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>> HELLO I'M NASA'S OFFICE
COMMUNICATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US TODAY AS WE HAVE ONE
DAY TO LAUNCH THE HISTORIC NASA
SPACEX DEMO 2 MISSION.
WE MOVED THIS PRESS CONFERENCE
INDOORS ORIGINALLY PLANNED DUE
TO WEATHER.
THE WEATHER HAS IMPROVED AND WE
HAVE 60% CHANCE OF WEATHER FOR
LAUNCH.
WE'LL HEAR LOTS ABOUT THE LAUNCH
BY GREAT GUEST TODAY.
WE HAVE COMMERCIAL CREW
ASTRONAUTS AND NASA DEPUTY
ADMINISTRATOR JIM MOORHART.
WE'LL BE HEARING FOR FROM THEM
IN A MINUTE.
>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
WHAT AN HISTORIC PAD TO BE DOING
IT FROM.
WE WENT TO THE MOON FROM PAD
39A.
SHUTTLE MISSIONS LAUNCHED THAT
PAD INCLUDING MY FLIGHTS.
RATHER THAN RUSHING AWAY WITH
PARTNERSHIP WITH SPACEX, THAT
PAD IS BEING USED ONCE AGAIN IN
IT'S NOW FOR COMMERCIAL CREW
PROGRAM AS WELL AS OTHER
MISSIONS FOR SPACEX.
I THINK THAT'S OUTSTANDING.
TRULY AND HISTORIC TIME FROM AN
HISTORIC PAD.
WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE OUR NASA
ADMINISTRATOR JIM BRIDENSTINE IS
HERE WITH US.
HE LEADS NASA INTO A NEW ERA OF
SPACEX EXPLORATION.
>> THANK YOU, BOB.
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE AT THE
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
WE ARE ONCE AGAIN LAUNCHING
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN
ROCKETS FROM AMERICAN SOIL.
THIS IS A BIG MOMENT IN TIME.
IT'S BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE WE'VE
HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY.
BOB CABANA WE WANT TO THANK YOU
FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
GETTING THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
READY.
EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD.
WE ARE AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE
GO FOR LAUNCH.
THE WEATHER IS ABOUT 60%
FAVORABLE FOR LAUNCH TOMORROW.
WHICH IS GOOD NEWS COMPARED TO
WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY.
WE WERE AT 40%.
THE TREND IS IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED.
I LIKE TO START BY SAYING,
AGAIN, THIS ROOM IS EMPTY.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS ROOM
FULL.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT FILLED
WITH REPORTERS.
WE LOVE TO HAVE IT FILLED WITH
SPACE ENTHUSIST.
UNFORTUNATELY WE'LL IN THE
MIDDLE OF A CORONAVIRUS PAPPED.
-- PANDEMIC.
THAT IS LAUNCH AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETS
FROM AMERICAN SOIL.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
WHATO THERE, OF COURSE, IS
WE'RE TRANSFORMING HOW WE DO
SPACE FLIGHT IN GENERAL.
THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM IS
ABOUT COMMERCIALIZING LOWER
ORBIT.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CREW,
SOON WE'LL HAVE SPECIAL SPACE
STATION.
THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO
BRING ALL AMERICA TODAY, SAY
LOOK AT HOW BRIGHT THE FUTURE
IS.
IN MIST OF THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC, WE'VE TAKEN
EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES TO KEEP
OUR PEOPLE SAFE.
WE ARE ONE WAY AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY.
BACK TO YOU.
>> I ECHO WHAT JIM AND BOB SAID.
THIS IS AN HISTORIC MILESTONE.
THE REALITY IS, WE IN THE PAST,
NASA DEVELOPED, DESIGNED AND
BUILT AND OPERATED SPACECRAFT
AND ROCKETS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT A
COMMERCIAL COMPANY IS BUILDING
AND GOING TO OPERATE THIS
SPACECRAFT AND CAPSULE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO BE A CUSTOMER
TO SPACEX AND TO OTHER COMPANIES
IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
IS TO CREATE AND EXPAND THE
ECONOMY IN LOWER EARTH ORBIT.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT
TOMORROW.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR COMMERCIAL CREW ASTRONAUT,
START WITH NICOLE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLY EXCITING TO
BE HERE.
PEOPLE ASK WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE
AN ASTRONAUT AND TRAIN WITH
FOLKS FLYING ON SO MANY
DIFFERENT SPACECRAFT.
WE HAVE SOYUZ, SPACEX AND
STARLINER.
WE'RE STARTING TO LAY THE
FOUNDATION FOR ORION.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE TIME TO BE
TRAINING.
WE ARE SO PROUD AND HAPPY FOR
DOUG AND BOB.
IT FEELS LIKE ONE OF YOUR CLOSE
FAMILY MEMBERS HAVING A GREAT
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT.
I CAN SPEAK FOR THE ASTRONAUT
OFFICE.
THAT'S HOW WE FEEL SO PROUD FOR
EVERYTHING THEY HAVE
ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE NASA AND
SPACEX TEAM TO GET READY FOR
THIS LAUNCH.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS
IS NOT JUST ABOUT ONE LAUNCH.
THIS IS LAUNCH AMERICA.
IT'S NOT LAUNCH NASA.
IT IS LAUNCH AMERICA.
IT'S HUGE.
MY SON IS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
HE'S NEVER SEEN AMERICANS
LAUNCHED FROM THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S FOREIGN TO HIM.
AS I WAS GETTING READY TO COME
ON THIS TRIP YESTERDAY, HE ASKED
ME, MOM, ARE WE GOING TO THE
MOON?
IS THIS OUR FIRST FLIGHT TO THE
MOON?
I SAID, WELL SON, NOT
TECHNICALLY.
BUT IT IS THE FIRST BIG STEP ON
OUR ROAD MAP TO THE MOON FOR THE
ARTEMIS MISSION.
