1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:02,135 >> GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO 2 00:00:02,135 --> 00:00:04,371 OUR FINAL Q&A WITH THE CREW 3 00:00:04,371 --> 00:00:07,207 MEMBERS OF THE SPACEX DEMO TWO 4 00:00:07,207 --> 00:00:08,975 FLIGHT. 5 00:00:08,975 --> 00:00:11,177 ROBERT BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY 6 00:00:11,177 --> 00:00:15,415 ARE ONE WEEK AWAY FROM BECOME 7 00:00:15,415 --> 00:00:17,050 THE FIRST TO LAUNCH FROM THE 8 00:00:17,050 --> 00:00:18,518 UNITED STATES SINCE 2011. 9 00:00:18,518 --> 00:00:21,054 THEY'RE JOINING US AND WE HAVE 10 00:00:21,054 --> 00:00:21,855 25 MINUTES WITH THEM. 11 00:00:21,855 --> 00:00:24,557 SO WE'LL LET THEM MAKE BRIEF 12 00:00:24,557 --> 00:00:25,892 REMARKS AND TAKE QUESTIONS. 13 00:00:25,892 --> 00:00:28,395 PARTICIPANTS CAN PRESS STAR 1 14 00:00:28,395 --> 00:00:30,397 AND THOSE WATCHING FROM HOME CAN 15 00:00:30,397 --> 00:00:33,032 SEND THEIRS IN FROM SOCIAL 16 00:00:33,032 --> 00:00:33,333 MEDIA. 17 00:00:33,333 --> 00:00:34,734 BUT FIRST LET'S HEAR FROM THE 18 00:00:34,734 --> 00:00:35,068 CREW. 19 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:41,207 BOB AND DOUG? 20 00:00:41,207 --> 00:00:42,675 JUST HEARD THAT EVERYTHING WENT 21 00:00:42,675 --> 00:00:43,877 WELL WITH THE FRR. 22 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:46,079 WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ON THE 23 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:46,813 COUNTDOWN. 24 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:49,149 HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE IT IN A 25 00:00:49,149 --> 00:00:50,517 COUPLE HOURS AND WE'RE READY TO 26 00:00:50,517 --> 00:00:54,821 TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS. 27 00:00:54,821 --> 00:00:56,623 >> WE ARE GOING TO START OFF 28 00:00:56,623 --> 00:00:58,892 WITH MARINA FROM THE ATLANTIC. 29 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:02,529 MARINA? 30 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:04,264 >> HI, BOB AND DOUG. 31 00:01:04,264 --> 00:01:06,332 VERY EXCITED FOR YOU. 32 00:01:06,332 --> 00:01:08,067 I'M WONDERING WHEN YOU WILL SEE 33 00:01:08,067 --> 00:01:10,203 FOR THE LAST TIME BEFORE LAUNCH 34 00:01:10,203 --> 00:01:11,171 YOUR FAMILIES? 35 00:01:11,171 --> 00:01:12,939 HOW WILL THAT BE SET UP? 36 00:01:12,939 --> 00:01:14,641 WILL THEY BE WISHING YOU WELL 37 00:01:14,641 --> 00:01:17,544 FROM A DISTANCE JUST TO BE SAFE? 38 00:01:17,544 --> 00:01:18,845 >> WE CERTAINLY WILL BE WISHING 39 00:01:18,845 --> 00:01:20,046 OUR FAMILIES WELL FROM A 40 00:01:20,046 --> 00:01:22,882 DISTANCE AS FOLKS KNOW WHO HAVE 41 00:01:22,882 --> 00:01:24,350 SEEN THE SHUTTLE HISTORY OF 42 00:01:24,350 --> 00:01:25,452 WALKOUTS. 43 00:01:25,452 --> 00:01:26,886 WE'LL BE WALKING OUT OF THE 44 00:01:26,886 --> 00:01:29,088 ASTRONAUT CREW QUARTERS, MAKING 45 00:01:29,088 --> 00:01:33,393 A STOP IN FRONT THAT WILL TAKE 46 00:01:33,393 --> 00:01:34,694 YOU US TO THE LAUNCH PAD AND 47 00:01:34,694 --> 00:01:36,496 THAT WILL BE THE POINT WHERE WE 48 00:01:36,496 --> 00:01:40,500 SEE OUR FAMILIES FOR THE FINAL 49 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:40,900 TIME. 50 00:01:40,900 --> 00:01:42,335 WE'LL HEAD AROUND AND CLIMB IN 51 00:01:42,335 --> 00:01:43,570 THE CAR AND THERE MIGHT BE A 52 00:01:43,570 --> 00:01:45,472 CHANCE FOR THEM TO GET UP CLOSE 53 00:01:45,472 --> 00:01:46,606 TO THE WINDOW BUT THAT ILL WITH 54 00:01:46,606 --> 00:01:47,807 BE THE LAST TIME THAT WE SEE 55 00:01:47,807 --> 00:01:51,144 THEM BEFORE LAUNCH. 56 00:01:51,144 --> 00:01:53,012 >> NEXT WE'LL TAKE QUESTION FROM 57 00:01:53,012 --> 00:02:02,422 JOEY ROULETTE WITH REUTERS. 58 00:02:02,422 --> 00:02:04,324 >> KATHY WROTE TO YOU FROM THE 59 00:02:04,324 --> 00:02:05,725 STATION ABOUT THE COMING DAYS. 60 00:02:05,725 --> 00:02:07,260 WHAT ELSE DID HE SAY IN THAT 61 00:02:07,260 --> 00:02:07,794 E-MAIL? 62 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:09,295 IS HE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU 63 00:02:09,295 --> 00:02:11,598 GUYS GOING ON THE STATION? 64 00:02:11,598 --> 00:02:13,266 FOR BOB, I WAS WONDERING HOW IT 65 00:02:13,266 --> 00:02:16,469 FELT TO FLY OVER KENNEDY SPACE 66 00:02:16,469 --> 00:02:16,936 CENTER. 67 00:02:16,936 --> 00:02:18,204 WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT WHILE 68 00:02:18,204 --> 00:02:19,439 YOU WERE ON THAT FLIGHT? 69 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:21,608 THANKS SO MUCH. 70 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:22,976 >> AS FAR AS THE E-MAIL FROM 71 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:25,445 CHRIS, I PROBABLY WOULD BE DOING 72 00:02:25,445 --> 00:02:31,017 HIM A DISSERVICE IF I DIVULGED 73 00:02:31,017 --> 00:02:32,418 EVERYTHING HE SAID BUT HE'S VERY 74 00:02:32,418 --> 00:02:35,288 MUCH AND KNOWING CHRIS AS WE 75 00:02:35,288 --> 00:02:37,857 BOTH KNOW HIM PRETTY WELL, HE 76 00:02:37,857 --> 00:02:40,026 LIKES SOLITUDE BUT IT WAS VERY 77 00:02:40,026 --> 00:02:43,796 OBVIOUS HE'S READY FOR SOME 78 00:02:43,796 --> 00:02:49,736 HUMAN INTERACTION WITH US AS FAR 79 00:02:49,736 --> 00:02:52,839 AS THE U.S. SEGMENT. 80 00:02:52,839 --> 00:02:54,407 OBVIOUSLY HE'S GOT THE RUSSIAN 81 00:02:54,407 --> 00:02:54,741 TEAMMATES. 82 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:57,143 BUT HE'S LOOKING FORWARD FOR US 83 00:02:57,143 --> 00:02:58,645 COMING UP AND AT LEAST HELPING 84 00:02:58,645 --> 00:02:59,679 HIM OUT SOME. 85 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:01,915 >> AS FAR AS OUR ARRIVAL GOES, 86 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:03,449 WE'RE BOTH EXTREMELY EXCITED TO 87 00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:05,018 RETURN TO THE KENNEDY SPACE 88 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:06,786 CENTER AND GET A CHANCE TO FLY 89 00:03:06,786 --> 00:03:07,921 AROUND THE FACILITY A LITTLE 90 00:03:07,921 --> 00:03:08,187 BIT. 91 00:03:08,187 --> 00:03:09,622 WE DIDN'T LAND IMMEDIATELY. 