 
SIGNIFICANT FOR THE FUTURE OF 
AMERICAN SPACE TRAVEL. 
>>> I GOT TO TURN DOWN A VOLUME 
IN MY EAR HERE. 
IT'S INTERESTING. 
TELL ME THE QUESTION AGAIN. 
I'VE GOT TOO MANY THINGS IN MY 
EAR RIGHT NOW. 
>> THAT'S FAIR. 
I'M JUST WONDERING IF YOU CAN 
TELL US MORE ABOUT THE CREW'S 
MISSION AND WHAT THAT SPELLS 
OUT FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN 
SPACE TRAVEL AND THE 
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPACEX AND 
NASA. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT THE NEW 
ERA IN SPACE FLIGHT. 
AND FOR NASA, IT'S BEING ABLE 
TO DELIVER ASTRONAUTS TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO 
THAT WITHOUT HIRING THE 
RUSSIANS TO CARRY ASTRONAUTS. 
AND GETTING THIS SPACECRAFT UP 
AND RUNNING. 
AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR BOEING 
SPACECRAFT WILL BE ABLE TO GET 
U.S. ROCKETS FROM U.S. SOIL AND 
THAT'S A HUGE STEP FORWARD. 
>> I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN 
THE AUDIENCE WHEN THE SECOND TO 
LAST SHUTTLE TOOK OFF. 
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE THAT 
EXPERIENCE. 
CAN YOU TELL OUR VIEWERS A 
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE 
TO ACTUALLY BE THERE? 
>> YOU MEAN WATCHING IT OR 
RIDING ON IT? 
>> I THINK WATCHING IT. 
BUT IF YOU CAN TELL ME MORE, GO 
FOR IT. 
>> RIGHT, I WISH I COULD. 
IT'S INDESCRIBABLE. 
THE SHUTTLE WAS IN A CLASS BY 
ITSELF. 
WE'RE 3.2 MILES FROM THE LAUNCH 
PAD. 
AND WHEN THE SHUTTLE TOOK OFF 
YOU'D FEEL THE GROUND SHAKE 
FROM THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS. 
IT'S AN UNFORGETTABLE SIGHT. 
THIS IS STILL PRETTY EXCITING. 
UNTIL YOU'VE HEARD THE NINE 
ENGINES ROLLING AT FULL THRUST, 
IT'S BEEN UNFORGETTABLE SOUND. 
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 
HOPEFULLY HEARING THAT AGAIN 
TODAY. 
>> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO 
WATCHING WITH YOU. 
BILL HARWOOD, THANK YOU. 
>> MY PLEASURE.     
>>> AHEAD ON CBSN, NEW YORK 
CITY, ONCE THE EPICENTER OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS, COULD SOON START 
TO REOPEN. 
WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT ONE OF THE 
HARDEST CITY PLANS ARE FOR 
REOPENING SAFELY. 
>>> AND PROTESTS CONTINUE OVER 
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. 
WE'LL TALK TO A FORMER 
PROSECUTOR ABOUT WHETHER WE CAN 
EXPECT TO SEE CHARGES FOR THE 
THREE OTHER OFFICERS INVOLVED. 
YOU'RE STREAMING CBSN.          
>>> THE U.S. HIT A GRIM 
MILESTONE EARLIER THIS WEEK AS 
MORE THAN 100,000 AMERICANS 
HAVE DIED DUE TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 1.7 
MILLION KNOWN CASES IN THE 
UNITED STATES AND IT'S NOT 
SLOWING DOWN. 
NEARLY HALF OF THE COUNTRY SAW 
AN INCREASE IN CASES IN THE 
PAST TWO WEEKS. 
BUT IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS. 
NEWYORK WHICH HAS BEEN THE 
EPICENTER OF THE PANDEMIC HAS 
SEEN A STEADY DECREASE IN THE 
NUMBER OF CASES. 
>> NEW YORK'S REOPENING IS NOT 
WITHOUT LIMITS. 
IN SELECT UPSTATE REGIONS, 
OFFICES AND HAIR SALONS WILL 
REOPEN. 
>> IT'S NOT JUST OPEN THE DOORS 
AND EVERYBODY HAS A PARTY. 
IT'S 50% OCCUPANCY IN OFFICE 
BUILDINGS. 
>> AND HE'LL LET BUSINESSES 
DENY ENTRY TO ANYONE NOT 
WEARING A MASK. 
STILL SHUT DOWN, NEW YORK CITY 
IS EXPECTED TO START THE FIRST 
PHASE OF REOPENING NEXT WEEK. 
>> WE'LL BE PROVIDING FACE 
COVERINGS FOR FREE FOR ALL 
BUSINESS THAT HAS NEED THEM. 
>> THE CITY'S 27,000 
RESTAURANTS WILL STAY CLOSED. 
SHE OWNS ANGELINA'S. 
>> JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, WHEN? 
>> WITH CASES ON THE RISE IN 
LOS ANGELES, BARBERSHOPS, 
RESTAURANTS, AND SALONS CAN NOW 
DO BUSINESS. 
IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 
GRADUATIONS ALONG WITH MALL 
SHOPPING ARE TAKING PLACE IN 
PARKING LOTS. 
>> IT'S GOOD SO YOU DON'T HAVE 
TO WAIT FOR IT TO BE SHIPPED. 
>> EVEN THE GRAND CANYON OPENED 
TO SIGHT SEERS. 
>> NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE 
DOWN MONTH OVER MONTH BY 50%. 
AND FATALITIES ARE DOWN 
SIGNIFICANTLY WEEK OVER WEEK. 
>> Reporter: IN REAL NUMBERS, 
MORE THAN 139,817 NEW CONFIRMED 
CASES AND 6,000 NEW DEATHS THIS 
WEEK. 
AND 24 STATES REPORTED 
INCREASES IN THE AVERAGE NEW 
COVID-19 CASES COMPARED TO TWO 
WEEKS AGO. 
ALABAMA HAD 5,000 NEW POSITIVE 
CASES IN THE 14 DAY PERIOD 
ENDING THURSDAY. 
AND MEAT PROCESSORS CONTINUE TO 
REPORT BAD NEWS. 
A TYSON PORK PLANT BECAME THE 
LATEST TO HALT OPERATIONS. 
MORE THAN 500 OF THE 2500 
WORKERS TESTED POSITIVE. 
>> THEY PRETTY MUCH BUILT THAT 
THIS IS A DEATH WATCH INTO A 
FACILITY. 
THEY MAY GET THE VIRUS, THEY 
MAY DIE. 
THEY MAY BRING IT HOME WITH 
THEM. 
>>> MORE PROTESTS AND UPRISINGS 
ARE EXPECTED IN MINNESOTA AND 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY OVER THE 
DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD. 
THE 46-YEAR-OLD DIED AFTER A 
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER 
PRESSED HIS KNEE INTO HIS NECK 
FOR MORE THAN 14 MINUTES. 
IT'S LED TO DEMONSTRATIONS IN 
CITIES NATIONWIDE. 
AND SOME HAVE TURNED VIOLENCE 
AS PEOPLE DEMAND JUSTICE AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
>> THE FOUR OFFICERS WERE 
IMMEDIATELY FIRED AND ONE IS 
FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. 
THE DIRECTOR OF THE RESHAPING 
PROSECUTION PROGRAM AT THE 
INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE AND SHE 
WORKED FOR MORE THAN A DECADE 
AS AN ASSISTANCE U.S. ATTORNEY 
IN WASHINGTON, D.C. HANDLING 
BOTH FEDERAL AND LOCAL CASES. 
DEREK CHAUVIN WAS ARRESTED AND 
CHARGED WITH MURDER AND 
MANSLAUGHTER ON FRIDAY. 
THAT'S FOUR DAYS AFTER THE 
INITIAL INCIDENT. 
WHY THE DELAY IN ARRESTING 
OFFICERS IN SITUATIONS LIKE 
THESE? 
>> SO, IT'S REALLY, THE COUNTY 
ATTORNEY, THIS IS THE FASTEST 
THAT THEY HAVE MOVED IN A CASE 
LIKE THIS BEFORE. 
WHEN WE SEE ARRESTS HAPPEN ON 
THE STREET. 
WHEN WE SEE THE CRIME HAPPEN ON 
THE STREET. 
IT'S USUALLY THE POLICE 
OFFICERS MAKING THE ARREST. 
SO IT GETS COMPLICATED WHEN 
IT'S THE POLICE OFFICERS WHO 
ARE CONDUCTING THE CRIME. 
AND WHILE THIS ARREST HAS 
HAPPENED. 
WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO TALK 
ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT THIS 
ARREST, AND EVEN IF THERE'S A 
CONVICTION AND THE COUNTY 
ATTORNEY IS ALREADY TALKING 
ABOUT ADDITIONAL CHARGES, THAT 
IS NOT ENOUGH FOR WHAT WE'RE 
SEEING IN THIS COUNTRY. 
AND WHILE WE NEED TO HOLD 
POLICE OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE. 
UNFORTUNATELY, WE KNOW THAT 
THAT DOES NOT SOLVE THE 
SYSTEMIC ISSUES THAT KEEP 
MOVING. 
UNARMED BLACK MEN AND WOMEN OF 
THIS COUNTRY. 
AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOMETHING 
MORE THAN JUST THE INDIVIDUAL 
ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE OFFICERS 
IN CASES LIKE GEORGE FLOYD. 
>> THAT'S RIGHT. 
AS YOU MENTIONED THIS IS A 
SYSTEMIC PROBLEM. 
IT'S NOT JUST LOCATED IN 
MINNEAPOLIS. 
PROTESTS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING 
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN ATLANTA, 
HOUSTON, LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK, 
AND DOZENS OF OTHER CITIES. 
WHAT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR CASE 
OR IS IT JUST THE TIMING THAT'S 
SPARKED SUCH OUTRAGE WITH 
AMERICANS OF EVERY COLOR. 
>> I MEAN I THINK THAT PEOPLE 
KNOW THESE DENIES HAPPEN MORE 
THAN WE SEE ON THE NEWS. 
AND WHEN WE HAVE AN INCIDEN SO 
CLEARLY CAPTURED ON CELL PHONE 
VIDEO, WHEN WE SEE CLEARLY THAT 
THIS WAS AN EIGHT MINUTE TIME 
PERIOD. 
A VERY LONGTIME PERIOD THAT 
THIS OFFICER PERSISTED IN THIS 
ACTION THAT KILLED GEORGE 
FLOYD, I THINK THAT'S PART OF 
WHY THE OUTRAGE AND THE UNREST 
THAT WE SEE NOW IS SPARKED. 
BUT AGAIN, ACTUALLY, 
UNFORTUNATELY A LONG LINE OF 
WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING HAPPEN 
IN THIS COUNTRY. 
WE HAD BREONNA TAYLOR'S 
UNFORTUNATE DEATH IN 
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. 
AND FINALLY SOME MOVEMENT AFTER 
THE KILLING OF AHMAUD ARBERY. 
AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON. 
AND PEOPLE ARE TIRED. 
THEY ARE TIRED OF SEEING BLACK 
MEN AND WOMEN KILLED FOR VERY 
MINOR INFRACTIONS AND I THINK 
IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE 
TO TALK ABOUT THE SYSTEM THAT 
ALLOWS LAW ENFORCEMENT TO 
INTERACT IN THIS WAY OVER MINOR 
THINGS. 
WE ARE CRIMINALIZING POVERTY 
AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, AND 
IT'S THAT OVERCRIMINALLIZATION 
THAT CONTINUES TO LEAD TO THESE 
INTERACTIONS AND THESE DEATHS 
AND UNTIL WE ADDRESS THIS AT A 
SYSTEMIC LEVEL. 
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE GOING TO 
CONTINUE TO SEE THESE DEATHS 
HAPPEN. 
SO PEOPLE ARE TIRED. 
THEY ARE READY FOR CHANGE. 
>> I THINK IT'S PROBABLY WORTH 
MENTIONING AS YOU'RE MAKING THE 
POINT THAT THIS IS A MINOR 
INFRACTION THAT GEORGE FLOYD 
WAS BEING ACCUSED OF FORGERY AT 
THE MOMENT THAT THE POLICE 
OFFICERS TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY. 
FLOYD'S DEATH HAS ALSO BEEN 
COMPARED TO THAT OF ERIC GARNER 
WHO DIED IN A CONFRONTATION 
WITH POLICE IN NEW YORK CITY 
SIX YEARS AGO. 
AND HE ALSO SAID THE WORDS I 
CAN'T BREATHE AS OFFICERS HELD 
HIM IN A CHOKE HOLD. 
WHAT ARE THE SIMILARITIES AND 
DIFFERENCES? 
>> YOU ARE NAMINGTHE EXACT 
SIMILARITIES. 
AND THAT IS NOT LOST ON PEOPLE. 
IF ERIC GARNER'S LIFE WAS TAKEN 
AND THERE WERE PROTESTS AND 
CALLS FOR CHANGE AND PEOPLE 
LOOK AT POLICE POLICIES AND 
ENFORCEMENT POLICIES AND 
SOMETIMES WE SEE CHANGES IN THE 
POLICIES. 
BUT CLEARLY THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
SO HERE WE HAVE AGAIN A BLACK 
MAN WHO REALLY, IT WAS A $20 
BILL, SOMETHING MINOR THAT WAS 
PASSED. 
A BLACK MEN WHO LIKE SO MANY 
PEOPLE IN RESPONSE TO ALL OF 
THE STAY AT HOME ORDERS, LOST 
HIS JOB. 
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT MAY 
HAVE LED TO THE DECISION TO 
PASS A BILL. 
WHETHER THAT CAN CAUSE LOSS OF 
LIFE OR CAN LEAD TO THE WAY THE 
POLICE INTERACTED WITH HIM THAT 
COULD LEAD TO DEATH. 
IT SHOWS THE LACK OF HUMANITY 
AND THE LACK OF JUSTICE THAT 
PEOPLE FACE FROM THE SYSTEM 
EVERY DAY. 
IT LETS US KNOW THAT THE WAY WE 
HAVE BEEN TRYING TO ADDRESS 
THESE ISSUES IS NOT ENOUGH. 
THE INCIDENT BY INCIDENT 
APPROACH IS NOT WORKING. 
AND THAT IT'S TIME TO DO 
SOMETHING BROADER. 
AND WE NEED TO EVALUATE THE 
SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. 
AND HOW THERE'S A NEED FOR 
CHANGE. 
HOW WE APPROACH AND HAVE LAW 
ENFORCEMENT INTERACTING WITH 
OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT LEAD TO 
THESE UNFORTUNATE ENCOUNTERS. 
>> AND AS YOU SAY, SYSTEMATIC 
APPROACH IS NECESSARY. 
AND WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH 
THESE ISSUES IN THE UNITED 
STATES FOR A VERY LONG TIME, 
THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE 
COUNTRY. 
I RECALL THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 
EFFORTS TO MAKE SYSTEMATIC 
CHANGE FOLLOWS SOME OF THESE 
OTHER HIGH PROFILE INCIDENCES. 
THAT THERE'S BEEN BODY CAMERAS 
IN POLICE DEPARTMENTS. 
THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONAL 
SENSITIVITY TRAINING, AND 
RACIAL BIAS UNDERSTANDING 
TRAINING. 
NONE OF THESE SEEM TO HAVE MADE 
MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE AT LEAST 
IN THE MIND OF MANY OF THE 
PROTESTERS AND PEOPLE WATCHING 
THIS STORY PLAY OUT IT SEEMS ON 
REPEAT. 
WHAT TYPES OF SYSTEMATIC 
CHANGES DO YOU THINK ARE 
NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY MAKE A 
DIFFERENCE? 
>> WE NEED TO RADICALLY CHANGE 
OUR SYSTEM. 
WE IN THIS COUNTRY, THE U.S. 
INCARCERATES MORE THAN ANY 
OTHER PLACE ON THE PLANET. 
WE HAVE UNDER 5% OF THE WORLD'S 
POPULATION AND 25% OF THE 
WORLD'S INCARCERATED 
POPULATION. 
OUR SYSTEM IS SIGNIFICANTLY TOO 
BIG. 
AND MUST BE SHRUNK, AND THAT'S 
GOING TO REQUIRE RADICAL 
CHANGE, AND SOME OF THE WORK I 
DO IS WITH PROSECUTORS ON HOW 
WE KEEP THE THINGS OUT OF THE 
SYSTEM THAT NEVER SHOULD BE 
THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. 
SO MUCH OF WHAT CYCLES THROUGH 
THE JAILS AND PRISONS, AND WE 
HAVE 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO 
CYCLE THROUGH ON ANY GIVEN DAY. 
SO MUCH OF THAT ARE CRIMES THAT 
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH 
PRESENTING A DANGER TO SOMEONE 
OR A DANGER TO A COMMUNITY. 
SO MUCH OF THAT ARE THINGS THAT 
HAVE ALLOWED OUR SYSTEM TO 
BECOME A BACK FILL FOR UNDER 
FUNDED SYSTEMS LIKE OUR 
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND EDUCATION 
SYSTEM. 
WE NEED TO RADICALLY CHANGE 
WHAT WE CONSIDER CRIME IN THIS 
COUNTRY. 
WE NEED TO EDUCATE OURSELVES ON 
HOW THE SYSTEM WAS FOUNDED. 
IF WE TRULY UNDERSTAND THAT THE 
FOUNDING OF OUR CRIMINAL LEGAL 
SYSTEM WAS AS A MEANS TO 
EXHIBIT CONTROL OF THOSE WHO 
WERE FORMERLY ENSLAVED AND WE 
GO BACK AND LEARN OUR HIS, THEN 
IT WILL REQUIRE SOMETHING VERY 
DIFFERENT OF US IN TRYING TO 
RESPOND. 
