Afternoon . It is a challenge to compete with the weather in florida in the summer, but we will do what to write. We are moving ahead. It sounds like we have a 5050 chance with the weather. We will see how it works out. It is my privilege to introduce our administrator. Thank you. Our highest priority is and doug, has been bob and and a couple of days ago, we had too much electricity in the atmosphere. The challenge is not we were in a lightning storm, the challenge is a launch could trigger lighting. The rocket itself can become a lightning booth. So we had these parameters set ahead of time, both the nasa and spacex teams knew what the parameter was. The limitations were exceeded and that put us in a position to delay the launch. I think this is certain, though, we will launch american astronauts on american rockets, from american soil and we will do it with the absolute priority being the safety of our astronauts. I am very proud of the nasa team, proud of the spacex team. From amer
Thank you. [applause] mr. Holbrook howdy. Jfk emphasized the importance of the space race during a time of fear in the u. S. Incredible men and women took this challenge head on. Nasa became a beacon of hope for the nation. I am honored to introduce one of those legends. The man who pioneered apollo 11 and apollo 13. If you have ever heard the phrase houston, Tranquility Base is here, the eagle has landed. With great honor, i am here to introduce houston. Mr. Gene kranz. [applause] mr. Kranz thank you. It is a real privilege. I have a couple aggies in the family. To be introduced by an aggie. They told me i had three hours to speak, so we will have to be speaking through lunch here. But jared said no, he will give me a call when i have five minutes. So he is going to stand up and give me sort of a heads up. When i finish, i have a three minute video of the actual Lunar Landing. And i think that will put this year, this decade of the 50th anniversary in context of what is happening. I u
Good morning and welcome back to the Kennedy Space center for this Historic Mission as we prepare to launch bob and doug from pad 39a on the falcon 9 and crew dragon. Truly, an exciting time, but where was this weather wednesday afternoon . [laughter] obviously, it is a challenge to compete with the weather in florida in the summer, but we will do what is right. We are moving ahead and it sounds like we have a 5050 chance with the weather again tomorrow and we will see how it works out. It is my privilege to introduce our administrator, jim bridenstine. Jim . Jim thank you, bob, our highest priority is and has been bob and doug, and a couple of days ago we had too much electricity in the atmosphere, and the challenge there is not that we were in a lightning storm, the challenge is that a launch could in fact trigger lightning and the rocket could become a lightning bolt. So, we had these parameters set ahead of time, both nasa and the spacex teams knew what the parameters were. They we
Kenny choi is live in San Francisco with an emotional homecoming. Kenny . This family has a big reason to celebrate and to be thankful and certainly are. They live close by but for 2 months they were not able to see this fighter facetoface until today. A moment to pure joy, tears, and cheers. Moving on to my second life and it is a second life. He spent 40 days in an induced coma as part of his battle after rushing to the 20. Its a miracle that im here and alive. For months he could only see and talk to his family through zoom chats. Go, poppa, go. And face time. Always asking, where is poppa . He and his wife traveled to europe and africa in march but suddenly felt ill. He ended up spending 34 days on a ventilator. He told me he wasnt going to die and i held him to it so i knew that this day would come. That bond is their strength. 2 days ago he sent linda 40 red roses, 2 white ones, and 9 candles representing children and grandkids they celebrated their 40th anniversary far apart on
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