1 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:30,109 140 million miles from earth 2 00:00:30,119 --> 00:00:36,389 162 days in space 3 00:00:42,790 --> 00:00:39,190 i've traveled so far and yet the further 4 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:59,910 the more i seem to be looking back 5 00:01:03,189 --> 00:01:02,069 m1 you have exactly 10 minutes to final 6 00:01:06,469 --> 00:01:03,199 marker 7 00:01:09,670 --> 00:01:06,479 gill issm is clear for calm's link 8 00:01:13,270 --> 00:01:09,680 houston marking now copy that houston 9 00:01:15,749 --> 00:01:13,280 good morning m1 plls data looking good 10 00:01:17,510 --> 00:01:15,759 ecg is normal 11 00:01:19,030 --> 00:01:17,520 we got you ham one 12 00:01:21,910 --> 00:01:19,040 i don't think my grandfather would have 13 00:01:24,630 --> 00:01:21,920 liked the sound of that houston 14 00:01:26,550 --> 00:01:24,640 would you care to elaborate on that 15 00:01:27,990 --> 00:01:26,560 that man never trusted things run by 16 00:01:30,789 --> 00:01:28,000 computers 17 00:01:34,149 --> 00:01:30,799 did i ever mention that he was a sailor 18 00:01:35,990 --> 00:01:34,159 nane made me learn the stars by sight 19 00:01:38,149 --> 00:01:36,000 just like he did my mother 20 00:01:38,830 --> 00:01:38,159 he wanted us to trust ourselves to find 21 00:01:40,950 --> 00:01:38,840 our 22 00:01:43,590 --> 00:01:40,960 way you see 23 00:01:46,310 --> 00:01:43,600 all that stargazing did pay off 24 00:01:52,789 --> 00:01:47,429 i'm sure your mother and grandfather 25 00:01:59,510 --> 00:01:55,749 m1 26 00:02:03,350 --> 00:02:01,030 today would have been my mother's 50th 27 00:02:07,990 --> 00:02:03,360 birthday 28 00:02:09,990 --> 00:02:08,000 houston feels that's a good sign 29 00:02:17,589 --> 00:02:10,000 she's 30 00:02:23,430 --> 00:02:19,270 i was only eight years old when mama 31 00:02:27,030 --> 00:02:25,110 i still remember playing on the lagoon 32 00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:27,040 that morning 33 00:02:32,309 --> 00:02:29,760 i love the water 34 00:02:39,589 --> 00:02:32,319 guinea guy you can make it out 35 00:02:44,869 --> 00:02:41,830 we're never getting home now never and 36 00:03:19,750 --> 00:02:44,879 there are socks everywhere sharks man 37 00:03:22,949 --> 00:03:21,190 i couldn't run fast enough to my 38 00:03:27,270 --> 00:03:22,959 grandfather's house 39 00:03:36,070 --> 00:03:29,190 her last breath has 40 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:40,149 cholera took my mother's life 41 00:03:40,159 --> 00:03:44,789 and later that same year my best friend 42 00:03:44,799 --> 00:03:51,190 obie 43 00:03:56,869 --> 00:03:53,270 so many people died from the water 44 00:04:00,550 --> 00:03:58,470 the thought of not having clean water 45 00:04:03,589 --> 00:04:00,560 seems so 46 00:04:06,550 --> 00:04:05,110 bill there's some concern about her 47 00:04:07,830 --> 00:04:06,560 biofeedback 48 00:04:08,789 --> 00:04:07,840 medical's noticed a change in your 49 00:04:10,229 --> 00:04:08,799 readings 50 00:04:13,110 --> 00:04:10,239 houston 51 00:04:14,470 --> 00:04:13,120 victoria crater sediment sample 52 00:04:17,270 --> 00:04:14,480 is marked 53 00:04:19,349 --> 00:04:17,280 m1 how are you feeling 54 00:04:21,270 --> 00:04:19,359 a bit anxious but i think that's to be 55 00:04:22,950 --> 00:04:21,280 expected 56 00:04:25,510 --> 00:04:22,960 understandable 57 00:04:28,870 --> 00:04:25,520 now let's slow that breathing down a bit 58 00:04:30,790 --> 00:04:28,880 we need to get you back