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sounds to pressure water now flowing

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and here we go 10 hydrogen burnoff

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igniters initiate seven six five four

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and liftoff of Artemis one We rise

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R4 rs25 engines on the core stage and

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two solid rocket boosters now propelling

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very good good control on the role from

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good morning and thank you all for

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staying up with us at NASA's Kennedy

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Space Center I'm NASA press secretary

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Jackie McGinnis and this morning at 1 47

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a.m NASA's paints launch system rocket

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and Orion spacecraft lifted off from

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Kennedy's historic launch pad 39b

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Orion's on its way and it's just

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beginning its Mission it's successfully

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completed a number of mission Milestones

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so far including the trans lunar

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injection burn to put it on its

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trajectory to the Moon to provide you

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all with an update this morning we have

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NASA administrator Bill Nelson

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Mike Serafin Artemis Mission manager out

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Mike Bulger exploration I'm sorry John

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Honeycutt space launch system program

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manager at marshall

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Howard Hugh Orion program manager

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at Johnson and Emily Nelson Chief flight

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director at Johnson it's been an

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incredible day and so first I'll open it

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up to each of our participants to say a

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few words administrator

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I was standing on the roof of the LCC

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with a number of astronauts

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I'm telling you we've never seen such a

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a tale of flame

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there were a bunch there that would like

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and I have to say

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it's a test flight

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took a long time coming to get here

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last time we were on the moon Apollo 17.

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and we still have a long ways to go and

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this is just the test flight

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and we are stressing it and testing it

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in ways that we will not do to a rocket

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that has a human crew on it

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but that's the purpose

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to make it as safe as possible

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as reliable as possible

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for when our astronauts crawl on board

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the enthusiasm throughout

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not only this Space Center

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even though a lot of America was in bed

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and the Legacy that this professional

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crew put together in getting us to this

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over the years

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is a legacy that indeed

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has been well earned and will continue

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as we now explore the heavens

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as we go back to the moon and then we go

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thanks Jackie never do you make surfing

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yeah good morning and thank you again

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for continuing to follow our program in

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the Artemis One mission

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we've talked to you a number of times

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about our four mission priorities

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demonstrate the vehicle at lunar reenter

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and conditions demonstrate the vehicle

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priority to retrieve the spacecraft as

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as priority three and then bonus

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of translunar injection and I want to

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thank John Honeycutt and the SLS program

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for putting that Priority One mission in

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play as well as Jody singer at the

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Marshall space flight center and the

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Marshall space flight center team they

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did an amazing job getting us to this

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point as well as our friends and family

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here in America's Spaceport under Jana

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petro and Mike Bulger and his EGS

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program team and our launch director

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getting us to this point we do have a

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priority One mission in play because of

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powerful rocket take the Earth by its

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edges and shake the wicked out of it and

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of awareness that this mission is

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underway and I personally am not going

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and now we can hear from Mike Bulger the

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yeah thank you what what an amazing day

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envious of y'all because many of you are

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inside the firing room you know looking

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panes and so we didn't I think have

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nearly the view that y'all had but um

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goals that we have I would add a fifth

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systems and our ground team was prepared

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and was ready to launch this Mission

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today and I think they passed with fine

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colors and we really had a terrific day

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a ground operations team the team has

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shown a ton of resilience you know we've

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it when they're 10 or 11 years old and

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they kind of make it a point I'm going

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to come work for NASA someday and part

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of that reason is to make an impact or

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to be a part of changing the world and I

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nation's manned exploration program to

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keep it going really to move further and

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proud of the team today thank you

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know it's been a little over 12 years

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generations to come team just did an

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of the way the hardware performed and

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um John and Mike I mean they're

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just terrific team

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um getting us off the ground and headed

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to the Moon I mean I can't thank them

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enough for their team's efforts and uh

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now we get uh start the journey and

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learning more about our spacecraft and

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moon and then as as we go forward we'll

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be providing the power and propulsion

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that we need to get into lunar orbit and

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of course return safely home and I want

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to also thank the European team they

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worked very hard uh producing the

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European service module for us and in

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partnership with NASA and certainly a

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great opportunity for us as we explore

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those uh uh men that has a little boy I

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dreamed of working for NASA and uh going

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Beyond uh low earth orbit and today was

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a fabulous day for me and I can't tell

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just thinking about watching the rocket

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the moon has been a dream of mine and

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and today is a start of that uh a great

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journey I would say for the agency and

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for Artemis so thank you thanks Howard

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let's see this evening we got to see a

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truly exciting launch that I think is

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the beginning of a really exciting

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the LCC team just did a Flawless job

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getting through tanking and getting to

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lift off and then the MCC Houston team

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had a seamless Handover and executed the

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remainder of that um that ascent and up

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to orbit

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um

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it was really great to get to see those

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teams get the opportunity to use the

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expertise that they've developed over

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years of training and preparation

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this mission is not only going to test

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the spacecraft but it's going to test

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the teams as well

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and you know as we've mentioned we've

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already had some opportunities to work

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through some of those tests and I I am

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fairly confident that as we progress

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farther to the Moon we're going to run

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into a few more

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um as we

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the exciting thing about this flight is

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getting to see how this ship is going to

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behave in space how its systems are

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going to react to the deep space

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environment and so next step right about

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now the team is characterizing

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performance of the solar array structure

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so that we have a good understanding of

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how the the spacecraft reacts when we do

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burns and then here in several hours

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we'll do our first outbound trajectory

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correction burn using the Orion engine

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so that we'll get to see how those

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systems behave we'll get to characterize

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that performance as well it's going to

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be a really exciting ride and kind of

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like Mike I'm not sure we'll get a whole

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lot of sleep in the next 26 days but

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it'll certainly be worth it

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um so really looking forward to

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everything we're going to learn here

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back to you Jackie thanks Emily and

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before we open it up for questions we

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want to show you some of the first

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images of Earth from Orion as it heads

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all right now for the fun part if you

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could please raise your name I mean your

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hand I'm sorry

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Associated Press for Mr Nelson

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um Apollo is a tough act to follow and

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and looking back on what has gone before

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uh with the moon what were your emotions

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at liftoff and how do you see what

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happened today is going down in space

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um

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one of the emotions I had was that I

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wish that members of

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the crew that I had participated in

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were here

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uh

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a group of professionals The Best of the

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Best

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and to see the culmination of a lot of a

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lifetime that of

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I think

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back to the real sacrifices the

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astronauts that we've lost

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not only in flight and Apollo 1 but in

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all of those emotions welled up in me

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today

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and you should have heard the other

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astronauts that I was standing with we

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were down in the launch control center

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and all went up on the roof

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so that we can feel that acoustic shock

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wave and and and see undiminished that

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tale of a flame of fire

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and then to see that pillar of smoke

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even in the dark

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of night

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thank you

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thanks a question for John Honeycutt um

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this rocket it's been a decade in the

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making there's been you know billions in

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cost overruns and there's been a lot of

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engineering challenges to get to this

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point if you could just kind of tell us

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a little bit how it feels to finally see

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this thing come alive and launch uh what

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does that feel like and then quick one

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for uh Mike

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um can you kind of go into details about

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the funnies that you said you you guys

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saw uh during the mission and um whether

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there was any debris that was created

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from the uh Orion and the RTV issue that

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you guys might have expected as a risk

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yeah I'll tell you it feels great

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to get through to get to get to Rocket

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eye and it feels even better to have it

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performed the way it did

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you know and it's uh

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it's been a long time coming but if I

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think if you study history and look back

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on it these things don't happen

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overnight and it followed they all

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followed similar timelines

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um my the the

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motion that I have that hits me the most

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really is you know it's the people that

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do the work that make the hardware what

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it is of course the hardware does the

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job at the end of the day but it's the

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people that get us to the launch pad and

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have helped us build this foundation and

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uh they all take a lot of pride in and I

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yeah Joey in in terms of the funnies

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that we saw it in terms of the um

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imagery findings we're still working

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through that

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um there there were a couple indications

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that we had some debris Liberation

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fairly early in ascent and um the team

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is still looking at that in terms of

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what exactly it was

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um

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again it's it's too early to say

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um the funnies that we saw on the star

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trackers there was a component ready

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flag that was set and the team had to

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resolve and and basically activate the

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start trackers in spite of that

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component ready flag and then on the

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Solar Ray Wings when they were deployed

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I think it was Solar Ray Wing number

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three

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we saw a pair of micro switches that

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indicated that it wasn't fully latched

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and then they they came in they

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basically did indicate that they had

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latched which indicates it was probably

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like a thermal condition

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um especially when when you take a

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vehicle and you you take it from you

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know conditions ambient conditions on

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Earth that we purge and then you take it

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in the deep space environment sometimes

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you get a little bit of thermal gradient

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on there and they came in and we knew

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that that was something that could

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happen fairly early on and then we saw

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some

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developmental flight instrumentation on

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the rocket that dropped out during the

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ascent those were you know at this stage

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of the game relatively benign we pressed

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all the way through the point of trans

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lunar injection in spite of those and

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um you know right now we're not terribly

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concerned with any of those I don't know

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Howard if you have any additional

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thoughts on that no I think you covered

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very well and of course uh we're also

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excited to look at the data and we'll

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keep analyzing data and look at what

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that tells us

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yeah and understand that you know things

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will go wrong

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uh this is a new system and it's a test

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flight

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and so we're going to expect those

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things to go wrong and then we're going

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to try to work them

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space

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is uh real hard

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thank you Tom Costello with NBC

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thank you well congratulations to all of

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you

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um Mr Nelson I'm wondering uh it has

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been it 50 years next month since uh we

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saw humans on the moon and now the first

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step of returning to the moon so I'm

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wondering uh you talked about the

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emotions and you thought about those

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that were lost in the space program over

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the years but to think that now five

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decades later the first steps in going

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back I wonder if you could uh address

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that and then also you talked about

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needing to stress it and test it to a

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greater extreme so that you know exactly

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what the astronauts will be in for uh

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what does that mean to stress it and

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test it uh and to this extent now how

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will you be doing that what does that

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mean well it has a lot more sensors than

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will be on the rockets in the future and

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that's to know how the the vehicle and

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vehicles perform

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uh why are we uh going back uh because

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our call

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is we're going out to explore the

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heavens

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and this is the next step

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so we went to the moon and we were there

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for a short period of time and we came

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back

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then we had Skylab and we started to

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learn how to live longer in zero g

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then we had the space shuttle and we

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built the Space Station

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and now we're going back to the Moon not

