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good afternoon i'm sheryl warner in

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nasa's office of communications

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thank you for joining us today to

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discuss spacex's ninth commercial

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resupply services mission to the

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international space station

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a dragon spacecraft is set to deliver

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nearly 5 000 pounds of science crew

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supplies and hardware to the orbiting

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laboratory

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the spacecraft is scheduled to lift off

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on a specific falcon 9 rocket at 12 45

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a.m eastern on monday july 18th from

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space launch complex 40 at cape

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canaveral air force

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station in florida

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here to discuss the mission are

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joel monteblano

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deputy iss program manager for

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hans koenigsmann vice president of

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julie robinson chief iss program

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captain laura godoy launch weather

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and cody chambers range safety kennedy

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each speaker will deliver brief remarks

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joel we're excited about the cargo

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headed to the space station especially

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the international docking adapter what

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can you tell us about both

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so well first of all good afternoon and

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welcome back to

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kennedy space center it's great to be

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here for another commercial resupply

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service mission you know we're looking

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forward as mission it's bringing

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critical supplies critical hardware like

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you mentioned the international docking

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adapter to the international space

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station we've got a busy week ahead of

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us so just later this afternoon we'll

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have a progress launch

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from baikonur kazakhstan they're

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scheduled to launch at 5 40 kennedy

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they'll go ahead and dock monday evening

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around 8 30 kennedy space center time

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we'll have this launch just about 15

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then the birthing on the wednesday

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morning kennedy space center time

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so and this just adds to the the busy

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time we've been having about a week and

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a half ago we had a soyuz launch from

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baikonur kazakhstan three new crew

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members were added to the international

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space station the crew has wasted no

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time getting acclimated and they're

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running and going i mean they are doing

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picking up the science program uh that

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we've been working so hard to maintain

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for for everyone they've just been

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picking up without a beat so we're glad

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to see those guys are there

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as far as this mission you know the uh

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again another mission coming to the

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international space station the the

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commercial resupply services for both

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spacex and and the orbital team have

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been just doing a fantastic job for us

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so we're happy to uh be a big part of

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this mission and we're looking forward

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to the launch

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thank you thank you joel and now we're

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here from hans with an update from

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spacex good afternoon um i'm excited to

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be here um this is the uh

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our second dragon mission for this year

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and um and as always i'd like to thank

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nasa for the opportunity to supply the

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and in this case in particular i also

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want to like um to thank the faa and the

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45th space being the safety organization

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because we had a lot of work over the

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to prepare for the uh for the land

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landing that you're going to perform

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uh started fire earlier today at uh i

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everything looks very good right now

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and uh and that's gonna gonna be a

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launch readiness review at the same time

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so i don't expect anything uh at this

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um this one also is interesting for us

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because we have um obviously monday here

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in california so i will see this book

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kept under two different dates in the

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future here

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um so seventh mission for this year uh

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our um you know investigation

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i know how critical this is for nasa and

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uh and the the the iss in general

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thank you hans we're really excited and

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looking forward to this mission as well

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now julie what can you tell us about the

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trailblazing science that we're sending

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well dragon is a really important

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for science because of its capabilities

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in launching live samples and also for

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its return capability so we have about

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930 kilograms of research samples going

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580 kilograms of samples coming back

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and it's supporting literally hundreds

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of investigations that are going on in

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proteomics and all of these

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life that are so important back here on

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earth in personalized medicine those are

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colleagues plant seedlings all of those

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their gene expression and and how being

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in space really affects those organisms

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studies of copper tin and copper silver

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the rich stream of research going on in

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now laura how is the weather looking for

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it's looking pretty good cheryl

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temperatures to remain in the lower 80s

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because the launch time is just prior to

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1am we're expecting the majority of the

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daytime and evening thunderstorms to

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have dissipated over

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central and western florida and the

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cumulus clouds and

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overnight showers that we typically see

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in the easterly flow regime

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will not really develop until after 4 am

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extending into

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just prior to

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noon on monday therefore the probability

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of violation

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will be low

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at launch time at 10 percent and this

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would just be due to the cumulus cloud

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rule and the dragon capsules flight

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through

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precipitation rule since the conditions

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are not changing

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for the first stage flyback and landing

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we have no additional weather concerns

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regarding

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violations

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in the event of a delay so a launch

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tuesday around midnight into wednesday

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morning we expect similar weather

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conditions as a first attempt the only

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real change in the weather pattern is

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the potential for a tropical easterly

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wave to progress through the pattern

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and these easterly waves may enhance the

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nocturnal

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cumulus clouds and showers as well as

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increase the cloud coverage over the

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area

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therefore the thick cloud rule has been

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added

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as a primary weather concern and the

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probability of violation increases to 30

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percent for tuesday night

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so overall we expect

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just few to maybe scattered clouds for

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the launch time with

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a full moon out as well so if you're

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able to i hope you're

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going to come out and watch the launch

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that's all i got cheryl

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thank you laura and now we hope now we

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will hear from our final speaker cody

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with an update on the range

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thanks cheryl good afternoon ladies and

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gentlemen uh we're targeting launch of

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the ninth spacex commercial resupply

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mission for nasa to the international

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space station for 12 45 a.m eastern

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daylight time that's local in advance to

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the launch the 45th space wing provided

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ksc with a risk analysis on that was

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provided to us yesterday

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we determined we're go for launch there

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are a number of safety assessments

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performed by the wing and evaluated by

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nasa

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before each mission

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uh national range safety engineers here

