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well good morning and welcome to the

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kennedy space center for the launch of

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crew 2 to the international space

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station as we get ready to make history

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once again

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as we fly the crew up on a previously

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flown spacecraft and booster that crew

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dragon and falcon 9. and it's kind of

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cool this crew dragon it's the same one

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that bob benkin and doug hurley flew on

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that very first demo one up to the

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international space station

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now i'm sure you've probably heard

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that we're going to have to delay a day

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we're not going to be able to launch

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tomorrow morning and although the

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weather is probably going to look great

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here at the launch site we're worried

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about those downrange winds and wave

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heights in case of an abort should

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that happen and as soon as this front

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gets through it's going to be absolutely

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on friday morning and we're going to

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come out and do it again

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all right with that it's my pleasure to

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introduce nasa's acting administrator

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hey thank you bob and um thanks for

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everything your team is doing to get

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ready for the launch and actually get

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ready for all the launches here out of

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the multi-user space board at kennedy

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space center so thanks bob as bob

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mentioned we got some inclement weather

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offshore uh unlike a robotic mission

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where we just really need to focus on

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whether here at the

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here at the launch site for a crude

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mission we need to look down range and

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make sure our weather is good for a

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launch escape potential launch escape

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and uh for and recovery of the crew and

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so we'll be

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scheduled for go to go on friday weather

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looks better on friday and it'll be at 5

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49 a.m i met with the crew last night

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they are ready to go they're really i

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asked them what they look forward to

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most in the mission and they said

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launching and getting up on station and

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getting to work and we also talked about

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some of the things they're going to do

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like um evas to install new solar arrays

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on on station which is going to provide

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additional capability of for the for the

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um i could not be more proud of the

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commercial crew program and the spacex

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team and the nasa team and what they've

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been able to do to enable reliable safe

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effective transportation to and from

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station uh third launch in less than a

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year uh demo two crew one and now crew

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and uh and looking forward to a great

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launch on friday and bringing and

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bringing the crew one home next week

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capability is really important

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and uh to do the research that we need

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for artemis for our sustained lunar

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missions and then eventually for a mars

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enabling both commercial leo activities

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earth day and i just wanted to mention

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the great work that nasa and our

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international agency partners do on

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using the unique vantage point of space

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to gather data on the earth and study

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i know it's a priority for this

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administration and for the world for

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addressing climate change and nasa has a

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president biden called the team at jpl

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to congratulate them on ingenuity's

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first flight the first first controlled

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of a vehicle on another planet

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asked him that when he when was he going

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we do right we enable commercial

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so i was really that was really a great

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and with that i'd like to hand it over

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to hiroshi sasaki the vice president of

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thank you steve uh i'm hiroshasaki vice

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i'm glad uh come back here from last

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i'd like to express my appreciation to

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the old people who have been working for

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crew to launch

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under the severe copper 19 situations

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and last night i spoke to his aki

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already on board and aki will meet

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work uh as a commander for the space

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from the iss or the humankind

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i'm looking forward uh crew to launch

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and wishing the great success thank you

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i would like to introduce frank iss

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program manager very important person

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thank you very much sassakissan thank

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you steve bob so yes uh we are very

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excited and happy to be here of course

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the first ease astronaut that will fly

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on the u.s commercial crew vehicle crew

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teams and the jaxa teams that have

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brought us here so thanks a lot guys for

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for doing all that work for us

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it's an exciting time for us of course

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we will have four usos crew members now

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will need for the future of the artemis

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program and for the future of

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experiments for our partner agency kness

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the the french agency uh that is helping

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us as well implement uh this uh this

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mission we will also do other technology

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mlm will be the european robotic arm

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something that we were looking forward

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to to fly since uh since a very long

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activities the commissioning activities

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of the european robotic arm and again it

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shows the strength of the partnerships

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colleagues so yes we are very happy we

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are excited to be here we are looking

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forward to this launch but not only to

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tomorrow will also be still there and he

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it's a great event for for europe to

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have an iss commander together with

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space flight and for exploration and

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to work further on these topics uh not

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future exploration to the moon and on to

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mars thank you very much

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sorry yes i would like to introduce one

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of my colleagues i would not say former

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colleagues but i still want to fly as

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tracy i was in training uh many years

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in star city so tracy please defrost

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thank you frank thank you everybody it's

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all four members of crew 2 have flown

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before and have proven through their

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performance that they can and they will

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get the job done

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shane megan aki tomah

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all four of them have

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some of the best personalities in our

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core today and we take the light in

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watching them launch and continue on

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with their mission of course our hearts

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go with them on board as our hands

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support them here on earth and our minds

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are locked on both places as we're

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thinking about them throughout and i am

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excited for them personally i wish them

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i consider each one of them a close

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friend and one of them is even my

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neighbor and i can't wait to see them in

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space and i look forward to talking to

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them while they're there and

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above all though i'm very privileged to

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be here representing

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our astronaut corps alongside my

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colleague and friend jasmine mcbelly

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she's one of our best she's one of our

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brightest and she's one of our newest

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and so with that i'll hand it over to

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thanks so much tracy those are uh very

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kind words coming from you of one of my

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personal mentors here in the astronaut

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corps

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thank you all if you can't see it behind

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this mask i've got a huge grin on my

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face

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i'm so excited to be here on a personal

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note uh the last time i watched a launch

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from the cape in person was back in

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2006. when i was just dreaming of um