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just for the sake of going to the Moon

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but to learn to live

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to develop

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to

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the Moon is just a few days away

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Mars is months and months away

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and uh

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we are understanding now from the James

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Webb Space Telescope just how big and

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vast this universe is

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there's a lot out there to explore

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and this is the next beginning

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thank you

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up here I'm in the front

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hi Ken Kramer space up close uh well

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congratulations to all of you that was

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so impressive and inspiring and thanks

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for letting us be here so Bill I'd like

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to ask you a question I wonder if you

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may have spoken with President Biden at

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all what what is his reaction and and do

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you see this increasing support for NASA

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and and international Partners have you

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heard any from any of them who work with

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Artemis in the Gateway project thank you

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well as you know uh the president is in

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Bali Indonesia and uh I would not be

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surprised

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that since it was daytime over there

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whereas it's night time here

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if whatever meeting he was in

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if his assistants did not take a TV to

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him and show him the launch

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and I look forward to speaking to him

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sometime after he gets back and gets

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over his jet lag

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now what was your second question

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do you think this is going to increase

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support in the Congress and have you

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heard from International partners

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first of all I think it's noteworthy

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that in a nation in which our politics

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is so split

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where do you have

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both ours and D's come together

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to support

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in our space program is such a place of

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reconciliation and camaraderie

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and bipartisanship

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and so I think

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the success of of this rocket and the

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future potential success of the mission

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is only going to energize the support

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that we have in Congress my goodness

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look at the diet of successes that

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they've been fed perseverance Ingenuity

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all on Mars

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Dart hitting a bullseye seven million

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miles away

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look at all the science that has come

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out

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and now James Webb Space Telescope

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giving us these unbelievable pictures

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of light that's been traveling for 13

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and a half billion years

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and now going back to the Moon in order

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to go to Mars

561
00:26:24,470 --> 00:26:17,640
uh that I think is going to engender a

562
00:26:31,669 --> 00:26:26,450
next question

563
00:26:36,230 --> 00:26:33,590
hi Andrea leinfelder of the Houston

564
00:26:37,490 --> 00:26:36,240
Chronicle um administrator Nelson you

565
00:26:39,769 --> 00:26:37,500
know in 2010 you were essential for

566
00:26:42,350 --> 00:26:39,779
getting the NASA authorization act um

567
00:26:43,789 --> 00:26:42,360
passed and so you saw the legislative

568
00:26:44,990 --> 00:26:43,799
side and now you've gone to implement

569
00:26:46,490 --> 00:26:45,000
and you've gotten the rocket off the

570
00:26:48,409 --> 00:26:46,500
ground so I'm I'm curious how your

571
00:26:49,909 --> 00:26:48,419
perspective has changed from when you

572
00:26:51,649 --> 00:26:49,919
were writing the builds when you're

573
00:26:53,210 --> 00:26:51,659
implementing it um you know what the

574
00:26:54,830 --> 00:26:53,220
experience has been like and if if you

575
00:26:56,390 --> 00:26:54,840
think you would see things differently

576
00:27:00,230 --> 00:26:56,400
now that you've been on the the

577
00:27:06,769 --> 00:27:03,110
one of the first things that I did when

578
00:27:09,890 --> 00:27:06,779
we got back to the buildings here was I

579
00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:09,900
sent a text to Senator K Bailey

580
00:27:14,590 --> 00:27:11,520
Hutchinson

581
00:27:17,990 --> 00:27:14,600
who was my partner

582
00:27:20,149 --> 00:27:18,000
in crafting the legislation back 12

583
00:27:24,049 --> 00:27:20,159
years ago

584
00:27:26,750 --> 00:27:24,059
uh as soon as I can get their address

585
00:27:30,529 --> 00:27:26,760
I will also be texting

586
00:27:32,930 --> 00:27:30,539
Rob Nabors who was an assistant in the

587
00:27:35,390 --> 00:27:32,940
White House to President Obama

588
00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:35,400
and to Jack Lew

589
00:27:42,590 --> 00:27:39,000
who was the director of the OMB at the

590
00:27:44,690 --> 00:27:42,600
time he became later the chief of staff

591
00:27:48,830 --> 00:27:44,700
to President Obama

592
00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:48,840
and then ended up as Secretary of the

593
00:27:53,269 --> 00:27:50,179
Treasury

594
00:27:55,250 --> 00:27:53,279
to congratulate them

595
00:27:57,049 --> 00:27:55,260
as I did k

596
00:27:58,630 --> 00:27:57,059
as well

597
00:28:02,570 --> 00:27:58,640
uh

598
00:28:07,250 --> 00:28:02,580
that's just a spec I mean the

599
00:28:12,409 --> 00:28:07,260
congratulations goes to everybody

600
00:28:18,230 --> 00:28:16,310
that performance today tonight

601
00:28:23,810 --> 00:28:18,240
that you saw

602
00:28:27,110 --> 00:28:23,820
and so my perspective has changed

603
00:28:34,850 --> 00:28:30,970
I get to see it from this point of view

604
00:28:37,970 --> 00:28:34,860
however remember back in those early

605
00:28:39,549 --> 00:28:37,980
legislative years I got to see it from

606
00:28:43,310 --> 00:28:39,559
an inside view

607
00:28:45,649 --> 00:28:43,320
when I participated in that 24th Flight

608
00:28:49,549 --> 00:28:45,659
of the Space Shuttle

609
00:28:52,070 --> 00:28:49,559
and so this is really a gratifying time

610
00:28:56,090 --> 00:28:52,080
but it's only going to get better

611
00:29:00,230 --> 00:28:56,100
in two years we're going to be sending

612
00:29:02,570 --> 00:29:00,240
humans to the Moon in three years

613
00:29:05,149 --> 00:29:02,580
we're going to be landing on the moon

614
00:29:06,850 --> 00:29:05,159
and then it's going to be a series of

615
00:29:11,090 --> 00:29:06,860
things including

616
00:29:17,690 --> 00:29:11,100
someone mentioned earlier Gateway

617
00:29:22,850 --> 00:29:17,700
a lunar Outpost a a mini Space Station

618
00:29:24,190 --> 00:29:22,860
so Artemis 4 is actually going to go up

619
00:29:29,110 --> 00:29:24,200
install

620
00:29:31,970 --> 00:29:29,120
Gateway in this lunar elliptical

621
00:29:33,529 --> 00:29:31,980
polar orbit

622
00:29:35,930 --> 00:29:33,539
and then

623
00:29:38,630 --> 00:29:35,940
the Lander is going to come and attach

624
00:29:41,510 --> 00:29:38,640
to Gateway and the transfer of the

625
00:29:44,810 --> 00:29:41,520
astronauts will be through

626
00:29:49,850 --> 00:29:44,820
Gateway the mini Space Station

627
00:29:53,570 --> 00:29:49,860
so one thing will build on another

628
00:29:59,210 --> 00:29:53,580
as we prepare to go to Mars late in the

629
00:29:59,220 --> 00:30:05,930
thank you in the second row here

630
00:30:09,649 --> 00:30:08,090
uh Christopher Mick Hudson star Observer

631
00:30:11,750 --> 00:30:09,659
I'm not sure who would field this

632
00:30:13,789 --> 00:30:11,760
question I was just wondering some of

633
00:30:16,070 --> 00:30:13,799
the early video footage that was coming

634
00:30:18,289 --> 00:30:16,080
down from the icps and the Orion there

635
00:30:20,690 --> 00:30:18,299
appear to be some slight yawing back and

636
00:30:23,330 --> 00:30:20,700
forth to the camera I didn't I'm kind of

637
00:30:24,889 --> 00:30:23,340
used to the kind of locked off no motion

638
00:30:26,269 --> 00:30:24,899
of the camera shots before so I didn't

639
00:30:28,370 --> 00:30:26,279
know if this was just unique to the

640
00:30:31,549 --> 00:30:28,380
architecture with the icps and the Orion

641
00:30:33,710 --> 00:30:31,559
or if it was something unexpected

642
00:30:36,769 --> 00:30:33,720
foreign

643
00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:36,779
yeah I'll just say that those um and

644
00:30:41,269 --> 00:30:38,880
Howard can correct me here those images

645
00:30:44,210 --> 00:30:41,279
were from the wingtip cameras on the

646
00:30:47,990 --> 00:30:44,220
Solar Ray wings of Orion and

647
00:30:51,649 --> 00:30:48,000
um they were basically when we had a a

648
00:30:53,750 --> 00:30:51,659
ignition event on the uh on the rl-10

649
00:30:56,210 --> 00:30:53,760
engine which is the Aaron crawl

650
00:30:57,769 --> 00:30:56,220
propulsion stages upper engine we saw

651
00:30:59,630 --> 00:30:57,779
that during the perigee raised maneuver

652
00:31:01,010 --> 00:30:59,640
but then also at the ignition and

653
00:31:03,169 --> 00:31:01,020
startup of the translator injection

654
00:31:05,330 --> 00:31:03,179
maneuver it's normal we knew that that

655
00:31:07,370 --> 00:31:05,340
would happen there's a reason that we

656
00:31:09,950 --> 00:31:07,380
position those solar rays in a very

657
00:31:13,850 --> 00:31:09,960
specific position because we do impart a

658
00:31:15,710 --> 00:31:13,860
load on the um on these Solar Ray wings

659
00:31:17,210 --> 00:31:15,720
and they are fairly lengthy Howard

660
00:31:19,250 --> 00:31:17,220
probably knows exactly how long the

661
00:31:21,649 --> 00:31:19,260
Solar Ray wings are I don't remember off

662
00:31:22,730 --> 00:31:21,659
top my head but um you know there's a

663
00:31:24,529 --> 00:31:22,740
reason that we put those in those

664
00:31:25,909 --> 00:31:24,539
positions I don't know if you have

665
00:31:29,750 --> 00:31:25,919
anything to add Howard no I think that

666
00:31:43,070 --> 00:31:32,630
thank you Jeff Faust with space news in

667
00:31:46,190 --> 00:31:44,630
Jeff house space news question probably

668
00:31:47,450 --> 00:31:46,200
from Mike Bulger I think we were all

669
00:31:49,669 --> 00:31:47,460
holding our breaths when we heard about

670
00:31:50,930 --> 00:31:49,679
the hydrogen leak fortunately it was

671
00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:50,940
fixed I wonder if you could talk us