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at ksc accepted the current risk

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assessment which required taking some

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mitigating actions for debris and toxic

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dispersion risks

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these actions included clearing a number

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of nasa facilities here at ksc within

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the hazard launch air hazardous launch

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area

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the brevard county community outside of

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ksc was not affected however

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any facility within the launch hazard

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area this includes the press site will

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need be needed cleared at 60 minutes

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prior to the launch time

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the dispersion risk

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for this launch is driven predominantly

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by the onshore winds present this time

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of year the analysis is performed based

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on the forecasted weather data and will

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be refined as we move closer to the

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launch time

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following this assessment we'll continue

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to work closely with the wing to refine

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and fully understand the

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toxic dispersion modeling present

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and we'll work

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toward making sure everybody has an

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exciting and wonderful view of the skies

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tomorrow night joe

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thank you cody we'll now move into our

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question and answer session we will

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begin with questions in the room so if

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you have a question please raise your

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hand we will take questions after that

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from the phone line again to enter the

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queue please press star one at any time

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and to ask questions online please use

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the hashtag asknasa we'll begin with

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hi bill harwood with cbs news for cody

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can you go into a little more detail

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about uh

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this is obviously i guess for spacex

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dragon abort scenarios and and the

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toxics that are onboard the dragon

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capsule if there was an abort would you

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just talk about that and what could get

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released or maybe that's a heinz

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question i don't know but um

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just

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go through the analysis for me so i can

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speak to the analysis provided to nasa

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by the 45th space wing

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what we're looking at is in the event of

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a dragon abort scenario the predominant

404
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winds would carry the spacecraft back

405
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toward ksc property

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the

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could see a risk of releasing its toxic

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commodities as such we need to take

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actions to ensure that

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our people the viewing public as well as

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as visiting

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guests are kept safe so we thought it

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prudent to move

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visitors outside the areas of highest

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risk due to the winds and uh i'm not

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sure if

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we could speak to the the actual

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commodities on board of the spacex

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dragon capsule but

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that question what are the commodities

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we're talking about i mean i think i

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know what they are but you'd explain it

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but what's going to be different on a

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manned a piloted version of the dragon

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because obviously you're not going to

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have people on board if there's any

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chance of a risk of letting consumables

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like this get loose so maybe the

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difference between

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cargo ship manship in this context

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thanks

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so

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on dragon nothing is different from the

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last flight i'd like to point that out

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we

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and

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there those are those are

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toxic so um i understand the precaution

439
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on the ranger side the wind is in

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unfavorable direction but on the dragon

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side um nothing changed over over the

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last couple of years in terms of design

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or anything in terms of

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risk to to the public here and um from

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the design perspective uh in terms of uh

446
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crew dragon totally different situation

447
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cool dragon has an integrated board

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system so um it's going to be in case of

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of any um mishap uh the capsule would

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basically save itself and the astronauts

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and um and it would not get into the

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situation where you would impact the

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ground um potentially it would rather

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land

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safely on the ground after

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you know pulling out and and going to a

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safe distance it's a very different

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situation uh to this cargo dragon but um

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i actually think all these um

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precautions and the risk are really um

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i really appreciate that the range um

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working with us in particular not just

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on on the dragon side but also on the um

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the landing side um we had uh we had a

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really uh fruitful cooperation with

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range safety uh 45th space wing here

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to to to enable the land landing and uh

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make sure that we do this in a safe way

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without any risk to the public

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00:17:30,870 --> 00:17:27,600
great next question from irene

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hi thank you irene klotz with reuters um

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hans just to be clear the changes that

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were made

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to have a

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to be able to recover dragon in case of

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an accident

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that would be for a parachute landing at

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sea and this whole scenario driving the

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evacuation of the press site is in case

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that system didn't work and it landed on

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land

482
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no i don't think these are related i

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think the um

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what you're referring to is one of the

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changes we implemented after

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um the mishap um where we could

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basically have saved dragon by deploying

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the parachutes um and that's uh

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we've

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implemented that that particular change

491
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uh from now on but you need to get to a

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certain altitude in order to pull the uh

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the parachutes out

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and there's an initial phase early on

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where you might not be able to to do

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this so it's going to be enabled um

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later on i don't think it's it is

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related to that particular scenario okay

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thanks and um for joel um does the

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progress need to be docked um before

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spacex is clear to launch

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no

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so what we'll do is if progress progress

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is going to launch in dock and then

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if if progress had an issue but right

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now progress is you know there's

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progress is going to be docked monday

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night

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and so there's no constraint to spacex

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launch to the progress docking

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how long could spacex loiter

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uh i don't have

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you have the uh the number of days um

514
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it's probably driven more by your

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payload than by our spacecraft we could

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you could later for uh loider for a

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couple of days but i think there's a

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payload time limit

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on board

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irene we can follow up with you okay

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all right next question

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in the yellow please

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marcia done associated press for hans

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oh

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hans here yeah

526
00:19:25,909 --> 00:19:24,400
oh sorry

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um i'm wondering

528
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do you have a target date yet for your

529
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first um recycled rocket launch um and

530
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what are you doing to the booster to

531
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if anything yet to get it ready to fly

532
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in and if you could provide a little

533
00:19:40,789 --> 00:19:39,360
update too on the status of your crew

534
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crew dragon and how that's going and

535
00:19:44,390 --> 00:19:42,080
whether you think you can still make

536
00:19:47,029 --> 00:19:44,400
next year for a lunch

537
00:19:49,270 --> 00:19:47,039
okay so um first on the uh

538
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reflight of the recovered booster um

