NOW THIS WHOLE THING OVER TO NEWS 6 MORNING ANCHOR JUSTIN WARMOTH WITH THE WEEKLY.
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON
CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM WITH
JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> GOOD MORNING. I’M JUSTIN
WARMOTH. WE’RE JUST ONE DAY
AWAY FROM A CRITICAL TEST
FLIGHT OF NASA’S NEW MOON
ROCKET IS THE FIRST MAJOR STEP
FOR THE SPACE AGENCY’S ARTEMIS
PROGRAM THAT AIMS TO ONE DAY
RETURN ASTRONAUTS TO THE LUNAR
SURFACE THIS MORNING. CAN
CRAMER WITH SPACE UP CLOSE IS
HERE WITH A PREVIEW OF THE
UNCREWED MISSION AND THE
PRESSURE NASA FACES TO MAKE
SURE THINGS GO SMOOTHLY.
PRESSURE NASA FACES TO MAKE
SURE THINGS GO SMOOTHLY. Real. Amazing. >> WELL, I’M EXTREMELY
EXCITED. I’VE BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS PROGRAM FOR ABOUT 15
YEARS SINCE IT WAS FIRST BORN
UNDER PROJECT CONSTELLATION.
NOW AS PROJECT ARTEMIS GOT
RENAME AND IT ALSO GOT THE
MISSION TO LAND PEOPLE ON THE
MOON. THE FIRST WOMAN AND THE
FIRST PERSON OF COLOR
ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN.
SO THAT’S REALLY EXCITING AND
WILL HAVE A TEST FLIGHT COMING
UP ON ARTEMIS ONE. I THINK YOU
GUYS ARE GOING TO BE COVERING
THAT AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE
WILL HAVE A CREW FLY ON
ARTEMIS 2 WITH 4 ASTRONAUTS,
INCLUDING THE FIRST CANADIAN.
THE FIRST NON-AMERICAN TO GO
EARTH’S ORBIT AND THEN ARTEMIS
3 LAUNCHING AROUND 2025. 2026.
WELL, ACTUALLY LAND THOSE
PEOPLE ON THE MALL. I’M USING
THE ORION CAPSULE IN THE SLS
ROCKET. 2 OF THEM WILL ORBIT
AND 2 OF THEM WILL GO DOWN TO
THE MON THAT THOSE CREWS ARE
YET TO BE ANNOUNCED. SO, YEAH,
IT’S REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A KID, WE
WERE GOING TO THE MALL. WE
ACTUALLY LANDED ON THE MOON
WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER AND THEN
UNFORTUNATELY PROJECT APOLLO
ENDED. THE LAST 3 MORE
MISSIONS WERE CANCELED. VERY
SHORT-SIGHTED LEE AND UP. BUT
NOW IT’S RESURRECTED. AND SO,
YEAH, WE’RE ALL EXTREMELY
EXCITED.
>> I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT
SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP. YOU
KNOW, IT’S BEEN ABOUT 50
YEARS, SOME 50 YEARS SINCE
NASA’S BEEN BACK TO THE MOON.
AND I’M CURIOUS, OTHER THAN
LIKE BUDGETARY ISSUES, WHAT
WAS THE REASON BEHIND THAT?
LIKE BUDGETARY ISSUES, WHAT
WAS THE REASON BEHIND THAT? Real. Amazing. >> THE REASON IS BUDGETARY AND
POLITICS HAVE BEEN HAVE ENOUGH
POLITICAL SUPPORT. PRESIDENT
NIXON ACTUALLY CANCELED THE
LAST 3 APOLLO MOON LANDINGS,
18, 1920 IN THE EARLY 1970’S
LAST 3 APOLLO MOON LANDINGS,
18, 1920 IN THE EARLY 1970’S Real. Amazing. TECHNICALLY ACCOMPLISHED
EVERYTHING NASA DID ACCOMPLISH
EVERYTHING. SO THERE WAS NO
TECHNICAL REASON TO DOING WAS
JUST AT THAT TIME. THAT WAS
THE VIETNAM WAR. AND IT WAS A
LOT OF STRIFE IN THE COUNTRY.
KIND OF LIKE TODAY. AND SO
DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH POLITICAL
SUPPORT TODAY. THERE DOES SEEM
TO BE MORE POLITICAL SUPPORT.
