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this is the sts-133 interview with

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mission specialists alvin drew tell us

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about the place where you grew up your

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hometown and what it was like growing up

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there and and and how that place

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influenced who you've become

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grew up first off in the suburbs of

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Washington DC in place called Lana

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Maryland in Prince George's County and

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then when I was about four we actually

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moved into the city over in the

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northeast side of the place and Township

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called Brooklyn probably most famous for

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its proximity to Catholic University and

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all the Catholic colleges that are

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around there it was a working

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middle-class neighborhood mix of white

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collar and blue collar middle class

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african-americans and we're in a place

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and they all had a just a strong work

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ethic to kind of pull themselves up from

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the bootstraps we had just gotten

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through the Civil Rights Act 1964 and

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the opportunities were open out there

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and there was a strong sense of optimism

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and ambition out there that they kind of

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they brought across we had two doors up

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for me

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was a man who'd been an undertaker and I

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think it recently retired from having

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his own funeral home and he had started

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off there was a sharecropper in

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Mississippi and it worked his way up to

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having a good nest egg and he was intent

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on beating into me the fact that I could

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do anything in the world I wanted to

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there was no law there's no no

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segregation to hold me back but I need

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to have an education this is they nobody

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ever take education back from me and

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hard work ethic and a good education

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would take me anywhere I wanted to go

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and that was kind of the mood of the

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entire neighborhood around me and

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everybody out there was living by that

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ethic whether they were expressing it

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not that verbally or not did you get it

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get a chance to see the the DC Maryland

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area from space on your in your previous

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spaceflight yeah we got to fly over I

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remember having those guys let me know

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when we have got this world map program

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as this moving you are here dot on it

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let me know we were coming up on

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Washington DC and and I got about five

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minutes notice and I ran up and took a

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look out there you can pick out where

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the Anacostia River splits off from the

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Potomac and that's probably your biggest

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indication that you're looking at

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Washington DC there's no

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nice diamond shape around the city let

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you know where it is it's just a just a

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grace mere from all the asphalt and

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concrete in the middle of downtown that

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lets you know that you're looking at a

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city at all well what was that moment

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like when just just kind of recognizing

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and realizing that you know hey I've

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I've gotten here and come from there and

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I'm here 200 miles up you know and I've

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I'm living this accomplishment that I've

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set out to do it's probably the same

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sensation when you climb a mountain or

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you're climbing a cliff face and you

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look back and you have the sense of the

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distance that you've covered up until

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that point you're looking at those three

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feet in front and you go there you know

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three feet at a time and you look back

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and you've covered a few miles when it's

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all said and done that same thing that

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I've gone from there to here okay every

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accomplishment begins with some form of

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motivation now you just give give us a

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story about somebody motivating you

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you've been an astronaut here for about

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ten years

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what what sets you off on that that

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trick and that dead road to pursue this

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line at work for me the motivation was

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just primal you know it's like no people

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get hungry or you get tired you want to

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sleep you want to eat from the time I

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was four years old I needed to fly

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I remember going out to what is now

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Baltimore Washington International

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Airport to watch my dad go off on a

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business trip and just absolutely

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obsessed with the planes I saw taking

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off in and out of there and knowing then

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at four years old that that's what I

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wanted to do it was a this was September

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of 67 October of 68 a year later I was

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in first grade watching the Apollo 7

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launch on television our principal no

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took out our little black-and-white TV

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and we watched that launch and I watched

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that and I was torn like no I need to do

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this too I went home you know it very

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trouble that's my dad notices no what

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should I do can I be an astronaut or

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should I be a pilot he goes you can do

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both those things all these astronauts

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have been pilots and that does seal it

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for me that was where I was gonna go try

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and do I didn't know about the astronaut

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part that seemed they weren't too many

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weren't too many astronauts there but I

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was certainly gonna go fly an airplane

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so at 5 or 6 years old ooh that was that

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was solidified and scary to think that

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some kindergartner made my career choice

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recount force if you would the steps

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that you've taken in your military

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career to get to the NASA astronaut

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corps military career started with the

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Air Force Academy back in 1980 I went

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there because if I wasn't gonna show a

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fly spacecraft I wanted to design them

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on my heroes at that point was Clarence

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Kelly Johnson who was who made the sr-71

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and it's several of the planes for

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Lockheed and if I couldn't fly plans

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which I know what still wanted to do but

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didn't think was necessary possible this

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was a place to do it when the foremost

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engineering schools in the country I got

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out there and I was being recruited by

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the physics department to become a

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physics major and one of the instructors

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there mapped it out for me and just

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trying to give me why she want to be a

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physics major he said you get a

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technical degree like physics get a good

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great grade point average coming out of

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the Air Force Academy go to pilot

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training become a decent pilot and if

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you've got a good grade point average

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and you're decent pilot you can go to

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test pilot school and become a test

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pilot and from there this is who knows

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you know all of our current Air Force

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astronauts are test pilots and and he

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had just but just mapped that out with

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flagstones for me and that's about what

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I did I came out of the Air Force

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Academy with degrees in physics and

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astronautical engineering I went off to

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and in coming for the class of 2000 I

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applied to become an astronaut tell me

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about some of the some of the time you

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spent as a combat helicopter pilot they

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were exciting I was in at the very

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inception of what is now the Air Force

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Special Operations Command obviously I

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wasn't paying attention I didn't what

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was coming till they hauled us out one

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day for parades is you're now the Air

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Force Special Operations Command yeah

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that's good well just a few short months

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and bring back Manuel Noriega and that

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was gonna be my first few combat

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missions doing that and things just

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the world in the middle of some type of

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scrape and special operations because

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short of a full war where you're doing

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things but even when there was warfare

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Saudi Arabia and Kuwait wow that sounds

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pretty intense it was it was a good few

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years but it wasn't something I'd do for

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20 years it was it was a Burnout job

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okay do you recall the the time of

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getting the call of maybe you want to

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come down and be an astronaut do you

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have a story about you know what that

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was like when you got that call

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yeah Rana clean up that was 10 years ago

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deputy center director and we just

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retired recently as a Kennedy Space

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interested in coming out to being an

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astronaut and I'm trying to contain

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myself and Sam told him I said I'd make

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a joke as a joke you come to like a job

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like that I'm maybe I'll sign up go

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ahead indeed do that well come on here

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let me know how it grows on you and then

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I hung up the phone close to go to my

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office and jumped up and down okay tell

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us how you would characterize that the

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value of education in your life and and

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what it's enabled you to do education

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has been in my family's DNA my family

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my parents were met at Dunbar High

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40s 1950s was one of the first attempts

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segregated back then and for African

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American students who were excelling

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that was where they would send these

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children there the students it was also

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a place for African Americans who had

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degrees PhDs who were waiting for their

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opportunity to teach in Howard

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University to go and make their make

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your bones to show their credentials and

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aspiring to become college professors

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we're teaching them so you'd have a guy

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who's with a PhD teaching in freshman

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chemistry

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and they had some of the best education

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they possibly could have and they saw

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that as a ticket for them to get out of

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poverty within the city and so by the

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time I came around we were living a

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middle-class existence based on the you

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know the tickets they earned from their

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education and it was sure that my

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sisters my brother and I were all gonna

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get education so it was expected that we

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were going to go to college it was

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expected that we were going to get good

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grades or at least give them the best

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possible effort we understood that and

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my mother was a teacher in school my

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father after a career both in government

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high school they held that whole thing

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in very high regard and they sent us the

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schools with some of the best teachers

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in the city and so I got exposed to some

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of the best teachers in this alive had a

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good appreciation for what a what good

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teaching a good education could do okay

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you you've you've flown once before tell

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us about what what experiences stand out

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most in your mind about about that whole

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that whole trip from the launch to to

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beam you know up on orbit to the return

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what what sticks out in your mind about

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few things come to mind first was we had

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a few guest stars on our mission there

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were astronauts on our crew but there

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that obviously would they were their

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influence no we'll be on that first and

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foremost among them was barb Morgan

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Barbara Jo was the first runner-up

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Christa McAuliffe for teachers in space

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for the flight aboard challenger back in

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1986 I think that if anything happened

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to Christa should have been on that

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flight and it was clear that the program

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continued she would have been her

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successor it would have been the next

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teacher to go up in space as it turned

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out ironically she would be the next

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teacher to go up on a space shuttle 22

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years later and the inspiring part of

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that journey obviously had a lot of the

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media's attention and it was good to

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actually work with Bart when I didn't

291
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see this is media superstar but then

292
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this is very unassuming lady who was

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just fun to work with on a crew

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despite the historical burden that was

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on her shoulders the other one was Dave

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Williams one of our Canadian astronauts

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who had done very well here at Johnson

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Space Center and ran a large part of the

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science Directorate here and

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and candidate nothing else they they're

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very enthusiastic about space travel and

302
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Aeronautics and aerospace and they're

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enthusiastic about those among them who

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do extremely well and they filled both

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those squares and so we had lots of

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attention focused on Dave Williams as

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well so that was the part running up to

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the flight the actual launch was

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exciting yeah it was the very first

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flight for endeavour after it had been

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to an extensive reefer and I've seen

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like a brand new spaceship and so we

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were just making sure that you got a

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good shakedown on its way to orbit and

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literally and when I got to orbit the

316
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part that sticks up most of my mind from

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that mission was about an hour and a

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half into the mission because I had

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launched on the mid-deck didn't get to

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see the launch I was taping down a

321
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coaxial cable for our internet and it

322
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was the first time I actually gotten up

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to a window and of course you're very

324
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busy during that time actually took you

325
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know took a few seconds just to go look

326
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out the window at what was the

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Chihuahuan Desert over in Mexico and at

