Arianespace Flight VA245 – BepiColombo -

official transcript



once again to kuru the home of the Aryan  (= Nazism notice this is directly from the transcript and Ariane is what they call it for the public as to not alert them to the fact they are Nazi's)



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family for today's live broadcast of

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Aryan spaceflight number 245 we're very

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happy to have all of you with us for

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this very important occasion because we

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are going to mercury that's right we're

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sending Europe's first visit to the

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smallest planet closest to the Sun at

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this hour all the teams involved here at

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the space base back in Europe and in

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Japan are gearing up for liftoff which

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is due to take place in just about 38

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minutes from now our broadcast coming to

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you live as always from the Jupiter

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mission control room here at the heart

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of the space base for a short mission 26

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minutes if you're familiar with the

01:45

broadcast you might know we're starting

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a little early here but that's because

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we have a lot of information to pass

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along to you so we hope you'll settle in

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and enjoy the ride also here is our

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french commentator cherry levar he's

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upstairs outside on the terrace

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Jerry bonsoir hi Josh hi everybody

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welcome coming Yokoso welcome for this

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joint launch between Japan and Europe

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under the banner of Arian space which we

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are going to live together in the front

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of me within my line of sight I can see

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there Aaron father and baby Colombo

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waiting patiently but not saying hey

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Josh that you have already a

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distinguished guest yes

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Terry with us Stephan Israel area and

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space chief executive welcome we have

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just a couple of questions for your

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first question flight 245 Pepe Colombo

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is a key milestone for area and space in

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space science and an exploration what

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makes the launch so special for Arian

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space yes it's a very important mission

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for us tonight because it is 51st

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mission we will deliver for ISA the 23rd

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mission for exploration we have done a

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lot of very important mission we have

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mind of venues and massacre oil we have

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in mind guy awho zeta tonight this

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mission is the first open mission

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towards mercury released the cooperation

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of JAXA so we load the liver via

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satellite to high quality vision

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clinician right now Ariane 5 will send

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the Pepe Colombo to mercury we know that

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can you describe a little more in a

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little more detail what the mission is

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all about yes so you know today we have

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done all the operation linked to the

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final condom yesterday we transfer the

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log shell to the launch pad as you see

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on the control screen behind me all is

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green so we are now all ready for the

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launch the mission duration would be 26

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minutes and 47 so gone and it will

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tonight separates satellite on an EPA

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public escape orbit which is not exactly

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the standard GTO orbit the satellite is

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light itself photons and we have an

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increased velocity which allows the

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satellite after to go to mercury it is a

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very very very long mission nine billion

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kilometers seven years and the launcher

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will work 27 minutes to allow this very

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long mission okay anything else you want

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to the deep-space probes for in space

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coming up sorry the deep-space probes

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are in space which are coming up yes so

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definitely tonight it spectacle number

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but at the beginning of 2021 we will

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deliver for NASA in cooperation with the

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Canadian Space Agency and easie it would

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be the chance Webb telescope and it

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would be also a very exciting mission

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and another international cooperation

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absolutely ok Stefan

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many thanks Stefan is going back to work

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in the fishbowl and we were going over

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to Terry who has a guest of his own

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Jerry

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yes indeed Joshua Thomas itís been a

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girl he is the assembly integration

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verification engineer at ASA welcome to

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you good evening cherry yes

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let's point out that the European Space

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Agency by a sock has a very story

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informed yes a Zonk is indeed a very

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important partner for the epic Columbo

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permission not only because ISA has

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ensured the whole control of the mission

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throughout of Wilton throughout the

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whole mission of a people but they were

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present right at the start of the

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adventure they were behind the

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computations with the trajectory

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demonstrating that the VP Colombo

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mission was feasible all the way to

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mocha song without a sock no epic combo

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we will see later on that they are based

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in Darmstadt in Germany so we understood

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that they were very much involved

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upstream and during seven years of the

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missions there will be overseeing to the

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flight yes they will indeed be

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cherishing our little baby so seven

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years journey and then VP Colombo will

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start working you will discover this

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mission which is really very complex at

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the same time it's taking us to one of

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the basic nigma of our solar system that

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is mercury they're having some previous

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of visitors Mariner 10 and messenger of

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course but all this now will be

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refreshed with new data new techniques

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will discover this throughout this

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encounter what I suggest we do is that

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we listen to Dominique data who

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precisely

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we'll give us an update on this mission

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maybe Colombo you will quickly

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understood that under this unique banner

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there are two different throats

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traveling together for seven years

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before European probe have been also one

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sham please probe

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therefore it is really team work that

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was conducted all these years that is

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now crowned within some thirty three

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minutes from now perhaps more feet lift

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off of this area in five rocket thank

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you

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with a thin crust of rocks surrounding a

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dense iron core there's more to mercury

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than the first appears temperatures on

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the heavily cratered surface range from

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around 450 degrees Celsius down to minus

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180 and there are signs of past volcanic

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activity mercury has been visited twice

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first in 1974 by NASA's Mariner 10 probe

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and some 40 years later by messenger

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which spent four years in orbit

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messenger mapped the surface and even

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discovered strong evidence for water ice

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in shaded craters but the mission also

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raised new questions about this

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mysterious planet questions

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the peppy Columbo orbiters will be

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trying to answer the big step forward

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for Pepe Colombo is the fact that we

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have two spacecraft the European Space

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Agency spacecraft which is designed to

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look at the surface of the planet and to

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study the planet in detail and the

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second spacecraft is designed to look at

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the environment and so having two

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spacecraft will enable us to do a great

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deal of new science compared to the

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previous missions protected by

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multi-layered insulation and stitched

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thermal blankets and a radiator to

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dissipate heat ESA's mercury planetary

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orbiter carries 11 science instruments

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in a focus on studying the surface and

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internal composition of the planet we

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provide the 3d images of the entire

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surface of mercury and then there will

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be a global mapping with the

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spectrograph for the composition and it

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means that we will provide a composition

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within the spectral range covered by our

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instruments of the entire surface of

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mercury a primary objective of the

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Japanese mercury magnetospheric orbiters

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five instruments we studied the planet's

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magnetic field to combine data from the

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orbiters will enable scientists to build

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up a picture of the magnet

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papalote magnetosphere surrounding the

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palace and the influence of charged

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particles from the Sun notice the solar

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wind of peppy-cola

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over to satellite approach we have one

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satellite the MMO sitting in the solar

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wind and the other one is in inside them

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another elitist fear so you can see what

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is coming towards the magnetosphere and

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what is driving changes within the

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magnetosphere but the international

