so looking at it now it looks<font color="#CCCCCC"> brand new</font> 2 00:00:04,529 --> 00:00:09,900 it's got a fresh coat of paint you'd 3 00:00:08,189 --> 00:00:12,230 never know<font color="#CCCCCC"> that it's already been to</font> 4 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:12,230 space 5 00:00:13,070 --> 00:00:16,300 [Music] 6 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:26,730 so it's six<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the morning you're on our</font> 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:28,619 <font color="#E5E5E5">way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to see a man about a rock et</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we are</font> 8 00:00:26,730 --> 00:00:31,170 here<font color="#E5E5E5"> at Kennedy Space Center to see</font> 9 00:00:28,619 --> 00:00:32,940 another spacex falcon 9 launch it's a 10 00:00:31,170 --> 00:00:34,739 pretty standard launch for them but 11 00:00:32,940 --> 00:00:37,530 that's kind of the point they're sending 12 00:00:34,739 --> 00:00:39,629 <font color="#CCCCCC">up a satellite for the company SES but</font> 13 00:00:37,530 --> 00:00:41,970 was extra special about this launch is 14 00:00:39,629 --> 00:00:46,410 that this Falcon 9 has already been to 15 00:00:41,970 --> 00:00:48,809 space this<font color="#E5E5E5"> is basically</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the e ntire point</font> 16 00:00:46,410 --> 00:00:50,580 of SpaceX landing all of its rockets for 17 00:00:48,809 --> 00:00:56,280 the last two years they're trying<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> 18 00:00:50,580 --> 00:00:59,250 perfect reusable rockets so what<font color="#E5E5E5"> is</font> 19 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:01,470 reusability well it's just<font color="#CCCCCC"> like it</font> 20 00:00:59,250 --> 00:01:03,059 sounds it's reusing your rocket after 21 00:01:01,470 --> 00:01:05,190 launching it seems pretty 22 00:01:03,059 --> 00:01:06,720 straightforward but expendable<font color="#E5E5E5"> Rockets</font> 23 00:01:05,190 --> 00:01:08,970 have been more or less than norm since 24 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,890 the beginning of rocketry once a rocket 25 00:01:08,970 --> 00:01:13,140 takes off it's essentially treated like 26 00:01:10,890 --> 00:01:15,120 trash parts of it either stay up in 27 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:17,190 space or fall away to earth and break 28 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:18,840 apart in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> ocean the problem with</font><font color="#CC CCCC"> that</font> 29 00:01:17,190 --> 00:01:20,820 <font color="#CCCCCC">is that you're throwing away a very</font> 30 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,220 expensive investment with each launch 31 00:01:20,820 --> 00:01:25,200 rockets cost tens to hundreds of 32 00:01:23,220 --> 00:01:26,880 millions of<font color="#CCCCCC"> dollars to make and with</font> 33 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:29,730 each new mission you have<font color="#CCCCCC"> to make an</font> 34 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:31,980 entirely new rocket but reusing<font color="#CCCCCC"> rockets</font> 35 00:01:29,730 --> 00:01:34,080 especially the most expensive parts like 36 00:01:31,980 --> 00:01:37,230 the engines<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the propellant tanks can</font> 37 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:39,330 help reduce those hefty costs but<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's</font> 38 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:41,700 not so simple as just bringing your 39 00:01:39,330 --> 00:01:43,500 rocket back from space in order<font color="#CCCCCC"> for a</font> 40 00:01:41,700 --> 00:01:46,440 rocket to get to orbit it has to go 41 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:49,800 incredibly fast thousands of<font color="#E5E5E5"> miles per</font> 42 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:51,690 hour fast to achieve orbital velocity 43 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:53,580 you're talking about you know seven and 44 00:01:51,690 --> 00:01:58,500 a half kilometers per second which is 45 00:01:53,580 --> 00:02:01,140 wicked fast and to bring<font color="#CCCCCC"> something