1 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,790 HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO TODAY'S PRELAUNCH STATUS BRIEFING 2 00:00:08,790 --> 00:00:13,250 FOR ORBITAL ATK INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 3 00:00:13,250 --> 00:00:17,020 I'M KATHRYN HAMBLETON FROM NASA OFFICE OF COMMUNICATION. 4 00:00:17,020 --> 00:00:21,599 ORBITAL ATK CYGNUS CARGO SPACECRAFT LOADED WITH ABOUT 5100 POUNDS 5 00:00:21,599 --> 00:00:23,820 OF CARGO FOR THE SPACE STATION. 6 00:00:23,820 --> 00:00:29,270 THE ANTARES ROCKET LIFTS OFF TOMORROW AT 8:03 PM EASTERN 7 00:00:29,270 --> 00:00:32,820 TIME FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL SPACEPORT. 8 00:00:32,820 --> 00:00:36,430 LAUNCH PAD HERE THE FLIGHT FACILITY. 9 00:00:36,430 --> 00:00:39,859 HE TALKED ABOUT HOW PREPARATIONS FOR TOMORROW ARE PROGRESSING. 10 00:00:39,859 --> 00:00:44,149 OUR JOE MULTIPLE AUTO DEPUTY MANAGER INTERNATIONAL SPACE AGENCY 11 00:00:44,149 --> 00:00:49,309 PROGRAM FOR NASA'S JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON. 12 00:00:49,309 --> 00:00:55,850 FRANK CULBERTSON SPACE SYSTEMS GROUP PRESENT ORBITAL ACK MIKE 13 00:00:55,850 --> 00:00:59,829 PINKSTON ENTERS PROGRAM VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER 14 00:00:59,829 --> 00:01:03,010 ORBITAL ATK. 15 00:01:03,010 --> 00:01:08,470 SARAH DAUGHERTY TEST DIRECTOR AT WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY. 16 00:01:08,470 --> 00:01:11,790 AN DALE NASH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 17 00:01:11,790 --> 00:01:13,549 SPACEFLIGHT AUTHORITY. 18 00:01:13,549 --> 00:01:16,660 >> AFTER OPENING COMMENTS WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS FOR THOSE OF 19 00:01:16,660 --> 00:01:20,570 US WATCHING TV ON TV OR ONLINE WOULD TAKE QUESTIONS FROM SOCIAL 20 00:01:20,570 --> 00:01:21,570 MEDIA. 21 00:01:21,570 --> 00:01:24,030 DURING UPDATE YOU # ASK NASA. 22 00:01:24,030 --> 00:01:28,060 FOR THOSE ON THE PHONE PLEASE PRESS STAR RUN ANYTIME FOR THE 23 00:01:28,060 --> 00:01:32,720 ANSWER INTO THE QUEUE. 24 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,370 >> FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME AGAIN TO THE 25 00:01:35,370 --> 00:01:38,540 PRELAUNCH STATUS BRIEFING OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 26 00:01:38,540 --> 00:01:41,380 PROGRAM GLAD TO BE BACK. 27 00:01:41,380 --> 00:01:46,680 WE MISSED SEEING THE LAUNCHES FROM HERE. 28 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,470 THE ORBITAL ATK TEAM HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB GETTING US WHERE WE 29 00:01:50,470 --> 00:01:51,920 ARE TODAY. 30 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:55,610 WE LOOK FORWARD ON THE EVE OF THE LAUNCH TO SEE ANOTHER CYGNUS 31 00:01:55,610 --> 00:02:00,100 SPACECRAFT BIRTH INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 32 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:01,460 WE HAVE A BUSY WEEK. 33 00:02:01,460 --> 00:02:05,660 THIS LAUNCH TOMORROW NIGHT STARTS TO WEEK BUSY TRAFFIC. 34 00:02:05,660 --> 00:02:09,280 FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 35 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:13,960 YOU HEARD EARLIER ABOUT 5000 POUNDS COMING ON BOARD TO US WE HAVE 36 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,200 A LAUNCH SLIGHTLY AFTER 8:00 P.M. 37 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:17,200 LOCAL HERE. 38 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,490 WE'LL HAVE THE BIRTHING ON THE 19TH. 39 00:02:20,490 --> 00:02:22,209 SHORTLY AFTER 7:00 A.M. 40 00:02:22,209 --> 00:02:23,510 EASTERN TIME. 41 00:02:23,510 --> 00:02:29,060 THAT'LL JUST BE THREE HOURS AFTER LAUNCH FROM WITH THREE CREW 42 00:02:29,060 --> 00:02:30,060 MEMBERS. 43 00:02:30,060 --> 00:02:32,579 NASA ASTRONAUT TO RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS. 44 00:02:32,579 --> 00:02:37,569 THEY WILL LAUNCH OUT OF THE MEETING TODAY ROUND OF YOU. 45 00:02:37,569 --> 00:02:42,609 THE BE ARRIVING SPACE STATION FRIDAY MORNING EASTERN TIME SHORTLY 46 00:02:42,609 --> 00:02:44,840 JUST AFTER 6:00 A.M. 47 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:45,840 LOCAL. 48 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,209 BRING US BACK UP TO SIX PEOPLE ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 49 00:02:48,209 --> 00:02:49,209 STATION. 50 00:02:49,209 --> 00:02:52,659 THAT WILL BE SURE LIVED THIS 10 DAYS OF LATER WILL HAVE THE 51 00:02:52,659 --> 00:02:56,299 UNDOCKING OF THE GROUP THAT LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS SUMMER. 52 00:02:56,299 --> 00:03:01,470 UNDOCKING RETURNING HOME ENDING THEIR MISSION. 53 00:03:01,470 --> 00:03:06,079 IN EARLY MID NOVEMBER AFTER NOVEMBER 16 WILL HAVE ANOTHER LAUNCH 54 00:03:06,079 --> 00:03:08,680 AND WILL GO BACK UP TO SIX CREWMEMBERS ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL 55 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,599 SPACE STATION. 56 00:03:10,599 --> 00:03:11,709 WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU. 57 00:03:11,709 --> 00:03:15,109 I WANT TO THANK ORBITAL ATK AND THE FOLKS THAT SUPPORT THEM 58 00:03:15,109 --> 00:03:17,890 GETTING US WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 59 00:03:17,890 --> 00:03:21,319 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 60 00:03:21,319 --> 00:03:23,420 WELCOME BACK TO WALLOPS. 61 00:03:23,420 --> 00:03:31,200 THIS IS A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR US AT ORBITAL ATK WANT TO THANK 62 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,819 EVERYONE WHO HAS A PART IN GETTING US BACK TO THIS POINT GETTING 63 00:03:34,819 --> 00:03:36,330 READY FOR A LAUNCH AFTER TWO YEARS. 64 00:03:36,330 --> 00:03:38,719 A LOT OF HARD WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS. 65 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:42,260 I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK NASA WALLOPS INCLUDING THE TEAM THAT 66 00:03:42,260 --> 00:03:45,519 WEATHERED THE HURRICANE NICOLE AND BERMUDA. 67 00:03:45,519 --> 00:03:47,459 AND GOT IT BACK ONLINE FOR SO QUICKLY. 68 00:03:47,459 --> 00:03:50,139 AS WELL AS PROTECTING THE HARDWARE SO WELL. 69 00:03:50,139 --> 00:03:53,810 EVERYONE HERE AT WALLOPS VIRGINIA SPACEFLIGHT AUTHORITY, THE 70 00:03:53,810 --> 00:03:58,000 RANGE, THE SAFETY FOLKS EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED TO MAKE THIS 71 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,000 HAPPEN. 72 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,579 I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE FLIGHT SYSTEMS 73 00:04:01,579 --> 00:04:07,309 GROUP ANTARES TEAM EVERYONE WHO IS WORKED ON PREPARING THE ROCKET 74 00:04:07,309 --> 00:04:10,079 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE READY TO GO. 75 00:04:10,079 --> 00:04:14,760 THE CYGNUS SPACECRAFT ALSO READY LOADED WITH ABOUT 2400 ~GRAMS OF 76 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:15,760 CARGO. 77 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,570 THE GROUP EAGERLY AWAITS AS ALWAYS. 78 00:04:18,570 --> 00:04:21,740 EVERY CARGO MISSION IS LIKE CHRISTMAS. 79 00:04:21,740 --> 00:04:23,530 THEY NEVER KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FIND WHEN THEY OPEN THE 80 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:24,530 HATCH. 81 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:29,810 WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT HONOR ON 19 OCTOBER. 82 00:04:29,810 --> 00:04:36,470 AS JOEL SAID LAUNCH TIME IS 8:03 PM WILL LAUNCH OR WILL RHONDA 83 00:04:36,470 --> 00:04:39,280 VIEW AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME IN THE MORNING. 84 00:04:39,280 --> 00:04:41,039 THE CREW COME ABOARD ON FRIDAY. 85 00:04:41,039 --> 00:04:42,410 ABOUT 6:00 A.M. 86 00:04:42,410 --> 00:04:43,410 EASTERN TIME. 87 00:04:43,410 --> 00:04:47,910 THIS PARTICULAR CYGNUS SPACECRAFT IS ALL OF SO FAR IS NAMED AFTER 88 00:04:47,910 --> 00:04:52,169 A FORMER ASTRONAUT THIS ONE IS NAMED AFTER ALAN POINDEXTER 89 00:04:52,169 --> 00:04:54,650 CAPTAIN KNIGHT STATES NAVY RETIRED. 