THIS IS NASA TV.
GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU FOR 
JOINING US HERE ANNAS TV.
WE'RE ABOUT TO CONDUCT THE 
BRIEFING RIGHT AFTER THE FLIGHT 
READINESS REVIEW OF THE RETURN 
OF BOB BANG KIN AND DOUG HOURLY 
COMPLETING THE FIRST TEST FLIGHT
OF THE CREW COMMERCIAL VEHICLE.
I'M JOINED BY ESTEEMED PANELIST 
HERE TO DISCUSS WHAT CAME OUT OF
THE FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW AND 
AS WELL WHAT TO COME FROM NASA 
AND SPACEX.
JOINING US TODAY IS NASA 
ADMINISTRATOR JIM BRIDENSTINE 
HERE IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
WE HAVE STEVE STICH NASA OF 
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM AND JOEL
THE MANAGER OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION PROGRAM.
AND THEN ALL THE WAY FROM SPACEX
BENJI REED DIRECTOR OF CREW 
MISSION MANAGEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
WE'LL BE OPENING WITH COMMENTS 
BEFORE GETTING TO QUESTIONS.
TAKING QUESTIONS FROM OUR PHONE.
MAKE SURE YOU CALL IN TO SUBMIT 
QUESTION AND STAR 1 AND WE'LL BE
ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM RIGHT AFTER
COMMENTS FROM OUR PANELISTS.
WE'LL START COMMENTS FIRST FROM 
NASA ADMIN STRAIGHTER JIM 
BRIDENSTINE.
>>  FLIGHT READINESS REVIEW IS 
COMPLETE AND THE TEAM, NASA AND 
SPACEX TEAM EVERYONE REMAINS GO 
AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO GET BOB 
BANG KIN AND DOUG HURLEY BACK.
WE MAY HAVE CHALLENGES WITH 
WEATHER.
BUT FIRST OPPORTUNITY REMAINS AT
AUGUST 2ND AND WE'LL SEE IF 
THAT'S WITHIN THE REALM OF WHAT 
IS POSSIBLE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE 
IMPORTANT.
I'M HERE AT THE KENNEDY SPACE 
CENTER RIGHT NOW.
TOMORROW WE'RE LAUNCHING MISSION
TO MARS, THE MARS 2020 WITH THE 
PERSEVERANCE ROVER INSIDE AND 
INGENUITY, A HELICOPTER THAT IS 
ATTACHED TO THE ROVER.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS 
HAPPENING RIGHT HERE AT THE 
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT LAUNCH 
TOMORROW MORNING AND WHILE WE 
WERE DOING THE PRESS CONFERENCE 
FOR THE MARS LAUNCH, WE HAD A 
BARGE PULL INTO THE BAY HERE AND
THE BARGE OF COURSE HAD A STAGE 
ADAPTER FOR THE SLS ROCKET WHICH
OF COURSE IS GOING TO LAUNCH 
ARTEMIS 1, AND UNCREWED ORION 
CAPSULE AROUND THE MOON NEXT 
YEAR.
SO MANY GREAT THINGS HAPPENING 
HERE AT NASA.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE 
SPACEX TEAM AND OF COURSE TO THE
NASA TEAM FOR MAKING DEMO 2 
POSSIBLE.
IT IS NOT OVER YET.
ENTRY, DESCENT AND LANDING IS 
AHEAD OF US BUT WE'RE EXCITED 
STEVE STICH.
>>  THANK YOU, GARY.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE 
REPRESENTING THE WHOLE 
COMMERCIAL CREW TEAM.
AS JIM SAID WE HAD OUR FLIGHT 
READINESS REVIEW THIS MORNING 
FOR LANDING.
WE TOOK THE TIME TO REVIEW THE 
VEHICLE ON ORBIT.
IT'S BEEN ON ORBIT FOR 63 DAY.
WE TALKED PRE FLIGHT ABOUT 
HAVING CAPABILITY TO GO 120 
DAYS.
THE SYSTEMS ON DRAGON ARE DOING 
VERY WELL AND AND WE WENT 
THROUGH ALL THE SYSTEMS AND ANY 
ISSUES OR PROBLEMS THAT WE SAW 
ON ORBIT IN TERMS IT OF HOW THE 
VEHICLE RESPONDED TO THERMAL 
ENVIRONMENT AND THE DIFFERENT 
PARTS OF SPACE AND REVIEWED THE 
READINESS OF THE OPS TEAMS AND 
THE RECOVERY TEAMS AND SO WE 
CAME OUT OF THE FR WITH A GROW 
TO PROCEED TO UNDOCK THE ORBIT 
AND LANDING.
TODAY I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT LANDING OPERATION AND HOW 
THINGS WILL UNFOLD OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS AND LITTLE ABOUT 
DECISION MAKING.
IF WE CAN SHOW THE GRAPHIC 
FIRST.
WE HAVE 7 LANDING SITES WE'LL BE
USING AS JIM SAID FOR THE 
LANDING AS EARLY AS SUNDAY.
YOU CAN SEE THESE SITES.
THEY'RE SPREAD ACROSS FLORIDA, 
PENSACOLA AND PANAMA CITY, 
TALLAHASSEE.
PENSACOLA WAS THERE BEFORE BUT 
WE ADDED PANAMA CITY AND 
TALLAHASSEE AND JACKSONVILLE, 
DAYTONA AND CAPE ON THE EASTERN 
COAST OF FLORIDA.
WE ADDED THE DAYTONA SITE AND 
DID A BUNCH OF WORK BETWEEN NASA
AND SPACEX TO ENSURE THAT SITE 
WAS READY.
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WE'LL BE 
LOOKING AT THE WEATHER AND 
GETTING READY FOR THE UNDOCK AND
DEORBIT AND LANDING.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE 
SEQUENCE FOR THE EARLIEST 
OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE TO UNDOCK 
ON SATURDAY.
THE CREW WOULD MAKE UP 7:30 
CENTRAL TIME HERE IN HOUSTON.
WE WOULD CLOSE THE HATCHES 4:30 
ON SATURDAY AND UNDOCK 
6:THRAOEUFP CENTRAL AND WE HAVE 
AN HOUR UNDOCK WINDOW AND THAT 
WOULD SET US FOR OUR FIRST 
LANDING OPPORTUNITY ON SUNDAY 
DEORBITING AROUND 12:56 ON 
SUNDAY AND THEN LANDING AT ABOUT
1:48 P.M. CENTRAL.
WE'RE GOING TO WATCH THE WEATHER
VERY CAREFULLY.
WE HAVE A SERIES OF SITES AND 
MANY DAYS IN THE FUTURE.
IF WE DON'T UNDOCK ON SATURDAY 
TO COME HOME ON SUNDAY WE WOULD 
MOVE THAT UNDOCKING ON MONDAY.
