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howdy i'm bob bankins spacewalker on

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you can't take the sky from me

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good morning endeavor

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and a special good morning to you today

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well thank you shannon um and a special

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good morning back to you guys uh down in

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houston for helping us out so much

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yesterday for a successful eva one

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and uh i'd also

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just like to say that

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both on endeavor and on the iss uh there

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is a little piece of serenity

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for each of us who are fans of the

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this is mission control houston with a

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view back inside the international space

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station

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crews are working through the

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first tasks of the day

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the crew members will be focusing on

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the

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and he will be joined by astronaut

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nicholas patrick to work on that those

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preparation activities for their second

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that will be taking place saturday

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as canadarm2 was used to retrieve

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tranquility from endeavors cargo bay and

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bring it up to install on the port side

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for this operation today the arm was

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commanded to release tranquility now

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that it is installed on the station

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and this free arm is going to rotate

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around and down to latch onto the

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this is a view from a camera on the end

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of canadarm2 looking down at the grapple

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fixture that it will be attached to

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shortly on the destiny lab

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it's a view providing

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an alignment guide for astronauts terry

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verts and kay heyer who are operating

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suit experienced an issue with one of

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the fans operating at a lower speed than

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expected which was fine for the first

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spacewalk but engineers prefer that a

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different spacesuit being used as that

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originally for banking now has the new

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power harness and

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patrick indicated it checked out okay

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be resized basically taking the lower

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torque

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on the outside of the international

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space station the canadarm2 continues to

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move into a new position

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it will be parked until it is needed for

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the relocation of the cupola

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cupola is seen covered by

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some thermal blankets in the lower right

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corner

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of this view

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it will be relocated to the earth-facing

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port on tranquility

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this is a live view inside the

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international space station

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with a camera set up in the unity node

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crew members are doing the initial setup

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work to provide some airflow into the

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with a temporary ducting

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noguchi and kotov worked on removing

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that exercise device from its location

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in unity earlier because it is in the

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area where these crew members are

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working now

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so that is why that is the piece of

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equipment to be moved first into

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tranquility

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the actual installation of the exercise

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the initial setup of that duct work

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indicated some airflow readings that

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but calculations indicate that it will

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time being for the

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about for four crew members to work

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inside the module at a time

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this is mission control houston with the

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view inside the international space

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station station commander jeff williams

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is taking the video camera to show

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mission control the setup inside the

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cupola hatch is open there still for the

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crew members to work on the procedures

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to get the cupola ready for relocation

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he's working on the procedure

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to install a cover

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on that hatchway before closing the

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debra houston you guys ready for the

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mike yes good uh i guess it's good

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uh first thing is

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uh first question is about the sounds

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and smells in space can you describe how

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the various parts of the shuttle or the

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iss how they smell and some of the

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sounds that you hear that might might

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describe the environment for their or

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well that's a good question mike

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obviously launch is really noisy but

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once you're in space um space itself is

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really quiet but the inside of the

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um is never quite this it's full of fan

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everywhere you go there's a fan

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no convection that on earth is caused by

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there's no convection up here to

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circulate the air for you so that's the

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biggest noise we notice

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how about smells bob what do you notice

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remarkable smells that you notice in

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that second thing is the smell that uh

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place that was recently at vacuum um

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aluminum but the smell of coming into an

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area that had just been a vacuum just

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actually coming back in from an eva you

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can smell the eva crew members or

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spacewalkers when they come in they

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really have a strong smell the smell of

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i just can't help to follow up on that

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question what do you think causes that

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that smell of space what do you what do

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actually all the hard work of uh the

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like yourself mike eight hours on a

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had on hubble they spend a lot of time

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outside working and you can generate

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okay i have a way i like to describe

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that smell to people mike

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that that smell to me is to metal uh

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what the smell of toast is to bread if

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might be some outgassing going on there

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we're looking for funny moments were

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anything anything unusual anything funny

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thing i lost i still haven't found it

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so we're too busy to really

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our humors up at full speed but it is

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amusing to watch uh things and people

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their first time in a new environment

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funny in the joking sort of a sense but

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uh what was really fun for me uh on this

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flight was to see uh folks get to do

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things for the first time and so to see

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floating around and try to work his way

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deal with the challenges of weakness

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share that experience with him as he uh

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went through it for the first time and

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for nick going out the hatch it was fun

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for me to watch him go out on his first

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experience that for the first time so

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the eva but

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it was fun for me to to be there for the

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first time a couple of folks got to do

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for both of you can you describe what

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spaceship is one thing but what did it

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what was your impressions of seeing it

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things that are really impressive during

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the spacewalk the first one is just the

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depth of the atmosphere and so you can

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then had an airplane fly over you or or

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had a dense cloud go over you but that

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shadow that it cast on the ground and

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all that remarkableness that you can

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through just a little small portal you

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and it's it's really remarkable to just

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to take that all in you have to take

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mental pictures because uh uh the even

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field of view to take uh all of that in

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going out for the uh the spacewalks is

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is again just uh thinking about all the

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people who come together to make make it

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all possible and so it took takes a

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giant team on the ground to get us into

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space and to make it all happen i know

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you had a great support team on your

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previous flights and we've had a huge

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support team and just to to know all

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those people are rewarded and excited by

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how things are going during the

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it's it's really hard to describe mike

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dark so i couldn't see anything at first

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and that was beautiful enough and we got

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working and at some point in that i

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sunrise was coming up and i looked

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it was just amazing the view is

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panoramic as bob said you can in the

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helmet you can see so much more than you

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but the the blue spreads across the

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horizon and towards you and then turns

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orange and red and the sun pokes up and

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the space station is bathed in a

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brilliant light

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it all happens extremely quickly and of

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course it happens 16 times a day and

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it's a really stunning sight from

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anywhere up here but especially from the

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nice job it's hard to describe it but

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you guys did really well and uh

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following up we have another question

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related to what you see during a

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spacewalk did you notice any stars while

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i did uh see some stars uh mica but they

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are are so small compared to actually

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being able to look at the earth and see

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the lightning or to see the cities at

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night that the stars are are actually

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very dim compared to the lit up space

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station or the space shuttle we did see

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a very good view of the moon and like i

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said the cities at night and the

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lightning show that you get through the

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atmosphere is just really remarkable the

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stars are a little bit tougher to see

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you can break out the colors on

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individual stars

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but they're they're they're hard to

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compare to just all you can see on the

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as bob mentioned the moon i did watch