92 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:11,424 THERE WAS ALWAYS -- THERE ARE 93 00:03:11,424 --> 00:03:12,659 ALWAYS TIMING ISSUES THAT PEOPLE 94 00:03:12,659 --> 00:03:15,862 ARE TRYING TO HAVE AS AN 95 00:03:15,862 --> 00:03:17,163 CONSIDERATION AS YOU COME IN FOR 96 00:03:17,163 --> 00:03:18,264 AN EVENT LIKE THAT. 97 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:19,866 WE DID GET A CHANCE TO MAKE A 98 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,034 LITTLE BIT OF THE TOUR OF THE 99 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:22,702 LOCAL AREA RATHER THAN DOING 100 00:03:22,702 --> 00:03:25,805 FULL STOP STRAIGHT IN WHICH 101 00:03:25,805 --> 00:03:27,373 ALLOWED US TO REMINISCE ABOUT 102 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:30,009 ALL THE TIMES DOUG AND I HAVE 103 00:03:30,009 --> 00:03:32,612 FLOWN IN HERE AS ASTRONAUTS OVER 104 00:03:32,612 --> 00:03:34,280 THE YEARS AND DOZENS OF TIMES 105 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:35,982 TOGETHER COMING TO WORK AT THE 106 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:37,584 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 107 00:03:37,584 --> 00:03:39,519 JUST WAS AN EXCITING THING TO GO 108 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:41,154 THROUGH ONE MORE TIME LEADING UP 109 00:03:41,154 --> 00:03:43,823 TO LAUNCH. 110 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:45,091 >> IT WAS EXCITING TO SEE. 111 00:03:45,091 --> 00:03:47,427 NEXT WE'LL TAKE MARSHA DUNN FROM 112 00:03:47,427 --> 00:03:52,732 ASSOCIATED PRESS. 113 00:03:52,732 --> 00:03:56,402 >> IF SO, WILL THAT CONTINUE 114 00:03:56,402 --> 00:03:58,204 RIGHT UP UNTIL LAUNCH DAY? 115 00:03:58,204 --> 00:03:59,739 AND I'M ALSO WONDERING IF YOU'VE 116 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:02,642 EVER BEEN MEDICALLY SCRUTINIZED 117 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:06,446 IN YOUR ENTIRE LIVES? 118 00:04:06,446 --> 00:04:07,313 >> THE FIRST PART OF YOUR 119 00:04:07,313 --> 00:04:09,082 QUESTION GOT CUT OFF. 120 00:04:09,082 --> 00:04:11,351 IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU WERE 121 00:04:11,351 --> 00:04:12,885 SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE SAYING 122 00:04:12,885 --> 00:04:15,455 THE WORD "QUARANTINE" SO I'LL 123 00:04:15,455 --> 00:04:17,557 LET YOU ASK THAT AS SOON AS I 124 00:04:17,557 --> 00:04:21,094 ANSWER THE SECOND PART THERE. 125 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:24,597 THIS MEDICAL SCRUTINY FOR US -- 126 00:04:24,597 --> 00:04:26,966 OTHER THAN MAYBE THE COVID 127 00:04:26,966 --> 00:04:31,004 TESTING IT HAS BEEN LIKE IT 128 00:04:31,004 --> 00:04:31,871 NORMALLY IS. 129 00:04:31,871 --> 00:04:33,806 WE'VE BEEN SCRUTINIZED FOR 20 130 00:04:33,806 --> 00:04:35,808 PLUS YEARS SINCE WE INTERVIEWED 131 00:04:35,808 --> 00:04:37,410 FOR THIS JOB AND IT SEEMS LIKE 132 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:39,078 EVERY YEAR THE SCRUTINY GETS 133 00:04:39,078 --> 00:04:42,081 GREATER SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE 134 00:04:42,081 --> 00:04:43,916 I THINK IT'S BEEN RELATIVELY 135 00:04:43,916 --> 00:04:49,088 NORMAL COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING. 136 00:04:49,088 --> 00:04:51,891 AFTER ALL THESE YEARS WE'RE USED 137 00:04:51,891 --> 00:04:55,895 TO POKING AND PRODDING AND BLOOD 138 00:04:55,895 --> 00:04:57,196 DRAWS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS. 139 00:04:57,196 --> 00:04:59,399 WHAT WAS THE OTHER PART? 140 00:04:59,399 --> 00:05:01,267 >> I'M WONDERING IF YOU'RE STILL 141 00:05:01,267 --> 00:05:04,737 BEING TESTED FOR COVID-19 AND IF 142 00:05:04,737 --> 00:05:06,739 THAT WILL CONTINUE RIGHT UP 143 00:05:06,739 --> 00:05:08,741 UNTIL LIFTOFF? 144 00:05:08,741 --> 00:05:11,678 >> FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT I 145 00:05:11,678 --> 00:05:12,578 DON'T THINK ANYBODY RECOMMENDS 146 00:05:12,578 --> 00:05:14,514 WE GET TESTED EVERY DAY. 147 00:05:14,514 --> 00:05:16,416 WE'VE BEEN TESTED AT LEAST TWICE 148 00:05:16,416 --> 00:05:18,584 AND RUMOR HAS IT WE MIGHT BE 149 00:05:18,584 --> 00:05:20,219 TESTED BEFORE WE GO ONE MORE 150 00:05:20,219 --> 00:05:20,486 TIME. 151 00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:22,388 IN GENERAL, THAT SEEMS LIKE 152 00:05:22,388 --> 00:05:24,557 PLENTY. 153 00:05:24,557 --> 00:05:26,659 ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE'VE 154 00:05:26,659 --> 00:05:29,662 BEEN FOR ALL INTENTS AND 155 00:05:29,662 --> 00:05:31,364 PURPOSES IN A QUARANTINE NOW 156 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:33,499 SINCE MARCH 15TH IS MY 157 00:05:33,499 --> 00:05:34,267 RECOLLECTION. 158 00:05:34,267 --> 00:05:37,470 SO I THINK THAT WE'RE DOING 159 00:05:37,470 --> 00:05:37,870 PRETTY GOOD. 160 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:39,272 FROM THAT STANDPOINT WE HAVE 161 00:05:39,272 --> 00:05:41,074 BEEN IN QUARANTINE LONGER THAN 162 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:46,479 ANY OTHER SPACE CREW AS EVER 163 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:48,881 BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPACE 164 00:05:48,881 --> 00:05:49,248 PROGRAM. 165 00:05:49,248 --> 00:05:51,084 >> WE'VE JUST BEEN REALLY 166 00:05:51,084 --> 00:05:52,318 FAMILIAR WITH THE QUARANTINE 167 00:05:52,318 --> 00:05:54,454 PROCESS OVER THE YEARS AS ACTIVE 168 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:55,988 ASTRONAUTS WE'VE SEEN IT FOR 169 00:05:55,988 --> 00:06:04,130 OURSELVES AND ALL OUR COMPADRES. 