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Mark Kelly: “They've improved these systems, so the boarding rate now is…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Senator Mark Kelly on Stoicism, Space, and Staying Calm Under Pressure

Published | Video Starts at 12:05

And we have a thing called a pickle where we can wave them off. You know, red lights come on on the Fresnel lens and people have to go around. But They've improved these systems, so the boarding rate now is really high. It's very rare that somebody bolters or they get waved off. And what that's allowed us to do in the Navy is we've just transitioned to where people don't even go to the ship before they get their wings anymore. (12:05–12:14)

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Asserts that system improvements have increased boarding rates and reduced bolters or wave-offs.

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