672
00:31:55,970 --> 00:31:53,760
through exactly what the problem was and

673
00:31:58,010 --> 00:31:55,980
what that red crew team did when they

674
00:32:00,470 --> 00:31:58,020
went out to the pad uh to fix the

675
00:32:02,690 --> 00:32:00,480
problem yeah definitely be glad to

676
00:32:03,529 --> 00:32:02,700
before I did you know as I kind of had a

677
00:32:04,730 --> 00:32:03,539
chance to listen to some of the

678
00:32:06,289 --> 00:32:04,740
questions and just look out into the

679
00:32:08,750 --> 00:32:06,299
crowd I love that there are so many

680
00:32:10,669 --> 00:32:08,760
Artemis shirts Artemis hats I love that

681
00:32:12,169 --> 00:32:10,679
you know we've got a media team that is

682
00:32:13,789 --> 00:32:12,179
as excited about what we're doing as

683
00:32:16,130 --> 00:32:13,799
y'all are so I just wanted to thank

684
00:32:18,649 --> 00:32:16,140
everybody for that so yeah

685
00:32:21,529 --> 00:32:18,659
um let's see what we had was we had a

686
00:32:22,850 --> 00:32:21,539
leak and a replenish valve which is down

687
00:32:28,250 --> 00:32:22,860
in a

688
00:32:31,190 --> 00:32:28,260
got in the base of the mobile launcher

689
00:32:33,230 --> 00:32:31,200
um and so you know that that caused us

690
00:32:35,090 --> 00:32:33,240
to go into a stop flow on both core

691
00:32:36,649 --> 00:32:35,100
stage and upper stage while we resolved

692
00:32:37,850 --> 00:32:36,659
the the leak that we were seeing in the

693
00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:37,860
base

694
00:32:41,990 --> 00:32:40,260
um we sent a red team out and and

695
00:32:44,210 --> 00:32:42,000
basically what the red team

696
00:32:45,409 --> 00:32:44,220
was doing we had a couple folks in there

697
00:32:46,730 --> 00:32:45,419
it was kind of a tight I don't know if

698
00:32:48,230 --> 00:32:46,740
you can see the video I'm not sure what

699
00:32:50,090 --> 00:32:48,240
you're seeing and what kind of a tight

700
00:32:51,230 --> 00:32:50,100
fit but um out there with a torque

701
00:32:52,789 --> 00:32:51,240
wrench and they were tightening down

702
00:32:53,930 --> 00:32:52,799
some packing nuts and they were

703
00:32:55,310 --> 00:32:53,940
basically there were two two packing

704
00:32:57,230 --> 00:32:55,320
nuts and they were tightening down

705
00:32:59,450 --> 00:32:57,240
either side of them

706
00:33:00,529 --> 00:32:59,460
um they tightened them um they recycled

707
00:33:02,630 --> 00:33:00,539
the valve

708
00:33:03,769 --> 00:33:02,640
um we went back in put a wrench on them

709
00:33:06,289 --> 00:33:03,779
they were still turning a little bit we

710
00:33:07,669 --> 00:33:06,299
we cycled the valve again tightened them

711
00:33:09,110 --> 00:33:07,679
a little more we did a third time and

712
00:33:11,330 --> 00:33:09,120
then they really

713
00:33:13,850 --> 00:33:11,340
um were solid and and so we felt good

714
00:33:15,169 --> 00:33:13,860
that you know the those um packing nuts

715
00:33:18,769 --> 00:33:15,179
in fact were tightened that we had a

716
00:33:21,769 --> 00:33:18,779
good valve and so we got the red team

717
00:33:24,649 --> 00:33:21,779
um back you know away from the pad and

718
00:33:26,389 --> 00:33:24,659
got back into fast fill and then topping

719
00:33:28,549 --> 00:33:26,399
and then replenish and as we did that

720
00:33:30,169 --> 00:33:28,559
you know in fact we had resolved the

721
00:33:32,570 --> 00:33:30,179
problem and and we no longer had that

722
00:33:35,090 --> 00:33:32,580
leak in the base so really great work by

723
00:33:36,769 --> 00:33:35,100
that um red team it's always you know

724
00:33:39,049 --> 00:33:36,779
it's always a hard thing to do to send

725
00:33:40,610 --> 00:33:39,059
the red team out to the launch pad you

726
00:33:41,930 --> 00:33:40,620
only do it when you when you feel like

727
00:33:44,450 --> 00:33:41,940
you have to but in this case I think

728
00:33:46,250 --> 00:33:44,460
team felt you know that really our most

729
00:33:48,230 --> 00:33:46,260
likely case here was that we just had

730
00:33:49,850 --> 00:33:48,240
you know some loose nuts on those valves

731
00:33:51,409 --> 00:33:49,860
and so we sent the team out and they did

732
00:33:53,690 --> 00:33:51,419
a terrific job and we got that issue

733
00:33:55,909 --> 00:33:53,700
resolved so you know definitely a high

734
00:33:57,889 --> 00:33:55,919
moment a a low moment when we first saw

735
00:33:59,870 --> 00:33:57,899
the leaks we all know we've struggled

736
00:34:00,950 --> 00:33:59,880
through some of the hydrogen leaks that

737
00:34:03,470 --> 00:34:00,960
we've had in the past but really a high

738
00:34:05,690 --> 00:34:03,480
moment when we recognized that we'd

739
00:34:07,009 --> 00:34:05,700
solved the problem

740
00:34:08,570 --> 00:34:07,019
thanks Mike

741
00:34:10,369 --> 00:34:08,580
I remind the folks on the phone that if

742
00:34:12,230 --> 00:34:10,379
you have a question we're happy to take

743
00:34:15,290 --> 00:34:12,240
those over the line as well you press

744
00:34:17,570 --> 00:34:15,300
star one to get into the queue

745
00:34:26,470 --> 00:34:17,580
um next up we have a question here in

746
00:34:33,290 --> 00:34:29,990
Japanese newspaper my question is do

747
00:34:35,690 --> 00:34:33,300
administrator Nelson uh in July you

748
00:34:38,930 --> 00:34:35,700
express your concern about China's new

749
00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:38,940
exploration in German newspaper

750
00:34:44,210 --> 00:34:41,520
so now what do you think about China's

751
00:34:47,210 --> 00:34:44,220
new exploration and so would it be

752
00:34:51,290 --> 00:34:47,220
possible for U.S to cooperate with China

753
00:34:55,609 --> 00:34:51,300
regarding Moon expression thank you

754
00:34:59,329 --> 00:34:55,619
the question is do I think that it would

755
00:35:02,750 --> 00:34:59,339
be possible for China and the U.S to

756
00:35:08,810 --> 00:35:04,790
I hope so

757
00:35:14,450 --> 00:35:08,820
but I see no evidence of that

758
00:35:20,410 --> 00:35:14,460
to the contrary what we have seen is a

759
00:35:24,410 --> 00:35:20,420
lack of visibility a secretiveness

760
00:35:28,370 --> 00:35:24,420
a lack of trans parents

761
00:35:30,950 --> 00:35:28,380
uh most recently in the very successful

762
00:35:33,470 --> 00:35:30,960
Mission apparently of them putting up

763
00:35:34,930 --> 00:35:33,480
their third stage for their space

764
00:35:39,589 --> 00:35:34,940
station

765
00:35:42,109 --> 00:35:39,599
not having the stage on re-entry uh

766
00:35:46,510 --> 00:35:42,119
saved enough fuel in order to have a

767
00:35:49,250 --> 00:35:46,520
control re-entry and then not sharing

768
00:35:52,630 --> 00:35:49,260
trajectory information now fortunately

769
00:35:54,770 --> 00:35:52,640
it fell in the ocean

770
00:35:57,589 --> 00:35:54,780
the second

771
00:36:01,370 --> 00:35:57,599
component that went up

772
00:36:03,890 --> 00:36:01,380
there was a chance that we could see

773
00:36:06,710 --> 00:36:03,900
before it fell in the Indian Ocean that

774
00:36:09,530 --> 00:36:06,720
it might come down in Greece and it

775
00:36:11,450 --> 00:36:09,540
might come down then on the track in

776
00:36:13,490 --> 00:36:11,460
Saudi Arabia

777
00:36:14,990 --> 00:36:13,500
fortunately it came down in the Indian

778
00:36:18,410 --> 00:36:15,000
Ocean

779
00:36:22,190 --> 00:36:18,420
so uh

780
00:36:25,210 --> 00:36:22,200
I wish I could give a more optimistic

781
00:36:30,109 --> 00:36:25,220
point of view I personally

782
00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:30,119
talked to the Chinese Ambassador who I

783
00:36:34,270 --> 00:36:32,400
happened to run into at a at a Sunday

784
00:36:37,790 --> 00:36:34,280
brunch

785
00:36:41,510 --> 00:36:37,800
uh and uh

786
00:36:42,710 --> 00:36:41,520
he said well we can uh cooperate and I

787
00:36:45,829 --> 00:36:42,720
said well

788
00:36:48,349 --> 00:36:45,839
uh let me give you an example of

789
00:36:51,589 --> 00:36:48,359
something that you could do

790
00:36:53,210 --> 00:36:51,599
I said 50 years ago we returned samples

791
00:36:55,010 --> 00:36:53,220
from the Moon

792
00:36:56,569 --> 00:36:55,020
we shared that with the International

793
00:37:00,170 --> 00:36:56,579
Community

794
00:37:02,089 --> 00:37:00,180
you have just recently returned a sample

795
00:37:05,150 --> 00:37:02,099
from the Moon

796
00:37:07,430 --> 00:37:05,160
you ought to share that with the

797
00:37:10,130 --> 00:37:07,440
International Community

798
00:37:12,770 --> 00:37:10,140
and that was about six months ago when

799
00:37:20,930 --> 00:37:12,780
we had that conversation and nothing has

800
00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:23,030
hi Sophie Sanchez with Cosmic Chicago

