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discovery in iss this is houston are you

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we are ready houston

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jscpao this is houston please call

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discovery and iss for a voice check

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we hear you loud and clear welcome

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aboard the international space station

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be with you scott and crew and we'll

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start off questions with robert perlman

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hi robert perlman with collectspace.com

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with a question for commander steve

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lindsey and his uh discovery crewmates

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outside of times when the media like

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myself ask about this being discovery's

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how prevalent has the finality of this

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flight been during the course of your

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mission have there been specific times

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where the legacy and history of the

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well that's a that's a difficult

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we've been very busy during our mission

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as all shuttle missions are in space

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station missions and so mostly we've

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you're focusing on doing the tasks doing

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the tasks correctly making sure you uh

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a wonderful vehicle it is and probably

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payload bay and see the wings and see

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missions uh nearly one year on orbit and

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vehicle has done and it's just really

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that that knowing that when we land that

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thank you and and to follow up on that

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a question for steve bowen and al drew

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they say a picture is worth a thousand

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words and through your helmet cam we got

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a lot of us captured repeated what steve

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discovery right there and filling our

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working on around near is just a

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center and space expo association

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question for el drew what was the most

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jungles that looked like it was maybe

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the the entire uh space station robotic

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the the giant module that the discovery

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the hardware that needs to be disposed

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doing so seeing the space station

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completed with a vehicle that's been so

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instrumental in its construction thank

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well we've been talking about the

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the long history of the space shuttle

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and it's a privilege to get the

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opportunity to undock and do the fly

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around the space station you know

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the international space station has

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every partner represented with the

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different modules on board right now we

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have atv which is from the european

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space agency

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and also after we finished the fly

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around it what's amazing is how big this

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structure is right now when we're docked

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for more than a million pounds

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and so to actually fly around the

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vehicle take pictures

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and marvel at that every the majority of

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the us segment was brought up piece by

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piece by the space shuttle will be truly

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hi uh eric berger with houston chronicle

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congratulations on a successful mission

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a question maybe maybe for nicole or

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someone else who wants to tackle it but

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i don't think people on the ground can

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sort of fully appreciate what the living

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space is like in the space station so

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now that it's complete maybe you could

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talk a little bit in terms that people

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can understand how large it is and how

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and

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points this out is that

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this space station here now is the

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largest pressurized volume in space in

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history it's it's huge i mean i use a

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word my son uses all the time which is

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ginormous

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we have 12 people up here now and

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honestly if we spread ourselves out you

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could spread across this vehicle and

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you know not see another person it's

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it's that big i think volume wise

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equivalent to

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the interior of a 747 or a little bit

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bigger and

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it's just really really impressive to

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know that

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as a volume and a total volume workspace

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we can use every single one of the walls

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and every single one of these modules in

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a way that we just can't do on the

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ground and so it makes for a really

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wonderful resource for

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science and living and

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and just being up here floating around

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it's chris baltimore the houston bureau

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chief for reuters news agency and i have

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a question about garbage literally

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how much trash does the iss generate

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we we do recycle certain things we

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recycle our our water and uh turn it

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into

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that's very helpful because uh you know

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disposing of that is

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and disposing of any trash is quite a

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challenge

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right now believe it or not we don't

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have a whole lot of what's called common

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trash on board which is basically the

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garbage we generate from our food

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and our clothing

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and uh and that's because we've recently

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had two progress vehicles uh depart

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and uh you know our cosmonaut colleagues

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were very efficient in getting them

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loaded with uh

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we had probably about 11 or 12 very

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large garbage bags like a you know a

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outs outdoor kind of garbage bag filled

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with trash and we were able to

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uh get rid of those and um

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generally though that the trash stays in

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a certain area of the node as well as

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there's a certain area in the russian

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segment where some trash stays and it

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stays there until we can dispose of it

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and we can dispose of it

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probably on average every uh you know

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two to three months when we have a

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vehicle that that departs and

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generally burns up in the in the

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discovery iss this is houston acr that

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concludes questions from jsc please

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stand by for a voice check from kennedy

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discovery iss this is kscpao how do you

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we have you loud and clear welcome

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uh hello this is marcia dunna the

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associated press with a question for

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katie coleman

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there's great interest in r2 all the way

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up to the president of the united states

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and i'm wondering will the robots

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unveiling be moved up considering all

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the interest and how excited are you to

