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>> Hello, everyone.

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I'm from the Office of

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COMMUNICATION.

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I am here at lockheed martin.

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Yesterday  OSIRIS-REx successfully

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made contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu.

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contact with the surface of asteroid Bennu.

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For delivery to earth in 2023.

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To share some remarks with us

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and tell us what happened

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yesterday and what is coming up

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for the mission we have with us

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today Jim bridenstine, NASA

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administrator, NASA HEADQUARTERS

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whoingly join us by phone.

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ASSOCIATE administrator who will

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join us by phone.

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OSIRIS-REx principal

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investigator university of

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Arizona.

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And sandy friend, MISSION

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operations manager.

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We'll start with the

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administrator bridenstine

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joining us from his phone.

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Administrator bridenstine, we

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turn it over to you.

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>> Well, thank you.

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It's an amazing day.

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I just saw the first images of

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OSIRIS-REx touching down and

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it was every bit as beautiful as

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I thought it would be.

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What an amazing accomplishment

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by amazing people at this time.

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We think about the challenges

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ever getting OSIRIS-REx PW-LGT

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and lunched.

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IT is a project NASA and the

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university of Arizona and

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LOCKHEED martin have been

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collaborating on since 2011.

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Here we are with this really

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stunning achievement.

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This team broke the record for

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being able to orbit the smallest

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object, closer than any object

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has been orbited before.

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When we got there we learned so

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much about how rough the train

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was, which was not anticipated.

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How small of a landing area we

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actually AND ultMATEly being

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able to use this precision

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navigation CAPABILITY that way

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out performed what anybody

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believed what could be done.

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I know the people who built it

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believed in it 100%.

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It was an amazing day yesterday.

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When you watch it land on

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a parking spot.

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The area was about the size of

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two parking spaces side by side

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and landed just as it should

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have.

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We didn't get five OR 10 seconds

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on the surface, we got 15

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We'll be learning more about how

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much sample and things like

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It went as well as it could have

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Id it yesterday and I will say

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I wanted to make sure I

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congratulated the teams and you

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guys all made not just the

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United States of America proud

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but humanity proud to go way out

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into deep space and characterize

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this ASTEROID.

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There is so much more to do.

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I want to be clear, there is

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a lot left to do.

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We have to bring the sample

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home.

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But at the same time this in

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itself, the touch down, the

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sample collection, was an

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Aamazing achievement and I want

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to congratulate the team.

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With that I'll turn it back

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over.

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>> Thank you, sir.

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Thank you, administrator.

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Yesterday our team did an

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amazing thing.

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A true first for NASA.

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The mission has been going since

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2011 and OSIRIS-REx

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successfully touched the surface

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to collect a sample.

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Everything went like it should

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and like we hoped yesterday.

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The technology performed

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flawlessly and commands our team

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sent, the signal from the earth

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to OSIRIS-REx in 18-plus

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minutes and it had to be

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pre-loaded and ready on its own.

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I remember thinking if only the

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speed of light was a lot faster.

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It isn't, of course.

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The spacecraft slowly approached

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the surface and getting more

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It's a risk going down,

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decreasing as we got more and

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more information and approaching

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that target with an accuracy

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unprecedented.

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We'll hear about this.

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The swirl of material.

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Evaluating the surrounding the

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spacecraft backs away.

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and analyze and is likely to be

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a sample.

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safe and I look forward to

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hearing the details HERE.

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This is all the beginning the

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We are nowhere near the end.

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I thought of the analogy of

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fishing.

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The line tied and sinker dropped

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and now we have to bring it in

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after we caught the fish and

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bring it home.

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It was an honor and joy to be

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yesterday and the leadership

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team at LOCKHEED and determined

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the spacecraft has done what it

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was designed for what touched

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the surface and powered the

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collection mechanism and is on

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its safe way back from

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a hasarrous environment T-PLT is

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a great feeling being with

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people, one of thousands of over

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many years to achieve.

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From my e-mails and text streams

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and social media scientists

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within the United States and

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Around the world are ecstatic.

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The DISCOVERIES we will make

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about our SOLAR system and

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planets from the material around

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at the type of its formation

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The questions we have could see

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life on earth as another

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tantalizing avenue we want to

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pursue and more.

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chance to pursue these questions

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and others from the pristine

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samples coming back to earth and

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countless discoveries and

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I want to commend you and the

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entire team at the university of

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again to our partners the

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partners and I look forward to

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hear about the details of how we

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mission and what is next,

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I look forward to him releasing

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what will be an ICONic image of

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the power and excitement of

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exploration, one that inspires

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support and encouragement.

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appreciated administrator bride

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tine's CONGRATULATIONS to the

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team and it uplifted us ask we

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appreciated you joining.

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I dreamed of a wonder world of

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particles floating all around

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arm and the high purity nitrogen

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making CONtact with a relatively

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at 10:30 to the upper left, YOU

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CAN SEE motion.

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It looks like we are pushing and

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EXERTing a force throughout the

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soil on the ASTEROID surface.

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Good news for our POTENTIAL for

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successful sample collection.

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I want to point out another feet

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that you are didn't get a lot of

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attention yesterday.

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We talks body the gas

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stimulation and driving into

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this bulk filter.

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As you can see there is a whole

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series of circular disks on the

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flight hardware what is mounted

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in here are CONtact pads

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literally made out of stains

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steel velcro to pick up material

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in the order of a millimeter

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size or smaller.

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When the head is making CONtact

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with the surface and crushing

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what appears to be a very soft,

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appliable material is good news

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not only for the bulk sample

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collection because when the head

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penetrates and we are estimating

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about 2-centimeters of

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penetration at least during this

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event, a lot of material is

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forced into the sample

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collector.

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By crushing you will drive a lot

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of material into the CONtact

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pads.

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From analysis of the images we

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have so far is the sampling

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ehaven't went really well and I

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think the chances that there is

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material in the head have gone

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way up based on the analysis of

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the images.

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One more sequence now after the

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event when the gas bottle is

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fired.

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You can see particle, flying all

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over the place.

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We really did kind of make

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a mess on the surface of the

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ASTEROID but it's a good mess.

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It's the kind of mess we were

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hoping for.

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We have additional CONfidence we

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pushed material up into the

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sampler head.

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Just a little bit of the time

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line here, we make CONtact about

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one SECOND went by, the gas

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bottle fire, the gas was blown

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down for about five seconds,

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WHICH is as much time as we were

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hoping to get to collect the

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material.

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The system seems to have

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performed nominally.

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The surface behaved very well.

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And everything that we can see

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from the initial images

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indicates sampling success: We

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have work to do and will go

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through the entire procedure

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and.

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I am pretty excited about all of

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this.

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This is great news.

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And I will turn it over to rich

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to talk about the spacecraft

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performance from here.

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>> Thank you very much.

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We are happy to be sharing this

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information WITH YOU. I will try

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to set CONtext for the movie

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dante showed you in the last

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stages AND/ORienting you with

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what nightingale looked like.

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Let's start with the animation.

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This is the final descent stages

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and the same image, this is an

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animation, of course.

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We'll transfer to a perspective

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near the surface so you can see

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how rugged the terrain is here.

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At CONtact you will see the

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sample collection head made

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CONtact with the surface.

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And the nitrogen bottle is fired

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and more is disturbed.

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The cut away of the sample

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collection head shows the air

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flow of the nitrogen and the

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back away maneuver from the

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surface.

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That completes; that maneuver

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completed, the sequence we are

394
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safely away from the surface

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now.

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I will turn to the orien TAEUGSZ

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of the sample collection site

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nightingale.

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We'll show a graphic to describe

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that.

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On the upper right is an image

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from the reconnaissance c.

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The resolution is 4-millimeters

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per pixel.

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The YELLOW circle in that image

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is the dimension of the sample

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collection head, the sense of

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the rocks and material under the

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collection head at the time of

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CONtact.

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The bottom right is the snapshot

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of the sample head before

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CONtact.

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On the left hand side of the

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graphic citizen nightingale --

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graphic is the nightingale site

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and it is the estimated point of

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CONtact which is less than

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a meter away from the center of

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the site.

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I will emphasize that because we

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are over 320 million-kilometers

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away from earth at this pointer.

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We touch this ASTEROID within

425
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a meter of where we intended to.

426
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That's EXTRAORDINARY AND a real

427
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credit to our team, navigators,

428
00:16:55,214 --> 00:16:56,815
the folks here at LOCKHEED and

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the science team who all had to

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come together to enable that to

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happen to allow the navigation

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system to work as administrator

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bridenstine said, out performing

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our requirements.

435
00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:12,364
Our initial requirements were to

436
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land within 25 meters of

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a specified site.

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We landed within a meter.

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Incredible there.

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And also the rugged terrain you

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saw from the perspective near

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the surface of the site want

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EXTROERDinary rugged terrain.

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The satchel site nightingale is

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actually one of the smoother

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area, but quite small comparED

447
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TO the 25-meter requirement.

448
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We'll talk a little about where

449
00:17:38,857 --> 00:17:41,193
the spacecraft is presently.

450
00:17:41,193 --> 00:17:43,629
We'll start with AN ANmation

451
00:17:43,629 --> 00:17:45,664
with a back away maneuver, the

452
00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:49,902
thrusters firing.

453
00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:52,171
You see the spacecraft going

454
00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:54,706
away quickly and out of orbit.

455
00:17:54,706 --> 00:17:57,643
This graphic shows the orbit we

456
00:17:57,643 --> 00:18:01,346
left from and then a hyperbolic

457
00:18:01,346 --> 00:18:04,149
trajectory safely drifting away.

458
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We will arrest that, drift away

459
00:18:07,052 --> 00:18:10,222
on Friday at about 80-kilometers

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00:18:10,222 --> 00:18:11,757
distance.

461
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All the mess that dante

462
00:18:14,860 --> 00:18:16,428
described that we made we are

463
00:18:16,428 --> 00:18:18,797
safely away from that debris

464
00:18:18,797 --> 00:18:20,766
field at the present moment.

465
00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:22,401
I will turn it over to sandy

466
00:18:22,401 --> 00:18:24,670
friend from LOCKHEED.

467
00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:25,571
>> Thank you, rich.

468
00:18:25,571 --> 00:18:27,039
I will talk about the spacecraft

469
00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:29,174
performance yesterday and what

470
00:18:29,174 --> 00:18:30,075
is coming up.

471
00:18:30,075 --> 00:18:33,579
So the spacecraft performance is

472
00:18:33,579 --> 00:18:37,883
performance is phenomenal.

473
00:18:37,883 --> 00:18:39,384
Feature tracking, matching all

474
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the features as it slowly

475
00:18:41,820 --> 00:18:42,888
descended.

476
00:18:42,888 --> 00:18:44,590
You heard and have seen we made

477
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CONtact and fired the gas bottle

478
00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:47,793
as planned and hope to have

479
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a lot CAPTURed in there before

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we backed away.

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We started down linking our tag

482
00:18:53,532 --> 00:18:54,366
data yesterday.

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We were fortunate to maintain

484
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COMMUNICATION throughout the

485
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CONtact and our 40 bit

486
00:19:01,373 --> 00:19:02,808
teleemetry.

487
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We went to a higher data rate

488
00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:06,178
and get data including the

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phenomenal set of images dante

490
00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:10,549
just showed.

491
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All the sub systems are

492
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reporting nominal performance.

493
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We did see a number of

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additional bright objectses in

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our star tracker.

496
00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:23,328
Not unexpected coming off what

497
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we saw the surface and it has

498
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cleared.

499
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We have a series of spacecraft

500
00:19:27,633 --> 00:19:29,801
activities coming up that will

501
00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:32,137
inform us how much sample we

502
00:19:32,137 --> 00:19:33,405
have collected and give us

503
00:19:33,405 --> 00:19:36,108
insight into the spacecraft sub

504
00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:36,775
systems.

505
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The 50 event is tomorrow.

506
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-- first event is tomorrow.

507
00:19:40,312 --> 00:19:42,814
We have AN ANmation event of

508
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what it looks like.

