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endeavor four of the pilot team there
can you see Australia at your front
window yeah we sure can it's really nice
view we just went by sharks back now
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the flight deck with you
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yes good morning everyone good morning
everyone out there in Houston we are
going to go live right now to the Space
Shuttle Endeavor we're standing by is
dr. Dan Barry who is a 42 year old
astronaut on his very first mission and
we'll talk about that in a little bit
thank you for joining us this morning
dr. Barry if you would answer these
questions
two spacewalks in this mission are
dedicated to testing tools and
construction techniques for the future
space station and we're wondering how
far along NASA is in its readiness to
build the International Space Station
over yeah we are doing two spacewalks as
part of the build up toward the actual
construction of station base locks are
integral to being ready to go because we
are both testing the equipment that it
ultimately is going to be used to
construct the station we're testing the
materials that are going to go into the
station and we're testing the techniques
that we use that we will ultimately use
to build that station and then finally
we're training people to go out and do
those techniques in the space
environment all astronauts who become
construction workers for the space
station will have to spend hundreds of
hours out in temperatures that are 75
degrees below zero how are the
spacesuits doing in terms of the gloves
for keeping the hands warm and the boots
for the feet well I can give you some
first-hand experience on that I went
outside yesterday for a little over six
hours and in fact my thermal comfort was
excellent I had heated gloves with me
but it turned out that I didn't need to
use them because I believe because of
some of the improvements that we've made
in the general cooling system in the
suit so that I was actually very
comfortable for the entire time outdoors
yesterday as was my crew mate Leroy
Chiao dr. berry if you'll stand by with
us a moment longer we'll say so long for
the moment to our audience here in
Houston and we'll be back a little later
in this morning news show after 6:30
with some more from dr. dan berry so
I'll pass it back
in the studio okay dr. Barry let's
continue do you still hear me yes a rich
man clear okay fine you and your
crewmates capture the Japanese science
satellite during this mission and just
recaptured the science satellite the
oast that you released a few days ago it
almost seems that there isn't anything
that the space shuttle can't do it that
maybe fly to the moon over
it's a remarkable machine I have to say
that now that I've had the opportunity
to ride on board it is astonishing what
this spaceship is capable of doing this
particular mission is very full as you
mentioned we've retrieved Japanese
satellite deployed and retrieved another
satellite so done a TVA already and we
have another EBA coming up tomorrow so
on a personal level you're a rook and
he's had had a chance to do a spacewalk
on your first missions on your first
flight you having any fun yet over they
said three two one zero view the earth
particularly during a TVA the only way I
can describe that is is as gemstone
colors the the blue of the ocean goes
from from turquoise to midnight blue the
forests are emerald green the clouds are
so white that it hurts your eyes to look
at them it's really incredible it is I'm
sure you're aware ten years ago this
month that the shuttle Challenger was
lost is there still an awareness in the
astronaut office in terms of not only
the loss of colleagues but also in terms
of continuing the quest yes I would say
there definitely is of course the
Challenger accident occurred before
I arrived so I didn't personally know
any of the people on board however a
number a lot most of the people in the
office we're friends with with the folks
on the challenger and felt that loss at
a very personal level so you can be
assured that their memory is very much
alive within the astronaut office
and the lessons learned from Challenger
in terms of safety and the things we
need to do to fly safely are still Dan
I'm having trouble hearing you but I'm
sort of reading lips are you still
hearing me over yes I'm reading you loud
and clear okay we'll go ahead with
questions I can't hear you one of the
questions that came up during the recent
a government shutdown is since there
seems to be so much difficulty resolving
budgets in Washington how can an agency
like NASA attract bright young minds the
bright young minds it needs for the
future but what do you think attracts
you and others to the program despite
the uncertainties of jobs and projects
to work on over I would have to say one
of the great things about working at
NASA are the people that are there and
the reasons that those people are there
people that they work in the space
program aren't there for the money and
and they're not there for the
recognition they're there because they
are excited about the opportunity to
explore new environments to push our
frontier back to be out to where the
future is going to lead that lead
mankind I think that the big selling
point of NASA is that it's exciting to
fly in space it's exciting to think
about where we're going as a society and
that's what continues to attract the
very best people to NASA next month
former astronaut Bob Crippen is going to
be awarded the rotary national space
award at a huge banquet at downtown
Houston although he's been out of the
office for some time are there any bob
crippen isms or bob crippen anecdotes
that you can share with us that we can
pass along to the banquet goers here
over
I think they got it I think the guy to
ask that question to is John Young
alright now you're according to your
biography you are from Massachusetts and
I was wondering if you had a chance to
fly over the Northeast to look down on
the snowpack and what does that look
like well in fact our orbit doesn't
quite take us that far north the
farthest north bit we're going inside
Kennedy's however during a night pass
recently we were able to see the lights
all the way from Miami to Boston a truly
incredible sight we could actually
identify the various coastal cities
including the DC area New York and a bus
from as far south as Miami it was truly
a man take a second if you will please
dr. Barry to describe tomorrow a
spacewalk
over tomorrow Scott are going to go out
to continue to do a number of tasks that
are required for space station assembly
one of the big tasks for Winston is is
really to determine what our thermal
limits are legally and I in the first
space lost were we're in a cold
environment but tomorrow they're going
to be in a very cold environment and
we're gonna have Winston standing still
so that his metabolic rate gets low
really going to push the limits of the
suits and see how well I can perform to
keep Winston comfortable
Leroy and Winston are also going to
assemble some of the work platforms that
are required for putting together Space
Station as well as check out some of the
umbilical lines and connections that are
a key component in putting together the
different modules that make up the
entire station are you gonna have
Winston configured so that he at least
has his face looking down toward Earth
so you have something to look at during
his hibernation over I don't think
Winston would have agreed to do it if he
couldn't look down on the earth while he
was standing still
okay dr. berry I want to thank you very
much for joining us this morning and
continued good luck and success with his
current mission Houston KTRK that
concludes this event thank you very much
I really appreciate the opportunity to
say hi to everybody and to say thanks to
the whole team that made it possible for
us to be up here