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that moment a satellite passed between

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me and ears and I don't think very many

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astronauts get a chance to see any other

331
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body besides maybe the Hubble or the

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space station but just some other random

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satellite and that was when I thought

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was we're not in Kansas anymore

335
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I'm looking down on top of satellites

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passing beneath me it was a it was a

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when those moments that no just see the

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earth below that the curvature that

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breathtaking moment and have it

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punctuated by that conjunction between

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us and that's that light just stuck with

342
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me okay all veteran crew on sts-133

343
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everybody else has flown before if

344
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you've got three crew members who've

345
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actually spent time up on station as

346
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long-duration crew members how much of a

347
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benefit will that be to having that

348
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experience help in accomplishing this

349
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mission let's go one step beyond that

350
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there's going to be six space station

351
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crew members up there when we docked a

352
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space station so by the time we get

353
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there Steve Lindsey Erik Bowen and I

354
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will be the three members who have had

355
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no experience onboard space station nine

356
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other crew members out there who will

357
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know where everything is we're being

358
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stowed how everything works and so we'll

359
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see them as kind of our you know our

360
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seeing-eye crew members to help us

361
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around

362
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there'd be extremely valuable to have

363
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liking it too you know trying to go up

364
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Mount Everest without a Sherpa these

365
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guys the folks who know where all the

366
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trails are and how to get to places so I

367
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think that it was just a coup that we

368
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decided to start reef lying Space

369
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Station veterans on board space shuttle

370
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missions because it just that there's so

371
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much more efficient on board the space

372
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station when they get there the content

373
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of the mission has changed a lot since

374
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you first started training still

375
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changing as we speak what kind of

376
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challenge has that been for the crew to

377
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to have to deal with that and what kinds

378
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of adjustments have you had to make

379
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because everything is changing almost

380
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constantly it hasn't been that big a

381
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challenge we understood at the beginning

382
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of this that our mission was going to be

383
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influx when we first signed us up this

384
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we were the very last shuttle mission

385
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and we knew that as things did or did

386
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not get done on previous shuttle

387
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missions to ours that things would go on

388
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to an off of our task list because we

389
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were going to be the last chance to get

390
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certain things done you know since then

391
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we've moved in the second-last spot and

392
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we've added two spacewalks and our

393
00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:12,740
attitude was like well when it comes

394
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along we'll we'll we'll go with the flow

395
00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:17,780
the big picture content really hasn't

396
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changed that much the main part of our

397
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mission to bring up Leonardo the

398
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pressurized multi-purpose module and our

399
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Express logistics carrier for the

400
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radiator and stay the same so that

401
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course everything else has been around

402
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the periphery of the mission and really

403
00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:35,240
haven't hasn't rocked our waters too

404
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much even though this is continuous

405
00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:37,070
journey

406
00:14:42,550 --> 00:14:40,610
okay tell me about how you would

407
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characterize the contributions of the

408
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thousands of people who worked behind

409
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the scenes to ensure the success of the

410
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mission and the safety of the crew Thor

411
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for every every mission for me every

412
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time I get to work with the the whole

413
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greater community that that's around

414
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sts-133 and utilization flight 5 on the

415
00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:00,710
space station I'm was a little bit

416
00:15:04,870 --> 00:15:03,290
envious that how do they do these things

417
00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:04,880
and I almost admitted that broke of

418
00:15:08,470 --> 00:15:07,010
Mission Control on these guys are been

419
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working for years to get themselves to

420
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the point where they're in the front

421
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rooms and back rooms and the

422
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you know that the way they converge on

423
00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:16,680
no solutions to problems like you've

424
00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:18,570
seen Apollo 13 no we've seen miniature

425
00:15:22,579 --> 00:15:19,650
versions of that every time we do a

426
00:15:24,530 --> 00:15:22,589
simulation run and to watch those guys

427
00:15:27,170 --> 00:15:24,540
work in such great concert together

428
00:15:30,740 --> 00:15:27,180
every time under some pretty strenuous

429
00:15:33,550 --> 00:15:30,750
conditions impresses me the folks at the

430
00:15:35,780 --> 00:15:33,560
Cape what this orbiter together and the

431
00:15:38,329 --> 00:15:35,790
thousands and thousands of hours of

432
00:15:40,579 --> 00:15:38,339
touch labor to refurbish the shuttle and

433
00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:40,589
turn around for another flight for me

434
00:15:43,579 --> 00:15:41,730
has always been a certain fascination

435
00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:43,589
with people who make something out of

436
00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:44,130
nothing

437
00:15:49,460 --> 00:15:47,610
you know metalsmiths carpenters artisans

438
00:15:50,810 --> 00:15:49,470
and this is what these guys do and you

439
00:15:53,210 --> 00:15:50,820
talk to them and they did they don't

440
00:15:55,850 --> 00:15:53,220
they don't seem to get it so well I'm

441
00:15:57,530 --> 00:15:55,860
just a guy who who puts your reaction

442
00:15:59,600 --> 00:15:57,540
control system tank back in here or

443
00:16:01,880 --> 00:15:59,610
works on your your main engines like

444
00:16:04,070 --> 00:16:01,890
yeah but I can't do that I don't know

445
00:16:06,140 --> 00:16:04,080
how you do that and these guys come in

446
00:16:07,810 --> 00:16:06,150
every day with just just a sense of

447
00:16:10,610 --> 00:16:07,820
dedication and pride in what they do and

448
00:16:12,829 --> 00:16:10,620
it's just we just we're just down at the

449
00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:12,839
Cape for our first review of the orbiter

450
00:16:15,530 --> 00:16:14,400
and looking at the condition it's in and

451
00:16:17,690 --> 00:16:15,540
then the pride these people have in

452
00:16:19,430 --> 00:16:17,700
their work it's really great to see that

453
00:16:21,710 --> 00:16:19,440
it's also the folks in a program office

454
00:16:22,910 --> 00:16:21,720
work budgets and schedules and

455
00:16:25,910 --> 00:16:22,920
everything else to watch that whole

456
00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:25,920
thing going concert it amazes me that it

457
00:16:30,079 --> 00:16:27,930
works at all much less how well it works

458
00:16:31,370 --> 00:16:30,089
and I think is just because that sense

459
00:16:35,350 --> 00:16:31,380
of mission and pride that everybody

460
00:16:39,189 --> 00:16:37,869
if you're a launch schedule holes you're

461
00:16:41,049 --> 00:16:39,199
scheduled to be on board the space

462
00:16:43,269 --> 00:16:41,059
station right around the time of the

463
00:16:45,789 --> 00:16:43,279
10th anniversary of the arrival of

464
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expedition 1 that crew has established

465
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continuous human presence on the space

466
00:16:52,119 --> 00:16:50,029
station discuss if you would the

467
00:16:54,669 --> 00:16:52,129
significance of that milestone that that

468
00:16:56,679 --> 00:16:54,679
that they they accomplished and the

469
00:17:01,960 --> 00:16:56,689
future of space station to space

470
00:17:03,039 --> 00:17:01,970
exploration the milestone what keeps

471
00:17:05,500 --> 00:17:03,049
coming back to my mind when I think

472
00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:05,510
about that was when Neil Armstrong's

473
00:17:09,639 --> 00:17:07,010
work when he stepped on the moon you

474
00:17:11,730 --> 00:17:09,649
know one small step for man one giant

475
00:17:15,039 --> 00:17:11,740
leap for mankind

476
00:17:19,269 --> 00:17:15,049
250 miles into space isn't very far I

477
00:17:22,059 --> 00:17:19,279
mean it's a longer drive to Dallas but

478
00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:22,069
you have to practice in your backyard

479
00:17:26,319 --> 00:17:23,510
which you're going to do on the other

480
00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:26,329
side of the world we learned everything

481
00:17:30,129 --> 00:17:28,010
we were going to do on the moon right

482
00:17:32,230 --> 00:17:30,139
here in low Earth orbit we practiced it

483
00:17:33,940 --> 00:17:32,240
here and then we pushed out if we're

484
00:17:36,759 --> 00:17:33,950
going to go and live places like the

485
00:17:38,289 --> 00:17:36,769
moon Mars and Beyond we need to have

486
00:17:38,950 --> 00:17:38,299
figured out how we're going to live off

487
00:17:41,649 --> 00:17:38,960
this planet

488
00:17:43,259 --> 00:17:41,659
we're not that far away from this John

489
00:17:45,370 --> 00:17:43,269
just young described as a can of beans

490
00:17:48,789 --> 00:17:45,380
and this was the place we're gonna do

491
00:17:51,159 --> 00:17:48,799
that we're gonna have this outpost in

492
00:17:54,100 --> 00:17:51,169
space 250 miles up and we're gonna keep

493
00:17:55,690 --> 00:17:54,110
it continuously inhabited and for as

494
00:17:58,269 --> 00:17:55,700
long as we possibly can and this is

495
00:17:59,649 --> 00:17:58,279
coming up on 10 years and it's a small

496
00:18:02,769 --> 00:17:59,659
step in terms of distance

497
00:18:04,419 --> 00:18:02,779
it's a giant leap and it's been a giant

498
00:18:07,810 --> 00:18:04,429
leap since we first started doing this

499
00:18:10,090 --> 00:18:07,820
this was an XJ pin his face back to the

500
00:18:12,129 --> 00:18:10,100
moon we are working internationally

501
00:18:13,509 --> 00:18:12,139
we're working with people who don't

502
00:18:14,950 --> 00:18:13,519
speak our language as their primary

503
00:18:16,539 --> 00:18:14,960
language they don't even use our same

504
00:18:18,399 --> 00:18:16,549
measurement systems they don't have the

505
00:18:19,629 --> 00:18:18,409
same culture and sometimes the first

506
00:18:21,669 --> 00:18:19,639
time we put these components together

507
00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:21,679
for the first minute is on orbit and

