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why did you want to be an astronaut

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when i was a kid

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i was interested in being an astronaut

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like a lot of kids are interested

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in being an astronaut because it seems

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like an exciting job you know i was also

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interested in playing baseball for the

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mets and

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and other more realistic things i think

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as i got older

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eventually i decided i wanted to be a

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pilot in the navy

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i chose the navy over the air force

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because i

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thought landing on the ship would be

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harder than and more challenging than

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landing on a runway and i was i was

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right

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then

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you know as a fighter pilot i flew the

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f-14 tomcat and then decided that and

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thought that being a test pilot was the

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next level of

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you know flying

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challenge

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and then i

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you know decided i guess a lot of guys

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that are test pilots put in an

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application to be an astronaut and

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you know thinking then the the

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next level would be being a pilot or

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commander of the space shuttle someday

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and uh

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timing and

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preparation and

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luck

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aligned for me to get an interview and

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then

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get selected

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what would be the next level of

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challenge after astronaut

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i don't know i'm gonna have to think

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about that one

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i'd like to fly again actually i

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wouldn't mind you know assuming

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you know i

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enjoy

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this mission and

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um

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the opportunity presents itself i'd like

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to fly again i think i didn't mean to

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presume that you weren't going to let me

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take you back to the beginning tell me

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about your hometown and what it was like

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to grow up there

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you know i grew up in a town and that is

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about 20 minutes west of new york city

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it's called west orange new jersey it's

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kind of a

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city-like

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wouldn't say quite urban but

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you know half sort of like you know

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suburbs

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a very good public school system

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most of the kids that i went to

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high school with went on to college

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which is good i think we had a very high

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graduation rate there

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it was a i think it was a great place to

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grow up you know new jersey

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has a lot to offer

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it's a very uh

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you know diverse

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i don't go there very often i wish i

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could actually go more and visit but

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shore great it's close to manhattan it's

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close to new england it's you know you

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can go skiing

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within a few hours drive so it's

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it's got a lot of

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nice things about it

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you have a sense of how that place and

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the people there helped make you the

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the school system was good i think um

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teachers and

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my parents

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specifically always encouraged me and my

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brother that there was nothing that was

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beyond our

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capability if we uh if we worked hard

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enough at it and you know wanted it hard

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so i think that was uh

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you know critical to to our success

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is it possible to make out west orange

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new jersey when you're flying over it at

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i'll try to well you've had an

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opportunity to to take a look at it

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you know it's um on my previous two

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flights no not really you're

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on a shuttle mission you're somewhat um

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period of time what you get to see over

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the earth is very dependent on you know

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a certain uh period of the earth but

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plays a significant role and depending

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on what time of year you launch certain

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areas can be covered by clouds when

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you're over them so

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yeah i don't recall it we're getting a

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you know really good look at

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new jersey from space

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you're right you probably will get the

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opportunity over time probably however

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you touched on it if i could

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ask you to tell me a little bit more

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about your education and your

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professional background and the the path

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that led you to be astronaut

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in the navy so i was in navy rotc

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chose a school that was

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military like school because i thought

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that would help with my

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discipline and make me a better at least

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give me more time to study

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less distractions

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i was right

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went on to uh fly in a uh

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fighter squadron

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the world famous puking dogs that's what

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i was there for several years and then

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showed up down here in 1996.

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as you said you looked at astronaut as

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being a challenge a thing to do uh we

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know that the flying in space part of

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this job uh has its dangers as does

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portions of your previous jobs wondering

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scott what it is you think that we get

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or learn as a result of flying people in

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space

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there's a lot of science we do on board

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that have has real

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science that

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allows us to live and work in space

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they're complementary

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see if we can fly in space longer and if

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we want to venture away from our planet

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we need to know how to do that but then

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the medical research we can do on board

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types of uh basic science that are

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equally in my opinion important

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science experiment the fact that we

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build this incredibly complicated

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challenging partnership

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a very successful experiment in its own

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you're a member of the international

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space station's expedition 25 and 26

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crews scott summarize the overall goals

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of your six-month flight and tell me

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what your main responsibilities are

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we have uh many goals on board the space

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station both both programmatic and

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personal as far as my personal

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goals are concerned

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my priority is that no one gets hurt

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we don't break any of the space station

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hardware and we meet all of the program

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concerned we have

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expedition 25 and 26 time frame that

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segment and that that arrives in january

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as well as two of the uh last space

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uh the first one will be in november and

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it's a good thing you're going to have

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six months to handle all that traffic

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ourselves pretty busy it's an

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interesting time for the the space

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though we do have all these uh

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logistic requirements we also have a lot

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of a lot of time for science and this is

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we're going to try to average at least

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30 hours a week of

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various types of

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science and

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hopefully we'll have great great results

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from those scientific experiments that

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we're able to do on board

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once before but that was during a

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briefer time for a shuttle mission

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what are you most looking forward to

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about getting to spend six months at a

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stretch off the planet yeah

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my primary

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having a very safe and successful

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space and you don't really

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it's your your home so i

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i look forward to um

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you know getting to spend more than just

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a few weeks and getting comfortable

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enough to feel like i'm actually a uh

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you know a resident of the uh the cosmos

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i guess yes you'd say rather than just a

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visitor

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well this time you're going to begin

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your visit arriving on a new edition of

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the soyuz spacecraft it's got some

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upgrades from the tma model that's been

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in use since 2002.

