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well good morning good afternoon and

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good evening everybody sorry for a bit

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of the delay but welcome to our mission

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overview briefing for nasa's spacecraft

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ii mission to international space

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station it's currently set to launch no

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earlier the 20th it's going to be the

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second full rotation mission to the

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station aboard a state next crew dragon

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this time we'll have astronauts from

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nasa esa and jaxa so we have represents

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from all the partner agencies and spacex

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with us here today

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running down the list of participants we

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have kathy leaders the nasa associate

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administrator for human exploration and

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operations we have steve stitch the

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program manager of nash's commercial

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crew program

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joel montelbano the nasa program manager

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for the international space station

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benji reed senior director of human

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space flight programs at spacex hiroshi

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sasaki jax the vice president and

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director general for human space flight

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technology directorate and david parker

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the director of human and robotic

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exploration at esa

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as always we'll start with opening

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remarks and then take questions from

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media over the phone and on social media

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if you're dialed into our media line and

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want to ask a question make sure to

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press star one to get into the queue and

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once you're in if your question is

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answered you can press star two to jump

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back out and since we're all virtual

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please remember state your name

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affiliation and who your question is for

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and then in the interest of time we'll

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eliminate one question each and then

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we'll come back around for follow-ups

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and if you're watching online and want

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to ask a question jump on twitter and

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use the hashtag asknasa so we'll jump

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you know when we start having press

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conferences we're getting ready to fly

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and we're getting ready to fly again

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this time we're going to fly

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shane

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megan aki and tomah

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and when you think about it a year ago

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when we were getting ready to fly demo 2

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we were just dreaming of the fact that

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we would be getting ready for our third

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crew mission in a year first year flying

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third crew mission in that year first

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our demo two mission crew one and now

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crew two i'm very very proud of our nasa

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and spacex team that have made this

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happen

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i'm also very proud of the international

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program team that is just

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very very busy these days i mean

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the space station has become the space

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port we wanted it to be

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with vehicles flying to it and returning

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science and payloads and and doing

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amazing things on orbit

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addition i'm extremely proud of the

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international partnership you know this

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flight exemplifies the partnership and

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how we are continuing to advance human

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space flight with what we do every day

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and will lead us to not only doing great

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things on the space station but doing

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even more in our space exploration

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programs going forward

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so thank you dan and thank you all for

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being here today and helping us

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celebrate what is one more milestone for

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us to fly our cruise back to the

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international space station again

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all right thank you kathy and now we

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will go to steve stitch the manager of

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nasa's commercial crew program steve

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thanks dan it's great to be here today

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it's an exciting time in commercial crew

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uh last week i was talking to benji reed

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my uh my counterpart at spacex and we

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were reminiscent about a year ago where

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we were had the one crew flight in front

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of us with bob and doug

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and and now as we sit here today we're

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crew two our first uh

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first crude flight of this year we plan

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in our program we plan three crude

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flights we'll plant we'll have the crew

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2 mission which we'll detail today we'll

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have uh crew 3 later in the year in the

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fall time frame and we'll also have our

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first boeing crude flight right now

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nowhere in september the current flight

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test this year so we have three crude

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and lots of planning also into the

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flights for next year

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if i just step back we also have an

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orbital flight test for boeing this year

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in the commercial crew program

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but if i look at the vehicles we have

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today you know crew one's on orbit and

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it's doing great we just surpassed last

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week 100 days on orbit

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and that vehicle is doing wonderfully we

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check it out every week and it's doing

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you know crew 2 right now the launch

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date is nowhere than

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to more optimize some of the orbital

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mechanics and the launch opportunities

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that flight in between the the soyuz

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operations where we have a couple soyuz

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vehicles that i know joel will touch on

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and then the beta cut out in may and

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then we have some dark landing

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opportunities so we really want to get

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that flight flown in that time frame and

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then of course we'll we'll uh return uh

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the crew one vehicle and its crew who's

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doing a great job on orbit uh

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probably late april early may we really

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want to get that flight flown and back

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down before we have dark landing

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opportunities around may 9th

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this is an exciting flight for us it's

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the first time we have not only another

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uh jackson crew member and aki but we

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also have a european space agency crew

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member in tomah we're excited about that

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we're excited about this crew dragon

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which has uh some

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enhanced capabilities over the crew one

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vehicle and i know benji will talk about

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that we have enhanced board capability

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we have some enhanced prop capability

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making an even safer vehicle and some

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crew improvements inside the cockpit as

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uh we are about to embark upon our first

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uh port relocation on orbit uh very soon

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and we're looking at uh the late march

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early april time flame we'll move the

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the crew one vehicle uh from where it is

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we'll move it up to the zenith port to

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make room for the crew to launch

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uh overall just an exciting time i can't

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thank uh our team enough you know over

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the last year or so we have worked on

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reuse of the vehicle this is our first

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flight where we'll have a reused dragon

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uh this is the vehicle that bob and doug

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flew back on demo two and we'll have our

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first reuse booster and we've worked

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through that certification effort uh

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with people both on the nasa's team and

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the spacex team and had our review last

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friday and we're in really good shape on

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and then one final thing you know it's a

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real busy time frame uh in april on the

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and we're right now in the process of

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looking at the orbit flight test and

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what to do with that flight

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you know we've had some unfortunate

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weather here in the houston area where

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we lost about a week of time and some

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critical software testing the vehicles

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coming together nicely we recovered from

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a power up anomaly well and

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we're about two weeks down from where

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we'd like to so we're in the process of

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figuring out the next step on on oft2

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i'm certainly proud of our commercial

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crew team it's already been a busy year

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more busyness as we get onto crew 2.

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i'll turn it back over to you dan

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all right thank you steve now we'll go

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to joel montalbano now as program

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manager for the international space

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station joel

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thank you dan welcome again to today's

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press brief as you heard from both steve

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and kathy we have another busy spring on

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and if you've been watching us for a

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standard but uh the team has just been

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been awesome trying to accommodate the

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different vehicles and different crew

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and uncrewed vehicles as they come

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and as steve said you know one of our

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jobs is to continually look at flight

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to make sure what we're doing is

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maximizing the use of the international

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space station so we will adjust when

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while we do have a handful reviews still

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to go we are working towards the april

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date the april 20th or as steve

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may move it a couple days to the right

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but we're working in that direction and

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the teams are ready to go

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in addition to the two nasa astronauts

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we're excited to see a european space

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agency astronaut fly on this vehicle

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as stated earlier will stay

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approximately six months so full

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in addition to delivering the crews uh

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this vehicle will deliver about 200 plus

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kilograms of pressurized cargo to the

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international space station to enhance

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our science and utilization program to

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help us in technology development and to

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help us in the low earth orbit

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commercialization activities onboard the

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international space station

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last year we celebrated 20 years of

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continuous human presence onboard the

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international space station and over

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those 20 years you've seen changes in

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how we operate the international space

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station while our recent agreements with

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the american private industry has

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allowed us to bring more people to space

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more people to the international space

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station and has allowed us to increase

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the low earth orbit commercialization

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activities that has made a priority at

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the agency so it's an exciting time

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we're very excited to be working with

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our spacex and boeing providers as well

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as our other cargo providers with

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northrop grumman as well as sierra

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so in closing i want a huge thanks to

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the commercial coup program a huge

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thanks to spacex

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from the international partnership we're

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ready for these vehicles we're excited

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with the relationship we have we look

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forward to an awesome crew 2 mission and

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an outstanding expedition

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so back over to you dan thank you

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all right thank you joel next up we're

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going to go to benji reed senior

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director for human space flight programs

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at spacex benji

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hi there happy monday

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um you know just about seven weeks we're

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going to be launching uh the crew 2

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mission as was well talked about here by

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kathy steve and joel

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on behalf of spacex all of our employees

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our vendors our families

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and everybody thank you thank you to

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nasa to issa and to jaxa and especially

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to the crew and to the families of the

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crew

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for trusting us with this honor as we've

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said before and every time it's a sacred

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honor to make sure we're going to carry

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this crew safely to the space station

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keep them up there well keep dragging

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there ready for them whenever they need

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it and bring them home safely so thank

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you very much

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it's also been fun

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a lot of fun to be preparing for this

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mission it is amazing to think about um

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i just as steve mentioned we were just

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talking the uh the other day about just

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a year ago

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we were in the same spot you know

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looking at launching our first

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astronauts bob and doug um and uh the

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first time returning uh human space

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flight commit capability to the united

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states and uh in almost 10 years and uh

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it's crazy to think here we are uh

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getting ready for our third flight

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and here at spacex we have um you know

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at least a couple of dozen astronauts in

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training uh at any given point in time

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and that's uh that's a pretty cool thing

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um and so part of that fun though is the

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crew themselves and getting to know them

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so i think we have a photo

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uh we can bring up uh that's a great

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picture of uh tomah and megan

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and uh we've got that up and it's just

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it's good to see that crew there and

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they're uh they're

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they're happy and excited and uh

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to be getting ready to go they've been

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going through all the training that they

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needed to do

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and and our crews as well our teams our

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ground teams as well being ready to

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serve them and help them along the way

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you know the the next thing coming up uh

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uh we've got a port relocation

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so as we get ready uh for you know all

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the data this this traffic that's coming

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up to the spaceport as cathy called it

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um is we need to make sure that we've

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got the the right ports ready for which

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vehicles are going to arrive

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um so as needed we'll be ready to do a

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report relocation um uh as early as uh

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the end of this month for nasa we'll

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work with of course the station program

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to understand exactly when and where

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they need that to happen

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in that case the crew one crew would uh

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enter a dragon um you know be in their

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suits get ready to go and actually

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relocate dragon from the node 2 forward

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port to the node 2 zenith port

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um and then and then that frees up the

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node 2 forward port to be ready um for

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another incoming vehicle

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after that we have the launch of crew 2

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and as talked about uh everybody is on

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track and ready for a uh april 20th

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launch uh

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rating this date and

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joel mentioned will work closely with

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the iss program the commercial crew

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program and also uh particularly looking

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at the uh the physics of it and the

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overlay uh you know oral mechanics of

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when are we going to be able to actually

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you know uh go to the space station and

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that's that kind of helps to find our

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opportunities so we'll uh we'll be

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working with that it'll be around that

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time uh there in the second half of

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april

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um finally after uh the crew tube gets

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up there um

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and uh they start to do a process of uh

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the handover uh with the crew one crew

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and that lasts for a few days

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and then the crew one crew will return

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home it will bring them safely home and

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all these operations are critical and

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very important um all the focus here at

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spacex and with our partners at nasa um

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and at jackson esa are is to ensure the

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crew safety and ensure the reliability

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of the vehicles and the operations so

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we'll be focused very much on that um

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speaking of of of the vehicles that we

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need to fly reliably and safely let's

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take a look i think we've a picture

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coming up here of dragon

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this is the dragon that's going to fly

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for crew 2.

