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Narrator: American astronauts have
not flown to space from u.S. Soil
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in nearly 10 years.
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That is about to change.
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The united states
is a nation of explorers.
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It's something that
fundamentally appeals
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to our psyche.
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Narrator:
This is an experiment to see
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if an innovative private company
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such as spacex
can fly nasa astronauts
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and reinvigorate
space exploration.
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It's an honor to be not
only representing nasa,
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but spacex as well
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in this next step
of space exploration.
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Musk: The scary thing to be
launching people, you know,
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and risk is never zero.
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Sometimes things do blow up.
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Space is hard.
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How do you manage
telling your son
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that you're facing that risk
as you go forward?
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Narrator: The second golden age
of space travel begins now.
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Man: T-minus three,
two, one, zero.
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Ignition.
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Captions by vitac...
www.Vitac.Com
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captions paid for by
discovery communications
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♪
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♪
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We're able to get
the moon in '69,
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and that was only 66 years
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from first flight from orville
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and wilbur wright's
first flight.
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It was 1903. It was the first
controlled powered flight.
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Only 66 years later,
landing on the moon.
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That's incredible.
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Even though it was only a few
people that did it, vicariously,
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we all went to the moon.
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Humanity went to the moon,
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and it was
the greatest accomplishment
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of human civilization.
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You know, but it's been
now 51 years
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since that first landing,
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and no one has the ability
to land on the moon.
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Narrator:
The apollo era ended in triumph
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and nasa looked forward
to a bright future
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with its new program,
the space shuttle.
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However, after 30 years,
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133 successful missions...
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And two catastrophic
disasters...
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Man: Obviously
a major malfunction.
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Narrator: The space shuttle
program ended in 2011.
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Man: The space shuttle pulls
into port for the last time.
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Narrator: Nasa's days of flying
people to space seem to be over.
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They relied
on russian soyuz rockets
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to get astronauts
to the space station.
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If you'd asked for in '69
that were said by 2020,
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we would have had
no hotels on pluto.
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They wouldn't have
thought that in 2020
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that the united states
hadn't been able to send people
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to orbit for nine years.
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And so basically,
we cannot be complacent
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about technology development.
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We have to really
drive innovation hard.
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Narrator: Eight years later,
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the head of nasa
administrator jim bridenstine,
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has traveled
from washington, d.C.
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To make
an important announcement
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about the future
of space travel.
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- Hey. Good to see you.
- You, too.
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You doing alright? Yeah.
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Excellent.
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He is joined by elon musk,
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the visionary and at times
controversial founder
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and chief engineer of spacex.
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This announcement is the result
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of nasa's
radical new partnership
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with the private sector called
the commercial crew program.
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Thank you for coming
to spacex today
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in hawthorne, california.
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The highest priority
is launching american astronauts
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on american rockets
from american soil.
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We are on the cusp
of making that a reality.
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There's a lot of negativity,
you know,
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especially these days,
it would be great
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to have something positive
that perhaps can unite
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the country or the world,
and advancement in space
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is one of those things.
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That is the reason
that spacex was created.
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The launch of a crew
is something
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that we've been working
towards for 17 years.
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Narrator: Journalist christian
davenport covers
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defense and space
for the "washington post,"
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has been on the frontlines
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reporting
on the commercial crew program
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since its inception in 2010.
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This is sort of, in some ways,
an experiment
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to see if nasa can rely
on these commercial partners
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to fly their astronauts safely.
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Narrator: Nasa astronauts
doug hurley
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and bob behnken will be
the first to launch
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on spacex's
inaugural crewed flight,
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marking the first time
in history
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that nasa astronauts will fly
on privately owned spacecraft.
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This first flight with crew
is a test flight.
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Even the flight itself
is a test flight,
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and it is done with test pilots
work for nasa,
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who will be evaluating
the system itself.
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And elon and I
in strong agreement
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that whatever it takes
to make sure they are safe
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is what we are focused on
like a laser.
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[ Applause ]
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Narrator: Before spacex
can launch,
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crew to major milestones
must be completed without crew.
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The first is the
demonstration one mission
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or demo 1
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in which spacex
must autonomously fly
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their crew dragon capsule
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to the international
space station and back.
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The second test is called
the launch escape test,
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also known
as the in-flight abort test.
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If the rocket fails,
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the dragon capsules emergency
abort system is triggered,
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ejecting the capsule safely away
from the rocket.
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Then there is the third
and final test
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called the demonstration
two mission or demo 2,
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which will launch
nasa astronauts
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bob and doug
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Bridenstine: When we think about
the history of human spaceflight,
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it's always been
government owned,
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government operated systems.
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So the commercial crew program
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is our way of commercializing
human spaceflight.
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Narrator: Robert cabana is
a former astronaut
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and the director
of the kennedy space center
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in cape canaveral, florida.
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The idea is to not have
to own the vehicles.
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We buy a service.
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We buy a taxi ride the space
to do what we need.
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We have two separate vehicles.
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One spacex, one boeing.
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Bridenstine: When you have
multiple providers
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that are competing
against each other,
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they don't keep coming back
to the taxpayer
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asking for more money.
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We'd like to have access
to space be so low cost
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that industry is sending
workers to space
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in a way that's going to be
transformative for humankind.
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Narrator: When a commercial crew
program was first proposed,
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there were doubts about
whether it could work.
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Many worry that privatization
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would lead to decreased
oversight,
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accountability and less revenue
for the government.
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You know, we really are in
another golden age, if you will.
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It's neat to see
and it's neat to be, you know,
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maybe what you would argue as it
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is the ground floor of that now
with commercial crew
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and what we're doing for spacex.
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Here with a commercial
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you've got two new capsules.
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The boeing starliner
and the space x crew dragon.
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New technology, new innovation
going into them.
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They're autonomous.
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They have the ability to fly to
the international space station,
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meet up at the space station
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and autonomously dock with it.
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It's like a self-driving car
that can park itself.
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And that's a new technology
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Narrator: In 2014,
nasa's commercial
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crew program awarded spacex,
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a $2.6 billion dollar contract.
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After nearly a decade
of designing
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and testing
their new spacecraft,
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spacex will be
the first private company
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to launch nasa astronauts.
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I'm pretty excited about
being on the first flight
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of a new spacecraft,
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and it's awesome to work
with the spacex team.
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You know, it's just a just
a wonderful place to be.
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I couldn't I dreamed for
a greater opportunity than this.
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Spacex is a hugely
ambitious company
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founded by tech entrepreneur
elon musk in 2002,
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ultimately with the goal
of trying to colonize mars.
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We want the exciting things
that we see in sci-fi,
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like sci-fi movies and books.
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We want that
to come true one day.
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We're making stuff real.
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In fact, I think hardly anyone
in the public
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knows if this is happening.
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I gather you get
this message across,
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like really cool
search happening.
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You know, tune in.
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Davenport: But for all of the
triumphs and all the successes,
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all the attention that a company
like spacex gets,
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they have not flown
humans before.
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That's a huge responsibility.
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Nasa's astronauts
for their pride and joy.
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They're national heroes,
and their lives
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are being entrusted
with these companies.
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So we're going to see
if they can pass that test.
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Narrator: Today's launch marks
the beginning
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of the crew dragon
demo 1 mission.
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This is one of spacex's
most challenging milestones yet,
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a five day unscrewed journey
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to the international space
station and back.
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Davenport: Before nasa allows
boeing and spacex
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to fly their astronauts,
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they require the companies
to first do a test flight
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without crews
onboard the spacecraft.
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That's to make sure that these
companies can get the capsules
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to the space station
and back safely.
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[ Camera shutters clicking ]
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Reed: The demonstration one
mission or the demo 1 mission
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is an unproved flight.
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We're sending
the dragon autonomously
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to space station to dock
and come home.
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We're gonna be in firing room
four for the launch itself,
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listening along with a team
and kind of keying on the things
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that would be relatively
important to us.
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Really is our chance
to not be on board,
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but be with the rest of the team
that will support us
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when we actually
fly this vehicle
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when demo 2 comes around.
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Narrator: This is the first
flight of spacex's new
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crew dragon capsule, which will
one day carry astronauts.
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It sits atop the spacex
falcon nine rocket.
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It's 16 feet tall,
13 feet in diameter
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and can carry up
to seven people.
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This mission will test
all the systems
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required to keep passengers
alive in the vacuum of space.
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We spent years designing and
testing of the vehicle systems.
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That day is really the day
that the rubber meets the road.
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We fly the vehicle,
we test the interfaces
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of the rocket of the spacecraft
and make sure
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that it'll work the way
we think it's going to work.
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I mean,
the sheer number of tests
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that have occurred
for dragon and falcon
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is staggering to think about.
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I mean, cumulatively,
must be tens of thousands
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of tests of one kind or another.
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Narrator: Everything is riding
on the success of this mission.
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And if it fails, it's back
to the drawing board
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before spacex will
be allowed to launch
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nasa astronauts to
the international space station.
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One measure of success
is how well nasa
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and spacex
personnel work together
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across the country.
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The dragon capsule is monitored
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by spacex mission control
in hawthorne, california.
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The international space
station is supervised
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by nasa in houston,
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and the launch
of the falcon rocket
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is conducted by spacex
in firing room four
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at kennedy space center
in florida.
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Nasa administrator
jim bridenstine
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waits along
with countless spectators
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in anticipation
of this historic launch.
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What's fascinating is
the level of public interest
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and uncrewed test flight.
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I've not seen those
since the space shuttles.
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It's an amazing day.
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Narrator: For elon musk
and the team at spacex,
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the stakes are incredibly high.
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Failure could be a huge setback.
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Not just for spacex
and the commercial crew program,
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but for human space exploration.
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Man: Go for lunch.
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Narrator: At kennedy space center
in cape canaveral, florida,
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spacex and nasa are seconds away
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from the historic first
test flight
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of spacex's new crew
dragon capsule
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woman: Five,
four, three, two, one, zero.
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Ignition, lift off.
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♪
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♪
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Why energy in a rocket?
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You know, you're basically
putting enough energy
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into a spacecraft such that
it could look like a meteor.
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It's just like it's difficult
for people to even comprehend.
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♪
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♪
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Man: Power and telemetry normal.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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♪
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♪
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Behnken: Being able to watch
the demo 1 mission
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head up to
the international space station
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was pretty exciting for us.
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Part of it was that
we were seeing a test flight
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that needed to happen
before we were gonna get
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our chance
to go to space station.
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♪
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It's a myriad of emotions
because you're looking at
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all the different things
that could possibly happen
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during those missions,
and you're excited about
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seeing it be completed
successfully.
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Narrator: The falcon 9 rocket
is composed of two parts,
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the first stage
and the second stage.
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A rocket sheds wait
as it climbs higher.
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Once the falcon 9 first stage
uses up all of its fuel,
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it is no longer needed
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and separates, making
the entire system lighter.
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Then after the second stage
use up all of its fuel,
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it also separates, releasing
the dragon capsule into orbit.
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Man: Stage separation confirmed.
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Matthews: The falcon 9
first stage is separating
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from the falcon 9 second stage.
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Once the first stage
of falcon 9 has separated
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from the second stage,
it's done its job.
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Its primary mission
is to get the second stage
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on its way with dragon
to the space station.
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We do have a secondary objective
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for the first stage
of the falcon rocket,
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which is to come back
from orbit and land.
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Narrator: The norm has always
been to let the first stage
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fall back to earth
and crash into the ocean.
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But spacex has invented
the first and only
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reusable orbital class rocket,
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which can fly itself
back to earth and land
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so it can be reused
multiple times.
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Matthews: For the first stage,
it starts its engines back up.
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It flips itself around,
and the whole four stages
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reentering
the earth's atmosphere
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and slowly making
its way back down
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for a landing on a drone ship
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that is out
in the atlantic ocean.
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♪
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Man: Landing lights deployed
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and falcon 9 has landed.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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♪
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♪
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Narrator: After the first stage,
separation is complete.
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The crew dragon capsule
is propelled into orbit
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by the second stage.
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Matthews: The second stage
is lighting up its engine
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and it's taking the dragon
spacecraft into orbit.
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Once the second stage
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successfully gets dragon
into the orbit
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that it is intended to go,
its separate dragon
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and moves away.
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Narrator:
This is a pivotal moment.
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The separation of the second
stage from the dragon capsule
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is the final step
of the launch sequence.
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Man:
Dragon separation confirmed.
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[ Cheers and applause ]
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♪
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♪
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♪
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Narrator: The crew dragon
is now on track to dock
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to the international
space station.
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Bridenstine: It's amazing.
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This is a game changer.
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Now, let me be clear.
This is the beginning.
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This is the first quarter
of a long football game
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that's five days long.
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I'm not going to be overexcited
at this point.
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Five more days.
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Even though dragon is able
to autonomously only fly,
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there actually was somebody
inside the capsule.
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And it's basically what you call
an anthropomorphic test device.
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The passenger for this uncrewed
launch is named ripley.
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She is equipped
and wired with sensors
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that are going to tell us
about her experience.
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So during launch, she's going to
experience different g forces.
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And we want to make sure
those are safe
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for future crewed missions.
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And we've done a lot to predict
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what that's going to be like,
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and we want to be 100 percent
sure that our predictions
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are consistent with the flight
that she is going on.
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What really matters
is the direction
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that those gs
are going through your body.
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We try to put all the gs
through the chest
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because they can tolerate
a lot more.
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So if you're dropping sort
of like bungee jumping,
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it could be going up
and down your head.
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That's not as good
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as if it's going
straight through your chest
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and you're accelerating
in a car.
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♪
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Rendezvous is the complex ballet
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where a spacecraft goes from,
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where the launch vehicle
leaves it in space
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to docking to
the international space station.
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Narrator: Robert dempsey is
one of nasa's flight directors
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for the international
space station.
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He works with teams responsible
for this phase of the mission
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called rendezvous and docking.
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Dempsey: The launch vehicle
places it in orbit.
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That's low earth orbit.
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It's actually fairly below
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and behind
the international space station.
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And it'll perform a number
of burns or maneuvers
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where it will catch up
to the space station.
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And you can think of rendezvous
is kind of like a case
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where a police officer,
for example,
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was sitting by the side
of the road
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and a speeding car
comes zooming by.
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And what he will do
is the police officer
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will then go from zero
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and immediately start
to accelerate towards that car.
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It's got to match that speed.
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And eventually when it catches
up to it, it's got to slow down.
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If it goes too fast, it's going
to go past the speeder.
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If it doesn't go fast enough,
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it'll eventually not be able
to catch that speeder.
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So it's the same
sort of process.
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This is a fairly
critical operation
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because this is the first time
this vehicle has ever flown.
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And we want to make sure
it does not collide
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with the space station.
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Narrator: A little over 24 hours
after launch,
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spacex's crew dragon capsule
autonomously flies itself
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to the international
space station.
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Now begins the critical
docking procedure.
