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>> WELL, GOOD MORNING AND
WELCOME BACK TO THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER FOR THIS HISTORIC
MISSION AS WE ONCE AGAIN PREPARE
TO LAUNCH BOB AND DOUG FROM
RIGHT OUT THERE ON PAD 39A ON
THAT FALCON 9 AND CREW DRAGON.
TRUE WILL BE AN EXCITING TIME.
BUT, HEY, WHERE WAS THIS WEATHER
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON?
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A
CHALLENGE TO COMPETE WITH THE
WEATHER HERE IN FLORIDA IN THE
SUMMER, BUT WE ARE GOING TO DO
WHAT'S RIGHT.
SO WE ARE MOVING AHEAD AND IT'S
SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE ABOUT A 50/
50 CHANCE WITH THE WEATHER AGAIN
TOMORROW.
WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.
WITH THAT IT'S MY PRIVILEGE TO
INTRODUCE OUR ADMINISTRATOR JIM
BRIDENSTINE.
JIM.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
WELL, THANK YOU, BOB.
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
OUR HIGHEST PRAY OR AT THIS IS
AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN BOB AND DOUG
AND, OF COURSE, A COUPLE OF DAYS
AGO WE HAD TOO MUCH ELECTRICITY
IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE
CHALLENGE THERE IS NOT THAT WE
WERE IN A LIGHTNING STORM OR
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THE
CHALLENGE IS THAT A LAUNCH COULD
IN FACT TRIGGER LIGHTNING.
THE ROCKET ITSELF COULD BECOME A
LIGHTNING BOLT.
AND SO WE HAVE THESE PARAMETERS
SET AHEAD OF TIME BOTH THE NASA
AND SPACE X TEAMS KNEW EXACTLY
WHAT THE PARAMETERS WERE, THOSE
PARAMETERS WERE LIMITATIONS I
SHOULD SAY, THOSE LIMITATIONS
WERE EXCEEDED AND THAT PUT US
THIS IS A POSITION TO DELAY THE
LAUNCH.
THIS IS CERTAIN WE WILL LAUNCH
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN
ROCKETS FROM AMERICAN SOIL.
AND WE WILL DO IT WITH THE
ABSOLUTE -- THE ABSOLUTE
PRIORITY BEING THE SAFETY OF OUR
ASTRONAUTS, I AM PROUD OF NASA
TEAM, THE SPACE X TEAM, A LOT OF
THE COMMENTS THAT I HAD IN THE
INTERVIEWS AHEAD OF TIME WERE
ARE YOU GOING TO FEEL UNDUE
PRESSURE BECAUSE OF THE -- ALL
OF THE ATTENTION ON THIS?
NOT JUST ATTEMPTS IN THE UNITED
STATES BUT GLOBALLY, ALL OF THE
V.I.P.s THAT WERE HERE ARE YOU
GOING TO FEEL UNDUE PRESSURE TO
LAUNCH?
WE HAVE ALL BEEN IN AGREEMENT
THERE WILL BE NO PRESSURE, WE
WILL LAUNCH WHEN WE ARE READY.
I'LL TELL YOU THE PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT WERE PROUD OF THE
NASA TEAM AND THE SPACE X TEAM
FOR MAKING THE RIGHT CALL FOR
THE RIGHT REASONS.
AGAIN, WHEN WE DO THIS AGAIN
SATURDAY, IF WE DO IT AGAIN ON
SUNDAY, WE WILL FEEL NO
PRESSURE.
WE WILL GO WHEN WE ARE READY.
SAFETY IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED
ON.
WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO
QUESTIONS.
JIM, DOESN'T TO HAVE A FEW WORDS
HERE.
>> COULD CAN I.
>> YOU BET, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> JIM DEPUTY NASA ADMINISTRATOR
A GREAT FRIEND AND WE ARE
HONORED TO HAVE HIM AS OUR
DEPUTY.
HAVING WORKED MANY YEARS IN THE
SENATE, HE HELPS US A LOT WITH
THE LITERAL ASPECTS OF THE JOB
THAT I DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.
SO THANK YOU, JIM.
>> THANK YOU, JIM.
GOOD MORNING.
YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY WANT TO
START BY SAYING YOU KNOW, WE ARE
AT THE DAWN OF A NEW AGE.
AND WE ARE REALLY LEADING THE
BEGINNING OF A SPACE REVOLUTION.
>> Reporter: AND THINK ABOUT,
THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING MUCH
BIGGER THAN ALL OF US.
BUT REALLY, OUR HOPE AND PRAYER
FOR TOMORROW IS TO INSPIRE THE
NEXT GENERATIONS AND TO GIVE
HOPE FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED IT
RIGHT NOW.
AND ALSO TO UNITE OUR COUNTRY.
AND THE WORLD.
AND YOU THINK ABOUT, I GUESS
WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS WE
NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND I HOPE
YOU'LL STAY WITH US AS WE GET
THIS FLIGHT TEST, WHETHER IT'S
TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY, OR
WHENEVER WE GO AFTER THAT.
A MERCURY SEVEN AS STREET NOW
SAID, A GOOD SCRUB IS BETTER
THAN A BAD LAUNCH ANY DAY.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT,
THANK YOU.
>> QUESTIONS, WE'LL JUST GO TO
QUESTIONS.
>> Reporter: HI, MORNING, JIM,
IRENE --
>> YES, IRENE.
>> Reporter: AVIATION WEEK.
FOR YOU OR FOR
MR. [ INAUDIBLE ], WAS THERE
ANYTHING AT ALL OUT OF THE FIRST
COUNT DOWN ON -- I FORGOT WHAT
DAY ALREADY, WEDNESDAY, THAT IS
BEING CHANGED, TWEAK THE,
ANYTHING THE TEAM LEARNED THAT
WILL BE APPLIED FOR THIS?
AND A QUICK QUESTION FOR
NICOLE,, OF COURSE, THIS ISN'T
BOEING'S DAY TODAY, BUT THERE IS
ANOTHER -- WE'LL DO THIS ALL
AGAIN IN A LITTLE WHILE, CAN YOU
JUST GIVE US' UPDATE ON WHERE
YOU ARE WITH YOUR TRAINING FOR
YOUR FLIGHT.
THANKS.
>> YEAH, SO, CERTAINLY THIS WAS
INTERESTED.
WE HAVE DONE A DRY DRESS
REHEARSAL.
WE HAVE NEVER DONE A WET DRESS
REHEARSAL.