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um this uh is the same dragon that flew

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the demo 2 mission that carried bob and

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doug

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the refurbishment of this vehicle has

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been going very well um it's our our

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will be our first flight proven dragon

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um for uh for crew missions um obviously

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we've done quite a number of flight

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proven dragons um on the crs one program

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uh for all of those cargo vehicles many

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of the of those were flight proven um

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and uh and now we're getting ready to do

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our first one here with uh this uh crew

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2 mission so it's a beautiful vehicle it

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worked well for bob and doug it'll carry

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uh carry this new crew safely uh the

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station and home

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we also have another uh picture here of

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falcon 9

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history uh with the crew program this is

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the same falcon 9 booster

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that flew the crew one crew up

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um and so that that vehicle has uh

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started its refurbishment process and

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that's progressing very well and we'll

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be ready in time for our april 20th

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readiness um to again safely carry the

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crew up to orbit

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um

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other items that are coming up uh soon

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right near the end of this month we'll

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also be doing our crew equipment

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interface test or the ceit test

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um that's a that's a test uh that we're

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basically the crew goes down and checks

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out the vehicle kind of for the last

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time they gotta walk down the vehicle

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see exactly what's uh what's going on in

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there make sure that everything's set

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the way they expect it to be

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obviously they've been in the vehicle

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quite a bit both from an inspection

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viewpoint and a training viewpoint while

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it was here in hawthorne but uh now

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they'll go down at the cape and they'll

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do that final um that final inspection

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uh down there and uh that's an important

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test we'll get to that we've been

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completing a number of other tests we've

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completed a number of rounds of our

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software preparation testing our

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software is all locked down and

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and software tests are joint tests that

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we do with the station program to ensure

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that the dragon software and computers

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will talk well with the station

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computers that's all gone very well as

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we run through those we've also run

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through all of our certification efforts

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those are our closing out we completed a

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major review of station for readiness to

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be able to uh to dock to station as part

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of that certification process and we're

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continuing through the remaining

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certification items that are normal

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on this timeline as we move towards

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launch so we are excited and and ready

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to get going obviously

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we are continuing to check all the boxes

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triple check under all the for us and

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everywhere to make sure that we're ready

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to fly this crew and as we always say we

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won't fly until we're ready

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as important as it is to keep a station

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staffed

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keep the astronauts coming up and going

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up and coming home keep the science

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running and the fundamental purpose of

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station most important is the crew

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safety and ensure that we are ready to

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fly as part of that process we'll go

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through our flight readiness review we

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have uh we do internal flight readiness

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reviews here at spacex with nasa

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involved and we also do joint readiness

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reviews with the agency that are very

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important and then of course just before

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launch we do our launch readiness review

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as we move through those gates we'll

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confirm that we're ready to go

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again it's it's truly an honor to be

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here um to represent all of the many

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thousands of people who work hard on all

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of these missions um the sacrifices that

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they make um and the fun that they have

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uh to get ready to go fly this crew

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thank you

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all right

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uh thank you benji now we're going to go

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out to hiroshi sasaki the jackson vice

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president and director general human

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space flight technology director for

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thank you for the introduction i'm hugh

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saseki vice president of jackson the

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song civil for human space flight and

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specific relations

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first of all on behalf of jackson i'd

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like to sincerely thank the nazi

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leadership and all all the members who

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worked so hard for the crew to launch

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preparations and continuing iss

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operations under the top copied

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knighting situation

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i'm very pleased uh astronaut aki

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hoshide will board the crew 2

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and participate in the long-term mission

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in the iss

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following the ongoing mission pursued by

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astronaut's knowledge

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during the hosted stay a variety of

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experiments will be performed

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including the advanced eclipse

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demonstration for future space

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exploration

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cubesat

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deployment to expand the utilization of

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space by various sectors

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across today is now ready to launch

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i hope japanese astronauts contribute to

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a player and continue to play an

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important role in promoting human space

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program

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and explorations

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astronauts wakata and purukawa

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are also a sign

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for upcoming flight respectively and

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furthermore jaxa plans to recruit new

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astronauts around fall

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i'm sure that the crew 2 mission is a

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symbol of enhanced international

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partnership

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i think this is the first launch of nasa

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esa and jax notes who will fly

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to the iss together

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in addition commercial partners include

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spacex are providing them much more

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capability to the iss

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this partnership will achieve more

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fruitful results from the ideas and

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exploration

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thank you

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back to you ben

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all right thank you roshi and now we're

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going to go to david parker the director

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of human and robotic exploration for

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issa david

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thank you very much dan and good day to

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one and all uh first of all thank you

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for the chance to participate in this

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briefing um i would like to say that

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it's a particularly important day for

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isa

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uh the first of march is not only

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david's day but also the first day in

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the office for our new director general

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joseph ashbacher

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therefore i'd like to pass on a few

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words on his behalf

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we're delighted that uh toma pesque is

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the first european to fly to the iss on

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a u.s commercial crew vehicle and we

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appreciate the tremendous work that has

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been done to prepare this fight uh the

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tears now will fly to the station on a

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00:32:25,190 --> 00:32:22,480
us vehicle later this year and so will

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uh our future european uh astronauts

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will follow him in the months and years

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to come

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so mission alpha is thomas second to the

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international space station it comes at

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a time of unparalleled growth in uh

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europe space exploration programme

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and i think we're really looking forward

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to an exciting

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decade of discovery and innovation from

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columbus

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europe science lab aboard the iss um

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indeed i think i would say that we're

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entering the golden age of iss

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utilization

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because of the fact uh thanks to the u.s

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vehicles of having seven crew aboard the

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station it's already providing a

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dramatic increase in the number of

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science hours available to us

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so thomas mission will involve human

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research biology fluid physics material

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science

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even education projects with all this

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utilization going on it's why we are in

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the middle of a major kind of midlife

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update to the columbus laboratory

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so the updates include the new columbus

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ka band data terminal giving high-speed

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data links via esa's

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data relay satellite network

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00:33:49,990 --> 00:33:47,840
the bartolomeo commercial platform that

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will become operational mounted on

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columbus

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and upgrades to experiment racks and the

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this

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prospect of the next decade of work uh

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use it in low earth orbit is also why

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two weeks ago

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we launched a call to select the new

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european astronauts

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uh and uh perhaps in the global first

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launch the para astronaut feasibility

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project to prepare a flight opportunity

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for a physically disabled astronaut to

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carry out a full mission

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and we have many other aspects of our

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future exploration program to look

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forward to

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but maybe my my final thought beyond all

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the technology and all the science

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i do recall that we do global

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exploration as a partnership to inspire

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all humanity and especially the next

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generation

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and i think this is even more important

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in these difficult times of kobe

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so i can tell you that the passion and

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00:34:52,069 --> 00:34:49,280
the commitment of everyone visa

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00:34:54,310 --> 00:34:52,079
alongside all the international partners

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00:34:56,790 --> 00:34:54,320
uh is propelling us into this new decade

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of space exploration and i know tomorrow

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pesky is eager and ready and willing to

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make his contribution so best wishes

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00:35:08,310 --> 00:35:05,359
from the new director general from

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myself and from all the team at esa and

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00:35:13,670 --> 00:35:10,079
let's keep exploring

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00:35:15,510 --> 00:35:13,680
together thank you back to you again

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all right thank you very much david so

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now we're going to jump into the q a as

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a reminder if you are dialed into our

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media line press star one to get into

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right so our first caller that we will

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go with today is joey roulette from the

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verge joey

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hey thanks for doing this uh question

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for benji i just wanted you to speak a

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little bit more into what you guys have

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00:35:47,589 --> 00:35:45,920
learned um from refurbishing the crew

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00:35:49,589 --> 00:35:47,599
dragon vehicle as opposed to the cargo

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00:35:52,310 --> 00:35:49,599
dragon vehicles i mean what kind of

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challenges and costs does spacex avoid

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by

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doing that refurb in florida instead of

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shipping an out-of-state and then just

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one other question for joel uh when do

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you expect a deal to be reached for

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um

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with the youth company bringing that

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soyuz seat uh planned for

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00:36:18,069 --> 00:36:15,510
before i do i just want to do a quick go

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00:36:19,589 --> 00:36:18,079
back um it was very inspiring to hear

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00:36:22,069 --> 00:36:19,599
both um the jaxa and the esa

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00:36:24,230 --> 00:36:22,079
representatives um speak today just now

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and i i just i want to say how exciting

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00:36:27,510 --> 00:36:26,160
and how cool it is for us too to have

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this international crew i don't think i

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said enough about that and i it's worth

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00:36:34,630 --> 00:36:32,880
reiterating uh how important it is that

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we have this international partnership

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and our opportunity to be able to fly

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tomah and aki and i think those are

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00:36:42,390 --> 00:36:40,079
great words just now about you know

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00:36:43,990 --> 00:36:42,400
passion and and opening the new space

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00:36:46,310 --> 00:36:44,000
age it's great to do it and it's great

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00:36:48,150 --> 00:36:46,320
to do it for all of humanity and these

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programs like looking to build a fly a

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physically disabled astronaut these are

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really really great and um so you guys

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and thank you both and all of your teams

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and everyone there for uh

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for flying with spacex too

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now on to the question about uh

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refurbishment and uh you know flight

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00:37:06,230 --> 00:37:04,160
proven uh dragons

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so you know um from the beginning it's

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important to hear spacex we want to make

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sure we really understood

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um how do you how do you you know re-fly

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you know we've said it before and it's

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00:37:16,710 --> 00:37:15,760
always worth repeating you you don't

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jump

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in an airliner in an airplane you'll fly

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00:37:21,990 --> 00:37:20,480
from you know one coast to their coast

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00:37:23,990 --> 00:37:22,000
push it off into the engine when you're

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00:37:26,790 --> 00:37:24,000
done with that one flight that's a very

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00:37:28,550 --> 00:37:26,800
expensive process and and if you do that

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uh with space flight it continues to be

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you know almost prohibited expensive so

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00:37:34,310 --> 00:37:32,960
as we started you know spacex from the

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thing we said how do we you know how do

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00:37:39,589 --> 00:37:36,960
we refly so this kind of um

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00:37:42,230 --> 00:37:39,599
key this golden key to to getting into

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00:37:44,870 --> 00:37:42,240
this new space age is all about you know

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being able to refly and reuse vehicles

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um so we

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designed dragon from the beginning with

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some of that in mind the same with

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falcon we continue to evolve and learn

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00:37:56,550 --> 00:37:54,880
um over the years and how do we how do

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00:37:58,310 --> 00:37:56,560
we return vehicles and how do we return

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them in a way that we can safely and

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00:38:02,550 --> 00:38:00,079
quickly refurbish them and confidently

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00:38:04,710 --> 00:38:02,560
and reliably fly them again

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00:38:07,510 --> 00:38:04,720
so we did a lot of that on the dragon

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00:38:09,430 --> 00:38:07,520
program on the cargo program um and we

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00:38:10,230 --> 00:38:09,440
took all of those lessons and fed them

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in

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cargo now and that new design of dragon

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00:38:23,190 --> 00:38:21,280
has all those lessons for many years and

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00:38:25,829 --> 00:38:23,200
many many flights of the original cargo

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00:38:27,430 --> 00:38:25,839
dragons bringing that to bear as we go

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through that and one of the number one

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00:38:30,790 --> 00:38:28,560
things that you have to worry about is

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00:38:33,430 --> 00:38:30,800
water intrusion so salt water is very

