>>> WE HAVE THE MIKO SYSTEM 2 
OPEN.
FLIGHT PREDICTIONS TO ACTUAL 
SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT AND AN 
EXCELLENT ORBIT ACHIEVED BY MIKO
2.
>>> CENTAUR HAS COMPLETED ITS 
TURN TO THE SPACE CRAFT 
SEPARATION.
CENTAUR HAS BEGUN TO RAMP FROM A
50 CYCLE TO A 10% CY.
>>> FROM MISSION DIRECTOR 
CENTER, WE'RE IN ABOUT A 
NINE-MINUTE COAST PHASE BEFORE 
THE SPACE CRAFT SEPARATION.
I'M JOINED BY BRUCE OF JET 
PROPULSION LABORATORY.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE 
INSIGHT MISSIND WHAT YOUR 
ROLE IS WITH THIS?
>> I'M THE PRINCIPAL 
INVESTIGATOR OF THE MISSION AND 
IN CHARGE OF THE OVERALL SUCCESS
OF THE MISSION AND SO I HAVE TO 
KIND OF OVERSEE ALL THE 
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF IT WITH AN 
EYE TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT 
IT'S GOING TO  THE SCIENCE 
THAT WE PROPOSE TO DO THAT WE'VE
BASICALLY BEEN TASKED BY 
N.A.S.A. TO PROVIDE ON THIS 
MISSION.
>>> WHAT IS THE PRIMARY SCIENCE 
OBJECTIVE FOR THE INSIGHT?
>> THE INSIGHT IS GOING TO MARS 
TO LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE AND 
MAKE THE FIRST MAP OF THE INSIDE
OF MARS, HOW WE'RE GOING TO 
DELINEATE THE THICKNESS OF THE 
KUFT, THE CORE, THE INTERNAL 
COMPOSITION AND USE THOSE 
MEASUREMENTS TO INFORM OUR 
MODELS THE PLANETARY FORMATION 
AND DIFFERENTIATION AND THEN HOW
THE PLANET STARTED OUT AND 
UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PLANETS TAKE
A PATH THAT PACKAGES AN 
UNHABITABLE PLANET LIKE T 
EARTH AND ONE THAT IS 
UNINHABITABLE LIKE VENUS AROUND 
MARS.
>>> WE CAN LEARN ABOUT OUR OWN 
PLANET WHILE STUDYING MARS?
>> YES.
>>> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR 
THE SPACE CRAFT TO GET TO THE 
SURFACE OF THE MARS?
MONTH CRUISE FROM HERE AND THEN 
ONCE WE GET TO MARS, WHEN WE 
ENTER THE ATMOSPHERE OF MARS, IT
TAKES ABOUT SIX AND A HALF 
MINUTES TO GET TO THE TO THE 
SURFACE.
THEY'RE BOTH SIX AND A HALF, BUT
THERE'SIFFERENCE IN THE SCALE 
THERE.
>>> HOW LONG WILL INSIGHT BE?
WE TAKE THE FIRST TWO OR THREE 
MONTHS TO AMPHETAMINE THE 
INSTRUMENTS THAT DEPLOY TO THE 
TOP OF THE SPACE CRAFT AND WE 
WANT TO GET THEM DOWN ON THE 
GROUND.
THNSTRUMENTS BOTH NEED TO BE 
ON THE GROUND IN ORDER TO DO 
THEIR JOB.
WE HAVE A WHOLE PROCESS FOR 
PLACING THEM ON THE GROUND AND 
GETTING THEM READY TO GO.
ONCE THEY'RE OPERATING WE INTEND
TO MAKE OUR MEASUREMENTS FOR ONE
MARS YEAR WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO
TWO EARTH YEARS.
>>> TELL US ABOUT THE MARS 
QUAKES.
>> THEY'RE THE MARTIAN 
EQUIVALENT OF EARTHQUAKES.
THEY'RE FORCES BUILT UP IN THE 
CRUST THAT CAUSES THE CRUST TO 
BREAK AND CRACK AND WHEN THAT 
SNAPS A LITT BIT I SENDS
VIBRATIONS THROUGH THE PLANET.
THOSE ARE ON THE EARTH AND IN 
CALIFORNIA WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH 
THE SHAKING OF THE GROUND FROM 
EARTHQUAKES.
WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T 
REALISE IS THAT THE SENSITIVE 
INSTRUME THAT WE HAVE ARE 
MEASURING EARTHQUAKES ALL THE 
TIME AND IN CALIFORNIA NOT ONLY 
DO WE MEASURE THE SHAKES THAT 
YOU MIGHT FEEL YOURSELF, BUT 
WE'RE MEASURING VIBRATIONS FROM 
QUAKES ACROSS THE OCEAN IN JAPAN
AND EUROPE, ALL OVER THE WORLD, 
AND FOR SCIENTISTS THEY'RE LIKE 
FLASH BULBS.