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science team will need to be patient it

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will take seven years for Pepe Colombo

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to reach the permit and for Mercury's

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mysteries to be revealed so pain mission

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be an asset you know it's not a mission

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it's more like an adventure I suppose

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scientific missions like this you don't

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decide overnight your true cherry is so

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very important adventure long one is

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started back in 2006 with the

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development with the industrial partners

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been in bet it started even earlier with

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scientists who started the European

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scientists and some other content

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started studying what could be

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discovered on Mercury what was the

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benefits of what instruments were needed

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it takes years sometimes it's even the

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life life's terms but work for a

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scientist so that's quite a long

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adventure have to chase a nice within

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this lift on the well mercury remains an

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enigma what is the state of our

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knowledge with all the reasons behind

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this mission what are the points that

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the teams need to confirm Jean Jean with

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you guess maybe you can give us some

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answers

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yeah we want to welcome two key players

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in the mission tonight professor

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yoshi fuii sight though who is a

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director of Jackson's department of

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space sciences and the good their

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housing your director of science at ISA

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welcome to you both thank you very much

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good good - let me start with you I

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think it's a fair question people want

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to know cost a lot of money take seven

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years to get there is it worth that

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going to mercury ok yes that's a very

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good question and I believe that the

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is a relative question depending on how

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much you are willing to spend when you

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think about that every European is

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basically every year spending about 10

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euros for European Space Agency this is

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about one cinema ticket and if you think

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about how much material for the cinemas

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we are actually producing we are much

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more worse than a single cinema ticket

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and I have just been not just joking me

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I think the inspiration and the

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fascination that we are creating in the

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people's minds and in particular in the

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young generation is really crucial in

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order to get people into professionals

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like stem professions but also the

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general public just to learn more to get

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excited okay very good you have to share

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the microphone gentlemen dr. Saito yes

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we have we have two overs this one is

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yours is that correct yes okay now this

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is called the Meo near the mmm oh yeah

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yeah tell us about that what's its role

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okay the muse role is to understand

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murkly's magnetosphere by five avoid

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experiment new is going to measure

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magnetic field and plasma surrounding

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plasma environment and also including

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the salawa interaction and we also

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measures the sodium atmosphere of

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mercury and also the dust environment

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and matter is magnetic field is much

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bigger than the RS and the multi has no

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atmosphere so in the extreme environment

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of mercury the strong solar wind and

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strong solar radiation will easily

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interact with the mercury surface Stan

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it effects the structure and dynamics of

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the macri's magnetosphere so neo is

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going to make the comprehensive

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measurement of the plasmas and resolve

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the Stila

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where you exploit exploit not risk

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investing

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okay Gunther which one is yours can can

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we see earth okay so is as orbit is this

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one appeal and aneisa is also

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responsible for the transfer module

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which brings us to where people to

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mercury and also essential to is safe

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neo from the hot Sun okay sorry I'm

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gonna go ahead that's what you wanted to

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ask me what is inside - no I want to

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know I want to ask you what's the

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advantage of having to say okay I mean

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to have two spacecraft universe like an

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apple for the subject the title Sun is

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mentioning the magnetic field is a three

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dimensional structure it also depends on

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the solar wind it changes and so if you

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measure it from different angles you can

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get much more information than just from

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using angle in fact also the fact that

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we are basically looking at the same

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object from different times different

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also different instruments now it's

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giving us a lot of additional

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information about the composition the

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chemistry about Einstein's theory of

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relativity and so on okay good

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dr. site till last question rather

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briefly if you don't mind why study the

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magnetic field well um when the magnetic

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field of the mercury was discovered

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about 40 years ago by Mariner 10 space

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craft it was great surprise but the the

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magnetic field of marketing has not yet

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been fully understood so so um so make

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even help us okay so Mickey

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so make measurements the um well meal

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will will solve the mystery of the

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mission office I'm sorry I have to cut

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your foot because we're out of time

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gentlemen

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many thanks back to Carrie now for a

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first look at the launch vehicle

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Mitzi's Yash Raj Thank You Josh thank

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you so let's get back to this launch

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fake hold still in the counties night

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some numbers to define further this

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submission so we'll look at this aryan 5

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its passenger tonight and Aaron five of

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this system heavy weights aversion the

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ECA you will see as some 55 meters high

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like the father missus States's or spy

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floors a Buddhist a temple of torchi and

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Kyoto the largest pagoda in Japan it was

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built in 1644 therefore is the

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equivalent of an air in five easy a

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liftoff master 780 chances the initial

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thrust being provided by the solid

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rocket boosters from flanking the

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volcano to mention the referring is 17

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meters high protecting the single

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passengers of tonight faces baby Colombo

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these are jets to pros within one

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satellite the carriage capacity required

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for this one of them first air and five

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is four tons 207 four tons 49 alone for

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the BP Colombo satellite this is so

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Joshua Fatah we will leave you with a

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new guess and not the least by telling

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us about some ISA asthma T's in terms of

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scientific missions joining us tonight

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area of sorry essence Director General

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Yan Verner

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with unique hi another big scientific

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mission tonight now I've heard you say

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many times that science is the backbone

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of ISA yes science was the original visa

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in science is still the backbone it is a

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special mess of how we are dealing with

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a science program it is not top-down

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which the Director General would love it

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is bottom-up that means the scientists

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are deciding what to do and therefore

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science is really the backbone with new

16:52

missions like the biblical number

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now with Pepe Columbo is part of a wider

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program of space deep space probe I'm

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thinking of the Jupiter Ganymede mission

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and there are others can you tell us

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that peak levels place in that program

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so if you look into our science program

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we have a lot of scientific missions

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some are looking to planets some are

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looking really to galaxies or other

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stars so it's really part of this

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overarching program which was called

17:18

cosmic vision and therefore we have a

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special director for the science mission

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that it's good to housing I will talk to

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earlier mm-hmm okay now it is of course

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a very big international organization

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but it's not every mission that we have

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such a wide international cooperation

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and I'm thinking in particular the

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Japanese can you tell us a bit so either

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always tries to have international

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missions so of course each and every

17:42

mission of Iza is international because

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we have 22 member states and the science

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program is paid out of what we call the

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mandatory program and therefore all

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member states have to pay for these

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science missions but in addition we

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always trying to have other said on

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board this time we have of course JAXA

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is a very predominant partner but also

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NASA and the Russians are with us at

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biblical number the space is a very

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cooperative business now would you say

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that no organism or no state can go it

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alone is that fair to say that's not the

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question for me what is really is a

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beauty is that space is above all the

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earthly problem seriously boundaries and

