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good afternoon thank you for joining us

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for today's news conference with members

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of the expedition 23 crew expedition 23

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begins with the soyuz tma-16 undocking

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in march these three new crew members

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will arrive shortly thereafter on a

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soyuz tma-18 their launch is currently

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scheduled for april 2nd

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with that we'll begin with nasa

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astronaut tracy caldwell dyson who will

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serve as the flight engineer for this

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long duration mission tracy was born in

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arcadia california and holds degrees

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from california state university at

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fullerton and university of california

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at davis she was selected by nasa in

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1998 and has served numerous technical

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roles before her first mission she flew

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as a mission specialist on sts-118 in

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august 2007. among her tasks for that

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mission tracy served as ms-1 assisting

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the flight direct flight deck operations

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and performed robotic arm operations and

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also served as the intravehicular crew

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member directing the mission's four

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spacewalks tracy accumulated more than

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12 days of space flight experiment

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experience tracy we'll turn it over you

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now to introduce your crew members

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thanks nicole

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thanks all for being here it's indeed

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our pleasure to tell you about our

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mission and to answer any questions that

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you have

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i'll start with introducing ourselves

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and then give you a brief overview

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describing the our mission

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to my right is uh

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our soyuz commander sitting in the

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center seat this is alexander schwarzoff

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he's a colonel in the russian air force

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he has over 800 hours in high

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performance aircraft including mig-23

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and su-27

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and he is also

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a cosmonaut selected in the year of

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1997. this will be his first space

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flight and to his right is michal

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kornienko and he is

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he has a bit of an eclectic background

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ranging from paratrooper to an actual

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rocket scientist he was

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working to develop and test hardware

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related to evas on mir and

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before being selected as the cosmonaut

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in 1998 this will also be his first

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mission to space

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so i'll turn it to to them to say a few

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previously

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i'm happy to greet you all here and i

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want to thank you for

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inviting me to this press conference i

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think that this will be a very good

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event and we'll have a very good

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yes i will also um thank everybody for

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coming here today and i think that we

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will have a very good discussion i'll be

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very happy to answer any questions that

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and as nicole said i'm tracy caldwell

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dyson i'll be uh accompanying them in

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the soyuz uh in the right seat and

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looking forward to this mission

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we have highlights

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of our mission

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mainly focusing around vehicle traffic

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during our mission we'll see progress

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shuttles and soyuz we will have both a

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u.s sega a u.s stage eva as well as a

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russian stage eva

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and a whole host of science experiments

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and iss maintenance to perform

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our increment spans the months between

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april through september

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starting with our launch april 2nd

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from baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan

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we'll talk to the space station two days

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later to join the expedition 23 crew

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commanded by oleg kotov tj kramer and

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suichi naguchi

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not long after we arrive and get settled

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in we will undock progress 35 to make

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way for progress 37 to launch and dock

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in its place carrying with it many

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supplies that we will spend

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transferring and putting in their place

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the month of may is also going to be

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quite busy for us again uh progress 36

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will be undocking and this is in

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preparation for uh opening up ports on

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the space station for new modules to

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the 21s crew oleg and his crew will

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relocate their soyuz

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aft end of the sm and that is in

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preparation for the module that the

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shuttle crew will be bringing up

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the russian mini research module one

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by ken hamm will be arriving and their

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crew and their payload bay will be

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bringing this russian module the mrm1

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take it out of the payload bay and

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attach it in place to the fgb and they

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spare parts batteries as well as

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in their payload bay and also equipment

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they will stay docked for about eight

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and we will wave goodbye to them

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towards the end of may and at that time

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our crewmates from expedition 23 will

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be prepared to come home

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ola kotov will then be handing over the

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command of the space station to

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and that will mark the end of expedition

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the first two weeks of june we will

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the crew of 23 soyuz 23 which will be

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and they will come join us on the 16th

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to become part of expedition 24.

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shortly after they arrive after we give

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them a few weeks of adaptation we'll put

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them back into their soyuz and they will

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that will keep us busy with transfer

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law the docking the month of july is a

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rather exciting time for us as uh

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increment crew as we look forward to

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both our u.s segment eva number 15

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number 25. the the main task of our

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us eva will be to install a pdgf which

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is a grapple fixture for the robotic arm

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one of the main tasks will be centered

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around installing cables for the new mrn

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module and if there's any questions

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related to that our space walker michal

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walkers for the u.s eva will be doug

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on orbit as iv shannon walker and from

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rounding the end of july we will see our

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a pallet full of spares as well

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mmod shields as well as a few s-band

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of quiescence uh from vehicle traffic

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doug wheelock who will become the

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a great overview with that we'll start

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state your name and affiliation

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uh jim oberg with nbc news i'm pretty up

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management and the resources at the

