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fame induction ceremony honoring our

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nation's space heroes

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please rise for the presentation of

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colors by boy scout troop 369 from

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merritt island florida followed by the

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national anthem performed by jennifer

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by the dawn's early light

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hailed at the twilight's

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whose broad stripes and bright stars

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ramparts we watched

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that our flag was still there

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banner yet wave

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ladies and gentlemen please welcome the

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chief operating officer of kennedy space

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good afternoon everyone welcome jennifer

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thank you very much for that wonderful

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rendition of our national anthem

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on behalf of delaware north company's

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employees worldwide and certainly here

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all of our crew members here at the

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kennedy space center visitor complex i

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would like to welcome all of you to

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today's induction ceremony celebrating

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our 10th class of space shuttle

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of fame

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it is always a privilege to host the

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induction ceremony

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and be part of this momentous occasion

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that honors leaders in space flight

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and community who are truly deserving of

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both our recognition

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and our respect

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there is no better place on this earth

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to host this celebration than at the

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kennedy space center

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a truly special place

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where you can witness history

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and history in the making

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as you might have seen this afternoon

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just before the induction with a launch

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of an atlas v uh susan nice job pulling

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that off on time today

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as we prepare for the upcoming launches

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of space shuttle's endeavor and atlantis

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on their final missions to the

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international space station we reflect

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on more than 30 years of space shuttle

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and the legacy that these astronauts

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the kennedy space center complex

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is honored that atlantis will be coming

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to sharing the legacy of the astronauts

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and most importantly the thousands who

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acknowledge a few people in audience

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very proud to have the nasa

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administrator charles bolden

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our very own kennedy space center

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they will both join us shortly along

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have astronauts john mcbride

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don mcmungle and don i'm working on your

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name there who are also in the audience

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significant contribution to today's

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ceremony by the astronaut scholarship

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foundation

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their board of directors including

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chairman charlie duke

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and their executive director lynn

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leblanc charlie lynn thank you both very

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and now it's my pleasure to welcome to

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he is cnn's miami correspondent

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responsible for all of cnn's coverage of

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news in florida and the caribbean

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since joining cnn in 1983 he has covered

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correspondents for the coverage of the

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u.s space program having covered events

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space flight the mars pathfinder mission

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honored numerous times for his reporting

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applause for the work that they did in

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order to uh bring atlantis here and in

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and good afternoon ladies and gentlemen

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for the united states astronaut hall of

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fame induction ceremony it is truly an

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honor to be here and surrounded by so

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of the space shuttle discovery and we're

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about you know how do you feel about all

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not to be sad but a time to celebrate

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the wonderful accomplishments of 30

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accomplishments you're celebrating the

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a founder of the astronaut scholarship

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first human to conduct missions in both

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flight piloting his spacecraft through

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his apollo 12 crewmates walked on its

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surface he retired from nasa in 1972 to

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program he later served as chief of the

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directorate overseeing components of the

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he shares his thoughts on space flight

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through periodic columns lectures and

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the apollo 13 crew that struggled to

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explosion aborted the mission as it

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science they established the record for

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disciplines into the study of human

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explored the surface on the homeward

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spacewalk two hundred 000 miles from

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outside of endeavor to retrieve film

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1972. during three excursions over three

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pounds of lunar rocks and soil today is

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president of charlie duke enterprises

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he worked for 59 days in orbit as a

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new mexico he retired from nasa and the

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marine corps as a colonel in 1984

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professor at the university of alabama

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satellite in the early 1990s he served

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as director of nasa's kennedy space

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center and later served as president of

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thyacol aerospace group in utah bob

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he piloted the fourth and final test

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flight of space shuttle columbia before

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commanding discovery on its maiden

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voyage in 1984. his last assignment was

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the first planned and controlled mission

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by a foreign customer and the first to

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fly eight crew members he later served

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as vice president for raytheon aerospace

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he flew to space twice on missions sts-5

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and sts-51a his rookie flight the

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shuttle's first orbiting mission

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deployed two satellites his second

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mission featured the world's first space

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salvage

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using a jet backpack he and his crewmate

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dale gardner captured two malfunctioning

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satellites after leaving nasa in 1985 he

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served as chief executive officer of

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space industries international and later

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was chairman of viridian corp until he

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a three-flight veteran he and fellow

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crew member bob crippen were the first

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to fly an orbiter in close proximity to

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a free-flying satellite on sts-7

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he went on to command the return to

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flight mission after challenger was lost

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he left nasa in 1989 and later became

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president and ceo of axa space in

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he flew three shuttle mission he served

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as pilot of sts-51c

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and commander of sts-31 during which the

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crew successfully deployed the hubble

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space telescope he went on to command

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sts-46

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deploying the european retrievable

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carrier eureka and the italian tethered

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satellite from 1997 to 2000 he held the

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position of deputy director of nasa's

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kennedy space center recently retired as

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vice president of engineering and

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integration and chief technology officer

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he is a veteran of five shuttle missions

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and the first astronaut to log 1 000

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hours on the shuttle he made nasa's

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first unplanned spacewalk and performed

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three spacewalks during the first hubble

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space telescope rescue repair mission he

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is currently a professor at the

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massachusetts institute of technology

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his first mission aboard space shuttle

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columbia was the last to fly before the

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challenger accident in 1986. he later

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piloted space shuttle discovery on the

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five-day sts-31 mission to deploy the

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hubble space telescope he flew twice

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more into space logging more than 680

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hours in orbit today he serves as the

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he is a four-flight veteran piloting his

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first two space shuttle missions later

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he commanded sts-65 during which he and

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his crew set a record for the longest

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space shuttle mission at that time and

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sts-88 the first space station assembly

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mission he is currently the center

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director right here at nasa's kennedy

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ladies and gentlemen our hall of fame

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and

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kennedy space center director

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thanks john

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well good afternoon everybody and

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welcome to the kennedy space center for

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today's hall of fame induction ceremony

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what a great weekend this has been

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starting out last thursday with the 50th

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anniversary celebration of the first

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american to fly in space ellen shepard a

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hall of fame astronaut and the founder

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of what has become the astronaut

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scholarship foundation

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although that first flight only lasted

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15 minutes and went to an altitude of

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116 miles it opened the door to space

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for the united states and we've been

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charging ahead ever since

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today's inductees

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bo bobco and susan helms carry on that

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pioneering spirit of ellen shepard

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they have careers that span our nation's

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space program from what was the military

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orbiting laboratory program back in the

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60s to long duration space flights

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aboard the international space station

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in 2001.

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they're both extremely deserving of this

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honor and it's a real pleasure for me to

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be able to participate in it

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a few weeks ago we celebrated the 30th

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anniversary of the first flight of the

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space shuttle

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the shuttle has been a phenomenal

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vehicle

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it's enabled us to learn how to actually

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live and work in space

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and it made it possible for us to build

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the international space station that's

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been permanently manned since october of

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two thousand

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just as we transitioned from apollo to

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shuttle

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nasa and the kennedy space center are in

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a time of transition now

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as we move from shuttle

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to support a more diverse national space

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program

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that includes commercial access to space

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and a space launch system and

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multi-purpose crew vehicle that will

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once again enable us to explore beyond

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the bounds of our home planet

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space exploration is challenging

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but i know that we will be successful

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because of the outstanding team at nasa

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and here at the kennedy space center

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that every day make the impossible seem

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ordinary

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thank you so much for your support once

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again welcome to the kennedy space

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center and once again congratulations to

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thanks again bob

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now ladies and gentlemen on behalf of

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the astronaut scholarship foundation

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hall of fame astronaut and i told him

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i'd chill for him a little bit here

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he's got a book coming out called

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falling to earth

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july 26th and better than some of the

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places i've seen you fallen

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just kidding

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thanks john

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i'm not really sure i want you shilling

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for me fella

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we got to do this right away anyway let

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me add my welcome to what bob has said

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what john has said it's a really a great

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day let me tell you

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it's about 10 degrees cooler than it was

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last year and that's why and there's a

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nice little breeze blowing so this is

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really wonderful today

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um

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i want to tell you a little bit about

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the astronaut scholarship foundation

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which has been running strong for over

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25 years it was founded in 1984

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by the original seven mercury astronauts

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now al shepard was the first guy to fly

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at space he was also if i'm not mistaken

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the spark plug that started the mercury

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seven foundation

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which kind of morphed into the astronaut

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scholarship foundation as we know it

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today

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the goal of the foundation is to help

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the united states retain its world

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leadership and science and technology to

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the top college students in the country

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in the beginning the original seven guys

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gave each of the scholars they gave

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seven scholars a thousand dollars each

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uh we give a lot more than that today uh

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actually before i go on i

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we're really proud to have one of the

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original founders with us here today and

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i'd like scott carpenter to stand up and