509
00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:46,118
We are able to arcticulate the

510
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arm and head over the Sam cam

511
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that will take a series of

512
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images.

513
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We are hoping to see lots of

514
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sample entrained in the sampler

515
00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:55,360
head.

516
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We will be able to see everyday

517
00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:59,565
of sample on the CONtact padS.

518
00:19:59,565 --> 00:20:02,234
Any dust that may be on the arm

519
00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:03,769
or the sampler head.

520
00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,070
That will be the first activity

521
00:20:05,070 --> 00:20:06,738
to help us determine just how

522
00:20:06,738 --> 00:20:09,208
much sample we have collected.

523
00:20:09,208 --> 00:20:11,076
Then our second activity is the

524
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sample mass measurement.

525
00:20:12,678 --> 00:20:14,546
We have a second animation

526
00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:15,280
showing that.

527
00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,382
We'll extend the arm and spin

528
00:20:17,382 --> 00:20:18,650
the spacecraft.

529
00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:20,018
Now we have done this activity

530
00:20:20,018 --> 00:20:20,819
before.

531
00:20:20,819 --> 00:20:22,754
We have a pre-tag, this will be

532
00:20:22,754 --> 00:20:23,956
our post tag.

533
00:20:23,956 --> 00:20:28,360
That wye -- way we can determine

534
00:20:28,360 --> 00:20:38,604
the inertiaia.

535
00:20:38,604 --> 00:20:40,939
We will check out redundant

536
00:20:40,939 --> 00:20:46,078
components.

537
00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:47,546
We will turn it back over to

538
00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:48,614
Nancy.

539
00:20:48,614 --> 00:20:50,215
>> Thank you.

540
00:20:50,215 --> 00:20:51,450
We are ready to take questions

541
00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:53,752
from the media by phone.

542
00:20:53,752 --> 00:20:55,554
Operator please patch THROUGH

543
00:20:55,554 --> 00:20:57,122
our first question.

544
00:20:57,122 --> 00:21:01,426
The first question comes from

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00:21:01,426 --> 00:21:04,563
ASSOCIATed press.

546
00:21:04,563 --> 00:21:08,066
Your line is open.

547
00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:09,668
>> CONGRATULATIONS.

548
00:21:09,668 --> 00:21:13,305
I heard Mr. Bridenstine say it

549
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is 15 seconds that is longer

550
00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,709
than anticipated.

551
00:21:17,709 --> 00:21:19,478
I guess that's a good thing,

552
00:21:19,478 --> 00:21:21,713
right had when do you think

553
00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:24,082
might be the soonest that we can

554
00:21:24,082 --> 00:21:26,451
declare success and have at

555
00:21:26,451 --> 00:21:28,453
least a pretty good hunch that

556
00:21:28,453 --> 00:21:29,788
we have what you were going

557
00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:30,289
after?

558
00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:32,124
Thank you.

559
00:21:32,124 --> 00:21:32,924
>> Great question.

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I will tell you the 15 seconds I

561
00:21:35,927 --> 00:21:39,131
got in open media reports, so

562
00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:41,867
I'll let the experts tell us

563
00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:45,604
exactly what they know.

564
00:21:45,604 --> 00:21:47,706
Dante if you would like to take

565
00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:48,106
that.

566
00:21:48,106 --> 00:21:49,608
>> I will let sandy take that

567
00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:52,611
and she is the expert.

568
00:21:52,611 --> 00:21:55,447
>> The preliminary analysis

569
00:21:55,447 --> 00:21:56,782
shows we were in CONtact with

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the surface for about six

571
00:21:58,817 --> 00:21:59,618
seconds.

572
00:21:59,618 --> 00:22:01,420
Our COLLECTION time about five

573
00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:03,255
seconds it takes just about

574
00:22:03,255 --> 00:22:05,824
a second after we make CONtact

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00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:07,359
before the gas bottle is fired

576
00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,529
at one second difference.

577
00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:13,332
>> I read an article it said 15.

578
00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:15,300
I guess I was wrong.

579
00:22:15,300 --> 00:22:17,169
I apologize.

580
00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:19,604
>> That's quite all right.

581
00:22:19,604 --> 00:22:21,406
When do you think the soonest

582
00:22:21,406 --> 00:22:23,175
might be that you will have if

583
00:22:23,175 --> 00:22:24,910
not an exact measurement,

584
00:22:24,910 --> 00:22:29,114
a pretty good idea that you can,

585
00:22:29,114 --> 00:22:33,985
the pressure might be down?

586
00:22:33,985 --> 00:22:36,722
>> We -- go Ahead.

587
00:22:36,722 --> 00:22:38,123
>> I was GOING TO say I'll

588
00:22:38,123 --> 00:22:40,859
defer.

589
00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:42,828
>> We are continuing to analyze

590
00:22:42,828 --> 00:22:46,598
all the ENGINEERing data to

591
00:22:46,598 --> 00:22:48,567
better core late the data sets

592
00:22:48,567 --> 00:22:51,002
together and get a better time

593
00:22:51,002 --> 00:22:52,604
line of everything that happened

594
00:22:52,604 --> 00:22:54,239
and how fast the BOTTLE pressure

595
00:22:54,239 --> 00:22:55,240
went down and everything is

596
00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,075
being looked at closely here as

597
00:22:57,075 --> 00:22:59,611
we look to analyze the sample we

598
00:22:59,611 --> 00:23:00,679
have collected and hoping to

599
00:23:00,679 --> 00:23:02,547
have good solid time lines in

600
00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:04,049
the next few dayS.

601
00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:05,183
>> I continuing is planned for

602
00:23:05,183 --> 00:23:05,817
Saturday.

603
00:23:05,817 --> 00:23:10,689
-- I think it is planned for

604
00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:11,289
Saturday.

605
00:23:11,289 --> 00:23:13,725
The team needs time to analyze

606
00:23:13,725 --> 00:23:14,192
that.

607
00:23:14,192 --> 00:23:15,894
When do we expect the final

608
00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:17,429
report on that VALUE?

609
00:23:17,429 --> 00:23:19,531
>> We are expecting a final

610
00:23:19,531 --> 00:23:22,067
sample report on Monday.

611
00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:23,835
>> Thank you.

612
00:23:23,835 --> 00:23:25,203
>> Operator, ready for the next

613
00:23:25,203 --> 00:23:27,472
question.

614
00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:31,610
>> Thank you.

615
00:23:31,610 --> 00:23:34,246
The line is open.

616
00:23:34,246 --> 00:23:35,647
>> Hello.

617
00:23:35,647 --> 00:23:37,416
Thank you so much for the update

618
00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:40,218
here and CONGRATULATIONS it

619
00:23:40,218 --> 00:23:42,854
appears so far on the sampling.

620
00:23:42,854 --> 00:23:44,723
My question is for dante.

621
00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:46,224
I am just curious it's been

622
00:23:46,224 --> 00:23:49,227
a long road reaching with

623
00:23:49,227 --> 00:23:53,265
OSIRIS-REx and a very

624
00:23:53,265 --> 00:23:54,733
unexpected circumstances to try

625
00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:57,102
to collect samples of the

626
00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,937
ASTEROID last night.

627
00:23:58,937 --> 00:24:00,839
I'm wondering kind of what you

628
00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:04,643
and the team are feeling or were

629
00:24:04,643 --> 00:24:06,611
feeling when you saw the images

630
00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:08,847
come down after, you know,

631
00:24:08,847 --> 00:24:11,483
making lots of precautions for

632
00:24:11,483 --> 00:24:14,186
the ON-GOING pandemic and every

633
00:24:14,186 --> 00:24:16,021
other challenge we are facing

634
00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:16,922
right now.

635
00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:19,224
I am just curious what that is

636
00:24:19,224 --> 00:24:22,427
like when you saw the imageS.

637
00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:23,962
>> That's a great question.

638
00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:27,999
We stayed here fairly late last

639
00:24:27,999 --> 00:24:28,767
night.

640
00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:31,136
I stuck around to get to the

641
00:24:31,136 --> 00:24:32,704
point where we made the high

642
00:24:32,704 --> 00:24:35,106
gain antenna CONtact and got the

643
00:24:35,106 --> 00:24:37,175
initial teleem tree back down

644
00:24:37,175 --> 00:24:40,545
and had a status meeting at 9:00

645
00:24:40,545 --> 00:24:41,913
local Denver time.

646
00:24:41,913 --> 00:24:44,015
I got to my apartment in Denver

647
00:24:44,015 --> 00:24:47,052
around 11:00 last night and I

648
00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:48,620
couldn't sleep, as you can

649
00:24:48,620 --> 00:24:50,589
imagine, I knew we were anding

650
00:24:50,589 --> 00:24:52,557
the image around 2:00 a.m.

651
00:24:52,557 --> 00:24:54,125
I got on to the chat.

652
00:24:54,125 --> 00:24:56,928
We have a chat feature with our

653
00:24:56,928 --> 00:25:00,265
science team and the images are

654
00:25:00,265 --> 00:25:01,967
processed through the center in

655
00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:03,301
tucson, Arizona.

656
00:25:03,301 --> 00:25:06,738
Our imaging scientists were busy

657
00:25:06,738 --> 00:25:09,307
downloads and analyzing the

658
00:25:09,307 --> 00:25:11,910
images and the science team was

659
00:25:11,910 --> 00:25:13,478
analyzing them in real time

660
00:25:13,478 --> 00:25:15,580
through the chat feet and you

661
00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:18,283
are locking at various aspects

662
00:25:18,283 --> 00:25:19,851
in timing and sequence.

663
00:25:19,851 --> 00:25:22,621
The chat was filled with emojis

664
00:25:22,621 --> 00:25:25,223
and wows and all kinds of

665
00:25:25,223 --> 00:25:27,626
celebratory remarkses.

666
00:25:27,626 --> 00:25:29,661
Science NEVER sleeps in these

667
00:25:29,661 --> 00:25:30,662
CONditions.

668
00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:33,231
We started assessing how far the

669
00:25:33,231 --> 00:25:35,100
head penetrated into the

670
00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:35,700
surface.

671
00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:37,636
The mood overall was SKWRAOUB

672
00:25:37,636 --> 00:25:39,604
HRAPT because everything look --

673
00:25:39,604 --> 00:25:43,308
was jubilant and can say the

674
00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:44,643
best piece of information was

675
00:25:44,643 --> 00:25:50,181
the head looks like it pushed

676
00:25:50,181 --> 00:25:51,850
down into the surface with all

677
00:25:51,850 --> 00:25:55,320
the testing the team did to test

678
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,556
head performance some of the

679
00:25:57,556 --> 00:25:59,758
best results are when they get

680
00:25:59,758 --> 00:26:02,127
under the surface just a bit and

681
00:26:02,127 --> 00:26:04,596
is able to fire the nitrogen

682
00:26:04,596 --> 00:26:05,964
gases.

683
00:26:05,964 --> 00:26:08,199
I know we will hear at another

684
00:26:08,199 --> 00:26:12,370
event from our scientists and

685
00:26:12,370 --> 00:26:13,838
you can look forward to that.

686
00:26:13,838 --> 00:26:16,007
I know he is literally over the

687
00:26:16,007 --> 00:26:17,842
ASTEROID at this point with

688
00:26:17,842 --> 00:26:20,412
excitement about how his device

689
00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:23,048
has performed and that SPREAD

690
00:26:23,048 --> 00:26:25,350
throughout the entire science

691
00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:25,917
team.

692
00:26:25,917 --> 00:26:28,420
I look forward TO BE able to

693
00:26:28,420 --> 00:26:29,888
sleep tonight knowing we had

694
00:26:29,888 --> 00:26:33,525
a job really well done.

695
00:26:33,525 --> 00:26:36,161
>> Operator, your next question.

696
00:26:36,161 --> 00:26:37,596
>> Thank you.

697
00:26:37,596 --> 00:26:40,465
Steven Clark.

698
00:26:40,465 --> 00:26:44,502
Your line is open.

699
00:26:44,502 --> 00:26:45,837
>> CONGRATULATIONS on the

700
00:26:45,837 --> 00:26:47,806
success.

701
00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:50,642
My question is for dante.

