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i'm sts-131 mission specialist clay

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i remember standing there

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maybe someday i could fly

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didn't care for childhood

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look at me i'm free to save the sky

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such a beautiful delight

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good morning discovery and a special

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hello megan

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uh thank you so much for that beautiful

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song the miracle of flight

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having been up here a couple times now

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it truly is a miracle from the wright

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brothers at kitty hawk to the space

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shuttle discovery and the international

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space station i don't think there's a

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better phrase to describe any of this

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and i'd like to thank my beautiful wife

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susan

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and my son cole and my daughter sutton

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marie and all the folks on the ground

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for allowing me this wonderful

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opportunity thanks and good morning

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houston

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thanks clay and we couldn't agree more

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this is gina cinceri abc news for

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commander poindexter it looks like

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you've got a packed house up there

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but this week we're celebrating a lot of

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anniversaries and i'm wondering if you

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would take a minute to reflect on the

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accomplishments of the space program and

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and kind of your vision of where you

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would like to see things go in the

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gina thanks for the question nice

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on april 12th we celebrated two great

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the first was with our russian partners

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and their anniversary of yuri gagarin's

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launch in 1961

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and the second was of course the

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anniversary of the first launch of the

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on april 12 1981 with captain john young

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and captain bob crippen aboard

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i think it's a

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great way and a great time to reflect on

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all the accomplishments of both space

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programs

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as well as our international partnership

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as you can see we have three nations

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represented in this group of 13

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astronauts and cosmonauts

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and i think it's just great that we're

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up here on the international space

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with joint research and joint technology

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and doing a wonderful work for all of

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humankind

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hi this is robert perlman with

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for clay anderson

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one of the themes of apollo 13 which

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occurred 40 years ago this week

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was that the media and public had been

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mostly turned off to the mission until

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something went wrong

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you and your crewmates have had your

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share of minor glitches on this flight

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which have provided for some headlines

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here on earth but do you feel the public

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should be more aware of your mission

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when everything is going nominally

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you know what we do here is special what

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we do here is difficult and what we do

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here is a great example of what humans

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smartly and if they work together so

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we're up here regardless of whether

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and a question for dottie metcalf

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looking at the photographs when you

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attended space camp and thinking of the

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campers that have now followed you and

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was it would be like at age 14 it

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certainly looks like you're having just

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throughout iss and see the experiments

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the iss crew is for but this is what i

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students out there whether you're

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russia done of the associated press

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wondering if you have any plans or hopes

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presidential space policy speech that

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will be going on at kennedy space center

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you'll still be up it'll be close to

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bedtime but i didn't know if mission

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control is going to try to accommodate

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being up there and missing um

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our transfer operations and tomorrow is

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a big day where we put the mplm back in

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news uh the the mission control center

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sends us news every day here on space

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station they have a lot of assets that

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two additional women or three total

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four women in space total and it really

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women we've had

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women in the astronaut office that now

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work and accomplishments of women and we

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our footsteps and to pursue their dreams

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thank you and and final question from

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either clay anderson or rick mastracchio

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um you had a struggle so much with those

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working hard but actually as we were

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dottie and the robotics folks to try to

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spacewalks but hopefully none of those

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will after this and we're looking

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it's joe matthew from siriusxm satellite

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radio question for uh captain poindexter

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with national public radio this is for

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the american residents of the station do

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you feel there's any need for more crew

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when the shuttle is not docked

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that it is but the uh payload power that

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hello to you all this is stacy bivens

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living in zero gravity and seeing the

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world in a perspective that most of us

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your first mission are you mesmerized

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oleg and sayuchi this is your second

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mission how did it compare to your first

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that living in space is a wonderful

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flying and floating and all that kind of

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insightful question about looking out

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provide you a vista that absolutely

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stops what you're doing sometimes i was

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working out on the in on the weight

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lifting device that we use and while i

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was doing that looking through the

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window and we passed over chicago in a

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skyless

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cloudless night and it was so stunning i

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had to stop and just go take a look it

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okay and also tracy i understand that

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one of your hobbies is singing how does

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being in space affect your vocal range

