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there. we have to mix different techniques to actually slow down the spacecraft so it doesn t start falling to the sun. reporter: the spacecraft is designed to withstand the sun s high temperatures as well as its gravitational pull. it has to circle the earth once, venus twice and mercury itself six times. the first hour, the spacecraft has to be able to deploy solar panels, get energy from the sun and leave on its own without the batteries. then we take over control and we slowly configure it for the very long cruise phase we need to reach mercury. reporter: this joint venture between the europe and japanese space agencies doesn t come cheap. the cost, $1.8 billion. but as one of the solar system s least explored planets, the flight s director says the knowledge they hope to gain is priceless. by understanding this environment, this planet, our scientists hope they can actually interpret better how our solar system is formed and also our planets. other planets have evolved.
techniques to actually slow down the spacecraft as it falls towards the sun. reporter: designed to withstand the high temperatures and as well as its pull. the first hours, the spacecraft has to being autonomous. it has to deploy solar panels, get energy on its own. and we slowly configure it for the very long cruise phase that we need reach mercury. reporter: and this joint venture doesn t come cheap. the cost? $1.8 billion. but the flight s director says the knowledge they hope to gain is priceless. by understanding this environment, this planet as well, our scientists hope that they can interpret better how our solar system is formed and
you know there was the big battle in the 1980s. star worse. fbi was reduced to star wars by it s critics, how is sdi developed? it s middleing. we have probably 60% chance of shooting the big ballistic missiles coming into the country. where we re very good is in the cruise phase if it gets to that and comes down with the the eaegis airborne system. we need to be better at the third phase the third thing we need to be better sat maritime interd interdicti interdiction, stopping trade going in and out. we need new ideas, kim jong-un keeps coming ahead of us in the decision cycle. admiral, the diplomatic cycle is to lean hard on china so china will lean hard on north korea. last week the sanctions by the banks viewed by most people as a
yes, and i suspect as the admiral knows, as well that we ve already started some of those actions. again, the thing is to do these offensive slightly aggressive actions at the same time having conversations and having diplomacy, you know, diplomacy doesn t work without a stick behind it. and right now, we have to do both. we re not really doing both. and the final piece of it, of course, before i let you go will be defense. and stepping up what we re doing in terms of strategic defense against ballistic missiles. correct? admiral? that is absolutely correct. and andrea, as you know, there s kind of three phases to this. it s the boost face as the enemy rocket takes off. there s the cruise face as it moves along and the terminal face as it comes down. we re pretty good at the terminal phase. we ve got a decent shot at the cruise phase. going after the boost phase as they initially come off the rails is an upgame we can play.
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