1 00:00:18,151 --> 00:00:20,854 PREPARING SINCE THE APOLLO 2 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:23,656 PROGRAM AFTER MONTHS OF ANALYSIS 3 00:00:23,656 --> 00:00:26,059 OF TERRAIN AND THE TEAM SELECTED 4 00:00:26,059 --> 00:00:28,161 THE CRATER AS THE SAMPLE SAFE 5 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:31,064 FOR THE MISSION AND CAREFULLY 6 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:33,767 DODGE ROCKY HAZARD AS DESCENDS 7 00:00:33,767 --> 00:00:35,468 TO SPACE NO LARGER THAN FEW 8 00:00:35,468 --> 00:00:37,871 PARKING SPOTS THIS SPACECRAFT IS 9 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:41,274 NOT TERRAIN IN HIGH RESOLUTION 10 00:00:41,274 --> 00:00:43,576 CAPTURING A STUNNING CATALOG OF 11 00:00:43,576 --> 00:00:50,183 IMAGES ACROSS THE ROUGH SURFACE. 12 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:53,386 AND NOW, WE ARE READY TO TARGET 13 00:00:53,386 --> 00:00:55,789 FOR THE TOUCH AND GO SAMPLING 14 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:57,390 EVENT. 15 00:00:57,390 --> 00:01:00,794 >> IN THE DARK VOIDS THE SOLAR 16 00:01:00,794 --> 00:01:02,095 SYSTEM DRIFTING IN-BETWEEN THE 17 00:01:02,095 --> 00:01:05,298 FAMILIES ARE THE ASTEROIDS AND 18 00:01:05,298 --> 00:01:08,868 THE MILLION OF THESE COLD, DARK 19 00:01:08,868 --> 00:01:10,804 ROCKS, BUT THESE SMALL WORLDS 20 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:13,106 ARE ANYTHING BUT DULL, IN FACT, 21 00:01:13,106 --> 00:01:15,308 SOME ARE TIME CAPSULES FROM 22 00:01:15,308 --> 00:01:16,910 BEGINNING OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 23 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:18,611 UNALTERED FOREL ARE BILLIONS OF 24 00:01:18,611 --> 00:01:22,816 YEARS INTACT THE CLUES OF HOW 25 00:01:22,816 --> 00:01:24,517 EVERYTHING BEGAN FROM FORMATIONS 26 00:01:24,517 --> 00:01:26,820 OF PLANETS TO BEGINNING OF LIFE 27 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:28,421 ITSELF MAYBE LOCKED UP IN THE 28 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:31,825 ASTEROIDS TONIGHT A SPACE CRAFT 29 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:33,426 FROM EARTH I GOING TO TOUCH ONE, 30 00:01:33,426 --> 00:01:35,228 BRING BACK THE SAMPLE AND 31 00:01:35,228 --> 00:01:36,729 PREPARE THE LONG JOURNEY BACK TO 32 00:01:36,729 --> 00:01:38,231 EARTH WHERE WE CAN AND LIES IT. 33 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:42,435 WELCOME, I AM OF NASA GODDARD'S 34 00:01:42,435 --> 00:01:43,636 SPACEFLIGHT CENTER. 35 00:01:43,636 --> 00:01:44,437 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 36 00:01:44,437 --> 00:01:46,339 I AM SPEAKING TO YOU LIVE AT THE 37 00:01:46,339 --> 00:01:47,740 LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE IN 38 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:49,442 LITTLETON, COLORADO, AS YOU CAN 39 00:01:49,442 --> 00:01:50,743 SEE. 40 00:01:50,743 --> 00:01:51,945 I AM STRUGGLING WITH THE MASS AC 41 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:54,347 LITTLE BIT HERE TO FOLLOW THE 42 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:55,148 SAMPLE MISSION. 43 00:01:55,148 --> 00:01:57,450 THIS IS OPERATION REFERRED TO AS 44 00:01:57,450 --> 00:01:58,151 TAG. 45 00:01:58,151 --> 00:02:00,253 NOW, REMEMBER, THIS IS HISTORIC 46 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:01,955 EVENT TODAY'S ENDEAVOR WILL BE 47 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:03,957 THE FIRST TIME THE SPACE AGENCY 48 00:02:03,957 --> 00:02:05,859 EVER TOUCH THE SURFACE OF 49 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:06,726 ASTEROID. 50 00:02:06,726 --> 00:02:07,627 CLOAKING A SAMPLE OF THIS 51 00:02:07,627 --> 00:02:10,063 PRISTINE ANCIENT MATERIAL A 52 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:12,365 SCIENTIFIC TREASURE FAR MORE 53 00:02:12,365 --> 00:02:14,067 PRECIOUS THAN GOLD. 54 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:16,870 JOINING ME WITH WILL BE THE 55 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:18,071 PRINCIPLE INVESTIGATOR. 56 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:19,072 WELCOME. 57 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:19,772 >> WELCOME. 58 00:02:19,772 --> 00:02:22,275 IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE. 59 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:24,077 I AM PROPOSE PROFESSOR AT THE 60 00:02:24,077 --> 00:02:25,478 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND THE 61 00:02:25,478 --> 00:02:26,779 HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF LEADING 62 00:02:26,779 --> 00:02:28,581 THIS AMAZING MISSION FOR AS? 63 00:02:28,581 --> 00:02:29,482 AND THE WORLD. 64 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:31,184 >> IT IS AMAZING. 65 00:02:31,184 --> 00:02:32,685 SOL THE MAIN EVENT IS HAPPENING 66 00:02:32,685 --> 00:02:33,987 IN AN HOUR. 67 00:02:33,987 --> 00:02:36,389 WE ACTUALLY, THIS IS CALLED TAG. 68 00:02:36,389 --> 00:02:37,891 CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHY IT IS 69 00:02:37,891 --> 00:02:38,992 CALLED TAG. 70 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:39,492 >> YEAH. 71 00:02:39,492 --> 00:02:39,893 TODAY. 72 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:41,694 WE ARE TAGGING ASTEROID. 73 00:02:41,694 --> 00:02:44,697 TAG IS ACRONYM THAT DESCRIBES 74 00:02:44,697 --> 00:02:45,999 THE SAMPLE COLLECTION STRATEGY 75 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:47,600 AND SEND IT DOWN FAR SHORT 76 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,302 DURATION CONTACT WITH THE 77 00:02:49,302 --> 00:02:51,304 ASTEROID SURFACE BETWEEN FIVE 78 00:02:51,304 --> 00:02:54,207 AND Z AS LONG AS 15 SECONDS SO 79 00:02:54,207 --> 00:02:56,509 CALL IT TOUCH AND GO OR TAG AN 80 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:57,510 ASTEROID. 81 00:02:57,510 --> 00:03:00,513 >> IT IS LIKE A QUICK TOUCH. 82 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:01,214 A GOOD BIT. 83 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:02,215 >> EXACTLY. 84 00:03:02,215 --> 00:03:02,815 >> YEAH. 85 00:03:02,815 --> 00:03:04,517 THERE IS LOTS OF ASTEROIDS OUT 86 00:03:04,517 --> 00:03:04,717 THERE. 87 00:03:04,717 --> 00:03:06,586 WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE 88 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:07,187 MILLION. 89 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:09,122 WHY DID WE SELECT THIS ONE TO 90 00:03:09,122 --> 00:03:09,822 SAMPLE. 91 00:03:09,822 --> 00:03:10,823 THE TARGET OF THE MISSION IS 92 00:03:10,823 --> 00:03:12,725 CALLED ASTEROID AND WE WERE 93 00:03:12,725 --> 00:03:14,327 DESIGNING THE MISSION AND HAD TO 94 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:16,329 CONSIDER ENGINEERING CONSTRAINTS 95 00:03:16,329 --> 00:03:19,732 AND THE SCIENCE OBJECTIVE WHEN 96 00:03:19,732 --> 00:03:20,934 WE LOOKED AT THE CAPABILITIES OF 97 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:21,834 THE SPACECRAFT. 98 00:03:21,834 --> 00:03:24,137 WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO GO TO A 99 00:03:24,137 --> 00:03:25,538 NEAR EARTH ASTEROID AND 100 00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:27,540 BASICALLY LOOKING AT THE ORBITAL 101 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:28,841 PROPERTIES AND LOCATION WITHIN 102 00:03:28,841 --> 00:03:30,543 THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND WE NEEDED 103 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:32,445 OBJECT WHOSE ORBIT WAS SIMILAR 104 00:03:32,445 --> 00:03:34,147 TO THE EARTH SO WE COULD LAUNCH 105 00:03:34,147 --> 00:03:36,549 OFF THE PLANET, RON DAZE VIEW, 106 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:38,952 THEN SPEND TIME, THEN LEAVE AND 107 00:03:38,952 --> 00:03:41,654 BRING THE PRECIOUS CARGO BACK TO 108 00:03:41,654 --> 00:03:42,455 EARTH. 109 00:03:42,455 --> 00:03:43,656 >> ABSOLUTELY. 110 00:03:43,656 --> 00:03:44,657 >> THEN FROM THE SCIENCE 111 00:03:44,657 --> 00:03:46,359 PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE ANSWERING 112 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:47,460 FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS. 113 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:48,461 WHY ARE WE HERE? 114 00:03:48,461 --> 00:03:50,763 WHY IS EARTH HABITABLE PLANET? 115 00:03:50,763 --> 00:03:52,265 HOW DID THE ORIGIN OCCUR? 116 00:03:52,265 --> 00:03:55,768 WE BANTED AS STROYED WHICH IN 117 00:03:55,768 --> 00:03:57,070 WATER THAT BROUGHT THE OCEANS TO 118 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:59,973 OUR PLANET, THEN RICH IN CAR 119 00:03:59,973 --> 00:04:01,574 BEEN AND LOOKING FOR THE ORGANIC 120 00:04:01,574 --> 00:04:03,076 SEEDS OF LIFE THAT MAY HAVE LED 121 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:04,377 TO EVOLUTION AS WE KNOW IT 122 00:04:04,377 --> 00:04:04,877 TODAY. 123 00:04:04,877 --> 00:04:06,346 >> THIS IS REALLY AN AMAZING 124 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:08,348 POINT, OUR CONNECTION TO THESE 125 00:04:08,348 --> 00:04:09,482 ASTEROIDS, SO WHAT YOU ARE 126 00:04:09,482 --> 00:04:11,284 SAYING IS SOME OF THE ORGANIC 127 00:04:11,284 --> 00:04:12,986 COMPOUNDS MINE BODY. 128 00:04:12,986 --> 00:04:14,487 THE WATER IN MY BODY NOW MAY 129 00:04:14,487 --> 00:04:15,788 HAVE COME FROM ASTEROIDS? 130 00:04:15,788 --> 00:04:16,990 >> WELL, ALMOST CERTAINLY. 131 00:04:16,990 --> 00:04:18,191 THE EARTH WAS FROM THESE 132 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:21,794 ASTEROIDS, BENNU IS A REMNANT 133 00:04:21,794 --> 00:04:23,196 THAT SURVIVED THAT PROCESS BUT 134 00:04:23,196 --> 00:04:24,897 THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF THE 135 00:04:24,897 --> 00:04:26,299 SOLAR SYSTEM THAT IS LOCKED 136 00:04:26,299 --> 00:04:27,800 INSIDE OF THE BODY. 137 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:28,201 >> ABSOLUTELY. 138 00:04:28,201 --> 00:04:30,303 THERE ARE MANY OTHER ASTEROIDS 139 00:04:30,303 --> 00:04:32,105 LIKE IT IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND 140 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:33,006 SOME THAT ARE LARGER. 141 00:04:33,006 --> 00:04:34,907 OVER THE LAST DECADES WE BELIEVE 142 00:04:34,907 --> 00:04:36,109 WE HAVE FOUND ALL THE 143 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:38,411 POTENTIALLY DAN DANGEROUS 144 00:04:38,411 --> 00:04:39,112 WOUNDS. 145 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:41,314 >> AIL PAUSE. 146 00:04:41,314 --> 00:04:42,415 >> PAUSE. 147 00:04:42,415 --> 00:04:44,417 RESUME PROCESSING. 148 00:04:44,417 --> 00:04:45,518 POSITION UNCERTAINTY IS 149 00:04:45,518 --> 00:04:47,520 1.6METERS. 150 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,022 >> EXCELLENT. 151 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:50,623 >> SO GETTING BACK TO THE POINT, 152 00:04:50,623 --> 00:04:51,924 WE KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS 153 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:53,526 THROUGHOUT WE HAVE NOT YET 154 00:04:53,526 --> 00:04:54,627 DETECTED. 155 00:04:54,627 --> 00:04:56,129 YOU KNOW, IN FACT, THIS PAST 156 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:58,531 AUGUST, A TRUCK-SIZED ASTEROID 157 00:04:58,531 --> 00:05:00,233 MISSED THE EARTH BY LESS THAN 158 00:05:00,233 --> 00:05:01,034 2,000MILES. 159 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:02,835 HO ONE KNEW IT WAS HEADED OUR 160 00:05:02,835 --> 00:05:05,038 WAY UNTIL IT ALREADY PASSED US 161 00:05:05,038 --> 00:05:06,406 BY. 162 00:05:06,406 --> 00:05:07,307 IT IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTAND 163 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:08,408 WHAT IS OUT THERE IN SPACE. 164 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:10,243 THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTS 165 00:05:10,243 --> 00:05:13,646 OF THE OSIRIS-REX MISSION. 166 00:05:13,646 --> 00:05:16,849 WE LOO TO MEET BENNU SO DANTE, 167 00:05:16,849 --> 00:05:18,151 WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THE 168 00:05:18,151 --> 00:05:19,952 IDEA OF PLANETARY DEFENSE? 169 00:05:19,952 --> 00:05:22,955 >> SO AS A RESULT OF HAVING THIS 170 00:05:22,955 --> 00:05:23,856 ORBIT. 171 00:05:23,856 --> 00:05:26,259 IT IS WHAT WE CALL POTENTIALLY 172 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:28,361 HAZARDOUS ASTEROID BECAUSE ITS 173 00:05:28,361 --> 00:05:30,263 ORBIT DOES CROSS THE ORBIT OF 174 00:05:30,263 --> 00:05:32,865 THE ETHER AND A PROCT ABOUT 150 175 00:05:32,865 --> 00:05:34,767 YEARS IN THE FUTURE THAT MAY 176 00:05:34,767 --> 00:05:37,770 IMPACT OUR PLANET CREATING 177 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:41,074 NATURAL DISASTER SO OSIRIS-REX 178 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:43,076 IS TRYING TO STUDY VERY 179 00:05:43,076 --> 00:05:43,776 PRECISELY. 180 00:05:43,776 --> 00:05:45,378 WE KNOW THAT SUNLIGHT ACTUALLY 181 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:49,182 INFLUENCES THE TRAJECTORY AND 182 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:51,184 STUDYING THAT PHENOMENON AND HOW 183 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:53,486 IT INTERACTS THEN HOW IT IS 184 00:05:53,486 --> 00:05:55,188 GOING TO ALLOW US TO ACCESS THE 185 00:05:55,188 --> 00:05:58,591 IMPACT RISKS THAT BENNU POSES TO 186 00:05:58,591 --> 00:05:59,392 THE EARTH. 187 00:05:59,392 --> 00:06:00,093 >> ABSOLUTELY. 188 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:02,095 THE IDEA OF PLANETARY DEFENSE IS 189 00:06:02,095 --> 00:06:03,696 NOT AN EXERCISE. 190 00:06:03,696 --> 00:06:05,198 BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT NASA 191 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:06,366 TAKES SERIOUSLY. 192 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:08,067 A LITTLE LATER IN THE BROADCAST, 193 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:09,168 WE'LL TALK ABOUT PROTECTING THE 194 00:06:09,168 --> 00:06:11,404 PLANET FROM SURPRISE VISITORS 195 00:06:11,404 --> 00:06:12,105 FROM SPACE. 196 00:06:12,105 --> 00:06:14,107 SO BACK TO BENNU. 197 00:06:14,107 --> 00:06:15,808 A LOT OF EXCITING STUFF TO SHARE 198 00:06:15,808 --> 00:06:17,210 WITH YOU ABOUT THE TAG OPERATION 199 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:19,011 FROM HOW IT WORKS TO WHY THIS 200 00:06:19,011 --> 00:06:21,314 OVERALL MISSION MATTERS SO MUCH 201 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:23,015 AND YOU CAN A PART OF THIS, TOO, 202 00:06:23,015 --> 00:06:24,317 BY JOINING OUNCE THE SOCIAL 203 00:06:24,317 --> 00:06:25,318 MEDIA PLATFORMS. 204 00:06:25,318 --> 00:06:27,720 I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU 205 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:28,621 JAMES. 206 00:06:28,621 --> 00:06:29,322 JAMES? 207 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:30,423 >> THANKS. 208 00:06:30,423 --> 00:06:32,325 I AM PRODUCER SAT NASA GOODARD 209 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:34,127 SPACEFLIGHT CENTER. 210 00:06:34,127 --> 00:06:36,329 TODAY I AM JOINING TO YOU SHARE 211 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:37,830 EXCITEMENT OF THE MISSION AND 212 00:06:37,830 --> 00:06:39,832 THE INCREDIBLE SAMPLE COLLECTION 213 00:06:39,832 --> 00:06:40,933 AT AS STROYED. 214 00:06:40,933 --> 00:06:42,835 TO JOIN US TODAY. 215 00:06:42,835 --> 00:06:45,738 JOIN THE HASHTAG TO BENNU AND 216 00:06:45,738 --> 00:06:47,540 BACK TO THE JOIN THE 217 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:49,242 CONVERSATION AND EXCITEMENT WITH 218 00:06:49,242 --> 00:06:52,245 HER AND FOLLOW THE TWITTER 219 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:54,347 ACCOUNT FOR LIVE UPDATES A Z WE 220 00:06:54,347 --> 00:06:56,048 TAKE THE ATTEMPT. 221 00:06:56,048 --> 00:06:57,049 WE HAVE A POLL GOING ON AT THE 222 00:06:57,049 --> 00:06:59,352 TWITTER NOW AND ASKING YOU HOW 223 00:06:59,352 --> 00:07:01,454 MUCH SAMPLE DO YOU THIS 224 00:07:01,454 --> 00:07:04,557 OSIRIS-REX WILL PICK UP AT BENNU 225 00:07:04,557 --> 00:07:04,857 TODAY. 226 00:07:04,857 --> 00:07:06,626 FOR NOW BACK TO YOU. 227 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:07,727 >> THANKS, JAMES. 228 00:07:07,727 --> 00:07:09,262 WELL, RIGHT BEHIND ME IS THE 229 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:12,165 MSA, THE MISSION SUPPORT AREA 230 00:07:12,165 --> 00:07:14,167 FOR OSIRIS-REX AND FILLED WITH 231 00:07:14,167 --> 00:07:16,869 EXCITED PEOPLE, THE SCIENTIST, 232 00:07:16,869 --> 00:07:18,371 ENGINEERS, WHO WORKED ON THIS 233 00:07:18,371 --> 00:07:19,272 MISSION FOR ANOTHER THAN A 234 00:07:19,272 --> 00:07:19,672 DECADE. 235 00:07:19,672 --> 00:07:21,974 1:00 SO BACK THERE IS GARY 236 00:07:21,974 --> 00:07:24,076 NAPIER FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN IN 237 00:07:24,076 --> 00:07:24,977 THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL? 238 00:07:24,977 --> 00:07:26,579 SOME OF THE GARY, WHAT IS 239 00:07:26,579 --> 00:07:28,681 KNEELING IN THE ROOM. 240 00:07:28,681 --> 00:07:29,882 >> WELL, LIKE YOU SAID, I 241 00:07:29,882 --> 00:07:32,084 AM BEHIND YOU 90FEET HERE IN 242 00:07:32,084 --> 00:07:35,288 THE LARGER LOCKHEED MARTIN 243 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:36,189 MISSION SUPPORT AREA. 244 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:39,392 WE ARE OPERATING SIX OF AS? SEA 245 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:40,893 SPACECRAFT AROUND THE SOLAR 246 00:07:40,893 --> 00:07:41,494 SYSTEM. 247 00:07:41,494 --> 00:07:42,795 FOUR AT MARS. 248 00:07:42,795 --> 00:07:44,797 ONE IN JUPITER. 249 00:07:44,797 --> 00:07:51,904 ONE RIGHT HERE, OH OSIRIS-REX. 250 00:07:51,904 --> 00:07:53,206 THIS IS WHERE THE FLIGHT TEAM IS 251 00:07:53,206 --> 00:07:54,307 RIGHT NOW. 252 00:07:54,307 --> 00:07:55,508 THE CONTROLLERS ARE ALREADY 253 00:07:55,508 --> 00:07:56,209 ONBOARD. 254 00:07:56,209 --> 00:07:58,110 WE HEARD GOOD CALL OUTS NOW. 255 00:07:58,110 --> 00:08:00,413 IN A LITTLE WHILE, ARE, WE'LL 256 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:01,714 COME IN HERE TO TALK TO THEM TO 257 00:08:01,714 --> 00:08:02,815 SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING. 258 00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:04,116 LOOKING REALLY GOOD RIGHT NOW. 259 00:08:04,116 --> 00:08:05,318 BACK TO YOU. 260 00:08:05,318 --> 00:08:06,486 >> THANKS, GARY. 261 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:07,787 THINK RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO 262 00:08:07,787 --> 00:08:08,588 ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING. 263 00:08:08,588 --> 00:08:10,323 THIS IS A BIT OF UNUSUAL 264 00:08:10,323 --> 00:08:11,824 PROGRESS AND DEALING WITH BIG 265 00:08:11,824 --> 00:08:12,925 CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE'RE DOING 266 00:08:12,925 --> 00:08:15,328 IT IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC. 267 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:17,029 YOU WILL NOTICE I AM WEARING A 268 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:17,830 MASK. 269 00:08:17,830 --> 00:08:20,933 CERTAINLY NEVER HOSTED AN EVENT 270 00:08:20,933 --> 00:08:22,635 WEARING A MASK BEFORE. 271 00:08:22,635 --> 00:08:24,737 FORGIVE ME WHEN WE STRUGGLE. 272 00:08:24,737 --> 00:08:26,339 WE ARE STAND FURTHER AWAY THAN 273 00:08:26,339 --> 00:08:27,840 NORMAL THEN I WILL STAY RIGHT 274 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:28,341 HERE. 275 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:29,842 NORMALLY I MAY BE BACK IN THE 276 00:08:29,842 --> 00:08:31,143 MISSION SUPPORT AREA BUT NOT 277 00:08:31,143 --> 00:08:32,845 ALLOWED TO GO BACKING THERE. 278 00:08:32,845 --> 00:08:34,347 I AM ISOLATED FROM THEM. 279 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:35,448 SO IT US MAZING WITH THE 280 00:08:35,448 --> 00:08:37,750 INCREDIBLE OPERATION GOING ON AT 281 00:08:37,750 --> 00:08:40,753 BENNU TONIGHT AND PEOPLE AROUND 282 00:08:40,753 --> 00:08:42,154 ME WORKING ON THIS FOR YEARS. 283 00:08:42,154 --> 00:08:43,956 WE STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE 284 00:08:43,956 --> 00:08:45,958 CHALLENGES OF COVID-19 SO 285 00:08:45,958 --> 00:08:47,059 TONIGHT OUR ATTENTION IS ON THE 286 00:08:47,059 --> 00:08:50,263 WONDERFUL, ACTUALLY, SAMPLING AN 287 00:08:50,263 --> 00:08:50,863 ASTEROID. 288 00:08:50,863 --> 00:08:53,666 THAT IS INCREDIBLY ADVENTUROUS. 289 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:54,166 IT IS HAPPY. 290 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:56,369 WE REMEMBER TO TAKE CARE OF EACH 291 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:56,769 OTHER. 292 00:08:56,769 --> 00:08:58,271 WE CAN'T FORGET THAT. 293 00:08:58,271 --> 00:08:59,772 PLEASE BEAR WITH US TODAY AS WE 294 00:08:59,772 --> 00:09:01,774 ARE WORKING WITH THE MASKS AND 295 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:04,076 TRYING TO DO IT THE BEST HE WAY 296 00:09:04,076 --> 00:09:04,977 WE CAN. 297 00:09:04,977 --> 00:09:08,247 OK, DONE ARE DANTE, GIVE US AN 298 00:09:08,247 --> 00:09:08,948 IDEA. 299 00:09:08,948 --> 00:09:10,883 >> WELL, SO IT IS IMPORTANT ARE 300 00:09:10,883 --> 00:09:11,884 IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE 301 00:09:11,884 --> 00:09:13,586 SPACECRAFT IS LITERALLY ON THE 302 00:09:13,586 --> 00:09:15,187 OTHER SIDE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 303 00:09:15,187 --> 00:09:16,989 OVER 200MILLIONMILES AWAY FROM 304 00:09:16,989 --> 00:09:19,692 THE EARTH SO ANN SIGNAL WOULD 305 00:09:19,692 --> 00:09:22,094 TAKE OVER 18.5 MINUTES TO REACH 306 00:09:22,094 --> 00:09:24,096 THE SPACECRAFT, SO WHEN WE GET 307 00:09:24,096 --> 00:09:25,197 THESE BACK. 308 00:09:25,197 --> 00:09:26,799 THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST 309 00:09:26,799 --> 00:09:28,301 ASTROID. 310 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:30,202 AS A RESULT WE HAVE TO HAVE A 311 00:09:30,202 --> 00:09:31,804 SMART SPACECRAFT THAT HAS TO 312 00:09:31,804 --> 00:09:33,306 MAKE THE OWN GUIDANCE 313 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:34,807 CALCULATIONS AND MAKE OWN 314 00:09:34,807 --> 00:09:37,109 DECISION IN FACT INSTEAD OF 315 00:09:37,109 --> 00:09:38,611 GETTING HIGH DATA BACK WE'RE 316 00:09:38,611 --> 00:09:40,913 GETTING SA LOW DATA RATE WHAT 317 00:09:40,913 --> 00:09:42,715 WOE CALL BREAD CRUMBS KEY 318 00:09:42,715 --> 00:09:43,916 PIECINGS OF INFORMATION FROM THE 319 00:09:43,916 --> 00:09:45,418 SPACECRAFT THAT TELL US KEY 320 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:47,019 EVENTS HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE 321 00:09:47,019 --> 00:09:51,123 SEQUENCE. 322 00:09:51,123 --> 00:09:52,425 >> NEXT IMAGE. 323 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:55,027 .09METERS. 324 00:09:55,027 --> 00:09:57,229 >> SO THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE 325 00:09:57,229 --> 00:09:57,930 KIND OF INFORMATION WE'RE 326 00:09:57,930 --> 00:09:59,332 GETTING BACK FROM THE SPACECRAFT 327 00:09:59,332 --> 00:10:01,634 THAT HAS ONBOARD NATURAL FEATURE 328 00:10:01,634 --> 00:10:02,835 TRACKING SYSTEM WHICH WE WILL 329 00:10:02,835 --> 00:10:04,437 HEAR ABOUT TODAY. 330 00:10:04,437 --> 00:10:05,137 >> ABSOLUTELY. 331 00:10:05,137 --> 00:10:05,738 ALL RIGHT. 332 00:10:05,738 --> 00:10:07,239 SO I GUESS AFTER THIS, WE ARE 333 00:10:07,239 --> 00:10:09,742 DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE TAG 334 00:10:09,742 --> 00:10:10,843 EVENT ITSELF. 335 00:10:10,843 --> 00:10:13,145 I UNDERSTAND, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO 336 00:10:13,145 --> 00:10:14,947 SEE IMAGES TONIGHT IN REAL-TIME. 337 00:10:14,947 --> 00:10:16,048 WE HAVE TO WAIT AWHILE. 