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welcome back ladies and gentlemen yves

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lamothe back here with you

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once again on this memorial day as

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if things couldn't get better we're l

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minus two before this launch on

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where we have historic launch of

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american astronauts on american soil on

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i have this beautiful beautiful shuttle

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sitting right here behind me

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and if it couldn't get any better with

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me today is the one and only

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leland melvin oh my i get to sit here

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and online with me as well is charlie

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bolden our former

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nasa administrator and josh dobbs who is

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so i'm going to give them an opportunity

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to introduce themselves real quick and

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we're going to get on with the questions

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let me start off with

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leland leland how are we doing today eve

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i'm doing great and i'm so happy to be

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here we're going to be co-hosting the

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the whole launch the nasa uh launch uh

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on wednesday the 27th and i had a chance

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nasa for 24 years and now i'm getting a

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help inspire that next generation of

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explorers having flown in space two

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and i was inspired by charlie bolden who

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unless you apply you need to apply so i

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can't wait to talk to my good friend

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charlie bolden and hear from another nfl

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josh dobbs phenomenal thank you so much

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and how about let's turn it over to um

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mr charlie bolden how are you doing

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today charlie yeah

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i'm doing well and i just want to say

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welcome to all the folk uh

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who pulled in for the soul uh you know

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launch is having people from all over

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see all the things we do and and then

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uh talking to applying for the program

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fantastic and before we carry on i do

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semper fi and we definitely want to

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for your service charlie thank you

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i'm doing well uh thank you guys for

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having me first i wanted to say

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happy memorial day as we just said um

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uh space age that's going on this would

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uh it's gonna be an exciting day thank

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absolutely the honor really is ours and

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momentous occasion fantastic now charlie

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destinations that are far away

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to figure out ways to solve problems

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expedition world so it was really fun to

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it's really good to be around them and

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spend some time with them ah

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fantastic now josh i'm gonna test your

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knowledge a little bit see how smart you

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really are

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about how long it will take for you to

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throw a football from space back to

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earth and would charlie be able to catch

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did you say charlie is the most athletic

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of the group

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no no no i heard his resume i heard his

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resume

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speaks very well for his athletic

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that is that is so fantastic okay all

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right so

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um charlie this this question is

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directed at you you know um when you

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went up to space and looked back at

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you know the mother earth what was the

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first thing that came to your mind

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as a former astronaut well i'm uh i

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think everybody

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everybody down there at the cape knows

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that i'm a i'm a very emotional guy

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and um my very first flight being an

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african-american mainly

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um i had spent a lot of time studying

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the geography of africa because i wanted

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to be able to

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to look at some of the countries on the

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west coast of africa that when likely

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places from

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ancestors came and um leland will tell

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you

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this big island coming up

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uh you know and and you finally realize

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that

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continent of africa and uh i literally

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wept i i actually had tears coming

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to my eyes because i looked down and i

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realized that all this geology i had

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studied

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was for naught because there are no

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lines down there there's no quarters

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uh you know i don't know why i thought i

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would see them i couldn't tell nigeria

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from ghana from uh algeria or whatever

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it was

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and just the beauty of the continent the

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beauty of our plan

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i was overwhelmed and i tell people all

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the time i think

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um technically you are more ready to go

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apply the training team and everybody

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else really gets you ready

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emotional i was not ready at all i

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wasn't prepared

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for beauty of our planet and you know it

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it was like that every time i

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wasn't what about

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you your experience as an astronaut how

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did you feel

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the first time you know you you just got

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into space

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and and it's you're floating right in

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that bird

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and you can look back and you see mother

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earth

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yeah i i undid my my five point

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seat belt and pushed off my back and i

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float my first job was to take a video

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camera

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and film the external tank it's not on

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the vehicle there

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external tank falling back down to the

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planet and i was focused on

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looking through that camera looking at

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the tank watching it tumble

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and then when the tank fell away i saw

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the caribbean ocean

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and i i needed new definitions of blue

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to describe the colors that i saw i mean

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i had azure indigo navy blue

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light blue turquoise whatever but i

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needed like 30 more definitions because

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the colors were so

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vibrant and so beautiful and like

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charlie said africa

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it was such an incredible thing to see

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and we took it took us five minutes to

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get down the western

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african coast and as i looked across

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africa i saw

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these thunderstorms these lightning

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lightning was sheet lightning was

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connecting

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all across the continent and you saw

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lights where there were

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villages and tribes and different things

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you could see the lights on the ground

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and then when you got to the cape of

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good hope all the light went away

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and it was over the ocean and that i

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mean charlie i almost cried

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but it was so emotional to see

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the planet in that way and just the

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colors and

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and so charlie said you know we weren't