MORE THAN JUST TINKERING AROUND 
THE EDGES. 
AND I THINK THINGS LIKE BODY 
WORN CAMERA AND HAVING TRAINING 
AND REVISING POLICIES ARE 
IMPORTANT. 
AND IT'S BECAUSEOF CAMERA 
FOOTAGE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MORE 
READILY HOLD POLICE OFFICERS 
ACCOUNTABLE. 
BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. 
WE NEED TO MAKE WHOLESALE 
CHANGES ACROSS THE SYSTEM AND 
RECK WITHIN A HISTORY THAT 
WE'VE NEVER RECKONED WITH IN 
THIS COUNTRY. 
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ONE MORE 
QUESTION ON THE SPECIFICS OF 
THIS CASE. 
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THE 
NEXT STEPS IN THE 
INVESTIGATION? 
I'M WONDERING WHAT THE 
LIKELIHOOD OF THE OTHER THREE 
OFFICERS BEING ARRESTED AND 
CHARGED AND IF THOSE DECISIONS 
WILL MAKE ANY IMPACT ON HOW 
PROTESTERS ARE RESPONDING? 
>> I THINK WE KNOW FROM 
HENNEPIN COUNTY ATTORNEY MIKE 
FREEMAN IN HIS MOST RECENT 
PRESS CONFERENCES THAT WE DO 
EXPECT TO SEE ADDITIONAL 
CHARGES WITH THOSE THREE OTHER 
OFFICERS WHO INVOLVED. 
THEY WER CAPTURED ON VIDEO. 
AND THERE WAS RECENT FOOTAGE 
THAT SHOWED IT WAS MORE THAN 
JUST OFFICER CHAUVIN WHO WAS 
PINNING GEORGE FLOYD DOWN. 
WITH THE CLEAR EVIDENCE, WE'LL 
SEE CONVICTIONS. 
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T 
BELIEVE THAT'S ENOUGH. 
I THINK THAT WE HAVE SEEN TIME 
OVER TIME, WE'RE SEEING ARRESTS 
AND CONVICTIONS. 
BUT THAT DOES NOT STOP THIS 
FROM HAPPENING. 
AND I THINK PROTESTERS AND 
THOSE WHO ARE STANDING OUT AND 
MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD KNOW 
THAT THIS SYSTEM DOESN'T OFFER 
ENOUGH OF A RESPONSE. 
WE ACTUALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE 
SYSTEM ITSELF WHICH NOT ONLY 
ALLOW THIS IS TO HAPPEN BUT 
UNABLES AND PROMOTES THE 
KILLING OF BLACK MEN. 
AND UNTIL WE CHANGE THE SYSTEM. 
THESE INDIVIDUAL CASES AND EVEN 
WHEN WE GET THE CONVICTIONS, 
GET RESOLUTIONS, THAT SOLUTION 
WILL NOT BE ENOUGH. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON 
AND DO THE OTHER THINGS, NOT 
BECAUSE THEY ARE EASY BUT 
BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD. 
>> LIFTOFF. 
WE HAVE A LIFTOFF. 
32 MINUTES PAST THE HOUR. 
LIFTOFF ON APOLLO 11. 
>> LOOKS GOOD, WALLY. 
>> EAGLE HAS LANDED. 
>> YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF GUYS 
ABOUT TO TURN BLUE. 
>> NEIL ARMSTRONG, 38-YEAR-OLD 
AMERICAN, STANDING ON THE 
SURFACE OF THE MOON. 
>> THAT'S ONE SMALL STEP FOR 
MAN. 
ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND. 
>> GOOD MORNING. 
APOLLO 13 WILL NOT BE LANDING 
ON THE MOON. 
>> WE HAVE A PROBLEM. 
>> THERE'S BEEN AN EXPLOSION 
AND THE COMMAND SHIP IS ALL BUT 
DEAD. 
>> I ANNOUNCE A NEW PLAN TO 
EXPLORE SPACE AND EXTEND A 
HUMAN PRESENCE ACROSS OUR SOLAR 
SYSTEM. 
>> WE WILL PLANT THE AMERICAN 
FLAG ON MARS. 
>> THIS IS A UNIQUE MOMENT 
WHERE ALL OF AMERICA CAN TAKE A 
MOMENT AND LOOK AT OUR COUNTRY 
DO SOMETHING STUNNING AGAIN. 
>>> YOU ARE LOOKING AT LIVE 
PICTURES OF LAUNCH PAD 39A AT 
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN 
FLORIDA. 
WEATHER PERMITTIG, HISTORY 
COULD BE MADE SHORTLY AS THE 
U.S. BEGINS A NEW ERA IN SPACE 
EXPLORATION. 
I'M LANA ZAK. 
THANKS FOR JOINING US ON TAKE 
TWO OF THIS HISTORIC DAY IN 
SPACE TRAVEL. 
WE ARE HOPEFULLY, ABOUT 40 
MINUTES AWAY FROM THE LAUNCH OF 
DOUG HURLEY AND BOB BEHNKEN TO 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. 
IF SELF- IF SUCCESSFUL. 
IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT 
A PRIVATE COMPANY HAS SENT 
ASTRONAUTS TO SPACE. 
HERE ARE EARLIER PICTURES OF 
THE TWO LEAVING NASA'S 
OPERATIONS AND CHECKOUT 
BUILDING BEFORE HEADING TO THE 
LAUNCH PAD. 
>>> WELL, IF TODAY FEELS A 
LITTLE BIT LIKE DEJA VU, THAT'S 
BECAUSE IT IS. 
THE ORIGINAL LAUNCH WAS 
SCRUBBED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 
MINUTES BEFORE LIFTOFF. 
I WANT TO HEAD OVER TO NASA TV 
TO CHECK OUT WHAT THE VERY 
LATEST ON THE GROUND IS. 
>> YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN AS MUCH 
FLEXIBILITY AS POSSIBLE. 
THERE COULD BE CHANGING WEATHER 
CONDITIONS. 
WE HAVE THE TWO IDENTICAL 
SHIPS, ONE IN THE ATLANTIC AND 
ONE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. 
AND THEY CAN REDIRECT THE 
OPERATION TO GO TO THE SAFEST 
SITE. 
>> WITH THE VEHICLE IT SOUNDS 
LIKE THE VEHICLE WILL LAND IN 
THE OCEAN. 
AND IT MAY LOOK LIKE A GENTLE 
LANDING IN THE OCEAN, BUT IT'S 
A DYNAMIC EVENT HAPPENING. 
AND THERE ARE TEAMS READY TO GO 
AND RESCUE THE VEHICLE AND THE 
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD. 
HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR 
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
ESPECIALLY WITH SO MANY 
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT COULD 
HAPPEN? 
>> WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HAD A 
DECADE OF RECOVERY SPIRIT WITH 
PREVIOUS TRIPS TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 
AND THAT ALONG WITH THE BOOSTER 
RECOVERY MISSIONS. 
WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM WHO HAVE A 
LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH OUR 
SPACECRAFT. 
THE SYSTEM, WE TOOK THAT 
EXPERIENCE AND BUILT UP A NEW 
CREW RECOVERY SHIP, TWO INCOME 
CREW RECOVERY SHIPS THAT HAVE A 
LOT OF LESSONS LEARNED BAKED 
INTO THE DESIGN AND THE 
OPERATIONS. 
THERE ARE COMPLETE MEDICAL 
FACILITIES AND POWER AND 
PREPORTION TO MAKE SURE THEY 
ARE READY. 
TONS OF TRAINING EXERCISES WITH 
SPACEX TEAM, THE NASA TEAM, AND 
THE RESCUE FORCES I MENTIONED. 
PRACTICING RECOVERY, AND 
EMERGENCY SCENARIOS WHERE WE 
HAVE TO GET THE CREW OUT OF THE 
WATER. 
WE MAKE SURE THE TEAM IS READY. 
THEY'RE ALL STAGED AND READY 
AND FEEL READY TO SUPPORT. 
AND WE'LL BE READY TO CALL ON 
US IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG 
TODAY. 
>> Reporter: SOUNDS LIKE BOB 
AND DOUG ARE IN SOME REALLY 
GOOD HANDS AND WILL BE SAFE NO 
MATTER WHAT OCCURS ON THE 
VEHICLE. 
SO THANK YOU, NICK, FOR JOINING 
US AGAIN FOR WALKING US THROUGH 
ALL OF THE DETAILS. 
I HOPE YOU'RE JUST AS EXCITED 
AS WE ARE FOR LAUNCH COMING UP 
HERE VERY, VERY SHORTLY NOW. 
WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OVER TO 
LAUREN. 
>> THANK YOU, JESSE. 
AS YOU JUST HEARD, FUELING IS 
ABOUT TO BEGIN AT TWO MINUS 35 
MINUTES. 
WE ARE ABOUT 50 SECONDS AWAY 
FROM THAT. 
AND SO WE'RE JUST GETTING 
REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO THE 
FIRST LAUNCH OF ASTRONAUTS INTO 
ORBIT FROM AMERICAN SOIL SINCE 
2011. 
THE LAUNCH ESCAPE SYSTEM IS 
ARMED WHICH AS YOU KNOW HAPPENS 
BEFORE FUELING. 
AND DRAG PROPELLANT LOAD, 
THAT'S THE PROPELLANTS INSIDE 
OF THE DRAGON CAPSULE. 
JUST A FEW MILES DOWN THE ROAD. 
THEY ARE MMH WHICH IS THE FUEL 
THAT WE USE. 
AND NTO OR NITROGEN  TETRA 
OXIDE. 
YOU DON'T NEED A THIRD THING TO 
IGNITE BECAUSE HIGHLIER BOLLIC 
PROPELLANTS. 
>> PROPELLANT LOAD HAS STARTED 
ON FALCON 9 AND THAT'S AWESOME.
SO THAT PROPELLANT SYSTEM FEEDS 
ALL OF THE ENGINES ON DRAGON. 
DRAGON HAS 12 SERVICE SECTIONS 
ENGINES, THREE IN EACH QUAD. 
THREE, THREE, THREE, AND THREE. 
AND THOSE ARE USED FOR ON ORBIT 
MANEUVERING. 
AND THERE'S THREE ADDITIONAL 
UNDER THE NOSE CONE FOR LARGE 
DELTA V MANEUVERS. 
THE ENGINES THAT NICK WAS 
TALKING ABOUT EARLIER ARE SUPER 
DRACO ENGINES. 
WE HAVE TWO IN EACH QUAD OF THE 
VEHICLE SO EIGHT IN TOTAL. 
AND THOSE ARE WHAT LIFT DRAGON 
OFF OF FALCON 9. IN THE 
UNLIKELY EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY 
THAT REQUIRES US TO GET OFF OF 
FALCON. 
MERCURY, APOLLO SOYUZ, THEY 
HAVE THE POINTY TOWER ON TOP. 
>> FOR MORE DEPTH ON ALL OF 
THIS IS RETIRED U.S. AIR FORCE 
COLONEL SCOTT CANE. 
COLONEL CANE. 
THANKS FOR JOINING US. 
THIS IS FIRST TIME THAT A 
PRIVATE COMPANY IS SENDING NASA 
ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE ON 
AMERICAN SOIL. 
GIVE US A SENSE OF HOW 
SIGNIFICANT THIS IS. 
>> I THINK IT'S INCREDIBLY 
SIGNIFICANT. 
FIRST OF ALL. 
WE USED TO BE THE LEADERS IN 
SPACE. 
AND WE GAVE UP THAT LEADERSHIP 
ROLE NINE YEARS AGO WHEN WE 
STOPPED SENDING OUR ASTRONAUTS 
FROM OUR LAUNCH PADS. 
TO TAKE THIS STEP GIVES US THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THAT 
LEADERSHIP ROLE BACK. 
AND THAT'S WHERE WE RIGHTFULLY 
BELONG IN SPACE STEP THE 
RUSSIANS AND THE CHINESE. 
>> WELL, NASA BEGAN FARMING OUT 
CONSTRUCTION OF ROCKETS TO THE 
PRIVATE SECTOR. 
I'M WONDERING IF YOU BELIEVE 
THAT PRIVATE COMPANIES ARE 
BETTER EQUIPPED TO DELIVER ON 
WHAT NASA PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED? 
>> WELL, I THINK IT'S A GREAT 
IDEA. 
THE BEAUTY OF OUR COUNTRY IS 
THAT WE CAPITALIZE ON 
INNOVATIVE SPIRIT AND THE 
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT OF OUR 
AMERICANS. 
THE GREAT THING THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT DOES IS IT KIND OF 
SETS THE TABLE. 
AND FOR 50 YEARS THE UNITED 
STATES HAD THE TABLE SET BY 
NASA. 
THEN THE MILITARY AND THE 
GOVERNMENT. 
AND THEY PROVIDED THE 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR COMPANIES 
AND ENTREPRENEURS TO LEARN THE 
WAY TO DO THINGS. 
AND THE BEAUTY OF HOW WE'RE 
DOING IT NOW IS THAT FROM MY 
EXPERIENCE 30 YEARS IN THE AIR 
FORCE, THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T 
NECESSARILY AS EFFICIENT AS THE 
PRIVATE SECTOR IS. 
AND SO WE'VE SET THE TABLE. 
AND NOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR IS 
GOING TO TAKE THE BALL AND RUN 
WITH IT AND USE THE KIND OF 
TOOLS THEY HAVE AT THEIR 
DISPOSAL TO BE A LITTLE MORE 
EFFICIENT. 
AND FIND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO DO 
SOME OF THE SAME THINGS AND TO 
THE UNBOUNDED BY GOVERNMENT 
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
AND NOT TO SAY THAT RULES AND 
REGULATIONS ARE NOT IMPORTAT. 
BUT THE PRIVATE SECTOR SEES 
THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT 
VIEWPOINT. 
AND I THINK THEY'LL DO A GREAT 
JOB OF TAKING MANNED SPACE 
FLIGHT TO THE NEXT LEVEL BY 
TAKING A LEAD IN THE 
ENVIRONMENT. 
>>> LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE 
NEXT LEVEL MIGHT BE. 
I KNOW ONE OF THE CRITICISMS OF 
THE SPACE PROGRAM BEFORE THE 
SHUTTLE WAS SHUT DOWN WAS THAT 
IT WAS ESSENTIALLY JUST DRIVING 
THE SAME ROUTE BACK AND FORTH 
BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION. 
DO WE THINK THAT THESE PRIVATE 
COMPANIES ARE GOING TO DELIVERY 
ON THE PROMISE OF EXPLORATION 
OF MARS, PERHAPS THAT FIRST 
HUMAN WHO IS GOING TO BE 
COLONIZING MARS? 
>> WELL, YOU NEVER KNOW. 
IF YOU LOOK BACK HUNDREDS OF 
YEARS AGO, NOBODY WOULD HAVE 
EVER DREAMED THAT PEOPLE WOULD 
HAVE SAILED ACROSS THE OCEAN TO 
NORTH AMERICA. 
IF 200 YEARS AGO. 
PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE DREAMED OF 
CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS TO THE 
WEST COAST OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
ONCE AGAIN THAT'S WHAT THE 
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT DOES. 
IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES AND 
PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY HAVE THIS 
GREAT CAPACITY FOR IMAGINATION 
AND DREAMING AND TO GET THINGS 
ACCOMPLISHED THAT NOBODY EVER 
THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO 
GET ACCOMPLISHED. 
IF I WERE TO USE MY CRYSTAL 
BALL, I WOULD SAY HOLD ON. 
I THINK THAT THIS IS JUST THE 
BEGINNING OF THAT OPPORTUNITY 
TO TAKE MAN TO PLACES BEYOND 
THEM. 
I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF 
WE'VE PEOPLE LIVING ON MARS 
INSIDE THE NEXT 50 YEARS. 
>> I LOVE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL 
SPIRIT, THE THINKING OUTSIDE 
THE BOX NATURE OF SPACE 
EXPLORERS, AND COLONEL, YOU'RE 
A FORMER AIR FORCE PILOTS WITH 
THOUSANDS OF FLIGHT HOURS. 
AND YOU HAVE A PROPELLER BEHIND 
YOU. 
THE ASTRONAUTS FLYING TODAY ARE 
ALSO VETERAN PILOTS. 
HOW DOES THE TRAINING OF BEING 
A PILOT IN THE AIR FORCE 
TRANSLATE INTO BECOMING A 
SUCCESSFUL ASTRONAUT? 
>> I THINK THAT WHAT YOU LEARN 
BEING A MILITARY PILOT 
INVALUABLE THROUGHOUT YOUR 
LIFE. 
YOU LEARN THAT FIRST OF ALL, 
YOU CAN DO SOMETHING THAT YOU 
JUST DREAMED OF DOG. 
MOST OF US THAT WENT TO PILOT 
TRAINING WE JUST DREAMED OF THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO FLY AND FLY 
FAST. 
AND WE WENT THROUGH INTENSE 
TRAINING, AND WITHIN A YEAR, 
YOU ARE A JET PILOT WHO CAN GO 
THE SPEED OF SOUND AND DO 
SOMETHING YOU JUST DREAMED 
ABOUT DOING A YEAR LATER. 
AND YOU LEARN GREAT SKILLS, HOW 
TO HAVE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, 
TO FOLLOW CHECKLISTS AND BE 
READY FOR ANY CONTINGENCY. 