HE HAS A YOUNG BOISES THAT.
-- YOUN
BOISES THAT.
IT'S AN EXCITING TEAM FOR ALL OF
NASA, SPACEX AND PROUD MOMENT
FOR ALL OF AMERICA.
>> I ECHO NICOLE SENTIMENTS.
WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE
TODAY.
TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM
COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES WORKING TOGETHER,
SPACEX AND NASA, TO PULL
SOMETHING OFF LIKE THIS.
WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE JUST
A DAY AWAY FROM LAUNCH.
WE'RE SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO
BE PART OF THIS.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH
WITH OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS,
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION BACK
IN 2015.
THAT'S AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE'RE
DOING HERE TODAY.
IT'S TO CONTINUE THAT INCREDIBLE
LEGACY OF WORK THAT WE'VE DONE
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
WE HAVE HAD HUMANS LIVING AND
WORKING ON THAT OUTPOST FOR
ALMOST 20 YEARS.
CONDUCTING SCIENCE AND RESEARCH
TO EXTEND OUR PRESENCE IN THE
SOLAR SYSTEM AND TO IMPROVE LIFE
BACK HERE ON EARTH.
THIS LAUNCH REPRESENTS AN
EXTENSION OF THAT CAPABILITY AND
HAVING THE ABILITY TO LAUNCH
AMERICANS FROM AMERICAN SOIL ON
U.S. SPACECRAFT IS ABSOLUTELY
AMAZING.
I THINK ABOUT MY LAUNCH AND THE
FAMILY -- THE FAMILY THAT I HAD
TO WATCH THAT.
I THINK ABOUT NOW, SO MANY
AMERICANS AND THE FUTURE BEING
ABLE TO CONGREGATE DOWN HERE AND
WATCH THIS INCREDIBLE VEHICLE
TAKE OFF.
FOR PEOPLE LIVE HERE IN FLORIDA
TO LOOK UP AND SEE THIS VEHICLE
CLAW ITS WAY INTO SPACE.
TO WATCH AMERICANS FLYING INTO
LOWER EARTH ORBIT AND THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, THE
POWER OF THAT TO INSPIRE OUR
FUTURE GENERATION OF EXPLORERS
AND LEADERS.
IT IS TRULY A PRIVILEGE TO BE A
PART OF THIS.
TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS THIS
HISTORIC MOMENT AND TO SEE WHERE
THIS JOURNEY ULTIMATELY TAKES
US.
>> FANTASTIC.
WE'LL TAKE OUR FIRST QUESTION.
BEFORE THAT, REMINDER, IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED IN WHAT WE ARE DOING
TODAY OF WATCHING THE LAUNCH URK
YOUCAN GO TO NASA.GOV.
FIRST QUESTION FROM ASP, IVAN.
>> WILL THEY WILL BE FLYING THE
CREW DRAGON.
CAN YOU CONFIRM YOU WILL HAVE A
EUROPEAN OR RUSSIAN WITH YOU ON
THAT MISSION?
>> THE CREW FOR THE CREW DRAGON
FOR CREW ONE HAS BEEN SELECTED.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE ON THAT
CREW.
>> I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BACK
UP BOTH BOB AND DOUG ON CREW
ONE.
THE FOLLOWING CREW, THOSE
ASSIGNMENTS ARE STILL BEING
PROCESSED.
>> WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART OF
THE QUESTION?
>> WHEN WILL EUROPEANS OR
CANADIAN OR RUSSIANS FLY ON CREW
DRAGON FOR THE FIRST TIME?
>> THAT'S UNDETERMINED AT THIS
POINT.
I CAN TELL YOU CREW ONE WE WILL
HAVE JAPAN WITH US.
OUR FIRST INTERNATIONAL PARTNER
ON LAUNCHING ON A FALCON ROCKET
WITH A CREW DRAGON.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AS FAR AS OTHER INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS IN THE FUTURE THAT, HAS
NOT BEEN DETERMINED.
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM ABC
NEWS.
>> THANK YOU.
CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE NO
GO PROCESS TOMORROW.
WHO WILL BE MAKING THOSE CALLS
AND WHO WILL WE HEAR MAKING
THOSE CALLS?
>> WE HAVE A MISSION MANAGEMENT
TEAM THAT IS WORKING ALL THE
CHECKS AS WE GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS.
ALL ALONG THE WAY, PEOPLE CAN
SAY, NO GO IF THEY NEED TO.
THERE WILL BE A FINAL COUNTDOWN
TO THE LAUNCH WHERE ABOUT 45
SECONDS OUT, THEY'LL MAKE A
DETERMINATION, GO OR NO GO.
THEN WE'LL GO.
>> I WILL SAY, IT IS A SPACEX
LAUNCH, SPACEX IS IN THE LAUNCH
CONTROL CENTER THROUGH
PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THEM.
IT WILL BE A SPACEX LAUNCH
DIRECTOR THAT GIVES THE FINAL GO
AFTER EVERYBODY IS PULLED AND
NASA MANAGEMENT TEAM IS GOING TO
BE INVOLVED IN WATCHING CLOSELY.
>> NEXT QUESTION IS FROM MARINA
DA RIN OF THE ATLANTIC.
>> BEST OF LUCK TOMORROW.
FOLLOW-UP TO THE QUESTION THAT
WAS JUST ASKED, NOW.
I WANT I'M WONDERING IF NASA
PERSONNEL ARE ALLOWED TO
INTERVENE AND TAKE OVER FROM
SPACEX AT ANY POINT DURING THE
MISSION.
IN NASA FEELS THAT IT IS
NECESSARY?
>> THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION
IS YES.
WE, OF COURSE, ARE THE CUSTOMER
HERE.
WE DO.
OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE SPACEX BE
ABLE TO DO MISSIONS ONE DAY
WITHOUT NASA.