170 00:06:04,130 --> 00:06:06,032 BUT WE'VE SEEN THE REST OF THE 171 00:06:06,032 --> 00:06:08,034 WORLD TAKING ON THE SAME THINGS 172 00:06:08,034 --> 00:06:10,603 THAT WE HAVE DONE. 173 00:06:10,603 --> 00:06:12,105 IT ALLOWED THE OPPORTUNITY TO 174 00:06:12,105 --> 00:06:13,573 SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR YOUNG 175 00:06:13,573 --> 00:06:16,743 CHILDREN WOULD HAVE BEEN BELOW 176 00:06:16,743 --> 00:06:18,411 THE AGE OF ACCESS FOR A 177 00:06:18,411 --> 00:06:20,012 QUARANTINE ABOUT THEY WEREN'T 178 00:06:20,012 --> 00:06:23,649 HOME FROM SCHOOL, SO THAT'S BEEN 179 00:06:23,649 --> 00:06:27,587 A TINY BIT OF SILVERLINE IS THE 180 00:06:27,587 --> 00:06:28,821 TIME WITH OUR SONS LEADING UP TO 181 00:06:28,821 --> 00:06:30,356 THE LAUNCH WHICH THEY WOULD NOT 182 00:06:30,356 --> 00:06:32,325 HAVE NORMALLY BEEN INSIDE OF OUR 183 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:34,627 QUARANTINE. 184 00:06:34,627 --> 00:06:37,196 >> NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM JACKIE 185 00:06:37,196 --> 00:06:46,372 GODDARD. 186 00:06:46,372 --> 00:06:47,874 >> I SUSPECT IF I ASK EACH OF 187 00:06:47,874 --> 00:06:49,442 YOU TO ELABORATE ON WHAT MAKES 188 00:06:49,442 --> 00:06:53,679 YOU A BADASS AND YOU'LL SAY 189 00:06:53,679 --> 00:06:56,716 YOU'RE NOT AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR 190 00:06:56,716 --> 00:06:57,316 JOB. 191 00:06:57,316 --> 00:06:59,786 SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, BOB, WHAT 192 00:06:59,786 --> 00:07:03,756 MAKES DOUG A BADASS AND WHAT 193 00:07:03,756 --> 00:07:05,491 MAKES YOU WON. 194 00:07:05,491 --> 00:07:07,260 >> CAN YOU SAY THAT? 195 00:07:07,260 --> 00:07:12,331 >> CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? 196 00:07:12,331 --> 00:07:13,566 >> I'LL LET YOU REPHRASE. 197 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:14,834 >> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 198 00:07:14,834 --> 00:07:17,537 AND IT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET US 199 00:07:17,537 --> 00:07:18,471 THROUGH THE GAP THERE. 200 00:07:18,471 --> 00:07:19,772 DOUG IS READY FOR ANYTHING ALL 201 00:07:19,772 --> 00:07:20,673 THE TIME. 202 00:07:20,673 --> 00:07:23,543 HE'S ALWAYS PREPARED AND WHEN 203 00:07:23,543 --> 00:07:25,378 YOU'RE FLYING INTO SPACE ON A 204 00:07:25,378 --> 00:07:26,379 TEST MISSION YOU COULDN'T ASK 205 00:07:26,379 --> 00:07:28,815 FOR BETTER PERSON OR A BETTER 206 00:07:28,815 --> 00:07:29,949 TYPE OF INDIVIDUAL TO BE THERE 207 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:30,383 WITH YOU. 208 00:07:30,383 --> 00:07:32,552 SO I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT DOING 209 00:07:32,552 --> 00:07:34,053 SOMETHING LIKE THIS I'M DOING IT 210 00:07:34,053 --> 00:07:36,489 WITH DOUG HURLEY BECAUSE HE'S 211 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:37,557 GOING TO BE PREPARED FOR 212 00:07:37,557 --> 00:07:38,858 WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY AND HE'S 213 00:07:38,858 --> 00:07:41,360 GOING TO BE PREPARED QUICKLY. 214 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,796 SO I COULDN'T ASK FOR MORE. 215 00:07:43,796 --> 00:07:46,299 >> YEAH, AS FAR AS BOB, HE IS 216 00:07:46,299 --> 00:07:51,270 THE QUIET BAD AND THEN I'LL LET 217 00:07:51,270 --> 00:07:54,106 YOU PUT THE NEXT WORD, BUT 218 00:07:54,106 --> 00:07:55,541 THERE'S NO STONE UNTURNED. 219 00:07:55,541 --> 00:08:00,780 THERE'S NO WAY THAT HE DOESN'T 220 00:08:00,780 --> 00:08:04,217 HAVE EVERY POTENTIAL EVENTUALITY 221 00:08:04,217 --> 00:08:07,220 ALREADY THOUGHT ABOUT 5 TIMES 222 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:08,487 AHEAD OF ALMOST ANYBODY ELSE. 223 00:08:08,487 --> 00:08:12,225 SO THERE'S JUST -- THERE'S NO 224 00:08:12,225 --> 00:08:14,594 QUESTION I CAN ASK THAT HE 225 00:08:14,594 --> 00:08:15,628 DOESN'T ALREADY HAVE THE BEST 226 00:08:15,628 --> 00:08:19,665 ANSWER FOR AND IT'S JUST BEEN -- 227 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:23,302 IT'S SUCH A PLEASURE AND IT'S 228 00:08:23,302 --> 00:08:26,572 SUCH AN ASSET TO HAVE SOMEBODY 229 00:08:26,572 --> 00:08:28,541 LIKE THAT ON A CREW WITH YOU 230 00:08:28,541 --> 00:08:34,413 THAT JUST -- HE'S ALREADY GOT I 231 00:08:34,413 --> 00:08:36,249 FIGURE OUT. 232 00:08:36,249 --> 00:08:37,750 EVERYTHING WE COULD POTENTIALLY 233 00:08:37,750 --> 00:08:40,219 DEAL WITH AND MAKES IT SO MUCH 234 00:08:40,219 --> 00:08:41,120 EASIER WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY 235 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:43,723 LIKE THAT WITH YOUR CREW. 236 00:08:43,723 --> 00:08:46,659 >> BOTH OF US AS WE HEAD TO 237 00:08:46,659 --> 00:08:47,727 SPACE STATION BECAUSE I THINK 238 00:08:47,727 --> 00:08:49,829 ONE OF THE CASSIDY OR THE NAVY 239 00:08:49,829 --> 00:08:51,864 SEALS MOTTO IS HAVE A PLAN FOR 240 00:08:51,864 --> 00:08:53,900 EVERY SITUATION AND DISPATCH OF 241 00:08:53,900 --> 00:08:55,534 IT APPROPRIATELY. 242 00:08:55,534 --> 00:08:57,870 SO BETWEEN THE TWO OF US MAYBE 243 00:08:57,870 --> 00:09:00,406 WE CAN KEEP UP WITH CHRIS 244 00:09:00,406 --> 00:09:00,873 CASSIDY. 245 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:03,910 >> THANK YOU. 246 00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:05,044 >> WE'LL TAKE A QUESTION FROM 247 00:09:05,044 --> 00:09:06,679 TWITTER NOW. 248 00:09:06,679 --> 00:09:08,147 WE HAVE ROBERT ON TWITTER WHO 249 00:09:08,147 --> 00:09:11,417 ASKS MANY OF AMERICA'S PREVIOUS 250 00:09:11,417 --> 00:09:13,052 SPACECRAFTS HAD NAMES. 251 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:16,088 MERCURY 3 WAS CALLED FREEDOM 7 252 00:09:16,088 --> 00:09:19,692 AND GEMINI 3 WAS MOLLY BROWN. 