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hi everyone welcome to the crew 2

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virtual nasa social

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i'm kristen leyva with nasa's launch

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services program and we are so excited

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for you all to be here with us today

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we have a really exciting show in store

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for you all with some guests from

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the space forces detachment 3 team and

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this but before we jump into all the

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allison tinkersley allison how excited

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kristen i am so excited for launch of

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kristin can you tell us where we can

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at 6 11 eastern time you can catch our

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time on any of our social media channels

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nasa.gov forward slash live or on nasa

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the crew 2 mission will be sending four

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international partners which is a

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all to our very first guest

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jessica parsons who is the commercial

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crew mission manager

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jessica thank you so much for being with

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us today good morning thank you for

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i know we were talking earlier and the

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mission manager is such a big role

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especially preparing for a mission like

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crew 2. can you tell us a little bit

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more about your role

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and what you do in preparation for

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something like crew 2

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integrating all different aspects of the

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our job release starts a year before the

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launches and at that point we're you

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every day to understand what's happening

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the vehicle is ready and safe to fly the

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personally to sending those astronauts

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making sure they have a safe flight so

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those kids that was obsessed with space

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nasa and she said well probably in

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engineering it's pretty safe bet

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engineering careers and

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like my foot wasn't at the door and it

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coming true that is amazing thank you so

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much for sharing your story

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after a little bit of your story what do

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you have for us over there allison

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yes jessica that was an excellent story

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viewers be sure to keep sending us your

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questions in the comments below or using

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the hashtag

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asknasa for questions for jessica

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jessica can you tell us a little bit

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more this is a very exciting role what

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the launch and

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that the crew has mainly safe

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uh i'll be at the johnson space center

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available for launches yeah so and this

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mission has been a little bit

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challenging because you guys know the

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midnight and there's a lot of

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i just had uh you know our web dress

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to adjust from our normal day

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all of that it's was done by

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you know my self-driven attitude that i

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could do it and i really wanted to do

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that so

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i think as long as you know she's

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motivated she wants to

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work for nasa just study hard and you

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will get there

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that's such an inspiring story can you

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tell us a little bit about how after

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getting your degree getting your job at

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nasa how did you fall into this role

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well i had i've been with nasa for

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almost 20 years and

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i've had a lot of different roles i

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cannot say

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i wanted to be a mission manager when i

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grew up but that's never what i imagined

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i wanted to do

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but i do want to have an exciting and

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you know inspiring job and i think i'm

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there

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i'm here today but i also had many other

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roles previously in my career

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funnily enough i started working in the

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international space station program here

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at kennedy space center

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so when i started my job i got to see

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all the different modules that are part

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two of the iss i got to do a lot of

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testing on them

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and i feel like life has kind of done a

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turnaround because now we're launching

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astronauts that

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are going to the iss are going to those

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modules that i help

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assemble and test here at ksc

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so at nasa there's a lot of different

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opportunities i've never been afraid of

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taking

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different roles i had many roles in my

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career almost feel like i

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shift to something different every two

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to three years but it's also part of

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growing as an individual i feel like

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whenever i take on something different

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i grow and i learn about that and to me

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that's really important

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and it helps me where i mean where i am

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today

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how awesome to go from starting working

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on the iss and then getting astronauts

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to the iss

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we have a question from youtube if you

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had a chance to fly on crew dragon

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would you do it and if so for how long

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if i had a chance i really would um you

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know

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like i said as a kid that was my dream

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to work for nasa maybe to become an

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astronaut

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but i felt like as my life uh

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you know my my life choices probably uh

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didn't help with that i had a family i

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have a family

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i have two young children and to me

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leaving them for such a long period of

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time knowing that i would be

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so far away it's something that probably

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it stops me from saying yes i want to go

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fly a dragon and be there for

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six months i mean i think it's awesome

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that astronauts like megan

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are doing that but it's just not my

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personal

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we can get the whole family to go as a

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group vacation then

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and we have one last question

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what is your favorite part about the job

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my favorite part about the job is

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knowing again that i am doing

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something significant that i'm

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contributing to

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having these astronauts go in iss you

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know everything that i do

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on my day-to-day job is helping for that

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mission making sure that we

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are ready and that astronauts are there

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safe so

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just knowing that it's uh that's my

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contribution to the program

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is probably the most inspiring thing

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most joyful thing

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that is awesome well your story and the

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work that you're doing is super

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inspiring so we really loved hearing

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from you today thank you so much for

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joining us

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absolutely thank you for having me thank

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you well and good luck with crew 2.

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go crew 2. all right next we'll be

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hearing from the space forces attachment

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3 team

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specifically major chris hearn but

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before we hear from him let's go ahead

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and learn a little bit more about the

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debt three

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program with the retirement of nasa's

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shuttle program in 2011

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the u.s has not seen human space flight

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from its soil in almost a decade

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the airmen of the 45th operations group

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detachment 3

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have stayed mission ready and have been

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here since the beginnings of human space

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flight

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from mercury redstone rockets to the

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launch vehicles of today

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they oversee postured launch rescue

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forces for all manned spaceflight

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operations

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ensuring the safety of our nation's

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astronauts

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leading up to the return of human space

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flight the team has been training

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and working with spacex nasa and boeing

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to prepare for any type of launch rescue

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contingency

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this training allows our team to work

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with and demonstrate to

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current and future mission partners and

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our nation our continued ability

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to ensure that an astronaut's worst day

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is not

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their last day

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wow what an amazing video it really

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highlights what a critical role

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detachment three plays in a launch like

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crew 2

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and with us today i actually have major

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chris hearn who can speak to that a

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little bit

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major chris hearn thank you so much for

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being with us today we're really excited

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to have you

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thank you so much for having me awesome

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so after that video i mean that is a

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really specialized team can you tell us

