1 00:00:06,379 --> 00:00:18,160 >> OKAY, SO I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE 2 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:19,300 FOR PLAYING WITH THE EMOTIONS 3 00:00:19,300 --> 00:00:20,641 THE WHOLE LIGHTS OFF THING, I DID 4 00:00:20,641 --> 00:00:22,380 NOT DO THAT. 5 00:00:22,380 --> 00:00:24,460 I WAS LOOKING AROUND IS HE 6 00:00:24,460 --> 00:00:25,460 COMING. 7 00:00:25,460 --> 00:00:27,079 I DON'T KNOW. 8 00:00:27,079 --> 00:00:28,079 THANK YOU. 9 00:00:28,079 --> 00:00:29,609 IT'S AWESOME TO BE HERE. 10 00:00:29,609 --> 00:00:31,039 AS DAVID SAID, I'M ONE OF NASA'S 11 00:00:31,039 --> 00:00:41,770 NEWEST ASTRONAUTS. 12 00:00:41,770 --> 00:00:44,430 IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. 13 00:00:44,430 --> 00:00:47,430 I'M THE CREW OFFICE, GSDO LEAD, 14 00:00:47,430 --> 00:00:49,150 I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU WORK 15 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:52,990 FOR GSDO, SO I COME HERE A LOT. 16 00:00:52,990 --> 00:00:54,490 I COME HERE BECAUSE I LOVE BEING 17 00:00:54,490 --> 00:00:56,720 AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. 18 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,280 IT'S THE GATEWAY TO HUMAN SPACE 19 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:00,280 LIGHT. 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:01,790 SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. 21 00:01:01,790 --> 00:01:03,560 AND I LOVE THE BANNER THAT YOU 22 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,259 GUYS HAVE ON YOUR WEBSITE. 23 00:01:06,259 --> 00:01:07,710 IT JUST ENCAPSULATES ALL THAT 24 00:01:07,710 --> 00:01:08,710 FOR ME. 25 00:01:08,710 --> 00:01:11,299 I'VE BEEN IN THE MILITARY FOR 20 26 00:01:11,299 --> 00:01:16,260 YEARS NOW, AND I'VE BEEN TO 27 00:01:16,260 --> 00:01:17,600 UNIQUE PLACES. 28 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:19,590 KENNEDY RANKS RIGHT UP THERE 29 00:01:19,590 --> 00:01:21,030 WITH SOME OF THE MOST PROFOUND 30 00:01:21,030 --> 00:01:22,329 PLACES I'VE BEEN IN MY 31 00:01:22,329 --> 00:01:25,630 PROFESSIONAL LIFE. 32 00:01:25,630 --> 00:01:27,030 I WAS FORTUNATE TO PLY JETS 33 00:01:27,030 --> 00:01:28,700 ACROSS THE PACIFIC FROM JAPAN TO 34 00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:30,880 CALIFORNIA, AND LAND AT WAKE 35 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,259 ISLAND, SMALL CORRAL REEF IN THE 36 00:01:32,259 --> 00:01:33,969 MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN. 37 00:01:33,969 --> 00:01:36,139 I STAYED THERE FOR A COUPLE OF 38 00:01:36,139 --> 00:01:38,539 NIGHTS. 39 00:01:38,539 --> 00:01:41,079 PADDLING ACROSS THE LITTLE BAY 40 00:01:41,079 --> 00:01:42,219 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ISLAND 41 00:01:42,219 --> 00:01:43,579 THERE, NEXT TO THE RUNWAY, 42 00:01:43,579 --> 00:01:45,310 LOOKING AT THE PILLBOXES AND THE 43 00:01:45,310 --> 00:01:47,040 GUNNING PLACEMENTS. 44 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:48,179 JUST PROFOUND. 45 00:01:48,179 --> 00:01:49,189 THEY HAVE SIGNS ON THE BEACH 46 00:01:49,189 --> 00:01:50,380 THAT SAY IF YOU COME ACROSS 47 00:01:50,380 --> 00:01:52,289 BONES OR ANY HUMAN REMAINS, 48 00:01:52,289 --> 00:01:53,689 LEAVE THEM IN PLACE OUT OF 49 00:01:53,689 --> 00:01:55,390 RESPECT FOR THE DEAD. 50 00:01:55,390 --> 00:01:57,219 IT'S INTERESTING TO GO TO A 51 00:01:57,219 --> 00:01:58,700 PLACE THAT HAS SIGNS LIKE THAT 52 00:01:58,700 --> 00:02:00,109 ALL AROUND. 53 00:02:00,109 --> 00:02:03,289 ANOTHER PLACE IS PEARL HARBOR, 54 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:05,009 THAT'S THE USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL, 55 00:02:05,009 --> 00:02:06,990 FEEDS OIL TO THE SURFACE TO THIS 56 00:02:06,990 --> 00:02:10,270 DAY. 57 00:02:10,270 --> 00:02:12,140 IF YOU CAN GET ON THE BASE, THE 58 00:02:12,140 --> 00:02:14,100 USS UTAH MEMORIAL IS EVEN MORE 59 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:15,100 PROFOUND. 60 00:02:15,100 --> 00:02:18,170 YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A SHIP. 61 00:02:18,170 --> 00:02:19,910 NO MEMORIAL BUILT ON TOP OF IT. 62 00:02:19,910 --> 00:02:21,790 THAT'S JUST THE SHIP, LYING 63 00:02:21,790 --> 00:02:24,310 WHERE IT WAS SUNK. 64 00:02:24,310 --> 00:02:26,040 AND AGAIN, ANOTHER SPECIAL PLACE 65 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:27,040 THAT I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO 66 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,160 VISIT, AND ONE OF THE MOST 67 00:02:29,160 --> 00:02:30,840 UNIQUE PLACES, BEING STATIONED 68 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,240 ON A CARRIER IN JAPAN, THE 69 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:34,570 JAPANESE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T LIKE 70 00:02:34,570 --> 00:02:35,790 US TO DO ALL OF OUR TOUCH AND 71 00:02:35,790 --> 00:02:37,180 GOES OVER TOKYO. 72 00:02:37,180 --> 00:02:39,440 SO THEY SEND US TO WHAT THEY 73 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:41,940 REFER TO AS IWOTA, OR WHAT WE 74 00:02:41,940 --> 00:02:46,920 CALL -- TAKE FROM SAND FROM THE 75 00:02:46,920 --> 00:02:49,330 BEACH AND LOOK AT THE MEMORIAL 76 00:02:49,330 --> 00:02:52,730 UP THERE, AND OH, I'M NOT EVEN A 77 00:02:52,730 --> 00:02:54,680 HISTORY BUFF AND THIS PLACE, 78 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,970 JUST, IT IS ENGRAINED AND JUST 79 00:02:57,970 --> 00:03:00,990 SEEING IT, AND LIVING THERE AND 80 00:03:00,990 --> 00:03:04,920 BEING THERE FOR SO LONG. 81 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:05,960 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS LIKE 82 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,190 THAT FOR ME. 83 00:03:07,190 --> 00:03:08,440 SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT KENNEDY 84 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:09,470 SPACE CENTER AMONG THOSE OTHER 85 00:03:09,470 --> 00:03:10,560 PLACES THAT I MENTIONED. 86 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:12,440 IT DIDN'T TAKE A WAR AND MASS 87 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,300 CASUALTIES FOR KENNEDY SPACE 88 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:15,410 CENTER TO BECOME THAT KIND OF 89 00:03:15,410 --> 00:03:17,760 SPECIAL PLACE FOR ME, AND FOR 90 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:18,870 THOUSANDS OF HUNDREDS OF 91 00:03:18,870 --> 00:03:22,290 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 92 00:03:22,290 --> 00:03:23,780 WE DO SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL 93 00:03:23,780 --> 00:03:24,780 HERE. 94 00:03:24,780 --> 00:03:25,820 AND I SAY WE, BECAUSE THAT'S 95 00:03:25,820 --> 00:03:27,510 KIND OF THE POINT OF MY TALK. 96 00:03:27,510 --> 00:03:28,530 THIS IS KIND OF THREE-PARTS. 97 00:03:28,530 --> 00:03:31,350 PLEASE, FORGIVE ME. 98 00:03:31,350 --> 00:03:32,610 I, LIKE I SAID, I COME HERE A 99 00:03:32,610 --> 00:03:34,110 LOT, AND I LOVE BEING HERE. 100 00:03:34,110 --> 00:03:35,280 I DON'T GET TO DO THIS OFTEN, 101 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:40,460 I'M USUALLY IN A MEETING. 102 00:03:40,460 --> 00:03:41,600 THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO 103 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,760 ACTUALLY TALK TO YOU AND GET TO 104 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,530 KNOW YOU. 105 00:03:44,530 --> 00:03:45,570 SO IF IT SEEMS LIKE I'M TALKING 106 00:03:45,570 --> 00:03:46,810 ABOUT RANDOM THINGS, THAT'S ON 107 00:03:46,810 --> 00:03:47,870 PURPOSE. 108 00:03:47,870 --> 00:03:48,870 MAYBE IF I GET TO COME OUT HERE 109 00:03:48,870 --> 00:03:51,400 MORE OFTEN, BUT I'M GOING TO 110 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,760 TALK TO YOU I THINK THIS MORNING 111 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:55,910 OR THIS AFTERNOON, AND SO ONE OF 112 00:03:55,910 --> 00:03:56,960 THEM IS HOW IMPORTANT KENNEDY 113 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,120 SPACE CENTER TO EVERYBODY, AND 114 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,660 TO ME ESPECIALLY. 115 00:04:00,660 --> 00:04:03,290 AND MY CLASS CAME HERE FOR A 116 00:04:03,290 --> 00:04:05,820 VISIT, AND STANDING THERE, IT 117 00:04:05,820 --> 00:04:06,820 WAS ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND 118 00:04:06,820 --> 00:04:07,960 MOMENTS OF MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE. 119 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:09,460 I HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS, SEEING MY 120 00:04:09,460 --> 00:04:11,340 KIDS BORN WAS ONE OF THE MOST 121 00:04:11,340 --> 00:04:12,480 PROFOUND THINGS I'VE EVER DONE. 122 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:13,480 BUT THIS RANKS RIGHT UP THERE 123 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:14,940 WITH IT. 124 00:04:14,940 --> 00:04:18,560 WE'VE ACHIEVED THIS. 125 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:20,470 WE'VE TAKEN OUR LUMPS, RIGHT. 126 00:04:20,470 --> 00:04:22,160 BUT TO BE ABLE TO REACH THAT 127 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:23,740 KIND OF SIGNIFICANT FOR SO MANY 128 00:04:23,740 --> 00:04:25,880 PEOPLE, BY DOING SOMETHING, TO 129 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:27,639 BENEFIT EVERYBODY, THAT DIDN'T 130 00:04:27,639 --> 00:04:30,190 INVOLVE A WAR, THAT'S SPECIAL. 131 00:04:30,190 --> 00:04:31,190 AND I HOPE YOU DON'T TAKE THAT 132 00:04:31,190 --> 00:04:32,650 FOR GRANTED BY BEING HERE. 133 00:04:32,650 --> 00:04:33,650 BECAUSE IF YOU DO, YOU CAN GO TO 134 00:04:33,650 --> 00:04:34,650 HOUSTON AND I'LL COME HERE AND 135 00:04:34,650 --> 00:04:35,650 TAKE PLACE. 136 00:04:35,650 --> 00:04:36,680 I LOVE BEING HERE, IF I HADN'T 137 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:38,610 SAID THAT ALREADY. 138 00:04:38,610 --> 00:04:39,650 AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. 139 00:04:39,650 --> 00:04:40,650 FOR YOU ALL. 140 00:04:40,650 --> 00:04:41,650 DON'T ASK ME WHO IS IN THIS 141 00:04:41,650 --> 00:04:42,650 PICTURE. 142 00:04:42,650 --> 00:04:43,650 I DON'T KNOW. 143 00:04:43,650 --> 00:04:47,020 I FOUND IT ON THE INTERNET. 144 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:48,690 I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A 145 00:04:48,690 --> 00:04:51,250 WAY, AND A WAY TO DO THIS, BUT I 146 00:04:51,250 --> 00:04:53,070 CAN ACTUALLY TAKE MY PHONE AND 147 00:04:53,070 --> 00:04:55,240 THEN PUT, YOU KNOW, SCAN THE 148 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:56,270 ROOM, IT WILL SHOW IT UP THERE. 149 00:04:56,270 --> 00:04:57,620 I DON'T HAVE -- I COULDN'T 150 00:04:57,620 --> 00:04:58,620 FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. 151 00:04:58,620 --> 00:04:59,620 YOU'RE LIKE REALLY, YEAH, I 152 00:04:59,620 --> 00:05:01,040 KNOW, IT MIGHT SEND ME TO MARS, 153 00:05:01,040 --> 00:05:04,600 BUT I COULDN'T FIND THAT OUT. 154 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:10,370 I'M HERE FOR YOU. 155 00:05:10,370 --> 00:05:11,370 AND SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO 156 00:05:11,370 --> 00:05:12,960 KNOW EACH OTHER IN THE NEXT HOUR 157 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:14,080 OR SO. 158 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,170 AND I WON'T BELABOR YOU TOO 159 00:05:15,170 --> 00:05:16,170 MUCH. 160 00:05:16,170 --> 00:05:17,170 KENNEDY SPACE CENTER IS SPECIAL 161 00:05:17,170 --> 00:05:19,260 TO ALL OF US 47 IN THE OFFICE 162 00:05:19,260 --> 00:05:21,590 AND THIS PLACE IS SPECIAL. 163 00:05:21,590 --> 00:05:22,740 IT'S LIKE THE KIDS GOING TO MOM 164 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:24,710 AND DAD SAYING CAN WE PROMISE 165 00:05:24,710 --> 00:05:25,710 THE CAR AND PROMISE TO BRING IT 166 00:05:25,710 --> 00:05:27,389 BACK EMPTY IN THIS CASE. 167 00:05:27,389 --> 00:05:29,350 WE REALIZE HOW MUCH YOU DO FOR 168 00:05:29,350 --> 00:05:30,950 US AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL AND 169 00:05:30,950 --> 00:05:33,090 FROM JSC, WE'RE SENDING YOU A 170 00:05:33,090 --> 00:05:35,740 BIG HUG. 171 00:05:35,740 --> 00:05:37,510 THAT'S THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE. 172 00:05:37,510 --> 00:05:39,610 HOW IMPORTANT FAMILY IS AND HOW 173 00:05:39,610 --> 00:05:41,270 IMPORTANT THAT RELATIONSHIP IS. 174 00:05:41,270 --> 00:05:42,880 ONE TEAM, ONE FIGHT. 175 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:43,880 WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO THE SAME 176 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:44,950 THING. 177 00:05:44,950 --> 00:05:46,010 IF YOU GO TO THE GSDO MEETINGS, 178 00:05:46,010 --> 00:05:47,741 YOU MAY NOT AGREE, BUT WE'RE ALL 179 00:05:47,741 --> 00:05:51,180 TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING. 180 00:05:51,180 --> 00:05:54,150 SO I WANT TO TAKE YOU REALLY 181 00:05:54,150 --> 00:05:55,720 QUICKLY THROUGH MY BACKGROUND. 