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well good morning and welcome back to

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the kennedy space center for this

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historic mission is we once again

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prepare to launch bob and doug from

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right out there on pad 39a on that

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falcon 9 and crew dragon

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truly an exciting time but hey where was

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this weather wednesday

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you know obviously it's a it's a

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challenge to compete with the weather

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here in florida in the summer but uh

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we're gonna do what's right

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so we're moving ahead and uh it sounds

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like we got about a 50 50 chance with

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the weather again tomorrow we'll see how

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it works out with that it's my privilege

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to introduce our administrator jim

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well thank you bob um yeah that that's

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that's right uh our highest priority is

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and always has been bob and doug and of

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course a couple of days ago we had we

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and the challenge there is not that we

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were in a lightning storm or anything

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like that the challenge is that

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a launch could in fact trigger lightning

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uh in fact the rocket itself could

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knew exactly what the parameters were

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those parameters were limitations i

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the absolute priority being the safety

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of our astronauts and i'll tell you i'm

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very proud of the spacex team

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um you know a lot of the a lot of the

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comments i had in the interviews ahead

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of time were um

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are you gonna feel undue pressure

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this not just attention in the united

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states but attention globally all of the

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vips that were here

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there will be no pressure we will launch

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president and the vice president were

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team for making the right call

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for the right reasons and

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deputy um having worked many years in

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of a space revolution

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whether it's tomorrow or the next day or

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seven astronaut and he said a good scrub

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hi um morning gym irene klotz yes

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for you or for mr cabana um was there

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anything at all out of the first the

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forgot what day already wednesday that

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is being changed tweaked anything the

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team's learned that's going to be

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training for your flight thanks

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rehearsal we have never done a wet dress

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to go the crew capsule was ready to go

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tremendously so proud of the nasa and

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spacex team and you know what we are

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test season and it really is what you're

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of boeing starliner and then right on

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the launch of orion on sls and so we've

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moon in the artist mission there's going

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cbs orlando so nice to be here godspeed

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patrick air force base we met them are

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going to rescue bob and doug god forbid

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something goes wrong they end up in the

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water somewhere they showed us the

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equipment they've been training as you

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is they really started their training

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after the shuttle program ended in 2011.

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warehouse full of stuff 150 men and

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is there any way to give them

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second by second what the weather is

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everything that we have done working

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force that are helping make this a

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successful launch as the administrator

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said this is launch america this isn't

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just launch

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you know commercial crew so

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our whole nation needs to take pride in

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this and everybody has had a role to

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play you know they need to own this it's

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they they are part of it we wouldn't be

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here if everybody wasn't playing their

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administrator great to see you again

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this is gio benitez over at abc news uh

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obviously this is florida the weather

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can do whatever it wants to do but the

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forecasts aren't looking so great for

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tomorrow and for sunday so some of our

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viewers have been wondering why not wait

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till the weather is good why go through

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the whole process when you have

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lightning in the area and such

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yeah so we're balancing so many

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different things right now and that's an

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important question and i just want

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people to know

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that when we balance all of these things

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there is always

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always going to be uncertainty

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we could wait another week and we can

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see that the weather is going to be good

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the question is why is the weather good

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a week from now

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and the answer is well because the winds

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east to west and so all of the all of

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the the cumulonimbus clouds all of the

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the storm systems are going to be on the

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west coast of florida so the weather

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looks like it's going to be fantastic

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the problem is

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when the weather when the winds are east

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to west

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if we have a pad abort capability which

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we now have which we didn't have under

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the space shuttle if we have a pad abort

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triggered

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you know we're going to have our

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astronauts landing on land and that is

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that is not that is not an option for us

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so we're balancing a lot of things we're

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also balancing the time of day that we

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launch making sure that um we have to

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consider the sleep cycles of the crew to

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make sure that they're not you know in

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the midst of a a very critical um

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portion of the flight

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when they've been you know without sleep

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for a period of you know 24 hours and

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and that won't happen by the way because

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we're managing for that

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but it's not just the sleep cycles of

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the crew it's also the sleep cycles on

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the international space station and all

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of these things that we're balancing

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have to match so

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we we have these very unique

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opportunities of time it's interesting

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when you talk about launching to the

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international space station your launch

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window is not a window at all it's

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instantaneous and if you don't need it

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you don't go

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so you have to have all of these things

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met you know ahead of time and then you

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select the window and if the weather is

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good you go if the weather is not good

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you don't go and then so we do have

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these different opportunities in the

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coming week and weeks ahead but it's

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important to note

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and bob just said this in a meeting we

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had earlier we cannot forget

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this is a test flight

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we're not in normal operations we are

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learning

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everything we're doing right now as an

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institution is about learning

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and and as we as we get ready for this

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launch

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we want to make sure that we have

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everything as safe as possible again

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can't say it enough bob and doug are our

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highest priority this is a test flight

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and and we will go when when everything

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is is as safe as we can possibly make it

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good morning this is marcia dunna the

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associated press

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i'd like the two active astronauts

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perhaps to answer this

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this is being described as a revolution

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a new dawn

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and i'd like you to tell me what your

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image of the future is going to look

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like in your lifetimes i mean is it too

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much to hope for judson's tony stark

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iron man i mean realistically um what do

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you want to leave people with in what's

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thank you thank you so much for that

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question you know i'm still waiting for

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the future is incredibly exciting um

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it's been said many times already that

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that we are really at the cusp of

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the next generation of space flight and

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that is so true what we're going to

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witness

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in the near future hopefully tomorrow

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is the culmination of that relationship

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between a government and a commercial

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entity that's helping us to get to low

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earth orbit and

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to get to the international space

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station my vision for the future is that

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that that next generation of space

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flight

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i look forward to seeing artemis take

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the first woman and the next man to the

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lunar surface

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for a permanent habitat where we'll be

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doing research

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and science and exploration on the moon

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and that will serve them as a launching

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pad to get us to mars and i think that

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that is doable within my lifetime and

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i'm so excited about this launch because

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i remember when i was in second grade

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watching the space shuttle launch

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teacher wheeled a television into our

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classroom and that inspired me to

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recognize that this job

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of exploration was a possibility for me

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and

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tomorrow's launch is going to do that

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for our next generation of scientists

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explorers and astronauts and it's that

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generation that's going to take us to

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the moon and to them and to mars and

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thank you so much so i think what i look

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forward to is a vision where the younger

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generation sees no limitations in their

