MUSIC AT SEVEN FROM GOOD TV
WITH LINDSAY MCCORMICK AND
METEOROLOGIST ELLEN.
WELCOME BACK TO THE SEVEN ON
EIGHT THIS TIME TOMORROW THINGS
WILL HOPEFULLY LOOK A LOT
DIFFERENT FROM KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER NASA AND SPACE X ARE
PREPARING.
TO MAKE HISTORY. THIS WILL
BE THE FIRST LAUNCH FROM
AMERICAN SOIL SINCE TWENTY
ELEVEN AND THE FIRST TIME A
PRIVATE COMPANY IS TAKING ON A
MANNED SPACE FLIGHT. JOINING US
NOW SOMEONE WHO KNOWS A THING
OR TWO ABOUT SPACE TRAVEL TROY.
THRASH THE PRESIDENT AND CEO
OF THE KALAMAZOO AIR ZOO THANKS
FOR TAKING SOME TIME WITH US
TONIGHT AND FOR YOU ACTUALLY
PRIOR TO BECOMING THE PRESIDENT
YOU WORKED FOR BOTH NASA AND
SPACE X WHICH I DID NOT KNOW
TELL US ABOUT THAT CONNECTION I
DID SO I FELL IN LOVE WITH
SPACE. WHEN I WAS SEVEN YEARS
OLD AND MY PARENTS BOUGHT ME
THIS LOVELY LITTLE TELESCOPE
RIGHT HERE. THIS IS THE REAL
TELESCOPE I REMEMBER THE FIRST
TIME I LOOKED UP AT THE MOON I
WAS JUST HOOKED NEVER REALLY
WANTED TO GO TO SPACE BUT I
JUST LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT
ASTRONOMY IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY.
SO AFTER A DEGREE IN
ASTROPHYSICS I WENT TO WORK FOR.
NASA ON THE HUBBLE SPACE
TELESCOPE.
. IT WAS TRULY AMAZING AND I
KNEW I WANTED TO LIVE A LIFE OF
SPACE AND INSPIRING OTHER
PEOPLE SO I WAS FORTUNATE
ENOUGH TO BECOME A DIVISION
DIRECTOR OF SPACE AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AT A
CONSULTING FIRM WHERE I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD THE VERY
FIRST RELIABILITY STUDY OF
SPACE X IS FIRST LAUNCH VEHICLE
THE FALCON ONE SO I HAD THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK DIRECTLY
WITH THE LINE MUSK AND REALLY
UNDERSTAND THE INNER WORKINGS
OF THE ENGINEERING OF THIS
INCREDIBLE ROCKET THAT NOW HAS
EXPANDED TO WOW WHAT IS ABOUT
TO HAPPEN TOMORROW.
YEAH AND SO WITH THAT
PERSPECTIVE AND THAT EXPERIENCE
JUST HOW HIS STORY IS THIS
MOMENT GIVEN IT IS A PRIVATE
COMPANY THAT'S HELPING PUT NASA
ASTRONAUTS UP INTO SPACE.
YEAH THIS IS TRULY HISTORIC
IN SO MANY WAYS IN SUCH A LONG
TIME COMING FOR SIXTY YEARS
NASA WAS REALLY THE ONLY GAME
IN TOWN IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE
TO LAUNCH HUMANS INTO SPACE AND
THE LAST TIME. WE DID IT ON
AMERICAN SOIL. WAS IN TWO
THOUSAND ELEVEN. SO HERE WE ARE
AFTER NINE YEARS OF HAVING OUR
ASTRONAUTS GOING UP TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FIRST BY GOING OVER TO RUSSIA
AND TRAINING OVER IN RUSSIA TO
FLY A SOYUZ LAUNCH VEHICLE HERE.
WE ARE ABOUT TWENTY HOURS
AWAY FROM THIS HISTORIC LAUNCH
OF A COMMERCIAL ROCKET THAT'S
GOING TO TAKE ASTRONAUTS INTO
LOW EARTH ORBIT SO AH VERY LONG
TIME COMING BUT THIS IS REALLY
JUST A FLASH POINT BECAUSE IF
WE CAN NOW COMMERCIALIZE
LAUNCHED SERVICES TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
HOPEFULLY SO MANY COMPANIES
HAVE SOME AMAZING PLANS TO
CREATE HOTELS.
INFLATABLE HOTELS IN SPACE
OTHER RESEARCH FACILITIES IN
SPACE THAT THIS IS REALLY GOING
TO OPEN UP SPACE. COMMERCE
WHICH COMMERCIAL SPACE IS
ALREADY OVER ONE HUNDRED
BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY IT'S
GOING TO GROW EVEN MORE AND
THEN FOR NASA. THEY CAN FOCUS
ON THE FUTURE. THEY CAN FOCUS
ON. WHAT IS GOING TO TAKE FOR
US TO GET HUMANS TO MARS?
ULTIMATELY COLONIZED THERE
WHILE CONTINUING TO GO BACK TO
THE MOON AND TESTING NEW
TECHNOLOGIES IN ORDER FOR
HUMANS TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND
THROUGHOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
YEAH.
I CAN FEEL YOUR EXCITEMENT.
I'M EXCITED AS WELL. HOW ARE
THE ODDS LOOKING FOR TOMORROW
THOUGH GIVEN WE KNOW THAT THE
WEATHER YOU KNOW IMPACT IN THE
FIRST LAUNCH.
WHILE THE LAST I CHECKED IT
LOOKS LIKE ABOUT THREE TWENTY
TWO TOMORROW WHICH IS WHEN THE
LAUNCH WINDOW OPENS. WE'RE
LOOKING AT STILL ABOUT A FIFTY
PERCENT CHANCE OF LAUNCH AND.
THEN THE THIRD TRY IS GOING
TO BE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON ABOUT
THREE CLASS WE'VE GOT A SIXTY
PERCENT CHANCE OF LAUNCH THERE
AND FOLLOW THE SPACE INDUSTRY.
WE SAY WELL I GUESS MAYBE
THAT'S NOT SO BAD BECAUSE IT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT. WHEN
LAUNCHING ROCKETS THAT AND
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER POUND TO
LAUNCH THAT YOU DO IT AS FAR
SOUTH AS YOU CAN ON THE EASTERN
SEABOARD AND SO WE LAUNCHED
FROM FLORIDA WHERE THERE'S THE
MOST THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY AND SO THIS IS KIND
OF GOES WITH THE TERRITORY.