539
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that's going to be

540
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most likely in fall this year we are um

541
00:19:57,750 --> 00:19:55,760
you're prepping the booster again um and

542
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we well first of all we got to wash them

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right

544
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they come back slightly slightly

545
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blackened

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um

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and

548
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of tests with the hardware on on the

549
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boost itself to make sure

550
00:20:13,350 --> 00:20:11,039
everything's working everything's uh is

551
00:20:15,669 --> 00:20:13,360
functioning we also have a parallel test

552
00:20:17,350 --> 00:20:15,679
program running to make sure that um the

553
00:20:19,430 --> 00:20:17,360
booster is qualified for multiple

554
00:20:21,909 --> 00:20:19,440
reflights so that is something that we

555
00:20:23,510 --> 00:20:21,919
need to close out before we fly

556
00:20:28,710 --> 00:20:23,520
um

557
00:20:30,789 --> 00:20:28,720
have a customer we are in talks right

558
00:20:33,909 --> 00:20:30,799
now but we need uh we haven't finalized

559
00:20:35,590 --> 00:20:33,919
those talks um at this point in time but

560
00:20:37,669 --> 00:20:35,600
my my guess on this would be it's going

561
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to be in in fall um

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of this year

563
00:20:44,070 --> 00:20:42,000
um second question was on crew dragon um

564
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i believe you're on track um right now

565
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on the uh

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on the demo mission

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um at least on the

568
00:20:52,789 --> 00:20:51,600
on i'm somewhat familiar with the the

569
00:20:55,110 --> 00:20:52,799
first one

570
00:20:57,270 --> 00:20:55,120
i'm not sure i'm i'm too familiar on

571
00:20:59,029 --> 00:20:57,280
what comes after that so um

572
00:21:00,390 --> 00:20:59,039
from what i know on the first dragon

573
00:21:02,630 --> 00:21:00,400
mission we are

574
00:21:05,190 --> 00:21:02,640
doing a lot of work right now

575
00:21:07,990 --> 00:21:05,200
everything is uh is going a lot of

576
00:21:10,230 --> 00:21:08,000
resources are going into dragon to um to

577
00:21:12,789 --> 00:21:10,240
push the crew vehicle and to make sure

578
00:21:15,430 --> 00:21:12,799
it's uh it's ready to go by by mid next

579
00:21:18,070 --> 00:21:16,630
thank you and it looks like we have a

580
00:21:20,390 --> 00:21:18,080
number of questions if you can please

581
00:21:21,909 --> 00:21:20,400
keep your question limit to one at this

582
00:21:26,789 --> 00:21:21,919
time and i believe we're going to go to

583
00:21:26,799 --> 00:21:36,230
go ahead with the phone line

584
00:21:41,190 --> 00:21:38,710
all right james dean

585
00:21:43,029 --> 00:21:41,200
oh thanks and um yeah i'm sorry i've

586
00:21:44,789 --> 00:21:43,039
missed a couple of spots here so forgive

587
00:21:46,789 --> 00:21:44,799
me if you've answered this already but

588
00:21:49,430 --> 00:21:46,799
just trying to clarify again if the

589
00:21:52,230 --> 00:21:49,440
evacuation of certain parts of ksc is

590
00:21:55,350 --> 00:21:52,240
related at all to the booster return

591
00:21:56,549 --> 00:21:55,360
or it's exclusively a dragon risk that's

592
00:21:58,710 --> 00:21:56,559
been

593
00:22:02,230 --> 00:21:58,720
evaluated here

594
00:22:05,110 --> 00:22:02,240
i'm assuming that was directed to me the

595
00:22:07,110 --> 00:22:05,120
uh the return of the booster does not

596
00:22:08,950 --> 00:22:07,120
introduce any additional risks beyond

597
00:22:11,590 --> 00:22:08,960
that we normally see with a return

598
00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:11,600
mission to uh the

599
00:22:16,549 --> 00:22:14,320
landing site won with spacex the

600
00:22:18,710 --> 00:22:16,559
evacuation and clearing of some of the

601
00:22:21,669 --> 00:22:18,720
viewing areas here at ksc is driven by

602
00:22:23,830 --> 00:22:21,679
again the dragon abort scenario

603
00:22:27,190 --> 00:22:23,840
okay thank you so much and uh hans could

604
00:22:28,549 --> 00:22:27,200
you just discuss your um

605
00:22:30,710 --> 00:22:28,559
i guess again you know your what you

606
00:22:32,710 --> 00:22:30,720
think are the chances of success of a

607
00:22:34,950 --> 00:22:32,720
booster landing this time around

608
00:22:37,270 --> 00:22:34,960
and um you know given that uh i guess

609
00:22:39,029 --> 00:22:37,280
land is considered a little more

610
00:22:40,710 --> 00:22:39,039
favorable than the drone ship right and

611
00:22:43,190 --> 00:22:40,720
um now that you have a few under your

612
00:22:44,630 --> 00:22:43,200
belt how are you uh feeling about this

613
00:22:49,669 --> 00:22:44,640
next opportunity

614
00:22:51,830 --> 00:22:49,679
yeah so i mean um the land landing is um

615
00:22:54,230 --> 00:22:51,840
it doesn't move

616
00:22:57,590 --> 00:22:54,240
it's one one advantage and it's actually

617
00:22:59,190 --> 00:22:57,600
slightly uh it's significantly bigger um

618
00:23:01,029 --> 00:22:59,200
it's a it's a pretty good good sized

619
00:23:02,630 --> 00:23:01,039
landing pad compared to the uh the drone

620
00:23:03,990 --> 00:23:02,640
ship and it doesn't have

621
00:23:06,390 --> 00:23:04,000
um

622
00:23:09,270 --> 00:23:06,400
uh doesn't have structure left and right

623
00:23:10,950 --> 00:23:09,280
that you need to fit the vehicle in so

624
00:23:12,870 --> 00:23:10,960
um from that perspective that that's

625
00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:12,880
going to be easier um getting back to

