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welcome to watch this space i'm nasa

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administrator jim bridenstine and today

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we're going to be talking about a new

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program in fact

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a program that nasa is very proud of we

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are on the brink of launching american

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astronauts on american rockets from

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american soil for the first time since

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2011 the retirements of the space

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shuttles and so this is an exciting time

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we have two

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providers for this new capability we

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call it commercial crew the idea being

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that nasa is not purchasing owning and

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operating its own rockets this time in

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fact we're going to buy access to space

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in a way that we've never done it before

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we helped two partners namely boeing and

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spacex develop capability to fly our

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astronauts into space with the hopes

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that nasa could become one customer of

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many customers

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driving down our cost of access to space

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and having multiple providers and those

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providers competing on both innovation

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and cost again giving nasa more

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opportunity to do more things than we've

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ever been able to do before and here we

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about a year away from sending our first

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astronauts to the international space

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station on our commercial crew partners

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so this is an exciting time for nasa

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and we are here today with some very

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special guests in fact these are some of

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our first pilots on the boeing starliner

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which is a spacecraft that nasa helped

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develop that ultimately we'll be taking

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our american astronauts to the

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international space station so with us

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we have chris ferguson who is a

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not only a nasa astronaut but he's a

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shuttle commander

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by trade and in fact he flew uh the last

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space shuttle that that we had

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fly the space shuttle atlantis back in

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2011. and of course we also have sunny

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williams who has done a number of

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missions to the international space

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station she's a navy pilot by trade as

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they they are both navy pilots by trade

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and in fact they are both from the test

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community so we're very excited to have

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you both here and and i'll start with

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you chris tell me

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you have been announced as

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one of the crews for our first flights

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of the boeing starliner commercial crew

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spacecraft

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you were involved in the development of

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this capability

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tell me what have you been doing since

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you've been announced as a crew member

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well my my life has changed slightly

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i've been involved as you probably know

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since 2012 in in constructing this

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shortly after i left nasa uh boeing

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brought me on to help uh finish the

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design

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and and take the the starliner all the

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way uh to fruition and ultimately into

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space so uh but in the last couple

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months uh since i knew i was going to be

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a part of this mission uh my

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uh my trajectory has changed a little

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bit i'm a lot more into training and

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what it's going to take to get sunny and

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the rest of the boeing team up to speed

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on how the software works how the crew

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interface works how we're going to live

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and work in space

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it's a it's a brand new vehicle the

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first time we've done this it's the

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first time we've really brought a new

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human-rated spacecraft to launch from

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u.s soil online in almost 35 years so

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it's an exciting time for us and it's

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great to be back into crew training

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again i mean there is nothing better

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than training with a group of people who

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are like-minded and love spacecraft so

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tell me this uh each of you have

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yet yours says boeing

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it doesn't say nasa tell me about that

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why is that

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so this is this is going to be a first

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as you had mentioned

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when when when this is all complete and

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nasa purchases services to go back and

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forth to low earth orbit the partner the

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partner companies that mentioned spacex

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and boeing will all own the intellectual

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property that it took to develop this

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capability with the idea of marketing it

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if you had to extrapolate this this

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could perhaps be the beginning of a

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boeing builds many airplanes that they

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supply to airlines now we look at a

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potential business where we build

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spacecraft to provide a transportation

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service to low earth orbit for

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businesses for perhaps other countries

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for tourism is always an option in

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addition of course to the prime nasa

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customer awesome and sonny tell me about

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your a day in the life of sunny since

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you've been selected as a commercial

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crew partner yeah it's been a little bit

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crazy but fun i have to say that

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anything you're doing in the space

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business is fun um previously there was

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four of us who were selected for the

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commercial cadre nasa astronauts and we

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spacex and boeing and now since the

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announcement two of us have come over to

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the boeing side and the other two to the

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spacex side so we've got to focus our

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training and attention on this

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spacecraft and not only this training

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chris is um underestimating the other

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amount of things that we're doing we're

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also doing a lot of testing sort of like

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he was mentioning this is a new

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spacecraft so there's still a lot of

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things um to look at inside the cockpit

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and how people live in there and how

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actually we're going to operate it

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that's the next step after the

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development so a day in the life of

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might be um to get back to your question

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is maybe going to the the simulator and

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um trying out some manual piloting

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techniques which you might get a chance

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to try in here uh or talking through the

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procedures and you're telling me in a

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few minutes we might be able to jump in

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this thing and uh and give it a whirl

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i look forward to doing that yes

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you know what it's like

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so some of that or maybe it's going into

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the the static simulator that we have in

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building 9 and looking at how the

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cockpit is laid out how the seats are

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fitted how the hatch is going to open

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that you stuff you're going to take or

