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this is nasa tv

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good afternoon and welcome to the

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johnson space center my name is bettina

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and klon with nasa communications thank

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you for joining us for this post-docking

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news briefing of the nasa spacex demo 2

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mission just moments ago

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astronauts bob benkin and douglas hurley

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arrived at the international space

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station aboard the crew dragon today

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we'll hear more from nasa leadership to

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tell us more about the mission in the

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last 24 hours with us today is nasa

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administrator jim bridenstine

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mark guyer jsc director the director of

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the johnson space center

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steve sitch the program director of the

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kenny todd from iss

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the international space center is an

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director and deputy program director and

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michelle lindgren nasa astronaut thank

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you so much all of you for joining us

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today we're going to start with open

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your remarks and then we'll go to

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our nasa administrator james bridenstine

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thank you bettina i just want to say

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congratulations to the nasa team and to

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the spacex team and really

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congratulations to the united states of

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america this has been

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an amazing two days we're still at the

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beginning we have a mission in front of

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us and of course we need to make sure

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that we bring bob and doug home safely

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but um when we think about launching

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american astronauts for the first time

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on a brand new rocket this has been done

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four times in the history of the united

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apollo space shuttle and now crew dragon

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and this has gone as well as we could

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so i just want to say a big big

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congratulations to nasa big

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congratulations to spacex

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and we're going to continue to work day

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in and day out until bob and doug are

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home safely so with that bettina i'll

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turn it back to you thank you next we'll

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hear from mark guyer the director of the

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johnson space center thanks mattina so

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it's great to be here today thank you

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for joining us

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uh it was a tremendous day in mission

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control as we watched the dragon

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approach and then dock and

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russian partners for so many years so it

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great to see bob and doug on orbit

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uh for the johnson space center it's a

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astronauts we have mission control

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spacecraft experts for human space

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flight so it's great to see this

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particular mission uh executed so well

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continuation of the mission thank you

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thank you next we'll hear from steve

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uh good afternoon it's certainly a very

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exciting day to be here for commercial

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to dock to the space station

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many of us in the program have been

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working on this for many many many years

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i can't tell you how many people across

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nasa spacex and across the whole country

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putting in tireless hours

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uh missing time with their families

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hard work and dedication to make today

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happen but we're just thrilled

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docking happened just a little bit

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what's been happening since launch over

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the last 24 hours has been a series of

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rendezvous burns to raise the orbit and

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today went really well

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we're learning a lot about the vehicle

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you know the crew now is joined as part

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of the space station crew there's a

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safety brief going on today they'll go

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to sleep here around 4 30 this afternoon

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and then they join this the station

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complement of crew to execute what we

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need on station so it's kind of this

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hybrid mission still we'll have some

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to demonstrate other capabilities of

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dragon it serves as a lifeboat we'll

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and we'll do some other tests just to

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verify all the dragon systems but again

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we're really excited we're going to

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continue to look at all the data you

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know great mission so far but we've got

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to continue to be vigilant and look at

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all the data while we're docked

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i'll turn it back over to you tina thank

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you next we'll hear from kenny todd the

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iss deputy program manager

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well thank you bettina and it's great to

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be here uh what an incredible 24 hours

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for for human space flight

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you don't have to be just american if

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you're just a fan of human space flight

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and and exploring and going going beyond

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the levels of what we understand to to

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you can't help but be excited about

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what's happened the last 24 hours it was

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program standpoint we don't think it

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could have gone any better this morning

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platform and and the commercial crew

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spacecraft and we're happy to have it on

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board on board the space station

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and in concert with working with steve

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team to to learn as much as we can about

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vehicle keep

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and when the time's right um get them

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back home safely and then and then start

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looking towards getting getting the uh

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whatever it turns out to be but uh

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thank you kenny and next we'll hear from

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thank you bettina you know what a

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incredible privilege to be a part of

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this uh this phenomenal team this nasa

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um this historic past 24 hours to see

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to see the vehicle dock with the

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backup for this mission to work with bob

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and it was just so cool to get to see

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procedures um the simulations all kind

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incredibly excited too

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the opportunity to launch from u.s soil

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in the future and we're excited about

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that mission and excited to have the

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hi everyone congrats on a successful

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um as bob and doug slept last night the

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situation on the ground in the united

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states escalated and you said before

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people together and unite america

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unfortunately it's clear that a space

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mission even one as historic as this one

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is can't do that not in 1969 and not in

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2020 so i'm wondering do you think that

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the message here should change in any

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way how can we

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celebrate american space exploration

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while also recognizing what americans

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from the heart i think you know our

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country is going through some real

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look at the coronavirus pandemic times

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the united states of america has an

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astonishingly impressive achievements

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everybody paused and and we thought

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much brighter it could be than it is

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right now at this moment

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um and and and nasa has a history of

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doing these astonishing things in tough

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times

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it requires leadership um

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and we've been able to achieve it

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even in the coronavirus pandemic we we

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made sure that we protected this mission

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this was the highest priority for the

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united states of america lot or for at

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least for nasa

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we were launching american astronauts on

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american rockets

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from american soil and our objective was

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to get that done and so we we moved very

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quickly uh when the coronavirus pandemic

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first broke out we moved very quickly to

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move to stage three and then to stage

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four make sure everybody was working

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from home but we protected this mission

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we protected the mars perseverance

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mission we named it perseverance

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intentionally because we need to

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persevere right now

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the mars perseverance mission is going

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to launch in july

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but yes these are very unifying things

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when we talk about human space

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exploration it has strong bipartisan

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support when we talk about space

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exploration in general and the science

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and discovery that comes from it which

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is what we're going to get from the mars

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perseverance mission these are these are

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unifying kind of things republicans and

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democrats um and even internationally

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we get support for for these kind of

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activities so um i do think that this

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was a moment in time for people to

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reflect on what is great about

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exploration what is great about the

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united states of america and what we can

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thank you jim our next question comes

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hi thank you for taking my question uh

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my question is probably for uh steve

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stitch

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um looking forward looking ahead over

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the next few weeks i know he'll be

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looking at some data on the solar

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to determine how long this mission

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can remain in orbit do you do you have

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any idea how long that will take when

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that assessment might occur uh do you

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have some sort of idea whether it's days

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or weeks as we monitor the solar ray

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performance and if i could also uh

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quickly uh one of the differences

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between this spacecraft on demo2 and the

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crew dragon that'll fly through one i

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know there's some some some differences

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so can you sort of describe a few of

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those thank you

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yeah sure stephen uh to address your

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first question how how long is the

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mission going to be

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uh we've certified the systems on this

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dragon vehicle

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to to be able to last about 120 days so

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that's the capability and that is driven

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by the solar rays they slowly degrade

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over time we'll start watching those

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we'll power up the spacecraft about once

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a week and we'll get some data on those

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solar rays so it'll probably take a few

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weeks to get trending on that to see

