1 00:00:05,030 --> 00:00:13,270 [Music] 2 00:00:24,150 --> 00:00:14,700 started 3 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:35,030 um 4 00:00:43,030 --> 00:00:35,930 between 5 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:57,430 phases countries clears the tower 6 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:08,510 to get us discoveries we are today 7 00:01:19,109 --> 00:01:14,650 [Music] 8 00:01:20,950 --> 00:01:19,119 good afternoon and welcome to nasa's 9 00:01:23,429 --> 00:01:20,960 kennedy space center in florida i'm 10 00:01:25,830 --> 00:01:23,439 joshua finch of nasa's communication 11 00:01:28,390 --> 00:01:25,840 we're here to discuss nasa's spacex demo 12 00:01:29,990 --> 00:01:28,400 2 mission teams from nasa and spacex 13 00:01:31,910 --> 00:01:30,000 just completed the flight readiness 14 00:01:34,069 --> 00:01:31,920 review and we're joined by participants 15 00:01:36,469 --> 00:01:34,079 who can tell us more about that review 16 00:01:38,710 --> 00:01:36,479 we'll first start with our presenters 17 00:01:41,830 --> 00:01:38,720 first we have nasa administrator jim 18 00:01:46,870 --> 00:01:43,990 nasa associate administrator steven 19 00:01:52,069 --> 00:01:49,030 kathy leaders manager of nasa's 20 00:01:53,429 --> 00:01:52,079 commercial crew program 21 00:01:55,350 --> 00:01:53,439 kirk shireman 22 00:01:57,749 --> 00:01:55,360 manager international space station 23 00:01:59,910 --> 00:01:57,759 program 24 00:02:02,630 --> 00:01:59,920 benji reed director of crew mission 25 00:02:04,149 --> 00:02:02,640 management at spacex 26 00:02:06,789 --> 00:02:04,159 and norm knight 27 00:02:09,830 --> 00:02:06,799 deputy director at nasa's johnson space 28 00:02:11,029 --> 00:02:09,840 center flight operations 29 00:02:12,630 --> 00:02:11,039 we're going to begin with opening 30 00:02:14,150 --> 00:02:12,640 comments from our presenters and then 31 00:02:15,589 --> 00:02:14,160 we'll turn it over to questions we're 32 00:02:17,589 --> 00:02:15,599 going to start with nasa administrator 33 00:02:18,869 --> 00:02:17,599 jim breinstein who does have to leave a 34 00:02:20,830 --> 00:02:18,879 little bit early during today's 35 00:02:24,070 --> 00:02:20,840 briefings so we'll start with mr 36 00:02:25,589 --> 00:02:24,080 breinstein well thank you josh and it is 37 00:02:28,309 --> 00:02:25,599 good to be here at the kennedy space 38 00:02:29,190 --> 00:02:28,319 center we are obviously in the media 39 00:02:31,589 --> 00:02:29,200 room 40 00:02:32,550 --> 00:02:31,599 where we have had many conferences 41 00:02:36,390 --> 00:02:32,560 before 42 00:02:39,430 --> 00:02:36,400 um you know i remember fondly demo one i 43 00:02:42,229 --> 00:02:39,440 remember fondly the launch abort test 44 00:02:43,910 --> 00:02:42,239 and this room was absolutely packed 45 00:02:45,350 --> 00:02:43,920 and here we are today 46 00:02:47,430 --> 00:02:45,360 in an empty room 47 00:02:49,430 --> 00:02:47,440 talking to cameras 48 00:02:51,110 --> 00:02:49,440 and all of us are six feet apart and of 49 00:02:53,030 --> 00:02:51,120 course we all walked in here with our 50 00:02:54,949 --> 00:02:53,040 masks on and 51 00:02:57,270 --> 00:02:54,959 and of course what we are doing here 52 00:02:59,190 --> 00:02:57,280 today exemplifies 53 00:03:01,190 --> 00:02:59,200 what we were doing in the in the launch 54 00:03:02,790 --> 00:03:01,200 readiness review 55 00:03:04,550 --> 00:03:02,800 so these are different times but it is 56 00:03:07,509 --> 00:03:04,560 also a time when we need to be doing 57 00:03:09,030 --> 00:03:07,519 amazing things as a nation and inspiring 58 00:03:10,149 --> 00:03:09,040 the entire world and that's what we're 59 00:03:12,710 --> 00:03:10,159 doing 60 00:03:14,949 --> 00:03:12,720 the flight readiness review is complete 61 00:03:15,990 --> 00:03:14,959 we have another milestone under our 62 00:03:17,589 --> 00:03:16,000 belts 63 00:03:20,630 --> 00:03:17,599 it was a good review 64 00:03:22,790 --> 00:03:20,640 great discussion um i think everybody in 65 00:03:24,229 --> 00:03:22,800 the room was very clear that now is the 66 00:03:25,990 --> 00:03:24,239 time to speak up if there are any 67 00:03:27,990 --> 00:03:26,000 challenges 68 00:03:29,589 --> 00:03:28,000 and and there were there were 69 00:03:31,350 --> 00:03:29,599 conversations that were had that were 70 00:03:34,149 --> 00:03:31,360 very important to be had 71 00:03:37,110 --> 00:03:34,159 but it's also true that at the end 72 00:03:38,390 --> 00:03:37,120 as as as each system and subsystem was 73 00:03:40,390 --> 00:03:38,400 considered 74 00:03:41,910 --> 00:03:40,400 at the end we got to a go 75 00:03:44,789 --> 00:03:41,920 so um 76 00:03:47,990 --> 00:03:44,799 so we are we are now preparing for a 77 00:03:49,750 --> 00:03:48,000 launch in in five short days so 78 00:03:52,149 --> 00:03:49,760 um i want to say it's good to be here at 79 00:03:54,710 --> 00:03:52,159 the kennedy space center 80 00:03:56,789 --> 00:03:54,720 there's a lot of work left to do the 81 00:03:57,509 --> 00:03:56,799 launch is on or the rocket is on the pad 82 00:03:59,350 --> 00:03:57,519 and 83 00:04:01,030 --> 00:03:59,360 we've got a static fire in front of us 84 00:04:02,949 --> 00:04:01,040 or i should say a hot fire in front of 85 00:04:05,030 --> 00:04:02,959 us as well as 86 00:04:07,350 --> 00:04:05,040 a lot of checks to do but 87 00:04:10,390 --> 00:04:07,360 but the the launch readiness review was 88 00:04:12,550 --> 00:04:10,400 good and um and we are a go so with that 89 00:04:14,390 --> 00:04:12,560 josh i'll turn it back over to you 90 00:04:16,310 --> 00:04:14,400 thank you and now we'll go to stephen 91 00:04:18,789 --> 00:04:16,320 jersey 92 00:04:20,390 --> 00:04:18,799 thank you josh um so first i want to say 93 00:04:23,110 --> 00:04:20,400 it was a 94 00:04:25,909 --> 00:04:23,120 an honor to chair the first flight 95 00:04:28,550 --> 00:04:25,919 readiness review for a crew 96 00:04:29,909 --> 00:04:28,560 transportation system developed in the 97 00:04:31,510 --> 00:04:29,919 u.s 98 00:04:33,830 --> 00:04:31,520 in nine years 99 00:04:34,870 --> 00:04:33,840 so it was i definitely was honor and i 100 00:04:36,310 --> 00:04:34,880 was humbled 101 00:04:37,590 --> 00:04:36,320 to be the chair of the flight readiness 102 00:04:39,830 --> 00:04:37,600 review 103 00:04:40,790 --> 00:04:39,840 for the spacex commercial crew demo 2 104 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:40,800 flight 105 00:04:45,110 --> 00:04:42,960 like jim said it was an excellent review 106 00:04:46,629 --> 00:04:45,120 i knew going in that the team was ready 107 00:04:48,469 --> 00:04:46,639 we were and we were ready to do this 108 00:04:51,350 --> 00:04:48,479 review and they absolutely demonstrated 109 00:04:53,189 --> 00:04:51,360 that that during the review um day and a 110 00:04:55,189 --> 00:04:53,199 half of really good 111 00:04:56,390 --> 00:04:55,199 presentations really good discussions 112 00:04:58,469 --> 00:04:56,400 and we accomplished what we needed to 113 00:05:00,790 --> 00:04:58,479 accomplish to determine that we are 114 00:05:03,029 --> 00:05:00,800 ready for flight 115 00:05:04,710 --> 00:05:03,039 there are no significant open issues i 116 00:05:06,550 --> 00:05:04,720 am happy to report 117 00:05:08,310 --> 00:05:06,560 it was a very in the end it was a very 118 00:05:11,189 --> 00:05:08,320 very clean review 119 00:05:13,350 --> 00:05:11,199 there's just the planned forward work um 120 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:13,360 to get done there's quite a bit of it 121 00:05:19,189 --> 00:05:15,759 between now and launch um but we are 122 00:05:21,110 --> 00:05:19,199 ready to launch on wednesday may 27th at 123 00:05:24,310 --> 00:05:21,120 4 33 p.m 124 00:05:27,749 --> 00:05:24,320 and uh it is um it's it's the uh a 125 00:05:30,390 --> 00:05:27,759 credit to the team the spacex nasa team 126 00:05:33,189 --> 00:05:30,400 for their hard work and dedication 127 00:05:34,790 --> 00:05:33,199 um to get to this point um one thing i 128 00:05:37,510 --> 00:05:34,800 mentioned in the flight readiness review 129 00:05:38,550 --> 00:05:37,520 is this team represents the values of 130 00:05:40,070 --> 00:05:38,560 nasa 131 00:05:42,550 --> 00:05:40,080 um safety 132 00:05:44,710 --> 00:05:42,560 they have been laser focused on um 133 00:05:46,550 --> 00:05:44,720 safely launching bob and doug into space 134 00:05:49,110 --> 00:05:46,560 getting them to the space station and 135 00:05:50,790 --> 00:05:49,120 returning them home safely i've teamwork 136 00:05:53,830 --> 00:05:50,800 i've never seen a team work together 137 00:05:56,710 --> 00:05:53,840 this effectively uh to to conquer the 138 00:05:58,790 --> 00:05:56,720 challenges to get to this point 139 00:06:01,270 --> 00:05:58,800 integrity in everything they've done i 140 00:06:03,990 --> 00:06:01,280 just been so impressed with the 141 00:06:07,189 --> 00:06:04,000 openness and frankness of all our 142 00:06:09,029 --> 00:06:07,199 discussions which is really critical 143 00:06:11,510 --> 00:06:09,039 to get to 144 00:06:13,430 --> 00:06:11,520 the point we're ready to launch and then 145 00:06:15,830 --> 00:06:13,440 excellence if you were in the flight 146 00:06:17,670 --> 00:06:15,840 race interview and heard the briefings 147 00:06:21,029 --> 00:06:17,680 from the engineering team 148 00:06:23,270 --> 00:06:21,039 just incredible uh engineers and they 149 00:06:27,590 --> 00:06:23,280 demonstrated the uh the excellence that 150 00:06:29,189 --> 00:06:27,600 we expect uh from both uh spacex as well 151 00:06:30,629 --> 00:06:29,199 as uh nasa 152 00:06:33,590 --> 00:06:30,639 and i could not be more proud of the 153 00:06:36,309 --> 00:06:33,600 team so thank you very much josh 154 00:06:37,510 --> 00:06:36,319 and we'll now go to kathy leaders kathy 155 00:06:38,390 --> 00:06:37,520 wow 156 00:06:41,430 --> 00:06:38,400 oh 157 00:06:44,469 --> 00:06:41,440 a really big day for the joint nasa 158 00:06:46,469 --> 00:06:44,479 spacex commercial crew team 159 00:06:49,270 --> 00:06:46,479 i am so grateful 160 00:06:50,870 --> 00:06:49,280 for the nasa and spacex team who have 161 00:06:52,950 --> 00:06:50,880 dug deep 162 00:06:54,390 --> 00:06:52,960 and worked so hard to get us to this 163 00:06:55,670 --> 00:06:54,400 point 164 00:06:57,909 --> 00:06:55,680 just 165 00:07:00,309 --> 00:06:57,919 we have a tremendous team 166 00:07:03,029 --> 00:07:00,319 and i'm very very proud of them i'm 167 00:07:05,909 --> 00:07:03,039 proud of the opportunity we had to be 168 00:07:07,189 --> 00:07:05,919 able to present to the agency 169 00:07:08,950 --> 00:07:07,199 our readiness 170 00:07:11,029 --> 00:07:08,960 and then have them agree 171 00:07:12,870 --> 00:07:11,039 so very very proud of the team very 172 00:07:13,909 --> 00:07:12,880 proud of the team and the culmination of 173 00:07:17,110 --> 00:07:13,919 their work 174 00:07:20,150 --> 00:07:17,120 um i'm just i'm 175 00:07:21,670 --> 00:07:20,160 in awe that i get to lead this team it's 176 00:07:23,670 --> 00:07:21,680 really an honor 177 00:07:25,589 --> 00:07:23,680 but we're not done you know we talked a 178 00:07:26,469 --> 00:07:25,599 few weeks ago about we got to do this 179 00:07:28,710 --> 00:07:26,479 right 180 00:07:30,070 --> 00:07:28,720 and we got to launch bob and doug 181 00:07:31,670 --> 00:07:30,080 we got to make sure they're taken care 182 00:07:34,230 --> 00:07:31,680 of on orbit 183 00:07:37,110 --> 00:07:34,240 and we've got to make sure they get home 184 00:07:39,189 --> 00:07:37,120 and we are committed to do that 185 00:07:40,710 --> 00:07:39,199 and we're going to stay vigilant over 186 00:07:43,510 --> 00:07:40,720 the next few days 187 00:07:46,550 --> 00:07:43,520 we still have a static fire uh jim you 188 00:07:47,589 --> 00:07:46,560 did get that right it is a static fire 189 00:07:49,749 --> 00:07:47,599 um 190 00:07:51,749 --> 00:07:49,759 and we tomorrow we have also another 191 00:07:53,670 --> 00:07:51,759 really important event it's a dry dress 192 00:07:55,830 --> 00:07:53,680 it's it's kind of our last 193 00:07:57,430 --> 00:07:55,840 uh run through with the crew to make 194 00:07:58,869 --> 00:07:57,440 sure that we're really ready to get 195 00:08:00,469 --> 00:07:58,879 ready for launch 196 00:08:02,629 --> 00:08:00,479 and then we have our final launch 197 00:08:04,710 --> 00:08:02,639 readiness review on monday 198 00:08:06,150 --> 00:08:04,720 so um 199 00:08:08,390 --> 00:08:06,160 i'm really proud of this team we're 200 00:08:10,790 --> 00:08:08,400 gonna take it one step at a time and 201 00:08:13,350 --> 00:08:10,800 we're gonna still fly when we're ready 202 00:08:16,550 --> 00:08:13,360 but thank you to my whole team to the 203 00:08:17,350 --> 00:08:16,560 nasa team to the spacex team to the iss 204 00:08:21,270 --> 00:08:17,360 team 205 00:08:24,869 --> 00:08:23,270 and we'll now go to kirkshirem 206 00:08:27,589 --> 00:08:24,879 good afternoon it's a great pleasure to 207 00:08:29,270 --> 00:08:27,599 be here i'm very excited to uh 208 00:08:30,469 --> 00:08:29,280 have been able to participate in this 209 00:08:32,550 --> 00:08:30,479 review 210 00:08:35,110 --> 00:08:32,560 so much like we have the preparations 211 00:08:37,509 --> 00:08:35,120 kathy was describing here on on the 212 00:08:39,029 --> 00:08:37,519 planet i can tell you there's great 213 00:08:41,589 --> 00:08:39,039 things and preparations