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00:38:35,190 --> 00:38:33,440
corrosive it's uh it's not a great thing

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00:38:37,910 --> 00:38:35,200
when you want to like keep something you

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00:38:40,310 --> 00:38:37,920
know keep your physical materials sound

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and especially easy to to to refurbish

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and to reuse so we we do everything we

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00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:44,880
can to prevent water intrusion teams did

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a lot of work on that even on the

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original cargo dragon to prevent that

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and then the design again kind of from

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the ground up of the dragon 2 vehicle

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has prevented that

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as we've continued to go through the

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00:39:00,310 --> 00:38:58,720
first refurbishment process for a crew

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00:39:02,790 --> 00:39:00,320
vehicle you know we've been looking at

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things closely uh obviously number one

742
00:39:06,630 --> 00:39:05,280
always is crew safety um and so there

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00:39:08,390 --> 00:39:06,640
are elements that we think about you

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00:39:10,870 --> 00:39:08,400
know are we going to replace these are

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00:39:12,630 --> 00:39:10,880
we ready to fully certified internally

746
00:39:14,710 --> 00:39:12,640
we're ready to qualify that this

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particular subsystem or component is

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00:39:18,550 --> 00:39:16,560
ready to be reused and then we go

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00:39:20,069 --> 00:39:18,560
through a process with nasa to make sure

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that they agree that we're all agreeing

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00:39:23,030 --> 00:39:21,359
that these components and these

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00:39:25,510 --> 00:39:23,040
subsystems are ready to reuse i can

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00:39:26,790 --> 00:39:25,520
happily say the vast majority of the

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00:39:30,069 --> 00:39:26,800
vehicle

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00:39:32,069 --> 00:39:30,079
is is flight proven um in this case uh

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00:39:34,950 --> 00:39:32,079
we are uh changing some valves for

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00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:34,960
example um we're changing um some of the

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00:39:40,069 --> 00:39:37,760
thermal protection system um you know uh

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00:39:43,190 --> 00:39:40,079
on on crew on crew vehicles we will uh

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we tend to fly we we always fly the um

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00:39:48,790 --> 00:39:46,400
uh new parachutes um and so some of

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00:39:51,190 --> 00:39:48,800
those are new but otherwise

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00:39:53,430 --> 00:39:51,200
it's really the same vehicle that's very

764
00:39:55,910 --> 00:39:53,440
carefully inspected carefully prepared

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00:39:57,670 --> 00:39:55,920
refurbished as needed and ready to fly

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00:39:59,349 --> 00:39:57,680
um and that and that's been it's been a

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00:40:00,310 --> 00:39:59,359
great process to learn there the other

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00:40:01,910 --> 00:40:00,320
thing that you're learning as you go

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00:40:04,550 --> 00:40:01,920
through this is like okay well how much

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00:40:07,589 --> 00:40:04,560
more do i need to do um for the next

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time and uh and so we're always learning

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00:40:10,950 --> 00:40:09,280
always learning and always applying that

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00:40:12,390 --> 00:40:10,960
back into our systems

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00:40:13,990 --> 00:40:12,400
i think you asked a question about you

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00:40:15,589 --> 00:40:14,000
know what what are the benefits of doing

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00:40:17,349 --> 00:40:15,599
this down at the cape well it's the same

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00:40:19,910 --> 00:40:17,359
idea if we go back to uh you know

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00:40:21,829 --> 00:40:19,920
aircraft like um operations right we

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00:40:23,750 --> 00:40:21,839
want this to be you know ultimately

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00:40:25,829 --> 00:40:23,760
going to space needs to be like going to

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00:40:28,309 --> 00:40:25,839
the airport and getting on an airplane

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00:40:29,270 --> 00:40:28,319
so you don't take your airplane but you

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00:40:30,390 --> 00:40:29,280
want to fly now you're not going to push

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00:40:31,670 --> 00:40:30,400
it off in the ocean but you're going to

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00:40:34,150 --> 00:40:31,680
re but now you've got to sit all the way

786
00:40:35,910 --> 00:40:34,160
back to the factory and get it ready for

787
00:40:37,349 --> 00:40:35,920
next flight that doesn't make a lot of

788
00:40:38,710 --> 00:40:37,359
sense right you don't do that it's still

789
00:40:40,550 --> 00:40:38,720
very expensive

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00:40:42,150 --> 00:40:40,560
um so what you do of course in an

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00:40:43,589 --> 00:40:42,160
airplane is you walk on the ground and

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00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:43,599
you know we re

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00:40:46,870 --> 00:40:45,119
refuel it check it out do the

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00:40:48,309 --> 00:40:46,880
inspections whatever they need to do

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00:40:50,550 --> 00:40:48,319
they even do some repairs right there at

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00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:50,560
the airport and then you reply

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00:40:55,190 --> 00:40:52,960
the same idea um ultimately for

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00:40:58,230 --> 00:40:55,200
spacecraft you want to be able to launch

799
00:41:00,950 --> 00:40:58,240
return and and prepare for reflight

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00:41:01,990 --> 00:41:00,960
basically in the same area that you uh

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00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:02,000
all in the same area all those

802
00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:03,839
operations happening in the same area

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00:41:07,990 --> 00:41:05,440
and so we've been driving for a number

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00:41:09,990 --> 00:41:08,000
of years towards um refurbishment at the

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00:41:12,069 --> 00:41:10,000
cape we've already been doing it this

806
00:41:13,750 --> 00:41:12,079
refurbishment is part of that flow

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00:41:15,430 --> 00:41:13,760
in fact when new dragons come off the

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00:41:17,190 --> 00:41:15,440
line here in hawthorne they go down to

809
00:41:19,349 --> 00:41:17,200
the cape they actually go through some

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00:41:21,030 --> 00:41:19,359
final work in preparation for flight at

811
00:41:23,910 --> 00:41:21,040
the cape anyway so we've always had that

812
00:41:25,510 --> 00:41:23,920
capability um have an awesome team down

813
00:41:27,270 --> 00:41:25,520
there that works very hard and they've

814
00:41:28,950 --> 00:41:27,280
got multiple dragons in flow just like

815
00:41:30,790 --> 00:41:28,960
the team here that are building all the

816
00:41:32,470 --> 00:41:30,800
components and building the new dragons

817
00:41:34,470 --> 00:41:32,480
um and so

818
00:41:36,630 --> 00:41:34,480
bearing bringing all of that experience

819
00:41:38,309 --> 00:41:36,640
to bear

820
00:41:39,910 --> 00:41:38,319
makes it a great process to do down at

821
00:41:41,910 --> 00:41:39,920
the cape so we're glad to have that

822
00:41:44,069 --> 00:41:41,920
going on i think the other question was

823
00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:44,079
for joel

824
00:41:49,670 --> 00:41:46,640
thanks joey good question um you know

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00:41:52,390 --> 00:41:49,680
our long-term goal is to continue flying

826
00:41:54,230 --> 00:41:52,400
nasa astronauts on soyuz and have

827
00:41:55,910 --> 00:41:54,240
cosmonauts flying on the u.s crude

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00:41:57,109 --> 00:41:55,920
vehicles and we're working towards that

829
00:41:59,270 --> 00:41:57,119
goal

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00:42:02,069 --> 00:41:59,280
for this specific procurement

831
00:42:04,309 --> 00:42:02,079
we're in a blackout period for now but

832
00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:04,319
my plan or my goal is by the end of next

833
00:42:07,589 --> 00:42:06,000
week to be able to give you a status on

834
00:42:09,750 --> 00:42:07,599
where we are with that uh that

835
00:42:11,190 --> 00:42:09,760
procurement

836
00:42:13,109 --> 00:42:11,200
all right

837
00:42:14,630 --> 00:42:13,119
thank you joel uh just a reminder for

838
00:42:16,230 --> 00:42:14,640
those on our phone line please try to

839
00:42:17,510 --> 00:42:16,240
keep it to one question for now so we

840
00:42:19,750 --> 00:42:17,520
can get through as many as we can we'll

841
00:42:21,990 --> 00:42:19,760
come back for follow-ups uh next we will

842
00:42:25,190 --> 00:42:22,000
go to stephen clark with space flight

843
00:42:30,870 --> 00:42:27,750
hi stephen clark for space flight now uh

844
00:42:33,990 --> 00:42:30,880
my question is for benji and maybe steve

845
00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:34,000
can chime in um steve hinted at some