182 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,040 I ASKED NOT TO READ TOO MUCH. 183 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,040 I WAS BORN IN SOUTH CALIFORNIA, 184 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:00,130 AND THOSE ARE PICTURES OF MY 185 00:06:00,130 --> 00:06:03,750 COUSINS, PREACHER, MIXED 186 00:06:03,750 --> 00:06:08,020 MARSHALL ARTIST, NOT FAR FROM 187 00:06:08,020 --> 00:06:11,690 LOS ANGELES AND I WENT TO -- IS 188 00:06:11,690 --> 00:06:13,690 THIS THING LIKE, DOES THIS SOUND 189 00:06:13,690 --> 00:06:15,790 STRANGE? 190 00:06:15,790 --> 00:06:18,880 OKAY, I LOVE THAT PICTURE AT THE 191 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,260 TOP, BECAUSE THAT PICTURE IS MY 192 00:06:22,260 --> 00:06:25,710 THEN GIRLFRIEND, AND I TUTORING 193 00:06:25,710 --> 00:06:26,710 ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH 194 00:06:26,710 --> 00:06:28,400 SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT HOW TO 195 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,330 MAKE MOUSETRAP CARS, AND HOW TO 196 00:06:31,330 --> 00:06:32,560 BUILD BRIDGES. 197 00:06:32,560 --> 00:06:34,300 AND I PLAYED FOOTBALL, I 198 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:35,470 WRESTLED IN COLLEGE. 199 00:06:35,470 --> 00:06:37,910 I WAS A DIVISION 1 ATHLETE, BUT 200 00:06:37,910 --> 00:06:39,280 THIS IS WHAT I DID IN MY FREE 201 00:06:39,280 --> 00:06:40,280 TIME, BECAUSE IT WAS IMPORTANT 202 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:42,890 TO ME THEN, JUST LIKE IT IS NOW. 203 00:06:42,890 --> 00:06:44,250 AND THAT LADY WOULD COME ON TO 204 00:06:44,250 --> 00:06:45,790 BECOME MY WIFE AND THE MOTHER OF 205 00:06:45,790 --> 00:06:47,510 THOSE FOUR LITTLE GIRLS WE 206 00:06:47,510 --> 00:06:49,830 FOLLOW AROUND ALL THE TIME. 207 00:06:49,830 --> 00:06:52,080 THAT'S HOW OUR RELATIONSHIP 208 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:53,181 STARTED, GOING AROUND AND 209 00:06:53,181 --> 00:06:54,181 TALKING TO YOUNG FOLKS ABOUT THE 210 00:06:54,181 --> 00:06:57,110 IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU DO. 211 00:06:57,110 --> 00:06:58,260 GRADUATED FROM CALIFORNIA POLY 212 00:06:58,260 --> 00:06:59,640 AND ANCHORS AWAY JOINED THE 213 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:08,229 NAVY, GOT MY WINGS IN 2001. 214 00:07:08,229 --> 00:07:09,510 THIS IS A PICTURE OVER LAKE 215 00:07:09,510 --> 00:07:14,889 SAFAR, THIS IS ME JUST POPPING A 216 00:07:14,889 --> 00:07:15,889 FLARE. 217 00:07:15,889 --> 00:07:19,870 THIS IS ME BEHIND THE TANKER 218 00:07:19,870 --> 00:07:21,800 OVER THE LAKE IN IRAQ. 219 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,320 THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD REFUEL. 220 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,870 I WAS THERE IF YOU REMEMBER, 221 00:07:25,870 --> 00:07:29,669 OPERATION AL FALAJ, OR YOU MIGHT 222 00:07:29,669 --> 00:07:32,110 REMEMBER FAN TON FURRY, THEY 223 00:07:32,110 --> 00:07:37,770 TOOK OVER FALLUJAH IN 2004 FOR 224 00:07:37,770 --> 00:07:42,419 SIX MONTHS DEPLOYED IN THE GULF. 225 00:07:42,419 --> 00:07:44,410 THE NAVY HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME. 226 00:07:44,410 --> 00:07:45,800 SO MANY INTERESTING EXPERIENCES. 227 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,120 BEING ABLE TO FLAY THIS JET OFF 228 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:48,120 OF A CARRIER. 229 00:07:48,120 --> 00:07:52,340 I WENT TO TEST PILOT SCHOOL, SEE 230 00:07:52,340 --> 00:07:54,020 WHAT CONTROLS RESPONSE WE GET, 231 00:07:54,020 --> 00:07:55,020 THAT'S WHY MY LEG WAS UP ON THE 232 00:07:55,020 --> 00:07:56,020 DASH. 233 00:07:56,020 --> 00:07:57,419 I FLEW TEST MISSIONS FOR A 234 00:07:57,419 --> 00:07:59,120 COUPLE OF YEAR, TO SCHOOL A 235 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:00,620 COUPLE OF TIMES AND BACK TO THE 236 00:08:00,620 --> 00:08:01,620 FLEET. 237 00:08:01,620 --> 00:08:02,840 THIS IS A PICTURE OF ME IN MY 238 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,730 LAST SQUAD DRONE ON THE USS 239 00:08:05,730 --> 00:08:07,810 GEORGE WASHINGTON. 240 00:08:07,810 --> 00:08:11,620 AND THAT WAS A VERY SPECIAL 241 00:08:11,620 --> 00:08:12,620 SQUAD DRONE. 242 00:08:12,620 --> 00:08:16,710 THIS JET IS A SUPER HORNET. 243 00:08:16,710 --> 00:08:17,930 WOW. 244 00:08:17,930 --> 00:08:19,949 YEAH, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL 245 00:08:22,389 --> 00:08:20,949 MACHINE. 246 00:08:22,389 --> 00:08:25,190 AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH 247 00:08:25,190 --> 00:08:26,759 THE CARRIER, FOUR CABLES AND YOU 248 00:08:26,759 --> 00:08:29,470 NOTICE WHERE I'M LANDING. 249 00:08:29,470 --> 00:08:30,470 THERE IS NOT A CABLE. 250 00:08:30,470 --> 00:08:31,470 YOU SEE THEM KIND OF EVENLY 251 00:08:31,470 --> 00:08:32,470 SPACED-OUT. 252 00:08:32,470 --> 00:08:35,399 THE ONE FARTHEST OUT, WE TARGET 253 00:08:35,399 --> 00:08:38,690 THE THREE WIRE. 254 00:08:38,690 --> 00:08:39,770 WE HAVE TO CHANGE THEM OUT. 255 00:08:39,770 --> 00:08:40,820 THEY HAPPENED TO CHANGE THEM 256 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:41,820 OUT. 257 00:08:41,820 --> 00:08:42,820 WHAT I'M TELLING YOU, THIS IS 258 00:08:42,820 --> 00:08:44,060 WAS A GOOD LANDING, EVEN THOUGH 259 00:08:44,060 --> 00:08:45,649 THERE IS NO WIRE FOR ME TO GRAB. 260 00:08:45,649 --> 00:08:47,510 I WOUND UP GRABBING NUMBER FOUR, 261 00:08:47,510 --> 00:08:48,980 BUT IT WASN'T MY FAULT. 262 00:08:48,980 --> 00:08:51,790 I LOVE FLYING THIS MACHINE, SO 263 00:08:51,790 --> 00:08:54,810 I'M GOING TO COME BACK WHY I 264 00:08:54,810 --> 00:08:56,490 LEFT THE PICTURE UP THERE IN A 265 00:08:56,490 --> 00:08:57,490 LITTLE WHILE. 266 00:08:57,490 --> 00:09:00,780 BUT THAT IS NOT LONG AFTER, THE 267 00:09:00,780 --> 00:09:02,990 FLY OFF, ONE OF THE MOST 268 00:09:02,990 --> 00:09:04,839 INSPIRING THINGS, WE FLY OFF OF 269 00:09:04,839 --> 00:09:06,670 OUR JETS OFF THE CARRIER AND 270 00:09:06,670 --> 00:09:08,980 BRING THEM ALL HOME AT ONCE. 271 00:09:08,980 --> 00:09:10,980 MY KIDS RUN OUT AND GIVE HUGS 272 00:09:10,980 --> 00:09:12,750 AND THEY RUN AROUND AND TAKE 273 00:09:12,750 --> 00:09:19,400 PICTURES. 274 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:20,400 IT'S ON MY DESK, SHELF, COMPUTER 275 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:21,640 SCREEN SAFER, BECAUSE THERE IS 276 00:09:21,640 --> 00:09:22,720 SO MUCH WRAPPED UP INTO THIS 277 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:23,720 PICTURE. 278 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:24,850 ONE OF THE REASONS I'M SHARING 279 00:09:24,850 --> 00:09:26,190 IT TO YOU, TRYING TO GET TO KNOW 280 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:29,210 YOU, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 281 00:09:29,210 --> 00:09:31,030 STUFF IN MY LIFE. 282 00:09:31,030 --> 00:09:32,800 PERSONALLY, OBVIOUSLY AND 283 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:33,800 PROFESSIONALLY. 284 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:34,800 THAT THING THAT YOU SEE THERE 285 00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:36,690 BEHIND ME MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. 286 00:09:36,690 --> 00:09:38,170 AND IT'S BECAUSE IT IS A SYMBOL, 287 00:09:38,170 --> 00:09:39,279 JUST LIKE IF YOU BY A HOUSTON 288 00:09:39,279 --> 00:09:40,660 STARBUCKS MUG, YOU KNOW WHAT'S 289 00:09:40,660 --> 00:09:45,000 ON THERE, THE SPACE SHUTTLE, 290 00:09:45,000 --> 00:09:46,000 BECAUSE THE SPACE SHUTTLE IS AN 291 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,020 ICON. 292 00:09:47,020 --> 00:09:48,350 THAT F-18, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE 293 00:09:48,350 --> 00:09:51,520 MACHINE, THE ELECTRONICS, THE 294 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,620 BATTERY, THE 225 PEOPLE THAT 295 00:09:54,620 --> 00:09:55,620 MAKE THAT THING RUN. 296 00:09:55,620 --> 00:09:56,960 THAT'S WHAT IT REPRESENTS TO ME. 297 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:57,960 THAT'S WHY THIS PICTURE 298 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:02,260 ENCAPSULATES SO MUCH FOR ME. 299 00:10:02,260 --> 00:10:04,000 WHEN I GOT THIS JOB, I WAS 300 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,790 WORKING IN CONGRESS, SO WE LEFT 301 00:10:05,790 --> 00:10:07,230 JAPAN, WENT TO D.C., AND I 302 00:10:07,230 --> 00:10:08,730 DIDN'T WANT TO WORK AT THE PAIN, 303 00:10:08,730 --> 00:10:10,130 WHICH YOU KNOW IS THE PENTAGON. 304 00:10:10,130 --> 00:10:14,810 I APPLIED FOR A FELLOWSHIP AND 305 00:10:14,810 --> 00:10:16,660 GOT TO WORK IN CONGRESS FOR A 306 00:10:16,660 --> 00:10:18,560 COUPLE OF YEARS. 307 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:22,390 THIS WAS THE HIGH POINT. 308 00:10:22,390 --> 00:10:23,510 I HAVEN'T EVEN TOLD YOU WHO I 309 00:10:23,510 --> 00:10:26,050 WORKED FOR, BUT THIS MAN, ICON, 310 00:10:26,050 --> 00:10:28,450 CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS, IS MY 311 00:10:28,450 --> 00:10:29,450 HERO. 312 00:10:29,450 --> 00:10:30,850 AND I GOT TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM, 313 00:10:30,850 --> 00:10:33,570 I CALLED HIS OFFICE AND SAID, I 314 00:10:33,570 --> 00:10:34,959 WORK FOR -- I WANT TO COME MEET 315 00:10:34,959 --> 00:10:35,959 YOUR BOSS. 316 00:10:35,959 --> 00:10:37,440 THE CHIEF OF STAFF SAID WHAT, 317 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:38,440 COME ON OVER. 318 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,410 I WALKED OVER. 319 00:10:40,410 --> 00:10:41,410 YOU SEE THE CAPITOL. 320 00:10:41,410 --> 00:10:43,760 IT'S BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND 321 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,420 SENATE. 322 00:10:45,420 --> 00:10:46,420 WE ARE FROM THE CAPITOL THIS 323 00:10:46,420 --> 00:10:47,830 DIRECTION, THE OTHER SIDE, I 324 00:10:47,830 --> 00:10:50,350 WALKED AND GOT TO SIT THERE AND 325 00:10:50,350 --> 00:10:51,501 TALK TO HIM ON THE BALCONY. 326 00:10:51,501 --> 00:10:53,741 THIS IS ONE OF, AGAIN, ONE OF 327 00:10:53,741 --> 00:10:54,820 THOSE PROFOUND MOMENTS. 328 00:10:54,820 --> 00:10:56,230 OF THIS IS WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN 329 00:10:56,230 --> 00:10:57,640 I GOT SELECTED FOR THIS AWESOME 330 00:10:57,640 --> 00:10:58,640 GIG. 331 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:02,230 THIS IS WHO I WORKED FOR. 332 00:11:02,230 --> 00:11:03,790 ONE OF THE BEST BOSSES I'VE EVER 333 00:11:03,790 --> 00:11:05,080 HAD. 334 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:06,350 THIS ISN'T ABOUT POLITICS. 335 00:11:06,350 --> 00:11:07,790 IT'S ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND 336 00:11:07,790 --> 00:11:08,910 WORKING FOR HIM. 337 00:11:08,910 --> 00:11:10,000 EVERYDAY I GOT TO TALK TO THIS 338 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,360 MAN ABOUT LEADERSHIP. 339 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,610 HE SAW EVERY THREE AND FOUR STAR 340 00:11:13,610 --> 00:11:15,940 GENERAL, ADMIRAL IN OUR MILITARY 341 00:11:15,940 --> 00:11:17,030 AND WE USED TO SIT DOWN 342 00:11:17,030 --> 00:11:18,830 ONE-ON-ONE AND TALK ABOUT 343 00:11:18,830 --> 00:11:19,860 LEADERSHIP. 344 00:11:19,860 --> 00:11:22,900 AGAIN, BOY, THE NAVY WAS VERY 345 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:24,080 GOOD TO ME. 346 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:25,080 THAT'S WHAT I WAS DOING WHEN I 347 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:26,820 GOT THIS GIG. 348 00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:29,830 AND SO NOT A BAD -- NOT A BAD 349 00:11:29,830 --> 00:11:30,830 GIG. 350 00:11:30,830 --> 00:11:32,160 A BLAST, TWO YEARS, RUN YOU 351 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:33,270 THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF WE'VE 352 00:11:33,270 --> 00:11:36,660 DONE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. 353 00:11:36,660 --> 00:11:37,800 HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SEEN THIS 354 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,000 BEFORE, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T, BOY, 355 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,130 YOU NEED TO COME TO HOUSTON SO I 356 00:11:41,130 --> 00:11:42,360 CAN SHOW IT TO YOU IN PERSON. 357 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,540 AND I WILL. 358 00:11:44,540 --> 00:11:45,620 IF YOU MAKE IT TO HOUSTON, I 359 00:11:45,620 --> 00:11:47,990 WILL GIVE YOU A TOUR. 360 00:11:47,990 --> 00:11:53,170 SO 21st CLASS, 2013 ASTRONAUT 361 00:11:53,170 --> 00:11:56,450 CANDIDATES BACK THEN AND WE GOT 362 00:11:56,450 --> 00:11:57,940 TO DO SOME REALLY NEAT THING. 363 00:11:57,940 --> 00:11:59,290 I CAN'T PUT IT ALL INTO THIS 364 00:11:59,290 --> 00:12:00,620 PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL TALK TO 365 00:12:00,620 --> 00:12:01,990 YOU ABOUT WHAT WE DID. 366 00:12:01,990 --> 00:12:03,149 WE HAD TO LEARN RUSSIAN 367 00:12:03,149 --> 00:12:09,690 [ SPEAKING IN A FOREIGN 368 00:12:09,690 --> 00:12:10,690 LANGUAGE ] 369 00:12:10,690 --> 00:12:11,690 . 370 00:12:11,690 --> 00:12:12,690 IN MY OPINION, IT'S A VERY HARD 371 00:12:12,690 --> 00:12:13,690 LANGUAGE TO LEARN. 