back</font> 46 00:01:58,500 --> 00:02:03,090 <font color="#E5E5E5">from those speeds you have to kind of</font> 47 00:02:01,140 --> 00:02:06,330 reverse the process you<font color="#CCCCCC"> have to get rid</font> 48 00:02:03,090 --> 00:02:09,119 <font color="#CCCCCC">of all of that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> energy which m eans a lot</font> 49 00:02:06,330 --> 00:02:11,760 <font color="#E5E5E5">of heat a lot of deceleration a lot of</font> 50 00:02:09,119 --> 00:02:13,800 pressure<font color="#E5E5E5"> that all has to be managed</font> 51 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,540 there are a lot of techniques for 52 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:17,550 bringing back vehicles from space such 53 00:02:15,540 --> 00:02:20,489 as using<font color="#E5E5E5"> wings like the space shuttle or</font> 54 00:02:17,550 --> 00:02:22,379 parachutes but what SpaceX is using is a 55 00:02:20,489 --> 00:02:24,670 technique called supersonic retro 56 00:02:22,379 --> 00:02:26,709 propulsion it's basically using the 57 00:02:24,670 --> 00:02:28,599 its propulsion system what takes the 58 00:02:26,709 --> 00:02:31,330 vehicle up to bring it back down<font color="#E5E5E5"> again</font> 59 00:02:28,599 --> 00:02:33,640 <font color="#E5E5E5">SpaceX doesn't save the entire rocket</font> 60 00:02:31,330 --> 00:02:36,130 though it saves the first stage the 61 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:37,720 14-story core of the Falcon 9 that<font color="#E5E5E5"> holds</font> 62 00:02:36,130 --> 00:02:40,090 the main engines the most of the fuel 63 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:42,160 once the<font color="#E5E5E5"> first stage separates from the</font> 64 00:02:40,090 --> 00:02:44,770 top<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the rocket it makes a controlled</font> 65 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:46,480 fall back to earth fuel left over from 66 00:02:44,770 --> 00:02:48,340 the launch is used to reignite the 67 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:50,500 engines on the rocket in a series of 68 00:02:48,340 --> 00:02:52,239 burns to help the vehicle re-enter the 69 00:02:50,500 --> 00:02:54,880 Earth's atmosphere and then slow down 70 00:02:52,239 --> 00:02:56,530 <font color="#E5E5E5">for landing grid fins attached to the</font> 71 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,840 rocket help to steer it during the 72 00:02:56,530 --> 00:03:00,790 descent a big benefit of<font color="#E5E5E5"> this method is</font> 73 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,709 that it can be scaled up if you want to 74 00:03:00,790 --> 00:03:05,260 build a bigger rocket which SpaceX 75 00:03:02,709 --> 00:03:07,510 definitely wants to do the future Falcon 76 00:03:05,260 --> 00:03:09,430 Heavy is basically three Falcon 9 cores 77 00:03:07,510 --> 00:03:13,660 strapped together and all three are 78 00:03:09,430 --> 00:03:15,940 designed to come back to earth basics 79 00:03:13,660 --> 00:03:17,380 extreme landing 13<font color="#E5E5E5"> of its rockets and so</font> 80 00:03:15,940 --> 00:03:19,660 far eight of them have touched down 81 00:03:17,380 --> 00:03:21,640 successfully this one is the second one 82 00:03:19,660 --> 00:03:22,780 they've ever landed it sent cargo and 83 00:03:21,640 --> 00:03:25,209 supplies<font color="#CCCCCC"> to the International Space</font> 84 00:03:22,780 --> 00:03:27,069 Station in april of last year and then 85 00:03:25,209 --> 00:03:29,049 it returned and made the<font color="#E5E5E5"> first ever</font> 86 00:03:27,069 --> 00:03:30,519 drone ship landing and now they're going 87 00:03:29,049 --> 00:03:32,380 <font color="#E5E5E5">to try and do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that whole proc ess again</font> 88 00:03:30,519 --> 00:03:36,489 this<font color="#E5E5E5"> one is going to attempt to drone</font> 89 00:03:32,380 --> 00:03:38,590 ship landing for<font color="#E5E5E5"> the second time</font><font color="#CCCCC C"> this is</font> 90 00:03:36,489 --> 00:03:40,420 a pretty straightforward launch for 91 00:03:38,590 --> 00:03:42,220 SpaceX it's sending up a satellite for 92 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:45,070 the company<font color="#CCCCCC"> SES which is based out of</font> 93 00:03:42,220 --> 00:03:46,840 Luxembourg and SES has been very vocal 94 