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It requires
meticulous communication
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between spacex mission control
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in hawthorne, california,
nasa mission control
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at johnson space center
in houston, texas,
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as well as
the one american astronaut
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and two russian cosmonauts
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onboard the international
space station.
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This is the first time
that a commercial vehicle
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will dock to the space station.
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It's also the first use of the
international docking adapter,
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which is the port
on space station
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where commercial vehicles
are going to come up and dock.
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And so we'll see both sides
get used for the first time.
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Woman: The station is ready
for the crew.
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Petrzelka: The crew dragon
spacecraft uses an automated system
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that is able to sense the
position of the space station
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relative to the capsule
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and is able to guide the capsule
into dock with station.
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Ultimately, the vehicles
are fundamentally flying itself.
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But we also have ground control,
who's monitoring it
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and setting up
a certain amount of commands.
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There's also a certain amount
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of access that people
in the space station.
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They can see what's
happening on dragon
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and are in contact with the
ground control at the same time.
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Woman: Monitor approach.
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Orientation as expected.
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Vehicle is in the corridor,
performing [indistinct]
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At this point in time,
we actually take a little pause.
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We stop within about
20 meters of the docking port.
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That's on
the international space station.
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- Hold, command center.
- Copy hold.
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Dragon hold confirmed.
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Matthews: And then
the engineers at both nasa
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and spacex reviewed the data
from the spacecraft they took.
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They make sure that everything
is going according to plan
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and they're both happy.
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Woman #1: Please command that
docking lights are on.
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Woman #2: Copy, command.
Docking lights are on.
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Then dragon is allowed
at that point
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to autonomously move forward
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with the approach and docking
to the space station.
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- Dragon is resuming approach.
- Copy.
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Petrzelka: The crew dragon
spacecraft uses it 16 draco thrusters
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to maneuver into contact
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with the space station
docking adapter.
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Woman: Frank is decreasing,
vehicle is centered.
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The capsule inches in
towards the station.
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Woman: Vehicles in the corridor.
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- Orientation as expected.
- Copy.
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Dempsey: The mood inside mission
control for a first time docking
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of a new vehicle
is always a bit stressful.
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Now we've spent years
planning and training
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and preparing for it,
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but space has always had
a way of showing us
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things can surprise us.
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Crew dragon has a variety
of safeties in place,
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so that should anything
go off nominal,
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the capsule will
automatically retreat
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and keep the station safe.
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Woman #1: All video and overlays
look nominal
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all status fields
are showing expected status.
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Woman #2: And we copy.
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Musk: You got to dock
with the space station.
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And if something goes wrong,
you're just in the void of space
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and you're in a vacuum
with nothing.
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We got the space suits,
we've got a lot
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of backup systems,
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but it's still
a dicey situation.
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Woman: Dragon is go for docking.
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Narrator: This is the first
ever attempt by the crew dragon
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to track the iss
and move in for what
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must be a perfect,
airtight lock.
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Narrator: After a successful
launch into space
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and separation
from the falcon 9 rocket,
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00:26:14,907 --> 00:26:18,609
teams at spacex headquarters
and nasa mission control
507
00:26:18,611 --> 00:26:20,978
closely monitor
the crew dragon capsule
508
00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:23,981
as it faces
its toughest test yet,
509
00:26:23,983 --> 00:26:25,849
a critical first time docking
510
00:26:25,851 --> 00:26:28,052
with the international
space station.
511
00:26:28,054 --> 00:26:31,388
If everything goes perfectly
as expected,
512
00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:32,423
we'll just be monitoring,
513
00:26:32,425 --> 00:26:35,225
making sure
everything goes right.
514
00:26:35,227 --> 00:26:38,128
Woman: Dragon is presuming
approach and is go for docking.
515
00:26:41,867 --> 00:26:44,702
The station crew
is ready for docking.
516
00:26:44,704 --> 00:26:46,804
This is the first time
that a commercial vehicle
517
00:26:46,806 --> 00:26:49,940
is autonomously docked
to the space station.
518
00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:52,776
Woman: Vehicle motors approach
to dock port.
519
00:26:56,949 --> 00:26:59,550
Primary range is decreasing.
520
00:27:02,722 --> 00:27:04,321
Vehicle is centered.
521
00:27:04,323 --> 00:27:08,826
♪
522
00:27:08,828 --> 00:27:15,065
♪
523
00:27:15,067 --> 00:27:16,133
Capture confirmed.
524
00:27:16,135 --> 00:27:18,168
[ Cheers and applause ]
525
00:27:18,170 --> 00:27:25,075
♪
526
00:27:25,077 --> 00:27:28,846
Watching the demo-1 vehicle dock
with the space station
527
00:27:28,848 --> 00:27:31,148
was amazing.
528
00:27:31,150 --> 00:27:33,817
It was kind of terrifying,
and it should be.
529
00:27:33,819 --> 00:27:35,552
These are the first time
you do something.
530
00:27:35,554 --> 00:27:37,755
You should be pretty worried
about how it's going to go.
531
00:27:37,757 --> 00:27:40,057
And it was amazing.
532
00:27:40,059 --> 00:27:41,692
Proceeding to open the hatch.
533
00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:47,164
On behalf of ripley,
little earth
534
00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:51,001
and myself and our crew,
welcome to the crew dragon.
535
00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:53,671
Welcome to the new era
in space flight.
536
00:27:53,673 --> 00:27:59,810
♪
537
00:27:59,812 --> 00:28:01,512
During the unscrewed mission,
538
00:28:01,514 --> 00:28:04,648
dragon stayed docked with
the space station for five days.
539
00:28:04,650 --> 00:28:07,117
That was to allow the team
on the ground
540
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:09,486
to observe and monitor
the vehicle performance
541
00:28:09,488 --> 00:28:12,556
and for the crew aboard
the international space station
542
00:28:12,558 --> 00:28:15,125
to work with the vehicle
and understand
543
00:28:15,127 --> 00:28:17,061
how it was going to interact
with the space station.
544
00:28:17,063 --> 00:28:23,067
♪
545
00:28:23,069 --> 00:28:25,903
Narrator: Now the testing
of the dragon is complete.
546
00:28:25,905 --> 00:28:29,907
It's time for it to undock
and return to earth.
547
00:28:29,909 --> 00:28:32,609
At that point, the international
space station crew,
548
00:28:32,611 --> 00:28:34,445
they reverse the steps
549
00:28:34,447 --> 00:28:36,280
that they went through
when dragon arrived.
550
00:28:36,282 --> 00:28:39,416
So that means they close
the hatch on dragon first
551
00:28:39,418 --> 00:28:40,651
and then they closed the hatch
552
00:28:40,653 --> 00:28:43,153
on the international
space station.
553
00:28:47,293 --> 00:28:50,661
The ground control team
sent a command for dragon
554
00:28:50,663 --> 00:28:52,930
to undock from space station.
555
00:28:52,932 --> 00:29:00,932
♪
556
00:29:01,741 --> 00:29:08,345
♪
557
00:29:08,347 --> 00:29:10,614
[ Cheers and applause ]
558
00:29:10,616 --> 00:29:15,719
♪
559
00:29:15,721 --> 00:29:19,323
- Dragon is in the corridor.
- Copy.
560
00:29:19,325 --> 00:29:21,091
It takes about six hours
for dragon
561
00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:22,893
once it leaves
the space station to come home
562
00:29:22,895 --> 00:29:26,029
and splashdown
in the atlantic ocean.
563
00:29:26,031 --> 00:29:27,631
Dempsey: The mission is not over
564
00:29:27,633 --> 00:29:30,501
until the astronauts lands
safely on the earth.
565
00:29:30,503 --> 00:29:34,104
It's not until then that we can
breathe a sigh of relief
566
00:29:34,106 --> 00:29:36,106
and call the mission a success.
567
00:29:39,545 --> 00:29:41,378
We came out to see
the splashdown
568
00:29:41,380 --> 00:29:43,147
as well and understand
what the recovery team
569
00:29:43,149 --> 00:29:46,283
was going to go through,
and so that was pretty exciting.
570
00:29:46,285 --> 00:29:48,952
Matthews: The recovery team
is already waiting
571
00:29:48,954 --> 00:29:53,690
and ready to go
get dragon out of the water.
572
00:29:53,692 --> 00:29:56,160
Petrzelka: The 16 draco
thrusters are responsible
573
00:29:56,162 --> 00:29:58,929
for orienting the vehicle
in the correct direction.
574
00:29:58,931 --> 00:30:01,265
They fire to slow the vehicle
down to the point
575
00:30:01,267 --> 00:30:02,466
that it will come out of orbit
576
00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:04,701
and begin to reenter
the atmosphere.
577
00:30:07,339 --> 00:30:10,574
Narrator: Reentry is one of the most
dangerous points in the mission.
578
00:30:10,576 --> 00:30:14,478
There is no way to stop reentry
once it starts.
579
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:18,916
All the spacex and nasa crews
must wait and hope for the best.
580
00:30:18,918 --> 00:30:24,521
♪
581
00:30:24,523 --> 00:30:28,058
Traveling at about
17,000 miles per hour.
582
00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:29,827
When dragon hits the atmosphere,
583
00:30:29,829 --> 00:30:32,229
its heat shield will be
put to the test
584
00:30:32,231 --> 00:30:38,268
as the vehicle is enveloped
in a giant hypersonic fireball.
585
00:30:38,270 --> 00:30:40,404
The atmosphere does
the majority of the work
586
00:30:40,406 --> 00:30:43,240
to slow the vehicle down
to a few hundred miles per hour.
587
00:30:43,242 --> 00:30:49,847
♪
588
00:30:49,849 --> 00:30:53,183
Man: Dragon spacecraft,
it's now subsonic.
589
00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:55,986
[ Cheers and applause ]
590
00:30:55,988 --> 00:30:59,022
Narrator: Now that the heat
shield has passed its test
591
00:30:59,024 --> 00:31:02,726
and dragon has safely slowed
to below the speed of sound,
592
00:31:02,728 --> 00:31:04,862
it's ready to deploy
its parachutes,
593
00:31:04,864 --> 00:31:07,965
which is the final
step of reentry.
594
00:31:07,967 --> 00:31:10,167
Parachutes are way harder
than they look.
595
00:31:10,169 --> 00:31:12,336
If you go back and look
at the apollo program,
596
00:31:12,338 --> 00:31:15,472
there are people quitting over
how hard the parachutes were.
597
00:31:15,474 --> 00:31:17,374
We almost had people quit
at spacex
598
00:31:17,376 --> 00:31:21,078
over how hard
the parachutes were.
599
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,680
Petrzelka: When the capsule
reaches the correct altitude,
600
00:31:23,682 --> 00:31:25,415
we will deploy
the drone parachutes.
601
00:31:25,417 --> 00:31:33,123
♪
602
00:31:33,125 --> 00:31:35,726
♪
603
00:31:35,728 --> 00:31:39,930
[ Cheers and applause ]
604
00:31:39,932 --> 00:31:41,431
And then the main parachutes...
605
00:31:41,433 --> 00:31:45,102
♪
606
00:31:45,104 --> 00:31:53,104
♪
607
00:31:53,545 --> 00:31:54,845
To bring us
to a jogging speed
608
00:31:54,847 --> 00:31:56,747
before we splash down
in the water.
609
00:31:56,749 --> 00:32:04,454
♪
610
00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:12,456
♪
611
00:32:13,933 --> 00:32:17,034
Woman: And there we have
confirmation of splash down.
612
00:32:17,036 --> 00:32:24,608
♪
613
00:32:24,610 --> 00:32:27,477
Matthews: We have a team of
people on fast boats that go out
614
00:32:27,479 --> 00:32:30,981
and attach ropes
to the spacecraft.
615
00:32:30,983 --> 00:32:32,950
They bring it over
to the recovery boat.
616
00:32:32,952 --> 00:32:35,118
The recovery boat
has a crane which lifts
617
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:40,057
dragon out of the water
and onto the deck of the boat.
618
00:32:40,059 --> 00:32:41,959
You know, the system
is more than just a spacecraft.
619
00:32:41,961 --> 00:32:43,360
It's the it's the people
behind it
620
00:32:43,362 --> 00:32:46,530
that are operating it
across teams.
621
00:32:46,532 --> 00:32:50,000
Most importantly, we learn
how we can keep the crew safe,
622
00:32:50,002 --> 00:32:51,735
keep them comfortable
all the way through
623
00:32:51,737 --> 00:32:54,838
the journey there and back.
624
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:57,541
It's a good confidence builder,
not only for bob and I,
625
00:32:57,543 --> 00:32:59,476
but for the team
that you can do it again
626
00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:01,678
with the crew vehicle.
627
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,214
To see it pulled off,
you know, so successfully
628
00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:05,716
kind of really brought home
kind of a ton
629
00:33:05,718 --> 00:33:08,418
of excitement for the mission
that will be demo-2,
630
00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:10,187
the first crewed mission.
631
00:33:10,189 --> 00:33:12,389
[ Cheers and applause ]
632
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,327
Narrator: Spacex is focused
on the future,
633
00:33:17,329 --> 00:33:20,831
reaching the next testing goal
for launching crew.
634
00:33:20,833 --> 00:33:24,935
They don't have time
to look back.
635
00:33:24,937 --> 00:33:26,937
Musk: The reason I started
spacex back in 2002
636
00:33:26,939 --> 00:33:28,672
is really just to help us
get to mars.
637
00:33:28,674 --> 00:33:32,042
You know, I thought there was
like maybe a 10 percent chance
638
00:33:32,044 --> 00:33:35,112
of success that spacex
would work at all.
639
00:33:35,114 --> 00:33:37,981
One path is we stay
on earth forever,
640
00:33:37,983 --> 00:33:40,417
and then there will be
some eventual extinction event.
641
00:33:40,419 --> 00:33:43,820
The alternative is to become
a space faring civilization
642
00:33:43,822 --> 00:33:45,989
and a multi planet species,
643
00:33:45,991 --> 00:33:50,027
which I hope you would agree
that is the right way to go.
644
00:33:50,029 --> 00:33:51,528
Yes?
645
00:33:51,530 --> 00:33:53,697
[ Cheers and applause ]
646
00:33:53,699 --> 00:33:55,298
Well, I'll tell you,
there's a lot that makes
647
00:33:55,300 --> 00:33:56,733
elon musk unique.
648
00:33:56,735 --> 00:33:58,435
It's passion for what
he believes in.
649
00:33:58,437 --> 00:34:01,171
He's committed to what
he's trying to achieve.
650
00:34:01,173 --> 00:34:04,374
He's willing to put his money
where his mouth is,
651
00:34:04,376 --> 00:34:07,411
and then achieve
really stunning things.
652
00:34:09,915 --> 00:34:13,150
Elon musk was born
in south africa
653
00:34:13,152 --> 00:34:17,320
and emigrated to canada
and then to the united states.
