Hello. Thank you for joining us today. We have one day to launch of the historic nasa spacex mission. We moved the press conference indoors due to weather, but we have good news the weather has improved. We have a 60 chance of favorable weather for launch. We will hear lots about the launch by the great guests today. We have bob cabana, the director for the Kennedy Space center. Jim bridenstine the nasa , administrator. We have astronauts. We have the nasa deputy administrator. We will hear more from them in a minute. First, lets talk to bob cabana. Dir. Cabana good morning and welcome to the Kennedy Space center. I dont have to tell you how exciting it is to have the first flights of humans to space from the Kennedy Space center in nine years. We went to the moon from pad 39a. 82 love the 135 Shuttle Missions launched, including three of my flights. With our partnership with spacex, the pad is being used again and is now for the commercial crew program and for other spacex projects. I think it is absolutely outstanding. Truly an historic time from an historic pad. We are pleased to have our nasa administrator with us this morning. As a member of congress, jim was a huge advocate and proponent for aviation and spaceflight as they member of the Armed Services committee and the science and technology committee. Now he is sharing that passion with all of us as he leads nasa into a new era of Space Exploration. Jim. Adm. Bridenstine it is great to be here at the Kennedy Space center. We are once again launching american astronauts from an american rocket on american soil. It has been nine years since we have had this opportunity. Bob cabana, we want to thank you for getting the Kennedy Space center ready. Im think is looking good. As of now, we are go for launch. It is 60 favorable for launch tomorrow which is good news. Yesterday, we were at 40 , so the trend is in the right direction and we are very excited. I would like to start by saying that again, this room is empty. We would love to have this room full. We would love to have it filled with reporters and filled with space enthusiasts and unfortunately we are in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Our country has been through a lot. This is a unique moment where all of america can take a moment and look at our country do something stunning again. That is launch american astronauts on american rockets from american soil. We are going to go to the International Space station and we are transforming how do you spaceflight in general. It is about commercializing orbit. We have resupply and now we will have crew and soon we will have commercial space stations. This is an opportunity to bring moment in time and say, look at bring all of america together in one moment in time and say, look at how great the future is. That is what this launch is all about. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, we taken extraordinary measures to keep safe and we are one day away from launch. This is an exciting day. Thank you. I will turn it back to you. I echo what jim and bob have said. This is an historic milestone. The reality is that we in the past, nasa developed the , designed, and built and operated spacecraft and rockets. This is the first time a commercial company is building and going to operate this spacecraft and capsule. We are really looking to be a customer to spacex and to other companies in the future, and that is what we are trying to do really expand the economy in lowearth orbit. That is what this is about tomorrow. Our commercial crew. Lets start with nicole. It is incredibly exciting to be here. People always ask what it is like to be in the training and what is like to be in the spacecraft. We are starting to lay the foundation for others. It is an incredible time to be training with all of these different opportunities in front of us and we are so proud and happy for doug and bob. It feels like a close Family Member having a great lifetime achievement. That is really what it is. On a personal level, that is definitely how we all feel, so proud for what they have accomplished with the spacex team to get ready for this launch. It is so important because it is not just about one launch. It is launch america and it is huge. My son is eight years old. He has never seen americans launch from the United States ever. It is foreign to him. As i was getting ready to come on this trip yesterday, he asked, are we going to the moon . Is this our first flight to the moon . And i said, not technically, but it is the first big step to the moon and to mars. He, as a young boy, sees that and there are a lot of kids will be watching the launch. It is exciting for nasa, spacex, and a proud moment for all of america. Joe. Joe i echo nicoles sentiments exactly. What a privilege to be here and be a part of this team. Commercial and Government Entities working together, spacex and nasa, to pull this something off like this. What a privilege to be here just a day away from launch. We are so incredibly excited to be a part of this. I had the opportunity to launch with International Partners to the International Space station back in 2015 and that is at the core of what we are doing today is to continue that incredible work we have done on the International Space station. We have had humans living and working on that orbital outpost for almost 20 years, conducting science in research to expand our presence and