508
00:18:24,820 --> 00:18:23,029
it's working

509
00:18:26,860 --> 00:18:24,830
we've never bought a piece back from

510
00:18:29,259 --> 00:18:26,870
space you know not going to work because

511
00:18:31,090 --> 00:18:29,269
it didn't work because it didn't fit the

512
00:18:33,519 --> 00:18:31,100
right way this has been a major

513
00:18:35,230 --> 00:18:33,529
milestone in and when I look back

514
00:18:37,170 --> 00:18:35,240
because I was here when that first

515
00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:37,180
mission went up

516
00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:39,310
how much we've learned how much smarter

517
00:18:43,770 --> 00:18:41,170
we are now ten years later after

518
00:18:46,530 --> 00:18:43,780
continuously operating and constructing

519
00:18:48,930 --> 00:18:46,540
this this vehicle in space then we were

520
00:18:50,520 --> 00:18:48,940
then I would say that we're a much

521
00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:50,530
better prepared for pushing out into the

522
00:18:54,030 --> 00:18:52,510
solar system and living there for long

523
00:18:58,620 --> 00:18:54,040
periods of time then we could have ever

524
00:19:01,800 --> 00:18:58,630
dreamed of back in 1998 give us if you

525
00:19:07,050 --> 00:19:01,810
would just a nutshell bullet bill in a

526
00:19:08,910 --> 00:19:07,060
list of the key objectives of sts-133 in

527
00:19:12,270 --> 00:19:08,920
a nutshell the big thing is to outfit

528
00:19:15,870 --> 00:19:12,280
and resupply the space station if this

529
00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:15,880
were a home or a structure like on the

530
00:19:20,340 --> 00:19:18,100
ground it happens to be in space the

531
00:19:23,310 --> 00:19:20,350
analogy would be they were putting a new

532
00:19:26,100 --> 00:19:23,320
walk-in closet permanently attached to

533
00:19:28,590 --> 00:19:26,110
the space station this permit is

534
00:19:30,450 --> 00:19:28,600
permanent multi-purpose module and we're

535
00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:30,460
going to put a new either storage

536
00:19:36,510 --> 00:19:33,310
platform or deck out out there outside

537
00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:36,520
the Express logistics carrier carrying a

538
00:19:40,410 --> 00:19:38,410
spare radiator a new air conditioner

539
00:19:41,970 --> 00:19:40,420
superior conditioner for the place

540
00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:41,980
those are the big objectives and

541
00:19:45,150 --> 00:19:43,660
everything else we're doing outside for

542
00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:45,160
these spacewalks

543
00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:49,450
is repair this is two six-and-a-half

544
00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:51,300
hour episodes of this whole station

545
00:19:55,500 --> 00:19:54,370
fixing up things that have gotten old in

546
00:19:58,740 --> 00:19:55,510
the 10 years they've been up there in

547
00:20:00,870 --> 00:19:58,750
space and and that's about those the big

548
00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:00,880
objectives for this mission okay and

549
00:20:05,070 --> 00:20:02,650
tell us if you with some of your key

550
00:20:07,260 --> 00:20:05,080
responsibilities on the mission as

551
00:20:09,060 --> 00:20:07,270
mission specialist 1 as mission

552
00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:09,070
specialist 1 I will be on the flight

553
00:20:13,260 --> 00:20:11,350
deck for a sent a glorified flight

554
00:20:14,460 --> 00:20:13,270
engineer helping out with the rest of

555
00:20:17,100 --> 00:20:14,470
the crew during the eight and a half

556
00:20:20,580 --> 00:20:17,110
minute ride to orbit and the subsequent

557
00:20:22,890 --> 00:20:20,590
hour of noon orbital adjustments after

558
00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:22,900
that next couple days I'll spend with

559
00:20:27,750 --> 00:20:25,690
steve lindsey and eric boe working the

560
00:20:29,430 --> 00:20:27,760
space shuttles robotic arm to do the

561
00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:29,440
inspection of the orbiter to make sure

562
00:20:33,210 --> 00:20:30,970
that we're got a good clean bill of

563
00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:33,220
health and I'll do that again once we've

564
00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:35,290
undock from Space Station and then

565
00:20:39,330 --> 00:20:37,210
finally with along with tim kopra i'll

566
00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:39,340
go out and do the two spacewalks that

567
00:20:44,700 --> 00:20:40,330
are scheduled

568
00:20:48,779 --> 00:20:44,710
okay give us some background or your

569
00:20:50,430 --> 00:20:48,789
best description of the PMM kind of tell

570
00:20:52,139 --> 00:20:50,440
us you know what it looks like and maybe

571
00:20:54,060 --> 00:20:52,149
how it differs from a regular

572
00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:54,070
multi-purpose Logistics Module how it's

573
00:21:00,210 --> 00:20:57,010
been outfitted differently to allow it

574
00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:00,220
to be a permanent part of Space Station

575
00:21:07,159 --> 00:21:04,630
okay so the PMM started off his life as

576
00:21:09,210 --> 00:21:07,169
an mplm multi-purpose Logistics Module

577
00:21:11,909 --> 00:21:09,220
that we're simply going to attach

578
00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:11,919
permanently to the space station people

579
00:21:14,879 --> 00:21:12,850
aren't familiar with the multi-purpose

580
00:21:16,350 --> 00:21:14,889
Logistics Module if you've ever seen

581
00:21:17,669 --> 00:21:16,360
those pods containers that people will

582
00:21:19,769 --> 00:21:17,679
come and drop off in your driveway to

583
00:21:22,740 --> 00:21:19,779
give you extra storage that's what it is

584
00:21:24,330 --> 00:21:22,750
it's a big connects you know for storing

585
00:21:26,730 --> 00:21:24,340
things so we bring up big loads of

586
00:21:28,769 --> 00:21:26,740
transfer and we unload that thing and

587
00:21:30,930 --> 00:21:28,779
then we load it back up for things that

588
00:21:32,159 --> 00:21:30,940
need to come back to earth and we take

589
00:21:34,169 --> 00:21:32,169
those things home well this time we're

590
00:21:35,850 --> 00:21:34,179
not bringing it back home the space

591
00:21:38,129 --> 00:21:35,860
station needs some place to store all of

592
00:21:40,110 --> 00:21:38,139
its stuff just anybody's got a house you

593
00:21:41,460 --> 00:21:40,120
know similar the junk piles up and you

594
00:21:42,810 --> 00:21:41,470
need some place to store it and while we

595
00:21:44,940 --> 00:21:42,820
don't have a closet or a big closet

596
00:21:47,250 --> 00:21:44,950
except above the Japanese experiment

597
00:21:49,139 --> 00:21:47,260
module there's a small one up there we

598
00:21:50,430 --> 00:21:49,149
needed something bigger and that's the

599
00:21:52,590 --> 00:21:50,440
point is we're taking one of these pods

600
00:21:54,210 --> 00:21:52,600
containers and we're permanently

601
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:54,220
attaching it to the space station and

602
00:21:59,549 --> 00:21:56,010
there's a few things come with that

603
00:22:01,680 --> 00:21:59,559
these mplm we're only going to be in

604
00:22:03,830 --> 00:22:01,690
space for no weeks at a time and you

605
00:22:06,090 --> 00:22:03,840
weren't worried about things like

606
00:22:08,519 --> 00:22:06,100
meteorites or debris hitting it and

607
00:22:10,769 --> 00:22:08,529
knocking holes in it and so in this case

608
00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:10,779
we need to outfit it with micro

609
00:22:14,789 --> 00:22:13,330
meteorite debris shielding much like you

610
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:14,799
see on the Columbus laboratory which is

611
00:22:20,250 --> 00:22:16,330
about the same dimensions as this as

612
00:22:21,419 --> 00:22:20,260
this pmm that we're going to dock you

613
00:22:22,649 --> 00:22:21,429
know people will be in there so you want

614
00:22:26,009 --> 00:22:22,659
to have things like communications in

615
00:22:28,529 --> 00:22:26,019
there you know the ability to have fire

616
00:22:30,060 --> 00:22:28,539
alarms ring inside and things of that

617
00:22:30,990 --> 00:22:30,070
nature I mean it still it's a closet but

618
00:22:32,909 --> 00:22:31,000
if you're gonna be in there you need to

619
00:22:35,310 --> 00:22:32,919
be able to make it a habitable place and

620
00:22:36,570 --> 00:22:35,320
so they've been doing modifications to

621
00:22:38,039 --> 00:22:36,580
this to make it a more permanent

622
00:22:39,509 --> 00:22:38,049
structure rather than this temporary

623
00:22:43,820 --> 00:22:39,519
addition to the space station that comes

624
00:22:48,260 --> 00:22:46,130
the day after you make it to orbit yeah

625
00:22:51,140 --> 00:22:48,270
you're scheduled to do a limited

626
00:22:53,570 --> 00:22:51,150
inspection of the shuttles exterior on

627
00:22:55,550 --> 00:22:53,580
the tiles tell us about that that

628
00:22:58,730 --> 00:22:55,560
procedure and your involvement in it

629
00:23:00,500 --> 00:22:58,740
okay on the second date flight steve

630
00:23:02,060 --> 00:23:00,510
lindsey eric boe and i will be the three

631
00:23:04,310 --> 00:23:02,070
folks who operate the space shuttles

632
00:23:06,470 --> 00:23:04,320
robotic arm mainly to inspect the

633
00:23:08,450 --> 00:23:06,480
leading edges of both wings and the nose

634
00:23:11,300 --> 00:23:08,460
cap on the shuttle and a few other

635
00:23:13,340 --> 00:23:11,310
places around to see if it suffered any

636
00:23:16,190 --> 00:23:13,350
damage from debris coming off the

637
00:23:18,860 --> 00:23:16,200
external tank during a scent you know

638
00:23:21,410 --> 00:23:18,870
from space shuttle Columbia mishap that

639
00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:21,420
was what caused that mishap was a foam

