11. TRAINING CAMPS WON'T START
BEFORE JULY 1 .
I MAN MacKOVIC AT THE LIVE
NEWS DESK AND TAKING A LIVE
LOOK AT THE KENNEDY'S A CENTER
WHERE IT'S A HISTORIC DAY.
AND LESS THAN 7 1/2 HOURS, NASA
ASTRONAUTS ARE SET TO BLAST OFF
FROM U.S. SOIL FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN A DECADE ELON MUSK
SPACEX IS AT THE CONTROL WITH
THE FALCON NINE ROCKET, THE
FIRST PRIVATELY OWNED AND
OPERATED SPACECRAFT IN THE
NATION'S HISTORY AND MARK
STRASSMAN JOINS US LIVE AND YOU
KNOW YOU HAD A CHANCE SPEAK
WITH YOU ON MUSK OF SPACEX,
WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT HOW THEY
PREPARED FOR TODAY .
THEY BEEN PREPARING FOR THE
LAST 18 YEARS, SINCE ELON MUSK
FOUNDED SPACEX IN 2002 AND WHAT
HE ESSENTIALLY SAID WAS THAT
ROCKETS ARE THE HARDEST THING
HE'S EVER TRIED TO DO THAT HIS
TESLA CARS WERE HARD BUT
ROCKETS ARE THAT MUCH HARDER
AND WHAT WAS REALLY KEY WAS
WHEN NASA AWARDED SPACEX A 2.6
BILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT SIX
YEARS AGO.
THAT REALLY ACCELERATED THE PACE
OF WHAT SPACEX WAS ABLE TO DO
BECAUSE THE COMPANY WAS NEARLY
BANKRUPT.
SO, ANOTHER AT THE POINT WITH A
REUSABLE ROCKET AND THE
REUSABLE PART IS HUGE BECAUSE IT
SLASHES COSTS AND MAKES THE
WHOLE BUSINESS MODEL OF
LAUNCHES A VERY DIFFERENT.
SO NOW THEY HAVE THE FALCON NINE
ROCKET SITTING ON TOP AND
MECHANICALLY IS ALL CHECK OUT
IN THE BIG NOW IS JUST THE
WEATHER.
60% FAVORABLE FOR LUNCH SO
FINGERS CROSSED IT STAYS THAT
WAY AND GETS EVEN BETTER. AT
THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY IT WILL
LAUNCH SOMETIME THIS AFTERNOON
AN IDEA LET 4:30 3:30 P.M.
LOCAL TIME .
CERTAINLY RAMPING UP THE
NERVES HERE, 60% CHANCE OF
LAUNCH WEATHERWISE AND SPACEX
HAS BEEN LAUNCHING SATELLITE
FOR EIGHT YEARS BUT IF THIS IS
A SUCCESS WHAT IS AIMING FOR
THE FUTURE OF THE COMPANY?
THIS IS THE MOST PIVOTAL
TEST IN THE HISTORY OF SPACEX
AS A COMPANY.
LAUNCHING SATELLITES A GREAT
SENDING 19 CARGO MISSIONS TO
THE SPACE STATION BUT THIS TIME
IT'S PEOPLE AND ELON TOLD ME
THAT HE FEELS THE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THEIR SAFETY.
IT WEIGHS ON HIM AND HE GOT
KIND OF EMOTIONAL TALKING ABOUT
IT.
WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THAT AND
WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE
CHALLENGES OF THE LAUNCH AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING TOM
CRUISE IN SPACE .
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, LIVE
FROM FLORIDA, THANKS FOR THAT .
WERE ALL WATCHING AND CBS
NEWS HAS A SPECIAL REPORT ON
THE LAUNCH STARTING AT 1:20 PM
THIS AFTERNOON AND AS MARK
MENTIONED, THE WEATHER IS
CERTAINLY AN IFFY FACTOR HERE
AND LET'S GO TO MARY LEE LIVE
WITH A LOOK AT WHAT IT'S
LOOKING AT, WHAT YOU THINK?
IT'S IFFY FOR THE WEATHER AT
LEAST IN FLORIDA IT'S A FEW
SHOWERS TO PUSH ACROSS THE
REGION EARLIER THIS MORNING AND
IS YOU HEAD TO THE AFTERNOON,
SCATTERED STORMS AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF STRONG STORMS
THAT POP UP IN THE AREA.