AND ALL OF THE TOOLS THAT THE 
PILOT LEARNS WILL BE INCREDIBLY 
VALUABLE TO TAKE IT THE NEXT 
STEP TO THE ULTIMATE HIGH 
GROUND WHICH IS SPACE. 
WHERE YOU HAVE THE ULTIMATE 
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS WHERE YOU 
GET TO SEE THE WHOLE EARTH. 
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WISH I 
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT 
THOSE TWO MEN ARE PREPARING TO 
DO NOW. 
>> THE CLOSEST I EVER CAME WAS 
THE -- WHAT DO YOU CALL IT -- 
THE VOMIT COMET. 
>> MOMENTS OF WEIGHTLESSNESS 
AND THE IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO 
SEE THE EARTH FROM AFAR. 
I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. 
LET'S TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP'S PROPOSED SPACE FORCE. 
CAN YOU GIVE OUR VIEWERS MORE 
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS? 
HOW COULD IT BENEFIT THE SAFETY 
AND SECURITY OF THE UNITED 
STATES? 
AND WHERE IS THAT PROPOSAL NOW? 
>> WE STOOD UP A SPACE FORCE. 
AND IT'S MOVING FORWARD 
RAPIDLY. 
PERSONALLY, I'VE BEEN A 
PROPONENT OF THE SPACE FORCE 
SINCE I STUDIED AT THE SCHOOL 
OF ADVANCED AEROSPACE. 
THE PRESIDENT HAS UNLEASHED THE 
POWER OF SPACE BY GIVING 
PROFESSIONAL SPACE OFFICERS THE 
CONTROL OF THAT ENVIRONMENT FOR 
OUR COUNTRY. 
THE PROBLEM I BELIEVE WE HAVE 
AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN ANY NEW 
REALM IS THAT SOMEBODY IS IN 
CHARGE THAT DOESN'T FULLY 
UNDERSTAND IT. 
IT WAS THE SAME WITH THE AIR 
FORCE WHEN THE ARMY OWNED THE 
ARMY AIR CORPS. 
WHEN THE ARMY LET GO AND THE 
AIR FORCE IN 1947, THAT'S WHEN 
WE STARTED MOVING FORWARD VERY 
RAPIDLY. 
AND UNDERSTOOD FULLY HOW TO FLY 
IN THE AIR REALM. 
WE'RE DOING THE SAME THING NOW 
BY UNLEASHING THE OPPORTUNITY 
FOR SPACE OFFICERS AND SPACE 
ENLISTED MEN AND WOMEN TO BE 
PROFESSIONALS IN THEIR ARENA 
AND TO UNDERSTAND THE ULTIMATE 
HIGH GROUND LIKE NOBODY ELSE 
CAN AND BE UN-CON TRAINED BY 
OTHER FORCES. 
I THINK HAVING A SPACE FORCE IS 
A GREAT THING. 
AND I THINK THAT OVER TIME IT 
WILL PAY HUGE DIVIDENDS, NOT 
JUST IN THE MILITARY REALM BUT 
IN THE CIVILIAN REALM AS WELL. 
WE'LL HAVE GREAT UNDERSTANDING 
OF THE CAPABILITIES AND 
REQUIREMENTS OF HAVING A GREAT 
SPACE FORCE. 
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 
JOINING US AND WATCHING WITH 
US, COLONEL CAIN. 
WE NEED TO CHECK IN WITH NASA 
TV. 
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, DAN. 
WE ARE SO PUMPED RIGHT NOW 
BECAUSE THINGS HAVE CLEARED UP. 
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT 
ACTUALLY DO THIS. 
WE ARE NOW 25 MINUTE, 46 
SECONDS AND COUNTING FROM THE 
FIRST LAUNCH OF ASTRONAUTS TO 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
FROM U.S. SOIL IN NINE YEARS. 
THIS WILL MARK THE BEGINNING OF 
A NEW ERA WHERE MORE PEOPLE 
WILL BE ABLE TO FLY TO SPACE 
THAN EVER BEFORE. 
AND WE WANT TO SHARE THE 
RESULTS OF A POLL. 
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE MOON, 
WOULD YOU RATHER VISIT THE 
SOUTH POLE WHERE NO ONE HAS 
BEEN BEFORE OR THE APOLLO 11 
LANDING SITE. 
AND IT WAS AN EVEN SPLIT. 
46% WOULD GO TO THE MOON'S 
SOUTH POLE. 
AND 52 WOULD GO TO THE APOLLO 
11 LANDING SPACE. 
I DON'T KNOW. 
WHAT DO YOU THINK? 
WHICH PLACE? 
>> I'M WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. 
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT FLAG 
THERE AND THOSE FOOTPRINTS 
THERE. 
THEY'LL STILL BE THERE, RIGHT? 
THERE'S NO WIND. 
>> I'M THINK I'M WITH BOTH OF 
YOU. 
IT'S LIKE THE MEATBALL. 
THE CLASSIC. 
GOING TO CLASSIC SPOT. 
AND THAT'S WHERE ALL OF IT 
STARTED. 
WHERE ALL OF THE INSPIRATION 
CAME. 
THAT'S THE HISTORY. 
>> AND HOPEFULLY, MAYBE YOU 
WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE 
OTHER. 
>> THAT'S TRUE. 
>> WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE 
FROM GOING WHERE WE'VE NEVER 
BEEN BEFORE AND WE NEED TO GO 
TO THE SOUTH POLE TOO. 
AND WE'RE THRILL SOD SEE ALL OF 
YOU FOLLOWING ONLINE. 
AND WE'LL GO TO, WITH LESS THAN 
25 MINUTES TO GO. 
I'M SURE THINGS ARE HEATING UP 
ONLINE. 
>>> YOU'RE COMPLETELY RIGHT. 
NOW THAT WE HAVE THE GO FOR 
LAUNCH, PEOPLE ARE ON THE EDGE 
OF THEIR SEATS WAITING ON THIS 
HISTORIC MOMENT TO TAKE FLIGHT. 
PHOTOS ARE STILL COMING. 
>> THEN, WE'VE GOT 23 MINUTES 
AND SOME CHANGE TO GO, WHAT DO 
YOU THINK BOB AND DOUG ARE 
FEELING RIGHT NOW? 
>> I THINK THEY'RE VERY CALM 
COOL AND COLLECTED AS TEST 
PILOT, BUT I THINK THEY'RE 
THINKING ABOUT WHAT ARE THE 
STEPS MALFUNCTION OR SOMETHING 
HAPPEN SO PHENOMENAL STUFF IS 
ALL KIND OF AUTOMATED IS IN THE 
HEAVENS WOULD HAVE TO INTERVENE 
WITH THOSE TOUCHSCREENS. 
>> WE ARE JUST INSIDE 23 
MINUTES NOW, ON WEDNESDAY, WE 
WERE FIVE MINUTES FURTHER, IN 
THE COUNTDOWN WHEN WE HEARD 
THAT CALL, TO SCRUB THE WEATHER 
WAS STILL VERY TOUCH AND GO AT 
THIS POINT IN WEDNESDAY, TODAY, 
AT LEAST RIGHT NOW I DON'T WANT-
SIT I'M AFRAID TO EVEN SAY IT 
OUT LOUD, IT LOOKS BETTER. 
TODAY. 
>> YET AND IT FEELS LIKE I AM 
FEELING A LOT MORE, THAT I DID 
ON WEDNESDAY. 
YOU KNOW SPEAKING OF BOB AND 
DOUG AND THEM BEING CALM AND 
COOL AND COLLECTED, HAVEN'T HAD 
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN 
MEETINGS WITH THEM, AND WATCH 
THEM TRAIN, I HAVE TO SAY TO 
ALL OF MY FRIENDS WORK WITH 
THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY, THE 
FEEDBACK IS ALWAYS JUST WHAT 
GREAT PEOPLE THEY ARE. 
AND JUST HOW BRIGHT AND SHARP 
THEY ARE, JUST GOOD PEOPLE. 
AROUND THE OFFICE, WE OFTEN 
REFER TO THEM AS THE DADS. 
THE DADS. 
>> THEIR DEBTS. 
THEIR DEBTS. 
WE HAVE MET THEIR FAMILIES, AND 
WHEN YOU SEE PEOPLE IN THAT 
VERY PERSONAL LEVEL, IT STARTS 
TO MEAN SO MUCH THEY ARE PART 
OF A TEAM. 
>> HI EVERYONE I AM WANTED ZACH 
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US WE 
ARE LESS THAN 20 MINUTES AWAY 
FROM THE HISTORIC SPACE? 
LAUNCH, HERE TO DISCUSS IT ALL 
WITH ME, FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT 
REX THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, 
IF YOU RECALL, ON WEDNESDAY 
ORIGINAL MISSION WAS SCRUBBED, 
WITH JUST 17 MINUTES TO SPARE, 
NOW JUST ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY 
FROM THE SCHEDULED LAUNCH, I'M 
HEARING GOOD THINGS COMING OUT 
OF NASA, ONE OF THE 
METEOROLOGIST REALLY LOOKING 
FOR RIGHT NOW? 
>> BASICALLY THREE THINGS GOING 
TO LOOK FOR MAKE SURE THERE IS 
NO RAIN IN THE AREA, THERE'S NO 
THUNDERSTORMS, FOR ELECTRICITY 
AND STUFF, AND THEN HAVE TO 
LOOK AT THE WINS TO THE WANT TO 
VENTURE THE WINS IN THE LIGHT, 
ONSHORE, OFFSHORE TO PUSH THE 
CAPSULE OUT YOU NEED FOR A 
LAUNCH ABOARD. 
>> YEAH. 
WELL I WANT TO ALSO LET OUR 
VIEWERS KNOW, YOU ARE NOT JUST 
ANY OLD ASTRONAUT YOU ACTUALLY 
WERE PART OF THE VERY LAST 
SHUTTLE MISSION, THAT LAUNCH 
FROM AMERICAN SOIL, SO AS YOU 
ARE WATCHING THIS, HISTORIC 
LAUNCH POTENTIALLY TAKING PLACE 
TODAY, ARE YOU FEELING? 
>> IT IS EXCITING BRINGS UP A 
LOT OF MEMORIES YOU CAN STILL 
FEEL THE EXCITEMENT, AND A 
LITTLE BIT OF NERVES NERVES AS 
YOU WATCH MRS. FISCHER WHEN YOU 
HAVE FRIENDS ON. 
WHERE THE CREWMEMBERS OBVIOUSLY 
STUCK EARLY WHO I FLEW WITH 
LAST SPECIAL MISSION SO JUST 
GAVE UP THEM ANOTHER GOOD HAVE 
A GREAT FLIGHT AND IT'S REALLY 
EXCITING TO SEE THIS FOR STEP 
INTO THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF 
HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. 
>> DOUG HURLEY, I KNOW THAT YOU 
WERE ON THAT LAST SHUTTLE 
MISSION, TOGETHER I WONDER IF 
YOU HAVE CHECKED IN WITH YOUR 
OLD FRIEND, AND HOW IT COMPARES 
TO THE LAST TIME YOU GUYS FLEW 
TOGETHER. 
>> YES AWAITED I SENT HIM AN 
EMAIL HE SAID IT IS A LITTLE 
BIT SURREAL BEING BACK THERE 
AFTER HAVING FLOWN NINE YEARS 
AGO WITHOUT I'M SURE IT'S A 
LITTLE DIFFERENT TO. 
OBVIOUSLY A NEW VEHICLE, NEW 
EVERYTHING. 
AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE 
FLYING WITH JUST TWO PEOPLE IS 
DIFFERENT TO CREW OF FOUR ON 
FLIGHT, SEVEN AND PREVIOUS 
SHUTTLE FLIGHT A LITTLE BIT 
DIFFERENT WITH JUST TWO. 
DOUG IS SEASON TEST PILOT, BOB 
IS A FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER GOT 
GREAT EXPERIENCE, LIVING THE 
DREAM RIGHT NOW FLYING THE 
FIRST FLIGHT OF A NEW 
SPACECRAFT, THAT'S PRETTY 
AMAZING. 
>> THEY HAVE NOW PORTED THE 
CAPSULE, IN PREPARATION FOR 
LUNCH, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT IS 
LIKE WHEN THAT HATCH FINALLY 
CLOSES BEHIND YOU WHEN YOU 
FEELING? 
>> IT IS A GREAT FEELING YOU'RE 
ONE STEP CLOSER CLOSE THE 
HATCH, THE BASIC BY THE GO AWAY 
THREE MILES AWAY, YOU ARE LIKE 
WELL IT IS JUST THE CREW NOW, 
SITTING ON TOP OF THIS ROCKET. 
IT IS AMAZING FEELING TO THINK 
THAT YOU'RE GETTING REALLY 
REALLY CLOSE, AND THEY JUST 
HEARD THAT THE WEATHER IS 
GREEN, AS OF NOW. 
NOW THEY REALLY GETTING 
EXCITED, THEY ONLY HAD A 50-50 
CHANCE NEVER KNOW FOR SURE IF 
THIS IS THE LAUNCH TAPING 
EUROPE AS BEST THEY CAN HOPE 
FOR THE BEST, NOW THE VEHICLE 
IS WORKING, WHETHER IS WORKING 
WELL, RANGE IS CLEAR. 
THEY ARE REALLY EXCITED LOOKS 
HE COULD BE THE DAY. 
>> SO I'M TOLD THIS IS PROBABLY 
THE FIRST TIME ON TODAY'S 
JOURNEY, THAT THE CREWMEMBERS 
ARE PHYSICALLY ALONE TOGETHER. 
HOW MIGHT THAT AFFECT THEIR 
MENTALITY GOING INTO THE LAUNCH.
>> THERE USED WITH THEY BEEN 
FLUNG TOGETHER IN JUST TOGETHER 
ALL BY THEMSELVES THEY HAVE 
BEEN TRAINING TOGETHER, SO THEY 
ARE USED WITH. 
YOU GET THIS POINT IN THE 
TRAINING YOU CAN ALMOST TELL 
EACH OTHER'S THOUGHTS YOU CAN 
YOU HAVE HEARD ALL YOUR JOKES, 
YOU CAN PROBABLY JUST TELL THE 
PUNCHLINE AND UP TO TELL THE 
JOKE ANYMORE. 
AND THEY ENJOY BEING WITH EACH 
OTHER AND THEY KNOW HOW TO 
COMPENSATE FOR EACH OTHER, 
TRAIN SO MUCH THAT YOU KNOW 
EACH OTHER STRENGTHS, 
WEAKNESSES. 
YOU CAN COMPENSATE FOR THOSE. 
>> OF WRECKS AS YOU MENTIONED 
SHUTTLE FLIGHTS USUALLY HAVE-
CRUISE, DOWN THE RULES OF THESE 
TWO ASTRONAUTS, WHAT ARE THE 
RESPONSIBILITIES FROM NOW INTO 
LAUNCH, AND HOW DOES THAT 
CHANGE AFTER LIFTOFF? 
>> SURE A BUNCH DOUG HURLEY'S 
COMMANDER SPACECRAFT EMITTER HE 
WILL BE IN CHARGE, BOB IS RIGHT 
THERE BESIDE HIM HELP HIM DO 
ANYTHING THEY NEED TO DO, RUN 
ANY PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE 
THEY GET SAFELY TO ORBIT. 
ONCE AGAIN TO ORBIT THEY BECOME 
SPACE VISION CREWMEMBERS. 
AND DOUG, BOB HAS BEEN REALLY 
GOOD SKILLS , IT WILL ACTUALLY 
ALLOW US TO DO SOME SPACEWALKS 
WHILE THEY'RE UP THERE CHRIS 
CASSIDY UP THERE, PUT CHRIS 
CASSIDY AND BOB BENDER TOGETHER 
YOU'VE GOT A GREAT DREAM TEAM 
THEY CAN GO OFF AND CHANGE SOME 
BOUNDARIES AND SPACE VISION 
WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO. 
BOTH CAN DO RESEARCH, AND 
EXPERIMENTS AND, CARRY OUT SOME 
OF THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT IS 
GOING ON IN THIS POSITION. 
>> I'M WONDERING IF THE LAUNCH 
GOES AS PLANNED HOW MUCH WILL 
THEY ACTUALLY BE IN CONTROL OF 
THE SPACECRAFT, HOW MUCH OF 
THIS IS ALL PROGRAMS, IN FOR 
THEM. 
IT WAS SURE MOST OF IT IS 
AUTOMATED THAT'S ONE OF THE 
SPECIAL NATURE OF THESE NEW 
COMMERCIAL CREW VEHICLES FOR 
FLYING IN WE HAVE SPACE X AND 
BOEING IS DEVELOPING STAR 
LINER, VEHICLE BOTH OF THESE 
VEHICLES ARE VERY HIGHLY 
AUTOMATED, THAT MAKES IT SAFER 
BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE SYSTEMS 
CHECK EACH OTHER. 
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS 
OPERATING PROPERLY DON'T DEPEND 
ON HUMAN INPUT WHEN YOU DON'T 
NECESSARILY NEED IT. 
NOW WE CAN TAKE INPUT IF WE 
NEED-CONTROL FOR INSTANCE ON 
THIS FLIGHT THEY CAN MANUALLY 
DOCKET THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY 
AUTOMATICALLY DR. GOING TO HAVE 
A TEST OF THE MANUAL FLYING OF 
THIS VEHICLE IS A TEST FLIGHT. 
AT SOME POINT BOB AND DOUG WILL 
TAKE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE 
MAKE SURE IT FLIES RIGHT, SEE 
HOW IT IS HANDLING. 
