1 00:00:01,568 --> 00:00:07,474 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:07,474 --> 00:00:08,174 >> TODAY, WE'RE AT 3 00:00:08,174 --> 00:00:09,142 THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, 4 00:00:09,142 --> 00:00:10,176 WHERE WE ARE DOING SOME 5 00:00:10,176 --> 00:00:13,213 REALLY AMAZING THINGS. 6 00:00:13,213 --> 00:00:14,114 IN JUST A FEW DAYS, 7 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:14,781 WE'RE GONNA LAUNCH 8 00:00:14,781 --> 00:00:16,950 THE BOEING STARLINER. 9 00:00:18,985 --> 00:00:19,686 WITH THE COMPLETION 10 00:00:19,686 --> 00:00:20,887 OF THIS TEST, 11 00:00:20,887 --> 00:00:22,489 WE WILL BE ONE STEP CLOSER TO 12 00:00:22,489 --> 00:00:24,290 LAUNCHING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS, 13 00:00:24,290 --> 00:00:25,692 ON AMERICAN ROCKETS FROM 14 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:27,794 AMERICAN SOIL FOR THE FIRST TIME 15 00:00:27,794 --> 00:00:28,695 SINCE THE RETIREMENT OF 16 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:31,131 THE SPACE SHUTTLES IN 2011. 17 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:46,613 [ MUSIC ] 18 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:47,447 >> ALL RIGHT, WELL GOOD MORNING, 19 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:48,581 AND WELCOME TO, UH, 20 00:00:48,581 --> 00:00:49,749 THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, 21 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:50,750 AMERICA'S PREMIERE 22 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:52,419 MULTI-USER SPACEPORT. 23 00:00:52,419 --> 00:00:53,653 IT IS ABSOLUTELY GREAT 24 00:00:53,653 --> 00:00:55,221 HERE TODAY GETTING READY FOR, 25 00:00:55,221 --> 00:00:56,790 UH, BOEING'S COMMERCIAL CREW 26 00:00:56,790 --> 00:00:58,992 LAUNCH OF THE STARLINER. 27 00:00:58,992 --> 00:01:00,460 UH, I CAN'T-- I CAN'T SAY 28 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:01,494 ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT WHAT 29 00:01:01,494 --> 00:01:02,896 WE'RE DOING HERE AT KSC. 30 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:03,963 I THINK IT'S PRETTY AMAZING 31 00:01:03,963 --> 00:01:04,631 WHEN YOU LOOK OUT AT 32 00:01:04,631 --> 00:01:05,999 ALL THAT'S GOIN' ON. 33 00:01:05,999 --> 00:01:08,501 AND TODAY WE'VE GOT OUR NASA 34 00:01:08,501 --> 00:01:10,837 ADMINISTRATOR JIM BRIDENSTINE. 35 00:01:10,837 --> 00:01:12,472 AND THIS AWESOME BOEING 36 00:01:12,472 --> 00:01:14,707 COMMERCIAL CREW COTERIE. 37 00:01:17,610 --> 00:01:18,478 >> I REMEMBER IT WASN'T TOO 38 00:01:18,478 --> 00:01:19,612 LONG AGO, IT WAS ANNOUNCED 39 00:01:19,612 --> 00:01:20,547 THAT THE SPACE SHUTTLES 40 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:22,315 WERE GONNA RETIRE, UH, 41 00:01:22,315 --> 00:01:23,850 THE CONSTELLATION PROGRAM 42 00:01:23,850 --> 00:01:25,485 WAS GONNA BE CANCELED, 43 00:01:25,485 --> 00:01:26,152 AND OF COURSE HERE 44 00:01:26,152 --> 00:01:27,187 AT THE SPACE COAST 45 00:01:27,187 --> 00:01:28,922 IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, UH, 46 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:30,323 THERE WAS A LOTTA CONCERNS AND 47 00:01:30,323 --> 00:01:32,292 A LOTTA FAMILIES WERE HURTING. 48 00:01:32,292 --> 00:01:33,293 BUT BOB, BECAUSE OF YOUR 49 00:01:33,293 --> 00:01:34,260 LEADERSHIP AND THE GREAT 50 00:01:34,260 --> 00:01:35,428 THINGS YOU'VE DONE, 51 00:01:35,428 --> 00:01:37,030 YOU'VE TRANSFORMED THIS FACILITY 52 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:39,199 INTO A MULTI-USER SPACEPORT, 53 00:01:39,199 --> 00:01:40,200 WHERE WE'VE GOT COMMERCIAL 54 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,201 ACTIVITIES HAPPENING 55 00:01:41,201 --> 00:01:42,068 SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH 56 00:01:42,068 --> 00:01:43,603 GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES. 57 00:01:43,603 --> 00:01:44,838 THESE ARE VERY EXCITING TIMES 58 00:01:44,838 --> 00:01:46,473 FOR THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 59 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:46,973 VERY EXCITING TIMES 60 00:01:46,973 --> 00:01:49,476 FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA. 61 00:01:56,015 --> 00:01:56,549 >> HOW ARE YOU, SIR? 62 00:01:56,549 --> 00:01:57,183 >> HEY, GOOD TO SEE YOU. 63 00:01:57,183 --> 00:01:57,817 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. 64 00:01:57,817 --> 00:01:58,685 THANKS FOR BEIN' HERE. 65 00:01:58,685 --> 00:01:59,919 >> KATIE. 66 00:01:59,919 --> 00:02:00,487 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, SIR. 67 00:02:00,487 --> 00:02:01,287 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU ALWAYS. 68 00:02:01,287 --> 00:02:01,721 HOW ARE YA? 69 00:02:01,721 --> 00:02:02,455 >> GOOD. 70 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:03,289 >> EXCELLENT. 71 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:03,823 >> WELCOME. 72 00:02:03,823 --> 00:02:04,324 >> HEY, JIM. 73 00:02:04,324 --> 00:02:05,091 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 74 00:02:05,091 --> 00:02:05,758 >> GREAT TO SEE YA. 75 00:02:05,758 --> 00:02:06,493 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. 76 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:07,160 >> WELCOME TO 77 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:07,927 THE STARLINER HIGH BAY, 78 00:02:07,927 --> 00:02:09,095 WHERE THE SPACESHIPS ARE BORN. 79 00:02:09,095 --> 00:02:09,629 >> IT'S PRETTY AMAZING, 80 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:10,263 ISN'T IT? 81 00:02:10,263 --> 00:02:11,064 >> YEAH. 82 00:02:11,064 --> 00:02:11,831 >> TELL ME ABOUT THESE, UH, 83 00:02:11,831 --> 00:02:13,066 WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE? 84 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:14,634 >> LET ME START OVER HERE. 85 00:02:14,634 --> 00:02:16,202 THAT IS A SPACECRAFT THAT 86 00:02:16,202 --> 00:02:17,704 JUST FLEW OUR PAD ABORT TEST. 87 00:02:17,704 --> 00:02:18,438 >> YEAH. 88 00:02:18,438 --> 00:02:19,172 >> AND WITH THAT, WE PROVED 89 00:02:19,172 --> 00:02:20,340 THAT THE GUIDANCE SYSTEM 90 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:21,708 TALKS TO THRUSTERS AND, 91 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:23,443 UH, THE COME HOME SYSTEM 92 00:02:23,443 --> 00:02:24,310 ALL WORKS GREAT. 93 00:02:24,310 --> 00:02:24,911 >> YEAH. 94 00:02:24,911 --> 00:02:25,478 >> SO WE'RE CONFIDENT 95 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:26,479 TO GO PRESS ONTO ORBIT. 96 00:02:26,479 --> 00:02:27,714 >> SO THAT'S THAT VEHICLE? 