SO GETTING FROM A POSITION OF,
YOU KNOW, FUELING THE ROCKETS,
AND, YOU KNOW, ARMING THE LAUNCH
ABORT SYSTEM AND THESE KIND OF
THINGS THAT WE WENTS THROUGH,
AND THEN DEFUELING AND SO, YES,
THERE WERE LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES THERE, WE ARE
ALWAYS GATHERING DATA.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE ROCKET
WAS READY TO GO.
THE CREW CAPSULE WAS READY TO
GO.
ALL THE GROUND SYSTEMS WERE
WORKING ACCORDING TO PLAN LITTLE
NO, NO BIG CHANGES.
IT IS GOOD FOR THE AGENCY TO
HAVE A WET DRESS REHEARSAL
BEHIND US, THAT'S VERY POSITIVE.
AND EVERY TIME WE DO ONE STEP
FURTHER WE LEARN THINGS, THAT'S
GOOD FOR THE AGENCY.
THE SECOND QUESTION WAS WHAT?
>> FOR NICOLE ABOUT STARLINER.
THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
YES, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY
TREMENDOUSLY SO PROUD OF THE
NASA AND SPACE X TEAM.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ARE
CALLING THIS THE BEGINNING OF
FLIGHT TEST SEASON.
AND IT REALLY S WHAT YOU WILL
SEE IS THE HISTORIC LAUNCH OF
THE NASA SPACE X CREW DRAGON
HOPEFULLY TOMORROW OR THIS
WEEKEND, FOLLOWING THAT NEXT
YEAR YOU'LL SEE THE LAUNCH OF
BOEING STAR LINE AND RIGHT ON
THE HEELS OF THAT THE LAUNCH OF
ORION ON SLS.
AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE
BEGINNING, THIS FIRST STEP IN
THIS ROADMAP OF US GOING TO THE
MOON AND ARTEMIS MISSION, THERE
WILL BE A LOT OF LAUNCHES COMING
UP FROM FLORIDA AND THERE WILL
BE A LOT OF MOVEMENT AND IT'S
STARTING WITH THE SPACE X
LAUNCH.
>> MORNING.
ERIC FROM WK MG TV CBS OR LAP
OWE.
GOD SPEED TOMORROW.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING OUR
QUESTIONS.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE 45TH
TASK FORCE SPECIFICALLY.
AS YOU KNOW, AMERICA'S BEST JUST
DOWN THE COAST FROM US AT
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, WE MET
THEM, ARE GOING TO RESCUE BOB
AND DOUG.
GOD FORBID SOMETHING GOES WRONG
AND THEY END UP IN THE WATER
SOMEWHERE.
THEY SHOWED US THE EQUIPMENT
THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINING AS YOU
KNOW FOR YEARS, IN FACT WHAT
THEY TOLD SUS THEY STARTED THEIR
TRAINING AFTER THE SHUTTLE
PROGRAM ENDED IN 2011.
THEY ARE SO EXCITED AND HAVE
THIS WAREHOUSE FULL OF STUFF 150
MEN AND WOMEN AND THEY ONLY STEP
IN AS YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING GOES
WRONG, IF NOT WE'LL NOT SEE
ABOUT THEM OR HEAR ABOUT THEM.
THEY DIDN'T SAY THIS, BUT I
ACCEPTED A LITTLE BIT OF SADNESS
THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GET
THE GLORY WHEN BOB AND DURING
FINALLY DO COME HOME AND WE CAN
WELCOME OUR HEROS BACK, RIGHT?
IS THERE ANY WAY TO GIVE THEM
SOME OF THE GLORY?
THEY KNOW THIS IS SPACE X'S
SHOW.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO INVOLVE THEM
A LITTLE BIT CONSIDERING WHAT
THEY ARE GOING TO DO AND
PROBABLY NEVER BE SEEP?
>> I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT.
AND OF COURSE BOB CABANA WORKS
WITH THE 45TH SPACE WEEPING DAY
IN AND DAY OUT.
THEY ARE AMAZING PARTNERS FOR
NASA.
YES, DECK THREE PART OF THE 45TH
SPACE WEEPING IS THE
ORGANIZATION THAT SHOULD
SOMETHING GO WRONG AND THE
LAUNCH ABOARD SYSTEM IS
TRIGGERED THEY WILL BE RESCUING
BOB AND DOUG AND THEY WILL ALSO
BE INVOLVED IN RECOVERY.
BUT EVEN BEYOND THAT THE 45TH
SPACE WING DOES SO MUCH MORE
THAN JUST RECOVERY.
THE 45TH SPACE WEEPING IS
INVOLVED IN HELPING US
UNDERSTAND SECOND BY SECOND WHAT
THE WEATHER IS.
HELPING US WITH THE DATA.
HELPING US WITH THE NUMERICAL
WEATHER MODELS FOR THE WEATHER.
THEY HELP US, OF COURSE, WITH
THE RANGE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED FOR THE
RANKING AND CLEARANCE OF THE
RANGE.
THIS IS THEIR RANKING.
AND THEY ARE AMAZING PARTNERS.
THIS WHOLE LAUNCH, WE HAVE
BRANDED THIS, YOU KNOW,
IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS NOT LAUNCH
NASA, IT'S NOT LAUNCH SPACE X,
IT'S LAUNCH AMERICA.
THIS IS AMERICA'S LAUNCH AND THE
INTERAGENCY IS CRITICAL TO THIS,
EFFORT.
THE 45TH SPACE WING, WHICH IS,
YOU KNOW, A NEW COMPONENTS OF
THE BRAND-NEW SPACE FORCE.
I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THEY ARE
NOW PART OF THE SPACE FORCE.
AND EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAVE OTHER
PARTNERS AS WELL.
THE FAA IS VERY INVOLVED IN THIS
LAUNCH.
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
IS THE PARENT OF THE FAA.
THIS IS AN ALL OF AMERICA
EFFORT.
AND WHEN WE LAUNCH IT WILL BE
LAUNCH PERK IN.
>> BOB.
>> I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATOR SAID.
SPACE FLIGHT IS A TEAM SPORT.
NONE OF US ARE SUCCESSFUL UNLESS
ALL OF US ARE SUCCESSFUL.
AND WE COULDN'T HAVE A BETTER
RELATIONSHIP THAN WE DO WITH
GENERAL DOUG AND THE 45TH SPACE
WEEPING.
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT
THEM.