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well i think uh we've all been voting to

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move up the m move up getting him out of

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his box in fact we're all pretty sure

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that we hear scratching from the inside

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there um there's a very elaborate

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choreography of all the things that have

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to come out of the pmm and get stowed

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different places and folks on the ground

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are working real hard at that and we'll

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see if we end up being able to bring

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robonaut robonaut out before discover

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leaves i'm really not sure i am looking

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forward to working with him you know as

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we bring robots up into space one of the

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reasons to do that is just to understand

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a how to work with them and b just the

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mechanics of how they work and how

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that's affected by zero g we want to

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learn those lessons here on the inside

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of the space station before we send them

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out to the outside of the space station

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or to other planets which we need to be

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able to do in in terms of exploring both

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as you know a human presence and a

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robotics presence it'll take both of

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those to to get us further out into the

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universe and robonaut is a good first

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thank you and for steve bowen it's it's

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been a real whirlwind for you the past

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month i'm wondering um are you pinching

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yourself that you're even in space on

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this mission and have had a chance to go

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spacewalking and how are you going to

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make it up to tim croprow when you get

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i am pinching myself and there's no

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possible way i can make it up to tim but

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you know tim did an incredible job

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putting this together it's the only

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reason we were so successful outside he

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really did a fantastic job

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so if there's anything i can do for him

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i'm willing to

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hi guys it's bill harwood with cbs news

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and i have a question for alexander

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kaleri and for scott kelly

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first for alexander kaleri were you

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looking forward to

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the soyuz fly around were you

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disappointed that got called off and for

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scott kelly how do you balance the risk

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versus the benefit of a picture like

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that versus everything that goes into

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undocking and

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yes we were going to fly around and we

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were ready but

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uh now we have no decision

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for this operation so i think it would

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be unique pictures of the

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of the international space station with

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uh

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modules of all the international

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partners but unfortunately we'll we

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well i think the uh

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the value of those pictures are you know

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clear there's a there is a value to it

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but it's kind of hard to measure it it's

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uh it's very subjective in my opinion

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and the uh

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you know the risk is is something you

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can quantify although uh we never got

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far enough along in the process for me

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to actually see the uh the hazard

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analysis associated with doing a fly

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around so you know there are advantages

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to do it doing it and there are

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disadvantages it to doing it and uh you

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know both programs uh weighed those and

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came up with the the the decision not to

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do it and uh you know i'm really not

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familiar with the details of exactly how

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they came to that decision but you know

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as a crew we you know we support

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the decisions that are made

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hi this is emily baldwin from astronomy

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now magazine in the uk and it's always

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really amazing seeing views of the earth

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from space and i'd certainly be

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interested to hear your comments on any

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earth observation you've done this

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mission but what i'd really like to know

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is do you do any nighttime astronomical

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well hello to the uk and uh let me get

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the first part of that the earth views

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are just stunning uh it's very very

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difficult to explain them to people even

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pictures don't do it justice

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and your senses can be really

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overwhelmed by how beautiful the earth

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is i want to mention to the uk that we

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actually have a medallion up here struck

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in honor of james cook this was

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commissioned about five years after his

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death

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and we're very very happy to have that

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and to honor the rich maritime legacy of

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world discovery that the uk has

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as far as astronomical observations one

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of the problems is that we're moving

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around the earth at 17 500 miles an hour

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it'd be kind of difficult to train on to

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something unless we were really

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more mechanically equipped to do that we

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keep our space station

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oriented so that we're looking belly to

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the ground most of the time and that's

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comfortable to us for a lot of reasons

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and we get really good ground views that

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way now having said that we have some

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very good cameras on board and we're

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able to take some astrophotographs

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that don't require much

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much in the way of exposures but most of

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these are milky way shots and aurora

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shots and they're quite spectacular but

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nothing compared to what the hubble can

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thank you and my second question um

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apollo inspired the children of the 60s

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and the 70s um the shuttle the the 80s

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and 90s in the early 21st century with

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the shuttle program retiring how do you

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think uh will be able to inspire

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well you know i think the space program

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in general is is inspiring and i think

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you know our

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country and certain countries around the

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world have a strong history of

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exploration and uh now exploration and

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space and i think even when the shuttle

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retires we're going to continue that

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we're still going to have a

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a space station it's still going to be

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uh

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supported by astronauts and cosmonauts

