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good evening everyone this is the

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post-launch news conference

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for our

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mission tonight

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and here to join us to give us a status

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on our

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launch and our mission

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is kirk sharman manager for the

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international space station program at

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nasa's johnson space center

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elon musk the spacex

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chief executive officer and lead

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hans koenigsmann the vice president of

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flight reliability for spacex and we'll

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start first with kirk shineman kirk all

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right thanks uh what a wonderful day

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it's beautiful day outside a great day

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to launch a rocket and and we saw a

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great one so uh i had the the pleasure

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of being in the mission control center

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at spacex and and i can tell you the

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folks were really excited as were myself

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and and then we could hear the roar of

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the rocket that was really cool so after

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after the launch i got on the phone and

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talked to our colleagues in houston and

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there was a roar there too so it was

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great to hear that we're very excited to

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our our cargo and the dragon safely on

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orbit and we're very much looking

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forward to it to arrive to uh to the iss

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um i had a chance to speak to our

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systems on board the iss are ready to

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support uh the mission

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and like i said we're looking great uh

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very forward to having the cargo and all

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the utilization on board iss

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tim peake will be grappling the dragon

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and jeff williams will be assisting him

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those crew members are ready to support

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and and like i said we're really happy

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so let me hand it back to you and we'll

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hear from our spacex colleagues all

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right thank you kirk now to elon musk

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our spacex ceo and lead designer

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uh thanks um well it's great to be here

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we love doing doing a good job for nasa

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the thank you for allowing us to deliver

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space and velocity is space and orbit

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reef would that be a an actual paying

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customer on it or would you do that

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just as an experiment to relaunch it um

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we think it'll be a paying customer but

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but that's

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all right let's go right here

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so elon having achieved this uh

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this milestone here what does that mean

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for the future of spacex and for this

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future space flight

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yeah i think this is i think this is a

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really good milestone for the future of

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space flight you know i think it's

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another step towards the stars

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in order for us to

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really open up

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access to space we've got to achieve

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full and rapid reusability

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and being able to to do that for the the

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primary rocket booster is is going to be

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a huge uh

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impact on on

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cost

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now it'll still take us

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you know a few years to

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make that smooth and make it efficient

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but it's

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i think it's proven that it can work

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and

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you know there probably will be some

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failures in the future

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but

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we will iron those out and get it to the

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point where it's a routine

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it's routine to bring it back and where

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the only changes to the rocket are

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you know maybe

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hose it down or you know clean

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and give you know give it a wash and

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um

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add the propellant and fly again that's

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the key

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it's full and rapid reusability is

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fundamental

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yeah

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bill

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oh well marshall was ahead of me

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okay

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marsha done associated press for uh mr

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musk um where do you expect the stage

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that landed in december on land where is

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that going to end up is that going to be

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on display at your headquarters

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ultimately and soon hopefully oh

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hopefully is that the

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we just got um

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our headquarters are close to the day or

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adjacent to hawthorne airport so we

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needed faa permission because it would

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be like a the highest object for

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um

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quite a distance around the airport but

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we just i believe got that permission so

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we're planning on putting the

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um the first uh the rocket that landed

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back the cape um

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in front of the spacex headquarters and

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hawthorne hopefully in the next few

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months oh okay thank you and and could

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you tell what was the velocity and the

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altitude for this booster

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um what's the highest altitude it

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reached in this peak speed before it

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started coming back

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so uh

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actually i i don't actually know

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um 200 usually

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yeah the the for for leo emissions the

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peak altitude is usually not super high

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like it's it's would have been you know

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something around a couple hundred

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kilometers um

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and

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the the velocity also is not as high as

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says as it would have been on the the

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last mission but the highest velocity

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emissions that we see

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are the the geostationary missions um so

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so for example for this mission

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actually we we could have brought it

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back to land

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um

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do it do a ship landing where we had

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lots of lots of margin

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so

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it would have been a low margin return

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to land or a high margin ship landing um

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and so this

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i think um

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really you know helped us show that the

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ship landing could work um but in terms

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of the the maximum sort of transfer

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velocity which is this is really the key

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figure of merit for the boost stage uh

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the maximum transfer velocity is is we

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think we'll get up to about uh 9 000

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maybe 10 000

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kilometers per hour

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um and that's transferring

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um an upper stage

403
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load up

404
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upstairs with payload plus fairing you

405
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talk about 120 tons or thereabouts

406
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so it's 120 tons to upwards of 10 000

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kilometers an hour

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so it's sort of quite a javelin throw

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yeah

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very quick questions one is i realize

411
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it's a fairly calm sea today but those

412
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of us not looking used to looking at

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barges in the ocean looked like it was

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rocking pretty good what is just out of

415
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curiosity the maximum

416
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tilt the rocket could stand and stay

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vertical number one

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and two can you talk a little bit about

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increasing your launch pace you guys

420
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have a really busy manifest

421
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you're starting to ramp things up here

422
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and do you need more people can you do

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it with the crew you currently have here

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and at vandenberg just just generally

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about the face thanks sure well

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um

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first of all i'd say it's it's a it's a

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ship it used to be a barge

429
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but uh when we added engines and control

430
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systems and everything um it's not i

431
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think it's sort of very cool leadership

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has four engines

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so

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um

435
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but uh

436
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today

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uh the

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the pitch and roll was about uh two to

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three degrees so it was actually not not

440
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too bad

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um

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i well probably

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you know i'd say

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we could do double double that easily