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a little bit more

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about the detachment 3 team and what

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your role is within the team

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yes ma'am so we're a dual-headed

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organization so for our service port

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we organize train and equip the dod to

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support the three nasa human space

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flight programs

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and then day of mission we actually run

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the operations center prepared to

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respond

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should our assistance be required me

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personally

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day to day i work as the recovery

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operations chief

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which means i work nominal into mission

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for the artemis program coordinating and

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teaching the navy to retrieve the

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capsule when it splashes down off the

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course of california

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whereas for commercial crew i'll

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actually be in the rad cc

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is the dod liaison passing information

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back to our operations center at patrick

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space force base

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that's amazing it sounds like you have

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to kind of

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take a really unique path in order to

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get to

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this organization so can you tell us a

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little bit about your background and how

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you ended up in the detachment 3 team

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yes ma'am i'm a cesar which is combat

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search and rescue helicopter pilot

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i've been flying for 16 years and as a

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rescue expert i was brought onto the

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team just to provide that rescue

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background and then you kind of learn

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additional skills so

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never thought as a helicopter pilot uh

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i'd be working with the navy to retrieve

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spaceships but it's been an awesome

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opportunity

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yeah that is amazing so what is your

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favorite part about this job

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the people i get interact with has been

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incredible the nasa team

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i've done a lot with commercial crew and

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both the artemis programs and everybody

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at nasa has just been so fantastic to

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work with

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and it's neat getting to know in a small

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way i get to leave my fingerprint

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in the on the space program yeah that is

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really awesome well i'm sure

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you've left your fingerprint and a lot

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of really impactful scenarios given that

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you were a rescue

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in rescue operations did you always know

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that you wanted to fly helicopters one

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day

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so it's actually circular uh when i was

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six years old i was inspired by how many

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of the nasa astronauts were air force

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pilots

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and so i announced i was going to be an

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air force pilot

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by the time i got to high school things

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had changed i fell in love with serving

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my country being part of something

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bigger

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than myself and so i kind of stopped

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thinking about the nasa

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inspiration uh to wind up coming back to

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this job uh towards this part of my

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career and so

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really brings it full circle for me and

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it's been very fulfilling

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yeah that is super awesome i bet it is a

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really fulfilling career

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i'm sure we have a ton of social media

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questions who are interested in your

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career so we'll go ahead and kick it

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over to allison and answer some of those

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before i send over the first question

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just want to remind anyone who's just

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joining us

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you can ask your questions in the

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comments below or using the hashtag

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asknasa

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for our first question can you tell us a

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little bit about how long you've been a

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part of this team

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actually today is my three year

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anniversary i showed up uh

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in april of 2018 and uh have been loving

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it ever since

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well congratulations we're super excited

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to have you here on this anniversary

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and then what advice do you have for

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someone who wants to work in the space

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so the best thing i can advise is work

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hard

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both academically and athletically stay

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in shape

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and you know start learning about it

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learn what it is you want to do

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i mean there's everything from cooks to

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firefighters all the way through pilots

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and and space operators so

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really educate yourself and chase your

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dream

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great advice i'd love to hear more about

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what your day-to-day looks like can you

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walk us through a practice scenario on

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your team

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so one day at launch we'll stand up the

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support operations center at patrick

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space force base

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four hours prior to launch and they'll

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begin running checklists and

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coordinating with dod personnel all over

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the globe we'll have alert forces at

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patrick

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joint base charleston and joint base

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pearl harbor-hickam and from the

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operations center we'll make sure that

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all of those teams are prepared and

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ready to respond should there be an

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off nominal or contingency event and

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then we'll be on console through launch

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once orbital insertion happens we'll

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pair down to min forces

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and wait for docking to release the

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rescue assets

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very important but i'm sure you're

570
00:19:58,789 --> 00:19:56,640
hoping that you don't have to ever do

571
00:20:00,150 --> 00:19:58,799
too much of a busy day our viewers do

572
00:20:01,430 --> 00:20:00,160
want to know can you talk about

573
00:20:03,270 --> 00:20:01,440
what we would do if there was a pad

574
00:20:05,430 --> 00:20:03,280
abort

575
00:20:07,350 --> 00:20:05,440
so part of the rescue alert posture is a

576
00:20:08,630 --> 00:20:07,360
team of air force para rescue men and a

577
00:20:11,669 --> 00:20:08,640
combat rescue officer

578
00:20:14,310 --> 00:20:11,679
stationed at patrick with two hh-60

579
00:20:16,710 --> 00:20:14,320
helicopters and two hc-130js

580
00:20:18,470 --> 00:20:16,720
and should a pad abort happen we will

581
00:20:20,310 --> 00:20:18,480
alert them they will take off and hold

582
00:20:22,710 --> 00:20:20,320
outside the range once

583
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:22,720
it is declared safe they will continue