going on on 214 00:08:43,990 --> 00:08:41,599 orbit so last wednesday jaxa launched 215 00:08:45,430 --> 00:08:44,000 the htv and so as we're conducting our 216 00:08:47,590 --> 00:08:45,440 review here 217 00:08:49,910 --> 00:08:47,600 the htv is rapidly catching up the 218 00:08:52,150 --> 00:08:49,920 international space station and will be 219 00:08:54,470 --> 00:08:52,160 arriving to the iss on monday so just a 220 00:08:56,630 --> 00:08:54,480 few days before demo 2 launches it'll 221 00:08:59,110 --> 00:08:56,640 arrive to iss it'll be grappled by chris 222 00:08:59,990 --> 00:08:59,120 cassidy and by the time demo 2 arrives 223 00:09:04,630 --> 00:09:00,000 it'll be 224 00:09:07,910 --> 00:09:04,640 i had a chance to talk to the on albert 225 00:09:09,670 --> 00:09:07,920 crew so chris yvonne and anatoly 226 00:09:11,030 --> 00:09:09,680 wednesday just shortly just just a few 227 00:09:13,190 --> 00:09:11,040 minutes really before i left to come 228 00:09:15,269 --> 00:09:13,200 down here to the kennedy space center 229 00:09:16,710 --> 00:09:15,279 i can tell you those guys are very 230 00:09:20,230 --> 00:09:16,720 focused very 231 00:09:21,590 --> 00:09:20,240 excited and are preparing for having bob 232 00:09:22,870 --> 00:09:21,600 and doug arrive 233 00:09:27,030 --> 00:09:22,880 on orbit so 234 00:09:30,949 --> 00:09:29,269 and finally i'm coming home and we'll 235 00:09:33,190 --> 00:09:30,959 bring home bob and doug safely but we're 236 00:09:35,590 --> 00:09:33,200 also counting on bringing home some some 237 00:09:38,230 --> 00:09:35,600 experimental results on on the dragon 238 00:09:39,430 --> 00:09:38,240 too so a great test flight but also the 239 00:09:42,310 --> 00:09:39,440 ability to 240 00:09:44,310 --> 00:09:42,320 to make use of the of that vehicle to 241 00:09:46,070 --> 00:09:44,320 bring home some some experiments that 242 00:09:48,310 --> 00:09:46,080 have been on orbit for a while so 243 00:09:50,550 --> 00:09:48,320 looking forward to that opportunity 244 00:09:52,870 --> 00:09:50,560 so this year we're celebrating 20 years 245 00:09:55,990 --> 00:09:52,880 of having humans living and working in 246 00:09:59,430 --> 00:09:56,000 space and uh and we're very very much 247 00:10:00,870 --> 00:09:59,440 excited to have um the first humans 248 00:10:05,030 --> 00:10:00,880 launched the international space station 249 00:10:06,470 --> 00:10:05,040 since july 8 2011. so july 8 2011 last 250 00:10:08,630 --> 00:10:06,480 time 251 00:10:10,150 --> 00:10:08,640 humans left the planet here in kennedy 252 00:10:11,910 --> 00:10:10,160 and the kennedy space center and went to 253 00:10:14,150 --> 00:10:11,920 the international space station very 254 00:10:16,550 --> 00:10:14,160 much looking forward to next week 255 00:10:18,310 --> 00:10:16,560 having bob and doug on orbit continuing 256 00:10:20,790 --> 00:10:18,320 human uh presence in national space 257 00:10:22,630 --> 00:10:20,800 station learning and exploring uh so 258 00:10:24,949 --> 00:10:22,640 with that it's my great pleasure to uh 259 00:10:27,750 --> 00:10:24,959 to introduce to you uh benji reed 260 00:10:29,670 --> 00:10:27,760 director at uh spacex and a good friend 261 00:10:31,590 --> 00:10:29,680 he and his team have worked tremendously 262 00:10:33,750 --> 00:10:31,600 over the last few years to make us here 263 00:10:36,310 --> 00:10:33,760 today so benji 264 00:10:38,069 --> 00:10:36,320 thank you very much kirk you know it is 265 00:10:39,269 --> 00:10:38,079 um use the word they're friends and i 266 00:10:41,350 --> 00:10:39,279 think it's important you know we're not 267 00:10:42,870 --> 00:10:41,360 just colleagues here um 268 00:10:45,509 --> 00:10:42,880 or even just partners 269 00:10:46,949 --> 00:10:45,519 over the years we've built friendships 270 00:10:48,790 --> 00:10:46,959 but in those friendships we hold each 271 00:10:50,470 --> 00:10:48,800 other accountable 272 00:10:53,030 --> 00:10:50,480 it's an honor 273 00:10:55,190 --> 00:10:53,040 the responsibility that we carry 274 00:10:56,310 --> 00:10:55,200 jointly with nasa and our friends and 275 00:10:58,949 --> 00:10:56,320 partners 276 00:11:00,389 --> 00:10:58,959 and our company at spacex 277 00:11:02,550 --> 00:11:00,399 and it's a sacred honor 278 00:11:05,590 --> 00:11:02,560 and and those are meaningful words when 279 00:11:07,269 --> 00:11:05,600 we say that our job is to carry bob and 280 00:11:08,710 --> 00:11:07,279 doug to the space station 281 00:11:11,110 --> 00:11:08,720 hand them to kirk 282 00:11:13,030 --> 00:11:11,120 let them do what they get to do on space 283 00:11:14,790 --> 00:11:13,040 station help keep the space station 284 00:11:16,150 --> 00:11:14,800 running and safe and then we need to 285 00:11:19,190 --> 00:11:16,160 bring them home safely back to their 286 00:11:21,190 --> 00:11:19,200 families as we like to often uh mention 287 00:11:23,670 --> 00:11:21,200 you know they are dads 288 00:11:25,269 --> 00:11:23,680 they've got families back home 289 00:11:26,790 --> 00:11:25,279 and it's just just as important as we're 290 00:11:28,790 --> 00:11:26,800 all taking care of each other through 291 00:11:30,710 --> 00:11:28,800 these interesting times we're needing to 292 00:11:31,750 --> 00:11:30,720 take care of the crew and bring them 293 00:11:33,990 --> 00:11:31,760 home 294 00:11:35,910 --> 00:11:34,000 and again on that sacred journey 295 00:11:37,829 --> 00:11:35,920 together we all are holding each other 296 00:11:39,829 --> 00:11:37,839 accountable and as kathy said there's 297 00:11:42,949 --> 00:11:39,839 more to do today we got to go and it was 298 00:11:45,350 --> 00:11:42,959 a monumental and incredible journey to 299 00:11:47,509 --> 00:11:45,360 get to today's review but 300 00:11:49,190 --> 00:11:47,519 we still have our static fire this 301 00:11:51,030 --> 00:11:49,200 afternoon our dry dress as kathy 302 00:11:52,550 --> 00:11:51,040 mentioned tomorrow and we have our own 303 00:11:55,590 --> 00:11:52,560 launch readiness review 304 00:11:57,590 --> 00:11:55,600 which nasa will be attending and with us 305 00:11:59,110 --> 00:11:57,600 just before launch to ensure that we're 306 00:12:01,110 --> 00:11:59,120 really ready 307 00:12:03,590 --> 00:12:01,120 but just to talk a little bit about what 308 00:12:05,509 --> 00:12:03,600 got us in the you know recently to today 309 00:12:07,269 --> 00:12:05,519 uh we've got a few photos i thought 310 00:12:10,629 --> 00:12:07,279 might be nice to bring up uh there's 311 00:12:13,430 --> 00:12:10,639 dragon um getting ready to uh be 312 00:12:15,430 --> 00:12:13,440 transported um from uh where we prepare 313 00:12:17,030 --> 00:12:15,440 the vehicles over to the hangar 314 00:12:19,750 --> 00:12:17,040 um we can go to the next shot and 315 00:12:20,790 --> 00:12:19,760 there's dragon um and falcon mated 316 00:12:23,350 --> 00:12:20,800 together 317 00:12:25,269 --> 00:12:23,360 uh ready to roll out to the pad we'll go 318 00:12:27,829 --> 00:12:25,279 to the next shot and there they are 319 00:12:30,150 --> 00:12:27,839 they're in the transport erector the uh 320 00:12:32,949 --> 00:12:30,160 the barn door is open the uh the door to 321 00:12:34,310 --> 00:12:32,959 the hanger is open and dragon is ready 322 00:12:37,670 --> 00:12:34,320 to leave 323 00:12:39,269 --> 00:12:37,680 heading up to the pad and there they are 324 00:12:41,910 --> 00:12:39,279 erected on the pad 325 00:12:44,710 --> 00:12:41,920 um the crew arm there is has moved into 326 00:12:46,150 --> 00:12:44,720 position it's uh attached to or against 327 00:12:47,750 --> 00:12:46,160 the dragon now and 328 00:12:50,870 --> 00:12:47,760 and uh we're ready we're ready to go 329 00:12:54,150 --> 00:12:50,880 into static fire now in just uh a little 330 00:12:56,470 --> 00:12:54,160 bit about an hour and a half from now 331 00:12:57,910 --> 00:12:56,480 we talk a lot about uh the whole mission 332 00:12:59,269 --> 00:12:57,920 today we've got to go to launch but 333 00:13:01,110 --> 00:12:59,279 really it's a go to the mission there'll 334 00:13:03,030 --> 00:13:01,120 be lots more data lots more reviews in 335 00:13:06,150 --> 00:13:03,040 the next few days there'll be constant 336 00:13:07,509 --> 00:13:06,160 vigilance and watching of the data and 337 00:13:08,389 --> 00:13:07,519 observations as we go through the 338 00:13:09,509 --> 00:13:08,399 mission 339 00:13:11,350 --> 00:13:09,519 there'll be other reviews and 340 00:13:14,150 --> 00:13:11,360 conversations to make sure we're go for 341 00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:14,160 each aspect including go to come home 342 00:13:17,269 --> 00:13:15,839 but really we always need to think about 343 00:13:20,150 --> 00:13:17,279 this as an entire mission and again 344 00:13:21,910 --> 00:13:20,160 bringing bob and doug home safely and to 345 00:13:23,670 --> 00:13:21,920 that end i think we've got a new video 346 00:13:25,590 --> 00:13:23,680 that we've pulled together to show our 347 00:13:27,110 --> 00:13:25,600 parachutes 348 00:13:29,090 --> 00:13:27,120 and a new compilation of all the 349 00:13:40,069 --> 00:13:29,100 parachute work that we've done 350 00:13:40,079 --> 00:13:46,500 so 351 00:14:15,210 --> 00:14:11,430 [Music] 352 00:14:15,220 --> 00:14:18,570 [Applause] 353 00:14:18,580 --> 00:14:24,069 [Music] 354 00:14:28,150 --> 00:14:25,910 that last shot there is a beautiful 355 00:14:30,550 --> 00:14:28,160 image of the capsule coming home from 356 00:14:33,509 --> 00:14:30,560 our demo one test 357 00:14:37,269 --> 00:14:33,519 and you know it is so incredible being 358 00:14:38,790 --> 00:14:37,279 here uh here at kennedy space center um 359 00:14:40,470 --> 00:14:38,800 the you know the home of launching 360 00:14:41,910 --> 00:14:40,480 astronauts from space of american 361 00:14:44,230 --> 00:14:41,920 astronauts from american soil on 362 00:14:45,670 --> 00:14:44,240 american vehicles and and we get to do 363 00:14:47,269 --> 00:14:45,680 it again in just 364 00:14:49,670 --> 00:14:47,279 five days and so on behalf of all the 365 00:14:51,350 --> 00:14:49,680 teams working dragon and falcon and 366 00:14:53,670 --> 00:14:51,360 and uh you know hardware and software 367 00:14:55,829 --> 00:14:53,680 teams and everybody in our factory all 368 00:14:58,470 --> 00:14:55,839 the way to our operations groups we are 369 00:15:00,550 --> 00:14:58,480 honored to be um that you the nasa has 370 00:15:02,470 --> 00:15:00,560 trusted us with this endeavor that bob 371 00:15:04,629 --> 00:15:02,480 and doug trust us 372 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:04,639 and uh we're excited to do it 373 00:15:11,750 --> 00:15:10,150 and now we'll go to norm night all right 374 00:15:13,750 --> 00:15:11,760 well it's a real honor to be here with 375 00:15:17,189 --> 00:15:13,760 you this afternoon it was uh it was a 376 00:15:19,670 --> 00:15:17,199 fun two days very long days 377 00:15:22,150 --> 00:15:19,680 uh but from a crew perspective this 378 00:15:23,910 --> 00:15:22,160 review was fantastic uh we're satisfied 379 00:15:26,150 --> 00:15:23,920 with the discussions that were had the 380 00:15:27,670 --> 00:15:26,160 thoroughness and the readiness of folks 381 00:15:28,870 --> 00:15:27,680 coming in and having the necessary 382 00:15:30,470 --> 00:15:28,880 discussions 383 00:15:32,470 --> 00:15:30,480 to assure that 384 00:15:34,310 --> 00:15:32,480 doug and bob are safe 385 00:15:36,310 --> 00:15:34,320 and again it's crew safety vehicle 386 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:36,320 safety and test flight objectives in 387 00:15:40,069 --> 00:15:37,680 that order 388 00:15:42,470 --> 00:15:40,079 as far as the discussion goes with with 389 00:15:43,990 --> 00:15:42,480 respect to to risk and how that risk is 390 00:15:45,590 --> 00:15:44,000 managed so we're very satisfied with 391 00:15:47,749 --> 00:15:45,600 that and we're thankful 392 00:15:50,069 --> 00:15:47,759 for the teams not only at spacex but 393 00:15:53,030 --> 00:15:50,079 across the agency with engineers and 394 00:15:55,030 --> 00:15:53,040 safety engineers and integration 395 00:15:58,150 --> 00:15:55,040 folks that have really pulled together 396 00:16:01,030 --> 00:15:58,160 to make this a success so 397 00:16:02,790 --> 00:16:01,040 again it was a it was a really good day 398 00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:02,800 but you know it didn't just start with 399 00:16:07,829 --> 00:16:05,600 this review it was really a journey 400 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:07,839 that again friendship and partnership 401 00:16:11,990 --> 00:16:10,480 with spacex that started many years ago 402 00:16:13,189 --> 00:16:12,000 and the astronaut office has been 403 00:16:14,550 --> 00:16:13,199 actively 404 00:16:16,710 --> 00:16:14,560 involved 405 00:16:18,870 --> 00:16:16,720 with spacex it was a joint test team 406 00:16:20,150 --> 00:16:18,880 that was formed to to embed the 407 00:16:22,949 --> 00:16:20,160 astronauts 408 00:16:24,150 --> 00:16:22,959 and our team members in with spacex to 409 00:16:26,150 --> 00:16:24,160 work together 410 00:16:28,310 --> 00:16:26,160 to to work in the development to work 411 00:16:30,629 --> 00:16:28,320 into the human factors 412 00:16:33,030 --> 00:16:30,639 and to make sure that the training was 413 00:16:34,389 --> 00:16:33,040 done and conducted in a joint manner so 414 00:16:36,629 --> 00:16:34,399 that we can 415 00:16:39,030 --> 00:16:36,639 again meet those objectives of crew 416 00:16:40,949 --> 00:16:39,040 safety and vehicle safety 417 00:16:42,550 --> 00:16:40,959 uh that was done very well that was a 418 00:16:44,470 --> 00:16:42,560 great journey a lot of folks were 419 00:16:46,310 --> 00:16:44,480 involved with that and 420 00:16:47,990 --> 00:16:46,320 and it was very successful 421 00:16:50,870 --> 00:16:48,000 the trust that was built with these 422 00:16:53,030 --> 00:16:50,880 teams over many years will pay infinite 423 00:16:55,110 --> 00:16:53,040 dividends because that trust 424 00:16:56,870 --> 00:16:55,120 i call it the fabric of trust 425 00:16:58,550 --> 00:16:56,880 it's what holds us together as teams 426 00:16:59,910 --> 00:16:58,560 when things get stressed and strained 427 00:17:02,150 --> 00:16:59,920 and we're working 428 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:02,160 issues and anomalies and getting ready 429 00:17:05,350 --> 00:17:04,000 for flight test readiness reviews and 430 00:17:07,029 --> 00:17:05,360 things like that that's what's going to 431 00:17:08,390 --> 00:17:07,039 hold us together for this and that's 432 00:17:10,150 --> 00:17:08,400 what's going to hold us together 433 00:17:12,309 --> 00:17:10,160 throughout this whole mission 434 00:17:14,390 --> 00:17:12,319 from the time the crew leaves astronaut 435 00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:14,400 crew quarters to the time that they are 436 00:17:19,029 --> 00:17:16,480 returned and safely 437 00:17:21,350 --> 00:17:19,039 touched down and return back to their 438 00:17:23,829 --> 00:17:21,360 families that is all of our objectives 439 00:17:27,270 --> 00:17:23,839 whether you're from spacex or nasa is 440 00:17:29,110 --> 00:17:27,280 get the crew back safely today was also 441 00:17:31,830 --> 00:17:29,120 another great milestone 442 00:17:34,549 --> 00:17:31,840 really in the continued 443 00:17:37,669 --> 00:17:34,559 and and road that nasa is paving for 444 00:17:39,350 --> 00:17:37,679 human exploration and it's great uh it 445 00:17:41,750 --> 00:17:39,360 dovetails right in with artemis and it's 446 00:17:43,270 --> 00:17:41,760 part of this overall objective of nasa 447 00:17:45,510 --> 00:17:43,280 paving a road that our commercial 448 00:17:47,750 --> 00:17:45,520 partners are going to travel upon as we 449 00:17:49,990 --> 00:17:47,760 go forward so very exciting 450 00:17:52,150 --> 00:17:50,000 give you a quick preview of the crew 451 00:17:55,590 --> 00:17:52,160 schedule as we go forward tomorrow is a 452 00:17:56,789 --> 00:17:55,600 big day as kathy said it's the dry dress 453 00:17:58,950 --> 00:17:56,799 the crew will get up in the morning 454 00:18:01,430 --> 00:17:58,960 around 8 a.m and start doing dry dress 455 00:18:03,590 --> 00:18:01,440 preparations they'll get some briefings 456 00:18:05,830 --> 00:18:03,600 they'll suit up they'll head to the pad 457 00:18:07,029 --> 00:18:05,840 and it'll be a dry dress and a practice 458 00:18:08,470 --> 00:18:07,039 run 459 00:18:10,470 --> 00:18:08,480 and prep for launch so we're very 460 00:18:12,150 --> 00:18:10,480 excited with that the culmination of 461 00:18:14,150 --> 00:18:12,160 that will be 462 00:18:15,430 --> 00:18:14,160 a debrief they'll head back to the 463 00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:15,440 astronaut crew quarters where they've 464 00:18:18,789 --> 00:18:17,039 been in quarantine 465 00:18:20,870 --> 00:18:18,799 and start getting 466 00:18:22,230 --> 00:18:20,880 prepared for additional training and 467 00:18:24,390 --> 00:18:22,240 launch preps 468 00:18:26,150 --> 00:18:24,400 so with that again it's an honor to be 469 00:18:27,510 --> 00:18:26,160 here 470 00:18:29,029 --> 00:18:27,520 thank you norm 471 00:18:30,549 --> 00:18:29,039 and i believe that's about the time that 472 00:18:32,070 --> 00:18:30,559 we have today with administrator jim 473 00:18:33,909 --> 00:18:32,080 breinstein thank you for being with us 474 00:18:35,190 --> 00:18:33,919 for opening comments and we're now going 475 00:18:37,190 --> 00:18:35,200 to transition over to taking your 476 00:18:39,430 --> 00:18:37,200 questions you can take questions using 477 00:18:41,430 --> 00:18:39,440 the hashtag ask nasa and then of course 478 00:18:43,110 --> 00:18:41,440 we have media dialed in on the phone 479 00:18:45,590 --> 00:18:43,120 bridge so we'll start with our first 480 00:18:48,150 --> 00:18:45,600 question from michael sheets 481 00:18:52,630 --> 00:18:50,470 hi folks uh thanks again as always for 482 00:18:53,830 --> 00:18:52,640 hosting this i'm really 483 00:18:57,190 --> 00:18:53,840 curious 484 00:18:58,150 --> 00:18:57,200 in in the length and thoroughness of 485 00:19:01,750 --> 00:18:58,160 this 486 00:19:04,789 --> 00:19:01,760 uh review that we did the last two days 487 00:19:08,070 --> 00:19:04,799 aside from the technical takeaways 488 00:19:10,710 --> 00:19:08,080 what what should people understand about 489 00:19:13,350 --> 00:19:10,720 what the this panel together concluded 490 00:19:16,070 --> 00:19:13,360 in preparation for demo two is this a a 491 00:19:18,470 --> 00:19:16,080 spacecraft that nasa has deemed uh human 492 00:19:20,789 --> 00:19:18,480 rated is that the the broad takeaway and 493 00:19:23,350 --> 00:19:20,799 you know how do people who aren't maybe 494 00:19:25,830 --> 00:19:23,360 as savvy uh with the industry should 495 00:19:28,549 --> 00:19:25,840 understand this means uh in preparation 496 00:19:33,029 --> 00:19:31,029 okay so um yeah i mean first and 497 00:19:34,710 --> 00:19:33,039 foremost this was a readiness review for 498 00:19:37,430 --> 00:19:34,720 the demo to launch 499 00:19:40,549 --> 00:19:37,440 um so we went over like mr breinstein 500 00:19:42,310 --> 00:19:40,559 discussed all the all the systems on the 501 00:19:43,909 --> 00:19:42,320 spacecraft on the launch vehicle on the 502 00:19:47,510 --> 00:19:43,919 ground 503 00:19:49,990 --> 00:19:47,520 and ensured that all the issues 504 00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:50,000 had been closed satisfactorily and they 505 00:19:54,710 --> 00:19:52,000 were in fact they were all those issues 506 00:19:56,630 --> 00:19:54,720 were closed out prior to the review 507 00:19:58,470 --> 00:19:56,640 all the waivers all the deviations all 508 00:20:00,230 --> 00:19:58,480 the requirements verifications all of 509 00:20:03,350 --> 00:20:00,240 that was done prior to the review and 510 00:20:06,070 --> 00:20:03,360 closed out um by the program both both 511 00:20:08,789 --> 00:20:06,080 nasa and spacex 512 00:20:11,110 --> 00:20:08,799 so it was a very successful fr for demo 513 00:20:13,510 --> 00:20:11,120 too it also was an 514 00:20:14,870 --> 00:20:13,520 interim human rating certification 515 00:20:17,430 --> 00:20:14,880 review 516 00:20:20,310 --> 00:20:17,440 and what i mean by interim is that 517 00:20:22,149 --> 00:20:20,320 we validated that this system meets the 518 00:20:24,470 --> 00:20:22,159 human human rating certification 519 00:20:27,110 --> 00:20:24,480 requirements um 520 00:20:29,430 --> 00:20:27,120 for the demo 2 mission 521 00:20:31,510 --> 00:20:29,440 and those requirements feed forward to 522 00:20:32,470 --> 00:20:31,520 future missions including the crew 1 523 00:20:34,149 --> 00:20:32,480 mission 524 00:20:35,830 --> 00:20:34,159 we will have a final human rating 525 00:20:38,549 --> 00:20:35,840 certification interview 526 00:20:39,510 --> 00:20:38,559 after demo 2 and before the crew 1 527 00:20:43,029 --> 00:20:39,520 mission 528 00:20:46,070 --> 00:20:43,039 just to certify the relatively 529 00:20:48,070 --> 00:20:46,080 small set of design changes between 530 00:20:51,029 --> 00:20:48,080 the demo 2 system and the crew one 531 00:20:54,630 --> 00:20:51,039 system and at that point well deemed the 532 00:20:56,710 --> 00:20:54,640 system uh human rating certified uh but 533 00:20:59,430 --> 00:20:56,720 today's review and the interim rating 534 00:21:02,310 --> 00:20:59,440 certification uh went a long way to uh 535 00:21:04,789 --> 00:21:02,320 certifying the system for uh for crude 536 00:21:09,909 --> 00:21:06,310 and our next question is from marina 537 00:21:12,470 --> 00:21:09,919 coron from the atlantic marina 538 00:21:13,270 --> 00:21:12,480 hi everyone kirk this is a question for 539 00:21:14,710 --> 00:21:13,280 you 540 00:21:16,149 --> 00:21:14,720 last year before the uncrew 541 00:21:17,669 --> 00:21:16,159 demonstration flight there was some 542 00:21:19,909 --> 00:21:17,679 disagreement between you and your 543 00:21:22,549 --> 00:21:19,919 russian counterparts about the capsule's 544 00:21:24,630 --> 00:21:22,559 approach to the iss which of course was 545 00:21:26,630 --> 00:21:24,640 resolved before launch 546 00:21:28,710 --> 00:21:26,640 did any officials from ross cosmos 547 00:21:32,390 --> 00:21:28,720 provide any dissenting opinions this 548 00:21:35,990 --> 00:21:34,149 well rose cosmos actually was part of 549 00:21:37,750 --> 00:21:36,000 our review for the last two days so ross 550 00:21:39,669 --> 00:21:37,760 cosmos a number of of our russian 551 00:21:41,830 --> 00:21:39,679 colleagues participated uh and they 552 00:21:43,430 --> 00:21:41,840 participated from moscow so while there 553 00:21:45,830 --> 00:21:43,440 were long days for us they were actually 554 00:21:47,510 --> 00:21:45,840 long nights for our russian colleagues 555 00:21:50,070 --> 00:21:47,520 by the way our japanese colleagues 556 00:21:51,190 --> 00:21:50,080 participated from japan so quite quite 557 00:21:55,270 --> 00:21:51,200 the 558 00:21:57,430 --> 00:21:55,280 marathon for many of us but 559 00:22:00,789 --> 00:21:57,440 russia our russian colleagues work with 560 00:22:02,950 --> 00:22:00,799 us in the interim between demo one and 561 00:22:04,310 --> 00:22:02,960 demo two i we've had countless 562 00:22:06,710 --> 00:22:04,320 discussions with them about all the 563 00:22:09,510 --> 00:22:06,720 requirements about uh all the waivers 564 00:22:11,110 --> 00:22:09,520 that we've taken and uh and so we went 565 00:22:12,870 --> 00:22:11,120 through all those technically explained 566 00:22:13,909 --> 00:22:12,880 to our russian colleagues answered their 567 00:22:16,870 --> 00:22:13,919 questions 568 00:22:19,350 --> 00:22:16,880 and finally a a big shout out to spacex 569 00:22:22,230 --> 00:22:19,360 one of the big concerns that that rose 570 00:22:24,070 --> 00:22:22,240 cosmos had was a a very very remote 571 00:22:26,789 --> 00:22:24,080 possibility of a failure but if that 572 00:22:28,710 --> 00:22:26,799 failure occurred it could cause 573 00:22:31,510 --> 00:22:28,720 damage perhaps even catastrophic damage 574 00:22:33,510 --> 00:22:31,520 to the iss spacex said we understand and 575 00:22:34,470 --> 00:22:33,520 we'll make a modification so spacex 576 00:22:36,230 --> 00:22:34,480 actually went out and made a 577 00:22:38,310 --> 00:22:36,240 modification to their vehicle between 578 00:22:39,990 --> 00:22:38,320 demo one and demo two so it's really 579 00:22:42,870 --> 00:22:40,000 some of all those things great 580 00:22:44,710 --> 00:22:42,880 communication with our russian partners 581 00:22:48,230 --> 00:22:44,720 an outstanding effort on behalf of 582 00:22:50,549 --> 00:22:48,240 spacex to to close that gap um and and 583 00:22:53,110 --> 00:22:50,559 then the the trust that we've built over 584 00:22:55,510 --> 00:22:53,120 the uh over the years to get us today so 585 00:22:59,830 --> 00:22:55,520 cosmos participated and they were go and 586 00:23:03,510 --> 00:23:01,350 and our next question is from stephen 587 00:23:06,070 --> 00:23:03,520 clark from space flight now 588 00:23:10,390 --> 00:23:08,230 hi thank you for taking my question i 589 00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:10,400 had a question i guess for cassie 590 00:23:13,750 --> 00:23:11,600 leaders maybe 591 00:23:16,390 --> 00:23:13,760 um i i know the commercial crew program 592 00:23:17,990 --> 00:23:16,400 requirement for the loss of crew risk is 593 00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:18,000 one in 270. 