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the fact that I was going to be the

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first American woman to go into space

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carried huge expectations along with it

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it wasn't for me desire to be the first

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African American in space because I

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figured being the number two that would

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risk is something we have to just really

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consider as part of our life especially

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an exploration you know the ones that

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we've lost were probably the first ones

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to tell you keep pressing on don't stop

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because of us Americans referred two

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discovery go forever release Hubble is

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one of the most phenomenal things we've

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ever done in space it really has changed

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and the data that we get from Hubble

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will continue to change the way we think

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about ourselves about the universe and

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our place in it NASA especially Goddard

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was the place where I could carry out

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the dreams that I had which were to push

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forward an experiment that would measure

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the Big Bang radiation better than

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anyone had ever tried before nowadays

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we're discovering what is the universe

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really like and it's totally magnificent

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one can only be inspired an awestruck by

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what we find instead alas we have

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capture while is extremely fortunate

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that I was able to be part of the

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shuttle-mir program it's a challenge for

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the Russians it was a challenge for the

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Americans but everybody wanted to work

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we have initial contact initial contact

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of the sleeves capsule with the

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expedition one crew to the International

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now making her way above or any earthly

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boundary spaceflight is one of the areas

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where we face risk on a daily basis and

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in the process of doing this we

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developed a new technologies new

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techniques the new inventions we make

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opportunity a chance to explore and

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unlock the secrets of our neighboring

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planet when we look at other worlds and

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we look through the eyes of a robot at a

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frozen desert we appreciate our own

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world so much more because we see what

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it could be like when you arrived on the

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International Space Station there's a

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little bit of a shock factor but was

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like wow we're really here man this is

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gonna be a long visit we are overcoming

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these cultural obstacles and bringing

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these people together with this common

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goal I think is one of the most

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significant aspects of the International

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Space Station I believe that human

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beings should expand into space by doing

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that we can learn about ourselves and

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make the society and the world the

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better you will give NASA new focus and

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vision for future exploration to gain a

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new foothold on the moon and to prepare

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for new journeys to the worlds beyond

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our own I'd like to see the mission to

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Mars they accomplished something I did

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some work on and making the proposed

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that we may I think there's a consensus

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that going to Mars is a worthy objective

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and I'd like to see that accomplished

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perhaps at one time in the distant past

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the at least some basic life-forms

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existed on Mars and perhaps could again

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in the future these things mean a lot to

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me I think space is important and I

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think America should continue to be in

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the forefront of space exploration we as

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a civilization must explore that's who

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we are intrinsically a to the human

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races were explorers no matter where you

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go in the world

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people know what the letters in a sa

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stand for they say NASA and they say it

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with recognition that in of itself tells

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you that NASA stands for something in

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the world not just in America but across

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the world as we advance into the 21st

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century we have new goals that will

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challenge our abilities far beyond what

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we've experienced before will be a test

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of our scientific and technical vision

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it will be a test of our result but

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we've been there before and with the

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lessons of history in mind NASA will

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continue to pioneer new frontiers and

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explore for answers that power our