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this is the sts-133 interview with

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mission specialist nicole stott uh

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nicole tell us about the place where you

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grew up uh your hometown and what it was

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like growing up there and how that place

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influenced who you've become well i grew

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up in clearwater florida which is on the

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west coast on the gulf side there

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beautiful beaches i have you know fond

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memories of that and of course flying

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back from houston to

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clearwater it just gets more and more

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beautiful every time i see it

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when i think about clearwater though i

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think i think about my family and you

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know the time i had there my family is

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still in that local area so it's nice to

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go back

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and visit and

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the one thing that sticks out for me is

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the time as a family that we spent at

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the local airpark because i think that

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had a huge influence on kind of the

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direction i took for school and then a

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career so

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it had a huge influence i

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i enjoy going back and seeing the people

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and one of the things about getting to

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fly in space before was that it let me

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see just how enthusiastic and excited

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that local area was about my mission and

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following me flying in space so i really

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appreciate that what was it about the

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the airport that that time theory was

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what was it about that that really

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influenced well i think you know my dad

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had a real passion for flying that he

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shared with us as a family and he built

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a couple airplanes small um aerobatic

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airplanes uh that started in our garage

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and then would move to the airport and

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it was just a little local hometown

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airport and in fact after this last

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flight i went back and visited them i

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tried to go back there once a year for

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their open house but they invited me

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back after the flight and i got to see a

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lot of the people that are still there

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people that were friends of my dad's

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from years ago growing up and so it was

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my first exposure to flying and it kind

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of really i mean it got in my blood

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there and that's kind of what you know

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helped me choose what i wanted to do

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i knew i wanted to do something with

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flying and it just kind of evolved

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towards the

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the aerospace side of things for me

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did you get a chance to to see that that

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area from space on any of your time i

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did yeah we have quite a few passes over

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would always look for it i'd take i had

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actually got some pretty good shots of

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that whole skyway bridge across tampa

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bay and

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the beach area there so it was pretty

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neat i sent some back to the the people

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there and they're using it as their

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desktop

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you know screen savers now

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okay

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every accomplishment begins begins with

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some form of motivation you've been an

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astronaut here for now about 10 years

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tell us about what it was that motivated

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you to want to pursue this line of work

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well a couple things motivated me i

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think the the first being that that

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family experience i had sharing you know

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kind of the joy of flying with my dad

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and you know getting those first uh

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flights in a small airplane and just

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seeing how uh really um cool exciting

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that is it it definitely influenced my

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university choice for sure with

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aeronautical engineering

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and living in florida you have

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you know you have that space coast right

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right there and out of high school i was

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watching shuttle launches

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and throughout college and that's what

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really pushed me finally towards wanting

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to apply and work with nasa

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recount for us if you would the steps

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that you took to

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to basically to make it to nasa and kind

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of weave in your education uh you know

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where you went and some of your

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professional uh experience

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well i after graduating from high school

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i actually chose kind of a

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non-traditional path

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i stayed in the local area and went to

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the local community college because they

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had this really great program called

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aviation administration it's kind of a

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business degree that allowed you to get

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your pilot's license in parallel with it

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i worked on that and i think that was a

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a really big stepping stone towards what

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i did further with my education moving

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on to embry-riddle aeronautical

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university for the engineering degree

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and i i earned an uh let's see that was

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a bachelor's degree in aeronautical

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engineering there and that school is

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great because you're hands-on you're

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right on an airport you know you go into

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a class and you talk about theory and

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then you're out with the hardware itself

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and i'm really a hands-on person

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when it comes to learning

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and then from there

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i applied to nasa out of out of college

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they were on one of the you know

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standard hiring freezes that would

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happen every few years

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and instead i accepted a job with pratt

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and whitney down in west palm beach

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florida working as a structural design

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engineer there

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and really enjoying what i was doing

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there but i always you know was always

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hoping that the the space flight thing

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the working on spacecraft would come

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through with nasa and after about a year

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at pratt whitney it did they came off

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their freeze and they tracked me down

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started working for kennedy's best

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center in shuttle processing

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just a fantastic experience there i mean

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you are right there you walk down into

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the hangar and there's a an orbiter

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above you and the opportunity to get in

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the crew module or you know work inside

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the payload bay and with the engineers

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and the technicians all you know all

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and working

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every aspect of processing from

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landing to launch and just just a really

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then take us from from there to how you

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actually then became an astronaut

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when did you when did you

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make the application and how far how

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much time

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elapsed in between when you finally got

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the call yeah i think that's one of the

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hardest things is actually convincing

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yourself that

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you should fill out the application and

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send it in that took a lot for me i was

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not one of those people who from the

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time i watched the moon landing said you

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know this is this is what i've got to do

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i always thought it was really cool but

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never thought it was

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you know a reality kind of thing a

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possibility and it really wasn't until i

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was working at kennedy space center that