338 00:10:16,048 --> 00:10:17,350 WHY IS THAT? 339 00:10:17,350 --> 00:10:19,352 >> THE IMAGES TAKE A LOT OF DATA 340 00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:20,653 TO BRING BACK FROM THE 341 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:22,154 SPACECRAFT TO THE EARTH AND ON 342 00:10:22,154 --> 00:10:24,357 THE LOW DATA RATE WHAT WE'RE 343 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:25,758 USING TODAYS THE REAL-TIME 344 00:10:25,758 --> 00:10:27,159 SIMULATION WE PUT TOGETHER. 345 00:10:27,159 --> 00:10:28,661 WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE AND 346 00:10:28,661 --> 00:10:30,162 REFERRING TO THIS THROUGHOUT THE 347 00:10:30,162 --> 00:10:31,764 BRAD CAST TONIGHT, THIS IS NOT 348 00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:33,566 ANY KIND OF REAL INFORMATION 349 00:10:33,566 --> 00:10:35,167 FROM OUTER SPACE. 350 00:10:35,167 --> 00:10:37,169 THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT THE 351 00:10:37,169 --> 00:10:39,271 SPACECRAFT TO BE DOING, SO LET 352 00:10:39,271 --> 00:10:40,873 US KNOW WHEN KEY EVENTS ARE 353 00:10:40,873 --> 00:10:42,274 PROGRAMMED TO TAKE PLACE ON THE 354 00:10:42,274 --> 00:10:43,676 SPACECRAFT TO BE RECEIVED BACK 355 00:10:43,676 --> 00:10:46,178 ON EARTH AND THERE MAY BE SOME 356 00:10:46,178 --> 00:10:47,580 LAGS BUT THIS IS GOING TO HELP 357 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:49,782 US VISUALIZE WHAT IS ACTUALLY 358 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:54,587 HAPPENING AT ASTEROID BENNU. 359 00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:55,688 SO EVERYTHING IS GOING TO PLAY 360 00:10:55,688 --> 00:10:57,790 OUT AT THIS VERY LOW DATA RATE 361 00:10:57,790 --> 00:10:59,191 THROUGH THE BROADCAST TODAY. 362 00:10:59,191 --> 00:11:00,893 THEN, SPACECRAFT HAS TO BACK 363 00:11:00,893 --> 00:11:02,795 AWAY FROM THE ASTEROID SURFACE 364 00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:03,796 AND COOL OFF. 365 00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:05,097 IT HAS TO GET BACK ON THE SOLAR 366 00:11:05,097 --> 00:11:08,467 ARRAYS THEN IT WILL TURN THE AND 367 00:11:08,467 --> 00:11:09,268 MEAN IN TO THE EARTH THIS 368 00:11:09,268 --> 00:11:12,505 EVENING AND IMAGES BE COMING IN 369 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:13,906 OVERNIGHT AND HOPE TO HAVE GREAT 370 00:11:13,906 --> 00:11:14,707 INFORMATION FOR EVERYBODY BY 371 00:11:14,707 --> 00:11:15,408 TOMORROW. 372 00:11:15,408 --> 00:11:16,909 >> I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE 373 00:11:16,909 --> 00:11:17,710 IMAGES. 374 00:11:17,710 --> 00:11:18,811 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE. 375 00:11:18,811 --> 00:11:20,413 AT THIS POINT, THE SPACECRAFT 376 00:11:20,413 --> 00:11:22,314 HAS LEFT THE HOME ORBIT AND ON 377 00:11:22,314 --> 00:11:23,716 THE WAY TO THE SAMPLE SITE, 378 00:11:23,716 --> 00:11:25,718 EVERY MINUTE NOW, WE'RE DRAWING 379 00:11:25,718 --> 00:11:27,119 NEAR TOLL THE MOMENT WHEN 380 00:11:27,119 --> 00:11:29,622 OSIRIS-REX TOUCHES THE SURFACE 381 00:11:29,622 --> 00:11:31,724 OF BEN NEW. 382 00:11:31,724 --> 00:11:33,225 WHILE WE'RE WAITING LET'S CHECK 383 00:11:33,225 --> 00:11:34,427 IN. 384 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:36,629 >> WE HOSTED A READIT WITH A FEW 385 00:11:36,629 --> 00:11:38,330 OF THE SIGN SCIENTIST AND GOT A 386 00:11:38,330 --> 00:11:39,932 LOT OF FANTASTIC QUESTIONS AND 387 00:11:39,932 --> 00:11:41,734 WANTED TO RECAP RIGHT NOW. 388 00:11:41,734 --> 00:11:43,436 SOL THE FIRST QUESTION ASKS: 389 00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:46,338 HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAP A TINY 390 00:11:46,338 --> 00:11:47,440 SPECK ON THIS? 391 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,442 DO YOU HAVE ANY IMAGES YOU COULD 392 00:11:49,442 --> 00:11:49,642 SHARE? 393 00:11:49,642 --> 00:11:50,843 DO YOU SEE THE LANDING SITE 394 00:11:50,843 --> 00:11:53,446 OTHER ALL BASED ON MEASUREMENTS 395 00:11:53,446 --> 00:11:54,447 OF WEIRD PROPERTIES AND 396 00:11:54,447 --> 00:11:55,848 CALCULATION ALSO HAVE SO THE 397 00:11:55,848 --> 00:11:59,251 FIRST OBSERVATION OF BENNU CAME 398 00:11:59,251 --> 00:12:01,554 HERE ON EARTH FROM PUERTO RICO. 399 00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:03,756 THIS HUGE RADIO TELESCOPE GAVE 400 00:12:03,756 --> 00:12:05,558 US A BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE 401 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:08,227 ROUGH SHAPE OF BENNU THAT YOU 402 00:12:08,227 --> 00:12:08,828 SEE HERE. 403 00:12:08,828 --> 00:12:11,464 AS OSIRIS-REX WAS OUT IN SPACE 404 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:13,566 AND BEGAN MAKING APPROACH CLOSER 405 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:15,067 AND CLOSER TO THE ASTROID. 406 00:12:15,067 --> 00:12:17,169 IT USED THE ONBOARD CAMERA 407 00:12:17,169 --> 00:12:19,472 INSTRUMENTS TO INCREASE DETAIL. 408 00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:22,975 THEN, A FEW TINY PIXEL ON THOSE 409 00:12:22,975 --> 00:12:25,177 SCREEN TO SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION 410 00:12:25,177 --> 00:12:26,378 WOULD SEE HERE LITTERED WITH 411 00:12:26,378 --> 00:12:28,881 GIANT RUGGED BOULDERS. 412 00:12:28,881 --> 00:12:32,084 ANOTHER QUESTION FROM READIT IS 413 00:12:32,084 --> 00:12:35,287 ASKING US, LET'S SEE HERE. 414 00:12:35,287 --> 00:12:35,688 YES. 415 00:12:35,688 --> 00:12:37,790 SO WOULD HAVE IT BEEN FEASIBLE 416 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:40,292 TO HAVE ROBOTIC ARM PICK UP A 417 00:12:40,292 --> 00:12:41,994 FLOCK WOULD A SINGLE ROCK BE 418 00:12:41,994 --> 00:12:44,497 BETTER THAN 100 TINY GRAINS. 419 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:47,399 THE TEAM THAT DESIGNED TO SYSTEM 420 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:49,602 SAMPLE ON A NICE FLAT SANDY-LIKE 421 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:51,203 SURFACE AND NOT AT ALL LIKE THAT 422 00:12:51,203 --> 00:12:55,508 AND SUPER RUGGED AND FILL SO THE 423 00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:57,409 TEAMING HAD TO WORK THE FLAT 424 00:12:57,409 --> 00:13:02,715 SANDY SURFACE. 425 00:13:02,715 --> 00:13:05,618 FOR EXAMPLE FELL WE PICK UP A 426 00:13:05,618 --> 00:13:07,686 ROCK, IT MAY CRUMBLE AWAY WE 427 00:13:07,686 --> 00:13:11,724 WOULD GET A SAMPLE OUT OF IT. 428 00:13:11,724 --> 00:13:14,527 IF WERE TO PRY THOSE LOSE WE 429 00:13:14,527 --> 00:13:17,429 WON'T BUDGE AND GET A SAMPLE SO 430 00:13:17,429 --> 00:13:18,531 THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THE 431 00:13:18,531 --> 00:13:19,732 TEAM HAS TO CONSIDER WHEN 432 00:13:19,732 --> 00:13:20,633 DESIGNING SOMETHING THAT IS 433 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:22,935 OPERATING MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS 434 00:13:22,935 --> 00:13:24,236 OF MILES A I WAY FROM US. 435 00:13:24,236 --> 00:13:25,838 SO FOR NOW, BACK TO YOU 436 00:13:25,838 --> 00:13:27,039 MICHELLE. 437 00:13:27,039 --> 00:13:29,341 >> THANKS, JAMES. 438 00:13:29,341 --> 00:13:30,643 OK, NOW, I HAVE BEEN A "STAR 439 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:33,045 WARS" FAN NEARLY ALL MY LIFE. 440 00:13:33,045 --> 00:13:35,548 IN ONE MOVIE, DARK VADER SAID 441 00:13:35,548 --> 00:13:37,449 THAT ASTEROIDS DO NOT CONCERN ME 442 00:13:37,449 --> 00:13:38,651 BUT CERTAINLY NOT TRUE FOR US 443 00:13:38,651 --> 00:13:39,852 THIS EVENING. 444 00:13:39,852 --> 00:13:41,153 WE'RE ALL ABOUT ASTEROIDS HERE 445 00:13:41,153 --> 00:13:42,454 AT THE MISSION SUPPORT AREA HERE 446 00:13:42,454 --> 00:13:44,657 IN LITTLETON, COLORADO, AND 447 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:45,758 BRING YOU LIVE COVERAGE OF THE 448 00:13:45,758 --> 00:13:47,259 ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A SAMPLE FROM 449 00:13:47,259 --> 00:13:48,460 THE ASTEROID. 450 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:51,263 NOW OSIRIS-REX IS A ONE OF A 451 00:13:51,263 --> 00:13:53,065 KIND SPACECRAFT WITH 452 00:13:53,065 --> 00:13:55,067 EXTRAORDINARY TEAM CHARTERING 453 00:13:55,067 --> 00:13:58,270 UNEXPLORED SPACES. 454 00:13:58,270 --> 00:13:59,872 THE VEHICLE HAS TRAVELED OVER 455 00:13:59,872 --> 00:14:03,876 2.2BILLION MILES ON A COMPLEX 456 00:14:03,876 --> 00:14:07,046 ROUTE TO REACH BENNU AND 457 00:14:07,046 --> 00:14:08,347 SCHEDULED TO DELIVER BACK TO 458 00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:11,083 EARTH IN 2023 SO NOW TAKE A 459 00:14:11,083 --> 00:14:13,185 CLOSER LOOK AT OSIRIS-REX. 460 00:14:13,185 --> 00:14:13,786 ♪ 461 00:14:13,786 --> 00:14:13,919 ♪ 462 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:14,386 ♪ 463 00:14:14,386 --> 00:14:17,089 >> OVER 200MILLION-MILES A WAY 464 00:14:17,089 --> 00:14:19,892 FROM EARTH, NASA'S OSIRIS-REX 465 00:14:19,892 --> 00:14:21,193 SPACECRAFT IS PREPARING FOR A 466 00:14:21,193 --> 00:14:25,998 COLLECTION ATTEMPT AT ASTEROID 467 00:14:25,998 --> 00:14:28,300 BENNU BEFORE IT MAKES APPROACH, 468 00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:30,603 LET'S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE 469 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:32,605 INCREDIBLE FIRST FOR THE MISSION 470 00:14:32,605 --> 00:14:33,505 WHICH SEEM LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF 471 00:14:33,505 --> 00:14:35,608 A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. 472 00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:36,909 THIS IS THE FIRST AS STROYED 473 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:38,010 SAMPLE RETURN MISSION ARE 474 00:14:38,010 --> 00:14:39,311 MISSION FOR NASA AND IT COULD BE 475 00:14:39,311 --> 00:14:41,313 THE LARGEST RETURN FROM SPACE 476 00:14:41,313 --> 00:14:44,016 SINCE THE APOLLO ASTROIDS 477 00:14:44,016 --> 00:14:45,417 BROUGHT MOON SAMPLE BACK TO 478 00:14:45,417 --> 00:14:45,718 EARTH. 479 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:48,821 WHILE GETTING SET, OSIRIS-REX 480 00:14:48,821 --> 00:14:51,724 HAS SENT NOT ONLY ONE, BUT TO 481 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:53,525 GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS FIRST FOR 482 00:14:53,525 --> 00:14:55,728 THE SMALLEST EVER BODY ORBIT BE 483 00:14:55,728 --> 00:14:57,429 A THE SECOND FOR THE CLOSEST ON 484 00:14:57,429 --> 00:14:58,430 THE SPACECRAFT. 485 00:14:58,430 --> 00:15:00,332 THIS TIGHT ORBIT HAS BROUGHT THE 486 00:15:00,332 --> 00:15:03,235 SPACECRAFT SO CLOSE TO BENNU 487 00:15:03,235 --> 00:15:04,837 THAT THE ONBOARD CAMERAS HAVE 488 00:15:04,837 --> 00:15:06,639 BEEN EKE ACTUAL IMAGE AND 489 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:08,007 CHARACTERIZE THE ASTRID'S 490 00:15:08,007 --> 00:15:09,508 SURFACE AND SHAPE BETTER THAN 491 00:15:09,508 --> 00:15:09,842 EARTH. 492 00:15:09,842 --> 00:15:12,344 OUR OWN MOON OR ANY OTHER 493 00:15:12,344 --> 00:15:15,848 CELESTIAL BODY. 494 00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:19,351 OSIRIS-REX HAS IMAGED DOWN TO 5 495 00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:22,054 CENTIMETER PROVIDING US WITH 496 00:15:22,054 --> 00:15:24,757 UNPRECEDENTED VIEW TO THE ROCKY 497 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:29,762 WORLD AND WITH 28 ONBOARD 498 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:31,563 THRUSTERS OSIRIS-REX IS ONE OF 499 00:15:31,563 --> 00:15:33,365 THE MOST MANEUVERABLE THAT 500 00:15:33,365 --> 00:15:35,868 ALLOWS TO IT PRECISELY DESCEND 501 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:39,171 TOP A SPOT ON BENNU. 502 00:15:39,171 --> 00:15:41,073 CERTAINLY SOME UNEXPECTED TWISTS 503 00:15:41,073 --> 00:15:42,474 ALONG THE WAY, HOWEVER, 504 00:15:42,474 --> 00:15:45,077 OSIRIS-REX HAS CAPITALIZE THE 505 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:46,378 END MOMENTS RIGHT AFTER ARRIVING 506 00:15:46,378 --> 00:15:48,580 AT THE ASTEROID, OSIRIS-REX 507 00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:51,784 IMAGE ROCKY TRAJECTORY, THIS IS 508 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:52,885 THE FIRST TABLE WE HAVE BEEN 509 00:15:52,885 --> 00:15:55,287 ABLE TO OBSERVE THE ENTIRE LIFE 510 00:15:55,287 --> 00:15:56,989 CYCLE OF THE NATURAL SATELLITE 511 00:15:56,989 --> 00:15:59,591 OBJECTS OF OUR THOUGH OBJECT AND 512 00:15:59,591 --> 00:16:01,193 RETURNING BACK TO THE SURFACE. 513 00:16:01,193 --> 00:16:03,195 BECAUSE OF THE EXTREMELY ROCKY 514 00:16:03,195 --> 00:16:04,496 SURFACE, THE TEAM NEEDED TO 515 00:16:04,496 --> 00:16:06,198 ADAPT THE SPACECRAFT'S 516 00:16:06,198 --> 00:16:08,467 NAVIGATION METHOD TO NATURAL 517 00:16:08,467 --> 00:16:09,902 FEATURE TRACKING. 518 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:11,303 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS 519 00:16:11,303 --> 00:16:13,005 APPROACH HAS PLAN USED IN SPACE 520 00:16:13,005 --> 00:16:15,908 AND IT WILL ALLOW OSIRIS-REX TO 521 00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:17,209 STEER ITSELF DOWN TO COLLECT A 522 00:16:17,209 --> 00:16:20,012 SAMPLE FROM BENNU. 523 00:16:20,012 --> 00:16:22,114 NOW OSIRIS-REX IS LOOKING TO SET 524 00:16:22,114 --> 00:16:23,716 ANOTHER FIRST FOR NASA. 525 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:25,718 SUCCESSFULLY COLLECT A SAMPLE OF 526 00:16:25,718 --> 00:16:27,219 ASTEROID AND DELIVER IT TO EARTH 527 00:16:27,219 --> 00:16:33,225 BY 2023. 528 00:16:33,225 --> 00:16:36,428 BEN KNEW. 529 00:16:36,428 --> 00:16:37,129 >> WELCOMING BACK. 530 00:16:37,129 --> 00:16:37,930 IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US. 531 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:39,932 I AM MICHELLE BAUER FROM 532 00:16:39,932 --> 00:16:42,334 NASA'S GODDARD'S SPACEFLIGHT 533 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:43,135 CENTER. 534 00:16:43,135 --> 00:16:44,837 YOU ARE HERE WITH US ON HISTORIC 535 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:46,138 EVENING. 536 00:16:46,138 --> 00:16:47,840 NASA'S FIRST SAMPLE RETURN FROM 537 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:48,340 ASTEROID. 538 00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:49,942 THE ATTEMPT TO ACTUALLY SAMPLE 539 00:16:49,942 --> 00:16:54,046 THE ASTEROID BENNU AND SCENING 540 00:16:54,046 --> 00:16:56,849 TOWARD BENNU RIGHT NOW. 541 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,250 SO DANTE, TALKING ABOUT THE 542 00:16:58,250 --> 00:16:59,351 REAL-TIME SIMULATION WE'RE 543 00:16:59,351 --> 00:16:59,952 LOOKING AT. 544 00:16:59,952 --> 00:17:00,552 >> YEAH. 545 00:17:00,552 --> 00:17:01,854 IT HAS BEEN EXCITING DAY 546 00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:02,855 ALREADY, MICHELLE. 547 00:17:02,855 --> 00:17:04,356 WELL OVER THREE HOURS TO THE 548 00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:06,458 TAGGED SEQUENCE, THE 549 00:17:06,458 --> 00:17:07,826 PREPROGRAMMED SET OF COMMAND ON 550 00:17:07,826 --> 00:17:09,728 THOSE SPACECRAFT AND EARLIER WE 551 00:17:09,728 --> 00:17:11,163 DEPARTED OUR ORBIT AROUND THE 552 00:17:11,163 --> 00:17:13,165 ASTEROIDS SO FLYING OVER THE 553 00:17:13,165 --> 00:17:15,367 SUNLIT SIDE OVER THE ASTEROID 554 00:17:15,367 --> 00:17:17,569 TAKING IMAGES IF FOR THE ONBOARD 555 00:17:17,569 --> 00:17:19,271 GUIDANCE SYSTEM CALLED NATURAL 556 00:17:19,271 --> 00:17:20,572 FEATURE TRACKING. 557 00:17:20,572 --> 00:17:22,474 A COUPLE OF OTHER'S EVENTS THE 558 00:17:22,474 --> 00:17:24,576 SPACECRAFT DEPLOYED THE ROBOTIC 559 00:17:24,576 --> 00:17:27,679 TAG SAMPLING ARM SO THE ARM IS 560 00:17:27,679 --> 00:17:28,781 READY IN POSITION TO COLLECT 561 00:17:28,781 --> 00:17:30,082 THAT SAMPLE AND TURNED ON AND 562 00:17:30,082 --> 00:17:32,084 STARTED CLOAKING SCIENCE DATA 563 00:17:32,084 --> 00:17:33,285 FROM ONE OF THE SCIENCE 564 00:17:33,285 --> 00:17:35,487 INSTRUMENTS THE THERMAL MISSION. 565 00:17:35,487 --> 00:17:37,089 THE SPACECRAFT HAS MOVED INTO 566 00:17:37,089 --> 00:17:38,791 THE SECOND MARBLE FEATURE 567 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:40,192 TRACKING ATTITUDE AND GETTING 568 00:17:40,192 --> 00:17:41,593 ONBOARD POSITIONAL UPDATES DID 569 00:17:41,593 --> 00:17:42,594 AS WE SPEAK. 570 00:17:42,594 --> 00:17:43,896 AND I CAN TELL YOU, EVERYTHING 571 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:46,098 IS GOING EXACTLY ACCORDING TO 572 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:47,399 PLANNED NOW AND LOOKS REALLY 573 00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:47,900 GOOD. 574 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:50,102 OH, IT HAS BEEN EXCITING DAY. 575 00:17:50,102 --> 00:17:53,205 SO OSIRIS-REX TRAVELED MORE THAN 576 00:17:53,205 --> 00:17:54,406 TWO AND A HALF YEARS AS IT 577 00:17:54,406 --> 00:17:55,908 NAVIGATED THE WAY. 578 00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,810 ONCE THERE, IT BEGAN MAPPING THE 579 00:17:57,810 --> 00:18:00,012 SURFACE AND THE TASKS IN THE 580 00:18:00,012 --> 00:18:01,814 ENGINEERING TEAM AND THEN THERE 581 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:03,015 HAVE BEEN CHALLENGES AND 582 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:03,816 SURPRISES, TOO. 583 00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:04,917 CORRECT. 584 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:05,717 >> ABSOLUTELY. 585 00:18:05,717 --> 00:18:07,286 CAN TELL YOU ALREADY, THE 586 00:18:07,286 --> 00:18:09,688 SCIENCE RETURNED FROM OSIRIS-REX 587 00:18:09,688 --> 00:18:10,923 HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL AND 588 00:18:10,923 --> 00:18:12,724 REWRITTEN A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT 589 00:18:12,724 --> 00:18:13,525 WHAT WE KNOW. 590 00:18:13,525 --> 00:18:14,726 I WILL TALK ABOUT THREE OF THE 591 00:18:14,726 --> 00:18:17,029 MOST INTERESTING RESULTS FOR ME. 592 00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:18,330 FIRST OFF, WE LEARNED LITERALLY 593 00:18:18,330 --> 00:18:20,032 ABOUT ONE WEEK AFTER GETTING 594 00:18:20,032 --> 00:18:22,634 INTO ORBIT THAT BENNU IS WHAT 595 00:18:22,634 --> 00:18:25,037 WAY WE CALL ACTIVE ASTEROID THAT 596 00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:27,139 IS FROM THE SURFACE AND THESE 597 00:18:27,139 --> 00:18:29,141 PARTICLE ARE COMING OFF IT LOW 598 00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:32,344 AND FELICITIES FOR THE MOST PART 599 00:18:32,344 --> 00:18:34,046 AND GOING INTO A ORBIT SPIRALING 600 00:18:34,046 --> 00:18:35,547 AROUND THE ASTEROID PROVIDING 601 00:18:35,547 --> 00:18:38,851 EXCELLENCE SCIENCE ALLOWING US 602 00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:40,853 TO MAP OUT AND UNPRECEDENTED 603 00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:42,254 DETAIL WAY BEYOND WHAT WE 604 00:18:42,254 --> 00:18:43,055 EXPECTED TO DO. 605 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:44,456 HER TO THING WE SAW RIGHT AWAY 606 00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:45,958 AS WE WERE APPROACHING THERE 607 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:47,759 WERE GENERALLY DARK BLACK 608 00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:50,963 SURFACES EXPECT BRIGHT BOULDERS 609 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,865 THAT ARE WERE SHOUTING BEACONS 610 00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:53,365 TO US. 611 00:18:53,365 --> 00:18:55,467 AS WE TRAINED THE SCIENCE 612 00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:56,869 INSTRUMENT ON THERE AND 613 00:18:56,869 --> 00:18:59,371 CHARACTERIZED THE MINERALLOLOGY 614 00:18:59,371 --> 00:19:01,473 AND LINK THEM TO VESTA, ONE OF 615 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:03,876 THE LARGEST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM 616 00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:06,078 AND THE TARGET OF THE AS? DAWN 617 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:07,946 SPACECRAFT WHICH DID A 618 00:19:07,946 --> 00:19:09,848 PHENOMENAL JOB CHARACTERIZING 619 00:19:09,848 --> 00:19:11,183 THIS TARGET AND IT SHOWS 620 00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:13,085 EXCHANGING PIECES BACK AND FORTH 621 00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:14,586 ADDS THEY COLLIDE INTO EACH 622 00:19:14,586 --> 00:19:16,288 OTHER AND SHOOT THE PARTICLES 623 00:19:16,288 --> 00:19:21,994 OFF INTO SPACE. 624 00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:23,095 WOW. 625 00:19:23,095 --> 00:19:26,899 [APPLAUSE] 626 00:19:26,899 --> 00:19:29,001 I WOULD SAY BACK TO THE SCIENCE. 627 00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:30,502 THE FINAL RESULT THAT IS 628 00:19:30,502 --> 00:19:31,803 IMPORTANT FROM THE MISSION. 629 00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:33,705 WE DID EXPECT THE ASTEROID TO 630 00:19:33,705 --> 00:19:36,308 LOOK SANDY AND BEACH-LIKE BASED 631 00:19:36,308 --> 00:19:38,510 ON THE THERMAL PROPERTIES FROM 632 00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:40,112 EARTH. 633 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:40,712 AND WE GOT THERE. 634 00:19:40,712 --> 00:19:47,619 WE USED THE OTIS SPECK 635 00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:48,720 SPECTROMETER. 636 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,522 EVERYTHING TURNED ITSELF UPSIDE 637 00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:51,023 DOWN. 638 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:52,324 THE AREAS THAT WE THOUGHT WOULD 639 00:19:52,324 --> 00:19:54,026 BE BEACH-LIKE BASED ON THERMAL 640 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:55,527 PROPERTIES TURNED OUT TO BE THE 641 00:19:55,527 --> 00:19:57,429 LARGEST BOULDERS ON THE 642 00:19:57,429 --> 00:19:59,031 ASTEROID'S SURFACE AND THE 643 00:19:59,031 --> 00:20:01,833 FINE-GRAIN REGIONS HAD TO HAVE 644 00:20:01,833 --> 00:20:04,536 THE HUER COMPLETELY OPPOSITE OF 645 00:20:04,536 --> 00:20:05,237 EVERYTHING WE EXPECTED 646 00:20:05,237 --> 00:20:06,738 PROPAGATING A LOT OF GREAT 647 00:20:06,738 --> 00:20:07,940 SCIENCE AS A RESULT. 648 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:09,541 WE MENTIONED THERE ARE BRIGHT 649 00:20:09,541 --> 00:20:10,642 ROCKS FROM VESTA. 650 00:20:10,642 --> 00:20:13,345 THAT MEANS THAT BENNU IN THE 651 00:20:13,345 --> 00:20:15,347 ASTEROID BELT BETWEEN MARS AND 652 00:20:15,347 --> 00:20:15,948 UPPER? 653 00:20:15,948 --> 00:20:17,749 THAT RIGHT. 654 00:20:17,749 --> 00:20:20,452 IT IS A RECENT WON. 655 00:20:20,452 --> 00:20:22,154 WE THINK IT IS FRAGMENTS OF A 656 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:23,755 MUCH LARGER ASTEROID THAT WAS 657 00:20:23,755 --> 00:20:26,158 CATASTROPHICALLY DISRUPTED MAYBE 658 00:20:26,158 --> 00:20:27,159 A BILLION YEARS AGO. 659 00:20:27,159 --> 00:20:27,659 WOW. 660 00:20:27,659 --> 00:20:28,260 THAT IS SO COOL. 661 00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:29,161 THANKS SO MUCH. 662 00:20:29,161 --> 00:20:29,861 OK. 663 00:20:29,861 --> 00:20:32,764 NOW, AS CHALLENGING AS IT IS 664 00:20:32,764 --> 00:20:34,666 GETTING TO BENNU. 665 00:20:34,666 --> 00:20:35,767 CATCHING A SAMPLE IS SOMETHING 666 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:37,069 ELSE. 667 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:39,171 THE TEAM NEEDED TO DEVELOP A 668 00:20:39,171 --> 00:20:39,972 SYSTEM. 669 00:20:39,972 --> 00:20:42,975 HAS BEEN IN DEVELOPMENT FOR 670 00:20:42,975 --> 00:20:44,776 ALMOST 20 YEARS DEVELOP NEWING 671 00:20:44,776 --> 00:20:46,478 STRATEGIES TO ACCOMPLISH 672 00:20:46,478 --> 00:20:47,779 SOMETHING NEVER DONE BEFORE. 673 00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:49,481 THIS IS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING 674 00:20:49,481 --> 00:20:52,384 BECAUSE BENNU HAS WEAK GRAVITY 675 00:20:52,384 --> 00:20:54,086 FIELD AND THINK ABOUT GOING INTO 676 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:56,088 ORBIT HOW DO YOU ORBIT SOMETHING 677 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,290 WHERE THE GRAVITY CANNOT GRAB 678 00:20:58,290 --> 00:21:00,692 AND PUSH INTO ORBIT. 