NASA Science Live: Next Steps to Science on the Moon

LIKE OUR OWN-- SMALL AND ROCKY, COVERED IN OCEANS AND DENSE CLOUDS, OR EVEN POSSIBLY C. [ MUSIC ] We will go forward to the moon with humans Explore moon to Mars We are expanding our presence in the solar system With our powerful rocket and versatile spacecraft Building and testing new tools and technologies Advancing human innovation Living and working far from home Using lessons learned in Earth orbit Building a Gateway to explore the Moon and beyond Enabling a space economy in Earth orbit and on the Moon Using new human lunar landers and working with our partners Enabling not just one giant leap But many more on the Moon and mars We will go forward with American leadership in space Visit nasa.gov/moontomars We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard. T-minus 60 seconds and counting, we are go for Apollo 7 at this time. . and from the crew of Apollo 8 we close with good night, good luck, a merry Christmas, and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth. We have ignition sequence start, engines on, five ... four ... three ... two Houston, ah, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. We leave as weame, and God willing as we shall return With peace, and hope for all mankind. We're on our way Houston. From 1969 to 1972, we had a total of six moon landings, 12 humans walked on the surface of the Moon. We have elevated the human condition. We have improved humn lives. We have raised the standard of living for every person on Earth because of space exploration. We're going to go back to the Moon, and we're going to take what we learned there and we're going to go to to Mars. >> HELLO AND WELCOME. I AM FROM THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS. WE'RE HERE LIVE AT NASA'S THE WORLD'S LARGEST CLEANING ROOM. MAUREEN RECENTLY, THIS CLEAN ROOM WAS USED TO HOUSE THE SPACE TELESCOPE. NASA'S NEXT STEP IS TO SEND SCIENTIST THE POON. MORE RECENTLY, THIS CLEAN ROOM WAS USED TO HOUSE THE SPACE TELESCOPE. RIGHT NOW IT ISING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. NASA'S NEXT STEP IS TO SEND SCIENTIST TO THE MOON. LET'S HEAR SOME WORDS FROM OUR ADMINISTRATE ON THIS EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT. >> PRESSING FORWARD TO THE MOON. SCIELEADING THE WAY. GO TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS AND TO BRING HOME IDEAS AND DISCOVERIES THAT WILL BENEFIT ALL OF HUMANITY. TO TO DO THIS, WE MUST BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MAKEUP OF THE MOON. WE MUST STUDY AREAS OF THE LUNAR SURFACE WHERE NO RECOVER HAS BEEN BEFORE. TODAY WE ANNOUNCE INITIATIVE THAT FURTHER DEMONSTRATES HOW THIS EFFORT IS UNLIKE ANY BEFORE. TODAY, NASA BECOMES A CUSTOMER OF COMMERCIAL PARTNERS WHO WILL DELIVER OUR SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS AND OUR LUNAR TECHNOLOGY THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. THIS IS A CRUCIAL STEP IN OUR ONGOING SUCCESS. NASA IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE FIRST COMMERCIAL PAY THROWED THE LUNAR SERVICE WILL BE PROVIDED BY ASTRO BOTTIC. INTUITIVE MACHINES AND ORBIT BEYOND. THESE COMPANIES ARE PRIME EXAMPLES OF AMERICAN INGENUITY, VISION AND NO HOW. BECAUSE OF THESE, THE SILENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE WILL PREPARE THE WAY FOR HUMANITY'S RETURN TO THE MOON BY 2024. WE ARE GOING. >> THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THAT INSPIRING MESSAGE. JOINING US TODAY IS DR. THOMAS WH THIS ASSOCTE MINISTRATOR OF NAS SASS SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTOR. I SO THOMAS, CAN YOU TELL US WHY THIS CLEAN ROOM IS SO SPORNT WHY WE'RE NOT IN BUNNY SUITS RIGHT NOW? >> WELL, YOU SAID IT. THIS IS TRULY A HISTORIC SITE FOR NASA. IN THE VERY ROOM, THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, A SCIENCE MACHINE, THAT IS STILL PRODUCTIVE TODAY, IN THIS ROOM, LAST NIGHT I WAS HERE, ACTUALLY, THROUGH THAT WINDOW, I LOOKED IN, I LOOKED AT THE MIRRORS OF THE SUPER POLISHED MIRROR. THE ROOM ISEING PRERED ANOTHER NEXT MISSION. WE HAVE TIME RIGHT NOW TO USE IT FOR THIS UTTER HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IS DRIVING TODAY. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS ANNOUNCE. WELL, SO THIS IS TRULY EXCITING. A NEW WAY FOR US AT NASA TO DO BUSINESS. IT IS ANNOUNCEMENT A PARTNERSHIPS. PARTNERS AND THE SECTOR PARTNER FORCE WHICH THAT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH AND GO TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. BECAUSE WE CAN'T WAIT TO DO THE SCIENCE THAT WE WANT TO DO WITH INSTRUMENTS THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING NOW. SCIENCE THAT IN MAN HIES EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO WITH WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT AND THIS IS HOW URGENT THIS IS. >> WELL, THAT IS IN CRED. THIS IS SUCH AN EXCITING TIME FOR MASSAIIANS LIKE THESE COMPANIES ARE THE ONES WHO WILL BE BUILDING THE SPACECRAFT TO LAND ON THE MOON WITH THESE SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS SOE HAVE COMM EACH THESE THREE COMPANIES AND FULL SKIES LIFE SIZE LANDERS SO LET'S DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK. NOW, IF FOLKS AT HOME WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. PLEASE USE THE HASHTAG ASK SPACE. >> THANK YOU. AND HERE WE HAVE ASTRO POT BOTHIC CEO JOHN THORNTON AND MISSION DIRECTOR SHERROD, SO THOMAS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS MOD SML. >> WELL, I AM EXCITED TO MEET YOU, OF COURSE, I KNOW ABOUT YOUR COMPA. TELL US ABOUT THE COMPANY AND WHAT DRIVES YOU TO GO TO THE MOON? >> TODAY'S AN EXCITING DAY FOR US. WE ARE SO THRILLED TO HAVE NASA JOINING THE PAYLOAD MAN HI FEST TO GO TO THE MOON. THIS IS THE 1 9:00 PAID PLIEDS AND THE 16 WE HAVE FOR ANOTHER FLIGHT MAKING 28 PAYLOS THAT ARE GOING TO GO ON THE LANDER UP TO THE SUR PACE, THIS IS A GREAT DAY FOR THE LUNAR COMMERCIAL PAYLOAD DELIVERY MARKET. A GREAT DAY THAT SHOWS NAS SAYS NOW A MAJOR PART OF THE FUTURE OF THE MOON. REALLY EXCITED. WHERE IS YOUR COMPANY LOCATED. >> WE'RE IN PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. 