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emotionally ready for what we would see

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that was exactly what i felt too you

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know the training was all there but the

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emotions of

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seeing mother earth and and getting this

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thing called the orbital perspective

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this

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you see the planet going around at every

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90 minutes

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and the civilizations the people that

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you're

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those no borders right charlie you don't

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see those lines

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but you know there are places where

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there's war you know below you

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and from space there's no war it's just

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a beautiful planet

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and uh just emotional right charlie just

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blew us away

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description of such a feat i mean i'm

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getting emotional just you gotta go we

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all gotta go

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charlie's number charlie's gonna lie

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listen

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live leland is gonna buy me a ticket to

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space just make sure i come back

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and i i can't wait for that trip now um

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you know so

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uh you know josh josh will buy it josh

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that's true josh you can probably afford

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it that's that's nothing for you let me

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drop in the bucket man

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yeah let me keep working in a couple

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we'll be waiting for it now you know

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you're saying some

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you know some very amazing things in

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terms of how you feel charlie um you are

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as well

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and it's great to see that you know

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there's young folks like josh who are

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interested in the space program now

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you're very very keen on

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outreach and education and and inspiring

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the youth to do

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what what you guys have already done and

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do it even better

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now so what would you say to our young

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people that are listening to you right

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now who who've seen like what you've

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done you people like you and charlie on

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the the things that you have

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accomplished

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um in your life in regards to the space

447
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industry what would you what would you

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tell them right now okay i'm gonna look

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straight in the camera right here

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no matter what zip code you're from

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there's talent

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and when people tell you that people may

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tell you that you can't do this you

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can't do that because of

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whatever whatever for whatever reason

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but

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if you believe in yourself and you have

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a dream you have a goal

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turn that dream into a reality my friend

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peggy whitson who was the

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commander of the international space

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station she was an iowa pig farmer

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and you know saw she thought about

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becoming an astronaut but she

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didn't really you know know if she

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thought about it but then when

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sally ride became the first female

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astronaut

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her dream changed to her goal and she

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was denied 13 times

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to become an astronaut but she stayed

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persistent

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she persevered she kept going she didn't

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give up it's like the little engine that

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could

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i think i can i think i can and when you

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think you can

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you will and so she she became the

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command she was my commander on sts 122

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because she didn't give up so work hard

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believe in yourself

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and just never give up never ever ever

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give up

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now josh you know once again and i'm

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picking on you a little bit because

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you're you're a young

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man if you were to envision the space

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industry how it would be five to ten

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years from now how do you see it from

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your perspective

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um you know from my perspective i think

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it's

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all the commercial companies start

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getting into

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um the space race so in five to ten

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years you know i see

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several several launches um from the

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united states going

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whether it's a to the space station b to

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the moon and then eventually to march

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you know i think

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that's very attainable and we're very

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close um

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obviously there's some huge steps and

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huge milestones to get to that point

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but i think in five to ten years we'll

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we will see people going

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one on the moon and then going back to

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mars or pushing

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towards that so it's an exciting time to

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get into the aerospace world

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for me to be able to one be around nasa

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especially just coming out of school and

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to be around all the youth

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in the engineering world it's really

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great to see the minds

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and to see the ideas and to see how

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bright

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the goals are that we're reaching for so

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i'm excited to see where they take us in

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the next five to ten years

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what's exciting is listening to someone

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with your youth

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your intelligence saying things like

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that because then it means that there is

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hope for the future especially in

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regards to the space industry so

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um very well answered i appreciate um

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what you're saying there josh

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now with charlie and leland you know

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with uh

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have you ever considered writing a story

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based on your experiences

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you know in space working at nasa doing

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what you do

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have you ever thought about it and would

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you even play that role in in the movie

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already he's already an accomplished

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author i am the eternal

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procrastinator so what you've been

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thinking about you're close

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for 50 years now

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[Laughter]

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there's still time but i'll get there

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i want to play charlie in his movie

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the better looking version of him is

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that what it would no no no no just

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just i want to be charlie boulder i

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understand it i understand but

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but um have you ever thought about maybe

551
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um documenting your

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your your memoirs um you know just

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telling your story

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you know everything that you've been

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through the the obstacles that you

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overcame

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um the challenges that you faced the

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accomplishments that you were

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that you were able to um to get to have

560
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you ever thought about just writing that

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um whether it be as inspirational or

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just for your own

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personal documentary well i i wrote a

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book called chasing space

565
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and it's called an astronauts journey

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astronaut story of grit

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grace and second chances and because i

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had a lot of

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obstacles along the way that i had to