97 00:02:27,714 --> 00:02:28,314 >> THAT'S THE ONE. 98 00:02:28,314 --> 00:02:29,182 >> THAT'S THE VERY ONE. 99 00:02:29,182 --> 00:02:29,749 >> AND WE HAVE 100 00:02:29,749 --> 00:02:30,717 A LITTLE TRADITION 101 00:02:30,717 --> 00:02:31,951 ON A SPACECRAFT GOING TO SPACE, 102 00:02:31,951 --> 00:02:33,720 YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING TOO FUNKY. 103 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:34,754 THIS ONE CAME HOME 104 00:02:34,754 --> 00:02:36,289 AND THE TEAM HAS SIGNED IT. 105 00:02:36,289 --> 00:02:36,856 >> OH, WOW. 106 00:02:36,856 --> 00:02:37,590 >> THEY'VE SAID, 107 00:02:37,590 --> 00:02:38,291 THAT'S OUR WORK. 108 00:02:38,291 --> 00:02:38,992 >> OKAY. 109 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:39,726 >> AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU 110 00:02:39,726 --> 00:02:40,894 WOULD DO US THE HONOR OF 111 00:02:40,894 --> 00:02:42,595 REPRESENTING THE NASA TEAMMATES. 112 00:02:42,595 --> 00:02:43,563 >> I WOULD LOVE TO. 113 00:02:43,563 --> 00:02:44,163 >> AND COME ON UP AND SIGN IT. 114 00:02:44,163 --> 00:02:44,964 WOULD YA? 115 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:46,633 >> ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT. 116 00:02:54,574 --> 00:02:55,642 >> THIS WAS A TEST VEHICLE. 117 00:02:55,642 --> 00:02:56,442 CAN I SHOW YOU THE FIRST ONE 118 00:02:56,442 --> 00:02:57,243 TO CARRY PEOPLE? 119 00:02:57,243 --> 00:02:57,944 >> ABSOLUTELY. 120 00:02:57,944 --> 00:02:58,411 >> LET'S GO TALK TO 121 00:02:58,411 --> 00:02:59,245 CHRIS FERGUSON. 122 00:02:59,245 --> 00:03:00,079 HE'S GONNA FLY IN IT. 123 00:03:00,079 --> 00:03:02,315 >> OKAY. 124 00:03:06,052 --> 00:03:06,786 >> HEY, CHRIS. 125 00:03:06,786 --> 00:03:07,420 >> HOW ARE YOU DOING? 126 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:08,421 >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. 127 00:03:08,421 --> 00:03:09,255 >> IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. 128 00:03:09,255 --> 00:03:10,089 >> ABSOLUTELY. 129 00:03:10,089 --> 00:03:10,657 >> SO THIS IS, UH, 130 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:12,992 THIS IS NUMBER TWO OF THREE. 131 00:03:12,992 --> 00:03:14,527 UH, THESE CAPSULES 132 00:03:14,527 --> 00:03:15,828 ARE MOSTLY AUTONOMOUS. 133 00:03:15,828 --> 00:03:16,462 >> OKAY. 134 00:03:16,462 --> 00:03:17,130 >> UH, WHICH MEANS 135 00:03:17,130 --> 00:03:18,131 THEY SORT OF LAUNCH 136 00:03:18,131 --> 00:03:19,532 AND THEY'RE ABLE TO FIND 137 00:03:19,532 --> 00:03:20,533 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 138 00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:21,534 AND DOCK WITH IT WITH 139 00:03:21,534 --> 00:03:22,502 LITTLE OR NO ASSISTANCE 140 00:03:22,502 --> 00:03:23,603 FROM AN ASTRONAUT. 141 00:03:23,603 --> 00:03:25,838 HOWEVER, THERE IS THE SYSTEM 142 00:03:25,838 --> 00:03:27,106 IN PLACE IN CASE THE ASTRONAUT 143 00:03:27,106 --> 00:03:28,107 NEEDS TO TAKE OVER 144 00:03:28,107 --> 00:03:29,309 WHERE THEY CAN GUIDE IT 145 00:03:29,309 --> 00:03:31,144 AND MANUALLY DOCK IT IF NEED BE. 146 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:32,178 >> OKAY. 147 00:03:32,178 --> 00:03:33,146 >> WITH AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, 148 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:34,981 WE ARE LARGELY A MONITOR. 149 00:03:34,981 --> 00:03:35,949 WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THINGS 150 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:37,250 GO OFF AS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, 151 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:37,784 AND THEN AN ACTION 152 00:03:37,784 --> 00:03:38,651 IF IT WAS INTENDED, 153 00:03:38,651 --> 00:03:39,886 IS IN FACT COMPLETED. 154 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:40,853 AND THE WAY WE MANAGE THAT IS 155 00:03:40,853 --> 00:03:42,522 WE ACTUALLY WATCH THE SCRIPT 156 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:44,023 EXECUTE RIGHT ON THE SCREEN. 157 00:03:44,023 --> 00:03:45,525 >> SO CHRIS, YOU PERSONALLY 158 00:03:45,525 --> 00:03:47,827 ARE GONNA FLY ON THIS VEHICLE. 159 00:03:47,827 --> 00:03:49,028 AND MAYBE MULTIPLE TIMES 160 00:03:49,028 --> 00:03:49,929 INTO THE FUTURE. 161 00:03:49,929 --> 00:03:50,697 I MEAN, WHO KNOWS? 162 00:03:50,697 --> 00:03:52,098 AND THIS IS HISTORIC. 163 00:03:52,098 --> 00:03:53,499 YOU AS A BOEING ASTRONAUT 164 00:03:53,499 --> 00:03:55,034 ARE REALLY BLAZING A TRAIL. 165 00:03:55,034 --> 00:03:55,868 >> I THINK THAT THIS IS 166 00:03:55,868 --> 00:03:57,003 THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING 167 00:03:57,003 --> 00:03:58,738 THAT WE'LL SEE A LOT MORE OF. 168 00:03:58,738 --> 00:03:59,839 YOU KNOW, EARLY ON, 169 00:03:59,839 --> 00:04:01,441 WE HAD MILITARY PILOTS 170 00:04:01,441 --> 00:04:03,643 WORK HAND-IN-HAND WITH 171 00:04:03,643 --> 00:04:05,645 THE GOVERNMENT TEST PILOTS 172 00:04:05,645 --> 00:04:07,080 TO DEVELOP AIRPLANES. 173 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:07,580 AND I THINK WHAT 174 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:08,615 YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS JUST 175 00:04:08,615 --> 00:04:09,816 THE EXTENSION OF THAT. 176 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:11,851 >> AS OUR-- AS A-- AS A NATION, 177 00:04:11,851 --> 00:04:14,020 AS ON-- AS-AS AN AGENCY, 178 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:15,588 WE NEED TO SEE A LOT MORE 179 00:04:15,588 --> 00:04:17,724 COMMERCIAL, UH, ASTRONAUTS 180 00:04:17,724 --> 00:04:18,758 AND A LOT MORE COMMERCIAL 181 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:20,293 ACTIVITIES IN SPACE. 182 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:22,028 ULTIMATELY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW-- 183 00:04:22,028 --> 00:04:22,695 THAT'S HOW THE FUTURE 184 00:04:22,695 --> 00:04:23,630 IS GONNA BE. 185 00:04:23,630 --> 00:04:25,164 UH, WE NEED TO SEE 186 00:04:25,164 --> 00:04:25,999 LINES OF EFFORT THAT 187 00:04:25,999 --> 00:04:27,767 INCLUDE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING 188 00:04:27,767 --> 00:04:29,736 AND INDUSTRIALIZED BIO-MEDICINE. 189 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:31,204 IN SPACE, WITH A LOT OF 190 00:04:31,204 --> 00:04:32,538 THE CAPITAL COMING NOT FROM 191 00:04:32,538 --> 00:04:34,007 JUST THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER, 192 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:35,708 BUT CAPITAL COMING FROM PRIVATE 193 00:04:35,708 --> 00:04:37,543 INDUSTRY IMPROVING THE LIVES 194 00:04:37,543 --> 00:04:39,379 OF HUMANS HERE ON EARTH. 