654
00:34:17,322 --> 00:34:20,190
He was one of the co-founders
of paypal,
655
00:34:20,192 --> 00:34:23,360
and that's how he made
his millions.
656
00:34:23,362 --> 00:34:25,162
And after he made his money,
657
00:34:25,164 --> 00:34:28,932
start thinking about
what he wanted to do next,
658
00:34:28,934 --> 00:34:33,937
and what he could do to help
humanity and space travel
659
00:34:33,939 --> 00:34:35,906
was one of the ideas he had.
660
00:34:35,908 --> 00:34:38,742
There's so many things
that make people's sad
661
00:34:38,744 --> 00:34:40,377
or depressed about the future,
662
00:34:40,379 --> 00:34:42,846
but I think becoming
a space faring civilization
663
00:34:42,848 --> 00:34:44,347
is one of those things
that makes you excited
664
00:34:44,349 --> 00:34:46,583
about the future.
665
00:34:46,585 --> 00:34:49,086
You know, his vision
at the time was just we need
666
00:34:49,088 --> 00:34:52,189
to get the american public
inspired
667
00:34:52,191 --> 00:34:54,357
to increase nasa's budget.
That was his goal.
668
00:34:54,359 --> 00:34:56,460
And I'm like, "hey, you and I
have the same goal on that one."
669
00:34:56,462 --> 00:34:58,395
this is under construction,
670
00:34:58,397 --> 00:35:01,932
but this is where
our mission control
671
00:35:01,934 --> 00:35:03,867
and launch control will be.
672
00:35:06,605 --> 00:35:08,672
There's gwynne at her cube.
673
00:35:11,009 --> 00:35:15,512
Shotwell: I joined spacex
in September of 2002,
674
00:35:15,514 --> 00:35:18,415
and it was me
and 10 other people.
675
00:35:18,417 --> 00:35:20,984
Narrator: Spacex president
and chief operating officer
676
00:35:20,986 --> 00:35:24,054
gwynne shotwell
is a key member of the team.
677
00:35:24,056 --> 00:35:26,556
Elon was very clear
with everybody.
678
00:35:26,558 --> 00:35:30,393
We were to build the technology
that was necessary
679
00:35:30,395 --> 00:35:33,130
to take people
to live on other planets.
680
00:35:33,132 --> 00:35:34,798
This is the israeli test article
681
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,166
of our dragon spacecraft.
682
00:35:36,168 --> 00:35:39,569
This area is used
for the engine components.
683
00:35:39,571 --> 00:35:41,771
Davenport: There's a saying
the easiest way
684
00:35:41,773 --> 00:35:44,341
to become a millionaire in space
685
00:35:44,343 --> 00:35:47,511
is to start out
as a billionaire.
686
00:35:47,513 --> 00:35:49,079
Shotwell:
He brought money, right?
687
00:35:49,081 --> 00:35:53,183
He brought the first $70 to $100
million to this company.
688
00:35:53,185 --> 00:35:57,320
And that was key because
that allowed us some runway
689
00:35:57,322 --> 00:36:00,190
to demonstrate
that this little group of folks
690
00:36:00,192 --> 00:36:02,626
could grow into a company
and build the capabilities
691
00:36:02,628 --> 00:36:05,362
that no one thought we could.
692
00:36:05,364 --> 00:36:09,699
It created ultimately
falcon 1 and did three failed
693
00:36:09,701 --> 00:36:14,404
launches stuck with it,
went up to the edge.
694
00:36:14,406 --> 00:36:16,873
Narrator: Elon knew that he had
to push the boundaries
695
00:36:16,875 --> 00:36:21,278
and create a superior rocket in
order for spacex to thrive,
696
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,113
but the company
only had enough money
697
00:36:23,115 --> 00:36:26,449
to build and test four rockets.
698
00:36:26,451 --> 00:36:30,153
The first three falcon rocket
launches ended in disaster.
699
00:36:30,155 --> 00:36:32,656
The future of spacex
looked bleak.
700
00:36:36,061 --> 00:36:39,763
Hi, welcome to spacex.
You're here in the lobby.
701
00:36:39,765 --> 00:36:41,264
I mean, the very early days,
702
00:36:41,266 --> 00:36:42,899
I'd meetings with nasa
and they'd be like,
703
00:36:42,901 --> 00:36:45,635
yeah, whatever, internet guy,
704
00:36:45,637 --> 00:36:47,070
it's paypal, whatever,
705
00:36:47,072 --> 00:36:49,272
you know, it's this just
some rich guy who's going to,
706
00:36:49,274 --> 00:36:53,009
like, lose all his money
and rocket's not going to work,
707
00:36:53,011 --> 00:36:54,044
which is totally fair.
708
00:36:54,046 --> 00:36:55,745
I mean, we hadn't
proven anything.
709
00:36:55,747 --> 00:36:56,980
I hadn't proven anything.
710
00:36:56,982 --> 00:37:01,952
♪
711
00:37:01,954 --> 00:37:03,687
Davenport: In the early days
when spacex was
712
00:37:03,689 --> 00:37:05,322
first trying to get to orbit,
713
00:37:05,324 --> 00:37:07,724
they had a rocket
called the falcon 1,
714
00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:09,459
and they launched it
three times.
715
00:37:09,461 --> 00:37:12,229
All three times
were unsuccessful.
716
00:37:12,231 --> 00:37:16,866
And they had one more chance,
the fourth flight of falcon 1.
717
00:37:16,868 --> 00:37:23,006
♪
718
00:37:23,008 --> 00:37:25,141
If it didn't work,
then spacex would have
719
00:37:25,143 --> 00:37:26,977
gone bankrupt
and we would not be around.
720
00:37:26,979 --> 00:37:32,115
♪
721
00:37:32,117 --> 00:37:34,651
Fortunately,
a flight four did work.
722
00:37:34,653 --> 00:37:37,187
Narrator: The falcon 1 rocket
was a success.
723
00:37:37,189 --> 00:37:41,958
In 2008, spacex landed
their first nasa contract.
724
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,128
Spacex was now officially
in the space game.
725
00:37:45,130 --> 00:37:46,930
[ Cheers and applause ]
726
00:37:46,932 --> 00:37:49,766
Nasa awarded contracts to spacex
727
00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:51,167
and then orbital sciences
728
00:37:51,169 --> 00:37:54,471
to fly cargo and supplies to
the international space station.
729
00:37:58,343 --> 00:38:01,378
Nasa brought capital
to the company at a time
730
00:38:01,380 --> 00:38:04,748
when it was
absolutely critical for us.
731
00:38:04,750 --> 00:38:06,583
Behind me is where the falcon 9
732
00:38:06,585 --> 00:38:10,387
would sit during launch,
and the big transformation
733
00:38:10,389 --> 00:38:12,022
that's going occur
over the next few months.
734
00:38:12,024 --> 00:38:15,725
It's the construction
of the launch mount.
735
00:38:15,727 --> 00:38:19,229
With nasa, we initially got
until like the maverick section
736
00:38:19,231 --> 00:38:22,499
or like the highly unlikely
to succeed
737
00:38:22,501 --> 00:38:26,536
but we'll take...
We'll take a chance on them.
738
00:38:26,538 --> 00:38:29,939
But we're definitely
not the considered the a-team.
739
00:38:29,941 --> 00:38:32,609
Let me put it that way.
[ laughs ]
740
00:38:32,611 --> 00:38:34,511
Narrator: Under contracts
with nasa,
741
00:38:34,513 --> 00:38:38,181
spacex has flown multiple
cargo resupply missions
742
00:38:38,183 --> 00:38:40,183
to the international
space station.
743
00:38:40,185 --> 00:38:44,220
But flying cargo was never
the endgame for spacex.
744
00:38:44,222 --> 00:38:47,324
Their goal has always been
to fly people.
745
00:38:47,326 --> 00:38:50,694
It was the company's success
with these prior programs
746
00:38:50,696 --> 00:38:53,663
that gave nasa the confidence
to hire spacex
747
00:38:53,665 --> 00:38:57,233
to fly their astronauts
for the commercial crew program.
748
00:38:57,235 --> 00:38:59,536
We've had a long
and very productive
749
00:38:59,538 --> 00:39:02,772
working relationship
with nasa over time,
750
00:39:02,774 --> 00:39:05,508
gradually building up
from these guys have no chance
751
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:09,913
to know over the course
of now 18 years to the point
752
00:39:09,915 --> 00:39:11,414
where nasa has enough confidence
753
00:39:11,416 --> 00:39:12,882
that they're going
to launch astronauts
754
00:39:12,884 --> 00:39:15,719
on the spacex vehicle.
755
00:39:15,721 --> 00:39:18,355
It's a great honor.
756
00:39:18,357 --> 00:39:22,859
♪
757
00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:27,130
♪
758
00:39:27,132 --> 00:39:30,734
[ Monitor beeping ]
759
00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:35,138
Uh-oh. It's teasing you.
760
00:39:35,140 --> 00:39:39,175
That is a... that's the three
stooges poke right there.
761
00:39:39,177 --> 00:39:42,078
It's like the... [ laughs ]
762
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:45,148
Doug hurley and bob behnken
are super experienced.
763
00:39:45,150 --> 00:39:47,117
They have many years
behind them.
764
00:39:47,119 --> 00:39:49,152
They're two people
who've been to space.
765
00:39:52,924 --> 00:39:55,091
I did fly on the space
shuttle previously.
766
00:39:55,093 --> 00:39:56,559
I flew a couple of missions.
767
00:39:56,561 --> 00:39:57,527
I went to space station,
768
00:39:57,529 --> 00:40:00,263
did a lot
of assembly space walks.
769
00:40:00,265 --> 00:40:01,898
Man: And there's bob waiting.
770
00:40:04,469 --> 00:40:07,370
I flew on sts-135,
the last shuttle flight,
771
00:40:07,372 --> 00:40:09,172
and then before that, sts-127,
772
00:40:09,174 --> 00:40:12,142
which was an assembly flight.
773
00:40:12,144 --> 00:40:13,476
Behnken: We go pretty far back.
774
00:40:13,478 --> 00:40:15,478
You know, we were hired
in the same astronaut class
775
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:16,579
back in 2000.
776
00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:18,915
So going on two decades,
777
00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:22,318
which is a I guess we're called
the maybe the senior astronauts.
778
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,087
At this point. Old guys.
779
00:40:26,858 --> 00:40:28,224
Never flown in space together,
780
00:40:28,226 --> 00:40:31,127
and that's what's
really exciting.
781
00:40:31,129 --> 00:40:33,430
Davenport: Bob and doug actually
met their wives
782
00:40:33,432 --> 00:40:35,064
in that same astronaut class.
783
00:40:35,066 --> 00:40:36,900
So they're both married
to astronauts
784
00:40:36,902 --> 00:40:39,669
and they both were even in
each other's weddings.
785
00:40:39,671 --> 00:40:44,674
Man: That's megan mcarthur,
who is our flight engineer.
786
00:40:44,676 --> 00:40:47,777
Woman: Astronaut karen nyberg
blasted off for her mission
787
00:40:47,779 --> 00:40:50,079
aboard the international
space station.
788
00:40:50,081 --> 00:40:52,348
Having spouses that are
astronauts that have been
789
00:40:52,350 --> 00:40:53,817
through
what we're going through,
790
00:40:53,819 --> 00:40:55,285
that kind of recognize that
791
00:40:55,287 --> 00:40:56,553
there's long days
that are involved,
792
00:40:56,555 --> 00:40:58,254
and they appreciate
that aspect of it.
793
00:41:02,794 --> 00:41:04,461
They understand the ups
and the downs.
794
00:41:04,463 --> 00:41:05,862
They understand the risks.
795
00:41:05,864 --> 00:41:08,965
It just makes it a lot easier
in some respects
796
00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:11,134
and maybe harder for them
in some respects,
797
00:41:11,136 --> 00:41:13,937
because they do understand all
the risks and they've done it.
798
00:41:13,939 --> 00:41:17,407
Woman: You left a three year
old son at home.
799
00:41:17,409 --> 00:41:20,610
He missed his first day,
I think, at preschool.
800
00:41:20,612 --> 00:41:22,212
Of course it's hard,
801
00:41:22,214 --> 00:41:23,847
but we do have
great communication.
802
00:41:23,849 --> 00:41:25,949
My husband sends up pictures
and videos.
803
00:41:25,951 --> 00:41:28,351
We both have families
that are pretty similar.
804
00:41:28,353 --> 00:41:31,221
We both have young boys
that are in elementary school.
805
00:41:31,223 --> 00:41:33,823
They're both going to get
a chance to really kind of see
806
00:41:33,825 --> 00:41:35,892
us flying space
for the first time.
807
00:41:35,894 --> 00:41:38,828
I'm really excited to be able
to share this with my son.
808
00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:40,597
He understands
that rockets are dangerous,
809
00:41:40,599 --> 00:41:43,266
and he first said,
"you can't fly on that rocket."
810
00:41:43,268 --> 00:41:45,068
and we had to get him over
as kind of, you know,
811
00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:47,837
the emotion that goes along with
riding on a rocket ship
812
00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:50,173
and get them comfortable
with that.
813
00:41:50,175 --> 00:41:53,643
As we move towards flying
these two individuals,
814
00:41:53,645 --> 00:41:55,778
as we often refer to them
as these two fathers. Right?
815
00:41:55,780 --> 00:41:58,381
There these these
two people who have families,
816
00:41:58,383 --> 00:42:00,817
it's something that
we take very, very seriously.
817
00:42:00,819 --> 00:42:03,253
We want to make sure that
everything we do is right
818
00:42:03,255 --> 00:42:06,122
and that we're going
to bring them home safely.
819
00:42:06,124 --> 00:42:09,759
Any time you're developing
new spacecraft, new technology,
820
00:42:09,761 --> 00:42:12,795
there's so much risk
that's inherent in that.
821
00:42:12,797 --> 00:42:14,898
And when you put
human beings on board,
822
00:42:14,900 --> 00:42:17,500
that makes the stakes
so much higher.
823
00:42:17,502 --> 00:42:23,006
Everything, everything has to go
right for it to be a success.
824
00:42:23,008 --> 00:42:24,541
And the nature of our business
825
00:42:24,543 --> 00:42:26,342
as military test pilots,
826
00:42:26,344 --> 00:42:28,978
school graduates kind of going
through what we've been through.
827
00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:31,614
We recognize that there
are all aspects of risk
828
00:42:31,616 --> 00:42:35,852
associated with our missions
or the tests that lead up to it.
829
00:42:35,854 --> 00:42:37,987
It's a scary thing to be
launching people, you know?
830
00:42:37,989 --> 00:42:41,057
And risk is never zero.
831
00:42:41,059 --> 00:42:46,062
Narrator: Spacex's success
record is far from perfect.
832
00:42:46,064 --> 00:42:49,098
Man: Three, two, one.
833
00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:53,236
Lift off of the spacex
falcon 9 rocket.