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life

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whether that be because of their their

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gender or their orientation or their

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nationality or anything they just see

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possibilities and so what this allows

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this partnership between the public and

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private and the commercialization of low

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earth orbit is you'll see these

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opportunities open up in the future and

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i vision that opportunity where it's not

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just astronauts not just government

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folks that are going to low earth orbit

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but there are other folks there are

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scientists and doctors they're poets

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they're reporters i mean imagine if you

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were up there and you were able to

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capture with your own eyes and write

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this incredible story you could convey

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that to all of america to all of the

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world

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much better than we could could tell our

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story to you

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so i see this as a real possibility i

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think that this word unbelievable

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perhaps shall be stricken from the

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dictionary because you see a launch and

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you go oh my gosh that's unbelievable

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but it's it's not it's believable we're

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watching it it's happening this change

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is making place this step is happening

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you're going to see low earth orbit open

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up you're going to see us go to the moon

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you're going to see artemis you're going

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to see a man and a woman on the moon and

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hey uh joey roulette with reuters um

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question for jim bridenstine um have you

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talked to bob and doug since they uh

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since the mission was scrubbed how are

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they doing are they eager to go to the

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station and um have you come any closer

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to a decision on how long bob and doug

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will be staying on the iss since we seem

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to have locked down the august 30th date

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for their next crude mission or for

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spacex's next crude mission thanks yeah

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so we have to remember that number one

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this is a test flight and what we learn

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on this flight will determine what we do

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for crew one so

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yes we're targeting at eight of august

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thirtieth i know you use the word locked

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down and nothing is locked down before

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you do a test flight so

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we're going to do this test flight bob

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and doug are in great spirits they are

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ready to go

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and certainly

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we've been in touch via via text

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and of course i'll be i'll be talking to

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them before they launch again so before

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they get ready to launch again so

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hi stephen clark from space flight now a

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question maybe for one of the astronauts

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gel or nicole

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have you had a chance to talk to bob and

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doug as well i just wanted to see if you

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have any more insights about their

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experience on wednesday getting on top

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of a rocket having you know propellant

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loaded into it for the first time there

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was a lot of discussion about the risk

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involved with that

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with a load and go fueling procedure

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just want to get their perspective and

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your perspective on that and for

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administrator breinstein uh just to

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update on

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boeing's schedule right now if you have

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an update on when their second oft

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flight test will occur

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and when their crew flight test might

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so i was fortunate enough to talk to

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doug hurley the night before their first

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launch attempt and uh and you know i

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think he gave me a call because i'll be

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the next marine flying and and he wanted

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to give me a little bit maybe a

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fatherhood and so we talked about the

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weather and i asked him you know how

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does that feel well how would it feel

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like to scrub you know do you have

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concerns and uh and he didn't he

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mentioned that when the first time he

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flew on shuttle he scrubbed like five or

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six times before they actually launched

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and so he said you just have to keep in

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mind that you need to remain flexible

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right and that calls are going to be

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made and decisions are made and you know

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everybody is out there

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keeping you safe and making sure that

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we're going to have a successful mission

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and so i thought that was a really good

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you know key for really applicable to

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the rest of life like there's plenty of

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things in life that you can't control

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whether being one of them and you just

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need to remain flexible not waste any

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energy on those things you can't control

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and then do what you need to do prepare

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and then when it's time for the next

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launch opportunity you know you're ready

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as far as a replay of oft-1 we're

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targeting by the end of the year i think

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that's eminently achievable

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i would say for their first launch of

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this is a daniel oberhaus with wired

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magazine uh this is a question for the

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administrator um i know we're all not

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hoping for another scrub this weekend

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but given that things aren't uh looking

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so great right now i was hoping you

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could tell us a little bit about the

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precautions that nasa takes you know i

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would imagine you have to shut down the

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range bump stuff back so can you tell us

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about that and also the costs per scrub

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for nasa

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yeah that's a that's an important

559
00:21:25,990 --> 00:21:23,520
question um

560
00:21:27,110 --> 00:21:26,000
a couple of things uh that work we have

561
00:21:28,710 --> 00:21:27,120
to consider

562
00:21:30,470 --> 00:21:28,720
when when we make these kind of

563
00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:30,480
decisions number one we don't consider

564
00:21:36,310 --> 00:21:31,840
cost

565
00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:36,320
lives of bob and doug we will do