584
00:20:26,230 --> 00:20:24,400
in and the pararescuemen will either

585
00:20:28,070 --> 00:20:26,240
jump from the c-130 or

586
00:20:30,070 --> 00:20:28,080
hilocast from the helicopters they will

587
00:20:31,750 --> 00:20:30,080
assist the astronauts extract them

588
00:20:33,110 --> 00:20:31,760
and then the helicopters will come pull

589
00:20:37,029 --> 00:20:33,120
them out of the life raft and take them

590
00:20:42,149 --> 00:20:39,110
very important job how often do you guys

591
00:20:44,230 --> 00:20:42,159
train for these scenarios

592
00:20:45,909 --> 00:20:44,240
so we train constantly it just depends

593
00:20:49,830 --> 00:20:45,919
on the level we do what we call a full

594
00:20:51,669 --> 00:20:49,840
mission profile for ccp every 18 months

595
00:20:53,590 --> 00:20:51,679
but we do smaller rehearsals such as

596
00:20:55,430 --> 00:20:53,600
tabletop exercises and

597
00:20:58,630 --> 00:20:55,440
command and control exercises almost

598
00:21:04,470 --> 00:21:00,789
and youtube asks nasa wants to know what

599
00:21:08,549 --> 00:21:06,390
again very similar to the question four

600
00:21:10,789 --> 00:21:08,559
i love the people i get to interact with

601
00:21:12,950 --> 00:21:10,799
on the nasa side on the dod side it's

602
00:21:14,549 --> 00:21:12,960
it's just an incredible team of people

603
00:21:16,470 --> 00:21:14,559
working to make these amazing things

604
00:21:20,310 --> 00:21:16,480
happen for our country and continue the

605
00:21:23,270 --> 00:21:21,510
and if you just want to know where will

606
00:21:24,390 --> 00:21:23,280
you be stationed specifically during

607
00:21:25,909 --> 00:21:24,400
lunch

608
00:21:28,310 --> 00:21:25,919
so during the launch i'll be in the rad

609
00:21:29,510 --> 00:21:28,320
cc on kennedy space center and i'll be

610
00:21:31,350 --> 00:21:29,520
liaising between

611
00:21:32,870 --> 00:21:31,360
nasa and then back to our support

612
00:21:35,590 --> 00:21:32,880
operations center at patrick space force

613
00:21:39,029 --> 00:21:36,950
awesome and can you tell us a little bit

614
00:21:42,149 --> 00:21:39,039
more about the detachment three motto

615
00:21:43,830 --> 00:21:42,159
what is it and what does it mean

616
00:21:45,510 --> 00:21:43,840
the air force rescue model is these

617
00:21:46,549 --> 00:21:45,520
things we do that others may live and

618
00:21:49,909 --> 00:21:46,559
it's applicable

619
00:21:52,149 --> 00:21:49,919
in detachment three because uh

620
00:21:54,149 --> 00:21:52,159
very similar it's all about saving lives

621
00:21:55,669 --> 00:21:54,159
and uh it's trying to make sure that

622
00:21:58,230 --> 00:21:55,679
somebody's worst day isn't their last

623
00:22:01,190 --> 00:21:58,240
day and so we we pull that

624
00:22:02,710 --> 00:22:01,200
that mindset from rescue into the human

625
00:22:04,870 --> 00:22:02,720
space flight support office

626
00:22:06,390 --> 00:22:04,880
and as you said we hope our services are

627
00:22:06,870 --> 00:22:06,400
never needed but if they are we want to

628
00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:06,880
make sure

629
00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:10,640
they're perfect sounds like a good motto

630
00:22:12,789 --> 00:22:11,440
to me

631
00:22:14,630 --> 00:22:12,799
that is all the questions we have from

632
00:22:16,950 --> 00:22:14,640
social thank you so much for joining us

633
00:22:18,390 --> 00:22:16,960
thank you man yes thank you major hearn

634
00:22:19,750 --> 00:22:18,400
you are doing really impactful work and

635
00:22:23,430 --> 00:22:19,760
we appreciate you

636
00:22:24,870 --> 00:22:23,440
and all that you do for nasa thank you

637
00:22:27,590 --> 00:22:24,880
all right next up we're going to be

638
00:22:29,789 --> 00:22:27,600
hearing from our nasa astronaut tracy

639
00:22:32,070 --> 00:22:29,799
caldwell dyson who has logged more than

640
00:22:34,710 --> 00:22:32,080
188 days in space and over

641
00:22:36,310 --> 00:22:34,720
22 hours in spacewalk this is something

642
00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:36,320
you don't want to miss but before she

643
00:22:46,170 --> 00:22:38,000
joins us let's check out this awesome

644
00:23:13,190 --> 00:22:56,390
[Music]

645
00:23:16,950 --> 00:23:15,110
what an awesome video if you weren't

646
00:23:17,590 --> 00:23:16,960
excited about launch yet i'm sure that

647
00:23:20,549 --> 00:23:17,600
video

648
00:23:22,149 --> 00:23:20,559
will get you super inspired and to top

649
00:23:24,789 --> 00:23:22,159
it off we now have our

650
00:23:26,630 --> 00:23:24,799
nasa astronaut tracy caldwell dyson

651
00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:26,640
tracy thank you so much for being here i

652
00:23:30,230 --> 00:23:28,320
know i'm super excited to talk to you

653
00:23:31,669 --> 00:23:30,240
and i bet even the viewers at home are

654
00:23:33,909 --> 00:23:31,679
like sitting on their needle pins and

655
00:23:35,669 --> 00:23:33,919
needles is so exciting thank you it's a

656
00:23:36,070 --> 00:23:35,679
pleasure to be here and i'm just as

657
00:23:38,710 --> 00:23:36,080
excited

658
00:23:40,789 --> 00:23:38,720
as all of you so awesome so i think

659
00:23:42,470 --> 00:23:40,799
everyone's probably dying to know

660
00:23:44,070 --> 00:23:42,480
what made you decide to pursue the

661
00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:44,080
astronaut route that is so

