AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE A LIVE SHOT
OVER--
AMY: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER WHERE
THEY ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH
ROCKET THAT IS SUPPOSED TO FAIL.
THE HAWTHORNE -BASED
COMPANY
ROCKET INTO SPACE TO
SIMULATE AN IN A FLIGHT
AND THE GOAL IS TO SHOW
HOW ITS EMERGENCY ESCAPE
POD WILL KEEP ASTRONAUTS
SAFE IF THE ROCKET HAD A
PROBLEM DURING LAUNCH.
IT'S BEEN DELAYED
BECAUSE OF WINDY
CONDITIONS, BUT WE ARE
HEARING THE COUNTDOWN.
IGNITION, LIFT OFF.
AMY: THIS IMAGE IS SPECTACULAR.
IT NEVER GETS OLD TO
WATCH THIS AND WHAT THE
SO EXCITING ABOUT THIS
LAUNCH IS THAT WITH A --
WITHIN 90 SECONDS BACK
SO WELL SEPARATES.
IT'S IN PREPARATION,
SHOULD THERE EVER BE ANY
TYPE OF EMERGENCY DURING
A LAUNCH, THEY WILL HAVE
90 SECONDS TO SAY THE
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD AND
AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER,
THIS WAS PLANNED A BIT
EARLIER, BUT WAS IT
DELAYED BECAUSE OF WINDY
CONDITIONS.
ALEX: A LOT OF TIMES THEY WENT
TO MAKE SURE THESE CONDITIONS
ARE PERFECT FOR A LAUNCH LIKE
THIS BECAUSE WEATHER IS AN INCH
CALL PART OF A LAUNCH AND THE
GOOD NEWS IS WIND AT THE SURFACE
IS ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR, SO
NOT TOO BAD AND LOOKS LIKE IT
WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO HAVE A GO
WITH THE LAUNCH.
AMY: WE HEAR IT'S ABOUT 10
SECONDS AWAY FROM THE SEPARATION
WE ARE WATCHING CLOSELY TO SEE
IF WE CAN SEE-- THERE IT IS.
YOU CAN SEE THE
SEPARATION.
YOU CAN HEAR CHEERING.
THEY ARE CHEERING IN THE
CONTROL ROOM BECAUSE IT
WAS SUCCESSFUL AND WHAT
IS A REMARKABLE IS THAT
THIS WAS A SUCCESSFUL
TEST OF A FAILURE
REALLY, A MISTAKE THAT
IF THEY NEEDED TO
SEPARATE THOSE
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD THEY
COULD DO SO AND THIS
SHOWS IT REALLY CAN
HAPPEN AND IT'S SO
EXCITING TO SEE THAT ALL
OF THE WORK IN
PREPARATION HAS PAID OFF
IT'S WAS SUCCESSFUL, THE
SEPARATION AND I BELIEVE
THIS WILL ONLY BE ABOUT
10 MINUTES IN TOTAL WITH
AGAIN, 90 SECONDS-- THE
FIRST 90 SECONDS FOR THE
SEPARATION.
I'M HOPING WE CAN TAKE
ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS
WHEN OF THE LANDING--
LANDING HAPPENS IN ABOUT
EIGHT MINUTES OR SO,
SEVEN AND A HALF TO
EIGHT MINUTES C3 GIVES
YOU CHILLS.
AMY: SO EXCITING TO SEE.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THIS
IN HERE THAT CHEERING
BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING TIRELESSLY
TRYING TO GET THIS
PREPARED TO MAKE SURE IT
HAPPENS BECAUSE THEY
KNOW EVENTUALLY IT COULD
BE WHAT SAVES LIVES WHEN
THE ASTRONAUTS ARE IN
THEIR AND COULD BE
SAFELY PULLED AWAY.