90 00:04:54,650 --> 00:04:58,650 ALAN IS A SECOND PHONE ASTRONAUT WAS ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE 91 00:04:58,650 --> 00:05:03,060 ASSEMBLY AND OPERATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 92 00:05:03,060 --> 00:05:06,680 ALAN WAS A FORMER NAVY FIGHTER PILOT A TEST PILOT, AND FLEW INTO 93 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:11,349 SHUTTLE MISSIONS PRIOR TO RETURNING FROM NASSAU. 94 00:05:11,349 --> 00:05:17,590 HE WAS ON SES 122 THAT CARRIED THE COLUMBUS LABORATORY FROM ESA 95 00:05:17,590 --> 00:05:21,040 TO BE INSTALLED ON THE SPACE STATION. 96 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:24,110 A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT IN TERMS OF EXPANDING THE CAPACITY AND 97 00:05:24,110 --> 00:05:26,530 SCIENTIFIC CAPABILITIES OF THE STATION. 98 00:05:26,530 --> 00:05:31,729 AND THEN HE COMMANDED STS 131 ABOARD DISCOVERY WHICH WAS 99 00:05:31,729 --> 00:05:33,670 INTERESTINGLY A CARGO MISSION. 100 00:05:33,670 --> 00:05:37,320 AND THEY CARED ABOUT 6000 KILOGRAMS OF CARGO TO AND FROM THE 101 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:38,320 STATION. 102 00:05:38,320 --> 00:05:43,080 AND SO WE THINK IT'S VERY FITTING THAT THE ALAN IS A NAMESAKE FOR 103 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,530 THIS PARTICULAR CIGNA WERE VERY HONORED TO HAVE HIS NAME AND HIS 104 00:05:46,530 --> 00:05:51,470 PICTURE IS A PART OF THIS SPACECRAFT. 105 00:05:51,470 --> 00:05:53,889 WE DO HAVE A VIDEO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO RUN THROUGH. 106 00:05:53,889 --> 00:05:56,750 THAT WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF THE CYGNUS 107 00:05:56,750 --> 00:06:01,290 SPACECRAFT AND ITS COMPOSED OR CONSISTS OF AN MANY OPERATIONS 108 00:06:01,290 --> 00:06:03,610 THAT WILL BE SEEING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 109 00:06:03,610 --> 00:06:07,820 THE SERVICE MODULE WHICH IS INTEGRATED AND TESTED AT OUR DULLES 110 00:06:07,820 --> 00:06:10,880 VIRGINIA FACILITY NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE. 111 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:16,569 YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE THE SOLAR RAYS THAT ALSO BUILT BY ORBITER 112 00:06:16,569 --> 00:06:22,819 ATK THE DEPLOYMENT TESTING AND THEN CYGNUS PRESSURIZED CARGO 113 00:06:22,819 --> 00:06:29,939 MODULATOR SO COMES FROM TELUS FELLOWS ALENIA ITALY. 114 00:06:29,939 --> 00:06:33,680 MADE WITH THE CYGNUS SERVICE MODULE USING THIS PICTURE HERE VERY 115 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,020 DELICATE OPERATION. 116 00:06:36,020 --> 00:06:38,960 TAKES QUITE A WHILE TO ACCOMPLISH BUT OF COURSE VERY IMPORTANT IN 117 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:43,069 MAKING SURE THE TWO SPACECRAFTS ARE SECURELY ATTACHED TOGETHER. 118 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:46,259 ROTATED INTO VERTICAL CARE TO THE DRILLING FACILITY AROUND THE 119 00:06:46,259 --> 00:06:48,240 ISLAND. 120 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,979 THEN AFTER FUELING ITS TAKEN INTO THE HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION 121 00:06:50,979 --> 00:06:55,949 FACILITY THAT YOU SEE HERE TO BE READY FOR MATING TO THE LAUNCH 122 00:06:55,949 --> 00:06:57,979 VEHICLE ITSELF. 123 00:06:57,979 --> 00:07:01,849 ONE OF THE LAST THINGS WE DO IS LOAD SOME CARGO PRIOR TO THE LAST 124 00:07:01,849 --> 00:07:06,060 CLOSING OF THE HATCH THAT WE CALL LATE LOAD THE THINGS THAT NASA 125 00:07:06,060 --> 00:07:09,360 BRINGS IN LATE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PREPARING THAT THEY NEED TO GO 126 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:11,699 ON THE LAST WEEK OR TWO. 127 00:07:11,699 --> 00:07:13,819 SOMETIMES AS TIME CRITICAL SOMETIMES IT'S NOT. 128 00:07:13,819 --> 00:07:18,520 THIS TIME IT'S NOT THAT TIME CRITICAL BUT IT WAS LATE. 129 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,409 ONCE IT'S ASSEMBLED TO ANTARES MICHAEL TULLY ABOUT THE LAUNCH 130 00:07:21,409 --> 00:07:24,520 JUST A MOMENT THEY DELIVER US INTO ORBIT. 131 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:28,560 WE SEPARATE FROM THE LAUNCH VEHICLE DEPLOY THE SOLAR RAYS THIS 132 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,509 PARTICULAR OPERATION TAKES OVER 15 MINUTES. 133 00:07:31,509 --> 00:07:35,060 THIS IS SPEEDED UP BECAUSE JOEL DOESN'T REALLY WANT ME TO TALK 134 00:07:35,060 --> 00:07:36,379 THAT MUCH. 135 00:07:36,379 --> 00:07:40,240 [LAUGHTER] OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO DAYS WILL RAISE THE 136 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:43,340 ORBIT AS WE CATCH UP WITH THE SPACE STATION AND PREPARE FOR THE 137 00:07:43,340 --> 00:07:45,169 FINAL RHONDA VIEW. 138 00:07:45,169 --> 00:07:46,169 AND BIRTHING. 139 00:07:46,169 --> 00:07:49,319 AS WE APPROACH THE STATION THE CREW WILL BE WATCHING THIS VERY 140 00:07:49,319 --> 00:07:50,580 CLOSELY. 141 00:07:50,580 --> 00:07:56,090 PREPARING TO SNAG US WITH THE CANADIAN REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM 142 00:07:56,090 --> 00:07:57,169 OR THE ARM. 143 00:07:57,169 --> 00:08:00,879 AND THEN AS WE GET WITHIN 10 METERS OF THE STATION KEPT THE 144 00:08:00,879 --> 00:08:05,349 LECTURE GRAPPLES WITH THE END EFFECTOR VERY DELICATE OPERATION 145 00:08:05,349 --> 00:08:10,080 THAT CONSISTS OF MATING US WITH THE THIS CASE NOTED ONE OPENING 146 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,229 THE HATCH TO SEE WHAT'S INSIDE. 147 00:08:12,229 --> 00:08:15,340 THEY BEGAN THE ACTIVITY OF UNLOADING THE 2400 KILOGRAMS. 148 00:08:15,340 --> 00:08:21,009 THEY UNLOADED WITH DISPOSABLE CARGO OR SOME PEOPLES TERMS TRASH. 149 00:08:21,009 --> 00:08:24,669 DEPLOY US FROM THE STATION WHERE WILL FLY AWAY AND BEGAN OUR 150 00:08:24,669 --> 00:08:26,539 REENTRY OPERATIONS. 151 00:08:26,539 --> 00:08:30,229 DURING THE EIGHT DAYS FOLLOWING OUR TIME ABOARD THE STATION WILL 152 00:08:30,229 --> 00:08:32,010 CONDUCT A COUPLE OF EXPERIENCE. 153 00:08:32,010 --> 00:08:34,380 THE FIRST ONE WILL BE OF FIRE EXPERIMENT ON BEHALF OF GLENN 154 00:08:34,380 --> 00:08:39,580 RESEARCH CENTER CELL FIRE REACTS AND DRG REDEPLOY SOME CUBESATS 155 00:08:39,580 --> 00:08:43,840 FOR AN ATARAX ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SPACE STATION. 156 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:45,890 AND THAT IS ABOUT REAL TIME THERE. 157 00:08:45,890 --> 00:08:49,010 IT'S QUITE A OPERATION. 158 00:08:49,010 --> 00:08:54,200 ONCE WE'VE COMPLETED ALL OF OUR POST ORBITAL ACTIVITIES, WILL 159 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,029 REENTER OVER THE PACIFIC THIS ACTUAL VIDEO TAKEN FROM AN AIRCRAFT 160 00:08:58,029 --> 00:09:01,260 DURING THE OA SIX REENTRY. 161 00:09:01,260 --> 00:09:03,529 WE DO MONITOR THAT. 162 00:09:03,529 --> 00:09:06,200 WE HOPE IT ALL COMES DOWN UNINHABITED AREAS. 163 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,120 SOMEONE WE DON'T WANT TO LAND ON ANYBODY'S HEAD NOR DO YOU. 164 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:11,120 ALL BURNS UP. 165 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,920 SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 166 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:16,910 AGAIN, WERE VERY PROUD TO BE AT THIS POINT. 167 00:09:16,910 --> 00:09:19,660 VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT'S GONE INTO GETTING US 168 00:09:19,660 --> 00:09:21,200 HERE. 169 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:23,580 WE ARE READY TO GO TOMORROW. 170 00:09:23,580 --> 00:09:26,970 GO ON TOWERS GO CYGNUS NOW GO MIKE. 171 00:09:26,970 --> 00:09:28,670 THANKS FRANK. 172 00:09:28,670 --> 00:09:33,410 I'D LIKE TO START BY SAYING HOW GREAT IT IS AND HOW EXCITED WE 173 00:09:33,410 --> 00:09:38,649 ARE TO BE BACK HERE WALLOPS AND OPERATIONS MODE WITH ANTARES ROCK 174 00:09:38,649 --> 00:09:42,660 ON PAD 08 GETTING READY FOR LUNCH TOMORROW. 175 00:09:42,660 --> 00:09:46,220 I THINK I'VE GOT A SHORT VIDEO TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 176 00:09:46,220 --> 00:09:50,440 UPGRADED ANTARES ROCKET. 