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we are ready for the event

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jscpao this is houston please call iss

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for a voice check

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endeavour iss this is jscpao how do you

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rob we have you loud and clear and uh

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good to talk to you jeff and the media

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hello everyone you all look great

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this is jill tulk representing the

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beacon villager in maynard massachusetts

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a question for nick patrick from air

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michael says just being there to watch

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the launch for two nights in a row with

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changeable weather was a roller coaster

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when you get so close to a launch and

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it's delayed like it was last week how

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thanks for the good words another

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question for you nick before your launch

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we had talked about captain james cook

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and his vessel the hmb endeavor i did

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find out that andy thomas flew a wooden

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on shuttle endeavour in 1996.

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so what were your thoughts and feelings

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eva and view of your childhood growing

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eva our iv steve robinson pointed out

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with so each you because of your

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experience on 114 what's it been for you

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the earth up to this tiny little star in

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having your friends on board and stevie

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the highlights i tell you sharing the

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that we'd actually get here and and do

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hello to everyone up there

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network associates in london itn for

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nick patrick so you can it's for british

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television so you don't have to worry

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about yankees understanding what you how

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first how does it compare to your dreams

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walking on the moon when we watched the

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apollo moon landings and uh none of us

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surface of another planet we'd all

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press and i'd like some reviews of the

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words the view that we see out those

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colors like that and then when the sun

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pops up it's like an instantaneous flood

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light in your eyes that kind of

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overwhelms you but the the view is

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amazing you can sit there and bend up

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and actually with your eye eyes

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at least perceive the entire earth limb

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and you can really see that the earth is

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so you can use the cupola for viewing or

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at least part of your crew and how do

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you plan to handle the up and down of

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the shutters over the course of

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what's left of your mission in missions

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well obviously we're going to have some

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restrictions for example we can't have

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the cupola open it when the shuttle

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undocks and probably for about two

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orbits after that after the shuttle

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leaves just due to the potential

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for contamination from the thrusters

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from the shuttle but we will use the the

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cupola a lot to get a very unique and

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new

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viewpoint of the earth that we haven't

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experienced before and as the others uh

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just said

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to be able to see the entire earth in

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one one glance and see the entire lamb

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of the earth all the way around and see

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the the spherical shape of the earth is

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going to be new to us obviously we've

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seen a lot of those segments of that

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view before but only one segment at a

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time

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through a narrower narrower view of of a

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field of view

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to the earth we will uh we have taken a

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lot of photography up here we will

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continue to do so uh and that the cupola

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will offer us a very unique and new

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opportunity for uh for photography in a

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new way particularly with wide-angle

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lenses which we're already playing with

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a little bit to try to be able to share

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that experience

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hi nancy atkinson from universe today

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and i have some questions submitted by

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our readers um speaking of the cupola a

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lot of people in the northern latitudes

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have been seeing some aurora recently

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and we were wondering if you have seen

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actually unfortunately for the shuttle

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crew here for the 130 crew we haven't

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had an opportunity to see aurora uh

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since they've docked but about a month

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ago i think it was we had some beautiful

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aurora over the north pole and some of

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us have experienced it also on previous

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flights and both in the north pole and

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the south pole

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but this about a month ago it was

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particularly stunning

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over canada and in parts of russia as

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another thing everybody seems to want to

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know is to know more about the internet

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that's on the space station now

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do you have access to any website or or

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that you have some that are blocked and

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people are wondering what kind of

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thanks for thanks for asking for this

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project that many people have worked on

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to make this

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possible for us and some have just

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pulled their hairs out to make it

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successful and many thanks go to these

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folks

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we have access to any website that we

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are allowed to go to as government

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employees that's my my best answer

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and in terms of download

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speeds you know back in the old days

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um it kind of compares to the the modems

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the 9.6 kilobyte and the 144 kilobyte

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modems so it's not really fast enough to

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do to good to do good file exchange or