THEY'RE LIGHTING UP THE INSIDE 
IN THE SENSE THAT AS THE WAVES 
GO THROUGH THE PLANET, THEY'RE 
PICKING UP INFORMATION AND 
AFFECTED BY THE MATERIAL THAT 
THEY MOVE THROUGH AND WHEN THEY 
COME BACK UP WE'RE ABLE T 
ANALYSE THOSE WAVES AND PULL OUT
THAT INFORMATION THAT THE WAVES 
HAVE PICKED UP ALONG THE PATH 
AND WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A 3D 
IMAGE BASICALLY, A LOOK AT THE 
INSIDE OF THE PLANET.
WE HOPE TO DO THAT AT MARS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING IT ON THE EARTH
FOR 125 YEARS NOWND SO ON MARS
THE INSIDE OF MARS IS BASICALLY 
COMPLETELY UNKNOWN.
WE KNOW THAT IT HAS AN IRON 
CORE, WE KNOW IT HAS A CRUST, WE
HAVE SOME FUZZY IDEA FROM 
THEORETICAL MEASUREMENTS OR 
MODELS ABOUT HOW BIG THOSE 
THINGS ARE, BUT THEY HAVE NEVER 
BEEN MEASURED AND INSIGHT WILL 
MEASURE THOSE QUANTITIES FOR THE
VERY FIRST TIME.
>>> SO BEING HERE ON LAUNCH DAY 
AND HAVING IT LAUNCHED, HOW DO 
YOU FEEL AT THIS POINT?
.
>>> RIGHT NOW I FEEL A LITTLE 
BIT DRAINED BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN 
SO EXCITING ALL DAY LONG.
IT'S THE ANTICIPATION HAS BEEN 
BUILDING UP.
WE ROLL THE TOWER BACK FROM THE 
SPACE CRAFT ABOUT FOUR HOURS 
BEFORE LAUNCH AND SUDDENLY THIS 
BEAUTIFUL ROCKET WITH INSIGHT ON
TOP WAS EXPOSED AND LIT UP IN 
THE NIGHT SKY AND THAT WAS QUITE
A MOMENT AND WE CAMEK HERE 
AND THE COUNTDOWN COMES DOWN AND
YOU GET CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE
LIFT-OFF.
THERE'S MORE AND MORE ACTIVITY, 
MORE AND MORE THINGS ARE 
HAPPENING AND IT'S CLOSING AND 
TANKS ARE PRESSURIZING AND THEN 
YOU GET DOWN TO ZERO.
IT GOES OFF AND IT'S SO 
EXCITING, SO INTENSELY EXCITING 
AND NOW WE'RE WAITING TO SORT OF
FINISH OUR LAUNCH.
WE ARE NOT DONE WITH LAUNCH 
UNTIL WE SEPARATE FROM THE 
CENTAUR.
>>> SEPARATION COMING UP HERE 
VERY SHORTLY.
WE CAN HOLD FOR THAT.
>> OKAY.
>>> WE HAVE INDICATION THAT THE 
SPACE CRAFT SET.
>>> CONFIRMATION OF SEPARATION.
BEHIND US IN THE ROOM, A LOT OF 
EXCITED PEOPLE.
>>>E SHORT O
APPROXIMATELY 34 SECONDS BEFORE 
WE SEPARATE.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST PAIR OF 
CUBESATS TO GO TO DEEP SPACE.
THEY CARRY RADIO, ANTENNA AND 
PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH THE GOAL 
TO PROVIDE DATA RELAY TO THE 
EARTH FROM THE ENTRY DESCENT AND
LANDING PHASE THERE TO THE 
INSIGHT MISSION.
>>> JUST MOMENTS AWAY FROM THE 
FIRST TWO CUBESATS THAT ARE 
DEPLOYED.
>>> WE HAVE THE FIRST MARCO 
PHASE SEPARATION.
>>> CENTAUR SPINNING UP TO THE 
180-DEGREE TURN.
CENTAUR HAS COMPLETED THE TURN.
NOW IN AN ATTITUDE HOLD FOR 
SPACE CRAFT SPACE.
WE HAVE INDICATION OF MARCO B 
BEING DEPLOYED.
>>> TWO CUBESATS HAVE BEEN 
DEPLOYED.
>>> CENTAUR HAS BEGUN THE TURN.
>>> A LOT OF HANDSHAKING GOING 
SPACE CRAFT HAVE SEPARATED AND 
ALSO THE TWO CUBESATS BOUND FOR 
MARS.
>>> LOOKING AT A LIVE VIEW 
INSIDE THE HAS'S JET PROPULSION 
LABORATORY -- N.A.S.A.'S JET 
PROPULSION LABORATORY.
>>> WE HAVE THE INSIGHT 
SEPARATION OPEN AND AS ALL THE 
OTHER OPENINGS WORKED, THE 
ACTUALS ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE 
PREFLIGHT PREDICTIONS AND 
EXCELLENT ORBIT FOR THE INSIGHT 
SPACE CRAFT.
WITH THAT, THIS COMPLETES THE 
COMMENTARY FOR THE AV 78 INSIGHT
MISSION.
>>> ATTENTION ALL STATIONS.
THE N.A.S.A. ADMINISTRATOR WILL 
BE COMING ON LINE SHORTLY FOR A 
FEW COMMENTS FOR THE LAUNCH 
TEAM