THE PUBLIC SEEMS TO BE BEHIND
IT. AND SO HOPEFULLY IT WILL
CONTINUE. BUT THAT BEEN A FEW
FALSE STARTS. IN THE MEANTIME.
PRESIDENT BUSH FIRST ONE
ANNOUNCED A RETURN TO THE MOON
BACK IN THE 1980’S. BUT DIDN’T
GET ENOUGH POLITICAL AND
BUDGETARY SUPPORT. AND IT
HAPPENED AGAIN WITH THAT BUSH,
TOO. CONSTELLATION WAS
CANCELED. AND LUCKILY UNDER
TOO. CONSTELLATION WAS
CANCELED. AND LUCKILY UNDER Real. Amazing. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THEN
CONTINUING THROUGH THE
PRESIDENT BIDEN. NOW IT SEEMS
TO BE A REAL INTEREST. SO
REALLY EXCITING, YOU KNOW, ON
THE APOLLO GENERATION, YOU AND
MANY OF YOUR VIEWERS ARE THE
ARTEMIS GENERATION REALLY HOPE
THAT THIS CONTINUES. I’M A
SCIENTIST. SO I’M REAL EXCITED
FROM, YOU KNOW, WHAT
EXPIRATION POINT OF VIEW AS
WELL AS A SCIENTIFIC POINT OF
VIEW, THIS LOTS OF GREAT
SCIENCE THAT WE CAN DO AND WE
NEED TO GET OFF HIS AND
EXPLORING THE COSMOS. AND SO
I’M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
>> AS YOU LOOK AT ARTEMIS AND
THEN YOU LOOK BACK ON APOLLO,
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
SIMILARITIES THERE? AND ONE OF
THE KEY DIFFERENCES IN THOSE 2
PROJECTS.
THE KEY DIFFERENCES IN THOSE 2
PROJECTS. Real. Amazing. >> WHEN IT WAS APOLLO, WE
DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IF WE COULD
LAND ON YOU KNOW, THAT STARTED
AS PRESIDENT KENNEDY IN THE
EARLY 1960’S AND WE BARELY
LAUNCH ALAN SHEPARD ON A SUB
ORBITAL FLIGHT AND THEN
PRESIDENT KENNEDY ANNOUNCED
HIS FANTASTIC GOAL OF LANDING
A MAN ON THE MOON BEFORE THE
DECADE WAS OUT. I MEAN, IT’S
UNBELIEVABLE BEFORE WE HAD
COMPUTERS BEFORE IT WAS
WIDESPREAD TELEVISION. YOU
KNOW, AGAIN, I LOOK BACK ON IT
AND IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE IT
EVEN HAPPENED THAT SOCIAL
MEDIA TODAY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS
SO STRIFE AND BACKBITING
CRITICISMS ALL THE TIME. IF
THAT EXISTED BACK THEN I DON’T
KNOW IF WE WOULD HAVE GONE TO
BUT ANYWAY, THE RESULT WAS
THEIR PRESIDENT KENNEDY GOT
THE NATION BEHIND IT. AND SO
IS FULL SPEED AHEAD. VIETNAM
WAR INTERVENE. AND THEN THIS
SPORT DROP A LITTLE BIT. YOU
KNOW, LUCKILY, WE DON’T HAVE A
WAR GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THAT
WAS, YOU KNOW, IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN AND IN THE RECENT
PAST. BUT THAT’S OVER WITH
NOW. SO SO THE DIFFERENCE IS
NOW WE’RE GOING BACK. RELIEF
MISSIONS. OKAY. A FEW DAYS
LANDING ON THE SURFACE OF THE
MOON. NOW WE WANT TO GO BACK
AND WE WANT TO GO BACK TO
STAY. AND SO THIS ARTEMIS
MISSION, WHENEVER IT DOES
LAUNCH IN A FEW YEARS, ARTEMIS
3, THEY WILL LAND ON THE MOON
FOR AT LEAST A WEEK INSTEAD OF
3 DAYS. AND WE WANT TO BUILD A
SUSTAINABLE PRESENCE. AND SO
THEY’RE GOING TO THE SOUTH
POLE OF THE MONA WHY WE GO THE
SOUTH POLE BECAUSE THAT’S
WHERE THE WATER RISES.
