1 00:00:17,016 --> 00:00:18,351 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, AND WELCOME 2 00:00:18,351 --> 00:00:20,320 TO NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 3 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:21,788 FOR THE PRE-LAUNCH NEWS 4 00:00:21,788 --> 00:00:24,958 CONFERENCE FOR THE SPACEX TO THE 5 00:00:24,958 --> 00:00:27,227 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 6 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:29,229 I'M JOSHUA FENTON AND I'M JOINED 7 00:00:29,229 --> 00:00:31,631 BY DAN HARTMAN, DEPUTY MANAGER 8 00:00:31,631 --> 00:00:33,466 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 9 00:00:33,466 --> 00:00:35,835 PROGRAM. 10 00:00:35,835 --> 00:00:39,005 HANS, VICE PRESIDENT OF BUILD 11 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:41,608 AND FLIGHT RELIABILITY FOR 12 00:00:41,608 --> 00:00:44,277 SPACEX, AND PETE HASBROOK, 13 00:00:44,277 --> 00:00:45,345 SCIENTIST INTERNATIONAL SPACE 14 00:00:45,345 --> 00:00:45,845 STATION PROGRAM. 15 00:00:45,845 --> 00:00:47,447 WE'LL BEGIN WITH OPENING 16 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:48,281 COMMENTS FROM OUR PRESENTERS, 17 00:00:48,281 --> 00:00:50,083 AND THEY'LL BE' TO TURN IT OVER 18 00:00:50,083 --> 00:00:51,351 TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. 19 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:53,019 DAN, TAKE IT AWAY. 20 00:00:53,019 --> 00:00:54,354 >> THANK YOU, JOSH. 21 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:55,989 GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY, IT'S 22 00:00:55,989 --> 00:00:58,425 GREAT TO BE WITH YOU AS WE 23 00:00:58,425 --> 00:01:03,062 PREPARE FOR THE SPACEX CRS 12 24 00:01:03,062 --> 00:01:03,530 MISSION. 25 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:06,599 WE HAVE LOADED THE DRAGON WITH 26 00:01:06,599 --> 00:01:10,069 6400 POUNDS OF CARGO, AND THAT 27 00:01:10,069 --> 00:01:11,438 IS HEADED TO OUR RESEARCH 28 00:01:11,438 --> 00:01:13,506 COMMUNITY AND OUR CONTINUED 29 00:01:13,506 --> 00:01:14,908 EXPANSION OF THE RESEARCH ON 30 00:01:14,908 --> 00:01:16,109 BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 31 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:16,609 STATION. 32 00:01:16,609 --> 00:01:18,711 SO WITH THE INTERNAL AND 33 00:01:18,711 --> 00:01:20,313 EXTERNAL PAYLOADS WE HAVE GOING 34 00:01:20,313 --> 00:01:22,115 UP, IT SETS OFF A NEW BAR FOR 35 00:01:22,115 --> 00:01:23,783 THE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH THAT 36 00:01:23,783 --> 00:01:26,152 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET ONTO THE 37 00:01:26,152 --> 00:01:27,821 FLIGHT. 38 00:01:27,821 --> 00:01:29,355 PRIMARILY DRIVEN BECAUSE OF THE 39 00:01:29,355 --> 00:01:30,924 CONSUMER LEVELS ARE IN GOOD 40 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:34,127 SHAPE. 41 00:01:34,127 --> 00:01:36,696 AND SO YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CAN, WE 42 00:01:36,696 --> 00:01:38,965 TRY TO DEDICATE AS MUCH AS WE 43 00:01:38,965 --> 00:01:41,534 CAN TO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY, 44 00:01:41,534 --> 00:01:43,236 AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PULL THAT 45 00:01:43,236 --> 00:01:46,105 OFF IN THIS MISSION. 46 00:01:46,105 --> 00:01:47,841 WE'VE BEEN PREPARING ALL OF THE 47 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:50,310 RESEARCH AND THE LATE LOAD 48 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:51,411 CATEGORIES FOR THE INTERNATIONAL 49 00:01:51,411 --> 00:01:51,945 SPACE STATION. 50 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:53,847 I THINK WE'RE JUST ABOUT GETTING 51 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:55,915 READY TO LOAD ALL OF OUR 52 00:01:55,915 --> 00:01:58,485 LATE-LOAD CARGO INTO DRAGON OUT 53 00:01:58,485 --> 00:01:59,118 TO PAD. 54 00:01:59,118 --> 00:02:00,854 THAT CAPABILITY IS JUST NOW 55 00:02:00,854 --> 00:02:02,455 STARTING, OR THAT TASK IS JUST 56 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:03,089 NOW STARTING. 57 00:02:03,089 --> 00:02:05,391 THAT WILL ALL BE IN SUPPORT OF 58 00:02:05,391 --> 00:02:06,726 OVER 300 INVESTIGATIONS WE PLAN 59 00:02:06,726 --> 00:02:08,294 TO CONDUCT ON THE INTERNATIONAL 60 00:02:08,294 --> 00:02:10,029 SPACE STATION OVER THE NEXT SIX 61 00:02:10,029 --> 00:02:11,297 MONTHS. 62 00:02:11,297 --> 00:02:13,600 85 OF THOSE BRAND, SO VERY, VERY 63 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:15,301 EXCITING TIMES FOR OUR RESEARCH 64 00:02:15,301 --> 00:02:15,869 COMMUNITY. 65 00:02:15,869 --> 00:02:18,471 YOU KNOW, WITH THE EXTENSION OF 66 00:02:18,471 --> 00:02:20,573 PEGGY THAT GAVE US AN EXTRA CREW 67 00:02:20,573 --> 00:02:24,777 OF FOUR CREW MEMBERS ON THE US 68 00:02:24,777 --> 00:02:25,545 SIDE. 69 00:02:25,545 --> 00:02:27,514 AND THE CREW TIME HAS NOT BEEN A 70 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:29,916 LIMITER IN THE AMOUNT OF 71 00:02:29,916 --> 00:02:31,584 RESEARCH WE CAN GET ON THE SPACE 72 00:02:31,584 --> 00:02:32,118 STATION. 73 00:02:32,118 --> 00:02:33,920 AS WE LOOKED A THE CREW SIDE 74 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:36,689 WE'RE HOPING THAT CREW TIME 75 00:02:36,689 --> 00:02:38,091 CONSTRAINT THAT WE'VE ALWAYS 76 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:39,425 BEEN LIVING WITH FOR THE PAST 77 00:02:39,425 --> 00:02:42,161 COUPLE OF YEARS OR SO, WILLEN 78 00:02:42,161 --> 00:02:43,897 MINIMIZED OR COMPLETELY 79 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:44,531 ELIMINATED. 80 00:02:44,531 --> 00:02:45,732 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 81 00:02:45,732 --> 00:02:47,300 ONE THING WITH THE LAUNCH 82 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:48,768 TOMORROW, THIS IS GOING TO BE 83 00:02:48,768 --> 00:02:49,435 ONE ATTEMPT. 84 00:02:49,435 --> 00:02:53,106 WE COULD NOT--WE HAVE SOME OTHER 85 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:56,142 ACTIVITIES GOING ON THE SPACE 86 00:02:56,142 --> 00:02:56,709 STATION. 87 00:02:56,709 --> 00:02:57,911 THE RUSSIANS HAVE AN EVA ON THE 88 00:02:57,911 --> 00:02:58,645 17TH. 89 00:02:58,645 --> 00:03:00,280 IF WE DON'T GET OFF TOMORROW AND 90 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,615 THEN LAUNCHED ON TUESDAY, OUR 91 00:03:02,615 --> 00:03:03,883 BERTHING DAY WITH BE THE SAME 92 00:03:03,883 --> 00:03:06,386 DAY AS THEIR EVA. 93 00:03:06,386 --> 00:03:08,621 AND SO WE WORKED IT OUT WITH THE 94 00:03:08,621 --> 00:03:10,023 RUSSIANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO 95 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:11,658 DECONFLICT THAT. 96 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:14,594 WE WOULD HOP OVER THAT NEXT--THE 97 00:03:14,594 --> 00:03:15,762 TUESDAY LAUNCH OPPORTUNITY. 98 00:03:15,762 --> 00:03:18,331 THEN THERE IS SOME ACTIVITY HERE 99 00:03:18,331 --> 00:03:21,234 WITH THE TEDRIS LAUNCH. 100 00:03:21,234 --> 00:03:22,769 AND THAT NEXT OPPORTUNITY WILL 101 00:03:22,769 --> 00:03:26,339 BE AROUND THE 19TH, 20TH TIME 102 00:03:26,339 --> 00:03:26,739 PERIOD. 103 00:03:26,739 --> 00:03:28,641 WE'LL HAVE TO WORK THAT OUT WITH 104 00:03:28,641 --> 00:03:30,176 ALL OF THE PARTIES INVOLVED. 105 00:03:30,176 --> 00:03:31,544 THAT'S KIND OF WHAT IT'S LOOKING 106 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:32,645 LIKE RIGHT NOW. 107 00:03:32,645 --> 00:03:34,314 AND SO WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE TO 108 00:03:34,314 --> 00:03:36,583 SAY ON THAT. 109 00:03:36,583 --> 00:03:39,118 HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND THAT THE 110 00:03:39,118 --> 00:03:40,787 WEATHER COOPERATES TOMORROW, AND 111 00:03:40,787 --> 00:03:42,522 WE'LL GET OFF THE GROUND AND BE 112 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:44,524 ON OUR WAY WITH NO CONFLICT. 113 00:03:44,524 --> 00:03:45,592 THAT'S PLAN ONE. 114 00:03:45,592 --> 00:03:48,528 OUR CREW IS TRAINED AND READY TO 115 00:03:48,528 --> 00:03:49,429 GO ON BOARD. 116 00:03:49,429 --> 00:03:52,732 JACK FISCHER PRIME ON THE ISS 117 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:53,800 ARM CAPTURE. 118 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,301 THAT WILL OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY 119 00:03:55,301 --> 00:03:57,270 MORNING BRIGHT AND EARLY. 120 00:03:57,270 --> 00:04:01,441 AND THEN AS TYPICAL, WE MOVE 121 00:04:01,441 --> 00:04:03,242 THAT LATER. 122 00:04:03,242 --> 00:04:06,412 OUR PLANNED PATCH OPENING WILL 123 00:04:06,412 --> 00:04:08,047 OCCUR THE VERY NEXT DAY. 124 00:04:08,047 --> 00:04:09,983 ALTHOUGH I THINK THE CREW IS 125 00:04:09,983 --> 00:04:11,918 AWARE THAT THERE ARE FROZEN 126 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:13,119 TREATS ON THIS PARTICULAR 127 00:04:13,119 --> 00:04:13,553 MISSION. 128 00:04:13,553 --> 00:04:15,054 I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY 129 00:04:15,054 --> 00:04:17,056 WORK LONG IN THE DAY AND TRY TO 130 00:04:17,056 --> 00:04:22,829 ENJOY SOME WELL-DESERVED FROZEN 131 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:24,197 ICE CREAM FOOD, FROZEN BARS THAT 132 00:04:24,197 --> 00:04:25,798 WE HAVE ON THE MISSION FOR THEM. 133 00:04:25,798 --> 00:04:28,301 WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT. 134 00:04:28,301 --> 00:04:31,671 BUT WITH THAT CREW I CAN IMAGINE 135 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:33,840 THEY WILL BE READY TO DO THAT. 136 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:36,175 THE CREAM PAYLOAD IS IN THE 137 00:04:36,175 --> 00:04:37,243 TRUNK AND READY TO GO. 138 00:04:37,243 --> 00:04:38,578 IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF 139 00:04:38,578 --> 00:04:39,879 THE MISSION WE'LL PULL THAT OUT 140 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:41,114 WITH THE BIG ARM. 141 00:04:41,114 --> 00:04:45,051 THEN WE HAND THAT OFF TO THE 142 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:48,621 JAPANESE SYSTEM, THE GEM ARM, 143 00:04:48,621 --> 00:04:51,290 AND THEN THEY'LL INSTALL THAT ON 144 00:04:51,290 --> 00:04:52,525 THE FACILITY. 145 00:04:52,525 --> 00:04:53,993 THAT'S WHERE CREAM WILL LIVE FOR 146 00:04:53,993 --> 00:04:55,428 THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND 147 00:04:55,428 --> 00:04:57,964 CONDUCT THE RESEARCH IT PLANS TO 148 00:04:57,964 --> 00:04:58,531 DO. 149 00:04:58,531 --> 00:04:59,599 MISSION DURATION IS A LITTLE BIT 150 00:04:59,599 --> 00:05:01,300 OVER 30 DAYS, AND PRETTY MUCH 151 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:04,070 NOWADAYS WE'VE LED THE RESEARCH 152 00:05:04,070 --> 00:05:06,305 SIDE DRIVE OUR MISSION DURATION. 153 00:05:06,305 --> 00:05:07,974 WE NEED MORE CONSTRAINTS WITH 154 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:10,610 THE DRAGON, AND THIS WILL BE A 155 00:05:10,610 --> 00:05:12,412 LITTLE OVER A 30-DAY MISSION TO 156 00:05:12,412 --> 00:05:13,813 GET ALL THE RESEARCH DONE AND 157 00:05:13,813 --> 00:05:14,881 RETURNED HOME. 158 00:05:14,881 --> 00:05:18,551 OUR RETURN CARGO IS ALSO ALMOST 159 00:05:18,551 --> 00:05:19,519 EXTENSIVELY RESEARCH. 160 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:20,920 SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF 161 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:21,487 THAT. 162 00:05:21,487 --> 00:05:24,691 WE'VE WORKED IT OUT WITH SPACEX, 163 00:05:24,691 --> 00:05:26,759 WHEN DRAG SPLASHES DOWN, WE'LL 164 00:05:26,759 --> 00:05:28,561 GET THE DRAGON BACK TO THE PORT, 165 00:05:28,561 --> 00:05:30,196 AND WE'RE TURNING OVER SOME 166 00:05:30,196 --> 00:05:31,931 PORTION OF OUR EARLY-RETURN 167 00:05:31,931 --> 00:05:33,232 CARGO TO THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY 168 00:05:33,232 --> 00:05:34,534 RIGHT THERE AT PORT SO THEY CAN 169 00:05:34,534 --> 00:05:37,103 TAKE IT AND START THEIR 170 00:05:37,103 --> 00:05:37,837 IMMEDIATE ANALYSIS OF THE 171 00:05:37,837 --> 00:05:40,673 RESULTS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND. 172 00:05:40,673 --> 00:05:42,475 SO OVER ALL WE'RE LOOKING 173 00:05:42,475 --> 00:05:45,678 FORWARD TO A GREAT MISSION, 174 00:05:45,678 --> 00:05:47,914 AGAIN, WITH A QUICK HAND OVER TO 175 00:05:47,914 --> 00:05:49,248 THE RESEARCH COMMUNITY. 