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thanks scott thanks for all you've done

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thank you for your great support of the

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foundation

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okay

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today over 80 astronauts from every u.s

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space program have joined our effort

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the foundation now disperses 26 10 000

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scholarships annually and has awarded

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over 3 million dollars in scholarships

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totally since its inception

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these scholarships are in fact the

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largest monetary award given in the

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united states to science and technology

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and engineering students in the

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undergraduate level based solely on

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merit

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we do not consider need we're trying to

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get the best and the brightest

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regardless of where they come from

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into the program so this is something

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not only does the foundation provide

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scholarships but we promote the

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importance of science technology and

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space exploration wherever we can one

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way we do this is by serving as a

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consultant to nasa and kennedy space

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center visitor center complex to the u.s

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astronaut hall of fame where we

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supervise the selection process of new

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astronauts for induction and we closely

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work with the

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uh hall of fame astronauts to provide

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personal artifacts for public display in

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the hall of fame

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to do so we put together an outside

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committee of hall of fame astronauts

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aerospace journalists authors and

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retired nasa and industry personnel

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many of who are with us today with those

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who are on the induction selection

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committee please stand and take a bow

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hugh jack

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i know all you guys rob

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we have a few

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uh

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un unfortunately the

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the chairman of that committee can't be

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with us today

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bob seek puts that committee together

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for us every year bob's not here is he i

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don't think

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uh because i tell you what bob's doing

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today he's up at daytona racing in the

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in the paul whitman trophy race up there

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in his little mazda which goes 140 miles

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an hour so bob's still running fast

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right he's really doing well now as most

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of you know last night we had a

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wonderful time

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uh to celebrate the new inductees it was

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a great night but the evening wouldn't

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have been possible if it weren't for the

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support of our sponsors and i want to

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list just a few of them for you i'd like

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to take a moment to thank our friends at

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nasa

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charlie bolden and bob cabana i should

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say general and colonel whatever

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thank you sir

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uh bill moore from kennedy space center

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visitor complex bill we appreciate it

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thank you very much your partnership is

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really invaluable to us i also want to

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thank our top induction sponsors

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the courtyard by marriott in cocoa beach

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the boeing company lockheed martin james

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long omega swatch group

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science applications international

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corporation and all the others who

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supported this event today

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now i guess i'm going to show for john a

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little bit let me give you hand you over

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to

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uh the great the one and only

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cnn reporter john zarrella

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he already told me i wasn't getting a

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free copy of the book either

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i have to tell you you know just for all

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of those of you out there this you're

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here today but you weren't able to be at

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obviously at the event last night many

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of you

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these these scholarship recipients

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they make this country proud you have no

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idea i have absolutely when they were

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listing off the things that they're

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doing in their research their studies

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i'm like huh

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i said oh now i know why i'm a

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journalist

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i mean they're brilliant and the future

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of our nation is in good hands with them

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let me tell you right now

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but if it weren't for the scholarship

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foundation and what they do

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a lot of what they're doing would not be

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possible so

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00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:18,240
remember these gentlemen and everybody

568
00:27:23,269 --> 00:27:20,399
on the foundation because they do

569
00:27:26,310 --> 00:27:23,279
absolutely outstanding work

570
00:27:28,870 --> 00:27:26,320
and the time has arrived the induction

571
00:27:30,710 --> 00:27:28,880
of the 10th class of space shuttle

572
00:27:32,470 --> 00:27:30,720
astronauts into the united states

573
00:27:34,950 --> 00:27:32,480
astronaut hall of fame

574
00:27:37,190 --> 00:27:34,960
they will be introduced in the order in

575
00:27:39,990 --> 00:27:37,200
which they flew into space

576
00:27:46,149 --> 00:27:40,000
our first inductee is

577
00:27:51,350 --> 00:27:48,630
during his 19 years in the astronaut

578
00:27:53,510 --> 00:27:51,360
program colonel bobco flew on three

579
00:27:56,710 --> 00:27:53,520
space shuttle missions and logged more

580
00:27:58,710 --> 00:27:56,720
than 386 hours in space

581
00:28:00,870 --> 00:27:58,720
beau served as pilot during the first

582
00:28:03,269 --> 00:28:00,880
voyage of space shuttle challenger

583
00:28:05,269 --> 00:28:03,279
aboard sts-6 during which the crew

584
00:28:08,950 --> 00:28:05,279
conducted the first space shuttle

585
00:28:10,669 --> 00:28:08,960
spacewalks in april 1985 bose served as

586
00:28:14,070 --> 00:28:10,679
the commander of

587
00:28:15,909 --> 00:28:14,080
sts-51d after seven days in space he

588
00:28:19,669 --> 00:28:15,919
successfully landed space shuttle

589
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:19,679
discovery in spite of a blown main

590
00:28:25,590 --> 00:28:21,440
landing gear tire

591
00:28:28,230 --> 00:28:25,600
in october 85 he flew on sts-51j

592
00:28:30,310 --> 00:28:28,240
the first flight of the shuttle atlantis

593
00:28:32,950 --> 00:28:30,320
and the second department of defense

594
00:28:34,630 --> 00:28:32,960
mission for the space shuttle program

595
00:28:37,590 --> 00:28:34,640
beau retired from nasa and the united

596
00:28:40,070 --> 00:28:37,600
states air force in 1988. currently he

597
00:28:42,389 --> 00:28:40,080
serves as president of the united states

598
00:28:45,669 --> 00:28:42,399
chapter of the association of space

599
00:28:48,950 --> 00:28:45,679
explorers now let's take a look at a few

600
00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:48,960
video highlights from his stunning

601
00:29:01,430 --> 00:28:57,590
launch commit we have a lift off all

602
00:29:05,029 --> 00:29:03,510
it's been a very rewarding experience

603
00:29:07,110 --> 00:29:05,039
roger

604
00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:07,120
turn to ask the questions that have been

605
00:29:55,350 --> 00:29:09,200
proposed by the press there

606
00:30:20,310 --> 00:29:57,190
made up and

607
00:30:25,430 --> 00:30:22,149
one

608
00:30:27,350 --> 00:30:25,440
and liftoff liftoff of atlantis a new

609
00:30:29,350 --> 00:30:27,360
orbiter joins the shuttle fleet and it

610
00:30:38,789 --> 00:30:29,360
has cleared the tower

611
00:30:38,799 --> 00:31:02,070
ladies and gentlemen astronaut

612
00:31:06,149 --> 00:31:04,070
and now to present bo bobco for

613
00:31:08,710 --> 00:31:06,159
induction into the united states hall of

614
00:31:14,310 --> 00:31:08,720
fame please welcome hall of fame

615
00:31:18,549 --> 00:31:16,230
well i am absolutely delighted and

616
00:31:21,110 --> 00:31:18,559
honored to be able to introduce my first

617
00:31:25,669 --> 00:31:21,120
mission commander and my good friend

618
00:31:27,509 --> 00:31:25,679
carol j bobco or as we all know him beau

619
00:31:30,230 --> 00:31:27,519
now you'll hear him talk in a little

620
00:31:32,230 --> 00:31:30,240
while and you may not be able to tell it

621
00:31:34,870 --> 00:31:32,240
from his accent but beau was actually

622
00:31:38,310 --> 00:31:34,880
born in new york city and so like myself

623
00:31:39,909 --> 00:31:38,320
he is a genuine apple astronaut

624
00:31:41,669 --> 00:31:39,919
i did a little research into his

625
00:31:45,269 --> 00:31:41,679
childhood in preparation for these

626
00:31:47,990 --> 00:31:45,279
remarks and i found an amazing fact

627
00:31:50,549 --> 00:31:48,000
during all of his youth his mother never

628
00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:50,559
once called him bo

629
00:31:54,389 --> 00:31:52,320
she called him carol which is a good

630
00:31:56,230 --> 00:31:54,399
polish name and

631
00:31:58,630 --> 00:31:56,240
i actually will jump ahead in time a

632
00:32:01,750 --> 00:31:58,640
little bit to tell another story about

633
00:32:03,430 --> 00:32:01,760
carol joseph bobco's polish heritage

634
00:32:06,549 --> 00:32:03,440
this was actually the first time that i

635
00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:06,559
specifically became aware of beau as a