177 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:56,180 THE SHOWS CUTAWAY FASHION THE MOST SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE WE MADE TO 178 00:09:56,180 --> 00:10:02,060 THE VEHICLE IS A NEW RD-181 GOING REALLY FAST RD-181 ENGINE TO 179 00:10:02,060 --> 00:10:06,780 ENGINES POWER THE VEHICLE THE CORE HAS TWO PROPELLANT TANKS RP 180 00:10:06,780 --> 00:10:10,600 TANK WITH ABOUT 21,000 GALLONS UNLOCKS TANK THAT WAS BLUE BUT IT 181 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:11,920 WENT REALLY FAST. 182 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:16,050 ABOUT 40,000 GALLONS REVERSING THE CIGNA THE SECOND STAGE THAT I 183 00:10:16,050 --> 00:10:17,050 MISSED. 184 00:10:17,050 --> 00:10:22,959 IT IS A CASTOR 30 XO BUILT BY OUR ORBITAL ATK TEAM UP IN UTAH. 185 00:10:22,959 --> 00:10:28,800 ALL OF THAT UPPER STACK IS ENCASED BY A FEARING THAT'S ABOUT WERE 186 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,060 GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. 187 00:10:30,060 --> 00:10:32,370 A FEARING THAT'S ABOUT 10 METERS LONG. 188 00:10:32,370 --> 00:10:36,090 THE BOYS WAS WERE UP OUT OF THE ATMOSPHERE THINK THAT'S ENOUGH OF 189 00:10:36,090 --> 00:10:38,470 THAT ONE. 190 00:10:38,470 --> 00:10:44,110 [LAUGHTER] TAKE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK TO GET TO THIS POINT. 191 00:10:44,110 --> 00:10:48,949 BETWEEN THE RECONFIGURATION OF ANTARES GETTING THE PAD READY TO 192 00:10:48,949 --> 00:10:52,820 GO WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL STAGE TEST WHICH IS ALMOST LIKE A 193 00:10:52,820 --> 00:10:55,670 LAUNCH IN AND OF ITSELF BACK IN MAY. 194 00:10:55,670 --> 00:11:00,430 AND THEN PREPARING THIS VEHICLE FOR LAUNCH I WANT TO SAY THANKS 195 00:11:00,430 --> 00:11:08,400 AND COMMEND THE ENTIRE TEAM ORBITAL ATK DALES MID-ATLANTIC 196 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:14,740 REGIONAL SPACEPORT TEAM THE WALLOPS TEAM FOR A TREMENDOUS EFFORT 197 00:11:14,740 --> 00:11:19,250 UNBELIEVABLE HOURS THAT WENT INTO THIS AND GETTING US READY FOR A 198 00:11:19,250 --> 00:11:21,620 SPECTACULAR MISSION COMING UP TOMORROW. 199 00:11:21,620 --> 00:11:25,240 I THINK I GOT ONE MORE VIDEO TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 200 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:26,730 LAUNCH OPERATION. 201 00:11:26,730 --> 00:11:32,709 THIS IS THE VEHICLE AND THE HEFT WE MADE IT CYGNUS LAUNCH VEHICLE 202 00:11:32,709 --> 00:11:36,290 SUNDAY NIGHT THE TEAM GETTING IT PREPPED AND READY FOR FEARING 203 00:11:36,290 --> 00:11:40,350 MADE THE FEARING GETS MATED A COUPLE MORE TESTS ARE RUN AND THE 204 00:11:40,350 --> 00:11:41,350 WORK READY TO ROLLOUT. 205 00:11:41,350 --> 00:11:43,730 THIS HAPPENED THURSDAY EVENING. 206 00:11:43,730 --> 00:11:49,670 ROLL THE VEHICLE TO THE PAD GOT IT READY TO ERECT. 207 00:11:49,670 --> 00:11:56,519 THE COUNTDOWN TOMORROW WILL START OUT AT ABOUT T MINUS SIX HOURS. 208 00:11:56,519 --> 00:12:00,041 WE BEGAN FUELING THE VEHICLE ABOUT AN HOUR AND AND A HALF OUT 209 00:12:00,041 --> 00:12:01,370 FROM LAUNCH. 210 00:12:01,370 --> 00:12:05,220 HERE WE ARE AT ABOUT T -10 MINUTES WHERE WE DO OUR FINAL 211 00:12:05,220 --> 00:12:08,590 READINESS POLES AND GO FOR LUNCH CALLS. 212 00:12:08,590 --> 00:12:12,300 AT ABOUT THREE MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS WILL ACTUALLY TRANSITION TO 213 00:12:12,300 --> 00:12:15,500 AN AUTO SEQUENCER THAT CONTROLS THE COUNTDOWN. 214 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:20,470 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO T0 IN THE T0 WE HAVE IGNITION SHORTLY 215 00:12:20,470 --> 00:12:22,240 THEREAFTER LIFT OFF. 216 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,920 THE VEHICLE DOES A LITTLE WIGGLE MOVEMENT THERE TO AVOID PUTTING 217 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:29,720 THE PLUME ON THE TRANSPORTER RECTOR SO DON'T LET THAT STOP YOUR 218 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:30,720 HEART. 219 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,450 IT DOES MIND BUT IT'S ALL PERFECTLY NORMAL. 220 00:12:33,450 --> 00:12:38,730 AND THEN WERE OFF WITH STAGE ONE BURNING STAGE ONE BURNS FOR 221 00:12:38,730 --> 00:12:40,200 ABOUT THREE AND HALF MINUTES. 222 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:41,200 AT WHICH POINT WAS SEPARATED. 223 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:44,760 WILL CODED FOR A LITTLE BIT. 224 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:49,680 AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER STAGE I SEPARATION WILL COME UPON FEARING 225 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,330 SEPARATION. 226 00:12:51,330 --> 00:12:54,730 EXPOSES THE SECOND STAGE IN THE CYGNUS PAYLOAD REIGNITED SECTION 227 00:12:54,730 --> 00:12:55,730 STAGE. 228 00:12:55,730 --> 00:12:59,310 THE SECOND STAGE FOR LITTLE MORE THAN TWO IS. 229 00:12:59,310 --> 00:13:05,090 TO TAKE CIGNA TO ORBIT AND BURNOUT WILL DO LITTLE BIT OF 230 00:13:05,090 --> 00:13:10,040 REORIENTATION AND THEN YOU GET A TICKET SHOT ON FRANK'S VIDEO BUT 231 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:13,910 WILL SEPARATE THE PAYLOAD ABOUT NINE MINUTES INTO THE MISSION. 232 00:13:13,910 --> 00:13:18,139 THAT'S ALL WE GOT IN STORE FOR TOMORROW. 233 00:13:18,139 --> 00:13:20,160 JUST THANKS AGAIN. 234 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:22,970 REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AGAIN. 235 00:13:22,970 --> 00:13:25,860 MY COMMENTS TO THE ENTIRE TEAM IT'S TAKEN A HECK OF A LOT OF WORK 236 00:13:25,860 --> 00:13:27,459 TO GET TO THIS POINT. 237 00:13:27,459 --> 00:13:32,730 NEXT I'LL JUST ECHO EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S COMMENTS THAT WE ARE 238 00:13:32,730 --> 00:13:37,600 VERY EXCITED WALLOPS LAUNCH RANGE THE BIG SHOW BACK IN TOWN WE 239 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,350 BEEN BUSY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH OTHER MISSIONS WERE 240 00:13:41,350 --> 00:13:47,750 ALWAYS EXCITED TO HAVE AND TERRY'S BACK HERE LAUNCHING WITH US. 241 00:13:47,750 --> 00:13:53,380 AS FAR AS LAUNCH RANGE INSTRUMENTATION AND STATUS GOES WERE CLEAR 242 00:13:53,380 --> 00:13:57,300 ON ALL OF OUR ASSETS ALL OF OUR TRACKING RATERS AND TELEMETRY 243 00:13:57,300 --> 00:13:59,800 SITES FRANK ALLUDED TO EARLIER. 244 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:04,380 OUR BERMUDA TRACKING STATION AFTER A COUPLE OF DOWN DAYS DUE TO 245 00:14:04,380 --> 00:14:09,610 HURRICANE NICOLE FARED REMARKABLY WELL AND THAT WEATHER AND MAJOR 246 00:14:09,610 --> 00:14:14,020 KUDOS TO THAT TEAM THERE THAT WEATHER THE STORM AND WAS ABLE TO 247 00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:16,370 GET THOSE SYSTEMS BACK UP AND RUNNING. 248 00:14:16,370 --> 00:14:21,860 AND THEY ARE GREEN AND FUNCTIONING NORMALLY AT THIS TIME. 249 00:14:21,860 --> 00:14:23,760 WERE READY TO GO. 250 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:27,870 OUR LAUNCH WHETHER OFFICER JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO GAVE US ABOUT 251 00:14:27,870 --> 00:14:32,160 IS CLEAN OF A BILL OF HEALTH AS YOU CAN FOR WHETHER SO THEY CAN 252 00:14:32,160 --> 00:14:37,240 GIVE US 100 PERCENT CHANCE OF NO VIOLATIONS WE GOT 95 BUT I THINK 253 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,149 THAT'S A TYPICAL WEATHERMAN THERE. 254 00:14:41,149 --> 00:14:44,959 [LAUGHTER] THEIR INSURANCE PROBABLY REQUIRES A NEVER TO GIVE 100 255 00:14:44,959 --> 00:14:50,630 PERCENT ADVANCE OF ANYTHING SO AGAIN, WORK CITED AND WERE READY 256 00:14:50,630 --> 00:14:57,209 FROM THE LAUNCH RANGE ASPECT AND PASS IT OVER TO DALE. 257 00:14:57,209 --> 00:15:00,839 >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. 258 00:15:00,839 --> 00:15:08,829 THE COMMONWEALTH IS AGAIN VERY PLEASED TO PUT ON A SHOWCASE OF 259 00:15:08,829 --> 00:15:12,139 WHERE THE COMMONWEALTH IS COMING IN AND CREATED A VERY STRONG 260 00:15:12,139 --> 00:15:19,150 PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA IN ORDER TO ATK FOR GEOCENTRIC PARTNERSHIP. 261 00:15:19,150 --> 00:15:25,100 REALLY THE BIRTH OF SPACE OUR SPACE PROGRAM IN THE US STARTED 262 00:15:25,100 --> 00:15:26,100 HERE. 263 00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:30,190 AT WALLOPS BUT WITHOUT THE INVESTMENT SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT BY 264 00:15:30,190 --> 00:15:33,830 THE COMMONWEALTH, IT WOULD ALL STILL BE SUBORBITAL ROCKETS. 