176 00:05:49,248 --> 00:05:52,485 WE'RE WORKING ON ONE ISSUE ON 177 00:05:52,485 --> 00:05:53,720 BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 178 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:54,387 STATION. 179 00:05:54,387 --> 00:05:55,822 IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE FLIGHT, 180 00:05:55,822 --> 00:05:58,291 BUT IT WILL HELP US TURN UP OUR 181 00:05:58,291 --> 00:05:58,858 GAME. 182 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:02,895 WE HAVE ANTENNAS, AND WE HAVE AN 183 00:06:02,895 --> 00:06:05,798 RPC, THE POWER--THE ANTENNA AND 184 00:06:05,798 --> 00:06:07,467 EQUIPMENT ITSELF ARE JUST FINE. 185 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:09,268 WE HAVE A POWER CONTROL MODULE 186 00:06:09,268 --> 00:06:14,907 THAT HAS BEEN FINICKY OVER THE 187 00:06:14,907 --> 00:06:16,509 PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. 188 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:18,945 IT WILL STAY OPEN AFTER WE TRY 189 00:06:18,945 --> 00:06:20,346 TO CLOSE IT SEVERAL TIMES. 190 00:06:20,346 --> 00:06:22,148 IT WILL STAY CLOSED FOR FOUR OR 191 00:06:22,148 --> 00:06:24,016 FIVE DAYS AND THEN IT POPPED 192 00:06:24,016 --> 00:06:24,917 OPEN LAST NIGHT. 193 00:06:24,917 --> 00:06:27,920 WE DO LIKE TO HAVE TWO STREAMS 194 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:28,654 GOING INTO THE MISSION. 195 00:06:28,654 --> 00:06:31,824 WE HAVE THAT WITH THE KU BAND 196 00:06:31,824 --> 00:06:33,192 CAPABILITY AS WELL. 197 00:06:33,192 --> 00:06:35,261 SO FROM A REDUNDANCY ASPECT 198 00:06:35,261 --> 00:06:36,496 WE'RE JUST FINE FOR THIS 199 00:06:36,496 --> 00:06:37,730 MISSION, BUT IT IS SOMETHING 200 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:43,269 THAT WE'LL LIKELY GET THE FPDM 201 00:06:43,269 --> 00:06:47,306 OUT AND GET THE LOCATION ON THE 202 00:06:47,306 --> 00:06:48,674 TRUSS, SWAP THAT POWER MODULE 203 00:06:48,674 --> 00:06:50,309 OUT AND BE ON OUR WAY. 204 00:06:50,309 --> 00:06:52,178 WE PLAN TO DO THAT ROBOTICALLY, 205 00:06:52,178 --> 00:06:54,547 AND WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A 206 00:06:54,547 --> 00:06:55,815 TIME TO GO DO THAT. 207 00:06:55,815 --> 00:06:58,151 LOOKING AHEAD AS FAR AS OTHER 208 00:06:58,151 --> 00:07:03,656 MAJOR ACTIVITIES, THE RUSSIANS 209 00:07:03,656 --> 00:07:06,159 PLAN TO RETRIEVE SOME RESEARCH 210 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:07,960 ON THEIR SEGMENT AS WELL AS 211 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,229 DEPLOYING FIVE SATELLITES WHILE 212 00:07:10,229 --> 00:07:12,365 THEY'RE OUT ON EVA. 213 00:07:12,365 --> 00:07:14,700 THEY'LL BE ABLE TO STUDY THOSE 214 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:16,769 ADRIFT OVER BOARD, AND AS PART 215 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:18,538 OF THEIR EXPERIMENT, AND LIKE I 216 00:07:18,538 --> 00:07:19,906 SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BE 217 00:07:19,906 --> 00:07:21,007 BRINGING IN OTHER RESEARCH FROM 218 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:22,341 THE MISSION. 219 00:07:22,341 --> 00:07:25,144 PEGGY AND JACK, THE RETURN IS 220 00:07:25,144 --> 00:07:27,346 STILL PLANNED FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND. 221 00:07:27,346 --> 00:07:30,216 WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THEM 222 00:07:30,216 --> 00:07:30,817 BACK. 223 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:32,418 THE 52 S LAUNCH WITH MARK, JOE, 224 00:07:32,418 --> 00:07:33,419 AND ALEXANDER. 225 00:07:33,419 --> 00:07:35,221 EVERYTHING IS PROGRESSING WELL 226 00:07:35,221 --> 00:07:36,189 FOR THAT LAUNCH. 227 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:37,990 AGAIN, WE'LL DIP DOWN TO A CREW 228 00:07:37,990 --> 00:07:39,625 OF THREE FOR A WHILE AND THEN 229 00:07:39,625 --> 00:07:45,798 RIGHT BACK UP TO FOUR U.S. CREW 230 00:07:45,798 --> 00:07:46,499 MEMBERS. 231 00:07:46,499 --> 00:07:48,167 SO AGAIN, THAT WILL REALLY HELP 232 00:07:48,167 --> 00:07:50,403 US OUT FROM THE RESEARCH GOING 233 00:07:50,403 --> 00:07:51,070 FORWARD. 234 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:53,206 HAVING A CREW MEMBER WITH A FULL 235 00:07:53,206 --> 00:07:55,107 CREW ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL 236 00:07:55,107 --> 00:07:56,475 SPACE STATION. 237 00:07:56,475 --> 00:07:58,244 AND THEN WE HAVE PROGRESS LAUNCH 238 00:07:58,244 --> 00:08:00,346 ON OCTOBER 12TH. 239 00:08:00,346 --> 00:08:03,015 THE ORBITAL MISSION OF THE 240 00:08:03,015 --> 00:08:06,285 FLIGHT THAT WILL OCCUR ON 241 00:08:06,285 --> 00:08:07,453 NOVEMBER 10TH WE'RE PREPARING 242 00:08:07,453 --> 00:08:09,989 THE CARGO FOR THAT MISSION NOW. 243 00:08:09,989 --> 00:08:12,024 AND THE OTHER THING RECENTLY WE 244 00:08:12,024 --> 00:08:15,127 DECIDED TO PERFORM A TRIPLE EVA, 245 00:08:15,127 --> 00:08:17,496 AND SO THAT WILL OCCUR PROBABLY 246 00:08:17,496 --> 00:08:20,199 IN THE LATE OCTOBER, EARLY 247 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:20,766 NOVEMBER. 248 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:23,502 THE CONTENT OF THOSE EVAs ARE 249 00:08:23,502 --> 00:08:25,137 STILL BEING FINALIZED, BUT THE 250 00:08:25,137 --> 00:08:26,606 MAIN THING WE PLAN TO DO IS 251 00:08:26,606 --> 00:08:32,445 CHANGE OUT ON THE LATCHING END, 252 00:08:32,445 --> 00:08:35,014 WHICH IS WHERE IT'S THE BASINED. 253 00:08:35,014 --> 00:08:38,784 WE'LL SWAP IN ONE OF THOSE WITH 254 00:08:38,784 --> 00:08:43,289 ONE THAT IS SITTING OUT. 255 00:08:43,289 --> 00:08:46,692 SO WE PLAN TO SWAP THOSE TWO 256 00:08:46,692 --> 00:08:47,793 LATCHING DEFECTORS OUT. 257 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:50,930 AND THEN BE BACK INTO A HEALTHY 258 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:51,731 CONDITION. 259 00:08:51,731 --> 00:08:53,199 WHAT WE'RE SEE SOMETHING A 260 00:08:53,199 --> 00:08:55,067 LITTLE REFRAIN ON THE SNARE 261 00:08:55,067 --> 00:08:56,802 WIRES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 262 00:08:56,802 --> 00:08:59,338 LAUNCHING END DEFECTOR WHEN IT 263 00:08:59,338 --> 00:09:01,073 GRAPPLES OVER THE GRAPPLE PEN. 264 00:09:01,073 --> 00:09:02,575 WE HAVE PLENTY OF MARGIN AND 265 00:09:02,575 --> 00:09:03,910 PLENTY OF CAPABILITY LEFT. 266 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:05,745 WE JUST WANT TO GET OUT AHEAD OF 267 00:09:05,745 --> 00:09:08,414 IT IN CASE WE SEE SOME INCREASED 268 00:09:08,414 --> 00:09:10,416 WEAR ON IT. 269 00:09:10,416 --> 00:09:11,484 AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE 270 00:09:11,484 --> 00:09:12,585 WANT TO TACKLE. 271 00:09:12,585 --> 00:09:15,688 AGAIN, WE HAVE THE CREW TIME AND 272 00:09:15,688 --> 00:09:18,824 THAT TIME PERIOD CREW WILL ALSO 273 00:09:18,824 --> 00:09:21,594 BE CHANGED WITH LIGHTS AND 274 00:09:21,594 --> 00:09:22,862 CAMERAS ON BOARD THE 275 00:09:22,862 --> 00:09:24,530 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN 276 00:09:24,530 --> 00:09:25,998 PREP FOR THE COMMERCIAL CREW 277 00:09:25,998 --> 00:09:27,433 VEHICLES THAT WILL BE ARRIVING. 278 00:09:27,433 --> 00:09:29,635 WE WANT TO GET THOSE IN GOOD 279 00:09:29,635 --> 00:09:30,536 SHAPE AS WELL. 280 00:09:30,536 --> 00:09:32,605 WE'LL BE CONDUCTING THOSE IN THE 281 00:09:32,605 --> 00:09:34,540 LATE OCTOBER TIME PERIOD. 282 00:09:34,540 --> 00:09:36,776 OTHER THAN THAT, THE ISS IS 283 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:38,844 READY FOR THE CRS 12 MISSION. 284 00:09:38,844 --> 00:09:40,346 I THINK WE'LL KEEP OUR EYES ON 285 00:09:40,346 --> 00:09:41,781 THE WEATHER, NOT ONLY FOR 286 00:09:41,781 --> 00:09:43,816 TOMORROW BUT FOR THE LATE LOADS 287 00:09:43,816 --> 00:09:46,152 AND PAD ACTIVITIES AS SPACEX HAS 288 00:09:46,152 --> 00:09:47,620 TO DO TODAY. 289 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:50,089 WE'RE READY TO RECEIVE DRAGON 290 00:09:50,089 --> 00:09:52,725 AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HANS 291 00:09:52,725 --> 00:09:54,760 FOR THE SPACEX STATUS ON THE 292 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:55,494 VEHICLE. 293 00:09:55,494 --> 00:09:56,195 >> THANK YOU, DAN. 294 00:09:56,195 --> 00:09:58,965 SO SPACEX IS READY TO GO, TOO. 295 00:09:58,965 --> 00:10:06,372 WE HAD A VERY GOOD TRY ON 296 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:08,007 THURSDAY, AND ALL THE DATA WAS 297 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:08,507 GOOD. 298 00:10:08,507 --> 00:10:09,909 SO WE'RE PROCEEDING AT THIS 299 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:11,177 POINT IN TIME. 300 00:10:11,177 --> 00:10:16,182 WE'RE TARGETING A LAUNCH AT 301 00:10:16,182 --> 00:10:18,284 12:31 AND 37 SECONDS, THAT MIGHT 302 00:10:18,284 --> 00:10:19,785 SHIFT A COUPLE OF SECONDS, IN 303 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:21,654 CASE YOU ASK. 304 00:10:21,654 --> 00:10:25,791 AND THEN WE'RE GOOD TO GO ON THE 305 00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:29,362 12TH CARGO MISSION FROM THIS 306 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:32,031 LAUNCH SITE TO THE ISS. 307 00:10:32,031 --> 00:10:35,501 SO FIRST STAGE WILL TURN TO THE 308 00:10:35,501 --> 00:10:37,870 LANDING ZONE. 309 00:10:37,870 --> 00:10:40,639 LIKE THE LAST CS LAUNCH, IT'S 310 00:10:40,639 --> 00:10:42,742 SIMILAR. 311 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:46,045 AND I HAVE SOME INTERESTING 312 00:10:46,045 --> 00:10:47,246 STATISTICS ON OUR LAUNCHES 313 00:10:47,246 --> 00:10:48,414 THERE. 314 00:10:48,414 --> 00:10:52,551 SO FAR WE HAVE ACTUALLY COMPETED 315 00:10:52,551 --> 00:10:54,220 37 MISSIONS SUCCESSFULLY OVER 316 00:10:54,220 --> 00:10:59,492 ALL, AND WE LANDED 13 317 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:01,394 FIRST-STAGE BOOSTERS AT THIS 318 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:01,861 TIME. 319 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:04,730 EIGHT AT SEA, AND FIVE AT THE 320 00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:09,969 LANDING ZONE HERE IN 321 00:11:09,969 --> 00:11:10,803 CAPE CANAVERAL. 322 00:11:10,803 --> 00:11:11,570 WE HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESSFUL 323 00:11:11,570 --> 00:11:16,609 LANDINGS IN THE MEANTIME. 324 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:23,115 WE STILL WILL ATTEMPT MANEUVER, 325 00:11:23,115 --> 00:11:26,886 MANEUVER--AUDACIOUS IS THE RIGHT 326 00:11:26,886 --> 00:11:27,887 WORD, MAYBE. 327 00:11:27,887 --> 00:11:32,825 YOU KNOW HOW LOOKS FOR THOSE 328 00:11:32,825 --> 00:11:33,893 FIRST-STAGE LANDINGS. 329 00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:35,327 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FIRST 330 00:11:35,327 --> 00:11:37,096 STAGES THAT WE'RE REUSING MORE 331 00:11:37,096 --> 00:11:45,571 AND MORE. 332 00:11:45,571 --> 00:11:48,007 THE TRAJECTORY ON EVERYTHING IS 333 00:11:48,007 --> 00:11:51,644 VERY SIMILAR. 334 00:11:51,644 --> 00:11:53,579 I DON'T THINK YOU'LL SEE 335 00:11:53,579 --> 00:11:55,247 ANYTHING DIFFERENT. 336 00:11:55,247 --> 00:11:57,850 ONE DEPLOY DRAGON, IT WILL BE 337 00:11:57,850 --> 00:11:59,318 PHASING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 338 00:11:59,318 --> 00:12:04,690 SPACE STATION, AND THE GRAPPLING 339 00:12:04,690 --> 00:12:08,494 IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON MONDAY 340 00:12:08,494 --> 00:12:10,763 MORNING IN THE EARLY MORNING 341 00:12:10,763 --> 00:12:11,764 HOURS HERE. 342 00:12:11,764 --> 00:12:14,600 AND EVEN EARLIER THAN THE 343 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:31,951 PACIFIC TIME. 344 00:12:31,951 --> 00:12:33,686 LAUNCHING ON MONDAY MORNING AND 345 00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:36,222 MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN 346 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:41,093 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 347 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:42,828 AND THEN DRAGON IS GOING TO BE 348 00:12:42,828 --> 00:12:45,164 THERE FOR ROUGHLY A MONTH. 