801
00:37:26,329 --> 00:37:25,320
first of all congratulations to all of

802
00:37:29,089 --> 00:37:26,339
you

803
00:37:31,310 --> 00:37:29,099
um my question is from Mike Boulder

804
00:37:33,950 --> 00:37:31,320
um a follow-up on the question I asked

805
00:37:35,390 --> 00:37:33,960
Charlie back in August regarding the

806
00:37:36,410 --> 00:37:35,400
role of the red crew and assisting

807
00:37:38,870 --> 00:37:36,420
launches

808
00:37:41,329 --> 00:37:38,880
she said then that the difference

809
00:37:43,430 --> 00:37:41,339
between shuttle and now was the use of

810
00:37:45,589 --> 00:37:43,440
high tech cameras and just more

811
00:37:48,370 --> 00:37:45,599
technology in general so that the crew

812
00:37:51,650 --> 00:37:48,380
can evaluate and Report remotely

813
00:37:55,010 --> 00:37:51,660
but then she also said that up until now

814
00:37:57,170 --> 00:37:55,020
that has been adequate and you guys but

815
00:37:59,510 --> 00:37:57,180
you still have the option to send the

816
00:38:00,829 --> 00:37:59,520
red crew to the pad if you needed to can

817
00:38:03,230 --> 00:38:00,839
you tell me a little bit about that

818
00:38:06,170 --> 00:38:03,240
moment in the countdown when you guys

819
00:38:08,510 --> 00:38:06,180
realize that Tech alone wasn't going

820
00:38:10,310 --> 00:38:08,520
wasn't adequate enough and you needed to

821
00:38:12,710 --> 00:38:10,320
send the crew how was that decision

822
00:38:15,109 --> 00:38:12,720
decision made

823
00:38:17,390 --> 00:38:15,119
it's an interesting question so let me

824
00:38:19,490 --> 00:38:17,400
think so you know we recognized we had a

825
00:38:21,710 --> 00:38:19,500
leak and and

826
00:38:23,450 --> 00:38:21,720
um we were able to get a camera on it

827
00:38:25,069 --> 00:38:23,460
although it wasn't a great view we kind

828
00:38:26,750 --> 00:38:25,079
of were seeing the the top half and we

829
00:38:28,550 --> 00:38:26,760
could see some Vapors

830
00:38:30,349 --> 00:38:28,560
um and so that helped inform that you

831
00:38:32,930 --> 00:38:30,359
know in fact what what our measurements

832
00:38:34,849 --> 00:38:32,940
were telling us we could also visually

833
00:38:35,990 --> 00:38:34,859
verify we we talked about were there

834
00:38:37,370 --> 00:38:36,000
options

835
00:38:39,230 --> 00:38:37,380
um where we wouldn't have to send a red

836
00:38:41,510 --> 00:38:39,240
team out there and and specifically we

837
00:38:43,730 --> 00:38:41,520
were talking about could you basically

838
00:38:46,970 --> 00:38:43,740
um shut the replenish valve off and use

839
00:38:50,030 --> 00:38:46,980
the the main the main valve

840
00:38:51,710 --> 00:38:50,040
um in a very delicate way to try to

841
00:38:54,290 --> 00:38:51,720
perform that same function of a

842
00:38:56,030 --> 00:38:54,300
replenish and as and the the cryo team

843
00:38:57,470 --> 00:38:56,040
which is an amazing team here at the

844
00:38:59,390 --> 00:38:57,480
Kennedy Space Center had actually

845
00:39:01,010 --> 00:38:59,400
written with a procedure and determined

846
00:39:02,510 --> 00:39:01,020
how they would do that if it ever came

847
00:39:04,670 --> 00:39:02,520
to the point where they had a replenish

848
00:39:06,530 --> 00:39:04,680
valve that wasn't working but none of us

849
00:39:08,510 --> 00:39:06,540
really thought that was an ideal

850
00:39:09,890 --> 00:39:08,520
approach particularly as we've talked

851
00:39:11,450 --> 00:39:09,900
about kind of needing to have this kind

852
00:39:13,190 --> 00:39:11,460
during gentler loading process we're

853
00:39:15,050 --> 00:39:13,200
concerned about we're normally way you

854
00:39:17,150 --> 00:39:15,060
would have a you know you'd be using a

855
00:39:19,430 --> 00:39:17,160
replenished valve with a much lower flow

856
00:39:21,230 --> 00:39:19,440
and I would be trying to manage this

857
00:39:23,450 --> 00:39:21,240
issue with a different valve which was a

858
00:39:25,490 --> 00:39:23,460
lot bigger and and really as the team

859
00:39:27,589 --> 00:39:25,500
talked about it that you know the I

860
00:39:29,630 --> 00:39:27,599
think the prevailing opinion was it's

861
00:39:30,890 --> 00:39:29,640
probably these packing Nets let's go out

862
00:39:32,089 --> 00:39:30,900
there and let's just put a wrench on

863
00:39:34,010 --> 00:39:32,099
them and let's see if a turn of the

864
00:39:35,630 --> 00:39:34,020
wrench is going to resolve this issue

865
00:39:37,430 --> 00:39:35,640
and and when we got out there and when

866
00:39:39,109 --> 00:39:37,440
we got that wrench on and when it turned

867
00:39:41,089 --> 00:39:39,119
you know we started to feel pretty good

868
00:39:44,030 --> 00:39:41,099
that we probably were going to be able

869
00:39:45,890 --> 00:39:44,040
to resolve this so you know I I

870
00:39:48,050 --> 00:39:45,900
appreciate your question about how does

871
00:39:49,430 --> 00:39:48,060
technology help you and there are so

872
00:39:51,349 --> 00:39:49,440
many ways that it does and you talk

873
00:39:52,849 --> 00:39:51,359
about the ability to get imagery that

874
00:39:54,349 --> 00:39:52,859
you can never get before there are also

875
00:39:56,630 --> 00:39:54,359
times you just got to put a wrench on a

876
00:39:57,829 --> 00:39:56,640
nut and you got to resolve an issue that

877
00:40:01,069 --> 00:39:57,839
you've got and that's where we ended up

878
00:40:01,079 --> 00:40:13,550
Marcia Smith of space policy online

879
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:15,170
thank you I think this is to Mike

880
00:40:18,589 --> 00:40:16,800
Serafin I'm curious if you have any

881
00:40:21,290 --> 00:40:18,599
update on the cubesats were they all

882
00:40:23,990 --> 00:40:21,300
deployed are they all functioning

883
00:40:27,050 --> 00:40:24,000
yeah Marcia thank you for the question

884
00:40:29,990 --> 00:40:27,060
um in terms of the cubesat deploys the

885
00:40:32,870 --> 00:40:30,000
earliest deploys are

886
00:40:35,089 --> 00:40:32,880
um not quite four hours into the mission

887
00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:35,099
and I'm not sure exactly where we are

