1
00:00:29,840 --> 00:01:02,229
foreign

2
00:01:02,239 --> 00:01:25,030
me

3
00:01:28,390 --> 00:01:26,710
laurissas around the world that'll be

4
00:01:30,630 --> 00:01:28,400
proud to hear that we played a song for

5
00:01:32,469 --> 00:01:30,640
them this morning and how appropriate

6
00:01:33,990 --> 00:01:32,479
that there's a line in there about uh

7
00:01:35,030 --> 00:01:34,000
alarm clocks

8
00:01:36,950 --> 00:01:35,040
uh

9
00:01:39,030 --> 00:01:36,960
we've as you know not really needed

10
00:01:40,710 --> 00:01:39,040
alarm clocks the last couple of days but

11
00:01:50,789 --> 00:01:40,720
we're up and adam and ready to go for

12
00:01:54,789 --> 00:01:52,469
currently the shuttle atlantis is

13
00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:54,799
orbiting the earth firmly locked

14
00:01:58,789 --> 00:01:56,960
to the mir space station as this live

15
00:02:00,870 --> 00:01:58,799
downlink from payload bay cameras aboard

16
00:02:03,910 --> 00:02:00,880
the shuttle indicate

17
00:02:05,270 --> 00:02:03,920
in view is the orbiter docking system

18
00:02:07,510 --> 00:02:05,280
linked up to the

19
00:02:08,710 --> 00:02:07,520
docking mechanism of the cristal science

20
00:02:10,949 --> 00:02:08,720
module

21
00:02:12,550 --> 00:02:10,959
with its omnidirectional antenna clearly

22
00:02:13,589 --> 00:02:12,560
in view in the upper left-hand corner of

23
00:02:15,670 --> 00:02:13,599
this picture

24
00:02:19,510 --> 00:02:15,680
and in the rear of the shuttle's cargo

25
00:02:21,990 --> 00:02:19,520
bay the space lab science module

26
00:02:23,830 --> 00:02:22,000
where mission specialist bonnie dunbar

27
00:02:25,990 --> 00:02:23,840
and ellen baker have begun perhaps the

28
00:02:28,790 --> 00:02:26,000
busiest day of the five days of joint

29
00:02:32,390 --> 00:02:28,800
scientific operations on tap for the 10

30
00:02:38,630 --> 00:02:32,400
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the 225

31
00:02:41,830 --> 00:02:40,630
we're now getting live tv from the space

32
00:02:45,830 --> 00:02:41,840
lab

33
00:02:47,750 --> 00:02:45,840
along with commander hood gibson

34
00:02:49,750 --> 00:02:47,760
floating in the foreground

35
00:02:51,430 --> 00:02:49,760
as

36
00:02:53,670 --> 00:02:51,440
mission specialists ellen baker and

37
00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:53,680
bonnie dunbar perform a variety of

38
00:02:59,430 --> 00:02:57,120
activities mostly metabolic experiments

39
00:03:01,509 --> 00:02:59,440
vladimir dujourov the mere 18 commander

40
00:03:03,350 --> 00:03:01,519
is seen next to dunbar on the right-hand

41
00:03:04,710 --> 00:03:03,360
side of the picture who gibson is in the

42
00:03:07,110 --> 00:03:04,720
foreground

43
00:03:08,470 --> 00:03:07,120
in the rear of the picture is the mir 18

44
00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:08,480
flight engineer he's partially