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hey is that 120 days about right

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today the dragon is extremely healthy

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there's really no major problem so it

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should be able to stay for a longer

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period of time but not only are we

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looking at this particular vehicle we're

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also looking ahead to crew one as kenny

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said that's an important mission for us

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it has four crew

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it really is what commercial crew is

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about

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uh having a vehicle ready to do these

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increment missions so that we'll look at

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that readiness of that vehicle right now

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it's targeting toward being launch ready

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at the end of august time frame and so

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we'll just kind of continue to look at

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this vehicle is it performing well we'll

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look at the readiness of that vehicle

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and then you know in a month or so we'll

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be able to make a decision as to as to

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how long to

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just keep this vehicle in orbit uh the

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second question was what's different

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between uh this version of dragon and

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the crew one vehicle uh which is the

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next dragon

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they're very similar in terms of their

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systems uh the life support the gnc

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the crew one vehicle can land in a

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little bit higher wind state

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the spacex has changed

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some of the outer composite panels to

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make that a little stronger it can land

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in higher winds it also has the

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capability to dock not only to the ford

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port of the space station but it can go

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to the zenith port as well so it has

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that capability

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and it has a couple of other features

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but largely it's the same vehicle

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and it's set up for four crew and then

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can dock at either port and then a

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little bit better capability relative to

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uh to landing and higher winds i would

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thank you

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um our next question comes from stephen

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uh did you mean keith kelly oh sorry the

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operator put stephen cowan keith happy

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you can join us your question please

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that was my evil twin mr breidenstein

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i've been watching a lot of tv lately

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with a lot of split screens

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nasa on one side riots and the other and

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it reminds me of 1968 when i was a kid

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watching the apollo missions

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you say that the demo 2 coverage topped

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everything yet these heat charts that

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you were showing on tv yesterday seem to

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suggest that the only interest that we

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you're seeing is from the states where

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the dragon was built and flown in

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california texas and florida

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can you provide some more detailed stats

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to back up your claims but moreover and

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i know this has been asked many times

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how do you convince the millions of

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angry and upset people who were not

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watching tv they're out in the streets

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with their phones and wearing gas masks

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that two guys in a spaceship is more

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important than the problems that in

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quotes we have here back on earth which

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was the line that we used back in 1968

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there doesn't seem to be a connection

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between what nasa is doing and this

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subset of the population who is looking

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yeah

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um

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look uh

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i think what nasa does is um is

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astonishing it's impressive

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um and it does bring people together

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um if if the expectation was that things

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on the ground were going to change

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because we launched a rocket i i think

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maybe the expectation might have been a

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little high

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um but but i will tell you that

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you know

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what bettina do you have the numbers on

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how many how many people watched on nasa

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tv so we're still collecting the data

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but some of um our metrics are saying is

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peak viewership for the may 30th joint

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nasa spacex launch broadcast across all

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of our platforms was at least 10.3

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million concurrent viewers the most

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watched events we've ever tracked yeah

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so i i think i think it is impressive um

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and i think um i think a lot of people

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saw it i think the whole world saw it

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and

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want to make sure that uh we can

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continue to congratulate the spacex team

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and the nasa team for doing amazing work

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um even in the midst of tough times

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and i will say those numbers are only

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for the nasa spacex that doesn't count

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broadcast and other agencies and news

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outlets that we're talking and promoting

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are this incredible achievement for

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humanity

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so we'll go to our next question

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talk with elon musk send stalking and if

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so if you've heard from him and

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how he's

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[Music]

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dealing with all the good news today

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thank you marcia can you repeat your

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question we think we missed the first

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half of it and if anyone has other

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questions please press the star one to

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be added to the cube but marcia if you

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could please repeat your question

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yes for mr brindenstein i'm wondering if

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you've had a chance to touch base with

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elon musk since the docking

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and if so

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what he's saying about it thank you

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i have not

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since the docking occurred a few hours

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ago i have not had the opportunity to

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speak with elon musk but that will be

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coming up i would assume in a few hours

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and i can just say from the whole spacex

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team uh i've talked to a lot of their

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leadership they're just ecstatic their

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mission directors are extremely happy

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they're engineers the lead of the dragon

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production you know his vehicle did it

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out outstanding

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in these first 24 hours of the mission

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so you know when you talk to the spacex

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employees they're

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very proud of what they've done they've

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worked very hard and they're excited to

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so if there's any other questions right

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now we've gone through most of our

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questions i guess we've done so many

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great media events throughout the last

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few days i know we've tried to give as

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many access to reporters if anyone has a

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question you could please press star one

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to be added

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in the meantime

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we'll say i know the administrator we've

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gotten a lot of um

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we've got a lot of questions like what's

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happening with the astronauts we heard

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them just recently thankfully through

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through the down link that when we spot

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you spoke to them on mission control any

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thoughts on that or or guy or anyone

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that's joining us on the panel of what

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the astronauts are doing now what's

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going on in the next few weeks and

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what's going to happen now that they're

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part of the iss team

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mark yeah maybe i could speak to that it

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was great to see them all together i

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know chris was looking forward to having

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help

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so yeah there's a there's a great video

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of them together

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um i think the key part now is as steve

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said the vehicle is there

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the crew's on board

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that was the main thing let's make sure

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dragon and and the mission is going well

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um and and kenny can speak to this there

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is a there are some options for bob and

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doug some actions for them to help chris

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while they're there

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uh and that will be part of the

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assessment as well as making sure

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though that we have a landing plan since

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this is the first flight

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uh that we have a safe and uh

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fairly straightforward landing plan for

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bob and doug and that'll be that's what

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the team will be fleshing out in the

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next few weeks

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and i can i can talk a little bit about

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a few of the major objectives for us

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still remaining other than

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characterizing the vehicle

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uh we do we have a test i believe that's

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going to be planned for sometime next

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week where we're going to get

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four crew members in dragon just to see

556
00:28:07,029 --> 00:28:05,679
how that works from a habitability

557
00:28:08,470 --> 00:28:07,039
perspective

558
00:28:09,909 --> 00:28:08,480
while we're on orbit

559
00:28:11,590 --> 00:28:09,919
operating in zero g is a little

560
00:28:15,029 --> 00:28:11,600
different than on the ground

561
00:28:16,789 --> 00:28:15,039
so we'll do that we've got a test plan

562
00:28:19,590 --> 00:28:16,799
there's a there's a mode of dragon where

563
00:28:20,710 --> 00:28:19,600
you can um actually go into it if

564
00:28:21,990 --> 00:28:20,720
station were to have a problem

565
00:28:24,389 --> 00:28:22,000
temporarily

566
00:28:27,269 --> 00:28:24,399
you can transition into dragon and stay

567
00:28:29,430 --> 00:28:27,279
there for a period of time for 24 hours

568
00:28:30,870 --> 00:28:29,440
uh as what we call a safe haven we're

569
00:28:31,990 --> 00:28:30,880
going to test that out here in the next

570
00:28:33,430 --> 00:28:32,000
week

571
00:28:35,190 --> 00:28:33,440
we'll do some tests of some of the other

572
00:28:37,190 --> 00:28:35,200
emergency systems on dragon and other

573
00:28:39,110 --> 00:28:37,200
cruise systems

574
00:28:41,029 --> 00:28:39,120
so we have a few of those things planned

575
00:28:42,789 --> 00:28:41,039
over the next week to get some of our

576
00:28:44,710 --> 00:28:42,799
test objectives done again for us it's

577
00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:44,720
still a test flight and then i think