594 00:23:21,669 --> 00:23:20,240 i know there's a 595 00:23:23,270 --> 00:23:21,679 reason not to look too hard at these 596 00:23:24,630 --> 00:23:23,280 numbers but that as i understand was a 597 00:23:27,350 --> 00:23:24,640 requirement for the commercial crew 598 00:23:28,870 --> 00:23:27,360 program just curious uh 599 00:23:31,190 --> 00:23:28,880 where you ended up in the loss of crew 600 00:23:33,830 --> 00:23:31,200 number for this mission and what 601 00:23:36,710 --> 00:23:33,840 mitigations uh operationally 602 00:23:39,029 --> 00:23:36,720 uh or physically on the spacecraft uh 603 00:23:41,510 --> 00:23:39,039 you had to do in recent months or recent 604 00:23:44,470 --> 00:23:41,520 uh last year or two to get to that 605 00:23:48,149 --> 00:23:44,480 uh one in 270 requirement thanks 606 00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:48,159 so we actually um between the spacex and 607 00:23:51,750 --> 00:23:50,480 operational controls we actually were 608 00:23:53,029 --> 00:23:51,760 meeting our one and two seventy 609 00:23:55,510 --> 00:23:53,039 requirement 610 00:23:57,269 --> 00:23:55,520 um for and it's not just a mission it's 611 00:23:58,470 --> 00:23:57,279 really it's an overall certification 612 00:24:00,390 --> 00:23:58,480 requirement 613 00:24:02,710 --> 00:24:00,400 so um 614 00:24:04,549 --> 00:24:02,720 and so uh 615 00:24:06,630 --> 00:24:04,559 with with all the work that we've been 616 00:24:08,950 --> 00:24:06,640 doing with spacex on the modeling on the 617 00:24:09,830 --> 00:24:08,960 different aspects of their design 618 00:24:16,990 --> 00:24:09,840 and 619 00:24:31,190 --> 00:24:17,000 that requirement was closed out 620 00:24:34,549 --> 00:24:33,190 if i might available for steve i'm just 621 00:24:35,990 --> 00:24:34,559 curious for those of us who haven't 622 00:24:38,230 --> 00:24:36,000 participated in a flight readiness 623 00:24:41,269 --> 00:24:38,240 review can you give us like a tangible 624 00:24:43,190 --> 00:24:41,279 example of uh you know the kind of back 625 00:24:45,029 --> 00:24:43,200 and forth that might happen in that room 626 00:24:47,750 --> 00:24:45,039 and you know does it get down to the 627 00:24:50,390 --> 00:24:47,760 engineers on a specific sub component 628 00:24:52,070 --> 00:24:50,400 area or is it at a more high level uh 629 00:24:53,990 --> 00:24:52,080 and for benji i'm just curious i know 630 00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:54,000 it's hard to put an exact number on this 631 00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:56,000 but can you talk about how spacex is 632 00:25:02,549 --> 00:24:57,840 invested in developing the crew dragon 633 00:25:06,870 --> 00:25:04,549 so um you know 634 00:25:10,870 --> 00:25:06,880 a big part of a flight readiness review 635 00:25:12,630 --> 00:25:10,880 is reviewing accepting risk the risks 636 00:25:15,510 --> 00:25:12,640 whenever we fly 637 00:25:18,149 --> 00:25:15,520 there are going to be residual risks 638 00:25:21,029 --> 00:25:18,159 the t kathy and benji and their team did 639 00:25:24,310 --> 00:25:21,039 a great job along the way in these many 640 00:25:25,909 --> 00:25:24,320 years of identifying risks 641 00:25:28,070 --> 00:25:25,919 understanding them 642 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:28,080 mitigating them through design changes 643 00:25:31,909 --> 00:25:30,080 and operational controls 644 00:25:33,830 --> 00:25:31,919 to the point where we were able to 645 00:25:36,630 --> 00:25:33,840 accept a lot of them 646 00:25:38,230 --> 00:25:36,640 most of them along the way 647 00:25:41,350 --> 00:25:38,240 so an example of 648 00:25:42,950 --> 00:25:41,360 of one that we've been 649 00:25:45,430 --> 00:25:42,960 that the team has been working on over 650 00:25:47,590 --> 00:25:45,440 the last six months or so were the drag 651 00:25:49,430 --> 00:25:47,600 dragon parachutes 652 00:25:51,269 --> 00:25:49,440 so we 653 00:25:53,750 --> 00:25:51,279 established 654 00:25:55,510 --> 00:25:53,760 a little while ago that the original 655 00:25:57,590 --> 00:25:55,520 shoot designs did not have adequate 656 00:25:59,430 --> 00:25:57,600 margin based on some knowledge we had 657 00:26:00,950 --> 00:25:59,440 gained through testing about how the 658 00:26:03,350 --> 00:26:00,960 shoots deploy and the loading on the 659 00:26:05,590 --> 00:26:03,360 shoots so spacex stepped up and did a 660 00:26:07,750 --> 00:26:05,600 new shoot design 661 00:26:08,789 --> 00:26:07,760 and we had to qualify that new shoot 662 00:26:10,230 --> 00:26:08,799 design 663 00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:10,240 to higher 664 00:26:13,830 --> 00:26:12,559 margins than we had pre the previous 665 00:26:16,149 --> 00:26:13,840 shoots 666 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:16,159 the nasa spacex team did an amazing job 667 00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:18,320 laying out a test program 668 00:26:22,549 --> 00:26:21,360 and executing that test program 669 00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:22,559 however 670 00:26:28,789 --> 00:26:25,360 it's fewer tests than we normally would 671 00:26:29,669 --> 00:26:28,799 see on a parachute qualification program 672 00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:29,679 so 673 00:26:33,269 --> 00:26:30,799 we took 674 00:26:35,269 --> 00:26:33,279 a long time in a couple of presentations 675 00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:35,279 during the review to have the team walk 676 00:26:40,070 --> 00:26:37,440 us through the design 677 00:26:42,549 --> 00:26:40,080 um the changes 678 00:26:44,710 --> 00:26:42,559 the qualification testing and 679 00:26:47,990 --> 00:26:44,720 and the margins on the shoot to make 680 00:26:50,470 --> 00:26:48,000 sure that everybody was good with how 681 00:26:52,950 --> 00:26:50,480 those shoots were qualified and we had 682 00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:52,960 very high confidence that they will 683 00:26:57,590 --> 00:26:55,440 function as we need them to 684 00:27:00,710 --> 00:26:57,600 when bob and doug return from the 685 00:27:04,830 --> 00:27:02,149 and our next question is from eric 686 00:27:06,390 --> 00:27:04,840 berger arts technica 687 00:27:08,470 --> 00:27:06,400 eric 688 00:27:10,549 --> 00:27:08,480 hi hi good afternoon everyone thank you 689 00:27:12,070 --> 00:27:10,559 for doing this i guess the question 690 00:27:13,510 --> 00:27:12,080 maybe for kathy 691 00:27:15,350 --> 00:27:13,520 you know it's been a little more than a 692 00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:15,360 year ago when there was the accident 693 00:27:19,909 --> 00:27:17,760 when they were testing the um 694 00:27:21,909 --> 00:27:19,919 the super drago thrusters and it was a 695 00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:21,919 pretty pretty visceral image visceral 696 00:27:26,710 --> 00:27:24,720 image of what happened on the pad there 697 00:27:29,029 --> 00:27:26,720 and at the test pad and i'm just 698 00:27:31,269 --> 00:27:29,039 wondering did you think 699 00:27:32,870 --> 00:27:31,279 we would get here a year later to where 700 00:27:35,430 --> 00:27:32,880 we're ready to launch crew now after 701 00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:35,440 that accident 702 00:27:38,870 --> 00:27:36,880 well i've been doing this for a really 703 00:27:40,870 --> 00:27:38,880 long time i told somebody i'm like i 704 00:27:44,389 --> 00:27:40,880 feel like an old lady now after kind of 705 00:27:46,710 --> 00:27:44,399 working vehicle development now for 706 00:27:49,029 --> 00:27:46,720 14 years and and 707 00:27:50,389 --> 00:27:49,039 don't ever underestimate the value of a 708 00:27:52,710 --> 00:27:50,399 failure 709 00:27:55,909 --> 00:27:52,720 right i've learned that 710 00:27:59,350 --> 00:27:55,919 when i look at over my career when we've 711 00:28:03,510 --> 00:28:01,190 progress that's been 712 00:28:05,830 --> 00:28:03,520 in learning from a failure and then 713 00:28:08,389 --> 00:28:05,840 using that as a step function 714 00:28:10,630 --> 00:28:08,399 to move you to the next level 715 00:28:14,230 --> 00:28:10,640 so but you also 716 00:28:18,070 --> 00:28:15,590 underestimate 717 00:28:18,870 --> 00:28:18,080 how much work it is for you to overcome 718 00:28:21,990 --> 00:28:18,880 it 719 00:28:23,510 --> 00:28:22,000 right so um we always had a plan we had 720 00:28:25,190 --> 00:28:23,520 a plan actually we had a plan that we 721 00:28:26,710 --> 00:28:25,200 were trying to fly you know potentially 722 00:28:28,710 --> 00:28:26,720 by the end of 723 00:28:30,710 --> 00:28:28,720 december but we weren't going to fly 724 00:28:32,389 --> 00:28:30,720 until we're ready until we worked 725 00:28:33,669 --> 00:28:32,399 through all the testing and everything 726 00:28:35,430 --> 00:28:33,679 we needed 727 00:28:38,630 --> 00:28:35,440 so 728 00:28:40,470 --> 00:28:38,640 i i look back on last april and the 729 00:28:42,870 --> 00:28:40,480 static fire was really for us to get 730 00:28:44,789 --> 00:28:42,880 ready for our in-flight abort test that 731 00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:44,799 was supposed to happen in june 732 00:28:50,710 --> 00:28:47,279 and i think that was a real blessing for 733 00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:50,720 us we learned a ton about our system 734 00:28:56,830 --> 00:28:52,240 and 735 00:29:00,389 --> 00:28:56,840 knowledge of 736 00:29:03,190 --> 00:29:00,399 materials and nto systems 737 00:29:07,990 --> 00:29:03,200 to an extent that give us 738 00:29:12,789 --> 00:29:09,110 you know 739 00:29:14,950 --> 00:29:12,799 understanding of our systems and further 740 00:29:16,230 --> 00:29:14,960 robustness of the new design that we 741 00:29:18,470 --> 00:29:16,240 have so 742 00:29:20,149 --> 00:29:18,480 um 743 00:29:22,070 --> 00:29:20,159 last april i probably wasn't thinking i 744 00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:22,080 was going to be flying in a year but you 745 00:29:27,110 --> 00:29:23,840 know what you can never 746 00:29:29,190 --> 00:29:27,120 you can never sell this nasa and spacex 747 00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:29,200 team short and they've always 748 00:29:34,950 --> 00:29:31,279 accomplished miracles for me and i'm 749 00:29:39,029 --> 00:29:36,789 thank you kathy and i think i skipped 750 00:29:41,430 --> 00:29:39,039 over one question for benji 751 00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:41,440 about how spacex has contributed benji 752 00:29:45,590 --> 00:29:42,320 you want to answer that question from 753 00:29:47,990 --> 00:29:45,600 tim fernands great sure absolutely um 754 00:29:48,950 --> 00:29:48,000 so i can't you know give you the exact 755 00:29:51,110 --> 00:29:48,960 dollar amount there's you know 756 00:29:52,630 --> 00:29:51,120 proprietary and competitive reasons why 757 00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:52,640 um we can't but i can tell you 758 00:29:57,590 --> 00:29:54,720 absolutely that spacex has invested 759 00:29:59,909 --> 00:29:57,600 heavily um into this partnership and 760 00:30:02,070 --> 00:29:59,919 into the development of you know dragon 761 00:30:03,269 --> 00:30:02,080 and falcon if you go all the way back to 762 00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:03,279 the days when you know we were 763 00:30:07,590 --> 00:30:05,440 developing our falcon 1 vehicle you know 764 00:30:09,669 --> 00:30:07,600 it's the the fundamental systems and 765 00:30:12,149 --> 00:30:09,679 processes and even a lot of the the 766 00:30:13,990 --> 00:30:12,159 development of the engineers and team 767 00:30:15,990 --> 00:30:14,000 that that created falcon 1 are still 768 00:30:17,350 --> 00:30:16,000 working on the program today 769 00:30:18,870 --> 00:30:17,360 and then you can you fast forward and 770 00:30:22,149 --> 00:30:18,880 you look at the development of falcon 9 771 00:30:23,990 --> 00:30:22,159 and dragon again in partnership um with 772 00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:24,000 uh with with nasa 773 00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:25,600 under the cots program and the cargo 774 00:30:30,070 --> 00:30:27,360 programs and then continuing through now 775 00:30:31,669 --> 00:30:30,080 to the crew dragon um the partnership is 776 00:30:34,149 --> 00:30:31,679 is definitely a two-way street and we 777 00:30:36,950 --> 00:30:34,159 put a lot of time and energy and 778 00:30:38,630 --> 00:30:36,960 and finance into that effort 779 00:30:40,870 --> 00:30:38,640 um to ensure that you know we're ready 780 00:30:41,830 --> 00:30:40,880 to fly as we will be in you know in five 781 00:30:43,990 --> 00:30:41,840 days 782 00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:44,000 um a lot of what you should look at is 783 00:30:46,950 --> 00:30:45,520 you see the the workforce that we've 784 00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:46,960 developed you see the technologies that 785 00:30:51,190 --> 00:30:49,440 we've developed um to ensure that um 786 00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:51,200 that we're ready to fly 787 00:30:55,669 --> 00:30:53,279 um another element to i think it's 788 00:30:57,750 --> 00:30:55,679 important to pay attention to is is you 789 00:30:59,190 --> 00:30:57,760 know kind of the the i won't say 790 00:31:01,029 --> 00:30:59,200 pioneering because we're the first to do 791 00:31:03,350 --> 00:31:01,039 firm fixed price contracting but i think 792 00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:03,360 it's it's you know we've been uh 793 00:31:08,549 --> 00:31:05,760 champions is a good word of firm fixed 794 00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:08,559 price contracting um from the beginning 795 00:31:12,149 --> 00:31:10,080 you know fundamentally this is about 796 00:31:14,310 --> 00:31:12,159 saying to the taxpayer hey there's 797 00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:14,320 something you want us to do um here's 798 00:31:17,110 --> 00:31:15,840 how much we're gonna charge for it and 799 00:31:19,750 --> 00:31:17,120 we're gonna go do it for that amount of 800 00:31:21,350 --> 00:31:19,760 money and that's uh that's uh 801 00:31:22,950 --> 00:31:21,360 in some ways i think it used to be a 802 00:31:24,230 --> 00:31:22,960 pretty revolutionary concept and i think 803 00:31:25,590 --> 00:31:24,240 we've shown that that is a very 804 00:31:27,669 --> 00:31:25,600 effective tool 805 00:31:29,110 --> 00:31:27,679 for um getting the best value to the 806 00:31:31,269 --> 00:31:29,120 government to nasa to the to the 807 00:31:33,029 --> 00:31:31,279 american