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>> The space exploration is
going to be one of the signature

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moments of this millennium,
if not the signature moment.

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And I think space walk's
play a huge part in that.

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Doing a spacewalk is an
incredibly choreographed ballet

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that really starts with
training, you know, many many

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many days, months before
you actually do the events.

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You know, we have a team of
folks that care about the task

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so they put together, sort of,
the road map of how this is

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going to be done.

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We have a team that cares about
the suit and the system, so that

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means the tools as well as the
spacesuit itself and the process

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of getting into and out of it.

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And then we spend a lot of time
practicing that in the NBL.

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What amazes me most about the
space suit is that it is able to

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protect a human being from all
of the things that would kill

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it; the lack of oxygen, the
lack of an atmosphere, you know,

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pressure, the radiation.

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All of those things are, you
know, mortal in their own right.

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And this relatively small little
vehicle can hold us inside it

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and still allow us incredible
dexterity to be able to do very

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minuet tasks with our hands and
as well as move large masses

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around.

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Hi I'm Michael Lopez-Alegria.