265 00:15:33,830 --> 00:15:37,360 THE INVESTMENT THAT'S COMMONWEALTH PUT IN THAT ENABLES US THE 266 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:42,070 ABILITY TO LAUNCH THE ANTARES ROCKET FROM HERE ALSO THE MASTER 267 00:15:42,070 --> 00:15:45,660 CLASS ROCKETS IF YOU GO OUT THERE YOU SEE SIGNS IS A ON-RAMP TO 268 00:15:45,660 --> 00:15:49,360 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION THAT FRANK DESIGNED THAT. 269 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:55,079 WE WILL LAUNCHING ANOTHER ORBITAL ATK MISSION WITHIN 12 DAYS 270 00:15:55,079 --> 00:15:58,899 HEADED TO THE MOON WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DID GET 271 00:15:58,899 --> 00:16:02,589 CONFUSED AND GO THE WRONG PATH WITH THE WRONG POCKET SO THAT'S 272 00:16:02,589 --> 00:16:07,699 ONE TIME SAYS MOON AHEAD AND ON-RAMP INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 273 00:16:07,699 --> 00:16:11,250 WITH THAT INVESTMENT, WE HAVE ENABLED THIS NATIONAL ASSET THAT IS 274 00:16:11,250 --> 00:16:19,610 A LOT OF CAPABILITY TO REALLY GET INTO THE SPACE PROGRAM. 275 00:16:19,610 --> 00:16:27,790 THE PARTNERSHIP ONLY BECOME STRONGER THROUGH THIS ENTIRE EFFORT. 276 00:16:27,790 --> 00:16:32,509 AGAIN ORBITAL ATK A VIRGINIA-BASED CORPORATION. 277 00:16:32,509 --> 00:16:36,650 WE HAVE STRENGTHENED AND RECOMMITTED OUR PARTNERSHIP UP TO AND 278 00:16:36,650 --> 00:16:43,440 INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR LEVEL AND CEO WITH ORBITAL ATK AND THAT 279 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:46,990 WILL CARRY THROUGH THROUGH AT LEAST 2024. 280 00:16:46,990 --> 00:16:54,959 WE HAVE REBUILT A PAD, WE HAVE PROBABLY NEVER HAD A CLEANER 281 00:16:54,959 --> 00:16:55,959 BETTER LOOKING PAD. 282 00:16:55,959 --> 00:16:57,370 IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD. 283 00:16:57,370 --> 00:17:02,430 THE WHOLE REBUILT EFFORTS WITH NASA AND OVER ATK STARTED WITHIN 284 00:17:02,430 --> 00:17:08,100 MINUTES AFTER THE EXPLOSION AND IS CONTINUED ON THROUGH. 285 00:17:08,100 --> 00:17:11,669 WE DID COMPLETE THE PAD AND REBUILT IT IN ABOUT 11 MONTHS AND 286 00:17:11,669 --> 00:17:16,100 RIGHT AT ABOUT $50 MILLION WHICH WE SHARED THREE WAYS BETWEEN 287 00:17:16,100 --> 00:17:20,100 NASA OURSELVES AND ORBITAL ATK. 288 00:17:20,100 --> 00:17:26,260 AS MIKE SAID THE TEST CAME OFF EXTREMELY WELL. 289 00:17:26,260 --> 00:17:32,650 WET DRESS REHEARSAL WE FULLY IT UP DON'T FIRE IN DON'T LET IT GO 290 00:17:32,650 --> 00:17:36,530 THOSE WERE TWO OF THE CLEAREST TESTS WE'VE EVER SEEN IMPROVED OUT 291 00:17:36,530 --> 00:17:39,641 THE SYSTEM NOT ONLY TO REBUILD THE PAD BUT THE MODIFICATIONS WE 292 00:17:39,641 --> 00:17:43,260 MADE FOR THE RD-181. 293 00:17:43,260 --> 00:17:47,850 THIS FLOW IS GONE DESPITE BERMUDA HAS GONE 294 00:17:47,850 --> 00:17:50,420 REMARKABLY WELL HERE. 295 00:17:50,420 --> 00:17:56,900 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING YOUR ROCKETS OUT OF THE NASA 296 00:17:56,900 --> 00:18:01,309 WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY AND PLAYING OUR PART IN THAT. 297 00:18:01,309 --> 00:18:02,309 THANK YOU. 298 00:18:02,309 --> 00:18:05,370 >> WE WILL NOW TAKE QUESTIONS FROM THOSE HERE IN THE ROOM AS WELL 299 00:18:05,370 --> 00:18:06,970 AS THOSE ON THE PHONE. 300 00:18:06,970 --> 00:18:09,730 AGAIN FOR THOSE ON THE PHONE PLEASE PRESS STAR WANTS TO BE 301 00:18:09,730 --> 00:18:12,180 ENTERED INTO THE QUEUE AT ANY TIME. 302 00:18:12,180 --> 00:18:18,990 THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING US ON THE INTERNET CHECK PLEASE USE A # 303 00:18:18,990 --> 00:18:35,690 ASKED NASA. 304 00:18:35,690 --> 00:18:36,690 >>. 305 00:18:36,690 --> 00:18:44,029 [INDISCERNABLE] 306 00:18:44,029 --> 00:18:46,850 >> IT TOOK A LONG TIME BUT ALTERED TO MAKE IT BRIEF IN TERMS OF 307 00:18:46,850 --> 00:18:51,240 EXPLANATION BUT WE DID HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE 308 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:55,180 STRUCTURES THAT ARE USED TO TRANSFER THE TRUST FLOWS FROM THE 309 00:18:55,180 --> 00:18:58,760 ENGINE TO THE CORPORATE PROPELLANT TANKS THE CORE STRUCTURE 310 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,870 ITSELF WAS LARGELY UNCHANGED. 311 00:19:01,870 --> 00:19:06,650 AIDED GREATLY BY HOW CLOSE THEY MATCH THE TWO ENGINES WERE IN 312 00:19:06,650 --> 00:19:09,320 SOME OF THEIR KEY CHARACTERISTICS. 313 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,780 WE HAVE DIFFERENT CONTROL SCHEMES ON THE ENGINES. 314 00:19:12,780 --> 00:19:18,130 ON THE RD-181 THAT WE HAD IN THE AJ 26 AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT 315 00:19:18,130 --> 00:19:20,740 ENHANCEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF INSTRUMENTATION WE HAVE ON BOARD. 316 00:19:20,740 --> 00:19:23,880 BOTH OF WHICH DROVE SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO OUR 317 00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:28,090 AVIONICS IN ORDER TO WORK TOGETHER WITH IT AND THEN OBVIOUSLY 318 00:19:28,090 --> 00:19:34,760 SOME DIFFERENCES AND UNIQUE INTERFACES FROM APPELLANTS AND GASES 319 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:40,100 AND COMMODITY PERSPECTIVE IT ALL HAD TO BE IMPLEMENTED SO IT WAS 320 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:43,740 A VERY DETAILED METICULOUS PROCESS. 321 00:19:43,740 --> 00:19:48,990 BUT AS EVIDENCED BY THE STAGE TEST WE GOT IT RIGHT. 322 00:19:48,990 --> 00:20:05,350 READY TO GO READY TO GO TOMORROW. 323 00:20:05,350 --> 00:20:06,350 >>. 324 00:20:06,350 --> 00:20:07,450 [INDISCERNABLE] 325 00:20:07,450 --> 00:20:11,440 >> WHAT WE WOULD DO IS TOMORROW'S LAUNCH IS GOOD AND THEY WOULD 326 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:15,700 HAVE THE BIRTHING ON THE 19TH IF HAVE TO PUSH TO MONDAY THEN 327 00:20:15,700 --> 00:20:19,840 CYGNUS WOULD GO HEADED LAWYER FOR THE CREW WOULD COME INTO THE 328 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:20,880 DOCKING. 329 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:25,190 THE CYGNUS CAPABILITY REVIEW TO FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW THEY HAD 330 00:20:25,190 --> 00:20:30,380 WORST-CASE 20 DAYS, 20+ DAYS AND WITH A NOMINAL ASSET THEY WOULD 331 00:20:30,380 --> 00:20:32,679 HAVE ALMOST 40 DAYS. 332 00:20:32,679 --> 00:20:36,029 SO NOT AN ISSUE AT ALL BUT CYGNUS WOULD STAND DOWN AND WAIT FOR 333 00:20:36,029 --> 00:20:53,350 THE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT TO GO AHEAD AND DOCK. 334 00:20:53,350 --> 00:20:54,350 >>. 335 00:20:54,350 --> 00:21:06,440 [INDISCERNABLE] 336 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:09,570 >> WE WORK NOURISHES ON CYGNUS READY TO GO. 337 00:21:09,570 --> 00:21:11,190 ANXIOUS TO GET GOING. 338 00:21:11,190 --> 00:21:13,700 WEATHERMAN MAKES ME NERVOUS BUT. 339 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:18,730 [LAUGHTER] I THINK VERY OPTIMISTIC HOWEVER IS A LAUNCH. 340 00:21:18,730 --> 00:21:21,520 ANY OF US HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS A WHILE YOU TAKE THIS VERY 341 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:26,100 SERIOUSLY AND YOU WANT EVERYTHING VERY CLOSELY. 342 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:27,610 YOU'VE GOT TO COUNT ON LOVE PEOPLE. 343 00:21:27,610 --> 00:21:29,159 YEAH ALWAYS NERVOUS. 344 00:21:29,159 --> 00:21:31,890 BUT I'M EXTREMELY CONFIDENT. 345 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:33,110 IN THIS HARDWARE. 346 00:21:33,110 --> 00:21:46,700 I THINK THE CREW IS GOING TO GET THEIR PRESENCE 347 00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:48,720 ON WEDNESDAY. 348 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:50,030 WE GET IT OFF TOMORROW. 349 00:21:50,030 --> 00:21:53,580 >> I'LL JUST ADD FROM IN ANTARES SITE. 350 00:21:53,580 --> 00:21:56,650 AS OF THIS POINT WERE NOT WORKING ANY MAJOR ISSUES I'M SURE I 351 00:21:56,650 --> 00:21:58,929 COULD HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER THAN FRANK DID. 352 00:21:58,929 --> 00:22:02,220 WERE ALWAYS NERVOUS BUT WE WOULD HAVE A ROCKET OUT THERE WHO ARE 353 00:22:02,220 --> 00:22:04,210 CONFIDENT WE WEREN'T READY TO GO. 354 00:22:04,210 --> 00:22:12,270 >> TAKE HER NEXT QUESTION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. 