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carbon dioxide removal so there's a

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space center you know the launch pad is

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there and so we work with the folks that

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crew access arm and the emergency escape

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system so it's a abundance of a lot of

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fun things to do so it's it's pretty

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crazy but a lot of fun so uh you have

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the starliner is that correct at some

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how is this let's just start with the

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space shuttle how is this different than

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the space shuttle and why is it designed

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you so it's a it's a simpler mission um

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the space shuttle was uh 14 to 16 days

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of home uh this is really sort of a

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point mission so we'll launch and dock

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crew to come home quickly if they need

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to and then after the the crew's

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about six hours so we like the space

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parachutes and we have airbags to

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cushion the final landing and we'll land

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in one of five uh selected landing sites

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sunny do you have anything to add about

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how it's different than your space

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it is different from shuttle but it's

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actually very similar to soyuz in its

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mission and what it's supposed to do so

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lifeboat so the vehicle needs to be

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capable to be in space for that long

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couple weeks this is going to be six

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months onboard the space station in case

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there's any problems while the folks are

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spacecraft and make their way back to

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soyuz on the inside of it the soyuz you

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know is a heritage vehicle from the

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number of years but it's still

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this is a brand new spacecraft design

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brand new with new technologies and new

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manufacturing techniques to put this and

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its rocket together and so it's it's a

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big step in technology so it's gonna

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it's it's more capable

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and it's it's gonna be a little nicer to

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fly i think so when um

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starliner is fully certified

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order and trade on what you want to do

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opportunities out there for like i said

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tourism or perhaps business uh if need

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originally to accommodate seven and with

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carry up to seven it really depends on

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the destination right now we have one

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destination up there the international

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space station which is a vibrant and

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living place uh we'd really like to see

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other destinations in low earth orbit

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however perhaps commercial manufacturing

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we want to see in general low earth

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orbit be commercialized in a way that

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enables nasa to use its resources

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enables nasa to use taxpayer resources

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to do things in environments for you

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know for which there is not yet a

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commercial capability right so we want

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to use our assets to go to deep space go

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to the moon go to mars uh where there is

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no commercial capability but in low

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earth orbit um you know if if we can get

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to a day where boeing can take

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passengers and that can help offset the

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costs and then not just passengers but

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also industry and there's things

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happening on the international space

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station right now that are amazing and

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if we can transition to commercial

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operations to to include the idea that

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we can use

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adult stem cells

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uh to create human organs

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that can then be used to extend people's

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lives i mean that's a capability right

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now under development that could be

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absolutely game-changing

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for the microgravity environment which

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is only available in space

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and if we can if we can commercialize

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that and so when we talk about taking

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passengers into space we're talking

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about taking folks that are scientists

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that are

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maybe you know bio engineers people that

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can do things that are unique and never

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been done before

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to commercialize low earth orbit and

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then we can use nasa's resources to do

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things that you know commercial isn't

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ready for yet which is really an amazing

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capability and so we're very excited

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about what what boeing is doing and what

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starliner is and of course what spacex

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is doing with the dragon as well just so

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many so many opportunities sunny you uh

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tell me how long you've you've spent a

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lot of time in space

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how much time have you spent in space a

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little over 320 days a little over 320

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days so this time when you go back

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how long are you planning to stay

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um probably six months another six

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months yeah six months and i hope we get

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to fill up the other two seats with some

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of our international partners so sort of

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like you were talking about and fill out

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the compliment to make us seven people

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on the international space station like

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it was designed for that's amazing get a

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lot of work done so when you when you

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think about your time that you've spent

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in space which is an amazing amount of

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time

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different

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um well like you mentioned right the

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international space station is complete

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and my last mission it was as well but

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this will

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be an additional person to be up there

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to be working and doing some of the

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science that we've been uh that that

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station is capable of and i think we're

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going to be able to deliver a whole

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bunch more stuff um science back to to

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earth so i think that's going to be

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different and this of course the major

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part is the the vehicle that's taken me

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up and taken me back is going to be

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different um it will be docked at a

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different docking port and the space

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station has four docking ports in the

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aft and for the russian vehicles and

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we'll have two docking ports in the in

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the forward and for manned vehicles and

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then two docking ports for cargo

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vehicles also in the forward end so it's

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a busy busy space station and it's going

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to get more busy with all of these

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vehicles so it's going to be exciting

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and exciting time so uh so sonny you you

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have had the experience of

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landing in a capsule on land before

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and now you're gonna do it again and

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chris this will be new to you because

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you've always landed on wheels

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which of course was very very nice but

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in this particular case

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you're you're gonna both are you're

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gonna land on land without wheels um

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don't be afraid yeah still it'll work

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share with me what what is the