SO WE'LL WATCH THIS TROPICAL 
STORM THAT PROBABLY WILL FORM OH
IT'S A TROPICAL AREA OF 
DISTURBED AREA AND LOOKS LIKE IT
MAY BE COMING INTO THE FLORIDA 
KWAEUR AND TAKE IT DAY BY DAY.
WE HAVE DECISION POINTS AND 
WEATHER BRIEFINGS 24 HOURS PRIOR
TO UNDOCK AND THEN 6 HOURS WHEN 
WE START TO BRING CARGO FROM 
SPACE STATION.
WE'LL HAVE EVALUATE WEATHER EACH
DAY AND SEE HOW THINGS UNFOLD.
ADDRESS JIM SAID THIS IS A TEST 
FLIGHT AND WE'LL TAKE OUR TIME 
TO COME HOME.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES 
HERE IN AUGUST AND WE'RE IN NO 
HURRY TO COME HOME.
WE COMPLETED ALL THE OBJECTIVES 
FOR THE MISSION WHILE WE WERE 
DOCKED.
WE FIGURED OUT IF CREW COULD 
LIVE AND DRAGON COULD HAVE AN 
ABILITY DEMO.
WE COMPLETED ALL THOSE 
OBJECTIVES WHILE DOCKING.
SO NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME TO 
BRING THE VEHICLE BACK AND WILL 
GO FORWARD AND FLY IN THE SPRING
ON CREW 2.
THE IMPORTANT THING AFTER 
LANDING WILL BE TO REVIEW ALL 
THE DATA FROM THIS FLIGHT.
THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THE 
VEHICLE BACK AND GETTING BOB AND
DOUG SAFELY BACK IS TO THEN GO 
ASSESS THE DATA ON THIS FLIGHT.
THAT SETS US UP FOR THE CREW 1 
MISSION AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER 
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH IT AND MAKE
SURE WE'RE READY TO START THE 
OPERATIONAL FLIGHTS.
I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, 
GARY.
>>  TURN IT OVER TO 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 
MANAGER.
>>  THANK YOU, GARY.
HELLO AGAIN AND WELCOME TO THE 
SPACEX RETURN READINESS 
BRIEFING.
WE HAD A GREAT REVIEW.
WE WALKED OUT OF THE REVIEW WITH
NO ACTIONS AND JUST STANDARD 
OPEN WORK.
SO THE TEAM HAS DONE A 
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.
YOU CAN TELL BY WHAT YOU HEARD 
TODAY AND THE TEAM IS READY TO 
GO.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO HAVE BOB AND 
DOUG ON BOARD AND THEY 
COMPLIMENTED THE CREW THAT CAME 
UP ON SOYUZ IN APRIL.
THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO 
COMPLETE 4 EVA'S AND TREMENDOUS 
AMOUNT OF UTILIZATION RESEARCH, 
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND 
WORKED CARGO OPERATIONS WITH THE
JAPANESE TRANSFER VEHICLE.
WE HAD MEDICAL OPERATIONS.
I MEAN, THESE GUYS HAVE JUST 
COMPLIMENTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO 
THE ISS TEAM AND TO THE ISS 
PROGRAM AND TO NASA IN GENERAL.
THE WORK WE'RE DOING ON BOARD 
SPACE STATION, UTILIZATION AND 
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY 
DEVELOPMENT AND WORK BEING DONE 
THAT WOULD HELP US TO GO PAST 
LOWER EARTH ORBIT AND HELP US 
WITH THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM HAS 
BEEN OUT STANDING.
THE FACT THAT WE HAD TWO CREW 
TODAY IS JUST A LITTLE VIEW INTO
THE FUTURE.
EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE 4 CREW ON 
THE BOEING AND SPACEX MISSIONS 
IS AND INCREASING THEIR SCIENCE 
AND RESEARCH TO ABOUT 70 HOURS A
WEEK OF UTILIZATION RESEARCH 
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO
THAT.
ALSO REMIND YOU THAT THIS YEAR 
WE CELEBRATE 20 YEARS OF 
CONTINUOUS HUMAN PRESENCE ON 
BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
WITH THAT, WE LOOK FORWARD TO 
THE RETURN OF SPACEX VEHICLE.
DOUG AND BOB, WITH THAT I'LL 
HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU, GARY.
THANK YOU.
>>  NOW FOR SOME FINAL COMMENTS 
FROM BENJI REED OVER AT SPACEX.
>>  REALLY SINCERE THANK YOU ON 
BEHALF OF ALL THE SPACEX 
EMPLOYEES, OUR VENDORS AND 
CONTRACTORS AND ALL OUR TEAM 
THAT WORKS TOGETHER TO NASA AND 
OF COURSE TO BOB AND DOUG AND TO
THEIR FAMILIES FOR ALLOWING US 
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN HUMAN 
SPACEFLIGHT TO THE 
UNITED STATES.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK 
ADMINISTRATOR MENTIONED ENTRY, 
DESCENT AND LAND, EDL, BRINGING 
A SPACE SHIFT HOME IS A BIG 
DEAL.
IT'S PART OF THAT SACRED HONOR 
THAT WE HAVE FOR ENSURING WE 
BRING BOB AND DOUG BACK HOME TO 
THEIR FAMILIES AND KIDS AND 
MAKING SURE THEY'RE SAFE.
WE GIVE IT THE SAME ATTENTION AS
A TEAM BOTH AT SPACEX AND JOINT 
TEAM WITH NASA, WE GIVE IT THAT 
ATTENTION AND THAT CONCERN THAT 
WE WOULD FOR ANY LAUNCH.
AND WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING 
FORWARD TO DOING THIS.
IT WILL BE THE FIRST TIME IN I 
THINK ABOUT 45 YEARS THAT WE 
HAVE SPLASHED DOWN ASTRONAUTS 
FROM SPACE.
THIS WILL BE ANOTHER HISTORIC 
AND GREAT MOMENT FOR THE NATION.
SO I THINK THE NEXT THING I'D 
LIKE TO DO IS SHOW A LITTLE 
VIDEO WE HAVE TALKING ABOUT THE 
MISSION SO FAR.
.
>> GOOD MORNING, WELCOME ABOARD.
SPACEX DRAGON.
WE'RE GO FOR LAUNCH.
>>  3, 2, 1... LIFT OFF!
CREW DRAGON.
GO NASA!
GO SPACEX.
GODSPEED, BOB AND DOUG!
>> ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE 
LAUNCH TEAM THANKS FOR FLYING.
WE OPEN YOU ENJOYED THE RIDE AND
WISH YOU A GREAT MISSION.
>>  WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU
ABOARD CAPSULE ENDEAVOR.
WE DO HAVE A FRIEND ON BOARD 
WITH US, TREMOR.
I GET GOOSEBUMPSE TIME I SEE 
THIS AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT
IT FEELS LIKE WHEN WE BRING 
THOSE GUYS BACK HOME WHEN THEY 
SEE THEIR SPOUSES AND KIDS.
AS MENTIONED, I THINK EVERYBODY 
HAS TALKED ABOUT IT.
WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT 
READINESS REVIEW FOR UNDOCK 
TODAY WITH NASA, AN AGENCY LEVEL
REVIEW THAT WENT WELL.
AS WE PROCEED INTO THINGS WE'LL 
BE EVALUATING THE WEATHER.
OVER THE NEXT 24-48 HOURS WE'LL 
BE LOOKING AT THE WEATHER 
ENSURING THAT WE'RE REALLY READY
AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT CLOSELY 
WITH NASA.
NOT ONLY DO THESE CHECKPOINTS 
BUT CONTINUOUS MONITORING 
PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE KNOW 
WE'VE GOT SAFE WEATHER TO BRING 
THEM HOME IN AND SPLASHDOWN AND 
DO THE RECOVERY OPERATIONS AND 
BRING THEM BACK TO LAND.
AS PART OF THAT I THINK WE HAVE 
A LITTLE INFO GRAPHIC THAT WE 
PUT UP AND I'LL TALK TO A COUPLE
OF ITEMS ON THAT.
ONE OF THE GREAT GRAPHICS THAT 
ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AS WELL TO 
CHECK OUT.
THE FIRST STEP THAT HAPPENS YOU 
DO A DEPARTURE BURN -- SAOEUPL 
SORRY YOU DO AUTOMATED UNDOCK 
FROM STATION.
JUST LIKE HOW WE DID FOR DEMO 1,
WE'LL DO THE SAME THING, DO AN 
AUTONOMOUS NOT DOCKING FOR 2 FOR
THIS MISSION AND THEN DEPARTURE 
BURN AND THEN THE PHASING BURNS.
DEPENDING EXACTLY ON THE LAUNCH 
OR THE LANDING SITE I SHOULD 
SAY, AND THE TIMING OF 
EVERYTHING, IT DEPENDS ON HOW 
MANY ORBITS WE NEED TO DO AND 
WHAT THE NUMBERS OF PHASING RUNS
ARE AND THAT SEQUENCE DEPENDS ON
WHERE OUR LANDING SITES WILL BE 
AND OUR LANDING TIME.
ONCE WE ARE READY TO ACTUALLY 
COME HOME, NEXT STEP IS A TRUNK 
JETTISON AND THEN THE DEORBIT 
BURN AND THEN THE NUMBER OF 
MINUTES ACTUALLY ONE OF THE 
LONGEST BURNS.
AND THEN WE REENTER.
THERE IS THE HEAT SHIELD ON 
DRAGON.
WE USED IT AND USED IT FOR MANY 
OF THE MISSIONS OBJECT CRS.
BECAUSE YOU GET A LOT OF HEAT AS
YOU COME IN AND IT CRITICAL WE 
KEEP IT ALL SAFE
 WE'LL REENTER AND THEN THE MAIN
PARACHUTES DEPLOY AND THEN WE 
SPLASHDOWN.
AFTER SPLASHDOWN WE HAVE THE 
SPACEX RECOVERY FORCES, I LIKE 
TO THINK OF THEM AS THE SPACEX 
NAVY.
THEY GET TO GO IN AND RECOVER 
THE CREW.
A COUPLE MUCH FAST BOATS GO OUT 
AND ENSURE EVERYTHING IS READY 
TO GO AND THAT THE VEHICLE IS 
SAFE TO APPROACH AND CHECKING 
FOR THE FUELS AND MAKING SURE 
THERE ARE NO LEAKS AND 
EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO AND 
THERE IS A BACK-UP.
ONCE IT'S CLEAR THE MAIN 
RECOVERY VESSEL MOVES IN AND 
WE'LL LIFT THE CAPSULE UP ONTO 
THE DECK OF THE BOAT IN A NET 
AND HELP BOB AND DOUG COX OUT OF
THE CAPSULE AND MAKE SURE BOB 
AND DOUG ARE OKAY.
.
>>
 ONCE WE HAVE THEM ON BOARD THE 
VESSEL WILL TAKE THE TIME TO 
CHECK THEM OUT AND THEN WITHIN 
ABOUT 4 HOURS OR LESS WE SHOULD 
HAVE THEM BACK TO LAND.
DEPENDING ON LANDING LOCATION 
AND NEED WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO 
BRING THEM BACK QUICKLY VIA 
HELICOPTER OR COME BACK ON BOAT 
EITHER WAY.
THAT REALLY IS KIND OF THE WHOLE
PROCESS OF THE RECOVERY.
ULTIMATELY ONCE THEY GET BACK TO
LAND AND GET CHECKED OUT THERE 
THEY GET TO SEE THEIR FAMILY.
THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF COURSE IS 
A TEST MISSION AND IF WE DO 
THIS, WE ARE, AGAIN, GIVING IT 
ALL THE SAME ATTENTION WE WOULD 
FOR EVERY CREW MISSION AND THAT 
ALSO EXTRA ATTENTION THAT WE DO 
TO OBSERVE ALL THE DATA AND 
OBJECTION EVERYTHING THAT'S 
HAPPENING.
THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL.
OBVIOUSLY I MENTIONED TO DATE 
THE MISSION IS LOOKING 
BEAUTIFUL, VERY CLEAN, THE DATA 
LOOKS GREAT BUT WE WANT TO WATCH
ALL THIS DATA AND LEARN FROM IT 
AS WE COME BACK.
WHAT WE WILL DO NEXT AFTER WE 
HAVE BOB AND DOUG SAFELY HOME 
WE'LL START TO LOOK INTO THE 
VEHICLE.
WE'LL OPEN IT UP AND CHECK IT 
OUT AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING 
LOOKS GREAT AND GATHER A LOT OF 
DATA THAT WAY AND DOWNLOAD ALL 
THE DATA THAT'S RECORDED START 
THE PROCESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER AN
HRAOEUGZ ALL THAT DATA AND 
MAKING SURE WE'RE READY TO GO.
ONCE THIS HAPPENS, ONCE WE'RE --
WE FEEL REALLY ABOUT ABOUT 
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED ON THIS
DEMONSTRATION MISSION WE WRAP UP
THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND 
THEN WE MOVE ON INTO OPERATIONAL
SPACE WHICH AS JOEL MENTIONED IS
THE KEY.
THAT'S WHEN WE ARE SENDING UP 4 
CREW MEMBERS EVERY TIME AND 
EVERY MISSION AND WE'VE GOT THAT
NEXT MISSION COMING UP.
REALLY SOON.
AND THAT WILL BE IN LATE 
SEPTEMBER.
CREW 1 IS WHAT WE CALL IT AND I 
THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THAT 
VEHICLE READY TO GO JUST ABOUT 
TAKE LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S IN THE CLEAN ROOM IN 
HAWTHORNE JUST A FEW FEET AWAY 
FROM ME.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING
THAT GO, IT WILL BE SHIPPING OUT
THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF 
AUGUST.
COMING UP VERY SOON.
