00:04Just to remind everyone, this is a test flight, this is the first time we're going to try this, this
00:08is the first time we're loading humans on board, and I will tell you, the four of us, we are
00:12ready to go, the team is ready to go, and the vehicle is ready to go, but not for one
00:16second do we have an expectation that we are going.
00:19We will go when this vehicle tells us it's ready and when the team is ready to go, so we
00:23might go out to the pad and we might have to try again a few more times, and we are
00:26100% ready for that.
00:28Really, the question is, not should we go, but should we lead or should we follow, that's how I see
00:35it, because everyone, many, many countries have recognized the value that there is in exploring further into the solar system,
00:43to the moon and onto Mars, they've recognized that not only can we gain all these extremely tangible benefits, but
00:49that we have the opportunity to answer the question that could be the question of our lifetime, which is, are
00:54we alone?
00:55When we go out and meet people, people ask that all the time, have you seen evidence of this, what
01:00can we learn, and the fact is, answering that question starts at the moon.
01:04The moon is a witness plate to our entire solar systems formation, it's a stepping stone to Mars, where we
01:10might have the most likelihood of finding evidence of past life, but it's also a Rosetta Stone for how other
01:17solar systems form.
01:18All the billions of other solar systems in our galaxy, where we've seen from some of our other telescopes, like
01:25Kepler, that there are planets orbiting other suns.
01:28All of this starts to unlock when you go to the moon, and for me, that's one of the most
01:33important scientific reasons to go.
01:35But the biggest thing that we try to remind ourselves every single time we fly, we say, no fast hands
01:41in the cockpit, you do not want to do anything too quick in this vehicle, you need to take your
01:45time, you need to process everything, almost always it pays bigger dividends to move forward than to go backwards, so
01:52no fast hands in the cockpit, we're going to go slow, and we have the ultimate trust in each other,
01:56and that's how we will get through this.
01:58But the other thing we've focused on quite a bit as a crew is just listening to other people's perspectives
02:03on the moon and how different cultures look at the moon, and when we go back, honoring just how humanity,
02:10we all share the same moon in the sky, but honoring humans around the world and how they revere the
02:17moon, that's really important to us.
02:19That day, because that schedule is so tight, there is not a lot of time for personal rituals, I would
02:28say, but before I fly an airplane, I generally say a very short prayer, and then I try to send
02:35my family a note to tell them that I love them, and so one of the neat things about this
02:39is a tradition we started is our families are outside the building when we walk out, and so that is
02:45the moment that I'm going to get to tell them I love them
02:48instead of sending a text message or a phone call, I get to tell them I love them, and then
02:52I'll still say my prayer before we all get into the vehicle, and then that way I can focus on
02:57that timeline and making sure that the launch control team is not waiting on us, the crew.
03:02How do we feel as the people that can call the moon the destination, a destination, not just something we're
03:09looking at, and it is our strong hope that this mission is the start of an era where everyone, every
03:15person on Earth can look at the moon and think of it as also a destination.
03:31...
03:34...
03:36Gracias.
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