702
00:26:50,642 --> 00:26:52,510
Are you at any point in the next

703
00:26:52,510 --> 00:26:57,916
few days or weeks expecting to

704
00:26:57,916 --> 00:27:00,418
get an image of the satchel you

705
00:27:00,418 --> 00:27:03,021
collected -- sample you

706
00:27:03,021 --> 00:27:06,324
collected in and if you have any

707
00:27:06,324 --> 00:27:09,327
estimate on the mass estimate

708
00:27:09,327 --> 00:27:11,029
this weekend, thank you.

709
00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:12,964
>> Thank you, Steven.

710
00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:13,665
Absolutely.

711
00:27:13,665 --> 00:27:15,333
I think the next major plight

712
00:27:15,333 --> 00:27:17,602
activity for the spacecraft is

713
00:27:17,602 --> 00:27:21,506
using the Sam cam to image the

714
00:27:21,506 --> 00:27:22,574
head.

715
00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:24,876
Sandy showed an animation of

716
00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:27,512
what that sequence looks like am

717
00:27:27,512 --> 00:27:28,780
we'll be able to look at the

718
00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:30,615
baseplate and CONtact pads.

719
00:27:30,615 --> 00:27:32,550
Based on what I have seen so far

720
00:27:32,550 --> 00:27:34,619
with the ASTEROID surface

721
00:27:34,619 --> 00:27:39,024
crushing under the Sam head I

722
00:27:39,024 --> 00:27:41,693
expect to see it coasted in

723
00:27:41,693 --> 00:27:45,864
black regolithe.

724
00:27:45,864 --> 00:27:47,766
We hope to be able to see inside

725
00:27:47,766 --> 00:27:49,701
the Sam head.

726
00:27:49,701 --> 00:27:52,537
It may be so full no light is

727
00:27:52,537 --> 00:27:54,305
able to penetrate.

728
00:27:54,305 --> 00:27:56,041
I will take that as a win.

729
00:27:56,041 --> 00:27:57,742
But it does require just the

730
00:27:57,742 --> 00:27:59,678
right lighting CONditions for us

731
00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:02,914
to see inside the tag Sam head

732
00:28:02,914 --> 00:28:04,683
and we don't require that to

733
00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:05,350
take place.

734
00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:07,252
The images will be acquired

735
00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:07,752
tomorrow.

736
00:28:07,752 --> 00:28:09,688
Down linked over the next day or

737
00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:11,623
so and obviously we'll be

738
00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:14,793
analyzing those intently.

739
00:28:14,793 --> 00:28:17,362
Remind me of the second part of

740
00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:18,296
your question.

741
00:28:18,296 --> 00:28:20,665
>> Just how precise is this

742
00:28:20,665 --> 00:28:28,440
moment ofi neRTia.

743
00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,141
>> The mission requirement is to

744
00:28:30,141 --> 00:28:32,644
bring back 60 grams of

745
00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:33,712
regolithe.

746
00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:35,313
We have done a lot of work with

747
00:28:35,313 --> 00:28:36,981
this team to determine what the

748
00:28:36,981 --> 00:28:38,516
precision on that measurement

749
00:28:38,516 --> 00:28:39,017
is.

750
00:28:39,017 --> 00:28:41,720
We rehearsed it during the

751
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:43,121
checkpoint and math point

752
00:28:43,121 --> 00:28:43,888
rehearsal.

753
00:28:43,888 --> 00:28:45,990
We are carrying a three sigma

754
00:28:45,990 --> 00:28:48,893
uncertaintiy of about 20 grams

755
00:28:48,893 --> 00:28:50,528
on that measurement.

756
00:28:50,528 --> 00:28:52,764
We have worked through this with

757
00:28:52,764 --> 00:28:56,701
our stake holders at NASA

758
00:28:56,701 --> 00:28:58,603
HEADQUARTERs and 80 grams is the

759
00:28:58,603 --> 00:28:59,537
magic number.

760
00:28:59,537 --> 00:29:01,773
If we see 80 grams or higher we

761
00:29:01,773 --> 00:29:03,842
have a 90% CONfidence of having

762
00:29:03,842 --> 00:29:06,010
collected 60 grams of rego

763
00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:06,611
lithe.

764
00:29:06,611 --> 00:29:11,516
It's a key number I am LOOKING

765
00:29:11,516 --> 00:29:12,383
for.

766
00:29:12,383 --> 00:29:13,351
Below that we have

767
00:29:13,351 --> 00:29:15,887
a conversation with the team to

768
00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:18,056
decide what we think the best

769
00:29:18,056 --> 00:29:19,524
path forward is.

770
00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:21,893
20-gram, three sigma is the

771
00:29:21,893 --> 00:29:23,094
number we have agreed to with

772
00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:25,230
the agency.

773
00:29:25,230 --> 00:29:25,797
>> Thank you.

774
00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:30,769
Operator, next question?

775
00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:35,473
>> Craig Smith.

776
00:29:35,473 --> 00:29:38,243
Your line is open.

777
00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:39,310
>> Thank you.

778
00:29:39,310 --> 00:29:41,713
Question for dante.

779
00:29:41,713 --> 00:29:45,583
How is the -- how is it decided

780
00:29:45,583 --> 00:29:47,318
which organizations get which

781
00:29:47,318 --> 00:29:48,853
share of the collected material?

782
00:29:48,853 --> 00:29:52,857
What share do you expect to

783
00:29:52,857 --> 00:29:54,292
Arizona get?

784
00:29:54,292 --> 00:29:56,628
Please give us an idea of the

785
00:29:56,628 --> 00:30:00,465
researchers who are lined up to

786
00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:02,300
get a look at that material.

787
00:30:02,300 --> 00:30:03,001
>> Thank you.

788
00:30:03,001 --> 00:30:04,536
Great to hear from you.

789
00:30:04,536 --> 00:30:06,805
The sample belongs to NASA and

790
00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:07,705
really to the American

791
00:30:07,705 --> 00:30:09,541
taxpayers.

792
00:30:09,541 --> 00:30:13,444
So the only transfer of sample

793
00:30:13,444 --> 00:30:15,513
authorized is the 4% GOES TO the

794
00:30:15,513 --> 00:30:18,449
canadian Space Agency by mass.

795
00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:21,085
And half a percent GOES TO the

796
00:30:21,085 --> 00:30:24,122
Japanese Space Agency to

797
00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:25,690
reciprocate for their

798
00:30:25,690 --> 00:30:27,492
contributions to the success of

799
00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:28,293
the mission.

800
00:30:28,293 --> 00:30:30,228
The science team I lead will be

801
00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:32,997
allocated 25% of the return mass

802
00:30:32,997 --> 00:30:37,335
and also 25% of the CONtact pads

803
00:30:37,335 --> 00:30:39,838
for our SCIENTIFIC analysis.

804
00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:42,207
It still BELONGs to the agency

805
00:30:42,207 --> 00:30:44,242
and under the control of NASA.

806
00:30:44,242 --> 00:30:46,177
It's allocateED TO me and the

807
00:30:46,177 --> 00:30:48,046
science team through a loan

808
00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:49,414
agreement.

809
00:30:49,414 --> 00:30:51,583
All that aside, we are basically

810
00:30:51,583 --> 00:30:53,852
planning right now on analyzing

811
00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:56,221
25% of the return mass.

812
00:30:56,221 --> 00:30:58,623
And a lot of my activity lately

813
00:30:58,623 --> 00:31:00,225
has been writing my sample

814
00:31:00,225 --> 00:31:01,559
analysis plan.

815
00:31:01,559 --> 00:31:02,861
This has been really exciting to

816
00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:04,329
get to the stage of the program

817
00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:06,197
where we can lay out in detail

818
00:31:06,197 --> 00:31:08,132
the different analysts that will

819
00:31:08,132 --> 00:31:10,702
be LOOKING at the material.

820
00:31:10,702 --> 00:31:11,603
The university of Arizona will

821
00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:14,205
be a central organization in the

822
00:31:14,205 --> 00:31:16,207
analysis of the return material.

823
00:31:16,207 --> 00:31:18,543
We have new LABORATORY WAOES

824
00:31:18,543 --> 00:31:20,378
have installed, a new instrument

825
00:31:20,378 --> 00:31:22,881
being developed right now that

826
00:31:22,881 --> 00:31:27,151
we are LOOKING forward to

827
00:31:27,151 --> 00:31:28,887
analyzing the material with.

828
00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:30,054
It spans the globe.

829
00:31:30,054 --> 00:31:31,289
We have key organizationses in

830
00:31:31,289 --> 00:31:34,726
the United States like goddard,

831
00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:36,928
johnson space center that will

832
00:31:36,928 --> 00:31:38,696
play central roles and team

833
00:31:38,696 --> 00:31:40,431
members in Canada, Japan and

834
00:31:40,431 --> 00:31:42,200
AUSTRALIA, throughout Europe

835
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:43,768
that are going to be involved in

836
00:31:43,768 --> 00:31:44,903
the program as well.

837
00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:46,404
And we'll be able to talk about

838
00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:48,039
that and roll that plan out over

839
00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:50,174
the next year or so as we

840
00:31:50,174 --> 00:31:52,243
finalize the details on that.

841
00:31:52,243 --> 00:31:54,279
I can tell you based on what I

842
00:31:54,279 --> 00:31:56,080
have seen today, we are looking

843
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,715
at hopefully a lot of material

844
00:31:57,715 --> 00:31:59,484
and a lot of great science

845
00:31:59,484 --> 00:32:00,885
coming out of the sample phase

846
00:32:00,885 --> 00:32:03,154
of OSIRIS-REx.

847
00:32:03,154 --> 00:32:03,588
>> Great.

848
00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:05,790
>> Thank you, CONGRATULATIONS.

849
00:32:05,790 --> 00:32:06,624
>> Operator?

850
00:32:06,624 --> 00:32:11,863
Next question.

851
00:32:11,863 --> 00:32:16,000
>> Leo enright of IRISH TV your

852
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:16,968
line open.

853
00:32:16,968 --> 00:32:17,869
>> Thank you very much for DOING

854
00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:19,837
THIS and CONGRATULATIONS.

855
00:32:19,837 --> 00:32:21,372
A couple of questions.

856
00:32:21,372 --> 00:32:24,042
One for rich burns.

857
00:32:24,042 --> 00:32:27,578
You mentioned the possibility of

858
00:32:27,578 --> 00:32:30,148
maybe less of a sample than you

859
00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:31,015
had hoped.

860
00:32:31,015 --> 00:32:33,284
I realize this is unlikely, but

861
00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:35,053
if you found you had less of

862
00:32:35,053 --> 00:32:37,155
a sample than you expected, is

863
00:32:37,155 --> 00:32:38,856
there a plan b?

864
00:32:38,856 --> 00:32:42,293
Can you go back or is that it?

865
00:32:42,293 --> 00:32:47,832
And also for the doctor, can you

866
00:32:47,832 --> 00:32:49,300
talk about the rocks we saw.

867
00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:51,836
You mentioned the rocks seemed

868
00:32:51,836 --> 00:32:53,604
to fragment very easily.

869
00:32:53,604 --> 00:32:54,806
What can you say about the

870
00:32:54,806 --> 00:33:00,712
nature of these rocks?

871
00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:02,747
If I picked one up would I be

872
00:33:02,747 --> 00:33:04,515
able to crumble it in my

873
00:33:04,515 --> 00:33:05,516
fingers?

874
00:33:05,516 --> 00:33:06,584
>> Thank you very much for that

875
00:33:06,584 --> 00:33:06,985
question.

876
00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:08,586
It's a great one.

877
00:33:08,586 --> 00:33:10,588
If we for some reason decided

878
00:33:10,588 --> 00:33:14,025
not to stow this sample and

879
00:33:14,025 --> 00:33:15,693
determine the mass was not

880
00:33:15,693 --> 00:33:17,428
sufficient we wanted to go back

881
00:33:17,428 --> 00:33:19,197
we can in fact go back.

882
00:33:19,197 --> 00:33:21,833
We have three nitrogen bottles

883
00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:23,601
that allows us to touch the

884
00:33:23,601 --> 00:33:24,969
surface three times.

