Flying military satellites. This event is hosted by space news. Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks everyone for joining us. Were happy to have you. And wed like to welcome our panelists. Good afternoon general sean, Major General john sean joining us from Vandenberg Air force base. Welcome, can you hear us. I can hear you. Can you hear me . Perfect. So Major General john shaw is the commander of the Space Operations command under the u. S. Space force and hes also the commander of the combined force Space Component under u. S. Space command. So general shaw, im sure this was a very exciting weekend. You commanded the task force 45 that was responsible for being on alert in the event that the nasa astronauts had to be rescued. So i guess maybe if you wouldnt mind starting walking us through what happened with this launch and also telling us more broadly in the Space Force Im sure a lot of people ask you what do you do in the space force and im sure you tell them everything that you do, we
Cape canaveral. First time in almost a decade americans are going to be sending americans into space. This is a big moment for elon musk and his spacex company. In fact will use tesla vehicle to bring the two astronauts out to the ganttry here. This is launchpad 39a. That should ring a pell, where all apollo flights took off, including apollo xi, the one that landed on the moon. You will see see key players there. People on cocoa beach. They say better part of valor keeping your distance. Try telling a people not seen a manned launch from Cape Canaveral in a decade. We we have phil keating at Kennedy Space center in Cape Canaveral. Phil . Reporter at this moment all systems are go for the historic launch 4 30 p. M. Eastern time, roughly four hours from now. This is the fires time, a private space company, spacex will launch astronauts from their rocket and capsule, ever. This is big deal. Lives are on the line. This is the only second time the space dragon capsule has gone from either
Hear me, sandra . Perfect. Major general john shaw, he is the commander of the Space Operations commands under the u. S. Space force and he is also the commander of the combined force Space Component for the u. S. Space command. Communications, gps, Weather Services but not a lot of people understand we also provide support for human spaceflight. Walk us through the mission and. Thank you. Thank you for hosting and greetings from the air force base on this beautiful Central Coast of california. Thanks for this opportunity. A lot of things upfront so i guess i will talk for a little bit. It was not only an incredible weekend but its been an incredible month, the month of may 2020. Earlier this month we launched in x. 37 from Cape Canaveral. The people in the air force to transfer and now who do we have that may be a transfer to the space force. On top of that they have recruiting commercials in the month of may that are kind of cool to watch and interesting. I point out in both of the c
Panelists. Good afternoon, general shaw, Major General john shaw joining us from Vandenberg Air force base. Welcome. Can you hear us . I can hear you break can you hear me, sandra . Perfect. Major general john shaw, he is the commander of the Space Operations commands under the u. S. Space force and he is also the commander of the combined force Space Component for the u. S. Space command. Communications, gps, Weather Services but not a lot of people understand we also provide support for human spaceflight. Walk us through the mission and. Thank you. Thank you for hosting and greetings from the air force base on this beautiful Central Coast of california. Thanks for this opportunity. A lot of things upfront so i guess i will talk for a little bit. It was not only an incredible weekend but its been an incredible month, the month of may 2020. Earlier this month we launched in x. 37 from Cape Canaveral. The people in the air force to transfer and now who do we have that may be a transfer
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