253 00:09:19,692 --> 00:09:21,661 HAVE YOU NAMED YOUR CREW DRAGON? 254 00:09:21,661 --> 00:09:22,662 >> WE HAVE. 255 00:09:22,662 --> 00:09:24,563 [LAUGHTER] 256 00:09:24,563 --> 00:09:27,633 >> OKAY. 257 00:09:27,633 --> 00:09:29,635 WE DO HAVE A NAME AND WE WILL 258 00:09:29,635 --> 00:09:31,604 BREAK IT OUT APPROPRIATELY AND 259 00:09:31,604 --> 00:09:34,073 WE'LL -- WE GOT SOMETHING FOR 260 00:09:34,073 --> 00:09:35,207 YOU TO LOOK FORWARD TO ON LAUNCH 261 00:09:35,207 --> 00:09:35,574 DAY. 262 00:09:35,574 --> 00:09:38,911 >> THIS GOES ALONG WITH SOME OF 263 00:09:38,911 --> 00:09:39,578 THE TRADITIONS AND WE TALKED 264 00:09:39,578 --> 00:09:44,250 ABOUT THIS MANY TIMES. 265 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:49,655 NOT ONLY BOB AND I BUT SEVERAL 266 00:09:49,655 --> 00:09:51,324 OTHER FOLKS IN OUR OFFICE AND 267 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:53,125 NOW THE CREW CHIEF FOLKS AND 268 00:09:53,125 --> 00:09:54,560 FOLKS ON THE BOEING SIDE ALL 269 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:56,629 THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND 270 00:09:56,629 --> 00:09:57,663 TRADITION WE SHOULD CONTINUE. 271 00:09:57,663 --> 00:09:59,999 SO WE FEEL HONORED TO CONTINUE 272 00:09:59,999 --> 00:10:02,268 THIS TRADITION. 273 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:03,569 >> WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT 274 00:10:03,569 --> 00:10:04,603 FOR SURE. 275 00:10:04,603 --> 00:10:06,572 AND NEXT ON TWITTER FROM OWEN 276 00:10:06,572 --> 00:10:07,773 PLUMB WHO IS 13. 277 00:10:07,773 --> 00:10:09,075 HE WANTS TO KNOW, ARE YOU 278 00:10:09,075 --> 00:10:12,778 BRINGING ANY PAYLOADS WITH YOU? 279 00:10:12,778 --> 00:10:14,580 >> ANY PAYLOADS? 280 00:10:14,580 --> 00:10:15,748 >> FOR OUR MISSION, WE REALLY 281 00:10:15,748 --> 00:10:18,084 ARE FOCUSSED ON THE FLIGHT TEST 282 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:18,617 ASPECT OF IT. 283 00:10:18,617 --> 00:10:21,220 WE DO HAVE SOME SMALL ITEMS THAT 284 00:10:21,220 --> 00:10:22,221 ARE COMING UP TO THE 285 00:10:22,221 --> 00:10:23,656 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 286 00:10:23,656 --> 00:10:26,492 BUT OUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY 287 00:10:26,492 --> 00:10:27,927 IS TO GET OURSELVES UP THERE SO 288 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:29,595 THE AMOUNT OF PAYLOAD ACTIVITY 289 00:10:29,595 --> 00:10:31,397 WE HAVE ON BOARD IS PRETTY 290 00:10:31,397 --> 00:10:31,797 MINIMAL. 291 00:10:31,797 --> 00:10:33,899 ONCE WE ARRIVE AT SPACE STATION, 292 00:10:33,899 --> 00:10:37,703 I KNOW WE'LL BE SUPPORTING 293 00:10:37,703 --> 00:10:40,673 OPERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 294 00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:42,375 HTV THAT SHOULD BE ARRIVING 295 00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:44,977 AFTER WE DO FOR BOTH SPACEWALKS 296 00:10:44,977 --> 00:10:47,013 AND EXPERIMENTAL HARDWARE INSIDE 297 00:10:47,013 --> 00:10:47,580 OF THE VEHICLE. 298 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:51,417 WE'RE PRIMARILY CREW TRANSPORT 299 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:53,219 AND WE'LL HAVE EXTRA HARDWARE 300 00:10:53,219 --> 00:10:59,892 THAT WE'LL LEAVE BEHIND TO 301 00:10:59,892 --> 00:11:05,598 FACILITATE FUTURE SPACE 302 00:11:05,598 --> 00:11:07,199 EXPLORATION BUT IT'S LIMITED 303 00:11:07,199 --> 00:11:08,734 >> THIS IS FROM CHRIS DAVENPORT 304 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:11,604 WITH THE "WASHINGTON POST". 305 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:13,839 >> CHRIS WHO? 306 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:15,441 >> I DON'T KNOW IF WE MET HIM 307 00:11:15,441 --> 00:11:19,412 BEFORE. 308 00:11:19,412 --> 00:11:22,982 >> CHRIS, ARE YOU ON? 309 00:11:22,982 --> 00:11:24,750 >> WE NEED TO GO I GUESS TO NEXT 310 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:28,721 TO MARIUM KRAMER. 311 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:29,588 >> HI THERE. 312 00:11:29,588 --> 00:11:31,090 THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THIS. 313 00:11:31,090 --> 00:11:33,426 WITH THIS BEING TIME OF SUCH 314 00:11:33,426 --> 00:11:34,794 GREAT UNCERTAINTY FOR FOLKS 315 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:36,529 AROUND THE U.S., I JUST WONDER 316 00:11:36,529 --> 00:11:37,963 WHAT YOU HOPE THIS LAUNCH WILL 317 00:11:37,963 --> 00:11:39,398 MEAN TO PEOPLE AS THEY WATCH IT 318 00:11:39,398 --> 00:11:40,900 FROM THEIR HOMES? 319 00:11:40,900 --> 00:11:44,703 THANKS. 320 00:11:44,703 --> 00:11:46,138 >> I THINK THAT BOTH DOUG AND I 321 00:11:46,138 --> 00:11:47,706 THE THING WE MOST WANT TO BRING 322 00:11:47,706 --> 00:11:48,974 HOME IS THAT WE ARE STILL ABLE 323 00:11:48,974 --> 00:11:51,610 TO DO THIS AND PERFORM IT 324 00:11:51,610 --> 00:11:53,879 SAFELY. 325 00:11:53,879 --> 00:11:55,848 COVID DID DRIVE SOME CHANGES IN 326 00:11:55,848 --> 00:11:57,349 HOW WE WERE CONDUCTING 327 00:11:57,349 --> 00:11:59,185 OPERATIONS AND PREPARING FOR THE 328 00:11:59,185 --> 00:11:59,518 MISSION. 329 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:01,520 BUT WE AS A NATION ALL ACROSS 330 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:03,589 THE NATION, FOLKS FROM FLORIDA 331 00:12:03,589 --> 00:12:06,859 THROUGH TEXAS AND HOUSTON WITH 332 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:09,595 THE SPACEX TEAM AS WELL AS 333 00:12:09,595 --> 00:12:10,596 CALIFORNIA HAD TO FIGURE OUT A 334 00:12:10,596 --> 00:12:12,431 WAY TO STILL PULL THIS MISSION 335 00:12:12,431 --> 00:12:14,500 OFF SAFELY AND PREPARE FOR IT 336 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:15,968 SAFELY AND WORK TOGETHER TO 337 00:12:15,968 --> 00:12:17,770 ACCOMPLISH IT EVEN WITH ALL THE 338 00:12:17,770 --> 00:12:19,205 CONSTRAINTS THAT REALLY 339 00:12:19,205 --> 00:12:20,406 PREVENTED THE TOGETHERNESS THAT 340 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:23,008 WE HAD BEEN EXERCISING THE 341 00:12:23,008 --> 00:12:23,776 PREVIOUS 5 YEARS. 