let me start with commander salon via if
I could sir you guys have done a
tremendous job in the last few months
getting mirror back shipshape in good
health wondering if you could tell us
what you think the odds are that
eventually you'll be able to
repressurize and use the spektr module
unfortunately the commander is behind us
and he's doing his exercise right now on
the treadmill so he won't be able to
talk but I have been a busy time and a
great deal repair works been done and I
can tell you that these cosmonaut
anatoly and pavel are just amazing at
their ability to replace systems and at
work hard it's been spectacular to watch
and to help just along those lines
leaving you or mr. vita Granoff could
answer the question about Spectre I mean
you guys must talk about it do you think
the odds are any good that eventually
you'll be able to recover that module
nothing or 13 I will put up in a musical
rent of whether options to revitalize
respect to module unfortunately we'll
probably not have enough time to
complete it during our mission
practically all hardware is ready for it
all equipment and repair tools to find
the link to our door and to try to
repressurize net spektr module the
question for commander will cut sir on
this Super Bowl Sunday there doesn't
really seem to be a corner of the United
States you can't go without hearing a
lot about all that's going on in
Washington in recent days I was just
curious if there was a corner of the
solar system where you don't find out
what's going on in Washington if you
guys are able to keep up or if that's
any kind of a distraction for you well
actually we get used from home each day
on the version of email that we have up
here so you know it's such a mental
break to read news from home we're able
to keep up with what goes on on the
sports field and in Washington but this
bill cuz it's still hard wood yes it is
Terry go ahead I just want to say hello
and hope things are like that in Florida
well they are indeed thank you and I'd
like to turn to David Wilson any Thomas
briefly David obviously after four
months in space it must have been quite
a sight to see endeavour pull up just
wondering what your looking forward to
the most when you get your feet back
down on the ground if it's a specific
food or drink or just seeing people or
what's on your menu of things to do
all of the above bill everything I think
of I even driving my car up to a stop
and go a monkey and getting a coffee
every little thing I think of is
something I can't wait to go do earth is
a wonderful place time to pass the baton
to Andy he's a very capable astronaut
and he's ready for an experience of his
life it'll be taught there it'll be
great they were surprised you the most
about working aboard mirror for four
months so obviously did a lot of
training to get there but were there any
major surprises I honestly was surprised
at just how much work it really is we
really work for might say nine in the
morning till midnight every day seven
days a week holidays included for the
most part and that's what it takes to
really operate a space station and
conduct a full science program and it
really didn't hurt you once you get to
expect that type of work level it's just
what you do in space what about food
David is there anything in particular
looking forward to or a pizza a cold
beer or anything like that I've
requested a chopper a pizza with
pepperoni and mushroom and I think a few
beverages will go along fine with that
and one last words for you sir for right
now a lot of pundits and politicians of
course before you launched back in
September I recommend that against
sending you the mere arguing that it
wasn't safe what would you say to those
folks now for much later with mirror and
the condition is currently in I really
appreciate that they looked out for us
and I think their questions were very
good and what we saw was our system
working properly our system of checks
and balances they came up with the right
answer and I'm glad we're here I'm glad
Andy's stay and we're getting you more
than we ever expected out of phase one
and we can look forward to a big benefit
as we move into the international space
station later this year question for
Andy Thomas you said yesterday when you
came into the meer core module that as
you looked around you realize there was
still quite a bit to learn to spite your
training what are your first impressions
to the station now that you've been
there for a day what sort of surprises
have you think the thing that strikes me
the most is unlike the training modules
which I saw in Russia there's awful lot
of equipment stood on the roads under
the floor and the ceiling in here that
the cars court there's not as much space
and that's the thing i'm going to notice
the most i think is there's not as much
working volume as so I don't dissipate
it I think most folks going to
Antarctica for an extended stay or
certainly doing what you're doing would
have some sense of trepidation I guess
when you watch and never pull away in a
couple of days have you given that any
thought or you think you're pretty well
psychologically prepared to embark on
what really does amount to isolation and
sort of a hardship assignment well
you're right it is going to be isolated
you know you think you psychologically
prepared but things are tough and turn
around surprise you I have to give you
my responses to how i feel after the
event of seeing and Beverly but I think
it's going to be tough when we're here
if you list your hobbies in your in your
NASA bio is a horse riding mountain
biking running surfing what are you
going to do on mirror when you when you
do catch the occasional few hours when
you've got it to yourself and have some
spare time well hopefully I will get
some spare time we call music up here
we've got CDs we've got CD ROMs we've
got video films so we've got those as
entertainment and we've got exercise
machines up here so we can't exercise
there's even a guitar up here so that we
can play guitar if we get a chance I'll
just this question really to anyone
probably I guess commander will could
senator Glenn flying in space in the
fall of course it's generated a lot of
interest on the ground we're actually
this might be a good question for dr.