566
00:21:40,230 --> 00:21:37,840
whatever it takes to make sure that they

567
00:21:42,230 --> 00:21:40,240
are safe

568
00:21:43,990 --> 00:21:42,240
but with for example right now we're

569
00:21:46,630 --> 00:21:44,000
going through a process thinking okay

570
00:21:48,070 --> 00:21:46,640
tomorrow it's about a fifty percent

571
00:21:50,950 --> 00:21:48,080
probability that we're going to have the

572
00:21:52,549 --> 00:21:50,960
conditions capable of launching

573
00:21:54,950 --> 00:21:52,559
at the time of launch

574
00:21:56,870 --> 00:21:54,960
here at the cape

575
00:21:58,789 --> 00:21:56,880
and of course when you add in the

576
00:22:01,270 --> 00:21:58,799
uncertainty downrange because we have a

577
00:22:02,310 --> 00:22:01,280
launch abort capability

578
00:22:05,750 --> 00:22:02,320
we have to have the right weather

579
00:22:07,510 --> 00:22:05,760
conditions downrange at the same time

580
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:07,520
and so

581
00:22:13,430 --> 00:22:10,840
the question is if we have a 50 percent

582
00:22:16,149 --> 00:22:13,440
probability uh and then the next

583
00:22:17,669 --> 00:22:16,159
opportunity is on sunday

584
00:22:19,669 --> 00:22:17,679
we could put ourselves in a position

585
00:22:20,950 --> 00:22:19,679
where we're doing back-to-back wet dress

586
00:22:22,789 --> 00:22:20,960
rehearsals

587
00:22:23,750 --> 00:22:22,799
saturday and sunday and and the thing

588
00:22:25,590 --> 00:22:23,760
that we have we have to start

589
00:22:27,750 --> 00:22:25,600
considering the human factors of that

590
00:22:29,669 --> 00:22:27,760
the human factors end up

591
00:22:31,830 --> 00:22:29,679
adding some risk as well because it

592
00:22:35,190 --> 00:22:31,840
wears everybody out including our

593
00:22:36,630 --> 00:22:35,200
astronauts although they never complain

594
00:22:38,789 --> 00:22:36,640
we want to make sure that everybody is

595
00:22:40,870 --> 00:22:38,799
well rested and ready to go so one of

596
00:22:42,549 --> 00:22:40,880
the things that we might do

597
00:22:43,990 --> 00:22:42,559
even today this afternoon we're going to

598
00:22:45,750 --> 00:22:44,000
get another weather brief and we might

599
00:22:47,830 --> 00:22:45,760
make a decision that sunday is the day

600
00:22:49,590 --> 00:22:47,840
not saturday that way

601
00:22:51,669 --> 00:22:49,600
and again it's going to depend on the

602
00:22:53,430 --> 00:22:51,679
what what are everything is a range of

603
00:22:54,950 --> 00:22:53,440
probabilities what are the probabilities

604
00:22:55,990 --> 00:22:54,960
on saturday and the probabilities on

605
00:22:57,590 --> 00:22:56,000
sunday

606
00:22:59,830 --> 00:22:57,600
um and if the if it's a high enough

607
00:23:01,669 --> 00:22:59,840
probability on saturday we we we target

608
00:23:03,190 --> 00:23:01,679
that day so we're looking at all of

609
00:23:04,149 --> 00:23:03,200
these different options that we have to

610
00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:04,159
consider

611
00:23:08,230 --> 00:23:05,760
earlier i mentioned you know that we

612
00:23:10,390 --> 00:23:08,240
have to consider sleep cycles so we want

613
00:23:13,909 --> 00:23:10,400
to launch at a time where our crew you

614
00:23:15,669 --> 00:23:13,919
know if there if if if the time to orbit

615
00:23:17,430 --> 00:23:15,679
is 15 to

616
00:23:19,510 --> 00:23:17,440
20 hours that's kind of in the sweet

617
00:23:21,669 --> 00:23:19,520
spot because then they can get on orbit

618
00:23:23,029 --> 00:23:21,679
they can get some rest

619
00:23:24,789 --> 00:23:23,039
and then they can dock to the

620
00:23:26,870 --> 00:23:24,799
international space station and so

621
00:23:27,750 --> 00:23:26,880
getting that right is is important as

622
00:23:30,630 --> 00:23:27,760
well

623
00:23:33,029 --> 00:23:30,640
when we talk about their sleep cycles

624
00:23:35,270 --> 00:23:33,039
depending on the day we launch and the

625
00:23:37,909 --> 00:23:35,280
time we launch you know we've got we've

626
00:23:40,070 --> 00:23:37,919
got phase burns and we've got boost

627
00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:40,080
burns that we have to get accomplished

628
00:23:43,269 --> 00:23:41,760
and of course if those are in the middle

629
00:23:44,950 --> 00:23:43,279
of the times when the astronauts are

630
00:23:47,269 --> 00:23:44,960
trying to catch some sleep

631
00:23:49,750 --> 00:23:47,279
then that's not optimum either so

632
00:23:50,950 --> 00:23:49,760
um so yes we're having to balance all of

633
00:23:53,029 --> 00:23:50,960
these things

634
00:23:55,510 --> 00:23:53,039
there is costs associated with the delay

635
00:23:57,669 --> 00:23:55,520
make no mistake there is cost we we load

636
00:24:00,070 --> 00:23:57,679
the rocket with liquid oxygen we unload

637
00:24:01,669 --> 00:24:00,080
the rocket with liquid oxygen we've got

638
00:24:02,710 --> 00:24:01,679
all of these people here at the cape

639
00:24:04,149 --> 00:24:02,720
that are

640
00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:04,159
focused on getting the mission

641
00:24:08,310 --> 00:24:05,760
accomplished there is absolutely costs

642
00:24:10,549 --> 00:24:08,320
associated as far as like the

643
00:24:12,149 --> 00:24:10,559
the total dollar amount given all of the

644
00:24:14,789 --> 00:24:12,159
things that we do i i don't have that

645
00:24:17,190 --> 00:24:14,799
number just handily handy right now

646
00:24:19,029 --> 00:24:17,200
but there is costs associated but again

647
00:24:20,789 --> 00:24:19,039
compared to the investment that took us

648
00:24:22,470 --> 00:24:20,799
to get to this point those costs are

649
00:24:23,350 --> 00:24:22,480
really really minimal

650
00:24:26,230 --> 00:24:23,360
and

651
00:24:28,310 --> 00:24:26,240
doug we

652
00:24:30,390 --> 00:24:28,320
we are not worried about that remember

653
00:24:31,510 --> 00:24:30,400
this is a test flight we need to make

654
00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:31,520
sure that

655
00:24:35,830 --> 00:24:33,440
we are maximizing the opportunity for

656
00:24:37,110 --> 00:24:35,840
success and that's what we're focused on

657
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:37,120
just briefly do you have a ballpark

658
00:24:39,990 --> 00:24:38,320
figures are we talking like hundreds of

659
00:24:44,789 --> 00:24:40,000
thousands millions of dollars we'll get

660
00:24:50,149 --> 00:24:48,070
hi this is michael sheets i'm with cnbc

661
00:24:52,470 --> 00:24:50,159
my question is for jim and bob can

662
00:24:54,310 --> 00:24:52,480
probably help uh add a little color here

663
00:24:55,909 --> 00:24:54,320
jim you've asked people to stay home for

664
00:24:57,750 --> 00:24:55,919
this mission given you know we're all

665
00:25:00,789 --> 00:24:57,760
marrying mass we're all social

666
00:25:04,310 --> 00:25:00,799
distancing here on site but the visitor

667
00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:04,320
complex reopened the day after the scrub

668
00:25:08,310 --> 00:25:06,480
so this launch attempt is going to see

669
00:25:09,190 --> 00:25:08,320
people be able to come to the visitor

670
00:25:11,590 --> 00:25:09,200
center

671
00:25:12,870 --> 00:25:11,600
and as well as it's it's the weekend

672
00:25:14,630 --> 00:25:12,880
people don't have to take off work if

673
00:25:16,310 --> 00:25:14,640
they want to come try to watch the first

674
00:25:19,909 --> 00:25:16,320
time we've launched crew in almost a

675
00:25:21,669 --> 00:25:19,919
decade so what kind of measures is nasa

676
00:25:23,909 --> 00:25:21,679
taking that's different than we saw on

677
00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:23,919
launch day on wednesday and what kind of