195 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:39,912 AND THAT'S WHAT 196 00:04:39,912 --> 00:04:40,880 THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY 197 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:41,814 IS ALL ABOUT AND THAT'S WHY 198 00:04:41,814 --> 00:04:43,850 WE NEED COMMERCIAL ASTRONAUTS. 199 00:04:56,496 --> 00:05:10,076 [ MUSIC ] 200 00:05:10,076 --> 00:05:11,077 >> SO THIS-THIS-- 201 00:05:11,077 --> 00:05:11,811 THE VEHICLE THAT WE'RE IN 202 00:05:11,811 --> 00:05:12,578 RIGHT NOW IS CALLED 203 00:05:12,578 --> 00:05:13,579 THE ASTRO VAN. 204 00:05:13,579 --> 00:05:14,247 T-TELL ME, 205 00:05:14,247 --> 00:05:15,114 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 206 00:05:15,114 --> 00:05:16,149 WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT? 207 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:17,350 >> THIS IS, UH-- THIS IS 208 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:18,217 THE SECOND GENERATION 209 00:05:18,217 --> 00:05:18,985 OF ASTRO VAN. 210 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:20,520 THIS IS WHAT WE'LL USE TO TAKE 211 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,522 THE-THE NASA ASTRONAUTS FROM 212 00:05:22,522 --> 00:05:26,225 CREW QUARTERS, WHICH IS IN, UH, 213 00:05:26,225 --> 00:05:28,094 THE INDUSTRIAL OFFICE AREA, 214 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:30,063 ABOUT SEVEN MILES OR SO 215 00:05:30,063 --> 00:05:30,997 OUT TO THE LAUNCH PAD. 216 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:31,698 >> OKAY. 217 00:05:31,698 --> 00:05:32,231 >> SO, TAKES ABOUT 218 00:05:32,231 --> 00:05:33,700 15 MINUTES TO GET THERE. 219 00:05:33,700 --> 00:05:34,467 AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS 220 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:35,568 USED TO SAY IT'S ONE OF 221 00:05:35,568 --> 00:05:36,969 THE LONGEST, LONELIEST RIDES 222 00:05:36,969 --> 00:05:38,071 YOU'LL, YOU KNOW-- 223 00:05:38,071 --> 00:05:39,005 YOU'LL EVER TAKE IN A-- 224 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:40,773 IN AN AIRSTREAM TRAILER. 225 00:05:40,773 --> 00:05:42,275 BUT, UH, AND IT WAS INTERESTING, 226 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:43,209 ALONG THE WAY YOU DROP OFF 227 00:05:43,209 --> 00:05:44,811 VARIOUS PEOPLE AND THEN 228 00:05:44,811 --> 00:05:45,812 YOU REALIZE THE ONLY PEOPLE 229 00:05:45,812 --> 00:05:47,046 LEFT ON THE VAN WHEN YOU GOT 230 00:05:47,046 --> 00:05:48,381 TO THE LAUNCH PAD WAS THE CREW. 231 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:49,348 [ CHUCKLING ] 232 00:05:49,348 --> 00:05:50,683 SO, UH, WE ALWAYS USED TO JOKE 233 00:05:50,683 --> 00:05:51,951 THAT THE SMART ONES GOT OFF. 234 00:05:51,951 --> 00:05:53,920 [ CHUCKLING ] 235 00:05:57,190 --> 00:05:57,857 >> SO, TORY, 236 00:05:57,857 --> 00:05:59,459 WE'RE AT SLC-41. 237 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:01,327 UH, TELL US, WHAT IS SLC-41 238 00:06:01,327 --> 00:06:02,895 AND WHAT DO WE HAVE BEHIND US? 239 00:06:02,895 --> 00:06:04,564 >> SO, SLC-41 IS THE HOME OF 240 00:06:04,564 --> 00:06:06,265 THE MIGHTY ATLAS ROCKET. 241 00:06:06,265 --> 00:06:06,899 THIS'LL BE OUR 242 00:06:06,899 --> 00:06:09,168 81st LAUNCH OF THIS ROCKET. 243 00:06:09,168 --> 00:06:11,537 SO THIS GIANT MANIFOLD HERE 244 00:06:11,537 --> 00:06:12,538 IS PART OF OUR 245 00:06:12,538 --> 00:06:14,173 ACOUSTIC SUPPRESSION SYSTEM. 246 00:06:14,173 --> 00:06:15,808 IT'S GONNA SPRAY WATER. 247 00:06:15,808 --> 00:06:17,143 UNMISTAKABLE WHEN YOU SEE 248 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:18,111 THE LAUNCH GO OFF. 249 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:19,479 YOU'LL SEE ALL THAT WATER. 250 00:06:19,479 --> 00:06:20,346 MOST PEOPLE THINK 251 00:06:20,346 --> 00:06:21,914 THAT'S FOR FIRE, BUT REALLY 252 00:06:21,914 --> 00:06:23,216 THE INTERESTING THING IS 253 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:25,451 IT'S NOT, IT'S FOR SOUND. 254 00:06:25,451 --> 00:06:26,352 BECAUSE WHEN THE ROCKET 255 00:06:26,352 --> 00:06:27,620 CLEARS THAT LAUNCH PAD, 256 00:06:27,620 --> 00:06:28,454 THE SOUND COMING OUT OF 257 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:30,156 THOSE ROCKET MOTORS 258 00:06:30,156 --> 00:06:32,391 AND ROCKET ENGINE IS SO LOUD, 259 00:06:32,391 --> 00:06:33,159 IF IT REFLECTED 260 00:06:33,159 --> 00:06:34,427 BACK OFF THIS PAD, 261 00:06:34,427 --> 00:06:36,028 IT WOULD DAMAGE THE SPACECRAFT. 262 00:06:36,028 --> 00:06:37,930 IN FACT, IF YOU COULD STAND HERE 263 00:06:37,930 --> 00:06:39,565 AND SOMEHOW SURVIVE THE FIRE, 264 00:06:39,565 --> 00:06:41,100 THE SOUND ALONE WOULD KILL YOU. 265 00:06:41,100 --> 00:06:41,968 >> OH, WOW! 266 00:06:41,968 --> 00:06:43,002 >> AND SO ALL OF THAT WATER 267 00:06:43,002 --> 00:06:44,470 PRESENT ON THE PAD ABSORBS 268 00:06:44,470 --> 00:06:45,505 THE ACOUSTIC ENERGY 269 00:06:45,505 --> 00:06:46,572 AND PROTECTS OUR PAYLOAD. 270 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:47,140 >> WELL, MAKE SURE 271 00:06:47,140 --> 00:06:48,107 THAT WATER WORKS. 272 00:06:48,107 --> 00:06:48,775 CAN WE DO THAT? 273 00:06:48,775 --> 00:06:49,375 >> I WILL ABSOLUTELY 274 00:06:49,375 --> 00:06:50,042 DOUBLE CHECK IT. 275 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:50,877 >> GOOD. 276 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:51,577 >> NOW, THOSE BIG, WHITE 277 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:52,879 CYLINDERS YOU SEE ON THE SIDE 278 00:06:52,879 --> 00:06:54,347 ARE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS. 279 00:06:54,347 --> 00:06:55,782 THEY GIVE US EXTRA IMPULSE 280 00:06:55,782 --> 00:06:57,583 COMING UP OFF THE PAD. 281 00:06:57,583 --> 00:06:59,185 THAT'S A LOT OF PROPELLANT, 282 00:06:59,185 --> 00:07:00,653 AND IT'S GONNA GENERATE 283 00:07:00,653 --> 00:07:02,155 EACH ONE OF THOSE ALMOST 284 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:04,290 400,000 POUNDS OF THRUST 285 00:07:04,290 --> 00:07:05,191 IN THE CENTER OF THAT 286 00:07:05,191 --> 00:07:06,325 BIG TUBE IN THE MIDDLE, 287 00:07:06,325 --> 00:07:07,760 THE BRONZE COLORED ONE, 288 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,529 THAT'S OUR MAIN PROPELLANT TANK 289 00:07:09,529 --> 00:07:12,398 FOR THE CENTER CORE. 290 00:07:12,398 --> 00:07:14,367 WE CAN STEP UP HERE. 291 00:07:16,602 --> 00:07:18,738 SO THAT'S THE REAL McCOY. 292 00:07:18,738 --> 00:07:20,273 ALL 109,000 POUNDS 293 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:21,841 OF SOLID PROPELLANT. 