372 00:12:13,690 --> 00:12:15,860 COULD I EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY, BUT 373 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:17,410 IT MEANS, IT'S BECAUSE MY 374 00:12:17,410 --> 00:12:21,900 ENGLISH GRAMMAR, NOT SO GOOD. 375 00:12:21,900 --> 00:12:23,350 WE HAVE TO LEARN ISS SYSTEMS. 376 00:12:23,350 --> 00:12:25,780 THIS IS THE BIGGEST, THE RUSSIAN 377 00:12:25,780 --> 00:12:26,780 IS THE BIGGEST PART OF THE 378 00:12:26,780 --> 00:12:27,780 CURRICULUM ACTUALLY. 379 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:28,780 YOU HAVE TO GET PRETTY 380 00:12:28,780 --> 00:12:29,850 EFFICIENT. 381 00:12:29,850 --> 00:12:31,090 BLOCK WISE, YOU HAVE TO LEARN 382 00:12:31,090 --> 00:12:34,780 ABOUT THIS SHIP, THE SPACE 383 00:12:34,780 --> 00:12:35,780 STATION. 384 00:12:35,780 --> 00:12:36,780 THE REASON, SOMETHING WILL 385 00:12:36,780 --> 00:12:37,780 BREAK. 386 00:12:37,780 --> 00:12:38,780 ESPECIALLY THE TOILET. 387 00:12:38,780 --> 00:12:39,990 IT'S ALWAYS BREAK EN. 388 00:12:39,990 --> 00:12:42,620 YOU CAN'T CALL THE MAY TAG MAN. 389 00:12:42,620 --> 00:12:45,070 YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO FLY THE 390 00:12:45,070 --> 00:12:54,180 ROBOTIC ARM, THAT'S HTB, AND 391 00:12:54,180 --> 00:12:55,450 GREAT FUN. 392 00:12:55,450 --> 00:12:56,670 WE CALL IT FLYING THE ARM, 393 00:12:56,670 --> 00:12:57,670 BECAUSE IT IS. 394 00:12:57,670 --> 00:12:58,760 IT'S MUCH MORE LIKE FLYING THAN 395 00:12:58,760 --> 00:12:59,899 COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, EVEN 396 00:12:59,899 --> 00:13:01,070 THOUGH YOU'RE DOING BOTH AT THE 397 00:13:01,070 --> 00:13:03,260 SAME TIME. 398 00:13:03,260 --> 00:13:04,460 AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST TREATS 399 00:13:04,460 --> 00:13:07,080 FOR ME, AS A GUY COMING IN FROM 400 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:08,170 THE SERVICE WHO IS ALREADY 401 00:13:08,170 --> 00:13:09,529 FLYING, PUTTING ON THE SPACE 402 00:13:09,529 --> 00:13:12,260 SUIT AND GETTING IN THE LAB TO 403 00:13:12,260 --> 00:13:14,720 DO SPACE WALK TRAINING. 404 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:16,420 THIS WAS LIKE FLYING FOR THE 405 00:13:16,420 --> 00:13:18,080 FIRST TIME. 406 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,170 IT'S CLOSE AND IT'S A 407 00:13:21,170 --> 00:13:22,170 SPACECRAFT. 408 00:13:22,170 --> 00:13:23,170 THAT'S AWESOME. 409 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:24,899 THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING 410 00:13:24,899 --> 00:13:26,200 THINGS I'VE EVER DONE. 411 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:27,360 WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THESE PICTURES 412 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,180 THAT I'M SHOWING YOU, IT TAKES 413 00:13:30,180 --> 00:13:32,240 AN AMAZING TEAM OF PEOPLE TO 414 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:33,390 MAKE THIS HAPPEN. 415 00:13:33,390 --> 00:13:35,070 ALL OF THESE PICTURES, EVEN THE 416 00:13:35,070 --> 00:13:38,149 ONES I ZOOMED IN ON, YOU DON'T 417 00:13:38,149 --> 00:13:40,100 SEE ME BY MYSELF. 418 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:41,100 AND I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING. 419 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:42,240 OH, HE HAS HIS BACK TO US, HE 420 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:43,260 DIDN'T REALIZE THE PICTURE UP 421 00:13:43,260 --> 00:13:44,850 THERE, BECAUSE HE'S BY HIMSELF, 422 00:13:44,850 --> 00:13:46,600 IN THE LOWER RIGHT-HAND CORNER, 423 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:47,600 THAT'S THE HEAD OF A SAFETY 424 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:51,420 DIVER, THAT'S THE FLIPPERS OF 425 00:13:51,420 --> 00:13:53,060 THE ANOTHER SAFETY DIVER. 426 00:13:53,060 --> 00:13:54,820 EVERY PERSON IN A SUIT HAS TWO 427 00:13:54,820 --> 00:13:56,550 SAFETY DIVERS RIGHT THERE. 428 00:13:56,550 --> 00:13:57,800 THEN THERE A FLOAT DIVER WHO HAS 429 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,260 A CAMERA, THAT CAMERA, WE TAKE 430 00:14:00,260 --> 00:14:03,290 LOTS OF VIDEOS, THAT GUY IS 431 00:14:03,290 --> 00:14:04,959 THERE SO THAT THE TEST CONDUCTOR 432 00:14:04,959 --> 00:14:07,620 AND DIRECTOR CAN SEE TO MAKE 433 00:14:07,620 --> 00:14:09,180 SURE THINGS ARE SAFE. 434 00:14:09,180 --> 00:14:10,180 SO THAT'S THREE PEOPLE. 435 00:14:10,180 --> 00:14:11,209 JUST DEDICATED TO YOU. 436 00:14:11,209 --> 00:14:12,850 THEY ROTATE EVERY TWO HOURS. 437 00:14:12,850 --> 00:14:13,860 THE REASON I'M TALKING ABOUT 438 00:14:13,860 --> 00:14:15,820 THIS, IT'S SUCH A TEAM EFFORT. 439 00:14:15,820 --> 00:14:16,850 IT'S NOT ABOUT THE TWO PEOPLE IN 440 00:14:16,850 --> 00:14:17,850 THE SUITS. 441 00:14:17,850 --> 00:14:18,960 IT'S ABOUT THE 40 PEOPLE MAKING 442 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,580 SURE YOU'RE SAFE. 443 00:14:21,580 --> 00:14:22,980 WE GET DOWN UNDER WATER AND GO 444 00:14:22,980 --> 00:14:24,529 TO WORK TRAINING TO MAKE REPAIRS 445 00:14:24,529 --> 00:14:25,529 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 446 00:14:25,529 --> 00:14:26,529 STATION. 447 00:14:26,529 --> 00:14:28,520 I'VE GOT A VIDEO ABOUT THE 448 00:14:28,520 --> 00:14:30,370 TEAMWORK IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS 449 00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:31,370 HAPPEN. 450 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:33,769 TOP LEFT, THAT'S FLOAT CAMERA 451 00:14:33,769 --> 00:14:34,910 ONE, DRIVER I TOLD YOU ABOUT 452 00:14:34,910 --> 00:14:36,720 WITH THE CAMERA LOOKING AT EV!, 453 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:38,180 LOOKING AT EV2. 454 00:14:38,180 --> 00:14:43,950 THE CAMERA IS THE OF THE EV 455 00:14:43,950 --> 00:14:45,029 MEMBER LOOKING BACK AT THE FLOAT 456 00:14:45,029 --> 00:14:47,050 DIVER AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS 457 00:14:47,050 --> 00:14:48,410 THE SAME FOR THE OTHER GUY. 458 00:14:48,410 --> 00:14:52,170 SO IT'S KIND OF A CONFUSING, BUT 459 00:14:52,170 --> 00:14:56,930 IT WILL MAKE SENSE -- 460 00:14:56,930 --> 00:14:57,930 >> SPEAKERS IN THE WATER SO THE 461 00:14:57,930 --> 00:15:01,180 DIVERS CAN HEAR. 462 00:15:01,180 --> 00:15:14,320 >> FIRST THING WE DO IS CHECK, 463 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:22,730 ABOUT SAFETY. 464 00:15:22,730 --> 00:15:23,730 >> THAT WAS A -- 465 00:15:23,730 --> 00:15:24,940 >> 81, COPY. 466 00:15:24,940 --> 00:15:27,580 >> 81 SOUNDS GOOD. 467 00:15:27,580 --> 00:15:29,339 >> THANK YOU. 468 00:15:29,339 --> 00:15:30,800 >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I CHOOSE 469 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:31,800 THIS CLIP. 470 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,529 ON THIS DIVE, THAT WILL COME 471 00:15:34,529 --> 00:15:37,089 INTO PLAY LATER, AND THE COUPLE 472 00:15:37,089 --> 00:15:39,000 IS CUTTING IN AND OUT. 473 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,050 I'LL TELL YOU AFTER THIS VIDEO 474 00:15:41,050 --> 00:15:42,810 IS DONE PLAYING, AT A CRUCIAL 475 00:15:42,810 --> 00:15:45,730 TIME. 476 00:15:45,730 --> 00:15:47,500 THEY PUT A PORTABLE LIFE SUPPORT 477 00:15:47,500 --> 00:15:49,240 LATER ON AND WE HAVE TO GO HAND 478 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:50,800 OVER HAND TO THE BOTTOM OF THE 479 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:52,459 POOL FOR A REASON. 480 00:15:52,459 --> 00:15:53,459 BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM, 481 00:15:53,459 --> 00:15:54,970 SEE ME HOLDING MY FIST UP THERE, 482 00:15:54,970 --> 00:15:57,200 MY EAR WOULD NOT CLEAR, AND I'M 483 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,079 PUTTING MY NOSE, AND CLEARING MY 484 00:16:00,079 --> 00:16:03,139 EARS, JUST LIKE WHEN YOU FLY IN 485 00:16:03,139 --> 00:16:04,850 AN AIRPLANE, I'M DOING THE EXACT 486 00:16:04,850 --> 00:16:05,850 SAME THING HERE. 487 00:16:05,850 --> 00:16:07,839 IT IS CLEAR AND I DIDN'T HAVE 488 00:16:07,839 --> 00:16:09,160 ANY MORE PROBLEMS, BUT THEY MAKE 489 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,160 UP MOTOR OURSELVES AT THE BOTTOM 490 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:14,660 OF THE POOL SO NO ONE GETS HURT. 491 00:16:14,660 --> 00:16:16,519 THEN ONCE WE GET TO THE BOTTOM, 492 00:16:16,519 --> 00:16:18,399 THE DIVERS TAKE YOU OVER AND DO 493 00:16:18,399 --> 00:16:19,670 THEIR WEIGH OUT. 494 00:16:19,670 --> 00:16:21,890 THIS IS MY FAVORITE ACTUALLY. 495 00:16:21,890 --> 00:16:22,890 A LOT OF FUN. 496 00:16:22,890 --> 00:16:24,410 YOU SIT THERE AND THEY HAVE FOAM 497 00:16:24,410 --> 00:16:25,740 AND WEIGHTS, TO NOT JUST MAKE 498 00:16:25,740 --> 00:16:52,250 YOU NEUTRAL, BUT THEY ALSO DON'T 499 00:16:52,250 --> 00:17:02,700 LET YOU -- 500 00:17:02,700 --> 00:17:13,139 \M \M 501 00:17:13,139 --> 00:17:39,270 >> THIS IS WHAT IS PLAYING UNDER 502 00:17:39,270 --> 00:17:40,270 WATER. 503 00:17:40,270 --> 00:17:41,270 ALL OF US CAN HEAR THE MUSIC. 504 00:17:41,270 --> 00:17:42,270 [ INAUDIBLE ] 505 00:17:42,270 --> 00:17:43,270 \M \M 506 00:17:43,270 --> 00:17:44,270 >> THE DIVERS HAVE THE TOUGHEST 507 00:17:44,270 --> 00:17:47,380 JOB AND IT STARTS RIGHT THERE. 508 00:17:47,380 --> 00:17:48,419 I LOVE SHOWING THAT CLIP, 509 00:17:48,419 --> 00:17:50,020 BECAUSE IT CONVINCES SO MANY OF 510 00:17:50,020 --> 00:17:52,150 THE IMPORTANT THINGS, TEAMWORK 511 00:17:52,150 --> 00:17:53,860 AND COMMUNICATION. 512 00:17:53,860 --> 00:17:59,180 YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS WAS LIKE 513 00:17:59,180 --> 00:18:00,180 FLYING FOR THE FIRST TIME. 514 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:01,180 LIKE I SAID. 515 00:18:01,180 --> 00:18:03,130 IF YOU CAN'T TELL, I HAVE SO 516 00:18:03,130 --> 00:18:04,130 MUCH FUN. 517 00:18:04,130 --> 00:18:05,130 JUST WATCHING THIS VIDEO, I'M 518 00:18:05,130 --> 00:18:07,660 SITTING HERE HAVING A GOOD TIME. 519 00:18:07,660 --> 00:18:08,830 I'M BOBBING MY HEAD TO THE 520 00:18:08,830 --> 00:18:12,799 MUSIC. 521 00:18:12,799 --> 00:18:14,809 WE WENT TO SIX FLAGS WITH MY 522 00:18:14,809 --> 00:18:16,919 DAUGHTER'S CHOIR, ME AND A BUNCH 523 00:18:16,919 --> 00:18:18,650 OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS. 524 00:18:18,650 --> 00:18:23,200 I TOLD THEM, I SAID, I HAVE ONE 525 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:24,480 RULE. 526 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:26,480 MY DAUGHTER SAYS THAT WE HAVE 527 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:27,640 FUN. 528 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:30,950 NOBODY GETS LOST. 529 00:18:30,950 --> 00:18:32,040 EVERYBODY HAS A BUDDY AND WE 530 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:33,210 STAY SAFE. 531 00:18:33,210 --> 00:18:34,210 WE DO THOSE THINGS, THEN WE HAVE 532 00:18:34,210 --> 00:18:35,210 FUN. 533 00:18:35,210 --> 00:18:36,210 THAT'S THE REASON THAT I CAN SIT 534 00:18:36,210 --> 00:18:37,540 IN THE WATER AND ENJOY MYSELF, 535 00:18:37,540 --> 00:18:39,300 BECAUSE WE'RE ALL TRAINED. 536 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:40,880 WE COMMUNICATE. 537 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:42,510 AND WE ALL HAVE A MISSION TO 538 00:18:42,510 --> 00:18:43,510 ACCOMPLISH. 539 00:18:43,510 --> 00:18:45,300 IF WE'RE ALL DOING THE MISSION, 540 00:18:45,300 --> 00:18:46,890 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FUN AND DO 541 00:18:46,890 --> 00:18:47,890 GOOD WORK. 542 00:18:47,890 --> 00:18:48,890 BUT WE'LL HAVE FUN, WHICH IS 543 00:18:48,890 --> 00:18:54,840 IMPORTANT TO ME. 544 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,669 AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, T-38 FLYING, 545 00:18:56,669 --> 00:18:59,840 ASTRONAUT TRAINING, REMEMBRANCE 546 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:00,840 FILE IN 2015. 547 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,330 WE DID THE SAME THING THIS YEAR. 548 00:19:03,330 --> 00:19:04,801 I USE THIS CLIP, BECAUSE IT 549 00:19:04,801 --> 00:19:33,860 SHOWS THE COORDINATION. 550 00:20:31,999 --> 00:19:53,240 \M \M 551 00:20:31,999 --> 00:20:33,120 >> WE WENT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT 552 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:55,300 CENTERS. 553 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:56,300 >> YOU'RE LIVING IN A 554 00:20:56,300 --> 00:20:57,760 FOUR-BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR SIX 555 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:00,530 MONTHS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO 556 00:21:00,530 --> 00:21:01,970 FIVE OTHER PEOPLE, SO YOU BETTER 557 00:21:01,970 --> 00:21:04,240 BE A GOOD PERSON TO LIVE WITH, 558 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:05,240 RIGHT, YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE 559 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:07,340 THE ROOMMATE PROBLEMS, YOU HAVE 560 00:21:07,340 --> 00:21:10,970 THE ROOMMATE, OR YOU WERE THE 561 00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:12,660 ROOMMATE. 