678
00:25:28,870 --> 00:25:26,320
crowds is nasa expecting in the local

679
00:25:31,269 --> 00:25:28,880
area and even to welcome on site

680
00:25:32,789 --> 00:25:31,279
so just so you're aware

681
00:25:34,789 --> 00:25:32,799
yes

682
00:25:37,669 --> 00:25:34,799
i don't know what the count is

683
00:25:41,669 --> 00:25:37,679
but lots and lots of people came

684
00:25:43,510 --> 00:25:41,679
to the cape to watch this launch

685
00:25:45,269 --> 00:25:43,520
so i'll tell you what we're considering

686
00:25:47,590 --> 00:25:45,279
as an agency

687
00:25:49,669 --> 00:25:47,600
this is an important mission for us

688
00:25:53,590 --> 00:25:49,679
we also have in july we're launching a

689
00:25:55,909 --> 00:25:53,600
robot to mars and so we have to protect

690
00:25:58,470 --> 00:25:55,919
the safety and the health of the

691
00:25:59,750 --> 00:25:58,480
workforce here at the kennedy space

692
00:26:01,269 --> 00:25:59,760
center

693
00:26:02,070 --> 00:26:01,279
and then of course

694
00:26:04,470 --> 00:26:02,080
once

695
00:26:06,549 --> 00:26:04,480
demo 2 is successful

696
00:26:08,230 --> 00:26:06,559
which it will be once demo 2 is

697
00:26:11,029 --> 00:26:08,240
successful we're going to launch crew

698
00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:11,039
one so right here at the kennedy space

699
00:26:14,549 --> 00:26:12,480
center we have no shortage of

700
00:26:17,190 --> 00:26:14,559
opportunities in front of us and we have

701
00:26:18,950 --> 00:26:17,200
to make sure that without question

702
00:26:21,190 --> 00:26:18,960
you know we're doing everything we can

703
00:26:22,630 --> 00:26:21,200
to keep our people safe right here at

704
00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:22,640
the kennedy space center keep them

705
00:26:27,830 --> 00:26:25,600
healthy remember if we have an outbreak

706
00:26:29,269 --> 00:26:27,840
all of the contract tracing begins and

707
00:26:31,830 --> 00:26:29,279
then all of these

708
00:26:34,070 --> 00:26:31,840
mission essential people end up could be

709
00:26:37,430 --> 00:26:34,080
end up getting sidelined that is not the

710
00:26:39,669 --> 00:26:37,440
outcome that that we're looking for so

711
00:26:41,510 --> 00:26:39,679
the visitor center is open

712
00:26:43,190 --> 00:26:41,520
you know there is no doubt times are

713
00:26:44,870 --> 00:26:43,200
changing and people are going to travel

714
00:26:47,269 --> 00:26:44,880
and the visitor center is going to be

715
00:26:49,669 --> 00:26:47,279
open what we expect is that when people

716
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:49,679
come here they follow the guidance of

717
00:26:52,870 --> 00:26:51,120
the governor of the state of florida

718
00:26:54,390 --> 00:26:52,880
that they follow the guidance for social

719
00:26:56,070 --> 00:26:54,400
distancing

720
00:26:57,190 --> 00:26:56,080
and and you know personal protective

721
00:26:59,269 --> 00:26:57,200
equipment if you're not going to

722
00:27:01,510 --> 00:26:59,279
maintain that distance

723
00:27:03,669 --> 00:27:01,520
and and if people do that they're going

724
00:27:05,110 --> 00:27:03,679
to be safe but we will make sure

725
00:27:06,870 --> 00:27:05,120
that the people that are involved in

726
00:27:08,789 --> 00:27:06,880
these mission essential functions for

727
00:27:10,549 --> 00:27:08,799
this country launching american

728
00:27:11,909 --> 00:27:10,559
astronauts on american rockets from

729
00:27:13,029 --> 00:27:11,919
american soil

730
00:27:15,110 --> 00:27:13,039
launching

731
00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:15,120
our next rover to mars that these

732
00:27:22,070 --> 00:27:17,279
mission essential functions

733
00:27:26,070 --> 00:27:24,389
and i'd like to add to that first off

734
00:27:28,389 --> 00:27:26,080
the visitor center it's a limited

735
00:27:30,549 --> 00:27:28,399
opening it's not full capacity they

736
00:27:32,549 --> 00:27:30,559
limited the number of people that could

737
00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:32,559
come on to the main complex there are no

738
00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:34,480
bus tours they're not going out to the

739
00:27:38,870 --> 00:27:35,840
saturn 5.

740
00:27:41,590 --> 00:27:38,880
so it's in keeping with what disney has

741
00:27:43,029 --> 00:27:41,600
done and universal has done its city

742
00:27:45,350 --> 00:27:43,039
walk

743
00:27:48,230 --> 00:27:45,360
not even all of the venues on the main

744
00:27:50,549 --> 00:27:48,240
complex are going to be open and this

745
00:27:51,750 --> 00:27:50,559
was planned to open uh you know had we

746
00:27:53,190 --> 00:27:51,760
launched on time it would have been

747
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:53,200
after the launch it just turned out with

748
00:27:57,029 --> 00:27:55,440
the scrub that now those folks that come

749
00:27:58,549 --> 00:27:57,039
to the visitor center are going to be

750
00:28:00,789 --> 00:27:58,559
able to view it from uh from the

751
00:28:04,789 --> 00:28:00,799
visitors center but they have strict

752
00:28:06,149 --> 00:28:04,799
rules in place for cdc guidance

753
00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:06,159
you know all i can say is they're doing

754
00:28:10,870 --> 00:28:08,240
it in the safest way possible and in

755
00:28:13,510 --> 00:28:10,880
keeping with the governor desantis's

756
00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:13,520
guidelines for helping to open up the

757
00:28:17,269 --> 00:28:15,520
state of florida but is by no means a

758
00:28:19,029 --> 00:28:17,279
full opening of the space

759
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:19,039
visitors center

760
00:28:23,909 --> 00:28:21,440
kennedy visitor center it is a limited

761
00:28:26,070 --> 00:28:23,919
participation here on site as uh the

762
00:28:28,149 --> 00:28:26,080
administrator mentioned you know we're

763
00:28:31,029 --> 00:28:28,159
still in stage three for our guidelines

764
00:28:33,510 --> 00:28:31,039
on site for the coronavirus you know we

765
00:28:36,149 --> 00:28:33,520
require folks to wear masks in common

766
00:28:38,870 --> 00:28:36,159
areas you know in buildings

767
00:28:40,710 --> 00:28:38,880
if they cannot be six feet apart

768
00:28:43,669 --> 00:28:40,720
they have to wear a mask

769
00:28:47,190 --> 00:28:43,679
in hallways common areas elevators and

770
00:28:49,830 --> 00:28:47,200
so on so we are taking this seriously we

771
00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:49,840
have to protect our workforce to ensure