570
00:20:53,590 --> 00:20:51,600
overcome just to

571
00:20:55,830 --> 00:20:53,600
really just to get out of high school

572
00:20:57,990 --> 00:20:55,840
and so i put all those stories in there

573
00:20:59,270 --> 00:20:58,000
as a way for kids to see that you know

574
00:21:00,870 --> 00:20:59,280
no matter where you start

575
00:21:03,590 --> 00:21:00,880
you can always get through that and i

576
00:21:05,350 --> 00:21:03,600
wrote a children's version of that too

577
00:21:07,430 --> 00:21:05,360
so there's a and the children's version

578
00:21:08,630 --> 00:21:07,440
has a lot of nasa education activities

579
00:21:11,110 --> 00:21:08,640
in the back so they can

580
00:21:12,789 --> 00:21:11,120
do some activities with the kids wow so

581
00:21:13,510 --> 00:21:12,799
you heard it right here folks there's a

582
00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:13,520
plug

583
00:21:19,190 --> 00:21:17,120
chasing space go out get the book okay

584
00:21:20,630 --> 00:21:19,200
read it because you never know you might

585
00:21:22,310 --> 00:21:20,640
be the next leland melvin

586
00:21:24,310 --> 00:21:22,320
you might be the next astronaut you

587
00:21:26,549 --> 00:21:24,320
might be the next you know

588
00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:26,559
superstar doing some amazing things on

589
00:21:30,230 --> 00:21:27,760
our planet earth here

590
00:21:32,549 --> 00:21:30,240
so i think we have time for maybe just a

591
00:21:34,789 --> 00:21:32,559
couple a couple more questions

592
00:21:35,990 --> 00:21:34,799
um and um leland and charlie i'm going

593
00:21:37,830 --> 00:21:36,000
to direct this one

594
00:21:39,430 --> 00:21:37,840
towards you do you have any advice for

595
00:21:42,870 --> 00:21:39,440
fresh graduates or

596
00:21:46,149 --> 00:21:42,880
final year students charlie go ahead

597
00:21:46,789 --> 00:21:46,159
yeah i would uh i just followed josh's

598
00:21:50,549 --> 00:21:46,799
example

599
00:21:53,510 --> 00:21:50,559
you know josh dobbs is uh he is a

600
00:21:54,950 --> 00:21:53,520
a perfect example of someone who defied

601
00:21:57,110 --> 00:21:54,960
the stereotype

602
00:21:58,630 --> 00:21:57,120
you know most people particularly coming

603
00:22:01,029 --> 00:21:58,640
from our community

604
00:22:02,149 --> 00:22:01,039
uh and our zip codes believe it's one or

605
00:22:05,669 --> 00:22:02,159
the other either you're an

606
00:22:08,070 --> 00:22:05,679
acne or you're something else and uh

607
00:22:08,789 --> 00:22:08,080
josh and leland are perfect examples

608
00:22:10,950 --> 00:22:08,799
that

609
00:22:12,789 --> 00:22:10,960
you can do anything you want to do if

610
00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:12,799
you're willing to work really hard and