562 00:21:12,660 --> 00:21:13,670 SO THIS IS A BUNCH OF PICTURES 563 00:21:13,670 --> 00:21:15,100 FROM DIFFERENT EVENTS WE DID, 564 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:18,510 AND I MENTIONED THE EXPEDITION 565 00:21:18,510 --> 00:21:22,000 TRAINING AND WE HAD A GRADUATION 566 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:23,000 EVENT. 567 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:24,000 WE WENT TO THE NATIONAL OUTDOOR 568 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:25,929 LEADERSHIP SCHOOL, ONE OF THE 569 00:21:25,929 --> 00:21:41,929 CAMPUSES IN WYOMING 570 00:21:41,929 --> 00:21:45,720 THE LAST 571 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,169 ASTRONAUT TO GO THERE WAS 572 00:21:48,169 --> 00:21:50,730 COLUMBIA. 573 00:21:50,730 --> 00:21:52,600 WE DID THIS PICTURE FOR THEM. 574 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,150 THAT'S A SPECIAL MOMENT. 575 00:21:55,150 --> 00:21:58,370 IT WAS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE 576 00:21:58,370 --> 00:21:59,809 AGENCY AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO 577 00:21:59,809 --> 00:22:00,830 AND WHAT OUR JOB IS AS 578 00:22:00,830 --> 00:22:05,120 ASTRONAUTS, OPERATORS, NO MATTER 579 00:22:05,120 --> 00:22:06,679 WHAT BACKGROUND WE COME FROM, 580 00:22:06,679 --> 00:22:08,480 MILITARY, EDUCATOR, SCIENCE, 581 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,059 PHYSICS, WE'RE ALL OPERATORS. 582 00:22:11,059 --> 00:22:12,520 I LIKE THIS PICTURE, ANYBODY 583 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:13,880 KNOW WHAT'S IN THAT PICTURE? 584 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,280 SHOUT IT OUT. 585 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:16,280 ANYBODY? 586 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:19,940 YOU BETTER, SOMEBODY BETTER. 587 00:22:19,940 --> 00:22:23,429 NOPE. 588 00:22:23,429 --> 00:22:26,059 NEW HORIZON. 589 00:22:26,059 --> 00:22:28,530 PLUTO. 590 00:22:28,530 --> 00:22:30,990 AND? 591 00:22:30,990 --> 00:22:33,460 SHERON. 592 00:22:33,460 --> 00:22:35,400 I LIKE THIS PICTURE, BECAUSE FOR 593 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,850 ME, IT SYNTHESIZES WHAT I'VE 594 00:22:37,850 --> 00:22:42,799 BEEN TRYING TO DO OF NA SA'S 595 00:22:42,799 --> 00:22:43,799 MISSION. 596 00:22:43,799 --> 00:22:47,230 WE'VE CHANGED THE WAY WE SEE THE 597 00:22:47,230 --> 00:22:49,990 WORLD, THE UNIVERSE IN 598 00:22:49,990 --> 00:22:51,200 OURSELVES. 599 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,590 THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING 600 00:22:52,590 --> 00:22:53,900 TO GET OUR MINDS AROUND. 601 00:22:53,900 --> 00:22:55,620 I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE 602 00:22:55,620 --> 00:22:56,710 OPERATORS, BUT WE'RE ALSO 603 00:22:56,710 --> 00:22:59,950 AMBASSADORS OF THIS AGENCY. 604 00:22:59,950 --> 00:23:02,410 I AM A MILITARY GUY. 605 00:23:02,410 --> 00:23:03,490 THE NAVY'S BUDGET IS 606 00:23:03,490 --> 00:23:05,150 $180 BILLION OR SO. 607 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:08,220 THE DOD IS $600 BILLION. 608 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:13,380 NASA IS $18 BILLION. 609 00:23:13,380 --> 00:23:14,610 IT'S A FRACTION OF WHAT WE SPEND 610 00:23:14,610 --> 00:23:15,910 ON DEFENSE. 611 00:23:15,910 --> 00:23:17,640 BUT WITH THAT, WE CHANGE 612 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,260 PEOPLE'S PERSPECTIVE. 613 00:23:20,260 --> 00:23:21,380 THAT'S AMAZING. 614 00:23:21,380 --> 00:23:22,929 I'M THRILLED TO BE APART OF 615 00:23:22,929 --> 00:23:24,870 THAT. 616 00:23:24,870 --> 00:23:28,250 SO WE GRADUATED, JULY OF LAST 617 00:23:28,250 --> 00:23:29,970 YEAR AND WE'VE ALL BEEN ASSIGNED 618 00:23:29,970 --> 00:23:32,030 DIFFERENT JOBS. 619 00:23:32,030 --> 00:23:34,120 I HAVE ISS OPERATION, SAFETY, 620 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:36,309 ROB BOT PARTICULARS, AND I WORK 621 00:23:36,309 --> 00:23:38,630 IN THE EXPIRATION, AND I'M THE 622 00:23:38,630 --> 00:23:42,950 CREW OPERATION, WHICH MEANS I 623 00:23:42,950 --> 00:23:47,790 HAVE TO COME HERE A LOT. 624 00:23:47,790 --> 00:23:48,809 I LOVE MY JOB. 625 00:23:48,809 --> 00:23:49,809 I REALLY DO. 626 00:23:49,809 --> 00:23:50,809 I HAVEN'T SAID THAT BEFORE, I 627 00:23:50,809 --> 00:23:52,410 LOVE COMING HERE. 628 00:23:52,410 --> 00:23:54,220 AND SO THE EIGHT OF US STARTED 629 00:23:54,220 --> 00:23:55,679 TOGETHER, WE FINISHED TOGETHER 630 00:23:55,679 --> 00:23:57,309 AND THERE IS NO GUARANTEE, UNTIL 631 00:23:57,309 --> 00:23:59,570 YOU GET YOUR PEN, THE OFFICE IS 632 00:23:59,570 --> 00:24:00,570 LIKE, HEY, YOU MIGHT NOT BE 633 00:24:00,570 --> 00:24:01,570 HERE. 634 00:24:01,570 --> 00:24:02,570 IF YOU DON'T PASS THE TRAINING, 635 00:24:02,570 --> 00:24:03,570 YOU'RE GOING BACK TO WHERE YOU 636 00:24:03,570 --> 00:24:04,570 CAME FROM. 637 00:24:04,570 --> 00:24:05,570 I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S EVER 638 00:24:05,570 --> 00:24:07,050 HAPPENED, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU FEEL 639 00:24:07,050 --> 00:24:08,050 LIKE PRESSURE. 640 00:24:08,050 --> 00:24:09,050 YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE FIRST 641 00:24:09,050 --> 00:24:11,850 PERSON THAT HEY, I DIDN'T KNOW 642 00:24:11,850 --> 00:24:12,850 YOU WERE COMING BACK TO THE 643 00:24:12,850 --> 00:24:13,850 NAVY. 644 00:24:13,850 --> 00:24:15,559 OH, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT 645 00:24:15,559 --> 00:24:16,659 IT. 646 00:24:16,659 --> 00:24:20,280 AND SO HOPEFULLY, YOU ENJOYED 647 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:21,280 THAT. 648 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:22,280 THAT'S THE TWO YEARS IN A 649 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:24,539 NUTSHELL, AND LIKE I SAID, MY 650 00:24:24,539 --> 00:24:25,960 JOB HAS BEEN TO GET TO KNOW THE 651 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:26,960 AGENCY. 652 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:28,400 I'VE BEEN IN THE NAVY 18 YEARS. 653 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,360 NASA FOR TWO AND A HALF, SO I'M 654 00:24:30,360 --> 00:24:31,360 STILL A NEW GUY. 655 00:24:31,360 --> 00:24:32,360 I HEARD WE HAVE A BUNCH OF 656 00:24:32,360 --> 00:24:34,120 INTERNS IN THE ROOM. 657 00:24:34,120 --> 00:24:35,120 THERE ARE PROBABLY SOME OF YOU 658 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:36,549 THAT WORKED FOR NASA LONGER THAN 659 00:24:36,549 --> 00:24:37,549 I HAVE. 660 00:24:37,549 --> 00:24:39,100 I MET AN INTERN THAT WAS AN 661 00:24:39,100 --> 00:24:41,000 INTERN, INTERN FOR FOUR YEARS. 662 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:43,350 I'M LIKE MAN, I NEED TO ASK YOU 663 00:24:43,350 --> 00:24:44,860 SOME QUESTIONS. 664 00:24:44,860 --> 00:24:49,730 AND OF COURSE, PICTURES. 665 00:24:49,730 --> 00:24:50,730 I WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH 666 00:24:50,730 --> 00:24:52,299 YOU GUYS. 667 00:24:52,299 --> 00:24:55,929 SO I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE THEME 668 00:24:55,929 --> 00:24:58,210 FOR TODAY WAS. 669 00:24:58,210 --> 00:24:59,210 BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT 670 00:24:59,210 --> 00:25:00,210 WITH YOU ANY WAY. 671 00:25:00,210 --> 00:25:02,650 I WAS GOING TO DO THAT ANY WAY. 672 00:25:02,650 --> 00:25:04,200 I DO WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF 673 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,250 LITTLE THOUGHTS ABOUT THINGS, 674 00:25:06,250 --> 00:25:08,240 AND LIKE I SAID, I FEEL LIKE 675 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,559 WE'RE A FAMILY, YOU KNOW. 676 00:25:09,559 --> 00:25:10,740 AS FAMILY, YOU CAN TALK ABOUT 677 00:25:10,740 --> 00:25:11,900 THINGS THAT MIGHT BE 678 00:25:11,900 --> 00:25:14,299 CHALLENGING, YOU KNOW. 679 00:25:14,299 --> 00:25:17,250 AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO 680 00:25:17,250 --> 00:25:18,250 DO. 681 00:25:18,250 --> 00:25:19,250 THIS IS STUFF THAT I THOUGHT 682 00:25:19,250 --> 00:25:20,250 ABOUT FOR THE 18 YEARS I'VE BEEN 683 00:25:20,250 --> 00:25:21,250 IN THE NAVY. 684 00:25:21,250 --> 00:25:22,250 PEOPLE HAVE TALKED TO ME ABOUT. 685 00:25:22,250 --> 00:25:23,950 AND SO I WANT TO JUST SHARE SOME 686 00:25:23,950 --> 00:25:24,950 THOUGHTS WITH YOU. 687 00:25:24,950 --> 00:25:27,940 THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE 688 00:25:27,940 --> 00:25:29,710 HAVE A LOT OF THE REMEMBRANCE 689 00:25:29,710 --> 00:25:31,640 CEREMONIES AND THIS IS, THIS IS 690 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:32,909 THE WAY I -- I AM A LITTLE BIT 691 00:25:32,909 --> 00:25:34,950 OF A STRANGE PERSON, I KNOW, I 692 00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:36,539 WRESTLED IN COLLEGE, I TOLD YOU. 693 00:25:36,539 --> 00:25:44,160 I MAY NOT HAVE ALL MY MARBLES. 694 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:45,799 I FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT THE NAVY, 695 00:25:45,799 --> 00:25:48,640 I FEEL LIKE THIS ABOUT MY SPORTS 696 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:52,970 TEAM, CALIFORNIA POLY, I FEEL 697 00:25:52,970 --> 00:25:56,370 LIKE THIS WAY ABOUT MYSELF 698 00:25:56,370 --> 00:25:58,760 PERSONALLY, AND I'M READING THIS 699 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:00,059 BOOK BY GENERAL STANLEY 700 00:26:00,059 --> 00:26:03,400 McCRYSTAL, REVAMPS SPECIAL -- IN 701 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:09,810 THE INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK, HE 702 00:26:09,810 --> 00:26:11,180 MAKES THE POINT THAT ALL OF 703 00:26:11,180 --> 00:26:12,440 THOSE GREAT THINGS WE DID, 704 00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,460 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO JUST STAY 705 00:26:14,460 --> 00:26:16,070 BY THEMSELVES. 706 00:26:16,070 --> 00:26:17,540 IF YOU STOP JUST LIKE THE 707 00:26:17,540 --> 00:26:19,789 FITNESS THAT KEEPS OUR SOLDIERS 708 00:26:19,789 --> 00:26:22,530 ABLE TO TAKE IT, IT'S NOT GOING 709 00:26:22,530 --> 00:26:23,679 TO LAST. 710 00:26:23,679 --> 00:26:25,240 AND WORST, IT'S NOT EVEN GOING 711 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:26,780 TO STAY WHERE YOU LEFT IT. 712 00:26:26,780 --> 00:26:28,120 IF YOU STOPPED PUSHING, IT WILL 713 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:29,850 GROW BACKWARDS. 714 00:26:29,850 --> 00:26:31,450 I LOVE THIS QUOTE. 715 00:26:31,450 --> 00:26:32,820 HE'S TALKING ABOUT ORGANIZATION, 716 00:26:32,820 --> 00:26:34,980 BUT FITNESS IS ALSO TIED INTO 717 00:26:34,980 --> 00:26:35,980 HERE. 718 00:26:35,980 --> 00:26:36,980 ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT YOU SAW 719 00:26:36,980 --> 00:26:38,830 IN THE VIDEOS, IT REQUIRES 720 00:26:38,830 --> 00:26:40,880 FITNESS. 721 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,830 AND I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF, 722 00:26:43,830 --> 00:26:46,830 MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL. 723 00:26:46,830 --> 00:26:48,060 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 724 00:26:48,060 --> 00:26:49,510 AND SO I LOVE THE FACT THAT THIS 725 00:26:49,510 --> 00:26:51,000 QUOTE SYNTHESIZES ALL OF THOSE 726 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,900 THINGS. 727 00:26:52,900 --> 00:26:56,820 AS A NEW GUY, I WANT TO SHARE AN 728 00:26:56,820 --> 00:26:59,630 OBSERVATION THAT I'VE HAD. 729 00:26:59,630 --> 00:27:00,770 I CAME FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 730 00:27:00,770 --> 00:27:01,850 DEFENSE. 731 00:27:01,850 --> 00:27:04,850 THE AVERAGE SAILOR, AIRMAN AND 732 00:27:04,850 --> 00:27:08,580 MARINE IS 27. 733 00:27:08,580 --> 00:27:09,690 GUNG HO. 734 00:27:09,690 --> 00:27:12,120 A LITTLE MORE PHYSICALLY FIT 735 00:27:12,120 --> 00:27:13,710 EMOTIONALLY FIT. 736 00:27:13,710 --> 00:27:14,720 AND SPIRITUALLY FIT THAN THE 737 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:17,480 AVERAGE PERSON BECAUSE YOU DO A 738 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,150 JOB THAT POTENTIALLY HAS 739 00:27:19,150 --> 00:27:22,380 CONSEQUENCES, YOU MAY BE TOLD GO 740 00:27:22,380 --> 00:27:25,020 TAKE THE HILL. 741 00:27:25,020 --> 00:27:27,370 THAT MIGHT BE YOUR MOUNT. 742 00:27:27,370 --> 00:27:29,659 YOU MAY NOT COME HOME FROM THAT. 743 00:27:29,659 --> 00:27:31,550 SO THAT PUSHES YOU TO BE THE 744 00:27:31,550 --> 00:27:33,210 BEST THAT YOU CAN BE. 745 00:27:33,210 --> 00:27:34,210 AND THAT COMMITMENT TO 746 00:27:34,210 --> 00:27:35,300 EXCELLENCE. 747 00:27:35,300 --> 00:27:37,350 MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY AND 748 00:27:37,350 --> 00:27:39,060 SPIRITUALLY IS IMPORTANT. 749 00:27:42,190 --> 00:27:40,799 I THINK THEY'RE CONNECTED. 750 00:27:42,190 --> 00:27:43,930 ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE DO, 751 00:27:43,930 --> 00:27:45,179 THE PHYSICAL FITNESS PIECE OF IT 752 00:27:45,179 --> 00:27:46,409 IS VERY IMPORTANT. 753 00:27:46,409 --> 00:27:47,409 FLYING IN HIGH PERFORMANCE 754 00:27:47,409 --> 00:27:49,370 AIRCRAFT, YOUR ABILITY TO ADAPT 755 00:27:49,370 --> 00:27:55,860 AERO PHYSIOLOGICALLY, BEING 756 00:27:55,860 --> 00:28:00,010 UPSIDE DOWN, YOUR INNER EAR, 757 00:28:00,010 --> 00:28:02,770 THAT STUFF IS, THAT TRANSITION 758 00:28:02,770 --> 00:28:08,850 IS EASED BY BEING AEROBICALLY IN 759 00:28:08,850 --> 00:28:10,570 SHAPE. 