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becoming an astronaut myself one day and

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so i think some things are similar you

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know the excitement and the buzz in the

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air but i've also gained a different

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perspective you know back then i was

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watching seven astronauts who i didn't

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know and they were kind of

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unreal they weren't real humans to me

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now i'm watching shane megan aki and

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tomah launch and as tracy said these are

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our friends and our colleagues

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and really our family and so

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it puts a whole different perspective on

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things i also have gained perspective on

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how much it takes to fly humans in space

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and keep them up there 24 7 living and

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working and the thousands and thousands

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of people that takes and their focus and

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vigilance day in and day out

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so

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i've really been impressed with that and

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it makes it all the more exciting to

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watch these four launch into space and

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perform some incredible incredible

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exciting uh research and experiments

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while they're up there so i wish them a

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very safe flight

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i'm excited to watch their uh

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expedition and

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we'll be extremely excited to watch them

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land safely back here on earth in about

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six months

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and with that i'll hand it back to

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thanks jasmine

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as they said you know we have great

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pride in the crew and uh crew flights

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are different any time a rocket leaves

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this uh launch pad out here it's pretty

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special but it's even more special when

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we have crew on board you know speaking

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of cruise i was looking and i think if

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those guys back out for any reason we

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got four right here that are just

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we'll we'll go anytime hey with that

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we'd like to open up for questions uh

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let's see where's the mike and who's

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going to go first

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good morning uh

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eric aga wkmg tv the cbs affiliate here

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in orlando thanks for doing this guys um

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bob and steve i you know i think you

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know this better than anybody for that

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matter so many of us who've who've

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covered

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shuttle many many many times it wasn't

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necessarily

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the weather that caused the scrub often

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it was the vehicle as we know a very

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complex machine

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uh older machine

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here's my

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question how do you feel on launch day

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now with this vehicle um you know we

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heard shane talking about how how

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technologically advanced

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dragon is compared well he didn't

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compare to the shuttle but i'm comparing

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it to the shuttle when you wake up on

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launch day

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how are you feeling that it's not going

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to be this vehicle considering the

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newness and considering i guess the

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simpler design

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so uh eric i'll speak from my point of

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view uh i was confident regardless of

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what vehicle it was when we get ready to

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launch humans into space we have

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great faith in the vehicle that they're

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riding on and we know that it's going to

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perform well

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and when we have scrubs we scrub for the

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right reasons uh as far as reliability

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you know i think spacex has proven uh

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they're pretty darn reliable with the

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number of launches that they've had on

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the falcon 9. they're getting ready to

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have the 10th flight off one of their

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boosters here that flew recently

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so

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you know it's a great vehicle we have a

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great partnership i think one of the

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things that came out of the flight

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readiness review

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you know we weren't talking it's not a

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nasa spacex saying things it's the team

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saying we they don't say spacex i did

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this or nasa i see this it's we and we

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are working very closely with spacex to

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ensure that

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you know when we launch uh we're doing

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the right thing we got a safe vehicle

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and it's really important uh as far as

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the complexity of the two vehicles

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obviously the shuttle was much more

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complex than uh than a capsule but the

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computer systems on board uh dragon and

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the automation it's a lot more automated

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than the uh than the space shuttle was

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and you know there's pros and cons it's

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going to be uh

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i just think we got an outstanding

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future in front of us when we look at

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all the spacecraft that we're flying you

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know it's pretty amazing when you think

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you know we've got we're going to have

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orion

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uh spacex with crew dragon

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and uh boeing starliner here soon uh

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later this year flying its operational

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test flight and uh and crew hopefully

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later this year you know they have that

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dissimilar redundancy but you know three

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american spacecraft all different

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offline cruise to space and i believe

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there's going to be more to come you

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look at uh blue origin with their

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suborbital vehicle they want to be uh

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orbital also sierra nevada with the

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cargo to the international space station

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they'd like to move that to become a

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crew vehicle one day i think this is

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just an absolutely exciting time for

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america's space program and and for what

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we're doing anything you want to add to

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that steve

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yeah just just real quick stations

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question for steve jerzik uh

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in recent days yuri borisov russian

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deputy prime minister suggested that

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russia will exit the iss partnership as

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soon as 2025. what discussions have you

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had recently with rose cosmos about

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their continued participation in the iss

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or the ongoing negotiations to barter

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commercial crew seats for soyuz seats on

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future missions

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yeah so

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first of all we have a really still have

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a very very really strong relationship

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with russ cosmos and russia on iss

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it's it's important and it's critical

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for the continued safe and effective

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operations of iss so that's number one

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number two is i know all all the

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partners including us are looking at

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the future of iss

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and what we might do together on iss or

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or in leo and haven't had any

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discussions with russia or us cosmos on

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on their plans and they'll do their work

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and and decide what they want to do and

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we'll make our decisions on on our side

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with our partners um

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and then yeah we're looking forward to

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getting the uh implementing agreement

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um the final sign off from the state

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department and getting that draft to the

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russians and

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negotiating the crew swap um on where

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they'll be flying a um

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a cosmonaut on a commercial crew flight

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and we'll be flying continue to fly an

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all right my question is for steve geo

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benitez with abc news good to see you

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again

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i should have just had you stay there

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mr administrator you know i i think that

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for a lot of americans they don't

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understand

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just how much research happens aboard

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the iss so i wonder mr administrator

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what project specifically you're most

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excited about with crew 2

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ah really really really a really great