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large file exchange or videos but it

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certainly lets us go out and browsing

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and and to do the fun reading that we

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want to do and get caught up in current

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events on on that day

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it's it's a nice out you know outreach

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for us and of course you've heard about

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the twittering which that's a nice

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and one final question for the shuttle

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crew

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we want to know the significance of the

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chickens that were in some of the

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okay i think uh what the consensus is uh

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is that we're not seeing those front

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pages it's probably on the front page of

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the uh

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of the execute package that we don't get

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so

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it's possibly an inside joke that we are

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not on the inside of

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hey thanks guys it's bill harwood with

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cbs news with two questions one for jeff

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williams

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you know with the cupola and the note 3

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there the station is virtually complete

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structurally anyway i guess you still

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have the mplm coming up at the end but

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can you give us a little state of the

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iss and and how you guys are feeling

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about reaching what is really an amazing

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milestone given all the work that's gone

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you're absolutely right bill it is an

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amazing milestone and this is an

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absolutely incredible facility the first

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time i visited it was just under 10

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years ago

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it was two modules at the time it was

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before expedition one launched so it was

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unmanned we came in and it was hot and

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smelly because the air

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had been stale for about a year or so

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and then of course an expedition 13

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back here a few years ago

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and it was about the living space was

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about half the size it is now it's

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virtually doubled in size and has grown

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both in the u.s opening segment with the

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the japanese and european modules

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as well as of course node 3

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now and node 2 which we're in right now

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as well as some growth in the russian

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segment it's an amazing facility

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it's

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here at this stage as we really

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transition from assembly to full

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utilization and we all look forward to

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reaping the benefits of the utilization

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thanks and one last one from ksc and

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i'll ask this from one of the space

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walkers uh can one of you guys compare

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the view through your helmet to the view

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through the cupola i'm just trying to

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get a sense if

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if that that room

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you know is even close to what an eva is

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well that's a great question and it's

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one that nick patrick was able to answer

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immediately following our third

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spacewalk

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immediately coming out of his suit he

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was able to go over to the cupola and

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actually have a look out of the window

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and compare it and i think his words

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were that

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it's at least comparable if if not

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better

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the reason being that you actually have

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time to look around through all of the

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windows

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usually during a spacewalk there's a

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fair amount of work to get done you know

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it's important for us to get out and on

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this flight get node 3

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it's a cooling system and it's

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electrical power hooked up and so there

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wasn't a lot of time for uh the

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sightseeing that you might like to do

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out of a window like cupola the other

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thing that the cupola affords you is the

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opportunity to share some of those views

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with other people

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we're really limited on the photography

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that we can do during a spacewalk but

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taking one of the hd cameras or some

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still photos inside of the cupola is

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really going to allow us to share those

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beautiful sunrises and sunsets and earth

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views in general with uh with everyone

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on the ground

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endeavor iss this is houston acr that

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concludes questions from ksc please

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stand by for a voice check from nasa

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endeavor iss this is headquarters pao

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headquarters pao endeavor and iss have

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hi this question is for nick patrick

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nick this is sona from itv news so a

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little bit of british normality for you

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nick i know you've touched on this

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already sorry could you repeat the

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question please just explain to me the

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journey looking up at the stars of the

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boy in england and thinking you know one

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day i want to be a space man and even

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though you're not sort of

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stereotypically walking on the moon as

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you might have thought about it then

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just take it take us through how it

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it's it's really hard to describe

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it's it's a little hard to believe um

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that after all these years i think for

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any of us that we really uh

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made it to space um we've all been

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pursuing this dream for a long long time

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wherever we came from whether it's japan

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or or north america england

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and russia that's right we have uh

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cosmonauts with us today um

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it's just it's an it's an amazing set of

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things that have to go right and people

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who want to pursue this path uh really

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need to

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the one thing that we all have in common

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whether we're engineers scientists

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pilots

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doctors we've all really worked hard in