578
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:46,000
i'll hand it over to kenny and he can

579
00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:47,279
talk about some of the activities

580
00:28:50,389 --> 00:28:49,360
stations planning over the next few

581
00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:50,399
weeks

582
00:28:54,549 --> 00:28:52,240
thanks steve um

583
00:28:57,269 --> 00:28:54,559
yes we're we are now starting to

584
00:29:00,389 --> 00:28:57,279
integrate the plan between what what we

585
00:29:02,310 --> 00:29:00,399
need to do uh for the for the dragon uh

586
00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:02,320
crew vehicle what kind of things we need

587
00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:03,840
to learn the test objectives that are

588
00:29:06,950 --> 00:29:05,520
specific to the to the commercial crew

589
00:29:08,070 --> 00:29:06,960
program and the spacex team that will

590
00:29:10,310 --> 00:29:08,080
help them

591
00:29:12,549 --> 00:29:10,320
again get a little step closer to to

592
00:29:13,909 --> 00:29:12,559
being able to support the crew 1

593
00:29:15,510 --> 00:29:13,919
mission needs

594
00:29:17,430 --> 00:29:15,520
but in addition to that

595
00:29:18,230 --> 00:29:17,440
we have a couple of spacewalkers on who

596
00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:18,240
have

597
00:29:24,470 --> 00:29:21,520
an incredible amount of of experience

598
00:29:27,190 --> 00:29:24,480
being outside station and so

599
00:29:29,029 --> 00:29:27,200
we are blessed at this point with with a

600
00:29:31,510 --> 00:29:29,039
whole new set of lithium ion batteries

601
00:29:33,830 --> 00:29:31,520
that just arrived on the htv vehicle

602
00:29:35,830 --> 00:29:33,840
and uh so that's going to take somewhere

603
00:29:38,950 --> 00:29:35,840
on the order of four to five evas to

604
00:29:41,909 --> 00:29:38,960
install those and so uh at this point um

605
00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:41,919
we are looking at all options that could

606
00:29:45,990 --> 00:29:44,000
allow us to do those evas while we have

607
00:29:48,070 --> 00:29:46,000
bob and doug on board

608
00:29:49,669 --> 00:29:48,080
and get those those lithium ion

609
00:29:50,870 --> 00:29:49,679
batteries installed in their permanent

610
00:29:52,789 --> 00:29:50,880
home

611
00:29:54,789 --> 00:29:52,799
certainly they're fine where they're at

612
00:29:58,070 --> 00:29:54,799
but i do worry

613
00:29:59,510 --> 00:29:58,080
this is a fairly expensive hardware

614
00:30:02,389 --> 00:29:59,520
the the batteries that are currently

615
00:30:04,149 --> 00:30:02,399
installed on station on s6 are the last

616
00:30:06,310 --> 00:30:04,159
set of batteries that we need to replace

617
00:30:07,909 --> 00:30:06,320
with these new lithium-ion batteries

618
00:30:10,149 --> 00:30:07,919
those batteries are in good shape at

619
00:30:12,070 --> 00:30:10,159
this point but the fact of the matter is

620
00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:12,080
we have the new batteries up there uh

621
00:30:15,510 --> 00:30:14,080
when the htv goes away we're basically

622
00:30:17,430 --> 00:30:15,520
going to have to temp stow these new

623
00:30:19,190 --> 00:30:17,440
batteries and it would be in our best

624
00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:19,200
interest to go ahead and have those

625
00:30:24,950 --> 00:30:22,080
batteries installed and uh and and have

626
00:30:28,149 --> 00:30:24,960
that work behind us and and not have uh

627
00:30:29,830 --> 00:30:28,159
these uh these assets um basically in

628
00:30:31,350 --> 00:30:29,840
this temporary holding pattern if you

629
00:30:33,510 --> 00:30:31,360
will so that's something we're going to

630
00:30:35,590 --> 00:30:33,520
be looking at as we start to put the

631
00:30:36,950 --> 00:30:35,600
requirements together

632
00:30:38,789 --> 00:30:36,960
for what we need to do with the

633
00:30:42,230 --> 00:30:38,799
commercial crew program as well as what

634
00:30:43,590 --> 00:30:42,240
we need to do uh with the with these uh

635
00:30:45,750 --> 00:30:43,600
with these batteries and some of the

636
00:30:46,710 --> 00:30:45,760
other things on station but in addition

637
00:30:49,190 --> 00:30:46,720
to that

638
00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:49,200
anytime we have more than a single crew

639
00:30:52,549 --> 00:30:50,720
member on board we're in a much better

640
00:30:54,070 --> 00:30:52,559
position when it comes to to dealing

641
00:30:56,789 --> 00:30:54,080
with any kind of

642
00:30:58,710 --> 00:30:56,799
issues failures that that might come up

643
00:31:00,549 --> 00:30:58,720
so again that's part of the balance the

644
00:31:02,630 --> 00:31:00,559
risk balance that we have to strike in

645
00:31:04,470 --> 00:31:02,640
terms of trying to trying to look at

646
00:31:06,950 --> 00:31:04,480
what we want to try to accomplish

647
00:31:09,509 --> 00:31:06,960
on this mission versus versus trying to

648
00:31:12,230 --> 00:31:09,519
uh trying to to get these guys safely

649
00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:12,240
home uh sooner rather than later and uh

650
00:31:16,310 --> 00:31:14,080
and again start working towards the crew

651
00:31:18,470 --> 00:31:16,320
one mission

652
00:31:20,470 --> 00:31:18,480
and i would just add from a uh a crew

653
00:31:22,310 --> 00:31:20,480
perspective that i know that bob and

654
00:31:24,389 --> 00:31:22,320
doug are just excited to be

655
00:31:26,630 --> 00:31:24,399
on uh lower in low earth orbit

656
00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:26,640
successfully docked to the space station

657
00:31:29,269 --> 00:31:27,600
um

658
00:31:31,269 --> 00:31:29,279
and uh and i think at this point they

659
00:31:32,630 --> 00:31:31,279
can breathe a sigh of relief you know

660
00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:32,640
launch of course is an incredibly