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borders and therefore even if we were to

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wait we could afford such a mission

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alone we would like to do it together as

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partners because this shows that we can

18:30

preach a preach earthly crisis by space

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all right they think think of what

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you're speaking to the average person in

18:37

the street now sum it up for us what's

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the most important thing or maybe there

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are two or three most important things

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the people should know about that be

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Columbo for me Biblical Umbra the

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fascination is the most important thing

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because if you explain all these

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magnetic magnetic experiments and all of

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this it's clear to go there for seven

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years the man

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made of women made the defensive depends

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on that instrument this is really the

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fascination fascination that was what

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Winters was saying fascination leads to

19:08

inspiration in inspiration to motivation

19:10

and this is what we need for our society

19:12

okay terrific young burner thank you so

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much he's gonna go back back to work

19:17

we're going back to cherry who is going

19:20

to look at the emission highlights and

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tell you everything you need to know

19:22

about the mission coming up we just

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thank you Joffrey in particular but

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you're always going according to plan I

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can tell you that we are 14 kilometers

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away from this launcher pad number three

19:41

where the launch vehicle has been

19:45

waiting since yesterday as it was rolled

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out from its master assembly building in

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after giving the I hope been given the

19:55

go-ahead it's waiting there we will now

19:57

go through the major our lives that will

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be pacing this mission there are no

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launched windows tonight so the liftoff

20:07

is scheduled some 20 minutes from now BP

20:11

Colombo arrived in Guiana on the 24th of

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April and this is when the campaign

20:18

started everything is now ready for

20:21

liftoff tonight a few key moments as we

20:24

said lifts often irreversible timer 1

20:27

hour 45 minutes and 28 seconds 2200

20:30

hours and 45 minutes in

20:32

it's a concern coach I'm two minutes 121

20:35

later separation of the solid rocket

20:37

boosters at three minutes oh nine

20:39

separation of the ferry also the launch

20:42

vehicle and satellites will be followed

20:45

by five successive tracking stations as

20:48

you all know as that all of which will

20:50

be on its journey to the east everything

20:53

starting from here in kuru with legally

20:56

be station at 8 minutes 43 jettisoning

21:00

of the main cryogenic stage and in the

21:03

same breath 4 seconds later ignition of

21:06

the upper quota gene occur stage after a

21:10

mission that will be quite short for the

21:13

separation velocity will be 10,000 155

21:17

meter per seconds and the altitude will

21:21

be 1449 kilometers and at 26 minutes and

21:26

47 seconds separation of the certain

21:31

line Peppa Columbo I wrote to mercury

21:34

was a seven-year journey and a fabulous

21:37

one indeed so we will meet again in

21:40

December 2020 PI for the first data

21:43

reported back from the two probes under

21:48

the ages of either and the other one

21:49

chance at so this around mercury as we

21:54

heard earlier if there's one area where

21:56

the International Cobras are by module

21:59

it is a space industry you cannot go it

22:02

alone in space Joshua as you said then

22:06

now you are with one of the

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representatives of the Japanese Jat