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would it be possible for us to get a la

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la la from you

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my uh um

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one of my singing buddies is actually

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here with me in the front row and um

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when all the cameras are turned off and

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we get a moment of uh off-duty uh she

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and i plan to uh crank up the tunes and

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do a little uh singing for our max q

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buddies back home but um

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there really hasn't been a whole lot of

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opportunity to do much singing up here

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since i got here it's been

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full of adaptation and getting prepared

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uh the television the question telecot

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have you have received new crew members

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on board and did you change the

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process of work and life on board of the

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iss

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that's a very interesting question

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our schedule and procedures

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do change with the shuttle arrival

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because we have changed the

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work and reschedule

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shifting into accommodate shuttle we are

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also participating in shuttle activities

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we're working as one crew

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it's quite intense and we're glad to

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we're going to spend it um showing off

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the station to our guest thank you for

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the question i would like to ask the

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second question to the entire

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uh technologies on board of the iss

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i hope there will be tests

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but i don't think it will happen during

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our mission but i would like to see it

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start someday because it is very

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interesting the iss is a unique

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technological test space for

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future space exploration by the human

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i have a question to miss yamazaki

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becoming an astronaut

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you got involved in the kibo development

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yourself what was your thought about

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looking at it in the space

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actually it was very moving

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people was cherished and

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handled very carefully and there are a

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lot of experience and experiment and

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then kibo is really used

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so stick and also

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i am very very happy that i was able to

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walk into kibo

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my name is obara from nhk and this

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question to miss yamazaki too

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and we

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saw you working very hard in the space

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how do you evaluate your job in this

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mission what score do you give to

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yourself for what reason

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and uh when did you realize the most

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well maybe for the first question i'd

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like

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the commander to you know

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evaluate my work in space

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so far i think it goes well

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and thanks to the older team and all the

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teamwork on the shuttle and the votes on

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the station the works are going well on

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time today we finish all the mplm supply

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and return items it's a great

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celebration

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and three evas and you know it's a great

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work

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my name is kikuchi from the kyodo news

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agency

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yesterday no the day before yesterday

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you had a communication with the

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minister mahara and other children

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and you

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expressed the haiku and the arts flower

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are the children of the universe and i

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heard that you were

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looking up the sky and the space

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since your childhood

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after you came to the space were there

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any change in your view of nature life

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when i was elementary school

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i heard that the element

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consisting the the us or the uh the

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universe and ourselves are the same so

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it was a touching moment too and when i

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came to the universe i really realized

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that

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we are actually the part of the universe

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i do not know how to express the view of

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the nature in the life but the um

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the us from the space was so touching

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and beautiful and spectacular and i also

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thought that the ability or or the

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potential of the human power is um spark

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it um it involved

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10 000 or more people got involved in

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this exploration the teamwork was

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my name is kikuchi from kyodo tushin

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this question is mr noguchi

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and this is the first time two japanese

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are in the space when you welcome miss

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yamazaki for the first time what was

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your impression impressional what did

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you think

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about her and uh do you communicate in

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in japanese language when you are off

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i was so happy to tell you the truth

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because

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one of my colleagues came to the space

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so i was nostalgic and i was really

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happy to see her

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on duty time too the

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loading and reloading

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activity was done together so we were

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communicating in japanese language so i

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talked a lot of japanese this time

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this is the last japanese shuttle

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mission

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and uh what would you like to

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communicate to the japanese people and

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what would you like to bring back from

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the space to the arts

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this might be the

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last japanese shuttle mission but the

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space exploration does not end so uh we

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have

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infinite potential in the space and

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there are a lot of technological

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development expected

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so

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in the kibo

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and all the operation

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of the iss can be brought back to the

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earth and then um

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taking advantage of to the

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future

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space exploration and space development

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thank you

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my name is sydney souther and my

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question is for alan plaindexter

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how do you prepare your body to get

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that's a really good question and as you

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can see

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we we stay in shape

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uh

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we work a lot very very hard during our

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pre-flight training period

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in the gym doing a lot of physical

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fitness training and we have people

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that help us do that but it's important