'RE THERE BEC IT'S THE WORLD'S BEST ROBOT BICS. WE IMPORT SPACE IN THE WORLD POPS OUT. >> WONDERFUL. >> SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LANDER. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WENT INTO THE DESIGN OF THIS LAND SMER WHAT ARE THESE BIG GOLD EASTER EGG LOOK THINGS. >> YES. SO THE EAGER EGGSRE ACTUALLY PROPELLANT TANKS AND THIS REP SEBS THE BLANKETS THAT KEEP THE TANKS WARM DURING THE MISSION. THE PROPELLANT TANKS CONTAIN THE PROPELLANT THAT POWER THE SPACECRAFT TO THE MOON. THERE IS A HELIUM IN THE CENTER. THAT PRESSURIZES THE SYSTEM AND THE PROPELLAN GOES THE MAIN ENGINE AND TO CONTROL THE SPACECRAFT. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO LEAVE TO GO THOUGH NOON YEAH. YES. WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH IN JUNE OF 2021 AND WE LAND IN JULY OF 2021. EXCITING. THAT IS VERY COOL. SO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. SO HARTALS IT? HOW HEAVY IS IT. THIS IS A FULL CASE REPRESENTATION OF THE SPACECRAFT. THIS IS SIX FEET HIGH. WHEN IT IS FULLY LOADED IT WILL BE 1400-KILO YACHT! GRAMS. WELL, THAT IS REALLY, REALLY HEAVY. SO WHAT MAKES THIS LANDER THE PERFECT LANNER FOR YOU GUYS? >> WELL, I THINK, THIS IS THE PERFECT LANDER BECAUSE WE ARE CUSTOMER FOCUSED DESIGN SO YOU HAVE OPEN DECKS FOR PAYLOAD ON THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM SO THAT HAS BEEN THE MOTIVATION TO MAKE THIS AS CUSTOMER PRENLY AS POSSIBLE TO CARRY THE MAXIMUM PAYLOAD MASK AND WE MADE IT. WE HAD A LOT OF RIGOR AND DESIGN, WE POLL LOAD STANDARD PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTROLS AND CHECKS EN PLACE DURING THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT EFFORT AND SO WE THINK THIS IS A VERY CUSTOMER FOCUSED AND LOW COMPLEXITY DESIGN TO MINIMIZE RISKS TO THE PROGM. >> SO I K IS A LOT OF SUNSHINES WATCHING NOW BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TIKE THE SURFACE OF THE MOOD. 258E TELL US ABOUT THE PAYLOADS WILL LOBE INDICATED. RIGHT. YOU ARE SEEING THAT PAYLOAD DECKS SO WE CAN MOUNT TO THE TOP HERE AND LIKE ROVERS THAT MOUNT TO THE BOTTOM THEN DEP UNT THINGS UP HERE TO HAVE DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT TO THE EARTH OR TO OTHER OBJECTS IN THE SKY. AND WE CAN ALSO IN SOME CASES MOUNT TO OTHER SURFACES AS WELL BUT THE PAYLOAD DECKS ARE THE PRIMARY LOWATION WE MEANT ALL THE PAYLOADS. >> GREAT. >> THANKS SEWP. LET'S CHECK OUT THE NEXT LANDER. SO AFTER THIS EVENT WE HAVE OUR GUEST AND REPORTTORS ASK QUESTIONS SO TUNE IN TO GO TO NASA. GOV/LIVE. SO WE HAVE INTUITIVE MACHINES EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN, VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT JOINING US. >> SO YOU ARE WERE HOUSTON, IS THAT CORRECT? SO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO GO TO THE MOON? >> YEAH. SO I AM S IT WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME NEIL ARMSTRONG STEPPING ON THE MOON AND IT INSPIRED ME TO BE A PART OF THE SPACE PROGRAM AND THIS IS REALLY A DREAM COME TRUE TODAY BEING HERE AND BY THE WAY I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TOLL THE PEOPLE IN HOUSTON THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN. SO I HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE SPACE PROGRAM HERE FOR 37 YEARS AND WITH THE COMPANY ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO WITH SOME FORMER NASA EMPLOYEES AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SPACE PROGRAM FOR A LONG TIME. IT WAS OUR LOVE AND PASSION AND WE ARE JUST SO GRATEFUL AND APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH NASA AS PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT LANDER ON THE MOON. >> TELL ME ABOUT THE BUSINESS? YOU KNOW, WE ARE A CUSTOMER, OF COURSE. TELL ME ABOUT HOW YOU ARE THINKING OF ABOUT THIS AS A BUSINESS. >> I THINK THIS IS TERRIFIC. THINK COMMERCIAL SPACE IN GENERAL, I THINK IS BEGINNING AVENUE ERA AND SPACE SHUTTLE AND SPACE SHUTTLE GOING TO THE MACHINE AND OPENING IT TO THE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES TO COMPETE. I THINK IT IS A NEWERRE AND GOING TO CREATE A NEW ECOSYSTEM IN A COMMERCIAL SPACE IN A THINK THAT IS WONDERFUL FOR INDUSTRY. >> AND THIS IS VERY COOL. CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS HUMONGOUS LEARN. YOU BET. YOU NOTICE WE HAVE THE TALLEST >> THERE IS SEVERAL SYSTEMS THAT WE'RE PROUD. THE FIRST IS LIQUID OXYGEN PROPULSION SYSTEM SO ONE OF THE TANKS CARRIES OXYGEN AND METHANE THEY GO THROUGH THE ENGINE ON THE BOTTOM WHICH WE DESIGNED INTO THE MACHINE AND ITS THROTTLE WHICH MEANS WE CAN CONTROL THE THRUST LEVEL VERY, VERY SMOOTHLY AND ADJUST FOR DIFFERENT WAITING IN DIFFERENT LANDING LOCATION. WE ALSO HAVE PROCISION LANDING ONBOARD SO WE CAN AFFORD CRATERS, ROCKS, SLOPES, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HARM THE VEHICLE. AND THE BARREL TRUST