662
00:23:49,750 --> 00:23:48,000
amazing you know it was

663
00:23:51,590 --> 00:23:49,760
growing up looking at the sky i think i

664
00:23:52,549 --> 00:23:51,600
was like just about everybody else when

665
00:23:55,190 --> 00:23:52,559
you're a kid you

666
00:23:55,830 --> 00:23:55,200
you wonder what it's like to be in space

667
00:23:57,990 --> 00:23:55,840
and

668
00:23:59,909 --> 00:23:58,000
you have a bunch of questions but when i

669
00:24:01,669 --> 00:23:59,919
became when i was in high school

670
00:24:03,430 --> 00:24:01,679
around 16 years old that's when i

671
00:24:04,230 --> 00:24:03,440
started to get kind of serious about the

672
00:24:07,430 --> 00:24:04,240
thought

673
00:24:09,909 --> 00:24:07,440
and i was trying to decide what to do

674
00:24:11,830 --> 00:24:09,919
go to college what to study and it was

675
00:24:13,029 --> 00:24:11,840
at the same time that nasa was really

676
00:24:15,430 --> 00:24:13,039
excited about

677
00:24:16,149 --> 00:24:15,440
this mission to take a teacher in space

678
00:24:17,430 --> 00:24:16,159
and

679
00:24:19,350 --> 00:24:17,440
it was the challenger mission with

680
00:24:21,029 --> 00:24:19,360
christa mcauliffe and

681
00:24:23,430 --> 00:24:21,039
and before that i hadn't really thought

682
00:24:24,710 --> 00:24:23,440
about becoming an astronaut because i

683
00:24:26,470 --> 00:24:24,720
didn't know any astronauts they were

684
00:24:27,110 --> 00:24:26,480
just test pilots and i didn't know any

685
00:24:29,909 --> 00:24:27,120
but

686
00:24:31,190 --> 00:24:29,919
my goodness how many teachers do we

687
00:24:33,190 --> 00:24:31,200
interface with

688
00:24:34,870 --> 00:24:33,200
on a daily basis when we're that age and

689
00:24:36,390 --> 00:24:34,880
so it really resonated with me and at

690
00:24:37,909 --> 00:24:36,400
that point that's when i started to look

691
00:24:40,470 --> 00:24:37,919
into the astronaut corps

692
00:24:42,710 --> 00:24:40,480
and find out what was this job all about

693
00:24:44,390 --> 00:24:42,720
and the more i discovered

694
00:24:45,909 --> 00:24:44,400
about what they did the more i

695
00:24:47,350 --> 00:24:45,919
discovered it matched a lot of the

696
00:24:49,510 --> 00:24:47,360
things i enjoyed doing

697
00:24:50,950 --> 00:24:49,520
and so it was at that point i started to

698
00:24:53,190 --> 00:24:50,960
pursue it

699
00:24:54,789 --> 00:24:53,200
that's amazing so you said it pursued a

700
00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:54,799
lot of the things that you enjoyed doing

701
00:24:57,350 --> 00:24:56,000
so what are some of those things that

702
00:24:59,029 --> 00:24:57,360
you really loved and

703
00:25:01,190 --> 00:24:59,039
really wanted to take to the next level

704
00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:01,200
whenever you're becoming an astronaut

705
00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:03,679
on the top of that list is science i

706
00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:04,640
wasn't

707
00:25:07,750 --> 00:25:06,480
particularly good at science but i

708
00:25:10,549 --> 00:25:07,760
really liked it

709
00:25:12,070 --> 00:25:10,559
and i found that they were building a

710
00:25:13,750 --> 00:25:12,080
space station and they were building it

711
00:25:14,950 --> 00:25:13,760
so they could do science and i thought

712
00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:14,960
oh my gosh what

713
00:25:18,630 --> 00:25:16,960
cooler way to study science than to be

714
00:25:19,909 --> 00:25:18,640
in space doing it

715
00:25:22,789 --> 00:25:19,919
some other things is that these

716
00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:22,799
astronauts needed to

717
00:25:26,789 --> 00:25:25,200
be in great shape and i was at that time

718
00:25:28,470 --> 00:25:26,799
a student athlete and i thought i wanted

719
00:25:29,430 --> 00:25:28,480
to go to the olympics but i thought man

720
00:25:31,909 --> 00:25:29,440
doing you know

721
00:25:33,430 --> 00:25:31,919
going into space um and being in shape

722
00:25:33,750 --> 00:25:33,440
for it seems a whole lot funnier than

723
00:25:36,789 --> 00:25:33,760
that

724
00:25:38,310 --> 00:25:36,799
and so uh and lastly i worked uh much of

725
00:25:39,669 --> 00:25:38,320
my life for my father who's an

726
00:25:42,390 --> 00:25:39,679
electrical contractor

727
00:25:43,830 --> 00:25:42,400
so as an electrician at an early age and

728
00:25:45,909 --> 00:25:43,840
i loved working with tools

729
00:25:46,950 --> 00:25:45,919
i loved fixing things and when i found

730
00:25:48,950 --> 00:25:46,960
out that

731
00:25:49,990 --> 00:25:48,960
this space station was going to require

732
00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:50,000
space walks

733
00:25:53,110 --> 00:25:51,600
which is basically construction and

734
00:25:55,269 --> 00:25:53,120
space i was like i'm totally

735
00:25:56,230 --> 00:25:55,279
qualified for that so those are some of

736
00:25:58,070 --> 00:25:56,240
the things

737
00:26:00,070 --> 00:25:58,080
that is so amazing i love hearing your

738
00:26:01,669 --> 00:26:00,080
story can you

739
00:26:03,110 --> 00:26:01,679
tell us what advice would you give to

740
00:26:04,870 --> 00:26:03,120
someone who maybe wants to follow in

741
00:26:08,310 --> 00:26:04,880
your footsteps one day

742
00:26:11,110 --> 00:26:08,320
oh i would say create your own i think

743
00:26:12,789 --> 00:26:11,120
the the most important thing that any

744
00:26:15,830 --> 00:26:12,799
young person can do

745
00:26:17,269 --> 00:26:15,840
is to discover what it is they enjoy

746
00:26:18,149 --> 00:26:17,279
doing and i know that sounds really

747
00:26:20,470 --> 00:26:18,159
simple

748
00:26:21,909 --> 00:26:20,480
but i think so often when you're young

749
00:26:25,029 --> 00:26:21,919
you look to other people to

750
00:26:26,789 --> 00:26:25,039
guide you or to give you inspiration and

751
00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:26,799
you may overlook some of the things that