45
00:03:11,910 --> 00:03:10,400
obstructed from view right now now

46
00:03:15,670 --> 00:03:11,920
coming back into view that's gennady

47
00:03:17,430 --> 00:03:15,680
strekeloff the mirror 18 flight engineer

48
00:03:19,670 --> 00:03:17,440
pilot charlie precourt is back there as

49
00:03:21,509 --> 00:03:19,680
well along with the u.s astronaut norm

50
00:03:23,030 --> 00:03:21,519
thaggart who's wrapping up his fifth

51
00:03:24,470 --> 00:03:23,040
flight into space

52
00:03:26,470 --> 00:03:24,480
of course so the last three and a half

53
00:03:28,070 --> 00:03:26,480
months having been spent aboard the mere

54
00:03:30,309 --> 00:03:28,080
space station

55
00:03:32,789 --> 00:03:30,319
on board mir at the moment are the mere

56
00:03:34,229 --> 00:03:32,799
19 crew who replaced thagger du jour off

57
00:03:36,630 --> 00:03:34,239
and struck a loft that's anatoly

58
00:03:37,589 --> 00:03:36,640
seloviav and nikolai budaran they're in

59
00:03:39,910 --> 00:03:37,599
the uh

60
00:03:41,830 --> 00:03:39,920
the process of uh checking out many of

61
00:03:44,309 --> 00:03:41,840
the mirrors systems continuing their

62
00:03:46,550 --> 00:03:44,319
handover from the mirror 18 crew as they

63
00:03:47,830 --> 00:03:46,560
begin to set up shop for their two-month

64
00:03:49,670 --> 00:03:47,840
stay aboard the mirror they'll be

65
00:03:57,429 --> 00:03:49,680
relieved by another cosmonaut crew in

66
00:04:46,230 --> 00:03:59,270
atlanta space lab mayor we're back with

67
00:04:52,150 --> 00:04:47,350
atlantis

68
00:05:05,909 --> 00:04:56,150
yeah we can confirm the forward ones

69
00:05:10,550 --> 00:05:08,870
okay great copy dave 6 through 11 and

70
00:05:13,270 --> 00:05:10,560
then we'll stand by

71
00:05:24,230 --> 00:05:13,280
i guess the data from the

72
00:05:28,710 --> 00:05:26,790
atlantis hoot uh you acquired exactly

73
00:05:30,710 --> 00:05:28,720
the data that we needed

74
00:05:33,670 --> 00:05:30,720
procedurally it was just fine and we're

75
00:05:35,029 --> 00:05:33,680
still evaluating the data

76
00:05:45,430 --> 00:05:35,039
we have no reason to think there's any

77
00:05:49,670 --> 00:05:47,189
this is a special report from cnn i'm

78
00:05:52,390 --> 00:05:49,680
john holliman at cnn center in atlanta

79
00:05:54,710 --> 00:05:52,400
we're about to go up about 217 miles

80
00:05:57,350 --> 00:05:54,720
above the surface of the earth to the

81
00:05:59,749 --> 00:05:57,360
core module of the mir space station

82
00:06:01,590 --> 00:05:59,759
where the 10 shuttle and

83
00:06:03,270 --> 00:06:01,600
smear astronauts and cosmonauts are

84
00:06:04,710 --> 00:06:03,280
waiting to spend about 15 minutes with

85
00:06:06,390 --> 00:06:04,720
us we have to share our time with

86
00:06:08,150 --> 00:06:06,400
somebody else so we have to use the 15

87
00:06:09,830 --> 00:06:08,160
minutes as effectively as we can i'm

88
00:06:11,350 --> 00:06:09,840
going to start with commander hoot

89
00:06:13,029 --> 00:06:11,360
gibson who's just had a new baby

90
00:06:13,909 --> 00:06:13,039
daughter emily as i told you a second