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uh several of the people that i

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considered to be mentors there

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encouraged me to apply

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and and i did and again it took a lot to

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you know to think that they were right

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and fill out the application

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but i applied and i

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and went through the whole process of

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course looking around me at the 20 other

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people who were interviewing with me and

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saying okay i don't stand a chance there

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is no way these are you know very smart

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people doing cutting edge stuff and i i

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just don't have it and

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they did not select me that time but

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they offered me a job out here at

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johnson space center as a flight

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engineer on the shuttle training

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learning some crew coordination skills

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working you know in an operational

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aviation environment which is very much

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like what you have on the flight deck of

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the space shuttle and i did that for two

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years and i could have done that

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i loved it that's one thing about nasa

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the jobs that i had all along the way

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and while i was there i applied again

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after that application was selected so

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it was selected in the class of 2000.

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do you recall

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where you were when you when you got the

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call tell us that story i do i

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that was a day that

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that morning i got the call

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about the astronaut office selection and

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then i had to go off and do my um

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my check flight which went great but it

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anniversary of the the moon landing in

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that same day so it was uh you know kind

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education in your life huge

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absolutely no way i would be sitting

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here talking you today if it wasn't for

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the education that i received

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uh and i think that started you know

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you know elementary school all the way

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up and and having teachers that you know

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maybe see something you in you that you

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don't necessarily see in yourself and um

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just uh subtly directing you in certain

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ways and and i certainly had that happen

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to me and that was more in the kind of

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science and math area where

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i never really thought i had any skill

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things like aeronautical engineering and

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you know that those opportunities were

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the science and math thing you say that

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figuring out that wow this is this is

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fun and you know and i think that's a

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big part of it is finding something that

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you enjoy doing and pursuing that

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and i you know i'm thankful to this day

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to those teachers for

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direction because otherwise i don't know

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it certainly was a huge influence okay

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in 2009 you spent some time on board the

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international space station as a flight

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flight engineer

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what was it like living and working on

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iss and what are you most looking

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forward to on your return trip there it

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was amazing you know i know we use that

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word a lot but it really was and

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um now i'm really excited to go back um

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it's going to be kind of strange because

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it's going to be for such a short time

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you know it's going to be i think like a

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blur but i'm looking forward to that

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that expanded view out the cupola window

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i think that's going to be magnificent

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i'm looking forward to seeing the crew

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that's up there you know our friends

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that you know have been there for a

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little while and how they're enjoying uh

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the experience

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and you know just working on our mission

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i think it's going to be a you know a

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really fun time we're doing some

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valuable stuff for station to keep them

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you know going for the next

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years and

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i don't know just seeing station out

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that window again as we approach is

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prior to your uh first space flight you

311
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also spent some time uh on underwater on

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an underwater mission for the nemo

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project uh

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what was it like spending time in that

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underwater habitat and how much did that

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prepare you for

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your time on space station

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well i think that

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you know at the time i thought wow this

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is this is great training you know i had

321
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never been to space before doing it uh

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but just from the experience it seemed

323
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like how can it get any better than this

324
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you know you're in this confined habitat

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it's

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in a an environment that's not you know

327
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necessarily friendly to you you can't

328
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just walk out the door without special

329
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equipment you know very much parallels

330
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what space flight is like and without

331
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having been to space i just assumed this

332
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has got to be

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you know as close as it gets

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and now having come back i

335
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it was the best training i think um i

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had in terms of just the

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you know the environment itself and

338
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what it's like to live in a space like

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that and how you you know maybe need to

340
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change the way you deal with the people

341
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around you in terms of respecting um you

342
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know the space that you have available

343
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to you and you know having a little bit

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more respect for the fact that you can't

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walk out the door without you know

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without special equipment and you know

347
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those kinds of things it was i think the

348
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perfect setup for it

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and it was a beautiful

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experience i you know i left that with

351
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wow how you know again it's one of those

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things where you wish you could have

353
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your family there it was just like on

354
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the station you wish you could have your

355
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family there that's the one thing

356
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missing and

357
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it's just such an amazing thing such a

358
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beautiful place with such different

359
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things going on that

360
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i thought wow if i never fly in space i

361
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everyone on the crew has has been to

362
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space before as a matter of fact uh

363
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three of the crew members including

364
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yourself have spent time on space

365
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station as as crew members how much of a

366
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benefit will that be uh having

367
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that amount of experience how much of a

368
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benefit will that be to completing the

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mission successfully well i think it'll

370
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be uh an efficiency thing yeah i think

371
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there'll be you know less of an

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adaptation time there'll be

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uh you know a comfort already with how

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you know you live and work up there and

375
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so i think it's more about efficiency

376
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and

377
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i think we're going to do great i know

378
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all of us are excited about seeing it

379
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again

380
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the content of the mission has changed

381
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a lot since you since you even first