885
00:33:24,969 --> 00:33:27,038
We have disturbed as you saw in

886
00:33:27,038 --> 00:33:29,007
the animation, not the

887
00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:31,376
animation, but the images dante

888
00:33:31,376 --> 00:33:32,910
showed, we have disturbed the

889
00:33:32,910 --> 00:33:34,612
surface of nightingale in

890
00:33:34,612 --> 00:33:35,947
a radical way.

891
00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:37,715
We WON'T be going back to

892
00:33:37,715 --> 00:33:39,717
nightingale at least for our

893
00:33:39,717 --> 00:33:40,752
second attempt.

894
00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:42,720
We would go to our back up site

895
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:48,126
called OSPREY and we are ready

896
00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:50,361
to do that in the mid-January

897
00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:51,195
time frame.

898
00:33:51,195 --> 00:33:53,664
I will turn it over terror dante

899
00:33:53,664 --> 00:33:55,333
for the second part.

900
00:33:55,333 --> 00:33:56,734
>> THE rocks on the ASTEROID

901
00:33:56,734 --> 00:33:58,336
surface have turned out to be

902
00:33:58,336 --> 00:34:00,905
fascinating scientifically and

903
00:34:00,905 --> 00:34:03,141
the team has done an amazing job

904
00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:06,878
of processing the remote data.

905
00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:08,946
I can answer the question that

906
00:34:08,946 --> 00:34:11,182
first of all, the surface seems

907
00:34:11,182 --> 00:34:13,251
to be dodge nated by two --

908
00:34:13,251 --> 00:34:16,521
dominated by two distinct rock

909
00:34:16,521 --> 00:34:19,123
types a rock that we crushed

910
00:34:19,123 --> 00:34:22,093
under and from recent analysis

911
00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:24,328
using the thermal data how the

912
00:34:24,328 --> 00:34:26,397
rock heats up and cools off we

913
00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:29,100
inferred the rocks might be very

914
00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:31,302
weak compared to what we are

915
00:34:31,302 --> 00:34:32,870
used to dealing with here on

916
00:34:32,870 --> 00:34:33,171
earth.

917
00:34:33,171 --> 00:34:35,139
Most exciting for me as a sample

918
00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:37,208
SCIENTIST, very weak comparED TO

919
00:34:37,208 --> 00:34:39,110
the meterrites in our

920
00:34:39,110 --> 00:34:42,246
collections -- meteoriteses here

921
00:34:42,246 --> 00:34:42,847
on earth.

922
00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:45,983
Our meteorITISs are a BIASed

923
00:34:45,983 --> 00:34:47,985
sample the most sturdy and

924
00:34:47,985 --> 00:34:50,188
strong material that passes

925
00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:51,422
through the earth's ATMOSPHERE.

926
00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:54,425
It looks the like the material

927
00:34:54,425 --> 00:34:57,028
that dominates the surface might

928
00:34:57,028 --> 00:35:00,164
be much more fragile and

929
00:35:00,164 --> 00:35:00,998
appliable.

930
00:35:00,998 --> 00:35:03,134
I can tell you the science team

931
00:35:03,134 --> 00:35:04,869
is excited about the possibility

932
00:35:04,869 --> 00:35:06,737
of getting a direct strength

933
00:35:06,737 --> 00:35:08,039
measurement through detailed

934
00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:12,710
analysis of this detailed image

935
00:35:12,710 --> 00:35:14,412
analysises before and after

936
00:35:14,412 --> 00:35:15,146
CONtact.

937
00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:16,948
The SECOND kind of rock is

938
00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:17,748
brighter.

939
00:35:17,748 --> 00:35:19,383
It tends to be shot through with

940
00:35:19,383 --> 00:35:23,087
bright white veins or

941
00:35:23,087 --> 00:35:24,088
inclusions.

942
00:35:24,088 --> 00:35:25,523
This is a mineral people are

943
00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:27,024
familiar with that forms a kind

944
00:35:27,024 --> 00:35:29,127
of white crud around your

945
00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:31,195
faucets and sinks if you live in

946
00:35:31,195 --> 00:35:33,397
an area with hard water.

947
00:35:33,397 --> 00:35:35,466
The rocks seem to be stronger.

948
00:35:35,466 --> 00:35:36,868
Probably because of the material

949
00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:38,903
that has cemented them together.

950
00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:40,838
We do see maybe hint there is

951
00:35:40,838 --> 00:35:42,306
were some of the brighter

952
00:35:42,306 --> 00:35:44,475
material, smaller fragments

953
00:35:44,475 --> 00:35:47,478
under the tag Samhead and the

954
00:35:47,478 --> 00:35:50,348
team is going in for analysis to

955
00:35:50,348 --> 00:35:51,716
see if that the case.

956
00:35:51,716 --> 00:35:56,854
Mineralogically they are

957
00:35:56,854 --> 00:35:59,157
dominated by HYDRATed mineral,

958
00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:00,858
clays that have water contained

959
00:36:00,858 --> 00:36:02,693
in their crystal structure.

960
00:36:02,693 --> 00:36:03,961
That's very exciting

961
00:36:03,961 --> 00:36:05,329
scientifically.

962
00:36:05,329 --> 00:36:08,099
We have seen an iron oxid called

963
00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:13,004
magnetight and Abundand hydrogen

964
00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:14,438
bonded material which is what

965
00:36:14,438 --> 00:36:17,208
this mission is about bringing

966
00:36:17,208 --> 00:36:22,880
home carbonATE material we

967
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:24,382
talked about earlier.

968
00:36:24,382 --> 00:36:34,625
>> Next question?

969
00:36:34,625 --> 00:36:37,028
>> CONGRATULATIONS.

970
00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:38,029
Super exciting.

971
00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:42,266
I know that we are pleased and

972
00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:43,768
over the ASTEROID for all you

973
00:36:43,768 --> 00:36:44,435
guys.

974
00:36:44,435 --> 00:36:48,005
I wonder from images you have

975
00:36:48,005 --> 00:36:49,106
currently.

976
00:36:49,106 --> 00:36:51,242
In Monday's press conferences

977
00:36:51,242 --> 00:36:53,644
there was a lot of conversation

978
00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:55,880
about diversity in regards to

979
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,416
the size of the sample pieces

980
00:36:58,416 --> 00:37:00,785
and the material and everything.

981
00:37:00,785 --> 00:37:02,520
Is there any clues from the

982
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:03,888
images that you have currently

983
00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:05,957
we have a good diversity of

984
00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:08,826
small pieces and pieces closer

985
00:37:08,826 --> 00:37:10,861
TO THE 2-centimeter mark and

986
00:37:10,861 --> 00:37:12,430
different type of material as

987
00:37:12,430 --> 00:37:13,431
well?

988
00:37:13,431 --> 00:37:17,235
That's for TKAPBTS dante or

989
00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:18,803
anyone who can answer.

990
00:37:18,803 --> 00:37:20,471
>> I CAN say just within the

991
00:37:20,471 --> 00:37:22,240
past hour or so I got the

992
00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,943
analysis from my image PROCESSES

993
00:37:25,943 --> 00:37:28,813
team where the EXACT location

994
00:37:28,813 --> 00:37:32,250
the Samhead made CONtact.

995
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,385
They are busy analyzing THAT.

996
00:37:34,385 --> 00:37:36,854
It does appear that we made

997
00:37:36,854 --> 00:37:39,090
CONtact with an area that had

998
00:37:39,090 --> 00:37:40,591
already been mapped out and

999
00:37:40,591 --> 00:37:43,294
verified to contain abundant

1000
00:37:43,294 --> 00:37:45,129
samplable material.

1001
00:37:45,129 --> 00:37:47,031
The imaging resolution during

1002
00:37:47,031 --> 00:37:50,167
the reCONc characterization of

1003
00:37:50,167 --> 00:37:52,203
nightingale we got down to the

1004
00:37:52,203 --> 00:37:54,939
4-millimeter per pixel scale.

1005
00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:56,874
This REGION does look really

1006
00:37:56,874 --> 00:37:57,942
sampleABLE.

1007
00:37:57,942 --> 00:37:59,844
Lots of small particles and the

1008
00:37:59,844 --> 00:38:01,212
fact the material just crushed

1009
00:38:01,212 --> 00:38:05,216
under will add more smaller

1010
00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:06,417
particles to collect.

1011
00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:07,551
I don't want to answer the

1012
00:38:07,551 --> 00:38:08,953
question just yet about the

1013
00:38:08,953 --> 00:38:10,988
diversity of the rock types yet

1014
00:38:10,988 --> 00:38:12,223
because the team is still

1015
00:38:12,223 --> 00:38:13,724
processing that up to the

1016
00:38:13,724 --> 00:38:18,562
beginning of the media briefing.

1017
00:38:18,562 --> 00:38:22,566
>> Operator, next question.

1018
00:38:22,566 --> 00:38:34,512
>> Thank you.

1019
00:38:34,512 --> 00:38:38,049
The line is open.

1020
00:38:38,049 --> 00:38:39,016
>> Thank you.

1021
00:38:39,016 --> 00:38:40,518
I wonder if you could explain

1022
00:38:40,518 --> 00:38:42,486
more about how you will measure

1023
00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:46,490
how much sample you have

1024
00:38:46,490 --> 00:38:48,092
collected besides the

1025
00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:49,860
possibility of images.

1026
00:38:49,860 --> 00:38:52,196
>> Yes, so we have's sample mass

1027
00:38:52,196 --> 00:38:53,431
measurement activity.

1028
00:38:53,431 --> 00:38:57,168
We have been practicing this as

1029
00:38:57,168 --> 00:39:00,404
mentioned around our checkpoint

1030
00:39:00,404 --> 00:39:02,340
and match point activities where

1031
00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:05,910
we can measure the moment of

1032
00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:08,012
inertia and doing that before

1033
00:39:08,012 --> 00:39:11,782
tag and that same activity after

1034
00:39:11,782 --> 00:39:13,017
tag we can take the

1035
00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:13,884
measurements.

1036
00:39:13,884 --> 00:39:16,354
We did perform our sample mass

1037
00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:17,822
measurement activity about 10

1038
00:39:17,822 --> 00:39:19,423
days ago and will do the post

1039
00:39:19,423 --> 00:39:21,359
tag this Saturday and be able to

1040
00:39:21,359 --> 00:39:23,027
take the two measurements and

1041
00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:24,362
look at the difference of them

1042
00:39:24,362 --> 00:39:27,698
to get the measurement to see

1043
00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:29,600
how much mass is in the tag

1044
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,370
Samhead.

1045
00:39:32,370 --> 00:39:34,305
>> Operator, next question.

1046
00:39:34,305 --> 00:39:39,844
>> Thank you.

1047
00:39:39,844 --> 00:39:42,580
The line is open.

1048
00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:44,482
>> Thank you, everyone for

1049
00:39:44,482 --> 00:39:45,616
taking my call.

1050
00:39:45,616 --> 00:39:46,917
CONGRATULATIONS to the entire

1051
00:39:46,917 --> 00:39:52,289
team.

1052
00:39:52,289 --> 00:39:55,292
What are the reasons for waiting

1053
00:39:55,292 --> 00:39:57,361
to January for a SECOND attempt

1054
00:39:57,361 --> 00:39:59,830
and if a third is needed have

1055
00:39:59,830 --> 00:40:03,267
you determined what place, what

1056
00:40:03,267 --> 00:40:04,769
site?

1057
00:40:04,769 --> 00:40:05,436
>> Great question.

1058
00:40:05,436 --> 00:40:06,704
The reason we would do a second

1059
00:40:06,704 --> 00:40:09,907
attempt at OSPREY in January we

1060
00:40:09,907 --> 00:40:12,076
ever backing away from the

1061
00:40:12,076 --> 00:40:13,744
ASTEROID right now and I

1062
00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:15,913
mentioned we would be about

1063
00:40:15,913 --> 00:40:17,681
80-kilometers when we make

1064
00:40:17,681 --> 00:40:20,518
a maneuver to arrest that drift

1065
00:40:20,518 --> 00:40:21,619
away on Friday.