636
00:32:12,549 --> 00:32:08,640
distinct personality in the astronaut

637
00:32:15,669 --> 00:32:12,559
office it was in october 1978

638
00:32:17,029 --> 00:32:15,679
right after carol joseph voitila was

639
00:32:19,990 --> 00:32:17,039
elected pope

640
00:32:22,470 --> 00:32:20,000
and a sign appeared on beau's office

641
00:32:24,230 --> 00:32:22,480
store proclaimed proclaiming in very

642
00:32:26,389 --> 00:32:24,240
large letters

643
00:32:28,549 --> 00:32:26,399
that from hencefor henceforth it would

644
00:32:30,870 --> 00:32:28,559
be considered a mortal sin to tell

645
00:32:32,950 --> 00:32:30,880
polish jokes

646
00:32:36,389 --> 00:32:32,960
and i hope that this story i've just

647
00:32:38,149 --> 00:32:36,399
told doesn't count as a polish joke

648
00:32:40,149 --> 00:32:38,159
and i never heard any polish jokes after

649
00:32:42,149 --> 00:32:40,159
that in the astronaut office

650
00:32:43,190 --> 00:32:42,159
well beau was fascinated by the space

651
00:32:44,710 --> 00:32:43,200
program

652
00:32:47,509 --> 00:32:44,720
and expressed the desire to be an

653
00:32:49,110 --> 00:32:47,519
astronaut from a very early age as i did

654
00:32:51,190 --> 00:32:49,120
actually although we differed in our

655
00:32:53,190 --> 00:32:51,200
attitude towards airplanes for me

656
00:32:55,350 --> 00:32:53,200
airplanes didn't go fast enough or high

657
00:32:56,389 --> 00:32:55,360
enough i just dreamt about rockets but

658
00:32:58,389 --> 00:32:56,399
for beau

659
00:33:00,389 --> 00:32:58,399
airplanes seemed like

660
00:33:01,430 --> 00:33:00,399
the best route to space

661
00:33:03,990 --> 00:33:01,440
and so

662
00:33:06,389 --> 00:33:04,000
he enrolled in and graduated in the

663
00:33:09,669 --> 00:33:06,399
first class of the then new air force

664
00:33:12,310 --> 00:33:09,679
academy in colorado springs

665
00:33:14,950 --> 00:33:12,320
a an unexpected life-altering side

666
00:33:17,669 --> 00:33:14,960
effect of this decision was his

667
00:33:20,549 --> 00:33:17,679
proximity to denver which led to his

668
00:33:23,190 --> 00:33:20,559
meeting and eventually marrying diane

669
00:33:25,750 --> 00:33:23,200
a happy marriage which is still thriving

670
00:33:28,149 --> 00:33:25,760
full of music full of love and which has

671
00:33:30,149 --> 00:33:28,159
led to two wonderful children paul and

672
00:33:35,590 --> 00:33:30,159
michelle

673
00:33:38,549 --> 00:33:35,600
always shared his experiences with his

674
00:33:40,710 --> 00:33:38,559
whole family he wanted them to enjoy as

675
00:33:43,029 --> 00:33:40,720
much as he did some of the pleasures

676
00:33:44,630 --> 00:33:43,039
that he was having while training and

677
00:33:46,549 --> 00:33:44,640
flying

678
00:33:48,549 --> 00:33:46,559
diane knew from day one that beau

679
00:33:50,310 --> 00:33:48,559
someday wanted to fly in space and she

680
00:33:53,029 --> 00:33:50,320
supported him all the way and sure

681
00:33:55,669 --> 00:33:53,039
enough after six years of active duty in

682
00:33:58,070 --> 00:33:55,679
fighter squadrons he made his way to

683
00:33:59,830 --> 00:33:58,080
edwards and that was great timing

684
00:34:01,430 --> 00:33:59,840
because that's just when the air force

685
00:34:03,830 --> 00:34:01,440
was selecting astronauts for their

686
00:34:05,830 --> 00:34:03,840
manned orbiting laboratory program and

687
00:34:08,950 --> 00:34:05,840
beau was selected in the second group of

688
00:34:11,669 --> 00:34:08,960
mole astronauts becoming the first air

689
00:34:15,430 --> 00:34:11,679
force academy graduate to be selected as

690
00:34:18,149 --> 00:34:15,440
an astronaut but mol never flew never

691
00:34:20,629 --> 00:34:18,159
made it to orbit so beau and his mol

692
00:34:22,470 --> 00:34:20,639
cohort came to nasa at the peak of the

693
00:34:24,389 --> 00:34:22,480
apollo program

694
00:34:26,550 --> 00:34:24,399
the problem was nasa wasn't quite sure

695
00:34:28,790 --> 00:34:26,560
what to do with bo so for safe keeping

696
00:34:29,990 --> 00:34:28,800
they decided to lock him up in a tin can

697
00:34:32,149 --> 00:34:30,000
for a month

698
00:34:34,149 --> 00:34:32,159
now nasa officials

699
00:34:36,230 --> 00:34:34,159
assure us that this was not as a

700
00:34:38,470 --> 00:34:36,240
punishment for anything he had done

701
00:34:40,069 --> 00:34:38,480
rather it was to see how he bob crippen

702
00:34:44,470 --> 00:34:40,079
and bill thornton would make out in a

703
00:34:46,230 --> 00:34:44,480
simulated skylab mission known as smeat

704
00:34:48,550 --> 00:34:46,240
actually the russians are still doing

705
00:34:49,669 --> 00:34:48,560
this only they lock people up for 500

706
00:34:51,909 --> 00:34:49,679
days

707
00:34:53,669 --> 00:34:51,919
instead of just a month so i suspect

708
00:34:57,109 --> 00:34:53,679
that beau is probably happy that he was

709
00:34:58,790 --> 00:34:57,119
born in new york and not in moscow

710
00:35:00,950 --> 00:34:58,800
but it turns out that moscow was

711
00:35:03,910 --> 00:35:00,960
actually next on beau's dance card as

712
00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:03,920
support crew for apollo soyuz

713
00:35:07,670 --> 00:35:05,680
and the russians taught him a lot about

714
00:35:09,750 --> 00:35:07,680
survival tactics how to make it through

715
00:35:11,270 --> 00:35:09,760
evening after evening of vodka toasts

716
00:35:14,069 --> 00:35:11,280
and then be ready for action the

717
00:35:16,470 --> 00:35:14,079
following morning

718
00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:16,480
well he survived and finally did get

719
00:35:20,390 --> 00:35:18,160
assigned to his first spaceflight as you

720
00:35:22,069 --> 00:35:20,400
heard as pilot of sts-6 the maiden

721
00:35:23,829 --> 00:35:22,079
voyage of challenger

722
00:35:26,150 --> 00:35:23,839
thus becoming the first air force

723
00:35:28,550 --> 00:35:26,160
academy graduate not only to be selected

724
00:35:31,510 --> 00:35:28,560
as astronaut but actually to fly in

725
00:35:33,270 --> 00:35:31,520
space fulfilling his long-held dream

726
00:35:35,829 --> 00:35:33,280
and following that he was named as a

727
00:35:38,950 --> 00:35:35,839
commander of a flight which originally

728
00:35:40,870 --> 00:35:38,960
was supposed to go in june of 1984

729
00:35:43,030 --> 00:35:40,880
leading a team of four rookies don

730
00:35:44,790 --> 00:35:43,040
williams dave griggs ray sudden and

731
00:35:47,349 --> 00:35:44,800
myself

732
00:35:49,990 --> 00:35:47,359
and i'm really sure that the hardest

733
00:35:52,630 --> 00:35:50,000
part of this command for beau was being

734
00:35:55,190 --> 00:35:52,640
outnumbered by two navy pilots

735
00:35:56,710 --> 00:35:55,200
who early in training presented him with

736
00:35:59,109 --> 00:35:56,720
a book of naval traditions and

737
00:36:01,030 --> 00:35:59,119
regulations and regularly quizzed him on

738
00:36:03,910 --> 00:36:01,040
it to make sure that he was learning i

739
00:36:05,829 --> 00:36:03,920
have to say he was a good sport

740
00:36:08,390 --> 00:36:05,839
well those were the days of mission

741
00:36:10,470 --> 00:36:08,400
delays cancellations of crews being

742
00:36:12,310 --> 00:36:10,480
reassigned to different payloads getting

743
00:36:14,550 --> 00:36:12,320
different shuttles and we experience

744
00:36:16,310 --> 00:36:14,560
this in spades

745
00:36:18,069 --> 00:36:16,320
frankly the story of how our crew

746
00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:18,079
progressed through four different flight

747
00:36:22,230 --> 00:36:19,760
assignments bounced back and forth

748
00:36:23,910 --> 00:36:22,240
between two orbiters acquired three

749
00:36:25,349 --> 00:36:23,920
different payload specialists would take

750
00:36:27,030 --> 00:36:25,359
much too long

751
00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:27,040
i'll just say that by the time we

752
00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:30,400
finally launched on april 12th of 1985

