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well good morning everybody and welcome

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to our live coverage of boeing's pad

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abort test we are coming to you live

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from the desert out at the white sands

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missile range in new mexico i'm nasa's

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dan hewitt and i have the privilege

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today to be joined by jessica landa with

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boeing for what's going to be a very

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exciting and dynamic morning that's

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right janet it's an absolute pleasure to

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be out here with you i mean it is such a

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beautiful morning today on the out of

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the desert and it could be a little

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warmer it could definitely be a little

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warmer we were struggling a couple of

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days ago weren't we but we just could

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not ask for a more beautiful morning for

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starliner's very first flight test pad

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abort which is really one of the last

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major milestones ahead of crew flight

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and there's going to be a lot of stuff

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happening really quickly and again it's

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going to be a really dynamic test so

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let's kind of paint a picture for what

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people are going to see today yeah so at

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this point we're about nine minutes away

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from liftoff and uh dan and i here we

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about five miles west of the test stand

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and the mission director center is

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another

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500 feet or so west of us so we did our

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launch minus 30 pole about

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was it 20 minutes ago all good

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all goes across the board the wind at

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this point that wind sock over there

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behind us is really barely moving winds

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slightly out of the east so we are

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looking really good and there's just uh

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there's a couple of key objectives that

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we're going to be looking for today what

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are we really because obviously we're

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going to see those launch abort engines

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fire that's going to be the first that's

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going to kick off a really quick

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sequence of this paddleboard yeah so

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absolutely so pad abort test is really

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a test of starliner's end-to-end

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functionality of our abort system so you

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know we have to make sure that we can

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keep the crew safe in the unlikely event

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that there's an emergency and

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starliner's abort system is really

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designed to be able to successfully

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abort in all phases of flight so not

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just on the pad but all the way up the

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ascent profile and you know we've tested

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the system at the component level we've

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tested at the you know subsystem level

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and now we're testing at the integrated

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system performance level so we really

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want to make sure that all these systems

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are going to work together um so that we

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can keep our crews safe so some of the

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things that you really want to keep

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in mind is we really want those launch

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abort engines to be able to propel that

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spacecraft um away from the the launch

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vehicle adapter that's actually right

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there at the pad uh today's filling in

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for united launch alliance's atlas v

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rocket so we've got four major launch

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board engines 40 000 pounds of thrust

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each and we've got um about a dozen or

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so omacs which are orbital maneuvering

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and attitude control thrusters 1500

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pounds each so we really want to see

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them propel that spacecraft safely away

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in the unlikely event of an emergency

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really look out for is is guidance

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navigation and control you know we

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really have to be in control of that

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spacecraft the whole time and it's got

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to go in the general direction that we

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need it to go right especially on on

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launch day if this were the real thing

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we've got to be able to make it over to

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the atlantic ocean

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and then you know all of our separation

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events have to work properly you got to

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see the parachute sequence

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you know jettison and and initiate

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correctly and then really one of the

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other main separation events that i just

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want to mention for you is you're going

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to see the service module separate from

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the crew module and that's a really

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critical separation event and i'm going

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to walk you through an animation here in

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just a minute but before i do that just

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keep in mind that service module is

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going to separate from the crew module

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it's going to free fall to the ground

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and some residual propellant that's left

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over in that vehicle may actually ignite

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and it may flame a little bit you might

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uh but that is exactly what we expect to

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happen uh keep in mind if this were the

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real thing it'd be landing in the ocean

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but today it's landing on the desert so

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if we see some extra fireworks today it

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is expected and that's that's you'll be

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seeing what we expect yeah so why don't

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we go through the animation yeah it's

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absolutely expected i mean this is going

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to be a really dynamic couple of minutes

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let me take you through it here

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so you're going to have those launch

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abort engines ignite those leds are

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going to fire for about five seconds

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those omacs are going to continue to

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fire intermittently for another five

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seconds that just gets the spacecraft in

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the right trajectory um and then just

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this is all going to go pretty fast

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before you know it the spacecraft is

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going to start to do its pitch around

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maneuver which gets itself in the proper

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orientation of land you're going to see

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that ascent cover and that forward heat

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shield jettison together followed by the

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parachute sequence two drogue parachutes

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parachutes deploy and really you know

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parachutes are really pulling double

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duty here because not only are they

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designed to bring the crew module safely

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they're also being jettisoned at the

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proper time are deployed at the proper

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time to to make sure the spacecraft is

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in the proper orientation to properly

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crew module but like i said you want to

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keep your eyes on that crew module

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because that's where our of course our

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precious cargo is

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about 60 seconds into flight that base

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heat shield is going to jettison and

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that allows for those gorgeous landing

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airbags to deploy you know keep in mind

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here starliner is going to be the very

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first american-made orbital crew capsule

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to land on land and you're going to get

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a bit of a preview of that today

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that's right and we've been out here a

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couple of times doing those landing

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tests one of the prime landing zones for

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style starliner is going to be here at

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the whitestone space harbor actually

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right by an old runway that the shuttle

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sts-3 so a lot of exciting stuff

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i mean this is this is a challenging

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test we're really putting the vehicle in

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kind of one of the most dynamic

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situations it could possibly be in

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europe you're simulating getting the

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crew out of

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an extremely dangerous situation and at

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nasa we have some pretty recent history

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with just how important systems like

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these are our astronaut nick hague

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just last year in october was on a

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russian soyuz spacecraft and

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it aborted while he was on his way

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uphill but he was able to land

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successfully thanks to an abort system

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along with his crewmate alexei of china

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so really important tests here today a

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really important system but it just

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feeds into what we need to do to make

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sure when we're ready to go put crew on

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one of these spacecraft they're going to

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be in a safe place oh absolutely you

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know i think the boeing team thinks

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about that all the time you know we are

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constantly thinking about safety and how

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we can absolutely make sure that our

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in the safest vehicle that we could

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possibly make you know i just want to

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you know show you some video actually uh

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from the starliner production factory in

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florida uh when back when they were

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signing the spacecraft um you know this

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the gentleman you see signing it here

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his name is kevin and he's one of our

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lead technicians he's told me before you

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know hey jess if something's not right

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i'm not going to sleep tonight i'm going

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to come in the next day and we're going

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to get it we're going to get it right

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um and you know you see here you've got

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president and ceo of boeing defense

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space and security leanne corette who is

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signing the spacecraft now you can see

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a little note to her father who actually

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worked on the apollo program

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leanne was actually born on the space

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coast so space heritage is is in her

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family and you know the entire boeing

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is behind space in this particular

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program yep and we're actually hearing

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on on our loops right now that they are

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going to be in a hold for a second we're

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going to take a few moments and figure

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out what's happening but we're still

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getting some great views of starliner on

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its pad

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with that service module so stay with us

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for just a couple of moments we'll get a

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new updated time on what our countdown

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yeah and again we are currently in a

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hold we're just still standing by to see

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what issue the teams are working we'll

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get a new t-zero time to you hopefully

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in just a little bit but we do have a

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three hour window today so seven o'clock

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mountain was right at the start of our