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affected your training and how how

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recovering their their quality which

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they're maintaining but but how did that

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the change in the leadership and change

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they'll probably be able to give you a

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turnover there's a lot of

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dust to be cleared as they're trying to

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reorganize themselves and as such i

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think it mostly affects us in terms of

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our schedule availability of instructors

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as well as understanding the new process

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so maybe just a few delays

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but i can tell you that the

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the staff of instructors there are just

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as dedicated um

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through this whole transition period as

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no yes

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i will have to agree completely

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transition period always means certain

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losses but um i feel that our management

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has been very diligent and they've been

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working very hard to

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make sure that the losses that we do

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experience are a minimum

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and especially where it concerns the

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crews that are at the end of their

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training cycle and who are ready to fly

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maximum

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a member of the backup crew

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for the expedition that is currently on

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board this guy is launched on september

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30th

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max sarai of jeff williams and you can

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see how well they're working together in

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space so you can see that it

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has virtually not affected their work

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whatsoever so i expect that this will

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not have any impact on our training as

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the reason i bring up this particular

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crew is because this was the first crew

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that flew in orbit

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after the

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organization of

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our

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organization but

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i just want to emphasize that

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we have always been the center for

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cosmonaut training and we will remain

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congratulations on the 50th anniversary

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extra question you'll be the first time

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with three russian hazardous on the

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expedition crew i believe

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so who does not get to sleep in the

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i have to say that this is a very

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depressing concern for us and we have

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been discussed discussing this relevant

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issue with um oleg and with maxime and

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actually yesterday we spoke to a photo

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of your chicken and he gave us some tips

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as well but i'm pretty sure that we'll

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because we're planning to have six crew

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members on board i'm pretty sure we'll

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find a place for everyone where they can

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collectspace.com um i think a question

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for tracy uh not that you don't have

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enough things coming and going but i

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think during your stay you also um while

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it won't come near the iss there might

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be one or two falcon 9

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launches as a demonstration flights and

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on one of their update one of spacex's

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updates they showed you visiting

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their facility

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do you have any uh

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any tasks or um or

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responsibilities on board the iss to

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prepare for the future arrival of

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commercial cargo transfer vehicles such

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as falcon 9 and dragon

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yeah the way the crews mainly interface

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with these vehicles

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are through first of all

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the ones that involve grappling as

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robotic operators were responsible for

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attaching

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the uh

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to to the vehicle and then attaching

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that vehicle to the space station so as

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robotic operators were trained uh

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generically to do that but then also

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when we when it comes close to

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uh

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determining when that vehicle will

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appear in an increment we get more

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specific about the vehicle and the the

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nuances of

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of that vehicle and in terms of

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grappling to it but certainly all of us

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learn how to once the

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the vehicle is docked to the space

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station all of the mechanisms involving

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the hatch work all of us learn to the

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specifics of of that as well as entering

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the vehicle sometimes the vehicle will

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have

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a different layout in terms of stowage

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and

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specifically

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those details

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in visiting those sites and and

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as

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to when those vehicles will appear crews

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will make visits to those

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sites to learn the details

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we all learn pretty generically how to

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how to operate hatches but sometimes

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there's some some differences some

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nuances that

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and you also mentioned the arrival of

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the alpha magnetic spectrometer during

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your stay

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does that go into service while you're

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there or is it just installed and if it

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does

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um are you is are you the point person

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or is there someone else on the on the

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expedition 24 crew that's the point

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person for uh

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for seeing it come online i guess

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well i'd certainly like to pass the buck

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on to the 24 crew because i i don't know

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much about the

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spectrometer myself what i do know is

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that it's going to be coming up and

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installed during that shuttle mission

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and

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actually utilized

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i haven't i haven't had any training on

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it and do not know at this time so

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okay next question marianne dyson with

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national space society a question for

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tracy caldwell dyson no relation um

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i'm wondering which science experiment

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you're most looking forward to doing i

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notice you have your background in

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chemistry is there a particular

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experiment that you're excited about

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well uh

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gosh you know

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there's not one particular experiment

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that i can i can identify right now

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because

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as a crew member in training i'm i'm

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studying these things more than i am

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doing them

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and

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question uh more towards the middle of

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my increment i bet i'll have a better

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answer for you but i can tell you as a

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as a chemist and a science test by

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background

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i am looking forward to

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um

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something that as a as a researcher

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myself

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i never you know i i enjoy what i

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enjoyed the most about being a

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researcher was actually being in the lab

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and getting my my hands on the equipment

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and actually

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creating the science from that

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standpoint

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and so that part i will definitely enjoy

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especially the the physical science

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based experiments the biological space

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um biological science experiments

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uh the the principal investigators

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though of all these experiments are the

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ones that are really the the brains

