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you are looking at launch complex 4E at

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Vandenberg space Force Base we are just

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about 45 minutes away from liftoff of

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this Falcon 9 rocket for the

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international surface water and ocean

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topography Mission also known as SWAT

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it's the first satellite mission to

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survey nearly all water on the Earth's

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surface it will help researchers address

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some of the most pressing climate change

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questions of our time

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hello and welcome I'm Raquel Villanueva

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with NASA Communications and I'm joined

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by Nadia Vino graduva shiffer welcome

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Nadia good morning Raquel now she is the

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director of the ocean physics program at

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NASA's science mission directorate in

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the earth science division Nadia as a

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mission scientist what do you feel most

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excited about on this very early morning

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well Raquel we are launching swats at

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our next mission to track water on

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Earth's surface it's been a long journey

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20 years said to make us you know to

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take us to the lunch with plus one day

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so and today our water dreams are coming

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true and why is it important to track

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all of Earth's water well water is alive

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there are eight billion people live on

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this planet and we all depend on the

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water to survive and prosper we use

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water to drink to grow our crops we use

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water to produce energy and support our

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economy water is what controls our

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climate and weather so essentially water

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SWAT will track all of this water for

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the same reason as a full loose water on

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other planets because water is essential

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to Life as we know it absolutely

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essential I have plenty more questions

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for you coming up and we will be taking

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your questions throughout the broadcast

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send us your questions using the hashtag