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hello and welcome to nasa's jet

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propulsion laboratory in southern

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california where we have just landed the

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most sophisticated and most capable

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rover yet on the surface of mars the

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perseverance are over

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i'm jari cook of jpl's digital news and

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media office and i'll be your host today

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as we gather reactions from our key

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players from the landing and also give a

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glimpse of what's to come

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so because of the coronavirus pandemic

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everything's going to look a little

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different today we have our masks on and

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the layout is a little different but i

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want to introduce our speakers to you so

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standing on the floor of von karman

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auditorium we have steve jurissic nasa's

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we also have mike watkins the director

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and then we also have john mcnamee

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perseverances project manager

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up on the stage we have thomas zerbukin

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nasa's associate administrator for the

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science mission directorate

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we have lori glaze nasa's planetary

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we have matt wallace the perseverance

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deputy project manager

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and al chen entry descent and landing

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operations area we have jennifer trosper

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our video conference we have a group of

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all right so we are going to be taking

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questions during this briefing so if

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you're a member of the media and you're

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and you'll be put into the queue and if

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you're on social media use the hashtag

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countdown to mars but before i turn it

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over turn over the podium i just wanted

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to take one minute to recognize what a

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thrilling day today has been we now have

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the most ambitious rover yet on the

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all right i'm going to turn the podium

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wow i mean just just an amazing

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incredible day

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i could not be uh more proud of the team

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and what they've done what they've

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accomplished under uh under challenging

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i also have to tell you that about an

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hour after landing i got a phone call

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from the president of the united states

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and uh and he's his first words were

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congratulations man and i knew it was

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him i wasn't getting punked i didn't

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only only president said congratulations

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he um he he talked about um

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how proud he was of what we accomplished

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um and he wanted me to i wanted me to

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send my his regards to percy

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and he wanted to congratulate the team

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he wanted me to congratulate team for

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him he does want to congratulate the

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team personally and i told him we will

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make that happen and so i'm looking

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president united states congratulate the

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team this week um

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you know nine successful landings on

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mars um the only nation that's been able

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to do that just just incredible

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thousands of people working on this to

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make this happen at the jet propulsion

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lab at nasa centers

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with our industry partners and our

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international partners i want to call

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out one of our other government agency

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develops the radio isotopic thermal

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generators first the rtds that power

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curiosity and our powering uh

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perseverance and it's a great

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partnership so thank you to our doe

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um you know this this this mission is

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amazing on its own science technology

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and caching samples bring back to earth

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but it's also part of our bigger

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exploration plans right which involve

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really understanding mars and the

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evolution of mars and whether there's

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but also preparing for eventual human

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missions to mars and so this is one step

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along the way of our journey to

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and it's a major step and we've embarked

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much according to plan and

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when i heard the touchdown signal come

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i cannot tell you how

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overcome with emotion i was and halfway

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well tonight so again just just an

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amazing day um with that i would like to

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turn it over to my colleague and friend

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well thanks so much steve and uh i want

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to share an an event with with you that

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usually happens when i'm by myself

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do a landing we get two plans

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that's the contingency plan here's for

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just about one and a half hours a little

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uh i want to play a video that the team

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i want to just warn you you may or may

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bent coed protocols uh you should just

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know that all of us who are involved

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back there were doubly masked and

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there but i i had to hug some people uh

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sorry for that uh steve and and and

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everybody but uh roll the video please

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let's lift back that moment we had go

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ahead we are starting the straighten up

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the navigation has confirmed that the

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parachute has deployed and we're seeing

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skytrain maneuver has started

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uh what an amazing moment i have to tell

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first time for months that we're all in

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and i want to thank you for being here

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to tell you how proud

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and so moved i was by that team

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achieving that amazing success i was

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who once was asked what are the three

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most important things that create

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in the game and it turns out the same is

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true for nasa and here are the following

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of course for me this is not an end but

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now the amazing science starts you know

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and i just i'm so looking forward to the

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science that's coming come down every

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of mars

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to go collect these precious samples and

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bring them back to earth and of course

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community was from my friend david

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parker my colleague over in isa who

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sent his congratulations i just want to

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tell him back how we're excited we are

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to continue to work with them on this

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amazing joint mission this international

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history-making mission that we're now

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enduring of course with perseverance

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exploration is just so broad and

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mars 2020 perseverance and we had

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vendors from 11 nations that of course

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where these pieces are coming from and

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how proud those nations are of course

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french colleagues for example where the

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prime minister was right there with the

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team and celebrating with them just so

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contributions internationally and the

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will be enabled by the amazing historic

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you know is making it look easy i have

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pretty calm apparently my body did not

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say so but this next night i'm sure i

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only need one of them as we go forward

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and that's

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in no small way because of my next

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friend i'm going to introduce you to you

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which is of course

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mike watkins who's the jpl director take

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thank you thomas

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um i'd like to welcome everyone

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virtually to the jet propulsion

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laboratory here uh this room

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uh many of our journalist colleagues

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have been in this room for a landing day

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where we've actually celebrated

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all of the mars landings ever

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accomplished by humankind here in this

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room and i miss the fact that you're not

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all here

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with us today we usually have the lab

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buzzing with thousands of folks

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and because of covid we're doing this

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remotely but i hope you still feel a

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part of this and and certainly feel free

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to engage us you know with questions and

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follow up

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on behalf of jpl i have to say we have a

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fantastic project team no question about

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it and john mcnamee and matt wallace

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will talk a lot more about that team

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but i want to also notice the rest of

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jpl it really took a lot of folks

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working together to make this mission

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successful and of course we're working

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on missions other

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than mars perseverance as well and we

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had to keep those missions going we had

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to keep march 2020 going uh we had to

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use our cio office to make sure we could

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all work

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in a virtual sense work remotely and of

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course folks keeping everyone safe on

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the lab in terms of ppe and facility

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changes and you know we sort of had to

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change the tires while we're going down

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the highway uh starting last year and uh

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you know we are very proud of of having

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been able to uh to make 2020 a success

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and now that perseverance

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is on the surface

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i hope you are sharing the magic

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that i do personally

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these first few days on mars i always

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think in some sense are the most magical

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uh all of the great panoramas and the

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color photos and great science and our

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sample acquisition and the helicopter

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flight

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you will follow along with those and see

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them in the coming months

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uh but there is something special about

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the first few days

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because we have just landed a

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representative of the planet earth uh on

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a place on mars

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that no one has ever been to no one has

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ever seen it except from orbital imagery

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from a few hundred miles up uh above

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mars

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and uh i believe that that

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magical sense that we bring is a lot of

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the reason that jpl exists and nasa

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exists and uh i and everyone at the lab

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is very proud to be to be part of that

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and now to talk more about what we

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expect to do with this mission on the

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surface now that we are safely down i'd

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like to turn it over to my colleague dr

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lori glaze the head of the planetary

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science division

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at nasa headquarters

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thank you

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thanks so much mike really appreciate it

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yeah i mean i just wow right i there's

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just so much uh excitement and and

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emotion here today and and i of course

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have to extend my thanks as well

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um to the entire team who really had to

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work under uh

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adverse conditions over the last year

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but um have worked hard uh for the six

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years prior to that as well um and

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probably even before that uh

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leading up to to the beginning of the

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when the project got kicked off um i'd

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also like to to make sure i give a

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little shout out and some thanks to to

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my headquarters staff that support this

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as well um you know we we all work

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together it's all one one big team and i

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wanted to tell the folks here the the

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the march 2020 team uh that it was just

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such an honor to to be here and be

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allowed to sit in the control room with

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you guys you y'all are incredible you're

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amazing um and i know it wasn't even the

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full team there and the full breadth of

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that team uh the capabilities are are

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just astounding and and so i'm just so

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proud of everything you've accomplished

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and and you know thank you for letting

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me be a part of it here today um

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it is really truly exciting you know the

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now that we're on the ground um now the

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fun really starts and i loved uh you

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know you're gonna hear hear from ken in

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a little bit um we're talking to him

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right after landing and then you know

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the science team's already getting

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started they're already working you know

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ken's in there looking at the pictures

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uh the first two that we got down and

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he's already uh you know looking at them

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and trying to figure out you know what

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we're going to do and where we are so

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fantastic i can't wait to get all the

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instruments turned on over the next uh

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several days and weeks and start

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collecting data

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and in particular over the you know the

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next few days as we're we're getting

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down all of the the imaging and the

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microphone data that were taken during

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the descent you know i think it's going

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to take us all along on that descent

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we're all going to get to experience

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just exactly what that was like this

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will be the first time we've ever had

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that opportunity to not just look at the

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the data that came back and said yes the

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parachute deployed and yes you know the

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the sky crane operated correctly we're

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going to get to see it and live it and

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participate

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every one of us on that way down it's

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going to be amazing so

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really really looking forward to that

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i'd also like to

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in my time here give a shout out to the

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more than one million students that

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joined in

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for the mars student challenge and i

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want to i want to thank you all for can

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we all thank the students that

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fantastic we're just so excited that

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so many young people around the country

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and around the world have have gotten

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engaged with this mission uh it's

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incredibly inspiring

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and as thomas said it's it's your

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generation that's going to take us

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forward it's your generation that's

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going to be uh analyzing these samples

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when they come back to earth and we're

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just uh so happy to have uh so much of

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uh

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so much interaction with with the

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students and and

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the uh the mars challenge the student

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challenge is still up there and folks

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can still sign up and still participate

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in that activity so just continue to

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participate so with that

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i am going to pass things over uh to

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john

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our project manager and congratulations

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john thank you so much thank you lori

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um so i woke up this morning

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unlike thomas and steve i slept like a

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baby and i'll tell you why in a minute

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got a little exercise i had a little

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breakfast

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landed on mars so all in all pretty good

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and the reason i slept so well is i

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probably closer knowledge than uh

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thomas uh island and steve and lori

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of the quality of the team that was

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brought to bear on this very very

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difficult endeavor

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and i'm talking about the

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very much extended team

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that doesn't just include jpl we got

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tremendous support from nasa

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headquarters

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from jpl management

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the technical establishment that exists

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here

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at jpl in the technical divisions but

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also

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in industry

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at the other nasa centers that were

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brought to bear on this project

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are international partners and

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know a wealth of contractors that

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contributed

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greatly to the success of this mission

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so we all celebrate it together together

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for sure

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um it was a very difficult task that we

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asked people to do

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they delivered they tested

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and we landed and now we've turned it

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over to

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the operations team you'll hear from

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jennifer trosper here in a minute and

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the science team you'll hear from ken

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farley in a minute

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and they have

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now they have a job to do i mean a real

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job to do now that we put this down on

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on the surface

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i know that the

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surface team

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and the science team

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um were anxious for us to get there

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and then as we started to get there they

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go oh my god they're actually going to

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get there

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if we need to finish doing what we need

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to do to operate this rover well they

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did that and they'll start doing in fact

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they're doing it as we speak right now

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so anyway thanks to all who contributed

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i would argue that if you looked up

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perseverance

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in the dictionary you should see the

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faces of all of these people

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that are on the screen here and all the

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people on this channel so

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thank you very much i'm going to turn it

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over to

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my partner in crime

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and

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the person i called the conscience of

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the project

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essentially from the get-go

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matt wallace

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thank you very much john and thank you

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for your your leadership it's been a

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pleasure working with you the last eight

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years i have to say um

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you know you just got a chance to watch

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this team do one of the hardest things

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we do in our business which is to land a

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spacecraft on the planet

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mars you know we arrived at mars moving

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at about 12 000 miles an hour roughly

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and just seven short minutes we had to

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slow down and and gently put

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perseverance down in jezreel crater

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and uh and the the system just performed

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uh flawlessly

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you know uh get through 10 or 12 g's of

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deceleration a supersonic parachute

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deployment

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uh you know eight big main engines had

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to fire

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our terrain relative navigation hazard

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avoidance system had to perform the way

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it was designed and

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you know it's just a it's never easy

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these things are so complicated we were

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running

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a couple million lines of flight

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software code i think we had something

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on the order of thirty thousand

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parameters to set and get them all right

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uh you know just a it's just a a

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difficult thing to do and uh it's it's a

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real

565
00:22:40,710 --> 00:22:37,520
very gratifying and quite a relief

566
00:22:42,149 --> 00:22:40,720
to be through it i have to say

567
00:22:45,029 --> 00:22:42,159
and the good news is i think the

568
00:22:46,789 --> 00:22:45,039
spacecraft is in in great shape

569
00:22:49,029 --> 00:22:46,799
we got through edl

570
00:22:51,350 --> 00:22:49,039
uh very well i'll channel give you a

571
00:22:53,430 --> 00:22:51,360
little more information about that

572
00:22:55,830 --> 00:22:53,440
we did transition into our surface mode

573
00:22:57,350 --> 00:22:55,840
as we expected to and

574
00:22:58,950 --> 00:22:57,360
and so we're doing well

575
00:23:00,789 --> 00:22:58,960
we do have a couple images i'm going to

576
00:23:03,990 --> 00:23:00,799
pop these up i think on the screen if

577
00:23:06,310 --> 00:23:04,000
you can bring up our haz cam imagery

578
00:23:08,549 --> 00:23:06,320
these are engineering camera

579
00:23:10,950 --> 00:23:08,559
images that are taken out the front of

580
00:23:12,230 --> 00:23:10,960
the vehicle and the rear of the vehicle

581
00:23:14,230 --> 00:23:12,240
when we land

582
00:23:16,230 --> 00:23:14,240
and that's jezreel crater right there

583
00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:16,240
and you could see the

584
00:23:20,710 --> 00:23:18,640
shadow of the vehicle uh and you can

585
00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:20,720
look out into the horizon