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school to get here we've stayed in

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school for a long time

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way too long for some of us and

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we've been very fortunate in our careers

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to have followed past that brought us

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here but it really is amazing you have

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to pinch yourself and i can't wait to

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get back and share this unbelievable

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experience with everybody back on the

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that's great and just um another one for

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nick just briefly

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moving from the uk to the u.s is one

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thing obviously but space is pretty much

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the ultimate culture shock surely do you

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sometimes dream of getting back to

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saltburn on sea i mean you're so far

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from home how does space compare with a

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well i

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i do look forward to getting back to

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saltburn after the flight and and

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talking to students there and explaining

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what what space flight is really like

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as for how this compares to to a pint in

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a pub i would have to say there's a lot

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of the same uh friendly atmosphere up

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here we don't have as much time as you

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might

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to

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but when we do it's a a very precious

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experience uh floating in the cupola as

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bob described with uh with a friend and

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looking out over a sunset of you that uh

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few have been fortunate to see it's uh

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if we had beer up here it would make the

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endeavor iss this is houston acr that

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concludes questions from nasa

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headquarters please stand by for a voice

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how do you hear me

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hey jax jack's appeal how are you loud

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hello

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my name is imoto of tbs

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so

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i would like to ask your comment

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you know impression of saying in iss and

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what's your impression

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of your stay in iss so far and your

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it's been two months now

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since i've been here at the iss but

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everything has been working smoothly

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and the people on the ground especially

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those at cuba

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we have been coordinating quite fine and

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so we're very grateful

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for their support

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and although the launch has been delayed

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00:24:20,390 --> 00:24:18,240
in april we'll be expecting yamazaki to

557
00:24:25,750 --> 00:24:20,400
come so we'll have to

558
00:24:30,870 --> 00:24:27,909
this is the question to mr nogue

559
00:24:35,830 --> 00:24:33,750
and compared to the very onset of your

560
00:24:37,029 --> 00:24:35,840
extended mission uh what is the main

561
00:24:41,430 --> 00:24:37,039
difference you're feeling now that

562
00:24:46,549 --> 00:24:43,430
i must say that

563
00:24:48,870 --> 00:24:46,559
living in space i have started to adapt

564
00:24:50,149 --> 00:24:48,880
to the lifestyle both physically and

565
00:24:52,789 --> 00:24:50,159
mentally

566
00:24:55,029 --> 00:24:52,799
and i am being able to enjoy my life in

567
00:24:56,149 --> 00:24:55,039
space so that's a major change i've been

568
00:24:58,950 --> 00:24:56,159
um

569
00:25:01,669 --> 00:24:58,960
noticing and in this mission we have now

570
00:25:04,310 --> 00:25:01,679
a cupola with the large windows and i

571
00:25:05,830 --> 00:25:04,320
can see earth from that so i am hoping

572
00:25:11,029 --> 00:25:05,840
that there will be a new perspective

573
00:25:11,039 --> 00:25:26,950
my name is

574
00:25:31,110 --> 00:25:28,950
what is the significance of living up

575
00:25:37,750 --> 00:25:31,120
there can you please explain uh

576
00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:39,669
this international space station is a

577
00:25:43,669 --> 00:25:40,840
wonderful

578
00:25:44,789 --> 00:25:43,679
facility there are a lot of scientific

579
00:25:46,789 --> 00:25:44,799
achievements

580
00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:46,799
but it has been done

581
00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:50,559
under a very great international