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and maybe triple

446
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so maybe it's eight or nine degrees but

447
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that that's probably about the limit

448
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um

449
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that would be real really

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intensities um

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and

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we also see some translation where it's

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going up and down so it's both rotating

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and translating

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so it's it's tricky just just like a

456
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carrier landing

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but

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going to absolute position so the the

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the ship is holding to absolute gps

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position uh with the relative gps and

461
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today was actually holding to with um

462
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accuracy of of lower meter

463
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um

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and it's got four engines that all of

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which can rotate 360 degrees and they're

466
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operating continuously to hold both the

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and

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in terms of

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increasing

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our head count i think that's that's

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going to continue to grow

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um and our launch rate is going to

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continue to grow

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um we're

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expecting by

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um you know maybe the third third or

477
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fourth quarter that would be

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doing a launch every

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uh you know two to three weeks

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thanks so stephen clark from space

481
00:17:19,990 --> 00:17:17,360
flight now um a couple of clarifications

482
00:17:21,590 --> 00:17:20,000
um i believe earlier you've talked about

483
00:17:23,029 --> 00:17:21,600
securing the rocket on the drone ship

484
00:17:24,470 --> 00:17:23,039
with welded shoes i was wondering if

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that's still the what's happening that's

486
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still we're welding it down

487
00:17:29,830 --> 00:17:27,919
yeah and make sure it doesn't tip over

488
00:17:31,350 --> 00:17:29,840
okay there's there's potentially some

489
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there's potentially some heavy winds

490
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coming in um so

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once the rocket's safe the crew is going

492
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to go on there and then we've got these

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uh steel shoes that we put over the

494
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landing feet and weld it to the deck

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00:17:45,669 --> 00:17:44,480
and

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one more clarification is it still

497
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coming into port canaveral is that the

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00:17:51,510 --> 00:17:49,600
plan um actually i'm not certain about

499
00:17:52,870 --> 00:17:51,520
that i think that certainly is where it

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00:17:54,710 --> 00:17:52,880
will ultimately be i'm not sure if that

501
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is the initial destination

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okay

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all right let's come back over here on

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this side of the room right here

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right here

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uh sawyer rosenstein with talking space

507
00:18:07,590 --> 00:18:06,320
kind of going along with that can you

508
00:18:09,909 --> 00:18:07,600
talk a little bit about the process of

509
00:18:11,909 --> 00:18:09,919
exactly how it gets you know to that

510
00:18:13,590 --> 00:18:11,919
drone how it stays on that drone

511
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ship and then the process of what

512
00:18:18,150 --> 00:18:15,600
exactly happens from now that it's on

513
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until it gets back into port

514
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we're a little bit like the dog that

515
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caught the bus you know

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but uh

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it the the plan is to bring it into port

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um

519
00:18:38,310 --> 00:18:36,559
then take uh that there's there's a load

520
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head fixture that we can put on the top

521
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of the the rocket uh kind of where the

522
00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:42,880
the stage separation mechanism attaches

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and then we can pick it up with the

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crane and then

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put on to land um

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and then we've got a oh we actually have

527
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like like a like a stand that we put it

528
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on and then

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the stand attaches the launch hold downs

530
00:19:00,470 --> 00:18:58,000
and then we can

531
00:19:02,710 --> 00:19:00,480
fold the legs up um

532
00:19:05,510 --> 00:19:02,720
then the crane rotates it horizontal for

533
00:19:08,070 --> 00:19:05,520
transport and rings should bring it to

534
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probably

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39a and then we're going to do some

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00:19:18,470 --> 00:19:15,679
do those like those 10 test firings

537
00:19:21,350 --> 00:19:18,480
and if that all goes well then

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comfortable with

539
00:19:25,830 --> 00:19:25,039
with an orbital flight

540
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okay

541
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right here

542
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jason ryan with spaceflightinsider.com

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and i kind of want to take a back a

544
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little bit to orcom og2 this past

545
00:19:37,750 --> 00:19:35,600
december you successfully landed a

546
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landing zone one kind of carrying out a

