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atlantis iss this is houston are you

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we're ready for the event

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jscpao this is mission control houston

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please call atlantis iss for a voice

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atlantis iss this is johnson space

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hello johnson base center we have you

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loud and clear on the international

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good morning this is eric berger with

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houston chronicle congratulations on

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such a great mission so far

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there's been a lot of talk

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this flood and i want to ask about it

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do any of the crew members of atlantis

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plan to stick around with nasa to fly in

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the mpcv or is that something that is a

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definitely um you know and we've got

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opportunities prior to that you know

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we've got uh multiple flights to the

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we we're gonna crew this

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i don't see any reason why not stay and

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good morning ted oberg from channel 13

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here in houston great to talk with you

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guys i'm i'm curious um

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this mission uh to make sure that you

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capture some of these last moments what

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what things have you made sure you saw

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window and we can see the aurora

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the end of the day you kind of look

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flight so it does cross your mind once

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fox 26 here in houston also and i'm

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passing along a question from one of our

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viewers she wants to know

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what would the astronauts be able to

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center although we're reaching the end

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of the space shuttle program is still a

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vibrant place to work uh there'll be a

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transitional period here as we hand over

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to earth orbit to our commercial

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providers but uh this is an opportunity

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uh good morning mark caro from aviation

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week and my questions for uh sandy could

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could you describe for us the the pace

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hi morning this is denise ciao at

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space.com my questions for commander

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having the opportunity to fly in space

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you really don't get a firm appreciation

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little part of uh everybody who looks at

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something like that and says i cannot

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believe we're here this is absolutely

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go back to lunar orbit and perhaps to an

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gina cinceri abc news for mike fossum

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mike we thought we heard you trying to

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whistle before your space walk on

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tuesday tell me a little bit about that

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uh we ron and i were both doing a little

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whistling in the airlock it's just one

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of the strange phenomena where as the

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pressure is dropping in the airlock our

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pressure and once this air pressure

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the density of the air but i really

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this is jill tolk representing bay area

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houston magazine a two-part question for

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fergie and ron since each of you has

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connections to pennsylvania what

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unbelievably beautiful earth

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one of my favorite places in the world

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where i spent the happiest day of my

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life over 20 years ago getting married

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in scranton pennsylvania so i definitely

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hi this is robert perlman with

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thought-provoking and emotional farewell

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ceremony that we have is the space

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get a you'll get a look at what we have

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atlantis iss this is houston acr that

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this is kennedy space center pao how do

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hello kennedy space center we have you

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magazine i was wondering if you could

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highlight some of the scientific

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experiments that you're working on

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on the international space station that

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know we've had a permanent human

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station for over a decade now and over

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system but nearly all of the experiments

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that we conduct have a direct

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application on earth from growing crops

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better to making new materials new

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had some very significant research in

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the development of a vaccine for

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salmonella

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studying our earth learning how uh

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the learning about the human impact on

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the environment how the inner core of

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the earth

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works and possibly lead to

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better ways to predict earthquakes

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better safe automobile safety better

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energy efficiency fuel efficiency so the

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list goes on and on it's just amazing

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the research that's being conducted up

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here and that's because this is a very

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very unique environment the research

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that's being conducted conducted up here

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simply cannot be done anywhere else in

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the world and so that's why this is such

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an important research facility and this

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is really a global asset the

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hi ken kramer from space flight magazine

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and rittenhouse astronomical society my

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question is for chris and and your crew

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i wonder if you could tell us a little

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bit about the science that you've

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personally seen

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going on at the space station uh

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anything about the ams can you see the

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ams from the cupula at all and and the

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uh absolutely we had a great opportunity

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ken to see it out the window uh a matter

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of fact uh on the first eva the only ava

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ron and went out there to uh to put

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another payload and had an opportunity

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to take a loop around it and we had a

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chance to watch him out the window so

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it's out there and we understand it's

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stephen young with spaceflightnow.com

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for commander ferguson there's a public

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perception that your flight not only

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represents the end of the shuttle

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program but the end of the u.s manned

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space program do you have any fears at

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all that your crew might be the last

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astronauts to blast off from american

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well stephen i'll tell you no doubt that

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this is a it's it's a very dynamic time

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in human space flight as the the space

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shuttle draws to a close uh without a

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real uh clear picture of how the next

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u.s astronauts will get there but rest

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assured that there are plans underway uh

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we'll be slowly transitioning uh to

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commercial companies and i while it's a

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little personally disheartening to see

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the shuttle come we understand that you

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know sometimes you need to stop working

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on what you're working on so you can

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afford to pay for the next generation of

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whatever it is and in this case it's the

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next generation of aircraft

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as a matter of fact i think it's a

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unique opportunity um you know just like

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the airlines did several years ago it

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was largely government-funded research

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that that

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made tremendous breakthroughs in

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aerospace uh only to hand it over to

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commercial companies in the form of

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airlines you know the the government has

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made tremendous strides in getting the

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low earth orbit and we're going to hand

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that technology over to uh commercial

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providers and perhaps one day we'll have

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this is leo enright for irish radios

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today with pat kenny program a lot of

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europeans have flown on the space

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shuttle but uh sadly no irish um so a

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lot of our um younger listeners will be

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worried now

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will they

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ever now have an opportunity to fly in

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space do you have any reassurance for

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well actually i'm i'm a fair amount

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irish and uh i'm up here today so you

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know we'll call that good enough for now

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and i guarantee you there'll be a an

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irishman on board a spacecraft in the

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not too distant future so i don't think

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they have anything to worry about and i

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think they should if they're interested

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in space flight to just continue to

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study hard and

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uh marcia done associated press with

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another question for commander ferguson

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back in houston you described for me the

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overwhelming sensation that shuttle

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crews get when they pause at the base of

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the pad on launch day and look up at the

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ship i'm wondering can you tell me what

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that moment was like for you last friday

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when you looked up at atlantis knowing

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well i'll tell you uh marcia it is uh

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that has one trip that every shuttle

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crew has to make um and i think i speak

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for everyone who has ever flown on a

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space shuttle to stand there

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uh poised at the bottom of a living

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breathing vehicle and it's literally

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raining off the side of the external

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tank because of the condensation that

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forms from the extremely cold cryogenic

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fuels

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it's uh it's wheezing it's hissing it's

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moaning you look up at it and i remember

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my first commander looked at me and he

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said do you believe they're going to let

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us take this thing into space and uh

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with every uh subsequent crew i've been

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on i've i've i've tried to share that

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same uh that same reflection with uh