382
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started training for it

383
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what's it been like

384
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having to adjust how much of a challenge

385
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has it been to adjust to the changing um

386
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content of the mission and and and

387
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what's it been like

388
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it hasn't been too bad we the the

389
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biggest change that we had was um very

390
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thankfully the addition of two uh evas

391
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or spacewalks on our flight and so um

392
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kind of remapping the way we're gonna do

393
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the neutral buoyancy lab training is was

394
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i think the biggest part of of the

395
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change for us

396
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um

397
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and you know that's fun stuff to do

398
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that's that's the kind of training you

399
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want to be doing because it's as close

400
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again as you can get to uh doing it in

401
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space uh so i think um

402
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there there really hasn't been a real

403
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challenge to it other than having to

404
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think okay a couple of our guys are

405
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going out the door now and how are we

406
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going to work with that okay

407
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how would you uh characterize the

408
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contributions of the thousands of people

409
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that work behind the scenes to ensure

410
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the safety and success of every mission

411
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uh it's what it's all about honestly you

412
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know we wouldn't be sitting here if it

413
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wasn't for them i know i get really

414
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excited when i i have a trip back to

415
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kennedy space center or to any of the

416
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other centers where you know you feel

417
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like you have a connection to

418
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the work that's going on and then when

419
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you go to places where you know some

420
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small company that's building some

421
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little part that without it

422
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you know you wouldn't fly the space

423
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station without it and it just it means

424
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so much because i think it's more than

425
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just a job to

426
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to people in the space program what i've

427
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seen on the shuttle and the station

428
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programs is the people working at it's

429
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it's it's a heart and soul thing it's

430
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not just okay i get up and i'm going to

431
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this job every day it really is a

432
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commitment and a part of their life so

433
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um it means a lot to go back and

434
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visit with them and it certainly

435
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is very evident to us that we wouldn't

436
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be sitting here and doing this without

437
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them

438
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if your launch schedule holds um you'll

439
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be on on orbit right around the time of

440
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the 10th anniversary of the arrival of

441
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expedition one uh the crew that could

442
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started the continuous human presence on

443
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space

444
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on iss discuss the significance

445
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of of their milestone and

446
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what iss means to the future of space

447
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exploration

448
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well i think the expedition one crew you

449
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know we have to say thank you to them

450
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and it was

451
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it was certainly a milestone uh in the

452
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space station program those guys went up

453
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there and they were in a much smaller

454
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space than uh than we are today with

455
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this you know huge volume that we have

456
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up there and they showed that as an

457
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international crew through our

458
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international partnerships we made this

459
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you know this complex spacecraft and

460
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this program work

461
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uh you know you're up there now and

462
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there's still signs of of expedition one

463
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everybody puts their their mission

464
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sticker up on a wall in the node and you

465
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see that and it's a really a really neat

466
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reminder of you know how long we've been

467
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just actively living and working on the

468
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space station and i think if you say to

469
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most people it's been going on for 10

470
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years they mean they might not even you

471
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know realize that you know above them

472
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200 miles above them has been circling

473
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this crew for

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for 10 years and

475
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as far as the future of space

476
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exploration goes i i think it's it's

477
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huge the

478
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the thing that really impresses me about

479
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everything we do up there

480
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is that

481
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you can find some goodness in it

482
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for life here on earth as well as

483
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how are we going to do future

484
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exploration of space better

485
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and you know that's a really impressive

486
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thing to me that

487
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any experiment we do

488
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how we

489
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live on station with the systems that we

490
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have recycling water and using solar

491
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panels for energy it's it certainly is

492
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how we have to live and work in space

493
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but it's at the same time something that

494
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could be helping us improve life here on

495
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earth and so i think i think that's a

496
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tell us if you would what the what the

497
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key objectives are for for sts-133

498
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the key objectives for sts-133 are

499
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primarily

500
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positioning the station for the future

501
00:17:03,910 --> 00:17:02,160
years to come both inside and outside we

502
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have supplies that we're bringing for

503
00:17:08,470 --> 00:17:06,160
the crew to live and work

504
00:17:11,909 --> 00:17:08,480
continuously for the next few years

505
00:17:13,590 --> 00:17:11,919
inside the station as well as some large

506
00:17:16,150 --> 00:17:13,600
spares or replacement units that we'll

507
00:17:18,870 --> 00:17:16,160
put on the outside of the station for

508
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future chains of uh some you know some

509
00:17:21,829 --> 00:17:20,880
bigger units that might um

510
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fail

511
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and um

512
00:17:27,270 --> 00:17:25,520
we're doing this in a couple of ways we

513
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have you know a big platform that we're

514
00:17:29,669 --> 00:17:28,400
bringing up that we're going to stick on

515
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the outside of the station that has

