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well we're making history again let's go

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good afternoon and welcome from kennedy

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i'm betting and clown with nasa's

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office of communications what a day we

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are here to discuss the nasa spacex demo

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2 mission and the return of u.s human

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space flight from american soil to the

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international space station with

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astronauts robert benkin and douglas

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hurley the crew dragon space flight

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spacecraft and the falcon 9

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rocket lifted today from launch complex

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39a and nasa's kennedy space center at 3

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22 pm bob and doug are now safely on

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their way to the international space

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station to talk more about this historic

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mission we have a great panel of of

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guests starting with nasa nasa

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administrator jim bridenstine elon musk

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the chief engineer of spacex kathy

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leaders manager of the nasa commercial

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crew program kirk shireman manager of

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the international space station and nasa

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chief astronaut pat forrester we'll

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then we'll take your questions we'll

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first start with our nasa administrator

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jim bridenstine

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well thank you bettina

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what a great day for nasa what a great

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what a great day for the united states

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of america it's been nine years since

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american rockets from american soil

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and now we we have done it again um

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the mission is not yet over uh this is a

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our american heroes are safely in orbit

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and on the way to the international

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space station so i just want to say

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congratulations to the nasa team

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uh congratulations to kathy leaders

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who's been

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on the nasa side leading our commercial

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crew program all along and you and your

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team have done an absolutely marvelous

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job and of course elon musk and your

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this this launch represents the best of

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everything that america has to offer

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predecessor is the nasa administrator

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who got this program off the ground when

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and so this is uh this is an important

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um and i am so honored and grateful to

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what has culminated in this incredible

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thank you elon well next kathy leaders

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milestones along the way and the nasa

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ready to launch i mean all weather

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demos they got to feel you know what

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of our nasa and spacex team

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they are still vigilant they're still on

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very very proud of this team cannot tell

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day for human spaceflight big

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congratulations to elon musk and the

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spacex team and and of course a big

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congratulations to jim bridenstine and

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uh and uh his leadership together with

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had the chance to to get congratulations

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commercial crew and and the spacex uh uh

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there's lots of work to be done on iss

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what you saw today hopefully what you

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very difficult tremendous amount of

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very very happy to to have bob and doug

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station and looking forward to the rest

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bob and doug up and so i just wanted to

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to just say thanks to the team for being

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able to do that to make to give these

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opportunities to our other crew members

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uh i want you to know that i've been

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living with bob and doug in our

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astronaut crew quarters here over the

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last week plus

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and i have never seen a crew so calm and

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focused leading up to a launch as these

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two were now no doubt that has to do

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with their experience it has to do with

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the training but i really think it's a

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demonstration of the trust that they

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have both in the nasa team and the

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spacex team

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astronauts sometimes are referred to as

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heroes and no doubt bob and doug

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demonstrated that today but this is the

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first time i've ever been in the flight

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control room as the chief astronaut

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while we were trying to launch a crew

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and i'll tell you accepting risk on

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behalf of others is a big responsibility

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and i was amazed at what was going on in

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the loops as kirk said there was a lot

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of paddling underneath

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and i want everyone to know that we were

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surrounded by heroes on the ground that

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got us where we were today

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with that i think

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i'll say thanks again for getting our

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crew safely to orbit we'll look forward

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to seeing them talk to the international

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space station

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tomorrow

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thank you

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so today um we have media joining us

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remotely so they'll be on the phone and

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watching on nasa television like

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everybody else so to insure as many

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people as possible to ask our questions

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we're asking our reporters to ask one

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question to make sure that all of their

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colleagues has an opportunity to

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participate in this press conference

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please state your name affiliation and

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whom you're directing your question to

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our first question comes from miriam

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creamier creamer

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hi thank you so much miriam kramer with

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axios uh this question is for uh elon or

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for the administrator or both um i was

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just wondering so this launch has often

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been referred to as a moment of hope for

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the nation but it's also happening

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against the backdrop of protests and

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demonstrations around the country today

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i wonder what you want to say to those

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people out there protesting is this

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i'll be happy to field it um look this

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this launch is for all of america um and

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we have had moments in time

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in american history where we've had

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challenges as a nation

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we think back to the 1960s we think

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about the vietnam war and the protests

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we think about in the 1960s the civil

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rights abuses and the civil rights

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protests we think about the the height

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of the cold war and

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yet we had this moment in time

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july 20th 1969

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when all of america stopped

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literally just stopped

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because we had american astronauts

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walking on the surface of the moon and

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then we repeated that five more times

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the challenge is

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the the the apollo program eventually

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ended

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but i think what is great about nasa is

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that we bring people together

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um everybody loves exploration

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and it's not just political divides it's

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also international divides

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and it's unifying

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and i i would hope i think it happened

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today as a matter of fact

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all of america stopped i've seen some of

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the numbers the amount of viewership on

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what we accomplished today

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was was off the charts and so

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i am hoping that people can see this as

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something that is bright and hopeful and

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that people know that tomorrow is a new

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day and a better day and we're always

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thank you

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our next question comes from jackie

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thanks so much for doing this um i was

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curious this question is for elon if you

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had heard from president trump yet and

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what he might have told you and what you

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might have said to him about this thanks

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uh well i've not spoken

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um

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one-on-one with with him i just

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essentially heard the the press

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conference along with everybody else so

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we've not exchanged any direct comments

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we had a few moments in the firing room

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there after after the launch

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and i'll tell you that yeah

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the president is excited of course he

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congratulated elon and the spacex team

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and um

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i thought it was i thought it was a good

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moment uh yeah so it was a with a group

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of people but yeah oh sure yeah sure

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sure

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um but yes um he certainly congratulated

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the spacex team at nasa and everyone

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involved and um

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yeah i think this uh just to um

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uh echo the nasa administrator's

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comments i think this is uh this is a

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day that is that

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i think

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everyone can be proud of that

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it's it's a good day to be if this event

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is something that

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all of humanity can get excited about um

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it's just a fundamentally positive good

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thing

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and

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you know i think we need we need more

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our next question is from joey roulette

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doing this um one question two part

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question first is for jim bridenstine um

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have you heard from your russian

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counterparts i i know kirk shireman

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mentioned that um international partners

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reached out to nasa with the success and

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the others for elon musk um with

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spacex's you know success today have you

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heard from your boeing counterparts and

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what would you say to them thanks

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so uh dmitry rogozin is the head of

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roscosmos in russia and i haven't talked

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to him

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but i have seen his public comments and

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of course he was

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congratulat congratulatory towards

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nasa and spacex

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um and and

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he made some comment about how it's uh

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it's it's like flying an iphone or

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something and i know i've made similar

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comments as well but um but he does uh

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he did express that this is an exciting

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day not just for us but also for them

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um they're they believe in the

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partnership um and so i think it's going

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to remain strong

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inside joke

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our next question comes from marsha dunn

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for you um your company president said

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right before liftoff that she was super

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nervous stomach and throat

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could you talk about how you were

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your emotions your feelings leading up

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to liftoff and especially seeing the

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make it to orbit safely thank you very

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was that for me or elon

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may goes

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if you're on the line can you repeat

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yes um elon gwen shot well said right

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before liftoff that she had her stomach

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and her throat she was super nervous

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i'd like to know how you were feeling in

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the minutes leading up to liftoff today

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uh your emotions your feelings of um

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having to stand there and watch all this

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well i mean just speaking straight from

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the heart the

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um

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on wednesday during the first first

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countdown i'd say that

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my adrenaline was railed at

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100

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um

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and when the launch was called off it

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went to zero percent it was like i just

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basically

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collapsed and slept though the longest

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time i'd slept in probably a year

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then oddly enough today i don't know it

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felt like the just the fates were

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aligned and i didn't feel didn't feel

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nervous didn't feel

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just it felt like it felt like it was

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going to work

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and i felt like the right thing was

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going to happen

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so

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real quick um i just got a note moments

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ago

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doug hurley announced that the crew

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dragon is named endeavor and we are

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going to look forward to hearing a few

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words from them shortly

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thank you yeah that they have they've

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been flying it around actually

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it's cool that they they um

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they uh

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they took it off automatic and

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just manually flying the craft around

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it's got to be pretty fun you know just

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zipping around space and you know

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spacecraft

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everyone's childhood dream yeah

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next we'll go to emory kelly of florida

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today

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uh hey folks thanks

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thanks for doing this i appreciate it

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i'm just wondering with this being the

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first time

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um humans have had a chance to

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experience

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flying on a falcon 9

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and in a crew dragon after all these

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years of them

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flying have you gotten any input from uh

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bob and doug is it you know smooth ride

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what was it like thank you

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so i have not heard uh specifically as

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to how it flies

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i do know that we are going to hear from

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them soon um i don't know at what point

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that's going to take place bettina i

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don't know if you have that specific

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no i don't have a very it was a very

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i think in the webcast it looked quite

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smooth um in fact i was a friend of mine

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who's a filmmaker said

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you need to put some shake into the

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okay our next question will be from paul

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uh yes i'd like to ask elon um i realize

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mission isn't over but um it's a

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significant achievement at this point

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what's the impact of success for this

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program on spacex as a whole

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well i think this

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this is obviously

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a trans accomplishment for spacex in

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partnership with nasa and a number of