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to stay fit and always do your exercise

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both cardiovascular and muscle training

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the environment of space is is very

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hostile and your body can

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degrade very rapidly so we exercise uh

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before flight

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almost every day and then we exercise

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my name is jordan and my question is for

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dottie mccaff lindenberger

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what science related experiments will be

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and jordan that is a very good question

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um obviously we've come to the

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international space station which is now

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a national laboratory

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and uh

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but on the shuttle we also do science

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experiments one of the experiments that

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we've brought up is actually to help

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humans

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better understand

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the staph infection marsa and develop a

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vaccine for it

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and another experiment that we brought

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up and we brought to station

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is the window observatory rack facility

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called wharf

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and with that window which is already

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part of our lab now we have a rack where

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we can do all sorts of optics from

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visual to near infrared

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and

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so there's all sorts of science up here

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but those are just a few of the things

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my name is kendra and my question is for

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clay anderson what court or elective

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courses did you have to take in order to

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kendra you need to take lots of math and

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lots of science in order to become an

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astronaut those are the basic

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fundamentals

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my name is seven and my question is for

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stephanie wilson

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when i was 13 years old i was given a

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school assignment to interview someone

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that worked in a career field that i was

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interested in and at the time i was

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interested in astronomy i went to

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williams college which is very close to

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my hometown pittsfield mass and i

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interviewed an astronomy professor there

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and i talked to him about all of the

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work that he did he got to travel around

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the world and view the heavens from

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different parts of the world he was a

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teacher so he taught and he also did

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observations

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and he did research and i was very

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interested in the work that he was doing

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later though i became more interested in

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engineering and decided to study

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engineering in college but my first

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my name is montreal and my question is

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for

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alan poor and dexter what improvements

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will you be making to the faces while in

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that's a very very insightful question

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thank you for taking the time to think

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about that

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as you know most of the space shuttle

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missions during the assembly phase of

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the international space station

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are bringing up major modules and

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supplies and that that's exactly what

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we're doing we brought up seven

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racks and

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a rack is basically the size of a

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household refrigerator

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and they hold science experiments and

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research experiments

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and we brought up uh three science racks

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and we brought up a new sleeping station

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called a crew quarters for one of the

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international space station crew members

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and then we brought up a bunch of supply

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racks as well and

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those racks are installed in the various

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laboratories around the station

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along with all the other supplies we

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brought up

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as you can see it's a lot of fun to fly

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my name is cameron lovelace and my

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question is for dottie

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what do you like about being an

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well you just saw it i love floating

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around that's one of my favorite things

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that i've been doing since i've been up

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here

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another one of my favorite things is

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looking out the window

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last night i got a chance to

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go to the cupola which is a brand new

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facility that sts-130 brought up about a

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month and a half ago

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and uh the windows allow you to see the

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earth

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in a 360 view and it's incredible and we

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watched all the way

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down

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america

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and then

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below the tip of south america and into

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a night pass and we could see the sunset

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and it's just it's way better than

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television so i hope that you guys could

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all do that someday instead of watching

567
00:26:29,990 --> 00:26:27,830
my name is hannah and my question is for

568
00:26:36,710 --> 00:26:30,000
stephanie wilson how do you wash and dry

569
00:26:41,110 --> 00:26:37,590
hey

570
00:26:43,909 --> 00:26:41,120
we actually fly a rinseless shampoo

571
00:26:46,549 --> 00:26:43,919
but we do have

572
00:26:49,269 --> 00:26:46,559
a way to get water from our galley which

573
00:26:50,950 --> 00:26:49,279
is kind of like a kitchen sink but

574
00:26:53,350 --> 00:26:50,960
so basically you're able to wet your

575
00:26:56,149 --> 00:26:53,360
hair and then use this rinseless shampoo

576
00:26:58,630 --> 00:26:56,159
and then rinse it again and towel dry

577
00:27:00,950 --> 00:26:58,640
and that usually does a pretty good trip

578
00:27:02,950 --> 00:27:00,960
we kind of consider ourselves to be on a

579
00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:02,960
camping trip and so we don't necessarily

