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well hello everybody and welcome from

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the kennedy space center in florida i'd

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welcome everyone to the traditional

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pre-launch news conference

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following today's launch readiness

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review ahead of nasa and spacex's crew

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falcon 9 and crew dragon flight to the

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here to provide all the details or uh

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folks that

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were part of the review today and also

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have been part of a lot of the

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preparations that have led

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up to this moment it's a very exciting

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day for everybody within nasa and spacex

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and hopefully all of you that are tuning

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in today

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let me introduce the panel and then i'll

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let each one of them

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give you some words before we take

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questions steve stitch he's the nasa

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manager for the commercial crew program

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here at kennedy

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also joel montelbano the nasa manager of

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the international space station program

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at johnson space center in houston

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norm knight he's the deputy manager of

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flight operations directorate at johnson

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also joining us is uh benji reed who's

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human space flight programs at spacex

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great glad to have him with us

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also kurt costello who is the nasa iss

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chief scientist at johnson space center

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and last but not least is arlena moses

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so i know everybody's looking forward to

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hearing from harlena as well

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with that i'll turn it over to steve and

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okay thank you kyle uh it's great to be

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uh following the launch readiness review

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today you know it's been a busy

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flight renders review on tuesday since

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we've put the falcon 9 vehicle through a

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static fire which is an important test

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nine engines on f9 and all the systems

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on the rocket were functioning

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as expected we reviewed all that data

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over the last few days and the rocket

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this vehicle and we did those

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and everything looks really good we also

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did a uh a dry dress

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uh practice with the crew the crew

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suited up got in their spacesuits

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uh went out to the launch pad and and

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we have adjusted the launch date we were

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crew one is going to be the longest

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it's the first mission to have a four

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which we're excited about to enhance the

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science on the space station

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and uh as well it's the first our first

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we're looking forward to a good launch

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on on sunday and i'll turn it over to

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you know these past few days we've had a

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readiness review i can tell you that the

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shortly after docking we'll do the

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kate and sergey's on orbit today and

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keeping them up to speed with the launch

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preparations they're excited

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and they're ready to have some new crew

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this view this vehicle is also bringing

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as steve said with these four crew

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which will allow us to increase the

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increase the exploration development we

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continuous human presence onboard the

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has developed these commercial vehicles

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bring more people the international

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allow us to do more science in low earth

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orbit and allow more commercial

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commercial crew program huge thanks to

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docking and a long duration increment

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so with that i'll turn it over to norm

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thank you

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stated the launch readiness review today

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went very well we echoed that and you

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that went very well that was the first

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absolutely excited and you could just

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excitement coming off of them in fact

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myself i mean you could just feel the

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and we're ready to go which is uh very

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is resilience and to echo once again

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that you know the journey to get here

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journey with a lot of stuff going on and

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covet affecting the teams but

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that have led up to this point we'll

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safely get them

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performing six months of science and

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that um that has got us to this point so

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it was very good so with that uh i will

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benji and look forward to questions

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to be here um to think that this is our

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that we've had the opportunity to come

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uh we did our in-flight abort test back

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at the beginning of this year we did our

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our demo

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two mission with bob and doug and now

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we're coming up here on crew one our

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first

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operational mission to start providing

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crude services

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to the station to keep joel's program

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running

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um you know at six month intervals it's

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just incredible and if you watch the

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beginning here just before we started

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this press briefing you saw the montage

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they had of

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all the different past crew missions and

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to hear joel talk about 20 years in

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space it's just

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it's so cool and it's an honor to get to

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be here i'm i'm certainly stoked

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um on behalf of in all the spacex

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employees

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our vendors our partners all of our

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families

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you know i want to take this opportunity

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to say thank you

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to nasa and to all of our partners to

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let us be a part of this and to

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help carry the sacred really the sacred

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um

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honor and responsibility on our

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shoulders

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this is the culmination of years of work

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and effort

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from a lot of people and a lot of time

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and

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call as one of the safest

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launch and spacecraft launch vehicles

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and spacecraft ever

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and it's it's an honor to to be a part

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of that

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we uh we culminated our efforts in that

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with our static fire on wednesday

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steve mentioned that just a little bit

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um and in fact i think we have a video

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great that was a full seven second

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duration static fire

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um the teams looked at all the data

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coming out of that static fire actually

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they finished that up those reviews we

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did joint reviews with the nasa teams

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and our teams and uh looked great we

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assessed everything that came from the

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vehicle and we feel very good about it

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as you know we did some work on the

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engines

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um and other aspects of the vehicle as

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we came into this getting ready for this

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launch

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and that static fire is very key to

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ensuring um that we're ready to go and

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like i said that seven those seven

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seconds looked awesome

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the next thing i want to show you is a

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picture that we have from dry dress

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and dry dress is a dress rehearsal that

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we do with the crew

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and they do the whole thing where they

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get suited up

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at the building what they call the onc

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building here on kennedy space center

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they get suited up they come across in

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their teslas and they go up the tower

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and get all the way into dragon

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and it's a very important process that

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we do where we walk

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walk through all of that with our teams

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the ground teams working with the crew

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the crew themselves and make sure

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everything checks out

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when i look at this picture again i get

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very excited to think about this next

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step

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on this big journey that we have ahead

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of us we've got four

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astronauts who will be going up we have

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one person who's never been to space

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victor who's very excited

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we have suici who's our first

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international partner

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who will be joining us which is really

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really cool

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all right let's talk a little bit about

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uh

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what's going to happen on launch day

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itself as i talked about dry dress was a

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practice for that

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so about four hours before launch day

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the crew will be in that onc

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building they'll be in their area

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getting suited up our suit techs will be

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getting

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helping them get ready we'll be doing

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various leak checks and other fit checks

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as we go through that

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um and then the the astronauts will come

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out at about three hours before launch

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get into the tesla's wave goodbye to

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their families

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and all their friends who are there and

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then come across to the launch pad

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they'll go up the launch tower come

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across the crew arm

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and at about two hours two and a half

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hours before launch they'll be entering

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the vehicle

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get uh all strapped in

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get all safe and about

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approximately about double check my time

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here

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at about 45 minutes before launch is

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when we'll do the final go poll

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for um for loading the vehicle and

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for arming the escape system we have the

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launch escape system on dragon

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that's ready to go just in case we need

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to uh if something goes wrong with the

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launch vehicle

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dragon can escape the vehicle the the

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crew to safety and splash down to the

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ocean so that'll be armed

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at that point at about 30 minutes before

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launch is when we start loading the

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launch vehicle

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with propellants and uh and and we're

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off

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let's go next to our line drawing that

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we have

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this gives you a sense of what it looks

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like when we're actually doing launch

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i won't go through all the details but

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come at some of the highlights here

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about two minutes and 40 seconds we have

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our first and second stage separation

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after that happens the first stage will

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land on

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the drone ship which is heading out

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right now

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to be in position to be ready for that

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and then the second stage will continue

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to carry dragon to orbit

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about 8 minutes and 50 seconds into the

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mission

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the second engine will cut out shortly

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after that dragon will

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separate and they're off on their

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phasing journey to station

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if we go to the next line drawing we can

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see that

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we get a sense of what this looks like

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so phasing is this process

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where we're essentially catching up with

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space station

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the process is that you know space

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station's zooming around the earth

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very fast so is dragon and you're trying

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to do this game where you're using

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gravity

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and um the behavior of orbital mechanics

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as well as minimizing the amount of fuel

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that you have to use to catch up

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and get the two vehicles to come

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together so we go through this process

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of phasing

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and based on the orbital mechanics the

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time of the day of launch

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in this case this particular phasing

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time will take about 25 hours

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about 25 hours we'll be close to where

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we need to be

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to to basically be in position to come

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up to station

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and then a few hours after that we'll

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let's go ahead and we'll actually come

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back and i'll talk a little bit about

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what's going to happen once they dock

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so the crew docks um on station

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and of course obviously they're going to

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come through and they'll be welcomed by

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the other crew that's up there

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and then start to get to work very

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quickly two things that

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that particularly involve spacex that

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will be happening during their six

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months up on station

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one is coming up in just a few weeks we

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have our cargo first cargo

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uh dragon our new dragon 2 cargo vehicle

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but it'll be our crs 21 mission um we'll

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be heading up

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and that's full of science um for all of

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this crew for the crew one crew to be

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working on um so the first few weeks of

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after they've docked

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they're going to be getting ready for

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that they're going to be wrapping up

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other work

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and preparing and when crs-21 shows up

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they'll be spending a lot of time

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working on all the critical science

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that's going on there

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um and then near the end of their time

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at the end of the six months or so

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um we'll be sending up another dragon so

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crew two dragon will go up

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again with another four astronauts on

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board and that dragon will go up

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dock to station and again there'll be a

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handoff

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everyone will see each other hand off

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the work and about a week later

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our crew one crew will come home let's

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take a look at what that looks like in a

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line drawing

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so you can see here we do another

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departure

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docking both the docking and the

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undocking process is an automated

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process it's fully autonomous

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of course at any time during the docking

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the astronauts are

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are able to take control both astronauts