586
00:23:26,070 --> 00:23:23,760
and uh that is uh that is just uh a

587
00:23:28,070 --> 00:23:26,080
great thing to see for the team

588
00:23:30,149 --> 00:23:28,080
so um

589
00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:30,159
so the next thing we're gonna do here is

590
00:23:36,149 --> 00:23:32,880
something we've never tried before uh in

591
00:23:38,149 --> 00:23:36,159
addition to landing at jezreel crater

592
00:23:39,190 --> 00:23:38,159
we have never tried to bring the team

593
00:23:41,750 --> 00:23:39,200
into

594
00:23:44,390 --> 00:23:41,760
our press conference here and we want to

595
00:23:46,710 --> 00:23:44,400
try to do that so are you guys ready out

596
00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:46,720
there coms team ready you guys ready to

597
00:23:50,630 --> 00:23:48,720
try this

598
00:23:52,870 --> 00:23:50,640
okay i think i'm getting some nods up

599
00:23:54,710 --> 00:23:52,880
and down all right here we go we're

600
00:23:59,110 --> 00:23:54,720
gonna try to switch over

601
00:24:01,110 --> 00:23:59,120
uh and introduce you to the uh mars 2020

602
00:24:05,150 --> 00:24:01,120
perseverance team

603
00:24:13,930 --> 00:24:05,160
here you go congratulations team

604
00:24:13,940 --> 00:24:35,830
[Applause]

605
00:24:47,590 --> 00:24:38,530
so

606
00:24:49,990 --> 00:24:47,600
[Applause]

607
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:50,000
this is the team that built the the

608
00:24:56,230 --> 00:24:52,400
computers they built the structures they

609
00:24:58,390 --> 00:24:56,240
built the radars uh they integrated the

610
00:25:01,430 --> 00:24:58,400
prop tanks and the thrusters and all the

611
00:25:04,549 --> 00:25:01,440
engines uh you know they built actuators

612
00:25:07,510 --> 00:25:04,559
and robot arms and sampling systems

613
00:25:09,669 --> 00:25:07,520
uh these guys just just never never

614
00:25:12,390 --> 00:25:09,679
rested all of our

615
00:25:14,390 --> 00:25:12,400
terrific science instruments our our

616
00:25:17,590 --> 00:25:14,400
technology payloads

617
00:25:19,269 --> 00:25:17,600
uh really a remarkable team

618
00:25:21,750 --> 00:25:19,279
and they did it

619
00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:21,760
they did it you know days they did it

620
00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:23,760
nights they did it weekends they work

621
00:25:28,390 --> 00:25:26,320
through holidays they work first shift

622
00:25:31,430 --> 00:25:28,400
second shift third shift

623
00:25:33,029 --> 00:25:31,440
uh just a remarkable um you know a

624
00:25:35,190 --> 00:25:33,039
remarkable

625
00:25:36,310 --> 00:25:35,200
accomplishment and we're so proud to be

626
00:25:38,310 --> 00:25:36,320
part of

627
00:25:40,230 --> 00:25:38,320
what what they've done here and they

628
00:25:42,149 --> 00:25:40,240
look good they look good on tv i think

629
00:25:45,350 --> 00:25:42,159
you know so i think you hopefully you

630
00:25:46,870 --> 00:25:45,360
got to see some some of the faces and

631
00:25:49,669 --> 00:25:46,880
some of the families

632
00:25:51,269 --> 00:25:49,679
maybe a few signs a couple pets

633
00:25:54,070 --> 00:25:51,279
along the way

634
00:25:55,909 --> 00:25:54,080
but congratulations to the to the whole

635
00:25:57,110 --> 00:25:55,919
team and thank you all for everything

636
00:25:59,110 --> 00:25:57,120
you've done

637
00:26:02,070 --> 00:25:59,120
i'm going to turn it over to al chen he

638
00:26:03,830 --> 00:26:02,080
is the lead of our swashbuckling edl

639
00:26:07,029 --> 00:26:03,840
team and he's going to tell you a little

640
00:26:08,070 --> 00:26:07,039
bit more about entry descent landing

641
00:26:10,230 --> 00:26:08,080
thanks man

642
00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:10,240
you know wow that was uh quite a ride it

643
00:26:14,070 --> 00:26:12,559
never gets old uh landing on mars

644
00:26:15,430 --> 00:26:14,080
and uh you're gonna want to tell the

645
00:26:17,750 --> 00:26:15,440
whole project team thank you and

646
00:26:18,789 --> 00:26:17,760
especially to the uh to the edl family

647
00:26:20,149 --> 00:26:18,799
out there

648
00:26:21,510 --> 00:26:20,159
i'm really proud of you

649
00:26:22,870 --> 00:26:21,520
you guys did it

650
00:26:24,630 --> 00:26:22,880
um i can show you a little bit about

651
00:26:26,070 --> 00:26:24,640
what we know so far uh usually it takes

652
00:26:27,909 --> 00:26:26,080
us a couple days to figure out where we

653
00:26:29,830 --> 00:26:27,919
went but with our side benefit of our

654
00:26:31,830 --> 00:26:29,840
train wealth and navigation system uh we

655
00:26:33,430 --> 00:26:31,840
know pretty well where we went uh if you

656
00:26:35,029 --> 00:26:33,440
bring up the first figure

657
00:26:36,789 --> 00:26:35,039
you can see that we're off the center

658
00:26:39,029 --> 00:26:36,799
just a little bit to the southeast about

659
00:26:40,390 --> 00:26:39,039
a kilometer or 1.7 kilometers or so to

660
00:26:41,750 --> 00:26:40,400
the southeast

661
00:26:43,430 --> 00:26:41,760
um

662
00:26:45,029 --> 00:26:43,440
it's a pretty good area but terrain

663
00:26:47,909 --> 00:26:45,039
relative navigation was pretty important

664
00:26:49,990 --> 00:26:47,919
here if you go to the next figure

665
00:26:51,669 --> 00:26:50,000
and not just for telling us where we are

666
00:26:53,510 --> 00:26:51,679
you can see that we landed in you know

667
00:26:55,750 --> 00:26:53,520
an area that's relatively rugged there

668
00:26:57,190 --> 00:26:55,760
um and i think uh ken will be able to

669
00:26:59,029 --> 00:26:57,200
tell you about the science of what's

670
00:27:00,470 --> 00:26:59,039
there uh but i was just worried about

671
00:27:01,990 --> 00:27:00,480
what would uh what would kill us on

672
00:27:03,029 --> 00:27:02,000
landing so if you go to the next slide

673
00:27:05,350 --> 00:27:03,039
here

674
00:27:07,269 --> 00:27:05,360
red is generally bad um and you can see

675
00:27:09,269 --> 00:27:07,279
that the the system managed to find a

676
00:27:10,230 --> 00:27:09,279
nice blue spot in the midst of all that

677
00:27:11,909 --> 00:27:10,240
red

678
00:27:15,110 --> 00:27:11,919
all that uh all that depth that's out

679
00:27:17,510 --> 00:27:15,120
there for us so we found the parking lot

680
00:27:18,710 --> 00:27:17,520
and uh and hit it so

681
00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:18,720
you know this rain water navigation

682
00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:20,399
system was absolutely essential in

683
00:27:24,710 --> 00:27:21,760
getting us down here and helping us

684
00:27:26,389 --> 00:27:24,720
figure out was where we are right away

685
00:27:29,430 --> 00:27:26,399
we are in a nice flat spot the vehicle

686
00:27:31,990 --> 00:27:29,440
is only tilted by about 1.2 degrees

687
00:27:34,389 --> 00:27:32,000
so we did successfully find that parking

688
00:27:36,310 --> 00:27:34,399
lot and have a safe rover on the ground

689
00:27:37,909 --> 00:27:36,320
and uh i couldn't be more proud of my

690
00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:37,919
team for doing that

691
00:27:46,950 --> 00:27:43,909
i think this is the end of my journey i

692
00:27:48,950 --> 00:27:46,960
guess with uh with perseverance but the

693
00:27:50,710 --> 00:27:48,960
the the adventure really the mission is

694
00:27:51,830 --> 00:27:50,720
really just beginning uh so let me toss

695
00:27:54,470 --> 00:27:51,840
it over to jennifer to talk about the

696
00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:54,480
surface work that we have ahead of us

697
00:27:57,830 --> 00:27:55,760
thanks al

698
00:28:00,950 --> 00:27:57,840
well thank you al i mean you and your

699
00:28:02,549 --> 00:28:00,960
team did a fantastic job and we're so

700
00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:02,559
grateful to be in this position i almost

701
00:28:05,990 --> 00:28:04,559
feel like i'm in a dream

702
00:28:07,269 --> 00:28:06,000
our job is to

703
00:28:09,029 --> 00:28:07,279
think of all the bad things that can

704
00:28:10,549 --> 00:28:09,039
happen and try to avoid those and when

705
00:28:12,149 --> 00:28:10,559
all good things happen you feel like

706
00:28:14,549 --> 00:28:12,159
you're dreaming and i'm happy to feel

707
00:28:16,789 --> 00:28:14,559
like i'm dreaming today and

708
00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:16,799
happy to be here that i want to first i

709
00:28:21,029 --> 00:28:18,640
want to do the most important thing

710
00:28:22,789 --> 00:28:21,039
which is introduce you to another

711
00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:22,799
portion of the team some of these folks

712
00:28:25,909 --> 00:28:24,480
who are downstairs for landing and some

713
00:28:28,389 --> 00:28:25,919
of them are up here

714
00:28:30,549 --> 00:28:28,399
just doing surface operations and so the

715
00:28:32,470 --> 00:28:30,559
team wants to share their excitement

716
00:28:34,870 --> 00:28:32,480
with you about

717
00:28:37,669 --> 00:28:34,880
being on the surface of mars getting

718
00:28:39,029 --> 00:28:37,679
ready for an amazing science mission so

719
00:28:41,510 --> 00:28:39,039
thank you team

720
00:28:43,029 --> 00:28:41,520
this team is awaiting the odyssey

721
00:28:44,789 --> 00:28:43,039
overflight

722
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:44,799
yeah let's give him a hand thank you

723
00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:49,430
so this team

724
00:28:54,310 --> 00:28:51,440
is awaiting the odyssey overflight which

725
00:28:56,310 --> 00:28:54,320
will happen about 4 or 4 30 p.m it's a

726
00:28:59,669 --> 00:28:56,320
very small data volume so we won't get

727
00:29:02,549 --> 00:28:59,679
very much information but then at 6 30

728
00:29:04,389 --> 00:29:02,559
pm trace gas orbiter will have an

729
00:29:05,909 --> 00:29:04,399
overflight and send down a fair amount

730
00:29:07,590 --> 00:29:05,919
of data and that's i think what

731
00:29:10,149 --> 00:29:07,600
everybody's looking forward to are these

732
00:29:12,149 --> 00:29:10,159
images that mike talked about so the

733
00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:12,159
images we might get in the if everything

734
00:29:15,350 --> 00:29:13,360
goes well

735
00:29:17,110 --> 00:29:15,360
we will likely get the haz cams with the

736
00:29:19,110 --> 00:29:17,120
deployed covers what you were looking at

737
00:29:20,630 --> 00:29:19,120
before was the has cams without the

738
00:29:23,590 --> 00:29:20,640
covers deployed

739
00:29:26,389 --> 00:29:23,600
we hope that we will get some thumbnail

740
00:29:28,789 --> 00:29:26,399
movies of some of the edl camera images

741
00:29:29,830 --> 00:29:28,799
so that front row seat and entry descent

742
00:29:31,590 --> 00:29:29,840
and landing

743
00:29:33,590 --> 00:29:31,600
and then it's possible that we'll get an

744
00:29:35,510 --> 00:29:33,600
actual image from the descent download

745
00:29:37,990 --> 00:29:35,520
camera the last 10 meters before we

746
00:29:39,669 --> 00:29:38,000
landed on the surface so we're all on

747
00:29:41,750 --> 00:29:39,679
the edge of our seats looking forward to

748
00:29:43,830 --> 00:29:41,760
getting those images just a few other

749
00:29:46,230 --> 00:29:43,840
stats about the rover we think we're

750
00:29:48,070 --> 00:29:46,240
facing southeast based on the shadows

751
00:29:50,310 --> 00:29:48,080
about 140 degrees

752
00:29:53,830 --> 00:29:50,320
the tilt as al said is it's flat it's

753
00:29:57,269 --> 00:29:53,840
about 1.2 degrees the the power system

754
00:30:00,310 --> 00:29:57,279
looks good the rtg uh the generator

755
00:30:01,830 --> 00:30:00,320
before we landed was at 105 watts and we

756
00:30:04,389 --> 00:30:01,840
think it'll go a little higher the

757
00:30:07,110 --> 00:30:04,399
batteries are charged at 95 percent and

758
00:30:09,590 --> 00:30:07,120
everything looks great so we are excited

759
00:30:11,909 --> 00:30:09,600
to get the next set of information from

760
00:30:13,510 --> 00:30:11,919
perseverance now the team will get some

761
00:30:15,590 --> 00:30:13,520
images tonight

762
00:30:17,669 --> 00:30:15,600
but then over the next few days we spend

763
00:30:19,430 --> 00:30:17,679
a little bit of time i'll show you with

764
00:30:22,149 --> 00:30:19,440
the model here kind of unwrapping the

765
00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:22,159
rover it's been inside the descent stage