516
00:17:35,110 --> 00:17:32,080
these uh these spare units and then we

517
00:17:37,270 --> 00:17:35,120
also have this logistics module that has

518
00:17:39,669 --> 00:17:37,280
traveled to space before but it's always

519
00:17:41,350 --> 00:17:39,679
come home with stuff in it and this time

520
00:17:42,870 --> 00:17:41,360
we're leaving it attached to station

521
00:17:44,870 --> 00:17:42,880
it'll essentially be another module up

522
00:17:47,270 --> 00:17:44,880
there for them it'll be filled with all

523
00:17:49,430 --> 00:17:47,280
kinds of stuff for uh living working on

524
00:17:51,830 --> 00:17:49,440
the inside and then it will also act as

525
00:17:53,110 --> 00:17:51,840
a storage area for the crew on board

526
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which is

527
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as you can imagine stowage is kind of a

528
00:17:58,070 --> 00:17:57,120
premium up there okay

529
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and

530
00:18:01,990 --> 00:17:59,600
one of those pieces of hardware that you

531
00:18:05,110 --> 00:18:02,000
mentioned it's called the permanent

532
00:18:08,310 --> 00:18:05,120
multi-purpose module it's um it's

533
00:18:12,470 --> 00:18:10,549
differently outfitted multi-purpose

534
00:18:14,710 --> 00:18:12,480
logistics module

535
00:18:17,909 --> 00:18:14,720
tell us about how how the pmm as it's

536
00:18:20,310 --> 00:18:17,919
called is different from uh a regular

537
00:18:21,510 --> 00:18:20,320
mplm uh what what's how has it been

538
00:18:22,310 --> 00:18:21,520
configured differently why is it

539
00:18:23,510 --> 00:18:22,320
different

540
00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:23,520
well uh

541
00:18:27,029 --> 00:18:24,480
the fact that it's gonna be there

542
00:18:29,190 --> 00:18:27,039
permanently uh makes it uh different on

543
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on its own but the

544
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some of the things that they've done is

545
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modified the shielding on the outside of

546
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the

547
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that to protect it from micrometeorite

548
00:18:43,669 --> 00:18:41,520
debris so they had to add some different

549
00:18:46,470 --> 00:18:43,679
shields some metal plates on the outside

550
00:18:47,830 --> 00:18:46,480
and some some additional insulation for

551
00:18:49,510 --> 00:18:47,840
it to stay up there for an extended

552
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period of time rather than just being up

553
00:18:53,029 --> 00:18:51,280
there two weeks at a time

554
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and then on the inside they've modified

555
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some valves and also some

556
00:18:59,909 --> 00:18:58,080
of the internal configuration so that

557
00:19:03,110 --> 00:18:59,919
it's a little less complicated even than

558
00:19:05,750 --> 00:19:03,120
it was before things that we don't need

559
00:19:07,750 --> 00:19:05,760
to have on it as a as a temporary module

560
00:19:09,430 --> 00:19:07,760
are now removed and

561
00:19:11,029 --> 00:19:09,440
and simplified so that we can take

562
00:19:13,350 --> 00:19:11,039
advantage of as much space in there as

563
00:19:16,150 --> 00:19:13,360
possible okay

564
00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:16,160
um the crew is also scheduled to deliver

565
00:19:19,990 --> 00:19:18,400
robonaut or r2

566
00:19:22,070 --> 00:19:20,000
to the station

567
00:19:24,549 --> 00:19:22,080
based on your knowledge

568
00:19:26,470 --> 00:19:24,559
what do you know about robonaut and its

569
00:19:27,510 --> 00:19:26,480
its purpose on space station for the

570
00:19:29,029 --> 00:19:27,520
future

571
00:19:31,190 --> 00:19:29,039
well i think we're bringing robonaut to

572
00:19:33,590 --> 00:19:31,200
the station as a what i i like to think

573
00:19:34,789 --> 00:19:33,600
of as a technology demonstrator

574
00:19:36,310 --> 00:19:34,799
and

575
00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:36,320
i think it certainly has an appeal to

