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>> We just, you know, delivered the first crew module to the O
and C Building at KSC.
We started a lot of the parts on to the outside of the CM,
and we've actually put it in what we call the birdcage.
So we can locate all those parts, you know, within,
you know, thousands of an inch to make sure
that everything is going together okay.
>> Putting, you know, wiring inside of it, pointing tubes
for the, you know, for the propulsion system,
putting valves and pumps.
And so all of that happens in stages right there
in the O and C building.
>> We have our own contract with USA, United Space Alliance,
to build our Orion missions.
They set up shop in the O and C. So they will shop,
deliver us to the big shops.
>> The EFT1 will test some of our high-risk areas.
And one of the high-risk areas is the thermal
protection system.
>> So the material's got to be different.
It's got to be able to take and withstand this energy.
>> Thermal protection is very difficult
in reentry vehicles to test and to model.
And really you have to fly it
to really understand what's going to happen.
>> We're building ceramic thermal insulation tiles
for the back shell of the capsule.
We're building thermal barriers for the capsule.
And we're building multilayer insulation for that capsule.
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>> I am the heat shield design lead.
So we're designing and building the heat shield
for the future Orion missions.
>> The EFT1 heat shield is unique in the way that we have
to [inaudible] to the entire surface.
>> The heat shield right now is in our big 20 by 20 router.
It's a five access router.
And right now it's machining the interior bowl,
if you will, the heat shield.
>> To cut out that heat shield on the router,
it could take weeks of machine time running multiple shifts.
It's the biggest heat shield ever constructed.
>> The other component is the heat shield skeleton.
So that's the piece of the titanium substructure,
the backbone, that makes up the carrier structure itself.
>> Another unique thing is all the hand drilling
that we're doing.
So it's not automated by a router in this case.
And it all has to be hand drilled
by technicians on the inside.
>> Yeah all the pieces come pre-machined.
And a lot of pilot holes in it.
>> Two hundred plus titanium parts all match
drilled together.
>> So we have a tool that puts all the pieces in the right spot
and then we drill and high lock them all together.
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>> MCC is transforming from supporting space shuttle
and space station to a platform
that will support space station and MPCB or Orion.
>> In order to adapt to the future we need to go
to a more modern system.
>> I'm a flight controller.
So I'm helping prepare the ops portion of this flight test.
KFC will operate the vehicle all the way up until launch.
We'll operate the vehicle to splash down.
And the recovery portions come in and take over after that.
This is a test to prepare us for EM1 and EM2
and the execution of those flights.
And those flights are what's going to get us back
to lunar altitude or beyond.
So just this being part of this stepping stone
of a huge milestone of programming [inaudible].
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