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with my crew it's it's incredibly

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awe-inspiring and just like the pictures

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that you see the next day in the in the

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photograph it's just incredibly surreal

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to stand there and look up at it and

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know that in a matter of hours it's

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good morning peter king with cbs news

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radio and this is for ron garan have

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enjoyed following your tweets i'm

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wondering since you're staying behind

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what's the best place on station to

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watch the undocking and fly around and

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do you expect a food fight for the best

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well

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we're going to do something a little

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different this time our fly around is

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going to be a little different so um i

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think we're going to have some some

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probably some good views in some of the

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modules in the russian segment that have

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horizon facing windows so i think

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that'll be the best bet and there's a

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there's a few of those so we'll take

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hi it's james dean from florida today

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another question for ron uh this is the

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last time i guess we'll in a very long

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time we'll see a crowd this big on the

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station

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although you'll continue to fly there

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for many years to come will it seem a

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little bit smaller a little less fun

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perhaps when you don't get these

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well i think it will seem uh

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a little bit smaller actually because um

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you know all the all the uh tons of

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cargo that have arrived from atlantis

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have filled this place up so there's a

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there's a lot less

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room for us humans

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so um but that that is really really

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important because you know we are

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outfitting this station to to function

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for the rest of the decade and uh

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atlantis has has really set us on the

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pace for doing that so

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and we are we're going to miss these

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guys a lot it's uh it's been really

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wonderful having them up here

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it is it is nice to have visitors and

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especially great visitors like these

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guys are and uh you know it'll be sad

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when uh when that stops but um you know

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we're going to continue on this this

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place is amazing and uh

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it's going to continue to function

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continue to be utilized in great part

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because of the great mission so far that

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hi it's bill harwood cbs news with a

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question for i think sergey volkov if i

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could

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um sergey you you've heard the the

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u.s reporters ask u.s astronauts about

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the end of the shuttle and what might

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come next what do you what do the

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russians think about that when you guys

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talk about it the end of the shuttle and

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this gap that's coming up and nasa's

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reliance on russia for transportation

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um for us it's also very sad that no

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more shuttles will appear onboard the

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station because thanks to this brilliant

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machine we were able to build this

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station so big and

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ready to have six-person crew

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of course we

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we would like to

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continue to fly with our friends and

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say us are ready

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to continue this exploration of space

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david waters from spaceflightnow.com

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at the beginning of the shuttle program

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it was john young and bob crippen that

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was one end of the bookend you're the

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last shuttle crew to go up kind of

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bookend this for us and tell us for

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people listening to this how you want

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people to look back at the shuttle

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program that one for chris ferguson

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well you know the shuttle is uh

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several milestones over the course of

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they have to um they have to live it

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through the pictures and the images and

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the stories that the astronauts bring

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home they don't get to see it and touch

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it and feel it like we do vehicles that

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go uh up and down uh like the space

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shuttle so uh

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you know it's it's a it's a sobering

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moment it's uh uh but at the same time

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we're incredibly overjoyed to just have

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had the space shuttle for 30 years and

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uh to know that uh you know we had this

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ability to go to low earth orbit and

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we're so much more comfortable here than

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we were just a short time ago and we

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hope that that continues on to our our

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commercial space flight partners

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and chris i'm so sorry to do this to you

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but we lost your video downlink for the

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first uh 30 seconds of that answer so if

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you could just start that part again and

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just tell us when we look back at the 30

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years of these i thought it was you

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didn't like my question but anyway when

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we look back when we look back at the 30

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years of the space shuttle program what

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do you want people to remember about the

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well yeah we don't have the fade to

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black switch up here i wish we did

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sometimes

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but uh you know of course we have the

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international space station to uh uh to

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look back upon if it weren't for the uh

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if it weren't for the space shuttle the

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station wouldn't be here and it

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certainly wouldn't be as large as it is

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it's the that large payload bay that's

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in the space shuttle that allows uh the

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the the large diameter that you see

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around us it allows us to sit five

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across in here if it wasn't for the

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space shuttle we wouldn't be doing

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anything like that um of course there's

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also the tremendous observatories that

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the shuttle has launched throughout its

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years hubble space telescope compton

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gamma ray the chandra x-ray uh space

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telescope uh plus uh the space shuttle

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has really uh it's it's i don't wanna

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say we have command of low earth orbit

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we're so much more comfortable here

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you know living and working day in and

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day out and we'll look back at the space

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shuttle as a

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vehicle that just gave us regular access

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and and it opened up low earth orbit so

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00:21:57,669 --> 00:21:56,159
that we can go beyond and we can learn

548
00:22:00,230 --> 00:21:57,679
how to live

549
00:22:04,710 --> 00:22:00,240
in areas perhaps in lunar orbit or lunar

550
00:22:08,950 --> 00:22:07,350
atlantis iss this is houston acr that

551
00:22:10,870 --> 00:22:08,960
concludes questions from the kennedy

552
00:22:17,990 --> 00:22:10,880
space center please stand by for a voice

553
00:22:25,190 --> 00:22:20,230
atlantis iss this is nasa headquarters

554
00:22:29,909 --> 00:22:26,230
we have loud and clear on the

555
00:22:34,470 --> 00:22:32,870
hi suzanne presto from voa ron can you

556
00:22:36,630 --> 00:22:34,480
tell us a bit more about your science

557
00:22:38,070 --> 00:22:36,640
activities on station particularly any

558
00:22:39,669 --> 00:22:38,080
experiments you've been working on that

559
00:22:46,310 --> 00:22:39,679
will be coming back down on shuttle

560
00:22:49,830 --> 00:22:48,470
well um

561
00:22:51,110 --> 00:22:49,840
that that would take a long time to

562
00:22:53,110 --> 00:22:51,120
answer we've been we have been doing a

563
00:22:55,190 --> 00:22:53,120
lot of science on board and

564
00:22:57,270 --> 00:22:55,200
as far as i know i think the only well i

565
00:22:59,270 --> 00:22:57,280
mean there's a lot of uh human research

566
00:23:01,830 --> 00:22:59,280
where we're that we're kind of the uh

567
00:23:03,190 --> 00:23:01,840
the subjects and uh there's a lot of

568
00:23:04,710 --> 00:23:03,200
that science that's gonna go down on the

569
00:23:05,990 --> 00:23:04,720
shuttle we also have some spiders on

570
00:23:07,990 --> 00:23:06,000
board right now

571
00:23:09,190 --> 00:23:08,000
that uh are being studied and and

572
00:23:10,470 --> 00:23:09,200
they're they're going down on the

573
00:23:12,549 --> 00:23:10,480
shuttle as well

574
00:23:15,190 --> 00:23:12,559
uh but we've been conducting experiments

575
00:23:17,430 --> 00:23:15,200
uh fluid experiments cr protein crystal

576
00:23:19,430 --> 00:23:17,440
growth experiments uh plant growth

577
00:23:21,190 --> 00:23:19,440
experiments uh

578
00:23:22,710 --> 00:23:21,200
experiments with the human body and the

579
00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:22,720
function of the human body looking at