679 00:21:00,692 --> 00:21:01,994 ALL ABOUT FLYING THE SPACECRAFT 680 00:21:01,994 --> 00:21:03,295 AND VERY DIFFICULT TO TAKE A 681 00:21:03,295 --> 00:21:05,097 SAMPLE IN A VERY LOW GRAVITY 682 00:21:05,097 --> 00:21:06,598 ENVIRONMENT SO THANKFULLY, WE 683 00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:08,867 HAVE THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE 684 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:10,502 DEVICE TO WILL TAKE THE SAMPLE 685 00:21:10,502 --> 00:21:11,003 TODAY. 686 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:13,005 LOCKHEED MARTIN. 687 00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:14,106 WELCOME, BEAU. 688 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:15,407 >> THANK YOU, GREAT TO BE HERE. 689 00:21:15,407 --> 00:21:15,707 OK. 690 00:21:15,707 --> 00:21:17,309 TALK ABOUT WHY WORKING IN THE 691 00:21:17,309 --> 00:21:20,112 LOW GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT MAKES IT 692 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:21,713 TOUGH TO GET A SAMPLE. 693 00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:23,015 YOU MAY THINK YOU CAN TAKE A 694 00:21:23,015 --> 00:21:24,716 ROBOTIC ARM AND SCOOP SOMETHING 695 00:21:24,716 --> 00:21:25,017 UP. 696 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:26,018 THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK IN 697 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:26,918 THESE CONDITIONS. 698 00:21:26,918 --> 00:21:27,619 RIGHT. 699 00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:30,122 THE MICROGRAVITY OF BENNU 700 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:31,923 PROVIDES A CHALLENGE OF SAMPLING 701 00:21:31,923 --> 00:21:33,725 WE DON'T NORMALLY FACE ON EARTH 702 00:21:33,725 --> 00:21:35,527 AND IMAGINE TRYING TO USE A 703 00:21:35,527 --> 00:21:36,528 SHUTTLE OR SCOOP ON EARTH AND 704 00:21:36,528 --> 00:21:38,130 THE GROUND PUSHES AGAINST YOU, 705 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:39,931 BUT THE GRAVITY KEEPS ON IN THIS 706 00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:43,435 GROUND, ON BENNU, THE SURFACE 707 00:21:43,435 --> 00:21:44,736 GRAVITIES THOUSANDS OF TIMES 708 00:21:44,736 --> 00:21:45,637 LOWER ON EARTH. 709 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:47,139 IF YOU PUSH A SHOVE INTO THE 710 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:49,141 GROUND, YOU SHALL YOURSELF OFF 711 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:50,442 THE SURFACE SO WE HAD TO COME UP 712 00:21:50,442 --> 00:21:51,943 WITH A TECHNIQUE WORKED WITH 713 00:21:51,943 --> 00:21:53,745 THIS VERY LOW GRAVITY AND WE 714 00:21:53,745 --> 00:21:55,747 ALSO HAD TO CHALLENGE OF 715 00:21:55,747 --> 00:21:56,748 UNCERTAINTY OF THE MECHANICAL 716 00:21:56,748 --> 00:21:58,750 PROPERTIES OF THE SURFACE AND 717 00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:00,352 BOTH OF THOSE THINGS MADE 718 00:22:00,352 --> 00:22:01,453 LANDING A CHALLENGE AND WOULDN'T 719 00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:03,355 KNOW HOW TO GRAPPLE PARTICULARLY 720 00:22:03,355 --> 00:22:04,556 WELL IN THIS MATERIAL. 721 00:22:04,556 --> 00:22:05,757 SO WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A 722 00:22:05,757 --> 00:22:08,026 TECHNIQUE THAT WORKED IN THE 723 00:22:08,026 --> 00:22:09,528 MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT THAT 724 00:22:09,528 --> 00:22:11,463 COULD WORK IN THE TAG 725 00:22:11,463 --> 00:22:14,066 ARCHITECTURE, THIS TOUCH AND GO 726 00:22:14,066 --> 00:22:15,767 ARCHITECTURE OF A YOU FEW 727 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:17,169 SECONDS LONG. 728 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,870 YOU BROUGHT MOLDS WITH YOU. 729 00:22:18,870 --> 00:22:20,372 SHOW US WHAT YOU GOT HERE. 730 00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:21,073 >> THAT IS RIGHT. 731 00:22:21,073 --> 00:22:23,775 SO THIS IS A SCALE MODULE OF THE 732 00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:24,376 SPACECRAFT. 733 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:26,178 THE ARM IS EXTENDED IN THE 734 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:27,579 SAMPLING POSITION. 735 00:22:27,579 --> 00:22:28,980 THE ARM IS EXTENDED. 736 00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:30,382 PARTWAY DOWN THE ARM, CAN YOU 737 00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:32,584 SEE THREE GAS BOTTLES. 738 00:22:32,584 --> 00:22:33,585 WE'LL USE ONE TODAY. 739 00:22:33,585 --> 00:22:35,787 THIS HAS HIGH PRESSURE NITROGEN 740 00:22:35,787 --> 00:22:37,289 GAS WHICH PASSES DOWN THE ARM TO 741 00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:39,091 THE TAG ITSELF. 742 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:41,293 AND HERE, I HAVE ACTUALLY A FULL 743 00:22:41,293 --> 00:22:43,895 SCALE TAG, IT IS ACTUALLY DEVICE 744 00:22:43,895 --> 00:22:46,198 THAT WE USED FOR COLLECTION 745 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:47,799 TESTING ON EARTH. 746 00:22:47,799 --> 00:22:48,700 IT COMES DOWN. 747 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:50,502 I DON'T HAVE THE TUBE TO SHOW 748 00:22:50,502 --> 00:22:51,002 YOU. 749 00:22:51,002 --> 00:22:52,304 THE GAS COMES DOWN THE CENTER 750 00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:53,705 AND SPLIT INTO TWO AND PASSES 751 00:22:53,705 --> 00:22:55,407 UNDERNEATH THE HEAD. 752 00:22:55,407 --> 00:22:57,209 THERE IS NOW A HIGH PRESSURE 753 00:22:57,209 --> 00:22:59,111 BUBBLE OF GAS UNDERNEATH THE 754 00:22:59,111 --> 00:23:00,612 HEAD THAT IS MOBILIZING MATERIAL 755 00:23:00,612 --> 00:23:02,814 LIKE WIND BLOWS DIRT ON DUSTY 756 00:23:02,814 --> 00:23:04,015 DAYTON THE EARTH. 757 00:23:04,015 --> 00:23:05,617 WE ARE SURROUNDED BY THE VACUUM 758 00:23:05,617 --> 00:23:06,718 OF SPACE. 759 00:23:06,718 --> 00:23:08,487 SO THE GASES, THERE IS A HIGH 760 00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:10,422 PRESSURE GAS UNDERNEATH THE TAG, 761 00:23:10,422 --> 00:23:11,923 IT WILL ESCAPE TOP THE LOW 762 00:23:11,923 --> 00:23:13,325 PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT OF THE 763 00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:15,327 VACUUM OF SPACE SURROUNDING IT 764 00:23:15,327 --> 00:23:17,028 AND DOES SO THROUGH THE SCREEN 765 00:23:17,028 --> 00:23:18,230 AROUND THE ENTIRE PERIMETER OF 766 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,132 THE TAG HEAD ITSELF. 767 00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:22,234 WHILE THE GAS CAN ESCAPE, THE 768 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,136 SCREEN TRAPS THE MATERIAL SAFELY 769 00:23:24,136 --> 00:23:25,537 INSIDE. 770 00:23:25,537 --> 00:23:27,539 >> ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT 771 00:23:27,539 --> 00:23:28,940 ENGINEERING FOR SPACE TO HAVE 772 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:31,042 THINGS THAT ARE RIGOROUSLY BUILT 773 00:23:31,042 --> 00:23:32,344 AND CANNOT BREAK EASILY. 774 00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:34,045 SO THERE ARE NOT ANY MOVING 775 00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:36,248 PARTS HERE AND THE VACUUM OF 776 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,049 SPACE ITSELF TO PROVIDE PRESSURE 777 00:23:38,049 --> 00:23:39,251 TO COLLECT THE SAMPLE. 778 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:39,651 A LIGHT. 779 00:23:39,651 --> 00:23:41,052 WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING THIS 780 00:23:41,052 --> 00:23:43,054 DEVICE MANY YEARS AGO WE WERE 781 00:23:43,054 --> 00:23:45,157 THINKING WE WANTED TO KEEP IT AS 782 00:23:45,157 --> 00:23:48,160 SIMPLE, ROBUST, FULL PROOF AS 783 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:48,760 POSSIBLE. 784 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:50,262 WE DIDN'T WANT ANY MECHANISM, 785 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:51,163 ELECTRICAL DEVICES. 786 00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:52,964 THE ENTIRE COLLECTION IS DRIVE 787 00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:54,966 BIN THE DYNAMICS OF THE GAS 788 00:23:54,966 --> 00:23:55,567 ITSELF. 789 00:23:55,567 --> 00:23:56,968 SO ONCE THE GAS IS RELEASED FROM 790 00:23:56,968 --> 00:23:58,670 THE BOTTLE, TRAVELS DONE THE 791 00:23:58,670 --> 00:24:01,072 ARM, THE GAS DOES ALL THE WORK. 792 00:24:01,072 --> 00:24:01,973 THAT IS SO COOL. 793 00:24:01,973 --> 00:24:03,074 WHAT SIZE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT 794 00:24:03,074 --> 00:24:04,075 HERE? 795 00:24:04,075 --> 00:24:06,378 >> WELL, TAG IS DESIGNED TO 796 00:24:06,378 --> 00:24:09,848 COLLECT TWO CENTIMETER PARTICLES 797 00:24:09,848 --> 00:24:11,383 AND I HAVE EXAMPLES TO SHOW YOU. 798 00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:13,084 THIS IS TWO CENTIMETERS IT IS 799 00:24:13,084 --> 00:24:15,187 ABOUT THE SAME DIAMETER AS A 800 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:17,689 NICKEL BUT OF COURSE MOST 801 00:24:17,689 --> 00:24:18,890 MATERIALS ARE NOT ACTUALLY 802 00:24:18,890 --> 00:24:19,391 PERFECT. 803 00:24:19,391 --> 00:24:21,693 MOST MATERIALS ARE IRREGULARLY 804 00:24:21,693 --> 00:24:23,195 SHAPED. 805 00:24:23,195 --> 00:24:25,697 >> PROCESSED. 806 00:24:25,697 --> 00:24:26,998 POSITION UNCERTAINTY IN 807 00:24:26,998 --> 00:24:29,000 0.5METERS. 808 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:29,401 >> ALL RIGHT. 809 00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:30,502 THAT IS FANTASTIC. 810 00:24:30,502 --> 00:24:31,803 [APPLAUSE] 811 00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:33,705 EXCELLENT. 812 00:24:33,705 --> 00:24:35,106 SO WE'RE GOING WHERE WE NEED TO 813 00:24:35,106 --> 00:24:37,509 GO TO GET MATERIAL. 814 00:24:37,509 --> 00:24:40,312 SO MOST GEOLOGICAL MATERIAL IS 815 00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:42,514 IRREGULARLY SHAPED SO THIS ROCK 816 00:24:42,514 --> 00:24:44,916 IS FOUR CENTIMETERS LONG IN THE 817 00:24:44,916 --> 00:24:46,418 LONGEST DIMENSION BUT STILL ABLE 818 00:24:46,418 --> 00:24:48,119 TO COLLECT THIS IN A TEST ON 819 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:48,520 EARTH. 820 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:49,721 THAT IS BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT 821 00:24:49,721 --> 00:24:51,623 IS FOUR CENTIMETERS IN THIS 822 00:24:51,623 --> 00:24:52,524 DIMENSION. 823 00:24:52,524 --> 00:24:53,625 CAN SEE IT IS MUCH LESS THAN TWO 824 00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:55,927 CENTIMETERS IN THAT DIMENSION OR 825 00:24:55,927 --> 00:24:57,929 TWO CENTIMETERS IN THE OTHER 826 00:24:57,929 --> 00:24:59,931 DIMENSION SO WHILE LIMITED IN 827 00:24:59,931 --> 00:25:01,233 ONE DIRECTION FOR TWO 828 00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:03,535 CENTIMETERS AS LONG AS THE 829 00:25:03,535 --> 00:25:05,637 OTHERS ARE LESS WE CAN COLLECT 830 00:25:05,637 --> 00:25:07,405 MUCH LARGER PARTICLE HAS TO THE 831 00:25:07,405 --> 00:25:08,607 TAG HEAD ITSELF. 832 00:25:08,607 --> 00:25:09,808 >> WELL, EXCELLENT. 833 00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:11,343 UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE ANIMATIONS 834 00:25:11,343 --> 00:25:13,345 TO GIVE US A SENSE TONIGHT. 835 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:20,151 >> SURE THING. 836 00:25:20,151 --> 00:25:22,654 SO YOU ARE SEEING 15 TIMES 837 00:25:22,654 --> 00:25:24,956 SLOWER THAN WALKING SPEED. 838 00:25:24,956 --> 00:25:27,359 IT CONTACTS THE SPACECRAFT AND 839 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,160 CONTACTS AND FIRES THE GAS, THE 840 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:30,562 GAS MOBILIZES MATERIAL 841 00:25:30,562 --> 00:25:32,964 UNDERNEATH THE TAGHEAD ARE HEAD 842 00:25:32,964 --> 00:25:34,366 AND THAT GAS ESCAPES TO THE 843 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:36,167 VACUUM OF SPACE THROUGH THE 844 00:25:36,167 --> 00:25:37,068 PERIMETER AND MATERIALS 845 00:25:37,068 --> 00:25:38,770 COLLECTED INSIDE OF THE TAG HEAD 846 00:25:38,770 --> 00:25:40,272 AND THE SPACECRAFT FIRES THE 847 00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:43,074 THRUSTERS AND BACKS SAFELY AWAY 848 00:25:43,074 --> 00:25:44,576 FROM THE SURFACE OF THE 849 00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:45,176 ASTEROID. 850 00:25:45,176 --> 00:25:46,978 THANK YOU FOR THE TUTORIAL, 851 00:25:46,978 --> 00:25:47,579 BEAU. 852 00:25:47,579 --> 00:25:49,581 CLEARLY, THEY ARE EXCITED TO 853 00:25:49,581 --> 00:25:51,283 STUDY WHATEVER IT COLLECTS. 854 00:25:51,283 --> 00:25:52,083 THANKS SO MUCH. 855 00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:52,417 >> THANK YOU. 856 00:25:52,417 --> 00:25:54,586 WONDERFUL TO FLOOR ARE BE HERE. 857 00:25:54,586 --> 00:25:54,886 OK. 858 00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:56,588 SPEAK OF THE IMPORTANT TAG THAT 859 00:25:56,588 --> 00:25:58,189 IS HAPPENING IN LESS THAN AN 860 00:25:58,189 --> 00:25:59,491 HOUR. 861 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:00,592 LATE REFRESH IT WOULD BE A GOOD 862 00:26:00,592 --> 00:26:02,694 TIME TO GET A TOUR OF THE CENTER 863 00:26:02,694 --> 00:26:06,097 HERE AT LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE IN 864 00:26:06,097 --> 00:26:07,098 LITTLETON, COLORADO. 865 00:26:07,098 --> 00:26:09,367 RIGHT BEHIND ME, THAT IS WHERE 866 00:26:09,367 --> 00:26:10,802 TEAM MEMBERS ARE KEEPING AN EYE 867 00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:12,404 ON THE SPACECRAFT NOW. 868 00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:14,205 LET'S SEND IT OVER TO GARY. 869 00:26:14,205 --> 00:26:16,408 WHAT IS GOING ON, CAR ARE GARY. 870 00:26:16,408 --> 00:26:17,309 >> WE ARE AROUND THE CORNER FROM 871 00:26:17,309 --> 00:26:19,711 YOU THE HEART OF THE TAG 872 00:26:19,711 --> 00:26:19,978 OPERATION. 873 00:26:19,978 --> 00:26:21,112 WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD 874 00:26:21,112 --> 00:26:22,714 TIME TO CHECK WIN THE TEAM TO 875 00:26:22,714 --> 00:26:24,516 SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING. 876 00:26:24,516 --> 00:26:26,217 THE BEST PERSON TO DO THAT IS 877 00:26:26,217 --> 00:26:26,918 JOINING ME. 878 00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:28,420 THIS IS SANDY. 879 00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:30,422 SHE IS OSIRIS-REX OPERATIONS 880 00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:32,424 MANAGER HER AT LOCKHEED MARTIN. 881 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:35,427 SO SANDY, THANKS FOR JOINING US. 882 00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:36,528 HOW IS THE TEAM DOING? 883 00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:37,829 >> OH, THE TEAM IS GREAT! 884 00:26:37,829 --> 00:26:39,531 WE ARE HERE SINCE 6:00 THIS 885 00:26:39,531 --> 00:26:41,933 MORNING SETTING THE FINAL 886 00:26:41,933 --> 00:26:43,635 COMMANDS GETTING READY FOR TAG. 887 00:26:43,635 --> 00:26:44,536 >> REALLY COOL. 888 00:26:44,536 --> 00:26:46,638 I KNOW THERE IS LIKE 40 PEOPLE 889 00:26:46,638 --> 00:26:49,040 ON THE OVERALL FLIGHT TEAM BUT 890 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:50,742 SEEMS LIKE 20 HERE NOW. 891 00:26:50,742 --> 00:26:52,243 MAYBE GIVINGS IDEA WHO HAVE THE 892 00:26:52,243 --> 00:26:53,845 FOLKS ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE 893 00:26:53,845 --> 00:26:54,045 DOING? 894 00:26:54,045 --> 00:26:54,245 YEAH. 895 00:26:54,245 --> 00:26:56,648 THIS IS THE AMAZING TEAM. 896 00:26:56,648 --> 00:26:58,350 YOU CAN SEE ALL THE SUB SYSTEM 897 00:26:58,350 --> 00:27:01,052 HAS ON CONSUL MONITORING THE 898 00:27:01,052 --> 00:27:02,153 TELEMETRY. 899 00:27:02,153 --> 00:27:03,755 LIKE YOU MENTION, WE CAN'T HAVE 900 00:27:03,755 --> 00:27:04,255 EVERYBODY IN HERE. 901 00:27:04,255 --> 00:27:05,757 WE DO HAVE MANY TEAM MEMBERS 902 00:27:05,757 --> 00:27:06,858 SUPPORTING FROM OTHER CONFERENCE 903 00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:08,727 ROOMS IN THE BUILDING, SOME EVEN 904 00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:09,527 FROM HOME. 905 00:27:09,527 --> 00:27:10,562 SO LET'S TALK BACK A COUPLE OF 906 00:27:10,562 --> 00:27:12,364 THE POSITIONS IN THE ROOM. 907 00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:14,466 THEN BACK CORNER OVER THERE IS 908 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:14,866 DALE. 909 00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:17,469 DALE IS OUR TAG PHASE LEAD AND 910 00:27:17,469 --> 00:27:19,270 HEARING HIS VOICE CALLING OUT 911 00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:20,872 EVENTS AS THEY COMPLETE ONBOARD 912 00:27:20,872 --> 00:27:21,573 THE SPACECRAFT. 913 00:27:21,573 --> 00:27:23,475 HERE IN THE CENTER AREA, WE HAVE 914 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:24,576 CURTIS MILLER. 915 00:27:24,576 --> 00:27:27,278 CURTIS IS THE NFT LEAD AND 916 00:27:27,278 --> 00:27:28,580 WATCHING NATURAL FEATURED 917 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:29,781 TRACKING THAT IS HOW WE ARE 918 00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:30,882 NAVIGATING TO THE SURFACE OF 919 00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:34,486 BENNU TODAY SO IS WATCHING HOW 920 00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:36,488 MANY FEATURES WERE MATCHING AND 921 00:27:36,488 --> 00:27:38,189 HOW THAT SYSTEM IS WORKING. 922 00:27:38,189 --> 00:27:39,591 SO I KNOW NATURAL FEATURE 923 00:27:39,591 --> 00:27:41,092 TRACKING LOOK YOU ARE SAYING IS 924 00:27:41,092 --> 00:27:42,994 KEEPING AN EYE AND TELLING US 925 00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:44,295 WHERE WE ARE GOING. 926 00:27:44,295 --> 00:27:45,497 I KNOW WE'LL GET THAT LATER IN 927 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:45,897 THE SHOW. 928 00:27:45,897 --> 00:27:47,298 BUT ALSO, IT IS IMPORTANT TO 929 00:27:47,298 --> 00:27:49,601 STAY IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE 930 00:27:49,601 --> 00:27:51,202 SPACECRAFT WHAT ABOUT IT. 931 00:27:51,202 --> 00:27:51,603 >> YEAH. 932 00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:54,005 SO RIGHT BEHIND ME HERE ICY 933 00:27:54,005 --> 00:27:56,708 REAR, THE REAL-TIME OPERATOR OR 934 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:57,909 ACE. 935 00:27:57,909 --> 00:27:59,110 HE SHIES WORKING WITH THE DEEP 936 00:27:59,110 --> 00:28:00,512 SPACE NETWORK PARTNERS. 937 00:28:00,512 --> 00:28:03,415 WE'RE ON A STATION IN GOLDSTONE 938 00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:05,116 MAKE SHORING WE MAINTAIN THOUGH 939 00:28:05,116 --> 00:28:06,418 CALM LINK AND THE CALM LINK IS 940 00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:09,287 ONLY 40 ABOUT ITS PER SECOND AND 941 00:28:09,287 --> 00:28:10,188 BRINGING DOWN THAT KEY 942 00:28:10,188 --> 00:28:11,523 INFORMATION BUT SHE IS HERE TO 943 00:28:11,523 --> 00:28:12,824 MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT LINK 944 00:28:12,824 --> 00:28:14,626 GOING AND THE STATION OPERATORS 945 00:28:14,626 --> 00:28:15,927 INFORMED. 946 00:28:15,927 --> 00:28:19,230 RIGHT NEXT TO HERE IS SOUR 947 00:28:19,230 --> 00:28:20,532 SYSTEMS COORDINATOR FOR THIS 948 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:20,932 EVENT. 949 00:28:20,932 --> 00:28:22,434 SHE HAS BUILT ALL THE COME MAN 950 00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:23,935 PRODUCTS THAT ARE EXECUTING AND 951 00:28:23,935 --> 00:28:26,738 KEEPING AN EYE ON EVERYTHING IS 952 00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:28,139 PROGRESSING TALKING TO ALL OF 953 00:28:28,139 --> 00:28:29,741 THE SUB SYSTEMS HERE IN THE ROOM 954 00:28:29,741 --> 00:28:31,142 AND MAKING SURE THINGS ARE GOING 955 00:28:31,142 --> 00:28:32,944 JUST AS PLANNED. 956 00:28:32,944 --> 00:28:33,545 >> VERY GOOD. 957 00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:35,146 I KNOW YOU YOURSELF HAVE BEEN ON 958 00:28:35,146 --> 00:28:36,848 THIS PROJECT FOR QUITE AWHILE 959 00:28:36,848 --> 00:28:40,652 AND EVEN BACK BE. 960 00:28:40,652 --> 00:28:42,954 >> WELL, ACTUALLY, I AM EXCITED. 961 00:28:42,954 --> 00:28:44,456 FEEL LIKE WE HAVE DONE 962 00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:45,557 EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE IT 963 00:28:45,557 --> 00:28:46,357 SUCCESSFUL. 964 00:28:46,357 --> 00:28:47,358 I HAVE BEEN ON THIS MISSION FOR 965 00:28:47,358 --> 00:28:49,360 SEVEN YEARS SO I WATCHED IT GO 966 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,962 FROM SPACECRAFT ON PAPER TO 967 00:28:50,962 --> 00:28:52,063 BEING BUILT TO LAUNCH AND 968 00:28:52,063 --> 00:28:53,264 EVERYTHING HERE. 969 00:28:53,264 --> 00:28:53,665 YEAH. 970 00:28:53,665 --> 00:28:54,365 I AM EXCITE. 971 00:28:54,365 --> 00:28:55,867 MIDS ARE EXCITED THIS MORNING. 972 00:28:55,867 --> 00:28:56,768 WE'RE READY. 973 00:28:56,768 --> 00:28:59,370 MY KIDS WERE EXCITED. 974 00:28:59,370 --> 00:29:01,172 >> WE'LL LIT GET BACK TO IT. 975 00:29:01,172 --> 00:29:02,474 WE DON'T WANT TO INTERRUPT TOO 976 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:03,174 MUCH. 977 00:29:03,174 --> 00:29:04,576 SANDY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR 978 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:05,376 JOINING US. 979 00:29:05,376 --> 00:29:07,078 AND I KNOW THAT FOLKS AROUND THE 980 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:08,947 WORLD ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO 981 00:29:08,947 --> 00:29:09,447 THIS NOW. 982 00:29:09,447 --> 00:29:10,882 WE'RE SEEING A TON OF SOCIAL 983 00:29:10,882 --> 00:29:11,783 MEDIA COMING IN. 984 00:29:11,783 --> 00:29:13,485 SO LET'S GO OVER TO JAMES ON THE 985 00:29:13,485 --> 00:29:15,687 SOCIAL MEDIA DESK TO SEE WHAT 986 00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:16,888 THE CONVERSATIONS ARE ABOUT. 987 00:29:16,888 --> 00:29:17,288 >> YEAH. 988 00:29:17,288 --> 00:29:19,290 THANK YOU, GARY. 989 00:29:19,290 --> 00:29:20,492 IT IS AWESOME TO SEE THE TEAM. 990 00:29:20,492 --> 00:29:23,394 YOU CAN FEEL ENERGY IN THE ROOM 991 00:29:23,394 --> 00:29:26,397 ESPECIALLY AFTER EVERY CALL OUT. 992 00:29:26,397 --> 00:29:28,399 >> THE THIRD AND FINAL NATURAL 993 00:29:28,399 --> 00:29:29,901 FEATURE TRACKING ATTITUDE. 994 00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:30,401 A OK. 995 00:29:30,401 --> 00:29:32,403 WE ARE INCHING CLOSER. 996 00:29:32,403 --> 00:29:33,605 BUT TODAY WE WANT TO HEAR FROM 997 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:34,205 YOU. 998 00:29:34,205 --> 00:29:35,807 SO YOU CAN CHECK IN ON LIVE 999 00:29:35,807 --> 00:29:37,709 UPDATES ON THE TWITTER ACCOUNT 1000 00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:41,613 AT OSIRIS-REX USING THE HASHTAG 1001 00:29:41,613 --> 00:29:43,214 TO GET IN ON THE CONVERSATION. 1002 00:29:43,214 --> 00:29:44,315 MEANTIME, THE QUESTION I HAD 1003 00:29:44,315 --> 00:29:45,817 WHEN I FIRST STARTED COVERING 1004 00:29:45,817 --> 00:29:47,118 THE MISSION IS HOW DO YOU BEGIN 1005 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:48,620 TO PREP FOR A MISSION OF THIS 1006 00:29:48,620 --> 00:29:49,320 SCALE? 1007 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,022 I MEAN, I FIRST HEARD ABOUT 1008 00:29:51,022 --> 00:29:53,725 OSIRIS-REX IT SEEMED LIKE 1009 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:55,426 SOMETHING OUT OF A BIG BUDGET 1010 00:29:55,426 --> 00:29:56,227 MOVIE. 1011 00:29:56,227 --> 00:29:57,529 THIS ISRAEL. 1012 00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:58,630 WE'RE TRYING TO SAMPLE ON 1013 00:29:58,630 --> 00:29:59,130 ASTEROID. 1014 00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:01,232 TO PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU. 1015 00:30:01,232 --> 00:30:03,935 BENNU IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE 1016 00:30:03,935 --> 00:30:05,136 EMPIRE STATE BUILDING. 1017 00:30:05,136 --> 00:30:06,738 THAT IS SMALL FOR OBJECT. 