640
00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:22,710
hitting the leading edge one of those

641
00:23:26,930 --> 00:23:24,570
wings and knocking a hole in it so we'll

642
00:23:28,910 --> 00:23:26,940
take a package of sensors one a long

643
00:23:32,090 --> 00:23:28,920
boom the orbiter boom sensing system and

644
00:23:36,050 --> 00:23:32,100
get up close images some of them 3d

645
00:23:37,610 --> 00:23:36,060
images and scans of all those vital

646
00:23:38,930 --> 00:23:37,620
areas on the outside of the shuttle to

647
00:23:43,330 --> 00:23:38,940
make sure our thermal protection is

648
00:23:47,990 --> 00:23:43,340
still in place okay and walk us through

649
00:23:51,110 --> 00:23:48,000
rendezvous and docking day and being

650
00:23:52,940 --> 00:23:51,120
sure to touch on the part post docking

651
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:52,950
where you actually have to start getting

652
00:23:58,610 --> 00:23:55,410
the logistics carrier out of the payload

653
00:24:00,560 --> 00:23:58,620
Bay attaching the third day in space

654
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:00,570
start off with us chasing down the space

655
00:24:03,170 --> 00:24:01,170
station

656
00:24:05,150 --> 00:24:03,180
I think it's several miles away and

657
00:24:07,580 --> 00:24:05,160
we'll do is we'll get ourselves to a

658
00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:07,590
point about 600 feet below the space

659
00:24:11,060 --> 00:24:09,750
station and we'll do a quick flip

660
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:11,070
beneath there so they can take some of

661
00:24:13,580 --> 00:24:12,330
their high-powered optics and take

662
00:24:15,260 --> 00:24:13,590
pictures of the rest of the shuttle that

663
00:24:17,270 --> 00:24:15,270
we couldn't expect with the robot on and

664
00:24:19,010 --> 00:24:17,280
then we'll continue to fly out about

665
00:24:21,290 --> 00:24:19,020
another 400 feet in front of the space

666
00:24:23,090 --> 00:24:21,300
station from there we'll align our

667
00:24:24,770 --> 00:24:23,100
docking port with the space stations

668
00:24:27,890 --> 00:24:24,780
docking port on its front and back up

669
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:27,900
onto it in a slow waltz with the space

670
00:24:32,930 --> 00:24:29,970
station to do that once that's we've got

671
00:24:34,550 --> 00:24:32,940
a good docking and I did a good airtight

672
00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:34,560
seal between us and the space station

673
00:24:39,530 --> 00:24:37,140
will I think even before we open up the

674
00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:39,540
hatches and meet the crew we've got the

675
00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:41,310
Express logistics carrier which needs to

676
00:24:48,390 --> 00:24:43,290
be ready to come out of the payload Bay

677
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:48,400
right away and so that's gonna be a

678
00:24:53,160 --> 00:24:51,250
a choreographed sequence of events

679
00:24:54,450 --> 00:24:53,170
between our robot arm and the space

680
00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:54,460
stations robotic arm

681
00:24:59,790 --> 00:24:58,090
the Mystics carrier sits so far forward

682
00:25:02,040 --> 00:24:59,800
in the shuttles payload Bay that when

683
00:25:03,990 --> 00:25:02,050
it's docked the front labs on the space

684
00:25:05,670 --> 00:25:04,000
station blocked the arms ability to grab

685
00:25:08,070 --> 00:25:05,680
it so we cannot grab that logistics

686
00:25:10,590 --> 00:25:08,080
carrier with our own robot arm and so

687
00:25:12,330 --> 00:25:10,600
what will happen is the space stations

688
00:25:13,170 --> 00:25:12,340
robotic arm will be mounted forward on

689
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:13,180
the space station

690
00:25:17,670 --> 00:25:15,490
I believe it's either the note2 of the

691
00:25:21,180 --> 00:25:17,680
lab will reach into our payload Bay and

692
00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:21,190
grab that logistics carrier out once

693
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:22,720
it's there it can't get to where it

694
00:25:26,670 --> 00:25:24,610
needs to put that logistics carrier up

695
00:25:29,010 --> 00:25:26,680
on the space station truss so it needs

696
00:25:31,350 --> 00:25:29,020
to reposition itself so once that's out

697
00:25:32,910 --> 00:25:31,360
it will go to position to hand off to us

698
00:25:35,070 --> 00:25:32,920
we'll take our space station our space

699
00:25:37,530 --> 00:25:35,080
shuttle robot arm and grapple that

700
00:25:39,630 --> 00:25:37,540
logistics carrier and the space station

701
00:25:41,130 --> 00:25:39,640
arm with our two crew members leave

702
00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:41,140
nicole stott and team copra and it will

703
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:42,310
now have gone through the hatch hasn't

704
00:25:47,460 --> 00:25:44,970
gotten aboard the space station we'll

705
00:25:49,700 --> 00:25:47,470
reposition that arm off of the front of

706
00:25:52,170 --> 00:25:49,710
the space station up went to the mobile

707
00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:52,180
servicing system which is best a big

708
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:54,130
rail car the front face of the truss is

709
00:25:57,360 --> 00:25:55,810
a set of railroad tracks and this thing

710
00:25:59,490 --> 00:25:57,370
can trundle up and down these tracks to

711
00:26:02,670 --> 00:25:59,500
different work sites they'll get it on

712
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:02,680
that mobile servicing station move out

713
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:04,210
to where they need to where they can put

714
00:26:09,870 --> 00:26:08,050
the reach both the pallet this Express

715
00:26:12,510 --> 00:26:09,880
logistics carrier and its installation

716
00:26:15,630 --> 00:26:12,520
site on board the truss we will move

717
00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:15,640
with the shuttle arm this carrier to a

718
00:26:18,630 --> 00:26:17,170
point out where the space station arm

719
00:26:20,790 --> 00:26:18,640
can get it and that's called a hand back

720
00:26:22,860 --> 00:26:20,800
we'll hand it back to them they'll grab

721
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:22,870
it move it on top of the space station

722
00:26:26,670 --> 00:26:24,010
trust well the bottom of the space

723
00:26:29,310 --> 00:26:26,680
station trusts and and get it all

724
00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:29,320
plugged in and then we go pick up with

725
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:30,670
the rest of our day no meeting and

726
00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:31,690
greeting with the space station crew

727
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:34,210
okay

728
00:26:38,010 --> 00:26:36,970
you and Tim copra are scheduled to do

729
00:26:41,250 --> 00:26:38,020
two spacewalks

730
00:26:42,810 --> 00:26:41,260
on the mission as you mentioned the

731
00:26:45,060 --> 00:26:42,820
first one will also be your first

732
00:26:48,300 --> 00:26:45,070
spacewalk of your career tell us about

733
00:26:48,780 --> 00:26:48,310
the anticipation level from that excited

734
00:26:50,250 --> 00:26:48,790
about it

735
00:26:51,330 --> 00:26:50,260
and also know just a little bit of

736
00:26:53,190 --> 00:26:51,340
apprehension because just something that

737
00:26:54,090 --> 00:26:53,200
you want to get exactly right and

738
00:26:56,310 --> 00:26:54,100
spacewalks

739
00:26:58,950 --> 00:26:56,320
as you know weather in the pool or in

740
00:27:00,780 --> 00:26:58,960
space are challenging both mentally

741
00:27:02,730 --> 00:27:00,790
physically and emotionally

742
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:02,740
they do work you to some of your limits

743
00:27:05,700 --> 00:27:03,970
and so I'm looking forward to that

744
00:27:07,950 --> 00:27:05,710
challenge but also want to make sure I'd

745
00:27:11,250 --> 00:27:07,960
know I meet you each objective and those

746
00:27:13,580 --> 00:27:11,260
spacewalks and so I'm looking forward to

747
00:27:18,980 --> 00:27:16,669
there are two Eevee aids on this mission

748
00:27:20,590 --> 00:27:18,990
you and Tim copra will will go outside

749
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:20,600
and do some things I kind of give us a

750
00:27:26,659 --> 00:27:23,610
big-picture overview of what the

751
00:27:39,590 --> 00:27:26,669
purposes of the EVs are okay for our

752
00:27:43,159 --> 00:27:39,600
mission sts-133 revs:842rpm component

753
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:43,169
some segments the robotic operators go

754
00:27:46,490 --> 00:27:44,850
out and position it in place using an

755
00:27:48,139 --> 00:27:46,500
arm like a big crane and the

756
00:27:50,029 --> 00:27:48,149
spacewalkers caught there and bolted

757
00:27:52,010 --> 00:27:50,039
down and like anything like you can put

758
00:27:53,389 --> 00:27:52,020
on your house you know you want plumbing

759
00:27:54,889 --> 00:27:53,399
you know you want electricity and

760
00:27:56,899 --> 00:27:54,899
increasingly in this century you want

761
00:27:58,430 --> 00:27:56,909
data a connection so these guys will go

762
00:27:59,899 --> 00:27:58,440
out and put those plumbing lines those

763
00:28:01,490 --> 00:27:59,909
electrical lines and the data lines up

764
00:28:04,789 --> 00:28:01,500
to that particular new piece of the

765
00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:04,799
space station for ours we've got the PMM

