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for the event briefly event MSNBC this

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is Houston please call station for a

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voice check station this is ms ms a how

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commander Kelly I just want to start

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with I understand you keep in close

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day an email with phone calls on email

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constantly what can you tell us about

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first how your brother's doing how

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congresswoman Giffords is doing since

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she has moved to Houston I know there

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was some concern there and how you're

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doing well I think my brother's doing

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about as well as anyone could expect in

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this type of a situation you know I

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think he's dealing with it very well and

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you know he's he's doing okay he said

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he's a tough guy no Gabby obviously this

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is a serious injury and you know I only

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you know know what I hear from him of

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course and you know what I hear in the

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news but you know she seems to be doing

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as well as you could expect to

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considering the extent of her injuries

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and likewise I'm okay you know it's a

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tough situation to be in on the on the

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space station with no way to get

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realistically to get home to support you

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know your family members but you know I

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understand that this is kind of the hand

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I'm dealt so to speak and I'm dealing

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with it as best as I think anyone could

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small group of people like this for a

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long period of time you become close

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almost of because there's there's nobody

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else around so tell me that the best

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Gabby story you shared with your

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crewmates well I you know I certainly

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share a little bit of the positive stuff

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with them that I hear from my brother

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and you know when she does make small

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you know strides every day and you know

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they're certainly excited to hear that

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some of that's you know reported to the

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news media but you know as as far as

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particulars are concerned I really can't

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can't elaborate but you know I do i do

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share that with them and they are

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definitely interested and concerned with

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the with the situation I think I didn't

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say the question the way I get it how

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you what story from you know in the past

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that your relationship with the

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congresswoman have you shared as a way

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for your crewmates to sort of know the

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gabby giffords you now yeah okay yeah I

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understand what you're talking about and

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you know some of them know her and have

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met her and some of them of course if

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not and she is really just an incredible

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woman incredibly caring and dedicated to

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her to her job and to her constituents

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doesn't matter which party you're from

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with her or what your opinion is you

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know if you you know if she represents

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you she represents you know everybody

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whether they voted her voted for her not

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like her or not and she's just really

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incredible in that way she's she's a you

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know an amazing public servant and you

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know just such a kind person it's really

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a you know horrible tragedy that this

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happened you know to her not to mention

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the other people you know young

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Christine and and the other victims it's

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a really a terrible thing two

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happened commander tonight's the State

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of the Union there's going to be an

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empty seat saved for congresswoman

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Giffords we're seeing a lot of members

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of Congress decide they want to sit

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the polarization and partisanship and

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the last couple of years that's one less

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than they're taken from this what do you

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want to see is a citizen watching

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literally a million miles away what do

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president but from the entire political

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community about the lessons they're

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taking away from this you know I'm

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really excited to hear about the you

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know this kind of coming together in in

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Congress you know we have incredible

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challenges you know to build a facility

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challenging and the way we can be

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teamwork you know we need to find common

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be successful at stuff that is really

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encouraging for me to see that that you

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ability to work together better is you

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the time and where it is today yeah and

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on and I i SAT there missed my classes

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another incredible tragedy in our

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things like that and you know I think in

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the space shuttle program we we did come

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mistakes and and and move forward and I

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result station this is Houston ACR that

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me I hear you loud and clear thank you

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so much for your 30 seconds back to air

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the hour now so many of us in this

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tragedy but there's one man who has had

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gabrielle Giffords and commander Kelly

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the people involved need to need to be

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strong and you know continue to do their

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best and in kind of the situation

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they're in and minds here on the space

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commander Kelly if NASA had a way to

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send a vehicle up quickly grab you and

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bring you back to earth to be with your

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family would you want to do that or do

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your brother would prefer for you to

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stay there and do your duty up on the

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family members in person but you know at

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responsibility here and I recognize that

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we actually have a vehicle that we can

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family I you know how to talk to you for

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being able to do what you're doing up

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twin brother is going to have to make a

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choose to stay back with gaby how hard

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leadership at NASA with Gabby's family I

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know whichever way he whatever he

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does choose to fly it's not like you

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she is in Houston so he could still be

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there to support her certainly not you

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his part might be acceptable tonight

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commander Kelly we appreciate you taking

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is fascinating that we are able to even

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talk to you but lot of people have been

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itching to hear from you as well no

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you'd like to be here but

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congratulations on what you're doing up

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there your duty up there and our best to

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you and the rest of the crew up there on

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the International Space Station or you

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take care thank you much station this is

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yeah I'll just yeah commander Kelly it's

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Jeff Glor in New York in hearing yeah I

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stand by commander Kelly joins us from

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the shuttle this morning definitely try

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the homemade stuff injury commander

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Kelly I know this has been very

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difficult for you how are you doing up

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there you know I'm doing okay yeah

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probably as best as you could expect in

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a situation like this you know certainly

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you know there are you know emotions

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involved but you know I understand that

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my place is here doing my duties as a

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commander of the space station and I

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will continue to do that until it's time

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for me to come home how much information

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are you getting at this point is it from

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news reports or is it from talking the

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family a combination of both yeah it's a

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combination of both in the beginning I

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was watching the news of control center

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in houston would send television news up

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to a fairly regular basis and certainly

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I was talking to my brother a lot and I

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still talked to him a lot so mostly now

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you know several weeks into this after

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the tragedy occurred most of the news i

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get is from my brother via the telephone

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and also you know reading some some

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print media and much less through the

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television news programs commander how's

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mark doing right now you know i think

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he's doing probably as well as you could

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expect anyone to do in this type of

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situation he's very you know focused on

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you know doing the best job he can to to

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you know make sure Gabby gets the best

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recovery she can and the best long-term

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outcome and you know he's a he's a

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strong person and so I think he's doing

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he's doing pretty well you think he's

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still gonna be able to command the the

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final space mission here that he's

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scheduled for a few months you know I

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think it's possible he you know has a

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lot of you know considerations and he'll

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do that with you know consultation with

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our leadership at NASA and and you know

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other I'm sure we'll get some other

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advice certainly probably talk to Gabi's

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family members and also consider what

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what she would want in this situation so

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I think it's a definite possibility but

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you know I personally I don't have no

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idea which ways he's going to this is

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going to go so you know I think we'll

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commander finally I know you're

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incredibly busy up there I'm wondering

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how this though has kind of changed your

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day-to-day activities up in space at

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this point well it actually has because

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you know when we don't have a lot of

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spare time here but the spare time I did

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have before the you know this horrible

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tragedy I spent you know doing things

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that astronauts normally do in their

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spare time you know looking mostly

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looking out the window and taking

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pictures of you and you know educational

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and like public outreach kind of things

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and now much more of my spare time is

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consumed with you know talking to my

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brother talking to my kids talking to

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other family and friends on the on the

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telephone we have here and following the

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the events as best I can so it has

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changed my certainly changed my life

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here aboard the space station without a

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doubt all right commander Scott Kelly

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can't imagine what this has been like

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for you or your family but our thoughts

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Thank You station this is Houston ACR

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that concludes the event thank you thank