766
00:30:25,909 --> 00:30:24,399
back shell so the mast is not deployed

767
00:30:28,230 --> 00:30:25,919
so we will deploy

768
00:30:30,389 --> 00:30:28,240
the remote sensing mast here and then

769
00:30:31,990 --> 00:30:30,399
we'll also be pointing you can see here

770
00:30:34,310 --> 00:30:32,000
the high gain antenna at earth and

771
00:30:35,909 --> 00:30:34,320
that's how we will communicate right now

772
00:30:38,789 --> 00:30:35,919
the rover's sending data through the

773
00:30:40,230 --> 00:30:38,799
orbiters on an antenna uhf antenna

774
00:30:41,269 --> 00:30:40,240
that's sitting here on the back of the

775
00:30:43,750 --> 00:30:41,279
rover

776
00:30:45,750 --> 00:30:43,760
and we can command it but only through

777
00:30:47,269 --> 00:30:45,760
an omnidirectional low gain antenna here

778
00:30:48,870 --> 00:30:47,279
so we don't get very high data rates

779
00:30:50,470 --> 00:30:48,880
through that so we're excited to be

780
00:30:52,870 --> 00:30:50,480
opening up the rover

781
00:30:55,190 --> 00:30:52,880
over the next few days after that we

782
00:30:57,190 --> 00:30:55,200
will transition the software as john

783
00:30:59,430 --> 00:30:57,200
mentioned we were finishing many of

784
00:31:01,190 --> 00:30:59,440
these people have been working on this

785
00:31:02,950 --> 00:31:01,200
mission for years

786
00:31:05,509 --> 00:31:02,960
and we were finishing the surface flight

787
00:31:07,190 --> 00:31:05,519
software as we were flying to mars it's

788
00:31:08,789 --> 00:31:07,200
on the vehicle but we will spend a

789
00:31:09,909 --> 00:31:08,799
little bit of time transitioning to that

790
00:31:11,909 --> 00:31:09,919
software

791
00:31:13,990 --> 00:31:11,919
then we will finish the checkouts of all

792
00:31:15,909 --> 00:31:14,000
the instruments and we'll drive to our

793
00:31:17,909 --> 00:31:15,919
heli flight demo location wherever that

794
00:31:19,430 --> 00:31:17,919
might be now we're in and i spent a

795
00:31:21,590 --> 00:31:19,440
little time talking to the rover

796
00:31:23,190 --> 00:31:21,600
planners the folks who decide where to

797
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:23,200
traverse and what's safe and what's not

798
00:31:26,549 --> 00:31:24,559
and there's a ripple field in front of

799
00:31:28,950 --> 00:31:26,559
us between us and the delta

800
00:31:31,110 --> 00:31:28,960
so we might be doing some driving around

801
00:31:32,950 --> 00:31:31,120
the the ripple field we don't like sand

802
00:31:34,950 --> 00:31:32,960
ripples that much but we're going to

803
00:31:37,110 --> 00:31:34,960
spend some time and figure out what the

804
00:31:38,870 --> 00:31:37,120
traverse places are and and where the

805
00:31:40,549 --> 00:31:38,880
helicopter demo

806
00:31:41,669 --> 00:31:40,559
flight should be so that's what we're

807
00:31:44,710 --> 00:31:41,679
working on

808
00:31:47,029 --> 00:31:44,720
uh in in summary i would like to say you

809
00:31:49,509 --> 00:31:47,039
know as i step back it's just it's great

810
00:31:51,669 --> 00:31:49,519
to be able to share this success i'm so

811
00:31:53,909 --> 00:31:51,679
happy for the team who has worked so

812
00:31:54,870 --> 00:31:53,919
hard this is an incredible team and they

813
00:31:57,110 --> 00:31:54,880
have just

814
00:31:58,950 --> 00:31:57,120
pushed through so many challenges but

815
00:32:01,269 --> 00:31:58,960
we're also very excited to be able to

816
00:32:02,950 --> 00:32:01,279
share this success with everybody who is

817
00:32:04,149 --> 00:32:02,960
cheering for us everybody who is

818
00:32:07,350 --> 00:32:04,159
watching

819
00:32:09,750 --> 00:32:07,360
we really are excited for you to join us

820
00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:09,760
on this great mission on mars that we're

821
00:32:12,950 --> 00:32:10,640
gonna

822
00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:12,960
go through in the next several years

823
00:32:17,590 --> 00:32:15,840
learning more about mars and with that

824
00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:17,600
i'm going to hand it over to ken farley

825
00:32:20,710 --> 00:32:18,880
he'll talk more about the science

826
00:32:21,430 --> 00:32:20,720
mission on mars

827
00:32:31,190 --> 00:32:21,440
i

828
00:32:33,430 --> 00:32:31,200
here

829
00:32:36,149 --> 00:32:33,440
and one of the things i would point out

830
00:32:37,909 --> 00:32:36,159
maybe not obvious from the outside but

831
00:32:40,149 --> 00:32:37,919
a mission like this is is a lot like a

832
00:32:42,230 --> 00:32:40,159
decade-long relay race

833
00:32:44,710 --> 00:32:42,240
there was the whole first stage where

834
00:32:45,750 --> 00:32:44,720
the the whole spacecraft was designed

835
00:32:47,509 --> 00:32:45,760
and built

836
00:32:49,269 --> 00:32:47,519
and literally as the pandemic was

837
00:32:50,470 --> 00:32:49,279
closing in was raced off to the cape to

838
00:32:53,269 --> 00:32:50,480
make the launch

839
00:32:55,750 --> 00:32:53,279
the second leg was to get through space

840
00:32:56,789 --> 00:32:55,760
and arrive successfully as we have just

841
00:32:59,029 --> 00:32:56,799
done

842
00:33:01,029 --> 00:32:59,039
and the third leg is the one that we are

843
00:33:02,710 --> 00:33:01,039
about to embark on that's the science

844
00:33:04,549 --> 00:33:02,720
mission and one of the amazing things

845
00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:04,559
about this is there are thousands of

846
00:33:08,070 --> 00:33:07,120
people all along the way and at each

847
00:33:10,149 --> 00:33:08,080
step

848
00:33:11,669 --> 00:33:10,159
those people peel off and move on to new

849
00:33:13,750 --> 00:33:11,679
jobs and so

850
00:33:16,310 --> 00:33:13,760
on behalf of the science team i want to

851
00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:16,320
thank my friends to the right here and

852
00:33:20,870 --> 00:33:18,240
all of the folks that got us to where we

853
00:33:22,630 --> 00:33:20,880
are this is a spectacular place to be so

854
00:33:24,149 --> 00:33:22,640
thank you thank you all so much for that

855
00:33:26,070 --> 00:33:24,159
and we are going to do you proud in the

856
00:33:28,230 --> 00:33:26,080
science mission

857
00:33:30,630 --> 00:33:28,240
i want to start off uh just saying a few

858
00:33:31,909 --> 00:33:30,640
words about where we are and what we

859
00:33:33,669 --> 00:33:31,919
know so far

860
00:33:35,190 --> 00:33:33,679
uh this is obviously not based on very

861
00:33:36,549 --> 00:33:35,200
much information

862
00:33:37,990 --> 00:33:36,559
and my phone is buzzing all the time

863
00:33:39,269 --> 00:33:38,000
with people telling me things so we're

864
00:33:41,269 --> 00:33:39,279
already starting to process the

865
00:33:43,430 --> 00:33:41,279
information that we have but in this

866
00:33:45,669 --> 00:33:43,440
first image you can see that we landed

867
00:33:48,149 --> 00:33:45,679
to the southeast of the delta we are

868
00:33:49,669 --> 00:33:48,159
about two kilometers to the southeast of

869
00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:49,679
the delta

870
00:33:54,470 --> 00:33:51,840
and we are actually right on the

871
00:33:56,149 --> 00:33:54,480
boundary between two different geologic

872
00:33:57,830 --> 00:33:56,159
units there's the kind of smooth area

873
00:34:00,149 --> 00:33:57,840
that we landed on we call that the mafic

874
00:34:01,830 --> 00:34:00,159
floor unit and then there's the rough

875
00:34:02,630 --> 00:34:01,840
area this is actually where the dunes

876
00:34:05,029 --> 00:34:02,640
are

877
00:34:06,789 --> 00:34:05,039
and that's the olivine bearing unit and

878
00:34:08,710 --> 00:34:06,799
this is a great place to be because one

879
00:34:10,790 --> 00:34:08,720
of the things that uh scientists love to

880
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:10,800
do is look to see how two different

881
00:34:15,109 --> 00:34:12,560
geologic units come together it tells

882
00:34:16,950 --> 00:34:15,119
you a lot about the geologic history

883
00:34:18,710 --> 00:34:16,960
so we're we're really excited to get

884
00:34:21,190 --> 00:34:18,720
going on this um and if i could have the

885
00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:21,200
next image

886
00:34:26,149 --> 00:34:23,839
so these images i i hope everybody

887
00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:26,159
understands these are actually taken in

888
00:34:31,109 --> 00:34:29,119
only one of the color bands this is just

889
00:34:33,030 --> 00:34:31,119
in the red color band and they are

890
00:34:35,270 --> 00:34:33,040
actually taken through the protective

891
00:34:36,950 --> 00:34:35,280
lens cap that is on the camera so these

892
00:34:38,389 --> 00:34:36,960
are these are just amazing things that

893
00:34:39,990 --> 00:34:38,399
we got back in the first few seconds

894
00:34:41,349 --> 00:34:40,000
after we landed

895
00:34:44,790 --> 00:34:41,359
but we can already see some important

896
00:34:46,790 --> 00:34:44,800
things uh there are rocks in this field

897
00:34:49,190 --> 00:34:46,800
of view there we don't know exactly how

898
00:34:50,790 --> 00:34:49,200
big they are but they might be uh

899
00:34:52,790 --> 00:34:50,800
about 10 centimeters would be a

900
00:34:54,149 --> 00:34:52,800
reasonable guess

901
00:34:56,230 --> 00:34:54,159
so those are those are going to be very

902
00:34:58,069 --> 00:34:56,240
interesting they will undoubtedly be

903
00:34:59,109 --> 00:34:58,079
some of the first objects that we

904
00:34:59,990 --> 00:34:59,119
explore

905
00:35:03,990 --> 00:35:00,000
once

906
00:35:06,310 --> 00:35:04,000
the kind of shakedown phase of the

907
00:35:08,230 --> 00:35:06,320
early rover operations completes and

908
00:35:10,870 --> 00:35:08,240
also in the background we believe that

909
00:35:12,390 --> 00:35:10,880
we can see the delta there there are

910
00:35:14,230 --> 00:35:12,400
features in the back that look like the

911
00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:14,240
cliffs of the delta and so when we get

912
00:35:17,190 --> 00:35:15,760
those additional images back that

913
00:35:18,950 --> 00:35:17,200
jennifer was mentioning we should know a

914
00:35:20,950 --> 00:35:18,960
lot more about that

915
00:35:23,910 --> 00:35:20,960
and then we can also see

916
00:35:25,349 --> 00:35:23,920
some sand dunes in there and actually

917
00:35:26,790 --> 00:35:25,359
something of a relief our imaging

918
00:35:28,550 --> 00:35:26,800
scientist told me when i went and talked

919
00:35:31,109 --> 00:35:28,560
to him about this image i asked him what

920
00:35:33,109 --> 00:35:31,119
he saw and he said looks like mars so

921
00:35:34,150 --> 00:35:33,119
i'm glad we have successfully landed on

922
00:35:36,230 --> 00:35:34,160
mars

923
00:35:38,390 --> 00:35:36,240
so science team is uh really excited to

924
00:35:40,870 --> 00:35:38,400
get going here we have uh years of

925
00:35:42,470 --> 00:35:40,880
scientific investigation ahead of us and

926
00:35:43,990 --> 00:35:42,480
i will turn it back to xiaoru for

927
00:35:46,230 --> 00:35:44,000
questions

928
00:35:48,550 --> 00:35:46,240
okay thank you ken um we're about to

929
00:35:50,310 --> 00:35:48,560
start q a so if you're a reporter on our

930
00:35:52,710 --> 00:35:50,320
phone lines uh remember that you can

931
00:35:54,069 --> 00:35:52,720
press star one and get into the queue

932
00:35:56,230 --> 00:35:54,079
and if you're on social media and you

933
00:35:58,790 --> 00:35:56,240
want to ask questions use the hashtag

934
00:36:01,190 --> 00:35:58,800
countdown to mars so our first reporter

935
00:36:04,390 --> 00:36:01,200
question comes from steve futterman of

936
00:36:06,069 --> 00:36:04,400
cbs news go ahead steve

937
00:36:07,670 --> 00:36:06,079
and uh congratulations to everyone

938
00:36:10,870 --> 00:36:07,680
involved in this i'd like to focus my

939
00:36:12,870 --> 00:36:10,880
question to matt wallace and al chen

940
00:36:15,030 --> 00:36:12,880
obviously we see you

941
00:36:17,510 --> 00:36:15,040
through the lenses of the cameras as

942
00:36:18,870 --> 00:36:17,520
this is happening could you take a step

943
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:18,880
back and maybe

944
00:36:22,150 --> 00:36:20,480
describe for us

945
00:36:25,510 --> 00:36:22,160
what was going through your mind your

946
00:36:27,190 --> 00:36:25,520
hearts what were the emotions as the the

947
00:36:28,710 --> 00:36:27,200
seven minutes of terror were taking

948
00:36:30,550 --> 00:36:28,720
place and the reaction when you knew

949
00:36:34,069 --> 00:36:30,560
that that perseverance had safely

950
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:36,630
but you know it's hard to really

