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hello and welcome to nasa's kennedy

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space center in florida

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for the pre-launch news conference for

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nasa's spacex crew 2 mission

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this will be spacex's third flight with

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crew to the international space station

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as part of the agency's commercial crew

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i'm marie lewis with nasa public affairs

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and we have

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several experts here to break down this

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to my left is steve stitch manager of

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nasa's commercial crew program

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joel montelbano manager of nasa's

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benji reed senior director of human

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norm knight deputy director of nasa's

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junichi sakai manager of jaxa's

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frank davina manager of esa's

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kurt costello chief scientist for nasa's

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and brian sizzik launch weather officer

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with the u.s air force's 45th weather

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now you may also have noticed a pair of

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our speakers in the room these are the

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actual spacesuits worn by astronauts bob

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benkin and doug hurley

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during the historic demo 2 test flight

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last year

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and we have them here as a nod to all

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that the nasa and spacex teams

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have accomplished we will take your

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questions after opening remarks from our

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and we'll start with steve stitch thanks

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great to be here today we had our launch

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readiness review this morning

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jointly between nasa and spacex we

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reviewed all the

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and the the systems on the vehicles and

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we concluded that we're go for launch

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so we're still on track for a 6 11

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on thursday april the 22nd that would

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put docking on friday april 23rd

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uh over the last 48 hours it's been a

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uh here of course on saturday we had the

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those looked really good compared really

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the crew one flight and so no issues

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vehicle so we're looking at both

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thank you steve and welcome again to

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you know the month of april

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has been and will continue to be a

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banner month for the international space

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every week in the month of april we have

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activity we started the month with a

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on board to 10 people just last friday

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on orbit for about a week preparing us

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fabulously no no issues at all

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and while we're prepared and planning

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for just a short five-ish day

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mission we're prepared to have both crew

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for up to 20 days this week we're here

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talking about the crew 2 launch and then

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an awesome time to be in human space

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welcome back the japanese aerospace

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exploration agency flying on dragon for

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this crew will stay up a full duration

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the amount of technology development we

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so just an awesome awesome time again to

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as i talked after the flight readiness

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great thank you joel thank you steve as

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always it's an honor to be here

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we're excited to be able to fly crew

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their astronauts their family members to

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space and to bring them home safely

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commercial orbital space launch of

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in history and also our longest

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mission the longest mission for an

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in history so a lot of firsts and a lot

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reuse so we are flying as steve

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we're flying nasa astronauts on a flight

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so this is a great accomplishment and

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again a huge thank you to the nasa teams

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happen that program itself

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just like the commercial crew program

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just like the international space

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station and the programs before it

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are pushing human exploration further

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than ever before

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and particularly will push human

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exploration in a more diverse way

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than ever before and this is a great

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thing

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right now i'd like to talk a little bit

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about the crew 2 vehicles and

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where we stand right now on our launch

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all right this is a great drone video

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this is what uh the pad looks like right

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now this was taken a couple of days ago

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but i was just out there as steve

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mentioned and you can see it

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great views here of falcon

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you can see the the nasa logos on the

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side you can see

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the dragon on top the crew arm is

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extended

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exactly where the crew will walk across

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and get into their

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their vehicle to go to space as many of

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you will remember that is the

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the same tower that was has been used by

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the shuttle teams and also

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by the apollo crews when they flew to

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the moon so it's always an honor to be

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here at this historic launch pad

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here at kennedy space center this

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our vehicles and the launch pad all of

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our teams are ready we continue to do

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a number of tests preparing i should say

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a number of analyses of our data

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assessments of our data

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we've completed thousands and thousands

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of tests to get to this day just like we

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always have in the past and we'll

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continue to do

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we talk a lot about these kinds of

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reviews that we do we call them paranoia

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reviews

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um they're we we want to be paranoid

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right

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we want to make sure that we're going to

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fly these people safely and

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and be able to bring them home safely

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when it's time so we check we check

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under every rock and we double check and

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we triple check and we ask each other we

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challenge each other all the time we're

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continuing that process

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another thing that we do is we practice

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a lot um

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and one of the practices that we did was

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the dry dress rehearsal

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and that's where the crew actually gets

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suited up they get into

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their vehicles the model x's that come

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across and bring them out to the pad

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they go up in that tower that you saw

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there and across the crew arm they get

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into the seats and the dragon

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and basically walk through everything on

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the timeline as if it were launch day

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while the crew is doing that the ground

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teams are all doing their jobs

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and all of our flight operators are in

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their seats

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back in hawthorne here at the cape and

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elsewhere um

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doing walking through the steps walking

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through the procedures um and ensuring

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that we're ready to go and we take that

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that dry dress up through basically the

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moment of launch

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um and ensure that that we're going to

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be ready

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and practice that and in fact our teams

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are actually doing um

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even additional practices like i

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mentioned we continue to

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want to ensure that everything is great

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and so we're continuing down that path

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as we get ready for thursday

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speaking of that dry dress i think we've

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got some photos

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ah there it is great shot again you can

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see

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the the vehicle but in front of the

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vehicle down there is the crew

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and we should always talk about who they

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are and who they are as people we've got

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megan and shane and

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aki and tomah um you know there's uh

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there's a lot of families there there's

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a lot of hard work and time that they

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put in

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the astronauts and also their families

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and all the people who supported them

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over the years it's important that they

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are able to get up and do their job on

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the space station do all the great

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science that the station does

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and um and it in particular in my heart

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i know there's a there's a little boy

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out there whose mom is

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flying and this is something that we pay

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a lot of attention to

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we ask ourselves all the time would we

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be willing to fly our families

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on these vehicles and that's kind of a

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test for us

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and this is a great shot of them and and

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if you get to know them

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and watch them and they go through

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training you they're just a fun team

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an excellent team i think they designed

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a great patch

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and you can see them there in the crew

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arm right now

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all right let me just talk a moment

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about weather

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and and we'll hear more uh from our

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weather officer about

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the local weather and the launch weather

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but it's always a good reminder that

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it's not just about launch day when

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we're launching crew

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we have to worry about the entire ascent

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trajectory because if something goes

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wrong

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we want dragon to be able to launch

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escape off of the rocket

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and that means they have to be able to

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come down in the ocean at all points

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along that potential escape path

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so we're watching weather not just here

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the cape but all along that path of the

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northern seaboard across the atlantic

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and so and we're not just looking at say

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you know rain or something like that

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we're looking at winds and wave height

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and lightning

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all kinds of things to make sure it's

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right so many many points along that

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track

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we're watching it so fundamentally there