611
00:22:17,750 --> 00:22:13,760
study

612
00:22:18,630 --> 00:22:17,760
and uh i am incredibly impressed by both

613
00:22:21,830 --> 00:22:18,640
of them

614
00:22:23,350 --> 00:22:21,840
particularly josh today most people

615
00:22:26,390 --> 00:22:23,360
think that somebody who's going to be

616
00:22:28,789 --> 00:22:26,400
a fair particular football player

617
00:22:30,230 --> 00:22:28,799
doesn't have time for any and i was

618
00:22:30,950 --> 00:22:30,240
blown away to find out that he had

619
00:22:33,510 --> 00:22:30,960
actually

620
00:22:35,190 --> 00:22:33,520
with the nfl's blessing uh you know

621
00:22:37,510 --> 00:22:35,200
found a way to get down to ksc

622
00:22:38,630 --> 00:22:37,520
and and spend some time and just his

623
00:22:41,430 --> 00:22:38,640
being there i think

624
00:22:41,909 --> 00:22:41,440
is an example for a lot of a lot of us

625
00:22:44,310 --> 00:22:41,919
who see

626
00:22:45,430 --> 00:22:44,320
him but particularly for kids who will

627
00:22:50,870 --> 00:22:45,440
say okay i can

628
00:22:55,590 --> 00:22:53,830
wow yeah that is um very very very

629
00:22:58,950 --> 00:22:55,600
touching and josh you are

630
00:23:01,750 --> 00:22:58,960
um very very impressive all right

631
00:23:03,110 --> 00:23:01,760
so um one one more um one more question

632
00:23:04,870 --> 00:23:03,120
and leland this one's going to go back

633
00:23:07,510 --> 00:23:04,880
to you again how can we encourage

634
00:23:09,430 --> 00:23:07,520
those that are not in the stem field but

635
00:23:11,830 --> 00:23:09,440
interested in space

636
00:23:12,470 --> 00:23:11,840
to pursue a career in the space industry

637
00:23:15,830 --> 00:23:12,480
okay go

638
00:23:18,070 --> 00:23:15,840
check out nasa.gov stem

639
00:23:19,750 --> 00:23:18,080
there are activities that are happening

640
00:23:20,630 --> 00:23:19,760
right now around the constellation

641
00:23:22,470 --> 00:23:20,640
commercial equipment

642
00:23:24,149 --> 00:23:22,480
the commercial crew launch and there are

643
00:23:27,669 --> 00:23:24,159
things that you can do there

644
00:23:30,230 --> 00:23:27,679
um always what about those not

645
00:23:31,669 --> 00:23:30,240
non-stem not instant that but are

646
00:23:34,070 --> 00:23:31,679
interested in space

647
00:23:35,669 --> 00:23:34,080
so go to that website okay that's that's

648
00:23:37,110 --> 00:23:35,679
the first one go to the website and see

649
00:23:39,590 --> 00:23:37,120
what's out there

650
00:23:41,590 --> 00:23:39,600
google you know astronaut charlie bolden

651
00:23:43,350 --> 00:23:41,600
google astronaut leland melvin go find

652
00:23:46,630 --> 00:23:43,360
out what people are doing

653
00:23:47,669 --> 00:23:46,640
with stem education and how in their

654
00:23:49,750 --> 00:23:47,679
path the journey

655
00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:49,760
how did i get there how did charlie get

656
00:23:53,430 --> 00:23:51,440
there what were the what were the things

657
00:23:55,110 --> 00:23:53,440
that we had to go through to get there

658
00:23:56,549 --> 00:23:55,120
because i think sometimes people don't

659
00:23:57,909 --> 00:23:56,559
see they see the

660
00:23:59,750 --> 00:23:57,919
the person up there but they don't see

661
00:24:01,669 --> 00:23:59,760
the journey the path to get there

662
00:24:03,350 --> 00:24:01,679
and everyone's path is different you

663
00:24:04,549 --> 00:24:03,360
know my path is different than charlie's

664
00:24:05,909 --> 00:24:04,559
he went to the military

665
00:24:08,230 --> 00:24:05,919
i was a civilian i didn't go through the

666
00:24:09,830 --> 00:24:08,240
military so find out all the

667
00:24:12,149 --> 00:24:09,840
endpoints of the people that are up

668
00:24:13,909 --> 00:24:12,159
there see what classes they took

669
00:24:15,909 --> 00:24:13,919
see what you know what major they

670
00:24:17,350 --> 00:24:15,919
majored in and you don't have to do it

671
00:24:19,269 --> 00:24:17,360
exactly like we did it

672
00:24:20,390 --> 00:24:19,279
but just know that that's the starting

673
00:24:22,470 --> 00:24:20,400
point and

674
00:24:23,510 --> 00:24:22,480
you know mr google is a great way to see

675
00:24:25,190 --> 00:24:23,520
you know the things

676
00:24:27,029 --> 00:24:25,200
mr google i mean it's a great way to see

677
00:24:27,590 --> 00:24:27,039
it's a it's a thing the internet is a

678
00:24:29,350 --> 00:24:27,600
way

679
00:24:31,029 --> 00:24:29,360
it kind of levels the playing field

680
00:24:32,789 --> 00:24:31,039
because the information out there there

681
00:24:35,830 --> 00:24:32,799
are universities like mit

682
00:24:37,190 --> 00:24:35,840
giving free classes to people so

683
00:24:38,549 --> 00:24:37,200
you know it doesn't matter what zip code

684
00:24:39,909 --> 00:24:38,559
you're in you've got to get online to

685
00:24:40,870 --> 00:24:39,919
see what's out there and then go to the

686
00:24:48,390 --> 00:24:40,880
library

687
00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:48,400
but the the police officer checked the

688
00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:50,080
physics book out he had a book he wanted