951
00:36:40,710 --> 00:36:39,040
describe to be honest with you you think

952
00:36:42,470 --> 00:36:40,720
you're prepared

953
00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:42,480
for it it's

954
00:36:46,950 --> 00:36:44,880
part of our business in some ways you

955
00:36:48,550 --> 00:36:46,960
know we're exploring we're going places

956
00:36:50,150 --> 00:36:48,560
we haven't been

957
00:36:52,150 --> 00:36:50,160
we know there's risk we know there's

958
00:36:54,150 --> 00:36:52,160
uncertainty

959
00:36:56,150 --> 00:36:54,160
i was telling somebody the other day i

960
00:36:58,150 --> 00:36:56,160
don't think a single work day went by

961
00:36:59,990 --> 00:36:58,160
for the last eight or nine years where i

962
00:37:01,510 --> 00:37:00,000
didn't think about entry descendant

963
00:37:04,150 --> 00:37:01,520
landing

964
00:37:06,230 --> 00:37:04,160
you know you always worry uh did you

965
00:37:08,790 --> 00:37:06,240
make the right decision did you test the

966
00:37:11,910 --> 00:37:08,800
right things did you put the right

967
00:37:13,829 --> 00:37:11,920
people in charge we clearly did on

968
00:37:16,230 --> 00:37:13,839
perseverance

969
00:37:18,710 --> 00:37:16,240
but it just

970
00:37:20,470 --> 00:37:18,720
it consumes you it becomes part of you

971
00:37:24,150 --> 00:37:20,480
and

972
00:37:26,390 --> 00:37:24,160
in in some ways uh it's hard still to

973
00:37:27,750 --> 00:37:26,400
believe uh that we've finished it and

974
00:37:28,710 --> 00:37:27,760
that we're done

975
00:37:31,190 --> 00:37:28,720
you know

976
00:37:33,349 --> 00:37:31,200
it still feels a little surreal uh

977
00:37:35,589 --> 00:37:33,359
because it just becomes embedded in in

978
00:37:38,069 --> 00:37:35,599
the way you you think

979
00:37:40,470 --> 00:37:38,079
you have to be constantly terrified

980
00:37:42,710 --> 00:37:40,480
of it you have to respect it

981
00:37:43,750 --> 00:37:42,720
at the same time you have to somehow

982
00:37:45,829 --> 00:37:43,760
believe

983
00:37:47,430 --> 00:37:45,839
that you can do it or else you'd never

984
00:37:50,230 --> 00:37:47,440
try to put a car

985
00:37:52,390 --> 00:37:50,240
on the surface of mars right it's crazy

986
00:37:54,630 --> 00:37:52,400
um and so uh

987
00:37:57,589 --> 00:37:54,640
it's part of our it's part of what we do

988
00:37:59,670 --> 00:37:57,599
i guess and at some point um it becomes

989
00:38:02,470 --> 00:37:59,680
part of how you think

990
00:38:05,510 --> 00:38:02,480
but but there really is no good way to

991
00:38:07,829 --> 00:38:05,520
describe that moment when it's over

992
00:38:09,349 --> 00:38:07,839
and you hear those words touchdown

993
00:38:12,550 --> 00:38:09,359
confirmed

994
00:38:15,510 --> 00:38:12,560
it's just a remarkable feeling of

995
00:38:17,349 --> 00:38:15,520
of pride in the team

996
00:38:19,510 --> 00:38:17,359
relief

997
00:38:21,829 --> 00:38:19,520
and um

998
00:38:23,829 --> 00:38:21,839
and really joy thinking forward to this

999
00:38:24,950 --> 00:38:23,839
remarkable surface mission that we have

1000
00:38:27,430 --> 00:38:24,960
coming up

1001
00:38:29,190 --> 00:38:27,440
uh that's the best i can do uh let me

1002
00:38:30,710 --> 00:38:29,200
let me turn it over to al

1003
00:38:33,030 --> 00:38:30,720
i mean those segments are still pretty

1004
00:38:35,030 --> 00:38:33,040
raw for me right now but the uh

1005
00:38:37,589 --> 00:38:35,040
yeah it's you know the vehicle is going

1006
00:38:40,470 --> 00:38:37,599
on a roller coaster ride and you are too

1007
00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:40,480
right the the little pieces of uh

1008
00:38:43,910 --> 00:38:42,079
of data come back things seem to be

1009
00:38:45,829 --> 00:38:43,920
working the way you want to go you know

1010
00:38:47,270 --> 00:38:45,839
you start getting you start feeling good

1011
00:38:48,630 --> 00:38:47,280
and then you know something comes by

1012
00:38:49,910 --> 00:38:48,640
that doesn't quite match what you

1013
00:38:51,349 --> 00:38:49,920
thought it was going to be is that

1014
00:38:53,430 --> 00:38:51,359
really right you should have expected

1015
00:38:55,030 --> 00:38:53,440
that or something comes out of water and

1016
00:38:56,470 --> 00:38:55,040
your stomach drops and then you know

1017
00:38:58,069 --> 00:38:56,480
okay the things are okay again right

1018
00:38:59,510 --> 00:38:58,079
then you pick up that

1019
00:39:01,990 --> 00:38:59,520
next piece of information that says

1020
00:39:03,349 --> 00:39:02,000
things are actually going okay um it's

1021
00:39:05,829 --> 00:39:03,359
an emotional rollercoaster ride all the

1022
00:39:07,190 --> 00:39:05,839
way down uh that way and you're you know

1023
00:39:09,670 --> 00:39:07,200
you're second guessing yourself as you

1024
00:39:12,790 --> 00:39:09,680
go even though it's already happened

1025
00:39:15,430 --> 00:39:12,800
it's kind of crazy um and uh

1026
00:39:17,270 --> 00:39:15,440
yeah i mean it's it's

1027
00:39:19,670 --> 00:39:17,280
a feeling of being very fortunate at the

1028
00:39:22,470 --> 00:39:19,680
end i think for me that uh i get to work

1029
00:39:23,750 --> 00:39:22,480
at a place with uh with with people who

1030
00:39:26,550 --> 00:39:23,760
are both great engineers and great

1031
00:39:30,390 --> 00:39:26,560
people and we still get to dare mighty

1032
00:39:32,790 --> 00:39:30,400
things together so thank you

1033
00:39:35,990 --> 00:39:32,800
great thank you okay our next caller is

1034
00:39:39,829 --> 00:39:36,000
marcia dunn of the ap go ahead marcia

1035
00:39:42,470 --> 00:39:39,839
yes hi uh congratulations for l um all

1036
00:39:44,310 --> 00:39:42,480
those blue dots surround sorry all the

1037
00:39:46,870 --> 00:39:44,320
red dots surrounding the little blue

1038
00:39:48,630 --> 00:39:46,880
platch are those mostly rocks how close

1039
00:39:50,550 --> 00:39:48,640
do you think you came from something

1040
00:39:52,069 --> 00:39:50,560
that could have doomed the mission on

1041
00:39:53,430 --> 00:39:52,079
landing thank you

1042
00:39:55,990 --> 00:39:53,440
we'll have to take a closer look at

1043
00:39:57,670 --> 00:39:56,000
exactly what we had there i will tell

1044
00:39:59,109 --> 00:39:57,680
you that in general we make these maps a

1045
00:40:01,109 --> 00:39:59,119
little scarier because we want to make

1046
00:40:02,870 --> 00:40:01,119
sure that we find the safest spots in

1047
00:40:05,190 --> 00:40:02,880
fact these maps are typically saturated

1048
00:40:07,030 --> 00:40:05,200
at what we consider uh four percent

1049
00:40:08,390 --> 00:40:07,040
hazard so that if you came down there i

1050
00:40:09,990 --> 00:40:08,400
mean some of these places are definitely

1051
00:40:11,589 --> 00:40:10,000
problems but and there's individual

1052
00:40:12,630 --> 00:40:11,599
rocks that are marked there

1053
00:40:14,790 --> 00:40:12,640
so we're gonna have to take a closer

1054
00:40:16,309 --> 00:40:14,800
look to see how close we came uh but we

1055
00:40:18,710 --> 00:40:16,319
definitely you know the system did what

1056
00:40:20,710 --> 00:40:18,720
was supposed to do it found the uh the

1057
00:40:24,470 --> 00:40:20,720
safest area that was available to it and

1058
00:40:31,510 --> 00:40:27,190
great okay thank you next call is from

1059
00:40:34,710 --> 00:40:33,670
hello yes thanks for taking my question

1060
00:40:37,109 --> 00:40:34,720
um

1061
00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:37,119
i'm wondering if someone can uh i

1062
00:40:41,670 --> 00:40:39,280
realize you haven't seen the the descent

1063
00:40:44,069 --> 00:40:41,680
images yet but um to what extent do you

1064
00:40:46,230 --> 00:40:44,079
expect any major changes in uh

1065
00:40:47,670 --> 00:40:46,240
perseverance's uh perseverance is

1066
00:40:50,230 --> 00:40:47,680
planned route

1067
00:40:51,829 --> 00:40:50,240
based on those images and um

1068
00:40:53,030 --> 00:40:51,839
about how much imagery do you think

1069
00:40:55,270 --> 00:40:53,040
you're going to get i mean in terms of

1070
00:40:57,430 --> 00:40:55,280
the number of images or video and um how

1071
00:41:00,470 --> 00:40:57,440
much better will those be than

1072
00:41:02,550 --> 00:41:00,480
than what you have from the orbiters

1073
00:41:04,470 --> 00:41:02,560
uh i don't know if that would be for uh

1074
00:41:07,589 --> 00:41:04,480
lori or uh

1075
00:41:08,950 --> 00:41:07,599
or jennifer go ahead laurie or no you're

1076
00:41:10,870 --> 00:41:08,960
pointing jennifer i think jennifer would

1077
00:41:12,950 --> 00:41:10,880
be okay go ahead jennifer

1078
00:41:15,190 --> 00:41:12,960
well why don't i i i can talk a little

1079
00:41:17,270 --> 00:41:15,200
bit about the images um we think over

1080
00:41:19,589 --> 00:41:17,280
the next few days we'll get all of the

1081
00:41:21,910 --> 00:41:19,599
entry descent and landing

1082
00:41:24,150 --> 00:41:21,920
movies down so that we can see

1083
00:41:26,150 --> 00:41:24,160
basically that front row seat of what

1084
00:41:28,390 --> 00:41:26,160
happened all the different cameras and

1085
00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:28,400
we'll get those movies i think as far as