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experience like uh and and uh what is

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the process yeah so um i could talk to

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soyuz i can sort of talk to starliner

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maybe i'll let chris talk a little bit

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more about it but it's a bunch of

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controlled explosions as you're coming

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back into earth orbit and then landing

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um of course you have to slow down a

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little bit so the vehicle will turn

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itself so it can slow down and start

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entering the atmosphere

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after that um

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or before depends on the vehicle you're

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going to get rid of parts of the

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spacecraft because you want the the

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descent module to be the the key place

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that's carrying you and holding you and

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bringing you back safe and so the

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explosions in the soyuz go on above you

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and below you and you can feel it you

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can hear it it's pretty dynamic you're

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happy when it happens because that's

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what's supposed to happen

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the next thing

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we have a nice big window in this

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vehicle also we had a couple windows in

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the soyuz you can see the plasma right

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next to your head in the soyuz when

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you're on the left seat it's right here

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and it's pretty shocking to see it's

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only a couple inches away from your head

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but we have trust in these spacecraft

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this one will be the same and we will

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probably be able to see it from in the

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big window here and then as you finally

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as you slow down then the parachute

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opens up

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for starlander there's a couple other

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little explosions too to make sure that

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the parachute cover is off and then the

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parachute can come out and you are in

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this capsule at the end of the parachute

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and of course it's ripping out just like

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a normal parachute would and that tends

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to make the vehicle move around quite a

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bit so you're nice and tight in your

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seat as you're coming in you're getting

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feeling gravity you want to pull your

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straps pretty good because you're going

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to be bouncing around quite a bit just

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on the parachute and then once it

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settles down

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don't stick your tooth your tongue out

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between your teeth because you're going

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to be ready for that that landing and

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the landing for starliner is going to be

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on some airbags on the russian vehicle

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there's a couple different things that

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they did the seat stroked and then there

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were soft landing jets that fired right

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before landing here we'll have the

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airbags come open and then we'll know

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we're pretty close to the ground get

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ready just sort of get in your seat and

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huddle down get ready so when i watch

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we'll be okay

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when i watch a soyuz capsule return

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uh that last burst that last rocket fire

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right before it touches down

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um i've seen it start fires oh yeah

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and of course if if you're not used to

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seeing it it's pretty startling you

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think something went wrong but in in

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fact it's it's supposed to happen right

448
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in this particular case there's going to

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be airbags rather than a rocket burst is

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that right

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so the idea of starting a fire goes down

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i hope so so if we see a fire now

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something's been something's gone wrong

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we always all of our landing sites are

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dry lake beds so there's very little to

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burn

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but at the same time you had mentioned

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air

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uh what we do at about 3000 feet off the

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ground is we jettison the heat shield

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that just protected us from the heat of

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reentry so hold on right there because

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she mentioned the plasma you were able

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to see the plasma when you talk about

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plasma you're talking about

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subatomic particles that have come off

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of that heat shield is that right which

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is ultimately what protects the

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astronauts inside so that they call it

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an ablative heat shield in other words

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the heat shield

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is not it's intended

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um to not not come apart but it's

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intended to to shed

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to burn off its skin

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and then that

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that skin ultimately protects you from

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heat and friction and ultimately

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crushing the capsule is that right right

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it's about

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2500 degrees give or take a couple

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hundred degrees but it it is you

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mentioned the plasma it is uh we have a

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a vehicle that's traveling about five

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miles per second and you literally slam

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into the atmosphere and when you do that

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you take those air molecules that were

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formerly things like nitrogen gas and

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oxygen and and you disassociate them and

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you turn them into just

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it's plasma gas it's just sort of free

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atoms yeah and they they rapidly

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disassociate and they create heat that

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heat is carried away by the ablative

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heat shield and then they reassociate uh

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back over the vehicle it's really an

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amazing process but you have you do have

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that thermal protection beneath you but

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once you get down below about a hundred

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thousand feet of altitude uh you won't

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need it anymore it's cool enough and as

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i mentioned we'll eventually jettison

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that heat shield to expose those airbags

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that will cushion our final landing so

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how do you

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when you say jettison is it is it uh

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burst off by rockets uh there's actually

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uh six explosive bolts so sonny had

509
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mentioned there's plenty of explosive

510
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devices that occur on the way down uh

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it's going to be a cacophony and it's

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going to sound like uh like a

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you know the 1812 overture i'm sure for

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a period of time there

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but there are six bolts that hold both

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the service module the the bottom part

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that we need on orbit to the crew module

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we'll jettison that before we de-orbit

519
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and then finally there's six more bolts

520
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that will release the base heat shield

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as we get close to the ground awesome

522
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so um the other day i had the

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opportunity to to go out to huntsville