22:11

census agency right Peppa Colombo a

22:14

joint mission of course between the ISA

22:17

and of JAXA in the Japanese Space Agency

22:19

and with us now dr. heat or she can

22:22

Enoch a vice president at JAXA thank you

22:25

for coming in we want a taco we we've

22:28

seen that Pepe Colombo with e sound with

22:30

Arian space part of a wider program of

22:32

science projects is the same with you at

22:34

the JAXA cake can you tell us about some

22:36

of those

22:38

we're JAXA is now making the deep-space

22:41

photo a frito to investigate the surahs

22:45

assistant planet and then so in ten

22:48

years we will deliver our spacecraft

22:52

from the Jupiter 2 from Jupiter to

22:57

Matsui and then so we will make the

23:00

deep-space veto in the sense of epic

23:02

Colombo is a very important role to

23:05

investigate the materialism and it's

23:08

also part of a very important

23:10

international cooperation program on

23:12

your side with the Europeans which did

23:14

not take place or so much in the past is

23:16

that right yes that's right so the

23:18

pickleboy is the chuck's as fast to

23:20

measure joint emission are with ISA and

23:24

that this test is very tough for us but

23:27

we have just accomplished and we lead to

23:30

the memorial day for lunch campaign and

23:33

so this program our foster relationship

23:37

and a mutual understanding between asana

23:39

Jackson and the Europe and Japan so this

23:42

framework will apply future space

23:44

mission Creason mmm ecstasy plus juice

23:49

and tennis silica so on so you have a

23:53

lot going for you in the future yes with

23:55

the international cooperation that's

23:56

right and our relations with the

23:58

Europeans good I suppose

23:59

yes assign the European people is a very

24:03

important partner for Japan and JAXA

24:07

okay tell us now Jackson wants to reveal

24:09

with this mission some of the physics is

24:12

our right of mercury can you give us an

24:13

idea of what that's about

24:14

yes that's right so

24:17

so you may know only in a few pro

24:21

investigated mercury in the past and

24:24

then so a mercury is still mysterious

24:26

and then so that the typical approach

24:30

that is very important and a remarkable

24:33

thing so combination of AP and neo

24:39

simultaneous observation will reveal the

24:42

mysterious matter e in detail when we

24:45

start getting some information some here

24:48

saving the other eight or eight years

24:50

right okay you're looking forward to

24:52

that yep okay very good dr. Quinn you're

24:55

not got many thanks Cherry's gonna take

24:57

us to Devil's Island now they're

24:59

applying offshore here from the space

25:00

base they're famous for their prisons

25:02

you might recall the film peppy oh but

25:04

there's more to it than that

25:09

may we yes indeed Josh indeed much more

25:14

you know that we have taken to the habit

25:17

jury of these radio transmission to help

25:21

you discover a special way from the

25:24

bird's-eye view some of the massacre

25:27

places of this Guiana we lost so much

25:29

therefore today we are going heading off

25:33

to the ether salut thee these islands

25:36

are Carew will be flying over this

25:39

volcanic an actual Arco and a few

25:42

seconds to discover indeed what three

25:46

hours which for this article's ago with

25:49

the Ohio

25:50

The Devil's Island which was volcanic in

25:54

nature and our attempts to the Cayenne

25:56

Muse on sickness being the owner is

26:00

existing so they tell you oh they're

26:03

named to the tragic for Royal French

26:05

expedition conducted in 1763 the SH

26:09

whistle is tradition which resulted in

26:12

the tale person the death of some 12,000

26:15

people over here and the survivors took

26:18

my shoes on these islands where the

26:20

climate were more friendly and mosquito

26:22

free this is why they renamed them and

26:25

in some sense the jail was built there

26:29

to receive the first political deportees

26:32

Alfred Dreyfus and Guillaume says that

26:35

were the most famous of the prisoners

26:38

jail there after closing of the hill in

26:41

1947 the Oconee Space Center saw the

26:46

light of day in 1965 and turned these

26:48

honors into a strategic location because

26:51

they are play center the trajectory of

26:53

the various launches installed on the

26:55

awhile as early as 1969 or launches to

26:59

the north one of the follow-up surfaces

27:01

with a teenage theater light which is an

27:04

optical instrument called graphic

27:05

territory location and now it has been

27:08

turned into an AIDS test go with as its

27:11

mission to observe in the visible world

27:13

and

27:14

any significant events from the liftoff

27:17

to the first stage separation since the

27:20

1980s a tourist has developed on the

27:23

islands and there has been a will to

27:25

safeguard the move heritage with the

27:29

buildings like chaparral the house of

27:32

preface my Alan st. Joseph are open to

27:35

visitors which is not the case to this

27:38

day for the Devil's Island which is

27:41

still closed to the public so a favorite

27:45

spot for tourists these islands are

27:49

reachable from the sea on the catamaran

27:53

most of time and they offer a great

27:57

variety of flora and fauna like iguanas

28:02

are among Kaiser cooties and right

28:06

season I haven't had a cocktail in my

28:08

bad sorry so you can even discover if

28:12

you're lucky the sea cows and the famous

28:14

ski on the Dolphins they're very nice

28:17

species so that's all Joshua's about so

28:20

the discovery of Guiana

28:22

as seen from the skies what I suggest we

28:25

do now as we get that on the ground and

28:28

join you at the Jupiter

28:30

control sensors to being enjoying these

28:36

beautiful images from the patron

28:37

therefore we will join you at Jupiter

28:40

and will hear about the flight desk if

28:46

I'm not mistaken like this is coming up

28:49

yeah meanwhile the accountant is

28:50

proceeding normally if I can still look

28:52

at my screen 11 minutes and 28 seconds

28:54

until liftoff

28:56

Pepe Colombo on the Ariane 5 now

28:58

remember according to the professionals

29:00

countdown is the most intense part of

29:02

the entire campaign for the mission

29:05

campaign lasting were roughly six weeks

29:07

when the satellites first arrived here

29:09

we're going to as tre said present some

29:13

of the key players in the mission

29:16

tonight we'd like to do that in the

29:17

beginning of the broadcast the people

29:19

making the mission happen this is the

29:20

Arian space High Command also called the

29:23

flight desk headed up by Stefan Israel

29:25

whom you saw with him rolled on Elijah

29:27

the chief technical officer and these

29:30

gentlemen will make the calls should

29:31

anything unexpected come up either

29:33

before or during the mission you might

29:35

see them on the phones to the teams here

29:37

across the space base or back in Europe

29:41

Ariane 5 is ready for our mission you

29:44

might recall also that Ariane 5 is the

29:45

reliable workhorse vehicle and the

29:48

senior member of the Ariane 5 the Soyuz

29:50

and Vega Arian designed for heavier

29:52

satellites like tonight's coming up next

29:56

you're gonna see the green status panel

29:58

is a very important part of the mission

30:01

both especially before the mission they

30:04

are real-time summary of everything that

30:07

it takes to prepare to launch and to

30:10

follow Erin you can see in the upper

30:11

left of the screen there it's behind us

30:14

here in the hall on the on the far wall

30:17

the Green status panels and we like to

30:20

check them here they are on the right

30:21

from time to time before lifting off and

30:24

you see the color of the green which is

30:26

just as it should be so all is well what

30:29

they are is a go/no-go red green summary

30:31

of everything that it takes for a

30:33

mission an Arian or a Soyuz or Vega for

30:37

that matter green means okay red means

30:39

the opposite it's very simple if you see

30:41

a red in any of those it means that

30:42

we're going to stop the countdown the

30:47

space base covers a lot of area and

30:48

information from all these services and

30:50

you can see them there their safety and

30:53

telemetry and the weather and

30:58

lights and all all that information

30:59

coming in here to Jupiter from the

31:03

different outposts which is why we

31:04

called Jupiter the nerve center and the

31:06

real heart of the space base back inside

31:11

a Jupiter we're going to take a look at

31:12

some other key players we're going to

31:14

look at the satellite mission directors

31:16

also called the DMS these are people

31:19

responsible for the chronology of their

31:22

satellites they decide if their

31:23

satellite is ready for launch they

31:25

follow the campaign step by step and

31:27