91
00:06:15,830 --> 00:06:13,919
ago

92
00:06:17,590 --> 00:06:15,840
it's nice to have new children how would

93
00:06:19,430 --> 00:06:17,600
you when emily gets to be eight years

94
00:06:25,110 --> 00:06:19,440
old explain what happened on this

95
00:06:29,670 --> 00:06:27,510
well john i suppose she's probably going

96
00:06:31,110 --> 00:06:29,680
to grow up hearing all about it so by

97
00:06:32,469 --> 00:06:31,120
the time she's eight years old she's

98
00:06:34,550 --> 00:06:32,479
probably going to be tired of hearing

99
00:06:35,670 --> 00:06:34,560
about it but uh

100
00:06:40,390 --> 00:06:35,680
i guess

101
00:06:42,390 --> 00:06:40,400
grandchildren that that it was

102
00:06:44,950 --> 00:06:42,400
perhaps the proudest moment of my life

103
00:06:47,270 --> 00:06:44,960
to be able to take part in a in an event

104
00:06:49,350 --> 00:06:47,280
such as this in an event

105
00:06:51,749 --> 00:06:49,360
the likes of which we haven't

106
00:06:55,029 --> 00:06:51,759
haven't tried to do i haven't dreamed of

107
00:06:55,909 --> 00:06:55,039
for over 20 years now it's certainly

108
00:06:58,150 --> 00:06:55,919
been

109
00:07:01,110 --> 00:06:58,160
the piloting challenge of my career and

110
00:07:03,430 --> 00:07:01,120
the and the uh and the flight operations

111
00:07:05,990 --> 00:07:03,440
challenge of my entire career to get to

112
00:07:06,790 --> 00:07:06,000
take part in in an event like this and

113
00:07:08,629 --> 00:07:06,800
uh

114
00:07:10,150 --> 00:07:08,639
i'm really proud of the crew that i got

115
00:07:11,589 --> 00:07:10,160
to go up with and the folks on the

116
00:07:13,430 --> 00:07:11,599
ground that helped put it all together

117
00:07:16,469 --> 00:07:13,440
and i guess i'll try and convey all of

118
00:07:18,870 --> 00:07:16,479
that to little emily as she gets bigger

119
00:07:20,469 --> 00:07:18,880
yeah how tough a job has it been really

120
00:07:22,870 --> 00:07:20,479
you said it was the piloting challenge

121
00:07:24,950 --> 00:07:22,880
of your career tell me how it was during

122
00:07:27,350 --> 00:07:24,960
the docking in in the last few seconds

123
00:07:29,909 --> 00:07:27,360
of that and uh and tell me if you had

124
00:07:31,909 --> 00:07:29,919
time to listen or feel the two ships

125
00:07:33,830 --> 00:07:31,919
coming together there's that we i've got

126
00:07:35,670 --> 00:07:33,840
a fax in from a viewer in russia who

127
00:07:37,749 --> 00:07:35,680
wants to know that the sensations that

128
00:07:41,909 --> 00:07:37,759
you felt and heard and sensed as you

129
00:07:45,670 --> 00:07:43,990
uh john i'll tell you what we felt from

130
00:07:48,070 --> 00:07:45,680
over on the shuttle side and make sure

131
00:07:49,749 --> 00:07:48,080
you ask the uh the russian crew the mere

132
00:07:51,430 --> 00:07:49,759
18 crew what they felt because i think

133
00:07:54,469 --> 00:07:51,440
they noticed more at the actual moment

134
00:07:57,189 --> 00:07:54,479
of docking than we did

135
00:07:59,270 --> 00:07:57,199
the the most demanding part of the of