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behind developing them and the the

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brains behind interpreting the data

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that's received and so i am more

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for them a wrench monkey to to get their

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experiment put in place and they're the

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ones that actually

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run it but i am looking forward to uh

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to setting those things up and to

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getting the getting everything just

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right so that they can get the data that

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they need because i know

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firsthand how much work went into

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getting those prepared

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and

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all the work that it took to get the

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time to get the data out of it so i'm

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looking forward to it from that

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standpoint just about every experiment

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then there's also experiments where i'm

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actually the subject

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and uh in those

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i'm looking forward to the aspect of

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of performing these experiments

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in ways that i've i mean i've never had

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to uh you know for instance

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uh image my own heart or take my own

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the way i've been trained i've been

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trained very well that once i get on

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orbit and try to transfer those skills

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to microgravity that

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i'll be able to

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get them the data that they need they

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they need and that they're looking

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forward to so i hope that you'll stay

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tuned and ask questions more towards the

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middle of my increment when i actually

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have some experience with working with

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right

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jill talk with bay area houston magazine

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i have two questions so tracy i'll start

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with you

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i noticed that one of the first

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technical assignments you had after

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being selected as an astronaut was as a

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russian crusader you've flown on a

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shuttle had a great adventure of course

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and now you have the experience of

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flying in on soyuz on station

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so does any of your how does your

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background and experience thus far

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help translate the station and the

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experience and people you've met

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wow well it's hard to put that answer in

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a nutshell and you've

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kind of encapsulated pretty well all of

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the all of the training i've had

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to prepare me for this mission for

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increment 2324 that yes indeed i as a

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new astronaut i spent a significant

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amount of time

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in russia mainly in moscow working at

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inarguia but as well at gctc interfacing

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with all of the hardware software and

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schematics that we would use as crew

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members on orbit to make sure that those

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those products if you will

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were going to be

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in the right you know training language

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uh for the crew so that

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what they saw in orbit was what they

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have been training with here on the

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ground so i have i've had a a lot of

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exposure to the space station

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modules from the inside to the outside

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from the very beginning before we ever

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launched the fgb i was learning about it

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so

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i think that that has

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served me well in preparation for this

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flight so that i could concentrate on

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all of the uh the larger aspects um

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you know the the the station is so

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voluminous it's even i think twice as

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big as it was when i visited as a

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shuttle crew member so there's just a

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tremendous amount of information to know

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and i'm i'm very grateful for the

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experience i've had since i got here

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that it feels almost like a head start

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in terms of preparing for this

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particular mission

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uh the

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uh from from that to even the the period

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of time i spent as a capcom in mcc has

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also been invaluable to preparing for

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this mission because on a shuttle

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mission it's a very fast-paced life and

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we spend every single day going at full

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throttle

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and on the space station

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as you all know it's a much more

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relaxed pace a sustained pace where you

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live where you work and you work where

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you live

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and you the relationship that you

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develop with your team

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in mcc

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really

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affects very much

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the

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professionally and personally and having

565
00:24:05,830 --> 00:24:02,720
had that experience of being a capcom

566
00:24:07,909 --> 00:24:05,840
sitting on the mcc side of the team

567
00:24:10,310 --> 00:24:07,919
has prepared me for interacting with

568
00:24:12,870 --> 00:24:10,320
them when i'm on orbit and being

569
00:24:14,070 --> 00:24:12,880
prepared for for the way that that

570
00:24:15,830 --> 00:24:14,080
operations

571
00:24:17,830 --> 00:24:15,840
are performed here on the ground in

572
00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:17,840
order to help us do the job we need to