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are a number of places where we can say

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uh

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we don't feel good enough about flying

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the crew today

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um and so while we're aiming for

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thursday as steve talked about at 6 11

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eastern

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we uh you know we'll watch the weather

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and we'll make a decision if we need to

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we'll move to that next day on friday

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and just in terms of the launch

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opportunities uh

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based on orbits of the space station uh

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we'll have two days on and two days off

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so our first two launch opportunities

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are here thursday and friday

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as steve mentioned a little bit less

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than 24 hours we'll be talking to the

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space station

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based on this first opportunity um

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and um and you know they'll be up there

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for about six months

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um and it's important always to be

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thinking about the crew that we'll be

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bringing home just a few days after that

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and of course bringing that crew home is

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very important our

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all of our recovery crews are ready they

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also have been

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training and reviewing and practicing

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and checking all of their hardware

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and they're ready for those those crews

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to come home and come and get them

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uh and uh finally you know i think it's

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always important to thank all the

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different groups there's a lot of the

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nasa centers that are involved

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of course we've got kennedy and johnson

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and marshall who all

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play a key role on the commercial crew

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program and supporting us

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and of course we have the 45th space

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wing um here at the

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canaveral space force station and debt 3

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who also is there to support us in case

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of an emergency thank you to all of them

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and again just thank you to the

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astronauts and their families we look

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norm let's see uh well good morning

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it's uh it's a pleasure to be here with

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my colleagues

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it's an exciting time we're 48 hours

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from launch and

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you know this is where all the eyes are

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dotted and teaser crossed as we

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as we all count down to uh to launch

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time

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i had an opportunity to talk with shane

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the crew is doing great they're really

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excited

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as benji said dry dress went very well

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and again just on our way to launch

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the crew is getting an opportunity today

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to get more briefings

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get prepped for launch spend some time

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with their family they get a little bit

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of downtime

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tomorrow waking up very

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early on thursday morning

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for the launch you know the reviews that

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have been talked a lot about

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culminated today with the launch

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readiness review and and those reviews

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have been extremely thorough

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and especially with the refurbished

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falcon and dragon

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we're very convinced that it's safe to

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fly safety has been number one

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in all these reviews and that's the way

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it should be

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this business of human space flight is

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unforgiving it's the vigilance

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from the teams that guarantee that

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continued safety and it was definitely

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present

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in these reviews this week and you know

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you step back and you look

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it's it's it's hard enough in a regular

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environment but you put covid

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on top of that it's been exceptionally

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impressive

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what these teams have been able to uh to

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pull together

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uh the cadence is very good for the

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teams uh between spacex and nasa

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uh people are working well with each

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other uh we're looking forward to a

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successful mission

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and again it's just a very exciting time

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thank you very much um

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yeah um on behalf of

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jackson first of all on behalf of

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jackson

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i would like to sincerely

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thanks nasa leadership and spacex

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to all the colleagues who work so hard

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for

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crew to launch a preparation and

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continuing iss operation under such

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tough situations

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come come down to the crew 2 ranch

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is cross 2 beginning it is a great

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pleasure for me

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to hear to be here with you

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i welcomed a crew to crew at the lcc

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last friday they looked uh

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so cheerful and confident

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i have confidence here's

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a ready for the launch the japanese

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experimental module kibo is also ready

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for

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i am very excited at the two japanese

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noguchi soichi and aki will get

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will will meet will meet together in

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orbit

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i'm looking forward to the coming launch

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and

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thank you good morning here in the us

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and

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good afternoon all in europe that are

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following

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this i would also like to start to thank

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the

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we are very excited of course that for

572
00:21:59,430 --> 00:21:56,799
the first time a european astronaut

573
00:22:01,669 --> 00:21:59,440
thomas can also fly on the crew dragon

574
00:22:04,310 --> 00:22:01,679
to the international space station

575
00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:04,320
the isa teams here in in the cape but

576
00:22:07,669 --> 00:22:05,200
also in europe

577
00:22:08,630 --> 00:22:07,679
already to support the launch and to

578
00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:08,640
support of course

579
00:22:11,990 --> 00:22:11,440
the alpha mission in its entirety in the

580
00:22:14,870 --> 00:22:12,000
international

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00:22:16,070 --> 00:22:14,880
space station uh as joel mentioned it's