349 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:46,799 THAT'S THE TIME FRAME THAT CAN 350 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:49,435 SHIFT AROUND A LITTLE BIT, AND 351 00:12:49,435 --> 00:12:54,273 IT WILL RETURN TO THE PACIFIC. 352 00:12:54,273 --> 00:12:56,408 WHILE THERE WE'LL GRAB IT AND 353 00:12:56,408 --> 00:12:59,145 BRING IT HOME TO THE BOARD. 354 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:00,446 THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THAT WILL 355 00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:03,282 BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A MILE 356 00:13:03,282 --> 00:13:04,884 AWAY FROM MY HOUSE WHEN THE 357 00:13:04,884 --> 00:13:05,985 UNLOADING HAPPENS. 358 00:13:05,985 --> 00:13:10,990 I CAN ALMOST SEE IT. 359 00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:13,492 AND THAT WILL BE HOPEFULLY 360 00:13:13,492 --> 00:13:14,360 ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL MISSION. 361 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,362 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK A COUPLE 362 00:13:16,362 --> 00:13:20,299 OF TEAMS AND FOLKS HERE AND 363 00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:22,568 PARTICULARLY THE SPACEX DRAGON 364 00:13:22,568 --> 00:13:25,538 TEAM AND SPACEX FALCON LINE 365 00:13:25,538 --> 00:13:26,172 TEAM. 366 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:28,474 THEY'VE GOTTEN THE DRAGON READY 367 00:13:28,474 --> 00:13:30,142 AND THE LAUNCH PAD READY. 368 00:13:30,142 --> 00:13:31,477 THAT'S ALWAYS AWESOME WHEN IT 369 00:13:31,477 --> 00:13:32,478 COMES TOGETHER. 370 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:34,180 AND THE DAYS BEFORE LAUNCH. 371 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:38,484 THEN I WANT TO THANK THE 372 00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:40,986 45TH SPACE FOR THEIR SUPPORT. 373 00:13:40,986 --> 00:13:44,089 AND ESPECIALLY THE SUPPORT ON 374 00:13:44,089 --> 00:13:45,157 THE MONDAY LAUNCH. 375 00:13:45,157 --> 00:13:46,592 AND WORKING IN THE LAST COUPLE 376 00:13:46,592 --> 00:13:47,193 OF DAYS, TOO. 377 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:48,427 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THANK 378 00:13:48,427 --> 00:13:49,228 YOU VERY MUCH. 379 00:13:49,228 --> 00:13:51,030 AND THEN OF COURSE, NASA, FOR 380 00:13:51,030 --> 00:13:52,431 BEING OUR CUSTOMER AND TRUSTING 381 00:13:52,431 --> 00:13:56,769 US WITH THEIR CARGO TO TAKE TO 382 00:13:56,769 --> 00:13:58,170 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 383 00:13:58,170 --> 00:13:58,737 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 384 00:13:58,737 --> 00:14:01,006 >> THANK YOU, HANS. 385 00:14:01,006 --> 00:14:01,874 >> OKAY, HELLO. 386 00:14:01,874 --> 00:14:03,108 THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. 387 00:14:03,108 --> 00:14:04,410 BOTH HERE IN PERSON AND THE 388 00:14:04,410 --> 00:14:05,945 PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING US ON 389 00:14:05,945 --> 00:14:07,613 NASA TV AND SOCIAL MEDIA. 390 00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:10,316 WE'RE VERY GLAD TO GO HERE TODAY 391 00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:11,984 TO AT THE TIME YOU ABOUT THE 392 00:14:11,984 --> 00:14:13,385 IMPORTANT SCIENCE THAT THE 393 00:14:13,385 --> 00:14:15,187 DRAGON IS BRINGING TO THE ISS AS 394 00:14:15,187 --> 00:14:16,655 WELL AS THE WORK WE'RE DOING ON 395 00:14:16,655 --> 00:14:17,790 THE ISS. 396 00:14:17,790 --> 00:14:20,492 THE SPACEX, THE DRAGON BRINGS US 397 00:14:20,492 --> 00:14:23,095 A VARIETY OF PAYLOADS BOTH IN 398 00:14:23,095 --> 00:14:25,864 PRESSURIZED MODULE AND 399 00:14:25,864 --> 00:14:29,969 UNPRESSURIZED, AS WELL AS ALMOST 400 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:34,573 AS IMPORTANTLY, BRINGING THE 401 00:14:34,573 --> 00:14:35,841 SCIENCE PROJECTS HOME. 402 00:14:35,841 --> 00:14:37,209 WE HAVE 800 POUNDS OF RESEARCH 403 00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:39,511 HARDWARE GOING UP. 404 00:14:39,511 --> 00:14:43,315 THAT DOES INCLUDE THE EXTERNAL 405 00:14:43,315 --> 00:14:44,049 PAYLOADS, AND THEY WERE 406 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:45,784 RETURNING, IS 1200 KILOGRAMS OR 407 00:14:45,784 --> 00:14:48,721 CLOSE TO 2600 POUNDS. 408 00:14:48,721 --> 00:14:49,955 OVER TWO TONS OF RESEARCH 409 00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:52,591 HARDWARE COMING UP, AND ALMOST A 410 00:14:52,591 --> 00:14:53,759 TON COMING HOME. 411 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:55,728 SO THE SPACE STATION IS AN 412 00:14:55,728 --> 00:14:57,763 INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY IN 413 00:14:57,763 --> 00:14:58,197 SPACE. 414 00:14:58,197 --> 00:14:59,265 IT'S MULTI DISCIPLINARY. 415 00:14:59,265 --> 00:15:00,532 AND MUCH DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF 416 00:15:00,532 --> 00:15:01,900 LABS YOU WOULD FIND HERE ON THE 417 00:15:01,900 --> 00:15:03,802 GROUND, WHICH ARE FOCUSED ON ONE 418 00:15:03,802 --> 00:15:07,273 TYPE OF RESEARCH OR MAYBE VERY 419 00:15:07,273 --> 00:15:10,276 ONE SPECIFIC TYPE OF RESEARCH. 420 00:15:10,276 --> 00:15:12,378 WE'RE MULTI DISCIPLINARIES. 421 00:15:12,378 --> 00:15:17,316 WE CATEGORIZE OURSELVES IN SIX 422 00:15:17,316 --> 00:15:17,750 CATEGORIES. 423 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:20,552 WE HAVE BIOLOGY, EARTH AND SPACE 424 00:15:20,552 --> 00:15:21,186 SCIENCE. 425 00:15:21,186 --> 00:15:22,254 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION AS WELL 426 00:15:22,254 --> 00:15:24,056 AS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. 427 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:25,858 AND AT ANY ONE TIME DURING THE 428 00:15:25,858 --> 00:15:26,759 COURSE OF THE YEAR WE HAVE 429 00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:28,060 HUNDREDS OF EXPERIMENTS GOING 430 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:28,627 ON. 431 00:15:28,627 --> 00:15:31,230 RIGHT NOW I WOULD PUT THAT 432 00:15:31,230 --> 00:15:32,398 NUMBER SOMEWHERE AROUND 250. 433 00:15:32,398 --> 00:15:34,166 THE CREW DOESN'T OPERATE IN ALL 434 00:15:34,166 --> 00:15:34,800 THOSE. 435 00:15:34,800 --> 00:15:36,735 A LOT OF THOSE ARE BEING 436 00:15:36,735 --> 00:15:39,738 OPERATED AUTONOMOUSLY FROM THE 437 00:15:39,738 --> 00:15:41,206 GROUND, AND IN A LOT OF CASES 438 00:15:41,206 --> 00:15:42,474 THE CREW ARE THE SUBJECTS, IN 439 00:15:42,474 --> 00:15:43,909 THE CASE OF HUMAN RESEARCH. 440 00:15:43,909 --> 00:15:46,245 TO DATE WITH THE ISS PROGRAM AND 441 00:15:46,245 --> 00:15:49,415 THE 16 OR SO, 17 YEARS WE'VE 442 00:15:49,415 --> 00:15:55,054 BEEN PERMANENTLY OCCUPIED WE'VE 443 00:15:55,054 --> 00:15:56,989 HAD 1700 EXPERIMENTS INCLUDING 444 00:15:56,989 --> 00:15:58,290 THE SHUTTLE MISSIONS THAT 445 00:15:58,290 --> 00:15:59,391 BROUGHT SCIENCE TO US. 446 00:15:59,391 --> 00:16:02,061 WE'VE HAD OVER 3300 DIFFERENT 447 00:16:02,061 --> 00:16:03,295 SCIENTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD 448 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:04,897 PARTICIPATE, AND WE'RE SOMEWHERE 449 00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:06,198 AROUND 100 COUNTRIES THAT HAVE 450 00:16:06,198 --> 00:16:07,199 PARTICIPATED NOW. 451 00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:09,068 AND OUR GOALS WITH ISS RESEARCH 452 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:11,503 ARE TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE OF 453 00:16:11,503 --> 00:16:12,871 THE NATURAL LIFE, THE NATURAL 454 00:16:12,871 --> 00:16:15,140 WORLD AROUND US TO ENABLE FUTURE 455 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:16,408 SPACE EXPLORATION. 456 00:16:16,408 --> 00:16:18,977 WE'RE NOW EXPANDING THE 457 00:16:18,977 --> 00:16:20,946 COMMERCIAL MARKET IN ORBIT.OT 458 00:16:20,946 --> 00:16:22,648 NOT JUST COMMERCIAL COMPANIES 459 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:23,982 LAUNCHING TO US, BUT PROVIDING 460 00:16:23,982 --> 00:16:26,051 HARDWARE AND PARTNERING WITH OUR 461 00:16:26,051 --> 00:16:27,586 SCIENTISTS, AND WE'RE WORKING TO 462 00:16:27,586 --> 00:16:29,388 IMPROVE OUR LIFE HERE ON EARTH. 463 00:16:29,388 --> 00:16:32,458 IF YOU--I'M NOT GOING TO TALK 464 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:33,826 TOO MUCH ABOUT THE SCIENCE 465 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:36,829 TODAY, AND I HOPE YOU COME BACKG 466 00:16:36,829 --> 00:16:38,864 3:30 EASTERN TIME. US, 467 00:16:38,864 --> 00:16:40,833 WE HAVE SCIENTISTS COMING TO 468 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:43,235 TALK TO US FROM THE NASA SIDESI. 469 00:16:43,235 --> 00:16:44,570 AND THE LABORATORY SIDE. 470 00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:48,073 FIRST UP, YOU'LL SEE TWO 471 00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:50,676 SCIENTISTS FROM THE MICHAEL J. 472 00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:55,447 FOX FOUNDATION TALKING ABOUT 473 00:16:55,447 --> 00:16:57,082 PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND THEY'RE 474 00:16:57,082 --> 00:16:59,551 TALKING ABOUT A CRYSTAL 475 00:16:59,551 --> 00:17:02,321 RESPONSIBLE FOR PARKINSON'S 476 00:17:02,321 --> 00:17:03,021 DISEASE. 477 00:17:03,021 --> 00:17:05,023 AND THEY'RE HOPING TO GET A GOOD 478 00:17:05,023 --> 00:17:06,158 UNDERSTANDING OF THE STRUCTURE R 479 00:17:06,158 --> 00:17:07,760 OF THE CRYSTAL SO THEY CAN 480 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,162 UNDERSTAND THE PATHOLOGY OF THE 481 00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:11,597 PARKINSON'S DISEASE AS WELL AS 482 00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:13,365 POTENTIALLY DEVELOP THERAPIES 483 00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:14,400 FOR TREATING IT. 484 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,168 WE HAVE ANOTHER SCIENTIST WHO 485 00:17:16,168 --> 00:17:19,505 WILL BE TALKING ABOUT GROWING 486 00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:24,943 LUNG TISSUE IN SPACE BY STEERING 487 00:17:24,943 --> 00:17:26,278 CELLS TO GO INTO LUNG TISSUE.E. 488 00:17:26,278 --> 00:17:31,049 THEY HOPE TO GROW BIO-ENGINEERED 489 00:17:31,049 --> 00:17:32,251 TISSUES TO HELP US REPLACETIS 490 00:17:32,251 --> 00:17:34,219 ORGANS ON THE GROUND ANDD A 491 00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:36,488 REPAIRING DAMAGED ORGANS. 492 00:17:36,488 --> 00:17:38,390 DAN MENTIONED THE CREAM ORG 493 00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:39,091 EXPERIMENT. 494 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:42,327 WE CALL THIS THE ISS CREAM OR 495 00:17:42,327 --> 00:17:46,231 ICE CREAM COSMIC RAYS IS WHAT IS 496 00:17:46,231 --> 00:17:46,965 MEASURES.F T 497 00:17:46,965 --> 00:17:49,568 IT GOES OUTSIDE OF THE SPACE COC 498 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:55,674 STATION AND IT WILL BE LAUNCHEDB 499 00:17:55,674 --> 00:17:57,776 EXTERNALLY IN THE TRUNK OF THE 500 00:17:57,776 --> 00:17:59,278 DRAGON AND INSTALLED ON THEIDE 501 00:17:59,278 --> 00:18:00,579 OUTSIDE OF THE SPACE STATION. G 502 00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:01,947 THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF USING 503 00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:02,147 ISS 504 00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:06,251 ALREADY IN SPACE AND GIVES 505 00:18:06,251 --> 00:18:07,186 SERVICES. 506 00:18:07,186 --> 00:18:07,920 THE CREAM EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN 507 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:09,655 LAUNCHED SEVERAL TIMESIMNC OD SH 508 00:18:09,655 --> 00:18:11,323 ALTITUDE BALLOONS AND HAS BEENS. 509 00:18:11,323 --> 00:18:12,458 SUCCESSFUL THERE. 510 00:18:12,458 --> 00:18:13,859 THEY'RE ADAPTING THE INSTRUMENT 511 00:18:13,859 --> 00:18:15,527 TO PUT IT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THEI 512 00:18:15,527 --> 00:18:16,795 SPACE STATION. T 513 00:18:16,795 --> 00:18:19,832 WE PROVIDE POWER, DATA AND OTHE. 514 00:18:19,832 --> 00:18:21,767 SERVICES AS WELL AS A PLATFORM 515 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:24,970 IN SPACE. 