WE WANT THEM TO GO GET CUSTOMERS
THAT ARE NOT US.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
MAKING DECISIONS.
IF WE SEE SOMETHING THAT WE
DISAGREE WITH, CERTAINLY, WE
HAVE THE RIGHT TO INTERVENE.
I DON'T SEE THAT BEING
NECESSARY.
AT THIS POINT, , YES WE CAN
INTERVENE IF NECESSARY.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM PAUL
BRICKMAN.
>> HELLO.
I WOULD LIKE ONE OF YOU TO
COMMENT ON THE SORT OF BUILT-IN
UNCERTAINTY OF THIS MISSION IN
TERMS OF THE LENGTH OF THE
MISSION.
ANYWHERE FROM 6 TO 16 WEEKS I
BELIEVE.
I KNOW CREW SPACE FLIGHT HAS
UNCERTAINTY.
I'M WONDERING HOW MUCH DID THE
READINESS REVIEWS WENT OVER THE
ASTRONAUT'S TRAINING AND
UNCERTAINTY OF THAT TIME PERIOD.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT
GO INTO THIS.
NUMBER ONE, WE GOT TO GET OUR
ASTRONAUTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
ONCE THEY ARE THERE, THERE'S A
LOT OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT
COME IN PLAY AS TO WHEN THEY
COME HOME.
REMEMBER THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS TO TEST
THE VEHICLE AND GET IT HOME
SAFELY AND THEN BE PREPARED TO
LAUNCH CREW ONE.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT GO INTO
THE MIX AS TO WHEN THEY'LL COME
HOME INCLUDE THE SOLAR ARRAYS.
THERE'S A LIMITATION ON THE
SOLAR ARRAYS ABOUT 114 DAYS.
WE CAN'T GO BEYOND THAT.
SOME ENGINEERS MIGHT ARGUE THAT
WE CAN -- AS WE'RE ON THE SPACE
STATION, WE WILL UNDERSTAND HOW
THE SOLAR ARRAYS ARE PERFORMING
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT
LIMITATION OF 114 DAYS FOR THE
SOLAR ARRAYS.
WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WEATHER.
WHEN WE COME BACK TO EARTH, WE
HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WINS
AND PRECIPITATION AND LIGHTNING,
ALL THOSE THINGS CREATE A METRIC
AS TO HOW SAFE IT IS TO COME
HOME.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
HAVE THE RIGHT WEATHER AND IF WE
HAVE A GOOD WINDOW TO COME HOME.
REMEMBER, THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
AS SUCH, IF WE HAVE GOOD WINDOW
OCOME HOME AND THEY'RE NOT
NECESSARY ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, WE WILL BE TAKING
IT.
THEN, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE
OTHER BIG PARAMETER IS WHEN IS
CREW ONE GOING TO BE READY.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE TARGETING AUGUSF
CREW ONE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING
TOWARD.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE CAN
KEEP OUR ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
DOING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ISS
AS WELL AS DOING EXPERIMENTS ON
THE ISS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
KNOWING THAT THEY CAN BE THERE
PROBABLY UNTIL EARLY AUGUST.
WE NEED TO GET THE SPACECRAFT
HOME.
THEN WE NEED TO EVALUATE THE
SPACECRAFT AND GET READY TO
LAUNCH CREW ONE.
THE BIG PARAMETERS ARE THE
WEATHER, SOLAR ARRAYS, WHEN CREW
ONE WILL BE READY.
THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY
BUILT INTO THE BACK-END OF THIS
MISSION.
THAT'S INTENTIONAL.
I WANT TO REITERATE, IT IS A
TEST FLIGHT, THE GOAL IS TO GET
THEM TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, TEST SYSTEMS AND GET
THEM HOME.
IF THEY CAN DO MORE WORK THAN
THAT WHILE ON THE ISS, THAT'S
OKAY.
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
>> THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
KEITH.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION MEMBER OF
THE APOLLO GENERATION, WHEN WE
WERE KIDS WE WANTED TO KNOW
EVERYTHING THAT ASTRONAUTS DID.
NASA WENT OUT THEIR WAY TO TELL
US.
INCLUDING WHAT THEY ATE.
YESTERDAY MARINA ASKED A PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION, WHAT
DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST.
THE ASTRONAUT BREAKFAST MENU ARE
NOT SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE.
IS THAT REALLY THE ANSWER?
HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN TO A SIXTH
GRADER THAT WE CAN'T STAY WHAT
THE ASTRONAUTS ARE EATING?
SHOULD WE BE MORE TRANSPARENT.
>> AS FAR AS TRANSPARENCY GOES,
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IT'S LIKE IN
THE PAST.
ASTRONAUTS GET ANYTHING THEY
WANT FOR BREAKFAST.
YOU GOT YOUR CHOICE.
WHETHER IT'S BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR
DINNER.
IT'S MADE TO ORDER.
I CAN GO FROM MY PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE ON MY FIRST FLIGHT.
I HEARD THAT SOME FOLKS GET
SPACE SICK.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GET AIRSICK.
I HAD LIKE A TOASTED ENGLISH
MUFFIN AND CUP OF COFFEE.
I'M ADDICTED TO CAFFEINE.
ONE OF MY CREW MATES HAD STAKE,
EGGS AND HASH BROWN AND POURING
THE HOT SAUCE ON.
HE DIDN'T GET SICK.
IT'S HARD TO RELEASE WHAT YOU
DON'T KNOW.
I'M SURE THEY'LL GET ANYTHING
THEY WANT.
>> MAYBE SOME OF THE CURRENT
ASTRONAUTS WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER.
>> WE GOT ANYTHING WE WANTED AS
LONG AS IT WAS SERVED THAT
MORNING.
I WAS KIND OF LIKE YOU DIRECTOR.
I WANTED TO TAKE IT EASY.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW I WOULD REACT
TO BEING ON ORBIT.
I WENT EASY ON THE SOLIDS.
