> 00:00:20,950 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 5 00:00:20,950 --> 00:00:26,300 HERE TO DISCUSS THE UPCOMING LAUNCH AND THE MISSION IS KIRK 6 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:29,640 SHIREMAN, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROGRAM MANAGER 7 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,590 FROM NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 8 00:00:32,590 --> 00:00:36,540 HANS KOENIGSMANN, THE VICE-PRESIDENT OF FLIGHT 9 00:00:36,540 --> 00:00:41,120 RELIABILITY FOR SPACEX. 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:51,050 KIRT COSTELLO AT NASA'S SPACE CENTER AND KATHY WINTERS, LAUNCH 11 00:00:51,050 --> 00:00:54,320 WEATHER OFFICER FOR THE 45th WEATHER SQUADRON. 12 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:58,469 WE'LL BEGIN FIRST WITH KIRK SHIREMAN. 13 00:00:58,469 --> 00:00:59,950 >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 14 00:00:59,950 --> 00:01:01,830 IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK HERE IN FLORIDA. 15 00:01:01,830 --> 00:01:07,490 I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LAUNCH TOMORROW AFTERNOON. 16 00:01:07,490 --> 00:01:10,130 THIS VEHICLE, DRAGON VEHICLE, IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE 17 00:01:10,130 --> 00:01:11,130 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 18 00:01:11,130 --> 00:01:14,939 IT BRINGS SOME VERY UNIQUE CAPABILITIES TO ISS THAT ARE 19 00:01:14,939 --> 00:01:15,939 IMPORTANT. 20 00:01:15,939 --> 00:01:19,609 IT HAS AN EXTERNAL CARGO CAPABILITY WHICH IS IMPORTANT 21 00:01:19,609 --> 00:01:24,700 AND AS YOU KNOW WILL BE LAUNCHED ON THE BIGELOW EXPANDABLE MODULE 22 00:01:24,700 --> 00:01:27,590 ON THIS FLIGHT SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT 23 00:01:27,590 --> 00:01:29,850 ON BOARD ISS. 24 00:01:29,850 --> 00:01:33,380 ANOTHER KEY FEATURE THAT THIS VEHICLE BRINGS IS THE ABILITY TO 25 00:01:33,380 --> 00:01:34,380 RETURN CARGO. 26 00:01:34,380 --> 00:01:37,439 NOT ONLY WILL WE BE CARRYING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CARGO TO THE 27 00:01:37,439 --> 00:01:40,399 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BUT WE BRING DOWN CRITICAL SCIENCE 28 00:01:40,399 --> 00:01:47,149 SAMPLES AS WELL AS FAILED HARDWARE FROM THE ISS AS WELL AS 29 00:01:47,149 --> 00:01:48,450 REMOVING SOME TRASH. 30 00:01:48,450 --> 00:01:51,049 SO THE ABILITY TO BRING THAT CARGO BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND 31 00:01:51,049 --> 00:01:55,610 AND GET THOSE RESULTS AND THAT HARDWARE SO WE CAN REPAIR IT IS 32 00:01:55,610 --> 00:02:00,799 REALLY A KEY CAPABILITY IN ALLOWING ISS TO CONTINUE ITS 33 00:02:00,799 --> 00:02:04,999 FUNCTION AS AN OUTSTANDING, ONE OF A KIND RESEARCH LABORATORY IN 34 00:02:04,999 --> 00:02:10,429 SPACE. 35 00:02:10,429 --> 00:02:14,099 THIS WEEK, THIS LAUNCH REALLY CULMINATES A VERY BUSY SEASON ON 36 00:02:14,099 --> 00:02:15,319 BOARD ISS. 37 00:02:15,319 --> 00:02:19,599 THERE'S SOME UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT THIS ONE. 38 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:23,290 WHEN DRAGON GETS ON BOARD, WE'LL HAVE THE FIRST TIME EVER TWO 39 00:02:23,290 --> 00:02:28,470 USOS VISITING VEHICLES AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AT A 40 00:02:28,470 --> 00:02:34,770 SINGLE TIME, THE FIRST OF MANY I HOPE. 41 00:02:34,770 --> 00:02:37,680 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 42 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,500 ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS FROM AN ORBIT OPERATIONS POINT OF 43 00:02:40,500 --> 00:02:44,250 VIEW THOUGH IS THE FACT THAT THIS WILL BRING TO A CLOSE A 44 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:47,290 VERY BUSY SEASON OF VISITING VEHICLES. 45 00:02:47,290 --> 00:02:52,160 WHEN DRAGON ARRIVES ON SUNDAY MORNING, IT WILL CLOSE A PERIOD 46 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:55,880 OF FOUR VISITING VEHICLES IN FOUR CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, SO WE 47 00:02:55,880 --> 00:03:04,189 HAD THE SOYUZ LAUNCH, THE CYGNUS AND NOW THE DRAGON LAUNCH. 48 00:03:04,189 --> 00:03:07,440 A VERY BUSY TIME ON ORBIT. 49 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:11,250 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 50 00:03:11,250 --> 00:03:13,269 THE CONSUMABLES ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 51 00:03:13,269 --> 00:03:15,329 BECAUSE OF THE VISITING VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE ARE ACTUALLY IN 52 00:03:15,329 --> 00:03:16,379 GREAT SHAPE. 53 00:03:16,379 --> 00:03:20,989 A VERY ROBUST SHAPE, AND IN FACT THE BEST SHAPE SINCE WE'VE HAD 54 00:03:20,989 --> 00:03:25,920 THE DISRUPTION IN OUR SUPPLY CHAIN HERE LAST YEAR. 55 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:30,859 SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A VERY REGULAR SUPPLY CHAIN, NOT 56 00:03:30,859 --> 00:03:33,310 ONLY FROM A CONSUMABLES STANDPOINT BUT EVEN MORE 57 00:03:33,310 --> 00:03:36,400 IMPORTANTLY FROM A STANDPOINT OF RESEARCH AND UTILIZATION. 58 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:40,690 IN ORDER TO DO THE RESEARCH THAT WE DO ON ISS, IT'S CRITICAL THAT 59 00:03:40,690 --> 00:03:44,250 WE HAVE A CONSTANT SUPPLY CHAIN COMING UP AND COMING BACK DOWN. 60 00:03:44,250 --> 00:03:47,749 SO AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FLIGHT TO SET THE TONE 61 00:03:47,749 --> 00:03:53,609 AND GET US BACK INTO FLYING ON A REGULAR PACE. 62 00:03:53,609 --> 00:03:58,700 FINALLY, THE ON ORBIT ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED COMING UP, 63 00:03:58,700 --> 00:04:02,819 OF COURSE THIS WEEK ACTUALLY MARKS THE†-- I SHOULD SAY NEXT 64 00:04:02,819 --> 00:04:05,599 WEEK ACTUALLY MARKS THE SECOND BIGGEST WEEK IN TERMS OF CREW 65 00:04:05,599 --> 00:04:09,239 TIME FOR UTILIZATION THAT WE WILL HAVE HAD. 66 00:04:09,239 --> 00:04:12,540 IT'S REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH BRINGING UP THE EXPERIMENTS HERE 67 00:04:12,540 --> 00:04:13,870 ON SPACEX. 68 00:04:13,870 --> 00:04:16,650 SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SETTING NEW RECORDS AS WE GO 69 00:04:16,650 --> 00:04:19,930 FORWARD IN TERMS OF CREW TIME USED FOR UTILIZATION. 70 00:04:19,930 --> 00:04:24,370 WITH THAT I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU. 71 00:04:24,370 --> 00:04:25,990 >> THANK YOU, KIRK. 72 00:04:25,990 --> 00:04:29,940 NOW TO HANS KOENIGSMANN, THE VICE-PRESIDENT FOR SPACEX. 73 00:04:29,940 --> 00:04:30,950 >> THANK YOU. 74 00:04:30,950 --> 00:04:36,780 I'M GLAD TO BE BACK IN FLORIDA ON CRS-8 LAUNCHES. 75 00:04:36,780 --> 00:04:42,360 THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST LAUNCH WITH CRS 76 00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:44,240 ON AN UPGRADED VEHICLE. 77 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,470 I DO HAVE TO POINT OUT THE VEHICLE ITSELF HAS FLOWN BEFORE. 78 00:04:48,470 --> 00:04:57,780 WE HAD TWO SUCCESSFUL LAUNCHES, ONE IN DECEMBER AND ONE IN 79 00:04:57,780 --> 00:05:01,000 MARCH, EARLY MARCH. 80 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,510 SO WE KNOW THE VEHICLE VERY WELL. 81 00:05:03,510 --> 00:05:07,430 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'LL LAUNCH A DRAGON ON THIS 82 00:05:07,430 --> 00:05:11,640 PARTICULAR VEHICLE. 83 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:16,760 IT IS A TRAJECTORY LIKE THE PREVIOUS LAUNCHES GOING INTO 200 84 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:21,340 BY 360 KILOMETER ORBIT THAT'S UNDER THE SPACE STATION, 85 00:05:21,340 --> 00:05:22,660 OBVIOUSLY THE SAME. 86 00:05:22,660 --> 00:05:28,500 DRAGON WILL BE DEPLOYED AND WORK ITS WAY UP TO THE STATION WITHIN 87 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:32,550 THE NEXT TWO DAYS AROUND ABOUT. 88 00:05:32,550 --> 00:05:38,530 THE FIRST STAGE LANDING IS GOING TO COME BACK PARTIALLY. 89 00:05:38,530 --> 00:05:45,750 IN OTHER WORDS, THE DRONE SHIP IS KIND OF LIKE WHERE THE FLASH 90 00:05:45,750 --> 00:05:47,900 POINT WOULD BE. 91 00:05:47,900 --> 00:05:51,540 AND I CERTAINLY HOPE WE'RE GOING TO NAIL THE LANDING THIS TIME. 92 00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:56,660 ON THE DRAGON FRONT, AS KIRK POINTED OUT, THE DRAGON IS 93 00:05:56,660 --> 00:05:57,660 PRETTY FULL. 94 00:05:57,660 --> 00:06:02,640 IT'S 3800 POUNDS IN THE PRESSURE SECTION FULL OF SCIENCE AND 95 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,380 CARGO FOR THE SPACE STATION. 96 00:06:05,380 --> 00:06:10,510 THEN IN THE TRUNK SECTION, THE UNPRESSURIZED PART OF DRAGON IS 97 00:06:10,510 --> 00:06:16,670 GOING TO BE†-- THE EXPERIMENT IS CALLED BEAM, BIGELOW, EXPENDABLE 98 00:06:16,670 --> 00:06:18,150 ACTIVITY MODULE. 99 00:06:18,150 --> 00:06:23,650 IT'S A MINI INFLATABLE SPACE STATION WHICH I THINK IS VERY 100 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:24,650 EXCITING. 101 00:06:24,650 --> 00:06:28,060 I'M REALLY GLAD THAT ANOTHER COMMERCIAL COMPANY IS DOING 102 00:06:28,060 --> 00:06:32,780 EXPERIMENTS WITH†-- GOING TO SPACE AND I THINK THIS 103 00:06:32,780 --> 00:06:37,470 PARTICULAR EXPERIMENT HAS GREAT POTENTIAL FOR BUILDING NEW SPACE 104 00:06:37,470 --> 00:06:41,081 STATION EXTENDING THE CURRENT SPACE STATION AND SO ON AND SO 105 00:06:41,081 --> 00:06:42,081 FORTH. 