689
00:24:53,269 --> 00:24:51,600
to read a book the police officer

690
00:24:54,789 --> 00:24:53,279
checked the book out for him and that

691
00:24:56,789 --> 00:24:54,799
fueled his curiosity

692
00:24:58,310 --> 00:24:56,799
so there's public libraries that are

693
00:24:59,269 --> 00:24:58,320
around that have information if you

694
00:24:59,990 --> 00:24:59,279
don't have a chance to get on the

695
00:25:02,950 --> 00:25:00,000
internet

696
00:25:04,950 --> 00:25:02,960
and be curious always look up at the

697
00:25:06,549 --> 00:25:04,960
night sky and see the stars and

698
00:25:08,630 --> 00:25:06,559
maybe watch the space station going

699
00:25:09,269 --> 00:25:08,640
overhead and find out what people are

700
00:25:11,590 --> 00:25:09,279
doing

701
00:25:12,870 --> 00:25:11,600
and what you can do to help inspire

702
00:25:14,549 --> 00:25:12,880
yourself to be

703
00:25:16,470 --> 00:25:14,559
that next charlie bouldin and i think

704
00:25:17,190 --> 00:25:16,480
you bring a very very good point there

705
00:25:20,549 --> 00:25:17,200
because

706
00:25:22,310 --> 00:25:20,559
astronauts need nurses astronauts

707
00:25:23,750 --> 00:25:22,320
i was going to say can i add one thing

708
00:25:25,909 --> 00:25:23,760
sure go ahead charlie you know

709
00:25:27,350 --> 00:25:25,919
exactly and i think you were going there

710
00:25:31,269 --> 00:25:27,360
we tend to dwell on

711
00:25:34,470 --> 00:25:31,279
the astronaut astronauts are like the

712
00:25:37,430 --> 00:25:34,480
a little prick right um we've got 18

713
00:25:38,630 --> 00:25:37,440
000 employees in nasa and about 40 000

714
00:25:40,470 --> 00:25:38,640
contractors

715
00:25:41,750 --> 00:25:40,480
and maybe 40 or 50 people in the

716
00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:41,760
astronaut office

717
00:25:46,149 --> 00:25:43,760
one of the good things about social the

718
00:25:48,789 --> 00:25:46,159
nasa social is they get an opportunity

719
00:25:50,310 --> 00:25:48,799
to see the photographers and the writers

720
00:25:52,789 --> 00:25:50,320
and the videographers

721
00:25:54,070 --> 00:25:52,799
and the engineers and that you've asked

722
00:25:54,950 --> 00:25:54,080
the question of leland what about

723
00:25:56,950 --> 00:25:54,960
somebody who's not

724
00:25:58,870 --> 00:25:56,960
interested in stem right now they can

725
00:26:01,269 --> 00:25:58,880
still be part of the space program

726
00:26:03,750 --> 00:26:01,279
uh but they need to you know read some

727
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:03,760
of the stuff that's that's on nasa.gov

728
00:26:05,510 --> 00:26:04,240
and

729
00:26:07,750 --> 00:26:05,520
if they see a little name down there

730
00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:10,630
by the name of uh write a letter to