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window so there is plenty of time for

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the teams to you know take it slowly

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make sure they're not working any issues

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before we see starliner take to the air

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that's right and you know let's go ahead

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and talk a little bit about that team

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our flight director for today is

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actually alicia evans

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alicia led the team through starliner's

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environmental qualification

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testing a campaign that you know we

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really passed with flying colors so we

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are incredibly proud of alicia

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excited to hear her on the flight loop

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today um and then you'll also be hearing

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from jim harder he is our flight

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dynamics officer

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you're going to hear him coming up here

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in just a little bit go ahead and and

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give us all of the milestones as they

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happen during the test uh you know but

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you know why we wait i actually want to

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take us back and roll some video here of

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of the team rolling out the spacecraft

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to kind of get that video ready to go

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but you know one what was really

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one of the most hazardous and

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complicated operations that the team

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will do you see the spacecraft here

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coming out of the uh

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the fittiff which is our test facility

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here on site at launch complex 32 and

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you see it roll out

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of that of that building now this entire

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operation

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took they started about five o'clock in

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the morning it took them until about 10

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o'clock to kind of get it up into place

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but just think about it this is a fully

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fueled vehicle that they're rolling out

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here and i believe it was a hundred ton

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crane that they used to get it up onto

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the gantry

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and then you know they had to hand

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torque 278 bolts to get it in place uh

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so really really proud of the team there

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you know they had practiced for a couple

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of weeks jeff bertelsen who was our

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recovery lead for this test was telling

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us about it the other day and you know

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they practiced with some of what we call

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our boilerplate

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vehicles which are what we use to to

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practice our landing airbags and our

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parachutes with

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so just really proud of them and and

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they really got the job done yeah the

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rest of the team they've been on

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consoles since at least 10 o'clock of

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last night so they've been working

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through the overnight hours to get

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everything ready for our test today

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again we have a three hour window it

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just opened at seven teams if you're

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just now joining they are taking a look

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at a couple of things on the spacecraft

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so we're waiting on a t z t minus zero

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but as soon as we hear it we will be

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letting you know but still grading

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getting some great views we're going to

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have views via some tracking cameras

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from the white sands folks here at

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wismer they do a lot of missile testing

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and things like that so they have things

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they have these cameras that can track

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things going very fast through the air

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so it's perfect for a test like today

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and this is also going to be one of the

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prime landing sites if not the prime for

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starliner once it's flying you know i

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gotta say the white sands missile range

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and white sands they're just incredible

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partners of ours the united states army

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we really could not do it without them

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you know they're so such an integral an

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integral part of the starliner team you

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know like you said we've got two landing

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zones here at white sands

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this is also

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where we we do our parachute testing

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right on the other side of the mountain

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here

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our service module hot fire test and of

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course our paddle board test today so we

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could not do it without the the us army

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and white sands uh their incredible

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partners of ours and from what i

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understand you uh you're pretty familiar

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with white sands as well are you not

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yeah we actually used the exact same

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stand for our orion spacecraft's

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paddleboard a few years ago

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and i've had the opportunity to come out

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with the boeing teams a couple of times

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now to do these practices for landing

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and recovery it's really exciting i've

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got some experience doing it over in

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kazakhstan with the russian soyuz this

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is completely different completely

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different environment completely

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different team

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but it's really exciting it's usually a

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little bit warmer when we're out here i

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think it usually gets up around 100

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during the summer because we've been out

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here in july and august it's a little

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cooler this morning but it's not too bad

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and we haven't had any weather

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constraints as we heard earlier no we

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have not

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you know i think um you know it did get

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a little cold so i know the team was

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looking at our helium tanks you know

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wanting to make sure that they stay at

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the right temperature uh overnight and

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you know we do have a little bit of a of

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a wind constraints 15 knots but that's

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really just that we can get the gantry

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rolled back um so you know this the

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weather has been has been fine and and

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um you know it's i'm really excited to

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watch this test happen because you know

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we're going to go about what 650 miles

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an hour and probably about five seconds

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there's going to be so many dynamic

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events happening that we're going to get

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data on

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during this two-minute test

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and i know this is one in particular

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that the team's really excited to see

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happen

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that's right and again if you're just

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joining us we are waiting on a new

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t-minus zero so new launch time for the

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pad abort does sound like we're getting

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close we're gonna just pause for a

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moment listen in and then we should be

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able to get you that new launch time in

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all right

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new t-minus zero time we're now looking

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at 715 mountain

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9 15.

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yep it looks like the team was just

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taking another look at uh propellant

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pressurization when i take another look

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at what they saw on screen and they say

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hey you know we're we're still doing

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okay so we're going to go ahead and just

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uh reset to 7 15

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and that is taking a look at the clock

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here

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that is not too far away at all is it um

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yeah we should

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and again if you're just joining our

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original t zero was seven worked a quick

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prop issue now we're good to go at 7 15.

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if you want why don't we show them again

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because this is going to be a really

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dynamic a really quick test as jessica

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said 650 miles an hour in just five

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seconds so that thing's going to shoot

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off that pad really quickly yeah and why

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don't you walk us through again one more

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absolutely so and that's exactly what we

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want to see right we want to see all

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those launch board engines fire with

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those omax and we want to see that

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spacecraft really shoot off that launch

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pad

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like you said 650 miles an hour in about

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five seconds

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we're going to hit apogee here pretty

430
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quickly i think we hit it in about 19

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seconds we're going to start to make

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that pitch around maneuver that just

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gets the spacecraft in the right

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orientation to open up that landing

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sequence

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and that's initiated really by when once

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you see that ascent cover and forward

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heat shield come off that really allows

439
00:18:59,350 --> 00:18:56,799
the parachute sequence to begin you're

440
00:19:00,950 --> 00:18:59,360
going to see two drogue parachutes

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followed by three

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pilot shoots and

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that really just bring out the mains

444
00:19:08,549 --> 00:19:06,799
there and again those those parachutes

445
00:19:10,630 --> 00:19:08,559
they're really pulling double duty here

446
00:19:12,150 --> 00:19:10,640
for this test not only do they have

447
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extra weight of the service module

448
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attached right and their their main job

449
00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:16,000
is really to make sure that they bring

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that crew module down slowly and safely

451
00:19:22,390 --> 00:19:19,760
but in addition to that they're

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deploying at a certain time that kind of

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pulls the spacecraft back and gets it in

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a proper orientation to safely uh

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release that service module and then

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you're gonna see you know that bucket

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handle release like you just saw uh

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that's uh that's also pretty critical

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that allows us to you know come down

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nicely in a stable one which is just

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right on the top of our airbags um and

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then you you would see that base heat

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shield jettison which allows those

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landing airbags to deploy uh and i gotta

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tell you i'm really really looking

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forward to seeing that today you know

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our team has worked so hard to make sure

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we can design a system that is safe and

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is also one that's reusable and landing

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on land you know these starliner crew

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modules are reusable spacecraft

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and one of the ways that we're able to

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do that is because we land on land

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yeah and important to

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add again for people the service module