EVERYTHING WE HAVE DONE WORKING
WITH THE SPACE WEEPING, WORKING
WITH THE FAA TO IMPROVE OUR
OPERATIONS TO ENABLE COMMERCIAL
OPERATIONS IN A MORE USER
FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT THIS HAS
BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING GETTING
US TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
IT'S NOT JUST THE ENGINEERING
TEAM.
IT'S NOT JUST NASA OR THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM.
THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT'S ALL OF THE SUPPORT
ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN NASA AND
THE AIR FORCE THAT ARE HELPING
MAKE THIS A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH.
AS THE AHEAD MINUTE
STRAIGHTEDDER SAID THIS IS
LAUNCH AMERICA, IT'S NOT JUST
LAUNCH COMMERCIAL CREW.
OUR WHOLE NATION NEEDS TO TAKE
PRIDE PRIDE IN THIS AND
EVERYBODY HAS HAD A ROLE TO PLA.
THEY NEED TO OWN THIS.
THEY ARE PART OF IT.
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE IF EVERYBODY
WASN'T PLAYING THEIR ROLE AND
MAKING US SUCCESSFUL.
>> Reporter: ADMIN STRAIGHTER
GREAT TO SEE YOU GAP, GEO
BENITEZ WITH ABC NEWS.
THIS IS FLORIDA BUT THE
FORECASTS ARE NOT LOOKING GREAT
FOR TOMORROW AND SUNDAY.
WHY THE WAIT UNTIL THE WEATHER
IS GOOD WHY GO THROUGH THE WHOLE
PROCESS WHEN YOU HAVE LIGHTNING
IN THE AREA AND SUCH?
>> WE ARE BALANCING SO MANY
RIGHT RIGHT NOW.
THERE ALWAYS WILL BE UNCERTAINTY
THE QUESTION IS WHY IS THE
WEATHER GOOD A WEEK FROM NOW?
AND THE ANSWER IS, WELL, BECAUSE
THE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE EAST
TO WEST.
ALL OF THE STORM SYSTEMS WILL BE
ON THE WEST COAST OF THE FLORIDA
AND THE WEATHER LOOKS LIKE IT
WILL BE FANTASTIC.
THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THE WINDS
ARE EAST TO WEST, IF WE HAVE A
PAD ABORT CAPABILITY WHICH WE
HAVE WHICH WE DIDN'T HAVE UNDER
THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
IF WE HAD A PAD ABORT TRIGGERED
WE'LL HAVE OUR ASTRONAUTS LANDS
ON THE GROUND LAND AND THAT'S
NOT AN OPTION FOR US, WE ARE
BALANCING A LOT OF THINGS, WE
ARE ALSO BALANCING THE TIME OF
DAY THAT WE LAUNCH, MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THE
SLEEP CYCLES OF THE CREW TO MAKE
SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT, YOU
KNOW, IN THE MIDST OF A VERY
CRITICAL PORTION OF THE FLIGHT
WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN ARE YOU
KNOW, WITHOUT SLEEP FOR A PERIOD
OF, YOU KNOW, 24 HOURS.
AND THAT WON'T HAPPEN BY THE
WAIT BECAUSE WE ARE MANAGING FOR
THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST THE SLEEP
CYCLES OF THE CREW, IT'S ALSO
THE SLEEP CYCLES OF
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
ALL THESE THINGS HAVE THAT TO
MATCH.
WE HAVE THESE VERY UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITIES OF TIME.
IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT LAUNCHING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION YOUR
LAUNCH WINDOW IS NOT A WINDOW AT
ALL.
IT'S INSTANTANEOUS.
AND IF YOU DON'T IMMEDIATE IT,
YOU DON'T GO.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL OF THESE
THINGS MET, YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF
TIME AND THEN YOU SELECT THE
WINDOW.
AND IF THE WEATHER IS GOOD YOU
GO BEING IF THE WEATHER IS NOT
GOOD YOU DON'T GO.
AND THEN SO WE DO HAVE THESE
DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
COMING WEEK AND WEEKS AHEAD.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND
BOB JUST SAID THIS IN A MEETING
WE HAD EARLIER.
WE CANNOT FORGET THIS IS A TEST
FLIGHT.
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
WE ARE NOT IN NORMAL OPERATIONS,
WE ARE LEARNING.
EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING RIGHT
NOW AS AN INSTITUTION IS ABOUT
LEARNING.
AND AS WE GET READY FOR THIS
LAUNCH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE EVERYTHING AS SAFE
AS POSSIBLE.
AGAIN, CAN'T SAY IS ENOUGH, BOB
AND DOUG ARE OUR HIGHEST
PRIORITY, THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT
AND WE WILL GO WHEN EVERYTHING
IS AS SAFE AS WE CAN POSSIBLY
MAKE IT.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> YOU BET.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, THIS
IS MARSHA DUNN OF THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS.
I WOULD LIKE THE TWO ACTIVE
ASTRONAUTS TO PERHAPS ANSWER
THIS.
THIS IS BEING DESCRIBED AS A
REVOLUTION AND NEW DAWN AND I
WOULD LIKE YOU TO TELL ME WHAT
YOUR IMAGE OF THE FUTURE IS
GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN YOUR
LIFETIMES?
IS IT TOO MUCH TO HOPE FOR
JETTISONS, TONY STARK, IRONMAN?
REALISTICALLY, WHAT DO YOU FEEL
TO LEAVE PEOPLE APPROXIMATE AND
WHAT'S POSSIBLE IN OUR LIFETIME?
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
QUESTION.
I AM STILL WAITING FOR MY
PERSONAL JET PACK.
BUT THE FUTURE IS INCREDIBLY
EXCITING.
IT'S BEEN SAID MANY TIMES
ALREADY, THAT WE ARE REALLY AT
THE CUSP OF THE NEXT GENERATION
OF SPACE FLIGHT.
AND THAT IS SO TRUE.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO WITNESS IN
THE NEAR FUTURE, HOPEFULLY
TOMORROW, IS A CULMINATION OF
THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A
GOVERNMENT AND A COMMERCIAL
ENTITY TO HELP US GET TO LOWER
EARTH ORBIT AND TO THE SPACE
STATION MY VISION FOR THE FUTURE
IS THIS IGNITES THAT NEXT
GENERATION OF SPACE FLIGHT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ARTEMIS
TAKE THE FIRST WOMAN AND THE
NEXT MAN TO LUNAR SURFACE FOR A
PERMANENT HABITAT.
WHERE WE WILL BE DOING RESEARCH,
& SEEMS.