582
00:22:19,270 --> 00:22:16,080
an exciting time

583
00:22:21,590 --> 00:22:19,280
we have four usos crew members on orbit

584
00:22:22,549 --> 00:22:21,600
uh and so we have plenty of crew time

585
00:22:24,549 --> 00:22:22,559
available

586
00:22:25,669 --> 00:22:24,559
to do the science that we need to do on

587
00:22:27,510 --> 00:22:25,679
behalf of

588
00:22:29,830 --> 00:22:27,520
the european space agency european

589
00:22:33,110 --> 00:22:29,840
scientists but also scientists

590
00:22:35,190 --> 00:22:33,120
around the world some highlights we have

591
00:22:36,710 --> 00:22:35,200
the grip grasp experiment for example

592
00:22:39,590 --> 00:22:36,720
that tomah commissioned

593
00:22:41,430 --> 00:22:39,600
during his first flight and installed

594
00:22:43,909 --> 00:22:41,440
and he's now going to do

595
00:22:46,230 --> 00:22:43,919
uh the final subject for this uh for

596
00:22:49,029 --> 00:22:46,240
this experiment uh as well

597
00:22:50,470 --> 00:22:49,039
we will do some uh experiments around uh

598
00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:50,480
immunology

599
00:22:54,070 --> 00:22:52,799
uh and we can all uh understand i think

600
00:22:56,789 --> 00:22:54,080
in times of covet

601
00:22:57,590 --> 00:22:56,799
how important the understanding of our

602
00:23:00,149 --> 00:22:57,600
human

603
00:23:00,950 --> 00:23:00,159
immune system is is for the the future

604
00:23:04,230 --> 00:23:00,960
of uh

605
00:23:05,909 --> 00:23:04,240
of all of us here on earth we have also

606
00:23:09,510 --> 00:23:05,919
a big compliment

607
00:23:12,310 --> 00:23:09,520
of experiments from kness our french

608
00:23:14,230 --> 00:23:12,320
partner agency that is of course also

609
00:23:16,310 --> 00:23:14,240
supporting thomas during this

610
00:23:17,909 --> 00:23:16,320
this flight we don't only have

611
00:23:19,350 --> 00:23:17,919
experiments we also have a

612
00:23:21,990 --> 00:23:19,360
number of other highlights in this

613
00:23:25,350 --> 00:23:22,000
mission on the 15th of july

614
00:23:28,149 --> 00:23:25,360
the mlm module will launch from

615
00:23:30,789 --> 00:23:28,159
baikonur and attached to that module

616
00:23:33,029 --> 00:23:30,799
will be the european robotic arm

617
00:23:35,190 --> 00:23:33,039
it's a program that we had launched long

618
00:23:36,789 --> 00:23:35,200
time ago and we are waiting since long

619
00:23:39,669 --> 00:23:36,799
time to commission

620
00:23:41,430 --> 00:23:39,679
the the european robotic arm as a part

621
00:23:42,310 --> 00:23:41,440
of the infrastructure of the the space

622
00:23:44,950 --> 00:23:42,320
station

623
00:23:47,590 --> 00:23:44,960
and to mobile also play a role in the

624
00:23:49,990 --> 00:23:47,600
initial commissioning of the the era

625
00:23:51,830 --> 00:23:50,000
and finally this is just the start for

626
00:23:53,830 --> 00:23:51,840
us of a series of mission

627
00:23:56,070 --> 00:23:53,840
uh we will have tomma now but we will

628
00:23:59,029 --> 00:23:56,080
have matthias more

629
00:23:59,990 --> 00:23:59,039
from germany flying uh by the the end of

630
00:24:02,230 --> 00:24:00,000
the year

631
00:24:04,070 --> 00:24:02,240
also on the spacex vehicle to the to the

632
00:24:06,470 --> 00:24:04,080
international space station and then

633
00:24:08,310 --> 00:24:06,480
next year we will have samantha

634
00:24:09,110 --> 00:24:08,320
christopher ratti flying so for one and

635
00:24:11,430 --> 00:24:09,120
a half years

636
00:24:13,269 --> 00:24:11,440
permanently we will have european

637
00:24:13,909 --> 00:24:13,279
astronauts on board of the space station

638
00:24:17,350 --> 00:24:13,919
so

639
00:24:19,269 --> 00:24:17,360
exciting times for europe to be there

640
00:24:21,190 --> 00:24:19,279
and during the last part of his mission

641
00:24:22,630 --> 00:24:21,200
uh thomas will be the commander and will

642
00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:22,640
be able to welcome

643
00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:25,440
matthias uh on orbit uh while he is the

644
00:24:29,830 --> 00:24:27,520
commander of the iss so

645
00:24:31,269 --> 00:24:29,840
thank you again uh very much to the nasa

646
00:24:33,350 --> 00:24:31,279
and spacex teams

647
00:24:38,230 --> 00:24:33,360
to getting us here and we are very

648
00:24:42,310 --> 00:24:41,830
thank you frank we're very excited about

649
00:24:46,149 --> 00:24:42,320
the

650
00:24:47,909 --> 00:24:46,159
space station

651
00:24:49,430 --> 00:24:47,919
they bring with them the capability to

652
00:24:52,870 --> 00:24:49,440
participate in

653
00:24:56,070 --> 00:24:52,880
many of the investigations going on

654
00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:56,080
over 260 during this incremental loan

655
00:25:00,149 --> 00:24:57,840
a lot of the focus for the

656
00:25:01,350 --> 00:25:00,159
investigations flying on the crew 2

657
00:25:05,669 --> 00:25:01,360
dragon

658
00:25:07,750 --> 00:25:05,679
will be in the human immune function

659
00:25:09,350 --> 00:25:07,760
first we have celestial immunity an

660
00:25:11,029 --> 00:25:09,360
investigation

661
00:25:12,630 --> 00:25:11,039
flown by the pharmaceutical company

662
00:25:15,830 --> 00:25:12,640
sanofi pasteur

663
00:25:16,630 --> 00:25:15,840
who will be looking at the capability to

664
00:25:19,990 --> 00:25:16,640
fly

665
00:25:22,549 --> 00:25:20,000
donor peripheral blood mononuclear cells

666
00:25:24,230 --> 00:25:22,559
and elicit in them new potential

667
00:25:28,549 --> 00:25:24,240
pathways for immun

668
00:25:31,269 --> 00:25:28,559
for immunity up next will be the

669
00:25:33,029 --> 00:25:31,279
chime experiment uh for characterizing

670
00:25:35,590 --> 00:25:33,039
human immunodeficiency

671
00:25:37,350 --> 00:25:35,600
in the microgravity environment in this

672
00:25:40,470 --> 00:25:37,360
investigation we'll be flying

673
00:25:43,269 --> 00:25:40,480
tissue chips with thp

674
00:25:45,190 --> 00:25:43,279
one cell line it's a leukemia cell line

675
00:25:48,789 --> 00:25:45,200
and we'll be looking for

676
00:25:49,350 --> 00:25:48,799
changes in in the immune response based

677
00:25:53,190 --> 00:25:49,360
on

678
00:25:55,830 --> 00:25:53,200
microgravity as the stimulating factor

679
00:25:57,909 --> 00:25:55,840
we also have some stem education flying

680
00:26:01,510 --> 00:25:57,919
on the crew dragon 2.

681
00:26:04,149 --> 00:26:01,520
that will be the story time in space

682
00:26:04,710 --> 00:26:04,159
8 demonstration package which is a heat

683
00:26:07,669 --> 00:26:04,720
transfer

684
00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:07,679
demo experiment that's going to go along

685
00:26:11,669 --> 00:26:08,000
with

686
00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:11,679
our our demonstration of reading in

687
00:26:15,190 --> 00:26:12,480
space

688
00:26:16,630 --> 00:26:15,200
and that story will be part of our

689
00:26:19,750 --> 00:26:16,640
celebration of the

690
00:26:21,269 --> 00:26:19,760
australian literacy day on may 19th you

691
00:26:23,830 --> 00:26:21,279
can read along with another

692
00:26:26,070 --> 00:26:23,840
million plus young readers and we

693
00:26:28,710 --> 00:26:26,080
encourage you to participate

694
00:26:29,990 --> 00:26:28,720
last but not least i i would be amiss if

695
00:26:31,110 --> 00:26:30,000
i didn't mention we're launching on

696
00:26:33,110 --> 00:26:31,120
earth day

697
00:26:34,789 --> 00:26:33,120
as joel said we've got many

698
00:26:37,110 --> 00:26:34,799
investigations on board the

699
00:26:38,070 --> 00:26:37,120
the spacecraft looking down at the earth

700
00:26:40,549 --> 00:26:38,080
sponsored by

701
00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:40,559
our science mission directorate and we