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and i was able to see the components for

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the space launch system which of course

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is our deep space rocket

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um and i was fascinated and of course

528
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both of you are involved in

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being a

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test for the united states navy

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i was fascinated with how the technology

532
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for avionics ultimately compares to that

533
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of an aircraft there's there's an

534
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inertial navigation system that's on

535
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board and it's constantly measuring

536
00:18:04,549 --> 00:18:02,480
tiny little movements and so your

537
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aircraft in this case in in this case

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your spacecraft or your rocket

539
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always knows where it is latitude

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longitude altitude yaw pitch roll

541
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trajectory velocity all of this data

542
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is being collected real time

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and then it and then your your

544
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spacecraft or your rocket is comparing

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all of that data to where your rocket

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actually should be

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so if there is a difference in where it

548
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is and where it should be

549
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it then creates a solution to that

550
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difference

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and maneuvers the rocket nozzles to get

552
00:18:37,029 --> 00:18:35,600
the rocket headed the right direction or

553
00:18:39,110 --> 00:18:37,039
the spacecraft headed the right

554
00:18:42,630 --> 00:18:39,120
direction

555
00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:42,640
and and seeing how it all relates to

556
00:18:45,110 --> 00:18:44,000
you know these are the same type of

557
00:18:47,029 --> 00:18:45,120
things when you think about what an

558
00:18:48,470 --> 00:18:47,039
autopilot is on an airplane

559
00:18:49,830 --> 00:18:48,480
it's all the same kind of technique

560
00:18:51,669 --> 00:18:49,840
you've got flight control computers

561
00:18:54,310 --> 00:18:51,679
there's redundancy built in

562
00:18:55,590 --> 00:18:54,320
so share with me and and really for the

563
00:18:58,230 --> 00:18:55,600
audience

564
00:18:59,669 --> 00:18:58,240
how has uh flying test

565
00:19:01,350 --> 00:18:59,679
in the navy

566
00:19:03,270 --> 00:19:01,360
ultimately prepared me for this when i

567
00:19:05,510 --> 00:19:03,280
was i'm a navy pilot by trade i'm not a

568
00:19:07,909 --> 00:19:05,520
test pilot but a navy pilot by trade and

569
00:19:10,150 --> 00:19:07,919
i was astonished at how similar

570
00:19:12,070 --> 00:19:10,160
the technology is so so share with us

571
00:19:13,669 --> 00:19:12,080
you know your view on on how you were

572
00:19:15,510 --> 00:19:13,679
prepared and trained and

573
00:19:16,789 --> 00:19:15,520
you know how it relates so you know i

574
00:19:18,870 --> 00:19:16,799
think the first thing is to design a

575
00:19:20,549 --> 00:19:18,880
good test you know make sure that the

576
00:19:21,830 --> 00:19:20,559
the intent of the test accomplishes what

577
00:19:23,110 --> 00:19:21,840
you need and you know what a new

578
00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:23,120
astronauts need in space they need a

579
00:19:27,270 --> 00:19:25,440
vehicle that's safe that holds the air

580
00:19:29,350 --> 00:19:27,280
that gets it from point a to point b

581
00:19:32,070 --> 00:19:29,360
that knows where it is all the time that

582
00:19:33,750 --> 00:19:32,080
has a system of uh flight management and

583
00:19:35,669 --> 00:19:33,760
systems management computers that can

584
00:19:38,230 --> 00:19:35,679
help the pilot along the way

585
00:19:39,830 --> 00:19:38,240
and and we mentioned sort of the the the

586
00:19:42,150 --> 00:19:39,840
comparison between older and newer

587
00:19:43,830 --> 00:19:42,160
spacecraft newer spacecraft are designed

588
00:19:46,150 --> 00:19:43,840
to be completely autonomous a matter of

589
00:19:48,789 --> 00:19:46,160
fact that is one of our requirements

590
00:19:50,710 --> 00:19:48,799
that we work to so the astronaut is

591
00:19:53,110 --> 00:19:50,720
really a systems monitor

592
00:19:55,029 --> 00:19:53,120
so it sort of has turned the test pilot

593
00:19:57,270 --> 00:19:55,039
role into more of a

594
00:19:58,630 --> 00:19:57,280
i i need to watch everything make sure

595
00:20:00,230 --> 00:19:58,640
it's doing what it's supposed to do and

596
00:20:03,029 --> 00:20:00,240
if i need to intervene i can but

597
00:20:05,430 --> 00:20:03,039
generally i don't anticipate doing so

598
00:20:07,909 --> 00:20:05,440
so i mentioned within 24 hours with very

599
00:20:09,750 --> 00:20:07,919
little pilot intervention uh we expect

600
00:20:12,310 --> 00:20:09,760
to see our vehicle dock and it can fly

601
00:20:15,110 --> 00:20:12,320
with a crew or without a crew

602
00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:15,120
so test has changed quite a bit but you