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from around the world and i think uh

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you know we're going to have a program

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beyond this we're not sure exactly what

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it is right now but you know someday

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humans are going to venture again beyond

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lower earth orbit back to the moon and

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mars and other destinations in our solar

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system and it's uh

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you know something i think can inspire

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kids and it's something that we all can

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hi it's james dean from florida today

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for nicole stott

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if you could put yourself back in the

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shoes of the ground teams here at ksc

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who are

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going to be watching you return and

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seeing discovery land for the last time

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i wondered if you could

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just looking at it from their

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perspective try to describe just how

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emotional and difficult you think that's

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going to be for

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those folks on the ground as they see

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you come in including many who are going

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to be working their last launch or last

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well um i'd like to include us as a crew

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00:23:14,630 --> 00:23:13,200
uh in that ground team at that point i

554
00:23:16,789 --> 00:23:14,640
think um

555
00:23:18,789 --> 00:23:16,799
as uh steve may and uh scott may have

556
00:23:20,710 --> 00:23:18,799
mentioned earlier this um

557
00:23:22,470 --> 00:23:20,720
it's gonna be a it's gonna be a sad day

558
00:23:25,510 --> 00:23:22,480
i think we

559
00:23:27,350 --> 00:23:25,520
we all i know appreciate the the legacy

560
00:23:31,029 --> 00:23:27,360
and the history and the really fine work

561
00:23:32,390 --> 00:23:31,039
that the space shuttle has done

562
00:23:35,510 --> 00:23:32,400
and it's going to be hard to walk away

563
00:23:37,029 --> 00:23:35,520
from discovery on the runway that day

564
00:23:40,310 --> 00:23:37,039
knowing it's the last time that this

565
00:23:43,110 --> 00:23:40,320
really magnificent seemingly

566
00:23:45,269 --> 00:23:43,120
brand new to us vehicle and the way it's

567
00:23:46,789 --> 00:23:45,279
just wonderfully performed is going to

568
00:23:48,630 --> 00:23:46,799
be retired

569
00:23:51,029 --> 00:23:48,640
what i like to think is going to happen

570
00:23:53,430 --> 00:23:51,039
and after speaking to a lot of people

571
00:23:54,630 --> 00:23:53,440
down at kennedy space center

572
00:23:57,909 --> 00:23:54,640
while we've been down there for some

573
00:24:00,070 --> 00:23:57,919
training and in the different facilities

574
00:24:02,950 --> 00:24:00,080
it seems that there is

575
00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:02,960
just an abundant pride in everyone and

576
00:24:06,390 --> 00:24:03,919
the work that they've had the

577
00:24:08,230 --> 00:24:06,400
opportunity to do on these vehicles

578
00:24:09,909 --> 00:24:08,240
and it just shines through

579
00:24:11,909 --> 00:24:09,919
and it shines through and you know in

580
00:24:14,870 --> 00:24:11,919
the fact that discovery is in the shape

581
00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:14,880
that she is right now and

582
00:24:18,470 --> 00:24:16,799
and i think everybody is proud to have

583
00:24:20,630 --> 00:24:18,480
been a part of this program

584
00:24:23,350 --> 00:24:20,640
everybody will be sad to see it ending

585
00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:23,360
but i think that um in the end we'll be

586
00:24:27,750 --> 00:24:25,440
taking the time to celebrate just what a

587
00:24:33,190 --> 00:24:27,760
wonderful program and all of the

588
00:24:39,350 --> 00:24:36,070
thanks and for dr barrett um i wondered

589
00:24:42,390 --> 00:24:39,360
if you could uh describe

590
00:24:45,110 --> 00:24:42,400
uh as you begin your re-entry and begin

591
00:24:47,669 --> 00:24:45,120
feeling the effects of the atmosphere

592
00:24:49,430 --> 00:24:47,679
for the first time in in a couple weeks

593
00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:49,440
what is uh going what are you guys going