702
00:26:43,909 --> 00:26:42,320
also have the crew who have the best

703
00:26:46,310 --> 00:26:43,919
seat in the house for this event

704
00:26:47,669 --> 00:26:46,320
and i'm sure it will look great thank

705
00:26:49,430 --> 00:26:47,679
you

706
00:26:53,430 --> 00:26:49,440
and now for a weather update from our

707
00:26:55,350 --> 00:26:53,440
launch weather officer brian sizek

708
00:26:56,630 --> 00:26:55,360
and good morning my name is brian sizzik

709
00:26:58,470 --> 00:26:56,640
i'm a launch weather officer with the

710
00:26:59,830 --> 00:26:58,480
45th weather squadron and as benji

711
00:27:00,789 --> 00:26:59,840
mentioned i do want to emphasize that

712
00:27:02,710 --> 00:27:00,799
i'll be speaking

713
00:27:05,350 --> 00:27:02,720
primarily to the weather here in the

714
00:27:07,669 --> 00:27:05,360
launch area so the launch conditions

715
00:27:09,190 --> 00:27:07,679
so unlike the weather we've been seeing

716
00:27:09,909 --> 00:27:09,200
over the last few days here in central

717
00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:09,919
florida

718
00:27:13,190 --> 00:27:11,520
the weather here in the area is looking

719
00:27:13,909 --> 00:27:13,200
pretty good for thursday and friday so

720
00:27:15,590 --> 00:27:13,919
if we could

721
00:27:17,269 --> 00:27:15,600
take a live look at the satellite

722
00:27:19,029 --> 00:27:17,279
imagery so this is the infrared

723
00:27:20,070 --> 00:27:19,039
satellite imagery you can see a lot of

724
00:27:22,149 --> 00:27:20,080
cloud cover

725
00:27:23,909 --> 00:27:22,159
over florida right now and that's due to

726
00:27:24,549 --> 00:27:23,919
a front that's kind of just been stalled

727
00:27:26,389 --> 00:27:24,559
out

728
00:27:28,070 --> 00:27:26,399
over our area we've just had some waves

729
00:27:30,149 --> 00:27:28,080
of low pressure riding along

730
00:27:32,149 --> 00:27:30,159
along it bringing some wet and stormy

731
00:27:34,549 --> 00:27:32,159
weather over the last few days but

732
00:27:35,590 --> 00:27:34,559
there is some high a strong area of high

733
00:27:37,350 --> 00:27:35,600
pressure

734
00:27:38,789 --> 00:27:37,360
up in the montana area and that's going

735
00:27:39,830 --> 00:27:38,799
to be coming to the rescue that's going

736
00:27:41,430 --> 00:27:39,840
to be pushing

737
00:27:43,190 --> 00:27:41,440
to the south and to the east over the

738
00:27:44,470 --> 00:27:43,200
next few days and that's going to be

739
00:27:46,070 --> 00:27:44,480
help clearing out

740
00:27:48,070 --> 00:27:46,080
all of that moisture and pushing that

741
00:27:50,389 --> 00:27:48,080
front farther to the south

742
00:27:52,470 --> 00:27:50,399
by thursday and friday so if we could go

743
00:27:54,310 --> 00:27:52,480
to the launch forecast

744
00:27:56,470 --> 00:27:54,320
and you can see we have a 20 percent

745
00:27:59,190 --> 00:27:56,480
probability of violation

746
00:28:01,510 --> 00:27:59,200
so 80 percent favorable uh the winds are

747
00:28:03,590 --> 00:28:01,520
going to be a bit brisk 17 to 22 miles

748
00:28:04,950 --> 00:28:03,600
per hour coming from the north northeast

749
00:28:07,190 --> 00:28:04,960
as that high pressure

750
00:28:09,269 --> 00:28:07,200
is still centered fairly far away to the

751
00:28:10,630 --> 00:28:09,279
north and west still in control but

752
00:28:12,950 --> 00:28:10,640
it is going to create a bit of a

753
00:28:15,350 --> 00:28:12,960
pressure gradient so the primary concern

754
00:28:15,990 --> 00:28:15,360
will be the liftoff winds but just a 20

755
00:28:18,389 --> 00:28:16,000
chance

756
00:28:20,549 --> 00:28:18,399
of that pov and as we go to the back up

757
00:28:22,549 --> 00:28:20,559
day looking even better winds die down a

758
00:28:23,510 --> 00:28:22,559
little bit 12 to 17 miles per hour and

759
00:28:25,110 --> 00:28:23,520
as that high

760
00:28:26,950 --> 00:28:25,120
slides farther to the east we are going

761
00:28:28,789 --> 00:28:26,960
to see the winds shift to more of an

762
00:28:31,029 --> 00:28:28,799
easterly direction temperature at 70

763
00:28:32,630 --> 00:28:31,039
degrees and just a small chance of

764
00:28:33,190 --> 00:28:32,640
flight through precipitation but just a

765
00:28:36,230 --> 00:28:33,200
10

766
00:28:37,269 --> 00:28:36,240
pov so we'll be 90 favorable for that

767
00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:37,279
backup day

768
00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:43,110
and that concludes my portion of the

769
00:28:46,950 --> 00:28:45,600
brace thank you so much brian and now we

770
00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:46,960
will open it up to uh

771
00:28:50,950 --> 00:28:49,279
questions on our phone line uh i do want

772
00:28:52,710 --> 00:28:50,960
to remind folks in order to get to as

773
00:28:54,549 --> 00:28:52,720
many of you as possible we ask that you

774
00:28:56,950 --> 00:28:54,559
limit yourself to one question

775
00:28:59,350 --> 00:28:56,960
and also let us know who you are asking

776
00:29:02,549 --> 00:28:59,360
it to um so we will start with gina

777
00:29:05,269 --> 00:29:02,559
sanseri from abc news gina

778
00:29:07,190 --> 00:29:05,279
uh good morning this one's for joel 11

779
00:29:08,310 --> 00:29:07,200
people on the space station presents a

780
00:29:11,510 --> 00:29:08,320
certain challenge

781
00:29:15,110 --> 00:29:11,520
sleeping etc what adjustments did you

782
00:29:19,669 --> 00:29:18,230
i didn't quite i think you said can you

783
00:29:21,430 --> 00:29:19,679
repeat that question

784
00:29:23,110 --> 00:29:21,440
what kind of adjustments do you need to

785
00:29:23,510 --> 00:29:23,120
make on the space station for this many

786
00:29:27,190 --> 00:29:23,520
crew

787
00:29:28,630 --> 00:29:27,200
was that the question yeah

788
00:29:30,710 --> 00:29:28,640
and so you know there's a number of

789
00:29:32,230 --> 00:29:30,720
things you have to do uh we have to fly

790
00:29:34,870 --> 00:29:32,240
some additional consumables

791
00:29:36,950 --> 00:29:34,880
for the extra crew members of course you

792
00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:36,960
have to look at sleeping arrangements