753
00:36:34,550 --> 00:36:32,400
and by the way i'll remind you april

754
00:36:36,710 --> 00:36:34,560
12th is not just the anniversary of yuri

755
00:36:39,510 --> 00:36:36,720
gagarin's flight and of john young's and

756
00:36:41,589 --> 00:36:39,520
bob crippen's flight on columbia that

757
00:36:42,790 --> 00:36:41,599
was the auspicious day when beau led us

758
00:36:45,430 --> 00:36:42,800
into space

759
00:36:48,230 --> 00:36:45,440
anyway by the time we finally launched

760
00:36:50,550 --> 00:36:48,240
we had sent out 26 different letters to

761
00:36:53,030 --> 00:36:50,560
our launch guests updating them about

762
00:36:56,630 --> 00:36:53,040
when and with what orbiter and on what

763
00:36:57,510 --> 00:36:56,640
mission we might finally fly

764
00:36:59,109 --> 00:36:57,520
well

765
00:37:01,990 --> 00:36:59,119
we have an engineering leadership

766
00:37:04,069 --> 00:37:02,000
program at mit and i often use bow as an

767
00:37:06,069 --> 00:37:04,079
example of good leadership when i give

768
00:37:07,829 --> 00:37:06,079
lessons to my students

769
00:37:09,750 --> 00:37:07,839
let me give you an example

770
00:37:10,870 --> 00:37:09,760
one of the more difficult times in our

771
00:37:15,030 --> 00:37:10,880
training

772
00:37:16,710 --> 00:37:15,040
was after the pad abort of june of 1984

773
00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:16,720
and that led to the consulate

774
00:37:21,589 --> 00:37:19,280
consolidation of the june and august

775
00:37:24,870 --> 00:37:21,599
commercial satellite payloads by that

776
00:37:27,349 --> 00:37:24,880
time we had slipped the august flight

777
00:37:29,349 --> 00:37:27,359
but they scrubbed the spartan satellite

778
00:37:31,030 --> 00:37:29,359
which we had been planning to deploy and

779
00:37:33,910 --> 00:37:31,040
rendezvous with and retrieved and they

780
00:37:35,990 --> 00:37:33,920
scrubbed us as well reassigning us to an

781
00:37:37,190 --> 00:37:36,000
ius tdrs deployment the following

782
00:37:39,510 --> 00:37:37,200
january

783
00:37:41,030 --> 00:37:39,520
which was a pretty long wait and a big

784
00:37:43,190 --> 00:37:41,040
blow particularly for those of us who

785
00:37:45,510 --> 00:37:43,200
hadn't flown before and here's where

786
00:37:47,670 --> 00:37:45,520
bo's personal qualities as a leader

787
00:37:50,310 --> 00:37:47,680
really came into play because as i said

788
00:37:53,030 --> 00:37:50,320
we we were kind of demoralized at that

789
00:37:55,829 --> 00:37:53,040
point and what was beau's response hey

790
00:37:58,069 --> 00:37:55,839
guys let's party and that's typical of

791
00:38:00,069 --> 00:37:58,079
bo not that he's a party animal

792
00:38:02,710 --> 00:38:00,079
not exactly not for those of you who

793
00:38:04,950 --> 00:38:02,720
know him well no the point is beau loved

794
00:38:07,270 --> 00:38:04,960
space flight he wanted everyone working

795
00:38:10,069 --> 00:38:07,280
with him to enjoy it as much as he did

796
00:38:12,310 --> 00:38:10,079
and he knew from experience that despite

797
00:38:14,390 --> 00:38:12,320
delays a first flight is worth waiting

798
00:38:16,950 --> 00:38:14,400
for and he did everything he could to

799
00:38:18,790 --> 00:38:16,960
help our morale he enjoyed flying so

800
00:38:20,310 --> 00:38:18,800
much his family has told me they could

801
00:38:22,310 --> 00:38:20,320
actually judge

802
00:38:24,069 --> 00:38:22,320
how close he was getting to a flight

803
00:38:26,790 --> 00:38:24,079
because the smile on his face kept

804
00:38:29,670 --> 00:38:26,800
getting bigger and bigger and bigger

805
00:38:32,470 --> 00:38:29,680
so anyway in april of 1985 we were

806
00:38:34,310 --> 00:38:32,480
finally ready to go on sts sts-51d and

807
00:38:37,190 --> 00:38:34,320
it turned out to be a pretty exciting

808
00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:37,200
flight with many unexpected events and i

809
00:38:40,550 --> 00:38:38,960
just want to describe two of them which

810
00:38:42,550 --> 00:38:40,560
will allow me to tell you a little bit

811
00:38:44,069 --> 00:38:42,560
about what it was like working with bow

812
00:38:46,550 --> 00:38:44,079
as a commander

813
00:38:48,870 --> 00:38:46,560
beau is cool under pressure

814
00:38:51,030 --> 00:38:48,880
and i saw this on numerous occasions the

815
00:38:52,390 --> 00:38:51,040
first of which was right after main

816
00:38:54,470 --> 00:38:52,400
engine cut off

817
00:38:56,470 --> 00:38:54,480
we had been asked to try a new way of

818
00:38:58,470 --> 00:38:56,480
dumping the residual hydrogen through

819
00:39:00,870 --> 00:38:58,480
the fill and drain valve which could

820
00:39:02,870 --> 00:39:00,880
potentially do a dump faster than using

821
00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:02,880
the normal techniques and for any of the