I GOT MY FAIR SHARE OF COFFEE.
WE ATE REALLY WELL WHILE WE WERE
IN QUARANTINE.
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE CHOICE OF
WHAT WE WERE GOING TO EAT.
HONESTLY, I WAS SO EXCITED, I
CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE ATE.
>> WE'LL GO TO NEXT QUESTION,
JACKIE GODDARD WITH THE TIMES OF
LONDON.
>> MY QUESTION IS FOR
MR. BRIDENSTINE, I WONDER WHAT
YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU CAN SHARE
TO TWO LITTLE BOYS ABOUT WHAT
THEIR DADS ARE DOING AND THE
SIGNIFICANCE OF IT.
THANK YOU.
>> I HAD HARD TIME HEARING.
QUESTION ABOUT THE CHILDREN --
>> BOTH ASTRONAUTS ARE FATHERS.
I WONDERED WHAT WOULD SAY AND
WHAT YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU CAN
SHARE WITH US TO THEIR LITTLE
BOYS ABOUT WHAT THEIR DADS ARE
DOING.
>> I WILL START BY SAYING, THEIR
DADS ARE AMERICAN HEROES.
THEY ARE LAYING THE FOUNDATION
FOR A NEW ERA IN HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT.
IT'S AN AREA WHERE MORE SPACE
WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MORE PEOPLE
THAN EVER BEFORE.
WE ENVISION A FUTURE WHERE LOWER
EARTH ORBIT IS ENTIRELY
COMMERCIALIZE.
NASA IS ONE CUSTOMER OF MANY
CUSTOMERS WHERE WE HAVE NUMEROUS
PROVIDERS THAT ARE COMPETING ON
COST AND INNOVATION AND SAFETY.
THEY ARE DRIVING DOWN COST.
THEY ARE INCREASING ACCESS.
WE ARE PROVING OUT A BUSINESS
MODEL, A PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP BUSINESS MODEL THAT
WILL ENABLE US TO GO TO THE MOON
THIS TIME SUSTAINABLY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE MOON TO
STAY.
WE LOVE APOLLO.
THE APOLLO AIR WAS FANTASTIC.
THE PROBLEM IS IT ENDED.
NOW WE'VE GOT THE ARTEMIS
PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR
SUSTAINABLE RETURN TO THE MOON
NAMED AFTER ARTEMIS AS THE TWIN
SISTER OF APOLLO IN GREEK
MYTHOLOGY.
SHE WAS THE GODDESS OF THE MOON.
THIS TIME WE GET TO GO WITH ALL
OF AMERICA.
VERY DIVERSE, HIGHLY QUALITIED
ASTRONAUTS THAT INCLUDES WOMEN.
WHAT BOB AND DOUG ARE DOING,
THEY ARE THE FINAL STEP
IMPROVING THE SUCCESS OF A
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
BUSINESS MODEL THAT DRIVES DOWN
COSTS AND IS GOING TO ENABLE US
TO GO NOT JUST TO THE MOON BUT
TO GO SUSTAINABLY WITH REUSABLE
LANDERS TO THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON AND ALL OF THIS ULTIMATELY
IS FOR A PURPOSE AND THAT IS TO
GET TO MARS.
THOSE LITTLE BOYS ARE 40 YEARS
OLD AND WE HAVE A PERMANENT
PRESENCE ON THE MOON AND WE HAVE
ASTRONAUTS ON MARS, THEY WILL
KNOW THEIR DADS, PLAYED A
CRITICAL ROLE IN ENABLING NOT
JUST IN COUNTRY BUT THE WORLD AS
WE LEAD INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
TO HUMANITY GOING FURTHER INTO
THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAN EVER
BEFORE.
BEYOND THAT, I WOULD REMIND THE
CHILDREN THAT THEIR DADS ARE
BOTH MILITARY AVIATORS.
THAT SERVED THEIR COUNTRY.
YESTERDAY WAS MEMORIAL DAY.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT
ON THE PEOPLE WHO SERVED THIS
COUNTRY.
THESE TWO GENTLEMEN HAVE DONE
THAT.
THEY ARE HEROES IN SO MANY
DIFFERENT WAY.
WHEN THEY ARECOVERRED -- WHEN
THEY ARRIVED HERE AT KENNEDY.
I'M 44 YEARS OLD, I'M ABOUT TO
TURN 45, WHEN I GROW UP I WANT
TO BE LIKE BOB AND DOUG.
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
JOEY FROM REUTERS.
>> THANKS FOR DOING THIS.
QUESTION FOR JIM BRIDENSTINE.
IT'S BEEN A LONG RUN TO GET TO
THIS POINT.
I'M WONDERING HOW HAD THIS
COMMERCIAL CREW DEVELOPMENT TO
GET CREW DRAGON, SHAPE YOUR VIEW
OF SPECIAL SPACE MARKETPLACE.
>> THIS IS AN IMPORTANT
MILESTONE.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL
WITH COMMERCIAL RESUPPLY OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NOW WE'VE GOT COMMERCIAL CREW
TOMORROW, KNOCK ON WOOD.
THAT WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL
MISSION.
THEN WE NEED TO BUILD COMMERCIAL
SPACE STATIONS IN LOWER EARTH
ORBIT.
IN OTHER WORDS -- WE NEED TO
PROVE THERE'S AN ECONOMY IN
LOWER EARTH ORBIT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION NOW.
SOME OF THE MOST PROJECTS
HAPPENING THERE THAT HAVE BEEN
GOING ON REALLY FOR A LONG TIME
NOW.
IT WOULD INCLUDE IMMUNIZATIONS
DEVELOPED ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION FOR SALMONELLA AND
PNEUMONIA.
MICROGRAVITY IS A RESOURCE THAT
IS VALUABLE.
IT IS A TOOL.