793
00:29:40,470 --> 00:29:38,720
we'll have some temporary sleeping

794
00:29:42,389 --> 00:29:40,480
arrangements for the the crew members

795
00:29:46,149 --> 00:29:42,399
because we have so many people

796
00:29:47,909 --> 00:29:46,159
we have to increase the capacity of our

797
00:29:51,269 --> 00:29:47,919
life support systems our oxygen

798
00:29:53,430 --> 00:29:51,279
generation our carbon dioxide removal

799
00:29:56,070 --> 00:29:53,440
we also once we get the crew members on

800
00:29:57,029 --> 00:29:56,080
board they'll first do an emergency kind

801
00:29:58,549 --> 00:29:57,039
of drill

802
00:30:00,149 --> 00:29:58,559
to make sure that the crews are ready

803
00:30:01,350 --> 00:30:00,159
for emergencies but these are standard

804
00:30:03,909 --> 00:30:01,360
things that we've done

805
00:30:04,630 --> 00:30:03,919
for handovers in the past so for this

806
00:30:06,789 --> 00:30:04,640
one the

807
00:30:08,070 --> 00:30:06,799
the cool thing again is that the added

808
00:30:10,870 --> 00:30:08,080
crew member allows

809
00:30:12,710 --> 00:30:10,880
another set of hands on board to help us

810
00:30:14,630 --> 00:30:12,720
with research and utilization

811
00:30:17,909 --> 00:30:14,640
our technology development as well as

812
00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:17,919
our low-earth orbit commercialization

813
00:30:21,510 --> 00:30:19,760
all right thank you joel uh next

814
00:30:22,789 --> 00:30:21,520
question is from marcia dunn with the

815
00:30:25,990 --> 00:30:22,799
associated press

816
00:30:27,669 --> 00:30:26,000
marcia yes good morning um my questions

817
00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:27,679
for benji please

818
00:30:31,590 --> 00:30:29,760
i'm interested in the reuse when you're

819
00:30:33,590 --> 00:30:31,600
flying crews

820
00:30:34,870 --> 00:30:33,600
do you have any maximum number of

821
00:30:36,950 --> 00:30:34,880
flights

822
00:30:39,830 --> 00:30:36,960
that you would use the capsule and

823
00:30:42,470 --> 00:30:39,840
falcon for and would you anticipate like

824
00:30:44,149 --> 00:30:42,480
using the a reusing a dragon capsule

825
00:30:45,269 --> 00:30:44,159
every year like you seem to be starting

826
00:30:47,590 --> 00:30:45,279
out to do

827
00:30:48,389 --> 00:30:47,600
and spacesuits can can they be altered

828
00:30:50,950 --> 00:30:48,399
for reuse

829
00:30:51,669 --> 00:30:50,960
and or do you plan to donate the two

830
00:30:55,510 --> 00:30:51,679
behind you

831
00:30:56,230 --> 00:30:55,520
thank you thank you marcia great

832
00:30:57,830 --> 00:30:56,240
questions

833
00:30:59,190 --> 00:30:57,840
um so first of all i'm hoping that

834
00:31:00,470 --> 00:30:59,200
nobody notices when i take one of the

835
00:31:03,269 --> 00:31:00,480
spacesuits home

836
00:31:04,470 --> 00:31:03,279
with me after this briefing no actually

837
00:31:05,190 --> 00:31:04,480
everybody here has asked if they can try

838
00:31:06,870 --> 00:31:05,200
one on but

839
00:31:08,389 --> 00:31:06,880
i think there's a do not touch sign um

840
00:31:08,789 --> 00:31:08,399
so in terms of the suits i'll start

841
00:31:11,029 --> 00:31:08,799
there

842
00:31:11,990 --> 00:31:11,039
um since i'm making terrible jokes about

843
00:31:14,149 --> 00:31:12,000
them but uh

844
00:31:15,990 --> 00:31:14,159
the the reality is is that uh the suits

845
00:31:19,029 --> 00:31:16,000
are are are somewhat custom

846
00:31:22,310 --> 00:31:19,039
tailored um for each astronaut and

847
00:31:23,830 --> 00:31:22,320
so they are those astronauts suits um

848
00:31:25,990 --> 00:31:23,840
we don't really plan to reuse those

849
00:31:28,950 --> 00:31:26,000
there's a lot of crew equipment though

850
00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:28,960
that we do reuse and as part of the

851
00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:30,399
overall system

852
00:31:33,269 --> 00:31:31,600
and so again we go through the

853
00:31:35,029 --> 00:31:33,279
certification and qualification process

854
00:31:35,830 --> 00:31:35,039
with nasa to be able to reuse those as

855
00:31:37,029 --> 00:31:35,840
well

856
00:31:39,350 --> 00:31:37,039
in terms of your questions about the

857
00:31:42,470 --> 00:31:39,360
vehicles um the

858
00:31:44,149 --> 00:31:42,480
dragon from the beginning the dragon 2

859
00:31:46,549 --> 00:31:44,159
vehicle which is of course as the crew

860
00:31:48,230 --> 00:31:46,559
and the cargo variant designed for five

861
00:31:51,190 --> 00:31:48,240
reuses at least

862
00:31:52,389 --> 00:31:51,200
we've been qualifying to that and we've

863
00:31:53,830 --> 00:31:52,399
been working with nasa

864
00:31:56,549 --> 00:31:53,840
on a number of the components so look at

865
00:31:59,350 --> 00:31:56,559
five there are some components that

866
00:32:00,789 --> 00:31:59,360
we will put new on you know we'll

867
00:32:01,909 --> 00:32:00,799
replace

868
00:32:03,909 --> 00:32:01,919
some will work through other

869
00:32:06,710 --> 00:32:03,919
qualifications and certifications to see

870
00:32:08,070 --> 00:32:06,720
how far we can go with reuse for those

871
00:32:09,909 --> 00:32:08,080
falcon of course we used to talk that

872
00:32:11,669 --> 00:32:09,919
was qualified for up to 10 flights but

873
00:32:13,990 --> 00:32:11,679
we're continuing to push that

874
00:32:16,070 --> 00:32:14,000
for uh you know non-human missions right

875
00:32:17,990 --> 00:32:16,080
we want to see how far we can go and

876
00:32:19,269 --> 00:32:18,000
and and really again again the sort of

877
00:32:21,269 --> 00:32:19,279
the holy grail of

878
00:32:22,549 --> 00:32:21,279
of space flight is reusability so it's

879
00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:22,559
important that we do that