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question so

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i'm i'm a technology guy right so i ran

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the space technology mission directorate

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before i became associate administrator

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and so it's really interesting i

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mentioned earlier about the solar array

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upgrades and the evas are going to do to

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to uh to um

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to upgrade the power capability of

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stations so those solar arrays were

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actually funded by the space technology

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mission directorate when i was running

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it the rollout solar rays and it's a

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really cool design right it's uh it uses

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uh

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carbon fiber sheets that they can roll

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up and the strain energy of that of

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those carbon fiber sheets actually

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deploy the solar array and form the two

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tubes on either side

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and so

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it's it's great that we're able to

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demonstrate that technology on on

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station um for future for future nasa

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applications the other thing i'm really

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excited about is the medical research

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that we do on station because not only

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does it help us understand the effects

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of the space environment long term on

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our astronauts and how to mitigate those

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effects but we're also doing uh research

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on station to

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advance medical research here on earth

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so one one project they were talking

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about recently was

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the uh research with the ability to um

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change the delivery method of drugs and

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make the delivery method easier and it's

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it's uh it's

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in the it's really effective to do that

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research in the micro guardian

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environment also treatments for various

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diseases so i know the the medical

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research is really important not only to

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understand you know how to keep

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astronauts healthy and productive on

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long-duration space flight but also

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for

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treatments here on earth and

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curing diseases here on earth all right

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marsha done ap for mr jersey

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um will the crew once still be coming

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home on the 28th or does that get bumped

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today because of the one-day launch slip

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how will that coincide

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and um

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nasa and spacex are going to be swimming

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in used uh spacesuits um after all these

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flights keep racking up and they're

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custom made for each person so what's

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the plan museums uh personal wardrobes i

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mean what's the plan for all these

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spacesuits

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so yeah so the iss team met this morning

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and the plan today is to bring the crew

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one crew back on the 28th so we're

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holding 28th date for crew one return

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and on the spacesuits i don't know i i

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may i would like one right to check out

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uh but uh that's a great question i'll

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i'll get back to you on that i'm not

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hi thanks amy thompson with space.com so

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this is also for mr jerzik

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um this is the second flight where

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you're going to have an international

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partner so i was just wondering what is

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the importance of that especially moving

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forward to artemis where it's going to

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be a big international partnership

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yeah so hey

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it is the international space station

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right we would not be we would not have

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the space station like we had and uh and

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and it's the way we planned it in in the

563
00:25:18,310 --> 00:25:15,360
early 90s right without our canadian isa

564
00:25:21,590 --> 00:25:18,320
russian and jaxa partners and so

565
00:25:24,470 --> 00:25:21,600
um it's it is part of the um of the

566
00:25:27,269 --> 00:25:24,480
collaboration to fly crew from all

567
00:25:29,669 --> 00:25:27,279
agencies to the iss and this is this is

568
00:25:32,149 --> 00:25:29,679
this is part of that that overall plan

569
00:25:34,310 --> 00:25:32,159
that we're executing you know um we've

570
00:25:36,070 --> 00:25:34,320
we always said our we're going

571
00:25:38,549 --> 00:25:36,080
we're going returning to the moon or

572
00:25:40,710 --> 00:25:38,559
going forward to the moon um with our

573
00:25:42,149 --> 00:25:40,720
commercial and international partners

574
00:25:45,190 --> 00:25:42,159
and so you've already seen that with the

575
00:25:46,950 --> 00:25:45,200
gateway right we've got

576
00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:46,960
we've got the uh international

577
00:25:51,669 --> 00:25:49,760
habitation module and the robotic arm

578
00:25:53,990 --> 00:25:51,679
from from issa and jaxa and the robotic

579
00:25:55,350 --> 00:25:54,000
arm from the canadians we're looking for

580
00:25:56,710 --> 00:25:55,360
how we might

581
00:25:57,909 --> 00:25:56,720
develop further capabilities with

582
00:25:59,590 --> 00:25:57,919
international partners and commercial

583
00:26:01,909 --> 00:25:59,600
partners on gateway and now we're

584
00:26:04,310 --> 00:26:01,919
starting to engage in surface systems

585
00:26:07,909 --> 00:26:04,320
and what are the surface systems we need

586
00:26:09,669 --> 00:26:07,919
for a permanent presence on the moon as

587
00:26:11,430 --> 00:26:09,679
well as what do we need to demonstrate

588
00:26:14,070 --> 00:26:11,440
the technologies and capabilities in

589
00:26:16,070 --> 00:26:14,080
orbit and on the moon to uh for a human

590
00:26:18,549 --> 00:26:16,080
mission to mars so

591
00:26:19,750 --> 00:26:18,559
the iss is oh the underpinning of iss

592
00:26:21,350 --> 00:26:19,760
has always been an international

593
00:26:23,029 --> 00:26:21,360
collaboration and that will continue

594
00:26:25,990 --> 00:26:23,039
throughout the life of the program and

595
00:26:26,789 --> 00:26:26,000
then our our success in artemis will be

596
00:26:28,070 --> 00:26:26,799
uh

597
00:26:29,350 --> 00:26:28,080
through collaborating with our

598
00:26:35,110 --> 00:26:29,360
international partners as well as our

599
00:26:40,230 --> 00:26:37,350
hello issa matthew here from afp it's

600
00:26:42,870 --> 00:26:40,240
again for the action administrator um

601
00:26:45,909 --> 00:26:42,880
so the last administration did uh for

602
00:26:48,390 --> 00:26:45,919
artemis set a goal of 2024 and we don't

603
00:26:50,549 --> 00:26:48,400
hear too much about timeline these days

604
00:26:52,149 --> 00:26:50,559
um what is the sort of current state of

605
00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:52,159
play and your discussions with the