822
00:39:07,349 --> 00:39:05,119
plts here i hope i got that right main

823
00:39:10,550 --> 00:39:07,359
engines were never my specialty but i

824
00:39:12,630 --> 00:39:10,560
try anyway right after et separation don

825
00:39:14,550 --> 00:39:12,640
williams opened the valves which caused

826
00:39:16,870 --> 00:39:14,560
a huge raw moment because the dump

827
00:39:19,030 --> 00:39:16,880
didn't go through the cg

828
00:39:21,510 --> 00:39:19,040
through discovery about 90 degrees out

829
00:39:23,990 --> 00:39:21,520
of attitude led to almost constant

830
00:39:25,589 --> 00:39:24,000
firing of our attitude control jets and

831
00:39:27,829 --> 00:39:25,599
people who have experienced these know

832
00:39:29,430 --> 00:39:27,839
how loud they are i mean i was a rookie

833
00:39:31,270 --> 00:39:29,440
down on the mid-deck and i thought i was

834
00:39:32,710 --> 00:39:31,280
in the middle of an artillery barrage

835
00:39:34,870 --> 00:39:32,720
down there

836
00:39:36,790 --> 00:39:34,880
don's voice from up on the flight deck

837
00:39:38,710 --> 00:39:36,800
seemed about an octave higher as he

838
00:39:40,230 --> 00:39:38,720
asked beau quickly should we shut the

839
00:39:43,030 --> 00:39:40,240
valves

840
00:39:45,190 --> 00:39:43,040
bo just said perfectly calmly no let's

841
00:39:47,349 --> 00:39:45,200
leave them open and see what happens

842
00:39:49,109 --> 00:39:47,359
well of course we we survived and and i

843
00:39:51,030 --> 00:39:49,119
think we succeeded in demonstrating that

844
00:39:53,510 --> 00:39:51,040
this was maybe not an optimum technique

845
00:39:55,829 --> 00:39:53,520
for dumping the hydrogen

846
00:39:57,430 --> 00:39:55,839
now our mission as planned was pretty

847
00:39:59,270 --> 00:39:57,440
simple we were going to deploy two

848
00:40:02,150 --> 00:39:59,280
satellites do a few medical experiments

849
00:40:04,790 --> 00:40:02,160
and come home after four days

850
00:40:07,270 --> 00:40:04,800
i don't know bo you may have some

851
00:40:09,430 --> 00:40:07,280
special karma about satellites i mean

852
00:40:11,670 --> 00:40:09,440
the first ius tdrs which you guys

853
00:40:13,430 --> 00:40:11,680
deployed on your first flight didn't get

854
00:40:15,670 --> 00:40:13,440
to the proper orbit

855
00:40:16,790 --> 00:40:15,680
the second tdrs that was going to be

856
00:40:18,710 --> 00:40:16,800
launched

857
00:40:20,950 --> 00:40:18,720
which would have been the third of our

858
00:40:23,430 --> 00:40:20,960
assigned flights the previous january

859
00:40:25,270 --> 00:40:23,440
had a problem it was still on the ground

860
00:40:27,510 --> 00:40:25,280
and now even though our first satellite

861
00:40:29,910 --> 00:40:27,520
worked okay we deployed the second

862
00:40:32,069 --> 00:40:29,920
satellite and it never turned on

863
00:40:34,069 --> 00:40:32,079
so i don't know but it sure turned out

864
00:40:35,990 --> 00:40:34,079
to be a lot of fun

865
00:40:37,589 --> 00:40:36,000
because mission control came up with a

866
00:40:39,510 --> 00:40:37,599
really neat plan by which we would

867
00:40:41,750 --> 00:40:39,520
manufacture some special tools

868
00:40:44,230 --> 00:40:41,760
resembling fly swatters after which bow

869
00:40:46,230 --> 00:40:44,240
became known as the leader of nasa's

870
00:40:48,470 --> 00:40:46,240
swat team

871
00:40:50,710 --> 00:40:48,480
then we would do an eva a spacewalk to

872
00:40:52,950 --> 00:40:50,720
attach them to the remote manipulator

873
00:40:55,589 --> 00:40:52,960
arm and then finally rendezvous with the

874
00:40:58,069 --> 00:40:55,599
syncom satellite to flick a possibly

875
00:41:00,470 --> 00:40:58,079
malfunctioning switch on this

876
00:41:02,390 --> 00:41:00,480
spinning satellite now the problem was

877
00:41:04,630 --> 00:41:02,400
that nasa had never before done a

878
00:41:06,710 --> 00:41:04,640
completely unplanned eva

879
00:41:08,390 --> 00:41:06,720
the arm had never been used for anything

880
00:41:10,390 --> 00:41:08,400
remotely like this

881
00:41:12,309 --> 00:41:10,400
and most important it had been 10 months

882
00:41:13,670 --> 00:41:12,319
since we had ever done any rendezvous

883
00:41:16,309 --> 00:41:13,680
practice i mean we didn't even have a

884
00:41:18,630 --> 00:41:16,319
rendezvous checklist on board and so

885
00:41:20,230 --> 00:41:18,640
they had to transcribe the entire

886
00:41:22,710 --> 00:41:20,240
checklist send it up to us by

887
00:41:24,309 --> 00:41:22,720
teleprinter we ended up with a 20 foot

888
00:41:27,190 --> 00:41:24,319
long yellow

889
00:41:29,510 --> 00:41:27,200
rendezvous scroll basically which bo and

890
00:41:32,069 --> 00:41:29,520
don williams had to cut up into page

891
00:41:34,710 --> 00:41:32,079
size pieces and paste into our post

892
00:41:37,109 --> 00:41:34,720
insertion checklist and i still treasure

893
00:41:39,910 --> 00:41:37,119
the image of bo and don pasting together

894
00:41:41,829 --> 00:41:39,920
this uh this checklist and of course i

895
00:41:43,910 --> 00:41:41,839
also cherish the memory of beau helping

896
00:41:45,910 --> 00:41:43,920
me into my space suit

897
00:41:48,309 --> 00:41:45,920
so it was quite an adventure

898
00:41:50,309 --> 00:41:48,319
and it was nearing the final phases of

899
00:41:52,230 --> 00:41:50,319
rendezvous when beau taught me another

900
00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:52,240
lesson in leadership