880
00:32:25,990 --> 00:32:25,120
but in terms of human space flight for

881
00:32:27,750 --> 00:32:26,000
falcon

882
00:32:29,430 --> 00:32:27,760
um right now we're we're working with

883
00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:29,440
nasa we're certified for this

884
00:32:32,710 --> 00:32:31,760
upcoming reuse um and we're continuing

885
00:32:35,110 --> 00:32:32,720
our work together

886
00:32:36,789 --> 00:32:35,120
um as a team to assess how many more

887
00:32:39,110 --> 00:32:36,799
flights we'd be able to reuse falcons

888
00:32:42,230 --> 00:32:40,710
all right thank you benji uh the next

889
00:32:46,710 --> 00:32:42,240
question is from stephen clark

890
00:32:49,750 --> 00:32:48,549
thank you steven clark space flight now

891
00:32:52,789 --> 00:32:49,760
i was wondering if

892
00:32:53,350 --> 00:32:52,799
maybe the lwo or steve stitch can talk

893
00:32:57,590 --> 00:32:53,360
about

894
00:32:59,990 --> 00:32:57,600
the downrange weather

895
00:33:01,430 --> 00:33:00,000
how are things looking right now is it

896
00:33:04,389 --> 00:33:01,440
looking good is it marginal

897
00:33:05,350 --> 00:33:04,399
and when would you tag up to have a

898
00:33:07,190 --> 00:33:05,360
brief

899
00:33:08,789 --> 00:33:07,200
on the abort and recovery whether to

900
00:33:09,750 --> 00:33:08,799
make that decision whether to load the

901
00:33:13,029 --> 00:33:09,760
crew on

902
00:33:16,149 --> 00:33:13,039
thursday morning thanks yeah yeah

903
00:33:17,430 --> 00:33:16,159
i'll i'll take that question um so so we

904
00:33:19,830 --> 00:33:17,440
have weather briefings

905
00:33:21,110 --> 00:33:19,840
starting about 48 hours out from launch

906
00:33:21,990 --> 00:33:21,120
in fact we had our first one this

907
00:33:24,470 --> 00:33:22,000
morning

908
00:33:26,470 --> 00:33:24,480
looking at both days primarily thursday

909
00:33:28,070 --> 00:33:26,480
and friday

910
00:33:29,990 --> 00:33:28,080
the launch weather looks really good for

911
00:33:31,990 --> 00:33:30,000
both days as as

912
00:33:34,149 --> 00:33:32,000
brian talked about the only concern was

913
00:33:36,310 --> 00:33:34,159
really winds around the pad

914
00:33:37,350 --> 00:33:36,320
for that very first opportunity on

915
00:33:39,110 --> 00:33:37,360
thursday

916
00:33:40,630 --> 00:33:39,120
downrange weather is a little bit

917
00:33:42,710 --> 00:33:40,640
trickier as the

918
00:33:44,470 --> 00:33:42,720
as this high pressure system moves over

919
00:33:46,549 --> 00:33:44,480
the the

920
00:33:48,549 --> 00:33:46,559
arkansas area that combined with this

921
00:33:50,710 --> 00:33:48,559
front is causing some pretty high winds

922
00:33:52,149 --> 00:33:50,720
in some of the areas downrange

923
00:33:54,149 --> 00:33:52,159
and some pretty high waves and so we'll

924
00:33:56,310 --> 00:33:54,159
have to watch those you know the two

925
00:33:57,430 --> 00:33:56,320
days right now i would say

926
00:33:59,110 --> 00:33:57,440
you know friday looks a little bit

927
00:34:00,310 --> 00:33:59,120
better than thursday we'll continue to

928
00:34:02,310 --> 00:34:00,320
watch that weather

929
00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:02,320
i have another briefing 24 hours out

930
00:34:04,950 --> 00:34:03,360
tomorrow and

931
00:34:06,389 --> 00:34:04,960
and take a look at those two days and

932
00:34:07,909 --> 00:34:06,399
then we'll figure out what the right

933
00:34:09,270 --> 00:34:07,919
time to make the decision is whether

934
00:34:10,629 --> 00:34:09,280
it's tomorrow or

935
00:34:12,470 --> 00:34:10,639
taking it down a little closer into

936
00:34:14,790 --> 00:34:12,480
launch

937
00:34:16,230 --> 00:34:14,800
thank you steve the next question is

938
00:34:19,430 --> 00:34:16,240
from irene klotz with

939
00:34:21,030 --> 00:34:19,440
aviation week irene good morning uh my

940
00:34:24,069 --> 00:34:21,040
question is for benji reid

941
00:34:26,790 --> 00:34:24,079
um with the hls award

942
00:34:28,550 --> 00:34:26,800
how will that impact the development and

943
00:34:30,790 --> 00:34:28,560
testing of starship

944
00:34:32,149 --> 00:34:30,800
and are there any lessons learned

945
00:34:35,589 --> 00:34:32,159
already from the commercial

946
00:34:37,990 --> 00:34:35,599
crew program that spacex plans on

947
00:34:39,190 --> 00:34:38,000
folding into the human reading of the

948
00:34:42,389 --> 00:34:39,200
hls system

949
00:34:43,109 --> 00:34:42,399
thank you thank you irene that's a good

950
00:34:46,310 --> 00:34:43,119
question

951
00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:46,320
obviously i'll mostly focus on on crew

952
00:34:49,510 --> 00:34:47,760
and commercial crew since that's the

953
00:34:50,950 --> 00:34:49,520
topic of today in our crew 2 launch and

954
00:34:53,750 --> 00:34:50,960
crew on return coming up

955
00:34:55,030 --> 00:34:53,760
but i will certainly say that as we we

956
00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:55,040
work with nasa just like we do with

957
00:34:56,869 --> 00:34:55,520
everything

958
00:34:58,550 --> 00:34:56,879
as we go through development and

959
00:34:59,670 --> 00:34:58,560
development for our use for other

960
00:35:01,349 --> 00:34:59,680
customers use

961
00:35:03,510 --> 00:35:01,359
we always work closely with nasa and a

962
00:35:05,349 --> 00:35:03,520
very transparent and tight partnership

963
00:35:06,630 --> 00:35:05,359
um you know we like to say that we fly

964
00:35:09,589 --> 00:35:06,640
because of technical

965
00:35:10,550 --> 00:35:09,599
excellence and also transparency and uh

966
00:35:12,150 --> 00:35:10,560
it's a key

967
00:35:14,790 --> 00:35:12,160
cornerstone of how we work together with

968
00:35:16,950 --> 00:35:14,800
nasa so we'll always continue that path

969
00:35:17,910 --> 00:35:16,960
um and and do good things in that

970
00:35:19,910 --> 00:35:17,920
direction

971
00:35:21,430 --> 00:35:19,920
um in terms of lessons learned from

972
00:35:23,030 --> 00:35:21,440
commercial crew that's a great question

973
00:35:24,150 --> 00:35:23,040
generally and and applied even here to

974
00:35:27,270 --> 00:35:24,160
crew 2.