THAT WILL BE READY TO GO.
THERE ARE 4 CREW MEMBERS AND I 
THINK THERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE 4
CREW MEMBERS AND THERE THEY ARE,
 SHANNON AND VICTOR AND
 SHANNON AND VICTOR AND MIKE 
THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THEIR
FINAL TRAINING.
THAT THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING 
RIGHT NOW DOING THEIR WORK WITH 
US TODAY AND THIS WEEK.
I MENTIONED IT'S SUPER EXCITING 
BECAUSE IT'S FIRST TIME WE HAVE 
AN INTERNATIONAL PARTNER ON 
BOARD REPRESENTING JAPAN.
SUPER COOL TO HAVE THAT COMING 
ONLINE.
ONCE WE GO FROM THIS GROUP THEN 
WE'LL BE MOVING ON TO CREW TWO.
WHICH WE'LL BE READY TO FLY JUST
6 MONTHS LATER.
CREW TWO WILL BE FLYING ON THE 
SAME VEHICLE THAT WILL BE A 
REFURBISHED VEHICLE AND LOOK 
FORWARD TO THAT MISSION AS WELL.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO 
NASA, TO THE NATION, TO THE 
AMERICAN PUBLIC, TO ALL THE 
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AND TO 
EVERYBODY WHO PUT ALL THEIR 
HEART AND SOUL AND TIME INTO 
THIS.
WE GOT THE NEXT BIG STEP TO GO 
TO BRING THOSE GUYS HOME AND 
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING 
IT HAPPEN.
THANK YOU.
>>  THANK YOU, BENJI AND THANK 
TO ALL THE PANELISTS FOR ALL 
THOSE INITIAL COMMENTS.
WE'LL NOW OPEN IT UP FOR 
QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM, BUT IF 
YOU DON'T -- IF YOU NEED TO 
SUBMIT A QUESTION, JUST MAKE 
SURE YOU PRESS STAR 1.
THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE 
HAVE TO GO THROUGH AS WELL AS 
SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS.
SO IF YOU FIND THAT YOUR 
QUESTION HAS ALREADY BEEN 
ANSWERED.
PRESS STAR 2 TO ADDRESS IT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO 
GET THROUGH TODAY IN A LIMITED 
TIME.
I ASK THAT YOU REFRAIN TO JUST 
ONE QUESTION.
SO WE'LL START IT OFF WITH 
LAUREN GRUSH FROM THE VERGE.
>>  THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY 
QUESTION.
I'M CURIOUS HOW MUCH LEEWAY YOU 
HAVE WHEN PERFORMING ALL THE 
VARIOUS MANEUVERS FOR LEAVING.
FOR INSTANCE, WHAT'S THE LAST 
POSSIBLE MOMENT BEFORE CREW 
DRAGON'S UNDOCKING WHERE YOU CAN
DECIDE TO CALL OFF THE RETURN 
AND SCHEDULE FOR ANOTHER DAY AND
HOW MUCH LEEWAY DO YOU HAVE TO 
DEORBIT IN CASE CONDITIONS 
DRASTICALLY CHANGE AT THE 
LANDING LOCATION.
THANK YOU.
>>  I'LL TAKE THAT ONE, LAUREN.
FOR UNDOCK, REALLY WE HAVE QUITE
A BIT OF MARGIN IN TERMS OF THAT
DECISION PROCESS.
AS I SAID EARLIER, WE REALLY ARE
TRYING TO LOOK AT ABOUT 6 HOURS 
PRIOR TO UNDOCK IF THINGS ARE 
REALLY LINING UP TO BE GOOD TO 
UNDOCK.
AND THEN CLOSER IN AT 2.5 HOURS 
THAT'S TO PREPARE THE VEHICLE 
AND TAKE LOT OF THE CARGO IN.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF FREEZERS 
THAT ARE ARE BRINGING HOME 
IMPORTANT SCIENCE THAT WE WANT 
TO PUT IN THE VEHICLE.
BUT LITERALLY WE HAVE AN HOUR 
PERIOD TO UNDOCK AND IF WE 
THOUGHT SOMETHING WASN'T OKAY.
THE SPACEX TEAM COULD COMMAND 
THE VEHICLE AND BOB OR DOUG 
COULD STOP AND SO THE WHOLE 
BEAUTY OF THE SEQUENCE WE COULD 
STAY ON STATION FOR A PERIOD OF 
TIME AND NOT GET INTO FREE 
FLIGHT AND SAVE OUR 
OPPORTUNITIES.
IT'S THE SAME THING RELATIVE TO 
THE WHOLE DEORBIT SEQUENCE AFTER
WE UNDOCK AND WE'RE HEADING TO 
OUR LANDING OPPORTUNITY.
MOST OF THOSE ARE 15-17 HOURS 
AFTER UNDOCK.
WE CAN THEN STOP AND PAUSE 
BEFORE WE EXECUTE THAT DEORBIT 
BURN AND THEN GO AROUND AGAIN.
MOST OF THOSE -- MOST OF THE 
WAVE OFF OPPORTUNITIES WOULD BE 
48 HOURS LATER AND WE HAVE 
ROUGHLY 3 DAYS OF CONSUMABLES 
ONCE WE UNDOCK TO TRY TO BRING 
THE VEHICLE HOME.
>>  THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
PAUL FROM UPI.
PAUL.
>>  YEAH, THANKS FOR TAKING MY 
QUESTION.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR MORE
DETAIL ABOUT THE CAPSULE TESTS 
DURING THE FLIGHT WHEN ATTACHED 
TO THE SPACE STATION, WHAT WE 
LEARN DURING THE HABITABILITY 
DEMONSTRATION?
>> I CAN TAKE THAT ONE.
THE PURPOSE OF THAT TEST -- THIS
FLIGHT HAS TWO CREW MEMBERS ON 
BOARD.
BOB AND DOUG HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO LIVE IN DRAGON 4 THE FIRST 
PART OF THE FLIGHT FOR ABOUT 20 
HOURS OR SO.
SO HABITABILITY TEST WAS LOOKING
AT THIS NEXT FLIGHT THAT BENJI 
TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR NEXT CREW,
CREW 1 OF THE WE'LL HAVE 4 
PEOPLE ON BOARD DRAGON.
WHAT WE DID, WE BROUGHT OVER 
ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBERS AND HAD 
THEM IN DRAGON AND THEN WE DID A
SERIES OF LIFE IN A DAY OF 
DRAGON, HOW WOULD YOU PREPARE 
MEALS AND DIFFERENT HYGIENE 
ACTIVITIES AND HOW WOULD YOU 
SLEEP IN THE SEATS AND TRY 
ASSESS THAT AND TRY TO LEARN 
FROM THIS VEHICLE FOR THE NEXT 
VEHICLE.
AND THOSE TESTS WENT REALLY 
WELL.