606
00:26:56,230 --> 00:26:53,760
administration and and how you feel

607
00:26:57,990 --> 00:26:56,240
about your budget

608
00:26:59,430 --> 00:26:58,000
where we what are we thinking right now

609
00:27:01,510 --> 00:26:59,440
in terms of timeline is it closer to

610
00:27:03,510 --> 00:27:01,520
that or further away

611
00:27:04,950 --> 00:27:03,520
yeah so first on the budget we feel

612
00:27:07,430 --> 00:27:04,960
really good about our budget we got

613
00:27:09,990 --> 00:27:07,440
about a 6.3 percent increase over what

614
00:27:13,110 --> 00:27:10,000
was enacted by congress in this fiscal

615
00:27:14,390 --> 00:27:13,120
year about 1.5 1.5 billion dollar

616
00:27:16,950 --> 00:27:14,400
increase

617
00:27:18,789 --> 00:27:16,960
across all the missionaries at nasa so

618
00:27:20,950 --> 00:27:18,799
feel really good about

619
00:27:22,549 --> 00:27:20,960
the president's uh top-line budget that

620
00:27:23,990 --> 00:27:22,559
was rolled out

621
00:27:25,830 --> 00:27:24,000
a couple weeks ago

622
00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:25,840
on the timeline uh we're doing an in

623
00:27:29,990 --> 00:27:26,880
we're doing a study right now an

624
00:27:32,630 --> 00:27:30,000
internal study right now to look at um

625
00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:32,640
the timeline of missions beyond artemis

626
00:27:36,789 --> 00:27:34,480
ii so we're still trying to hold the

627
00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:36,799
artemis one uncrew test flight of orion

628
00:27:42,389 --> 00:27:39,200
and sls this calendar year that will be

629
00:27:44,389 --> 00:27:42,399
very challenging uh in fact the um had a

630
00:27:47,909 --> 00:27:44,399
very successful green run hot fire

631
00:27:49,990 --> 00:27:47,919
tested stannis and i the they're very

632
00:27:51,590 --> 00:27:50,000
close they've gotten the the sls core

633
00:27:53,830 --> 00:27:51,600
stage out of the test stand and

634
00:27:56,070 --> 00:27:53,840
hopefully on the barge today and and the

635
00:27:57,590 --> 00:27:56,080
core stage will be here at kennedy space

636
00:28:00,950 --> 00:27:57,600
center and right over there in the vab

637
00:28:03,430 --> 00:28:00,960
next week and that'll be that's the last

638
00:28:06,710 --> 00:28:03,440
hardware element for that rms1 mission

639
00:28:07,669 --> 00:28:06,720
artemis 2 the crew test flight in 2023

640
00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:07,679
and then

641
00:28:11,350 --> 00:28:10,480
it will take us probably a few months

642
00:28:13,110 --> 00:28:11,360
to

643
00:28:15,830 --> 00:28:13,120
conduct the study and review and lay out

644
00:28:18,149 --> 00:28:15,840
the missions beyond artemis ii um having

645
00:28:19,990 --> 00:28:18,159
said that you know in the uh human

646
00:28:22,789 --> 00:28:20,000
landing system contract the rf the

647
00:28:25,590 --> 00:28:22,799
request for proposal we had a goal of

648
00:28:28,389 --> 00:28:25,600
doing of having the hls ready to land

649
00:28:31,990 --> 00:28:28,399
astronauts on the moon in 2024

650
00:28:34,950 --> 00:28:32,000
spacex their bid um they said we believe

651
00:28:37,909 --> 00:28:34,960
we can land in 2024 but we know how

652
00:28:40,549 --> 00:28:37,919
difficult these um human spaceflight

653
00:28:41,669 --> 00:28:40,559
system development developments are um

654
00:28:43,669 --> 00:28:41,679
so

655
00:28:45,510 --> 00:28:43,679
we'll be tracking their progress along

656
00:28:47,110 --> 00:28:45,520
the way and see if that's still possible

657
00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:47,120
as well as the other systems that we

658
00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:49,360
need to do that first crude mission to

659
00:28:53,269 --> 00:28:51,440
the surface and back

660
00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:53,279
and but along the way we will always

