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The Space Launch System is really the\h
backbone of the Artemis missions. It's the\h\h

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truck. It's the big carry vehicle.
It allows us to carry both crew,\h\h

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as well as the equipment that we\h
need to live and work on the Moon.
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Sixty years ago, NASA was in a race to\h
get to the Moon. This time is more than\h\h

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just a race. It's about establishing\h
a long-term presence on the Moon.  
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Can you imagine rolling the Statue of Liberty out\h
to put at the pad? That’s what we’re doing. 
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It will lift-up from Earth with more power\h
than the Saturn V, which was the first\h\h

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vehicle to take us to the Moon.
Artemis is our next giant leap.
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The difference between the Apollo program\h
and the Artemis program is really the focus\h\h

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on sustainability, and using the Moon\h
as an outpost for further exploration.
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This time we're going back to learn\h
how to live and work on the Moon.
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The Space Launch System really is a culmination of\h
our knowledge for 60 years of building rockets.
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We started by looking at over 1700 different\h
potential components that would go into the\h\h

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rocket, and by looking at the way we\h
could reuse some of the most reliable\h\h

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equipment that was flown on the shuttle. 
We took those and we put them together into\h\h

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a system that had enough energy to make sense to\h
do the mission that we've been asked to do to.
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We're moving from low-Earth orbit, like you\h
see in the International Space Station today,\h\h

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to moving beyond that to taking\h
the next step in exploration.
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It's 322 feet tall. It's got 700,000 gallons of\h
cryogenic propellant in the core stage alone.\h\h

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It can produce 8.8 million\h
pounds of vacuum thrust. 
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The Space Launch System is really a\h
national rocket, a national asset, too.
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We have worked with contractors\h
as well as with our NASA experts,\h\h

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our science and engineering department,\h
our safety and mission assurance team.
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To get the Space Launch System\h
designed, developed and produced,\h\h

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it has taken thousands of\h
companies across the country. 
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It comes together by train. It comes together\h
by plane. It comes together by barges. 
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All of that culminates at the Kennedy Space Center\h
for the launch of the first Artemis mission. 
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Everybody has worked together to make sure\h
we have a safe and reliable rocket>
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At NASA, safety and testing is extremely important\h
because ultimately this rocket isn't meant just to\h\h

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carry cargo, it's meant to carry people. 
It takes all types of education, all types of\h\h

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backgrounds, all types of diversity to\h
do the things we do, and it'll be great\h\h

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to see a diverse crew land on the moon.
Where the Space Launch System comes in is\h\h

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providing that reliable transportation, so that\h
we can start flying these rockets on a routine\h\h

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basis to take people and to take payload to that\h
outpost, the Moon and also the Gateway system.
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We have a generation who have never seen deep\h
space exploration, and this will give them an\h\h

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opportunity to see that this is something\h
that they can potentially do themselves.
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It's going to be a paradigm shift for NASA. We're\h\h