AND EXPLORATION ON THE MOON.
AND THAT THAT WILL SERVE AS A
LAUNCHING PAD TO GET US TO MARS.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS DOABLE
WITHIN AND I AM SEWS EXCITED
ABOUT THIS LAUNCH BECAUSE I
REMEMBER IN SECOND GRADE
WATCHING THE SPACE SHUTTLE
LAUNCH.
THE TEACHER WHEELED A TELEVISION
IN TO OUR CLASSROOM AND THAT
INSPIRED ME TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE
COULD TWO THIS.
TOMORROW WILL DO THAT FOR
SCIENTISTS, EX-ALTHOUGHERRERS
AND ASTRONAUTS, IT'S THAT
GENERATION THAT TAKES US TO THE
MOON AND MARS AND BEYOND, THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE YOUNGER
GENERATION SEEING NO LIMITATION
WHETHER THAT'S BECAUSE GENDER
OREGON 10 GENERAL TAKE OR
NATIONALITY OR ANYTHING THEY
JUST SEE POSSIBILITIES.
WHAT THIS ALLOWS THIS
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE PUBLIC
AND PRIVATE AND THE
COMMERCIALIZATION OF LOW EARTH
ORBIT IS YOU SEE OPENS OPEN UP
IN THE FUTURE AND I VISION THAT
OPPORTUNITY WHERE IT'S NOT JUST
ASTRONAUTS NOT JUST GOVERNMENT
FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO LOWER
EARTH ORBIT, BUT OTHER FOLKS,
THERE ARE SCIENTISTS AND
DOCTORS, POETS, REPORTERS,
IMAGINE IF YOU WERE UP THERE AND
YOU WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE WITH
YOUR OWN EYES AND WRITE THIS
INCREDIBLE STORY YOU COULD
CONVEY TO THAT TO ALL OF
AMERICA, AND TO THE WORLD AND
MUCH BETTER THAT WERE WE COULD
TELL OUR STORY TO YOU I SEE THIS
AS IT A REAL POSSIBILITY.
THIS WORD UNBELIEVABLE PERHAPS
SHALL BE STRICK END FROM THE
DICTIONARY YOU SEE A LAUNCH AND
YOU GO THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S BELIEVABLE,
WE ARE WATCHING IT.
IT'S HAPPENING, THIS CHANGE IS
TAKING PLACE, THIS STEP IS
HAPPENING YOU'LL HE SEE LOW
EARTH ORBIT OPEN UP YOU'LL SEE
US GO TO THE MOON YOU'LL HE SEE
ARTEMIS AND A MAP AND WOMAN ON
THE MOON AND EVENTUALLY YOU YOUL
SEE US ON MARS.
>> JOEY WRIGHT WITH REUTERS, A
QUESTION FOR JIM BRIDE EPSTEIN,
HAVE YOU TALKED TO BOB AND DOUG
SINCE THE MISSION WAS SCRUBBED?
HOW ARE THEY DOING?
ARE THEY EAGER TO GO TO THE
STATION?
AND HAVE YOU COME ANY CLOSER TO
A DECISION ON HOW LONG BOB AND
DOUG WILL BE STAYING ON THE ISS
SINCE WE SEEM TO HAVE LOCKED
DOWN THE AUGUST 30th DATE FOR
THEIR NEXT CREWED MISSION -- OR
FOR SPACE X'S NEXT CREWED
MISSION.
>> NUMBER ONE WITH HE HAVE TO
REMEMBER THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT
AND WHAT WE LEARN ON THIS FLIGHT
WILL DETERMINE WHAT WE DO FOR
CREW 1, WE ARE TARGET A DATE OF
AUGUST 30th.
I KNOW YOU USED THE WORK LOCKED
DOWN AND NOTHING IS LOCKED DOWN
BEFORE YOU DO A TEST FLIGHT.
BOB AND DOUG ARE IN GOOD
SPIRITS.
WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH VIA TEXT
AND I WILL BE TALKING TO THEM
BEFORE THEY LAUNCH AGAIN.
THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: HI, STEVEN CLARK
FROM SPACE FLIGHT NOW.
QUESTION MAYBE FOR WITHIN OF THE
ASTRONAUTS, JOE OR NICOLE.
HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO
BOB AND DOUG AS WELL?
I WANT TO SEE IF YOU HAVE
ANYMORE INSIGHTS ABOUT THEIR
EXPERIENCE ON WEAPONS GETTING ON
TOP OF A ROCKET, HAVING
PROPELLANT LOAD ED IN TO IT FOR
THE FIRST TILE.
A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE
RISK INVOLVED WITH THAT.
WITH THE LOAD AND GO FUELING
PROCEDURE I WANT THEIR
PERSPECTIVE AND YOURS ON THAT,
AND FOR ADMINISTRATOR
BRIDENSTINE AN UPDATE ON
BOEING'S SCHEDULE RIGHT NOW?
IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHEN
THEIR FLIGHT TEST NIGHT OKUR AND
CREW FLIGHT TEST MIGHT OCCUR.
>> I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
TALK TO DOUG HURLEY THE NIGHT
BEFORE THEIR FIRST LAUNCH
ATTEMPT AND YOU KNOW, I THINK HE
WAVE GAVE ME A CALL BECAUSE I
WILL BE THE NEXT MARINE FLYING
AND HE WANTED TO GIVE ME A
LITTLE BIT OF FATHERHOOD.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE WEATHER AND
I ASKED HIM HOW WOULD IT FEEL
LIKE TO SCRUB?
DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS AND HE
DIDN'T.
HE MENTIONED THAT THE FIRST TIME
HE FLEW ON SHUTTLE HE SCRUBBED
FIVE OR SIX TIMES BEFORE THEY
LAUNCHED YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP
IN MIND YOU NEED TO REMAINING
FLEXIBLE CALLS WILL BE MADE AND
EDITIONS MADE AND EVERYBODY IS
OUT THERE KEEPING YOU SAFE AND
MAKE SURE THAT WE'LL HAVE A
SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
THAT WAS A KIA MICKABLE TO LIFE.
 -- KEY APPLICABLE TO LIFE YOU
NEED TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE AND NOT
WASTE ENERGY ON THE THINGS YOU
CAN'T CONTROL AND DO WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO AND PREPARE WHEN IT'S
TIME TO THE NEXT LAUNCH
OPPORTUNITY YOU KNOW YOU ARE
READY TO GO.
>> AS FAR AS A REPLAY OFF.