it's preparation as managers they meet

31:29

with their teams on a daily basis of

31:31

course and give the okay for each stage

31:34

of the satellites preparation most of

31:36

them I would say are technically

31:37

oriented and every area and space

31:39

customer will have one there you should

31:41

be seeing the véronique Rosella vert and

31:43

space coming up and you'll be hearing

31:45

from her later on in another film and

31:48

all these players we've been mentioned

31:50

are an important part of the launch base

31:51

and by the way what is a launch base

31:54

well it's a place where the launcher and

31:56

the payloads are prepared they are

31:58

launched and monitored before and during

32:01

in the mission this one the CSG happens

32:03

to be the rules only dedicated

32:05

commercial space space area and space

32:07

operating the launcher family

32:15

total emission time as we mentioned 26

32:19

minutes not exactly standard for an area

32:21

and space knowledge usually it's a

32:23

little over 45 minutes or an hour

32:26

depending on the mission to other people

32:29

you're going to be seeing today from

32:30

area and space the mission director DDA

32:33

Saeed working alongside the range

32:35

operations manager also called the D do

32:38

tonight Raymond

32:40

Boyce and it's his voice you're going to

32:42

be hearing just a moment when he's gonna

32:45

be calling out the seven-minute mark

32:47

that's an important milestone will

32:48

explain that in in a moment

32:50

he this person the video makes all the

32:52

key announcement on the major milestones

32:54

during the countdown and during the

32:57

flight and he will shortly call out the

33:00

seven-minute mark which is a key

33:02

milestone were in to the final moments

33:04

of the final countdown as we wait for

33:08

the video to call out the final adieu

33:12

dos proseccos FINA law so that's the D

33:15

do coming down to the seven minute mark

33:17

and you'll hear him again up i sealed my

33:21

step in it right there we are

33:23

step seven minute mark brings us into

33:25

what's known as the synchronized or the

33:27

automatic sequence it's a key milestone

33:29

representing really the tip of the

33:31

iceberg the final moments of final

33:33

countdown a complex series of

33:35

organization of stuff sorry operations

33:38

running right down to this cup making

33:40

the launcher autonomous our stage is set

33:43

I'm gonna go up to the broadcast booth

33:45

while I'm doing that take a look at a

33:47

film on a launcher campaign to see how

33:48

Aryan is put together

33:53

the VA 245 launch campaign started in

33:58

the integration building the bill on

34:00

September 6

34:02

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34:11

after the stages assembly and the free

34:14

dick and electrical functional checks

34:16

the launcher was transferred to the

34:18

final assembly buildings about two weeks

34:21

ago

34:22

the nominal planning has been adapted to

34:24

take into account of all the

34:26

specificities of the single launch

34:31

baby goo normal zip exam boys also

34:33

totally

34:34

atypical huge campaign carried out or

34:36

six months at a Guiana Space Center

34:38

first of all for Antonov aircraft

34:41

brought two spacecrafts two elements and

34:43

equipment to French Guiana in addition

34:45

to these Antonovs about ten more

34:47

containers arrived by boat

34:53

during the stays my preparation phase

34:55

the ds5 stevelou preparation complex

34:57

they become well-defined to clean rooms

35:00

configured as one large room

35:03

if the spacecraft teams proceeded

35:05

step-by-step below then still the

35:07

spacecraft modules and Peru to interpret

35:09

the components onto these modules to

35:12

carry out electrical tests of different

35:15

modules to meticulously install thermal

35:18

insulation which is purple is soon by

35:20

hand to check the indifferent of onboard

35:23

propulsion systems of the modules the

35:26

solar panels were fitted onto each

35:28

module of spacecraft we're all impressed

35:30

by the solar panel deployment test

35:32

carried out across big huge structure

35:35

built in the room a ceiling with baby

35:37

columbus different modules was carried

35:39

out to in between all these operations

35:41

according to welde established the

35:43

schedule

35:44

mmod Japanese Space Agency's module was

35:47

integrated onto the European Space

35:49

Agency's module the MPO then the

35:52

assembled the modules were installed on

35:54

the MTM the transfer vehicle after its

35:58

preparation phase beta Colombo was

36:00

transferred to the final assembly

36:02

building to be integrated onto the loom

36:04

child once on to the launcher the

36:07

finishing touches were carried out and

36:09

the immersive the sunshield was

36:11

integrated onto the spacecraft the lawn

36:13

plant rehearsal took place on October

36:15

15th and the launch readiness review

36:17

authorized the transfer the launcher and

36:19

its base back to the load zone on d1 the

36:21

final operations are not ongoing

36:24

cryogenic feelings started four hours

36:26

before the launch flight software has

36:29

been uploaded into the onboard computers

36:31

and the synchronized sequence will be

36:34

started around seven minutes before

36:36

liftoff

36:38

Joshua temple back up in the broadcast

36:40

booth with johannes think off of ISA ISA

36:44

zippy Columbo project scientist

36:46

wonderful title what's a job about

36:48

oh hello and for hire gozaimasu Japan

36:51

yeah being project scientist of such a

36:54

mission with two spacecraft into

36:56

collaboration between Europe and Japan

36:57

is such a fascinating job because you

37:01

have dealing with all aspects of science

37:03

and here as the interface of the

37:05

scientists you deal with engineers USD

37:09

as a science operation so it's a great

37:11

job terrific we'll hear more on that in

37:14

a moment but for now we want to take the

37:16

cameras up to the launch campaign

37:18

Operations Center where the teams are

37:20

working several teams up there under the

37:23

direction of this fellow Raphael bredda

37:25

who's a launch complex operations

37:26

manager several teams up there as we

37:29

said one is responsible for the ground

37:31

operations the other for readiness of

37:33

the Ariane 5 the launch campaign

37:35

operations manager heads up one group

37:37

and he coordinates with Mission Control

37:40

for final authorization to launch and

37:42

when all the conditions are right he

37:44

then okay's the automatic sequence at

37:46

the seven-minute mark which we just saw

37:48

in all about a hundred people up there

37:51

how long have you been on the project oh

37:53

I've been on the project fallen 15 years

37:55

now and for more than ten years I'm the

37:58

project scientist and as I said I'm the

38:01

voice of the scientists and that the

38:03

very complex thing because I'm Pepe

38:05

Colombo the f-16 instrument on both

38:08

spacecraft yeah and all in all the walls

38:10

and certain sensors and so not only

38:13

technologies wise also from the science

38:15

it's a very complex mission ok we're

38:18

gonna hear more from you when you come

38:20

back because Johannes has never seen a

38:22

launch excuse me he's gonna go out on

38:24

the terrace with all the other other

38:25

VIPs and give us his reactions hot

38:27

reaction when he comes back so don't get

38:30

lost

38:30

see you later the split-screen image on

38:33

the screen on the Left liquid hydrogen

38:35

on the right liquid oxygen these are the

38:37

propellant feeder arms in the middle of

38:40

the launcher we'll get another shot of

38:41

that when we pull back they are putting

38:43

fuel into the upper stage tanks

38:45

you'll see the arms and you can see them

38:47

there in the center of the screen coming

38:51

out of the of the entry into the upper

38:55

stage you'll see the arms pull back at

38:57

seven seconds before ignition what are

39:00

the people doing they're going out on to

39:01

the terrorists there because we have two

39:03

terraces on either side of Jupiter that

39:05

give a wonderful view onto the launch

39:08

pad which is about 15 kilometers away

39:10

from us here and that's where the minute

39:13

the video is gonna call out my minute

39:21

and then we are into the final 60

39:24

seconds as the crowd gathering on the

39:27

terraces give us a chance to say hello

39:28

to our friends at JAXA Tokyo Airbus in

39:31

Friedrichshafen to our industrial

39:33

partners ISA including a soccer will go

39:36

momentarily and knez and to all of you

39:39

following the broadcast on the internet

39:41

we hope you are enjoying it we're gonna

39:43

cut away now and let you listen to the

39:45

do as he calls out the final countdown

39:47

watch for the cryogenic arms to open and

39:49

enjoy the liftoff

39:53

[Music]