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the moon rise

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behind bob

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yesterday once it came up through the

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atmosphere i wasn't sure what i was

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seeing but literally rose through the

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atmosphere so it was a white moon behind

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a blue haze and then

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all of a sudden it was up in the clear

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black of space and i could tell that it

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really was the moon i'd been looking at

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that was really a remarkable thing to

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see but i didn't see any stars yesterday

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well that

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those great descriptions of what you

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guys saw out there you know it's just an

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incredible experience and appreciate you

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sharing that with us and like you said

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you got a couple more opportunities to

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make some more memories so uh great job

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on your first dva and good luck on the

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next couple we'll be watching

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um onto a slightly different topic now

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uh how are you sleeping how are your

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sleep patterns up there and how are your

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well uh sleep patterns aren't affected

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too much with a couple of exceptions the

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first is we have a huge what we call a

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sleep shift to get here we needed to

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launch at 4 30 in the morning eastern

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time

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and because of the amount of work you

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have to do when you get to

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to space

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it takes about a whole afternoon's worth

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of work to convert the shuttle into

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something that's appropriate for living

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in once you've launched

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we needed to make that um just after our

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lunch time so we were sleep shifted by

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about nine or ten hours to achieve that

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um and that took us a week or two really

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to get comfortable with that huge sleep

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shift and we're still roughly on that

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sleep cycle sleeping when people in

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north america are awake and we're awake

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when they're asleep

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um but up here on on on station now that

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we've adapted to that sleep schedule

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we're more or less sleeping normally

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there just isn't as much time for it as

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for us mike it was like making a trip to

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tokyo

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right before we launched and uh we did a

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about three days

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before the launch we did the equivalent

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of transferring to uh almost uh tokyo

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time tokyo japan and and uh going

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through that is gonna happen on the

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other end when we come back so i'm sure

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we'll not only be tired from the mission

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but we'll be tired from those two big

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sleep shifts as nick described when we

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well you have plenty of time to catch up

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another question now

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comes from

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the las framosos and i'm probably

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mispronouncing that sixth graders at the

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sherman middle school in madison

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wisconsin so this comes from a bunch of

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sixth graders so be prepared

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they want to know what do you weigh in

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well for uh a bunch of sixth graders

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they asked some pretty tough questions

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for us uh you know i think nick and i

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probably have well over 30 years of

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education between the two of us and uh

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getting questions from sixth graders is

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always the most challenging uh of them

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all but i think nick just demonstrated

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and i think that we both

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that we

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we don't weigh much of anything while

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very nice demonstration but you know the

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sixth graders will probably be

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interested

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although you don't weigh anything

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you still have mass you still have

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inertia so if you start something moving

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like if i take bob and i move him

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towards the camera it takes me a second

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to speed him up i have to take that same

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second to slow him down because he is

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massive and just as we all are he'll

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keep moving in one direction as long as

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there's no force acting on him so

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there's really some interesting physics

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to observe up here not just the weight

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but also the mass

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thanks bob

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well done boys

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uh moving on to a different topic

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uh your meals we have this this comes

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from

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uh chef casey wilson

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and uh

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he or she asks the chef asks what your

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meals consist of and is there anything

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specific that you asked to bring up that

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you're reading that's maybe a little bit

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well mike uh i think there's always a

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lot of interest in what type of food we

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actually eat on orbit and it's a mixture

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of of kind of camping food and military

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rations and kind of dehydrated things

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and so we've kind of got

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just about everything that you have on

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the ground just in a slightly different

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format that we either warm up or add

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water to and then warm up so those are

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kind of the two things that we have so

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nothing nothing too fancy as far as

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chefs go

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because we don't get to use all the the

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the fancy techniques we just get to add

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water or add heat and that's just about

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it for me

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i brought up some some chocolates that i

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like and i also brought up some

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breakfast rolls and some fresh fruit

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because one of the things that you don't

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have very much of up here like i said

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with all rehydrated or or food that you

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just warm up you don't get a lot of

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vegetables so it's a it is nice to to

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taste citrus and taste fresh fresh

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vegetables during the the week or two

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that you're actually on orbit and when

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we arrived with the uh for the station

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crew we actually brought them quite a

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bit of fresh food

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i don't think

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you can see any more of it here actually

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you can there's some of it stowed right

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above

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nick's head up here there's some oranges

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and some apples and some avocados and

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some limits so a lot of fresh fruits

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that only get delivered when there's a

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progress vehicle arriving or a space

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shuttle arrives to drop some of these

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things off

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okay next question comes from uh

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and they want to know how long do you

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prepare for a for your flight how long

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did you guys prepare for your space

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flight

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well we've been training for about a

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year mike um we got assigned to this

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mission i think in

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december of

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2008

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um so we trained for just over a year

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before we launched but in a way we've

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been training for this for all of our

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lives bob and i are both engineers

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bob's an air force flight test engineer

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and i'm a civilian

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mechanical engineer as you know because

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we were at school together

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but we have literally been training to

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be astronauts for the last

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30 or 40 years through our education

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one of the things i was struck by

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yesterday when i was doing my space walk

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is that i think

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you probably can't feel really

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comfortable hanging from

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hanging from a space station 200 miles

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above the planet going about 18 000

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miles an hour

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unless you're really confident in the

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physics that you'll just keep going

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around the planet and won't fall so in a

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way i think we've been training a long

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long time

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um

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next question

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is from taiwan mida

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and the question is what times what

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types of experiments do you have on

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board what experiments are you guys

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doing i know you're busy with lots of

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stuff but if you have any time for

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well mike we do have a couple of

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experiment experiments with us and most

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of them are biological in nature really

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uh as far as our flight goes the space

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station is doing uh quite a bit of

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additional work uh this is an assembly

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mission to the space station and so

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we're primarily focused on that but the

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the experiments that we do have we have

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one which is a a experiment to actually

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control viruses and so we have a

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they're in a contained vessel and we

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cycle them through their process trying

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to activate them and then deactivate

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them inside their canister to understand

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what the effects gravity have gravity

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has on those viruses we also fly a a big

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freezer it's called a glacier and it

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keeps biological samples really cold and

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also allows us to transfer new science

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materials either to the station or back

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down from the station and so just uh the

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day that we arrived i opened up that

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freezer and exchanged some samples that

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uh jeff williams the commander of the

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space station right now had on board and

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uh swapped those out and i know there'll

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be a a large number of uh blood samples

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and other samples from the crews that

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have been on orbit to make sure that

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they've been healthy and understand the