661
00:28:56,950 --> 00:28:55,600
focus on safety never compromise safety

662
00:28:59,190 --> 00:28:56,960
for schedule

663
00:29:00,870 --> 00:28:59,200
just like we did with commercial crew

664
00:29:01,909 --> 00:29:00,880
and all our programs

665
00:29:04,389 --> 00:29:01,919
so

666
00:29:10,870 --> 00:29:04,399
it's possible but it's uh it'll be very

667
00:29:14,470 --> 00:29:12,310
hello stephen clark from space flight

668
00:29:16,230 --> 00:29:14,480
now my question is for uh frank de vin

669
00:29:18,230 --> 00:29:16,240
um you mentioned the europe european

670
00:29:19,830 --> 00:29:18,240
robotic arm launching this summer from

671
00:29:21,350 --> 00:29:19,840
micronor it's been

672
00:29:23,909 --> 00:29:21,360
on the ground for a long time waiting to

673
00:29:26,630 --> 00:29:23,919
fly uh does uh are there any activities

674
00:29:29,029 --> 00:29:26,640
planned for uh tomopasuke or any of the

675
00:29:31,029 --> 00:29:29,039
cosmonauts to do any activations of the

676
00:29:33,430 --> 00:29:31,039
arm after it gets to the station

677
00:29:35,269 --> 00:29:33,440
and what uh you know given it's been so

678
00:29:37,029 --> 00:29:35,279
long since it's been developed what sort

679
00:29:38,389 --> 00:29:37,039
of applications and purpose do you see

680
00:29:40,950 --> 00:29:38,399
for the arm going forward throughout the

681
00:29:42,070 --> 00:29:40,960
rest of the station's life

682
00:29:44,070 --> 00:29:42,080
thank you

683
00:29:46,310 --> 00:29:44,080
yes the aim is uh to start the

684
00:29:47,190 --> 00:29:46,320
commissioning of the european robotic

685
00:29:49,669 --> 00:29:47,200
arm and

686
00:29:51,909 --> 00:29:49,679
the increment of tomah pesquet but also

687
00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:51,919
on the flight after that when matthias

688
00:29:56,870 --> 00:29:54,480
mario will be on board

689
00:29:59,669 --> 00:29:56,880
what we have currently scheduled is

690
00:30:02,230 --> 00:29:59,679
the activation and some checkout of the

691
00:30:05,190 --> 00:30:02,240
iva equipment by tomah

692
00:30:07,669 --> 00:30:05,200
and then a couple of evas where our

693
00:30:10,070 --> 00:30:07,679
russian colleagues will

694
00:30:10,950 --> 00:30:10,080
install the arm and do the external work

695
00:30:12,470 --> 00:30:10,960
that is

696
00:30:15,669 --> 00:30:12,480
required to do the commissioning of the

697
00:30:18,389 --> 00:30:15,679
arm with matias from the the inside

698
00:30:20,549 --> 00:30:18,399
supporting the robotic operations and

699
00:30:23,350 --> 00:30:20,559
then afterwards we are also looking to

700
00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:23,360
see if matthias can do an eva associated

701
00:30:27,750 --> 00:30:25,600
with one of the first operations

702
00:30:30,630 --> 00:30:27,760
uh activities that is really that the

703
00:30:32,789 --> 00:30:30,640
arm will do uh basically uh installing

704
00:30:34,310 --> 00:30:32,799
some scientific payloads on the outside

705
00:30:36,950 --> 00:30:34,320
of the russian segment

706
00:30:39,029 --> 00:30:36,960
uh in the long-term future uh the

707
00:30:41,029 --> 00:30:39,039
european robotic arm is part of the

708
00:30:42,950 --> 00:30:41,039
russian segment so we are discussing

709
00:30:45,350 --> 00:30:42,960
with our russian colleagues what our

710
00:30:46,470 --> 00:30:45,360
future applications for that uh

711
00:30:48,789 --> 00:30:46,480
we are talking

712
00:30:51,110 --> 00:30:48,799
especially about scientific

713
00:30:52,789 --> 00:30:51,120
installing scientific experiments at the

714
00:30:55,590 --> 00:30:52,799
outside of the uh

715
00:30:58,230 --> 00:30:55,600
of the uh russian segment but also

716
00:30:59,509 --> 00:30:58,240
relocation of some modules are also part

717
00:31:01,590 --> 00:30:59,519
of the

718
00:31:02,870 --> 00:31:01,600
operational tasks that the era will

719
00:31:05,430 --> 00:31:02,880
execute

720
00:31:07,350 --> 00:31:05,440
and that is in the next one to two years

721
00:31:08,870 --> 00:31:07,360
uh then it will depend on the success of

722
00:31:11,350 --> 00:31:08,880
the commissioning the success of those

723
00:31:12,710 --> 00:31:11,360
first tasks uh and to the work with

724
00:31:15,029 --> 00:31:12,720
together with our russian colleagues

725
00:31:22,070 --> 00:31:15,039
what and the future plans are of uh of

726
00:31:26,230 --> 00:31:23,909
jeff house of space news a follow-up for

727
00:31:27,990 --> 00:31:26,240
uh steve jerzik um on the earlier

728
00:31:29,590 --> 00:31:28,000
question on uh

729
00:31:31,110 --> 00:31:29,600
commercial crew bartering

730
00:31:32,870 --> 00:31:31,120
uh it's my understanding that it's

731
00:31:34,710 --> 00:31:32,880
probably too late now to get a russian

732
00:31:37,110 --> 00:31:34,720
cosmonaut onto the crew 3 mission this

733
00:31:38,950 --> 00:31:37,120
fall so i'm curious what uh nasa's plans

734
00:31:41,830 --> 00:31:38,960
are for filling that fourth seat on that

735
00:31:43,029 --> 00:31:41,840
mission and then uh also do you expect a

736
00:31:45,110 --> 00:31:43,039
need to

737
00:31:46,950 --> 00:31:45,120
work out some sort of deal to get an

738
00:31:49,110 --> 00:31:46,960
additional soyuz seat because of that

739
00:31:50,549 --> 00:31:49,120
delay or will mark vanda highs extend

740
00:31:52,950 --> 00:31:50,559
its potentially extended stay on the

741
00:31:54,789 --> 00:31:52,960
station uh negate that thanks

742
00:31:56,710 --> 00:31:54,799
yeah so we're

743
00:31:59,750 --> 00:31:56,720
we haven't worked through all that yet

744
00:32:02,630 --> 00:31:59,760
right we haven't completely given up on

745
00:32:03,990 --> 00:32:02,640
uh having a cosmonaut on crew three but

746
00:32:05,909 --> 00:32:04,000
at this point given the schedule would

747
00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:05,919
be really really challenging to complete