136
00:08:01,990 --> 00:07:59,280
the whole rendezvous i felt was when we

137
00:08:04,309 --> 00:08:02,000
intercepted the the alignment cone that

138
00:08:05,990 --> 00:08:04,319
we needed to fly up in and stay within

139
00:08:08,070 --> 00:08:06,000
that alignment cone

140
00:08:09,350 --> 00:08:08,080
uh there was there was a fair amount of

141
00:08:11,909 --> 00:08:09,360
maneuvering and a fair amount of

142
00:08:13,749 --> 00:08:11,919
thrusting that we had to do with the uh

143
00:08:16,070 --> 00:08:13,759
with the orbiter atlantis to get it

144
00:08:17,909 --> 00:08:16,080
established and safely within that

145
00:08:20,469 --> 00:08:17,919
corridor and keep it there

146
00:08:22,629 --> 00:08:20,479
uh once we had it there it was a lot

147
00:08:24,469 --> 00:08:22,639
easier to keep it in the corridor than i

148
00:08:25,909 --> 00:08:24,479
thought it was going to be

149
00:08:28,309 --> 00:08:25,919
and we were able to fly a pretty

150
00:08:30,070 --> 00:08:28,319
accurate approach uh all the way up and

151
00:08:31,990 --> 00:08:30,080
the closer we got

152
00:08:34,230 --> 00:08:32,000
uh the more i was able to determine that

153
00:08:37,509 --> 00:08:34,240
we were going to be able to fly it very

154
00:08:39,589 --> 00:08:37,519
accurately and precisely and so uh

155
00:08:41,829 --> 00:08:39,599
and so it went very smoothly from that

156
00:08:44,470 --> 00:08:41,839
point on

157
00:08:47,430 --> 00:08:44,480
at the actual moment of contact

158
00:08:49,670 --> 00:08:47,440
we didn't feel the docking mechanism

159
00:08:50,949 --> 00:08:49,680
capture or the actual contact when we

160
00:08:52,710 --> 00:08:50,959
first

161
00:08:55,670 --> 00:08:52,720
contacted the mirror

162
00:08:57,350 --> 00:08:55,680
we fire a number of thrusters for about

163
00:08:58,870 --> 00:08:57,360
three seconds straight so of course we

164
00:09:00,630 --> 00:08:58,880
heard the thrusters and felt the

165
00:09:03,590 --> 00:09:00,640
thrusters firing

166
00:09:05,750 --> 00:09:03,600
but in terms of actual thump or actual

167
00:09:07,670 --> 00:09:05,760
contact it was

168
00:09:09,509 --> 00:09:07,680
a little bit of a let

169
00:09:12,070 --> 00:09:09,519
the word letdown really doesn't fit here

170
00:09:13,590 --> 00:09:12,080
but uh there wasn't a bang or any kind

171
00:09:15,509 --> 00:09:13,600
of a clunk that we could hear other than

172
00:09:17,350 --> 00:09:15,519
the thrusters firing yeah why don't you

173
00:09:18,790 --> 00:09:17,360
pass the microphone over to norm and

174
00:09:21,269 --> 00:09:18,800
i'll ask him the same thing and then he

175
00:09:23,269 --> 00:09:21,279
can pass the mic to vladimir who was

176
00:09:24,389 --> 00:09:23,279
over there as well norm um it's

177
00:09:25,990 --> 00:09:24,399
interesting to me we've asked our

178
00:09:27,190 --> 00:09:26,000
viewers around the world to fax in

179
00:09:28,790 --> 00:09:27,200
questions they all want to know what it

180
00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:28,800
feels like what it smells like a lot