834
00:42:53,238 --> 00:42:56,773
Narrator: On June 28, 2015,
spacex launched
835
00:42:56,775 --> 00:42:59,642
their seventh cargo
resupply mission for nasa
836
00:42:59,644 --> 00:43:01,945
to the international
space station.
837
00:43:04,282 --> 00:43:07,984
Man: We appear to have had
a launch vehicle failure.
838
00:43:07,986 --> 00:43:09,852
Narrator:
Several minutes into launch.
839
00:43:09,854 --> 00:43:14,023
The falcon 9 rocket failed
and completely disintegrated,
840
00:43:14,025 --> 00:43:17,060
destroying the entire contents
of nasa's cargo.
841
00:43:17,062 --> 00:43:20,997
It's definitely a setback,
but the fact the matter is
842
00:43:20,999 --> 00:43:25,301
rockets are just
extremely difficult.
843
00:43:25,303 --> 00:43:28,771
Narrator: It was later determined
that the failure was likely caused
844
00:43:28,773 --> 00:43:31,708
by a single strut
inside the rocket
845
00:43:31,710 --> 00:43:35,178
that broke free
and breached a helium tank.
846
00:43:37,215 --> 00:43:42,251
Then on September 1, 2016,
another major failure.
847
00:43:42,253 --> 00:43:49,225
♪
848
00:43:49,227 --> 00:43:51,327
The spacex falcon 9 rocket
849
00:43:51,329 --> 00:43:53,162
that was supposed to launch
a communications
850
00:43:53,164 --> 00:43:58,735
satellite blew up
during a test fire.
851
00:43:58,737 --> 00:44:01,104
You know, it's part of testing.
852
00:44:01,106 --> 00:44:02,872
These things do happen,
and the thing
853
00:44:02,874 --> 00:44:04,641
you want to obviously avoid
854
00:44:04,643 --> 00:44:06,843
is when people
around that vehicle,
855
00:44:06,845 --> 00:44:08,111
you don't want
those things to happen.
856
00:44:08,113 --> 00:44:10,813
So that's why you test,
and spacex really wants
857
00:44:10,815 --> 00:44:13,049
to test things
to their full capability
858
00:44:13,051 --> 00:44:15,852
and sometimes things do blow up.
859
00:44:18,523 --> 00:44:22,158
Neither of these missions
were intended to carry humans.
860
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:25,461
This is why the next failure
spacex encountered
861
00:44:25,463 --> 00:44:28,464
would be their most difficult.
862
00:44:28,466 --> 00:44:30,433
We experienced an anomaly
on the test stand
863
00:44:30,435 --> 00:44:32,502
where our crew dragon vehicle
864
00:44:32,504 --> 00:44:36,539
from non-crewed
test flight exploded.
865
00:44:36,541 --> 00:44:38,875
Narrator: During a test,
fire of the engines,
866
00:44:38,877 --> 00:44:41,711
the very same dragon capsule
that was used
867
00:44:41,713 --> 00:44:46,182
in the demo-1 one mission
was completely destroyed.
868
00:44:48,820 --> 00:44:51,854
Davenport: I mean, they lost
the entire dragon capsule,
869
00:44:51,856 --> 00:44:54,157
which was a huge setback
for them.
870
00:44:56,327 --> 00:44:58,761
And it raised
some real concerns.
871
00:45:02,333 --> 00:45:04,367
When the dragon capsule
was lost,
872
00:45:04,369 --> 00:45:06,469
we go through
that range of emotions.
873
00:45:06,471 --> 00:45:08,705
First, you're gonna have to deal
with questions from your family.
874
00:45:08,707 --> 00:45:10,940
And folks are like,
"hey, is that the vehicle
875
00:45:10,942 --> 00:45:13,543
you're going to ride on?"
876
00:45:13,545 --> 00:45:14,644
how do you manage, you know,
877
00:45:14,646 --> 00:45:16,512
telling your son
that you're facing
878
00:45:16,514 --> 00:45:17,980
that risk as you go forward.
879
00:45:17,982 --> 00:45:20,416
You know, that's
a thing we have to do.
880
00:45:22,387 --> 00:45:25,822
Davenport: This was a moment
where inside nasa,
881
00:45:25,824 --> 00:45:27,657
I think people were wondering,
882
00:45:27,659 --> 00:45:29,792
was this whole experiment
going to work?
883
00:45:32,697 --> 00:45:40,697
♪
884
00:45:40,905 --> 00:45:42,939
Petrzelka: We experienced
an anomaly on the test stand
885
00:45:42,941 --> 00:45:45,708
where our crew dragon vehicle
from non-crewed
886
00:45:45,710 --> 00:45:48,010
test flight exploded.
887
00:45:51,750 --> 00:45:54,050
Davenport: There were people
on the beaches
888
00:45:54,052 --> 00:45:56,719
of the florida space coast,
and all of a sudden
889
00:45:56,721 --> 00:46:00,723
they saw this huge plume
of orange smoke go up.
890
00:46:00,725 --> 00:46:04,560
♪
891
00:46:04,562 --> 00:46:07,096
It's a it's an interesting
challenge to figure out how
892
00:46:07,098 --> 00:46:09,632
for, you know, a kindergartner,
that's the age of my son,
893
00:46:09,634 --> 00:46:11,167
how do you explain, you know,
894
00:46:11,169 --> 00:46:13,736
the situation that
that kind of unfolded?
895
00:46:13,738 --> 00:46:15,505
Luckily, he's not
on the internet
896
00:46:15,507 --> 00:46:17,306
to be able to chase down
those videos
897
00:46:17,308 --> 00:46:19,675
on his own at his age.
898
00:46:19,677 --> 00:46:22,311
But we went through the process
of taking him to florida,
899
00:46:22,313 --> 00:46:23,513
watching a rocket launch.
900
00:46:23,515 --> 00:46:25,281
So after going to florida,
901
00:46:25,283 --> 00:46:27,183
seeing a new ship
kind of launch into space,
902
00:46:27,185 --> 00:46:30,386
he was he was ready
for me to go.
903
00:46:30,388 --> 00:46:32,688
I think going along
with that, not only,
904
00:46:32,690 --> 00:46:35,992
you know, kind of reinforcing
some things to your family,
905
00:46:35,994 --> 00:46:37,894
but reinforcing things
with the team.
906
00:46:37,896 --> 00:46:39,629
We kind of felt like
in some ways we had
907
00:46:39,631 --> 00:46:41,597
to kind of get the team back up,
908
00:46:41,599 --> 00:46:43,065
especially the team in florida,
909
00:46:43,067 --> 00:46:45,768
because obviously
they took it very,
910
00:46:45,770 --> 00:46:47,770
very hard and very seriously.
911
00:46:47,772 --> 00:46:50,072
They recognize that
they're responsible
912
00:46:50,074 --> 00:46:51,774
for our safety,
kind of going forward.
913
00:46:51,776 --> 00:46:54,677
So it's pretty hard on that team
to look us in the eye
914
00:46:54,679 --> 00:46:56,012
after having, you know,
915
00:46:56,014 --> 00:46:58,981
a failure like that.
916
00:46:58,983 --> 00:47:00,883
Right after the explosion,
917
00:47:00,885 --> 00:47:04,020
nasa and spacex
led an investigation.
918
00:47:04,022 --> 00:47:08,391
They quickly found
the root cause of the problem.
919
00:47:08,393 --> 00:47:10,793
Narrator: The spacex
investigation revealed
920
00:47:10,795 --> 00:47:14,931
that the cause of the explosion
was an unexpected reaction
921
00:47:14,933 --> 00:47:17,333
between a fluid
under high pressure
922
00:47:17,335 --> 00:47:20,436
and a titanium component
inside the vehicle.
923
00:47:20,438 --> 00:47:23,773
The only we had... we had the
capsule strapped down to a stand
924
00:47:23,775 --> 00:47:26,409
and we had a large series
of high speed cameras
925
00:47:26,411 --> 00:47:28,244
and tons of sensors
which allowed us
926
00:47:28,246 --> 00:47:31,948
to really get to the root cause
of a very nuanced risk
927
00:47:31,950 --> 00:47:34,884
that we would not have
otherwise known about.
928
00:47:34,886 --> 00:47:37,720
From an engineering perspective,
this was actually a success.
929
00:47:37,722 --> 00:47:40,056
We identified a new failure
and we're actually
930
00:47:40,058 --> 00:47:41,357
making our vehicle safer.
931
00:47:41,359 --> 00:47:42,725
We're making
the whole industry safer
932
00:47:42,727 --> 00:47:45,394
with this new understanding.
933
00:47:45,396 --> 00:47:46,929
I'm very proud
of the spacex team.
934
00:47:46,931 --> 00:47:50,766
And in fact, it just came from
a dragon engineering review.
935
00:47:50,768 --> 00:47:54,437
We went through a detailed
list of all the risks.
936
00:47:54,439 --> 00:47:55,972
And I think that
the dragon visionary team
937
00:47:55,974 --> 00:47:58,841
has done a great job
in working closely with nasa,
938
00:47:58,843 --> 00:48:01,177
and also we're just
going through
939
00:48:01,179 --> 00:48:03,145
and double checking everything
to make sure
940
00:48:03,147 --> 00:48:07,049
that things are as reliable
and as safe as possible.
941
00:48:07,051 --> 00:48:08,985
How does a test pilot
kind of prepare
942
00:48:08,987 --> 00:48:10,920
for a first flight
in a spaceship?
943
00:48:10,922 --> 00:48:13,422
That's a great question,
because the last time
944
00:48:13,424 --> 00:48:14,924
we did this
in an orbital vehicle,
945
00:48:14,926 --> 00:48:17,293
it was john young
and bob crippen.
946
00:48:17,295 --> 00:48:18,494
So it's been a while.
947
00:48:18,496 --> 00:48:20,129
Behnken: We usually ask,
"what if it doesn't go"
948
00:48:20,131 --> 00:48:21,397
exactly the way you planned,
949
00:48:21,399 --> 00:48:22,932
then how should we be prepared?
950
00:48:22,934 --> 00:48:26,035
And so we really try to dig into
every piece of the puzzle
951
00:48:26,037 --> 00:48:28,137
to really understand
what's our plan
952
00:48:28,139 --> 00:48:29,338
and then what's our backup plan.
953
00:48:29,340 --> 00:48:31,574
And we're prepared
for all of those things.
954
00:48:34,312 --> 00:48:36,479
Narrator: Nasa and spacex
must prepare
955
00:48:36,481 --> 00:48:38,748
for all potential problems.
956
00:48:38,750 --> 00:48:40,549
If there's a fire on the pad,
957
00:48:40,551 --> 00:48:44,220
the astronauts must escape
quickly so they train
958
00:48:44,222 --> 00:48:46,555
an emergency escape systems.
959
00:48:50,561 --> 00:48:57,533
Spacex has on launch pad 39 a
an emergency egress apparatus.
960
00:48:57,535 --> 00:49:00,202
If there is a fuel leak
or the astronauts need
961
00:49:00,204 --> 00:49:03,806
to get off that launch tower
as quickly as possible.
962
00:49:03,808 --> 00:49:08,444
So they've set up essentially
a giant zip line
963
00:49:08,446 --> 00:49:11,280
narrator: From 265 feet
above the ground,
964
00:49:11,282 --> 00:49:14,984
the slide wire basket whisks
the astronauts down the line
965
00:49:14,986 --> 00:49:16,452
in under 30 seconds
966
00:49:16,454 --> 00:49:20,323
to a distance of approximately
1,200 feet from the pad.
967
00:49:20,325 --> 00:49:25,227
♪
968
00:49:25,229 --> 00:49:31,634
♪
969
00:49:31,636 --> 00:49:34,003
Davenport: There are armored
vehicles waiting for them
970
00:49:34,005 --> 00:49:39,241
that they can get into and
then be escorted away to safety.
971
00:49:39,243 --> 00:49:41,577
Narrator: The launch pad
isn't the only place
972
00:49:41,579 --> 00:49:45,381
where astronauts face
potential danger
973
00:49:45,383 --> 00:49:47,683
if there are rough seas
or storms,
974
00:49:47,685 --> 00:49:49,885
the capsule splashed
down in the ocean
975
00:49:49,887 --> 00:49:52,621
would present
a challenging rescue.
976
00:49:55,059 --> 00:49:57,827
The water egress test
is where we practice
977
00:49:57,829 --> 00:50:00,363
getting crew members
out of the capsule
978
00:50:00,365 --> 00:50:04,467
when it's floating in the water
in an emergency situation.
979
00:50:04,469 --> 00:50:06,502
Landing in the water,
anybody who's been on
980
00:50:06,504 --> 00:50:07,837
a deep sea fishing trip
981
00:50:07,839 --> 00:50:11,173
knows that you can get
pretty seasick pretty quickly,
982
00:50:11,175 --> 00:50:12,541
having not even been to space.
983
00:50:12,543 --> 00:50:15,511
So landing in the water
is somewhat of a challenge,
984
00:50:15,513 --> 00:50:17,013
but the physiological aspect.
985
00:50:17,015 --> 00:50:20,349
So we'll see how we react.
986
00:50:20,351 --> 00:50:22,885
When the astronauts
come back from space,
987
00:50:22,887 --> 00:50:24,253
they'll land in water.
988
00:50:24,255 --> 00:50:26,055
We will pull them
onto our recovery ship
989
00:50:26,057 --> 00:50:29,091
and the first thing we do
is I'll enter the capsule
990
00:50:29,093 --> 00:50:31,127
and I will make sure
that they're healthy,
991
00:50:31,129 --> 00:50:33,729
decide how they need
to be brought out of there.
992
00:50:33,731 --> 00:50:36,866
We want to make sure
that we move them really slowly
993
00:50:36,868 --> 00:50:38,300
to keep them from being sick.
994
00:50:38,302 --> 00:50:40,136
And we'll do a lot of things
995
00:50:40,138 --> 00:50:44,006
to keep them comfortable
when they return.
996
00:50:44,008 --> 00:50:45,975
This is what we do
as astronauts.
997
00:50:45,977 --> 00:50:47,777
This is what we do
as test pilots, you know,
998
00:50:47,779 --> 00:50:49,712
and and the opportunity
to be able
999
00:50:49,714 --> 00:50:52,681
to go fly this vehicle
for the first time with crew
1000
00:50:52,683 --> 00:50:54,717
is just something
you could never pass up.
1001
00:50:54,719 --> 00:50:57,153
When we go to test pilot school,
this is the kind of thing
1002
00:50:57,155 --> 00:50:59,622
that you wouldn't even imagine
you to get a chance to do.
1003
00:50:59,624 --> 00:51:02,525
It's almost a once
in a generational opportunity.
1004
00:51:02,527 --> 00:51:07,630
♪
1005
00:51:07,632 --> 00:51:13,969
♪
1006
00:51:13,971 --> 00:51:18,007
- Hey, bob,
- it's good to see you, doug.