580
00:23:26,470 --> 00:23:25,039
things like you know how to con combat

581
00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:26,480
osteoporosis

582
00:23:31,110 --> 00:23:28,320
so there's a quite a bit of science

583
00:23:33,430 --> 00:23:31,120
going on board um combustion uh science

584
00:23:35,510 --> 00:23:33,440
we've been doing as well so we are we

585
00:23:37,270 --> 00:23:35,520
are at the at the beginning of full

586
00:23:43,110 --> 00:23:37,280
utilization of this amazing research

587
00:23:47,350 --> 00:23:45,669
uh keith callingnesswatch.com for uh

588
00:23:48,870 --> 00:23:47,360
chris ferguson this is the last shuttle

589
00:23:50,230 --> 00:23:48,880
mission so most of you probably not

590
00:23:52,470 --> 00:23:50,240
gonna get the fly again at least not for

591
00:23:53,830 --> 00:23:52,480
a few years and that said i have to say

592
00:23:55,830 --> 00:23:53,840
it must be a little tiring for you to

593
00:23:57,750 --> 00:23:55,840
try and plan a career and stay motivated

594
00:23:59,510 --> 00:23:57,760
you must be like a tennis ball at times

595
00:24:01,269 --> 00:23:59,520
especially when the white house proposes

596
00:24:02,549 --> 00:24:01,279
a policy congress cuts it and so forth

597
00:24:04,710 --> 00:24:02,559
and it goes in a circle and we pretty

598
00:24:06,630 --> 00:24:04,720
much don't go much of anywhere

599
00:24:08,549 --> 00:24:06,640
as we speak you're floating off planet

600
00:24:09,990 --> 00:24:08,559
on the edge of tomorrow literally that

601
00:24:12,390 --> 00:24:10,000
certainly offers you an unique

602
00:24:13,830 --> 00:24:12,400
perspective and the ability to be heard

603
00:24:16,070 --> 00:24:13,840
what is it that we should be doing

604
00:24:18,070 --> 00:24:16,080
really should be doing to explore space

605
00:24:19,990 --> 00:24:18,080
which are policy makers in washington be

606
00:24:21,909 --> 00:24:20,000
doing what should they stop doing

607
00:24:23,669 --> 00:24:21,919
and i guess should we be boldly going

608
00:24:25,750 --> 00:24:23,679
somewhere or just continue to waste time

609
00:24:26,870 --> 00:24:25,760
uh doing this in powerpoint what would

610
00:24:28,149 --> 00:24:26,880
you say you're gonna talk to the

611
00:24:30,310 --> 00:24:28,159
president in like an hour and a half or

612
00:24:32,549 --> 00:24:30,320
so if you really want to say one thing

613
00:24:34,390 --> 00:24:32,559
to them what is it that you would say to

614
00:24:39,669 --> 00:24:34,400
move forward the whole notion of

615
00:24:43,510 --> 00:24:42,070
hey well hello keith first of all and

616
00:24:44,310 --> 00:24:43,520
thanks for the question

617
00:24:45,909 --> 00:24:44,320
um

618
00:24:47,669 --> 00:24:45,919
boy i'll tell you i i do share a little

619
00:24:50,390 --> 00:24:47,679
bit of your frustration uh we've we've

620
00:24:52,630 --> 00:24:50,400
had a lot of major programs uh vibrant

621
00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:52,640
and very interesting programs uh come

622
00:24:58,789 --> 00:24:56,000
and go at nasa without uh coming to you

623
00:25:00,710 --> 00:24:58,799
know fruition and uh a lot of that is

624
00:25:02,390 --> 00:25:00,720
it's politics driven a lot of it is

625
00:25:04,310 --> 00:25:02,400
funding driven a lot of it is due to

626
00:25:06,390 --> 00:25:04,320
dynamic events like for example the loss

627
00:25:08,149 --> 00:25:06,400
of colombia these are certainly things

628
00:25:10,230 --> 00:25:08,159
um you know some of them are clearly out

629
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:10,240
of our control and to answer your

630
00:25:13,510 --> 00:25:11,520
question if there's one thing that we

631
00:25:15,430 --> 00:25:13,520
could do

632
00:25:17,590 --> 00:25:15,440
to focus if you will

633
00:25:21,110 --> 00:25:17,600
efforts it's to

634
00:25:22,950 --> 00:25:21,120
just appeal to congress to focus

635
00:25:24,710 --> 00:25:22,960
on the long term

636
00:25:26,710 --> 00:25:24,720
you know look at the horizon don't look

637
00:25:28,549 --> 00:25:26,720
one or two years in the future

638
00:25:31,029 --> 00:25:28,559
but look at 10 years and see where you

639
00:25:32,630 --> 00:25:31,039
want this nation to be and i understand

640
00:25:34,549 --> 00:25:32,640
that the president has a space policy

641
00:25:37,190 --> 00:25:34,559
and i think that that's fantastic but we

642
00:25:38,950 --> 00:25:37,200
need to retain a coherent meaningful

643
00:25:40,470 --> 00:25:38,960
space policy that will take us more than

644
00:25:43,350 --> 00:25:40,480
just one or two years in the future that

645
00:25:45,909 --> 00:25:43,360
will take us out to 10 and 15 years

646
00:25:47,990 --> 00:25:45,919
you know a decadal plan if you will of

647
00:25:50,710 --> 00:25:48,000
where we want this nation to go in space

648
00:25:52,789 --> 00:25:50,720
and make it a law to follow it so that

649
00:25:55,110 --> 00:25:52,799
you know perhaps

650
00:25:57,269 --> 00:25:55,120
congressional representative senators

651
00:25:58,950 --> 00:25:57,279
presidential administrations are obliged

652
00:26:01,110 --> 00:25:58,960
to follow the policy that this nation

653
00:26:03,190 --> 00:26:01,120
set forth so we can chart out something

654
00:26:07,590 --> 00:26:03,200
that's 10 or 15 years in a destination

655
00:26:11,909 --> 00:26:10,390
atlantis iss this is houston acr that

656
00:26:14,230 --> 00:26:11,919
concludes questions from nasa

657
00:26:16,310 --> 00:26:14,240
headquarters please stand by for a voice

658
00:26:18,549 --> 00:26:16,320
check from marshall space flight center

659
00:26:20,549 --> 00:26:18,559
pao

660
00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:20,559
atlantis iss this is marshall space