DO A GOOD FLIGHT TEST UP THERE. 
>> WE ALWAYS HOPE THAT 
EVERYTHING GOES WELL, BUT THIS 
IS UNTESTED, I SHOULDN'T SAY 
UNTESTED THIS IS REALLY 
REVOLUTIONARY TECHNOLOGY. 
SO WHAT, WOULD BE THE 
PROCEDURES IF SOMETHING WERE TO 
GO WRONG WHAT PROCEDURES ARE IN 
PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 
GET BACK TO GROUND SAFELY? 
>> SURE, WILL THIS VEHICLE AS 
WELL AS THE BOEING VEHICLE HAVE 
A VERY GOOD SAFETY APPARATUS 
CALLED THE ESCAPE SYSTEM. 
SO IF THERE WAS SOMETHING TO 
HAPPEN O THE ROCKET DURING THE 
LAUNCH SEQUENCE, THE ESCAPE 
SYSTEM CAN PULL THE CAPSULE 
AWAY FROM THE ROCKET. 
AND THEY CAN DEPLOY THE 
PARISHES LAND IN THE WATER, WE 
CAN GO PICK THEM UP AND BRING 
THEM HOME. 
NOT SOMETHING THE SPACE SHUTTLE 
HAD, SPATIAL INCREDIBLE VEHICLE 
RAISING CAPITAL BUILDERS GET 
OFF THE ROCKET WHILE THIS LINE 
LIKE THAT, IS UNPRECEDENTED. 
COMPARED TO THE SPECIALS OF THE 
EARLY ROCKETS AT APOLLO TO THE 
TWO THOSE FOLKS BACK THEN WERE 
VERY SMART SO THE LAUNCH ESCAPE 
CAPABILITY THESE NEW VEHICLES, 
REALLY BIG SAFETY FACTOR. 
THAT REALLY HELPS VEHICLE. 
>> WHEN THIS WAS MISSION IS ALL 
SAID AND DONE WHERE WILL THE 
UNITED STATES STAND IN THE 
CURRENT SPACE RACE, AND WHAT 
DOES IT MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF 
OUR SPACE PROGRAM? 
>> IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE 
FUTURE OF OUR SPACE PROGRAM 
BECAUSE THE WHOLE ONUS OF 
GETTING THIS COMMERCIAL CREW 
VEHICLES OFF THE GROUND IS THAT 
IS THE WAY OF COMMERCIALIZING 
IT MAKING IT MORE AFFORDABLE, 
LESS WE CAN SPEND IN 
TRANSFERRING OUR ASTRONAUTS TO 
AND FROM THE SPACE STATION THE 
MORE WE HAVE LOOKED OVER-THE 
TRUE EXPLORATION WHICH NASA IS 
BEST AT. 
WE WANT TO BE TO DO THE THINGS 
THAT PRIVATE COMPANIES CAN'T TO 
GET LET GO TO THE MOON, GO TO 
MARS. 
THE SAME THINGS WE ARE GETTING 
FROM THESE COMMERCIAL CREW 
PROGRAMS ALMOST ALL OF THAT 
MONEY TO THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM 
WHICH IS GOING TO PUT THE FIRST 
WOMAN NEXT MAN ON THE MOON, BY 
2024. 
WE HAVE BIG THINGS AHEAD FOR 
NASA THIS IS THE FIRST STEP 
WHAT I THINK IS REALLY A NEW 
GOLDEN ERA OF SPACE EXPIRATION. 
>> YOU MENTIONED MARS, DO YOU 
THINK THAT THAT IS NOW THE NEW 
SPACE RACE? 
>> IN A WAY IT IS, BECAUSE 
THAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT'S 
WHAT WE WANT TO GO, WE REALLY 
NEED TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY BY 
GOING BACK TO THE MOON, BUT 
IT'S A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO GO 
TO MARS, THAT IT IS TO THE MOON 
NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR 
SYSTEMS ARE OPERATING GOING TO 
THE MOON TAKES 3 TO 5 DAYS, 
GOING TO MARS AND TAKE MONTHS 
TO A OTHER MAY END UP STAYING 
MAY HAVE NOT MUST'VE HAD A 
THREE-YEAR MISSION. 
NEED TO MAKE SURE SYSTEMS ARE 
SPACES, ROCKETS, EVERYTHING 
WORKS WELL BEFORE WE VENTURE 
OFF TO MARS. 
>> IS A BANNER DAY, I AM 
WONDERING IF YOU HAD ONE 
SPECIAL MESSAGE, TO SEND TO THE 
ASTRONAUTS WHAT THAT WOULD BE? 
>> GOOD LUCK, SOAK IT ALL AND 
HAVE SOME FUN UP THERE. 
IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT. 
THEY ARE THE CONSUMMATE 
PROFESSIONAL THEY KNOW THEIR 
JOB, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO 
DO THEY KNOW HOW TO HANDLE 
EMERGENCIES ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE 
NEED TO TALK ABOUT THAT, TO SAY 
TO HAVE A GREAT FLIGHT. 
ENJOY. 
HAVE A LOT OF FUN. 
>> YOUR MESSAGE TO ALL THE 
FUTURE ASTRONAUTS WHO ARE 
WATCHING NOW MAYBE DREAMING OF 
THE FUTURE OF SPACE TRAVEL? 
>> WORK HARD IN SCHOOL, KEEP 
AFTER IT BECAUSE THESE DREAMS 
DO COME TRUE CHANCE TO FLY IN 
SPACE THREE TIMES IF I CAN DO 
IT THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO IT. 
>> IS VERY EXCITING STUFF ABOUT 
WHAT TO THINK YOU REX I WANT TO 
ALSO LET OUR VIEWERS KNOW THAT 
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE 
MONITORING THIS, IT JUST A 
LITTLE BIT I'M GOING TO THROW 
IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE MARK 
STRASSMANN IN FLORIDA HE WILL 
HAVE CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT, 
IF YOU'RE JUST TUNING IN AND 
THINKING MAYBE THIS IS DEJA VU, 
WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE 
NOW GETTING CLOSER, TO THE 
POSSIBLE SPACE? 
LAUNCH, LET'S HEAD ON OVER TO 
FLORIDA. 
>> THIS IS CBS NEWS SPECIAL 
REPORT, I MARK STRASSMANN 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA,
WE ARE ABOUT TO WITNESS THE 
DAWN OF A NEW AGE IN 
SPACEFLIGHT, THIS IS LAUNCHPAD 
30 9A, JUST OVER THREE MILES 
FROM HER CBS POSITION, FALCON 9 
ROCKET BELONGS TO SPACE X FIRST 
TIME EVER A PRIVATE COMPANY IS 
ABOUT TO LAUNCH PEOPLE INTO 
ORBIT. 
TWO ASTRONAUTS BOB THINKING, 
AND DOUG HURLEY ARE ALREADY 
STRAPPED INTO THE CRUDE DRAGON 
CAPSULE. 
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST HUMAN 
LAUNCH INTO ORBIT FROM U.S. 
SOIL IN ALMOST A DECADE. 
SINCE THE SPACE SHUTTLE FLEET 
WAS RETIRED IN 2011. 
RIGHT NOW WE ARE JUST UNDER 12 
MINUTES AWAY FROM LUNCH. 
SPACE OFF SNOW, THIS LAUNCHPAD 
HAS MADE HISTORY BEFORE, IT IS 
WHERE APOLLO 11 BEGAN ITS 
JOURNEY TO THE MOON, AND WERE 
DOZENS OF SPATIAL MISSIONS 
ROCKETED TO THE SKY. 
TODAY'S CREW IS HEADED TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 
UNDERLINING THE HISTORICAL 
SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DAY, 
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WATCHING IN 
PERSON. 
BUT BECAUSE THE CORONAVIRUS 
THREAT, NASA HAS LIMITED THE 
NUMBER OF SPECTATORS AND 
JOURNALISTS IT IS ALSO 
ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO WATCH 
ON TELEVISION, OR ONLINE. 
INSTEAD OF GATHERING ON NEARBY 
BEACHES, AND CAUSEWAYS. 
EARLIER TODAY, BANKEN AND HURLEY
SUITED UP FOR LUNCH. 
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SPACE? 
SUIT MUCH SLEEKER AND MORE 
CONTEMPORARY LOOKING. 
GONE ARE THE FAULTY SUITS 
ASTRONAUTS OR FOR DECADES TO 
ESTIMATES ALSO MEDIA, WALKOUT 
THEIR PAD, ON THEIR WAY TO THE 
LAUNCHPAD. 
SAY GOODBYE TO THE WIVES AND 
KIDS, STRIKING IMAGE WEAVING 
WILL KEEPING SOCIAL DISTANCE. 
HURLEY AND BACON THEN WROTE TO 
THE LAUNCH AREA, AND A TESLA 
MODEL X LITTLE MARKETING BUT 
ELON MUSK THE FOUNDER OF BOTH 
TESLA AND SPACE X.  BANKEN AND 
HURLEY, HAVE DECADES OF 
EXPERIENCE BOTH JOINED NASA'S 
ASTRONAUT CORPS IN 2000 EACH 
MARRIED, ANOTHER ASTRONAUT FOR 
THE SAME CLASS. 
BOTH HAVE ONE YET? 
I'M SO CLOSE PERSONALLY HURLEY, 
WAS THE BEST MAN AT BANKEN'S 
WEDDING. 
49 YEARS OLD, CHIEF ASTRONAUT 
FLEW INTO SPATIAL MISSIONS, SIX 
SPACEWALKS, ALSO FORMER FLIGHT 
TEST ENGINEER, DOUG HURLEY IS 
53, ALSO FLEW TRICE ON 
SHUTTLES, FINAL SHUTTLE MISSION 
ON ATLANTIS IN 2011, RETIRED 
COLONEL IN THE MARINE CORPS, 
FIGHTER PILOT AND A TEST PILOT, 
WE ARE NO JUST AT EXACTLY 10 
MINUTES AWAY FROM LUNCH, HURLEY 
AND BANKEN WILL BE FLYING ON A 
COMPLETELY NEW SPACECRAFT, 
FIRST NEW ONE SINCE THE MAIDEN 
SHUTTLE FLIGHT ALMOST 40 YEARS 
AGO. 
SPACE X  19 CARGO MISSIONS TO 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE 
COMPANY IS FINE PEOPLE, 23 
STORY TOLD TO STAGE FALCON 9, 
PARTIALLY REUSABLE, AT THE TOP 
IS THE CRUDE DIRECT CAPSULE THE 
BOTTOM FIRST STAGE NINE MERLIN 
ENGINES OF APOLLO THAT POWER 
THE ROCKET OFF THE LAUNCHPAD 
THE FIRST DENSE ATMOSPHERE, ON 
THE TOP OF THE CASTLE, CAPSULE 
IS A NOSE CONE. 
IT WILL OPEN AFTER REACHING 
ORBIT, REVEALING THE PORTABLE 
DOCK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION. 
AND THAT LATE TOMORROW MORNING, 
FOR THE CREW SAFETY AND AND ON 
BOARD A BOARD SYSTEM, SERIOUS 
TROUBLE DEVELOPS AT ANY POINT, 
FROM LUNCH ORBIT SYSTEM WILL 
PUSH THE CAPSULE AWAY FROM THE 
ROCKET, IT WILL LAND IN THE 
ATLANTIC OCEAN. 
PHIL HARWARD CBS'S SPACE 
CONSULTANT COVERED AMERICA'S 
SPACE PROGRAM FOR MORE THAN 30 
YEARS, INCLUDING 129 SPATIAL 
MISSIONS, EVERY SPACE? 
FALCON FOLLOWING ACCOUNT OF FOR 
THE LAST FEW HOURS I WAS TO 
QUESTION IT WAS LOOKING PRETTY 
GOOD CONCERN ALL ALONG WITH THE 
WEATHER, THE SUM OF YOU IN 
FLORIDA YOU GET THESE AFTERNOON 
THUNDERSTORMS, BUILD UP AND OF 
COURSE THEY DON'T WANT TO 
LAUNCH THROUGH A LOGICALLY 
CHARGED AREA, THEY DON'T WANT 
TO TRIGGER LIGHTNING. 
IT IS CLEAR ENOUGH, IT IS MADE 
A TURNAROUND FOR US, TODAY A 
LOGICAL ACTIVITY DROP DOWN, 
CLOGS THINNED OUT. 
THE GO FOR LUNCH WE HAVEN'T 
HEARD ANY ISSUES WITH THE 
ROCKET ITSELF, PROPELLANT LOAD 
STARTING OFF ABOUT 35 MINUTES 
BEFORE LUNCH, THAT IS STILL IN 
PROCESS, IT'S WRAPPING UP. 
SO KEEPING FINGERS CROSSED 
LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. 
>> WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT HOW 
THIS IS GOING TO USHER IN THE 
COMMERCIAL AGE OF SPACE, LET'S 
TALK ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS 
MISSION WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHY 
IS IT SO IMPORT TO NASA 
QUESTION 
>> WE'VE BEEN HEARING FOR DAYS 
NOW, HOW IMPORTANT THIS MISSION 
IS IN TERMS OF OPENING A NEW 
ERA IN COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT 
ALL OF THAT. 
FOR NASA IN THE NEAR-TERM THE 
REAL GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO 
LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS TO AND FROM 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 
STATION, WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY 
THE RUSSIANS MORE THAN $90 
MILLION A SEAT. 
EVER SINCE ATLANTIS TOOK OFF ON 
ITS LAST FLIGHT, BACK IN 2011, 
THAT HAS BEEN FORCED TO HITCH 
RIDES WITH THE RUSSIANS TO THE 
SPACE STATION. 
THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE 
TO END. 
THIS IS A FIRST STEP IN THAT 
DIRECTION. 
STILL GOING TO CONTINUE FOR A 
WHILE LONGER, THIS IS GOING TO 
AND NASA'S SOLE RELIANCE ON 
RUSSIA. 
FOR BASIC SPACE TRANSPORTATION. 
>> BILL THANKS, CHECK IN WITH 
YOU IN A SECOND. 
I SPOKE ALSO EARLIER THIS WEEK, 
WITH SPACE X UNDER ELON MUSK 
TOLD ME AT TODAY'S HISTORIC 
LAUNCH ADDED PRESSURE ONE 
SIMPLE REASON. 
THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. 
>> ANYTHING ANYONE CAN THINK OF 
TO IMPROVE SUCCESS, MAKE SURE 
SAFELY, TAKEN TO THE SPACE 
PRIORITY IN FACT I'VE TOLD THE 
IT IS NOT SIMPLY THE TOP 
PRIORITY  IT IS THE ONLY PARTY. 
IT WAS HOW DOES THAT RESPONSE 
ABILITY WE ON YOU? 
>> WAYS VERY HEAVILY, IT'S 
REALLY ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT 
RIGHT NOW. 
I REALLY KIND OF HAVE TO 
MENTALLY BLOCK IT IS OTHERWISE 
IT WOULD BE EMOTIONALLY 
IMPOSSIBLE TO DO WITH. 
FRANKLY. 
>> IT IS EXECUTED. 
>> YES. 
>> WANT TO BRING IN GARRETT 
BREEZEWOOD NOW, AS WE LOOK AT 
PRESIDENT TRUMP HERE KENNEDY 
SPACE CENTER ADVISOR FOR SPACE 
X  WORK FOR ELON MUSK FOR 7 
YEARS DEVELOPING HELPING 
DEVELOP THE CRUDE DRAGON 
SPACECRAFT ALSO A FORMER 
ASTRONAUT THREE DIFFERENCE 
FACIALS, FIRST FLIGHT WAS 
ACTUALLY WITH BOB BANKEN ON 
ENDEAVOR IN 2008, GARRETT WHAT 
MAKES FLYING IN THE CRUDE 
DRAGON SO DIFFERENT FROM FLYING 
IN THE SHUTTLE? 
>> ARE SOME OBVIOUS VISIBLE 
DIFFERENCES, OBVIOUSLY THE 
SPARKLING WHITE SPACESUITS, 
TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAYS, EVEN 
BEING ABLE TO FLY THE VEHICLE 
USING THE TOUCHSCREEN. 
RUNNING TO THE LAUNCHPAD AND 
TESLA'S. 
SO THOSE OF THE OBVIOUS THINGS, 
I THINK A MORE SIGNIFICANT 
DIFFERENCE IS WHAT YOU CAN SEE 
WHICH IS ALL THE ADVANCES WE 
HAVE MADE IN ELECTRONICS, AND 
SOFTWARE, THIS VEHICLE IS MUCH 
MORE AUTOMATED THAN THE SPACE 
SHUTTLE WAS. 
AND REALLY AS SOON AS THE 
ROCKET LIFTS OFF, IT IS ON ITS 
OWN. 
IT'S DOING ITS OWN THING, 
REALLY ONLY ONE COMMAND THAT 
EITHER THE CREW, OR THE GROUND 
CONSENT OF THE ROCKET, WELL IT 
IS IN FLIGHT. 
AND THAT IS TO TELL IT TO SHUT 
DOWN, IN THE EVENT OF A LAUNCH 
ESCAPE. 
OTHERWISE IT DOES ITS THING. 
>> YOU KNOW BOB BANKEN, AND 
DOUG HURLEY SO WELL, WHAT ARE 
THESE GUYS LIKE WHY IS THIS SO 
WHERE THEY GOOD FIT FOR THIS 
PARTICULAR MISSION QUESTION 
>> YEAH I THINK THEY ARE FOR 2 
EXTRA PEOPLE, THEY ARE SOME OF 
THE MOST OR VERY GUYS YOU WILL 
COME ACROSS. 