106 00:06:42,081 --> 00:06:43,800 IT'S A REALLY EXCITING EXPERIMENT. 107 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:48,380 WE JUST COMPLETED A STATIC FIRE YESTERDAY. 108 00:06:48,380 --> 00:06:51,070 IT'S DONE VERY WELL. 109 00:06:51,070 --> 00:06:56,330 WE JUST HAD OUR LAUNCH RANGE OF VIEW AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO 110 00:06:56,330 --> 00:06:59,280 GO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SO THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. 111 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:03,650 I DO WANT TO POINT OUT LOTS OF PEOPLE WORK ON THIS. 112 00:07:03,650 --> 00:07:08,450 FOR US IT'S THE CREW HERE AND AT THE CAPE THAT, YOU KNOW, PERFORM 113 00:07:08,450 --> 00:07:13,410 MARVELOUS AND THUS BASICALLY THE VEHICLE INTEGRATION AND TROUBLE 114 00:07:13,410 --> 00:07:18,710 SHOOTING AND THE STATIC FIRE AND THE LAUNCH SO SHOUTOUT TO THAT 115 00:07:18,710 --> 00:07:19,710 TEAM. 116 00:07:19,710 --> 00:07:22,510 ALSO THE TEXAS CREW THAT DELIVERS THE VEHICLE THAT'S BEEN 117 00:07:22,510 --> 00:07:25,730 VERY WELL TESTED AND READY TO LAUNCH. 118 00:07:25,730 --> 00:07:28,520 THEN AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK OUR 119 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:32,520 PARTNER, NASA, AND ALSO THE FAA AND THE 45th SPACE WING FOR 120 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:33,960 THEIR SUPPORT. 121 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:36,130 >> THANK YOU, HANS. 122 00:07:36,130 --> 00:07:39,860 NOW TO KIRT COSTELLO, THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 123 00:07:39,860 --> 00:07:43,650 PROGRAM SCIENCE OFFICE AT NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 124 00:07:43,650 --> 00:07:44,820 KIRT? 125 00:07:44,820 --> 00:07:45,990 >> THANKS. 126 00:07:45,990 --> 00:07:50,090 AS KIRK POINTED OUT EARLIER, THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF CARGO 127 00:07:50,090 --> 00:07:53,570 AND PARTICULARLY UTILIZATION COMING UP TO THE SPACE STATION 128 00:07:53,570 --> 00:07:57,620 ON THE SPACEX DRAGON CRS-8 MISSION AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED 129 00:07:57,620 --> 00:08:00,090 TO HAVE THAT CAPABILITY THERE. 130 00:08:00,090 --> 00:08:04,670 WE HAVE OVER 4300 POUNDS OF UTILIZATION CARGO FLYING TO 131 00:08:04,670 --> 00:08:09,510 STATION. 3100 POUNDS OF THAT IS THE B 132 00:08:09,510 --> 00:08:11,010 MODULE. 133 00:08:11,010 --> 00:08:15,340 VERY IMPORTANTLY, THE SPACEX GIVES US THE RETURN CAPABILITY 134 00:08:15,340 --> 00:08:19,360 WE NEED TO GET SAMPLES OFF OF SPACE STATION, SAMPLES THAT HAVE 135 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:23,650 BEEN COLLECTING AND CONTAIN THE REMAINDER OF THE ONE-YEAR 136 00:08:23,650 --> 00:08:28,320 MISSION SAMPLES THAT SCOTT KELLY JUST COMPLETED ON ORBIT. 137 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,860 WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THOSE BACK AND BEGIN THE ANALYSIS FOR 138 00:08:31,860 --> 00:08:34,140 THOSE SAMPLES. 139 00:08:34,140 --> 00:08:37,450 TO START OFF WITH, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE 140 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:41,120 INVESTIGATIONS, THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT SPACEX, THE NATIONAL 141 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:45,500 LAB AND NASA WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GET MANIFESTED AND 142 00:08:45,500 --> 00:08:50,450 REFLY AS THEY WERE INVESTIGATES THAT WERE LOST ON THE SPACEX 7 143 00:08:50,450 --> 00:08:52,320 AND ORB THREE MISSIONS. 144 00:08:52,320 --> 00:08:59,630 WE HAVE MICRO CHANNEL DIFFUSION WHICH WILL BE FLYING A 145 00:08:59,630 --> 00:09:05,590 FUNDAMENTAL FLUID PHYSIC, NANO PARTICLE DELIVERY SYSTEM TO 146 00:09:05,590 --> 00:09:11,450 EXAMINE THE FLUID PHYSICS OF HOW DRUG IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEMS 147 00:09:11,450 --> 00:09:14,210 CAN BE USED IN MICROGRAVITY. 148 00:09:14,210 --> 00:09:18,210 WET LAB TWO, JULIA SHOENFELD. 149 00:09:18,210 --> 00:09:23,670 THIS IS A DNA/RNA AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM AND A SAMPLE ANALYSIS 150 00:09:23,670 --> 00:09:27,830 SYSTEM THAT REDUCES THE OVERALL CREW TIME ASSOCIATED WITH THESE 151 00:09:27,830 --> 00:09:34,280 AND ALSO RELIES ON QPCR TO BE ABLE TO DO GENE EXPRESSION 152 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,500 ANALYSIS. 153 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:38,780 WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT ON BOARD. 154 00:09:38,780 --> 00:09:43,170 LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ONE OF OUR STUDENT INVESTIGATIONS FROM THE 155 00:09:43,170 --> 00:09:46,550 NATIONAL CENTER FOR EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION, IS 156 00:09:46,550 --> 00:09:51,090 FLYING†-- IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED ON ORB THREE. 157 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:54,860 IT WAS ALSO ON ORB SEVEN AND NOW WE FINALLY GET TO LAUNCH IT ON 158 00:09:54,860 --> 00:09:56,030 SPACEX 8. 159 00:09:56,030 --> 00:10:00,320 WE'RE VERY HAPPY THEY'LL BE FLYING WITH US, AND THEY'RE 160 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:05,520 DOING AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE FORMATION OF TIN WHISKERS ON NON 161 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,530 LED-BASED SOLDERS IN SPACE. 162 00:10:09,530 --> 00:10:13,610 WE'LL BE INTERESTED IN THEM GETTING THEIR INVESTIGATION 163 00:10:13,610 --> 00:10:14,610 BACK. 164 00:10:14,610 --> 00:10:19,230 THOSE ARE THE STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOLARS ACADEMY IN SOUTH 165 00:10:19,230 --> 00:10:20,230 CAROLINA. 166 00:10:20,230 --> 00:10:24,250 WE HAVE THE BEAM MODULE FLYING IN THE DRAGON TRUNK AND THAT 167 00:10:24,250 --> 00:10:26,130 WILL BE ATTACHED TO STATION. 168 00:10:26,130 --> 00:10:31,130 WHEN EXPANDED IT WILL HAVE 565 CUBIC FEET AND WE'LL BE 169 00:10:31,130 --> 00:10:34,870 OUTFITTING IT WITH FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENSORS. 170 00:10:34,870 --> 00:10:39,260 SENSORS WILL HELP US DETERMINE THE LOAD DURING DEPLOYMENT, 171 00:10:39,260 --> 00:10:45,180 RADIATION SENSORS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS AND DISTRIBUTED IMPACT 172 00:10:45,180 --> 00:10:57,070 SENSORS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MICRO METEOROIDS MIGHT EFFECT IT. 173 00:10:57,070 --> 00:11:02,180 IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES INVOLVED IN THE SPACEX 174 00:11:02,180 --> 00:11:06,690 8, CARGO MANIFEST, WE'LL BRINGING NEW COMMERCIAL 175 00:11:06,690 --> 00:11:08,560 COMPANIES THROUGH THE NATIONAL LAB. 176 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:12,750 WE'RE BRINGING RESEARCH LINES THAT ARE VERY CRITICAL TO THE 177 00:11:12,750 --> 00:11:14,110 SPACE STATION. 178 00:11:14,110 --> 00:11:18,340 PHILOSOPHY SUCH AS RODENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATED WITH ELI 179 00:11:18,340 --> 00:11:19,460 LILY. 180 00:11:19,460 --> 00:11:20,570 DR. 181 00:11:20,570 --> 00:11:24,740 ROSEMAN SMITH WILL BE LOOKING AT MYOSTATIN ANTIBODIES 182 00:11:24,740 --> 00:11:28,310 AND HOW THEY CAN REDUCE MUSCLE WASTING THAT OCCURS IN THE 183 00:11:28,310 --> 00:11:35,520 MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT AND HOW THAT MAY HELP THE SKELETAL LOSS 184 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:39,620 OF BONE THAT OCCURS IN THOSE SITUATIONS. 185 00:11:39,620 --> 00:11:44,820 THEY'LL ALSO BE DOING PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION EXPERIMENTS BY 186 00:11:44,820 --> 00:11:51,850 ELI LILY AND THESE INVOLVE SOME NEW PARTNERS IN TERMS OF THE 187 00:11:51,850 --> 00:11:56,250 PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION CARDS THAT WE'LL BE FLYING. 188 00:11:56,250 --> 00:12:02,160 THE CARDS THEMSELVES ARE CALLED THE MIGHTY JEN PLATES AND 189 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:07,080 THEY'RE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE PLATES AND HOPEFULLY WILL OFFER 190 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,900 A BETTER, MORE COMMERCIAL ACCESS TO PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION 191 00:12:11,900 --> 00:12:14,150 FACILITIES ON BOARD THE STATION. 192 00:12:14,150 --> 00:12:17,250 THEY'LL BE LOOKING PARTICULARLY AT HOW SOME OF THE MEMBRANE 193 00:12:17,250 --> 00:12:21,770 PROTEINS ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN CANCER LINES, WHEN GROWN IN THE 194 00:12:21,770 --> 00:12:25,730 PRESENCE OF MEDICALLY RELEVANT MOLECULES, CRYSTALLIZE AND 195 00:12:25,730 --> 00:12:28,980 HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND AND GET 196 00:12:28,980 --> 00:12:34,690 BETTER DEFRACTION MAPS OF THOSE PROTEINS. 197 00:12:34,690 --> 00:12:38,310 WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER STUDENT COMPETITION THAT IS FLYING THIS 198 00:12:38,310 --> 00:12:42,580 TIME, THE BOEING COMPANY SPONSORED THE GENES IN SPACE 199 00:12:42,580 --> 00:12:43,710 COMPETITION. 