547
00:19:41,350 --> 00:19:39,039
test flight there

548
00:19:43,590 --> 00:19:41,360
and today he carried out a test flight

549
00:19:45,510 --> 00:19:43,600
more or less on ocean so can you talk a

550
00:19:46,950 --> 00:19:45,520
little bit about spacex's plans to

551
00:19:49,029 --> 00:19:46,960
actually incorporate the testing of its

552
00:19:51,750 --> 00:19:49,039
technology successfully i might add

553
00:19:53,190 --> 00:19:51,760
while still sending payloads to orbit

554
00:19:54,870 --> 00:19:53,200
thank you

555
00:19:55,990 --> 00:19:54,880
um i'm not sure i totally understand the

556
00:19:57,669 --> 00:19:56,000
question so

557
00:20:00,070 --> 00:19:57,679
um

558
00:20:02,630 --> 00:20:01,029
i'm not sure i can understand the

559
00:20:03,750 --> 00:20:02,640
question incorporating spacex's

560
00:20:05,190 --> 00:20:03,760
technology

561
00:20:06,630 --> 00:20:05,200
to test flights while you're still

562
00:20:08,630 --> 00:20:06,640
sending payloads to orbit i mean you're

563
00:20:10,230 --> 00:20:08,640
mostly they break up their test program

564
00:20:11,590 --> 00:20:10,240
away from sending payloads orbits but

565
00:20:12,710 --> 00:20:11,600
you've actually managed to incorporate

566
00:20:15,430 --> 00:20:12,720
the two can you talk a little bit about

567
00:20:16,470 --> 00:20:15,440
that philosophy oh um yeah sure well i

568
00:20:18,470 --> 00:20:16,480
guess uh

569
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um

570
00:20:23,510 --> 00:20:21,120
the the problem with uh you know as soon

571
00:20:24,870 --> 00:20:23,520
as you're going going to orbit um

572
00:20:26,149 --> 00:20:24,880
your your

573
00:20:28,870 --> 00:20:26,159
your horizontal velocity i'm like i

574
00:20:30,710 --> 00:20:28,880
really can't um emphasize horizontal

575
00:20:34,070 --> 00:20:30,720
velocity enough it's um because it's so

576
00:20:36,789 --> 00:20:34,080
counterintuitive um

577
00:20:38,230 --> 00:20:36,799
it it's super high um

578
00:20:40,310 --> 00:20:38,240
so the

579
00:20:43,029 --> 00:20:40,320
uh it's really hard to do these test

580
00:20:45,669 --> 00:20:43,039
flights um

581
00:20:48,630 --> 00:20:45,679
without actually going orbit

582
00:20:52,149 --> 00:20:48,640
um like we could conceivably i suppose

583
00:20:54,789 --> 00:20:52,159
uh put a huge weight um 120 ton weight

584
00:20:56,950 --> 00:20:54,799
on top of the boost stage um and then

585
00:20:59,110 --> 00:20:56,960
and then do these launches drop the 120

586
00:21:00,390 --> 00:20:59,120
ton weight and then try to land

587
00:21:02,310 --> 00:21:00,400
um

588
00:21:04,390 --> 00:21:02,320
but but there's no point doing that why

589
00:21:06,070 --> 00:21:04,400
not just send a useful

590
00:21:07,669 --> 00:21:06,080
payload while you're at it instead of

591
00:21:09,270 --> 00:21:07,679
the dead weight so

592
00:21:10,710 --> 00:21:09,280
um

593
00:21:13,270 --> 00:21:10,720
and but but that's why it's really hard

594
00:21:15,110 --> 00:21:13,280
to do these these met these tests

595
00:21:17,430 --> 00:21:15,120
it's really basically impossible to do

596
00:21:19,909 --> 00:21:17,440
these tests on land unless you had like

597
00:21:21,029 --> 00:21:19,919
siberia or something because it's just

598
00:21:24,549 --> 00:21:21,039
if

599
00:21:26,230 --> 00:21:24,559
and and the rocket

600
00:21:27,909 --> 00:21:26,240
engines didn't re-light

601
00:21:30,789 --> 00:21:27,919
it would have a ballistic trajectory and

602
00:21:32,230 --> 00:21:30,799
land like hundreds of miles away like

603
00:21:34,230 --> 00:21:32,240
several like

604
00:21:36,870 --> 00:21:34,240
you know anywhere from

605
00:21:39,270 --> 00:21:36,880
500 to a thousand miles away

606
00:21:41,110 --> 00:21:39,280
so it could randomly smash down on on a

607
00:21:43,270 --> 00:21:41,120
city somewhere

608
00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:43,280
that's why you need you want to do the

609
00:21:46,549 --> 00:21:45,280
ocean um

610
00:21:49,110 --> 00:21:46,559
launches

611
00:21:51,110 --> 00:21:49,120
um so if if if it isn't able to turn

612
00:21:53,110 --> 00:21:51,120
around and re-light the engines

613
00:21:56,070 --> 00:21:53,120
um then it's it's gonna you're gonna

614
00:21:57,590 --> 00:21:56,080
sort of smash into the ocean honestly

615
00:21:59,909 --> 00:21:57,600
we are taking questions from social

616
00:22:02,390 --> 00:21:59,919
media as well if you use uh

617
00:22:04,390 --> 00:22:02,400
ask nasa you can also ask some questions

618
00:22:06,950 --> 00:22:04,400
let's come here to the front to daryl

619
00:22:09,110 --> 00:22:06,960
daryl nail fox35 um

620
00:22:11,510 --> 00:22:09,120
this would seem like a big week for you

621
00:22:13,350 --> 00:22:11,520
your car company earlier in the week big

622
00:22:15,590 --> 00:22:13,360
moment for your aerospace aerospace

623
00:22:18,789 --> 00:22:15,600
company today can you kind of talk me

624
00:22:21,270 --> 00:22:18,799
through what that moment was like um two

625
00:22:22,789 --> 00:22:21,280
questions what that moment was like um

626
00:22:24,789 --> 00:22:22,799
where you were watching it what you were

627
00:22:29,029 --> 00:22:24,799
feeling you know did you turn in hug

628
00:22:32,870 --> 00:22:30,470
i have a confession to make i i didn't

629
00:22:39,029 --> 00:22:32,880
need hog hands

630
00:22:42,710 --> 00:22:40,470
tilt to the rocket when it came down

631
00:22:44,710 --> 00:22:42,720
yeah yeah absolutely um it was uh i

632
00:22:47,190 --> 00:22:44,720
think the whole spacex team was super

633
00:22:48,390 --> 00:22:47,200
excited um they've all worked incredibly

634
00:22:49,990 --> 00:22:48,400
hard to

635
00:22:52,870 --> 00:22:50,000
uh get to this day

636
00:22:53,669 --> 00:22:52,880
and um it's a lot of work ahead for sure

637
00:22:55,110 --> 00:22:53,679
um

638
00:22:59,669 --> 00:22:55,120
because making the

639
00:23:05,669 --> 00:23:03,430
easy is is hard

640
00:23:09,750 --> 00:23:05,679
and

641
00:23:12,230 --> 00:23:09,760
thing that's that's really important for

642
00:23:13,990 --> 00:23:12,240
the reusability to be cost effective

643
00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:14,000
like an aircraft