294 00:07:21,841 --> 00:07:22,708 >> HMM. 295 00:07:22,708 --> 00:07:23,276 >> AND THAT'S 296 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:24,544 A HECK OF A VIEW! 297 00:07:24,544 --> 00:07:25,578 >> IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. 298 00:07:25,578 --> 00:07:26,813 >> YEAH. 299 00:07:26,813 --> 00:07:28,981 190 FEET, STRAIGHT UP. 300 00:07:34,887 --> 00:07:35,555 >> HELLO! 301 00:07:35,555 --> 00:07:36,389 >> MR. ADMINISTRATOR. 302 00:07:36,389 --> 00:07:37,089 >> HI! 303 00:07:37,089 --> 00:07:37,857 >> WELCOME TO THE 12th FLOOR. 304 00:07:37,857 --> 00:07:38,457 >> THANK YOU, 305 00:07:38,457 --> 00:07:39,358 IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. 306 00:07:39,358 --> 00:07:40,092 >> SIR, GOOD TO SEE YOU! 307 00:07:40,092 --> 00:07:40,793 >> NICOLE, 308 00:07:40,793 --> 00:07:41,594 GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS. 309 00:07:41,594 --> 00:07:42,295 I'LL TELL YOU IT-- 310 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:43,663 IT LOOKS TALL FROM THE GROUND, 311 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:45,097 BUT WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE, 312 00:07:45,097 --> 00:07:46,299 IT FEELS A LOT TALLER THAN 313 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:47,567 IT LOOKS FROM THE GROUND. 314 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:49,335 ESPECIALLY WITH THESE WINDS! 315 00:07:49,335 --> 00:07:49,936 BOY, I TELL YA. 316 00:07:49,936 --> 00:07:50,469 YOU CAN REALLY FEEL 317 00:07:50,469 --> 00:07:51,470 THE WIND WHEN YOU'RE UP HERE, 318 00:07:51,470 --> 00:07:53,439 AND I CAN IMAGINE MAYBE TOMORROW 319 00:07:53,439 --> 00:07:54,674 THE WIND WON'T BE SO HIGH, 320 00:07:54,674 --> 00:07:56,175 BUT, UM, CERTAINLY I CAN 321 00:07:56,175 --> 00:07:57,143 IMAGINE WHEN YOU-- 322 00:07:57,143 --> 00:07:58,911 WHEN YOU GO ACROSS THIS-- 323 00:07:58,911 --> 00:07:59,712 YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S 324 00:07:59,712 --> 00:08:00,980 AN ACCESS ARM, BUT IT LOOKS 325 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:02,915 LIKE A VERY NARROW CAT WALK, 326 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:04,217 IF YOU ASK ME! 327 00:08:04,217 --> 00:08:05,017 >> WELL, WE'LL BE COMING 328 00:08:05,017 --> 00:08:06,485 OUT HERE IN OUR SPACE SUITS. 329 00:08:06,485 --> 00:08:06,986 >> YEAH. 330 00:08:06,986 --> 00:08:08,087 >> AND WE'RE GONNA BE-- 331 00:08:08,087 --> 00:08:09,522 EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STEELY, 332 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:10,957 YOU KNOW, AVIATORS, UH, 333 00:08:10,957 --> 00:08:11,557 WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE, 334 00:08:11,557 --> 00:08:12,825 UH, A LOT OF EMOTIONS. 335 00:08:12,825 --> 00:08:14,060 THIS IS OUR LAST MOMENTS 336 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:15,194 ON PLANET EARTH BEFORE 337 00:08:15,194 --> 00:08:16,629 WE GO LAUNCH INTO SPACE. 338 00:08:16,629 --> 00:08:17,196 >> YEAH. 339 00:08:17,196 --> 00:08:17,763 >> AND THE WINDS ARE 340 00:08:17,763 --> 00:08:18,598 ACTUALLY A BLESSING 341 00:08:18,598 --> 00:08:19,765 'CAUSE IN SPACE STATION, 342 00:08:19,765 --> 00:08:20,700 THERE IS NO WIND, RIGHT? 343 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:21,567 >> RIGHT! 344 00:08:21,567 --> 00:08:22,168 >> AND SO EVERYTHING'S 345 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:23,102 THE SAME ALL THE TIME 346 00:08:23,102 --> 00:08:24,070 AND THEN HERE, WE'RE GETTING 347 00:08:24,070 --> 00:08:25,371 LIKE A KISS FROM MOTHER EARTH. 348 00:08:25,371 --> 00:08:25,972 >> YEAH. 349 00:08:25,972 --> 00:08:27,006 >> AS WE, UH, GET READY. 350 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:27,974 SO WE WALK ACROSS HERE, 351 00:08:27,974 --> 00:08:29,742 WE WALK DOWN THIS ACCESS ARM. 352 00:08:29,742 --> 00:08:30,877 WE CAN FEEL-- WE CAN FEEL 353 00:08:30,877 --> 00:08:32,044 THE POSITIVE ENERGY FROM 354 00:08:32,044 --> 00:08:32,912 ALL THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED 355 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:34,380 SO HARD ON THIS MISSION. 356 00:08:34,380 --> 00:08:35,548 AND THEN WE GO IN 357 00:08:35,548 --> 00:08:36,782 AND CLOSE THOSE DOORS. 358 00:08:36,782 --> 00:08:38,084 WE'RE JUST FEELING PROUD, 359 00:08:38,084 --> 00:08:39,085 WE'RE FEELING S-- 360 00:08:39,085 --> 00:08:39,919 A LITTLE BIT SCARED, 361 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:41,320 A LITTLE BIT, UH, ANXIOUS, 362 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:42,054 BUT WE'RE LIKE, 363 00:08:42,054 --> 00:08:43,489 TOTALLY TRUSTING OUR TRAINING, 364 00:08:43,489 --> 00:08:44,624 WE'RE TOTALLY TRUSTING 365 00:08:44,624 --> 00:08:46,225 TEAM NASA, TEAM BOEING, 366 00:08:46,225 --> 00:08:48,194 AND THE UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE. 367 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:50,863 >> SO OF COURSE YOU CAN 368 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:52,632 SEE STARLINER, UM, 369 00:08:52,632 --> 00:08:53,566 SITTING THERE ON TOP. 370 00:08:53,566 --> 00:08:54,400 AND THAT'S WHERE, UH, 371 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:55,902 SPANKY AND I AND FERGY, 372 00:08:55,902 --> 00:08:56,702 WHEN WE CLIMB IN THROUGH 373 00:08:56,702 --> 00:08:57,536 THE CREW ACCESS ARM 374 00:08:57,536 --> 00:08:58,638 RIGHT INTO THE SIDE HATCH, 375 00:08:58,638 --> 00:09:00,072 WE GO, UH, TO STARLINER. 376 00:09:00,072 --> 00:09:00,940 ON THE TOP OF THAT 377 00:09:00,940 --> 00:09:01,874 IS THE IVA HATCH, 378 00:09:01,874 --> 00:09:03,075 AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA 379 00:09:03,075 --> 00:09:03,709 DOCK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 380 00:09:03,709 --> 00:09:04,877 SPACE STATION. 381 00:09:04,877 --> 00:09:06,345 UM, BENEATH STARLINER 382 00:09:06,345 --> 00:09:08,047 YOU CAN SEE THE SERVICE MODULE. 383 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:08,948 THAT'S WHERE IT HAS A LOT OF 384 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:10,216 OUR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM, 385 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:11,684 OUR CROP, THE ENGINES 386 00:09:11,684 --> 00:09:13,419 WHILE WE'RE ORBITING, UM, 387 00:09:13,419 --> 00:09:14,820 AND MANEUVERING IN SPACE. 388 00:09:14,820 --> 00:09:15,688 AND THEN BELOW THAT, 389 00:09:15,688 --> 00:09:17,290 YOU CAN SEE THIS AMAZING 390 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:18,457 ATLAS FLIGHT ROCKET. 391 00:09:18,457 --> 00:09:19,158 >> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, 392 00:09:19,158 --> 00:09:20,192 WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING IS 393 00:09:20,192 --> 00:09:22,128 GONNA INSPIRE THE NATION. 