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critical suppliers in fact if i think

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about the total number of people

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involved in making this mission

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successful probably adds up to a hundred

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thousand so i'd just like to

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uh just to express a word of

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appreciation and congratulations again

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for to

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everyone involved making this successful

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and uh

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i actually and just a special special to

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the administrator and kathy and you know

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it's just a

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everyone involved it's just uh

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wow

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anyway

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um

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it it is a little hard to process like i

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think at this point i am somewhat

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overcome by a motion to try to come up

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with uh cohesive

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you know sentences that make any sense

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is quite difficult

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i but i think

563
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the this is hopefully the first step on

564
00:23:18,149 --> 00:22:43,840
a

565
00:23:20,870 --> 00:23:18,159
beyond orbit

566
00:23:22,230 --> 00:23:20,880
a routine matter where

567
00:23:24,789 --> 00:23:22,240
thousands and perhaps ultimately

568
00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:24,799
millions of people can travel to other

569
00:23:27,990 --> 00:23:25,840
planets

570
00:23:29,990 --> 00:23:28,000
that's that's what we really need to

571
00:23:31,590 --> 00:23:30,000
achieve over time

572
00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:31,600
and that that's

573
00:23:34,070 --> 00:23:32,880
that's obviously a very difficult goal

574
00:23:35,029 --> 00:23:34,080
but that's

575
00:23:37,430 --> 00:23:35,039
um

576
00:23:38,870 --> 00:23:37,440
is that seeming increasingly real with

577
00:23:42,149 --> 00:23:38,880
what happened today

578
00:23:45,110 --> 00:23:42,159
that um getting people to orbit

579
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:45,120
finally after 18 years

580
00:23:49,029 --> 00:23:47,520
if we if we are able to increase out the

581
00:23:52,070 --> 00:23:49,039
rate of innovation

582
00:23:54,870 --> 00:23:52,080
then life can become multi-planetary

583
00:23:57,669 --> 00:23:54,880
this is the goal we should strive for

584
00:23:59,750 --> 00:23:57,679
i think from from a nasa perspective

585
00:24:02,070 --> 00:23:59,760
i think what this did for

586
00:24:04,630 --> 00:24:02,080
starship and a lot of others

587
00:24:07,110 --> 00:24:04,640
is kind of established that this is a

588
00:24:09,190 --> 00:24:07,120
successful business model and if we look

589
00:24:10,710 --> 00:24:09,200
at how we did commercial resupply of the

590
00:24:12,630 --> 00:24:10,720
international space station and now

591
00:24:14,310 --> 00:24:12,640
commercial crew of the international

592
00:24:16,149 --> 00:24:14,320
space station and of course the

593
00:24:18,310 --> 00:24:16,159
commercial lunar payload services

594
00:24:19,669 --> 00:24:18,320
program to deliver payloads to the

595
00:24:23,190 --> 00:24:19,679
surface of the moon and now for the

596
00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:23,200
first time since 1972 we have funded a

597
00:24:27,350 --> 00:24:25,440
human landing system and of course we're

598
00:24:29,909 --> 00:24:27,360
very proud that spacex is going to be a

599
00:24:31,750 --> 00:24:29,919
partner in that development program as

600
00:24:33,190 --> 00:24:31,760
well so

601
00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:33,200
so not only do we have it funded we

602
00:24:37,590 --> 00:24:35,760
actually have contractors

603
00:24:40,549 --> 00:24:37,600
under contract developing that human

604
00:24:43,590 --> 00:24:40,559
landing system so i think as far as how

605
00:24:46,470 --> 00:24:43,600
how this relates to the artemis program

606
00:24:49,029 --> 00:24:46,480
and and the moon to mars program i think

607
00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:49,039
um i think the business model has has

608
00:24:53,029 --> 00:24:50,799
proven itself very successful we're

609
00:24:54,470 --> 00:24:53,039
bringing down costs we're increasing

610
00:24:57,029 --> 00:24:54,480
access that's going to continue to

611
00:24:59,510 --> 00:24:57,039
happen as we on ramp more partners and

612
00:25:01,909 --> 00:24:59,520
of course as as spacex and others to go

613
00:25:03,110 --> 00:25:01,919
get more customers nasa doesn't want to

614
00:25:05,269 --> 00:25:03,120
be the owner and operator of the

615
00:25:07,590 --> 00:25:05,279
hardware we also don't want to be the

616
00:25:09,430 --> 00:25:07,600
only customer we want

617
00:25:11,190 --> 00:25:09,440
we want spacex and others to go get

618
00:25:12,830 --> 00:25:11,200
customers that are not us

619
00:25:15,590 --> 00:25:12,840
and when all that

620
00:25:18,230 --> 00:25:15,600
materializes i think what elon's talking

621
00:25:19,830 --> 00:25:18,240
about here this vision for humanity

622
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:19,840
being able to live

623
00:25:23,669 --> 00:25:21,279
on the surface of the moon for long

624
00:25:25,830 --> 00:25:23,679
periods of time and eventually on mars

625
00:25:27,990 --> 00:25:25,840
for long periods of time that's

626
00:25:32,070 --> 00:25:28,000
that's the eventuality of the business

627
00:25:34,710 --> 00:25:33,190
thank you

628
00:25:37,909 --> 00:25:34,720
our next question is from chris

629
00:25:40,470 --> 00:25:37,919
davenport of the washington post

630
00:25:43,110 --> 00:25:40,480
oh uh thanks guys for taking my call i

631
00:25:44,950 --> 00:25:43,120
really appreciate it um and thanks elon

632
00:25:45,990 --> 00:25:44,960
for the trampoline quote that was

633
00:25:48,149 --> 00:25:46,000
classic

634
00:25:50,310 --> 00:25:48,159
um elon if i could ask you you put the

635
00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:50,320
window in the cargo dragon as a symbol

636
00:25:54,710 --> 00:25:53,039
of your ambition of flying people

637
00:25:57,750 --> 00:25:54,720
um i wonder if you can talk a little bit

638
00:25:59,750 --> 00:25:57,760
about how over these very long years you

639
00:26:00,710 --> 00:25:59,760
kept your team focused on human space

640
00:26:02,230 --> 00:26:00,720
flight

641
00:26:03,669 --> 00:26:02,240
as the ultimate goal even though

642
00:26:06,230 --> 00:26:03,679
obviously they've been working on so

643
00:26:13,590 --> 00:26:06,240
many other things along the way thanks

644
00:26:16,070 --> 00:26:14,390
yeah

645
00:26:18,950 --> 00:26:16,080
human space flight was was always the

646
00:26:20,310 --> 00:26:18,960
goal the the fundamental goal of spacex

647
00:26:22,950 --> 00:26:20,320
well i'd like to

648
00:26:26,950 --> 00:26:24,630
create the technologies or help create

649
00:26:29,669 --> 00:26:26,960
the technologies necessary to

650
00:26:31,350 --> 00:26:29,679
make life sustainably multi-planetary i

651
00:26:33,110 --> 00:26:31,360
can't emphasize i cannot emphasize this

652
00:26:35,470 --> 00:26:33,120
enough this is the thing that we need to

653
00:26:37,269 --> 00:26:35,480
do we must make life sustainably

654
00:26:39,669 --> 00:26:37,279
multi-multi-planetary it's not one

655
00:26:40,549 --> 00:26:39,679
planet to the exclusion of another but

656
00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:40,559
to

657
00:26:45,590 --> 00:26:43,279
extend life beyond earth we are life's

658
00:26:47,510 --> 00:26:45,600
agent in this regard um

659
00:26:49,510 --> 00:26:47,520
all the creatures that and the plants

660
00:26:52,149 --> 00:26:49,520
and everyone that exist here on earth we

661
00:26:53,909 --> 00:26:52,159
can bring them to other planets and it's

662
00:26:55,269 --> 00:26:53,919
very important that we do so as soon as

663
00:26:59,990 --> 00:26:55,279
possible i think

664
00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:03,909
i i call upon i call upon the public to

665
00:27:07,269 --> 00:27:05,600
support this goal

666
00:27:09,430 --> 00:27:07,279
and to think about this goal and think

667
00:27:13,190 --> 00:27:09,440
about how important it is

668
00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:16,149
we've got to get it done

669
00:27:22,389 --> 00:27:19,029
the launching satellites is is nice of

670
00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:22,399
course and it

671
00:27:26,389 --> 00:27:24,320
keeps the co you know we've got to bring

672
00:27:29,350 --> 00:27:26,399
in more money than we spend this is

673
00:27:30,470 --> 00:27:29,360
important but it's ultimately

674
00:27:34,950 --> 00:27:30,480
all about

675
00:27:40,870 --> 00:27:37,029
we'll go to our next question it's eric

676
00:27:44,389 --> 00:27:42,549
good afternoon that was a hell of a

677
00:27:46,950 --> 00:27:44,399
thing to watch

678
00:27:48,549 --> 00:27:46,960
question for jim today it's been a

679
00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:48,559
little more than eight months since you

