>>> Good morning, everyone.
This is the post launch news conference and here to talk
about how the launch went and how the mission is going, we
have Joel, the international space station program manager
for utilization for Johnston space center and Hans is the
vice president of light reliability for space acts.
I will begin with Joel.
Joel?
>> Good morning again.
It's exciting to have a dragon back in orbit.
It's a great day for space x and NASA.
The team is a phenomenal team.
The launch campaign was fantastic to watch and we are
proud of them and excited to have the dragon up in orbit.
We are looking for a grapple of the vehicle that dragon is doing
fine.
Wednesday morning Eastern time around 7:00 a.m., as far as
other activities, since we last talked, the progress vehicle has
launch and is doing fine.
We will be docking around 8:20, 8:23 Kennedy space center time.
As far as the crew and the vehicle, we are doing great.
We pumped it up to the crew and they were able to watch it.
We will talk to them in a couple of hours and get their thoughts,
but they are with the science brought up on the dragon
vehicle.
Looking forward to putting that science and putting the vehicle
into the document after on board the international space station.
As you are well aware, it's another step forward to enabling
the commercial crew vehicles.
I can't say too much, but we are excited that these guys are on
board and dragon is on the way to the international space
station.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Thanks, Joel.
Hans?
>> Thanks for being here.
Good day.
It was really exciting.
We had a really great launch and perfect insertion on dragon.
Islam came back and if you missed this, it's right there
and called them in complex run.
And I see we started a little bit of the timeline and the team
that formed really awesome.
They put on the timeline and finished the launch.
These are launches that have one second into them and they have
to get ready when the time comes and you are ready when the time
came today.
A good day.
I also talked after the launch and he was excited that the
stage was back and his comment
was also that one day they pay less attention to this and
that's the day when they succeed.
That's about a half hour.
>> Thank you.
We are ready now to take questions.
To get your name and affiliation when the microphone comes to
you.
We will start here.
>> Ken Cramer for universe today in Northeast astronomy forum.
Give us a preliminary assessment of the first stage.
How did it fare on the landing?
Had it gone as expected some.
>> From what I saw on the video and the camera, it was about the
same at the out come stage in good shape.
A little bit for the reentry, but I didn't see this one.
I saw the entry burns and then they kept ongoing after that.
It was good to see the stages.
From what I can see it was excellent shape and probably
pretty soon.
>> Another question near the front.
>> Two questions for Hans.
Thanks for staying up with us.
The ability to land the first rocket depends on where it's
going and how fast and how far it's going.
With falcon slated for launch earlier this year, will it have
the same capabilities of going faster and further?
>> It depends on the stages.
And two sides will be able to go back.
It probably depends on the mission whether it goes back and
lands.
I believe you are going to land with the team.
I don't think it's going to make a big difference.
That means you have to ship it back and it's going to spend a
couple more days.
>> Landings on the first flight?
>> I think so, yes.
>> A question right here.
>> We record space for them with two boosters coming back.
One goes to landing zone one.
Where will the other go?
>> Landing zone two.
>> Where will that be?
>> So I believe they are working on a new pad.
That's not far from it, but far enough so the two stages are not
influencing each other.
>> Let's switch over to the phones.
We have James dean on the line from Florida.
James?
>> Thank you.
Hans, hard enough paying attention to the landings.
I gather they were just a great distance away and they were
maybe prompting the 911 calls tonight.
I wondered about your reaction to that and is it something that
might factor into the mission planning.
The timing of these things and how people will react.
>> There was a sonic boom tonight and we heard it a great
distance away and that prompted 911 calls and I wonder what the
reaction was to that.
When did you manage that for the muture?
>> They would be asking about the sonic booms.
Did I understand that right?
>> We actually announced this and tell people that there is
going to be a sonic boom, in my eyes is very similar to the
Schultz.
People can recognize it and I remember hearing that in a
couple of times.
They had a characteristic boom and the Schultz was coming back.
It will be the same thing eventually and people get used
to this particular sonic boom.
It's different and they will come back and I believe it's
going to be the same thing.