1018 00:30:06,738 --> 00:30:08,640 IT MAKES IT EXES EXCEPTIONALLY 1019 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,842 CHALLENGING FOR US TO ORBIT 1020 00:30:10,842 --> 00:30:12,544 SOMETHING WITH WEAK GRAVITY 1021 00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:12,944 FIELD. 1022 00:30:12,944 --> 00:30:14,946 THAT SAMPLE IS JUST A FEW METERS 1023 00:30:14,946 --> 00:30:16,948 IN WIDTH WHICH IS THE SIZE OF A 1024 00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:18,249 FEW SPARKING SPACES. 1025 00:30:18,249 --> 00:30:20,652 SO JUST TAKE A STEP BACK FOR A 1026 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:22,053 SECOND AND PUT YOURSELF IN THE 1027 00:30:22,053 --> 00:30:24,055 SHOES OF THOSE ENGINEERS. 1028 00:30:24,055 --> 00:30:25,456 I IMAGINE TRYING TO PARK A 1029 00:30:25,456 --> 00:30:27,458 SPACECRAFT ON ASTEROID 1030 00:30:27,458 --> 00:30:29,961 200MILLIONMILES AWAY IN A 1031 00:30:29,961 --> 00:30:31,262 SPACE NO LARGER THAN FEW 1032 00:30:31,262 --> 00:30:34,065 SPARKING SPOTS AS IF PARALLEL 1033 00:30:34,065 --> 00:30:35,567 PARKING IS NOT HARD ENOUGH. 1034 00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:36,868 I IMAGINE TRYING TO DODGE 1035 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:39,370 HAZARDS LIKE ROCKY BOULDERS AND 1036 00:30:39,370 --> 00:30:40,872 ALL KINDS OF THINGS AS YOU MAKE 1037 00:30:40,872 --> 00:30:42,173 YOUR DECENT DOWN. 1038 00:30:42,173 --> 00:30:42,874 ON TOP OF THAT. 1039 00:30:42,874 --> 00:30:44,475 THE TEAM IS ACTUALLY PROGRAMMED 1040 00:30:44,475 --> 00:30:45,777 THE SPACECRAFT TO STEER ITSELF 1041 00:30:45,777 --> 00:30:47,378 DOWN TO THE SURFACE AND IT IS 1042 00:30:47,378 --> 00:30:48,880 TRULY INCREDIBLE. 1043 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:50,682 ALL THE FOR SIGHT THAT WENT INTO 1044 00:30:50,682 --> 00:30:51,883 IT BLOWS MY MIND. 1045 00:30:51,883 --> 00:30:53,084 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS 1046 00:30:53,084 --> 00:30:55,086 COMING IN FROM TWITTER. 1047 00:30:55,086 --> 00:30:56,087 A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT 1048 00:30:56,087 --> 00:30:57,889 THE FUEL USAGE FOR THE MISSION. 1049 00:30:57,889 --> 00:30:59,190 ONE QUESTION IS ASKING HOW DOLES 1050 00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:00,792 THE CRAFT HAVE ENOUGH FUEL TO 1051 00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:02,493 RETURN BACK TO EARTH FROM THE 1052 00:31:02,493 --> 00:31:03,394 ASTEROID? 1053 00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:05,496 SO WE'LL LOOK TO BRING THE 1054 00:31:05,496 --> 00:31:07,765 SAMPLE BACK IN 2023 AND 1055 00:31:07,765 --> 00:31:10,702 OSIRIS-REX'S THRUSTERS ARE 1056 00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:12,704 POWERED. 1057 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:14,806 WE'RE TAPPING IN TODAY ON THE 1058 00:31:14,806 --> 00:31:15,707 ORDERS OF TENS. 1059 00:31:15,707 --> 00:31:16,407 NOT A LOT. 1060 00:31:16,407 --> 00:31:18,009 BECAUSE AS YOU ARE MAY REMEMBER, 1061 00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:20,912 BENNU AS HAS THE MICROGRAVITY 1062 00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:21,813 ENVIRONMENT THAT REQUIRES A 1063 00:31:21,813 --> 00:31:23,114 LITTLE BIT OF THRUST TO KICK USE 1064 00:31:23,114 --> 00:31:24,215 THIS THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO 1065 00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:25,717 COLLECT THE SAMPLE AND RETURNS 1066 00:31:25,717 --> 00:31:27,018 BACK TO EARTH AND THAT IS A BIT 1067 00:31:27,018 --> 00:31:28,920 OF A DIFFERENT STORY AND USING A 1068 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,822 LOT MORE FUEL FOR NOW. 1069 00:31:30,822 --> 00:31:32,123 DON'T WORRY. 1070 00:31:32,123 --> 00:31:33,725 TEAM HAS THOUGHT WAY AHEAD SAN 1071 00:31:33,725 --> 00:31:35,326 PACKED MORE THAN ENOUGH FUEL TO 1072 00:31:35,326 --> 00:31:37,929 GET US BACK HERE SAFELY IN 2023 1073 00:31:37,929 --> 00:31:39,330 BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE TO COME 1074 00:31:39,330 --> 00:31:40,732 AND CHECK BACK IN A MINUTE. 1075 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:42,233 BACK TO YOU, MICHELLE. 1076 00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:43,334 THANKS, JAMES. 1077 00:31:43,334 --> 00:31:44,335 OK. 1078 00:31:44,335 --> 00:31:45,737 LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE 1079 00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:47,338 SIMULATION TO SEE WHERE WE'RE. 1080 00:31:47,338 --> 00:31:50,742 AS YOU NOTICED THE SIMULATION. 1081 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,644 IT IS NOW ON SLOW PATH TO THE 1082 00:31:52,644 --> 00:31:52,944 SURFACE. 1083 00:31:52,944 --> 00:31:54,245 SO AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE 1084 00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:55,546 MOMENT OF CONTACT THE DRAMA 1085 00:31:55,546 --> 00:31:58,349 STARTS TO HAPPEN IN SLOW MOTION. 1086 00:31:58,349 --> 00:32:00,852 MAXIMIZE PRECISION AND 1087 00:32:00,852 --> 00:32:02,053 INTENTIONAL SURPRISES. 1088 00:32:02,053 --> 00:32:04,555 SO SPEAKING OF SURPRISES, THERE 1089 00:32:04,555 --> 00:32:06,658 IS ONE BIG ASPECT OF THE 1090 00:32:06,658 --> 00:32:09,027 OSIRIS-REX MISSION THAT IS ALL 1091 00:32:09,027 --> 00:32:10,428 ABOUT PREPARING ANOTHER 1092 00:32:10,428 --> 00:32:12,964 UNEXPECTED JOINING US TO DISCUSS 1093 00:32:12,964 --> 00:32:13,965 THIS IS LORI. 1094 00:32:13,965 --> 00:32:16,768 NOW, LORI, YOU KNOW DRAMATIC 1095 00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:18,069 SPECIALITY AND A RESPONSIBILITY 1096 00:32:18,069 --> 00:32:19,671 THAT COMES WITH YOUR POSITION AT 1097 00:32:19,671 --> 00:32:21,172 NASA AND ACTUALLY WORRY ABOUT 1098 00:32:21,172 --> 00:32:23,074 THINGS LIKE PLANETARY 1099 00:32:23,074 --> 00:32:23,574 PROTECTION. 1100 00:32:23,574 --> 00:32:24,275 A YES. 1101 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:27,779 PLANETARY DEFENSE OR PROTECTION, 1102 00:32:27,779 --> 00:32:28,880 DEPENDING OUR PLANET FROM 1103 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,483 POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND BENNU IN A 1104 00:32:32,483 --> 00:32:34,285 SPECIAL CLASS AND DANTE SPOKE 1105 00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:34,986 EARLIER. 1106 00:32:34,986 --> 00:32:40,491 BENNU IS A NEAR EARTH OBJECT, IT 1107 00:32:40,491 --> 00:32:42,293 IS ASTEROID OR A COMET THAT 1108 00:32:42,293 --> 00:32:43,795 ORBITS THE SUN MUCH LIKE THE 1109 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:44,996 PLANETS DO. 1110 00:32:44,996 --> 00:32:47,699 AND LIGHT SLY UNUSUAL. 1111 00:32:47,699 --> 00:32:53,204 >> THEY ARE SLIGHTLY USUAL. 1112 00:32:53,204 --> 00:32:54,505 >> THE SPACECRAFT WILL HOLD 1113 00:32:54,505 --> 00:32:55,606 UNTIL TAGGED. 1114 00:32:55,606 --> 00:32:56,207 EXCELLENT. 1115 00:32:56,207 --> 00:32:58,209 GREAT NEWS. 1116 00:32:58,209 --> 00:33:00,211 >> BACK TO NEO. 1117 00:33:00,211 --> 00:33:02,413 SO THEY ARE UNUSUAL. 1118 00:33:02,413 --> 00:33:03,915 THEIR ORBITZ BRING THEM WITHIN 1119 00:33:03,915 --> 00:33:06,217 THE VICINITY OF EARTH'S ORBIT 1120 00:33:06,217 --> 00:33:07,986 THE TECHNICAL DEFINITION IS 1121 00:33:07,986 --> 00:33:09,187 SOMETHING THAT COMES WITHIN 1122 00:33:09,187 --> 00:33:10,922 30MILLION MILES OF EARTH'S 1123 00:33:10,922 --> 00:33:12,623 ORBIT AND ASTEROIDS ACTUALLY 1124 00:33:12,623 --> 00:33:13,925 COME CLOSER TO EARTH ALL THE 1125 00:33:13,925 --> 00:33:14,525 TIME. 1126 00:33:14,525 --> 00:33:16,427 ONE OR TWO PER WEEK, ACTUALLY, 1127 00:33:16,427 --> 00:33:17,729 PASS IN BETWEEN EARTH AND THE 1128 00:33:17,729 --> 00:33:18,429 MOON. 1129 00:33:18,429 --> 00:33:19,831 BUT MOST OF THOSE ARE SMALL. 1130 00:33:19,831 --> 00:33:21,432 THEY ARE NOT DANGEROUS. 1131 00:33:21,432 --> 00:33:23,835 BUT ASTROIDS MUCH BIGGER SIZE 1132 00:33:23,835 --> 00:33:25,636 THAT COULD ACTUALLY DO DAMAGE 1133 00:33:25,636 --> 00:33:27,338 THE EARTH'S SURFACE THEY WERE TO 1134 00:33:27,338 --> 00:33:29,240 IMPACT AND PASS BY EARTH CLOSER 1135 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,042 TO THE MOON ABOUT ONCE PER MONTH 1136 00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:32,343 AND REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO 1137 00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:35,246 FIND THEM, AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE 1138 00:33:35,246 --> 00:33:37,248 SO WE CAN TRACK THE ORBITS TO 1139 00:33:37,248 --> 00:33:39,650 STUDY AND IF NECESSARY, WE CAN 1140 00:33:39,650 --> 00:33:41,853 MITIGATE POTENTIAL FUTURE IMPACT 1141 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:43,955 THREAT AND THAT IS WHERE MISSION 1142 00:33:43,955 --> 00:33:45,757 THAT WE ARE BUILDING NOW CALLED 1143 00:33:45,757 --> 00:33:47,658 THE DOUBLE ASTEROID REDIRECTION 1144 00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:48,760 TEST THAT IS WHERE DART COMES 1145 00:33:48,760 --> 00:33:50,161 IN. 1146 00:33:50,161 --> 00:33:51,763 IT I GOING TO LAUNCH NEXT SUMMER 1147 00:33:51,763 --> 00:33:53,965 2021 AND GOING TO TEST SOMETHING 1148 00:33:53,965 --> 00:33:56,567 WE CALL THE KINETIC IMPACTOR 1149 00:33:56,567 --> 00:33:57,969 TECHNIQUE THAT COULD BE USED ONE 1150 00:33:57,969 --> 00:33:59,771 DAY TO HELP US MITIGATE A FUTURE 1151 00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:02,273 POTENTIAL IMPACT THREAT BY 1152 00:34:02,273 --> 00:34:03,875 BUMMING ASTEROID EVER SO 1153 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:07,078 SLIGHTLY ON COLLISION COURSE OUR 1154 00:34:07,078 --> 00:34:08,546 PLANET TO SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 1155 00:34:08,546 --> 00:34:10,648 ORBIT SO IT MISSES EARTH. 1156 00:34:10,648 --> 00:34:11,883 JUST A TINY MISS. 1157 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:13,184 SO THAT IS REALLY EXCITING. 1158 00:34:13,184 --> 00:34:15,386 NOW I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT NOT 1159 00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:17,588 ALL THE ASTEROIDS IN THE SOLAR 1160 00:34:17,588 --> 00:34:18,589 SYSTEM ARE THE SAME. 1161 00:34:18,589 --> 00:34:19,490 THEY ARE DIFFERENT. 1162 00:34:19,490 --> 00:34:21,492 AS? HAS UPCOMING MISSIONS TO 1163 00:34:21,492 --> 00:34:21,993 STUDY. 1164 00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:23,594 TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT, 1165 00:34:23,594 --> 00:34:23,995 PLEASE. 1166 00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:24,395 >> YEAH. 1167 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:26,197 WE KNOW THAT MAJORITY OF OUR 1168 00:34:26,197 --> 00:34:27,899 ASTEROIDS ARE FOUND IN THE MAIN 1169 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:29,801 ASTEROID BELT BETWEEN MARS AND 1170 00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:31,502 JUPITER AND IN FACT WE HAVE A 1171 00:34:31,502 --> 00:34:32,804 MISSION THAT IS GOING TO LAUNCH 1172 00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:35,506 IN 2022 CALLED PSYCHE AND IT IS 1173 00:34:35,506 --> 00:34:37,008 GOING TO VISIT THE BIGGEST 1174 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:39,010 ASTEROIDS IN THE ASTEROID BELT 1175 00:34:39,010 --> 00:34:41,312 THAT IS CALLED 16 PSYCHE AND 1176 00:34:41,312 --> 00:34:43,014 THIS MISSION IS GOING TO ARRIVE 1177 00:34:43,014 --> 00:34:46,417 IN EARLY 2026 AND HELP US BETTER 1178 00:34:46,417 --> 00:34:47,819 UNDERSTAND THIS ASTEROID IS 1179 00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:49,320 POTENTIALLY ACTUALLY THOUGH CORE 1180 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,122 OF A PLANET SIZE OBJECT. 1181 00:34:51,122 --> 00:34:53,124 WE ALSO HAVE OTHER TYPES OF 1182 00:34:53,124 --> 00:34:55,026 ASTEROIDS CALLED TROJANS THAT 1183 00:34:55,026 --> 00:34:57,528 ARE CLUSTERED IN TWO GROUPS THAT 1184 00:34:57,528 --> 00:34:59,330 LED AND TRAIL IN JUPITER'S ORBIT 1185 00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:01,933 DUE TO A BALANCING ACT OF THE 1186 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:04,235 POLE OF THE SUN'S GRAVITY ON 1187 00:35:04,235 --> 00:35:04,635 THEM. 1188 00:35:04,635 --> 00:35:06,938 NASA HAS MISSION TO THOSE TROJAN 1189 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,606 ASTEROIDS CALLED LUCY GOING TO 1190 00:35:08,606 --> 00:35:11,042 LAUNCH NEXT YEAR ANNEX FALL FROM 1191 00:35:11,042 --> 00:35:12,743 A YEAR FROM NOW AND VISIT 1192 00:35:12,743 --> 00:35:14,745 SEVERAL OF THESE ASTEROIDS AND 1193 00:35:14,745 --> 00:35:16,547 NEW MISSION AND CALLED JANICE 1194 00:35:16,547 --> 00:35:18,249 AND WE SELECTED THIS MISSION 1195 00:35:18,249 --> 00:35:20,952 THROUGH OUR SIMPLEX SMALL 1196 00:35:20,952 --> 00:35:22,453 MISSION PROGRAM LINE. 1197 00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:24,155 THIS MISSION IS GOING TO SEND 1198 00:35:24,155 --> 00:35:27,258 TWO SMALL SPACECRAFT VERY SMALL 1199 00:35:27,258 --> 00:35:29,160 SPACECRAFT TO TWO BINARY 1200 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:30,761 ASTEROID SYSTEMS AND HELP US 1201 00:35:30,761 --> 00:35:31,963 UNDERSTANDS WHAT IT IS THAT 1202 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:33,764 MAKES THESE BINARY ASTEROID 1203 00:35:33,764 --> 00:35:34,866 SYSTEMS DIFFERENT FROM ONE 1204 00:35:34,866 --> 00:35:37,168 ANOTHER SO STUDYING THIS FULL 1205 00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:38,970 BREATH OF THESE DIVERSE SMALL 1206 00:35:38,970 --> 00:35:41,472 WORLDS WILL CONTINUE TO HELP US 1207 00:35:41,472 --> 00:35:42,874 FILL UP THE KNOWLEDGE GAPS OF 1208 00:35:42,874 --> 00:35:45,076 HOW THE SOLAR SYSTEM FORMED AND 1209 00:35:45,076 --> 00:35:46,577 EVOLVED OVER TIME. 1210 00:35:46,577 --> 00:35:47,778 IT SEEMS WITH THE MISSIONS 1211 00:35:47,778 --> 00:35:49,380 COMING UP IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF 1212 00:35:49,380 --> 00:35:51,082 ASTEROID EXPLORATION THEN THIS 1213 00:35:51,082 --> 00:35:52,583 OTHER ASPECT OF THE MISSION WITH 1214 00:35:52,583 --> 00:35:53,784 A SAMPLE RETURN. 1215 00:35:53,784 --> 00:35:55,286 IT TURNS OUT WE'RE BEGINNING 1216 00:35:55,286 --> 00:35:56,687 THIS GOLDEN AGE OF SAMPLE 1217 00:35:56,687 --> 00:35:57,889 RETURN, TOO. 1218 00:35:57,889 --> 00:35:59,290 NOT JUST ASTEROIDS. 1219 00:35:59,290 --> 00:35:59,590 ARE RIGHT. 1220 00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:00,992 WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL 1221 00:36:00,992 --> 00:36:02,593 OF THESE SAMPLES BECAUSE THERE E 1222 00:36:02,593 --> 00:36:04,295 THEY ARE PRECIOUS AND SO MUCH 1223 00:36:04,295 --> 00:36:05,696 SCIENCE WE CAN DO WITH THEM. 1224 00:36:05,696 --> 00:36:08,166 IN ADDITION TO OSIRIS-REX, WE'RE 1225 00:36:08,166 --> 00:36:09,967 PARTNERING WITH THE JAPANESE 1226 00:36:09,967 --> 00:36:12,904 SPACE AGENCY IN THEIR MISSION 1227 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:13,804 WHICH IS ACTUALLY ALL RIGHT ON 1228 00:36:13,804 --> 00:36:17,508 THE WAY BACK BRINGING A SAMPLE. 1229 00:36:17,508 --> 00:36:19,110 THEY ARE GOING TO BE COME BACK 1230 00:36:19,110 --> 00:36:20,011 IN DECEMBER. 1231 00:36:20,011 --> 00:36:21,913 WE ARE ALSO PART PARTNERING WITH 1232 00:36:21,913 --> 00:36:23,314 JAPANESE SPACE GAG SON ANOTHER 1233 00:36:23,314 --> 00:36:25,116 SHALL MISSION OF THEIRS THAT 1234 00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:27,218 WILL TURN A SAMPLE FROM ONE OF 1235 00:36:27,218 --> 00:36:28,719 THE TWO MOONS OF MARS THEN 1236 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,621 FINALLY, AT THE END OF THIS 1237 00:36:30,621 --> 00:36:32,223 DECADE, WE'RE GOING TO SEND A 1238 00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:33,824 MISSION TO MARS TO RETRIEVE THE 1239 00:36:33,824 --> 00:36:35,426 SAMPLES THAT ARE COLLECTED BY 1240 00:36:35,426 --> 00:36:38,529 THE PERSEVERANCE ROVER WHICH IS 1241 00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:40,831 THE FIRST ASTRO BIOLOGY POLICING 1242 00:36:40,831 --> 00:36:43,434 FROM NASA AND IT IS FOCUSED ON 1243 00:36:43,434 --> 00:36:45,636 LOOKING AT FINDING ANCIENT LIFE 1244 00:36:45,636 --> 00:36:46,437 ON MARS. 1245 00:36:46,437 --> 00:36:48,139 SO SAMPLE OF RETURN IS REALLY 1246 00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:49,640 IMPORTANT. 1247 00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,442 ATE I LOYS US TO STUDY THE 1248 00:36:51,442 --> 00:36:52,843 PRISTINE SAMPLES BACK HER ON 1249 00:36:52,843 --> 00:36:53,544 EARTH. 1250 00:36:53,544 --> 00:36:55,046 WE CAN THEN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 1251 00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:57,648 SOUR ROOM SIZE LABORATORIES AND 1252 00:36:57,648 --> 00:37:00,651 ALL OF THE. 1253 00:37:00,651 --> 00:37:02,954 >> BEGUN BLOWING THE SOLAR AWAYS 1254 00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:04,855 TO THE CONFIGURATION TO AVOID 1255 00:37:04,855 --> 00:37:06,357 POSSIBLE CONTACT WITH THE 1256 00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:07,758 SURFACE DURING TAG. 1257 00:37:07,758 --> 00:37:08,526 >> GREAT NEWS. 1258 00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:10,628 >> MOVING RIGHT ALONG. 1259 00:37:10,628 --> 00:37:11,862 SO WE BRING THE SAMPLES BACK 1260 00:37:11,862 --> 00:37:13,564 THAT ALLOWS US TO USE ALL THE 1261 00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:15,866 LABORATORY CAPABILITIES WE HAVE 1262 00:37:15,866 --> 00:37:16,968 HER ON EARTH AND THE FULL SWEEP 1263 00:37:16,968 --> 00:37:18,569 OF THE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 1264 00:37:18,569 --> 00:37:21,372 WITH WE HAVE TO HELP US 1265 00:37:21,372 --> 00:37:22,974 UNDERSTAND THE SAMPLES AND THE 1266 00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:24,475 HISTORY OF THE BODY FROM WHICH 1267 00:37:24,475 --> 00:37:26,077 THEY CAME AND ALSO HAVING THE 1268 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:28,179 SAMPLES BACK HERE AROUND HEART 1269 00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:29,780 ALLOWS US TO PRESERVE THEM FOR 1270 00:37:29,780 --> 00:37:31,182 FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME AND 1271 00:37:31,182 --> 00:37:33,384 ALLOWS THE FUTURE EXPLORERS TO 1272 00:37:33,384 --> 00:37:35,086 ANALYZE USING TECHNIQUES AND 1273 00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:36,487 INSTRUMENTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN 1274 00:37:36,487 --> 00:37:38,089 VINTED AND TOES A K QUESTIONS WE 1275 00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:40,491 DON'T KNOW ASK YESTERDAY. 1276 00:37:40,491 --> 00:37:41,492 >> THAT IS SO COOL. 1277 00:37:41,492 --> 00:37:43,194 MAIN, LIFE IS ALL ABOUT HOW WE 1278 00:37:43,194 --> 00:37:44,695 NAVIGATE UNKNOWNS AND SOMETHING 1279 00:37:44,695 --> 00:37:46,497 HAPPENING IN REAL-TIME TONIGHT. 1280 00:37:46,497 --> 00:37:48,499 SO IT IS REASSURING TO KNOW 1281 00:37:48,499 --> 00:37:49,600 THERE IS ORGANIZED PLAN YOU ARE 1282 00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,102 IN CHARGE OF TO TAKE THE 1283 00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:53,104 UNCERTAINTIES OUT OF. 1284 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:55,606 SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 1285 00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:56,707 SO GOOD TO? I. 1286 00:37:56,707 --> 00:37:58,009 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. 1287 00:37:58,009 --> 00:37:59,310 I WANT TO ADD IT HAS BEEN 1288 00:37:59,310 --> 00:38:02,813 FANTASTIC TO WATCH THE MISSION 1289 00:38:02,813 --> 00:38:04,215 SO FAR AND REALLY, REALLY 1290 00:38:04,215 --> 00:38:06,317 EXCITED FOR WHAT IS AHEAD 1291 00:38:06,317 --> 00:38:08,286 TONIGHT AND SAY CONGRATS TO THE 1292 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:08,986 ENTIRE TEAM. 1293 00:38:08,986 --> 00:38:09,687 >> THANKS SO MUCH. 1294 00:38:09,687 --> 00:38:10,288 >> THANK YOU. 1295 00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:11,088 >> THANK YOU. 1296 00:38:11,088 --> 00:38:13,124 >> NOW, ASTEROIDS ARE NOT EASILY 1297 00:38:13,124 --> 00:38:13,924 NAVIGATED. 1298 00:38:13,924 --> 00:38:15,326 THEY ARE HARD TO SEE. 1299 00:38:15,326 --> 00:38:16,627 THEY HAVE LOW GRAVITY FIELDS. 1300 00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:18,329 THEY ARE DARK, ROCKY, TRAVELING 1301 00:38:18,329 --> 00:38:20,031 AROUND THE SOLING SOLAR SYSTEM 1302 00:38:20,031 --> 00:38:21,632 WHERE EVERYTHING IS MOVING 1303 00:38:21,632 --> 00:38:22,633 RARELY MEANS TRAVELING A 1304 00:38:22,633 --> 00:38:23,234 STRAIGHT LINE. 1305 00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:24,635 LET'S TAKE LOOK AT THE BIG 1306 00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:25,836 CHALLENGES THE TEAM HAS FACED 1307 00:38:25,836 --> 00:38:30,741 TO GET TO THIS POINT. 1308 00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:32,443 >> AS WE STARTED TO APPROACH AND 1309 00:38:32,443 --> 00:38:33,844 STARTED TO FILL UP THE CAMERAL 1310 00:38:33,844 --> 00:38:35,646 VIEW, IT LOOKED LIKE WE THOUGHT 1311 00:38:35,646 --> 00:38:35,946 IT WOULD. 1312 00:38:35,946 --> 00:38:38,049 WELL A FEW STICKING OUT. 1313 00:38:38,049 --> 00:38:40,851 AS WE GOT CLOSER, WE EXPECTED TO 1314 00:38:40,851 --> 00:38:43,554 SEE SANDY SURFACE WITH A FEW 1315 00:38:43,554 --> 00:38:44,355 BOULDER HERE'S THAN. 1316 00:38:44,355 --> 00:38:45,956 WHAT WE SAYS VERY LITTLE SAND. 1317 00:38:45,956 --> 00:38:47,558 WOE SAW THE MOUNTAINS. 1318 00:38:47,558 --> 00:38:49,160 WE SAW BOULDERS. 1319 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,461 WE SAW ROCKS. 1320 00:38:50,461 --> 00:38:53,364 WE SAW FEW AREAS THAT HAD SANDY 1321 00:38:53,364 --> 00:38:54,765 SURFACE WE WERE EXPECTING AND 1322 00:38:54,765 --> 00:39:05,576 WHAT WE DESIGNED. 1323 00:39:05,576 --> 00:39:06,277 >> WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS 1324 00:39:06,277 --> 00:39:06,877 BEFORE. 1325 00:39:06,877 --> 00:39:09,046 WE ARE GOING TO CLOAK THE SAMPLE 1326 00:39:09,046 --> 00:39:10,448 AND BRING IT DOWN-TO-EARTH FOR 1327 00:39:10,448 --> 00:39:11,582 FURTHER EXAMINATION BY 1328 00:39:11,582 --> 00:39:12,583 SCIENTIST. 1329 00:39:12,583 --> 00:39:13,484 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT 1330 00:39:13,484 --> 00:39:16,687 OBJECTIVE THREE OSIRIS-REX HAS 1331 00:39:16,687 --> 00:39:19,290 BEEN NAVIGATING FOR THE LAST TWO 1332 00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:21,892 YEARS STUDYING IT IN GREAT 1333 00:39:21,892 --> 00:39:23,294 DETAIL AND OVERCOMING A NUMBER 1334 00:39:23,294 --> 00:39:24,295 OF CHALLENGES. 1335 00:39:24,295 --> 00:39:26,497 WE ARE LOOKING FOR TOW LOCATIONS 1336 00:39:26,497 --> 00:39:29,100 ON BENNU50 MEL METH TERSE IN 1337 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:30,701 DIAMETER, RELATIVELY FLAT AND 1338 00:39:30,701 --> 00:39:32,103 COVERED WITH FIND GRAIN 1339 00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:32,403 MATERIAL. 1340 00:39:32,403 --> 00:39:34,405 BY FIND GRAIN, THE SUFFICIENT 1341 00:39:34,405 --> 00:39:36,507 THAT IS THE SIZE OF A DIME OR 1342 00:39:36,507 --> 00:39:37,308 SMALLER? 1343 00:39:37,308 --> 00:39:39,810 SITES ON BENNU THAT CAME CLOSE. 1344 00:39:39,810 --> 00:39:41,912 EVERYWHERE WE LOOK IT WAS TOO 1345 00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:43,514 SMALL, COVERED WITH BOULDERS SO 1346 00:39:43,514 --> 00:39:44,915 WE HAD TO FLY A NUMBER OF 1347 00:39:44,915 --> 00:39:47,118 ADDITIONAL CLOSE PASSES OVER THE 1348 00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:49,320 ASTEROID AND RETHINK THE ENTIRE 1349 00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:52,022 PLAN FOR GRABBING THE SAMPLE. 