644
00:23:17,110 --> 00:23:15,120
so if

645
00:23:19,590 --> 00:23:17,120
you know an aircraft you can

646
00:23:21,830 --> 00:23:19,600
you can recycle a 747

647
00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:21,840
that went from london to

648
00:23:25,909 --> 00:23:23,760
los angeles and you recycle that in

649
00:23:28,070 --> 00:23:25,919
three hours two three hours maybe

650
00:23:29,590 --> 00:23:28,080
and and do another flight

651
00:23:31,190 --> 00:23:29,600
we got to ultimately get rockets to that

652
00:23:33,430 --> 00:23:31,200
point

653
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:37,350
kind of explain oh the

654
00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:39,430
it was quite windy um so it had winds up

655
00:23:43,669 --> 00:23:41,600
to 50 miles an hour on

656
00:23:46,470 --> 00:23:43,679
as it was coming coming down

657
00:23:49,590 --> 00:23:46,480
so it's tilting into the wind

658
00:23:51,190 --> 00:23:49,600
okay question right here

659
00:23:52,549 --> 00:23:51,200
hi josh dinner with the orbital dot

660
00:23:55,110 --> 00:23:52,559
space first off i just want to say

661
00:23:57,830 --> 00:23:55,120
congratulations um secondly i want to

662
00:23:59,350 --> 00:23:57,840
ask about the falcon 9 heavy um given

663
00:24:01,590 --> 00:23:59,360
that it's going to be

664
00:24:05,269 --> 00:24:01,600
going further and faster what will be

665
00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:05,279
the reuse capabilities of those stages

666
00:24:09,510 --> 00:24:07,360
falcon heavy i say think about that this

667
00:24:10,390 --> 00:24:09,520
is like quite high parker factor about

668
00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:10,400
uh

669
00:24:13,990 --> 00:24:12,400
falcon heavy um

670
00:24:15,750 --> 00:24:14,000
that that's uh

671
00:24:20,549 --> 00:24:15,760
you know originally i mean maybe we

672
00:24:25,029 --> 00:24:22,950
we thought maybe that people

673
00:24:27,669 --> 00:24:25,039
might look at that um it's a lot of

674
00:24:29,190 --> 00:24:27,679
engines to work simultaneously

675
00:24:33,510 --> 00:24:29,200
and

676
00:24:34,789 --> 00:24:33,520
separation events so

677
00:24:36,310 --> 00:24:34,799
it's um

678
00:24:39,190 --> 00:24:36,320
it's a lot more it's a lot trickier of a

679
00:24:40,230 --> 00:24:39,200
proposition than than falcon 9.

680
00:24:44,870 --> 00:24:40,240
um

681
00:24:47,190 --> 00:24:44,880
are amazing and it's it's got a lot of

682
00:24:49,029 --> 00:24:47,200
potential

683
00:24:51,510 --> 00:24:49,039
and

684
00:24:54,630 --> 00:24:51,520
particularly for

685
00:24:57,350 --> 00:24:54,640
uh doing the heavy high altitude

686
00:24:59,590 --> 00:24:57,360
geostationary satellites um that

687
00:25:01,669 --> 00:24:59,600
currently can only be flown

688
00:25:03,830 --> 00:25:01,679
by um

689
00:25:06,870 --> 00:25:03,840
by aureon like that or you know that if

690
00:25:09,350 --> 00:25:06,880
it's a really heavy satellite um

691
00:25:11,909 --> 00:25:09,360
good yeah so so that's um

692
00:25:14,070 --> 00:25:11,919
that's going to be an important

693
00:25:14,950 --> 00:25:14,080
mission for showing that we can we can

694
00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:14,960
do

695
00:25:18,789 --> 00:25:16,400
the the biggest satellites in the world

696
00:25:20,870 --> 00:25:18,799
and that and then some um

697
00:25:23,269 --> 00:25:20,880
if falcon heavy you know if it reaches

698
00:25:24,710 --> 00:25:23,279
orbit um it uh

699
00:25:26,950 --> 00:25:24,720
it'll be the uh

700
00:25:29,350 --> 00:25:26,960
the biggest rocket to reach orbit since

701
00:25:32,549 --> 00:25:29,360
um well

702
00:25:35,510 --> 00:25:32,559
yeah uh well since by the way since the

703
00:25:37,190 --> 00:25:35,520
space shuttle and the um

704
00:25:39,269 --> 00:25:37,200
and saturn v and it'll be the biggest

705
00:25:41,029 --> 00:25:39,279
operating rocket today until sls is

706
00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:41,039
active

707
00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:43,760
so um

708
00:25:46,870 --> 00:25:45,120
it'd be

709
00:25:47,830 --> 00:25:46,880
lift off thrust approaching five million

710
00:25:49,110 --> 00:25:47,840
pounds

711
00:25:50,390 --> 00:25:49,120
um

712
00:25:52,070 --> 00:25:50,400
seven five in the shuttle were about

713
00:25:54,390 --> 00:25:52,080
seven and a half

714
00:25:56,310 --> 00:25:54,400
um yeah okay let's take a question here

715
00:25:58,230 --> 00:25:56,320
and then we'll do some social media jd

716
00:26:00,230 --> 00:25:58,240
taylor with usa in space again

717
00:26:02,470 --> 00:26:00,240
congratulations and also congratulations

718
00:26:03,430 --> 00:26:02,480
on your model 3 launch as well

719
00:26:05,990 --> 00:26:03,440
uh

720
00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:06,000
when how often do you plan to do ground