00:03:45,070 --> 00:03:48,910 about wanting to<font color="#E5E5E5"> be the first ones to</font> 95 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:50,799 fly on a flow and booster and they're 96 00:03:48,910 --> 00:03:53,260 pretty confident that<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's gonna go just</font> 97 00:03:50,799 --> 00:03:54,940 fine let me tested this thing we've run 98 00:03:53,260 --> 00:03:56,470 these engines up we've looked at the 99 00:03:54,940 --> 00:03:57,760 airframe we've looked at all of the 100 00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:59,739 various different components on<font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> 101 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,000 thing and<font color="#E5E5E5"> this thing is good to</font><font color="#CCCCCC "> go this</font> 102 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:02,920 we<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't believe we're taking an</font> 103 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,170 inordinate risk here a<font color="#E5E5E5"> lot of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> people</font> 104 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:06,880 <font color="#E5E5E5">compare it to flying a plane right you</font> 105 00:04:05,170 --> 00:04:08,440 wouldn't want<font color="#E5E5E5"> to throw</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> away</ font><font color="#E5E5E5"> your plane</font> 106 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:11,170 after it flies from New York<font color="#E5E5E5"> to Los</font> 107 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:14,109 Angeles of course a plane doesn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> have</font> 108 00:04:11,170 --> 00:04:15,430 <font color="#E5E5E5">to go to space and back it doesn't have</font> 109 00:04:14,109 --> 00:04:17,799 to deal<font color="#E5E5E5"> with the same environmental</font> 110 00:04:15,430 --> 00:04:20,680 conditions as a rocket<font color="#E5E5E5"> each one of these</font> 111 00:04:17,798 --> 00:04:22,360 stages the tanks the structure<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> 112 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:25,810 engines themselves they're going to have 113 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:27,580 to<font color="#CCCCCC"> be inspected by the people by</font><font color="#E5E5E 5"> the</font> 114 00:04:25,810 --> 00:04:30,639 same people that built them in the first 115 00:04:27,580 --> 00:04:32,950 place re qualified for flight probably 116 00:04:30,639 --> 00:04:35,740 <font color="#E5E5E5">through some ground based testing before</font> 117 00:04:32,950 --> 00:04:37,599 they go again so we're<font color="#E5E5E5"> not talking</font><font color="#CCC CCC"> about</font> 118 00:04:35,740 --> 00:04:40,599 you know landing a first stage and then 119 00:04:37,599 --> 00:04:43,000 within hours or minutes launching that 120 00:04:40,599 --> 00:04:45,699 <font color="#E5E5E5">first stage again plus these stages</font> 121 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,319 won't last forever CEO Elon Musk has 122 00:04:45,699 --> 00:04:49,599 said that parts of the Falcon 9 can be 123 00:04:47,319 --> 00:04:51,819 used up to 100 times but he<font color="#E5E5E5"> expects</font> 124 00:04:49,599 --> 00:04:54,819 between 10 to 20 relaunches for a single 125 00:04:51,819 --> 00:04:56,770 stage however<font color="#E5E5E5"> if refurbishment costs are</font> 126 00:04:54,819 --> 00:04:59,139 only about a few million dollars then 127 00:04:56,770 --> 00:05:02,919 SpaceX could see some cost savings most 128 00:04:59,139 --> 00:05:06,310 as a part of the whole<font color="#E5E5E5"> whole nation from</font> 129 00:05:02,919 --> 00:05:10,810 <font color="#E5E5E5">a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> more standpoint use of the boost age I</font> 130 00:05:06,310 --> 00:05:12,669 represent<font color="#CCCCCC"> I counted up to the 77 cost of</font> 131 00:05:10,810 --> 00:05:14,710 the<font color="#CCCCCC"> flight</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> SpaceX president G wynne</font> 132 00:05:12,669 --> 00:05:16,389 Shotwell says that she expects a thirty 133 00:05:14,710 --> 00:05:18,849 percent savings for customers that 134 00:05:16,389 --> 00:05:20,500 launched on reused<font color="#E5E5E5"> rockets