PERMANENTLY SHADOWED CRATERS
SO WE CAN LIVE OFF THE LAND
WHICH WE COULDN’T DO IN A
FOLLOW-UP. IS THAT LIKE
EQUATORIAL WHERE THERE IS NO
ICE SO THEY CAN GO LAND ON THE
AND MIND THAT ICE POTENTIALLY.
AND THEN WE HAVE ROCKET FUEL
AND WE HAVE AIR AND WE HAVE
WATER SO WE CAN LIVE OFF THEM
ON TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, NOT
HAVE TO CARRY EVERYTHING WITH
US FROM EARTH ORBIT, WHICH IS
VERY EXPENSIVE. SO THOSE WITH
SHORT TRIPS NOW WE WANT TO
HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PRESENCE.
EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE A MAN
INTENDED OR HUMAN PERMANENTLY
OCCUPIED A MOON BASE. WE’RE
ALSO BILL IN NASA’S ALSO
BUILDING, I SHOULD SAY, THE
GATEWAY, MANY LUNAR SPACE
STATION RIGHT NOW. THERE’S THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IN
LOW EARTH ORBIT. WHAT NASA AND
EUROPE AND THE CANADIANS AND
THE JAPANESE WANT TO DO IS
BUILD THE GATEWAY MANY LUNAR
OUTPOST, OK, AND THAT WILL BE
IN ORBIT AROUND THE MOON AND
THE ASTRONAUTS ON FUTURE
ARTEMIS MISSIONS WOULD DOCK
THERE AND THEN GO DOWN TO THE
SURFACE OF THE MORE THE FIRST
ONE WILL BE A DIRECT ASCENT.
SO THE DIFFERENCE AGAIN, AS
THOSE FOR SHORT STAYS, WHAT WE
LEARNED SO MUCH FROM APOLLO,
WE LEARNED THE ORIGIN OF THE
EARTH MOON SYSTEM. WE BROUGHT
THOSE FOR SAMPLES BACK. NOW WE
WANT TO GO BACK TO TO STAY.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO GO TO MARS
BECAUSE THE MOON AS A PROVING
GROUND, WE CANNOT GO TO MARS.
IF WE HAVEN’T GONE BACK TO THE
MOON FIRST AS WE GET IT 50
YEARS AGO. BUT NOW WE HAVE TO
RECREATE ALL OF THAT
TECHNOLOGY THAT THAT DOESN’T
EXIST ANYMORE.
>> YOU IT ALL STARTS ON MONDAY
WITH THIS TEST FLIGHT BECAUSE
THIS REALLY SETS EVERYTHING
INTO MOTION AND MAKE SURE THAT
THEY HIT THOSE GOALS BECAUSE I
KNOW THAT THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM
HAS DEALT WITH A NUMBER OF
HICCUPS, INCLUDING YEARS OF
DELAYS OVER BUDGET AS WELL. DO
YOU SENSE THAT NASA’S REALLY
FEELING THE PRESSURE HERE TO
MAKE SURE THAT THINGS GO
SMOOTHLY FOR MONDAY’S LAUNCH?
>> THEY’RE ABSOLUTELY FEELING
THE PRESSURE AND IT HAS TO GO
WELL, THERE’S REALLY VERY
LITTLE MARGIN FOR ERROR. JUST
ABOUT EVERYTHING HAS TO GO.
WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, 99.9% HAS
TO GO RIGHT. THEY’VE GOT TO
LAUNCH. THEY’VE GOT TO ORBIT.
THE MON. WE’VE GOT TO GO
BEYOND THE MOLE ONE AND A HALF
LOOPS AND THEN COME BACK AND
THEN THEY’RE GOING TO TEST THE
RIGHT HE BECAUSE IT’S COMING
BACK IN ABOUT 25,000 MILES AN
HOUR. AND SAYS 17,000 MILES AN
HOUR. SO THE HEAT SHIELD HAS
TO BE BEEFED UP. AND THEY GOT
TO RECOVER THAT RYAN CAPSULE.
SO IT’S IT’S BIGGER, BETTER,
STRONGER. IT’S THE BIGGEST
HEAT SHIELD THAT’S EVER BEEN
BUILT BY HUMANITY OVER 16
FEET. WHY? WHY DIDN’T EVEN THE
MARS ROVER A CHILL FROM
PERSEVERANCE AND CURIOSITY
MARS. SO IN A WAY THEY GOT TO
RECOVER THE OF RYAN CAPSULE.