516 00:18:24,970 --> 00:18:29,775 NEXT WE'LL LOOK AT RODENTS ON 517 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:32,578 ISS FOR 30 DAYS AND THEN BROUGHB 518 00:18:32,578 --> 00:18:35,080 HOME LIVE AND HOW THEY DEVELOPEL 519 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:36,782 IN SPACE. S 520 00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:40,185 RODENTS ARE MODEL ORGANISMS FOR 521 00:18:40,185 --> 00:18:40,886 US. F 522 00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:44,056 THEIR LIFE SPAN IS FASTER ON 523 00:18:44,056 --> 00:18:48,994 SPACE, AND WE'LL LOOK AT VISUAL 524 00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:53,298 IMPAIRMENT, THE FLUID SHIFT ANDN 525 00:18:53,298 --> 00:18:56,502 CRANIAL PRESSURE AS WELL AS BONE 526 00:18:56,502 --> 00:18:59,505 STRUCTURE, HIPS, KNEES, AND BONA 527 00:18:59,505 --> 00:19:00,105 JOINTS. 528 00:19:00,105 --> 00:19:02,641 YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT A MICRO 529 00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:04,042 SATELLITE, A DEMONSTRATION USING 530 00:19:04,042 --> 00:19:06,044 SATELLITE IN LOW ORBIT THAT IS 531 00:19:06,044 --> 00:19:08,647 ABLE TO BE COMMANDED ANDO 532 00:19:08,647 --> 00:19:09,882 REQUESTING IMAGERY FOR SOMEONE 533 00:19:09,882 --> 00:19:11,283 WHO IS ON THE GROUND. R 534 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:13,385 AND THAT COMMUNICATION PATH DOES 535 00:19:13,385 --> 00:19:21,693 NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH THEOO E 536 00:19:21,693 --> 00:19:22,327 SATELLITE. 537 00:19:22,327 --> 00:19:23,762 THAT WILL HAVE GOOD APPLICATIONS 538 00:19:23,762 --> 00:19:24,963 ON THE GROUND FOR US. 539 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:27,199 A FUN ONE THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUG 540 00:19:27,199 --> 00:19:30,202 IS FROM A GROUP OF BOY SCOUTS 541 00:19:30,202 --> 00:19:34,573 PARTNERING WITHRTNERING WITH NA, 542 00:19:34,573 --> 00:19:37,376 LOOKING AT CELL MUTATION AND HOW 543 00:19:37,376 --> 00:19:39,378 MICRO GRAVITY INCREASES THE RATE 544 00:19:39,378 --> 00:19:40,178 OF MUTATION. 545 00:19:40,178 --> 00:19:44,483 THERE IS GOOD STUFF COMING TO US 546 00:19:44,483 --> 00:19:48,086 FROM THE SPACEX DRAGON LAUNCH 547 00:19:48,086 --> 00:19:48,954 TOMORROW. 548 00:19:48,954 --> 00:19:52,658 THEY MENTIONED PEGGY WHITSON, 549 00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:56,061 HER STAY WAS EXTENDED BECAUSE OF 550 00:19:56,061 --> 00:19:57,362 HER AVAILABILITY ON THE SEAT. 551 00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:58,997 HER EXTENSION HAS BROUGHT US 552 00:19:58,997 --> 00:20:00,699 FOUR CREW MEMBERS THAN WE WERE 553 00:20:00,699 --> 00:20:02,601 EXPECTING, BUT WHAT THAT DOES IS 554 00:20:02,601 --> 00:20:05,337 THAT DOUBLES THE NUMBER OF CREW 555 00:20:05,337 --> 00:20:07,406 TIME THAT WE CAN GET FROM THE 556 00:20:07,406 --> 00:20:09,541 CREW TO DEVOTE TO SCIENCE. 557 00:20:09,541 --> 00:20:13,845 WE ALREADY HAD THE MEDICAL, 558 00:20:13,845 --> 00:20:15,480 MAINTENANCE COVERED, SO ALL THAT 559 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,683 TIME GOES OUR WAY, IT GOES TO 560 00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:18,617 SCIENCE. 561 00:20:18,617 --> 00:20:22,821 WITH THE LAUNCH OF SOYUS IN 562 00:20:22,821 --> 00:20:24,690 ACCEPT, THAT WILL CONTINUE 563 00:20:24,690 --> 00:20:26,825 HAVING FOUR US CREW MEMBERS. 564 00:20:26,825 --> 00:20:28,293 THAT ARRANGEMENT GOES THROUGH 565 00:20:28,293 --> 00:20:29,962 NEXT SUMMER, AND WE'RE LOOKING 566 00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:31,396 AHEAD TO THE TIME WHEN THE 567 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:33,565 COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAMS WILL BE 568 00:20:33,565 --> 00:20:34,800 BRINGING U.S. CREW MEMBERS FOR 569 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:35,434 US. 570 00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:36,768 SO PART OF THE MESSAGE THERE IS 571 00:20:36,768 --> 00:20:38,470 WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO DO THE 572 00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:40,005 THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO ON 573 00:20:40,005 --> 00:20:40,439 STATION. 574 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:43,475 IF YOU'RE A SCIENTIST WE WANT TO 575 00:20:43,475 --> 00:20:45,310 HEAR FROM YOU BECAUSE IT'S A 576 00:20:45,310 --> 00:20:47,879 GOOD TIME TO COME BACK AND WORK 577 00:20:47,879 --> 00:20:48,680 WITH US. 578 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,148 THERE ARE OTHER THINGS GOING ON 579 00:20:50,148 --> 00:20:51,350 WITH NASA AS WELL. 580 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:52,751 YOU HEARD THAT THERE IS AN 581 00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:54,086 ECLIPSE HAPPENING A WEEK FROM 582 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:54,720 MONDAY. 583 00:20:54,720 --> 00:20:57,322 THE ISS CREW WILL SEE THAT 584 00:20:57,322 --> 00:20:58,390 ECLIPSE AS WELL. 585 00:20:58,390 --> 00:21:00,292 THEY'LL SEE IT FROM THREE 586 00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:01,493 CONSECUTIVE ORBITS. 587 00:21:01,493 --> 00:21:03,028 THE FIRST ORBIT THEY'LL BE 588 00:21:03,028 --> 00:21:04,496 FLYING OVER THE PACIFIC 589 00:21:04,496 --> 00:21:04,997 NORTHWEST. 590 00:21:04,997 --> 00:21:06,498 THE SHADOW WILL NOT BE ON THE 591 00:21:06,498 --> 00:21:09,368 GROUND YET, BUT THEY'LL SEE A 592 00:21:09,368 --> 00:21:11,370 SPANISH ECLIPSE AS THIS GO. 593 00:21:11,370 --> 00:21:13,872 THE SECOND ORBIT, THEY'LL BE 594 00:21:13,872 --> 00:21:15,240 GOING OVER CANADA AND THEY'LL BE 595 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,908 ABLE TO SEE THE SHADOW ON THE 596 00:21:16,908 --> 00:21:18,310 GROUND SOMEWHERE AROUND KENTUCKY 597 00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:19,177 AND TENNESSEE. 598 00:21:19,177 --> 00:21:22,814 AND THEN ON THE THIRD ORBIT 599 00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:24,483 THEY'LL SEE MOST OF THE ECLIPSE 600 00:21:24,483 --> 00:21:26,652 OF THEIR THREE PASSES, THAT WILL 601 00:21:26,652 --> 00:21:28,920 BE 85% THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO 602 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:29,521 SEE. 603 00:21:29,521 --> 00:21:31,890 THE CREW WILL HAVE SPECIAL 604 00:21:31,890 --> 00:21:33,091 FILTERS AND SPECIAL CAMERAS TO 605 00:21:33,091 --> 00:21:34,292 LOOK AT THE ECLIPSE. 606 00:21:34,292 --> 00:21:36,128 IF YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE 607 00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:37,429 ECLIPSE YOU SHOULD HAVE THOSE 608 00:21:37,429 --> 00:21:38,830 THINGS, TOO. 609 00:21:38,830 --> 00:21:43,301 THERE ARE TOOLS FOR VIEWING THE 610 00:21:43,301 --> 00:21:48,774 ECLIPSE. 611 00:21:48,774 --> 00:21:52,878 WE'RE HOPING FOR CLEAR SKIES AS 612 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:58,784 WELL. 613 00:21:58,784 --> 00:22:00,585 9:33 LOOK WEST FOR SOMETHING 614 00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:02,020 THAT LOOKS LIKE AN APRIL OVER 615 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:03,422 THE HORIZON. 616 00:22:03,422 --> 00:22:05,457 IT WILL GO STRAIGHT OVER HEAD 617 00:22:05,457 --> 00:22:08,560 AND THEN DISAPPEAR IN THE ISS 618 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,162 SUNSET 200 MILES ABOVE US. 619 00:22:10,162 --> 00:22:12,564 BACK TO THE PURPOSE, THE 620 00:22:12,564 --> 00:22:14,599 BRIEFING OF SPACEX DRAGON. 621 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:17,602 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE SCIENCE 622 00:22:17,602 --> 00:22:19,538 IT'S BRINGING AND THAT IT WILL 623 00:22:19,538 --> 00:22:21,239 BRING HOME FOR US AND WE'RE 624 00:22:21,239 --> 00:22:23,375 EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON, 625 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:25,310 ON THE ISS AS WELL. 626 00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:27,112 >> WE HAVE THE WEATHER UPDATE 627 00:22:27,112 --> 00:22:31,450 FOR YOU. 628 00:22:31,450 --> 00:22:34,586 WINDS EXPECTED TO BE 10 MPH. 629 00:22:34,586 --> 00:22:35,587 TEMPERATURES 85 DEGREES. 630 00:22:35,587 --> 00:22:36,988 THE ONLY CONCERNS FOR LAUNCH 631 00:22:36,988 --> 00:22:41,393 TOMORROW ARE THE CUMULUS CLOUDS 632 00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:43,595 AND PRECIPITATION. 633 00:22:43,595 --> 00:22:46,665 WE'RE 70% GO FOR TOMORROW'S 634 00:22:46,665 --> 00:22:47,899 LAUNCH. 635 00:22:47,899 --> 00:22:50,102 WE'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS, IF 636 00:22:50,102 --> 00:22:51,503 YOU WOULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR 637 00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:52,671 HAND, STATE YOUR NAME AND 638 00:22:52,671 --> 00:22:54,673 AFFILIATION AND TO WHOM YOU'RE 639 00:22:54,673 --> 00:22:56,141 DIRECTING YOUR QUESTION. 640 00:22:56,141 --> 00:22:57,709 WE'LL START IN THE FRONT WITH 641 00:22:57,709 --> 00:22:58,510 MARSHA. 642 00:22:58,510 --> 00:23:12,190 >> I THINK FOR YOU, DAN. 643 00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:14,259 PEGGY WHITSON'S STAY IN SPACE, 644 00:23:14,259 --> 00:23:15,961 HOW MUCH DOES THAT PUSH YOUR 645 00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:19,331 TIME IN SPACE, AND IS THE 646 00:23:19,331 --> 00:23:20,599 ONE-YEAR CREW STILL IN THE 647 00:23:20,599 --> 00:23:21,333 PICTURE? 648 00:23:21,333 --> 00:23:28,073 HOW DOES THAT ALL WORK? 649 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:29,508 >> FROM AGREEMENT WITH OUR 650 00:23:29,508 --> 00:23:31,076 RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES, SO THOSE 651 00:23:31,076 --> 00:23:32,744 DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING. 652 00:23:32,744 --> 00:23:37,816 WE DON'T HAVE AGREEMENT. 653 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:41,086 AND AS FAR AS PEGGY, YOU KNOW, I 654 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:42,854 DON'T KNOW IF WE REALLY SET UP 655 00:23:42,854 --> 00:23:44,422 AN ADVANCE THE ONE-YEAR 656 00:23:44,422 --> 00:23:46,458 PROTOCOLS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO 657 00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:47,125 DO. 658 00:23:47,125 --> 00:23:48,693 THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 659 00:23:48,693 --> 00:23:50,829 ADAPT TO THOSE AS WE HAVE GONE 660 00:23:50,829 --> 00:23:52,564 FROM SIX MONTHS TO NINE MONTHS, 661 00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:55,367 AND MORE DATA POINTS ON THINGS 662 00:23:55,367 --> 00:23:58,970 LIKE BONE DENSITY AND ALL KINDS 663 00:23:58,970 --> 00:24:00,505 OF BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES BEING 664 00:24:00,505 --> 00:24:04,042 TAKEN THAT THE RESEARCH TEAMS, 665 00:24:04,042 --> 00:24:05,410 HUMAN RESEARCH TEAMS ON THE 666 00:24:05,410 --> 00:24:07,512 GROUND WILL BE ABLE TO ANALYZE 667 00:24:07,512 --> 00:24:08,814 WHEN SHE GETS BACK. 668 00:24:08,814 --> 00:24:09,848 PETE, ANYTHING ELSE? 669 00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:10,649 >> SURE. 670 00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:13,018 THIS IS A GOOD WINDFALL FOR US. 671 00:24:13,018 --> 00:24:16,087 PEGGY WAS ALREADY A SUSPECT IN 672 00:24:16,087 --> 00:24:17,222 THE FLUID SHIFT EXPERIMENT, 673 00:24:17,222 --> 00:24:19,424 WHICH WAS ONE OF THE KEY 674 00:24:19,424 --> 00:24:21,293 EXPERIMENTS THAT SCOTT KELLY AND 675 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:22,093 KYLE DID. 676 00:24:22,093 --> 00:24:24,095 NOW WITH HER DURATION INCREASED, 677 00:24:24,095 --> 00:24:25,397 SHE'S ON THE SAME SKILL THAT 678 00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:25,997 THEY WERE. 679 00:24:25,997 --> 00:24:29,401 NOT QUITE AS LONG BUT WE'RE 680 00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:30,368 CONTINUING HER FLUID SHIFT 681 00:24:30,368 --> 00:24:30,969 SESSIONS. 