1007
00:51:18,009 --> 00:51:20,676
Narrator: In 2014,
the commercial crew program
1008
00:51:20,678 --> 00:51:25,614
awarded spacex $2.6 billion
to create a new launch system.
1009
00:51:25,616 --> 00:51:28,617
Today, nasa administrator
jim bridenstine
1010
00:51:28,619 --> 00:51:30,519
is visiting the spacex factory
1011
00:51:30,521 --> 00:51:35,091
to see how the taxpayers money
is being used.
1012
00:51:35,093 --> 00:51:39,762
The spacex factory is like
a candy land for aerospace.
1013
00:51:39,764 --> 00:51:42,631
It's like this incredible place
because you can see rockets
1014
00:51:42,633 --> 00:51:43,966
being built, lots of rockets.
1015
00:51:43,968 --> 00:51:45,367
You can see lots of engines
1016
00:51:45,369 --> 00:51:48,270
being built, you can dragon
spacecraft being built.
1017
00:51:48,272 --> 00:51:51,474
You can really see the cutting
edge future of spaceflight
1018
00:51:51,476 --> 00:51:53,509
all the time all around you.
1019
00:51:57,682 --> 00:51:59,448
Narrator: This is the part
of the factory
1020
00:51:59,450 --> 00:52:02,718
that houses the revolutionary
falcon 9 rocket.
1021
00:52:02,720 --> 00:52:04,487
This rocket essentially
been designed
1022
00:52:04,489 --> 00:52:06,989
with the help of nasa
with the help of the air force.
1023
00:52:06,991 --> 00:52:08,824
It's really designed for
how do you make the most
1024
00:52:08,826 --> 00:52:10,426
reliable rocket ever made?
1025
00:52:10,428 --> 00:52:12,795
- Right.
- That is our goal..
1026
00:52:12,797 --> 00:52:15,698
Falcon 9 is essentially standing
1027
00:52:15,700 --> 00:52:17,500
on the shoulders of titans,
1028
00:52:17,502 --> 00:52:19,602
as they like to say
in literature.
1029
00:52:19,604 --> 00:52:21,537
We've built upon
a lot of those lessons,
1030
00:52:21,539 --> 00:52:23,506
the things that
nasa has learned,
1031
00:52:23,508 --> 00:52:26,008
we've taken that,
but use kind of a clean sheet
1032
00:52:26,010 --> 00:52:29,044
of paper that says,
"how can you build a rocket"
1033
00:52:29,046 --> 00:52:31,113
knowing that we want
to do things
1034
00:52:31,115 --> 00:52:33,182
"that have not been done before?"
1035
00:52:36,053 --> 00:52:39,421
in the history of spaceflight,
rockets were used once.
1036
00:52:39,423 --> 00:52:42,091
Man: Lift off of the atlas 5.
1037
00:52:42,093 --> 00:52:43,826
Davenport: The first stages
went up,
1038
00:52:43,828 --> 00:52:45,394
delivered
their payload to space.
1039
00:52:45,396 --> 00:52:47,496
Man: We have stage separation.
1040
00:52:47,498 --> 00:52:48,998
Then they splash down
in the ocean,
1041
00:52:49,000 --> 00:52:50,533
never to be used again.
1042
00:52:50,535 --> 00:52:52,168
That would be like flying
cross-country
1043
00:52:52,170 --> 00:52:55,104
from new york to l.A.
And throwing away the airplane.
1044
00:52:55,106 --> 00:52:58,240
That would make commercial
aviation enormously expensive.
1045
00:52:58,242 --> 00:53:01,177
And yet that's what
we've been doing in space.
1046
00:53:01,179 --> 00:53:02,945
We have lift off of falcon 9.
1047
00:53:02,947 --> 00:53:05,047
What spacex has done
is developed a rocket
1048
00:53:05,049 --> 00:53:06,348
that can be reused.
1049
00:53:06,350 --> 00:53:08,083
It's first stage booster
delivers
1050
00:53:08,085 --> 00:53:09,351
its payload to orbit...
1051
00:53:09,353 --> 00:53:10,753
Stage separation confirmed
1052
00:53:10,755 --> 00:53:14,790
then it flies back
and lands on land
1053
00:53:14,792 --> 00:53:17,927
or at a ship at sea.
1054
00:53:17,929 --> 00:53:21,230
We have an interesting
history at spacex
1055
00:53:21,232 --> 00:53:23,065
when we talk about failure.
1056
00:53:23,067 --> 00:53:28,237
♪
1057
00:53:28,239 --> 00:53:31,941
Narrator: Spacex knows that
failure is an unavoidable stop
1058
00:53:31,943 --> 00:53:34,743
on the path to success.
1059
00:53:34,745 --> 00:53:36,879
Now that they're on the verge
of flying astronauts
1060
00:53:36,881 --> 00:53:38,280
for the first time,
1061
00:53:38,282 --> 00:53:40,883
the stakes have
never been higher.
1062
00:53:44,322 --> 00:53:45,955
Also, the restaged felt bad
1063
00:53:45,957 --> 00:53:47,756
because it's designed
to be returned.
1064
00:53:47,758 --> 00:53:50,125
That stage is insanely robust.
1065
00:53:50,127 --> 00:53:52,294
Is really gone
through its paces.
1066
00:53:52,296 --> 00:53:56,165
The falcon 9 is a huge
step forward in spaceflight
1067
00:53:56,167 --> 00:53:57,866
and achieving the goals
of spacex
1068
00:53:57,868 --> 00:54:00,135
and ultimately making life
not that planetary
1069
00:54:00,137 --> 00:54:02,304
and lowering the cost of space.
1070
00:54:02,306 --> 00:54:04,773
The biggest achievement
is the ability
1071
00:54:04,775 --> 00:54:06,976
to return the falcon
home to land.
1072
00:54:06,978 --> 00:54:10,312
And it is hard.
It's definitely hard to do.
1073
00:54:12,717 --> 00:54:16,852
You need to be able to accept
failure during the design,
1074
00:54:16,854 --> 00:54:19,855
the innovation process
here at spacex.
1075
00:54:22,193 --> 00:54:24,360
And a lot of times
in the rocket business,
1076
00:54:24,362 --> 00:54:26,462
failing means
you're making craters.
1077
00:54:26,464 --> 00:54:27,963
There's a smoking hole
in the earth
1078
00:54:27,965 --> 00:54:31,267
somewhere where a great idea
came up a little bit short
1079
00:54:31,269 --> 00:54:32,935
and crashed into the euro.
1080
00:54:36,274 --> 00:54:39,608
During the test phase,
we would get close to the ship.
1081
00:54:39,610 --> 00:54:41,043
But we're maybe going sideways.
1082
00:54:41,045 --> 00:54:42,578
We ran out of propellant.
1083
00:54:42,580 --> 00:54:49,518
♪
1084
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:52,454
But we do that
because you use a test,
1085
00:54:52,456 --> 00:54:54,423
a fly, a test, a fly,
1086
00:54:54,425 --> 00:54:56,759
and then figure out
how it works,
1087
00:54:56,761 --> 00:55:00,296
not necessarily by just
running analysis in computers,
1088
00:55:00,298 --> 00:55:02,264
but by actually
flying the rocket.
1089
00:55:02,266 --> 00:55:03,666
That's where you really learn
1090
00:55:03,668 --> 00:55:07,036
what the rocket can do.
1091
00:55:07,038 --> 00:55:09,772
For decades, honestly, people
thought that that was not
1092
00:55:09,774 --> 00:55:10,806
something that you could do.
1093
00:55:10,808 --> 00:55:11,907
They thought it would
just be too hard
1094
00:55:11,909 --> 00:55:13,709
to bring a launch vehicle
back to control
1095
00:55:13,711 --> 00:55:16,612
that vehicle coming
all the way back to earth
1096
00:55:16,614 --> 00:55:20,082
narrator: After years of designing
and testing the falcon 9,
1097
00:55:20,084 --> 00:55:24,420
in 2015, spacex set out
to make history
1098
00:55:24,422 --> 00:55:26,322
by attempting the first
ever landing
1099
00:55:26,324 --> 00:55:28,090
of a first stage orbital rocket.
1100
00:55:28,092 --> 00:55:29,992
Man: Stage separation confirmed.
1101
00:55:29,994 --> 00:55:31,827
Insprucker: To bring falcon 9
back to earth.
1102
00:55:31,829 --> 00:55:34,363
We've got a navigation system
in the first stage.
1103
00:55:34,365 --> 00:55:36,231
Most first stages
don't have that.
1104
00:55:36,233 --> 00:55:39,368
The rocket will then relight
three of the nine engines
1105
00:55:39,370 --> 00:55:40,769
to begin to slow down.
1106
00:55:40,771 --> 00:55:43,839
Each engine can be moved left
and right, up and down
1107
00:55:43,841 --> 00:55:46,275
so that we can steer
the rocket back towards
1108
00:55:46,277 --> 00:55:49,411
where the landing sites
are going to be.
1109
00:55:49,413 --> 00:55:51,380
Man: Stage one landing burn
has started.
1110
00:55:51,382 --> 00:55:54,249
Reed: I've heard it described
as you standing on the top
1111
00:55:54,251 --> 00:55:57,119
of the empire state building
and you drop a pencil off
1112
00:55:57,121 --> 00:55:59,421
and you have to land the pencil
on it's eraser
1113
00:55:59,423 --> 00:56:01,090
on a postage stamp.
1114
00:56:04,128 --> 00:56:06,795
Ultimately, it's not beyond
the realm of physics.
1115
00:56:06,797 --> 00:56:08,497
That it's not beyond
the realm of physics,
1116
00:56:08,499 --> 00:56:10,232
there's an engineering way
to get it done.
1117
00:56:13,871 --> 00:56:15,404
Man: The falcon has landed.
1118
00:56:15,406 --> 00:56:18,374
[ Cheers and applause ]
1119
00:56:18,376 --> 00:56:20,876
Wow. This thing
actually landed intact.
1120
00:56:20,878 --> 00:56:23,379
Amazing. That was crazy.
1121
00:56:23,381 --> 00:56:24,980
[ Cheers and applause ]
1122
00:56:24,982 --> 00:56:26,982
There's an old phrase,
if you're not failing,
1123
00:56:26,984 --> 00:56:28,283
you're not learning.
1124
00:56:28,285 --> 00:56:31,186
So if you're too cautious
and you never fail,
1125
00:56:31,188 --> 00:56:34,022
you're not actually figuring out
how to push the envelope
1126
00:56:34,024 --> 00:56:36,892
to do the kind of things
that no one has done before.
1127
00:56:36,894 --> 00:56:44,894
♪
1128
00:56:45,369 --> 00:56:46,869
Musk: You know, there were
a lot of people
1129
00:56:46,871 --> 00:56:48,771
that didn't think the rocket
landings were real big thing,
1130
00:56:48,773 --> 00:56:51,440
that we were just like
running the video in reverse.
1131
00:56:51,442 --> 00:56:53,041
Such I feel like it get confused
1132
00:56:53,043 --> 00:56:56,145
between improbable
and impossible.
1133
00:56:56,147 --> 00:56:58,747
There's lot of things
that are improbable,
1134
00:56:58,749 --> 00:57:03,786
but unless you breaking laws
of physics, it's not impossible.
1135
00:57:03,788 --> 00:57:06,121
Insprucker: Currently,
the falcon 9 is designed
1136
00:57:06,123 --> 00:57:07,890
to be flown 10 times.
1137
00:57:07,892 --> 00:57:09,992
Each time we do a refurbishment,
1138
00:57:09,994 --> 00:57:11,560
what we call
vehicle maintenance.
1139
00:57:11,562 --> 00:57:15,931
That doesn't mean that
it expires after 10 flights.
1140
00:57:15,933 --> 00:57:17,800
Instead, as we get close,
1141
00:57:17,802 --> 00:57:19,368
we will look to do
some more testing
1142
00:57:19,370 --> 00:57:20,869
because we expect the falcon 9
1143
00:57:20,871 --> 00:57:22,938
can fly way
more than 10 flights.
1144
00:57:22,940 --> 00:57:27,176
We just ease up on it a step at
a time as we expand the history.
1145
00:57:27,178 --> 00:57:33,482
♪
1146
00:57:33,484 --> 00:57:36,485
This is launch complex 3a
at cape canaveral
1147
00:57:36,487 --> 00:57:38,120
on kennedy space center.
1148
00:57:38,122 --> 00:57:40,789
This building houses
and processes falcon 9s
1149
00:57:40,791 --> 00:57:42,825
that have landed
at our landing pads
1150
00:57:42,827 --> 00:57:47,095
or have been landed on the drone
ships and have come into port.
1151
00:57:47,097 --> 00:57:49,798
To refurbish a rocket,
they roll into the hangar.
1152
00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:52,134
We load them into
their pressing rings
1153
00:57:52,136 --> 00:57:54,002
and it's a matter of weeks
to process them
1154
00:57:54,004 --> 00:57:56,104
and get ready for launch.
1155
00:57:56,106 --> 00:57:58,607
Reusability is incredibly
important to space exploration.
1156
00:57:58,609 --> 00:58:01,910
One, it helps of cost savings.
And two, it helps time.
1157
00:58:01,912 --> 00:58:03,779
If every time
you build a new vehicle,
1158
00:58:03,781 --> 00:58:04,947
we would be waiting and waiting
1159
00:58:04,949 --> 00:58:06,815
and waiting for new rocket
to be produced.
1160
00:58:06,817 --> 00:58:09,685
But we're able to fly rockets,
land them and reuse them.
1161
00:58:09,687 --> 00:58:12,387
That means we can access space
on a weekly basis
1162
00:58:12,389 --> 00:58:14,590
versus like a monthly
or yearly basis.
1163
00:58:14,592 --> 00:58:17,059
The end goal is obviously
to have zero refurbishment,
1164
00:58:17,061 --> 00:58:20,095
to be able to land
and then relaunch like airplanes
1165
00:58:20,097 --> 00:58:23,065
to ensure that we're able to
access space on a daily basis.
1166
00:58:23,067 --> 00:58:24,766
That's something that spacex
is very proud of
1167
00:58:24,768 --> 00:58:27,302
and what we're trying to do
as a stepping stone
1168
00:58:27,304 --> 00:58:29,104
to help us to get to mars.
1169
00:58:31,809 --> 00:58:34,610
Currently, the stages
investors crash in the ocean.
1170
00:58:34,612 --> 00:58:36,645
You can't recover the hardware,
so you can't see
1171
00:58:36,647 --> 00:58:37,880
where there was a close vote.
1172
00:58:37,882 --> 00:58:39,381
When we get the vehicle back,
1173
00:58:39,383 --> 00:58:42,084
we examine the vehicle
and physically see it.
1174
00:58:42,086 --> 00:58:43,986
Was there anything
that virtually had
1175
00:58:43,988 --> 00:58:46,755
a burn through or
we were close on margins.
1176
00:58:46,757 --> 00:58:47,923
Right.