1066
00:40:21,619 --> 00:40:24,121
That will put us on a trajectory

1067
00:40:24,121 --> 00:40:26,023
that goes to an away point where

1068
00:40:26,023 --> 00:40:28,826
we can re-enter orbit.

1069
00:40:28,826 --> 00:40:31,395
You see the orbit just shown is

1070
00:40:31,395 --> 00:40:36,567
a tenuous trick to get into.

1071
00:40:36,567 --> 00:40:39,270
It was 500 meters in diameter

1072
00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:41,071
and the gravity field is weak.

1073
00:40:41,071 --> 00:40:45,209
Just GETTING INTO orbit takes

1074
00:40:45,209 --> 00:40:48,746
weeks of maneuvers to get there

1075
00:40:48,746 --> 00:40:53,250
and we depart for the next

1076
00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:55,219
sample collection attempt at the

1077
00:40:55,219 --> 00:40:56,153
right latitude.

1078
00:40:56,153 --> 00:40:57,488
All of that take business weeks

1079
00:40:57,488 --> 00:41:01,559
of planning and -- takes weeks

1080
00:41:01,559 --> 00:41:03,060
of preparation and planning and

1081
00:41:03,060 --> 00:41:05,496
to tag at a different site that

1082
00:41:05,496 --> 00:41:16,173
involves and that runs out to

1083
00:41:16,173 --> 00:41:16,707
January.

1084
00:41:16,707 --> 00:41:18,275
The third sample attempt would

1085
00:41:18,275 --> 00:41:22,346
be, to be determined date most

1086
00:41:22,346 --> 00:41:26,250
likely in march when we would

1087
00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:27,618
attempt a third attempt.

1088
00:41:27,618 --> 00:41:29,119
It largely DEPENDs on what

1089
00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:30,855
happens at OSPREY.

1090
00:41:30,855 --> 00:41:34,725
If we were to go to OSpee in

1091
00:41:34,725 --> 00:41:37,061
January and wave -- OSPREY and

1092
00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:40,464
wave off abort and not touch the

1093
00:41:40,464 --> 00:41:42,733
surface and not disturb OSPREY

1094
00:41:42,733 --> 00:41:46,070
as the dramatic DISTURBANCE of

1095
00:41:46,070 --> 00:41:48,172
nightingale we go back to

1096
00:41:48,172 --> 00:41:48,706
OSPREY.

1097
00:41:48,706 --> 00:41:52,810
If we did disturb OSPREY we

1098
00:41:52,810 --> 00:41:54,278
would have to perform more

1099
00:41:54,278 --> 00:41:56,347
reconnaissance over one of the

1100
00:41:56,347 --> 00:41:58,415
two, nightsing gale ors on PRAOE

1101
00:41:58,415 --> 00:42:01,986
or follow -- OSPREY or follow

1102
00:42:01,986 --> 00:42:03,954
some other path.

1103
00:42:03,954 --> 00:42:06,790
We use optical navigation.

1104
00:42:06,790 --> 00:42:08,592
Much as you are driving to

1105
00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:10,361
a location and know where you

1106
00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:12,029
are where a gas station is or

1107
00:42:12,029 --> 00:42:14,331
super market, the spacecraft

1108
00:42:14,331 --> 00:42:16,567
knows where it is by features on

1109
00:42:16,567 --> 00:42:17,635
the surface.

1110
00:42:17,635 --> 00:42:19,436
Groups of rocks that cast

1111
00:42:19,436 --> 00:42:21,972
shadows or clusters of rocks

1112
00:42:21,972 --> 00:42:24,208
that have distinctive features

1113
00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:26,343
are recognized in the imagery as

1114
00:42:26,343 --> 00:42:28,245
it deSENDs and knows where to go

1115
00:42:28,245 --> 00:42:30,080
and knows to take the right turn

1116
00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:33,450
at the super market.

1117
00:42:33,450 --> 00:42:35,619
Wonts we disturb the features

1118
00:42:35,619 --> 00:42:38,255
that means we are going to need

1119
00:42:38,255 --> 00:42:40,891
to take more images and build

1120
00:42:40,891 --> 00:42:43,661
a new set of feature cat lag

1121
00:42:43,661 --> 00:42:45,496
logs to teach the spacecraft

1122
00:42:45,496 --> 00:42:47,464
where the grocery store is.

1123
00:42:47,464 --> 00:42:48,399
>> Thank you.

1124
00:42:48,399 --> 00:42:59,376
Operator, next question please.

1125
00:42:59,376 --> 00:43:01,745
>> Your line is open.

1126
00:43:01,745 --> 00:43:02,680
>> CONGRATULATIONS to everybody

1127
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,049
involved in the mission.

1128
00:43:05,049 --> 00:43:06,383
What was one of the biggest

1129
00:43:06,383 --> 00:43:08,686
DISCOVERIES that you made in

1130
00:43:08,686 --> 00:43:12,423
making CONtact with the ASTEROID

1131
00:43:12,423 --> 00:43:14,491
that you didn't expect?

1132
00:43:14,491 --> 00:43:17,328
And my second question is what

1133
00:43:17,328 --> 00:43:24,401
is the future applicability with

1134
00:43:24,401 --> 00:43:26,303
projects utilized on the

1135
00:43:26,303 --> 00:43:27,471
spacecraft.

1136
00:43:27,471 --> 00:43:30,140
>> I will take the discovery

1137
00:43:30,140 --> 00:43:30,641
question.

1138
00:43:30,641 --> 00:43:32,743
>> We had the data down for just

1139
00:43:32,743 --> 00:43:34,845
a little over 13 hours and the

1140
00:43:34,845 --> 00:43:38,382
DISCOVERIES are still to come.

1141
00:43:38,382 --> 00:43:40,718
What I was LOOKING at this

1142
00:43:40,718 --> 00:43:43,587
morning at 2:00 Denver time

1143
00:43:43,587 --> 00:43:46,256
after a very exciting event how

1144
00:43:46,256 --> 00:43:47,658
does it look in terms ever

1145
00:43:47,658 --> 00:43:48,926
getting a sample.

1146
00:43:48,926 --> 00:43:50,194
It is something we'll think of

1147
00:43:50,194 --> 00:43:51,161
down the road.

1148
00:43:51,161 --> 00:43:54,298
I can tell you that I was

1149
00:43:54,298 --> 00:43:55,866
hopeful that the surface was

1150
00:43:55,866 --> 00:43:58,302
going to be soft and crushable.

1151
00:43:58,302 --> 00:44:00,037
That was CONfirmed by our

1152
00:44:00,037 --> 00:44:03,707
CONtact with the tag Samhead

1153
00:44:03,707 --> 00:44:05,542
analysis and images.

1154
00:44:05,542 --> 00:44:06,844
That is really good news.

1155
00:44:06,844 --> 00:44:09,446
I am pretty focused on sampling

1156
00:44:09,446 --> 00:44:10,180
success right now.

1157
00:44:10,180 --> 00:44:11,815
I will tell you the science team

1158
00:44:11,815 --> 00:44:13,617
is busy in a couple of different

1159
00:44:13,617 --> 00:44:17,121
areas.

1160
00:44:17,121 --> 00:44:18,055
They are working through

1161
00:44:18,055 --> 00:44:20,591
a detailed analysis with

1162
00:44:20,591 --> 00:44:23,994
additional data navigation

1163
00:44:23,994 --> 00:44:26,463
guidance and control team that

1164
00:44:26,463 --> 00:44:27,931
happened when the spacecraft was

1165
00:44:27,931 --> 00:44:30,834
in CONtact for six seconds.

1166
00:44:30,834 --> 00:44:32,369
It will tell us about the

1167
00:44:32,369 --> 00:44:34,705
perPOERPLance and a follow on

1168
00:44:34,705 --> 00:44:36,507
science we'll be able to do with

1169
00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:40,210
the information.

1170
00:44:40,210 --> 00:44:42,079
The big discovery is it looked

1171
00:44:42,079 --> 00:44:45,149
really samplable and the tag

1172
00:44:45,149 --> 00:44:50,621
Sam -- Samhead pushed into the

1173
00:44:50,621 --> 00:44:51,488
surface.

1174
00:44:51,488 --> 00:44:53,157
We have the activities sandy

1175
00:44:53,157 --> 00:44:55,225
walked us through to verify all

1176
00:44:55,225 --> 00:44:55,693
that.

1177
00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:56,960
The trend right now is that we

1178
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:58,595
have sample and we were

1179
00:44:58,595 --> 00:44:59,930
successful here based on

1180
00:44:59,930 --> 00:45:04,334
analysis of the image.

1181
00:45:04,334 --> 00:45:06,303
>> I would love to speak to the

1182
00:45:06,303 --> 00:45:08,038
second part of that question.

1183
00:45:08,038 --> 00:45:09,239
The question was what

1184
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,376
technologies on board the

1185
00:45:12,376 --> 00:45:14,912
spacecraft can enable future

1186
00:45:14,912 --> 00:45:18,582
missions and I think one of the

1187
00:45:18,582 --> 00:45:21,218
most amazing technology system

1188
00:45:21,218 --> 00:45:23,887
the optical navigation system.

1189
00:45:23,887 --> 00:45:25,656
I TALKED ABOUT what we called

1190
00:45:25,656 --> 00:45:27,424
natural feature tracking.

1191
00:45:27,424 --> 00:45:30,728
It has an amazing sore story.

1192
00:45:30,728 --> 00:45:35,199
It was designed to use a light

1193
00:45:35,199 --> 00:45:36,734
arm to measure the altitude to

1194
00:45:36,734 --> 00:45:39,203
the surface as its primary

1195
00:45:39,203 --> 00:45:43,674
sensor to do the navigation of

1196
00:45:43,674 --> 00:45:45,275
the surface.

1197
00:45:45,275 --> 00:45:49,880
Natural future tracking was

1198
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,149
added around the design review

1199
00:45:52,149 --> 00:45:53,951
time period to have a back up

1200
00:45:53,951 --> 00:45:54,485
solution.

1201
00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:56,453
As I mentioned, what it does is

1202
00:45:56,453 --> 00:45:58,589
recognize features on the

1203
00:45:58,589 --> 00:46:00,424
surface of the ASTEROID and

1204
00:46:00,424 --> 00:46:02,526
update its own sense of its

1205
00:46:02,526 --> 00:46:02,960
position.

1206
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:04,461
It knows where to go in the

1207
00:46:04,461 --> 00:46:05,829
future.

1208
00:46:05,829 --> 00:46:09,199
Now this technology being added

1209
00:46:09,199 --> 00:46:11,835
late in the game was done by our

1210
00:46:11,835 --> 00:46:13,704
colleagues at LOCKHEED martin

1211
00:46:13,704 --> 00:46:18,008
and was an amazing ENGINEERing

1212
00:46:18,008 --> 00:46:19,209
accomplishment and one of the

1213
00:46:19,209 --> 00:46:22,412
most amazing performances of the

1214
00:46:22,412 --> 00:46:24,248
system yesterday was just how

1215
00:46:24,248 --> 00:46:26,350
well that system performed

1216
00:46:26,350 --> 00:46:29,720
relative to our simulations of

1217
00:46:29,720 --> 00:46:30,420
it.

1218
00:46:30,420 --> 00:46:32,756
Optical navigation systems are

1219
00:46:32,756 --> 00:46:35,592
notorius for not per forming as

1220
00:46:35,592 --> 00:46:38,462
expected and this performed

1221
00:46:38,462 --> 00:46:40,430
exactly as expected and allowed

1222
00:46:40,430 --> 00:46:41,765
us to hit the target within

1223
00:46:41,765 --> 00:46:42,266
a meter.

1224
00:46:42,266 --> 00:46:43,901
Our colleagues at lock hood

1225
00:46:43,901 --> 00:46:46,236
martin deserve a lot of "there

1226
00:46:46,236 --> 00:46:47,137
are that.

1227
00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:49,206
How that -- a lot of credit for

1228
00:46:49,206 --> 00:46:49,473
that.