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is going to come off and it is going to

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impact the ground and there will be some

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residual fuel on board that may ignite

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so if you see that it is totally

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expected and as we talked about they're

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going to land on land for the real thing

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but if we were in a paddle board

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scenario on a real day they have the

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atlantic ocean that they'd be going over

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so that service module will be dropping

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in the water followed shortly after by

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the crew capsule under the parachutes

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that's correct and you know we can talk

489
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just a little bit too about how uh the

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team plans to do some of the recovery

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after today's test is complete

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so the the crew module of course will be

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recovered taken back to launch complex

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32 for evaluation and analysis and we

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really want to make sure

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that we get all the data back off that

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that crew module we do we are flying an

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anthropomorphic test dummy in there and

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so we want to get all the data back from

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from our atd as well and that data is

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00:21:08,070 --> 00:21:06,960
really critical so we're going to go out

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we're going to recover it we'll bring it

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back to the launch site for for

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evaluation and analysis now the service

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module's a little different uh and a

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combined team of boeing uh the u.s army

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and an environmental and industrial

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services company called clean arbors is

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actually going to go out we're going to

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save the vehicle

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and then properly dispose of it and i

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think that is going to be a process that

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will take probably uh two or three days

514
00:21:33,510 --> 00:21:31,440
you know we do have some data that we're

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hoping to get off the service module too

516
00:21:37,750 --> 00:21:35,679
uh but i guess that'll depend on the

517
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state that it's in yeah but

518
00:21:41,430 --> 00:21:39,760
we're less than five minutes away again

519
00:21:45,430 --> 00:21:41,440
that launch time right now is set for

520
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715 mountain 915 eastern time in just a

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couple of minutes we're going to bring

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up the the actual launch control loop

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where you're going to be able to hear

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00:21:52,950 --> 00:21:51,919
the flight director and some of the

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00:21:54,470 --> 00:21:52,960
other folks

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00:21:56,070 --> 00:21:54,480
again walk us through who's who are we

527
00:21:57,750 --> 00:21:56,080
going to be hearing on these loops this

528
00:22:00,149 --> 00:21:57,760
morning yeah so once again you're going

529
00:22:02,549 --> 00:22:00,159
to be hearing from alicia evans she is

530
00:22:03,830 --> 00:22:02,559
our flight director today and alicia

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like i said before a letter

532
00:22:07,909 --> 00:22:05,440
environmental qualification test

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00:22:09,590 --> 00:22:07,919
campaign and that was a really critical

534
00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:09,600
uh test campaign for us because what we

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00:22:12,470 --> 00:22:11,440
do is we go ahead and we build a full

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00:22:14,310 --> 00:22:12,480
spacecraft

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and then we send it off to california

538
00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:17,120
our folks at el segundo out there

539
00:22:21,750 --> 00:22:19,520
they were just amazing as for our

540
00:22:24,070 --> 00:22:21,760
environmental qualification campaign and

541
00:22:25,669 --> 00:22:24,080
what we do is we shake it and bake it as

542
00:22:27,510 --> 00:22:25,679
kind of what we say in the spacecraft

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00:22:28,950 --> 00:22:27,520
world where we make sure that we put it

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00:22:31,110 --> 00:22:28,960
through the exact same conditions that

545
00:22:33,590 --> 00:22:31,120
it's going to see on orbit we make sure

546
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that you know it can handle the you know

547
00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:36,400
the swings and temperature you know the

548
00:22:40,230 --> 00:22:38,400
you know radiation and all of those

549
00:22:41,909 --> 00:22:40,240
types of things and like i said past

550
00:22:44,630 --> 00:22:41,919
with flying colors alicia led that

551
00:22:46,710 --> 00:22:44,640
campaign she is now leading starliner's

552
00:22:48,630 --> 00:22:46,720
very first flight test

553
00:22:50,310 --> 00:22:48,640
we could not be more proud of her and

554
00:22:52,149 --> 00:22:50,320
then once again you're also going to

555
00:22:54,230 --> 00:22:52,159
hear from jim harder he is our flight

556
00:22:56,310 --> 00:22:54,240
dynamics officer today so you'll hear

557
00:22:57,669 --> 00:22:56,320
the liftoff line coming from alicia and

558
00:22:59,190 --> 00:22:57,679
then the rest of the events in this

559
00:22:59,990 --> 00:22:59,200
sequence you're going to hear from jim

560
00:23:02,870 --> 00:23:00,000
so

561
00:23:04,789 --> 00:23:02,880
at this point we are t minus two minutes

562
00:23:06,310 --> 00:23:04,799
and proceeding to launch so dan and i

563
00:23:07,510 --> 00:23:06,320
are gonna go on ahead and listen right

564
00:23:25,270 --> 00:23:07,520
on in with you

565
00:23:30,870 --> 00:23:26,870
light is slick

566
00:23:35,350 --> 00:23:34,070
copy that flick standby for final abort

567
00:23:55,430 --> 00:23:35,360
command

568
00:23:55,440 --> 00:24:05,669
l minus one minute and counting

569
00:24:05,679 --> 00:24:15,909
50 seconds

570
00:24:15,919 --> 00:24:25,669
40.

571
00:24:25,679 --> 00:24:35,990
30 seconds and counting

572
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:46,630
20 seconds and counting

573
00:24:48,470 --> 00:24:47,590
nine

574
00:24:49,510 --> 00:24:48,480
eight

575
00:24:50,549 --> 00:24:49,520
seven

576
00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:50,559
six

577
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:51,600
five

578
00:24:53,510 --> 00:24:52,400
four

579
00:24:54,470 --> 00:24:53,520
three

580
00:24:55,350 --> 00:24:54,480
two

581
00:25:01,029 --> 00:24:55,360
one

582
00:25:01,039 --> 00:25:04,549
lift off

583
00:25:09,990 --> 00:25:05,830
road complete

584
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,110
on track

585
00:25:19,190 --> 00:25:15,830
oh man cut off

586
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:34,149
40 kill parachute

587
00:25:34,159 --> 00:25:57,909
sm says

588
00:26:04,710 --> 00:26:01,190
two mains fully distribute

589
00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:17,510
airbags inflating