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tell me just a little bit about what's

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new about this soyuz how what kind of

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improvements

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significant

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the

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cosmonauts and myself

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although my my role in the soyuz is

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somewhat minor but that they use to

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control the vehicle have been upgraded

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to make flying it easier

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it's less

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you know operator intensive

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but

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the main and most important change is

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they have a new

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what we would kind of refer to as a

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flight control computer

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so the computer that operates the the

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systems on board

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is new and the software is new now the

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software

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is

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previous um

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algorithms

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that control the vehicle but it is new

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software and it is new hardware

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um

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most of which has been tested on the

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progress

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uh russian resupply vehicles but the

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progress doesn't re-enter the same way

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as the uh the soyuz does so

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when we come home in march it'll be the

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first time that this uh new flight

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control computer and the uh entry

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software will be uh demonstrated in

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flight

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it must be uh exciting for a test pilot

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to fly

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that the new upgrades well i would

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prefer it not to be excited

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and everything go just as as they expect

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and i'm sure it will

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um

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tell us about this place that's going to

349
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be your home give me an overview of what

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the international space station is like

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today

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it's

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much larger than when i was there last

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it uh

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it consists of um

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basically two sections a russian

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section that consists of um several

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modules now the uh what's called the

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functional cargo block the service

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module we have

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two logistic modules on board that are

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like small cargo and science modules as

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well as a docking port

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while we're there there'll be

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at least one progress

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resupply vehicle two soyuz's and a uh

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and the european uh very large

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transfer module so it's

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the russian segment alone is pretty

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significant in

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regards to its size and volume and its

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capability and then the u.s segment

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consists of all the other partner

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modules both

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u.s manufactured as well as

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you know canadian with regards to

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robotics and japanese and european space

378
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agency

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their

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modules so

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on the u.s side we have laboratory three

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nodes um you know one of which has this

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and a incredible capability to do

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science the

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the

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science

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laboratory facilities we have on board

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are really state of the art the

389
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as you know the space station is now

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considered a national

391
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asset with regards to

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conducting and producing science and

393
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i think we'll find that

394
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we really are able to exploit that

395
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capability now for many many years to

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come

397
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as you say there's not only more modules

398
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there are more crew members on board

399
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that will allow you to to really do more

400
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utilization let's talk about the science

401
00:15:33,590 --> 00:15:31,360
for a second a lot of the science is

402
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designed to find out how people can live

403
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and work in that environment and for

404
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that you and your crewmates are the test

405
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subjects as well as operators uh tell me

406
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about some of the the research that goes

407
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on that for which you are the uh the

408
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experimentee

409
00:15:50,710 --> 00:15:48,880
yeah there's there's

410
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different types of science we do on

411
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board some of which um is to find ways

412
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for people to live in space for longer

413
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periods of time and they they range from

414
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um

415
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seeing how our bodies react to the

416
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weightless environment with regards to

417
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bone and muscle mass and how we can

418
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prevent

419
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debilitating potentially debilitating

420
00:16:17,189 --> 00:16:15,120
losses of those bones and muscle mass

421
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but also

422
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investigations into

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areas where

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you know our health can

425
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can be affected by you know certain uh

426
00:16:30,230 --> 00:16:27,680
immune system

427
00:16:33,269 --> 00:16:30,240
responses that we see in microgravity

428
00:16:36,870 --> 00:16:33,279
our immune system doesn't work as well

429
00:16:38,550 --> 00:16:36,880
and other things along those lines uh

430
00:16:39,910 --> 00:16:38,560
but there's also the other science that

431
00:16:41,110 --> 00:16:39,920
we do on board

432
00:16:43,110 --> 00:16:41,120
that is

433
00:16:45,430 --> 00:16:43,120
just as important

434
00:16:46,629 --> 00:16:45,440
often not talked about

435
00:16:49,590 --> 00:16:46,639
as much

436
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but we do do other experiments

437
00:16:54,949 --> 00:16:51,600
with regards to

438
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investigations in

439
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areas that may produce and i think we've

440
00:17:05,990 --> 00:17:02,639
recently have

441
00:17:10,470 --> 00:17:07,909
in the

442
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kind of the pipeline for approval with

443
00:17:15,990 --> 00:17:11,280
the

444
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things along those lines that provide

445
00:17:20,230 --> 00:17:17,919
you know potential real benefits to the

446
00:17:21,750 --> 00:17:20,240
uh to the taxpayers so

447
00:17:23,510 --> 00:17:21,760
um

448
00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:23,520
if you looked at the list of experiments

449
00:17:28,470 --> 00:17:25,120
i can't remember them all here because

450
00:17:32,310 --> 00:17:28,480
it's just hundreds of experiments

451
00:17:34,070 --> 00:17:32,320
many of which have some interesting uh

452
00:17:35,909 --> 00:17:34,080
outcomes that

453
00:17:37,430 --> 00:17:35,919
could be potentially beneficial there

454
00:17:40,870 --> 00:17:37,440
was one i was trained on recently in

455
00:17:44,070 --> 00:17:40,880
japan that was looking at the

456
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you know how these uh seedlings behave

457
00:17:51,190 --> 00:17:49,909
how water versus gravity

458
00:17:54,390 --> 00:17:51,200
uh

459
00:17:55,270 --> 00:17:54,400
how they are attracted to and how they

460
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grow

461
00:17:59,590 --> 00:17:57,200
with the influence of water and gravity

462
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and the predominant effect is is gravity

463
00:18:03,430 --> 00:18:01,600
obviously but there's also

464
00:18:06,230 --> 00:18:03,440
a mechanism where they're attracted to

465
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water and the

466
00:18:09,990 --> 00:18:08,080
one of the goals of this experiment is

467
00:18:12,950 --> 00:18:10,000
if you could figure out you know which

468
00:18:14,470 --> 00:18:12,960
gene is responsible for

469
00:18:17,830 --> 00:18:14,480
the water attraction you could

470
00:18:19,430 --> 00:18:17,840
potentially bio-engineer

471
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plants

472
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such that they would need less water and

473
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that

474
00:18:27,270 --> 00:18:25,280
has real impact on our ability

475
00:18:29,270 --> 00:18:27,280
to produce food in this country and

476
00:18:31,270 --> 00:18:29,280
around the world if you could make

477
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plants that didn't need as much water