680
00:27:53,110 --> 00:27:49,840
tweeted about

681
00:27:54,630 --> 00:27:53,120
uh spacex and it was time to deliver

682
00:27:57,110 --> 00:27:54,640
just wondering if you would say that

683
00:27:58,389 --> 00:27:57,120
they have delivered or not and uh and

684
00:28:00,389 --> 00:27:58,399
maybe do you have a message for other

685
00:28:03,590 --> 00:28:00,399
contractors for nasa

686
00:28:05,909 --> 00:28:03,600
yeah no i i leave it to you to bring

687
00:28:07,190 --> 00:28:05,919
this up uh we're celebrating here a

688
00:28:08,950 --> 00:28:07,200
little bit i want to be careful we're

689
00:28:10,630 --> 00:28:08,960
not celebrating too much until bob and

690
00:28:14,310 --> 00:28:10,640
doug get home safely

691
00:28:15,990 --> 00:28:14,320
um but um but no that's that's right um

692
00:28:17,669 --> 00:28:16,000
you know there was a there was a time

693
00:28:18,870 --> 00:28:17,679
eight months ago as you mentioned where

694
00:28:20,070 --> 00:28:18,880
we were having challenges with

695
00:28:22,549 --> 00:28:20,080
parachutes

696
00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:22,559
um you know we had um

697
00:28:28,070 --> 00:28:25,760
a a a crew dragon that had a static fire

698
00:28:31,750 --> 00:28:28,080
test that ultimately resulted in its

699
00:28:33,190 --> 00:28:31,760
catastrophic loss and you know if if you

700
00:28:35,110 --> 00:28:33,200
would have told me then that we would be

701
00:28:36,950 --> 00:28:35,120
right here today i don't know that i

702
00:28:39,510 --> 00:28:36,960
would have believed it um

703
00:28:41,350 --> 00:28:39,520
and and yes i sent a tweet

704
00:28:43,190 --> 00:28:41,360
and asked elon to deliver and i'll tell

705
00:28:44,870 --> 00:28:43,200
you and i'll tell you the same thing i

706
00:28:46,789 --> 00:28:44,880
told the president i told the vice

707
00:28:49,190 --> 00:28:46,799
president and of course i've said it in

708
00:28:50,710 --> 00:28:49,200
a number of interviews

709
00:28:53,269 --> 00:28:50,720
since that day

710
00:28:54,870 --> 00:28:53,279
elon musk and spacex have delivered on

711
00:28:58,230 --> 00:28:54,880
everything nasa has asked them to

712
00:29:01,269 --> 00:28:58,240
deliver on and and and at a speed that

713
00:29:02,630 --> 00:29:01,279
we never would have guessed uh my my

714
00:29:04,310 --> 00:29:02,640
engineering team

715
00:29:06,070 --> 00:29:04,320
was saying that this is not going to be

716
00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:06,080
able to be achieved in this amount of

717
00:29:10,230 --> 00:29:08,640
time um the amount of parachute tests

718
00:29:12,310 --> 00:29:10,240
that we had to get done and how long it

719
00:29:13,830 --> 00:29:12,320
takes to get those parachute tests done

720
00:29:14,950 --> 00:29:13,840
look we got we got all the parachute

721
00:29:16,070 --> 00:29:14,960
tests done

722
00:29:18,149 --> 00:29:16,080
um

723
00:29:20,789 --> 00:29:18,159
and and we are just uh overwhelmingly

724
00:29:23,430 --> 00:29:20,799
grateful not just for spacex and and

725
00:29:25,510 --> 00:29:23,440
elon musk but also airborne

726
00:29:27,669 --> 00:29:25,520
and the nasa team

727
00:29:29,190 --> 00:29:27,679
that really went to work

728
00:29:30,230 --> 00:29:29,200
on getting all these tests done and of

729
00:29:32,549 --> 00:29:30,240
course

730
00:29:33,990 --> 00:29:32,559
all of the you know getting changing out

731
00:29:34,789 --> 00:29:34,000
the titanium

732
00:29:36,389 --> 00:29:34,799
um

733
00:29:38,549 --> 00:29:36,399
all that took time and then doing all

734
00:29:41,350 --> 00:29:38,559
the tests after that

735
00:29:43,190 --> 00:29:41,360
my goodness uh spacex really delivered

736
00:29:43,909 --> 00:29:43,200
something that is magnificent and that

737
00:29:45,110 --> 00:29:43,919
is

738
00:29:46,789 --> 00:29:45,120
speed

739
00:29:47,909 --> 00:29:46,799
without question

740
00:29:49,909 --> 00:29:47,919
i don't think anybody would have

741
00:29:52,830 --> 00:29:49,919
believed the speed with which spacex

742
00:29:55,669 --> 00:29:52,840
delivered and they did in fact

743
00:29:58,389 --> 00:29:55,679
deliver kathy won't add anything to that

744
00:30:00,470 --> 00:29:58,399
oh no i mean i think jim said it really

745
00:30:02,549 --> 00:30:00,480
well i mean we went through

746
00:30:05,269 --> 00:30:02,559
it wasn't like we didn't have issues we

747
00:30:07,190 --> 00:30:05,279
had things we had to go solve right

748
00:30:09,269 --> 00:30:07,200
and we've learned a ton

749
00:30:11,590 --> 00:30:09,279
and that team

750
00:30:14,230 --> 00:30:11,600
the spacex team and the nasa team

751
00:30:15,350 --> 00:30:14,240
together working hand in glove you know

752
00:30:19,590 --> 00:30:15,360
together

753
00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:19,600
we tackled them and we solved them and

754
00:30:23,590 --> 00:30:21,039
figured out how we're going to go fly

755
00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:26,549
but without the spacex folks making it

756
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:28,960
happen like jim said so quickly we

757
00:30:32,630 --> 00:30:31,200
wouldn't be here today

758
00:30:36,549 --> 00:30:32,640
thank you

759
00:30:38,149 --> 00:30:36,559
next is lauren grush with the verge

760
00:30:40,470 --> 00:30:38,159
hi thank you so much for taking my

761
00:30:42,870 --> 00:30:40,480
question i guess this is for anyone who

762
00:30:45,029 --> 00:30:42,880
can answer it i'm wondering if there was

763
00:30:46,870 --> 00:30:45,039
anything unexpected during the launch

764
00:30:49,350 --> 00:30:46,880
today i think i heard something on the

765
00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:49,360
live stream about some component being

766
00:30:53,669 --> 00:30:51,760
lower in temperature than expected just

767
00:30:56,470 --> 00:30:53,679
wondering if everything

768
00:31:01,350 --> 00:30:56,480
went as planned or if you had any any uh

769
00:31:04,070 --> 00:31:02,389
jeremy

770
00:31:05,509 --> 00:31:04,080
so the only you know really the count

771
00:31:07,990 --> 00:31:05,519
was i would say

772
00:31:10,230 --> 00:31:08,000
spectacularly quiet i mean i mean

773
00:31:12,470 --> 00:31:10,240
everybody said you know and then

774
00:31:14,549 --> 00:31:12,480
um probably within

775
00:31:16,870 --> 00:31:14,559
uh as we were loading the prop the only

776
00:31:19,190 --> 00:31:16,880
thing we we saw was we saw

777
00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:19,200
uh it was it was actually something we'd

778
00:31:24,630 --> 00:31:22,640
seen as we were unloading on wednesday

779
00:31:26,549 --> 00:31:24,640
we had a sensor

780
00:31:32,070 --> 00:31:26,559
that was

781
00:31:34,630 --> 00:31:32,080
in a way that we had to go understand

782
00:31:36,630 --> 00:31:34,640
why was it reading in that particular

783
00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:36,640
manner and we also had to understand

784
00:31:43,029 --> 00:31:39,200
what can happen if it fails and it was

785
00:31:45,110 --> 00:31:43,039
in an area where actually we

786
00:31:47,269 --> 00:31:45,120
it's downstream of our fill and drain

787
00:31:49,350 --> 00:31:47,279
valve and so

788
00:31:51,590 --> 00:31:49,360
it was you know kind of jim talked

789
00:31:53,190 --> 00:31:51,600
before about where do the teams how do

790
00:31:54,549 --> 00:31:53,200
they work together and one of the things

791
00:31:56,789 --> 00:31:54,559
that we've learned on this mission is

792
00:31:59,430 --> 00:31:56,799
how to go take a piece of data like a

793
00:32:01,750 --> 00:31:59,440
sensor data and go understand

794
00:32:04,230 --> 00:32:01,760
what is that data telling us and then be

795
00:32:06,389 --> 00:32:04,240
able to clear it which is really why we

796
00:32:07,909 --> 00:32:06,399
were able to fly

797
00:32:09,110 --> 00:32:07,919
through our understanding of what the

798
00:32:11,430 --> 00:32:09,120
issue was

799
00:32:13,190 --> 00:32:11,440
and then turn that around in a very

800
00:32:14,389 --> 00:32:13,200
short period of time and what that takes

801
00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:14,399
is two

802
00:32:17,750 --> 00:32:15,840
groups of folks that have been working

803
00:32:19,430 --> 00:32:17,760
with each other for a while and

804
00:32:21,590 --> 00:32:19,440
understand what the vehicle is trying to

805
00:32:23,509 --> 00:32:21,600
tell them but um

806
00:32:24,789 --> 00:32:23,519
you know i thought oh my goodness we're

807
00:32:26,149 --> 00:32:24,799
gonna have this issue after going

808
00:32:28,470 --> 00:32:26,159
through all the weather stuff now we're

809
00:32:31,110 --> 00:32:28,480
gonna have this issue

810
00:32:33,430 --> 00:32:31,120
and and i was very impressed with how

811
00:32:35,269 --> 00:32:33,440
the joint teams together looked at the

812
00:32:37,590 --> 00:32:35,279
sensor understood it understood the

813
00:32:41,590 --> 00:32:37,600
phenomena and then cleared it and

814
00:32:45,350 --> 00:32:43,830
next we'll go to irene klotz of aviation

815
00:32:46,549 --> 00:32:45,360
week

816
00:32:48,870 --> 00:32:46,559
thanks

817
00:32:50,630 --> 00:32:48,880
congratulations everybody that was super

818
00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:50,640
impressive to see