576
00:19:41,029 --> 00:19:38,720
the public there's a very kind of visual

577
00:19:41,909 --> 00:19:41,039
aspect of of it since it kind of looks

578
00:19:42,950 --> 00:19:41,919
like a

579
00:19:45,110 --> 00:19:42,960
person

580
00:19:47,510 --> 00:19:45,120
and

581
00:19:48,870 --> 00:19:47,520
as far as our association with it is

582
00:19:50,710 --> 00:19:48,880
concerned we really don't get to do a

583
00:19:53,190 --> 00:19:50,720
whole lot with it we're delivering it to

584
00:19:55,590 --> 00:19:53,200
station it'll be inside of the pmm

585
00:19:57,990 --> 00:19:55,600
and i think we get to take some of its

586
00:19:59,590 --> 00:19:58,000
uh housing off of it but we aren't even

587
00:20:00,950 --> 00:19:59,600
have the opportunity to move it over to

588
00:20:02,549 --> 00:20:00,960
station so

589
00:20:04,830 --> 00:20:02,559
no real work with it as far as we're

590
00:20:06,789 --> 00:20:04,840
concerned but i think

591
00:20:09,350 --> 00:20:06,799
once the crew that's up there in

592
00:20:11,590 --> 00:20:09,360
december will be uh pulling it out and

593
00:20:13,430 --> 00:20:11,600
doing some check out with the ground

594
00:20:14,549 --> 00:20:13,440
operating it and sending commands as

595
00:20:15,990 --> 00:20:14,559
well as

596
00:20:18,230 --> 00:20:16,000
the crew on board having some

597
00:20:20,710 --> 00:20:18,240
interaction with it but ultimately i

598
00:20:23,510 --> 00:20:20,720
think the idea is that it uh

599
00:20:25,110 --> 00:20:23,520
assists crew members with tasks that

600
00:20:27,990 --> 00:20:25,120
maybe um

601
00:20:29,190 --> 00:20:28,000
would put a crew member in a situation a

602
00:20:30,710 --> 00:20:29,200
dangerous situation that we wouldn't

603
00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:30,720
want to have them in

604
00:20:34,390 --> 00:20:33,200
um that that the robot could access

605
00:20:36,549 --> 00:20:34,400
places that we

606
00:20:38,789 --> 00:20:36,559
wouldn't necessarily be able to get to

607
00:20:41,430 --> 00:20:38,799
and uh provide you know an extra set of

608
00:20:43,350 --> 00:20:41,440
hands with tools um ultimately i think

609
00:20:49,029 --> 00:20:43,360
on the outside of the station

610
00:20:54,230 --> 00:20:51,750
on the day after you make it to orbit um

611
00:20:56,549 --> 00:20:54,240
there's going to be an external uh

612
00:20:57,830 --> 00:20:56,559
survey of the shuttle's tiles i'm not

613
00:20:59,510 --> 00:20:57,840
sure if you're directly involved with

614
00:21:01,430 --> 00:20:59,520
that but if you're if you're not what

615
00:21:03,909 --> 00:21:01,440
will you be doing during that time on

616
00:21:05,350 --> 00:21:03,919
that day okay i i am not participating

617
00:21:07,270 --> 00:21:05,360
in that i think i'll set up some of the

618
00:21:08,149 --> 00:21:07,280
photo tv stuff for them but

619
00:21:09,830 --> 00:21:08,159
um

620
00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:09,840
the the main thing that the rest of us

621
00:21:13,830 --> 00:21:12,080
will be doing is really positioning

622
00:21:14,950 --> 00:21:13,840
ourselves for the rendezvous and docking

623
00:21:17,270 --> 00:21:14,960
the next day

624
00:21:19,510 --> 00:21:17,280
and that's a lot just check out of some

625
00:21:20,310 --> 00:21:19,520
of the systems the the docking system

626
00:21:28,710 --> 00:21:20,320
and

627
00:21:31,430 --> 00:21:28,720
running through the full you know top to

628
00:21:32,950 --> 00:21:31,440
bottom checks on those as well okay

629
00:21:34,549 --> 00:21:32,960
take us through the activities of the

630
00:21:35,830 --> 00:21:34,559
next day the rendezvous and docking

631
00:21:39,430 --> 00:21:35,840
phases and

632
00:21:40,789 --> 00:21:39,440
um even post docking or close to i

633
00:21:42,549 --> 00:21:40,799
understand you're going to start even

634
00:21:44,950 --> 00:21:42,559
getting the elc

635
00:21:46,710 --> 00:21:44,960
out of the payload bay just

636
00:21:47,990 --> 00:21:46,720
pretty much right after your docks

637
00:21:50,149 --> 00:21:48,000
take us through that yeah that's going

638
00:21:51,990 --> 00:21:50,159
to be a busy day we have the whole you

639
00:21:54,149 --> 00:21:52,000
know the whole process of

640
00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:54,159
burning our engines to get in the right