573
00:24:21,750 --> 00:24:19,760
do in orbit so i think i've learned a

574
00:24:24,950 --> 00:24:21,760
lot of patience i've learned a lot of

575
00:24:25,669 --> 00:24:24,960
background information about the

576
00:24:32,070 --> 00:24:25,679
the

577
00:24:33,190 --> 00:24:32,080
so i hope that answers your question

578
00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:33,200
thank you

579
00:24:42,070 --> 00:24:38,720
alexander and mikhail

580
00:24:44,630 --> 00:24:42,080
it is a good thing that you're going to

581
00:24:46,549 --> 00:24:44,640
station you'll have a lot of good work

582
00:24:48,549 --> 00:24:46,559
but what sort of things are you looking

583
00:24:50,310 --> 00:24:48,559
forward to that relate to art and

584
00:24:53,190 --> 00:24:50,320
culture that you can share your

585
00:25:30,149 --> 00:24:53,200
experience with family and friends and

586
00:25:34,230 --> 00:25:32,470
well if your question relates to the

587
00:25:36,390 --> 00:25:34,240
educational program

588
00:25:37,990 --> 00:25:36,400
then we do have a program

589
00:25:40,870 --> 00:25:38,000
where we communicate with school

590
00:25:43,669 --> 00:25:40,880
children with students on the ground

591
00:25:51,430 --> 00:25:43,679
using hem radio and our regular nominal

592
00:26:23,830 --> 00:25:52,230
okay

593
00:26:27,430 --> 00:26:25,750
in terms of the general experience

594
00:26:30,390 --> 00:26:27,440
michael and i have been in training for

595
00:26:31,510 --> 00:26:30,400
a long time actually we've been um going

596
00:26:33,510 --> 00:26:31,520
towards

597
00:26:35,430 --> 00:26:33,520
our goal for the past 12 and a half

598
00:26:37,830 --> 00:26:35,440
years and hopefully there isn't much

599
00:26:40,950 --> 00:26:37,840
time left for us to continue striving

600
00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:40,960
for our goal to be finally in space so

601
00:26:45,350 --> 00:26:43,279
that time allowed us

602
00:26:47,269 --> 00:26:45,360
to accumulate a lot of interesting

603
00:26:49,590 --> 00:26:47,279
experience and in terms of education as

604
00:26:51,669 --> 00:26:49,600
well as art and culture we'll be happy

605
00:26:55,029 --> 00:26:51,679
to share this experience with

606
00:26:59,190 --> 00:26:57,669
did mikhail did you want to respond

607
00:27:01,750 --> 00:26:59,200
no

608
00:27:03,590 --> 00:27:01,760
okay our next question robert

609
00:27:06,390 --> 00:27:03,600
hi robert perlman with clickspace.com

610
00:27:08,470 --> 00:27:06,400
again sort of working off of that um

611
00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:08,480
given that it has been 12 years

612
00:27:14,149 --> 00:27:11,840
to get to space um what are

613
00:27:17,029 --> 00:27:14,159
what are both

614
00:27:19,430 --> 00:27:17,039
both of you looking forward to

615
00:27:22,630 --> 00:27:19,440
the most during the stay and then for

616
00:27:24,789 --> 00:27:22,640
all of you with such a busy

617
00:27:26,070 --> 00:27:24,799
increment what presents the largest

618
00:27:28,070 --> 00:27:26,080
challenge

619
00:27:28,870 --> 00:27:28,080
amongst all the activities that you

620
00:27:30,230 --> 00:27:28,880
think

621
00:28:01,430 --> 00:27:30,240
will present the biggest challenge at

622
00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:03,430
well as uh tracy pointed out very

623
00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:06,320
correctly the our flight schedule um our

624
00:28:10,470 --> 00:28:08,240
timeline on board will not be as busy as

625
00:28:13,269 --> 00:28:10,480
the one for the shuttle crew

626
00:28:15,430 --> 00:28:13,279
it will be more routine work but even so

627
00:28:18,230 --> 00:28:15,440
when you look at it when i was listening

628
00:28:20,389 --> 00:28:18,240
to tracy's opening statement it was very

629
00:28:21,990 --> 00:28:20,399
nice to hear a very concise description

630
00:28:23,909 --> 00:28:22,000
of all the activities and all the events

631
00:28:25,110 --> 00:28:23,919
that we will have on board while we're

632
00:28:51,909 --> 00:28:25,120
there

633
00:28:55,830 --> 00:28:53,590
so throughout the course of our training

634
00:28:57,190 --> 00:28:55,840
we do um realize that there'll be a lot

635
00:28:58,950 --> 00:28:57,200
of work

636
00:29:00,389 --> 00:28:58,960
that we'll need to do on board and a lot

637
00:29:02,549 --> 00:29:00,399
of responsibilities that we'll have to

638
00:29:04,389 --> 00:29:02,559
fulfill but i think during the final

639
00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:04,399
stages of preparation it really brings

640
00:29:07,430 --> 00:29:05,520
it home and

641
00:29:09,110 --> 00:29:07,440
even this press conference makes us

642
00:29:10,950 --> 00:29:09,120
think about all the things that we will

643
00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:10,960
have to do and all the great

644
00:29:15,190 --> 00:29:13,360
responsibility that is placed on us so

645
00:29:18,470 --> 00:29:15,200
even though our schedule on board will

646
00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:18,480
be very busy uh we'll do our best to um

647
00:29:27,430 --> 00:29:25,750
came over again with nbc one of the

648
00:29:28,549 --> 00:29:27,440
special features of the station that's

649
00:29:35,269 --> 00:29:28,559
new

650
00:29:37,590 --> 00:29:35,279
how do you plan on

651
00:29:39,350 --> 00:29:37,600
utilizing that extraordinary

652
00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:39,360
window into the universe how do you plan

653
00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:41,120
on doing what advice have people given