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on the vehicle and

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iss during docking and undocking are

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watching closely everything that's

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happening

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i want to make sure everything's

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happening correctly

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as we move away from station we get into

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position to actually start our phasing

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to come home it's the same process

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that i talked about we need to phase to

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make sure that we're going to hit the

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right spot

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on the earth at the right time for

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splash down

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after that happens um the uh our

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recovery crews will come out

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and uh and they'll be uh they'll be

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meeting the crew uh we have a large

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recovery vessel plus

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a couple of fast boats the fast boats

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will go out um

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and uh and meet the crew um and uh and

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first thing they'll do is they'll check

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the area they'll make sure everything's

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safe for approach the second fast boat

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we'll be recovering the parachutes

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um and then the um and then we'll go

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ahead with our larger vehicle which will

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pull

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all right one of the things i do want to

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mention as we talk about

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this recovery process we know that

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everybody's very excited

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about launch and very excited about

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recovery and human space flight in

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general

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we certainly do ask that everybody's

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who's involved if you come out to watch

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the launch or any of the different

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operations that we're doing that please

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you know wear your masks and and follow

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social distancing guidelines do the

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right things there to keep everybody

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safe

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and certainly during recovery we ask

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that all the boaters

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pay good attention to what the navy and

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the coast guard regulations are and what

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their advisories will be

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it's very important that we keep all of

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our recovery crews and the crew

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themselves the astronauts

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to keep them safe i want to take

572
00:24:55,029 --> 00:24:53,200
one more moment here to do a couple of

573
00:24:57,110 --> 00:24:55,039
important thanks

574
00:24:58,710 --> 00:24:57,120
number one i want to thank all of the

575
00:25:01,430 --> 00:24:58,720
spacexers

576
00:25:03,350 --> 00:25:01,440
and their families and in all of our

577
00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:03,360
different teams and partners who've been

578
00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:04,080
involved

579
00:25:08,789 --> 00:25:06,480
in all of this effort to get us here

580
00:25:10,070 --> 00:25:08,799
it's a it's a very big team and part of

581
00:25:11,430 --> 00:25:10,080
certification

582
00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:11,440
as we've gone through we talked about

583
00:25:15,350 --> 00:25:13,440
the other day that nasa's now certified

584
00:25:16,390 --> 00:25:15,360
all of our systems for human space

585
00:25:18,230 --> 00:25:16,400
flight

586
00:25:20,390 --> 00:25:18,240
that certification effort is really

587
00:25:21,190 --> 00:25:20,400
important and it means a lot and it

588
00:25:23,430 --> 00:25:21,200
represents

589
00:25:25,029 --> 00:25:23,440
the countless really hours and hours of

590
00:25:27,110 --> 00:25:25,039
work that were put in

591
00:25:29,590 --> 00:25:27,120
by all of these teams it's dragon it's

592
00:25:32,789 --> 00:25:29,600
falcon the ground teams the launch

593
00:25:34,470 --> 00:25:32,799
site teams um it's the factory it's all

594
00:25:36,950 --> 00:25:34,480
of our hardware and software

595
00:25:38,230 --> 00:25:36,960
operators everybody all of them have put

596
00:25:39,510 --> 00:25:38,240
this put their time in

597
00:25:41,750 --> 00:25:39,520
and then sacrificed and done the

598
00:25:43,269 --> 00:25:41,760
dedication needed the same is true for

599
00:25:44,630 --> 00:25:43,279
all of our nasa partners and all the

600
00:25:47,029 --> 00:25:44,640
vendor partners and all the time they

601
00:25:48,950 --> 00:25:47,039
put into it so a big thank you there

602
00:25:50,390 --> 00:25:48,960
and then finally a very important

603
00:25:52,549 --> 00:25:50,400
special thank you

604
00:25:54,789 --> 00:25:52,559
to the astronauts who will be flying

605
00:25:56,470 --> 00:25:54,799
victor mike shannon and soichi

606
00:25:58,630 --> 00:25:56,480
and to your families we thank you for

607
00:26:00,710 --> 00:25:58,640
the trust that you've put into spacex

608
00:26:03,190 --> 00:26:00,720
to get you to space to be there as a

609
00:26:06,549 --> 00:26:03,200
lifeboat and to bring you home safely

610
00:26:10,950 --> 00:26:09,269
now we'll hear from kurt talk about the

611
00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:10,960
science and the reason that these guys

612
00:26:13,669 --> 00:26:12,559
are actually going up there take it away

613
00:26:16,470 --> 00:26:13,679
kurt

614
00:26:16,870 --> 00:26:16,480
thank you as joel mentioned earlier it

615
00:26:19,110 --> 00:26:16,880
was

616
00:26:20,070 --> 00:26:19,120
less than two weeks ago that we were

617
00:26:23,350 --> 00:26:20,080
celebrating

618
00:26:24,470 --> 00:26:23,360
20 years of continuous crude presence on

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00:26:27,430 --> 00:26:24,480
orbit

620
00:26:30,070 --> 00:26:27,440
and we weren't celebrating an ending but

621
00:26:32,390 --> 00:26:30,080
really just the end of the beginning

622
00:26:34,630 --> 00:26:32,400
the launch coming up with additional

623
00:26:37,510 --> 00:26:34,640
crew members to the iss

624
00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:37,520
is the start of a new era for research

625
00:26:42,950 --> 00:26:40,000
and discovery on board

626
00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:42,960
the capabilities of the crew dragon

627
00:26:47,029 --> 00:26:43,679
bringing

628
00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:47,039
additional crew and samples back

629
00:26:53,350 --> 00:26:50,640
to the site here at ksc

630
00:26:55,190 --> 00:26:53,360
are an amazing capability we hope to

631
00:26:55,669 --> 00:26:55,200
double the amount of crew time going

632
00:26:58,310 --> 00:26:55,679
into

633
00:27:00,470 --> 00:26:58,320
science and research we'll again have

634
00:27:02,149 --> 00:27:00,480
easier access for those samples when

635
00:27:04,549 --> 00:27:02,159
they come back to earth

636
00:27:05,510 --> 00:27:04,559
and we'll have easier access to our crew

637
00:27:07,750 --> 00:27:05,520
members

638
00:27:10,070 --> 00:27:07,760
both pre and post flight to conduct some

639
00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:10,080
of our human research

640
00:27:13,990 --> 00:27:12,240
now we do have several investigations

641
00:27:16,390 --> 00:27:14,000
going up on this flight

642
00:27:17,750 --> 00:27:16,400
we've got about 28 kilograms of payloads

643
00:27:21,669 --> 00:27:17,760
going up

644
00:27:25,269 --> 00:27:21,679
some of those experiments will be

645
00:27:27,750 --> 00:27:25,279
going up for soichi to include

646
00:27:29,590 --> 00:27:27,760
education and public outreach

647
00:27:31,830 --> 00:27:29,600
experiments for him

648
00:27:33,110 --> 00:27:31,840
and then we have a student experiment

649
00:27:36,389 --> 00:27:33,120
called genes in space

650
00:27:37,590 --> 00:27:36,399
7 which will be looking at the humble

651
00:27:40,950 --> 00:27:37,600
fruit fly

652
00:27:44,149 --> 00:27:40,960
and how it adapts on orbit to

653
00:27:47,029 --> 00:27:44,159
changes in circadian rhythm

654
00:27:49,590 --> 00:27:47,039
circadian rhythm is our sensitivity to

655
00:27:52,389 --> 00:27:49,600
the day-night cycle here on earth

656
00:27:54,789 --> 00:27:52,399
and if you can imagine imagine on orbit

657
00:27:57,430 --> 00:27:54,799
when you have 16 day night cycles

658
00:27:58,470 --> 00:27:57,440
every day it can be a bit confusing to

659
00:28:00,470 --> 00:27:58,480
the body

660
00:28:01,669 --> 00:28:00,480
well fruit flies are great little model

661
00:28:04,389 --> 00:28:01,679
organisms

662
00:28:05,990 --> 00:28:04,399
they help us understand what's going on

663
00:28:09,110 --> 00:28:06,000
in the human body because they

664
00:28:11,269 --> 00:28:09,120
share about 75 percent of the genes

665
00:28:12,710 --> 00:28:11,279
that cause disease in the human body so

666
00:28:15,190 --> 00:28:12,720
we'll be looking at those

667
00:28:17,269 --> 00:28:15,200
and then last but not least our

668
00:28:18,710 --> 00:28:17,279
astronauts are members of our human

669
00:28:20,310 --> 00:28:18,720
research team

670
00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:20,320
and they'll be conducting a number of

671
00:28:26,070 --> 00:28:23,760
experiments uh on themselves both before

672
00:28:27,350 --> 00:28:26,080
during and after the mission one of

673
00:28:30,230 --> 00:28:27,360
those is food

674
00:28:32,470 --> 00:28:30,240
physiology which is looking at whether

675
00:28:35,269 --> 00:28:32,480
nutritional changes

676
00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:35,279
in the astronauts diet can be beneficial