819
00:32:54,470 --> 00:32:52,880
um my question that i think is for kathy

820
00:32:55,509 --> 00:32:54,480
and maybe for elon

821
00:32:57,830 --> 00:32:55,519
um

822
00:32:59,590 --> 00:32:57,840
what what has to happen from this point

823
00:33:03,269 --> 00:32:59,600
on for you all to

824
00:33:06,230 --> 00:33:03,279
feel confident that a august 30th or

825
00:33:09,430 --> 00:33:06,240
early september launch of the first post

826
00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:09,440
certification mission can happen

827
00:33:16,230 --> 00:33:13,990
well you know i i'm very proud of the

828
00:33:18,389 --> 00:33:16,240
spacex team for another reason you know

829
00:33:20,549 --> 00:33:18,399
we had really wanted

830
00:33:22,630 --> 00:33:20,559
our crew on vehicle to get into prop

831
00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:22,640
checkouts

832
00:33:26,230 --> 00:33:23,679
which is

833
00:33:28,070 --> 00:33:26,240
really where the spacecraft's assembled

834
00:33:30,549 --> 00:33:28,080
and we're kind of in one of the final

835
00:33:33,350 --> 00:33:30,559
acceptance testing modes and last night

836
00:33:35,590 --> 00:33:33,360
i got an email it said crew one vehicle

837
00:33:38,389 --> 00:33:35,600
is in prop checkouts they're going

838
00:33:40,230 --> 00:33:38,399
through so and making sure that the

839
00:33:42,630 --> 00:33:40,240
propulsion systems

840
00:33:44,789 --> 00:33:42,640
um leak tight and operating in a

841
00:33:46,230 --> 00:33:44,799
critical manner so i tell you that's the

842
00:33:48,870 --> 00:33:46,240
first thing the vehicle has got to be

843
00:33:52,470 --> 00:33:48,880
ready um the other things that we've got

844
00:33:53,750 --> 00:33:52,480
to do is make sure one we can

845
00:33:55,269 --> 00:33:53,760
we dock

846
00:33:57,029 --> 00:33:55,279
our demo two vehicle because like we

847
00:33:59,190 --> 00:33:57,039
said this is a test flight and make sure

848
00:34:01,509 --> 00:33:59,200
that we're taking all that learning that

849
00:34:03,590 --> 00:34:01,519
we're gonna have from the docking and

850
00:34:05,269 --> 00:34:03,600
rolling it into our readiness for crew

851
00:34:07,190 --> 00:34:05,279
one

852
00:34:08,069 --> 00:34:07,200
and then and then we also have to make

853
00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:08,079
sure

854
00:34:11,510 --> 00:34:10,159
that we are understanding that we get

855
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:11,520
through

856
00:34:14,950 --> 00:34:12,560
landing

857
00:34:17,190 --> 00:34:14,960
and make sure that we're taking that

858
00:34:19,030 --> 00:34:17,200
understanding and any issues that we

859
00:34:22,629 --> 00:34:19,040
have with the landing and then rolling

860
00:34:24,790 --> 00:34:22,639
that into crew one so

861
00:34:26,950 --> 00:34:24,800
our team's getting the vehicle ready and

862
00:34:28,869 --> 00:34:26,960
we're also

863
00:34:30,629 --> 00:34:28,879
watching this demonstration mission and

864
00:34:32,310 --> 00:34:30,639
making sure that our learning out of

865
00:34:33,990 --> 00:34:32,320
this test flight

866
00:34:36,950 --> 00:34:34,000
is then rolled into how we're going to

867
00:34:38,470 --> 00:34:36,960
be flying crew one so

868
00:34:41,109 --> 00:34:38,480
keep watching along the way it's going

869
00:34:44,149 --> 00:34:41,119
to be like a we're like a i'd say like a

870
00:34:46,230 --> 00:34:44,159
cereal net your your cereal and we'll be

871
00:34:47,430 --> 00:34:46,240
following along as we learn along the

872
00:34:48,950 --> 00:34:47,440
way but

873
00:34:53,190 --> 00:34:48,960
these test flights are very important

874
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:58,069
next question comes from jeff faust

875
00:35:02,630 --> 00:35:01,030
hi this is jeff faust with space news um

876
00:35:04,870 --> 00:35:02,640
are there anything any issues you're

877
00:35:06,550 --> 00:35:04,880
particularly watching on the crew dragon

878
00:35:08,790 --> 00:35:06,560
as it approaches the space station

879
00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:08,800
anything that um you'll be particularly

880
00:35:17,589 --> 00:35:10,960
keeping your fingers across the over the

881
00:35:20,790 --> 00:35:19,030
so um

882
00:35:22,150 --> 00:35:20,800
you know the big thing

883
00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:22,160
the nice thing about us having the

884
00:35:25,910 --> 00:35:24,400
uncrewed mission was we were able to

885
00:35:28,310 --> 00:35:25,920
check out a lot of the systems on the

886
00:35:29,910 --> 00:35:28,320
uncrewed mission um

887
00:35:32,790 --> 00:35:29,920
that had to do with docking and i think

888
00:35:35,990 --> 00:35:32,800
everybody saw last spring how successful

889
00:35:37,670 --> 00:35:36,000
our crew our demo one mission was with

890
00:35:39,589 --> 00:35:37,680
through the docking phase

891
00:35:40,470 --> 00:35:39,599
um

892
00:35:41,910 --> 00:35:40,480
but

893
00:35:43,910 --> 00:35:41,920
you always learn something with

894
00:35:46,390 --> 00:35:43,920
spaceflight and now having the crew on

895
00:35:48,870 --> 00:35:46,400
board and and understanding how the

896
00:35:49,990 --> 00:35:48,880
spacecraft and the crew operate as a

897
00:35:55,430 --> 00:35:50,000
system

898
00:35:57,270 --> 00:35:55,440
obviously um works with us approaching

899
00:35:58,790 --> 00:35:57,280
station will be another big thing that

900
00:36:00,630 --> 00:35:58,800
we're learning right

901
00:36:02,950 --> 00:36:00,640
um

902
00:36:05,030 --> 00:36:02,960
and then obviously

903
00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:05,040
you know people forget and kirk alluded

904
00:36:10,630 --> 00:36:08,480
to it us understanding how to be

905
00:36:12,790 --> 00:36:10,640
docked with station and operate within

906
00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:12,800
station is a big part of our learning

907
00:36:16,470 --> 00:36:14,400
for this crew we're going to be this is

908
00:36:19,030 --> 00:36:16,480
also our first long duration mission

909
00:36:21,430 --> 00:36:19,040
where we're going to be doing integrated

910
00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:21,440
operations with the space station

911
00:36:26,710 --> 00:36:25,359
for a long period of time which is

912
00:36:29,990 --> 00:36:26,720
which is also going to be a huge

913
00:36:32,470 --> 00:36:30,000
learning opportunity for us so um these

914
00:36:35,430 --> 00:36:32,480
test flights are very very important for

915
00:36:38,230 --> 00:36:35,440
us to not only learn how the vehicle

916
00:36:40,710 --> 00:36:38,240
works but learn how we're operating it

917
00:36:43,030 --> 00:36:40,720
and we've learned a lot about how to

918
00:36:45,750 --> 00:36:43,040
try to fly with weather and how to

919
00:36:47,910 --> 00:36:45,760
operate with these systems um it's going

920
00:36:49,910 --> 00:36:47,920
to be really important for us now to go

921
00:36:52,390 --> 00:36:49,920
learn how to obviously do the docking

922
00:36:55,349 --> 00:36:52,400
piece but then learn how to be part of

923
00:36:57,190 --> 00:36:55,359
this integrated um

924
00:36:59,270 --> 00:36:57,200
you know enterprise that's the

925
00:37:01,270 --> 00:36:59,280
international space station and kirk

926
00:37:03,190 --> 00:37:01,280
keep i could add there it's a very

927
00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:03,200
complicated you know