355 00:22:12,270 --> 00:22:13,270 >>. 356 00:22:13,270 --> 00:22:18,650 [INDISCERNABLE] 357 00:22:18,650 --> 00:22:23,220 >> WHEN WE RECEIVED THE CARGO FROM NASA'S ALREADY PREPACKED AND 358 00:22:23,220 --> 00:22:27,740 BAGGED OF VARIOUS SIZES OF HIS SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT ALSO ENCASED 359 00:22:27,740 --> 00:22:29,159 IN FOAM. 360 00:22:29,159 --> 00:22:32,970 WHICH IS GOOD AND BAD WHEN YOU GET UP THERE HAS TO DO WITH THE 361 00:22:32,970 --> 00:22:34,570 PHONE BUT ALL PACKED IN. 362 00:22:34,570 --> 00:22:37,570 LIKE ALL THOSE BOXES THAT COME TO YOUR FRONT DOOR YOU GOT TO DO 363 00:22:37,570 --> 00:22:42,500 SOMETHING WITH THE BOXES AFTER YOU OPEN UP YOUR PRESENCE BUT THEY 364 00:22:42,500 --> 00:22:45,390 DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF THAT IT'S PACKED VERY TIGHTLY IN THE CYGNUS 365 00:22:45,390 --> 00:22:49,980 SPACECRAFT WITH STRAPS TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. 366 00:22:49,980 --> 00:22:52,940 SO FAR WE'VE HAD VERY VERY GOOD SUCCESS WITH THE HARDWARE 367 00:22:52,940 --> 00:22:56,059 ARRIVING AS FAR AS I KNOW 100 PERCENT. 368 00:22:56,059 --> 00:22:58,080 SUCCESSFULLY TO THE SPACE STATION. 369 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,740 WHEN ASKED TO TAKE CARGO OFF THE STATION WE CAN CARRY UP TO ABOUT 370 00:23:01,740 --> 00:23:06,480 3000 KILOGRAMS IF THEY SO DESIRE WHEN WE LEAVE IN ABOUT 30 DAYS. 371 00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:10,260 THEY ALSO PACK IN FOAM PACKET VERY TIGHTLY SO IT DOESN'T RATTLE 372 00:23:10,260 --> 00:23:12,929 AROUND INSIDE THE SPACECRAFT AND WE CAN CONTROL THE CENTER OF 373 00:23:12,929 --> 00:23:16,320 GRAVITY MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS WHERE SHOULD BE AS WE 374 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:25,940 REENTER THE ATMOSPHERE. 375 00:23:25,940 --> 00:23:26,940 >>. 376 00:23:26,940 --> 00:23:29,590 [INDISCERNABLE] 377 00:23:29,590 --> 00:23:31,900 >> NONE OF THE STAGES ARE REUSABLE. 378 00:23:31,900 --> 00:23:35,240 THE FIRST STAGE DOES FALL INTO THE OCEAN. 379 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:39,049 THE SECOND STAGE MAY STEP A LITTLE WHILE BUT ILL NOT VERY LONG. 380 00:23:39,049 --> 00:23:52,760 IT WILL COME DOWN FROM UP THE ATMOSPHERE. 381 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:53,760 WHEN IT'S FINISHED. 382 00:23:53,760 --> 00:23:58,220 >> FOR FRANK AND JOEL, WE HEAR FROM ORBIT TO SOME DISCUSSION 383 00:23:58,220 --> 00:24:01,669 ABOUT POSSIBLE SIX-HOUR MISSION. 384 00:24:01,669 --> 00:24:02,669 TO THE ISS. 385 00:24:02,669 --> 00:24:05,960 I WAS WONDERING IF THE TEAM WAS BEING CHALLENGED TO LOOK AT THAT 386 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,649 AND VIRTUAL DO THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY A SERVICE NASA IS GOING TO 387 00:24:09,649 --> 00:24:10,649 NEED THE FUTURE? 388 00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:12,099 THANKS A LOT. 389 00:24:12,099 --> 00:24:14,600 >> WE WOULD STILL LIKE TO LOOK AT THAT AS A POSSIBILITY WE 390 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:17,179 HAVEN'T HAD THAT REQUIREMENT LAID ON US. 391 00:24:17,179 --> 00:24:20,909 I THINK IT WOULD TAKE SOME ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE PART OF OUR 392 00:24:20,909 --> 00:24:24,350 STAY SPACECRAFT AS WELL AS NASA'S ABILITY TO COORDINATE WITH US 393 00:24:24,350 --> 00:24:26,210 TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 394 00:24:26,210 --> 00:24:27,970 THERE MAY BE TIME IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO GET 395 00:24:27,970 --> 00:24:31,210 SOMETHING TO A STATION SO QUICKLY THAT WE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO 396 00:24:31,210 --> 00:24:32,580 THAT. 397 00:24:32,580 --> 00:24:37,710 PHYSICALLY IT'S POSSIBLE PRACTICALLY IT'S DIFFICULT. 398 00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:40,820 >> RIGHT NOW IT'S WAS DRIVING THE TIME TO GET THE SPACE STATION 399 00:24:40,820 --> 00:24:43,370 IS OUR SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS. 400 00:24:43,370 --> 00:24:47,039 WE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS WE'VE HAD. 401 00:24:47,039 --> 00:24:52,710 WITH THE TODAY AS THAT CHANGES WILL WORK WITH ORBITAL ANY OTHER 402 00:24:52,710 --> 00:24:55,210 PROVIDER TO SEE IF WE CAN SPEED THAT UP FROM OUR PHYSICS 403 00:24:55,210 --> 00:24:58,710 STANDPOINT YOU CAN DO THAT AND PICK THE RIGHT DAYS, THE RUSSIANS 404 00:24:58,710 --> 00:25:02,570 GENERALLY DO THAT THE SOY SPACECRAFT IN THE PROGRESS SPACECRAFT 405 00:25:02,570 --> 00:25:08,470 RIGHT NOW THEIR NEW VEHICLE THAT THERE EARLY STAGES BUT THE GO 406 00:25:08,470 --> 00:25:11,810 BACK A RENDEZVOUS. 407 00:25:11,810 --> 00:25:15,170 >> JUST ONE THING TO ADD, CHALLENGE OF DOING THAT THE TIMING IS A 408 00:25:15,170 --> 00:25:17,170 STATION GOES OVERHEAD. 409 00:25:17,170 --> 00:25:19,390 WE HAVE A FIVE MINUTE WINDOW TOMORROW. 410 00:25:19,390 --> 00:25:23,090 WE CAN ACTUALLY ASSIST TO GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE WE CAN TAKE UP TO 411 00:25:23,090 --> 00:25:24,970 TWO DAYS TO GET TO THE STATION. 412 00:25:24,970 --> 00:25:28,390 IF YOU WANT TO GET THERE AND FOR ORBITS AND WE BASICALLY STRAIGHT 413 00:25:28,390 --> 00:25:31,390 OVERHEAD YOU MIGHT ONLY BE TO LAUNCH EVERY THREE DAYS IS TO BE 414 00:25:31,390 --> 00:25:38,059 RIGHT ON THE CENTER. 415 00:25:38,059 --> 00:25:42,330 >> ANOTHER QUESTION? 416 00:25:42,330 --> 00:25:43,330 >>. 417 00:25:43,330 --> 00:25:44,470 [INDISCERNABLE] 418 00:25:44,470 --> 00:25:47,529 >> CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR FUTURE HOPES FOR THIS 419 00:25:47,529 --> 00:25:48,529 ROCKET? 420 00:25:48,529 --> 00:25:52,000 YOU GET A MORE POWERFUL ROCK HIGHER THRUST OF THE STEADY 421 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:56,770 PRODUCTION LINE WITH THESE NEW RD-181 SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW 422 00:25:56,770 --> 00:26:00,600 WHAT KIND OF NEW MISSIONS TO COULD BE ENABLED BY THIS CONNECT 423 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,760 WERE THE SATELLITES CAN LAUNCH? 424 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:08,270 >> THE DAY YOU ANNOUNCED A SATELLITE LAUNCH OF PROTON WHY NOT ON 425 00:26:08,270 --> 00:26:13,690 AND TERRY'S TALK ABOUT THAT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH ANTARES. 426 00:26:13,690 --> 00:26:24,419 >> WERE PROPOSING THE USE OF CYGNUS FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS AND 427 00:26:24,419 --> 00:26:26,190 LOWER ORBIT. 428 00:26:26,190 --> 00:26:29,669 TO INCLUDE SATELLITE SERVICING AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE COMING 429 00:26:29,669 --> 00:26:30,760 IN THE FUTURE. 430 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,590 ANTARES WOULD CONTINUE TO BE THE IDEAL LAUNCH VEHICLE FOR MOST OF 431 00:26:33,590 --> 00:26:35,720 THOSE MISSIONS. 432 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:40,510 FOR OTHER SPACECRAFT FOR EXAMPLE THE COMMUNICATION SATELLITES 433 00:26:40,510 --> 00:26:43,960 THAT WE BUILD ARE ALSO IN MY GROUP BUT IN ORDER TO GET TO 434 00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:47,470 GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT TAKES A DIFFERENT UPPER STAGE THAN WHAT THE 435 00:26:47,470 --> 00:26:50,900 CURRENT ANTARES HAS ON IT SO WE HAVE TO MODIFY THE ROCKET MIGHT 436 00:26:50,900 --> 00:26:53,309 CAN TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THAT. 437 00:26:53,309 --> 00:26:57,809 WE LOOK AT THE VARIOUS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VARIATIONS AS A SET 438 00:26:57,809 --> 00:27:00,360 OF CYGNUS CAN BE USED A LOT OF DIFFERENT PURPOSES. 439 00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:03,690 THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE USE IN THE CYGNUS CAN ALSO BE USED FOR A 440 00:27:03,690 --> 00:27:06,169 LOT OF DIFFERENT MISSIONS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES AND 441 00:27:06,169 --> 00:27:09,519 WE ARE EVOLVING THAT TO OTHER SPACECRAFT. 442 00:27:09,519 --> 00:27:16,140 >> I DAD THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT THE ANTARES ROCKET THAT MAKES IT 443 00:27:16,140 --> 00:27:21,909 UNIQUE TO THE CRS MISSION CERTAINLY WE'VE GOT ASPIRATIONS TO 444 00:27:21,909 --> 00:27:27,240 MARKET AND SELL IT FOR OTHER SATELLITE APPLICATIONS. 