975
00:35:29,030 --> 00:35:27,280
every flight we fly with people on board

976
00:35:31,670 --> 00:35:29,040
and every test that we do towards those

977
00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:31,680
flights is lessons and data that we use

978
00:35:35,430 --> 00:35:32,240
to make

979
00:35:36,790 --> 00:35:35,440
flights safer and more reliable for

980
00:35:38,710 --> 00:35:36,800
other crews in the future

981
00:35:40,710 --> 00:35:38,720
on whatever vehicle they may be on so

982
00:35:42,230 --> 00:35:40,720
absolutely we will leverage all

983
00:35:43,589 --> 00:35:42,240
information we have every time for

984
00:35:44,630 --> 00:35:43,599
future dragon flights and for other

985
00:35:45,990 --> 00:35:44,640
flights

986
00:35:47,589 --> 00:35:46,000
and even for all of our other customers

987
00:35:48,150 --> 00:35:47,599
whether we're flying cargo or satellites

988
00:35:50,470 --> 00:35:48,160
or

989
00:35:53,270 --> 00:35:50,480
anything else we'll always be applying

990
00:35:55,109 --> 00:35:53,280
those lessons to look for reliability

991
00:35:57,109 --> 00:35:55,119
thank you benji the next question is

992
00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:57,119
from david curley with the discovery

993
00:36:00,790 --> 00:35:57,599
channel

994
00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:00,800
david thanks very much uh benjamin

995
00:36:04,390 --> 00:36:02,320
i think we're hoping you could tell us a

996
00:36:06,950 --> 00:36:04,400
little more about starship uh

997
00:36:07,430 --> 00:36:06,960
than that and c stitch uh on the locks

998
00:36:09,750 --> 00:36:07,440
issue

999
00:36:11,190 --> 00:36:09,760
is it uh can you give us a volume we

1000
00:36:13,190 --> 00:36:11,200
only heard inches is it

1001
00:36:15,430 --> 00:36:13,200
less than a percent one or two percent

1002
00:36:19,349 --> 00:36:15,440
what what was the acceptable number of

1003
00:36:23,109 --> 00:36:21,109
yeah i'll address the locks question

1004
00:36:24,230 --> 00:36:23,119
first so um i don't have the exact

1005
00:36:26,150 --> 00:36:24,240
percentage of volume

1006
00:36:27,430 --> 00:36:26,160
you know when when bill gerstenmaier was

1007
00:36:28,870 --> 00:36:27,440
here uh

1008
00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:28,880
last thursday he talks about a few

1009
00:36:32,069 --> 00:36:30,400
inches you know you know i would say

1010
00:36:34,550 --> 00:36:32,079
it's on the order of uh

1011
00:36:35,910 --> 00:36:34,560
2500 or 3 000 pounds of extra locks and

1012
00:36:36,870 --> 00:36:35,920
so if you look at the mass of that

1013
00:36:39,589 --> 00:36:36,880
vehicle

1014
00:36:41,990 --> 00:36:39,599
you know it's a very small percentage of

1015
00:36:43,510 --> 00:36:42,000
the total weight of the vehicle

1016
00:36:45,030 --> 00:36:43,520
the system can handle that from a

1017
00:36:46,950 --> 00:36:45,040
performance perspective

1018
00:36:48,230 --> 00:36:46,960
we can handle that extra weight on the

1019
00:36:50,150 --> 00:36:48,240
vehicle the

1020
00:36:51,270 --> 00:36:50,160
tank can handle the loading from that

1021
00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:51,280
extra locks

1022
00:36:54,470 --> 00:36:52,720
and then there's a vent system in a

1023
00:36:56,069 --> 00:36:54,480
contingency that would

1024
00:36:58,150 --> 00:36:56,079
relieve pressure on the tank if it needs

1025
00:36:59,190 --> 00:36:58,160
to it can certainly accommodate that

1026
00:37:01,589 --> 00:36:59,200
lock so

1027
00:37:03,190 --> 00:37:01,599
uh we've had that you know spacex went

1028
00:37:03,589 --> 00:37:03,200
back and looked at their flight history

1029
00:37:05,270 --> 00:37:03,599
and

1030
00:37:06,950 --> 00:37:05,280
it's been there potentially for some

1031
00:37:08,870 --> 00:37:06,960
time and lots of different flights with

1032
00:37:10,390 --> 00:37:08,880
lots of different loadings so when we

1033
00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:10,400
looked at our specific flight and our

1034
00:37:12,710 --> 00:37:11,839
the analysis for this trajectory we're

1035
00:37:14,390 --> 00:37:12,720
going to fly

1036
00:37:15,510 --> 00:37:14,400
we felt very comfortable with uh with

1037
00:37:16,390 --> 00:37:15,520
going ahead and proceeding with the

1038
00:37:19,829 --> 00:37:16,400
flight so

1039
00:37:21,829 --> 00:37:19,839
thank you all right thank you stitch

1040
00:37:24,150 --> 00:37:21,839
next question is from ken cramer from

1041
00:37:25,670 --> 00:37:24,160
space up close

1042
00:37:27,510 --> 00:37:25,680
uh thank you thanks for taking my

1043
00:37:29,829 --> 00:37:27,520
question and good luck on

1044
00:37:32,230 --> 00:37:29,839
thursday or friday when it happens um i

1045
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:32,240
guess my question is for frank davina

1046
00:37:37,270 --> 00:37:34,720
um i'd like to you to talk a little bit

1047
00:37:38,630 --> 00:37:37,280
more about the european robotic arm what

1048
00:37:40,390 --> 00:37:38,640
uh what are you gonna

1049
00:37:42,150 --> 00:37:40,400
use it for what will it what what

1050
00:37:44,069 --> 00:37:42,160
missions will it carry out and

1051
00:37:46,069 --> 00:37:44,079
can you also talk about the cadence of

1052
00:37:49,190 --> 00:37:46,079
esa astronauts do you expect them to be

1053
00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:49,200
there continuously thank you