580
00:27:07,110 --> 00:27:05,200
have all of the creature comforts that

581
00:27:15,750 --> 00:27:07,120
you might have at home but it works

582
00:27:21,430 --> 00:27:18,149
my name is jacob and my question is for

583
00:27:23,110 --> 00:27:21,440
clay anderson what are the plans for the

584
00:27:28,549 --> 00:27:23,120
shuttles once all the missions are

585
00:27:31,909 --> 00:27:30,230
hey jacob first tell hannah that

586
00:27:33,830 --> 00:27:31,919
commander poindexter and i we don't need

587
00:27:36,630 --> 00:27:33,840
near as much water and soap for our hair

588
00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:36,640
as the ladies do but jacob all the

589
00:27:40,310 --> 00:27:38,000
shuttles there are a lot of people

590
00:27:43,909 --> 00:27:40,320
competing to have those shuttles placed

591
00:27:46,310 --> 00:27:43,919
in museums so i think for sure

592
00:27:48,549 --> 00:27:46,320
discovery is probably going to go to the

593
00:27:50,710 --> 00:27:48,559
smithsonian in washington dc or near

594
00:27:52,950 --> 00:27:50,720
there and then the the other shuttles

595
00:27:54,630 --> 00:27:52,960
are being competed for and the folks

596
00:27:55,990 --> 00:27:54,640
that want to have those shuttles have to

597
00:27:57,510 --> 00:27:56,000
pay a lot of money because they have to

598
00:27:59,430 --> 00:27:57,520
be able to show nasa that they'll be

599
00:28:10,950 --> 00:27:59,440
able to take care of them and keep them

600
00:28:14,710 --> 00:28:12,870
my name is dalton and my question is for

601
00:28:16,149 --> 00:28:14,720
alan what do you believe is the most

602
00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:16,159
important thing we've learned from the

603
00:28:26,389 --> 00:28:24,710
well as you know a lot of things that

604
00:28:27,350 --> 00:28:26,399
we do now

605
00:28:30,549 --> 00:28:27,360
affect

606
00:28:33,110 --> 00:28:30,559
people a long long time in the future

607
00:28:34,470 --> 00:28:33,120
and when uh when uh when you students

608
00:28:36,070 --> 00:28:34,480
are uh

609
00:28:37,750 --> 00:28:36,080
are grown and

610
00:28:38,950 --> 00:28:37,760
will know the full impact probably of

611
00:28:40,789 --> 00:28:38,960
what the research that we're doing now

612
00:28:42,950 --> 00:28:40,799
on the international space station is

613
00:28:44,230 --> 00:28:42,960
but i think one of the one of the most

614
00:28:46,310 --> 00:28:44,240
important things that we've learned

615
00:28:47,590 --> 00:28:46,320
about space flight is that we need to

616
00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:47,600
keep doing it

617
00:28:50,470 --> 00:28:49,120
it's important for humans to always

618
00:28:53,110 --> 00:28:50,480
explore

619
00:28:54,710 --> 00:28:53,120
and like he was like lewis and clark

620
00:28:58,149 --> 00:28:54,720
uh explored

621
00:29:00,149 --> 00:28:58,159
uh the the trails to the west coast

622
00:29:02,310 --> 00:29:00,159
we're now exploring

623
00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:02,320
space in low earth orbit and hopefully

624
00:29:08,389 --> 00:29:05,520
soon to different planets

625
00:29:10,470 --> 00:29:08,399
and you can see we also explore new and

626
00:29:12,389 --> 00:29:10,480
interesting ways to

627
00:29:20,870 --> 00:29:12,399
eat food

628
00:29:26,549 --> 00:29:23,830
my name is gweny and my question is for

629
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:26,559
dottie what kind of food do you get to