582
00:25:54,549 --> 00:25:51,600
project

583
00:25:57,110 --> 00:25:54,559
and japanese people are involved in such

584
00:25:58,230 --> 00:25:57,120
projects and here we have

585
00:26:07,190 --> 00:25:58,240
uh

586
00:26:08,230 --> 00:26:07,200
that there is japanese amongst them is a

587
00:26:10,789 --> 00:26:08,240
fact

588
00:26:14,070 --> 00:26:10,799
that well i'm sure it will inspire the

589
00:26:16,230 --> 00:26:14,080
children in japan and give clues that

590
00:26:21,190 --> 00:26:16,240
there will be such future

591
00:26:24,470 --> 00:26:22,310
that i would like to send to the

592
00:26:28,310 --> 00:26:24,480
japanese children from here

593
00:26:30,390 --> 00:26:28,320
is that the earth is so beautiful

594
00:26:32,549 --> 00:26:30,400
and i would like to convey that

595
00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:32,559
information through various pictures

596
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,510
from jiji

597
00:26:43,269 --> 00:26:41,269
and you discussed about the photographs

598
00:26:46,149 --> 00:26:43,279
and the internet environment has

599
00:26:48,950 --> 00:26:46,159
improved on board so almost real time i

600
00:26:49,830 --> 00:26:48,960
think you can submit your tweets in

601
00:26:50,710 --> 00:26:49,840
twitter

602
00:26:52,470 --> 00:26:50,720
now

603
00:26:54,549 --> 00:26:52,480
do you feel that the distance between

604
00:26:56,149 --> 00:26:54,559
earth and iss compared to your previous

605
00:27:00,630 --> 00:26:56,159
flights is there a change in the

606
00:27:04,870 --> 00:27:02,390
yes now

607
00:27:06,470 --> 00:27:04,880
the internet is available on board

608
00:27:07,269 --> 00:27:06,480
the distance

609
00:27:09,590 --> 00:27:07,279
has

610
00:27:11,990 --> 00:27:09,600
become more closer i think it's very

611
00:27:15,269 --> 00:27:12,000
effective in that sense we can

612
00:27:17,350 --> 00:27:15,279
transmit information from the iss but we

613
00:27:19,669 --> 00:27:17,360
have better access to the information

614
00:27:23,750 --> 00:27:19,679
that's going on today

615
00:27:26,230 --> 00:27:23,760
so i can access the olympic results just

616
00:27:27,190 --> 00:27:26,240
like you on earth

617
00:27:28,789 --> 00:27:27,200
tokyo

618
00:27:30,549 --> 00:27:28,799
my name is

619
00:27:45,990 --> 00:27:30,559
now on twitter

620
00:27:50,870 --> 00:27:48,870
actually i did have such sushi parties

621
00:27:53,750 --> 00:27:50,880
but when the shuttle crew came i think

622
00:27:57,430 --> 00:27:53,760
it was last week we had lunch together

623
00:28:00,470 --> 00:27:57,440
and so one of the menu was the sushi

624
00:28:03,430 --> 00:28:00,480
well we had the naughty seaweed and rice

625
00:28:06,310 --> 00:28:03,440
but at that time i used salmon

626
00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,430
and the russian crew

627
00:28:12,870 --> 00:28:10,950
ate

628
00:28:29,669 --> 00:28:12,880
shrimp with mayonnaise and they liked it

629
00:28:33,990 --> 00:28:31,990
so stephen robinson is with you again so

630
00:28:35,350 --> 00:28:34,000
you are reunited in space with your

631
00:28:37,669 --> 00:28:35,360
former colleague

632
00:28:40,070 --> 00:28:37,679
and um also how do you feel about that

633
00:28:41,990 --> 00:28:40,080
and in iss you currently have 11 on

634
00:28:44,549 --> 00:28:42,000
board how is the lifestyle

635
00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:44,559
life on board with 11 people and they

636
00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:54,310
yes stephen robinson

