yes it's much better now there'll be no
problem thank you dr. James Newman
aboard space vehicle endeavour what's
your mission our mission is actually not
a single mission in the sense of just
coming up and doing one thing we're
really here to work and live in space
today we deployed the Spartan satellite
which will be on a two day mission to
study solar science will next deploy the
Wakefield facility for studying new
technologies in micro in semiconductor
genomics and we also have a spacewalk to
study some of the techniques for the
space station construction let me let me
take some of the incoming calls to you
maybe they can get through to more
clearly our number 1-800 to to to KABC
Larry good morning
yes good morning Michael I just wanted
to wish Dave Walker and the crew the
very best of luck and and the
congratulations from the Career Academy
at Hollywood High School and we'd love
to have them come and visit the school
after they had their experience and tell
us a little bit about the trip in space
well well you were a classmate yes I was
a classmate of Dave Walker that test
pilot school the Air Force test pilot
school great I'm watching a picture of
you up there in space you look so
incredibly relaxed more relaxed and I
feel right now I want to go back to that
question that I posed earlier other
moments of fear are you too darn busy to
be concerned about being frightened the
essence itself is probably the most
frightening part of the launch and if
you've ever seen the launch it's really
a lot scarier to watch one than it is to
be inside the shuttle inside the shuttle
you don't see all of the the fireworks
going on outside and it's just like an
elevator that's a whole building that
goes straight up yeah Robin take an
elevator you know something that isn't
true I think I think every one of us
watching now has fantasized about doing
what you're doing at what age did you
begin to say to yourself you know
something I'd like to be an astronaut
there's a little controversy about that
but it was when I was probably between
13 and 15 when I realized it would be a
great way to combine flying a love of
the idea of flying and also science and
engineering let's take another call
we're speaking to a space shuttle
Endeavour was thigma dr. James Newman
astronaut I'm Michael Jackson when a
good morning good morning and I'm so
thrilled I can barely believe what's
happening to me my name is Manny Shapiro
I'm speaking from Abu California I'm 62
grandma of 11 grandkids and 2 years ago
my husband myself and two others flew at
general aviation playing around the
world through recount Ukraine and Russia
doing within 65 hours but you do every
90 minutes my question is this what
words do you have to my own grandkids
and to all the young people who may be
listening what guidance can you give
them if they want to set their career
along the flight path you've chosen how
lovely
to get that one doctor yes I did and one
of the questions that I often ask is why
should kids study hard in school our
math and science are important but
they're hard subjects we have to study
hard at them to be good and I think that
one of the good answers for that
question is a career in the space
business and certainly a career as an
astronaut I think that more and more
people are going to have the opportunity
to fly in space and I think that this is
one route there's a number of other
routes as well to give kids good reasons
to study hard in school but I strongly
believe that the space program is an
outstanding example great countries do
great things and this is something for
all of us for the kids for adults for
seniors to enjoy Renee thank you very
much for your call and we're really on
the verge of enormous I'm quite frankly
to use I think it was Newt Gingrich's
words frontiers of knowledge and
opportunity and am I correct in saying
that NASA is doing more with less these
days
did we lose him you know I there's so
many questions one should get to an
adventure I will I've done so with the
administrator of NASA
you know why Congress wants to smash
NASA's budget but dr. is NASA doing more
with less these days absolutely
NASA is finding ways to economize to do
things more efficiently and up to this
point with great deal of of actually I
think increased safety the challenge is
to continue that in the face of
continuing budget pressure phone number
1-800 to-to-to KABC and it takes you all
the way out into orbit if you will Bob
you're on 790 KABC talk radio with a man
aboard endeavour how long would you be
there dr. Newman will be here for
another 10 days waking up the the
Spartan satellite hello yeah oh here's
Bob for you though you're doing a lot of
science with it and then during the
spacewalk on flight day 10 we hope
you'll come in join us for that I'd love
it I'd love to go but I'm not bright
enough and I'm too young Bob you're on
KABC talk radio good morning how are you
today fine I'd like to say greetings
from well California but what's on your
mind I just wanted to say good luck this
is a great opportunity for America I I
think the space travel is our future we
should put more money into it well
instead of launching a few spacecraft
every decade gather NASA is planning to
send several probes into deep space each
year would that be a fair assessment of
what the plans are for the future yes
one of the initiatives the diminisher
has been working on is getting some of
these probes into space not only cheaper
but are much more rapidly it's the
faster better cheaper idea which is
already beginning to bear fruit
appreciate that call Bob Rick your own
790 KABC talk radio live into space I'm
Michael Jackson good morning good
morning and greetings from Star Trek
Voyager
you're on with cent of Star Trek Voyager
yes we're
we're in the art department creating the
future just the way you folks are my