594
00:24:53,510 --> 00:24:51,760
to be feeling uh physically what types

595
00:24:54,950 --> 00:24:53,520
of things are your bodies going to be

596
00:24:57,110 --> 00:24:54,960
experiencing and how different do you

597
00:25:01,350 --> 00:24:57,120
think that's going to be from your soyuz

598
00:25:04,230 --> 00:25:02,710
that's a great question the the big

599
00:25:06,470 --> 00:25:04,240
difference between this and the soyuz

600
00:25:08,630 --> 00:25:06,480
return is that one came after about six

601
00:25:10,310 --> 00:25:08,640
and a half months up here so i had that

602
00:25:12,549 --> 00:25:10,320
much time to decondition in the

603
00:25:14,870 --> 00:25:12,559
weightless environment and to

604
00:25:17,590 --> 00:25:14,880
train hard with my counter measures

605
00:25:18,870 --> 00:25:17,600
for us with a 13 or 14 day flight a

606
00:25:20,549 --> 00:25:18,880
couple of weeks

607
00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:20,559
you don't decondition quite that much

608
00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:22,720
but you also don't quite get on the top

609
00:25:26,950 --> 00:25:24,640
of your game for counter measures

610
00:25:28,789 --> 00:25:26,960
so i think i'll probably look

611
00:25:30,630 --> 00:25:28,799
very much like the typical people that

612
00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:30,640
we see coming down

613
00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:32,320
we're seated upright compared to the

614
00:25:36,870 --> 00:25:34,960
soyuz so the gravity gradient is pulling

615
00:25:38,549 --> 00:25:36,880
the blood out of our head rather than

616
00:25:41,269 --> 00:25:38,559
going through our chest

617
00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:41,279
which is a much friendlier orientation

618
00:25:44,710 --> 00:25:42,880
however the g loads are quite a bit

619
00:25:47,669 --> 00:25:44,720
gentler in the shuttle they're about

620
00:25:50,390 --> 00:25:47,679
maybe 1.2 for several minutes 15 plus

621
00:25:52,470 --> 00:25:50,400
minutes rather than peaking up to a four

622
00:25:54,710 --> 00:25:52,480
and a half and sometimes even five g's

623
00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:54,720
for a few seconds in the soyuz

624
00:25:59,029 --> 00:25:56,799
but i can tell you that 1.2 g's will

625
00:26:01,269 --> 00:25:59,039
will feel like three or so after being

626
00:26:03,190 --> 00:26:01,279
up here for quite a while uh but do we

627
00:26:05,669 --> 00:26:03,200
have g suits that are gonna keep that

628
00:26:07,830 --> 00:26:05,679
blood flow into our heads and uh

629
00:26:10,070 --> 00:26:07,840
we have uh fluid loading that we do that

630
00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:10,080
tries to get our vascular volume up

631
00:26:14,630 --> 00:26:12,480
again and for the most part people do

632
00:26:16,789 --> 00:26:14,640
fairly well and you'll see in the post

633
00:26:18,549 --> 00:26:16,799
flight film but hopefully you'll see

634
00:26:23,990 --> 00:26:18,559
six happy people walking around under

635
00:26:28,870 --> 00:26:26,310
discovery iss this is houston acr that

636
00:26:31,029 --> 00:26:28,880
concludes questions from ksc

637
00:26:37,269 --> 00:26:31,039
please stand by for a voice check from

638
00:26:47,430 --> 00:26:40,230
iss this is isabelle jo grants here in

639
00:26:50,630 --> 00:26:48,950
answering rome we have you loud and

640
00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:50,640
clear welcome on board the international

641
00:26:58,789 --> 00:26:57,110
from either thank you to commanders

642
00:27:01,029 --> 00:26:58,799
kelly and lindsey having us participate

643
00:27:02,789 --> 00:27:01,039
in this event first question for

644
00:27:05,430 --> 00:27:02,799
commander kelly how it is on station

645
00:27:10,950 --> 00:27:05,440
while having vehicles and components

646
00:27:15,029 --> 00:27:12,870
well i think it's one of the uh the

647
00:27:17,510 --> 00:27:15,039
great things about this program that's

648
00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:17,520
it's an international program it shows

649
00:27:22,549 --> 00:27:20,399
how countries that cooperate can do

650
00:27:24,149 --> 00:27:22,559
great things and building a space

651
00:27:26,230 --> 00:27:24,159
station such as the international space

652
00:27:27,909 --> 00:27:26,240
station is probably one of the most

653
00:27:30,389 --> 00:27:27,919
you know significant engineering

654
00:27:32,470 --> 00:27:30,399
achievements that people have achieved

655
00:27:34,470 --> 00:27:32,480
and and we've done that

656
00:27:36,070 --> 00:27:34,480
with this international partnership that

657
00:27:42,149 --> 00:27:36,080
i think is really one of the uh the

658
00:27:42,159 --> 00:27:45,590
question to paula nespoli

659
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:56,630
erica battifolia