478
00:18:34,710 --> 00:18:32,720
obviously you know we hear about you

479
00:18:36,950 --> 00:18:34,720
know water shortages around the world

480
00:18:38,549 --> 00:18:36,960
and this is kind of a national security

481
00:18:40,150 --> 00:18:38,559
issue and this is you know one i think

482
00:18:42,710 --> 00:18:40,160
good example of some of the science we

483
00:18:45,190 --> 00:18:42,720
do on board that could have potential

484
00:18:46,950 --> 00:18:45,200
real significant benefits

485
00:18:49,430 --> 00:18:46,960
you know outside of the traditional type

486
00:18:52,630 --> 00:18:49,440
of science we do in space

487
00:18:55,669 --> 00:18:52,640
it sounds like it could just be fun too

488
00:18:57,029 --> 00:18:55,679
for uh to play in those laboratories and

489
00:18:59,430 --> 00:18:57,039
do these experiments and see what

490
00:19:01,669 --> 00:18:59,440
happens oh yeah it's uh

491
00:19:02,630 --> 00:19:01,679
you know i think the whole thing has

492
00:19:03,990 --> 00:19:02,640
certain

493
00:19:06,390 --> 00:19:04,000
aspects of

494
00:19:08,470 --> 00:19:06,400
fun and interest to it in in various

495
00:19:10,310 --> 00:19:08,480
ways whether it's

496
00:19:12,390 --> 00:19:10,320
you know conducting the science doing

497
00:19:15,029 --> 00:19:12,400
the uh you know operational more

498
00:19:16,870 --> 00:19:15,039
operational things like fixing hardware

499
00:19:20,390 --> 00:19:16,880
you know potential doing potentially

500
00:19:21,830 --> 00:19:20,400
doing space walks or robotics

501
00:19:24,870 --> 00:19:21,840
but i think the most fun like i said

502
00:19:26,549 --> 00:19:24,880
earlier is is is doing something that is

503
00:19:28,230 --> 00:19:26,559
very very difficult

504
00:19:30,710 --> 00:19:28,240
something that you've worked very hard

505
00:19:33,029 --> 00:19:30,720
at for many many years and being

506
00:19:35,590 --> 00:19:33,039
successful at it and i tell kids

507
00:19:37,430 --> 00:19:35,600
all the time about this

508
00:19:42,150 --> 00:19:37,440
how this is what makes being an

509
00:19:46,789 --> 00:19:44,789
it's the best part and

510
00:19:49,110 --> 00:19:46,799
you know i encourage them to find those

511
00:19:51,510 --> 00:19:49,120
things in their lives that they can

512
00:19:53,510 --> 00:19:51,520
that are challenging they can work hard

513
00:19:54,710 --> 00:19:53,520
at it and then be proud of them their

514
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selves for

515
00:19:58,390 --> 00:19:56,720
for their success whether it's

516
00:20:00,150 --> 00:19:58,400
you know with their schoolwork or sports

517
00:20:01,990 --> 00:20:00,160
or something else some other career they

518
00:20:03,909 --> 00:20:02,000
find in their life it doesn't have to be

519
00:20:06,390 --> 00:20:03,919
the space program but i think you know

520
00:20:08,070 --> 00:20:06,400
it's very fulfilling to have something

521
00:20:09,350 --> 00:20:08,080
in your life that challenges you and

522
00:20:14,070 --> 00:20:09,360
then

523
00:20:16,149 --> 00:20:14,080
can be very rewarding

524
00:20:18,390 --> 00:20:16,159
throughout the course of your time there

525
00:20:20,149 --> 00:20:18,400
there are there's the plan right now for

526
00:20:22,230 --> 00:20:20,159
three spacewalks out of the russian

527
00:20:24,549 --> 00:20:22,240
section of the station in november and

528
00:20:26,470 --> 00:20:24,559
december of this year

529
00:20:28,149 --> 00:20:26,480
tell me about who'll be going outside

530
00:20:30,310 --> 00:20:28,159
and what kind of work is going to be

531
00:20:33,029 --> 00:20:30,320
done by space walkers outside your space

532
00:20:38,390 --> 00:20:35,029
the there are a few russian spacewalks

533
00:20:39,830 --> 00:20:38,400
we have no scheduled u.s spacewalks um

534
00:20:42,390 --> 00:20:39,840
the uh

535
00:20:44,230 --> 00:20:42,400
first one is done by fyodor yurchikhin

536
00:20:47,669 --> 00:20:44,240
and oleg's gripocha

537
00:20:49,830 --> 00:20:47,679
and the subsequent spacewalks by

538
00:20:52,549 --> 00:20:49,840
oleg skripoche and dima condratev and

539
00:20:55,190 --> 00:20:52,559
they have various

540
00:20:57,750 --> 00:20:55,200
objectives outside the russian segment

541
00:20:58,950 --> 00:20:57,760
maintenance objectives

542
00:21:02,390 --> 00:20:58,960
in

543
00:21:04,149 --> 00:21:02,400
shuttle flight

544
00:21:06,070 --> 00:21:04,159
people would go outside to do spacewalks

545
00:21:07,990 --> 00:21:06,080
and everybody inside was involved in

546
00:21:10,950 --> 00:21:08,000
some way in supporting that it's not

547
00:21:12,710 --> 00:21:10,960
quite the same now when space station

548
00:21:15,029 --> 00:21:12,720
crew members go outside for a spacewalk

549
00:21:16,789 --> 00:21:15,039
what do you guys do inside

550
00:21:19,590 --> 00:21:16,799
during the russian space walks because

551
00:21:21,510 --> 00:21:19,600
of um you know issues with where soyuz

552
00:21:23,110 --> 00:21:21,520
is and who's outside

553
00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:23,120
i'll probably have to be locked in one

554
00:21:27,029 --> 00:21:24,960
of the russian modules so i'm not

555
00:21:28,549 --> 00:21:27,039
isolated from my

556
00:21:31,830 --> 00:21:28,559
um

557
00:21:33,669 --> 00:21:31,840
my soyuz in a contingency so as far as

558
00:21:35,270 --> 00:21:33,679
my participation

559
00:21:37,430 --> 00:21:35,280
in the spacewalk and the russian space

560
00:21:39,270 --> 00:21:37,440
walks be very limited i'll probably

561
00:21:41,510 --> 00:21:39,280
have some kind of science or something i

562
00:21:42,950 --> 00:21:41,520
can do inside that uh

563
00:21:46,310 --> 00:21:42,960
meme 2

564
00:21:48,230 --> 00:21:46,320
russian logistics module where

565
00:21:49,909 --> 00:21:48,240
myself and sasha caleria will be

566
00:21:51,669 --> 00:21:49,919
isolated

567
00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:51,679
during the whole time these guys are