748
00:32:11,669 --> 00:32:08,960
all the training get suit done fitted

749
00:32:13,590 --> 00:32:11,679
and done for a cosmic on crew three so

750
00:32:16,230 --> 00:32:13,600
crew four is looking more likely right

751
00:32:18,470 --> 00:32:16,240
now and then based on that decision then

752
00:32:20,389 --> 00:32:18,480
we'll figure out um who will fly in the

753
00:32:23,269 --> 00:32:20,399
seat for crew three where it'll be

754
00:32:25,590 --> 00:32:23,279
cosmod or somebody or another or another

755
00:32:27,590 --> 00:32:25,600
last shot or one of our partners and uh

756
00:32:28,549 --> 00:32:27,600
and then um and then we'll work through

757
00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:28,559
whether

758
00:32:32,950 --> 00:32:30,559
um there's an opportunity for mark to

759
00:32:35,190 --> 00:32:32,960
extend to a year or we need to do

760
00:32:36,549 --> 00:32:35,200
something else to make ensure that we

761
00:32:39,430 --> 00:32:36,559
have uh

762
00:32:45,590 --> 00:32:39,440
crew on on the usos

763
00:32:49,350 --> 00:32:47,430
hi thomas burkhart for nasa space flight

764
00:32:51,190 --> 00:32:49,360
a question for steve uh with spacex

765
00:32:52,549 --> 00:32:51,200
launching crew 2 this week in crew 3

766
00:32:54,149 --> 00:32:52,559
later this year they've ended up a

767
00:32:56,230 --> 00:32:54,159
little bit ahead of starliner as far as

768
00:32:57,669 --> 00:32:56,240
crew rotation missions my question is

769
00:32:59,029 --> 00:32:57,679
are we going to expect a stretch of

770
00:33:01,029 --> 00:32:59,039
starlight emissions to sort of catch

771
00:33:03,509 --> 00:33:01,039
them up to crew dragon as far as their

772
00:33:05,029 --> 00:33:03,519
crew rotation flights go or will the two

773
00:33:07,029 --> 00:33:05,039
vehicles continue to sort of alternate

774
00:33:08,870 --> 00:33:07,039
once starliner is operational and what's

775
00:33:10,950 --> 00:33:08,880
the status of contracting additional

776
00:33:12,149 --> 00:33:10,960
missions to both spacex and boeing uh

777
00:33:15,110 --> 00:33:12,159
after the initial commercial crew

778
00:33:18,070 --> 00:33:15,120
contracts yeah so um

779
00:33:21,590 --> 00:33:18,080
our plan has always been to alternate uh

780
00:33:25,190 --> 00:33:21,600
dragon and starliner missions um

781
00:33:27,750 --> 00:33:25,200
uh we may revisit that with uh um with a

782
00:33:31,669 --> 00:33:27,760
delay in oft2

783
00:33:34,070 --> 00:33:31,679
and uh and uh cft1 uh but right now our

784
00:33:35,590 --> 00:33:34,080
our plan was always to alternate

785
00:33:36,710 --> 00:33:35,600
alternate missions

786
00:33:39,509 --> 00:33:36,720
um

787
00:33:43,509 --> 00:33:39,519
and then uh yeah we that's forward work

788
00:33:45,909 --> 00:33:43,519
to determine um how how we acquire uh

789
00:33:48,310 --> 00:33:45,919
seats after these initial contacts with

790
00:33:50,549 --> 00:33:48,320
uh contracts with spacex and boeing so

791
00:33:51,269 --> 00:33:50,559
uh we haven't had those discussions yet

792
00:33:58,870 --> 00:33:51,279
and

793
00:34:03,430 --> 00:34:01,350
uh thank you ken kramer again uh for

794
00:34:05,350 --> 00:34:03,440
probably for steve jerzik can you talk a

795
00:34:08,869 --> 00:34:05,360
little bit more about the cargo delivery

796
00:34:11,190 --> 00:34:08,879
contract for um for artemis to follow up

797
00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:11,200
on the human lander contract when do you

798
00:34:15,270 --> 00:34:13,520
expect to reward that and talk a little

799
00:34:17,270 --> 00:34:15,280
bit about the details and when do you

800
00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:17,280
want them to land would you want them to