661
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,909
we have you loud and clear

662
00:26:35,750 --> 00:26:33,269
hi my name is ricky klaus from whnt news

663
00:26:38,390 --> 00:26:35,760
19 and i wanted to ask much of the world

664
00:26:41,510 --> 00:26:38,400
was watching as you guys skyrocketed

665
00:26:43,350 --> 00:26:41,520
into space excited you know loving to

666
00:26:52,070 --> 00:26:43,360
see you what was going through your

667
00:26:55,190 --> 00:26:53,269
there's a lot of emotions going through

668
00:26:56,870 --> 00:26:55,200
your mind it's it the space shuttle

669
00:26:59,029 --> 00:26:56,880
launch is a very interesting experience

670
00:27:00,470 --> 00:26:59,039
it's it's kind of like uh the the year

671
00:27:01,830 --> 00:27:00,480
in the year prior to the launch you're

672
00:27:03,350 --> 00:27:01,840
preparing for the super bowl but you

673
00:27:05,669 --> 00:27:03,360
don't know exactly what day the super

674
00:27:07,269 --> 00:27:05,679
bowl is so you get all prepared and uh

675
00:27:08,549 --> 00:27:07,279
even on the day of your schedule launch

676
00:27:09,830 --> 00:27:08,559
you're looking at the weather thinking

677
00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:09,840
are we going to go aren't we going to go

678
00:27:14,230 --> 00:27:11,440
and on this launch it was no different

679
00:27:16,390 --> 00:27:14,240
we had a 70 chance of not going but we

680
00:27:17,590 --> 00:27:16,400
got to prepare as if we're going and you

681
00:27:19,590 --> 00:27:17,600
walk out there and you look at this

682
00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:19,600
amazing vehicle on the launch pad and

683
00:27:22,630 --> 00:27:20,399
you just

684
00:27:24,310 --> 00:27:22,640
nothing comes with your mind but wow and

685
00:27:26,230 --> 00:27:24,320
you get up there and strap in and you're

686
00:27:27,830 --> 00:27:26,240
still waiting and you never know for

687
00:27:29,669 --> 00:27:27,840
sure whether you're going until that the

688
00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:29,679
last second because we had a hold at 31

689
00:27:32,470 --> 00:27:31,360
seconds and we're going to oh no now

690
00:27:33,669 --> 00:27:32,480
what and

691
00:27:35,029 --> 00:27:33,679
the funny thing about that is they

692
00:27:37,029 --> 00:27:35,039
picked up the count and austin was like

693
00:27:38,789 --> 00:27:37,039
ready set go and bam we were off to the

694
00:27:40,310 --> 00:27:38,799
races and uh we were getting shot off

695
00:27:41,510 --> 00:27:40,320
the planet and it was just absolutely

696
00:27:43,190 --> 00:27:41,520
amazing so

697
00:27:44,870 --> 00:27:43,200
the whole ride up you get your big

698
00:27:47,029 --> 00:27:44,880
wide-eyed and just experiencing all the

699
00:27:48,870 --> 00:27:47,039
uh all the the the thrill of the g's and

700
00:27:52,630 --> 00:27:48,880
also the incredible sights and sounds

701
00:27:57,990 --> 00:27:55,590
with wade 31 in huntsville you guys are

702
00:27:59,909 --> 00:27:58,000
part of a very exclusive club on the

703
00:28:01,269 --> 00:27:59,919
last shuttle mission what are some of

704
00:28:09,110 --> 00:28:01,279
the moments that you're relishing the

705
00:28:13,430 --> 00:28:11,190
well i think we're all relishing just

706
00:28:15,190 --> 00:28:13,440
the the fact that we're in space again

707
00:28:16,630 --> 00:28:15,200
we're able to float around we're here on

708
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:16,640
the space station

709
00:28:23,510 --> 00:28:21,440
just living in this environment and and

710
00:28:25,590 --> 00:28:23,520
working hard to make this a better place

711
00:28:28,070 --> 00:28:25,600
to live and to sustain it for the next

712
00:28:30,470 --> 00:28:28,080
year it really is special being up here

713
00:28:32,630 --> 00:28:30,480
and and whenever we're up here

714
00:28:33,510 --> 00:28:32,640
we just try and savor that as much as we

715
00:28:34,870 --> 00:28:33,520
can

716
00:28:36,389 --> 00:28:34,880
whether you're on your first shuttle

717
00:28:39,590 --> 00:28:36,399
mission your second shuttle mission or

718
00:28:42,149 --> 00:28:39,600
this the last shuttle mission

719
00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:42,159
my name is monica rix i'm with wasf out

720
00:28:46,310 --> 00:28:44,080
of the rocket city and sandy i've been

721
00:28:48,389 --> 00:28:46,320
admiring your hair all morning and this

722
00:28:51,590 --> 00:28:48,399
question is for you too you've been this

723
00:28:53,669 --> 00:28:51,600
is your second time up at the iss

724
00:28:56,070 --> 00:28:53,679
um tell me the changes that have gone

725
00:28:59,269 --> 00:28:56,080
through the space station and and how it

726
00:29:01,350 --> 00:28:59,279
looks now and also you've got six days

727
00:29:02,630 --> 00:29:01,360
left before you know some crew members

728
00:29:07,269 --> 00:29:02,640
leave is there anything you want to do

729
00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:09,269
well certainly the space station feels a

730
00:29:13,750 --> 00:29:11,120
lot like home the minute we opened the

731
00:29:15,590 --> 00:29:13,760
hatch i i felt like i'd never left but

732
00:29:17,750 --> 00:29:15,600
in the in the meantime that since i'd

733
00:29:20,149 --> 00:29:17,760
been here two years ago several new

734
00:29:22,149 --> 00:29:20,159
modules have arrived uh the most

735
00:29:23,909 --> 00:29:22,159
enjoyable one of which is the cupola

736
00:29:26,389 --> 00:29:23,919
which is this very nice

737
00:29:29,110 --> 00:29:26,399
windowed uh module that we can see these

738
00:29:31,430 --> 00:29:29,120
spectacular views of the earth so

739
00:29:33,110 --> 00:29:31,440
almost after a couple hours after we

740
00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:33,120
docked and we had a break we all ran up