FT ONE WE ARE TARGETING BY THE
END OF THE YEAR, THAT'S
EMINENTLY ACHIEVABLE.
FOR THEIR FIRST LAUNCH OF CREW,
THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED.
>> Reporter: DANIEL OWNER HOUSE
WITH WIRED MAGAZINE A QUESTION
FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR.
WE ARE NOT HOPING FOR ANOTHER
SCRUB BUT GIVEN THAT THINGS ARE
NOT LOOKING GREAT RIGHT NOW.
I WAS HOPING YOU CAN TELL US
ABOUT THE PRECAUTIONSES NASA
TAKES YOU HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE
RANKING, BUMP STUFF BACK CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT THAT AND ALSO THE
COST PER SCRUB FOR NASA.
>> THAT'S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE
TO CONSIDER WHEN WE MAKE THESE
DECISIONS, NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T
CONSIDER COST, BECAUSE, AGAIN,
THERE IS NO COST TO THE LIVES OF
BOB AND DOUG, WE WILL DO
WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MIKE SURE
THEY ARE SAFE.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GOING THROUGH
A PROCESS THINKING, OKAY,
TOMORROW IT'S ABOUT A 50%
PROBABILITY THAT WE HAVE THE
CONDITIONS, CAPABLE OF LAUNCHING
AT THE TIME OF LAUNCH.
HERE AT THE CAPE.
AND, OF COURSE, WHEN YOU ADD IN
THE UNCERTAINTY DOWN RANKING,
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LAUNCH ABORT
CAPABILITY.
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE RIGHT
WEATHER CONDITIONS DOWN RANKING
AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS IF WE
HAVE A 50% PROBABILITY AND THEN
THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY IS ON
SUNDAY, WE COULD PUT OURSELVES
IN A POSITION WHERE WE ARE DOING
BACK-TO-BACK WET DRESS
REHEARSALS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
AND THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO --
WE HAVE TO START CONSIDERING THE
HUMAN FACTORS OF THAT IT.
THE HUMAN FACTORS END UP ADDING
RISK AS WELL BECAUSE IT WEARS
EVEN OUT INCLUDING OUR
ASTRONAUTS ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER
COMPLAIN.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN
IS WELL RESTED AND READY TO GO.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE
MIGHT DO EVEN TODAY, THIS
AFTERNOON, WE ARE GOING TO GET
ANOTHER WEATHER BRIEF AND WE
MIGHT MAKE A DECISION THAT
SUNDAY IS THE DAY, NOT SATURDAY.
THAT WAY -- AND, AGAIN, IT WILL
DEPEND ON WHAT EVERYTHING IS A
RANKING OF PROBABILITIES, WHAT
ARE THE PROBABILITIES ON
SATURDAY AND THE PROBABILITIES
ON SUNDAY.
AND IF IT'S A HIGH ENOUGH
PROBABILITY ON SATURDAY, WE
TARGET THAT DAY.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF
THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE
HAVE TO CONSIDER.
EARLIER I MENTIONED WE HAVE TO
CONSIDER SLEEP CYCLES, WE WANT
TO LAUNCH AT A TIME IF OUR CREW,
IF THE TIME TO ORBIT IS 15 TO 20
HOURS, THAT'S KIND OF THE IN THE
SWEET SPOT THEN THEY CAN GET ON
ORBIT.
THEY CAN GET SOME REST.
AND THEN THEY CAN DOCK TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
AND SO GETTING THAT RIGHT IS
IMPORTANT AS WELL.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THEIR SLEEP
CYCLES, DEPENDING ON THE DAY WE
LAUNCH AND THE TIME WE LAUNCH,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GOT PHASE
BURNS AND WE HAVE GOT BOOST
BURNS THAT WE HAVE TO GET
ACCOMPLISHED.
IF THAT'S IN THE TIMES THEY ARE
TRYING TO CATCH SLEEP THAT'S NOT
OPTIMUM EITHER.
SO, YES, WE ARE HAVING TO
BALANCE THESE THINGS, THERE IS
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DELAY.
MAKE NO MISTAKE THERE IS COST. 
WE LOVE THE ROCKET WITH LIQUID
OXYGEN WE UNLOAD IT WITH LIQUID
OXYGEN, WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE
ON THE CAPE FOCUSED ON GETTING
THE MISSION ACCOMPLISHED THERE
ARE LAB SALUTE A COSTS
ASSOCIATED.
AS FAR AS THE TOTAL DOLLAR
AMOUNT GIVEN ALL THE THINGS THAT
WE DO, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER
HAND I RIGHT NOW.
COMPARED TO THE INVESTMENT THAT
TOOK US TO GET TO THIS POINT
THOSE COSTS ARE MINIMAL AND
COMPARED TO THE LIVES OF BOB AND
DOUG WE ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT
THAT.
REMEMBER THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
MAXIMIZING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR
SUCCESS AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE
FOCUSED ON.
>> Reporter: JUST BRIEFLY DO YOU
HAVE A BALLPARK FIGURE?
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS?
>> WE'LL GET YOU A NUMBER.
>> Reporter: OKAY.
>> Reporter: THIS IS MICHAEL
SHEETS, I AM WITH CNBC.
MY QUESTION IS FOR JIM AND BOB
CAN PROBABLY HELP ADD COLOR
HERE.
JIM, YOU HAVE ASKED PEOPLE TO
STAY HOME FOR THIS MISSION
GIVEN, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL
WEARING MASKS, WE ARE ALL SOCIAL
DISTANCING HERE ON SIGHT.
BUT THESE VISITOR COMPLEX
REOPENED THE DAY AFTER THE
SCRUB.
SO THIS LAUNCH ATTEMPT IS GOING
TO SEE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO COME TO
THE VISITORS CENTER AS WELL AS
IT'S THE WEEKEND, PEOPLE DON'T
HAVE TO TAKE OFF WORK IF THEY
WANT TO COME TRY TO WATCH THE
FIRST TIME WE HAVE LAUNCH CREW
IN ALMOST A DECADE.
WHAT KIND OF MEASURES IS NASA
TAKING THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WE
SAW ON LAUNCH DAY ON ON WE
UNDERSTAND AND WHAT KINDS OF
CROWDS IS NASA EXPECTING IN THE
LOCAL AREA AND WELCOME ON SITE.
>> JUST SO YOU ARE AWARE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNT IS,
BUT LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE CAME
TO THE CAPE TO WATCH THIS
LAUNCH.
WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING AS AN
AGENCY, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
MISSION FOR US, WE ALSO HAVE IN
JULY WE ARE LAUNCHING A ROBOT TO
MARS, WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE
SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THE
WORKFORCE HERE AT THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, ONCE DEMO
TWO IS SUCCESSFUL.
WHICH IT WILL BE, ONCE DEMO TWO
IS SUCCESSFUL, WE'LL LAUNCH CREW
ONE.
SO RIGHT HERE AT THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER WE HAVE NO SHORT
I'M OF OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF
US AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
WITHOUT QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WE
ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO
KEEP OUR PEOPLE SAFE RIGHT TER
AT THE KEPT DID I SPACE CENTER,
KEEP THEM HEALTHY.
IF WE HAVE AN OUTBREAK ALL OF
THE CONTRACT TRACING BEGINS AND
THEN ALL OF THESE MISSION
ESSENTIAL PEOPLE COULD GET
SIDELINED.
THAT IS NOT THE OUTCOME THAT
WOULD WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
SO THE VISITORS CENTER IS OPEN.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO DOUBT
TIMES ARE CHANGING AND PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO TRAVEL AND THE
VISITORS CENTER WILL BE OPEN.
WHAT WE EXPECT IS THAT WHEN
PEOPLE COME HERE, THEY FOLLOW
THE GUIDANCE OF THE GOVERNOR OF
THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT THEY
FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
AND, YOU KNOW, PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IF YOU ARE
NOT MAIN TAPE THAT GO DISTANCE,
AND IF PEOPLE DO THAT, THEY ARE
GOING TO BE SAFE, BUT WE WILL
MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE INVOLVED IN THESE MISSION
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR THIS
COUNTRY, LAUNCHING AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETS,
FROM AMERICAN SOIL, LAUNCHING
OUR NEXT ROVER TO MARS, THAT
THESE MISSION ESSENTIALLY
FUNCTIONS WILL NOT BE PLACED IN
JEOPARDY.
>> I WANT TO ADD TO THAT.
THE VISITOR CENTER IS LIMITING
CAPACITY.
THEY LIMIT THE NUMBER ON THE
MAIN COMPLEX, NO BUS TOURS, THEY
ARE NOT GOING TO THE SATURN
FIVE.
IT'S IN KEEPING WITH WHAT DISNEY
HAS DONE AND UNIVERSAL HAS DONE
AT THE CITY WALK, NOT EVEN ALL
OF THE VENUES ON THE MAIN
COMPLEX WILL BE OPEN AND THIS
WAS PLANNED TO OPEN, YOU KNOW,
HAD WE LAUNCHED ON TIME IT WOULD
BE AFTER THE LAUNCH IT JUST
TURNED OUT WITH THE SCRUB THAT
NOW THOSE FOLKS THAT COME TO THE
VISITORS CENTER WILL BE ABLE TO
VIEW IT FROM THE VISITORS
CENTER.
BUT THEY HAVE STRICT RULES IN
PLACE FOR C.D.C. GUIDANCE.
YOU KNOW, ALL I CAN SAY IS THEY
ARE DOING IT IN THE SAFEST WAY
POSSIBLE AND IN KEEPING WITH THE
GOVERNOR DeSANTIS' GUIDELINES
HELPING OPEN UP THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
IT'S BY NO MEANS A FULL OPENING
OF THE SPACE VISITORS CENTER IS,
KENNEDY VISITOR CENTER AND IT'S
LIMITED PARTICIPATION, HERE ON
SIGHT AS THE ADMINISTRATOR
MENTIONED WE ARE STILL IN STAGE
THREE FOR OUR GUIDELINES ON SITE
FOR CORONAVIRUS.
WE REQUIRE FOLKS TO WEAR MASKS
IN COMMON AREAS, IN BUILDINGS IF
THEY CANNOT BE SIX FEET APART,
THEY HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.
IN HALLWAYS, COMMON AREAS,
ELEVATORS AND SO ON.
WE ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY, WE
HAVE TO PROTECT OUR WORKFORCE TO
INSURE THAT WE CAN COMPLETE
NASA'S MISSION ESSENTIALLY WORK.
>> Reporter: HI, KEN CHANG NEW
YORK TIMES.
I HAVE A QUESTION.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT BOB AND
DOUG ARE DOING DURING THESE TWO
DAYS OF DOWN TIME THAT THEY DID
NOT LAUNCH?
>> SO THEY WILL -- I DON'T KNOW
HONESTLY.
THEY MIGHT SPENT TIME AT THE
BEACH HOUSE.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS
THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THEY'LL DO.
THEY HAVE STARTED A NEW
TRADITION OF LAUNCHING LITTLE
ROCKETS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU YOU HAVE
SEEN THAT.
THEY STARTED A TRADITION OF
LAUNCHING ROCKETS FROM THE BEACH
AT THE BEACH HOUSE BEFORE A BIG
LAUNCH.
AND SO I IMAGINE THEY ARE
GETTING SOME DOWNTIME, PROBABLY
THINK BIG WHAT'S COMING.
MAYBE SOME CHANGES THAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOR THEIR
NEXT ROUTE TO THE ROCKET.
JOE AND NICOLE, DO YOU HAVE ANY
INCITE HERE?
>> SO I LAUNCH ODD A SOYUZ
ROCKET OUT OF BAIKONUR AND EVEN
WITH OUR LAUNCH WE EXPERIENCED A
DELAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU GET
EXCITED ABOUT THE LAUNCH OR
PREPARED, YOUR MIND SET IS
CERTAINLY BOB AND DUG WERE READY
TO FLY ON WEDNESDAY.
AND SO THE SCRUB, THE DELAY,
JUST RELATES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
THE TEAM TO LEARN.
AND THEN' OPPORTUNITY REUNITE
WITH THEIR FAMILIES THEY ARE
SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR
FAMILIES AND ENJOYING THIS TIME
BEFORE THEY GET READY TO FLY
AGAIN.
A THINK SURE THEY ARE GETTING
BRIEFINGS FROM THE SPACE X TEAM,
THE NASA TEAM WHAT THE WEATHER
LOOKS LIKE AND GETTING BACK IN
THE SOAP FOR WHATEVER WE DECIDE
FOR TOMORROW OR SUNDAY.
>> Reporter: GREG, SPECTRUM NEWS
13.
THIS IS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR
AND ALSO MR. CABANA.
IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS, NINE YEARS
SINCE THE SPACE COAST, SINCE
AMERICA SAW A LAUNCH.