641
00:21:59,110 --> 00:21:56,159
orbit and playing with the station so

642
00:22:01,909 --> 00:21:59,120
that we can dock and uh one of the moves

643
00:22:03,909 --> 00:22:01,919
that uh has become very popular that you

644
00:22:05,350 --> 00:22:03,919
know with with people watching i know is

645
00:22:07,029 --> 00:22:05,360
this uh

646
00:22:09,430 --> 00:22:07,039
rendezvous pitch maneuver that we'll do

647
00:22:11,990 --> 00:22:09,440
before we dock with the station where

648
00:22:14,470 --> 00:22:12,000
the shuttle basically does a full 360 so

649
00:22:16,630 --> 00:22:14,480
that the crew on station can take some

650
00:22:17,990 --> 00:22:16,640
detailed photos of the belly and

651
00:22:19,830 --> 00:22:18,000
different areas of the shuttle to make

652
00:22:22,390 --> 00:22:19,840
sure we don't have any damage and then

653
00:22:24,789 --> 00:22:22,400
we move in for the actual docking

654
00:22:25,830 --> 00:22:24,799
and i i'm really looking forward to that

655
00:22:27,430 --> 00:22:25,840
this will be the first time that i've

656
00:22:29,830 --> 00:22:27,440
had the chance to like have hands-on

657
00:22:32,390 --> 00:22:29,840
with the docking system that actually

658
00:22:33,430 --> 00:22:32,400
captures uh the station with the shuttle

659
00:22:34,789 --> 00:22:33,440
so

660
00:22:35,909 --> 00:22:34,799
i'm sure that's going to be pretty

661
00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:35,919
impressive

662
00:22:39,430 --> 00:22:38,000
and then we get docked and pretty

663
00:22:41,270 --> 00:22:39,440
quickly once we do all our pressure

664
00:22:43,270 --> 00:22:41,280
checks and open the hatches we're over

665
00:22:44,950 --> 00:22:43,280
there we have a little welcome ceremony

666
00:22:47,110 --> 00:22:44,960
i think

667
00:22:48,870 --> 00:22:47,120
big hugs i'm sure all around with the

668
00:22:52,789 --> 00:22:48,880
crew members and then

669
00:22:55,029 --> 00:22:52,799
tim and i are moving right into the elc4

670
00:22:57,350 --> 00:22:55,039
removal from the payload bay and

671
00:22:59,830 --> 00:22:57,360
attachment onto the space station so

672
00:23:00,950 --> 00:22:59,840
it's going to be a long busy day but

673
00:23:02,390 --> 00:23:00,960
some really

674
00:23:04,230 --> 00:23:02,400
you know what i look forward to as some

675
00:23:06,149 --> 00:23:04,240
of the most exciting aspects of the

676
00:23:08,230 --> 00:23:06,159
mission the seeing the station again for

677
00:23:09,510 --> 00:23:08,240
the first time docking and saying hi to

678
00:23:12,149 --> 00:23:09,520
everybody and then moving right into a

679
00:23:13,909 --> 00:23:12,159
really cool robotics task okay

680
00:23:16,070 --> 00:23:13,919
walk us through if you would the the

681
00:23:17,350 --> 00:23:16,080
procedure for for getting that that

682
00:23:20,470 --> 00:23:17,360
pallet out of the payload bay is going

683
00:23:21,590 --> 00:23:20,480
to be a highly choreographed event it is

684
00:23:24,470 --> 00:23:21,600
and it's kind of a neat one because

685
00:23:26,710 --> 00:23:24,480
we'll be working with both uh the

686
00:23:29,110 --> 00:23:26,720
station arm and the shuttle arm

687
00:23:31,350 --> 00:23:29,120
and uh tim and i will move over to the

688
00:23:34,630 --> 00:23:31,360
station side and for the first time

689
00:23:36,470 --> 00:23:34,640
we'll be working out of the the cupola

690
00:23:38,630 --> 00:23:36,480
as the robotics workstation so that's

691
00:23:39,510 --> 00:23:38,640
going to be a really neat thing up till

692
00:23:41,190 --> 00:23:39,520
now

693
00:23:42,950 --> 00:23:41,200
my experience has been working in the

694
00:23:45,430 --> 00:23:42,960
laboratory on the robotics workstation

695
00:23:47,430 --> 00:23:45,440
where you're looking at video displays

696
00:23:49,190 --> 00:23:47,440
of of where the arm is and what you're

697
00:23:53,110 --> 00:23:49,200
grappling to and this is going to

698
00:23:55,029 --> 00:23:53,120
provide this like 360 beautiful view of

699
00:23:56,789 --> 00:23:55,039
the real thing you know going on out

700
00:23:59,830 --> 00:23:56,799
there

701
00:24:02,390 --> 00:23:59,840
eric and al will be back on the shuttle

702
00:24:04,230 --> 00:24:02,400
working the shuttle robotic arm

703
00:24:05,029 --> 00:24:04,240
and with the station arm tim and i are

704
00:24:08,070 --> 00:24:05,039
going to

705
00:24:10,549 --> 00:24:08,080
pull the elc out of the payload bay

706
00:24:12,950 --> 00:24:10,559
and then we'll position it so that the

707
00:24:15,110 --> 00:24:12,960
shuttle robotic arm can grab it

708
00:24:17,110 --> 00:24:15,120
and while they have it holding it out

709
00:24:19,269 --> 00:24:17,120
there in space we're going to move the

710
00:24:21,190 --> 00:24:19,279
station arm back over to another place

711
00:24:23,990 --> 00:24:21,200
on on the space station

712
00:24:26,070 --> 00:24:24,000
and do what we call a walk-off which is

713
00:24:27,510 --> 00:24:26,080
basically plug the other end in on

714
00:24:30,390 --> 00:24:27,520
station and then take the end that was

715
00:24:33,590 --> 00:24:30,400
plugged in off and use it as the

716
00:24:35,590 --> 00:24:33,600
the end effector to grab the elc again

717
00:24:37,430 --> 00:24:35,600
and then we'll hand it back from the

718
00:24:39,510 --> 00:24:37,440
shuttle arm station arm will take it and

719
00:24:40,950 --> 00:24:39,520
then install it over

720
00:24:44,870 --> 00:24:40,960
onto the earth

721
00:24:47,029 --> 00:24:44,880
facing side of the space station truss

722
00:24:48,789 --> 00:24:47,039
after your work on station is complete

723
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:48,799
you'll undock and