801
00:34:20,950 --> 00:34:18,399
land

802
00:34:24,069 --> 00:34:20,960
um before

803
00:34:26,389 --> 00:34:24,079
before the uh the astronauts on artemis

804
00:34:29,349 --> 00:34:26,399
3 or whatever mission they they launch

805
00:34:31,030 --> 00:34:29,359
on thanks yeah so we have awarded what

806
00:34:33,270 --> 00:34:31,040
we call the um

807
00:34:37,109 --> 00:34:33,280
cargo delivery contract

808
00:34:40,470 --> 00:34:37,119
for artemis um it's been awarded to you

809
00:34:42,389 --> 00:34:40,480
on the land oh hls yes the unmanned

810
00:34:44,230 --> 00:34:42,399
lander oh

811
00:34:46,629 --> 00:34:44,240
the unmanned lander right you were going

812
00:34:49,030 --> 00:34:46,639
to have another contract for a lander to

813
00:34:51,030 --> 00:34:49,040
support the humans on the moon right oh

814
00:34:54,230 --> 00:34:51,040
so yeah okay thank you thank you so our

815
00:34:55,109 --> 00:34:54,240
plan right now um is to

816
00:34:57,270 --> 00:34:55,119
um

817
00:35:00,470 --> 00:34:57,280
leverage the commercial lunar payload

818
00:35:03,349 --> 00:35:00,480
services um idiq contracts

819
00:35:07,430 --> 00:35:03,359
um and have look at those contracts is

820
00:35:10,230 --> 00:35:07,440
developing more capable uh landers um to

821
00:35:14,550 --> 00:35:10,240
land cargo so for example

822
00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:14,560
um the viper mission pretty big uh rover

823
00:35:17,190 --> 00:35:16,240
right to go down into the permanently

824
00:35:19,030 --> 00:35:17,200
shattered craters and try to

825
00:35:20,950 --> 00:35:19,040
characterize how the water is bound with

826
00:35:23,349 --> 00:35:20,960
the regolith we're going to

827
00:35:25,510 --> 00:35:23,359
obtain the lander for for viper through

828
00:35:28,710 --> 00:35:25,520
the commercial lunar payload services so

829
00:35:30,470 --> 00:35:28,720
that's one route that we hope as our

830
00:35:31,829 --> 00:35:30,480
industry partners evolve their

831
00:35:33,829 --> 00:35:31,839
capabilities

832
00:35:35,750 --> 00:35:33,839
to larger landers we can use those

833
00:35:39,589 --> 00:35:35,760
larger landers to deliver things like

834
00:35:41,589 --> 00:35:39,599
viper and eventually eventually cargo

835
00:35:42,950 --> 00:35:41,599
another option which we haven't decided

836
00:35:44,870 --> 00:35:42,960
on yet would be

837
00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:44,880
you know go out with us

838
00:35:48,950 --> 00:35:47,760
an rfp and and unique contracts for that

839
00:35:50,950 --> 00:35:48,960
but we're hoping to evolve the

840
00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:50,960
commercial loan payload services

841
00:35:55,190 --> 00:35:52,160
um

842
00:35:58,069 --> 00:35:55,200
idiq contractors to be able to evolve to

843
00:36:01,190 --> 00:35:58,079
those larger landers that we need okay

844
00:36:05,430 --> 00:36:02,390
we're going to have time for one more

845
00:36:07,670 --> 00:36:05,440
question and then a wrap up thank you

846
00:36:10,069 --> 00:36:07,680
uh hi uh this is assam ahmed from afp

847
00:36:13,910 --> 00:36:10,079
this is a question for uh funk

848
00:36:15,589 --> 00:36:13,920
um so um nasa recently mentioned that uh

849
00:36:17,430 --> 00:36:15,599
for the artemis program they'd be keen

850
00:36:20,230 --> 00:36:17,440
to send the first person of color as

851
00:36:22,310 --> 00:36:20,240
well to the moon and in the current crop

852
00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:22,320
of uh eso astronauts we don't see any

853
00:36:26,150 --> 00:36:24,160
people of color and i'm not sure if

854
00:36:28,710 --> 00:36:26,160
that's ever been the case so is this

855
00:36:31,270 --> 00:36:28,720
also a diversity is it also a priority

856
00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:31,280
for esa

857
00:36:35,510 --> 00:36:33,760
diversity is a great priority for for

858
00:36:37,510 --> 00:36:35,520
esa we have

859
00:36:39,349 --> 00:36:37,520
recently launched a new astronaut

860
00:36:42,069 --> 00:36:39,359
selection campaign

861
00:36:44,069 --> 00:36:42,079
that we have kicked off about a couple

862
00:36:45,349 --> 00:36:44,079
of months ago and the vacancy notice is

863
00:36:48,390 --> 00:36:45,359
actually open

864
00:36:50,950 --> 00:36:48,400
diversity is on the forefront of that

865
00:36:53,829 --> 00:36:50,960
isa astronaut selection campaign

866
00:36:56,790 --> 00:36:53,839
we look of course to have more women in

867
00:36:58,630 --> 00:36:56,800
our uh astronaut corps uh because today

868
00:36:59,430 --> 00:36:58,640
we only have some anti-christian feretti

869
00:37:02,150 --> 00:36:59,440
and

870
00:37:03,670 --> 00:37:02,160
uh so we need uh indeed to to to make a

871
00:37:06,310 --> 00:37:03,680
step forward there and to have a more

872
00:37:08,470 --> 00:37:06,320
diverse uh astronaut core but we're not

873
00:37:11,430 --> 00:37:08,480
only looking at women we are also

874
00:37:14,069 --> 00:37:11,440
looking at other aspects of diversity

875
00:37:15,990 --> 00:37:14,079
and for the first time as well in isa we

876
00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:16,000
are doing a feasibility study and a

877
00:37:20,390 --> 00:37:18,480
project where we are looking if we can

878
00:37:22,550 --> 00:37:20,400
recruit a

879
00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:22,560
person with a disability with a physical