630
00:29:34,710 --> 00:29:32,870
well

631
00:29:37,430 --> 00:29:34,720
we brought a couple of examples that i'm

632
00:29:40,230 --> 00:29:37,440
going to have people show you here

633
00:29:43,350 --> 00:29:40,240
first of all we have a fresh food locker

634
00:29:46,070 --> 00:29:43,360
and so we've got some tortillas

635
00:29:47,430 --> 00:29:46,080
but you can bring up apples

636
00:29:48,950 --> 00:29:47,440
oranges

637
00:29:50,310 --> 00:29:48,960
but anything that might only last a

638
00:29:52,710 --> 00:29:50,320
couple of days that goes in our fresh

639
00:29:55,190 --> 00:29:52,720
food locker and tortillas are really

640
00:29:57,029 --> 00:29:55,200
handy you can put eggs in them with hot

641
00:29:59,669 --> 00:29:57,039
sauce you can put peanut butter and

642
00:30:03,350 --> 00:29:59,679
honey on them you can make chicken

643
00:30:05,269 --> 00:30:03,360
fajitas so they're very handy

644
00:30:07,350 --> 00:30:05,279
another thing that we eat

645
00:30:09,110 --> 00:30:07,360
is

646
00:30:11,830 --> 00:30:09,120
meals that are kind of like meals ready

647
00:30:13,909 --> 00:30:11,840
to eat they're in a pouch like this you

648
00:30:16,549 --> 00:30:13,919
just heat them up in our galley

649
00:30:20,710 --> 00:30:16,559
and just scoop it right out the top no

650
00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:22,149
we have other foods that you have to

651
00:30:27,430 --> 00:30:24,720
hydrate in our galley this is actually

652
00:30:29,269 --> 00:30:27,440
uh branchex cereal it's got the milk i

653
00:30:31,909 --> 00:30:29,279
don't think you can see exactly

654
00:30:33,669 --> 00:30:31,919
the milk in there but you you add two

655
00:30:37,350 --> 00:30:33,679
ounces of cold water and wait a few

656
00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:37,360
minutes and voila you have brand cereal

657
00:30:41,510 --> 00:30:39,520
and i brought this item over it's one of

658
00:30:43,830 --> 00:30:41,520
stephanie's favorites

659
00:30:45,830 --> 00:30:43,840
some things just come in a package

660
00:30:48,549 --> 00:30:45,840
and that's a brownie i think clay just

661
00:30:50,710 --> 00:30:48,559
stole it from stephanie

662
00:30:53,029 --> 00:30:50,720
but we have all sorts of different types

663
00:30:55,669 --> 00:30:53,039
of foods and it's pretty good i miss my

664
00:30:57,509 --> 00:30:55,679
salads and my vegetables from earth but

665
00:31:04,950 --> 00:30:57,519
other than that i'm really happy eating

666
00:31:11,190 --> 00:31:07,190
my name is honorary

667
00:31:14,470 --> 00:31:11,200
anna my question is for clay anderson

668
00:31:20,149 --> 00:31:14,480
what does it feel like to sleep and eat

669
00:31:24,630 --> 00:31:22,470
sleeping in space for me is very cool i

670
00:31:26,789 --> 00:31:24,640
sleep better in orbit than i do on the

671
00:31:28,149 --> 00:31:26,799
earth and we have a sleeping bag that's

672
00:31:30,070 --> 00:31:28,159
strapped to the wall

673
00:31:32,389 --> 00:31:30,080
so when you actually sleep your kind of

674
00:31:35,269 --> 00:31:32,399
arms float up this way and

675
00:31:37,990 --> 00:31:35,279
you don't snore which is pretty amazing

676
00:31:39,350 --> 00:31:38,000
and it's very very relaxing and it's

677
00:31:40,950 --> 00:31:39,360
really good that people don't snore

678
00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:40,960
because commander poindexter well never

679
00:31:55,509 --> 00:31:52,549
my name is christian and my question is

680
00:32:03,110 --> 00:31:55,519
for stephanie what is the hardest part

681
00:32:07,110 --> 00:32:05,029
actually the hardest part there's not

682
00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:07,120
really a hard part about our job it

