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>> Hi, I'm Carol Scott

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and I help astronauts get to

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the International Space Station.

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And this is "#AskNASA."

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>> Liftoff as the Falcon 9

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and Crew Dragon,

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go NASA! Go SpaceX!

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Godspeed, Bob and Doug!

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>> So Launch America

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is all about utilizing

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our commercial companies to be

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able to launch astronauts to

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the International Space Station

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from America's soil

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on American made rockets.

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So this is a unique partnership

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that the government has formed

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with the commercial partners.

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We are leading and guiding them,

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we have provided

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SpaceX and Boeing--

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we have given them some, um,

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requirements in--

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including where they've

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gotta meet design

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and construction standards.

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Oh, and there's tons

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and tons and tons

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of innovation going on.

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And the way that

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we're doing this allows

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the partners to be able

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to innovate even more.

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They're able to get

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that performance from

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some new technologies

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that they have on board.

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All of those degrees of freedom

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are part of

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this commercial partnership

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and it's awesome.

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So this is a historic launch

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because it's the first time

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that we've ever launched,

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uh, utilizing

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the commercial partners.

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We're buying a seat

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for astronauts

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and so this is new.

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That's like if you were trying

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to buy a seat on an airline.

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This is gonna allow

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for a lot more access to space

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from other commercial partners,

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from other, maybe,

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potential tourism,

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and then in future generations

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it'll be available

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to a lot more folks.

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Just like you and I.

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My name is Benjamin and I am going to be a fifth grader next year.

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So, what can my generation expect from #Launch America?

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So, Ben, back in the 1920s

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and the 1930s,

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the government transferred

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how we move mail.

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And that's how we got the airline industry started.

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And so this'll be a, um,

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a very similar path

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with commercial space.

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You're gonna see a huge economic

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boom by NASA being able

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to transfer all those

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information to the commercial partners

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and letting them innovate

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to meet their business needs.

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And eventually, they're going

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to take additional passengers

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just like the airlines

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did back then,

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additional passengers,

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and you will be able

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to go to space.

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You are going to see

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human launches, um,

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happening quite a bit here

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on the space coast.

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We want to rotate

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every six months,

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having Astronauts crews

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going up to

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the International Space Station.

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NASA still has a team

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of astronauts, but we have

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the capability to have

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commercial astronauts on board.

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So if, for instance,

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you looked at Boeing,

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Boeing has Chris Ferguson,

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who was the last

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shuttle commander,

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he is one of their astronauts

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who will be taking a crew up

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on their CST-100

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to the space station.

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So we can accommodate

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both NASA astronauts

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and commercial astronauts.

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And I believe you'll see

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a growing field of commercial

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astronauts very soon.

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Future missions are going

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to be revolutionized

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by this process here.

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We're gonna be able to get more

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people up on space station.

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We're gonna get it

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to full capacity of personnel

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and this will allow us

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to get more research done

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on the space station,

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getting more science which

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will also help us here on Earth.

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With industry helping us

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get our astronauts to

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the International Space Station,

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NASA can focus on

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getting our first woman

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and the next man to the moon.

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We are absolutely using

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the commercial partners

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to be able to help us

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reach the moon.

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So they're gonna be helping us

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with our human lander systems

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and being able to take

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cargo and supplies

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to the moon's surface,

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and then be ready for

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our crews to be able to use.

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So the hardest part

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of going to space--

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um, you know there's several

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different sections of it.

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If you work ground systems,

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you know, it's all

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about launching, right?

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But then you've got to

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be able to go through

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all the dynamic environments

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and being able to

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actually get into orbit.

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And then, actually

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you've got to go make it

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to your destination.

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So you've gotta have

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all your guidance systems

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ready to take you

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where you want to go.

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And then you've got

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to live in space, right?

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But then you've got to be

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able to return them safely,

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when they're ready to come back

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from being on station.

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