1350 00:39:52,022 --> 00:39:53,124 AFTER THE ADDITIONAL 1351 00:39:53,124 --> 00:39:56,827 OBSERVATIONS OF BENNU WE HAD TO 1352 00:39:56,827 --> 00:39:58,629 DOWN SELECT TO FOUR SITES THEN 1353 00:39:58,629 --> 00:40:00,731 GO BACK TO SURVEY IF YOU ARE HER 1354 00:40:00,731 --> 00:40:02,333 TO COLLECTING THE FINAL SAMPLE 1355 00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:02,733 SITE. 1356 00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:04,435 MY FIRST IMPRESSION THAT IS THE 1357 00:40:04,435 --> 00:40:06,137 LAST PLACE WANTED TO GO AS WE 1358 00:40:06,137 --> 00:40:07,938 STARTED LOOKING AT OTHER SITES 1359 00:40:07,938 --> 00:40:10,541 WE SAW THAT ONE PROBABLY ONE OF 1360 00:40:10,541 --> 00:40:13,344 THE MOST SAMPLES FOR BOTH SIDE 1361 00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:14,845 AND WE WERE OVER PERFORMING OR 1362 00:40:14,845 --> 00:40:17,148 IN NAVIGATION CAPPING AND OUR 1363 00:40:17,148 --> 00:40:18,749 ABILITY TO CONTACT. 1364 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:21,452 THE FEATURED TRACK WORKS LIKE 1365 00:40:21,452 --> 00:40:23,154 THE HUMAN MIND AND WE PICK UP 1366 00:40:23,154 --> 00:40:25,055 LANDMARKS ALONG THE WAY AND AS 1367 00:40:25,055 --> 00:40:27,458 WE LOOK AT GROUND AND PROGRAM 1368 00:40:27,458 --> 00:40:28,959 THE COMPUTER TO RECOGNIZE. 1369 00:40:28,959 --> 00:40:29,960 IT TAKES A PICTURE. 1370 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:31,262 SAY ITS THIS FEATURE IS NOT 1371 00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:34,265 WHERE I EXPECTED TO IT TO BE. 1372 00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:36,066 AND UPDATES THE POSITION BASED 1373 00:40:36,066 --> 00:40:37,868 ON WHERE IT IS POINTED AND WHERE 1374 00:40:37,868 --> 00:40:40,371 IT SHOWS UP. 1375 00:40:40,371 --> 00:40:43,274 THE EVENT IS OUR TOUCH AND GO 1376 00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:45,075 EVENT WHICH IS WHERE WE WILL 1377 00:40:45,075 --> 00:40:48,179 ACTUALLY BE TREEING THE SAMPLE 1378 00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:50,481 FROM ASTEROID BENNU WE START 1379 00:40:50,481 --> 00:40:52,183 WITH THE CHECK POINT BURN WHICH 1380 00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:53,484 IS WHERE WE WILL CHECK OUR 1381 00:40:53,484 --> 00:40:55,986 POSITION AND IN RELATION TO THE 1382 00:40:55,986 --> 00:40:57,087 SAMPLE SITES. 1383 00:40:57,087 --> 00:40:58,489 >> THEN THE MATCH POINT BURN 1384 00:40:58,489 --> 00:41:00,090 ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER WILL 1385 00:41:00,090 --> 00:41:04,195 ZERO OUT THE HORIZONTAL TEN 1386 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:05,296 MINUTES AFTER THIS WE MADE 1387 00:41:05,296 --> 00:41:07,097 CONTACT WITH THE TAGS AND FIRE 1388 00:41:07,097 --> 00:41:08,966 THE GAS BOTTLE THEN BACK AWAY. 1389 00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:10,968 THEN, WE HOPE TO GET AT LEAST 1390 00:41:10,968 --> 00:41:13,604 60-GRAMS OF SAMPLES THEN WE ARE 1391 00:41:13,604 --> 00:41:14,905 ABLE TO STORE THAT AND BRING IT 1392 00:41:14,905 --> 00:41:15,506 BACK DOWN-TO-EARTH. 1393 00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:16,607 THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT 1394 00:41:16,607 --> 00:41:17,408 COULD GO WRONG. 1395 00:41:17,408 --> 00:41:19,410 WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED UNWONTED 1396 00:41:19,410 --> 00:41:21,312 BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FIRST TRY 1397 00:41:21,312 --> 00:41:22,413 AT NIGHTINGALE. 1398 00:41:22,413 --> 00:41:25,015 WE DON'T ONLY GET ONE TAGGED AND 1399 00:41:25,015 --> 00:41:27,218 WE HAVE THREE NITROGEN BOLTS 1400 00:41:27,218 --> 00:41:28,719 ONBOARD THE SPACECRAFT SO WOE 1401 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:30,921 CAN POTENTIALLY DO THREE TAG 1402 00:41:30,921 --> 00:41:32,623 EVENTS IF NEEDED AND GO THROUGH 1403 00:41:32,623 --> 00:41:34,525 SEVERAL WHAT IF SCENARIOS AND 1404 00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:35,526 HOW WE ACTUALLY PREPARE FOR A 1405 00:41:35,526 --> 00:41:38,128 LOT OF THE CONTINGENCIES. 1406 00:41:38,128 --> 00:41:39,129 SOL WE HAD TO LOOK AROUND THE 1407 00:41:39,129 --> 00:41:42,333 SURFACE IN IDENTIFYING THE ROCKS 1408 00:41:42,333 --> 00:41:43,534 AND COLD ARE BOLDER AFTER 1409 00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:45,336 25DEGREES AND COULD COME INTO 1410 00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:46,537 CONTACT AND BE DAMAGED. 1411 00:41:46,537 --> 00:41:48,839 >> WE HAD TO DEVELOP SA HAZARD 1412 00:41:48,839 --> 00:41:50,341 MAP WHICH WE PROGRAM ARE 1413 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:51,141 PROGRAMMED AND IF YOU ARE 1414 00:41:51,141 --> 00:41:52,343 GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THOSE 1415 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:54,044 HAZARDS WE'LL DO IT WAY OFF AND 1416 00:41:54,044 --> 00:41:55,546 BACK AWAY FROM THE ASTEROID AND 1417 00:41:55,546 --> 00:41:56,847 COME BACK TO DO THIS ANOTHER 1418 00:41:56,847 --> 00:41:57,348 DAY. 1419 00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:58,449 >> EVERYTHING MIGHT WORK 1420 00:41:58,449 --> 00:41:58,849 PERFECTLY. 1421 00:41:58,849 --> 00:41:59,750 WE COME DOWN. 1422 00:41:59,750 --> 00:42:01,552 WE TOUCH THE SURFACE WHERE WE 1423 00:42:01,552 --> 00:42:01,952 WANT TO. 1424 00:42:01,952 --> 00:42:04,555 WE FIRE THE GAS BOTTLE AND THE 1425 00:42:04,555 --> 00:42:06,957 AREA WE CONTACT IS COVERED IN 1426 00:42:06,957 --> 00:42:08,259 LARGE ROCKS. 1427 00:42:08,259 --> 00:42:10,728 THOSE ROCKS WOULD PREVENT ANY 1428 00:42:10,728 --> 00:42:12,062 FIND GRAIN MATERIAL FROM BEING 1429 00:42:12,062 --> 00:42:14,265 STIRRED UP AND CAPTURED IN THE 1430 00:42:14,265 --> 00:42:15,366 SAG. 1431 00:42:15,366 --> 00:42:17,067 SO ANOTHER SIMILAR SCENARIO THAT 1432 00:42:17,067 --> 00:42:18,869 IS THE TAG WERE TO TOUCH ON THE 1433 00:42:18,869 --> 00:42:20,671 EDGE OF THE BOULDER AND BECOME 1434 00:42:20,671 --> 00:42:23,073 TIPPED UP AND IN THAT CASE THE 1435 00:42:23,073 --> 00:42:24,975 GAS POTTLE FIRE AND THE GAS 1436 00:42:24,975 --> 00:42:26,777 ESCAPES OUT THE SIDE NOT 1437 00:42:26,777 --> 00:42:27,878 CHURNING THEME WHICH WANT TO 1438 00:42:27,878 --> 00:42:29,480 CAPTURE THE TAG IS REALLY 1439 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:31,582 EXCITING BUT THE SEGMENT FOR OUR 1440 00:42:31,582 --> 00:42:32,783 TEAM DOESN'T END THERE. 1441 00:42:32,783 --> 00:42:35,286 WE HAVE TO VERIFY THAT WE HAVE 1442 00:42:35,286 --> 00:42:36,887 PROPER SAMPLE. 1443 00:42:36,887 --> 00:42:38,989 A FIRST, WE WILL IMAGE THE HEAD 1444 00:42:38,989 --> 00:42:40,791 BY STICK IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS 1445 00:42:40,791 --> 00:42:42,493 THEN DO A MANEUVER CALLED THE 1446 00:42:42,493 --> 00:42:44,295 SAMPLE MASK MEASUREMENT IN WHICH 1447 00:42:44,295 --> 00:42:45,596 WE STICK OUT THE ARM AND SPIN 1448 00:42:45,596 --> 00:42:48,098 THE SPACECRAFT TO DECIDE IF WE 1449 00:42:48,098 --> 00:42:49,900 COLLECTED ENOUGH MASK TO STOW 1450 00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:51,302 THE SAMPLE AND RETURN HOME OR IF 1451 00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:52,503 WE HAVE TO TRY AGAIN. 1452 00:42:52,503 --> 00:42:54,204 THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF A LOT 1453 00:42:54,204 --> 00:42:56,006 OF WORK AND ONE OF THE MOST 1454 00:42:56,006 --> 00:42:57,908 EXCITING MISSION I WORKED ON AND 1455 00:42:57,908 --> 00:42:59,610 EXCITING TO KNOW WE ARE FINALLY 1456 00:42:59,610 --> 00:43:00,911 GOING TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH THE 1457 00:43:00,911 --> 00:43:02,513 SURFACE OF THOUGH ASTEROID AND 1458 00:43:02,513 --> 00:43:03,814 COLLECT THE SAMPLE TO RETURN 1459 00:43:03,814 --> 00:43:05,716 BACK TO EARTH. 1460 00:43:05,716 --> 00:43:07,418 >> SO STEP BACK FOR A MOMENT AND 1461 00:43:07,418 --> 00:43:08,786 REALIZE THAT TONIGHT'S EVENTS 1462 00:43:08,786 --> 00:43:11,188 ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND 1463 00:43:11,188 --> 00:43:11,922 HISTORIC. 1464 00:43:11,922 --> 00:43:13,624 HUMANITY ONLY LANDED ON FEW 1465 00:43:13,624 --> 00:43:15,726 DIFFERENT BODIES IN THE SOLAR 1466 00:43:15,726 --> 00:43:17,428 SYSTEM AND RETRIEVING THE SAMPLE 1467 00:43:17,428 --> 00:43:19,029 IS MORE RARE AND LUCK WHETHER I 1468 00:43:19,029 --> 00:43:20,831 ME TONIGHT ARE THOSE WHO KNOW 1469 00:43:20,831 --> 00:43:22,132 BETTER THAN ANYBODY THE 1470 00:43:22,132 --> 00:43:23,233 CHALLENGES THAT IT TOOK TO GET 1471 00:43:23,233 --> 00:43:24,034 HERE. 1472 00:43:24,034 --> 00:43:26,537 LET ME INTRODUCE MIKE MONROE THE 1473 00:43:26,537 --> 00:43:28,639 DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER AT THE 1474 00:43:28,639 --> 00:43:31,141 GODDARD SPACEFLIGHT CENTER SAN 1475 00:43:31,141 --> 00:43:33,544 TAG NAVIGATION MANAGER 1476 00:43:33,544 --> 00:43:34,845 AEROSPACE. 1477 00:43:34,845 --> 00:43:36,146 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 1478 00:43:36,146 --> 00:43:37,147 >> SO EXCITED. 1479 00:43:37,147 --> 00:43:38,649 >> LESS THAN HALF-HOUR FROM TAG. 1480 00:43:38,649 --> 00:43:38,849 YEAH. 1481 00:43:38,849 --> 00:43:41,652 YOU COULD FEEL ENERGY BUILDING. 1482 00:43:41,652 --> 00:43:42,453 AS YOU MENTIONED. 1483 00:43:42,453 --> 00:43:44,355 YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING IT BEFORE. 1484 00:43:44,355 --> 00:43:44,588 CHEERS. 1485 00:43:44,588 --> 00:43:45,856 CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT 1486 00:43:45,856 --> 00:43:46,557 IS GOING ON NOW? 1487 00:43:46,557 --> 00:43:47,057 >> YEAH. 1488 00:43:47,057 --> 00:43:48,559 SO EVERY FEW MINUTES A 1489 00:43:48,559 --> 00:43:51,261 NAVIGATION CAMERA IMAGE IS TAKEN 1490 00:43:51,261 --> 00:43:52,863 OF THE SURFACE BELOW AND SENT TO 1491 00:43:52,863 --> 00:43:54,164 THE NATURAL FEATURE TRACKING 1492 00:43:54,164 --> 00:43:55,566 SYSTEM AND THAT SYSTEM 1493 00:43:55,566 --> 00:43:58,268 IDENTIFIES FEATURES IN THE IMAGE 1494 00:43:58,268 --> 00:44:01,271 A SO THE SIGNAL BACK TO EARTH SO 1495 00:44:01,271 --> 00:44:09,546 IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. 1496 00:44:09,546 --> 00:44:10,047 [APPLAUSE] 1497 00:44:10,047 --> 00:44:11,682 ON TRACK TO THE NEXT TARGET. 1498 00:44:11,682 --> 00:44:12,282 ABSOLUTELY. 1499 00:44:12,282 --> 00:44:15,486 SO NOW, CLEARLY, A LOT TO TALK 1500 00:44:15,486 --> 00:44:15,686 ABOUT. 1501 00:44:15,686 --> 00:44:16,887 ONCE A GAIN YOU HAD TO DO IN 1502 00:44:16,887 --> 00:44:18,989 THIS THE MIDST OF THE COVID-19 1503 00:44:18,989 --> 00:44:20,491 PANDEMIC SO ANY MISSION 1504 00:44:20,491 --> 00:44:21,792 EXPECTATIONS THAT CHANGED? 1505 00:44:21,792 --> 00:44:22,192 >> YEAH. 1506 00:44:22,192 --> 00:44:22,793 FOR SURE. 1507 00:44:22,793 --> 00:44:24,194 I MEAN, ADDS THE WHOLE WORLD WAS 1508 00:44:24,194 --> 00:44:26,096 COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE 1509 00:44:26,096 --> 00:44:28,599 PANDEMIC IN THE MARCH TIMEFRAME. 1510 00:44:28,599 --> 00:44:29,800 THIS TEAM WAS IN THE MIDst 1511 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:31,301 OF PREPARING FOR THE FIRST TAG 1512 00:44:31,301 --> 00:44:33,203 REHEARSAL THE CHECKPOINT 1513 00:44:33,203 --> 00:44:34,605 REHEARSAL TO TALK THE SPACECRAFT 1514 00:44:34,605 --> 00:44:37,207 ONLY 65METERS ABOVE SO WEED TO 1515 00:44:37,207 --> 00:44:39,209 RETHINK THE ENTIRE WAY IN WHICH 1516 00:44:39,209 --> 00:44:40,711 WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT WITH 1517 00:44:40,711 --> 00:44:43,013 ONLY A SKELETON CREW HERE IN THE 1518 00:44:43,013 --> 00:44:44,715 BUILDING MANY TEAM MEMBERS 1519 00:44:44,715 --> 00:44:45,916 REMOTE AS SANDY MENTIONED 1520 00:44:45,916 --> 00:44:46,150 BEFORE. 1521 00:44:46,150 --> 00:44:47,418 TODAY WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER 1522 00:44:47,418 --> 00:44:48,919 THIS BUILDING MONITORING AND 1523 00:44:48,919 --> 00:44:51,422 GODDARD SPACEFLIGHT CENTER AND 1524 00:44:51,422 --> 00:44:52,723 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 1525 00:44:52,723 --> 00:44:53,424 WATCHING TODAY. 1526 00:44:53,424 --> 00:44:54,825 THANKFULLY WE GOT THROUGH 1527 00:44:54,825 --> 00:44:56,527 CHECKPOINT IN APRIL AND THAT 1528 00:44:56,527 --> 00:44:58,128 REHEARSAL IN AUGUST. 1529 00:44:58,128 --> 00:44:59,229 >> ALL OF THOSE SPECIAL 1530 00:44:59,229 --> 00:45:00,330 CONSIDERATIONS GOING ON AROUND 1531 00:45:00,330 --> 00:45:01,231 US TO DATE. 1532 00:45:01,231 --> 00:45:01,532 >> YEAH. 1533 00:45:01,532 --> 00:45:03,734 YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE SPACED OUT IN 1534 00:45:03,734 --> 00:45:05,636 MSA WHEN YOU WERE OVER THERE. 1535 00:45:05,636 --> 00:45:07,938 WE HAD MORE TIME TO PREPARE FOR 1536 00:45:07,938 --> 00:45:09,707 TAG IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT 1537 00:45:09,707 --> 00:45:10,808 AND GET EVERYONE INTO THE 1538 00:45:10,808 --> 00:45:11,642 BUILDING HERE TODAY. 1539 00:45:11,642 --> 00:45:13,444 I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD OF OUR 1540 00:45:13,444 --> 00:45:15,245 TEAM FOR YOU KNOW THEIR EFFORTS 1541 00:45:15,245 --> 00:45:17,247 TO KEEP THE PROJECT ON TRACK FOR 1542 00:45:17,247 --> 00:45:20,150 FAG INSIDE OF THESE CHALLENGES. 1543 00:45:20,150 --> 00:45:23,253 >> SO I KNOW NASA'S FA FAMOUS 1544 00:45:23,253 --> 00:45:24,254 FOR HAVING TO DEAL WITH 1545 00:45:24,254 --> 00:45:25,756 UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS AND THE 1546 00:45:25,756 --> 00:45:28,158 COVID-19 THING IS A DIFFERENT 1547 00:45:28,158 --> 00:45:28,659 FLAVOR. 1548 00:45:28,659 --> 00:45:29,460 >> A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. 1549 00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:30,360 SO OK. 1550 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:30,527 NOW? 1551 00:45:30,527 --> 00:45:31,762 TALK MORE ABOUT THE CHALLENGES 1552 00:45:31,762 --> 00:45:34,064 OF TAG THAT WE SPOUSE DOO IN THE 1553 00:45:34,064 --> 00:45:35,466 VIDEO SEGMENT. 1554 00:45:35,466 --> 00:45:38,469 SO YOU SAW IT AND NIGHTINGALE IS 1555 00:45:38,469 --> 00:45:40,270 EXTREMELY CHALLENGE SPOT. 1556 00:45:40,270 --> 00:45:42,072 BOULDERS ALL AROUND IT. 1557 00:45:42,072 --> 00:45:43,173 IT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN HOW 1558 00:45:43,173 --> 00:45:44,575 WE DESIGNED THE SYSTEM AND THEN, 1559 00:45:44,575 --> 00:45:47,678 TO TARGET A 15-METER DIAMETER 1560 00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:49,179 AREA. 1561 00:45:49,179 --> 00:45:50,280 IT IS TEN TILE! TYPES SMALLER 1562 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:51,882 THAT THAN SO REQUIRED THE WHOLE 1563 00:45:51,882 --> 00:45:53,584 TEAM TO RETHINK HOW TO SAFELY 1564 00:45:53,584 --> 00:45:56,286 NAVIGATE INTO THE SURFACE AND 1565 00:45:56,286 --> 00:45:57,888 HOW TO COME UP WITH NEW IDEAS. 1566 00:45:57,888 --> 00:45:58,088 YEAH. 1567 00:45:58,088 --> 00:46:01,692 SOL ORIGINAL NAVIGATION AROWE 1568 00:46:01,692 --> 00:46:04,094 PROCH USES LASER BASED MAVGATION 1569 00:46:04,094 --> 00:46:06,597 TO TAKE US TO THE CRATER WHEN WE 1570 00:46:06,597 --> 00:46:08,966 SAW WHAT BENNU LOOKED LIKE WE 1571 00:46:08,966 --> 00:46:10,467 HAD TO SWITCH TO A VISION-BASED 1572 00:46:10,467 --> 00:46:11,802 APPROACH AND THE SYSTEM YOU HAVE 1573 00:46:11,802 --> 00:46:12,503 BEEN HEARING ABOUT. 1574 00:46:12,503 --> 00:46:12,803 YEAH. 1575 00:46:12,803 --> 00:46:13,203 YEAH. 1576 00:46:13,203 --> 00:46:14,805 THE KIN OATIC NAVIGATION TEAM 1577 00:46:14,805 --> 00:46:16,507 HAS SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS 1578 00:46:16,507 --> 00:46:18,308 LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE AROUND 1579 00:46:18,308 --> 00:46:20,711 BENNU USING TECHNIQUES AND 1580 00:46:20,711 --> 00:46:22,312 SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING 1581 00:46:22,312 --> 00:46:23,714 ONBOARD THE SPACECRAFT TODAY. 1582 00:46:23,714 --> 00:46:26,316 SO KINNETTE EK WORKED WITH 1583 00:46:26,316 --> 00:46:30,420 LOCKHEED MARTIN TEAM TO THE 1584 00:46:30,420 --> 00:46:37,828 SURFACE. 1585 00:46:37,828 --> 00:46:39,630 >> SO WE MAPPED THE SURFACE OF 1586 00:46:39,630 --> 00:46:43,534 BENNU TWO OF CENTIMETERS PIXEL A 1587 00:46:43,534 --> 00:46:44,735 WHICH IS BOATER THAN WE HAVE 1588 00:46:44,735 --> 00:46:46,637 DONE ON THE OWN EARTH AND MOON. 1589 00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:49,640 SO IT WAS HUGE HERC CUE LEANN 1590 00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:50,741 EFFORT TO GET TO THIS POINT 1591 00:46:50,741 --> 00:46:52,543 WHERE WOE ARE COMFORTABLE 1592 00:46:52,543 --> 00:46:54,645 HANDING THE MAPS THAN THE KEYS 1593 00:46:54,645 --> 00:46:55,746 OVER TO THE SPACECRAFT TO GET US 1594 00:46:55,746 --> 00:46:57,548 DOWN THE SMALL SITE TODAY. 1595 00:46:57,548 --> 00:46:58,148 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1596 00:46:58,148 --> 00:46:59,650 SO I GUESS, RIGHT NOW, IT IS 1597 00:46:59,650 --> 00:47:01,351 TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO YOU 1598 00:47:01,351 --> 00:47:01,752 GUYS. 1599 00:47:01,752 --> 00:47:04,254 THE BEST OF LUCK FOR TODAY. 1600 00:47:04,254 --> 00:47:05,556 I AM EXCITED GREAT TO BE WITH 1601 00:47:05,556 --> 00:47:06,657 YOU GUYS. 1602 00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:07,257 >> THANK YOU. 1603 00:47:07,257 --> 00:47:07,758 >> YEAH. 1604 00:47:07,758 --> 00:47:09,326 WELL, SO RIGHT NOW, I THINK 1605 00:47:09,326 --> 00:47:10,627 PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO DO IS 1606 00:47:10,627 --> 00:47:14,164 CHECK WIN GAR ARE GARY NAPIER 1607 00:47:14,164 --> 00:47:16,266 AND GO BACK TO SEE HOW THINGS 1608 00:47:16,266 --> 00:47:17,768 ARE GOING BACK ARE. 1609 00:47:17,768 --> 00:47:19,770 SO TO GARY. 1610 00:47:19,770 --> 00:47:20,871 >> SO THINGS ARE GOING REALLY 1611 00:47:20,871 --> 00:47:22,372 GOOD RIGHT NOW, MICHELLE. 1612 00:47:22,372 --> 00:47:24,074 WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO TALKK 1613 00:47:24,074 --> 00:47:32,482 TO HEATHER HERE. 1614 00:47:32,482 --> 00:47:33,584 THANKS FOR JOINING US WHERE 1615 00:47:33,584 --> 00:47:34,184 SHALL. 1616 00:47:34,184 --> 00:47:35,485 HI, GARY. 1617 00:47:35,485 --> 00:47:37,287 >> SO WHAT IS INTERESTING 1618 00:47:37,287 --> 00:47:38,889 HEATHER, YOU ACTUALLY FEEL THAT 1619 00:47:38,889 --> 00:47:41,191 YOU KNOW, LONG MISSIONS LIKE TO 1620 00:47:41,191 --> 00:47:41,892 ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. 1621 00:47:41,892 --> 00:47:43,894 YOU GO FROM DESIGN TO BUILD AND 1622 00:47:43,894 --> 00:47:45,896 OPERATIONS IS REALLY QUITE WILD 1623 00:47:45,896 --> 00:47:47,197 THAT ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT 1624 00:47:47,197 --> 00:47:49,099 TO INVOLVE THAT NEXT GENERATION 1625 00:47:49,099 --> 00:47:50,601 AND KIND OF BRING THAT 1626 00:47:50,601 --> 00:47:52,402 GENERATION UP, CORRECT. 1627 00:47:52,402 --> 00:47:53,904 TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. 1628 00:47:53,904 --> 00:47:55,606 A ABSOLUTELY, GARY, RIGHT. 1629 00:47:55,606 --> 00:47:57,608 AL THE WAY BACK TO WHEN WE 1630 00:47:57,608 --> 00:47:58,909 STARTED PLANNING THIS MISSION WE 1631 00:47:58,909 --> 00:48:00,711 RECOGNIZED IT IS A LONG DURATION 1632 00:48:00,711 --> 00:48:01,511 MISSION. 1633 00:48:01,511 --> 00:48:03,113 AND ALTHOUGH THAT PRESENT 1634 00:48:03,113 --> 00:48:06,316 CHALLENGES AT RETAINING THE KEY 1635 00:48:06,316 --> 00:48:08,986 PERSONNEL WE TOOK IT AS AN 1636 00:48:08,986 --> 00:48:10,487 OPPORTUNITY USE THIS MISSION TO 1637 00:48:10,487 --> 00:48:12,022 TRAIN OUR NEXT GENERATION OF 1638 00:48:12,022 --> 00:48:12,923 STUDENTS. 1639 00:48:12,923 --> 00:48:16,526 AND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERS AND 1640 00:48:16,526 --> 00:48:17,427 SCIENTIST. 1641 00:48:17,427 --> 00:48:19,529 A GOOD EXAMPLE IS WE HAD ONE OF 1642 00:48:19,529 --> 00:48:23,734 THE SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS AND X 1643 00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,036 RAY SPECTROMETER BUILT BY 1644 00:48:26,036 --> 00:48:27,137 HARVARD TEAM. 1645 00:48:27,137 --> 00:48:28,438 SO IT IS HANS ON. 1646 00:48:28,438 --> 00:48:30,040 >> THAT IS REALLY INTEREST. 1647 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:31,441 I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT 1648 00:48:31,441 --> 00:48:32,743 WERE STUDENT AND CAME TON THE 1649 00:48:32,743 --> 00:48:33,844 TEAM LATE SNEER YEAH. 1650 00:48:33,844 --> 00:48:35,445 SO BEING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 1651 00:48:35,445 --> 00:48:37,948 ARIZONA AND A LED MISSION WE HAD 1652 00:48:37,948 --> 00:48:39,549 HUNDREDS OF UNDERGRADUATE AND 1653 00:48:39,549 --> 00:48:40,851 GRADUATE STUDENTS WORK ON THIS 1654 00:48:40,851 --> 00:48:42,853 MISSION OVER THE COURSE OF THE 1655 00:48:42,853 --> 00:48:43,954 LAST DECADE. 1656 00:48:43,954 --> 00:48:46,256 AND TWO, TWO OF OUR STUDENTS 1657 00:48:46,256 --> 00:48:48,158 THAT STARTED OFF AS STUDENTS ARE 1658 00:48:48,158 --> 00:48:50,560 ACTUALLY TWO OF THE NAVIGATION 1659 00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:53,363 TEAM MEMBERS DAN AND ERIC SARS. 1660 00:48:53,363 --> 00:48:54,665 THEY ARE ON CONSUL. 1661 00:48:54,665 --> 00:48:55,465 >> THEY ARE ON ROOTING NOW. 1662 00:48:55,465 --> 00:48:55,766 INYEAH. 1663 00:48:55,766 --> 00:48:56,266 YEAH. 1664 00:48:56,266 --> 00:48:56,867 THEY ARE. 1665 00:48:56,867 --> 00:48:57,968 >> AT THIS TIME, THAT IS SO 1666 00:48:57,968 --> 00:48:58,568 COOL. 1667 00:48:58,568 --> 00:49:00,170 THE CHECK POINT AND MARCH POINT 1668 00:49:00,170 --> 00:49:01,471 BURN UPDATES. 1669 00:49:01,471 --> 00:49:04,574 CORRECT FOR LERS INTRAJK RY 1670 00:49:04,574 --> 00:49:06,576 ACCUMULATED DEPARTURE. 1671 00:49:06,576 --> 00:49:08,478 BURN IN TWO MINUTES. 1672 00:49:08,478 --> 00:49:09,947 >> WE'LL CHECK POINT IN TWO 1673 00:49:09,947 --> 00:49:11,882 MINUTES WE WILL THROW IT BACK 1674 00:49:11,882 --> 00:49:14,685 OVER TO MY KHOL BECAUSE I KNOW 1675 00:49:14,685 --> 00:49:16,186 IT IS IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR HER. 1676 00:49:16,186 --> 00:49:17,087 MICHELLE, THANKS. 1677 00:49:17,087 --> 00:49:17,888 BACK OVER TO YOU. 1678 00:49:17,888 --> 00:49:18,288 THANK YOU. 1679 00:49:18,288 --> 00:49:19,089 [APPLAUSE] 1680 00:49:19,089 --> 00:49:19,990 >> THANK YOU, GARY. 1681 00:49:19,990 --> 00:49:20,490 >> YEAH. 1682 00:49:20,490 --> 00:49:22,693 SO TELL US WHAT THE IMPORTANT 1683 00:49:22,693 --> 00:49:24,695 MILESTONE CHECKPOINT MEANS? 1684 00:49:24,695 --> 00:49:25,896 >> THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT PART 1685 00:49:25,896 --> 00:49:26,997 OF THE MISSION FLIGHT. 1686 00:49:26,997 --> 00:49:27,798 SO WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT 1687 00:49:27,798 --> 00:49:29,499 NATURAL FEATURE TRACK AND HOW IT 1688 00:49:29,499 --> 00:49:33,103 IS PROS HING THE MAJORS. 1689 00:49:33,103 --> 00:49:36,206 IS PROCESSING THE IMAGES. 1690 00:49:36,206 --> 00:49:39,810 >> 0.46 MERT SOME OF THE RIGHT. 1691 00:49:39,810 --> 00:49:40,610 WHAT IT IS DOING WITH THAT 1692 00:49:40,610 --> 00:49:42,012 INFORMATION IS CALCULATING HOW 1693 00:49:42,012 --> 00:49:43,213 IT IS GOING TO FIRE THE 1694 00:49:43,213 --> 00:49:44,815 THRUSTERS NOR CHECKPOINT WHEN WE 1695 00:49:44,815 --> 00:49:46,917 LEFT ORBIT, WE WERE ON TRA JKLY 1696 00:49:46,917 --> 00:49:48,819 THAT WOULD TAKE US OVER THE 1697 00:49:48,819 --> 00:49:50,620 SURFACE OF THE ASTEROID AND IF 1698 00:49:50,620 --> 00:49:52,622 NOTHING ELSE HAPPENED AND SAFELY 1699 00:49:52,622 --> 00:49:56,426 FLY PAST BENNU ONCE WE FIRE FOR 1700 00:49:56,426 --> 00:49:58,228 THE CHECKPOINT WE WILL START 1701 00:49:58,228 --> 00:49:59,830 SCENE DOWN THE ASTEROID SURFACE 1702 00:49:59,830 --> 00:50:01,331 SO PLANES WE'RE ON THE WAY TO 1703 00:50:01,331 --> 00:50:02,733 MAKE CONTACT. 1704 00:50:02,733 --> 00:50:04,434 SO NATURAL FEATURE TRACKING HAS 1705 00:50:04,434 --> 00:50:05,435 BEEN DOING NOTHING BUT 1706 00:50:05,435 --> 00:50:07,237 CALCULATING THIS MANEUVER SUNS 1707 00:50:07,237 --> 00:50:08,939 WE STARTED TAKING IMAGES. 1708 00:50:08,939 --> 00:50:10,340 >> SO THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG 1709 00:50:10,340 --> 00:50:12,642 DEALS THE BIG MILESTONES. 1710 00:50:12,642 --> 00:50:12,976 THIS IS HUGE. 1711 00:50:12,976 --> 00:50:13,643 YEAH. 1712 00:50:13,643 --> 00:50:14,244 ABSOLUTELY. 1713 00:50:14,244 --> 00:50:15,045 I KNOW AS WE LOOK HAT THE 1714 00:50:15,045 --> 00:50:15,746 SIMULATION. 1715 00:50:15,746 --> 00:50:16,646 THERE IS INTERESTING 1716 00:50:16,646 --> 00:50:18,148 CONFIGURATION THE SPACECRAFT. 