to improve life on earth. This launch represents an extension of that capability and having the ability to launch americans from american soil in u. S. Spacecraft is absolutely amazing. I think about my launch and the family and just a few family and guests that i was able to have out there to watch that. I think about now so Many Americans in the future being able to congregate down here and watch this incredible vehicle takeoff. Just for people in florida to go on their porches or look up from a parking lot and to see this vehicle claw its way into space, to watch americans flying into lowearth orbit and to the International Space station and the absolute power of that to inspire our future generations of explorers and leaders. Beis truly a privilege to part of this, to witness this historic moment and to see where this journey ultimately takes us. Fantastic. With that, we will take our first question, but before that, just a reminder, if you are interested in what we are doing to watch the launch, you can go to our website to get more information. We will take our first question from asp, ivan. L benistrator, wil flying the second of the dragon . Can you confirm if you will have a european or russian on that mission . Adm. Bridenstine the crew dragon one has been selected. I dont you were on that . I am not one, but ive had the opportunity to back up bob and doug in crew one, and the following crew assignments are still being processed. Bridenstine what was the second part of the question . When will europeans or canadians or russia flying on crew dragon for the first time . Adm. Bridenstine that is undetermined at this point. Crew one, we will have japan with us, our First International the falconlaunching rocket with a crew dragon. We are excited about that. As far as other International Partners, that has not been determined. Thank you. Our next question is from gina from abc news. Yes, thank you. Can you talk to me a little bit about the gono go process. Who will be making those calls . Who will we hear making those calls . Adm. Bridenstine we have a Mission Management team that is working all of the checks as we go through the process. All along the way, people can say no go if they need to, but there will be a final countdown to the launch, where about 45 seconds out, they will make a determination go or no go. And then we will go. Do you want to add to that . Dir. Cabana it is a spacex launch and it is in the Launch Control center through a partnership we have with them. It will be a spacex launch director that gives the final go after everyone is pulled. The nasa Management Team will be involved in washing closely. The next question comes from the atlantic. Thank you for your time. Best of luck tomorrow. A followup to the question that was just asked. I am wondering if nasa personnel are allowed to intervene and take over from spacex if at any point during the mission if nasa feels it is necessary. Adm. Bridenstine the answer to that question is yes. We, of course, are the customer here. So, we do. Our goal is to have spacex be able to do missions one day without nasa. We want them to go get customers that are not us. We want to make sure they are making decisions, but if we see something we disagree with, certainly we have the right to intervene. I dont see that being necessary. At this point, but yes, we can intervene if necessary. Our next question comes from paul burkman from upi. Paul i would like one of you to comment on the sort of builtin uncertainty of this mission in terms of the length of the mission, anywhere from six to 16 weeks, i believe. I know any manned space flight spaceflight has uncertainty, but im wondering how much of the readiness reviews went over the astronauts training and the uncertainty of that time period. Adm. Bridenstine there are a lot of things that go into this. Number one, we have to get our astronauts to the International Space station. Once they are there, there are different elements that come into play as to when they come home. This is a test flight. The highest priority is to test the vehicle and get home safely and then be prepared to launch crew one. Some of the things that go into the mix when they will come home include the solar arrays. There is a limitation of about 114 days, period. We cannot go beyond that. Some engineers might argue that we can, as we are on the space station, we will understand how the solar arrays are performing. Right now, we are looking at a limitation of 114 days for the solar arrays. And then we have to consider weather. When we come back to earth, we have to make sure the winds and the precipitation and lightning, all of those things create a metric as to how safe it is to come home. We need to make sure we have the right whether. If we have a good window to come home, remember, this is a test like. As such, if we have a good window to come home and they are not necessary on the International Space station, we will be taking it. When we think about the other big parameter is when his crew one going to be ready . Right now, we are targeting august 30 for the launch of crew one. That is what we are working towards. What that means is we can keep our astronauts on board the International Space station, doing the maintenance of the iss and doing experiments on the iss for a period of time knowing that they can be there probably until early august. We need to get the spacecraft home and