846
00:42:37,750 --> 00:42:35,760
abort system enhancements some prop

847
00:42:39,990 --> 00:42:37,760
enhancements and some

848
00:42:41,349 --> 00:42:40,000
changes in the cockpit for this mission

849
00:42:44,950 --> 00:42:41,359
those upgrades

850
00:42:46,309 --> 00:42:44,960
the first time those are flying or is

851
00:42:47,829 --> 00:42:46,319
this sort of just an update of this

852
00:42:49,990 --> 00:42:47,839
spacecraft to get it

853
00:42:51,990 --> 00:42:50,000
uh you know you know to get it to the

854
00:42:53,910 --> 00:42:52,000
the status that the crew dragon on crew

855
00:42:55,750 --> 00:42:53,920
one flew in um

856
00:42:56,630 --> 00:42:55,760
uh just can you talk about those and

857
00:43:00,790 --> 00:42:56,640
also

858
00:43:02,710 --> 00:43:00,800
briefly if i could uh steve uh uh

859
00:43:05,349 --> 00:43:02,720
our launch dates do they look more more

860
00:43:07,430 --> 00:43:05,359
favorable before april 20th or or april

861
00:43:08,630 --> 00:43:07,440
or after april 20th just want to get a

862
00:43:12,150 --> 00:43:08,640
feel of which way the launch may be

863
00:43:16,069 --> 00:43:14,230
great i'll uh i'll i'll tell you a

864
00:43:17,030 --> 00:43:16,079
couple of my favorite ones in stitch if

865
00:43:19,270 --> 00:43:17,040
you have some that you want to talk

866
00:43:20,790 --> 00:43:19,280
about we can talk about those too um in

867
00:43:22,870 --> 00:43:20,800
terms of uh in terms of what we do with

868
00:43:25,589 --> 00:43:22,880
dragon to make sure that it's it's safer

869
00:43:27,589 --> 00:43:25,599
and even safer as we continue to learn

870
00:43:29,670 --> 00:43:27,599
and go through the process um one of the

871
00:43:31,670 --> 00:43:29,680
ones that i'll talk about is um is

872
00:43:33,829 --> 00:43:31,680
basically updating certain elements of

873
00:43:35,829 --> 00:43:33,839
the structure to ensure that when we

874
00:43:37,030 --> 00:43:35,839
come and when we splash down in the

875
00:43:39,030 --> 00:43:37,040
ocean

876
00:43:40,470 --> 00:43:39,040
basically this phenomenon that can occur

877
00:43:42,950 --> 00:43:40,480
it's called it's a secondary splash

878
00:43:44,309 --> 00:43:42,960
which the secondary impact um where the

879
00:43:46,230 --> 00:43:44,319
water you've hit the water and the water

880
00:43:48,870 --> 00:43:46,240
comes back up and it can again basically

881
00:43:50,390 --> 00:43:48,880
hit hit the hole right hit the structure

882
00:43:52,150 --> 00:43:50,400
and it's interesting the physics and the

883
00:43:53,910 --> 00:43:52,160
dynamics of it there's actually there

884
00:43:55,349 --> 00:43:53,920
are just the right combination of wave

885
00:43:57,030 --> 00:43:55,359
heights and winds and the velocity of

886
00:43:58,390 --> 00:43:57,040
the vehicle as it comes in but that

887
00:44:00,790 --> 00:43:58,400
secondary structure that secondary

888
00:44:02,390 --> 00:44:00,800
splash can hit pretty hard

889
00:44:04,069 --> 00:44:02,400
and so we've done a lot to analyze for

890
00:44:05,910 --> 00:44:04,079
that and test for that

891
00:44:07,190 --> 00:44:05,920
and what ultimately that does of course

892
00:44:09,990 --> 00:44:07,200
is number one you make the vehicle as

893
00:44:12,390 --> 00:44:10,000
strong as you can to withstand that

894
00:44:14,309 --> 00:44:12,400
but you also look at the weather right

895
00:44:15,910 --> 00:44:14,319
and so you create a lot of limits around

896
00:44:16,870 --> 00:44:15,920
the weather around wind speed wave

897
00:44:17,910 --> 00:44:16,880
height

898
00:44:19,109 --> 00:44:17,920
all these different things that are

899
00:44:20,710 --> 00:44:19,119
happening

900
00:44:21,990 --> 00:44:20,720
and as you have those limits around

901
00:44:24,069 --> 00:44:22,000
weather

902
00:44:26,470 --> 00:44:24,079
number one it keeps the crew safe and

903
00:44:28,150 --> 00:44:26,480
builds margin for your safety

904
00:44:29,670 --> 00:44:28,160
but it also tends to shrink your

905
00:44:31,750 --> 00:44:29,680
availability and in this case this would

906
00:44:33,270 --> 00:44:31,760
be for landing availability

907
00:44:34,550 --> 00:44:33,280
one things that we've done is we've

908
00:44:36,230 --> 00:44:34,560
actually beefed up parts of the

909
00:44:38,870 --> 00:44:36,240
structure

910
00:44:40,550 --> 00:44:38,880
so that so that we can expand that

911
00:44:42,630 --> 00:44:40,560
window of opportunity to be able to

912
00:44:45,109 --> 00:44:42,640
bring the crew home

913
00:44:46,870 --> 00:44:45,119
while maintaining all of that safety and

914
00:44:48,870 --> 00:44:46,880
all of that margin

915
00:44:50,230 --> 00:44:48,880
for the crew i think this is uh this is

916
00:44:51,829 --> 00:44:50,240
really important i think one of the most

917
00:44:54,630 --> 00:44:51,839
important updates that we've done

918
00:44:56,230 --> 00:44:54,640
um on this particular dragon um

919
00:44:57,510 --> 00:44:56,240
and going forward that'll always be part

920
00:44:59,589 --> 00:44:57,520
of the design

921
00:45:01,750 --> 00:44:59,599
um steve you probably have a couple

922
00:45:03,670 --> 00:45:01,760
others that you wanted to mention

923
00:45:05,829 --> 00:45:03,680
yeah thanks benji i'll talk about a few

924
00:45:07,589 --> 00:45:05,839
um you know one of the upgrades on this

925
00:45:10,390 --> 00:45:07,599
vehicle is uh

926
00:45:13,430 --> 00:45:10,400
i would say improved uh pad abort

927
00:45:14,950 --> 00:45:13,440
performance so uh as you might know that

928
00:45:17,510 --> 00:45:14,960
the dragon is designed to have

929
00:45:18,870 --> 00:45:17,520
continuous support capability from

930
00:45:20,390 --> 00:45:18,880
the launch all the way until when it

931
00:45:22,309 --> 00:45:20,400
gets in orbit

932
00:45:24,870 --> 00:45:22,319
spacex went off and

933
00:45:26,150 --> 00:45:24,880
looked at a way to optimize their propel

934
00:45:30,230 --> 00:45:26,160
system and provide a little more

935
00:45:32,630 --> 00:45:30,240
propellant for a board off the pad and

936
00:45:34,870 --> 00:45:32,640
that did uh a couple things one it

937
00:45:36,710 --> 00:45:34,880
improved crusade before uh should we get

938
00:45:38,150 --> 00:45:36,720
into that kind of unfortunate situation

939
00:45:40,309 --> 00:45:38,160
for a pad abort where the crew would

940
00:45:42,550 --> 00:45:40,319
need to leave the pad for an emergency

941
00:45:44,630 --> 00:45:42,560
and and secondly it really improved uh

942
00:45:46,950 --> 00:45:44,640
launch availability we can handle a

943
00:45:48,950 --> 00:45:46,960
little bit uh stronger onshore winds and

944
00:45:50,950 --> 00:45:48,960
improve launch availability so that's

945
00:45:52,309 --> 00:45:50,960
one of the ones that is my favorite for

946
00:45:54,309 --> 00:45:52,319
the flight

947
00:45:56,710 --> 00:45:54,319
another one in terms of crew safety you

948
00:45:58,950 --> 00:45:56,720
know we we learned a lot about

949
00:46:03,190 --> 00:45:58,960
titanium and nitrogen tetroxide the

950
00:46:05,670 --> 00:46:03,200
oxidizer compatibility we've uh enhanced

951
00:46:07,829 --> 00:46:05,680
the super draco thrusters and removed

952
00:46:08,870 --> 00:46:07,839
some titanium from that system gone to

953
00:46:10,550 --> 00:46:08,880
uh

954
00:46:12,950 --> 00:46:10,560
stainless steel kind of material in

955
00:46:14,630 --> 00:46:12,960
those and improved safety there

956
00:46:15,990 --> 00:46:14,640
so those are a couple of the ones that

957
00:46:17,990 --> 00:46:16,000
uh that we've done on this flight i

958
00:46:21,270 --> 00:46:18,000
really look at this flight as kind of a

959
00:46:23,589 --> 00:46:21,280
uh really an abort enhancement flight

960
00:46:25,190 --> 00:46:23,599
uh in terms of the question about uh

961
00:46:26,550 --> 00:46:25,200
launch dates and and launch

962
00:46:27,910 --> 00:46:26,560
opportunities

963
00:46:29,990 --> 00:46:27,920
you know right now it looks like there's

964
00:46:31,510 --> 00:46:30,000
a few more opportunities after april

965
00:46:33,910 --> 00:46:31,520
20th and so we talked about maybe

966
00:46:35,829 --> 00:46:33,920
adjusting the the launch a few days to

967
00:46:36,870 --> 00:46:35,839
the right uh

968
00:46:39,270 --> 00:46:36,880
for a

969
00:46:41,670 --> 00:46:39,280
launch around a couple days after the

970
00:46:44,230 --> 00:46:41,680
20th you should have about six launch

971
00:46:45,750 --> 00:46:44,240
dates before the soyuz cut out and would

972
00:46:47,910 --> 00:46:45,760
give us an opportunity to have about

973
00:46:49,190 --> 00:46:47,920
eight landing opportunities for the crew

974
00:46:51,030 --> 00:46:49,200
one vehicle

975
00:46:53,190 --> 00:46:51,040
so joel and

976
00:46:54,790 --> 00:46:53,200
this commercial crew program and spacex

977
00:46:57,910 --> 00:46:54,800
have been working that very closely to

978
00:46:59,670 --> 00:46:57,920
optimize that ensure we can land safely

979
00:47:01,430 --> 00:46:59,680
and then launch safely

980
00:47:03,030 --> 00:47:01,440
ahead of this beta cutout that we have

981
00:47:04,630 --> 00:47:03,040
coming in may

982
00:47:06,950 --> 00:47:04,640
all right thank you steve

983
00:47:08,950 --> 00:47:06,960
next up we have bill harwood with cbs

984
00:47:10,790 --> 00:47:08,960
news bill

985
00:47:13,030 --> 00:47:10,800
yeah thank you very much this one's for

986
00:47:13,829 --> 00:47:13,040
i'm not sure who it's for maybe kathy

987
00:47:14,790 --> 00:47:13,839
um

988
00:47:16,710 --> 00:47:14,800
you know

989
00:47:18,390 --> 00:47:16,720
with the increasing flight rate of

990
00:47:19,589 --> 00:47:18,400
spacex launching lots and lots of

991
00:47:20,870 --> 00:47:19,599
rockets which

992
00:47:23,030 --> 00:47:20,880
you can either argue that makes them

993
00:47:24,630 --> 00:47:23,040
safer and safer or it raises the odds

994
00:47:25,990 --> 00:47:24,640
that something will happen at some point

995
00:47:28,549 --> 00:47:26,000
it could cause a problem getting them

996
00:47:30,630 --> 00:47:28,559
off the ground my question is how

997