It will take time to get used to it.
They will announce it in time and let people know.
>> Thanks and I was wondering if you can give us an update on
what is coming up next.
>> Next is I think another call.
Those are too.
>> For whatever is next.
>> I think it's going to be.
>> I believe it's in the first half and I think that's by the
end of August.
>> You have a question for mark?
>> Historical aerospace Hughes.
Congratulations to yourself for the dedicated people of space x,
NASA and the 41st space wing.
This was a mission of perfection reminiscent of the mission.
It looks fantastic.
Based on that success, I have a question for you, Hans.
That is this.
What was the weight of the†-- the weight and initial speed of
the first stage of the falcon 9 returning to land as it did
tonight?
>> You mean the weight by the time it separates?
>> Yes.
When it was coming down and landed on the x.
>> I don't remember exactly what the per pound rate is, but it
weighs around 60,000 pounds.
I'm sorry.
We have to get back to you.
I don't think I remember that number off the top of my head.
>> Okay.
Thank you very much for answering my question.
>> Thank you.
>> That's all on the phones.
You can ask questions on social media as well if you have the
hash tag†#askNASA.
>> I assume the next two launches will be ocean landing
attempts?
When will you attempt the land landing again?
>> They are coming out and I don't know the date of that, but
I believe one of two here.
They are likely to go back for the land landing.
>> We have a question on social media.
>> Do you think that the new property is about the wax
material and method of cooling?
>> Say that one more time?
>> Do you think that Leo gravity will reveal properties about the
wax material and method of cooling?
>> As you are aware we are doing science experiments all the time
and that's a benefit of the international space station to
do these experiments and see it as the testing is a result that
we expected or is it something that we didn't expect.
With the crew up there, you can adjust the experiment.
If you see something and for example, the question that the
reader had and it doesn't predict or result in how you
predicted it, you can have them change things.
That's a benefit of having a crew on board.
>> We will go back to the phones on CBS.
Bill?
>> Thank you very much, George.
Can you give us an update on the plans for August 22nd?
How realistic is that date.
Have you finished the analysis of the issues that came up and
anything you can add on.
Thanks.
>> Sure.
August 22nd is a good date.
We have done the work and the new trajectory.
We handed it over to the Wallace team.
They have taken a look and doing their assessments of the
trajectory.
We are looking good for August 22nd.
>> When you say they have redone the trajectory, did that
incorporate the settings based on the vibration issue they had?
>> That's correct.
>> Thank you very much.
>> Sure.
>> All right, let's come back to take a couple here.
>> Hi.
We have a question for one of the readers, Gotti Martin asked
will the rapid reusability allow for the Spacehab at that time
that will demand the presence in space and allow for the launch
systems?
>> Yes.
>> The whole goal is to lower the cost of space travel and
space transportation and that does enable things that are
expensive and reach for a lot of organizations.
Ultimately we will lower costs and provide cheaper access to
space based on that.
>> We have one more question on social media and that will do
it.
>> This comes from Kona and it's a question for Hans.
When will space x use dragon vessels and reusing?
>> I think it's also NASA that we have a plan, I believe.
>> That's 11 or 12 or something like that.
Currently nine.
I think not too far from now.
>> One more here.
>> I was hoping to hear and confirm if space x was planning
on reusing other parts.
I would say in refer now, they will eventually be able to do
that.
There is going to be modifications and we will test
it out again.
I don't think I have a schedule on that.
That's going to be a couple more until you can drop that out.
>> Is there an estimated cost in doing so?
>> The Bill sharing is expensive.
It's a huge structure.
It's made of composites and it takes a lot of time.
It doesn't take too much.
I want to say given the size of it, it's nevertheless a lot of
money.
I don't think I have a particular number that I can
give you.
It's going to reduce cost.
>> That's going to conclude the questions.
We have a replay for you to watch.
At that point we will conclude our briefing.
Thank you very much.
>> T minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, main engines up and
running and lift off of the falcon 9 to the space station.
The experiments for long-term living in space.