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hi this is liz austin peterson with the

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associated press

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i want to ask a question of both

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commander frick and commander whitson

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i'll ask them separately

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commander frick do you have any concerns

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or anxieties about having to hurry back

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on wednesday either to the cape or

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california to give the military as much

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time as possible to shoot down the spy

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satellite and commander whitson do you

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have any qualms about being in space

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that's a good question no we don't have

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any concerns uh it's obvious to us that

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dod and nasa have worked closely

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together to make sure that there's no

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problem uh with

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uh the plan that they're gonna they're

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gonna do to make sure this satellite is

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not a risk to anyone on the ground

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we're going to be safely on the ground

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before they take any action and the

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satellite is going to be safely well

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below the space station so we don't

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expect any problems certainly on the

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say nasa and dod loves the station crew

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so no we're not worried about it

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this is robert perlman with

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collectspace.com for peggy and leland

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how did you and your crewmates celebrate

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your birthdays any special gifts or

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a great one we're standing there

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floating in it right now

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it's a

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beautiful module and

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it was great to have company to come up

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and celebrate with me and so we've we've

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had a good time and plus i got loads of

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salsa and

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blew in from the shuttle uh the morning

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of my birthday i thought

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i had a happy birthday sign that peggy

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put up

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in no two

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and then i had some

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cake some really good chocolate cake

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last night and we celebrated in the

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shuttle so it was a very good time

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hi this is garrett ah with the german

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aerospace center and space expo

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association two questions first for han

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schlegel what was the most difficult

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task and the most exciting moment for

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you during the eba please answer in

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well the most

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exciting was of course the exit because

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it's the first eva you never know how do

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and the most difficult i would say is to

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stop to get in again after you got used

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to it and you really love it and then

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all of a sudden the time is over you

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need to get in

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hey guys bill harwood with cbs news and

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peggy you guys have sts-123 when you

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wake up monday morning endeavor is going

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to be rolling out to the launch pad and

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obviously that's an incredibly busy

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mission that's coming up on march the

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11th i guess and then of course you have

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your soyuz flight coming up after that

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can you give us a little sense of what

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the pace is going to be like getting

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this flight out of the way and then

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well and hopefully in addition to those

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other two milestones we're going to have

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an atv docking it'll be the first

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time we dock the automated transfer

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vehicle provided by esa's like like the

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progress except it can hold up to five

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times more

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uh cargo as well so

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uh we've got a very exciting uh next

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couple of months um

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yuri and i and leo are really looking

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forward to all the events coming up

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we plan on making it all happen

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and for stan love

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you had an unusual view of the stars as

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an astronomer i'm wondering if you if

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you saw anything that made you kind of

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stop and take note and if you really

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appreciated the view you got a very

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well actually i have not seen a star yet

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up here

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i've been working hard and the lights

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have been on and i've not had a chance

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to turn off all the

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lights

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during the night pass and really see the

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stars up here but i tell you what has

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been amazing to see is the earth

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as an astronomer you get used to planets

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as you know sort of abstractions um but

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screaming along

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300 kilometers above one at eight

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kilometers per second is just an

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awe-inspiring experience you have no

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idea what the word planet really means

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atlantis alpha this is houston acr that

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thank you atlantis and alpha and all the

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folks participating on the ground