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effects of gravity on their health

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during their six-month stay on the space

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station

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boys i think we have time for one more

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question and

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this one is uh pertinent to our

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twittering in space

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uh this comes from rich v miller he

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wants to know what kind of computer do

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you use

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to send your tweets and nick are you

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as you know mike i was tweeting uh every

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day before we launched and uh

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unfortunately i haven't had enough time

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to do uh do much tweeting from up here

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although i will send another one out

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today

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um when i send a tweet i have to email

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it to a colleague on the ground who's

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agreed to post it for me um

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but when the folks on the space station

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here send a tweet they're able to do it

559
00:24:30,230 --> 00:24:28,240
directly via a live computer link with a

560
00:24:32,230 --> 00:24:30,240
machine down in mission control

561
00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:32,240
um so they're actually able to uh

562
00:24:36,310 --> 00:24:34,480
directly if somewhat slowly post their

563
00:24:38,789 --> 00:24:36,320
own tweets and that's uh

564
00:24:42,149 --> 00:24:38,799
something that uh tj creamer the iss

565
00:24:44,390 --> 00:24:42,159
flight engineer up here now um has just

566
00:24:45,990 --> 00:24:44,400
uh set up with help from colleagues on

567
00:24:50,789 --> 00:24:46,000
the ground so that's a very exciting

568
00:24:53,830 --> 00:24:52,470
well you know you're busy nick and

569
00:24:55,750 --> 00:24:53,840
anything you can send down i know the

570
00:24:58,230 --> 00:24:55,760
folks would be interested in uh in

571
00:25:01,110 --> 00:24:58,240
reading eventually and uh

572
00:25:02,470 --> 00:25:01,120
we're out of time actually uh and i know

573
00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:02,480
you guys are busy and have something

574
00:25:06,710 --> 00:25:04,640
else to do it's been a real honor for me

575
00:25:09,590 --> 00:25:06,720
to work as your capcom and to talk to

576
00:25:11,269 --> 00:25:09,600
you uh this evening it's uh it's been a

577
00:25:13,029 --> 00:25:11,279
real blast and you guys look great and

578
00:25:14,870 --> 00:25:13,039
you're doing a great job and we're all

579
00:25:16,470 --> 00:25:14,880
proud of everything you guys are doing

580
00:25:19,350 --> 00:25:16,480
anything you want to say to wrap up you

581
00:25:21,350 --> 00:25:19,360
want to say hi to anybody or uh

582
00:25:26,230 --> 00:25:21,360
thank anyone or what do you got closing

583
00:25:29,430 --> 00:25:27,669
cost the foot we're going to thank

584
00:25:30,789 --> 00:25:29,440
everybody uh but we won't thank

585
00:25:32,950 --> 00:25:30,799
everybody it's a bit like an oscar

586
00:25:34,230 --> 00:25:32,960
speech if you do that um

587
00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:34,240
i guess we'd like to thank the people

588
00:25:38,390 --> 00:25:36,240
who got us here our trainers in houston

589
00:25:40,870 --> 00:25:38,400
um and uh

590
00:25:43,190 --> 00:25:40,880
the people at neutral buoyancy lab who

591
00:25:45,750 --> 00:25:43,200
make the underwater training possible

592
00:25:47,750 --> 00:25:45,760
and uh flight control team on the ground

593
00:25:50,230 --> 00:25:47,760
um those are the really important groups

594
00:25:51,430 --> 00:25:50,240
to thank um i'd like to thank my family

595
00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:51,440
too for

596
00:25:54,789 --> 00:25:53,039
putting up with my uh what should we

597
00:25:59,029 --> 00:25:54,799
call it business travel which can be

598
00:26:04,230 --> 00:26:01,830
and nick covered uh the folks that

599
00:26:05,909 --> 00:26:04,240
that have got us to this point and also

600
00:26:07,909 --> 00:26:05,919
been supporting us while we're here on

601
00:26:11,269 --> 00:26:07,919
orbit i'd also like to thank

602
00:26:13,750 --> 00:26:11,279
my family and my wife megan who's also a

603
00:26:15,430 --> 00:26:13,760
capcom for some other other missions and

604
00:26:17,430 --> 00:26:15,440
flew with you mike

605
00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:17,440
back to the the space telescope a little

606
00:26:20,230 --> 00:26:18,320
bit

607
00:26:26,390 --> 00:26:20,240
a little while back so i'd like to thank

608
00:26:29,590 --> 00:26:28,149
this is mission control houston a good

609
00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:29,600
view of the

610
00:26:32,870 --> 00:26:31,200
international space station with its new

611
00:26:38,149 --> 00:26:32,880
module here from the cameras in the

612
00:26:41,430 --> 00:26:39,590
this is mission control houston you can

613
00:26:43,830 --> 00:26:41,440
see the crew assembling here in the

614
00:26:46,230 --> 00:26:43,840
harmony node to begin their eva2 or

615
00:26:48,070 --> 00:26:46,240
spacewalk 2 procedures review

616
00:26:50,070 --> 00:26:48,080
going over the plan for tomorrow's

617
00:26:52,149 --> 00:26:50,080
spacewalk or the spacewalk that begins

618
00:26:53,430 --> 00:26:52,159
later today rather and goes until

619
00:26:54,149 --> 00:26:53,440
tomorrow

620
00:26:55,830 --> 00:26:54,159
and

621
00:26:57,510 --> 00:26:55,840
what everybody's different jobs for that

622
00:26:58,630 --> 00:26:57,520
spacewalk will be of course mission

623
00:27:00,310 --> 00:26:58,640
specialist

624
00:27:02,310 --> 00:27:00,320
bob bank and nicholas patrick will be

625
00:27:04,870 --> 00:27:02,320
going outside

626
00:27:09,190 --> 00:27:04,880
endeavor station this is the associated

627
00:27:14,470 --> 00:27:11,669
got you loud and clear hello marcia

628
00:27:16,789 --> 00:27:14,480
good morning uh colonel verse captain

629
00:27:19,430 --> 00:27:16,799
heyer um talking to you this morning

630
00:27:21,510 --> 00:27:19,440
from the launching site both of you tell

631
00:27:23,590 --> 00:27:21,520
me about your new room tranquility

632
00:27:30,310 --> 00:27:23,600
what's the first impressions when you

633
00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:32,630
it's so great to see it up here in space

634
00:27:35,990 --> 00:27:34,480
of course we saw it when it was still at

635
00:27:38,149 --> 00:27:36,000
the kennedy space center before it

636
00:27:39,669 --> 00:27:38,159
launched it looks a lot different here

637
00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:39,679
especially now that we can float all