660
00:28:01,430 --> 00:27:59,669
leonardo module an italian room on the

661
00:28:03,190 --> 00:28:01,440
international space station so what are

662
00:28:05,909 --> 00:28:03,200
the first operations that are going to

663
00:28:09,350 --> 00:28:05,919
happen on its interior

664
00:28:14,230 --> 00:28:12,230
we're working very hard inside the

665
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:14,240
leonardo

666
00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:17,039
module because it came in a flight

667
00:28:21,190 --> 00:28:18,640
configuration so

668
00:28:22,549 --> 00:28:21,200
everything is fastened uh in a way to

669
00:28:24,950 --> 00:28:22,559
secure it

670
00:28:26,149 --> 00:28:24,960
for launch so we're removing

671
00:28:30,549 --> 00:28:26,159
all the

672
00:28:35,350 --> 00:28:32,470
so that we can store it in the japanese

673
00:28:37,510 --> 00:28:35,360
module that's going to be leaving soon

674
00:28:39,590 --> 00:28:37,520
so we're using all the astronauts

675
00:28:41,029 --> 00:28:39,600
including the discovery crew that are

676
00:28:56,710 --> 00:28:41,039
staying here another couple of days to

677
00:29:02,389 --> 00:28:59,190
in less than two weeks on march 17th

678
00:29:04,630 --> 00:29:02,399
it's 150 years of the unity of italy

679
00:29:07,430 --> 00:29:04,640
so how do you plan on celebrating aboard

680
00:29:10,230 --> 00:29:07,440
the international space station

681
00:29:25,029 --> 00:29:10,240
an event that's so important for the

682
00:29:27,909 --> 00:29:26,389
i have brought

683
00:29:30,389 --> 00:29:27,919
a little flag

684
00:29:31,830 --> 00:29:30,399
that i will be able to uh fly on that

685
00:29:35,029 --> 00:29:31,840
day

686
00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:35,039
and uh from the cupola which is also an

687
00:29:41,430 --> 00:29:37,120
italian product

688
00:29:45,269 --> 00:29:41,440
seeing italy from up here is a beautiful

689
00:29:47,909 --> 00:29:45,279
view and i have tried to uh

690
00:29:49,990 --> 00:29:47,919
have everyone partake in it by sending

691
00:29:52,230 --> 00:29:50,000
pictures and it's a country that stands

692
00:29:55,590 --> 00:29:52,240
out from the mediterranean both during

693
00:29:56,470 --> 00:29:55,600
the day and at night it's uh it's easy

694
00:29:58,389 --> 00:29:56,480
to see

695
00:30:00,710 --> 00:29:58,399
how beautiful it is from a geographical

696
00:30:03,430 --> 00:30:00,720
and natural point of view

697
00:30:16,630 --> 00:30:03,440
and we have to keep it in that

698
00:30:21,750 --> 00:30:18,710
every 90 minutes so you have 45 minutes

699
00:30:23,269 --> 00:30:21,760
of light and 45 minutes of day do you do

700
00:30:26,470 --> 00:30:23,279
you realize that

701
00:30:30,710 --> 00:30:26,480
and how do you manage to keep uh the

702
00:30:34,470 --> 00:30:32,710
we're here inside the space station we

703
00:30:36,789 --> 00:30:34,480
have some viewports that are not always

704
00:30:38,710 --> 00:30:36,799
open

705
00:30:41,669 --> 00:30:38,720
because most of the times they have to

706
00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:41,679
stay closed because we're maneuvering