394 00:09:22,128 --> 00:09:23,296 UH, BUT NOT JUST OUR NATION, 395 00:09:23,296 --> 00:09:24,897 ALSO PEOPLE ALL AROUND 396 00:09:24,897 --> 00:09:25,631 THE WORLD THAT ARE GONNA BE 397 00:09:25,631 --> 00:09:26,599 WATCHING THIS SO THANK YOU 398 00:09:26,599 --> 00:09:27,934 SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. 399 00:09:27,934 --> 00:09:28,768 >> THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 400 00:09:28,768 --> 00:09:29,635 >> THANK YOU. 401 00:09:29,635 --> 00:09:30,636 >> THANK YOU SIR, WE'LL DO WELL. 402 00:09:30,636 --> 00:09:32,605 >> ALL RIGHT. 403 00:09:33,539 --> 00:09:34,507 >> SUNI, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? 404 00:09:34,507 --> 00:09:35,374 >> SO WE'RE AT 405 00:09:35,374 --> 00:09:37,376 SPACECRAFT LAUNCH COMPLEX 41, 406 00:09:37,376 --> 00:09:38,744 STANDING IN THE SHADOW OF 407 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:40,246 THE ATLAS V WITH 408 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:42,214 THE STARLINER ON TOP. 409 00:09:42,214 --> 00:09:44,216 WITH THE CREW ACCESS ARM 410 00:09:44,216 --> 00:09:45,584 CONNECTED TO IT READY, 411 00:09:45,584 --> 00:09:46,719 ACTUALLY, FOR PEOPLE TO 412 00:09:46,719 --> 00:09:48,487 EVENTUALLY GET ON BOARD. 413 00:09:48,487 --> 00:09:50,756 WE GOT ROSIE THE-THE MANNEQUIN 414 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:53,359 INSIDE THAT, UH, IS INSTRUMENTED 415 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:54,260 AND SO IT-- WE'RE GONNA GET 416 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:55,795 SOME DATA TO SEE WHAT 417 00:09:55,795 --> 00:09:57,663 OUR RIDE'S GONNA BE LIKE 418 00:09:57,663 --> 00:09:58,798 WHEN JOSH AND I ACTUALLY 419 00:09:58,798 --> 00:10:00,366 GET TO FLY ON THIS THING, 420 00:10:00,366 --> 00:10:00,933 UM, PROBABLY AT 421 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:01,801 THE END OF NEXT YEAR. 422 00:10:01,801 --> 00:10:02,301 >> GREAT. 423 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:03,235 AND JOSH, UM, 424 00:10:03,235 --> 00:10:04,337 WHAT'S YOUR ROLE IN THIS? 425 00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:05,538 >> UH, TO NOT MESS ANYTHING UP 426 00:10:05,538 --> 00:10:07,239 IS THE-- IS THE GOAL TODAY. 427 00:10:07,239 --> 00:10:08,808 UM, THIS IS THE CAPSULE THAT, 428 00:10:08,808 --> 00:10:09,608 UH, SUNI AND I ARE GONNA 429 00:10:09,608 --> 00:10:11,143 HAVE A CHANCE TO FLY IN, 430 00:10:11,143 --> 00:10:12,411 UH, ALONG WITH TWO OTHERS. 431 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:13,179 AND SO WE'RE FOLLOWING 432 00:10:13,179 --> 00:10:14,380 THE WHOLE PROCESS, UH, 433 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:15,481 FROM BEGINNING TO END. 434 00:10:15,481 --> 00:10:16,349 UH, AND YOU KNOW, 435 00:10:16,349 --> 00:10:17,650 FROM LAUNCH TOMORROW MORNING 436 00:10:17,650 --> 00:10:19,218 TO DOCKING THE NEXT DAY, 437 00:10:19,218 --> 00:10:20,186 AND TO LANDING A WEEK 438 00:10:20,186 --> 00:10:21,053 AND A HALF LATER. 439 00:10:21,053 --> 00:10:22,455 FOR ME, IT'S JUST A, UH, 440 00:10:22,455 --> 00:10:23,055 A SITUATION WHERE I FIND 441 00:10:23,055 --> 00:10:24,023 MYSELF PINCHING MYSELF. 442 00:10:24,023 --> 00:10:25,358 IT'S JUST, UH-- IT'S INCREDIBLE 443 00:10:25,358 --> 00:10:26,125 TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. 444 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:27,259 WE'RE LIVING SCIENCE FICTION. 445 00:10:27,259 --> 00:10:27,927 IT'S-IT'S REALLY 446 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:29,862 HAPPENING RIGHT HERE. 447 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:31,998 >> WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE A LOT 448 00:10:31,998 --> 00:10:33,733 OF ENGINEERING WORK, UM, 449 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:35,735 WITH THE BOEING TEAM TO WORK 450 00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:37,670 ON THE SOFTWARE SO WHEN 451 00:10:37,670 --> 00:10:38,904 THE HUMANS ARE INTERACTING, 452 00:10:38,904 --> 00:10:39,438 THEY'VE GOT THAT 453 00:10:39,438 --> 00:10:40,806 SITUATIONAL AWARENESS OF 454 00:10:40,806 --> 00:10:42,174 ALL THE AUTOMATION THAT'S 455 00:10:42,174 --> 00:10:43,709 PROCESSING IN THE SPACECRAFT, 456 00:10:43,709 --> 00:10:45,111 AND HOW WE WOULD RECOGNIZE 457 00:10:45,111 --> 00:10:45,911 IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE OR 458 00:10:45,911 --> 00:10:46,846 A PROBLEM AND HOW WE 459 00:10:46,846 --> 00:10:47,980 WOULD INTERACT WITH IT. 460 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:50,049 >> WE'RE LOOKING AT 461 00:10:50,049 --> 00:10:51,050 WHERE OUR FUTURE IS. 462 00:10:51,050 --> 00:10:53,119 WE HAVE A 400 BILLION DOLLAR 463 00:10:53,119 --> 00:10:54,787 SPACE ECONOMY. 464 00:10:54,787 --> 00:10:56,555 WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS 465 00:10:56,555 --> 00:10:58,424 LEADING THE WAY 466 00:10:58,424 --> 00:11:00,226 FOR THAT SPACE ECONOMY. 467 00:11:00,226 --> 00:11:02,395 LOWERING THE COST OF 468 00:11:02,395 --> 00:11:04,530 SPACE TRAVEL AND PROVIDING 469 00:11:04,530 --> 00:11:07,533 MORE ACCESS TO MORE HUMANS 470 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:09,835 ON EARTH TO GET TO SPACE. 471 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:10,870 IT'S ABOUT EXPANDING 472 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:12,538 THE HUMAN CONDITION 473 00:11:12,538 --> 00:11:14,640 BY FINDING NEW KNOWLEDGE. 474 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,042 AND I'M JUST SO PROUD 475 00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:16,776 TO BE WITH YOU, 476 00:11:16,776 --> 00:11:17,676 BUT THAT'S WHAT-- 477 00:11:17,676 --> 00:11:19,078 THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. 478 00:11:19,078 --> 00:11:19,745 SO I THANK YOU 479 00:11:19,745 --> 00:11:21,614 FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 480 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:26,118 >> THIS IS A NEW ERA 481 00:11:26,118 --> 00:11:28,354 IN HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. 482 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:29,622 AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS 483 00:11:29,622 --> 00:11:31,524 WHY THIS DAY IS SO IMPORTANT. 