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NOT ONLY WAS IT A BIG WEEKEND
FOR AMERICAN SPACE HISTORY BUT
A BIG WEEKEND FOR SPACE X ELON
MUSK.
>> PLANNING FOR YEARS TO BE THE
FIRST COMMERCIAL COMPANY TO
LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS INTO SPACE
AND FINALLY MAKING IT HAPPEN.
>> ARE ERIK VON ANCKEN GOT AN
EXCLUSIVE ONE-ON-ONE WITH ELON
MUSK AND HE SAYS THERE IS MORE
TO COME.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE
SUPPORT OF THE SPACE COAST AND
THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA THAT HAVE
HELPED US TO GET HERE AND I
THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE
EXCITEMENT AND ACTIVITY AND WE
WILL BE SENDING A LOT OF
ASTRONAUTS TO THE SPACE STATION
AND HOPEFULLY THE MOON AND MARS
RIGHT HERE FROM THE SPACE
COAST.
SO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO MANY EXCITING THINGS
IN THE FUTURE.
>> YOU KNOW HOW MUCH PAIN THEY
BEEN TO THE LAST NINE YEARS AND
THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS NEXT
AND IT FINALLY HAPPENED BECAUSE
OF YOU.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE TO
THINK FOR THE PROGRESS HERE AND
A LOT OF APPRECIATION FOR THE
CURRENT IN THE POWER OF
ADMINISTRATION OF NASA AND THE
CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENT TO
GET TO THIS POINT.
WE WILL KEEP DRIVING HARD AND
DO MORE AND MORE MISSIONS.
I THINK JUST TO GIVE YOU A
SENSE OF SCALE HERE.
I THINK WE WILL DO MORE PAYLOAD
FROM THE SPACE COAST BUT ALL OF
THE ROCKETS COMBINED THIS YEAR.
JUST IN SHEER TONNAGE.
>> FROM THE SPACE COAST?
>> FROM CAPE CANAVERAL, KATE
KENNEDY.
>> AND NEWS 6 ERIK VON ANCKEN
JOINS US NOW FROM HIS HOME
OFFICE.
AND ERIC, WHAT ELSE DID HE HAVE
TO SAY?
>> GOOD MORNING, CANDACE.
I THINK THAT WAS THE BIG FACT.
BUT HE JUST SAID THERE ABOUT
WHAT IS HISTORIC FOR THE SPACE
COAST.
SO IF YOU CAN DIGEST THAT A
LITTLE BIT HE SAID THAT PER
TONNAGE HE PLANS TO LAUNCH MORE
PAYLOADS AND MORE ROCKETS AND
MORE PEOPLE AND MORE STUFF AND
MORE SATELLITES FROM THE SPACE
COAST RIGHT HERE IN CENTRAL
FLORIDA THAN ANYWHERE ELSE OF
THE OTHER PORTS COMBINED.
THAT INCLUDES TEXAS AND
CALIFORNIA.
I THINK WHAT HE WAS SAYING
THERE IS THE FUTURE IS REALLY,
REALLY BRIGHT FOR THE SPACE
COAST.
THIS WAS A BIG DEAL AND HE ALSO
TOLD ME THE PLAN WOULD BE EVERY
10 DAYS OR SO TO SEND UP A
ROCKET FROM THE SPACE COAST.
THAT IS A VERY AMBITIOUS
SCHEDULE BUT WE HAVE SEEN SPACE
X RAMP UP AND AGAIN OF THIS IS
COMING FROM ELON MUSK,
CONSIDERING WHAT HE DID ON
SATURDAY I THINK IT IS ENTIRELY
BELIEVABLE.
>> SPEAKING OF SATURDAY I LOVE
YOUR COMPARISON THAT YOU TALKED
ABOUT RIGHT AFTER THE LAUNCH.
YOU SAID FOR THE LAST NINE
YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN COVERING SO
MANY OF THESE ROCKET LAUNCHERS
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY
WERE FIREWORKS.
THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT
HAVING TWO AMERICANS AND THAT
ROCKET.
WHAT WAS THAT FEELING LIKE
BEING THERE FOR THE LAUNCH?
>> EVERYBODY WHO IS OUT THERE I
THINK HAD THAT HIS BULLET WAS
SUCH A PRIVILEGE AND I WAS
TALKING WITH THIS LAST WEEK
WHEN I WAS CHATTING WITH YOU
GUYS HERE AT 9 AM.
WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO BE THERE
AND THAT CLOSE TO BE EVERYBODY
AT HOME AND EVERYBODY WATCHING
AND EVERYBODY READING.
THESE PICTURES.
AND THIS IS OUR JOB AND BECAUSE
OF THAT NASA ALLOWS US TO BE
THERE.
ONLY 80 PEOPLE NASA SELECTED
THIS TIME AROUND BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
WE GOT TO BE THERE AND FEEL THE
RUMBLING ROLLING ACROSS THE
LAGOON THERE.