342 00:12:23,776 --> 00:12:25,377 WE HAD SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT 343 00:12:25,377 --> 00:12:28,047 IN HAWTHORNE FACE TO FACE WITH 344 00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:29,782 THE TEAM AND I KNOW THE HOUSTON 345 00:12:29,782 --> 00:12:30,816 TRAVELLERS HAD TO FIGURE OUT A 346 00:12:30,816 --> 00:12:32,218 WAY TO NOT NECESSARILY DO THAT 347 00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:33,252 AS OFTEN. 348 00:12:33,252 --> 00:12:35,554 SO I HOPE THE NATION CAN LOOK AT 349 00:12:35,554 --> 00:12:37,690 THIS AND RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS 350 00:12:37,690 --> 00:12:39,158 SOMETHING WE'RE STILL GOING TO 351 00:12:39,158 --> 00:12:39,725 ACCOMPLISH. 352 00:12:39,725 --> 00:12:41,460 THIS IS STILL SOMETHING THAT 353 00:12:41,460 --> 00:12:42,828 WE'LL STILL BE SUCCESSFUL AT AND 354 00:12:42,828 --> 00:12:44,964 WE'LL DO IT IN THE FACE OF THE 355 00:12:44,964 --> 00:12:45,464 PANDEMIC. 356 00:12:45,464 --> 00:12:47,166 WE'LL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WORK 357 00:12:47,166 --> 00:12:48,367 THROUGH IT AND WORK AROUND IT 358 00:12:48,367 --> 00:12:49,802 AND WORK THROUGH IT SAFELY. 359 00:12:49,802 --> 00:12:52,104 SO, WE MENTIONED ALREADY THAT 360 00:12:52,104 --> 00:12:53,772 WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE COVID 361 00:12:53,772 --> 00:12:55,141 TESTED AS WE LEAD UP TO LAUNCH 362 00:12:55,141 --> 00:12:56,342 BECAUSE OF COURSE WE DON'T WANT 363 00:12:56,342 --> 00:12:57,977 TO TAKE THAT TO THE 364 00:12:57,977 --> 00:12:59,879 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, BUT 365 00:12:59,879 --> 00:13:02,248 WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A 366 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:03,482 WAY AND THERE'S BEEN WILL TO 367 00:13:03,482 --> 00:13:04,683 MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND WE'RE PROUD 368 00:13:04,683 --> 00:13:07,153 TO BE PART OF IT. 369 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:08,587 >> NEXT UP WE'LL GO TO LUCAS 370 00:13:08,587 --> 00:13:12,424 FROM SPACEX. 371 00:13:12,424 --> 00:13:14,426 >> HI. 372 00:13:14,426 --> 00:13:16,729 MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOUR 373 00:13:16,729 --> 00:13:20,566 FLIGHT SUITS LIKE COMPARED TO 374 00:13:20,566 --> 00:13:22,168 OTHERS YOU'VE SEEN ON MILITARY 375 00:13:22,168 --> 00:13:24,203 TEST PILOTS ON ASTRONAUT 376 00:13:24,203 --> 00:13:26,338 TRAINING? 377 00:13:26,338 --> 00:13:28,607 >> SPACE SUITS THAT WE WEAR ON 378 00:13:28,607 --> 00:13:31,477 CREW DRAGON ARE SIMILAR IN WHAT 379 00:13:31,477 --> 00:13:34,346 THEY'RE DESIGNED TO DO AS OTHER 380 00:13:34,346 --> 00:13:36,282 PRESSURE SUITS IN CASE THERE'S A 381 00:13:36,282 --> 00:13:40,786 HALL BREACH OR LOSS OF 382 00:13:40,786 --> 00:13:42,988 PRESSURIZATION THESE SUITS WOULD 383 00:13:42,988 --> 00:13:44,023 PRESSURIZE AND KEEP US SAFE. 384 00:13:44,023 --> 00:13:46,091 THEY'RE VERY UNIQUE RELATIVE TO 385 00:13:46,091 --> 00:13:48,260 THE SUITS WE TRIED BEFORE OR 386 00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:49,528 WORN BEFORE. 387 00:13:49,528 --> 00:13:54,233 SHUTTLE WE WORE THE ACES SUIT 388 00:13:54,233 --> 00:14:00,105 WHICH WAS MORE BULKY AND SIZED 389 00:14:00,105 --> 00:14:03,742 GENERICALLY WHEREAS THESE WITH 390 00:14:03,742 --> 00:14:07,613 SPACEX ARE CUSTOM SIZED TO THE 391 00:14:07,613 --> 00:14:08,480 VEHICLE. 392 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:09,682 A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE 393 00:14:09,682 --> 00:14:11,050 REALLY NEAT LOOKING SUITS AND 394 00:14:11,050 --> 00:14:12,818 THEY DO THE JOB. 395 00:14:12,818 --> 00:14:15,654 ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS SPACEX 396 00:14:15,654 --> 00:14:17,189 DESIGNED AND BUILT AND DEVELOP 397 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:18,791 THESE SUITS FROM THE GROUND UP 398 00:14:18,791 --> 00:14:20,926 WHICH IS UNIQUE. 399 00:14:20,926 --> 00:14:22,394 USUALLY THERE'S A SEPARATE 400 00:14:22,394 --> 00:14:23,796 COMPANY OR COMPANIES INVOLVED 401 00:14:23,796 --> 00:14:26,332 THAT MAKE THESE SPACE SUITS AND 402 00:14:26,332 --> 00:14:27,700 SO IT WAS REALLY NEAT TO BE 403 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,134 THERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF 404 00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:30,169 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE SUITS 405 00:14:30,169 --> 00:14:32,304 TO THE TWO SUITS WE JUST TRIED 406 00:14:32,304 --> 00:14:34,139 ON THIS MORNING TO JUST CHECK 407 00:14:34,139 --> 00:14:35,574 THEM ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE GET 408 00:14:35,574 --> 00:14:38,944 READY TO GO FLY. 409 00:14:38,944 --> 00:14:40,346 >> NOW WALE GO TO RACHEL JOY 410 00:14:40,346 --> 00:14:43,716 FROM FLORIDA TODAY. 