901
00:41:57,109 --> 00:41:54,480
i was helping bo and don as the

902
00:41:58,550 --> 00:41:57,119
rendezvous navigator back in those days

903
00:42:01,349 --> 00:41:58,560
things were a bit more primitive than

904
00:42:03,349 --> 00:42:01,359
they are now and one of the primary ways

905
00:42:05,910 --> 00:42:03,359
in which we determined how far away a

906
00:42:08,309 --> 00:42:05,920
satellite was was to measure the size of

907
00:42:09,750 --> 00:42:08,319
the satellite on the tv screen and that

908
00:42:11,270 --> 00:42:09,760
was my job

909
00:42:12,069 --> 00:42:11,280
but i have to admit

910
00:42:14,870 --> 00:42:12,079
that

911
00:42:17,510 --> 00:42:14,880
we saw this huge satellite floating

912
00:42:19,270 --> 00:42:17,520
motionless outside the shuttle i mean i

913
00:42:21,589 --> 00:42:19,280
had never imagined anything like this

914
00:42:24,390 --> 00:42:21,599
and and i got sort of lost in a state of

915
00:42:25,829 --> 00:42:24,400
reverie when all of a sudden i heard a

916
00:42:27,349 --> 00:42:25,839
soft voice

917
00:42:29,750 --> 00:42:27,359
calmly asking

918
00:42:31,589 --> 00:42:29,760
i can't understand why nobody is giving

919
00:42:34,630 --> 00:42:31,599
me range calls

920
00:42:37,190 --> 00:42:34,640
i mean no shouting no panic no nasty

921
00:42:39,349 --> 00:42:37,200
language just the cool voice of

922
00:42:41,589 --> 00:42:39,359
authority that brought me back

923
00:42:43,109 --> 00:42:41,599
that's the way to lead and we all

924
00:42:45,349 --> 00:42:43,119
appreciate it and that's the image of

925
00:42:47,030 --> 00:42:45,359
beau that i'll never forget because i

926
00:42:49,109 --> 00:42:47,040
mean there we were doing something we

927
00:42:51,270 --> 00:42:49,119
had never anticipated

928
00:42:53,990 --> 00:42:51,280
for which our last training was almost a

929
00:42:56,470 --> 00:42:54,000
year out of date and yet beau was calmly

930
00:42:57,910 --> 00:42:56,480
looking out the window flying discovery

931
00:43:00,069 --> 00:42:57,920
with great skill as though we had

932
00:43:03,030 --> 00:43:00,079
rehearsed this many many times and

933
00:43:05,510 --> 00:43:03,040
keeping a cool head throughout

934
00:43:07,270 --> 00:43:05,520
well beau had one more flight after 51d

935
00:43:08,950 --> 00:43:07,280
but it was a military flight so i can't

936
00:43:10,309 --> 00:43:08,960
tell you a whole lot about it other than

937
00:43:12,069 --> 00:43:10,319
that it was the maiden voyage of

938
00:43:14,470 --> 00:43:12,079
atlantis which made it the second

939
00:43:17,750 --> 00:43:14,480
inaugural shuttle flight that beau was

940
00:43:19,510 --> 00:43:17,760
on and that was his final shuttle flight

941
00:43:21,750 --> 00:43:19,520
diane tells me that one of the saddest

942
00:43:23,670 --> 00:43:21,760
days of bo's life was when he had to

943
00:43:25,990 --> 00:43:23,680
clean out his flight locker at ellington

944
00:43:28,950 --> 00:43:26,000
because beau so loved to fly and of

945
00:43:30,550 --> 00:43:28,960
course it's hard to say goodbye

946
00:43:33,030 --> 00:43:30,560
but beau has continued to serve the

947
00:43:34,870 --> 00:43:33,040
space program both in houston and now in

948
00:43:37,349 --> 00:43:34,880
california where he's in charge of the

949
00:43:39,510 --> 00:43:37,359
simulators at nasa ames

950
00:43:42,069 --> 00:43:39,520
flying simulators may not be as exciting

951
00:43:44,150 --> 00:43:42,079
as flying airplanes or space shuttles

952
00:43:46,710 --> 00:43:44,160
but beau loves technical challenges and

953
00:43:48,390 --> 00:43:46,720
he continues to be a fine team leader

954
00:43:50,710 --> 00:43:48,400
and a fine person

955
00:43:52,390 --> 00:43:50,720
bo we are truly delighted to welcome you

956
00:44:27,910 --> 00:43:52,400
to the astronaut hall of fame

957
00:44:33,990 --> 00:44:29,750
thank you jeff

958
00:44:37,910 --> 00:44:35,910
the 50th anniversary of human space

959
00:44:40,470 --> 00:44:37,920
flight has caused me to look back on my

960
00:44:43,430 --> 00:44:40,480
own career in aerospace

961
00:44:45,030 --> 00:44:43,440
it's been about 50 years

962
00:44:47,589 --> 00:44:45,040
when the first satellite was launched i

963
00:44:49,910 --> 00:44:47,599
was a cadet at the air force academy

964
00:44:51,910 --> 00:44:49,920
and my instructor said it's not going to

965
00:44:53,670 --> 00:44:51,920
be very long before people start to fly

966
00:44:55,829 --> 00:44:53,680
in space

967
00:44:57,270 --> 00:44:55,839
it was at that time that i decided i

968
00:44:59,910 --> 00:44:57,280
wanted to be one of those space

969
00:45:03,829 --> 00:45:01,510
when the first man did fly i was

970
00:45:05,750 --> 00:45:03,839
finishing my training and just entering

971
00:45:07,190 --> 00:45:05,760
the operational air force as a fighter

972
00:45:09,030 --> 00:45:07,200
pilot

973
00:45:11,109 --> 00:45:09,040
my wife says

974
00:45:15,109 --> 00:45:11,119
that whenever i had a chance i selected

975
00:45:17,030 --> 00:45:15,119
the path towards getting into space

976
00:45:18,950 --> 00:45:17,040
in those days the air force was anxious

977
00:45:20,790 --> 00:45:18,960
to get people in space

978
00:45:23,670 --> 00:45:20,800
they've been called a test pilot school

979
00:45:26,309 --> 00:45:23,680
the aerospace research pilot school

980
00:45:28,710 --> 00:45:26,319
it was not long before the air force had

981
00:45:31,190 --> 00:45:28,720
hopes of flying dinosaur and then the

982
00:45:33,510 --> 00:45:31,200
manned orbiting laboratory as jeff has

983
00:45:35,589 --> 00:45:33,520
already spoken to you about

984
00:45:37,270 --> 00:45:35,599
i was selected as one of those mol crew

985
00:45:40,550 --> 00:45:37,280
members

986
00:45:42,550 --> 00:45:40,560
until the program was cancelled

987
00:45:45,109 --> 00:45:42,560
fortunately

988
00:45:48,230 --> 00:45:45,119
seven of us mol people were picked up by

989
00:45:51,030 --> 00:45:48,240
nasa as astronauts

990
00:45:52,790 --> 00:45:51,040
of course there were times i didn't

991
00:45:54,069 --> 00:45:52,800
it didn't seem that joining nasa was

992
00:45:55,670 --> 00:45:54,079
fortunate

993
00:45:56,630 --> 00:45:55,680
because they were canceling apollo

994
00:45:58,550 --> 00:45:56,640
program

995
00:45:59,510 --> 00:45:58,560
uh flights they were canceling skylab

996
00:46:02,790 --> 00:45:59,520
flights

997
00:46:04,550 --> 00:46:02,800
and the shuttle kept moving to the right

998
00:46:06,230 --> 00:46:04,560
the closest i got to flight in those

999
00:46:08,470 --> 00:46:06,240
early days with the skylab medical

1000
00:46:10,790 --> 00:46:08,480
experiment which you've already

1001
00:46:14,309 --> 00:46:10,800
heard about the only difference is it

1002
00:46:15,510 --> 00:46:14,319
was two months not just one month

1003
00:46:17,190 --> 00:46:15,520
i can

1004
00:46:19,910 --> 00:46:17,200
remember

1005
00:46:22,069 --> 00:46:19,920
bill thornton who was a medical doctor

1006
00:46:24,870 --> 00:46:22,079
calling out our out to our flight

1007
00:46:28,150 --> 00:46:24,880
surgeon who was outside and telling him

1008
00:46:29,829 --> 00:46:28,160
how he was noting strange behavior

1009
00:46:31,109 --> 00:46:29,839
bill ticked off a list of items you

1010
00:46:34,309 --> 00:46:31,119
could and you could hear the flight

1011
00:46:36,230 --> 00:46:34,319
surgeon get more and more excited

1012
00:46:37,030 --> 00:46:36,240
finally the flight surgeon couldn't ask

1013
00:46:39,190 --> 00:46:37,040
that

1014
00:46:40,790 --> 00:46:39,200
standard anymore and asked bill

1015
00:46:42,710 --> 00:46:40,800
okay tell me which one of the crew is

1016
00:46:45,990 --> 00:46:42,720
having the problems

1017
00:46:47,589 --> 00:46:46,000
the answer was it wasn't inside smeat it

1018
00:46:51,829 --> 00:46:47,599
was the management committee on the

1019
00:46:56,790 --> 00:46:54,390
i also worked with the russians as as

1020
00:46:58,550 --> 00:46:56,800
jeff mentioned

1021
00:47:00,550 --> 00:46:58,560
i remember this was at the height of the

1022
00:47:02,950 --> 00:47:00,560
cold war

1023
00:47:05,750 --> 00:47:02,960
i can remember walking across red square

1024
00:47:07,030 --> 00:47:05,760
one night when uh with bob overmeyer and

1025
00:47:08,470 --> 00:47:07,040
he said

1026
00:47:10,950 --> 00:47:08,480
you know bo

1027
00:47:13,109 --> 00:47:10,960
i never doubted i'd be here

1028
00:47:16,550 --> 00:47:13,119
i just thought it would be at 200 feet

1029
00:47:21,270 --> 00:47:18,630
the job that did require some flying was

1030
00:47:23,670 --> 00:47:21,280
the shuttle approach and landing tests

1031
00:47:27,270 --> 00:47:23,680
bob obermeyer and i alternated between

1032
00:47:29,030 --> 00:47:27,280
being capcom and the prime shuttle chase

1033
00:47:31,510 --> 00:47:29,040
being next to the shuttle as it flew off

1034
00:47:34,390 --> 00:47:31,520
at the top of the 747

1035
00:47:36,230 --> 00:47:34,400
really was quite a sight

1036
00:47:37,750 --> 00:47:36,240
and being with anglin truly as they

1037
00:47:38,950 --> 00:47:37,760
prepared for a flight was quite an

1038
00:47:41,030 --> 00:47:38,960
experience

1039
00:47:42,470 --> 00:47:41,040
as an example they had china and

1040
00:47:45,030 --> 00:47:42,480
candelabra

1041
00:47:48,950 --> 00:47:45,040
not paper plates and plastic forks on

1042
00:47:53,589 --> 00:47:51,670
between these various tasks i have

1043
00:47:55,030 --> 00:47:53,599
described i worked on space shuttle

1044
00:47:57,109 --> 00:47:55,040
development

1045
00:47:59,510 --> 00:47:57,119
especially on approaching landing

1046
00:48:01,750 --> 00:47:59,520
rollout and auto land

1047
00:48:04,630 --> 00:48:01,760
that auto land development experience

1048
00:48:06,870 --> 00:48:04,640
probably was partially responsible

1049
00:48:08,230 --> 00:48:06,880
for our crew getting the detailed test

1050
00:48:10,549 --> 00:48:08,240
objective of

1051
00:48:12,069 --> 00:48:10,559
of uh flying the auto land

1052
00:48:15,190 --> 00:48:12,079
our motto was

1053
00:48:20,790 --> 00:48:15,200