40:05

a to do at ASEAN for the container this

40:10

nerve we said sis thank God

40:17

Wow do

40:30

we might deserve a decoration

40:59

a pollution Luminara project well

41:05

alumina engines a lot of fire and lava

41:08

for videos as all is well

41:12

the two boosters now providing 90 that's

41:14

9 o % of our thrust propelling the

41:16

launcher along her trajectory at an ever

41:19

higher velocity 787 a 2-0 tons of lift

41:24

on offense the mass and they get that

41:26

sort of miserable british guiana push

41:28

and push we have she's burning five tons

41:31

of fuel every second two and a half tons

41:34

being burned every second in each

41:36

booster plus the core stage burning

41:39

another 300 kilos of fuel every second

41:43

Ariane 5 putting on quite a show and new

41:46

Mina I can't wait for you on us to come

41:48

back and tell us his reactions the sky

41:51

is clear should be able to see

41:53

separation of the booster may be the

41:55

separation of the threatening we'll find

41:57

out momentarily

41:58

Arianne five now following the film and

42:01

the on-board computer which gives all

42:03

the orders including state separation

42:05

will soon see that in just about 30

42:09

seconds from now we are in the first of

42:11

four flight phases the first three are

42:14

powered and will describe each in turn

42:15

so you can follow right now the first

42:18

flight phase the single first stage

42:21

engine and the two boosters are burning

42:24

the boosters will each consume their 240

42:28

tons into storage that's about 10

42:30

seconds they will be the first to be

42:33

extinguished and you'll hear that from

42:35

the DDO but you'll see that on the

42:36

screen you'll see the flame out yeah but

42:39

that you got an object wrong Lumi no

42:41

there it as you see you see the main

42:44

point of light in the middle because

42:46

you'll please alight on the on either

42:48

side all the Boosters that's what looks

42:51

like up there there's another booster on

42:52

the portside course out of camera range

42:54

but you see the main power point of

42:56

light looks like the moon in the middle

42:58

and on the side the two boosters flaming

43:00

out and they will fall into the Atlantic

43:04

French Guiana in part chosen as a base

43:07

for its opening on the ocean launching

43:10

launchers posing no threat to the local

43:12

population of course we're waiting for

43:17

your Hema cell to come back our next

43:21

milestone separation of the ferry

43:23

that's next up as we continue to follow

43:25

Arian with looks like a ground camera or

43:30

or the naked eye are making Dorothy the

43:35

D view has called out separation of the

43:37

fairing and this is what that looks like

43:40

there's another half on the starboard

43:42

side which is falling down into the

43:46

Atlantic as well which is a very narrow

43:49

wide as we're out of the dense layers of

43:51

the atmosphere of course over a hundred

43:53

metres altitude and you can see on the

43:55

bottom of your screen on the left or

43:57

altitude 140 kilometers and on the right

44:00

our speed 2.4

44:03

kilometers per second we can also

44:06

discard any dead weight the fairing

44:08

excuse me waist two and a half tons so

44:11

it's a good idea to get rid of it now

44:12

that we can omit double following the

44:16

estimation having being treated to a

44:19

wonderful sound and light show on the

44:23

left there is the satellite the white

44:26

boxes below that is the composite one

44:30

reason kuru was chosen as the launch

44:33

site was its nearby hills where we could

44:35

install radar in the telemetry

44:37

facilities and that's where we're going

44:40

now this office another place that is

44:43

very active tonight the CVI or the quick

44:46

look telemetry display control center

44:48

now these teams have all the means for

44:50

receiving processing storing and

44:52

analyzing all the data coming in from

44:55

the ground stations we'll have more on

44:56

the hope which I know Mena alone Arians

44:58

a flight path the CVI station atop a

45:01

hill and you just saw not far from

45:03

Jupiter and right now these teams are

45:06

following and analyzing all the key

45:07

flight data coming in and reporting the

45:10

flight status of the launcher back to

45:12

the teams here in Mission Control it's

45:13

all part of the great information flow

45:15

from points across the base to Mission

45:18

Control Jupiter the nerve center and

45:20

Johannes has returned and you are

45:22

smiling tell us how was it out there oh

45:25

it was fantastic I've never seen that

45:28

before and it was great yeah what like

45:32

what impressed you the most was that the

45:33

sound was a delight something I was the

45:35

brightness of the rocket rennet ready to

45:37

the sky and yeah you couldn't see the

45:40

rocket it was like a big fireball going

45:43

up to the sky and it was really amazing

45:46

super did you see the separation of the

45:49

Boosters yes no me neither

45:51

great okay so if that doesn't make you

45:53

want to come down here and watch a

45:54

launch ladies and gentlemen I don't know

45:56

what well next up we want to find out I

46:00

mean you do Oprah on the PC I imagine

46:03

like most missions you had some problems

46:05

we're gonna have to go to a film but

46:07

give us he give us a first taste and and

46:10

we'll continue after the film any

46:11

problem that

46:12

you solved that you remember Oh peppy

46:15

Kalama was a bumpy right from the

46:17

beginning we had issues with the solar

46:20

panels which were not standing the

46:23

combination of heat and solar radiation

46:26

and for that reason we had to make some

46:29

much bigger and Tilton but more than 80

46:31

degrees all right we'll get the details

46:33

on that in a moment first a film on the

46:36

other milestones

46:42

[Music]

47:19

[Music]