411 00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:44,583 >> HI. 412 00:14:44,583 --> 00:14:46,452 THERE IS A BIT OF A DELAY SO 413 00:14:46,452 --> 00:14:52,191 HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME. 414 00:14:52,191 --> 00:14:54,093 I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR READERS 415 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:56,528 ARE EXCITED AND PROUD YOU'RE 416 00:14:56,528 --> 00:14:58,831 HERE. THEY WOULD LOVE TO KNOW A 417 00:14:58,831 --> 00:15:00,266 LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT YOUR PLANS 418 00:15:00,266 --> 00:15:01,700 ARE FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 419 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:03,135 I KNOW IT'S WEIRD YOU'RE IN 420 00:15:03,135 --> 00:15:03,969 QUARANTINE AND MAYBE IF YOU 421 00:15:03,969 --> 00:15:05,838 COULD REVEAL OF YOUR LOCAL 422 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:07,373 FAVORITE SPOTS AROUND TOWN. 423 00:15:07,373 --> 00:15:08,407 I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE 424 00:15:08,407 --> 00:15:09,508 RESTAURANTS OR BEACHES YOU GO TO 425 00:15:09,508 --> 00:15:16,649 WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO GET OUT. 426 00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:18,050 >> I'LL TAKE AT LEAST PART OF 427 00:15:18,050 --> 00:15:20,386 THAT QUESTION. 428 00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:21,587 HUH-OH. 429 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:23,422 WE LOST THE SCREEN. 430 00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:24,390 ARE YOU STILL THERE? 431 00:15:24,390 --> 00:15:24,890 >> YES. 432 00:15:24,890 --> 00:15:27,359 I'M STILL HERE. 433 00:15:27,359 --> 00:15:27,693 >> OKAY. 434 00:15:27,693 --> 00:15:29,161 OUR SCREEN LOCKED UP THERE FOR A 435 00:15:29,161 --> 00:15:30,296 SECOND. 436 00:15:30,296 --> 00:15:32,264 THE VIDEO IS STILL LOCKED UP BUT 437 00:15:32,264 --> 00:15:33,499 SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN HEAR US. 438 00:15:33,499 --> 00:15:43,175 SO FOR THE WEEKEND, WE'RE 439 00:15:43,175 --> 00:15:44,943 FOLLOWING THE SCHEDULE. 440 00:15:44,943 --> 00:15:48,781 WE'RE STILL IN QUARANTINE, SO, 441 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:50,716 YEAH, IT WILL BE A UNIQUE 442 00:15:50,716 --> 00:15:52,885 MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FOR US 443 00:15:52,885 --> 00:15:57,189 BEING IN QUARANTINE. 444 00:15:57,189 --> 00:15:58,657 GOOD THING IS OUR FAMILIES 445 00:15:58,657 --> 00:15:59,758 ARRIVE TOMORROW SO WE'LL GET TO 446 00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:00,693 SEE THEM. 447 00:16:00,693 --> 00:16:03,295 BUT THERE'S JUST CONTINUING -- 448 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:04,496 FOR EXAMPLE, TOMORROW IS THE DRY 449 00:16:04,496 --> 00:16:05,964 DRESS SO THAT WILL BE THE DRESS 450 00:16:05,964 --> 00:16:08,567 REHEARSAL FOR LAUNCH DAY AND 451 00:16:08,567 --> 00:16:12,204 THEN SUNDAY, MONDAY, WE HAVE 452 00:16:12,204 --> 00:16:14,273 PLENTY SCHEDULED EVENTS AS WE 453 00:16:14,273 --> 00:16:16,408 WORK TOWARDS LAUNCH ON 454 00:16:16,408 --> 00:16:16,775 WEDNESDAY. 455 00:16:16,775 --> 00:16:20,512 THE SHORT OF IT IS IT'S WHAT WE 456 00:16:20,512 --> 00:16:23,649 LIKE TO CALL GROUNDHOG DAY WHICH 457 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:26,185 IS QUARANTINE, BUT THERE ARE 458 00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:27,519 PLENTY OF THINGS TO DO AND 459 00:16:27,519 --> 00:16:31,123 HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO BE 460 00:16:31,123 --> 00:16:32,191 OUTSIDE AND GET TO THE BEACH 461 00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:35,260 HOUSE AND ENJOY SOME OF THE 462 00:16:35,260 --> 00:16:37,162 TRADITIONAL THINGS THAT FOLKS 463 00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:40,499 ENJOY OR HOPE TO ENJOY ON MOST 464 00:16:40,499 --> 00:16:40,999 MEMORIAL DAYS. 465 00:16:40,999 --> 00:16:42,368 AS FAR AS YOUR OTHER QUESTION, 466 00:16:42,368 --> 00:16:44,236 WHERE DO WE LIKE TO GO WHEN WE 467 00:16:44,236 --> 00:16:45,871 GET OUT? 468 00:16:45,871 --> 00:16:47,840 PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE. 469 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:51,377 ANYWHERE IN COCOA BEACH. 470 00:16:51,377 --> 00:16:55,114 IT'S ALWAYS NEAT TO GET OUT AND 471 00:16:55,114 --> 00:16:56,648 SEE THE BEACH AND DIFFERENT 472 00:16:56,648 --> 00:16:59,151 RESTAURANTS WE TRY TO GO WHEN WE 473 00:16:59,151 --> 00:16:59,752 GET DOWN THERE. 474 00:16:59,752 --> 00:17:04,790 THE DOCS WILL NOT ALLOW IT. 475 00:17:04,790 --> 00:17:07,159 >> SO WE WON'T BE SEEING YOU AT 476 00:17:07,159 --> 00:17:08,627 THE SANDBAR THIS TIME? 477 00:17:08,627 --> 00:17:09,962 >> NO PROBABLY NOT UNFORTUNATELY 478 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:13,298 BUT WE'D LIKE TO SAY HI TO 479 00:17:13,298 --> 00:17:14,166 EVERYBODY THERE. 480 00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:15,434 IF ANYBODY IS THERE. 481 00:17:15,434 --> 00:17:17,436 ARE THOSE PLACES OPEN TO SOME 482 00:17:17,436 --> 00:17:20,839 DEGREE? 483 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:22,374 OR NOT AT ALL? 484 00:17:22,374 --> 00:17:22,941 >> ALL RIGHT. 485 00:17:22,941 --> 00:17:25,411 NEXT UP WE'LL GO TO STEVEN CLARK 486 00:17:25,411 --> 00:17:30,082 WITH SPACEFLIGHT NOW. 487 00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:30,416 >> HI. 488 00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:31,717 THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY 489 00:17:31,717 --> 00:17:32,050 QUESTION. 490 00:17:32,050 --> 00:17:34,253 FIRST OF ALL, I THINK YOU HAVE A 491 00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:35,954 MANUAL FLYING DEMONSTRATION 492 00:17:35,954 --> 00:17:37,890 DURING YOUR TRANSIT TO THE SPACE 493 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:38,190 STATION. 494 00:17:38,190 --> 00:17:40,125 CAN YOU TALK WHICH OF YOU WILL 495 00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:42,060 BE FLYING THE VEHICLE IN THE 496 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:43,962 ROLES DURING THE FLIGHT UP TO 497 00:17:43,962 --> 00:17:49,568 ISS FOR EACH OF YOU. 498 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:50,602 IN THE HEART OF THE SHUTTLE 499 00:17:50,602 --> 00:17:51,937 PROGRAM, DID YOU EVER EXPECT TO 500 00:17:51,937 --> 00:17:53,372 BE FLYING ANYTHING IN SPACE 501 00:17:53,372 --> 00:17:54,440 BESIDES THE SHUTTLE WHEN YOU 502 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:57,910 JOINED THE OFFICE? 