then evaluate the spacecraft, collect all the data, make sure it performed the way we wanted it to perform, and then get ready to launch crew one. The big parameters are the weather, the solar arrays, when crew one is going to be ready. Theres a lot of flexibility built into the back end of this mission and that is intentional. I want to reiterate it is a test flight. The goal is to get them to the International Space station and get them home. If they can do more work than that while on the iss, that is ok, but this is a test flight. Thank you. Our next question is from keith. I have a question. As a member of the apollo generation. I know jim morehart will remember when we were kids, and when we wanted to know something, nasa would tell us. Including what they ate. Yesterday, there was a pretty straightforward question about what they will have for breakfast and they will get back to us. When asked about the breakfast menus, we found out that that is not disclosed. How do you explain to a sixthgrader that we cannot tell them what they are eating . Shouldnt there be more transparency in some of this . Dir. Cabana can i take this . As far as transparency goes, i can tell you what happened in the past. Astronauts get anything they want for breakfast. You got your choice, whether it breakfast, lunch, dinner. It is made to water. From my personal experience on , my first flight, i heard that some folks get airsick and i didnt want to get airsick. I had a toasted english muffin and a cup of coffee. One of my crewmates had steak and eggs and hashbrowns and pouring the hot sauce on. He did not get sick, but they may not have decided what they want for breakfast yet tomorrow. It is hard to release what you dont know, but i am sure they will make a decision and get anything they want. Thank you. Adm. Bridenstine maybe some of the current astronauts would like to answer. I know you have done a mission. What did you eat . We got anything we wanted as long as it was being served that morning. I was kind of like you, director cabana, that i wanted to take it easy. I did not know how i would react to being on orbit. I went easy on solids and my got my fair share of coffee. We ate really well while we were in quarantine, but we didnt have the choice of what we were going to eat, and i honestly cant i was so excited, i cant remember what we ate, but it was plenty and great for what we needed to do that day. We will go to our next question. It is Jackie Gothard with the times of london. Jackie both astronauts are dads. Im wondering what you could say, what you have said that you can share so that the two little boys know what their dads are doing and the significance of it. I had a hard there dad is doing and the significance of it. I wonder what you can say or have said that you can share with us to their two little boys about what their dads are doing and the significance of it. Absolutely. I would start by saying, they know this, their dads are american heroes. They are laying the foundation for a new era in human spaceflight. It is an era where more space is going to be available to more people than ever before. We envision a future where lowearth orbit is entirely commercialized, where nasa is one customer of many customers, where we have numerous providers competing on cost and innovation and safety, but driving down costs and increasing access. We are proving out a Business Model, a publicprivate Business Model that will enable us to go to the moon, this time sustainably. In other words, we are going to go to the moon to stay. We love apollo, that era was fantastic. The problem is that it ended. And now we have the Artemis Program which is our sustainable return to the moon named after artemis, the goddess apollo the of , goddess of the moon. This time we get to go with all of america, diverse, highly qualified crew that includes women. What bob and doug are doing is they are the final step in proving the success of a Publicprivate PartnershipBusiness Model that drives down costs and will enable us to go not just to the moon, but go sustainably, with reasonable landers to the surface of the moon. All of this is for a purpose and that is to get to mars. Landers e when those little boys are 40 years old, and we have a permanent presence on the moon, and we have astronauts on mars, they are going to know that their dads played a Critical Role in enabling not only this country, but the world as we lead International Partners to humanity going further into the solar system than ever before. Beyond that, i would remind children that their dads are both military aviators that have served their country boldly. Yesterday was memorial day. We had an opportunity to reflect on those who served the country. Of course, these two men have done that as well. They are heroes in so many ways. When they arrived here at kennedy i am 44 and about to turn 45. When i grow up, i want to be like bob and doug. Our next question is from joey from reuters. Thanks for doing this. Question for jim bridenstine. It has been a long run to get to this point. I am wondering how the Crew Development and the road that it got to get the crew dragon to this point and how this shape your views. Jim, feel free to answer this too. Thanks. Adm. Bridenstine this is an important milestone. We have been very successful with commercial resupply of the International Space station and now weve got commercial crew tomorrow, knock