760 00:28:10,570 --> 00:28:11,840 THAT ACTUALLY APPLIES TO SITTING 761 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:12,840 IN THESE MEETINGS. 762 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,440 IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO A GSDO 763 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,940 MEETING, COME WITH ME, YOU'LL 764 00:28:17,940 --> 00:28:19,760 SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 765 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,169 BUT IT HELPS YOUR ABILITY TO 766 00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:24,799 DEAL WITH STRESS. 767 00:28:24,799 --> 00:28:27,419 PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL STRESS. 768 00:28:27,419 --> 00:28:28,940 AND SO TAKE THAT FOR WHAT YOU 769 00:28:28,940 --> 00:28:29,940 WILL. 770 00:28:29,940 --> 00:28:31,580 THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT, MENTAL, 771 00:28:31,580 --> 00:28:32,870 PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL 772 00:28:32,870 --> 00:28:34,130 EXCELLENCE. 773 00:28:34,130 --> 00:28:35,130 OR EMOTIONAL. 774 00:28:35,130 --> 00:28:36,130 IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT WORD 775 00:28:36,130 --> 00:28:38,480 SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL EXCELLENCE. 776 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:42,130 SO, BUT THIS QUOTE ALSO MAKES ME 777 00:28:42,130 --> 00:28:45,140 THINK OF TWO CHALLENGES THAT I 778 00:28:45,140 --> 00:28:46,620 HAVE TO TAKE ON. 779 00:28:46,620 --> 00:28:50,980 ONE IS YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE 780 00:28:50,980 --> 00:28:52,809 TERM THE GRAY WAVE, THE AERO 781 00:28:52,809 --> 00:28:57,880 SPACE INDUSTRY, BABY BOOMERS 782 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,299 RETIRING AND BUSINESS AND 783 00:29:00,299 --> 00:29:01,980 MARKETING BECOMING MORE POPULAR 784 00:29:01,980 --> 00:29:04,720 THAN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY. 785 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:05,720 SO WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE 786 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:07,030 REPLACING THEM. 787 00:29:07,030 --> 00:29:09,330 SO WE HAVE TO TELL OUR STORY 788 00:29:09,330 --> 00:29:11,200 BETTER, YOU KNOW. 789 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:12,991 IF YOU'VE SEEN THAT MOVIE, MARK 790 00:29:12,991 --> 00:29:14,200 ZUCKERBERG MOVIE. 791 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,880 HE IS A TECHY, BUT THAT GUY IS 792 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,720 GOOD AT TELLING A STORY. 793 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,090 MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, THAT NAME, HE 794 00:29:21,090 --> 00:29:22,400 IS AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER. 795 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,900 HE IS AN ENGINEER, OKAY. 796 00:29:26,900 --> 00:29:29,159 APPLE CEO. 797 00:29:29,159 --> 00:29:30,159 THESE KIND OF GUYS, THEY'RE 798 00:29:30,159 --> 00:29:31,860 REALLY GOOD AT TELLING STORIES 799 00:29:31,860 --> 00:29:33,130 AND IT MAKES THEM COMMERCIAL 800 00:29:33,130 --> 00:29:34,130 SUCCESSES. 801 00:29:34,130 --> 00:29:35,309 EACH ONE OF US NEEDS TO BE 802 00:29:35,309 --> 00:29:37,270 BETTER AT TELLING OUR STORIES SO 803 00:29:37,270 --> 00:29:38,270 WE CAN INSPIRE THE NEXT 804 00:29:38,270 --> 00:29:39,270 GENERATION. 805 00:29:39,270 --> 00:29:41,880 REMEMBER THE PICTURE OF MY WIFE 806 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,200 AND I TALKING TO THE KIDS ABOUT 807 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:44,419 WHAT YOU DO. 808 00:29:44,419 --> 00:29:45,490 WE HAVE TO DO THAT. 809 00:29:45,490 --> 00:29:48,250 IT IS NOT OPTIONAL. 810 00:29:48,250 --> 00:29:49,540 THIS TODAY IS. 811 00:29:49,540 --> 00:29:51,220 BUT THAT'S NOT. 812 00:29:51,220 --> 00:29:54,450 IF YOU WANT THEM TO SUCCEED THAT 813 00:29:54,450 --> 00:29:57,940 THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, THERE ARE 814 00:29:57,940 --> 00:30:02,289 NOT ENOUGH JOBS IN THIS COUNTRY 815 00:30:02,289 --> 00:30:03,770 TO HIRE EVERY ENGINEER COMING 816 00:30:03,770 --> 00:30:07,059 OUT OF INDIA AND CHINA. 817 00:30:07,059 --> 00:30:08,240 SO WE HAVE A CHALLENGE. 818 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,299 THE SECOND THING THAT IT MAKES 819 00:30:09,299 --> 00:30:11,539 ME THINK OF, IF YOU ONE OF THOSE 820 00:30:11,539 --> 00:30:14,610 BABY BOOMERS, YOU ARE THAT MUCH 821 00:30:14,610 --> 00:30:16,550 MORE IMPORTANT. 822 00:30:16,550 --> 00:30:18,080 WE NEED YOU. 823 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:19,080 WE NEED YOU IN THE FIGHT. 824 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:20,080 I KNOW THIS IS NOT A FIGHT. 825 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:21,080 I AM A NAVY GUY. 826 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:22,080 I'M SORRY. 827 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:23,080 WE NEED YOU. 828 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:24,080 IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. 829 00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:25,080 BACK TO MY COMMENT EARLIER, 830 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:26,880 MENTAL, PHYSICAL, SPIRITUAL 831 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,260 EXCELLENCE. 832 00:30:28,260 --> 00:30:29,950 WE NEED YOU TO BE HEALTHY SO YOU 833 00:30:29,950 --> 00:30:31,720 CAN BE HERE. 834 00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:33,320 BECAUSE YOUR MIND AND YOUR 835 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,590 MOTIVATION WALK AROUND IN THIS. 836 00:30:35,590 --> 00:30:36,870 YOU ONLY GET ONE VEHICLE TO WALK 837 00:30:36,870 --> 00:30:38,440 THIS EARTH IN, AND WE NEED YOU 838 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:39,440 TO TAKE CARE OF IT, BECAUSE WE 839 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:40,440 NEED YOU HERE. 840 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,730 OKAY, ENOUGH OF THIS. 841 00:30:42,730 --> 00:30:43,730 BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO 842 00:30:43,730 --> 00:30:44,730 ME. 843 00:30:44,730 --> 00:30:45,730 THIS IS THE WAY I THINK, AND I'M 844 00:30:45,730 --> 00:30:46,730 SORRY IF THIS IS A LITTLE 845 00:30:46,730 --> 00:30:47,730 STRANGE AND PREACHY. 846 00:30:47,730 --> 00:30:48,730 I DON'T MEAN TO. 847 00:30:48,730 --> 00:30:49,730 I'M JUST SHARING THE WAY I 848 00:30:49,730 --> 00:30:52,450 PROCESS THINGS. 849 00:30:52,450 --> 00:30:55,590 THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE DO THIS. 850 00:30:55,590 --> 00:30:57,850 AND THIS IS HOW I PROCESS THIS. 851 00:30:57,850 --> 00:31:00,450 YOU KNOW, WE TAKE TIME TO, I AM 852 00:31:00,450 --> 00:31:01,450 A PURITAN. 853 00:31:01,450 --> 00:31:04,029 WE THINK ABOUT APOLLO 204. 854 00:31:04,029 --> 00:31:09,049 WE THINK ABOUT FTS 61 L, FTS 855 00:31:09,049 --> 00:31:13,720 107, BUT I THINK THE WORD 856 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,399 REMEMBER, IT'S NOT JUST AN 857 00:31:17,399 --> 00:31:19,450 INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY. 858 00:31:19,450 --> 00:31:20,700 IT CANNOT BE. 859 00:31:20,700 --> 00:31:21,840 NOT FOR US. 860 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:22,840 FOR THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE GAIT, 861 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,030 THAT'S OKAY. 862 00:31:26,030 --> 00:31:28,299 IN THE BIBLE, AND I'M JUST GOING 863 00:31:28,299 --> 00:31:32,100 TO READ THIS TO YOU, BUT BE NOT 864 00:31:32,100 --> 00:31:33,640 ONLY DECEIVING YOURSELF, FOR IF 865 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,650 ANYONE IS DOER, MAN OBSERVING 866 00:31:36,650 --> 00:31:38,700 HIS NATURAL FACE IN THE MIRROR, 867 00:31:38,700 --> 00:31:39,960 AND HE OBSERVES HIMSELF AND GOES 868 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:41,700 AWAY AND FORGETS WHAT KIND OF 869 00:31:41,700 --> 00:31:42,710 MAN HE WAS. 870 00:31:42,710 --> 00:31:44,529 HE WHO LOOKS IN THE PERFECT LAW 871 00:31:44,529 --> 00:31:48,289 OF LIBERTY AND NOT IS FORGETFUL 872 00:31:48,289 --> 00:31:52,380 BUT A DOER, A DOER OF THE WORK, 873 00:31:52,380 --> 00:31:53,660 THIS ONE WILL BE BLESSED IN WHAT 874 00:31:53,660 --> 00:31:55,030 HE DOES. 875 00:31:55,030 --> 00:31:56,600 I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO PREACH AT 876 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:57,600 YOU. 877 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,210 WHAT I'M SAYING IS THE BIBLE, 878 00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:01,309 WHICH WAS WRITTEN OVER A PERIOD 879 00:32:01,309 --> 00:32:03,120 OF 1,600 YEARS IN A WHOLE BUNCH 880 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,429 OF PLACES, CAPTURED THIS A LONG 881 00:32:05,429 --> 00:32:06,770 TIME AGO, BUT SCIENTISTS ARE 882 00:32:06,770 --> 00:32:07,899 SAYING THE SAME THING. 883 00:32:07,899 --> 00:32:10,910 THIS MIGHT IMPRESS SOME OF YOU 884 00:32:10,910 --> 00:32:13,190 MORE, A NEURO SCIENTIST FROM 885 00:32:13,190 --> 00:32:14,550 JOHNS HOPKINS WAS INTERVIEWED 886 00:32:14,550 --> 00:32:17,290 LAST YEAR ON NPR, YES, I LISTEN 887 00:32:17,290 --> 00:32:19,470 TO NPR AND THEY ASKED HIM THAT 888 00:32:19,470 --> 00:32:20,770 QUESTION THAT WE WOULD ASK A 889 00:32:20,770 --> 00:32:22,810 NEURO SCIENTIST IF WE ASKED ONE. 890 00:32:22,810 --> 00:32:23,840 WHAT DO YOU DO TO TAKE CARE OF 891 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,679 YOUR BRAIN. 892 00:32:25,679 --> 00:32:28,470 HE SAID I MOVE MY BODY. 893 00:32:28,470 --> 00:32:29,760 I DO THINGS. 894 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:31,130 I GET OUT AND I GET ACTIVE. 895 00:32:31,130 --> 00:32:32,520 GET OUT OF YOUR CHAIR AND DO 896 00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:33,520 SOMETHING. 897 00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:34,520 WHOA. 898 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:35,810 MY COMMENT EARLIER. 899 00:32:35,810 --> 00:32:36,990 MENTAL, PHYSICAL SPIRITUAL 900 00:32:36,990 --> 00:32:37,990 EXCELLENCE. 901 00:32:37,990 --> 00:32:40,080 THIS IS WHY I PUT THIS HERE NOW. 902 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,309 TO REMEMBER, THE BIBLE SAID IT, 903 00:32:42,309 --> 00:32:43,640 DO NOT BE FORGETFUL. 904 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,460 BE DOERS OF THE WORK. 905 00:32:47,460 --> 00:32:49,340 COGNITIVE FUNCTION, YOUR BRAIN 906 00:32:49,340 --> 00:32:50,559 IS CONNECTED TO YOUR BODY'S 907 00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:55,490 ABILITY TO DO PHYSICAL WORK. 908 00:32:55,490 --> 00:32:56,980 THAT'S DEEP FOR ME. 909 00:32:56,980 --> 00:32:58,029 SO WHEN I THINK ABOUT 910 00:32:58,029 --> 00:33:00,740 REMEMBERING, I PERSONALLY THINK 911 00:33:00,740 --> 00:33:02,980 OF WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IN 912 00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:05,210 REMEMBRANCE. 913 00:33:05,210 --> 00:33:06,210 AND HERE ARE SOME THINGS I 914 00:33:06,210 --> 00:33:07,210 CHALLENGE YOU. 915 00:33:07,210 --> 00:33:08,210 VERY HIGH LEVEL, NOT GOING TO 916 00:33:08,210 --> 00:33:09,210 GET INTO DETAILS, I DON'T WANT 917 00:33:09,210 --> 00:33:10,440 TO PREACH AT YOU, BUT THIS IS 918 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,789 WHAT I'VE COMMITTED TO. 919 00:33:12,789 --> 00:33:14,370 COMMUNICATION. 920 00:33:14,370 --> 00:33:16,170 IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF ANY 921 00:33:16,170 --> 00:33:17,659 SUCCESSFUL TEAM. 922 00:33:17,659 --> 00:33:18,929 GOES WITHOUT SAYING. 923 00:33:18,929 --> 00:33:20,320 IF YOU ASK MY WIFE, I'M NOT VERY 924 00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:21,320 GOOD AT THIS, BUT I STILL 925 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,640 PRACTICE A LOT. 926 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:25,710 TEAMWORK. 927 00:33:25,710 --> 00:33:28,800 I TOLD YOU, I STARTED THIS OFF 928 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:29,929 WITH A BIG HUG FROM JOHNSON 929 00:33:29,929 --> 00:33:32,679 SPACE CENTER, BECAUSE WE ARE A 930 00:33:32,679 --> 00:33:33,679 FAMILY. 931 00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:34,679 MY FAMILY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 932 00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:35,950 TEAM IN MY LIFE. 933 00:33:35,950 --> 00:33:38,120 MY COUNTRY IS AN IMPORTANT TEAM. 934 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,090 I AM A MILITARY OFFICER. 935 00:33:40,090 --> 00:33:42,600 NASA IS A VERY IMPORTANT TEAM. 936 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:43,899 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ALL ARE 937 00:33:43,899 --> 00:33:45,110 STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC'S 938 00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:48,080 RESOURCES. 