654
00:29:45,830 --> 00:29:44,000
you of things you can't miss what do you

655
00:29:47,110 --> 00:29:45,840
have to watch and how long do you think

656
00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:47,120
you're going to be sitting there looking

657
00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:52,310
well

658
00:29:57,350 --> 00:29:54,480
i can tell you just from my

659
00:29:59,269 --> 00:29:57,360
first experience in space that uh

660
00:30:00,710 --> 00:29:59,279
it will be difficult to pry me out of

661
00:30:01,510 --> 00:30:00,720
that window

662
00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:01,520
i

663
00:30:14,310 --> 00:30:12,320
not have

664
00:30:17,190 --> 00:30:14,320
otherwise in the station if it weren't

665
00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:17,200
for this cupola and that goes

666
00:30:20,070 --> 00:30:18,480
a long way

667
00:30:21,669 --> 00:30:20,080
toward

668
00:30:24,470 --> 00:30:21,679
the

669
00:30:26,549 --> 00:30:24,480
crew morale as well as um

670
00:30:29,590 --> 00:30:26,559
you know affirmation of why we're doing

671
00:30:31,590 --> 00:30:29,600
this and for that reason i wish everyone

672
00:30:33,510 --> 00:30:31,600
could be looking out that cupola

673
00:30:34,549 --> 00:30:33,520
because what i realized

674
00:30:36,310 --> 00:30:34,559
as a

675
00:30:38,310 --> 00:30:36,320
crew member on the shuttle and staring

676
00:30:39,909 --> 00:30:38,320
out that window and using my free time

677
00:30:42,630 --> 00:30:39,919
to do just that

678
00:30:44,310 --> 00:30:42,640
that you you get such an appreciation

679
00:30:46,870 --> 00:30:44,320
for

680
00:30:48,870 --> 00:30:46,880
not just what you're doing but just the

681
00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:48,880
delicate

682
00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:50,720
planet that we live on and and i don't

683
00:30:55,669 --> 00:30:53,279
think there's a single person that could

684
00:30:57,269 --> 00:30:55,679
look out that window and see that that

685
00:31:00,149 --> 00:30:57,279
spectacular

686
00:31:01,669 --> 00:31:00,159
unique view of our planet and ever feel

687
00:31:03,990 --> 00:31:01,679
the same and

688
00:31:05,750 --> 00:31:04,000
it makes you feel very protective of the

689
00:31:07,909 --> 00:31:05,760
environment and the opportunity that we

690
00:31:10,230 --> 00:31:07,919
have to observe it from that vantage

691
00:31:13,029 --> 00:31:10,240
point and i can only imagine that with a

692
00:31:14,950 --> 00:31:13,039
cupola window

693
00:31:16,789 --> 00:31:14,960
how much more enhanced

694
00:31:19,029 --> 00:31:16,799
that will be especially with the

695
00:31:21,350 --> 00:31:19,039
increasing size of our space station and

696
00:31:23,350 --> 00:31:21,360
the crew that inhabit it it will be

697
00:31:24,870 --> 00:31:23,360
tremendous but what that does for

698
00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:24,880
everybody

699
00:31:29,990 --> 00:31:27,600
is opens up crew observation i mean we

700
00:31:32,310 --> 00:31:30,000
we have windows about the the size of a

701
00:31:35,190 --> 00:31:32,320
large plate now and imagine what we can

702
00:31:37,590 --> 00:31:35,200
do with several different angles that we

703
00:31:39,669 --> 00:31:37,600
can look at the earth not to mention how

704
00:31:41,830 --> 00:31:39,679
complex and large our space station is

705
00:31:44,149 --> 00:31:41,840
becoming and how difficult now our

706
00:31:46,389 --> 00:31:44,159
robotic tasks and our evas will become

707
00:31:48,950 --> 00:31:46,399
and that having that window will help

708
00:31:50,149 --> 00:31:48,960
aid in all of those tasks especially

709
00:31:51,830 --> 00:31:50,159
those that are going to be on the port

710
00:31:52,789 --> 00:31:51,840
side of the space station

711
00:31:56,950 --> 00:31:52,799
it's

712
00:31:58,470 --> 00:31:56,960
asset to us

713
00:32:01,110 --> 00:31:58,480
both from

714
00:32:05,269 --> 00:32:01,120
an emotional state a mental well-being

715
00:32:06,950 --> 00:32:05,279
as well as from a practical and

716
00:32:08,149 --> 00:32:06,960
operational sense

717
00:32:11,190 --> 00:32:08,159
and

718
00:32:12,870 --> 00:32:11,200
mission

719
00:32:14,389 --> 00:32:12,880
said to me once i was

720
00:32:16,310 --> 00:32:14,399
taking a few minutes to stare out the

721
00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:16,320
window and not really sure if that's