603
00:20:18,950 --> 00:20:16,559
know a lot of it's still the same is the

604
00:20:20,710 --> 00:20:18,960
vehicle safe does it sustain human life

605
00:20:21,909 --> 00:20:20,720
does it get me where i need to be you

606
00:20:25,029 --> 00:20:21,919
know does it does it give me the

607
00:20:26,549 --> 00:20:25,039
situational awareness i need so i know

608
00:20:29,190 --> 00:20:26,559
where i am and i don't inadvertently

609
00:20:30,630 --> 00:20:29,200
take over manually so in this particular

610
00:20:32,149 --> 00:20:30,640
case we're gonna we're gonna get in the

611
00:20:34,390 --> 00:20:32,159
spacecraft here in a few minutes and

612
00:20:36,710 --> 00:20:34,400
we're gonna we're gonna fly it um are we

613
00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:36,720
gonna dock it we are we're you're going

614
00:20:39,990 --> 00:20:38,080
to dock i'm going to dock you're going

615
00:20:41,590 --> 00:20:40,000
to doug now

616
00:20:44,070 --> 00:20:41,600
if we were to dock

617
00:20:46,070 --> 00:20:44,080
in real life um would it be automated or

618
00:20:48,710 --> 00:20:46,080
would it be manually flown

619
00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:48,720
uh yes we could do both the design is is

620
00:20:53,190 --> 00:20:51,360
automation uh but you mentioned about

621
00:20:55,270 --> 00:20:53,200
guidance navigation and control do i

622
00:20:57,110 --> 00:20:55,280
know exactly where i am one of the what

623
00:20:59,270 --> 00:20:57,120
i always think is a miraculous thing of

624
00:21:00,549 --> 00:20:59,280
space flight is the ability of our

625
00:21:03,029 --> 00:21:00,559
sensors

626
00:21:05,029 --> 00:21:03,039
to take vehicles that are traveling five

627
00:21:06,230 --> 00:21:05,039
miles per second relative to one another

628
00:21:08,310 --> 00:21:06,240
and when they bring them together at

629
00:21:10,070 --> 00:21:08,320
docking they're traveling

630
00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:10,080
relative to one another of about two

631
00:21:14,070 --> 00:21:12,080
inches per second and that is all

632
00:21:15,990 --> 00:21:14,080
through just a series of small orbital

633
00:21:17,350 --> 00:21:16,000
burns but we can bring it in for a

634
00:21:19,110 --> 00:21:17,360
manual approach which is what you're

635
00:21:21,029 --> 00:21:19,120
going to get to try here shortly or we

636
00:21:22,789 --> 00:21:21,039
can give it i'm sure i'll rock it we can

637
00:21:24,470 --> 00:21:22,799
give it to hal and let hal fly it i'm

638
00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:24,480
sure you'll rock it as well

639
00:21:28,070 --> 00:21:26,320
i would imagine as you guys go through

640
00:21:29,510 --> 00:21:28,080
training sonny

641
00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:29,520
while there is a lot of automation you