to the habitat 59 00:04:32,790 --> 00:04:30,800 talking helps 60 00:04:35,270 --> 00:04:32,800 these tracks get kind of 61 00:04:36,469 --> 00:04:35,280 lonely 62 00:04:38,230 --> 00:04:36,479 copy that 63 00:04:39,590 --> 00:04:38,240 hey gil engineering wants to hear about 64 00:04:43,990 --> 00:04:39,600 her mother mission control would like to 65 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,710 she always told the best stories 66 00:05:00,390 --> 00:04:50,469 did i ever tell you the one about none 67 00:05:04,629 --> 00:05:02,950 your grandfather never would let me take 68 00:05:05,670 --> 00:05:04,639 this necklace off 69 00:05:06,469 --> 00:05:05,680 ever 70 00:05:08,710 --> 00:05:06,479 where 71 00:05:10,790 --> 00:05:08,720 until i need to pass its magic on to 72 00:05:12,629 --> 00:05:10,800 someone has magic 73 00:05:14,710 --> 00:05:12,639 when your grandfather was digging for 74 00:05:16,870 --> 00:05:14,720 sand in the lagoon 75 00:05:19,990 --> 00:05:16,880 it happened what 76 00:05:21,510 --> 00:05:20,000 like now the city was growing bigger 77 00:05:23,350 --> 00:05:21,520 every day 78 00:05:25,749 --> 00:05:23,360 he helped supply the sand needed to make 79 00:05:27,510 --> 00:05:25,759 the concrete where's the magic pad 80 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:27,520 it's coming 81 00:05:31,110 --> 00:05:29,440 he took his afternoon break at the same 82 00:05:32,950 --> 00:05:31,120 time each day 83 00:05:34,710 --> 00:05:32,960 but this day 84 00:05:37,350 --> 00:05:34,720 was special 85 00:05:40,310 --> 00:05:37,360 when he came down the boat ladder your 86 00:05:44,390 --> 00:05:40,320 grandfather found an oyster shell on the 87 00:05:46,070 --> 00:05:44,400 dock when he finally pried it open he 88 00:05:48,310 --> 00:05:46,080 found 89 00:05:50,230 --> 00:05:48,320 this pair 90 00:05:51,990 --> 00:05:50,240 he said it didn't mean much to him at 91 00:05:55,110 --> 00:05:52,000 the time but what your grandfather did 92 00:05:57,270 --> 00:05:55,120 not know was at the exact moment when he 93 00:05:58,150 --> 00:05:57,280 opened that oyster shell 94 00:05:59,909 --> 00:05:58,160 i 95 00:06:03,350 --> 00:05:59,919 was born 96 00:06:06,790 --> 00:06:03,360 my father said when he first saw me 97 00:06:08,390 --> 00:06:06,800 i was the most beautiful thing he had 98 00:06:09,990 --> 00:06:08,400 ever seen 99 00:06:11,350 --> 00:06:10,000 for a long time your grandmother and 100 00:06:13,189 --> 00:06:11,360 grandfather never thought they would 101 00:06:16,230 --> 00:06:13,199 have any children 102 00:06:19,110 --> 00:06:16,240 but the pel came to him as a sign from 103 00:06:20,950 --> 00:06:19,120 the heavens a sign that his life was 104 00:06:23,430 --> 00:06:20,960 about to change 105 00:06:26,309 --> 00:06:23,440 you see how only 106 00:06:28,870 --> 00:06:26,319 i was his pal 107 00:06:32,950 --> 00:06:28,880 he gave me this to wear every day 108 00:06:35,029 --> 00:06:32,960 to remind me just how much i was love 109 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:35,039 what's it do mama 110 00:06:39,670 --> 00:06:36,240 the pen 111 00:06:43,749 --> 00:06:39,680 gives you what you want the most what 112 00:06:43,759 --> 00:06:50,390 you 113 00:06:56,870 --> 00:06:54,309 what i wanted most was to see her again 114 00:06:58,469 --> 00:06:56,880 i would spend every night looking up at 115 00:07:00,070 --> 00:06:58,479 the stars for her 116 00:07:01,990 --> 00:07:00,080 imagining that she was that small 117 00:07:04,150 --> 00:07:02,000 flickering