484 00:11:31,524 --> 00:11:33,559 WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF LAUNCHING, 485 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:36,162 ONCE AGAIN, AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 486 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:37,630 ON AMERICAN ROCKETS 487 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:39,098 FROM AMERICAN SOIL FOR 488 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:41,200 THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2011, 489 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:41,867 THE RETIREMENT OF 490 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:42,935 THE SPACE SHUTTLE. 491 00:11:42,935 --> 00:11:44,270 SO THIS IS A BIG DAY! 492 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:45,037 >> HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN 493 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:46,072 A ROCKET LAUNCH BEFORE? 494 00:11:46,072 --> 00:11:47,907 CAN I GET A SHOW OF HANDS? 495 00:11:47,907 --> 00:11:48,941 AW MAN, YOU GOT-- 496 00:11:48,941 --> 00:11:50,142 OKAY, HOW MANY HAVE NOT? 497 00:11:50,142 --> 00:11:50,910 LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. 498 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:51,911 THAT'S-- THIS IS THE GROUP 499 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:52,912 I WANT TO TALK TO. 500 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:53,746 [ LAUGHTER ] 501 00:11:53,746 --> 00:11:54,580 ALL RIGHT? 502 00:11:54,580 --> 00:11:55,448 ANY TIME A ROCKET SHIP 503 00:11:55,448 --> 00:11:56,715 LEAVES PLANET EARTH, 504 00:11:56,715 --> 00:11:57,550 IT IS AN EXPERIENCE-- 505 00:11:57,550 --> 00:11:58,951 I DON'T CARE WHAT'S ON IT. 506 00:11:58,951 --> 00:12:01,053 AND, UM, YOU-YOU SEE IT, 507 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:02,822 YOU FEEL IT, YOU EXPERIENCE IT. 508 00:12:02,822 --> 00:12:04,657 IT'S EMOTIONAL! 509 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:07,126 >> WELCOME THIS MORNING TO 510 00:12:07,126 --> 00:12:08,627 NASA'S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 511 00:12:08,627 --> 00:12:11,030 IN FLORIDA. 512 00:12:11,030 --> 00:12:12,064 >> STARLINER IS NEARLY 513 00:12:12,064 --> 00:12:13,299 READY FOR OUR ON-CREW TO 514 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:14,033 ORBITAL FLIGHT TEST. 515 00:12:14,033 --> 00:12:14,700 YOU CAN SEE IT 516 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:15,601 OVER OUR SHOULDER. 517 00:12:15,601 --> 00:12:17,636 IT'S LIT UP ON THE LAUNCH PAD. 518 00:12:19,638 --> 00:12:22,441 >> TEN, NINE, EIGHT, 519 00:12:22,441 --> 00:12:26,278 SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR, 520 00:12:26,278 --> 00:12:29,748 THREE, TWO, ONE. 521 00:12:29,748 --> 00:12:30,616 >> OH MY GOD. 522 00:12:30,616 --> 00:12:31,984 >> AND LIFTOFF. 523 00:12:31,984 --> 00:12:33,552 THE RISE OF STARLINER, 524 00:12:33,552 --> 00:12:36,288 A NEW ERA IN HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. 525 00:12:36,288 --> 00:12:40,059 [ ROCKETS FIRING ] 526 00:13:20,232 --> 00:12:56,575 [ MUSIC ] 527 00:13:21,233 --> 00:13:23,135 >> AND ATLAS V IS NOW 528 00:13:23,135 --> 00:13:24,236 TRAVELING AT OVER FIVE TIMES 529 00:13:24,236 --> 00:13:26,071 THE SPEED OF SOUND. 530 00:13:29,041 --> 00:13:29,942 AND WE HAVE THE ECO-BOOSTER 531 00:13:29,942 --> 00:13:31,010 ENGINE CUT OFF, STANDING BY 532 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:33,145 FOR STAGE SEPARATION. 533 00:13:35,581 --> 00:13:36,415 AND WE HAVE GOOD INDICATION 534 00:13:36,415 --> 00:13:38,417 OF STAGE SEPARATION. 535 00:13:38,417 --> 00:13:42,655 [ APPLAUSE ] 536 00:14:11,317 --> 00:13:50,930 [ MUSIC ] 537 00:14:24,663 --> 00:14:25,397 >> WE HAD A GREAT LAUNCH 538 00:14:25,397 --> 00:14:26,599 THIS MORNING. 539 00:14:26,599 --> 00:14:27,700 AND THE STARLINER IS NOW 540 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:28,801 IN ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH, 541 00:14:28,801 --> 00:14:29,668 AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF 542 00:14:29,668 --> 00:14:31,203 THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU HERE 543 00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:32,404 AT BOEING HAVE DONE WITH 544 00:14:32,404 --> 00:14:33,939 YOUR PARTNERS AT NASA. 545 00:14:33,939 --> 00:14:35,007 THAT'S IMPORTANT AND IT 546 00:14:35,007 --> 00:14:36,008 NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED. 547 00:14:36,008 --> 00:14:36,575 AND I KNOW, 548 00:14:36,575 --> 00:14:37,977 I SEE AS I LOOK AROUND, 549 00:14:37,977 --> 00:14:38,811 I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT 550 00:14:38,811 --> 00:14:40,179 ARE CONCERNED AND WORRIED ABOUT 551 00:14:40,179 --> 00:14:42,114 THE FACT THAT THE INSERTION BURN 552 00:14:42,114 --> 00:14:44,083 DID NOT GO ACCORDING TO PLAN. 553 00:14:44,083 --> 00:14:44,783 AND IT'S OF COURSE 554 00:14:44,783 --> 00:14:45,784 A CONCERN TO ME, AS WELL. 555 00:14:45,784 --> 00:14:47,620 IT'S A CONCERN TO ALL OF US. 556 00:14:47,620 --> 00:14:49,888 BUT-BUT HERE'S WHY WE TEST, 557 00:14:49,888 --> 00:14:50,456 BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA 558 00:14:50,456 --> 00:14:51,590 LEARN THINGS. 559 00:14:51,590 --> 00:14:52,891 AND FROM WHAT WE LEARNED, 560 00:14:52,891 --> 00:14:53,859 WE'RE GONNA MAKE CHANGES 561 00:14:53,859 --> 00:14:55,160 AND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. 562 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:56,729 THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 563 00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:58,464 UM, AND SO THIS IS A-- 564 00:14:58,464 --> 00:14:59,632 THIS IS A GOOD DAY. 565 00:14:59,632 --> 00:15:00,899 IT'S A GOOD DAY. 566 00:15:00,899 --> 00:15:02,401 >> WE TRAIN EXTENSIVELY FOR 567 00:15:02,401 --> 00:15:04,570 THIS TYPE OF CONTINGENCY. 568 00:15:04,570 --> 00:15:07,006 AND, HAD WE BEEN ON BOARD, 569 00:15:07,006 --> 00:15:08,073 THERE-THERE COULD HAVE BEEN 570 00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:08,774 ACTIONS THAT WE 571 00:15:08,774 --> 00:15:09,808 COULD HAVE TAKEN. 572 00:15:09,808 --> 00:15:11,577 BUT THIS VEHICLE IS A NEW LEVEL 573 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:12,544 OF AUTOMATION THAT WE'VE 574 00:15:12,544 --> 00:15:14,346 NEVER SEEN BEFORE. 575 00:15:14,346 --> 00:15:15,114 AND SO, WHAT WE'RE 576 00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:15,714 REALLY DOING IS WE'RE 577 00:15:15,714 --> 00:15:17,116 TESTING THAT AUTOMATION, 578 00:15:17,116 --> 00:15:18,217 AND THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE 579 00:15:18,217 --> 00:15:19,885 TEST PILOTS ON BOARD, 580 00:15:19,885 --> 00:15:20,552 ESPECIALLY FOR THESE 581 00:15:20,552 --> 00:15:21,587 EARLY MISSIONS. 