1086
00:41:33,990 --> 00:41:31,920
the where we might go once we see those

1087
00:41:37,030 --> 00:41:34,000
i can probably toss that over to ken and

1088
00:41:39,589 --> 00:41:37,040
see what he says about that

1089
00:41:41,109 --> 00:41:39,599
yeah i expect that what we will do is we

1090
00:41:42,790 --> 00:41:41,119
will explore that contact that i

1091
00:41:45,510 --> 00:41:42,800
mentioned between the mafic floor unit

1092
00:41:47,750 --> 00:41:45,520
and the and the olivine unit and as

1093
00:41:49,510 --> 00:41:47,760
jennifer mentioned that's a dune field

1094
00:41:52,150 --> 00:41:49,520
and we might have to go around the dune

1095
00:41:54,150 --> 00:41:52,160
field but i suspect we will go around it

1096
00:41:57,349 --> 00:41:54,160
either one direction or the other uh

1097
00:42:01,349 --> 00:41:59,430
great okay thank you we'll take our next

1098
00:42:05,510 --> 00:42:01,359
reporter question from

1099
00:42:06,950 --> 00:42:05,520
sam ahmed of afp go ahead sam

1100
00:42:09,270 --> 00:42:06,960
hi thanks for taking my question

1101
00:42:11,349 --> 00:42:09,280
congratulations um

1102
00:42:13,589 --> 00:42:11,359
we didn't understand we had uh two mikes

1103
00:42:15,589 --> 00:42:13,599
on board when when might we know if we

1104
00:42:16,710 --> 00:42:15,599
are if our perseverance was successful

1105
00:42:20,069 --> 00:42:16,720
in recording

1106
00:42:21,910 --> 00:42:20,079
um the first direct sound from mars

1107
00:42:23,910 --> 00:42:21,920
jennifer you want to take that one

1108
00:42:26,710 --> 00:42:23,920
yeah we should be able to get some of

1109
00:42:28,470 --> 00:42:26,720
that information in the overnight passes

1110
00:42:30,470 --> 00:42:28,480
tonight and tomorrow morning so

1111
00:42:32,710 --> 00:42:30,480
hopefully we'll we'll be able to

1112
00:42:37,270 --> 00:42:32,720
understand whether we got the sounds and

1113
00:42:45,349 --> 00:42:39,990
great okay thank you next reporter is

1114
00:42:48,550 --> 00:42:46,950
yes can you hear me

1115
00:42:51,270 --> 00:42:48,560
yes you can

1116
00:42:53,430 --> 00:42:51,280
wonderful congratulations to the team

1117
00:42:56,790 --> 00:42:53,440
great great job and and my question

1118
00:42:59,270 --> 00:42:56,800
follows on the last two about the uh

1119
00:43:01,990 --> 00:42:59,280
about the imagery from uh from the

1120
00:43:05,030 --> 00:43:02,000
cameras that you've put on to the uh

1121
00:43:07,030 --> 00:43:05,040
descent vehicle and on the rover itself

1122
00:43:09,510 --> 00:43:07,040
uh can you talk a little bit

1123
00:43:12,470 --> 00:43:09,520
you say they're gonna come down uh

1124
00:43:15,430 --> 00:43:12,480
starting tonight and overnight is that

1125
00:43:17,750 --> 00:43:15,440
all of them i know there were some gopro

1126
00:43:19,109 --> 00:43:17,760
types sort of rugged sports cameras that

1127
00:43:22,230 --> 00:43:19,119
you had pointed in all different

1128
00:43:24,309 --> 00:43:22,240
directions and some high-speed uh video

1129
00:43:27,430 --> 00:43:24,319
that you were taking do you expect it

1130
00:43:29,030 --> 00:43:27,440
all to come down in the next uh you know

1131
00:43:30,870 --> 00:43:29,040
a few hours or is that something that's

1132
00:43:33,270 --> 00:43:30,880
going to trickle in over days and when

1133
00:43:35,270 --> 00:43:33,280
do you expect to release it

1134
00:43:37,670 --> 00:43:35,280
so let's let matt take this one go ahead

1135
00:43:40,069 --> 00:43:37,680
matt yeah i can give you a kind of an

1136
00:43:42,230 --> 00:43:40,079
overview there um and you're correct yes

1137
00:43:43,829 --> 00:43:42,240
as i think thomas mentioned or others

1138
00:43:45,270 --> 00:43:43,839
had mentioned for the first time we're

1139
00:43:47,270 --> 00:43:45,280
going to be able to see ourselves in

1140
00:43:49,109 --> 00:43:47,280
high definition video

1141
00:43:52,150 --> 00:43:49,119
land on another planet

1142
00:43:53,990 --> 00:43:52,160
we we put commercial ruggedized cameras

1143
00:43:55,589 --> 00:43:54,000
at various locations on the vehicle

1144
00:43:57,670 --> 00:43:55,599
three of them looking up at that big

1145
00:43:59,430 --> 00:43:57,680
supersonic parachute

1146
00:44:02,069 --> 00:43:59,440
one on the descent stage looking down at

1147
00:44:03,829 --> 00:44:02,079
the rover one on the rover that looks up

1148
00:44:05,030 --> 00:44:03,839
at the descent stage

1149
00:44:07,030 --> 00:44:05,040
and then we have one at the rover

1150
00:44:08,550 --> 00:44:07,040
looking down as well and so we think

1151
00:44:11,430 --> 00:44:08,560
we're going to capture some pretty

1152
00:44:14,710 --> 00:44:11,440
spectacular uh we think we have captured

1153
00:44:17,190 --> 00:44:14,720
hopefully some pretty spectacular video

1154
00:44:18,710 --> 00:44:17,200
and they come with a microphone as well

1155
00:44:20,390 --> 00:44:18,720
and so i think that's what you're asking

1156
00:44:22,790 --> 00:44:20,400
about

1157
00:44:25,109 --> 00:44:22,800
we are in fact hoping that we can bring

1158
00:44:28,950 --> 00:44:25,119
one image one still image from those

1159
00:44:31,030 --> 00:44:28,960
cameras uh uh to the table uh tomorrow

1160
00:44:33,589 --> 00:44:31,040
from the descent stage looking down at

1161
00:44:36,470 --> 00:44:33,599
the rover and and i think that's gonna

1162
00:44:37,910 --> 00:44:36,480
hopefully uh we'll see that and and then

1163
00:44:39,430 --> 00:44:37,920
i'm hoping that that's going to be a

1164
00:44:41,589 --> 00:44:39,440
remarkable image

1165
00:44:43,829 --> 00:44:41,599
but the first video product uh we're

1166
00:44:45,430 --> 00:44:43,839
going to work on over the weekend as the

1167
00:44:48,069 --> 00:44:45,440
imagery comes down

1168
00:44:48,870 --> 00:44:48,079
and we're going to try to bring that

1169
00:44:53,190 --> 00:44:48,880
to

1170
00:44:54,630 --> 00:44:53,200
and i think that's really gonna be uh

1171
00:44:56,710 --> 00:44:54,640
something to see

1172
00:44:59,430 --> 00:44:56,720
yeah it's it's gonna be remarkable i'm

1173
00:45:00,790 --> 00:44:59,440
looking forward to it myself

1174
00:45:05,109 --> 00:45:00,800
thank you

1175
00:45:08,069 --> 00:45:05,119
stephen clark from space flight now go

1176
00:45:11,990 --> 00:45:10,230
hi thank you for taking my question um

1177
00:45:14,069 --> 00:45:12,000
just wondering if maybe jennifer trosper

1178
00:45:15,670 --> 00:45:14,079
can go through the time line over the

1179
00:45:16,630 --> 00:45:15,680
next couple of days in some more detail

1180
00:45:17,510 --> 00:45:16,640
about

1181
00:45:18,950 --> 00:45:17,520
you know

1182
00:45:21,670 --> 00:45:18,960
when the lens covers are going to be

1183
00:45:23,430 --> 00:45:21,680
opened when the high gain antenna will

1184
00:45:26,950 --> 00:45:23,440
have a lock on earth

1185
00:45:28,790 --> 00:45:26,960
um and when the mast will be

1186
00:45:30,550 --> 00:45:28,800
you know deployed and when the first

1187
00:45:32,230 --> 00:45:30,560
drive might be

1188
00:45:34,150 --> 00:45:32,240
just walk me through that for me please

1189
00:45:37,109 --> 00:45:34,160
and maybe for uh

1190
00:45:39,349 --> 00:45:37,119
dr zubrukin or dr glaze um you know the

1191
00:45:40,710 --> 00:45:39,359
mars sample campaign sample return

1192
00:45:42,150 --> 00:45:40,720
campaign was really hindering on the

1193
00:45:44,309 --> 00:45:42,160
outcome of today

1194
00:45:46,950 --> 00:45:44,319
just wanted to get your comments on on

1195
00:45:48,630 --> 00:45:46,960
any relief that you felt that you know

1196
00:45:51,829 --> 00:45:48,640
that your you know your whole mars

1197
00:45:56,390 --> 00:45:51,839
sample return strategy um is reality now

1198
00:46:00,710 --> 00:45:58,630
yeah i'll start with uh what what we're

1199
00:46:02,630 --> 00:46:00,720
doing over the next several saws this is

1200
00:46:04,630 --> 00:46:02,640
sal zero so right after the rover landed

1201
00:46:06,870 --> 00:46:04,640
it actually fired some pyros and did

1202
00:46:09,109 --> 00:46:06,880
release our high gain antenna and also

1203
00:46:11,030 --> 00:46:09,119
release those lens covers which is why

1204
00:46:13,349 --> 00:46:11,040
the images that we expect to see this

1205
00:46:15,670 --> 00:46:13,359
evening will be without the lens covers

1206
00:46:17,349 --> 00:46:15,680
and those will be the has cam images

1207
00:46:18,150 --> 00:46:17,359
along with the other images we talked

1208
00:46:19,910 --> 00:46:18,160
about

1209
00:46:21,829 --> 00:46:19,920
the the first four or five solves what

1210
00:46:23,349 --> 00:46:21,839
we're trying to do is get the power the

1211
00:46:25,990 --> 00:46:23,359
thermal and the communications the

1212
00:46:27,670 --> 00:46:26,000
infrastructure of the rover stabilized

1213
00:46:29,910 --> 00:46:27,680
so that then we can go and load the

1214
00:46:31,430 --> 00:46:29,920
software as i mentioned so the the first

1215
00:46:34,069 --> 00:46:31,440
thing we'll do tomorrow we actually

1216
00:46:36,069 --> 00:46:34,079
gyrocompass today as well to see if we

1217
00:46:38,390 --> 00:46:36,079
can understand our orientation such that

1218
00:46:41,030 --> 00:46:38,400
tomorrow on saw one we can point the

1219
00:46:43,190 --> 00:46:41,040
high gain antenna at earth and then if

1220
00:46:45,030 --> 00:46:43,200
we get good pointing then we'll start

1221
00:46:46,790 --> 00:46:45,040
commanding the vehicle through that

1222
00:46:48,390 --> 00:46:46,800
antenna and that's one of the key things

1223
00:46:50,870 --> 00:46:48,400
we're trying to do in these early days

1224
00:46:52,710 --> 00:46:50,880
is get that communication link working

1225
00:46:54,870 --> 00:46:52,720
we'll also release the remote sensing

1226
00:46:56,630 --> 00:46:54,880
mast and then on saw two will deploy

1227
00:46:58,390 --> 00:46:56,640
that mass now while we're doing these

1228
00:47:01,030 --> 00:46:58,400
things which i call our critical path

1229
00:47:03,109 --> 00:47:01,040
infrastructure things we're also doing

1230
00:47:05,430 --> 00:47:03,119
other health checks of other instruments

1231
00:47:07,190 --> 00:47:05,440
and over the course of the three cells

1232
00:47:08,870 --> 00:47:07,200
or foresaws of the these early

1233
00:47:10,309 --> 00:47:08,880
activities we'll get all the instrument

1234
00:47:12,870 --> 00:47:10,319
health checks done we'll charge the

1235
00:47:14,710 --> 00:47:12,880
rover battery and that's all too once we

1236
00:47:17,510 --> 00:47:14,720
deploy the mast that's when we'll take

1237
00:47:19,270 --> 00:47:17,520
those initial images with our double e

1238
00:47:20,630 --> 00:47:19,280
cams these their camera that they're

1239
00:47:22,309 --> 00:47:20,640
their color this time in the past

1240
00:47:24,549 --> 00:47:22,319
they've been black and white we'll take

1241
00:47:27,270 --> 00:47:24,559
those first panoramas and then the mass

1242
00:47:29,349 --> 00:47:27,280
cam z which is also on the mast we'll

1243
00:47:30,950 --> 00:47:29,359
take those panoramas on sol three and

1244
00:47:33,270 --> 00:47:30,960
then those will be sending that data

1245
00:47:35,270 --> 00:47:33,280
down along with additional data from the

1246
00:47:37,349 --> 00:47:35,280
edl cameras and the other data that we

1247
00:47:39,430 --> 00:47:37,359
talked about over this week it'll take

1248
00:47:42,710 --> 00:47:39,440
us till about solve four and solve for

1249
00:47:46,230 --> 00:47:42,720
we actually start to load um and burn

1250
00:47:48,549 --> 00:47:46,240
into the the rce so our flight computers

1251
00:47:49,910 --> 00:47:48,559
the new software and once we start to do

1252
00:47:51,430 --> 00:47:49,920
that we do about four days of

1253
00:47:53,430 --> 00:47:51,440
transitioning to the new software we do

1254
00:47:55,829 --> 00:47:53,440
it very carefully we toe dip we make

1255
00:47:58,390 --> 00:47:55,839
sure that nothing goes wrong and at the

1256
00:48:00,630 --> 00:47:58,400
end of that is when we start the next

1257
00:48:03,430 --> 00:48:00,640
set of checkouts where we'll deploy the

1258
00:48:05,670 --> 00:48:03,440
arm we'll do our first drive about five

1259
00:48:08,150 --> 00:48:05,680
meters forward and back

1260
00:48:10,309 --> 00:48:08,160
and then once we get that checked out is

1261
00:48:11,910 --> 00:48:10,319
when we'll start to drive towards a heli

1262
00:48:14,230 --> 00:48:11,920
site we'll have figured out where we

1263
00:48:16,549 --> 00:48:14,240
want to fly the heli uh we need there

1264
00:48:18,549 --> 00:48:16,559
are certain requirements of of that site

1265
00:48:20,390 --> 00:48:18,559
in terms of rock sizes and flatness and

1266
00:48:22,549 --> 00:48:20,400
so we're looking for that right now

1267
00:48:24,710 --> 00:48:22,559
that ends up being you know a few weeks

1268
00:48:27,349 --> 00:48:24,720
before we get there but uh

1269
00:48:29,190 --> 00:48:27,359
but we're excited about it all

1270
00:48:31,510 --> 00:48:29,200
wonderful i want to quickly talk about

1271
00:48:33,349 --> 00:48:31,520
your second question stephen and that is

1272
00:48:35,589 --> 00:48:33,359
uh of course

1273