1229
00:46:49,473 --> 00:46:50,908
How it will apply in the future

1230
00:46:50,908 --> 00:47:00,450
will ALLOW forautonomous

1231
00:47:00,450 --> 00:47:03,687
navigation around hazardous or

1232
00:47:03,687 --> 00:47:06,757
non-hazardous environments.

1233
00:47:06,757 --> 00:47:10,828
>> I would like to point out

1234
00:47:10,828 --> 00:47:12,830
future tracking I can see useful

1235
00:47:12,830 --> 00:47:16,233
in the FUTURE AND tag Sam is new

1236
00:47:16,233 --> 00:47:18,335
technology flying Aboard the

1237
00:47:18,335 --> 00:47:19,770
spacecraft and you can see that

1238
00:47:19,770 --> 00:47:22,639
going forward for sample

1239
00:47:22,639 --> 00:47:24,474
missions and return missions.

1240
00:47:24,474 --> 00:47:26,043
>> One more quick question for

1241
00:47:26,043 --> 00:47:29,112
the NASA representative.

1242
00:47:29,112 --> 00:47:30,647
Is this the first time working

1243
00:47:30,647 --> 00:47:32,416
with the university of Arizona?

1244
00:47:32,416 --> 00:47:38,155
What does this say about the

1245
00:47:38,155 --> 00:47:39,857
school and future projects with

1246
00:47:39,857 --> 00:47:44,428
the school?

1247
00:47:44,428 --> 00:47:54,504
>> This is not the first time.

1248
00:47:54,504 --> 00:47:58,642
To be meccas of planetary

1249
00:47:58,642 --> 00:48:03,714
science and investigator of

1250
00:48:03,714 --> 00:48:05,415
multiple missions and continues

1251
00:48:05,415 --> 00:48:07,885
to compete very well in many

1252
00:48:07,885 --> 00:48:12,189
different areas.

1253
00:48:12,189 --> 00:48:14,157
And planetary science.

1254
00:48:14,157 --> 00:48:15,926
The yesterday of SAEURGZ one of

1255
00:48:15,926 --> 00:48:17,694
the top LEADERS in the whole

1256
00:48:17,694 --> 00:48:18,462
country.

1257
00:48:18,462 --> 00:48:20,063
>> What did you say about

1258
00:48:20,063 --> 00:48:21,098
Arizona state university as

1259
00:48:21,098 --> 00:48:22,499
well?

1260
00:48:22,499 --> 00:48:23,834
>> Arizona state university

1261
00:48:23,834 --> 00:48:27,004
frankly is lined up the top

1262
00:48:27,004 --> 00:48:34,111
universities of planetary and

1263
00:48:34,111 --> 00:48:36,179
rank in the top part of such

1264
00:48:36,179 --> 00:48:38,015
a ranking.

1265
00:48:38,015 --> 00:48:39,716
Arizona state also at this

1266
00:48:39,716 --> 00:48:41,151
moment in time for example has

1267
00:48:41,151 --> 00:48:46,723
a principal investigator,

1268
00:48:46,723 --> 00:48:48,292
instruments being built for

1269
00:48:48,292 --> 00:48:50,060
other missions and Arizona state

1270
00:48:50,060 --> 00:48:52,396
is a RELcritical partner for

1271
00:48:52,396 --> 00:48:54,731
NASA -- a really critical

1272
00:48:54,731 --> 00:48:57,968
partner for NASA.

1273
00:48:57,968 --> 00:48:59,569
>> Thank you very much for your

1274
00:48:59,569 --> 00:48:59,836
time.

1275
00:48:59,836 --> 00:49:02,906
>> Thank you.

1276
00:49:02,906 --> 00:49:11,682
Operator, next question.

1277
00:49:11,682 --> 00:49:15,519
>> Your line is open.

1278
00:49:15,519 --> 00:49:18,922
>> CONGRATULATIONS to everyone.

1279
00:49:18,922 --> 00:49:20,590
A couple of questions on the

1280
00:49:20,590 --> 00:49:23,927
series of images released and

1281
00:49:23,927 --> 00:49:26,196
the RUBBLE cloud this picked up.

1282
00:49:26,196 --> 00:49:28,131
Did your agency glean anything

1283
00:49:28,131 --> 00:49:29,766
about the surface material from

1284
00:49:29,766 --> 00:49:32,235
the dynamics of that cloud and

1285
00:49:32,235 --> 00:49:34,938
the particles?

1286
00:49:34,938 --> 00:49:39,876
And what kind of safeguards or

1287
00:49:39,876 --> 00:49:42,012
system checks are in place to

1288
00:49:42,012 --> 00:49:43,280
make sure the craft wasn't

1289
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:44,214
damaged?

1290
00:49:44,214 --> 00:49:46,750
Finally I am just curious the

1291
00:49:46,750 --> 00:49:49,886
time between the images.

1292
00:49:49,886 --> 00:49:51,922
The train rate of the video.

1293
00:49:51,922 --> 00:49:54,591
>> I will answer the imaging

1294
00:49:54,591 --> 00:49:56,059
questions and hand it over to

1295
00:49:56,059 --> 00:49:58,628
safety.

1296
00:49:58,628 --> 00:50:01,832
The images are 1.25 SECONDs

1297
00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:02,532
apart.

1298
00:50:02,532 --> 00:50:04,201
The first version I showed the

1299
00:50:04,201 --> 00:50:08,638
larger sequence was sped up by

1300
00:50:08,638 --> 00:50:10,207
quite a bit relative to the

1301
00:50:10,207 --> 00:50:11,942
frame rate n. terms of the

1302
00:50:11,942 --> 00:50:14,878
debris clouds, absolutely Tis

1303
00:50:14,878 --> 00:50:19,983
impressive the fragments we see

1304
00:50:19,983 --> 00:50:21,151
flying around.

1305
00:50:21,151 --> 00:50:22,586
There are large particles.

1306
00:50:22,586 --> 00:50:24,688
One thing the science team has

1307
00:50:24,688 --> 00:50:27,324
start sidetracking the

1308
00:50:27,324 --> 00:50:29,826
trajectory of the particles as

1309
00:50:29,826 --> 00:50:32,329
we see them mobilizing.

1310
00:50:32,329 --> 00:50:34,197
We are slowing them down and

1311
00:50:34,197 --> 00:50:35,298
identifying individual

1312
00:50:35,298 --> 00:50:36,133
particles.

1313
00:50:36,133 --> 00:50:37,868
There are other images too that

1314
00:50:37,868 --> 00:50:39,302
we collected with a different

1315
00:50:39,302 --> 00:50:42,205
camera called the nAv-cam for

1316
00:50:42,205 --> 00:50:44,074
the natural feature tracking.

1317
00:50:44,074 --> 00:50:45,475
I was getting a quick look at

1318
00:50:45,475 --> 00:50:47,077
those before the media

1319
00:50:47,077 --> 00:50:48,945
conference fresh off the

1320
00:50:48,945 --> 00:50:50,714
spacecraft and we are processing

1321
00:50:50,714 --> 00:50:52,249
those and analyzing those and

1322
00:50:52,249 --> 00:50:54,017
they will be released later this

1323
00:50:54,017 --> 00:50:54,351
week.

1324
00:50:54,351 --> 00:50:56,453
It gives a wider field of view

1325
00:50:56,453 --> 00:50:57,821
as well and we are getING THIS

1326
00:50:57,821 --> 00:50:59,923
great point of view of the

1327
00:50:59,923 --> 00:51:08,065
Samcam and the nAv-cam.

1328
00:51:08,065 --> 00:51:10,867
It will be a nice image pair.

1329
00:51:10,867 --> 00:51:12,636
I think the final thing to point

1330
00:51:12,636 --> 00:51:15,105
out is the initial ejection of

1331
00:51:15,105 --> 00:51:18,141
particles comes from the tag Sam

1332
00:51:18,141 --> 00:51:20,210
gas as blown down through the

1333
00:51:20,210 --> 00:51:21,678
sample collector head.

1334
00:51:21,678 --> 00:51:23,246
We were only in CONtact with

1335
00:51:23,246 --> 00:51:25,282
that ASTEROID for six seconds

1336
00:51:25,282 --> 00:51:26,083
after that point.

1337
00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:28,418
The back away thrusters fired

1338
00:51:28,418 --> 00:51:31,588
and kicked up a SECOND set of

1339
00:51:31,588 --> 00:51:32,556
cloud and debris.

1340
00:51:32,556 --> 00:51:35,525
We are still disentangling, what

1341
00:51:35,525 --> 00:51:39,696
was LIBERATed by tag Sam and the

1342
00:51:39,696 --> 00:51:43,233
thrusters and the nAv-cam images

1343
00:51:43,233 --> 00:51:44,401
are pretty fresh.

1344
00:51:44,401 --> 00:51:45,936
We got a 86 look at those.

1345
00:51:45,936 --> 00:51:47,304
-- quick look at those.

1346
00:51:47,304 --> 00:51:49,072
They are impressive but we are

1347
00:51:49,072 --> 00:51:51,174
not ready to release those.

1348
00:51:51,174 --> 00:51:52,309
We HAVEN'T had a chance to

1349
00:51:52,309 --> 00:51:54,711
process themselves ourselves

1350
00:51:54,711 --> 00:51:55,479
quite yet.

1351
00:51:55,479 --> 00:51:57,647
I will hand it over to sandy.

1352
00:51:57,647 --> 00:51:58,915
>> The spacecraft was designed

1353
00:51:58,915 --> 00:51:59,382
for this.

1354
00:51:59,382 --> 00:52:01,218
We knew when we made CONtact we

1355
00:52:01,218 --> 00:52:03,820
were going to stir up a lot of

1356
00:52:03,820 --> 00:52:07,624
regolithe and a make sure we

1357
00:52:07,624 --> 00:52:09,726
would keep the spacecraft sieve.

1358
00:52:09,726 --> 00:52:11,528
By monitoring this spacecraft

1359
00:52:11,528 --> 00:52:13,396
over the last close to 24 hours

1360
00:52:13,396 --> 00:52:15,365
now we have been able to see

1361
00:52:15,365 --> 00:52:17,767
a number of components and are

1362
00:52:17,767 --> 00:52:19,769
trending as subsystems do

1363
00:52:19,769 --> 00:52:21,104
throughout making sure things

1364
00:52:21,104 --> 00:52:22,672
are going as planned.

1365
00:52:22,672 --> 00:52:24,341
They are not seeing any changes

1366
00:52:24,341 --> 00:52:26,009
in their measurements.

1367
00:52:26,009 --> 00:52:28,245
Now next week early NEXT week,

1368
00:52:28,245 --> 00:52:29,379
Monday we'll be doing

1369
00:52:29,379 --> 00:52:31,148
a spacecraft check out where we

1370
00:52:31,148 --> 00:52:33,416
get a chance to take star camera

1371
00:52:33,416 --> 00:52:35,418
images on the primary tracker

1372
00:52:35,418 --> 00:52:37,554
and redundant tracker and other

1373
00:52:37,554 --> 00:52:40,023
ENGINEERing activities to better

1374
00:52:40,023 --> 00:52:42,159
inform us if we have had

1375
00:52:42,159 --> 00:52:45,028
degradation on the vehicle.

1376
00:52:45,028 --> 00:52:53,069
>> Next question.

1377
00:52:53,069 --> 00:52:56,106
>> Your line is open.

1378
00:52:56,106 --> 00:52:57,073
>> Thank you for taking my

1379
00:52:57,073 --> 00:52:57,507
question.

1380
00:52:57,507 --> 00:52:59,943
I was wonder figure you knew if

1381
00:52:59,943 --> 00:53:04,047
any -- wondering if you knew of

1382
00:53:04,047 --> 00:53:06,016
anything that was tossed up in

1383
00:53:06,016 --> 00:53:09,052
space would end up the earth and

1384
00:53:09,052 --> 00:53:11,021
maybe you just created a new

1385
00:53:11,021 --> 00:53:14,357
METEOR shower.

1386
00:53:14,357 --> 00:53:15,892
>> I will answer that one.

