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>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO
THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
I'M WITH NASA COMMUNICATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS
POST DOCKING BRIEFING.
JUST MOMENTS AGO, ASTRONAUTS BOB
AND DOUG WHO WENT TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WITH US, JIM BRIDENSTINE, THE
NASA ADMINISTRATOR, AND SHELL
LINGREN, A NASA ASTRONAUT.
FIRST UP, OUR NASA 
ADMINISTRATOR, JIM BRIDENSTINE.
>> THANK YOU, I WANT TO SAY
CONGRATULATION TOTS NASA TEAM
AND THE SPACE EX-'EM TEAM, AND
REALLY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THIS HAS BEEN AMAZING TWO DAYS.
WEAVE A MISSION IN FRONT OF
US, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE BRING BOB AND DOUG HOME
SAFELY, BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
LAUNCHING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS IN
A BRAND NEW ROCKET.
THIS HAS BEEN DONE FOUR 
TIMES--IT IS ACTUALLY FIVE TIMES
NOW, THIS HAS GONE AS WELL AS WE
COULD HAVE EXPECTED IT TO GO.
I WANT TO SAY A BIG
CONGRATULATIONS TO NASA, A BIG
CONGRATULATIONS TO SPACEX, AND
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
WORKDAY IN AND DAY OUT UNTIL BOB
AND DOUG ARE HOME SAFELY.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO
YOU.
>> THANK YOU, NEXT WE'LL HEAR
FROM MARK, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
IT WAS A TREMENDOUS DAY IN
MISSION CONTROL AS WE WATCHED
THE DRAGON APPROACH AND THEN
DOCK.
WE'VE BEEN LAUNCHING WITH OUR
RUSSIAN PARTNERS FOR SO MANY
YEARS, IT WAS NICE TO SEE
ASTRONAUT ENTER FROM THE U.S.
SIDE OF THE SPACE STATION.
GREAT TO SEE BOB AND DOUG ON
ORBIT.
FOR THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER
IT'S A BIG MOMENT.
WE HAVE THE ASTRONAUTS, MISSION
CONTROL AND WE THINK OF
OURSELVES AS THE SPACECRAFT
EXPERTS FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THIS
PARTICULAR MISSION EXECUTED SO
WELL.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT
CONTINUATION.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM STEVE 
FITCH.
THE DEPUTY DIRECT.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
IT'S AN EXCITING TODAY.
THE LAUNCH YESTERDAY WAS
PHENOMENAL, AND TODAY TO DOCK AT
THE SPACE STATION.
MANY OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING ON
THIS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE
ACROSS NASA, SPACEX, AND ACROSS
THE WHOLE COUNTRY PUTTING IN
TIRELESS HOURS, MISSING TIME
WITH THEIR FAMILIES, HARD WORK
AND DEDICATION TO MAKE TODAY
HAPPEN.
BUT WE'RE JUST THRILLED.
DOCKING HAPPENED JUST BEFORE
9:30 CENTRAL TIME THIS MORNING.
WE GOT THE HATCHES OPEN AT 12:0N
HAPPENING SINCE LAUNCH 4 HOURS
AGO, A RENDEZVOUS TO GET INTO
THIS APPROACH PHASE TODAY.
TODAY WENT REALLY WELL.
WE'RE LEARNING A LOT ABOUT THE
VEHICLE, HOW TO MANAGE IT
THERMALLY.
WATCHING THE LIFE SUPPORT
SYSTEMS FOR THE FIRST TIME OVER
24 HOURS.
THE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS ARE
DOING WELL.
THE CREW GOT INTO THE SUITS
AGAIN TODAY FOR THE RENDEZVOUS
TIMELINE.
THAT WENT WELL.
DRAGON IS PERFORMING EXTREMELY
WELL.
JUST THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND INTO
TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, THE CREW NOW
IS JOINED AS PART OF THE SPACE
STATION CREW.
THERE IS A SAFETY BRIEF GOING ON
TODAY.
THEY'LL GO TO SLEEP AROUND 4:30
THIS AFTERNOON, AND THEN THEY
JOIN THE STATION.
>> NEXT
>> WE WANT TO LEARN AS MUCH AS
WE CAN ABOUT THE DRAGON.
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PROGRAM IS REALLY THE NEXT
MISSION OF THE DRAGON.
WHICH IS THE CREW ONE MISSION
WHICH IS SET UP TO BE A LONG
DURATION FLIGHT.
WE WANT TO LEARN AS MUCH AS WE
CAN AS QUICK AS WE CAN ABOUT
INTHIS VEHICLE.
WHEN THEY GET BACK WE'LL LOOK TO
GETTING THE CREW 1 MISSION ON
BOARD.
WE'LL WAIT FOR THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS, THE NEXT COUPLE OF
MONTHS, WHATEVER IT TURNS OUT TO
BE.
WE'RE OFF TO A GREAT START.
>> THANK YOU, KENNY.
>> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE
TO BE PART OF THIS PHENOMENAL
TEAM.
THIS NASA SPACEX PARTNERSHIP.
UP INCREDIBLEBLY HAPPY FOR BOB
AND DOUG.
FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN
AS A BACKUP TO THIS MISSION.
IT WAS JUST SO COOL TO GET TO
SEE ALL OF THOSE--ALL THAT
TRAINING, THE PROCEDURES, THE
ASSIMILATIONS, ALL KIND OF
CULMINATE, AND IT HAPPENING IN
REALTIME.
SO I'M INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO SEE
BOB AND DOUG GET TO WORK NOW AS
THEY DO THE SPACE STATION
MISSION.
THEN RETURN SAFELY HOME.
I MOW MY COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS
IN THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE ARE
INCREDIBLY EXCITED, TOO.
THIS MISSION REPRESENTS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH FROM U.S.
SOIL IN THE FUTURE.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT MISSION
AND EXCITED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FLY IN THE FUTURE
ON THIS AND OUR OTHER PARTNER
SPACECRAFT.
>> THANK YOU, IF YOU WOULD LIKE
TO ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE STAR 1
AND YOU'LL BE PART OF THE QUEUE.
WE'LL TRY TO GET TO AS MANY
QUESTIONS AS POSSIBLE.
WE'LL ASK ONE QUESTION PER
REPORTER TO GIVE ALL OF THE
MEDIA AS POSSIBLE TO ASK THEIR
QUESTIONS.
PLEASE ASK YOUR QUESTION TO THE
PERSON I WANT TO GET ANSWERS.
WE'LL START WITH OUR FIRST
QUESTION, FROM MARINA.
>> HI, EVERYONE, CONGRATS ON A
SUCCESSFUL DOCKING.
JIM, THIS QUESTION FOR YOU, AS
BOB AND DOUG SLEPT LAST NIGHT,
THE SITUATIONS ON THE GROUND IN
THE UNITED STATES ESCALATED.
YOU SAID THIS WAS MEANT TO UNITE
AMERICA.
IT'S CLEAR THAT A SPACE MISSION,
NOT IN 1969, AND NOT IN 2020.
DO YOU THINK THE MESSAGE HERE
SHOULD CHANGE IN ANY WAY?
HOW CAN WE CELEBRATE AMERICAN
SPACE EXPLORATION WHILE
RECOGNIZING WHAT AMERICANS ARE
GOING THROUGH AT HOME?
>> YES, SO I THINK I'LL HE JUST
SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
YOU KNOW, OUR COUNTRY IS GOING
THROUGH SOME REAL CHALLENGES
RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S TRUE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
UNREST AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, TIMES ARE
REALLY TOUGH.
BUT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TOUGH
TIMES BEFORE.
EVEN IN THOSE TOUGH TIMES, THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS AN
AMAZING ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH
ASTONISHINGLY IMPRESSIVE
ACHIEVEMENTS.
THAT'S WHAT THIS WAS.
I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE
WAS A MOMENT IN TIME YESTERDAY
WHEN THESE TWO ASTRONAUTS
LAUNCHED, AND EVERYONE PAUSED.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT THE
FEATURE COULD BE AND HOW MUCH
BRIGHTER IT COULD BE THAN IT IS
RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT.
AND NASA HAS A HISTORY OF DOING
THESE ASTONISHING THINGS IN
TOUGH TIMES.
IT REQUIRES LEADERSHIP, AND
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE IT.
EVEN IN THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, WE MADE SURE THAT WE
PROTECTED THIS MISSION.
THIS WAS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY
FOR THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
FOR AT LEAST FOR NASA, WE WERE
WATCHING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON
AMERICAN ROCKETS FROM AMERICAN
SOIL.
THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO GET THAT
DONE.
WE MOVED VERY QUICKLY.
WHEN THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
BROKE OUT, WE MOVED QUICKLY TO
MOVE TO STAGE THREE AND THEN
STAGE FOUR.
WE MADE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS
WORRIED FROM HOME.
WE NAMED IT PERSEVERANCE
INTENTIONALLY.
THE MARS PERSEVERANCE MISSION
WILL LAUNCH IN JULY.
YES, THESE ARE VERY UNIFYING
THINGS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HUMAN SPACE
EXPLORATION IT HAS STRONG
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SPACE
EXPLORATION IN GENERAL AND THE
SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY THAT COMES
FROM IT, WHICH IS WHAT WE'LL GET
FROM THE MARS PERSEVERANCE
MISSION.
THESE ARE UNIFYING THINGS,
REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, AND EVEN
INTERNATIONALLY WE GET SUPPORT
FOR THESE KINDS OF ACTIVITIES.
THIS WAS A MOMENT IN TIME FOR
PEOPLE TO REFLECT ABOUT WHAT IS
GREAT ABOUT EXPLORATION, AND
WHAT IS GREAT ABOUT THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, AND WHAT WE
CAN ACHIEVE WHEN WE WORK
TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU, JIM.
OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
STEPHEN CLARK.
>> HI, THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY
QUESTION.
MY QUESTION IS PROBABLY MORE FOR
MR. STITCH.
I KNOW LOOKING AHEAD AT THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS THAT YOU WILL A HE BE
LOOKING AT DATA ON THE SOLAR
RACE AND HOW LONG THIS MISSION
WILL REMAIN IN ORBIT.
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THAT WILL
TAKE FOR THE ASSESSMENT TO
OCCUR?
DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF DAYS OR
WEEKS AS YOU MONITOR THE SOLAR
RAY PERFORMANCE.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
THIS SPACE CRAFT AND THE DRAGON
FOR FLIGHT ONE?
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME
DIFFERENCES.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE A FEW OF THOSE?
>> YES, SURE, STEPHEN.
TO ADDRESS YOUR FIRST QUESTION,
HOW LONG IS THE MISSION GOING TO
BE?
WE CERTIFIED THE SYSTEMS ON THIS
DRAGON VEHICLE TO LAST 120 DAYS.
THAT'S THE CAPABILITY.
THAT'S DRIVEN BY THE SOLAR
WAVES.
THEY'LL DEGRADE OVER TIME.
WE'LL WATCH THOSE AND POWER UP
THE SPICE CRAFT ONCE A WEEK.
IT WILL TAKE A FEW WEEKS TO GET
TRENDING ON THAT.
TO SAY, HEY, 120 DAYS ABOUT
RIGHT.
TODAY THE DRAGON IS EXTREMELY
HEALTHY.
IT SHOULD STAY FOR A LONGER
PERIOD OF TIME.
BUT NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING AT
THIS KIND OF VEHICLE, YOU'RE
LOOKING FORWARD TOMORROW CREW 1.
IT HAS FOUR VIEW AND IT'S HAVING
A VEHICLE READY FOR THESE
INCREMENTTIVE HALLELUIAH AND
TIME FRAME.
WE'LL LOOK AT THIS VEHICLE, IS
IT PERFORMING WELL, AND THEN IN
A MONTH OR SO WE'LL MAKE A
DECISION AS TO HOW LONG TO KEEP
IT SAFE IN ORBIT.
THE SECOND QUESTION IS WHAT IS
DIFFERENT BETWEEN THIS VERSION
OF DRAGON, AND THE CREW 1
VEHICLE.
THEY'RE SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY
SUPPORT.
THE CREW ONE VEHICLE CAN LAND AT
A HIGHER WIND STATE.
COME AM.
AM IT CAN LAND IN OUR WIND.
IT ALSO HAS THE ABILITY NOT ONLY
THE FOUR PORT.
STATION BUM.
IT'S A LARGE VEHICLE WITH A
SET-UP CREW.
IF.
>>> OUR.
>> THANK YOUISH OUR NEXT
QUESTION COMES FROM STEPHEN
COWEN.
>> DID YOU MEAN KEITH COWEN?
>> SORRY, THE OPERATOR PUT STEVE
COWEN.
KEITH.
>> THAT IS MY EVIL TWIN.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING TV WITH SPLIT
SCREENS THE LAUNCH ON ONE SIDE
AND THE RIOTS ON THE OTHER.
THESE CHARTS THAT WERE YOU
SHOWING ON YESTERDAY SEEMS TO
SHOW THAT THE ONLY INTEREST WAS
FROM CALIFORNIA TEXAS AND CAN
YOU PROVIDE MORE STATS TO BACK
UP YOUR CLAIMS AND HOW DO YOU
CONVINCE THE ANGRY MILLION
PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT WATCHING TV
AND WERE OUT ON THEIR PHONES.
THAT YOU GUYS IN A SPACESHIP IS
MORE IMPORTANT THAN IN QUOTES
WHAT WE HAVE HERE ON EARTH WHICH
IS THE LINE WE USED BETWEEN
1968.
THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A
CONNECTION BETWEEN WHAT NASA IS
DOING AND THE SUBSET OF
POPULATION WHO ARE LOOKING FOR
ANSWERS.
>> LOOK, I THINK WHAT NASA DOES
IS ASTONISHING, IT'S IMPRESSIVE,
AND IT DOES BRING PEOPLE
TOGETHER.
IF THE EXPECTATION WAS THAT
THINGS WOULD CHANGE ON THE
GROUND BECAUSE WE LAUNCHED A
SPACESHIP.
>> PIQUE VIEWERSHIP ACROSS OF
THE PLATFORMS WAS 10.3 MILLION
CONCUR RENT VIEWERS.
>> I THINK IT IS IMPRESSIVE, AND
I THINK THE WHOLE WORLD SAW IT.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE TO CONGRATULATE THE
SPACEX TEAM AND THE NASA TEAM
FOR AMAZING WORK EVEN IN THE
MIDST OF TOUGH TIME.