939 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,330 THEIR PEOPLE AND TREASURER. 940 00:33:51,330 --> 00:33:53,940 THIS, WE HAVE TO. 941 00:33:53,940 --> 00:33:55,770 THE PUBLIC DOESN'T HAVE TIME FOR 942 00:33:55,770 --> 00:33:57,391 US NOT TO GET IT RIGHT. 943 00:33:57,391 --> 00:33:58,820 YEAH, WE HAVE OUR LITTLE SIBLING 944 00:33:58,820 --> 00:34:00,779 RIVALRY, BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN 945 00:34:00,779 --> 00:34:03,160 TO GETTING THE WORK DONE, WE ARE 946 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:04,160 A TEAM. 947 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,070 THE LAST, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, 948 00:34:06,070 --> 00:34:07,880 COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE, 949 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,220 MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL, 950 00:34:10,220 --> 00:34:11,230 EXCELLENCE. 951 00:34:11,230 --> 00:34:12,560 THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I 952 00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:13,980 THINK ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR 953 00:34:13,980 --> 00:34:15,379 WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT 954 00:34:15,379 --> 00:34:16,429 THOSE FOLKS. 955 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:17,690 AND THAT IS IT. 956 00:34:17,690 --> 00:34:19,549 I HOPE THAT I'VE LEFT YOU WITH 957 00:34:19,549 --> 00:34:21,479 SOMETHING YOU THINK IS USEFUL AS 958 00:34:21,479 --> 00:34:23,549 WE WORK ON MAKING THE FUTURE 959 00:34:23,549 --> 00:34:25,149 REALITY. 960 00:34:25,149 --> 00:34:32,019 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 961 00:34:32,019 --> 00:34:38,169 [ APPLAUSE ] 962 00:34:38,169 --> 00:34:39,450 >> THANK YOU, VICTOR FOR 963 00:34:39,450 --> 00:34:40,929 SHARING. 964 00:34:40,929 --> 00:34:42,089 AND LETTING US GET TO KNOW YOU 965 00:34:42,089 --> 00:34:43,399 BETTER. 966 00:34:43,399 --> 00:34:45,009 WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU 967 00:34:45,009 --> 00:34:49,119 THOSE EXCITING GSDO MEETINGS. 968 00:34:49,119 --> 00:34:50,409 >> YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO JOIN 969 00:34:50,409 --> 00:34:51,409 ME. 970 00:34:51,409 --> 00:34:52,409 >> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY 971 00:34:52,409 --> 00:34:53,409 THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU TO 972 00:34:53,409 --> 00:34:54,669 THE PAD AND PUT YOU ON THE 973 00:34:54,669 --> 00:34:56,750 SPACECRAFT. 974 00:34:56,750 --> 00:34:57,750 >> YOU AND ME BOTH. 975 00:34:57,750 --> 00:34:59,920 >> SO HERE IS A CHALLENGE COIN 976 00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:00,920 FROM MY ORGANIZATION. 977 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:02,589 I WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE IT TO 978 00:35:02,589 --> 00:35:03,589 REMEMBER THIS VISIT. 979 00:35:05,589 --> 00:35:04,589 >> THANK YOU. 980 00:35:05,589 --> 00:35:06,589 I WILL PUT ONE IN THE MAIL FOR 981 00:35:06,589 --> 00:35:07,589 YOU. 982 00:35:07,589 --> 00:35:08,589 >> ALL RIGHT. 983 00:35:08,589 --> 00:35:09,589 THANK YOU. 984 00:35:09,589 --> 00:35:10,589 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 985 00:35:10,589 --> 00:35:11,589 >> THANKS. 986 00:35:11,589 --> 00:35:12,589 [ APPLAUSE ] 987 00:35:12,589 --> 00:35:18,049 >> I'M BEING TOLD WE DO HAVE 988 00:35:18,049 --> 00:35:21,210 TIME FOR QUESTIONS. 989 00:35:21,210 --> 00:35:23,319 TEN MINUTES. 990 00:35:23,319 --> 00:35:25,430 ANY QUESTION. 991 00:35:25,430 --> 00:35:27,790 >> AFTERWARD, MIKE, YOU LOOK 992 00:35:27,790 --> 00:35:29,979 LIKE YOU WANT TO ASK ME 993 00:35:29,979 --> 00:35:30,979 QUESTIONS. 994 00:35:30,979 --> 00:35:31,979 NO. 995 00:35:31,979 --> 00:35:34,169 >> OKAY, SO ANY WAY. 996 00:35:34,169 --> 00:35:37,829 >> IT'S A SMALL QUESTION, BUT I 997 00:35:37,829 --> 00:35:39,799 THINK NOTICED, WHEN YOU SHOWED 998 00:35:39,799 --> 00:35:41,430 YOUR FIRST PICTURE OF YOU AS AN 999 00:35:41,430 --> 00:35:43,339 ASTRONAUT THAT YOUR WIN WINGS 1000 00:35:43,339 --> 00:35:49,869 WERE SILVER. 1001 00:35:49,869 --> 00:35:52,920 >> NOT A SMALL QUESTION. 1002 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:58,739 ARMY PILOTS, AIR FORCE PILOTS, 1003 00:35:58,739 --> 00:36:00,849 THEY WEAR WINGS OF LED. 1004 00:36:05,809 --> 00:36:03,329 I'M SORRY. 1005 00:36:08,299 --> 00:36:07,049 SILVER. 1006 00:36:08,299 --> 00:36:09,900 EVEN IN THE OLYMPICS, WHAT IS 1007 00:36:09,900 --> 00:36:13,349 THAT, SECOND PLACE? 1008 00:36:13,349 --> 00:36:15,519 I'M A NAVAL AVIATOR, WE WEAR 1009 00:36:15,519 --> 00:36:18,069 WINGS OF GOLD ONLY. 1010 00:36:18,069 --> 00:36:21,740 NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT -- THESE 1011 00:36:21,740 --> 00:36:23,209 ARE THE ONLY WINGS I'VE EVER HAD 1012 00:36:23,209 --> 00:36:24,349 ARE WINGS OF GOLD. 1013 00:36:24,349 --> 00:36:27,160 IF YOU EVER NOTICED, THE YELLOW 1014 00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:30,940 BORDER, YOU'LL SEE WITH THE BLUE 1015 00:36:30,940 --> 00:36:32,579 BACKGROUND, ARMY OR AIR FORCE 1016 00:36:32,579 --> 00:36:34,010 AND IF YOU SEE A RED BACKGROUND 1017 00:36:34,010 --> 00:36:35,099 WITH THE YELLOW BORDER, THAT'S A 1018 00:36:35,099 --> 00:36:36,430 MARINE. 1019 00:36:36,430 --> 00:36:37,619 THE BLUE AND WHITE IS ALSO FOR 1020 00:36:37,619 --> 00:36:38,989 CIVILIANS AS WELL. 1021 00:36:38,989 --> 00:36:40,029 THE MILITARY FOLKS WEAR 1022 00:36:40,029 --> 00:36:42,709 REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR 1023 00:36:42,709 --> 00:36:43,839 SERVICE. 1024 00:36:43,839 --> 00:36:45,690 GREAT QUESTION. 1025 00:36:45,690 --> 00:36:51,260 >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 1026 00:36:51,260 --> 00:36:54,539 >> ON THE CLASS PICTURE, I 1027 00:36:54,539 --> 00:36:56,749 NOTICED IT WAS 50% GUYS, 50% 1028 00:36:56,749 --> 00:36:57,749 GIRLS. 1029 00:36:57,749 --> 00:37:01,529 IS THAT THE FIRST TIME? 1030 00:37:01,529 --> 00:37:04,499 >> THE FIRST BY A LONG SHOT 100 1031 00:37:04,499 --> 00:37:06,779 AGAINST THE -- IT WASN'T EVEN 1032 00:37:06,779 --> 00:37:07,779 CLOSE. 1033 00:37:07,779 --> 00:37:10,799 I THINK BEING 50/50, IT'S 1034 00:37:10,799 --> 00:37:11,910 SIGNIFICANT. 1035 00:37:11,910 --> 00:37:13,469 AND IT WAS INTENTIONAL. 1036 00:37:13,469 --> 00:37:14,479 HOPEFULLY A SIGN OF GOOD THINGS 1037 00:37:14,479 --> 00:37:16,140 TO COME. 1038 00:37:16,140 --> 00:37:21,239 >> ONE OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER 1039 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:24,499 MOST ON MY JOURNEY IN THE NAVY 1040 00:37:24,499 --> 00:37:27,770 WAS WATCHING NEW PILOTS COME IN 1041 00:37:27,770 --> 00:37:28,819 AND LEARN HOW TO LAND ON 1042 00:37:28,819 --> 00:37:33,039 CARRIERS, HOW MANY BOATS. 1043 00:37:33,039 --> 00:37:34,890 >> I HAVE A LITTLE OVER 400 1044 00:37:34,890 --> 00:37:36,170 LANDINGS, SO PROBABLY A LITTLE 1045 00:37:36,170 --> 00:37:37,170 OVER 400. 1046 00:37:37,170 --> 00:37:38,170 WHAT I. 1047 00:37:38,170 --> 00:37:40,769 >> WHAT I MEANT TO SAY, HOW MANY 1048 00:37:40,769 --> 00:37:43,420 BOLT TERES BEFORE YOUR FIRST 1049 00:37:43,420 --> 00:37:44,420 SUCCESS. 1050 00:37:44,420 --> 00:37:46,009 >> MY FIRST TRY, I ENDED ON THE 1051 00:37:46,009 --> 00:37:47,509 CARRIER, BUT I SHOWED YOU THAT 1052 00:37:47,509 --> 00:37:49,390 PICTURE, WE TARGET THE THREE 1053 00:37:49,390 --> 00:37:51,690 WIRE, YOU INTENTIONALLY PASS ONE 1054 00:37:51,690 --> 00:37:53,559 AND TWO TO HIT NUMBER THREE. 1055 00:37:53,559 --> 00:37:54,880 AND THEN FOUR IS THERE, SO 1056 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:56,249 SOMETIMES THE HOOK HITS THE DECK 1057 00:37:56,249 --> 00:37:58,450 AND BOUNCES, AND IT JUST 1058 00:37:58,450 --> 00:37:59,450 HAPPENS. 1059 00:37:59,450 --> 00:38:00,970 MY FIRST ARRESTED LANDING WAS ON 1060 00:38:00,970 --> 00:38:02,009 THAT ONE WIRE. 1061 00:38:02,009 --> 00:38:04,279 THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, ON A 1062 00:38:04,279 --> 00:38:05,999 PLANE LANDING THAT NORMAL SPOT I 1063 00:38:05,999 --> 00:38:08,009 LANDED ON THAT GOOD ONE, MY HOOK 1064 00:38:08,009 --> 00:38:12,289 CROSSES THE RAMP 12 FEET. 1065 00:38:12,289 --> 00:38:13,410 THAT'S NORMAL. 1066 00:38:13,410 --> 00:38:15,020 SO IF YOU HIT A ONE WIRE, YOUR 1067 00:38:15,020 --> 00:38:17,749 HOOK IS -- AND THAT ROUND DOWN, 1068 00:38:17,749 --> 00:38:18,799 WE CALL THAT THE ROUND DOWN, THE 1069 00:38:18,799 --> 00:38:20,609 BACK OF THE SHIP. 1070 00:38:20,609 --> 00:38:21,819 IT DOESN'T LOSE THE FIGHT. 1071 00:38:21,819 --> 00:38:23,539 IF YOU HIT IT, IT WINS. 1072 00:38:23,539 --> 00:38:25,080 SO IT WASN'T A GOOD THING THAT I 1073 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:26,150 TRAPPED THAT FIRST ONE. 1074 00:38:26,150 --> 00:38:28,089 IT'S BETTER TO BOLTER. 1075 00:38:28,089 --> 00:38:29,569 WE CALL THAT A NO GRADE PASS, IF 1076 00:38:29,569 --> 00:38:31,489 YOU HIT THAT ONE LOW AND THAT'S 1077 00:38:31,489 --> 00:38:32,519 A WORST GRADE. 1078 00:38:32,519 --> 00:38:34,219 EVERY LANDING IS GRADED. 1079 00:38:34,219 --> 00:38:35,230 ANOTHER THING THAT REQUIRES A 1080 00:38:35,230 --> 00:38:36,230 TEAM. 1081 00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:37,230 THERE IS A WHOLE -- THE 1082 00:38:37,230 --> 00:38:38,230 EQUIVALENT OF A CIVILIAN AIR 1083 00:38:38,230 --> 00:38:39,690 TRAFFIC CONTROLLER ON THE 1084 00:38:39,690 --> 00:38:41,510 CARRIER, BUT THEN, BECAUSE IT'S 1085 00:38:41,510 --> 00:38:43,599 STILL SUCH A COMBINATION OF ART 1086 00:38:43,599 --> 00:38:45,140 AND SCIENCE, THERE ARE GENTLEMEN 1087 00:38:45,140 --> 00:38:46,140 THAT STAND ON THE BACK OF THE 1088 00:38:46,140 --> 00:38:47,599 SHIP WITH NO HEAD GEAR, THEY 1089 00:38:47,599 --> 00:38:52,810 HAVE THEIR SUNGLASSES, THEY'RE 1090 00:38:52,810 --> 00:38:53,810 LOOKING AT YOU, THE MOVEMENT OF 1091 00:38:53,810 --> 00:38:54,810 THE SHIP, THE MOVEMENT OF THE 1092 00:38:54,810 --> 00:39:03,809 AIRPLANE AND WHAT I CALL A FOUR 1093 00:39:03,809 --> 00:39:05,759 QUADRANT APPROACH ON THE SHIP 1094 00:39:05,759 --> 00:39:06,759 THERE, THERE ARE THESE TVs THAT 1095 00:39:06,759 --> 00:39:09,180 EVERYBODY WATCHES, THEY HAVE 1096 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:11,049 CROSS HAIRS, IF YOU HAVE AN 1097 00:39:11,049 --> 00:39:12,759 APPROACH, LINED UP WITH 1098 00:39:12,759 --> 00:39:14,910 QUADRANT, THEY HIT THE BUTTON 1099 00:39:14,910 --> 00:39:16,209 AND SEND YOU AROUND. 1100 00:39:16,209 --> 00:39:17,249 YOU START ADDING POWER. 1101 00:39:17,249 --> 00:39:19,170 THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU BOLTER, YOU 1102 00:39:19,170 --> 00:39:20,780 HAVE ENERGY ON THE JET. 1103 00:39:20,780 --> 00:39:23,049 BOLTERING IS NOT A BAD THING. 1104 00:39:23,049 --> 00:39:24,760 BEING LOW IS WORST THAN 1105 00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:25,760 BOLTERING. 1106 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:26,760 GREAT QUESTION, AND THANK YOU 1107 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:28,359 FOR YOUR SERVICE. 1108 00:39:28,359 --> 00:39:34,430 >> THANK YOU FOR YOURS. 1109 00:39:34,430 --> 00:39:36,990 >> IVY FLOWN OUT OF PATRICK AIR 1110 00:39:36,990 --> 00:39:39,059 FORCE BASE, AND I HAD A PROBLEM 1111 00:39:39,059 --> 00:39:41,839 WITH GROUND EFFECT. 1112 00:39:41,839 --> 00:39:45,479 DOES THE PLANES THAT YOU FLY 1113 00:39:45,479 --> 00:39:47,229 HAVE PROBLEMS WHERE GROUND 1114 00:39:47,229 --> 00:39:49,880 EFFECT LANDING ON THE CARRIER, 1115 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,670 AND THEN NEXT QUESTION IS YOU'RE 1116 00:39:53,670 --> 00:39:55,959 PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO 1117 00:39:55,959 --> 00:39:57,400 MARS, WHAT DOES YOUR WIFE THINK 1118 00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,389 ABOUT THAT? 1119 00:39:59,389 --> 00:40:02,400 >> HEY, WE ARE A -- FAMILY. 1120 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:06,309 YOU KNOW, MY WIFE, AS LONG, SHE 1121 00:40:06,309 --> 00:40:09,099 KNOWS, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT 1122 00:40:09,099 --> 00:40:10,109 RIGHT. 1123 00:40:10,109 --> 00:40:11,130 WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SEND ANYBODY 1124 00:40:11,130 --> 00:40:12,460 OUT THERE ONE WAY. 1125 00:40:12,460 --> 00:40:14,999 YOU KNOW, I'M A REALIST. 1126 00:40:14,999 --> 00:40:17,030 I WANT TO FLY IN SPACE, WHETHER 1127 00:40:17,030 --> 00:40:20,749 IT'S 250 MILES, OR 240,000 MILES 1128 00:40:20,749 --> 00:40:24,089 AWAY, ANY WHERE CLOSE TO MARS, I 1129 00:40:24,089 --> 00:40:25,109 WANT TO DO MY PART TO MOVE THE 1130 00:40:25,109 --> 00:40:27,339 BALL FORWARD. 1131 00:40:27,339 --> 00:40:28,619 I'M EXCITED TO FLY. 1132 00:40:28,619 --> 00:40:30,220 MY WIFE KNOWS, WE'VE BEEN IN THE 1133 00:40:30,220 --> 00:40:31,259 NAVY 18 YEARS. 1134 00:40:31,259 --> 00:40:33,450 SHE KNOWS I'M NOT GOING TO SIGN 1135 00:40:33,450 --> 00:40:34,920 UP FOR ANYTHING CRAZY, BECAUSE I 1136 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:37,390 WANT TO BE THERE WITH MY GIRLS 1137 00:40:37,390 --> 00:40:38,390 AND HER. 1138 00:40:38,390 --> 00:40:39,900 SO SHE IS EXCITED. 