red light i would sometimes 118 00:07:06,150 --> 00:07:04,160 see 119 00:07:09,350 --> 00:07:06,160 mama would tell me 120 00:07:12,870 --> 00:07:09,360 tomorrow changes everything 121 00:07:15,430 --> 00:07:12,880 tomorrow is full of possibilities 122 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:15,440 and that's why we do what we do him one 123 00:07:19,189 --> 00:07:17,280 copy that issn 124 00:07:20,710 --> 00:07:19,199 let's hope today proves that 125 00:07:23,029 --> 00:07:20,720 looking good gil 126 00:07:25,029 --> 00:07:23,039 medical shows a lower heart rate 127 00:07:26,870 --> 00:07:25,039 vital's good 128 00:07:28,230 --> 00:07:26,880 feeling better 129 00:07:31,189 --> 00:07:28,240 i told you 130 00:07:33,990 --> 00:07:31,199 talking helps houston always enjoys a 131 00:07:35,589 --> 00:07:34,000 good story tell us more 132 00:07:37,670 --> 00:07:35,599 a few years after my mother's death 133 00:07:40,950 --> 00:07:37,680 water aiding unicef delivered modern 134 00:07:44,710 --> 00:07:40,960 filtration systems to nigeria 135 00:07:45,990 --> 00:07:44,720 the clean water changed everyone's lives 136 00:07:48,309 --> 00:07:46,000 i would eventually learn the 137 00:07:50,309 --> 00:07:48,319 bioregenerative filtration technology 138 00:07:52,070 --> 00:07:50,319 used in those systems was developed by 139 00:07:53,270 --> 00:07:52,080 nasa that's right 140 00:07:55,510 --> 00:07:53,280 the same process used on the 141 00:07:58,950 --> 00:07:55,520 international space station 142 00:08:00,469 --> 00:07:58,960 it literally came from the heavens 143 00:08:02,950 --> 00:08:00,479 i bet that took some explaining to your 144 00:08:04,230 --> 00:08:02,960 grandfather 145 00:08:05,909 --> 00:08:04,240 actually 146 00:08:07,510 --> 00:08:05,919 a few years later my grandfather 147 00:08:11,749 --> 00:08:07,520 arranged for me to study abroad and live 148 00:08:16,550 --> 00:08:13,510 after the end of the water crisis in 149 00:08:18,790 --> 00:08:16,560 africa nasa fascinated me 150 00:08:20,309 --> 00:08:18,800 from gemini and apollo to the orion 151 00:08:22,790 --> 00:08:20,319 missions 152 00:08:26,309 --> 00:08:22,800 so many people have come together as one 153 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:26,319 to improve life on earth 154 00:08:30,950 --> 00:08:28,560 to push the boundaries of mankind in the 155 00:08:31,830 --> 00:08:30,960 universe 156 00:08:32,790 --> 00:08:31,840 six 157 00:08:33,670 --> 00:08:32,800 five 158 00:08:34,709 --> 00:08:33,680 four 159 00:08:35,750 --> 00:08:34,719 three 160 00:08:36,870 --> 00:08:35,760 two 161 00:09:00,550 --> 00:08:36,880 one 162 00:09:04,470 --> 00:09:02,310 when i came to nasa and started working 163 00:09:06,389 --> 00:09:04,480 with atmospheric scientists i never 164 00:09:08,150 --> 00:09:06,399 imagined that one day i would be a part 165 00:09:10,310 --> 00:09:08,160 of that legacy 166 00:09:11,829 --> 00:09:10,320 a legacy that would eventually lead me 167 00:09:40,949 --> 00:09:11,839 here 168 00:09:40,959 --> 00:09:49,110 magic 169 00:09:59,910 --> 00:09:52,710 even out here so far from earth 170 00:10:05,750 --> 00:10:01,590 everything that's happened in my life 171 00:10:05,760 --> 00:10:08,389 to my 172 00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:44,870 pearl 173 00:10:51,030 --> 00:10:48,870 tomorrow changes everything 174 00:11:12,630 --> 00:10:51,040 tomorrow is full 175 00:12:48,550 --> 00:11:14,470 i love you 176 00:12:51,670 --> 00:12:50,230 all right rick thanks for all that data