683
00:32:11,669 --> 00:32:08,640
really takes

684
00:32:14,789 --> 00:32:11,679
a lot of hard work and dedication uh

685
00:32:16,389 --> 00:32:14,799
study hard in school and we

686
00:32:18,789 --> 00:32:16,399
when we come into the astronaut office

687
00:32:20,710 --> 00:32:18,799
we have two years of very general

688
00:32:22,710 --> 00:32:20,720
training but it involves a lot of study

689
00:32:24,950 --> 00:32:22,720
on the shuttle systems

690
00:32:26,389 --> 00:32:24,960
and so we have very good trainers that

691
00:32:28,310 --> 00:32:26,399
prepare us

692
00:32:30,549 --> 00:32:28,320
we are able to work out in our gym

693
00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:30,559
facility and we have

694
00:32:34,950 --> 00:32:32,240
trainers that work with us for our

695
00:32:38,630 --> 00:32:34,960
workouts so it's not hard but it does

696
00:32:43,750 --> 00:32:41,110
my name is shelby and my question is for

697
00:32:48,230 --> 00:32:43,760
dottie why does the sky look blue on

698
00:32:52,389 --> 00:32:50,470
that is a great question and the reason

699
00:32:54,789 --> 00:32:52,399
why is because you have an atmosphere

700
00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:54,799
around the earth and the atmosphere acts