STRUCTURE IS WHERE WE CAN MOUNT ALOADS SO WE DON'T HAVE A PAYLOAD BAY OR PAYLOAD LOCATION AND UP TO OUR I MADGE IS GOING AND THE NEEDS OF OUR CUST ANOTHER FIND THE RIGHT PLACE ANYWHERE IN THIS BARREL STRUCTURE MOUN THE PAYLOADS. SO WHEN OU EXPECT TO GO THOUGH SURFACE OF THE MOON? >> ARE GOING TO LAUNCH IN JULY OF 2021 AND AFTER SIX MALL OF DAYS WE'LL LISTENED ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. >> THAT IS AMAZING. SO I SEE THESE GA ANT SOLAR PANEL,. CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW THIS LANDER IS POWERED? >> ABSOLUTELY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO AS SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS, NOT ONLY DO WE DELIVER THES INTO THE MOON. WE PROVIDE POWER AND DATA SERVICE AS WELL. SO DURING TRANSIT. THE SOLAR PANELS ON THE SIDE HELP US TO DEN RATE POWER TO KEEP PAYLOADS ALIVE OR TO OPERATE THEM ON THE WAY TO THE MOON AND THEN, ONCE WE LAPPED. WE HAVE SOLAR PANELS ON THE TOP DECK AS WELL. SO WE CAN BASICALLY BE A POWER STATION FOR ANY PAYLOADORS RECOVERS OR ANYTHING THAT DEPLOYS. >> THAT IS VERY COOL. SO CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SILVER KIND OF GLOBE-SHAPED THINGS ALSO. >> YEAH. RIGHT. THOSE ARE TANKS. >> THOSE ARE TANKS. >> THESE ARE CRYOGENIC TANKS SO WE KEEP OUR PROPEL AND VES VERY SCOLD THEY ARE DENSE AND CARRY MORE PROPELLANT IN THE SAME VOLUME THEN THAT GIVES AS YOU HIGH PERFORMANCE FOR THE VEHICLE TO PUT UP TO 1-KILOGRAM ON THOSE SURFACE OF THE MOON. >> HOW DO YOU KEEP THEM SO SCHOOLEDLE, WE MANAGE, BASICALLY. OUR EXPOSURE TO THE SUN AND THE VACUUM OF THE SPACE AND WE WATCH THAT CAREFULLY. ONE THING WE DO IS WE HIDE BEHIND THE SOLAR PANELS SO WE USE THE SUN FOR POWER AND WE SHADE OURSELVES WITHHE SOL OAR PANELS. >> REALLY COOL. >> YES. OK. FINAL QUESTION, HOW DO YOU THINK NASA'S RETURN TO THE MOON WILL AFFECT THE SPACE INDUSTRY AND COMMERCIAL PARTNERS LIKE YOURSELF? WELL, THINK, THIS IS, LOOK I SAID, AMAZING. AND I THINK IT NOT ONLY IMPACTS THE INDUSTRY BUT I THINKT WIL CREATE A NEW ERA WHERE THE CHILDREN'S SCHOOL LIKE I WAS CAN BE INSPIRED. TO JOIN THE SPACE PROGRAM AND START EXPLORING THE SPACE SO I THINK IT IS INCRE EXCITING NOTABLE TO OR INDUSTRY BUT IT IS EXCITING FOR NASA AND THINK IT IS EXCITING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> WELL, THAT IS WONDERFUL. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LAST LANDER. >> WELL, SO, WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS THAT WILL BE SENDING THESE PAYLOADS TO THE MOON? TO GO.NASN DELIVERIES. AND HERE AT ORBIT BEYOND WE HAVE PRESIDENT AND CEO AND CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER JOINING US TODAY. SO I HEARD THAT YOU BROUGHT YOUR ENGINEERING MODEL. >> YES. >> THIS IS OUR ENGINEERING MODEL. >> SO I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT TO GET TO KNOW YOUR COMPANY BETTER. TELL ME ABOUT THE COMPANY AND WHAT MOTIVATES YOU TO GO TO THE NOON WELL, EXCELLENT. >> SO I THINK THE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY THAT GETS P WERE THE SYSTEM. WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER CONCERNING PARTNERS ON EACH OF THE EXPERTISE AND SIN NER GIST K TECH OL LOWS ALONG WITH THE MANAGEMENT THAT BRINGS IN ENTREPRENEURIAL MANENT AND THAT CAN FOSTER US TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES IN CREATING THIS MISSION. THE RAIN AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS THAT IS IT IS GETTING COMMERCIALIZED AND WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE LUNAR PAR KET IT IS GOING TO GROW EXPO MENTION LISTEN THE NEXT TEN YEAR AND THE REDUCTION IN COST IN THE SYSTEM PAYLOAD THERE WILL BE A LOFT INVESTMENT THAT WILL GET INTO THIS SPACE FOR CREATING IN SPACE AND HAVE STRUCTURE TO CREATE NEW MARKETS IN EXPLODING IN SPACE RESOURCES. IT IS A KEY PLAYER IN-SPACE ECOSYSTEM. SO TELL US, IF EVERYTHING GOES LOOK YOU HOPE, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO BE AT THE SURFACE OF THE MOON WITH THIS? >> SEPTEMBER 27, 2020. >> THAT IS REALLY QUICK. >> WOW. >> YEAH. REALLY QUICK. CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE LAND SMEAR YEAH. YOU MENTIONED IT IS ENGINEERI MODEL. WE'LL MAKE SOME AND DESIGN ADJUST PRESIDENTS BASED ON THE TESTING THAT WE HAVE LIKE MAKING THE LEGS A LITTLE PUR THE OUT FOR STABILITY REASONS BUT THIS IS THE SIZE OF THE LANNER AND IT IS BEEN THROUGH ALL THE TESTING THAT WE HAVE DONE AND IT HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF THE COMPONENTS NOW, AND BUTHIS IS EVENTUALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SOLAR PANELS ON THIS SIDE AND WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE SCIENCE INSTRUMENTATION ON THE TOP DECK AND ON THE MID DECK AND EVEN ON THE BOTTOM WHERE WE HAVE MAVGATION CAMERAS WHICH WILL TAKE PICTURES OF THE DECENT AND IT WILLO HAZARD AVOIDANCE AND FROM THESE MIDDLE AREAS HERE. YOU CAN HAVE INSTRUMENTS THAT LOOK OUT OR LOOK DOWN AT THE LUNAR LIFT TO SEE WHAT THE RESOURCES ARE THERE. AND WE CAN ALSO LOOK UP ARE THE TOP DECK BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ONLY EXPLORING WHAT THE MOON IS AND WHERE IT CAME WERE, AND HOW TO SUSTAIN THERE BUT ALSO IT IS A GREAT VIEW OF THE COSMOS FOR CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS AS WELL. >> 1:00 THERE IS A LITTLE PASSENGER HERE. WHICH YOU BROUGHT AND JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER PARTNER HERE. YOU HAVE OTHER CUSTOMERS AS PART HALF. DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? >> YEAH. EXACTLY. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL NASA PAYLOAD AND SEVERAL COMMERCIAL PAYLOADS WERE OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS AND ONE OF THEM IS WE AS A COMPANY AND OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS ROBOTICS WANT TO DEMONSTRATE MOBILITY AND SO THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION RECOVER AND I ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LANDER HERE AND THERE IS A LITTLE GARAGE ON THE OTHER SIDE AND WHEN WE LAND, THE RECOVER DROPS DOWN, AND OFF IT GOES. IT HAS GOT STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA, WE MAY HAVE OTHER TYPES OF SENSING DEVICES ON IT ABOUT ITS FOR US AS COMPANY ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO DO SURFACE MOBILITY AND OPERATIONS SO THAT LATER THE LANDER CAN SCALE UPGER AND THE RECOVER CAN BECOME LARGER AND ACOP DATE MORE COMPLEX AND AM BERB CIOUS INSTRUMENTS. >> WELL, OF COURSE, WHERE WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT SURFACE MOBILITY AS WELL AS WELL AS SAMPLE RETURN ALL OF WHICH INS THE FUTURE. >> SO CAN YOU TELL US WHAT INSPIRED YOU GUYS TO GET IN THE SPACE BUS THESE? WELL, OH, WELL, I REMEMBERED DISTINCTLY IN FIFTH GRADE, I MEAN, I AM A CHILD WHO POLL LOAD ALL OF THE APOLLO MISSION AND I LOVE OUR DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION TOS LANDER WCH IS CALLED Z01 AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A NAMING CONTEST. ZS THE Z AXIS BAITS IS A LANDER BUT WE HAVE A NAMING CONTEST LATER ABOUT WHAT WE CAN NAME THE LANDER AND MAYBE EVEN OUR COMMERCIAL RECOVER. BUT MY FAVORITE MISSION WAS APOLLO 15 BECAUSE THEY HAD CAR. IT WENT TO AND WE ARE MORE IN THE MIDDLE APOLLO 15S WITH ON THE SIDE. BUT WE GOT CAR, TOO. AND THEN, I REMEMBER BECAUSE I ALWAYS WT TO TELL MY PENTS HOW MUCH AAPPRECIATE HOW THEY GAVE ME A TELESCOPE WHEN I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE AND THEN IN ONE NIGHT, I SAW THE RINGS OF SAT TURN, THE PHASES OF VERY MUS AND THE CRATERS ON THE MOON AND THEN THAT IS WHAT GOT ME HOOKED. >> THAT IS INCREDIBLE. AND THANKS SO MUCH. >> DO YOU MINE -- ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU. THE LOCATION OF THE COMPANY? TELL US QUARTERBACKINGBLY IT? SO WE'RE BASED IN TWO LOCATIONS. WE ARE HAWED QUARTERED IN NEW JERSEY AND WE HAVE A LOCATION IN DAY NOON, FLORIDA. A WONDEULLING THANS SOME. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. SO THOMAS, WE HAVE SEEN SOME INCREDIBLE LEARNEDS AND ALL THE COMPANIES THAT WILL BE SENDING THEM TO THE MOON VERY, VERY QUICKLY SO WHAT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH HERE. WHAT'S THE MAIN GOAL FOR THESE DELIVERY SERVICES? >> WELL THE MOST IMPORTANT GOAL THAT WE HAVE RI NOW IS REALLY SCIENCE. THAT IS WHAT DRIVES. WE DO SO AS PART OF THE AGENCY'S STRATEGY TO GO TO THE MOON WITH THE FIRST WOMAN WITH THE NEXT MAN. AMERICANS TO THE SURFACE OF THE MOON. FOR THAT WHAT WE WANT TO DO OF COURSE IS NOT TO DO IT THE WAY WE DID IT THE FIRST TIME ALONE. WE WANT TO DO IT WITH PARTNERS. AND THE COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE HERE REPRESENT THE THREE PARTNERS THAT WE'RE BRINGING OOARD ARE THE TYPES OF PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL BE SYMPTOMATIC FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. WE WANT TO NOT ONLY GO THERE BUT GROW AN INDUSTRY BECAUSE THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN STAY IN INTERNATIONAL PART MERES ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. BUT WE'LL DO THIS AS PARTNERS ANTHIS IS THE FTEST PART OF THAT CAMPAIGN AND IT IS A CAMPAIGN THAT IS DRIVEN BY SILENCE BUT IS PART OF A MUCH BROADER PICTURE THAT IS DRIVING US ALL ON SPACE. >> DEFINITELY. THAT IS IN SPIRING AND SO EXCITING SO WE'RE LEARNING TO RAN THIS IS SO Q&A SESSION FOR LKS AT HOME WHO WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS PLEASE USE THE HASHTAG ASK SPACE. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAVE ALREADY HERE AND FACEBOOK, WHICH KIND OF EXPERIMENTS ARE YOU GOINTO DO ONOON WITH THESE SPACECRAFTS. LET'S GO AHEAD. WHY DON'T I START WITH EXPERIMENTS. YEAH. SURE. >> THERE IS EXPERIMENT THAT IS WANT AND I WANT TO HEAR THEIR OPINIONS, TOO. THE EXPERIMENTS WE'RE FUNDING OUT OF NASA THAT RIGHT NOW ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN VARIOUS LOW THRACIAN IS MORE COMING. THOSE E ARE FOCUSED PRIMARILY FIRST ON LIKE WATER AND OTHER PARTS OF THE MOON FRANKLY WE ONLY LEARNED ABOUT IN THE LAST FEW DECADES BECAUSE DURING THE REAR WE THOUGHT THE MOON WAS REALLY CRY. WELL, WE KNOW THERE IS A WATER CYCLE THERE. WE WANT TO GO EXPLORE THAT FOR SCIENCE REASONS BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SUSPICION OF FUEL. AND AS TO SUSTAIN LIFE ONCER THERE. WE WE ALSO WANT TO EXPLORE THE MOON ITSELF. THERE IS MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MATURE AND THE SOURCE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT ARE ADDRESSED RIGHT THERE AT THE SURFACE OF THE MOON FOR EXAMPLE THE EX AC AGE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND IMPORTANT PERIODS THAT ARE PERIODS HEN PAST LIKE THE BOMB APARTMENT PHASE IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM THAT SCARED THE EARTH BUT ALSO SCARRED THE MOON. THE EARTH IS ALLOMONE BECAUSE OF THE EROSION AND BECAUSE OF THE GAE OL LOWBY, THE MOON IS STILL THERE. WE CAN GO THERE. OF COURSE WAY WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE WANT TO BRING OUR FELLOW HUMANS THERE AND SO EXPERIMENTS TO ALL OF THAT. BU WHAT IS EXCITING TO