677
00:28:38,950 --> 00:28:36,320
for preventing

678
00:28:41,430 --> 00:28:38,960
space flight impairments that we

679
00:28:45,269 --> 00:28:41,440
typically see on orbit

680
00:28:48,870 --> 00:28:45,279
so again for mike victor soichi

681
00:28:50,230 --> 00:28:48,880
and especially my old alum shannon from

682
00:28:53,029 --> 00:28:50,240
rice

683
00:28:53,750 --> 00:28:53,039
godspeed and thank you so much for the

684
00:28:56,310 --> 00:28:53,760
amount of

685
00:28:58,470 --> 00:28:56,320
hard work and research you're going to

686
00:29:01,350 --> 00:28:58,480
be putting in

687
00:29:02,950 --> 00:29:01,360
thanks kurt and now the topic everybody

688
00:29:04,470 --> 00:29:02,960
knows that likes to talk about is

689
00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:04,480
weather so let's

690
00:29:08,950 --> 00:29:06,320
turn it over to arlena and have her give

691
00:29:11,590 --> 00:29:08,960
us the launch weather forecast

692
00:29:12,149 --> 00:29:11,600
so you know as for us here in florida

693
00:29:15,190 --> 00:29:12,159
we've been

694
00:29:16,950 --> 00:29:15,200
plagued by tropical storm ada for most

695
00:29:18,710 --> 00:29:16,960
of the upcoming weekend

696
00:29:21,110 --> 00:29:18,720
was a little uncertain at first if it

697
00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:21,120
was going to clear out this weekend but

698
00:29:26,230 --> 00:29:23,840
thankfully aydah is well out to sea and

699
00:29:28,870 --> 00:29:26,240
moving further with time and with

700
00:29:29,830 --> 00:29:28,880
its passage it brought a bit of a cool

701
00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:29,840
front through

702
00:29:33,029 --> 00:29:31,279
here in florida though i know it doesn't

703
00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:33,039
feel like it very much right now

704
00:29:36,310 --> 00:29:34,559
if you're if you're here locally still

705
00:29:38,389 --> 00:29:36,320
pretty warm and humid but

706
00:29:40,630 --> 00:29:38,399
overall it's going to give us a pretty

707
00:29:42,070 --> 00:29:40,640
good shot for weather for our primary

708
00:29:44,470 --> 00:29:42,080
launch day so if we could take a look

709
00:29:47,669 --> 00:29:44,480
here at the forecast

710
00:29:50,870 --> 00:29:47,679
so uh we are looking right now at a

711
00:29:52,789 --> 00:29:50,880
uh go uh weather excuse me i should say

712
00:29:56,070 --> 00:29:52,799
a no-go weather probability of

713
00:29:57,590 --> 00:29:56,080
40 percent uh with that kind of weak

714
00:30:00,149 --> 00:29:57,600
front that came through

715
00:30:00,789 --> 00:30:00,159
a couple days ago it's going to kind of

716
00:30:03,430 --> 00:30:00,799
creep back

717
00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:03,440
north towards us and going to keep our

718
00:30:07,110 --> 00:30:05,440
winds light and variable so

719
00:30:09,110 --> 00:30:07,120
that onshore wind component not going to

720
00:30:11,909 --> 00:30:09,120
be as much of a concern for

721
00:30:13,830 --> 00:30:11,919
our attempt to launch on sunday but we

722
00:30:15,350 --> 00:30:13,840
are going to see some

723
00:30:18,149 --> 00:30:15,360
few showers in the area with some

724
00:30:21,269 --> 00:30:18,159
cumulus clouds and also with the concern

725
00:30:22,149 --> 00:30:21,279
for flying the both the rocket and the

726
00:30:24,549 --> 00:30:22,159
dragon

727
00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:24,559
capsule through any precipitation any of

728
00:30:28,630 --> 00:30:25,760
those showers

729
00:30:29,269 --> 00:30:28,640
that may be out there during the launch

730
00:30:30,870 --> 00:30:29,279
time

731
00:30:32,310 --> 00:30:30,880
now if we take a look at our backup

732
00:30:36,070 --> 00:30:32,320
window going into

733
00:30:38,630 --> 00:30:36,080
wednesday so a couple days later we

734
00:30:40,310 --> 00:30:38,640
dry out quite a bit a nice area of high

735
00:30:42,070 --> 00:30:40,320
pressure we get a true

736
00:30:43,510 --> 00:30:42,080
florida cold front coming through so

737
00:30:46,230 --> 00:30:43,520
temperatures i can see

738
00:30:48,870 --> 00:30:46,240
going to be a bit cool for at least us

739
00:30:50,950 --> 00:30:48,880
here in florida maybe not for everybody

740
00:30:54,310 --> 00:30:50,960
our rain chances drop quite a bit so we

741
00:30:56,630 --> 00:30:54,320
only have concern for a few clouds

742
00:30:58,310 --> 00:30:56,640
the downside is however winds are going

743
00:31:01,190 --> 00:30:58,320
to be coming from the northeast

744
00:31:03,269 --> 00:31:01,200
a little bit a little bit stronger on

745
00:31:05,590 --> 00:31:03,279
that particular day but that is

746
00:31:06,950 --> 00:31:05,600
something that we'll be monitoring uh

747
00:31:09,190 --> 00:31:06,960
with the weather

748
00:31:10,789 --> 00:31:09,200
so good luck everybody and we'll be here

749
00:31:11,350 --> 00:31:10,799
during our part with the weather to make

750
00:31:13,909 --> 00:31:11,360
sure we

751
00:31:15,110 --> 00:31:13,919
launch successfully great thanks a lot

752
00:31:17,110 --> 00:31:15,120
thanks everybody else

753
00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:17,120
um we're ready for questions there's a

754
00:31:19,669 --> 00:31:18,720
lot of people in the queue as you can

755
00:31:21,830 --> 00:31:19,679
imagine

756
00:31:23,830 --> 00:31:21,840
it's also been a long day we've got

757
00:31:25,269 --> 00:31:23,840
about a half an hour so for question and

758
00:31:27,990 --> 00:31:25,279
answer i'm going to

759
00:31:29,110 --> 00:31:28,000
call on you by name and affiliation and

760
00:31:32,149 --> 00:31:29,120
if you can

761
00:31:35,350 --> 00:31:32,159
try to limit your question to one

762
00:31:36,630 --> 00:31:35,360
like one part question so that we can

763
00:31:39,750 --> 00:31:36,640
try to get to as many

764
00:31:41,110 --> 00:31:39,760
folks as we can on the line and uh first

765
00:31:44,070 --> 00:31:41,120
up is marcia dunn

766
00:31:44,950 --> 00:31:44,080
associated press oh yes hi i'm hoping

767
00:31:47,509 --> 00:31:44,960
you can hear me

768
00:31:49,750 --> 00:31:47,519
um for steve i'm i'm wondering what is

769
00:31:51,590 --> 00:31:49,760
nasa's latest thinking about elon being

770
00:31:52,710 --> 00:31:51,600
allowed into the launch control of his

771
00:31:54,789 --> 00:31:52,720
latest lab test

772
00:31:57,029 --> 00:31:54,799
come up negative and for benji how

773
00:32:01,590 --> 00:31:57,039
important is it to have him on console

774
00:32:03,110 --> 00:32:01,600
in person for this launch thank you

775
00:32:22,950 --> 00:32:03,120
i think we've got a little bit of an

776
00:32:26,389 --> 00:32:25,190
i think let's see i think marsha's

777
00:32:28,149 --> 00:32:26,399
question is and

778
00:32:29,590 --> 00:32:28,159
i don't know who this would be directed

779
00:32:32,950 --> 00:32:29,600
to was uh

780
00:32:35,590 --> 00:32:32,960
is there a concern relative to the

781
00:32:36,630 --> 00:32:35,600
covid concern that elon musk raised

782
00:32:39,669 --> 00:32:36,640
earlier via

783
00:32:42,710 --> 00:32:39,679
text uh tweet i believe

784
00:32:43,750 --> 00:32:42,720
let's see kyle i'll jump in and start on

785
00:32:47,029 --> 00:32:43,760
that one

786
00:32:49,990 --> 00:32:47,039
um as was in the news today

787
00:32:51,909 --> 00:32:50,000
uh it was reported that that uh elon

788
00:32:53,269 --> 00:32:51,919
took several coveted tests and of course

789
00:32:54,789 --> 00:32:53,279
that stirred up a bunch of questions

790
00:32:56,950 --> 00:32:54,799
relative to

791
00:32:58,230 --> 00:32:56,960
to you know health and potential

792
00:33:01,190 --> 00:32:58,240
contamination but

793
00:33:02,710 --> 00:33:01,200
what i can tell you is nasa uh and our

794
00:33:06,070 --> 00:33:02,720
commercial partners have

795
00:33:08,630 --> 00:33:06,080
a health stabilization plan

796
00:33:10,230 --> 00:33:08,640
in place and really it's a protocol that

797
00:33:13,350 --> 00:33:10,240
protects the flight crew

798
00:33:15,509 --> 00:33:13,360
from any uh disease or any illness

799
00:33:16,470 --> 00:33:15,519
because you know if they're compromised

800
00:33:18,950 --> 00:33:16,480
that can affect

801
00:33:20,389 --> 00:33:18,960
and jeopardize the mission so we pay a

802
00:33:22,470 --> 00:33:20,399
lot of attention to that

803
00:33:24,630 --> 00:33:22,480
and we've done that over many years this

804
00:33:26,710 --> 00:33:24,640
is something that has been in place back

805
00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:26,720
i think in the apollo time frame