200 00:12:43,710 --> 00:12:47,100 THE FIRST WINNER FROM THAT COMPETITION WILL BE FLYING. 201 00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:50,950 HOPEFULLY YOU SAW HER EARLIER TODAY IN THE WHAT'S ON BOARD 202 00:12:50,950 --> 00:12:52,770 SECTION THAT WE HAD. 203 00:12:52,770 --> 00:13:00,450 ANNA SOPHIA IS FLYING HER EXPERIMENT. 204 00:13:00,450 --> 00:13:03,010 IT'S A TWO-PHASE INVESTIGATION THAT WE'LL BE DOING. 205 00:13:03,010 --> 00:13:06,320 FIRST WE'LL BE TRYING TO VALIDATE SOME HARDWARE AND MINI 206 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:12,390 PCR SYSTEM THAT DOES CHANGE REACTIONS FOR GENETIC ACCESS ON 207 00:13:12,390 --> 00:13:13,390 BOARD. 208 00:13:13,390 --> 00:13:17,930 ONCE THAT'S VALIDATED SHE'LL BE LOOKING INTO HER HYPOTHESIS IS 209 00:13:17,930 --> 00:13:25,450 THAT EPI GENETIC CHANGES CAN BE TRACKED ON BOARD USING THIS 210 00:13:25,450 --> 00:13:26,450 DEVICE. 211 00:13:26,450 --> 00:13:29,560 WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER AND SHE'S AN EXCELLENT PRESENTER 212 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:32,779 AND WE HAD HER HERE EARLIER TODAY. 213 00:13:32,779 --> 00:13:36,300 LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF OTHER BIOLOGICAL 214 00:13:36,300 --> 00:13:38,190 INVESTIGATIONS GOING ON. 215 00:13:38,190 --> 00:13:39,540 THE VEGO 3 EXPERIMENT. 216 00:13:39,540 --> 00:13:43,800 WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN GROW NEW PLANTS ON BOARD AND 217 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:46,010 HELP US IN OUR JOURNEY TO MARS. 218 00:13:46,010 --> 00:13:49,770 WE'LL LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT HOW TO GROW A CHINESE CABBAGE 219 00:13:49,770 --> 00:13:51,600 VARIANT. 220 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:56,760 MICRO NINE AND MICRO TEN ARE BOTH MICROBIOLOGY EXPERIMENTS. 221 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,550 ONE IS A YEAST COLONY SURVIVAL EXPERIMENT AND THE OTHER IS 222 00:14:00,550 --> 00:14:11,120 USING A CERTAIN TYPE OF FUNGI TO GROW A SECONDARY MET TAB LIGHT 223 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:17,420 THAT CAN POSSIBLY BE USED FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DRUGS. 224 00:14:17,420 --> 00:14:22,240 FINALLY, MICROBIAL OBSERVATORY ONE IS COMPLETING ITS 225 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:26,040 INVESTIGATION WITH THIS SPACEX 8 LAUNCH AND RETURN, AND WE'LL BE 226 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:32,350 BRINGING BACK SAMPLES OF THE MICROBIAL CONTENTS OF THE SPACE 227 00:14:32,350 --> 00:14:35,430 STATION AND ANALYZING THE CHANGE OVER TIME. 228 00:14:38,890 --> 00:14:37,160 THANK YOU. 229 00:14:38,890 --> 00:14:44,920 A LOOK NOW AT THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 230 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:46,100 KATHY WINTERS. 231 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:50,550 >> THE WEATHER LOOKS GREAT FOR LAUNCH. 232 00:14:50,550 --> 00:14:52,779 IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL DAY BOTH FOR LAUNCHING 233 00:14:52,779 --> 00:14:55,160 AND ALSO FOR VIEWING A LAUNCH. 234 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:57,970 WE DO HAVE JUST A FRONT THAT'S ROLLING THROUGH TODAY, BUT 235 00:14:57,970 --> 00:15:04,029 TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BREEZY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. 236 00:15:04,029 --> 00:15:06,460 TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 70s SO IT WILL BE A GREAT DAY TO 237 00:15:06,460 --> 00:15:07,779 LAUNCH A ROCKET. 238 00:15:07,779 --> 00:15:09,800 LET'S LOOK AT THE SATELLITE PICTURE. 239 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:13,220 YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD A FRONT ROLL THROUGH. 240 00:15:13,220 --> 00:15:15,290 IT'S ROLLING THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA TODAY. 241 00:15:15,290 --> 00:15:17,940 THERE WERE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE AREA THIS MORNING BUT 242 00:15:17,940 --> 00:15:20,440 THEY'RE PUSHING OFF TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. 243 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:22,450 BEHIND THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ANOTHER PUSH OF COLD 244 00:15:22,450 --> 00:15:25,640 AIR THAT COMES IN TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE 245 00:15:25,640 --> 00:15:28,660 VERY DRY WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FOR LAUNCH. 246 00:15:28,660 --> 00:15:31,260 SO JUST A LITTLE BREEZY OUT THERE AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES. 247 00:15:31,260 --> 00:15:35,750 LOOKING AT OUR LAUNCH FORECAST YOU CAN SEE THAT WE DO HAVE JUST 248 00:15:35,750 --> 00:15:38,220 WINDS EXPECTED TO BE FROM THE WEST, AGAIN A LITTLE BREEZY, 249 00:15:38,220 --> 00:15:39,970 GUSTING UP TO 20 MILE PER HOUR. 250 00:15:39,970 --> 00:15:43,490 THE TEMPERATURE WILL BE AROUND 75 DEGREES AT THE LAUNCH PAD AND 251 00:15:43,490 --> 00:15:47,860 ABOUT A 20% CLOUD COVER IN THE AREA, SO AGAIN, A GREAT DAY TO 252 00:15:47,860 --> 00:15:49,649 VIEW A LAUNCH AS WELL. 253 00:15:49,649 --> 00:15:52,959 WE ONLY HAVE A 10% CHANCE OF LAUNCH CONSTRAINTS ONLY DUE TO 254 00:15:52,959 --> 00:15:53,959 LIFTOFF WINDS. 255 00:15:53,959 --> 00:15:56,390 WE AREN'T CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLATING ANY OF THE LAUNCH 256 00:15:56,390 --> 00:15:58,190 CRITERIA. 257 00:15:58,190 --> 00:16:01,649 IF WE HAPPEN TO DELAY 24 HOURS, THE WEATHER LOOKS GREAT THIS 258 00:16:01,649 --> 00:16:03,770 WEEKEND TO LAUNCH A ROCKET. 259 00:16:03,770 --> 00:16:08,350 THE WIND IS ABOUT 18 MILES PER HOUR WITH TEMPERATURES A LITTLE 260 00:16:08,350 --> 00:16:13,970 COOLER, 70 DEGREES AND CLOUD PERCENTAGE INCREASING JUST 261 00:16:13,970 --> 00:16:16,140 SLIGHTLY TO A 30% CHANCE BUT THEY'LL BE VERY THIN. 262 00:16:16,140 --> 00:16:18,779 WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT WITH 263 00:16:18,779 --> 00:16:20,029 CLOUDS. 264 00:16:20,029 --> 00:16:24,360 WE HAVE A 10% CHANCE OF VIOLATING LAUNCH CRITERIA DUE TO 265 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:28,600 WEATHER AND THAT IS THE ONLY CONCERN IS A CUMULUS CLOUD RULE 266 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:29,920 FOR SATURDAY. 267 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,060 OVERALL IT'S A GREAT DAY TO LAUNCH. 268 00:16:32,060 --> 00:16:35,450 THE LAUNCH WEATHER OFFICER IS GOING TO BE CAPTAIN LAURA GADOY 269 00:16:35,450 --> 00:16:40,220 AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AS A TEAM. 270 00:16:40,220 --> 00:16:42,140 >> THANK YOU, KATHY. 271 00:16:42,140 --> 00:16:44,140 WE'RE READY NOW TO TAKE QUESTIONS. 272 00:16:44,140 --> 00:16:47,000 SO PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION WHEN THE MICROPHONE 273 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,000 COMES TO YOU. 274 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,690 WE'LL START HERE IN THE ROOM AND THEN WE'LL GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA. 275 00:16:51,690 --> 00:16:52,810 MARCIA? 276 00:16:52,810 --> 00:16:55,950 >> MARCIA DENNIS, ASSOCIATED PRESS. 277 00:16:55,950 --> 00:16:56,950 TWO QUICK QUESTIONS. 278 00:16:56,950 --> 00:16:57,950 FIRST FOR KIRK SHIREMAN. 279 00:16:57,950 --> 00:17:00,990 COULD YOU TOUCH ON THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 280 00:17:00,990 --> 00:17:05,020 FIRST EXPANDIBLE MODULE LAUNCHING FOR ASTRONAUT USE. 281 00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:08,589 AND FOR HANS, WHY TRY FOR A DRONE SHIP? 282 00:17:08,589 --> 00:17:16,360 WHY NOT JUST COME BACK TO THE LOAD LANDING? 283 00:17:16,360 --> 00:17:20,110 >> WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT†-- WE AND I SAY WE, NASA BUT REALLY 284 00:17:20,110 --> 00:17:24,059 THE SPACE WORLD HAS BEEN LOOKING AT EXPANDIBLES FOR QUITE SOME 285 00:17:24,059 --> 00:17:25,539 TIME. 286 00:17:25,539 --> 00:17:27,929 EARLY ON IN THE SPACE STATION PROGRAM BACK IN THE '90s WE 287 00:17:27,929 --> 00:17:30,309 STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT. 288 00:17:30,309 --> 00:17:31,549 YOU CAN LAUNCH IT. 289 00:17:31,549 --> 00:17:35,039 THE TWO BIG ISSUES WITH LAUNCHING TO LOWER ORBIT ARE 290 00:17:35,039 --> 00:17:38,179 MASS BUT PROBABLY EVEN MORE SO THAN MASS IS VOLUME. 291 00:17:38,179 --> 00:17:42,480 HOW CAN YOU PACKAGE SOMETHING IN A SMALL VOLUME TO FIT INSIDE A 292 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,169 FAIRING ON A ROCKET, GET IT THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE AND HAVE 293 00:17:45,169 --> 00:17:50,019 IT EXPAND TO BE A LARGER VOLUME TO LIVE AND WORK IN? 294 00:17:50,019 --> 00:17:53,200 EXPANDIBLES IS THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. 295 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,519 IT'S REALLY GREAT TO ACTUALLY HAVE ONE FLY UP AND BE PART OF 296 00:17:56,519 --> 00:17:57,519 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 297 00:17:57,519 --> 00:18:00,140 I UNDERSTAND THAT BIGELOW HAS FLOWN A COUPLE OF THOSE IN THE 298 00:18:00,140 --> 00:18:04,420 PAST ON EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES BUT THIS WILL BE THE 299 00:18:04,420 --> 00:18:07,059 FIRST ONE WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE HUMANS INTERACTING WITH THAT 300 00:18:07,059 --> 00:18:08,940 MODULE. 