taxpayer 808 00:31:35,509 --> 00:31:33,039 and and as you know this recently 809 00:31:38,230 --> 00:31:35,519 reported um you know estimated that that 810 00:31:40,149 --> 00:31:38,240 this program overall will have saved um 811 00:31:41,909 --> 00:31:40,159 nasa you know maybe 30 to 40 billion 812 00:31:43,669 --> 00:31:41,919 dollars at least 813 00:31:45,350 --> 00:31:43,679 and that's uh that's a significant thing 814 00:31:47,190 --> 00:31:45,360 to think about and see how that how we 815 00:31:48,710 --> 00:31:47,200 continue you know again those firm fixed 816 00:31:50,070 --> 00:31:48,720 price contracts and the kind of 817 00:31:52,149 --> 00:31:50,080 partnership and 818 00:31:54,470 --> 00:31:52,159 truly open partnership where we work 819 00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:54,480 together allows that kind of savings to 820 00:31:58,070 --> 00:31:56,080 happen and that kind of 821 00:31:59,190 --> 00:31:58,080 ability for nasa to invest in more 822 00:32:03,190 --> 00:31:59,200 things 823 00:32:07,909 --> 00:32:05,110 our next question is from lauren grush 824 00:32:10,470 --> 00:32:07,919 at the verge lauren 825 00:32:12,870 --> 00:32:10,480 hi thanks for doing this i was wondering 826 00:32:15,590 --> 00:32:12,880 if you could go through all the possible 827 00:32:17,350 --> 00:32:15,600 abort scenarios for this play flight you 828 00:32:19,430 --> 00:32:17,360 know at which points are the aborts 829 00:32:21,350 --> 00:32:19,440 available and how does that put 830 00:32:23,269 --> 00:32:21,360 constraints on when you can launch 831 00:32:25,029 --> 00:32:23,279 notably whether you know how big of an 832 00:32:26,830 --> 00:32:25,039 area do you need to consider on launch 833 00:32:29,430 --> 00:32:26,840 day 834 00:32:30,710 --> 00:32:29,440 thanks sure i'll i'll talk a little 835 00:32:32,149 --> 00:32:30,720 about that and then norm if you wanted 836 00:32:33,029 --> 00:32:32,159 to add anything to it as well but i 837 00:32:35,110 --> 00:32:33,039 think that 838 00:32:36,549 --> 00:32:35,120 the um you know uh 839 00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:36,559 number one um one of the key 840 00:32:39,909 --> 00:32:37,840 requirements of this program is to have 841 00:32:42,310 --> 00:32:39,919 a have an abort system and we want to 842 00:32:44,149 --> 00:32:42,320 develop our our vehicle to have this you 843 00:32:45,990 --> 00:32:44,159 know integrated abort system uh what we 844 00:32:48,149 --> 00:32:46,000 call the launch escape system um those 845 00:32:50,630 --> 00:32:48,159 are the super dracos 846 00:32:53,509 --> 00:32:50,640 on the vehicle the super draco engines 847 00:32:54,470 --> 00:32:53,519 and um and it's a it's a very effective 848 00:32:56,230 --> 00:32:54,480 system 849 00:32:58,710 --> 00:32:56,240 that we hope we never ever ever have to 850 00:33:01,669 --> 00:32:58,720 use um it's sort of like the airbags in 851 00:33:03,669 --> 00:33:01,679 your car the ejection seat and a jet um 852 00:33:05,029 --> 00:33:03,679 plane you know you you have you put a 853 00:33:06,389 --> 00:33:05,039 lot into it you test it and you make 854 00:33:08,789 --> 00:33:06,399 sure it's going to work and then you 855 00:33:11,830 --> 00:33:08,799 hope you never ever have to use it um 856 00:33:14,389 --> 00:33:11,840 you know in uh 2015 we did our pad abort 857 00:33:16,389 --> 00:33:14,399 test um to demonstrate that that we 858 00:33:18,710 --> 00:33:16,399 could escape from the pad and into the 859 00:33:21,269 --> 00:33:18,720 water um bring them uh come down safely 860 00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:21,279 into the water with the astronauts um 861 00:33:25,509 --> 00:33:22,720 and then again in january of this year 862 00:33:28,310 --> 00:33:25,519 we did the in-flight abort test um 863 00:33:30,470 --> 00:33:28,320 launched on falcon 9 and uh and 864 00:33:32,789 --> 00:33:30,480 initiated the launch escape system um 865 00:33:35,430 --> 00:33:32,799 mid-flight um and some of the the 866 00:33:37,509 --> 00:33:35,440 roughest moments of the of the launch 867 00:33:39,990 --> 00:33:37,519 and demonstrated again that that launch 868 00:33:42,070 --> 00:33:40,000 escape system can bring um the vehicle 869 00:33:43,669 --> 00:33:42,080 down and bring the crew home safely 870 00:33:46,070 --> 00:33:43,679 to the water and then be able to be 871 00:33:47,509 --> 00:33:46,080 recovered 872 00:33:48,789 --> 00:33:47,519 you ask the question about when is it 873 00:33:51,269 --> 00:33:48,799 available it's really available almost 874 00:33:53,029 --> 00:33:51,279 the entire time one of the goals of this 875 00:33:55,190 --> 00:33:53,039 of the system is to not have any 876 00:33:57,190 --> 00:33:55,200 blackout periods where you really can't 877 00:33:59,430 --> 00:33:57,200 um where that system doesn't doesn't 878 00:34:02,470 --> 00:33:59,440 function um you know and that's that's a 879 00:34:04,230 --> 00:34:02,480 big step in the history the evolution 880 00:34:05,990 --> 00:34:04,240 of using these systems 881 00:34:08,149 --> 00:34:06,000 um and a good example of that you know a 882 00:34:09,990 --> 00:34:08,159 little while back um 883 00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:10,000 on one of the soyuz launches they they 884 00:34:13,750 --> 00:34:11,760 they needed to use the the launch escape 885 00:34:16,230 --> 00:34:13,760 system and it worked great and that was 886 00:34:17,909 --> 00:34:16,240 um but the the uh part of flight where 887 00:34:19,430 --> 00:34:17,919 they needed to use it was actually 888 00:34:21,349 --> 00:34:19,440 something that they had been expanding 889 00:34:23,349 --> 00:34:21,359 into so over time they had continued to 890 00:34:24,950 --> 00:34:23,359 improve that system 891 00:34:26,470 --> 00:34:24,960 in the same way that that you know we've 892 00:34:28,310 --> 00:34:26,480 been charged to do the same thing on our 893 00:34:30,230 --> 00:34:28,320 system to ensure that 894 00:34:31,589 --> 00:34:30,240 you know you can cover all of the path 895 00:34:33,109 --> 00:34:31,599 of flight 896 00:34:34,470 --> 00:34:33,119 you asked about whether and what we need 897 00:34:36,470 --> 00:34:34,480 to might look for and that's a really 898 00:34:37,589 --> 00:34:36,480 important point and i didn't mention it 899 00:34:39,430 --> 00:34:37,599 earlier but i think it's important to 900 00:34:41,270 --> 00:34:39,440 talk about weather 901 00:34:42,149 --> 00:34:41,280 on you know coming up here for launch 902 00:34:46,550 --> 00:34:42,159 day 903 00:34:48,310 --> 00:34:46,560 you know we're always monitoring a lot 904 00:34:49,589 --> 00:34:48,320 of things and and it does have very much 905 00:34:51,990 --> 00:34:49,599 to do with the launch support system on 906 00:34:54,069 --> 00:34:52,000 dragon 2. so when we're normally flying 907 00:34:56,470 --> 00:34:54,079 a falcon mission say with a satellite 908 00:34:57,750 --> 00:34:56,480 fairing mission um we're monitoring a 909 00:34:59,270 --> 00:34:57,760 lot of different things we're looking at 910 00:35:00,470 --> 00:34:59,280 ground winds we're looking at lightning 911 00:35:01,990 --> 00:35:00,480 we're looking at upper atmosphere winds 912 00:35:04,630 --> 00:35:02,000 wins 913 00:35:06,150 --> 00:35:04,640 along the ascent trajectory 914 00:35:07,829 --> 00:35:06,160 but you know it's it's it's focused 915 00:35:09,910 --> 00:35:07,839 particularly on the falcon and we'll be 916 00:35:12,790 --> 00:35:09,920 looking at all of those um and the same 917 00:35:14,790 --> 00:35:12,800 kind of thresholds um to uh to call off 918 00:35:16,550 --> 00:35:14,800 the launch um for falcon we'll do that 919 00:35:19,270 --> 00:35:16,560 the same for the crew missions but now 920 00:35:21,190 --> 00:35:19,280 we need to add into that all of the 921 00:35:23,510 --> 00:35:21,200 uh the all of the weather along the 922 00:35:26,470 --> 00:35:23,520 entire ascent track where we might need 923 00:35:27,829 --> 00:35:26,480 to escape the crew abort the crew off of 924 00:35:30,870 --> 00:35:27,839 falcon 925 00:35:32,550 --> 00:35:30,880 and it's really there's 50 points 926 00:35:35,430 --> 00:35:32,560 where we're monitoring weather over 50 927 00:35:36,870 --> 00:35:35,440 points actually we're monitoring weather 928 00:35:39,349 --> 00:35:36,880 all the way along this interact which 929 00:35:40,950 --> 00:35:39,359 means from from the from here in florida 930 00:35:43,270 --> 00:35:40,960 all the way up the eastern seaboard of 931 00:35:44,950 --> 00:35:43,280 the of north america united states and 932 00:35:46,950 --> 00:35:44,960 canada and all the way over basically to 933 00:35:49,270 --> 00:35:46,960 ireland across the northern atlantic 934 00:35:50,790 --> 00:35:49,280 we're monitoring that weather 935 00:35:52,230 --> 00:35:50,800 and along that way we're monitoring a 936 00:35:53,670 --> 00:35:52,240 lot of the same things we're looking at 937 00:35:55,589 --> 00:35:53,680 winds we're looking at lightning we're 938 00:35:57,270 --> 00:35:55,599 looking at precipitation we're actually 939 00:35:59,430 --> 00:35:57,280 looking at waves we're looking at wave 940 00:36:00,710 --> 00:35:59,440 velocity and wave height 941 00:36:02,390 --> 00:36:00,720 because we need to make sure that if the 942 00:36:04,230 --> 00:36:02,400 crew had to come down 943 00:36:05,589 --> 00:36:04,240 in a launch escape scenario that they 944 00:36:07,430 --> 00:36:05,599 would come down in a sea state that 945 00:36:08,550 --> 00:36:07,440 would keep them safe and that the rescue 946 00:36:10,710 --> 00:36:08,560 forces would be able to come and get 947 00:36:13,430 --> 00:36:10,720 them again we hope we never have to use 948 00:36:15,510 --> 00:36:13,440 that but we're monitoring all of those 949 00:36:16,950 --> 00:36:15,520 parameters as we go along 950 00:36:20,150 --> 00:36:16,960 and we don't launch until we know that 951 00:36:37,030 --> 00:36:21,750 next question is from leo enright at 952 00:36:40,230 --> 00:36:38,390 all right and it looks like we lost that 953 00:36:42,230 --> 00:36:40,240 connection so we'll go to irene klotz at 954 00:36:44,310 --> 00:36:42,240 aviation week irene 955 00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:44,320 thanks josh uh my questions for benji 956 00:36:47,030 --> 00:36:45,280 reed 957 00:36:49,190 --> 00:36:47,040 given what you've learned working with 958 00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:49,200 nasa on commercial crew for all these 959 00:36:53,109 --> 00:36:51,119 years how much faster do you think 960 00:36:57,270 --> 00:36:53,119 spacex can get to crew flight with 961 00:37:01,109 --> 00:36:59,190 that's a great question um although i 962 00:37:03,910 --> 00:37:01,119 have to say that our focus today of 963 00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:03,920 course is on demo 2 um and my focus 964 00:37:07,990 --> 00:37:05,200 particularly has been on the commercial 965 00:37:10,230 --> 00:37:08,000 crew program super excited as we develop 966 00:37:12,390 --> 00:37:10,240 um starship and and develop that in 967 00:37:13,670 --> 00:37:12,400 partnership with nasa in um in the 968 00:37:15,430 --> 00:37:13,680 contracts that we're already working the 969 00:37:18,790 --> 00:37:15,440 programs are already working with them 970 00:37:20,069 --> 00:37:18,800 um again it's a process um and i would 971 00:37:22,550 --> 00:37:20,079 say though that you know just looking at 972 00:37:24,950 --> 00:37:22,560 the development of the nasa spacex 973 00:37:27,510 --> 00:37:24,960 partnership from the cargo days um now 974 00:37:29,510 --> 00:37:27,520 through the crew days you know the 975 00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:29,520 having worked together and understood 976 00:37:33,510 --> 00:37:31,760 each other and influenced each other 977 00:37:34,310 --> 00:37:33,520 you know we've learned a lot from nasa 978 00:37:46,630 --> 00:37:34,320 and 979 00:37:47,990 --> 00:37:46,640 every time you do this together it's 980 00:37:50,790 --> 00:37:48,000 gonna get better we'll get more 981 00:37:52,150 --> 00:37:50,800 efficient and and do better and um you 982 00:37:53,190 --> 00:37:52,160 know we were just i was just chatting 983 00:37:55,589 --> 00:37:53,200 with um 984 00:37:57,510 --> 00:37:55,599 uh the uh the director of marshall's uh 985 00:37:58,630 --> 00:37:57,520 center and um you know talking about you 986 00:38:00,790 --> 00:37:58,640 know some of the new programs we'll be 987 00:38:02,710 --> 00:38:00,800 working on with them there too um for 988 00:38:04,390 --> 00:38:02,720 starship and we're excited we're excited 989 00:38:06,630 --> 00:38:04,400 to continue that partnership and make it 990 00:38:10,790 --> 00:38:06,640 work better and more efficient and 991 00:38:16,550 --> 00:38:12,430 and our next question is from mike 992 00:38:20,069 --> 00:38:18,630 thank you all um yeah this this is a 993 00:38:22,550 --> 00:38:20,079 question about kind of what like what 994 00:38:24,310 --> 00:38:22,560 the next steps are going forward up like 995 00:38:26,310 --> 00:38:24,320 between now and and actually launch day 996 00:38:27,829 --> 00:38:26,320 i'm just mostly curious about 997 00:38:29,030 --> 00:38:27,839 like what when you need to kind of kick 998 00:38:31,190 --> 00:38:29,040 off on 999 00:38:33,109 --> 00:38:31,200 like during the review this this like 1000 00:38:35,030 --> 00:38:33,119 coming monday that that you guys didn't 1001 