445 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,620 ANYTHING IN THE MEDIUM CLASS. 446 00:27:30,620 --> 00:27:34,830 AS FRANK SAID, ONE OF THOSE APPLICATIONS WOULD REQUIRE 447 00:27:34,830 --> 00:27:39,490 DEVELOPMENT OF A ALTERNATE UPPER STAGE CAPABILITY. 448 00:27:39,490 --> 00:27:45,240 WE GOT THOUGHTS ON THAT WE COULD PUT IT TO WORK IN THE FUTURE. 449 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:49,390 AND CERTAINLY IN OUR CURRENT CONFIGURATION, LOOKING AT NASA 450 00:27:49,390 --> 00:27:55,580 SCIENCE MISSIONS, CERTAIN COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY 451 00:27:55,580 --> 00:27:56,580 EMERGE. 452 00:27:56,580 --> 00:28:03,169 I THINK IN ALL CASES, SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT IS GOING TO BE AN ENTRY 453 00:28:03,169 --> 00:28:05,940 REQUIREMENT TO ANY OF THAT AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BEEN 454 00:28:05,940 --> 00:28:10,820 SQUARELY FOCUSED ON OA-5 MISSION COMING UP BUT CERTAINLY THE 455 00:28:10,820 --> 00:28:14,359 FUTURE LOOKING TO DO MORE WITH ANTARES AND JUST ERS. 456 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:18,980 >> WERE GOING TO GO TAKE A QUESTION FROM THE PHONE FIRST AND THEN 457 00:28:18,980 --> 00:28:29,009 WE'LL GO APPEAR IN THE FRONT. 458 00:28:29,009 --> 00:28:35,750 >> I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 459 00:28:35,750 --> 00:28:44,750 THE FIRST IS FOR MR. 460 00:28:44,750 --> 00:28:46,140 NASH. 461 00:28:46,140 --> 00:29:02,010 AFTER THE ACCIDENT THERE WAS QUITE A CONTROVERSY OVER REPAIRS. 462 00:29:02,010 --> 00:29:04,160 [INDISCERNABLE] 463 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:06,440 >> WE WORK THROUGH THAT. 464 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,490 WE ARE COVERED BY INSURANCE. 465 00:29:09,490 --> 00:29:13,929 WHAT WE BELIEVE NATIONAL POSSIBLE DAMAGES. 466 00:29:13,929 --> 00:29:20,399 HAVE THAT IN OUR AGREEMENTS WITH ORBITAL A 2K AND WITH 467 00:29:20,399 --> 00:29:26,729 CONCURRENCE FROM NASA. 468 00:29:26,729 --> 00:29:30,309 >> QUESTION DOWN FRONT HERE. 469 00:29:30,309 --> 00:29:34,260 >> JEREMY COX. 470 00:29:34,260 --> 00:29:40,000 YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT THE HOT FIRE TEST OCCURRING BUT THAT THESE 471 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:45,679 ARE NEW MOTORS BEING USED FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH THIS PARTICULAR 472 00:29:45,679 --> 00:29:51,240 SPACECRAFT TAX IS UNUSUAL NOT TO HAVE A TEST FLIGHT UNDER THE 473 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:52,530 CIRCUMSTANCES? 474 00:29:52,530 --> 00:29:57,200 >> I DON'T THINK IT'S UNUSUAL. 475 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:01,220 WE CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE THAT WE FIRST OF ALL THE ENGINES 476 00:30:01,220 --> 00:30:03,760 THEMSELVES ARE ALL TESTED. 477 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,549 TO THE FULL FLIGHT DUTY CYCLE BEFORE THE DELIVERED TO US. 478 00:30:07,549 --> 00:30:13,370 AND THEN THE STAGE TEST THAT WE CONDUCTED BACK IN MAY, IS A FULL 479 00:30:13,370 --> 00:30:18,210 INTEGRATED TEST OF A FULLY FLIGHT LIKE FIRST STAGE. 480 00:30:18,210 --> 00:30:20,580 PROVIDES US SIGNIFICANT DATA. 481 00:30:20,580 --> 00:30:22,169 A TON OF DATA. 482 00:30:22,169 --> 00:30:25,669 INCLUDING EXTRA INSTRUMENTATION THAT WE ADDED JUST FOR THE TEST 483 00:30:25,669 --> 00:30:28,919 THAT THE ENVOY COULD PUT ON A FLIGHT VEHICLE. 484 00:30:28,919 --> 00:30:31,880 WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DIGGING THROUGH IT. 485 00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:36,700 WERE COMPLETE CONFIDENT THAT THAT GAVE US THE INFORMATION AND THE 486 00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:41,450 DATA THAT WE NEEDED TO REALLY ASSURE OURSELVES THAT THE VEHICLES 487 00:30:41,450 --> 00:30:45,820 READY TO FLY. 488 00:30:45,820 --> 00:30:49,299 >> THE FIRST STAGE HAS BEEN CHANGED BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES 489 00:30:49,299 --> 00:30:53,130 WE COLLECT ALL THE TESTS COVERED THE RISK THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN 490 00:30:53,130 --> 00:30:56,480 ABLE TO THINK OF THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ADDRESS. 491 00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,950 WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPENSE PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM WHO ARE HAVE FLOWN 492 00:30:59,950 --> 00:31:02,909 ROCKETS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THESE ENGINES HAVE FLOWED SLIGHTLY 493 00:31:02,909 --> 00:31:05,720 DIFFERENT VARIATIONS ON OTHER ROCKETS. 494 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,860 AS FAR AS EVERYTHING FROM THE FIRST STAGE UP, THE CHANGES OF THAT 495 00:31:08,860 --> 00:31:12,820 ARE VERY MINOR SPACECRAFT ITSELF IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE WERE 496 00:31:12,820 --> 00:31:13,980 FLYING. 497 00:31:13,980 --> 00:31:17,710 BUT WE FLOWN TWICE ON OTHER LAUNCH VEHICLE SO WE FEEL VERY 498 00:31:17,710 --> 00:31:21,029 COMFORTABLE THAT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM HAS BEEN WRUNG OUT WE DO 499 00:31:21,029 --> 00:31:23,019 UNDERSTAND THE RISK. 500 00:31:23,019 --> 00:31:27,910 WE HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IS GOING TO WORK AS DESIGNED. 501 00:31:27,910 --> 00:31:31,950 >> NASA HAS BEEN INTEGRATED WITH ORBITAL ATK'S TEAM WE'VE HAD 502 00:31:31,950 --> 00:31:37,240 PEOPLE FROM ENGINE EXPERTS PEOPLE FROM THE LAUNCH SERVICE PROGRAM 503 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:42,240 OF KENNEDY SPACE CENTER TRAVELED TO RUSSIA WITH THE TEAM WE SEE 504 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:43,300 CONFIDENCE. 505 00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:50,570 >> TAKE A QUESTION YOU WILL START ONE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE HERE. 506 00:31:50,570 --> 00:31:51,570 >>. 507 00:31:51,570 --> 00:31:53,070 [INDISCERNABLE] 508 00:31:53,070 --> 00:32:02,870 >> COULD YOU LAUNCH CUBESATS WITH ANY UNUSED CARGO WEIGHT, AND 509 00:32:02,870 --> 00:32:07,840 NUMBER TWO, YOU HAVE THE SAPPHIRE EXPERIMENT ON THE PREVIOUS 510 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:12,090 LAUNCH IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW THE RESULTS OF THAT IN HIS 511 00:32:12,090 --> 00:32:18,179 RIGHT FOLLOW ON THIS CURRENT FLIGHT. 512 00:32:18,179 --> 00:32:21,309 >> AS WE SHOW THE VIDEO WE DID HAVE SAPPHIRE THE PREVIOUS 513 00:32:21,309 --> 00:32:22,309 MISSION. 514 00:32:22,309 --> 00:32:25,750 WE HAVE A VERY SIMILAR EXPERIMENT ON THIS MISSION ALSO. 515 00:32:25,750 --> 00:32:28,789 AS I MENTIONED WERE GOING TO CONDUCT SHORTLY AFTER ON BIRTHING 516 00:32:28,789 --> 00:32:30,529 THE STATION. 517 00:32:30,529 --> 00:32:34,139 TAKE AS FEW DAYS TO DOWNLOAD THE DATA FROM THAT THE VIDEO ETC. 518 00:33:03,010 --> 00:32:35,139 A 519 00:33:03,010 --> 00:33:04,320 ORBIT LIFE. 520 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,570 BUT WILL BE WELL AWAY FROM THE STATION BY THE TIME THAT OCCURS. 521 00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:11,870 IT SHOULD BE VERY EXCITING TIME FOR THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BUILT 522 00:33:11,870 --> 00:33:15,570 EXPERIMENTS THAT ARE ON THOSE CUBESATS. 523 00:33:15,570 --> 00:33:17,419 >> WE CAN DO THAT ON EVERY MISSION. 524 00:33:17,419 --> 00:33:20,659 IF WE ARE ASKED TO DO SO. 525 00:33:20,659 --> 00:33:24,730 >> 45 KILOMETERS ABOVE THE SPACE STATION THAT WAS A DIRECT 526 00:33:24,730 --> 00:33:28,460 REQUEST FROM THE SCIENCE RESEARCH COMMUNITY FOR THE OWNERS OF THE 527 00:33:28,460 --> 00:33:30,039 SATELLITE. 528 00:33:30,039 --> 00:33:32,870 WE NEED MORE OVER LIFETIME CAN YOU GO ABOVE ISS. 529 00:33:32,870 --> 00:33:35,000 WE WORKED WITH THE DIFFERENT TEAMS. 530 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:40,710 WORKED WITH ORBITAL ATK TO MAKE SURE WE COULD GET WHAT WE NEEDED. 531 00:33:40,710 --> 00:33:43,529 IT'S A HUGE SUCCESS STORY. 