I ME THAT IN A VERY GOOD WAY, 
BOTH BOB AND DOUG VERY CAPABLE 
REALLY EASY TO GET ALONG WITH, 
AND JUST GOOD PEOPLE. 
ABOVE I HAVE KNOWN HIM A VERY 
LONG TIME AND HE IS A SUPER 
SMART GUY, CLASSMATES TOGETHER 
AT CALTECH. 
PHD SOMETIMES SITTING IN 
MEETINGS AT SPACE X PEOPLE 
WOULD BE  TALKING DOWN TO HIM 
ABOUT CERTAIN TECHNICAL TOPICS, 
NOT TAKING HE WAS JUST A PILOT, 
AND THEY WOULD I KNEW THAT BOB, 
KNEW MUCH MORE THAN THEY DID HE 
WOULD JUST SIT THERE TO SMILE. 
AND THEN DOUG IS FOR MARINE 
ACTUALLY LAID BACK GUY. 
AND THEY ARE BOTH A LOT OF FUN. 
IT WAS FOR BOTH OF THEM AS 
THERE IN THE CAPSULE STRAPPED 
IN, LYING ON THE BACK GETTING 
READY, FOR LAUNCH WHAT GOES 
THROUGH AN ASTRONAUTS MIND AT 
THIS POINT? 
WHEN WE ARE SO CLOSE TO LUNCH? 
>> WILL I TELL YOU AS IT GETS 
CLOSER IT GETS MORE BELIEVABLE 
UP UNTIL THAT POINT THERE IS 
ALWAYS THE DOUBT IN THE BACK OF 
YOUR HEAD ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT 
TODAY'S REALLY GOING TO BE THE 
DAY. 
WHETHER OR NOT WEATHER IS GOING 
TO ALLOW YOU TO LAUNCH. 
AND SO YOU'RE WONDERING ABOUT 
THAT. 
UNTIL YOU GET TO THE POINT 
WHERE NOW THERE LAUNCH ESCAPE 
SYSTEM, THEY'RE FUELING THE 
ROCKET. 
STARTING TO FEEL REAL. 
IT WILL REALLY FEEL REAL WHEN 
THE ENGINES LIGHT OF THE KICK 
IN THE PANTS AND YOU KNOW TODAY 
IS A DAY. 
>> THIS IS THE SECOND LAUNCH 
ATTEMPT OF THIS TEST FLIGHT, 
BAD WEATHER SCRUBBED IT THREE 
DAYS AGO, ON WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON WITH JUST UNDER 17 
MINUTES UNTIL LUNCH, CBS NEWS 
METEOROLOGIST AND CLIMATE 
SPECIALIST JEFF BERARDELLI 
JOINS US NOW, JEFF AFTER ALL 
THIS ROUGH WEATHER HOW DOES IT 
LOOK FOR LUNCH QUESTION 
>> IT IS BETTER, I MEAN JUST 
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO, IT DID NOT 
LOOK GOOD, WE AT SEA BREEZE 
UNDERSHORTS, A LOT OF 
LIGHTNING, A LOT OF HEAVY 
DOWNPOURS, RIGHT ON TOP OF CAPE 
CANAVERAL, NOW AS WE LOOK AT 
THE RATER THINGS ARE STARTING 
TO QUIET DOWN, THE STORMS ARE 
DISPERSING. 
TO THE WEST END OF THE SELF. 
A LOT OF THE ENERGY IN THE 
ATMOSPHERE OF TRADE WE HAVE 
STORMS EARLY ENOUGH, SET UP THE 
ENERGY NOW, THE SUN IS COMING 
BACK OUT THAT IS SOME GOOD 
NEWS, AS WE ZOOM AND YOU WILL 
NOTICE IN THE MELBOURNE AREA 
THERE IS LIGHTNING AND THUNDER 
HOWEVER, THAT IS OVER 20 MILES 
AWAY, FROM THE SITE OF LAUNCH, 
AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, CRITERIA
THE THRESHOLD GIVEN IS ABOUT 10 
MILES IS ON THE STORMS OF MORE 
THAN 10 MILES AWAY, THUNDER 
STORMS LIGHTNING, MORE THAN 10 
MILES AWAY GENERALLY WE ARE 
OKAY RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS WE 
ARE LOOKING GOOD OVER THE NEXT 
FEW MINUTES. 
DOESN'T LOOK AT ANY BIG OR 
STORMS ARE HEADED THAT WAY. 
>> OKAY JUST THANKS, NOW TODAY 
WE WILL WITNESS SEVERAL FLIGHT 
MILESTONES, AS THE CREW 
MENTIONED ORBIT, COUNTDOWN CLOCK
CONTENT CLOCK HIT ZERO, AND 
JUST UNDER THREE MINUTES ALL 
NINE FALCON 9 ROCKET, LIFTOFF 
WILL BE UNDERWAY, ROUGHLY 2 
MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS AND LIGHT
THOSE ENGINE SHUTDOWN, AND THE 
FIRST STAGE SEPARATES FROM THE 
ROCKET. 
THE BOTTOM PORTION YOU SEE ON 
THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN 
FLIPS AROUND, HERE IS THE 
REMARKABLE BREAKTHROUGH, AND 
TECHNOLOGY THE FIRST STAGE 
FALLS BACK TO EARTH, AND LANDS 
RIGHT SIDE OF, ON THE SPACE? 
DRONE SHIP, OFF THE COAST. 
IT IS RECOVERED AND REUSED FOR 
FUTURE SPACE EXPLOITS, THAT HAS 
REVOLUTIONIZED THE BUSINESS 
MODEL OF SPACE. 
SET THE STAGE DESCRIBED ORBIT 
ROUGHLY 12 MINUTES INTO FLIGHT, 
CRUDE DRAGON CAPSULE SEPARATES 
AND REACHES ORBIT TAKE ABOUT 19 
HOURS TO CATCH UP AND DOUG WITH 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
WHICH ORBITS THE EARTH AT 
70,000 MILES PER HOUR. 
PUT ANOTHER WAY LOS ANGELES TO 
NEW YORK 10 MINUTES. 
IN FACT TALKING SCHEDULED TO 
HAPPEN ABOUT 1027 TOMORROW 
EASTERN TIME. 
WE ARE DOING NOW THE LIFT OFF 
OF MINUTES JUST MINUTE 36, 
TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE 2014, 
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM IS IT 
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE 
ACTUALLY NOW ON THE VERGE OF IT 
HAPPENING QUESTION WAS I CAN'T 
TELL YOU HOW MANY TEST WE HAVE 
COVERED HOW CLOSELY WE HAVE 
FOLLOWED ALONG, DEVELOPMENT OF 
FALCON 9 ROCKET, REALLY THE 
CRUDE DRAGON SPACECRAFT I CAN'T 
I CAN BELIEVE IT IS BEEN A LOT 
OF EFFORT GONE INTO IT AT THE 
SAME TIME, IT'S GETTING REAL 
HERE. 
PRETTY QUICK. 
>> GARRETT GETTING REAL FINGERS 
CROSSED QUESTION 
>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 
FOR SO LONG, I MEAN BECAUSE OF 
THE COMMERCIAL CARGO PROGRAM GO 
BACK TO THE BUSH MINISTRATION. 
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR 
10 YEARS, REALLY HARD, NOW THAT 
WE HAVE FINALLY REACHED THIS 
MOMENT, THAT WE ARE INSIDE ONE 
MINUTE, IT IS KIND OF SURREAL. 
>> BOB BANKEN DOUG HURLEY, 
STRAPPED INTO THE CRUDE DRAGON 
CAPSULE NOW UNDER 45 SECONDS, 
AWAY FROM LAUNCH. 
THE WEATHER, IS FINALLY CLEARED 
UP, AFTER BEING IFFY ALL DAY 
LONG, NOW IT LOOKS AS THOUGH 
ALL SYSTEMS SEEM TO BE GO HERE 
AT THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 
AND THAT OF COURSE IS A HUGE 
RELIEF, TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED. 
WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT REALLY 
FOR YEARS. 
THIS IS BEEN YEARS IN THE 
PLANNING YEARS IN THE 
DEVELOPING, AND ALL THAT MOMENT 
IS FINALLY HERE. 
SO WHY DON'T WE WHAT WE PIPE 
DOWN HERE AND JUST LISTEN TO 
LAUNCH CONTROL AND SEE HOW THIS 
GOES. 
>> 10, NINE, EIGHT, SEVEN, SIX, 
FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE, 
ZERO. 
IGNITION. 
LIFTOFF. 
FALCON 9 CRUDE DRAGON GO TREND 
SEVEN SPACE X  GODSPEED. 
>> DOWNRANGE. 
>> COPY WHAT ALPHA. 
>> STAGE ONE PROPULSION 
PROPULSION IS NOMINAL. 
>> FALCON POWER NOMINAL. 
>> AND 1D MODEL DOWN, THROTTLE 
DOWN. 
VEHICLE IS SUPERSONIC. 
>> WELL LOOKS LIKE WE ARE ON 
OUR WAY THE NEXT BIG MOMENT, IS 
NEXT TO EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THAT 
IS. 
>> EVENTUALLY PASSED THROUGH 
THE PERIOD OF THE MAXIMUM 
AERODYNAMIC PRESSURE WHERE THE 
WIND IS A STRONG IS, THAT THE 
CHILDREN REGIME AND WE HAVE 
ASSET HURTLE, NEXT AND COMING 
UP IS THE SHUTDOWN OF THE NIGHT 
FOR THE FIRST STAGE, IT WILL BE 
VERY RAPIDLY FOLLOWED BY 
SEPARATION OF THE STAGES, AND 
IGNITION OF THE VACUUM ENGINE, 
SECOND STAGE ENGINE TAKE US UP 
AND ORBIT. 
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAPPING 
THERE, IT ALL SEEMED TO FIT 
LOOKED PICTURE-PERFECT. 
WAS IT? 
>> AS FAR AS EVERYTHING SO FAR 
IS NOMINAL, IT IS REALLY 
LOOKING LIKE IT GOOD FLIGHT, AND
WE GOT A WAYS TO GO HERE. 
SO BUT SO FAR IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, 
JUST LIKE DREAMLIKE TO SEE THAT 
THING ACTUALLY TAKE OFF. 
>> IT IS EXCITING TO WATCH 
ABOUT HAVING TIMES YOU'VE SEEN 
IT BEFORE. 
NOBODY HAS PROBABLY SEEN IT 
MORE THAN BILL. 
IS IT FINALLY LIFTED OFF THE 
PAD, AND ACTUALLY IN THIS NEW 
SPACE ERA, 
>> WE SEE A LOT OF FALCON 9'S 
TAKEOFF FROM THE PERSPECTIVE 
THE LAUNCH LOOK EXACTLY LIKE 
ALL THE OTHERS WE HAVE SEEN. 
THE DIFFERENCE THIS TIME YOU 
KNOW THERE ARE TWO HUMAN BEINGS 
ON BOARD. 
THAT GIVES A WHOLE DIFFERENT 
SENSE OF URGENCY. 
NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. 
WHAT DOES THEY WERE LOOKING AT 
THE CAMERA NOW, THAT IS ON THE 
ROCKET ITSELF, LOOKING BACK AT 
THE EARTH. 
YOU'RE GETTING TO SEE SPACE 
SEPARATION WERE THE FIRST STAGE 
WILL SHUT DOWN, ITS ENGINES 
FALLAWAY FINAL CONTINUE ON THE 
POWER SECOND STAGE ENGINE. 
>> FALCON STAGE VIBRATION 
CONFIRMED. 
>> ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR 
SCREEN IS LOOKING UP AT THE 
SECOND STAGE FROM THE FIRST 
AGE, VIEWING OF RIGHT SIDE 
ACTUALLY THE VIEW OF THE SECOND 
STAGE ENGINE WHICH IS NOW 
LIGHTING UP, IT WILL BLOW RED-
HOT, THAT IS HOW IT ACTUALLY 
CALLS ITSELF DOWN. 
THAT FIRST STAGE, WILL TURN 
AROUND AND COME ON BACK ATTEMPT 
TO LAND ON THE SHIP. 
>> WE HAVE HEARD A LOT OF TALK 
ABOUT HOW THIS IS FULLY 
AUTOMATED. 
SO WHAT IS IT THAT THE 
ASTRONAUTS OF THIS POINT ARE 
RESPONSIBLE FOR ARE THEY JUST 
ALONG FOR THE RIDE OR IS THIS 
MORE TO A QUESTION 
>> AT THIS POINT THERE ARE 
MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE, 
LOOKING AT SCREENS TO SEE IF 
THEY'RE HAVING DIRECTION AT THE 
RIGHT SPEED. 
ONLY ONE COMMAND THAT THEY CAN 
USE, AT THIS DURING ASCENT, 
THAT IS A BIG CANDLE RIGHT 
THERE YOU SEE ON THE LEFT 
SCREEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TWO 
OF THEM IF YOU PULL THAT, IT 
WILL LIGHT UP THE SUPER DRACO 
ESCAPE SYSTEM, YOU HEAR THEM IN 
THE BACK OF TALKING ABOUT 
DIFFERENT TO A, TO BE THESE ARE 
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE SUPER 
DRACO'S WILL DO IF YOU PULL 
THAT HANDLE RIGHT NOW, IF IT 
AUTOMATICALLY GOES. 
>> JUST TO JUMP IN REAL QUICK 
FUSE SEEING FROM INSIDE THE 
CCKPIT, WE HAVE NEVER SEEN 
LIVE VIDEO U.S. ASTRONAUTS IN A 
ROCKET, DURING LUNCH ON A U.S. 
SPACESHIP, THE RUSSIANS HAVE 
DONE THIS, FOR YEARS. 
BUT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS 
VIEW FOR AN AMERICAN LUNCH. 
>> WHEN HE WHEN GARRETT 
MENTIONED THE ESCAPE SYSTEM, 
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE 
BIT, BECAUSE I ALSO FACTORED 
INTO THE WEATHER WE WERE 
TALKING ABOUT WAS A JUST 
WEATHER, HERE ON THE LAUNCHPAD, 
WHETHER ALL THE WAY UP THE EAST 
COAST, IN ATLANTA,REALLY ALL 
THE WAY TO IRELAND, CONTINUES 
CONTINGENCY PLAN EXPLAIN TO 
FOLKS HOW EXACTLY THAT IS GOING 
TO WORK AND CONJURE THE 
ASTRONAUTS ALWAYS HAVE A WAY 
OUT OF SOMETHING REALLY SHOULD 
GO WRONG. 
>> YES SO THE SPACECRAFT HAS 
SUPER DRACO ENGINES, EIGHT OF 
THEM IN PAIRS OF TWO IN THESE 
FOUR PARTS, AND IF THE FALCON 
IS HAVING A BAD DAY THEY CAN 
LIGHT UP, EARLY ON THEY WOULD 
TAKE THE TRUNK WITH THEM IF 
THAT WOULD HAPPEN, AND THE TRUNK
PROVIDE STABILITY, IN THE 
ATMOSPHERE. 
NOW AT THIS POINT THEY WOULD 
JUST LEAVE WITHOUT THE TRUNK 
DID AND THEY CAN GET AWAY FOR 
THE FALCON 9 VERY QUICKLY. 
IN FACT HAVE THAT LUXURY OF 
THAT SYSTEM ALL THE WAY UP TO 
ORBIT WHICH IS SOMETHING WE 
DIDN'T HAVE DURING SHUTTLE. 
>> DEPENDENT ON WHEN IT HEAVEN 
FORBID NEEDED TO HAPPEN 
DEPENDING ON WHEN IT HAPPENED, 
THEY WOULD LAND SOMEWHERE IN 
THE ATLANTA, IT COULD ALL THE 
WAY TO IRELAND. 
RIGHT QUESTION 
>> ACTUALLY WE AVOID THE NORTH 
ATLANTIC ON PURPOSE, AT FIRST 
WE WILL TURN BACK AND HAD TO 
NOVA SCOTIA BASICALLY, HALIFAX 
THAT WE GET A LITTLE FURTHER 
ALONG WE ACTUALLY WILL SPEED UP 
SUPER DRACO ENGINES, HAD TO 
SHAVE IT IRELAND, KNOCK HIM 
DOWN AND THAT, NASTY NORTH 
ATLANTIC. 
>> AT THIS POINT, JUST THRILLED 
WITH HOW THIS IS ALL GONE SO 
FAR. 
>> ABSOLUTELY YOU'RE TALKING 
ABOUT THE CREW ESCAPE SYSTEM, 
AIR FORCE IS STILL STANDING BY, 
CRUISE STATION, CHARLESTON 
SUNDERLAND, NEARBY PATRICK AIR 
FORCE BASE, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE 
NOW BEYOND THE REALM WHERE 
PATRICK WOULD COME TO THEIR AID.
IF THERE WAS SOMETHING 
UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENED, DID 
MAKE THEM DITCH INTO THE OCEAN, 
AS GARY SAID AVOIDING THE NORTH 
ATLANTIC, RESCUE CREWS ON BASE 
AT CHARLESTON, WOULD IT REALLY 
TAKE OFF, SEARCH THESE GUYS 
DOWN HEALTH ABOUT. 
SO FAR AND ABSOLUTELY PICTURE-
PERFECT LAUNCH. 