00:48:38,069 --> 00:48:35,599
uh there's a lot of friends all over the

1274
00:48:39,510 --> 00:48:38,079
world who had a sigh of relief and

1275
00:48:41,829 --> 00:48:39,520
everything went well

1276
00:48:43,030 --> 00:48:41,839
with this touchdown the mars sample

1277
00:48:45,190 --> 00:48:43,040
return

1278
00:48:47,349 --> 00:48:45,200
uh colleagues they're all working really

1279
00:48:49,510 --> 00:48:47,359
hard to retire the risks of these new

1280
00:48:51,270 --> 00:48:49,520
technologies and to bring together two

1281
00:48:52,390 --> 00:48:51,280
of the most amazing missions to now

1282
00:48:55,109 --> 00:48:52,400
bring

1283
00:48:57,829 --> 00:48:55,119
the samples back uh that's a work that i

1284
00:49:00,150 --> 00:48:57,839
started years ago technology development

1285
00:49:02,549 --> 00:49:00,160
and and the system development here at

1286
00:49:05,670 --> 00:49:02,559
jpl at the european space agency and

1287
00:49:08,549 --> 00:49:05,680
elsewhere there's two principles we used

1288
00:49:10,470 --> 00:49:08,559
to set the timing the first one is we

1289
00:49:12,630 --> 00:49:10,480
always bet on success

1290
00:49:14,230 --> 00:49:12,640
in our business even if you sweat

1291
00:49:16,710 --> 00:49:14,240
through shirt or not like i learned

1292
00:49:19,030 --> 00:49:16,720
about john you know we bet on success

1293
00:49:20,950 --> 00:49:19,040
because that's what we want to achieve

1294
00:49:23,990 --> 00:49:20,960
that's what we're planning for the

1295
00:49:26,470 --> 00:49:24,000
second one is to go right now and

1296
00:49:29,430 --> 00:49:26,480
develop the more sample return campaign

1297
00:49:32,150 --> 00:49:29,440
not only makes the service mission more

1298
00:49:34,470 --> 00:49:32,160
effective in that regard but also it

1299
00:49:36,150 --> 00:49:34,480
actually saves a lot of money because we

1300
00:49:37,430 --> 00:49:36,160
actually can use the systems that we

1301
00:49:40,309 --> 00:49:37,440
have now

1302
00:49:41,510 --> 00:49:40,319
move towards that return and so for that

1303
00:49:43,910 --> 00:49:41,520
reason i think

1304
00:49:45,829 --> 00:49:43,920
there's a lot of people being excited

1305
00:49:48,069 --> 00:49:45,839
right now all over the world

1306
00:49:50,309 --> 00:49:48,079
but uh lori anything you wanted to add

1307
00:49:51,990 --> 00:49:50,319
that i may have overlooked in this i i

1308
00:49:54,069 --> 00:49:52,000
think you've covered that really well

1309
00:49:57,190 --> 00:49:54,079
the the only thing i would say is that

1310
00:49:59,430 --> 00:49:57,200
you know it's always nerve-wracking to

1311
00:50:02,069 --> 00:49:59,440
as we go through the the edl for a

1312
00:50:03,990 --> 00:50:02,079
lander or a rover um but it was doubly

1313
00:50:06,470 --> 00:50:04,000
so this time because as you say the the

1314
00:50:09,270 --> 00:50:06,480
march sample return uh was also pretty

1315
00:50:11,910 --> 00:50:09,280
you know re is is reliant on the success

1316
00:50:14,230 --> 00:50:11,920
of of perseverance so yeah we all

1317
00:50:16,230 --> 00:50:14,240
definitely heaved a sigh of relief uh in

1318
00:50:18,390 --> 00:50:16,240
thinking forward on on all the work that

1319
00:50:20,549 --> 00:50:18,400
that's to go uh from our sample return

1320
00:50:23,430 --> 00:50:20,559
but really really exciting that we've

1321
00:50:25,670 --> 00:50:23,440
now really embarked on that chapter one

1322
00:50:28,630 --> 00:50:25,680
of mars sample return

1323
00:50:30,790 --> 00:50:28,640
in for real so it's great okay thank you

1324
00:50:32,950 --> 00:50:30,800
lori okay we're gonna do a social media

1325
00:50:36,230 --> 00:50:32,960
question this might also actually be for

1326
00:50:38,630 --> 00:50:36,240
lori pulls to do on instagram asks if

1327
00:50:42,069 --> 00:50:38,640
perseverance finds signs of past or

1328
00:50:44,870 --> 00:50:42,079
present life what would we do next

1329
00:50:47,270 --> 00:50:44,880
oh wow that's a great great question

1330
00:50:48,470 --> 00:50:47,280
because there's still just so much to do

1331
00:50:50,470 --> 00:50:48,480
on mars

1332
00:50:51,990 --> 00:50:50,480
it's a fascinating fascinating place and

1333
00:50:54,470 --> 00:50:52,000
there's there's a

1334
00:50:57,430 --> 00:50:54,480
it's a wonderful laboratory for doing

1335
00:50:59,109 --> 00:50:57,440
incredible science and uh you know

1336
00:51:01,829 --> 00:50:59,119
certainly the big question for us right

1337
00:51:03,670 --> 00:51:01,839
now is this question about uh the

1338
00:51:05,910 --> 00:51:03,680
evolution of mars and the and the

1339
00:51:08,150 --> 00:51:05,920
existence or not of of past life that's

1340
00:51:10,710 --> 00:51:08,160
been preserved at jezreel crater and

1341
00:51:11,829 --> 00:51:10,720
that's our focus right now

1342
00:51:13,510 --> 00:51:11,839
you know but we're always looking

1343
00:51:14,950 --> 00:51:13,520
forward to the additional science that

1344
00:51:18,069 --> 00:51:14,960
we're going to do in the future i'm

1345
00:51:20,069 --> 00:51:18,079
thinking about uh again how planets form

1346
00:51:22,150 --> 00:51:20,079
how they evolve and mars is a great

1347
00:51:24,309 --> 00:51:22,160
great place to to work on all of those

1348
00:51:25,829 --> 00:51:24,319
different science questions

1349
00:51:27,829 --> 00:51:25,839
great thank you okay we're going to go

1350
00:51:33,349 --> 00:51:27,839
back to the reporter phone lines and we

1351
00:51:36,710 --> 00:51:34,870
thank you all and um yeah

1352
00:51:39,190 --> 00:51:36,720
congratulations it was it was a really

1353
00:51:41,430 --> 00:51:39,200
great day for all of us watching too um

1354
00:51:43,190 --> 00:51:41,440
just just to kind of piggyback off of um

1355
00:51:44,870 --> 00:51:43,200
stephen clark's question about what the

1356
00:51:46,630 --> 00:51:44,880
near future holds could you maybe

1357
00:51:47,750 --> 00:51:46,640
jennifer or john or

1358
00:51:50,549 --> 00:51:47,760
or ken

1359
00:51:52,390 --> 00:51:50,559
like um do you go out like

1360
00:51:54,150 --> 00:51:52,400
like another couple weeks or a month or

1361
00:51:56,549 --> 00:51:54,160
so i mean how long do you anticipate

1362
00:51:58,630 --> 00:51:56,559
it'll take to get to the helicopter site

1363
00:52:00,390 --> 00:51:58,640
and how long will those flights take and

1364
00:52:02,870 --> 00:52:00,400
i mean when will the rover be able to

1365
00:52:04,630 --> 00:52:02,880
actually like start doing science and

1366
00:52:06,470 --> 00:52:04,640
like start gathering samples and so on

1367
00:52:07,670 --> 00:52:06,480
and so forth do you think

1368
00:52:09,750 --> 00:52:07,680
thank you

1369
00:52:11,990 --> 00:52:09,760
sure i'll go a little further out i

1370
00:52:13,829 --> 00:52:12,000
talked about we'll have the road once we

1371
00:52:15,589 --> 00:52:13,839
get the robotic arm working and we get

1372
00:52:17,190 --> 00:52:15,599
mobility working we'll go find the heli

1373
00:52:19,270 --> 00:52:17,200
flight demo site so it's about three

1374
00:52:22,150 --> 00:52:19,280
weeks and then depending on how close

1375
00:52:23,910 --> 00:52:22,160
that site is uh we have to traverse to

1376
00:52:26,150 --> 00:52:23,920
it and we still have the helicopter

1377
00:52:28,630 --> 00:52:26,160
underneath the rover so we can't use our

1378
00:52:30,150 --> 00:52:28,640
auto auto navigation we have to be a

1379
00:52:32,390 --> 00:52:30,160
little bit more careful when we're doing

1380
00:52:34,230 --> 00:52:32,400
that so it could take up to 10 so it

1381
00:52:37,589 --> 00:52:34,240
really depends on where we find a heli

1382
00:52:39,910 --> 00:52:37,599
flight demo site then we will spend 30

1383
00:52:41,430 --> 00:52:39,920
solves a saw is a martian day it's 40

1384
00:52:42,790 --> 00:52:41,440
minutes longer than an earth day so we

1385
00:52:44,630 --> 00:52:42,800
speak in solves when we're doing

1386
00:52:45,670 --> 00:52:44,640
operations on mars so we spend about 30

1387
00:52:47,990 --> 00:52:45,680
sols

1388
00:52:50,790 --> 00:52:48,000
for the helicopter demo prior to that

1389
00:52:52,870 --> 00:52:50,800
it'll take us about a ten sols to get

1390
00:52:54,710 --> 00:52:52,880
the helicopter just deployed underneath

1391
00:52:56,069 --> 00:52:54,720
the rover move the rover away we go

1392
00:52:58,549 --> 00:52:56,079
about a hundred meters away before we

1393
00:53:00,630 --> 00:52:58,559
fly it so that's another 40s so i like

1394
00:53:02,630 --> 00:53:00,640
to say it's it's sometimes hard it's

1395
00:53:04,309 --> 00:53:02,640
always hard to estimate exactly when

1396
00:53:06,630 --> 00:53:04,319
things happen but we'll be flying the

1397
00:53:08,390 --> 00:53:06,640
helicopter in the spring here and we'll

1398
00:53:11,109 --> 00:53:08,400
be spending spring fly in the helicopter

1399
00:53:13,349 --> 00:53:11,119
after that we're going to upgrade our

1400
00:53:14,630 --> 00:53:13,359
auto navigation capability on the rover

1401
00:53:16,870 --> 00:53:14,640
meaning we're just going to try it out

1402
00:53:18,870 --> 00:53:16,880
make sure it works then we'll drive

1403
00:53:21,109 --> 00:53:18,880
towards the first science site that ken

1404
00:53:22,630 --> 00:53:21,119
and his team are interested in going to

1405
00:53:24,710 --> 00:53:22,640
again that depends on where they want to

1406
00:53:26,390 --> 00:53:24,720
go how long it takes us to get there and

1407
00:53:28,309 --> 00:53:26,400
that's the point where we where we will

1408
00:53:30,549 --> 00:53:28,319
be doing the first sampling so i like to

1409
00:53:32,150 --> 00:53:30,559
say summer is the time frame when we'll

1410
00:53:34,549 --> 00:53:32,160
be doing the first sampling those things

1411
00:53:36,470 --> 00:53:34,559
can change they might go faster

1412
00:53:38,309 --> 00:53:36,480
or if we have to drive traverse to

1413
00:53:40,549 --> 00:53:38,319
different places that take a longer

1414
00:53:42,549 --> 00:53:40,559
period of time it might go slower that's

1415
00:53:44,470 --> 00:53:42,559
a longer plan and then one thing i'll

1416
00:53:47,190 --> 00:53:44,480
just throw in the end conjunction

1417
00:53:48,950 --> 00:53:47,200
uh is around september where we um do

1418
00:53:50,309 --> 00:53:48,960
not we're not able to communicate with

1419
00:53:52,069 --> 00:53:50,319
the spacecraft because the sun is

1420
00:53:53,910 --> 00:53:52,079
between earth and mars and so during

1421
00:53:56,630 --> 00:53:53,920
that time we'll spend a little bit of

1422
00:53:58,230 --> 00:53:56,640
work uh finishing off some efficiency

1423
00:54:00,309 --> 00:53:58,240
and operability capabilities for the

1424
00:54:02,069 --> 00:54:00,319
vehicle to help it be even smarter and

1425
00:54:03,910 --> 00:54:02,079
even more autonomous and then after

1426
00:54:06,150 --> 00:54:03,920
conjunction we'll upload that new flight

1427
00:54:08,630 --> 00:54:06,160
software build and then that's when we

1428
00:54:12,549 --> 00:54:08,640
can really do things even faster than we

1429
00:54:16,309 --> 00:54:13,750
ken do you want to talk a little bit

1430
00:54:18,470 --> 00:54:16,319
about the science part

1431
00:54:20,390 --> 00:54:18,480
yeah it's a little premature to say very

1432
00:54:23,109 --> 00:54:20,400
much yet i

1433
00:54:25,190 --> 00:54:23,119
i mentioned in a previous discussion

1434
00:54:26,790 --> 00:54:25,200
that there are 450 science team members

1435
00:54:28,309 --> 00:54:26,800
and i i think most of them are sending

1436
00:54:29,349 --> 00:54:28,319
me texts and emails about what we should

1437
00:54:30,790 --> 00:54:29,359
do now

1438
00:54:33,030 --> 00:54:30,800
but we've got to get together and

1439
00:54:35,750 --> 00:54:33,040
actually uh come up with a communal plan

1440
00:54:37,829 --> 00:54:35,760
we're not ready to do that just yet

1441
00:54:39,829 --> 00:54:37,839
okay great thank you okay the next

1442
00:54:42,789 --> 00:54:39,839
reporter question comes from jackie

1443
00:54:45,349 --> 00:54:42,799
goddard of the times of london

1444
00:54:47,670 --> 00:54:45,359
hello and congratulations everyone and

1445
00:54:50,150 --> 00:54:47,680
that includes uh all the folks on those

1446
00:54:51,750 --> 00:54:50,160
screens at your kitchen tables and your

1447
00:54:53,510 --> 00:54:51,760
on your couches with your dogs and your

1448
00:54:55,270 --> 00:54:53,520
cats and your kids

1449
00:54:57,190 --> 00:54:55,280
my question is can one of you on the

1450
00:54:59,829 --> 00:54:57,200
panel please give us some examples of

1451
00:55:01,030 --> 00:54:59,839
the complexity of the challenges that

1452
00:55:02,630 --> 00:55:01,040
you faced

1453
00:55:04,309 --> 00:55:02,640
getting this mission to mars under

1454
00:55:07,270 --> 00:55:04,319
pandemic conditions

1455
00:55:09,190 --> 00:55:07,280
and to what extent will covid continue

1456
00:55:11,349 --> 00:55:09,200
to affect operations for example would

1457
00:55:13,670 --> 00:55:11,359
the rover operations also be at their

1458
00:55:16,069 --> 00:55:13,680
kitchen tables and sofas and pets on

1459
00:55:18,150 --> 00:55:16,079
