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id="thebody" style="defaultCaption">Mike
Massimino: Okay, so here we are, outside the Virtual Reality- it's the Virtual Reality
Lab.
I don't know where Development comes in.MM:
But the Virtual Reality Lab with Eric Boe, the pilot for one thirty-three.
And Royce Renfrew, you're the- are you the lead flight director?<p begin="00:00:25.250"
end="00:00:28.291">Royce Renfrew: Lead station flight director.<p begin="00:00:27.375"
end="00:00:32.333">MM: The lead station flight director.
Tell me why there's so much action here today.RR:
Why is there so much action?MM: Yeah.
Why is there so much action in here today?RR:
Well, Steve Bowen got assigned to the flight to replace Tim.
What they're running today is the EVA2 time line, which is pretty much having Steve Bowen
on the arm for the majority of the EVA.RR:
So what we're doing in the VR Lab here is practicing all the voice protocols between
Mike Barratt and Nicole and- and Steve on the arm, make sure we've got all that synced
up.MM: Yeah.MM:
Right.RR: After we get done with that, we'll go run
it in the pool, where we- Steve actually gets to put an EMU on and we'll run that in the
pool, to make sure it all works correctly.MM:
Okay.RR: Use this- we can spend a lot more time in
here if we need to reset.
It's very easy to do.
Work out all the kinks in the VR Lab, and then go run it in the pool-<p begin="00:01:17.041"
end="00:01:20.166">RR: So we can [INAUDIBLE] when we go run the EVA.<p begin="00:01:19.667"
end="00:01:24.375">MM: So, this is the nice thing.
You guys- Eric, you've had- Steve's been on your crew for how long?<p begin="00:01:23.542"
end="00:01:26.083">Eric Bow: About a week or two.EB:
He's actually a very experienced spacewalker, but he just has to kind of go through- these
are very- each spacewalk is very specific in the details.<p begin="00:01:25.208"
end="00:01:27.250">MM: A week or two, right?
So-EB: A lot of common tasks, but you know, the specifics
are always something that you've got to look at.
And of course, different crew members might look at a problem differently.<p begin="00:01:42.375"
end="00:01:49.875">EB: So Steve need, you know, needs to- to look at it and see- and
Tim obviously has been helping Steve to- to make all this happen, so-<p begin="00:01:49.166"
end="00:01:54.625">EB: And we plan on running this EVA- it's Monday today.
And then we plan on running this in the pool on Friday-MM:
Yeah.EB: For the first time, to give Steve a chance
to look at this EVA.MM: So, this is great we
have this lab, I think.
This is a good example of it, because it- how important this virtual reality is.
Because you're trying to get a guy up to speed in just a couple days.<p begin="00:02:06.375"
end="00:02:13.625">MM: If you threw him in the pool right away, might go okay, but it's
going to go a lot better because he can practice- he can see everything he's doing-<p begin="00:02:12.834"
end="00:02:22.875">MM: Virtual reality-wise through the virtual reality helmet.
He can move around.
You guys can practice your coordination.
It's really quite- before he goes in the water.
And that will be all set for his run.EB:
Right.
And this is the perfect tool for that.
It's a chance that you can do multiple times.MM:
Right.EB: And we'll get in here a few more times before
we actually go up, and so Steve can then go out, you know, kind of go home and look at
the task again.EB: Now he has a picture
in his mind of what it's supposed to look like and then in the pool, he can actually
work with the hardware that's very similar to what it's going to be like up there.<p
begin="00:02:38.583" end="00:02:47.333">RR: And before we ever got in here, he spent a
lot of time doing tabletop reviews, working with the EVA officer, working with Tim.<p
begin="00:02:46.083" end="00:02:55.166">RR: This is the bot position I have here and this
is why.
This is what I'm reaching for.
So we do a lot of tabletop before it even got here.
This is the next step.RR: And then get in the
pool and finish it all off.
And like- like Bim said, run it a couple more times before we go fly here.
Should be fine.
MM: Right.
And the Tim you're referring to is Tim Kopra, who was- now, this is- he's been- he's been
able to help out.
He's been- been around.EB: Yeah, he's been helping
a lot.
Obviously- and- and Tim was instrumental in- in making this [INAUDIBLE]-<p begin="00:03:12.458"
end="00:03:14.709">MM: Yeah, he was EV one, right?
Wasn't he EV one?
EB: Right, he was EV one, right.<p begin="00:03:14.208"
end="00:03:18.250">MM: Yeah, so it was his- his baby.
So- and he's been helping, though?EB: Oh, absolutely.<p
begin="00:03:18.041" end="00:03:20.875">MM: Yeah, because I mean, that's pretty good team
spirit right there.RR: It is.<p begin="00:03:20.709"
end="00:03:28.041">MM: You know, because he's not able to go at the last minute, and instead
of being all bummed, which I'm sure he's disappointed, he's helping out.<p begin="00:03:27.208"
end="00:03:35.542">EB: This is a big team effort, and it takes a lot of people to get
the job done.
And obviously Tim's disappointed, you know, given the circumstances, but he's also willing
to-EB: You know, get the team going.
You know, he realizes that, you know, the ultimate goal is to get the job done.
And so it's really great having-EB: I mean, to me- I'm
sure Royce can say the same with his team.
You know, it's just- the number of people it takes to make a mission happen-<p begin="00:03:46.917"
end="00:03:52.917">EB: And that, you know, backing each other up and making things work
is really, you know, top notch.RR: His- his- Tim's contributions
here are really going to allow us to launch on the 24th.
That's what came down.
MM: Yeah.EB:
Yeah.