301 00:18:08,940 --> 00:18:12,640 SO IT'S GREAT. 302 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:14,780 THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS SO THERE'S ALL THESE DETAILS 303 00:18:14,780 --> 00:18:19,210 ASSOCIATED WITH ACTUALLY EXPANDING A MODULE AND ACTUALLY 304 00:18:19,210 --> 00:18:20,210 USING IT. 305 00:18:20,210 --> 00:18:23,879 THE BEAUTY IS THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AND WHAT WE'LL 306 00:18:23,879 --> 00:18:25,659 BE LEARN. 307 00:18:25,659 --> 00:18:26,659 IT IS THE FUTURE. 308 00:18:26,659 --> 00:18:27,659 WE'LL BE USING THESE. 309 00:18:27,659 --> 00:18:32,169 HUMANS WILL BE USING THESE KINDS OF MODULES AS WE MOVE FURTHER 310 00:18:32,169 --> 00:18:34,970 AND FURTHER OFF THE PLANET AND ACTUALLY AS WE INHABIT LOWER 311 00:18:34,970 --> 00:18:35,970 EARTH ORBIT. 312 00:18:35,970 --> 00:18:41,570 I THINK IT IS THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP IN HUMANS GETTING OFF THE 313 00:18:41,570 --> 00:18:43,110 PLANET. 314 00:18:43,110 --> 00:18:47,879 >> THE DRONE SHIP VERSUS LAND, I PROBABLY HAVE TO EXPLAIN A 315 00:18:47,879 --> 00:18:54,550 LITTLE BIT THAT THE LANDING ON THE DRONE SHIP IS HARDER TO LAND 316 00:18:54,550 --> 00:18:58,210 BUT IT'S EASIER FOR THE ROCKET TO GET BACK TO THE SHIP. 317 00:18:58,210 --> 00:19:04,960 YOU CAN PUT THE SHIP IN ANYPLACE THAT IS SAFE AND SO OVER ALL 318 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,830 THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A TRADE. 319 00:19:07,830 --> 00:19:10,679 LANDING ON LAND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS EASIER FOR THE LANDING 320 00:19:10,679 --> 00:19:14,629 ITSELF BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE SPACE AND IT DOESN'T MOVE THAT 321 00:19:14,629 --> 00:19:15,629 MUCH. 322 00:19:15,629 --> 00:19:18,400 ON THE OTHER SIDE, FOR THE TRAJECTORY, IT'S THE HARDER PART 323 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:19,400 TO GET BACK TO LAND. 324 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,500 SO ON THIS PARTICULAR FLIGHT WE DECIDED WE WANT TO GO TO THE 325 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:27,049 DRONE SHIP AND SEE IF IT CAN GET A SUCCESSFUL LANDING ON THE 326 00:19:27,049 --> 00:19:31,980 DRONE SHIP, PARTLY ALSO BECAUSE THE NEXT FLIGHTS, NEXT TWO OR 327 00:19:31,980 --> 00:19:35,360 THREE FLIGHTS, ARE GOING TO BE DRONE SHIP LANDINGS. 328 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:38,860 THERE'S NO CHOICE THERE BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET TO LAND. 329 00:19:38,860 --> 00:19:43,509 SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REFINE OUR DRONE SHIP 330 00:19:43,509 --> 00:19:46,830 LANDING CAPABILITIES AND GET THIS DONE. 331 00:19:46,830 --> 00:19:50,299 IN THE LONG RUN THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO 332 00:19:50,299 --> 00:19:59,549 DEMONSTRATE OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO GET THE SPACE SHIP BACK. 333 00:19:59,549 --> 00:20:01,679 >> QUESTION FOR HANS. 334 00:20:01,679 --> 00:20:06,039 WHAT KIND OF CHANGES DID YOU MAKE TO THE FALCON NINE SINCE 335 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:08,951 CRS-7, THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES, AND WHAT'S YOUR 336 00:20:08,951 --> 00:20:12,679 CONFIDENCE LEVEL GOING INTO LAUNCHING THIS DRAGON SPACECRAFT 337 00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:16,759 WITH THAT ROCKET FOR THE FIRST TIME? 338 00:20:16,759 --> 00:20:24,830 >> FOLLOWING CRS-7 WE MADE A CHANGE INSIDE THE TANK. 339 00:20:24,830 --> 00:20:27,830 I'M ACTUALLY VERY CONFIDENT THAT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM THAT 340 00:20:27,830 --> 00:20:31,940 ADDRESSED EVERYTHING SINCE WE LAUNCHED TWICE†-- TECHNICALLY 341 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:33,980 THREE TIMES. 342 00:20:33,980 --> 00:20:41,320 AFTER THAT CHANGE WAS MADE, THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP. 343 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:45,870 MINOR CHANGES ON THE NUTS AND BOLTS LEVEL, BUT THAT IS 344 00:20:45,870 --> 00:20:48,860 BASICALLY ALL THE CHANGES WE DID. 345 00:20:48,860 --> 00:20:53,340 NOW, YOU DO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE CRS-7 WAS WHAT WE CALL THE 346 00:20:53,340 --> 00:20:54,460 1.1 VERSION. 347 00:20:54,460 --> 00:20:59,070 THIS IS THE UPGRADED VERSION SO THERE ARE ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS 348 00:20:59,070 --> 00:21:06,030 A BLOCK UPGRADE AND THAT'S HIGHER THRUST. 349 00:21:06,030 --> 00:21:10,220 THE VEHICLE IS SLIGHTLY, A COUPLE FEET LONGER THAN THE 1.1 350 00:21:10,220 --> 00:21:11,220 VERSION. 351 00:21:11,220 --> 00:21:17,269 SO THERE'S TWO REASONS TO MAKE CHANGES HERE BASICALLY AND THOSE 352 00:21:17,269 --> 00:21:18,499 ARE COMBINED. 353 00:21:18,499 --> 00:21:19,629 >> BILL? 354 00:21:19,629 --> 00:21:21,889 >> BILL HARWOOD. 355 00:21:21,889 --> 00:21:26,220 HANS, A REALLY QUICK QUESTION. 356 00:21:26,220 --> 00:21:28,490 THE UPGRADED ROCKET, IS THAT ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO FROM HERE ON 357 00:21:28,490 --> 00:21:31,220 IN FOR THE FALCON OR DO YOU STILL PLAN TO FLY THE 1.1 358 00:21:31,220 --> 00:21:32,220 VARIANT? 359 00:21:32,220 --> 00:21:33,220 >> YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. 360 00:21:33,220 --> 00:21:37,190 IT'S GOING TO BE THE UPGRADED VERSION FROM HERE ON. 361 00:21:37,190 --> 00:21:42,690 >> DOES THE DENSIFIED PROPELLENT DO ANYTHING TO HELP YOU ON THE 362 00:21:42,690 --> 00:21:45,940 CRS MISSION? 363 00:21:45,940 --> 00:21:50,669 >> IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, A COUPLE PERCENT BASICALLY IN TERMS OF 364 00:21:50,669 --> 00:21:54,739 PAYLOAD CAPABILITY OR PROBABILITY TO GET BACK TO LAND 365 00:21:54,739 --> 00:21:58,639 OR PROBABILITY TO GET A GOOD LANDING ON THE DRONE SHIP. 366 00:21:58,639 --> 00:22:02,830 IT BASICALLY MEANS YOU GET FROM THE SAME ROCKET YOU GET MORE PER 367 00:22:02,830 --> 00:22:03,830 POUND. 368 00:22:03,830 --> 00:22:05,769 IT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. 369 00:22:05,769 --> 00:22:09,200 IT'S FIVE, SIX PERCENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, MAYBE EVEN 370 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:10,200 MORE. 371 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,239 I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS MYSELF, BUT IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL 372 00:22:13,239 --> 00:22:16,679 IMPROVEMENT, WORTH THE EFFORT. 373 00:22:16,679 --> 00:22:17,690 >> JAMES? 374 00:22:17,690 --> 00:22:18,690 >> THANKS. 375 00:22:18,690 --> 00:22:22,710 JAMES DEAN, FLORIDA TODAY. 376 00:22:22,710 --> 00:22:25,990 HANS, THAT DENSIFIED PROPELLENT, I KNOW YOU LAUNCHED IT 377 00:22:25,990 --> 00:22:28,379 SUCCESSFULLY A COUPLE TIMES NOW BUT IT HAS SEEMED TO GIVE YOU 378 00:22:28,379 --> 00:22:31,860 SOME TROUBLE DURING SEVERAL COUNTDOWNS, NOT GETTING THE 379 00:22:31,860 --> 00:22:34,559 RIGHT TEMPERATURE. 380 00:22:34,559 --> 00:22:38,320 IT SEEMS TO HAVE LOST THE ABILITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 381 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:41,080 LONGER WINDOWS WHEN YOU HAVE THEM. 382 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:45,989 CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHERE YOU'RE AT WITH THAT, HOW MUCH†-- DO YOU 383 00:22:45,989 --> 00:22:49,210 HAVE THIS THING DOWN OR IS THERE STILL THINGS YOU HAVE TO LEARN 384 00:22:49,210 --> 00:22:50,210 ABOUT THIS? 385 00:22:50,210 --> 00:22:54,840 I'M ALSO CURIOUS, KIRK, FROM NASA'S POINT OF VIEW, IF YOU HAD 386 00:22:54,840 --> 00:22:58,090 TO SEE THIS ROCKET LAUNCH A COUPLE TIMES BEFORE YOU WERE 387 00:22:58,090 --> 00:23:01,490 WILLING TO GET ANOTHER CRS MISSION GOING OR WHATEVER REVIEW 388 00:23:01,490 --> 00:23:04,929 OF THIS ROCKET YOU DID. 389 00:23:04,929 --> 00:23:09,169 >> FOR CRS ACTUALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IS ONCE YOU LOAD THE 390 00:23:09,169 --> 00:23:14,649 PROPELLENTS THEY WARM UP AND YOU HAVE A LIMITED TIME TO KEEP IT 391 00:23:14,649 --> 00:23:19,529 IN THE EFFECT BEFORE YOU MUST GO OR IT GETS TOO WARM. 392 00:23:19,529 --> 00:23:22,899 FOR CRS MISSIONS, THAT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE USE 393 00:23:22,899 --> 00:23:26,909 INSTANTANEOUS LAUNCH WINDOWS TO CATCH UP WITH THE ISS. 394 00:23:26,909 --> 00:23:31,039 IT'S BASICALLY TRANSPARENT FOR THESE MISSIONS. 395 00:23:31,039 --> 00:23:35,350 FOR OTHER MISSIONS WE ARE WORKING HOW TO RECYCLE AND HOW 396 00:23:35,350 --> 00:23:39,999 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE PROPELLENT ON 397 00:23:39,999 --> 00:23:40,999 BOARD. 398 00:23:40,999 --> 00:23:44,049 GENERALLY YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE 399 00:23:44,049 --> 00:23:45,820 ISSUES ON THE GROUND SIDE. 400 00:23:45,820 --> 00:23:50,210 THE GROUND SIDE NOW NEEDS TO CHILL AT VERY LOW TEMPERATURES 401 00:23:50,210 --> 00:23:53,570 AND THAT OBVIOUSLY IS SOMETHING THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO TEST 402 00:23:53,570 --> 00:23:54,830 WITHOUT A ROCKET. 