590
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:33,190
cm touchdown

591
00:26:39,029 --> 00:26:36,470
all right well we have starliner taking

592
00:26:40,950 --> 00:26:39,039
to flight for the very first time and

593
00:26:43,029 --> 00:26:40,960
touch touching down safely and

594
00:26:44,950 --> 00:26:43,039
beautifully on the desert floor

595
00:26:46,390 --> 00:26:44,960
that was just incredible dan it's kind

596
00:26:48,870 --> 00:26:46,400
of hard not to get a little bit

597
00:26:51,269 --> 00:26:48,880
emotional over here just watching it but

598
00:26:52,950 --> 00:26:51,279
that was that was phenomenal initial

599
00:26:55,269 --> 00:26:52,960
indication is that we've had a very

600
00:26:57,830 --> 00:26:55,279
successful paddleboard test today

601
00:26:59,029 --> 00:26:57,840
that's right it it went off it lit off

602
00:27:00,470 --> 00:26:59,039
and i mean when you're standing here

603
00:27:02,310 --> 00:27:00,480
watching it in person that thing's

604
00:27:04,070 --> 00:27:02,320
really moving when you see it get up off

605
00:27:06,310 --> 00:27:04,080
the pad and then the sound hits you

606
00:27:08,870 --> 00:27:06,320
about five or six seconds later you just

607
00:27:10,390 --> 00:27:08,880
get that rumble across the desert floor

608
00:27:12,710 --> 00:27:10,400
as starliner is already streaking

609
00:27:14,549 --> 00:27:12,720
through the sky absolutely and to see it

610
00:27:17,190 --> 00:27:14,559
touch down like that now you did see

611
00:27:19,110 --> 00:27:17,200
touchdown under two good mains um which

612
00:27:20,950 --> 00:27:19,120
is is certainly within the bounds of the

613
00:27:22,789 --> 00:27:20,960
acceptable uh

614
00:27:24,789 --> 00:27:22,799
acceptable bounds for this particular

615
00:27:26,950 --> 00:27:24,799
test we have tested with two good mains

616
00:27:29,110 --> 00:27:26,960
and qualification and that is acceptable

617
00:27:30,630 --> 00:27:29,120
for our landing sequence

618
00:27:32,789 --> 00:27:30,640
so this was just incredible it was

619
00:27:34,870 --> 00:27:32,799
incredible to watch this test

620
00:27:36,950 --> 00:27:34,880
and it was just absolutely unbelievable

621
00:27:39,590 --> 00:27:36,960
just a little look at a replay here

622
00:27:42,710 --> 00:27:39,600
again i hope you didn't blink uh because

623
00:27:44,470 --> 00:27:42,720
650 miles an hour in five seconds uh

624
00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:44,480
that thing sure did shoot off a test

625
00:27:48,149 --> 00:27:45,840
stand didn't it

626
00:27:51,029 --> 00:27:48,159
um you have those the launch abort

627
00:27:53,190 --> 00:27:51,039
engines firing uh those four launch port

628
00:27:56,630 --> 00:27:53,200
engines 40 000 pounds of thrust off the

629
00:27:58,870 --> 00:27:56,640
stand omax uh another 1500 pounds of

630
00:28:02,470 --> 00:27:58,880
thrust each on those those continue to

631
00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:02,480
continue to fire you saw them

632
00:28:05,909 --> 00:28:04,559
the pilot parachutes pulling out the

633
00:28:08,950 --> 00:28:05,919
mains there after that pitch around

634
00:28:10,710 --> 00:28:08,960
maneuver um and and then of course you

635
00:28:13,269 --> 00:28:10,720
saw the service module at some point

636
00:28:18,470 --> 00:28:14,070
and

637
00:28:20,710 --> 00:28:18,480
beautiful site parachutes really do

638
00:28:22,310 --> 00:28:20,720
doing their job here in terms of making

639
00:28:24,230 --> 00:28:22,320
sure that they they can get the

640
00:28:26,149 --> 00:28:24,240
spacecraft in the right orientation to

641
00:28:28,389 --> 00:28:26,159
safely release that service module down

642
00:28:30,950 --> 00:28:28,399
to the ground um and of course you know

643
00:28:32,630 --> 00:28:30,960
we want to keep our eyes on on

644
00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:32,640
that that crew module you know i think

645
00:28:36,950 --> 00:28:34,720
our our folks uh back in florida are

646
00:28:39,029 --> 00:28:36,960
going to be really interested uh to see

647
00:28:39,990 --> 00:28:39,039
the data come out of this test today for

648
00:28:41,830 --> 00:28:40,000
sure

649
00:28:43,350 --> 00:28:41,840
and again we saw two two out of three

650
00:28:46,070 --> 00:28:43,360
parachutes but that is a stable

651
00:28:47,590 --> 00:28:46,080
condition and that's just kind of goes

652
00:28:49,190 --> 00:28:47,600
into what we have in space flight

653
00:28:50,789 --> 00:28:49,200
redundancy yeah if you've ever

654
00:28:52,389 --> 00:28:50,799
absolutely been around anyone from nasa

655
00:28:54,389 --> 00:28:52,399
or boeing or any of the space companies

656
00:28:55,830 --> 00:28:54,399
redundancy redundancy we have backups

657
00:28:57,909 --> 00:28:55,840
for our backups that whole thing and

658
00:28:59,990 --> 00:28:57,919
that's just really a great example of

659
00:29:02,389 --> 00:29:00,000
how you're able to work even when things

660
00:29:04,789 --> 00:29:02,399
don't go exactly as their design yep and

661
00:29:06,470 --> 00:29:04,799
actually we could have we um

662
00:29:09,029 --> 00:29:06,480
you know our fault tolerance on that is

663
00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:09,039
really you know one one drove out as

664
00:29:14,149 --> 00:29:11,760
well as is one main out so we do have

665
00:29:16,310 --> 00:29:14,159
redundancy like you said built in

666
00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:16,320
and it's just again i it's just so

667
00:29:20,549 --> 00:29:18,000
incredible to see

668
00:29:22,389 --> 00:29:20,559
those landing airbags uh on our

669
00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:22,399
spacecraft touchdown

670
00:29:26,710 --> 00:29:23,840
you know it's going to be incredible to

671
00:29:28,070 --> 00:29:26,720
watch it on a return to mission um here

672
00:29:30,230 --> 00:29:28,080
coming up

673
00:29:33,350 --> 00:29:30,240
right around the corner december

674
00:29:35,350 --> 00:29:33,360
17th yep absolutely you know

675
00:29:37,590 --> 00:29:35,360
to i know i just want to give a quick

676
00:29:39,350 --> 00:29:37,600
shout out to our folks

677
00:29:40,870 --> 00:29:39,360
at the starliner production factory in

678
00:29:43,029 --> 00:29:40,880
florida that i know are watching right

679
00:29:44,389 --> 00:29:43,039
now also our folks in houston that are

680
00:29:45,669 --> 00:29:44,399
watching and our folks all around the

681
00:29:47,830 --> 00:29:45,679
country

682
00:29:50,310 --> 00:29:47,840
you know they have worked so incredibly

683
00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:50,320
hard for this moment today

684
00:29:55,990 --> 00:29:53,760
and to see a spacecraft that they built

685
00:29:58,630 --> 00:29:56,000
on it on a launch pad for the very first

686
00:30:00,630 --> 00:29:58,640
time just means so incredibly much and

687
00:30:02,630 --> 00:30:00,640
and i'll tell you what you guys was just

688
00:30:04,149 --> 00:30:02,640
as beautiful in person as you would as

689
00:30:06,070 --> 00:30:04,159
as you would imagine

690
00:30:07,909 --> 00:30:06,080
yeah but i mean

691
00:30:09,750 --> 00:30:07,919
there it sits we'll we'll continue

692
00:30:11,029 --> 00:30:09,760
giving some of these giving you some of

693
00:30:12,630 --> 00:30:11,039
these great views and maybe even a

694
00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:12,640
couple of replays we're going to hang