731
00:26:13,350 --> 00:26:12,480
stephanie sharehold who say hey i love

732
00:26:15,669 --> 00:26:13,360
what you do

733
00:26:17,190 --> 00:26:15,679
how can i be you i want to be able to

734
00:26:18,630 --> 00:26:17,200
write like you do it i won't be able to

735
00:26:20,149 --> 00:26:18,640
take pictures like you

736
00:26:21,669 --> 00:26:20,159
one of the persons that tells nasa's

737
00:26:22,310 --> 00:26:21,679
story better than anybody else is bill

738
00:26:24,070 --> 00:26:22,320
ingles

739
00:26:25,590 --> 00:26:24,080
yeah it's the world's greatest

740
00:26:27,590 --> 00:26:25,600
photographer and most

741
00:26:29,430 --> 00:26:27,600
most pictures you've seen that come from

742
00:26:31,669 --> 00:26:29,440
from launches and everything else

743
00:26:32,950 --> 00:26:31,679
that's bills and he's the storyteller i

744
00:26:34,230 --> 00:26:32,960
know in nasa so

745
00:26:35,990 --> 00:26:34,240
there are a lot of ways you can be

746
00:26:39,430 --> 00:26:36,000
involved in the space program and

747
00:26:41,590 --> 00:26:39,440
and not you know be an astronaut

748
00:26:43,510 --> 00:26:41,600
charlie just added the a to stem to make

749
00:26:45,510 --> 00:26:43,520
it steam because the arts is so

750
00:26:47,029 --> 00:26:45,520
important in what we do the people that

751
00:26:48,789 --> 00:26:47,039
set up this exhibit here

752
00:26:50,070 --> 00:26:48,799
this is art you know there's graphic

753
00:26:51,190 --> 00:26:50,080
arts there's language arts

754
00:26:53,029 --> 00:26:51,200
there's the writing that charlie

755
00:26:54,390 --> 00:26:53,039
mentioned so it's so important that we

756
00:26:56,310 --> 00:26:54,400
look at the entire

757
00:26:57,830 --> 00:26:56,320
package of what we do at nasa not just

758
00:26:58,789 --> 00:26:57,840
like you said the astronauts or the

759
00:27:00,149 --> 00:26:58,799
engineers but

760
00:27:02,149 --> 00:27:00,159
there's so many other people that make

761
00:27:03,990 --> 00:27:02,159
this place work like this team right

762
00:27:06,470 --> 00:27:04,000
here that's putting this social together

763
00:27:07,269 --> 00:27:06,480
right absolutely absolutely thank you so

764
00:27:09,350 --> 00:27:07,279
much for that

765
00:27:11,190 --> 00:27:09,360
and so what we're going to do now is um

766
00:27:13,029 --> 00:27:11,200
i'd like to get some closing statements

767
00:27:13,750 --> 00:27:13,039
from each one of you guys um i want to

768
00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:13,760
know

769
00:27:21,190 --> 00:27:18,480
significance of

770
00:27:21,750 --> 00:27:21,200
what's happening this historic moment

771
00:27:23,590 --> 00:27:21,760
that we're

772
00:27:25,909 --> 00:27:23,600
that that is amidst us right now so josh

773
00:27:29,269 --> 00:27:25,919
i'm going to go ahead and start with you

774
00:27:31,190 --> 00:27:29,279
you're down the spot first first news

775
00:27:32,389 --> 00:27:31,200
please thank you uh for hosting this

776
00:27:34,710 --> 00:27:32,399
thank you for joining us

777
00:27:36,149 --> 00:27:34,720
you know i think for me uh one just to

778
00:27:38,149 --> 00:27:36,159
be a part of this social

779
00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:38,159
and to get a chance to talk to charlie

780
00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:39,200
and talk to leland