laps um or does that now change thank

1460
00:55:20,309 --> 00:55:18,160
you

1461
00:55:23,430 --> 00:55:20,319
yeah i can i can uh start us off and say

1462
00:55:25,109 --> 00:55:23,440
a few words um i'll let jennifer say a

1463
00:55:27,349 --> 00:55:25,119
bit about looking out into the future of

1464
00:55:29,349 --> 00:55:27,359
the surface mission uh you know the

1465
00:55:30,549 --> 00:55:29,359
pandemic struck at just about the worst

1466
00:55:32,549 --> 00:55:30,559
time

1467
00:55:34,789 --> 00:55:32,559
uh for this mission and we had just

1468
00:55:35,990 --> 00:55:34,799
shipped the vehicle down to kennedy

1469
00:55:38,549 --> 00:55:36,000
space center

1470
00:55:40,870 --> 00:55:38,559
it was in pieces we still had to put it

1471
00:55:42,630 --> 00:55:40,880
together it's a critical point in time

1472
00:55:44,870 --> 00:55:42,640
for us

1473
00:55:46,710 --> 00:55:44,880
you can't make mistakes there's no

1474
00:55:49,589 --> 00:55:46,720
safety net at that point there's no

1475
00:55:51,270 --> 00:55:49,599
double checks you have to do it right

1476
00:55:55,670 --> 00:55:51,280
we were still finishing some of the

1477
00:55:59,910 --> 00:55:57,750
we had very little schedule margin you

1478
00:56:02,069 --> 00:55:59,920
know the teams were already

1479
00:56:05,190 --> 00:56:02,079
working multiple shifts and i had

1480
00:56:07,270 --> 00:56:05,200
already scheduled out the weekends and

1481
00:56:09,430 --> 00:56:07,280
you know we had to react very quickly

1482
00:56:11,109 --> 00:56:09,440
and and we were

1483
00:56:13,270 --> 00:56:11,119
normally you're just focused on trying

1484
00:56:15,510 --> 00:56:13,280
to do the job do it right

1485
00:56:17,430 --> 00:56:15,520
and get it done in time to make the

1486
00:56:19,109 --> 00:56:17,440
planetary launch window because if you

1487
00:56:21,430 --> 00:56:19,119
miss it you're going to have to wait two

1488
00:56:22,309 --> 00:56:21,440
years

1489
00:56:26,150 --> 00:56:22,319
and

1490
00:56:27,670 --> 00:56:26,160
the we had to start thinking primarily

1491
00:56:29,349 --> 00:56:27,680
about how to keep the team safe and

1492
00:56:31,349 --> 00:56:29,359
their family safe

1493
00:56:33,829 --> 00:56:31,359
and and how to get through all these

1494
00:56:34,950 --> 00:56:33,839
logistical challenges uh you know we

1495
00:56:36,390 --> 00:56:34,960
were

1496
00:56:38,549 --> 00:56:36,400
quickly trying to understand the

1497
00:56:41,190 --> 00:56:38,559
protective equipment we had to bring in

1498
00:56:42,870 --> 00:56:41,200
um what kind of social distancing we had

1499
00:56:45,190 --> 00:56:42,880
to deal with how many people could stand

1500
00:56:47,589 --> 00:56:45,200
around the rover and how close could

1501
00:56:49,190 --> 00:56:47,599
they be inside a clean room you know

1502
00:56:51,349 --> 00:56:49,200
what kind of protection we got from our

1503
00:56:53,829 --> 00:56:51,359
clean room garb

1504
00:56:56,390 --> 00:56:53,839
we were just struggling to

1505
00:56:58,789 --> 00:56:56,400
understand if all of our support

1506
00:57:01,190 --> 00:56:58,799
community the companies that just clean

1507
00:57:03,349 --> 00:57:01,200
the garments you know for our clean room

1508
00:57:05,109 --> 00:57:03,359
or bring the nitrogen in for our thermal

1509
00:57:06,630 --> 00:57:05,119
vacuum chambers whether or not they were

1510
00:57:08,069 --> 00:57:06,640
going to be there and continue to

1511
00:57:09,910 --> 00:57:08,079
deliver

1512
00:57:12,309 --> 00:57:09,920
the things that we needed to keep to

1513
00:57:13,670 --> 00:57:12,319
keep going

1514
00:57:15,910 --> 00:57:13,680
we had people

1515
00:57:17,750 --> 00:57:15,920
here at jpl that had to travel to

1516
00:57:18,549 --> 00:57:17,760
kennedy space center and we couldn't get

1517
00:57:20,549 --> 00:57:18,559
them

1518
00:57:22,390 --> 00:57:20,559
we couldn't travel commercially and so

1519
00:57:25,349 --> 00:57:22,400
we had to ask for some help from nasa

1520
00:57:28,549 --> 00:57:25,359
headquarters our friends at armstrong

1521
00:57:29,750 --> 00:57:28,559
gave us a jet devi uh helped us with the

1522
00:57:32,710 --> 00:57:29,760
transporting

1523
00:57:34,950 --> 00:57:32,720
via an agency jet back and forth our we

1524
00:57:36,950 --> 00:57:34,960
got support out of wallops

1525
00:57:39,109 --> 00:57:36,960
another nasa facility

1526
00:57:40,630 --> 00:57:39,119
to fly some of our flight hardware there

1527
00:57:43,270 --> 00:57:40,640
and back

1528
00:57:45,270 --> 00:57:43,280
so it was a very very challenging uh

1529
00:57:47,670 --> 00:57:45,280
time and and then we had to figure out

1530
00:57:49,349 --> 00:57:47,680
how to actually launch the thing and and

1531
00:57:51,750 --> 00:57:49,359
fly it when

1532
00:57:55,270 --> 00:57:51,760
you know we had all these constraints as

1533
00:57:58,309 --> 00:57:55,280
well we were modifying our processes and

1534
00:57:59,270 --> 00:57:58,319
protocols in our operations facility

1535
00:58:02,549 --> 00:57:59,280
um

1536
00:58:05,030 --> 00:58:02,559
you know very just very very challenging

1537
00:58:08,150 --> 00:58:05,040
um you know and the team

1538
00:58:09,190 --> 00:58:08,160
i think that the team like all of you

1539
00:58:10,710 --> 00:58:09,200
out there

1540
00:58:11,670 --> 00:58:10,720
they're worried you know worried about

1541
00:58:15,030 --> 00:58:11,680
their

1542
00:58:16,390 --> 00:58:15,040
parents or grandparents and and uh

1543
00:58:18,230 --> 00:58:16,400
just worried about

1544
00:58:19,990 --> 00:58:18,240
their kids out of school worried about

1545
00:58:22,549 --> 00:58:20,000
taking care of you know

1546
00:58:25,109 --> 00:58:22,559
kids at home and do doing their work

1547
00:58:27,109 --> 00:58:25,119
um so it was it was a tough time we

1548
00:58:29,670 --> 00:58:27,119
actually um

1549
00:58:30,630 --> 00:58:29,680
we decided to try to market we we put a

1550
00:58:33,349 --> 00:58:30,640
um

1551
00:58:35,829 --> 00:58:33,359
a plate a coveted plate on the port side

1552
00:58:37,670 --> 00:58:35,839
of the rover it's now sitting on jezreel

1553
00:58:39,589 --> 00:58:37,680
crater uh

1554
00:58:40,789 --> 00:58:39,599
with the with the vehicle

1555
00:58:47,430 --> 00:58:40,799
uh

1556
00:58:49,190 --> 00:58:47,440
kennedy space center

1557
00:58:51,430 --> 00:58:49,200
and that plate is really there to

1558
00:58:53,109 --> 00:58:51,440
symbolize the challenge that

1559
00:58:55,270 --> 00:58:53,119
not just our team was facing but

1560
00:58:57,109 --> 00:58:55,280
everybody has been facing

1561
00:58:59,190 --> 00:58:57,119
it's been a tough year it's been tough

1562
00:59:00,630 --> 00:58:59,200
to do this mission

1563
00:59:02,150 --> 00:59:00,640
under these

1564
00:59:04,390 --> 00:59:02,160
in this environment

1565
00:59:06,230 --> 00:59:04,400
but the team uh like they have with

1566
00:59:07,990 --> 00:59:06,240
every other challenge has stepped up to

1567
00:59:10,309 --> 00:59:08,000
it we got a lot of help from the

1568
00:59:12,549 --> 00:59:10,319
institution from the agency

1569
00:59:14,789 --> 00:59:12,559
uh and i think um

1570
00:59:16,150 --> 00:59:14,799
and i think that's gonna continue into

1571
00:59:18,150 --> 00:59:16,160
the future so that we can do this

1572
00:59:20,630 --> 00:59:18,160
surface mission

1573
00:59:22,549 --> 00:59:20,640
jennifer do you want to add anything

1574
00:59:25,109 --> 00:59:22,559
well i'll add that

1575
00:59:28,150 --> 00:59:25,119
we are not all together and that's very

1576
00:59:30,150 --> 00:59:28,160
unusual for a landing and when we start

1577
00:59:32,309 --> 00:59:30,160
a surface operations ken's talking about

1578
00:59:34,549 --> 00:59:32,319
his phone blowing up usually that would

1579
00:59:36,069 --> 00:59:34,559
be a big meeting that's in one of the

1580
00:59:38,390 --> 00:59:36,079
buildings here in the laboratory where

1581
00:59:40,150 --> 00:59:38,400
we all talk about what the

1582
00:59:41,910 --> 00:59:40,160
the science of the mission is and based

1583
00:59:43,829 --> 00:59:41,920
on where we are what we want to do the

1584
00:59:45,030 --> 00:59:43,839
engineering team is largely on site

1585
00:59:47,510 --> 00:59:45,040
right now

1586
00:59:49,270 --> 00:59:47,520
and to finish development was a struggle

1587
00:59:52,230 --> 00:59:49,280
being remote because

1588
00:59:54,870 --> 00:59:52,240
these are complex systems they take a

1589
00:59:55,670 --> 00:59:54,880
lot of individual expertise

1590
00:59:59,589 --> 00:59:55,680
put

1591
01:00:01,829 --> 00:59:59,599
operate a vehicle that we can build

1592
01:00:03,750 --> 01:00:01,839
software that makes that vehicle work

1593
01:00:06,789 --> 01:00:03,760
and doing all of that remotely without

1594
01:00:07,829 --> 01:00:06,799
as much uh interaction has been hard for

1595
01:00:10,309 --> 01:00:07,839
the team

1596
01:00:12,470 --> 01:00:10,319
we have the science team now is fully

1597
01:00:14,470 --> 01:00:12,480
remote and so and you know it's just

1598
01:00:16,309 --> 01:00:14,480
like all of you guys i mean i work from

1599
01:00:18,230 --> 01:00:16,319
my laundry room for the last several

1600
01:00:20,150 --> 01:00:18,240
months right and my kids are in zoom

1601
01:00:21,510 --> 01:00:20,160
school and they'll walk in and then

1602
01:00:23,349 --> 01:00:21,520
people say they can't hear me because

1603
01:00:25,670 --> 01:00:23,359
the washer's going i mean everybody has

1604
01:00:28,230 --> 01:00:25,680
these challenges that are are going on

1605
01:00:31,030 --> 01:00:28,240
because this is not the way we typically

1606
01:00:33,990 --> 01:00:31,040
would design a mars mission

1607
01:00:35,349 --> 01:00:34,000
but the team has been fantastic and just

1608
01:00:38,470 --> 01:00:35,359
overcome every challenge we actually

1609
01:00:40,390 --> 01:00:38,480
have we have now robots on the floor

1610
01:00:42,470 --> 01:00:40,400
where if you're remote but you want to

1611
01:00:43,910 --> 01:00:42,480
go look in a room you can log into one

1612
01:00:45,190 --> 01:00:43,920
of the robots and you can drive it

1613
01:00:47,430 --> 01:00:45,200
around the floor now in surface

1614
01:00:49,670 --> 01:00:47,440
operations and and go talk to the people

1615
01:00:52,549 --> 01:00:49,680
that you want so we we've we've learned

1616
01:00:54,470 --> 01:00:52,559
a lot about how to do things remotely i

1617
01:00:57,270 --> 01:00:54,480
think it has changed how we think about

1618
01:00:59,190 --> 01:00:57,280
the problem but it is it is challenging

1619
01:01:00,870 --> 01:00:59,200
and i look forward to the time i think

1620
01:01:03,109 --> 01:01:00,880
there will be a time

1621
01:01:05,109 --> 01:01:03,119
when we can all be together again and

1622
01:01:06,710 --> 01:01:05,119
not have all the restrictions i'm in a

1623
01:01:08,309 --> 01:01:06,720
room by myself which is the only reason

1624
01:01:10,549 --> 01:01:08,319
i'm not wearing a mask

1625
01:01:11,990 --> 01:01:10,559
and i think that that does make it um

1626
01:01:13,829 --> 01:01:12,000
one of the things i thought the team

1627
01:01:15,670 --> 01:01:13,839
missed out on a little bit was just that

1628
01:01:18,150 --> 01:01:15,680
excitement and energy that comes from

1629
01:01:19,750 --> 01:01:18,160
being all together right before landing

1630
01:01:22,390 --> 01:01:19,760
and so we were together but it was

1631
01:01:24,630 --> 01:01:22,400
remotely uh and so i think it'll be fun

1632
01:01:27,750 --> 01:01:24,640
and great for the team to be able to get

1633
01:01:30,950 --> 01:01:27,760
back together again when we can do that

1634
01:01:34,870 --> 01:01:30,960
okay thanks jennifer uh next call comes

1635
01:01:37,190 --> 01:01:34,880
from amanda khan of the la times

1636
01:01:39,589 --> 01:01:37,200
hi uh thank you so much for taking my

1637
01:01:43,030 --> 01:01:39,599
call can you hear me yes

1638
01:01:46,150 --> 01:01:43,040
okay great um so um i had a couple of

1639
01:01:48,549 --> 01:01:46,160
questions here um congratulations um

1640
01:01:49,990 --> 01:01:48,559
okay to jump off of that that last

1641
01:01:51,430 --> 01:01:50,000
question i'm sort of wondering if all

1642
01:01:52,789 --> 01:01:51,440
these pandemic restrictions will be

1643
01:01:56,309 --> 01:01:52,799
affecting

1644
01:01:57,750 --> 01:01:56,319
um how uh you guys deal with with mars

1645
01:01:59,990 --> 01:01:57,760
time will that be affecting the mars

1646
01:02:01,670 --> 01:02:00,000
town experience and and also will it be

1647
01:02:02,549 --> 01:02:01,680
affecting the experience

1648
01:02:04,950 --> 01:02:02,559
of

1649
01:02:07,910 --> 01:02:04,960
the rover drivers how will that be

1650
01:02:09,829 --> 01:02:07,920
changing because of the pandemic

1651
01:02:10,870 --> 01:02:09,839
yeah well the mars time question is

1652
01:02:13,670 --> 01:02:10,880
great

1653
01:02:15,270 --> 01:02:13,680
we so mars time as you obviously know

1654
01:02:17,990 --> 01:02:15,280
you've asked the question

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01:02:19,829 --> 01:02:18,000
is uh we get up in the morning on mars