403 00:23:54,830 --> 00:23:57,570 SO WHEN YOU PUT THE ROCKET THE FIRST TIME ON THE LAUNCH PAD FOR 404 00:23:57,570 --> 00:24:02,220 STATIC FIRE AND THEN FOR LAUNCH, YOU LEARN THINGS THAT YOU'RE 405 00:24:02,220 --> 00:24:05,399 GOING TO IMPROVE ON THE NEXT TIME. 406 00:24:05,399 --> 00:24:08,700 I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAVE LEARNED MOST OF IT. 407 00:24:08,700 --> 00:24:12,090 I CAN'T PROMISE YOU WE LEARNED ALL OF IT. 408 00:24:12,090 --> 00:24:15,559 THAT WOULD BE NOT CORRECT TO SAY, I THINK. 409 00:24:15,559 --> 00:24:20,919 BUT WE LEARNED A LOT AND I FEEL LIKE WE GOT THIS RELATIVELY WELL 410 00:24:20,919 --> 00:24:24,230 UNDER CONTROL AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 411 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:29,019 >> SO YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT WHAT NASA DID IN TERMS OF REVIEWING 412 00:24:29,019 --> 00:24:31,799 THE PREPARATIONS FOR THIS LAUNCH AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO 413 00:24:31,799 --> 00:24:33,460 SEE MULTIPLE LAUNCHES. 414 00:24:33,460 --> 00:24:39,779 IN ONE SENSE THE STATISTICIAN IN US ALL WOULD LOVE TO SEE 415 00:24:39,779 --> 00:24:42,970 LAUNCHES BEFORE YOU CAN ESTABLISH KIND OF WHAT THE 416 00:24:42,970 --> 00:24:44,779 PROBABILITY OF SUCCESS IS. 417 00:24:44,779 --> 00:24:47,960 BUT THE WORK DONE TO REALLY ASSURE THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE IS 418 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:51,619 THE SAME WHETHER IT'S THE FIRST ROCKET OR THE THIRD ROCKET. 419 00:24:51,619 --> 00:24:55,520 SO WE'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING VERY CLOSELY WITH SPACEX THROUGHOUT 420 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,840 THE WHOLE PROCESS, THROUGH THE MANUFACTURE, THE TEST IN 421 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:03,950 McGREGOR, TEXAS, ALL THE ISSUES THAT WERE FOUND ALONG THE WAY 422 00:25:03,950 --> 00:25:08,950 AND HOW SPACEX MITIGATED THOSE RISKS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY 423 00:25:08,950 --> 00:25:11,759 CLOSELY WITH THEM AND SPACEX HAS BEEN VERY OPEN. 424 00:25:11,759 --> 00:25:14,720 WE WOULD DO THAT IF THIS WAS THE FIRST ROCKET OR IF, IN THIS 425 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,980 CASE, IT'S THE THIRD FULL THRUST VARIANT. 426 00:25:17,980 --> 00:25:19,929 WE DO THE EXACT SAME THING. 427 00:25:19,929 --> 00:25:22,580 TECHNICALLY WE DO THAT SAME WORK. 428 00:25:22,580 --> 00:25:27,399 THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THE UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS, WHAT DON'T YOU 429 00:25:27,399 --> 00:25:28,619 KNOW. 430 00:25:28,619 --> 00:25:31,019 THAT'S WHY IF YOU'RE THE SECOND OR THE THIRD GUY YOU GET TO SEE 431 00:25:31,019 --> 00:25:33,480 A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. 432 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:40,619 WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY TO BE THE FIRST ONE, AND AS YOU'LL SEE 433 00:25:40,619 --> 00:25:42,559 IN A LAUNCH LATER IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR, WE'LL BE THE 434 00:25:42,559 --> 00:25:44,419 FIRST PERSON ON A NEW ROCKET. 435 00:25:44,419 --> 00:25:47,720 SO YOU JUST HAVE TO DO THE TECHNICAL WORK. 436 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:52,269 IF YOU DO THAT WORK, THEN NASA WILL BE COMFORTABLE IN 437 00:25:52,269 --> 00:25:53,690 LAUNCHING. 438 00:25:53,690 --> 00:25:56,529 >> RIGHT HERE? 439 00:25:56,529 --> 00:25:59,850 >> MARK, HISTORICAL SPACE IMAGERY. 440 00:25:59,850 --> 00:26:01,279 THIS QUESTION IS FOR HANS. 441 00:26:01,279 --> 00:26:07,710 HANS, CAN YOU TELL ME, THE FALCON NINE ROCKET IN TERMS OF 442 00:26:07,710 --> 00:26:12,470 WITH THE DRAGON, CAN YOU FULLY EXPLAIN THE CHANGES THAT WERE 443 00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:16,309 NEEDED TO INCORPORATE IT BEING USED ON IT. 444 00:26:16,309 --> 00:26:20,940 ALSO, CAN YOU TELL ME, WHY WAS THE FALCON NINE NEVER USED 445 00:26:20,940 --> 00:26:24,830 BEFORE IN COOPERATION WITH THE DRAGON. 446 00:26:24,830 --> 00:26:31,039 CAN YOU ALSO TELL ME THIS, THAT THE SES MISSION THAT SPACEX HAD 447 00:26:31,039 --> 00:26:35,950 IN THAT LAUNCH, WE NOTICED ONE THING AND THAT WAS WHEN THE 448 00:26:35,950 --> 00:26:40,419 SEPARATION DID COME HEADING FOR THE BARGE PLATFORM, WE ACTUALLY 449 00:26:40,419 --> 00:26:44,630 DID GET TO VIEW IT GOING ACROSS RATHER LOW. 450 00:26:44,630 --> 00:26:50,859 ATYPICALLY, HOW HIGH WOULD THE BARGE LANDING ATTEMPT MOVING 451 00:26:50,859 --> 00:26:55,169 OVER FROM SEPARATION BE AND AGAIN, IT IS COMPUTER 452 00:26:55,169 --> 00:26:58,130 CONTROLLED, THEREFORE WE WERE WONDERING WHY DID WE SEE IT MUCH 453 00:26:58,130 --> 00:26:59,130 LOWER? 454 00:26:59,130 --> 00:27:01,749 >> THAT WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 455 00:27:01,749 --> 00:27:04,159 I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ALL OF THEM. 456 00:27:04,159 --> 00:27:10,070 FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S THE DRAGON VERSION AND THE SATELLITE 457 00:27:10,070 --> 00:27:13,799 VERSION ARE BASICALLY IDENTICAL WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FRONT 458 00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:14,799 PART. 459 00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:18,539 THERE'S A PART THAT HOLDS DRAGON TO THE VEHICLE BASICALLY AND HAS 460 00:27:18,539 --> 00:27:23,019 A DEPLOY MECHANISM AND TAKES CARE OF SOME OF THOSE 461 00:27:23,019 --> 00:27:28,009 DRAGON-SPECIFIC INTEGRATION THINGS BASICALLY. 462 00:27:28,009 --> 00:27:31,159 THEN THERE'S THE SATELLITE VERSION WHERE THE SATELLITE IS 463 00:27:31,159 --> 00:27:37,480 MOUNTED INSIDE AND THEN YOU HAVE IT ENCAPSULATING IT. 464 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:41,749 THOSE ARE THE MAIN DIFFERENCES FROM THE VEHICLE. 465 00:27:41,749 --> 00:27:44,179 EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE SAME. 466 00:27:44,179 --> 00:27:48,009 THEN OF COURSE THE SOFTWARE OR THE CONFIGURATION GOING TO 467 00:27:48,009 --> 00:27:51,620 DIFFERENT PLACES IS ALSO A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE. 468 00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:55,309 IN TERMS OF†-- SO WHEN I SAID THIS IS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THIS 469 00:27:55,309 --> 00:27:58,529 YEAR ON THE UP GRADED VEHICLE, I WAS SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO 470 00:27:58,529 --> 00:28:00,220 THE UPGRADED PART HERE. 471 00:28:00,220 --> 00:28:04,149 IT'S THE FIRST TIME TO FLY THE DENSIFIED PROPELLENT, SLIGHTLY 472 00:28:04,149 --> 00:28:07,570 LONGER VEHICLE COMPARED TO THE 1.1 VERSION. 473 00:28:07,570 --> 00:28:12,009 HOWEVER, WE'VE FLOWN THE 1.1†-- IT'S HARD TO TELL FROM THE 474 00:28:12,009 --> 00:28:13,840 OUTSIDE WHAT CHANGED ON THE VEHICLE. 475 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,019 THEY LOOK VERY SIMILAR. 476 00:28:16,019 --> 00:28:21,159 WE'VE FLOWN THAT VERSION SIX TIMES ON CRS AND A COUPLE TIMES 477 00:28:21,159 --> 00:28:23,070 ON THE OTHER MISSION. 478 00:28:23,070 --> 00:28:25,899 FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT THIS WAS BRAND 479 00:28:25,899 --> 00:28:28,730 NEW OR THERE'S ANYTHING SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT HERE. 480 00:28:28,730 --> 00:28:34,200 I WANTED TO POINT OUT IT'S AN UPGRADED VERSION AND IT HAS MORE 481 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,889 PERFORMANCE OVERALL. 482 00:28:35,889 --> 00:28:39,470 IN TERMS OF COMPARISON TO SES MISSION, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT 483 00:28:39,470 --> 00:28:41,649 YOU'RE REFERRING TO. 484 00:28:41,649 --> 00:28:46,620 YOU MEAN THE STAGES FLIPPING AROUND OR THE TRAJECTORY ITSELF? 485 00:28:46,620 --> 00:28:51,999 >> WHAT I AM REFERRING TO IS WE DID SEE THE TRAJECTORY AFTER 486 00:28:51,999 --> 00:28:56,570 SEPARATION OF IT HEADING TO THE DRONE SHIP. 487 00:28:56,570 --> 00:28:57,900 IT WAS RATHER LOW. 488 00:28:57,900 --> 00:28:59,879 ATYPICALLY IT WOULD BE HIGHER. 489 00:28:59,879 --> 00:29:02,159 AM I INCORRECT IN MY ASSUMPTION? 490 00:29:02,159 --> 00:29:08,039 >> I THINK YOU HAVE A POINT IN A SENSE THAT THE GEO STATIONARY 491 00:29:08,039 --> 00:29:13,419 TRAJECTORIES ARE REALLY LOW AND OBVIOUSLY THE HIGHER YOU GO WITH 492 00:29:13,419 --> 00:29:17,009 PAIR G, THE MORE WORK YOU HAVE TO PUT IN THERE. 493 00:29:17,009 --> 00:29:22,919 THE GOAL IS YOU HAVE A REALLY HIGH VELOCITY VECTOR. 494 00:29:22,919 --> 00:29:30,090 OBVIOUSLY I'VE NEVER SEEN A LAUNCH FROM THE OUTSIDE SO I 495 00:29:30,090 --> 00:29:32,529 CAN'T TELL. 496 00:29:32,529 --> 00:29:35,259 DRAGON ON THE OTHER SIDE HAS A HIGHER PAIR AGEE. 497 00:29:35,259 --> 00:29:41,770 YOU MIGHT BE AT SEPARATION IT LOOKS LIKE TRAJECTORY IS LOWER. 498 00:29:41,770 --> 00:29:46,179 I'M PRETTY SURE THE GEO TRANSFER ORBITS ARE AS LOW AS IT GETS IN 499 00:29:46,179 --> 00:29:49,499 GENERAL, SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE LOWEST YOU WILL EVER SEE. 500 00:29:49,499 --> 00:29:50,659 IT'S STILL PRETTY HIGH. 501 00:29:50,659 --> 00:29:57,549 IT STILL REACHES AN APOGEE OF A COUPLE HUNDRED KILOMETERS. 