626
00:23:16,789 --> 00:23:15,120
land this uh requires a little bit more

627
00:23:19,350 --> 00:23:16,799
propellant um

628
00:23:21,350 --> 00:23:19,360
significantly more per pound rather

629
00:23:22,950 --> 00:23:21,360
but at the at the end of the day those

630
00:23:23,990 --> 00:23:22,960
trajectories are

631
00:23:25,990 --> 00:23:24,000
also

632
00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:26,000
easier or more benign in terms of heat

633
00:23:30,230 --> 00:23:28,960
load and deceleration so from that

634
00:23:32,789 --> 00:23:30,240
perspective

635
00:23:36,149 --> 00:23:32,799
i think it's going to be

636
00:23:38,470 --> 00:23:36,159
an easier trajectory than the last one

637
00:23:40,710 --> 00:23:38,480
obviously um the these landings are

638
00:23:41,510 --> 00:23:40,720
secondary in nature um

639
00:23:43,830 --> 00:23:41,520
and

640
00:23:46,390 --> 00:23:43,840
not not the main mission uh main mission

641
00:23:47,590 --> 00:23:46,400
is to bring cargo to the to the space

642
00:23:49,190 --> 00:23:47,600
station so

643
00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:49,200
um

644
00:23:53,750 --> 00:23:51,840
thanks uh i'm pretty optimistic uh at

645
00:23:55,750 --> 00:23:53,760
this point in time um

646
00:23:57,510 --> 00:23:55,760
that we we landed but uh i would always

647
00:23:59,430 --> 00:23:57,520
knock on but um

648
00:24:01,430 --> 00:23:59,440
just just by the nature of this this

649
00:24:02,549 --> 00:24:01,440
maneuver it's pretty uh

650
00:24:03,750 --> 00:24:02,559
um

651
00:24:04,390 --> 00:24:03,760
it's pretty challenging that's it this

652
00:24:05,990 --> 00:24:04,400
way

653
00:24:08,070 --> 00:24:06,000
and i also want to

654
00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:08,080
take the chance and go back on the what

655
00:24:11,830 --> 00:24:10,000
i said earlier about dragon i actually

656
00:24:15,029 --> 00:24:11,840
don't know what particular abort

657
00:24:15,990 --> 00:24:15,039
scenario you drove that analysis um

658
00:24:39,190 --> 00:24:16,000
i

659
00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:39,200
northeast astronomy forum um for for

660
00:24:43,029 --> 00:24:41,440
hunts i have a question uh about also

661
00:24:45,269 --> 00:24:43,039
the other recovered boosters the ones

662
00:24:46,390 --> 00:24:45,279
the gto they landed a little bit hard

663
00:24:48,230 --> 00:24:46,400
two of them and i don't think you're

664
00:24:49,830 --> 00:24:48,240
going to be able to reuse them and the

665
00:24:51,990 --> 00:24:49,840
last one um

666
00:24:53,590 --> 00:24:52,000
didn't land successfully

667
00:24:55,590 --> 00:24:53,600
what are you learning from these hard

668
00:24:57,110 --> 00:24:55,600
landings that you might be able to apply

669
00:24:59,909 --> 00:24:57,120
you're going to be changing

670
00:25:01,269 --> 00:24:59,919
the structure or any work on the on the

671
00:25:04,549 --> 00:25:01,279
falcon 9

672
00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:04,559
and um any change in the actual landing

673
00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:06,480
scenario how you do the landing what