766
00:28:09,260 --> 00:28:07,529
the permanent multi-purpose module which

767
00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:09,270
is like a closet no closet don't require

768
00:28:12,919 --> 00:28:10,710
a lot of plumbing don't require a lot of

769
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:12,929
no data don't require a lot of

770
00:28:16,060 --> 00:28:15,330
electricity so we were just gonna bolt

771
00:28:18,710 --> 00:28:16,070
this thing on

772
00:28:22,279 --> 00:28:18,720
however somewhere along the line in our

773
00:28:23,810 --> 00:28:22,289
training flow we had a nitrogen tank on

774
00:28:26,419 --> 00:28:23,820
what a space station had a glitch it

775
00:28:27,799 --> 00:28:26,429
wasn't providing nitrogen and this

776
00:28:28,970 --> 00:28:27,809
opened the door for us to have two

777
00:28:30,980 --> 00:28:28,980
spacewalks on the mission they were

778
00:28:33,250 --> 00:28:30,990
looking to have us go out and either

779
00:28:36,529 --> 00:28:33,260
repair or replace this nitrogen tank

780
00:28:38,539 --> 00:28:36,539
that tank because of some really smart

781
00:28:41,090 --> 00:28:38,549
troubleshooting when the ground got

782
00:28:43,130 --> 00:28:41,100
fixed the task itself would have been

783
00:28:44,659 --> 00:28:43,140
more than enough for one spacewalk but

784
00:28:47,029 --> 00:28:44,669
not quite enough for two

785
00:28:49,370 --> 00:28:47,039
and so the space station program put out

786
00:28:51,110 --> 00:28:49,380
a casting call for any other tasks that

787
00:28:52,399 --> 00:28:51,120
could be added on to fill up the time on

788
00:28:54,769 --> 00:28:52,409
the second spacewalk since we're out the

789
00:28:56,570 --> 00:28:54,779
door I found there was a long list of

790
00:28:59,060 --> 00:28:56,580
tasks more than two spacewalks worth

791
00:29:01,580 --> 00:28:59,070
that were out there so even though the

792
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:01,590
tank problem itself had gone away these

793
00:29:05,299 --> 00:29:03,570
this long list of tasks none of which

794
00:29:07,250 --> 00:29:05,309
would have been important enough when

795
00:29:09,500 --> 00:29:07,260
it's owned to a merited spacewalk the

796
00:29:10,639 --> 00:29:09,510
conglomerate of them all kind of went

797
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:10,649
over the threshold where it was worth

798
00:29:13,850 --> 00:29:12,570
having two spacewalks to catch up the

799
00:29:16,909 --> 00:29:13,860
space station without using space

800
00:29:18,350 --> 00:29:16,919
station assets without taxing the space

801
00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:18,360
station crew members extra time they

802
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:19,830
have their own scheduled spacewalks but

803
00:29:22,970 --> 00:29:21,690
we're up there we've got the assets

804
00:29:26,029 --> 00:29:22,980
we've got the people let's go ahead and

805
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:26,039
go out and do these service repairs on

806
00:29:29,090 --> 00:29:27,450
the space station so it much

807
00:29:30,860 --> 00:29:29,100
resembles what we would call a stage

808
00:29:32,810 --> 00:29:30,870
space walk something where the shuttle

809
00:29:34,399 --> 00:29:32,820
wouldn't be there where you're servicing

810
00:29:35,659 --> 00:29:34,409
or repairing or outfitting of the space

811
00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:35,669
station and those are the two spacewalks

812
00:29:41,539 --> 00:29:38,850
that we're gonna do a bunch of I call

813
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:41,549
them dogs and cats but no elephants okay

814
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:44,130
then go ahead and if you would give us

815
00:29:49,490 --> 00:29:47,370
an overview of the tasks you're gonna do

816
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:49,500
on the first spacewalk eta one okay our

817
00:29:53,629 --> 00:29:50,970
first spacewalk that we're going to do

818
00:29:56,149 --> 00:29:53,639
it starts off and then the bulk of that

819
00:29:57,919 --> 00:29:56,159
is going to be cleaning up from the last

820
00:30:04,060 --> 00:29:57,929
spacewalk that our space station crew

821
00:30:09,799 --> 00:30:07,850
ammonia pump for our cooling system fail

822
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:09,809
aboard the space station and we need to

823
00:30:14,750 --> 00:30:11,730
go and replace it that task is very long

824
00:30:16,279 --> 00:30:14,760
and involved and they got the new pump

825
00:30:17,509 --> 00:30:16,289
in place they got the space station in a

826
00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:17,519
configuration where it could sustain

827
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:19,710
itself but the old pump needed to be put

828
00:30:24,710 --> 00:30:23,250
away and a lot of the tools and things

829
00:30:26,990 --> 00:30:24,720
that were out there had to be put away

830
00:30:28,639 --> 00:30:27,000
too and next opportunity to do that was

831
00:30:31,639 --> 00:30:28,649
going to be during our spacewalks so we

832
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:31,649
will start right off with going out to

833
00:30:36,980 --> 00:30:35,250
pick up that failed pump and putting it

834
00:30:38,690 --> 00:30:36,990
back in the storage location for the

835
00:30:40,850 --> 00:30:38,700
replacement pump it's got a big tent

836
00:30:43,310 --> 00:30:40,860
that it goes into and we'll put it in

837
00:30:46,460 --> 00:30:43,320
there and bolt it down

838
00:30:48,710 --> 00:30:46,470
once that's done Tim Coker will go off

839
00:30:50,450 --> 00:30:48,720
and and and we'll split up and do

840
00:30:51,830 --> 00:30:50,460
different separate tasks I think our

841
00:30:55,370 --> 00:30:51,840
next thing we're going to go do from

842
00:30:57,470 --> 00:30:55,380
there is bring in a portable foot

843
00:30:59,600 --> 00:30:57,480
restraint I think at least portable foot

844
00:31:00,980 --> 00:30:59,610
restraints the ski bindings to hold us

845
00:31:03,289 --> 00:31:00,990
to the space station there's times when

846
00:31:05,149 --> 00:31:03,299
we have to go put a lot of torque or

847
00:31:07,460 --> 00:31:05,159
force on the space station to turn a

848
00:31:09,379 --> 00:31:07,470
wheel turn a bolt and we need something

849
00:31:11,690 --> 00:31:09,389
to take that reaction otherwise we'll

850
00:31:13,220 --> 00:31:11,700
just simply go the opposite way where we

851
00:31:16,129 --> 00:31:13,230
don't have any weight in space

852
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:16,139
we've got probably a dozen of these foot

853
00:31:19,070 --> 00:31:17,490
restraints in different spots around the

854
00:31:21,139 --> 00:31:19,080
space station and we can unplug them and

855
00:31:22,879 --> 00:31:21,149
take from the places but they need to be

856
00:31:24,409 --> 00:31:22,889
updated there's some new equipment and

857
00:31:26,210 --> 00:31:24,419
configurations need to be done so this

858
00:31:28,580 --> 00:31:26,220
one is one of the remaining ones that

859
00:31:31,129 --> 00:31:28,590
needs to be brought inside so we'll grab

860
00:31:32,779 --> 00:31:31,139
that one and bring it inside but first

861
00:31:34,970 --> 00:31:32,789
we need to take a another foot or screen

862
00:31:36,230 --> 00:31:34,980
out there to that spot and plug it in

863
00:31:38,299 --> 00:31:36,240
there's this huge tool stanchions

864
00:31:39,590 --> 00:31:38,309
attached to it and it's it not something

865
00:31:41,180 --> 00:31:39,600
want to lug around so we'll just simply

866
00:31:43,070 --> 00:31:41,190
move the short distance to the one

867
00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:43,080
already fixed and we'll bring the one

868
00:31:47,810 --> 00:31:44,310
that needs updating back into the

869
00:31:52,100 --> 00:31:47,820
airlock for repair once we're done with

870
00:31:55,280 --> 00:31:52,110
that we've got a light and camera

871
00:31:56,660 --> 00:31:55,290
assembly out on the starboard truss and

872
00:31:59,060 --> 00:31:56,670
gives us great views of the earth great

873
00:32:00,710 --> 00:31:59,070
views of the stack from out there in the

874
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:00,720
truss and great views of the solar

875
00:32:06,110 --> 00:32:04,410
arrays however with this new ELC four

876
00:32:08,450 --> 00:32:06,120
platform that we're taking out to the

877
00:32:10,130 --> 00:32:08,460
space station a lot of that views

878
00:32:12,050 --> 00:32:10,140
outboard are going to be blocked and a

879
00:32:13,850 --> 00:32:12,060
lot of the cameras not just its views

880
00:32:15,470 --> 00:32:13,860
are blocked by this new platform in

881
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:15,480
order to recover some of that field of

882
00:32:19,580 --> 00:32:17,130
view we're going to take this whole post

883
00:32:21,410 --> 00:32:19,590
incant it inboard about 30 degrees and

884
00:32:22,580 --> 00:32:21,420
give you some more views that you have

885
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:22,590
more views the earth more views the

886
00:32:28,460 --> 00:32:25,290
space station so we when you take out a

887
00:32:30,290 --> 00:32:28,470
wedge a big shim and put it between that

888
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:30,300
light stanchion and the trust itself to

889
00:32:36,100 --> 00:32:32,250
hold this thing inboard about 30 degrees

890
00:32:38,180 --> 00:32:36,110
and Tim and I will do that task together

891
00:32:40,190 --> 00:32:38,190
well next thing we're going to do is set

892
00:32:43,010 --> 00:32:40,200
up so we can take this mobile service

893
00:32:45,950 --> 00:32:43,020
mobile based system that arm that sits

894
00:32:50,570 --> 00:32:45,960
on a basement a rail car let it go out

895
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:50,580
past the end of the starboard truss 1s1