781
00:27:43,190 --> 00:27:41,760
um is that have accomplished a lot in

782
00:27:45,190 --> 00:27:43,200
the engineering world that i

783
00:27:46,310 --> 00:27:45,200
will accomplish um at some point you

784
00:27:47,590 --> 00:27:46,320
know these these are two

785
00:27:49,909 --> 00:27:47,600
things that i look up to and i'll be

786
00:27:50,310 --> 00:27:49,919
excited to meet you guys face to face in

787
00:27:53,350 --> 00:27:50,320
a

788
00:27:55,990 --> 00:27:53,360
exciting times

789
00:27:57,269 --> 00:27:56,000
in this video you know this launch is

790
00:27:58,950 --> 00:27:57,279
it's pretty monumental

791
00:28:00,549 --> 00:27:58,960
uh for the next steps for the

792
00:28:02,870 --> 00:28:00,559
springboard to what kind of ground it's

793
00:28:04,950 --> 00:28:02,880
five to ten years as a young engineer

794
00:28:06,630 --> 00:28:04,960
who's looking to continue um in the

795
00:28:07,750 --> 00:28:06,640
aerospace world you know it's exciting

796
00:28:09,669 --> 00:28:07,760
times to be a part

797
00:28:11,110 --> 00:28:09,679
of what naf is doing it's exciting times

798
00:28:13,350 --> 00:28:11,120
to see the launch and

799
00:28:14,950 --> 00:28:13,360
um i'll be very thankful to be a part of

800
00:28:16,630 --> 00:28:14,960
this as

801
00:28:18,310 --> 00:28:16,640
history we're making history this week

802
00:28:21,190 --> 00:28:18,320
so thank you thank you guys

803
00:28:23,029 --> 00:28:21,200
thank you so much josh we so intend to

804
00:28:25,590 --> 00:28:23,039
follow your story because it's

805
00:28:27,029 --> 00:28:25,600
already exciting the lord knows where

806
00:28:28,149 --> 00:28:27,039
you're gonna be five to ten years from

807
00:28:31,590 --> 00:28:28,159
now so

808
00:28:33,750 --> 00:28:31,600
thank you so much for that um charlie

809
00:28:35,029 --> 00:28:33,760
yeah i'll uh kind of tag on to something

810
00:28:36,230 --> 00:28:35,039
josh said

811
00:28:38,549 --> 00:28:36,240
at the beginning of the program and

812
00:28:39,190 --> 00:28:38,559
that's i i hope every people remember

813
00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:39,200
that

814
00:28:42,710 --> 00:28:41,760
not just barbecue day it's memorial day

815
00:28:45,029 --> 00:28:42,720
and

816
00:28:46,470 --> 00:28:45,039
so as we get ready for the launch on

817
00:28:48,310 --> 00:28:46,480
wednesday please

818
00:28:49,830 --> 00:28:48,320
keep in mind the people who the ultimate

819
00:28:52,070 --> 00:28:49,840
sacrifice that we

820
00:28:53,029 --> 00:28:52,080
do what we're gonna do on wednesday and

821
00:28:56,070 --> 00:28:53,039
then uh

822
00:28:56,870 --> 00:28:56,080
it's a big day like that's a huge day

823
00:28:59,350 --> 00:28:56,880
because

824
00:29:00,310 --> 00:28:59,360
it is actually opening the door the

825
00:29:02,389 --> 00:29:00,320
commercial space

826
00:29:03,830 --> 00:29:02,399
flight and the opportunity for more and

827
00:29:05,990 --> 00:29:03,840
more people to have

828
00:29:07,510 --> 00:29:06,000
to go do the kinds of things that leon

829
00:29:09,750 --> 00:29:07,520
and i have been blessed

830
00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:09,760
to do so um thanks to everybody who made

831
00:29:14,149 --> 00:29:11,200
this social possible

832
00:29:16,149 --> 00:29:14,159
thanks to all of the people tuned in and

833
00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:16,159
get a good seat

834
00:29:24,870 --> 00:29:23,190
and um charlie i'm going to turn that

835
00:29:27,430 --> 00:29:24,880
thanks right back to you i want to thank

836
00:29:29,750 --> 00:29:27,440
you again for your service um primarily

837
00:29:31,110 --> 00:29:29,760
and also for your leadership as our

838
00:29:33,750 --> 00:29:31,120
administrator

839
00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:33,760
because it takes leadership to do great

840
00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:34,559
things and

841
00:29:38,070 --> 00:29:36,480
i mean you you sat at the head of the

842
00:29:40,230 --> 00:29:38,080
table and um

843
00:29:41,510 --> 00:29:40,240
your your your passion for what we were

844
00:29:44,710 --> 00:29:41,520
doing and and your

845
00:29:46,470 --> 00:29:44,720
care for all the people that you led was

846
00:29:48,149 --> 00:29:46,480
very very apparent so thank you for

847
00:29:51,029 --> 00:29:48,159
everything that you did while you were

848
00:29:52,310 --> 00:29:51,039
um our administrator and last but not

849
00:29:55,110 --> 00:29:52,320
least leland

850
00:29:56,230 --> 00:29:55,120
thanks uh thanks josh and charlie for

851
00:29:58,470 --> 00:29:56,240
those great words

852
00:29:59,350 --> 00:29:58,480
i also want to thank hortense diggs for

853
00:30:01,269 --> 00:29:59,360
she used to

854
00:30:03,029 --> 00:30:01,279
work with me in education and now she's

855
00:30:03,990 --> 00:30:03,039
one of the big dogs at nasa kennedy

856
00:30:06,230 --> 00:30:04,000
space center

857
00:30:07,590 --> 00:30:06,240
but thank her for pulling this all

858
00:30:09,110 --> 00:30:07,600
together because she

859
00:30:10,870 --> 00:30:09,120
talked to me she sent me a text and said

860
00:30:11,990 --> 00:30:10,880
hey i want to get you charlie and josh

861
00:30:14,470 --> 00:30:12,000
together and it's

862
00:30:15,510 --> 00:30:14,480
sometimes rare that you see three

863
00:30:17,990 --> 00:30:15,520
african-american men

864
00:30:19,029 --> 00:30:18,000
and and you know two nfl players and two

865
00:30:20,549 --> 00:30:19,039
astronauts and

866
00:30:21,909 --> 00:30:20,559
you never really see that and what i

867
00:30:24,310 --> 00:30:21,919
said earlier was that you know it

868
00:30:27,029 --> 00:30:24,320
doesn't matter what zip code you're from

869
00:30:27,510 --> 00:30:27,039
we all have the same thing on this

870
00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:27,520
planet

871
00:30:31,430 --> 00:30:29,760
we all have the same amount of time how

872
00:30:33,590 --> 00:30:31,440
do you use your time

873
00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:33,600
and so use that time wisely believe in

874
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:35,360
yourself and for the kids out there

875
00:30:40,549 --> 00:30:38,080
you can be whatever you want to be and

876
00:30:43,190 --> 00:30:40,559
i'm just so honored to be part of this

877
00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:43,200
this program coming up on wednesday