928
00:37:05,750 --> 00:37:04,160
system

929
00:37:09,510 --> 00:37:05,760
first of all i promise good weather

930
00:37:11,109 --> 00:37:09,520
tomorrow kathy i promise no rain showers

931
00:37:13,190 --> 00:37:11,119
we did have a solar flare but i don't

932
00:37:15,270 --> 00:37:13,200
think that'll impact our operations but

933
00:37:16,710 --> 00:37:15,280
there's a series of tests along the way

934
00:37:19,190 --> 00:37:16,720
just like on demo one there's some

935
00:37:20,550 --> 00:37:19,200
additional tests of course

936
00:37:23,030 --> 00:37:20,560
doug's going to take over and fly

937
00:37:24,950 --> 00:37:23,040
manually and the crew the the crew

938
00:37:26,950 --> 00:37:24,960
onboard the dragon bob and doug

939
00:37:29,109 --> 00:37:26,960
monitoring how the vehicle comes in and

940
00:37:31,430 --> 00:37:29,119
chris cassidy on board the iss will also

941
00:37:32,790 --> 00:37:31,440
be monitoring it so it really is how

942
00:37:34,390 --> 00:37:32,800
does the vehicle perform how does the

943
00:37:35,990 --> 00:37:34,400
integrated crew both the crew on the

944
00:37:37,190 --> 00:37:36,000
dragon and the corona international

945
00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:37,200
space station

946
00:37:41,270 --> 00:37:39,200
handle all that and then of course

947
00:37:43,510 --> 00:37:41,280
equalizing the pressures making sure the

948
00:37:45,030 --> 00:37:43,520
the the there's no leaks when it's mated

949
00:37:46,950 --> 00:37:45,040
to the iss

950
00:37:49,349 --> 00:37:46,960
and then finally just training the crew

951
00:37:51,510 --> 00:37:49,359
to come across the hatch and how how the

952
00:37:53,750 --> 00:37:51,520
iss works and be part of that bigger

953
00:37:55,750 --> 00:37:53,760
integrated team so i think there's a

954
00:37:57,670 --> 00:37:55,760
tremendous amount of things to learn

955
00:37:59,190 --> 00:37:57,680
along the way and

956
00:38:00,550 --> 00:37:59,200
we have very very experienced crew on

957
00:38:03,109 --> 00:38:00,560
board the iss and a very very

958
00:38:05,030 --> 00:38:03,119
experienced crew on on dragon and i

959
00:38:06,390 --> 00:38:05,040
think it'll go really well but uh but

960
00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:06,400
i'm sure we'll learn a few things along

961
00:38:13,829 --> 00:38:11,349
thank you our next question is going to

962
00:38:15,910 --> 00:38:13,839
come from jackie goddard of times of

963
00:38:18,150 --> 00:38:15,920
london

964
00:38:21,270 --> 00:38:18,160
hello thank you and congratulations my

965
00:38:23,589 --> 00:38:21,280
question is for elon um you said last

966
00:38:25,270 --> 00:38:23,599
week that you had told bob and doug's

967
00:38:26,790 --> 00:38:25,280
two little boys that you would do

968
00:38:27,990 --> 00:38:26,800
everything you can to bring them home

969
00:38:29,750 --> 00:38:28,000
safely

970
00:38:31,829 --> 00:38:29,760
even with a safe launch out the way that

971
00:38:34,150 --> 00:38:31,839
must still weigh on you throughout the

972
00:38:35,510 --> 00:38:34,160
mission though and i wondered if you can

973
00:38:37,270 --> 00:38:35,520
share

974
00:38:39,109 --> 00:38:37,280
some personal insight into what it's

975
00:38:41,670 --> 00:38:39,119
like to have that responsibility not

976
00:38:48,390 --> 00:38:41,680
just with your spacex hat on but as a

977
00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:50,870
well it it really hit home

978
00:38:55,030 --> 00:38:52,640
you know when you meet

979
00:38:56,470 --> 00:38:55,040
somebody's kids and

980
00:38:58,470 --> 00:38:56,480
and the

981
00:39:01,030 --> 00:38:58,480
the vehicle that

982
00:39:02,550 --> 00:39:01,040
they're responsible for

983
00:39:04,870 --> 00:39:02,560
you know

984
00:39:07,670 --> 00:39:04,880
that their life's at stake it's it's

985
00:39:12,069 --> 00:39:07,680
it really hits home

986
00:39:15,750 --> 00:39:13,349
so

987
00:39:16,870 --> 00:39:15,760
you know uh there's still

988
00:39:18,870 --> 00:39:16,880
so we still got a dock with space

989
00:39:20,630 --> 00:39:18,880
station we still got a um

990
00:39:23,910 --> 00:39:20,640
still got a return i think there's an

991
00:39:25,589 --> 00:39:23,920
argument that the return is

992
00:39:27,589 --> 00:39:25,599
more dangerous in some ways than the

993
00:39:29,829 --> 00:39:27,599
ascent so we don't want to declare

994
00:39:31,270 --> 00:39:29,839
victory yet um we need to bring them

995
00:39:33,190 --> 00:39:31,280
home safely

996
00:39:34,470 --> 00:39:33,200
make sure that we we're doing everything

997
00:39:36,870 --> 00:39:34,480
we can to

998
00:39:37,990 --> 00:39:36,880
minimize that risk of re-entry and and

999
00:39:39,030 --> 00:39:38,000
return

1000
00:39:40,950 --> 00:39:39,040
the

1001
00:39:43,589 --> 00:39:40,960
we were able to do that with

1002
00:39:45,109 --> 00:39:43,599
the demo one vehicle so if we were able

1003
00:39:47,349 --> 00:39:45,119
to retire a lot of risk with the

1004
00:39:50,950 --> 00:39:47,359
re-entry there that that's a big deal

1005
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:56,630
yeah that's uh

1006
00:40:00,470 --> 00:39:57,510
anyway

1007
00:40:01,829 --> 00:40:00,480
i'm gonna get it choked up here so

1008
00:40:06,309 --> 00:40:01,839
it

1009
00:40:08,150 --> 00:40:06,319
yeah i'm getting choked up sorry i'm not

1010
00:40:10,150 --> 00:40:08,160
sure i can answer the question any more

1011
00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:10,160
than that except

1012
00:40:15,109 --> 00:40:11,760
yeah we're going to do everything we can

1013
00:40:16,630 --> 00:40:15,119
to make sure it gets home safely

1014
00:40:19,109 --> 00:40:16,640
our next question comes from marina

1015
00:40:23,349 --> 00:40:20,710
hi everyone marina corn with the

1016
00:40:25,910 --> 00:40:23,359
atlantic congratulations on the launch

1017
00:40:28,390 --> 00:40:25,920
uh this is for elon or jim do bob and

1018
00:40:30,470 --> 00:40:28,400
doug want to talk manually to the iss

1019
00:40:32,390 --> 00:40:30,480
instead of letting dragon do it are they

1020
00:40:34,230 --> 00:40:32,400
allowed to do that or can they only take

1021
00:40:37,109 --> 00:40:34,240
over if there is a problem or some kind

1022
00:40:41,030 --> 00:40:39,109
uh the the plan is for automatic

1023
00:40:44,550 --> 00:40:41,040
rendezvous and docking that's that's the

1024
00:40:47,190 --> 00:40:44,560
plan um of course uh if they needed to

1025
00:40:50,230 --> 00:40:47,200
to do something manually they they could

1026
00:40:52,870 --> 00:40:50,240
um but but uh but we're planning to uh

1027
00:40:55,109 --> 00:40:52,880
to test automatic rendezvous and docking

1028
00:40:58,150 --> 00:40:55,119
i just want to reiterate something that

1029
00:40:59,670 --> 00:40:58,160
that elon talked about

1030
00:41:02,550 --> 00:40:59,680
there is no doubt

1031
00:41:03,750 --> 00:41:02,560
that bob and doug are on elon's mind all

1032
00:41:06,309 --> 00:41:03,760
the time

1033
00:41:08,150 --> 00:41:06,319
but that is not just on his mind he has

1034
00:41:11,349 --> 00:41:08,160
made that throughout the culture at

1035
00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:11,359
spacex and we did we did an assessment

1036
00:41:14,390 --> 00:41:13,280
of the culture at spacex and it came

1037
00:41:16,790 --> 00:41:14,400
back

1038
00:41:19,990 --> 00:41:16,800
extremely strong and

1039
00:41:22,390 --> 00:41:20,000
um it is it is on the my bob and doug

1040
00:41:23,670 --> 00:41:22,400
are on the minds of everybody all the

1041
00:41:25,510 --> 00:41:23,680
way down

1042
00:41:28,230 --> 00:41:25,520
to the line worker and all the way to

1043
00:41:30,950 --> 00:41:28,240
the top everybody at spacex knows

1044
00:41:32,950 --> 00:41:30,960
what what is at stake here and i will

1045
00:41:35,990 --> 00:41:32,960
tell you i was very impressed with what

1046
00:41:37,589 --> 00:41:36,000
i saw in that in that safety assessment

1047
00:41:39,910 --> 00:41:37,599
that we conducted

1048
00:41:41,829 --> 00:41:39,920
um and i think all of our nasa team was

1049
00:41:43,750 --> 00:41:41,839
was impressed with it as well

1050
00:41:45,750 --> 00:41:43,760
um it's not just elon it's his whole

1051
00:41:49,030 --> 00:41:45,760
team and he's he's made that go all the

1052
00:41:50,550 --> 00:41:49,040
way down to the to to every person that

1053
00:41:52,630 --> 00:41:50,560
works at spacex

1054
00:41:55,349 --> 00:41:52,640
they're called the dads which may have

1055
00:41:56,950 --> 00:41:55,359
something to do with their age but i

1056
00:41:59,589 --> 00:41:56,960
won't i can say that because they're on

1057
00:42:01,670 --> 00:41:59,599
orbit so they're

1058
00:42:03,510 --> 00:42:01,680
and it'll be a few months before maybe

1059
00:42:08,390 --> 00:42:03,520
they come back and kick me now but but

1060
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,829
we should have a dad joke or something