661
00:31:35,430 --> 00:31:34,480
dynamic phase of flight

662
00:31:37,029 --> 00:31:35,440
um

663
00:31:38,710 --> 00:31:37,039
meeting all of the manual flying

664
00:31:41,190 --> 00:31:38,720
objectives having the opportunity to fly

665
00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:41,200
a spaceship in uh in low earth orbit

666
00:31:44,310 --> 00:31:42,640
both away from the station and then

667
00:31:46,870 --> 00:31:44,320
closer to the station to demonstrate

668
00:31:48,470 --> 00:31:46,880
that capability and then to have a

669
00:31:50,870 --> 00:31:48,480
successful docking and to come through

670
00:31:53,350 --> 00:31:50,880
that hatch that at this point they can

671
00:31:55,110 --> 00:31:53,360
they can relax a little bit and enjoy

672
00:31:56,870 --> 00:31:55,120
being on the international space station

673
00:32:00,310 --> 00:31:56,880
having that opportunity to look out the

674
00:32:02,310 --> 00:32:00,320
window to see the earth below

675
00:32:04,549 --> 00:32:02,320
to float to have a maybe have a meal

676
00:32:06,389 --> 00:32:04,559
with the crew that's on board that they

677
00:32:07,750 --> 00:32:06,399
just joined

678
00:32:10,070 --> 00:32:07,760
i know they're doing a safety brief

679
00:32:11,110 --> 00:32:10,080
right now and and i recall doing that

680
00:32:13,269 --> 00:32:11,120
getting

681
00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:13,279
meeting up with scott kelly and the rest

682
00:32:17,830 --> 00:32:15,840
of uh the ex the crew members that were

683
00:32:19,430 --> 00:32:17,840
on board during my expedition

684
00:32:20,710 --> 00:32:19,440
and going through all the emergency

685
00:32:23,190 --> 00:32:20,720
equipment

686
00:32:25,029 --> 00:32:23,200
uh kind of being shown hey this is where

687
00:32:27,350 --> 00:32:25,039
the toilet is this is where you're

688
00:32:29,350 --> 00:32:27,360
staying uh this is where the food is

689
00:32:31,029 --> 00:32:29,360
kind of crossing off all those important

690
00:32:32,630 --> 00:32:31,039
uh important items

691
00:32:34,310 --> 00:32:32,640
and then uh

692
00:32:37,029 --> 00:32:34,320
and having that opportunity to just get

693
00:32:38,870 --> 00:32:37,039
again get used to floating um in space

694
00:32:41,269 --> 00:32:38,880
being in that weightless environment bob

695
00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:41,279
and doug of course are are veteran space

696
00:32:45,909 --> 00:32:43,200
fliers so that uh that re-adaptation

697
00:32:48,149 --> 00:32:45,919
process will will happen very quickly um

698
00:32:50,710 --> 00:32:48,159
but uh i know that they're enjoying

699
00:32:52,710 --> 00:32:50,720
being in low earth orbit uh

700
00:32:55,029 --> 00:32:52,720
and looking forward to the work ahead

701
00:32:56,630 --> 00:32:55,039
but uh at this point kind of reflecting

702
00:33:00,070 --> 00:32:56,640
on this incredible experience the

703
00:33:03,509 --> 00:33:00,080
incredible past 24 hours and the team at

704
00:33:09,430 --> 00:33:03,519
nasa at spacex their family and friends

705
00:33:14,230 --> 00:33:11,909
thank you so much um i know mr you were

706
00:33:17,830 --> 00:33:14,240
talking earlier about um what's next

707
00:33:20,470 --> 00:33:17,840
with the program anything to add on that

708
00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:20,480
uh obviously you know we've had a big

709
00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:22,720
agenda to commercialize low earth orbit

710
00:33:26,230 --> 00:33:24,480
that's underway

711
00:33:28,310 --> 00:33:26,240
certainly we are launching american

712
00:33:30,630 --> 00:33:28,320
astronauts commercially

713
00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:30,640
we we need spacex to go get customers

714
00:33:34,710 --> 00:33:32,320
that are not nasa

715
00:33:36,470 --> 00:33:34,720
we've already seen evidence of that

716
00:33:38,230 --> 00:33:36,480
which is a very positive thing for the

717
00:33:39,990 --> 00:33:38,240
agency because it's going to drive down

718
00:33:41,430 --> 00:33:40,000
our costs in the long run

719
00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:41,440
we need to get another commercial

720
00:33:45,029 --> 00:33:42,880
partner on board

721
00:33:47,669 --> 00:33:45,039
boeing is working towards that you know

722
00:33:48,870 --> 00:33:47,679
that objective with nasa

723
00:33:51,509 --> 00:33:48,880
and i think that we're going to have

724
00:33:53,190 --> 00:33:51,519
success there within the next year

725
00:33:55,669 --> 00:33:53,200
we think about

726
00:33:57,509 --> 00:33:55,679
really why why are we doing these these

727
00:33:59,029 --> 00:33:57,519
uh commercial public-private

728
00:34:01,029 --> 00:33:59,039
partnerships well we're doing it because

729
00:34:03,110 --> 00:34:01,039
we're changing the business model

730
00:34:04,950 --> 00:34:03,120
um you know if the government is

731
00:34:06,950 --> 00:34:04,960
providing all of the demand for human

732
00:34:08,869 --> 00:34:06,960
space flight and then the government is

733
00:34:11,829 --> 00:34:08,879
providing all of the supply for human

734
00:34:14,069 --> 00:34:11,839
space flights we will always be limited

735
00:34:15,510 --> 00:34:14,079
uh by budgets and many times those

736
00:34:17,510 --> 00:34:15,520
budgets

737
00:34:19,109 --> 00:34:17,520
are whimsical based on

738
00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:19,119
you know the the desires of the

739
00:34:24,710 --> 00:34:21,760
politicians that happened to be um you

740
00:34:26,710 --> 00:34:24,720
know in in in those roles at the time

741
00:34:27,909 --> 00:34:26,720
so if we want to have a sustainable

742
00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:27,919
long-term

743
00:34:32,149 --> 00:34:30,320
exploration campaign that includes not

744
00:34:33,829 --> 00:34:32,159
just government money but also private

745
00:34:35,829 --> 00:34:33,839
money we have to build these

746
00:34:38,069 --> 00:34:35,839
partnerships and we're doing it it's

747
00:34:41,109 --> 00:34:38,079
proving to be successful costs are

748
00:34:42,629 --> 00:34:41,119
coming down access is going up

749
00:34:44,069 --> 00:34:42,639
and we don't want to just stay in low

750
00:34:45,349 --> 00:34:44,079
earth orbit we want to go to the moon

751
00:34:47,829 --> 00:34:45,359
and on to mars

752
00:34:50,230 --> 00:34:47,839
that's going to require more investment

753
00:34:52,710 --> 00:34:50,240
and of course as we as we commercialize

754
00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:52,720
low earth orbit more more resources will