1717 00:50:18,148 --> 00:50:19,649 YOU SEE THE FLUSTER IS FIRING. 1718 00:50:19,649 --> 00:50:20,050 >> RIGHT. 1719 00:50:20,050 --> 00:50:20,751 YOU CAN SEE. 1720 00:50:20,751 --> 00:50:22,452 WE EXPECTABILITY RIGHT NOW THE 1721 00:50:22,452 --> 00:50:24,855 THRUSTERS TO BE FIRE SOG PAYING 1722 00:50:24,855 --> 00:50:26,256 CLOSE ATTENTION TO DALE HOW WELL 1723 00:50:26,256 --> 00:50:28,558 TO LET US KNOW WE GOT TELEMETRY 1724 00:50:28,558 --> 00:50:30,160 BACK TO TELL US THAT MANEUVER 1725 00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:32,262 HAS SUCKS! SUCCEEDED. 1726 00:50:32,262 --> 00:50:33,463 >> MEANTIME, IF YOU WANT TO TELL 1727 00:50:33,463 --> 00:50:36,166 BUS THE CONFIGURATIONS GO AHEAD. 1728 00:50:36,166 --> 00:50:36,366 YEAH. 1729 00:50:36,366 --> 00:50:38,368 WE HEARD DALE CALL OUGHT EARLIER 1730 00:50:38,368 --> 00:50:39,870 THE SPACECRAFT IN THE 1731 00:50:39,870 --> 00:50:41,972 CONFIGURATION AND RECONFIGURED 1732 00:50:41,972 --> 00:50:44,574 THE SOLAR ARRAYS TO GET UP TO 1733 00:50:44,574 --> 00:50:46,076 PROTECT THE ACTIVE AREAS FROM 1734 00:50:46,076 --> 00:50:47,978 ANY DUST LOADING THAT MAY BE 1735 00:50:47,978 --> 00:50:49,880 KICKED UP DURING THE TAG EVENT. 1736 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,983 ANOTHER EXCELLENCE "STAR WARS" 1737 00:50:52,983 --> 00:50:53,583 REFERENCE. 1738 00:50:53,583 --> 00:50:54,084 THAT IS RYE. 1739 00:50:54,084 --> 00:50:54,317 ALWAYS. 1740 00:50:54,317 --> 00:50:55,685 YOU CAN SOUTHERN SIMULATION THE 1741 00:50:55,685 --> 00:50:57,487 NIGHT IN GAYLE SAMPLE SITE IN 1742 00:50:57,487 --> 00:50:58,989 THE LOWER CORNER HERE. 1743 00:50:58,989 --> 00:51:00,490 S THIS TEA TARGET WHAT WE'RE 1744 00:51:00,490 --> 00:51:02,492 TRYING TO GET INTO IF W THE 1745 00:51:02,492 --> 00:51:03,193 SPACECRAFT. 1746 00:51:03,193 --> 00:51:05,195 A LOT OF BOULDERS AROUND THAT? 1747 00:51:05,195 --> 00:51:05,495 >> YEAH. 1748 00:51:05,495 --> 00:51:06,196 AS WE SAID. 1749 00:51:06,196 --> 00:51:08,799 GENERALLY THE SURFACE OF BENN IS 1750 00:51:08,799 --> 00:51:15,806 ROUGH, RUGGED, NIGHTEN FROM GALE 1751 00:51:15,806 --> 00:51:16,907 STANDS OUT. 1752 00:51:16,907 --> 00:51:18,208 HOW ARE YOU DOING? 1753 00:51:18,208 --> 00:51:19,109 DOING GOOD. 1754 00:51:19,109 --> 00:51:20,710 PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO 1755 00:51:20,710 --> 00:51:22,212 CALLOUT. 1756 00:51:22,212 --> 00:51:23,513 >> WHAT WE'RE WAITING NOR FOU 1757 00:51:23,513 --> 00:51:25,515 THIS IS CALLOUT THE CHECK POINT 1758 00:51:25,515 --> 00:51:28,118 HAS OCCURRED AND THE OSIRIS-REX 1759 00:51:28,118 --> 00:51:30,020 SPACECRAFT HAS BEGAN THE DECENT 1760 00:51:30,020 --> 00:51:31,321 TO THE ASTEROID SURFACE. 1761 00:51:31,321 --> 00:51:31,822 >> RIGHT. 1762 00:51:31,822 --> 00:51:36,726 ANY TIME NOW. 1763 00:51:36,726 --> 00:51:38,228 >>> CHECKPOINT BURN HAS 1764 00:51:38,228 --> 00:51:38,728 COMPLETED. 1765 00:51:38,728 --> 00:51:39,830 [APPLAUSE] 1766 00:51:39,830 --> 00:51:40,831 >> OK. 1767 00:51:40,831 --> 00:51:42,432 WE ARE HEADED TO THE ASTEROID 1768 00:51:42,432 --> 00:51:43,934 SURFACE AT THIS POINT. 1769 00:51:43,934 --> 00:51:44,334 [APPLAUSE] 1770 00:51:44,334 --> 00:51:50,240 >> WOW. 1771 00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:51,141 OKAY. 1772 00:51:51,141 --> 00:51:52,742 WOW, I GUESS THE NEXT THING THAT 1773 00:51:52,742 --> 00:51:54,044 COMES UP IS GOING TO BE THE 1774 00:51:54,044 --> 00:51:55,445 MATCH POINT MANEUVER. 1775 00:51:55,445 --> 00:51:56,847 THAT IS WHAT THE NEXT BIG 1776 00:51:56,847 --> 00:51:57,447 MILESTONE FOR US. 1777 00:51:57,447 --> 00:51:58,148 A RIGHT. 1778 00:51:58,148 --> 00:51:59,649 SO WE GOT ONE MORE FIRING OF 1779 00:51:59,649 --> 00:52:01,151 THRUSTERS WITH THE SPACECRAFT TO 1780 00:52:01,151 --> 00:52:02,652 GET US LINED UP HER TO SAMPLE 1781 00:52:02,652 --> 00:52:05,155 ACQUISITION EVENT WE CALLED THET 1782 00:52:05,155 --> 00:52:06,256 MATCH POINT BECAUSE HE WE'RE 1783 00:52:06,256 --> 00:52:07,858 DOING THERE IS CURRENTLY AS 1784 00:52:07,858 --> 00:52:08,658 WE'RE FLYING OVER THE ASTEROID 1785 00:52:08,658 --> 00:52:10,227 SURFACE AND IT'S THE ASTEROID 1786 00:52:10,227 --> 00:52:11,628 SURFACE THAT IS ROTATING 1787 00:52:11,628 --> 00:52:13,263 UNDERNEATH US AND WHEN WE FIRE 1788 00:52:13,263 --> 00:52:14,764 THRUSTER FOR MATCH POINT AND 1789 00:52:14,764 --> 00:52:16,366 DOING THAT TO MATCH ROTATIONAL 1790 00:52:16,366 --> 00:52:18,068 VA LOYS TY SO THE SPACECRAFT 1791 00:52:18,068 --> 00:52:19,769 BECOMES STATION KEEPING 1792 00:52:19,769 --> 00:52:21,671 EVENTUALLY OVER THAT SAMPLE 1793 00:52:21,671 --> 00:52:22,672 SITE. 1794 00:52:22,672 --> 00:52:23,673 >> ABC LIT. 1795 00:52:23,673 --> 00:52:24,174 >> ALL RIGHT. 1796 00:52:24,174 --> 00:52:25,275 SO I THINK WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT 1797 00:52:25,275 --> 00:52:26,877 OF TIME NOW TO TURN TO OUR 1798 00:52:26,877 --> 00:52:29,079 SOCIAL MEDIA DESKS SO JAMES WHAT 1799 00:52:29,079 --> 00:52:30,480 IS GOING ON WITH SOCIAL MEDIA. 1800 00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:31,281 YEAH. 1801 00:52:31,281 --> 00:52:31,882 MICHELLE. 1802 00:52:31,882 --> 00:52:34,284 SUPER EXCITING TO CONFIRM WE ARE 1803 00:52:34,284 --> 00:52:36,286 VERY, VERY CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. 1804 00:52:36,286 --> 00:52:38,388 YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN EXCITED OVER 1805 00:52:38,388 --> 00:52:40,690 ON SOCIAL MEDIA AT THE HASHTAG. 1806 00:52:40,690 --> 00:52:42,993 LOTS OF GREAT METSAGE HERES. 1807 00:52:42,993 --> 00:52:44,794 SOMEONE IS EXCITE FOR THE ROBOT 1808 00:52:44,794 --> 00:52:46,396 FRIEND TO GO ROCK HUNTING THE 1809 00:52:46,396 --> 00:52:46,796 SURFACE. 1810 00:52:46,796 --> 00:52:48,398 SOMEONE WHO TENDED THE LAUNCH 1811 00:52:48,398 --> 00:52:50,200 BACK A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AT 1812 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:51,701 CAPE A AND A HALF VAL AND 1813 00:52:51,701 --> 00:52:52,903 WATCHING THE BROADCAST LIVE FOR 1814 00:52:52,903 --> 00:52:53,803 TODAY. 1815 00:52:53,803 --> 00:52:54,905 EXCITED FOR THE SAMPLE 1816 00:52:54,905 --> 00:52:56,506 COLLECTION EVENT AND PHILLIP WHO 1817 00:52:56,506 --> 00:52:57,707 PUTS INTO PERSPECTIVE HERE. 1818 00:52:57,707 --> 00:52:59,910 THIS IS AMAZING AND EXTRA LIMB 1819 00:52:59,910 --> 00:53:01,311 DIFFICULT IN SO MANY WAY. 1820 00:53:01,311 --> 00:53:03,613 THE ORBIT SPIN AND THE MECHANICS 1821 00:53:03,613 --> 00:53:04,514 OF THE LONG MISSION ARE 1822 00:53:04,514 --> 00:53:05,916 ASTOUNDING AND I CAN ONLY 1823 00:53:05,916 --> 00:53:07,617 IMAGINE COMING TO ORBIT 1824 00:53:07,617 --> 00:53:08,718 SIMULATION MADE HEAR ON EARTH 1825 00:53:08,718 --> 00:53:10,487 AND REALLY IS A GREAT ARE CRAZY 1826 00:53:10,487 --> 00:53:12,022 MISSION AND YOU HAVE THE FRIENDS 1827 00:53:12,022 --> 00:53:14,124 AND OUR PETS CHEERING US ON HERE 1828 00:53:14,124 --> 00:53:14,724 AS WELL. 1829 00:53:14,724 --> 00:53:17,127 BENNU IS ROUGH FROM A COUPLE OF 1830 00:53:17,127 --> 00:53:18,228 THE PETS HERE. 1831 00:53:18,228 --> 00:53:19,129 REALLY PEEKS ITED? 1832 00:53:19,129 --> 00:53:19,930 SOME OF THE WE ARE NOW JUST 1833 00:53:19,930 --> 00:53:21,531 MINUTES A YOU WAY FROM THE MATCH 1834 00:53:21,531 --> 00:53:23,133 POINT BURN AND FOR THAT BACK TO 1835 00:53:23,133 --> 00:53:23,533 YOU. 1836 00:53:23,533 --> 00:53:24,234 >> OK. 1837 00:53:24,234 --> 00:53:24,634 EXCELLENT. 1838 00:53:24,634 --> 00:53:26,536 SO YOU KNOW, A FEW MINUTES AGO, 1839 00:53:26,536 --> 00:53:28,238 DANTE BRUSH SAYING THE LANDING 1840 00:53:28,238 --> 00:53:29,639 SITE IS UNIQUE AREA ON THE 1841 00:53:29,639 --> 00:53:31,241 ASTEROID AND TELL US ABOUT THE 1842 00:53:31,241 --> 00:53:31,942 SITE. 1843 00:53:31,942 --> 00:53:32,842 YEAH. 1844 00:53:32,842 --> 00:53:35,245 WE SPEND AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF 1845 00:53:35,245 --> 00:53:36,846 EFFORT SLEEKING THE AREA ON THE 1846 00:53:36,846 --> 00:53:38,648 ASTEROID SURFACE WHERE WASN'TED 1847 00:53:38,648 --> 00:53:40,150 TO GET THE SAMPLE FROM AND 1848 00:53:40,150 --> 00:53:41,851 DIVIDED OUR ANALYSIS UP TO FOUR 1849 00:53:41,851 --> 00:53:43,353 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 1850 00:53:43,353 --> 00:53:44,754 FIRST BREEZE LOOKING AT THE 1851 00:53:44,754 --> 00:53:45,455 DELIVERABILITY. 1852 00:53:45,455 --> 00:53:47,357 THIS WAS A REAL CHALLENGE 1853 00:53:47,357 --> 00:53:48,358 BECAUSE AS WE HAVE SEEN EARLIER 1854 00:53:48,358 --> 00:53:50,060 IN THE BROADCAST, THE ORIGINAL 1855 00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:52,963 GUIDANCE ACCURACY WAS 25-MERT 1856 00:53:52,963 --> 00:53:54,464 RADIUS AND TRYING TO GET INTO 1857 00:53:54,464 --> 00:53:56,066 AREA THAT IS 10% OF THAT SIZE 1858 00:53:56,066 --> 00:53:57,367 AND SOME OFFED THAT PROBLEM WITH 1859 00:53:57,367 --> 00:53:59,169 THE AMAZING NATURAL FEATURE 1860 00:53:59,169 --> 00:54:00,270 TRACKING SOLUTION. 1861 00:54:00,270 --> 00:54:02,272 AS WE HEARD, THAT HAS WORKED 1862 00:54:02,272 --> 00:54:03,773 REALLY WELL AND UPDATED THE 1863 00:54:03,773 --> 00:54:05,375 CHECK POINT AND THE MARCH POINT 1864 00:54:05,375 --> 00:54:07,077 MANEUVERS ONBOARD BASED ON 1865 00:54:07,077 --> 00:54:08,878 INFORMATION AND GETS DOWN THE 1866 00:54:08,878 --> 00:54:09,446 SURFACE. 1867 00:54:09,446 --> 00:54:10,747 SO THE NEXT THING WE HAVE TO 1868 00:54:10,747 --> 00:54:12,282 WORRY ABOUT IS MAINTAINING 1869 00:54:12,282 --> 00:54:13,483 SPACECRAFT SAFETY. 1870 00:54:13,483 --> 00:54:15,585 THERE IS A LOT OF HAZARD THONS 1871 00:54:15,585 --> 00:54:16,386 ASTEROID SURFACE. 1872 00:54:16,386 --> 00:54:17,887 THINGS THAT COULD DAMAGE A 1873 00:54:17,887 --> 00:54:19,389 CRITICAL COMPONENT AND WOE 1874 00:54:19,389 --> 00:54:21,291 DECIDED TO FOCUS SAFETY ON THE 1875 00:54:21,291 --> 00:54:22,592 THINGS THAT WERE NEEDED TO GET 1876 00:54:22,592 --> 00:54:24,294 THE SAMPLE BACK TO THE EARTH. 1877 00:54:24,294 --> 00:54:26,196 SO CERTAIN THINGS QUEAS LOSE AT 1878 00:54:26,196 --> 00:54:27,497 THIS POINT THE MISSION IF THEY 1879 00:54:27,497 --> 00:54:29,499 DIDN'T FULL NAIL OBJECTIVE. 1880 00:54:29,499 --> 00:54:31,401 WOE STILL HAVE SOME UPCOMING 1881 00:54:31,401 --> 00:54:35,905 MAJOR MILESTONES THAT HELP US 1882 00:54:35,905 --> 00:54:37,607 MAIN IN THAT SAFETY. 1883 00:54:37,607 --> 00:54:39,209 NOW SWITCH EVERYTHING TO 1884 00:54:39,209 --> 00:54:40,510 CALCULATING THE CONTACT POINT ON 1885 00:54:40,510 --> 00:54:42,112 THE ASTEROID'S SURFACE AND A 1886 00:54:42,112 --> 00:54:43,613 PIECE OF SOFTWARE ONBOARD CALLED 1887 00:54:43,613 --> 00:54:44,914 THE HAZARD MAP THAT IS 1888 00:54:44,914 --> 00:54:47,417 DETERMINING IS THE LOCATION THAT 1889 00:54:47,417 --> 00:54:50,220 I AM GOING TO TOUCHDOWN ON SAFE 1890 00:54:50,220 --> 00:54:52,122 A GREEN AREA ON THE HAZARD MAP 1891 00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:54,724 OR IS IT HAZARDOUS OR A RED AREA 1892 00:54:54,724 --> 00:54:56,626 ON THE HAZARD MAP SO AS WE GET 1893 00:54:56,626 --> 00:54:57,427 CLOSER. 1894 00:54:57,427 --> 00:55:00,230 A KEY MOMENT IS THE FIRE METER 1895 00:55:00,230 --> 00:55:01,831 CROSSING WHEN THE SPACECRAFT 1896 00:55:01,831 --> 00:55:03,633 MAKES THAT DECISION AND CONTINUE 1897 00:55:03,633 --> 00:55:05,335 DOWN TO CLOAK THE SAMPLE OR BACK 1898 00:55:05,335 --> 00:55:07,437 AWAY AND LIVE TO TAG ANOTHER 1899 00:55:07,437 --> 00:55:10,707 DAY. 1900 00:55:10,707 --> 00:55:11,908 >> AFTER THIS THERE IS SOMETHING 1901 00:55:11,908 --> 00:55:14,944 FOR TO YOU PICK UP THINK SIZE OF 1902 00:55:14,944 --> 00:55:16,846 THE PARTICLES THAT TAG COULD 1903 00:55:16,846 --> 00:55:18,348 COLLECTING AND SO WE HAD TO MAP 1904 00:55:18,348 --> 00:55:20,550 THE AREA AND OTHER POTENTIAL 1905 00:55:20,550 --> 00:55:23,553 SAMPLE SITES WELL BELOW THE TWO 1906 00:55:23,553 --> 00:55:27,057 CENTIMETER A RES LUGS AND WE GOT 1907 00:55:27,057 --> 00:55:30,160 OPINION .5-MILLIMETER OVER THE 1908 00:55:30,160 --> 00:55:32,462 SAMPLE SITE SAN WE REPEEKS ITED 1909 00:55:32,462 --> 00:55:34,564 TO SEE LOTS OF PARTICLES OF THAT 1910 00:55:34,564 --> 00:55:36,766 SIZE. 1911 00:55:36,766 --> 00:55:39,069 THE FINAL PERIMETER LOOK AT WAS 1912 00:55:39,069 --> 00:55:41,271 THE VALUE AND I COULD TELL THINK 1913 00:55:41,271 --> 00:55:43,273 GOOD NEWS IS ANY SAMPLE FROM 1914 00:55:43,273 --> 00:55:45,775 BENNU IS VALUABLE AND SEEN THE 1915 00:55:45,775 --> 00:55:49,379 HYDRATED CLAY MINERAL AND 1916 00:55:49,379 --> 00:55:51,581 ORGANIC MOLECULES ALL OVER THE 1917 00:55:51,581 --> 00:55:52,982 SURFACE AND THE KIND OF MATERIAL 1918 00:55:52,982 --> 00:55:54,884 WE ARE HOPING TO BRING HOME. 1919 00:55:54,884 --> 00:55:56,686 >> SO I UNDERSTAND THE NEXT BIG 1920 00:55:56,686 --> 00:55:57,687 MILESTONE HERE IS SOMETHING 1921 00:55:57,687 --> 00:55:58,888 CALLED MATCH POINT. 1922 00:55:58,888 --> 00:55:59,289 RIGHT. 1923 00:55:59,289 --> 00:56:00,890 WHAT HAPPENS AT MATCH POINT. 1924 00:56:00,890 --> 00:56:01,091 YEAH. 1925 00:56:01,091 --> 00:56:02,892 THE FINAL MANEUVER THAT THE 1926 00:56:02,892 --> 00:56:04,994 SPACECRAFT PERFORMS BY FIRING 1927 00:56:04,994 --> 00:56:08,498 THE THRUSTERS AND THAT IS WHERE 1928 00:56:08,498 --> 00:56:11,768 WE BECOME CENTERED OVER THE SITE 1929 00:56:11,768 --> 00:56:14,504 AND BEGIN THAT FINAL DECENT DOWN 1930 00:56:14,504 --> 00:56:16,106 THE SR. FIS AND THE SPACECRAFT 1931 00:56:16,106 --> 00:56:19,109 IS SOLELY FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY 1932 00:56:19,109 --> 00:56:21,111 AND DECISION ON WHETHER IT I 1933 00:56:21,111 --> 00:56:22,412 GOING TO PROCEED DOWN TO COLLECT 1934 00:56:22,412 --> 00:56:28,618 THAT SAMPLE. 1935 00:56:28,618 --> 00:56:30,420 SO GO TO MATCH POINT THE 1936 00:56:30,420 --> 00:56:32,021 SPACECRAFT HAS TO MATCH SO IT 1937 00:56:32,021 --> 00:56:34,023 COMES DIRECTLY DOWN ON TO IT AND 1938 00:56:34,023 --> 00:56:36,526 SO HOW HAS IT ROTATED. 1939 00:56:36,526 --> 00:56:39,329 >> I HAS ROTATION PERIOD OF 4.3 1940 00:56:39,329 --> 00:56:42,332 HOUR AND THE LENGTH OF THE DAY 1941 00:56:42,332 --> 00:56:44,234 ONLY EARTH ROTATION PERIOD IS 24 1942 00:56:44,234 --> 00:56:46,035 HOURS WHICH IS A DAY ON EARTH IS 1943 00:56:46,035 --> 00:56:47,237 24 HOURS LONG. 1944 00:56:47,237 --> 00:56:50,840 SO THAT TRANSLATES BECAUSE BENNU 1945 00:56:50,840 --> 00:56:53,343 IS A SMALL ON JECT. 1946 00:56:53,343 --> 00:56:55,445 HAVE SEEN, THE SAME SIZE AS THE 1947 00:56:55,445 --> 00:56:56,946 EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AND MOVING 1948 00:56:56,946 --> 00:56:58,748 AT TEN CENTIMETERS PER SECOND 1949 00:56:58,748 --> 00:57:00,750 AND ACTUALLY GETS SCHEIERN 1950 00:57:00,750 --> 00:57:02,051 SLOWER AS YOU GO TO HIGHER 1951 00:57:02,051 --> 00:57:03,753 LATITUDE AND THE TIME YOU GET TO 1952 00:57:03,753 --> 00:57:06,456 THE NORTH POLE, IT IS ZERO. 1953 00:57:06,456 --> 00:57:07,357 IT IS FARINATA ARE NRT AND 1954 00:57:07,357 --> 00:57:08,758 ACTUALLY MUCH LOWER. 1955 00:57:08,758 --> 00:57:11,428 AND THAT SHOWS YOU THE DELICATE 1956 00:57:11,428 --> 00:57:12,862 PRECISION NATURE OF THIS 1957 00:57:12,862 --> 00:57:13,263 MISSION. 1958 00:57:13,263 --> 00:57:15,565 YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO GET VERY LOW 1959 00:57:15,565 --> 00:57:16,866 THRUST MANEUVERS. 1960 00:57:16,866 --> 00:57:18,368 VERY DELICATE, VERY SLOW 1961 00:57:18,368 --> 00:57:19,669 APPROACH TO THE ASTEROID 1962 00:57:19,669 --> 00:57:20,670 SURFACE. 1963 00:57:20,670 --> 00:57:23,072 EVERYTHING HAPPENS SLOW MESSING 1964 00:57:23,072 --> 00:57:25,175 WHEN OPERATING IN MICROGRAVITY 1965 00:57:25,175 --> 00:57:27,377 ENVIRONMENT LIKE BENNU. 1966 00:57:27,377 --> 00:57:28,578 WHAT'S THE NEXT CRITICAL 1967 00:57:28,578 --> 00:57:29,078 MILESTONE. 1968 00:57:29,078 --> 00:57:29,979 AFTER MATCH POINT WE ARE LOOKING 1969 00:57:29,979 --> 00:57:33,082 FOR THE NATURAL FEATURE TRACKING 1970 00:57:33,082 --> 00:57:35,385 SYSTEM COMING BACKEN LINE TAKING 1971 00:57:35,385 --> 00:57:36,886 THOSE AND ADDITIONAL CORRELATION 1972 00:57:36,886 --> 00:57:38,188 AND PRECISION. 1973 00:57:38,188 --> 00:57:39,989 ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE POSITION 1974 00:57:39,989 --> 00:57:41,291 AND WE MIGHT EXPECT IT TO 1975 00:57:41,291 --> 00:57:43,092 ACTUALLY JUMP UP AND HEARING 1976 00:57:43,092 --> 00:57:44,794 NATURAL FEATURE TRACKING 1977 00:57:44,794 --> 00:57:45,895 UNCERTAINTY ON THOSE ORDER OF 1978 00:57:45,895 --> 00:57:47,897 HALF METER AND MAY GO UP A 1979 00:57:47,897 --> 00:57:50,900 LITTLE BIT. 1980 00:57:50,900 --> 00:57:53,002 ABC NEWS IT HAS RESUMED 1981 00:57:53,002 --> 00:57:58,107 PROCESSING. 1982 00:57:58,107 --> 00:57:59,309 >> YOU CAN SEE THERE. 1983 00:57:59,309 --> 00:58:00,009 WE WENT BACK. 1984 00:58:00,009 --> 00:58:01,211 WE WENT THROUGH THE CHECKPOINT 1985 00:58:01,211 --> 00:58:01,811 MANEUVER. 1986 00:58:01,811 --> 00:58:03,413 WHEN YOU IMPART A THRUST LIKE 1987 00:58:03,413 --> 00:58:05,715 THAT IT ADDS UNCERTAINTY TO THE 1988 00:58:05,715 --> 00:58:07,717 SYSTEM AND WE'RE SEEING THAT 1989 00:58:07,717 --> 00:58:08,918 WITH NATURAL FEATURE TRACKING 1990 00:58:08,918 --> 00:58:10,086 SYSTEM NOW. 1991 00:58:10,086 --> 00:58:11,488 >> THAT IS SO EXCITING. 1992 00:58:11,488 --> 00:58:12,088 OK. 1993 00:58:12,088 --> 00:58:13,223 WE'LL INTRODISUSE ACTUALLY THE 1994 00:58:13,223 --> 00:58:15,124 ASSOCIATED ADMINISTRATOR OF 1995 00:58:15,124 --> 00:58:16,025 NASA. 1996 00:58:16,025 --> 00:58:17,827 THOMAS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING. 1997 00:58:17,827 --> 00:58:20,029 SO GLAD TO BE YOU. 1998 00:58:20,029 --> 00:58:21,831 >> EXCITING TIME, THOMAS. 1999 00:58:21,831 --> 00:58:22,932 HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 2000 00:58:22,932 --> 00:58:23,433 >> THAT IS RYE. 2001 00:58:23,433 --> 00:58:24,634 YESTERDAY WAS HIS BIRTHDAY. 2002 00:58:24,634 --> 00:58:25,134 ING THAT IS RIGHT. 2003 00:58:25,134 --> 00:58:25,935 HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 2004 00:58:25,935 --> 00:58:27,937 SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY 2005 00:58:27,937 --> 00:58:29,939 HOO HERE WAS AIMING FOR THE PINT 2006 00:58:29,939 --> 00:58:31,541 TIME CALLED THE TAG THAT IT 2007 00:58:31,541 --> 00:58:33,243 TURNS OUT THERE HAVE BEEN IT A 2008 00:58:33,243 --> 00:58:34,744 LOFT FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TO 2009 00:58:34,744 --> 00:58:36,145 HELP GET US TO THIS MOMENT AND 2010 00:58:36,145 --> 00:58:39,449 SO YOU KNOW,. 2011 00:58:39,449 --> 00:58:41,551 >> WELL, LOOK, THERE IS A NUMBER 2012 00:58:41,551 --> 00:58:43,353 OF NOSE, PARTNERS MANY AROUND 2013 00:58:43,353 --> 00:58:44,854 HERE YOU TALK TO SOME OF THEM 2014 00:58:44,854 --> 00:58:46,656 BUT ALSO INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 2015 00:58:46,656 --> 00:58:48,358 AND THE AGENCY PROVIDED THE 2016 00:58:48,358 --> 00:58:50,660 LASER WHICH IS IMPORTANT IN 2017 00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:51,761 STREWABLE HERE AND OF COURSE WE 2018 00:58:51,761 --> 00:58:54,964 HAVE PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT WE ARE 2019 00:58:54,964 --> 00:58:58,768 GOING TO DO IS SHARE THE SAMPLES 2020 00:58:58,768 --> 00:59:02,171 WITH US FOR MAXIMUM SCIENCE AND 2021 00:59:02,171 --> 00:59:03,773 THAT IS REALLY THE NATIONAL 2022 00:59:03,773 --> 00:59:04,874 PARTNERSHIPS. 2023 00:59:04,874 --> 00:59:06,476 >> SO THIS IS A BIG MISSION FOR 2024 00:59:06,476 --> 00:59:07,777 AS? BUT TURNS THROUGHOUT ARE 2025 00:59:07,777 --> 00:59:09,646 MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF NEATERS 2026 00:59:09,646 --> 00:59:10,847 AND A MISSION LIKE THIS. 2027 00:59:10,847 --> 00:59:12,782 GIVE US THE RANGE WE HAVE. 2028 00:59:12,782 --> 00:59:14,284 WELL, LA LOOK, IT STARTS WITH 2029 00:59:14,284 --> 00:59:14,851 THE UNIVERSITY EVER ARIZONA 2030 00:59:14,851 --> 00:59:16,786 WHERE THE LEADERSHIP IS AND WITH 2031 00:59:16,786 --> 00:59:19,188 YOU AND THERE AND YOUR ENTIRE 2032 00:59:19,188 --> 00:59:21,190 TEAM BUT NASA GOOD ARD IS A 2033 00:59:21,190 --> 00:59:23,393 CRITICAL PARTNER WITH MANAGING 2034 00:59:23,393 --> 00:59:24,694 OF COURSE AND ACCOMPLISHES ALSO 2035 00:59:24,694 --> 00:59:26,696 WORKING WITH LOCKHEED MARTIN OR 2036 00:59:26,696 --> 00:59:29,499 REALLY, WITH THAT TEAM DESERVES 2037 00:59:29,499 --> 00:59:31,701 A LOIT OF CREDIT WHICH KIN NECTS 2038 00:59:31,701 --> 00:59:33,303 WAS ROUNDS DOOD AS WALT AS MANY 2039 00:59:33,303 --> 00:59:33,603 OTHERS. 2040 00:59:33,603 --> 00:59:34,103 LOOK. 2041 00:59:34,103 --> 00:59:35,505 SO OFTEN MISSIONS LIKE THAT 2042 00:59:35,505 --> 00:59:36,906 TOUCH MANY STATES AROUND THE 2043 00:59:36,906 --> 00:59:37,607 UNITED STATES. 2044 00:59:37,607 --> 00:59:38,908 >> ABSOLUTELUTELY. 2045 00:59:38,908 --> 00:59:41,010 1:00 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 2046 00:59:41,010 --> 00:59:42,712 WE WILL SEE YOU LATER ON IN THE 2047 00:59:42,712 --> 00:59:43,012 PROGRAM. 2048 00:59:43,012 --> 00:59:43,913 THAT HOW DO YOU FEEL? 2049 00:59:43,913 --> 00:59:46,115 EYE SAM PRETTY EXCITED. 2050 00:59:46,115 --> 00:59:48,718 >> THIS IS THE FINAL LIKE 10-12 2051 00:59:48,718 --> 00:59:50,119 MINERALLOLOGY MACHINES HERE FOR 2052 00:59:50,119 --> 00:59:51,621 CONTACT AND FEEL GOOD THE TEAM 2053 00:59:51,621 --> 00:59:53,222 IS IN HIGH SPIRITS A Z WE TALKED 2054 00:59:53,222 --> 00:59:54,223 ABOUT EARLIER. 2055 00:59:54,223 --> 00:59:55,425 WE HAVE DOLING ARE DODGER 2056 00:59:55,425 --> 00:59:56,926 POSSIBLE TO MAKE TODAY A 2057 00:59:56,926 --> 00:59:57,627 SUCCESS. 2058 00:59:57,627 --> 00:59:58,027 >> RIGHT. 2059 00:59:58,027 --> 01:00:00,930 YOU KNOW, YOUR MIND IS OUT THERE 2060 01:00:00,930 --> 01:00:02,231 IN THE SPACECRAFT IS ON THE WAY 2061 01:00:02,231 --> 01:00:02,932 OUT. 2062 01:00:02,932 --> 01:00:03,533 >> RIGHT. 2063 01:00:03,533 --> 01:00:04,534 >> THAT IS RIGHT. 2064 01:00:04,534 --> 01:00:05,535 >> IMAGINE THAT. 2065 01:00:05,535 --> 01:00:06,436 IT IS GOOD POINT OUT WHATEVER 2066 01:00:06,436 --> 01:00:08,237 HAPPENED WITH TAG HAS ALREADY 2067 01:00:08,237 --> 01:00:10,239 HAPPENED WE ARE WELL PAST THE 2068 01:00:10,239 --> 01:00:12,942 18.5 ONE WAY LIFE SOMETIME. 2069 01:00:12,942 --> 01:00:13,543 >> ABSOLUTELY. 2070 01:00:13,543 --> 01:00:14,344 CONGRATS. 2071 01:00:14,344 --> 01:00:15,645 ALSO CONTINUE DOING THIS. 2072 01:00:15,645 --> 01:00:16,646 SEE YOU LATER, THANK YOU, 2073 01:00:16,646 --> 01:00:17,046 THOMAS. 2074 01:00:17,046 --> 01:00:18,348 OH WOW. 2075 01:00:18,348 --> 01:00:18,514 OK. 2076 01:00:18,514 --> 01:00:20,049 WE'RE COMING UP, I KNOW, ON THE 2077 01:00:20,049 --> 01:00:21,250 CRITICAL POINT OF MATCH POINT. 2078 01:00:21,250 --> 01:00:21,951 RIGHT. 2079 01:00:21,951 --> 01:00:24,053 >> AT WHAT POINT WILL WE KNOW WE 2080 01:00:24,053 --> 01:00:25,555 HAVE A SYSTEM SAMPLE? 2081 01:00:25,555 --> 01:00:27,757 >> WELL,ING THAT IS A GREAT QUO. 2082 01:00:27,757 --> 01:00:29,559 WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING TO 2083 01:00:29,559 --> 01:00:30,460 HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. 2084 01:00:30,460 --> 01:00:31,861 WE KNOW IF WE MADE CONTACT WITH 2085 01:00:31,861 --> 01:00:36,866 THE ASTEROID SURFACE TODAY ANOWE 2086 01:00:36,866 --> 01:00:39,268 ARE BACKED SAFELY WAY FROM THE 2087 01:00:39,268 --> 01:00:40,470 ASTRID AND A LOT OF TO WORK 2088 01:00:40,470 --> 01:00:41,871 COVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO AND 2089 01:00:41,871 --> 01:00:43,172 WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAJORS 2090 01:00:43,172 --> 01:00:46,476 THAT WE QUIRED DURING THE 2091 01:00:46,476 --> 01:00:48,778 SURFACE THEN GO TO A DIFFERENT 2092 01:00:48,778 --> 01:00:52,281 MAJORING CAMPAIGN WHERE WE'RE 30 2093 01:00:52,281 --> 01:00:53,483 SECONDS FROM THAT POINT SO KEEP 2094 01:00:53,483 --> 01:00:55,284 OUR EARS OPEN FOR THAT CRITICAL 2095 01:00:55,284 --> 01:00:56,185 CALLOUT. 2096 01:00:56,185 --> 01:01:02,892 SO POSITION UNCERTAINTY IS ONE 2097 01:01:02,892 --> 01:01:11,467 METER. 