741
00:29:37,750 --> 00:29:35,760
to the cupola to see the view from there

742
00:29:39,430 --> 00:29:37,760
so the station you know it's the same

743
00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:39,440
but yet it's different in some ways a

744
00:29:43,269 --> 00:29:41,120
lot of the operations still the same

745
00:29:45,029 --> 00:29:43,279
these guys are taking great care of it

746
00:29:46,549 --> 00:29:45,039
as far as the remaining time of the

747
00:29:48,149 --> 00:29:46,559
mission we're going to finish out our

748
00:29:50,070 --> 00:29:48,159
transfer and hopefully we'll get that

749
00:29:52,149 --> 00:29:50,080
done a little bit early and we'll have

750
00:29:53,990 --> 00:29:52,159
some time to spend in the cupola and

751
00:29:56,310 --> 00:29:54,000
some of the other windows and just with

752
00:29:59,669 --> 00:29:56,320
our station colleagues and uh and share

753
00:30:02,070 --> 00:29:59,679
some memories before we have to leave

754
00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:02,080
atlantis iss this is houston acr that

755
00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:03,520
concludes questions from the marshall

756
00:30:09,510 --> 00:30:05,440
space flight center we will rejoin you

757
00:30:14,710 --> 00:30:12,950
atlantis iss this is houston acr

758
00:30:16,789 --> 00:30:14,720
back with you

759
00:30:21,350 --> 00:30:16,799
please stand by for a voice check from

760
00:30:28,950 --> 00:30:23,590
atlantis iss this is ames research

761
00:30:32,310 --> 00:30:30,630
we have you loud and clear at ames it's

762
00:30:33,909 --> 00:30:32,320
going to take us about another 30

763
00:30:44,549 --> 00:30:33,919
seconds or so to get all set in the

764
00:30:54,230 --> 00:30:46,070
that was probably the most entertaining

765
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,789
can i go

766
00:31:02,389 --> 00:30:59,029
uh good morning this is bob rebel i'm

767
00:31:05,350 --> 00:31:02,399
with mbc bay area the home market of rex

768
00:31:06,789 --> 00:31:05,360
walheim so my question is for you rex

769
00:31:08,710 --> 00:31:06,799
what are your thoughts on the shuttle

770
00:31:10,710 --> 00:31:08,720
program coming to an end what do you

771
00:31:13,350 --> 00:31:10,720
think its legacy is going to be and most

772
00:31:18,389 --> 00:31:13,360
importantly were you able to spot san

773
00:31:23,110 --> 00:31:20,230
well to answer the uh the the first one

774
00:31:25,029 --> 00:31:23,120
i i we did have a passover uh california

775
00:31:26,630 --> 00:31:25,039
just in time actually as i was having a

776
00:31:27,909 --> 00:31:26,640
family conference uh private family

777
00:31:29,909 --> 00:31:27,919
conference the only one we have during

778
00:31:31,590 --> 00:31:29,919
the mission uh with my wife and two boys

779
00:31:33,190 --> 00:31:31,600
and so i had a chance to to see us

780
00:31:34,630 --> 00:31:33,200
coming over california the berry was a

781
00:31:36,310 --> 00:31:34,640
little bit foggy so i couldn't quite see

782
00:31:38,549 --> 00:31:36,320
san francisco but it was spectacular to

783
00:31:39,669 --> 00:31:38,559
see the uh the central valley and some

784
00:31:41,110 --> 00:31:39,679
of southern california a little bit of

785
00:31:43,350 --> 00:31:41,120
northern california

786
00:31:45,509 --> 00:31:43,360
the shuttle's legacy as far as that goes

787
00:31:47,669 --> 00:31:45,519
number one it it sent probes to

788
00:31:49,029 --> 00:31:47,679
different planets it launched probes it

789
00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:49,039
launched great observatories like the

790
00:31:53,269 --> 00:31:51,519
hubble space telescope and then the

791
00:31:55,509 --> 00:31:53,279
crown jewel of the space shuttle program

792
00:31:56,789 --> 00:31:55,519
is it helped to build this magnificent

793
00:31:58,549 --> 00:31:56,799
international space station that we're

794
00:32:00,389 --> 00:31:58,559
on right now it wouldn't be the size of

795
00:32:01,909 --> 00:32:00,399
the magnitude without the space shuttle

796
00:32:03,190 --> 00:32:01,919
and the space shuttle's had a storied

797
00:32:04,630 --> 00:32:03,200
30-year career but what i'd like to

798
00:32:06,310 --> 00:32:04,640
think is that space shuttle's legacy

799
00:32:08,149 --> 00:32:06,320
lives on hubble will still be taking

800
00:32:09,350 --> 00:32:08,159
picture our crewmates here will still be

801
00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:09,360
doing research on the international

802
00:32:12,149 --> 00:32:10,640
space station and

803
00:32:14,310 --> 00:32:12,159
that's all legacy the shuttle which will

804
00:32:15,990 --> 00:32:14,320
continue to live on and for the future

805
00:32:17,750 --> 00:32:16,000
i'm hoping that as this shuttle is

806
00:32:19,509 --> 00:32:17,760
retired that money that we would be

807
00:32:20,950 --> 00:32:19,519
spending on the shuttle is available to

808
00:32:23,029 --> 00:32:20,960
not only continue the international

809
00:32:24,470 --> 00:32:23,039
space station research but go beyond we

810
00:32:25,509 --> 00:32:24,480
need to get back in the exploration

811
00:32:32,070 --> 00:32:25,519
business where we're going to an

812
00:32:36,230 --> 00:32:34,389
good morning this is matt bigler kcbs

813
00:32:38,630 --> 00:32:36,240
radio and this is a question for x or

814
00:32:40,470 --> 00:32:38,640
whoever would like to field it and we're

815
00:32:42,710 --> 00:32:40,480
speaking to you from silicon valley the

816
00:32:45,029 --> 00:32:42,720
home of google and facebook and things

817
00:32:47,110 --> 00:32:45,039
like social media and the iphone and my

818
00:32:49,269 --> 00:32:47,120
question is what effect do you think

819
00:32:52,230 --> 00:32:49,279
that some of these high-tech innovations

820
00:32:54,870 --> 00:32:52,240
have had on america's interest in space

821
00:32:59,190 --> 00:32:54,880
travel and our ability to explore the

822
00:33:03,430 --> 00:33:01,750
well i think uh the technology is it it

823
00:33:05,269 --> 00:33:03,440
has an inherent interest and people just

824
00:33:07,029 --> 00:33:05,279
take an inherent interest in it and i

825
00:33:08,630 --> 00:33:07,039
think silicon valley is the genesis a

826
00:33:10,789 --> 00:33:08,640
lot of the technology we use here on the

827
00:33:13,269 --> 00:33:10,799
space station so i really do think it

828
00:33:15,830 --> 00:33:13,279
plays a very important role from

829
00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:15,840
from from inspiring grade school kids to