YOU? >> LE, IN ADDITION TO NASA'S 14 PAYLOADS ON THE MESSING WE HAVE ANOTHER 14 PAYLOADS THAT IS A WHOLE ARRAY. WE GOT SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS AND RECOVERS THAT WANT TO GO OFF AND DRIVE AND EXPLORE THE SURFACE AND WE HAVE COMPANIES THAT WANT TO DO THINGS TO INSPIRE THEIR AUDIENCES AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME GROUPS THAT ARE LOOK AT BUILDING LUNAR VEIN TOUCHING SO WE GOT ONE PAYLOAD THAT WANTS TO BUILD A LASER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM TO GO FROM EARTH TO MOON. SO MAGNITUDE AND MORE BAND WIDTH IN A WHOLE ARRAY AND ACTUALLY BRING EIGHT OTHER NATION WITH US ON FIRST MISSION SO WE'RE REALLY MAKING THE MOON ACCESSIBLE TO THE WORLD. >> GO FOR. >> I THE SCIENCE IS EXCITING SHOPPING WE DOING SOME ENGINEERING TO ENABLE SAFER AND MORE REGULAR ACCESS AND CAR THINKING NASA LASER LANDING SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW RESIGHS SAFE LANDING AND COMMERCIAL LANDING SYSTEM THAT WE'RE CARRYING AND ADVANCING FOR ANOTHER COMPANY SO WE THINK THE SCIENCE IS EXCITING BUT ALSO THE ABILITY TO MOVE THE ENGINEERING FORWARD AND TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEMS SO WE DOON MORE REGULAR ACCESS IS EXCITING AS WELL. >> AND ON ORBIT WITH THE LAND, HE I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE MOBILITY THATE HOPE TO DEMONSTRATE. WE ALSO HAVE THEISM'S PAYLOADS WHO ARE CONCENTRATED ON UNDERSTANDING HOW THE LANDING ITSELF CANDICE BE THE ENVIRONMENT SO WHEN WE MAKE ASSESSMENTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE VICINITOF THE LANNG WE KNOW WHAT MAY CROM THE SPACECRAFT. AND THEN, WE ALSO HAVE ON THE TOP DECK THE LASER RETROREFLECTORS AND ALL THE MISSION WILL HAVE THEM AND 1:00 THIS IS SO WE CAN PINPOINT OUR LOCATION VERY ACCURATELY AND WE CAN DO THIS FROM LUNAR ORBIT AND ALSO WERE EARTH OBSERVATIONS. >> SO FROM SCOTT FROM TWITTER. DO WE KNOW WHAT LAUNCH VEHICLES ANTICIPATE OF HES LANDERS ARE GOING SON IN. >> GO FOR IT. WE DO. WE ARE PLANNING TO USE SPACEX FALCON 9. >> GUILTY AS CHARGE. SPACEX PAL CON. WE'RE GOING TO BE ACCESSING THE LAUNCH OSES AND MAKE DECISION SHORTLY SO STAY TUNED. >> ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. DO EACH OF THESE COMPANIES FEEL IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN LET'S GO STARTING? ALPHABETICALLY. >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE US THE MOON IS NOT SUPER CLOSE. IT IS QUARTER MILLION KILO MET EARS WAY FROM EARTH. THAT IS CHALLENGING TO GET OUT THERE. YOU GOT SURVIVE THE ENVIRONMENT. WITH YOU GOT TO SURVIVE THE RADIATION. ONCE YOU LAN ON THE SURFACE. THE LIT PART OF THE M CAN GET UP TO 120 DEGREES CELSIUS OR 250 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THAT IS HOT FOR THE SPACECRAFT AND THEN, THE LANDING ITSELF IS SUPER CRITICAL AND FOR FLYING VERY, VERY FAST OUT TO THE MOON AND YOU GOT A DROP AND DONE THAT LUNAR ORBIT AND DECRE FOR THE NICE ST LANDING ON THE SURFACE SO FOR ALL OF THAT CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT WE BUILD A ROBUST PROVEN LANDER WITH PROVEN COMPONENTS AND SO WE CAN GET IT RATING THE FIRST TIME. >> THE GREAT THING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE TODAY. THE TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD SPACECRAFT IS ADVANCED AND AVAIE COMMERCIALLY. WE VERY A GREAT TOOLBOX TO CHOOSE FROM AND THE INTEGRATION THOSE SYSTEMS TO WORK OFF THE LUNAR ENVIRONMENT IN THE FULLY AUTOMATED SENSE. THAT'S THE REAL CHALLENGE THEN DICT IN A WAY WE'RE COMMERCIALLY VIABLE AND MASS SAYS ONE AMONG MANY AND THAT IS WHERE THE CHALLENGE IS FOR US. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. I WILL EQUITY. THERE'S THE CHECK TECHNICAL CHALLENGES THEN WHAT WE CAN CALL A PROM PROGRAMMATIC OR COMMERCIAL CHALLENGE. WE WANT TO EXECUTE THIS MISSION BUT WE'RE ALWAYS KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE MISSIONS IN THE FUTURE AND ATTRACTING NEW CUSTOMERS KEEPING OUR COST DOW AND AFFORDABLE AND BEING GLOBAL IN OUR APPEAL AND ATTRACTING AS HAN HI PEOPLE AS WE CAN INTO THE LUNAR ECOSYSTEM. >> SO THOMAS, VERY GOOD QUESTION HERE FROM PHILLIP ON TWITTER. WILL THERE BE MORE ROUNDS OF SELECTIONS? >> THAT IS EASY ANSWER. >> JUST TO CLARIFY. COMMERCIAL LUNAR PAYLOAD SERVICE. >> THE TYPE OF SELECTION WE'RE ANNOUNCING TODAY. THE ANSWER IS YES. >> EXCELLENT. AND SO FOR THE REST OF THE COMPANY, WHAT WERE THE LANG PROCESS LACIKE FOR EACH OF THE LEARNS? >> SO OUR PROCESS WILL BEGIN WITH THE ORBITING MOON FIRST AND CHECKING THE SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY FOR LANDING THEN ONCE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH CHECK OUT, THEN WE ARE GOING TO BEGAN THE DECENT SEQUENCE OR THE LANDING SENSE WOULD COME ON AND MAKE SURE WE'RE AT THE RIGHT ATTITUDE AND THE RIGHT SPEED AND THEN SLOWLY WE'LL COME DOWN AND OUR MAIN ENGINE WILL BE FIRING THE WHOLE TIME THEN WE COME DOWN A VERTICAL ORIENTATION THEN MAKE SURE WE'RE AT THE RIGHT LANDING SITE THAT WE SELECTED AND PRESLEEK THEN MAKE A SOFT LANDING ONCE WE MAKE THE SOFT LANDING WE HAVE THE PAYLOADS THAT YOU TALK ABOUT WILL BEGIN THE OPERATIONS AND RECOVERERS WILL BEGIN DEPLOY AND BOON BOOMS WILL BEGIN DEPLOYING. S THAT HE WHEN THE FUN STARTS. >> VERY SIMILAR STORY. THE FITSICS OF THE MOON DRIVE YOU. LUNAR ORBIT AND CHECK OUT THE SYSTEMS OUT AND WE'LL USE THE LUNAR SERVICE TO IMPROVE THE NAVIGATION SOLUTION AND THEN WE BEGIN A BREAKING MANEUVER TO BASICALLY REMOVE THE ENERGY FROM OUR ORBIT TO APPROACH THE LANDING SITE AND BEFORE WE GET TO THE LANG SITE, WE DO A SCAN FOR SAFE LOCATIONS AND FORGAIN ROCKS AND BOLDERS AND HAZE AROUND DETECTION AND THEN, WELL APPROACH AND HOVER 30 METERS OVER THE LANDING SITE AND GO TO A VERTICAL DECENT TO THAT GIVES US PLENTY OF SPACE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS NICE AND STABLE FOR THAT FINAL LANDING SEQUENCE. >> THEN SIMILARLY, WE'LL GO INTO GO THOUGH MOON DIRECTLY OFF OF OUR LAUNCH AND WE GO INTO LUNAR ORBIT GAME OF WEEKS AND WE GRADUALLY BRING LUNAR ORBIT DOWN UNTIL WE ARE JUST A DOZEN KILOMETERS OR SO ABOUT THE RFACE THEN WE START. IT IS AUTONOMOUS LANDING AND HAS THE CAPABILITY WITH ITS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OFVIDING HAZARD ON THE WAY DOWN. BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE ONCE WE TRIGGER THAT SEQUENCE IT IS IN THE HANDS OF THE SPACECRAFT. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK IN RECENT YEARS ABOUT THE CRATERMENT THIS IS A LIKELY TARGET ANOTHER FIRST MISSION OR OTHER CANDIDATES? BEFORE THEY TALK ABOUT IT.JUST TELL US WHAT THAT IS. YOU ASKED EARLIER ABOUT IT WILL BE AND HAVE MORE SELECTIONS OF COURSE. THE PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS THERE IS A NUMBER OF LOCATION WHO GO TO. SO WE HAVE MAXIMUM OF THREE HERE AND THEN THEN IN EVERY CASE, ACTUALLY PART OF THE PROPOSAL THIS WAS SUBMITTED LOCATION IDENTIFIED WE'LL NOW WORK WITH THE COMPANIES AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT OPTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE SYSTEM WHAT WE ARE DOING. SO YOU SHOULD TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU OR IF YOU TOOK OFF TODAY. WHERE WOULD YOU GO IF. >> RIGHT. SO THE FIRST MISSION IS GOING TO A PLACE, A CRATER, THERE IS A PIT OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST NEAR WHERE WE ARE LANG. WE SLEEKED A NICE SMOOTH FLAT PLAIN MAIN LIS BECAUSE LANDING HE IS THE HOST IMPORTANT THING THE FIRST MISSION TOVE WE CAN DO THAT THEM SPACECRAFT CAN DO. THAT IN THIS THE FUTURE, OUR SPACECRAFT CAN BO TO ANY LOCATION ON THE MOON WITH MINOR CHANGES TO THE SPACECRAFT AND WE CAN GO TO RATE RATHER, PITS, POLAR REGIONS THEN EXCITING ABOUT THOSE FUTURE MISSIONS TO DO THOSE INTEREST THINGS IN SCIENCE. >> SARLY, THE SEA LANDER CAN LISTEN ANY ARE WHERE ON THE MOON BUT AS YOU KNOW, THE MOON GOES THROUGH PHASE AND WE SEE THE FACE OF THE MOON FROM EARTH IS BASICALLY THE SUNRISE AND MOVING ACROSS THE MOON SO ONCE HE ARE SOLAR POWERED WE TARGET MOST OF THE LANDINGS TO BE IN THE MORNING SO WE HAVE MAXIMUM OUNT OF SOLAR POWER FOR THE LAN ARE AND EVALUATING TWO CANDIDATE LOCATIONS NOW. ONE AT THOUGH CROSSES TO SEE THE STORMS AND WHICH IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE MOON AND THEN ANOTHER ONE AT SEA OF TRANQUILITY JUST EAST OF THE PREVIOUS LANG WHICH IS APOLLO 15. >> AND THROUGHRBIT BEYOND, WE, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE DESIGN REFERENCE MISSION WHERE WE ARE LANDING. AND WE HAVE LOCATION PICKED WITHOUT A ROUGHLY TWO KILOMETER LANDING ELLIPSE AND THIS IS THE VAST LAVA PLAINS OF THE SEA OF RAINS AND SO ONE OF THIS THINGS I BANT WANTED TO ON IT OUT. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH STUDENTS ON ACCESSING THE LANDINSAY IT AND WHY I IS SCIENTIFICALLY INTERESTING AND WE'LL KEEP THAT COLLABORATION GOING THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE MISSION. >> ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT I REALLY WANT TO MENTION HERE THAT IS, PK, LUNAR OR BITTER WHICH IS A SPACECRAFT IN ORBIT RATING NOW. IT IS REALLY ADDING VALUE TO UL OF A THESE COMPANIES. IN PACK, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS PROVIDING THE BEST DATA. ALL THE DATA WE CAN ABOUT THE VARIOUS SITES ON THE INVESTIGATION HERE AND OTHERS WE MAY EXPLORE FROM THAT VERY VALUABLE SPACECRAFT SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THAT WITH THAT NASA ASSET SO IT IS A TREASURE TROVE FOR LUNAR SCIENCE. AS YOU KNOW, NASA'S PROGRAM IS TAKING OFF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEN THE FIRST WOMAN THE NEXT MAN BY 9024 SO HOW DOES THIS WORK HERE HELP WITH THAT PROGRAM. >> SO THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE NEED TO DO TO GO TO THE MOON IS TAKE OFF AND START LEARNING HOW TO LAND AND BRING OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS WITH US AND ACTUALLY IN FACT, HAVE THEM TAKE OVER AND ALSO TAKING RIGHTS WITH THEM. SO THIS IS A THE IMPORTANT PART OF REALLY CREATING THAT SETTLE PART MER SHIPS THAT ENABLES THAT THAT, THAT REALLY CREATIVE PARTNERSHIHIP TO THE SURFACE WIH OUR PARTNERS AND OUR COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS. IS A CRITICAL FIRST PHASE AS WE GO FORWARD AND WE ASKED EARLIER, ARE WE GOING TO DO MORE WITH COMMERCIAL INITIATIVE HERE AND VERY WELL ARE QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL ASK TO THE COMPANIES AND THE CATALOG ABOUT OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE THAT MAY WANT TO BE, MAY WANT TO TUESDAY GO PLACE SOMETHING THERE OR EVEN BRING BIGGER PAYLOADS AS WE GROW STRONG WE'RE THIS COMMUNITY SO IT IS A CRITICAL PART OF IT. >> WELL, ONCE WE START LANDING HUMANS ON THE SOUTH POLE OF THE MOON AND HOW DO YOUNK THIS WORK ALSO BENEFITS THAT INTO WELL, WE REALLY WANT TO GOLAN THERE FIRST WITH ROBOTS AND SO, AS WE GO FORWARD, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN IT IS GOING TO BE THERE. IN '24, RATING? SO WE WANT TO GO EXPLORE WHERE WE WANT TO LAND OUELLOW HUMANS AE READY FOR THAT AND KNOW THAT GEN NEARING ENVIRONMENT, KNOW NAY UR, IN THE VINYL THERE, AND REALLY KNOW AND GET READY FOR EXPLORING WITH ROBOTS. ROBOT AND HUMANS GO TOGETHER. THAT IS THE RIGHT WAIVE PLOSION,ING. >> TALKING ABOUT EXPLORING WELL, ARE TRE CAPABILITIES OF HOSTING EXTERNAL CAMERAS ON YOUR ROVERS? >> WELL, ON THE SPACECRAFT. ON THE SPACECRAFT. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE ALREADY CAMERAS POINTED ON THE SPACECRAFT TO DO VISUAL OBSERVATIONS AND CONFIRM THE LANDING AND ALSO TO DO SCIENCE ONCE WEET ON THE SURFACE SO WE HAVE CAPABILITY TO CAT CAMERAS AND MAN HI DIFFERENT LOCATION ON THE SPACECRAFT TO GET DIFFERENT VIEWS HEF SKA AND THE SURFACE AND THE GROUND AND ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO LACK AT. >> ABSOLUTELY. IN FAB. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT AN ACADEMIC PAYLOAD WE HAVE WHICH IS CALLED EGO CAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND WHICH WILL BE A CAMERA WHICH EJEKS WERE THE LANNER DURING DREN AND TAKES IMAGE OF THE LAN SOG WE ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE IMAGES OF A LANDING FROM A THIRD PERSON PERFECTIVE AND EXPECTED TO SEE WHAT WE GET FROM THAT. YES. WE DO HAVE CAMERAS. WE HOPE TO HAVE VISION AND WITH HD QUALITY AND IS GOOD ENOUGH TO NOT ONLY DRIVE AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE NAVIGATING A GOOD COURSE FORWARD BUT BEING TERRAIN THAT YOU GOING OVERHE AND WHETHER IT IS FINE SANCTION SORE SOILS OR WHAT KIND OF COLORS ARE COMING OFF THE ROCKS ET CETERA. >> SO WE ALL KNOW THE MOON IS VERY DUSTY SO ONE HEF TWITTER QUESTION VES FROMS A VO AND MUSIC IS HOW DUST THE MOON PEAK THE RECOVERS. THE LEARNEDS AND ALSO YOUR CAMERAS? >> THE DUST IS REALLY UNIQUE ON THE MOON. IT IS NOT LACK THE DUST HEAR ON EARTH. I HAS NOT BEEN SOFTENED BY THE WEATHER ON THE MOON. SO ALL OF THAT DUST IS ACTUALLY REALLY SHARP ON A MICROSCOPIC LEVEL THAT I CHALLENGING BECAUSE IT STICKS TO SURFACE AND ALSO SOMEWHAT ELECTROSTATIC FOR THE LANDING A LOT HALF DUST IS BLEN OUTSIDEWAYS BUT WE DO HAVE RECOVERS THAT ARE DROPPING AND DRIVING ACROSS THE SURFACE AND MADE TO TRAVEL SLOW SNUFF SO WE DONE KICK UP THAT DUST AND LA ND IT ON THE CRITICAL THERMAL SURFACE AND IMMEDIATE TO MUCK SURE TO PROTECT THE LENSING THEN ANY SENSITIVE SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED BY THAT DUST COVER SO IT IS CHALLENGING AND THINK I IT MAY BE AS WE HEAD TO THE MOON. >> ABSOLELY. PROTECT OPTICS IS THE FIRST THING YOU WORRY ABOUT WITH THE DUST YOU GET FROM THE LUNAR REGULAR AND AFFECTS THE FLIGHT APPROACH SO THE TERMINAL DECENT THAT LAST 30 METERS PART OF THAT THERE IS SO IF OUR SENSORS GET CONFUSED BY THE DUST, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO CONTR AND MAKE SURE THE DUST DOESN'T CAUSE A PROBLEM FOR THE LANDING SYSTEM. >> AND FIND I, YOU WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW CLOSE CAN YOU PUT A HAB TOOT A LANDING SITE WHERE MAYBE A CARGOESUPPLY VEHICLE IS GOING TO LAPPED AND SUPPLY MATERIALS TO ASTRONAUTS ON THE SURFACE OF THE LONG DURATION HABITATION. AND SO WHEN WE DO THESE DREAM AND GET THIS IMAGERY, THEN SEE YOU INTEREST AND ENGINEE CAN STUDY THE PLUS AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RADIUS IS GOING TO BE AROUND THE LANDING VEHICLE. >> SO AS WE KIND OF MOVE FORWARD TO PUTTING THE NEXT WOMAN IN THE FIRST PAN ON TO THE MOON AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AND WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THE GENERATION LIKE WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM NOW TO INSPIRE THEM TO GET INTO THE SPACE INDUSTRY? >> THIS IS A NEW REAR FOR THE MOON? IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 50 YEARS. MU WELL BEA BACK AND HAVE REGULAR ROUTINE ACCESS TO MOON. IT HEEN I WAYS THAT WE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFORE. OUR STRINESES WILL GET REALLY, REALLY SMART ABOUT WHAT IS LUP. THIS IS A WHOLE NEW REAR AND INCREDIBLY EXCITING TIME TO BE JOINING SPACE. >> WELL, THAT WAS WHAT KID. I GOT INSPIRED BY BEING IN SPACE. I AM HERE TODAY. I WOULD TELL THEM GO FOR IT. THIS IS INCREDIBLY EX KITING JOURNEY AND YOU KNOW HUMANS HAVE DNA WHERE WE WANT TO EXPLORE. THIS IS A NEW RON TIER. WE'RE THE PIONEERS IN THAT NEW PRON TIER SO I THINK IT IS INCREDIBLY EXCITEND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO FOR IT ALL THE WAY. >> DREAM BIG. BACK IT UP. LACK THE DOCTOR SAYS, I AM FOR THE STARS AND YOU WILL FALL IN THE WORLD. >> THAT IS AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KIND OF GO AROUND FOR EVERYONE TO KIND OF SAY YOU KNOW HOW EXCITED THIS IS ANNOUNCEMENT AND HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT HUMANITY IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS. WE'LL START WITH THOMAS. >> WELL, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT. PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY FING A MU WAYF DOING BUSINESS. FOR ME THAT IS A LEAP. WHAT HAPPENED WITH LAUNCH. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF DOING LAUNCHES TODAY THAN WHEN WHICHS A KID RATING. THIS IS A MU WAY OF DOING RESEARCH OUR MOON AND A WAY THAT CAN SCALE TO OTHER PLAY PLACES AS WELL. SO FOR ME, AS WE'RE BUILDING THAT SUCCESS WE'RE OPENING UP DOORS THAT WERE NEVER OPEN TO HUMANITY BEFORE ARE BEFORE. THAT IS WHAT IS EXCITING TO ME. YEAH. WE STARTED ASTRO BOTTIC 12 YEARS AGO WITH JUST A DREAM THAT MAYBE SOME DAY WE COULD BE HERE TODAY AND JUST, BOY, ON THE PRESS BUS OF A WHOLE NEW ERA AND ITS JUST SO INCREDIBLY EXCITING. WE HAD SO MANIED ABOUT DAY AND GOOD DAYS OVER THE 12 YEARS WORKING REALLY HARD TO BUILD THE PIPELINE. TO BUILD THE MARKET TO SHOW THE COMMERCIAL DELIVERY IS POSSIBLE AND HERE TO HAVE THE MOST RESPECTED LARGEST SPACE AGE GN IN THE WORLD AND GIVE US A MAJOR CONTRACT TO DELIVER THOSE PAYLOADS IS JUST, IT IS AWE INSPIRING AND JUST AMAZING. >> I TELL YOU, WE'RE INCREDIBLY HONOR AND PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PART MER WITH NASA. FOR ME, IT IS PERCENT LAY DREAM COME TRUE. I WAS 11 YEARS OLD WHEN I SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME NEIL MSTRONG STEP ON THE SURFACE OF THE MOON AND HERE WE'RE WITH OUR COMPANY GOING TO THE SURFACES THE MOON. THINK THAT I IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING AND I THINK IT IS GOING TO CREATE A NEW REAR A NEW ECOSYSTEM FOR COMMERCIAL COMPANY CANS TO REALLY EXPLORE SPACE AND I TRULYELIEVE THAT THE COMMERCIAL SPACE IN GENERAL WHERE WHETHER IT IS LOWER EARTH ORBIT OR DEEPER SPACE EXPLORATION IS JUST BEGINNING AND START K AND GOING TO BE EXCITING JURN MY. >> WELL, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED. THIS IS REALLY PROVIDING A LATE FORM AND OPENING UP MARKET AND GOING TO DRIVE A LOT OF INVESTMENTS AND INNOVATIONS AND IT IS GOING TO CREATE A NEW FRONT HERE WHERE WILL BE A LOT OF LAYERS COMING IN AND YOU EXPLORE A NEWARKET TO EXPLORE SPACE. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT. >> THAT IS INCREDIBLE. I WANT TO THANK ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY. THANK YOU ALL FOR KIND OF TUNING IN TO THIS INCREDIBLE HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE DECADE AMERICANS WILL BE LANDING MORE THAN A DECADE, ACTUALLY, ULT PELL DECADES AMERICANS WILL BE LANDING SPACECRAFT ON THE MOON CARRYING NASA SCIENCE IN STREW PRESIDENTS AND THESE THREE COMPANIES BRING TO BE MAKING IT HAPPENING IT IS ONE OF THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROGRAM WE MENTIONED THE MEDIA, OR Y ARE AT HOMER OF AND WANT TO LEARN MORE THIS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TUNE ON IN THIS MEDIA TELETHON AT 2:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME AND YOU CAN DO THAT ON-LINE AT NASA.GOV/LIVE. WE ARE GOING! >> THUMBS UP, GUYS. THANKS. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> YEARS AGO WE PIONEERED THE PATH TO THE MOON. THE TRAIL WE BLAZED CUT THROUGH THE FICTIONS OF SCIENCE AND SHOWED US ALL WHAT IS POSSIBLE. TODAY OUR CALLING TO EXPLORE IS EVEN GRATER. TO GO FURTHER WE MUST BE ABE TO SUSTAIN MISSIONS OF GREATER DISTANCE AND DURATION. WE MUST USE THE SOURCE WES FIND AT OUR DESTINATIONS. WE MUST OVERCOME RADIATION ISOLATION AND GRAVITY AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS LIKE NEVER BEFORE. THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES WE FACE TO PUSH THE BOUNDS OF HUMANITY. WE'RE GOING TO THE MOON TO STAY BY 2024 AND THIS IS HOW. >> THIS ALL STARTS WITH THE ABILITY TO GET LGER HEAVIER PAYLOADS OFF PLANET AND BEYOND EARTH'S GRAVITY. >> THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM WILL BE THE MOST POWERFUL ROCKET EVER DEVELOPED IF. WITH PRODUCTION, MORE IN TESTING, THIS SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF BEINGHE CATYST FOR DEEP SPACE MISSIONS. >> WE NEED A CAPSULE. THAT COULD SUPPORT HUMANS FROM LAUNCH THROUGH DEEP SPACE AND RETURN SAFELY BACK TO EARTH. FOR THIS, WE BUILT ORION. THIS IS NASA'S NEXT GENERATION HUMAN SPACE CAPSULE. USING DATA FROM LUNAR ORBITER THAT CONTINUE TO REVEAL THE HAS ARDS AND RESOURCES WE ARE DEVELOPING AN ENTIRELY NEW APPROACH TO LANDING AND OPERATING ON THIS MOON. USING OUR COMMERCIAL PARTNERS TO DELIVER SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS AND ROBOT INS TO THE SURFACE. WE ARE PAVG THE WAYOR HUMAN MISSIONS IN 2024. >> OUR CHARGE IS TO GO QUICKLY AND STAY TO PRESS ON THE CLOAKIVE EFFORTS FORWARD WITH THE FERVOR THAT WILL SEE US RETURN TO THE MOON IN A MANNER THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN 50 YEARS AGO. WE WANT LUNAR LANDERS THAT ARE REUSABLE AND CAN LAND ANY WHEREIN ON THE SURFACE. THE SIMPLEST WAY TO DO SO IS GIVE THEM A LATE FORM IN ORBIT AROUND THE MOON FOR FROM WHICH TO TRANSITION. >> AN OR BITTERING PLATFORM TO HOST DEEP SPACE AND BE A POINT FOR HUMAN CAP ULOSES. WE CALL THI LUNAR OUTPOST GATEWAY. THE BUTTE THINK OF GATEWAY IT CAN MOVED BETWEEN ORBITS. >> IT WILL BALANCE BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE MACHINE'S BRAVE TY. >> IN A POSITION THAT IS IDEAL FOR LAUNCHING AND EVEN DEEPER SPACE MISSIONS. >> IN 2009 WE LEARNED THE MOON CONTAINS MILLIONS OF TONS OF WATER ICE. THIS ICE CAN EX TRACKED AND PURIFIED FOR WATER AND SEPARATED IN OXYGEN FOR BREATHING OR HYDROGEN FOR ROCKET FUEL THAN THE MOON IS SUITED TO PREPARE US AND PROPEL US TO MARS AND BEYOND. >> THIS IS WHAT WE'RE BUILDING. >> THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRAINING FOR. >> THIS WE CAN REPLICATE THROUGHOUT THE SOLAR SYSTEM. THAT IS THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION. HUMANS ARE THE MOST FRAGILE ELEMENT OF THE ENTIRE EN DAVE ARE AND YET WE GO FOR HUMANITY. THEY GO THOUGH MOON AND ON TO MARSO SEEK KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING AND TO SHARE IT WITH ALL. WE GO KNOWING OUR EFFORTS WILL CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT CANNOT BE FORESEEN AND WE GO BECAUSE WE ARE DESTINED TO EXPLORE AND SEE WITH OUR OWN EYES. WE TURN TOWARD THE MOON NOW AND NOT AS CONCLUSION BUT AS PREPARATION. AS A CHECKPOINT TOWARD ALL THAT LIES BEYOND. OUR GREAT COMMITTEES ADVENTURES

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