695
00:30:15,830 --> 00:30:14,320
out for a little bit we know that a

696
00:30:17,909 --> 00:30:15,840
couple of people were here watching

697
00:30:19,830 --> 00:30:17,919
including our first starliner crew

698
00:30:22,310 --> 00:30:19,840
that's right so we're hoping to get them

699
00:30:23,510 --> 00:30:22,320
over here in just a couple of minutes

700
00:30:25,190 --> 00:30:23,520
absolutely

701
00:30:26,630 --> 00:30:25,200
yeah and you know let me just again you

702
00:30:28,710 --> 00:30:26,640
know remind folks how we're going to be

703
00:30:30,389 --> 00:30:28,720
recovering the spacecraft today that

704
00:30:32,310 --> 00:30:30,399
crew module that you see there that's

705
00:30:34,230 --> 00:30:32,320
going to be recovered brought back to

706
00:30:36,149 --> 00:30:34,240
launch complex 32 for evaluation

707
00:30:37,430 --> 00:30:36,159
analysis again you know we want to make

708
00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:37,440
sure we get all the data off that

709
00:30:41,110 --> 00:30:39,520
spacecraft of course the initial

710
00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:41,120
indication here is that we've had a

711
00:30:45,909 --> 00:30:43,520
successful test but you know we really

712
00:30:47,990 --> 00:30:45,919
want to take a hard look at all the data

713
00:30:49,590 --> 00:30:48,000
and and hand that over to nasa and of

714
00:30:52,230 --> 00:30:49,600
course make sure that

715
00:30:56,789 --> 00:30:52,240
everything worked as well as it appeared

716
00:30:58,549 --> 00:30:56,799
to look to us and the the service module

717
00:31:00,149 --> 00:30:58,559
um is another

718
00:31:02,070 --> 00:31:00,159
going to be recovered slightly different

719
00:31:03,509 --> 00:31:02,080
like i said that we're going to get a

720
00:31:05,029 --> 00:31:03,519
little bit of data off that service

721
00:31:06,549 --> 00:31:05,039
module if we can depending on the

722
00:31:10,389 --> 00:31:06,559
condition that it's in

723
00:31:12,549 --> 00:31:10,399
but um a combined team of boeing the u.s

724
00:31:14,389 --> 00:31:12,559
army and an environmental and industrial

725
00:31:15,909 --> 00:31:14,399
services company called clean arbors

726
00:31:18,470 --> 00:31:15,919
they're going to go out we're going to

727
00:31:20,389 --> 00:31:18,480
safe that that vehicle and we're going

728
00:31:21,509 --> 00:31:20,399
to go ahead and properly dispose of it

729
00:31:23,110 --> 00:31:21,519
so

730
00:31:25,269 --> 00:31:23,120
really exciting the crew module of

731
00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:25,279
course we're going to keep around

732
00:31:29,669 --> 00:31:27,600
possible reuse you know there's

733
00:31:31,509 --> 00:31:29,679
of course flight hardware on there that

734
00:31:32,549 --> 00:31:31,519
we could potentially reuse if we needed

735
00:31:34,710 --> 00:31:32,559
to

736
00:31:37,110 --> 00:31:34,720
but you know once again the the key here

737
00:31:38,310 --> 00:31:37,120
is uh those crew modules are reusable

738
00:31:41,110 --> 00:31:38,320
vehicles

739
00:31:43,350 --> 00:31:41,120
uh you know we have uh two uh additional

740
00:31:45,830 --> 00:31:43,360
spacecraft back at our uh production

741
00:31:47,750 --> 00:31:45,840
facility in florida of course the the

742
00:31:49,590 --> 00:31:47,760
starliner that's going to be

743
00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:49,600
launching here in december

744
00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:51,519
for our first uncrewed orbital flight

745
00:31:55,909 --> 00:31:53,760
test to the international space station

746
00:31:58,149 --> 00:31:55,919
and then we have the spacecraft uh that

747
00:31:59,990 --> 00:31:58,159
is going to launch crew it was actually

748
00:32:01,990 --> 00:32:00,000
the very first spacecraft that we built

749
00:32:05,990 --> 00:32:02,000
sent out for environmental qualification

750
00:32:07,350 --> 00:32:06,000
testing that alicia was a part of and um

751
00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:07,360
and we've got that spacecraft in the

752
00:32:12,950 --> 00:32:08,960
factory as well in fact you might have

753
00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:12,960
seen uh some photo of uh

754
00:32:19,350 --> 00:32:16,640
of our orbital flight test vehicle

755
00:32:21,350 --> 00:32:19,360
complete and fully fully built and

756
00:32:23,110 --> 00:32:21,360
actually rolling into one of our

757
00:32:25,909 --> 00:32:23,120
hazardous

758
00:32:28,149 --> 00:32:25,919
processing areas for fueling getting

759
00:32:30,789 --> 00:32:28,159
ready to roll out to the pad every

760
00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:30,799
everything's on track for starliner's

761
00:32:34,389 --> 00:32:32,240
first flight two space into the

762
00:32:35,909 --> 00:32:34,399
international space station we've

763
00:32:38,389 --> 00:32:35,919
already put out some news on that right

764
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:38,399
now we're targeting december 17th so if

765
00:32:41,750 --> 00:32:39,600
you're going to be on the space coast

766
00:32:43,509 --> 00:32:41,760
around the holidays might be a good idea

767
00:32:46,310 --> 00:32:43,519
to come out for a rocket launch yep and

768
00:32:49,430 --> 00:32:46,320
hey i'll tell you this starliner is the

769
00:32:54,070 --> 00:32:51,830
human spacecraft both built and launched

770
00:32:55,750 --> 00:32:54,080
right in florida so if you live on the

771
00:32:57,430 --> 00:32:55,760
space coast we really hope to see you

772
00:32:59,029 --> 00:32:57,440
come on out and support your hometown

773
00:33:00,070 --> 00:32:59,039
girl and watch her fly

774
00:33:01,750 --> 00:33:00,080
because that's going to be really

775
00:33:03,350 --> 00:33:01,760
incredible yeah there's a couple of

776
00:33:05,190 --> 00:33:03,360
things just coming up over the next

777
00:33:07,750 --> 00:33:05,200
several weeks starliner itself is going

778
00:33:09,350 --> 00:33:07,760
to get fueled up in that c3pf that

779
00:33:11,110 --> 00:33:09,360
correct production facility where the

780
00:33:13,430 --> 00:33:11,120
starliner is being built following that

781
00:33:15,509 --> 00:33:13,440
it's going to get rolled over to the ula

782
00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:15,519
vertical integration facility i'm trying