830
00:33:19,830 --> 00:33:17,360
actually providing the science that we

831
00:33:20,950 --> 00:33:19,840
need to do our do our research here and

832
00:33:22,710 --> 00:33:20,960
i think that's going to always keep

833
00:33:24,389 --> 00:33:22,720
people curious and curiosity is a very

834
00:33:26,070 --> 00:33:24,399
important thing that you need to

835
00:33:27,669 --> 00:33:26,080
to be able to develop a space program

836
00:33:29,750 --> 00:33:27,679
then develop a good research program

837
00:33:33,830 --> 00:33:29,760
that can really pay incredible dividends

838
00:33:37,990 --> 00:33:35,909
hi this is jane lee with the san jose

839
00:33:40,630 --> 00:33:38,000
mercury news and this question is from

840
00:33:41,830 --> 00:33:40,640
rex walheim um i was wondering what you

841
00:33:47,590 --> 00:33:41,840
felt when you found out that you were

842
00:33:51,350 --> 00:33:49,269
well i think like most of us i was very

843
00:33:54,149 --> 00:33:51,360
honored it was so great to get a chance

844
00:33:55,269 --> 00:33:54,159
to to fly in space again i wasn't sure

845
00:33:56,149 --> 00:33:55,279
none of us were really sure we were ever

846
00:33:57,750 --> 00:33:56,159
going to get a chance because they had

847
00:33:59,830 --> 00:33:57,760
assigned the last mission and so we

848
00:34:01,750 --> 00:33:59,840
thought well our chance had had gone had

849
00:34:04,070 --> 00:34:01,760
gone by it's kind of like being at

850
00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:04,080
disneyland and the ride closed and just

851
00:34:07,190 --> 00:34:05,679
before you get to the front of the line

852
00:34:08,790 --> 00:34:07,200
but then they added a new flight and we

853
00:34:10,550 --> 00:34:08,800
were kind of getting close to the uh to

854
00:34:12,310 --> 00:34:10,560
the to the front and we were we're very

855
00:34:14,550 --> 00:34:12,320
very fortunate to be entrusted to fly on

856
00:34:16,550 --> 00:34:14,560
this mission and uh it was extremely

857
00:34:18,149 --> 00:34:16,560
overjoyed to get a chance to chance to

858
00:34:22,710 --> 00:34:18,159
come here again it's an amazing place up

859
00:34:27,990 --> 00:34:25,750
good morning alan thayer with kftl tv 28

860
00:34:29,669 --> 00:34:28,000
and this also is for rex our hometown

861
00:34:31,430 --> 00:34:29,679
representative rex i'd like to know how

862
00:34:33,510 --> 00:34:31,440
your many contributions to the shuttle

863
00:34:35,669 --> 00:34:33,520
and the iss programs as well as the

864
00:34:37,669 --> 00:34:35,679
magnificent views of earth and the stars

865
00:34:40,069 --> 00:34:37,679
from your vantage point how have all

866
00:34:41,829 --> 00:34:40,079
these helped shape you as a person and

867
00:34:46,470 --> 00:34:41,839
have led you to ponder human kinds

868
00:34:49,349 --> 00:34:48,149
well it is an absolutely amazing

869
00:34:50,310 --> 00:34:49,359
creation looking on the earth and

870
00:34:52,710 --> 00:34:50,320
there's just

871
00:34:54,790 --> 00:34:52,720
you can't describe it and we are uh

872
00:34:56,629 --> 00:34:54,800
we're all trying to continue to this

873
00:34:58,069 --> 00:34:56,639
this exploration of space and one of the

874
00:35:00,150 --> 00:34:58,079
things we want to do is make it more

875
00:35:01,990 --> 00:35:00,160
accessible to everyday people to get

876
00:35:03,829 --> 00:35:02,000
everybody a chance to come in space one

877
00:35:05,829 --> 00:35:03,839
day because it changes your perspective

878
00:35:06,870 --> 00:35:05,839
look at us here we have 10 people from

879
00:35:09,109 --> 00:35:06,880
three different countries we have

880
00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:09,119
americans russians and a japanese

881
00:35:12,790 --> 00:35:10,960
astronaut and we're all working together

882
00:35:14,630 --> 00:35:12,800
we live together work together solve

883
00:35:16,310 --> 00:35:14,640
problems together laugh together and

884
00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:16,320
it's just an amazing camaraderie and

885
00:35:19,910 --> 00:35:18,000
we're one big team and we execute the

886
00:35:21,670 --> 00:35:19,920
plan as one big team and you look down

887
00:35:23,109 --> 00:35:21,680
at the earth that's just one big planet

888
00:35:24,710 --> 00:35:23,119
we're all in together and i think the

889
00:35:26,470 --> 00:35:24,720
more people we get up here

890
00:35:30,950 --> 00:35:26,480
to see that perspective the better off

891
00:35:35,190 --> 00:35:32,710
hi my name is jade hernandez i'm with

892
00:35:37,430 --> 00:35:35,200
ktvu channel 2 news it's the fox

893
00:35:40,310 --> 00:35:37,440
affiliate my question is for mission

894
00:35:41,829 --> 00:35:40,320
specialist rex walheim rex tell me

895
00:35:43,990 --> 00:35:41,839
students from all over will get a chance

896
00:35:46,470 --> 00:35:44,000
to see you in space what do you have to

897
00:35:48,150 --> 00:35:46,480
tell them how do you inspire them to

898
00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:48,160
look to the future how did they get in

899
00:35:55,510 --> 00:35:53,829
well for me i would tell them is as

900
00:35:57,030 --> 00:35:55,520
number one work hard especially in math

901
00:35:59,030 --> 00:35:57,040
and science and number two have

902
00:36:00,550 --> 00:35:59,040
persistence because as hard as you work

903
00:36:02,150 --> 00:36:00,560
it's going to take some persistence

904
00:36:03,910 --> 00:36:02,160
because i can remember as a kid sitting

905
00:36:05,190 --> 00:36:03,920
in my backyard in san carlos looking up

906
00:36:06,950 --> 00:36:05,200
at the airplanes that were circling

907
00:36:09,270 --> 00:36:06,960
around to go land in san francisco and

908
00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:09,280
thinking wow i hope i get a chance to to