1061
00:42:17,109 --> 00:42:14,950
i would like to add that to that because

1062
00:42:20,069 --> 00:42:17,119
it plays back to an earlier question

1063
00:42:22,150 --> 00:42:20,079
about how did spacex stay focused on

1064
00:42:24,069 --> 00:42:22,160
human space flight

1065
00:42:26,470 --> 00:42:24,079
coming out of cargo and i think part of

1066
00:42:29,030 --> 00:42:26,480
that is that relationship that was built

1067
00:42:31,190 --> 00:42:29,040
i i know recently over this past year i

1068
00:42:33,430 --> 00:42:31,200
think it was 32 straight weeks that bob

1069
00:42:35,109 --> 00:42:33,440
and doug were out there at hawthorne

1070
00:42:36,710 --> 00:42:35,119
with the spacex team and they have

1071
00:42:39,190 --> 00:42:36,720
really built

1072
00:42:41,750 --> 00:42:39,200
a very close relationship you can see it

1073
00:42:43,030 --> 00:42:41,760
in the eyes and and the smiles when they

1074
00:42:46,309 --> 00:42:43,040
see each other

1075
00:42:48,950 --> 00:42:46,319
and that goes a long way i think in this

1076
00:42:50,550 --> 00:42:48,960
and so

1077
00:42:52,870 --> 00:42:50,560
i think what's really really cool is

1078
00:42:56,470 --> 00:42:52,880
that the part number for their seats and

1079
00:42:58,950 --> 00:42:56,480
their suits has their names in it

1080
00:43:02,390 --> 00:42:58,960
so you know i think elon you guys have

1081
00:43:04,710 --> 00:43:02,400
done a great job to personalize

1082
00:43:06,950 --> 00:43:04,720
that you're they're flying our cruise

1083
00:43:08,550 --> 00:43:06,960
that culture is not easy to achieve and

1084
00:43:10,630 --> 00:43:08,560
it's not easy to get it throughout the

1085
00:43:12,870 --> 00:43:10,640
whole organization and the safety

1086
00:43:14,950 --> 00:43:12,880
assessment that we did um indicated that

1087
00:43:16,870 --> 00:43:14,960
that was the case well i just want to

1088
00:43:18,790 --> 00:43:16,880
say that i think we would not have

1089
00:43:20,150 --> 00:43:18,800
achieved this level of safety without

1090
00:43:23,349 --> 00:43:20,160
the tremendous support from nasa and

1091
00:43:25,109 --> 00:43:23,359
your team this this this

1092
00:43:26,309 --> 00:43:25,119
nasa made us way better than we would

1093
00:43:27,510 --> 00:43:26,319
otherwise have been and obviously

1094
00:43:29,589 --> 00:43:27,520
couldn't even have got started without

1095
00:43:31,109 --> 00:43:29,599
nasa so thank you very much for your

1096
00:43:33,349 --> 00:43:31,119
support

1097
00:43:35,829 --> 00:43:33,359
let's um let's celebrate safety when we

1098
00:43:40,390 --> 00:43:35,839
get them home yeah totally yes let's do

1099
00:43:42,710 --> 00:43:40,400
that yeah but it's good

1100
00:43:44,870 --> 00:43:42,720
our next question is from ivan crone

1101
00:43:46,790 --> 00:43:44,880
from afp

1102
00:43:49,190 --> 00:43:46,800
uh thank you very much uh question for

1103
00:43:51,589 --> 00:43:49,200
elon musk could you expand on starship

1104
00:43:55,510 --> 00:43:51,599
development and about when you expect

1105
00:43:56,950 --> 00:43:55,520
you you will go around the moon

1106
00:44:00,300 --> 00:43:56,960
well i tend to be a little optimistic

1107
00:44:05,349 --> 00:44:03,990
[Laughter]