878
00:30:47,830 --> 00:30:44,320
we're sending

879
00:30:50,389 --> 00:30:47,840
human beings to space on a spacex rocket

880
00:30:52,149 --> 00:30:50,399
dragon crew dragon and it's monumental

881
00:30:54,549 --> 00:30:52,159
because this is the fifth time

882
00:30:55,350 --> 00:30:54,559
in the history of our space program that

883
00:30:57,430 --> 00:30:55,360
we've had a

884
00:30:58,549 --> 00:30:57,440
another vehicle this is the fifth

885
00:31:01,190 --> 00:30:58,559
vehicle so

886
00:31:02,950 --> 00:31:01,200
it's monumental it's uh it's gonna blow

887
00:31:04,470 --> 00:31:02,960
my mind ease i mean just to see this

888
00:31:06,630 --> 00:31:04,480
rocket taken off but

889
00:31:08,070 --> 00:31:06,640
but uh i'm really honored and blessed to

890
00:31:09,590 --> 00:31:08,080
be here and uh

891
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:09,600
godspeed on your journey and whatever

892
00:31:12,470 --> 00:31:11,279
you decide to do with your lives and you

893
00:31:15,830 --> 00:31:12,480
can do anything you want to

894
00:31:17,669 --> 00:31:15,840
thanks i absolutely

895
00:31:19,509 --> 00:31:17,679
thank you the thanks really goes on to

896
00:31:21,350 --> 00:31:19,519
to all of you and i feel like i'm about

897
00:31:23,590 --> 00:31:21,360
20 times smarter right now just having

898
00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:23,600
this conversation so i appreciate that

899
00:31:26,710 --> 00:31:24,559
already

900
00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:26,720
um with that folks we do want to take a

901
00:31:29,750 --> 00:31:27,600
quick moment

902
00:31:33,110 --> 00:31:29,760
and um and just commemorate um have just

903
00:31:35,269 --> 00:31:33,120
a moment of silence for um memorial day

904
00:31:37,590 --> 00:31:35,279
because as we mentioned in our previous

905
00:31:39,430 --> 00:31:37,600
shows it's those who are out there

906
00:31:41,029 --> 00:31:39,440
fighting for us fighting for our freedom

907
00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:41,039
that make it possible for us to do what

908
00:31:43,830 --> 00:31:42,640
we're doing right here today

909
00:31:46,230 --> 00:31:43,840
um so we're just gonna take a quick

910
00:31:48,789 --> 00:31:46,240
moment of silence and say um and

911
00:31:52,389 --> 00:31:48,799
give thanks to everything that our

912
00:31:55,430 --> 00:31:54,710
all right and so with that folks that's

913
00:31:57,669 --> 00:31:55,440
going to be

914
00:31:59,190 --> 00:31:57,679
the the closing of this program here

915
00:32:00,149 --> 00:31:59,200
thank you for joining us thank you for

916
00:32:03,190 --> 00:32:00,159
your questions

917
00:32:04,549 --> 00:32:03,200
thank you again leland charlie and josh

918
00:32:06,310 --> 00:32:04,559
for everything that you do

919
00:32:07,669 --> 00:32:06,320
for all the words that you shared the

920
00:32:08,870 --> 00:32:07,679
words and the experiences that you that

921
00:32:10,549 --> 00:32:08,880
you shared with us

922
00:32:12,149 --> 00:32:10,559
we hope you stay tuned this is only l

923
00:32:14,070 --> 00:32:12,159
minus two we still have another day we

924
00:32:16,070 --> 00:32:14,080
have another day for you tomorrow

925
00:32:17,590 --> 00:32:16,080
with some exciting shows the schedule

926
00:32:17,990 --> 00:32:17,600
should be popped up on your screen right

927
00:32:20,789 --> 00:32:18,000
now

928
00:32:21,909 --> 00:32:20,799
so please check on in be ready with your

929
00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:21,919
questions we have

930
00:32:25,509 --> 00:32:24,320
jim bridenstine our our current nasa

931
00:32:28,710 --> 00:32:25,519
administrator and

932
00:32:30,710 --> 00:32:28,720
bob cabana the uh the ksc center

933
00:32:32,470 --> 00:32:30,720
director along with um jim

934
00:32:34,470 --> 00:32:32,480
moore mohart who's going to be here two

935
00:32:36,230 --> 00:32:34,480
o'clock as well so please tune in have

936
00:32:36,789 --> 00:32:36,240
your questions ready you can talk to our

937
00:32:38,310 --> 00:32:36,799
leaders

938
00:32:40,230 --> 00:32:38,320
and find out what's really going on in

939
00:32:42,470 --> 00:32:40,240
our community and more importantly

940
00:32:44,230 --> 00:32:42,480
how this all happens it's not magic it's

941
00:32:44,789 --> 00:32:44,240
not rocket scientist it's a lot more

942
00:32:46,950 --> 00:32:44,799
than that

943
00:32:48,789 --> 00:32:46,960
it's the people behind all of it all

944
00:32:50,230 --> 00:32:48,799
right so once again guys in closing

945
00:32:54,830 --> 00:32:50,240
thank you um so much