THE ABILITY TO PRINT HUMAN
ORGANS IN 3D, PROVING THAT WE
CAN CREATE HUMAN TISSUES USING
ADULT SKIN CELLS, CREATING STEM
CELLS THAT CAN CREATE HUMAN
ORGANS IN 3D.
WE'RE AT THE TISSUE LEVEL NOW.
THAT'S A CAPABILITY THAT WILL
TRANSFORM LIVES HERE ON EARTH.
THE ABILITY TO CREATE HUMAN
RETINA FOR THE EYE.
ABILITY TO CREATE FIBEROPTICS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE CABLE
REPEATERS.
THAT DRIVE DOWN COSTS AND
INCREASES FIBEROPTIC NETWORKS
FOR HUMANITY.
ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE MARKET
DRIVERS THAT ENABLE A FUTURE
HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT CAPABILITY
THAT BE BY THE PRIVATE
SECTOR.
NASA WILL BE A CUSTOMER.
WE GOT LOT OF SCIENCE AND
EXPLORATION THAT WE NEED TO DO.
THOSE ARE THE KIND OF ACTIVITIES
THAT WE NEED TO SEE FOR THE
FUTURE THAT WE BELIEVE EXISTS.
RIGHT NOW, SPACE IS ABOUT A
$400 BILLION MARKET.
WE BELIEVE THAT WITH HUMAN SPACE
FLIGHT, THAT'S COMMUNICATIONS,
REMOTE SENSING AND THOSE
CONTAINS, IT OPENS UP KIND OF A
MUCH BROADER MARKETPLACE AND WE
THINK IT'S RAPIDLY GETTING TO BE
NOT JUST $400 BILLION BUT
$1 TRILLION MARKET.
I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THE
COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE.
WE NEED IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO
THE MOON AND ON TO MARS.
IF WE KEEP DEVELOPING USING
AMERICAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO
DEVELOP CAPABILITIES AND LOWER
EARTH ORBIT WE'LL NEVER GET TO
THE MOON AND MARS.
IT'S ABOUT COMMERCIALIZATION
WHERE WE'RE READY TO
COMMERCIALIZE AND USING NASA
MONEY TO DO THE THINGS
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY IS NOT READY
FOR.
THAT IS TO COMMERCIALIZE THOSE
CAPABILITIES AS WELL.
>> JIM IF I CAN ADD TO THAT, WHY
ARE WE HERE?
WE'RE HERE TO EXPAND THE HUMAN
CONDITION FOR ALL MANKIND.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT JIM IS
TALKING ABOUT.
RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT ONE
ASTRONAUT ON THE SPACE STATION.
WHEN WE GET THE FULL COMPLIMENT
BACK OF ASTRONAUTS, WE'RE GOING
TO INCREASE OUR RESEARCH UP
THERE BY 300%.
THAT'S ABOUT HELPING OTHERS.
THAT'S WHY WE EXIST.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT,
COMMERCIAL LAUNCH -- YEARS AGO,
WE HAD AFTER SHUTTLE, THERE WAS
NO MARKET SHARE.
WE NOW HAVE 70% OF THE MARKET
SHARE.
THAT'S GOING TO EXPAND STARTING
TOMORROW.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> NEXT QUESTION.
MARSHA SMITH FROM STATE POLICY
ONLINE.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
THIS IS FOR JIM BRIDENSTINE.
COULD YOU EXPAND LITTLE BIT MORE
ON THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE
RUSSIANS ABOUT FLYING ON THE
COMMERCIAL CRUISE SHIPS.
HE HAD A BUNCH OF COMMENTS
YESTERDAY.
HE TALKED ABOUT BEING
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT HAVING AN
ALTERNATIVE SOYUZ.
THEN HE WAS CONFUSED ABOUT
NASA'S PLANS FOR GATEWAY.
CAN YOU FILL US IN ON WHERE THE
NEGOTIATIONS STAND ABOUT FLYING
ON SOYUZ AND RUSSIANS FLYING ON
COMMERCIAL CREW.
IS THAT ALL TIED IN WITH
DISCUSSIONS ON GATEWAY?
YOU TRYING TO GET A WHOLE BIG
PACKAGE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM,
REMEMBER, THE GOAL HERE IS TO
HAVE -- THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION HALF OF IT IS RUSSIAN.
OTHER HALF IS AMERICAN.
ON THE AMERICAN SEGMENT, WE GOT
LOT OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, IF
WE ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN A
COMPLIMENT OF BOTH RUSSIAN AND
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD, WE
NEED TO BE WILLING TO LAUNCH
RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS ON COMMERCIAL
CREW AND THEY HAVE TO BE WILLING
LAUNCH AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ON
THE SOYUZ.
MY LAST CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM,
WE WERE BOTH IN STRONG AGREEMENT
THAT WAS NECESSARY FOR BOTH
NATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THAT'S KIND OF THE LOWER EARTH
ORBIT, INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, COMMERCIAL CREW AND THE
SOYUZ PROGRAM.
I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEMENT HOW
TO GO FORWARD THERE.
IT IS TRUE THAT WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THE GATEWAY, THAT'S A
SEPARATE KIND OF LEVEL OF
DISCUSSION FOR WHAT THE FUTURE
LOOKS LIKE.
YES, WE HAVE MADE PROPOSALS TO
RUSSIA AS FAR AS WE'VE ASKED
THEM HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THE GATEWAY.
WE'VE OFFERED SUGGESTIONS.
NOW WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK.
THE PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN STRONG.
THIS PARTNERSHIP GOES BACK TO
1975.
THE YEAR OF MY BIRTH WITH THE
APOLLO SOYUZ PROGRAM.
OF COURSE THE SHUTTLE MERE
PROGRAM AND OF COURSE THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PROGRAM.
THIS HAS BEEN A BRIGHT SHINY
OBJECT THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT
SPACE CAN UNITE PEOPLE AND IT'S
REALLY ABOVE TERRESTRIAL
GEOPOLITICS.