00:47:33,109 --> 00:47:30,640
important is it speaking generically

998
00:47:34,390 --> 00:47:33,119
about soyuz here on my specifics but how

999
00:47:36,390 --> 00:47:34,400
important is it

1000
00:47:39,510 --> 00:47:36,400
to get the boeing ship flying and to get

1001
00:47:41,430 --> 00:47:39,520
seats on soyuz really to protect station

1002
00:47:42,549 --> 00:47:41,440
and protect seats in the case of an

1003
00:47:44,950 --> 00:47:42,559
issue

1004
00:47:46,950 --> 00:47:44,960
that might ground spacex or vice versa

1005
00:47:49,589 --> 00:47:46,960
ground boeing to have that second

1006
00:47:51,670 --> 00:47:49,599
provider available on the u.s side

1007
00:47:53,910 --> 00:47:51,680
then obviously they have the the ability

1008
00:47:55,510 --> 00:47:53,920
to keep someone on board if the soyuz

1009
00:47:57,349 --> 00:47:55,520
had to leave or an american ship can you

1010
00:47:58,710 --> 00:47:57,359
just generically talk about how

1011
00:48:01,030 --> 00:47:58,720
important it is to get these other

1012
00:48:04,470 --> 00:48:01,040
vehicles with americans on board up and

1013
00:48:09,190 --> 00:48:07,030
oh bill i mean thank you for that

1014
00:48:10,309 --> 00:48:09,200
question because i think it's extremely

1015
00:48:11,750 --> 00:48:10,319
critical

1016
00:48:13,109 --> 00:48:11,760
you know we've talked about it and you

1017
00:48:14,470 --> 00:48:13,119
talked about just a couple of the

1018
00:48:17,030 --> 00:48:14,480
scenarios

1019
00:48:18,309 --> 00:48:17,040
that could cause a problem where we

1020
00:48:21,109 --> 00:48:18,319
don't have as

1021
00:48:23,270 --> 00:48:21,119
robust logistics capability for us to

1022
00:48:24,710 --> 00:48:23,280
keep the station going as we'd like

1023
00:48:27,190 --> 00:48:24,720
right and you know

1024
00:48:28,710 --> 00:48:27,200
after following us for a while

1025
00:48:30,710 --> 00:48:28,720
we're planners

1026
00:48:33,750 --> 00:48:30,720
and we feel like

1027
00:48:36,790 --> 00:48:33,760
us always flying a us

1028
00:48:38,470 --> 00:48:36,800
or a usos crew member up on every single

1029
00:48:40,309 --> 00:48:38,480
vehicle going up

1030
00:48:42,710 --> 00:48:40,319
and also us having

1031
00:48:43,670 --> 00:48:42,720
you know multiple providers on the us

1032
00:48:46,470 --> 00:48:43,680
side

1033
00:48:50,069 --> 00:48:46,480
is what you know protects us from all

1034
00:48:54,870 --> 00:48:52,870
you know we we really look forward to

1035
00:48:58,150 --> 00:48:54,880
bringing our second provider line it not

1036
00:49:00,230 --> 00:48:58,160
only provides flexibility it gives space

1037
00:49:02,630 --> 00:49:00,240
a chance to be able to

1038
00:49:04,790 --> 00:49:02,640
have other opportunities for them we've

1039
00:49:07,349 --> 00:49:04,800
been very grateful that spacex has been

1040
00:49:10,790 --> 00:49:07,359
here and as a provider for us and

1041
00:49:12,309 --> 00:49:10,800
stepped up for us to be able to

1042
00:49:14,630 --> 00:49:12,319
be flying to their national space

1043
00:49:16,390 --> 00:49:14,640
station while we're bringing the boeing

1044
00:49:18,309 --> 00:49:16,400
capability online

1045
00:49:20,630 --> 00:49:18,319
but spacex has other things they want to

1046
00:49:22,549 --> 00:49:20,640
do with these vehicles too right

1047
00:49:26,470 --> 00:49:22,559
and

1048
00:49:27,990 --> 00:49:26,480
what joel mentioned we would like to

1049
00:49:31,030 --> 00:49:28,000
have them have other commercial

1050
00:49:32,470 --> 00:49:31,040
opportunities out there but they've been

1051
00:49:35,109 --> 00:49:32,480
critical they've stepped up and

1052
00:49:38,549 --> 00:49:35,119
supported us and made sure that we've

1053
00:49:40,230 --> 00:49:38,559
had a consistent u.s commercial provider

1054
00:49:42,470 --> 00:49:40,240
during this period we're bringing our

1055
00:49:43,510 --> 00:49:42,480
second u.s commercial provider back

1056
00:49:46,230 --> 00:49:43,520
online

1057
00:49:48,549 --> 00:49:46,240
but you also know bill that if if

1058
00:49:50,230 --> 00:49:48,559
there's there can be a number of issues

1059
00:49:52,950 --> 00:49:50,240
that don't have anything to do with the

1060
00:49:53,990 --> 00:49:52,960
spacecraft that can cause

1061
00:49:54,710 --> 00:49:54,000
our

1062
00:49:59,510 --> 00:49:54,720
the

1063
00:50:02,549 --> 00:49:59,520
be able to come down including a medical

1064
00:50:05,030 --> 00:50:02,559
emergency on orbit or some issue with

1065
00:50:07,190 --> 00:50:05,040
one part of the segment and so

1066
00:50:10,549 --> 00:50:07,200
we love the fact that we're working

1067
00:50:12,630 --> 00:50:10,559
towards the capability and and moving to

1068
00:50:15,990 --> 00:50:12,640
have in place the international

1069
00:50:18,470 --> 00:50:16,000
agreements where we would be able to

1070
00:50:21,109 --> 00:50:18,480
fly our crew members up on a soyuz have

1071
00:50:23,510 --> 00:50:21,119
the most cosmos fly their crew members

1072
00:50:26,390 --> 00:50:23,520
up on one of our two commercial crew

1073
00:50:29,190 --> 00:50:26,400
providers and move forward into this new

1074
00:50:32,230 --> 00:50:29,200
age it gives us the most robust

1075
00:50:34,150 --> 00:50:32,240
logistics strategy

1076
00:50:38,150 --> 00:50:34,160
all right thank you kathy next up we

1077
00:50:40,870 --> 00:50:38,160
have jeff faust with space news jeff

1078
00:50:43,750 --> 00:50:40,880
hello uh for steve stitch is nasa still

1079
00:50:46,069 --> 00:50:43,760
looking at uh any implications from the

1080
00:50:47,750 --> 00:50:46,079
uh failed falcon 9 booster landing a

1081
00:50:50,230 --> 00:50:47,760
couple weeks ago and it's in

1082
00:50:52,309 --> 00:50:50,240
implications for the crew 2 launch and

1083
00:50:54,549 --> 00:50:52,319
for benji reed are there any details you

1084
00:50:57,109 --> 00:50:54,559
can share about what specs found out

1085
00:50:58,870 --> 00:50:57,119
about why that booster failed to land

1086
00:51:00,710 --> 00:50:58,880
thanks

1087
00:51:02,710 --> 00:51:00,720
yeah i'll i'll start off and then we'll

1088
00:51:05,190 --> 00:51:02,720
hand it over to benji um

1089
00:51:08,470 --> 00:51:05,200
i would say just like

1090
00:51:11,030 --> 00:51:08,480
any other anomaly on the falcon 9 spacex

1091
00:51:12,790 --> 00:51:11,040
has been a tremendous partner inviting

1092
00:51:14,790 --> 00:51:12,800
nasa to participate in that

1093
00:51:16,069 --> 00:51:14,800
investigation so we have members on that

1094
00:51:18,390 --> 00:51:16,079
team

1095
00:51:20,230 --> 00:51:18,400
we will follow along with space texas

1096
00:51:21,829 --> 00:51:20,240
investigation and we'll look at that and

1097
00:51:22,950 --> 00:51:21,839
that will be

1098
00:51:25,270 --> 00:51:22,960
something we'll bring through our

1099
00:51:27,190 --> 00:51:25,280
program control board and make sure

1100
00:51:29,670 --> 00:51:27,200
uh that we have separation from that and

1101
00:51:31,990 --> 00:51:29,680
understand that anomaly before we go fly

1102
00:51:35,270 --> 00:51:32,000
we we do that across the the falcon 9

1103
00:51:36,950 --> 00:51:35,280
fleet we um our team really follows all

1104
00:51:39,030 --> 00:51:36,960
the falcon 9 flights

1105
00:51:40,710 --> 00:51:39,040
and we we learn from each one one of the

1106
00:51:43,030 --> 00:51:40,720
things i i really like about what's

1107
00:51:44,790 --> 00:51:43,040
happening is spacex's starling flights

1108
00:51:47,270 --> 00:51:44,800
are pretty far out there in terms of the

1109
00:51:49,109 --> 00:51:47,280
number of times they've flown a booster

1110
00:51:52,230 --> 00:51:49,119
you know we're about to embark upon our

1111
00:51:54,069 --> 00:51:52,240
first reuse here for a crude vehicle

1112
00:51:55,430 --> 00:51:54,079
and so what we're doing is we're

1113
00:51:57,510 --> 00:51:55,440
learning from each of those flights and

1114
00:51:59,990 --> 00:51:57,520
we're feeding that back into

1115
00:52:01,829 --> 00:52:00,000
our certification for reuse so i think

1116
00:52:03,589 --> 00:52:01,839
it's a great it's a great partnership to

1117
00:52:04,950 --> 00:52:03,599
have those those vehicles a little

1118
00:52:07,190 --> 00:52:04,960
further out there in terms of number of

1119
00:52:08,710 --> 00:52:07,200
flights and so as we understand our crew

1120
00:52:10,470 --> 00:52:08,720
capability and how many flights we can

1121
00:52:12,549 --> 00:52:10,480
get out of a booster it just really

1122
00:52:15,430 --> 00:52:12,559
augments our certification process and

1123
00:52:17,349 --> 00:52:15,440
also benji

1124
00:52:19,589 --> 00:52:17,359
great thank you steve and that's a it's

1125
00:52:21,430 --> 00:52:19,599
a great question um it's kind of just

1126
00:52:23,750 --> 00:52:21,440
playing right off from there it's it's

1127
00:52:24,549 --> 00:52:23,760
true right the more you fly the more you

1128
00:52:26,230 --> 00:52:24,559
learn

1129
00:52:27,670 --> 00:52:26,240
so it's just like the more you test the

1130
00:52:30,230 --> 00:52:27,680
more you learn i would never be one to

1131
00:52:32,549 --> 00:52:30,240
say we should fly less or test less

1132
00:52:33,829 --> 00:52:32,559
i'd rather learn everything we can um

1133
00:52:36,390 --> 00:52:33,839
and that is a great opportunity from

1134
00:52:39,030 --> 00:52:36,400
these starling flights um we get to uh

1135
00:52:42,230 --> 00:52:39,040
you know fly our higher count

1136
00:52:44,950 --> 00:52:42,240
flight proven vehicles uh to to take the

1137
00:52:46,710 --> 00:52:44,960
starlink satellites at orbit um in fact

1138
00:52:48,150 --> 00:52:46,720
this is a good example so the the

1139
00:52:50,470 --> 00:52:48,160
anomaly that we saw on this one

1140
00:52:52,549 --> 00:52:50,480
particularly um it was it was a higher

1141
00:52:53,670 --> 00:52:52,559
count vehicle um and some of the

1142
00:52:55,670 --> 00:52:53,680
components were actually the highest

1143
00:52:57,750 --> 00:52:55,680
count they were life leaders um in this

1144
00:52:59,910 --> 00:52:57,760
case particularly there was an engine