181
00:09:32,310 --> 00:09:30,480
more than you know

182
00:09:34,230 --> 00:09:32,320
the scientific things that are going on

183
00:09:37,269 --> 00:09:34,240
there tell me from your position on

184
00:09:39,509 --> 00:09:37,279
board mir uh what it felt like when uh

185
00:09:43,350 --> 00:09:39,519
when hoot piloted the shuttle into the

186
00:09:47,110 --> 00:09:45,350
well i've got some good comparisons i've

187
00:09:48,790 --> 00:09:47,120
been here when we had a progress

188
00:09:50,389 --> 00:09:48,800
resupply ship back and when that

189
00:09:52,470 --> 00:09:50,399
occurred i was probably a foot away from

190
00:09:54,070 --> 00:09:52,480
the node where it impacted i felt

191
00:09:56,070 --> 00:09:54,080
nothing i heard nothing

192
00:09:58,550 --> 00:09:56,080
when the spectre module docked with the

193
00:10:01,030 --> 00:09:58,560
station that's about 20 tons we felt a

194
00:10:03,910 --> 00:10:01,040
very slight vibration but really felt

195
00:10:07,269 --> 00:10:03,920
nothing when the shuttle docked we felt

196
00:10:09,430 --> 00:10:07,279
it the 100 tons uh hitting the station

197
00:10:11,509 --> 00:10:09,440
had some uh impact on us and it was

198
00:10:13,910 --> 00:10:11,519
pretty impressive given the mild uh

199
00:10:15,190 --> 00:10:13,920
sensations with the previous vehicles

200
00:10:16,630 --> 00:10:15,200
yeah okay this is a question for

201
00:10:17,829 --> 00:10:16,640
vladimir then i'm going to come back to

202
00:10:20,470 --> 00:10:17,839
norm just to let you know where we're

203
00:10:23,350 --> 00:10:20,480
going here um vladimir

204
00:10:25,590 --> 00:10:23,360
you uh had never spent time on board a

205
00:10:27,430 --> 00:10:25,600
space station with americans before was

206
00:10:29,829 --> 00:10:27,440
it much different and is was it much

207
00:10:31,590 --> 00:10:29,839
different with uh dr norm taggart there

208
00:10:32,870 --> 00:10:31,600
doing all these sophisticated medical

209
00:10:36,870 --> 00:10:32,880
tests on you the whole time you were

210
00:10:58,470 --> 00:10:43,829
um

211
00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,509
we

212
00:11:59,430 --> 00:11:02,230
a

213
00:12:01,750 --> 00:11:59,440
help with uh

214
00:12:04,630 --> 00:12:01,760
with the problem of fluid redistribution

215
00:12:07,590 --> 00:12:04,640
after uh return to earth we exercise two

216
00:12:10,069 --> 00:12:07,600
times a day and i actually for many days

217
00:12:12,230 --> 00:12:10,079
exercised a full hour and that's actual

218
00:12:13,829 --> 00:12:12,240
time either turning on a bicycle or

219
00:12:15,190 --> 00:12:13,839
running on a treadmill or walking on a

220
00:12:17,590 --> 00:12:15,200
treadmill

221
00:12:19,430 --> 00:12:17,600
and uh in addition to that they also use

222
00:12:20,870 --> 00:12:19,440
a device that folks may not be familiar

223
00:12:23,430 --> 00:12:20,880
with called a lower body negative

224
00:12:25,670 --> 00:12:23,440
pressure device we've used it many times

225
00:12:27,670 --> 00:12:25,680
in the past to evaluate the status of

226
00:12:29,350 --> 00:12:27,680
the heart and zero g the russians

227
00:12:31,590 --> 00:12:29,360
actually use it for training thinking

228
00:12:33,829 --> 00:12:31,600
that it helps people with again the

229
00:12:35,670 --> 00:12:33,839
problem of orthostatic hypertension

230
00:12:37,430 --> 00:12:35,680
medical term but in practical terms that

231
00:12:39,190 --> 00:12:37,440
means when you stand up the tendency to

232
00:12:40,949 --> 00:12:39,200
feel like you're going to pass out and

233
00:12:43,030 --> 00:12:40,959
fall over

234
00:12:44,870 --> 00:12:43,040
and what that does is you get inside a

235
00:12:46,629 --> 00:12:44,880
device that completely encloses the

236
00:12:48,710 --> 00:12:46,639
lower half of your body a differential

237
00:12:51,030 --> 00:12:48,720
pressure is created and actually sucks

238
00:12:52,629 --> 00:12:51,040
the blood into the legs to create the

239
00:12:54,870 --> 00:12:52,639
same sort of distribution of blood and

240
00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:54,880
zero g that the normal person would have