532 00:33:43,529 --> 00:33:45,289 >> REASSIGNED SPEAKING BEFORE THIS MEETING IN WHICH WE HAD 533 00:33:45,289 --> 00:33:48,870 INVESTIGATORS TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO INVESTIGATIONS SPECIFICALLY 534 00:33:48,870 --> 00:33:52,820 CAN CATCH THAT ON YOUTUBE AND ALSO HAVE THOSE INVESTIGATORS 535 00:33:52,820 --> 00:33:55,409 TOMORROW FOR REPORTERS THAT WANT TO DO ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS. 536 00:33:55,409 --> 00:33:57,779 YOU CAN FIND OUT THOUGH THE MEDIA CHECKING STATION IF YOU'RE 537 00:33:57,779 --> 00:34:08,350 INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THOSE AS WELL. 538 00:34:08,350 --> 00:34:09,350 >>. 539 00:34:09,350 --> 00:34:10,350 [INDISCERNABLE] 540 00:34:10,350 --> 00:34:13,500 >> THE UPGRADE ANTARES WHAT IS THE RECYCLE TIME LOOK LIKE IN THE 541 00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:16,260 CASE OF A HOLD DURING THE TERMINAL COUNT. 542 00:34:16,260 --> 00:34:19,470 DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SET THE LAUNCH VEHICLE AND TRY 543 00:34:19,470 --> 00:34:22,130 MORE THAN ONCE THAT FIVE MINUTES IS A KIND OF A ONE AND DONE 544 00:34:22,130 --> 00:34:24,250 SCENARIO? 545 00:34:24,250 --> 00:34:27,730 >> REALISTICALLY ONCE WE GET THAT FAR DOWN IN THE COUNT WE WILL 546 00:34:27,730 --> 00:34:30,380 SELECT A LAUNCH TIME. 547 00:34:30,380 --> 00:34:35,050 IT'S VERY UNUSUAL THAT WOULD HAVE A SITUATION WHERE A ONE OR TWO 548 00:34:35,050 --> 00:34:39,460 MINUTE HOLD WOULD SAVE THE DAY BUT IT CERTAINLY ISN'T OUT OF THE 549 00:34:39,460 --> 00:34:40,980 QUESTION. 550 00:34:40,980 --> 00:34:45,290 WE CERTAINLY USE THAT FIVE MINUTE WINDOW TO WORK AROUND COLAS AND 551 00:34:45,290 --> 00:34:46,950 OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. 552 00:34:46,950 --> 00:34:48,640 BUT IT'S PRETTY TIGHT. 553 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:51,730 HE MISSED THAT FIVE MINUTE WINDOW AND WERE DONE FOR THE DAY BUT 554 00:34:51,730 --> 00:34:55,140 WE DO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO TURN AROUND AFTER SCRUB DALE AND HIS 555 00:34:55,140 --> 00:34:59,090 TEAM HAVE ALL THE RIGHT COMMODITIES AND EVERYTHING READY TO GO WE 556 00:34:59,090 --> 00:35:02,610 SHOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE IT A SHOT THE NEXT DAY. 557 00:35:02,610 --> 00:35:06,700 >> PART OF WHAT WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE DOWN TIME TO REALLY 558 00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:13,431 UPGRADE OUR CAPABILITY SO POTENTIALLY WE CAN GO RECYCLE 24 HOUR 559 00:35:13,431 --> 00:35:15,750 RECYCLE DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY. 560 00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:19,040 THE PEOPLE TIMEOUT BEFORE THE FACILITIES. 561 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:22,730 AND THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT IT. 562 00:35:22,730 --> 00:35:24,660 >> WE CAN'T BACKUP IN THE COUNT DOWN. 563 00:35:24,660 --> 00:35:28,420 IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO. 564 00:35:28,420 --> 00:35:32,400 FOR SAFETY AND RELIABILITY AND HARDWARE REASONS WE JUST KEEP 565 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:37,160 CONTINUING. 566 00:35:37,160 --> 00:36:00,920 FORWARD INTO WE GET IT. 567 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:01,920 >>. 568 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,680 [INDISCERNABLE] 569 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:22,940 >> I WANT TO ASK ABOUT FAA SIGNIFICANT HIKE AND HOW MUCH 570 00:36:22,940 --> 00:36:33,650 LIABILITY INSURANCE YOU HAVE TO CARE FOR THIS FLIGHT. 571 00:36:33,650 --> 00:36:34,840 [INDISCERNABLE] 572 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:40,920 >> ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ISSUE YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT ON THE 573 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,120 INSURANCE REQUIREMENT ON THE LAUNCH LICENSE. 574 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,160 I THINK IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS IT'S BEEN ON PREVIOUS 575 00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,090 MISSIONS. 576 00:36:48,090 --> 00:36:52,870 MAYBE SOME CHANGES BEGAN TO CRS TO BUT RIGHT NOW THE LICENSING IS 577 00:36:52,870 --> 00:36:57,270 THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN AN ANALYSIS BEING CONDUCTED BY BOTH THE 578 00:36:57,270 --> 00:37:00,221 FAA AND THE RANGE BETTER THAN IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST MORE 579 00:37:00,221 --> 00:37:04,080 SOPHISTICATED THE BROAD EFFORT INTO GETTING READY FOR THIS 580 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,510 PARTICULAR LAUNCH AND INCREASING OUR LAUNCH PROBABILITY. 581 00:37:07,510 --> 00:37:10,590 VERY HAPPY WITH THE TEAMWORK BETWEEN ALL OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED 582 00:37:10,590 --> 00:37:12,770 HERE. 583 00:37:12,770 --> 00:37:17,810 >> ON THE MANIFEST QUESTION. 584 00:37:17,810 --> 00:37:21,700 WE'VE REMOVED ALL THAT BALLAST REPLACED IT WITH A SURPRISE 585 00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:27,100 THROUGH CLOTHING SOME COMPUTER RESOURCES UPGRADE LAPTOPS AND THEN 586 00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:34,080 SOME VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF EVA HARDWARE. 587 00:37:34,080 --> 00:37:39,330 >> GO DOWN HERE. 588 00:37:39,330 --> 00:37:42,990 >> MY QUESTION ABOUT THE SAPPHIRE EXPERIMENT. 589 00:37:42,990 --> 00:37:50,940 ARE THERE ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE ISS CREW HAS TO 590 00:37:50,940 --> 00:37:57,330 MAKE WHEN LOADING THE CYGNUS BACKUP FOR DEEPER THING AND TO NOT 591 00:37:57,330 --> 00:37:59,130 MESS WITH THAT EXPERIMENT. 592 00:37:59,130 --> 00:38:09,160 AND IS THERE ANY WHERE THERE BE ANY ADVERSE EFFECTS THAT 593 00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:16,450 EXPERIMENT SET THE WHOLE ON FIRE BEFORE REENTRY? 594 00:38:16,450 --> 00:38:19,930 >> THE WEATHER EXPERIMENT IS DESIGNED AND BEEN TESTED EXTENSIVELY 595 00:38:19,930 --> 00:38:23,990 IT CANNOT ACTIVATE ITSELF PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SPACE STATION. 596 00:38:23,990 --> 00:38:28,250 IT HAS SEVERAL INHIBITS TO KEEP IT FROM RECEIVING POWER OR BEING 597 00:38:28,250 --> 00:38:31,080 ABLE TO IGNITE ANY OF THE MATERIAL. 598 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,870 WERE VERY CONFIDENT THAT'S GOING TO WORK THAT WAY. 599 00:38:33,870 --> 00:38:37,760 NASA TEAM DESIGNED IT THAT WAY INTEGRATED INTO THE STATION WITH 600 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:40,980 THE RIGHT SPACE VEHICLE WITH THE RIGHT SAFEGUARDS. 601 00:38:40,980 --> 00:38:46,380 WHILE THE CREW HAS JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE VENTILATION PADS 602 00:38:46,380 --> 00:38:48,600 REMAIN OPEN AND THEY STAY OUT OF THE KEEP OUT ZONES WHEN THEY 603 00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:54,810 LOAD THE CARGO AND OTHERWISE THEY DON'T NEED TO TOUCH IT OR DO 604 00:38:54,810 --> 00:38:56,370 ANYTHING TO MAKE IT READY TO ACTIVATE. 605 00:38:56,370 --> 00:38:58,990 OR RELIEVE THE STATION. 606 00:38:58,990 --> 00:39:02,670 WE FEEL LIKE YOU WILL GO TO SICK DID LAST TIME. 607 00:39:02,670 --> 00:39:14,820 >> WE HAD NO ISSUES IN THE LAST MISSION. 608 00:39:14,820 --> 00:39:20,350 >> WHY WERE THAT MANY VOTERS AVAILABLE THE DAMAGE TO THE PAD 609 00:39:20,350 --> 00:39:23,140 AFTER THE DISASTER? 610 00:39:23,140 --> 00:39:26,980 >> THERE WERE LOTS OF PHOTOS. 611 00:39:26,980 --> 00:39:34,620 [LAUGHTER] I CAN'T HELP YOU THERE. 612 00:39:34,620 --> 00:39:36,180 I FOUND THEM. 613 00:39:36,180 --> 00:39:43,990 >> I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU LOOKED BUT I SAW PHOTOS EVERYWHERE. 614 00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:51,080 >> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE? 615 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:56,280 >> WE HAVE AN ELECTION GOING ON. 616 00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:03,800 THIS LAUNCHES GOING TO BE LOOKED AT ALL OVER THE PLACE INCLUDING 617 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:04,800 OVER IN DC. 618 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:09,310 WHAT YOU HOPE THAT FOLKS OVER IN DC TO TRY TO GO AHEAD AND GET A 619 00:40:09,310 --> 00:40:12,890 BUDGET TOGETHER FOR ALL THIS ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT IT 620 00:40:12,890 --> 00:40:17,200 803 AND WAS THE THING WITH THE THOUGHTS GOING TO BE? 621 00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:21,620 >> I SPENT A LOT OF TIME LAUNCHING SHUTTLES IN FLORIDA. 