637
00:28:58,230 --> 00:28:55,120
we

638
00:29:00,230 --> 00:28:58,240
of course worked together five years ago

639
00:29:02,710 --> 00:29:00,240
and we were able to garner a great

640
00:29:04,630 --> 00:29:02,720
friendship for that mission but now he's

641
00:29:06,230 --> 00:29:04,640
visiting us and

642
00:29:09,110 --> 00:29:06,240
on this iss

643
00:29:12,549 --> 00:29:11,190
one of the most enjoyable events when

644
00:29:14,789 --> 00:29:12,559
you are able to

645
00:29:16,950 --> 00:29:14,799
greet your friends on board

646
00:29:19,350 --> 00:29:16,960
and the shuttle crew will finish their

647
00:29:22,230 --> 00:29:19,360
mission today on board iss and they will

648
00:29:24,389 --> 00:29:22,240
be leaving us tomorrow so that's quite

649
00:29:27,029 --> 00:29:24,399
lonely yes we will miss them but we will

650
00:29:28,389 --> 00:29:27,039
get reunited again on earth and we will

651
00:29:30,389 --> 00:29:28,399
have a new

652
00:29:38,870 --> 00:29:30,399
um friends coming on board so we'll

653
00:29:42,070 --> 00:29:39,990
mr

654
00:29:43,110 --> 00:29:42,080
i'm sure you have a busy schedule every

655
00:29:45,190 --> 00:29:43,120
day

656
00:29:48,630 --> 00:29:45,200
but in your life

657
00:29:50,710 --> 00:29:48,640
uh lively a life schedule so what is the

658
00:30:01,830 --> 00:29:50,720
thing that you look forward to the most

659
00:30:06,070 --> 00:30:04,070
the earth that we can look from the

660
00:30:07,269 --> 00:30:06,080
window is something that really delights

661
00:30:10,630 --> 00:30:07,279
me every day

662
00:30:12,230 --> 00:30:10,640
and we have busy schedules every day but

663
00:30:15,029 --> 00:30:12,240
this beautiful

664
00:30:16,070 --> 00:30:15,039
earth i would want people to enjoy the

665
00:30:19,110 --> 00:30:16,080
most

666
00:30:21,190 --> 00:30:19,120
and i have been sending this and

667
00:30:24,389 --> 00:30:21,200
i have been receiving

668
00:30:25,909 --> 00:30:24,399
responses via twitter and so i would

669
00:30:27,110 --> 00:30:25,919
like to remain in touch with the people

670
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:27,120
on ground

671
00:30:33,990 --> 00:30:31,200
and uh fulfill my mission

672
00:30:34,870 --> 00:30:34,000
and of course i do miss

673
00:30:37,669 --> 00:30:34,880
food

674
00:30:40,070 --> 00:30:37,679
from in japan and meeting with my family

675
00:30:41,990 --> 00:30:40,080
but there are many things that uh i can

676
00:30:44,230 --> 00:30:42,000
do only here up here in the space and

677
00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:44,240
i'd like to enjoy that yes this is my

678
00:30:50,630 --> 00:30:46,640
name is helia ryder and in the previous

679
00:30:53,750 --> 00:30:50,640
mission you did an eva and you actually

680
00:30:56,310 --> 00:30:53,760
said quoting you that you felt equal on

681
00:30:57,830 --> 00:30:56,320
the same footing with the earth but

682
00:31:00,389 --> 00:30:57,840
what's the difference you felt and is

683
00:31:02,470 --> 00:31:00,399
there a specific impression you are left

684
00:31:06,310 --> 00:31:02,480
with regarding the land of japan that

685
00:31:09,509 --> 00:31:06,320
you see from the space

686
00:31:12,630 --> 00:31:09,519
yes last time in the eva i was alone

687
00:31:14,549 --> 00:31:12,640
floating in space and uh i felt as

688
00:31:17,509 --> 00:31:14,559
though i came um

689
00:31:20,789 --> 00:31:17,519
head on with earth as one living thing

690
00:31:23,509 --> 00:31:20,799
to another living organism but this time

691
00:31:24,710 --> 00:31:23,519
on the iss i am looking at earth through

692
00:31:27,509 --> 00:31:24,720
the window

693
00:31:30,789 --> 00:31:27,519
and i wonder about the people's lives on

694
00:31:32,470 --> 00:31:30,799
earth in each region they have different

695
00:31:33,830 --> 00:31:32,480
cities and towns

696
00:31:35,830 --> 00:31:33,840
and i

697
00:31:38,470 --> 00:31:35,840
am more interested in these people's

698
00:31:39,990 --> 00:31:38,480
individual lives and japan is beautiful

699
00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:40,000
anywhere you look at it