1177
00:58:47,925 --> 00:58:50,592
And then we can adjust
that in the design.
1178
00:58:50,594 --> 00:58:52,928
Well, what we're seeing
when you use the same rocket
1179
00:58:52,930 --> 00:58:55,797
the second, third, fourth,
fifth time, insurance rates
1180
00:58:55,799 --> 00:58:57,132
actually go down, not up.
1181
00:58:57,134 --> 00:58:58,700
That's how you tell.
1182
00:58:58,702 --> 00:59:00,102
Insurance company
is pretty sharp.
1183
00:59:00,104 --> 00:59:02,070
- Right.
- They don't like losing money.
1184
00:59:02,072 --> 00:59:03,539
After you get through
that first flight,
1185
00:59:03,541 --> 00:59:05,874
just like a commercial airplane.
1186
00:59:05,876 --> 00:59:07,142
You like an airplane that,
1187
00:59:07,144 --> 00:59:08,710
you know has been flown
several times
1188
00:59:08,712 --> 00:59:11,413
rather than being the first
customer on board the airplane.
1189
00:59:11,415 --> 00:59:14,416
The commercial insurance rate
is the best indicator
1190
00:59:14,418 --> 00:59:16,218
- of the reliability of a rocket.
- Right.
1191
00:59:16,220 --> 00:59:18,020
And we have the best
insurance rates in the world.
1192
00:59:18,022 --> 00:59:19,054
- Oh, is that right?
- Yeah.
1193
00:59:19,056 --> 00:59:20,289
I didn't know that.
1194
00:59:20,291 --> 00:59:23,592
The holy grail is really a fully
reusable orbital system.
1195
00:59:23,594 --> 00:59:25,928
That's by far
the most important thing.
1196
00:59:25,930 --> 00:59:28,196
It's like the difference
between having aircraft
1197
00:59:28,198 --> 00:59:30,899
that are reusable
or not or cars.
1198
00:59:30,901 --> 00:59:32,200
The profundity of this is
1199
00:59:32,202 --> 00:59:34,803
not well understood
by very many people.
1200
00:59:37,675 --> 00:59:41,443
Narrator: Team spacex still has
one more critical test to pass
1201
00:59:41,445 --> 00:59:42,844
before they will
be allowed to fly.
1202
00:59:42,846 --> 00:59:45,113
Nasa astronauts.
1203
00:59:45,115 --> 00:59:48,951
What happens if a rocket
explodes in flight?
1204
00:59:48,953 --> 00:59:50,385
[bleep]
1205
00:59:50,387 --> 00:59:52,621
There is a plan
to save the crew.
1206
00:59:52,623 --> 00:59:57,392
Spacex now must prove
that it works.
1207
01:00:02,199 --> 01:00:08,236
♪
1208
01:00:08,238 --> 01:00:11,006
Narrator: The crew dragon
capsule is a spacecraft
1209
01:00:11,008 --> 01:00:12,874
that houses the crew.
1210
01:00:12,876 --> 01:00:15,844
It is replacing
the cargo dragon capsule
1211
01:00:15,846 --> 01:00:17,913
that was previously
used on spacex
1212
01:00:17,915 --> 01:00:23,285
resupply missions to
the international space station.
1213
01:00:23,287 --> 01:00:25,187
The dragon spacecraft
that will be using
1214
01:00:25,189 --> 01:00:26,989
to carry astronauts
to the space station,
1215
01:00:26,991 --> 01:00:31,293
bring them home is really
a 21st century spaceship.
1216
01:00:31,295 --> 01:00:35,764
My first impression
of the inside of crew dragon.
1217
01:00:35,766 --> 01:00:37,299
I was amazed.
1218
01:00:37,301 --> 01:00:39,701
It's obviously
a modern space vehicle.
1219
01:00:39,703 --> 01:00:44,473
It's very sleek design
inside, very comfortable.
1220
01:00:44,475 --> 01:00:46,742
The seats are actually
car racing seats,
1221
01:00:46,744 --> 01:00:49,578
so the safety factors
go up considerably.
1222
01:00:51,649 --> 01:00:53,448
Musk: We've flown crew dragon
1223
01:00:53,450 --> 01:00:55,317
already to the space station
and back.
1224
01:00:55,319 --> 01:00:57,953
We subsequently made
a lot of changes, improvements.
1225
01:00:57,955 --> 01:01:00,822
But we also just have to be
1226
01:01:00,824 --> 01:01:02,624
absolutely paranoid
about safety.
1227
01:01:02,626 --> 01:01:06,194
♪
1228
01:01:06,196 --> 01:01:07,562
Hurley: Well, the experience
of training
1229
01:01:07,564 --> 01:01:11,333
in an accurate capsule
with a spacesuit is invaluable.
1230
01:01:15,973 --> 01:01:18,440
Bob and doug were there
spacesuits in this simulation
1231
01:01:18,442 --> 01:01:20,175
because we want training
to be as flight like
1232
01:01:20,177 --> 01:01:22,044
as possible for them.
1233
01:01:22,046 --> 01:01:24,146
Spacex dragon,
we are ready to test drive.
1234
01:01:24,148 --> 01:01:30,318
♪
1235
01:01:30,320 --> 01:01:32,220
Hurley: When you have
all your equipment on,
1236
01:01:32,222 --> 01:01:35,323
it allows you to get more
comfortable in a situation.
1237
01:01:35,325 --> 01:01:37,859
So the more you can train
in those suits,
1238
01:01:37,861 --> 01:01:40,228
the better you'll be
on the real day.
1239
01:01:45,636 --> 01:01:46,835
It's exciting to see, you know,
1240
01:01:46,837 --> 01:01:48,904
modern components
in a spacecraft.
1241
01:01:51,241 --> 01:01:53,075
You get very used
to the shuttle.
1242
01:01:53,077 --> 01:01:55,243
The 2,000 switches,
circuit breakers.
1243
01:01:55,245 --> 01:01:59,848
The seats, it's not the most
comfortable vehicle to fly in.
1244
01:01:59,850 --> 01:02:02,017
Behnken: You know, for those of us
who've been living with switches
1245
01:02:02,019 --> 01:02:03,885
from the '60s
for all these years,
1246
01:02:03,887 --> 01:02:05,287
to see a modern interface
1247
01:02:05,289 --> 01:02:07,322
is something
that's pretty exciting.
1248
01:02:07,324 --> 01:02:10,258
Spacex dragon,
we got [indistinct]
1249
01:02:10,260 --> 01:02:11,593
Woman: Copy that.
1250
01:02:11,595 --> 01:02:13,595
Some of the great innovations
that we've made.
1251
01:02:13,597 --> 01:02:16,131
We have wonderful touch screens,
1252
01:02:16,133 --> 01:02:18,700
so you can see everything
that's going on in the vehicle.
1253
01:02:18,702 --> 01:02:21,570
You can get all the data
that you need about the vehicle.
1254
01:02:21,572 --> 01:02:25,173
You also control the vehicle
all from these touch frames.
1255
01:02:25,175 --> 01:02:27,743
The gloves are compatible
with the touch screen.
1256
01:02:27,745 --> 01:02:30,579
It's imperative because there
are operations you need to do
1257
01:02:30,581 --> 01:02:31,780
with the gloves on.
1258
01:02:31,782 --> 01:02:33,582
[indistinct] are updated.
1259
01:02:33,584 --> 01:02:36,184
Hurley: The dragon capsule
is almost completely automated,
1260
01:02:36,186 --> 01:02:38,520
so it should be able
to fly the entire flight
1261
01:02:38,522 --> 01:02:41,823
without us intervening at all
if everything goes normally.
1262
01:02:41,825 --> 01:02:44,793
And I think it's the way
of the future with vehicles.
1263
01:02:44,795 --> 01:02:46,261
I mean,
we see that now with cars.
1264
01:02:46,263 --> 01:02:48,063
We see it with airplanes.
1265
01:02:48,065 --> 01:02:51,099
And this is just
the next logical step.
1266
01:02:51,101 --> 01:02:53,769
Woman: You should monitoring
your dragon longitude
1267
01:02:53,771 --> 01:02:57,906
and knowledge about initiation
of claw separation prep.
1268
01:02:57,908 --> 01:03:00,242
When you think about automation,
1269
01:03:00,244 --> 01:03:02,210
it's a layer of complexity
and software
1270
01:03:02,212 --> 01:03:03,478
that needs to be verified.
1271
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:07,883
So the task for crew
on a good day is hopefully
1272
01:03:07,885 --> 01:03:09,417
that they don't need to do much.
1273
01:03:09,419 --> 01:03:11,920
On a bad day, they need to
understand exactly when
1274
01:03:11,922 --> 01:03:14,356
and how they need to respond
to the vehicle,
1275
01:03:14,358 --> 01:03:17,259
the vehicle's behavior
and what it's doing in space.
1276
01:03:17,261 --> 01:03:19,261
Dragon, spacex, contact.
1277
01:03:19,263 --> 01:03:22,030
Spacex, dragon.
We got you loud and clear.
1278
01:03:22,032 --> 01:03:24,232
Every single phase
of the mission
1279
01:03:24,234 --> 01:03:26,701
will be simulated,
so we have launch sims,
1280
01:03:26,703 --> 01:03:29,838
we have approach to station
entry, descent and landing.
1281
01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:32,274
And every single phase
has failures
1282
01:03:32,276 --> 01:03:35,177
that are unique to that phase
and require different responses.
1283
01:03:35,179 --> 01:03:40,115
Dragon, we are going in step
into the scenario.
1284
01:03:40,117 --> 01:03:43,318
Ultimately, even though
it's able to autonomously fly,
1285
01:03:43,320 --> 01:03:44,820
we want to make sure
that the crew understands
1286
01:03:44,822 --> 01:03:46,588
what's happening
and that they can take control
1287
01:03:46,590 --> 01:03:51,293
at any point in time to ensure
their own safety as well.
1288
01:03:51,295 --> 01:03:54,796
We can manually intervene
if we think things are not going
1289
01:03:54,798 --> 01:03:57,799
the way they should be
with the automation.
1290
01:03:57,801 --> 01:03:59,768
Dragon, spacex.
Where's our flight computer?
1291
01:03:59,770 --> 01:04:01,570
Yeah, it looks like we lost it.
1292
01:04:01,572 --> 01:04:04,573
Narrator: Today, the astronauts
are training for a scenario
1293
01:04:04,575 --> 01:04:06,808
in which the flight
computers fail.
1294
01:04:06,810 --> 01:04:09,878
Since the dragon crew capsule
is totally automated,
1295
01:04:09,880 --> 01:04:11,780
it relies on the computers
1296
01:04:11,782 --> 01:04:13,715
for almost everything.
1297
01:04:13,717 --> 01:04:16,518
With the computers down,
this could be a dangerous
1298
01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:19,287
situation for the astronauts.
1299
01:04:19,289 --> 01:04:21,857
We've seen one of our flight
computer processes
1300
01:04:21,859 --> 01:04:24,025
are not controlling the vehicle.
1301
01:04:24,027 --> 01:04:26,962
So what we'll do in training is
we break dragon.
1302
01:04:26,964 --> 01:04:30,465
Dragon, basics. Please proceed
to reboot flight computer.
1303
01:04:30,467 --> 01:04:32,400
So if the flight
computer goes down,
1304
01:04:32,402 --> 01:04:33,969
we teach them how to reboot it.
1305
01:04:33,971 --> 01:04:36,671
Okay, we've initiated
the flight computer reboot.
1306
01:04:36,673 --> 01:04:37,806
And we see
the same on the ground.
1307
01:04:37,808 --> 01:04:39,541
We're following. Thanks.
1308
01:04:39,543 --> 01:04:40,775
During simulations, you'll see
1309
01:04:40,777 --> 01:04:42,844
a lot of anomalies,
malfunctions.
1310
01:04:42,846 --> 01:04:45,847
Sarah and some of our
other simulation supervisors,
1311
01:04:45,849 --> 01:04:47,716
they relish those opportunities.
1312
01:04:47,718 --> 01:04:49,317
Gillis: [indistinct] has been
interrupted.
1313
01:04:49,319 --> 01:04:51,186
We are investigating
root cause on the ground.
1314
01:04:51,188 --> 01:04:52,520
Thanks. Copy.
1315
01:04:52,522 --> 01:04:55,957
It's really good not
only for bob and I as the crew,
1316
01:04:55,959 --> 01:04:58,159
but it's also for the team
on the ground.
1317
01:04:58,161 --> 01:05:00,729
It really throws the team
different curveballs.
1318
01:05:00,731 --> 01:05:03,465
Flight computer
has transitioned to...
1319
01:05:03,467 --> 01:05:05,967
Spacex, all our displays
are back up.
1320
01:05:05,969 --> 01:05:08,036
Well, that's great news.
1321
01:05:08,038 --> 01:05:09,604
- Flash count.
- Victory.
1322
01:05:09,673 --> 01:05:12,908
♪♪
1323
01:05:12,910 --> 01:05:16,611
Narrator: Nasa has required that
spacex's design of the crew dragon
1324
01:05:16,613 --> 01:05:19,214
capsule has
a significantly higher level
1325
01:05:19,216 --> 01:05:23,218
of safety than its predecessor,
the space shuttle.
1326
01:05:23,220 --> 01:05:26,054
Every aspect of dragon
has been tested
1327
01:05:26,056 --> 01:05:30,625
at the sub-system level,
as an entire vehicle.
1328
01:05:30,627 --> 01:05:33,261
There's so many test,
it will blow your mind.
1329
01:05:33,263 --> 01:05:34,930
Narrator: Even with all the
safety features
1330
01:05:34,932 --> 01:05:37,599
that spacex has built
into their systems,
1331
01:05:37,601 --> 01:05:40,302
nasa is also requiring
the inclusion
1332
01:05:40,304 --> 01:05:42,938
of a revolutionary
new safety feature
1333
01:05:42,940 --> 01:05:45,907
called the launch escape system.
1334
01:05:45,909 --> 01:05:48,743
Menon: If there was
a emergency on the pad,
1335
01:05:48,745 --> 01:05:51,947
the capsule is able to separate
from the falcon rocket.
1336
01:05:51,949 --> 01:05:54,316
And that's done
to protect the crew.
1337
01:05:54,318 --> 01:05:56,851
I want to escape system
is essentially an ejection seat
1338
01:05:56,853 --> 01:05:58,186
for the entire spacecraft.
1339
01:05:58,188 --> 01:06:00,555
If the computer sense
a problem with the rocket,
1340
01:06:00,557 --> 01:06:03,224
the spacecraft will
automatically separate itself
1341
01:06:03,226 --> 01:06:06,995
and fly through the air
with its super draco engines
1342
01:06:06,997 --> 01:06:09,297
so they can safely splash
down in the ocean
1343
01:06:09,299 --> 01:06:13,635
with its parachutes and save
the crew from flight anomaly.