568
00:21:55,510 --> 00:21:53,280
outside so

569
00:21:57,350 --> 00:21:55,520
even if i wanted to participate i really

570
00:22:00,149 --> 00:21:57,360
really couldn't and the science work

571
00:22:01,830 --> 00:22:00,159
continues regardless yeah now we have

572
00:22:04,070 --> 00:22:01,840
u.s space walks when the shuttles are

573
00:22:06,390 --> 00:22:04,080
there planned space walks and uh you

574
00:22:09,990 --> 00:22:06,400
know i'll help with getting the crews

575
00:22:11,510 --> 00:22:10,000
um well before they even show up i'll

576
00:22:13,510 --> 00:22:11,520
be you know critical to getting the

577
00:22:15,510 --> 00:22:13,520
airlock ready getting this

578
00:22:16,710 --> 00:22:15,520
suits ready if they're using us suits or

579
00:22:18,789 --> 00:22:16,720
us

580
00:22:20,470 --> 00:22:18,799
spacesuit components and their tools

581
00:22:22,149 --> 00:22:20,480
prepared

582
00:22:24,830 --> 00:22:22,159
and helping them with the airlock

583
00:22:27,990 --> 00:22:24,840
operations maybe a little help with the

584
00:22:30,070 --> 00:22:28,000
robotics and then if there are um

585
00:22:31,909 --> 00:22:30,080
turns out to be any u.s

586
00:22:34,870 --> 00:22:31,919
what's called a stage

587
00:22:37,510 --> 00:22:34,880
eva or spacewalk when the

588
00:22:38,630 --> 00:22:37,520
shuttle isn't there then

589
00:22:40,470 --> 00:22:38,640
if it's in the first part of the

590
00:22:41,510 --> 00:22:40,480
increment i'll be doing it with doug

591
00:22:43,990 --> 00:22:41,520
wheelock

592
00:22:46,149 --> 00:22:44,000
and if it's in the second part after he

593
00:22:48,789 --> 00:22:46,159
leaves it'll be me and the

594
00:22:51,029 --> 00:22:48,799
paolo nespoli from the european space

595
00:22:53,510 --> 00:22:51,039
agency that'll conduct the space wall

596
00:22:55,830 --> 00:22:53,520
and again that's a that's the the backup

597
00:22:57,510 --> 00:22:55,840
plan in case another spacewalk is is

598
00:22:59,110 --> 00:22:57,520
needed yeah and

599
00:23:01,510 --> 00:22:59,120
they say we're going to have to fix

600
00:23:04,230 --> 00:23:01,520
stuff on the outside that's

601
00:23:06,149 --> 00:23:04,240
supposed to break so we'll be ready

602
00:23:08,230 --> 00:23:06,159
well there will be spacewalks as you

603
00:23:10,230 --> 00:23:08,240
mentioned during the visits of the space

604
00:23:12,710 --> 00:23:10,240
shuttle missions and the current launch

605
00:23:16,070 --> 00:23:12,720
plan calls for discovery to arrive on

606
00:23:17,830 --> 00:23:16,080
mission sts-133 in november tell us a

607
00:23:19,990 --> 00:23:17,840
little bit about what's on the plan for

608
00:23:22,149 --> 00:23:20,000
uh for that space shuttle mission late

609
00:23:23,669 --> 00:23:22,159
this year they bring up the what's

610
00:23:26,470 --> 00:23:23,679
called the

611
00:23:28,710 --> 00:23:26,480
pmm now it was the

612
00:23:33,390 --> 00:23:28,720
plm now it's

613
00:23:37,430 --> 00:23:33,400
the permanent

614
00:23:39,270 --> 00:23:37,440
multi-purpose module and uh basically

615
00:23:41,830 --> 00:23:39,280
it's one of the old not i would

616
00:23:45,029 --> 00:23:41,840
shouldn't say old but one of the mplms

617
00:23:46,950 --> 00:23:45,039
that has been uh improved to be able to

618
00:23:48,390 --> 00:23:46,960
stay on board permanently

619
00:23:50,789 --> 00:23:48,400
as a

620
00:23:52,470 --> 00:23:50,799
location to

621
00:23:54,149 --> 00:23:52,480
store equipment

622
00:23:56,070 --> 00:23:54,159
which is very challenging on board we

623
00:23:57,750 --> 00:23:56,080
don't it seems like the space station is

624
00:23:59,510 --> 00:23:57,760
really big but when you need

625
00:24:01,750 --> 00:23:59,520
all the stuff you need to live there for

626
00:24:04,230 --> 00:24:01,760
six months it gets pretty full and

627
00:24:08,710 --> 00:24:04,240
having another module to help with uh

628
00:24:11,350 --> 00:24:08,720
stowage is is critically important to uh

629
00:24:14,230 --> 00:24:11,360
improving our efficiency and just doing

630
00:24:15,750 --> 00:24:14,240
our you know daily work on board

631
00:24:16,470 --> 00:24:15,760
so they're going to bring up that module

632
00:24:24,950 --> 00:24:16,480
and

633
00:24:30,070 --> 00:24:28,470
with secondary objectives that isn't

634
00:24:31,590 --> 00:24:30,080
uh doesn't have anything to do with the

635
00:24:33,190 --> 00:24:31,600
module itself

636
00:24:34,630 --> 00:24:33,200
it'll give you the opportunity to see

637
00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:34,640
what a space shuttle visit to the

638
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:35,760
station is like from the other