582 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:22,621 THAT'S OUR JOB, 583 00:15:22,621 --> 00:15:23,956 THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRAINED TO DO. 584 00:15:23,956 --> 00:15:25,424 WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO 585 00:15:25,424 --> 00:15:26,859 FLYING ON STARLINER. 586 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:27,493 UH, WE DON'T HAVE 587 00:15:27,493 --> 00:15:29,261 ANY SAFETY CONCERNS. 588 00:15:29,261 --> 00:15:31,163 EVERYTHING ON THE ASCENT, 589 00:15:31,163 --> 00:15:32,231 ALL THE SYSTEMS THAT 590 00:15:32,231 --> 00:15:34,099 WOULD KEEP US SAFE HAVE 591 00:15:34,099 --> 00:15:36,302 FUNCTIONED PROPERLY ON, UH, 592 00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:37,770 THE LAUNCH AND CURRENTLY 593 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:38,404 ON THE VEHICLE. 594 00:15:38,404 --> 00:15:39,038 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 595 00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:40,072 ALL THE TEST DATA, 596 00:15:40,072 --> 00:15:40,873 AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD 597 00:15:40,873 --> 00:15:43,242 TO LANDING AT WHITE SANDS. 598 00:15:43,242 --> 00:15:44,376 >> GOOD MORNING FROM STARLINER 599 00:15:44,376 --> 00:15:46,045 MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON. 600 00:15:46,045 --> 00:15:48,814 IT'S DECEMBER 22nd, 2019, 601 00:15:48,814 --> 00:15:49,982 AND WE THINK THIS WILL BE 602 00:15:49,982 --> 00:15:51,417 A DAY TO REMEMBER. 603 00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:52,851 >> WE HAVE CHOSE THE LONGEST 604 00:15:52,851 --> 00:15:53,852 NIGHT OF THE YEAR TO 605 00:15:53,852 --> 00:15:55,087 BRING STARLINER HOME. 606 00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:56,188 HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE 607 00:15:56,188 --> 00:15:58,490 TO EVERYONE. 608 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:00,993 STARLINER FLIGHT CONTROL TEAMS 609 00:16:00,993 --> 00:16:01,827 HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND 610 00:16:01,827 --> 00:16:02,895 THE CLOCK TO GET STARLINER 611 00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:04,997 SET UP FOR A SAFE LANDING, 612 00:16:04,997 --> 00:16:07,232 AND TODAY IS THE DAY. 613 00:16:09,768 --> 00:16:11,103 ENTIRE TEAM HERE IN THE ROOM IS, 614 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:13,339 UH, QUIETLY WATCHING. 615 00:16:13,339 --> 00:16:14,340 MAKING SURE ALL THE SYSTEMS 616 00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:18,143 CONTINUE TO LOOK GOOD. 617 00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:20,412 >> AND WE SEE THREE MAIN CHUTES. 618 00:16:23,048 --> 00:16:22,348 THREE MAIN CHUTES. 619 00:16:23,048 --> 00:16:24,383 WE SEE THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE 620 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:28,053 AS STARLINER DESCENDS. 621 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:29,621 BASE HEAT SHIELD HAS JETTISONED, 622 00:16:29,621 --> 00:16:31,190 THAT WAS THE BASE HEAT SHIELD 623 00:16:31,190 --> 00:16:33,158 FALLING AWAY AS PLANNED. 624 00:16:33,158 --> 00:16:35,461 AIRBAGS ARE INFLATING. 625 00:16:35,461 --> 00:16:35,961 >> AND THAT IS 626 00:16:35,961 --> 00:16:37,129 THE LAST OF THE MILESTONES, 627 00:16:37,129 --> 00:16:37,963 SO NOW ALL THAT'S LEFT IS 628 00:16:37,963 --> 00:16:39,398 FOR STARLINER TO FLOAT DOWN 629 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:42,301 TO THE SURFACE OF THE DESERT. 630 00:16:42,301 --> 00:16:44,269 >> AND STARLINER TOUCHES DOWN 631 00:16:44,269 --> 00:16:45,771 IN THE DESERT IN NEW MEXICO. 632 00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:46,805 A HISTORIC LANDING IN 633 00:16:46,805 --> 00:16:48,073 WHITE SANDS, NEW MEXICO 634 00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:49,508 CONCLUDES THE FIRST FLIGHT TEST 635 00:16:49,508 --> 00:16:51,543 OF BOEING STARLINER SPACECRAFT. 636 00:16:51,543 --> 00:16:53,178 THE FIRST TIME AN AMERICAN-MADE, 637 00:16:53,178 --> 00:16:54,346 HUMAN-RATED CAPSULE 638 00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:56,148 HAS LANDED ON LAND. 639 00:16:56,148 --> 00:16:58,183 >> CONGRATULATIONS, STARLINER. 640 00:16:58,183 --> 00:17:00,619 >> CONGRATULATIONS, INDEED. 641 00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:01,286 >> THIS IS THE OUR FIRST 642 00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:02,121 SPACECRAFT LANDING. 643 00:17:02,121 --> 00:17:03,689 IT WAS, UH, INCREDIBLE TO SEE. 644 00:17:03,689 --> 00:17:04,656 WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR 645 00:17:04,656 --> 00:17:05,991 THE BOEING AND NASA TEAM 646 00:17:05,991 --> 00:17:07,426 AND THE RECOVERY FORCES TODAY. 647 00:17:07,426 --> 00:17:09,061 DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB. 648 00:17:09,061 --> 00:17:10,696 >> YEAH WE GOT A LOT OF DATA ON, 649 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:11,997 UH, THE LAUNCH. 650 00:17:11,997 --> 00:17:13,198 THE ORBITAL, UH, 651 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:14,333 PORTION OF THE FLIGHT. 652 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:15,401 >> BEING ABLE TO JUST WATCH 653 00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:16,435 THE ENTIRE SEQUENCE FROM 654 00:17:16,435 --> 00:17:18,504 THE GROUND ON DOWN WAS, UH-- 655 00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:19,571 WAS JUST FANTASTIC. 656 00:17:19,571 --> 00:17:20,873 REALLY CLEAN LANDING. 657 00:17:20,873 --> 00:17:22,040 >> WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL, 658 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:23,842 AMAZING TEAM ALL OUT HERE 659 00:17:23,842 --> 00:17:24,743 READY TO SUPPORT. 660 00:17:24,743 --> 00:17:25,644 EVERYBODY WAS PUMPED, 661 00:17:25,644 --> 00:17:26,612 EVERYBODY WAS CHEERING. 662 00:17:26,612 --> 00:17:28,113 IT WAS-- IT WAS SPECTACULAR. 663 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:28,947 I MEAN, IT-- 664 00:17:28,947 --> 00:17:30,649 SHE'S BACK, SHE'S HOME. 665 00:17:30,649 --> 00:17:31,683 >> WE ARE REALLY, 666 00:17:31,683 --> 00:17:32,351 FIRST AND FOREMOST, 667 00:17:32,351 --> 00:17:33,185 PLEASED WITH HOW THIS 668 00:17:33,185 --> 00:17:34,420 TEAM CAME TOGETHER. 669 00:17:34,420 --> 00:17:36,655 FLYING A DIFFERENT TRAJECTORY, 670 00:17:36,655 --> 00:17:37,556 DIFFERENT ARROW SHAPE, 671 00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:38,857 YOU CAN ONLY TEST THAT AT SCALE. 672 00:17:38,857 --> 00:17:40,259 THAT WENT TERRIFIC. 