806
00:33:30,070 --> 00:33:28,720
uh in shuttle for all those missions and

807
00:33:31,750 --> 00:33:30,080
for all the station

808
00:33:33,990 --> 00:33:31,760
missions as well to make sure that we're

809
00:33:36,789 --> 00:33:34,000
protecting uh the flight crew

810
00:33:37,590 --> 00:33:36,799
and how we do this is that um obviously

811
00:33:39,990 --> 00:33:37,600
the crew

812
00:33:40,870 --> 00:33:40,000
is when they come close to launch or put

813
00:33:42,870 --> 00:33:40,880
into

814
00:33:44,630 --> 00:33:42,880
a quarantine and they start that soft

815
00:33:47,669 --> 00:33:44,640
quarantine about 21 days

816
00:33:50,230 --> 00:33:47,679
prior to flight that that period's about

817
00:33:51,509 --> 00:33:50,240
from 21 days to 14 days where that soft

818
00:33:52,630 --> 00:33:51,519
quarantine they're really starting to

819
00:33:54,549 --> 00:33:52,640
isolate

820
00:33:56,710 --> 00:33:54,559
reduce their their movement their

821
00:33:59,110 --> 00:33:56,720
exposure to to other folks

822
00:34:00,470 --> 00:33:59,120
and then at 14 days to launch we call it

823
00:34:01,669 --> 00:34:00,480
a hard quarantine

824
00:34:03,590 --> 00:34:01,679
and that's where they're totally

825
00:34:07,269 --> 00:34:03,600
isolated and uh

826
00:34:09,349 --> 00:34:07,279
and really watch closely by the docks

827
00:34:10,550 --> 00:34:09,359
so that's a protocol that's in place for

828
00:34:13,109 --> 00:34:10,560
the for the crew

829
00:34:14,149 --> 00:34:13,119
in addition to that uh that protocol

830
00:34:16,950 --> 00:34:14,159
also is for

831
00:34:17,669 --> 00:34:16,960
all folks that that have contact with

832
00:34:21,030 --> 00:34:17,679
the crew

833
00:34:22,149 --> 00:34:21,040
so what we do is we train our personnel

834
00:34:24,790 --> 00:34:22,159
both our personnel

835
00:34:27,109 --> 00:34:24,800
and spacex personnel in this case what

836
00:34:30,869 --> 00:34:27,119
these protocols are we train them

837
00:34:34,149 --> 00:34:30,879
we make sure that that we understand

838
00:34:35,510 --> 00:34:34,159
hygiene social distancing mass

839
00:34:37,990 --> 00:34:35,520
requirements went around

840
00:34:38,950 --> 00:34:38,000
the crew you have to have certain

841
00:34:41,109 --> 00:34:38,960
protocols met

842
00:34:42,310 --> 00:34:41,119
before you can get close to the crew

843
00:34:45,270 --> 00:34:42,320
whether you're training the crew or

844
00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:45,280
getting them prepped for launch

845
00:34:48,470 --> 00:34:47,760
and those people also depending on the

846
00:34:50,470 --> 00:34:48,480
the level

847
00:34:52,470 --> 00:34:50,480
of contact they have with the crew are

848
00:34:54,869 --> 00:34:52,480
coveted tested to make sure that

849
00:34:56,310 --> 00:34:54,879
that they are safe and again that access

850
00:34:58,390 --> 00:34:56,320
is very restricted so you can kind of

851
00:35:01,030 --> 00:34:58,400
think of it as concentric circles on

852
00:35:01,990 --> 00:35:01,040
the cruise in the center and protecting

853
00:35:04,230 --> 00:35:02,000
as it goes out

854
00:35:05,349 --> 00:35:04,240
and as those circles go out again those

855
00:35:08,230 --> 00:35:05,359
protocols

856
00:35:09,430 --> 00:35:08,240
change relative to the contact that

857
00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:09,440
people have

858
00:35:12,550 --> 00:35:11,920
with the crew now if any of those

859
00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:12,560
personnel

860
00:35:16,390 --> 00:35:15,760
in that ring or any of those rings comes

861
00:35:19,190 --> 00:35:16,400
up

862
00:35:21,589 --> 00:35:19,200
with any covet type symptoms they're

863
00:35:22,069 --> 00:35:21,599
tested and we do contact tracing to make

864
00:35:24,230 --> 00:35:22,079
sure

865
00:35:26,470 --> 00:35:24,240
that we knew who they were around and

866
00:35:27,510 --> 00:35:26,480
what what impact that could possibly

867
00:35:31,670 --> 00:35:27,520
have

868
00:35:34,310 --> 00:35:31,680
stabilization place

869
00:35:35,829 --> 00:35:34,320
or a plan in place and it has worked

870
00:35:36,550 --> 00:35:35,839
effectively for many years just like

871
00:35:38,310 --> 00:35:36,560
it's working

872
00:35:39,750 --> 00:35:38,320
uh today in this covent environment

873
00:35:42,230 --> 00:35:39,760
vinci would you like to add any

874
00:35:43,109 --> 00:35:42,240
specific words for the spacex team sure

875
00:35:44,950 --> 00:35:43,119
absolutely

876
00:35:46,150 --> 00:35:44,960
you know um first of all it's important

877
00:35:47,990 --> 00:35:46,160
to remember that we have thousands of

878
00:35:49,829 --> 00:35:48,000
people working at spacex and it takes

879
00:35:51,270 --> 00:35:49,839
all of those people to to work together

880
00:35:52,390 --> 00:35:51,280
to build the systems that we do and to

881
00:35:54,950 --> 00:35:52,400
launch rockets and

882
00:35:56,710 --> 00:35:54,960
and launch the dragon spacecraft so um

883
00:35:57,270 --> 00:35:56,720
it's important that we understand that

884
00:36:00,790 --> 00:35:57,280
you know

885
00:36:03,270 --> 00:36:00,800
that any one of our our our team members

886
00:36:04,470 --> 00:36:03,280
if they do have code or or get a test or

887
00:36:06,870 --> 00:36:04,480
whatever then we we

888
00:36:08,950 --> 00:36:06,880
we work through that and we have all of

889
00:36:10,310 --> 00:36:08,960
the protections in place that we do

890
00:36:12,310 --> 00:36:10,320
to maintain to make sure that

891
00:36:13,430 --> 00:36:12,320
everybody's safe certainly in the case

892
00:36:15,510 --> 00:36:13,440
of our launches

893
00:36:17,030 --> 00:36:15,520
in the case of the crew everybody's safe

894
00:36:18,790 --> 00:36:17,040
we do the contact tracing

895
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:18,800
that needs to be done and i can assure

896
00:36:20,790 --> 00:36:20,480
everyone that that we're looking good

897
00:36:22,310 --> 00:36:20,800
for

898
00:36:24,950 --> 00:36:22,320
the crew one launch and all of the

899
00:36:27,990 --> 00:36:24,960
critical personnel involved

900
00:36:31,670 --> 00:36:30,310
for the hsp you know it's the restricted

901
00:36:33,430 --> 00:36:31,680
access and everything

902
00:36:34,710 --> 00:36:33,440
and no one's above this access it

903
00:36:37,430 --> 00:36:34,720
doesn't matter if if you're

904
00:36:39,349 --> 00:36:37,440
elon musk or jim bridenstine if you have

905
00:36:41,510 --> 00:36:39,359
not met those protocols or if any of

906
00:36:42,950 --> 00:36:41,520
those protocols have been compromised

907
00:36:44,550 --> 00:36:42,960
then we're not going to let you near the

908
00:36:45,910 --> 00:36:44,560
crew and again it's to protect the

909
00:36:47,430 --> 00:36:45,920
overall mission

910
00:36:49,270 --> 00:36:47,440
that we're trying to accomplish and

911
00:36:50,950 --> 00:36:49,280
everybody recognizes that it's it's no

912
00:36:52,950 --> 00:36:50,960
surprise

913
00:36:55,349 --> 00:36:52,960
thanks to you both i think we have the

914
00:37:10,950 --> 00:36:55,359
audio problem fixed we'll

915
00:37:15,589 --> 00:37:13,190
okay now let's go to the next one i

916
00:37:17,349 --> 00:37:15,599
think let's try bill harwood with cbs

917
00:37:20,710 --> 00:37:17,359
news

918
00:37:22,950 --> 00:37:20,720
i'm here kyle can you hear me yep

919
00:37:24,630 --> 00:37:22,960
great um i'm not sure who this is for

920
00:37:25,829 --> 00:37:24,640
but uh just a really quick question and

921
00:37:27,670 --> 00:37:25,839
if you've already covered this i

922
00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:27,680
apologize in advance i had some phone