783
00:33:19,830 --> 00:33:17,360
to get all my acronyms right hey you're

784
00:33:22,149 --> 00:33:19,840
doing a good job uh ula actually

785
00:33:23,750 --> 00:33:22,159
stacking the rocket today so getting it

786
00:33:26,389 --> 00:33:23,760
ready again we're targeting december

787
00:33:28,389 --> 00:33:26,399
17th for that launch it'll be a flight

788
00:33:29,909 --> 00:33:28,399
up to the space station it'll get there

789
00:33:32,070 --> 00:33:29,919
in just about a day i think is the

790
00:33:34,149 --> 00:33:32,080
latest dynamics that can change

791
00:33:36,630 --> 00:33:34,159
depending on what where the station's

792
00:33:39,029 --> 00:33:36,640
altitude is over time it'll be about a

793
00:33:40,630 --> 00:33:39,039
day up there it'll dock

794
00:33:42,389 --> 00:33:40,640
it'll be the first successful docking of

795
00:33:43,750 --> 00:33:42,399
starliner you'll have it there for a

796
00:33:45,750 --> 00:33:43,760
couple of days and then we'll meet it

797
00:33:48,710 --> 00:33:45,760
right back here just a couple of days

798
00:33:50,470 --> 00:33:48,720
after yeah absolutely uh you know it's

799
00:33:52,389 --> 00:33:50,480
it's really incredible taking another

800
00:33:54,470 --> 00:33:52,399
look here at this crew module on the on

801
00:33:57,430 --> 00:33:54,480
the desert floor you know very first

802
00:34:00,230 --> 00:33:57,440
time starliner takes flight uh just with

803
00:34:03,669 --> 00:34:00,240
i mean it i gotta say you know to to see

804
00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:03,679
it come down uh and touch down on on the

805
00:34:07,350 --> 00:34:05,120
on the desert there under those landing

806
00:34:08,950 --> 00:34:07,360
airbags it just is it we're going to be

807
00:34:11,270 --> 00:34:08,960
making history when it does that on a

808
00:34:13,349 --> 00:34:11,280
return to space mission uh here coming

809
00:34:15,829 --> 00:34:13,359
up in december like you said uh but to

810
00:34:17,349 --> 00:34:15,839
see it today it's it's hard not to get a

811
00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:17,359
little bit emotional just knowing the

812
00:34:21,669 --> 00:34:19,200
folks back at home who have just put

813
00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:21,679
their hearts and souls into this uh you

814
00:34:25,030 --> 00:34:23,280
know it's funny because we i showed a

815
00:34:27,270 --> 00:34:25,040
little bit of footage of the spacecraft

816
00:34:28,869 --> 00:34:27,280
being signed in florida uh before and

817
00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:28,879
and i you know i talked a little bit

818
00:34:33,109 --> 00:34:30,320
about kevin i don't think i mentioned

819
00:34:35,430 --> 00:34:33,119
jonna who was also in that uh that that

820
00:34:37,430 --> 00:34:35,440
file footage and here's a really funny

821
00:34:38,950 --> 00:34:37,440
uh fact about her you know her her

822
00:34:41,669 --> 00:34:38,960
daughter actually says that the

823
00:34:44,710 --> 00:34:41,679
spacecraft is her younger brother

824
00:34:46,790 --> 00:34:44,720
because her mom just spends you know so

825
00:34:47,589 --> 00:34:46,800
much time the dedication that she's put

826
00:34:50,310 --> 00:34:47,599
into

827
00:34:52,629 --> 00:34:50,320
the spacecraft as one of our lead wiring

828
00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:52,639
technicians and you know it's just the

829
00:34:56,389 --> 00:34:54,560
the starlight and production factory

830
00:34:58,230 --> 00:34:56,399
folks in florida folks in houston and

831
00:35:00,150 --> 00:34:58,240
all across the country who've helped us

832
00:35:03,030 --> 00:35:00,160
out and have just put their hearts and

833
00:35:06,710 --> 00:35:03,040
souls into this program um are full of

834
00:35:08,470 --> 00:35:06,720
folks like kevin and jonna and you know

835
00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:08,480
really hoping that they are

836
00:35:11,430 --> 00:35:09,520
just

837
00:35:13,430 --> 00:35:11,440
grinning from ear to ear this morning

838
00:35:15,349 --> 00:35:13,440
and getting ready to celebrate

839
00:35:17,589 --> 00:35:15,359
and again if you're just now tuning in

840
00:35:19,589 --> 00:35:17,599
you are looking at starliner it's on the

841
00:35:21,910 --> 00:35:19,599
desert floor that paddleboard was done

842
00:35:25,349 --> 00:35:21,920
successfully our t-zero's our launch

843
00:35:27,349 --> 00:35:25,359
time was 7 15 a.m mountain 9 15 a.m

844
00:35:29,510 --> 00:35:27,359
eastern if you didn't catch it we'll

845
00:35:31,430 --> 00:35:29,520
have some more replays coming up for you

846
00:35:33,270 --> 00:35:31,440
because it was over in a flash i think

847
00:35:35,910 --> 00:35:33,280
it was from start to finish it's only

848
00:35:38,550 --> 00:35:35,920
about a 95 second test or so so it's

849
00:35:40,470 --> 00:35:38,560
over quick but we got to see all of the

850
00:35:42,390 --> 00:35:40,480
events happen in sequence those four

851
00:35:44,390 --> 00:35:42,400
launch abort engines firing throwing

852
00:35:45,270 --> 00:35:44,400
starliner up in the air away from the

853
00:35:46,630 --> 00:35:45,280
pad

854
00:35:48,630 --> 00:35:46,640
and then getting in the right

855
00:35:50,710 --> 00:35:48,640
orientation pitching around using those

856
00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:50,720
thrusters on the side getting good

857
00:35:54,790 --> 00:35:52,560
shoots there are good drugs out the

858
00:35:56,630 --> 00:35:54,800
service modules separating correct

859
00:35:58,790 --> 00:35:56,640
everything looked fantastic this morning

860
00:36:00,950 --> 00:35:58,800
two good mains so still in a stable

861
00:36:03,190 --> 00:36:00,960
configuration yep their bags inflating

862
00:36:05,910 --> 00:36:03,200
and touching right down on the desert

863
00:36:07,030 --> 00:36:05,920
floor and like we said those uh two good

864
00:36:08,710 --> 00:36:07,040
mains are

865
00:36:10,470 --> 00:36:08,720
certainly within the acceptable bounds

866
00:36:13,030 --> 00:36:10,480
of this test here here we go gonna

867
00:36:15,430 --> 00:36:13,040
replay it again here

868
00:36:16,790 --> 00:36:15,440
for you so just in case you're just now

869
00:36:17,670 --> 00:36:16,800
tuning in

870
00:36:19,190 --> 00:36:17,680
um

871
00:36:21,430 --> 00:36:19,200
you know that this point you know you

872
00:36:22,390 --> 00:36:21,440
see that pitch around maneuver happen

873
00:36:23,670 --> 00:36:22,400
um

874
00:36:29,589 --> 00:36:23,680
and

875
00:36:32,470 --> 00:36:29,599
parachute sequence

876
00:36:34,790 --> 00:36:32,480
um you saw those uh look to be those two

877
00:36:36,150 --> 00:36:34,800
drugs followed by those three pilots

878
00:36:38,150 --> 00:36:36,160
here come

879
00:36:41,030 --> 00:36:38,160
the mains

880
00:36:44,230 --> 00:36:41,040
and uh as we

881
00:36:47,030 --> 00:36:44,240
um continue to to replay that here i'm

882
00:36:50,150 --> 00:36:47,040
just gonna go ahead and get folks uh

883
00:36:52,790 --> 00:36:50,160
excited here getting ready to welcome

884
00:36:55,510 --> 00:36:52,800
the crew flight test crew

885
00:36:56,870 --> 00:36:55,520
boeing and starliner astronauts they've

886
00:36:58,630 --> 00:36:56,880
just pulled up we're going to go ahead

887
00:37:01,670 --> 00:36:58,640
and talk to them

888
00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:01,680
go ahead and get them