682 00:24:30,969 --> 00:24:32,938 SHE'S ALSO CONTINUING SOME OF 683 00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:34,406 THE OTHER SCIENCE THAT APPLIED 684 00:24:34,406 --> 00:24:37,409 TO THE ONE-YEAR MISSION. 685 00:24:37,409 --> 00:24:41,313 BEHAVIOR, FOOD SURVEYS, ALL OF 686 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:43,715 HER BIOMEDICAL DATA THAT 687 00:24:43,715 --> 00:24:44,883 BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CAN BE 688 00:24:44,883 --> 00:24:45,817 APPLIED AS WELL. 689 00:24:45,817 --> 00:24:47,719 >> DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RUSSIAN 690 00:24:47,719 --> 00:24:48,854 PARTNER WITH THIS? 691 00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:51,122 COULD YOU SEND UP AN AMERICAN OR 692 00:24:51,122 --> 00:24:52,991 TWO AMERICANS OR AN EUROPEAN? 693 00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:56,294 WHY DO YOU NEED TO HAVE THE 694 00:24:56,294 --> 00:24:58,096 RUSSIANS SIGN OFF ON THIS? 695 00:24:58,096 --> 00:24:59,297 >> CERTAINLY DURING THE PERIOD 696 00:24:59,297 --> 00:25:01,867 OF SOYU THAT WOULD BE THE CASE. 697 00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:16,314 THAT'S HOW FAR WE'VE LOOKED. 698 00:25:16,314 --> 00:25:21,219 I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE DO IT 699 00:25:21,219 --> 00:25:22,888 SOLELY ON OUR SIDE. 700 00:25:22,888 --> 00:25:25,090 I WOULD SAY YES, BUT THERE IS 701 00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:27,025 NOTHING THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US 702 00:25:27,025 --> 00:25:30,295 FROM THAT REGARD. 703 00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:32,631 >> A QUESTION FOR HANS AND ONE 704 00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:33,565 FOR DAN. 705 00:25:33,565 --> 00:25:35,000 WITH ONE DAY IN THE WINDOW TO 706 00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:36,468 STAND DOWN FOR A WEEK, CAN YOU 707 00:25:36,468 --> 00:25:38,470 TALK ABOUT WHAT THE TEAMS DID TO 708 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:40,839 FIX THE COMPUTER ISSUE THAT 709 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:44,576 STOPPED THE COUNT DOWN OF NINE 710 00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:46,077 SECONDS, TWICE. 711 00:25:46,077 --> 00:25:49,080 FOR DAN, IS IT THE SCIENCE 712 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:50,615 EXPERIMENT FOR DRAGON OR THE 713 00:25:50,615 --> 00:25:57,088 NEED TO CATALOG THE FLIGHTS, AND 714 00:25:57,088 --> 00:26:02,594 WHY CAN'T DRAGON LAUNCH AND 715 00:26:02,594 --> 00:26:15,874 LOITER BEHIND THEIST. BEHIND IS. 716 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:17,375 >> THOSE COMPUTERS ARE GROUND 717 00:26:17,375 --> 00:26:20,111 COMPUTERS AND THEY WORK WITH 718 00:26:20,111 --> 00:26:21,079 CHECKS FOR VALUES. 719 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:23,214 THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE EASY 720 00:26:23,214 --> 00:26:26,418 TO FIX. 721 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:30,522 AND HAVE BEEN FIXED RIGHT AWAY 722 00:26:30,522 --> 00:26:32,724 AND TEST AGAIN. 723 00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:34,159 I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE A 724 00:26:34,159 --> 00:26:34,793 PROBLEM. 725 00:26:34,793 --> 00:26:36,728 ALTHOUGH I SHOULDN'T REALLY SAY 726 00:26:36,728 --> 00:26:37,295 THIS. 727 00:26:37,295 --> 00:26:41,900 KNOCK ON WOOD. 728 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:50,608 I THINK ITS 30%. 729 00:26:50,608 --> 00:26:52,277 BUT THOSE CHANGE, AND EVEN IF 730 00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:55,013 YOU STOP IN THAT 30% IT'S NOT 731 00:26:55,013 --> 00:26:55,480 GOOD. 732 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:56,815 HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK 733 00:26:56,815 --> 00:26:58,016 EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS PRETTY 734 00:26:58,016 --> 00:27:19,404 GOOD. 735 00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:27,812 I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THIS 736 00:27:27,812 --> 00:27:28,380 LAUNCH. 737 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:30,315 AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. 738 00:27:30,315 --> 00:27:32,250 >> IF WE COULDN'T GET OFF 739 00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:33,551 TOMORROW, WE WOULD GO TO 740 00:27:33,551 --> 00:27:34,319 TUESDAY. 741 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:36,121 AND THAT WOULD LINE IT UP ON THE 742 00:27:36,121 --> 00:27:37,255 RUSSIAN DAY. 743 00:27:37,255 --> 00:27:38,289 THAT'S THE OTHER QUESTION THAT 744 00:27:38,289 --> 00:27:40,992 WE PURSUED WITH OUR RUSSIAN 745 00:27:40,992 --> 00:27:41,593 COLLEAGUES. 746 00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:43,762 THEN THE RUSSIANS ON THAT DEPLOY 747 00:27:43,762 --> 00:27:46,297 FIVE SATELLITES, AND WE DO 748 00:27:46,297 --> 00:27:47,432 REQUIRE GOOD TRACKING ON THOSE 749 00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:51,469 SO WE KNOW WHERE TO FLY DRAGON 750 00:27:51,469 --> 00:27:55,473 AND HELP SPACEX FLY DRAGON TO 751 00:27:55,473 --> 00:27:56,708 THE ISS. 752 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:58,777 THAT'S A BIG DEAL TO US. 753 00:27:58,777 --> 00:28:00,045 COULD WE LOITER? 754 00:28:00,045 --> 00:28:03,081 YES, AT THE EXPENSE OF LOSING 755 00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:03,782 RESEARCH. 756 00:28:03,782 --> 00:28:06,151 BECAUSE THERE ARE SAMPLES OF X 757 00:28:06,151 --> 00:28:10,388 AMOUNT OF HOURS BEFORE THEY'RE 758 00:28:10,388 --> 00:28:11,556 OFF-LOADED AND BROUGHT ON THE 759 00:28:11,556 --> 00:28:12,023 STATION. 760 00:28:12,023 --> 00:28:14,359 WE LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL. 761 00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,795 THE LOITER DIDN'T CLOSE ON SOME 762 00:28:16,795 --> 00:28:19,664 OF THE RESEARCH PERIMETERS THAT 763 00:28:19,664 --> 00:28:20,432 WE HAD. 764 00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:21,800 THEN YOU GET PAST THAT. 765 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,203 YOU HAVE TEDRIS ON THE 18TH WITH 766 00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:27,305 A BACK-UP DAY ON THE 19TH. 767 00:28:27,305 --> 00:28:30,909 WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, AND AT LEAST 768 00:28:30,909 --> 00:28:32,777 FROM A COMPATIBILITY WITH THE 769 00:28:32,777 --> 00:28:33,511 STALKINGS THAT SEEMS TO PLAY 770 00:28:33,511 --> 00:28:34,112 OKAY. 771 00:28:34,112 --> 00:28:36,614 WHETHER WE CAN GET RAIN, SPACEX 772 00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:38,983 THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO 773 00:28:38,983 --> 00:28:39,784 THERE. 774 00:28:39,784 --> 00:28:42,954 WE LOOK AT THOSE, AND THEY WERE 775 00:28:42,954 --> 00:28:50,962 EXCEPTIBLE DAYS. 776 00:28:50,962 --> 00:28:52,497 >> HAVE YOU STARTED PROCESSING 777 00:28:52,497 --> 00:28:54,332 THAT AND LEARNING ANYTHING FROM 778 00:28:54,332 --> 00:28:54,966 THAT. 779 00:28:54,966 --> 00:28:56,868 WOULD THERE EVER BE A TIME THAT 780 00:28:56,868 --> 00:28:59,938 YOU WOULD SEND THE SHIP OUT EVEN 781 00:28:59,938 --> 00:29:05,310 THOUGH YOU'RE LANDING ONLINE. 782 00:29:05,310 --> 00:29:06,911 >> I THINK THERE WAS THE ONE 783 00:29:06,911 --> 00:29:08,480 CASE THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED. 784 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,182 WE LEARNED A LOT OVER THE LAST 785 00:29:11,182 --> 00:29:14,819 LENDING TEST, I WOULD SAY. 786 00:29:14,819 --> 00:29:28,299 AND WE WORKED ON THAT, TOO. 787 00:29:28,299 --> 00:29:30,135 I THINK WE STILL HAVE TO LEARN A 788 00:29:30,135 --> 00:29:32,604 LITTLE BIT TO ACTUALLY LAND 789 00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:33,204 THEM. 790 00:29:33,204 --> 00:29:34,806 AND WE COVER AND WE USE THEM AT 791 00:29:34,806 --> 00:29:38,143 THIS POINT IN TIME. 792 00:29:38,143 --> 00:29:43,448 BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD 793 00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:45,884 OVER THE HAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 794 00:29:45,884 --> 00:29:49,053 NOT ON THIS ONE. 795 00:29:49,053 --> 00:29:50,522 OBVIOUSLY, THIS DOESN'T HAVE A 796 00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:51,322 FAIRING. 797 00:29:51,322 --> 00:29:52,657 THE NEXT FAIRING MISSION IS THE 798 00:29:52,657 --> 00:29:55,093 ONE AFTER THAT, A AND I THINK IT 799 00:29:55,093 --> 00:30:06,171 HAS AN ATTEMPT. 800 00:30:06,171 --> 00:30:07,772 >> TWO QUESTIONS. 801 00:30:07,772 --> 00:30:09,174 ONE ABOUT CREAM, IF YOU CAN 802 00:30:09,174 --> 00:30:10,008 ANSWER IT. 803 00:30:10,008 --> 00:30:14,512 WHY IS IT ON THE JIM AND NOT ON 804 00:30:14,512 --> 00:30:18,216 THE TRUSS. 805 00:30:18,216 --> 00:30:23,087 AND CAN YOU GIVE US THE FIRST 806 00:30:23,087 --> 00:30:24,789 FLIGHT--WHEN MIGHT WE SEE A 807 00:30:24,789 --> 00:30:27,792 FIRST FLIGHT FROM PAD 40? 808 00:30:27,792 --> 00:30:30,295 >> I CAN TAKE A SHOT AT CREAM. 809 00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:32,430 FROM A SCIENCE ASPECT YOU MIGHT 810 00:30:32,430 --> 00:30:33,865 WANT TO CHIME IN AS WELL. 811 00:30:33,865 --> 00:30:37,669 BUT THE JAB KNEES FACILITY HAS 812 00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:39,804 AN ACCOMMODATION AS A COOLING 813 00:30:39,804 --> 00:30:41,139 BOOTH. 814 00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:44,542 AND THE SITES WE HAVE ON THE 815 00:30:44,542 --> 00:30:46,211 TRUSS SEGMENTS DON'T HAVE THAT, 816 00:30:46,211 --> 00:30:48,479 THE COLUMBUS EXTERNAL SITES 817 00:30:48,479 --> 00:30:50,281 DON'T HAVE THAT, SO THERE IS AN 818 00:30:50,281 --> 00:30:52,350 UNIQUE CAPABILITY ON EIGHT OF 819 00:30:52,350 --> 00:30:58,990 THE TEN FACILITY SITES WHERE IT 820 00:30:58,990 --> 00:31:04,862 PASSES FLUID TO ACT AS A COOLING 821 00:31:04,862 --> 00:31:05,496 AGENT. 822 00:31:05,496 --> 00:31:06,864 WHERE YOU GET THE TEMPERATURES 823 00:31:06,864 --> 00:31:21,746 UP. 824 00:31:21,746 --> 00:31:23,481 THE CREAM PAYLOAD IS TIED IN TO 825 00:31:23,481 --> 00:31:26,818 OUR MAIN RADIATOR SYSTEM TO GIVE 826 00:31:26,818 --> 00:31:29,954 THEM THEIR CAPABILITY TO GIVE 827 00:31:29,954 --> 00:31:31,889 PAYLOADS TO GET THE POWER AND 828 00:31:31,889 --> 00:31:33,791 FROM THE RESEARCH SIDE I'M NOT 829 00:31:33,791 --> 00:31:42,200 QUITE SURE. 830 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,135 >> CREAM NEEDS A WIDE SKY. 831 00:31:44,135 --> 00:31:46,604 THE GEM DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB. 832 00:31:46,604 --> 00:31:51,542 THE ISS CREAM, AS OPPOSED TO 833 00:31:51,542 --> 00:31:55,613 BALLOON CREAM, THE SITE ON THE 834 00:31:55,613 --> 00:31:57,215 GEM THAT IT'S GOING DO HAS A 835 00:31:57,215 --> 00:32:00,051 DECENT VIEW, AND ALSO ONE OF THE 836 00:32:00,051 --> 00:32:02,620 FEW THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT 837 00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:03,621 BIG OF A PAYLOAD. 838 00:32:03,621 --> 00:32:05,356 THAT HEAVY AND THAT LARGE. 839 00:32:05,356 --> 00:32:06,557 >> DO YOU MIND REPEATING THE 840 00:32:06,557 --> 00:32:07,191 QUESTION? 841 00:32:07,191 --> 00:32:11,496 >> CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON 842 00:32:11,496 --> 00:32:14,832 PAD 39 A FOR FALCON AND REMOVING 843 00:32:14,832 --> 00:32:17,168 THE ISS AND PAD 40 GETTING THAT 844 00:32:17,168 --> 00:32:19,637 READY FOR THE FIRST FLIGHT OF 845 00:32:19,637 --> 00:32:21,572 FALCON FROM THERE, AND WHICH 846 00:32:21,572 --> 00:32:22,840 FLIGHT IT MIGHT BE? 847 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:29,180 >> SO I SHOULD HAVE DRIVEN BY 40 848 00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:30,048 THIS TIME. 849 00:32:30,048 --> 00:32:30,715 I DIDN'T. 850 00:32:30,715 --> 00:32:32,550 WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS BY 851 00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:33,051 40. 852 00:32:33,051 --> 00:32:35,320 IT HAS TO BE SCHEDULED SUCH 853 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,522 THERE IS NO DELAY FROM ONE PAD 854 00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:39,123 TO THE OTHER, OBVIOUSLY. 