638
00:27:44,070 --> 00:27:41,760
over and use the entire volume instead

639
00:27:47,029 --> 00:27:44,080
of just in one g you're pretty much

640
00:27:49,029 --> 00:27:47,039
restricted to just a floor being a floor

641
00:27:50,389 --> 00:27:49,039
but i will tell you we're filling it up

642
00:27:53,029 --> 00:27:50,399
very quickly

643
00:27:55,190 --> 00:27:53,039
we're loading all kinds of equipment in

644
00:27:56,870 --> 00:27:55,200
there and starting to bring it to life

645
00:27:59,430 --> 00:27:56,880
so it's going to look very different in

646
00:28:01,350 --> 00:27:59,440
just a short number of hours

647
00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:01,360
does it have that new room or new car

648
00:28:06,230 --> 00:28:03,760
smell and feel to it and

649
00:28:08,149 --> 00:28:06,240
at least at first was it stuffy hot coal

650
00:28:10,149 --> 00:28:08,159
comfortable in there just a little bit

651
00:28:14,389 --> 00:28:10,159
of description of the

652
00:28:18,149 --> 00:28:16,710
it it definitely has the new spaceship

653
00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:18,159
smell um

654
00:28:21,350 --> 00:28:19,840
it had a uh

655
00:28:23,669 --> 00:28:21,360
when we first opened it up it had the

656
00:28:25,029 --> 00:28:23,679
same temperature as the station and then

657
00:28:26,630 --> 00:28:25,039
probably for the first couple hours that

658
00:28:28,149 --> 00:28:26,640
we were in there it started to get warm

659
00:28:29,669 --> 00:28:28,159
as we were all working doing a lot of

660
00:28:31,269 --> 00:28:29,679
physical work in there

661
00:28:33,190 --> 00:28:31,279
and we didn't have all the ventilation

662
00:28:34,950 --> 00:28:33,200
hooked up yet and now it's starting to

663
00:28:37,909 --> 00:28:34,960
feel more like the rest of the station

664
00:28:40,549 --> 00:28:37,919
but it had a unique smell

665
00:28:42,870 --> 00:28:40,559
almost a space smell to it

666
00:28:44,789 --> 00:28:42,880
are you still limited to four

667
00:28:46,389 --> 00:28:44,799
people in there at a time

668
00:28:48,230 --> 00:28:46,399
i know at first it seemed like there was

669
00:28:49,830 --> 00:28:48,240
some sluggish airflow going on has that

670
00:28:56,870 --> 00:28:49,840
been resolved and do you still have to

671
00:29:01,190 --> 00:28:58,470
well that's correct when we first went

672
00:29:04,070 --> 00:29:01,200
in uh because there was no power or

673
00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:04,080
ventilation setup inside node three it

674
00:29:08,630 --> 00:29:06,880
was dark and a bit stuffy so we had to

675
00:29:10,630 --> 00:29:08,640
be careful and sample the environment

676
00:29:12,870 --> 00:29:10,640
make sure it was safe make sure there

677
00:29:14,389 --> 00:29:12,880
was uh no particles floating around that

678
00:29:17,350 --> 00:29:14,399
might get into our eyes or cause

679
00:29:18,710 --> 00:29:17,360
problems so we did have goggles and and

680
00:29:20,549 --> 00:29:18,720
dust masks

681
00:29:22,230 --> 00:29:20,559
as we went in until we can get the

682
00:29:24,710 --> 00:29:22,240
ventilation full up and working and

683
00:29:26,710 --> 00:29:24,720
that's that's uh on our schedule of

684
00:29:29,430 --> 00:29:26,720
things to do and we'll we'll get that

685
00:29:30,710 --> 00:29:29,440
all resolved soon and get it up and

686
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:30,720
operating

687
00:29:34,549 --> 00:29:32,080
well for each of you you're both

688
00:29:35,750 --> 00:29:34,559
visiting the space station for the first

689
00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:35,760
time

690
00:29:44,470 --> 00:29:37,120
what's been the biggest surprise for

691
00:29:47,990 --> 00:29:46,389
well there's uh

692
00:29:49,269 --> 00:29:48,000
several differences between the shuttle

693
00:29:51,190 --> 00:29:49,279
and the station

694
00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:51,200
the first one you notice is just how big

695
00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:53,200
it is one of the things that you can do

696
00:29:57,750 --> 00:29:55,760
is start at one end and push off

697
00:29:59,350 --> 00:29:57,760
and try and float you know as far as you

698
00:30:01,750 --> 00:29:59,360
can and as a rookie especially as the

699
00:30:03,590 --> 00:30:01,760
first time visitor to the station

700
00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:03,600
we're not very good and we tend to float

701
00:30:07,669 --> 00:30:05,440
up or hit the walls but if you watch the

702
00:30:09,750 --> 00:30:07,679
station crew these guys are real pros

703
00:30:12,070 --> 00:30:09,760
and they can push off and

704
00:30:14,230 --> 00:30:12,080
go for 50 or 100 feet without touching

705
00:30:16,470 --> 00:30:14,240
anything so that that requires some

706
00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:16,480
adaptation with your body to learn how

707
00:30:22,070 --> 00:30:18,960
to fly and float in space

708
00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:22,080
so that's been a lot of fun

709
00:30:30,149 --> 00:30:28,630
you know we've seen so many beautiful

710
00:30:32,950 --> 00:30:30,159
pictures of the international space

711
00:30:35,510 --> 00:30:32,960
station every crew sends down just

712
00:30:37,110 --> 00:30:35,520
phenomenal images but to see it for real

713
00:30:38,230 --> 00:30:37,120
especially as we approached our

714
00:30:39,350 --> 00:30:38,240
rendezvous

715
00:30:42,070 --> 00:30:39,360
it just

716
00:30:43,590 --> 00:30:42,080
beyond description it's just so

717
00:30:44,470 --> 00:30:43,600
sharp

718
00:30:45,750 --> 00:30:44,480
very

719
00:30:48,549 --> 00:30:45,760
high def it's kind of like the

720
00:30:50,950 --> 00:30:48,559
difference between seeing a very old

721
00:30:53,029 --> 00:30:50,960
analog type of a picture and the first

722
00:30:56,070 --> 00:30:53,039
time you ever see really super high

723
00:30:58,470 --> 00:30:56,080
definition and here it is it's it's just

724
00:31:00,870 --> 00:30:58,480
such a large station and there's just so

725
00:31:02,149 --> 00:31:00,880
many capabilities on board

726
00:31:04,630 --> 00:31:02,159
i think that was the the biggest

727
00:31:06,710 --> 00:31:04,640
surprise was just how phenomenal it

728
00:31:08,870 --> 00:31:06,720
looked as we approached

729
00:31:10,549 --> 00:31:08,880
well that leads me into my next question

730
00:31:13,269 --> 00:31:10,559
with the shuttle

731
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:13,279
era winding down the space station is