772
00:28:55,510 --> 00:28:51,440
that we can complete nasa's mission

773
00:28:59,909 --> 00:28:58,470
hi uh ken chang new york times i just

774
00:29:01,830 --> 00:28:59,919
had a question i was wondering what bob

775
00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:01,840
and doug are doing during these two days

776
00:29:07,590 --> 00:29:03,520
of downtime that they of course did not

777
00:29:11,590 --> 00:29:09,909
so they'll they will um probably i don't

778
00:29:14,149 --> 00:29:11,600
know honestly they might spend a little

779
00:29:15,510 --> 00:29:14,159
time at the beach house

780
00:29:17,029 --> 00:29:15,520
again i don't know but i would guess

781
00:29:18,070 --> 00:29:17,039
that's probably what they they'll do

782
00:29:19,990 --> 00:29:18,080
they've

783
00:29:22,710 --> 00:29:20,000
they started a new tradition of

784
00:29:24,789 --> 00:29:22,720
launching little rockets i don't i don't

785
00:29:26,230 --> 00:29:24,799
know if you've seen any of that but

786
00:29:27,190 --> 00:29:26,240
they started a new tradition of

787
00:29:29,029 --> 00:29:27,200
launching

788
00:29:31,669 --> 00:29:29,039
rockets from the beach

789
00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:31,679
at the beach house before a big launch

790
00:29:36,070 --> 00:29:33,520
and so i would imagine they're probably

791
00:29:37,590 --> 00:29:36,080
getting some down time they're probably

792
00:29:39,510 --> 00:29:37,600
you know thinking about what's what's

793
00:29:41,909 --> 00:29:39,520
coming maybe some changes that they'd

794
00:29:43,909 --> 00:29:41,919
like to have for their next

795
00:29:46,230 --> 00:29:43,919
their next route to the

796
00:29:47,669 --> 00:29:46,240
to the rocket

797
00:29:50,950 --> 00:29:47,679
shell and nicole do you guys have any

798
00:29:55,430 --> 00:29:53,269
so i launched on a soyuz rocket out of

799
00:29:57,029 --> 00:29:55,440
baikonur and even with our launch we

800
00:29:58,070 --> 00:29:57,039
experienced a delay

801
00:30:00,070 --> 00:29:58,080
and

802
00:30:01,830 --> 00:30:00,080
so you know you certainly get excited

803
00:30:05,510 --> 00:30:01,840
about the launch you're prepared your

804
00:30:07,350 --> 00:30:05,520
mindset is such that you're ready to fly

805
00:30:08,630 --> 00:30:07,360
and certainly bob and doug were ready to

806
00:30:09,909 --> 00:30:08,640
do that

807
00:30:11,750 --> 00:30:09,919
on wednesday

808
00:30:13,990 --> 00:30:11,760
and and so

809
00:30:16,950 --> 00:30:14,000
the scrub the delay just represents an

810
00:30:18,310 --> 00:30:16,960
opportunity for the team to learn and

811
00:30:20,389 --> 00:30:18,320
then

812
00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:20,399
an opportunity for them to

813
00:30:23,350 --> 00:30:21,760
reunite with their families i know

814
00:30:25,269 --> 00:30:23,360
they're spending time with their

815
00:30:26,789 --> 00:30:25,279
families and enjoying

816
00:30:28,149 --> 00:30:26,799
this a little bit of time before they

817
00:30:29,669 --> 00:30:28,159
get ready to fly again i'm sure they're

818
00:30:31,909 --> 00:30:29,679
getting briefings

819
00:30:33,430 --> 00:30:31,919
from the spacex team from the nasa team

820
00:30:36,630 --> 00:30:33,440
and what the weather looks like how the

821
00:30:38,389 --> 00:30:36,640
vehicle looks and then and then getting

822
00:30:40,549 --> 00:30:38,399
back into the zone for

823
00:30:46,789 --> 00:30:40,559
whatever we decide for tomorrow or

824
00:30:50,630 --> 00:30:48,710
good morning hi greg palones factor news

825
00:30:52,549 --> 00:30:50,640
13. this is for the administrator and

826
00:30:54,070 --> 00:30:52,559
also mr uh cabana you know it's been

827
00:30:56,149 --> 00:30:54,080
nine years nine years since the space

828
00:30:57,990 --> 00:30:56,159
coast since america saw a launch

829
00:31:00,470 --> 00:30:58,000
uh this area was devastated after the

830
00:31:02,470 --> 00:31:00,480
shuttle retired lots of people laid off

831
00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:02,480
what type of inspiration after nine

832
00:31:06,710 --> 00:31:04,640
years does this flight mean

833
00:31:08,870 --> 00:31:06,720
for the space coast in particular and

834
00:31:09,909 --> 00:31:08,880
florida thank you it's absolutely huge

835
00:31:12,549 --> 00:31:09,919
and uh

836
00:31:14,389 --> 00:31:12,559
i cannot compliment bob cabana and his

837
00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:14,399
team here at the kennedy space center