1387
00:53:15,892 --> 00:53:17,494
I think you read my mind.

1388
00:53:17,494 --> 00:53:19,529
I have been thinking about that.

1389
00:53:19,529 --> 00:53:21,698
We have thought about that as I

1390
00:53:21,698 --> 00:53:22,999
mentioned yesterday and talked

1391
00:53:22,999 --> 00:53:25,402
about for quite a while on the

1392
00:53:25,402 --> 00:53:26,002
mission.

1393
00:53:26,002 --> 00:53:28,305
It is already kicking particles

1394
00:53:28,305 --> 00:53:29,372
off the surface.

1395
00:53:29,372 --> 00:53:30,840
One of the things we are doing

1396
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,410
is monitoring for a meteor

1397
00:53:33,410 --> 00:53:35,645
shower that would occur in the

1398
00:53:35,645 --> 00:53:37,214
southern hemisphere in the third

1399
00:53:37,214 --> 00:53:39,349
week of September when the orbit

1400
00:53:39,349 --> 00:53:41,051
crosses that of the earth's

1401
00:53:41,051 --> 00:53:41,818
orbit.

1402
00:53:41,818 --> 00:53:45,121
We had data we just RECENTLY

1403
00:53:45,121 --> 00:53:46,489
received from the meteor

1404
00:53:46,489 --> 00:53:49,059
campaign and processing that to

1405
00:53:49,059 --> 00:53:54,030
see if maybe there say small

1406
00:53:54,030 --> 00:53:57,267
signal of natural meteors THAT.

1407
00:53:57,267 --> 00:53:58,668
Study is something we are

1408
00:53:58,668 --> 00:53:59,703
already pursuing.

1409
00:53:59,703 --> 00:54:01,972
I will go back to that team that

1410
00:54:01,972 --> 00:54:03,340
is responsible for that

1411
00:54:03,340 --> 00:54:04,441
investigation with your exact

1412
00:54:04,441 --> 00:54:04,808
question.

1413
00:54:04,808 --> 00:54:06,943
I haven't had a chance to ask

1414
00:54:06,943 --> 00:54:07,577
them that.

1415
00:54:07,577 --> 00:54:09,646
I didn't dare to hope we would

1416
00:54:09,646 --> 00:54:11,581
KICK UP as much as we are seeing

1417
00:54:11,581 --> 00:54:12,782
here.

1418
00:54:12,782 --> 00:54:13,917
I am not sure.

1419
00:54:13,917 --> 00:54:16,086
But it's a question I have asked

1420
00:54:16,086 --> 00:54:17,654
myself and we have team members

1421
00:54:17,654 --> 00:54:19,689
knowing about that based on the

1422
00:54:19,689 --> 00:54:21,057
natural part California ejection

1423
00:54:21,057 --> 00:54:23,994
events -- particle ejection

1424
00:54:23,994 --> 00:54:24,894
events.

1425
00:54:24,894 --> 00:54:26,363
We just need time to push

1426
00:54:26,363 --> 00:54:27,564
through this exciting

1427
00:54:27,564 --> 00:54:29,032
operational phase of the program

1428
00:54:29,032 --> 00:54:30,500
and start to think about the

1429
00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:32,235
long-TERM science employ

1430
00:54:32,235 --> 00:54:33,103
indications.

1431
00:54:33,103 --> 00:54:34,571
-- implications.

1432
00:54:34,571 --> 00:54:38,608
We have -- tag was a great

1433
00:54:38,608 --> 00:54:41,177
science experiment and a lot of

1434
00:54:41,177 --> 00:54:42,512
work coming out television and

1435
00:54:42,512 --> 00:54:43,913
we need time to get it

1436
00:54:43,913 --> 00:54:46,216
calibrated, processed and spend

1437
00:54:46,216 --> 00:54:47,784
time thinking about it without

1438
00:54:47,784 --> 00:54:49,653
all the critical operational

1439
00:54:49,653 --> 00:54:51,388
decisions in front of us like we

1440
00:54:51,388 --> 00:54:54,190
have over the next couple of

1441
00:54:54,190 --> 00:54:55,292
weeks.

1442
00:54:55,292 --> 00:55:01,231
>> Next question, operator.

1443
00:55:01,231 --> 00:55:05,101
>> Your line is open.

1444
00:55:05,101 --> 00:55:06,269
>> Thank you for taking another

1445
00:55:06,269 --> 00:55:07,604
question.

1446
00:55:07,604 --> 00:55:09,906
Dante, the material we see in

1447
00:55:09,906 --> 00:55:12,008
the imagery that was disturbed

1448
00:55:12,008 --> 00:55:15,278
and kicked up any estimate on

1449
00:55:15,278 --> 00:55:17,614
how big some of the particles

1450
00:55:17,614 --> 00:55:18,315
might be?

1451
00:55:18,315 --> 00:55:20,016
They looks kind of small, but

1452
00:55:20,016 --> 00:55:22,052
it's hard to tell from scale.

1453
00:55:22,052 --> 00:55:25,088
And also if you did collect the

1454
00:55:25,088 --> 00:55:28,325
required sample of 60-plus grams

1455
00:55:28,325 --> 00:55:30,327
what is the flight plan for

1456
00:55:30,327 --> 00:55:31,594
OSIRIS-REx over the next few

1457
00:55:31,594 --> 00:55:32,162
months?

1458
00:55:32,162 --> 00:55:34,431
Do you have a date for

1459
00:55:34,431 --> 00:55:36,166
DEPARTURE?

1460
00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:38,068
Thank you.

1461
00:55:38,068 --> 00:55:38,668
>> Great question.

1462
00:55:38,668 --> 00:55:41,871
Can we bring up the third cest

1463
00:55:41,871 --> 00:55:44,441
images LOOKING at debris and

1464
00:55:44,441 --> 00:55:45,408
slow it down.

1465
00:55:45,408 --> 00:55:46,876
I know we talked about that.

1466
00:55:46,876 --> 00:55:48,244
Remember for scale we are

1467
00:55:48,244 --> 00:55:50,980
LOOKING at the tag Samhead

1468
00:55:50,980 --> 00:55:53,516
30-centimeters in diameter.

1469
00:55:53,516 --> 00:55:54,784
You can get a sense.

1470
00:55:54,784 --> 00:55:58,955
The spacecraft is only 6 feet

1471
00:55:58,955 --> 00:56:01,157
away not much Parter than my

1472
00:56:01,157 --> 00:56:01,891
span here.

1473
00:56:01,891 --> 00:56:04,461
CAN YOU estimate the particles.

1474
00:56:04,461 --> 00:56:06,162
We are looking at things that

1475
00:56:06,162 --> 00:56:07,897
are probably on the are order of

1476
00:56:07,897 --> 00:56:09,466
centimeters to several

1477
00:56:09,466 --> 00:56:10,367
centimeters.

1478
00:56:10,367 --> 00:56:12,068
We have this guy here.

1479
00:56:12,068 --> 00:56:14,270
This is pretty amazing LOOKING

1480
00:56:14,270 --> 00:56:14,938
particle.

1481
00:56:14,938 --> 00:56:17,307
If it was to scale of the tag

1482
00:56:17,307 --> 00:56:19,476
Samhead it would be on the order

1483
00:56:19,476 --> 00:56:21,578
of 15-centimeters it is closer

1484
00:56:21,578 --> 00:56:23,446
in our field of view and will be

1485
00:56:23,446 --> 00:56:25,048
small are than that.

1486
00:56:25,048 --> 00:56:26,683
This is the biggest I have seen

1487
00:56:26,683 --> 00:56:28,918
so far in my assessment of the

1488
00:56:28,918 --> 00:56:29,419
data.

1489
00:56:29,419 --> 00:56:30,653
The team is going THROUGH with

1490
00:56:30,653 --> 00:56:32,555
much more careful analysis.

1491
00:56:32,555 --> 00:56:34,257
I guess this is up to

1492
00:56:34,257 --> 00:56:36,226
10-centimeters across.

1493
00:56:36,226 --> 00:56:38,261
This guy comes shooting off from

1494
00:56:38,261 --> 00:56:40,296
the right side of the field of

1495
00:56:40,296 --> 00:56:41,765
view and moves over off the

1496
00:56:41,765 --> 00:56:43,233
image to the left.

1497
00:56:43,233 --> 00:56:45,135
There is certainly a lot of work

1498
00:56:45,135 --> 00:56:47,203
to do to really get a sense of

1499
00:56:47,203 --> 00:56:49,339
how far away, what is the DEPTH

1500
00:56:49,339 --> 00:56:51,408
of field of view of the image we

1501
00:56:51,408 --> 00:56:53,977
are seeing here and do real

1502
00:56:53,977 --> 00:56:57,914
precise measurements.

1503
00:56:57,914 --> 00:57:00,250
This alone shows me we picked up

1504
00:57:00,250 --> 00:57:02,285
things that are pretty big but

1505
00:57:02,285 --> 00:57:04,254
for the most part we are looking

1506
00:57:04,254 --> 00:57:07,690
AT centimeter, sub-centimeters

1507
00:57:07,690 --> 00:57:07,991
THERE.

1508
00:57:07,991 --> 00:57:10,326
Is a lot more detailed analysis

1509
00:57:10,326 --> 00:57:13,463
to go this is prelimmary and the

1510
00:57:13,463 --> 00:57:17,467
team is busy answering that

1511
00:57:17,467 --> 00:57:18,368
exact CAN WE.

1512
00:57:18,368 --> 00:57:21,237
>> To rich for the DEPARTURE

1513
00:57:21,237 --> 00:57:23,239
date and the return crews.

1514
00:57:23,239 --> 00:57:25,809
>> If we stow the sample we'll

1515
00:57:25,809 --> 00:57:29,078
be doing so in the first week of

1516
00:57:29,078 --> 00:57:32,482
November and we'll follow to

1517
00:57:32,482 --> 00:57:33,850
continue to drift away from the

1518
00:57:33,850 --> 00:57:35,151
ASTEROID after we makes the

1519
00:57:35,151 --> 00:57:36,853
maneuver on Friday rather than

1520
00:57:36,853 --> 00:57:38,955
attempting to reinsert into

1521
00:57:38,955 --> 00:57:40,457
orbit.

1522
00:57:40,457 --> 00:57:42,959
Our departure window opens in

1523
00:57:42,959 --> 00:57:43,560
march.

1524
00:57:43,560 --> 00:57:45,128
That's when the orbit willa

1525
00:57:45,128 --> 00:57:47,630
mechanics say it's fuel

1526
00:57:47,630 --> 00:57:50,200
EFFICIENT to get back to earth

1527
00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:53,436
and our designated date in

1528
00:57:53,436 --> 00:57:54,938
December 2023.

1529
00:57:54,938 --> 00:57:56,139
We will depart early march in

1530
00:57:56,139 --> 00:57:57,207
the opening of the window.

1531
00:57:57,207 --> 00:57:58,074
>> Okay.

1532
00:57:58,074 --> 00:57:59,075
We have time for one final

1533
00:57:59,075 --> 00:57:59,542
question.

1534
00:57:59,542 --> 00:58:00,243
Operator, please patch it

1535
00:58:00,243 --> 00:58:00,610
through.

1536
00:58:00,610 --> 00:58:00,627
Operator, do we have another

1537
00:58:00,627 --> 00:58:09,419
Your line is now open.

1538
00:58:09,419 --> 00:58:10,587
>> Thank you so much.

1539
00:58:10,587 --> 00:58:13,122
CONGRATULATIONS to the team.

1540
00:58:13,122 --> 00:58:15,358
I have a question about the

1541
00:58:15,358 --> 00:58:18,895
aftermath of this tag.

1542
00:58:18,895 --> 00:58:20,897
What are the plans, if any, to

1543
00:58:20,897 --> 00:58:23,399
do remote sensing on nightingale

1544
00:58:23,399 --> 00:58:26,536
site and see the hole you all

1545
00:58:26,536 --> 00:58:27,303
left?

1546
00:58:27,303 --> 00:58:31,007
And more generally the team

1547
00:58:31,007 --> 00:58:33,009
itself, this moment has CAPTURed

1548
00:58:33,009 --> 00:58:34,844
the world's attention.