1145
00:53:01,510 --> 00:52:59,920
uh to give you a little bit more detail

1146
00:53:03,829 --> 00:53:01,520
um basically there are covers we call

1147
00:53:05,910 --> 00:53:03,839
them boots over certain parts of the the

1148
00:53:08,390 --> 00:53:05,920
engine in this case one of these boots

1149
00:53:10,390 --> 00:53:08,400
this was the the highest count uh number

1150
00:53:12,710 --> 00:53:10,400
of flights that this particular boot

1151
00:53:14,309 --> 00:53:12,720
design had seen um and it's important we

1152
00:53:15,589 --> 00:53:14,319
do this we know that this is happening

1153
00:53:17,670 --> 00:53:15,599
we're we're studying this we want to

1154
00:53:20,950 --> 00:53:17,680
make sure we understand um the life

1155
00:53:22,790 --> 00:53:20,960
process um of these of these uh of these

1156
00:53:23,829 --> 00:53:22,800
you know flight proven components and

1157
00:53:26,150 --> 00:53:23,839
vehicles

1158
00:53:28,309 --> 00:53:26,160
this particular boot had uh had a little

1159
00:53:29,750 --> 00:53:28,319
bit of a hole basically developed a hole

1160
00:53:31,349 --> 00:53:29,760
there's hot gases of course i mean

1161
00:53:33,109 --> 00:53:31,359
that's what makes the rocket go up very

1162
00:53:34,390 --> 00:53:33,119
hot gases coming out of the engine but

1163
00:53:36,230 --> 00:53:34,400
you want those hot gases to be where

1164
00:53:38,309 --> 00:53:36,240
they're supposed to be and not go where

1165
00:53:39,829 --> 00:53:38,319
they're not supposed to be so that boot

1166
00:53:41,349 --> 00:53:39,839
a little bit of a hole developed a

1167
00:53:43,190 --> 00:53:41,359
little bit of hot gas got to where it's

1168
00:53:45,190 --> 00:53:43,200
not supposed to be and it caused that

1169
00:53:47,349 --> 00:53:45,200
engine to shut down

1170
00:53:49,750 --> 00:53:47,359
and that's a great thing about falcon 9

1171
00:53:51,510 --> 00:53:49,760
is we have engine out capability plus

1172
00:53:54,630 --> 00:53:51,520
the vehicle has all of these great

1173
00:53:56,470 --> 00:53:54,640
systems to autonomously control itself

1174
00:53:57,990 --> 00:53:56,480
shut down abort what it needs to in this

1175
00:53:59,190 --> 00:53:58,000
case it did exactly what it was supposed

1176
00:54:00,710 --> 00:53:59,200
to do

1177
00:54:02,870 --> 00:54:00,720
it cut out that engine turned that

1178
00:54:04,710 --> 00:54:02,880
engine off the vehicle was safe the

1179
00:54:06,549 --> 00:54:04,720
vehicle got to orbit put the satellites

1180
00:54:08,230 --> 00:54:06,559
exactly where they want to be primary

1181
00:54:11,270 --> 00:54:08,240
mission was accomplished

1182
00:54:12,309 --> 00:54:11,280
when that visitor uh came to return home

1183
00:54:14,150 --> 00:54:12,319
because of the problem with that

1184
00:54:16,309 --> 00:54:14,160
particular engine we didn't have enough

1185
00:54:19,109 --> 00:54:16,319
thrust in order to uh to get back to

1186
00:54:21,190 --> 00:54:19,119
where we needed to be um and didn't land

1187
00:54:22,870 --> 00:54:21,200
where we wanted to be in that case um

1188
00:54:25,270 --> 00:54:22,880
but bottom line is that's a great lesson

1189
00:54:27,270 --> 00:54:25,280
that we learned from um you know from

1190
00:54:29,190 --> 00:54:27,280
doing these these multi-life you know

1191
00:54:30,710 --> 00:54:29,200
very long life leader type components

1192
00:54:33,030 --> 00:54:30,720
and and vehicles

1193
00:54:35,190 --> 00:54:33,040
um in terms of you know going from there

1194
00:54:36,789 --> 00:54:35,200
we we apply you know okay well we here's

1195
00:54:38,549 --> 00:54:36,799
where we need to do more inspections

1196
00:54:39,589 --> 00:54:38,559
here's where the components we need to

1197
00:54:41,829 --> 00:54:39,599
replace

1198
00:54:44,950 --> 00:54:41,839
and here's where we can actually upgrade

1199
00:54:47,510 --> 00:54:44,960
the the systems right the algorithms on

1200
00:54:50,630 --> 00:54:47,520
the vehicle to even further detect and

1201
00:54:51,829 --> 00:54:50,640
control uh what the vehicle needs to do

1202
00:54:53,670 --> 00:54:51,839
and that's what we're doing as we move

1203
00:54:55,430 --> 00:54:53,680
forward

1204
00:54:57,910 --> 00:54:55,440
all right thank you benji uh we're gonna

1205
00:55:00,470 --> 00:54:57,920
squeeze in a couple of hashtag ask nasa

1206
00:55:01,829 --> 00:55:00,480
questions uh this first one is for joel

1207
00:55:04,230 --> 00:55:01,839
i've been getting a lot of questions

1208
00:55:06,789 --> 00:55:04,240
about this so i'm gonna combine two uh

1209
00:55:09,670 --> 00:55:06,799
from the community at our slash spacex

1210
00:55:11,190 --> 00:55:09,680
and from jacqueline irving on twitter is

1211
00:55:13,349 --> 00:55:11,200
the seventh crew member still going to

1212
00:55:15,190 --> 00:55:13,359
be sleeping in dragon and what is the

1213
00:55:17,990 --> 00:55:15,200
plan to enable a seventh crew

1214
00:55:19,750 --> 00:55:18,000
compartment and when we do the handover

1215
00:55:21,990 --> 00:55:19,760
where are all of the astronauts going to

1216
00:55:24,870 --> 00:55:22,000
sleep

1217
00:55:27,270 --> 00:55:24,880
a good question you know so on the last

1218
00:55:29,270 --> 00:55:27,280
northrop grumman mission we flew

1219
00:55:30,950 --> 00:55:29,280
an additional sleep station that'll be

1220
00:55:32,069 --> 00:55:30,960
planned to be installed in the columbus

1221
00:55:34,630 --> 00:55:32,079
module

1222
00:55:36,789 --> 00:55:34,640
so long term we'll have five sleeping

1223
00:55:39,109 --> 00:55:36,799
stations for the different crew members

1224
00:55:41,190 --> 00:55:39,119
uh during the handovers uh the two crews

1225
00:55:43,190 --> 00:55:41,200
work together to kind of plan

1226
00:55:45,349 --> 00:55:43,200
pre-mission where everybody's gonna

1227
00:55:46,470 --> 00:55:45,359
sleep and then they'll update in real

1228
00:55:48,470 --> 00:55:46,480
time

1229
00:55:50,789 --> 00:55:48,480
options maybe we can still have someone

1230
00:55:52,950 --> 00:55:50,799
sleep in the dragon module maybe we'll

1231
00:55:55,589 --> 00:55:52,960
have someone sleep in the u.s airlock

1232
00:55:58,069 --> 00:55:55,599
maybe someone in the japanese module

1233
00:55:59,670 --> 00:55:58,079
again these are a short duration mission

1234
00:56:01,910 --> 00:55:59,680
somewhere in the order of five to seven

1235
00:56:04,789 --> 00:56:01,920
days so it's more of a think of more of

1236
00:56:06,549 --> 00:56:04,799
a of a campout type scenario

1237
00:56:07,990 --> 00:56:06,559
but again the crews will get together

1238
00:56:10,470 --> 00:56:08,000
and once they get there they'll talk to

1239
00:56:12,309 --> 00:56:10,480
each other and and adjust accordingly

1240
00:56:14,630 --> 00:56:12,319
good question

1241
00:56:16,470 --> 00:56:14,640
all right thank you joel and for benji

1242
00:56:18,789 --> 00:56:16,480
uh from scoochie on twitter wanted to

1243
00:56:20,630 --> 00:56:18,799
know can crew flights carry any cargo in

1244
00:56:24,309 --> 00:56:20,640
dragon's trunk or would it be too

1245
00:56:26,390 --> 00:56:24,319
dangerous in case of an in-flight abort

1246
00:56:28,230 --> 00:56:26,400
that's a great question uh we don't

1247
00:56:29,910 --> 00:56:28,240
normally plan to fly any cargo in the

1248
00:56:31,670 --> 00:56:29,920
trunk of dragon and it's it's not

1249
00:56:33,030 --> 00:56:31,680
particularly because it's dangerous per

1250
00:56:36,069 --> 00:56:33,040
se but it does have to do with the

1251
00:56:38,150 --> 00:56:36,079
boards we've optimized um the trunk uh

1252
00:56:41,190 --> 00:56:38,160
for aerodynamic stability in the case of

1253
00:56:43,430 --> 00:56:41,200
an abort we've also optimized the cg the

1254
00:56:44,870 --> 00:56:43,440
center of gravity and the mass of that

1255
00:56:46,390 --> 00:56:44,880
vehicle in case of an important case

1256
00:56:49,349 --> 00:56:46,400
that dragon has to get off the falcon

1257
00:56:51,109 --> 00:56:49,359
really fast um and so in that case we

1258
00:56:53,750 --> 00:56:51,119
actually don't want to have any cargo in

1259
00:56:55,270 --> 00:56:53,760
the trunk um for that specific reason

1260
00:56:56,870 --> 00:56:55,280
great question

1261
00:56:58,630 --> 00:56:56,880
all right thank you benji and now

1262
00:57:00,549 --> 00:56:58,640
jumping back over to the phones we're

1263
00:57:03,990 --> 00:57:00,559
going to go next to chris davenport with

1264
00:57:05,829 --> 00:57:04,000
the washington post chris

1265
00:57:08,230 --> 00:57:05,839
hey guys thanks a question about

1266
00:57:10,470 --> 00:57:08,240
refurbishment so i guess it's for uh

1267
00:57:12,630 --> 00:57:10,480
benji or maybe steve i just wonder how

1268
00:57:15,190 --> 00:57:12,640
long did it take to refurbish the crew 2

1269
00:57:17,270 --> 00:57:15,200
vehicle after demo 2 and how do you

1270
00:57:20,549 --> 00:57:17,280
think that timeline will improve going

1271
00:57:23,190 --> 00:57:20,559
forward say after crew 2 3 etc

1272
00:57:25,829 --> 00:57:23,200
and then i just wonder if you have a

1273
00:57:27,829 --> 00:57:25,839
sense of how many times you want to fly

1274
00:57:30,710 --> 00:57:27,839
dragon how many times you want to reuse

1275
00:57:32,069 --> 00:57:30,720
it and if you got any insight into that

1276
00:57:33,349 --> 00:57:32,079
i think it was you want to do it maybe

1277
00:57:35,270 --> 00:57:33,359
five times do you think that's

1278
00:57:40,950 --> 00:57:35,280
achievable based on what you've seen

1279
00:57:45,990 --> 00:57:44,150
great i'll i'll start um on this one so

1280
00:57:48,150 --> 00:57:46,000
uh in terms of the time frame you know

1281
00:57:50,950 --> 00:57:48,160
certainly the demo two to crew to

1282
00:57:52,789 --> 00:57:50,960
refurbishment is a process that uh that

1283
00:57:54,309 --> 00:57:52,799
we took a lot longer on because we

1284
00:57:56,390 --> 00:57:54,319
wanted to very much understand this

1285
00:57:58,390 --> 00:57:56,400
vehicle um you know because it's the

1286
00:58:00,390 --> 00:57:58,400
first time we uh

1287