923
00:37:30,790 --> 00:37:28,560
problems

924
00:37:32,310 --> 00:37:30,800
was part of the issue today the expected

925
00:37:33,030 --> 00:37:32,320
weather in the recovery zone in other

926
00:37:35,750 --> 00:37:33,040
words

927
00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:35,760
was the forecast to be out of limits or

928
00:37:39,349 --> 00:37:37,599
was the forecast favorable and the drone

929
00:37:42,870 --> 00:37:39,359
ship couldn't get there in time

930
00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:42,880
or was it both thanks

931
00:37:46,790 --> 00:37:45,440
it's uh fundamentally this is uh it was

932
00:37:47,829 --> 00:37:46,800
an issue of getting the drone ship there

933
00:37:49,270 --> 00:37:47,839
in time

934
00:37:51,430 --> 00:37:49,280
the weather was such because of this

935
00:37:53,430 --> 00:37:51,440
tropical storm that we couldn't get the

936
00:37:55,670 --> 00:37:53,440
drone ship to leave in time

937
00:37:57,510 --> 00:37:55,680
um and get there and the sea states are

938
00:37:58,310 --> 00:37:57,520
such that we just can't get the speed up

939
00:38:00,069 --> 00:37:58,320
to get there

940
00:38:02,470 --> 00:38:00,079
that we're hoping to to hit the saturday

941
00:38:05,510 --> 00:38:02,480
launch we were able to leave

942
00:38:07,030 --> 00:38:05,520
port yesterday around midday and uh and

943
00:38:08,550 --> 00:38:07,040
now we're gonna be getting there in time

944
00:38:10,950 --> 00:38:08,560
for uh plenty of time for a sunday

945
00:38:14,470 --> 00:38:13,589
okay next is paul brinkman united press

946
00:38:17,589 --> 00:38:14,480
international

947
00:38:18,790 --> 00:38:17,599
go ahead paul hi yes thanks for taking

948
00:38:22,069 --> 00:38:18,800
my call can you hear me

949
00:38:24,150 --> 00:38:22,079
yes sir okay um yeah my question is

950
00:38:25,910 --> 00:38:24,160
about the uh just about the change

951
00:38:27,349 --> 00:38:25,920
um if one of you could walk us through a

952
00:38:30,630 --> 00:38:27,359
little bit of uh i guess

953
00:38:32,230 --> 00:38:30,640
norm or benji about what happens when

954
00:38:35,829 --> 00:38:32,240
you delay a launch

955
00:38:37,990 --> 00:38:35,839
by a day like this and a crude launch

956
00:38:39,270 --> 00:38:38,000
you know does anything have to be done

957
00:38:42,710 --> 00:38:39,280
to the capsule

958
00:38:45,589 --> 00:38:42,720
or i'm assuming no more fuel has to be

959
00:38:47,910 --> 00:38:45,599
added for a longer flight but um

960
00:38:48,950 --> 00:38:47,920
do th does the crew have to repack their

961
00:38:50,470 --> 00:38:48,960
cargo or

962
00:38:51,750 --> 00:38:50,480
in a different way or anything like that

963
00:38:52,950 --> 00:38:51,760
since they're going to be up there three

964
00:38:54,390 --> 00:38:52,960
times longer than they are they're going

965
00:38:56,230 --> 00:38:54,400
to be in flight

966
00:38:58,950 --> 00:38:56,240
longer than they thought they would

967
00:39:02,230 --> 00:39:00,310
let's see benji why don't you start out

968
00:39:04,790 --> 00:39:02,240
with the vehicle the vehicle sure

969
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:04,800
absolutely so in terms of the vehicle um

970
00:39:06,950 --> 00:39:05,520
really there

971
00:39:09,270 --> 00:39:06,960
there's nothing different that we do

972
00:39:10,390 --> 00:39:09,280
right we we were we checked out ready as

973
00:39:11,030 --> 00:39:10,400
we went through all those tests that i

974
00:39:13,190 --> 00:39:11,040
talked about

975
00:39:15,030 --> 00:39:13,200
um in the lead up really many months up

976
00:39:16,310 --> 00:39:15,040
to launch and now we do these tests this

977
00:39:16,870 --> 00:39:16,320
week to make sure we're ready we go

978
00:39:18,550 --> 00:39:16,880
through these

979
00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:18,560
flight readiness reviews like we wrapped

980
00:39:21,030 --> 00:39:20,160
up earlier this week the launch rates

981
00:39:22,870 --> 00:39:21,040
review

982
00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:22,880
all of these are actually go for launch

983
00:39:26,710 --> 00:39:25,040
tomorrow the only thing that that's not

984
00:39:29,030 --> 00:39:26,720
go for launch is having that jones ship

985
00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:29,040
in position and overall weather

986
00:39:32,470 --> 00:39:31,040
and so that's that's really key there's

987
00:39:34,470 --> 00:39:32,480
nothing more that we do other than

988
00:39:35,510 --> 00:39:34,480
continue to check and double check and

989
00:39:36,950 --> 00:39:35,520
triple check

990
00:39:38,470 --> 00:39:36,960
right this is the this is what we're all

991
00:39:39,109 --> 00:39:38,480
doing all of our engineers all of us

992
00:39:41,829 --> 00:39:39,119
will be

993
00:39:42,150 --> 00:39:41,839
looking at data ensuring that everything

994
00:39:44,310 --> 00:39:42,160
is

995
00:39:45,829 --> 00:39:44,320
ready to go to take the crew safely and

996
00:39:49,990 --> 00:39:45,839
also it's going to be a good opportunity

997
00:39:53,270 --> 00:39:51,750
and then from a crew standpoint you know

998
00:39:55,270 --> 00:39:53,280
whether they're getting to space station

999
00:39:57,030 --> 00:39:55,280
in eight hours or 27 hours

1000
00:39:59,510 --> 00:39:57,040
flight day 1 rendezvous or flight day 2

1001
00:40:01,270 --> 00:39:59,520
rendezvous from a crew perspective

1002
00:40:03,670 --> 00:40:01,280
on what they take it's pretty much the

1003
00:40:05,349 --> 00:40:03,680
same now their timeline will change

1004
00:40:06,790 --> 00:40:05,359
because for a saturday launch they

1005
00:40:07,829 --> 00:40:06,800
literally would have stayed up and

1006
00:40:10,069 --> 00:40:07,839
pressed through

1007
00:40:11,190 --> 00:40:10,079
docking for the case of sunday it's a

1008
00:40:13,910 --> 00:40:11,200
flight day two launch

1009
00:40:14,950 --> 00:40:13,920
and so what that entails is the crew

1010
00:40:18,309 --> 00:40:14,960
will actually go to sleep

1011
00:40:20,150 --> 00:40:18,319
in dragon and wake up and then jump into

1012
00:40:22,710 --> 00:40:20,160
the rendezvous profile

1013
00:40:23,750 --> 00:40:22,720
and you know to prepare them to dock for

1014
00:40:25,910 --> 00:40:23,760
station

1015
00:40:27,510 --> 00:40:25,920
also for slips like this depending on

1016
00:40:28,150 --> 00:40:27,520
you know the timing of that there could

1017
00:40:29,750 --> 00:40:28,160
be

1018
00:40:31,430 --> 00:40:29,760
cargo that has to come off or science

1019
00:40:32,870 --> 00:40:31,440
that has to be refreshed and

1020
00:40:38,230 --> 00:40:32,880
maybe kirk can address that but i don't

1021
00:40:41,349 --> 00:40:38,240
believe that's the case for for sunday

1022
00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:41,359
okay next up is tarik malik space.com

1023
00:40:46,950 --> 00:40:44,720
go ahead tart hello uh

1024
00:40:48,870 --> 00:40:46,960
thank thank you so much uh and uh my

1025
00:40:49,190 --> 00:40:48,880
question i think also is for norm about

1026
00:40:58,710 --> 00:40:49,200
the

1027
00:41:02,069 --> 00:40:58,720
demo two uh with

1028
00:41:04,309 --> 00:41:02,079
kind of this this lengthy uh trip we saw

1029
00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:04,319
kind of a a lot of glimpses into what