755
00:34:57,109 --> 00:34:54,560
be available for the moon program we

756
00:34:58,950 --> 00:34:57,119
call it artemis and eventually mars and

757
00:35:00,790 --> 00:34:58,960
so that's really that's really the

758
00:35:03,030 --> 00:35:00,800
future that we're looking towards we

759
00:35:05,310 --> 00:35:03,040
need to be focused on how we use the

760
00:35:07,510 --> 00:35:05,320
international space station for a

761
00:35:10,470 --> 00:35:07,520
commercialization effort

762
00:35:12,470 --> 00:35:10,480
so that private capital will flow in

763
00:35:14,710 --> 00:35:12,480
again with public-private partnerships

764
00:35:17,190 --> 00:35:14,720
to the point where not just experiments

765
00:35:20,150 --> 00:35:17,200
are privately funded but also space

766
00:35:21,910 --> 00:35:20,160
stations themselves are privately funded

767
00:35:23,750 --> 00:35:21,920
and of course the johnson space center

768
00:35:26,150 --> 00:35:23,760
here where we are right now is going to

769
00:35:28,230 --> 00:35:26,160
be a leader in that effort

770
00:35:29,910 --> 00:35:28,240
and of course when we go to the moon we

771
00:35:31,670 --> 00:35:29,920
want to be able to stay

772
00:35:33,430 --> 00:35:31,680
and in order to achieve that we need

773
00:35:34,390 --> 00:35:33,440
commercial partners on the surface of

774
00:35:36,630 --> 00:35:34,400
the moon

775
00:35:39,190 --> 00:35:36,640
um and to that end the the president

776
00:35:40,950 --> 00:35:39,200
recently signed an executive order um

777
00:35:42,790 --> 00:35:40,960
saying that you know the resources that

778
00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:42,800
are extracted from the moon are

779
00:35:47,670 --> 00:35:44,720
available to the people who extract

780
00:35:50,069 --> 00:35:47,680
those resources and that follows

781
00:35:52,230 --> 00:35:50,079
many many years of law and precedent as

782
00:35:54,150 --> 00:35:52,240
it relates to international waters

783
00:35:56,550 --> 00:35:54,160
resources extracted from international

784
00:35:58,870 --> 00:35:56,560
waters belong to the individuals who

785
00:36:00,630 --> 00:35:58,880
extract those resources

786
00:36:02,630 --> 00:36:00,640
and that should apply

787
00:36:05,349 --> 00:36:02,640
to the moon and other celestial bodies

788
00:36:08,310 --> 00:36:05,359
as well to be clear the united states of

789
00:36:10,150 --> 00:36:08,320
america will always always always follow

790
00:36:12,150 --> 00:36:10,160
the outer space treaty

791
00:36:14,069 --> 00:36:12,160
and the moon and other celestial bodies

792
00:36:16,150 --> 00:36:14,079
cannot be appropriated for national

793
00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:16,160
sovereignty just like the ocean cannot

794
00:36:20,310 --> 00:36:18,480
be appropriated for national sovereignty

795
00:36:22,630 --> 00:36:20,320
although some nations don't follow that

796
00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:22,640
that is the international law

797
00:36:26,390 --> 00:36:24,160
and so

798
00:36:27,670 --> 00:36:26,400
we want to apply american values as we

799
00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:27,680
go forward

800
00:36:32,069 --> 00:36:30,400
to do that the artemis program we have

801
00:36:35,670 --> 00:36:32,079
established what we call the artemis

802
00:36:38,190 --> 00:36:35,680
accords which establishes how we expect

803
00:36:41,349 --> 00:36:38,200
nations to behave in space for the

804
00:36:44,230 --> 00:36:41,359
sustainability of exploration standards

805
00:36:46,390 --> 00:36:44,240
of behavior that make sure that not just

806
00:36:48,390 --> 00:36:46,400
this generation but many generations

807
00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:48,400
that come after us will be able to

808
00:36:51,349 --> 00:36:50,400
continue exploring space and going

809
00:36:55,589 --> 00:36:51,359
further

810
00:36:58,550 --> 00:36:55,599
before so today it's about low earth

811
00:37:00,470 --> 00:36:58,560
orbit tomorrow it's about the moon and

812
00:37:01,990 --> 00:37:00,480
of course we want to stay at the moon

813
00:37:03,750 --> 00:37:02,000
for long periods of time we want to

814
00:37:05,510 --> 00:37:03,760
learn how to live and work on the moon

815
00:37:06,829 --> 00:37:05,520
we want to go with commercial partners

816
00:37:09,670 --> 00:37:06,839
international

817
00:37:12,470 --> 00:37:09,680
partners and and use the resources of

818
00:37:14,630 --> 00:37:12,480
the moon to live and work for long

819
00:37:17,430 --> 00:37:14,640
periods of time and then apply that

820
00:37:19,589 --> 00:37:17,440
architecture apply that learning

821
00:37:21,589 --> 00:37:19,599
at mars as well so

822
00:37:23,829 --> 00:37:21,599
the vision is big

823
00:37:26,150 --> 00:37:23,839
nasa's budget today is as high as it's

824
00:37:27,990 --> 00:37:26,160
ever been in nominal dollars

825
00:37:29,270 --> 00:37:28,000
maybe not in real dollars if we go back

826
00:37:31,990 --> 00:37:29,280
to apollo

827
00:37:34,630 --> 00:37:32,000
but maybe we can get there soon too

828
00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:34,640
the budget request for 2021 is

