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\h        Kelvin Manning/Associate Director, Kennedy Space Center: Great to be here this morning to help open

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\h        the Angry Birds Space Encounter -- an awesome addition to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

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\h        This game, like Dan said, it'll ensure the next generation of explorers will have

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\h        that interest in space exploration, as well as the fundamental sciences we talked about --

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\h        the STEM fields, the science, engineering and math.

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\h        And you can have some fun along the way in doing that.

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\h        So what I'd like to tell kids here today is simply, science can really be this cool.

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\h        Once you master launching these birds into the right trajectory to hit the pig targets,

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\h        you can use those orbital mechanics skills to one day create a plan to maybe land a spacecraft on a

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\h        distant planet, or try to land a spacecraft on a fast-moving target, like an asteroid.

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\h        And why do we do this? We do it with the goal of making life here on Earth better.

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\h        That's what it's all about. So I'd like to thank you, on behalf of the

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\h        Kennedy Space Center and NASA, for supporting these endeavors.

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\h        But I know you want to get into the exhibit, and you want to hear about the next speaker, Dr. Don Pettit.

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\h        Don Pettit/Astronaut: When you're in space, again, this is a serious environment.

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\h        Because we're human beings, and we've got character that makes us human beings,

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\h        we like to have a little fun. And this fun allows us to work and cope in this serious environment.

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\h        And part of having fun, on my last mission, was being able to make some videos dealing

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\h        with trajectories for the Angry Birds in Space game.

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\h        And that's just a little bit of fun while you're in this serious environment.

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\h        But while you're having fun doing this, there's a thread of math and

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\h        science and engineering that gets worked into these games.

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\h        And so you could be playing a game like this and not realize that there's physics in there,

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\h        and with Angry Birds, it's all about trajectories.

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\h        So with that, enjoy, and think about some of the physics behind

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\h        what's going on here while you're playing a game.

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\h        Bill Moore/Chief Operating Officer, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex: Here's the target.

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\h        Let's get ready. We need a countdown. We always have countdowns here at Kennedy.

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\h        A thumbs-up is always good. Here we go with the launch.

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\h        We're going to say, and they're going to shoot at the space person.