639
00:24:40,070 --> 00:24:38,320
perspective yeah i was actually hoping

640
00:24:41,750 --> 00:24:40,080
atlantis would come up while i was there

641
00:24:43,590 --> 00:24:41,760
because i've never seen atlantis in

642
00:24:46,710 --> 00:24:43,600
space my first flight was under

643
00:24:49,269 --> 00:24:46,720
discovery in my second on endeavor but

644
00:24:50,549 --> 00:24:49,279
unfortunately if uh if atlantis flies

645
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:50,559
again it'll be

646
00:24:53,750 --> 00:24:52,400
i think well after i'm gone probably in

647
00:24:59,029 --> 00:24:53,760
june

648
00:25:01,909 --> 00:24:59,039
neat to see a shuttle visit

649
00:25:04,390 --> 00:25:01,919
um near the end of november you're going

650
00:25:06,390 --> 00:25:04,400
to become the commander of expedition 26

651
00:25:09,430 --> 00:25:06,400
when doug wheelock and fyodor yurchikhin

652
00:25:10,310 --> 00:25:09,440
and chan walker uh go home

653
00:25:12,549 --> 00:25:10,320
how

654
00:25:15,669 --> 00:25:12,559
has that changed daily life for you on

655
00:25:17,909 --> 00:25:15,679
the station to become its commander

656
00:25:21,190 --> 00:25:17,919
um i don't know that it'll change it a

657
00:25:23,430 --> 00:25:21,200
whole lot unless things start

658
00:25:24,789 --> 00:25:23,440
going awry

659
00:25:27,190 --> 00:25:24,799
i guess

660
00:25:28,789 --> 00:25:27,200
as long as you know

661
00:25:30,870 --> 00:25:28,799
we don't have any emergencies we don't

662
00:25:32,470 --> 00:25:30,880
have any significant problems with the

663
00:25:33,750 --> 00:25:32,480
hardware or

664
00:25:35,510 --> 00:25:33,760
people

665
00:25:37,990 --> 00:25:35,520
then it's uh

666
00:25:39,669 --> 00:25:38,000
things will probably just

667
00:25:41,430 --> 00:25:39,679
kind of like the status quo you know

668
00:25:43,510 --> 00:25:41,440
certainly as the commander

669
00:25:46,149 --> 00:25:43,520
you know you're responsible for you know

670
00:25:47,990 --> 00:25:46,159
safety and the health of your people and

671
00:25:49,590 --> 00:25:48,000
you know making sure they're

672
00:25:51,510 --> 00:25:49,600
they have everything they need to do

673
00:25:53,909 --> 00:25:51,520
their job so certainly be conscious of

674
00:25:55,110 --> 00:25:53,919
those things but

675
00:25:57,029 --> 00:25:55,120
you know we're all

676
00:25:58,390 --> 00:25:57,039
professionals we all understand what we

677
00:25:59,669 --> 00:25:58,400
need to do

678
00:26:00,870 --> 00:25:59,679
and uh

679
00:26:02,630 --> 00:26:00,880
you know

680
00:26:04,630 --> 00:26:02,640
we're all kind of self-starters and kind

681
00:26:06,390 --> 00:26:04,640
of take care of ourselves very well so

682
00:26:08,870 --> 00:26:06,400
it shouldn't shouldn't be much different

683
00:26:11,430 --> 00:26:08,880
than when doug wheelock the previous uh

684
00:26:14,230 --> 00:26:11,440
commander is in charge

685
00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:14,240
as you mentioned earlier you expect to

686
00:26:18,789 --> 00:26:16,720
see one more visit from a space shuttle

687
00:26:20,710 --> 00:26:18,799
that'll be in late february

688
00:26:22,870 --> 00:26:20,720
tell me about the plans for the joint

689
00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:22,880
operations when endeavour arrives with

690
00:26:28,070 --> 00:26:25,360
sts-134

691
00:26:31,830 --> 00:26:28,080
um it'll be very similar to

692
00:26:36,390 --> 00:26:31,840
133 it will will help with

693
00:26:40,870 --> 00:26:37,990
getting the crews ready for the space

694
00:26:42,470 --> 00:26:40,880
walks and getting you know all their

695
00:26:44,390 --> 00:26:42,480
pre-positioned items that need to go on

696
00:26:47,110 --> 00:26:44,400
the shuttle and you know

697
00:26:48,870 --> 00:26:47,120
taking care of any logistic items they

698
00:26:51,350 --> 00:26:48,880
they are bringing off the shuttle to be

699
00:26:52,789 --> 00:26:51,360
stored on the space station

700
00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:52,799
um

701
00:26:57,350 --> 00:26:55,440
basically you know

702
00:26:59,269 --> 00:26:57,360
having a lot of work to do to prepare

703
00:27:01,350 --> 00:26:59,279
the station for the arrival of a shuttle

704
00:27:05,430 --> 00:27:01,360
whether it's

705
00:27:07,350 --> 00:27:05,440
you know 133 or 134 is very similar

706
00:27:08,789 --> 00:27:07,360
and this mission is going to deliver a

707
00:27:11,350 --> 00:27:08,799
big science instrument that they're

708
00:27:12,630 --> 00:27:11,360
going to put out on the trust that

709
00:27:15,110 --> 00:27:12,640
does when the alpha magnetic

710
00:27:17,029 --> 00:27:15,120
spectrometer is installed does that

711
00:27:18,070 --> 00:27:17,039
create new work for the station crew

712
00:27:23,269 --> 00:27:18,080
members

713
00:27:24,950 --> 00:27:23,279
it it operates um autonomously um

714
00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:24,960
at one point i heard that they were

715
00:27:29,110 --> 00:27:27,440
talking about giving the onboard crew a

716
00:27:31,269 --> 00:27:29,120
little bit of um

717
00:27:32,789 --> 00:27:31,279
you know insight into

718
00:27:35,029 --> 00:27:32,799
how it's uh

719
00:27:36,549 --> 00:27:35,039
operating it's you know the status of

720
00:27:38,310 --> 00:27:36,559
its systems

721
00:27:39,430 --> 00:27:38,320
but i'm not sure

722
00:27:41,110 --> 00:27:39,440
um

723
00:27:42,549 --> 00:27:41,120
how far along they are with that or if

724
00:27:46,389 --> 00:27:42,559
we're actually going to get that

725
00:27:48,149 --> 00:27:46,399
capability if we did it would be after

726
00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:48,159
i'm i'm gone so i haven't had any

727
00:27:52,310 --> 00:27:50,080
training on it but it's basically

728
00:27:54,230 --> 00:27:52,320
designed to use the space station

729
00:27:56,870 --> 00:27:54,240
resources to collect its science but

730
00:27:58,230 --> 00:27:56,880
then you know the science and the

731
00:27:59,830 --> 00:27:58,240
is

732
00:28:03,269 --> 00:27:59,840
obviously analyzed on the ground but the

733
00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:03,279
spacecraft is also

734
00:28:07,350 --> 00:28:05,360
operated from the from the ground it's

735
00:28:10,750 --> 00:28:07,360
not a science instrument that the crew

736
00:28:13,510 --> 00:28:10,760
operates in a in an active sense

737
00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:13,520
sts-134 is a

738
00:28:17,669 --> 00:28:15,120
right now the last shuttle mission and

739
00:28:19,350 --> 00:28:17,679
it's commanded by your brother mark

740
00:28:21,029 --> 00:28:19,360
this joint operation will be the first

741
00:28:22,389 --> 00:28:21,039
time that two siblings have been in

742
00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:22,399
space together