838
00:31:17,509 --> 00:31:15,840
enough

839
00:31:21,269 --> 00:31:17,519
as you mentioned when the space shuttles

840
00:31:25,990 --> 00:31:23,750
this area was devastated and then that

841
00:31:28,630 --> 00:31:26,000
was with the cancellation of the moon

842
00:31:30,870 --> 00:31:28,640
program constellation so all of those

843
00:31:33,669 --> 00:31:30,880
jobs that were anticipated were also

844
00:31:36,310 --> 00:31:33,679
eliminated and it was it was all at once

845
00:31:38,310 --> 00:31:36,320
and it was absolutely devastating

846
00:31:40,470 --> 00:31:38,320
and so what has happened now is bob and

847
00:31:42,149 --> 00:31:40,480
his team have put together and i'm

848
00:31:44,789 --> 00:31:42,159
saying this because bob won't brag about

849
00:31:46,549 --> 00:31:44,799
himself but they've put together this

850
00:31:48,789 --> 00:31:46,559
multi-use spaceport so we've got

851
00:31:50,149 --> 00:31:48,799
commercial we've got civil

852
00:31:51,750 --> 00:31:50,159
and of course you know we've got

853
00:31:54,310 --> 00:31:51,760
military launches that are happening

854
00:31:57,509 --> 00:31:54,320
from this facility now in a very robust

855
00:31:59,590 --> 00:31:57,519
way and and the economy has come back

856
00:32:00,870 --> 00:31:59,600
the markets are are working here in a

857
00:32:02,789 --> 00:32:00,880
way that

858
00:32:03,909 --> 00:32:02,799
we couldn't have even envisioned nine

859
00:32:06,950 --> 00:32:03,919
years ago

860
00:32:08,310 --> 00:32:06,960
and now we have um you know a budget a

861
00:32:10,070 --> 00:32:08,320
nasa budget

862
00:32:12,549 --> 00:32:10,080
that is the highest it's ever been in

863
00:32:14,230 --> 00:32:12,559
history in nominal dollars

864
00:32:16,149 --> 00:32:14,240
and it's as high as it's been you know

865
00:32:17,269 --> 00:32:16,159
obviously apollo in real dollars was

866
00:32:19,430 --> 00:32:17,279
higher but

867
00:32:21,350 --> 00:32:19,440
we're our trajectory is right

868
00:32:23,750 --> 00:32:21,360
um you know when i took over this this

869
00:32:26,230 --> 00:32:23,760
job our budget was 19

870
00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:26,240
billion dollars and the budget request

871
00:32:31,590 --> 00:32:27,760
for next year

872
00:32:34,470 --> 00:32:31,600
is 25 billion dollars for the first time

873
00:32:36,950 --> 00:32:34,480
since 1972 we have a human landing

874
00:32:39,190 --> 00:32:36,960
system funded to go to the surface of

875
00:32:41,350 --> 00:32:39,200
the moon and not just funded but also

876
00:32:43,669 --> 00:32:41,360
under contract for the development of

877
00:32:45,350 --> 00:32:43,679
that human landing system

878
00:32:47,990 --> 00:32:45,360
and of course with the the development

879
00:32:50,870 --> 00:32:48,000
of the space force and the 45th space

880
00:32:53,830 --> 00:32:50,880
wing cape canaveral air force station

881
00:32:55,669 --> 00:32:53,840
there's going to be lots and lots of

882
00:32:57,750 --> 00:32:55,679
economic opportunity happening here some

883
00:33:00,549 --> 00:32:57,760
of it for good reason because we want to

884
00:33:03,110 --> 00:33:00,559
do exploration science discovery some of

885
00:33:04,870 --> 00:33:03,120
it for not so good reason because we've

886
00:33:06,630 --> 00:33:04,880
got bad actors around the world that are

887
00:33:08,950 --> 00:33:06,640
making space more dangerous and we need

888
00:33:10,549 --> 00:33:08,960
the 45th space wing we need the air

889
00:33:12,870 --> 00:33:10,559
force to do what is necessary to keep

890
00:33:15,269 --> 00:33:12,880
our country and our exploration and the

891
00:33:16,549 --> 00:33:15,279
commercial capabilities of space

892
00:33:18,710 --> 00:33:16,559
safe

893
00:33:20,630 --> 00:33:18,720
but i will tell you right now we're

894
00:33:22,389 --> 00:33:20,640
thrilled to have the support from the

895
00:33:24,630 --> 00:33:22,399
administration at the level that we have

896
00:33:26,630 --> 00:33:24,640
it we've got strong bipartisan support

897
00:33:28,149 --> 00:33:26,640
one of my jobs as the nasa administrator

898
00:33:30,549 --> 00:33:28,159
and i took this very seriously when i

899
00:33:32,549 --> 00:33:30,559
took the job how do we create a program

900
00:33:34,230 --> 00:33:32,559
that is sustainable how do we create a

901
00:33:36,070 --> 00:33:34,240
program that's not going to

902
00:33:37,430 --> 00:33:36,080
invest billions of dollars and then get

903
00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:37,440
cancelled well

904
00:33:41,350 --> 00:33:39,360
we do it by getting strong bipartisan

905
00:33:42,950 --> 00:33:41,360
support which we are having

906
00:33:44,789 --> 00:33:42,960
we do it by making sure our

907
00:33:46,789 --> 00:33:44,799
international partners are engaged and

908
00:33:48,950 --> 00:33:46,799
contributing significantly in dollar

909
00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:48,960
values and in capabilities which they

910
00:33:52,950 --> 00:33:51,039
are doing we think about the gateway

911
00:33:54,070 --> 00:33:52,960
building a space station in orbit around

912
00:33:56,149 --> 00:33:54,080
the moon

913
00:33:57,750 --> 00:33:56,159
our international partners want to go to

914
00:33:59,830 --> 00:33:57,760
the moon with us and we of course

915
00:34:01,750 --> 00:33:59,840
welcome that the president's space

916
00:34:03,830 --> 00:34:01,760
policy directive one said go to the moon

917
00:34:06,389 --> 00:34:03,840
go sustainably go with international

918
00:34:07,430 --> 00:34:06,399
partners go with commercial partners we

919
00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:07,440
now have

920
00:34:11,430 --> 00:34:09,599
when we go to the moon in 2024 we're

921
00:34:14,710 --> 00:34:11,440
going to go with a commercial human

922
00:34:17,030 --> 00:34:14,720
landing system so we're expecting

923
00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:17,040
our providers to go get customers that