732
00:31:18,470 --> 00:31:15,600
going to be its legacy and

733
00:31:20,070 --> 00:31:18,480
now that you've actually been there

734
00:31:21,669 --> 00:31:20,080
are there

735
00:31:26,149 --> 00:31:21,679
have your do you have different a

736
00:31:26,159 --> 00:31:31,110
as being part of history

737
00:31:35,190 --> 00:31:33,590
you know marsha when we um attached node

738
00:31:37,269 --> 00:31:35,200
three in cupola the thing that that

739
00:31:39,350 --> 00:31:37,279
reminds me of is finishing the

740
00:31:41,750 --> 00:31:39,360
transcontinental railroad

741
00:31:43,350 --> 00:31:41,760
that was a huge project that america

742
00:31:44,789 --> 00:31:43,360
really got behind it was an

743
00:31:46,710 --> 00:31:44,799
international project we had workers

744
00:31:49,269 --> 00:31:46,720
from around the world and when it was

745
00:31:50,870 --> 00:31:49,279
done it opened up the west

746
00:31:52,149 --> 00:31:50,880
to let our country become the nation

747
00:31:54,310 --> 00:31:52,159
that we are today

748
00:31:56,950 --> 00:31:54,320
and in some ways putting note 3 and

749
00:31:59,029 --> 00:31:56,960
tranquility on and cupola

750
00:32:00,630 --> 00:31:59,039
are

751
00:32:02,149 --> 00:32:00,640
the end of one phase of the space

752
00:32:04,630 --> 00:32:02,159
station but it really i think it's the

753
00:32:06,230 --> 00:32:04,640
beginning of a future space exploration

754
00:32:09,909 --> 00:32:06,240
that a long time from now we'll look

755
00:32:11,830 --> 00:32:09,919
back on and and see in a similar vein

756
00:32:13,669 --> 00:32:11,840
well i'm just wondering is my last

757
00:32:15,430 --> 00:32:13,679
question will the astronauts will the

758
00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:15,440
two crews be doing anything special for

759
00:32:22,710 --> 00:32:18,080
valentine's day tomorrow maybe sharing a

760
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:27,990
thanks for reminding me

761
00:32:31,909 --> 00:32:29,669
that's pretty funny because i was saying

762
00:32:33,669 --> 00:32:31,919
earlier uh today that i didn't even

763
00:32:35,509 --> 00:32:33,679
really remember what day of the week it

764
00:32:37,590 --> 00:32:35,519
was or what day of the month because

765
00:32:39,830 --> 00:32:37,600
everything up here is all about either

766
00:32:42,310 --> 00:32:39,840
uh greenwich mean time or mission

767
00:32:44,710 --> 00:32:42,320
elapsed time so that's that's how our

768
00:32:46,389 --> 00:32:44,720
days are built and uh we have to

769
00:32:48,470 --> 00:32:46,399
actually remind ourselves every now and

770
00:32:50,389 --> 00:32:48,480
then of uh what day it is so yes thanks

771
00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:50,399
for the reminder

772
00:32:54,710 --> 00:32:52,480
well happy valentine's day too it's easy

773
00:32:57,430 --> 00:32:54,720
for me to remember

774
00:32:59,029 --> 00:32:57,440
valentine's day because my wife's

775
00:33:00,630 --> 00:32:59,039
birthday is tomorrow so i have a

776
00:33:03,029 --> 00:33:00,640
birthday and a valentine's day and it's

777
00:33:05,190 --> 00:33:03,039
hard for me to forget both of those

778
00:33:07,110 --> 00:33:05,200
well that's great well i'm told i need

779
00:33:09,590 --> 00:33:07,120
to wind up so

780
00:33:16,950 --> 00:33:09,600
good luck to all of you and godspeed on

781
00:33:22,870 --> 00:33:19,990
loud and clear hello bill hey terry hi

782
00:33:24,710 --> 00:33:22,880
kay it's great to see you guys up there

783
00:33:26,950 --> 00:33:24,720
obviously i'm going to start with node 3

784
00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:26,960
today they tell us that when the station

785
00:33:30,149 --> 00:33:28,720
when the shuttle departs the station is

786
00:33:31,269 --> 00:33:30,159
going to be 98

787
00:33:32,870 --> 00:33:31,279
complete

788
00:33:34,789 --> 00:33:32,880
how do you guys characterize that

789
00:33:36,070 --> 00:33:34,799
accomplishment uh you know i remember a

790
00:33:37,750 --> 00:33:36,080
few years ago the space station

791
00:33:39,750 --> 00:33:37,760
processing facility was just packed with

792
00:33:41,590 --> 00:33:39,760
equipment and and now it's empty pretty

793
00:33:46,950 --> 00:33:41,600
much what do you what do you think about

794
00:33:49,590 --> 00:33:48,389
like i said

795
00:33:51,110 --> 00:33:49,600
i made the analogy with the

796
00:33:52,950 --> 00:33:51,120
transcontinental railroad and i think

797
00:33:54,789 --> 00:33:52,960
it's an accomplishment that um all

798
00:33:56,870 --> 00:33:54,799
americans should be really proud of for

799
00:33:59,029 --> 00:33:56,880
from what we've done up here and really

800
00:34:01,430 --> 00:33:59,039
all of our international partners um

801
00:34:02,950 --> 00:34:01,440
japan europe russia there's been many

802
00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:02,960
countries involved in building the space