888
00:40:40,310 --> 00:40:38,280
timeline wise we're probably it's partly

889
00:40:42,890 --> 00:40:40,320
because of the uh the Sleep shift in the

890
00:40:45,410 --> 00:40:42,900
early morning launch but um the first

891
00:40:47,930 --> 00:40:45,420
group of five ought to be deployed any

892
00:40:50,450 --> 00:40:47,940
time now and they continue on until

893
00:40:54,650 --> 00:40:50,460
about eight hours after launch so

894
00:40:56,390 --> 00:40:54,660
there's they're starting soon and we

895
00:41:00,349 --> 00:40:56,400
needed to get separated from the Orion

896
00:41:03,589 --> 00:41:00,359
spacecraft to expose the uh deployment

897
00:41:05,150 --> 00:41:03,599
area and then the the interim crowd

898
00:41:06,710 --> 00:41:05,160
propulsion stage needed a performance

899
00:41:09,170 --> 00:41:06,720
disposal maneuver all that has happened

900
00:41:11,510 --> 00:41:09,180
so now we're setting up for that um

901
00:41:13,730 --> 00:41:11,520
cubesat deployment phase and I haven't

902
00:41:15,230 --> 00:41:13,740
heard heard of the status of those yet

903
00:41:18,170 --> 00:41:15,240
but we will get an update as we get

904
00:41:20,450 --> 00:41:18,180
further into the mission on those

905
00:41:22,069 --> 00:41:20,460
and since I have folks talking into my

906
00:41:24,230 --> 00:41:22,079
ear I can tell you that they are

907
00:41:25,970 --> 00:41:24,240
expected to have been deployed at this

908
00:41:29,690 --> 00:41:25,980
time

909
00:41:34,130 --> 00:41:31,250
um in the second row here

910
00:41:36,170 --> 00:41:34,140
in the blue shirt

911
00:41:38,150 --> 00:41:36,180
or third sorry

912
00:41:40,550 --> 00:41:38,160
Stephen Clark from space flight now I

913
00:41:43,730 --> 00:41:40,560
think my question is probably for Mike

914
00:41:47,510 --> 00:41:43,740
Serafin but uh Howard you can pitch in

915
00:41:48,730 --> 00:41:47,520
if you want to uh with this successful

916
00:41:52,430 --> 00:41:48,740
launch I'm wondering if you could

917
00:41:53,569 --> 00:41:52,440
quantify or describe the amount of risk

918
00:41:55,430 --> 00:41:53,579
that's been retired from this Mission

919
00:41:57,890 --> 00:41:55,440
with the successful successful

920
00:42:01,069 --> 00:41:57,900
demonstration of the space launch system

921
00:42:02,750 --> 00:42:01,079
and looking ahead you know I know the

922
00:42:05,390 --> 00:42:02,760
big Priority One objective is getting

923
00:42:07,490 --> 00:42:05,400
the lunar re-entry velocity at re-entry

924
00:42:08,990 --> 00:42:07,500
and Splashdown but over the course of

925
00:42:10,430 --> 00:42:09,000
the outbound Lake to the moon what are

926
00:42:13,069 --> 00:42:10,440
the some of the major test objectives

927
00:42:14,690 --> 00:42:13,079
that are planned over the next few days

928
00:42:16,370 --> 00:42:14,700
yeah Stephen that's a great question

929
00:42:16,970 --> 00:42:16,380
thank you for that question

930
00:42:19,730 --> 00:42:16,980
um

931
00:42:22,609 --> 00:42:19,740
certainly the space launch system

932
00:42:24,710 --> 00:42:22,619
delivering with Precision to the point

933
00:42:27,250 --> 00:42:24,720
of translunar injection was was one of

934
00:42:31,069 --> 00:42:27,260
the objectives and it did exactly that

935
00:42:34,550 --> 00:42:31,079
the insertion altitude was we were

936
00:42:38,630 --> 00:42:34,560
aiming for a 975 by 16 nautical mile

937
00:42:41,990 --> 00:42:38,640
insertion we got 972 by 16. that's well

938
00:42:43,550 --> 00:42:42,000
within the noise of of a of a system

939
00:42:47,150 --> 00:42:43,560
like this

940
00:42:48,849 --> 00:42:47,160
um and then the uh the vehicle delivered

941
00:42:51,530 --> 00:42:48,859
us to the point of translunar injection

942
00:42:53,510 --> 00:42:51,540
uh the the quote that I heard was dead

943
00:42:55,370 --> 00:42:53,520
on but there was a word inserted between

944
00:42:57,050 --> 00:42:55,380
dead on that I won't share with you here

945
00:43:01,430 --> 00:42:57,060
in this

946
00:43:04,970 --> 00:43:01,440
um but that just shows the Precision of

947
00:43:06,650 --> 00:43:04,980
the system in terms of how much risk

948
00:43:08,329 --> 00:43:06,660
that it retires certainly the asset

949
00:43:11,829 --> 00:43:08,339
environment all the separation events

950
00:43:15,230 --> 00:43:11,839
through booster separation the um

951
00:43:17,530 --> 00:43:15,240
the service module uh fairing separation

952
00:43:20,510 --> 00:43:17,540
the jettison of the launch abort system

953
00:43:22,730 --> 00:43:20,520
asset with the uh the core stage and

954
00:43:26,210 --> 00:43:22,740
shutting down the four rs-25 engines

955
00:43:27,190 --> 00:43:26,220
properly jettising the core stage and

956
00:43:29,650 --> 00:43:27,200
then

957
00:43:31,970 --> 00:43:29,660
space at the

958
00:43:33,710 --> 00:43:31,980
interim crowd propulsion stage doing a

959
00:43:35,510 --> 00:43:33,720
pair of G Rays maneuver followed by a

960
00:43:37,730 --> 00:43:35,520
translowner injection maneuver while

961
00:43:39,710 --> 00:43:37,740
you've got the uh

962
00:43:42,829 --> 00:43:39,720
deployment of the Orion solar rays going

963
00:43:45,710 --> 00:43:42,839
on in proximity to it and and

964
00:43:48,890 --> 00:43:45,720
positioning those in time that that all

965
00:43:50,690 --> 00:43:48,900
these choreographed events happen such

966
00:43:52,490 --> 00:43:50,700
that you do it within the load bearing

967
00:43:55,910 --> 00:43:52,500
capability of the system and then

968
00:43:58,069 --> 00:43:55,920
getting Orion converted off of battery

969
00:44:00,230 --> 00:43:58,079
power to Solar Ray power before the

970
00:44:02,470 --> 00:44:00,240
batteries expired all those things were

971
00:44:05,990 --> 00:44:02,480
demonstrated successfully today

972
00:44:08,270 --> 00:44:06,000
and then disposal of the interim crowd

973
00:44:10,010 --> 00:44:08,280
propulsion States responsibly disposing

974
00:44:11,809 --> 00:44:10,020
of the interim crowd propulsion stages

975
00:44:13,190 --> 00:44:11,819
as Senator Nelson was alluding to

976
00:44:14,290 --> 00:44:13,200
earlier

977
00:44:17,530 --> 00:44:14,300
um

978
00:44:20,030 --> 00:44:17,540
now we've well and we flew up through

979
00:44:22,130 --> 00:44:20,040
the low earth orbit and micrometeorite

980
00:44:24,170 --> 00:44:22,140
orbital debris band we had 40 collision

981
00:44:26,030 --> 00:44:24,180
avoidance cutouts today during our two

982
00:44:28,309 --> 00:44:26,040
hour window on the team

983
00:44:29,930 --> 00:44:28,319
um found the right time to go because of

984
00:44:32,510 --> 00:44:29,940
our our ability to Screen through all

985
00:44:35,569 --> 00:44:32,520
that uh

986
00:44:37,849 --> 00:44:35,579
we are heading outbound through the Van

987
00:44:39,910 --> 00:44:37,859
Allen radiation belts those are high

988
00:44:42,950 --> 00:44:39,920
periods of radiate concentration

989
00:44:45,290 --> 00:44:42,960
concentrated radiation we are flying

990
00:44:47,030 --> 00:44:45,300
outbound past the Earth's magnetic field

991
00:44:49,550 --> 00:44:47,040
into the deep space environment where it

992
00:44:51,890 --> 00:44:49,560
gets extremely cold the spacecraft loves

993
00:44:54,109 --> 00:44:51,900
the fly tail the Sun for thermal and

994
00:44:57,650 --> 00:44:54,119
power production and and we've we've

995
00:45:00,829 --> 00:44:57,660
demonstrated all of that now we've got a

996
00:45:02,329 --> 00:45:00,839
lot of of in-space propulsive Maneuvers

997
00:45:04,309 --> 00:45:02,339
ahead of us we'll demonstrate the

998
00:45:06,410 --> 00:45:04,319
service module we'll demonstrate deep

999
00:45:07,690 --> 00:45:06,420
space command and control using the deep

1000
00:45:11,690 --> 00:45:07,700
space Network

1001
00:45:13,069 --> 00:45:11,700
and and then we've got a set up for the

1002
00:45:15,710 --> 00:45:13,079
second part of our Priority One

1003
00:45:17,750 --> 00:45:15,720
objective on the way home which is the

1004
00:45:21,050 --> 00:45:17,760
directory entry of our brand new

1005
00:45:24,470 --> 00:45:21,060
spacecraft with a a new heat shield

1006
00:45:27,230 --> 00:45:24,480
design and then recover it so we've

1007
00:45:29,089 --> 00:45:27,240
we've bought down a lot of risk today

1008
00:45:31,609 --> 00:45:29,099
but we've got a lot of mission ahead of

1009
00:45:34,730 --> 00:45:31,619
us as I said at the outset we are on day

1010
00:45:36,290 --> 00:45:34,740
one of a 22 Six-Day Mission and I don't

1011
00:45:38,329 --> 00:45:36,300
know Howard if you have anything to add

1012
00:45:39,950 --> 00:45:38,339
to that yeah maybe I'll just add a

1013
00:45:41,870 --> 00:45:39,960
couple more things you know Mike that

1014
00:45:43,490 --> 00:45:41,880
was a great recap you know certainly

1015
00:45:45,650 --> 00:45:43,500
going outbound we're going to be testing

1016
00:45:47,450 --> 00:45:45,660
both engines our main engine and of

1017
00:45:49,190 --> 00:45:47,460
course our auxiliary set of engines as

1018
00:45:50,690 --> 00:45:49,200
well so that'll be very important as we

1019
00:45:52,670 --> 00:45:50,700
do all these correction Maneuvers and

1020
00:45:53,870 --> 00:45:52,680
the big Burns and of course the thermal

1021
00:45:56,210 --> 00:45:53,880
environment that we're going to see in

1022
00:45:58,430 --> 00:45:56,220
deep space is going to be always going

1023
00:46:00,230 --> 00:45:58,440
to be a challenge and and uh we're going

1024
00:46:02,990 --> 00:46:00,240
to correlate our models and get the data

1025
00:46:04,609 --> 00:46:03,000
that we need from all our sensors and

1026
00:46:06,170 --> 00:46:04,619
certainly when we come back and do a

1027
00:46:08,829 --> 00:46:06,180
re-entry our parachutes we've done a lot

1028
00:46:10,970 --> 00:46:08,839
of testing on the parachutes you know 27

1029
00:46:13,670 --> 00:46:10,980
qualification and development tests

1030
00:46:16,190 --> 00:46:13,680
alone and so I think you know showing

1031
00:46:18,109 --> 00:46:16,200