502 00:29:57,549 --> 00:30:02,659 FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I'M SURPRISED YOU CAN SEE IT FROM 503 00:30:02,659 --> 00:30:04,780 THE GROUND ACTUALLY. 504 00:30:04,780 --> 00:30:10,210 >> IRENE WITH REUTERS. 505 00:30:10,210 --> 00:30:15,840 TWO QUICK CLARIFICATIONS FOR YOU, HANS, AND THEN A QUESTION. 506 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:19,279 IS IT CORRECT THEN THAT YOU ARE CHARACTERIZING THE DRONE SHIP 507 00:30:19,279 --> 00:30:24,690 LANDING AS A TEST AND THIS ROCKET COULD RETURN TO LAND IF 508 00:30:24,690 --> 00:30:29,730 YOU HAD CHOSEN NOT TO DO THE DRONE SHIP TEST? 509 00:30:29,730 --> 00:30:30,880 >> I'M NOT SURE HONESTLY. 510 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,250 I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLOSE. 511 00:30:32,250 --> 00:30:37,010 IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO HAND, BUT I HAVEN'T RUN THE 512 00:30:37,010 --> 00:30:38,010 NUMBERS. 513 00:30:38,010 --> 00:30:39,879 I THINK THE DRONE SHIP LANDING ITSELF IS THE MORE BENIGN 514 00:30:39,879 --> 00:30:43,919 TRAJECTORY SO PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE CHOSEN ON OUR SIDE TO MAKE A 515 00:30:43,919 --> 00:30:48,169 SAFE DRONE SHIP LANDING BECAUSE THIS IS THE TIME WE NEED TO 516 00:30:48,169 --> 00:30:52,369 VERIFY THAT WE CAN DO THE DRONE SHIP LANDINGS. 517 00:30:52,369 --> 00:30:55,059 IT'S STILL AN EXPERIMENT, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. 518 00:30:55,059 --> 00:31:01,909 IT IS STILL, YOU KNOW, HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FAIRLY HIGH RISK 519 00:31:01,909 --> 00:31:03,340 TO LANDING ITSELF. 520 00:31:03,340 --> 00:31:04,789 OBVIOUSLY NOT THE MAIN MISSION. 521 00:31:04,789 --> 00:31:08,610 I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THOSE TWO PARTS ARE COMPLETELY 522 00:31:08,610 --> 00:31:09,610 SEPARATE. 523 00:31:09,610 --> 00:31:12,159 WE PUT A LOT OF EFFORT IN THE MAIN MISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT 524 00:31:12,159 --> 00:31:17,200 CRS IS PROUD OF THE MISSION, IS FLAWLESS, AND THE DRONE SHIP 525 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:21,769 LANDING IS TAKING RISK ON OUR SIDE AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE 526 00:31:21,769 --> 00:31:24,659 PAST. 527 00:31:24,659 --> 00:31:26,190 >> LET'S TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION HERE. 528 00:31:26,190 --> 00:31:27,619 GO AHEAD, IRENE. 529 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:28,619 FINISH UP. 530 00:31:28,619 --> 00:31:33,049 >> ON THE FUEL DENSIFICATION, YOU SAID YOU DON'T THINK YOU'RE 531 00:31:33,049 --> 00:31:38,309 GOING TO GET INTO THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAD ON THE LAST FLIGHT. 532 00:31:38,309 --> 00:31:42,929 THEN GWEN HAD SAID THAT WITH THIS FLIGHT, SPACEX, TENDS TO 533 00:31:42,929 --> 00:31:45,979 REALLY STEP UP ITS PACE OF LAUNCHES. 534 00:31:45,979 --> 00:31:50,460 CAN YOU ADDRESS I GUESS FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND I DON'T 535 00:31:50,460 --> 00:31:54,940 KNOW IF YOU HAVE A NEW JOB TITLE RELATED TO THAT BUT WHAT SPACEX 536 00:31:54,940 --> 00:32:00,519 IS LOOKING AT FROM HERE ON OUT. 537 00:32:00,519 --> 00:32:03,179 >> THE NEW JOB TITLE IS BASICALLY TRANSPARENT. 538 00:32:03,179 --> 00:32:06,479 I USED TO BE MISSION ASSURANCE, FLIGHT RELIABILITY. 539 00:32:06,479 --> 00:32:07,869 THE TEAM IS THE SAME. 540 00:32:07,869 --> 00:32:15,299 I FEEL FLY RELIABILITY ADDRESSES BETTER WHAT WE DO ACTUALLY. 541 00:32:15,299 --> 00:32:19,879 IT'S EASIER TO EXPLAIN. 542 00:32:19,879 --> 00:32:23,129 IN TERMS OF PACE, IT'S TRUE WE HAVE TO PICK UP THE PACE AND WE 543 00:32:23,129 --> 00:32:27,469 WILL PICK UP THE PACE. 544 00:32:27,469 --> 00:32:31,409 HONESTLY, I'M NEAR SIGHTED IN TERMS OF WHAT THE MISSION 545 00:32:31,409 --> 00:32:34,659 MANIFESTS AS I SEE THE NEXT TWO OR THREE. 546 00:32:34,659 --> 00:32:38,710 THE ONE AFTER THIS IS CURRENTLY BY THE END OF APRIL AND I 547 00:32:38,710 --> 00:32:42,559 BELIEVE THERE'S ANOTHER ONE IN MAY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. 548 00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:47,880 SO THE TIME BETWEEN THE MISSIONS WILL GET SHORTER AND SHORTER. 549 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:54,149 SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN THAT THE 1.1 VERSION WHEN YOU PHASE AN 550 00:32:54,149 --> 00:32:58,249 UPGRADE YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BETWEEN THE LAUNCHES AND 551 00:32:58,249 --> 00:33:00,999 THEN AFTER A WHILE YOU PICK UP THE PACE. 552 00:33:00,999 --> 00:33:03,899 WE HOPE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH BASICALLY EVERY OTHER 553 00:33:03,899 --> 00:33:06,019 WEEK. 554 00:33:06,019 --> 00:33:09,349 BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, MAYBE EVEN INCREASE THE PACE OVERALL. 555 00:33:09,349 --> 00:33:14,129 >> WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA. 556 00:33:14,129 --> 00:33:15,129 >> HELLO. 557 00:33:15,129 --> 00:33:17,469 KYLE BROWN WITH U.S. LAUNCH REPORT. 558 00:33:17,469 --> 00:33:20,309 THIS QUESTION IS FOR HANS. 559 00:33:20,309 --> 00:33:23,639 LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, WILL THE FALCON HEAVY MAIDEN LAUNCH 560 00:33:23,639 --> 00:33:29,179 BE CARRYING A MODULATED PAYLOAD, AND ALSO, WILL SPACEX BE 561 00:33:29,179 --> 00:33:31,941 CARRYING UP THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL DOCKING AND IF SO 562 00:33:31,941 --> 00:33:35,899 HOW HAS THAT BEEN PLANNED AHEAD? 563 00:33:35,899 --> 00:33:38,950 >> THE DOCKING ADAPTER IS PROBABLY A QUESTION FOR†-- 564 00:33:38,950 --> 00:33:40,789 >> THAT'S SPACEX 9. 565 00:33:40,789 --> 00:33:46,249 SO THE VERY NEXT SPACEX FLIGHT TO ISS WILL BE CARRYING UP THE 566 00:33:46,249 --> 00:33:47,460 INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTER. 567 00:33:47,460 --> 00:33:52,019 THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL DOCKING ADAPTER TO BE INSTALLED ON ISS. 568 00:33:52,019 --> 00:33:56,679 THERE IS ANOTHER ONE PLANNED FOR NEXT YEAR. 569 00:33:56,679 --> 00:34:00,549 SO WE'LL HAVE TWO TO SUPPORT COMMERCIAL CREW. 570 00:34:00,549 --> 00:34:04,889 >> I GOT TO DISAPPOINT YOU ON THE OTHER QUESTION. 571 00:34:04,889 --> 00:34:07,729 I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION RELATED TO FALCON. 572 00:34:07,729 --> 00:34:13,319 CERTAINLY IT'S CAPABLE OF RUNNING BIGGER PAYLOADS, BUT I 573 00:34:13,319 --> 00:34:18,780 HAVE NO INFORMATION REGARDING THAT. 574 00:34:18,780 --> 00:34:22,669 >> LET'S GO TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK HERE. 575 00:34:22,669 --> 00:34:24,839 #ASKNASA. 576 00:34:24,839 --> 00:34:28,270 >> WE HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS. 577 00:34:28,270 --> 00:34:34,240 THE FIRST ONE, WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES TO LAND NOW, AND MORE 578 00:34:34,240 --> 00:34:37,310 SPECIFICALLY, IS SPACEX MORE CONFIDENT IN THE LANDING LEGS, 579 00:34:37,310 --> 00:34:41,600 AND ARE THERE ANY DIFFERENCES FROM THE JASON 3 LANDING LEGS? 580 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:45,149 >> I GUESS THAT GOES TO ME. 581 00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:49,000 YES, WE ARE MORE CONFIDENT AND WE HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN THIS 582 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:50,879 LANDING THAN THE JASON 3 LANDING LEG. 583 00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:57,840 I GOT TO BE CAREFUL TO KEEP MY MISSIONS STRAIGHT HERE. 584 00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:05,250 OBVIOUSLY WE LEARNED AT JASON 3 HOW TO IMPROVE THE LANDING LEG. 585 00:35:05,250 --> 00:35:07,810 WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO TEST IT OUT ON SES 9 BUT WE'RE PRETTY 586 00:35:07,810 --> 00:35:10,420 SURE THAT WE FOUND THE PROBLEM. 587 00:35:10,420 --> 00:35:16,690 ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES IS THAT YOU GET THE HARDWARE BACK SO YOU 588 00:35:16,690 --> 00:35:20,060 CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT BROKE, WHAT WAS THE ISSUE, 589 00:35:20,060 --> 00:35:23,160 AND THEN GO FIX IT AND TEST IT. 590 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:27,089 I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT THAT WE FIXED THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT 591 00:35:27,089 --> 00:35:33,690 WE HAD WITH JASON 3. 592 00:35:33,690 --> 00:35:37,210 >> THE NEXT QUESTION IS ALSO FOR HANS. 593 00:35:37,210 --> 00:35:41,940 THE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU BE REUSING THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT IN 594 00:35:41,940 --> 00:35:45,539 THE FUTURE? 