00:58:02,150 --> 00:58:00,400
a crew vehicle

1288
00:58:04,390 --> 00:58:02,160
and to station back the first time we

1289
00:58:06,710 --> 00:58:04,400
were wishing it to get ready to go

1290
00:58:08,150 --> 00:58:06,720
so it was a multi-month process

1291
00:58:09,589 --> 00:58:08,160
as we went through that process as i

1292
00:58:11,589 --> 00:58:09,599
mentioned earlier we're learning about

1293
00:58:13,750 --> 00:58:11,599
what needs to be what needs to be fully

1294
00:58:15,670 --> 00:58:13,760
replaced where we should be inspecting

1295
00:58:17,510 --> 00:58:15,680
more deeply what kinds of things we need

1296
00:58:20,630 --> 00:58:17,520
to do going forward and and looking how

1297
00:58:23,190 --> 00:58:20,640
to max you know maximally optimize that

1298
00:58:24,470 --> 00:58:23,200
process uh on future vehicles and i

1299
00:58:26,230 --> 00:58:24,480
think i think you know you get it down

1300
00:58:28,230 --> 00:58:26,240
to you just a matter of you know a

1301
00:58:30,950 --> 00:58:28,240
couple of months and i think that's a

1302
00:58:32,150 --> 00:58:30,960
really good place to be but long term as

1303
00:58:34,309 --> 00:58:32,160
always you know as we look towards the

1304
00:58:36,309 --> 00:58:34,319
future you know aircraft like operations

1305
00:58:38,230 --> 00:58:36,319
are our goal in this case for dragon and

1306
00:58:39,670 --> 00:58:38,240
making sure we're safe to fly though um

1307
00:58:41,030 --> 00:58:39,680
we'll probably kind of tend to be taking

1308
00:58:42,870 --> 00:58:41,040
kind of in that couple of months range

1309
00:58:45,030 --> 00:58:42,880
but but we'll see as we go

1310
00:58:48,829 --> 00:58:45,040
um and uh i don't know any other

1311
00:58:56,710 --> 00:58:51,910
one all right uh next up we're going to

1312
00:58:59,510 --> 00:58:56,720
go to chelseago space.com chelsea

1313
00:59:02,630 --> 00:58:59,520
hi how's it going chelsea with space.com

1314
00:59:05,190 --> 00:59:02,640
uh you spoke a bit about the

1315
00:59:06,870 --> 00:59:05,200
handoff and kind of the

1316
00:59:09,829 --> 00:59:06,880
maneuver that they're going to do to

1317
00:59:11,750 --> 00:59:09,839
switch ports with the clue one vehicle

1318
00:59:13,829 --> 00:59:11,760
make room for crew two and then the the

1319
00:59:15,670 --> 00:59:13,839
few days that they're going

1320
00:59:17,510 --> 00:59:15,680
before crew one departs the space

1321
00:59:20,230 --> 00:59:17,520
station could you speak a bit more

1322
00:59:22,390 --> 00:59:20,240
about that process what that handoff

1323
00:59:24,870 --> 00:59:22,400
will look like uh as it's the first time

1324
00:59:26,549 --> 00:59:24,880
that a soul crew dragon crew will be

1325
00:59:30,789 --> 00:59:26,559
handing it off to another full crew

1326
00:59:34,150 --> 00:59:32,630
let's see steve stitch maybe i can take

1327
00:59:37,990 --> 00:59:34,160
the hand over one and then you can talk

1328
00:59:42,230 --> 00:59:39,589
sounds good

1329
00:59:43,910 --> 00:59:42,240
all right so for the handover i mean

1330
00:59:45,829 --> 00:59:43,920
handovers are something that we've done

1331
00:59:47,270 --> 00:59:45,839
multiple times onboard the international

1332
00:59:48,950 --> 00:59:47,280
space station

1333
00:59:51,910 --> 00:59:48,960
the first thing the crew members will do

1334
00:59:54,390 --> 00:59:51,920
is there'll be an emergency review of

1335
00:59:56,309 --> 00:59:54,400
the emergency processes what happens if

1336
00:59:58,230 --> 00:59:56,319
we have a

1337
01:00:00,950 --> 00:59:58,240
an event on board a fire event a

1338
01:00:02,870 --> 01:00:00,960
depressurization event or a toxic

1339
01:00:04,950 --> 01:00:02,880
atmosphere event and how do we act to

1340
01:00:06,230 --> 01:00:04,960
that how do we react to that so that's

1341
01:00:08,230 --> 01:00:06,240
going to be the number one thing that

1342
01:00:10,789 --> 01:00:08,240
the crew members are going to be doing

1343
01:00:12,870 --> 01:00:10,799
and that'll happen within the first day

1344
01:00:14,630 --> 01:00:12,880
and then the next days and i'm thinking

1345
01:00:16,789 --> 01:00:14,640
we're probably talking a five to seven

1346
01:00:18,230 --> 01:00:16,799
day handover between the two crews

1347
01:00:20,549 --> 01:00:18,240
they'll be talking about the different

1348
01:00:22,710 --> 01:00:20,559
processes what life is on board the

1349
01:00:24,870 --> 01:00:22,720
international space station

1350
01:00:27,510 --> 01:00:24,880
how they react to different maintenance

1351
01:00:29,270 --> 01:00:27,520
activities any science activities the

1352
01:00:32,390 --> 01:00:29,280
crew members will be talking about some

1353
01:00:35,109 --> 01:00:32,400
of the research work we do and um some

1354
01:00:36,710 --> 01:00:35,119
of the the challenges you we have and

1355
01:00:38,950 --> 01:00:36,720
working with the different facilities or

1356
01:00:40,950 --> 01:00:38,960
the operations of those facilities and

1357
01:00:43,750 --> 01:00:40,960
again it'll take about five to seven

1358
01:00:44,870 --> 01:00:43,760
days and so steve let me handle you when

1359
01:00:46,390 --> 01:00:44,880
you can talk a little bit about the

1360
01:00:47,270 --> 01:00:46,400
relocation

1361
01:00:49,030 --> 01:00:47,280
yeah

1362
01:00:51,990 --> 01:00:49,040
thanks joel so the relocation is an

1363
01:00:54,710 --> 01:00:52,000
important activity before we actually do

1364
01:00:56,549 --> 01:00:54,720
the handover we right now the the dragon

1365
01:00:58,870 --> 01:00:56,559
spacecraft is on the forward port of the

1366
01:01:00,630 --> 01:00:58,880
space station so as the space station

1367
01:01:03,670 --> 01:01:00,640
flies along it's on that forward port we

1368
01:01:05,829 --> 01:01:03,680
need to get that vehicle uh

1369
01:01:07,670 --> 01:01:05,839
moved up to the zenith port

1370
01:01:09,750 --> 01:01:07,680
in order to let the next vehicle come up

1371
01:01:11,349 --> 01:01:09,760
we really want that crew 2 vehicle on

1372
01:01:13,750 --> 01:01:11,359
that ford port

1373
01:01:15,750 --> 01:01:13,760
so what we'll do is uh the actual

1374
01:01:17,349 --> 01:01:15,760
maneuver is pretty uh straight forward

1375
01:01:19,829 --> 01:01:17,359
it's all automated

1376
01:01:22,069 --> 01:01:19,839
the crew will get into their suits and

1377
01:01:24,549 --> 01:01:22,079
they will get into into the dragon and

1378
01:01:25,829 --> 01:01:24,559
we'll do some leak checks in between the

1379
01:01:27,430 --> 01:01:25,839
two vehicles

1380
01:01:29,030 --> 01:01:27,440
when we're confident that we've got the

1381
01:01:32,470 --> 01:01:29,040
hatches all uh

1382
01:01:35,190 --> 01:01:32,480
sealed we'll uh depress that vestibule

1383
01:01:36,789 --> 01:01:35,200
and then open the hooks on that docking

1384
01:01:38,870 --> 01:01:36,799
port the international docking adapter

1385
01:01:42,309 --> 01:01:38,880
on the four part the vehicle will back

1386
01:01:43,910 --> 01:01:42,319
away uh to a certain range and then

1387
01:01:45,910 --> 01:01:43,920
really it just does a

1388
01:01:48,870 --> 01:01:45,920
translation and flies up around and

1389
01:01:51,589 --> 01:01:48,880
comes in and docks to that zenith port

1390
01:01:54,470 --> 01:01:51,599
that translation is really short it only

1391
01:01:55,829 --> 01:01:54,480
takes about 45 to 50 minutes do that

1392
01:01:57,589 --> 01:01:55,839
there's there's quite a bit of prep that

1393
01:01:59,349 --> 01:01:57,599
goes into it you know a few days ahead

1394
01:02:00,789 --> 01:01:59,359
of time the crew will get into their

1395
01:02:02,630 --> 01:02:00,799
suits and check the suits out and make

1396
01:02:03,829 --> 01:02:02,640
sure those suits are functioning and

1397
01:02:05,349 --> 01:02:03,839
working fine

1398
01:02:07,190 --> 01:02:05,359
we'll do some checkouts of the of the

1399
01:02:09,270 --> 01:02:07,200
dragon vehicle to make sure all the prop

1400
01:02:12,230 --> 01:02:09,280
systems are working before we go do that

1401
01:02:15,270 --> 01:02:12,240
maneuver and then uh on the ground we'll

1402
01:02:16,630 --> 01:02:15,280
have uh teams available and ready

1403
01:02:19,270 --> 01:02:16,640
should something happen to where we

1404
01:02:21,589 --> 01:02:19,280
can't go up and uh and dock to that

1405
01:02:23,910 --> 01:02:21,599
zenith port and we needed to uh to

1406
01:02:25,270 --> 01:02:23,920
either come back and try again 24 hours

1407
01:02:27,430 --> 01:02:25,280
later or

1408
01:02:29,589 --> 01:02:27,440
also actually land we'll have a recovery

1409
01:02:31,589 --> 01:02:29,599
ship uh spacex will have their recovery

1410
01:02:33,670 --> 01:02:31,599
ship ready to go for the atlantic sites

1411
01:02:36,069 --> 01:02:33,680
off the coast florida and then we'll

1412
01:02:36,950 --> 01:02:36,079
also have uh the detachment three ready

1413
01:02:39,109 --> 01:02:36,960
to go

1414
01:02:41,109 --> 01:02:39,119
uh the dod forces in the event that

1415
01:02:42,630 --> 01:02:41,119
something would happen so it's the first

1416
01:02:44,069 --> 01:02:42,640
time we've done this in the u.s i would

1417
01:02:45,829 --> 01:02:44,079
say

1418
01:02:47,270 --> 01:02:45,839
the spacex nasa teams are taking this

1419
01:02:49,190 --> 01:02:47,280
operation

1420
01:02:51,190 --> 01:02:49,200
very seriously and working through

1421
01:02:52,549 --> 01:02:51,200
checking all the procedures all the

1422
01:02:54,069 --> 01:02:52,559
flight software and just making sure

1423
01:02:55,990 --> 01:02:54,079
we're ready to go do this

1424
01:02:57,349 --> 01:02:56,000
it's something that we'll do quite often

1425
01:02:59,829 --> 01:02:57,359
but it's the first time we'll have done

1426
01:03:02,150 --> 01:02:59,839
it with the dragon vehicle

1427
01:03:04,150 --> 01:03:02,160
all right thank you steve uh we have

1428
01:03:06,470 --> 01:03:04,160
time for about one more depending on how

1429
01:03:09,510 --> 01:03:06,480
quick our answer is but next we'll go to

1430
01:03:12,230 --> 01:03:09,520
marcia dunn with the associated press

1431