855 00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:41,426 AND THEN AS YOU POINTED OUT WE 856 00:32:41,426 --> 00:32:45,997 NEED TO ADD A COUPLE OF 857 00:32:45,997 --> 00:32:48,232 ADDITIONS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE 858 00:32:48,232 --> 00:32:50,435 TO GET FALCON HEAVY READY. 859 00:32:50,435 --> 00:32:52,937 IN TERMS OF TIME FRAME, IT WILL 860 00:32:52,937 --> 00:32:55,106 BE FALL THAT YOU'LL SEE THIS 861 00:32:55,106 --> 00:33:00,044 HAPPEN, AND I--I DON'T THINK 862 00:33:00,044 --> 00:33:04,015 IT'S THE NEXT--IT MIGHT BE THE 863 00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:11,556 FIRST ONE FROM--I'M NOT SURE 864 00:33:11,556 --> 00:33:12,357 WHICH ONE. 865 00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:15,326 BUT IT HAS TO HAPPEN FROM FALL, 866 00:33:15,326 --> 00:33:17,695 OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TO GET READY 867 00:33:17,695 --> 00:33:20,765 FOR FALCON HEAVY AT THE SAME 868 00:33:20,765 --> 00:33:29,207 TIME. 869 00:33:29,207 --> 00:33:31,676 >> FOR HANS ARE YOU JUST AS 870 00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:37,081 GLAMMY ABOUT THE FALCON HEAVY AS 871 00:33:37,081 --> 00:33:43,154 ELON WAS? 872 00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:44,889 WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES OF 873 00:33:44,889 --> 00:33:58,536 MAKING THAT ROCKET WORK? 874 00:33:58,536 --> 00:34:01,139 >> IT'S A BAGGY ROCKET, AND THE 875 00:34:01,139 --> 00:34:02,306 ACTUAL BOOST SEPARATION, YOU 876 00:34:02,306 --> 00:34:04,575 KNOW, IT'S REALLY GOING TO GO UP 877 00:34:04,575 --> 00:34:09,414 LIKE THE MODEL. 878 00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:12,116 I DON'T THINK THAT GLOOMY, 879 00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:12,617 FRANKLY. 880 00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:16,254 WE HAVE A GOOD SHOT AT IT, 881 00:34:16,254 --> 00:34:17,121 OBVIOUSLY. 882 00:34:17,121 --> 00:34:18,222 STILL TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT 883 00:34:18,222 --> 00:34:23,294 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 884 00:34:23,294 --> 00:34:25,430 THE OPERATION VEHICLE, A BIG 885 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:26,664 MASSIVE ROCKET. 886 00:34:26,664 --> 00:34:29,767 IT'S TWO-THIRDS THE TRUST OF 887 00:34:29,767 --> 00:34:31,669 SOUTHERN 5, AND IT'S GOING TO BE 888 00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:34,238 THE BIGGEST OPERATIONAL ROCKET 889 00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:35,206 AT THAT POINT IN TIME. 890 00:34:35,206 --> 00:34:37,909 SO THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT 891 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:42,513 ARE JUST UNKNOWN, UNCERTAIN, AND 892 00:34:42,513 --> 00:34:47,618 I THINK HE WANTS PEOPLE TO BE 893 00:34:47,618 --> 00:34:49,053 CAUTIOUS ON THIS PARTICULAR 894 00:34:51,055 --> 00:34:49,854 FLIGHT. 895 00:34:51,055 --> 00:34:52,957 AND IT'S OFFENSE THAT THE 896 00:34:52,957 --> 00:34:55,092 ENGINEERS OF SPACE EX-WILL 897 00:34:55,092 --> 00:34:56,828 DOUBLE UP AND MAKE SURE THAT 898 00:34:56,828 --> 00:35:05,636 THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, IT'S 899 00:35:05,636 --> 00:35:07,205 COMPLACENCY AND MAKING SURE THAT 900 00:35:07,205 --> 00:35:17,415 EVERYTHING IS DONE. 901 00:35:17,415 --> 00:35:18,416 >> STEPHEN. 902 00:35:18,416 --> 00:35:19,684 CLARK FROM SPACE FLIGHT NOW. 903 00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:22,854 ONE FOR HANS AND ONE FOR DAN. 904 00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:26,591 ARE YOU GOING TO INTRODUCE THE 905 00:35:26,591 --> 00:35:30,761 TITANIUM FINS FROM A FEW MONTHS 906 00:35:30,761 --> 00:35:31,329 BACK. 907 00:35:31,329 --> 00:35:35,967 AND FOR DAN, THE SPECIFIC DATE 908 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:37,168 FOR SPLASH DOWN. 909 00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:42,373 IS THERE A DATE SET? 910 00:35:42,373 --> 00:35:43,007 THANKS. 911 00:35:43,007 --> 00:35:46,177 >> EVERY TEST, CERTAIN MATERIALS 912 00:35:46,177 --> 00:35:47,378 OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND 913 00:35:47,378 --> 00:35:49,013 THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THIS 914 00:35:49,013 --> 00:35:50,147 IS ON THERE, TOO. 915 00:35:50,147 --> 00:35:51,516 I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THE DETAILS 916 00:35:51,516 --> 00:35:57,355 ON THAT, THERE IS NOTHING 917 00:35:57,355 --> 00:36:01,859 MASSIVELY DIFFERENT ON THIS THAN 918 00:36:01,859 --> 00:36:03,261 FROM THE OTHER ONES. 919 00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:04,795 FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T 920 00:36:04,795 --> 00:36:10,501 HAVE THIS IN MY HEAD RIGHT NOW. 921 00:36:10,501 --> 00:36:11,802 >> MISSION DURATION, THE LAST I 922 00:36:11,802 --> 00:36:16,040 HEARD WAS 35 DAYS. 923 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,375 SO WE CAN'T DO THAT. 924 00:36:17,375 --> 00:36:20,511 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT 925 00:36:20,511 --> 00:36:21,379 TRANSLATES INTO SEPTEMBER, 35 926 00:36:21,379 --> 00:36:24,582 DAYS PLUS LAUNCH IS WHERE WE'LL 927 00:36:24,582 --> 00:36:25,216 BE. 928 00:36:25,216 --> 00:36:29,754 >> FOR HANS, I NOTICED THE ISS, 929 00:36:29,754 --> 00:36:31,255 YOU'VE REALLY TAKEN THE ISS 930 00:36:31,255 --> 00:36:31,889 APART. 931 00:36:31,889 --> 00:36:33,524 WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT? 932 00:36:33,524 --> 00:36:34,825 WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO BE 933 00:36:34,825 --> 00:36:35,860 COMPLETELY DOWN? 934 00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:38,129 >> I WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S 935 00:36:38,129 --> 00:36:42,900 DRIVEN OF--THERE IS NOT A 936 00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:43,634 SCHEDULE. 937 00:36:43,634 --> 00:36:45,036 WE'LL TAKE IT CAREFULLY DOWN. 938 00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:46,470 WE HAVE TO CLOSE THE AREA WHEN 939 00:36:46,470 --> 00:36:48,739 WE WORK ON IT, AND WHILE WE'RE 940 00:36:48,739 --> 00:36:51,309 LAUNCHING THAT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE 941 00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:52,076 POSSIBLE. 942 00:36:52,076 --> 00:36:52,843 I DON'T THINK IT'S A TOP 943 00:36:52,843 --> 00:36:53,544 PRIORITY. 944 00:36:53,544 --> 00:36:55,313 AND EVERYTHING THAT WE TAKE DOWN 945 00:36:55,313 --> 00:36:57,615 GOES TO NASA, SO IT'S NOT 946 00:36:57,615 --> 00:36:59,717 SOMETHING THAT WE SELL FOR SCRAP 947 00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:00,651 OR ANYTHING. 948 00:37:00,651 --> 00:37:02,687 IT GOES BACK TO NASA. 949 00:37:02,687 --> 00:37:05,489 >> AND JUST LOOKED OUR FLIGHT 950 00:37:05,489 --> 00:37:05,957 PLAN. 951 00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:07,959 THERE IS A SPECIFIC DAY ON 952 00:37:07,959 --> 00:37:08,659 THERE. 953 00:37:08,659 --> 00:37:11,495 WHEN WE LAUNCH, WE'LL RETURN ON 954 00:37:11,495 --> 00:37:12,763 9/17. 955 00:37:12,763 --> 00:37:15,132 >> WE'LL TAKE ONE FROM THE FRONT 956 00:37:15,132 --> 00:37:17,034 OF THE ROOM AND THEN TO THE 957 00:37:17,034 --> 00:37:21,138 PHONE BRING. 958 00:37:21,138 --> 00:37:23,608 >> I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT 959 00:37:23,608 --> 00:37:26,644 THE CSR 11 DRAGON. 960 00:37:26,644 --> 00:37:29,113 DID IT REALLY COST TO REFURBISH 961 00:37:29,113 --> 00:37:30,748 IT AS COMPARED TO BUILDING A 962 00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:32,783 BRAND NEW ONE? 963 00:37:32,783 --> 00:37:36,420 AND HOW ARE YOU MOVING FORWARD 964 00:37:36,420 --> 00:37:37,922 REFURBISHING OTHER DRAGONNINGS, 965 00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,857 AND WHEN IS THE FINAL FLIGHT OF 966 00:37:39,857 --> 00:37:44,061 THE FACTORY-FRESH V 1 DRAGGEN. 967 00:37:44,061 --> 00:37:47,098 >> THE CSR 11, IT DOESN'T COST 968 00:37:47,098 --> 00:37:49,133 AS MUCH TO REFURBISH AS TO BUILD 969 00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:49,967 IT NEW. 970 00:37:49,967 --> 00:37:52,169 THAT MUCH IS CLEAR. 971 00:37:52,169 --> 00:37:54,472 OTHERWISE, THAT WOULD BE VERY 972 00:37:54,472 --> 00:37:55,106 WRONG. 973 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:59,977 AND YOU KNOW, THE TO REFURNISH 974 00:37:59,977 --> 00:38:01,879 IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU 975 00:38:01,879 --> 00:38:04,148 NEED TO LOOK AT STUFF, MAKE A 976 00:38:04,148 --> 00:38:05,983 DECISION AND FIND OUT WHICH ARE 977 00:38:05,983 --> 00:38:07,451 CRITICAL COMPONENTS AND WHICH 978 00:38:07,451 --> 00:38:10,054 ARE CRITICAL FOR REFURBISHMENT, 979 00:38:10,054 --> 00:38:13,257 AND COMPONENTS THAT ARE NOT A 980 00:38:13,257 --> 00:38:16,360 TEST PRICE. 981 00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,230 SO OBVIOUSLY WE EXPECT THE 982 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:20,598 REFURBISHMENT COST TO COME DOWN 983 00:38:20,598 --> 00:38:25,770 OVER TIME, AND TO BE A LOT MORE 984 00:38:25,770 --> 00:38:27,004 ADVANTAGEOUS THAN THIS 985 00:38:27,004 --> 00:38:29,840 PARTICULAR FIRST ONE, TOO, YEAH? 986 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:31,575 AND THEN REGARDING THE FUTURE 987 00:38:31,575 --> 00:38:33,310 DRAGS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE 988 00:38:33,310 --> 00:38:34,745 TALK ABOUT WITH NASA RIGHT NOW. 989 00:38:34,745 --> 00:38:36,013 I DON'T THINK WE'VE SETTLED ON 990 00:38:36,013 --> 00:38:38,249 EVERYTHING HERE. 991 00:38:38,249 --> 00:38:40,117 AND SO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF 992 00:38:40,117 --> 00:38:41,452 WEEKS, MONTHS, THAT'S SOMETHING 993 00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:42,987 THAT WE'LL DETERMINE. 994 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:47,658 ON THE SPACEX SIDE IT WOULD BE 995 00:38:47,658 --> 00:38:49,694 GREAT TO DISASSEMBLE THE LAST 996 00:38:49,694 --> 00:38:53,497 NEW DRAGON 1, AND THEN FROM THEN 997 00:38:53,497 --> 00:38:55,132 ON WE REDUCE THEM. 998 00:38:55,132 --> 00:38:56,934 THEY HAVE BEEN BUILT AND 999 00:38:56,934 --> 00:38:58,235 DESIGNED OVER THE YEARS. 1000 00:38:58,235 --> 00:38:59,837 THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 1001 00:38:59,837 --> 00:39:04,408 AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE 1002 00:39:04,408 --> 00:39:05,776 ALWAYS STRIVE FOR TO USE PARTS 1003 00:39:05,776 --> 00:39:16,287 AGAIN, AND GET MORE OPERATIONAL. 1004 00:39:16,287 --> 00:39:17,521 >> WE HAVE MARK? 1005 00:39:17,521 --> 00:39:20,091 >> YES, HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON. 1006 00:39:20,091 --> 00:39:22,359 MARK, AEROSPACE NEWS MEDIA. 1007 00:39:22,359 --> 00:39:25,930 ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1008 00:39:25,930 --> 00:39:26,864 INFORMATIVE BRIEFING THIS 1009 00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:27,465 AFTERNOON. 1010 00:39:27,465 --> 00:39:30,735 A TWO-PART QUESTION FOR HANS. 1011 00:39:30,735 --> 00:39:32,903 HANS, CAN YOU TELL ME ON ANY 1012 00:39:32,903 --> 00:39:38,743 MISSION WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM 1013 00:39:38,743 --> 00:39:39,477 PAYLOAD CAPACITY IN POUNDS IN 1014 00:39:39,477 --> 00:39:42,513 TERMS OF WEIGHT FOR THE DRAGON 1015 00:39:42,513 --> 00:39:46,217 CAPSULE, AND BASED ON THIS CRS 1016 00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:50,087 12 MISSION WITH THE IMPORTANT 1017 00:39:50,087 --> 00:39:55,926 PAYLOAD WITH RESEARCH TO ISS 1018 00:39:55,926 --> 00:39:57,094 WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM WEIGHT OF 1019 00:39:57,094 --> 00:39:57,695 THIS MISSION? 1020 00:39:57,695 --> 00:39:58,295 THANK YOU. 1021 00:39:58,295 --> 00:40:00,197 >> THIS IS OFF THE TOP OF MY 1022 00:40:00,197 --> 00:40:02,333 HEAD AND NOT NECESSARILY 1023 00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:02,833 ACCURATE. 1024 00:40:02,833 --> 00:40:04,034 BUT I THINK I SAW A NUMBER 1025 00:40:04,034 --> 00:40:06,570 YESTERDAY THAT IS 1026 00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:08,572 10,600-KILOGRAMS FOR THE ENTIRE 1027 00:40:08,572 --> 00:40:09,206 DRAGON. 