803
00:34:07,909 --> 00:34:05,120
station and uh i think it's something

804
00:34:10,069 --> 00:34:07,919
that a lot of folks should be really

805
00:34:17,109 --> 00:34:10,079
proud of and

806
00:34:20,470 --> 00:34:18,869
you know seeing that module come out of

807
00:34:22,069 --> 00:34:20,480
the shuttle's cargo bay reminded a lot

808
00:34:23,589 --> 00:34:22,079
of folks about how much capability is

809
00:34:24,550 --> 00:34:23,599
going to be lost when the shuttle stops

810
00:34:26,149 --> 00:34:24,560
flying

811
00:34:27,669 --> 00:34:26,159
and you know given the administration's

812
00:34:29,589 --> 00:34:27,679
new budget which obviously happened

813
00:34:31,270 --> 00:34:29,599
right before you guys took off and the

814
00:34:33,190 --> 00:34:31,280
shift in emphasis either if you have any

815
00:34:40,230 --> 00:34:33,200
concerns about nasa's ability to keep

816
00:34:43,270 --> 00:34:41,829
well you know

817
00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:43,280
first of all i'd like to say that i'm

818
00:34:46,550 --> 00:34:44,960
just so honored to be part of this

819
00:34:49,669 --> 00:34:46,560
fantastic team

820
00:34:51,829 --> 00:34:49,679
and it is just unbelievable what this

821
00:34:54,389 --> 00:34:51,839
team this international team has done

822
00:34:56,950 --> 00:34:54,399
together that we have put all these

823
00:34:59,750 --> 00:34:56,960
different high technical

824
00:35:01,430 --> 00:34:59,760
uh pieces and parts all together and

825
00:35:03,990 --> 00:35:01,440
brought them up to space and put them

826
00:35:06,230 --> 00:35:04,000
together up here we see many times

827
00:35:08,870 --> 00:35:06,240
things that are built in

828
00:35:11,030 --> 00:35:08,880
vastly different locations by several

829
00:35:12,390 --> 00:35:11,040
different companies and contractors and

830
00:35:13,990 --> 00:35:12,400
governments

831
00:35:16,230 --> 00:35:14,000
brought to space for the first time

832
00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:16,240
without ever being fit check together

833
00:35:21,670 --> 00:35:19,520
brought together here and

834
00:35:22,790 --> 00:35:21,680
put together and it works great and this

835
00:35:24,790 --> 00:35:22,800
team

836
00:35:26,550 --> 00:35:24,800
just does a fantastic job and i'm sure

837
00:35:28,150 --> 00:35:26,560
they'll continue um you know looking

838
00:35:29,750 --> 00:35:28,160
ahead though guys there's a there's a

839
00:35:31,349 --> 00:35:29,760
fair amount of angst i guess among the

840
00:35:33,430 --> 00:35:31,359
nasa troops about the budget the new

841
00:35:34,710 --> 00:35:33,440
direction for nasa

842
00:35:36,069 --> 00:35:34,720
what do you guys have to say to

843
00:35:40,870 --> 00:35:36,079
everybody about where you think things

844
00:35:44,390 --> 00:35:42,950
well i know it's a tough time and

845
00:35:46,790 --> 00:35:44,400
there's a lot of uncertainty out there

846
00:35:49,430 --> 00:35:46,800
but um from my personal

847
00:35:51,030 --> 00:35:49,440
point of view we've i've been focused on

848
00:35:52,790 --> 00:35:51,040
what's happening this afternoon and this

849
00:35:54,950 --> 00:35:52,800
evening and i really haven't had time to

850
00:35:57,030 --> 00:35:54,960
think about what's going on too much in

851
00:35:59,190 --> 00:35:57,040
the future but i know that we have a

852
00:36:00,950 --> 00:35:59,200
very busy year of space shuttle flights

853
00:36:02,870 --> 00:36:00,960
and flying the space shuttle is a very

854
00:36:04,950 --> 00:36:02,880
difficult thing to do it's a very

855
00:36:06,790 --> 00:36:04,960
complex machine maybe the most complex

856
00:36:08,550 --> 00:36:06,800
machine that we've ever built

857
00:36:10,230 --> 00:36:08,560
and it's just really important right now

858
00:36:11,589 --> 00:36:10,240
for us to focus on flying the shuttle

859
00:36:13,430 --> 00:36:11,599
safely

860
00:36:15,589 --> 00:36:13,440
it's a really hard thing to get into

861
00:36:18,069 --> 00:36:15,599
orbit and a and a hard thing to come

862
00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:18,079
back from orbit and and a hard thing to

863
00:36:21,510 --> 00:36:19,760
operate here in orbit like we're doing

864
00:36:23,349 --> 00:36:21,520
like you mentioned the shuttle has so

865
00:36:24,069 --> 00:36:23,359
much capability and it does so much so i

866
00:36:25,430 --> 00:36:24,079
think

867
00:36:27,670 --> 00:36:25,440
in the near term we just need to keep

868
00:36:30,150 --> 00:36:27,680
our focus on this spacecraft two for the

869
00:36:32,069 --> 00:36:30,160
ars truck well let me ask you just one

870
00:36:33,829 --> 00:36:32,079
more along those lines terry uh you know

871
00:36:35,589 --> 00:36:33,839
obviously this this shift commercial

872
00:36:38,310 --> 00:36:35,599
vehicles is something that

873
00:36:39,829 --> 00:36:38,320
uh is a big change or just because it's

874
00:36:41,910 --> 00:36:39,839
so hard to get into space so you're

875
00:36:43,829 --> 00:36:41,920
confident that private industry can can

876
00:36:48,870 --> 00:36:43,839
do what needs to be done both unmanned

877
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,230
i'm going to pass that one over to kay

878
00:36:55,910 --> 00:36:53,670
yeah i was just wondering just because

879
00:36:57,829 --> 00:36:55,920
it is so difficult to get into space the

880
00:36:59,510 --> 00:36:57,839
sheer challenge of all of this

881
00:37:01,750 --> 00:36:59,520
how confident you guys are that private

882
00:37:03,589 --> 00:37:01,760
industry can step up both with unmanned

883
00:37:04,950 --> 00:37:03,599
cargo craft and the manned craft you'll

884
00:37:12,790 --> 00:37:04,960
eventually need

885
00:37:17,430 --> 00:37:14,790
well you know again

886
00:37:19,430 --> 00:37:17,440
this is a phenomenal team and nasa has

887
00:37:21,430 --> 00:37:19,440
been around for more than 50 years and

888
00:37:24,069 --> 00:37:21,440
we faced a lot of

889
00:37:26,710 --> 00:37:24,079
challenges in the past i remember when

890
00:37:29,190 --> 00:37:26,720
we ended the apollo program and it took

891
00:37:31,190 --> 00:37:29,200
a while for us to to get the shuttle

892
00:37:34,069 --> 00:37:31,200
program launched but people were working

893
00:37:37,750 --> 00:37:34,079
on it so i think that this is really

894
00:37:39,750 --> 00:37:37,760
going to lead to better things just as

895
00:37:42,230 --> 00:37:39,760
we stepped up from apollo to shuttle in

896
00:37:45,589 --> 00:37:42,240
the international space station this is

897
00:37:47,670 --> 00:37:45,599
just a phase that we must go through and

898
00:37:49,190 --> 00:37:47,680
sometimes

899
00:37:51,430 --> 00:37:49,200
it would have been nice to have it maybe

900
00:37:53,750 --> 00:37:51,440
a little smoother but

901
00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:53,760
this is something that we will meet at