896
00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:53,250
trust it's a able to go out into the

897
00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:55,050
rotating components of the space station

898
00:32:59,720 --> 00:32:58,290
on an s3 and outboard provide there's a

899
00:33:02,030 --> 00:32:59,730
linkage and that rail system that lets

900
00:33:04,270 --> 00:33:02,040
it go across so what we're going to do

901
00:33:07,430 --> 00:33:04,280
is put up it's basically a mini bridge

902
00:33:10,010 --> 00:33:07,440
and they're called rail stubs that allow

903
00:33:12,590 --> 00:33:10,020
this the wheels for that rail car to

904
00:33:15,050 --> 00:33:12,600
move from the s-1 trust out board onto

905
00:33:16,490 --> 00:33:15,060
the s3 truss and we'll go ahead and

906
00:33:18,710 --> 00:33:16,500
clamp those two down they'll be just to

907
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:18,720
will put up there we've also got some

908
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:20,970
stops out there to physically keep this

909
00:33:24,410 --> 00:33:22,410
thing from rolling off the edge of s1

910
00:33:26,690 --> 00:33:24,420
before they had these stubs out there

911
00:33:28,370 --> 00:33:26,700
and so and they're just alone hinges we

912
00:33:30,260 --> 00:33:28,380
simply roll those stops down out of the

913
00:33:31,580 --> 00:33:30,270
way and allow that rail car to go

914
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:31,590
inboard and outboard from there and

915
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:33,330
that's gonna be the big part of our task

916
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:34,410
right there

917
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:38,970
let's see and finally we have a payload

918
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:41,010
from the Japanese Space Agency it's

919
00:33:45,350 --> 00:33:43,170
called message in a bottle we're simply

920
00:33:48,020 --> 00:33:45,360
going to open this bottle up and get a

921
00:33:49,790 --> 00:33:48,030
sample of the vacuum of space it's a big

922
00:33:52,910 --> 00:33:49,800
thermos bottle and we open it up and

923
00:33:54,710 --> 00:33:52,920
allow it to equalize with the vacuum of

924
00:33:55,119 --> 00:33:54,720
space out there and then we seal it back

925
00:33:57,049 --> 00:33:55,129
up

926
00:33:58,970 --> 00:33:57,059
oddly enough being out there in space

927
00:34:00,350 --> 00:33:58,980
you've got a better vacuum there that

928
00:34:01,639 --> 00:34:00,360
can you get here on earth with any kind

929
00:34:03,499 --> 00:34:01,649
of pumps so you really have a more

930
00:34:05,419 --> 00:34:03,509
perfect vacuum we'll get some

931
00:34:06,769 --> 00:34:05,429
photographs for the Japanese Space

932
00:34:10,240 --> 00:34:06,779
Agency and we'll bring that in and that

933
00:34:12,859 --> 00:34:10,250
would wrap up our first spacewalk and

934
00:34:15,169 --> 00:34:12,869
for the second evie a what's the current

935
00:34:18,589 --> 00:34:15,179
plan for that one okay for the second

936
00:34:21,669 --> 00:34:18,599
day spacewalk I'll start off on my part

937
00:34:24,409 --> 00:34:21,679
to go out to that failed pump module and

938
00:34:25,579 --> 00:34:24,419
there is some residual ammonia sitting

939
00:34:27,260 --> 00:34:25,589
in that tank this isn't the kind of

940
00:34:28,430 --> 00:34:27,270
bottle of ammonia you have under sitting

941
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:28,440
on your sink in the kitchen or your

942
00:34:32,809 --> 00:34:30,450
bathroom this 100 percent ammonia it's

943
00:34:34,220 --> 00:34:32,819
pretty noxious stuff and we don't really

944
00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:34,230
want to carry that back down to earth

945
00:34:40,099 --> 00:34:37,919
with us so what we can do is vent that

946
00:34:42,649 --> 00:34:40,109
out into space where it's harmless and

947
00:34:45,799 --> 00:34:42,659
we can bring back an empty tank empty

948
00:34:47,629 --> 00:34:45,809
pump module so what I'll do is take a

949
00:34:49,039 --> 00:34:47,639
vent line that I've already set up on

950
00:34:51,319 --> 00:34:49,049
the first day spacewalk when you bring

951
00:34:54,700 --> 00:34:51,329
back this fill pump module I'll connect

952
00:34:57,559 --> 00:34:54,710
that vent line to the module itself and

953
00:34:59,390 --> 00:34:57,569
close the bail to let it vent itself out

954
00:35:00,230 --> 00:34:59,400
into space and it takes about maybe 90

955
00:35:01,609 --> 00:35:00,240
seconds two minutes

956
00:35:04,849 --> 00:35:01,619
for other than mowing an event itself

957
00:35:07,309 --> 00:35:04,859
overboard once that's done I'll close up

958
00:35:09,559 --> 00:35:07,319
and cap that failed module close up the

959
00:35:11,180 --> 00:35:09,569
tent flap behind it and let it sit until

960
00:35:14,359 --> 00:35:11,190
a future mission brings it back to earth

961
00:35:16,339 --> 00:35:14,369
and then what I'll do is take that vent

962
00:35:17,210 --> 00:35:16,349
those vent tools and those bags that

963
00:35:19,700 --> 00:35:17,220
were leftover from that original

964
00:35:22,420 --> 00:35:19,710
spacewalk put them back in the original

965
00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:22,430
bags and put them back on top of the

966
00:35:27,260 --> 00:35:25,230
airlock where those bags stay for any

967
00:35:29,089 --> 00:35:27,270
for any future doesn't have to change

968
00:35:32,780 --> 00:35:29,099
under the pump module or the spacewalk

969
00:35:35,329 --> 00:35:32,790
for repair once I'm done with that I'll

970
00:35:37,010 --> 00:35:35,339
head out on to what was our normal

971
00:35:39,890 --> 00:35:37,020
profile for them they're doing the

972
00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:39,900
repairs on a space station we have the

973
00:35:44,990 --> 00:35:42,750
that platform that ELC for platform that

974
00:35:49,010 --> 00:35:45,000
we're putting out on the s3 truss

975
00:35:50,359 --> 00:35:49,020
segment there's a computer control box I

976
00:35:52,010 --> 00:35:50,369
can't think what platform needing

977
00:35:54,260 --> 00:35:52,020
computer control but this one does and

978
00:35:57,710 --> 00:35:54,270
it has a thermal blanket on it to keep

979
00:35:59,690 --> 00:35:57,720
it from getting overly warm and well it

980
00:36:01,010 --> 00:35:59,700
needed that for the launch part but for

981
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:01,020
sitting in space it doesn't need that

982
00:36:05,059 --> 00:36:03,450
blanket so I'll go out and grab that

983
00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:05,069
blanket and roll it up and put it in a

984
00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:06,910
bag

985
00:36:10,530 --> 00:36:08,710
and if you've ever seen Charlie Brown

986
00:36:11,490 --> 00:36:10,540
and Linus is a blanket that's the part

987
00:36:14,820 --> 00:36:11,500
that worries like me this blanket

988
00:36:17,700 --> 00:36:14,830
suddenly turns ugly and attacks me

989
00:36:19,410 --> 00:36:17,710
we had some bags I call them Jefferson

990
00:36:21,660 --> 00:36:19,420
stowage bags they're just their laundry

991
00:36:23,070 --> 00:36:21,670
bags it's a glorified name for a laundry

992
00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:23,080
bag they're sitting out on one of our

993
00:36:27,540 --> 00:36:25,990
cedar carts one of those hand portable

994
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:27,550
rail carts and they some of the mobile

995
00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:30,370
base system and we'll grab those three

996
00:36:34,620 --> 00:36:32,200
bags and put them in the same bag as

997
00:36:36,050 --> 00:36:34,630
that blanket and it was untie them they

998
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:36,060
were taken out for the pump module

999
00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:39,010
repair task by Doug Wheelock and Tracy

1000
00:36:42,990 --> 00:36:41,680
Caldwell Dyson earlier and I'll go and

1001
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:43,000
clean those up and bring them back in

1002
00:36:48,330 --> 00:36:44,770
for this one so we can stage him for the

1003
00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:48,340
next task for time we go outside once

1004
00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:52,240
that's done I'll go over to the port

1005
00:36:57,240 --> 00:36:54,730
side of the other truss segment there is

1006
00:36:58,830 --> 00:36:57,250
a working light that we can put inside

1007
00:37:00,000 --> 00:36:58,840
for people who do work inside the trust

1008
00:37:02,190 --> 00:37:00,010
because it's obviously dark even when

1009
00:37:04,830 --> 00:37:02,200
the Sun's up it's called a seat of light

1010
00:37:06,750 --> 00:37:04,840
and I will take that light out there and

1011
00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:06,760
install that one and get it plugged in

1012
00:37:10,910 --> 00:37:08,320
and and then they can do a quick power

1013
00:37:13,830 --> 00:37:10,920
check while I'm out there I'll be on s3

1014
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:13,840
I'll come in board from that task and go

1015
00:37:18,030 --> 00:37:15,910
up to the very roof of that truss

1016
00:37:21,950 --> 00:37:18,040
segment on s1 where s1 meets the

1017
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:21,960
rotating components from s3 there is a

1018
00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:23,890
one of the boxes out there has a

1019
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:26,530
connector to it no big data connector