AT THE END, WE’VE GOT TO GET
THE ASTRONAUTS HOME SAFE
MANNEQUINS ABOARD. AND SO SO
THAT ALL HAS TO BE
ACCOMPLISHED. IT HAS TO BE
JUST CANNOT. FAIL. THERE IS NO
ROOM FOR FAILURE HERE. SO WE
GOT LAUNCH. WE’VE GOT ORBIT
THE MOON AND WE’VE GOT TO LAND
THAT CAPSULE AND RECOVERED
SOME OF THE COMPONENTS INSIDE
THE CAPTIONS. WE HAVE TO PROVE
THAT CAPSULE IS SAFE. THE
HUMANS THAT WE DON’T RADIATION
MEASUREMENTS WITH THOSE THOSE
MANNEQUINS, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, BECAUSE IT WILL BE
THERE’S THERE’S VERY LITTLE
RADIATION PROTECTION IN OUTER
WE HAVE TO DO THAT. SO, YOU
KNOW, THEY’RE ALSO LAUNCHING
CUBESATS OF THE CUBESATS FAIL.
THAT’S NOT BIG DEAL, BUT
THEY’RE THEY’RE VERY IMPORTANT
FOR SCIENCE, BUT NOT CRITICAL
TO THE SUCCESS OF THE ARTEMIS
PROGRAM. SOME PRETTY MUCH
EVERYTHING HAS TO GO, RIGHT.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE.
IT IS YEARS BEHIND SCHEDULE
AND BILLIONS OVER BUDGET. BUT
THAT’S TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS
BECAUSE THERE’S NO MARGIN FOR
ERROR.
BECAUSE THERE’S NO MARGIN FOR
ERROR. Real. Amazing. >> NOW IF THIS ARTEMIS ONE
MISSION DOES RUN INTO SOME
PROBLEMS, WHAT WILL THAT MEAN
FOR THE TIMELINE AND FOR THE
PROGRAM ITSELF, KRAMER WILL BE
BACK WITH THOSE ANSWERS AND
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM WITH JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> JONATHAN: WELCOME BACK. 5
DECADES AFTER THE FINAL FLIGHT
OF NASA’S LEGENDARY SATURN, 5
MOON ROCKET. THE SPACE AGENCY
IS JUST ONE DAY AWAY FROM
LAUNCHING ITS MOST POWERFUL
ROCKET YET FOR A CONSEQUENTIAL
AND LONG OVERDUE TEST FLIGHT.
THE FIRST SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM
OR SLS IS FINALLY READY TO
BLAST OFF FROM THE KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER SENDING IN AN
PILOTED ORION CREW CAPSULE ON
A 42 DAY VOYAGE AROUND THE
MOON. KEN KRAMER WITH SPACE OF
CLOSE IS BACK WITH US TO
EXPLAIN WHY THE FUTURE OF THE
ARTEMIS PROGRAM IS ON THE LINE
WITH TOMORROW’S LAUNCH.
ARTEMIS PROGRAM IS ON THE LINE
WITH TOMORROW’S LAUNCH. Real. Amazing. >> SO I THINK IF IT DOESN’T
WORK OUT, RIGHT, PENDING ON
WHAT GOES WRONG, IT COULD END
IT. I MEAN, IF ROCKET EXPLODE
ON THE WE DIDN’T GET ANYTHING
DONE. THAT WOULD BE REALLY BAD
AND EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY
CAN DO TO MAKE SURE IT WORKS.
NOW IF IN THE FINAL MOMENTS
AND A WRY AND SOMETHING
HAPPENS WITH IT AT THE AT THE
VERY END. MAYBE YOU COULD YOU
COULD RECOVER FROM THAT
BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILDING NEW
ORION CAPSULES. SO BUT BUT THE
ROCKET HAS TO WORK. AND IF IT
DOESN’T WORK, THEN, YOU KNOW,
THEN THE QUESTION AGAIN, IS,
AGAIN BECOMES IS THERE
POLITICAL SUPPORT AND IS THEIR
MONETARY SUPPORT IN THE
CONGRESS? I KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WOULD WANT
TO CONTINUE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE
TO ANALYZE, YOU KNOW WHAT
EXACTLY WENT WRONG. MOST OF IT
WORKS. AND AT THE VERY END,
JUST SOMETHING MINOR GOES
WRONG. NOT A BIG DEAL. BUT IF
SOMETHING MAJOR GOES WRONG,
THEN YOU WOULD CALL INTO
QUESTION THE PROGRAM. SPACEX
HAS A COMPETING PROGRAM WITH
THE STARSHIP AND THAT’S
ACTUALLY WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED
THE STARSHIP FROM SPACEX.