724
00:24:54,310 --> 00:24:52,400
make your way back towards earth

725
00:24:56,149 --> 00:24:54,320
that undocking will be

726
00:24:58,630 --> 00:24:56,159
maybe one of the last opportunities for

727
00:25:00,630 --> 00:24:58,640
for anybody to see station from that

728
00:25:02,149 --> 00:25:00,640
vantage point from inside of a shuttle

729
00:25:04,230 --> 00:25:02,159
uh as you sit here today trying to

730
00:25:05,830 --> 00:25:04,240
imagine you know just what that moment's

731
00:25:07,190 --> 00:25:05,840
going to be like what what what comes to

732
00:25:09,430 --> 00:25:07,200
mind what are you thinking

733
00:25:11,830 --> 00:25:09,440
you know it's it's uh it's one of those

734
00:25:14,549 --> 00:25:11,840
emotional times i think you know for for

735
00:25:15,909 --> 00:25:14,559
me leaving station before

736
00:25:17,669 --> 00:25:15,919
it was it was definitely an emotional

737
00:25:19,110 --> 00:25:17,679
thing you know i'd lived there for for

738
00:25:21,830 --> 00:25:19,120
three months it was like watching your

739
00:25:24,789 --> 00:25:21,840
home you know as you drive away

740
00:25:26,470 --> 00:25:24,799
and it's such a beautiful place it

741
00:25:27,909 --> 00:25:26,480
it looks spectacular when i arrived

742
00:25:29,430 --> 00:25:27,919
there and i it's another one of those

743
00:25:31,590 --> 00:25:29,440
words how did it get that much more

744
00:25:32,950 --> 00:25:31,600
beautiful you know when you leave and

745
00:25:34,310 --> 00:25:32,960
get to see it

746
00:25:37,350 --> 00:25:34,320
and i think there's going to be that

747
00:25:38,950 --> 00:25:37,360
same that same kind of feeling like

748
00:25:41,430 --> 00:25:38,960
you know wow this is this is just a

749
00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:41,440
really spectacular place and you know to

750
00:25:44,390 --> 00:25:42,880
have just to be blessed with the

751
00:25:46,470 --> 00:25:44,400
opportunity to see it through the

752
00:25:47,669 --> 00:25:46,480
shuttle windows like that is

753
00:25:49,269 --> 00:25:47,679
you know something i know will stay with

754
00:25:50,470 --> 00:25:49,279
me forever

755
00:25:52,789 --> 00:25:50,480
um

756
00:25:54,149 --> 00:25:52,799
it's it's it's sad i think that you know

757
00:25:57,830 --> 00:25:54,159
that there's not going to be that

758
00:26:03,110 --> 00:25:59,909
this mission is also scheduled to be

759
00:26:05,190 --> 00:26:03,120
one of the last space shuttle flights um

760
00:26:08,070 --> 00:26:05,200
what does it mean to you to have have

761
00:26:12,070 --> 00:26:08,080
had an opportunity to have been a part

762
00:26:15,510 --> 00:26:13,830
you know these words come out sometimes

763
00:26:17,430 --> 00:26:15,520
and they might not sound you know all

764
00:26:19,590 --> 00:26:17,440
that sincere but

765
00:26:22,310 --> 00:26:19,600
it really is for me this

766
00:26:23,669 --> 00:26:22,320
literally a dream come true i thought

767
00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:23,679
while i was working at kennedy space

768
00:26:26,230 --> 00:26:24,960
center how can it get any better than

769
00:26:28,149 --> 00:26:26,240
this how can

770
00:26:29,830 --> 00:26:28,159
physically here working on the ground

771
00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:29,840
with these you know these magnificent

772
00:26:33,510 --> 00:26:31,600
vehicles how can it get any better and

773
00:26:36,149 --> 00:26:33,520
then just every step of the way it's

774
00:26:39,510 --> 00:26:36,159
gotten better and to have the chance to

775
00:26:42,070 --> 00:26:39,520
have you know have flown on them and to

776
00:26:43,510 --> 00:26:42,080
see what fantastic work is being done

777
00:26:44,950 --> 00:26:43,520
both um

778
00:26:46,549 --> 00:26:44,960
you know with shuttles that had

779
00:26:48,630 --> 00:26:46,559
independent flights not even going to

780
00:26:51,029 --> 00:26:48,640
station the work that was done there as

781
00:26:52,470 --> 00:26:51,039
well as the the join ops with space

782
00:26:53,590 --> 00:26:52,480
station it's just

783
00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:53,600
you know it's something that has to go