I THINK IT'S A RELATIONSHIP THAT
WE ARE INTERESTED IN
MAINTAINING.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THEM.
>> BOB, DID YOU HAVE THOUGHTS?
>> I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WE NEED TO WORK ON AS WE
CONTINUE DOWN THE ROAD.
WE DO HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP.
IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE MULTIPLE
VEHICLES TO GET US TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
WE NEED THAT SIMILAR REDUNDANCY,
NOT JUST WITH BOEING AND SPACEX
BUT WITH RUSSIA AS WELL.
IN THE FUTURE WE'LL PROVE IT
AGAIN.
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
ROBERT FROM COLLECT SPACE.
[INDISCERNIBLE]
R IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT
HOW THAT CAME TO BE.
WAS IT SPACEX REQUEST AND YOUR
IDEA, WHAT WILL BE ROLE BEYOND
THIS MISSION.
>> I MISSED IT.
>> I THINK IT'S ABOUT THE --
PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION.
>> SURE.
IT'S ABOUT THE WORM.
THE NASA LOGO TYPE.
HOW DID IT COME TO BE THAT IT
WAS RESURRECTED FOR THIS
MISSION.
WAS IS SPACEX'S IDEA, WAS IT
YOUR IDEA?
HOW DID THAT COME TO BE.
WHAT IS ITS ROLE WITH THE AGENCY
GOING FORWARD BEYOND THIS
MISSION?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I LOVE TO SAY IT WAS MY IDEA.
I WILL TELL YOU NASA
ADMINISTRATOR, I HEARD FROM LOT
OF PEOPLE.
YOU OUGHT TO BRING BACK THE
WORM.
I HEARD IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AGAIN, I'M THE FIRST NASA
ADMINISTRATOR IN HISTORY THAT
WASN'T ALIVE WHEN WE HAD PEOPLE
WALKING ON THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON.
NOT 1969 AND 1972.
MY GENERATION GREW UP WITH THE
WORM.
WHEN I SAY THE WORM FOR THE
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT MIGHT NOT
BE FAMILIAR.
IT'S THE NASA LOGO THAT'S RED
AND IT'S WRITTEN OUT.
THE LOGO THAT'S BLUE, WE CALL
THAT THE MEATBALL.
I GRAW UP WITH -- GREW UP WITH
THE WORM AS LOGO OF NASA.
IT'S PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE
THAT'S HOW I GREW UP.
THE MEATBALL, THE BLUE LOGO,
THAT'S A LOGO THAT'S VERY NEAR
AND DEAR TO A LOT OF OTHER
PEOPLE.
THE PEOPLE OF THE APOLLO
GENERATION FOR EXAMPLE.
THE NASA STYLE GUIDE IS VERY
CLEAR.
THE WORM NO LONGER EXISTS.
I WRITE THE STYLE GUIDE.
I MADE A DETERMINATION THAT FOR
THIS PARTICULAR MISSION, ON THIS
PARTICULAR DAY, WE'RE GOING TO
BRING BACK THE WORM.
WE DID.
THIS LAUNCH -- I THOUGHT IT WAS
IMPORTANT TO DO IT ON THIS
LAUNCH.
IT GOT SO MUCH ATTENTION.
I WANTED ALL OF AMERICA TO KNOW
THAT THIS IS A $3.5 BILLION
INVESTMENT BY THE AMERICAN
TAXPAYER.
THIS IS AN AMERICAN LAUNCH.
YES, IT'S COMMERCIAL CREW.
THIS IS NASA.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT NOSTALGIC FOR
ME.
I'M A NAVY PILOT BY TRADE.
I GREW UP WITH MY FAVORITE
AIRPLANE BEING THE X29.
IT'S A FORWARD SWEPT WING
AIRCRAFT THAT LOOKS REALLY
AWESOME.
IF I MAY SAY SO MYSELF.
I HAD A BIG POSTER OF IT ON MY
WALL.
ON THE SIDE OF IT WAS THE NASA
WORM.
I'LL BE HONEST, I LOVE THE WORM.
WE BROUGHT IT BACK.
IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE, ON
THIS ROCKET, WE HAVE BOTH.
WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
ON THIS MISSION.
WE'VE GOT THE MEATBALL AND WE'VE
GOT THE WORM.
I LIKE BOTH.
WE'RE GOING WITH BOTH.
>> I NOTED THE DIFFERENCE WITH
THE WORM BEING OUT THERE AND THE
MEATBALL, YOU SEE TON OF KID
THESE DAYS WALK AROUND.
NASA T-SHIRTS, THE WORM ON THEIR
JACKET.
IT HELP TO ENERGIZE SOME OF THE
YOUNGER GENERATION, FOLKS THAT
HAVEN'T SEEN LAUNCHES IN THEIR
ENTIRE LIFE.
YOU GET LOT MORE QUESTIONS WHEN
WET GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO
OUT TO SCHOOL TO SPEAK WITH
CHILDREN AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN
MAYBE WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP.
I REMEMBER GROWING UP THINKING,
ASTRONAUT, THAT'S SOME
FARFETCHED IDEA.
SOMEBODY DOES THAT.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND
SOMETHING YOU SEE IN THE MOVIES.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE OUR
FUTURE.
OUR FUTURE WITH THE
COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE WILL
BE TO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE.
I THINK YOUNGER GENERATION ARE
STARTING TO REALIZE THAT AND
UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT THE MOVIES,
IT'S NOT SCI-FI.
IT'S REALITY.
>> I GOT TO TELL YOU, I'M GLAD
THE WORM IS MAKING A COME BACK.
IT WAS THE FUTURE.
MY FIRST NASA FLIGHT JACKET, I
GOT IT AT HOME.
I GOT A WORM ON MY SHOULDER AND
MEATBALL ON THE FRONT.
I THINK THEY ARE BOTH AWESOME.