721
00:26:11,669 --> 00:26:08,000
landings and when is the next one that

722
00:26:13,350 --> 00:26:11,679
you're going to attempt to do

723
00:26:15,430 --> 00:26:13,360
right now the

724
00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:15,440
we expect about half of our landings to

725
00:26:19,990 --> 00:26:18,320
be ground and then half to be

726
00:26:22,470 --> 00:26:20,000
uh

727
00:26:25,190 --> 00:26:22,480
ocean linings

728
00:26:27,510 --> 00:26:25,200
and then over time we do want to as we

729
00:26:29,510 --> 00:26:27,520
refine the performance of the rocket um

730
00:26:32,470 --> 00:26:29,520
and it can improve the

731
00:26:34,070 --> 00:26:32,480
just all the elements of flight um

732
00:26:35,990 --> 00:26:34,080
and it's it's amazing how sort of a few

733
00:26:38,149 --> 00:26:36,000
percent improvement here and there sort

734
00:26:39,830 --> 00:26:38,159
of adds up and and then you're able to

735
00:26:41,430 --> 00:26:39,840
achieve enough margin to bring it all

736
00:26:43,909 --> 00:26:41,440
the way back to land so we're hopeful

737
00:26:45,430 --> 00:26:43,919
that in the long run we'll move from say

738
00:26:48,789 --> 00:26:45,440
half of our missions being ocean landing

739
00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:48,799
to to maybe a third of them or or a

740
00:26:52,630 --> 00:26:50,640
quarter

741
00:26:54,549 --> 00:26:52,640
because it certainly is um a lot easier

742
00:26:55,350 --> 00:26:54,559
to re-fly the rock if it comes back to

743
00:26:56,710 --> 00:26:55,360
land

744
00:26:59,830 --> 00:26:56,720
um

745
00:27:01,350 --> 00:26:59,840
question uh

746
00:27:02,630 --> 00:27:01,360
uh just so i went in when's the next

747
00:27:05,350 --> 00:27:02,640
lane

748
00:27:07,830 --> 00:27:06,710
the next line lining i think it's uh

749
00:27:10,470 --> 00:27:07,840
probably

750
00:27:13,110 --> 00:27:10,480
uh about three months away

751
00:27:14,070 --> 00:27:13,120
so the next one's another another ocean

752
00:27:16,070 --> 00:27:14,080
landing

753
00:27:21,029 --> 00:27:16,080
um

754
00:27:24,149 --> 00:27:22,149
yeah yeah i think that's probably the

755
00:27:25,909 --> 00:27:24,159
most likely

756
00:27:28,230 --> 00:27:25,919
yeah so probably the

757
00:27:30,470 --> 00:27:28,240
the third mission from now will be

758
00:27:33,590 --> 00:27:30,480
a land landing

759
00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:33,600
and uh the next two are

760
00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:35,840
high velocity geo emissions

761
00:27:38,789 --> 00:27:37,200
so these will be

762
00:27:40,630 --> 00:27:38,799
uh

763
00:27:43,350 --> 00:27:40,640
quite tough shift landings because it's

764
00:27:44,870 --> 00:27:43,360
going to come in really hot

765
00:27:46,549 --> 00:27:44,880
in fact the

766
00:27:48,630 --> 00:27:46,559
the thing about the high velocity

767
00:27:49,990 --> 00:27:48,640
re-entries is that they're not just it's

768
00:27:51,590 --> 00:27:50,000
not just a lot of wind force but it's a

769
00:27:53,510 --> 00:27:51,600
lot of heat

770
00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:53,520
and that the heat goes peak heating goes

771
00:27:56,789 --> 00:27:55,760
with the cube of velocity

772
00:27:57,830 --> 00:27:56,799
so

773
00:27:59,029 --> 00:27:57,840
um

774
00:28:01,029 --> 00:27:59,039
like the way to understand the

775
00:28:02,310 --> 00:28:01,039
difficulty of achieving a given velocity

776
00:28:04,230 --> 00:28:02,320
is actually as the square because the

777
00:28:05,830 --> 00:28:04,240
kinetic energy grows as the square of

778
00:28:07,510 --> 00:28:05,840
velocity

779
00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:07,520
but then that the peak heating goes

780
00:28:11,510 --> 00:28:10,240
grows as the cube of velocity so

781
00:28:13,669 --> 00:28:11,520
it's really

782
00:28:15,430 --> 00:28:13,679
wants to melt

783
00:28:17,590 --> 00:28:15,440
you think we've got a question on social

784
00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:17,600
media can you give us that one

785
00:28:21,590 --> 00:28:19,840
sure um we have a lot of questions on

786
00:28:23,590 --> 00:28:21,600
social media this one's from nasa watch

787
00:28:25,990 --> 00:28:23,600
and he wants to know how many times do

788
00:28:27,830 --> 00:28:26,000
you think you can reuse a used first

789
00:28:29,590 --> 00:28:27,840
stage

790
00:28:31,909 --> 00:28:29,600
um i think

791
00:28:33,430 --> 00:28:31,919
some some aspects of the stage will have

792
00:28:35,990 --> 00:28:33,440
no meaningful

793
00:28:37,110 --> 00:28:36,000
life i mean they'll meaning that they'll

794
00:28:39,669 --> 00:28:37,120
you could probably do them a thousand

795
00:28:41,269 --> 00:28:39,679
missions um

796
00:28:43,669 --> 00:28:41,279
i think almost everything on the stage

797
00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:43,679
will be good for