503 00:17:57,910 --> 00:18:00,446 THANKS. 504 00:18:00,446 --> 00:18:02,281 >> FOR THE MANUAL FLYING, I'LL 505 00:18:02,281 --> 00:18:05,083 BE DOING THE MANUAL FLYING AS 506 00:18:05,083 --> 00:18:06,919 DRAGON COMMANDER AND WE'LL DO 507 00:18:06,919 --> 00:18:09,988 MANUAL FLYING DEMO IN FREE 508 00:18:09,988 --> 00:18:12,357 FLIGHT AND THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER 509 00:18:12,357 --> 00:18:15,194 ONE WHEN WE GET CLOSER TO THE 510 00:18:15,194 --> 00:18:17,329 ISS. 511 00:18:17,329 --> 00:18:20,732 THOSE TESTS ARE TWO-PERSON TESTS 512 00:18:20,732 --> 00:18:22,901 FOR SURE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT 513 00:18:22,901 --> 00:18:24,436 OF BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BOB 514 00:18:24,436 --> 00:18:26,371 AND I AND WE PRACTICE IT QUITE A 515 00:18:26,371 --> 00:18:27,506 BIT AND IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT 516 00:18:27,506 --> 00:18:28,807 TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND 517 00:18:28,807 --> 00:18:30,476 COMPLETELY FOR FUTURE CREWS IN 518 00:18:30,476 --> 00:18:33,612 CASE THEY EVER HAVE TO FLY THE 519 00:18:33,612 --> 00:18:34,646 VEHICLE MANUALLY. 520 00:18:34,646 --> 00:18:38,917 AS FAR AS THE SECOND QUESTION, I 521 00:18:38,917 --> 00:18:40,118 THINK BOTH OF US WOULD REALLY 522 00:18:40,118 --> 00:18:42,254 HAVE BEEN JUST OVER THE MOON IT 523 00:18:42,254 --> 00:18:45,524 IF WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN 524 00:18:45,524 --> 00:18:47,993 WE FIRST ARRIVE TO FLY ON A NEW 525 00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:48,360 SPACECRAFT. 526 00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:51,497 OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE SEEN NASA 527 00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:54,166 COMPLETE THE SPACE STATION AND 528 00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:56,368 CONSIDER THE NEXT STEPS. 529 00:18:56,368 --> 00:18:58,470 WE LONGED TO BE PART OF THE 530 00:18:58,470 --> 00:19:01,707 FLIGHT AND WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH. 531 00:19:01,707 --> 00:19:04,409 IT'S SOMETHING WE DREAMED ABOUT 532 00:19:04,409 --> 00:19:05,844 FLYING SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE 533 00:19:05,844 --> 00:19:06,411 SPACE SHUTTLE. 534 00:19:06,411 --> 00:19:08,213 IT DID NOT SEEM LIKELY AT THE 535 00:19:08,213 --> 00:19:10,616 TIME WHEN WE ARRIVED IN THE 536 00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:11,416 ASTRONAUT OFFICE. 537 00:19:11,416 --> 00:19:14,219 THERE WAS A LOT OF ASSEMBLY OF 538 00:19:14,219 --> 00:19:15,053 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 539 00:19:15,053 --> 00:19:17,589 THAT HAD TO HAPPEN TO WE NEEDED 540 00:19:17,589 --> 00:19:18,891 TO GET THROUGH THAT AND WE WERE 541 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:21,593 EXCITED TO HAVE OUR 542 00:19:21,593 --> 00:19:22,594 OPPORTUNITIES ON THOSE MISSIONS 543 00:19:22,594 --> 00:19:23,795 AND THAT HAPPENED MANY YEARS 544 00:19:23,795 --> 00:19:24,162 AGO. 545 00:19:24,162 --> 00:19:26,164 SO I THINK WE'RE LIVING THE 546 00:19:26,164 --> 00:19:28,166 DREAM IS WHAT I GUESS ASTRONAUT 547 00:19:28,166 --> 00:19:31,370 MICHAEL FOSSUM WOULD HAVE SAID 548 00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:32,704 IF HE WAS POSED WITH THAT 549 00:19:32,704 --> 00:19:35,207 QUESTION. 550 00:19:35,207 --> 00:19:37,042 >> IN EQUITY WE'LL GO WITH DAVE 551 00:19:37,042 --> 00:19:39,177 WITH BUSINESS INSIDER. 552 00:19:39,177 --> 00:19:40,846 >> THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THIS 553 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:43,549 AND BEST OF LUCK ON YOUR FLIGHT. 554 00:19:43,549 --> 00:19:46,385 YOU BOTH SAID THIS IS AN 555 00:19:46,385 --> 00:19:48,453 EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT AND AN 556 00:19:48,453 --> 00:19:50,489 ASTRONAUT'S DREAM. 557 00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:53,492 IS THERE A GOOD AMOUNT OF RISK 558 00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:55,994 AND IF AND HOW MISSION 559 00:19:55,994 --> 00:19:59,531 MANAGEMENT HAS SHARED LOC OR LOM 560 00:19:59,531 --> 00:20:00,532 NUMBERS WITH YOU AND WHAT DO YOU 561 00:20:00,532 --> 00:20:02,267 KNOW ABOUT THOSE NUMBERS AND HOW 562 00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:03,302 CONFIDENT YOU ARE MOVING FORWARD 563 00:20:03,302 --> 00:20:06,138 WITH THE TEST FLIGHT. 564 00:20:06,138 --> 00:20:07,005 THANK YOU. 565 00:20:07,005 --> 00:20:08,574 >> I THINK WHENEVER WE HEAR 566 00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:11,276 THOSE NUMBERS, WE DIG A LITTLE 567 00:20:11,276 --> 00:20:19,217 BIT DEEPER AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE 568 00:20:19,217 --> 00:20:24,423 BEST USED. 569 00:20:24,423 --> 00:20:25,991 WE HAD FULL INFORMATION I THINK 570 00:20:25,991 --> 00:20:28,760 FROM THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM 571 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,129 AND FROM THE SPACEX TEAM AS 572 00:20:31,129 --> 00:20:32,364 WE'VE GONE FORWARD WITH THIS. 573 00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:34,433 SO I THINK WE HAD THE LUXURY 574 00:20:34,433 --> 00:20:36,969 OVER THE LAST 5 PLUS YEARS TO BE 575 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:38,370 DEEPLY IMBEDDED AND 576 00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:40,005 UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRADES THAT 577 00:20:40,005 --> 00:20:43,141 WERE MADE AND AS YOU PROBABLY 578 00:20:43,141 --> 00:20:44,977 UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OFTEN CASES 579 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:47,613 WHERE HARDWARE CHANGE CAN BE 580 00:20:47,613 --> 00:20:48,647 IMPLEMENTED OR OPERATIONAL 581 00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:51,183 CHANGE THAT REDUCES THAT RISK OR 582 00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:52,784 MANAGES IT IN SOME WAY. 583 00:20:52,784 --> 00:20:53,919 WE'VE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN 584 00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:55,053 THAT ENTIRE PROCESS. 