1549
00:58:34,844 --> 00:58:37,780
Anything you want to say to

1550
00:58:37,780 --> 00:58:39,549
people around the world who are

1551
00:58:39,549 --> 00:58:41,718
watching and taking this in

1552
00:58:41,718 --> 00:58:43,686
Along with you?

1553
00:58:43,686 --> 00:58:44,087
>> Sure.

1554
00:58:44,087 --> 00:58:45,321
I'll answer that.

1555
00:58:45,321 --> 00:58:46,523
It's a tough question.

1556
00:58:46,523 --> 00:58:49,058
There was a lot of into from the

1557
00:58:49,058 --> 00:58:51,227
science team on more data.

1558
00:58:51,227 --> 00:58:53,196
More characterization after the

1559
00:58:53,196 --> 00:58:55,398
satchelling attempt -- sample

1560
00:58:55,398 --> 00:58:56,199
being attempt.

1561
00:58:56,199 --> 00:58:57,300
We gathered together as

1562
00:58:57,300 --> 00:58:59,302
a management team and evaluated

1563
00:58:59,302 --> 00:59:01,671
that question thoroughly.

1564
00:59:01,671 --> 00:59:06,876
And we agreed unanimously this

1565
00:59:06,876 --> 00:59:08,645
is about safe return of the

1566
00:59:08,645 --> 00:59:09,045
sample.

1567
00:59:09,045 --> 00:59:10,847
We do not want to do anything to

1568
00:59:10,847 --> 00:59:12,282
put that sample at risk.

1569
00:59:12,282 --> 00:59:14,150
The plan right now is we will go

1570
00:59:14,150 --> 00:59:15,418
through the verification

1571
00:59:15,418 --> 00:59:17,153
activities on the flight system,

1572
00:59:17,153 --> 00:59:19,055
check out the state of the

1573
00:59:19,055 --> 00:59:19,622
vehicle.

1574
00:59:19,622 --> 00:59:21,391
If everything looks positive and

1575
00:59:21,391 --> 00:59:24,127
we meet with Thomas on

1576
00:59:24,127 --> 00:59:25,395
October 30 and make the decision

1577
00:59:25,395 --> 00:59:27,230
to stow that is the end of the

1578
00:59:27,230 --> 00:59:28,398
science campaign.

1579
00:59:28,398 --> 00:59:30,466
We are solely focused on the

1580
00:59:30,466 --> 00:59:33,036
return crews and quite honestly

1581
00:59:33,036 --> 00:59:37,073
the real SCIENTIFIC PAY OFF is

1582
00:59:37,073 --> 00:59:39,108
the sample return and the sample

1583
00:59:39,108 --> 00:59:40,944
science and we'll be putting OUR

1584
00:59:40,944 --> 00:59:42,679
focus and resources into that.

1585
00:59:42,679 --> 00:59:45,148
It wasn't an easy decision.

1586
00:59:45,148 --> 00:59:46,883
I guarantee you, it was tough.

1587
00:59:46,883 --> 00:59:49,586
Especially the SCIENTIST in me

1588
00:59:49,586 --> 00:59:51,220
asks the questions but it's the

1589
00:59:51,220 --> 00:59:52,855
right decision to maintain the

1590
00:59:52,855 --> 00:59:53,957
focus on the level and

1591
00:59:53,957 --> 00:59:54,791
requirement.

1592
00:59:54,791 --> 00:59:57,193
I can tell you right before we

1593
00:59:57,193 --> 00:59:58,928
kicked off the tag activity I

1594
00:59:58,928 --> 01:00:00,229
went through all our

1595
01:00:00,229 --> 01:00:01,965
publications and all our data

1596
01:00:01,965 --> 01:00:04,334
and I mapped them to the level

1597
01:00:04,334 --> 01:00:05,668
requirements of the MISSIONs

1598
01:00:05,668 --> 01:00:07,804
what I agreed to with Thomas and

1599
01:00:07,804 --> 01:00:10,607
lori this program would deliver

1600
01:00:10,607 --> 01:00:12,675
and we have met and in most

1601
01:00:12,675 --> 01:00:14,544
cases vastly exceeded the

1602
01:00:14,544 --> 01:00:17,246
science requiremented of the

1603
01:00:17,246 --> 01:00:20,149
remote sensing.

1604
01:00:20,149 --> 01:00:23,553
All we have to do is get that

1605
01:00:23,553 --> 01:00:25,622
sample back to the earth, get it

1606
01:00:25,622 --> 01:00:27,657
in the LABORATORies and answer

1607
01:00:27,657 --> 01:00:30,660
the fundamental questions of the

1608
01:00:30,660 --> 01:00:32,328
formation of our SOLAR systems

1609
01:00:32,328 --> 01:00:34,731
and why earth is a HABITABLE

1610
01:00:34,731 --> 01:00:35,365
world.

1611
01:00:35,365 --> 01:00:36,799
You give me a chance to promote

1612
01:00:36,799 --> 01:00:39,936
a message and I will just say

1613
01:00:39,936 --> 01:00:42,238
OSIRIS-REx, in my opinion, is

1614
01:00:42,238 --> 01:00:45,141
the culmination of human

1615
01:00:45,141 --> 01:00:48,544
activity as a species.

1616
01:00:48,544 --> 01:00:50,146
We built it for peaceful

1617
01:00:50,146 --> 01:00:51,814
purposes out of curiosity and

1618
01:00:51,814 --> 01:00:53,149
our desire for knowledge.

1619
01:00:53,149 --> 01:00:54,517
It's a team that comes from

1620
01:00:54,517 --> 01:00:56,085
a variety of backgrounds and

1621
01:00:56,085 --> 01:00:57,053
view points.

1622
01:00:57,053 --> 01:00:58,655
But none of that matters because

1623
01:00:58,655 --> 01:01:00,456
we worked together, united in

1624
01:01:00,456 --> 01:01:02,125
a common vision and common goal

1625
01:01:02,125 --> 01:01:04,027
and when we do that we achieve

1626
01:01:04,027 --> 01:01:05,495
amazing things.

1627
01:01:05,495 --> 01:01:07,664
And so I told the team, you

1628
01:01:07,664 --> 01:01:09,732
know, I know we focus so much on

1629
01:01:09,732 --> 01:01:12,068
the details and TECHNICAL

1630
01:01:12,068 --> 01:01:14,137
implementation of the prospect,

1631
01:01:14,137 --> 01:01:16,172
but we serve as a model for what

1632
01:01:16,172 --> 01:01:19,208
we can do as human beings when

1633
01:01:19,208 --> 01:01:21,144
we unite in a common vision.

1634
01:01:21,144 --> 01:01:22,645
When we are united we are

1635
01:01:22,645 --> 01:01:23,913
strong, when we are divided we

1636
01:01:23,913 --> 01:01:24,514
are weak.

1637
01:01:24,514 --> 01:01:27,116
I hope the message of unity and

1638
01:01:27,116 --> 01:01:29,285
common purpose and that we are

1639
01:01:29,285 --> 01:01:31,187
all in this together, right.

1640
01:01:31,187 --> 01:01:36,826
We have this precious planet

1641
01:01:36,826 --> 01:01:39,562
earth we are stewards of and

1642
01:01:39,562 --> 01:01:41,030
when we come together we achieve

1643
01:01:41,030 --> 01:01:42,465
amazing things.

1644
01:01:42,465 --> 01:01:44,600
>> Can I follow on to that?

1645
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:46,202
Yeah.

1646
01:01:46,202 --> 01:01:48,438
One additional thing to add on

1647
01:01:48,438 --> 01:01:51,174
to that, beautifully put words

1648
01:01:51,174 --> 01:01:53,009
from dante.

1649
01:01:53,009 --> 01:01:54,711
We are hoping to serve for an

1650
01:01:54,711 --> 01:01:56,679
inspiration for future

1651
01:01:56,679 --> 01:01:58,347
SCIENTISTs and ENGINEERs.

1652
01:01:58,347 --> 01:02:01,384
This mission is as much fun as

1653
01:02:01,384 --> 01:02:03,486
you can have and get paid to do,

1654
01:02:03,486 --> 01:02:03,786
right?

1655
01:02:03,786 --> 01:02:06,355
I had our, know one of of our

1656
01:02:06,355 --> 01:02:07,924
instrument scientists was

1657
01:02:07,924 --> 01:02:11,861
examining images as it came down

1658
01:02:11,861 --> 01:02:13,529
this morning and said his

1659
01:02:13,529 --> 01:02:15,565
subject line in his e-mail was

1660
01:02:15,565 --> 01:02:17,066
this is so cool!

1661
01:02:17,066 --> 01:02:18,968
Right?

1662
01:02:18,968 --> 01:02:20,069
And it is.

1663
01:02:20,069 --> 01:02:24,173
When he finished with was I love

1664
01:02:24,173 --> 01:02:24,874
this job.

1665
01:02:24,874 --> 01:02:28,544
We are hoping there are 5, 6,

1666
01:02:28,544 --> 01:02:30,480
10-year-olds out there who get

1667
01:02:30,480 --> 01:02:31,380
INSPIRED.

1668
01:02:31,380 --> 01:02:33,649
The amazing achievements of the

1669
01:02:33,649 --> 01:02:34,717
mission and the people and

1670
01:02:34,717 --> 01:02:36,185
ENGINEERs and scientists on the

1671
01:02:36,185 --> 01:02:37,553
mission that made it happen.

1672
01:02:37,553 --> 01:02:39,889
We need our future generations

1673
01:02:39,889 --> 01:02:41,758
to be INSPIRED by this.

1674
01:02:41,758 --> 01:02:43,092
That's what we are hoping to do.

1675
01:02:43,092 --> 01:02:45,762
I think the other thing is the

1676
01:02:45,762 --> 01:02:47,930
sample allocation.

1677
01:02:47,930 --> 01:02:49,165
A large fraction will be

1678
01:02:49,165 --> 01:02:52,101
reserved for study of future

1679
01:02:52,101 --> 01:02:53,002
generations.

1680
01:02:53,002 --> 01:02:54,937
We hope future sample SCIENTIST,

1681
01:02:54,937 --> 01:02:56,139
INSPIRED by THIS.

1682
01:02:56,139 --> 01:02:58,574
Kids at home today could be the

1683
01:02:58,574 --> 01:03:01,711
ones studying this sample in 10,

1684
01:03:01,711 --> 01:03:03,679
20, 30 years and makes new

1685
01:03:03,679 --> 01:03:05,615
discoveries that aren't even

1686
01:03:05,615 --> 01:03:06,616
possible with today's

1687
01:03:06,616 --> 01:03:07,650
technology.

1688
01:03:07,650 --> 01:03:09,852
Thank you.

1689
01:03:09,852 --> 01:03:11,254
>> That was a great way to wrap

1690
01:03:11,254 --> 01:03:12,889
the show up.

1691
01:03:12,889 --> 01:03:16,425
And the images are cool as your

1692
01:03:16,425 --> 01:03:17,293
ENGINEER said.

1693
01:03:17,293 --> 01:03:19,729
We would like to invite everyone

1694
01:03:19,729 --> 01:03:21,798
to tune in to the NASA science

1695
01:03:21,798 --> 01:03:23,533
live that will follow this press

1696
01:03:23,533 --> 01:03:25,334
briefing at 6:15.

1697
01:03:25,334 --> 01:03:30,006
Go to over NASA.gov/OSIRIS-REx

1698
01:03:30,006 --> 01:03:32,441
and see a presentation from

1699
01:03:32,441 --> 01:03:35,077
various SCIENTISTs and they will

1700
01:03:35,077 --> 01:03:36,612
talk about the images and the

1701
01:03:36,612 --> 01:03:38,080
over all mission.

1702
01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:39,549
I WANT to say CONGRATULATIONS to

1703
01:03:39,549 --> 01:03:40,516
the team.

1704
01:03:40,516 --> 01:03:41,984
Go OSIRIS-REx.

1705
01:03:41,984 --> 01:03:44,587
And thank you for tuning in.