924
00:34:20,790 --> 00:34:19,200
are not nasa driving down our costs

925
00:34:22,629 --> 00:34:20,800
increasing access

926
00:34:25,109 --> 00:34:22,639
so we're building the markets that make

927
00:34:26,550 --> 00:34:25,119
it sustainable the his the history of

928
00:34:28,790 --> 00:34:26,560
space flight is that the government

929
00:34:30,950 --> 00:34:28,800
created the demand and the government

930
00:34:33,109 --> 00:34:30,960
created the supply and when you do that

931
00:34:35,109 --> 00:34:33,119
you are always limited and you are

932
00:34:37,190 --> 00:34:35,119
subject to the whimsical budgets of

933
00:34:38,710 --> 00:34:37,200
politicians and that's where we were

934
00:34:41,030 --> 00:34:38,720
nine years ago and because the great

935
00:34:43,909 --> 00:34:41,040
work of bob and his team because of the

936
00:34:46,550 --> 00:34:43,919
vision to commercialize space

937
00:34:49,190 --> 00:34:46,560
that's not where we are today

938
00:34:50,950 --> 00:34:49,200
we need a resilient space program that

939
00:34:53,030 --> 00:34:50,960
includes the best that america has to

940
00:34:54,950 --> 00:34:53,040
offer from a government perspective from

941
00:34:57,430 --> 00:34:54,960
a commercial perspective we need to

942
00:34:58,630 --> 00:34:57,440
bring a coalition of nations with us

943
00:35:00,710 --> 00:34:58,640
which is what the international

944
00:35:02,630 --> 00:35:00,720
partnerships are all about we need

945
00:35:04,470 --> 00:35:02,640
bipartisan support and more than

946
00:35:06,069 --> 00:35:04,480
anything the reason i'm here

947
00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:06,079
we need these people that are watching

948
00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:07,680
on television right now to support the

949
00:35:10,790 --> 00:35:09,520
program and they do

950
00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:10,800
and that's why we do so much

951
00:35:14,470 --> 00:35:12,720
communication outreach if we have public

952
00:35:15,829 --> 00:35:14,480
support then of course we get the

953
00:35:17,910 --> 00:35:15,839
support of the representatives in

954
00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:17,920
congress which of course provide nasa's

955
00:35:21,109 --> 00:35:19,520
budgets and they have been

956
00:35:23,670 --> 00:35:21,119
overwhelmingly supportive in a

957
00:35:26,390 --> 00:35:23,680
bipartisan way so

958
00:35:28,630 --> 00:35:26,400
yes we all remember what happened nine

959
00:35:30,790 --> 00:35:28,640
years ago we remember it

960
00:35:32,310 --> 00:35:30,800
and we're doing everything in our power

961
00:35:34,390 --> 00:35:32,320
to make sure that that doesn't happen

962
00:35:36,390 --> 00:35:34,400
again and that's my job as the nasa

963
00:35:39,190 --> 00:35:36,400
administrator bob i'll let you say a few

964
00:35:42,950 --> 00:35:40,710
well first off thank you jim for your

965
00:35:44,950 --> 00:35:42,960
kind words i'm just extremely pleased to

966
00:35:46,630 --> 00:35:44,960
be a member of this team it is awesome

967
00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:46,640
what we've accomplished and greg you

968
00:35:49,910 --> 00:35:47,760
said we haven't seen a launch in nine

969
00:35:51,670 --> 00:35:49,920
years i'd like to say anytime a rocket

970
00:35:53,910 --> 00:35:51,680
ship leaves planet earth i don't care

971
00:35:55,510 --> 00:35:53,920
what's on it it is an event and worthy

972
00:35:56,950 --> 00:35:55,520
of note but

973
00:35:58,630 --> 00:35:56,960
you know you talk about humans and what

974
00:36:01,030 --> 00:35:58,640
it means i happen to see a picture of

975
00:36:02,230 --> 00:36:01,040
the max brewer bridge for the last

976
00:36:05,349 --> 00:36:02,240
launch attempt

977
00:36:07,670 --> 00:36:05,359
in titusville there and it looked like

978
00:36:10,150 --> 00:36:07,680
the last flight of the space shuttle

979
00:36:12,950 --> 00:36:10,160
our nation it means a lot to see our

980
00:36:16,550 --> 00:36:12,960
astronauts launching on u.s rockets from

981
00:36:18,069 --> 00:36:16,560
u.s soil and anytime you put a human on

982
00:36:20,790 --> 00:36:18,079
a rocket

983
00:36:22,950 --> 00:36:20,800
it all it it's another step up i mean it

984
00:36:25,030 --> 00:36:22,960
raises the level of concern it raises

985
00:36:27,109 --> 00:36:25,040
the level of importance it raises the

986
00:36:29,990 --> 00:36:27,119
level of our looking into it to make

987
00:36:32,550 --> 00:36:30,000
sure that everything is right and

988
00:36:34,790 --> 00:36:32,560
yeah it's awesome i can't tell you what

989
00:36:36,950 --> 00:36:34,800
it's going to mean to me to see

990
00:36:38,790 --> 00:36:36,960
a u.s rocket launching crews again off

991
00:36:40,550 --> 00:36:38,800
that pad out there that's what they were

992
00:36:43,030 --> 00:36:40,560
designed for we went to the moon from

993
00:36:45,589 --> 00:36:43,040
that pad i launched three times off that

994
00:36:48,069 --> 00:36:45,599
pad you know to see bob and doug launch

995
00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:48,079
off it and then to get boeing launching

996
00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:50,400
we are on the verge of a new era in

997
00:36:53,990 --> 00:36:52,320
human space flight this is just the

998
00:36:56,630 --> 00:36:54,000
beginning it's only going to get better

999
00:36:58,069 --> 00:36:56,640
so yeah it means a lot and i truly am

1000
00:36:59,750 --> 00:36:58,079
excited about it to me it's a

1001
00:37:01,190 --> 00:36:59,760
culmination of a lot of hard work by

1002
00:37:02,710 --> 00:37:01,200
this team here at the kennedy space

1003
00:37:05,109 --> 00:37:02,720
center and i couldn't be more pleased

1004
00:37:06,950 --> 00:37:05,119
thanks i i enjoy every launch too by the

1005
00:37:09,349 --> 00:37:06,960
way just you know that

1006
00:37:11,109 --> 00:37:09,359
thank you very much guys

1007
00:37:12,790 --> 00:37:11,119
this will be our last question

1008
00:37:14,230 --> 00:37:12,800
hi marcia done ap again for mr

1009
00:37:15,510 --> 00:37:14,240
brindenstein

1010
00:37:17,750 --> 00:37:15,520
how much

1011
00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:17,760
credit do you put on elon musk