1030
00:41:08,230 --> 00:41:05,440
life on

1031
00:41:09,430 --> 00:41:08,240
uh the crew dragon was like and i'm

1032
00:41:11,990 --> 00:41:09,440
curious with this

1033
00:41:13,589 --> 00:41:12,000
uh added time what we can expect to see

1034
00:41:13,990 --> 00:41:13,599
from the astronauts on this one will we

1035
00:41:16,870 --> 00:41:14,000
get

1036
00:41:18,790 --> 00:41:16,880
kind of like a tour a taste of what that

1037
00:41:20,230 --> 00:41:18,800
that trip is going to be like on monday

1038
00:41:21,430 --> 00:41:20,240
prior to their arrival

1039
00:41:23,430 --> 00:41:21,440
if you can kind of walk us through what

1040
00:41:23,910 --> 00:41:23,440
to expect and what the viewers might

1041
00:41:26,630 --> 00:41:23,920
expect

1042
00:41:28,150 --> 00:41:26,640
thanks okay well i'll start it out big

1043
00:41:28,550 --> 00:41:28,160
picture and then turn it over to benji

1044
00:41:30,470 --> 00:41:28,560
and

1045
00:41:32,069 --> 00:41:30,480
he can provide some some details

1046
00:41:34,230 --> 00:41:32,079
relative as well but

1047
00:41:35,510 --> 00:41:34,240
you know again launch is a big deal the

1048
00:41:37,910 --> 00:41:35,520
crew gets up they prep

1049
00:41:38,950 --> 00:41:37,920
they get on the vehicle they go launch

1050
00:41:41,190 --> 00:41:38,960
um

1051
00:41:42,870 --> 00:41:41,200
and then obviously once they get into

1052
00:41:45,430 --> 00:41:42,880
orbit they're going to do a series of

1053
00:41:47,430 --> 00:41:45,440
orbital burns to get them set up like

1054
00:41:50,230 --> 00:41:47,440
benji said for that phasing

1055
00:41:51,030 --> 00:41:50,240
to get to station the crew has a

1056
00:41:54,309 --> 00:41:51,040
timeline

1057
00:41:55,589 --> 00:41:54,319
um and we can get you information on if

1058
00:41:57,190 --> 00:41:55,599
there's kyle i don't know if there's any

1059
00:41:58,390 --> 00:41:57,200
press briefings in that time but the

1060
00:42:00,950 --> 00:41:58,400
crew is in constant

1061
00:42:01,430 --> 00:42:00,960
contact with the ground and so i'm sure

1062
00:42:03,270 --> 00:42:01,440
you know

1063
00:42:05,510 --> 00:42:03,280
you will be hearing uh from them

1064
00:42:08,390 --> 00:42:05,520
relative to that they go to sleep

1065
00:42:10,150 --> 00:42:08,400
uh they'll have a standard sleep period

1066
00:42:11,990 --> 00:42:10,160
they wake up

1067
00:42:15,030 --> 00:42:12,000
after sleeping and dragging and start

1068
00:42:17,430 --> 00:42:15,040
getting prepped again eat breakfast

1069
00:42:19,270 --> 00:42:17,440
get situated start prepping uh for the

1070
00:42:21,510 --> 00:42:19,280
day because it's a very important day

1071
00:42:22,550 --> 00:42:21,520
that you start doing those critical

1072
00:42:24,309 --> 00:42:22,560
burns

1073
00:42:25,670 --> 00:42:24,319
getting ready for the rendezvous profile

1074
00:42:28,710 --> 00:42:25,680
to get set up

1075
00:42:30,630 --> 00:42:28,720
for docking and you know there's uh

1076
00:42:31,910 --> 00:42:30,640
there's time in that day obviously for

1077
00:42:33,750 --> 00:42:31,920
if anything goes wrong

1078
00:42:35,190 --> 00:42:33,760
and then once they're on station they

1079
00:42:37,910 --> 00:42:35,200
utilize that time

1080
00:42:38,630 --> 00:42:37,920
as was stated earlier to uh to really

1081
00:42:42,870 --> 00:42:38,640
learn

1082
00:42:44,470 --> 00:42:42,880
case of an emergency

1083
00:42:45,829 --> 00:42:44,480
and obviously learn how to use a lot of

1084
00:42:47,510 --> 00:42:45,839
the facilities on station that are going

1085
00:42:49,349 --> 00:42:47,520
to be very important once they're docked

1086
00:42:50,870 --> 00:42:49,359
so benji i don't know if you had

1087
00:42:52,790 --> 00:42:50,880
anything to add

1088
00:42:54,470 --> 00:42:52,800
um sure you know it gives them more

1089
00:42:56,790 --> 00:42:54,480
opportunity to try out dragon

1090
00:42:59,030 --> 00:42:56,800
and to it and to be as a crew of four

1091
00:43:01,430 --> 00:42:59,040
members and dragon which i think will be

1092
00:43:02,790 --> 00:43:01,440
probably i assume exciting for them but

1093
00:43:04,309 --> 00:43:02,800
also it'll be great for us

1094
00:43:06,309 --> 00:43:04,319
to to learn what that is because it's

1095
00:43:06,870 --> 00:43:06,319
important um to understand that our

1096
00:43:08,470 --> 00:43:06,880
that's

1097
00:43:10,309 --> 00:43:08,480
a fully capable dragon with all four

1098
00:43:11,430 --> 00:43:10,319
seats occupied so we want to understand

1099
00:43:12,950 --> 00:43:11,440
what that's like and you know they'll be

1100
00:43:15,270 --> 00:43:12,960
getting out of their suits and floating

1101
00:43:16,790 --> 00:43:15,280
around just like we saw bob and doug do

1102
00:43:18,150 --> 00:43:16,800
i'm pretty sure there are a couple of

1103
00:43:20,309 --> 00:43:18,160
broadcast events that they'll be able to

1104
00:43:22,230 --> 00:43:20,319
do with this time period

1105
00:43:24,390 --> 00:43:22,240
and you know checking things out seeing

1106
00:43:26,230 --> 00:43:24,400
the earth go by

1107
00:43:26,420 --> 00:43:26,240
i know i'd love to be there too so it's

1108
00:43:29,829 --> 00:43:26,430
great

1109
00:43:34,390 --> 00:43:32,230
uh okay let's see let's go to i think

1110
00:43:35,829 --> 00:43:34,400
joey roulette is next with reuters go

1111
00:43:38,390 --> 00:43:35,839
ahead joey

1112
00:43:39,589 --> 00:43:38,400
hey thank you a question for joel i was

1113
00:43:43,109 --> 00:43:39,599
wondering if you could give us an

1114
00:43:46,550 --> 00:43:43,119
update on what the talks with russia are

1115
00:43:48,390 --> 00:43:46,560
uh to from mutual flights to the iss

1116
00:43:50,550 --> 00:43:48,400
um are you envisioning some kind of

1117
00:43:52,790 --> 00:43:50,560
bilateral bilateral agreement

1118
00:43:54,470 --> 00:43:52,800
um and when do you think the soonest we

1119
00:43:56,870 --> 00:43:54,480
can we can know

1120
00:43:58,790 --> 00:43:56,880
uh when you know we'll be able to fly

1121
00:44:01,910 --> 00:43:58,800
russians on a u.s group vehicle will be

1122
00:44:03,349 --> 00:44:01,920
thanks so we're looking to fly on each

1123
00:44:06,630 --> 00:44:03,359
other's vehicles

1124
00:44:08,550 --> 00:44:06,640
probably later in 2021 where we'll have

1125
00:44:09,270 --> 00:44:08,560
a cosmonaut flying on our u.s commercial

1126
00:44:12,950 --> 00:44:09,280
vehicles

1127
00:44:14,550 --> 00:44:12,960
we're working the

1128
00:44:16,069 --> 00:44:14,560
what we have to do the first kind of the

1129
00:44:17,430 --> 00:44:16,079
first step is what we call an

1130
00:44:19,829 --> 00:44:17,440
implementing arrangement

1131
00:44:21,270 --> 00:44:19,839
that we work at the government level um

1132
00:44:22,950 --> 00:44:21,280
and so we're working with our state

1133
00:44:24,710 --> 00:44:22,960
department to draft that

1134
00:44:27,030 --> 00:44:24,720
we submitted the draft they'll be

1135
00:44:28,790 --> 00:44:27,040
reviewing it giving us comments

1136
00:44:30,150 --> 00:44:28,800
once that's complete we'll turn it over

1137
00:44:31,510 --> 00:44:30,160
to roscosmos

1138
00:44:33,430 --> 00:44:31,520
and then they'll work it within their

1139
00:44:34,470 --> 00:44:33,440
government they'll get it back to us

1140
00:44:37,430 --> 00:44:34,480
we'll have probably

1141
00:44:38,150 --> 00:44:37,440
another iteration or so but all that

1142
00:44:40,870 --> 00:44:38,160
with the goal

1143
00:44:43,670 --> 00:44:40,880
of flying in late 2021 on each other's

1144
00:44:52,150 --> 00:44:46,950
okay the next question is from morgan is

1145
00:44:57,030 --> 00:44:55,030
hi um steve mentioned the other day that

1146
00:44:59,270 --> 00:44:57,040
crew one is launching on an f9 with

1147
00:45:01,109 --> 00:44:59,280
upgraded turbine wheels and copv

1148
00:45:03,190 --> 00:45:01,119
