.
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. >>> THE
. >>> THE COUNTDOWN IS BACKON
AGAIN NOW FOR A HISTORIC
SPACE LAUNCH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AS YOU
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. THAT SPACE XNASA LAUNCH WAS
SCRUBBED FOR WEATHER
REASONS.
REASONS.
REASONS. IT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR
2:22 P.M.
2:22 P.M.
2:22 P.M. ON SATURDAY.
ON SATURDAY. EASY TO REMEMBER.
+@
EASY TO REMEMBER. THIS LAUNCH IS GOING TO BE
HISTORIC FOR SEVERAL
REASONS.
REASONS.
REASONS. IT IS THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY
A DECA+@DE THAT
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS ARE
LAUNCHING FROM AMERICAN
SOIL.
SOIL.
SOIL. IF
SOIL. IF THEY CAN JUST GET UP OFF
THAT SOIL ON SATURDAY.
JOINING US TO TALK MORE ABOUT
IT THIS AFTERNOON IS
KEN.
KEN.
KEN. THE
KEN. THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL
SPACE SOCIETY OF NORTH
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. >>
TODAY. >> MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> I THINK THIS IS KIND OF AN
EXCITING THING JUST
FOR REGULAR EVERY DAY PEOPLE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT THROUGH
YOUR EYES THOUGH AND
THROUG+@H YOUR MEMBERS EYES.
DO YOU ALL GET GEEKED UP ABOUT
THIS
THIS
THIS >>
THIS >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. ITS BEEN NINE YEARS SINCE AN
AMERICAN ROCKET CARRIED
AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS AMERICAN
SOIL.
SOIL.
SOIL. SO,
SOIL. SO, MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
SPACE SOCIETY NATIONWIDE
AS WELL AS OF COURSE THE AWARD
WINNING LOCAL
WINNING LOCAL CHAPTER,+@ YOU KNOW.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS
AND CAN'T WAIT FOR IT
TO GET OFF THE GROUND AND MAKE
HISTORY.
HISTORY.
HISTORY. >> WE HAVE SEEN IT +@FLY WITHO
PEOPLE ON BOARD AS A
TEST.
TEST.
TEST. THINGS WENT WELL ENOUGH THAT
NOW WE HAVE PUT A
COUPLE OF PEOPLE ON BOARD THIS
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. LET'S TALK AT THE PURPOSE OF
THIS MISSION.
THIS MISSION. ISN'T IT LIKE LEARNING TO WALK
AGAIN AND MAKING SURE
THAT EVERYTHING CHECKS OUT AND
THAT WE HAVE THIS
THING RIGHT
THING RIGHT >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. TO A GREAT EXTENT.
THIS AS YOU SAID THERE WAS A
TEST MISSION WITHOUT
ASTRONAUTS.
ASTRONAUTS. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND
TEST MISSION AND IT'LL
HAVE THESE TWO ASTRONAUTS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S -- THE+@ GOAL IS
TO PUT THE ROCKET
THROUGH ITS PACES.
THE ROCKET -- THE FALCON 9
+@ROCKET DEVELOPED BY SPACE
X HAS BEEN LAUNCHED DOZENS OF
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. THIS IS A NEW ROCKET BECAUSE OF
COURSE FALCON 9
FIRST STAGES ARE OFTEN REUSED
BUT THE ROCKETS
GETTING PUT THROUGH ITS PACES.
THE SECOND STAGE AS WELL AS THE
RELATIVELY NEW CREW
DRAGON C APS ULE.
SO, YEAH, FROM MANY RESPECTS
+@
+@ THIS
+@ THIS IS -- IT'S LIK+@E A
BRAND NEW CAR.
TO SOME EXTENT THEY ARE KICKING
THE TIRES AND MAKING
SURE EVERYTHING WORKS THE WAY
IN REALITY AND IN
SPACE THAT IT HAS ON THE
GROUND.
GROUND.
GROUND. >> YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
NEW CAR WORKS.
GOT TO BREAK IT IN THERE.
A WEIRD THING ABOUT THIS
MISSION IS USUALLY, YOU
KNOW BACK IN THE SHUTTLE DAYS
WE ALWAYS KNEW THE DAY
THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO TAKE+@ O
WE ALWAYS KNEW THE DAY THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO TAKE+@ O@
AND ROUGHLY THE DAY
THEY WERE SCHEDULED TO LAND.
WITH THIS ONE ITS OPEN ENDED ON
THE BACK END WHERE
THEY COULD BRING THEM BACK SORT
OF WHE+@N NASA IS
READY TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY ARE
GOING UP TO THE
SPACE STATION AND THEN WILL
JUST DETERMINE FROM
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. WE
THERE. WE KNOW THAT WATCHING THESE
ROCKETS TAKE OFF IS FUN
TO WATCH.
TO WATCH.
TO WATCH. YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS WONDER ABOUT
WHY THE PUBLIC
SHOULD CARE ABOUT THESE THINGS
A LOT.
A LOT.
A LOT. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. THI+@S TE+@ST IS -- IT'S AGAIN
IT'S A RETURN TO
FLIGHT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF
AMERICAN SPACE FLIGHT
FIRST TIME IN NINE YEARS.
ASTRONAUTS HAD BEEN LAUNCHING
FROM RUSSIAN ROCKETS
FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS. +@
THAT IS PART OF THE LIST OF
REASONS.
REASONS.
REASONS. WE HAVE AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS
FROM AMERICAN SOIL AND
THIS IS GOING TO BE ON A ROCKET
WHERE WE ANTICIPATE
THAT THE FIRST STAGE WOULD BE
LANDED SO +@THAT CAN BE
A REUSED.
A REUSED.
A REUSED. THE C APS ULE ITSELF IS --
AFTER IT LANDS IT MAY BE
REUSED.
REUSED.
REUSED. THIS IS A WHOLE NEW ERA IN
SPACE FLIGHT BECAUSE WE
WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO
REDUCE THE COST OF
SPACE FLIGHT BY REUSING THESE
SPACE X FIRST STAGES
OF THE ROCKET.
SPACE X IS CHARGING LESS MONEY
THAN THE RUSSIANS
GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN CHARGING
AND THE EXPECTATION IS
THAT THE PRICE MAY CONTINUE TO
DECREASE AS MISSIONS
AND AS THE YEARS GO BY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR
OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE FLIGHT --
SPACE TOURISM.
SPACE TOURISM. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU
KNOW, THAT'S BEEN
DISCUSSED AND THERE MAY BE
PAYING PASSENGERS FROM
THE PUBLIC SO THIS IS --
IDEALLY THE BEGINNING OF AN
ENTI+@RE NEW LEVEL OF SPACE
FLIGHT.
FLIGHT.
FLIGHT. >> IT SHOULD BE FUN TO WATCH
THIS COMING SATURDAY.
IF THE WEATHER WILL JUST HOLD
UP THIS TIME AROUND
+@AND LET IT GET OFF THE GROUND
KEN,+@ PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONA
SPACE