880
00:37:27,270 --> 00:37:24,720
disability that can become a

881
00:37:29,109 --> 00:37:27,280
professional astronaut and so for that

882
00:37:31,270 --> 00:37:29,119
we will have of course to work together

883
00:37:33,670 --> 00:37:31,280
with our international partners because

884
00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:33,680
it's very important for us that this

885
00:37:38,710 --> 00:37:36,640
person can fly in all safety

886
00:37:40,870 --> 00:37:38,720
to the international space station uh

887
00:37:42,550 --> 00:37:40,880
not only when he's on the international

888
00:37:44,069 --> 00:37:42,560
space station but of course

889
00:37:45,990 --> 00:37:44,079
also here on the launch pad if there

890
00:37:49,270 --> 00:37:46,000
would be an abort if there would be a

891
00:37:52,069 --> 00:37:49,280
rapid evacuation uh as bob and steve

892
00:37:53,750 --> 00:37:52,079
said safety is paramount uh in our

893
00:37:56,790 --> 00:37:53,760
endeavor so we will need to make sure

894
00:37:58,069 --> 00:37:56,800
that all this is happening in the right

895
00:37:59,670 --> 00:37:58,079
sequence

896
00:38:01,190 --> 00:37:59,680
and this astronaut as well should be a

897
00:38:03,510 --> 00:38:01,200
professional astronaut so it's not

898
00:38:05,109 --> 00:38:03,520
somebody to fly and just be on the space

899
00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:05,119
station it should be a professional

900
00:38:09,430 --> 00:38:07,680
astronaut that can execute all the tasks

901
00:38:12,150 --> 00:38:09,440
that all professional astronauts are

902
00:38:14,550 --> 00:38:12,160
executing in the space station so uh i

903
00:38:17,030 --> 00:38:14,560
think we are the first uh

904
00:38:19,510 --> 00:38:17,040
space agency at least to open up our

905
00:38:21,829 --> 00:38:19,520
core to to this type of diversity and

906
00:38:23,670 --> 00:38:21,839
elements and we are we are very proud of

907
00:38:25,190 --> 00:38:23,680
it and we will see where we get it's the

908
00:38:26,230 --> 00:38:25,200
first step we don't know if we will

909
00:38:27,589 --> 00:38:26,240
succeed

910
00:38:33,990 --> 00:38:27,599
but at least we are willing to make the

911
00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:36,470
okay thank you all for joining us this

912
00:38:40,069 --> 00:38:37,760
morning um

913
00:38:42,150 --> 00:38:40,079
you know as i reflect on the last year

914
00:38:43,750 --> 00:38:42,160
it's been a really challenging year

915
00:38:46,069 --> 00:38:43,760
really difficult year

916
00:38:47,990 --> 00:38:46,079
um but we've been able to accomplish

917
00:38:49,910 --> 00:38:48,000
some really some really great amazing

918
00:38:52,150 --> 00:38:49,920
and great things over the last

919
00:38:53,190 --> 00:38:52,160
12 to 15 months i could not be more

920
00:38:55,829 --> 00:38:53,200
proud of

921
00:38:57,349 --> 00:38:55,839
of the nasa team along with our

922
00:38:58,829 --> 00:38:57,359
other government agency partners our

923
00:39:02,069 --> 00:38:58,839
commercial partners and international

924
00:39:04,710 --> 00:39:02,079
partners um you know we we launched the

925
00:39:06,630 --> 00:39:04,720
rover to mars and we landed a rover on

926
00:39:11,030 --> 00:39:06,640
mars and we flew a helicopter for the

927
00:39:14,069 --> 00:39:11,040
first time on mars all this year

928
00:39:16,390 --> 00:39:14,079
we uh we launched um an earth science

929
00:39:19,510 --> 00:39:16,400
mission the 7006 mike pryla glitch

930
00:39:21,190 --> 00:39:19,520
mission with our european partners

931
00:39:24,230 --> 00:39:21,200
we had a great

932
00:39:26,710 --> 00:39:24,240
um core stage test the green run hot

933
00:39:28,870 --> 00:39:26,720
fire a few weeks about a month ago down

934
00:39:30,630 --> 00:39:28,880
at stennis i was down there for that for

935
00:39:32,790 --> 00:39:30,640
the eight minute plus hot fire test

936
00:39:34,950 --> 00:39:32,800
everything went really well the data

937
00:39:37,349 --> 00:39:34,960
looks great and the stage is coming here

938
00:39:40,630 --> 00:39:37,359
for continuing to integrate the vehicle

939
00:39:44,150 --> 00:39:40,640
for artemis one and then of course three

940
00:39:48,069 --> 00:39:44,160
crew launches it was uh may

941
00:39:49,510 --> 00:39:48,079
uh may 22nd i think of last year or i

942
00:39:52,150 --> 00:39:49,520
was actually chairing the flight

943
00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:52,160
readiness review for the demo 2 launch

944
00:39:56,150 --> 00:39:54,320
and then i i was here for the november

945
00:39:58,069 --> 00:39:56,160
crew one launch and now for the crew 2

946
00:39:59,990 --> 00:39:58,079
launch i'm looking forward to a great

947
00:40:02,550 --> 00:40:00,000
launch on on friday and the great

948
00:40:05,589 --> 00:40:02,560
mission and for the safe return of the

949
00:40:07,750 --> 00:40:05,599
crew one crew next week

950
00:40:08,870 --> 00:40:07,760
so again thank you bob and the team here

951
00:40:32,220 --> 00:40:08,880
and thank you everybody for joining us