1344
01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:19,607
The dragon spacecraft has
two types of engines on board.
1345
01:06:19,609 --> 01:06:22,210
The first started
16 draco thrusters.
1346
01:06:22,212 --> 01:06:25,380
Those are small engines that
make about 100 pounds of thrust.
1347
01:06:28,418 --> 01:06:31,286
And those engines are what
we're gonna use to maneuver
1348
01:06:31,288 --> 01:06:34,322
and dock to
the international space station.
1349
01:06:34,324 --> 01:06:36,524
And then there are
the eight superdraco engines
1350
01:06:36,526 --> 01:06:39,594
for a launch escape scenario
in an emergency situation,
1351
01:06:39,596 --> 01:06:41,663
which make thousands
of pounds of thrust.
1352
01:06:41,665 --> 01:06:49,337
♪
1353
01:06:49,339 --> 01:06:52,707
Crew dragon is utilizing 3d
printing to manufacture
1354
01:06:52,709 --> 01:06:54,509
some of the components on it.
1355
01:06:54,511 --> 01:06:58,313
A 3d printer works by laying
down layers of metal powder,
1356
01:06:58,315 --> 01:07:00,081
and as it lays down each layer,
1357
01:07:00,083 --> 01:07:02,384
it will melt together
a specific part
1358
01:07:02,386 --> 01:07:04,285
and then it builds up
layer by layer
1359
01:07:04,287 --> 01:07:07,222
to create whatever shapes
that you want.
1360
01:07:07,224 --> 01:07:09,724
And so this is really useful
when we look at things
1361
01:07:09,726 --> 01:07:12,560
like printing an engine
that needs many fluid passages
1362
01:07:12,562 --> 01:07:16,231
and it needs to be a very
interesting organic shape.
1363
01:07:16,233 --> 01:07:18,066
And because we've melted
together layer by layer,
1364
01:07:18,068 --> 01:07:20,068
you can make hollow parts,
you can make very interesting
1365
01:07:20,070 --> 01:07:22,871
shapes that would be difficult
to make by any other method.
1366
01:07:22,873 --> 01:07:30,011
♪
1367
01:07:30,013 --> 01:07:32,447
Narrator: In 2015,
space six performed
1368
01:07:32,449 --> 01:07:34,682
a preliminary pad abort test
1369
01:07:34,684 --> 01:07:37,018
of their launch escape system.
1370
01:07:37,020 --> 01:07:39,387
Our pad abort test
was performed to ensure
1371
01:07:39,389 --> 01:07:41,656
that our spacecraft design
1372
01:07:41,658 --> 01:07:44,726
could escape the launchpad
safely to the water
1373
01:07:44,728 --> 01:07:46,361
in the event of an emergency.
1374
01:07:46,363 --> 01:07:49,464
Woman: Three, two, one, launch.
1375
01:07:49,466 --> 01:07:56,171
♪
1376
01:07:56,173 --> 01:07:58,273
During an escape,
they will likely pull
1377
01:07:58,275 --> 01:07:59,908
between four and six gs.
1378
01:07:59,910 --> 01:08:04,045
That depends on the different
variables and the situation.
1379
01:08:04,047 --> 01:08:07,415
I think a roller coaster
is under three gs.
1380
01:08:07,417 --> 01:08:09,584
Man: We're over one kilometer.
1381
01:08:09,586 --> 01:08:11,119
Trunk deployed.
1382
01:08:14,825 --> 01:08:16,291
[ Indistinct talking ]
1383
01:08:18,562 --> 01:08:20,728
Passing through
six hundred meters.
1384
01:08:20,730 --> 01:08:23,298
Narrator: The pad abort test
was a precursor
1385
01:08:23,300 --> 01:08:28,503
to a much larger challenge
called the in-flight abort test.
1386
01:08:28,505 --> 01:08:30,772
In-flight abort
is a similar test,
1387
01:08:30,774 --> 01:08:33,041
but it tests a different
set of conditions.
1388
01:08:33,043 --> 01:08:35,577
Instead of demonstrating
separation from a rocket
1389
01:08:35,579 --> 01:08:36,845
on the launch pad,
1390
01:08:36,847 --> 01:08:39,447
the in-flight abort test
will demonstrate separation
1391
01:08:39,449 --> 01:08:42,283
from a rocket that is actively
flying through the atmosphere.
1392
01:08:42,285 --> 01:08:43,551
If there's a problem
with the rocket,
1393
01:08:43,553 --> 01:08:45,220
the in-flight abort test
will show
1394
01:08:45,222 --> 01:08:47,555
how the capsule can eject itself
from the rocket
1395
01:08:47,557 --> 01:08:50,825
and safely bring the crew
down to the water.
1396
01:08:50,827 --> 01:08:54,395
Narrator: The stakes for the
in-flight abort test are massive.
1397
01:08:54,397 --> 01:08:56,798
It is the last
critical milestone
1398
01:08:56,800 --> 01:08:59,601
that spacex must pass
in order to be allowed
1399
01:08:59,603 --> 01:09:03,204
to fly nasa astronauts.
1400
01:09:03,206 --> 01:09:05,373
Woman: Liftoff.
1401
01:09:10,247 --> 01:09:15,517
Man: Four, three, two, one,
and lift off.
1402
01:09:15,519 --> 01:09:18,820
Lift off of the 25th space
shuttle mission,
1403
01:09:18,822 --> 01:09:20,822
and it has cleared the tower.
1404
01:09:20,824 --> 01:09:24,692
One of my strongest memories
as a child was in fifth grade.
1405
01:09:24,694 --> 01:09:27,595
We watched the space shuttle
challenger blow up.
1406
01:09:30,600 --> 01:09:33,301
A loss of the entire crew
was a result of the fact
1407
01:09:33,303 --> 01:09:36,771
that there was
no launch abort system.
1408
01:09:36,773 --> 01:09:41,709
It shuts down the program
for a period of years.
1409
01:09:41,711 --> 01:09:44,312
Well, we want to do now
is we want to get to a day
1410
01:09:44,314 --> 01:09:46,447
where when there is
a catastrophic failure,
1411
01:09:46,449 --> 01:09:49,551
we have a launch abort system
that keeps our crew safe.
1412
01:09:49,553 --> 01:09:57,025
♪
1413
01:09:57,027 --> 01:09:58,993
Good afternoon, and thank you
for joining us.
1414
01:09:58,995 --> 01:10:01,262
We're here today to talk more
about the spacex
1415
01:10:01,264 --> 01:10:03,231
in-flight abort test
1416
01:10:03,233 --> 01:10:06,301
it's a demonstration mission
for spacex to show
1417
01:10:06,303 --> 01:10:10,138
that we're able to eject
our capsule off of falcon 9
1418
01:10:10,140 --> 01:10:11,839
safely and reliably.
1419
01:10:11,841 --> 01:10:13,441
This test
is very important to us.
1420
01:10:13,443 --> 01:10:15,143
It's really the culmination
of years,
1421
01:10:15,145 --> 01:10:16,477
close partnership with nasa.
1422
01:10:16,479 --> 01:10:18,046
Band it's one of the key steps
1423
01:10:18,048 --> 01:10:20,915
before we go
to our demonstration to mission,
1424
01:10:20,917 --> 01:10:25,853
which will carry bob and doug
up to the space station.
1425
01:10:25,855 --> 01:10:27,689
Narrator: Spacex must pass
this critical
1426
01:10:27,691 --> 01:10:30,058
in-flight abort test before nasa
1427
01:10:30,060 --> 01:10:32,493
will allow them
to fly their astronauts.
1428
01:10:32,495 --> 01:10:35,296
Soon, human lives
will be at stake.
1429
01:10:35,298 --> 01:10:37,665
So every precaution
must be taken.
1430
01:10:41,504 --> 01:10:43,972
The plan will be that dragon
is on top of the rocket.
1431
01:10:43,974 --> 01:10:45,206
The rocket will take off.
1432
01:10:45,208 --> 01:10:48,109
At about 84 seconds into launch,
we'll trigger
1433
01:10:48,111 --> 01:10:49,510
the launch escape system
1434
01:10:49,512 --> 01:10:50,945
and dragon will carry
the capsule
1435
01:10:50,947 --> 01:10:52,780
safely away from the falcon.
1436
01:10:52,782 --> 01:10:55,516
Dragon will hit about
mach 2.3 as it's getting away.
1437
01:10:55,518 --> 01:10:59,020
It will then hit an apache
of about 40 kilometers high.
1438
01:10:59,022 --> 01:11:00,955
It will jettison the trunk.
1439
01:11:00,957 --> 01:11:04,092
It will reorient itself
with the draco engines
1440
01:11:04,094 --> 01:11:05,727
and then it will continue
its trajectory
1441
01:11:05,729 --> 01:11:09,731
down in about
five minutes after launch.
1442
01:11:09,733 --> 01:11:14,302
The parachutes will deploy, and
about 10 minutes after launch,
1443
01:11:14,304 --> 01:11:15,837
we expect splash down.
1444
01:11:15,839 --> 01:11:18,740
The dragon recovery forces
will also be out there.
1445
01:11:18,742 --> 01:11:20,875
One of things I want to mention,
and this is kind of exciting.
1446
01:11:20,877 --> 01:11:23,244
The falcon has flown
three times before
1447
01:11:23,246 --> 01:11:24,846
and it's going to reflight
for this test
1448
01:11:24,848 --> 01:11:26,414
for the commercial crew program.
1449
01:11:26,416 --> 01:11:29,083
The booster behind us
or the falcon 9 behind us
1450
01:11:29,085 --> 01:11:30,718
we'll be flying
our in-flight abort.
1451
01:11:30,720 --> 01:11:32,887
So this will be
its fourth flight.
1452
01:11:32,889 --> 01:11:34,656
To my knowledge,
the in-flight abort test
1453
01:11:34,658 --> 01:11:37,358
is the first ever full scale
launch escape system,
1454
01:11:37,360 --> 01:11:38,393
safety test.
1455
01:11:38,395 --> 01:11:40,828
In the past,
other crewed programs,
1456
01:11:40,830 --> 01:11:42,397
they've done subscale testing.
1457
01:11:42,399 --> 01:11:43,431
This the first time, I think,
1458
01:11:43,433 --> 01:11:45,199
someone has ever taken a rocket
1459
01:11:45,201 --> 01:11:48,670
and intentionally thrown it away
with the sole focus on ensuring
1460
01:11:48,672 --> 01:11:50,438
that the system they're
designing to ensure the crew
1461
01:11:50,440 --> 01:11:53,141
is safe will actually function
as expected.
1462
01:11:53,143 --> 01:11:56,477
Narrator: A big part of the cost
of the in-flight abort test
1463
01:11:56,479 --> 01:11:59,147
will be a multi-million
dollar rocket
1464
01:11:59,149 --> 01:12:00,548
that will be deliberately
1465
01:12:00,550 --> 01:12:03,318
and completely
destroyed in the test.
1466
01:12:06,222 --> 01:12:08,756
Hi, chris davenport
from the "washington post."
1467
01:12:08,758 --> 01:12:12,493
question about the fate
of your booster.
1468
01:12:12,495 --> 01:12:14,562
You said it could tumble,
it might come apart.
1469
01:12:14,564 --> 01:12:15,663
You mentioned to fire.
1470
01:12:15,665 --> 01:12:16,931
I mean, is there a possibility
1471
01:12:16,933 --> 01:12:18,900
that it could actually explode
1472
01:12:18,902 --> 01:12:20,735
if people are watching
from the beach?
1473
01:12:20,737 --> 01:12:22,337
Should they be
prepared for that?
1474
01:12:22,339 --> 01:12:24,305
Sure. Absolutely, chris.
1475
01:12:24,307 --> 01:12:26,374
Yes, both stages
are loaded with fuel.
1476
01:12:26,376 --> 01:12:29,310
We expect there to be
some sort of ignition
1477
01:12:29,312 --> 01:12:32,814
and probably a fireball
of some kind.
1478
01:12:32,816 --> 01:12:34,749
You know, whether I would
call it an explosion
1479
01:12:34,751 --> 01:12:36,484
that you would see
from the ground, I don't know.
1480
01:12:36,486 --> 01:12:38,753
We'll have to see
what actually happens.
1481
01:12:38,755 --> 01:12:40,355
But I wouldn't...
I wouldn't be surprised
1482
01:12:40,357 --> 01:12:43,458
and that wouldn't be a bad
outcome if that's what we saw.
1483
01:12:43,460 --> 01:12:47,195
While you hope
the abort engines never light,
1484
01:12:47,197 --> 01:12:49,364
you don't want that ever
to happen because that means
1485
01:12:49,366 --> 01:12:52,266
something very, very bad
has happened here
1486
01:12:52,268 --> 01:12:56,003
I'm in an emergency
situation, but it can happen.
1487
01:12:56,005 --> 01:12:59,507
I mean, just recently,
nasa astronaut nick hague
1488
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was on a russian soyuz
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where there was a problem
with the rocket,
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the soyuz spacecraft.
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01:13:05,582 --> 01:13:09,884
Emergency abort systems lit
and it ferried them to safety.
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01:13:09,886 --> 01:13:13,221
Now, it was a wild ride
and they pulled something
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like seven gs or seven times
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01:13:14,958 --> 01:13:16,991
the force of gravity
on their body.
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01:13:16,993 --> 01:13:18,993
It was not a comfortable
experience,
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01:13:18,995 --> 01:13:21,362
but they were alive
and they landed safely.
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01:13:21,364 --> 01:13:24,399
And that abort system
saved their lives.
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01:13:24,401 --> 01:13:26,968
The in-flight aboard tests
for doug and bob,
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that's immensely important
because it just reassures them
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that the spacecraft that
are going to get on is safe.
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Narrator: Key nasa
and spacex officials
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01:13:38,915 --> 01:13:40,915
have gathered
in firing room four,
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01:13:40,917 --> 01:13:44,452
also known as launch control
at the kennedy space center.
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01:13:44,454 --> 01:13:48,022
They will oversee today's
critical in-flight abort test.
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01:13:48,024 --> 01:13:50,892
If this test fails,
the crew dragon program
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01:13:50,894 --> 01:13:53,494
will suffer
a major design setback.
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01:13:53,496 --> 01:13:58,833
♪
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01:13:58,835 --> 01:14:01,302
Musk: We're doing everything
we can to make this mission
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as reliable as possible.
1510
01:14:02,372 --> 01:14:04,238
No stone is left unturned.
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01:14:04,240 --> 01:14:07,141
We're turning every stone
over three times or four times
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01:14:07,143 --> 01:14:09,577
just to get
that probability of success
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01:14:09,579 --> 01:14:11,813
as close to 100 percent
as possible.
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01:14:11,815 --> 01:14:13,681
This test is
about the entire team,
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the nasa team and
the spacex team coming together
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01:14:16,486 --> 01:14:18,486
and pulling off
a pretty complex exercise.