1012
00:37:24,230 --> 00:37:21,520
personally to be where you are today

1013
00:37:25,270 --> 00:37:24,240
i know it's a big effort but you know

1014
00:37:29,829 --> 00:37:25,280
he's

1015
00:37:33,030 --> 00:37:29,839
also a colorful high profile figure for

1016
00:37:35,030 --> 00:37:33,040
lots of different reasons how much of

1017
00:37:38,230 --> 00:37:35,040
attention is being drawn to all this

1018
00:37:39,829 --> 00:37:38,240
just by virtue of him as a as a person

1019
00:37:42,550 --> 00:37:39,839
you know it's a it's a it's you're

1020
00:37:44,470 --> 00:37:42,560
making a wonderful point um

1021
00:37:46,630 --> 00:37:44,480
what elon musk has done for the american

1022
00:37:48,069 --> 00:37:46,640
space program is he has brought vision

1023
00:37:50,550 --> 00:37:48,079
and inspiration

1024
00:37:52,470 --> 00:37:50,560
that we hadn't had uh you know for you

1025
00:37:54,230 --> 00:37:52,480
know ten years since the retirement of

1026
00:37:55,510 --> 00:37:54,240
the space shuttles nine years

1027
00:37:57,990 --> 00:37:55,520
um and

1028
00:37:59,030 --> 00:37:58,000
and i will tell you he's he's he's

1029
00:38:01,190 --> 00:37:59,040
brilliant

1030
00:38:03,349 --> 00:38:01,200
um he's capable he has you know i've

1031
00:38:05,109 --> 00:38:03,359
been the nasa administrator now for over

1032
00:38:07,349 --> 00:38:05,119
two years

1033
00:38:09,349 --> 00:38:07,359
and there have been times when maybe

1034
00:38:12,630 --> 00:38:09,359
there was a little tension because of

1035
00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:12,640
the priorities that we were focused on

1036
00:38:17,349 --> 00:38:15,040
but when i talk to him when i meet with

1037
00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:17,359
him he gives me a commitment and he

1038
00:38:23,109 --> 00:38:19,440
delivers on that commitment

1039
00:38:25,109 --> 00:38:23,119
that has happened every single time

1040
00:38:26,710 --> 00:38:25,119
so we're very proud of the team that he

1041
00:38:28,150 --> 00:38:26,720
has at spacex

1042
00:38:30,630 --> 00:38:28,160
we're very proud of the partnership

1043
00:38:32,550 --> 00:38:30,640
between nasa and spacex

1044
00:38:33,910 --> 00:38:32,560
and yes in this particular case we're at

1045
00:38:35,910 --> 00:38:33,920
a point in time

1046
00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:35,920
where um

1047
00:38:41,349 --> 00:38:37,760
we've asked him to do certain things and

1048
00:38:43,829 --> 00:38:41,359
he has absolutely delivered

1049
00:38:46,470 --> 00:38:43,839
yeah jim moreheart

1050
00:38:48,790 --> 00:38:46,480
i'd just like to add to that you know i

1051
00:38:50,390 --> 00:38:48,800
was uh witnessed the flight readiness

1052
00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:50,400
review last week

1053
00:38:53,670 --> 00:38:52,240
and it was said you know we started out

1054
00:38:56,390 --> 00:38:53,680
as a partnership

1055
00:38:59,190 --> 00:38:56,400
and in many respects we've it's become a

1056
00:39:00,870 --> 00:38:59,200
friendship now there's still a healthy

1057
00:39:02,310 --> 00:39:00,880
you know

1058
00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:02,320
distance between

1059
00:39:07,510 --> 00:39:05,119
a contractor and this agency

1060
00:39:10,230 --> 00:39:07,520
but there are a lot of relationships and

1061
00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:10,240
that's what makes our success

1062
00:39:14,950 --> 00:39:12,560
they actually embedded

1063
00:39:17,589 --> 00:39:14,960
bob and doug into their manufacturing

1064
00:39:19,829 --> 00:39:17,599
facilities so that their line workers

1065
00:39:22,390 --> 00:39:19,839
got to know them personally so they're

1066
00:39:24,710 --> 00:39:22,400
personally invested in their safety

1067
00:39:27,510 --> 00:39:24,720
and it really it goes yes as jim said

1068
00:39:28,550 --> 00:39:27,520
from elon but it goes down to the line

1069
00:39:30,630 --> 00:39:28,560
worker

1070
00:39:32,310 --> 00:39:30,640
and we're very i can't reiterate how

1071
00:39:34,550 --> 00:39:32,320
much jim has said

1072
00:39:36,550 --> 00:39:34,560
and you know it's jim's vision and vice

1073
00:39:42,230 --> 00:39:36,560
president and the president's vision but

1074
00:39:47,910 --> 00:39:44,310
that was the last question okay do you

1075
00:39:52,150 --> 00:39:50,069
well this is uh i want to reemphasize

1076
00:39:54,630 --> 00:39:52,160
this is a test flight um we learned a

1077
00:39:56,310 --> 00:39:54,640
lot a couple of days ago and in the days

1078
00:39:57,910 --> 00:39:56,320
ahead we're going to learn even more

1079
00:39:59,990 --> 00:39:57,920
part of what we're learning

1080
00:40:02,069 --> 00:40:00,000
are what we need to be safe to launch as

1081
00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:02,079
it relates to the weather

1082
00:40:06,550 --> 00:40:04,480
and of course we're looking at saturday

1083
00:40:08,870 --> 00:40:06,560
we're looking at sunday

1084
00:40:10,870 --> 00:40:08,880
we have some other days beyond that

1085
00:40:12,710 --> 00:40:10,880
where we could launch

1086
00:40:14,390 --> 00:40:12,720
the seventh and the eighth are are

1087
00:40:16,309 --> 00:40:14,400
reserved but you know we're looking at

1088
00:40:18,150 --> 00:40:16,319
maybe the second and the third as well

1089
00:40:19,910 --> 00:40:18,160
although that's not a certainty at this

1090
00:40:21,510 --> 00:40:19,920
point

1091
00:40:23,589 --> 00:40:21,520
but i just want to re-emphasize that

1092
00:40:24,950 --> 00:40:23,599
this is a test flight

1093
00:40:26,790 --> 00:40:24,960
that we're going to do everything we can

1094
00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:26,800
to keep bob and doug

1095
00:40:31,750 --> 00:40:29,520
100 safe they are ready to go

1096
00:40:34,150 --> 00:40:31,760
they were ready to go before

1097
00:40:36,630 --> 00:40:34,160
they're even more ready to go now

1098
00:40:38,390 --> 00:40:36,640
and and this agency we call nasa is

1099
00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:38,400
about to pull off something spectacular

1100
00:40:42,309 --> 00:40:40,240
with our partners at spacex and we're

1101
00:40:43,829 --> 00:40:42,319
very excited about it so thank you all

1102
00:40:48,870 --> 00:40:43,839
for coming and covering this press