1139 00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:42,079 SHE IS EXCITED, BECAUSE I'M 1140 00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:43,529 LIVING MY DREAM AND SHE KNOWS 1141 00:40:43,529 --> 00:40:44,989 THIS MAKES ME HAPPY. 1142 00:40:44,989 --> 00:40:47,630 BUT THE TIME THAT WE SPEND 1143 00:40:47,630 --> 00:40:49,539 APART, RIGHT. 1144 00:40:49,539 --> 00:40:50,970 GROUND EFFECT, IT AFFECTS ALL 1145 00:40:50,970 --> 00:40:52,170 AIRPLANES. 1146 00:40:52,170 --> 00:40:53,170 WE HAPPENED TO HAVE THIS OTHER 1147 00:40:53,170 --> 00:40:54,420 THING CALLED AFTER BURNER AND WE 1148 00:40:54,420 --> 00:40:56,079 RUN OUT OF IT. 1149 00:40:56,079 --> 00:40:57,170 INTERESTING, THOUGH, AT THE 1150 00:40:57,170 --> 00:40:59,329 SHIP, AT THE SHIP, SOMETHING 1151 00:40:59,329 --> 00:41:01,779 CALLED THE VERBAL, THIS IS EVEN 1152 00:41:01,779 --> 00:41:04,640 MORE INSIDE THAN THE MAIN THING. 1153 00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:05,640 THE VERBAL. 1154 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:06,720 COMPLEX INTERACTION OF THE SHIP, 1155 00:41:06,720 --> 00:41:08,069 WATER, WEATHER AND YOUR 1156 00:41:08,069 --> 00:41:09,630 AIRPLANE, WHEN YOU LAND IN A BIG 1157 00:41:09,630 --> 00:41:12,549 AIRPORT BEHIND A JUMBO JET, THAT 1158 00:41:12,549 --> 00:41:14,050 WHITE TURBULENCE CAN LAST FOR 1159 00:41:14,050 --> 00:41:15,050 MINUTES. 1160 00:41:15,050 --> 00:41:16,050 WE HAVE TO WAIT FOUR MINUTES 1161 00:41:16,050 --> 00:41:18,219 WHILE YOU HAVE AN AIRCRAFT 1162 00:41:18,219 --> 00:41:20,950 CARRIER, MOVING IN FRONT OF YOU. 1163 00:41:20,950 --> 00:41:22,260 IT'S EITHER GOING 30 KNOTS TO 1164 00:41:22,260 --> 00:41:26,200 CREATE WIND, OR EITHER WAY, 1165 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:27,670 THERE IS THIS GIANT STRUCTURE, 1166 00:41:27,670 --> 00:41:29,839 80 FEET OFF THE WATER STANDING 1167 00:41:29,839 --> 00:41:30,839 IN FRONT OF YOU. 1168 00:41:30,839 --> 00:41:32,259 AS YOU COME BEHIND IT, WIND GOES 1169 00:41:32,259 --> 00:41:34,039 UP OVER IT AND IT DOES LIKE 1170 00:41:34,039 --> 00:41:35,039 THIS. 1171 00:41:35,039 --> 00:41:36,039 CREATES A MINIATURE VERSION OF 1172 00:41:36,039 --> 00:41:38,509 MOUNTAIN TURBULENCE. 1173 00:41:38,509 --> 00:41:39,949 IT PUSHES YOU UP AT THE WRONG 1174 00:41:39,949 --> 00:41:43,220 TIME SO YOU WANT FALL POWER AND 1175 00:41:43,220 --> 00:41:44,220 IT SUCKS YOU DOWN. 1176 00:41:44,220 --> 00:41:46,380 SO IT CAN CREATE A PROBLEM 1177 00:41:46,380 --> 00:41:47,380 LANDING. 1178 00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:48,380 BUT WE LEARN. 1179 00:41:48,380 --> 00:41:49,380 WE TRAIN THROUGH THAT. 1180 00:41:49,380 --> 00:41:50,380 THE ONLY PLACE IS THE SHIP, 1181 00:41:50,380 --> 00:41:51,380 THOUGH. 1182 00:41:51,380 --> 00:41:52,380 IT'S A VERBAL. 1183 00:41:52,380 --> 00:41:54,190 IT DOES HAVE AN EFFECT OF US ON 1184 00:41:54,190 --> 00:41:55,249 THE SHIP AS WELL. 1185 00:41:55,249 --> 00:41:56,259 ONCE YOU GET OVER THE BACK OF 1186 00:41:56,259 --> 00:41:57,799 THE SHIP, YOU ACTUALLY FLY OVER 1187 00:41:57,799 --> 00:41:58,950 THE STEEL DECK OF THE SHIP FOR 1188 00:41:58,950 --> 00:42:00,789 100 FEET OR SO. 1189 00:42:00,789 --> 00:42:05,589 YOU STILL HAVE GROUND EFFECT. 1190 00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:08,680 >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 1191 00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:10,269 >> THE GENTLEMAN IN THE -- 1192 00:42:10,269 --> 00:42:12,660 >> I'VE BEEN WITH NASA FOR MANY 1193 00:42:12,660 --> 00:42:15,959 YEARS, KNOWN A NUMBER OF AS IS 1194 00:42:15,959 --> 00:42:24,779 -- ASTRONAUT, WHAT DO YOU HAVE 1195 00:42:24,779 --> 00:42:33,779 TO HAVE DO? 1196 00:42:33,779 --> 00:42:35,019 >> YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE THE 1197 00:42:35,019 --> 00:42:38,640 SYLLABUS, ROBOTICS, FLYING THE T 1198 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:42,030 38 AND SPACE WALKING, YOU HAVE 1199 00:42:42,030 --> 00:42:44,140 TO ATTAIN A CERTAIN LEVEL IN 1200 00:42:44,140 --> 00:42:45,579 EACH ONE OF THOSE. 1201 00:42:45,579 --> 00:42:47,769 ALL KINDS OF ANCILLARY TRAINING. 1202 00:42:47,769 --> 00:42:48,999 A PRETTY PACKED TWO YEARS, LIKE 1203 00:42:48,999 --> 00:42:50,690 GOING TO GRADUATE SCHOOL AND 1204 00:42:50,690 --> 00:42:53,239 FLIGHT SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME. 1205 00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:54,619 AND ALSO, MOST OF US ARE AT THE 1206 00:42:54,619 --> 00:42:55,949 AGE WHERE WE HAVE A FAMILY AND 1207 00:42:55,949 --> 00:42:57,030 OTHER THINGS GOING ON. 1208 00:42:57,030 --> 00:43:00,420 WE'RE NOT NEW IN OUR CAREERS. 1209 00:43:00,420 --> 00:43:02,430 AND THEN ONCE YOU DO IT ALL, 1210 00:43:02,430 --> 00:43:04,849 THEY GIVE YOU A PIN. 1211 00:43:04,849 --> 00:43:09,410 >> SO LIKE 70%. 1212 00:43:09,410 --> 00:43:12,190 >> NO, IT'S -- THERE IS A VERY 1213 00:43:12,190 --> 00:43:13,420 HIGH STANDARD. 1214 00:43:13,420 --> 00:43:14,769 NOWADAYS, WE DON'T HAVE 1215 00:43:14,769 --> 00:43:15,819 SPECIALTIES, NO MISSION 1216 00:43:15,819 --> 00:43:18,959 SPECIALISTS OR ROBOTICS 1217 00:43:18,959 --> 00:43:23,299 OPERATORS SPACE STATION HAS TO 1218 00:43:23,299 --> 00:43:26,339 BE QUALIFIED TO DO EVERYTHING. 1219 00:43:26,339 --> 00:43:27,509 FROM SPEAKING TO THE SPACE 1220 00:43:27,509 --> 00:43:29,380 WALKING, SO THAT'S WHY IT TAKES 1221 00:43:29,380 --> 00:43:30,380 TWO YEARS NOW. 1222 00:43:30,380 --> 00:43:32,260 THE CANDIDATE TRAINING IS LONGER 1223 00:43:32,260 --> 00:43:34,910 NOW THAN IT WAS FOR THE SHUTTLE 1224 00:43:34,910 --> 00:43:35,910 AIR. 1225 00:43:35,910 --> 00:43:37,519 ITS'S BECAUSE THEY PACK A WHOLE 1226 00:43:37,519 --> 00:43:38,890 LOT IN IT. 1227 00:43:38,890 --> 00:43:40,599 YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A SPACE 1228 00:43:40,599 --> 00:43:44,470 FLIGHT. 1229 00:43:44,470 --> 00:43:45,519 >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. 1230 00:43:45,519 --> 00:43:47,650 I'VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR A WHILE 1231 00:43:47,650 --> 00:43:48,730 TOO, 35 YEARS. 1232 00:43:48,730 --> 00:43:57,020 I MET A LOT OF ASTRONAUTS DO YOU 1233 00:43:57,020 --> 00:43:58,349 KNOW WHERE YOU WERE WHEN SPACE 1234 00:43:58,349 --> 00:44:01,260 SHUTTLE CHALLENGER BLEW, THAT'S 1235 00:44:01,260 --> 00:44:02,940 THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE. 1236 00:44:02,940 --> 00:44:06,239 AND THE SECOND QUESTION, DID YOU 1237 00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:07,239 GROW UP WANTING TO BE AN 1238 00:44:07,239 --> 00:44:11,210 ASTRONAUT, AND YOU DECIDED AFTER 1239 00:44:11,210 --> 00:44:13,430 THE NAVY. 1240 00:44:13,430 --> 00:44:14,920 >> THAT'S A STRING OF GREAT 1241 00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:16,519 QUESTIONS AND THEY'RE CONNECTED. 1242 00:44:16,519 --> 00:44:20,140 I WAS IN FOURTH GRADE, I'M A 1243 00:44:20,140 --> 00:44:23,930 CALIFORNIA, WE WERE BROKE, NOT 1244 00:44:23,930 --> 00:44:26,130 BECAUSE WE WERE MILITARY. 1245 00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:28,969 AND I HAPPENED TO MOVE TO TEXAS. 1246 00:44:28,969 --> 00:44:30,589 WE WERE LIVING OUTSIDE OF 1247 00:44:30,589 --> 00:44:31,589 DALLAS. 1248 00:44:31,589 --> 00:44:32,589 I WAS TEN YEARS OLD. 1249 00:44:32,589 --> 00:44:34,609 I WAS IN FOURTH GRADE AND WE 1250 00:44:34,609 --> 00:44:35,930 WERE AT SCHOOL. 1251 00:44:35,930 --> 00:44:39,180 AND WE HAD AN ASSEMBLY IN THE 1252 00:44:39,180 --> 00:44:40,180 CAFETERIA. 1253 00:44:40,180 --> 00:44:41,859 WE KNEW SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED. 1254 00:44:41,859 --> 00:44:42,859 THEY BROUGHT IT UP. 1255 00:44:42,859 --> 00:44:45,289 AND WE GOT TO WATCH ON TV. 1256 00:44:45,289 --> 00:44:47,620 AND THE FIRST TIME I SAW A 1257 00:44:47,620 --> 00:44:50,219 SHUTTLE LAUNCH, I THOUGHT I WANT 1258 00:44:50,219 --> 00:44:51,219 TO FLY THAT. 1259 00:44:51,219 --> 00:44:52,549 I WANTED TO BE A POLICEMAN, 1260 00:44:52,549 --> 00:44:53,549 FIREMAN, STUNT MAN. 1261 00:44:53,549 --> 00:44:55,420 MY FATHER WAS A POLICEMAN AND I 1262 00:44:55,420 --> 00:45:00,740 WANTED TO BE A SHUTTLEMAN. 1263 00:45:00,740 --> 00:45:01,740 BUT THAT WAS SORT OF ONE OF 1264 00:45:01,740 --> 00:45:04,539 THOSE CHILDHOOD FANTASY THINGS. 1265 00:45:04,539 --> 00:45:06,690 THAT EVENT, AND HAPPENED TO BE 1266 00:45:06,690 --> 00:45:08,819 IN TEXAS, WAS ONE OF THE MOST 1267 00:45:08,819 --> 00:45:10,880 PROFOUND FEELINGS I HAD AS A 1268 00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:12,329 KID. 1269 00:45:12,329 --> 00:45:15,069 IN THE CAFETERIA, AND IT WAS 1270 00:45:15,069 --> 00:45:18,940 SAD, I UNDERSTOOD IT WAS SAD, 1271 00:45:18,940 --> 00:45:20,130 BUT WHEN I LOOKED AROUND AND SAW 1272 00:45:20,130 --> 00:45:22,630 NOT A DRY EYE, AND I'M TALKING 1273 00:45:22,630 --> 00:45:23,970 OTHER STUDENTS, THE 1274 00:45:23,970 --> 00:45:25,819 ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS AS 1275 00:45:25,819 --> 00:45:29,779 WELL, I THOUGHT, OH, THIS IS A 1276 00:45:29,779 --> 00:45:31,049 WHOLE LOT BIGGER THAN I 1277 00:45:31,049 --> 00:45:32,049 REALIZED. 1278 00:45:32,049 --> 00:45:33,809 AND, SO, BUT IT DID STAY IN THE 1279 00:45:33,809 --> 00:45:35,539 REALM OF CHILDHOOD FANTASY FOR 1280 00:45:35,539 --> 00:45:37,509 ME FOR A LONG TIME. 1281 00:45:37,509 --> 00:45:40,279 MY, I WOULD SAY THE TIPPING 1282 00:45:40,279 --> 00:45:44,220 POINT FOR THIS DECISION WAS 1283 00:45:44,220 --> 00:45:46,279 LISTENING TO PAM MEL ROY TALK 1284 00:45:46,279 --> 00:45:50,079 ABOUT HER MISSION. 1285 00:45:50,079 --> 00:45:51,079 THAT WAS THE ONE WHERE WE 1286 00:45:51,079 --> 00:45:54,229 EXTENDED THE SOLAR ARRAY IT TORE 1287 00:45:54,229 --> 00:45:55,839 AND THEY WENT OUT THERE AND MADE 1288 00:45:55,839 --> 00:45:57,229 IT HAPPENED AND FIXED IT. 1289 00:45:57,229 --> 00:45:59,259 THAT STILL ON ORBIT, THE SPECK 1290 00:45:59,259 --> 00:46:01,430 YOU SEE ON THE ARRAY, THEIR 1291 00:46:01,430 --> 00:46:02,430 REPAIR. 1292 00:46:02,430 --> 00:46:03,430 LISTENING TO HER IN PERSON TALK 1293 00:46:03,430 --> 00:46:04,729 ABOUT THAT, THE PEOPLE SHE 1294 00:46:04,729 --> 00:46:06,190 WORKED WITH AND HOW MUCH SHE 1295 00:46:06,190 --> 00:46:07,710 ADMIRED WHAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE 1296 00:46:07,710 --> 00:46:09,799 FIGHT AND WHO THEY WERE, I 1297 00:46:09,799 --> 00:46:10,949 DIDN'T HEAR ONE OF THE TECHNICAL 1298 00:46:10,949 --> 00:46:11,949 THINGS THAT SHE SAID. 1299 00:46:11,949 --> 00:46:13,160 IF YOU CAN'T TELL, I'M NOT A BIG 1300 00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:14,160 TECHY. 1301 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:15,449 I AM AN OPERATOR. 1302 00:46:15,449 --> 00:46:17,150 THAT STUCK WITH ME. 1303 00:46:17,150 --> 00:46:18,381 I WAS IN TEST PILOT SCHOOL AT 1304 00:46:18,381 --> 00:46:19,381 THE TIME. 1305 00:46:19,381 --> 00:46:21,660 I THOUGHT, WOW, YEAH, I DON'T 1306 00:46:21,660 --> 00:46:22,660 WANT TO JUST FLY THE SPACE 1307 00:46:22,660 --> 00:46:23,660 SHUTTLE. 1308 00:46:23,660 --> 00:46:27,849 I WANT TO BE PART OF THAT TEAM. 1309 00:46:27,849 --> 00:46:33,569 >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSPIRING 1310 00:46:33,569 --> 00:46:35,619 COMING TO VISIT ALSO AS WELL. 1311 00:46:35,619 --> 00:46:37,349 I AM A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS. 1312 00:46:37,349 --> 00:46:38,499 >> ME TOO, ME TOO. 1313 00:46:38,499 --> 00:46:39,499 I. 1314 00:46:39,499 --> 00:46:40,529 >> I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU, MY 1315 00:46:40,529 --> 00:46:42,479 FATHER WAS ALSO NAVY AND MY 1316 00:46:42,479 --> 00:46:44,309 BROTHER WAS ARMY. 1317 00:46:44,309 --> 00:46:46,699 27 MONTHS IN IRAQ. 1318 00:46:46,699 --> 00:46:48,660 I WANTED TO ASK, THANK YOU FOR 1319 00:46:48,660 --> 00:46:49,660 YOUR SERVICE, SIR. 1320 00:46:49,660 --> 00:46:50,799 I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION. 1321 00:46:50,799 --> 00:46:52,930 AS FAR AS ONE OF THE INTERNS 1322 00:46:52,930 --> 00:46:55,030 HERE. 1323 00:46:55,030 --> 00:46:56,920 AND AS FAR AS THE NEW CLASS COME 1324 00:46:56,920 --> 00:46:59,430 HERE THIS COMING YEAR, WE'RE 1325 00:46:59,430 --> 00:47:01,410 OBVIOUSLY VERY VETERAN HEAVY, 1326 00:47:01,410 --> 00:47:04,319 MANY OF US OUR VETERANS WHAT, 1327 00:47:04,319 --> 00:47:05,699 WOULD YOU SAY AS FAR AS US 1328 00:47:05,699 --> 00:47:06,990 BRINGING UP THE NEXT GENERATION 1329 00:47:06,990 --> 00:47:08,539 OF NASA AS FAR AS ENGINEERS AND 1330 00:47:08,539 --> 00:47:10,930 POWERING THESE PROGRAMS COMING 1331 00:47:10,930 --> 00:47:13,579 UP AND WITH OUR PREVIOUS 1332 00:47:13,579 --> 00:47:14,800 MILITARY EXPERIENCE, WHAT WOULD 1333 00:47:14,800 --> 00:47:17,819 YOU SAY AS INSPIRING WORDS FOR 1334 00:47:17,819 --> 00:47:20,569 LONG-TERM GOALS AT NASA. 1335 00:47:20,569 --> 00:47:22,329 >> THOSE THREE THINGS FOR ME IS 1336 00:47:22,329 --> 00:47:25,400 HOW I DO IN REMEMBRANCE. 1337 00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:29,559 YOU GUYS HAVE CONTEXT OF INTER 1338 00:47:29,559 --> 00:47:31,150 WEAVING THAT INTO AN 1339 00:47:31,150 --> 00:47:32,150 ORGANIZATION. 1340 00:47:32,150 --> 00:47:33,150 NO MATTER WHAT YOU DID IN THE 1341 00:47:33,150 --> 00:47:34,329 MILITARY. 