1054
00:37:52,230 --> 00:37:51,680
and thank you very much ken yes great

1055
00:37:55,510 --> 00:37:52,240
questions

1056
00:37:57,670 --> 00:37:55,520
uh for the european robotic arm this is

1057
00:38:01,910 --> 00:37:57,680
a cooperative program that we have with

1058
00:38:04,710 --> 00:38:01,920
our russian colleagues from roscosmos

1059
00:38:07,270 --> 00:38:04,720
the army is built in in europe but

1060
00:38:09,510 --> 00:38:07,280
eventually will be operated by

1061
00:38:11,670 --> 00:38:09,520
the colleagues from roscosmos for the

1062
00:38:13,270 --> 00:38:11,680
benefit of the russian segment

1063
00:38:15,030 --> 00:38:13,280
i know that they have some airlock

1064
00:38:15,829 --> 00:38:15,040
relocations for example that they want

1065
00:38:17,990 --> 00:38:15,839
to do with it

1066
00:38:18,870 --> 00:38:18,000
there are a number of science payloads

1067
00:38:22,230 --> 00:38:18,880
that they want to

1068
00:38:24,230 --> 00:38:22,240
install at the outside of the

1069
00:38:27,030 --> 00:38:24,240
russian segment so that or the initial

1070
00:38:28,790 --> 00:38:27,040
operations that are planned for the next

1071
00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:28,800
year year and a half and and then we

1072
00:38:33,349 --> 00:38:30,320
will have to see how the

1073
00:38:34,310 --> 00:38:33,359
era will be used to further enhance the

1074
00:38:37,829 --> 00:38:34,320
russian

1075
00:38:39,829 --> 00:38:37,839
international space station

1076
00:38:41,190 --> 00:38:39,839
and we are actually in support of our

1077
00:38:43,750 --> 00:38:41,200
russian colleagues

1078
00:38:46,069 --> 00:38:43,760
for the operations and and for the

1079
00:38:47,030 --> 00:38:46,079
execution of all the tasks that they

1080
00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:47,040
will plan for

1081
00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:50,880
for the european robotic arm in terms of

1082
00:38:53,910 --> 00:38:52,640
the cadence of the astronauts yes you

1083
00:38:56,790 --> 00:38:53,920
will now have

1084
00:38:58,230 --> 00:38:56,800
three astronauts in a row on board of

1085
00:39:00,550 --> 00:38:58,240
the iss

1086
00:39:02,950 --> 00:39:00,560
our plan is to have at least one

1087
00:39:04,790 --> 00:39:02,960
european astronaut mission per year

1088
00:39:07,190 --> 00:39:04,800
like we had in the past to the

1089
00:39:09,270 --> 00:39:07,200
international space station

1090
00:39:10,950 --> 00:39:09,280
and that is for us very important of

1091
00:39:12,710 --> 00:39:10,960
course to continue our scientific

1092
00:39:15,670 --> 00:39:12,720
program but also to continue to

1093
00:39:18,390 --> 00:39:15,680
leverage the support of our european

1094
00:39:21,829 --> 00:39:18,400
member states for for the iss

1095
00:39:24,870 --> 00:39:21,839
as you might know we are starting a new

1096
00:39:25,910 --> 00:39:24,880
astronaut selection this year we will

1097
00:39:28,790 --> 00:39:25,920
have

1098
00:39:31,589 --> 00:39:28,800
the the new selectees recruited probably

1099
00:39:33,589 --> 00:39:31,599
by the end of 22 beginning of 23

1100
00:39:34,950 --> 00:39:33,599
and then it's our hope that those new

1101
00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:34,960
people can all fly

1102
00:39:41,190 --> 00:39:38,720
to the iss beginning in in 25 so

1103
00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:41,200
therefore for us the extension of the

1104
00:39:45,910 --> 00:39:42,640
international space station

1105
00:39:47,829 --> 00:39:45,920
uh beyond 2024 is of course

1106
00:39:49,910 --> 00:39:47,839
key and we are working with all our

1107
00:39:52,230 --> 00:39:49,920
international partners and nasa

1108
00:39:54,470 --> 00:39:52,240
on uh moving forward to the extension of

1109
00:39:56,870 --> 00:39:54,480
the iss

1110
00:39:58,470 --> 00:39:56,880
all right thank you frank that will do

1111
00:39:59,910 --> 00:39:58,480
it for our questions i know

1112
00:40:01,589 --> 00:39:59,920
our guests here today have already had a

1113
00:40:02,710 --> 00:40:01,599
long day and it's only 8 30 in the

1114
00:40:05,510 --> 00:40:02,720
morning so

1115
00:40:07,589 --> 00:40:05,520
we will wrap it up now as a reminder our

1116
00:40:09,750 --> 00:40:07,599
next media event for this mission is a

1117
00:40:11,829 --> 00:40:09,760
briefing with the nasa administrator

1118
00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:11,839
and others uh that is happening at the

1119
00:40:14,470 --> 00:40:13,839
countdown clock at kennedy space center

1120
00:40:18,150 --> 00:40:14,480
tomorrow

1121
00:40:19,589 --> 00:40:18,160
april 21st at 8 30 a.m eastern time

1122
00:40:21,670 --> 00:40:19,599
and you can of course watch it here on

1123
00:40:24,470 --> 00:40:21,680
nasa tv following that

1124
00:40:25,430 --> 00:40:24,480
is a nasa social event at 9 15 a.m

1125
00:40:27,670 --> 00:40:25,440
eastern time

1126
00:40:29,430 --> 00:40:27,680
and you can watch that live on nasa's

1127
00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:29,440
kennedy space center facebook and

1128
00:40:32,950 --> 00:40:31,200
youtube channels

1129
00:40:35,030 --> 00:40:32,960
launch once again is scheduled for earth

1130
00:40:38,069 --> 00:40:35,040
day thursday april 22nd

1131
00:40:40,470 --> 00:40:38,079
at 6 11 a.m eastern daylight time launch

1132
00:40:41,670 --> 00:40:40,480
coverage here on nasa tv starts at 2 a.m

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thursday morning

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just before crews suit up and live

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coverage will continue

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all the way through docking at the

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international space station scheduled

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for approximately 5 30 a.m

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eastern time friday morning for more

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about this mission go to nasa.gov