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good morning guys wake up and good luck

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on this your last mission

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atlantis iss please stand by for the

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white house

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hi please hold for the president

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hello

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station well this is president obama who

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hello mr president you're talking to the

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increment 28 crew and the crew of the

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space shuttle atlantis

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well that's funny see because i was just

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dialing out for pizza and uh

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well yes sir it's uh it's really an

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honor and a privilege that you took some

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time out of your busy day to meet with

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us well listen

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it is wonderful to talk to you uh

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and i appreciate you guys taking out the

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time from from your mission uh i always

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want to just let everybody know how

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personally proud i am of you and the

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amazing feats you guys are accomplishing

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in space and

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uh i was

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here in the oval office watching you

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guys take off last friday

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we're all

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watching as as uh the ten of you work

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together as a team to conduct spacewalks

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and

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that are necessary to keep the space

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station humming

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your example i think means so much

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not to just to uh your fellow americans

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but also to your fellow citizens on

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earth and and the space program has

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always

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embodied uh our sense of adventure and

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exploration and courage uh as you guys

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work in a really harsh environment

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um and i know that uh

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there have been

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thousands who've poured their hearts and

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souls into america's space shuttle

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program over the last three decades that

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are

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following this journey with special

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interest

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and

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nasa i want to say thank you

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you've you helped our country lead the

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space age and you continue to inspire us

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and

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captain ferguson i realize that you're a

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veteran of previous flights but

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it must be pretty special to be the

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commander on the last flight

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absolutely mr president and just let me

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say on behalf of all of the

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international partners aboard the

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international space station right now

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we're all just absolutely honored and

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privileged to represent our our home

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countries in this multinational effort

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and to answer your question sir yes it

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is uh it is an extreme pleasure to be a

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just a part of this fine crew of four

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who will represent our country uh on the

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uh on the final space shuttle mission uh

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scheduled for an undocking here in just

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a few days in a landing at kennedy space

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center in uh in a little less than a

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week uh well look while this mission

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marks the final flight of the space

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shuttle uh program it also uh ushers in

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an exciting new era

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uh to push the the frontiers of space

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exploration and human space flight uh

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you guys will continue to operate

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or crew members like you will continue

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to operate

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the iss in coming years and seek to use

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it to advance scientific research and

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technology development i've tasked nasa

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with an ambitious new mission to develop

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the systems and

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uh kinds of space technologies that are

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going to be necessary to conduct

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exploration beyond earth and ultimately

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sending humans to mars which is

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obviously no small feat but i know we're

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going to be up to the task so

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i just want to say

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how proud i am of all of you

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congratulations to nasa

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to all our international partners and

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all the personnel past and present

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who've spent countless hours and untold

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effort in making the space shuttle

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and the international space station a

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unique part of our history so

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accept my gratitude on this tremendous

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accomplishment

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and godspeed as you guys return home

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next week

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well thank you very much mr president

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once again on behalf of all the

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international partners on board we're uh

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we're privileged that you took some time

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to speak with us today and we're honored

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to represent everybody everybody on the