701
00:32:59,190 --> 00:32:57,360
a lot like a prism and it changes the

702
00:33:01,110 --> 00:32:59,200
light that's coming into you and it

703
00:33:02,870 --> 00:33:01,120
reflects it and bends it in different

704
00:33:03,909 --> 00:33:02,880
ways so that you get the color of the

705
00:33:06,870 --> 00:33:03,919
sky

706
00:33:09,269 --> 00:33:06,880
in space we don't have atmosphere it's

707
00:33:11,190 --> 00:33:09,279
not completely empty there are atoms out

708
00:33:12,630 --> 00:33:11,200
there but they're very few and far

709
00:33:15,509 --> 00:33:12,640
between and you don't get the same

710
00:33:18,310 --> 00:33:15,519
interaction with the light so it is dark

711
00:33:20,070 --> 00:33:18,320
dark black and from our vantage point it

712
00:33:23,430 --> 00:33:20,080
is beautiful to look on earth's

713
00:33:26,310 --> 00:33:23,440
atmosphere around our planet it's so

714
00:33:30,710 --> 00:33:26,320
thin compared to the planet itself and

715
00:33:35,750 --> 00:33:32,950
my name is carmen and my question is for

716
00:33:39,110 --> 00:33:35,760
allen poindexter what is it like to look

717
00:33:40,950 --> 00:33:39,120
out the new window on the station

718
00:33:44,389 --> 00:33:40,960
i i think the word breathtaking

719
00:33:46,789 --> 00:33:44,399
describes it uh the best it's amazing

720
00:33:48,789 --> 00:33:46,799
you know the the cupola window sits up

721
00:33:50,389 --> 00:33:48,799
underneath the new

722
00:33:52,149 --> 00:33:50,399
node 3 module

723
00:33:54,070 --> 00:33:52,159
and when you enter it you enter it head

724
00:33:56,149 --> 00:33:54,080
first so you're really

725
00:33:57,830 --> 00:33:56,159
from from uh from earth perspective

726
00:33:59,669 --> 00:33:57,840
you're upside down

727
00:34:01,190 --> 00:33:59,679
and it's like you're hanging down below

728
00:34:03,029 --> 00:34:01,200
the space station

729
00:34:06,070 --> 00:34:03,039
and there are windows all the way around

730
00:34:08,230 --> 00:34:06,080
you so just your head and your shoulders

731
00:34:10,149 --> 00:34:08,240
are looking out these windows

732
00:34:12,470 --> 00:34:10,159
and there's a window directly above you

733
00:34:14,310 --> 00:34:12,480
which directly faces the earth and it's

734
00:34:16,869 --> 00:34:14,320
amazing you know we're traveling at

735
00:34:18,629 --> 00:34:16,879
about five miles every second

736
00:34:20,790 --> 00:34:18,639
you know seventeen thousand five hundred

737
00:34:23,669 --> 00:34:20,800
miles per hour so

738
00:34:25,270 --> 00:34:23,679
states go by in seconds and continents

739
00:34:26,310 --> 00:34:25,280
go by in minutes

740
00:34:29,349 --> 00:34:26,320
and we can

741
00:34:31,990 --> 00:34:29,359
we can fly from the the east coast of

742
00:34:33,190 --> 00:34:32,000
the united states to europe in just a

743
00:34:35,030 --> 00:34:33,200
few minutes

744
00:34:37,669 --> 00:34:35,040
and you can see thousands of miles

745
00:34:39,270 --> 00:34:37,679
almost two two thousand miles from from

746
00:34:41,589 --> 00:34:39,280
horizon to horizon

747
00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:41,599
so you can see almost entire continents

748
00:34:45,270 --> 00:34:43,760
it's very very uh incredible and

749
00:34:47,430 --> 00:34:45,280
breathtaking again

750
00:34:51,270 --> 00:34:47,440
is the way i would describe it best i

751
00:34:55,030 --> 00:34:53,030
my name is kristen and my question is

752
00:34:56,710 --> 00:34:55,040
for clay how does looking at the earth

753
00:34:59,670 --> 00:34:56,720
from that perspective impact or

754
00:35:03,990 --> 00:35:02,390
kristin that's a very

755
00:35:07,910 --> 00:35:04,000
thought-provoking question that i've

756
00:35:10,790 --> 00:35:07,920
been asked before and it's an excellent

757
00:35:13,670 --> 00:35:10,800
question to ask because i think if we

758
00:35:15,510 --> 00:35:13,680
could get more people on the earth up

759
00:35:17,510 --> 00:35:15,520
into space to see our beautiful planet

760
00:35:19,589 --> 00:35:17,520
from here i don't think we'd fight each

761
00:35:21,589 --> 00:35:19,599
other nearly as much i don't think that

762
00:35:24,310 --> 00:35:21,599
it would be so difficult for so many of

763
00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:24,320
us to live together so my hope is that

764
00:35:27,510 --> 00:35:26,000
someday more people will get this

765
00:35:29,270 --> 00:35:27,520
opportunity because i think it will

766
00:35:31,430 --> 00:35:29,280
change everyone's perspective about how

767
00:35:33,109 --> 00:35:31,440
they view our planet and the people on

768
00:35:35,190 --> 00:35:33,119
it

769
00:35:36,310 --> 00:35:35,200
my name is kayla and my question is for

770
00:35:38,870 --> 00:35:36,320
stephanie

771
00:35:42,069 --> 00:35:38,880
do you think that one day will be space

772
00:35:46,230 --> 00:35:42,079
stations where anyone including kids

773
00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:50,150
well i certainly hope so uh right now uh

774
00:35:54,870 --> 00:35:52,560
we have mostly professional people

775
00:35:57,190 --> 00:35:54,880
professional astronauts flying in space

776
00:35:58,790 --> 00:35:57,200
but it's our hope that this will expand

777
00:36:00,870 --> 00:35:58,800
and that will be able to have more

778
00:36:03,349 --> 00:36:00,880
people as clay was mentioning come into

779
00:36:06,470 --> 00:36:03,359
space and perhaps even one day to

780
00:36:08,470 --> 00:36:06,480
include uh families and so forth much

781
00:36:10,230 --> 00:36:08,480
like with the airline industry initially

782
00:36:13,910 --> 00:36:10,240
it was a professional people flying

783
00:36:16,470 --> 00:36:13,920
airplanes and now people fly airplanes

784
00:36:18,310 --> 00:36:16,480
for vacations and families that fly on

785
00:36:22,710 --> 00:36:18,320
airplanes and so i would expect the same

786
00:36:25,990 --> 00:36:25,109
my name is tyler and my question is for

787
00:36:28,150 --> 00:36:26,000
alan

788
00:36:29,670 --> 00:36:28,160
what do you do for fun while you're in

789
00:36:32,150 --> 00:36:29,680
space

790
00:36:34,870 --> 00:36:32,160
i think you've seen some of it we can do

791
00:36:36,630 --> 00:36:34,880
just incredible things you know it's uh

792
00:36:40,230 --> 00:36:36,640
it's fun to just float

793
00:36:41,750 --> 00:36:40,240
and it's fun to uh to we were playing uh

794
00:36:44,550 --> 00:36:41,760
we had a little bit of time off earlier

795
00:36:47,190 --> 00:36:44,560
and and uh i think mr clay has got a

796
00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:47,200
baseball and we were playing we were