wolf I was really wondering what your
thoughts might be about the senator
flying as a human being but also as a
test subject for perhaps learning
whatever could be learned from one
person about the effects of
weightlessness and aging and all of that
what do you thought about that
of course one of that as goals is to go
to Mars and we are especially
permanently with colonies down the line
we have a lot to learn about that but of
course the effects of gravity are
largely responsible for the whole form
and function of our bodies and by taking
away and changing that variable we can
learn a great deal about how our bodies
work on earth and it is one of the very
important things that we do in space for
the benefit of all mankind and with
senator Glenn I mean is that a good
thing to do in your mind since the 177
years our old up into space to do
research with oh I get back to your
previous question I did not know that
Senator Vaughn was going to fly or I
know nothing about that I've had very
little news for the last three or four
months so someone else might be bizarre
able to answer that I could afford a van
we both feel very happy to fly with very
good 8530 price I understand i will let
me get back to Dave real quick for a
second one of the questions I meant to
ask you earlier was that in the course
of your four months aboard mirror which
you ever had any moments where
loneliness crap dinner or I won't say
depression but I mean you are up there
by yourself a stranger in a strange land
if you will did you experience any of
those emotions or was it pretty much a
steady pace throughout the song degree
off I did and you have to keep a good
rational grip on your mind to hold those
feelings at bay and this is something
Andy and I will be discussing and the
fire crews helps me with that and we're
learning how to do that there's a
somewhat of a language barrier where you
can't express all the feelings you'd
like to even though we can communicate
operationally quite well so those
feelings are a big part of this kind of
a mission and it would be a great
privilege to fly the Senators gone for
any other and gentlemen I'm out of time
let me just squeeze one more in here
it's a for super bowl sunday down here I
was wondering if any of the crew members
who care to make a pic or say who the
folks are pulling for up there
so I guess I could speak for the and for
the crew of endeavor as well as the crew
of the mirror and say that just there
one place it will never be besides that
the space where I complying right now
they sitting on the 50-yard line from a
song like your promo with Jim I likely
be the firm or silverware was fearful
probably spectrum of a feeling it's all
clear mission started in august and you
people tell us what is left to do in the
time remaining at the end of your
question by the end of our mission we
have a lot of work to do with the French
rest or not we'll be working together is
the final results of our expedition my
weapons videos remember I think it's too
early to see about the results outside
of the station we replaced the solar
arrays 22 Facebook's looks to know
experimental college experience a number
two spot for complete various typical
experiments on water the station every
photos were very interesting we also
replace the lack of onboard systems
forever powder I believe we did good
housekeeping on the station right now it
is functioning well and we hope that the
following missions will be very result
phul poor poor and the next question
again to you whenever I during your work
on the MIR station we purchased the
central computer
trooper not working for a while what was
the reason for those failures could you
appreciate our colorful most likely if
America specialist will explain better
what the reasons for the failures war
most likely those are not the technical
disadvantages of our particular system I
believe any kind of computer system I'm
a reporter is working wash in space than
it is working on the ground that deals
with the level of radioactivity and also
we have a lot to learn your career micro
orbital debris is flying around for
electrical impact and so home I think
they're at least to shield one of those
systems and this is what we are doing to
our systems and any other system species
may fail this is I think inevitable and
new PCs you computer systems new
generation is on the way and those will
be working fine in space thank you very
much yep you sure pregunta profitable
yoga keep it Vidya tell Debra I have a
question to some work on what is the
impression from endeavor thank you for
your question my adaptation I will
recommend very smooth and quick on the
first day of the flight I felt normal
already and i want to say what of it
right now I feel great push it later
I have a lot of experience working with
my colleagues here they're either stop
him develop effective way also the
launch was very beautiful of endeavor it
was all smooth right now we are in space
within two days in space all systems
were working fine oh and my personal
impression perfect portrait all the
views of the earth and the space are
unbelievable I am very much impressed
this company of course the view of the
main station area was quite impressive
for me also when we dock and when we got
into the station reporting on the size
of the equipment and everything what was
working it was a great impression for me
I want to say the guys thank you for
keeping the station in such a great
shape all systems are working perfectly
come on talk about it was my dream to
come to the main station we go and now
my dream came true recorded ago but I
can see the station with her in a much
better condition than I expected to be
working the last question to david wood
Bishop Rainier to water puppet a local
premiere what are your impressions from
the MIR station are you satisfied with
your activities in Russian please the
impression of your stay in the Russian
space station Mir rain please the health
in Russian if it is possible right in
front of each other thank you everything
was great this is a great station very
able crew very safe operations with the
screen
we had a lot to work to do a lot of
fixing to do and we're continuing to
you're working everything is fine you
know and I feel great thank you very
much time giving the phone to my
colleague from Interfax another thing
drop alert or people who are working at
the Mission Control Center I working
great and it was a pleasure for me to
find out how close they work with the
crew everything was great I guess
somebody Interfax Andre Curie I have a
question to David wolf David please tell
me what most interesting experiments you
will be conducting we save the for
upcoming days kind of experiments you
plan to conduct during did know soon i
will give the food to ain t 0 for you
should get a burger boy play my favorite
was the short one we're gonna get you
ready to bring the results of this
experiment on the ground and aunty is
going to continue working on some of it
Buddhism at the not-self this is a great
experiment for the future of the people
another question I asked another okay a
question to pathogenic ratified oh
please avvocato restless how do you
assess the level of readiness of
American astronauts for long-duration
missions I have to say that all of them
without any exception everybody who
comes to Libya station experienced
astronauts most of them
of experience in space previously for
example John plaza in other people who
come here those are grown-up astronauts
they have great level of preparation and
as to the level of preparation of
working with the experiments I think
this is the highest level of preparation
possible of course it is impossible to
get ready for anything what can come up
on the station and do the same way as we
are training in Russia we are training
for three or five years of course that
they have a little bit of less a level
of preparation in housekeeping for the
MIR station specifically but you know
this is another area also the question
280 do you believe you are in australian
astronaut or an american astronaut
because you were born in 3d or american
astronaut you are they do not own our
cover-up I'm an international cosmonaut
person thank you very much all the best
to you