on wood, and that will be a successful mission. We need to build commercial space stations in lowearth orbit. In order to create the market where these kind of programs can be cast a capitalized with Publicprivate Partnerships, we need to prove there is an economy for human activity in lowearth orbit. That is what we are using the International Space station fore International Space station for right now. Some of the most salient projects happening and going on for a long time would include a immunizations being developed for salmonella and ammonia. Proving that we can create human tissue using adult stem cells, adult skin cells, creating stem cells that can create human organs in 3d. We are at the tissue level right now. That is a capability that will transform life on earth. To create artificial retinas so that people with Macular Degeneration do not have to lose their eyesight. That drives down costs and increases fiberoptic networks for humanity across the globe. All of these things are Market Drivers that enable a future human spaceflight capability that would be capitalized by the private sector. Nasa will be a customer. We will always be a customer. We have a lot of science and exploration we need to do. But those are the kind of activities we need to do to see for the future that we believe exists. Right now, space is about a 400 billion market. We believe that with human spaceflight of course that is communications and sensing, but with human spaceflight, it opens a much broader marketplace, and we think it is rapidly getting to be not just a 400 billion market but a 1 trillion market. I am a big believer in the commercialization of space. It is how we are going to get to the moon and onto mars. If we keep developing using american taxpayer dollars to develop capabilities in low earth orbit, we will never get to the moon and onto mars. This program is about commercialization, where we are ready to commercialize and using nasa money to do the things commercial industry is not yet ready for with a purpose to eventually commercialize those capabilities as well. Why are we here . We are here to expand the human condition for all mankind. That is exactly what jim is talking about. Right now, we have one astronaut on the space station. When we get the full complement back of astronauts, we will increase our research 300 . That is about helping others. That is why we exist. That is what we are going to do. On the other side, years ago, after shuttle, there was no market share. We now have 70 of the market share, and that is going to expand starting tomorrow. That is what this is about. Do you have anything to add . [laughter] we will just go to our next question. That way we can get as many as possible. Marsha smith. Could you expand more on the discussions for the russian s about flying on the commercial crew ships . There were comments yesterday and he talked about being enthusiastic about having an alternative, then he said he was confused about nasas plan for gateway. Could you just fill us in on where the negotiations stand about us flying and russians flying in the crew . Are you trying to get a whole big package of future u. S. Russian space cooperation . Adm. Bridenstine when we think about the commercial crew program, remember, the goal is to have the International Space center, half is russian and half is american. On the american segment, we have lots of International Partners. If we are going to maintain a complement of both russian and american astronauts on board, then we need to be willing to launch russian cost not on commercial crew and they need to be willing to launch american astronauts. My last conversations with him, we were both in strong agreement that was necessary for both nations as we move forward. So that is the low earth orbit, International Space station, commercial crew, and their program and we are in agreement how to go forward there. It is true when we talk about the gateway, that is a separate kind of level of discussion for what the future looks like. Yes, we have made proposals to russia as far as, we have asked them how they would like to participate in the gateway, we have offered suggestions, and right now we are in a Holding Pattern waiting to hear back. The partnership has been strong and goes back to 1975, the year of my birth, with the apollo program. In the Shuttle Mir Program in the International Space station program. This has been a break in shiny object that space expiration can unite people and above terrestrial geopolitics, literally above terrestrial geopolitics. It is a relationship we are interested in maintaining and we will continue working with them. Bob, did you have any thoughts on that . Dir. Cabana it is something that we need to work on as we continue down the road. We do have a strong worship, and it is necessary to have multiple vehicles to get us to the International Space station. We need redundancy not only between boeing and spacex, but the russian partners as well. We built a dream the shuttle area and we will prove it again in the future. Our next question is Robert Perlman from collect space. There was a return on this flight as it became homes as it came more and more prevalent. Was it your idea . What would be the role of that Going Forward beyond this notion . We missed the first part of the question, can you repeat the question . It is about the worm, the nasa logo. How did it come to