752
00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:28,640
really

753
00:26:32,230 --> 00:26:31,200
you're good at and you enjoy and there's

754
00:26:34,870 --> 00:26:32,240
meaning in that

755
00:26:35,590 --> 00:26:34,880
and the the more the more you enjoy what

756
00:26:38,950 --> 00:26:35,600
you're doing

757
00:26:42,310 --> 00:26:38,960
the the better you comes out

758
00:26:45,029 --> 00:26:42,320
and so i would my advice to to to anyone

759
00:26:47,190 --> 00:26:45,039
wanting to pursue a career especially as

760
00:26:48,789 --> 00:26:47,200
an astronaut is to pursue those things

761
00:26:51,430 --> 00:26:48,799
that you enjoy doing

762
00:26:53,669 --> 00:26:51,440
and pursue them with all your heart and

763
00:26:55,990 --> 00:26:53,679
the more of you you put in it the better

764
00:26:56,950 --> 00:26:56,000
you comes out and who knows where it's

765
00:26:59,110 --> 00:26:56,960
going to lead you

766
00:27:00,710 --> 00:26:59,120
yeah that is so awesome what an

767
00:27:02,390 --> 00:27:00,720
inspirational and impactful career we've

768
00:27:03,990 --> 00:27:02,400
had and that's great advice too

769
00:27:05,909 --> 00:27:04,000
what would you say has been your

770
00:27:10,149 --> 00:27:05,919
favorite moment throughout your career

771
00:27:15,830 --> 00:27:13,909
i don't have one single favorite moment

772
00:27:18,310 --> 00:27:15,840
because there are so many that this

773
00:27:21,909 --> 00:27:18,320
career has afforded me

774
00:27:25,510 --> 00:27:21,919
i would say though the most the most

775
00:27:28,710 --> 00:27:25,520
memorable part of of the work i've done

776
00:27:30,470 --> 00:27:28,720
is nothing that i have done it has been

777
00:27:32,789 --> 00:27:30,480
riding on a rocket that other people

778
00:27:34,710 --> 00:27:32,799
designed and other people manufactured

779
00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:34,720
and other people controlled to get me to

780
00:27:39,510 --> 00:27:35,840
space

781
00:27:42,230 --> 00:27:39,520
and to go into into an environment that

782
00:27:43,110 --> 00:27:42,240
is so unwelcoming to to human beings and

783
00:27:45,110 --> 00:27:43,120
to be in a sh

784
00:27:48,310 --> 00:27:45,120
in a shirt sleeve looking at a window

785
00:27:50,870 --> 00:27:48,320
and gazing at this

786
00:27:52,149 --> 00:27:50,880
extraordinary planet and seeing god's

787
00:27:53,750 --> 00:27:52,159
creation

788
00:27:56,070 --> 00:27:53,760
that will stick with me for the rest of

789
00:27:56,630 --> 00:27:56,080
my life and i feel like i did very

790
00:27:59,909 --> 00:27:56,640
little

791
00:28:00,470 --> 00:27:59,919
to to accomplish that well i don't know

792
00:28:02,389 --> 00:28:00,480
but i

793
00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:02,399
do bet that that is a remarkable view

794
00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:03,760
that many don't get to see

795
00:28:07,909 --> 00:28:06,320
so that that's really incredible i loved

796
00:28:09,029 --> 00:28:07,919
hearing that and i'm sure our viewers at

797
00:28:10,310 --> 00:28:09,039
home do too

798
00:28:11,909 --> 00:28:10,320
i think we'll go ahead and kick it over

799
00:28:13,430 --> 00:28:11,919
to some social media questions i think

800
00:28:14,710 --> 00:28:13,440
everyone's pretty excited to meet you

801
00:28:17,669 --> 00:28:14,720
and hear what else you have to say

802
00:28:19,510 --> 00:28:17,679
cool looking forward to it tracy once

803
00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:19,520
you decided you had the qualifications

804
00:28:23,909 --> 00:28:21,919
what was the process like to become an

805
00:28:25,990 --> 00:28:23,919
astronaut

806
00:28:27,990 --> 00:28:26,000
well the first step is filling out an

807
00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:28,000
application you

808
00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:31,120
whether it's you know typing a piece of

809
00:28:36,230 --> 00:28:32,320
paper back when i

810
00:28:39,430 --> 00:28:36,240
applied or going online it starts there

811
00:28:40,389 --> 00:28:39,440
and and then there are several phases of

812
00:28:43,269 --> 00:28:40,399
the process

813
00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:43,279
of selection whereby you're either going

814
00:28:48,789 --> 00:28:45,760
through medical

815
00:28:51,110 --> 00:28:48,799
exams psychological exams interviews

816
00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:51,120
and then demonstrations of your skill

817
00:28:56,470 --> 00:28:53,200
and you pass through each one of these

818
00:28:59,750 --> 00:28:56,480
um these gates if you will or phases uh

819
00:29:01,590 --> 00:28:59,760
to to then be selected um

820
00:29:03,750 --> 00:29:01,600
that's not the end of it then you you

821
00:29:05,909 --> 00:29:03,760
continue on once you're selected

822
00:29:07,269 --> 00:29:05,919
um with further um instruction and

823
00:29:10,549 --> 00:29:07,279
evaluation

824
00:29:12,230 --> 00:29:10,559
and training in order to then uh pass

825
00:29:16,549 --> 00:29:12,240
through your candidacy

826
00:29:17,909 --> 00:29:16,559
and become a full-fledged astronaut

827
00:29:19,510 --> 00:29:17,919
so we'll fast forward you're now an

828
00:29:21,190 --> 00:29:19,520
astronaut you're on your first flight

829
00:29:24,149 --> 00:29:21,200
what is the best description of how it

830
00:29:26,789 --> 00:29:24,159
feels to be in space

831
00:29:28,789 --> 00:29:26,799
oh just try not to have a giggle fit

832
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:28,799
when you get into microgravity that