1108
00:44:09,430 --> 00:44:05,359
so

1109
00:44:11,190 --> 00:44:09,440
that extends to schedules too

1110
00:44:13,270 --> 00:44:11,200
um

1111
00:44:14,790 --> 00:44:13,280
i don't know

1112
00:44:16,069 --> 00:44:14,800
i mean i it

1113
00:44:18,069 --> 00:44:16,079
i guess

1114
00:44:20,790 --> 00:44:18,079
i i would i would wish that we could do

1115
00:44:23,190 --> 00:44:20,800
it in two years

1116
00:44:23,910 --> 00:44:23,200
i don't know that might mean four

1117
00:44:25,670 --> 00:44:23,920
but

1118
00:44:26,950 --> 00:44:25,680
i think i don't know

1119
00:44:29,510 --> 00:44:26,960
i think it's not out of the question

1120
00:44:31,109 --> 00:44:29,520
that it could be two years um

1121
00:44:36,950 --> 00:44:31,119
i i would be surprised if it took more

1122
00:44:43,510 --> 00:44:39,349
our next question is from dave mosher of

1123
00:44:48,069 --> 00:44:44,950
thank you for taking my question and

1124
00:44:49,430 --> 00:44:48,079
congratulations on an amazing launch um

1125
00:44:51,349 --> 00:44:49,440
this is for elon you've been working

1126
00:44:53,349 --> 00:44:51,359
toward this moment for 18 years and have

1127
00:44:55,349 --> 00:44:53,359
certainly encountered some uh resistance

1128
00:44:57,190 --> 00:44:55,359
along the way i think even in nasa at

1129
00:44:59,349 --> 00:44:57,200
one point um what would you say to those

1130
00:45:01,829 --> 00:44:59,359
who doubted spacex could do this do you

1131
00:45:03,670 --> 00:45:01,839
have a message for them and then uh your

1132
00:45:05,589 --> 00:45:03,680
last conversation with bob and doug can

1133
00:45:07,910 --> 00:45:05,599
you can you tell us what you um what you

1134
00:45:09,190 --> 00:45:07,920
talked about what you said thank you

1135
00:45:10,150 --> 00:45:09,200
my apologies i didn't hear the first

1136
00:45:21,910 --> 00:45:10,160
question

1137
00:45:24,550 --> 00:45:21,920
yes i'm sorry you couldn't hear the

1138
00:45:26,630 --> 00:45:24,560
question yeah can you repeat it please

1139
00:45:28,390 --> 00:45:26,640
yeah sorry about that um so this is for

1140
00:45:29,589 --> 00:45:28,400
elon i said you've been working toward

1141
00:45:30,710 --> 00:45:29,599
this moment for 18 years and you've

1142
00:45:32,870 --> 00:45:30,720
certainly encountered a lot of

1143
00:45:35,109 --> 00:45:32,880
resistance along the way uh even i i

1144
00:45:36,470 --> 00:45:35,119
think from nasa at the very beginning um

1145
00:45:37,910 --> 00:45:36,480
what would you say to those who doubted

1146
00:45:40,150 --> 00:45:37,920
spacex could do this do you have a

1147
00:45:41,750 --> 00:45:40,160
message for them and then uh what was

1148
00:45:43,109 --> 00:45:41,760
your last conversation with bob and doug

1149
00:45:46,069 --> 00:45:43,119
like what did you what did you talk

1150
00:45:49,510 --> 00:45:46,079
about where was it um thank you so much

1151
00:45:53,190 --> 00:45:49,520
it's do i have a message for those who

1152
00:45:56,270 --> 00:45:53,200
oh doubted okay i was like okay um

1153
00:46:00,870 --> 00:45:56,280
maybe i just blank out the word

1154
00:46:03,030 --> 00:46:01,910
okay

1155
00:46:05,990 --> 00:46:03,040
um

1156
00:46:07,750 --> 00:46:06,000
so uh no i mean i totally frank i

1157
00:46:10,069 --> 00:46:07,760
doubted us too so

1158
00:46:12,230 --> 00:46:10,079
i i thought we you know had maybe

1159
00:46:14,390 --> 00:46:12,240
when starting spacex maybe had a 10

1160
00:46:16,790 --> 00:46:14,400
chance of reaching orbit so

1161
00:46:17,750 --> 00:46:16,800
so you know to those who who doubted us

1162
00:46:20,470 --> 00:46:17,760
i was like well i think you're probably

1163
00:46:22,150 --> 00:46:20,480
right you know um i mean there were

1164
00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:22,160
times uh

1165
00:46:26,390 --> 00:46:24,000
that i was told like

1166
00:46:28,950 --> 00:46:26,400
uh because i was taking the money from

1167
00:46:31,829 --> 00:46:28,960
from paypal and enrolling into

1168
00:46:33,670 --> 00:46:31,839
to create spacex and tesla and and i

1169
00:46:34,870 --> 00:46:33,680
ended up spending it all it wasn't the

1170
00:46:36,150 --> 00:46:34,880
intention but

1171
00:46:37,510 --> 00:46:36,160
um

1172
00:46:38,870 --> 00:46:37,520
and and and

1173
00:46:42,790 --> 00:46:38,880
almost both companies went bankrupt

1174
00:46:45,510 --> 00:46:44,309
you know it took us took us four

1175
00:46:48,870 --> 00:46:45,520
attempts just to get to orbit with

1176
00:46:53,430 --> 00:46:50,630
and uh

1177
00:46:55,270 --> 00:46:53,440
so but a lot of times i was you know i

1178
00:46:56,790 --> 00:46:55,280
people tell me this joke like how do you

1179
00:46:58,550 --> 00:46:56,800
make a small fortune in the rocket

1180
00:47:00,309 --> 00:46:58,560
industry you start with a large one is

1181
00:47:01,829 --> 00:47:00,319
the punch line

1182
00:47:04,870 --> 00:47:01,839
and i was like okay i already heard that

1183
00:47:05,750 --> 00:47:04,880
joke 12 000 times you know

1184
00:47:08,230 --> 00:47:05,760
so

1185
00:47:10,550 --> 00:47:08,240
anyway

1186
00:47:11,910 --> 00:47:10,560
and it was it almost came true

1187
00:47:14,150 --> 00:47:11,920
um

1188
00:47:16,309 --> 00:47:14,160
you know we just barely made it there

1189
00:47:17,750 --> 00:47:16,319
that fourth launch of falcon one that's

1190
00:47:20,549 --> 00:47:17,760
all the money we had for that fourth

1191
00:47:22,630 --> 00:47:20,559
launch and then uh and that wasn't even

1192
00:47:24,470 --> 00:47:22,640
enough to save the company we also then

1193
00:47:26,950 --> 00:47:24,480
had to win the national cargo resupply

1194
00:47:28,950 --> 00:47:26,960
contract um so that that came a little

1195
00:47:31,109 --> 00:47:28,960
after you know a little bit later or

1196
00:47:32,950 --> 00:47:31,119
towards the end of 2008

1197
00:47:34,950 --> 00:47:32,960
those are the two key things that that

1198
00:47:37,190 --> 00:47:34,960
saved spacex otherwise we would have we

1199
00:47:39,670 --> 00:47:37,200
would have you know

1200
00:47:40,710 --> 00:47:39,680
not made it so

1201
00:47:43,030 --> 00:47:40,720
um

1202
00:47:45,589 --> 00:47:43,040
so hey i think those those doubters were

1203
00:47:47,750 --> 00:47:45,599
their probability assessment was correct

1204
00:47:49,430 --> 00:47:47,760
but fortunately

1205
00:47:51,670 --> 00:47:49,440
veda smiled upon us and brought us to

1206
00:47:53,190 --> 00:47:51,680
this day

1207
00:47:54,950 --> 00:47:53,200
and pat anything else you could add

1208
00:47:57,109 --> 00:47:54,960
about bob and doug right before they

1209
00:47:59,030 --> 00:47:57,119
launched

1210
00:48:01,510 --> 00:47:59,040
well i mentioned earlier that uh that

1211
00:48:04,470 --> 00:48:01,520
they were calm and focused uh

1212
00:48:06,870 --> 00:48:04,480
i think that

1213
00:48:09,270 --> 00:48:06,880
this was for both of them a chance to to

1214
00:48:11,589 --> 00:48:09,280
get back to space they felt like it was

1215
00:48:14,549 --> 00:48:11,599
a privilege to represent nasa and the

1216
00:48:17,270 --> 00:48:14,559
astronaut corps in in this endeavor and

1217
00:48:18,950 --> 00:48:17,280
they uh i guarantee uh

1218
00:48:21,349 --> 00:48:18,960
uh are gonna enjoy their time on the

1219
00:48:23,030 --> 00:48:21,359
international space station

1220
00:48:24,549 --> 00:48:23,040
chris joked with them when they didn't

1221
00:48:27,030 --> 00:48:24,559
get up the first time i think the

1222
00:48:29,190 --> 00:48:27,040
administrator heard this that they were

1223
00:48:31,829 --> 00:48:29,200
trying to get out of the weekend

1224
00:48:32,870 --> 00:48:31,839
cleaning that we do on the iss but

1225
00:48:36,150 --> 00:48:32,880
they'll be

1226
00:48:37,510 --> 00:48:36,160
glad to get there glad to come back

1227
00:48:40,790 --> 00:48:37,520
we're going to take our last question

1228
00:48:44,150 --> 00:48:42,069
hi this is hanukkah lightering with

1229
00:48:45,750 --> 00:48:44,160
space.com thank you so much for taking

1230
00:48:47,270 --> 00:48:45,760
my question and congratulations on an

1231
00:48:48,630 --> 00:48:47,280
amazing launch today

1232
00:48:50,870 --> 00:48:48,640
i'm just wondering if you could talk

1233
00:48:52,870 --> 00:48:50,880
about uh what else bob and doug will be

1234
00:48:54,630 --> 00:48:52,880
doing now that they've completed their

1235
00:48:56,710 --> 00:48:54,640
manual flight test i i've heard that

1236
00:48:59,349 --> 00:48:56,720
they're going to be taking a nap at some

1237
00:49:03,510 --> 00:48:59,359
point but what else is on the to-do list

1238
00:49:06,230 --> 00:49:03,520
for bob and doug between now and docking

1239
00:49:08,309 --> 00:49:06,240
well you know they um they they did

1240
00:49:10,390 --> 00:49:08,319
their far-field demo so like elon

1241
00:49:12,710 --> 00:49:10,400
already mentioned they got to

1242
00:49:15,030 --> 00:49:12,720
manually fly the vehicle

1243
00:49:16,950 --> 00:49:15,040
they'll be doing another demonstration a

1244
00:49:20,230 --> 00:49:16,960
little bit closer to the space station

1245
00:49:21,829 --> 00:49:20,240
you know people forget that

1246
00:49:23,510 --> 00:49:21,839
you know the reason

1247
00:49:25,430 --> 00:49:23,520
we picked or the

1248
00:49:27,270 --> 00:49:25,440
fod picked the

1249
00:49:30,309 --> 00:49:27,280
bob and duck to fly this is because of

1250
00:49:32,470 --> 00:49:30,319
their experience as test pilots and and

1251
00:49:35,190 --> 00:49:32,480
actually had developed this the concept

1252
00:49:37,030 --> 00:49:35,200
of the cadre to have an experienced set

1253
00:49:39,349 --> 00:49:37,040
of pilot of

1254
00:49:42,230 --> 00:49:39,359
crew members working with the companies

1255
00:49:44,150 --> 00:49:42,240
to make sure that that they were able to

1256
00:49:46,069 --> 00:49:44,160
help them as they're working through

1257
00:49:48,150 --> 00:49:46,079
their designs and developing their

1258
00:49:50,870 --> 00:49:48,160
systems

1259
00:49:52,630 --> 00:49:50,880
so this is kind of cool because this is

1260
00:49:53,829 --> 00:49:52,640
bob and doug get to

1261
00:49:55,829 --> 00:49:53,839
actually

1262
00:49:59,190 --> 00:49:55,839
fly the work that they've been helping

1263
00:50:02,150 --> 00:49:59,200
work and develop and say figure out how

1264
00:50:03,030 --> 00:50:02,160
is it really working on orbit and

1265
00:50:04,470 --> 00:50:03,040
so

1266
00:50:07,030 --> 00:50:04,480
the other thing they get to do is just

1267
00:50:09,670 --> 00:50:07,040
to be able to be

1268
00:50:12,230 --> 00:50:09,680
you know the ecosystems working they're

1269
00:50:14,630 --> 00:50:12,240
getting to see that are things cooling

1270
00:50:17,109 --> 00:50:14,640
is the how's the seat feels how's the

1271
00:50:19,030 --> 00:50:17,119
suits feel can you get in and out of the

1272
00:50:20,950 --> 00:50:19,040
suits you know when you're on orbit how

1273
00:50:22,710 --> 00:50:20,960
easy are those kind of functions going

1274
00:50:25,190 --> 00:50:22,720
to be

1275
00:50:27,829 --> 00:50:25,200
i'm not going to talk about the

1276
00:50:30,950 --> 00:50:27,839
the wastes functions but that's kind of

1277
00:50:32,390 --> 00:50:30,960
part of it and and then obviously

1278
00:50:35,589 --> 00:50:32,400