1020
00:37:30,330 --> 00:37:28,690
and the bail itself needs to be shielded

1021
00:37:32,610 --> 00:37:30,340
from sunlight so it doesn't get too hot

1022
00:37:34,650 --> 00:37:32,620
or too cold some of that shielding that

1023
00:37:35,910 --> 00:37:34,660
blanket has peeled away and the

1024
00:37:37,770 --> 00:37:35,920
program's concerned that it's getting

1025
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:37,780
sunlight is getting put dude getting too

1026
00:37:43,890 --> 00:37:40,330
hot I'll simply take that blanket put it

1027
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:43,900
back over top of the connector and use a

1028
00:37:49,290 --> 00:37:47,410
wire tie it's a coat hanger realize all

1029
00:37:51,630 --> 00:37:49,300
it is and wrap it around that to hold it

1030
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:51,640
down so it doesn't peel back again take

1031
00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:53,290
a quick picture of it so people can see

1032
00:37:57,900 --> 00:37:55,210
it's in a proper configuration and then

1033
00:38:00,330 --> 00:37:57,910
I'll head down to the underside of that

1034
00:38:03,690 --> 00:38:00,340
same trust on the Earth's side of it and

1035
00:38:05,340 --> 00:38:03,700
where we've got these basically

1036
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:05,350
receivers for

1037
00:38:09,330 --> 00:38:07,330
these grapple bars that go on the

1038
00:38:11,820 --> 00:38:09,340
radiators the Raiders themselves nearly

1039
00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:11,830
they fold out like accordions and I mean

1040
00:38:16,470 --> 00:38:13,930
if they're folded up in order to move in

1041
00:38:18,570 --> 00:38:16,480
and install them for a placement they've

1042
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:18,580
got this big like it's like a double y

1043
00:38:22,890 --> 00:38:20,170
shaped

1044
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:22,900
that allows you to grapple it itself

1045
00:38:26,520 --> 00:38:24,970
ties to the radiators and it has a

1046
00:38:28,470 --> 00:38:26,530
grapple fixture on it so the robot arm

1047
00:38:30,030 --> 00:38:28,480
can grapple to it well when you've got

1048
00:38:32,700 --> 00:38:30,040
the radiator deployed you need some

1049
00:38:34,320 --> 00:38:32,710
place to park that grapple beam and so

1050
00:38:37,260 --> 00:38:34,330
we've got these stowage receptacles for

1051
00:38:38,550 --> 00:38:37,270
it and on a previous spacewalk they went

1052
00:38:40,020 --> 00:38:38,560
out there and tried to bolt them down

1053
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:40,030
and the bolts just wouldn't sit quite so

1054
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:42,370
they're wobbly my job is to go out there

1055
00:38:45,810 --> 00:38:44,290
and take a look at it do some

1056
00:38:47,220 --> 00:38:45,820
troubleshooting to see if we can figure

1057
00:38:48,930 --> 00:38:47,230
out why these things aren't cinched down

1058
00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:48,940
as tightly as they'd like them cinched

1059
00:38:53,820 --> 00:38:51,250
and if I can fix it so that they are

1060
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:53,830
cinched down where they need to be I'll

1061
00:38:57,510 --> 00:38:55,570
look at both those beams and when I'm

1062
00:38:59,940 --> 00:38:57,520
done with that task I'll head over to

1063
00:39:02,280 --> 00:38:59,950
note 3 the newest module in space

1064
00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:02,290
station where we have a row of

1065
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:05,920
connectors on the very port most side of

1066
00:39:09,600 --> 00:39:07,450
it and out port side of that knot of

1067
00:39:11,070 --> 00:39:09,610
that module there's a blanket over top

1068
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:11,080
of it and we'd like to remove that

1069
00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:13,210
blanket so we can have access to all the

1070
00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:16,090
power and data connections out there for

1071
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:19,510
future missions and so what's up just a

1072
00:39:23,550 --> 00:39:21,730
strip of cloth maybe about three or four

1073
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:23,560
feet long I'll roll that up and put it

1074
00:39:28,590 --> 00:39:26,530
into the bag and make off with that I

1075
00:39:31,950 --> 00:39:28,600
think once that's done I'll head back to

1076
00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:31,960
the airlock and drop that bag off pick

1077
00:39:38,790 --> 00:39:35,950
up a lens cover to put on to one of our

1078
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:38,800
cameras the glass itself we'd like

1079
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:40,210
something that we can replace so if it

1080
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:41,890
gets pitted or scratched you don't have

1081
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:44,050
to bring a whole camera home this one

1082
00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:46,450
sets up on top that mobile base system

1083
00:39:51,510 --> 00:39:49,030
up on the very front face of the space

1084
00:39:54,210 --> 00:39:51,520
station it's called a poet and don't ask

1085
00:39:56,310 --> 00:39:54,220
me what the POA stands for but it it's a

1086
00:39:58,020 --> 00:39:56,320
it's a fixed receptacle that you can you

1087
00:39:59,600 --> 00:39:58,030
can bring module sit it'll grapple to

1088
00:40:02,730 --> 00:39:59,610
them the same way that the robot arm

1089
00:40:04,170 --> 00:40:02,740
grapples to an object and that's where

1090
00:40:06,930 --> 00:40:04,180
we had that failed pump module that's

1091
00:40:08,670 --> 00:40:06,940
been it sits there until we do our space

1092
00:40:11,100 --> 00:40:08,680
Walker and move it I'm gonna go out on

1093
00:40:13,110 --> 00:40:11,110
the camera on that one and simply put a

1094
00:40:14,850 --> 00:40:13,120
protective lens cover over top of it and

1095
00:40:16,290 --> 00:40:14,860
then head back down to the to the

1096
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:16,300
airlock with Tim and that should wrap up

1097
00:40:21,559 --> 00:40:19,130
our second spacewalk

1098
00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:21,569
after your work on station is complete

1099
00:40:27,680 --> 00:40:23,730
you will undock and prepare for the trip

1100
00:40:31,519 --> 00:40:27,690
back to earth it might be one of the

1101
00:40:33,950 --> 00:40:31,529
last opportunities for anybody to see a

1102
00:40:36,430 --> 00:40:33,960
Space Station from the vantage point of

1103
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:36,440
inside of a shuttle while backing away

1104
00:40:41,630 --> 00:40:39,410
as you sit here today trying to imagine

1105
00:40:43,549 --> 00:40:41,640
that moment what what goes through your

1106
00:40:47,180 --> 00:40:43,559
head about about the profoundness of

1107
00:40:48,529 --> 00:40:47,190
that a little bit sad and also a little

1108
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:48,539
bit happy that no the space show has

1109
00:40:52,160 --> 00:40:50,490
done such good things to be able to be

1110
00:40:54,710 --> 00:40:52,170
one of those lucky people to get to see

1111
00:40:56,779 --> 00:40:54,720
that from the shuttle uppermost in my

1112
00:40:58,579 --> 00:40:56,789
mind I know when I'm there doing it

1113
00:40:59,809 --> 00:40:58,589
because the same thing last time I

1114
00:41:02,299 --> 00:40:59,819
backed away from the space station was

1115
00:41:03,799 --> 00:41:02,309
get the pictures yeah you want to have

1116
00:41:05,690 --> 00:41:03,809
some just some really good shots to

1117
00:41:07,279 --> 00:41:05,700
bring back to everybody of that it's the

1118
00:41:10,009 --> 00:41:07,289
only chance you get to see certain parts

1119
00:41:11,690 --> 00:41:10,019
of the space station is the camera shots

1120
00:41:14,140 --> 00:41:11,700
we take while we're undocking and flying

1121
00:41:15,980 --> 00:41:14,150
away it's also some of the big you know

1122
00:41:16,999 --> 00:41:15,990
photographic moments you know the things

1123
00:41:18,349 --> 00:41:17,009
that people really want to see they're

1124
00:41:20,029 --> 00:41:18,359
really gorgeous shots you get to the

1125
00:41:21,589 --> 00:41:20,039
space station and it's nice to be able

1126
00:41:24,170 --> 00:41:21,599
to share those views with people on the

1127
00:41:26,690 --> 00:41:24,180
ground so I'm gonna have a camera handy

1128
00:41:28,940 --> 00:41:26,700
and all my battery of lenses out there

1129
00:41:30,740 --> 00:41:28,950
and trying and get getting good shots to

1130
00:41:32,660 --> 00:41:30,750
the space station has been walking over

1131
00:41:35,299 --> 00:41:32,670
getting away so it's not just me trying

1132
00:41:36,680 --> 00:41:35,309
to describe how beautiful wasn't up all

1133
00:41:41,329 --> 00:41:36,690
the way people will see it with their

1134
00:41:42,769 --> 00:41:41,339
own two eyes this mission is scheduled

1135
00:41:45,829 --> 00:41:42,779
to be one of the last space shuttle

1136
00:41:47,180 --> 00:41:45,839
missions what does it mean to you two to

1137
00:41:52,370 --> 00:41:47,190
the had a part in the space shuttle

1138
00:41:53,690 --> 00:41:52,380
program no I didn't appreciate how lucky

1139
00:41:55,490 --> 00:41:53,700
it was me in the space shuttle program

1140
00:41:57,140 --> 00:41:55,500
when I first got here I just happy to be

1141
00:41:58,519 --> 00:41:57,150
an astronaut being in the space program

1142
00:42:02,390 --> 00:41:58,529
and the shuttle was a way to get into

1143
00:42:04,940 --> 00:42:02,400
space in our space program we've been in

1144
00:42:08,990 --> 00:42:04,950
space now for what since the late 50s

1145
00:42:11,870 --> 00:42:09,000
early 60s we've only had one program

1146
00:42:13,670 --> 00:42:11,880
with a hypersonic reentry vehicle that

1147
00:42:16,009 --> 00:42:13,680
landed like an airplane and had the

1148
00:42:19,249 --> 00:42:16,019
capability no other spacecraft I know of

1149
00:42:20,299 --> 00:42:19,259
have robot arms on the spacecraft out

1150
00:42:21,470 --> 00:42:20,309
there you know come back in the

1151
00:42:23,420 --> 00:42:21,480
atmosphere and land like an airplane

1152
00:42:26,539 --> 00:42:23,430
take off like a rocket and do the things

1153
00:42:27,950 --> 00:42:26,549
that the Space Shuttle does I don't know

1154
00:42:30,140 --> 00:42:27,960
we're gonna get there for a very long

1155
00:42:31,730 --> 00:42:30,150
time it was a it was a pretty bold

1156
00:42:32,090 --> 00:42:31,740
audacious thing we did back in the

1157
00:42:34,730 --> 00:42:32,100
sixties

1158
00:42:36,260 --> 00:42:34,740
70s to build such a spacecraft and to

1159
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:36,270
have been one of the people who got to