889
00:37:06,310 --> 00:37:04,160
hey come on in guys come on over

890
00:37:08,860 --> 00:37:06,320
yeah we're going to get everybody

891
00:37:11,670 --> 00:37:08,870
come on over

892
00:37:13,349 --> 00:37:11,680
[Music]

893
00:37:15,349 --> 00:37:13,359
okay come on over mikey come on over

894
00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:15,359
here with me nicole go ahead and get in

895
00:37:19,750 --> 00:37:18,079
the middle of these guys

896
00:37:24,630 --> 00:37:19,760
um

897
00:37:27,829 --> 00:37:24,640
dan and i were out here i know you guys

898
00:37:30,550 --> 00:37:27,839
were watching uh the test nearby um this

899
00:37:32,790 --> 00:37:30,560
of course is the boeing starliner crew

900
00:37:35,030 --> 00:37:32,800
flight test crew

901
00:37:37,510 --> 00:37:35,040
we've got boeing's astronaut chris

902
00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:37,520
ferguson nasa astronaut nicole mann and

903
00:37:40,870 --> 00:37:39,200
and mike fink and let me just start with

904
00:37:44,470 --> 00:37:40,880
this guy because this is really this

905
00:37:47,589 --> 00:37:44,480
here is space flight legend uh mike fink

906
00:37:49,589 --> 00:37:47,599
this will be his his fourth time up to

907
00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:49,599
space on starliner here coming up on our

908
00:37:54,310 --> 00:37:51,680
crew flight test but in addition to that

909
00:37:56,470 --> 00:37:54,320
this is actually going to be your third

910
00:37:58,470 --> 00:37:56,480
vehicle so as rare as it is to be an

911
00:38:00,870 --> 00:37:58,480
astronaut it's even more rare to fly on

912
00:38:03,910 --> 00:38:00,880
your third vehicle so what were your

913
00:38:05,990 --> 00:38:03,920
impressions today of today's test well

914
00:38:07,990 --> 00:38:06,000
today was really amazing we hope we

915
00:38:10,470 --> 00:38:08,000
never need to use this system but in

916
00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:10,480
case we ever have any trouble aboard the

917
00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:13,200
the beautiful atlas 5 on the launch pad

918
00:38:16,870 --> 00:38:15,040
we note after today's test that we'll be

919
00:38:19,030 --> 00:38:16,880
able to get off safely and then come

920
00:38:21,190 --> 00:38:19,040
back and try again a different day so

921
00:38:23,430 --> 00:38:21,200
this uh shows that boeing is committed

922
00:38:26,230 --> 00:38:23,440
to safety and that we are really looking

923
00:38:27,910 --> 00:38:26,240
forward uh to flying on a safe

924
00:38:29,829 --> 00:38:27,920
spacecraft and today she really showed

925
00:38:32,470 --> 00:38:29,839
it is beautiful so how's it going to

926
00:38:34,550 --> 00:38:32,480
feel for nasa to have a crew transport

927
00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:34,560
system once again well it's been a long

928
00:38:38,310 --> 00:38:36,240
time since we've launched out of the

929
00:38:40,710 --> 00:38:38,320
united states we really appreciate our

930
00:38:42,470 --> 00:38:40,720
our friends in in russia for having the

931
00:38:44,550 --> 00:38:42,480
launch vehicle on the soyuz i flew on it

932
00:38:46,870 --> 00:38:44,560
twice it's a great launch vehicle great

933
00:38:48,630 --> 00:38:46,880
spacecraft and uh but it's uh it's time

934
00:38:50,950 --> 00:38:48,640
to have more options and uh the

935
00:38:52,790 --> 00:38:50,960
commercial crew program is opening up a

936
00:38:54,630 --> 00:38:52,800
new industry for the united states and

937
00:38:56,470 --> 00:38:54,640
it's it's exciting time yeah you know

938
00:38:58,390 --> 00:38:56,480
i'll tell you i just i know we were

939
00:39:00,150 --> 00:38:58,400
together over in florida well you guys

940
00:39:02,230 --> 00:39:00,160
were there getting in the starliner

941
00:39:05,190 --> 00:39:02,240
vehicle and there was a moment where you

942
00:39:06,710 --> 00:39:05,200
were in the in the seat uh and you were

943
00:39:09,030 --> 00:39:06,720
kind of taking a look at the paneling

944
00:39:11,430 --> 00:39:09,040
and you know our human uh factor systems

945
00:39:12,790 --> 00:39:11,440
engineer uh selena doe part was there

946
00:39:13,589 --> 00:39:12,800
and you kind of turned to her and you

947
00:39:15,270 --> 00:39:13,599
said

948
00:39:16,950 --> 00:39:15,280
i see what you guys are doing here and

949
00:39:19,589 --> 00:39:16,960
it and it looks good with the paneling

950
00:39:21,589 --> 00:39:19,599
and i know she kind of was really moved

951
00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:21,599
by that comment i was in there i got a

952
00:39:25,349 --> 00:39:23,920
little choked up over it um it's just

953
00:39:27,349 --> 00:39:25,359
incredible to have you here and be a

954
00:39:29,510 --> 00:39:27,359
part of the team well thank you i am i'm

955
00:39:32,390 --> 00:39:29,520
glad to be part of the team also and so

956
00:39:34,390 --> 00:39:32,400
of course uh nasa astronaut nicole mann

957
00:39:38,390 --> 00:39:34,400
uh this will actually be her first time

958
00:39:40,069 --> 00:39:38,400
to space uh marine uh fighter pilot uh

959
00:39:42,870 --> 00:39:40,079
so at this point like i said you were

960
00:39:45,430 --> 00:39:42,880
you were just out to our recovery zone

961
00:39:47,349 --> 00:39:45,440
for mission dress rehearsal we saw you

962
00:39:48,870 --> 00:39:47,359
in florida is it starting to feel like

963
00:39:49,829 --> 00:39:48,880
uh launches around the corner at this

964
00:39:51,589 --> 00:39:49,839
point

965
00:39:53,349 --> 00:39:51,599
it's starting to feel really close it's

966
00:39:55,270 --> 00:39:53,359
amazing especially being here for the

967
00:39:57,270 --> 00:39:55,280
test we've had a chance to be in the

968
00:39:59,270 --> 00:39:57,280
vehicle quite a few times but down at

969
00:40:01,670 --> 00:39:59,280
the cape last week we were in the

970
00:40:04,069 --> 00:40:01,680
spacecraft and it was all finished out

971
00:40:05,990 --> 00:40:04,079
and all the final paneling was on and it

972
00:40:07,670 --> 00:40:06,000
looks a lot like our trainers and so

973
00:40:08,630 --> 00:40:07,680
it's that's that's good news we've been

974
00:40:10,230 --> 00:40:08,640
going through a lot of the training so

975
00:40:12,150 --> 00:40:10,240
it's nice to see the final products

976
00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:12,160
coming online and big milestones like