that at those re-entry speeds and

1032
00:46:20,210 --> 00:46:18,119
slowing the vehicle down so we have a

1033
00:46:22,790 --> 00:46:20,220
nice touchdown 20 miles per hour will be

1034
00:46:25,250 --> 00:46:22,800
a great day so all those things will be

1035
00:46:28,609 --> 00:46:25,260
really important as we learn and go

1036
00:46:36,230 --> 00:46:31,069
Lauren grush with Bloomberg

1037
00:46:39,589 --> 00:46:38,270
hi Lauren gresh with Bloomberg I'm just

1038
00:46:41,329 --> 00:46:39,599
wondering if you got more details from

1039
00:46:44,210 --> 00:46:41,339
the range about that ethernet switch

1040
00:46:46,069 --> 00:46:44,220
that gave us all trouble and why did

1041
00:46:47,990 --> 00:46:46,079
that crop up during what seemed like a

1042
00:46:53,030 --> 00:46:48,000
pretty critical part of the countdown

1043
00:46:56,690 --> 00:46:55,670
Lauren I'll tell you what I know on on

1044
00:47:01,390 --> 00:46:56,700
the um

1045
00:47:05,329 --> 00:47:01,400
the switch it was required to

1046
00:47:08,990 --> 00:47:05,339
take the some of the remote range Safety

1047
00:47:11,690 --> 00:47:09,000
Systems and and process that at their

1048
00:47:13,849 --> 00:47:11,700
Control Center and they had a a computer

1049
00:47:16,849 --> 00:47:13,859
problem at the range I'd

1050
00:47:18,770 --> 00:47:16,859
I think I would direct that question

1051
00:47:21,050 --> 00:47:18,780
more towards the space force in the

1052
00:47:22,910 --> 00:47:21,060
range because that that is not a NASA

1053
00:47:25,490 --> 00:47:22,920
system I don't know Mike if you have

1054
00:47:27,530 --> 00:47:25,500
anything to add on that but but it was a

1055
00:47:28,730 --> 00:47:27,540
system required for Public Safety and in

1056
00:47:30,950 --> 00:47:28,740
range safety

1057
00:47:33,410 --> 00:47:30,960
and I think you got it it was basically

1058
00:47:35,450 --> 00:47:33,420
an ethernet switch that allowed them to

1059
00:47:38,030 --> 00:47:35,460
tie in data from their remote sites into

1060
00:47:39,650 --> 00:47:38,040
their into their Central Hub

1061
00:47:41,990 --> 00:47:39,660
um you know obviously they didn't expect

1062
00:47:43,609 --> 00:47:42,000
to lose it at that time it was at an

1063
00:47:46,309 --> 00:47:43,619
important time but they also recovered

1064
00:47:47,930 --> 00:47:46,319
from it you know um well and enabled us

1065
00:47:50,510 --> 00:47:47,940
to have a launch today so while it was

1066
00:47:52,309 --> 00:47:50,520
unfortunate and untimely it was also

1067
00:47:54,170 --> 00:47:52,319
well handled and allowed us to get to a

1068
00:47:56,990 --> 00:47:54,180
launch so yeah you know kudos to them

1069
00:47:58,550 --> 00:47:57,000
yeah I I I think that is a key aspect of

1070
00:48:00,829 --> 00:47:58,560
what we saw today was the partnership

1071
00:48:04,430 --> 00:48:00,839
between the range and NASA Kennedy Space

1072
00:48:06,650 --> 00:48:04,440
Center and the the firing room they

1073
00:48:10,550 --> 00:48:06,660
raised their hand very quickly and said

1074
00:48:11,530 --> 00:48:10,560
we've got an issue here and and we need

1075
00:48:14,390 --> 00:48:11,540
to

1076
00:48:17,210 --> 00:48:14,400
recover this before we can say that we

1077
00:48:21,170 --> 00:48:17,220
can safely and responsibly launch and

1078
00:48:24,170 --> 00:48:21,180
they coordinated that with a very close

1079
00:48:27,170 --> 00:48:24,180
coordination with our launch director

1080
00:48:28,910 --> 00:48:27,180
Charlie in in firing room one and they

1081
00:48:31,550 --> 00:48:28,920
gave an estimate as to

1082
00:48:33,470 --> 00:48:31,560
when they could recover and they were

1083
00:48:34,970 --> 00:48:33,480
very close to it and they worked through

1084
00:48:37,430 --> 00:48:34,980
it very methodically and they told us

1085
00:48:39,410 --> 00:48:37,440
every step of the way where they were in

1086
00:48:42,470 --> 00:48:39,420
terms of the recovery and then that

1087
00:48:45,349 --> 00:48:42,480
allowed our launch operations team to

1088
00:48:47,930 --> 00:48:45,359
pick up a time very close to our

1089
00:48:51,530 --> 00:48:47,940
intended launch window open time I think

1090
00:48:53,210 --> 00:48:51,540
that the real delay that you know we

1091
00:48:56,030 --> 00:48:53,220
didn't go quite a window open but we

1092
00:48:57,950 --> 00:48:56,040
went within the first hour really was a

1093
00:48:59,990 --> 00:48:57,960
byproduct of needing to send the red

1094
00:49:03,290 --> 00:49:00,000
crew out to the to the pad and we had

1095
00:49:05,690 --> 00:49:03,300
the halt some of the um of the loading

1096
00:49:07,190 --> 00:49:05,700
operations and then in the interest of

1097
00:49:10,010 --> 00:49:07,200
safety for those people they were going

1098
00:49:11,270 --> 00:49:10,020
into a hazardous environment but in in

1099
00:49:12,650 --> 00:49:11,280
the interest of controlling the

1100
00:49:14,990 --> 00:49:12,660
environment as much as you could we had

1101
00:49:17,210 --> 00:49:15,000
to Halt that operation which intend in

1102
00:49:20,030 --> 00:49:17,220
turn kind of slowed the um the launch

1103
00:49:22,550 --> 00:49:20,040
countdown and and cryo loading and

1104
00:49:26,329 --> 00:49:22,560
getting specifically the upper stage

1105
00:49:28,490 --> 00:49:26,339
fully configured so that again seen that

1106
00:49:30,770 --> 00:49:28,500
choreography between the space force on

1107
00:49:32,510 --> 00:49:30,780
the Range side and the NASA team and

1108
00:49:34,250 --> 00:49:32,520
firing room one I think was was

1109
00:49:35,990 --> 00:49:34,260
extremely well handled today and our

1110
00:49:40,790 --> 00:49:36,000
hats off to the space Forester working

1111
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:43,450
in front

1112
00:49:48,109 --> 00:49:46,609
it's uh Richard Knuckles from Skye

1113
00:49:49,430 --> 00:49:48,119
um I've gotten a question for Emily

1114
00:49:51,290 --> 00:49:49,440
actually

1115
00:49:53,809 --> 00:49:51,300
um so Bill talks about the legacy of

1116
00:49:56,450 --> 00:49:53,819
this program and one thing which really

1117
00:49:58,190 --> 00:49:56,460
has struck me um talking to the a lot of

1118
00:50:01,430 --> 00:49:58,200
the engineers is the amount of women

1119
00:50:03,349 --> 00:50:01,440
involved in in the behind the scenes in

1120
00:50:05,750 --> 00:50:03,359
the Artemis program

1121
00:50:09,170 --> 00:50:05,760
um as you were watching the launch it

1122
00:50:11,809 --> 00:50:09,180
must have been an immense Pride you know

1123
00:50:13,430 --> 00:50:11,819
watching Charlie doing I think can you

1124
00:50:16,490 --> 00:50:13,440
just talk about the emotions you felt

1125
00:50:18,770 --> 00:50:16,500
and how it feels to be part of this

1126
00:50:21,550 --> 00:50:18,780
Artemis program

1127
00:50:24,950 --> 00:50:21,560
certainly I mean I think my

1128
00:50:27,230 --> 00:50:24,960
emotions are are matched pretty well not

1129
00:50:29,030 --> 00:50:27,240
only by everybody at this table but

1130
00:50:30,230 --> 00:50:29,040
probably everybody who was watching it

1131
00:50:31,790 --> 00:50:30,240
whether they were working it or not

1132
00:50:32,809 --> 00:50:31,800
there's an enormous amount of pride

1133
00:50:35,030 --> 00:50:32,819
there's

1134
00:50:35,690 --> 00:50:35,040
a great deal of awe

1135
00:50:39,050 --> 00:50:35,700
um

1136
00:50:40,849 --> 00:50:39,060
and that pride is not only in the

1137
00:50:42,530 --> 00:50:40,859
individuals that we know and our friends

1138
00:50:43,690 --> 00:50:42,540
who have worked so hard over the number

1139
00:50:46,730 --> 00:50:43,700
of years

1140
00:50:50,329 --> 00:50:46,740
who have gotten this opportunity to

1141
00:50:52,190 --> 00:50:50,339
contribute to this great Mission but

1142
00:50:54,530 --> 00:50:52,200
um also just in the fact that we

1143
00:50:56,829 --> 00:50:54,540
together have gotten to this place where

1144
00:51:00,290 --> 00:50:56,839
we're going back

1145
00:51:02,510 --> 00:51:00,300
I wasn't here yet the last time we went

1146
00:51:05,150 --> 00:51:02,520
and so it's

1147
00:51:06,530 --> 00:51:05,160
it's really exciting to for my

1148
00:51:08,690 --> 00:51:06,540
generation and for the Artemis

1149
00:51:10,910 --> 00:51:08,700
generation to get the opportunity to go

1150
00:51:13,730 --> 00:51:10,920
to the moon and Beyond

1151
00:51:16,370 --> 00:51:13,740
um the fact that if you watch if you see

1152
00:51:18,589 --> 00:51:16,380
the photos and and imagery from the last

1153
00:51:20,150 --> 00:51:18,599
time we were there the diversity of the

1154
00:51:21,950 --> 00:51:20,160
workforce the diversity of the people

1155
00:51:24,770 --> 00:51:21,960
who had the opportunity to contribute

1156
00:51:26,870 --> 00:51:24,780
was maybe not quite where it is today I

1157
00:51:30,650 --> 00:51:26,880
think that's a point of Pride

1158
00:51:32,690 --> 00:51:30,660
um and but it's in no way surprising

1159
00:51:35,630 --> 00:51:32,700
because I think we've all grown in that

1160
00:51:37,190 --> 00:51:35,640
direction as well and so um when I was

1161
00:51:40,190 --> 00:51:37,200
interviewing to become a flight director

1162
00:51:41,990 --> 00:51:40,200
15 years ago I made a little bit of a

1163
00:51:43,609 --> 00:51:42,000
faux pas saying I really wanted to be

1164
00:51:45,049 --> 00:51:43,619
here and be a flight director when we

1165
00:51:47,089 --> 00:51:45,059
went back to the moon and at the time

1166
00:51:48,790 --> 00:51:47,099
that was considered well you can't stay

1167
00:51:52,370 --> 00:51:48,800
in the flight director office that long

1168
00:51:54,230 --> 00:51:52,380
so I'm pretty glad I stuck around

1169
00:51:56,390 --> 00:51:54,240
if I could I might just add to that so

1170
00:51:58,130 --> 00:51:56,400
you know um Charlie's obviously a

1171
00:52:01,670 --> 00:51:58,140
beloved member of our team she's the

1172
00:52:04,130 --> 00:52:01,680
leader of our of our launch Team I had a

1173
00:52:06,109 --> 00:52:04,140