798
00:28:47,909 --> 00:28:46,640
10 or 20 missions

799
00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:47,919
and

800
00:28:53,269 --> 00:28:49,360
with minor refurbishment you could get

801
00:28:57,510 --> 00:28:55,269
this one is from bart

802
00:28:58,870 --> 00:28:57,520
on twitter and they ask can you

803
00:29:00,070 --> 00:28:58,880
um this might be for the nasa folks can

804
00:29:02,630 --> 00:29:00,080
you talk about the schedule for the

805
00:29:03,990 --> 00:29:02,640
upcoming beam deployment on iss

806
00:29:06,230 --> 00:29:04,000
i don't know first

807
00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:06,240
sure um so beam's going to be installed

808
00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:08,640
we're thinking about the 15th or 16th of

809
00:29:12,630 --> 00:29:11,200
this month so relatively quickly after a

810
00:29:14,149 --> 00:29:12,640
dragon arrives

811
00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:14,159
there's a certain period for thermal

812
00:29:18,470 --> 00:29:16,320
stabilization once it arrives

813
00:29:20,149 --> 00:29:18,480
and and then inflation is probably not

814
00:29:23,430 --> 00:29:20,159
until the end of may somewhere around

815
00:29:24,870 --> 00:29:23,440
the 25th 26th of may

816
00:29:26,549 --> 00:29:24,880
there's a lot of work involved in

817
00:29:28,470 --> 00:29:26,559
preparing for that and

818
00:29:29,909 --> 00:29:28,480
and we also want a a good quiescent

819
00:29:32,310 --> 00:29:29,919
period on board international space

820
00:29:34,310 --> 00:29:32,320
station uh as i mentioned earlier this

821
00:29:36,710 --> 00:29:34,320
is we've had four visiting vehicles uh

822
00:29:38,470 --> 00:29:36,720
this will be the fourth in four weeks so

823
00:29:40,310 --> 00:29:38,480
uh we need a time when vehicles aren't

824
00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:40,320
coming and going it turns out there's a

825
00:29:43,269 --> 00:29:41,120
high

826
00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:43,279
sun angle in the end of may which

827
00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:44,880
vehicles can't come and go during that

828
00:29:48,549 --> 00:29:46,320
time and so it'll be a great time to

829
00:29:51,510 --> 00:29:48,559
inflate beams so we're expecting expect

830
00:29:54,310 --> 00:29:51,520
about the 25th or 6th of may for

831
00:29:58,470 --> 00:29:54,320
inflation and like i said tax day for

832
00:30:09,430 --> 00:29:59,830
okay let's come up here and take a

833
00:30:14,549 --> 00:30:12,389
hi daddy cesar with the utica phoenix

834
00:30:16,549 --> 00:30:14,559
and for elon i was wondering if you

835
00:30:18,310 --> 00:30:16,559
foresee any competing launch providers

836
00:30:19,669 --> 00:30:18,320
following suit with reliable or

837
00:30:22,870 --> 00:30:19,679
reusability

838
00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:22,880
and was that a hope of yours it is and

839
00:30:28,549 --> 00:30:24,720
what kind of edge does reusability give

840
00:30:31,909 --> 00:30:29,990
i think

841
00:30:33,190 --> 00:30:31,919
i i'm hopeful that

842
00:30:37,430 --> 00:30:33,200
the

843
00:30:38,710 --> 00:30:37,440
direction of reusability um

844
00:30:40,470 --> 00:30:38,720
i think it's it's quite it's quite

845
00:30:42,470 --> 00:30:40,480
fundamental i mean

846
00:30:44,789 --> 00:30:42,480
it's just as fundamental in rocketry as

847
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:44,799
it is in other forms of transport

848
00:30:50,310 --> 00:30:47,760
such as cars or planes or

849
00:30:51,110 --> 00:30:50,320
bicycles or anything

850
00:30:55,990 --> 00:30:51,120
the

851
00:30:57,269 --> 00:30:56,000
or reload it's actually mostly oxygen on

852
00:30:59,029 --> 00:30:57,279
board

853
00:31:01,269 --> 00:30:59,039
is only about

854
00:31:02,950 --> 00:31:01,279
uh two to three hundred thousand dollars

855
00:31:05,029 --> 00:31:02,960
but the cost the rocket itself is 60

856
00:31:06,549 --> 00:31:05,039
million you know it's kind of like a an

857
00:31:08,630 --> 00:31:06,559
aircraft um

858
00:31:11,509 --> 00:31:08,640
aircraft are real expensive but not to

859
00:31:13,750 --> 00:31:11,519
buy to construct and and buy but not

860
00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:13,760
expensive to refuel relatively speaking