241
00:12:59,190 --> 00:12:57,120
standing in 1g i've done all those

242
00:13:01,269 --> 00:12:59,200
things and i hope it i hope it helps and

243
00:13:03,430 --> 00:13:01,279
i guess i'll find out in about a week

244
00:13:04,870 --> 00:13:03,440
yep you expected to be in space about 90

245
00:13:07,030 --> 00:13:04,880
days you've been up

246
00:13:08,870 --> 00:13:07,040
nearly nearly four months now how much

247
00:13:13,430 --> 00:13:08,880
of a hardship has that been for you and

248
00:13:18,150 --> 00:13:15,990
i miss my family a lot

249
00:13:19,990 --> 00:13:18,160
i've depended on them for support and

250
00:13:21,670 --> 00:13:20,000
i've gotten it through the years it's

251
00:13:23,750 --> 00:13:21,680
tough to be away from home i spent a

252
00:13:25,269 --> 00:13:23,760
year in vietnam i guess i spent nearly

253
00:13:26,870 --> 00:13:25,279
four months here

254
00:13:27,670 --> 00:13:26,880
it's something that you feel you have to

255
00:13:29,269 --> 00:13:27,680
do

256
00:13:30,710 --> 00:13:29,279
but you also realize you're making

257
00:13:33,350 --> 00:13:30,720
sacrifices when you do it and they

258
00:13:36,470 --> 00:13:33,360
sacrifice too and i feel badly sometimes

259
00:13:38,550 --> 00:13:36,480
that i get to have all this fun so to

260
00:13:40,870 --> 00:13:38,560
some extent the sacrifice is worth it

261
00:13:42,389 --> 00:13:40,880
they don't get that benefit well i'm

262
00:13:44,550 --> 00:13:42,399
going to come home and probably stay

263
00:13:46,069 --> 00:13:44,560
home a little longer this time and i i

264
00:13:48,150 --> 00:13:46,079
miss them and i look forward to seeing

265
00:13:49,430 --> 00:13:48,160
them take a couple of cop days why don't

266
00:13:51,190 --> 00:13:49,440
you do this what i'm going to do at the

267
00:13:53,350 --> 00:13:51,200
end of this vision as well

268
00:13:55,269 --> 00:13:53,360
this question for nick budaran is the um

269
00:13:57,430 --> 00:13:55,279
the rookie in the uh in the atlantic

270
00:14:00,150 --> 00:13:57,440
crew you've been there for uh about a

271
00:14:13,670 --> 00:14:00,160
week now what do you miss most about the

272
00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:21,829
um

273
00:14:25,350 --> 00:14:23,430
well tell you the truth i don't have an

274
00:14:28,150 --> 00:14:25,360
opportunity to miss anything there's a

275
00:14:30,790 --> 00:14:28,160
lot of work we have a period of changing

276
00:14:35,670 --> 00:14:30,800
the guard as it were and a lot of things

277
00:14:38,949 --> 00:14:37,590
we will immediately

278
00:14:42,629 --> 00:14:38,959
prepare

279
00:14:46,230 --> 00:14:42,639
our spacesuits for an eva

280
00:14:49,430 --> 00:14:47,990
so we're not going to have too much i'm

281
00:14:51,269 --> 00:14:49,440
not going to have too much time to miss

282
00:14:54,150 --> 00:14:51,279
anything

283
00:14:56,230 --> 00:14:54,160
well you must be beautiful from up there

284
00:14:58,310 --> 00:14:56,240
we all watched the docking the other day

285
00:15:00,949 --> 00:14:58,320
and it was thrilling to see it went so

286
00:15:02,790 --> 00:15:00,959
flawlessly commander i am curious you

287
00:15:05,350 --> 00:15:02,800
had practiced it in simulation so many

288
00:15:09,990 --> 00:15:05,360
times how did the real thing compared to

289
00:15:13,430 --> 00:15:12,069
that's a real good question the the real

290
00:15:15,829 --> 00:15:13,440
thing was

291
00:15:18,870 --> 00:15:15,839
if anything perhaps a little bit easier

292
00:15:21,670 --> 00:15:18,880
than all of the simulations because uh

293
00:15:23,990 --> 00:15:21,680
in all of the simulations we have a

294
00:15:26,550 --> 00:15:24,000
visual system that that displays what

295
00:15:28,710 --> 00:15:26,560
the view out the window would look like

296
00:15:31,269 --> 00:15:28,720
we have a number of computer systems in

297
00:15:32,550 --> 00:15:31,279
the simulator that have to play together

298
00:15:34,310 --> 00:15:32,560
and they

299
00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:34,320
frequently are how do i put it they're

300
00:15:39,350 --> 00:15:37,279
frequently less than perfect and we wind

301
00:15:41,030 --> 00:15:39,360
up having to extrapolate a little bit

302
00:15:42,470 --> 00:15:41,040
and assume a little bit when we're doing

303
00:15:44,550 --> 00:15:42,480
the simulations

304
00:15:46,470 --> 00:15:44,560
in actually flying the flight and

305
00:15:47,750 --> 00:15:46,480
actually flying with the onboard systems

306
00:15:49,749 --> 00:15:47,760
and all of the

307
00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:49,759
the computers working correctly and