>> GARRETT DID YOU HEAR 
ANYTHING AT ALL THAT STRUCK YOU 
AS BECAUSE IT IS EASY TO WATCH, 
ASSUME EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL 
SOMETIMES IF YOU LISTEN WITH A 
TRAINED EAR, TO WHAT THE LAUNCH 
CONTROL IS SAYING, YOU PICK UP 
LITTLE SUBTLE CUES THAT 
SOMETHING IS WORRIED ABOUT 
SOMETHING OR THINK ABOUT 
SOMETHING WAS ANY SIGN OF 
ANYTHING QUESTION MARK 
>> YOU KNOW SO FAR, EVERYTHING 
SEEMS ABSOLUTELY PERFECT EVERY 
THING IS NOMINAL, I HAVEN'T 
HEARD ANYTHING THAT IS ANY KIND 
OF SURPRISES, EXACTLY WHAT YOU 
WANT ANY SITUATIONS. 
COMING UP ONLY ABOUT TWO 
MINUTES AWAY FROM THE CUT OFF 
OF THE SECOND STAGE ENGINE, OR 
SHEET AND THAT WOULD BE BOB AND 
DOUG GETTING UP INTO SPACE AND 
BEING PRETTY MUCH ALL THE WAY 
THERE. 
AND SAVE TIME, YOU SENIOR RIGHT 
OF YOUR SCREEN THERE THAT IS 
THE FIRST AGE, ROCKET COMING 
BACK AND HEADING TO LAND, THAT 
WILL HAPPEN PRETTY QUICK 
SUCCESSION. 
LETTING OF THE FIRST AGE, AND 
THE CUT OFF OF THE ENGINE ROOM 
BOB AND DOUG INSERTED INTO THE 
CORRECT ORBIT WITH THE SECOND 
STAGE. 
>> BILL IS THERE ANYWAY TO 
UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF THIS 
FIRST AGE, COMING BACK TO EARTH 
LANDING, AND BEING REUSABLE AS 
IT IS REVOLUTIONIZED ROCKETRY 
AND REVOLUTIONIZED BUSINESS 
MODEL OF SPACE QUESTION 
>> REALLY HAS IT'S NOT JUST 
SPACE X THEY ARE THE ONES WHO 
PIONEERED THIS, THEIR EXAMPLE IS
INSPIRED ON OTHER ROCKET 
BUILDERS COMPETITORS U.S. IN 
EUROPE AND RUSSIA, TO BEGIN 
DESIGN THEIR OWN REUSABLE 
SPACECRAFT, JUST TO BE ABLE TO 
COMPETE. 
I LIKE TO POINT OUT THE RIGHT 
SIDE OF THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW, 
YOU ARE SEEING THREE OF THE 
ENGINES ON THE FIRST STAGE, 
FIRING PLUNGE BACK DOWN INTO 
THICK LOWER ATMOSPHERE, DRONE 
SHIP, I STILL LOVE YOU, TO COME 
IN FOR A LANDING THIS IS 
SOMETHING THAT HAS REALLY 
REVOLUTIONIZED THE WHOLE SPACE 
LAUNCH INDUSTRY NO QUESTION 
ABOUT IT. 
>> SEVEN YEARS WHAT YOU THINK 
IS GOING THROUGH HIS MIND IT IS 
OUR RIGHT NO QUESTION 
>> YOU KNOW I BET HE FEEL KIND 
OF LIKE I AM I THINK I'M DOING 
A GOOD JOB NOT SHOWING IT 
WORKABLE NERVOUS WRECKS. 
AND PROBABLY FILL SOMETHING 
PRETTY SOON. 
>> WE TALKED TO HIM EARLIER 
THIS WEEK FROM HIM TO HUGE 
DIFFERENCE IN THE LEVEL OF 
RESPONSIBLY FLYING CARGO FLIGHT 
PEOPLE, TWO LIVES ON THE LINE, 
IT IS HIS ROCKET THAT IS 
RESPONSIBLE FOR CAPSULE 
RESPONSE WILL FOR TAKING THEM 
UP. 
AND BRINGING THE BACK. 
>> ABSOLUTELY IS A HUGE STEP 
UP, AND RESPONSIBILITY AND 
SERIOUSNESS AND CONSEQUENCES OF 
FAILURE. 
SO WE ARE APPROACHING RIGHT 
NOW, THE AND OF THE SECOND 
STAGE BURN, COPY SHANNON, THAT 
MEANS SOME OF THE LAST OF THOSE 
ABORT MODES EVERYTHING IS 
NORMAL, AND HOPEFULLY VERY SOON 
SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN THE ASCENT 
PHASE ONE OF THE BIGGEST 
GETTING TO SPACE WILL BE 
COMPLETE. 
IT WAS WHAT DO THE ASTRONAUTS 
FEEL WHEN THAT HAPPENS QUESTION 
MARK FOR TO HAVE JESUS THINK 
SHUT DOWN, SO THAT WE DO HAVE A 
GOOD SUCCESSFUL INSERTION INTO 
ORBIT, 4 1/2 G'S FOR HALF TIMES 
AS MUCH OF THE DUKE RIGHT THERE 
SHUT DOWN, THEY FEEL A ZERO 
GEEZ, THEY FEEL WEIGHTLESS. 
>> NOMINAL ORBITAL INSERTION. 
>> WE NOMINAL ORBITAL INSERTION 
THAT IS GREAT NEWS. 
THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR. 
>> SO FAR IT ALL LOOKS AS THOUGH
COULD REALLY NOT HAVE GONE ANY 
BETTER. 
EVERYBODY HAS TO BE THRILLED. 
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY YOU SEE WE 
EVEN LED TO THE FIRST STAGE, 
EVEN THAT WOULD PERFECTLY. 
NORMALLY THAT IS A BIG DEAL, ON 
THIS PARTICULAR MISSION, TO ME 
THAT IS KIND OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
>> I JUST LIKE TO SEE BOB AND 
DOUG UP THERE. 
>> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WITH THE 
NEXT MILESTONE OF THE ASSET IS, 
FIRST OF ALL GOING TO HAVE THE 
FIRST STAGE, PROBABLY ALREADY 
FLIPPED AROUND, ON ITS WAY BACK 
>> OH IT'S DOWN THERE AND 
ALREADY. 
YEAH, YEAH. 
>> SO WHAT IS COMING UP NEXT IS 
DRAGON NOW WILL SEPARATE, FROM 
THE SECOND STAGE, PULL AWAY FROM
THAT ROCKET. 
AND THEN IT WILL SOON AFTER 
THAT, IT WILL OPEN UP ITS NOSE, 
THAT IS THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE. 
EXPOSING DOCKING SYSTEM ALSO 
THE NAVIGATION SENSORS. 
ONCE THAT IS COMPLETE, THE THAT 
STARTS A SLOW ROUGHLY 19 HOURS 
SLOWLY CREEPING UP TO 
RENDEZVOUS WITH THE SPACE 
STATION, THEN TOMORROW 
HOPEFULLY WE WILL SEE BOB AND 
DOUG ON FOR THE ISS. 
>> THIS IS THIS IS A TEST 
FLIGHT. 
AND ALTHOUGH EVERYTHING CAN BE 
AUTOMATIC, BACON AND HURLEY AS 
FORMER TEST PILOT, ARE EXPECTED 
TO TRY OUT SOME OF THE SYSTEMS 
IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING 
IS WORKING AS WELL AS IT CAN, 
SO WHAT EXACTLY WILL THEY BE 
DOING ON THEIR WAY TO THE SPACE 
STATION BY WAY OF TESTING OUT 
THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS, THAT ARE 
IN THE CREW DRAGON. 
>> ONE OF THE BIGGEST TESTS ARE 
GOING TO DO TRY SOME MINIMAL 
FLYING, NORMALLY DRAGONS 
CAPABLE AND HAS, LAST YEAR WE 
ACTUALLY SENT TO DRAGON ALL THE 
WAY UP AND BACK DOWN FROM THE 
SPACE STATION, COMPLETELY 
AUTOMATICALLY ON TIME, THAT IS 
THE NORMAL MODE OF OPERATION. 
BUT THERE IS A'S ABILITY TO 
TAKE MANUAL CONTROL, AND FLY 
THE VEHICLE MANUALLY, BOB AND 
DOUG WILL TEST THAT OUT AS HAS 
POSTED A CHANCE TO TRY THAT. 
THEY WILL BE TESTING OUT SOME 
OTHER SYSTEMS INCLUDE LIFE-
SUPPORT SYSTEMS, THEY'RE GOING 
TO SLEEP, THERE ACTUALLY GET 
EIGHT HOURS TO TONIGHT TO GO TO 
BED. 
SO IT WILL BE FRESH TOMORROW TO 
DOCK TO THE SPACE IS 
>> I HEARD NASA DEMONSTRATION 
EARLY TODAY, ONE OF THE MOST 
IMPORTANT JOBS, IS TO EAT, AND 
IS TO SLEEP SO THEY ARRESTED IN 
TIME. 
FOR THE DOCKING TO THIS BASE 
STATION TOMORROW MORNING. 
ALSO JUST HEARD FROM PRESIDENT 
TRUMP, HIS REACTION TO TODAY'S 
LAUNCH, HE SAID IS INCREDIBLE, 
I AM SO PROUD OF FOR THE 
PEOPLE, AT NASA. 
WE ARE ALMOST AT THE 12 MINUTE 
MARK AFTER LAUNCH. 
WHEN THE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE IN 
ORBIT. 
>> COMING UP HERE ON THERE IT 
IS. 
THERE GOES. 
DRAGON WE HAVE GOOD DRAGON 
SEPARATION. 
AND YOU SEE PICTURE THERE, 
LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. 
DRAGON TRUNK. 
PULLING AWAY FROM SECOND STAGE, 
AND THAT IS ANY TIME YOU HAVE A 
MECHANICAL EVENT, SEPARATION 
EVENT SOMETHING SPECIAL FOCUS, 
OBVIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL, AND NEXT 
IS JUST A NOSECONE OPENING. 
>> WE HAVE A FEW WORDS FROM YOU.
>> AMAZING TO WATCH. 
NEXT STEP REALLY IS THE 
DOCKING, WITH THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION THAT WILL HAPPEN 
AT 10:27 TOMORROW MORNING, 
EASTERN TIME. 
CREW DRAGON BILL TO DOCK 
AUTONOMOUSLY, AS GARRETT SAID 
BACON AND HURLEY DO HAVE THE 
CAPABILITY TO TAKE OVER IF 
SOMETHING GOES WRONG. 
ONCE ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL 
SPACE STATION HURLEY AND BANK 
AND JOIN THE CURRENT CREW 
AMERICAN ASTRONAUT VISCOSITY, 
AND TWO RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS 
BACON AND HURLEY WILL BE IN 
SPACE FOR AT LEAST SIX WEEKS. 
NO LONGER THAN FOUR MONTHS. 
SO IT REALLY ANY FINAL THOUGHTS 
GARRETT HOW DOES THIS COMPARE 
FOR INSTANCE TO OTHER SPACE 
MILESTONES THAT YOU HAVE 
WATCHED ORBIT PART OF QUESTION 
MARK 
>> I THINK THE OBVIOUS 
COMPARISON IS TO THE LAUNCH THE 
FIRST LAUNCH OF THE SPACE 
SHUTTLE BACK IN 1981 TO MEET A 
LOT OF WHAT WE ARE DOING REALLY 
HARKENS BACK TO A POLO, I 
REMEMBER TAKING BILL ANDERS, 
APOLLO 8 NATIONAL TOUR OF SPACE 
X  REMARKED HOW SPACE? 
TODAY MINDS OF WHAT NASA WAS 
LIKE DURING APOLLO. 
YOU KNOW THAT DURING HIS FLIGHT,
APOLLO 8 BACK IN 1968 WAS 
ANOTHER DIFFICULT TIME FOR OUR 
COUNTRY. 
IT WAS A TIME OF WE WERE LOSING 
A LOT OF AMERICANS TO THE 
VIETNAM WAR, WE HAD RACIAL 
CONFLICTS, VIOLENCE, AND WE HAD 
A BIG DIVISION IN OUR SOCIETY. 
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS ECHOES TO 
TODAY, WHEN APOLLO 8 CAME BACK, 
SUCCESSFULLY ORBITED AROUND THE 
MOON, TELEGRAM WAS SENT TO THE 
CRUSADES A QUEUE FOR SAVING 
1968. 
NOW I'M NOT SAYING THAT BOB AND 
DOUG TO SAVE 2020. 
OKAY I'M NOT SAYING THAT WILL 
WE JUST DID ANYWHERE NEAR AS 
TECHNOLOGICALLY OBLIGATED OR AS 
IMPRESSIVE AS SENDING THREE MEN 
AROUND THE MOON BACK IN 1968. 
BUT I HOPE, IF YOU WERE LIKE 
ME, AND FOR AT LEAST 10 MINUTES 
JUST NOW YOU LOOKED UP, AND SAW 
SOMETHING EXCITING, SOMETHING 
TO GIVE YOU HOPE A BRIGHT IF YOU
OF A FUTURE FULL OF WONDER. 
THAT IS THE MAGIC OF HUMAN 
SPACEFLIGHT. 
I HOPE YOU GOT THAT OUT OF THAT 
TODAY. 
>> BILL. 
>> I REALLY STRUCK AT THE 
WASHINGTON COUNTLESS LAUNCHES 
RUSSIAN LUNCHES, AND MAKING 
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD IT IS A 
REAL TREAT, TO WATCH A U.S. 
ROCKET TAKEOFF FROM U.S. SOIL 
WITH NASA ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD. 
A GREAT FEELING. 
>> TODAY OUR NATION MARKED A 
MILESTONE SITTING ASTRONAUTS TO 
SPACE FROM U.S. SOIL BY THE 
COMPANY HAS NO PUBLISHED WHAT 
UNTIL THE ONLY COUNTRIES WERE 
CAPABLE OF. 
DOUG CURLEY AND BOB BECKETT 
HAVE MADE HISTORY AS A SCREW OF 
A NEW AGE BIG THANK YOU TO OUR 
ENTIRE CBS NEWS TEAM OUR GUESS 
BILL HARWOOD AND GARRETT. 
COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE IN OUR 
24-HOUR STREAMING NETWORKS, CBSN
WATCH IT ALSO AT CBS NEWS.COM 
OR HONOR CBS NEWS APP. 
MORE ON YOUR LOCAL NEWS, AND ON 
THE CBS STATION AND TONIGHT ON 
THE CBS EVENING NEWS. 
THIS IS BEEN A CBS NEWS SPECIAL 
REPORT, I AM MARK STRASSMANN 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IN FORT A. 
>> WE WILL BEACH TODAY 
TERMINATING A RELATIONSHIP WITH 
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 
REDIRECTING THOSE FUNDS TO 
OTHER WORLDWIDE DESERVING 
URGENT GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH 
NEEDS. 
THE WORLD NEEDS ANSWERS FROM 
CHINA ON THE VIRUS. 
WE MUST HAVE TRANSPARENCY, 
>> LAWMAKERS AND HEALTH 
EXPERTS, URGING PRESIDENT TRUMP 
TO RETHINK HIS DECISION TO PULL 
FUNDING FROM THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION, WHAT HOUSE IS 
BLAMING THE UNITED NATIONS 
GLOBAL HEALTH AGENCY, FOR NOT 
TAKING ENOUGH ACTION ON THE 
WORLD FIRST LEARNED OF THE 
CORONAVIRUS. 
PRESIDENT ALSO ACCUSES W.H.O. 
OF COVERING UP THE THREAT ON 
CHINA'S BEHALF. 
HE WAS HAD BEEN CONTROLLING 
MORE THAN $400 MILLION TO THE 
GROUPS NEARLY $5 MILLION ACTUAL 
BUDGET, DANIEL WILL JOINS ME 
NOW, COVERS THE WHITE HOUSE, 
FOR POLITICO. 
DANIEL THANKS FOR BEING WITH 
US. 
PRESIDENT TOLD TO MUTUAL 
DIRECTOR GENERAL ON MAY 18th, 
HE WOULD MAKE A FUNDING FREEZE 
PERMANENT IF YOU DIDN'T SEE 
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, IN A 
MONTHS TIME. 
IT'S ONLY BEEN 11 DAYS, SINCE 
THEN BEFORE FRIDAY'S 
ANNOUNCEMENT, SO WHAT CHANGE 
BETWEEN NOW, AND THEN THAT MADE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP FELIX NEED TO 
ACT RIGHT AWAY. 
>> I THINK CHINA'S DECISION TO 
CLAMPDOWN ON HONG KONG'S 
FREEDOM, AND LIBERTIES THAT 
PLAYED A IMPORTANT ROLE, IN 
TRUMP'S ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY, 
EVEN THOUGH W.H.O. 
IS NOT FULLY A CHINA ISSUE, HE 
IS BLAMING BOTH PARTIES, CHINA 
AND THE W.H.O. 
FOR COVERING UP THE VIRUS, NOT 
TAKING IT SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. 
EVEN WHEN HIS OWN HE WAS 
CALLING IT A HOAX, A MEMBER IN 
FEBRUARY. 
IN JANUARY HE WASN'T TAKING IT 
AS SERIOUSLY AS EXPERTS THOUGHT 
THAT HE SHOULD. 
SO IT IS KIND OF A WAY TO SHIFT 
BLAME. 
AND HE DIDN'T SEEM TO GIVE THE 
W.H.O. 
ENOUGH TIME, TO PURSUE REFORMS. 
I THINK THEY HE JUST THOUGHT 
THAT W.H.O. 
WAS NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY LIVE 
UP TO ITS PROMISES. 
>> CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT 
MORE, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE 
CONFLATING SOME VERY DIFFERENT 
IDEAS, BETWEEN HONG KONG, AND 
CHINA'S ONE COUNTRY TWO SYSTEMS 
POLICY. 
IN THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION AND'S RESPONSE TO 
THE CORONAVIRUS. 
WHY WOULD THAT PROMPT PRESIDENT 
TRUMP TO TO PUT THOSE TWO 
TOGETHER, AND DO THIS AND TAKE 
THIS ACTION AND LESS TIME THAT 
HE HAD PROMISED. 
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. 
>> WELL SOMETIMES THINGS DON'T 
ALWAYS MAKE YOU KNOW, ADD UP IN 
TRUMP WORLD. 
SO IT'S NOT WOULD NOT BE THE 
FIRST TIME REMEMBER A FEW DAYS 
AGO, HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS 
GOING TO HAVE A PRESS 
CONFERENCE ON CHINA ON FRIDAY. 
IT WAS NOT ACTUALLY A PRESS 
CONFERENCE, DIDN'T ANSWER ANY 
QUESTIONS IT WAS A FIVE MINUTE 
OR SO STATEMENT, AND HE DIDN'T 
REALLY ATTACK CHINA, TOO MUCH 
BECAUSE HE WANTS TO MAINTAIN 
THAT TRADE DEAL, THAT HE 
NEGOTIATED WITH THE CHINESE. 
AND SO I THINK THEY JUST WANTED 
TO ROLL OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT 
THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE ANYWAY, 
IN A FEW WEEKS AND SO THEY 
THOUGHT THIS COULD BE A GOOD 
TIME. 
TO DO THAT. 
>> SO HAD HEALTH COMMITTEE 
CHAIRMAN LAMAR ALEXANDER A SAID 
HE'S A DISAGREE WITH THE 
DECISION, LET'S BE CLEAR HE IS 
A TENNESSEE REPUBLICAN, AND HE 
SAID QUOTE CERTAINLY THERE 
NEEDS TO BE A GOOD HARD LOOK AT 
THE MISTAKES THE WORLD HEALTH 
ORGANIZATION MIGHT HAVE MADE IN 
AN ACTION WITH CORONAVIRUS BEEN 
TIME TO DO THAT IS AFTER THE 
CRISIS HAS BEEN DEALT WITH, NOT 
IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. 
SO IF LEADERS, FROM THE 
PRESIDENT'S OWN PARTY, ARE 
AGAINST THIS DECISION WISE 
PRESIDENT TRUMP PUSHING BOARD 
WITH IT SO HARD? 
>> WELL NOT EVERYONE IN THE 
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS AGAINST 
DECISION, LaMARR IS ONE OF THOSE
OUTSPOKEN REPUBLICANS WHO 
SOMETIMES DISAGREES WITH THE 
PRESIDENT, BUT THEY DON'T WANT 
TO GET CROSSED LINES WITH TRUMP,
THEIR VOTERS DON'T REALLY CARE 
ABOUT THE W.H.O. 
IT'S KIND OF A FAR-OFF 
ORGANIZATION. 
HEALTH EXPERTS ARE SAYING THIS 
IS BAD NEWS, BECAUSE W.H.O. 
PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN 
COORDINATING THE VIRUS 
RESPONSE, ESPECIALLY TRYING TO 
FIND TEENS, THERAPEUTICS. 
SO THIS COULD SET BACK THE U.S. 
A LITTLE BIT, AND WE ALSO RELY 
ON THEM TO TRACK DISEASES THAT 
ARE COMING OUT OF DEVELOPING 
COUNTRIES. 
SO THIS FOR THE NEXT PANDEMIC, 
THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE IN 
OFFICE HE WENT TO CARE TOO 
MUCH, BUT THIS COULD SET THAT 
BACK. 
REMEMBER TRUMP IS PRETTY 
SKEPTICAL OF INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE FIRST 
PLACE HE IS WITHDRAWN OUT OF 
TREES BEFORE, SO THIS IS NOT A 
HUGE SURPRISE. 
>> AS YOU KNOW THERE'S AN 
ELECTION GOING ON, THROUGH ALL 
OF THIS OF THE PRESIDENT IS 
TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO REVIVE 
HIS FAVORITE TALKING POINT 
WHICH IS THE ECONOMY. 
U.S. REPORTING ON WHY SOME 
DEMOCRATS ARE ACTUALLY WORRIED 
ABOUT THE ECONOMY, WHAT CAN YOU 
TELL US QUESTION 
>> DEMOCRATS THEY ARE LOOKING 
ECONOMIST ARE LOOKING AT THE 
THIRD QUARTER, FORECAST FOR THE 
ECONOMY, THEY SAY THAT THE 
UNEMPLOYED RATE COULD BE 
SINKING PRETTY GOOD. 
AND ALSO GDP GROWTH COULD BE 
HISTORIC LEVELS. 
BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO SEE 
HISTORICALLY BAD SECOND 
QUARTER, BECAUSE A 40 MILLION 
AMERICANS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS, 
PEOPLE ARE SLOWLY BEGINNING TO 
GET BACK TO WORK. 
PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK INTO THE 
JOBS, FINDING NEW JOBS AT LEAST 
SOME OF THEM. 
SO THEY ARE DEMOCRATS ARE 
WORRIED THAT TRUMP COULD TAKE 
CREDIT SAYING WE BUILD UP THE 
ECONOMY ONCE BEFORE, AND HE IS 
REBUILDING IT AGAIN. 
LOOK AT THIS ALL DATA COME IN 
JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER. 
SO THAT COULD HURT JOE BIDEN'S 
CHANCES. 
AND REMEMBER, TRUMP TRUST ON 
THE ECONOMY OR THE JOE BIDEN. 
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE 
BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS TO KEEP IN 
MIND. 
THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKING ABOUT 
A HORRIBLE ECONOMY YOU HAVE JOB 
REPORTS, NURSING 1 MILLION JOBS 
CREATED IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. 
>> WILL CONTINUE WATCHING ALL 
OF THAT DANIEL BECKY. 
>> THANK YOU. 
>> HI EVERYONE, I AM LANA ZAK, 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME TO 
WATCH HISTORY BEING MADE TODAY, 
AS SPACE X SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH 
FROM THE  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 
ISLAND FLORIDA, THIS IS THE 
FIRST TIME AMERICANS WERE FROM 
AMERICAN SOIL IN NEARLY A 
DECADE. 
TWO ASTRONAUTS BOB BECKETT AND 
DOUG HURLEY EXPECTED TO DOCK AT 
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
TOMORROW, JOINING US AGAIN FROM 
VERO BEACH FLORIDA IS RETIRED 
U.S. AIR FORCE COLONEL SCOTT 
KANE, COLONEL KANE, THE MISSION 
HAS LAUNCHED, WHAT DOES THIS 
MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF PRIVATE 
SECTOR, AND ITS INVOLVEMENT 
WITH SPACE TRAVEL? 
>> LANA THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING 
ME ON, I REALLY FIRST, I WILL 
SAY I WAS PRETTY DARN EXCITED 
TO WATCH THAT, THAT ROCKET 
TAKEOFF, USED TO DO THAT AS A 
KID, AND ON AND OFF ABOUT 
EVERYBODY ELSE I IT MADE ME 
FEEL LIKE I WAS A YOUNG KID 
AGAIN. 
SO I THINK WHAT IT DOES, IT 
GETS OUR COUNTRY RE-EXCITED 
ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL, AND THE 
DOMAIN OF SPACE, IT GIVES US 
SOMETHING REALLY TO BE PROUD 
OF, THAT WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND, 
AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO 
SOMETHING NEW AGAIN. 
SO I THINK IT IS JUST STARTING 
OVER, FOR AMERICA, IT IS A 
GREAT START. 
>> WATCHING THESE IMAGES, I 
REMARKED OUT LOUD, TO MYSELF 
LAUGH HUMANS DO THIS BECAUSE 
FOR A LAYPERSON LIKE ME IT IS 
JUST BREATHTAKING. 
WHAT DID YOU THINK AS YOU 
WITNESS THIS LAUNCH? 
>> WELL I AM LIKE EVERYBODY 
ELSE, I JUST REALLY EXCITED TO 
SEE THAT HAPPEN, AS WE ALWAYS 
THINK ABOUT WHAT MAY THAT 
HAPPEN, HOW COULD HUMANS MAKE 
THAT HAPPEN, IT JUST POINTS OUT 
HOW RATE THE HUMAN SPIRIT IS, 
HOW INNOVATIVE WE ALL ARE, HOW 
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO 
SOMETHING, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE 
THAT CHANCE, AND REALLY 
SUCCEED, JUST IT IS JUST 
INCREDIBLE FEELING, TO SEE US 
DO SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EVEN 
LOOK POSSIBLE AND THEN TO 
ACHIEVE IT. 
>> MUCH HAS BEEN MADE ABOUT THE 
COMPARISON BETWEEN APOLLO 
MISSIONS, AND THE SPACE X LUNCH,
TELL HER VIEWERS A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT THAT. 
QUESTION 
>> YESTERDAY TO ME THE BIG 
SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE TWO IS 
THAT IT WAS WE WERE READING 
LEADING THE WAY. 
AND THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION 
PUT THAT IS A PRIORITY, WE 
WOULD LEAD INTO SPACE AND TO 
THE MOON. 
AND YOU KNOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS 
PUTTING IT IS A PRIORITY THAT 
STATES WOULD LEAD ONCE AGAIN, 
IN AN ENDEAVOR WHAT WE LEADING 
IN, LEADING IN ALLOWING THE 
FREE MARKET TO BUILD A 
SPACECRAFT, TO LEAD THE CHARGE, 
SO NOW WE ARE GETTING PRIVATE 
SECTOR AND INDUSTRY A CHANCE TO 
EXCEL IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. 
AND THEY ARE REALLY EXCELLING. 
YOU JUST LOOK AT THE SPACECRAFT 
ME LOOK AT THE SPACESUITS, 
EVERYTHING ABOUT IT COOL, IT IS 
THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE I THINK 
EXCITED ABOUT. 
IT GIVES OF THAT FEELING OF WE 
ARE 21ST-CENTURY AMERICANS 
LEADING THE CHARGE. 
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE SLEEK 
NEW SPACESUITS, YOU COULDN'T 
HELP BUT NOTICE, HOW VERY 
DIFFERENT THE ASTRONAUTS LOOKS 
TODAY. 
COMPARED TO OUR IMAGE IN OUR 
MINDS OF WHAT ASTRONAUTS IN THE 
PAST HAVE LOOK LIKE. 
TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 
WHAT HAS CHANGED IN THE 
SPACESUITS 
>> WELL I WISH I WAS AN EXPERT 
GOT TO PUT ONE OF THOSE SUITS 
ON, JUMP IN THAT SPACECRAFT YOU 
KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY IS WE IN THE
MILITARY FOR EXAMPLE TECHNOLOGY 
WOULD MOVE VERY RAPIDLY, 
SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF HER 
ACQUISITION PROCESSES, WE WERE 
LABOR TO KEEP UP WITH 
TECHNOLOGY. 
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE NOW IS WE 
HAVE ALLOWED INDUSTRY TO BE DO 
REALLY COOL THINGS LIKE USE 
GLOVES TOUCHSCREENS, AND 
INTERACT WITH YOU-HOME WITH 
YOUR iPAD, OR YOUR COMPUTER, SO 
REALLY NEAT THING ABOUT THIS IS 
THAT THE INDUSTRY, IS RIGHT 
THERE, WITH TECHNOLOGY AS IT IS 
MOVING FORWARD. 
SO THOSE SUITS, WHAT YOU EXPECT 
OF SOMEBODY IN THE EARLY 21st 
CENTURY NOT 70 LABORING BACK IN 
THE 1960S OR 70s. 
>> IT REALLY IS A BOLD NEW DAY, 
IN SPACE TRAVEL, AND IN SCIENCE 
AND TECHNOLOGY. 
IN THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, SO 
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, 
RETIRED AIR FORCE COLONEL SCOTT 
KANE. 
>> THANK YOU APPRECIATED. 
>> WERE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK 
BREAK NOW AFTER ALL THIS 
EXCITEMENT THERE'S A LOT OF 
NEWS AHEAD SO STICK WITH US. 
STREAMING CBSN CBS NEWS ALWAYS 
ON. 
>> BOB RANKIN, AND DOUG HURLEY 
ARE NOW ON THEIR WAY TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
THERE EXPECTED TO DOCK THERE 
TOMORROW, SO I WANT TO BRING 
BACK IN OUR OWN NASA ASTRONAUT, 
REX WILHITE, REX THINGS FOR 
JOINING US AGAIN, TELL ME FIRST 
OF ALL, YOUR IMPRESSION AS YOU 
WATCH THE LAUNCH TODAY. 
>> IT WAS FLAWLESS, IT WAS SO 
EXCITING TO SEE ABSOLUTELY 
AMAZING, BEAUTIFUL LUNCH THE 
VIEWS WERE GREAT, AS WE HAVEN'T 
SEEN BEFORE LIKE LIFE IN 
COCKPIT VIDEO, AND IT WAS JUST 
REALLY NEED TO SEE HOW THE 
WEATHER CLEARED UP, ENOUGH 
DRAMA THERE TO KEEP YOUR PULSE 
GOING A LITTLE HIGH, IT IS 
ALWAYS A LITTLE SCARY WATCHING 
YOUR FRIENDS LAUNCH, IT WAS 
JUST AWESOME TO SEE SO EXCITED 
NOW WE HAVE ENTERED THIS ERA 
WHERE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS CAN 
BRING OUR ASTRONAUTS TO THE 
SPACE STATION. 
>> WITH THIS NEW ERA, IS NEW 
TECHNOLOGY STAGE ONE OF THE 
ROCKET, IS BEING RETRIEVED, 
ACTUALLY BE REUSED, I'M 
WONDERING IF YOU CAN TELL US A 
LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW MUCH 
OF THIS IS A GAME CHANGER 
QUESTION 
>> REALLY IS BECAUSE WE'VE 
DOING SOME OF THAT ARE 
LAUNCHES, SEEN ROCKET FIRST AID 
JUST BEFORE, NEVER GETS OLD. 
I MEAN IT IS JUST, REALLY 
AMAZING. 
THE FACT THAT THEY CAN YOU KNOW 
HAVE THAT, VEHICLE TO FLAGON OF 
HIS IT BRINGS DOWN THE ECONOMY, 
ALLOWS IT TO BE MUCH MORE 
AFFORDABLE, THAT IS IMPORTANT, 
ALSO GOOD TO LOOK AT THE 
VEHICLE, AND SEE HOW THE GREAT 
ELEMENT OF LEARNING ABOUT 
SPACEFLIGHT, BY LOOKING AT 
RETURN SPACE HARDWARE. 
IF YOU DROP THE FIRST AID INTO 
THE OCEAN NEVER GETS SEEN 
AGAIN, YOU MAY NEVER FAILURES 
YOU TO KNOW ABOUT, NEED TO 
IMPROVE UPON OTHER CAN LOOK AT 
IT AND THEY HAVE BEEN DOING 
THAT FROM THERE COMMERCIAL 
CARGO FLIGHTS TOO, SO IT IS NOT 
THE FIRST TIME, THEY DO IT THEY 
CAN DO IT ROUTINELY NOW, WHICH 
IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT. 
>> I HAVE HEARD THAT ONE OF THE 
MASTER ARRESTED FOR TOMORROW'S 
DOCKING, I AM WONDERING, SO 
MUCH ADRENALINE PULSING THROUGH 
YOU, HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO 
ACTUALLY GET THOSE EIGHT HOURS 
OF SLEEP? 
>> VERY DIFFICULT. 
SOME PEOPLE ARE GOOD AT IT, I 
WASN'T NECESSARILY, IT TOOK ME 
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET 
USED TO BEING IN SPACE SO IT 
WASN'T NOT NECESSARILY EASY, 
YOU'RE THINKING OF THE CRAZY 
THINGS YOU JUST DID NOTHING 
ABOUT THE CRAZY THINGS YOU DO 
THE NEXT DAY, HARD TO TURN THE 
MIND OFF. 
BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF REST, 
JUST KIND OF MAYBE NOT GETTING 
HOURS OF SLEEP YOU WILL GET 
SOME REST THAT WILL HELP A LOT. 
>> SO WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS 
AS ACCRUE HEADS TOWARDS THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION? 
>> WELL THE NEXT BIG STEP, IS 
OBVIOUSLY TALKING WITH THE 
SPACE STATION THAT WILL BE 
TOMORROW MORNING, THEY WILL JUST
OUT OF THEIR SEATS, GET IN SOME 
OR COME TO A CLOSE CONFIGURE 
THE COCKPIT FOR ORBIT, THEN 
AGAIN TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP. 
BUT THIS IS AN VEHICLE SOME OF 
THESE RENDEZVOUS POINTS IT WILL 
HAPPEN WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO 
BE SLEEPING VERY INTERESTED TO 
HEAR WITH A, K, DO THOSE 
BRUNSWICK YOU UP IT WILL BE 
WHEN THE JETS ARE FIRING 
SPACECRAFT. 
I REMEMBER FEELING A LITTLE JET,
BURNS, WHEN I WAS IN SPATIAL, 
WHAT IS THAT BRUSHWORK IS OR 
EVEN TINY ONES YOU CAN KIND OF 
KNOCK YOU JOLT YOU, LITTLE BIT 
YOUR SLEEPER STRAIN. 
THAT IS BUT YOU KIND OF GET 
USED TO IT REAL QUICK. 