829
00:37:39,589 --> 00:37:37,599
is 25.2 billion dollars

830
00:37:40,870 --> 00:37:39,599
which is a three billion dollar increase

831
00:37:42,390 --> 00:37:40,880
in one year

832
00:37:44,069 --> 00:37:42,400
and so our budgets are going up they're

833
00:37:45,829 --> 00:37:44,079
going up rapidly

834
00:37:47,990 --> 00:37:45,839
my job is to make sure that we have the

835
00:37:50,150 --> 00:37:48,000
bipartisan a political support to

836
00:37:51,910 --> 00:37:50,160
achieve these objectives

837
00:37:54,069 --> 00:37:51,920
and so far we have been able we have

838
00:37:56,150 --> 00:37:54,079
been able to do that

839
00:37:58,230 --> 00:37:56,160
but going to the moon and on to mars is

840
00:37:59,190 --> 00:37:58,240
going to be a tough a tough challenge

841
00:38:00,790 --> 00:37:59,200
and

842
00:38:02,390 --> 00:38:00,800
we don't want to go alone we want to go

843
00:38:04,150 --> 00:38:02,400
with international partners and we want

844
00:38:05,829 --> 00:38:04,160
to go with commercial partners and

845
00:38:08,069 --> 00:38:05,839
that's really what the artemis program

846
00:38:09,910 --> 00:38:08,079
is laying the foundation for and really

847
00:38:11,190 --> 00:38:09,920
it's in fact what the commercial program

848
00:38:13,589 --> 00:38:11,200
has already

849
00:38:15,430 --> 00:38:13,599
begun laying the foundation for so

850
00:38:16,390 --> 00:38:15,440
the agenda is big

851
00:38:18,870 --> 00:38:16,400
and

852
00:38:21,670 --> 00:38:18,880
our ambitions are big but certainly this

853
00:38:24,150 --> 00:38:21,680
nation um can lead and we want to lead

854
00:38:26,630 --> 00:38:24,160
in space we want to build a coalition um

855
00:38:29,190 --> 00:38:26,640
that can work together to achieve these

856
00:38:30,710 --> 00:38:29,200
um these stunning achievements uh we've

857
00:38:33,109 --> 00:38:30,720
started that with the international

858
00:38:34,950 --> 00:38:33,119
space station but there's a lot of room

859
00:38:36,550 --> 00:38:34,960
for more we've got 15 countries that

860
00:38:38,069 --> 00:38:36,560
operate the iss

861
00:38:39,829 --> 00:38:38,079
and there's a lot more countries that

862
00:38:42,710 --> 00:38:39,839
want to join us and certainly we want

863
00:38:44,790 --> 00:38:42,720
them to to be a part of it as well so

864
00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:44,800
the future is very bright

865
00:38:48,230 --> 00:38:46,960
great we have a next question from mike

866
00:38:49,990 --> 00:38:48,240
wallace and if you want to ask a

867
00:38:53,510 --> 00:38:50,000
question you give us star one mike

868
00:38:57,750 --> 00:38:55,430
hi there mikewellspace.com thank you

869
00:38:59,270 --> 00:38:57,760
guys um and yeah this is a very exciting

870
00:39:01,750 --> 00:38:59,280
day i just want to say

871
00:39:03,670 --> 00:39:01,760
uh congratulations to everybody um i was

872
00:39:04,950 --> 00:39:03,680
just wondering kenny this is probably

873
00:39:08,150 --> 00:39:04,960
for

874
00:39:09,510 --> 00:39:08,160
but kenny um

875
00:39:11,589 --> 00:39:09,520
like have you heard anything from the

876
00:39:13,109 --> 00:39:11,599
international partners kind of based on

877
00:39:14,950 --> 00:39:13,119
on this milestone

878
00:39:17,190 --> 00:39:14,960
and what are their thoughts about having

879
00:39:19,910 --> 00:39:17,200
another private spaceship coming

880
00:39:22,230 --> 00:39:19,920
up to to the space station how it could

881
00:39:24,150 --> 00:39:22,240
could yeah that kind of theoretically be

882
00:39:26,069 --> 00:39:24,160
used by the international partners on

883
00:39:26,950 --> 00:39:26,079
the space station thank you

884
00:39:29,030 --> 00:39:26,960
uh

885
00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:29,040
you bet mike and that's a great question

886
00:39:33,829 --> 00:39:31,040
uh i've heard from all of our

887
00:39:37,270 --> 00:39:33,839
international partner uh contacts this

888
00:39:39,349 --> 00:39:37,280
morning um as you know most

889
00:39:40,950 --> 00:39:39,359
most of the partners are represented

890
00:39:43,589 --> 00:39:40,960
here in houston

891
00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:43,599
they have liaisons here uh which again

892
00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:45,359
helps to facilitate our communication

893
00:39:49,910 --> 00:39:47,520
back and forth on a day-to-day basis but

894
00:39:51,670 --> 00:39:49,920
they've been part of this entire effort

895
00:39:54,069 --> 00:39:51,680
that that led to

896
00:39:56,630 --> 00:39:54,079
to uh to the mission that we've all

897
00:39:59,190 --> 00:39:56,640
experienced over the last 24 hours and

898
00:40:01,670 --> 00:39:59,200
to a partner they have not been nothing

899
00:40:04,470 --> 00:40:01,680
but supportive and and

900
00:40:06,550 --> 00:40:04,480
after the docking today again i heard

901
00:40:09,030 --> 00:40:06,560
from every one of those partners all of

902
00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:09,040
them basically cheering us on and