909
00:36:13,430 --> 00:36:11,280
fly someday and to be right here with my

910
00:36:16,230 --> 00:36:13,440
crewmates and we're flying over uh over

911
00:36:18,069 --> 00:36:16,240
the earth at 200 miles up at 17 500

912
00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:18,079
miles an hour it's it's really a dream

913
00:36:21,910 --> 00:36:19,760
come true and it's another i mean just

914
00:36:24,230 --> 00:36:21,920
the the simple things like floating and

915
00:36:25,750 --> 00:36:24,240
and flying in in zero gravity is just

916
00:36:26,390 --> 00:36:25,760
absolutely amazing everybody dreams

917
00:36:29,750 --> 00:36:26,400
about

918
00:36:31,109 --> 00:36:29,760
here you can actually do it so it's

919
00:36:35,990 --> 00:36:31,119
it's absolutely amazing and your dreams

920
00:36:40,870 --> 00:36:38,710
atlantis iss this is houston acr that

921
00:36:43,109 --> 00:36:40,880
concludes questions from ames research

922
00:36:53,349 --> 00:36:43,119
center please stand by for a voice check

923
00:36:57,589 --> 00:36:54,470
uh jaxapao

924
00:37:01,190 --> 00:36:57,599
is uh this is jacksonville how do you

925
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:18,870
we read you loud and clear how me

926
00:37:23,349 --> 00:37:21,430
which everyone is on board i believe and

927
00:37:25,910 --> 00:37:23,359
that the space shuttle has made major

928
00:37:27,910 --> 00:37:25,920
contribution to building the iss and

929
00:37:30,230 --> 00:37:27,920
also um the shuttle has continued to

930
00:37:32,710 --> 00:37:30,240
carry the japanese astronauts and the

931
00:37:34,950 --> 00:37:32,720
space shuttle will be ending and

932
00:37:36,390 --> 00:37:34,960
retiring this time what is your feeling

933
00:37:46,630 --> 00:37:36,400
about the retirement of the space

934
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:53,430
um

935
00:37:58,390 --> 00:37:55,510
dreams and also a challenging spirit to

936
00:38:01,349 --> 00:37:58,400
japan as well as the japanese people

937
00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:03,589
and for the japanese astronauts who are

938
00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:05,760
on board the iss um

939
00:38:09,349 --> 00:38:07,680
i believe um that the fact that i

940
00:38:11,030 --> 00:38:09,359
personally was able to welcome the crew

941
00:38:13,349 --> 00:38:11,040
on board the last space shuttle was

942
00:38:15,750 --> 00:38:13,359
something of a great honor for me it is

943
00:38:19,270 --> 00:38:15,760
regretful that the space shuttle will be

944
00:38:21,349 --> 00:38:19,280
retiring but i believe that this is a

945
00:38:23,670 --> 00:38:21,359
step towards the future programs it will

946
00:38:25,349 --> 00:38:23,680
be a new starting point for future

947
00:38:26,390 --> 00:38:25,359
programs

948
00:38:38,390 --> 00:38:26,400
i

949
00:38:40,790 --> 00:38:38,400
to astronaut

950
00:38:42,630 --> 00:38:40,800
well i'm reading your twitter messages

951
00:38:44,870 --> 00:38:42,640
all the time well you've said that

952
00:38:46,790 --> 00:38:44,880
you're going accustomed to zero gravity

953
00:38:48,950 --> 00:38:46,800
and have you experienced any changes in

954
00:38:52,069 --> 00:38:48,960
your physical condition or your mental

955
00:38:53,750 --> 00:38:52,079
condition something interesting and also

956
00:38:56,150 --> 00:38:53,760
um could you talk about it from a

957
00:39:06,150 --> 00:38:56,160
doctor's perspective as well as an

958
00:39:09,990 --> 00:39:07,510
it's very difficult to make a

959
00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:10,000
distinction there but um first um

960
00:39:22,550 --> 00:39:12,560
what i feel interesting is that um

961
00:39:26,790 --> 00:39:25,349
now where your legs are located you feel

962
00:39:32,790 --> 00:39:26,800
like it's the floor

963
00:39:35,589 --> 00:39:34,550
where your feet are located feel like

964
00:39:37,910 --> 00:39:35,599
the floor

965
00:39:39,829 --> 00:39:37,920
so um i think that when we say the

966
00:39:41,670 --> 00:39:39,839
upside and downside is

967
00:39:43,589 --> 00:39:41,680
i'm just for the sake of convenience in

968
00:39:45,910 --> 00:39:43,599
outer space i think it's just in

969
00:39:49,190 --> 00:39:45,920
relative terms that you feel that you're

970
00:39:52,069 --> 00:39:49,200
upside down or the other way around

971
00:39:53,910 --> 00:39:52,079
i don't know from nhk um astro furukawa

972
00:40:01,670 --> 00:39:53,920
another thing about the shuttle

973
00:40:08,390 --> 00:40:03,190
don't you wish that you had been on

974
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:22,309
um

975
00:40:26,630 --> 00:40:24,950
and i wish i had been able to travel on

976
00:40:28,630 --> 00:40:26,640
the space shuttle but not everything

977
00:40:31,510 --> 00:40:28,640
goes as you wish in life

978
00:40:33,109 --> 00:40:31,520
but then at present i'm very satisfied

979
00:40:34,550 --> 00:40:33,119
because um there are three reasons for

980
00:40:35,910 --> 00:40:34,560
this and first

981
00:40:39,190 --> 00:40:35,920
is that

982
00:40:43,670 --> 00:40:39,200
the soyuz this is a very highly reliable

983
00:40:47,109 --> 00:40:43,680
russian space vehicle and um

984
00:40:49,349 --> 00:40:47,119
i was able to board the series and

985
00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:49,359
arrive at the iss and to make