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01:14:18,488 --> 01:14:19,921
We're going to launch a capsule,
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we're going to put it
in the ocean,
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01:14:21,324 --> 01:14:23,524
department of defense
is going to have coordination
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01:14:23,526 --> 01:14:25,393
required between
nasa and spacex,
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01:14:25,395 --> 01:14:27,462
and that entire team
is going to show
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01:14:27,464 --> 01:14:29,197
that they can bring
a capsule home safely,
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bring the crew, if they were
onboard, home safely.
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01:14:31,167 --> 01:14:32,500
And so that's really
what we're expecting
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01:14:32,502 --> 01:14:34,435
to see out of this test.
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01:14:34,437 --> 01:14:35,470
Woman: Weather is looking okay,
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01:14:35,472 --> 01:14:37,872
and the range is green
for launch.
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01:14:39,876 --> 01:14:41,709
Man: Dragon is in countdown
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01:14:41,711 --> 01:14:45,480
[indistinct] is armed.
Go for launch.
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Woman: Ten, nine, eight...
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If the test isn't successful
for some reason,
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01:14:50,487 --> 01:14:53,120
of course, you know,
you have a whole group of folks
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01:14:53,122 --> 01:14:54,689
both on the spacex and nasa side
1534
01:14:54,691 --> 01:14:57,058
that will have to take
a look at things and figure out
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01:14:57,060 --> 01:14:58,526
why it wasn't successful.
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01:14:58,528 --> 01:15:02,530
And this is obviously something
close to the last step.
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01:15:02,532 --> 01:15:06,601
This is all part of building
up to flying crew on dragon.
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01:15:06,603 --> 01:15:08,503
Seven, six, five...
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01:15:08,505 --> 01:15:10,805
Bridenstine: When you watch
a launch abort test,
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01:15:10,807 --> 01:15:13,040
you're wondering
has everything been done
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01:15:13,042 --> 01:15:16,244
to get this vehicle
ready for an end-to-end test
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01:15:16,246 --> 01:15:19,547
in one of the most stressful
and dynamic scenarios
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01:15:19,549 --> 01:15:21,516
you can imagine
for space flight.
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01:15:21,518 --> 01:15:26,354
Woman: Five, four,
three, two, one.
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01:15:26,356 --> 01:15:30,391
♪
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01:15:30,393 --> 01:15:31,726
[bleep]
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01:15:35,532 --> 01:15:38,065
Narrator:
This is the final step.
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01:15:38,067 --> 01:15:42,069
Everything is on the line with
today's in-flight abort test.
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01:15:42,071 --> 01:15:44,171
If this test fails,
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01:15:44,173 --> 01:15:47,975
nasa will not risk the lives
of their astronauts
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01:15:47,977 --> 01:15:50,545
and the entire project
will come to a halt.
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01:15:50,547 --> 01:15:55,950
♪
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01:15:55,952 --> 01:16:00,555
Woman: Ten, nine, eight,
seven, six,
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01:16:00,557 --> 01:16:06,127
five, four, three,
two, one, zero.
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01:16:06,129 --> 01:16:08,162
Ignition, lift off.
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01:16:08,164 --> 01:16:10,131
[indistinct]
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01:16:10,133 --> 01:16:14,035
♪
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01:16:14,037 --> 01:16:17,004
Narrator: This potentially
life saving capsule ejection
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has been years in the making,
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01:16:19,208 --> 01:16:22,743
and it will be over
in just minutes.
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01:16:22,745 --> 01:16:25,980
Rockets are... it's basically
a controlled explosion
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that's pushing a mass into orbit
at faster and faster speeds.
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01:16:31,020 --> 01:16:34,889
And it's the most dangerous part
of getting anything to orbit.
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01:16:34,891 --> 01:16:38,259
And so to simulate
a failure of the thing
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01:16:38,261 --> 01:16:40,695
that is most likely
to fail, the rocket,
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01:16:40,697 --> 01:16:43,731
and demonstrate that the capsule
with the precious cargo
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01:16:43,733 --> 01:16:46,567
that's sitting in that capsule
can survive that.
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That is so key.
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Narrator: Spacex has launched
a falcon 9 rocket
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and crew dragon capsule.
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The abort is
automatically activated
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when the system detects that
the rocket is malfunctioning,
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such as in the case
of an engine failure explosion
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01:17:03,219 --> 01:17:05,519
or the rocket
veering off course.
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01:17:05,521 --> 01:17:09,657
The abort can also be manually
triggered by ground control.
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01:17:09,659 --> 01:17:11,859
That will happen in this test.
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Man: Vehicle is supersonic
and passing
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to maximum dynamic pressure.
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Narrator:
Once the computer senses
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that the rocket
has malfunctioned,
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it blows the bolts, holding
the capsule to the rocket.
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01:17:23,640 --> 01:17:25,906
Man: Dragon launch escape
initiated.
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01:17:25,908 --> 01:17:28,909
Narrator: Then the crew
dragon's superdraco engines
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01:17:28,911 --> 01:17:32,546
fire for 10 seconds to propel
the capsule away to safety.
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01:17:32,548 --> 01:17:35,916
- Dragon's away.
- Whoa.
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01:17:35,918 --> 01:17:38,319
Musk: Because the super draco
escape thrusters
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are integrated into the vehicle,
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01:17:39,889 --> 01:17:42,556
you have a launch escape
capability all the way to orbit,
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01:17:42,558 --> 01:17:45,559
which has never been the case
for any spacecraft before.
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01:17:45,628 --> 01:17:53,628
♪♪
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[bleep]
1592
01:17:55,038 --> 01:17:56,537
[ Indistinct conversations ]
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01:17:56,539 --> 01:17:58,205
[bleep]
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♪
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01:18:02,612 --> 01:18:05,212
Narrator: Approximately
10 seconds after the abort
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01:18:05,214 --> 01:18:07,181
was triggered by ground control,
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the crew dragon capsule
jettisoned away.
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The force of the ejection
made the rocket unstable
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and it exploded.
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01:18:16,626 --> 01:18:18,993
But the dragon capsule
was already safely
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a mile away from the rocket.
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01:18:25,501 --> 01:18:28,035
With the dragon
jettisoned safely away,
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the trunk, which carries
unpressurized cargo,
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01:18:31,140 --> 01:18:35,209
is ejected and will crash
into the ocean.
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01:18:35,211 --> 01:18:40,247
Now the capsule will begin to
reorient itself for splash down.
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01:18:40,249 --> 01:18:43,150
However,
the mission is not over.
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01:18:43,152 --> 01:18:46,153
With the capsule hitting
a top speed of mach 2,
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01:18:46,155 --> 01:18:49,924
this last phase is key
for the astronauts safety.
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Our parachutes are triggered
and deployed
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when the capsule
reaches the correct altitude.
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So at a high altitude, it will
deploy the drone parachutes.
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And when it reaches
a lower altitude,
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the main parachutes will deploy.
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01:19:07,977 --> 01:19:10,010
[ Applause ]
1615
01:19:10,012 --> 01:19:15,683
♪
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01:19:15,685 --> 01:19:19,453
Woman: Fully open and we are
coming up on about a minute
1617
01:19:19,455 --> 01:19:22,022
until splash down.
1618
01:19:22,024 --> 01:19:24,125
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1619
01:19:24,127 --> 01:19:28,829
♪
1620
01:19:28,831 --> 01:19:34,702
♪
1621
01:19:34,704 --> 01:19:37,037
- Splash down.
- Yeah!
1622
01:19:37,039 --> 01:19:39,106
[ Cheers and applause ]
1623
01:19:43,312 --> 01:19:46,347
To watch it go from start
to end successfully,
1624
01:19:46,349 --> 01:19:49,416
it just... it's really
something to behold.
1625
01:19:49,418 --> 01:19:52,520
And I know a lot of emotions
on both teams today,
1626
01:19:52,522 --> 01:19:54,922
and we're very excited about it.
1627
01:19:54,924 --> 01:19:58,125
It's just one step on this
longer road to creating a mass
1628
01:19:58,127 --> 01:20:00,327
transit system
for people to other planets.
1629
01:20:00,329 --> 01:20:02,363
Is everything good?
Everything's good.
1630
01:20:02,365 --> 01:20:04,064
[ laughter ]
1631
01:20:06,402 --> 01:20:07,768
Behnken: So as a crew member,
1632
01:20:07,770 --> 01:20:09,570
it's going to ride onboard
this vehicle.
1633
01:20:09,572 --> 01:20:11,272
Having a system onboard dragon
1634
01:20:11,274 --> 01:20:13,274
that can get you out
is pretty cool.
1635
01:20:13,276 --> 01:20:16,210
I think people sort of forget
that technology
1636
01:20:16,212 --> 01:20:19,046
does not automatically improve.
1637
01:20:19,048 --> 01:20:21,982
It only improves if a lot
of people work very hard
1638
01:20:21,984 --> 01:20:24,185
on that technology.
1639
01:20:24,187 --> 01:20:29,123
We have to drive innovation hard
to make life multi planetary.
1640
01:20:29,125 --> 01:20:32,760
I think this is very important
to secure the future of life
1641
01:20:32,762 --> 01:20:34,328
as we know it and to ensure
1642
01:20:34,330 --> 01:20:37,064
that the light of consciousness
does not go out.
1643
01:20:37,066 --> 01:20:38,432
Bridenstine: We are a nation
of explorers.
1644
01:20:38,434 --> 01:20:40,601
We're also a nation
of that leads.
1645
01:20:40,603 --> 01:20:45,706
And this, of course, represents
us returning american astronauts
1646
01:20:45,708 --> 01:20:48,342
to space on american rockets
from american soil.
1647
01:20:48,344 --> 01:20:51,011
So this is a great opportunity
for us to once again lead.
1648
01:20:51,013 --> 01:20:52,780
And this time when we lead,
we're doing it differently
1649
01:20:52,782 --> 01:20:55,115
than we've ever done it before.
1650
01:20:55,117 --> 01:20:56,317
Bridenstine:
We need to make sure
1651
01:20:56,319 --> 01:20:58,185
that we are constantly
pushing the envelope,
1652
01:20:58,187 --> 01:21:01,355
constantly moving forward
with technology and making sure
1653
01:21:01,357 --> 01:21:03,824
that we are commercializing
it in the process.
1654
01:21:03,826 --> 01:21:05,559
Today, we had a launch
abort test
1655
01:21:05,561 --> 01:21:07,928
of a commercial crew provider.
1656
01:21:07,930 --> 01:21:11,432
Commercialization of space
is the next giant leap.
1657
01:21:11,434 --> 01:21:13,834
And when we take this leap,
1658
01:21:13,836 --> 01:21:17,171
we absolutely need to make sure
that our crew is safe.
1659
01:21:17,173 --> 01:21:20,574
Narrator: The success of today's
in-flight abort test sets
1660
01:21:20,576 --> 01:21:24,044
the stage to send astronauts
to space from u.S. Soil
1661
01:21:24,046 --> 01:21:27,748
once again in a mission
called demo-2.
1662
01:21:27,750 --> 01:21:33,087
And for the first time, they'll
fly aboard a private spacecraft.
1663
01:21:35,191 --> 01:21:37,324
Bridenstine: So in this very
challenging time
1664
01:21:37,326 --> 01:21:40,060
when we launch to
the international space station,
1665
01:21:40,062 --> 01:21:44,098
something we haven't done
from american soil since 2011,
1666
01:21:44,100 --> 01:21:47,835
I do think that it gives people
an opportunity to dream big
1667
01:21:47,837 --> 01:21:51,238
and to look up and to know
that we can do stunning things.
1668
01:21:51,240 --> 01:21:52,640
And it gives people hope,
1669
01:21:52,642 --> 01:21:54,408
not just in
the united states of america,
1670
01:21:54,410 --> 01:21:56,710
but throughout the entire world.
1671
01:21:56,712 --> 01:21:58,479
I don't generally get nervous,
1672
01:21:58,481 --> 01:22:00,314
but when I start thinking
about this mission,
1673
01:22:00,316 --> 01:22:02,650
I actually get
quite nervous about it.
1674
01:22:02,652 --> 01:22:05,786
The launch of demo-2
will be the day.
1675
01:22:05,788 --> 01:22:08,255
This will be the moment
for this company.
1676
01:22:08,257 --> 01:22:12,459
This is the culmination
of everything we have done
1677
01:22:12,461 --> 01:22:15,663
since the company
was founded in 2002.
1678
01:22:15,665 --> 01:22:17,431
Musk: This is a crucial step.
1679
01:22:17,433 --> 01:22:20,167
Getting people back to orbit
again, you know, knock on wood.
1680
01:22:20,169 --> 01:22:22,536
I think probably success
is high,
1681
01:22:22,538 --> 01:22:24,305
but it is not 100 percent.
1682
01:22:24,307 --> 01:22:26,307
We're just doing everything
we can to think
1683
01:22:26,309 --> 01:22:29,576
of any possible way to improve
probability of success,
1684
01:22:29,578 --> 01:22:30,911
because this would be
a big setback
1685
01:22:30,913 --> 01:22:32,613
if if something
were to go wrong.
1686
01:22:35,651 --> 01:22:38,085
Narrator: Bob and doug are
poised to leave quarantine
1687
01:22:38,087 --> 01:22:41,722
and ride in teslas
to iconic pad 39a
1688
01:22:41,724 --> 01:22:45,192
at kennedy space center
in cape canaveral, florida.
1689
01:22:45,194 --> 01:22:47,361
Behnken: We're excited,
of course, for the mission.
1690
01:22:47,363 --> 01:22:50,497
And one of our goals
is to share with everybody.
1691
01:22:50,499 --> 01:22:53,834
Hurley: I hope that people
appreciate the amount of effort done
1692
01:22:53,836 --> 01:22:56,070
by so many people at nasa
1693
01:22:56,072 --> 01:23:00,874
and so many people at spacex
to get us to this point.
1694
01:23:00,876 --> 01:23:02,242
When bob and doug
1695
01:23:02,244 --> 01:23:05,479
walked down the crew access arm
to the dragon capsule,
1696
01:23:05,481 --> 01:23:07,982
they'll also be walking
into the history books
1697
01:23:07,984 --> 01:23:10,317
as the two astronauts
that returned america
1698
01:23:10,319 --> 01:23:12,820
to space from u.S. Soil.
1699
01:23:12,822 --> 01:23:15,022
This will be a stunning
achievement
1700
01:23:15,024 --> 01:23:17,591
for nasa and spacex...
1701
01:23:17,593 --> 01:23:21,128
Officially launching
the second golden age
1702
01:23:21,130 --> 01:23:22,463
of space travel.
1703
01:23:22,465 --> 01:23:25,366
This is but the first step
on a long journey
1704
01:23:25,368 --> 01:23:27,267
that will take us back
to the moon
1705
01:23:27,269 --> 01:23:29,803
and to mars and beyond.
1706
01:23:29,805 --> 01:23:36,143
♪
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