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I'm Grace Douglas I'm the principal

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investigator of the crew health and

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performance exploration analog or tropia

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thank you all for joining us tonight as

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we send these Pioneers on this critical

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step towards Mars

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the knowledge we gain here will help

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enable us to send humans to Mars and

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bring them home safely

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I want to thank our entire team who made

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this Mission possible and many of their

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patches

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I also want to thank our crew

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Commander Kelly hasten medical officer

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flight engineer Ross Brockwell

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thank you all

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for your dedication to exploration

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our best wishes go with you as you begin

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this adventure of discovery

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I would now like to introduce the NASA

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Johnson Space Center Director Vanessa

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thank you thank you Grace so very much

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uh thank you all for joining us today as

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we are sending off our inaugural crew of

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chipia and these Brave individuals will

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be embarking on a one-year Journey so we

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want to thank the many teams as Grace

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said that work together tirelessly to

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pull this all together I love the fact

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that all of their plaques are here

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hanging beside the wall here but there

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were many many cross disciplines across

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the Johnson Space Center and outside

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working together to make this happen

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This Crew behind me of individuals

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volunteered to help us with getting

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ready for our missions to Mars and this

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simulated activity has been in the

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this team has worked tirelessly to bring

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forth the habitat that you see behind us

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for many years and so the crew will go

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inside of this 3D printed habitat 1700

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square feet that they will have to bond

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together for 378 days I'm super excited

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about the science that will be obtained

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and one year from now when they come out

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with great success we will all be here

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waiting so that we can share in and

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thank you so very much for volunteering

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so thank you so very much to the crew

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and thank you to all the individuals

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that work together to make this happen

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thank you that's Teresa's best wishes

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thank you for having me here my name is

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Judy Hayes and I'm representing the

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human health and performance directorate

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as the chief science officer it's an

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honor to be here today as we celebrate

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the Ingress of chipia it's Ingress

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embodies

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the teamwork across the Johnson Space

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Center of Engineers and scientists and

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they built designed built certified and

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readied this Martian habitat and its

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this could not have been done without

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the strong partnership between the

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engineering directorate and between the

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human health and performance directorate

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this team is the best that NASA offers

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we especially thank this chipia crew of

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engineering and science

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and especially their families as they

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take on this personal commitment to this

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this they are about to embark on an

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analog mission that encompasses

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living and working on Mars the

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importance of this study cannot be

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as the journey unfolds as their Journey

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unfolds over the coming year it's

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through their stealth this Stellar crew

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that NASA scientists will learn critical

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insights on the physical and behavioral

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aspects of a mission on Mars so with

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that I say good luck and Godspeed and I

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hand it over to Julie Kramer white from

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good evening I'm Julie Kramer white from

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engineering as Judy said our teams

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between engineering and Health and Human

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to bring this Vision to life this 3D

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by icon to all the significant

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modifications to the utilities in this

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building in order to support these folks

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and yet still preserve the illusion of

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being on Mars we have folks that have

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provided airlocks and provided laundry

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authentic to the environment that

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technology and VR for the Eva that

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habitat those are all products provided

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missions to Mars and how we support our

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crews along the way these long-duration

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closer to us they help us realize that

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Mars is within our reach as we try to

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address the issues and challenges that

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collaboration with us thank you for the

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opportunity to bring NASA One Step

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thank you so much for all the well

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wishes and for taking time out of your

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day for so many important people to come

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space flight and exploration exemplifies

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some of the best qualities of humankind

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including Innovation daring and

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for space exploration these elements

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come together to safely send humans away

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from Earth to explore and study the most

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foreign environments imaginable and this

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enables new learnings and the potential

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for humans to survive and thrive on

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other planets such as Mars and I really

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is a huge Endeavor the Japan mission

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that we celebrate today is a great

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example of this tackling difficult

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technical challenges to create the most

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Mars realistic simulation possible

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the crew has worked so hard this month

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to get ready for this Mission it has

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been very special to be a part of such a

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tremendous group of scientists and

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backgrounds working together to bearing

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to po1 the first of three missions to

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reality and the crew mirrors the other

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teams it is an amazing group of

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dedicated individuals who feel very

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the best possible data for the teams

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that have poured their hard work and

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spirit into this project

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we hope to honor that effort with strong

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execution and completion of this mission

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for myself I feel incredibly lucky and

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blessed to be part of this crew

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and the mission it is a career and

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personal highlight to be both scientist

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may enable new methods and safer space

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of people that have helped us prepare

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ourselves and our families and finally I

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you are the umbilicus that keeps my

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heart connected and synced to the Earth

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while I'm away on Mars and I thank you

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crazy adventure

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climb the highest of mountains

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so we set our sights on a distant

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tomorrow when we might stand upon

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mountains such a path such as Olympus

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take a moment to sincerely thank the

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great many people who've worked

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thank you and thank you NASA for the

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profound trust that you've put in us as

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friends for their sacrifices

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we see we know those sacrifices

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we couldn't be here without your love

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I love you the moon I'm sorry Mars

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making the science so strong so that we

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we really appreciate it thank you so

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humankind's exploration the moon and

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will teach us about ourselves

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it will inspire us to take care of each

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other and take care of this beautiful

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this wonderful world that will always be

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and part of this great crew

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thank you NASA for creating this

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opportunity and for being there for the

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human Spirit you exemplify everything

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that we want to be and the the tip of

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our mental capacities and I want to

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thank the Navy for making me a strong

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resilient person that I've didn't even

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traveled the world just to come to bring

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family for always supporting me even

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those four six people who will step on

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actual Martian soil thank you

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their flag before they enter the habitat

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we're going to put this flag on the

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front of the Mars Dune Alpha for the

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foreign

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please join me

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and a round of applause as we wish our

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crew well and they enter the habitat

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[Laughter]

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chipia mission one is a go