1342 00:47:34,329 --> 00:47:36,220 AND THAT EXPERIENCE IS VALUABLE 1343 00:47:36,220 --> 00:47:37,220 HERE. 1344 00:47:37,220 --> 00:47:38,220 THEY ASKED ME TO BE THE CLASS 1345 00:47:38,220 --> 00:47:44,459 LEADER OF OUR ASTRONAUT LEADER. 1346 00:47:44,459 --> 00:47:46,910 IT TURNS OUT, LEADERSHIP IS 1347 00:47:46,910 --> 00:47:48,869 INVALUABLE. 1348 00:47:48,869 --> 00:47:50,400 IT'S ALWAYS NEEDED. 1349 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:52,130 AND YOU CAN LEAD BY EXAMPLE, AS 1350 00:47:52,130 --> 00:47:53,130 A NEW GUY. 1351 00:47:53,130 --> 00:47:54,999 ONE OF MY CLASSMATES IS ONE OF 1352 00:47:54,999 --> 00:47:56,990 THE BEST LEADERS I'VE EVER MET. 1353 00:47:56,990 --> 00:47:58,460 I WATCH HIM WORK, AND I'M JUST 1354 00:47:58,460 --> 00:47:59,689 AMAZED. 1355 00:47:59,689 --> 00:48:02,339 SHE IS A PHENOMENAL LEADER, 1356 00:48:02,339 --> 00:48:04,199 TECHNICIAN, OPERATOR. 1357 00:48:04,199 --> 00:48:05,199 EVEN THOUGH SHE DOESN'T HAVE A 1358 00:48:05,199 --> 00:48:06,369 POSITION OF AUTHORITY, PEOPLE IN 1359 00:48:06,369 --> 00:48:07,439 THE OFFICE LEARN FROM HER. 1360 00:48:07,439 --> 00:48:08,439 THAT'S TRUE. 1361 00:48:08,439 --> 00:48:10,020 AND SHE'S MILITARY. 1362 00:48:10,020 --> 00:48:12,079 SO I THINK YOU BRING SOMETHING 1363 00:48:12,079 --> 00:48:13,999 TO THE FIGHT. 1364 00:48:13,999 --> 00:48:15,099 YOU BRING SOMETHING FROM THE 1365 00:48:15,099 --> 00:48:17,119 FIGHT THAT IS VALUABLE AND 1366 00:48:17,119 --> 00:48:18,329 NEEDED, NO MATTER WHERE YOU GO, 1367 00:48:18,329 --> 00:48:20,220 WHICH IS WHY FORTUNE 500 1368 00:48:20,220 --> 00:48:23,099 COMPANIES RECRUIT YOU LIKE THEY 1369 00:48:23,099 --> 00:48:24,910 DO. 1370 00:48:24,910 --> 00:48:26,710 LEADERSHIP. 1371 00:48:26,710 --> 00:48:31,079 >> HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1372 00:48:31,079 --> 00:48:32,079 COMING. 1373 00:48:32,079 --> 00:48:33,730 FIRST, I WANT TO SAY I'M ALSO 1374 00:48:33,730 --> 00:48:40,609 FROM INLAND EMPIRE TOO. 1375 00:48:40,609 --> 00:48:44,459 I GREW UP ONTARIO TOO. 1376 00:48:44,459 --> 00:48:46,519 I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU AND 1377 00:48:46,519 --> 00:48:48,869 MENTION, SO FOR ALL THE 1378 00:48:48,869 --> 00:48:50,619 ASTRONAUTS, THERE ARE NO MORE 1379 00:48:50,619 --> 00:48:51,619 SPECIALISTS, EVERYBODY IS 1380 00:48:51,619 --> 00:48:52,619 TRAINED IN THE SAME THING. 1381 00:48:52,619 --> 00:48:55,799 HOW DO THEY ASSIGN PEOPLE TO 1382 00:48:55,799 --> 00:48:58,199 FLIGHT IF EVERYBODY IS SORT OF, 1383 00:48:58,199 --> 00:48:59,519 YOU KNOW, GOOD AT THE SAME 1384 00:48:59,519 --> 00:49:00,599 THING? 1385 00:49:00,599 --> 00:49:05,819 >> IF I KNEW THAT, I WOULDN'T BE 1386 00:49:05,819 --> 00:49:06,819 UP HERE RIGHT NOW. 1387 00:49:06,819 --> 00:49:09,339 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. 1388 00:49:09,339 --> 00:49:10,339 PEOPLE STILL HAVE THEIR 1389 00:49:10,339 --> 00:49:11,339 BACKGROUND. 1390 00:49:11,339 --> 00:49:12,339 I MEAN, ONE OF MY CLASSMATES IS 1391 00:49:12,339 --> 00:49:13,910 A DOCTOR, WHO ALSO GRADUATED 1392 00:49:13,910 --> 00:49:15,049 FROM RANGER SCHOOL. 1393 00:49:15,049 --> 00:49:16,270 HE IS AN ARMY RANGER SCHOOL. 1394 00:49:16,270 --> 00:49:21,039 KICK YOUR BUTT AND -- FIVE OF US 1395 00:49:21,039 --> 00:49:22,180 ARE GRADUATES OF TEST PILOT 1396 00:49:22,180 --> 00:49:23,180 SCHOOL. 1397 00:49:23,180 --> 00:49:24,950 ONE IS A PHYSICIST, NAVY TEST 1398 00:49:24,950 --> 00:49:29,680 PILOT, AIR FORCE TEST ENGINEER. 1399 00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:30,849 YOU KNOW, OUR BACKGROUNDS ARE 1400 00:49:30,849 --> 00:49:32,859 STILL IMPORTANT, AND I'M A 1401 00:49:32,859 --> 00:49:33,859 PILOT. 1402 00:49:33,859 --> 00:49:34,859 I FLY T-38S. 1403 00:49:34,859 --> 00:49:37,279 WE'RE QUALIFIED. 1404 00:49:37,279 --> 00:49:39,089 YOU STILL HAVE YOUR SPECIALTIES, 1405 00:49:39,089 --> 00:49:40,749 BUT WHAT I MEAN IS NASA DIDN'T 1406 00:49:40,749 --> 00:49:42,809 HIRE US TO BE PROGRAM MANAGERS 1407 00:49:42,809 --> 00:49:44,779 OR ENGINEERS. 1408 00:49:44,779 --> 00:49:46,829 WE ARE OPERATORS. 1409 00:49:46,829 --> 00:49:49,499 AND SO YOU STILL HAVE SKILLS 1410 00:49:49,499 --> 00:49:51,469 THAT YOU BRING TO THE FIGHT, AND 1411 00:49:51,469 --> 00:49:53,130 THOSE THINGS I THINK MATTER AS 1412 00:49:53,130 --> 00:49:54,769 WE TRY TO UTILIZE THE STATION 1413 00:49:54,769 --> 00:49:56,989 MORE FOR RESEARCH. 1414 00:49:56,989 --> 00:49:58,930 THE RESEARCHERS IN OUR OFFICE 1415 00:49:58,930 --> 00:50:00,899 HAVE A MUCH GREATER SAY, AND 1416 00:50:00,899 --> 00:50:01,930 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT SIX 1417 00:50:01,930 --> 00:50:03,459 MONTHS YOU'RE ON STATION. 1418 00:50:03,459 --> 00:50:04,880 BUT THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THE 1419 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:06,079 SPACE STATION IS AFFECTED BY 1420 00:50:06,079 --> 00:50:07,559 THOSE SCIENTISTS AND RESEARCHERS 1421 00:50:07,559 --> 00:50:09,589 THAT WE HAVE ON THE GROUND. 1422 00:50:09,589 --> 00:50:10,589 THEY AFFECT THE WAY THAT WE 1423 00:50:10,589 --> 00:50:12,339 TRAIN, WHICH AFFECTS THE WAY 1424 00:50:12,339 --> 00:50:14,599 THAT WE PERFORM ON ORBIT. 1425 00:50:14,599 --> 00:50:16,339 SO THOSE SPECIALTIES STILL 1426 00:50:16,339 --> 00:50:17,339 MATTER. 1427 00:50:17,339 --> 00:50:19,119 WHAT I'M SAYING IS, THE ROLES, 1428 00:50:19,119 --> 00:50:24,680 WE USED TO HIRE PILE ASTRONAUTS, 1429 00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:28,369 WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANY MORE. 1430 00:50:28,369 --> 00:50:33,189 LONG DURATION SPACE PLIGHT, 1431 00:50:33,189 --> 00:50:37,119 JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES. 1432 00:50:37,119 --> 00:50:38,711 >> YOU SAID YOU WENT TO AIR 1433 00:50:38,711 --> 00:50:39,819 FORCE TEST PILOT SCHOOL. 1434 00:50:39,819 --> 00:50:42,969 HOW DOES A NAVY GUY GET TO GO, 1435 00:50:42,969 --> 00:50:45,269 AND MOST INTERESTING EXPERIENCE 1436 00:50:45,269 --> 00:50:48,569 YOU GOT FROM TEST PILOT SCHOOL? 1437 00:50:48,569 --> 00:50:49,969 >> OH, YES. 1438 00:50:49,969 --> 00:50:51,829 SO WE HAVE AN EXCHANGE PROGRAM 1439 00:50:51,829 --> 00:50:52,869 AND THE NAVY TEST PILOT SCHOOL 1440 00:50:52,869 --> 00:50:54,900 IS IN MARYLAND, AND THE AIR 1441 00:50:54,900 --> 00:50:56,239 FORCE PILOT SCHOOL IS IN 1442 00:50:56,239 --> 00:50:58,390 COLORADO, WHERE HE BROKE THE 1443 00:50:58,390 --> 00:50:59,729 SOUND BARRIER. 1444 00:50:59,729 --> 00:51:02,670 DUH, NO BRAINER. 1445 00:51:02,670 --> 00:51:04,470 I'M FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. 1446 00:51:04,470 --> 00:51:05,640 I WANTED TO BE BACK IN 1447 00:51:05,640 --> 00:51:08,459 CALIFORNIA, AND SO MY OUTFIT 1448 00:51:08,459 --> 00:51:11,249 WANTED TO DO WEAPONS IN YOU'VE I 1449 00:51:11,249 --> 00:51:13,269 DON'T KNOW NICKS TESTING, ON THE 1450 00:51:13,269 --> 00:51:16,289 WEST COAST, SO I WENT RIGHT UP 1451 00:51:16,289 --> 00:51:17,289 TO CHINA LAKE, ALL IN THE 1452 00:51:17,289 --> 00:51:27,329 MOJAVE, AND I GOT IT. 1453 00:51:27,329 --> 00:51:30,029 BUT THE MOST INTERESTING THING, 1454 00:51:30,029 --> 00:51:33,229 WOW, SUCH A HARD TO PULL ONE OUT 1455 00:51:33,229 --> 00:51:34,619 OF, I MEAN, I GOT TO FLY THE 1456 00:51:34,619 --> 00:51:36,229 GOOD YEAR BLIMP OVER DONALD 1457 00:51:36,229 --> 00:51:37,569 TRUMP'S BACKYARD. 1458 00:51:37,569 --> 00:51:42,509 I MEAN, IT'S THAT BIG. 1459 00:51:42,509 --> 00:51:43,509 IT GOES THROUGH. 1460 00:51:43,509 --> 00:51:44,509 I WAS OVER HIS BACKYARD OVER THE 1461 00:51:44,509 --> 00:51:46,059 WHOLE TIME. 1462 00:51:46,059 --> 00:51:50,319 THERE WAS A WEEK, IT'S A GRIND. 1463 00:51:50,319 --> 00:51:53,609 IT IS GRADUATE EDUCATION, WHEN 1464 00:51:53,609 --> 00:51:55,599 YOUR LABORATORY IS AN AIRPLANE. 1465 00:51:55,599 --> 00:51:56,670 IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE SAME 1466 00:51:56,670 --> 00:51:57,670 AIRPLANE. 1467 00:51:57,670 --> 00:51:59,970 THAT'S THE THUMBNAIL SKETCH. 1468 00:51:59,970 --> 00:52:01,029 SO YOU HAVE LOT OF WRITING TO 1469 00:52:01,029 --> 00:52:04,770 DO, AGAIN, I'M NOT A TECHY GUY. 1470 00:52:04,770 --> 00:52:07,609 I JUST WANT TO GET IN AND DO 1471 00:52:07,609 --> 00:52:08,609 THINGS. 1472 00:52:08,609 --> 00:52:10,439 WE HAD A WEEK WHERE I FLEW IN 1473 00:52:10,439 --> 00:52:12,910 FIVE DAYS FIVE DIFFERENT 1474 00:52:12,910 --> 00:52:14,180 AIRPLANES. 1475 00:52:14,180 --> 00:52:15,900 THAT'S MY FAVORITE PAGE IN MY 1476 00:52:15,900 --> 00:52:17,220 LOGBOOK. 1477 00:52:17,220 --> 00:52:19,049 ONE OF THEM WAS A MIG 15. 1478 00:52:19,049 --> 00:52:24,329 AND SO THAT WEEK WAS JUST, WOW, 1479 00:52:24,329 --> 00:52:25,329 THAT'S WHY I WENT TO TEST PILOT 1480 00:52:25,329 --> 00:52:26,329 SCHOOL. 1481 00:52:26,329 --> 00:52:27,329 I'M AT 42 AIRPLANES. 1482 00:52:27,329 --> 00:52:31,289 I HAVE FLOWN 42 AIRPLANES, 2,500 1483 00:52:31,289 --> 00:52:33,109 OR SO HOURS. 1484 00:52:33,109 --> 00:52:35,640 AND I LOVE IT. 1485 00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:36,819 LOVE IT. 1486 00:52:36,819 --> 00:52:37,819 ANOTHER THING ABOUT THAT 1487 00:52:37,819 --> 00:52:39,089 PICTURE, WHEN YOU SEE ME WITH MY 1488 00:52:39,089 --> 00:52:41,039 FAMILY IN FRONT OF THE F-18, I 1489 00:52:41,039 --> 00:52:42,130 DIDN'T KNOW IT AT THE TIME, 1490 00:52:42,130 --> 00:52:43,130 BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS 1491 00:52:43,130 --> 00:52:44,849 GOING TO GET THIS GIG, THAT WAS 1492 00:52:44,849 --> 00:52:46,329 THE LAST TIME I WOULD FLY OFF OF 1493 00:52:46,329 --> 00:52:47,599 AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. 1494 00:52:47,599 --> 00:52:48,700 ANOTHER REASON THAT PICTURE IS 1495 00:52:48,700 --> 00:52:49,700 SPECIAL TO ME. 1496 00:52:49,700 --> 00:52:52,430 I LOVE WHAT I'M DOING NOW, BUT I 1497 00:52:52,430 --> 00:52:53,960 MISS THE CARRIER. 1498 00:52:53,960 --> 00:52:56,150 THE PEOPLE, THE MISSION. 1499 00:52:56,150 --> 00:52:57,150 I DO. 1500 00:52:57,150 --> 00:52:58,150 I WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY 1501 00:52:58,150 --> 00:52:59,150 GOING BACK TO THE SHIP AND BEING 1502 00:52:59,150 --> 00:53:01,689 A SQUADRON COMMANDER, TRYING TO 1503 00:53:01,689 --> 00:53:05,170 BE AT LEAST, AND SO LONG ANSWER 1504 00:53:05,170 --> 00:53:06,209 TO YOUR QUESTION, THAT WEEK 1505 00:53:06,209 --> 00:53:07,209 WHERE I GOT TO FLY A BUNCH OF 1506 00:53:07,209 --> 00:53:09,130 DIFFERENT AIRPLANES, THAT'S WHY 1507 00:53:09,130 --> 00:53:10,760 I WENT TO TEST PILOT SCHOOL. 1508 00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:13,119 >> I THINK WE CAN TAKE ONE MORE 1509 00:53:13,119 --> 00:53:14,380 QUESTION IN THE BACK. 1510 00:53:14,380 --> 00:53:15,509 >> THIS IS AN EASY ONE. 1511 00:53:15,509 --> 00:53:17,230 I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR NOT 1512 00:53:17,230 --> 00:53:19,749 ONLY YOUR SERVICE TO THE 1513 00:53:19,749 --> 00:53:21,239 COUNTRY, BUT ALSO FOR THE 1514 00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:22,239 WONDERFUL PRESENTATION THAT 1515 00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:23,559 YOU'VE GIVEN US HERE THIS 1516 00:53:23,559 --> 00:53:24,759 EVENING. 1517 00:53:24,759 --> 00:53:27,160 THIS AFTERNOON. 1518 00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:29,460 MY QUESTION IS WHY WAS RUSSIAN 1519 00:53:29,460 --> 00:53:33,120 THE LANGUAGE OF CHOICE FOR 1520 00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:34,120 TRAINING. 1521 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:35,339 WHY NOT SOME OTHER LANGUAGE? 1522 00:53:35,339 --> 00:53:36,549 WHY RUSSIA. 1523 00:53:36,549 --> 00:53:37,770 >> GREAT QUESTION. 1524 00:53:37,770 --> 00:53:38,959 I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. 1525 00:53:38,959 --> 00:53:41,200 THIS IS GOOD FOR ME. 1526 00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:42,489 I HOPE I DIDN'T BORE YOU, 1527 00:53:42,489 --> 00:53:44,779 BECAUSE I HAD A BALL. 1528 00:53:44,779 --> 00:53:46,319 BECAUSE THE STATION, THE SPACE 1529 00:53:46,319 --> 00:53:49,599 STATION IS HALF RUSSIAN. 1530 00:53:49,599 --> 00:53:51,599 THE CREW, REALLY, THERE ARE 1531 00:53:51,599 --> 00:53:57,670 THREE COSMONAUTS ON ANY TIME, IT 1532 00:53:57,670 --> 00:54:00,640 COULD BE AN EASTERN ASTRONAUT, 1533 00:54:00,640 --> 00:54:04,709 CANADIAN OR A NASA ASTRONAUT, SO 1534 00:54:04,709 --> 00:54:06,650 THOSE FOLKS, YOU MIGHT HAVE 1535 00:54:06,650 --> 00:54:08,170 THREE OTHER LANGUAGES ON THE USO 1536 00:54:08,170 --> 00:54:11,189 SIDE, BUT YOU HAVE THREE PEOPLE 1537 00:54:11,189 --> 00:54:12,500 ON THE OTHER SIDE. 1538 00:54:12,500 --> 00:54:14,619 AND SO WE HAVE TO LEARN IT. 1539 00:54:14,619 --> 00:54:16,650 I THINK IT'S SO THAT WE CAN 1540 00:54:16,650 --> 00:54:17,650 APPRECIATE IT. 1541 00:54:17,650 --> 00:54:19,180 IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT 1542 00:54:19,180 --> 00:54:20,969 APPRECIATING THE LANGUAGE. 1543 00:54:20,969 --> 00:54:22,689 BECAUSE THEY SPEAK ENGLISH 1544 00:54:22,689 --> 00:54:24,220 BETTER THAN WE SPEAK RUSSIAN. 1545 00:54:26,559 --> 00:54:25,390 THANK YOU. 1546 00:54:26,559 --> 00:54:27,849 SO I THINK IT'S, NOW OWE, APART 1547 00:54:27,849 --> 00:54:30,410 OF PLAYING NICE AS WELL. 1548 00:54:30,410 --> 00:54:36,029 >> ALL RIGHT, WE NEED TO LET 1549 00:54:36,029 --> 00:54:39,970 VICTOR GET BACK.