903
00:40:13,990 --> 00:40:10,960
and talking about the the historic

904
00:40:15,589 --> 00:40:14,000
nature of uh not just yesterday but the

905
00:40:18,150 --> 00:40:15,599
entire time period that led up to the

906
00:40:19,589 --> 00:40:18,160
docking today so i think they all

907
00:40:21,990 --> 00:40:19,599
felt like they were part of something

908
00:40:23,510 --> 00:40:22,000
there was something something big and

909
00:40:26,390 --> 00:40:23,520
something grand and something that

910
00:40:28,630 --> 00:40:26,400
really really was a next step

911
00:40:30,309 --> 00:40:28,640
which uh as the administrator said you

912
00:40:33,270 --> 00:40:30,319
know we're trying to do the next steps

913
00:40:35,829 --> 00:40:33,280
with with uh with partners and

914
00:40:37,910 --> 00:40:35,839
be they commercial or international and

915
00:40:39,349 --> 00:40:37,920
uh and and the set of partners that we

916
00:40:41,349 --> 00:40:39,359
work with on the international space

917
00:40:43,750 --> 00:40:41,359
station applaud these kind of efforts

918
00:40:46,230 --> 00:40:43,760
like what we're doing and and are are

919
00:40:48,470 --> 00:40:46,240
very supportive and and we're certainly

920
00:40:50,390 --> 00:40:48,480
working with them as part of our our our

921
00:40:51,270 --> 00:40:50,400
coalition of partners to

922
00:40:55,910 --> 00:40:51,280
to

923
00:40:57,510 --> 00:40:55,920
fly on these vehicles as well uh so so

924
00:40:59,030 --> 00:40:57,520
yes again we're just going to move

925
00:41:00,150 --> 00:40:59,040
forward from here and the partnerships

926
00:41:01,670 --> 00:41:00,160
going with us and they're going to be

927
00:41:03,589 --> 00:41:01,680
part of this effort to

928
00:41:06,470 --> 00:41:03,599
uh to continue flying these commercial

929
00:41:08,950 --> 00:41:06,480
vehicles to to station

930
00:41:12,069 --> 00:41:08,960
thank you i have a question that came in

931
00:41:14,230 --> 00:41:12,079
from joey roulette his question is is

932
00:41:16,309 --> 00:41:14,240
nasa still negotiations to fly a russian

933
00:41:18,630 --> 00:41:16,319
cosmonaut on crew

934
00:41:22,630 --> 00:41:18,640
dragon and when do you expect to lock

935
00:41:27,270 --> 00:41:25,510
well the answer the answer is yes uh we

936
00:41:28,790 --> 00:41:27,280
uh those are discussions that we're

937
00:41:31,349 --> 00:41:28,800
continuing to have with within the

938
00:41:34,550 --> 00:41:31,359
international partnership um as you know

939
00:41:36,630 --> 00:41:34,560
up to this this uh this point we have

940
00:41:39,190 --> 00:41:36,640
been purchasing uh seats from our

941
00:41:41,750 --> 00:41:39,200
russian colleagues uh flying on on their

942
00:41:43,990 --> 00:41:41,760
russian soyuz vehicles uh but certainly

943
00:41:46,390 --> 00:41:44,000
we are we are working in a direction to

944
00:41:48,550 --> 00:41:46,400
uh to come up with a a

945
00:41:50,790 --> 00:41:48,560
a different arrangement if you will that

946
00:41:53,109 --> 00:41:50,800
will allow us to to fly on each other's

947
00:41:55,910 --> 00:41:53,119
vehicles and therefore ensure that at

948
00:41:57,349 --> 00:41:55,920
any given time that we have

949
00:42:19,190 --> 00:41:57,359
a

950
00:42:21,910 --> 00:42:19,200
successes

951
00:42:23,910 --> 00:42:21,920
with these missions with steve kathy and

952
00:42:26,230 --> 00:42:23,920
the commercial crew program so so

953
00:42:27,990 --> 00:42:26,240
absolutely those are active discussions

954
00:42:30,710 --> 00:42:28,000
and again

955
00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:30,720
we'll we'll continue to to to head in

956
00:42:34,950 --> 00:42:32,960
that direction

957
00:42:39,109 --> 00:42:34,960
great our next question

958
00:42:39,119 --> 00:42:41,829
marina

959
00:42:47,910 --> 00:42:45,349
uh peanut be okay yes that's great um

960
00:42:49,750 --> 00:42:47,920
question about doug after he entered the

961
00:42:51,109 --> 00:42:49,760
space station we saw him dabbing at his

962
00:42:52,069 --> 00:42:51,119
forehead and then someone got him a

963
00:42:53,510 --> 00:42:52,079
tissue

964
00:42:55,670 --> 00:42:53,520
poor guy looked like he hit his head on

965
00:42:59,109 --> 00:42:55,680
the way out um is that what happened did

966
00:43:02,069 --> 00:42:59,119
he start bleeding and is he okay

967
00:43:04,150 --> 00:43:02,079
yeah i i can take that one i mean yeah

968
00:43:05,109 --> 00:43:04,160
doug doug did uh as he was coming

969
00:43:07,910 --> 00:43:05,119
through

970
00:43:09,510 --> 00:43:07,920
he bumped his head um

971
00:43:10,870 --> 00:43:09,520
chell could probably talk to this it

972
00:43:13,670 --> 00:43:10,880
happened sometimes while you're on

973
00:43:15,670 --> 00:43:13,680
station he's fine he looked great in the

974
00:43:17,349 --> 00:43:15,680
press conference

975
00:43:20,710 --> 00:43:17,359
it just is one of those things i think

976
00:43:22,710 --> 00:43:20,720
joe talked about adapting right as you

977
00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:22,720
get your space legs underneath you he