47:41

you might remember some of those flights

47:44

maybe you were even here in Jupiter for

47:46

the launch like Johanna Swanson

47:48

we were just picked up by our first

47:50

downrange tracking station we promised

47:52

some information on those it's located

47:54

in that tau over the border in our

47:56

neighbor Brazil run by the Brazilian

47:58

Department of Defense for Canas

48:00

integrated with design now we are

48:04

building that be Colombo is gonna build

48:06

on some of the science that was

48:08

discovered by messenger the NASA project

48:11

household yeah before the NASA project

48:14

measuring messenger we did not know much

48:16

about mercury on yet data from flybys in

48:20

the 70s and also there we could only see

48:22

one half of the planet and even people

48:25

in the heard about that be Columbus on

48:27

that's a boring target but all that has

48:30

changed after messenger because we found

48:33

out that mercury is a fascinating

48:36

surprising planet with a lot of

48:38

mysteries which is some things which we

48:40

have never expected before

48:42

for example formation temperatures were

48:44

measured which are much lower than

48:46

expected you would expect for a planet

48:49

close to the Sun the temperatures are

48:51

much higher yeah but in actually we

48:53

found them much lower

48:55

comparable to formation temperatures of

48:57

mass so that could be the idea that

49:00

Mercury's forms unreal so that would be

49:02

fascinating what what argument did they

49:05

use to say that if it's a boring target

49:09

that no atmosphere no only a few craters

49:13

that didn't expect life on Mercury

49:17

recently was only okay we have had cut

49:21

off of the lower stage and separation of

49:25

the lower stage engine and as you can

49:27

see on the animation ignition of the

49:29

upper stage all on time these are three

49:32

commands given by the on-board computer

49:34

in about 13 seconds so we are now into

49:37

the into the final powered flight phase

49:41

it's the single upper stage engine that

49:44

will burn until plus 25 10

49:46

another 16 minutes roughly the job of

49:49

the upper-stage taking the satellite to

49:51

its ejection point positioning in for

49:54

separation and then releasing it that's

49:56

its propulsion rule she also has a

49:59

second role and that comes during area

50:00

and fives what they call ballistics

50:02

phase our next film from ISA an overview

50:05

on the Pepe Colombo mission

50:14

fueled and almost ready to go the final

50:17

assembly of the Pepe Colombo mission to

50:19

mercury a collaboration between e Suren

50:22

the Japanese space agency JAXA Pepe

50:25

Colombo consists of two scientific

50:27

orbiters a transfer module to propel

50:30

them to mercury and a Sun shield

50:33

protected by hand-stitched ceramic

50:35

thermal blankets the entire spacecraft

50:38

is six and a half meters high I'm only

50:41

just fit inside the fairing of its area

50:43

and five launcher designed to withstand

50:46

temperatures of up to 450 degrees

50:48

Celsius Pepe Colombo is one of the most

50:51

technically and scientifically complex

50:54

missions ever launched 80% of our

50:58

material needs to know he qualified for

51:00

this mission because we haven't tested

51:03

before in the hospital so it's a real

51:07

challenge to go there and to bring two

51:09

spacecraft in the first challenge is

51:13

getting to mercury flying directly isn't

51:16

an option the Sun's gravity means any

51:18

spacecraft will be going too fast to

51:21

make it into orbit instead Pepe Colombo

51:24

will take seven years to reach its

51:26

destination combining solar electric

51:29

propulsion with a total of nine flybys

51:31

of Earth Venus and Mercury constantly

51:37

break

51:39

into the inner side of our solos

51:42

when you fly towards the most heavy

51:46

to be exhilarating you don't want them

51:48

is why we decelerate once they arrive at

51:51

mercury in late 2025 the orbiters will

51:54

separate from the transfer module to

51:57

begin their comprehensive scientific

51:59

mission in 2026 with its eleven

52:03

instruments ESA's mercury planetary

52:05

orbiter will study the surface and

52:07

internal composition of the planet

52:10

meanwhile Jax's mercury magnetospheric

52:13

orbiters five instruments will study the

52:15

planet's magnetic field together the

52:19

orbiters will not only reveal more about

52:21

mercury but also the history of the

52:23

inner solar system because map is not

52:26

tilted like this it's spinning orbital

52:31

plane therefore there are some craters

52:33

on the poles that's never see sunlight

52:35

and then these craters be found what

52:38

dies and there's what eyes be stable

52:42

over millions of billions of years and

52:44

that's fantastic ISA science and

52:48

engineering teams have been working on

52:50

Pepe Colombo for more than a decade with

52:53

a long journey ahead of it the launch

52:55

marks only the beginning of the next

52:58

stage of Pepe Colombo's voyage of

53:00

discovery I'm taking a Teri's place for

53:06

the moment out here on the terrace

53:07

because I want to introduce to you

53:10

Johannes think off you heard his voice

53:12

but you haven't seen him so forget the

53:14

camera on him or the drone well Willa

53:18

there we are

53:19

I have I have a question for you and I

53:20

may have to cut you off because we're

53:22

gonna go to each other but briefly

53:24

mission life eight years why eight years

53:27

yeah it takes us a while to go there we

53:29

need seven years to go to mercury and

53:31

then it's one year of nominal mission we

53:34

hope that we maybe can get an extension

53:35

of one year because of the spacecraft is

53:38

also designed to last two years ago

53:40

knowledge

53:41

how do we get an extension how do you

53:44

need to make a proposal this our agency

53:46

but if everything is good then I think

53:49

I'm quite confident that we're gonna get

53:51

this okay let's get the word from e

53:54

stock will go to Darmstadt we're gonna

53:55

speak with the paddle ferry head of

53:57

operations at Paulo can you hear us

53:59

we're coming to your life and career

54:04

okay yeah we want to ask you a few

54:06

questions we don't have a lot of time

54:08

but first I want to ask you what's the

54:09

mood at ease like how would you describe

54:11

it up well everybody here is very tense

54:16

waiting for the signal to arrive as you

54:19

know we lost the telemetry at the moment

54:22

of liftoff so we're not in contact with

54:25

the spacecraft and our job will start

54:27

when the after the separation of the

54:29

spacecraft on this day from the shuttle

54:31

on the north rocket so we are really

54:33

looking forward to that moment what

54:37

concentrated focus I don't want to say

54:40

tense yes yes certainly things but

54:45

everybody excited we've been preparing

54:47

for this mission for so many years we

54:49

were really looking forward to this

54:51

moment now it's a time to go this moment

54:55

is this moment what happened the next

54:56

they're both in the short term and in

54:59

the longer term

55:01

yeah in the short term after we have

55:03

acquired the first signal in a few

55:05

minutes from now we will have the team

55:08

working here for about two to three days

55:11

getting the spacecraft ready for its

55:14

long cruise to mercury there will be

55:16

some activities like deploying antennae

55:18

for the communications when the distance

55:20

increases from Earth and of course

55:23

checking that all the systems are ready

55:24

then there will be a more they say a

55:27

longer phase of a few months where we we

55:31

test

55:32

the old board systems have payload

55:34

instruments of the variable for

55:36

technology and I have to cut y'all I'm

55:38

terribly sorry we have to go to a film

55:40

but powerfully

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East she has she's shortly be picked up

57:17

by our downrange tracking station in

57:21

Libreville in Africa you're watching

57:28

there in space like 200

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so extreme right is a peppy kilometer

58:04

what are we looking at that's the

58:05

sunshield

58:05

extreme right we see the sunshield and

58:12

behind the Sun shields the Japanese

58:14

spacecraft is titled all right we'll be

58:16

back with more we're gonna go to the

58:17

film on JAXA and its role on the mission

58:26

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funny job and going through statistical