722
00:32:20,630 --> 00:32:18,080
what i should be doing if i was stealing

723
00:32:22,149 --> 00:32:20,640
minutes away from the precious timeline

724
00:32:23,830 --> 00:32:22,159
and he caught me looking out the window

725
00:32:25,990 --> 00:32:23,840
and he said everybody else right now is

726
00:32:27,269 --> 00:32:26,000
doing email and sending messages and

727
00:32:28,389 --> 00:32:27,279
taking pictures and you're the only

728
00:32:30,789 --> 00:32:28,399
smart person

729
00:32:33,190 --> 00:32:30,799
got their nose stuck in the window which

730
00:32:34,710 --> 00:32:33,200
affirmed for me that uh that

731
00:32:37,269 --> 00:32:34,720
you know you you could

732
00:32:39,190 --> 00:32:37,279
spend all these years training and all

733
00:32:42,710 --> 00:32:39,200
these years sacrificing

734
00:32:45,509 --> 00:32:42,720
the time away from your family and and

735
00:32:47,350 --> 00:32:45,519
for the cause of improving this

736
00:32:49,269 --> 00:32:47,360
space program and carrying on this space

737
00:32:52,549 --> 00:32:49,279
station program without taking that

738
00:32:55,029 --> 00:32:52,559
moment for yourself uh to really um

739
00:33:00,870 --> 00:32:55,039
remind you that the sacrifices were all

740
00:33:06,549 --> 00:33:02,389
no doubt

741
00:33:09,430 --> 00:33:06,559
they they probably have a much different

742
00:33:14,070 --> 00:33:09,440
perspective of this being a

743
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:17,509
what are you going to look at

744
00:33:17,519 --> 00:33:21,830
question for me

745
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:33,269
sorry

746
00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:42,630
um

747
00:33:46,789 --> 00:33:45,269
that this is one of the most remarkable

748
00:33:49,029 --> 00:33:46,799
elements on board at the station this

749
00:33:58,950 --> 00:33:49,039
will be our sort of window into the

750
00:34:03,669 --> 00:34:01,110
of course its primary

751
00:34:22,149 --> 00:34:03,679
um purpose is to

752
00:34:25,589 --> 00:34:23,750
in my head i'm trying to imagine what it

753
00:34:27,909 --> 00:34:25,599
will be like looking

754
00:34:30,389 --> 00:34:27,919
out the cupola window and it really for

755
00:34:42,230 --> 00:34:30,399
me it's hard to wrap my mind around it

756
00:34:46,710 --> 00:34:44,230
this is also an excellent tool for earth

757
00:34:55,750 --> 00:34:46,720
observations operations for photo

758
00:35:02,790 --> 00:34:58,310
uh no not not yet

759
00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:04,950
robert pearl with collect space uh sort