>> THERE WEIGHTLESS NOW, IS 
THAT RIGHT QUESTION 
>> YEAH I CAN SEE KIND OF 
INTERESTING TO WATCH DOUG KIND 
OF KICK HIS LEGS LITTLE BIT 
OKAY WERE BACK IN 0G COMMITS A 
GREAT FEELING. 
A LITTLE BIT ODD AT FIRST YOU 
GOT TO TAKE THE FIRST COUPLE OF 
DAYS A LITTLE SLOW, EVEN IF YOU 
HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE YOU 
DON'T WANT TO START GOING 
UPSIDE DOWN, DOING STUFF LIKE 
THAT RIGHT AWAY I WILL THROW 
OFF YOUR VISUAL PICTURE, AND 
YOURS SAMUEL SYSTEM WILL GET A 
LITTLE BIT OUT OF WHAT THAT CAN 
MAKE YOU SICK PRETTY QUICKLY. 
SO TAKE A LITTLE BIT EASIER 
GOING TO ENJOY BEING IN 0G 
AGAIN. 
HOW ARE THEY OUT OF THE WOODS 
ARE THEY IN SAFE TERRITORY NOW 
THAT THE LUNCH HAS IT 
SUCCESSFULLY TRANSPIRED? 
>> MUCH MUCH SAFER. 
ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE IT IS 
HONESTLY ONE OF THE MOST 
DANGEROUS PARTS THE LAUNCH, AND 
THE LANDING HONESTLY THE MOST 
CRITICAL PARTS OF THE MISSION. 
FOLLOW DOCKING.
>> THERE'S SECOND CHANCES IN 
DOCKING BUT NO SECOND CHANCES 
IN LAUNCH AND LANDING. 
>> SO INSPIRING. 
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US FOR 
THIS HISTORIC EVENT. 
I'M LANA ZAK, YOU'RE STREAMING 
CBSN, CBS NEWS ALWAYS ON. 
SATURDAY'S STORIES IS COMING UP 
NEXT. 
>>> HOW DO WE PUT THIS IN 
PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HOW WORRIED 
WE SHOULD BE? 
>> WE'LL SHARE THE NEWEST 
NUMBERS AND THE CRITICAL 
INFORMATION ON THE OUTBREAK. 
>> WHAT ARE DOCTORS SAYING TO 
YOU ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES. 
>>> I'M JEFF GLOR, COHOST OF 
CBS THIS MORNING SATURDAY. 
WE ARE REVISITING OUR STORIES 
THAT HAVE BROUGHT US HOPE AND 
INOPERATION. 
IN BOSTON, HIGHER EDUCATION IS 
BEING USED TO TRANSFORM 
DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD. 
EVEN PAYING GANGS TO DROP GUNS 
AND ENROLL IN COLLEGE. 
>> 33-YEAR-OLD ANTONIO FRANKLIN 
IS STUDYING SOCIOLOGY AT BUNKER 
HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 
>> HOW HARD HAS SCHOOL BEEN FOR 
YOU? 
>> JUGGLING SCHOOL WITH MY 
FAMILY. 
THIS IS VERY HARD. 
BUT YOU VALUE SOMETHING AND IF 
YOU WANT IT THAT BAD YOU'LL 
PUSH YOURSELF TO GET TO WHAT 
YOU WANT. 
>> BUNKER HILL IS ONLY 7 MILES 
BUT A WORLD AWAY FROM THE 
DORCHESTER NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE 
FRANKLIN GREW UP. 
HE'S THERE AS PART OF A PROGRAM 
THAT GIVES FORMER GANG MEMBERS 
MONEY TO STAY IN SCHOOL. 
>> THIS IS A GUY WHO WAS IN A 
GANG. 
WHY SHOULD WE REWARD HIM BY 
PAYING HIM TO GO TO SCHOOL. 
>> WE'RE NOT BEING PAID TO 
GOING TO SCHOOL. 
I APPRECIATE THE MONEY. 
IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF 
HELP. 
GETTING IN THIS PROGRAM GAVE ME 
A SECOND CHANCE, AN OPPORTUNITY 
TO LIVE MY LIFE. 
>> HE STARTED GETTING INVOLVED 
WITH GANGS AROUND THE AGE OF 
13. 
>> I GOT INVOLVED WITH SELLING 
DRUGS. 
I GOT INVOLVED WITH STREET 
STUFF, FIGHTS. 
I'VE BEEN STABBED AND SHOT 
THREE TIMES. 
I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT. 
>> Reporter: THE GAME CAUGHT UP 
WITH HIM IN 2007. 
>> A COP WAS SHOT AND IT WAS MY 
ACTIONS THAT CAUSED A REACTION. 
>> FRANKLIN'S LIFE WOULD CHANGE 
AT HIS SENTENCING. 
>> HE WANTED ME TO CHANGE FOR 
THE BETTER. 
BETTERMENT OF MYSELF. 
AND TO HEAR THAT COMING FROM A 
POLICE OFFICER, ESPECIALLY A 
POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS A 
VICTIM OF MY ACTIONS, WHAT A 
CHANGE OF HEART. 
>> HE SERVED TEN YEARS. 
BEFORE HIS RELEASE HE GOT HIS 
GED. 
>> DID YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD 
AWAIT YOU WHEN YOU GOT OUT? 
>> THAT'S THE MOST SCARIEST 
THING. 
>> A FRIEND PUT HIM IN TOUCH 
WITH A COLLEGE READINESS 
ADVISER. 
HE'S ALSO A FORMER GANG MEMBER 
FROM DORCHESTER. 
>> MY TEACHER TOLD ME BY THE 
TIME YOU'RE 18 YOU'LL BE DEAD 
OR IN JAIL. 
I KIND OF BELIEVED THAT. 
>> DID HE SAY THAT TO YOU AS A 
WARNING OR OUT OF NOT 
BELIEVING? 
>> I JUST BRUSHED IT OFF AND 
SAID WHATEVER. 
SCHOOL WASN'T FOR ME AND I WAS 
STUCK IN THAT CORNER. 
>> A RECRUITER REACHED OUT AND 
ASKED HIM TO TAKE SOME CLASSES. 
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK? 
NO. 
I DON'T WANT TO DO NO CLASSES. 
SCHOOL IS NOT FOR ME. 
AND HE DIDN'T GIVE UP ON ME. 
AND EVENTUALLY, I SAID I'LL TRY 
IT. 
>> IT HELPED HIM GET HIS GED. 
HE'S HELPING TO RECRUIT OTHERS 
INTO THE PROGRAM. 
>> IT DOESN'T WORK THE FIRST 
TIME, MAYBE NOT THE SECOND OR 
THIRD TIME. 
THE KEY TO BEING A RECRUITER IS 
NOT GIVING UP. 
ALWAYS GO BACK AND TRY AGAIN. 
>> WHY DON'T YOU GIVE UP? 
>> BECAUSE SOMEONE DIDN'T GIVE 
UP ON ME SO I'M NOT GOING TO 
GIVE UP. 
>> HE'S ONE OF 15 RECRUITERS 
THAT HE CONSIDERS CORE 
INFLUENCERS FOR THE 3-YEAR-OLD 
PROGRAM BOSTON UN-CORNERED. 
>> THE STRANGE THING IS THAT I 
BELIEVE IT'S GANG LEADERS AND 
ONLY GANG LEADERS THAT CAN 
TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES. 
>> WHY IS THAT? 
>> THEY ARE SO 
DISPROPORTIONATELY POWERFUL. 
AND THE POWER CAN BE HARNESSED 
FOR GOOD. 
>> THE ONE UNCONVENTIONAL THING 
IS YOU'RE GOING TO PAY SOMEONE 
WHO HAS BEEN IN A GANG TO GO TO 
SCHOOL. 
>> IT WOULD BE GREAT IF 
EVERYBODY COULD DO EXACTLY THE 
RIGHT THING ALL THE TIME. 
NONE OF US DO THAT. 
WHEN YOU OFFER THEM A DIFFERENT 
OPPORTUNITY AND SAY WE WILL 
INVEST IN YOU TO MAKE DIFFERENT 
CHOICES. 
THEY'RE DESPERATE TO DO THAT. 
THEY WANT A WAY OUT. 
THEY JUST NEED AN EXCUSE AND AN 
OPPORTUNITY. 
>> HAVING MADE POOR CHOICES AS 
A TEENAGER. 
>> I IMMEDIATELY FELL OFF THE 
CLIFF AND STARTED SELLING DRUGS 
AND BREAKING INTO HOUSES. 
JUST SORT OF WENT WILD. 
AND I I WOULD GET ARRESTED AND 
MY COLLEGE EDUCATED WHITE 
MOTHER WOULD COME COUNTY TO THE 
POLICE STATION AND MAKE THE 
POLICE APOLOGIZE TO ME AND SEND 
ME HOME. 
>> HE SAYS THE PHILOSOPHY 
BEHIND THE PROGRAM BOSTON UN-
CORNERED IS BASED ON THREE 
PRINCIPLES. 
HIRE FORMER GANG MEMBERS. 
>> THERE'S SCHOLARSHIPS WE'RE 
GOING TO TRY TO GET YOU. 
>> INSIST ON HIGH EXPECTATIONS 
FROM STUDENTS AND INVEST IN 
THEIR FUTURE. 
>> DON'T BE AFRAID TO PUT YOUR 
MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS TO 
GIVE THESE LEADERS AN 
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE POSITIVE 
CHOICES. 
IF YOU DO THOSE THREE THINGS, 
YOUR CITY WILL CHANGE. 
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU 
HEARD ABOUT IT? 
>> I SAID IT'S ABOUT TIME. 
>> THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
TO LEAD THE FORCE SEES THIS AS 
AN EXTENSION OF THE COMMUNITY 
POLICING. 
>> YOU WANT TO REACH THE 
INDIVIDUALS HAVING CHALLENGES 
AND HELP THEM OUT. 
SO ARE YOU PAYING A GANG MEMBER 
OR A FUTURE? 
RIGHT? 
SO YOU THINK GANGS, WE PAY FOR 
THE LAWYERS, THE INCARCERATION, 
THE UPKEEP. 
NO, THIS IS AN INVESTMENT INTO 
SOMEONE'S FUTURE TO CHANGE 
THEIR LIFE FOR THE BETTER. 
AND IT WILL BE A RETURN 
INVESTMENT FOR US, THE 
COMMUNITY. 
>> LIKE ANTONIO FRANKLIN, USING 
THE INVESTMENT MADE IN HIM TO 
LAY A FOUNDATION FOR HIS FUTURE 
AND HIS FAMILY'S. 
>> YOU HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD. 
>> YES. 
>> WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM MEAN 
IN TERMS OF HIM AND THE EXAMPLE 
YOU'RE ABLE TO SET FOR HIM. 
>> A ROLE MODEL. 
IT SHOWS THAT, YOU KNOW, I 
DON'T WANT MY SON TO LOOK BACK 
AT MY LIFE OR GOOGLE ME AND SEE 
THAT OH, MY GATHER WAS JUST 
SOMEBODY  WHO WAS IN THE 
STREETS. 
I WANT HIM TO SEE THAT MY 
FATHER WAS IN THE STREETS, BUT 
HE CAME HOME AND REALLY DID 
GOOD. 
AND NOT JUST DO GOOD BUT FOR 
THE BETTERMENT OF EVERYBODY 
AROUND HIM. 
THAT'S WHO I WANT TO BE. 
>> AFTER THE BREAK, WE TAKE YOU 
TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST 
REFUGEE CAMPS IN JORDAN. 
SEE HOW SOME ARE FINDING WAYS 
TO HEAL AFTER THE TRAUMA OF 
BEING DISPLACED.                
>> MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE 
HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE 
SYRIAN CIVIL WAR. 
MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED 
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA. 
AND MICHELLE MILLER WAS, MEANT 
TO ADDRESS A CRISIS IN CARE FOR 
THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS. 
>> THIS IS MARKET STREET HERE. 
AND THE IT'S A URBAN CENTER. 
>> YOU CAN GET PRETTY MUCH 
ANYTHING YOU WOULD NEED. 
>> THIS ISN'T THE AVERAGE CITY 
IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 
IT'S THE CENTER OF COMMERCE IN 
ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST 
REFUGEE CAMPS. 
HOME TO NEARLY 80,000 SYRIANS 
DISPLACED BY CIVIL WAR. 
>> NONE OF US SHOULD BE OKAY 
WITH CALLING THIS NORMAL BUT 
IT'S BECOME AN ACCEPTED REALITY 
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
>> HE'S BEEN DOING HUMANITARIAN 
WORK SINCE 2012. 
>> THIS STARTED AS A SMALL 
COLLECTION OF TENTS THAT HAS 
TURNED INTO SOMETHING MORE 
PERMANENT. 
>> I SAW THAT JOURNEY OF WHAT 
STARTED OUT AS THE SHOCK OF 
ADJUSTING TO THIS PLACE OF 
LEAVING HOME, OF LOSING 
FRIENDS, LOSING FAMILY, LOSING 
THE VERY SENSE OF IDENTITY THAT 
WAS ONCE SACRED. 
>> Reporter: THAT LOSS WOULD BE 
DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE BUT 
HARDEST FOR THOSE WITH 
INVISIBLE WOUNDS. 
>> NUCLEAR WEAPONS, WAYS TO 
STRESS PEOPLE OUT AND 
TRAUMATIZE PEOPLE. 
AND WE HAVE TO INNOVATE BY 
UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE AND HOW 
WE CAN HACK THE SYSTEMS THAT WE 
HAVE TO HEAL. 
>> HE'S A BRAIN SCIENTIST. 
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE 
FOR COMING. 
>> A NONPROFIT THAT COMBINES 
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND 
HUMANITARIAN WORK. 
TO DO THAT HERE, HE CREATED A 
SELF-HELP TOOL CALLED THE FIELD 
GUIDE FOR THE BAREFOOT 
PSYCHOLOGISTS. 
TWO DISPLACED SYRIANS, HE 
TEACHES READERS COPING SKILLS 
TO RECOVER FROM TRAUMA. 
>> Reporter: SO THERE ARE 
EMOTIONAL, MENTAL PROCESSES 
THAT HAVE A PHYSICAL IMPACT ON 
YOUR BODY. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
>> IT CAN BE ADDRESSED. 
>> ABSOLUTELY. 
>> Reporter: THROUGH SIMPLE 
EXERCISES. 
>> SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. 
PUTTING PRESSURE ON POINTS AND 
JOINTS, ACTIVATES DIFFERENT 
ASPECTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 
AND THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM. 
WE BELIEVE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. 
LET'S GIVE KNOWLEDGE. 
IT'S NOT THAT HARD. 
>> Reporter: A SYRIAN REFUGEE 
LIVING HERE. 
SHE LEADS FIELD GUIDE SESSIONS 
TO TEACH MINDFULNESS AND SHOW 
OTHER THAT IS ANGER AND 
DEPRESSION ARE NATURAL 
RESPONSES TO THE HORRORS 
THEY'VE EXPERIENCED. 
>> I FEEL MORE RELAXED. 
BUT I DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH I'VE 
BEEN THROUGH THE TRAUMA OR 
STRESS THAT YOU HAVE. 
>> OF COURSE, YES. 
OF COURSE, YES. 
THE BODY WILL IMPLY TO THE 
BRAIN THAT I CAN RELAX. 
I CAN DEAL WITH THE SITUATION. 
I'M OKAY. 
AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO RELAX. 
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL 
BE EFFECTIVE. 
>> THESE CLASSES HAVE MADE ALL 
THE DIFFERENCE FOR A MOTHER OF 
FOUR. 
>> Reporter: WHERE DID YOU FEEL 
THE ANXIETY? 
WHERE WAS IT? 
IDENTIFY IT? 
>> HERE. 
>> SHUTS YOUR THROAT DOWN. 
>> Reporter: NIGHTMARES ABOUT 
THE WAR MADE HER SEEK OUT A 
PSYCHIATRIST. 
>> SHE WOULD GIVE ME A 
MEDICATION LIKE A SLEEPING PILL 
OR A SEDATIVE. 
I FELT LIKE IT WAS LOCAL 
ANESTHESIA. 
BUT AFTER THAT I GO BACK TO 
FEELING THE SAME WAY. 
>> Reporter: WHAT SHE'S LEARNED 
HAS DRIVEN MUCH OF THE ANXIETY 
AWAY, ALLOWING HER TO FOCUS ON 
WHAT REALLY MATTERS. 
>> I WANT TO BE A GOOD MOTHER, 
TO FIND MY WAY. 
WHAT I WANT FOR MY CHILDREN IS 
TO REALIZE THE DREAMS I HAD FOR 
MYSELF. 
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 
>> THERE'S MENTAL HEALTH HERE 
AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE. 
>> ANYONE IS WILLING TO READ A 
STORY. 
BY USING STORY, WE'RE 
FUNCTIONALLY DOING GROUP 
THERAPY. 
YOU'RE ALLOWING PEOPLE WHO ARE 
LIVING IN A CULTURE OF STIGMA. 
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS BY 
LETTING PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 
CHARACTERS IN A STORY. 
>> PERHAPS THE FIELD GUIDE 
STORIES AT HOME BECAUSE THEY 
WERE COAUTHORED BY SOMEONE WHO 
LIVED THEM. 
>> WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT 
HOW YOU CAME HERE? 
>> IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. 
FIRST, JUST GOING FROM VILLAGE 
TO VILLAGE. 
AND THEN WHEN THINGS GOT WORSE 
AND THE SITUATION BECAME MORE 
DIFFICULT, THERE WERE NO 
OPTION