861
00:31:16,230 --> 00:31:14,799
so

862
00:31:17,430 --> 00:31:16,240
um

863
00:31:19,750 --> 00:31:17,440
so it's really quite fundamental like

864
00:31:21,190 --> 00:31:19,760
the the potential if you've got a a

865
00:31:24,389 --> 00:31:21,200
rocket that can be

866
00:31:26,149 --> 00:31:24,399
uh fully and rapidly reused um it's

867
00:31:28,230 --> 00:31:26,159
somewhere in the order of 100 fold cost

868
00:31:29,830 --> 00:31:28,240
reduction

869
00:31:32,389 --> 00:31:29,840
in marginal cost you still have your

870
00:31:40,149 --> 00:31:32,399
fixed cost but in marginal cost it's a

871
00:31:44,630 --> 00:31:42,789
drainy mom with cnn this is for mr musk

872
00:31:45,990 --> 00:31:44,640
congratulations and

873
00:31:48,630 --> 00:31:46,000
is there anything that you and your

874
00:31:53,590 --> 00:31:48,640
companies are working on that can top

875
00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:57,509
listen

876
00:32:02,789 --> 00:32:01,029
this is a good one for sure um

877
00:32:04,310 --> 00:32:02,799
i think um

878
00:32:06,149 --> 00:32:04,320
yeah i mean i i don't know about joan's

879
00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:06,159
but i mean like i think that getting to

880
00:32:12,230 --> 00:32:08,960
orbit for the first time yeah was uh

881
00:32:13,350 --> 00:32:12,240
i mean that was probably the best one um

882
00:32:15,669 --> 00:32:13,360
um

883
00:32:17,830 --> 00:32:15,679
way we're up through 2008 we managed to

884
00:32:18,710 --> 00:32:17,840
do three launches but they they failed

885
00:32:20,549 --> 00:32:18,720
um

886
00:32:22,389 --> 00:32:20,559
and i actually only had the money for

887
00:32:24,230 --> 00:32:22,399
for three launches but we managed to

888
00:32:25,590 --> 00:32:24,240
that was the original plan of the world

889
00:32:26,710 --> 00:32:25,600
after three if we haven't succeeded

890
00:32:29,269 --> 00:32:26,720
we'll

891
00:32:31,830 --> 00:32:29,279
you know maybe that that that should be

892
00:32:34,230 --> 00:32:31,840
that that's it um but we managed to

893
00:32:37,269 --> 00:32:34,240
scramble and put together the parts for

894
00:32:38,389 --> 00:32:37,279
one one final launch and and it worked

895
00:32:41,190 --> 00:32:38,399
um

896
00:32:43,430 --> 00:32:41,200
so that launch four of falcon one was

897
00:32:45,990 --> 00:32:43,440
i think the most profound

898
00:32:47,750 --> 00:32:46,000
um and then

899
00:32:48,870 --> 00:32:47,760
and then you know first launched falcon

900
00:32:50,470 --> 00:32:48,880
9

901
00:32:52,710 --> 00:32:50,480
first one's dragon

902
00:32:54,950 --> 00:32:52,720
bringing dragon back

903
00:32:56,950 --> 00:32:54,960
landing back at the cape um i'd say for

904
00:32:58,630 --> 00:32:56,960
landing landing back the cape was

905
00:33:02,149 --> 00:32:58,640
next best after just getting to orbit in

906
00:33:04,870 --> 00:33:02,159
the first place yeah absolutely

907
00:33:06,310 --> 00:33:04,880
um and push for s4 things in the future

908
00:33:08,870 --> 00:33:06,320
um

909
00:33:11,669 --> 00:33:08,880
we i think we'll we'll be successful

910
00:33:12,950 --> 00:33:11,679
ironically when it becomes boring

911
00:33:15,990 --> 00:33:12,960
um

912
00:33:18,789 --> 00:33:17,350
so when it's like oh yeah another

913
00:33:21,350 --> 00:33:18,799
landing okay

914
00:33:23,029 --> 00:33:21,360
uh no news there that's um

915
00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:23,039
that's that's actually when it will be

916
00:33:25,509 --> 00:33:24,480
successful

917
00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:25,519
um

918
00:33:29,909 --> 00:33:28,720
you know there's still this little you

919
00:33:30,950 --> 00:33:29,919
know few more things you want to do and

920
00:33:34,870 --> 00:33:30,960
try to

921
00:33:36,230 --> 00:33:34,880
bring the fairing the big nose cone back

922
00:33:37,430 --> 00:33:36,240
and

923
00:33:39,590 --> 00:33:37,440
that that'll certainly help because

924
00:33:40,710 --> 00:33:39,600
those each of those cost several million

925
00:33:44,630 --> 00:33:40,720
um

926
00:33:46,149 --> 00:33:44,640
you know falcon heavy should be quite

927
00:33:47,029 --> 00:33:46,159
exciting

928
00:33:51,110 --> 00:33:47,039
um

929
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:55,509
okay let's take a question right here

930
00:34:01,350 --> 00:33:58,230
mark gotch historical space imagery

931
00:34:04,230 --> 00:34:01,360
elon congratulations uh once again you

932
00:34:07,029 --> 00:34:04,240
have proved to the world that you can

933
00:34:07,909 --> 00:34:07,039
land your rockets whether it be on land

934
00:34:10,629 --> 00:34:07,919
or

935
00:34:13,430 --> 00:34:10,639
on a drone ship on the water

936
00:34:16,470 --> 00:34:13,440
but looking forward to this future

937
00:34:19,270 --> 00:34:16,480
looking at your rockets being

938
00:34:22,869 --> 00:34:19,280
recovered and being reusable

939
00:34:25,669 --> 00:34:22,879
looking at your success with the dragon

940
00:34:28,069 --> 00:34:25,679
capsule in terms of its abort test

941
00:34:29,589 --> 00:34:28,079
protecting astronauts lives for the

942
00:34:31,909 --> 00:34:29,599
future

943
00:34:33,270 --> 00:34:31,919
looking at coupling that with your

944
00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:33,280
rockets

945
00:34:40,629 --> 00:34:36,720
we see the foreseeable future of manned

946
00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:40,639
space flight at a very economical rate