THERE ARE A FEW THINGS ABOUT HOW
TO PACKAGE AND HOW TO STOW 
VARIOUS THINGS FOR THE CREW TO 
GET TO WHEN THEY NEED THEM ON 
ORBIT.
BUT IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO TAKE THAT DATA AND FEED IT 
BACK INTO CREW ONE AND WE'LL 
MAKE THAT FLIGHT BETTER FOR THAT
CREW.
>>  NEXT WE HAVE STEVEN CLARK 
FROM SPACEFLIGHT NOW.
STEVEN.
>>  THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY 
QUESTION.
I'M CURIOUS MAYBE BENJI CAN TALK
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE 
SPACECRAFT ONCE IT'S BACK ON 
EARTH? 
DOES IT COME BACK TO CAPE 
CANAVERAL ON THE RECOVERY SHIP 
OR BY LAND? 
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE 
INSPECTION, REFURBISHMENT AND 
SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS YOU'LL
BE MAKING TO UPGRADE IT FOR 6 
MONTH CREW ROTATION MISSION NEXT
YEAR.
THANKS.
>>  SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
AFTER SPLASHDOWN, WE BRING THE 
VEHICLE UP ONTO THE DECK AND WE 
GET BOB AND DOUG OUT AND AT THE 
SAME TIME IT'S A REFURBISHMENT 
CREW AND VEHICLE CHECKOUT CREW 
THAT'S ON THE VESSEL AT THE SAME
TIME.
AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE PULLING 
BOB AND DOUG OUT WE'RE 
INSPECTING THE VEHICLE AND 
SAFING IT AND PULLING DATA OFF 
THE DATA RECORDERS ON THE 
VEHICLE AT THAT TIME AND 
STARTING A NUMBER OF PROCESSES.
IN FACT WE'RE EQUIPPED TO BE 
ABLE TO DO -- TO START THE 
REFURBISHMENT ENTIRELY WHILE ERR
ON THE VESSEL AS WE'RE COMING 
BACK INTO PORT DEPENDING ON THE 
LANDING LOCATION AND HOW LONG IT
TAKES FOR US TO GET BACK.
SINCE WE ARE LANDING ON THE EAST
COAST AND THIS IS PART OF THE 
REASON WE'RE LANDING ON THE EAST
COAST IS TO BRING US CLOSER TO 
WHERE WE'RE AT REFURBISHMENT AND
READY FOR LAUNCH.
WE HAVE AN AWESOME DRAGON 
FACILITY NOT ONLY FOR THE 
PRELAUNCH PREP BUT ALSO TO DO 
FULL REFURBISHMENT OF DRAGON 
JUST LIKE WE DO REFURBISHMENT OF
FALCON AND DO THE WHOLE 
PROCESSING AND READY TO PUT A 
DRAGON RIGHT BACK UP ON FALCON 
AND READY FOR LAUNCH.
WE'LL BE TAKING OFF A LOT OF 
PANELS AND INSPECTING INSIDE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 
DIG DEEP ANDND EVERYTHING THAT 
HAPPENS THAT HAS GONE ON WITH 
THE VEHICLE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE 
READY TO GO AND THEN DO SOME OF 
THE ASPECTS OF THE 
REREFURBISHMENT.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE 
REPLACED AND SOME THINGS THAT WE
WANT TO UPGRADE BASED ON LESSONS
LEARNED AND OF COURSE THE TRUNK 
ITSELF SINCE THE TRUNK IS 
JETTISONED BEFORE RE-ENTRY, WE 
HAVE TO PRODUCE A NEW TRUNK FOR 
EACH FLIGHT.
AND SO IN THIS CASE, FOR 
EXAMPLE, WE'LL HAVE UPGRADED 
SOLAR PANELS, SOLAR ARRAYS ON 
THE TRUNK FOR THE UPCOMING 
FLIGHT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF 
THE UPGRADES.
THE WHOLE PROCESS IS VERY FAST.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE DRAGON
REFURBISHED AND READY TO GO 
WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND 
HAVE PLENTY OF MARGIN AGAINST 6 
MONTHS REFLIGHT.
WE CAN TAKE A VEHICLE AND BE 
READY TO FLY IT 6 MONTHS LATER.
THAT'S VERY EXCITING.
AND AGAIN, ALMOST ENTIRELY 
REUSED.
A LOT OF THE VEHICLE IS -- YOU 
KNOW, IT'S ALMOST ALL OF IT IS 
TOTALLY REUSED.
A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE 
FIXED UP WE DECIDED TO UPGRADE.
THAT'S REALLY IT.
>>  NEXT WE HAVE JOEY ROULETTE 
FROM REUTERS.
>>  QUESTION FOR BENJI REED.
ORIGINALLY THEY WERE GOING TO 
USE NEW VEHICLES FOR EACH 
MISSION.
WHAT LEAD TO THE DECISION TO 
REUSE CREW DRAGON FOR CREW TWO 
AND HOW REFURBISHMENT WILL BE 
DIFFERENT THAN ORIGINALLY 
PLANNED?
>> SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
YOU'RE RIGHT.
ORIGINALLY ON THE CONTRACT WE 
DECIDED TO GO FOR NEW VEHICLE 
USE, BUT AS WE CONTINUED DOWN 
THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS OF 
PROVING THE AWESOMENESS OF REUSE
AND REFLIGHT, THE IMPORTANCE OF 
IT, NOT ONLY FROM AN ECONOMIC 
VIEWPOINT, FOR OVERALL FOR THE 
SPACEFLIGHT INJURY BUT FROM A 
SAFETY AND RELIABILITY 
PERSPECTIVE, YOU LEARN SO MUCH 
FROM A VEHICLE THAT YOU CAN 
REFLY AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO BUILD
IT BETTER AND YOU HAVE TO BUILD 
IT MORE ROBUSTLY FOR VEHICLE YOU
NEED TO USE MULTIPLE TIMES.
THE REALITY IS THAT DRAGON 2, 
THIS WOLVERINES OF DRAGONS WHICH
WILL BE USED FOR BOTH VEHICLES.
IT DESIGNED FOR AT LEAST 5 
REUSES AND POSSIBLY EVEN MORE.
SO FROM THE GET-GO WE WERE 
EXPECTING TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS
VEHICLE.
WE ALWAYS HOPED WE WOULD BE ABLE
TO REUSE IT ANNAS ASTRONAUT 
MISSIONS AND ALSO PLANNED THOUGH
FROM THE BEGINNING THAT WE WOULD
BE ABLE TO REUSE IT FOR 
COMMERCIAL PASSENGER MISSIONS 
AND ANY OTHER USES.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE WERE
ALWAYS READY TO DO IT AND IT WAS
ALWAYS PART OF THE PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH 
NASA OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS AND
RECENTLY TO FINALLY LAY OUT THE 
WHOLE PLAN OF WHAT REUSE WOULD 
LOOK LIKE ON CREW.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S 
JUST AS SAFE AND RELIABLE.