642
00:21:33,190 --> 00:21:31,440
you don't train for the automation you

643
00:21:35,350 --> 00:21:33,200
train for something else right and and

644
00:21:37,590 --> 00:21:35,360
part of that uh that whole getting the

645
00:21:39,190 --> 00:21:37,600
autopilot ready to work not only just

646
00:21:40,630 --> 00:21:39,200
flying but how the whole system works

647
00:21:42,149 --> 00:21:40,640
other sensors it's turning on other

648
00:21:45,190 --> 00:21:42,159
systems is turning on when it needs to

649
00:21:47,190 --> 00:21:45,200
turn on for heating cooling air

650
00:21:48,549 --> 00:21:47,200
carbon dioxide removal all of that we

651
00:21:49,990 --> 00:21:48,559
have to ask the right questions to make

652
00:21:51,750 --> 00:21:50,000
sure that autopilot does the right

653
00:21:54,630 --> 00:21:51,760
things i think that's that's a big part

654
00:21:56,870 --> 00:21:54,640
of it and you know nasa came in a little

655
00:21:58,549 --> 00:21:56,880
while after boeing started designing the

656
00:22:00,230 --> 00:21:58,559
spacecraft and our role as the cadre i

657
00:22:01,750 --> 00:22:00,240
was mentioning beforehand was to come in

658
00:22:03,669 --> 00:22:01,760
and start asking all those questions so

659
00:22:05,270 --> 00:22:03,679
how does it do this how does it do this

660
00:22:07,110 --> 00:22:05,280
and that the things that we would expect

661
00:22:08,470 --> 00:22:07,120
a spacecraft to do and you know some of

662
00:22:09,669 --> 00:22:08,480
these things in both companies are a

663
00:22:11,510 --> 00:22:09,679
little bit different than the way we've

664
00:22:12,789 --> 00:22:11,520
done them in the past and that's good

665
00:22:14,149 --> 00:22:12,799
because that means it's an advancement

666
00:22:16,070 --> 00:22:14,159
in technology

667
00:22:17,830 --> 00:22:16,080
but you know we all train for also the

668
00:22:19,669 --> 00:22:17,840
backup plan so when something doesn't

669
00:22:20,950 --> 00:22:19,679
work by the automation how do you

670
00:22:22,630 --> 00:22:20,960
recognize that chris mentioned

671
00:22:24,230 --> 00:22:22,640
situational awareness so make sure you

672
00:22:26,310 --> 00:22:24,240
have good situational awareness and know

673
00:22:27,830 --> 00:22:26,320
how to automatically take over um to

674
00:22:30,630 --> 00:22:27,840
keep the crew and the in the vehicle

675
00:22:32,789 --> 00:22:30,640
safe that's that's amazing now uh when

676
00:22:34,549 --> 00:22:32,799
we walked in here we walked through an

677
00:22:35,750 --> 00:22:34,559
area where there were people sitting at

678
00:22:37,430 --> 00:22:35,760
computers

679
00:22:39,909 --> 00:22:37,440
and you mentioned that that this

680
00:22:42,630 --> 00:22:39,919
particular group of people were they

681
00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:42,640
they were by definition evil i think

682
00:22:47,669 --> 00:22:45,760
is the word that you use share with me

683
00:22:49,510 --> 00:22:47,679
tell me why that is what and i know

684
00:22:51,029 --> 00:22:49,520
you're just kidding but what what is

685
00:22:52,710 --> 00:22:51,039
that all about they are not evil they

686
00:22:54,710 --> 00:22:52,720
are wonderful people who are dedicated

687
00:22:56,789 --> 00:22:54,720
to the success of every space flight and

688
00:22:58,470 --> 00:22:56,799
uh you know astronauts may be the most

689
00:23:00,630 --> 00:22:58,480
visible part of the space program but

690
00:23:02,149 --> 00:23:00,640
really um you know to point a phrase

691
00:23:03,750 --> 00:23:02,159
we're standing on the shoulders of a lot

692
00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:03,760
of people who really make this happen

693
00:23:08,070 --> 00:23:05,760
day in and day out and not the least of

694
00:23:09,669 --> 00:23:08,080
which is the mission operations team who

695
00:23:11,669 --> 00:23:09,679
actually plan the mission to make sure

696
00:23:14,070 --> 00:23:11,679
we have all the consumables to execute

697
00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:14,080
it as the way we intend to the ones that

698
00:23:17,909 --> 00:23:15,520
train us to make sure that we know how

699
00:23:20,470 --> 00:23:17,919
to respond appropriately to uh to the

700
00:23:21,909 --> 00:23:20,480
malfunctions that occur and some of the

701
00:23:23,190 --> 00:23:21,919
veterans that you saw back there had

702
00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:23,200
been with us in the space shuttle

703
00:23:26,950 --> 00:23:25,039
program it's great to see them back for

704
00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:26,960
the you know phase two of you know

705
00:23:31,190 --> 00:23:28,320
what's human space flight going to look

706
00:23:32,390 --> 00:23:31,200
in the 2020s and um you know

707
00:23:34,830 --> 00:23:32,400
and one of them i'll even mention my

708
00:23:37,190 --> 00:23:34,840
name susan crippen has just been

709
00:23:39,310 --> 00:23:37,200
fantastic she uh she taught space

710
00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:39,320
shuttle pilots how to fly

711
00:23:44,390 --> 00:23:41,760
aborted missions in the space shuttle

712
00:23:46,710 --> 00:23:44,400
something we hoped we never had to do

713
00:23:49,029 --> 00:23:46,720
and and every time susan walked into a

714
00:23:52,149 --> 00:23:49,039
room and she's this diminutive wonderful

715
00:23:54,310 --> 00:23:52,159
person she made the most macho astronaut

716
00:23:56,070 --> 00:23:54,320
shutter because he knew he was in for a

717
00:23:57,350 --> 00:23:56,080
hard day yeah and she's working as a

718
00:23:59,350 --> 00:23:57,360
part of our team today and it's just

719
00:24:00,950 --> 00:23:59,360
great so what they do there in that room

720
00:24:02,710 --> 00:24:00,960
is they'll they'll start the simulation

721
00:24:04,630 --> 00:24:02,720
for us not only us but also mission

722
00:24:06,870 --> 00:24:04,640
control so it's a quiz sort of for us

723
00:24:08,950 --> 00:24:06,880
and them and they'll put in malfunctions

724
00:24:10,710 --> 00:24:08,960
like something broke up in space one of

725
00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:10,720
the boxes some of the computer something