>> THOSE NUMBERS ARE ONLY FOR
THE NASA SPACEX.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE
BROADCASTS AND AGENCIES WHO WERE
PROMOTING THIS INCREDIBLE
ACHIEVEMENANITY.
>> WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT
QUESTION.
>> IF YOU HAVE HEARD FROM HIM,
AND HOW HE DEALING WITH ALL THE
GOOD NEWS TODAY.
>> CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION?
WE MISSED THE FIRST HALF OF IT,
AND IF ANYONE HAS OTHER
QUESTIONS, PLEASE PRESS STAR 1
TO BE ADDED TO THE QUEUE.
>> FOR MR. BRIDENTSTINE, HAVE
YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK SINCE
THE DOCKING.
>> I HAVE NOT, SINCE THE DOCKING
OCCURRED, A FEW HOURS AGO I HAVE
NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
WITH ELON MUSK BUT THAT WOULD BE
COMING UP IN A FEW HOURS.
>> I CAN SAY FROM THE WHOLE
SPACEX TEAM.
I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THEIR
LEADERSHIP THERE, AND THEY'RE
ECSTATIC.
THEIR ENGINEERS, THE LEAD OF THE
DRAGON PRODUCTION.
THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING IN THE
FIRST 24 HOURS OF THE MISSION.
WHEN YOU TALK TO SPACEX
EMPLOYEES THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF
WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
THEY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD AND
THEY'RE EXCITED.
>> IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER
QUESTIONS.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH MOST OF OUR
QUESTIONS.
I GUESS THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY
GREAT MEDIA EVENTS WE TRIED TO
GIVE ACCESS TO REPORTERS.
IF ANYONE HAS A QUESTION, YOU
CAN PRESS STAR 1 TO BE ADDED TO
THE QUEUE.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL SAY--I
KNOW THE ADMINISTRATOR, WE'VE
GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHAT
IS HAPPENING WITH THE
ASTRONAUTS.
WE HEARD THEM RECENTLY,
THANKFULLY THROUGH THE DOWN LINK
THAT YOU SPOKE TO THEM ON
MISSION CONTROL.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT, ANYONE
JOINING US ON THE PANEL, WHAT
THE ASTRONAUTS ARE DOING NOW AND
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS AND WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW
THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE ISS
TEAM.
>> YES, MAYBE I COULD SPEAK TO
THAT.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THEM ALL
TOGETHER.
I KNOW CHRIS WAS LOOKING FORWARD
TO HAVING HELP, SO THERE IS A
GREAT VIDEO OF THEM TOGETHER.
I THINK THE KEY PART NOW IS THAT
THE VEHICLE IS THERE.
THE CREW IS ON BOARD.
THAT WAS THE MAIN THING.
LET'S MAKE SURE DRAGON AND THE
MISSION IS GOING WELL.
AND KENNY CAN SPEAK TO THIS.
THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS FOR
ACTIONS
.
WE HAVE A TEST WHERE WE'LL GET
FOUR CREW MEMBERS TO GET A FIELD
PERSPECTIVE.
THERE IS A MODE OF DRAG WHERE
YOU CAN GO INTO IT IF THE
STATION WERE TO HAVE A PROBLEM
TEMPORARILY.
YOU CAN TRANSITION TO THE DRAGON
FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
FOR 24 HOURS, A SAFE HAVEN.
WE'RE GOING TO TEST THAT OUT IN
THE NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL TEST OUT SOME OF THE
EMERGENCY SYSTEMS AND OTHER CREW
SYSTEMS SO WE HAVE A FEW OF
THOSE THINGS PLANNED FOR THE
NEXT WEEK TO GET OUR TEST
OBJECTIVES DONE.
FOR US IT IS STILL A TEST
FLIGHT.
THEN I'LL HAND IT OVER TO KENNY
FOR THE THANKS THAT THEY'RE
PLANNING OVER THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS.
>> WE'RE INTEGRATING THE PLAN
BETWEEN WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR
THE DRAGON CREW VEHICLE.
WHAT KINDS OF THINGS WE NEED TO
LEARN.
TEST OBJECTIVES THAT WILL HELP
TO GET A STEP CLOSER TO BEING
ABLE TO SUPPORT THE CREW ONE
MISSION NEEDS.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE
A COUPLE OF SPACEWALKERS ON WHO
HAVE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF
EXPERIENCE.
BEING OUTSIDE OF THE STATION.
WE'RE BLESSED AT THIS POINT WITH
A WHOLE NEW SET OF LITHIUM ION
BATTERIES THAT JUST ARRIVED.
THAT WILL TAKE SOMEWHERE ON THE
ORDER OF FOUR OR FIVE EBAS TO
INSTALL THOSE.
AT THIS POINT WE'RE LOOKING AT
ALL OPTIONS THAT COULD ALLOW US
TO DO THOSE EVAS WHILE WE HAVE
BOB AND DOUG ON BOARD AND GET
THOSE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
INSTALLED IN THEIR PERMANENT
HOME.