IN FACT, I THINK IT'S MORE SAFE 
AND RELIABLE IN A LOT OF WAYS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH 
NASA TO LAY OUT WHAT THAT PLAN 
LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE 
CERTIFICATION PROCESS IS.
WHILE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF 
REFURBISHING THIS DRAGON WE ARE 
WRAPPING UP THE CERTIFICATION 
PROCESS FOR REFLIGHT.
SO IT'S VERY EXCITING.
NOT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE IN WHAT 
WE ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR THIS 
VEHICLE BUT A LOT OF DIFFERENCE 
IN WHAT IT TOOK TO REFURBISH A 
DRAGON 1.
THE DRAGON 1 CAPSULE TOOK LONGER
TO REFURBISH ALTHOUGH WE GOT 
VERY GOOD AT IT.
ALMOST HALF OF THE MISSIONS, I 
THINK 9, WERE FLIGHT PROVEN.
AND SO WE LEARNED A LOT IN THAT 
EFFORT TO GO FROM ALSO WHAT WAS 
ORIGINALLY A NEW VEHICLE EVERY 
TIME TO REUSED VEHICLES, WHAT IT
TOOK TO REFURBISH THEM AND WE 
APPLIED ALL THAT KNOWLEDGE TO 
THE DRAGON 2 WOLVERINES.
>>  NEXT UP IS SPACE.COM.
>>  I REALLY AM CURIOUS ABOUT 
WHAT YOUR WEATHER CONSTRAINTS 
ARE WHEN YOU'RE TAKING ONE OF 
THE 7 LANDING SITES AND YOU'RE 
TARGETING PRIOR TO UNDOCKING.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A 
TROPICAL STORM APPROACHING FOR 
SUNDAY AND I'M WONDERING WHAT 
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH ONE
OF THOSE 7 LANDING SPOTS AND 
WHEN IS THAT CUT OFF HAVE TO 
PICK IT BEFORE YOU CAN UNDOCK? 
THANK YOU.
>>  I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT 
ABOUT THE WEATHER CONSTRAINTS 
THAT WE'LL BE EVALUATING.
THE FIRST ONE AND PROBABLY THE 
ONE THAT MAY BE THE MOST 
CHALLENGING IS WHEN THE WIND 
SPEED CAN'T BE ANY GREATER THAN 
15 FEET PER SECOND OR 10 MILES 
AN HOUR.
SO THIS IS TO PROTECT HOW THE 
VEHICLE LANDS IN THE WATER AND 
HOW THE WATER WILL COME UP AND 
SURROUND THE VEHICLE AT 
TOUCHDOWN.
THE NEXT CRITERIA IS WAVES.
SO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WAVE 
HEIGHT AND WAVE PERIOD THAT WE 
HAVE TO HAVE WITHIN LIMITS AND 
THAT HAS TO DO, AGAIN, AS THE 
HEAT SHIELD IMPACTS THE WATER, 
PROTECTING THAT FROM A 
STRUCTURAL CAPABILITY.
WE DON'T WANT ANY RAIN WITHIN 
THE AREA.
WE DON'T WANT THE PARACHUTES OF 
THE VEHICLE TO GET RAINED ON OR 
ANY LIGHTNING.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME ALSO 
CRITERIAS.
DEPENDING ON THE LANDING SITE 
THE WAY THAT THE CREW GET BACK 
TO SHORE, ACTUALLY IS VIA 
HELICOPTER.
AND THERE'S SOME CRITERIA ALSO 
FOR HAVING THE HELICOPTER BE 
ABLE TO LAND ON THE SHIP IN 
TERMS OF THE MOTION OF THE DECK 
AND THE WATER AND THEN OBVIOUSLY
VISIBILITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT 
FOR THE HELICOPTER.
SO, THOSE ARE THE CONSTRAINTS.
AGAIN, WHAT WE REALLY ARE TRYING
TO DO IS SET OURSELVES UP TO 
HAVE THESE CONSTRAINTS MET PRIOR
TO UNDOCK AT TWO SITES.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO SITES FOR
A GO FOR UNDOCK AND WE ARE CAN 
TAKE IT DOWN TO THE AND ALSO 
DECIDE IF THE WEATHER IS LOOKING
BAD HEY WE WON'T TRY TO UNDOCK 
THESE DAYS.
PAEURPB IF IT HAS BAD WEATHER 
FOR MULTIPLE DAYS THE BEAUTY IS 
WE CAN STAY DOCKED TO THE SPACE 
STATION.
WE'LL JUST STAY THERE AND WAIT 
FOR THE WEATHER TO CLEAR.
>>  OKAY.
NEXT WE HAVE ERIC BURGER.
>>  QUESTION FOR JIM MAYBE 
FOLLOWING UP ON THE QUESTION 
THAT JOEY ASKED ABOUT REUSE.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 
HOW NASA HAS QUICKLY BECOME MORE
COMFORTABLE WITH REUSING BOTH 
THE FALCON 9 ROCKET AND THE CREW
DRAGON SPACECRAFT.
THANKS.
>>  YEAH.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE ARE
REALLY LOOKING FOR IN ALL OF OUR
MISSIONS IS SUSTAINABILITY AND 
THAT'S TRUE FOR LOWER EARTH 
ORBIT AND TRUE NOW WHEN WE GO TO
THE MOON.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR HOW CAN WE 
DRIVE SUSTAINABILITY, REDUCE 
COSTS ACROSS ALL OF OUR 
MISSIONS.
SO, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, FOR 
EXAMPLE -- YOU KNOW THIS, ERIC, 
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE GATEWAY 
FOR EXAMPLE,.
I REFER TO IT AS NOT A SPACE 
STATION IN ORBIT AROUND THE ROOM
BUT AS A REUSABLE COMMAND MODULE
THAT WILL BE THERE FOR 15 YEARS 
TO BE USED OVER AND OVER AND 
OVER AGAIN AND WE WANT OUR 
LANDERS TO GO BACK AND FORTH TO 
THE SURFACE OF THE MOON TO ALSO 
BE REUSABLE AND REFUELABLE.
SO REALLY WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED 
THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS AND 
OF COURSE THE COMMERCIAL CREW 
PROGRAM HAS KIND OF PROVEN THIS 
OUT, IS THAT WITH REUSE WE CAN 
DRIVE DOWN COSTS AND WE CAN 
INCREASE ACCESS.
OF COURSE ALL OF THIS WAS 
DEVELOPED BECAUSE NASA DID THE 
RIGHT THING AND ESTABLISHED 
BASICALLY THE HIGH LEVEL 
CRITERIA, THE REQUIREMENTS AND 
DIDN'T GET INVOLVED IN DESIGNING
EVERYTHING DOWNSTREAM.
BUT WE SET THE HIGH LEVEL 
CRITERIA AND THAT WAS IN TERMS 
OF PAYLOAD AND SAFETY AND THEN 
WE LET PRIVATE COMPANIES GO AND 
INNOVATE.