he um said that these upgrades have been

1149
00:45:04,550 --> 00:45:03,200
flowing on falcon 9's for years but that

1150
00:45:05,750 --> 00:45:04,560
this would be their first crew so i'm

1151
00:45:07,510 --> 00:45:05,760
just wondering

1152
00:45:09,349 --> 00:45:07,520
why did demo 2 launch with older

1153
00:45:12,470 --> 00:45:09,359
versions of those turbine wheels

1154
00:45:14,069 --> 00:45:12,480
and copd and also benji said that the

1155
00:45:15,829 --> 00:45:14,079
crew dragon vehicle is now more

1156
00:45:17,589 --> 00:45:15,839
robust to tolerate a wider range of

1157
00:45:18,550 --> 00:45:17,599
weather conditions shown so i'm just

1158
00:45:20,150 --> 00:45:18,560
wondering

1159
00:45:21,829 --> 00:45:20,160
what changes people referring to

1160
00:45:23,109 --> 00:45:21,839
specifically and how they make the

1161
00:45:26,390 --> 00:45:23,119
vehicle more robust

1162
00:45:29,829 --> 00:45:29,510
yeah i'll take that benji thanks let's

1163
00:45:32,630 --> 00:45:29,839
see

1164
00:45:33,670 --> 00:45:32,640
so we do have a few upgrades uh flying

1165
00:45:35,990 --> 00:45:33,680
on crew one and

1166
00:45:37,750 --> 00:45:36,000
one of the things we've been working uh

1167
00:45:39,109 --> 00:45:37,760
with spacex on is how do we continue to

1168
00:45:40,390 --> 00:45:39,119
evolve this vehicle how do we continue

1169
00:45:42,630 --> 00:45:40,400
to make it better

1170
00:45:45,349 --> 00:45:42,640
so uh the composite over at pressure

1171
00:45:47,990 --> 00:45:45,359
vessels on falcon 9

1172
00:45:49,190 --> 00:45:48,000
many of them have an upgraded liner that

1173
00:45:49,910 --> 00:45:49,200
makes that liner a little bit more

1174
00:45:53,030 --> 00:45:49,920
robust

1175
00:45:56,150 --> 00:45:53,040
spacex to improve that liner and and uh

1176
00:45:58,630 --> 00:45:56,160
will allow it to be used a little longer

1177
00:46:00,470 --> 00:45:58,640
the turbine wheels on this vehicle have

1178
00:46:02,710 --> 00:46:00,480
been upgraded

1179
00:46:05,190 --> 00:46:02,720
it's a pretty complicated process to

1180
00:46:08,470 --> 00:46:05,200
design a turbine wheel

1181
00:46:09,990 --> 00:46:08,480
wheels are prone to actually when you

1182
00:46:11,510 --> 00:46:10,000
get to a certain

1183
00:46:13,750 --> 00:46:11,520
setting of the throttle on the engine

1184
00:46:15,430 --> 00:46:13,760
you can have certain conditions set up

1185
00:46:16,950 --> 00:46:15,440
that are resonances and so these wheels

1186
00:46:18,790 --> 00:46:16,960
are a little bit more robust

1187
00:46:20,150 --> 00:46:18,800
to the kind of throttle profile that the

1188
00:46:21,670 --> 00:46:20,160
merlin engines fly

1189
00:46:23,349 --> 00:46:21,680
so we're happy to have that as a safety

1190
00:46:24,950 --> 00:46:23,359
upgrade and then

1191
00:46:26,470 --> 00:46:24,960
also for landing we've made some

1192
00:46:28,309 --> 00:46:26,480
improvements to the structure

1193
00:46:29,510 --> 00:46:28,319
so that we can handle a little bit more

1194
00:46:31,829 --> 00:46:29,520
wind uh

1195
00:46:33,910 --> 00:46:31,839
at the landing zone which gives us a few

1196
00:46:36,550 --> 00:46:33,920
more opportunities to land so

1197
00:46:36,950 --> 00:46:36,560
those are three upgrades on this vehicle

1198
00:46:38,390 --> 00:46:36,960
and

1199
00:46:40,829 --> 00:46:38,400
you'll continue to see upgrades with

1200
00:46:44,950 --> 00:46:40,839
crew 2 and future vehicles to improve

1201
00:46:49,510 --> 00:46:48,710
okay let's see i guess uh jackie wattles

1202
00:46:53,910 --> 00:46:49,520
cnn

1203
00:46:56,550 --> 00:46:53,920
are you out there jackie hey i sure am

1204
00:46:57,510 --> 00:46:56,560
thanks so much for doing this uh another

1205
00:46:59,589 --> 00:46:57,520
covered question

1206
00:47:00,550 --> 00:46:59,599
i i was curious if i could get some

1207
00:47:03,349 --> 00:47:00,560
insight um

1208
00:47:04,069 --> 00:47:03,359
into how the contract contact tracing

1209
00:47:05,910 --> 00:47:04,079
played out

1210
00:47:07,589 --> 00:47:05,920
who was in charge of it was it spacex or

1211
00:47:09,349 --> 00:47:07,599
nasa or a joint team

1212
00:47:10,710 --> 00:47:09,359
um and then i don't know if finji or

1213
00:47:13,510 --> 00:47:10,720
anyone else can speak to

1214
00:47:15,030 --> 00:47:13,520
as well like if you know there was

1215
00:47:15,990 --> 00:47:15,040
something to a rise in hawthorne at

1216
00:47:17,270 --> 00:47:16,000
mission control

1217
00:47:19,990 --> 00:47:17,280
you know how that might play out

1218
00:47:23,109 --> 00:47:20,000
logistically

1219
00:47:24,230 --> 00:47:23,119
sure sure um you know i think that the

1220
00:47:26,390 --> 00:47:24,240
way that we work

1221
00:47:27,829 --> 00:47:26,400
from a medical viewpoint with us in nasa

1222
00:47:29,510 --> 00:47:27,839
is that we have flight surgeons we

1223
00:47:30,390 --> 00:47:29,520
actually have spacex company flight

1224
00:47:33,910 --> 00:47:30,400
surgeons

1225
00:47:36,150 --> 00:47:33,920
and of course they have the entire

1226
00:47:37,270 --> 00:47:36,160
uh health and human medical um

1227
00:47:39,270 --> 00:47:37,280
directorate that

1228
00:47:40,870 --> 00:47:39,280
we all work very closely together and

1229
00:47:42,390 --> 00:47:40,880
our flight surgeons talk to the nasa

1230
00:47:43,589 --> 00:47:42,400
flight surgeons in fact ours have come

1231
00:47:46,150 --> 00:47:43,599
from nasa

1232
00:47:47,349 --> 00:47:46,160
um and and so they've worked out not

1233
00:47:49,430 --> 00:47:47,359
only following the

1234
00:47:51,030 --> 00:47:49,440
the uh health stabilization protocols

1235
00:47:51,670 --> 00:47:51,040
that we talked about that norm talked

1236
00:47:54,309 --> 00:47:51,680
about but

1237
00:47:55,910 --> 00:47:54,319
just also overall good practices

1238
00:47:57,589 --> 00:47:55,920
processes procedures making sure we're

1239
00:47:58,470 --> 00:47:57,599
following cdc guidelines local

1240
00:48:00,630 --> 00:47:58,480
guidelines

1241
00:48:02,390 --> 00:48:00,640
including with the contact tracing um

1242
00:48:03,349 --> 00:48:02,400
they've we've worked that you know these

1243
00:48:05,510 --> 00:48:03,359
are things that

1244
00:48:07,510 --> 00:48:05,520
while we'll do things on our side like

1245
00:48:10,309 --> 00:48:07,520
do the contact tracing ourselves for

1246
00:48:11,589 --> 00:48:10,319
how we're managing all of our staff we

1247
00:48:13,109 --> 00:48:11,599
provide that data and we

1248
00:48:14,790 --> 00:48:13,119
review that with nasa and we make sure

1249
00:48:16,309 --> 00:48:14,800
everybody's uh you know feeling really

1250
00:48:17,910 --> 00:48:16,319
good about where we're at

1251
00:48:19,910 --> 00:48:17,920
in terms of critical staff for example

1252
00:48:20,870 --> 00:48:19,920
like you asked at operations in

1253
00:48:22,470 --> 00:48:20,880
hawthorne

1254
00:48:24,870 --> 00:48:22,480
or here at the cape for example in our

1255
00:48:27,270 --> 00:48:24,880
in our launch control and firing rooms

1256
00:48:29,109 --> 00:48:27,280
we also have plans in place right we

1257
00:48:31,670 --> 00:48:29,119
have backup operators

1258
00:48:32,790 --> 00:48:31,680
our operators have also been at a

1259
00:48:35,270 --> 00:48:32,800
heightened level

1260
00:48:37,190 --> 00:48:35,280
of care they actually go into a type of

1261
00:48:39,910 --> 00:48:37,200
quarantine themselves

1262
00:48:41,030 --> 00:48:39,920
very limited public involvement and

1263
00:48:42,630 --> 00:48:41,040
access

1264
00:48:44,150 --> 00:48:42,640
different things that we do we do a lot

1265
00:48:45,750 --> 00:48:44,160
of temperature checks and screenings we

1266
00:48:47,430 --> 00:48:45,760
do a lot of tests

1267
00:48:48,790 --> 00:48:47,440
to ensure that all of our operators will

1268