how

1279
00:50:38,069 --> 00:50:35,599
approach feels with i know that that um

1280
00:50:39,829 --> 00:50:38,079
jim was able to use a simulator but now

1281
00:50:41,349 --> 00:50:39,839
they've got this big simulator with

1282
00:50:42,950 --> 00:50:41,359
that's the international space station

1283
00:50:43,990 --> 00:50:42,960
that they're going to get to be able to

1284
00:50:44,870 --> 00:50:44,000
actually

1285
00:50:47,270 --> 00:50:44,880
you know

1286
00:50:49,270 --> 00:50:47,280
come up to and be able to dock and see

1287
00:50:50,309 --> 00:50:49,280
how that really works and how it matches

1288
00:50:51,349 --> 00:50:50,319
because

1289
00:50:53,829 --> 00:50:51,359
one of the things that's really

1290
00:50:54,870 --> 00:50:53,839
important we all know it and anybody

1291
00:50:59,190 --> 00:50:54,880
i've

1292
00:51:01,270 --> 00:50:59,200
you know is how does a real thing really

1293
00:51:04,470 --> 00:51:01,280
approximate what you've been practicing

1294
00:51:06,309 --> 00:51:04,480
on for you know the last few years and

1295
00:51:07,990 --> 00:51:06,319
so they now are going to be able to come

1296
00:51:09,750 --> 00:51:08,000
back and for these next crews that are

1297
00:51:12,390 --> 00:51:09,760
going up they'll be able to share with

1298
00:51:15,030 --> 00:51:12,400
them hey this is really how it felt this

1299
00:51:17,030 --> 00:51:15,040
is how these systems worked and be able

1300
00:51:19,670 --> 00:51:17,040
to um

1301
00:51:21,430 --> 00:51:19,680
share that experience with the crew one

1302
00:51:24,309 --> 00:51:21,440
crew that right now is doing their

1303
00:51:27,510 --> 00:51:26,470
they're doing a very very very important

1304
00:51:30,150 --> 00:51:27,520
function

1305
00:51:32,549 --> 00:51:30,160
for our upcoming crews that will really

1306
00:51:34,950 --> 00:51:32,559
be the long duration crew members and

1307
00:51:36,950 --> 00:51:34,960
will be flying to the space station

1308
00:51:38,300 --> 00:51:36,960
and i can promise you that the hardest

1309
00:51:39,670 --> 00:51:38,310
thing they'll do tomorrow

1310
00:51:41,510 --> 00:51:39,680
[Music]

1311
00:51:43,589 --> 00:51:41,520
is when they're done flying their manual

1312
00:51:46,069 --> 00:51:43,599
near field flying is to hand it back

1313
00:51:48,309 --> 00:51:46,079
over to the computers and not dock it

1314
00:51:50,390 --> 00:51:48,319
themselves because they are test pilots

1315
00:51:52,390 --> 00:51:50,400
and to answer an earlier question that

1316
00:51:54,150 --> 00:51:52,400
is exactly what they would enjoy doing

1317
00:51:55,510 --> 00:51:54,160
so to give it back will be a little bit

1318
00:51:57,430 --> 00:51:55,520
hard for them

1319
00:51:59,750 --> 00:51:57,440
i i did notice you know doug was really

1320
00:52:02,950 --> 00:51:59,760
good at teaching jim how to fly it

1321
00:52:05,109 --> 00:52:02,960
so yes he helped you dock right

1322
00:52:09,750 --> 00:52:05,119
well i might have

1323
00:52:13,190 --> 00:52:11,109
well that was our last question some

1324
00:52:14,390 --> 00:52:13,200
closing remarks from the administrator

1325
00:52:16,390 --> 00:52:14,400
sure

1326
00:52:18,230 --> 00:52:16,400
so again this is a great day for the

1327
00:52:21,349 --> 00:52:18,240
united states of america it does

1328
00:52:23,349 --> 00:52:21,359
represent um many years of work uh i

1329
00:52:25,430 --> 00:52:23,359
want to say you know a question came up

1330
00:52:26,950 --> 00:52:25,440
earlier about you know

1331
00:52:28,470 --> 00:52:26,960
doubters and

1332
00:52:30,710 --> 00:52:28,480
people that didn't believe that this

1333
00:52:33,349 --> 00:52:30,720
could have ever happened

1334
00:52:36,950 --> 00:52:33,359
there was a day when charlie bolden my

1335
00:52:38,630 --> 00:52:36,960
predecessor at nasa as the administrator

1336
00:52:41,030 --> 00:52:38,640
was trying to get this program off the

1337
00:52:42,870 --> 00:52:41,040
ground in a significant way and he had

1338
00:52:44,950 --> 00:52:42,880
members of congress on both sides of the

1339
00:52:47,109 --> 00:52:44,960
aisle that were in opposition to it

1340
00:52:48,710 --> 00:52:47,119
and wouldn't adequately fund it and

1341
00:52:50,710 --> 00:52:48,720
ultimately

1342
00:52:51,670 --> 00:52:50,720
gave him a hard time about it

1343
00:52:52,630 --> 00:52:51,680
and

1344
00:52:57,990 --> 00:52:52,640
general

1345
00:53:00,150 --> 00:52:58,000
persevered and he pushed through and

1346
00:53:02,069 --> 00:53:00,160
that was the beginning of what we all

1347
00:53:04,150 --> 00:53:02,079
get to experience today

1348
00:53:06,470 --> 00:53:04,160
um and so i i want to i want to

1349
00:53:08,309 --> 00:53:06,480
emphasize that i also want to emphasize

1350
00:53:11,030 --> 00:53:08,319
you know pat was talking about how the

1351
00:53:13,270 --> 00:53:11,040
the bob and doug were joking with each

1352
00:53:14,710 --> 00:53:13,280
other earlier today when when i had the

1353
00:53:17,030 --> 00:53:14,720
opportunity to be with them and they

1354
00:53:19,910 --> 00:53:17,040
were joking you know doug

1355
00:53:21,990 --> 00:53:19,920
doug hurley's last space shuttle mission

1356
00:53:24,230 --> 00:53:22,000
got scrubbed five times before they

1357
00:53:26,150 --> 00:53:24,240
finally launched on the sixth time and

1358
00:53:28,309 --> 00:53:26,160
of course bob benkin is saying that doug

1359
00:53:29,430 --> 00:53:28,319
hurley is the jinx here and therefore

1360
00:53:31,910 --> 00:53:29,440
you know they're not going to launch

1361
00:53:33,829 --> 00:53:31,920
today either and and to see them

1362
00:53:36,870 --> 00:53:33,839
loose like that pat you mentioned that

1363
00:53:38,630 --> 00:53:36,880
they were loose and joking and and in

1364
00:53:41,030 --> 00:53:38,640
fact seemingly

1365
00:53:42,309 --> 00:53:41,040
having fun on the day of launch even

1366
00:53:44,549 --> 00:53:42,319
though what they're doing is very

1367
00:53:45,910 --> 00:53:44,559
serious and

1368
00:53:48,790 --> 00:53:45,920
nerves of steel

1369
00:53:50,710 --> 00:53:48,800
just i mean these are cheese are just

1370
00:53:51,829 --> 00:53:50,720
american heroes yeah

1371
00:53:53,750 --> 00:53:51,839
um

1372
00:53:56,230 --> 00:53:53,760
so i just want to make sure that we're

1373
00:53:58,630 --> 00:53:56,240
keeping them in mind and of course elon

1374
00:54:00,069 --> 00:53:58,640
spacex and your team

1375
00:54:01,750 --> 00:54:00,079
you know going back to what we talked

1376
00:54:02,630 --> 00:54:01,760
about just a few minutes ago the fact

1377
00:54:05,190 --> 00:54:02,640
that

1378
00:54:07,270 --> 00:54:05,200
at spacex you don't call them bob and

1379
00:54:08,950 --> 00:54:07,280
doug you call them the dads

1380
00:54:11,030 --> 00:54:08,960
because that's what they are they are in

1381
00:54:13,349 --> 00:54:11,040
fact dads and keeping their safety at

1382
00:54:15,349 --> 00:54:13,359
the foremost of your minds

1383
00:54:17,910 --> 00:54:15,359
so really this is really uh

1384
00:54:20,230 --> 00:54:17,920
a great day for all of america it's a

1385
00:54:22,470 --> 00:54:20,240
great day for our country it's been a

1386
00:54:25,349 --> 00:54:22,480
long time it's been nine years since

1387
00:54:26,710 --> 00:54:25,359
we've had the opportunity um and of

1388
00:54:29,510 --> 00:54:26,720
course uh

1389
00:54:32,230 --> 00:54:29,520
um we're we we are here now and there's

1390
00:54:34,309 --> 00:54:32,240
there's you know as elon said earlier

1391
00:54:36,069 --> 00:54:34,319
there's a ten thousand people behind

1392
00:54:37,349 --> 00:54:36,079
this that uh that have made it happen

1393
00:54:39,109 --> 00:54:37,359
you might have said

1394
00:54:40,870 --> 00:54:39,119
actually when you add up suppliers and

1395
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you know and everyone it's i think it's

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probably closer to a hundred thousand

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children that's right so

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um this really is a it's a great day for

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the united states of america it's a

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great day for our international partners

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remember crew one is going to be an

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international mission

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on the first on the first crew we're

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going to have a japanese astronaut with

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us so

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so we're very excited about this i want

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to say congratulations to everybody

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we're not celebrating yet we will

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celebrate when they're home safely but

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certainly um

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we can we can breathe size of relief uh

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every step along the way and that's what

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we're doing today so congratulations to

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spacex and elon musk congratulations to

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kathy leaders and your nasa team that

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got us to this position and we look

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forward to so many things ahead

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great

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so that's going to wrap it up for us

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here at the kennedy space center you can

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continue watching our live coverage

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until the astronauts reach the

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international space station and docking

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and hatch opening and the arrival of bob

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and doug at the iss docking is scheduled

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for 10 29 eastern time and right after

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this broadcast we'll turn it over to jsc

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we're going to hear from bob and doug

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during a downlink from the crew dragon

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from as they orbit the earth so we'll

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have more information please go to

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nasa.gov for more specific information

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on commercial crew you go to nasa.gov

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commercial crew and