00:38:36,710 --> 00:38:35,040 talk about during yeah during the flight 1002 00:38:37,430 --> 00:38:36,720 readiness review so so that's probably 1003 00:38:39,430 --> 00:38:37,440 for 1004 00:38:41,270 --> 00:38:39,440 if i guess benji like what like what's 1005 00:38:42,390 --> 00:38:41,280 monday's review going to look like and 1006 00:38:45,270 --> 00:38:42,400 how it's going to be different from 1007 00:38:47,270 --> 00:38:45,280 what's already been discussed 1008 00:38:50,230 --> 00:38:47,280 launch readiness review is is ultimately 1009 00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:50,240 the the final check to make sure that 1010 00:38:54,230 --> 00:38:52,640 that everything that that was open any 1011 00:38:56,870 --> 00:38:54,240 open issues or concerns that those have 1012 00:38:58,390 --> 00:38:56,880 been answered anything new that we that 1013 00:39:00,470 --> 00:38:58,400 we may have discovered again has been 1014 00:39:02,150 --> 00:39:00,480 open has been closed and answered 1015 00:39:03,510 --> 00:39:02,160 but particularly it's really an 1016 00:39:04,790 --> 00:39:03,520 assessment of the data right we'll have 1017 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:04,800 done our our 1018 00:39:08,550 --> 00:39:06,320 static fire that we're doing here 1019 00:39:10,390 --> 00:39:08,560 shortly this afternoon 1020 00:39:12,230 --> 00:39:10,400 it will have done our wet dress or i'm 1021 00:39:13,589 --> 00:39:12,240 sorry a dry dress rehearsal with the 1022 00:39:15,910 --> 00:39:13,599 crew 1023 00:39:17,190 --> 00:39:15,920 and that's a ton of data really really 1024 00:39:18,870 --> 00:39:17,200 important that all of our engineers 1025 00:39:20,870 --> 00:39:18,880 they're all on deck and ready to go 1026 00:39:22,069 --> 00:39:20,880 right now and for the next few days 1027 00:39:23,589 --> 00:39:22,079 through the weekend they will be 1028 00:39:25,750 --> 00:39:23,599 analyzing and look at all the data and 1029 00:39:28,069 --> 00:39:25,760 all the observations that are made 1030 00:39:30,069 --> 00:39:28,079 and launch readiness reviews to go again 1031 00:39:33,030 --> 00:39:30,079 across all of the teams and every person 1032 00:39:34,870 --> 00:39:33,040 and say are you ready what did you learn 1033 00:39:37,990 --> 00:39:34,880 what came out of the data are we ready 1034 00:39:41,349 --> 00:39:39,670 and our next question is from emory 1035 00:39:42,950 --> 00:39:41,359 kelly florida today 1036 00:39:44,470 --> 00:39:42,960 emery 1037 00:39:47,109 --> 00:39:44,480 hey folks thanks for thanks for doing 1038 00:39:49,430 --> 00:39:47,119 this i i appreciate it um administrator 1039 00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:49,440 bridenstine mentioned you know over the 1040 00:39:54,069 --> 00:39:52,000 course of the past two days folks could 1041 00:39:54,710 --> 00:39:54,079 to speak up if if they had any questions 1042 00:39:58,390 --> 00:39:54,720 and 1043 00:40:00,470 --> 00:39:58,400 um 1044 00:40:03,030 --> 00:40:00,480 discussion between between the russians 1045 00:40:04,230 --> 00:40:03,040 uh and the issue resolved between demo 1046 00:40:06,150 --> 00:40:04,240 one and demo two and i know you 1047 00:40:07,829 --> 00:40:06,160 discussed parachutes i'm curious if 1048 00:40:08,630 --> 00:40:07,839 there was anything else that that came 1049 00:40:11,349 --> 00:40:08,640 up 1050 00:40:13,589 --> 00:40:11,359 uh yesterday and today that that maybe 1051 00:40:18,150 --> 00:40:13,599 led to some longer discussions that that 1052 00:40:24,550 --> 00:40:21,349 yeah so the other two um kind of 1053 00:40:27,109 --> 00:40:24,560 technical special topics we had 1054 00:40:30,230 --> 00:40:27,119 what was the nto 1055 00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:30,240 titanium compatibility issue 1056 00:40:33,430 --> 00:40:31,760 that was discovered 1057 00:40:36,390 --> 00:40:33,440 during the dragon 1058 00:40:39,750 --> 00:40:36,400 hot fire test back in april 1059 00:40:40,790 --> 00:40:39,760 i also a tremendous amount of um work 1060 00:40:44,630 --> 00:40:40,800 done by 1061 00:40:46,470 --> 00:40:44,640 the nasa spacex team to understand that 1062 00:40:48,150 --> 00:40:46,480 and to figure out how to mitigate and 1063 00:40:49,910 --> 00:40:48,160 control that 1064 00:40:51,670 --> 00:40:49,920 hazard and 1065 00:40:53,030 --> 00:40:51,680 a lot of a lot of questions to just 1066 00:40:55,270 --> 00:40:53,040 understand 1067 00:40:56,390 --> 00:40:55,280 where we were and make sure that we were 1068 00:40:59,190 --> 00:40:56,400 ready to 1069 00:41:02,390 --> 00:40:59,200 accept that risk the residual risk there 1070 00:41:04,069 --> 00:41:02,400 for the demo 2 flight which we are 1071 00:41:07,430 --> 00:41:04,079 again i cannot tell you the amount of 1072 00:41:09,190 --> 00:41:07,440 testing that was done by the white sands 1073 00:41:11,589 --> 00:41:09,200 test facility team 1074 00:41:12,710 --> 00:41:11,599 and the spacex team and mcgregor 1075 00:41:15,030 --> 00:41:12,720 particularly the spacex team and 1076 00:41:17,589 --> 00:41:15,040 mcgregor over the past few weeks this 1077 00:41:19,430 --> 00:41:17,599 has done a tremendous amount of testing 1078 00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:19,440 and that testing gives us confidence 1079 00:41:29,910 --> 00:41:20,400 that 1080 00:41:31,990 --> 00:41:29,920 another one was a 1081 00:41:33,829 --> 00:41:32,000 more late breaking 1082 00:41:35,990 --> 00:41:33,839 issue late breaking within the next 1083 00:41:38,870 --> 00:41:36,000 month or so not days but late 1084 00:41:40,870 --> 00:41:38,880 um on a performance shortfall of the 1085 00:41:43,990 --> 00:41:40,880 fire suppression system 1086 00:41:46,550 --> 00:41:44,000 um so the team that's a system that um 1087 00:41:49,270 --> 00:41:46,560 suppresses any fire underneath 1088 00:41:51,109 --> 00:41:49,280 any equipment or anything on the floor 1089 00:41:54,309 --> 00:41:51,119 of dragon underneath the floor of dragon 1090 00:41:57,109 --> 00:41:54,319 and um so the team again analyzed both 1091 00:41:59,910 --> 00:41:57,119 the hazards there as well as the ability 1092 00:42:01,109 --> 00:41:59,920 of the system to suppress a fire 1093 00:42:03,670 --> 00:42:01,119 and 1094 00:42:04,630 --> 00:42:03,680 the we've deemed the risk to be very low 1095 00:42:06,550 --> 00:42:04,640 there 1096 00:42:08,069 --> 00:42:06,560 and so we were able to review that data 1097 00:42:10,309 --> 00:42:08,079 and that great work done by the team and 1098 00:42:12,470 --> 00:42:10,319 accept that risk so a couple examples of 1099 00:42:14,710 --> 00:42:12,480 technical uh issues that have been 1100 00:42:16,950 --> 00:42:14,720 closed out before the review 1101 00:42:19,030 --> 00:42:16,960 but were reviewed by the board lots of 1102 00:42:21,589 --> 00:42:19,040 questions lots of back and forth and in 1103 00:42:23,430 --> 00:42:21,599 the end we agreed with the program 1104 00:42:27,030 --> 00:42:23,440 there that with them closing those 1105 00:42:30,470 --> 00:42:29,349 and our next question is from jeff faust 1106 00:42:31,990 --> 00:42:30,480 at space news 1107 00:42:34,150 --> 00:42:32,000 jeff 1108 00:42:35,430 --> 00:42:34,160 yeah good afternoon um 1109 00:42:37,270 --> 00:42:35,440 actually just to sort of follow up on 1110 00:42:39,510 --> 00:42:37,280 the previous question there's you know 1111 00:42:41,990 --> 00:42:39,520 discussion that there's still some open 1112 00:42:44,870 --> 00:42:42,000 work left to do to tie up loose ends 1113 00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:44,880 before the launch can you give some 1114 00:42:48,550 --> 00:42:46,640 examples of some of that open work that 1115 00:42:50,630 --> 00:42:48,560 still has to be done 1116 00:42:56,150 --> 00:42:50,640 between now and presumably the launch 1117 00:43:01,589 --> 00:42:58,150 so i think you know we we mentioned the 1118 00:43:04,069 --> 00:43:01,599 open work there's um final checkouts on 1119 00:43:06,950 --> 00:43:04,079 the spacecraft that happen like 1120 00:43:08,550 --> 00:43:06,960 prior to final hatch closure 1121 00:43:09,829 --> 00:43:08,560 that's normal 1122 00:43:11,349 --> 00:43:09,839 standard work 1123 00:43:13,670 --> 00:43:11,359 we already mentioned the big event the 1124 00:43:14,950 --> 00:43:13,680 big event obviously static fire today 1125 00:43:17,190 --> 00:43:14,960 making sure 1126 00:43:20,550 --> 00:43:17,200 the launch vehicle final checkouts on 1127 00:43:23,109 --> 00:43:20,560 the vehicles are done 1128 00:43:24,790 --> 00:43:23,119 going through and doing dry dress i mean 1129 00:43:27,190 --> 00:43:24,800 like we already talked about dry dress 1130 00:43:29,510 --> 00:43:27,200 and making sure that whole system for 1131 00:43:31,510 --> 00:43:29,520 delivery of the crew to the pad working 1132 00:43:32,950 --> 00:43:31,520 through all those pieces making sure 1133 00:43:36,630 --> 00:43:32,960 everything's 1134 00:43:40,309 --> 00:43:36,640 working you know days before the launch 1135 00:43:41,349 --> 00:43:40,319 that's all normal open work 1136 00:43:43,990 --> 00:43:41,359 and then 1137 00:43:46,230 --> 00:43:44,000 doing the job of 1138 00:43:48,150 --> 00:43:46,240 going through all the data 1139 00:43:50,069 --> 00:43:48,160 out of the tests 1140 00:43:52,790 --> 00:43:50,079 you know we'll be working 1141 00:43:56,470 --> 00:43:52,800 you know saturday sunday monday you know 1142 00:43:58,309 --> 00:43:56,480 tuesday up to launch day to make sure 1143 00:43:59,990 --> 00:43:58,319 that we're still checking everything out 1144 00:44:02,550 --> 00:44:00,000 you know i talked a couple weeks ago 1145 00:44:04,309 --> 00:44:02,560 about continuing to dot the eyes and 1146 00:44:05,750 --> 00:44:04,319 cross the t's and 1147 00:44:09,430 --> 00:44:05,760 that's the kind of open work we're 1148 00:44:11,430 --> 00:44:09,440 talking about right now 1149 00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:11,440 and our next question is from dave moser 1150 00:44:28,790 --> 00:44:27,190 and our next question will actually be 1151 00:44:30,790 --> 00:44:28,800 from jackie goddard with the irish times 1152 00:44:32,950 --> 00:44:30,800 of london jackie 1153 00:44:34,710 --> 00:44:32,960 the times yes hello thank you my 1154 00:44:36,150 --> 00:44:34,720 question i think is the kirk earlier 1155 00:44:38,069 --> 00:44:36,160 this week there was a report from 1156 00:44:41,270 --> 00:44:38,079 sputnik the russian government news 1157 00:44:43,030 --> 00:44:41,280 agency that quoted roscosmos officials 1158 00:44:44,870 --> 00:44:43,040 um saying that they were monitoring 1159 00:44:47,109 --> 00:44:44,880 increased benzene levels inside the 1160 00:44:48,390 --> 00:44:47,119 space station they stressed there was no 1161 00:44:51,030 --> 00:44:48,400 threat to crew and that the 1162 00:44:53,190 --> 00:44:51,040 concentrations um didn't exceed the 1163 00:44:55,349 --> 00:44:53,200 exposure limit but can you tell us what 1164 00:44:58,069 --> 00:44:55,359 that's all about was there any focus of 1165 00:45:00,069 --> 00:44:58,079 conversation at the review 1166 00:45:02,630 --> 00:45:00,079 and does it raise any potential for 1167 00:45:04,790 --> 00:45:02,640 concern with sending two additional crew 1168 00:45:06,630 --> 00:45:04,800 up thank you 1169 00:45:08,710 --> 00:45:06,640 well the what's going on in the russian 1170 00:45:10,390 --> 00:45:08,720 government uh i'm not i'm not the right 1171 00:45:12,790 --> 00:45:10,400 person to ask i think rose cosmos would 1172 00:45:14,390 --> 00:45:12,800 be the right right group to ask i can 1173 00:45:18,309 --> 00:45:14,400 tell you that we work very closely with 1174 00:45:21,109 --> 00:45:18,319 our russian partners i speak to them 1175 00:45:23,030 --> 00:45:21,119 if not if not daily certainly weekly 1176 00:45:25,510 --> 00:45:23,040 we actually have some people in my 1177 00:45:28,630 --> 00:45:25,520 organization who live in moscow and so 1178 00:45:30,390 --> 00:45:28,640 we're very very close great partners 1179 00:45:33,109 --> 00:45:30,400 there has been no discussion about any 1180 00:45:34,710 --> 00:45:33,119 change any immediate change uh 1181 00:45:36,950 --> 00:45:34,720 in in the work that they're doing 1182 00:45:39,910 --> 00:45:36,960 certainly no increased risk to the to 1183 00:45:41,990 --> 00:45:39,920 the crew today uh as a result of any of 1184 00:45:43,510 --> 00:45:42,000 this so i'm not concerned at all 1185 00:45:45,990 --> 00:45:43,520 about that i think maybe what they're 1186 00:45:47,430 --> 00:45:46,000 referring to might be longer term 1187 00:45:49,030 --> 00:45:47,440 decisions that the russian government 1188 00:45:50,710 --> 00:45:49,040 and the russian space agency could make 1189 00:45:51,829 --> 00:45:50,720 but but that would really be a question 1190 00:45:53,510 --> 00:45:51,839 for them 1191 00:45:55,750 --> 00:45:53,520 um so 1192 00:45:58,309 --> 00:45:55,760 the russian crew i actually spoke with 1193 00:46:00,790 --> 00:45:58,319 yvonne and anatoly on orbit this week 1194 00:46:02,150 --> 00:46:00,800 and they're very excited about about 1195 00:46:05,190 --> 00:46:02,160 having two more crew members come up 1196 00:46:07,030 --> 00:46:05,200 there the iss is in great shape 1197 00:46:08,309 --> 00:46:07,040 the crew on orbits in great shape i know 1198 00:46:09,589 --> 00:46:08,319 the crew here on the ground you guys 1199 00:46:11,510 --> 00:46:09,599 just talk with