707
00:30:46,549 --> 00:30:43,440
outside

708
00:30:48,950 --> 00:30:46,559
we live our days based on the clock and

709
00:30:50,950 --> 00:30:48,960
the time that is given to us which is

710
00:30:51,990 --> 00:30:50,960
fixed on the greenwich mean time of

711
00:30:54,470 --> 00:30:52,000
london

712
00:30:56,149 --> 00:30:54,480
and the mission control centers work to

713
00:30:58,950 --> 00:30:56,159
give us

714
00:31:01,750 --> 00:30:58,960
uh some sort of standard work hours so

715
00:31:03,110 --> 00:31:01,760
we usually work from 8 a.m to 8 p.m with

716
00:31:05,509 --> 00:31:03,120
about an hour

717
00:31:08,070 --> 00:31:05,519
break for lunch

718
00:31:09,029 --> 00:31:08,080
and in this way we kind of fix our our

719
00:31:10,549 --> 00:31:09,039
day

720
00:31:13,190 --> 00:31:10,559
when we go to the cupola it's a little

721
00:31:14,149 --> 00:31:13,200
strange because we're looking outside

722
00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:14,159
and it's

723
00:31:18,710 --> 00:31:16,640
it's day or light depending on where you

724
00:31:21,909 --> 00:31:18,720
are what time so you're a little

725
00:31:24,389 --> 00:31:21,919
disoriented from this coming going of

726
00:31:26,549 --> 00:31:24,399
sunset and sunrise but it's extremely

727
00:31:29,590 --> 00:31:26,559
beautiful to see the world

728
00:31:40,310 --> 00:31:30,789
within the

729
00:31:45,350 --> 00:31:42,630
i wanted to know if you've touched the

730
00:31:47,750 --> 00:31:45,360
moon if you've touched the moon rock

731
00:31:51,190 --> 00:31:47,760
that the apollo 11 astronauts have

732
00:31:53,909 --> 00:31:51,200
brought back which is now aboard the iss

733
00:31:56,070 --> 00:31:53,919
yes surely

734
00:31:57,669 --> 00:31:56,080
it's on the cupola

735
00:31:59,190 --> 00:31:57,679
and this moon rock

736
00:32:01,350 --> 00:31:59,200
has also been

737
00:32:03,509 --> 00:32:01,360
on top of everest with scott perezinski

738
00:32:06,549 --> 00:32:03,519
so it's a rock that has been all over

739
00:32:08,710 --> 00:32:06,559
the place i have touched it i've seen it

740
00:32:10,149 --> 00:32:08,720
it's very interesting

741
00:32:11,590 --> 00:32:10,159
it's stimulating

742
00:32:15,110 --> 00:32:11,600
to know that

743
00:32:17,110 --> 00:32:15,120
that rock has been on such a tour and

744
00:32:18,470 --> 00:32:17,120
it's with us today

745
00:32:20,310 --> 00:32:18,480
but it also

746
00:32:22,630 --> 00:32:20,320
shows us that we need to continue our

747
00:32:23,990 --> 00:32:22,640
exploration come back to the moon

748
00:32:26,789 --> 00:32:24,000
and go to mars

749
00:32:37,750 --> 00:32:26,799
this will surely be our goal in the

750
00:32:42,630 --> 00:32:39,669
some people are going to be leaving soon

751
00:32:43,590 --> 00:32:42,640
for what is going to be

752
00:32:54,149 --> 00:32:43,600
a

753
00:32:57,590 --> 00:32:55,669
i'm convinced

754
00:32:59,669 --> 00:32:57,600
that space tourism will be one of the

755
00:33:02,549 --> 00:32:59,679
new frontiers that will be opening in

756
00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:02,559
space when i got here in the first place