797
00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:48,800
playing baseball inside the space

798
00:36:51,670 --> 00:36:49,760
station

799
00:36:54,390 --> 00:36:51,680
and it's really easy

800
00:36:55,910 --> 00:36:54,400
to uh to hit hit the hit balls a long

801
00:36:57,829 --> 00:36:55,920
way in space

802
00:36:59,670 --> 00:36:57,839
but it's fun just to float and it's fun

803
00:37:01,589 --> 00:36:59,680
to look out the windows

804
00:37:09,270 --> 00:37:01,599
and it's fun to just spend time with

805
00:37:12,470 --> 00:37:11,510
my name is brandon and my question for

806
00:37:14,790 --> 00:37:12,480
dottie

807
00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:14,800
uh what goes through your mind before

808
00:37:25,190 --> 00:37:23,030
well that is an awesome question um

809
00:37:26,390 --> 00:37:25,200
before the launch we were really focused

810
00:37:28,790 --> 00:37:26,400
uh we had

811
00:37:30,470 --> 00:37:28,800
we had a little bit of a delay just um

812
00:37:33,030 --> 00:37:30,480
because of actual cold weather on the

813
00:37:34,790 --> 00:37:33,040
east coast this uh winter and spring and

814
00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:34,800
so that extra time gave us a little bit

815
00:37:38,950 --> 00:37:36,640
more time with our families

816
00:37:40,790 --> 00:37:38,960
but but you're just very focused

817
00:37:43,030 --> 00:37:40,800
thinking over the last

818
00:37:47,030 --> 00:37:43,040
lessons that you've learned for robotics

819
00:37:49,270 --> 00:37:47,040
for space walks for accent and for entry

820
00:37:51,510 --> 00:37:49,280
doing our last simulations

821
00:37:53,190 --> 00:37:51,520
and then once we got on orbit you have

822
00:37:55,589 --> 00:37:53,200
the mindset of let's really just get

823
00:37:58,630 --> 00:37:55,599
this job done and do it very well

824
00:38:00,310 --> 00:37:58,640
and so you you find yourself um doing of

825
00:38:02,069 --> 00:38:00,320
course your job but you also find

826
00:38:03,670 --> 00:38:02,079
yourself doing and helping others in

827
00:38:05,829 --> 00:38:03,680
jobs that you didn't completely train

828
00:38:07,349 --> 00:38:05,839
for that you were maybe a backup in but

829
00:38:09,349 --> 00:38:07,359
it just makes sense at the time that you

830
00:38:11,030 --> 00:38:09,359
do it because you need to get the job

831
00:38:13,190 --> 00:38:11,040
done and

832
00:38:15,430 --> 00:38:13,200
you lose all track of time you don't

833
00:38:18,069 --> 00:38:15,440
know which meal you're eating sometimes

834
00:38:20,150 --> 00:38:18,079
because really you're just going from a

835
00:38:21,349 --> 00:38:20,160
work event to work event to make sure

836
00:38:22,630 --> 00:38:21,359
that the mission is carried out

837
00:38:24,710 --> 00:38:22,640
successfully

838
00:38:27,510 --> 00:38:24,720
and then when we get back on earth our

839
00:38:30,790 --> 00:38:27,520
focus is going to turn to passing on any

840
00:38:32,470 --> 00:38:30,800
lessons learned that we have and then of

841
00:38:39,510 --> 00:38:32,480
course spending lots of good quality

842
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crew of sts-131 this is gregory slate we

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would like to thank you on behalf of

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eastern guilford high school students

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thank you very much wildcats

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thanks very much to the wildcats at

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guilford high school for joining us

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today on the international space station

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it was our pleasure and thanks very much

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study hard and do great in school we