2098 01:01:11,467 --> 01:01:13,302 AFTER WE ARE WELL AWAY AND 2099 01:01:13,302 --> 01:01:18,107 EVERYTHING HAS SETTLED DOWN. 2100 01:01:18,107 --> 01:01:20,410 WHICH TUESDAY THAT TO PUT INTO 2101 01:01:20,410 --> 01:01:22,412 THE FIELD OF VIEW AND WE CAN 2102 01:01:22,412 --> 01:01:25,715 LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE SAMPLE 2103 01:01:25,715 --> 01:01:31,621 HEAD BUT WE CAN TURN IT AROUND. 2104 01:01:31,621 --> 01:01:33,723 IN A DIGS WITH WE HAVE CONTACT 2105 01:01:33,723 --> 01:01:38,628 PATTEDS. 2106 01:01:38,628 --> 01:01:41,431 LESS THAN MILL MY LET MILLIE 2107 01:01:41,431 --> 01:01:43,032 MOTIER OR SO AND ANY EVIDENCE OF 2108 01:01:43,032 --> 01:01:44,734 AS STROYED MATERIAL ON OR INSIDE 2109 01:01:44,734 --> 01:01:49,038 OF THE TAG SO GO ALL THE WAY 2110 01:01:49,038 --> 01:01:52,842 BACK. 2111 01:01:52,842 --> 01:01:53,643 >> MATCH POINT IS COMPLETE. 2112 01:01:53,643 --> 01:01:54,143 ALL RIGHT. 2113 01:01:54,143 --> 01:01:54,844 ALL RIGHT. 2114 01:01:54,844 --> 01:01:56,546 WE ARE HEADED DOWN AND GOT TEN 2115 01:01:56,546 --> 01:01:59,449 MINUTES OF CONTACT WITH THE 2116 01:01:59,449 --> 01:02:00,349 ASTEROID SURFACE. 2117 01:02:00,349 --> 01:02:03,953 OH, WOW. 2118 01:02:03,953 --> 01:02:05,154 >> YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAD BACK 2119 01:02:05,154 --> 01:02:05,555 TO EARTH. 2120 01:02:05,555 --> 01:02:06,756 HOW DO YOU KNOW? 2121 01:02:06,756 --> 01:02:08,958 THERE IS INCREDIBLY CLEVER 2122 01:02:08,958 --> 01:02:11,227 PHYSICS EK PERMANENT CALLED THE 2123 01:02:11,227 --> 01:02:12,962 SAMPLE MASK MEASURE SOME OF THE 2124 01:02:12,962 --> 01:02:14,063 WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS PLACE 2125 01:02:14,063 --> 01:02:18,367 THE SPACECRAFT TIME THE SIDE AND 2126 01:02:18,367 --> 01:02:21,571 AND PLING POINTED ABOVE FOR THIS 2127 01:02:21,571 --> 01:02:25,074 WE PUT IT OUT AND SPIN ENTIRE 2128 01:02:25,074 --> 01:02:26,175 SPACECRAFT ARCH AROUND MEASURING 2129 01:02:26,175 --> 01:02:28,578 THE PROPERTY CALLED THE MOMENT. 2130 01:02:28,578 --> 01:02:30,079 WE HAVE ACTUALLY ALREADY DONE 2131 01:02:30,079 --> 01:02:32,381 THIS PRIOR TO INITIATING THE TAG 2132 01:02:32,381 --> 01:02:35,284 SEQUENCE TODAY AND WE KNOW WHAT 2133 01:02:35,284 --> 01:02:37,386 HA THAT PROPERTY IS WHEN IT IS 2134 01:02:37,386 --> 01:02:37,787 EMPTY. 2135 01:02:37,787 --> 01:02:39,088 NOW WE'RE ABLE TOLL DO IT 2136 01:02:39,088 --> 01:02:41,290 HOPEFULLY WHEN IT US FULL AND 2137 01:02:41,290 --> 01:02:42,792 ONLY LOOKING FOR A SMALL 2138 01:02:42,792 --> 01:02:44,694 DIFFERENCE IN THE PROPERTY AS A 2139 01:02:44,694 --> 01:02:45,695 RESULT OF THIS OAKS PERMANENT 2140 01:02:45,695 --> 01:02:47,597 AND PRECISION JUST LIKE 2141 01:02:47,597 --> 01:02:48,798 EVERYTHING ON THE PROGRAM, IT IS 2142 01:02:48,798 --> 01:02:49,599 PHENOMENAL. 2143 01:02:49,599 --> 01:02:52,201 WE ARE TALKING TENS OF ON A 2144 01:02:52,201 --> 01:02:53,803 MEASUREMENT AND SPACECRAFT 2145 01:02:53,803 --> 01:02:55,204 HUNDREDS ARE OF MILLIONS OF 2146 01:02:55,204 --> 01:02:56,806 MILES AWAY AND THAT PICKED UP 2147 01:02:56,806 --> 01:03:00,510 THIS ASTEROID SAMPLE. 2148 01:03:00,510 --> 01:03:04,213 THE MUN NUMB IS 60-GRAMS. 2149 01:03:04,213 --> 01:03:12,488 THE MINIMUM IS 60-GRAMS. 2150 01:03:12,488 --> 01:03:13,623 >> AND SO THE SAMPLE MASK 2151 01:03:13,623 --> 01:03:15,525 MEASUREMENT WILL TELL US WHAT WE 2152 01:03:15,525 --> 01:03:17,627 HAVE 60-GRAMS OR MORE. 2153 01:03:17,627 --> 01:03:19,028 THAT WILL HAPPEN ON SATURDAY 2154 01:03:19,028 --> 01:03:20,830 LATER THIS WEEK. 2155 01:03:20,830 --> 01:03:21,531 >> SO LECT. 2156 01:03:21,531 --> 01:03:22,031 THIS IS. 2157 01:03:22,031 --> 01:03:23,533 THE ENGINES HAVE GIVEN AS YOU 2158 01:03:23,533 --> 01:03:26,135 PUSH AND OSIRIS-REX ON COURSE TO 2159 01:03:26,135 --> 01:03:28,137 MAKE TOUCHDOWN ON ASTEROID SO 2160 01:03:28,137 --> 01:03:29,138 LISTEN TO THE FLIGHT CONTROLLER 2161 01:03:29,138 --> 01:03:30,840 CALLS AND BEFORE WE ACTUALLY 2162 01:03:30,840 --> 01:03:32,041 TOUCH THE SURFACE IT IS A GREAT 2163 01:03:32,041 --> 01:03:34,043 TIME TO HAVE IT. 2164 01:03:34,043 --> 01:03:35,044 SO JAMES WHAT IS GOING ON. 2165 01:03:35,044 --> 01:03:35,545 YEAH. 2166 01:03:35,545 --> 01:03:36,245 THANKS. 2167 01:03:36,245 --> 01:03:37,346 SO YOU HAVE BEEN HEARING THE 2168 01:03:37,346 --> 01:03:38,848 CALLOUTS OVER THE LOUDSPEAKERS 2169 01:03:38,848 --> 01:03:41,450 ABOUT THE PROCESSING SAN AWESOME 2170 01:03:41,450 --> 01:03:43,452 TO GRAB CAMERAL TO MAKE A TREK 2171 01:03:43,452 --> 01:03:45,855 OUT TO BENNU TO PHOTOGRAPH IT. 2172 01:03:45,855 --> 01:03:48,457 AS WE MENTIONED BENN IS A LITTLE 2173 01:03:48,457 --> 01:03:50,159 BIRTH ARE BIT FAR AWAY FROM US 2174 01:03:50,159 --> 01:03:51,160 NOW ON THE ORDER OF 2175 01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:52,461 200MILLIONMILES. 2176 01:03:52,461 --> 01:03:53,062 SONG WORRY. 2177 01:03:53,062 --> 01:03:55,865 HERE IS SOMETHING OSIRIS-REX CAN 2178 01:03:55,865 --> 01:03:56,966 DELIVER TO YOU RIGHT NOW FROM 2179 01:03:56,966 --> 01:03:58,367 THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME AND 2180 01:03:58,367 --> 01:04:00,369 HEAD OVER TO AT NASA AND WE HAVE 2181 01:04:00,369 --> 01:04:02,572 TWO AR FILTERS YOU CAN USE ON 2182 01:04:02,572 --> 01:04:03,973 THE SOCIAL MEDIA STORIES THE 2183 01:04:03,973 --> 01:04:06,375 FIRST ONE IS CALLED OSIRIS-REX 2184 01:04:06,375 --> 01:04:08,978 AND FEATURES OSIRIS-REX PLA 2185 01:04:08,978 --> 01:04:11,848 PLAGUE TAG WITH BENNU AROUND THE 2186 01:04:11,848 --> 01:04:12,882 HEAD AND ALLOWS TO YOU PLACE 2187 01:04:12,882 --> 01:04:14,483 ASTEROID WHERE WE'REEVER YOU ARE 2188 01:04:14,483 --> 01:04:16,485 AT HOME OR SCHOOL AND BRING 2189 01:04:16,485 --> 01:04:17,086 ASTEROID WITH YOU. 2190 01:04:17,086 --> 01:04:18,487 SOIAN STANDERS THAT WE HAVE A 2191 01:04:18,487 --> 01:04:19,789 QUESTION COMING IN FROM 2192 01:04:19,789 --> 01:04:21,290 INSTAGRAM WHO ASKED HOW DO YOU 2193 01:04:21,290 --> 01:04:23,092 MANAGE THE FORCE BACK TOUCHING 2194 01:04:23,092 --> 01:04:23,292 DOWN. 2195 01:04:23,292 --> 01:04:24,393 I MEAN, THE MOMENT THE 2196 01:04:24,393 --> 01:04:25,494 SPACECRAFT TOUCHES THE SURFACE 2197 01:04:25,494 --> 01:04:28,297 IT SHOULD EXPERIENCE SA SIMILAR 2198 01:04:28,297 --> 01:04:28,598 FORCE. 2199 01:04:28,598 --> 01:04:29,699 HOW DO YOU HANNAGE THAT. 2200 01:04:29,699 --> 01:04:30,700 WELL, THANKS. 2201 01:04:30,700 --> 01:04:31,801 THE TEAM ACTUALLY THOUGHT AHEAD 2202 01:04:31,801 --> 01:04:32,902 FOR THIS AND YOU DESIGNING THAT 2203 01:04:32,902 --> 01:04:34,804 SAMPLE SARM AND THEY ACTUALLY AD 2204 01:04:34,804 --> 01:04:36,405 SADDED THE SPRING-LIKE MECHANISM 2205 01:04:36,405 --> 01:04:38,207 TO IT THAT YOU CAN THINK LIKE 2206 01:04:38,207 --> 01:04:40,309 POGO STICK THAN SAMPLE ARM WERE 2207 01:04:40,309 --> 01:04:43,212 RIDGED AND CONTACTING BENNU AND 2208 01:04:43,212 --> 01:04:44,814 WOULD STOP THE DOWNWARD MOTION 2209 01:04:44,814 --> 01:04:46,215 AND FIRING TO STIR UP A SAMPLE 2210 01:04:46,215 --> 01:04:48,618 WE KICK BACK TOUGH SPACE AS HE 2211 01:04:48,618 --> 01:04:49,919 MENTIONLED EARLIER. 2212 01:04:49,919 --> 01:04:51,220 SINCE WE HAVE THE SPRING, YOU 2213 01:04:51,220 --> 01:04:52,822 CAN THINK OF IT LIKE A POGO 2214 01:04:52,822 --> 01:04:54,023 STICK AND YOU MAKE CONTACT BACK 2215 01:04:54,023 --> 01:04:55,925 A GROUND THE SPRINGS START COME 2216 01:04:55,925 --> 01:04:57,927 PLESSING AND KEEP THE DOWNWARD 2217 01:04:57,927 --> 01:04:59,228 MOTION AND IT APPLY FORCE 2218 01:04:59,228 --> 01:05:02,632 OSIRIS-REX AND CONTACT BENNU AND 2219 01:05:02,632 --> 01:05:04,033 CONTINUE MOVING DOWN WORD AND 2220 01:05:04,033 --> 01:05:04,533 FIRE THAT. 2221 01:05:04,533 --> 01:05:06,636 THAT SLOWS THE DOWNWARD MOTION 2222 01:05:06,636 --> 01:05:07,837 GIVING US JUST ENOUGH TIME AT 2223 01:05:07,837 --> 01:05:09,906 THE SURFACE ON THE ORDER ARE OF 2224 01:05:09,906 --> 01:05:11,807 TEN ARE TEN SECONDS TO STIR UP A 2225 01:05:11,807 --> 01:05:13,142 SAMPLE BEFORE WE KICKBACK TO 2226 01:05:13,142 --> 01:05:13,542 SPACE. 2227 01:05:13,542 --> 01:05:15,044 IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT THE TAG 2228 01:05:15,044 --> 01:05:16,846 REN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 2229 01:05:16,846 --> 01:05:19,148 WE ACTUALLY RELEASED A REALLY 2230 01:05:19,148 --> 01:05:21,851 COOL 360 VIDEO ON THE NASA GOOD 2231 01:05:21,851 --> 01:05:25,154 ARD YOUTUBE PACK! PAGE. 2232 01:05:25,154 --> 01:05:27,056 OOMS PROC PROCESSED THE NEXT 2233 01:05:27,056 --> 01:05:29,659 MAJOR POSITION UNCERTAINTY IS 0. 2234 01:05:29,659 --> 01:05:30,359 5-METERS? 2235 01:05:30,359 --> 01:05:30,760 WOW. 2236 01:05:30,760 --> 01:05:31,060 WOW. 2237 01:05:31,060 --> 01:05:31,460 WOW. 2238 01:05:31,460 --> 01:05:32,862 SO THIS IS REALLY, REALLY 2239 01:05:32,862 --> 01:05:33,663 DETAILED. 2240 01:05:33,663 --> 01:05:34,563 WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE 2241 01:05:34,563 --> 01:05:35,364 SURFACE. 2242 01:05:35,364 --> 01:05:36,866 AND AGAIN, LIKE I WAS SAYING IF 2243 01:05:36,866 --> 01:05:38,367 YOU WANT TO PERIENCE WHAT THIS 2244 01:05:38,367 --> 01:05:40,169 WILL LOOK LIKE UPCLOSE PARK 2245 01:05:40,169 --> 01:05:41,470 YOURSELF ON THE SURFACE AND LOOK 2246 01:05:41,470 --> 01:05:47,777 AROUND. 2247 01:05:47,777 --> 01:05:49,278 AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT THERE 2248 01:05:49,278 --> 01:05:50,880 IS A HIGH ROSE LOSING THAN WE 2249 01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:52,281 ACTUALLY MAJORED THE OWN EARTH 2250 01:05:52,281 --> 01:05:53,883 AND MOON BEAUTIFUL. 2251 01:05:53,883 --> 01:05:55,584 AND DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO 2252 01:05:55,584 --> 01:05:55,985 CHECK THAT OUT. 2253 01:05:55,985 --> 01:05:57,086 WE'RE MINUTES A WAY FROM THIS 2254 01:05:57,086 --> 01:05:58,487 ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN REAL LIFE 2255 01:05:58,487 --> 01:06:01,090 SO FOR THAT,S AT LET'S KICK IT 2256 01:06:01,090 --> 01:06:01,490 BACK TO YOU. 2257 01:06:01,490 --> 01:06:01,991 >> OK. 2258 01:06:01,991 --> 01:06:02,391 THANKS. 2259 01:06:02,391 --> 01:06:05,394 SO I WANT TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF 2260 01:06:05,394 --> 01:06:06,295 PERSONAL QUESTIONS HERE. 2261 01:06:06,295 --> 01:06:07,697 YOU SPENT ABOUT A THIRD OF YOUR 2262 01:06:07,697 --> 01:06:09,699 LIFE WORKING ON THIS MISSION. 2263 01:06:09,699 --> 01:06:14,904 WHAT ARE YOU FILING NOW. 2264 01:06:14,904 --> 01:06:16,706 >> YOU CAN GET A POINT LIKE IN 2265 01:06:16,706 --> 01:06:17,807 THIS THE CAREER AND EVENT THAT 2266 01:06:17,807 --> 01:06:20,409 YOU WORKED FOR AND IN MY CASE 2267 01:06:20,409 --> 01:06:25,514 OVER 16 YEARS TO GET HERE. 2268 01:06:25,514 --> 01:06:26,615 I THINK ABOUT THE FAMILY THEN 2269 01:06:26,615 --> 01:06:28,718 WATCHING AND TUCSON, ARIZONA 2270 01:06:28,718 --> 01:06:29,919 NOW, THEY HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT TO 2271 01:06:29,919 --> 01:06:33,723 ME. 2272 01:06:33,723 --> 01:06:35,825 MY MENTOR DR.MICHAEL DRAKE AND 2273 01:06:35,825 --> 01:06:37,126 HE IS THE ONE WHO INVITED ME ON 2274 01:06:37,126 --> 01:06:39,628 THIS PROGRAM IN 2004 AND TO BE 2275 01:06:39,628 --> 01:06:40,930 HIS DEPUTY I WAS A YOUNG BRIGHT 2276 01:06:40,930 --> 01:06:42,732 EYED ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND WE 2277 01:06:42,732 --> 01:06:45,134 WORKED TOGETHER FOR SEVEN YEARS 2278 01:06:45,134 --> 01:06:46,936 WRITING PROPOSALS TO CONVINCE 2279 01:06:46,936 --> 01:06:48,738 NASA THIS WAS PROGRAM TO FLY FOR 2280 01:06:48,738 --> 01:06:51,240 NEW FRONTIERS THREE AND WE WERE 2281 01:06:51,240 --> 01:06:53,342 ON THE CONTRACT FOR OSIRIS-REX 2282 01:06:53,342 --> 01:06:56,846 IN MAY OF 9011 AND PASS AWAY 2283 01:06:56,846 --> 01:06:57,847 SEPTEMBER A REAL BLOW THO THE 2284 01:06:57,847 --> 01:06:58,147 TEAM. 2285 01:06:58,147 --> 01:06:59,048 I MISS HIM. 2286 01:06:59,048 --> 01:06:59,949 I WISH HE WAS HERE TODAY. 2287 01:06:59,949 --> 01:07:00,149 YEAH. 2288 01:07:00,149 --> 01:07:01,751 YEAH. 2289 01:07:01,751 --> 01:07:03,652 IT IS VERY REAL. 2290 01:07:03,652 --> 01:07:04,653 WHICH ARE CONNECTED TO THE 2291 01:07:04,653 --> 01:07:05,755 AVATARS THAT WE PUT OUT THERE IN 2292 01:07:05,755 --> 01:07:06,756 THE UNIVERSE. 2293 01:07:06,756 --> 01:07:07,256 YEAH. 2294 01:07:07,256 --> 01:07:08,157 THEY ARE PROUD OF US. 2295 01:07:08,157 --> 01:07:09,658 WEE LOVE IT TO BE WITH US RIGHT 2296 01:07:09,658 --> 01:07:10,026 NOW. 2297 01:07:10,026 --> 01:07:10,926 1:00. 2298 01:07:10,926 --> 01:07:12,862 >> SO WE ARE LOOKING AT AMAZING 2299 01:07:12,862 --> 01:07:13,863 ASIMULATION NOW. 2300 01:07:13,863 --> 01:07:14,964 YOU KNOW, AS WE MENTIONED 2301 01:07:14,964 --> 01:07:15,765 BEFORE. 2302 01:07:15,765 --> 01:07:16,966 THESE ARE NOT ACTUAL IMAGES FROM 2303 01:07:16,966 --> 01:07:18,067 THE SPACECRAFT. 2304 01:07:18,067 --> 01:07:19,668 THESE ARE BASED ON HUGE AMOUNT 2305 01:07:19,668 --> 01:07:20,770 OF REAL DATA. 2306 01:07:20,770 --> 01:07:22,571 SO WE ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING DOWN 2307 01:07:22,571 --> 01:07:25,474 AS THIS TAG INSTRUMENT STARTS 2308 01:07:25,474 --> 01:07:27,376 APPROACHING THE SAMPLE SITE. 2309 01:07:27,376 --> 01:07:29,578 WE ARE COLLECTING TONS NOW AND 2310 01:07:29,578 --> 01:07:31,180 DON'T HAVE THE DATA RATE TO GET 2311 01:07:31,180 --> 01:07:32,081 BACK TO THE EARTH IN REAL TIME 2312 01:07:32,081 --> 01:07:33,182 SO THEY ARE GETTING BACKED INTO 2313 01:07:33,182 --> 01:07:35,384 THE SPACECRAFT MEMORY AND START 2314 01:07:35,384 --> 01:07:36,285 LOOKING AT THOSE LATER TONIGHT 2315 01:07:36,285 --> 01:07:38,087 AND HAVE THEM AVAILABLE FOR 2316 01:07:38,087 --> 01:07:39,088 EVERYBODY TOMORROW MORNING. 2317 01:07:39,088 --> 01:07:40,790 THIS IS JUST A SIMULATION OF THE 2318 01:07:40,790 --> 01:07:43,392 FIELD OF VIEW OF THE SAMPLING 2319 01:07:43,392 --> 01:07:45,795 CALM ARE AND PART OF THE CRAM 2320 01:07:45,795 --> 01:07:46,195 SWEEP. 2321 01:07:46,195 --> 01:07:47,897 HATES A CLEAR SHOT OF THE TAG 2322 01:07:47,897 --> 01:07:50,099 COLLECTOR RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF 2323 01:07:50,099 --> 01:07:51,400 FIELD OF VIEW AND SEE THE LOWER 2324 01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:55,704 END OF THE TAG ARM HERE. 2325 01:07:55,704 --> 01:08:01,010 >> P.M. REX IS SCENING BELOW 2326 01:08:01,010 --> 01:08:01,811 25-METERS? 2327 01:08:01,811 --> 01:08:02,511 OK. 2328 01:08:02,511 --> 01:08:04,113 ITS THE 5 MERT CROSS THAT THE 2329 01:08:04,113 --> 01:08:05,414 REALLY CRITICAL WITHIN WE ARE 2330 01:08:05,414 --> 01:08:06,515 ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES A WAY 2331 01:08:06,515 --> 01:08:06,916 FROM THAT. 2332 01:08:06,916 --> 01:08:09,318 SO THE SPACECRAFT HAS ONE KEY 2333 01:08:09,318 --> 01:08:11,687 DECISION LEFT TO MAKE. 2334 01:08:11,687 --> 01:08:13,222 IT IS CALCULATING NOW THE 2335 01:08:13,222 --> 01:08:14,723 PROBABILITY IT IS GOING TO COME 2336 01:08:14,723 --> 01:08:17,326 DOWN AND ETH OWNER THE HAZARDOUS 2337 01:08:17,326 --> 01:08:19,528 AREA AS WE DEFINED ON THE HAZARD 2338 01:08:19,528 --> 01:08:21,931 MAM MAP OR A SAFE AREA SO WE 2339 01:08:21,931 --> 01:08:22,531 MAY. 2340 01:08:22,531 --> 01:08:24,333 WE MAY DECIDE IT IS HAZARDOUS 2341 01:08:24,333 --> 01:08:26,135 AND GOING TO BACK AWAY ALOG US 2342 01:08:26,135 --> 01:08:27,636 TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY. 2343 01:08:27,636 --> 01:08:29,738 SO TO KNOW, ALL OF MY SENSES ARE 2344 01:08:29,738 --> 01:08:31,340 ON THAT CALL OUT NOW. 2345 01:08:31,340 --> 01:08:32,041 >> YEAH. 2346 01:08:32,041 --> 01:08:33,242 I REALLY WANT TO HEAR THAT WE'RE 2347 01:08:33,242 --> 01:08:34,543 GO FOR TAG SO THAT IS A COUPLE 2348 01:08:34,543 --> 01:08:35,744 OF MINUTES I WAY HERE. 2349 01:08:35,744 --> 01:08:35,978 >> YEAH. 2350 01:08:35,978 --> 01:08:37,146 OF COURSE, REMEMBER THAT WAS 2351 01:08:37,146 --> 01:08:38,147 PLANNED FOR. 2352 01:08:38,147 --> 01:08:40,049 >> RIGHT. 2353 01:08:40,049 --> 01:08:41,250 >> OTHERWISE IT IS GOING TO BACK 2354 01:08:41,250 --> 01:08:42,451 UP AND TRY AGAIN. 2355 01:08:42,451 --> 01:08:43,953 THAT IS HOW WE SOLVE THE AMAZING 2356 01:08:43,953 --> 01:08:45,354 CHALLENGE THAT'S THE ASTEROID 2357 01:08:45,354 --> 01:08:46,455 SURFACE PRESENTED TO US. 2358 01:08:46,455 --> 01:08:47,556 YOU CAN SEE HERE. 2359 01:08:47,556 --> 01:08:48,657 THIS IS DAUNTING TERRAIN WE'RE 2360 01:08:48,657 --> 01:08:50,359 COMING DOWN HERE AND THEN, THERE 2361 01:08:50,359 --> 01:08:53,462 IS GIANT BOLDERS ALL AROUND THE 2362 01:08:53,462 --> 01:08:55,264 SITE SAN SEEN LARGE ROCKS SIGNED 2363 01:08:55,264 --> 01:08:56,465 OF THE CRATER WE DO NOT THINK 2364 01:08:56,465 --> 01:08:58,267 THE SPACECRAFT WOULD SURVIVE AT 2365 01:08:58,267 --> 01:08:59,768 LEAST WITH THE ABILITY TO RETURN 2366 01:08:59,768 --> 01:09:01,170 BACK TO EARTHED AND MADE 2367 01:09:01,170 --> 01:09:01,871 CONTACT. 2368 01:09:01,871 --> 01:09:05,574 SO IT THERE IS TO FRONT CIVIL 2369 01:09:05,574 --> 01:09:07,176 ITSELF AND SAFETY IS ALWAYS 2370 01:09:07,176 --> 01:09:09,778 FIRST AND WE ARE FEELING GOOD. 2371 01:09:09,778 --> 01:09:11,046 EVERYTHING HAS GONE WELL TODAY 2372 01:09:11,046 --> 01:09:12,148 AND I WOULD SAY THINGS ARE 2373 01:09:12,148 --> 01:09:15,584 LOOKING GREAT FO A TAG AND THE 2374 01:09:15,584 --> 01:09:17,086 SPACECRAFTS THE ONE THAT GETS 2375 01:09:17,086 --> 01:09:18,087 TO MAKE THAT DECISION. 2376 01:09:18,087 --> 01:09:18,988 JUST AMAZING. 2377 01:09:18,988 --> 01:09:20,189 WE HAVE BEEN REHEARSING THIS ALL 2378 01:09:20,189 --> 01:09:22,591 WEEK LONG. 2379 01:09:22,591 --> 01:09:24,393 AT THE MISSION CALLS AND MILE 2380 01:09:24,393 --> 01:09:25,794 TONES TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND 2381 01:09:25,794 --> 01:09:26,896 REALIZE IT I GOING ON 2382 01:09:26,896 --> 01:09:28,497 200MILLIONMILES AWAY. 2383 01:09:28,497 --> 01:09:28,797 RIGHT. 2384 01:09:28,797 --> 01:09:29,899 YEAH. 2385 01:09:29,899 --> 01:09:31,300 >> I AM EXCITED. 2386 01:09:31,300 --> 01:09:33,102 SO I MEAN, THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY A 2387 01:09:33,102 --> 01:09:34,603 LOT OF FIRSTS IN THE MISSION. 2388 01:09:34,603 --> 01:09:39,108 AM ROOM O REX HAS PROCESSED THE 2389 01:09:39,108 --> 01:09:40,209 NEXT MESSAGE. 2390 01:09:40,209 --> 01:09:42,211 POSITION UNCERTAINTY IS 2391 01:09:42,211 --> 01:09:44,013 0.5METERS. 2392 01:09:44,013 --> 01:09:44,914 [APPLAUSE] 2393 01:09:44,914 --> 01:09:47,216 PREDICTED TAG LATERAL OFFSET IS 2394 01:09:47,216 --> 01:09:48,717 1.7METERS. 2395 01:09:48,717 --> 01:09:51,520 HAZARD PROC IS 0%. 2396 01:09:51,520 --> 01:09:58,127 TAG LATERAL VELOCITY IS 2397 01:09:58,127 --> 01:10:05,134 0.2-MILLIMETERS PER SECOND. 2398 01:10:05,134 --> 01:10:06,135 10.2. 2399 01:10:06,135 --> 01:10:07,636 THAT SOUNDED REALLY GOOD. 2400 01:10:07,636 --> 01:10:11,941 IT SOUNDED LOOK THE MAP LOOKSES 2401 01:10:11,941 --> 01:10:12,641 GOOD. 2402 01:10:12,641 --> 01:10:14,643 WE'RE COMING DOWN ON THE GREEN 2403 01:10:14,643 --> 01:10:16,045 AREA AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THE 2404 01:10:16,045 --> 01:10:16,845 SURFACE. 2405 01:10:16,845 --> 01:10:23,452 >> WOW. 2406 01:10:23,452 --> 01:10:24,853 JUST LOOK THAT ANIMATION NOW. 2407 01:10:24,853 --> 01:10:27,056 SO WE WHEN LOOKING AT THE TEAM 2408 01:10:27,056 --> 01:10:27,456 NOW. 2409 01:10:27,456 --> 01:10:28,057 I THINK. 2410 01:10:28,057 --> 01:10:29,358 I THINK WE CAN SEE HE EVERYBODY 2411 01:10:29,358 --> 01:10:30,859 IS LASER FOCUSED ON WHAT THE 2412 01:10:30,859 --> 01:10:32,261 SPACECRAFT IS GOING TO DO SO I 2413 01:10:32,261 --> 01:10:34,363 SAY LET'S LET IT PLAY OUT. 2414 01:10:34,363 --> 01:10:56,585 >> OH. 2415 01:10:56,585 --> 01:10:58,287 >> I GUESS A LOT OF FIRSTS IN 2416 01:10:58,287 --> 01:10:59,488 THE MISSION AND A TIME WHERE YOU 2417 01:10:59,488 --> 01:11:00,990 SAID A LOT OF WHAT IFS 2418 01:11:00,990 --> 01:11:01,290 BASICALLY. 2419 01:11:01,290 --> 01:11:02,691 WHAT IF WE COULD SEND THE 2420 01:11:02,691 --> 01:11:04,593 SPACECRAFT TO AN ASTEROID AND 2421 01:11:04,593 --> 01:11:06,395 WHAT IF IF WE COULD BRING BACK A 2422 01:11:06,395 --> 01:11:10,165 SAMPLE OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM FROM 2423 01:11:10,165 --> 01:11:11,367 BILLIONS OF YEARS AGO? 2424 01:11:11,367 --> 01:11:19,508 DO YOU REMEMBER WHERE YOU WERE? 2425 01:11:19,508 --> 01:11:21,410 >> THE HAZARD MAP IS GO FOR TAG. 2426 01:11:21,410 --> 01:11:21,910 >> GOING IN. 2427 01:11:21,910 --> 01:11:22,911 >> WE'RE GOING IN. 2428 01:11:22,911 --> 01:11:25,714 [APPLAUSE] 2429 01:11:25,714 --> 01:11:27,316 >> TOUCHDOWN DECLARED. 2430 01:11:27,316 --> 01:11:44,433 [APPLAUSE] 2431 01:11:44,433 --> 01:11:45,534 >> OH MY GOSH. 2432 01:11:45,534 --> 01:11:46,435 THAT WAS MAYING. 2433 01:11:46,435 --> 01:11:48,837 THE TEAM WENT BLUE YOU. 2434 01:11:48,837 --> 01:11:51,340 CELEBRATING THE SUPER BOWL, SO, 2435 01:11:51,340 --> 01:11:52,841 SO IT IS ALL GOOD. 2436 01:11:52,841 --> 01:11:54,143 THIS IS AMAZING. 2437 01:11:54,143 --> 01:11:55,444 CONGRATULATIONSES EVERYBODY. 2438 01:11:55,444 --> 01:11:58,447 I KNOW THAT DANTE AND THREE ARE 2439 01:11:58,447 --> 01:11:58,647 HERE. 2440 01:11:58,647 --> 01:12:00,149 DANTE, YOU GUILTY OVER HERE 2441 01:12:00,149 --> 01:12:01,050 PRETTY QUICK. 2442 01:12:01,050 --> 01:12:02,451 I SURE DID. 2443 01:12:02,451 --> 01:12:04,853 [APPLAUSE] 2444 01:12:04,853 --> 01:12:05,654 >> CONGRATULATIONS. 2445 01:12:05,654 --> 01:12:06,955 HOW ARE YOU FEELING? 2446 01:12:06,955 --> 01:12:08,157 EYE MEAN, I CAN BELIEVE WOE 2447 01:12:08,157 --> 01:12:18,067 ACTUALLY PULLED THIS OFF. 2448 01:12:18,067 --> 01:12:19,468 >> MAY I POINT OUT SOMETHING? 2449 01:12:19,468 --> 01:12:19,768 >> SURE. 2450 01:12:19,768 --> 01:12:20,769 PLEASE. 2451 01:12:20,769 --> 01:12:23,972 EYE CAME ON FROM THE BEGINNING. 2452 01:12:23,972 --> 01:12:25,474 I FEEL IT RIGHT HERE. 2453 01:12:25,474 --> 01:12:26,275 WHICH IS US TODAY. 2454 01:12:26,275 --> 01:12:27,976 I KNOW HE IS INCREDIBLY PROUD OF 2455 01:12:27,976 --> 01:12:29,278 THIS TEAM AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE 2456 01:12:29,278 --> 01:12:31,580 ACCOMPLISHED THIS HEIST HISTORY. 2457 01:12:31,580 --> 01:12:33,382 THIS IS AMAZING. 2458 01:12:33,382 --> 01:12:35,584 >> I CAN BARELY SPEAK. 2459 01:12:35,584 --> 01:12:36,085 I AM SHAKEN. 2460 01:12:36,085 --> 01:12:36,685 >> YEAH. 2461 01:12:36,685 --> 01:12:38,287 ABSOLUTELY. 2462 01:12:38,287 --> 01:12:40,089 IT IS ALMOST HARD TO PROCESS 2463 01:12:40,089 --> 01:12:40,989 EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING 2464 01:12:40,989 --> 01:12:41,490 NOW. 2465 01:12:41,490 --> 01:12:43,392 PIT IS OVERWHELMING PRIDE IN 2466 01:12:43,392 --> 01:12:45,494 THIS TEAM AND EVERYTHING WE HAVE 2467 01:12:45,494 --> 01:12:48,797 DONE GET HERE AND I COULDN'T 2468 01:12:48,797 --> 01:12:50,199 REALLY HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO 2469 01:12:50,199 --> 01:13:03,612 SAY ABOUT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE. 2470 01:13:03,612 --> 01:13:05,614 THE SAM PEM COLLECTION COMPLETE. 2471 01:13:05,614 --> 01:13:06,014 [APPLAUSE] 2472 01:13:06,014 --> 01:13:06,615 ALL RIGHT. 2473 01:13:06,615 --> 01:13:16,725 [APPLAUSE] 2474 01:13:16,725 --> 01:13:17,826 >> THAT WAS ACTUALLY PROBABLY 2475 01:13:17,826 --> 01:13:19,328 EVEN MORE IMPORTANT CALL. 2476 01:13:19,328 --> 01:13:22,531 WHY THAT IS THE BOTTLES FIRED. 2477 01:13:22,531 --> 01:13:22,931 IT OPERATED. 2478 01:13:22,931 --> 01:13:25,434 THE ABOUT A BACKAWAY LIST THISES 2479 01:13:25,434 --> 01:13:27,536 FIRE SOD SAFELY MOVING I WAY 2480 01:13:27,536 --> 01:13:28,637 FROM THE ASTEROID SURFACE IN 2481 01:13:28,637 --> 01:13:29,538 THIS THE SPACECRAFT DID 2482 01:13:29,538 --> 01:13:30,939 EVERYTHING IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO 2483 01:13:30,939 --> 01:13:32,241 SO WE DID IT. 2484 01:13:32,241 --> 01:13:33,342 WE TAGGED THE SURFACE OF THE 2485 01:13:33,342 --> 01:13:34,243 ASTEROID. 2486 01:13:34,243 --> 01:13:36,745 AND IT IS UP TO BENNU NOW TO SEE 2487 01:13:36,745 --> 01:13:41,850 HOW IT WENT. 2488 01:13:41,850 --> 01:13:44,453 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO AS? 2489 01:13:44,453 --> 01:13:44,853 >> KEY. 2490 01:13:44,853 --> 01:13:49,358 KEY. 2491 01:13:49,358 --> 01:13:51,960 >> I THINK SO PROUD OF THIS 2492 01:13:51,960 --> 01:13:53,162 TEAM. 2493 01:13:53,162 --> 01:14:02,971 [APPLAUSE] 2494 01:14:02,971 --> 01:14:03,272 [APPLAUSE] 2495 01:14:03,272 --> 01:14:04,273 OH MY GOODNESS. 