THAT’S THE HUMAN LANDER. SO
THAT STILL HAS TO BE BUILT TO.
SO THAT’S ALSO GOT TO GET
PROVING BEYOND WHAT ANYTHING
HAPPENS WITH WITH THIS AUTUMN
THIS PROGRAM. NASA NEEDS TO BE
SPACEX STARSHIP TO LAND ON THE
BECAUSE IT WILL CARRY THE
LUNAR LANDER. SO THEY’RE MORE
OF A PARTNERSHIP. THEN
COMPETITION. THEY ARE AN
ABSOLUTE PARTNER. THIS IS NOT
COMPETITION. ELON MUSK HAS HIS
OWN PLANS TO SAY PEOPLE TO
EARTH ORBIT. YOU KNOW, HE’S
ALSO ALREADY LAUNCHING THE
DRAGON CAPSULE AND THEN
LAUNCHING ASTRONAUTS TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE ON SPACE
STATION AND THEY HAVE PRIVATE
MISSIONS LIKE INSPIRATION FOR
LATER THIS YEAR. POLARIS, DAWN
WILL LAUNCH TOWARDS THE END OF
THIS YEAR. SO SPACEX IS THAT
BOTH A COMPETITOR AN INTEGRAL
PARTNER AS FAR AS ARTEMIS
GOES, THEY’RE DEFINITELY A
PARTNER. SO WE NEED TO THE
NASA SYSTEM WORK AND THEN
ARTEMIS 3. WE NEED THE SPACE X
SYSTEM TO WORK. AND SPACEX IS
ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT. THEY’RE
GOING LAUNCH SOME OF THE
ELEMENTS OF THE IN THE SPACE
STATION. THE FIRST ELEMENTS A
LAUNCHING ON FALCON HEAVY,
ALSO HOPEFULLY AROUND 2024 AND
THEN MORE COMPONENTS AFTER
THAT ON VARIOUS A PRIVATE
ROCKET FROM SPACEX AND U L A.
Real. Amazing. >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A
SOULLESS AND ITS SHARE THE
MOST POWERFUL ROCKET. NASA HAS
SOULLESS AND ITS SHARE THE
MOST POWERFUL ROCKET. NASA HAS Real. Amazing. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO HAPPEN
HERE IS GOING TO DO YOU FEEL
LIKE THIS IS GOING TO FEEL
MORE AND MAYBE LOOK MORE SOUND
MORE.
>> LIKE A SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH
AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE’VE BEEN
SEEING OVER THE LAST DECADE OR
SO WITH THESE ROCKETS.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS THE
MOST POWERFUL ROCKET IN THE
WORLD EVER LAUNCHED. THE MOST
POWERFUL NASA HAS BUILT AND IT
IS THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET TO
THIS DATE. THE STARSHIP
EVENTUALLY WILL BE MORE
POWERFUL. BUT NASA IS ALSO
GOING TO UPGRADE THE SPACE
LAUNCH SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT WILL HAVE EVEN MORE US.
BUT YEAH, IT’S ABOUT 15 TO 20%
POWERFUL THAN APOLLO AND SPACE
SHUTTLE. SO IT’S THAT CLASS OF
VEHICLE. I SAW THE LAST BUNCH
OF SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCHES. I
DID NOT SEE APOLLO, BUT BUT
IT’S IN THAT CLASS AND THAT
CLASSES LIKE 4 TIMES THE
FALCON 9, THE ONLY THING
THAT’S REALLY CLOSE TO IT IS
THE FALCON HEAVY. THAT’S ABOUT
5.1 MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST
VS ARTEMIS SLS IS ABOUT 8.8.
SO IT’S ABOUT 2 THIRDS OF A OF
A OF A SPACE SHUTTLE, HENRI
HENRI ARGUMENTS THAT THE
FALCON HEAVY. SO THAT’S THE
ONLY THING THAT’S REALLY CLOSE
AFTER THAT. IT’S ABOUT 2 AND A
HALF MILLION POUNDS OF THRUST
THE U L A DELTA 4 HEAVY. SO,
YEAH, IF YOU SEE NIC HEAVY OR
YOU’VE SEEN THE SPACE SHUTTLE
MANY YEARS AGO, THEN YOU’RE
GOING TO HAVE A FEELING FOR
WHAT THIS IS LIKE. BUT IT IS
EVEN MORE AWFUL THAN THAT.