622 00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:26,950 FRANK AND IF YOU TIMES SEVERAL TIMES. 623 00:40:26,950 --> 00:40:30,990 THERE ARE TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGES TO BEING WITHIN DRIVING DISTANCE 624 00:40:30,990 --> 00:40:32,370 OF WASHINGTON D.C.. 625 00:40:32,370 --> 00:40:34,860 I THINK WE HAVE TWO BUSES NOW COMING DOWN 626 00:40:34,860 --> 00:40:39,990 FROM THE SEA WITH STAFFERS WHO ARE VERY VERY INTERESTED. 627 00:40:39,990 --> 00:40:44,520 IT IS ALWAYS A TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE TO HAVE SOMEONE COME DOWN AND 628 00:40:44,520 --> 00:40:46,250 EXPERIENCE LAUNCH VERSUS SING IT. 629 00:40:46,250 --> 00:40:47,700 AS ALL OF YOU KNOW. 630 00:40:47,700 --> 00:40:50,020 THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. 631 00:40:50,020 --> 00:40:51,450 VERY VERY CONFIDENT. 632 00:40:51,450 --> 00:40:56,600 WE THINK WILL PUT ON A GREAT SHOW AND NIGHTTIME LAUNCH ALWAYS 633 00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,420 REALLY GOOD TOO. 634 00:40:58,420 --> 00:41:01,150 WE HOPE IT PUTS ON A GOOD SHOW FOR EVERYONE. 635 00:41:01,150 --> 00:41:07,240 THEY ENJOY SOME OF THE EVERYONE ENJOYS IT. 636 00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:12,290 WE GET A WIDE VIEWING ANGLE RELOAD PEOPLE GET TO GO OUT ON 637 00:41:12,290 --> 00:41:15,990 CAPITOL HILL OR ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTHEAST AND HAVE OUR 638 00:41:15,990 --> 00:41:19,570 MIDATLANTIC AND HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT THE LAUNCH. 639 00:41:19,570 --> 00:41:23,080 >> YOU GOT OVER HUNDRED PEOPLE COMING FROM THE HILL ON 640 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:24,080 WASHINGTON. 641 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:27,730 >> THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF PEOPLE FROM WASHINGTON HERE TO WATCH IT. 642 00:41:27,730 --> 00:41:30,460 FOR THOSE DOZEN OR SO PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON ARE WATCHING THIS 643 00:41:30,460 --> 00:41:35,420 PRESS CONFERENCE, YOU GO ANYWHERE ON A HIGH HILL AND LOOK TO THE 644 00:41:35,420 --> 00:41:47,110 SOUTHEAST ABOUT 8:05 PM. 645 00:41:47,110 --> 00:41:53,619 >> TIME FOR A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. 646 00:41:53,619 --> 00:42:00,430 >> GIVEN THE STATE INVESTMENT YOU TALKED ABOUT WHERE THE 647 00:42:00,430 --> 00:42:03,400 OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS OFFICE FOR THE STATE. 648 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:11,550 YOU THINK IS A BUSINESS IN THE FACILITY. 649 00:42:11,550 --> 00:42:15,020 >> WALLOPS ALWAYS HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT HERE BUT IT IS BEEN 650 00:42:15,020 --> 00:42:20,160 POWERFUL EVEN IN THE FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE THAT IMPACT 651 00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:26,820 ADDITIONAL WORK EMPLOYEES OVERLAY DECAY OURSELVES AND OUR 652 00:42:26,820 --> 00:42:33,930 SUPPLIERS BEGAN TO MIGRATE APPEAR HAD ON THE AREA. 653 00:42:33,930 --> 00:42:40,600 IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ROCK I THINK WE COULD GET VERY BUSY HERE IN 654 00:42:40,600 --> 00:42:42,240 THE NEXT FEW YEARS. 655 00:42:42,240 --> 00:42:47,870 THIS IS NOT ME, THIS IS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STATES THAT EACH 656 00:42:47,870 --> 00:42:50,360 LAUNCH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE PONY SWIM. 657 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:58,420 THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FAMILIAR THAT'S THE BIGGEST EVENT HERE. 658 00:42:58,420 --> 00:43:04,160 ONE THING YOU ASKED ABOUT CUBESATS BUT ONE THING THAT WE AGREED 659 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:10,210 TO IN A LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WAS ORBITAL ATK WE IN VIRGINIA GET 660 00:43:10,210 --> 00:43:16,320 THE EQUIVALENT OF 12 CUBESATS EACH LAUNCH AFTER WE GET NOT RIGHT 661 00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:21,080 NOW BUT AS WE GET THROUGH ALL THE APPROVAL AND EVERYTHING SAFETY 662 00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:24,240 AND THEY WILL BE ON THE SECOND STAGE. 663 00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:28,800 IT WILL BE A SHORT TIME IN SPACE AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET THAT TO 664 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:32,890 POCKET CUBES SO YOU CAN IMAGINE 96 POCKET CUBES IN EVERY LAUNCH 665 00:43:32,890 --> 00:43:36,930 THE IMPACT THAT WOULD HAVE ON THE STEM AND OBVIOUSLY VIRGINIA 666 00:43:36,930 --> 00:43:40,830 WILL HAVE A HIGH PREFERENCE FOR THOSE POCKET CUBES BUT IT WON'T 667 00:43:40,830 --> 00:43:46,550 BE TOO LONG BEFORE WE HAVE EXHAUSTED THE PEOPLE WANT TO COME IN 668 00:43:46,550 --> 00:43:50,980 VIRGINIA AND I SAID THAT SPREADING OUT WELL ACROSS THE NATION 669 00:43:50,980 --> 00:43:53,930 MAYBE INTERNATIONALLY SO WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 670 00:43:53,930 --> 00:43:58,090 AND THE COMMITMENT FROM ORBITAL ATK TO LET US PURSUE THAT AS PART 671 00:43:58,090 --> 00:44:07,710 OF THE IMPACT NOT ONLY ECONOMICALLY BUT THE WHOLE STEM. 672 00:44:07,710 --> 00:44:10,060 >> WHAT DALE IS TALKING ABOUT IS NOT SATELLITES BUILT BY 673 00:44:10,060 --> 00:44:13,680 COMPANIES OR LARGE ORGANIZATIONS BUT SATELLITES AND EXPERIENCE 674 00:44:13,680 --> 00:44:16,900 DESIGNED BY STUDENTS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 675 00:44:16,900 --> 00:44:20,190 LOTS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BUILDING STATS COLLEGE STUDENTS AND 676 00:44:20,190 --> 00:44:24,230 SO WE WILL BE EXPOSING OR ENABLING EXPOSURE OF SPACE 677 00:44:24,230 --> 00:44:28,200 EXPERIMENTATION TO PEOPLE ALL THE WAY TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS. 678 00:44:28,200 --> 00:44:33,610 SPREADING OUT FROM HERE TO WALLOPS I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL. 679 00:44:33,610 --> 00:44:40,560 >> WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE SESSION. 680 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:45,270 >> JUST CURIOUS, WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE ANTARES LOOK ANY 681 00:44:45,270 --> 00:44:50,530 DIFFERENT FROM THE OLDER VERSIONS. 682 00:44:50,530 --> 00:44:58,040 >> THE THRUST AND WAIT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER SO MAY COME OFF THE 683 00:44:58,040 --> 00:44:59,040 PAD A LITTLE FASTER. 684 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:02,730 THE THING COMES OFF AS LONG SURE LITTLE FACTORS GOING TO BE 685 00:45:02,730 --> 00:45:08,460 NOTICEABLE BUT BEYOND THAT I DON'T THINK YOU'LL TELL A 686 00:45:08,460 --> 00:45:09,460 DIFFERENCE. 687 00:45:09,460 --> 00:45:13,150 AS I MENTIONED IN MY VIDEO COMMENTARY, ELECTION BECAUSE OF THE 688 00:45:13,150 --> 00:45:17,650 HIGHER PERFORMING ENGINES WE REALLY NOTICE IS THE END OF THE 689 00:45:17,650 --> 00:45:18,650 MISSION. 690 00:45:18,650 --> 00:45:21,680 WE'LL HAVE CYGNUS IN ORBIT ABOUT A MINUTE EARLIER THAN WE WOULD 691 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:31,570 HAVE ON A PREVIOUS VERSION OF ANTARES. 692 00:45:31,570 --> 00:45:32,980 >> THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TIME FOR TODAY. 693 00:45:32,980 --> 00:45:35,520 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR JOINING US. 694 00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:38,410 IF YOU'RE ON THE EAST COAST IS A CHANCE YOU MIGHT GO TO SEE THE 695 00:45:38,410 --> 00:45:39,910 LAUNCH FROM WHERE YOU ARE. 696 00:45:39,910 --> 00:45:42,970 CHECK OUT THE DOING MAPS ONLINE. 697 00:45:42,970 --> 00:45:46,290 YOU CAN FIND THOSE MAPS AND MORE ABOUT THE MISSION@NASA.GOV SLASH 698 00:45:46,290 --> 00:45:48,770 ORBITAL ATK. 699 00:45:48,770 --> 00:45:51,800 TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT LAUNCH COVERAGE BEGINS AT 7:00 P.M.