be it was resurrected . What is its role with the agency Going Forward on this mission . Adm. Bridenstine that is a good question. I would love to say it was my idea. I would tell you the nasa administrator and i have heard from a lot of people that you are to bring back the worm. I have heard it over and over again. I am the first nasa administrator in history that wasnt alive when we had people walking on the surface of the moon. Not in 1969 and not in 1972. My generation grew up with the worm, and when i say that it is the nasa logo that is read and written out. The logo is blue, we call that the meatball. I grew up the worm as the logo of nasa. It is personal to me, because that is how i grew up. The meatball, the blue logo, the circle logo, that is a logo that is very near and dear to a lot of other people, the people of the apollo generation, for example. The nasa style guide is very clear, the worm no longer exists, but i read the style guide, so i made a determination that for this particular mission and this particular day, we were going to bring back the worm, and we did. The reason i thought it was important to do it on this launch was because it got so much attention. I wanted all of america to know this is a 3. 5 billion investment by the american taxpayer. This is an american launch. Yes, it is commercial crew, but this is nasa. It is nostalgic for me. I am a navy pilot by trade, and i grew up with my favorite airplane being the x 29, a forward and it looks awesome. I had a big poster of it and on the side was the nasa worm. I will be honest, i love the worm. We brought it back. It is important to note that on this rocket we have both. We are bringing people together. We have the meatball and the worm, so we are going with both. With the worm and the meatball, you see a ton of kids Walking Around with nasa tshirts and the worm on jackets and it has helped to energize the Younger Generation and folks who havent seen launches in their entire life or maybe they were very young. You get a lot more questions when we get the opportunity to speak to children at schools. It is different than when we were growing up. I remember growing up thinking and asked her not, that is some farfetched idea. It is summit in the movies, that will not be our future or if it is somebody in the movies, that will not be our future. But i think the Younger Generations are starting to realize and understand it is not the movies, it is not scifi, it is reality. I am kind of glad the worm is making a comeback. In the 1970s, it was the futuristic look. My first nasa flight jacket, i have a worm on my shoulder and a meatball on the front. I think they are both awesome. Adm. Bridenstine when doug and bob launch tomorrow and you watch the rocket, look for the worm. It will be there. Going to the next question lauren grush. Thank you for taking my call. So about the toilet no, im kidding. I was interested if you could walk us through what the process is when the astronauts get on board. When do they get off and what do you have to do to make them safe, and where do they go . What does that look like . I am having a hard time hearing that. Did you say scrub, lauren . Yes, so if you scrub in the astronauts are aboard, what does that procedure look like and what do you have to do to make sure they are safe . Adm. Bridenstine it depends on what point the scrub occurs. The crew access arm will come back to the vehicle. We will make sure the vehicle is safe to approach. We will have the folks from spacex come in and unbuckle bob and doug an escort them down to the ground. They will prepare to give the next launch opportunity a shot. It is all done in a manner that makes sure that everybody thats involved is safe. Next question is leo enright from irish tv. As i understand it, there are not one, but two abort modes which would involve splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of ireland. I am wondering, what is the plan there . There do not appear to be assets stationed there. How would the crew be retrieved in this very unlikely scenario . Will you be waiting for a boat to come and collect them . There are a number of abort modes. As the vehicle crosses the atlantic, we have various sites that we are aiming for. We will abort to some of those sites or do a retro abort to come back to these areas. We have assets stationed off of the coast prepared to assist the astronauts. As we get into the longer transatlantic abort modes, we will be partnering our military assets to deploy divers and folks to get into the water to help the astronauts and then bring helicopters alongside and whatever assets are available in that particular area. It is our partnership with the military that really helps us, particularly the air force, that helps us deal with those downrange reports. Next question marsha done. Marsha dunn. Marsha how many astronauts will be there tomorrow and how will you prevent launch fever from taking over on such a big mission with high expectation with the president of the United States in attendance . Adm. Bridenstine as far as the number of astronauts, we have taken a lot of precautions to limit the number of people coming in general. I dont know what the total number of astronauts that will be here is do you know offhand . I think it is under 10. Definitely under 10. Adm. Bridenstine will not have a lot of contingent of astronauts here. Launch fever this is a serious issue. As