978
00:43:27,349 --> 00:43:25,280
was in a relatively small vehicle for

979
00:43:29,990 --> 00:43:27,359
the first 19 hours or so then he went

980
00:43:31,510 --> 00:43:30,000
into a big big vehicle and uh

981
00:43:34,069 --> 00:43:31,520
and he bumped his head a little bit but

982
00:43:35,910 --> 00:43:34,079
but he's doing fine

983
00:43:37,910 --> 00:43:35,920
and i haven't had a chance to chat with

984
00:43:38,870 --> 00:43:37,920
doug yet of course uh but i can tell you

985
00:43:40,470 --> 00:43:38,880
that

986
00:43:41,990 --> 00:43:40,480
for those of us especially first time

987
00:43:44,390 --> 00:43:42,000
flyers it takes

988
00:43:45,829 --> 00:43:44,400
i think a good four to six weeks to to

989
00:43:47,589 --> 00:43:45,839
really adapt to that weightless

990
00:43:48,710 --> 00:43:47,599
environment and uh

991
00:43:50,710 --> 00:43:48,720
um

992
00:43:52,829 --> 00:43:50,720
and as the veteran crew on board when

993
00:43:56,230 --> 00:43:52,839
you have new folks coming

994
00:43:57,910 --> 00:43:56,240
aboard and i know for myself that as i

995
00:44:00,230 --> 00:43:57,920
translated through the

996
00:44:03,349 --> 00:44:00,240
the uh

997
00:44:05,670 --> 00:44:03,359
those long modules for the first time i

998
00:44:07,589 --> 00:44:05,680
would leave uh cameras and equipment uh

999
00:44:08,390 --> 00:44:07,599
be knocking those off of the wall and so

1000
00:44:11,349 --> 00:44:08,400
it

1001
00:44:14,069 --> 00:44:11,359
get your space legs i know bob and doug

1002
00:44:16,069 --> 00:44:14,079
will transition very quickly um but it

1003
00:44:17,510 --> 00:44:16,079
was it was awesome to see them coming

1004
00:44:18,790 --> 00:44:17,520
through that forward hatch we haven't

1005
00:44:20,710 --> 00:44:18,800
seen that

1006
00:44:23,109 --> 00:44:20,720
for many years and we're looking forward

1007
00:44:27,750 --> 00:44:23,119
to many more crews coming through that

1008
00:44:32,390 --> 00:44:29,670
thank you we'll do our last question

1009
00:44:36,390 --> 00:44:32,400
from marsha dunn

1010
00:44:38,150 --> 00:44:36,400
yes hi either frisbee for kenny um when

1011
00:44:40,870 --> 00:44:38,160
when do you anticipate deciding whether

1012
00:44:42,790 --> 00:44:40,880
to proceed with the space walks and how

1013
00:44:44,390 --> 00:44:42,800
quickly could you start kicking them off

1014
00:44:46,790 --> 00:44:44,400
would this be june do you think or would

1015
00:44:48,870 --> 00:44:46,800
you wait till july thanks a lot

1016
00:44:51,270 --> 00:44:48,880
hi marcia

1017
00:44:53,270 --> 00:44:51,280
we are we're still uh having those

1018
00:44:55,190 --> 00:44:53,280
discussions if we if we head down this

1019
00:44:57,349 --> 00:44:55,200
path it's uh it's most likely going to

1020
00:44:59,510 --> 00:44:57,359
be towards the end of june we've

1021
00:45:00,710 --> 00:44:59,520
considered doing some upfront work ahead

1022
00:45:03,030 --> 00:45:00,720
of this mission

1023
00:45:06,150 --> 00:45:03,040
to start laying the groundwork for that

1024
00:45:08,309 --> 00:45:06,160
but but decided uh against that just to

1025
00:45:10,710 --> 00:45:08,319
make sure that that we got the crew on

1026
00:45:12,470 --> 00:45:10,720
orbit and and uh and that way we weren't

1027
00:45:13,750 --> 00:45:12,480
in this constant sort of replan in case

1028
00:45:15,670 --> 00:45:13,760
we were having technical issues or

1029
00:45:17,750 --> 00:45:15,680
weather issues and so forth so so we

1030
00:45:19,750 --> 00:45:17,760
made the decision that we would wait

1031
00:45:22,150 --> 00:45:19,760
till the crew got on board and and then

1032
00:45:24,710 --> 00:45:22,160
start to start to lay some of these

1033
00:45:27,750 --> 00:45:24,720
these up front items in the plan so

1034
00:45:29,589 --> 00:45:27,760
we've got about another week and a half

1035
00:45:31,589 --> 00:45:29,599
and then you'll start to see some build

1036
00:45:32,950 --> 00:45:31,599
up and again you won't see it but it

1037
00:45:35,030 --> 00:45:32,960
there will be things that will start to

1038
00:45:37,510 --> 00:45:35,040
happen in the direction of preparing for

1039
00:45:39,030 --> 00:45:37,520
some evas that'll kick off around the

1040
00:45:40,870 --> 00:45:39,040
end of june

1041
00:45:43,109 --> 00:45:40,880
i would tell you at this point i would

1042
00:45:45,030 --> 00:45:43,119
call that very preliminary planning

1043
00:45:47,589 --> 00:45:45,040
just because again we need to work with

1044
00:45:49,750 --> 00:45:47,599
steve and uh and the rest of the agency

1045
00:45:51,829 --> 00:45:49,760
leadership and make sure that that we're

1046
00:45:54,630 --> 00:45:51,839
uh we're well calibrated on how we want

1047
00:45:57,190 --> 00:45:54,640
to how we want to approach uh approach

1048
00:45:58,230 --> 00:45:57,200
the next few weeks with this dragon on

1049
00:46:01,190 --> 00:45:58,240
board and making sure that we're

1050
00:46:02,870 --> 00:46:01,200
learning everything that we can and and

1051
00:46:04,950 --> 00:46:02,880
that we we we've got all the right

1052
00:46:06,950 --> 00:46:04,960
priorities in place but in order for us

1053
00:46:08,390 --> 00:46:06,960
to do some evas we probably got about a

1054
00:46:10,630 --> 00:46:08,400
week and a half and then we'll need to

1055
00:46:12,309 --> 00:46:10,640
start start that ramp up in order to get

1056
00:46:15,270 --> 00:46:12,319
out the hatch by about about the end of

1057
00:46:16,950 --> 00:46:15,280
june and if we do

1058
00:46:18,860 --> 00:46:16,960
head in that direction we'll probably go

1059
00:46:19,990 --> 00:46:18,870
on six day centers

1060
00:46:22,390 --> 00:46:20,000
[Music]

1061
00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:22,400
with the exception of the middle of july

1062
00:46:25,190 --> 00:46:24,000
time frame where we've got a high beta

1063
00:46:26,870 --> 00:46:25,200
period

1064
00:46:29,430 --> 00:46:26,880
where where the

1065
00:46:31,109 --> 00:46:29,440
the sun angle on the station really it's

1066
00:46:32,950 --> 00:46:31,119
just because of the power issues that we

1067
00:46:34,630 --> 00:46:32,960
have in those time frames

1068
00:46:37,109 --> 00:46:34,640
we probably would steer clear trying to

1069
00:46:38,550 --> 00:46:37,119
do a an eva in that time frame but but

1070
00:46:40,069 --> 00:46:38,560
anyway that's that's the general

1071
00:46:41,910 --> 00:46:40,079
thinking i would call it more at the 10

1072
00:46:44,309 --> 00:46:41,920
000 foot level at this point as opposed

1073
00:46:46,630 --> 00:46:44,319
to the 200 foot level but but hopefully

1074
00:46:47,910 --> 00:46:46,640
that helps

1075
00:46:49,190 --> 00:46:47,920
thank you so much we're going to close

1076
00:46:50,309 --> 00:46:49,200
it out with closing remarks for our

1077
00:46:52,069 --> 00:46:50,319
administrator

1078
00:46:52,870 --> 00:46:52,079
well thank you bettina i just want to

1079
00:46:55,270 --> 00:46:52,880
again

1080
00:46:57,829 --> 00:46:55,280
uh congratulate the nasa team and

1081
00:47:00,150 --> 00:46:57,839
congratulate the spacex team

1082
00:47:02,470 --> 00:47:00,160
this has been a long time in the making

1083
00:47:03,670 --> 00:47:02,480
and i think it's been really astonishing

1084
00:47:05,750 --> 00:47:03,680
to see

1085
00:47:06,870 --> 00:47:05,760
how it came together

1086
00:47:08,790 --> 00:47:06,880
nasa said

1087
00:47:10,390 --> 00:47:08,800
that you know that nasa set what the

1088
00:47:12,550 --> 00:47:10,400
requirements were and those requirements

1089
00:47:15,030 --> 00:47:12,560
were based on payload and based on

1090
00:47:16,550 --> 00:47:15,040
safety and then our commercial partners

1091
00:47:18,950 --> 00:47:16,560
innovated and

1092
00:47:21,190 --> 00:47:18,960
we got very unique solutions one from

1093
00:47:23,589 --> 00:47:21,200
spacex and one from boeing

1094
00:47:25,910 --> 00:47:23,599
and and as of right now

1095
00:47:28,069 --> 00:47:25,920
the spacex solution is attached to the

1096
00:47:29,910 --> 00:47:28,079
international space station and

1097
00:47:31,910 --> 00:47:29,920
we will be working day in and day out to

1098
00:47:34,069 --> 00:47:31,920
make sure that it come it comes home

1099
00:47:35,829 --> 00:47:34,079
safely with our astronauts

1100
00:47:37,430 --> 00:47:35,839
and we will continue working with boeing

1101
00:47:38,470 --> 00:47:37,440
to make sure that they are successful as

1102
00:47:40,870 --> 00:47:38,480
well

1103
00:47:43,109 --> 00:47:40,880
because they have had significant

1104
00:47:44,390 --> 00:47:43,119
milestones that are impressive

1105
00:47:45,910 --> 00:47:44,400
and we need to get them across the

1106
00:47:47,910 --> 00:47:45,920
finish line so

1107
00:47:50,390 --> 00:47:47,920
i just want to say congratulations to

1108
00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:50,400
the commercial crew program

1109
00:47:55,990 --> 00:47:52,880
steve stitch you and your team and kathy

1110
00:47:58,309 --> 00:47:56,000
leaders um have done just um amazing

1111
00:48:00,390 --> 00:47:58,319
work and we are so grateful to you and

1112
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we're grateful to the to the spacex team

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as well um and and here we go we're back

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we're launching america so thank you for

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everybody who paid attention to this

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really i think monumental achievement

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and um and we've got more to come thank

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you

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concludes our press conference have a