902
00:37:58,630 --> 00:37:56,240
this challenge nasa and its entire

903
00:38:01,030 --> 00:37:58,640
international team will make sure that

904
00:38:02,790 --> 00:38:01,040
we fly safely and we're going to come up

905
00:38:05,349 --> 00:38:02,800
with something great i'm sure that the

906
00:38:06,710 --> 00:38:05,359
next program is going to be wonderful

907
00:38:08,550 --> 00:38:06,720
well thanks a lot guys they tell me i

908
00:38:09,670 --> 00:38:08,560
got a wrap so have a safe flight and

909
00:38:13,430 --> 00:38:09,680
we'll look forward to seeing you back on

910
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:17,190
thanks a lot we'll see you

911
00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:19,270
endeavor iss this is reuters how do you

912
00:38:25,750 --> 00:38:23,910
were you loud and clear how do you read

913
00:38:28,310 --> 00:38:25,760
us

914
00:38:29,910 --> 00:38:28,320
very good thank you colonel verts

915
00:38:31,910 --> 00:38:29,920
captain heyer it's chris baltimore with

916
00:38:34,310 --> 00:38:31,920
reuters in houston uh it's been a while

917
00:38:35,990 --> 00:38:34,320
since both of you have been on orbit how

918
00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:36,000
has the experience been different for

919
00:38:47,030 --> 00:38:45,670
well this is my first time and it's been

920
00:38:49,510 --> 00:38:47,040
amazing it's different than what i

921
00:38:50,470 --> 00:38:49,520
thought it would be um a lot better and

922
00:38:52,950 --> 00:38:50,480
and it really when you hear

923
00:38:54,950 --> 00:38:52,960
indescribable that's really true because

924
00:38:56,550 --> 00:38:54,960
you just can't put words to it

925
00:38:58,069 --> 00:38:56,560
the the earth looks different than what

926
00:38:59,510 --> 00:38:58,079
i thought it would look it has more

927
00:39:02,470 --> 00:38:59,520
colors to it

928
00:39:04,310 --> 00:39:02,480
and more tones and

929
00:39:06,069 --> 00:39:04,320
it was just surprising i've been

930
00:39:08,310 --> 00:39:06,079
looking at pictures of the earth for my

931
00:39:10,230 --> 00:39:08,320
whole life and and it was really

932
00:39:12,470 --> 00:39:10,240
surprising to see it especially the

933
00:39:14,950 --> 00:39:12,480
first few days in orbit there was a

934
00:39:16,710 --> 00:39:14,960
thin moon out and um

935
00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:16,720
i just saw some amazing things the east

936
00:39:20,790 --> 00:39:19,200
coast of the us at night flew over

937
00:39:22,390 --> 00:39:20,800
israel and jerusalem one night with the

938
00:39:24,310 --> 00:39:22,400
moon setting right above it and so those

939
00:39:26,150 --> 00:39:24,320
images are are going to stick with me

940
00:39:27,190 --> 00:39:26,160
forever the other thing that's different

941
00:39:30,230 --> 00:39:27,200
and

942
00:39:33,109 --> 00:39:30,240
a lot of fun to get used to is just

943
00:39:35,190 --> 00:39:33,119
floating and learning to not there's a

944
00:39:37,670 --> 00:39:35,200
natural reaction that your body wants to

945
00:39:39,349 --> 00:39:37,680
push and touch and grab things and

946
00:39:40,870 --> 00:39:39,359
whenever you do that you end up doing

947
00:39:42,630 --> 00:39:40,880
you know doing that and floating up just

948
00:39:43,910 --> 00:39:42,640
with a really small push

949
00:39:45,910 --> 00:39:43,920
so you really have to learn it's like

950
00:39:48,310 --> 00:39:45,920
learning how to walk again only you have

951
00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:48,320
to learn in a few hours or a few days

952
00:39:55,750 --> 00:39:54,150
thank you a question for captain heyer

953
00:39:57,589 --> 00:39:55,760
the the shuttle program is is nearing

954
00:39:59,670 --> 00:39:57,599
its retirement with the four remaining

955
00:40:01,589 --> 00:39:59,680
missions after this one for you and your

956
00:40:07,109 --> 00:40:01,599
team members is this a feeling more

957
00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:09,109
well i'll tell you i think it's going to

958
00:40:14,630 --> 00:40:11,760
hit me a little bit more after we land

959
00:40:16,710 --> 00:40:14,640
we have been so focused on sts-130 and

960
00:40:19,190 --> 00:40:16,720
this flight and the tasks that we have

961
00:40:20,550 --> 00:40:19,200
to accomplish on this flight that we

962
00:40:23,190 --> 00:40:20,560
haven't really had a lot of time to

963
00:40:25,270 --> 00:40:23,200
reflect about it but i'm sure that uh

964
00:40:27,109 --> 00:40:25,280
when i get back and the reality of only

965
00:40:29,190 --> 00:40:27,119
four more flights sets in it's it's

966
00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:29,200
going to feel a little strange but it's