them they're in great 1200 00:46:13,750 --> 00:46:11,520 shape so i think 1201 00:46:15,990 --> 00:46:13,760 i think the the vehicle on orbit's ready 1202 00:46:20,309 --> 00:46:16,000 to go and and we're working to make the 1203 00:46:25,670 --> 00:46:22,150 okay and our next question is from 1204 00:46:28,230 --> 00:46:25,680 antonia amarillo with florida today 1205 00:46:30,470 --> 00:46:28,240 yes hi thanks for taking my question um 1206 00:46:31,829 --> 00:46:30,480 i was wondering why does it take crew 1207 00:46:34,230 --> 00:46:31,839 dragon um 1208 00:46:36,950 --> 00:46:34,240 19 hours to reach the international 1209 00:46:39,349 --> 00:46:36,960 space station when it only takes soyuz 1210 00:46:41,750 --> 00:46:39,359 six hours and uh can crew dragon you 1211 00:46:45,030 --> 00:46:41,760 know get there to the space station 1212 00:46:49,190 --> 00:46:45,040 quicker uh and if so why hasn't spacex 1213 00:46:53,510 --> 00:46:51,510 you bet 1214 00:46:55,109 --> 00:46:53,520 uh absolutely i mean it really it's 1215 00:46:56,390 --> 00:46:55,119 about orbital mechanics it's about when 1216 00:46:57,589 --> 00:46:56,400 you launch right 1217 00:47:00,150 --> 00:46:57,599 there's uh there's phasing that you have 1218 00:47:01,270 --> 00:47:00,160 to do to get to the space station and so 1219 00:47:03,670 --> 00:47:01,280 you look at the different launch 1220 00:47:05,990 --> 00:47:03,680 opportunities again based on weather 1221 00:47:07,750 --> 00:47:06,000 and a whole number of other factors 1222 00:47:09,670 --> 00:47:07,760 and and you and you determine when's the 1223 00:47:11,349 --> 00:47:09,680 best time to launch and so you set up a 1224 00:47:12,870 --> 00:47:11,359 number of launch opportunities days and 1225 00:47:14,230 --> 00:47:12,880 times 1226 00:47:16,230 --> 00:47:14,240 and some of those launch opportunities 1227 00:47:18,790 --> 00:47:16,240 require more phasing time 1228 00:47:21,349 --> 00:47:18,800 and some of them require less and so the 1229 00:47:23,030 --> 00:47:21,359 on the 27th it's about a 19 hour 1230 00:47:24,470 --> 00:47:23,040 phasing but then you know on other days 1231 00:47:26,710 --> 00:47:24,480 it would be less other days it could be 1232 00:47:29,270 --> 00:47:26,720 more so it really just depends on on the 1233 00:47:31,349 --> 00:47:29,280 launch it's the orbit of space station 1234 00:47:35,190 --> 00:47:31,359 and the time of day and time of year um 1235 00:47:39,430 --> 00:47:37,109 one more thing you know this is a test 1236 00:47:41,270 --> 00:47:39,440 flight you know we we talk about this 1237 00:47:42,870 --> 00:47:41,280 launch but this is a test flight right 1238 00:47:43,990 --> 00:47:42,880 and so 1239 00:47:45,910 --> 00:47:44,000 we could have we could have picked 1240 00:47:48,710 --> 00:47:45,920 different launch days that had different 1241 00:47:50,630 --> 00:47:48,720 phasing opportunities right and but 1242 00:47:52,549 --> 00:47:50,640 there's also checkouts that we're doing 1243 00:47:54,870 --> 00:47:52,559 along the way 1244 00:47:56,630 --> 00:47:54,880 so we kind of picked a day that would 1245 00:47:59,510 --> 00:47:56,640 also a phasing opportunity that would 1246 00:48:01,990 --> 00:47:59,520 give us the time to be able to do 1247 00:48:03,750 --> 00:48:02,000 those checkouts along the way because 1248 00:48:05,349 --> 00:48:03,760 this is a critical 1249 00:48:08,630 --> 00:48:05,359 test flight bob and doug are going to 1250 00:48:10,710 --> 00:48:08,640 get to test fly the vehicle and check it 1251 00:48:12,710 --> 00:48:10,720 out and make sure that 1252 00:48:16,870 --> 00:48:12,720 first time people are going to be in a 1253 00:48:18,710 --> 00:48:16,880 spacex vehicle and get to kind of 1254 00:48:20,950 --> 00:48:18,720 you know take it out for a test run 1255 00:48:24,470 --> 00:48:20,960 there and and make sure that before it's 1256 00:48:26,230 --> 00:48:24,480 certified that the design is working so 1257 00:48:29,349 --> 00:48:26,240 this is a really really important flight 1258 00:48:32,150 --> 00:48:29,359 for us we got two great test pilots 1259 00:48:34,549 --> 00:48:32,160 in there and uh they're they're going to 1260 00:48:36,630 --> 00:48:34,559 be checking out the vehicle 1261 00:48:38,710 --> 00:48:36,640 and if i could add one more thing the 1262 00:48:41,510 --> 00:48:38,720 soyuz was designed in the 70s started 1263 00:48:43,829 --> 00:48:41,520 flying in the 80s and the norm has been 1264 00:48:45,510 --> 00:48:43,839 34 bits or really two days to get for 1265 00:48:47,510 --> 00:48:45,520 the soyuz to get to international space 1266 00:48:49,109 --> 00:48:47,520 station it's only been in the last three 1267 00:48:51,349 --> 00:48:49,119 three and a half years that they started 1268 00:48:53,750 --> 00:48:51,359 going to instead of two and a half two 1269 00:48:55,510 --> 00:48:53,760 days to get to six hours 1270 00:48:58,230 --> 00:48:55,520 and so um 1271 00:49:00,230 --> 00:48:58,240 i'm counting on on spacex to 1272 00:49:03,430 --> 00:49:00,240 to accelerate the time 1273 00:49:05,190 --> 00:49:03,440 in the next 20 years so 1274 00:49:06,470 --> 00:49:05,200 i'll and i'll i'll say kathy makes a 1275 00:49:07,510 --> 00:49:06,480 really good point one of the cool things 1276 00:49:09,270 --> 00:49:07,520 that the 1277 00:49:11,030 --> 00:49:09,280 the uh uh and we're gonna work on that 1278 00:49:12,390 --> 00:49:11,040 kirk 1279 00:49:15,510 --> 00:49:12,400 and i hope it's a lot sooner than 20 1280 00:49:17,190 --> 00:49:15,520 years uh but uh is bob i'm gonna get a 1281 00:49:18,710 --> 00:49:17,200 chance to try sleeping on dragon and 1282 00:49:21,030 --> 00:49:18,720 that's a really good point and and 1283 00:49:23,190 --> 00:49:21,040 another thing about the crew is that 1284 00:49:25,430 --> 00:49:23,200 they have taken to heart as test pilots 1285 00:49:26,390 --> 00:49:25,440 um the importance of their work to to 1286 00:49:28,150 --> 00:49:26,400 ensure 1287 00:49:30,950 --> 00:49:28,160 the readiness of the vehicle and the 1288 00:49:33,349 --> 00:49:30,960 system and the program for future crews 1289 00:49:35,910 --> 00:49:33,359 to them in their mind was always 1290 00:49:38,549 --> 00:49:35,920 is this the right safe reliable system 1291 00:49:41,109 --> 00:49:38,559 for anybody to fly in but but also for 1292 00:49:42,710 --> 00:49:41,119 to make sure that their colleagues um in 1293 00:49:44,790 --> 00:49:42,720 the in the in the crew office would be 1294 00:49:46,069 --> 00:49:44,800 able to continue to to do exactly what 1295 00:49:48,150 --> 00:49:46,079 they want to do so they're testing it 1296 00:49:49,829 --> 00:49:48,160 out not just for themselves but for 1297 00:49:50,950 --> 00:49:49,839 all future flights and that was one 1298 00:49:51,990 --> 00:49:50,960 that's exactly right it's one of the 1299 00:49:54,069 --> 00:49:52,000 reasons we want to make sure they got to 1300 00:49:55,750 --> 00:49:54,079 sleep on board they got to you know eat 1301 00:49:58,150 --> 00:49:55,760 meals and and do all that kind of cool 1302 00:49:59,750 --> 00:49:58,160 stuff while they're on board dragon 1303 00:50:02,710 --> 00:49:59,760 yet trying to get them to station as 1304 00:50:04,309 --> 00:50:02,720 quickly and safely as possible 1305 00:50:07,589 --> 00:50:04,319 and our next question is from jackie 1306 00:50:09,750 --> 00:50:07,599 waddles at cnn jackie 1307 00:50:12,870 --> 00:50:09,760 hey folks thanks so much for doing this 1308 00:50:15,109 --> 00:50:12,880 and my question is for steve um so it's 1309 00:50:17,270 --> 00:50:15,119 doug lovero leaving the heo this week 1310 00:50:19,910 --> 00:50:17,280 steve i know you took over doug's role 1311 00:50:21,829 --> 00:50:19,920 in this review and i was curious if you 1312 00:50:24,150 --> 00:50:21,839 had to do any additional preparation to 1313 00:50:25,750 --> 00:50:24,160 assume that role um and if that last 1314 00:50:28,630 --> 00:50:25,760 minute change created a new challenges 1315 00:50:30,549 --> 00:50:28,640 over the past couple days 1316 00:50:32,870 --> 00:50:30,559 yeah actually um 1317 00:50:35,190 --> 00:50:32,880 i've been conducting uh agency level 1318 00:50:37,349 --> 00:50:35,200 reviews of the commercial crew program 1319 00:50:39,430 --> 00:50:37,359 for the last two years 1320 00:50:41,109 --> 00:50:39,440 as the associate administrator as part 1321 00:50:43,030 --> 00:50:41,119 of the my 1322 00:50:44,549 --> 00:50:43,040 chairmanship of the agency program 1323 00:50:46,870 --> 00:50:44,559 management council 1324 00:50:48,870 --> 00:50:46,880 so every two to three months kathy has 1325 00:50:52,549 --> 00:50:48,880 come in and briefed agency leadership 1326 00:50:56,069 --> 00:50:54,470 all the issues and challenges the 1327 00:50:57,750 --> 00:50:56,079 resolution of them or paths to 1328 00:51:00,150 --> 00:50:57,760 resolution 1329 00:51:02,069 --> 00:51:00,160 so those reviews you know prepared me 1330 00:51:03,990 --> 00:51:02,079 really well to step in and share the 1331 00:51:04,950 --> 00:51:04,000 flight readiness review as well as 1332 00:51:07,030 --> 00:51:04,960 i think 1333 00:51:08,950 --> 00:51:07,040 quarterly the aerospace safety advisory 1334 00:51:10,549 --> 00:51:08,960 panel reviews the commercial programming 1335 00:51:12,549 --> 00:51:10,559 program and kathy makes a presentation 1336 00:51:15,750 --> 00:51:12,559 to them i think i've sat in on all or 1337 00:51:16,470 --> 00:51:15,760 most of those reviews also 1338 00:51:18,950 --> 00:51:16,480 so 1339 00:51:21,109 --> 00:51:18,960 given all that i was well prepared i 1340 00:51:23,190 --> 00:51:21,119 also want to stress that 1341 00:51:24,630 --> 00:51:23,200 was a series of really great reviews 1342 00:51:26,630 --> 00:51:24,640 leading up to the flight rate industry 1343 00:51:29,109 --> 00:51:26,640 it wasn't just this one review so there 1344 00:51:31,750 --> 00:51:29,119 are engineering reviews of each system 1345 00:51:33,589 --> 00:51:31,760 on dragon and on falcon 1346 00:51:35,109 --> 00:51:33,599 by the engineering teams 1347 00:51:37,670 --> 00:51:35,119 they were a little concerned about doing 1348 00:51:40,150 --> 00:51:37,680 those virtually versus face-to-face 1349 00:51:42,069 --> 00:51:40,160 given covert 19 but the feedback i got 1350 00:51:44,390 --> 00:51:42,079 was that the i received was those 1351 00:51:46,710 --> 00:51:44,400 reviews were very effective 1352 00:51:49,109 --> 00:51:46,720 then there was the station operations 1353 00:51:51,510 --> 00:51:49,119 readiness review by kirk 1354 00:51:54,549 --> 00:51:51,520 very good successful review there was a 1355 00:51:56,230 --> 00:51:54,559 flight readiness review by spacex led 1356 00:51:57,430 --> 00:51:56,240 for their purposes 1357 00:51:59,750 --> 00:51:57,440 there was a flight 1358 00:52:01,829 --> 00:51:59,760 test readiness review led by kathy and 1359 00:52:03,270 --> 00:52:01,839 the team and that led up to the flight 1360 00:52:04,950 --> 00:52:03,280 readiness review 1361 00:52:06,309 --> 00:52:04,960 so i sat and also on some of those 1362 00:52:09,190 --> 00:52:06,319 reviews so 1363 00:52:10,710 --> 00:52:09,200 i felt i felt very very prepared to 1364 00:52:11,990 --> 00:52:10,720 chair the review 1365 00:52:14,150 --> 00:52:12,000 and um 1366 00:52:16,150 --> 00:52:14,160 and so i don't think there are any 1367 00:52:18,390 --> 00:52:16,160 significant challenges 1368 00:52:21,030 --> 00:52:18,400 in transitioning uh from doug to myself 1369 00:52:22,630 --> 00:52:21,040 and sharing the frr 1370 00:52:25,190 --> 00:52:22,640 and our next question is from marcia 1371 00:52:27,910 --> 00:52:25,200 dunn associated press marcia 1372 00:52:30,790 --> 00:52:27,920 yes hello um i'd like both spacex and 1373 00:52:33,829 --> 00:52:30,800 nasa to address this all space flight is 1374 00:52:37,030 --> 00:52:33,839 risky but this is a true test flight 1375 00:52:40,470 --> 00:52:37,040 and i'd like to um big picture from you 1376 00:52:42,470 --> 00:52:40,480 on just how risky how dangerous 1377 00:52:44,230 --> 00:52:42,480 uh this mission is that bob and doug are 1378 00:52:47,430 --> 00:52:44,240 about to embark on i'm not looking for 1379 00:52:48,950 --> 00:52:47,440 statistics or numbers but just 1380 00:52:50,870 --> 00:52:48,960 in your guts what are you feeling about 1381 00:52:58,630 --> 00:52:50,880 the dangers and the risks 1382 00:53:01,700 --> 00:53:00,230 well there's lots of people that are 1383 00:53:04,230 --> 00:53:01,710 nasa 1384 00:53:07,589 --> 00:53:04,240 [Laughter] 1385 00:53:09,510 --> 00:53:07,599 well you know marcia i i um it's really 1386 00:53:12,150 --> 00:53:09,520 hard as a program manager because my job 1387 00:53:13,030 --> 00:53:12,160 is to buy down risk right 1388 00:53:16,549 --> 00:53:13,040 and 1389 00:53:19,030 --> 00:53:16,559 um for the last like with steve 1390 00:53:21,030 --> 00:53:19,040 laid out i mean really for the last five 1391 00:53:22,950 --> 00:53:21,040 years as program manager that's what i 1392 00:53:23,829 --> 00:53:22,960 feel like i've been doing 1393 00:53:26,790 --> 00:53:23,839 so 1394 00:53:28,710 --> 00:53:26,800 if i right now we are trying to identify 1395 00:53:32,390 --> 00:53:28,720 any risk that we know of that's out 1396 00:53:34,870 --> 00:53:32,400 there and continue to look at risks 1397 00:53:36,950 --> 00:53:34,880 and buy them down but we also 1398 00:53:38,309 --> 00:53:36,960 can't fool ourselves you know human 1399 00:53:41,190 --> 00:53:38,319 space