58:41

induction country is one of the most

58:45

mysterious planet in the solar system

58:47

because it is very hard to explore and

58:50

in the past only two spectra in

58:53

amazement

58:56

but we have information to answer

58:59

questions about transformation evolution

59:02

and environment so that we will explore

59:06

battery and address such questions with

59:09

two spacecraft and with various types of

59:13

is and we focus on studying rapid

59:20

environment because my brain is exposed

59:27

and we want to understand the direct

59:30

form platyrrhini fun

59:32

we still need to wait several years for

59:36

the science data from battery but I am

59:39

very excited full of the roads and I

59:43

want to say to me

59:47

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59:50

I wish some of it yeeeh of you I'm

59:55

working for the battery issue for

59:58

- yes

60:02

the big favorite with shop is very

60:04

challenging

60:05

from the summer condo there have been

60:08

many problems we have never experienced

60:12

a home

60:14

there is coming from the high

60:16

temperature we had to do many activities

60:20

so development was 3:30

60:25

but now we are ready to launch I'd like

60:29

to say to everyone who has supported us

60:32

thank you very much for everything you

60:36

need courage agoraphobia

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60:43

the crumble is international

60:46

collaboration between is an injection

60:48

the way we started formulation since we

60:51

do not know with each other and also the

60:55

personality and of course many troubles

60:58

after a few years we know each other our

61:02

personality and their personality and

61:05

also the rock then we can find the

61:09

solution problem and now we have the

61:14

launch site just before the launch I

61:17

believe is a very good thing and it's

61:21

relation between isn't justice very good

61:24

and relation between also the companies

61:27

protecting the properties of severity we

61:31

still have ten years for the

61:33

indoctrination

61:35

good motivation company's mission and

61:42

mission between relations between

61:45

Jackson listen thank you three minutes

61:50

to go in the upper stage burn let's talk

61:53

about the physics Yanis the flybys the

61:55

gravity assist they bring Pepe Colombo

61:58

we heard this morning into the inner

61:59

solar system and we need six flies

62:01

around me three to get me yeah that's

62:05

right

62:06

you need unfortunately a lot of energy

62:08

to go into the inner solar system

62:10

because you have to break against the

62:12

Sun and you need either a lot of fuel to

62:17

go there but since we have a very heavy

62:19

spacecraft for us the enabling

62:21

technology is also use the help of the

62:24

planets to gain some energy by flying by

62:27

us the planet and on the way to mercury

62:29

we need to have one fly rioters and fire

62:31

engines and six fires in our next film a

62:36

look at the relationship between area

62:37

and space and Debbie column

62:44

really I know the involvement of isa

62:47

jackson industries was considerable

62:50

during all of those years of development

62:52

and AIT

62:53

including during this six-month campaign

62:56

what you said the relationship between

62:58

entities was a strength Pepe is a very

63:01

international project with contributions

63:04

of a large number of European countries

63:06

the United States Russia and of course

63:09

Japan as such the teams running the

63:12

development procurement and also the

63:14

launch campaign of a very mixed nature

63:17

working together was for us a very

63:19

normal business over the years

63:21

independent from the individuals

63:24

nationality due to the common objective

63:27

to bring a reliably working spacecraft

63:29

into orbit the team spirit was one of

63:32

the driving elements to work

63:33

successfully over such a long period as

63:36

we have done for our project could you

63:38

explain in a few words what will happen

63:41

from separation from montréal up through

63:43

mercury the sense that he will separate

63:46

approximately 28 minutes after lunch

63:48

performs the deployment of the solar

63:51

arrays the end

63:52

and the magnetometer boom and then after

63:55

small commissioning period started seven

63:58

years long journey determining where we

64:00

will arrive in December 2025 to which

64:04

mercury we need the energy from nine

64:06

planetary flyby assists one time earth 2

64:10

times Venus and six times mercury itself

64:12

before entering the mercury orbit

64:14

arriving there with the jettison the MGM

64:18

first then the spinning axe orbiter and

64:20

the structure moseph which protected the

64:23

MMO during cruise before we will lower

64:26

the MPO into its lower orbit by chemical

64:29

propulsion

64:31

and once Pepe Colombo reaches mercury in

64:35

late 2025 the orbiters as you saw will

64:39

be released and captured by the planets

64:41

orbit the science doesn't begin

64:43

immediately that will get you harnessed

64:44

explain that in the moment science

64:46

begins about five or six months after

64:47

that we're coming up on extinction of

64:51

the upper stage and you'll see on the

64:54

left the nozzle will shut down and we

64:58

will be into the there you are and we

65:02

define our flight phase the non-powered

65:05

flight phase we are coasting with the

65:08

upper stage engine shut off we'd entered

65:10

this coasting phase usually during this

65:12

period the composite lizard and spawn

65:14

are typically in a series of operations

65:16

ranging from a few seconds to a few

65:18

minutes this is to separate the first

65:20

satellite and the Silda which is the

65:22

carrying structure of our second

65:24

satellite and then the second satellite

65:25

in different altitudes and different

65:27

positions but we don't have a second

65:29

passenger of course tonight and we have

65:31

just over one minute between extinction

65:34

which we just saw and separation of that

65:36

become level so the ballistics phase is

65:38

very short now we have about three

65:42

minutes to go until separation so a

65:46

quick question Mariner 10 discovered

65:48

that mercury like Earth has a magnetic

65:50

field the only other planet to happen we

65:53

don't know why that's correct we don't

65:55

know why and it was a great surprise

65:57

when it was discovered in 1974 because

66:00

for such a small planet nobody assumed

66:03

that it could have a molten outer core

66:06

because you saw that planet is totally

66:08

sulphide and that is what we would like

66:11

to understand how this magnetic field is

66:13

formed what is the effect of the Sun on

66:16

the magnetic field and for that reason

66:17

we also have two orbiters which can

66:19

distinguish between inner and outer

66:21

fields and we have a magnetometer on our

66:24

spacecraft the MPO and one magnetometer

66:27

on the Japanese spacecraft me your baby

66:30

is scheduled to be separated in I would

66:33

say half a minute what's going through

66:35

your mind now

66:36

yeah I'm still not really okay you're

66:42

really waiting for what you want to see

66:44

that everything happens that's correct I

66:46

would like to see the separation going

66:49

relative swarmin self and then we have

66:52

to wait for confirmation and we'll get

66:54

back to that but it is a moment of high

66:56

concentration as we wait the DDoS

66:58

announcement the vote here in Jupiter

67:00

like the mood in this arc as Paulo ferry

67:03

told us very concentrated very focused

67:08

sea palace y'all be equal humble there

67:12

is separation that video has called that

67:14

I right away and you can hear it

67:15

applause so there's the good news at

67:24

least on his scheduled program elements

67:28

however we have to wait for confirmation

67:30

can we get a reaction from you yeah as

67:33

relieved as Caesars but still we are not

67:36

there you have to wait until we get the

67:38

signal and we have to wait until we have

67:41

a successful deployment of our solar

67:44

arrays and antennas and