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fine shape the problem basically is that

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payloads on the taz hitchhiker and we're

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losing quite a bit of science on the Taz

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SLA the laser that's on the test is on

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at this point and we have no way of

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turning it off and so we had some steps

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for you to perform we'd like to to try

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those out and and they'll only take a

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couple of minutes we think maybe there's

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a possibility that on the task payload

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the master control unit has locked up so

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we'd like to reset it and we have some

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switch throws and checks for you on the

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when you're ready hey Park we have a

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buffer call our 4-pole call back copy

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Kurt now the ground is going to quickly

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look to make sure that everything is

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powered off and we're going to call you

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back in a second standby to power it

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back on discovery Houston for Kurt were

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ready to power back up the first switch

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that we would like you the first and

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only switch is we'd like you to take the

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Taz avionics power switch back to on

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hold it for about three seconds until

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you get the talk back up indication okay

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discovery Houston it looks like that

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worked occurred we really appreciate

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your getting up to help us with that and

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there's no further action at this time

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and we'll see you at wake up ok mark

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i have commanding back we have only

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checked the telemetry side and we'll

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take a little bit of time and if we're

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not successful will have no further

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actions either way until tomorrow ok but

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and goodmorning discovery chances are

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Beamer knows where we got that song from

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a good morning Houston thanks for the

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and we're getting you loud and clear I

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assume at this point we're talking to

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mission specialists of Bob Curbeam yes

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I'm speaking to you from the mid deck of

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the space shuttle Discovery we just

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passed over Sri Lanka and going towards

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the western coast of Australia

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lieutenant commander Bob curbing we

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welcome you to kmox this morning you are

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how far into the mission so far on board

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discovery we're probably five days into

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an 11-day mission Bob how are the other

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experiments going you're you're working

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with with the space armed with robotic

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arm on board the shuttle how are those

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experiments going mostly experiments are

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going quite well I believe we have like

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you said quite a few experiments the

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robotic arm we did some work on that

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this morning Stephen Jan were quite

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pleased with all out wet and we also

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have a bunch of other experiments look

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at hale bob but comment and various

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solar system you know a celestial

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objects at odds with in the solar system

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and all those are going well as well Bob

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this is this mission the 11-day mission

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of the discovery has international

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significance from the standpoint of some

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of the things you're doing let's talk

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about the role other countries are

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playing at what you're doing in space

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international mission we have

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experiments all over the world we have

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an experiment from the University of

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trans in Italy we have soul Khan from

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the University of Belgium we have very

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various universities the United States

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contributing their experiments here as

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university of colorado and several of

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the nasa centers like aims and also

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Kennedy participating so this is a

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worldwide event and we're just happy to

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be a part of it and the satellite that

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Germany tell me about your hope you and

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your fellow astronauts for what you are

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ozone layer and what we might be able to

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relatively unique in that not only can

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layer and look at where we're depleting

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be holding up but it can look at all the

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constituents of the middle atmosphere

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all the significant form and by doing

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different constituents we can tell more

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how that upper atmosphere change and how

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long the ozone hold out in different

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areas and hopefully it'll hold out for a

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very long time Bob you bear the title of

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mission specialist with that title what

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is your role what are you responsible

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for actually I'm mission specialist to

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I'm a flight engineer so I fly do both

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asset an entry up on a flight tank so it

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involves a lot of helping the commander

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making sure those phases of flight go

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environmental jobs around the shuttle

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making sure the air scrubbers work fine

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to take up carbon dioxide I also do i'm

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in charge of several the experiments

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that are going on like the bioreactor

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experiment where I'm growing a colon

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cancer cells to learn more about how

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they grow and hopefully how to stop them

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experiments in the payload Bay that are

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looking at Jupiter that's on the Earth's

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atmosphere and also doing some laser

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mapping of the earth Bob you mentioned a

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little bit ago about an experiment to

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observe the hale-bopp comet that so many

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of us saw from afar when it passed by

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the earth a couple of months ago what

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being up here in two phases if you don't

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the light then hale-bopp is getting off

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different frequencies as far as

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especially frequency that we can't see

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call spectral lines of the comet is

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giving off and tell more about what it

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consists of what kind of training

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elements are in it and hopefully learn

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more about the formation of our own

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solar system because comets are

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considered some of the remnants of the

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original formation oh is it Bob you have

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space on board the discovery well I'm

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being in the Navy my wife i think is

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because I'm in the Navy my wife

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understands that at certain times I have

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to be separated for my family but it's

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for kids especially since tomorrow's my

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daughter's birthday and I won't be able

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I'll said now happy birthday and so it's

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a little more difficult for them and

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they don't understand why dad has to

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leave for two weeks all the time but I

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think that by preparing them for talking

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to him a lot beforehand and explain to

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them just how important the missions

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that we go on our they're much more

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accepting of it and they know that what

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a fun before the mission me I think they

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enjoyed the launch and we have a whole

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lot of thought after it to my name is

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Amanda go Brent I am in grade 12 at

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Walter Murray in Saskatoon be Arnie we

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know that one of the programs you have

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been working on for a long time is

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the view here is right beside me to buy

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to my left ear and then it's working

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very fine we've turned about the first

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day of the flight that's been operating

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well in the last four days and if I do

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it now it's doing some analysis I don't

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know whether you can see the middle

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screen beside me here they're looking

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very well we've got good good isolation

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somebody says we've tried on and haven't

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worked as well as we'd like but as part

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of the experiment that we're doing with

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backwards in Saskatoon what and how much

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of Canada can you see from space I've

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been pretty lucky at this mission is a

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high inflation orbit so we're going up

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to fifty seven and a half degrees which

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takes as well north of edmonton and

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saskatchewan we have to do that i've had

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a beautiful look at that Cooper Calgary

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Edmonton Montreal good look at their

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maritime so some of the great lasers

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been that fabulous to see cabin from up

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my name is bone and Brooks I'm in grade

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nine at Holy Cross High School describe

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yeah the number of shuttle launches or

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spectacular when you look at them from

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the ground but being inside is a very

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unique unique experience you know you

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wait their anticipation on the launch

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pad as you come to the last few minutes

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of Lawrence and then you finally feel

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the kick of the main engines coming on

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and the shuttle sort of pictures board a

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bit and sprays back and then you get

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this those kicking your back when the

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solids come on and actually just stays

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and propels you upwards as credit

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sensation is a lot of vibration they

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last for a couple of minutes and then

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those followers are off and then you get

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a steady clean push it just keeps

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pushing your armors into space and it

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builds up to about 3 g's after about six

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minutes and by then there be this a

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little bit labor because you've been

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under this G load for a long time but

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it's it's quite an exciting ride it went

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a lot faster than I expected and and it

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was a little smoother than I expected as

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well was that just an incredible ride up

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in this space and go so fast my name is

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Nicola Skinner I'm grade 9 a toy Cross

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High School in Saskatoon beyond my

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question for you is this have you or any

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members of the crew experienced space

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motion sickness or back pain and if so

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how is this affected what you have been

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able to accomplish well back pay and

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here monsters crew has been pretty good

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flight but I managed to do all of my

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work and and after a couple of days

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everybody's just fine I back pain is

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something that happens because you're

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spying elongates a bit because you're

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not under the compression force of

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gravity all the time up here so you get

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a little bit longer in space and I put

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spine and so I've had a little bit of

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back pain but not very much not enough