595 00:35:45,539 --> 00:35:49,160 >> I THINK THERE'S AN EFFORT UNDER WAY TO DO THIS. 596 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:53,230 IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE BASICALLY HAVEN'T WORKED ON AT THIS POINT 597 00:35:53,230 --> 00:35:54,230 IN TIME. 598 00:35:54,230 --> 00:35:55,880 THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT COME WITH IT. 599 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:59,850 YOU HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY SHOW THAT YOU CAN SURVIVE THE LAUNCH 600 00:35:59,850 --> 00:36:04,119 TWICE, THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. 601 00:36:04,119 --> 00:36:14,380 >> THE LAST ONE, YOU MENTIONED THE SPACEX 9 IS GOING TO LAUNCH 602 00:36:14,380 --> 00:36:15,380 THE DOCKING ADAPTER. 603 00:36:15,380 --> 00:36:16,880 DO YOU HAVE A TENTATIVE DATE TIME FRAME FOR THAT? 604 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:17,880 >> YES, I DO. 605 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:24,920 LET ME LOOK IT UP HERE THOUGH TO TELL YOU SO I'LL GET IT RIGHT. 606 00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,980 LET'S SEE. 607 00:36:28,980 --> 00:36:33,040 WRONG PAGE. 608 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:36,460 WE'RE LOOKING IN THE JUNE TIME FRAME, LATE JUNE. 609 00:36:36,460 --> 00:36:40,040 SO I DON'T KNOW THAT SPACEX HAS ANNOUNCED THE ACTUAL LAUNCH DATE 610 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,279 BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LATE JUNE TIME FRAME. 611 00:36:42,279 --> 00:36:44,829 >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S COME BACK HERE AND TAKE SOME MORE 612 00:36:44,829 --> 00:36:48,040 QUESTIONS IN THE ROOM. 613 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:51,820 >> HI, I'M WITH THE ORBITAL DOT SPACE. 614 00:36:51,820 --> 00:36:54,470 IF THE LANDING ON THE BARGE IS SUCCESSFUL FOR THE FIRST STAGE, 615 00:36:54,470 --> 00:36:59,309 IS THERE ANY PLAN TO REFLY THAT STAGE, AND IF NOT, WHEN WILL WE 616 00:36:59,309 --> 00:37:04,000 SEE IT REFLOWN? 617 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,970 >> IT DEPENDS A LITTLE BIT AGAIN ON HOW IT LOOKS WHEN IT COMES 618 00:37:07,970 --> 00:37:09,940 BACK FROM THE BARGE. 619 00:37:09,940 --> 00:37:18,400 SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE VEHICLE AGAIN AND MAKE SURE IT'S 620 00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,869 FLIGHT WORTHY. 621 00:37:20,869 --> 00:37:24,349 THERE ARE PLANS BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IMMEDIATELY. 622 00:37:24,349 --> 00:37:31,260 IT'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE MONTHS UNTIL WE'LL SEE WHAT WE DO WITH 623 00:37:31,260 --> 00:37:32,260 THE STATION. 624 00:37:32,260 --> 00:37:33,260 >> OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE DRONE SHIP? 625 00:37:33,260 --> 00:37:36,299 >> THIS IS "OF COURSE I STILL LOVE YOU". 626 00:37:36,299 --> 00:37:44,470 >> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A QUESTION HERE IN THE FRONT. 627 00:37:44,470 --> 00:37:47,349 >> I WAS HOPING TO SPEAK TO THE DRAGON'S CREW CARRYING 628 00:37:47,349 --> 00:37:50,329 CAPABILITIES AND WHAT WE CAN COME TO EXPECT WITH THE 629 00:37:50,329 --> 00:37:51,670 COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 630 00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:55,140 AS A FOLLOWUP, IF WE CAN TRY TO DO A COMPARE AND CONTRAST OF 631 00:37:55,140 --> 00:38:00,920 SOYUZ AND THE DRAGON. 632 00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:02,390 >> I GUESS THAT GOES TO ME. 633 00:38:02,390 --> 00:38:03,779 >> GO AHEAD. 634 00:38:03,779 --> 00:38:08,640 >> I CAN TALK, TOO, BUT GO AHEAD. 635 00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:13,690 >> I KNOW DRAGON CREW IS AT WORK. 636 00:38:13,690 --> 00:38:18,490 IT'S VERY INTENSE WORK RIGHT NOW. 637 00:38:18,490 --> 00:38:24,250 THE FIRST LAUNCHES ARE PLANNED FOR SOME TIME IN 2017 AND WE ARE 638 00:38:24,250 --> 00:38:29,480 TRACKING THE LAUNCH DATE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 639 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:34,049 I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING MORE OTHER THAN IN TERMS OF THE 640 00:38:34,049 --> 00:38:36,309 INTERIOR AND HOW IT LOOKS. 641 00:38:36,309 --> 00:38:45,180 IT'S A LOT MORE ROOMY AND BIGGER THAN SOYUZ. 642 00:38:45,180 --> 00:38:46,180 >> WE HAVE REQUIREMENTS. 643 00:38:46,180 --> 00:38:48,990 NASA HAD REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE PLACED ON THE COMMERCIAL CREW 644 00:38:48,990 --> 00:38:49,990 VEHICLES. 645 00:38:49,990 --> 00:38:51,779 IT'S TO CARRY FOUR CREW MEMBERS. 646 00:38:51,779 --> 00:38:55,549 THE SOYUZ CARRIES THREE. 647 00:38:55,549 --> 00:38:59,049 THE LENGTH OF STAY IT NEEDS TO HAVE ON ORBIT, ITS ALTITUDES 648 00:38:59,049 --> 00:39:06,700 THAT IT HAS TO PERFORM ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE SOYUZ VEHICLE. 649 00:39:06,700 --> 00:39:09,900 THE MISSION IS THE SAME BUT AS HANS SAID IT WILL BE A LARGER 650 00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:17,160 VEHICLE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO CARRY FOUR CREW MEMBERS TO ISS. 651 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:20,760 >> STEVEN? 652 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:22,150 >> STEVEN CLARK, SPACE FLIGHT NOW. 653 00:39:22,150 --> 00:39:23,770 A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR HANS. 654 00:39:23,770 --> 00:39:28,549 I'M CURIOUS, YOU MENTIONED IN THE COMING MONTHS YOU HOPE TO 655 00:39:28,549 --> 00:39:31,800 PACE YOUR LAUNCHES TWO WEEKS APART APPROXIMATELY. 656 00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:35,030 WHAT'S THE CONSTRAINT ON THAT? 657 00:39:35,030 --> 00:39:38,520 IS IT FACILITIES, PERSONNEL THAT DETERMINED YOUR TWO-WEEK 658 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:39,770 TURNAROUND GOAL? 659 00:39:39,770 --> 00:39:43,150 AND I HAVE ONE MORE, THANKS. 660 00:39:43,150 --> 00:39:45,500 >> IT'S A LITTLE BIT ALL OF THE ABOVE I WOULD SAY. 661 00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:51,250 IT TAKES ABOUT†-- WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW COMPANIES DEVELOP, WE GET 662 00:39:51,250 --> 00:39:53,760 FROM THIS DEVELOP AND RESEARCH YOU GET THE ROCKET GOING 663 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:57,170 BASICALLY AND TURN AROUND AND HAVE TO PRODUCE THIS ROCKET NOW 664 00:39:57,170 --> 00:39:59,720 AT A CERTAIN PACE. 665 00:39:59,720 --> 00:40:01,569 THAT IN ITSELF IS A CHALLENGE. 666 00:40:01,569 --> 00:40:07,099 PRETTY MUCH A GOOD SPOT THERE AND THE SECOND COMES IN THE 667 00:40:07,099 --> 00:40:08,099 OPERATIONS. 668 00:40:08,099 --> 00:40:11,660 YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU TEST IT ON TIME, THAT YOU YOUR 669 00:40:11,660 --> 00:40:15,359 HARDWARE IS TESTED AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED 670 00:40:15,359 --> 00:40:18,180 OVER THE YEARS. 671 00:40:18,180 --> 00:40:23,230 THE LAST PART THEN OF COURSE IS THE LAUNCH SITE AND YOU GOT TO 672 00:40:23,230 --> 00:40:26,859 INTEGRATE, YOU NEED ENOUGH ROOM, ENOUGH VOLUME AND ENOUGH 673 00:40:26,859 --> 00:40:32,730 CAPABILITY HERE AT THE CAPE AND THEN ALSO IN VANDENBERG. 674 00:40:32,730 --> 00:40:39,770 WE HAVE THESE TWO LAUNCH SITES, TECHNICALLY THREE, AND SO WE'RE 675 00:40:39,770 --> 00:40:41,859 GOING TO BUILD THEM UP BASICALLY AND USE THEM TO THEIR FULL 676 00:40:41,859 --> 00:40:46,230 CAPABILITY, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT ALLOWS US TO INCREASE THE 677 00:40:46,230 --> 00:40:51,609 LAUNCH RACE, BY USING BASICALLY ALL LAUNCH SITES. 678 00:40:51,609 --> 00:40:54,820 >> ONE MORE FOR HANS. 679 00:40:54,820 --> 00:40:57,710 THE DECISION BETWEEN GOING FOR LANDING ON SHORE VERSUS ON THE 680 00:40:57,710 --> 00:41:02,190 DRONE SHIP, HOW MANY MISSIONS GOING FORWARD, IF YOU HAD TO PUT 681 00:41:02,190 --> 00:41:05,310 A PERCENTAGE ON IT, WHAT TYPES OF MISSIONS ACTUALLY HAVE THE 682 00:41:05,310 --> 00:41:10,480 PERFORMANCE MARGIN TO COME BACK TO LANDING NEAR THE LAUNCH SITE? 683 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,500 >> GOOD QUESTION ACTUALLY. 684 00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:15,990 LET ME SEE. 685 00:41:15,990 --> 00:41:18,420 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD SAY MAYBE A THIRD. 686 00:41:18,420 --> 00:41:21,500 IT GETS BETTER WHEN WE START FLYING HEAVY BECAUSE THE SIDE 687 00:41:21,500 --> 00:41:25,170 BOOSTERS CAN ALWAYS COME BACK. 688 00:41:25,170 --> 00:41:29,269 SO IT DEPENDS A LITTLE BIT ON THE DETAILS THERE. 689 00:41:29,269 --> 00:41:31,900 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I WOULD SAY A THIRD CAN COME BACK TO 690 00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:38,890 LAND AND THE REST IS A DRONE SHIP. 691 00:41:38,890 --> 00:41:39,890 >> MARCIA? 692 00:41:39,890 --> 00:41:42,619 >> HANS, MARCIA, A.P. 693 00:41:42,619 --> 00:41:48,000 I REMEMBER AFTER THE LAST SUMMER'S ACCIDENT ELON SAID THAT 694 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:51,640 HE WAS GOING TO ACTIVATE THE PARACHUTE DEPLOY ON THE DRAGON 695 00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:54,740 FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT SO YOU COULD SALVAGE THE CAPSULE IF 696 00:41:54,740 --> 00:41:55,740 NECESSARY. 