01:03:14,390 --> 01:03:12,240
yes hi um for either steve or cathy i'd

1432
01:03:16,870 --> 01:03:14,400
like nasa's take on the risk assessment

1433
01:03:18,069 --> 01:03:16,880
using used vehicles i'm i'm just

1434
01:03:20,069 --> 01:03:18,079
wondering if

1435
01:03:21,910 --> 01:03:20,079
if you think there'll be added risk

1436
01:03:23,910 --> 01:03:21,920
because of wear and tear already on

1437
01:03:25,990 --> 01:03:23,920
these vehicles or will there be perhaps

1438
01:03:27,990 --> 01:03:26,000
less risk than a brand new vehicle

1439
01:03:31,349 --> 01:03:28,000
because it's flight proven could you

1440
01:03:33,510 --> 01:03:31,359
just give me your latest take thanks

1441
01:03:34,549 --> 01:03:33,520
yeah yeah yeah i'm happy to start out uh

1442
01:03:35,510 --> 01:03:34,559
marcia

1443
01:03:40,470 --> 01:03:35,520
uh

1444
01:03:42,710 --> 01:03:40,480
vehicle and the dragon were designed

1445
01:03:44,470 --> 01:03:42,720
with reuse and much like the space

1446
01:03:46,309 --> 01:03:44,480
shuttle was designed

1447
01:03:47,589 --> 01:03:46,319
for a certain number of flights

1448
01:03:49,190 --> 01:03:47,599
uh

1449
01:03:51,270 --> 01:03:49,200
when we go through this certification

1450
01:03:52,870 --> 01:03:51,280
process we we really look at every part

1451
01:03:54,230 --> 01:03:52,880
of the vehicle we look at the parts that

1452
01:03:55,750 --> 01:03:54,240
are going to be new as benji said there

1453
01:03:58,309 --> 01:03:55,760
are new parachutes

1454
01:04:00,630 --> 01:03:58,319
you know new heat shield new nose cone

1455
01:04:01,750 --> 01:04:00,640
new components and then

1456
01:04:03,349 --> 01:04:01,760
we look at what we're doing during the

1457
01:04:04,789 --> 01:04:03,359
refurbishment process we've had nasa

1458
01:04:07,430 --> 01:04:04,799
personnel

1459
01:04:09,670 --> 01:04:07,440
down in florida at dragonland as the

1460
01:04:11,270 --> 01:04:09,680
refurbishment happens we have

1461
01:04:13,589 --> 01:04:11,280
activities that we need to go witness

1462
01:04:15,349 --> 01:04:13,599
and watch what spacex is doing so so

1463
01:04:18,630 --> 01:04:15,359
overall i don't really see

1464
01:04:20,390 --> 01:04:18,640
any high risk uh in reuse because we've

1465
01:04:22,309 --> 01:04:20,400
gone through the methodical process and

1466
01:04:23,750 --> 01:04:22,319
we've checked as the components get

1467
01:04:25,349 --> 01:04:23,760
reinstalled

1468
01:04:26,630 --> 01:04:25,359
and then if you step back and look at

1469
01:04:28,390 --> 01:04:26,640
this flight

1470
01:04:29,670 --> 01:04:28,400
you know we are

1471
01:04:31,589 --> 01:04:29,680
improving the risk posture of the

1472
01:04:33,430 --> 01:04:31,599
vehicle by improving aborts improving

1473
01:04:35,430 --> 01:04:33,440
the pad abort capability

1474
01:04:36,470 --> 01:04:35,440
eliminating titanium in the propulsion

1475
01:04:39,190 --> 01:04:36,480
system

1476
01:04:41,270 --> 01:04:39,200
improving downrange aborts by changing

1477
01:04:44,069 --> 01:04:41,280
the software so overall i think this

1478
01:04:45,750 --> 01:04:44,079
vehicle you know is we're

1479
01:04:48,549 --> 01:04:45,760
continuing to endeavor to buy down risk

1480
01:04:51,430 --> 01:04:48,559
in the program over time

1481
01:04:53,670 --> 01:04:51,440
all right thank you steve um i think we

1482
01:04:56,470 --> 01:04:53,680
have time for just one last one irene

1483
01:05:00,069 --> 01:04:56,480
klotz with aviation week irene

1484
01:05:02,710 --> 01:05:00,079
thanks dan um for steve you mentioned uh

1485
01:05:04,390 --> 01:05:02,720
oft2 was a couple weeks down just want

1486
01:05:07,029 --> 01:05:04,400
to check that

1487
01:05:09,829 --> 01:05:07,039
delaying from the

1488
01:05:12,390 --> 01:05:09,839
announced last week of april

1489
01:05:14,750 --> 01:05:12,400
and the uh current target dates for

1490
01:05:17,029 --> 01:05:14,760
ms-18 launch

1491
01:05:19,109 --> 01:05:17,039
ms-17 landing

1492
01:05:21,910 --> 01:05:19,119
and uh for bendy just real quick when

1493
01:05:23,990 --> 01:05:21,920
when did the engine go out on the

1494
01:05:25,910 --> 01:05:24,000
february 16th launch

1495
01:05:28,630 --> 01:05:25,920
thank you

1496
01:05:30,470 --> 01:05:28,640
yeah regarding oft2 uh

1497
01:05:32,390 --> 01:05:30,480
we are going to have to move off of that

1498
01:05:34,470 --> 01:05:32,400
uh april the second date and we're

1499
01:05:36,630 --> 01:05:34,480
continuing to evaluate options

1500
01:05:38,309 --> 01:05:36,640
as i said before uh the vehicle is

1501
01:05:39,750 --> 01:05:38,319
really coming together

1502
01:05:41,990 --> 01:05:39,760
we had a little bit of a power up

1503
01:05:43,990 --> 01:05:42,000
anomaly with some avionics components

1504
01:05:46,309 --> 01:05:44,000
the boeing and nasa team worked really

1505
01:05:48,710 --> 01:05:46,319
well to get those components reinstalled

1506
01:05:50,390 --> 01:05:48,720
and checked out and that was completed

1507
01:05:52,630 --> 01:05:50,400
over the weekend

1508
01:05:54,470 --> 01:05:52,640
but we did lose time with the with the

1509
01:05:56,230 --> 01:05:54,480
weather in houston

1510
01:05:57,829 --> 01:05:56,240
we lost about a week of time and it

1511
01:05:59,829 --> 01:05:57,839
affected the facility that does software

1512
01:06:01,109 --> 01:05:59,839
testing so we're in the process of

1513
01:06:03,109 --> 01:06:01,119
working hand-in-hand with boeing to

1514
01:06:07,670 --> 01:06:03,119
figure out when when the oft-2 flight

1515
01:06:11,589 --> 01:06:09,190
all right thank you and this is going to

1516
01:06:15,829 --> 01:06:11,599
be our final one we have andrew tangle

1517
01:06:21,510 --> 01:06:19,109
oh hi there um thanks uh uh

1518
01:06:23,510 --> 01:06:21,520
uh is that um

1519
01:06:26,309 --> 01:06:23,520
are you saying that that you all uh

1520
01:06:29,510 --> 01:06:26,319
don't know when uh in april or later

1521
01:06:30,630 --> 01:06:29,520
this year the uncrewed uh starliner

1522
01:06:32,390 --> 01:06:30,640
launch will be

1523
01:06:35,270 --> 01:06:32,400
and then um

1524
01:06:37,270 --> 01:06:35,280
my my other question was uh

1525
01:06:39,430 --> 01:06:37,280
about the

1526
01:06:40,870 --> 01:06:39,440
uh recent

1527
01:06:42,549 --> 01:06:40,880
statement by the uh

1528
01:06:44,230 --> 01:06:42,559
asap panel or a member of the asia panel

1529
01:06:45,910 --> 01:06:44,240
that was imperative that the

1530
01:06:48,390 --> 01:06:45,920
safety culture audit of boeing be

1531
01:06:49,829 --> 01:06:48,400
performed uh before the

1532
01:06:52,069 --> 01:06:49,839
uh

1533
01:06:53,029 --> 01:06:52,079
crude launch later this year

1534
01:06:54,950 --> 01:06:53,039
can you

1535
01:06:57,349 --> 01:06:54,960
tell us what the status of that safety

1536
01:07:00,230 --> 01:06:57,359
culture audit is what problems if any

1537
01:07:02,549 --> 01:07:00,240
it's found and what are those have been

1538
01:07:05,589 --> 01:07:02,559
addressed

1539
01:07:07,589 --> 01:07:05,599
i'll i'll take the questions uh yeah we

1540
01:07:09,589 --> 01:07:07,599
we are going to do an organizational

1541
01:07:11,349 --> 01:07:09,599
safety assessment with boeing

1542
01:07:14,549 --> 01:07:11,359
uh we've been looking at the right

1543
01:07:16,870 --> 01:07:14,559
timing to do that to do that audit

1544
01:07:18,069 --> 01:07:16,880
you know with covet 19 it's problematic

1545
01:07:19,510 --> 01:07:18,079
to do it in person and these are the

1546
01:07:21,670 --> 01:07:19,520
kind of audits that are

1547
01:07:24,069 --> 01:07:21,680
best done when we can sit down and talk

1548
01:07:25,430 --> 01:07:24,079
to the boeing employees face to face so

1549
01:07:27,029 --> 01:07:25,440
we'll do that before the crude flight

1550
01:07:29,430 --> 01:07:27,039
test later this year

1551
01:07:31,829 --> 01:07:29,440
we've been planning that all along and

1552
01:07:34,150 --> 01:07:31,839
the asap point that out in their public

1553
01:07:35,430 --> 01:07:34,160
remarks a few weeks back so we've been

1554
01:07:36,789 --> 01:07:35,440
we've had that on the books and we're

1555
01:07:37,670 --> 01:07:36,799
going to go do that

1556
01:07:39,109 --> 01:07:37,680
and then

1557
01:07:41,270 --> 01:07:39,119
the first question was relative to the

1558
01:07:43,190 --> 01:07:41,280
oft2 launch date yeah we are going to

1559
01:07:45,349 --> 01:07:43,200
have to move off of 4-2

1560
01:07:47,750 --> 01:07:45,359
it's a very busy time frame uh on the

1561
01:07:49,750 --> 01:07:47,760
space station with the soyuz uh mission

1562
01:07:51,430 --> 01:07:49,760
and then crew two and then it's a busy

1563
01:07:52,789 --> 01:07:51,440
time on the on the range and so we're

1564
01:07:54,870 --> 01:07:52,799
working hand-in-hand with boeing to go

1565
01:07:56,630 --> 01:07:54,880
figure out you know when that launch

1566
01:07:59,029 --> 01:07:56,640
date will be

1567
01:08:00,789 --> 01:07:59,039
and we'll just have to stand by for

1568
01:08:03,589 --> 01:08:00,799
further developments on exactly when

1569
01:08:05,349 --> 01:08:03,599
that flight will fly

1570
01:08:07,109 --> 01:08:05,359
all right thank you steve and thank you

1571
01:08:08,870 --> 01:08:07,119
to all of our briefers today that is

1572
01:08:10,789 --> 01:08:08,880
going to do it for us sorry again about

1573
01:08:12,630 --> 01:08:10,799
the late start uh but thanks to

1574
01:08:14,870 --> 01:08:12,640
everybody for taking those questions and

1575
01:08:17,030 --> 01:08:14,880
giving the answers today uh everybody be

1576
01:08:19,189 --> 01:08:17,040
sure to tune in when we have the crew 2

1577
01:08:21,749 --> 01:08:19,199
astronauts themselves talking live on

1578
01:08:23,749 --> 01:08:21,759
nasa tv coming up at 2 p.m eastern 1 pm

1579
01:08:25,990 --> 01:08:23,759
central time for their crew 2 news

1580
01:08:27,829 --> 01:08:26,000
conference and again everything focused

1581
01:08:29,590 --> 01:08:27,839
right now on no earlier than april 20th

1582
01:08:31,349 --> 01:08:29,600
for this mission so continue to stay