YEAH.
>> AND THAT’S A DIFFERENT
FEELING TO IT IS SO DIFFERENT
FEELING.
>> YEAH. SO IT’S GOING TO BE A
LOT LOUDER. IT’S GOING TO BE A
LOT BRIGHTER
>> AND IT IS JUST GOING TO BE
ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR. AND
IT’S GOT JOY AND SOLID ROCKET
BOOSTERS THE MOST POWERFUL
EVER BUILT. THEY ARE 20% MORE
POWERFUL THAN THE SPECIAL. SO
YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THAT THING
GO INTO SPACE AS SOLIDS ARE
JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
WATCHING THAT EXHAUST RAIL. SO
YOU’LL SEE IT GO INTO YOU
KNOW, UNLESS THE CLOUDS AND
THEY’RE BEING SO WE SHOULD
HAVE A FANTASTIC SHOW. I’M
JUST LIKE THE SHUTTLE JUST
LIKE APOLLO, UNLIKE ANYTHING,
IT’S UNLIKE ANYTHING. SO, YOU
KNOW, YOU HAVE A CHANCE. YOU
SHOULD SEE IT. NOW. THEY ARE
EXPECTING BETWEEN 100,000 AND
A MILLION. I’VE SEEN VARIOUS
ESTIMATES PROBABLY GOING TO BE
A HALF A MILLION. BUT ANYWAY,
IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THAT
LAUNCH TITUSVILLE AROUND BASED
IS THE BEST PLACE TO WATCH IT
FROM YOU GET A DIRECT VIEW OF
THE LAUNCH PAD. I JUST WATCHED
IT THIS MORNING. SUNRISE.
FINALLY THERE ARE CLOUDS AT
THAT RISE AND I’LL BE POSTING
THOSE PICTURES. SHOW AND I’LL
BE AT THE LAUNCH PAD. ACTUALLY
THIS AFTERNOON SENDING MY
CAMERAS JUST A FEW 100 FEET
AWAY FROM THE ROCKET. SO YEAH,
AND THE SIZE 2 IS MASSIVE. IT
IS 322 FEET TO ABOUT 32
STORIES. APOLLO WAS ABOUT 36.
THE SHUTTLE WAS ABOUT 186 IS
ABOUT 18 OR 19 STORIES. SO
IT’S REALLY HUGE. IT SMALL,
AWFUL AND IT’S TALLER THAN
ANYTHING THAT HAS LAUNCHED A,
YOU KNOW, IN MANY DECADES IN
50 YEARS, WE HAVEN’T LAUNCHED
ON APOLLO SATURN. 5. SO IT’S
MORE POWERFUL AND IT’S TALLER
AND IT’S GOING FURTHER THAN
ANY HUMAN RATED SPACECRAFT
EVER HAS BEFORE. IT’S GOING
40,000 MILES. BEYOND THE
MOMENT, WHICH IS MUCH FARTHER
APOLLO. AND AGAIN, IT ALL
LEADS UP 2 GONE TO MARS.
THAT’S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
THE MOON AS A PROVING GROUND
AND THEN THE EVENTUAL GOAL IS
TO GET TO MARS, WHICH WE COULD
HAVE DONE IF WE HADN’T
CANCELED THE POLITICIANS, I
SHOULD SAY WILL PROBABLY WOULD
HAVE BEEN IN THE MON ALREADY.
>> I’LL TELL YOU YOU
MENTIONED. YOU BROUGHT UP
TITUSVILLE BEING. YOU’RE YOU
THINK THE BEST SPOTS TO WATCH
A LAUNCH. THAT SPACE VIEW PARK
IS THAT IS THAT WHERE YOU
WOULD SEND FOLKS TO WATCH THIS
HISTORIC LAUNCH?