spectre mater nullis manus which means

1054
00:48:23,589 --> 00:48:22,230
i don't know whether it was fortunate or

1055
00:48:25,829 --> 00:48:23,599
not but that

1056
00:48:27,990 --> 00:48:25,839
dto was canceled and so we never did the

1057
00:48:30,390 --> 00:48:28,000
auto land

1058
00:48:32,950 --> 00:48:30,400
one day john young came to my office and

1059
00:48:35,030 --> 00:48:32,960
he pulled on my sleeve and said

1060
00:48:37,270 --> 00:48:35,040
he would like me to take a small group

1061
00:48:39,990 --> 00:48:37,280
of folks and go to ksc to help them get

1062
00:48:41,750 --> 00:48:40,000
colombia ready for flight

1063
00:48:42,710 --> 00:48:41,760
we would work with the countdown working

1064
00:48:44,309 --> 00:48:42,720
group

1065
00:48:45,510 --> 00:48:44,319
help decide what testing should be

1066
00:48:47,670 --> 00:48:45,520
performed

1067
00:48:49,190 --> 00:48:47,680
and then participate in the testing

1068
00:48:50,549 --> 00:48:49,200
serve as the liaison between the

1069
00:48:52,630 --> 00:48:50,559
astronaut office and the shuttle

1070
00:48:55,270 --> 00:48:52,640
activities that were taking place at the

1071
00:48:57,109 --> 00:48:55,280
cape and do whatever was necessary to be

1072
00:48:58,950 --> 00:48:57,119
done down there

1073
00:49:01,510 --> 00:48:58,960
john said there would probably be quite

1074
00:49:03,430 --> 00:49:01,520
a bit of travel for a couple of months

1075
00:49:05,750 --> 00:49:03,440
actually there was quite a bit of travel

1076
00:49:07,190 --> 00:49:05,760
for a couple of years

1077
00:49:09,109 --> 00:49:07,200
when they were trying to get colombia

1078
00:49:11,670 --> 00:49:09,119
ready to flight

1079
00:49:13,829 --> 00:49:11,680
when colombia flew from palmdale to ksc

1080
00:49:15,510 --> 00:49:13,839
quite a few of the tiles came off

1081
00:49:18,549 --> 00:49:15,520
that meant all the tiles were

1082
00:49:21,030 --> 00:49:18,559
questionable and needed to be tested

1083
00:49:23,349 --> 00:49:21,040
it was a year before they were pasting

1084
00:49:24,710 --> 00:49:23,359
more tiles back on the shuttle before

1085
00:49:26,950 --> 00:49:24,720
they were taking tiles off of the

1086
00:49:29,190 --> 00:49:26,960
shuttle

1087
00:49:31,270 --> 00:49:29,200
but it wasn't only the tiles

1088
00:49:33,910 --> 00:49:31,280
the first time columbia was powered up i

1089
00:49:36,390 --> 00:49:33,920
gave dick scoby the honor of being in

1090
00:49:38,150 --> 00:49:36,400
the cockpit for the power up

1091
00:49:39,589 --> 00:49:38,160
dick was there for the call to stations

1092
00:49:41,990 --> 00:49:39,599
at 8 am

1093
00:49:44,390 --> 00:49:42,000
the test started a little later

1094
00:49:47,670 --> 00:49:44,400
and he was still there when i came to

1095
00:49:49,670 --> 00:49:47,680
relieve him the next morning at 6 a.m

1096
00:49:52,069 --> 00:49:49,680
the problem was i couldn't get dick out

1097
00:49:55,589 --> 00:49:52,079
of the cockpit until he had thrown at

1098
00:49:57,589 --> 00:49:55,599
least one switch

1099
00:49:58,790 --> 00:49:57,599
we had a lot to learn a lot to learn in

1100
00:50:01,030 --> 00:49:58,800
those days

1101
00:50:02,870 --> 00:50:01,040
the tiles were were just the item that

1102
00:50:04,309 --> 00:50:02,880
was taking the blame

1103
00:50:05,829 --> 00:50:04,319
i made a graph

1104
00:50:06,870 --> 00:50:05,839
which showed how long it would be to

1105
00:50:08,870 --> 00:50:06,880
launch

1106
00:50:10,829 --> 00:50:08,880
and as we progressed through time the

1107
00:50:12,790 --> 00:50:10,839
time to launch kept getting

1108
00:50:14,470 --> 00:50:12,800
longer and

1109
00:50:16,710 --> 00:50:14,480
you know i couldn't i could hardly

1110
00:50:19,349 --> 00:50:16,720
understand it i thought i was a cosine

1111
00:50:21,109 --> 00:50:19,359
wave in a sine wave world

1112
00:50:23,430 --> 00:50:21,119
just out of phase with everything that

1113
00:50:25,750 --> 00:50:23,440
was going on

1114
00:50:28,230 --> 00:50:25,760
finally after 13 years

1115
00:50:30,470 --> 00:50:28,240
there were my three flights

1116
00:50:31,670 --> 00:50:30,480
i won't try to describe space flight to

1117
00:50:33,910 --> 00:50:31,680
this group

1118
00:50:35,589 --> 00:50:33,920
since you are one of the few groups and

1119
00:50:38,309 --> 00:50:35,599
in the world who really understand what

1120
00:50:43,109 --> 00:50:41,190
my first flight was exciting for me

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00:50:45,270 --> 00:50:43,119
since space was a new environment and

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00:50:46,950 --> 00:50:45,280
there were so many new items to see and

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00:50:48,710 --> 00:50:46,960
do

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00:50:50,230 --> 00:50:48,720
the second flight was challenging since

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00:50:51,349 --> 00:50:50,240
we were asked to perform an unplanned

1126
00:50:53,510 --> 00:50:51,359
dba

1127
00:50:55,589 --> 00:50:53,520
rendezvous and activities with the robot

1128
00:50:57,430 --> 00:50:55,599
arm which jeff has already told you

1129
00:50:59,670 --> 00:50:57,440
about

1130
00:51:01,589 --> 00:50:59,680
my third flight was enjoyable

1131
00:51:03,109 --> 00:51:01,599
since by then i was familiar with flying

1132
00:51:04,470 --> 00:51:03,119
the shuttle and was an experienced

1133
00:51:06,150 --> 00:51:04,480
commander

1134
00:51:08,549 --> 00:51:06,160
i could tell you more about exactly what

1135
00:51:09,910 --> 00:51:08,559
happened on that flight but then i'd

1136
00:51:12,309 --> 00:51:09,920
have to shoot just since it was a

1137
00:51:15,270 --> 00:51:12,319
military flight

1138
00:51:19,030 --> 00:51:15,280
and of course all space flight

1139
00:51:20,790 --> 00:51:19,040
is beautiful and inspiring

1140
00:51:23,589 --> 00:51:20,800
it all didn't end with my last space

1141
00:51:25,750 --> 00:51:23,599
flight i was in my office one day when

1142
00:51:28,150 --> 00:51:25,760
pj white's the commander of my first

1143
00:51:29,910 --> 00:51:28,160
call my first flight called me on the

1144
00:51:32,870 --> 00:51:29,920
phone and said

1145
00:51:35,270 --> 00:51:32,880
bo we are going to open a new tal site

1146
00:51:40,069 --> 00:51:35,280
which is transatlantic a board site

1147
00:51:42,150 --> 00:51:40,079
for the coming mission i said to him pj

1148
00:51:43,750 --> 00:51:42,160
tell me who's going

1149
00:51:46,150 --> 00:51:43,760
when is he going

1150
00:51:49,190 --> 00:51:46,160
and how long will he stay

1151
00:51:52,309 --> 00:51:49,200
his answer was you tomorrow and i don't

1152
00:51:56,549 --> 00:51:54,150
that started

1153
00:51:58,710 --> 00:51:56,559
me looking at emergency sites over

1154
00:52:01,990 --> 00:51:58,720
africa and equipping all the shuttle

1155
00:52:03,750 --> 00:52:02,000
landing sites with the right equipment

1156
00:52:06,150 --> 00:52:03,760
after i left nasa in the air force and

1157
00:52:07,510 --> 00:52:06,160
joined the aerospace industry

1158
00:52:10,710 --> 00:52:07,520
i have been working with the shuttle and

1159
00:52:13,190 --> 00:52:10,720
station program for quite a few years

1160
00:52:15,750 --> 00:52:13,200
i still have an enjoyable job

1161
00:52:17,670 --> 00:52:15,760
again as jeff mentioned i am the program

1162
00:52:19,829 --> 00:52:17,680
manager for the contract which maintains

1163
00:52:22,950 --> 00:52:19,839
and operates the research simulators at

1164
00:52:25,349 --> 00:52:22,960
the named nasa ames research center

1165
00:52:28,150 --> 00:52:25,359
we have had simulations of rendezvous

1166
00:52:29,750 --> 00:52:28,160
and docking lunar landing and entry in

1167
00:52:31,349 --> 00:52:29,760
the space arena

1168
00:52:34,470 --> 00:52:31,359
and lots of aircraft and air traffic

1169
00:52:36,150 --> 00:52:34,480
control simulations

1170
00:52:38,150 --> 00:52:36,160
when i was recalling the things that i

1171
00:52:40,470 --> 00:52:38,160
have done i also recalled

1172
00:52:42,470 --> 00:52:40,480
the people i worked with

1173
00:52:44,150 --> 00:52:42,480
the people who had helped me

1174
00:52:47,109 --> 00:52:44,160
along the way

1175
00:52:48,870 --> 00:52:47,119
and the people i looked up to

1176
00:52:52,309 --> 00:52:48,880
with me that started with an eighth

1177
00:52:56,069 --> 00:52:54,069
who helped me get into a good technical

1178
00:52:57,750 --> 00:52:56,079
high school

1179
00:52:59,829 --> 00:52:57,760
she and her husband offered to let me

1180
00:53:02,630 --> 00:52:59,839
live with them so that i would be in the

1181
00:53:05,030 --> 00:53:02,640
proper school district

1182
00:53:06,549 --> 00:53:05,040
but that was just the start

1183
00:53:08,870 --> 00:53:06,559
many of the people in this audience

1184
00:53:10,710 --> 00:53:08,880
helped me along the way

1185
00:53:12,470 --> 00:53:10,720
your help and encouragement

1186
00:53:15,109 --> 00:53:12,480
have been instrumental in my standing

1187
00:53:19,109 --> 00:53:15,119
here today to receive the honor of being

1188
00:53:21,030 --> 00:53:19,119
inducted into the astronaut hall of fame

1189
00:53:25,109 --> 00:53:21,040
i decided i wouldn't read off a long

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00:53:40,470 --> 00:53:28,309
and that's my wife diana 50 years who

1191
00:53:44,630 --> 00:53:42,710
she has followed me and supported me

1192
00:53:46,790 --> 00:53:44,640
through all this even before we were

1193
00:53:48,069 --> 00:53:46,800
married

1194
00:53:50,630 --> 00:53:48,079
so

1195
00:53:52,630 --> 00:53:50,640
i humbly accept this honor as i

1196
00:53:54,630 --> 00:53:52,640
recognize all the people

1197
00:53:59,750 --> 00:53:54,640
who are also a part of this great

1198
00:54:07,349 --> 00:54:02,030
congratulations

1199
00:54:16,549 --> 00:54:07,359
to the united states astronaut hall of

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00:54:20,390 --> 00:54:18,069
you know jeff hoffman was telling me the