833
00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:32,080
is probably when you realize where you

834
00:29:36,230 --> 00:29:33,520
are

835
00:29:37,350 --> 00:29:36,240
after i mean it takes years to get to

836
00:29:40,789 --> 00:29:37,360
that point

837
00:29:42,310 --> 00:29:40,799
and so much intensity in your training

838
00:29:45,510 --> 00:29:42,320
and the amount of information that comes

839
00:29:47,510 --> 00:29:45,520
into your head and the amount of

840
00:29:49,190 --> 00:29:47,520
deciding you have to do about how much

841
00:29:51,269 --> 00:29:49,200
of that information i need to keep and

842
00:29:55,269 --> 00:29:51,279
how much i can throw out

843
00:29:56,870 --> 00:29:55,279
by the time you get to orbit and um

844
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:56,880
and you're there with your crewmates

845
00:30:00,389 --> 00:29:58,799
who've been through this with you

846
00:30:03,029 --> 00:30:00,399
and you're thinking about your family

847
00:30:04,789 --> 00:30:03,039
back home who are supporting you

848
00:30:07,110 --> 00:30:04,799
gosh i cry right now thinking about it

849
00:30:09,350 --> 00:30:07,120
that you

850
00:30:10,230 --> 00:30:09,360
you're just in awe of of what just

851
00:30:11,590 --> 00:30:10,240
happened to you

852
00:30:13,350 --> 00:30:11,600
and then you got to figure out this

853
00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:13,360
whole floating thing and that takes a

854
00:30:15,190 --> 00:30:14,080
few minutes

855
00:30:17,830 --> 00:30:15,200
oh well actually it takes a little

856
00:30:21,029 --> 00:30:17,840
longer than that i hope i'll be honest

857
00:30:22,470 --> 00:30:21,039
did i answer the question you did okay

858
00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:22,480
participants wants to know falling on

859
00:30:26,230 --> 00:30:24,399
that do you have any uh

860
00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:26,240
tips or tricks for microgravity and

861
00:30:30,470 --> 00:30:27,919
effects on your body how to handle it

862
00:30:31,590 --> 00:30:30,480
oh yes do i ever we don't have a whole

863
00:30:33,110 --> 00:30:31,600
lot of time for me to get into the

864
00:30:35,110 --> 00:30:33,120
details but

865
00:30:37,830 --> 00:30:35,120
expect to be there for a little while in

866
00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:37,840
order to get really good at it because

867
00:30:41,909 --> 00:30:39,520
the first if you so if you're up there

868
00:30:44,789 --> 00:30:41,919
on a shuttle mission or some

869
00:30:46,070 --> 00:30:44,799
duration like that like two weeks forget

870
00:30:47,909 --> 00:30:46,080
it you're not going to be graceful

871
00:30:50,230 --> 00:30:47,919
you're going to be like a cow

872
00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:50,240
in space but if you're there for six

873
00:30:53,350 --> 00:30:51,760
months the first two months you're

874
00:30:54,070 --> 00:30:53,360
trying to figure out how to control your

875
00:30:55,909 --> 00:30:54,080
body

876
00:30:57,190 --> 00:30:55,919
and and how fast things float away from

877
00:30:59,190 --> 00:30:57,200
you and then

878
00:31:01,269 --> 00:30:59,200
um the the third and the fourth month

879
00:31:01,750 --> 00:31:01,279
you're you're kind of anticipating like

880
00:31:04,549 --> 00:31:01,760
oh

881
00:31:05,590 --> 00:31:04,559
i remember this is this is this is how

882
00:31:07,029 --> 00:31:05,600
space works

883
00:31:08,470 --> 00:31:07,039
and then by your fifth and sixth month

884
00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:08,480
you're really good at that's where

885
00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:10,080
that's where the grace comes in and the

886
00:31:14,870 --> 00:31:10,960
cow goes out

887
00:31:16,470 --> 00:31:14,880
so it takes six months everybody no less

888
00:31:20,149 --> 00:31:16,480
well then crew two should get it figured

889
00:31:23,350 --> 00:31:21,669
speaking of commercial companies one of

890
00:31:24,710 --> 00:31:23,360
our viewers wants to know it seems like

891
00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:24,720
there are a lot of astronauts flying

892
00:31:27,750 --> 00:31:25,760
with commercial companies

893
00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:27,760
some sub-orbital what do you think of

894
00:31:33,590 --> 00:31:30,399
all the space travel coming up

895
00:31:35,269 --> 00:31:33,600
well uh what do i think about it i think

896
00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:35,279
it's a lot of work i think it's a lot

897
00:31:38,870 --> 00:31:36,240
more work

898
00:31:40,230 --> 00:31:38,880
than people realize before they get

899
00:31:43,590 --> 00:31:40,240
involved in it

900
00:31:46,470 --> 00:31:43,600
we we cherish hollywood and how

901
00:31:47,430 --> 00:31:46,480
much they have promoted the space

902
00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:47,440
program and space