700
00:31:46,789 --> 00:31:42,640
and the snow in hokkaido and tokyo's

701
00:31:49,190 --> 00:31:46,799
night lights and also sakurajama islands

702
00:31:52,389 --> 00:31:49,200
eruption all these are beautiful but

703
00:31:53,830 --> 00:31:52,399
even the smallest towns let's say water

704
00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:53,840
prefecture

705
00:31:58,710 --> 00:31:56,080
there's this a port fishing port which

706
00:32:01,430 --> 00:31:58,720
is very beautiful to see as well

707
00:32:07,750 --> 00:32:01,440
so until my very last day on board i

708
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:12,830
from nhk mr

709
00:32:17,669 --> 00:32:15,509
nobody the iss

710
00:32:19,669 --> 00:32:17,679
will be extended for five more years in

711
00:32:22,310 --> 00:32:19,679
its operation i'm sure that you have

712
00:32:24,630 --> 00:32:22,320
heard of about the news but well what is

713
00:32:28,070 --> 00:32:24,640
your thoughts on your future careers

714
00:32:32,389 --> 00:32:31,110
it was extended to 2020 and i think that

715
00:32:36,149 --> 00:32:32,399
was wonderful

716
00:32:41,029 --> 00:32:39,430
last year there were three astronauts

717
00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:41,039
added

718
00:32:46,149 --> 00:32:43,200
to the group so as a representative of

719
00:32:48,470 --> 00:32:46,159
japan they're training themselves now

720
00:32:51,590 --> 00:32:48,480
and so it is sure that they will have a

721
00:32:54,549 --> 00:32:51,600
chance to fly and come on board as for

722
00:32:57,430 --> 00:32:54,559
myself i really don't know my tomorrow's

723
00:33:02,230 --> 00:32:57,440
schedule yes so what i would like to do

724
00:33:05,669 --> 00:33:04,230
murata from tv asaki

725
00:33:07,669 --> 00:33:05,679
you said that

726
00:33:10,310 --> 00:33:07,679
you were watching and keeping an eye on

727
00:33:13,350 --> 00:33:10,320
the developments at the olympic games

728
00:33:15,509 --> 00:33:13,360
now what is the event or an athlete that

729
00:33:16,710 --> 00:33:15,519
you are keep an eye on uh with a gesture

730
00:33:19,669 --> 00:33:16,720
if you could give a

731
00:33:22,630 --> 00:33:19,679
message to of encouragement to the uh

732
00:33:27,909 --> 00:33:25,029
all right

733
00:33:29,909 --> 00:33:27,919
of course um i think the japanese

734
00:33:32,630 --> 00:33:29,919
already won few medals so i'm looking

735
00:33:36,830 --> 00:33:32,640
forward to the excellence and skin

736
00:33:40,230 --> 00:33:36,840
jumping um i did send out my ski jump on

737
00:33:42,789 --> 00:33:40,240
iss and skiing and figure skating is

738
00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:42,799
also another event i know that there are

739
00:33:47,269 --> 00:33:45,120
wonderful athletes there so we're hoping

740
00:33:54,149 --> 00:33:47,279
a great medal so i look forward to that

741
00:33:58,950 --> 00:33:56,310
but i'd like to ask you about the

742
00:34:01,590 --> 00:33:58,960
changes in your body up in space

743
00:34:04,389 --> 00:34:01,600
now uh you said that you're swimming in

744
00:34:17,990 --> 00:34:04,399
the space just like a tuna a wakata-san

745
00:34:22,149 --> 00:34:20,389
everything had to go very slow but now

746
00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:22,159
i'm accustomed