674
00:25:10,230 --> 00:25:08,559
what you've learned

675
00:25:11,269 --> 00:25:10,240
from these hard landings

676
00:25:14,710 --> 00:25:11,279
so

677
00:25:16,230 --> 00:25:14,720
um there's a certain

678
00:25:17,590 --> 00:25:16,240
the the the

679
00:25:19,430 --> 00:25:17,600
primary there's no structural changes

680
00:25:20,710 --> 00:25:19,440
first of all you know and and in general

681
00:25:23,669 --> 00:25:20,720
i think the landing concept with the

682
00:25:26,950 --> 00:25:23,679
legs and uh and the number of burns and

683
00:25:28,789 --> 00:25:26,960
um the way we um perform those um seems

684
00:25:30,789 --> 00:25:28,799
to work okay

685
00:25:33,269 --> 00:25:30,799
the key thing is to protect the engines

686
00:25:35,110 --> 00:25:33,279
and make sure that they start up well

687
00:25:37,190 --> 00:25:35,120
and in particular the hot

688
00:25:39,669 --> 00:25:37,200
trajectory so to speak or the one that

689
00:25:42,149 --> 00:25:39,679
can come in after a

690
00:25:45,029 --> 00:25:42,159
really fast payload like the geotrans uh

691
00:25:47,190 --> 00:25:45,039
geotransfer payloads basically um those

692
00:25:49,510 --> 00:25:47,200
those engines need to be protected such

693
00:25:51,269 --> 00:25:49,520
that they start up in in the proper way

694
00:25:53,110 --> 00:25:51,279
and that is something that we learned

695
00:25:54,470 --> 00:25:53,120
you learn a lot by

696
00:25:57,029 --> 00:25:54,480
you know even on the on the missions

697
00:25:59,269 --> 00:25:57,039
when things go wrong um like on on you

698
00:26:01,190 --> 00:25:59,279
know on the landing rather everything

699
00:26:03,110 --> 00:26:01,200
goes well on the main mission of course

700
00:26:04,950 --> 00:26:03,120
that's actually something that um always

701
00:26:07,029 --> 00:26:04,960
bugs me we have successful deploy and

702
00:26:08,310 --> 00:26:07,039
everything's fine and uh and then the

703
00:26:10,390 --> 00:26:08,320
landing doesn't quite work and the

704
00:26:11,430 --> 00:26:10,400
landing gets all the attention there but

705
00:26:13,190 --> 00:26:11,440
um

706
00:26:15,669 --> 00:26:13,200
even even on those landings we learn we

707
00:26:18,390 --> 00:26:15,679
learn a lot and uh we

708
00:26:19,590 --> 00:26:18,400
we learned particularly on the last last

709
00:26:21,669 --> 00:26:19,600
landing

710
00:26:23,990 --> 00:26:21,679
we believe we found we found a way to

711
00:26:25,669 --> 00:26:24,000
operationally protect these engines and

712
00:26:27,510 --> 00:26:25,679
to make it safer for them to start up

713
00:26:29,669 --> 00:26:27,520
and to come up the full thrust

714
00:26:31,269 --> 00:26:29,679
and stay at full thrust

715
00:26:33,750 --> 00:26:31,279
so um

716
00:26:35,830 --> 00:26:33,760
all all in all this series of

717
00:26:38,149 --> 00:26:35,840
drone ship landings has been has been

718
00:26:40,230 --> 00:26:38,159
extremely successful even when we didn't

719
00:26:42,470 --> 00:26:40,240
recover all the um

720
00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:42,480
all the first stages

721
00:26:46,390 --> 00:26:44,080
actually we did recover them all you

722
00:26:47,430 --> 00:26:46,400
mean protecting the engines in flight is

723
00:26:49,269 --> 00:26:47,440
that what you're talking about

724
00:26:51,269 --> 00:26:49,279
protecting the engines through doing

725
00:26:53,350 --> 00:26:51,279
re-entry yeah that's when it gets hot

726
00:26:56,230 --> 00:26:53,360
and we we enter um

727
00:26:58,470 --> 00:26:56,240
with the engines facing the the flow

728
00:27:00,950 --> 00:26:58,480
so it's basically the engine

729
00:27:02,230 --> 00:27:00,960
directly exposed to the uh hard flow and

730
00:27:04,549 --> 00:27:02,240
that's when you need to protect the

731
00:27:06,630 --> 00:27:04,559
engines and uh the gases and liquids

732
00:27:08,230 --> 00:27:06,640
that are in the engine make sure that

733
00:27:10,070 --> 00:27:08,240
nothing boils off and

734
00:27:12,470 --> 00:27:10,080
does funny things

735
00:27:14,549 --> 00:27:12,480
next question behind

736
00:27:16,070 --> 00:27:14,559
lauren gresh with verge hans another

737
00:27:17,830 --> 00:27:16,080
question for you

738
00:27:20,149 --> 00:27:17,840
i know that if you land this one your

739
00:27:22,470 --> 00:27:20,159
hangar is going to be a little full at

740
00:27:25,830 --> 00:27:22,480
39a so i'm curious to know about your

741
00:27:29,190 --> 00:27:25,840
storage options moving forward

742
00:27:32,630 --> 00:27:30,310
i think we're looking at different

743
00:27:34,950 --> 00:27:32,640
places to store and we need to actually

744
00:27:37,110 --> 00:27:34,960
you got a good point we um we are

745
00:27:38,389 --> 00:27:37,120
working on getting the hanger clear and

746
00:27:41,430 --> 00:27:38,399
and

747
00:27:44,389 --> 00:27:41,440
we have to start working on on falcon

748
00:27:45,350 --> 00:27:44,399
heavy uh to to uh to get it integrated

749
00:27:46,470 --> 00:27:45,360
there so

750
00:27:48,230 --> 00:27:46,480
um

751
00:27:49,590 --> 00:27:48,240
i don't know exactly what what our

752
00:27:51,669 --> 00:27:49,600
options are i know that the team is

753
00:27:53,190 --> 00:27:51,679
working on that and i believe we are

754
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:53,200
looking at different hangers in the in

755
00:27:57,110 --> 00:27:55,440
the vicinity here

756
00:28:02,549 --> 00:27:57,120
next question from the room right back

757
00:28:06,470 --> 00:28:04,310
hi jeff thousands of space news uh for

758
00:28:08,070 --> 00:28:06,480
cody was the timing of the risk asses

759
00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:08,080
assessment driven by the weather