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01:02:20,950 --> 01:02:19,839
and then our clock shifts by 40 minutes

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01:02:21,750 --> 01:02:20,960
every day

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01:02:24,710 --> 01:02:21,760
so

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01:02:26,789 --> 01:02:24,720
when you're all here and you're together

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01:02:28,870 --> 01:02:26,799
that kind of works but when you're

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01:02:30,470 --> 01:02:28,880
sitting in your living room or you know

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01:02:32,230 --> 01:02:30,480
in a small room in your house if you

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01:02:34,630 --> 01:02:32,240
need to be on a telecon

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01:02:36,630 --> 01:02:34,640
all night long planning the rover's

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01:02:38,950 --> 01:02:36,640
sequences for the next day that may not

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01:02:41,270 --> 01:02:38,960
work out for your spouse or your family

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01:02:43,190 --> 01:02:41,280
or those things so we've had to change

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01:02:44,150 --> 01:02:43,200
in some cases we've actually had to

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01:02:48,069 --> 01:02:44,160
create

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01:02:49,510 --> 01:02:48,079
remote but on-site uh places for people

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01:02:51,190 --> 01:02:49,520
to come to we don't want to gather too

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01:02:53,190 --> 01:02:51,200
many people together

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01:02:55,589 --> 01:02:53,200
we need to have our socially distinct

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01:02:58,630 --> 01:02:55,599
facilities but we have several i would

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01:03:00,950 --> 01:02:58,640
say we have a couple dozen people who

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01:03:03,829 --> 01:03:00,960
are remote but still coming to lab to

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01:03:06,069 --> 01:03:03,839
different areas during mars time so that

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01:03:08,710 --> 01:03:06,079
they can uh not interfere with their

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01:03:10,309 --> 01:03:08,720
family's life which is not on mars time

1680
01:03:13,109 --> 01:03:10,319
and then as far as our rover planters

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01:03:15,190 --> 01:03:13,119
they're going to get busy as the they

1682
01:03:16,630 --> 01:03:15,200
already have some meshes where they're

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01:03:17,829 --> 01:03:16,640
trying to come up with strategic

1684
01:03:20,789 --> 01:03:17,839
traverses

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01:03:23,029 --> 01:03:20,799
with the images we we have but i think

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01:03:23,990 --> 01:03:23,039
it's the same for them we they have some

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01:03:25,670 --> 01:03:24,000
unique

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01:03:27,990 --> 01:03:25,680
equipment they need to use so again

1689
01:03:30,150 --> 01:03:28,000
we've set up some different locations

1690
01:03:32,069 --> 01:03:30,160
where they can come in and use that

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01:03:33,589 --> 01:03:32,079
equipment it doesn't have to all be we

1692
01:03:35,029 --> 01:03:33,599
have some over in this building and then

1693
01:03:36,870 --> 01:03:35,039
we've we've set some up in another

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01:03:39,349 --> 01:03:36,880
building so rover planners who can't be

1695
01:03:41,029 --> 01:03:39,359
at home on mars time can come in so it

1696
01:03:43,510 --> 01:03:41,039
is it is different and it's different

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01:03:46,069 --> 01:03:43,520
for the families and we'll see how we'll

1698
01:03:48,870 --> 01:03:46,079
see how it works um we do have probably

1699
01:03:50,950 --> 01:03:48,880
about 50 people in here that when they

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01:03:53,029 --> 01:03:50,960
work mars time they're actually at the

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01:03:55,910 --> 01:03:53,039
facility and on console as you see

1702
01:04:03,029 --> 01:03:58,150
great okay thanks jennifer okay the next

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01:04:06,549 --> 01:04:03,039
call comes from leo enright of irish tv

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01:04:07,510 --> 01:04:06,559
uh thanks very much uh yari

1705
01:04:10,829 --> 01:04:07,520
and

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01:04:14,309 --> 01:04:10,839
as we say in the irish language gogordus

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01:04:17,430 --> 01:04:14,319
ukri to everybody involved particularly

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01:04:19,670 --> 01:04:17,440
the people on the zoom screen

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01:04:22,950 --> 01:04:19,680
many congratulations

1710
01:04:26,470 --> 01:04:22,960
i had a very detailed geology question

1711
01:04:30,309 --> 01:04:26,480
ready for ken farley but

1712
01:04:32,710 --> 01:04:30,319
jennifer trosper mentioned a robot that

1713
01:04:34,710 --> 01:04:32,720
they're using

1714
01:04:38,309 --> 01:04:34,720
to communicate

1715
01:04:41,270 --> 01:04:38,319
uh i i wasn't quite clear about that so

1716
01:04:44,549 --> 01:04:41,280
i thought i would ask about that a bit

1717
01:04:46,950 --> 01:04:44,559
more you said you're a robot that can

1718
01:04:49,109 --> 01:04:46,960
move and talk to people

1719
01:04:50,950 --> 01:04:49,119
let me yeah i'll clarify it's a robot

1720
01:04:52,789 --> 01:04:50,960
that you can log into and essentially

1721
01:04:54,390 --> 01:04:52,799
drive it around and your face will be

1722
01:04:56,150 --> 01:04:54,400
there and you can

1723
01:04:57,910 --> 01:04:56,160
zoom up you can drive up next to

1724
01:05:00,069 --> 01:04:57,920
somebody that you want to talk to closer

1725
01:05:04,210 --> 01:05:00,079
than six feet and then you can have a

1726
01:05:10,870 --> 01:05:04,220
conversation with them from your

1727
01:05:16,069 --> 01:05:13,589
i mean is it a rover or what is it no

1728
01:05:17,910 --> 01:05:16,079
it's just a robot that moves around the

1729
01:05:20,150 --> 01:05:17,920
i can't remember the actual

1730
01:05:22,069 --> 01:05:20,160
um maker maybe somebody can help me out

1731
01:05:24,870 --> 01:05:22,079
with that but it's a it's a robot that

1732
01:05:26,470 --> 01:05:24,880
we drive remotely around the floor it's

1733
01:05:27,349 --> 01:05:26,480
it really just has wheels and then a

1734
01:05:33,270 --> 01:05:27,359
screen

1735
01:05:37,990 --> 01:05:35,270
could i do a follow-up

1736
01:05:40,549 --> 01:05:38,000
sure we can do that we'll yeah sure okay

1737
01:05:41,990 --> 01:05:40,559
thanks because i did have a question for

1738
01:05:42,870 --> 01:05:42,000
ken farley

1739
01:05:44,950 --> 01:05:42,880
um

1740
01:05:47,510 --> 01:05:44,960
can i i you know

1741
01:05:50,549 --> 01:05:47,520
this zoom screen is fantastic because

1742
01:05:53,510 --> 01:05:50,559
we're all used to the crowd coming in

1743
01:05:56,390 --> 01:05:53,520
in jpl after a landing

1744
01:05:59,430 --> 01:05:56,400
and the other tradition in jpl after a

1745
01:06:00,950 --> 01:05:59,440
landing is the journalist with the geeky

1746
01:06:04,309 --> 01:06:00,960
question

1747
01:06:06,230 --> 01:06:04,319
uh so i just wanted to ask you could you

1748
01:06:11,589 --> 01:06:06,240
clarify uh

1749
01:06:16,630 --> 01:06:14,549
and if that is where you have landed

1750
01:06:18,950 --> 01:06:16,640
um can you

1751
01:06:20,150 --> 01:06:18,960
tell me whether you've looked at channel

1752
01:06:21,430 --> 01:06:20,160
islands

1753
01:06:25,109 --> 01:06:21,440
and the

1754
01:06:27,190 --> 01:06:25,119
outcrop there that does appear to be a

1755
01:06:31,510 --> 01:06:27,200
delta formation

1756
01:06:34,789 --> 01:06:31,520
and would you consider doing a quick run

1757
01:06:35,750 --> 01:06:34,799
to channel islands rather than a long

1758
01:06:38,710 --> 01:06:35,760
run

1759
01:06:40,470 --> 01:06:38,720
over to the delta

1760
01:06:42,870 --> 01:06:40,480
yeah okay so let's let's uh clarify

1761
01:06:46,549 --> 01:06:42,880
what's going on here so the science team

1762
01:06:48,789 --> 01:06:46,559
has associated specific

1763
01:06:51,349 --> 01:06:48,799
earth locations they happen to be

1764
01:06:54,390 --> 01:06:51,359
national parks and preserves to specific

1765
01:06:56,309 --> 01:06:54,400
regions uh in jezreel crater and it is

1766
01:06:58,470 --> 01:06:56,319
from those quadrangles we call them

1767
01:07:01,349 --> 01:06:58,480
those quadrangles on earth that we will

1768
01:07:02,549 --> 01:07:01,359
draw the names that we informally attach

1769
01:07:04,230 --> 01:07:02,559
to features

1770
01:07:05,589 --> 01:07:04,240
that we look at and we take uh

1771
01:07:07,990 --> 01:07:05,599
observations of

1772
01:07:09,510 --> 01:07:08,000
so we have in fact landed in the canyon

1773
01:07:11,510 --> 01:07:09,520
de shea quad

1774
01:07:12,789 --> 01:07:11,520
um and uh

1775
01:07:15,270 --> 01:07:12,799
the uh

1776
01:07:17,430 --> 01:07:15,280
i'm not sure exactly where the the

1777
01:07:19,510 --> 01:07:17,440
feature that you were referring to is i

1778
01:07:21,349 --> 01:07:19,520
still think that our most likely

1779
01:07:24,950 --> 01:07:21,359
ultimate destination

1780
01:07:26,789 --> 01:07:24,960
uh is going to be to the west northwest

1781
01:07:28,549 --> 01:07:26,799
and that we will very likely go up to

1782
01:07:30,309 --> 01:07:28,559
the delta front that in on the image you

1783
01:07:32,950 --> 01:07:30,319
see right now is in the in the upper

1784
01:07:34,950 --> 01:07:32,960
left-hand corner

1785
01:07:36,390 --> 01:07:34,960
okay we're going to end on a social

1786
01:07:39,270 --> 01:07:36,400
media question

1787
01:07:43,029 --> 01:07:39,280
so vince on youtube asks was the landing

1788
01:07:45,109 --> 01:07:43,039
today the best one so far

1789
01:07:45,910 --> 01:07:45,119
uh i'll ask matt that question first

1790
01:07:48,950 --> 01:07:45,920
yeah

1791
01:07:51,589 --> 01:07:48,960
yes 100 it was the best one so

1792
01:07:54,230 --> 01:07:51,599
um you know i this is my fifth mars

1793
01:07:56,309 --> 01:07:54,240
rover at jennifer and a handful of other

1794
01:07:57,510 --> 01:07:56,319
uh others of us on the project to work

1795
01:08:10,630 --> 01:07:57,520
uh

1796
01:08:13,029 --> 01:08:10,640
right now this is the best landing

1797
01:08:14,630 --> 01:08:13,039
on mars i would have to say

1798
01:08:16,950 --> 01:08:14,640
all right great thank you that's all the

1799
01:08:18,229 --> 01:08:16,960
time that we have for questions today if

1800
01:08:19,749 --> 01:08:18,239
you're a member of the media and you

1801
01:08:22,550 --> 01:08:19,759
still have a question you can contact

1802
01:08:24,309 --> 01:08:22,560
the jpl digital news and media office

1803
01:08:27,269 --> 01:08:24,319
we'll continue to answer some questions

1804
01:08:29,110 --> 01:08:27,279
on social media and tune in to nasa tv

1805
01:08:31,590 --> 01:08:29,120
and online tomorrow we'll have another

1806
01:08:33,269 --> 01:08:31,600
news briefing at 10 a.m pacific time and

1807
01:08:35,430 --> 01:08:33,279
we'll give you an update about the start

1808
01:08:37,430 --> 01:08:35,440
of the surface mission uh you know if

1809
01:08:40,630 --> 01:08:37,440
you want some more updates you can also

1810
01:08:42,910 --> 01:08:40,640
go online to nasa.gov

1811
01:08:45,110 --> 01:08:42,920
perseverance and

1812
01:08:47,269 --> 01:08:45,120
mars.nasa.gov perseverance for

1813
01:08:49,910 --> 01:08:47,279
additional information you can also

1814
01:08:51,110 --> 01:08:49,920
follow us on social media at nasa

1815
01:08:53,110 --> 01:08:51,120
persevere

1816
01:08:55,590 --> 01:08:53,120
now one last thing before we go i just

1817
01:08:58,229 --> 01:08:55,600
wanted to say that if you wanted to

1818
01:09:00,149 --> 01:08:58,239
welcome our latest robotic explorer to

1819
01:09:01,990 --> 01:09:00,159
mars mars will be visible in the night

1820
01:09:03,749 --> 01:09:02,000
sky tonight it'll be right next to the

1821
01:09:05,749 --> 01:09:03,759
moon so have a look

1822
01:09:10,170 --> 01:09:05,759
thank you very much for joining us and

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01:09:10,180 --> 01:09:51,969
[Applause]