THEY'RE FINE WHERE THEY'RE AT,
BUT I DO WORRY.
THIS IS FAIRLY EXPENSIVE
HARDWARE.
THE BATTERIES ARE CURRENTLY
INSTALLED ON STATION, ON F 6 FOR
THE LAST SET OF BATTERIES THAT
WE NEED TO REPLACE WITH THESE
NEW LITHIUM BATTERIES.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER WE HAVE
THE NEW BATTERIES UP THERE WHEN
IT GOES AWAY WE'LL HAVE TO
TEMPERATURE STOW THESE
BATTERIES, SO IT WOULD BE OUR
BEST INTEREST TO HAVE THOSE
INSTALLED AND HAVE THAT WORK
LINED US AND NOT HAVE THESE
ASSETS BASICALLY IN THIS
TEMPORARY HOLDING PATTERN.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AS WE
START TO PUT THE REQUIREMENTS
TOGETHER FOR WHAT WE NEED TO DO
WITH COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM AS
WELL AS WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH
THESE BATTERIES AND SOME OF THE
OTHER THINGS ON STATION.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ANY TIME WE
HAVE MORE THAN A SINGLE CREW
MEMBER ON BOARD, WE'RE IN A MUCH
BETTER TO DEALING WITH ISSUES,
FAILURES THAT MIGHT COME UP.
THAT'S PART OF THE BALANCE, THE
RISK-BALANCE WE HAVE TO STRIKE
IN TERMS OF TRYING TO LOOK AT
WHAT WE'LL TRY TO ACCOMPLISH ON
THIS MISSION VERSUS TRYING TO
GET THESE GUYS SAFELY HOME
SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
AND AGAIN, START WORKING TOWARDS
THE CREW ONE MISSION.
>> I WOULD JUST ADD FROM A CREW
PERSPECTIVE THAT I KNOW BOB AND
DOUG ARE JUST EXCITED TO BE IN
LOWER EARTH ORBIT, SUCCESSFULLY
DOCKED TO THE SPACE STATION, AND
I THINK AT THIS POINT THEY CAN
BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF.
THE LAUNCH WAS AN INCREDIBLY
DYNAMIC PHASE OF FLIGHT.
AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
FLY A SPACESHIP IN LOWER EARTH
ORBIT.
IT'S AWAY FROM THE STATION AND
THEN TO THE STATION, TO
DEMONSTRATE THAT CAPABILITY, AND
THEN TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
DOCKING AND COME THROUGH THAT
PATCH THAT AT THIS POINT THEY
CAN RELAX A LITTLE BIT AND ENJOY
BEING ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY
TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND TO
SEE THE EARTH BELOW, TO HAVE A
MEAL WITH THE CREW ON BOARD THAT
THEY'VE JUST JOINED.
I KNOW THEY'RE DOING A SAFETY
BRIEF RIGHT NOW.
I RECALL DOING THAT, MEETING UP
WITH SCOTT KELLY AND THE REST OF
THE CREW MEMBERS THAT WERE ON
BOARD DURING MY EXPEDITION.
AND GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT.
KIND OF BEING SHOWN, HEY, THIS
IS WHERE THE TOILET IS AND THIS
IS WHERE YOU'RE STAYING, THIS IS
WHERE THE FOOD IS, CROSSING ALL
OF THOSE IMPORTANT ITEMS AND
THEN HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO
AGAIN, GET USED TO FLOATING IN
SPACE.
BEING IN THAT WEIGHTLESS
ENVIRONMENT.
BOB AND DOUG ARE VETERAN SPACE
FLYERS, SO THAT ADAPTATION WILL
HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY.
I KNOW THEY'RE ENJOYING BEING IN
LOWER EARTH ORBIT AND LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE WORK AHEAD.
BUT AT THIS POINT REFLECTING ON
THIS INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE AND
THE INCREDIBLE 24 HOURS.
THE TEAM NASA AND SPACE EX.
THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT
REALLY HELPED THEM GET UP THERE.
>> I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
WHAT IS NEXT WITH THE PROGRAM.
ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT?
>> OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE
HAD A BIG AGENDA TO
COMMERCIALIZE LOWER EARTH ORBIT.
THAT'S UNDER WAY.
WE'RE LAUNCHING AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS COMMERCIALLY.
WE NEED SPACEX TO GET CUSTOMERS
THAT ARE NOT NASA.
WE'VE SEEN EVIDENCE OF THAT,
WHICH IS A POSITIVE THING FOR
THE AGENCY BECAUSE IT WILL DRIVE
DOWN OUR COST IN THE LONG RUN.
WE NEED TO GET ANOTHER
COMMERCIAL PARTNER ON BOARD.
BOEING IS WORKING TOWARDS THAT
OBJECTIVE WITH NASA, AND I THINK
THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SUCCESS
THERE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE THINK ABOUT REALLY WHY ARE WE
DOING THESE COMMERCIAL
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS?
WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE WE'RE
CHANGING THE BUSINESS MODEL.
YOU KNOW, IF THE GOVERNMENT IS
PROVIDING ALL OF THE DEMAND FOR
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT AND THEN THE
GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING ALL OF
THE SUPPLY FOR HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT, WE WILL ALWAYS BE
LIMITED BY BUDGET.
MANY TIMES THOSE BUDGETS ARE
WHIMSICAL BASED ON THE DESIRES
OF THE POLITICIANS WHO HAPPEN TO
BE IN THOSE ROLES AT THE TIME.
SO IF WE WANT TO HAVE A
SUSTAINABLE, LONG-TERM
EXPLORATION CAMPAIGN THAT CLUES
NOT JUST GOVERNOR MONEY BUT
PRIVATE MONEY WE HAVE TO BUILD
THESE PARTNERSHIPS.
IT'S PROVING TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
COSTS ARE COMING DOWN.
ACCESS IS COMING UP.
WE DON'T WANT TO JUST STAY IN
LOWER EARTH ORBIT.
WE WANT TO GO TO THE MOON AND
THEN TO MARS.
THAT WILL REQUIRE MORE
INVESTMENT.
MORE RESOURCES WILL BE AVAILABLE
FOR THE MOON PROGRAM.
WE CALL IT ARTEMIS, AND THEN
EVENTUALLY MARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING
FORWARDS TO.
WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON HOW WE
USE THE MR. STATION SO PRIVATE
CAPITAL WILL SLOW IN WITH
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
NOT JUST THAT THEY'LL BE FUNDED
BUT THAT SPACE STATIONS
THEMSELVES ARE QUIETLY FUNDED.
THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER WILL BE
A LEADER IN THAT EFFORT.
WHEN WE GO TO THE MOON, WE WANT
TO BE ABLE TO STAY.
IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT, WE
NEED COMMERCIAL PARTNERS ON THE
SURFACE OF THE MOON.
AND TO THAT END, THE PRESIDENT
RECENTLY SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER SAYING THAT THE SAYING
THAT THE RESOURCES TO EXTRACT
PEOPLE TO THE MOON ARE
AVAILABLE.
THAT FOLLOWS MANY YEARS OF LAW
AND THERE'S DENSE.
AN IT RELATE TO INTERNATIONAL
WATERS.
THEY BELONG TO THE.
>> THAT SHAM THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA WILL ALWAYS, ALWAYS,
ALWAYS FOLLOW THE OUTER SPACE
TREATY.
PANDEMIC THE NOON AND OTHERS
CANNOT BE APPROPRIATE PRATED.
MANY DON'T FOLLOW THAT, BUT THAT
IS LAW.
WE WANT TOE HAVE
ESTABLISHED THE AM PERFORM
STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOR TO MAKE
SURE THAT NOT JUST THIS
GENERATION BUT GENERATIONS THAT
COME AFTER US THAT THEY'LL BE
ABLE TO EXPLORE.
THE IT WILL ALMOST.
OF COURSE, WE WANT TO STAY AT
THE MOON FOR LONG PERMS OF I
ASSUME.
WE WANT TOKING?
WELCOME TO USE THE RESOURCES OF
THE MOON NORMAL.
OPINION THEN APPLY THAT ARC NECK
CURE AS WELL.
THE VISION IS BIG.
NASA'S BUDGET IS AS HIGH AS IT'S
BEEN IN NOMINAL CHRISTMAS.
MABEL AM WIN WHEREBY THE BUDGET
REQUEST FOR 2052 IS AM SO OUR
BUDGETS ARE GOING UP.
THEY'RE GOING UP RAPIDLY.
MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE THE BIPARTISAN, APOLITICAL
SUPPORT TO ACHIEVE THESE
OBJECTIVES.
SO FAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO
THAT.
BUT GOING TO THE MOON AND ON TO
MARS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH
CHANNEL.
WE DON'T WANT TO GO WITH ABOUT
THAT'S WHAT THE ARTEMIS IS
LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR.
AND WE'VE GUN REMEMBER IN THE
THIS NATION IS LEAD AND WE WANT
TO LEAD IN SPACE AND BUILD A
COALITION THAT CAN WORK TOGETHER
AND ACHIEVE THESE STUNNING
ACHIEVEMENTS.
WE'VE STARTED THAT WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, BUT
THERE IS A LOT OF ROOM FOR MORE.
WE HAVE THERE IS A LOT OF MORE
COUNTRY THAT WANT TO JOIN YOU
HAD.
SPOOM.
>> OUR NEXT WEB FROM.
>> HI THERE, MIKE WALLACE.
THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY.
I WANT TO ICON GRADALATIONS TO
EVERYBODY.