THIS AREA WAS DEVASTATED AFTER
THE SHUTTLE RETIRED.
LOTS OF PEOPLE LAID OFF.
WHAT TYPE OF INSPIRATION AFTER
NINE YEARS DOES THIS FLIGHT MEAN
FOLLOW THE SPACE COAST IN
PARTICULAR AND FLORIDA?
THANK YOU.
>> IT'S ABSOLUTELY HUGE.
AND I CANNOT COMPLIMENT BOB
CABANA AND HIS TEAM HERE AT THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER ENOUGH.
AS YOU MENTIONED WHEN THE SPACE
SHUTTLES WERE RETIRED NINE YEARS
AGO, THIS AREA WAS DEVASTATED
LITTLE AND THEN THAT WAS WITH
THE CANCELLATION OF THE MOON
PROGRAM CONSTELLATION, ALL OF
THOSE JOBS ANTICIPATED WERE ALSO
ELIMINATED AND IT WAS ALL AT
ONCE AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY
DEVASTATING.
AND SO WHAT HAS HAPPENED NOW IS
BOB AND HIS TEAM HAVE PUT
TOGETHER, AND I AM SAYING THIS
BECAUSE BOB WON'T BRAG ABOUT
HIMSELF.
BUT THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER THIS
MULTI-USE SPACE PORT SOFT WE
HAVE COMMERCIAL, WE HAVE CIVIL
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
MILITARY LAUNCHES THAT ARE
HAPPENING FROM THIS FACILITY
NOW.
IN A VERY ROBUST WAY AND THE
ECONOMY HAS COME BACK THE
MARKETS ARE WORKING HERE IN A
WAY THAT WE COULDN'T HAVE EVEN
ENVISIONED NINE YEARS AGO.
AND NOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A
BULLET, A NASA BUDGET THAT IS
THE HIGHEST IT'S EVER BEEN IN
HISTORY IN NOMINAL DOLLARS, AND
IT'S AS HIGH AS IT'S BEEN
OBVIOUSLY APOLLO IN REAL DOLLARS
WAS HIGHER.
BUT OUR TRAJECTORY IS RIGHT.
WHEN I TOOK OVER THIS JOB THE
BUDGET WAS $19 BILLION AND THE
BUDGET REQUEST FOR NEXT YEAR IS
$25 BILLION.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1972,
WE HAVE A HUMAN LANDING SYSTEM
FUNDED TO GO TO THE SURFACE OF
THE MOON AND NOT JUST FUNDED BUT
ALSO UNDER CONTRACT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THAT HUMAN
LANDING SYSTEM.
AND, OF COURSE, WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPACE FORCE
THE 45TH SPACE WING, CAPE
CANAVERAL, AIR FORCE STATION,
THERE WILL BE LOTS AND LOTS OF
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY HAPPENING
HERE.
SOME OF IT FOR GOOD REASON,
BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO
EXPLORATION, SIGNS, DISCOVERY,
SOME OF IT FOR NOT SO GOOD
REASON BECAUSE WE HAVE BAD
ACTORS AROUND THE WORLD MAKING
SPACE MORE DANGEROUS, WE NEED
THE SPACE WING.
WE NEAT THE COMMERCIAL
CAPABILITIES OF SPACE SAFE.
WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE THE
SUPPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION
AT THE LEVEL THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE STRONG BY PART' SUPPORT.
ONE OF MY JOBS AS A NASA
ADMINISTRATOR AND I TOOK THIS
SERIOUS WHEN I TOOK THE JOB, HOW
DO WE CREATE A PROGRAM THAT'S
SUSTAINABLE.
HOW DO WE CREATE A PROGRAM THAT
WILL NOT UP VEST BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AND THEN GET CANCELED.
WE DO IT BY GETTING STRONG
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT WHICH WE ARE
HAVING.
WE IMAGINE SURE OUR
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ARE
ENGAGED AND CONTRIBUTING
SIGNIFICANTLY IN DOLLAR VALUES
AND CAPABILITIES WHICH THEY ARE
DOING, WE THINK ABOUT THE
GATEWAY, BUILDING A SPACE
STATION IN ORBIT AROUND THE
MOON.
OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS WANT
TO GO TO THE MOON WITH US AND
WE, OF COURSE, WELCOME THAT.
THE PRESIDENT'S SPACE POLICY
DIRECTIVE ONE GO AHEAD GO TO THE
MOON GO WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS, GO WITH COMMERCIAL
PARTNERS.
WHEN WE GO TO THE MOON IN 202024
WE ARE GOING WITH EYE COMMERCIAL
SANDING SYSTEM, WE ARE EXPELLING
OUR PROVIDED TOES GET CUSTOMERS
NOT NASA, DRIVING DOWN OUR COST,
INCREASING ACCESS WE ARE
BUILDING THE MARK THAT MAKES IT
SUSTAINABLE, THE HISTORY OF
SPACE FLIGHT IS THAT THE
GOVERNMENT CREATED THE DEMAND
AND THE GOVERNMENT CREATED THE
FLY.
WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU ARE LIMITED
AND SUBJECT TO THE WHIMSICAL
BUDGET OF POLITICIANS THAT'S
WHERE WE ARE NINE YEARS AGO AND
BECAUSE OF THE GREAT WORK OF BOB
AND HIS TEAM, BECAUSE OF THE
VISION TO TO COMMERCIALIZE SPACE
THAT'S NOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE NEED A RESILIENT SPACE
PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES THE BEST
THAT AMERICA HAS TO OFFER FROM A
GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE, FROM A
COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE, WE NEED
TO BRING A COALITION OF NATIONS
WITH US.
WHICH IS WHAT THE INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS ARE ALL ABOUT.
OF WE NEED BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
AND MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE
REASON I AM HERE, WE NEED THESE
PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING ON
TELEVISION RIGHT NOW TO SUPPORT
THE PROGRAM.
AND THEY DO.
AND THAT'S WHY WE DO SO MUCH
COMMUNICATION OUTREACH.
IF WE HAVE PUBLIC SUPPORT, THEN,
OF COURSE, WE GET THE SUPPORT OF
THE REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS
WHICH, OF COURSE, PROVIDE NASA'S
A BULLETS AND THEY HAVE BEEN
OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTIVE IN A
BY PART SAP WAY.
SO, YES, WE ALL REMEMBER, WHAT
HAPPENED NINE YEARS AGO, WE
REMEMBER IT.
AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN
OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND THAT'S MY JOB AS A NASA
ADMINISTRATOR, BOB, I WILL LET
YOU SAY A FEW WORDS.
>> I AM PLEASED TO BE A MECHANIR
OF THIS TEAM.
YOU SAY WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LAUNCH
IN NINE YEARS ANY TIME A ROCKET
LEAVES EARTH I DON'T CARE WHAT'S
ON IT IT'S AN EVENT AND WORTHY
OF NOTE.
I TALK ABOUT HUMANS AND WHAT IT
MEANS I SEE A PICTURE OF THE MAX
BREWER BRIM FOR THE LAST LAUNCH
ATTEMPT IN TITUSVILLE THERE.
AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE LAST
FLIGHT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
IT MEANS A LOT TO SEE OUR
ASTRONAUTS LAUNCHING FROM
ROCKETS ON U.S. SOIL.
ANY TIME YOU PUT A HUMAN ON A
ROCKET IT'S ANOTHER STEP UP.
I MEAN IT, REAL RAISES THE LEVEL
I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT'S GOING
TO MEAN TO ME TO SEE TO SEE US
ROCKING CREWS OFF THAT BAD.
THAT'S WHAT IT WAS DID I SIGNED
FOR, I LAUNCHED THREE TIMES OFF
THAT PAD.
TO SEE BOB AND DOUG GET LAUNCH
OFF IT GET BOEING LAUNCHING WE
ARE ON THE VERNAL OF A NEW AIR
IN HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING AND
IT WILL ONLY GET BETTER.
IT MEANS A THE LOT.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT IT ARE IT IS
THE CULMINATION OF LOT OF WORK.
>> Reporter: I ENJOY THE LAUNCH
TOO, YOU KNOW THAT.
>> THIS WILL BE OUR LAST
QUESTION.
>> Reporter: HI, MARA FROM THE
A.P. AGAIN.
FOR MR. BRIDENSTINE, HOW MUCH
CREDIT DO YOU PUT ONE ELON MUSK
PERSONALLY TO BE WHERE YOU ARE
TODAY?
I KNOW IT'S A BIGGEST, BUT, YOU
KNOW, HE'S THE LYNCH PIP IN IT
ALL AND HE'S ALSO A COLORFUL
HIGH PROFILE FIGURE FOR LOTS OF
DIFFERENT REASONS, HOW MUCH
ATTENTION IS BEING DRAWN TO ALL
OF THIS JUST BY VIRTUE OF HIM AS
A PERSON?
>> IT'S A -- YOU ARE MAKING A
WONDERFUL POINT.
WHAT ELON MUSK HAS DONE FOR THE
MERGE SPACE PROGRAM IS HE'S
BROUGHT VISION AND INSPIRATION
THAT WE HADN'T HAD FOR AT THE
POINT YEARS.
SIPS THE RETIREMENT OF THE SPACE
SHIFT THES, NINE YEARS, AND AND
I WILL TELL YOU HE'S BRILLIANT.
HE'S CAPABLE.
I HAVE BEEN THE NASA ADMIT
STRAIGHTER NOW FOR OVER TWO
YEARS.
THERE WERE TIMES THERE WAS
TENSION BECAUSE OF THE
PRIORITIES WE WERE FOCUSED ON
BUT WHEN I TALK WITH HIM AND
MEET WITH HIM.
AND HE GIVES ME A COMMIT AND
DELIVERS ON THAT COMMITMENT.
THAT HAS HAPPENED EVERY SINGLE
TIME.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM
THAT HE HAS AT SPACE X.
WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THE
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NASA AND
SPACE X.
WE ARE EIGHT-POINT IN TIME WHERE
WE HAVE ASKED HIM TO DO CERTAIN
THINGS AND HE HAS ABSOLUTELY
DELIVERED.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.
I WITNESSED THE FLIGHT READINESS
REVIEW LAST WEEK AND WE STARTED
OUT AS A PARTNERSHIP.
AND IN MANY RESPECTS, IT'S BEEN
A REPS SHIP.
THERE IS A HEALTHY DISTANCE
BETWEEN A CONTRACTOR AND THIS
AGENCY, BUT BUT THERE ARE A LOT
OF RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT WHAT
MAKES OUR SUCCESS, THEY ACTUALLY
EMBEDDED BOB AND DOUG IN TO
THEIR MANUFACTURING FACILITIES
OWE THEIR LINE WORKERS GOT TO
KNOW THEM PERSONALLY, THEY ARE
PERSONALLY INVESTED IN THEIR
SAFETY.
IT GOES FROM ELON BUT DOWN TO
THE LINE WORKER AND WE ARE VERY
I CAN'T REITERATE HOW MUCH JIM
HAS SAID AND YOU KNOW, IT'S
JIM'S VISION AND VICE PRESIDENT
AND THE PRESIDENT'S VISION.
BUT THEY ARE HELPING US EXECUTE
THAT VISION.
>> THAT WAS THE LAST QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE ANY CLOSING REMARKS?
>> THIS IS -- I WANT TO
REEMPHASIZE, THIS GOES A TEST
FLIGHT.
WE LEARN AHEAD LOT A COUPLE OF
DAYS AGO IN THE DAYS AHEAD WELL
LEARN MORE, PART OF WHAT WE ARE
LEARNING ARE WHAT WE NEED TO BE
SAFE TO LAUNCH AS IT RELATES TO
THE WEATHER.
AND OF COURSE WE ARE LOOKING AT
SATURDAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT
SUNDAY.
WE HAVE SOME OTHER DAYS I DON'T
UNDERSTAND THAT WHERE WE COULD
LAUNCH THE 7th AND EIGHT
SOMEONEth ARE RESERVED BUT
MAYBE THE 2nd AND 3nd AS
WELL BUT THAT'S NOT A CERTAINTY.
I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE THIS IS A
TEST FLIGHT THAT WE WILL DO
EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO KEEP
BOB AND DOUG 100 PERCENT SAFE.
THEY ARE READY TO GO.
THEY WERE READY BEFORE, THEY ARE
EVEN MORE READY TO GO NOW.
THIS AGENCY THAT WE CALL NAS IS
ABOUT TO TULL OFF SOMETHING
SPECTACULAR WITH OUR PARTNERS AT
SPACE X AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED
ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND
COVERING THIS PRESS CONFERENCE.
>> THANK YOU, THAT CONCLUDES THE
PRESS CONFERENCE, HAVE A GREAT
DAY.