>> WHEN DOUG AND BOB LAUNCH
TOMORROW AND YOU WATCH THAT
ROCKET ASCEND, LOOK FOR THE
WORM.
>> FANTASTIC.
GOING TO OUR NEXT QUESTION AS WE
TRAY TO GET IN AS MANY PEOPLE.
LAUREN GRUSH.
>> THANKS FOR TAKING MY CALL.
ABOUT THE TOILET.
I'M KIDDING.
[LAUGHTER]
I WAS ACTUALLY CURIOUS IF YOU
GUYS CAN WALK US THROUGH WHAT
THE SCRUB SCENARIO LOOKS LIKE
AFTER THE ASTRONAUTS GET ON
BOARD.
WHEN DO THEY GET OFF WHAT DO YOU
HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
SAFE?
WHAT DOES THAT RESET LOOK LIKE?
>> I'M HAVING A HARD TIME
HEARING THAT.
>> IF YOU SCRUB ASTRONAUTS
ALREADY ON BOARD.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE SAFE?
>> IT DEPENDS ON AT WHAT POINT
THE SCRUB OCCURS.
THEY'LL HAVE THE CREW ACCESS ARM
WILL COME BACK TO THE VEHICLE
AND ESSENTIALLY WE'LL MAKE SURE
THAT THE VEHICLE IS SAFE TO
APPROACH.
WE'LL HAVE THE FOLKS FROM SPACEX
WILL COME IN, UNBUCKLE BOB AND
DOUG AND ESCORT THEM OUT DOWN TO
THE GROUND AND THEY'LL PREPARE
TO GIVE THE NEXT LAUNCH
OPPORTUNITY A SHOT.
IT'S ALL DONE IN A MANNER THAT
MAKES SURE THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S
INVOLVED IS SAFE.
>> OUR NEXT QUESTION ENRIGHT
FROM IRISH TV.
>> VERY UNLIKELY SCENARIO -- AS
I UNDERSTAND IT, THERE ARE NOT
ONE BUT TWO ABORT MODES WHICH
WOULD INVOLVE SPLASHING DOWN IN
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN OFF THE COAST
OF IRELAND.
I'M WONDERING WHAT IS THE PLAN
THERE?
THERE DON'T BE APPEAR.
HOW THE CREW WILL BE RETRIEVED
IN THIS UNLIKELY SCENARIO.
WILL YOU BE WAITING FOR A BOAT
DOME AND -- COME AND COLLECT
THEM?
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ABORT
MODES.
AS THE VEHICLE CROSSES THE
ATLANTIC, WE HAVE VARIOUS SITES
THAT WE'RE AIMING FOR.
WE HAVE ASSETS STATIONED OFF THE
COAST PREPARE TO ASSIST THE
ASTRONAUTS.
AS WE GET INTO THESE LONGER
TRANSATLANTIC ABORT MODES, WE'LL
BE PARTNERING WITH OUR MILITARY
ASSETS TO DEPLOY DIVERS AND
FOLKS TO GET IN THE WATER TO
HELP THE ASTRONAUTS AND THEN
BRING HELICOPTERS OR BOATS
ALONGSIDE.
WHATEVER ASSETS ARE AVAILABLE IN
THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
IT'S OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
MILITARY THAT REALLY HELPS US.
THE AIR FORCE SPECIFICALLY THAT
HELP US DEAL WITH ANY OF THOSE
MORE DOWN RANGE ABORTS.
>> NEXT QUESTION, MARSHA DUNN.
>> YES, I'M WONDERING HOW MANY
ASTRONAUTS WILL BE ON SIGHT FOR
LAUNCHOMORROW?
I CAN IMAGINE THE ENTIRE
ASTRONAUT CORE EMPTYING OUT OF
HOUSTON.
HOW WOULD YOU PREVENT LAUNCH
FEVER FROM TAKING OVER ON SUCH A
BIG MISSION WITH SUCH HIGH
EXPECTATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES IN
ATTENDANCE?
THANK YOU.
>> AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF
ASTRONAUTS HERE, WE'VE TAKEN LOT
OF PRECAUTION TO LIMIT THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING IN
GENERAL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF ASTRONAUTS THAT WILL
BE HERE IS.
DO YOU GUYS KNOW OFFHAND?
>> UNDER TEN.
>> DEFINITELY UNDER TEN.
IT'S A SMALL NUMBER.
>> WE WON'T HAVE A LARGE
CONTINGENT OF ASTRONAUTS HERE.
WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART OF THE
QUESTION?
>> LAUNCH FEVER.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE.
AS A NAVAL AVIATOR, WE CALLED
GET HOME ITIS.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
PERMISSION TO SAY NO.
WE'VE BEEN MAKING SURE PEOPLE
HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SAY NO.
WE PURCHASED A SEAT ON A SOYUZ
ROCKET FOR OCTOBER.
WE DID THAT INTENTIONALLY.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL FREE TO
SAY NO AND NOT FEEL ANY PRESSURE
TO GO ON THIS LAUNCH.
I TEXTED BOB AND DOUG YESTERDAY.
I SAID TO THEM CLEARLY, IF YOU
WANT ME TO STOP THIS THING FOR
ANY REASON, SAY SO.
I WILL STOP IT IN A HEART BEAT.
THEY CAME BACK AND SAID WE'RE GO
FOR LAUNCH.
THEY'RE READY TO GO.
LOOK, PART OF MY JOB AS A NASA
ADMINISTRATOR IS MAKE SURE
UNDERSTAND THEIR SAFETY IS OUR
HIGHEST PRIORITY AND GIVE
EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP PERMISSION
TO SAY NO BEFORE WE LAUNCH.
>> WE HAVE A SMALL NUMBER OF
ASTRONAUTS OUT HERE JUST FOR THE
COVID CONCERNS.
WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO VIRTUALLY
DEPLOY FOLKS IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
I KNOW THERE'S LOT OF ASTRONAUT
CORE IS PREPARE TO SUPPORT MEDIA
OUTLETS, SOCIAL MEDIA, THINGS
THAT ARE ONLINE WHETHER IT'S
LIVE OR JUST VIRTUAL.
I THINK THERE'S HOPEFULLY THAT
THERE WILL BE LOT OF OPPORTUNITY
FOR US TO REACH OUT TO MAYBE
LARGER AUDIENCE THEN WE NORMALLY
WOULD.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE
CROWD HERE AT KSC.
THEY CAN LAUNCH LIVE WITH US
JUST WITH THE ASSETS THAT WE
HAVE AVAILABLE.
>> I KNOW THE LAUNCH TIME.
I KNOW FOLKS ON CONSUL.
THIS IS A TEST FLIGHT.
THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT
IT'S RIGHT BEFORE THEY LAUNCH.
THEY'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT
WHO'S HERE TO SEE IT.
THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT DOING
THEIR JOB AND DOING IT
CORRECTLY.
THEY'LL DO THE RIGHT THING.
>> OUR LAST QUESTION WILL COME
FROM KEN CHANGES FROM THE "NEW
YORK TIMES."
>>   THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
TAKING MY QUESTION.
THIS IS FOR MR. BRIDENSTINE.
FEW DAYS AGO YOU TWEETED,
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP FOR
GETTING THROUGH THIS MOMENT.
COMMERCIAL CRUISE STARTED IN
2010 WHEN UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA
AND COMMERCIAL CARGO GOES BACK
TO GEORGE W. BUSH.
I WONDER IF YOU CAN TAKE ABOUT
CREDIT FOR GETTING TO THIS
MILESTONE FOR YOUR PREDECESSORS
AND PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT
DEMONSTRATES THE SUCCESS WHEN
YOU HAVE CONTINUITY OF PURPOSE
GOING FROM ONE ADMINISTRATION TO
THE NEXT.
IF WE GO BACK ALL THE WAY TO
COMMERCIAL CREW, THAT STARTED
UNDER PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH.
THEN COMMERCIAL CREW UNDER
PRESIDENT OBAMA.
CHARLIE BOLDEN DID ABSOLUTELY
MAGNIFICENT WORK AS THE NASA
ADMINISTRATOR AT A TIME WHEN
THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM AND BOB,
YOU REMEMBER THIS, IT DIDN'T
HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT IN
CONGRESS.
CHARLIE BOLDEN WHO IS A NASA
ASTRONAUT AND AN AMERICAN HERO,
HE'S F-18 PILOT.
CHARLIE BOLDEN DID JUST YOHMAN'S
WORK IN ORDER TO GET THIS
PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND, TO GET
IT GOING AND HERE WE ARE ALL
THESE YEARS LATER.
HAVING THIS SUCCESS.
I WILL REITERATE THAT THE HUMAN
SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM UNDER
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS REALLY BLOWS
-- BLOSSOMED OUR BUDGET IS IN
REAL DOLLARS.
THEY ARE STILL AS HIGH BUT MAYBE
NOT AS APOLLO.
THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN
ANOMALY IN THE HISTORY OF NASA'S
BUDGET.
IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT IT'S BEING
BACKED UP.
THE RHETORIC ISN'T JUST THERE.
IT'S BACKED UP WITH THE BUDGET.
IT'S BIPARTISAN.
I DID AN EVENT WITH SPEAKER
PELOSI OUT AT THE AMES RESEARCH
CENTER.
GOODNESS, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
AUGUST, LAST AUGUST.
IT WAS WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY.
I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT.
WE REACHED OUT TO HER AND ASKED
HER IF WE CAN DO WOMEN'S
EQUALITY DAY.
IN A PRESS CONFERENCE, WE TALKED
ABOUT ARTEMIS.
THE IMPORTANCE GOING TO THE MOON
WITH ALL OF AMERICA, NOW GOING
WITH WOMEN.
WE DID IT ON WOMEN'S EQUALITY
DAY.
IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE, SHE
SAID WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU NOT
JUST TO GET THE NEXT MAN BUT
FIRST WOMAN TO THE MOON.
SHE SAID I'M GLAD YOU CALLED
PROGRAM ARTEMIS.
THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN
THIS COUNTRY UNITES PEOPLE.
WE LOOK AT THE MOST DIVISIVE
TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
WE THINK ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHT
ABUSES AND CIVIL RIGHT PROTESTS.
THE DIVISIVE CHALLENGING TIMES.
ALL THESE YEARS LATER IN THE
MIDST OF CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
AND WE HAVE MOMENT IN TIME TO
REUNITE PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS LAUNCH WILL DO.
IT'S NOT JUST DOING ARE UNITE
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, IT'S
GOING TO UNITE THE WHOLE WORLD.
ALL OF OUR INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS ARE VERY INTERESTED.
THEY PARTICIPATED IN THE FLIGHT
NET READINESS REVIEW.
THEIR ASTRONAUTS WILL FLY ON HAD
ROCKET.
THEY'RE ALREADY BIG OPERATORS OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WHERE THIS CREW DRAGON WILL
DOCK.
THIS MISSION IS A VERY UNITING
MISSION.
SPACEX EXPLORATION IN GENERAL
UNITES REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS.
UNITES PEOPLE ACROSS
GEOPOLITICAL BOUNDARIES.
THAT'S WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT NASA
AND SPACE.
I WILL NOT HESITATE TO TELL YOU
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN A
MASSIVE SPACE ROCKET.
HE PROMISE TO LAUNCH AMERICAN
ASTRONAUTS ON AMERICAN ROCKETS.
HE PROMISED TO CREATE A MOON
PROGRAM AND HE'S DONE BOTH OF
THOSE.
HE'S BACKED IT UP WITH HIS
BUDGET REQUEST NOT JUST WITH THE
WORDS.
>> WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO
CLOSE TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
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