tie earlier today most most Charlie

1174
00:52:08,150 --> 00:52:06,119
wears green on launch day Charlie has

1175
00:52:11,750 --> 00:52:08,160
something green she desert nails green

1176
00:52:14,030 --> 00:52:11,760
and so the guys wore green ties today

1177
00:52:16,849 --> 00:52:14,040
you know just to kind of support Charlie

1178
00:52:19,010 --> 00:52:16,859
and and if it's your first launch in a

1179
00:52:21,230 --> 00:52:19,020
new position in the firing room after

1180
00:52:22,549 --> 00:52:21,240
the launch she cuts your tie and so I

1181
00:52:24,650 --> 00:52:22,559
don't have a tie today because she cut

1182
00:52:26,329 --> 00:52:24,660
my green tie and there were a lot of

1183
00:52:28,430 --> 00:52:26,339
green ties getting cut it was really in

1184
00:52:30,290 --> 00:52:28,440
support of a pretty amazing member of

1185
00:52:32,089 --> 00:52:30,300
our team it has happened to be a female

1186
00:52:34,130 --> 00:52:32,099
yeah

1187
00:52:35,329 --> 00:52:34,140
thank you both next up we have a

1188
00:52:40,130 --> 00:52:35,339
question on the phones from David

1189
00:52:44,150 --> 00:52:42,109
thank you Jackie

1190
00:52:46,849 --> 00:52:44,160
thanks Surf and can you talk a little

1191
00:52:49,549 --> 00:52:46,859
bit more about Day 26

1192
00:52:51,290 --> 00:52:49,559
um that's your primary

1193
00:52:53,150 --> 00:52:51,300
um goal on this Mission and the heat

1194
00:52:54,710 --> 00:52:53,160
shield how you feeling about it what

1195
00:52:57,049 --> 00:52:54,720
will you be thinking over the next 25

1196
00:52:59,690 --> 00:52:57,059
days

1197
00:53:02,270 --> 00:52:59,700
yeah David thank you for that question

1198
00:53:05,270 --> 00:53:02,280
um you know is is I said at the outset

1199
00:53:08,870 --> 00:53:05,280
we've bought down half of our Priority

1200
00:53:10,809 --> 00:53:08,880
One already through the rocket setting

1201
00:53:14,329 --> 00:53:10,819
up those initial conditions

1202
00:53:17,690 --> 00:53:14,339
we do have a a long

1203
00:53:20,150 --> 00:53:17,700
four-week Mission ahead of us and we're

1204
00:53:24,470 --> 00:53:20,160
just going to work it day by day and we

1205
00:53:25,849 --> 00:53:24,480
need to work it with vigilance and we

1206
00:53:27,170 --> 00:53:25,859
are going to do some extraordinarily

1207
00:53:30,410 --> 00:53:27,180
hard stuff

1208
00:53:32,150 --> 00:53:30,420
we're going to fly within 62 miles of

1209
00:53:34,670 --> 00:53:32,160
the surface of the Moon and use a lunar

1210
00:53:36,890 --> 00:53:34,680
gravity assist to insert us into what is

1211
00:53:39,290 --> 00:53:36,900
called the distant retrograde orbit and

1212
00:53:41,390 --> 00:53:39,300
then shake down the spacecraft while

1213
00:53:44,930 --> 00:53:41,400
it's out there and then on the return

1214
00:53:47,410 --> 00:53:44,940
fly another 62 miles from the surface of

1215
00:53:50,210 --> 00:53:47,420
the Moon and use a lunar gravity assist

1216
00:53:53,270 --> 00:53:50,220
to to send us back to Earth and we need

1217
00:53:55,549 --> 00:53:53,280
to do it with enough Precision that we

1218
00:53:57,530 --> 00:53:55,559
hit from a quarter Million Miles Away

1219
00:53:59,510 --> 00:53:57,540
that is essentially our deorbit maneuver

1220
00:54:02,450 --> 00:53:59,520
we need to do it with enough Precision

1221
00:54:04,730 --> 00:54:02,460
that we don't skip back out into

1222
00:54:07,309 --> 00:54:04,740
deep space or that we don't come in too

1223
00:54:09,049 --> 00:54:07,319
Steep and over stress the vehicle so

1224
00:54:11,390 --> 00:54:09,059
there's a lot ahead of us we're just

1225
00:54:12,530 --> 00:54:11,400
going to work at that day by day we're

1226
00:54:14,089 --> 00:54:12,540
actually going to share some fun stuff

1227
00:54:16,370 --> 00:54:14,099
along the way we're going to share image

1228
00:54:20,390 --> 00:54:16,380
imagery similar to what we did earlier

1229
00:54:22,490 --> 00:54:20,400
today of you know kind of first shots of

1230
00:54:24,130 --> 00:54:22,500
um the the Earth from the spacecraft

1231
00:54:26,390 --> 00:54:24,140
we're going to share

1232
00:54:28,609 --> 00:54:26,400
imagery from inside the cockpit we're

1233
00:54:30,349 --> 00:54:28,619
going to share imagery close-up of the

1234
00:54:33,589 --> 00:54:30,359
moon but there's a lot of hard stuff

1235
00:54:36,589 --> 00:54:33,599
that we've got to demonstrate and at the

1236
00:54:38,030 --> 00:54:36,599
tail end kind of our Capstone is going

1237
00:54:41,210 --> 00:54:38,040
to be the high speed reentry we're going

1238
00:54:42,410 --> 00:54:41,220
to come back at Mach 32 or 24 500 miles

1239
00:54:46,069 --> 00:54:42,420
an hour we're going to slow that

1240
00:54:49,430 --> 00:54:46,079
spacecraft in about 20 minutes as it as

1241
00:54:51,470 --> 00:54:49,440
it goes from entry interface to subsonic

1242
00:54:53,990 --> 00:54:51,480
and parachute deployment and then splash

1243
00:54:57,349 --> 00:54:54,000
down on the Pacific

1244
00:55:01,549 --> 00:54:57,359
when we get to that point it will signal

1245
00:55:04,430 --> 00:55:01,559
the arrival of our deep spacecraft and

1246
00:55:07,549 --> 00:55:04,440
human transportation and it will show

1247
00:55:09,049 --> 00:55:07,559
that we've got a capability in place in

1248
00:55:11,210 --> 00:55:09,059
combination with the rocket that we've

1249
00:55:13,130 --> 00:55:11,220
already demonstrated that puts us on a

1250
00:55:17,569 --> 00:55:13,140
path to accomplish the rest of the

1251
00:55:19,370 --> 00:55:17,579
Artemis manifest in front of us so again

1252
00:55:23,109 --> 00:55:19,380
we've got to take it day by day we're

1253
00:55:25,549 --> 00:55:23,119
going to learn stuff as we go we've got

1254
00:55:28,309 --> 00:55:25,559
thousands and thousands of measurements

1255
00:55:29,569 --> 00:55:28,319
in data and in engineering measurements

1256
00:55:31,930 --> 00:55:29,579
we're going to take along the way to

1257
00:55:33,770 --> 00:55:31,940
ensure that we understand the margins

1258
00:55:36,109 --> 00:55:33,780
and and

1259
00:55:37,849 --> 00:55:36,119
um and if they're a little bit less than

1260
00:55:39,589 --> 00:55:37,859
we thought they were we need to take

1261
00:55:41,450 --> 00:55:39,599
those into account before we put humans

1262
00:55:44,089 --> 00:55:41,460
on board so we're going to learn a lot

1263
00:55:46,210 --> 00:55:44,099
from this Mission and um and if we're

1264
00:55:48,829 --> 00:55:46,220
lucky and we fly right down the middle

1265
00:55:50,990 --> 00:55:48,839
that'll be a great day and if we we

1266
00:55:52,849 --> 00:55:51,000
learn from it that's goes back to why

1267
00:55:57,950 --> 00:55:52,859
we're having an uncrewed test flight and

1268
00:55:59,750 --> 00:55:57,960
why we purposefully set up an uncrewed

1269
00:56:03,770 --> 00:55:59,760
Mission before we we're going to fly

1270
00:56:07,910 --> 00:56:06,290
things make we're running up on our hour

1271
00:56:11,870 --> 00:56:07,920
but we do have time for a couple more

1272
00:56:14,450 --> 00:56:11,880
questions in the room here in front

1273
00:56:15,589 --> 00:56:14,460
John zurala for my radar a couple of

1274
00:56:16,849 --> 00:56:15,599
things

1275
00:56:20,150 --> 00:56:16,859
um

1276
00:56:24,410 --> 00:56:20,160
how much do you lose by not flying the

1277
00:56:26,210 --> 00:56:24,420
40 days plus you're down to 25 days uh

1278
00:56:28,790 --> 00:56:26,220
indeed you have the mannequins on board

1279
00:56:30,349 --> 00:56:28,800
and you're Gathering all this data for

1280
00:56:31,609 --> 00:56:30,359
anybody who wants to answer that and the

1281
00:56:34,190 --> 00:56:31,619
other one was over the course of the

1282
00:56:36,430 --> 00:56:34,200
months we've talked to so many folks on

1283
00:56:38,930 --> 00:56:36,440
your team who have been with the program

1284
00:56:39,970 --> 00:56:38,940
since the very beginning more than 10

1285
00:56:43,730 --> 00:56:39,980
years

1286
00:56:46,309 --> 00:56:43,740
what do you have to say the long timers

1287
00:56:48,049 --> 00:56:46,319
out there who persevered and as you said

1288
00:56:52,630 --> 00:56:48,059
Mr administrator it's been a long time

1289
00:56:56,569 --> 00:56:55,069
go ahead start okay well I'll answer

1290
00:56:59,809 --> 00:56:56,579
John I'll answer your second question

1291
00:57:01,370 --> 00:56:59,819
I'm a long timer uh myself and I've been

1292
00:57:03,410 --> 00:57:01,380
with the Orion program since the very

1293
00:57:05,569 --> 00:57:03,420
beginning I would say to my colleagues

1294
00:57:07,730 --> 00:57:05,579
and the people that came before me I

1295
00:57:10,190 --> 00:57:07,740
mean it has it is obviously a historic

1296
00:57:13,430 --> 00:57:10,200
day for us we've uh dreamed about this

1297
00:57:15,770 --> 00:57:13,440
day we've worked very hard uh persevered

1298
00:57:17,990 --> 00:57:15,780
through a lot of challenges not only you

1299
00:57:20,750 --> 00:57:18,000
know weather and other things changes in

1300
00:57:22,549 --> 00:57:20,760
terms of administration and such

1301
00:57:24,049 --> 00:57:22,559
um but you know it represents it

1302
00:57:25,549 --> 00:57:24,059
represents I think John said it very

1303
00:57:27,829 --> 00:57:25,559
well you know the hardware is the

1304
00:57:30,349 --> 00:57:27,839
hardware on perform it's a people across

1305
00:57:33,349 --> 00:57:30,359
the country and in fact in Europe as

1306
00:57:36,049 --> 00:57:33,359
well working with us uh spending long

1307
00:57:38,690 --> 00:57:36,059
hours trying to make this uh Endeavor

1308
00:57:41,630 --> 00:57:38,700
happen and I think it's a very proud

1309
00:57:44,030 --> 00:57:41,640
moment and I look at what we did today

1310
00:57:46,069 --> 00:57:44,040
and I reflect back upon you know all the

1311
00:57:48,770 --> 00:57:46,079
late nights and the long hours we work

1312
00:57:51,109 --> 00:57:48,780
together uh with all all the people that

1313
00:57:53,450 --> 00:57:51,119
across the country like I said in in