947
00:34:47,109 --> 00:34:43,760
can you tell me you pursuing more

948
00:34:50,710 --> 00:34:47,119
landings on water versus land

949
00:34:54,149 --> 00:34:50,720
when will you begin to go forward to

950
00:34:56,629 --> 00:34:54,159
your future of manned space flight

951
00:34:58,950 --> 00:34:56,639
well the the first uh

952
00:35:01,190 --> 00:34:58,960
test flights with with astronauts

953
00:35:02,870 --> 00:35:01,200
working with nasa hopefully

954
00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:02,880
that first flight will occur towards the

955
00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:07,430
and uh so that's going to be real

956
00:35:12,470 --> 00:35:09,520
exciting um we're nearing the completion

957
00:35:14,630 --> 00:35:12,480
of dragon 2

958
00:35:16,470 --> 00:35:14,640
and we'll um we'll first do an unmanned

959
00:35:17,270 --> 00:35:16,480
test flight and then

960
00:35:20,310 --> 00:35:17,280
uh

961
00:35:23,430 --> 00:35:22,390
and we obviously want to be super

962
00:35:25,589 --> 00:35:23,440
careful

963
00:35:28,790 --> 00:35:25,599
and make sure that things are

964
00:35:31,349 --> 00:35:28,800
as safe as it possibly can be

965
00:35:33,589 --> 00:35:31,359
but yeah it could be as soon as uh next

966
00:35:35,430 --> 00:35:33,599
year that that we do the first crude

967
00:35:37,190 --> 00:35:35,440
space flight um

968
00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:37,200
and you know i just also just like take

969
00:35:39,670 --> 00:35:38,079
uh

970
00:35:41,510 --> 00:35:39,680
a moment um

971
00:35:44,630 --> 00:35:41,520
you know i the

972
00:35:46,310 --> 00:35:44,640
spacex has got five five thousand people

973
00:35:48,150 --> 00:35:46,320
and um

974
00:35:55,750 --> 00:35:48,160
i get a lot of attention but

975
00:36:00,310 --> 00:35:57,670
as you say you couldn't have done any of

976
00:36:03,270 --> 00:36:00,320
this without your dedicated people yeah

977
00:36:05,109 --> 00:36:03,280
so awesome team thank you sir thank you

978
00:36:07,270 --> 00:36:05,119
all right let's uh take a couple on the

979
00:36:08,870 --> 00:36:07,280
phone here chris ryan for the chris

980
00:36:15,990 --> 00:36:08,880
davenport from the washington post i

981
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:23,190
mr davenport your line is open

982
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:28,870
all right uh any others on the phone

983
00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:34,950
okay ryan ruggiero

984
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:42,069
mr ruggiero your line is open

985
00:36:45,030 --> 00:36:43,430
all right let's come back here we'll

986
00:36:46,870 --> 00:36:45,040
take about two more questions and

987
00:36:49,670 --> 00:36:46,880
that'll wrap us up

988
00:36:54,069 --> 00:36:49,680
anymore over here

989
00:36:55,829 --> 00:36:54,079
all right well we got one over here

990
00:36:58,790 --> 00:36:55,839
um robin c mango with the new york

991
00:36:59,990 --> 00:36:58,800
observer um elon you always uh mentioned

992
00:37:02,390 --> 00:37:00,000
that

993
00:37:04,470 --> 00:37:02,400
reusable rockets is uh the long-term

994
00:37:07,270 --> 00:37:04,480
goal of that is to make colonization on

995
00:37:08,630 --> 00:37:07,280
mars cheaper and sustainable can you

996
00:37:11,270 --> 00:37:08,640
give us an update

997
00:37:14,390 --> 00:37:11,280
uh on mars and the company's plans

998
00:37:18,550 --> 00:37:16,150
well i think probably

999
00:37:20,150 --> 00:37:18,560
um you know now is not not the time to

1000
00:37:22,550 --> 00:37:20,160
give give a

1001
00:37:24,470 --> 00:37:22,560
sort of full update um i am planning on

1002
00:37:26,069 --> 00:37:24,480
giving a talk at the international

1003
00:37:28,150 --> 00:37:26,079
astronautical congress which will be in

1004
00:37:29,430 --> 00:37:28,160
mexico this year in september

1005
00:37:32,230 --> 00:37:29,440
and um

1006
00:37:34,230 --> 00:37:32,240
i thought that would be a good venue to

1007
00:37:36,230 --> 00:37:34,240
describe what we think would be a good

1008
00:37:38,470 --> 00:37:36,240
approach something that would would be

1009
00:37:40,230 --> 00:37:38,480
effective for establishing

1010
00:37:43,270 --> 00:37:40,240
a city on mars

1011
00:37:48,069 --> 00:37:43,280
i think it's going to sound pretty crazy

1012
00:37:51,589 --> 00:37:49,270
all right with that we're going to wrap

1013
00:37:54,550 --> 00:37:51,599
up our large coverage here for spacex

1014
00:37:55,510 --> 00:37:54,560
crs-8 and hopefully you look forward to

1015
00:37:57,510 --> 00:37:55,520
our

1016
00:37:59,589 --> 00:37:57,520
grapple coverage coming up on sunday