726
00:24:14,310 --> 00:24:12,400
broke and we have to figure out how to

727
00:24:16,549 --> 00:24:14,320
handle that how to continue the mission

728
00:24:18,710 --> 00:24:16,559
whether or not we take it offline or try

729
00:24:20,950 --> 00:24:18,720
to put it back in the in the set

730
00:24:23,350 --> 00:24:20,960
we work with mission control and they

731
00:24:25,269 --> 00:24:23,360
analyze us and evaluate us and see how

732
00:24:27,269 --> 00:24:25,279
we do all together and we do this we'll

733
00:24:29,110 --> 00:24:27,279
do this a lot and right now it's in the

734
00:24:30,549 --> 00:24:29,120
in the infancy the growing process as

735
00:24:32,710 --> 00:24:30,559
we're actually learning how all the

736
00:24:35,269 --> 00:24:32,720
software works but once we figure that

737
00:24:37,110 --> 00:24:35,279
all out those guys will be coming up

738
00:24:38,549 --> 00:24:37,120
with evil scenarios that stick in there

739
00:24:40,149 --> 00:24:38,559
that will make it very hard but those

740
00:24:41,750 --> 00:24:40,159
are those taxing scenarios that we all

741
00:24:43,590 --> 00:24:41,760
need to do so we understand the vehicle

742
00:24:45,909 --> 00:24:43,600
inside and out and to be prepared and to

743
00:24:48,149 --> 00:24:45,919
be prepared yep i uh a good friend of

744
00:24:50,549 --> 00:24:48,159
mine is another naval aviator john

745
00:24:52,549 --> 00:24:50,559
harrington uh first native american in

746
00:24:54,950 --> 00:24:52,559
space uh and of course from the great

747
00:24:56,789 --> 00:24:54,960
state of oklahoma which is my home

748
00:24:59,269 --> 00:24:56,799
so i used to run the tulsa air and space

749
00:25:01,190 --> 00:24:59,279
museum and uh he was very helpful to me

750
00:25:02,950 --> 00:25:01,200
in those in those days and

751
00:25:05,269 --> 00:25:02,960
one day he was talking to me about his

752
00:25:06,630 --> 00:25:05,279
his shuttle flight and and he said you

753
00:25:08,149 --> 00:25:06,640
know it was amazing because they had

754
00:25:09,590 --> 00:25:08,159
done all of this training for all of

755
00:25:10,470 --> 00:25:09,600
this time getting ready for the shuttle

756
00:25:12,549 --> 00:25:10,480
flight

757
00:25:14,390 --> 00:25:12,559
and then on the day of launch

758
00:25:16,149 --> 00:25:14,400
nothing went wrong

759
00:25:18,230 --> 00:25:16,159
and he said it was it was it was a

760
00:25:19,830 --> 00:25:18,240
little nerve-wracking because you expect

761
00:25:21,029 --> 00:25:19,840
something you got to be doing something

762
00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:21,039
you got to be busy and he said nothing

763
00:25:25,430 --> 00:25:23,760
went wrong which means that

764
00:25:26,950 --> 00:25:25,440
obviously you guys are well prepared

765
00:25:29,350 --> 00:25:26,960
you've got a great crew of course we've

766
00:25:31,350 --> 00:25:29,360
got amazing engineers and scientists

767
00:25:33,990 --> 00:25:31,360
that are making it all come together

768
00:25:36,070 --> 00:25:34,000
and we're just so proud of you we're so

769
00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:36,080
grateful for your willing to step up in

770
00:25:41,110 --> 00:25:38,480
this new capacity after all both of you

771
00:25:42,710 --> 00:25:41,120
and all of the others have already done

772
00:25:44,789 --> 00:25:42,720
and of course this represents a great

773
00:25:47,830 --> 00:25:44,799
capability for the united states a lot

774
00:25:52,230 --> 00:25:49,909
launch is now an export for the united

775
00:25:53,909 --> 00:25:52,240
states it was only about five years ago

776
00:25:55,990 --> 00:25:53,919
we didn't have really any launch

777
00:25:58,549 --> 00:25:56,000
capability and now not only do we have

778
00:26:00,470 --> 00:25:58,559
domestic launch capability we have

779
00:26:01,990 --> 00:26:00,480
launch capabilities that we export to

780
00:26:03,830 --> 00:26:02,000
the rest of the world

781
00:26:06,070 --> 00:26:03,840
which uh you know

782
00:26:07,269 --> 00:26:06,080
it offsets the trade balance for our

783
00:26:09,350 --> 00:26:07,279
country

784
00:26:11,750 --> 00:26:09,360
and a lot of it is because of our

785
00:26:13,669 --> 00:26:11,760
development with commercial resupply to

786
00:26:15,750 --> 00:26:13,679
the international space station and

787
00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:15,760
getting those other customers on board