760
00:28:11,909 --> 00:28:10,240
forecast because of the winds issue and

761
00:28:13,669 --> 00:28:11,919
has there been are you aware of previous

762
00:28:16,149 --> 00:28:13,679
cases of launches where you've had to

763
00:28:17,510 --> 00:28:16,159
evacuate ksc facilities like the press

764
00:28:19,909 --> 00:28:17,520
site in the vab

765
00:28:22,310 --> 00:28:19,919
because of an issue like this uh well so

766
00:28:23,909 --> 00:28:22,320
the second question first yes absolutely

767
00:28:27,350 --> 00:28:23,919
there have been several occasions in the

768
00:28:29,830 --> 00:28:27,360
past where we've had to move people

769
00:28:33,190 --> 00:28:29,840
for one reason or another be a

770
00:28:35,830 --> 00:28:33,200
distant focused over pressure or debris

771
00:28:37,350 --> 00:28:35,840
the to address your first question we

772
00:28:38,310 --> 00:28:37,360
are

773
00:28:40,230 --> 00:28:38,320
driven

774
00:28:42,149 --> 00:28:40,240
on by uncertainty

775
00:28:44,470 --> 00:28:42,159
and the further out we predict the more

776
00:28:46,310 --> 00:28:44,480
uncertainty there is in the model so as

777
00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:46,320
we get closer and closer to the launch

778
00:28:51,190 --> 00:28:49,120
time we'll get updated analyses run by

779
00:28:53,909 --> 00:28:51,200
the wing those analyses will then be

780
00:28:55,990 --> 00:28:53,919
passed to us in range safety here at ksc

781
00:28:59,269 --> 00:28:56,000
and then we'll evaluate those and make

782
00:29:03,110 --> 00:28:59,279
adjustments as necessary

783
00:29:07,909 --> 00:29:05,510
hi so given the loss of the docking

784
00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:07,919
adapter last year

785
00:29:11,990 --> 00:29:09,520
if there is any sort of catastrophic

786
00:29:13,590 --> 00:29:12,000
failure in ida 2 or three is there any

787
00:29:15,510 --> 00:29:13,600
sort of contingency plan given that it's

788
00:29:17,669 --> 00:29:15,520
likely the crew dragon and boeing

789
00:29:19,830 --> 00:29:17,679
starliner will overlap in their times at

790
00:29:21,830 --> 00:29:19,840
the station

791
00:29:24,230 --> 00:29:21,840
so i'll i'll answer that the uh well

792
00:29:26,149 --> 00:29:24,240
first of all we have 100 confidence in

793
00:29:28,389 --> 00:29:26,159
spacex we're going to get this guy up

794
00:29:31,590 --> 00:29:28,399
there and and attach the space station

795
00:29:33,750 --> 00:29:31,600
as planned uh we do have an ida 3

796
00:29:36,149 --> 00:29:33,760
that's uh that's in work as a result you

797
00:29:37,830 --> 00:29:36,159
know the the loss the first one we've

798
00:29:39,590 --> 00:29:37,840
had this in work we got planned that'll

799
00:29:42,389 --> 00:29:39,600
fly on a future spacex i believe we're

800
00:29:44,149 --> 00:29:42,399
targeting spacex 14 for that

801
00:29:46,149 --> 00:29:44,159
as far as you know documentaries and

802
00:29:47,750 --> 00:29:46,159
we'll just manage what we have there's

803
00:29:49,350 --> 00:29:47,760
not a constraint we're going to be ready

804
00:29:50,950 --> 00:29:49,360
when the commercial crew program's ready

805
00:29:52,310 --> 00:29:50,960
the dock and we'll just manage

806
00:29:53,029 --> 00:29:52,320
accordingly

807
00:29:54,230 --> 00:29:53,039
sure

808
00:29:56,070 --> 00:29:54,240
we'll stay with questions in the room

809
00:29:57,990 --> 00:29:56,080
but please remember to identify yourself

810
00:30:01,070 --> 00:29:58,000
and who your question is directed to in

811
00:30:03,669 --> 00:30:02,389
stuartmoneyinterspace.net and my

812
00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:03,679
question is for hans could you

813
00:30:07,750 --> 00:30:05,440
characterize how difficult this

814
00:30:10,710 --> 00:30:07,760
particular land landing is compared to

815
00:30:12,630 --> 00:30:10,720
the orbcom2 landing and what's the

816
00:30:14,710 --> 00:30:12,640
availability propellant margin are you

817
00:30:16,789 --> 00:30:14,720
confident that the propellant is going

818
00:30:19,990 --> 00:30:16,799
to be there yeah it's good point um the

819
00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:20,000
opcom 2 landing or flight 21

820
00:30:24,870 --> 00:30:22,480
was very similar actually and um

821
00:30:26,870 --> 00:30:24,880
i believe it is on par

822
00:30:28,310 --> 00:30:26,880
um

823
00:30:46,870 --> 00:30:28,320
i

824
00:30:49,110 --> 00:30:46,880
um

825
00:30:51,110 --> 00:30:49,120
it's also at night so you want to see

826
00:30:58,789 --> 00:30:51,120
the same same thing that

827
00:31:01,590 --> 00:31:00,230
for our next question we'll go to social

828
00:31:04,230 --> 00:31:01,600
media

829
00:31:07,190 --> 00:31:04,240
and this is for hans john krause asks

830
00:31:08,950 --> 00:31:07,200
how long approximately will each

831
00:31:10,630 --> 00:31:08,960
entry burn

832
00:31:13,029 --> 00:31:10,640
for each stage

833
00:31:15,029 --> 00:31:13,039
i think the entry burns are about 15 to

834
00:31:16,389 --> 00:31:15,039
20 seconds

835
00:31:18,230 --> 00:31:16,399
okay

836
00:31:19,990 --> 00:31:18,240
why each stage and it's only one stage

837
00:31:21,990 --> 00:31:20,000
that comes back i'm just reading the

838
00:31:25,029 --> 00:31:22,000
question

839
00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:25,039
and secondly escape velocity asks which