1160
00:42:43,430 --> 00:42:38,370
be a crew member on board something with

1161
00:42:45,830 --> 00:42:43,440
that type of capability it's just it's a

1162
00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:45,840
privilege I just assumed that once the

1163
00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:47,310
shuttle was done flying that we would

1164
00:42:51,290 --> 00:42:49,710
have something bigger and more capable

1165
00:42:52,430 --> 00:42:51,300
that would take us further you know and

1166
00:42:54,470 --> 00:42:52,440
the shuttles that might go to the moon

1167
00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:54,480
or something like that but we've gone

1168
00:42:58,010 --> 00:42:56,130
the other way we're going to capsules

1169
00:42:59,210 --> 00:42:58,020
and of course they don't know you need

1170
00:43:01,100 --> 00:42:59,220
something that's big and complex for

1171
00:43:03,830 --> 00:43:01,110
what we have envisioned for NASA out in

1172
00:43:05,570 --> 00:43:03,840
the future and I understand that but but

1173
00:43:06,710 --> 00:43:05,580
virtually I understand that it's know

1174
00:43:08,410 --> 00:43:06,720
that we're not gonna have something that

1175
00:43:13,190 --> 00:43:08,420
that's as cool as the shuttle wasn't no

1176
00:43:14,990 --> 00:43:13,200
it's more practical okay this is also

1177
00:43:17,810 --> 00:43:15,000
scheduled to be the the last flight of

1178
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:17,820
space shuttle discovery it's the most

1179
00:43:24,130 --> 00:43:19,770
accomplished shuttle in the shuttle

1180
00:43:29,290 --> 00:43:24,140
fleet if you had to compile a list of

1181
00:43:34,130 --> 00:43:31,610
activities events it's been involved in

1182
00:43:36,050 --> 00:43:34,140
what which which one's come to mind that

1183
00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:36,060
you would say would definitely have to

1184
00:43:40,010 --> 00:43:38,250
be on that list well I understand them

1185
00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:40,020
I had the perspective of a test pilot

1186
00:43:44,450 --> 00:43:42,570
and the holy grail of your test pilot is

1187
00:43:45,890 --> 00:43:44,460
to fly the first mission of anything you

1188
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:45,900
know anytime you brand-new airplane

1189
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:47,370
comes out you want to go fly that first

1190
00:43:50,330 --> 00:43:49,050
flight or if you take some new

1191
00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:50,340
configuration you want to be the one to

1192
00:43:55,100 --> 00:43:52,610
take it up for the first time to go see

1193
00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:55,110
will it work or discover something new

1194
00:44:00,170 --> 00:43:57,570
that nobody's seen before and so given

1195
00:44:01,460 --> 00:44:00,180
that in Discovery's past and understand

1196
00:44:04,430 --> 00:44:01,470
that Columbia was the first shuttle to

1197
00:44:06,860 --> 00:44:04,440
actually fly but discovery was the very

1198
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:06,870
first shuttle to fly after we lost

1199
00:44:10,940 --> 00:44:08,850
Challenger after we completely

1200
00:44:12,830 --> 00:44:10,950
reconfigured the solid rocket motors and

1201
00:44:15,530 --> 00:44:12,840
the configuration of the space shuttle

1202
00:44:18,020 --> 00:44:15,540
the first one to go out there and tiptoe

1203
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:18,030
back out there was where the crew aboard

1204
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:21,090
discovery likewise after we lost

1205
00:44:26,870 --> 00:44:23,970
Columbia and several years ago the first

1206
00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:26,880
shell that fly back in space again was

1207
00:44:31,460 --> 00:44:29,730
discovery and we learned a lot from that

1208
00:44:32,660 --> 00:44:31,470
also we ground ourselves again because

1209
00:44:35,060 --> 00:44:32,670
we discovered a lot of things that were

1210
00:44:37,010 --> 00:44:35,070
still problems with that with what we

1211
00:44:37,820 --> 00:44:37,020
were trying to fix and so we had a

1212
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:37,830
second

1213
00:44:44,060 --> 00:44:40,050
no first flight and again a year later

1214
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:44,070
on sts-121 was again discovery it was

1215
00:44:47,190 --> 00:44:45,330
the one that was at

1216
00:44:49,590 --> 00:44:47,200
assuming the risks you know then

1217
00:44:51,510 --> 00:44:49,600
exploring the unknown with these crews

1218
00:44:54,150 --> 00:44:51,520
aboard and I would say for me at least

1219
00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:54,160
those are the most significant

1220
00:44:58,410 --> 00:44:56,470
accomplishments aboard discovery was

1221
00:44:59,700 --> 00:44:58,420
because each time this thing flew it was

1222
00:45:01,440 --> 00:44:59,710
a brand new shuttle and it looks it

1223
00:45:03,410 --> 00:45:01,450
looks externally like the old shuttles

1224
00:45:05,070 --> 00:45:03,420
we had before but we had done extensive

1225
00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:05,080
remodeling and refitting and

1226
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:06,730
reconfiguring and every time you do that

1227
00:45:09,780 --> 00:45:08,290
there's an opportunity for things to go

1228
00:45:11,820 --> 00:45:09,790
wrong you have untested and unproven

1229
00:45:13,770 --> 00:45:11,830
systems and you got to go shake those

1230
00:45:17,600 --> 00:45:13,780
out so those are probably some of the

1231
00:45:19,650 --> 00:45:17,610
most dangerous missions that we flew

1232
00:45:21,210 --> 00:45:19,660
clearly some of the most ambitious and

1233
00:45:22,860 --> 00:45:21,220
daring ones and each one of those times

1234
00:45:27,390 --> 00:45:22,870
it was discovering was the one that was

1235
00:45:30,810 --> 00:45:27,400
making that voyage how would you

1236
00:45:33,870 --> 00:45:30,820
characterize what space shuttle has

1237
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:33,880
meant to the advancement of human space

1238
00:45:41,640 --> 00:45:39,610
exploration space show was in the most

1239
00:45:44,010 --> 00:45:41,650
ambitious most complex vehicle that

1240
00:45:46,110 --> 00:45:44,020
we've ever built the Soviet Union tried

1241
00:45:48,180 --> 00:45:46,120
hard to make their own version of a

1242
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:48,190
space shuttle never got a single person

1243
00:45:53,160 --> 00:45:50,890
in space aboard that shuttle itself they

1244
00:45:54,630 --> 00:45:53,170
flew it unmanned for one orbit around

1245
00:45:57,540 --> 00:45:54,640
the earth and landed it and then they

1246
00:45:58,950 --> 00:45:57,550
were done it tells you how difficult it

1247
00:46:01,650 --> 00:45:58,960
was to have pulled it off in the first

1248
00:46:04,020 --> 00:46:01,660
place by the time we're done here we'll

1249
00:46:07,770 --> 00:46:04,030
have had 134 missions aboard this

1250
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:07,780
particular model we'll have built the

1251
00:46:13,020 --> 00:46:09,370
largest most complex structure that's

1252
00:46:14,180 --> 00:46:13,030
ever been put up in orbit ever we'll put

1253
00:46:17,010 --> 00:46:14,190
up the Hubble telescope

1254
00:46:18,300 --> 00:46:17,020
we'll have done just things that we

1255
00:46:19,740 --> 00:46:18,310
never would have thought were capable of

1256
00:46:22,620 --> 00:46:19,750
shuttles capable of doing even when we

1257
00:46:24,540 --> 00:46:22,630
designed it back in the 1970s it's it

1258
00:46:26,970 --> 00:46:24,550
set the bar it set the expectations of

1259
00:46:29,250 --> 00:46:26,980
what we can do in space we first put the

1260
00:46:31,290 --> 00:46:29,260
shuttle up or a design this thing we

1261
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:31,300
just gone to the moon know about it you

1262
00:46:34,470 --> 00:46:32,890
know we had a few know a few capsules go

1263
00:46:36,150 --> 00:46:34,480
off in space and splash back down we had

1264
00:46:38,940 --> 00:46:36,160
a few communication satellites up in

1265
00:46:40,230 --> 00:46:38,950
orbit but routine access to space or

1266
00:46:42,390 --> 00:46:40,240
something for science fiction writers

1267
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:42,400
and now it's not you have a whole

1268
00:46:45,510 --> 00:46:43,810
generation of people I know if you were

1269
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:45,520
born back when we first started doing

1270
00:46:49,170 --> 00:46:47,650
the show you'd have your own kids and so

1271
00:46:51,180 --> 00:46:49,180
you and your children with both would

1272
00:46:53,610 --> 00:46:51,190
have grown up with the expectation of

1273
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:53,620
course we routinely go into space and we