1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,580 "HOUSTON, STATION ON SPACE TO GROUND." 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:08,100 A SHORT TIME AGO ON A SPACE STATION NOT FAR AWAY.... 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,040 WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND, I'M DAN HUOT. 4 00:00:12,446 --> 00:00:15,626 HEALTHY BONES ARE IMPORTANT, WHETHER YOU'RE AN ASTRONAUT 5 00:00:15,626 --> 00:00:17,796 ON THE STATION, A PERSON ON PLANET EARTH, 6 00:00:18,036 --> 00:00:21,436 OR ZOOMING THROUGH THE KESSEL RUN IN LESS THAN 12 PARSECS. 7 00:00:22,366 --> 00:00:25,876 THE OSTEOOMICS STUDY IS TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT BONES 8 00:00:25,876 --> 00:00:28,076 ON THE MOLECULAR LEVEL TO LEARN MORE 9 00:00:28,076 --> 00:00:31,706 ABOUT WHAT CHANGES TAKE PLACE WHILE IN SPACE OR ON THE GROUND. 10 00:00:32,376 --> 00:00:35,806 OUR BONES GET CHEMICAL MESSAGES THAT CAN RESULT IN BONE LOSS 11 00:00:35,876 --> 00:00:40,236 OR BONE FORMATION, MESSAGES THAT CAN TIP TOWARDS LOSS WHEN WE'RE 12 00:00:40,236 --> 00:00:42,216 IN MICROGRAVITY OR SICK ON EARTH. 13 00:00:42,980 --> 00:00:46,640 LEARNING MORE WILL HELP US KEEP ASTRONAUTS OF THE FUTURE STRONG 14 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,700 FOR ANY SPACE ADVENTURES WHILE HELPING THOSE SUFFERING 15 00:00:49,700 --> 00:00:52,620 FROM A RANGE OF DISORDERS ON OUR HOME PLANET. 16 00:00:53,506 --> 00:00:55,916 WE'RE STILL A FEW YEARS AWAY FROM HYPERDRIVE, 17 00:00:55,916 --> 00:00:58,686 SO A NEW FLUID PHYSICS STUDY ON STATION IS LOOKING 18 00:00:58,686 --> 00:01:01,296 AT OPTIMIZING SPACECRAFT FUELS SYSTEMS. 19 00:01:02,436 --> 00:01:04,846 THE FLUIDICS STUDY IS TAKING A CLOSE LOOK 20 00:01:04,846 --> 00:01:09,086 AT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENS TO FUEL IN A TANK WHILE IN MICROGRAVITY. 21 00:01:09,626 --> 00:01:12,036 KNOWING MORE COULD LEAD TO BETTER FUEL SYSTEMS 22 00:01:12,036 --> 00:01:15,776 IN NOT JUST SPACECRAFT BUT ALSO SATELLITES, KEEPING THEM FUELED 23 00:01:15,776 --> 00:01:17,406 AND FUNCTIONAL EVEN LONGER. 24 00:01:18,066 --> 00:01:20,736 THE EXPERIMENT ALSO PROVIDES A UNIQUE INSIGHT 25 00:01:20,736 --> 00:01:22,586 INTO HOW EARTH'S OCEANS WORK, 26 00:01:22,816 --> 00:01:25,376 SPECIFICALLY THE PHENOMENON OF "ROGUE WAVES." 27 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:28,100 KNOWING MORE ABOUT THESE COULD HELP 28 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:31,120 WITH CLIMATE PREDICTION SYSTEMS OR EVEN IMPROVE THE USE 29 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,420 OF OCEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY. 30 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:37,320 THIS WEEK'S TWITTER QUESTION COMES FROM RIKS WHO WANTS 31 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:40,900 TO KNOW ABOUT THE RECORD FOR MOST SPACEWALKS BY AN ASTRONAUT. 32 00:01:41,326 --> 00:01:43,836 IT'S HELD BY A RETIRED RUSSIAN COSMONAUT 33 00:01:44,056 --> 00:01:45,876 AND IT'S A PRETTY SIZEABLE LEAD. 34 00:01:45,986 --> 00:01:50,966 ANATOLY SOLOVYEV TOPS THE LEADERBOARD WITH 16 SPACEWALKS 35 00:01:51,300 --> 00:01:53,540 WHICH HE ACCUMULATED ON SEVERAL TRIPS 36 00:01:53,540 --> 00:01:55,360 TO THE RUSSIAN MIR SPACE STATION. 37 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,040 THE NASA RECORD STANDS AT 10, 38 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:02,500 SET BY FORMER ASTRONAUT MIKE LOPEZ-ALEGRIA WHILE HE HELPED 39 00:02:02,500 --> 00:02:04,940 BUILD THE STATION DURING SEVERAL SHUTTLE MISSIONS. 40 00:02:05,596 --> 00:02:07,946 PEGGY WHITSON IS CLOSE BEHIND THOUGH AND IS SET 41 00:02:07,946 --> 00:02:10,860 TO DO HER NINTH SPACEWALK ON MAY 12TH. 42 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:14,380 KEEP SENDING YOUR QUESTIONS USING THE HASHTAG