788
00:26:20,149 --> 00:26:17,760
for those specific rockets and

789
00:26:21,430 --> 00:26:20,159
spacecraft and and now we're going to go

790
00:26:23,590 --> 00:26:21,440
to the next step and it's not just

791
00:26:25,190 --> 00:26:23,600
resupply but it's commercial crew

792
00:26:27,029 --> 00:26:25,200
and uh and and

793
00:26:29,190 --> 00:26:27,039
and the two of you and so many others

794
00:26:31,430 --> 00:26:29,200
are involved in making this really an

795
00:26:32,870 --> 00:26:31,440
amazing capability for our country and

796
00:26:34,470 --> 00:26:32,880
it's not just about science and

797
00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:34,480
technology it's about

798
00:26:39,909 --> 00:26:37,840
um the american economy and exports and

799
00:26:41,510 --> 00:26:39,919
making available space to more people

800
00:26:42,549 --> 00:26:41,520
than ever before

801
00:26:44,870 --> 00:26:42,559
and that really is going to be

802
00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:44,880
transformative for all of humankind not

803
00:26:48,390 --> 00:26:46,240
just for the united states but for

804
00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:48,400
everybody so we're so grateful for you

805
00:26:51,750 --> 00:26:50,320
guys for for being here

806
00:26:53,110 --> 00:26:51,760
and i'm looking forward to getting in

807
00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:53,120
this simulator

808
00:26:57,909 --> 00:26:55,760
and uh seeing what it is and ultimately

809
00:26:59,269 --> 00:26:57,919
seeing if i can uh if i can dock with

810
00:27:00,950 --> 00:26:59,279
the international space station you

811
00:27:03,350 --> 00:27:00,960
won't have a problem you're ready ready

812
00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:03,360
to jump in ready to rock all right let's

813
00:27:12,789 --> 00:27:05,200
do it

814
00:27:16,950 --> 00:27:14,470
you see these things like dice in the

815
00:27:19,430 --> 00:27:16,960
picture yeah they're actually our key

816
00:27:21,029 --> 00:27:19,440
targets that our cameras are looking at

817
00:27:23,669 --> 00:27:21,039
and you can actually see there's a green

818
00:27:25,990 --> 00:27:23,679
line that's surrounding one of the

819
00:27:28,630 --> 00:27:26,000
one of the marks on the dust

820
00:27:30,470 --> 00:27:28,640
like that i feel like i'm afraid that

821
00:27:32,870 --> 00:27:30,480
oh you're doing good you're doing good

822
00:27:35,029 --> 00:27:32,880
should i slow down nope closure looks

823
00:27:36,149 --> 00:27:35,039
good you don't want to go too slow

824
00:27:37,430 --> 00:27:36,159
either coming in because you want to

825
00:27:40,870 --> 00:27:37,440
make sure that

826
00:27:43,110 --> 00:27:40,880
your contact you're good at 0.44

827
00:27:43,670 --> 00:27:43,120
about 3.2 meters

828
00:27:45,909 --> 00:27:43,680
thank you

829
00:27:47,350 --> 00:27:45,919
[Music]

830
00:27:50,710 --> 00:27:47,360
oh

831
00:27:54,870 --> 00:27:50,720
again that's just your circle getting

832
00:27:59,510 --> 00:27:57,029
give it a little time yeah just let it

833
00:28:02,870 --> 00:27:59,520
react when it comes coming back

834
00:28:07,750 --> 00:28:02,880
closure still looks good there you go

835
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,830
about two meters now looking real good

836
00:28:17,350 --> 00:28:13,590
you're good you're good

837
00:28:24,149 --> 00:28:17,360
remember you have that big magenta

838
00:28:24,159 --> 00:28:27,510
i think you got this one down

839
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:31,430
1.2 meters

840
00:28:35,510 --> 00:28:33,510
really good

841
00:28:37,590 --> 00:28:35,520
that looks good

842
00:28:39,110 --> 00:28:37,600
about half a meter

843
00:28:41,590 --> 00:28:39,120
nice

844
00:28:56,389 --> 00:28:41,600
i don't want it to run away on me 1.6

845
00:29:00,630 --> 00:28:58,870
you're in