743
00:28:26,950 --> 00:28:24,960
you excited about the idea of getting to

744
00:28:29,269 --> 00:28:26,960
share an orbital road trip

745
00:28:31,029 --> 00:28:29,279
it's actually the first time that two

746
00:28:32,789 --> 00:28:31,039
i think blood relatives have ever been

747
00:28:34,950 --> 00:28:32,799
in space together

748
00:28:36,950 --> 00:28:34,960
um

749
00:28:38,549 --> 00:28:36,960
it's exciting i know you know i've known

750
00:28:39,990 --> 00:28:38,559
obviously known my brother a really long

751
00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:40,000
time and

752
00:28:45,669 --> 00:28:42,320
you know we're great friends

753
00:28:47,269 --> 00:28:45,679
and um you know it's a real privilege to

754
00:28:49,110 --> 00:28:47,279
to share

755
00:28:50,230 --> 00:28:49,120
the experience with someone you're so

756
00:28:51,830 --> 00:28:50,240
close to

757
00:28:53,909 --> 00:28:51,840
the experience of being an astronaut

758
00:28:56,230 --> 00:28:53,919
being able to talk about you know things

759
00:28:59,350 --> 00:28:56,240
that we experience and have

760
00:29:00,789 --> 00:28:59,360
you know a common you know framework to

761
00:29:03,269 --> 00:29:00,799
to discuss it

762
00:29:06,070 --> 00:29:04,389
and

763
00:29:08,789 --> 00:29:06,080
getting to see him in space will

764
00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:08,799
actually make that even better it's uh

765
00:29:13,990 --> 00:29:11,120
certainly very exciting for uh for the

766
00:29:17,350 --> 00:29:15,669
be able to see this and it's

767
00:29:20,470 --> 00:29:17,360
pure luck i mean he was supposed to fly

768
00:29:22,310 --> 00:29:20,480
in july this past july

769
00:29:23,590 --> 00:29:22,320
actually this month was his launch date

770
00:29:26,149 --> 00:29:23,600
but then

771
00:29:29,590 --> 00:29:26,159
things got delayed and now he's uh

772
00:29:32,230 --> 00:29:29,600
coming up at the end of of my increment

773
00:29:33,990 --> 00:29:32,240
so it's uh it's pretty exciting your mom

774
00:29:35,909 --> 00:29:34,000
and dad like the idea of having two sons

775
00:29:37,750 --> 00:29:35,919
off the planet at the same time they

776
00:29:39,669 --> 00:29:37,760
don't like the idea of having one son

777
00:29:40,710 --> 00:29:39,679
off the planet at any time

778
00:29:42,389 --> 00:29:40,720
so

779
00:29:44,549 --> 00:29:42,399
you know they can uh this can kind of

780
00:29:47,990 --> 00:29:44,559
stress them out a little bit and

781
00:29:49,510 --> 00:29:48,000
i'm sure it'll stress them out even more

782
00:29:50,630 --> 00:29:49,520
fortunately my brother's the one that's

783
00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:50,640
going to have to deal with it because

784
00:29:56,070 --> 00:29:53,200
i'll be in space

785
00:29:57,830 --> 00:29:56,080
as we've mentioned uh sts-134 is the

786
00:29:58,710 --> 00:29:57,840
last scheduled flight of the space

787
00:30:00,470 --> 00:29:58,720
shuttle

788
00:30:02,789 --> 00:30:00,480
uh scott what are your thoughts about

789
00:30:05,590 --> 00:30:02,799
the shuttle's place in the history of

790
00:30:07,590 --> 00:30:05,600
human space flight and its role in the

791
00:30:08,470 --> 00:30:07,600
assembly and maintenance of the space

792
00:30:10,389 --> 00:30:08,480
station

793
00:30:13,510 --> 00:30:10,399
i don't know if we will ever build

794
00:30:15,590 --> 00:30:13,520
something as versatile

795
00:30:18,310 --> 00:30:15,600
and as capable

796
00:30:20,950 --> 00:30:18,320
uh a vehicle that can do as many

797
00:30:23,590 --> 00:30:20,960
missions as the as the space shuttle has

798
00:30:28,310 --> 00:30:23,600
been able to do it certainly not in my

799
00:30:33,190 --> 00:30:29,830
you know from

800
00:30:34,630 --> 00:30:33,200
being able to build structures in space

801
00:30:36,789 --> 00:30:34,640
to

802
00:30:39,350 --> 00:30:36,799
the robotics capability the space

803
00:30:41,350 --> 00:30:39,360
walking capability the science

804
00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:41,360
capability inside the vehicle the

805
00:30:44,389 --> 00:30:43,440
ability to carry very large payloads

806
00:30:46,549 --> 00:30:44,399
into

807
00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:46,559
low earth orbit

808
00:30:52,389 --> 00:30:49,440
deliver them to other orbits if required

809
00:30:55,909 --> 00:30:52,399
repair telescopes and other science

810
00:31:00,630 --> 00:30:58,470
carry a laboratory in the aft part of

811
00:31:01,830 --> 00:31:00,640
the vehicle i mean it really is an

812
00:31:03,029 --> 00:31:01,840
incredibly

813
00:31:04,470 --> 00:31:03,039
capable

814
00:31:06,389 --> 00:31:04,480
of vehicle

815
00:31:08,870 --> 00:31:06,399
it's also very complicated also very

816
00:31:10,470 --> 00:31:08,880
expensive to operate

817
00:31:12,789 --> 00:31:10,480
i think in a perfect world we would

818
00:31:13,990 --> 00:31:12,799
continue to fly it and it'd be great if

819
00:31:15,909 --> 00:31:14,000
we could

820
00:31:18,070 --> 00:31:15,919
you know use the space shuttle to

821
00:31:20,549 --> 00:31:18,080
continue to

822
00:31:22,230 --> 00:31:20,559
supply and be there for the space

823
00:31:23,909 --> 00:31:22,240
station

824
00:31:27,350 --> 00:31:23,919
but

825
00:31:29,590 --> 00:31:27,360
you know in our economic climate that's

826
00:31:30,789 --> 00:31:29,600
not consistent with trying to do other

827
00:31:32,070 --> 00:31:30,799
things so

828
00:31:34,389 --> 00:31:32,080
you know at a certain point you have to

829
00:31:37,669 --> 00:31:34,399
make a decision

830
00:31:39,110 --> 00:31:37,679
um you know the previous administration

831
00:31:41,430 --> 00:31:39,120
and the current administration made the

832
00:31:43,750 --> 00:31:41,440
decision that it should be retired so we

833
00:31:46,310 --> 00:31:43,760
can go on and you know explore

834
00:31:47,909 --> 00:31:46,320
eventually be beyond low earth orbit and

835
00:31:49,430 --> 00:31:47,919
nasa

836
00:31:51,190 --> 00:31:49,440
and myself

837
00:31:53,350 --> 00:31:51,200
supports

838
00:31:55,430 --> 00:31:53,360
those decisions i think it's going to be

839
00:31:56,549 --> 00:31:55,440
a sad day when the

840
00:31:59,430 --> 00:31:56,559
shuttle

841
00:32:01,509 --> 00:31:59,440
rolls to a stop for the last time but

842
00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:01,519
i think it's understandable and