760
00:35:08,630 --> 00:35:06,240
of jim just stole my question about

761
00:35:11,270 --> 00:35:08,640
blogging but uh sort of work next to

762
00:35:14,470 --> 00:35:11,280
that um are any of you gonna be tweeting

763
00:35:17,270 --> 00:35:14,480
um and you will have uh if i guess if tj

764
00:35:19,990 --> 00:35:17,280
gets it up and running live internet

765
00:35:20,870 --> 00:35:20,000
how do you see that affecting your

766
00:35:22,310 --> 00:35:20,880
ability

767
00:35:25,430 --> 00:35:22,320
affecting your interaction with the

768
00:35:28,230 --> 00:35:26,390
well

769
00:35:29,750 --> 00:35:28,240
as far as tweeting goes

770
00:35:32,150 --> 00:35:29,760
i don't tweet now so i don't think i'm

771
00:35:33,589 --> 00:35:32,160
going to tweet up in space

772
00:35:36,069 --> 00:35:33,599
i have different outlets for

773
00:35:38,230 --> 00:35:36,079
communicating to folks and

774
00:35:40,630 --> 00:35:38,240
what i look forward to the most

775
00:35:42,550 --> 00:35:40,640
it's not electronic by any means but

776
00:35:43,829 --> 00:35:42,560
sort of answers both your questions that

777
00:35:45,589 --> 00:35:43,839
of the cupola of what i'm going to do

778
00:35:47,030 --> 00:35:45,599
and how i'm going to communicate but

779
00:35:50,470 --> 00:35:47,040
i've

780
00:35:52,230 --> 00:35:50,480
sent up for myself a set of a sketch pad

781
00:35:54,470 --> 00:35:52,240
and a set of

782
00:35:57,430 --> 00:35:54,480
colored watercolor watercolor pencils

783
00:35:59,670 --> 00:35:57,440
that i hope to be able to recreate the

784
00:36:01,589 --> 00:35:59,680
scenes that are still so

785
00:36:02,710 --> 00:36:01,599
blazing in my mind of

786
00:36:04,790 --> 00:36:02,720
of our

787
00:36:06,630 --> 00:36:04,800
earth as well as

788
00:36:09,589 --> 00:36:06,640
the horizon with all the stars and so

789
00:36:12,150 --> 00:36:09,599
that'll be my form of tweeting uh and

790
00:36:13,270 --> 00:36:12,160
keeping uh in touch with uh sharing my

791
00:36:17,510 --> 00:36:13,280
experience

792
00:36:19,990 --> 00:36:17,520
uh with those uh back here at home

793
00:36:21,670 --> 00:36:20,000
but as far as the the live internet uh

794
00:36:23,430 --> 00:36:21,680
and and how that will affect our

795
00:36:25,829 --> 00:36:23,440
interactions with the ground

796
00:36:27,349 --> 00:36:25,839
uh i think remains to be seen again stay

797
00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:27,359
tuned and ask me that question

798
00:36:32,710 --> 00:36:30,400
mid-stream in our in our increment but

799
00:36:36,310 --> 00:36:32,720
i i i don't think anyone anyone could

800
00:36:37,990 --> 00:36:36,320
help uh you know kind of um being

801
00:36:40,550 --> 00:36:38,000
a little self-conscious so when you know

802
00:36:42,230 --> 00:36:40,560
you float in front of a camera that is

803
00:36:44,710 --> 00:36:42,240
streaming live video down to the

804
00:36:46,630 --> 00:36:44,720
internet if that was placed in your home

805
00:36:49,190 --> 00:36:46,640
you'd certainly

806
00:36:50,790 --> 00:36:49,200
probably you know

807
00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:50,800
straighten up your shoulders before you

808
00:36:53,510 --> 00:36:52,240
got in front of it

809
00:36:55,510 --> 00:36:53,520
and

810
00:36:57,349 --> 00:36:55,520
but i you know at the same time i think

811
00:37:00,470 --> 00:36:57,359
it will be uh it'll take some time to

812
00:37:02,230 --> 00:37:00,480
adjust to it at first but i think

813
00:37:05,829 --> 00:37:02,240
the the best part about that is that it

814
00:37:08,230 --> 00:37:05,839
is going to uh open up this uh

815
00:37:10,870 --> 00:37:08,240
spectacular uh

816
00:37:12,790 --> 00:37:10,880
program that we have to to those who

817
00:37:14,470 --> 00:37:12,800
otherwise wouldn't

818
00:37:17,109 --> 00:37:14,480
care to learn much about it it's just

819
00:37:18,310 --> 00:37:17,119
another avenue to to learn to to to

820
00:37:20,550 --> 00:37:18,320
teach the

821
00:37:22,390 --> 00:37:20,560
the public basically about their space

822
00:37:25,030 --> 00:37:22,400
station and their space program and

823
00:37:28,150 --> 00:37:25,040
invite them inside

824
00:37:30,630 --> 00:37:28,160
so um i i i'm looking forward to i'm

825
00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:30,640
looking forward to getting used to it uh

826
00:37:34,630 --> 00:37:32,160
since um

827
00:37:36,790 --> 00:37:34,640
i've never had a live video streaming in

828
00:37:38,870 --> 00:37:36,800
my home before

829
00:37:41,030 --> 00:37:38,880
but i sure hope that it has a positive

830
00:37:41,910 --> 00:37:41,040
outcome

831
00:37:43,510 --> 00:37:41,920
okay

832
00:37:46,710 --> 00:37:43,520
i believe we have time for one last

833
00:37:50,870 --> 00:37:49,190
jill told bay area houston magazine it's

834
00:37:52,870 --> 00:37:50,880
a follow-up question for each of you

835
00:37:55,109 --> 00:37:52,880
similar to what we've talked about since

836
00:37:57,109 --> 00:37:55,119
you're you'll be on station for five or

837
00:37:58,069 --> 00:37:57,119
six months and have time to look out the

838
00:38:00,950 --> 00:37:58,079
window

839
00:38:03,190 --> 00:38:00,960
is there any specific part of earth or

840
00:38:05,670 --> 00:38:03,200
of the sky that you all would like to

841
00:38:08,790 --> 00:38:05,680
observe over time or just keep your eye

842
00:38:11,910 --> 00:38:10,069
i'll

843
00:38:52,390 --> 00:38:11,920
pass that question on to my

844
00:38:56,310 --> 00:38:53,990
well first of all i expect that the view

845
00:38:59,109 --> 00:38:56,320
will be so um

846
00:39:01,589 --> 00:38:59,119
tremendous so outstanding that i really

847
00:39:03,270 --> 00:39:01,599
don't think that there will be a spot in

848
00:39:05,430 --> 00:39:03,280
the sky that will be better than others

849
00:39:07,190 --> 00:39:05,440
but there are some points of interest on

850
00:39:09,109 --> 00:39:07,200
earth that i would like to

851
00:39:09,990 --> 00:39:09,119
see hopefully and one of them is of

852
00:39:12,710 --> 00:39:10,000
course

853
00:39:15,190 --> 00:39:12,720
the place where i'm from my hometown

854
00:39:17,190 --> 00:39:15,200
the amount of kilimanjaro also i climbed

855
00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:17,200
that mount um a few years ago and so