585 00:20:55,053 --> 00:20:57,990 SO, WE DID EVEN GET A CHANCE 586 00:20:57,990 --> 00:20:59,625 OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS TO DUCK 587 00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:02,794 OUR HEADS IN TO THE AGENCY'S 588 00:21:02,794 --> 00:21:04,896 FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW AND HEAR 589 00:21:04,896 --> 00:21:05,731 DISCUSSIONS THAT THE MANAGEMENT 590 00:21:05,731 --> 00:21:07,432 TEAMS WERE HAVING ABOUT THE 591 00:21:07,432 --> 00:21:08,867 OVERALL RISK OR DIFFERENT WAYS 592 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:09,968 OF DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS 593 00:21:09,968 --> 00:21:10,736 MISSION ITSELF. 594 00:21:10,736 --> 00:21:11,970 SO I THINK WE'RE REALLY 595 00:21:11,970 --> 00:21:14,573 COMFORTABLE WITH IT AND WE THINK 596 00:21:14,573 --> 00:21:16,174 THOSE TRADES HAVE BEEN MADE 597 00:21:16,174 --> 00:21:19,344 APPROPRIATELY AND AS FAR AS 598 00:21:19,344 --> 00:21:21,446 INSIGHT GOES WE'VE HAD PROBABLY 599 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:23,849 MORE THAN ANY CREW HAS IN RECENT 600 00:21:23,849 --> 00:21:24,983 HISTORY JUST IN TERMS IT OF 601 00:21:24,983 --> 00:21:27,753 UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT 602 00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:28,754 SCENARIOS THAT ARE ON THE 603 00:21:28,754 --> 00:21:29,488 FLIGHT. 604 00:21:29,488 --> 00:21:31,089 >> THOSE NUMBERS ARE CERTAINLY 605 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:33,025 PART OF THE EQUATION WHEN YOU 606 00:21:33,025 --> 00:21:34,760 ASSESS RISK, BUT THEY'RE 607 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,628 CERTAINLY NOT EXCLUSIVE BY ANY 608 00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:39,264 STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION. 609 00:21:39,264 --> 00:21:40,699 THEY CHANGE BASED ON A LOT OF 610 00:21:40,699 --> 00:21:43,802 DIFFERENT DESIGN CHANGES OR JUST 611 00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:45,037 STATISTIC ITS AS WE MOVE FORWARD 612 00:21:45,037 --> 00:21:45,637 IN OUR PROGRAM. 613 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:49,741 SO THEY'RE CERTAINLY A FACTOR 614 00:21:49,741 --> 00:21:53,111 BUT THERE IS SO MUCH MORE TO 615 00:21:53,111 --> 00:21:55,147 ASSESSING RISK AND ALL THE 616 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:56,882 THINGS YOU NEED TO PUT IN TO THE 617 00:21:56,882 --> 00:21:59,818 DECISION MATRIX BEFORE YOU FLY. 618 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:01,753 >> ONE OF THE UNIQUE THINGS 619 00:22:01,753 --> 00:22:06,158 ABOUT THE DRAGON VEHICLE, THE 620 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:07,459 TEAM HAS THAT EXPERIENCE AS WELL 621 00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:11,063 AS THE FALCON 9 ROCKET THAT HAS 622 00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:12,631 WHAT WASN'T A LONG HISTORY WHEN 623 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:15,500 WE STARTED THIS HISTORY BUT HAS 624 00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:18,136 PANNED OUT TO BE QUITE A NUMBER 625 00:22:18,136 --> 00:22:20,238 OF FLIGHTS UNDER ITS BELT AND 626 00:22:20,238 --> 00:22:21,173 EVOLUTION HAS BECOME MORE AND 627 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:23,075 MORE SAFE AS IT'S BEEN OPERATED 628 00:22:23,075 --> 00:22:25,110 AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE 629 00:22:25,110 --> 00:22:27,145 APPRECIATE AND IT'S JUST 630 00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:29,214 REMARKABLE TO SEE ALL THE OTHER 631 00:22:29,214 --> 00:22:30,716 MISSIONS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED 632 00:22:30,716 --> 00:22:32,851 TO THE HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT PROGRAM 633 00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:35,620 BY -- IN SOME SENSE BEING A TEST 634 00:22:35,620 --> 00:22:36,988 MISSION FOR US BEFORE WE HAD A 635 00:22:36,988 --> 00:22:39,324 CHANCE TO FLY ON THE FALCON 9. 636 00:22:39,324 --> 00:22:40,726 >> THANK YOU. 637 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:41,827 OKAY I THINK THAT IS ALL THE 638 00:22:41,827 --> 00:22:43,695 TIME WE HAVE FOR QUESTIONS 639 00:22:43,695 --> 00:22:44,096 UNFORTUNATELY. 640 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:46,598 I APOLOGIZE FOR THOSE WE DIDN'T 641 00:22:46,598 --> 00:22:47,432 GET TO. 642 00:22:47,432 --> 00:22:49,735 SINCE THIS IS OUR LAST TIME TO 643 00:22:49,735 --> 00:22:51,837 TALK TO BOB AND DOUG WE WANT TO 644 00:22:51,837 --> 00:22:53,171 WISH THEM LUCK AND LET THEM KNOW 645 00:22:53,171 --> 00:22:54,740 WE'RE CHEERING THEM ON. 646 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:55,974 FOR THOSE ON THE PHONE YOU'LL 647 00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:58,744 NEED TO HANG UP AND DIAL UP FOR 648 00:22:58,744 --> 00:23:00,378 THE NEXT BRIEFING THAT'S COMING 649 00:23:00,378 --> 00:23:02,347 UP AT 2:45 AND THAT WILL BE THE 650 00:23:02,347 --> 00:23:04,049 POST READINESS BRIEFING. 651 00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:06,351 WE'LL SEE YOU ALL BACK HERE ON