IST JUST WONDERING, KENNY, THIS
IS FOR PUT F HAVE YOU HEARD
ANYTHING ABOUT THE BILLION
PARTNERS BASED ON THIS
MILESTONE, AND WHAT ARE THEIR
THOUGHTS ABOUT HAVING ANOTHER
PRIVATE SWAYS SHIP COMING UP TO
THE SPACE STATION?
HOW IT COULD.
>> YOU BET, MIKE, AND THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION.
I'VE HEARD FROM ALL OF OUR
INTERNATIONAL CONTACT THIS
MORNING.
AS YOU KNOW MOST OF THE PARTNERS
ARE REPRESENTED HERE IN HOUSTON.
THEY HAVE LIAISONS HERE, WHICH
GET HEALTH TOLL.
THEY'VE BEEN PART OF THIS ENTIRE
EARTH THAT LED TO THE MISSION
THAT WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED OVER
THE AM FAST POWERS FROM THEY'VE.
NOTHING BUT SUPPORTIVE.
AFTER THE DOCKING TODAY I HEARD
FROM EVERY ONE OF THOSE
PARTNERS.
ALL OF THEM BASIC LI CHEERING US
ON, AND TALKING ABOUT THE
HISTORIC NATURE OF NOT JUST
YESTERDAY BUT THE ENTIRE PERIOD
THAT LED UP TO THE DOCKING
TODAY.
I FELT LIKE THEY WERE ALL PART
OF SOMETHING.
IT WAS SOMETHING.
AM THE ADMINISTRATOR WE'RE
TRYING TO DO THE NEXT STEPS WITH
PARTNERS.
BE THEY BE COMMERCIAL OR
INTERNATIONAL.
THE SET OF PARTNERS APPLAUD THE
KIND OF EFFORTS OF WHAT WE'RE
DOING.
AND THEY'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE AND
WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AS PART
OF OUR COALITION OF PARTNERS TO
IDENTIFY TUNES FOR THEM TO FLY
ON THESE VEHICLES AS WELL.
SO YES, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST GOING
TO MOVE FORWARD AND THE
PARTNERSHIP IS GOING WITH US AND
THEY'LL BE PART TO.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO
LOCKDOWN A DEAL?
>> WELL, THE ANSWER IS YES.
THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE
CONTINUING TO HAVE WITHIN THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP.
AS YOU KNOW, UP TO THIS POINT,
WE'VE BEEN PURCHASING SEATS FROM
OUR RUSSIAN COLLEAGUES FLYING ON
THEIR RUSSIAN SOYUZ VEHICLES.
BUT WE'RE WORKING IN A DIRECTION
TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT
ARRANGEMENT, IF YOU WILL, THAT
WILL ALLOW US TO FLY ON EACH
OTHER'S VEHICLES AND REGARDLESS
OF THE VEHICLE THAT'S CARRYING
PEOPLE TO STATIONS, THOSE ARE
ACTIVE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS.
I ANTICIPATE THOSE DISCUSSIONS
ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
PROGRESS FORWARD.
ESPECIALLY AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE
MORE SUCCESSES WITH THIGHS
MISSIONS.
WITH SO ABSOLUTELY.
THOSE ARE ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS,
AND AGAIN WE'LL CONTINUE TO HEAD
IN THAT DIRECTION.
>> GREAT, OUR NEXT QUESTION IS
FROM MARINA.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?
>> YES.
>> OH, GREAT.
THE QUESTION ABOUT DOUG AFTER HE
ENTERED THE SPACE STATION.
WE SAW HIM DABBING AT HIS
FOREHEAD AND SOMEONE GOT HIM A
TISSUE.
THE POOR GUY LOOK LIKE HE HIT
HIS HEAD ON THE WAY OUT.
DID THE GUY START BLEEDING?
IS HE OKAY?
>> YES, AS HE WAS COMING
THROUGH, HE BUMPED HIS HEAD.
IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES WHILE
YOU'RE ON STATION.
HE'S FINE.
HE LOOKED GREAT IN THE PRESS
CONFERENCE.
IT'S JUST ONE EVER THOSE THINGS.
WE TALKED ABOUT ADAPTING AS YOU
GET YOUR SPACE LEGS UNDERNEATH
YOU.
HE WAS IN A RELATIVELY SMALL
VEHICLE FOR THE FIRST 19 HOURS.
THEN HE WENT INTO A BIG VEHICLE,
AND HE BUMPED HIS HEAD A LITTLE
BIT, BUT HE'S DOING FINE.
AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO
CHAT WITH DOUG.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR
THOSE OF US, ESPECIALLY
FIRST-TIME FLIERS, IT TAKES A
GOOD FOUR TO SIX WEEKS TO REALLY
ADAPT TO THAT WEIGHTLESS
ENVIRONMENT.
AS THE VETERAN CREW ON BOARD
WHEN YOU HAVE NEW FOLKS COMING
ON BOARD, I KNOW FOR MYSELF THAT
AS I TRANSLATED THROUGH THE LONG
MODULES FOR THE FIRST TIME, I
WOULD LEAVE CAMERAS AND
EQUIPMENT AND BE KNOCKING THOSE
OFF THE WALL.
IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO
GET YOUR SPACE LEGS.
I KNOW BOB AND DOUG WILL ADVANCE
SIGNIFICANCE QUICKLY.
IT WAS AWESOME TO SEE THEM
COMING FORWARD THROUGH THAT
HATCH.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN MANY
YEARS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD FOR
CREWS COMING THROUGH THAT
FORWARD AND THE OVER HEAD
HATCHES AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU.
WE'LL DO OUR LAST QUESTION.
>> YES, HI, FOR STEVE OR KENNY,
WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE DECIDING
WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH THE
SPACEWALKS AND HOW QUICKLY COULD
YOU START KICKING THEM OFF?
WOULD THIS BE JUNE OR JULY?
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> HI, MARSHA.
WE'RE STILL HAVING THOSE
DISCUSSIONS.
IF WE HEAD DOWN THIS PATH, IT'S
MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE TOWARDS
THE END OF JUNE.
WE CONSIDERED DOING SOME UP
FRONT WORK AHEAD OF THIS MISSION
TO START LAYING THE GROUNDWORK
FOR THAT, BUT DECIDED AGAINST
THAT.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT
THE CREW ON ORBIT, AND THAT WAY
WE WEREN'T IN THIS CONSTANT
REPLAY IN CASE WE WERE HAVING
TECHNICAL ISSUES.
WE MADE THE DECISION THAT WE
WOULD WAIT FOR THE CREW TO COME
ON BOARD, AND START TO LAY SOME
OF THESE UP FRONT ITEMS IN THE
PLAN.
WE'VE GOT ANOTHER WEEK AND A
HALF, THEN YOU'LL START TO SEE
SOME BUILD UP.
AND AGAIN, YOU WON'T SEE IT, BUT
THERE WILL BE THINGS THAT WILL
START TO HAPPEN IN DIRECTION OF
PREPARING FOR EVA HE IS THAT
WILL KICK OFF AROUND THE END OF
JUNE.
AT THIS POINT I WOULD CALL THIS
PRELIMINARY PLANNING.
WE NEED TO WORK WITH WITH STAVE
AND THE REST OF THE AGENCY
LEADERSHIP AND MAKE SURE THAT
WE'RE WELL CALIBRATED ON HOW WE
WANT TO APPROACH THE NEXT FEW
WEEKS WITH THIS DRAGGING ON
BOARD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
LEARNING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN,
AND WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE RIGHT
PRIORITIES IN PLACE.
IN ORDER FOR US TO DO SOME
EVAs WE HAVE A WEEK AND A
HALF, AND THEN WE NEED TO START
THAT RAMP UP IN ORDER TO GET OUT
THE HATCH BY THE END OF JUNE.
IF WE DO, HEAD IN THAT
DIRECTION, WE'LL PROBABLY GO ON
SIX DAY CENTERS WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF THE MIDDLE OF JULY
TIME FRAME WHERE WE HAVE A HIGH
BETA PERIOD WHERE THE SUN ANGLE
ON THE STATION REALLY IS JUST
BECAUSE OF THE POWER ISSUES THAT
WE HAVE IN THOSE TIME FRAMES, WE
PROBABLY WOULD STEER CLEAR
TRYING TO DO AN EVA ON THAT TIME
FRAME.
THAT'S THE GENERAL THINKING.
I WOULD CALL IT THE 10,000-FOOT
LEVEL ARE A OPPOSED TO THE
200-FOOT LEVEL.
HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS.
>> WE'LL CLOSE IT OUT WITH
CLOSING REMARKS BY OUR
ADMINISTRATOR.
>> THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE NASA
TEAM AND CONGRATULATE THE SPACE
EX-'EM TEAM.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE
MAKING, AND IT WAS ASTONISHING
TO SEE IT COME TOGETHER.
NASA SET WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS
WERE, AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS
WERE BASED ON PAYLOAD AND
SAFETY, AND THEN OUR COMMERCIAL
PARTNERS INNOVATED.
WE GOT VERY UNIQUE SOLUTIONS ONE
FROM SPACEX AND ONE FROM BOEING.
RIGHT NOW THE SPACEX SOLUTION IS
ATTACHED TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
WE'LL BE WORKING DAY IN AND DAY
OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES
HOME SAFELY WITH OUR ASTRONAUTS.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
BOEING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE
SUCCESSFUL AS WELL.
BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT
MILESTONES THAT ARE IMPRESSIVE
WE NEED TO GET THEM ACROSS THE
FINISH LINE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM.
STEVE YOU AND YOUR TEAM, YOU
HAVE DONE JUST AMAZING WORK.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO YOU AND
WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE SPACEX
TEAM AS WELL.
HERE WE GO.
WE'RE BACK AND LAUNCHING
AMERICA.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO PAID
ATTENTION TO THIS MONUMENTAL
ACHIEVEMENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
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