AND THAT INNOVATION ULTIMATELY 
DROVE US TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE 
NOW REUSING THESE ROCKETS, 
REUSING THE CAPSULE AND OF 
COURSE WE WANT TO APPLY THAT TO 
WHAT WE DO AT THE MOON AND 
EVENTUALLY MARS.
>>  NEXT IS FROM SPACEX 
 REDDIT 
GROUP.
>>  WHAT ARE THE MAIN REASONS --
BEFORE THE FINAL DEORBIT BURN?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
FUNDAMENTALLY THAT IS A BIG 
DIFFERENCE.
WE'RE JET ISSING THE TRUNK 
BEFORE VERSUS AFTER.
A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH 
GENERAL DIFFERENCES WITH THE 
DESIGN OF THE VEHICLE.
AND I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GOOD 
DETAIL TO GIVE YOU ON THAT RIGHT
NOW BUT I'M SURE WE CAN GET SOME
OF THAT FOR YOU.
>>  NEXT IS GINA FROM ABC NEWS.
>>  YES, YOU SAY 3 DAYS IN 
SUPPLIES, WHAT ARE THE LIMITING 
FACTORS THAT WOULD KEEP YOU FROM
STAYING UP LONGER BEFORE 
SPLASHING DOWN ONCE YOU ARE 
UNDOCKED?
>> YEAH, I CAN TAKE THAT.
THE SUPPLIES WE LOOK AT REALLY 
ARE OXYGEN FOR THE CREW TO 
BRING, NITROGEN AND AND FOOD AND
WATER.
WHEN YOU LAY ALL THOSE THINGS 
TOGETHER IT TURNS OUT WATER AND 
LITHIUM HIGH TKROBGS I'D KIND OF
PUTS YOU AT ABOUT 3 DAYS 
CAPABILITY IF WE HAD TO WE COULD
PROBABLY STRETCH THAT A LITTLE 
BIT MORE.
BUT GOING IN THAT'S OUR NUMBER 
FOR PLANNING.
SO, IT'S PRETTY TYPICAL FOR ANY 
TIME HE THAT WE'RE UNDOCKING A 
VEHICLE FROM THE SPACE STATION 
YOU HAVE SOME TIME THAT YOU 
BEFORE YOU CAN GET TO THE 
GROUND.
THE VEHICLE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF 
POWER AND PROPELLANT AND OXYGEN 
FOR THE CREW.
IT COMES DOWN TO FOOD, WATER AND
SCRUBBING THE CO2.
>>  NEXT IS CHRIS DAVENPORT FROM
THE "WASHINGTON POST".
>>  HEY, GUYS, THANKS FOR TAKING
THE TIME.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD JUST LAY 
OUT FOR US WHAT ASSETS YOU'LL 
HAVE ON STAND BY IN THE CASE OF 
AN EMERGENCY AND WHERE THEY'LL 
BE STATIONED, THANKS.
>>  WE HAVE SEVERAL ASSETS ON 
STANDBY.
WE ARE ACTIVATING IT FROM THE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
WE WILL HAVE A C-17 STATION AT 
HICK COME.
IN THE EVENT WE HAVE SOMETHING 
STRANGE AND ON THE EAST COAST OF
THE U.S. AT CHARLESTON.
THEY'D BE AVAILABLE FOR SEARCH 
AND RESCUE FOR THE TEST FLIGHT 
SHOULD WE HAVE SOME PROBLEM.
WE DON'T INTEND TO HAVE THAT 
HAPPEN.
WE'LL HAVE THE SPACEX VEHICLE GO
SEARCH AND GO NAVIGATOR GO OUT.
ONE OF THOSE WILL BE IN THE GULF
AND ONE WILL BE ON THE EAST 
COAST POSITIONED FOR 
JACKSONVILLE AND DAYTONA AND 
THOSE WILL BE THE PRIME VEHICLES
TO RECOVER THE CREW AND THEN OF 
COURSE WE'VE GOT HELICOPTERS 
THAT SPACEX HAS AVAILABLE TO GET
THE CREW BACK TO SHORE SHOULD WE
NEED THAT.
>>  NEXT IS PHIL HARWOOD FROM 
CBS NEWS.
>> YEAH, THANKS GUYS.
FOR BENJI I THINK, STEVE WAS 
TELLING US THE VEHICLE IS GOOD 
TO LAND IN WINDS UP TO 10 KNOTS.
I'M WONDERING WHAT THE SPECIFICS
ARE IN WAIT AND HEIGHT AND WILL 
THOSE NUMBERS CHANGE FOR THE 
CREW 1 VEHICLE, THANKS.
>>  THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I'M GOING TO LOOK AT MY CHEAT 
SHEET.
WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD THINGS 
ONLINE BY THE WAY.
NASA HAS PUT OUT A GREAT PRODUCT
THAT WE'VE WORKED ON WITH THEM 
AS WELL.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LOOKING FOR 
WAVE HEIGHT GENERALLY SPEAKING 
AND WAVE PERIOD WE WANT TO MAKE 
SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING 
GREATER THAN 7 DEGREES OF WAVE 
SLOPE.
IT'S REALLY THE IMPORTANT THING 
TO DO UNDERSTAND THIS IT'S AN 
INTEGRATED PROBLEM.
IT'S NOT ONLY JUST ONE SPECIFIC 
LIKE, OH, WE HAVE EXACTLY THIS 
THRESHOLD FOR WIND AND WAVE AND 
ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
THERE ARE SOME ABSOLUTE THRESH 
HOLDS FOR SOME OF THE 
MEASUREMENTS WE'RE LOOKING FOR 
THAT WE DON'T WANT TO GO OVER.
BUT IN GENERAL WHEN WE'RE 
ASSESSING THE READINESS TO BRING
THEM HOME IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION
WE'RE LOOKING AT AN INTEGRATED 
COMBINATION OF FACTORS OF THE 
WIND SPEED AND WAVE HEIGHT AND 
ANGLE, ALL THESE SORTS OF THINGS
ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND SO -- THAT'S AN IMT 
PART OF THAT.
AND THEN YOU ASKED THE QUESTION 
ABOUT CREW 1 AND HOW THAT 
CHANGES? 
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GREATER 
CAPABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE 
CREW ONE VEHICLE.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO BASICALLY 
WITHSTAND EVEN HIGHER 
ENVIRONMENT FOR LANDING WHICH 
WILL INCREASE OUR LANDING 
OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AND 
COMBINATION WITH ALL OUR 
SUPPORTED LANDING SITES WE'LL 
HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO 
BRING THE CREW HOME.
>> AS BENJI MENTIONED WE HAVE 
THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA TOGETHER 
WITH NASA.GOV.
NEXT OVER TO MARSHA DUNN WITH 
ASSOCIATED PRESS.
>>  I'M INTERESTED IN HOW MANY 
SHIPS, HELICOPTERS AND HOW MANY 
PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 
STAGED FOR SPLASHDOWN AND WILL 
YOU HAVE EQUAL NUMBERS ON BOTH 
COASTS  HAVE 
THE PRIMARY RECOVERY VESSEL 
COMING IN.