784
00:26:57,430 --> 00:26:55,440
down in the history books as

785
00:26:59,750 --> 00:26:57,440
you know significant in our lifetime

786
00:27:01,510 --> 00:26:59,760
definitely

787
00:27:03,669 --> 00:27:01,520
um

788
00:27:05,350 --> 00:27:03,679
scheduled to also be the last flight of

789
00:27:06,149 --> 00:27:05,360
discovery

790
00:27:09,350 --> 00:27:06,159
is

791
00:27:12,070 --> 00:27:09,360
shuttle in the fleet

792
00:27:17,110 --> 00:27:12,080
if you had to compile a list of

793
00:27:22,950 --> 00:27:20,070
what what events or missions do you

794
00:27:24,630 --> 00:27:22,960
think should be on that list

795
00:27:27,510 --> 00:27:24,640
well i think you know

796
00:27:29,909 --> 00:27:27,520
discovery definitely had its its um you

797
00:27:31,830 --> 00:27:29,919
know first with satellite deployments

798
00:27:33,990 --> 00:27:31,840
and those kinds of things it had

799
00:27:35,510 --> 00:27:34,000
involvement with the hubble taste

800
00:27:36,710 --> 00:27:35,520
telescope

801
00:27:37,990 --> 00:27:36,720
missions

802
00:27:40,389 --> 00:27:38,000
but what stands out for me is that

803
00:27:43,110 --> 00:27:40,399
discovery was the vehicle that was there

804
00:27:44,470 --> 00:27:43,120
for our return to flight activities it's

805
00:27:47,669 --> 00:27:44,480
the one that flew

806
00:27:50,149 --> 00:27:47,679
uh in in both cases return to flight and

807
00:27:52,389 --> 00:27:50,159
uh so it was kind of a you know

808
00:27:54,630 --> 00:27:52,399
the name just kind of stands out this

809
00:27:57,269 --> 00:27:54,640
discovery the the chance to

810
00:27:59,269 --> 00:27:57,279
get back into space flight and and be

811
00:28:00,310 --> 00:27:59,279
flying shuttles again and

812
00:28:02,389 --> 00:28:00,320
um

813
00:28:04,710 --> 00:28:02,399
it's a special vehicle i and when i

814
00:28:06,630 --> 00:28:04,720
think about discovery i think about

815
00:28:08,149 --> 00:28:06,640
my time at ksc

816
00:28:12,310 --> 00:28:08,159
and it was the first vehicle i got to

817
00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:12,320
work on there and so it's really um

818
00:28:15,909 --> 00:28:13,840
it's really an interesting thing for me

819
00:28:17,110 --> 00:28:15,919
to be involved with it have had the

820
00:28:18,870 --> 00:28:17,120
chance to be involved with it on the

821
00:28:21,190 --> 00:28:18,880
ground processing getting it ready for

822
00:28:22,710 --> 00:28:21,200
other people to launch and land on and

823
00:28:24,630 --> 00:28:22,720
then you know just be blessed with the

824
00:28:30,710 --> 00:28:24,640
opportunity to fly fly it and

825
00:28:34,549 --> 00:28:32,549
when all is said and done here with with

826
00:28:36,630 --> 00:28:34,559
the shuttle um

827
00:28:38,789 --> 00:28:36,640
how do you think um

828
00:28:40,710 --> 00:28:38,799
its contribution to

829
00:28:42,310 --> 00:28:40,720
space exploration will be characterized

830
00:28:44,310 --> 00:28:42,320
in history

831
00:28:46,389 --> 00:28:44,320
uh well like we said i think it's it's

832
00:28:47,350 --> 00:28:46,399
it's a historic thing this is a vehicle

833
00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:47,360
that

834
00:28:50,310 --> 00:28:49,360
i don't think will be rivaled for a long

835
00:28:52,630 --> 00:28:50,320
time

836
00:28:54,630 --> 00:28:52,640
really and truly uh you know just a

837
00:28:57,269 --> 00:28:54,640
masterpiece kind of vehicle and i hope

838
00:28:59,430 --> 00:28:57,279
that in this time of retiring shuttles

839
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we're really taking the opportunity to

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celebrate how

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accomplished they have been

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and you know from

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the time where we were you know working

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to deploy satellites and you know

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everything from civilian to dod missions

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and

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showing how we can operate with

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evas and spacewalks from the payload bay

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and

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just how that evolved into the way we're

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doing things today on space station

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and the joint operations with space

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station

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it just