856
00:39:20,870 --> 00:39:19,200
that would be interesting machu picchu

857
00:39:21,750 --> 00:39:20,880
than ancient city that is something that

858
00:39:23,430 --> 00:39:21,760
i've

859
00:39:26,710 --> 00:39:23,440
seen in real life so i would like to see

860
00:39:26,720 --> 00:39:34,630
no remember

861
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:56,630
um

862
00:39:59,829 --> 00:39:58,230
again i expect that the view from space

863
00:40:02,630 --> 00:39:59,839
will be very beautiful

864
00:40:05,109 --> 00:40:02,640
um i attended an exhibition of a russian

865
00:40:08,069 --> 00:40:05,119
cosmonaut once and his paintings were

866
00:40:10,470 --> 00:40:08,079
very beautiful and he told me that

867
00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:10,480
there are still places on earth that can

868
00:40:17,030 --> 00:40:13,760
you can only see from space that are

869
00:40:19,349 --> 00:40:17,040
this day right now modern day um

870
00:40:20,790 --> 00:40:19,359
cities and among modern day locations

871
00:40:22,550 --> 00:40:20,800
and that is something that always stays

872
00:40:30,710 --> 00:40:22,560
with you and brings up an artist within

873
00:40:33,990 --> 00:40:32,150
you know i

874
00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:34,000
have to agree with both my crewmates

875
00:40:38,150 --> 00:40:35,520
that

876
00:40:40,710 --> 00:40:38,160
you can just pick any any spot on the

877
00:40:44,069 --> 00:40:40,720
planet as well as in the sky and it's

878
00:40:46,790 --> 00:40:44,079
just mesmerizing to say the very least

879
00:40:48,870 --> 00:40:46,800
but um as i've described before

880
00:40:52,630 --> 00:40:48,880
one of the most uh unexpected

881
00:40:55,190 --> 00:40:52,640
discoveries and i say i say that

882
00:40:56,790 --> 00:40:55,200
somewhat with a smirk because none of my

883
00:40:59,190 --> 00:40:56,800
colleagues i was so surprised had told

884
00:41:01,589 --> 00:40:59,200
me before i launched on the shuttle to

885
00:41:03,109 --> 00:41:01,599
expect this i'd been told that when you

886
00:41:04,790 --> 00:41:03,119
get above the atmosphere of course the

887
00:41:08,630 --> 00:41:04,800
stars aren't going to blink like they do

888
00:41:10,950 --> 00:41:08,640
down here but nobody prepared me for

889
00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:10,960
seeing the stars in three dimensions

890
00:41:13,510 --> 00:41:12,480
which you don't have the pleasure of

891
00:41:14,790 --> 00:41:13,520
down here

892
00:41:16,870 --> 00:41:14,800
but when you're certainly above the

893
00:41:18,870 --> 00:41:16,880
atmosphere you actually see the distance

894
00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:18,880
between the stars you can see that stars

895
00:41:23,109 --> 00:41:21,280
are actually closer to you than they are

896
00:41:25,349 --> 00:41:23,119
than others are and i wasn't quite

897
00:41:27,990 --> 00:41:25,359
prepared for that and i think that

898
00:41:30,790 --> 00:41:28,000
nearly hypnotized me uh in that window

899
00:41:32,710 --> 00:41:30,800
and i can't wait to get back to that and

900
00:41:34,390 --> 00:41:32,720
refresh my memory so that when i come

901
00:41:37,270 --> 00:41:34,400
back i can

902
00:41:39,670 --> 00:41:37,280
tell that a little bit more freshness to

903
00:41:41,750 --> 00:41:39,680
to all those that i share my experience

904
00:41:43,030 --> 00:41:41,760
with so i'm looking forward to that for

905
00:41:44,630 --> 00:41:43,040
sure

906
00:41:46,390 --> 00:41:44,640
thank you well that's a great note to

907
00:41:47,750 --> 00:41:46,400
end it on that will wrap up our briefing

908
00:41:49,190 --> 00:41:47,760
we will have a photo opportunity

909
00:41:50,390 --> 00:41:49,200
immediately after the conclusion of that