00:48:50,069 --> 00:48:48,800
also be ready

1269
00:48:51,829 --> 00:48:50,079
for the launch and for the long-term

1270
00:48:53,589 --> 00:48:51,839
mission as well it's important to note

1271
00:48:55,990 --> 00:48:53,599
that all that great science that's going

1272
00:48:59,030 --> 00:48:56,000
to be going on on station

1273
00:49:00,230 --> 00:48:59,040
requires six months of work and that

1274
00:49:01,910 --> 00:49:00,240
means the dragon will be up

1275
00:49:03,670 --> 00:49:01,920
for six months so we'll be monitoring

1276
00:49:05,510 --> 00:49:03,680
dragon systems

1277
00:49:07,510 --> 00:49:05,520
and and of course just like how nasa is

1278
00:49:08,630 --> 00:49:07,520
continuing to fly iss

1279
00:49:10,790 --> 00:49:08,640
we need to make sure all of these

1280
00:49:12,870 --> 00:49:10,800
critical personnel are healthy for the

1281
00:49:15,030 --> 00:49:12,880
long haul

1282
00:49:16,390 --> 00:49:15,040
i'll just follow on on the contact

1283
00:49:19,109 --> 00:49:16,400
racing

1284
00:49:20,069 --> 00:49:19,119
uh if there's any thought or any concern

1285
00:49:22,390 --> 00:49:20,079
of compromise

1286
00:49:23,990 --> 00:49:22,400
uh to the flight crew the nasa team will

1287
00:49:25,349 --> 00:49:24,000
be doing that contact tracing and

1288
00:49:26,309 --> 00:49:25,359
following back and of course working

1289
00:49:28,549 --> 00:49:26,319
with our

1290
00:49:30,950 --> 00:49:28,559
our partner spacex to to do that trace

1291
00:49:32,870 --> 00:49:30,960
or wherever or whatever contractor

1292
00:49:34,790 --> 00:49:32,880
or nasa facility that might have come

1293
00:49:36,870 --> 00:49:34,800
from and we will trace that back and

1294
00:49:39,829 --> 00:49:36,880
find out the impact

1295
00:49:41,270 --> 00:49:39,839
for the specific teams uh if they've not

1296
00:49:42,549 --> 00:49:41,280
had contact with the crew we don't

1297
00:49:44,470 --> 00:49:42,559
believe they've had contact with the

1298
00:49:48,230 --> 00:49:44,480
crew that's left to you know

1299
00:49:49,910 --> 00:49:48,240
nasa or whatever specific contractor

1300
00:49:51,589 --> 00:49:49,920
to do those contact tracings and as

1301
00:49:52,390 --> 00:49:51,599
benji said it's there's overarching

1302
00:49:55,030 --> 00:49:52,400
guidelines

1303
00:49:57,030 --> 00:49:55,040
it's all under the auspice of the health

1304
00:49:58,309 --> 00:49:57,040
stabilization program

1305
00:50:00,150 --> 00:49:58,319
and again all the guidelines that are

1306
00:50:04,150 --> 00:50:00,160
set forth so it's very rigid

1307
00:50:05,190 --> 00:50:04,160
and it's very thorough okay next up is

1308
00:50:18,230 --> 00:50:05,200
kenneth chang

1309
00:50:27,589 --> 00:50:21,510
okay let's see who's next in the queue

1310
00:50:30,950 --> 00:50:27,599
just waiting for that update um

1311
00:50:35,109 --> 00:50:33,349
susie from business insider is that

1312
00:50:38,309 --> 00:50:35,119
right

1313
00:50:41,349 --> 00:50:38,319
yup thank you um

1314
00:50:42,870 --> 00:50:41,359
so my question is uh what are the launch

1315
00:50:44,710 --> 00:50:42,880
dates be on sunday and what are the most

1316
00:50:46,150 --> 00:50:44,720
ideal launch dates be on sunday if you

1317
00:50:47,430 --> 00:50:46,160
have to delay again

1318
00:50:49,430 --> 00:50:47,440
and what do the sea and weather

1319
00:50:50,790 --> 00:50:49,440
conditions at the splashdown sites look

1320
00:50:53,750 --> 00:50:50,800
like for sunday in terms of what's

1321
00:50:57,109 --> 00:50:53,760
required for emergency recovery

1322
00:50:58,950 --> 00:50:57,119
yeah i can take that question so uh

1323
00:51:02,230 --> 00:50:58,960
we have a series of launch dates coming

1324
00:51:05,190 --> 00:51:02,240
up uh obviously sunday is our prime date

1325
00:51:06,950 --> 00:51:05,200
um and then we would stand down on

1326
00:51:10,470 --> 00:51:06,960
monday

1327
00:51:13,349 --> 00:51:10,480
the iss

1328
00:51:14,390 --> 00:51:13,359
and so that's not a good day to go uh up

1329
00:51:17,829 --> 00:51:14,400
in rendezvous and

1330
00:51:19,190 --> 00:51:17,839
dock to uh the space station uh tuesday

1331
00:51:21,510 --> 00:51:19,200
also is not a good day

1332
00:51:22,950 --> 00:51:21,520
it's a little longer rendezvous profile

1333
00:51:25,430 --> 00:51:22,960
and so we really don't want to take that

1334
00:51:27,190 --> 00:51:25,440
runway profile

1335
00:51:29,109 --> 00:51:27,200
so the next opportunity would be

1336
00:51:31,430 --> 00:51:29,119
wednesday

1337
00:51:32,549 --> 00:51:31,440
thursday friday in the middle of next

1338
00:51:34,390 --> 00:51:32,559
week

1339
00:51:35,990 --> 00:51:34,400
right now for sunday the weather looks

1340
00:51:39,750 --> 00:51:36,000
looks pretty good down in this

1341
00:51:42,069 --> 00:51:39,760
along the coast what we do is we protect

1342
00:51:43,750 --> 00:51:42,079
for an escape all the way from the

1343
00:51:44,390 --> 00:51:43,760
launch pad all the way up into orbit and

1344
00:51:49,109 --> 00:51:44,400
so

1345
00:51:50,549 --> 00:51:49,119
now those look pretty good for uh

1346
00:51:52,390 --> 00:51:50,559
for monday we haven't really looked that

1347
00:51:53,670 --> 00:51:52,400
far out to wednesday in the middle of

1348
00:51:54,790 --> 00:51:53,680
the week but right now the conditions

1349
00:51:57,190 --> 00:51:54,800
look good

1350
00:51:59,030 --> 00:51:57,200
not only for the uh launch abort weather

1351
00:52:00,470 --> 00:51:59,040
but also for recovery weather

1352
00:52:02,150 --> 00:52:00,480
for the drone ship which is important to

1353
00:52:03,589 --> 00:52:02,160
us as well so

1354
00:52:05,589 --> 00:52:03,599
we're pretty well set up for sunday and

1355
00:52:06,950 --> 00:52:05,599
as arlene said we'll just have to watch

1356
00:52:09,190 --> 00:52:06,960
a little bit the local weather here as

1357
00:52:11,670 --> 00:52:09,200
this front comes through do we get

1358
00:52:13,829 --> 00:52:11,680
some precip or some thunderstorms along

1359
00:52:15,829 --> 00:52:13,839
that front line so

1360
00:52:18,790 --> 00:52:15,839
okay thanks steve thanks everybody

1361
00:52:20,790 --> 00:52:18,800
that's all the questions that we had

1362
00:52:22,150 --> 00:52:20,800
let's see that leads us to sunday what

1363
00:52:24,470 --> 00:52:22,160
everybody's talking about the

1364
00:52:27,670 --> 00:52:24,480
preparations for launch

1365
00:52:29,190 --> 00:52:27,680
are ongoing obviously with our nasa tv

1366
00:52:32,069 --> 00:52:29,200
coverage

1367
00:52:32,630 --> 00:52:32,079
is going to continue and start at 3 15

1368
00:52:34,870 --> 00:52:32,640
p.m

1369
00:52:36,790 --> 00:52:34,880
eastern time on sunday we have a

1370
00:52:38,950 --> 00:52:36,800
comprehensive

1371
00:52:40,470 --> 00:52:38,960
broadcast planned for you guys so make

1372
00:52:42,390 --> 00:52:40,480
sure that you tune in for that

1373
00:52:45,190 --> 00:52:42,400
of course the launch is mentioned is

1374
00:52:48,309 --> 00:52:45,200
targeted for 7 27 pm

1375
00:52:50,390 --> 00:52:48,319
eastern time from launch complex 39a

1376
00:52:51,750 --> 00:52:50,400
the starting point for crew one's

1377
00:52:54,069 --> 00:52:51,760
adventure if you will to the

1378
00:52:56,309 --> 00:52:54,079
international space station

1379
00:52:57,910 --> 00:52:56,319
with that launch sunday evening crew

1380
00:53:00,069 --> 00:52:57,920
dragon resilience

1381
00:53:02,549 --> 00:53:00,079
and its four astronauts are scheduled to

1382
00:53:05,670 --> 00:53:02,559
dock at about 11 p.m as you heard

1383
00:53:07,430 --> 00:53:05,680
on monday as well so uh thanks to you

1384
00:53:10,710 --> 00:53:07,440
guys thanks to everybody

1385
00:53:13,109 --> 00:53:10,720
tuning in today and uh one reminder just

1386
00:53:36,470 --> 00:53:13,119
keep practicing social distancing