903
00:31:50,950 --> 00:31:49,919
exploration through their storytelling

904
00:31:53,029 --> 00:31:50,960
it's

905
00:31:54,950 --> 00:31:53,039
we're grateful however they they make it

906
00:31:56,470 --> 00:31:54,960
look a little too easy so i think when

907
00:31:58,710 --> 00:31:56,480
when folks get involved in

908
00:31:59,990 --> 00:31:58,720
in space flight they realize just how

909
00:32:03,190 --> 00:32:00,000
long it takes

910
00:32:03,909 --> 00:32:03,200
just how much work it takes and to be

911
00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:03,919
quite honest

912
00:32:07,350 --> 00:32:05,600
space is not a very comfortable

913
00:32:08,950 --> 00:32:07,360
environment there's a lot of work and

914
00:32:11,190 --> 00:32:08,960
time and research and development that

915
00:32:12,070 --> 00:32:11,200
goes into making it as slick as we have

916
00:32:14,230 --> 00:32:12,080
it today

917
00:32:15,430 --> 00:32:14,240
and so just be prepared be patient be

918
00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:15,440
flexible

919
00:32:19,750 --> 00:32:18,240
that's that's my best advice i think

920
00:32:21,350 --> 00:32:19,760
that's great advice and one of our

921
00:32:23,750 --> 00:32:21,360
viewers wants to know what's the most

922
00:32:25,110 --> 00:32:23,760
unexpected or surprising thing you've

923
00:32:29,190 --> 00:32:25,120
done as a part of your official

924
00:32:30,389 --> 00:32:29,200
astronaut duties

925
00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:30,399
i don't know if i could say this out

926
00:32:32,870 --> 00:32:32,240
loud but it's talk about going the

927
00:32:35,590 --> 00:32:32,880
bathroom

928
00:32:36,149 --> 00:32:35,600
in space i have talked about that more

929
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:36,159
than i

930
00:32:42,630 --> 00:32:39,600
ever expected both in in just

931
00:32:43,029 --> 00:32:42,640
and technically speaking i i'm an expert

932
00:32:47,909 --> 00:32:43,039
on

933
00:32:50,470 --> 00:32:47,919
i never believed that would ever be

934
00:32:51,509 --> 00:32:50,480
um on my resume but that would probably

935
00:32:53,990 --> 00:32:51,519
be the most surprising

936
00:32:54,789 --> 00:32:54,000
it's probably not the most poetic but

937
00:32:57,830 --> 00:32:54,799
it's the truth

938
00:32:59,509 --> 00:32:57,840
at least it's yeah it's honest but can

939
00:33:01,430 --> 00:32:59,519
you talk about going to the bathroom

940
00:33:08,830 --> 00:33:01,440
in space in russian one of our viewers

941
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:14,630
um

942
00:33:19,590 --> 00:33:15,830
i don't speak russian but i'm going to

943
00:33:23,430 --> 00:33:21,750
and we also have a viewer hello from

944
00:33:25,269 --> 00:33:23,440
greenland my nine-year-old son is very

945
00:33:27,029 --> 00:33:25,279
interested in space and astronauts

946
00:33:28,470 --> 00:33:27,039
is it fun to be on the international

947
00:33:31,430 --> 00:33:28,480
space station

948
00:33:33,830 --> 00:33:31,440
yes it's fun and again it's a lot of

949
00:33:37,110 --> 00:33:33,840
work you guys we are we are

950
00:33:39,509 --> 00:33:37,120
constantly working and always got our

951
00:33:42,470 --> 00:33:39,519
hands on something our head in a rack

952
00:33:43,350 --> 00:33:42,480
but it is fun to be there um to be there

953
00:33:45,509 --> 00:33:43,360
with your friends

954
00:33:47,909 --> 00:33:45,519
um and and and your fellow astronauts

955
00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:47,919
are your friends your fellow crewmates

956
00:33:51,110 --> 00:33:49,120
um because they're going through the

957
00:33:52,789 --> 00:33:51,120
same thing you're going through

958
00:33:54,549 --> 00:33:52,799
it's fun when you get to connect with

959
00:33:57,430 --> 00:33:54,559
family and friends back home

960
00:33:58,310 --> 00:33:57,440
and share the experience with them it's

961
00:34:00,389 --> 00:33:58,320
fun to

962
00:34:02,549 --> 00:34:00,399
honestly to flip around and have that

963
00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:02,559
become kind of normal in your life for

964
00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:03,760
six months

965
00:34:08,389 --> 00:34:06,640
and there's nothing that takes the place

966
00:34:12,629 --> 00:34:08,399
of looking out the window and

967
00:34:16,230 --> 00:34:14,149
i bet and we are going to switch gears a

968
00:34:18,230 --> 00:34:16,240
little bit of looking up to the sky

969
00:34:19,750 --> 00:34:18,240
from earth we have a mess that says

970
00:34:21,430 --> 00:34:19,760
tracy my daughter and i just got a

971
00:34:21,990 --> 00:34:21,440
telescope do you enjoy just looking at

972
00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:22,000
the scar

973
00:34:25,270 --> 00:34:23,839
stars and if so what is your favorite

974
00:34:28,710 --> 00:34:25,280
constellation to spot

975
00:34:31,909 --> 00:34:28,720
oh yes i do i love to look at

976
00:34:34,790 --> 00:34:31,919
the stars and i grew up in the desert

977
00:34:35,750 --> 00:34:34,800
where the sky was black the stars were

978
00:34:38,790 --> 00:34:35,760
clear

979
00:34:40,149 --> 00:34:38,800
and immense and i miss it because i live

980
00:34:41,430 --> 00:34:40,159
in houston now and there's a lot of

981
00:34:43,990 --> 00:34:41,440
light

982
00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:44,000
other than the stars what was the other