1314
00:57:54,950 --> 00:57:53,460
Europe trying to make this happen and we

1315
00:57:56,690 --> 00:57:54,960
should all be proud of what we've

1316
00:57:59,030 --> 00:57:56,700
accomplished so far but we've got a ways

1317
00:58:00,710 --> 00:57:59,040
to go and each day is going to be very

1318
00:58:02,569 --> 00:58:00,720
important for us in this Mission because

1319
00:58:04,790 --> 00:58:02,579
I think we're going to learn a lot as we

1320
00:58:07,010 --> 00:58:04,800
go forward so that that's how I would

1321
00:58:08,930 --> 00:58:07,020
respond to that part of the question

1322
00:58:10,730 --> 00:58:08,940
yeah yeah and I I would agree with

1323
00:58:13,790 --> 00:58:10,740
Howard perseverance is the word of the

1324
00:58:15,770 --> 00:58:13,800
day here this this team up here and and

1325
00:58:17,930 --> 00:58:15,780
and the folks that they represent have

1326
00:58:21,230 --> 00:58:17,940
had to persevere through through quite a

1327
00:58:23,089 --> 00:58:21,240
lot over the years and um and months and

1328
00:58:27,290 --> 00:58:23,099
months and months of preparation and

1329
00:58:29,930 --> 00:58:27,300
testing and and coding and and just

1330
00:58:32,750 --> 00:58:29,940
understanding on the ground what the

1331
00:58:36,650 --> 00:58:32,760
systems are are capable of

1332
00:58:40,390 --> 00:58:36,660
um are representative of where we got to

1333
00:58:43,630 --> 00:58:40,400
today but in terms of whether we lose

1334
00:58:47,750 --> 00:58:43,640
objectives through a

1335
00:58:49,270 --> 00:58:47,760
26-day mission instead of a a 40 to 42

1336
00:58:53,329 --> 00:58:49,280
day Mission

1337
00:58:56,809 --> 00:58:53,339
it is in the margins of of extra data

1338
00:58:58,490 --> 00:58:56,819
takes the longer time we have out there

1339
00:59:01,190 --> 00:58:58,500
in the distant retrograde orbit allows

1340
00:59:03,170 --> 00:59:01,200
us to get more data but we would still

1341
00:59:07,190 --> 00:59:03,180
accomplish all the objectives when when

1342
00:59:10,309 --> 00:59:07,200
we baselined the Artemis One mission

1343
00:59:13,490 --> 00:59:10,319
it was originally just the 42 I'm sorry

1344
00:59:14,630 --> 00:59:13,500
just a 26 day Mission and when we

1345
00:59:17,210 --> 00:59:14,640
started looking at the mission

1346
00:59:18,829 --> 00:59:17,220
availability we realized that we

1347
00:59:21,170 --> 00:59:18,839
couldn't launch as frequently as we

1348
00:59:23,870 --> 00:59:21,180
would like the the launch availability

1349
00:59:25,430 --> 00:59:23,880
was roughly one week per month and we

1350
00:59:26,750 --> 00:59:25,440
asked the team can you come up with a

1351
00:59:28,370 --> 00:59:26,760
solution to improve our mission

1352
00:59:30,109 --> 00:59:28,380
availability and they came up with what

1353
00:59:31,370 --> 00:59:30,119
we call a variable Mission ration we've

1354
00:59:34,370 --> 00:59:31,380
got a short class and a long class

1355
00:59:36,589 --> 00:59:34,380
Mission and in the middle you extend the

1356
00:59:37,789 --> 00:59:36,599
stay about the moon in the distant

1357
00:59:39,410 --> 00:59:37,799
retrograde orbit and that actually

1358
00:59:41,329 --> 00:59:39,420
doubled our mission availability so we

1359
00:59:44,569 --> 00:59:41,339
could launch roughly uh two weeks per

1360
00:59:46,730 --> 00:59:44,579
month or roughly half the month and that

1361
00:59:51,049 --> 00:59:46,740
was seen as a win in terms of mission

1362
00:59:55,250 --> 00:59:51,059
availability and also in terms of you

1363
00:59:59,630 --> 00:59:55,260
know buying down risk but you know it

1364
01:00:01,990 --> 00:59:59,640
we're we're flying a 26-day mission and

1365
01:00:05,390 --> 01:00:02,000
that is originally what we had intended

1366
01:00:08,089 --> 01:00:05,400
uh it just gives us fewer day to take

1367
01:00:10,190 --> 01:00:08,099
opportunities for you know whole host of

1368
01:00:11,510 --> 01:00:10,200
things but we we are confident that in

1369
01:00:12,589 --> 01:00:11,520
the time frame that we're talking about

1370
01:00:14,569 --> 01:00:12,599
flying that we can get enough

1371
01:00:18,289 --> 01:00:14,579
engineering data to say that we can fly

1372
01:00:22,970 --> 01:00:19,609
thank you very much I think we have time

1373
01:00:27,049 --> 01:00:25,010
not hearing any in the room so we have

1374
01:00:31,609 --> 01:00:27,059
one more on the phones with Jim McKenna

1375
01:00:37,930 --> 01:00:35,990
uh thanks uh very much um

1376
01:00:40,849 --> 01:00:37,940
for Mike

1377
01:00:42,829 --> 01:00:40,859
uh and you may have already addressed

1378
01:00:45,470 --> 01:00:42,839
this but what's the next big milestone

1379
01:00:48,589 --> 01:00:45,480
that will uh

1380
01:00:53,569 --> 01:00:48,599
affirm your confidence that you're

1381
01:00:56,870 --> 01:00:53,579
writing down the risk of the mission and

1382
01:00:59,809 --> 01:00:56,880
the uh and the vehicle and also I think

1383
01:01:03,530 --> 01:00:59,819
for Emily uh when does the Orion arrive

1384
01:01:08,870 --> 01:01:07,309
okay Emily do you want to start

1385
01:01:10,549 --> 01:01:08,880
I don't think I have that particular

1386
01:01:11,930 --> 01:01:10,559
piece of date let me see if I can

1387
01:01:13,670 --> 01:01:11,940
remember it you go first and I'll see if

1388
01:01:15,650 --> 01:01:13,680
I can remember it I might be able to

1389
01:01:20,210 --> 01:01:15,660
help you on both accounts so

1390
01:01:21,890 --> 01:01:20,220
um in terms of the next big milestone

1391
01:01:23,569 --> 01:01:21,900
um it would be what we call the outbound

1392
01:01:25,730 --> 01:01:23,579
trajectory correction maneuver which

1393
01:01:27,109 --> 01:01:25,740
would be the first firing of the

1394
01:01:29,210 --> 01:01:27,119
propulsion system on the Orion

1395
01:01:32,390 --> 01:01:29,220
spacecraft the service module we have

1396
01:01:34,730 --> 01:01:32,400
purposely have a 30 second firing of the

1397
01:01:35,450 --> 01:01:34,740
service module engine and that happens

1398
01:01:37,190 --> 01:01:35,460
um

1399
01:01:40,069 --> 01:01:37,200
just under eight hours into the mission

1400
01:01:41,990 --> 01:01:40,079
so seven hours 47 minutes into the

1401
01:01:43,250 --> 01:01:42,000
mission and then

1402
01:01:48,789 --> 01:01:43,260
um

1403
01:01:54,410 --> 01:01:51,349
when do we arrive at the district report

1404
01:01:56,569 --> 01:01:54,420
I've got it here give me just a second

1405
01:01:58,190 --> 01:01:56,579
definitely a week yeah

1406
01:01:59,690 --> 01:01:58,200
and then we spend about a week in the

1407
01:02:00,770 --> 01:01:59,700
orbit and then we spend about a week

1408
01:02:02,510 --> 01:02:00,780
coming home

1409
01:02:04,740 --> 01:02:02,520
there's a reason I write this stuff down

1410
01:02:15,890 --> 01:02:04,750
Jim hang on just a second

1411
01:02:19,670 --> 01:02:18,109
we actually issue memos on this while

1412
01:02:26,510 --> 01:02:19,680
I'm stalling for times just to keep

1413
01:02:29,930 --> 01:02:27,829
this is

1414
01:02:42,530 --> 01:02:29,940
I will find a gym here hang on just

1415
01:02:49,789 --> 01:02:45,470
all right so

1416
01:02:54,109 --> 01:02:49,799
outbound powered flyby is on the 21st

1417
01:02:55,730 --> 01:02:54,119
it's 744 eastern time in the morning so

1418
01:02:59,030 --> 01:02:55,740
that is the first of the two maneuver

1419
01:03:01,130 --> 01:02:59,040
sequence that does that lunar fly by in

1420
01:03:04,010 --> 01:03:01,140
the slingshot of 62 miles from the

1421
01:03:05,690 --> 01:03:04,020
surface of the Moon

1422
01:03:07,730 --> 01:03:05,700
um we do that behind the Moon by the way

1423
01:03:09,109 --> 01:03:07,740
so we're not going to see it until after

1424
01:03:11,630 --> 01:03:09,119
the maneuver is complete so we're kind

1425
01:03:13,250 --> 01:03:11,640
of blind and we'll we'll when we get

1426
01:03:14,809 --> 01:03:13,260
acquisition a signal on the spacecraft

1427
01:03:16,370 --> 01:03:14,819
afterward we'll we'll know that the

1428
01:03:20,270 --> 01:03:16,380
maneuver was successful

1429
01:03:22,370 --> 01:03:20,280
and then the second of the Maneuvers for

1430
01:03:25,370 --> 01:03:22,380
the distant retrograde insertion is on

1431
01:03:29,569 --> 01:03:25,380
the 25th so that I guess that's the day

1432
01:03:32,809 --> 01:03:29,579
after Thanksgiving at uh 4 52 p.m I hope

1433
01:03:37,670 --> 01:03:34,970
all right thank you all so much that's

1434
01:03:39,470 --> 01:03:37,680
all the time we have this morning but

1435
01:03:41,630 --> 01:03:39,480
the artist was one mission is just

1436
01:03:44,089 --> 01:03:41,640
beginning in just a few hours we'll have

1437
01:03:46,010 --> 01:03:44,099
live TV coverage and commentary of

1438
01:03:48,470 --> 01:03:46,020
Orion's first outbound trajectory burn

1439
01:03:53,630 --> 01:03:48,480
that Mike just mentioned so stay tuned

1440
01:03:55,670 --> 01:03:53,640
at nasa.gov live and go Artemis

1441
01:03:58,309 --> 01:03:55,680
sounds of pressure water now flowing

1442
01:04:01,370 --> 01:03:58,319
under the ml

1443
01:04:06,349 --> 01:04:01,380
and here we go and hydrogen burnoff

1444
01:04:10,030 --> 01:04:06,359
igniters initiate seven six five four

1445
01:04:12,349 --> 01:04:10,040
stage engine start three two one

1446
01:04:15,349 --> 01:04:12,359
booster's indignation

1447
01:04:26,390 --> 01:04:15,359
and liftoff of Artemis one we rise

1448
01:04:31,010 --> 01:04:29,089
R4 rs25 engines on the four stage and

1449
01:04:46,670 --> 01:04:31,020
two solid rocket boosters now propelling

1450
01:04:52,490 --> 01:04:50,089
well in my left hand I have a feather

1451
01:04:54,589 --> 01:04:52,500
for my right hand a hammer and I guess

1452
01:04:56,750 --> 01:04:54,599
one of the reasons uh we got here today

1453
01:04:58,670 --> 01:04:56,760
was because of a gentleman named Galileo

1454
01:05:01,010 --> 01:04:58,680
a long time ago who made a rather

1455
01:05:03,589 --> 01:05:01,020
significant discovery about falling