2496 01:14:04,273 --> 01:14:04,973 MY GOODNESS. 2497 01:14:04,973 --> 01:14:06,375 WELL, I GOT SELL YOU. 2498 01:14:06,375 --> 01:14:08,377 THIS HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC DY AND 2499 01:14:08,377 --> 01:14:10,179 FANTASTIC JOURNEY WE'RE SO PROUD 2500 01:14:10,179 --> 01:14:11,547 OF YOU FOR BEING HERE AND 2501 01:14:11,547 --> 01:14:12,648 SUPPORTING THAT TEAM AND GET 2502 01:14:12,648 --> 01:14:13,982 BACK OVER THIS STAGE AND 2503 01:14:13,982 --> 01:14:14,483 MICHELLE. 2504 01:14:14,483 --> 01:14:23,892 SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS. 2505 01:14:23,892 --> 01:14:25,093 >> BACK TO YOU, CHY. 2506 01:14:25,093 --> 01:14:27,896 HE THIS IS WHERE WE WILL KEEP 2507 01:14:27,896 --> 01:14:29,398 EACH OTHER SAFE AND LOTS OF 2508 01:14:29,398 --> 01:14:30,699 SUPER EXCITED PEOPLE ALL OVER 2509 01:14:30,699 --> 01:14:32,000 WHO WANT TO SHARE IN THE MOMENT 2510 01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:33,302 AND SHARE CONGRATULATION. 2511 01:14:33,302 --> 01:14:35,404 SO NO KIDDING TAKE A MOMENT TO 2512 01:14:35,404 --> 01:14:37,306 HEAR A FEW WORDS FROM THREE 2513 01:14:37,306 --> 01:14:39,208 LEADERS WHO COULD NOT BE HERE 2514 01:14:39,208 --> 01:14:41,009 TONIGHT AND CHEERING ON A TEAM 2515 01:14:41,009 --> 01:14:43,011 ON BEHALF OF SO MANY SUPPORTERS. 2516 01:14:43,011 --> 01:14:44,112 >> HIGHER ONE. 2517 01:14:44,112 --> 01:14:46,215 DENNIS ANDREW AT THE GODDARD 2518 01:14:46,215 --> 01:14:46,715 CENTER. 2519 01:14:46,715 --> 01:14:50,219 AM SO EXCITED THAT OSIRIS-REX IS 2520 01:14:50,219 --> 01:14:51,820 CLOAK SAMPLE FROM THE SURFACE OF 2521 01:14:51,820 --> 01:14:52,321 THE MOON. 2522 01:14:52,321 --> 01:14:54,823 THE TAG IS JUST THE PINNACLE OF 2523 01:14:54,823 --> 01:15:00,529 THE MISSION. 2524 01:15:00,529 --> 01:15:03,131 IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EVENT. 2525 01:15:03,131 --> 01:15:05,434 I GOT TO CONGRATULATE DANTE. 2526 01:15:05,434 --> 01:15:07,035 YOU AND THE TEAM AND THE PROJECT 2527 01:15:07,035 --> 01:15:09,137 MANAGEMENT SKILLS AS PI JUST 2528 01:15:09,137 --> 01:15:10,806 SUBURB. 2529 01:15:10,806 --> 01:15:11,807 RICH THE OPERATIONS TEAM 2530 01:15:11,807 --> 01:15:13,442 FORGETTING US TO WHERE WE'RE AND 2531 01:15:13,442 --> 01:15:15,143 LISA CALLAHAN FOR THE AWESOME 2532 01:15:15,143 --> 01:15:17,045 LOCKHEED MARTIN TEAM IN GETTING 2533 01:15:17,045 --> 01:15:19,448 OSIRIS-REX TO WHERE WE'RE AND 2534 01:15:19,448 --> 01:15:21,350 BUILDING A GREAT SPACECRAFT AND 2535 01:15:21,350 --> 01:15:22,851 RETURNING TO EARTH. 2536 01:15:22,851 --> 01:15:26,355 GO OSIRIS-REX. 2537 01:15:26,355 --> 01:15:28,257 >> TODAY IS AN EXCITING DAY AS 2538 01:15:28,257 --> 01:15:30,859 OSIRIS-REX BEGINS THE DECENT TO 2539 01:15:30,859 --> 01:15:32,361 BENNU THE NATION IS LOOKING 2540 01:15:32,361 --> 01:15:33,762 FORWARD TO THE NEWS OF 2541 01:15:33,762 --> 01:15:35,864 SUCCESSFUL TAG EVENT AND OH 2542 01:15:35,864 --> 01:15:38,066 CYRUS TEAM MEMBERS HAVE BEEN 2543 01:15:38,066 --> 01:15:39,268 WORK FOR MORE THAN DECADE AND 2544 01:15:39,268 --> 01:15:41,770 THE WORK BE BEING DONE IS HARD. 2545 01:15:41,770 --> 01:15:42,771 IT IS COMPLICATED AND IT IS 2546 01:15:42,771 --> 01:15:44,873 NECESSARY. 2547 01:15:44,873 --> 01:15:46,475 UNDERSTANDING THIS HE MAKEUP OF 2548 01:15:46,475 --> 01:15:49,778 THE BENNU WILL HELP US HOW TO 2549 01:15:49,778 --> 01:15:51,480 PROTECT THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSET 2550 01:15:51,480 --> 01:15:56,485 IN SPACE AND EARTH AND BETWEEN 2551 01:15:56,485 --> 01:15:57,786 IT WISH THE BEST OF HAWK TO THE 2552 01:15:57,786 --> 01:15:59,388 TEAM INCLUDING THE PARTNERS AT 2553 01:15:59,388 --> 01:16:01,089 THE SPACEFLIGHT CENTER THE 2554 01:16:01,089 --> 01:16:02,090 UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA AND 2555 01:16:02,090 --> 01:16:04,092 ESPECIALLY THE MISSION OPERATORS 2556 01:16:04,092 --> 01:16:05,994 AND ENGINEERS RAG HERE AT 2557 01:16:05,994 --> 01:16:07,195 LOCKHEED MARTIN. 2558 01:16:07,195 --> 01:16:10,566 GO REX. 2559 01:16:10,566 --> 01:16:11,567 >> THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 2560 01:16:11,567 --> 01:16:13,068 INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE LONG 2561 01:16:13,068 --> 01:16:14,202 TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE AND 2562 01:16:14,202 --> 01:16:16,305 LEADERSHIP IN SPACE EXPLORATION. 2563 01:16:16,305 --> 01:16:17,506 I AM THRILLED TO SEE THE 2564 01:16:17,506 --> 01:16:19,207 OSIRIS-REX'S MISSION 2565 01:16:19,207 --> 01:16:21,209 ACHIEVEMENTS CARRIED THIS 2566 01:16:21,209 --> 01:16:23,011 TRADITION FORWARD TODAY WITH AS? 2567 01:16:23,011 --> 01:16:24,713 AND LOCKHEED HARTIN AND ALL THE 2568 01:16:24,713 --> 01:16:26,315 INCREDIBLE PARTNER. 2569 01:16:26,315 --> 01:16:27,416 >> CONGRATULATIONSES TO ALL OF 2570 01:16:27,416 --> 01:16:28,817 THE MISSION TEAM MEMBERS. 2571 01:16:28,817 --> 01:16:31,019 YOU HAVE SHOWN THE WORLD HOW OUR 2572 01:16:31,019 --> 01:16:33,722 DETERMINATION AND CREATIVITY AND 2573 01:16:33,722 --> 01:16:35,123 TALENT CANNED ARANCE THE 2574 01:16:35,123 --> 01:16:36,024 CAPABILITIES OF THE ENTIRE 2575 01:16:36,024 --> 01:16:37,025 NATION IN A CANNOT WAIT FOR 2576 01:16:37,025 --> 01:16:38,727 AMAZING SCIENCE WE WILL SEE WITH 2577 01:16:38,727 --> 01:16:42,030 THE SAMPLE RETURN IN 2023. 2578 01:16:42,030 --> 01:16:42,531 >> OK. 2579 01:16:42,531 --> 01:16:44,232 WELL, WE'RE HERE LIVE AFTER SOME 2580 01:16:44,232 --> 01:16:49,838 EXCELLENT NEWS I AM HERE WITH 2581 01:16:49,838 --> 01:16:51,039 ONE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARZ. 2582 01:16:51,039 --> 01:16:52,240 A ONE MORE TIME. 2583 01:16:52,240 --> 01:16:53,442 EXPLAIN WHEN WE KNOW WE WILL 2584 01:16:53,442 --> 01:16:54,743 HAVE A SAMPLE. 2585 01:16:54,743 --> 01:16:56,244 >> , A LITTLE OVERWHELM NOW, 2586 01:16:56,244 --> 01:16:57,646 MICHELLE, I HAVE TO SAY. 2587 01:16:57,646 --> 01:16:59,348 IT HAS BEEN INTENSE SEVERAL 2588 01:16:59,348 --> 01:17:00,048 MINUTES HERE. 2589 01:17:00,048 --> 01:17:01,350 WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT 2590 01:17:01,350 --> 01:17:03,051 EVERYTHING WENT JUST EXACTLY 2591 01:17:03,051 --> 01:17:03,852 PERFECT. 2592 01:17:03,852 --> 01:17:04,753 AND WHICH IS KIND OF THE 2593 01:17:04,753 --> 01:17:06,755 HALLMARK OF THIS TEAM. 2594 01:17:06,755 --> 01:17:08,857 WE HAVE CONSIST CONTINUALLY BEAT 2595 01:17:08,857 --> 01:17:09,558 OPINION EXPECTATION OVER AND 2596 01:17:09,558 --> 01:17:10,626 OVER GAIN. 2597 01:17:10,626 --> 01:17:11,627 6:00 WE HAVE OVERCOME THE 2598 01:17:11,627 --> 01:17:13,862 AMAZING CHALLENGES THAT THE 2599 01:17:13,862 --> 01:17:15,364 ASTEROID HAS THROWN AT THAT IS 2600 01:17:15,364 --> 01:17:16,965 IN SPACECRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE 2601 01:17:16,965 --> 01:17:18,567 OPERATED FLAWLESSLY AND WE MADE 2602 01:17:18,567 --> 01:17:20,469 IT DOWN TO THE ASTEROID SURFACE. 2603 01:17:20,469 --> 01:17:22,671 WE WERE IN CONTACT. 2604 01:17:22,671 --> 01:17:29,678 THE GAS BOLTS FIRED. 2605 01:17:29,678 --> 01:17:30,879 WITH DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YET. 2606 01:17:30,879 --> 01:17:32,080 THAT IS INFORMATION WE WILL HAVE 2607 01:17:32,080 --> 01:17:33,181 TO PUT TOGETHER OVER THE NEXT 2608 01:17:33,181 --> 01:17:34,883 PEW HOURS AS THE DATA COMES IN. 2609 01:17:34,883 --> 01:17:36,685 WE BAKED SUCCESSFULLY FROM THE 2610 01:17:36,685 --> 01:17:37,486 ASTEROID SURFACE. 2611 01:17:37,486 --> 01:17:39,588 THOUGH TEAM IS EXUBERANT BACK 2612 01:17:39,588 --> 01:17:40,188 THERE. 2613 01:17:40,188 --> 01:17:41,490 EMOTIONS ARE HIGH. 2614 01:17:41,490 --> 01:17:43,191 HE IS REALLY PROUD. 2615 01:17:43,191 --> 01:17:46,194 AND WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO TO 2616 01:17:46,194 --> 01:17:47,896 DETERMINE HOW MUCH SAMPLE OF 2617 01:17:47,896 --> 01:17:49,698 THAT WE HAVE CLOAK AND THE NEXT 2618 01:17:49,698 --> 01:17:51,299 THING THAT I WILL BE LOOKING FOR 2619 01:17:51,299 --> 01:17:53,402 IS ONCE THE SPACE DRAFT COOLS 2620 01:17:53,402 --> 01:17:55,003 OFF AND IT PROBABLY GOT PRETTY 2621 01:17:55,003 --> 01:17:56,705 WARM AS IT APPROACHED THES A 2622 01:17:56,705 --> 01:17:58,106 VOID SURFACE AND NEEDS TO GET 2623 01:17:58,106 --> 01:18:00,108 RID OF THAT EXCESS HEAT AND IT 2624 01:18:00,108 --> 01:18:02,010 HAS GOT TO GET THE SOLAR ARRAYS 2625 01:18:02,010 --> 01:18:03,211 BACK TO THE SUN AND GET POWER 2626 01:18:03,211 --> 01:18:04,613 POSITIVE AND ONCE IT IS 2627 01:18:04,613 --> 01:18:06,615 STABILIZED IT WILL POINT THAT 2628 01:18:06,615 --> 01:18:07,916 AND MEAN IN AT THE EARTH AND 2629 01:18:07,916 --> 01:18:10,419 BRING THAT DATA BACK AND THOSE 2630 01:18:10,419 --> 01:18:11,887 IMAGES ARE GOING TO TELL US 2631 01:18:11,887 --> 01:18:12,988 EFRMOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION 2632 01:18:12,988 --> 01:18:14,423 ABOUT HOW EVENTING OF TODAY 2633 01:18:14,423 --> 01:18:14,923 WENT. 2634 01:18:14,923 --> 01:18:16,224 WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A 2635 01:18:16,224 --> 01:18:18,026 WHOLE SER RIFFS IMAGES AS WE 2636 01:18:18,026 --> 01:18:20,529 DESCEND IT DOWN THE SURFACE AND 2637 01:18:20,529 --> 01:18:22,230 MADE CONTACT FIRE THAT GAS BOLT 2638 01:18:22,230 --> 01:18:23,432 AND I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW 2639 01:18:23,432 --> 01:18:24,833 THAT SURFACE RESPONDED. 2640 01:18:24,833 --> 01:18:26,134 A WE HAVE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE. 2641 01:18:26,134 --> 01:18:29,037 1:00 SO IT IS NEW TERRITORY FOR 2642 01:18:29,037 --> 01:18:29,538 US. 2643 01:18:29,538 --> 01:18:30,739 THE WHOLE SCIENCE TEAM I KNOW IS 2644 01:18:30,739 --> 01:18:31,640 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT 2645 01:18:31,640 --> 01:18:33,542 INFORMATION AND FOR ONE THING 2646 01:18:33,542 --> 01:18:35,844 WILT TOLL US THE LIKELIHOOD OF 2647 01:18:35,844 --> 01:18:36,745 SAMPLE COLLECTION. 2648 01:18:36,745 --> 01:18:39,848 KIND OF A PROBABLY ASSESSMENT. 2649 01:18:39,848 --> 01:18:41,249 QUALITY PROBABLY A LOT OF 2650 01:18:41,249 --> 01:18:42,250 SCIENCE THAT COMES OUT OF THAT 2651 01:18:42,250 --> 01:18:42,751 AS WELL. 2652 01:18:42,751 --> 01:18:43,452 ARE WELL. 2653 01:18:43,452 --> 01:18:44,152 LISTEN. 2654 01:18:44,152 --> 01:18:45,654 I KNOW YOU WANT TO BE BACK FROM 2655 01:18:45,654 --> 01:18:46,955 WITH THE TEAM AND LONG HAPPY 2656 01:18:46,955 --> 01:18:48,957 NIGHT FOR YOU AS DATA COMES IN. 2657 01:18:48,957 --> 01:18:49,658 THANKS SO MUCH. 2658 01:18:49,658 --> 01:18:51,159 IT HAS BEEN HONOR TO ONCE. 2659 01:18:51,159 --> 01:18:51,460 THANK YOU. 2660 01:18:51,460 --> 01:18:51,960 THANK YOU. 2661 01:18:51,960 --> 01:18:52,761 THANKS. 2662 01:18:52,761 --> 01:18:53,962 THANK YOU FOR A GREAT EVENING 2663 01:18:53,962 --> 01:18:56,665 AND KUDOS TO THE TEAM. 2664 01:18:56,665 --> 01:18:57,365 IT IS AMAZING EXPERIENCE. 2665 01:18:57,365 --> 01:18:57,966 YEAH. 2666 01:18:57,966 --> 01:18:59,668 IN HISTORY IT WAS MADE TODAY. 2667 01:18:59,668 --> 01:19:00,068 YEAH. 2668 01:19:00,068 --> 01:19:00,469 YEAH. 2669 01:19:00,469 --> 01:19:01,870 SO YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'LL DO NOW 2670 01:19:01,870 --> 01:19:03,772 IT IS ACTUALLY TAKE A CLOSER 2671 01:19:03,772 --> 01:19:05,073 LOOK AT THE BEAUTIFUL TER RAIN 2672 01:19:05,073 --> 01:19:06,975 IN WAS SAMPLED AND EYE DIDN'TED 2673 01:19:06,975 --> 01:19:12,047 OVER ONE MILLION BULL REMEMBER 2674 01:19:12,047 --> 01:19:13,348 IT IS A NEAR EARTH ASTEROID 2675 01:19:13,348 --> 01:19:14,983 INSTEAD OF ORBITING IN THE MAIN 2676 01:19:14,983 --> 01:19:17,185 BELT BETWEEN MARS ANDUP TIER AND 2677 01:19:17,185 --> 01:19:19,387 ORBIT SIMILAR TO OWN PLANET 2678 01:19:19,387 --> 01:19:21,189 FIRST AND NOT ONLY GETS DID OUR 2679 01:19:21,189 --> 01:19:21,990 STANTIAL BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSE 2680 01:19:21,990 --> 01:19:23,391 TO EARTH BUT BECAUSE WE BELIEVE 2681 01:19:23,391 --> 01:19:25,293 IT MAY BE ONE OF THE OLDEST BOD 2682 01:19:25,293 --> 01:19:27,195 THINS SOLAR SYSTEM WITH A WEALTH 2683 01:19:27,195 --> 01:19:28,396 OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THE 2684 01:19:28,396 --> 01:19:30,098 SOLAR SYSTEM AND LIFE BEGAN. 2685 01:19:30,098 --> 01:19:31,600 LET'S TAKE A CLOSE LOOKER AT THE 2686 01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:33,201 SUBJECT OF THIS ACTIVITY AUM OF 2687 01:19:33,201 --> 01:19:34,503 THIS JOY TONIGHT? 2688 01:19:34,503 --> 01:19:34,770 THANK YOU. 2689 01:19:34,770 --> 01:19:36,104 LET'S TAKE IT. 2690 01:19:36,104 --> 01:19:36,505 >> THANKS. 2691 01:19:36,505 --> 01:19:46,314 THANKS. 2692 01:19:46,314 --> 01:19:48,016 >> AFTER TRAVELING OVER 2693 01:19:48,016 --> 01:19:50,719 1.2BILLIONMILES NASA'S 2694 01:19:50,719 --> 01:19:53,121 OSIRIS-REX SPACECRAFT ARRIVED AT 2695 01:19:53,121 --> 01:19:55,524 THE TARGET NEAR EARTH ASTEROID 2696 01:19:55,524 --> 01:19:56,725 BENNU. 2697 01:19:56,725 --> 01:19:58,727 OSIRIS-REX THE FIRST MISSION 2698 01:19:58,727 --> 01:20:00,328 FLOW, THE PRIMITIVE REMNANT FROM 2699 01:20:00,328 --> 01:20:01,830 THE ORIGINS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2700 01:20:01,830 --> 01:20:03,431 A ARE SYSTEM DESIGNED TO STUDY 2701 01:20:03,431 --> 01:20:04,933 THE ASTEROID AND RETURN A SAMPLE 2702 01:20:04,933 --> 01:20:06,935 TO EARTH. 2703 01:20:06,935 --> 01:20:10,939 BENNU WAS DARK WORLD ROUGHLY THE 2704 01:20:10,939 --> 01:20:13,241 HEIGHT OF A SKYSCRAPER NOW THE 2705 01:20:13,241 --> 01:20:14,743 SMALLEST BODY TO BE ORBIT BY A 2706 01:20:14,743 --> 01:20:16,645 SPACECRAFT PRAY TO ARRIVAL, IT 2707 01:20:16,645 --> 01:20:20,348 WAS KNOWN TO HAVE LOW THERMAL 2708 01:20:20,348 --> 01:20:24,753 INERTIA LIKE SAND AND INFER RED 2709 01:20:24,753 --> 01:20:26,454 ON OSIRIS-REX CONFIRMED THIS 2710 01:20:26,454 --> 01:20:27,956 PROPERTY LEADING SCIENTISTS TO 2711 01:20:27,956 --> 01:20:30,759 EXPECT A PREDOMINANTLY SMOOTH 2712 01:20:30,759 --> 01:20:32,561 SURFACE BUT THE FIRST CLOSE-UP 2713 01:20:32,561 --> 01:20:34,863 VIEWS OF BEN NU DELIVERED A 2714 01:20:34,863 --> 01:20:38,266 MAJOR SURPRISE,AN EXQUISITE 2715 01:20:38,266 --> 01:20:39,868 DETAIL THE MISSION'S CAMERAS RAE 2716 01:20:39,868 --> 01:20:42,571 VALLED A ROCK SCAPE DOMINATED BY 2717 01:20:42,571 --> 01:20:44,673 BOULDERS BY COMBINING FLEECE 2718 01:20:44,673 --> 01:20:47,776 OSIRIS-REX WITH THE LASER DALT 2719 01:20:47,776 --> 01:20:50,478 WE CAN TAKING A TOUR OF BENN AYE 2720 01:20:50,478 --> 01:20:51,279 REMARKABLE TERRAIN. 2721 01:20:51,279 --> 01:20:54,282 THE FIRST STOP IS AM THE 2722 01:20:54,282 --> 01:20:55,784 PROMINENT BOULDER DEFINES THE 2723 01:20:55,784 --> 01:20:58,186 ASTEROIDS PRIME MERIDIAN AND 2724 01:20:58,186 --> 01:20:59,688 SUFFERS AS THE BASS SAYS THAT 2725 01:20:59,688 --> 01:21:02,991 CORDIANT SYSTEM. 2726 01:21:02,991 --> 01:21:05,894 IT IS A LARGE AND BENEVOLENT 2727 01:21:05,894 --> 01:21:07,596 BIRD AND PROCESSOR OF ALL 2728 01:21:07,596 --> 01:21:08,196 IMAGINE. 2729 01:21:08,196 --> 01:21:10,398 IT IS LATIN FOR STONE. 2730 01:21:10,398 --> 01:21:13,468 TO THE NORTHEAST, THRICE LARGEST 2731 01:21:13,468 --> 01:21:15,804 BOULDER ON BENN MEASURING OVER 2732 01:21:15,804 --> 01:21:19,307 300 FIENT LENGTH, IT IS A LONGER 2733 01:21:19,307 --> 01:21:20,408 THAN FOOTBALL FIELD. 2734 01:21:20,408 --> 01:21:22,510 IT IS ALSO RICH IN A TYPE OF 2735 01:21:22,510 --> 01:21:24,913 IRON OXIDE BALL ARE CALLED MAG 2736 01:21:24,913 --> 01:21:27,616 KNOW TIGHT WHICH WAS UD BY EARLY 2737 01:21:27,616 --> 01:21:30,719 FORM OF MAGNETIC COMPASS. 2738 01:21:30,719 --> 01:21:32,921 IN ARAB FOLKLORE THE ROCK IS A 2739 01:21:32,921 --> 01:21:34,623 BIRD OF PREY THAT COULD CLASS 2740 01:21:34,623 --> 01:21:36,625 ELEPHANTS IN THE TALENTS AS WELL 2741 01:21:36,625 --> 01:21:38,927 AS STRANDED SAILOR LAX THE HERO 2742 01:21:38,927 --> 01:21:42,631 OF SINBAD. 2743 01:21:42,631 --> 01:21:43,431 CONTINUING NORTHEAST OVER THE 2744 01:21:43,431 --> 01:21:46,835 RIDGE WE ARRIVE. 2745 01:21:46,835 --> 01:21:48,737 THIS STRIKING BOULDER IS AMONG 2746 01:21:48,737 --> 01:21:50,038 THE DARKEST ON BEN UNIVERSITY OF 2747 01:21:50,038 --> 01:21:51,640 ARIZONA AND CLUTCHES A MUCH 2748 01:21:51,640 --> 01:21:53,041 BRIGHTER ROCK ABOUT THE SIZE OF 2749 01:21:53,041 --> 01:21:54,743 A PERSON. 2750 01:21:54,743 --> 01:21:58,446 IN MID EF LEGEND THEY ARE DRAGON 2751 01:21:58,446 --> 01:22:01,049 LIKE SAN CAN BREATH FIRE ANKA 2752 01:22:01,049 --> 01:22:03,652 THREAD DRALS FROM EVIL SPIRITS. 2753 01:22:03,652 --> 01:22:05,453 OUR NEXT DESTINATION TAKES US 2754 01:22:05,453 --> 01:22:07,455 FAR TO THE EAST. 2755 01:22:07,455 --> 01:22:08,857 THE NORTHERN END OF A SMALL 2756 01:22:08,857 --> 01:22:16,464 CRATER LIES BRIGHT BOULDER. 2757 01:22:16,464 --> 01:22:18,566 IT IS LOCATED NEAR ONE OF THREE 2758 01:22:18,566 --> 01:22:21,469 SITES WHERE BEN IF YOU OBJECT 2759 01:22:21,469 --> 01:22:23,571 NOT A SPACE IN EARLY OF 2019 2760 01:22:23,571 --> 01:22:25,774 DISPLAYING THE DYNAMIC EVOLVING 2761 01:22:25,774 --> 01:22:28,677 MATURE IN GREEK MYTH LOCAL GY. 2762 01:22:28,677 --> 01:22:32,180 IT ITS ONE OF THE THREE 2763 01:22:32,180 --> 01:22:34,182 PERSONIFICATIONS OF STORM WINDS 2764 01:22:34,182 --> 01:22:36,284 WHO CARRIED EVIL DUER WAYS WAY 2765 01:22:36,284 --> 01:22:39,688 FROM THE EARTH. 2766 01:22:39,688 --> 01:22:40,588 ♪ 2767 01:22:40,588 --> 01:22:43,391 ♪ IN CREATION STORIES THE 2768 01:22:43,391 --> 01:22:46,795 UNIVERSE BEGAN AS A FORM OF 2769 01:22:46,795 --> 01:22:50,198 WATER. 2770 01:22:50,198 --> 01:22:53,601 A ROSE THE MOUND AND IT WAS UPON 2771 01:22:53,601 --> 01:23:00,809 THIS ROCK THAT THE GOD TO SHAPE 2772 01:23:00,809 --> 01:23:04,012 CREATION. 2773 01:23:04,012 --> 01:23:05,714 THE STORY HARKENS TO THE MOUNDS 2774 01:23:05,714 --> 01:23:08,316 OF SILK THAT ONCE EMERGED FROM 2775 01:23:08,316 --> 01:23:09,918 THE NILE AND PROVIDE SASS IF IT 2776 01:23:09,918 --> 01:23:12,187 FITTING NAMESAKE FOR THE TALLEST 2777 01:23:12,187 --> 01:23:15,323 BOULDER ON BENNU PORTRAYING 2778 01:23:15,323 --> 01:23:18,426 70FEET IT IS SO TALL, THAT WAS 2779 01:23:18,426 --> 01:23:21,730 FIRST DEKED FROM EARTH AND NOW 2780 01:23:21,730 --> 01:23:23,431 THIS MONUMENT FEATURE IN DETAIL 2781 01:23:23,431 --> 01:23:27,535 USING DATA FROM OSIRIS-REX. 2782 01:23:27,535 --> 01:23:29,337 THE FINAL STOP ON THE TOUR IS A 2783 01:23:29,337 --> 01:23:31,539 CLUSTER OF EXCEPTIONALLY BRIGHT 2784 01:23:31,539 --> 01:23:33,441 BOULDERS SCATTERED ACROSS THE 2785 01:23:33,441 --> 01:23:36,044 SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND BEAR THE 2786 01:23:36,044 --> 01:23:39,347 FINGERPRINT OF A MINERAL FOUND 2787 01:23:39,347 --> 01:23:40,749 IN ROCK THAT IS LUNE LIKE TO 2788 01:23:40,749 --> 01:23:43,151 HAVE FORMED ON BENNU THESE 2789 01:23:43,151 --> 01:23:45,153 BOULDERS ORIGINATE ON THE LARGE 2790 01:23:45,153 --> 01:23:46,955 ASTEROID VESTA AND DELIVERED TO 2791 01:23:46,955 --> 01:23:49,557 BENN AWE HE PARENT BODY THROUGH 2792 01:23:49,557 --> 01:23:51,960 IMPACTS. 2793 01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:53,461 ALTHOUGH IT IS SMALL IN SIZE, 2794 01:23:53,461 --> 01:23:56,564 ASTEROID BENNU IS PROVED TO BE A 2795 01:23:56,564 --> 01:23:58,366 FASCINATING WORLD ABUNDANT IN 2796 01:23:58,366 --> 01:24:00,568 GEOGRAPHIC FEATURES THAT DEFIED 2797 01:24:00,568 --> 01:24:01,569 OUR EXPECTATIONS. 2798 01:24:01,569 --> 01:24:03,772 THANKS TO OSIRIS-REX, WE CAN NOW 2799 01:24:03,772 --> 01:24:06,674 EXPLORE BEN NU TO UNCOVER THE 2800 01:24:06,674 --> 01:24:08,376 COMPOSITION, THE EF LUGS AND THE 2801 01:24:08,376 --> 01:24:09,677 ANCIENT MEMORIES FROM THE 2802 01:24:09,677 --> 01:24:17,085 ORIGINS EVER THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 2803 01:24:17,085 --> 01:24:25,026 >> A LITTLE BIT OF BENNU WILL 2804 01:24:25,026 --> 01:24:29,697 CON BACK DOCK EARTH IN 2023 AND 2805 01:24:29,697 --> 01:24:30,899 ONE LAST VISIT WITH THE SOCIAL 2806 01:24:30,899 --> 01:24:31,800 MEDIA DESK. 2807 01:24:31,800 --> 01:24:33,101 JAMES BE WHAT WHAT IS GOING ON. 2808 01:24:33,101 --> 01:24:33,701 >> YEAH. 2809 01:24:33,701 --> 01:24:36,004 MICHELLE, I GOT GOOSEBUMPS CANE 2810 01:24:36,004 --> 01:24:38,006 NOT BEGIN TO FATHOM WE 2811 01:24:38,006 --> 01:24:39,107 COLLECTINGED A SAM NELL THE 2812 01:24:39,107 --> 01:24:41,509 ASTEROID 200MILLION-MILE WAYS I 2813 01:24:41,509 --> 01:24:43,211 KNOW I WILL WANT TO RELIVE 2814 01:24:43,211 --> 01:24:44,212 TONIGHT IN A AM SURE WOMEN AS 2815 01:24:44,212 --> 01:24:44,512 WELL. 2816 01:24:44,512 --> 01:24:47,715 ONCE GAIN 360 VIDEO UP ON THE 2817 01:24:47,715 --> 01:24:49,818 NASA GODDARD YOUTUBE PAGE. 2818 01:24:49,818 --> 01:24:51,619 GO CHECK OUT AND PUT YOURSELF IN 2819 01:24:51,619 --> 01:24:53,521 THE ACTION OF WHERE IT MEANED. 2820 01:24:53,521 --> 01:24:55,523 TRULY MIND-BLOWING STUFF AND 2821 01:24:55,523 --> 01:24:56,925 CHECK OUT WITH THE TWITTER POLL 2822 01:24:56,925 --> 01:24:59,227 AND WE ARE ASKING YOU HOW MUCH 2823 01:24:59,227 --> 01:25:00,328 MATERIAL DO YOU THINK WE GOT 2824 01:25:00,328 --> 01:25:01,229 FROM ASTEROID BEN UNIVERSITY OF 2825 01:25:01,229 --> 01:25:02,130 ARIZONA SO REMEMBER WE ARE 2826 01:25:02,130 --> 01:25:04,132 LOOKING FOR 60-GRAMS BUT THAT 2827 01:25:04,132 --> 01:25:06,234 SAMPLE CAN HOLD TOMS TWO. 2828 01:25:06,234 --> 01:25:08,036 SO YOU GUYS ARE SAYING THAT LIKE 2829 01:25:08,036 --> 01:25:11,406 A CANDY BAR SIZE SAMPLE. 2830 01:25:11,406 --> 01:25:12,807 LET'S HOPE WE HAVE THAT CONTAIN 2831 01:25:12,807 --> 01:25:13,908 ATTORNEY THE MASK AND BRING ALL 2832 01:25:13,908 --> 01:25:15,343 THE SAMPLE BACK HOME. 2833 01:25:15,343 --> 01:25:17,145 ANY SAMPLE WE GET BACK IS TRULY 2834 01:25:17,145 --> 01:25:18,746 MAGICAL AND WILL HELP US LEARN 2835 01:25:18,746 --> 01:25:20,248 MORE ABOUT THIS SOLAR SYSTEM AND 2836 01:25:20,248 --> 01:25:21,349 ORIGINS HERE. 2837 01:25:21,349 --> 01:25:24,152 SO KEEP AT US ON THE HASHTAG TO 2838 01:25:24,152 --> 01:25:27,355 BENNU BACK AND WITH WE LOOK TO 2839 01:25:27,355 --> 01:25:28,957 BRING THE SAMPLE BACKING FROM 2840 01:25:28,957 --> 01:25:31,759 BENNU HERE TO EARTH IN 2023 SO 2841 01:25:31,759 --> 01:25:33,061 BACK TO YOU. 2842 01:25:33,061 --> 01:25:35,163 >> THIS IS ONE OF THE EVENING 2843 01:25:35,163 --> 01:25:36,164 WRITS IS A PRIVILEGE AND 2844 01:25:36,164 --> 01:25:37,966 PLEASURE TO WOB KING FOR AS? 2845 01:25:37,966 --> 01:25:40,768 AND THE IDEA OF SCIENTIFIC EX 2846 01:25:40,768 --> 01:25:41,870 PLOR RACIAL SO WHAT WE HAVE 2847 01:25:41,870 --> 01:25:43,872 BEENING DOING IS SEEING THE JI 2848 01:25:43,872 --> 01:25:44,772 AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON 2849 01:25:44,772 --> 01:25:46,374 THIS FOR DECADE BUS YOU HAVE TO 2850 01:25:46,374 --> 01:25:47,876 REMEMBER THIS A REAL REASON 2851 01:25:47,876 --> 01:25:49,878 WE'RE LOO GOINGK TO LOOK. 2852 01:25:49,878 --> 01:25:51,679 WE THINK WE MAY BE COME BACK A 2853 01:25:51,679 --> 01:25:53,381 BABY PICTURE OF WHAT THE SOLAR 2854 01:25:53,381 --> 01:25:55,884 SYSTEM WAS LIKE WHAN ART CHEM I 2855 01:25:55,884 --> 01:25:57,385 INDUSTRY WAS LIKE BILLIONS OF 2856 01:25:57,385 --> 01:25:59,687 YEARS AGO AND LOOKING FROM THE 2857 01:25:59,687 --> 01:26:01,189 OWN ORIGINS THROUGHOUT WHY WE 2858 01:26:01,189 --> 01:26:04,592 HAVE GO GONE SO FOR BRING BENNU 2859 01:26:04,592 --> 01:26:05,293 BACK. 2860 01:26:05,293 --> 01:26:06,594 THAT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE 2861 01:26:06,594 --> 01:26:07,095 EVENING. 2862 01:26:07,095 --> 01:26:08,396 THE ADRENALINE SLOWLY GOING 2863 01:26:08,396 --> 01:26:09,797 DOESN'T AND GOING TO BE A LOT OF 2864 01:26:09,797 --> 01:26:11,266 CELEBRATION AND IT A LOFT WORK 2865 01:26:11,266 --> 01:26:12,967 IN THE COMING HOURS. 2866 01:26:12,967 --> 01:26:15,503 SO FROM LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE IN 2867 01:26:15,503 --> 01:26:18,406 LITTLETON, COLORADO, I AM 2868 01:26:18,406 --> 01:26:21,042 DR.MICHELLE FOWLER, GOOD NIGHT.