308
00:15:53,269 --> 00:15:51,360
working properly

309
00:15:55,829 --> 00:15:53,279
in addition to being able to look

310
00:15:57,910 --> 00:15:55,839
outside and see where the station really

311
00:15:58,710 --> 00:15:57,920
is see what the view really is telling

312
00:16:00,629 --> 00:15:58,720
us

313
00:16:03,590 --> 00:16:00,639
we have a whole lot better information

314
00:16:05,430 --> 00:16:03,600
than what we have in the simulator so in

315
00:16:07,189 --> 00:16:05,440
in some ways it's easier to do when you

316
00:16:08,389 --> 00:16:07,199
actually fly it

317
00:16:10,790 --> 00:16:08,399
commander if you would pass the

318
00:16:13,110 --> 00:16:10,800
microphone to uh norm sagart i would

319
00:16:15,189 --> 00:16:13,120
like to ask the doctor about his

320
00:16:16,949 --> 00:16:15,199
experience in space after so many months

321
00:16:18,550 --> 00:16:16,959
three months i understand that there are

322
00:16:20,790 --> 00:16:18,560
some physical changes on the body

323
00:16:23,829 --> 00:16:20,800
there's concern about what is it anemia

324
00:16:25,829 --> 00:16:23,839
and maybe some some weight loss

325
00:16:26,710 --> 00:16:25,839
have you noticed any changes in your

326
00:16:31,110 --> 00:16:26,720
body

327
00:16:33,990 --> 00:16:32,389
you do get

328
00:16:36,069 --> 00:16:34,000
perhaps what would be considered an

329
00:16:38,629 --> 00:16:36,079
anemia

330
00:16:40,069 --> 00:16:38,639
i suppose what happens is uh you get

331
00:16:41,749 --> 00:16:40,079
almost what would amount to a blood

332
00:16:43,030 --> 00:16:41,759
transfusion because all the blood that's

333
00:16:44,790 --> 00:16:43,040
normally sequestered in the legs

334
00:16:46,550 --> 00:16:44,800
redistributes to the upper body and i

335
00:16:48,310 --> 00:16:46,560
think blood cell production probably

336
00:16:50,230 --> 00:16:48,320
shuts down for a while but as soon as

337
00:16:52,069 --> 00:16:50,240
those blood cells start dying off then

338
00:16:53,350 --> 00:16:52,079
you start producing humans so i doubt

339
00:16:55,749 --> 00:16:53,360
that there are really fundamental

340
00:16:57,990 --> 00:16:55,759
changes in the blood some question about

341
00:16:59,990 --> 00:16:58,000
whether there are immuno immunological

342
00:17:01,910 --> 00:17:00,000
changes the white cells at least in the

343
00:17:04,230 --> 00:17:01,920
test tube don't seem to be as active as

344
00:17:05,909 --> 00:17:04,240
they would be in a person who had not

345
00:17:08,390 --> 00:17:05,919
gone into zero g

346
00:17:10,470 --> 00:17:08,400
uh my true crewmates lost no weight in

347
00:17:12,230 --> 00:17:10,480
fact uh village and gennady i think it

348
00:17:13,829 --> 00:17:12,240
first actually may be gained a little i

349
00:17:15,590 --> 00:17:13,839
lost a little bit of weight but i bet

350
00:17:17,669 --> 00:17:15,600
i'll put that back on right away after i

351
00:17:19,909 --> 00:17:17,679
get back there are changes but none of

352
00:17:21,829 --> 00:17:19,919
them seem to preclude staying in space

353
00:17:23,669 --> 00:17:21,839
for about as long as you would want to

354
00:17:26,309 --> 00:17:23,679
if there are limitations they may have

355
00:17:27,909 --> 00:17:26,319
to do with calcium loss from bone and

356
00:17:31,270 --> 00:17:27,919
obviously the radiation that you

357
00:17:35,990 --> 00:17:32,630
dr packard if you would pass the

358
00:17:40,950 --> 00:17:37,830
good morning atlantis mir this is terry

359
00:17:44,470 --> 00:17:40,960
casey wjks jacksonville how do you hear

360
00:17:47,350 --> 00:17:45,990