THE SHOCK WAVES FROM THE ROCKET
ALWAYS TAKES A FEW SECONDS.
IT IS MOST INTENSE WHERE WE ARE
OF COURSE IF YOU’RE ACROSS THE
RIVER AND YOU’RE WATCHING FROM
TITUSVILLE YOU STILL FEEL IT
HAD CAR ALARMS ALWAYS GO OFF
AND IT’S THE GREATEST THING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NASA
ADMINISTRATOR SAID ON FRIDAY
AND THE PRELAUNCH PRESS
CONFERENCE IS THAT GOVERNMENT
ALWAYS CREATED TO SUPPLY AND
GOVERNMENT ALWAYS CREATED THE
DEMAND.
BUT THAT IS DIFFERENT AND THAT
IS WHY IT IS A NEW DAY FOR THE
SPACE COAST BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY CREATING
SUPPLY AND DEMAND.
SO FROM WHAT ELON MUSK WAS
SAYING AND FROM WHAT JIM WAS
SAYING, THE SPACE COAST SHOULD
NEVER BE IN THE SAME POSITION
THAT IT WAS IN 2011 WHEN THE
SHUTTLE STOPPED FLYING AND
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN AN
INSTANT THAT THEY LOST THEIR
JOBS.
>> YES, LET’S TALK ABOUT THE
FUTURE AND SATURDAY I WAS OUT
OF THE WESTGATE COCOA BEACH
PIER THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT
THE ONE BALL YOU FELT AFTER.
NOT ONLY DID WE FEEL THAT THERE
WAS THIS WAVE OF AMERICAN
PRIDE.
WHEN WE SAW THAT ROCKET GO UP
THE INCHOATE TIRE COSTLINE
STARTED CHANTING USA.
HE GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS AND IT
LASTED ALL WEEKEND LONG.
>> CANDACE, THERE WAS A LOT OF
SADNESS AND ANGER OVER THE
CANCELLATION OF THE SHUTTLE
PROGRAM BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A
FEAT OF AMERICAN ENGINEERING.
HUMAN ENGINEERING.
ENGINEERING FOR ALL MANKIND.
MORE THAN 2 MILLION MOVING
PARTS.
THE FACT THAT WE COULD BUILD
THIS AND DESIGN IT AND FLY THIS
INTO IT FOR THE MOST PART
SUCCESSFULLY AND THEN WE JUST
THREW IT AWAY, ESSENTIALLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THIS
OPINION THAT WE ARE WASTING SO
MUCH ENGINEERING.
BUT HERE WE ARE WE HAVE DONE IT
AGAIN.
ONE GUY HAS DONE IT AND HE’S A
BIT OF A SLAVE DRIVER AND I
SAID THIS ABOUT ELON MUSK IS
ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING
PEOPLE I’VE EVER MET.
I SAID THAT LAST WEEK WHEN WE
LAST TALKED.
I STILL STAND BY THAT.
HE IS DOING CALCULATIONS IN HIS
HEAD AS HE’S TALKING TO ME
STANDING THERE TALKING TO ME
BUT HE RUNS A TIGHT SHIP AND IS
A BIT OF A TYRANT.
HE GETS THE JOB DONE.
THE NASA ADMINISTRATOR SAID
THAT EVERY COMMITMENT THAT ELON
MUSK HAS MADE TO ME HE IS
FOLLOWED THROUGH ON.
AND THEY DID IT AGAIN.
HE IS THE GUY AT THE TOP BUT
STILL THIS ROCKET WAS MADE IN
HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA AND WAS
MADE HERE IN UNITED STATES.
WE DID IT.
HE PRAISES SPACE WORKERS AND
PEOPLE WHO WERE SLEEPING ON THE
FACTORY FLOOR SOMETIMES TO TRY
TO CATCH UP AND TO MAKE THIS
HAPPEN.
DRAGON WAS A FEW YEARS BEHIND
SCHEDULE BUT STILL THAT IS
BECAUSE IT WAS SO COMPLICATED.
PUTTING THESE TWO HUMANS ON
BOARD, THE MOST PRECIOUS CARGO
WE HAVE HAD AN AMERICAN
SPACESHIP IN NINE YEARS SO WE
HAD TO GET IT RIGHT.
AND HE DID.
AND THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO
AMERICA AND EVERYBODY SAW THAT
AND EVERYBODY FELT THAT.
>> AND OF COURSE SPACE X IS
ALREADY GEARING UP AND WE HAVE
ANOTHER LUNCH ON WEDNESDAY
KEEPS ON COMING.
>> IT IS HAPPENING QUICKLY LIKE
YOU SAID.
THE GOAL IS EVERY 10 DAYS OR SO
A LAUNCH FROM THE SPACE COAST.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE IT LIKE