>> YOU CAN WATCH ANYWHERE ON
ON ROUTE ONE IN TITUSVILLE
SPACE VIEW PARK IS ONE OF THEM
WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THE
BRIDGE LIKE THEY WERE FOR THE
SHUTTLE. DOES MANY PARKS ALONG
ROUTE ONE IN TITUSVILLE,
BETTER AND BETTER WITH NO
TREES IN FRONT THAT YOU CAN
WATCH THEIR ABOUT 11, 12, 13
MILES AWAY AT THAT VARIOUS NOT
JUST SPACE VIEW PARK. THAT’S
ONE SPOT. THAT’S ONE LITTLE
SPOT AND PEOPLE ARE 100,000.
PEOPLE CANNOT GET THERE. A LOT
OF PEOPLE FIT ON THAT BRIDGE.
BUT YES, SO YOU LOOK ON THE
MAP THAT AS WELL AS A COUPLE
MILES LONG NORTH TO SOUTH
ANYWHERE ALONG THERE. I
BELIEVE YOU CAN ALSO WATCH
ALONG ROUTE 5.28. WITH THE
BRIDGES THAT CAN ALLOW SOME
PUBLIC VIEWING IF YOU DON’T
GET TOO CLOSE TO THE BASE IS
STILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE
ROCKET ON THE PAD. AND THAT’S
WHY TITUSVILLE IS SO GOOD
BEFORE THE LAUNCH. YOU CAN SEE
THE ROCKET SITTING THERE ON
THE PAD AND OVERNIGHT IT WILL
BE ILLUMINATED. YOU GOING TO
HAVE TO GET THERE EARLY. EVEN
THE MEDIA LIKE ME.
>> AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, WE
HAVE TO GET THEIR 6 HOURS
AHEAD OF TIME. IT’S GOING TO
BE MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAM. SO
TITUSVILLE IS THE BEST SPOT
5.28, I WOULDN’T SEND PEOPLE
TO JETTY PARK, ALTHOUGH THERE
WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.
I KNOW YOU GUYS COVER A LOT OF
LAUNCHES FROM THERE. BUT THE
PROBLEM WITH THAT IS YOU DON’T
SEE THE ROCKET. HE REALLY
CLEARS THE TREES AND THE
BUILDINGS. SO YOU ONLY SEE IT
AFTERWARDS. KNOW YOU REALLY
WANT TO SEE IGNITION. THAT’S,
YOU KNOW, THE EXCITING PART IS
THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT’S
HAPPENING WHEN WHEN YOU’RE A
JETTY PARK AND AND PORT
CANAVERAL AND THOSE BEACHES.
YOU DON’T SEE IT UNTIL IT
CLEARS THE TREE. SO YOU DON’T
KNOW WHEN IT ACTUALLY LAUNCH.
YOU CAN LISTEN ON THE RADIO
WORD BROADCAST, BUT YOU DON’T
KNOW WHEN IT GOES TITUSVILLE.
NUMBER ONE SPOT. AND BECAUSE
OF THAT, YEAH, THEY’RE GOING
TO BE CROWDS BEYOND BELIEF
THERE AND THEY’RE GOING TO
HAVE A LOT YOU KNOW, LAW
ENFORCEMENT WATCHING A LOT OF
CROWD CONTROL. THAT’S
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY BECAUSE
CARS DO PRETTY. CARS TO TRAVEL
PRETTY QUICKLY ALONG ROUTE
ONE. AGAIN, I WAS JUST AND
THIS MORNING AND THEY WERE
MOVING QUICK, BUT THEY’RE
GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE SLOW AND
GET THERE EARLY. THAT IS THE
KEY GET THERE EARLY. BRING
SOME FOOD, BRING SOME SNACKS
WITH YOU. YOU’RE GOING TO BE
THERE FOR LIKE A 3RD OF THE
AND THEN WHEN IT’S DONE THAT
BE A MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAM TO
LEAVE. SO YOU NEED TO HAVE
FOOD. BEFORE YOU GET THERE
WHILE YOU’RE THERE. AND
AFTERWARDS.
WHILE YOU’RE THERE. AND
AFTERWARDS. Real. Amazing. >> AND NEWS 6 WILL HAVE LIVE
TEAM COVERAGE OF TOMORROW’S
HISTORIC TEST FLIGHT WHICH IS
SET FOR 08:33AM. YOU CAN READ
MORE ABOUT THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM
AND THE TIMELINE FOR FUTURE
MISSIONS WITH ASTRONAUTS ON
BOARD RIGHT NOW ON CLICK,
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I’M JUSTIN WARMOTH HAVE A
GREAT SUNDAY.