though SpaceX</font> 135 00:05:18,849 --> 00:05:22,990 is only offering discounts on the order 136 00:05:20,500 --> 00:05:24,880 of ten percent for the time being<font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font><font color="#C CCCCC"> did</font> 137 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:26,110 receive this guy obviously to fly this 138 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:28,690 there was some interesting there was 139 00:05:26,110 --> 00:05:30,280 some incentive to do so but it is not 140 00:05:28,690 --> 00:05:32,199 just<font color="#E5E5E5"> the money in this particular case</font> 141 00:05:30,280 --> 00:05:33,789 <font color="#E5E5E5">it's really let's get this</font> 142 00:05:32,199 --> 00:05:35,650 proof-of-concept moving someone has to 143 00:05:33,789 --> 00:05:37,900 go<font color="#E5E5E5"> first here till when we're talking</font> 144 00:05:35,650 --> 00:05:40,090 <font color="#E5E5E5">about millions of dollars that's not an</font> 145 00:05:37,900 --> 00:05:41,770 insignificant price tip and<font color="#CCCCCC"> any way we</font> 146 00:05:40,090 --> 00:05:44,289 can lower costs especially for an 147 00:05:41,770 --> 00:05:46,240 industry as expensive as aerospace means 148 00:05:44,289 --> 00:05:49,479 more companies can invest<font color="#E5E5E5"> in space in</font> 149 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:51,820 the long term it's long been believed in 150 00:05:49,479 --> 00:05:55,120 the in<font color="#E5E5E5"> this by the space community that</font> 151 00:05:51,820 --> 00:05:57,099 if we<font color="#E5E5E5"> can make our</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Rockets re usable we</font> 152 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:59,139 could greatly reduce the cost of access 153 00:05:57,099 --> 00:06:04,060 to<font color="#E5E5E5"> space we can open the space frontier</font> 154 00:05:59,139 --> 00:06:06,370 oh my goodness<font color="#CCCCCC"> vocalise</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> confi gured for</font> 155 00:06:04,060 --> 00:06:13,510 flight my intent 156 00:06:06,370 --> 00:06:16,500 nine eight seven<font color="#CCCCCC"> six five four three two</font> 157 00:06:13,510 --> 00:06:16,500 one 158 00:06:17,430 --> 00:06:26,100 liftoff of Falcon 9 the world's first 159 00:06:19,950 --> 00:06:29,090 <font color="#E5E5E5">free flight that vocal class rock in the</font> 160 00:06:26,100 --> 00:06:29,090 tower whoo 161 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:57,150 today so far as a successful launch of 162 00:06:54,180 --> 00:06:58,680 Falcon 9 caring<font color="#E5E5E5"> SES 10 first agent</font> 163 00:06:57,150 --> 00:06:59,940 separated from second<font color="#E5E5E5"> stage that's what</font> 164 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,740 you see on the<font color="#E5E5E5"> left-hand side of your</font> 165 00:06:59,940 --> 00:07:04,230 screen that's the first stage coming 166 00:07:01,740 --> 00:07:10,320 <font color="#E5E5E5">back down one</font> 167 00:07:04,230 --> 00:07:15,480 it's been 15 years to get to this<font color="#E5E5E5"> point</font> 168 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:18,180 taking us a long time a lot<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5" > difficult</font> 169 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:21,540 steps long way but I just incredibly 170 00:07:18,180 --> 00:07:25,590 proud of SpaceX team or able to achieve 171 00:07:21,540 --> 00:07:29,460 this incredible milestone in the history 172 00:07:25,590 --> 00:07:31,920 of space we still don't<font color="#CCCCCC"> really know that</font> 173 00:07:29,460 --> 00:07:35,310 <font color="#E5E5E5">economic implications of reusable</font> 174 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:37,080 rockets yet but no matter<font color="#E5E5E5"> what this is a</font> 175 00:07:35,310 --> 00:07:39,840 watershed moment for the aerospace 176 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:42,330 industry a vertical take-off rockets 177 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:45,570 that can achieve orbit has never really 178 00:07:42,330 --> 00:07:47,880 not sure a second time before so no 179 00:07:45,570 --> 00:08:00,020 matter<font color="#CCCCCC"> what this is a really historic</font> 180 00:07:47,880 --> 00:08:00,020 moment for the space industry rocket