977
00:40:15,829 --> 00:40:13,839
the test today are just showing that

978
00:40:18,390 --> 00:40:15,839
we're getting a lot closer

979
00:40:20,069 --> 00:40:18,400
and then chris for you real quick so

980
00:40:22,470 --> 00:40:20,079
you closed out the shuttle program and

981
00:40:24,069 --> 00:40:22,480
then you came to boeing shortly after

982
00:40:25,829 --> 00:40:24,079
and i mean this program has been kind of

983
00:40:28,230 --> 00:40:25,839
your life for the last couple of years

984
00:40:29,990 --> 00:40:28,240
what's it like to now be standing here

985
00:40:31,349 --> 00:40:30,000
after starliner just took to the air for

986
00:40:33,910 --> 00:40:31,359
the first time

987
00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:33,920
um so i have i've envisioned what this

988
00:40:37,430 --> 00:40:35,520
day would look like

989
00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:37,440
you know i had this trajectory of what

990
00:40:41,750 --> 00:40:38,880
this pad abort would look like for a

991
00:40:44,870 --> 00:40:41,760
long time uh and to actually see it uh

992
00:40:46,790 --> 00:40:44,880
happen was just fantastic and it and it

993
00:40:49,829 --> 00:40:46,800
worked uh pretty much the way i had

994
00:40:52,069 --> 00:40:49,839
always envisioned uh and i really have

995
00:40:54,069 --> 00:40:52,079
to uh i gotta i gotta get take my hats

996
00:40:56,150 --> 00:40:54,079
off to the boeing team um

997
00:40:59,030 --> 00:40:56,160
you know as we speak uh of course we

998
00:41:00,790 --> 00:40:59,040
have this huge test going on uh today uh

999
00:41:03,430 --> 00:41:00,800
on the east coast we're fueling our

1000
00:41:05,349 --> 00:41:03,440
vehicle for the pad uh for the uh the

1001
00:41:06,790 --> 00:41:05,359
orbital flight test that will take place

1002
00:41:08,950 --> 00:41:06,800
in december

1003
00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:08,960
so on both coasts we have major

1004
00:41:13,109 --> 00:41:11,520
operations taking place to uh to restore

1005
00:41:14,710 --> 00:41:13,119
human space flight from uh from the

1006
00:41:16,069 --> 00:41:14,720
united states of america it's a very

1007
00:41:17,910 --> 00:41:16,079
proud moment for me should be a very

1008
00:41:20,230 --> 00:41:17,920
proud moment for the entire boeing team

1009
00:41:22,630 --> 00:41:20,240
who have made that made this happen and

1010
00:41:25,109 --> 00:41:22,640
uh you know hopefully our nasa customers

1011
00:41:27,349 --> 00:41:25,119
uh uh are equally happy with the

1012
00:41:28,470 --> 00:41:27,359
progress that we've made and uh it's you

1013
00:41:31,109 --> 00:41:28,480
know it's a great day for united states

1014
00:41:32,470 --> 00:41:31,119
of america that's right yeah as a nasa

1015
00:41:34,710 --> 00:41:32,480
guy it was great to be out here with the

1016
00:41:37,030 --> 00:41:34,720
boeing team i know we're all super

1017
00:41:39,670 --> 00:41:37,040
excited too our nasa astronauts the

1018
00:41:41,109 --> 00:41:39,680
boeing team really a fantastic day we

1019
00:41:43,030 --> 00:41:41,119
don't we don't want to hold you guys up

1020
00:41:44,630 --> 00:41:43,040
too long i'm sure everybody wants to

1021
00:41:46,470 --> 00:41:44,640
start celebrating this is a really

1022
00:41:47,990 --> 00:41:46,480
successful day so thanks for running

1023
00:41:49,430 --> 00:41:48,000
over real quick and having a couple of

1024
00:41:50,790 --> 00:41:49,440
minutes with us really appreciate it

1025
00:41:53,030 --> 00:41:50,800
thank you really thank you thanks

1026
00:41:55,430 --> 00:41:53,040
excited to be here all right absolutely

1027
00:41:56,950 --> 00:41:55,440
thank you thank you so much you guys so

1028
00:41:59,349 --> 00:41:56,960
that's a tv

1029
00:42:01,750 --> 00:41:59,359
that's right so at this point you know

1030
00:42:04,150 --> 00:42:01,760
it's what's up next for starliner our

1031
00:42:06,470 --> 00:42:04,160
uncrewed uh flight test to the

1032
00:42:08,710 --> 00:42:06,480
international space station slated for

1033
00:42:10,870 --> 00:42:08,720
december 17th can't wait for that so

1034
00:42:12,390 --> 00:42:10,880
excited i hope you all tune in

1035
00:42:13,910 --> 00:42:12,400
and watch us and like we said if you're

1036
00:42:15,510 --> 00:42:13,920
on the space coast you better come on

1037
00:42:17,430 --> 00:42:15,520
out and support your hometown girl

1038
00:42:19,109 --> 00:42:17,440
that's right and as we said there's a

1039
00:42:21,270 --> 00:42:19,119
couple of milestones leading up to that

1040
00:42:23,430 --> 00:42:21,280
spacecraft's being fueled pretty soon

1041
00:42:25,829 --> 00:42:23,440
it's going to be rolling out to ula's

1042
00:42:27,349 --> 00:42:25,839
law vehicle integration facility and

1043
00:42:28,550 --> 00:42:27,359
it'll actually get stacked on top of the

1044
00:42:30,630 --> 00:42:28,560
rocket we're looking for that in the

1045
00:42:32,710 --> 00:42:30,640
next couple of weeks so stay tuned again

1046
00:42:34,630 --> 00:42:32,720
you can follow boeing on social media at

1047
00:42:37,109 --> 00:42:34,640
owingspace.boeing.com

1048
00:42:39,750 --> 00:42:37,119
and then nasa nasa.gov and our various

1049
00:42:42,710 --> 00:42:39,760
social media sites including commercial

1050
00:42:45,109 --> 00:42:42,720
crew on twitter facebook instagram we're

1051
00:42:47,349 --> 00:42:45,119
everywhere so continue following along

1052
00:42:50,390 --> 00:42:47,359
thanks for waking up and watching this

1053
00:42:51,990 --> 00:42:50,400
today starliner's first flight test its

1054
00:42:54,150 --> 00:42:52,000
first time taking to the skies the

1055
00:42:55,990 --> 00:42:54,160
successful paddleboard this morning hey