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>> Okay, if you guys are ready
it's our pleasure to hand

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over to Captain Cernan.

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>> Captain Gene Cernan: Hey
guys, I guess there's no gals

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up there, but this is
Gene Cernan and I --

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I'm envious, I wish I
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You're doing one heck of a great
job, and you got a big legacy

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to build upon and from where
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to get those kids down here
excited about pressing on

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and going even further.

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I didn't know I was going
to be able to do this,

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but congratulations
and I'll tell you what,

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I'm personally proud.

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I'm at the age now where I
think most of you were probably

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in diapers or knee pants
when I went to the moon,

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but at least what we did
worked because it inspired you

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to do what you're doing.

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I got a couple guests here;

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can they just say
one word like hello?

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>> Commander Kevin Ford:
They absolutely can.

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Great to see you all.

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>> Hi guys, it's a pleasure
to be here and to see you.

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>> Chuck Briese:
Hello, this is...

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>> Commander Kevin Ford:
Nice to hear your voice.

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>> Chuck Briese: Chuck
Briese saying hello

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to the space station.

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Thanks for all you do.

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Captain Cernan's been
singing your praises all day

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and we really appreciate it all.

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Thank you.

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>> Commander Kevin
Ford: Hey, thank you.

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Great to hear your voice.

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Go ahead.

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>> David Cisco: Hi guys,
this is David Cisco I'm

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with Space Center Houston and
we spend a lot of time talking

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about what you guys do up there,
and we're real proud of you.

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Congratulations.

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>> Commander Kevin Ford:
We're regular visitors

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to Space Center Houston.

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>> Captain Gene Cernan:
Hey I got to --

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this is Gene Cernan again.

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You guys don't -- you're living
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in a palatial palace up there.

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I got to go back to the
Gemini days when you had

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to share elbow room with
your buddy and you never got

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out of your space
suit for three days.

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I can go on and on but, you
know, we talked about living

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up there like we live down here.

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We didn't even have hot water on
the moon for that cup of coffee.

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But I'll tell you what,
you deserve it all,

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and it tells us how
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yet how far we've got to go.

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God bless you guys, you're
in our prayers and thoughts.

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>> Commander Kevin Ford:
Thank you very much sir,

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it's great to see you on board.

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I don't know -- can
you guys all hear me?

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Shake your head if you can.

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Oh, okay awesome.

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Yeah well, there's
still a lack of gals

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on board just like you said.

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Hopefully that will
change one in the future.

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My first commander was Sonny
Williams, so women are moving

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out here to the space
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the space station is
a palace actually.

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We did fly up here in a
[inaudible], and I bet you inch

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for inch elbow room it's pretty
tight too, but we didn't have

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to spend a lot of time in it

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and we only have four
hours home from here.

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It is a pleasure to fly up
and down to the space station.

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I've been up here a little
over 100 days now and Tom

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and Chris have been up
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somewhere in that
neighborhood and living

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in space is something
we can do now

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because of what you guys
did those years ago.

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I think I was 12 when you came
home from the moon the last time

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and these guys were
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we're all about the same age
and you did inspire us for sure.

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Just like, just like
the whole world frankly.

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Every place I go in the
world they know NASA

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because of what you guys
did back then that long ago.

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But we do have a lot of good
people there now carrying

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on the traditions
and what we're doing

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up here is fantastic,
it really is.

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I was impressed before I came

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and I'm even more
impressed after being here.

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So, the ground teams are
great, the nation is great

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and it is going to
make a huge difference

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to generations 100 years from
now, that are going to benefit

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from what we're going up
here and of course benefit

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from what you did
those years ago too.

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So, yours is a remarkable story,
we can't compete with that.

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Great to have you in the
center, and truly have you

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on board the International
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>> Captain Gene Cernan:
Thank you.

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One last thought; we always
used to look at it as we stood

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on the shoulders of
the giants of a nation.

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Remember you guys, when you
get back the jobs not done.

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You are now the shoulders
for those kids to stand upon.