a naval aviator, there is something that is called get homeitis. We have been so diligent about making sure people have the authority to say no, we went ahead and purchased a seat on a rocket for october. We did that intentionally, because we want people to feel free to say no and not feel any pressure to go on this launch. I talked to doug and bob and i asked them if you want me to stop this for any reason, i will stop it if you want me to. They both came back and said we are go for launch. They are ready to go. Part of my job as a nasa administrator is to make sure that they know their safety is our highest priority and give everybody in the loop permission to say no for relaunch. To your point, we have a small number of astronauts out here just for the covid concerns, but we are also able to virtually deploy folks in different areas. There is a lot of the Astronaut Corps prepared to support media outlets, social media, things that are online, whether online or virtual. It is hopeful that there will be a lot of opportunity for us to reach out to a larger audience than we normally would. We will not have the crowds at ksp. I know the launch team and the commercial crew and this is a test flight, and they are going to make sure it is right before they launch. They are not concerned about who is here to see it. They are concerned about doing their job and doing it correctly and they have practiced this and will do the right thing. Our last question is from ken chang. A few days ago, you tweeted noting President Trumps leadership and getting to this moment. Recently, it was pointed out that commercial crew started in 2010 under president obama and commercial cargo goes back to george w. Bush. I was wondering if you could talk about credit in adding to this milestone for your president s and previous president s. Adm. Bridenstine this is a program that demonstrates the success when you have continuity of purpose going from one administration to the next. If we go back all the way to commercial crew that started under president george w. Bush, commercial resupply, and then commercial crew under president obama. The nasa administrator did incredible work at a time when this particular program, when it didnt have a lot of support in congress. Charlie bolden who is an astronaut and a hero and an f15 pilot, he did yeomans work in order to get this off the ground and get it going. Here we are all these years later having this success. I will reiterate that the Human Spaceflight Program under President Trump has really blossomed. Our budgets now are as high as they have ever been. In real dollars, they are still very high but not maybe as high as apollo, but that was a little bit of an anomaly in the history of nasas budget. It is also true that it is being backed up. The rhetoric isnt just there but it is being backed up with the budget, and it is bipartisan. I did an event with Speaker Pelosi at the ames center last august. It was a womens equality day and i thought it was important and we reached out to her and asked if we could womens equality day, she was going to do in San Francisco and we asked her to do it in ames. In a press conference after, we talked about artemis and the important to going to the moon and doing it with women and we did it on womens equality day. She said, we are all counting on you to get not just the next man but the first woman to the moon. And she said i am so glad you called the program artemis. This Space Program we have in this country unites people, period. We think about the vietnam war, the 1960s, not just the war but the protests, we think about the civil rights abuses in the civil rights tests, the very divisive challenging times. Here we are all these years later in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and we can reunite people again. That is with the launch is going to do. It will not just night republicans and democrats, will unite the whole world who will be watching this particular launch. All of our International Partners are interested. They participated in the flight readiness review, because there astronauts are one day going to fly on this rocket, and they are already big operators of the International Space station, where this crew dragon will dock. This mission is a very uniting mission. It unites people across geopolitical boundaries, and that is what is unique about nasa and what is unique about space. I will not hesitate to tell you that President Trump has been a massive space advocate. He promised to launch american astronauts on american rockets. He promised to create a moon program, and he has done of those and has backed it up with west, not just with words. With that, we are going to close todays press conference. Thank you for joining us. For more information, go to nasa. Gov. Thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] launch cspans daily unfiltered coverage of the government response to the coronavirus pandemic with briefings from the white house, congress, and governors. Join in the conversation on our live callin Program Washington journal. If you missed our live coverage, watch anytime ondemand at cspan. Org coronavirus. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 engines up and burning. Iftoff the final liftoff. The shoulders of the Space Shuttle. America will continue the dream. On wednesday, nasa will launch to u. S. 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