843
00:32:05,830 --> 00:32:04,399
but unfortunately necessary

844
00:32:08,310 --> 00:32:05,840
you mentioned a couple of minutes ago

845
00:32:10,870 --> 00:32:08,320
that there are other spacecraft that

846
00:32:12,710 --> 00:32:10,880
will fly to supply

847
00:32:16,070 --> 00:32:12,720
the space station even after the space

848
00:32:17,750 --> 00:32:16,080
shuttle is no longer flying uh

849
00:32:20,710 --> 00:32:17,760
tell me a little bit about the com the

850
00:32:24,070 --> 00:32:20,720
capabilities of these unmanned russian

851
00:32:25,669 --> 00:32:24,080
european and japanese spacecraft and and

852
00:32:26,950 --> 00:32:25,679
how the crews involved in their

853
00:32:28,950 --> 00:32:26,960
operations

854
00:32:30,710 --> 00:32:28,960
the um

855
00:32:32,789 --> 00:32:30,720
the russian progress vehicles are

856
00:32:35,190 --> 00:32:32,799
similar to the soyuz but they're

857
00:32:37,110 --> 00:32:35,200
unmanned and they uh

858
00:32:38,310 --> 00:32:37,120
they're for carrying cargo and fuel and

859
00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:38,320
water

860
00:32:41,909 --> 00:32:39,600
the uh

861
00:32:43,590 --> 00:32:41,919
they dock automatically although the

862
00:32:45,110 --> 00:32:43,600
russians can intervene if there's a

863
00:32:47,909 --> 00:32:45,120
problem with the automatic system and

864
00:32:50,630 --> 00:32:47,919
fly the docking manually from onboard

865
00:32:55,269 --> 00:32:50,640
from a work station onboard the

866
00:33:00,470 --> 00:32:58,149
likewise the uh

867
00:33:03,830 --> 00:33:00,480
autonomous transfer vehicle the european

868
00:33:06,789 --> 00:33:03,840
vehicle is larger than the progress

869
00:33:08,870 --> 00:33:06,799
can carry um

870
00:33:10,710 --> 00:33:08,880
similar amount of cargo let's say to an

871
00:33:12,149 --> 00:33:10,720
mplm

872
00:33:15,190 --> 00:33:12,159
you know something that you put in the

873
00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:15,200
payload bay of the shuttle so it's

874
00:33:20,950 --> 00:33:18,640
got a larger cargo carrying capability

875
00:33:23,110 --> 00:33:20,960
it also docks automatically uses the

876
00:33:24,710 --> 00:33:23,120
russian system to dock but it also can

877
00:33:26,310 --> 00:33:24,720
be docked manually

878
00:33:28,549 --> 00:33:26,320
by uh

879
00:33:30,470 --> 00:33:28,559
mostly the cosmonauts if if required

880
00:33:31,830 --> 00:33:30,480
since it's a similar

881
00:33:33,430 --> 00:33:31,840
way of

882
00:33:35,350 --> 00:33:33,440
flying the vehicle manually generally

883
00:33:38,470 --> 00:33:35,360
the cosmonauts do it although

884
00:33:40,630 --> 00:33:38,480
on my flight apollo nespolis going to be

885
00:33:43,269 --> 00:33:40,640
as an esa astronaut heavily involved in

886
00:33:44,470 --> 00:33:43,279
the atv operations

887
00:33:49,350 --> 00:33:44,480
and then we have

888
00:33:51,590 --> 00:33:49,360
the japanese version of the cargo

889
00:33:53,590 --> 00:33:51,600
resupply ship and that one has a unique

890
00:33:55,990 --> 00:33:53,600
capability in that it can carry

891
00:33:57,590 --> 00:33:56,000
unpressurized cargo so

892
00:33:59,350 --> 00:33:57,600
it's not only cargo that we bring

893
00:34:01,509 --> 00:33:59,360
through the hatch but it's cargo that we

894
00:34:05,990 --> 00:34:01,519
can easily

895
00:34:07,669 --> 00:34:06,000
get outside the space station like

896
00:34:11,030 --> 00:34:07,679
um you know a big

897
00:34:14,149 --> 00:34:11,040
computer or a pump or battery something

898
00:34:15,829 --> 00:34:14,159
that the external uh part of the space

899
00:34:17,829 --> 00:34:15,839
station needs and

900
00:34:20,149 --> 00:34:17,839
previously we only had the capability to

901
00:34:21,990 --> 00:34:20,159
do that with the shuttle so the htv is

902
00:34:23,430 --> 00:34:22,000
critical to bringing up spare parts to

903
00:34:24,869 --> 00:34:23,440
the space station

904
00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:24,879
on

905
00:34:32,190 --> 00:34:30,320
and there's uh

906
00:34:34,869 --> 00:34:32,200
two

907
00:34:36,790 --> 00:34:34,879
unpressurized uh

908
00:34:38,629 --> 00:34:36,800
components for the

909
00:34:40,629 --> 00:34:38,639
external part of the space station we're

910
00:34:45,109 --> 00:34:40,639
supposed to transfer those with the spdm

911
00:34:48,149 --> 00:34:46,550
if that doesn't work we'll have to go

912
00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:48,159
and do that

913
00:34:53,990 --> 00:34:51,200
eva paulo and i'll do it eva if we can't

914
00:34:55,589 --> 00:34:54,000
do that robotically

915
00:34:57,589 --> 00:34:55,599
the way the international space station

916
00:34:59,829 --> 00:34:57,599
is supplied today is a lot different

917
00:35:02,470 --> 00:34:59,839
than it was ten years ago when the

918
00:35:04,390 --> 00:35:02,480
expedition one crew arrived well you're

919
00:35:06,550 --> 00:35:04,400
going to be on board now for the

920
00:35:09,829 --> 00:35:06,560
anniversary of permanent human

921
00:35:11,990 --> 00:35:09,839
habitation of the the space station

922
00:35:14,710 --> 00:35:12,000
scott what do you think's the best thing

923
00:35:17,109 --> 00:35:14,720
that the station partnership has done up

924
00:35:18,790 --> 00:35:17,119
there in this past 10 years

925
00:35:21,109 --> 00:35:18,800
you know i think the the whole space

926
00:35:24,069 --> 00:35:21,119
station is an experiment in how you

927
00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:24,079
build these very large very complicated

