Crew dragon. Where was this weather wednesday afternoon. Obviously it is a challenge to compete with the weather. We are want to do what is right. We are moving ahead. Sounds like we have a 5050 chance with the weather. It is my pleasure to introduce our administrator Jim Bridenstine nine. Jim . Bridenstein r pride thank you, bob. We had too much electricity in the atmosphere. The challenge was not we had a aghtning storm, but launchgood, in fact, trigger lightning. The rocket itself could become a lightning bolt. The nasa and the spacex teams knew what the parameters were. Were exceeded in that put us in a position to delay the launch. I think this is certain though. We are going to launch american from american rockets on american soil and we will do priorityhe absolute being the safety of our astronauts and i will tell you, i am very proud of the nasa team, the space x team. A lot of the comments i had in the interviews ahead of time were, are you going to feel because of all of the
Deputy administrator jim moore heart. We will hear from them in a while but first lets talk to bob cabrera. How dont have to tell you exciting it is to have the first manned flight from Kennedy Space center in years. We went to the moon from pad 39a. Nine through our partnership with spacex, that pad is being used once again for our commercial crew program as well as other missions for spacex. That is outstanding. Truly and historic time from truly an historic time from an historic pad. It jimn honor to have bridenstine with us. Passion with his all of us as he leads nasa into a new era of space exploration. Jim . Thank you, bob. It is great to be at the Kennedy Space center. We are once again launching american astronauts from american soil and this is a big moment in time. It has been nine years since we have had this trade bob cabana, we want to thank you for all the work you have done. Everything is looking good. Goof right now we are so of right now, we are go for launch. The weat
Ground test. While its disappointing, it also can be a real gift to the final design. Reporter the company embraced its failures. To be totally frank, if it hasnt been some hardware on the test end, i dont think you tested it hard enough. Thats the reality. I think sometimes the Aerospace Industry shies away from failure in the development phase. Reporter gwen shot well is space xs president , musks right hand. It looks bad politically, its tough and the media certainly makes a lot out of failures. But candidly, thats the best way to learn, is to push your systems to the limit, learn where youre weak and make things better. Lift off. Reporter spacex is armed with an escape system. If the rocket falters, its engines can push away the capsule, landing the crew safely in the ocean. And we have splash down. Reporter you genuinely believe if something goes wrong, youve got options . Absolutely. We focus on reminding folks there are people on the pointed end of the rocket ship. Thats importa
Checks two of his tweets. Why his attack on mailin voting led to the showdown. And countdown to history. Today spacex is set to become the first private company to launch humans into space. We have the only broadcast interview with spacex founder elon musk before liftoff. Big day for mr. Musk and the country. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. What we witnessed was statesponsored execution. Were waiting to see if it will be statesanctioned execution. Reporter the death of a black man in minneapolis sparks outrage. All four officers involved were fired. What i saw was wrong at every level. Being black in america should not be a death sentence. 10 to 20 or more deaths if we didnt act the way we did. Reporter President Trump is defending his response to the coronavirus as the death toll nears the 100,000 mark. At least 35,000, 50,000 were avoidable for lack of attention and ego. Reporter a manhunt continues for a senior accused in two murders. Reporter police are se
Theyre getting new air how often . 2 to 3 minutes. Reporter linda bowen and her family are waiting to board a flight after her mother passed away. She admits shes a little nervous. Just the people situation, you know, being in a crowd, if there was going to be too many people around, not practicing the social distancing, not Wearing Masks. But i found that most are. How are you . Reporter she is kboerding by group number, now they are boarding back to front. As passengers get on theyre handed sanitizing wipes. Bowens flight had less than 40 on board. Before taking off, they taxied past dozens parke plas of the us facing airlines and employees like flight attend apt nick ingan. Everybody is Wearing Masks when they get on the airplane. They take their seat, they social distance. People are ready to get out and battle again. Reporter the debate over how many people should be on the plane, two members of congress say it should be capped to fliers rights. Emergency petition with the faa to