986
00:40:55,349 --> 00:40:52,160
contributions to the iss activities and

987
00:40:57,589 --> 00:40:55,359
the second is that i as a japanese

988
00:41:00,230 --> 00:40:57,599
astronaut was able to welcome the last

989
00:41:03,910 --> 00:41:00,240
crew on board the space shuttle and also

990
00:41:11,589 --> 00:41:07,510
i believe that i was the first stem to

991
00:41:14,950 --> 00:41:11,599
encounter atlantis and also um

992
00:41:17,109 --> 00:41:14,960
chris and ferguson the commander

993
00:41:19,270 --> 00:41:17,119
has made my wish come true

994
00:41:21,990 --> 00:41:19,280
and he let me sit in his commander's

995
00:41:28,230 --> 00:41:22,000
seat and take a photo so um that was a

996
00:41:32,309 --> 00:41:29,990
news question

997
00:41:35,270 --> 00:41:32,319
dr furukawa this is about the month

998
00:41:37,030 --> 00:41:35,280
since you have left

999
00:41:40,630 --> 00:41:37,040
the ground and probably you have

1000
00:41:42,230 --> 00:41:40,640
opportunity to look at the disaster head

1001
00:41:44,390 --> 00:41:42,240
area from is

1002
00:42:01,670 --> 00:41:44,400
if you have any message to those people

1003
00:42:06,470 --> 00:42:03,910
tohoku area when i was a high school

1004
00:42:08,630 --> 00:42:06,480
student and i was very moved by those

1005
00:42:10,069 --> 00:42:08,640
people who are very friendly

1006
00:42:12,150 --> 00:42:10,079
uh people there

1007
00:42:14,309 --> 00:42:12,160
so i have very good memory

1008
00:42:16,150 --> 00:42:14,319
of visiting there and four months have

1009
00:42:18,950 --> 00:42:16,160
passed but i believe that things are

1010
00:42:21,109 --> 00:42:18,960
still very difficult for them but

1011
00:42:22,630 --> 00:42:21,119
what i can say is that if we continue to

1012
00:42:26,710 --> 00:42:22,640
do

1013
00:42:29,190 --> 00:42:26,720
would be better than today

1014
00:42:31,109 --> 00:42:29,200
and also

1015
00:42:33,829 --> 00:42:31,119
all the colleagues from here

1016
00:42:35,910 --> 00:42:33,839
from us and russia everyone

1017
00:42:38,309 --> 00:42:35,920
uh very much concerned and they they

1018
00:42:41,349 --> 00:42:38,319
give good wishes and not only us and

1019
00:42:44,150 --> 00:42:41,359
russia but all the people in the world

1020
00:42:45,910 --> 00:42:44,160
uh cheering up and trying to be of

1021
00:42:48,470 --> 00:42:45,920
support so i hope that

1022
00:42:50,630 --> 00:42:48,480
keep on trying japan there's a question

1023
00:42:54,069 --> 00:42:50,640
to mr furukawa again from your mute

1024
00:42:56,829 --> 00:42:54,079
newspaper you had worked very hard for

1025
00:42:59,510 --> 00:42:56,839
the last 12 years and

1026
00:43:01,589 --> 00:42:59,520
you finally came to the space and did

1027
00:43:03,270 --> 00:43:01,599
you encounter anything that you didn't

1028
00:43:23,670 --> 00:43:03,280
expect

1029
00:43:29,270 --> 00:43:26,870
surprise was that the things do not stay

1030
00:43:31,910 --> 00:43:29,280
on the surface because if it is on the

1031
00:43:33,589 --> 00:43:31,920
ground if we put something of objects on

1032
00:43:36,390 --> 00:43:33,599
table it will stay there but it will

1033
00:43:46,390 --> 00:43:36,400
flow out in space so

1034
00:43:52,630 --> 00:43:49,190
so that was rather

1035
00:43:54,870 --> 00:43:52,640
things that i was not trained enough in

1036
00:43:56,790 --> 00:43:54,880
on the earth so i'm learning it

1037
00:44:00,790 --> 00:43:56,800
in situ here

1038
00:44:03,030 --> 00:44:00,800
uh i'm awa from uc news space news from

1039
00:44:05,349 --> 00:44:03,040
tv tokyo you

1040
00:44:06,390 --> 00:44:05,359
already mentioned that

1041
00:44:08,470 --> 00:44:06,400
but

1042
00:44:11,510 --> 00:44:08,480
i understand that you visited space

1043
00:44:13,349 --> 00:44:11,520
chatter to hear wake up call so you were

1044
00:44:14,950 --> 00:44:13,359
you are now in space and you visited

1045
00:44:17,670 --> 00:44:14,960
space chateau

1046
00:44:19,510 --> 00:44:17,680
and uh how did you feel

1047
00:44:43,510 --> 00:44:19,520
listening to wake up called by elton

1048
00:44:48,230 --> 00:44:45,910
it's made very well and it's not

1049
00:44:51,349 --> 00:44:48,240
actually very much like a training

1050
00:44:53,589 --> 00:44:51,359
facility in houston so it was exactly

1051
00:44:56,630 --> 00:44:53,599
the same environment as i had been

1052
00:44:59,349 --> 00:44:56,640
trained in houston i was very moved to

1053
00:45:01,589 --> 00:44:59,359
hear the wake up call and music by elton

1054
00:45:03,030 --> 00:45:01,599
john

1055
00:45:05,910 --> 00:45:03,040
and i was very grateful for that

1056
00:45:08,790 --> 00:45:05,920
opportunity it was that was given to me

1057
00:45:10,710 --> 00:45:08,800
dr furukawa

1058
00:45:12,150 --> 00:45:10,720
i would like to hear

1059
00:45:13,750 --> 00:45:12,160
about uh

1060
00:45:14,870 --> 00:45:13,760
world cup

1061
00:45:18,069 --> 00:45:14,880
ladies

1062
00:45:20,710 --> 00:45:18,079
women's uh

1063
00:45:23,270 --> 00:45:20,720
you have a lot of american u.s friends

1064
00:45:33,750 --> 00:45:23,280
around here but what do you

1065
00:45:37,990 --> 00:45:35,910
well it might be difficult to answer to

1066
00:45:40,309 --> 00:45:38,000
your question in this environment but

1067
00:45:43,030 --> 00:45:40,319
what i can say is that

1068
00:45:44,870 --> 00:45:43,040
all the athletes supporters all the

1069
00:45:47,270 --> 00:45:44,880
people who

1070
00:45:48,630 --> 00:45:47,280
consent there i hope that everyone would

1071
00:45:53,109 --> 00:45:48,640
do their best

1072
00:46:01,109 --> 00:45:56,390
atlantis iss this is houston acr thank

1073
00:46:06,150 --> 00:46:03,349
thank you media at johnson space center

1074
00:46:07,910 --> 00:46:06,160
kennedy space center nasa headquarters

1075
00:46:10,790 --> 00:46:07,920
marshall space flight center ames

1076
00:46:12,870 --> 00:46:10,800
research center and in japan atlantis