697 00:41:55,740 --> 00:41:56,740 HAS THAT BEEN DONE? 698 00:41:56,740 --> 00:41:57,740 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 699 00:41:57,740 --> 00:42:00,059 IF WE WOULD BE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION, DRAGON WOULD DEPLOY 700 00:42:00,059 --> 00:42:04,609 THE PARACHUTE AND WOULD LAND SOFTLY IN THE WATER AND WE WOULD 701 00:42:04,609 --> 00:42:13,770 BE ABLE TO SAVE SCIENCE AND THE CARGO OF DRAGON THAT HAS BEEN 702 00:42:13,770 --> 00:42:14,770 IMPLEMENTED. 703 00:42:14,770 --> 00:42:16,859 >> CAN I ADD TO THAT? 704 00:42:16,859 --> 00:42:21,680 >> IN THE FUTURE I'M ASSUMING FROM HERE ON OUT, STANDARD 705 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:22,680 PROCEDURE GOING FORWARD? 706 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:23,680 >> YES. 707 00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:25,369 >> WE THOUGHT†-- NASA THOUGHT THAT WAS A GREAT CAPABILITY TO 708 00:42:25,369 --> 00:42:26,369 HAVE. 709 00:42:26,369 --> 00:42:28,890 CERTAINLY IF A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE WE BELIEVED DRAGON WOULD 710 00:42:28,890 --> 00:42:31,740 SURVIVE, THE FAA HAS TO APPROVE IT. 711 00:42:31,740 --> 00:42:36,579 SINCE IT'S IN LAUNCH AND LANDING, THE FAA HAS TO APPROVE 712 00:42:36,579 --> 00:42:37,579 IT. 713 00:42:37,579 --> 00:42:41,359 AND THEY DID APPROVE PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO. 714 00:42:41,359 --> 00:42:45,680 THERE'S FURTHER DOWN RANGE WHICH HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED YET. 715 00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:47,710 OF COURSE LANDING ON THE OCEAN IS THE FIRST PROBLEM. 716 00:42:47,710 --> 00:42:50,430 AT SOME POINT IN TIME YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET THERE TO 717 00:42:50,430 --> 00:42:51,430 GET IT. 718 00:42:51,430 --> 00:42:53,660 OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S CLOSE BY IT'S NOT A PROBLEM. 719 00:42:53,660 --> 00:42:57,519 ALL THE LOGISTICS ABOUT GETTING IT IS TO BE WORKED OUT. 720 00:42:57,519 --> 00:42:58,770 WE THINK IT'S A GREAT CAPABILITY. 721 00:42:58,770 --> 00:43:04,739 NASA IS VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONTINGENCY CAPABILITY IN PLACE. 722 00:43:04,739 --> 00:43:08,380 >> SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU COULD†-- FOR EARLY IN THE FLIGHT 723 00:43:08,380 --> 00:43:12,630 YOU COULD SALVAGE IT IF NECESSARY? 724 00:43:12,630 --> 00:43:14,099 >> IT'S NOT ACTUALLY THAT EARLY. 725 00:43:14,099 --> 00:43:18,420 EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE LAST 20-ISH SECONDS. 726 00:43:18,420 --> 00:43:19,819 >> JAMES? 727 00:43:19,819 --> 00:43:25,600 >> HANS, FOLLOWING UP ON A COMMENT YOU MADE A MOMENT AGO 728 00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:28,420 ABOUT UTILIZING ALL YOUR LAUNCH SITES. 729 00:43:28,420 --> 00:43:34,910 WHEN ARE YOU TARGETING THE FIRST LAUNCH OFF PAD 39-A? 730 00:43:34,910 --> 00:43:41,029 >> THE FIRST LAUNCH IS LATER THIS YEAR. 731 00:43:41,029 --> 00:43:47,510 I DON'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE RIGHT NOW. 732 00:43:47,510 --> 00:43:48,510 SORRY. 733 00:43:48,510 --> 00:43:51,569 >> WE'LL TAKE TWO MORE QUESTIONS HERE. 734 00:43:51,569 --> 00:43:54,770 LET'S TAKE ONE RIGHT HERE IN THE BACK AND THEN WE'LL COME TO THE 735 00:43:54,770 --> 00:43:56,380 FRONT AND WRAP UP. 736 00:43:56,380 --> 00:43:57,990 >> JANE WELLS WITH CNBC. 737 00:43:57,990 --> 00:44:02,760 HANS, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO GIVE A REAL WORLD FIGURE OF HOW MUCH 738 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:10,240 IT COSTS TO USE THE ROCKET, RETRIEVE IT, REFURBISHING IT TO 739 00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:13,420 RELAUNCH VERSUS BUILDING A NEW ROCKET. 740 00:44:13,420 --> 00:44:14,619 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENTIAL? 741 00:44:14,619 --> 00:44:15,839 >> I DON'T THINK I HAVE A NUMBER FOR YOU. 742 00:44:15,839 --> 00:44:19,099 I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. 743 00:44:19,099 --> 00:44:21,500 THERE'S A COUPLE DETAILS HERE. 744 00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:25,790 OBVIOUSLY IF YOU HAVE A DRONE SHIP OUT THERE IT'S GOING TO BE 745 00:44:25,790 --> 00:44:26,790 MORE EXPENSIVE. 746 00:44:26,790 --> 00:44:28,600 WE KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS. 747 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:33,260 AND THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE IF YOU LAND ON LAND, YOU DON'T HAVE TO 748 00:44:33,260 --> 00:44:37,059 WASH IT, GET THE SALT BASICALLY OFF IT. 749 00:44:37,059 --> 00:44:40,210 SO THERE'S LESS REFURBISHMENT ON THE LAND SIDE. 750 00:44:40,210 --> 00:44:44,790 IN FACT, OUR GOAL IS TO GET TO VERY MINIMAL REFURBISHMENT AT 751 00:44:44,790 --> 00:44:51,170 ALL AND BASICALLY FLY THE ROCKETS AFTER INSPECTION AS SOON 752 00:44:51,170 --> 00:44:53,809 AS POSSIBLE. 753 00:44:53,809 --> 00:44:57,780 WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE STUFF WE'RE WORKING ON IS THAT THE 754 00:44:57,780 --> 00:44:59,279 TRAJECTORIES ARE DIFFERENT. 755 00:44:59,279 --> 00:45:02,210 THE HEAT LOAD IS DIFFERENT. 756 00:45:02,210 --> 00:45:05,680 WE HAVE ONE DATA POINT AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND WE ARE 757 00:45:05,680 --> 00:45:07,793 CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS MORE DATA POINTS, ESPECIALLY FROM THE 758 00:45:07,793 --> 00:45:08,793 DRONE SHIPS. 759 00:45:08,793 --> 00:45:09,793 >> TELL YOU WHAT THE DATA POINT IS? 760 00:45:09,793 --> 00:45:15,000 >> I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBER ON THE DRONE SHIP. 761 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:16,000 EXPENSIVE. 762 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:19,030 >> LET'S GO RIGHT HERE. 763 00:45:19,030 --> 00:45:22,450 WE'LL TAKE TWO MORE AND WE'LL HAVE TO WRAP UP. 764 00:45:22,450 --> 00:45:24,620 >> I JUST HAVE A REAL QUICK. 765 00:45:24,620 --> 00:45:27,890 THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE CAPABILITY TO 766 00:45:27,890 --> 00:45:31,089 RETRIEVE DRAGON IF BY CHANCE THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, BUT IS 767 00:45:31,089 --> 00:45:35,490 THERE A PLAN TO†-- DOES SPACEX HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN TO 768 00:45:35,490 --> 00:45:39,570 DEPLOY AND SHIP AND HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO DO THAT AND HOW 769 00:45:39,570 --> 00:45:42,940 FAR DOWN THAT ROAD WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO GO? 770 00:45:42,940 --> 00:45:44,559 >> WE DO HAVE A CONTINGENCY PLAN. 771 00:45:44,559 --> 00:45:51,900 THAT'S A REQUIREMENT AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WE DO HAVE BOATS 772 00:45:51,900 --> 00:45:55,940 OUT THERE IN GENERAL FOR LANDING THE FIRST STAGE. 773 00:45:55,940 --> 00:45:59,960 WE WOULD REDIRECT THE BOATS. 774 00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:02,760 ACTUALLY IN THIS PARTICULAR TRAJECTORY, YOU'RE NEVER THAT 775 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,420 FAR OFF SHORE. 776 00:46:04,420 --> 00:46:09,619 I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S EASY TO†-- RELATIVELY EASY TO WORK WITH THE 777 00:46:09,619 --> 00:46:13,839 COAST GUARD AND GET SOME HELP THERE. 778 00:46:13,839 --> 00:46:16,359 SO THAT WOULD BE OUR PRIMARY APPROACH, WORKING WITH THE COAST 779 00:46:16,359 --> 00:46:17,359 GUARD. 780 00:46:17,359 --> 00:46:21,009 I DON'T HOPE WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT FRANKLY. 781 00:46:21,009 --> 00:46:24,790 >> LAST QUESTION RIGHT HERE. 782 00:46:24,790 --> 00:46:30,809 >> HANS, CAN YOU TELL ME, WITH THE ADAPTATION OF THE MERLIN 783 00:46:30,809 --> 00:46:37,829 ENGINES, HOW MUCH MORE THRUST, TORQUE, DO THESE SUPPLY COMPARED 784 00:46:37,829 --> 00:46:40,799 TO THE PREVIOUS ENGINES ON THE FALCON? 785 00:46:40,799 --> 00:46:45,160 AND A QUESTION ALSO ON THE PAYLOAD. 786 00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:50,250 THE BIGELOW, WHAT PORTION OF THE EXACT TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE 787 00:46:50,250 --> 00:46:52,560 PAYLOAD DOES IT INCORPORATE? 788 00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:54,999 HOW DOES IT WEIGH? 789 00:46:54,999 --> 00:47:01,589 >> REGARDING THE ENGINE, IT'S 20% MORE. 790 00:47:01,589 --> 00:47:03,180 IT'S A GOOD AMOUNT OF THRUST. 791 00:47:03,180 --> 00:47:07,759 BACK TO BIGELOW, YOU SAID EARLIER IT'S†-- 792 00:47:07,759 --> 00:47:09,190 >> 3100 POUNDS. 793 00:47:09,190 --> 00:47:12,400 >> ON TOP OF THAT IS THE STRUCTURE THAT HOLDS IT DOWN, 794 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:16,170 AND THE TRUNK AND THAT STRUCTURE IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. 795 00:47:16,170 --> 00:47:18,810 A COUPLE THOUSAND POUNDS THAT COME TO THAT. 796 00:47:18,810 --> 00:47:22,019 I THINK THE TOTAL IS LIKE 6,000 OR 7,000. 797 00:47:22,019 --> 00:47:26,150 >> THAT'S GOING TO CONCLUDE OUR BRIEFING. 798 00:47:26,150 --> 00:47:30,930 OUR LAUNCH COVERAGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON STARTS AT 3:30 P.M. 799 00:47:30,930 --> 00:47:32,260 FOR LAUNCH AT 4:43. 800 00:47:32,260 --> 00:47:36,950 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS MISSION YOU CAN GO TO