757
00:33:06,549 --> 00:33:04,159
when we had a little more time to get

758
00:33:09,110 --> 00:33:06,559
used to the absence of gravity and i had

759
00:33:11,350 --> 00:33:09,120
a little more time to get used to it

760
00:33:12,870 --> 00:33:11,360
i really thought that it's really a

761
00:33:14,470 --> 00:33:12,880
shame that so many people on earth

762
00:33:16,950 --> 00:33:14,480
cannot see this

763
00:33:18,630 --> 00:33:16,960
so surely in the future this will change

764
00:33:20,789 --> 00:33:18,640
and it will be a pleasure

765
00:33:23,110 --> 00:33:20,799
to have the opportunity for everyone to

766
00:33:25,830 --> 00:33:23,120
come up here spend some time here

767
00:33:28,870 --> 00:33:25,840
and be able to see earth

768
00:33:30,310 --> 00:33:28,880
and experience the absence of gravity

769
00:33:32,789 --> 00:33:30,320
this is surely something that will

770
00:33:35,509 --> 00:33:32,799
happen in the future and i hope

771
00:33:50,149 --> 00:33:35,519
that it will happen sooner rather than

772
00:33:55,590 --> 00:33:53,269
in north africa for example

773
00:34:02,630 --> 00:33:55,600
there are very important changes how how

774
00:34:08,629 --> 00:34:05,269
yes we're a little bit isolated up here

775
00:34:12,230 --> 00:34:08,639
we do receive news

776
00:34:13,349 --> 00:34:12,240
we have uh pieces of newscasts that we

777
00:34:15,270 --> 00:34:13,359
receive

778
00:34:17,270 --> 00:34:15,280
i've read some newspapers and a little

779
00:34:18,629 --> 00:34:17,280
bit of time that i have i

780
00:34:20,550 --> 00:34:18,639
read them

781
00:34:23,750 --> 00:34:20,560
it's interesting

782
00:34:26,230 --> 00:34:23,760
to understand how the world keeps going

783
00:34:27,909 --> 00:34:26,240
from up here it looks still but it's

784
00:34:30,550 --> 00:34:27,919
it's still going

785
00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:30,560
and sometimes i look down when when we

786
00:34:33,669 --> 00:34:31,679
fly over

787
00:34:35,589 --> 00:34:33,679
north africa and i try to see if i can

788
00:34:37,669 --> 00:34:35,599
see something but i don't see anything i

789
00:34:39,109 --> 00:34:37,679
don't see anyone i would like to be able

790
00:34:41,109 --> 00:34:39,119
to see people down there and what's

791
00:34:44,550 --> 00:34:41,119
going on but i don't see it

792
00:34:46,470 --> 00:34:44,560
but i do know and we all know that

793
00:34:48,710 --> 00:34:46,480
things are happening

794
00:34:50,550 --> 00:34:48,720
and this is history

795
00:34:54,869 --> 00:34:50,560
continuing on

796
00:34:56,310 --> 00:34:54,879
and we are certainly with all those down

797
00:35:00,470 --> 00:34:56,320
there who are trying to have a better

798
00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:05,109
and again

799
00:35:07,910 --> 00:35:06,870
you're more or less halfway through your

800
00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:07,920
mission

801
00:35:15,670 --> 00:35:10,160
and what do you expect at this point and

802
00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:16,470
yes

803
00:35:21,670 --> 00:35:19,520
my halfway point was passed uh a little

804
00:35:24,390 --> 00:35:21,680
few a few days ago

805
00:35:26,310 --> 00:35:24,400
and i'm beginning to not feel like i

806
00:35:29,190 --> 00:35:26,320
just got here so that i don't have to

807
00:35:31,510 --> 00:35:29,200
ask scott where things got where things

808
00:35:33,750 --> 00:35:31,520
are and

809
00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:33,760
questions about this or that procedure

810
00:35:41,589 --> 00:35:38,710
i'm i'm feeling a little bit more at

811
00:35:44,630 --> 00:35:41,599
home now not such a guest anymore

812
00:35:47,109 --> 00:35:44,640
i also like working i i find more

813
00:35:49,589 --> 00:35:47,119
enjoyment in working because initially i

814
00:35:51,910 --> 00:35:49,599
was i was a little afraid of what i was

815
00:35:54,150 --> 00:35:51,920
doing i didn't i didn't want to create

816
00:35:59,910 --> 00:35:54,160
some disaster

817
00:36:03,910 --> 00:36:01,829
that this is going to get even better

818
00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:03,920
and i expect that i'm going to have a

819
00:36:08,390 --> 00:36:06,240
little more time to enjoy

820
00:36:11,510 --> 00:36:08,400
the the views from the outside and the

821
00:36:16,150 --> 00:36:13,270
for the inside being i'm not missing

822
00:36:19,990 --> 00:36:18,230
i do talk to my wife and my daughter

823
00:36:21,270 --> 00:36:20,000
who's growing up

824
00:36:23,349 --> 00:36:21,280
we uh

825
00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:23,359
we talk almost

826
00:36:27,349 --> 00:36:25,359
every day and we have video conferences

827
00:36:29,670 --> 00:36:27,359
every couple of weeks i would love to

828
00:36:32,150 --> 00:36:29,680
see them and hug them and go out with

829
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:35,349
but it's not

830
00:36:42,390 --> 00:36:39,040
that is is destroying me

831
00:36:47,030 --> 00:36:43,829
jokingly

832
00:36:49,670 --> 00:36:47,040
a week ago i sent a message asking

833
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if they would send me a pizza

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so actually maybe the one thing that i'm