747
00:34:26,710 --> 00:34:24,639
uh in terms of physical and mental

748
00:34:27,909 --> 00:34:26,720
aspects and i've been i've been swimming

749
00:34:36,310 --> 00:34:27,919
well

750
00:34:41,270 --> 00:34:37,990
and two months has already passed on

751
00:34:42,950 --> 00:34:41,280
board the iss and i'm sure uh have you

752
00:34:46,069 --> 00:34:42,960
chatted with your family members or

753
00:34:49,190 --> 00:34:46,079
friends via the internet and in a long

754
00:34:51,270 --> 00:34:49,200
extended mission um is there any um

755
00:34:57,190 --> 00:34:51,280
effect to that um psychologically or

756
00:35:01,990 --> 00:34:59,990
so with my friends or family i exchange

757
00:35:05,430 --> 00:35:02,000
emails

758
00:35:07,750 --> 00:35:05,440
i use the tv conference system so we can

759
00:35:09,670 --> 00:35:07,760
see them and also with a telephone line

760
00:35:12,470 --> 00:35:09,680
i am able to talk to them and since it's

761
00:35:14,710 --> 00:35:12,480
a long extended mission

762
00:35:16,550 --> 00:35:14,720
it's important to speak with your

763
00:35:18,310 --> 00:35:16,560
friends and people on

764
00:35:22,390 --> 00:35:18,320
earth and it's important for the

765
00:35:27,190 --> 00:35:24,150
this is my second question

766
00:35:30,230 --> 00:35:27,200
for astronomy this is the

767
00:35:32,950 --> 00:35:30,240
first uh iss understandable

768
00:35:34,630 --> 00:35:32,960
activities in four years but what is the

769
00:35:39,750 --> 00:35:34,640
most thing that you we were impressed

770
00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:41,990
yes compared with five years ago this

771
00:35:45,829 --> 00:35:44,720
patient has become a big uh it has been

772
00:35:49,910 --> 00:35:45,839
widened

773
00:35:52,950 --> 00:35:49,920
the two and columbus gem were added jlp

774
00:35:55,430 --> 00:35:52,960
was added and at this time node 3 was

775
00:35:56,470 --> 00:35:55,440
attached as well so the space has become

776
00:35:59,829 --> 00:35:56,480
very

777
00:36:03,670 --> 00:35:59,839
wide and a variety of activities can be

778
00:36:06,069 --> 00:36:03,680
held so with this uh the interior of the

779
00:36:08,069 --> 00:36:06,079
iss have been almost completed so the

780
00:36:09,910 --> 00:36:08,079
fact that i've been uh be able to

781
00:36:14,870 --> 00:36:09,920
observe the completion of iss is

782
00:36:17,510 --> 00:36:16,630
you had i likened yourself to kill a

783
00:36:19,030 --> 00:36:17,520
fish

784
00:36:21,349 --> 00:36:19,040
uh earlier

785
00:36:37,270 --> 00:36:21,359
but what is your uh

786
00:36:41,589 --> 00:36:39,670
the eva in the airlock and then it came

787
00:36:46,069 --> 00:36:41,599
back to the shut and and with the

788
00:36:52,950 --> 00:36:48,150
mr wakata has been

789
00:36:55,430 --> 00:36:52,960
swimming very swiftly in the big sea

790
00:36:58,870 --> 00:36:55,440
compared with him i'm just a killer fish

791
00:37:04,550 --> 00:37:01,109
endeavor iss this is houston acr that

792
00:37:10,870 --> 00:37:08,150
thank you media at jsc ksc nasa

793
00:37:14,069 --> 00:37:10,880
headquarters and in tokyo

794
00:37:17,430 --> 00:37:14,079
iss sir we are now resuming normal