983
00:34:46,950 --> 00:34:44,960
part of that question

984
00:34:48,389 --> 00:34:46,960
i got so wrapped up in remembering what

985
00:34:49,669 --> 00:34:48,399
it looked like do you have a favorite

986
00:34:53,510 --> 00:34:49,679
constellation when you're looking

987
00:34:57,990 --> 00:34:56,069
because you can see it and not have to

988
00:34:59,030 --> 00:34:58,000
be such an astronomer to know what

989
00:35:01,190 --> 00:34:59,040
you're looking at

990
00:35:02,710 --> 00:35:01,200
but also because in the belt of orion is

991
00:35:03,109 --> 00:35:02,720
the star and i might be pronouncing it

992
00:35:06,630 --> 00:35:03,119
wrong

993
00:35:09,349 --> 00:35:06,640
rigel or regal and i love that so much i

994
00:35:13,109 --> 00:35:09,359
named my dog after it

995
00:35:14,550 --> 00:35:13,119
that's awesome going back you said your

996
00:35:15,750 --> 00:35:14,560
most talked about question is using the

997
00:35:17,109 --> 00:35:15,760
bathroom in the space as a nasa

998
00:35:18,790 --> 00:35:17,119
communicator we often get

999
00:35:20,150 --> 00:35:18,800
what is the food on the international

1000
00:35:21,349 --> 00:35:20,160
space station so i'll have you answer

1001
00:35:25,109 --> 00:35:21,359
that one for us

1002
00:35:28,630 --> 00:35:25,119
what is the food like or yeah oh well

1003
00:35:31,750 --> 00:35:28,640
it is um i'm gonna say

1004
00:35:33,349 --> 00:35:31,760
it's great uh for space food and i'm

1005
00:35:35,829 --> 00:35:33,359
hesitating just because i know we've

1006
00:35:38,790 --> 00:35:35,839
done a lot to reformulate the food

1007
00:35:39,990 --> 00:35:38,800
since i've been there and so i'm going

1008
00:35:43,829 --> 00:35:40,000
to take

1009
00:35:44,790 --> 00:35:43,839
even better than it was when i was there

1010
00:35:47,270 --> 00:35:44,800
what's really cool about the

1011
00:35:48,630 --> 00:35:47,280
international space station food is that

1012
00:35:50,470 --> 00:35:48,640
it's international

1013
00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:50,480
and so not only you know are we eating

1014
00:35:53,190 --> 00:35:52,160
meatloaf and grilled pork chops and

1015
00:35:55,670 --> 00:35:53,200
asparagus and

1016
00:35:58,710 --> 00:35:55,680
and apple pie but we're also eating

1017
00:36:00,550 --> 00:35:58,720
sushi and rice we're having um

1018
00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:00,560
you know having stew on the russian side

1019
00:36:04,630 --> 00:36:02,320
we're having

1020
00:36:05,670 --> 00:36:04,640
delicacies from from europe and it's

1021
00:36:09,750 --> 00:36:05,680
just a

1022
00:36:13,990 --> 00:36:09,760
cornucopia of flavors in space and so

1023
00:36:16,470 --> 00:36:14,000
yeah food's great sounds delicious

1024
00:36:18,390 --> 00:36:16,480
and we have time for one last question

1025
00:36:20,630 --> 00:36:18,400
if you could choose one destination

1026
00:36:22,950 --> 00:36:20,640
the international space station moon or

1027
00:36:25,910 --> 00:36:22,960
mars to go to which would you choose

1028
00:36:27,510 --> 00:36:25,920
oh i'm going to say the moon because

1029
00:36:29,109 --> 00:36:27,520
i've been to the international space

1030
00:36:29,589 --> 00:36:29,119
station and i want more people to see

1031
00:36:32,630 --> 00:36:29,599
that

1032
00:36:34,870 --> 00:36:32,640
and i've not been to the moon and i hear

1033
00:36:37,910 --> 00:36:34,880
that we might be going there soon so

1034
00:36:39,510 --> 00:36:37,920
yeah i'm going to pick the moon

1035
00:36:40,950 --> 00:36:39,520
that is awesome i think i picked the

1036
00:36:42,150 --> 00:36:40,960
moon too that seems like a really fun

1037
00:36:43,750 --> 00:36:42,160
place to visit

1038
00:36:46,230 --> 00:36:43,760
but you've gotten to see some incredible

1039
00:36:47,829 --> 00:36:46,240
views already which is amazing and

1040
00:36:49,349 --> 00:36:47,839
we can catch you again on the live

1041
00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:49,359
broadcast right yes

1042
00:36:52,790 --> 00:36:51,119
awesome we can't wait to hear from you

1043
00:36:54,550 --> 00:36:52,800
again but in the meantime thank you so

1044
00:36:55,510 --> 00:36:54,560
much for joining us it was really fun

1045
00:36:56,950 --> 00:36:55,520
having you on the show

1046
00:36:58,630 --> 00:36:56,960
thank you thank you it was a lot of fun

1047
00:37:00,470 --> 00:36:58,640
for me too

1048
00:37:01,670 --> 00:37:00,480
all right everyone and thank you all

1049
00:37:03,910 --> 00:37:01,680
back home for joining us

1050
00:37:05,510 --> 00:37:03,920
on this crew 2 nasa virtual social we

1051
00:37:06,310 --> 00:37:05,520
were so excited to have you all here

1052
00:37:07,829 --> 00:37:06,320
with us

1053
00:37:09,349 --> 00:37:07,839
you can check us out again tomorrow

1054
00:37:12,630 --> 00:37:09,359
during our countdown clock

1055
00:37:14,230 --> 00:37:12,640
show starting at 9 15 a.m eastern time

1056
00:37:16,470 --> 00:37:14,240
once again launch is going to be this

1057
00:37:18,790 --> 00:37:16,480
thursday april 22nd at 6 11

1058
00:37:21,750 --> 00:37:18,800
a.m eastern time you can catch our live

1059
00:37:23,589 --> 00:37:21,760
broadcast starting at 2 a.m that morning

1060
00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:23,599
once again check it out on our social

1061
00:37:29,270 --> 00:37:26,320
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1062
00:37:31,030 --> 00:37:29,280
or on nasa tv thank you guys again so

1063
00:37:31,349 --> 00:37:31,040
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