967
00:40:33,349 --> 00:40:31,200
also an exciting time because it means

968
00:40:35,589 --> 00:40:33,359
that we're moving on to something else

969
00:40:38,870 --> 00:40:35,599
so i'm pretty excited to see what's

970
00:40:41,349 --> 00:40:38,880
going to come next

971
00:40:43,510 --> 00:40:41,359
thank you a question for colonel verts

972
00:40:45,750 --> 00:40:43,520
after uh the shuttle is retired current

973
00:40:48,150 --> 00:40:45,760
plans call for u.s astronauts to reach

974
00:40:49,750 --> 00:40:48,160
the space station via privately run

975
00:40:51,829 --> 00:40:49,760
space taxis

976
00:40:53,670 --> 00:40:51,839
is this a viable plan to you and you

977
00:40:55,829 --> 00:40:53,680
think that private industry can uphold

978
00:41:01,030 --> 00:40:55,839
the same standards of quality and safety

979
00:41:04,950 --> 00:41:03,109
um you know my focus for last year has

980
00:41:06,550 --> 00:41:04,960
been on training for this flight so i

981
00:41:08,710 --> 00:41:06,560
haven't i'm not familiar at all with

982
00:41:10,790 --> 00:41:08,720
what plans uh the commercial companies

983
00:41:13,030 --> 00:41:10,800
may have for building it i was aware of

984
00:41:14,630 --> 00:41:13,040
orion and i worked on that some

985
00:41:17,109 --> 00:41:14,640
but i'm sure that nasa is going to hold

986
00:41:17,829 --> 00:41:17,119
them to a very high standard uh that

987
00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:17,839
they're

988
00:41:22,230 --> 00:41:20,400
it'll be safe it'll it'll

989
00:41:24,390 --> 00:41:22,240
work to the best of our abilities to

990
00:41:25,670 --> 00:41:24,400
make it work so i'm confident that nasa

991
00:41:27,750 --> 00:41:25,680
will make sure that there's high safety

992
00:41:29,430 --> 00:41:27,760
standards but i haven't had a chance to

993
00:41:30,950 --> 00:41:29,440
i'm not familiar with what types of

994
00:41:33,990 --> 00:41:30,960
designs or plans that they have right

995
00:41:38,390 --> 00:41:35,750
you uh and maybe a question for both of

996
00:41:40,630 --> 00:41:38,400
both of you uh uh the current uh nasa

997
00:41:42,550 --> 00:41:40,640
budget does away uh with the the

998
00:41:44,630 --> 00:41:42,560
constellation program to put an american

999
00:41:48,230 --> 00:41:44,640
uh vehicle on the moon uh what's your

1000
00:41:54,950 --> 00:41:48,240
take on this uh this priority shift uh

1001
00:41:59,349 --> 00:41:57,510
well i have to echo what terry verts

1002
00:42:02,069 --> 00:41:59,359
just told you and that's that we have

1003
00:42:02,870 --> 00:42:02,079
been so focused on sts-130

1004
00:42:04,069 --> 00:42:02,880
that

1005
00:42:06,309 --> 00:42:04,079
personally

1006
00:42:08,630 --> 00:42:06,319
for me and i'm sure for the rest of our

1007
00:42:10,390 --> 00:42:08,640
crew that we really haven't even been

1008
00:42:12,870 --> 00:42:10,400
reading the news or looking at the

1009
00:42:14,950 --> 00:42:12,880
details of all of that i know there's a

1010
00:42:16,790 --> 00:42:14,960
lot of

1011
00:42:18,790 --> 00:42:16,800
discussion going on about that right now

1012
00:42:20,710 --> 00:42:18,800
but i'm really just not up to speed on

1013
00:42:22,550 --> 00:42:20,720
that but we can sure talk about this

1014
00:42:24,150 --> 00:42:22,560
mission sts-130 and what we're going to

1015
00:42:27,829 --> 00:42:24,160
accomplish while we're here at the

1016
00:42:31,270 --> 00:42:29,589
uh you bet maybe you could give me a few

1017
00:42:33,829 --> 00:42:31,280
impressions about the new uh tranquility

1018
00:42:35,829 --> 00:42:33,839
mode and uh node and uh what what it's

1019
00:42:37,910 --> 00:42:35,839
looking like and how it's shaping up

1020
00:42:40,950 --> 00:42:37,920
we were able to open the hatch and go in

1021
00:42:42,230 --> 00:42:40,960
today and starting off it was dark and

1022
00:42:44,790 --> 00:42:42,240
just a little bit

1023
00:42:47,109 --> 00:42:44,800
stuffy if you will because there was no

1024
00:42:49,750 --> 00:42:47,119
uh air circulation going on and we're in

1025
00:42:51,829 --> 00:42:49,760
the process of setting all that up so as

1026
00:42:54,069 --> 00:42:51,839
we are going in there now and bringing

1027
00:42:55,829 --> 00:42:54,079
new equipment inside we are wearing

1028
00:42:58,870 --> 00:42:55,839
little headlamps and carrying

1029
00:43:00,710 --> 00:42:58,880
flashlights and and little portable fans

1030
00:43:02,950 --> 00:43:00,720
and until we get everything all up and

1031
00:43:06,150 --> 00:43:02,960
running but that's going to be soon and

1032
00:43:07,750 --> 00:43:06,160
it's just going to be a fantastic uh

1033
00:43:09,430 --> 00:43:07,760
module for

1034
00:43:13,430 --> 00:43:09,440
the folks on the international space

1035
00:43:17,910 --> 00:43:15,349
very good i know that uh your crew is

1036
00:43:20,950 --> 00:43:17,920
working some issues with uh uh getting

1037
00:43:23,030 --> 00:43:20,960
the uh the proper um equipment for uh

1038
00:43:26,550 --> 00:43:23,040
sealing the the cupola onto the

1039
00:43:28,790 --> 00:43:26,560
tranquility node do you envision that

1040
00:43:29,990 --> 00:43:28,800
creating any problems for uh

1041
00:43:36,150 --> 00:43:30,000
completing that that part of the

1042
00:43:40,550 --> 00:43:38,470
yes we just noticed there's a cover that

1043
00:43:43,430 --> 00:43:40,560
we were going to put on the outside

1044
00:43:44,309 --> 00:43:43,440
hatch of mode 3 and we cover that hatch

1045
00:43:47,510 --> 00:43:44,319
up

1046
00:43:50,309 --> 00:43:47,520
we're going to move another module

1047
00:43:52,390 --> 00:43:50,319
called pma3 onto that location and the

1048
00:43:53,750 --> 00:43:52,400
ground is deciding right now how they

1049
00:43:55,990 --> 00:43:53,760
want to proceed in fact that just

1050
00:43:57,829 --> 00:43:56,000
happened as you know a few hours ago

1051
00:43:59,750 --> 00:43:57,839
while kay and i were installing it uh we

1052
00:44:01,990 --> 00:43:59,760
found out that it didn't fit there's no

1053
00:44:03,349 --> 00:44:02,000
immediate the both modules are in great

1054
00:44:04,630 --> 00:44:03,359
shape and so it's just a matter of

1055
00:44:07,589 --> 00:44:04,640
deciding how we're going to proceed at

1056
00:44:10,710 --> 00:44:09,430
well colonel verts captain hire it's

1057
00:44:14,950 --> 00:44:10,720
been a pleasure thank you so much for