1028 00:40:09,206 --> 00:40:11,776 AND IN TERMS OF IF THIS IS A 1029 00:40:11,776 --> 00:40:13,577 HEAVY DRAGON OR NOT, I DON'T 1030 00:40:13,577 --> 00:40:16,647 THINK IT'S A HEAVY DRAGON. 1031 00:40:16,647 --> 00:40:17,848 IN FACT, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS 1032 00:40:17,848 --> 00:40:19,817 THAT THIS ONE--IT IS ONE OF OUR 1033 00:40:19,817 --> 00:40:22,620 HEAVIER ONES, BUT WE'RE ALSO 1034 00:40:22,620 --> 00:40:28,559 INTERNAL TO THE DRAGON 1035 00:40:28,559 --> 00:40:29,527 VOLUME-METICLY. 1036 00:40:29,527 --> 00:40:31,328 WE'LL FLY WHAT WE NEED TO FLY. 1037 00:40:31,328 --> 00:40:34,865 AND WE VOLUMED OUT BEFORE WE 1038 00:40:34,865 --> 00:40:36,867 MASSED OUT IN TOTAL CAPABILITY. 1039 00:40:36,867 --> 00:40:39,703 THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO 1040 00:40:39,703 --> 00:40:40,571 FLY. 1041 00:40:40,571 --> 00:40:41,539 SOMETIMES MASS ISN'T THE METRIC 1042 00:40:41,539 --> 00:40:42,673 TO USE. 1043 00:40:42,673 --> 00:40:44,008 THAT'S MY POINT. 1044 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:50,748 >> THANK YOU. 1045 00:40:50,748 --> 00:40:52,550 >> JULIE HAYS IN WACO TEXAS, 1046 00:40:52,550 --> 00:40:55,186 ABOUT 10 MILES DOWN THE ROAD 1047 00:40:55,186 --> 00:40:56,854 FROM THE McGREGOR TESTING 1048 00:40:56,854 --> 00:40:57,354 FACILITY. 1049 00:40:57,354 --> 00:40:59,557 DAN AND HANS, THIS IS FOR BOTH 1050 00:40:59,557 --> 00:41:00,424 OF YOU. 1051 00:41:00,424 --> 00:41:02,026 IF YOU COULD TELL US ABOUT THE 1052 00:41:02,026 --> 00:41:03,661 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NASA AND 1053 00:41:03,661 --> 00:41:06,263 SPACEX, HOW THAT IS, AND HOW 1054 00:41:06,263 --> 00:41:09,934 CRITICAL IS THE FACILITY LIKE 1055 00:41:09,934 --> 00:41:13,070 McGREGOR TO ACCOMPLISHING YOUR 1056 00:41:13,070 --> 00:41:13,671 GOALS. 1057 00:41:13,671 --> 00:41:15,406 >> THE RELATIONSHIP HAS GROWN 1058 00:41:15,406 --> 00:41:19,577 IMMENSELY WITH RESPECT AND 1059 00:41:19,577 --> 00:41:20,978 SHARING OF INFORMATION AND 1060 00:41:20,978 --> 00:41:23,447 KNOWLEDGE AND IT GOES BOTH WAYS. 1061 00:41:23,447 --> 00:41:24,548 DOING BUSINESS WITH SPACEX HAS 1062 00:41:24,548 --> 00:41:26,283 FORCED US TO COME BACK AND LOOK 1063 00:41:26,283 --> 00:41:28,419 AT OUR PROCESSES. 1064 00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:30,287 AND IT'S SOMEWHAT TURNING OVER 1065 00:41:30,287 --> 00:41:33,023 THE KEYS TO A COMMERCIAL 1066 00:41:33,023 --> 00:41:35,226 INDUSTRY TO TAKE OVER--NOT TAKE 1067 00:41:35,226 --> 00:41:37,061 OVER, BUT TO MATURE AND THE 1068 00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:40,865 ABILITY TO PERFORM COMMERCIAL 1069 00:41:40,865 --> 00:41:43,067 MARKETS AND WHAT WE'RE 1070 00:41:43,067 --> 00:41:43,667 ABSORBING. 1071 00:41:43,667 --> 00:41:47,504 OUR GOAL WILL BE TO GET OUT OF 1072 00:41:47,504 --> 00:41:50,574 EARTH ORBIT AND GET ON OUR WAY 1073 00:41:50,574 --> 00:41:51,141 TO MARS. 1074 00:41:51,141 --> 00:41:52,343 WE WANT TO LEAVE MIND THE 1075 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:53,911 KNOWLEDGE WE'VE GAINED FOR ALL 1076 00:41:53,911 --> 00:41:56,080 THESE YEARS TO THE SPACEXs OF 1077 00:41:56,080 --> 00:42:00,951 THE YEARS, TO THE OTHER 1078 00:42:00,951 --> 00:42:02,686 COMPANIES SO THEY CAN PICK UP 1079 00:42:02,686 --> 00:42:06,223 AND SEE IN THE NEXT FIVE OR TEN 1080 00:42:06,223 --> 00:42:09,627 YEARS MORE OF A VIBRANT 1081 00:42:09,627 --> 00:42:11,795 COMMERCIAL MARKET IN ORBIT WHICH 1082 00:42:11,795 --> 00:42:13,764 CAN BE SELF SUSTAINED. 1083 00:42:13,764 --> 00:42:17,167 YOU'LL HAVE COMMERCIAL LAUNCHES, 1084 00:42:17,167 --> 00:42:18,836 AND CREWS, AND THINKING PAST 1085 00:42:18,836 --> 00:42:20,771 WHEN THE ISS IS DONE. 1086 00:42:20,771 --> 00:42:22,606 YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE ABLE 1087 00:42:22,606 --> 00:42:24,174 TO--I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR 1088 00:42:24,174 --> 00:42:25,709 THE NATION, GOOD FOR THE WORLD 1089 00:42:25,709 --> 00:42:27,678 IF WE CARRIED ON WITH SOME OF 1090 00:42:27,678 --> 00:42:29,713 THE FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH THAT 1091 00:42:29,713 --> 00:42:31,148 WE'VE DONE IN ORBIT. 1092 00:42:31,148 --> 00:42:34,184 WE'RE PLANNING TO LEAVE THAT IN 1093 00:42:34,184 --> 00:42:37,888 THE COMMERCIAL MARKETS TO DO 1094 00:42:37,888 --> 00:42:41,292 THAT. 1095 00:42:41,292 --> 00:42:43,594 >> TODAY SPACEX WORKS WELL AS A 1096 00:42:43,594 --> 00:42:44,328 TEAM. 1097 00:42:44,328 --> 00:42:45,562 AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT THEY 1098 00:42:45,562 --> 00:42:47,097 DO REALLY WELL, AND THERE ARE 1099 00:42:47,097 --> 00:42:50,601 THINGS THAT NASA DOES REALLY 1100 00:42:50,601 --> 00:42:56,106 WELL. 1101 00:42:56,106 --> 00:42:59,710 NASA HAS ENORMOUS RESOURCES TO 1102 00:42:59,710 --> 00:43:01,412 GETTING THINGS DONE. 1103 00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:12,356 AND THEN IN TURN WE REALLY ENJOY 1104 00:43:12,356 --> 00:43:18,062 LAUNCHING THE CARGOES. 1105 00:43:18,062 --> 00:43:20,297 AND RESPECT TO McGREGOR, IT IS 1106 00:43:20,297 --> 00:43:20,931 ESSENTIAL. 1107 00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:23,434 IT'S ONE OF OUR KEY IMPORTANT 1108 00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:25,069 FACILITIES, AS IMPORTANT AS THE 1109 00:43:25,069 --> 00:43:26,670 LAUNCH SITE. 1110 00:43:26,670 --> 00:43:28,272 WE TEST EVERY ENGINE THERE. 1111 00:43:28,272 --> 00:43:30,808 WE TEST THE ENGINE AT BASICALLY 1112 00:43:30,808 --> 00:43:32,176 THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY'RE 1113 00:43:32,176 --> 00:43:33,277 GOING TO BE TESTED. 1114 00:43:33,277 --> 00:43:36,413 AND THEN WE SHOOK THE ENGINES 1115 00:43:36,413 --> 00:43:38,749 BACK, AND THEN SHIPPED THEM BACK 1116 00:43:38,749 --> 00:43:41,785 TO McGREGOR AND TEST THE 1117 00:43:41,785 --> 00:43:42,853 ENTIRE STAGE. 1118 00:43:42,853 --> 00:43:44,555 THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT 1119 00:43:44,555 --> 00:43:45,422 EVERYBODY DOES. 1120 00:43:45,422 --> 00:43:49,660 THAT HELPS US TO BECOME 1121 00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:50,094 RELIABLE. 1122 00:43:50,094 --> 00:43:52,763 THE McGREGOR CAST ALLOWS US TO 1123 00:43:52,763 --> 00:43:53,664 DO THIS. 1124 00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:54,898 IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN 1125 00:43:54,898 --> 00:44:00,904 DO IN THE MIDDLE OF LOS ANGELES, 1126 00:44:00,904 --> 00:44:10,914 OBVIOUSLY. 1127 00:44:10,914 --> 00:44:12,316 I REMEMBER WHEN WE DECIDED THIS 1128 00:44:12,316 --> 00:44:14,685 WAS THE PLACE AND WHERE WE WOULD 1129 00:44:14,685 --> 00:44:16,520 BUILD OUR TEST SITE. 1130 00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:18,022 NOW THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 1131 00:44:18,022 --> 00:44:21,492 EMPLOYEES, IT'S A PROFESSIONAL 1132 00:44:21,492 --> 00:44:23,961 AND BUILT-UP SITE, AND IT'S 1133 00:44:23,961 --> 00:44:31,135 ESSENTIAL FOR US AND FOR NASA, 1134 00:44:31,135 --> 00:44:31,769 TOO. 1135 00:44:31,769 --> 00:44:33,537 >> FOR DAN, ORIGINALLY WE HEARD 1136 00:44:33,537 --> 00:44:36,840 THE OCTOBER DATE FOR THE NEXT 1137 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:37,408 LAUNCH. 1138 00:44:37,408 --> 00:44:38,509 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE 1139 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:40,110 FUTURE IS FOR THE REST OF THE 1140 00:44:40,110 --> 00:44:42,046 YEAR FOR CARGO RESUPPLY 1141 00:44:42,046 --> 00:44:44,081 MISSIONS, AND IF HAVING FOUR 1142 00:44:44,081 --> 00:44:45,916 CREW MEMBERS IS EFFECTING THAT, 1143 00:44:45,916 --> 00:44:48,952 EITHER NEEDING MORE OR NO 1144 00:44:48,952 --> 00:44:56,593 DIFFERENCE AT ALL? 1145 00:44:56,593 --> 00:45:00,664 >> SO WE'RE HONING TO GET OFF IN 1146 00:45:00,664 --> 00:45:05,536 THE EARLY DECEMBER TIME PERIOD. 1147 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:07,304 A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT. 1148 00:45:07,304 --> 00:45:10,240 NUMBER ONE, WE WANT TO GET THE 1149 00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:11,675 EVA'S IN FRONT OF THAT. 1150 00:45:11,675 --> 00:45:13,811 YOU WANT TO DO THAT 1151 00:45:13,811 --> 00:45:15,379 CONSECUTIVELY TO MAKE THE BEST 1152 00:45:15,379 --> 00:45:19,349 USE OF THE CREW TIME AND THE 1153 00:45:19,349 --> 00:45:24,154 REFURBISHMENT YOU NEED TO DO. 1154 00:45:24,154 --> 00:45:26,190 ACTUALLY WE WERE A LITTLE LIGHT 1155 00:45:26,190 --> 00:45:28,692 ON THE MISSION, AND WE WERE ABLE 1156 00:45:28,692 --> 00:45:31,428 TO GET NEW CARGO THAT BENEATH ON 1157 00:45:31,428 --> 00:45:34,631 THE ORDER OF 400 KILOGRAMS. 1158 00:45:34,631 --> 00:45:36,133 SO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE 1159 00:45:36,133 --> 00:45:37,634 AMOUNT OF MASS WE CAN TAKE UP 1160 00:45:37,634 --> 00:45:39,503 FOR IT. 1161 00:45:39,503 --> 00:45:42,005 ALSO, KIND OF LIKE THAT DRAGON, 1162 00:45:42,005 --> 00:45:43,640 WE TRIED TO REALLY USE THE 1163 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:45,642 DRAGON FOR RETURN OF SAMPLES. 1164 00:45:45,642 --> 00:45:49,346 AND YOU KNOW, FOR THE RESEARCH 1165 00:45:49,346 --> 00:45:50,747 COMMUNITY. 1166 00:45:50,747 --> 00:45:54,451 THE SICKNESS VEHICLE IS A 1167 00:45:54,451 --> 00:45:56,787 TREMENDOUS DISPOSAL CARGO 1168 00:45:56,787 --> 00:45:57,721 HAULER, TRASH IS ANOTHER WORD 1169 00:45:57,721 --> 00:45:58,122 FOR IT. 1170 00:45:58,122 --> 00:46:00,924 SO WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO 1171 00:46:00,924 --> 00:46:03,694 SPACE THOSE BASED ON THE SPACE 1172 00:46:03,694 --> 00:46:06,563 STATION AS WELL. 1173 00:46:06,563 --> 00:46:09,399 I THINK THE NEXT ORBITAL MISSION 1174 00:46:09,399 --> 00:46:12,436 IS IN THE MARCH LAUNCH PERIOD. 1175 00:46:12,436 --> 00:46:16,807 WE'RE THINKING OF TRASH 1176 00:46:16,807 --> 00:46:18,408 ACCUMULATION AND WHEN WE SHOULD 1177 00:46:18,408 --> 00:46:19,810 PUT THOSE IN PLACE. 1178 00:46:19,810 --> 00:46:21,311 IT'S ANOTHER FACTOR OF WHERE WE 1179 00:46:21,311 --> 00:46:25,048 COME TO PLACE THE LAUNCH AS WHEN 1180 00:46:25,048 --> 00:46:28,218 WE DO. 1181 00:46:28,218 --> 00:46:31,722 FROM A FOOD AND WATER SUPPLY, 1182 00:46:31,722 --> 00:46:35,526 OUR CONSUMABLES ARE IN VERY GOOD 1183 00:46:35,526 --> 00:46:36,026 SHAPE. 1184 00:46:36,026 --> 00:46:39,296 AND IT WILL HAVE NO IMPACT TO 1185 00:46:39,296 --> 00:46:42,166 OUR CREW. 1186 00:46:42,166 --> 00:46:44,801 >> MARSHA. 1187 00:46:44,801 --> 00:46:47,104 >> FIRST FOR HANS, WHAT DO YOU 1188 00:46:47,104 --> 00:46:50,707 SEE THE BIGGEST HURDLES FOR 1189 00:46:50,707 --> 00:46:52,509 MAKING THE LAUNCH DATE. 1190 00:46:52,509 --> 00:46:54,711 THEN I HAVE FOR DAN, THE ICE 1191 00:46:54,711 --> 00:46:56,880 CREAM BARS ARE GOING UP IN THE 1192 00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:57,514 FREEZER. 1193 00:46:57,514 --> 00:46:58,749 IS THERE SCIENCE GOING UP INSIDE 1194 00:46:58,749 --> 00:47:00,417 OF THAT, TOO OR IS IT GOING UP 1195 00:47:00,417 --> 00:47:07,724 EMPTY TO BRING STUFF BACK? 1196 00:47:07,724 --> 00:47:10,093 >> THE BIGGEST HURDLE, IF I KNEW 1197 00:47:10,093 --> 00:47:12,062 THE BIGGEST HURDLES NOW, WE 1198 00:47:12,062 --> 00:47:13,530 WOULD BE WORKING ON IT AND 1199 00:47:13,530 --> 00:47:15,132 THROWING RESOURCES AT IT. 1200 00:47:15,132 --> 00:47:16,967 AND OTHER HURDLES WOULD BECOME 1201 00:47:16,967 --> 00:47:19,636 THE BIGGEST HURDLE. 1202 00:47:19,636 --> 00:47:20,804 IT'S A BIG PROJECT. 1203 00:47:20,804 --> 00:47:22,839 I WOULD SAY THAT IT HAS TO BE 1204 00:47:22,839 --> 00:47:31,782 BOTH WORKING ON THE LC 40 SIDE. 1205 00:47:31,782 --> 00:47:34,218 THOSE ARE TWO BIG PROJECTS. 1206 00:47:34,218 --> 00:47:36,420 WE HAVE GOOD CHANCE TO MAKE 1207 00:47:36,420 --> 00:47:38,021 IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE HAVE A LOT 1208 00:47:38,021 --> 00:47:40,591 OF AUTOMATION, AND REDUNDANCY 1209 00:47:40,591 --> 00:47:46,396 THAT WE'VE HAD ON 39 A. 1210 00:47:46,396 --> 00:47:49,900 THAT'S DEFINITELY A MUCH BETTER 1211 00:47:49,900 --> 00:47:50,500 PAD THAN IT WAS BEFORE. 