question is you're looking forward to
the spacewalk and the station station
assembly practice the space station
assembly practice how would you respond
to the guys who are doing it more
fantasy than fact we've got a bunch of
new tools and techniques we're gonna get
the guys really cold it'll be Mike and
Mike Gerner and Jim boss we're going
outside and I'll be having a controlling
them from the end of the canadian-built
arm do we have I went on a spacewalk on
my first flight and so this time I'll
get to be on the inside and move them
around as they we're gonna take them to
some really cold attitudes you get oh I
love degrees below zero and we have some
new suits improvements in order to help
keep them warm because it is very cold
when the Sun is not shining on you here
in space but those who are just joining
us we are hearing a novel opportunity
Pittman that what KABC is day in and day
out a novel opportunity we are
experiencing what it's like to hold a
press conference live and direct for the
man who's aboard a space vehicle we're
speaking with dr. James Newman
astronauts aboard the space vehicle
endeavour how many times have you been
aloft this is my second flight and I
remember from my first one two years ago
on sts 51 also in September a couple of
months after I got back from that I had
this intense desire to come back to
space and it's not an opportunity that
people get very often so it's really a
pleasure to be back so is this what we
would call a space shuttle yes we are on
the space shuttle and is designed to be
able to take cargo to not only to space
but also return from space and that's
where our program really complements the
Russian space program in our
international space program now because
we can bring a lot of stuff back whereas
the Russians can
a lot of mass into space for their space
station but they haven't been able to
bring very much back Steve you're on 790
KABC talk radio with dr. james newman
astronaut I'm Michael Jackson yes
Michael I just want to say that since I
was a little kid I've always been very
fascinated by the program program and I
was wondering what was the most
thrilling experience space you ever had
what you're the biggest rush I think it
was my spacewalk that I'd have to say
when when I went outside in a spacesuit
and when you're outside here in the
shuttle of course we still have air
we've got all the comforts of home but
getting into a spacesuit and going
outside the shuttle where there's really
nothing between you except for this thin
spacesuit that was really probably the
most unbelievable experience that I've
ever had I bet you were pretty cold as
well when you went out there well
actually in order to test the attitude
that the Hubble Space Telescope repair
guys remember them also a couple years
ago fixing the Hubble Space Telescope
they wanted us to test the attitude now
in space if the sun is shining on the
space shuttle then you'll be warm but if
space is all you can see then you'll get
very cold so we test an attitude to make
sure that the Hubble Space Telescope
repair workers would not get too cold so
we had a medium cold attitude not too
cold when you speak of the Space Shuttle
it's surely one of the most versatile of
space vehicles ever developed and yet it
represents surely only a very fractional
part of all our u.s. space launches
doesn't it of all the all space launches
yes however it's a significant number of
launches of the American space program
total we've had there's been a hundred
human space flights and the shuttle is
now up to about 77 X we're the 71st
let's take one more call if we can
George you're on seven
idk ABC talk radio yes Michael yes'm I
would like to say first of all that I am
extremely pleased to be able to speak to
our astronauts out there and that I have
never ever lost the enthusiasm of
watching our country and their men into
space but my question is doctor what do
you feel is the future of the shuttle is
it going to be more of an unmanned as
opposed to manned missions and what do
you think about the possibility of
taking nuclear waste from our planet and
putting it in space
why don't you get out to the Sun and
getting it off of our planet I'll try to
take the first part of that question and
that is that the space shuttle itself is
definitely a vehicle for people it's a
way of getting people and cargo into
space and it will always be that until
sometime in the next century we develop
another one but there's certainly going
to continue to be a place for unmanned
vehicles when it comes to just hauling
material into space and not having to
worry about bringing it back or needing
the special skills of people then an
unmanned vehicle is the way to go for
communication satellites for most of
those for example and for others as far
as just hauling raw material essentially
or expended nuclear waste into space
that's a bit further down the road I
think it will be actually cheaper to
find good solutions to that here on
earth rather than sending it into space
we are working on better technologies to
make it cheaper to get into space but in
order to send the stuff off to the Sun
is a ways off I am beyond respect what
you do let me stress the MV for a moment
because you are the true heroes that we
still write about without criticism you
are the people who are visiting the
frontiers that we all of us just sort of
dream about fantasize about I am
respectful of your being able to find
some time for us and I realize you've
got a lot of work to do haven't you yes
we have a very busy flight but it's
actually been a pleasure to take a short
break
to talk with you all then I'd love to do
it again thank you very very much indeed
for joining us live from Endeavour
thanks to You captain
James dr. James Newman
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