928
00:35:29,109 --> 00:35:26,000
structures

929
00:35:32,790 --> 00:35:29,119
with very complicated

930
00:35:34,790 --> 00:35:32,800
systems to maintain uh human life in low

931
00:35:37,190 --> 00:35:34,800
earth orbit and you know the reason we

932
00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:37,200
do that is to explore and to do science

933
00:35:40,069 --> 00:35:38,079
and to

934
00:35:42,069 --> 00:35:40,079
learn how

935
00:35:44,550 --> 00:35:42,079
we uh

936
00:35:46,790 --> 00:35:44,560
need to support ourselves

937
00:35:47,750 --> 00:35:46,800
uh to eventually

938
00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:47,760
venture

939
00:35:52,870 --> 00:35:51,359
beyond low earth orbit and um

940
00:35:55,349 --> 00:35:52,880
you know i think our greatest

941
00:36:00,550 --> 00:35:55,359
accomplishment is the fact that we've

942
00:36:05,270 --> 00:36:03,829
incredibly sophisticated

943
00:36:06,550 --> 00:36:05,280
space station

944
00:36:09,670 --> 00:36:06,560
with

945
00:36:11,589 --> 00:36:09,680
different cultures different

946
00:36:13,670 --> 00:36:11,599
technologies different ways of doing

947
00:36:15,910 --> 00:36:13,680
business i mean we've some of these

948
00:36:17,270 --> 00:36:15,920
modules that we have in space as part of

949
00:36:19,510 --> 00:36:17,280
the space station have never been

950
00:36:21,910 --> 00:36:19,520
connected to one another before the

951
00:36:24,150 --> 00:36:21,920
first time they ever saw one another

952
00:36:26,390 --> 00:36:24,160
was in you know low earth orbit well

953
00:36:28,390 --> 00:36:26,400
going around the earth at 17

954
00:36:31,109 --> 00:36:28,400
500 miles an hour

955
00:36:34,310 --> 00:36:31,119
and uh you know plus plus or minus uh

956
00:36:37,030 --> 00:36:34,320
you know 270 degrees of of temperature

957
00:36:38,390 --> 00:36:37,040
extremes and

958
00:36:40,550 --> 00:36:38,400
you know

959
00:36:43,030 --> 00:36:40,560
extreme radiation environment

960
00:36:44,870 --> 00:36:43,040
in a vacuum you know put together by

961
00:36:46,550 --> 00:36:44,880
astronauts and different kinds of

962
00:36:47,990 --> 00:36:46,560
spacesuits using different kinds of

963
00:36:49,030 --> 00:36:48,000
procedures

964
00:36:51,589 --> 00:36:49,040
um

965
00:36:53,589 --> 00:36:51,599
you know it's just an amazing

966
00:36:56,069 --> 00:36:53,599
feat and a

967
00:36:58,390 --> 00:36:56,079
you know an amazing facility

968
00:37:00,390 --> 00:36:58,400
we've built that we you know all should

969
00:37:03,430 --> 00:37:00,400
be proud of and you know reflecting on

970
00:37:05,750 --> 00:37:03,440
uh you know our 10 years of operation

971
00:37:09,829 --> 00:37:05,760
it's uh

972
00:37:13,670 --> 00:37:12,310
complicated and sophisticated and

973
00:37:14,550 --> 00:37:13,680
difficult than i ever thought it would

974
00:37:20,950 --> 00:37:14,560
be

975
00:37:23,190 --> 00:37:20,960
you know just as difficult if not more

976
00:37:24,950 --> 00:37:23,200
difficult than you know the apollo

977
00:37:28,230 --> 00:37:24,960
program and and putting a man on the

978
00:37:31,030 --> 00:37:28,240
moon i mean it really is a incredible um

979
00:37:33,589 --> 00:37:31,040
incredibly complicated system we have

980
00:37:34,470 --> 00:37:33,599
in space right now

981
00:37:36,630 --> 00:37:34,480
so

982
00:37:38,390 --> 00:37:36,640
that begs the question what happens next

983
00:37:41,510 --> 00:37:38,400
what would you like to see us go in the

984
00:37:42,950 --> 00:37:41,520
next 10 or 20 or 50 years well i hope we

985
00:37:45,589 --> 00:37:42,960
continue to

986
00:37:47,349 --> 00:37:45,599
utilize and exploit our

987
00:37:50,550 --> 00:37:47,359
investment

988
00:37:51,349 --> 00:37:50,560
in this amazing science facility we have

989
00:37:52,390 --> 00:37:51,359
on

990
00:37:56,710 --> 00:37:52,400
board

991
00:38:01,190 --> 00:37:58,710
you know i'd like to see us venture

992
00:38:04,870 --> 00:38:01,200
beyond low earth orbit when we have a

993
00:38:06,870 --> 00:38:04,880
vehicle that will take us there

994
00:38:09,510 --> 00:38:06,880
whether it's a government-made vehicle

995
00:38:12,069 --> 00:38:09,520
or commercial vehicle i have no idea we

996
00:38:13,990 --> 00:38:12,079
just need something

997
00:38:15,829 --> 00:38:14,000
you know we

998
00:38:18,390 --> 00:38:15,839
have learned a lot and we will continue

999
00:38:20,870 --> 00:38:18,400
to learn a lot about

1000
00:38:23,190 --> 00:38:20,880
how systems and people and

1001
00:38:25,829 --> 00:38:23,200
how to operate in space for long periods