1212 00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:53,303 SO WE HAVE TO GET THIS UP AND 1213 00:47:53,303 --> 00:47:53,904 GOING. 1214 00:47:53,904 --> 00:47:55,339 AND LIKEWISE, THERE ARE 1215 00:47:55,339 --> 00:47:56,073 COMPLEXITIES. 1216 00:47:56,073 --> 00:47:57,241 BIG ROCKET. 1217 00:47:57,241 --> 00:48:01,111 THREE DIFFERENT ROCKETS TOGETHER 1218 00:48:01,111 --> 00:48:07,918 BASICALLY. 1219 00:48:07,918 --> 00:48:09,453 THEY CAN BE HARD TO PLAN. 1220 00:48:09,453 --> 00:48:11,355 WE PLAN THEM, OBVIOUSLY, AND 1221 00:48:11,355 --> 00:48:12,689 THEN THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT 1222 00:48:12,689 --> 00:48:14,258 NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AND HOW IT 1223 00:48:14,258 --> 00:48:15,626 NEEDS TO BE TESTED. 1224 00:48:15,626 --> 00:48:17,694 THAT'S WHERE THE UNCERTAINTY 1225 00:48:17,694 --> 00:48:18,595 COMES IN. 1226 00:48:18,595 --> 00:48:22,232 OVER ALL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT 1227 00:48:22,232 --> 00:48:25,636 WORKED PRETTY WELL OVER THE LAST 1228 00:48:25,636 --> 00:48:28,472 FEW MONTHS. 1229 00:48:28,472 --> 00:48:30,474 I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD SHOT AT 1230 00:48:30,474 --> 00:48:31,041 IT. 1231 00:48:31,041 --> 00:48:32,576 >> AS FAR AS THE OTHER GOODS. 1232 00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:34,878 IT'S A PRETTY--I WAS GOING TO 1233 00:48:34,878 --> 00:48:36,213 SAY CHALLENGING JOB. 1234 00:48:36,213 --> 00:48:39,716 BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH 1235 00:48:39,716 --> 00:48:42,419 COLD RESEARCH IS GOING UP IN 1236 00:48:42,419 --> 00:48:45,489 FREEZERS OR COLD BAGS, AND THEN 1237 00:48:45,489 --> 00:48:47,691 THERE ARE TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS 1238 00:48:47,691 --> 00:48:48,625 AND DURATIONS? 1239 00:48:48,625 --> 00:48:51,295 THERE IS A PROCESS, AND YOU TRY 1240 00:48:51,295 --> 00:48:53,430 TO FIGURE OUT THE ASSETS THAT WE 1241 00:48:53,430 --> 00:48:55,699 FLY UP, WHICH ARE FREEZERS AND 1242 00:48:55,699 --> 00:49:00,504 COLD BAGS, HOW THEY BEST FIT AND 1243 00:49:00,504 --> 00:49:03,273 PACK-WISE, AND AT TIMES WE HAVE 1244 00:49:03,273 --> 00:49:06,476 EXCESS VOLUME, AND WE HAVE 1245 00:49:06,476 --> 00:49:08,912 FULFILLED ALL OF OUR 1246 00:49:08,912 --> 00:49:10,380 REQUIREMENTS AND WE HAD EXCESS 1247 00:49:10,380 --> 00:49:10,914 VOLUME. 1248 00:49:10,914 --> 00:49:14,084 IN THIS CASE WE HAD MORE THAN 1249 00:49:14,084 --> 00:49:15,285 USUAL ICE CREAM PRODUCTS GOING 1250 00:49:15,285 --> 00:49:16,853 UP IN OUR COLD BAGS. 1251 00:49:19,523 --> 00:49:18,322 THEY'LL BE HAPPY. 1252 00:49:19,523 --> 00:49:21,725 >> SO IT'S NOT SITTING ALONG 1253 00:49:21,725 --> 00:49:27,664 SIDE EXPERIMENT STUFF, TOO? 1254 00:49:27,664 --> 00:49:31,401 >> IF IT WOULD WE WOULD DO ALL 1255 00:49:31,401 --> 00:49:32,703 OF THE PROPER CONTAINMENT. 1256 00:49:32,703 --> 00:49:34,671 >> DID YOU SAY COLD PACKS OR IS 1257 00:49:34,671 --> 00:49:37,741 IT AN ACTUAL FREEZER? 1258 00:49:37,741 --> 00:49:41,845 >> WE HAVE COLD BAGS WHICH WE 1259 00:49:41,845 --> 00:49:45,248 PUT ICE BRICKS, FROZEN BRICKS 1260 00:49:45,248 --> 00:49:47,584 THAT KEEP THE TEMPERATURES IN 1261 00:49:47,584 --> 00:49:55,959 THE COLD BAG COLD. 1262 00:49:55,959 --> 00:49:58,061 >> WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF OUR 1263 00:49:58,061 --> 00:50:01,031 FREEZERS FAIL, SO THESE MAY BE 1264 00:50:01,031 --> 00:50:02,232 SPARES THAT ARE GOING UP. 1265 00:50:02,232 --> 00:50:05,202 >> WE GO BACK TO THE SECOND ROW. 1266 00:50:05,202 --> 00:50:07,137 >> EXCUSE ME. 1267 00:50:07,137 --> 00:50:08,939 A COUPLE OF TIMES TODAY WE 1268 00:50:08,939 --> 00:50:10,874 MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF LATE 1269 00:50:10,874 --> 00:50:12,542 LOAD TO THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 1270 00:50:12,542 --> 00:50:13,310 MISSION. 1271 00:50:13,310 --> 00:50:15,912 I'M JUST CURIOUS, HANSF YOU CAN 1272 00:50:15,912 --> 00:50:18,281 TALK ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL 1273 00:50:18,281 --> 00:50:18,982 CHALLENGE OF DELIVERING THAT 1274 00:50:18,982 --> 00:50:21,351 CAPABILITY FOR NASA, AND MAYBE, 1275 00:50:21,351 --> 00:50:24,221 PETER, DAN, WHY THAT IS SO 1276 00:50:24,221 --> 00:50:25,689 IMPORTANT TO YOUR WORK? 1277 00:50:25,689 --> 00:50:31,128 >> DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? 1278 00:50:31,128 --> 00:50:32,796 >> OKAY, I'LL GO FIRST. 1279 00:50:32,796 --> 00:50:34,197 FROM THE ENGINEERING 1280 00:50:34,197 --> 00:50:36,533 PERSPECTIVE, IT IS BASICALLY A 1281 00:50:36,533 --> 00:50:47,577 CLEAN ROOM--WHAT'S IT CALLED? 1282 00:50:47,577 --> 00:50:49,846 WHERE YOU BASICALLY PASS THINGS 1283 00:50:49,846 --> 00:50:50,347 ON. 1284 00:50:50,347 --> 00:50:58,722 AND IF YOU LOAD THE PARTICULAR 1285 00:50:58,722 --> 00:51:02,459 TO LAUD ON TO DRAGON, AND THEN 1286 00:51:02,459 --> 00:51:03,827 YOUD INTO TO MOVE THINGS AROUND, 1287 00:51:03,827 --> 00:51:14,204 THAT'S THE MAIN ENGINEERING 1288 00:51:14,204 --> 00:51:14,938 CHALLENGE. 1289 00:51:14,938 --> 00:51:16,339 >> IF YOU'RE STUDYING A YEAST 1290 00:51:16,339 --> 00:51:18,775 YOU WANT TO PUT IT IN AS LATE AS 1291 00:51:18,775 --> 00:51:23,680 CLOSE TO LAUNCH AS YOU CAN. 1292 00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:26,583 WE TALKED ABOUT USING A COLD BAG 1293 00:51:26,583 --> 00:51:28,185 THAT MAY BE COOLER. 1294 00:51:28,185 --> 00:51:30,821 THAT'S GOT A LIFETIME UNTIL THE 1295 00:51:30,821 --> 00:51:32,088 PHASE CHANGES AND IT'S NOT 1296 00:51:32,088 --> 00:51:34,024 KEEPING IT COLD ANY MORE. 1297 00:51:34,024 --> 00:51:39,696 ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THE ROOT 1298 00:51:39,696 --> 00:51:40,197 MISSION. 1299 00:51:40,197 --> 00:51:42,599 WE HAVE TO LOAD THEM LATE IN THE 1300 00:51:42,599 --> 00:51:43,300 FLOW. 1301 00:51:43,300 --> 00:51:44,434 THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE 1302 00:51:44,434 --> 00:51:47,170 WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE LAUNCH AND 1303 00:51:47,170 --> 00:51:47,737 LOITERING. 1304 00:51:47,737 --> 00:51:48,972 BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CERTAIN 1305 00:51:48,972 --> 00:51:50,740 AMOUNT OF FOOD IN THOSE 1306 00:51:50,740 --> 00:51:51,575 TRANSPORTERS. 1307 00:51:51,575 --> 00:51:55,212 THEY'RE TRANSPORTED MORE 1308 00:51:55,212 --> 00:51:55,912 DENSELY. 1309 00:51:55,912 --> 00:51:57,247 YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE 1310 00:51:57,247 --> 00:51:59,382 EXPLORATION OF YOUR SCIENCE. 1311 00:51:59,382 --> 00:52:06,089 IF YOU HAVE THE PLANT GROWTH 1312 00:52:06,089 --> 00:52:09,693 EXPERIMENT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, 1313 00:52:09,693 --> 00:52:11,995 BUT YET IT GROWS THREE TIMES 1314 00:52:11,995 --> 00:52:14,831 FASTER ON THE GROUND THAN IN 1315 00:52:14,831 --> 00:52:15,398 SPACE. 1316 00:52:15,398 --> 00:52:17,501 >> DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT 1317 00:52:17,501 --> 00:52:28,445 THE TIME BEFORE LAUNCH WOULD BE? 1318 00:52:28,445 --> 00:52:30,747 >> IN TERMS OF TIMELINE? 1319 00:52:30,747 --> 00:52:31,214 I DON'T KNOW. 1320 00:52:31,214 --> 00:52:42,926 IT'S A TREMENDOUS CAPABILITY. 1321 00:52:42,926 --> 00:52:44,828 THAT'S WHERE WE DO ALL THE 1322 00:52:44,828 --> 00:52:46,630 PACKING, AND WE CARRY THOSE OUT 1323 00:52:46,630 --> 00:52:47,564 IN ADVANCE. 1324 00:52:47,564 --> 00:52:49,165 LITERALLY RIGHT UP TO THE PAD. 1325 00:52:49,165 --> 00:52:50,834 AND THEY HAVE AN AIR LOCK THAT 1326 00:52:50,834 --> 00:52:52,903 IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THE WATCH 1327 00:52:52,903 --> 00:52:55,872 IS OPEN TO THE DRAGON, AND THE 1328 00:52:55,872 --> 00:53:03,580 GUYS ARE JUST BAKLEY BOLTING, 1329 00:53:03,580 --> 00:53:06,082 HOOKING UP UMBILICALS. 1330 00:53:06,082 --> 00:53:08,718 EVERYTHING IS NICE, COOL AND 1331 00:53:08,718 --> 00:53:09,185 FRESH. 1332 00:53:09,185 --> 00:53:10,654 HOW THEY'VE CHOREOGRAPHED THAT 1333 00:53:10,654 --> 00:53:12,689 OVER TIME HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. 1334 00:53:12,689 --> 00:53:16,092 I WOULD EVEN ASAY ON THE 1335 00:53:16,092 --> 00:53:17,093 RESURGEON AS WELL. 1336 00:53:17,093 --> 00:53:19,329 WHEN WE GET TO THE PARK IT 1337 00:53:19,329 --> 00:53:21,164 DOESN'T TAKE A LONG TIME FOR US 1338 00:53:21,164 --> 00:53:23,700 TO ACTUALLY GET IT OFF THE 1339 00:53:23,700 --> 00:53:26,703 DRAGON, AND INTO A PRINCIPLE 1340 00:53:26,703 --> 00:53:29,539 INVESTIGATORS' HANDS RIGHT THERE 1341 00:53:29,539 --> 00:53:30,273 AT THE FORT. 1342 00:53:30,273 --> 00:53:40,083 THE A GREAT APE ABILITY. 1343 00:53:40,083 --> 00:53:41,651 >> THANKS, STEPHEN CLARK, ONE 1344 00:53:41,651 --> 00:53:43,787 MORE FOR HANS. 1345 00:53:43,787 --> 00:53:46,790 ONCE YOU DO GET PAD 39 A 1346 00:53:46,790 --> 00:53:48,725 AVAILABLE TO GET STARTED ON THE 1347 00:53:48,725 --> 00:53:49,426 HEAVY. 1348 00:53:49,426 --> 00:53:51,061 WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO WITH THE 1349 00:53:51,061 --> 00:53:51,494 PAD? 1350 00:53:51,494 --> 00:53:53,430 YOU SAID THERE WERE A COUPLE OF 1351 00:53:53,430 --> 00:53:54,297 THINGS. 1352 00:53:54,297 --> 00:53:59,869 IS IT THE STRONG BACK? 1353 00:53:59,869 --> 00:54:01,304 >> ONE DIFFERENCE IS YOU HAVE 1354 00:54:01,304 --> 00:54:04,774 THREE HOLES ON THE LAUNCH MOUNT, 1355 00:54:04,774 --> 00:54:11,081 AND NOT JUST ONE. 1356 00:54:11,081 --> 00:54:14,184 THAT HAS TO BE FALCON HEAVY. 1357 00:54:14,184 --> 00:54:16,920 THE THINGS THAT ARE SLIGHTLY 1358 00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:18,521 ARRANGED, THEY HAVE TO BE 1359 00:54:18,521 --> 00:54:22,225 INTEGRATED, AND TESTED 1360 00:54:22,225 --> 00:54:28,298 FUNCTIONALLY OBVIOUSLY MORE 1361 00:54:28,298 --> 00:54:28,865 FLUID. 1362 00:54:28,865 --> 00:54:30,867 THEY HAVE BEEN BROKEN DOWN AND 1363 00:54:30,867 --> 00:54:32,435 ALL THE ELEMENTS ARE READY TO 1364 00:54:32,435 --> 00:54:32,869 GO. 1365 00:54:32,869 --> 00:54:35,305 IT'S A MATTER OF PUTTING IT 1366 00:54:35,305 --> 00:54:40,110 TOGETHER, AND TESTING THAT IT'S 1367 00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:41,511 FUNCTIONING PROPERLILY. 1368 00:54:41,511 --> 00:54:43,013 >> I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A QUESTION 1369 00:54:43,013 --> 00:54:47,951 ON THE THIRD ROW? 1370 00:54:47,951 --> 00:54:50,120 >> WE'LL COME BACK TO THE FIRST 1371 00:54:50,120 --> 00:54:50,654 ROW. 1372 00:54:50,654 --> 00:54:53,289 >> I WAS WONDERING MAYBE THE 1373 00:54:53,289 --> 00:54:55,158 QUESTION WAS ANSWERED, BUT IS 1374 00:54:55,158 --> 00:54:57,093 THERE ANYTHING USED ON THE 1375 00:54:57,093 --> 00:54:58,728 FALCONINE THAT IS GOING TO 1376 00:54:58,728 --> 00:55:21,618 LAUNCH TOMORROW? 1377 00:55:21,618 --> 00:55:23,319 >> ONCE 40 IS BACK UP AND 1378 00:55:23,319 --> 00:55:29,392 RUNNING, ARE YOU ABLE TO LAUNCH 1379 00:55:29,392 --> 00:55:31,861 39 A AND 40 OR ALL SHIFTING TO 1380 00:55:31,861 --> 00:55:33,163 39 A. 1381 00:55:33,163 --> 00:55:34,464 >> I HEAR I COULDN'T QUESTION. 1382 00:55:34,464 --> 00:55:35,198 IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, BUT 1383 00:55:35,198 --> 00:55:36,766 I DON'T THINK I HAVE AN ANSWER 1384 00:55:36,766 --> 00:55:37,767 FOR YOU TODAY. 1385 00:55:37,767 --> 00:55:38,968 IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO 1386 00:55:38,968 --> 00:55:40,970 WORK OUT ON HOW WE SPLIT THE 1387 00:55:40,970 --> 00:55:43,573 MISSIONS AND WHERE WE GO FROM 1388 00:55:43,573 --> 00:55:44,140 WHAT PAD. 1389 00:55:44,140 --> 00:55:47,210 IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. 1390 00:55:47,210 --> 00:55:48,344 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 1391 00:55:48,344 --> 00:55:49,612 JOINING US TODAY. 1392 00:55:49,612 --> 00:55:50,580 THAT'S ALL THE TIME THAT WE 1393 00:55:50,580 --> 00:55:51,281 HAVE. 1394 00:55:51,281 --> 00:55:53,049 THE LAUNCH IS SCHEDULED FOR 1395 00:55:53,049 --> 00:55:56,453 TOMORROW AT 12:30-1:00 P.M. 1396 00:55:56,453 --> 00:55:57,620 NASA TELEVISION COVERAGE WILL 1397 00:55:57,620 --> 00:55:58,688 BEGIN AT NOON. 1398 00:55:58,688 --> 00:56:00,490 UNTIL THEN YOU CAN 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