THE SECOND FAST BOAT IS THE 
BACK-UP AND GETS THE PARACHUTES.
IN TERMED OF PEOPLE ON BOATS 
IT'S 44 PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ON 
THE BOAT.
5 OR SO ARE CONTRACTORS THE 
PEOPLE WHO ARE DRIVING THE 
VEHICLE, THE BOAT, AND THEN 
THERE'S HALF AND HALF ROUGHLY 20
AND 20 SPACEXERS AND NASA PEOPLE
ON THAT INCLUDES DOCTORS AND 
MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND PEOPLE I 
MENTIONED BEFORE WHO ARE DOING 
RECOVERY AND REFURBISHMENT OF 
THE DRAGON VEHICLE AND INCLUDES 
IN THE NASA GROUP OF COURSE 
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE 
THERE READY TO ASSIST AND 
SUPPORT.
PEOPLE FROM HEALTH AND MEDICAL 
WITH THE NASA -- WHEN WE START 
HAVING INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ON
THEY'LL BE REPRESENTATIVES FROM 
THEIR SPACE AGENCIES AS WELL AS 
TRANSLATORS TO HELP IF WE'RE IN 
NEED.
IT'S A PRETTY SIDESABLE GROUP OF
FOLKS WHO HELP AND GET READY FOR
RECOVERY.
>>  OUR NEXT IS MARSHA SMITH 
FROM SPACE POLICY ONLINE.
>>  THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY
YES.
IT'S FOR STEVE AND BENJI.
YOU TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT 
HAVING ABOUT 6 WEEKS BETWEEN 
SPLASHDOWN AND THEN THE LAUNCH 
OF CREW 1 TO COMPLETE THE 
CERTIFICATION OF THE SYSTEM.
SINCE THE MISSION IS GOING SO 
BEAUTIFULLY AS I THINK YOU SAID.
IS THERE A CHANCE OF 
ACCELERATING THAT, ESPECIALLY IF
THE SPLASHDOWN GETS DELAYED A 
LITTLE BIT? 
IS IT A ONE FOR ONE DELAY 
BETWEEN SPLASHDOWN AND THE NEXT 
LAUNCH OR HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> I'LL TAKE THAT AND THEN SEE 
IF BENJI HAS ANYTHING TO ADD.
YEAH, WE SAID IN THE PAST WHEN 
WE KIND OF LOOKED AT THIS 
TIMELINE, POST LANDING HOW LONG 
DOES IT TAKE TO GET THE PANELS 
OFF THE VEHICLE LIKE BENJI 
TALKED ABOUT THROUGH THE 
INJECTIONS AND ALSO GET ALL THE 
DATA FROM THE VEHICLE AND ALL 
THE TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES 
AND ACCELERATIONS.
GOING THROUGH THAT WHOLE 
PROCESSION TAKES ABOUT 6 WEEKS.
I WOULDN'T ANTICIPATE WE WOULD 
ACCELERATE THAT IF WE LANDED 
EARLY.
WE TALKED ABOUT BETWEEN NASA AND
SPACEX IF THE LANDING WERE TO 
SLIDE TO THE RIGHT AND WE NEEDED
MORE TIME WE WOULD ADJUST THAT 
CREW ONE DAY JUST TO MAKE SURE 
WE HAVE ALL THE TIME.
THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THIS 
FLIGHT IT IT'S A TEST FLIGHT AND
WE HAD MORE INSTRUMENTATION ON 
THIS VEHICLE THAN OTHER VEHICLES
AND SO WE WANT TO COLLECT ALL 
THAT DATA AND MAKE SURE WE 
JOINTLY ANALYZE IT BETWEEN 
SPACEX AND NASA AND THEN SET US 
UP FOR THE NEXT MISSION WITH 4 
CREW AND SUPPORT THE STATION 
NEEDS FOR INCREMENT OPERATIONS.
>>  ONE MORE QUESTION, WE'LL 
PASS IT OVER TO DAVE MOSER FROM 
BUSINESS INSIDER.
>>  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING 
THIS AND TAKING MY QUESTION.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE -- I 
DON'T THINK IEARD ANYONE 
DISCUSS IT.
DID YOU DETECT ANYTHING ANY SIGN
OF DAMAGE TO THE HEAT SHIELD OR 
ANY PARTS OF THE VEHICLE? 
THANK YOU.
>>  I GUESS I'LL TAKE THAT.
WE DID DO AN INSPECTION OVER THE
WEEK END.
WE USED THE SPACE STATION 
ROBOTIC ARM TO LOOK AT ALL THE 
PARTS OF THE HEAT SHIELD THAT WE
COULD SEE.
AND WE DO THIS FOR EVERY VEHICLE
THAT UNDOCKS.
WE DO IT FOR THE RUSSIAN VEHICLE
AS WELL.
WE LOOKED AT THAT AND WE HAD A 
JOINT TEAM BETWEEN NASA AND 
SPACEX.
WE HAD 3 ENGINEERS HERE IN 
HOUSTON.
LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA AND THE 
RESULTS WERE VERY FAVORABLE AND 
THERE WAS NO AREAS ON VEHICLE 
THAT WERE ANY CONCERN FOR ENTRY.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS MISSION 
MANAGEMENT TEAM AND WE TALKED 
ABOUT IT TODAY AND THE VEHICLE'S
SAFE TO RETURN AND WE'LL DO THE 
SAME THING FOR CREW 1 AND 
SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS.
THIS IS A TEST OUT OF THAT 
SYSTEM AS WELL.
IT WORKED GREAT AND WE WERE ABLE
TO GET THE DATA WE NEEDED AND 
CLEAR THE THERMAL PROTECTION 
SYSTEM FOR ENTRY.
>>  WITH THAT, WE'LL WRAP 
TODAY'S BRIEFING.
THANKS TO ALL OF OUR PANELISTS 
FOR JOINING US TODAY AND THANK 
YOU FOR SUBMITTING THOSE 
QUESTIONS.
WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF 
MILESTONES COMING UP.
GO TO NASA.GOV TO REFERENCE 
THIS.
WE HAVE PERSEVERANCE LAUNCH 
TOMORROW.
THE CREW ABOARD THE 
INIONAL SPACE STATION WILL
BE CONDUCTING A CREW NEWS 
CONFERENCE AT 10:45 A.M. EASTERN
TIME AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK 
FOR THAT WEATHER.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'LL GO FOR 
9:10:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME TO DO 
A FAREWELL CEREMONY ABOARD THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ON 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST.
AND THEN AGAIN WATCHING THAT 
WEATHER WE'LL BE GOING LIVE FOR 
THE UNDOCKING BROADCAST AT 5:15 
EASTERN TIME.
THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING US.
GODSPEED, BOB AND DOUG.