840
00:31:29,269 --> 00:31:27,600
experiments going up on spacex crs9

841
00:31:32,630 --> 00:31:29,279
might help contribute to the

842
00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:32,640
commercialization of low earth orbit

843
00:31:35,990 --> 00:31:34,480
sure that's a great question

844
00:31:37,110 --> 00:31:36,000
there are a number of the experiments

845
00:31:39,110 --> 00:31:37,120
that are quite applicable to

846
00:31:41,830 --> 00:31:39,120
commercialization of low earth orbit

847
00:31:44,310 --> 00:31:41,840
certainly uh the global automatic

848
00:31:45,990 --> 00:31:44,320
identification system the global ais

849
00:31:48,070 --> 00:31:46,000
which is an application for commercial

850
00:31:50,149 --> 00:31:48,080
maritime traffic that's a space-based

851
00:31:52,230 --> 00:31:50,159
capability that's important

852
00:31:55,430 --> 00:31:52,240
uh over the long term this is a one-year

853
00:31:57,990 --> 00:31:55,440
test to demonstrate that capability uh

854
00:32:00,230 --> 00:31:58,000
the work that eli lilly is doing the

855
00:32:02,470 --> 00:32:00,240
work on the metal alloys all of those

856
00:32:04,710 --> 00:32:02,480
different kinds of research linked to

857
00:32:08,870 --> 00:32:04,720
different industrial applications back

858
00:32:13,029 --> 00:32:10,149
thank you i think we'll take a question

859
00:32:18,149 --> 00:32:15,430
mark gotch please

860
00:32:19,909 --> 00:32:18,159
mark gotch historical aerospace news

861
00:32:20,870 --> 00:32:19,919
good afternoon a very informative

862
00:32:23,110 --> 00:32:20,880
briefing

863
00:32:25,190 --> 00:32:23,120
uh i wanted to direct this to julie

864
00:32:27,430 --> 00:32:25,200
first off to say julie the science

865
00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:27,440
payload going on board is going to be

866
00:32:32,870 --> 00:32:30,559
just incredible again once again going

867
00:32:34,389 --> 00:32:32,880
to the greatest laboratory ever created

868
00:32:37,350 --> 00:32:34,399
by mankind

869
00:32:40,070 --> 00:32:37,360
and hans can you tell me involving

870
00:32:42,310 --> 00:32:40,080
the actual merlin engines is there any

871
00:32:45,190 --> 00:32:42,320
change to those mermaid engines on this

872
00:32:47,190 --> 00:32:45,200
mission and once again the 45th space

873
00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:47,200
swing overseeing this mission as they

874
00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:49,519
did previously when spacex landed on

875
00:32:55,509 --> 00:32:53,360
land last december in 2015

876
00:32:57,830 --> 00:32:55,519
they are airing on the side of safety

877
00:32:59,669 --> 00:32:57,840
and making sure that everything will be

878
00:33:01,110 --> 00:32:59,679
safe and i commend them and a good thing

879
00:33:03,350 --> 00:33:01,120
they're there

880
00:33:06,789 --> 00:33:03,360
the truth is can you tell me also hans

881
00:33:09,029 --> 00:33:06,799
the doc adopter ring what would be its

882
00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:09,039
exact weight as a payload on this

883
00:33:22,470 --> 00:33:20,149
well

884
00:33:23,430 --> 00:33:22,480
i certainly agree on the science

885
00:33:25,750 --> 00:33:23,440
and

886
00:33:30,630 --> 00:33:25,760
i think there was a question on the ida

887
00:33:32,789 --> 00:33:30,640
how much that weighed 500 kilograms yeah

888
00:33:36,230 --> 00:33:32,799
i got i got the question on the m1d

889
00:33:37,509 --> 00:33:36,240
there's no change on that so

890
00:33:39,830 --> 00:33:37,519
all right we'll take our next question

891
00:33:40,710 --> 00:33:39,840
from the roof i think we got them all

892
00:33:42,950 --> 00:33:40,720
matt

893
00:33:45,269 --> 00:33:42,960
upfront please

894
00:33:46,549 --> 00:33:45,279
hi thaddie cesari with the utica phoenix

895
00:33:47,990 --> 00:33:46,559
um

896
00:33:49,990 --> 00:33:48,000
i was hoping to hear a little bit about

897
00:33:52,149 --> 00:33:50,000
the ida 2 and why it's critical to the

898
00:33:54,149 --> 00:33:52,159
commercial crew program and then on top

899
00:33:56,230 --> 00:33:54,159
of that

900
00:33:58,310 --> 00:33:56,240
what kind of impact will the commercial

901
00:34:01,029 --> 00:33:58,320
commercial crew program have on the

902
00:34:02,789 --> 00:34:01,039
united states aerospace program

903
00:34:04,389 --> 00:34:02,799
so a couple things the commercial crew

904
00:34:07,269 --> 00:34:04,399
program they're going to be docking

905
00:34:08,710 --> 00:34:07,279
missions and right now the ports that we

906
00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:08,720
have onboard the international space

