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is a way for people on the ground

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to

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the space station through a hem radio if

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someone wants to be an astronaut when

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they grow up what should they be doing

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now as a kid to prepare over

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yeah that is a great question

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there are three things you can do one is

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study and work really hard in school

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the second is set big goals for yourself

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because they'll motivate you and excite

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you

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and the third thing is always play nice

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with others you have a chance to talk to

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people all over the planet using

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eris you know the amateur radio board

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the international space station

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i mean you can look down and say oh

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there's australia and you pick up you

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know and you see qcq and there's

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somebody out there and and they answer

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and you meet a new friend the aeros

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program is important because it i think

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teaches especially kids

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a technology and communication

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it also teaches them about timing it

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teaches them about

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the

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position of an object in space with

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respect to where they are on the earth

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i think it's a great educational tool as

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well as a way to communicate with people

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in space science technology engineering

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and math that's what really makes the

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space station fly so if you can imagine

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a kid who gets a chance to talk to

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somebody aboard that space station as it

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whips on by at 17 000 miles an hour then

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you know i think it's going to capture

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their interest i think a thousand

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contacts

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is an incredible milestone for nasa and

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namely the students who they're the ones

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that achieved this they're the ones that

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made the contact with nasa we just

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provided the platform for them to do it

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and if you think about these kids being

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the ones that are the future of space

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exploration the future of nasa and all

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of our space programs around the world

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they are learning at such an early age

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how to overcome this barrier this

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challenge we have of communicating with

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others in space and what a great start

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and to reach a thousand

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you know i think it's just motivating a

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thousand contexts who would have ever

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thought that means a thousand times

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we've had a chance to to reach down to

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planet earth and make contact and to

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inspire the next generation of explorers

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so i congratulate the heiress program i

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congratulate amateur radio enthusiasts

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all over this beautiful planet for

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supporting these contacts a thousand of

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them who would have ever guessed that

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we'd have so many congratulations the

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aries program is a very good way to

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involve little kids and students in the

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space program because it lets them have

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a very real touch a very personal

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contact with the world of human space

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flight

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in i can only imagine if i as a student

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had the chance to talk through a radio

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to an actual astronaut in orbit i would

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have been very excited i was very

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excited already because of my my

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passions but this is an excellent way to

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get

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students and kids involved in science in

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technology in engineering and math