good morning terry we have you loud and

361
00:17:49,350 --> 00:17:47,360
clear

362
00:17:51,270 --> 00:17:49,360
wonderful good to talk to you all thank

363
00:17:53,669 --> 00:17:51,280
you for the time question for norm

364
00:17:55,350 --> 00:17:53,679
taggart and nikolai budaran and if both

365
00:17:56,870 --> 00:17:55,360
of you would respond in english it would

366
00:17:58,390 --> 00:17:56,880
be appreciated

367
00:18:02,870 --> 00:17:58,400
who's running that thing up there right

368
00:18:07,270 --> 00:18:05,350
the shuttle is uh actually running it

369
00:18:08,549 --> 00:18:07,280
and i assume the shuttle's on autopilot

370
00:18:10,950 --> 00:18:08,559
maintaining the orientation of the

371
00:18:12,470 --> 00:18:10,960
shuttle uh the host complex rather and

372
00:18:14,390 --> 00:18:12,480
it has to do that because the mirror

373
00:18:16,150 --> 00:18:14,400
station depends on its solar batteries

374
00:18:18,230 --> 00:18:16,160
for electrical energy and they have to

375
00:18:19,669 --> 00:18:18,240
point to the sun

376
00:18:21,750 --> 00:18:19,679
this is actually what i'd like to hear

377
00:18:24,390 --> 00:18:21,760
the response from both you dr thangard

378
00:18:26,310 --> 00:18:24,400
and uh your comrade budaran

379
00:18:27,990 --> 00:18:26,320
nasa's budget is facing dramatic cuts

380
00:18:29,669 --> 00:18:28,000
over the next several years we've got

381
00:18:32,150 --> 00:18:29,679
some head hunters in congress who want

382
00:18:34,710 --> 00:18:32,160
to kill this mission you're in phase one

383
00:18:37,669 --> 00:18:34,720
of it russia is politically unstable

384
00:18:38,470 --> 00:18:37,679
anything could happen anytime given all

385
00:18:43,190 --> 00:18:38,480
that

386
00:18:47,430 --> 00:18:43,200
odds up there both both you personally

387
00:18:51,270 --> 00:18:49,110
well just think for a moment what it

388
00:18:52,789 --> 00:18:51,280
took to make all of this happen

389
00:18:54,830 --> 00:18:52,799
think of the technology that were

390
00:18:57,830 --> 00:18:54,840
required and remember that a lot of that

391
00:18:59,830 --> 00:18:57,840
technology has other uses on earth and

392
00:19:02,310 --> 00:18:59,840
in fact a lot of what we take is

393
00:19:03,990 --> 00:19:02,320
commonplace on earth is directly

394
00:19:05,990 --> 00:19:04,000
attributable to developments that came

395
00:19:07,830 --> 00:19:06,000
about through space research the

396
00:19:09,430 --> 00:19:07,840
communication satellites we use when you

397
00:19:11,990 --> 00:19:09,440
pick up a phone to make a long distance

398
00:19:13,909 --> 00:19:12,000
call that's dependent on satellites that

399
00:19:15,430 --> 00:19:13,919
came out of space research

400
00:19:17,350 --> 00:19:15,440
the number of

401
00:19:21,029 --> 00:19:17,360
medical items

402
00:19:22,549 --> 00:19:21,039
nonetheless useful that have been

403
00:19:24,870 --> 00:19:22,559
developed first

404
00:19:27,029 --> 00:19:24,880
and depend on research and developments

405
00:19:29,110 --> 00:19:27,039
that occurred in space research there

406
00:19:31,110 --> 00:19:29,120
are a whole long list of things uh but

407
00:19:33,590 --> 00:19:31,120
at the last i think it's the spirit of

408
00:19:35,590 --> 00:19:33,600
human adventure the desire to explore

409
00:19:37,590 --> 00:19:35,600
and you need to move forward or you move

410
00:19:40,310 --> 00:19:37,600
backward you can't stand still this

411
00:19:44,390 --> 00:19:40,320
program moves forward

412
00:19:53,270 --> 00:19:46,789
space lab abuse and pack we have a good