907
00:34:12,069 --> 00:34:10,159
station are birthing missions so the

908
00:34:14,470 --> 00:34:12,079
spacex and orbital missions are birthing

909
00:34:17,030 --> 00:34:14,480
the iss so these docking ports will

910
00:34:19,510 --> 00:34:17,040
enable the commercial crew and enable

911
00:34:21,909 --> 00:34:19,520
those missions and and those uh those

912
00:34:22,950 --> 00:34:21,919
teams the spacex team and and the boeing

913
00:34:23,990 --> 00:34:22,960
team

914
00:34:25,909 --> 00:34:24,000
um

915
00:34:27,589 --> 00:34:25,919
and i'm sorry your second question what

916
00:34:29,430 --> 00:34:27,599
kind of impact will

917
00:34:31,190 --> 00:34:29,440
uh the international

918
00:34:33,829 --> 00:34:31,200
commercial crew well you know we're

919
00:34:35,430 --> 00:34:33,839
moving from you know right now as most

920
00:34:37,190 --> 00:34:35,440
you are well aware we're launching the

921
00:34:39,750 --> 00:34:37,200
astronauts from the soyuz vehicles

922
00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:39,760
outside of um from baikonur kazakhstan

923
00:34:42,629 --> 00:34:41,520
with this move to the commercial crew

924
00:34:45,190 --> 00:34:42,639
we're gonna do a couple of things we're

925
00:34:46,470 --> 00:34:45,200
gonna increase the number of usos crew

926
00:34:48,389 --> 00:34:46,480
members the four

927
00:34:50,389 --> 00:34:48,399
and that fourth crew member all his

928
00:34:53,030 --> 00:34:50,399
times can be dedicated to research and

929
00:34:55,270 --> 00:34:53,040
utilization on board so right now we

930
00:34:57,349 --> 00:34:55,280
tell the teams we average about 35 hours

931
00:34:59,190 --> 00:34:57,359
of crew tended utilization and research

932
00:35:00,710 --> 00:34:59,200
that's above and beyond all the

933
00:35:02,470 --> 00:35:00,720
autonomous research that's going on

934
00:35:04,710 --> 00:35:02,480
we're going to double that from 35 to

935
00:35:06,790 --> 00:35:04,720
almost 70 crew hours once we get the

936
00:35:09,109 --> 00:35:06,800
commercial crew program so that's going

937
00:35:10,630 --> 00:35:09,119
to enable us uh you know enabling the

938
00:35:13,030 --> 00:35:10,640
partners and and bringing that

939
00:35:15,829 --> 00:35:13,040
capability back to the united states is

940
00:35:17,750 --> 00:35:15,839
is a huge benefit and and that'll be

941
00:35:19,829 --> 00:35:17,760
that'll be seen throughout the aerospace

942
00:35:21,190 --> 00:35:19,839
industry

943
00:35:23,190 --> 00:35:21,200
can we expect to see some of the

944
00:35:25,430 --> 00:35:23,200
customers that would usually take a ride

945
00:35:27,589 --> 00:35:25,440
on the soyuz migrating to the u.s

946
00:35:29,829 --> 00:35:27,599
commercial crew program

947
00:35:32,950 --> 00:35:29,839
so right now we're we're planning the

948
00:35:35,510 --> 00:35:32,960
five professional astronauts on board

949
00:35:37,829 --> 00:35:35,520
and will that be u.s based specifically

950
00:35:39,910 --> 00:35:37,839
or internationally international it'll

951
00:35:41,670 --> 00:35:39,920
be international so uh will be part of

952
00:35:43,430 --> 00:35:41,680
our partnership with the canadian space

953
00:35:46,150 --> 00:35:43,440
agency the european space agency and the

954
00:35:47,829 --> 00:35:46,160
japanese space agency

955
00:35:52,470 --> 00:35:47,839
and we'll have sorry we have time for

956
00:35:56,230 --> 00:35:53,670
all right josh jenner with the orbital

957
00:35:58,710 --> 00:35:56,240
dot spaces questions for hans

958
00:36:00,790 --> 00:35:58,720
has a booster been chosen specifically

959
00:36:04,470 --> 00:36:00,800
for the first reflight test

960
00:36:06,630 --> 00:36:04,480
um or has that decision been made yet

961
00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:06,640
uh the answer yes

962
00:36:09,349 --> 00:36:08,480
which one

963
00:36:10,310 --> 00:36:09,359
okay

964
00:36:14,870 --> 00:36:10,320
um

965
00:36:16,630 --> 00:36:14,880
it's the crs-8 booster

966
00:36:17,829 --> 00:36:16,640
the uh last year's flight i think i

967
00:36:23,190 --> 00:36:17,839
landed on this and that was the first

968
00:36:28,950 --> 00:36:24,550
thank you

969
00:36:30,470 --> 00:36:28,960
briefing today our next pre-launch

970
00:36:31,750 --> 00:36:30,480
briefing will take a deep dive into the

971
00:36:33,030 --> 00:36:31,760
science headed to the international

972
00:36:34,790 --> 00:36:33,040
space station

973
00:36:37,190 --> 00:36:34,800
so please tune in to nasa television to

974
00:36:40,230 --> 00:36:37,200
hear more from julie and others at 3 p.m

975
00:36:41,990 --> 00:36:40,240
eastern on sunday july 17th as a

976
00:36:45,430 --> 00:36:42,000
reminder we are targeting launch of

977
00:36:47,750 --> 00:36:45,440
spacex crs-9 no earlier than 12 45 a.m

978
00:36:49,510 --> 00:36:47,760
on monday july 18th

979
00:36:53,030 --> 00:36:49,520
nasa television coverage of launch will