flight 1400 00:53:42,950 --> 00:53:41,200 is really really tough 1401 00:53:44,150 --> 00:53:42,960 and uh 1402 00:53:46,870 --> 00:53:44,160 you know we 1403 00:53:48,230 --> 00:53:46,880 it's why we continue to look for risks 1404 00:53:51,190 --> 00:53:48,240 and and 1405 00:53:53,270 --> 00:53:51,200 um do additional assessments and where 1406 00:53:55,510 --> 00:53:53,280 we never feel 1407 00:53:58,470 --> 00:53:55,520 comfortable because that's when you're 1408 00:54:00,309 --> 00:53:58,480 not searching right so 1409 00:54:02,069 --> 00:54:00,319 um 1410 00:54:05,510 --> 00:54:02,079 i think you know we talked today about 1411 00:54:06,870 --> 00:54:05,520 staying hungry and so um we're going to 1412 00:54:09,990 --> 00:54:06,880 stay hungry and we're going to stay 1413 00:54:12,630 --> 00:54:10,000 hungry until bob and doug come home but 1414 00:54:14,790 --> 00:54:12,640 i've thought of every single risk we've 1415 00:54:16,390 --> 00:54:14,800 been sitting here scouring our teams are 1416 00:54:17,910 --> 00:54:16,400 scouring and thinking of every single 1417 00:54:19,829 --> 00:54:17,920 risk that's out there 1418 00:54:21,910 --> 00:54:19,839 and we've worked our butt off to buy 1419 00:54:24,870 --> 00:54:21,920 down the ones we know of 1420 00:54:26,470 --> 00:54:24,880 and we'll continue to look and continue 1421 00:54:30,549 --> 00:54:26,480 to buy them down until we bring them 1422 00:54:37,030 --> 00:54:33,829 kathy said it very very well and um you 1423 00:54:38,710 --> 00:54:37,040 know it is tough space flight is hard 1424 00:54:40,789 --> 00:54:38,720 but because of that 1425 00:54:41,990 --> 00:54:40,799 we search ourselves and search our souls 1426 00:54:43,030 --> 00:54:42,000 we encourage 1427 00:54:44,710 --> 00:54:43,040 each other 1428 00:54:46,309 --> 00:54:44,720 you know in our partnership with nasa 1429 00:54:48,390 --> 00:54:46,319 and spacex but certainly within our 1430 00:54:50,230 --> 00:54:48,400 company we encourage everyone to look 1431 00:54:51,990 --> 00:54:50,240 over each other's shoulders 1432 00:54:54,630 --> 00:54:52,000 we say you know challenge each other all 1433 00:54:57,109 --> 00:54:54,640 the time um don't take offense when 1434 00:54:59,349 --> 00:54:57,119 people challenge your work encourage it 1435 00:55:01,109 --> 00:54:59,359 um we are in the kind of the period 1436 00:55:03,349 --> 00:55:01,119 right now the final preparations for 1437 00:55:05,190 --> 00:55:03,359 flight but also where the majority of 1438 00:55:06,390 --> 00:55:05,200 you know the engineers and and people in 1439 00:55:08,230 --> 00:55:06,400 the factory and everybody who've been 1440 00:55:09,589 --> 00:55:08,240 working on this all of these years 1441 00:55:11,190 --> 00:55:09,599 they're now kind of into a period where 1442 00:55:13,190 --> 00:55:11,200 they're doing their triple checks and 1443 00:55:14,710 --> 00:55:13,200 quadruple checks they're looking under 1444 00:55:15,990 --> 00:55:14,720 every stone and turning over every rock 1445 00:55:17,750 --> 00:55:16,000 just to make sure 1446 00:55:19,190 --> 00:55:17,760 that we're really ready to go and we 1447 00:55:20,950 --> 00:55:19,200 have a standing policy in the company 1448 00:55:23,270 --> 00:55:20,960 that anybody 1449 00:55:25,430 --> 00:55:23,280 can can can raise an issue anybody can 1450 00:55:26,789 --> 00:55:25,440 raise a risk we have systems in place 1451 00:55:29,349 --> 00:55:26,799 that actually allow anybody in the 1452 00:55:31,910 --> 00:55:29,359 company to open a risk what we call risk 1453 00:55:33,349 --> 00:55:31,920 tickets to open up an issue to say okay 1454 00:55:35,430 --> 00:55:33,359 i'm worried about something and they 1455 00:55:37,430 --> 00:55:35,440 have a direct line to you know senior 1456 00:55:39,349 --> 00:55:37,440 leadership to say hey i'm worried about 1457 00:55:41,670 --> 00:55:39,359 this up to the moment of launch 1458 00:55:43,990 --> 00:55:41,680 um bottom line is is it's tough but we 1459 00:55:45,510 --> 00:55:44,000 won't launch until we're ready and and 1460 00:55:48,710 --> 00:55:45,520 we will listen to the data and we'll 1461 00:55:50,390 --> 00:55:48,720 listen to the people 1462 00:55:53,430 --> 00:55:50,400 and our final question will be from joey 1463 00:55:56,309 --> 00:55:53,440 roulette reuters joey 1464 00:55:59,190 --> 00:55:56,319 hey thanks so much for doing this um for 1465 00:56:00,630 --> 00:55:59,200 kirk shireman or anyone else um kirk you 1466 00:56:02,470 --> 00:56:00,640 mentioned the role international 1467 00:56:05,190 --> 00:56:02,480 partners played i was wondering if you 1468 00:56:07,190 --> 00:56:05,200 could give some examples of the response 1469 00:56:09,109 --> 00:56:07,200 and any concerns released by those 1470 00:56:10,390 --> 00:56:09,119 international partners specifically ross 1471 00:56:12,789 --> 00:56:10,400 cosmos 1472 00:56:15,190 --> 00:56:12,799 in regard to this review and then for 1473 00:56:16,470 --> 00:56:15,200 benji reid will any data from this 1474 00:56:18,789 --> 00:56:16,480 mission inform 1475 00:56:20,950 --> 00:56:18,799 starship design or starship missions in 1476 00:56:22,710 --> 00:56:20,960 the future and would starship ever 1477 00:56:26,150 --> 00:56:22,720 do any test flights like this one to the 1478 00:56:29,589 --> 00:56:27,670 from an international start partner 1479 00:56:32,390 --> 00:56:29,599 standpoint it's really interesting uh 1480 00:56:35,430 --> 00:56:32,400 one is we're partnership and and we 1481 00:56:37,430 --> 00:56:35,440 expect all our partners uh astronauts 1482 00:56:39,750 --> 00:56:37,440 and cosmonauts to fly on these vehicles 1483 00:56:41,589 --> 00:56:39,760 on on the spacex vehicle so 1484 00:56:43,109 --> 00:56:41,599 they have a very vested interest in this 1485 00:56:45,030 --> 00:56:43,119 particular test flight there are no 1486 00:56:47,430 --> 00:56:45,040 international partners but the very next 1487 00:56:49,190 --> 00:56:47,440 flight there will be and so 1488 00:56:51,589 --> 00:56:49,200 all the international partners were were 1489 00:56:53,349 --> 00:56:51,599 participating along the way because they 1490 00:56:55,030 --> 00:56:53,359 know that their crew members will be 1491 00:56:57,030 --> 00:56:55,040 flying on this vehicle number one number 1492 00:56:58,950 --> 00:56:57,040 two is it's docking to the international 1493 00:57:00,390 --> 00:56:58,960 space station and all those countries 1494 00:57:01,990 --> 00:57:00,400 have made huge investments in that 1495 00:57:04,630 --> 00:57:02,000 vehicle we want to make sure that we're 1496 00:57:06,069 --> 00:57:04,640 not risking the investment in that 1497 00:57:07,589 --> 00:57:06,079 vehicle up there or by the way their 1498 00:57:09,910 --> 00:57:07,599 crew members who are living on board the 1499 00:57:11,510 --> 00:57:09,920 international space station so all along 1500 00:57:14,069 --> 00:57:11,520 very very interested 1501 00:57:15,589 --> 00:57:14,079 the the the difficulties here 1502 00:57:17,030 --> 00:57:15,599 one of course i talked a little bit 1503 00:57:19,190 --> 00:57:17,040 about time zones that's always a 1504 00:57:22,549 --> 00:57:19,200 difficulty but we also had export 1505 00:57:24,230 --> 00:57:22,559 control so uh when we develop a vehicle 1506 00:57:26,630 --> 00:57:24,240 here in the united states all that 1507 00:57:28,069 --> 00:57:26,640 technology is not allowed to be exported 1508 00:57:29,430 --> 00:57:28,079 from the united states so we have to 1509 00:57:31,670 --> 00:57:29,440 live within those laws and finally 1510 00:57:33,430 --> 00:57:31,680 there's proprietary data so 1511 00:57:35,510 --> 00:57:33,440 if the data was allowed to be exported 1512 00:57:37,670 --> 00:57:35,520 but it was spacex proprietary then we 1513 00:57:39,270 --> 00:57:37,680 would have to redact that data so we 1514 00:57:41,190 --> 00:57:39,280 conducted these discussions with our 1515 00:57:42,630 --> 00:57:41,200 international partners along the way 1516 00:57:44,230 --> 00:57:42,640 answered their questions assured them 1517 00:57:46,710 --> 00:57:44,240 that their crew members would be safe 1518 00:57:48,549 --> 00:57:46,720 all the while meeting the u.s laws on 1519 00:57:51,670 --> 00:57:48,559 export control and honoring the 1520 00:57:53,829 --> 00:57:51,680 proprietary data from spacex so 1521 00:57:55,829 --> 00:57:53,839 the fact that we did that and all the 1522 00:57:57,589 --> 00:57:55,839 partners were were part of this review 1523 00:57:59,349 --> 00:57:57,599 were part of all this work and we're 1524 00:58:01,910 --> 00:57:59,359 we're ready to proceed it's really uh 1525 00:58:04,390 --> 00:58:01,920 really an amazing thing so we're very 1526 00:58:05,349 --> 00:58:04,400 happy about about that aspect 1527 00:58:07,030 --> 00:58:05,359 benji 1528 00:58:09,030 --> 00:58:07,040 sure and just kind of following up real 1529 00:58:10,470 --> 00:58:09,040 quick first on what kirk said it's it's 1530 00:58:12,230 --> 00:58:10,480 uh it's exciting for us to get to work 1531 00:58:13,990 --> 00:58:12,240 with international partners as well 1532 00:58:16,470 --> 00:58:14,000 we've had that opportunity on the cargo 1533 00:58:19,190 --> 00:58:16,480 program um from the early days because 1534 00:58:20,950 --> 00:58:19,200 again they jointly run the space station 1535 00:58:22,950 --> 00:58:20,960 and are partners in that so 1536 00:58:24,710 --> 00:58:22,960 coming up and bringing cargo we had to 1537 00:58:26,309 --> 00:58:24,720 work with them and getting to work with 1538 00:58:28,549 --> 00:58:26,319 the partners and work with all kinds of 1539 00:58:30,150 --> 00:58:28,559 people around the world is exactly what 1540 00:58:33,270 --> 00:58:30,160 we want to do we want to send all kinds 1541 00:58:35,030 --> 00:58:33,280 of people to space um and and ultimately 1542 00:58:37,030 --> 00:58:35,040 this this this mission coming up and 1543 00:58:39,750 --> 00:58:37,040 everything we're doing is is to open 1544 00:58:40,630 --> 00:58:39,760 that that new chapter in in the space 1545 00:58:42,789 --> 00:58:40,640 age 1546 00:58:43,829 --> 00:58:42,799 and ultimately make life multi-planetary 1547 00:58:45,990 --> 00:58:43,839 that's what we want to do and it's 1548 00:58:47,750 --> 00:58:46,000 exciting to do it and see after this 1549 00:58:49,510 --> 00:58:47,760 mission um you know what what more 1550 00:58:51,670 --> 00:58:49,520 missions will be doing with the space 1551 00:58:53,829 --> 00:58:51,680 station and with others um in terms of 1552 00:58:55,829 --> 00:58:53,839 the data um and you know will this 1553 00:58:58,309 --> 00:58:55,839 inform data on starship or or other 1554 00:59:00,549 --> 00:58:58,319 programs absolutely data is data and we 1555 00:59:01,990 --> 00:59:00,559 love it we love data we want to learn we 1556 00:59:04,870 --> 00:59:02,000 want to learn from everything we do and 1557 00:59:06,950 --> 00:59:04,880 apply it wherever we can to be safer to 1558 00:59:08,630 --> 00:59:06,960 be more reliable to be more efficient 1559 00:59:11,829 --> 00:59:08,640 and again ultimately be able to take 1560 00:59:14,470 --> 00:59:11,839 lots and lots of people into space 1561 00:59:16,390 --> 00:59:14,480 thank you and now we'll go back for some 1562 00:59:18,870 --> 00:59:16,400 final closing comments for from steve 1563 00:59:20,789 --> 00:59:18,880 jersey steve hey thanks josh 1564 00:59:23,430 --> 00:59:20,799 so yeah i just want to reiterate that we 1565 00:59:26,230 --> 00:59:23,440 had a very successful flight readiness 1566 00:59:29,589 --> 00:59:26,240 for you in that we did a thorough view 1567 00:59:32,789 --> 00:59:29,599 of all the systems and all the all the 1568 00:59:35,990 --> 00:59:32,799 risks and i was unanimous on the board 1569 00:59:38,309 --> 00:59:36,000 that we are go for launch 1570 00:59:40,309 --> 00:59:38,319 it is really exciting to be launching 1571 00:59:42,470 --> 00:59:40,319 american astronauts on american rockets 1572 00:59:45,829 --> 00:59:42,480 for american soil from kennedy space 1573 00:59:48,069 --> 00:59:45,839 center for the first time in nine 1574 00:59:49,589 --> 00:59:48,079 it's i know it's been a long really 1575 00:59:51,190 --> 00:59:49,599 challenging road 1576 00:59:53,349 --> 00:59:51,200 and i just cannot 1577 00:59:54,870 --> 00:59:53,359 tell you how proud i am of the nasa 1578 00:59:56,390 --> 00:59:54,880 spacex team 1579 00:59:59,349 --> 00:59:56,400 for all their 1580 01:00:02,150 --> 00:59:59,359 talent hard work dedication and 1581 01:00:04,630 --> 01:00:02,160 perseverance to get to this point 1582 01:00:06,630 --> 01:00:04,640 of five days from launch 1583 01:00:07,910 --> 01:00:06,640 i could hardly i mean i am i am 1584 01:00:09,750 --> 01:00:07,920 incredibly excited you can hardly 1585 01:00:13,030 --> 01:00:09,760 believe it 1586 01:00:15,190 --> 01:00:13,040 so yeah we want you to join us 1587 01:00:16,950 --> 01:00:15,200 most of you virtually unfortunately 1588 01:00:17,829 --> 01:00:16,960 given the situation 1589 01:00:21,750 --> 01:00:17,839 uh 1590 01:00:23,829 --> 01:00:21,760 on wednesday march 27th at 4 33 pm 1591 01:00:26,309 --> 01:00:23,839 uh when we're going to send bob to doug 1592 01:00:27,510 --> 01:00:26,319 and doug to the national space station 1593 01:00:30,630 --> 01:00:27,520 and doc 1594 01:00:33,829 --> 01:00:30,640 19 hours later and they will become part 1595 01:00:35,190 --> 01:00:33,839 of the next iss expedition 1596 01:00:38,150 --> 01:00:35,200 um so