673 00:17:40,259 --> 00:17:41,627 RETURN IS SOMETHING THAT 674 00:17:41,627 --> 00:17:42,761 YOU CAN'T REALLY TEST, 675 00:17:42,761 --> 00:17:43,295 YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR 676 00:17:43,295 --> 00:17:44,696 HEAT SHIELD ON AND GO 677 00:17:44,696 --> 00:17:45,664 THROUGH THE HEAT REGIME. 678 00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:47,366 TODAY, WE JUST HAD-- IT REALLY 679 00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:48,901 COULDN'T HAVE GONE ANY BETTER. 680 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:50,302 THE GROUND CREW IS CHRIS, 681 00:17:50,302 --> 00:17:51,670 NICOLE, MIKE-- THEY'RE-- 682 00:17:51,670 --> 00:17:52,571 THEY'RE TELLING US THERE'S 683 00:17:52,571 --> 00:17:53,939 HARDLY ANY CHARRING. 684 00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:55,741 PERFECTLY LEVEL ON HER AIRBAGS, 685 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:56,675 AND THAT BODES REALLY WELL 686 00:17:56,675 --> 00:17:57,976 FOR USABILITY. 687 00:17:57,976 --> 00:17:59,311 FROM AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE, 688 00:17:59,311 --> 00:18:00,879 WE ARE JUST AS PLEASED AS 689 00:18:00,879 --> 00:18:04,216 WE COULD BE WITH THE DESIGN. 690 00:18:04,216 --> 00:18:05,083 >> I WOULD SAY THE TEAM 691 00:18:05,083 --> 00:18:07,352 DID JUST A TREMENDOUS JOB. 692 00:18:07,352 --> 00:18:08,620 WHAT YOU FIND SOMETIMES IS 693 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:10,322 WHEN YOU EXECUTE A FLIGHT 694 00:18:10,322 --> 00:18:11,590 DIFFERENTLY THAN PLANNED 695 00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:12,758 IN A MISSION TEST-FLIGHT 696 00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:13,592 DIFFERENTLY THAN PLANNED, 697 00:18:13,592 --> 00:18:14,526 THAT TEAM COMES TOGETHER 698 00:18:14,526 --> 00:18:15,394 IN A UNIQUE WAY. 699 00:18:15,394 --> 00:18:16,628 AND THE NASA TEAM, 700 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:17,529 THE NASA ENGINEERS, 701 00:18:17,529 --> 00:18:18,831 THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM, 702 00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:19,398 THE BOEING TEAM, 703 00:18:19,398 --> 00:18:20,499 WORKING SIDE BY SIDE TO 704 00:18:20,499 --> 00:18:22,501 SOLVE PROBLEMS IN REAL TIME, 705 00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:22,968 TO COME UP WITH 706 00:18:22,968 --> 00:18:23,869 INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, 707 00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:25,170 TO KEEP DECISIONS AHEAD OF THEM, 708 00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:26,738 AND THEN TO END UP LIKE TODAY 709 00:18:26,738 --> 00:18:28,407 WHERE WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL, UM, 710 00:18:28,407 --> 00:18:29,308 DE-ORBIT BURNING ENTRY 711 00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:30,442 AND LANDING. 712 00:18:30,442 --> 00:18:31,510 IF I LOOK BACK AT THIS YEAR 713 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:32,177 FROM A COMMERCIAL CREW 714 00:18:32,177 --> 00:18:33,512 PERSPECTIVE AS A PROGRAM, 715 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:34,279 YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD 716 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:35,781 A TREMENDOUS YEAR. 717 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:36,415 WITH THE HOLIDAYS 718 00:18:36,415 --> 00:18:37,216 IN FRONT OF THEM, 719 00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:38,383 THEY JUST DID A TREMENDOUS JOB, 720 00:18:38,383 --> 00:18:40,419 AND SO MY HAT'S OFF TO THEM. 721 00:18:43,589 --> 00:18:44,490 >> SO, NUMBER ONE, 722 00:18:44,490 --> 00:18:45,657 CONGRATULATIONS. 723 00:18:45,657 --> 00:18:47,526 I KNOW, UH, THE LAST 48 HOURS 724 00:18:47,526 --> 00:18:48,994 HAVE NOT BEEN EASY. 725 00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:50,195 SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 726 00:18:50,195 --> 00:18:51,363 A MISSION LIKE THIS, 727 00:18:51,363 --> 00:18:52,664 OR A TEST FLIGHT LIKE THIS, 728 00:18:52,664 --> 00:18:54,399 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS-- 729 00:18:54,399 --> 00:18:55,767 LAUNCH, OF COURSE, 730 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:56,902 IS A BIG CHALLENGE 731 00:18:56,902 --> 00:18:58,570 THAT HAS TO BE OVERCOME. 732 00:18:58,570 --> 00:18:59,671 THAT HAPPENED. 733 00:18:59,671 --> 00:19:00,806 FLYING THE SPACECRAFT 734 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:01,440 AND MAKING SURE THAT 735 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:02,908 THE SYSTEMS WORKED? 736 00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:04,109 THAT HAPPENED. 737 00:19:04,109 --> 00:19:05,677 ENTRY DESCENT AND LANDING? 738 00:19:05,677 --> 00:19:06,678 HAPPENED. 739 00:19:06,678 --> 00:19:07,946 WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT OF DATA, 740 00:19:07,946 --> 00:19:08,413 WE'RE GONNA GET 741 00:19:08,413 --> 00:19:09,748 A LOT OF INFORMATION, 742 00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:11,149 BUT A LOT OF REALLY, 743 00:19:11,149 --> 00:19:12,651 REALLY GOOD THINGS HAPPENED 744 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:13,685 ON THIS TEST FLIGHT. 745 00:19:13,685 --> 00:19:15,454 IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT, 746 00:19:15,454 --> 00:19:17,155 WHEN THINGS GO WRONG, 747 00:19:17,155 --> 00:19:18,023 THAT'S WHEN YOU LEARN 748 00:19:18,023 --> 00:19:19,658 HOW THE TEAMS WORK. 749 00:19:19,658 --> 00:19:20,993 I'M TELLING YOU, 750 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:22,361 THAT WAS A THING OF BEAUTY. 751 00:19:22,361 --> 00:19:23,862 UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT 752 00:19:23,862 --> 00:19:25,130 I'VE BEEN TOLD FROM THE PEOPLE 753 00:19:25,130 --> 00:19:26,465 THAT WERE IN THE ROOM. 754 00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:28,267 DECISIONS WERE MADE QUICKLY. 755 00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:29,368 UM, THINGS HAPPENED 756 00:19:29,368 --> 00:19:31,203 THAT WERE NOT PLANNED. 757 00:19:31,203 --> 00:19:32,804 UM, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, 758 00:19:32,804 --> 00:19:35,140 THIS TEST FLIGHT WAS ACTUALLY 759 00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:36,275 VERY SUCCESSFUL IN SO, 760 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:37,776 SO MANY WAYS. 761 00:19:37,776 --> 00:19:39,244 SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF 762 00:19:39,244 --> 00:19:41,213 YOUR SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY 763 00:19:41,213 --> 00:19:42,548 AND ALL OF YOUR SERVICE TO-- 764 00:19:42,548 --> 00:19:43,515 TO NASA. 765 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:44,883 SO, THANK YOU.