1201
00:54:23,190 --> 00:54:20,400
story today can you imagine they're

1202
00:54:25,190 --> 00:54:23,200
coming in on landing and hoffman saying

1203
00:54:27,750 --> 00:54:25,200
you know the flight's over this is great

1204
00:54:30,230 --> 00:54:27,760
no problems we're back on earth and then

1205
00:54:32,230 --> 00:54:30,240
all of a sudden boom

1206
00:54:34,630 --> 00:54:32,240
and the landing gear blows it's like you

1207
00:54:36,390 --> 00:54:34,640
know the eyes go

1208
00:54:38,390 --> 00:54:36,400
what happened here

1209
00:54:43,589 --> 00:54:38,400
but again as he mentioned cool as a

1210
00:54:50,710 --> 00:54:46,150
our second inductee today is lieutenant

1211
00:54:56,390 --> 00:54:52,589
helms has logged

1212
00:54:58,710 --> 00:54:56,400
5064 hours in space and holds the world

1213
00:55:01,510 --> 00:54:58,720
record for the longest spacewalk at

1214
00:55:03,030 --> 00:55:01,520
eight hours and 56 minutes i got that

1215
00:55:05,030 --> 00:55:03,040
right right

1216
00:55:08,470 --> 00:55:05,040
she's a veteran of five space shuttle

1217
00:55:11,589 --> 00:55:08,480
missions from march to august 2001 helms

1218
00:55:14,150 --> 00:55:11,599
became the first woman to live and serve

1219
00:55:17,589 --> 00:55:14,160
aboard the international space station

1220
00:55:19,030 --> 00:55:17,599
as a member of the expedition 2 crew

1221
00:55:22,150 --> 00:55:19,040
during that mission helms and her crew

1222
00:55:24,630 --> 00:55:22,160
welcomed the first space tourist

1223
00:55:28,870 --> 00:55:24,640
after a 12-year career with nasa that

1224
00:55:31,109 --> 00:55:28,880
included 211 days in space helms

1225
00:55:33,430 --> 00:55:31,119
returned to the united states air force

1226
00:55:36,470 --> 00:55:33,440
in july 2002

1227
00:55:38,870 --> 00:55:36,480
in january of 2011 she became commander

1228
00:55:43,030 --> 00:55:38,880
of the joint functional component

1229
00:55:45,109 --> 00:55:43,040
command for space and 14th air force

1230
00:56:31,109 --> 00:55:45,119
let's take a look now at some highlights

1231
00:56:31,119 --> 00:57:12,230
is

1232
00:57:15,829 --> 00:57:14,150
tonight's spacewalkers susan helms on

1233
00:57:30,390 --> 00:57:15,839
the left jim voss on the right soon to

1234
00:57:30,400 --> 00:58:07,589
make your touchdown

1235
00:58:11,589 --> 00:58:09,589
to present susan helms for induction

1236
00:58:13,990 --> 00:58:11,599
into the united states astronaut hall of

1237
00:58:16,950 --> 00:58:14,000
fame please welcome hall of fame

1238
00:58:20,309 --> 00:58:16,960
astronaut and nasa administrator charles

1239
00:58:23,109 --> 00:58:20,319
bolden thank you john thank you

1240
00:58:24,710 --> 00:58:23,119
welcome

1241
00:58:27,349 --> 00:58:24,720
probably the happiest person here right

1242
00:58:28,630 --> 00:58:27,359
now at least based on the look on his

1243
00:58:30,230 --> 00:58:28,640
face

1244
00:58:32,710 --> 00:58:30,240
is susan's dad over there it's

1245
00:58:35,190 --> 00:58:32,720
incredible watching him as we go through

1246
00:58:37,430 --> 00:58:35,200
this ceremony

1247
00:58:39,910 --> 00:58:37,440
it's um

1248
00:58:41,670 --> 00:58:39,920
it's an incredible honor for me this

1249
00:58:43,670 --> 00:58:41,680
afternoon to introduce to you one of my

1250
00:58:45,670 --> 00:58:43,680
heroes lieutenant general susan j helms

1251
00:58:47,990 --> 00:58:45,680
united states air force

1252
00:58:50,870 --> 00:58:48,000
john's already told you much about

1253
00:58:54,150 --> 00:58:50,880
her official air force and nasa careers

1254
00:58:57,670 --> 00:58:54,160
selected by nasa in january 1990 susan

1255
00:59:01,829 --> 00:58:57,680
became an astronaut in july 1991.

1256
00:59:06,710 --> 00:59:01,839
she flew on sts-54 in 93 sts-64

1257
00:59:08,549 --> 00:59:06,720
1994 sts 78 1998 sts-101

1258
00:59:11,030 --> 00:59:08,559
2000 and served aboard the international

1259
00:59:14,230 --> 00:59:11,040
space station as a member of the iss

1260
00:59:16,630 --> 00:59:14,240
expedition 2 crew in 2001.

1261
00:59:19,270 --> 00:59:16,640
a veteran of five flights she's logged

1262
00:59:21,589 --> 00:59:19,280
over 5 000 hours in space including a

1263
00:59:22,870 --> 00:59:21,599
world record eva of 8 hours and 56

1264
00:59:24,870 --> 00:59:22,880
minutes as john

1265
00:59:26,470 --> 00:59:24,880
uh just talked about

1266
00:59:29,349 --> 00:59:26,480
her incredible talent and leadership

1267
00:59:32,150 --> 00:59:29,359
ability became quite evident to me

1268
00:59:34,069 --> 00:59:32,160
during her first flight sts-54

1269
00:59:35,910 --> 00:59:34,079
on which she served as an ivy or

1270
00:59:37,589 --> 00:59:35,920
intervehicular crew member with

1271
00:59:41,670 --> 00:59:37,599
responsibility for overseeing the

1272
00:59:43,750 --> 00:59:41,680
conduct of the spacewalk on that flight

1273
00:59:47,109 --> 00:59:43,760
having trained as an iv crew member

1274
00:59:49,190 --> 00:59:47,119
crewman myself i watched in awe

1275
00:59:50,789 --> 00:59:49,200
as she set the standard for iv crew

1276
00:59:52,870 --> 00:59:50,799
members by the manner in which she

1277
00:59:54,309 --> 00:59:52,880
perfectly and deftly choreographed the

1278
00:59:55,910 --> 00:59:54,319
space walk

1279
00:59:58,069 --> 00:59:55,920
under her direction

1280
01:00:00,150 --> 00:59:58,079
we learned many lessons that would later

1281
01:00:02,150 --> 01:00:00,160
prove key to construction of the

1282
01:00:03,829 --> 01:00:02,160
international space station

1283
01:00:05,190 --> 01:00:03,839
but enough of the technical side of

1284
01:00:07,589 --> 01:00:05,200
susan

1285
01:00:11,349 --> 01:00:07,599
let me share with you some of the jewels

1286
01:00:14,069 --> 01:00:11,359
of her life from family and friends

1287
01:00:16,870 --> 01:00:14,079
susan enjoys piano and other musical

1288
01:00:19,190 --> 01:00:16,880
activities jogging traveling reading

1289
01:00:20,710 --> 01:00:19,200
computers and cooking

1290
01:00:22,710 --> 01:00:20,720
although susan will tell you she doesn't

1291
01:00:24,309 --> 01:00:22,720
have time to cook anymore

1292
01:00:25,750 --> 01:00:24,319
i remember when she checked into the

1293
01:00:28,870 --> 01:00:25,760
astronaut office

1294
01:00:31,349 --> 01:00:28,880
she joined the band max q singing lead

1295
01:00:33,190 --> 01:00:31,359
vocals and playing keyboard and i'll

1296
01:00:34,710 --> 01:00:33,200
have to tell you for anyone who's ever

1297
01:00:37,430 --> 01:00:34,720
heard max q

1298
01:00:39,589 --> 01:00:37,440
her addition to the band really helped

1299
01:00:40,829 --> 01:00:39,599
bring them into the realm of playing

1300
01:00:43,829 --> 01:00:40,839
real

1301
01:00:45,910 --> 01:00:43,839
music susan is one of four sisters

1302
01:00:48,549 --> 01:00:45,920
daughters to retired u.s air force

1303
01:00:51,589 --> 01:00:48,559
lieutenant colonel pat and dory helms

1304
01:00:53,910 --> 01:00:51,599
who reside in albuquerque new mexico

1305
01:00:56,710 --> 01:00:53,920
the hall of fame class of 2001 is not

1306
01:00:58,150 --> 01:00:56,720
only an all air force class in case you

1307
01:00:59,990 --> 01:00:58,160
didn't notice it

1308
01:01:02,069 --> 01:01:00,000
but it consists of two members who can

1309
01:01:04,549 --> 01:01:02,079
claim firsts from the united states air

1310
01:01:06,390 --> 01:01:04,559
force academy in colorado springs

1311
01:01:08,150 --> 01:01:06,400
beau bobco as you've already heard was a

1312
01:01:10,710 --> 01:01:08,160
member of the first graduating class of

1313
01:01:14,150 --> 01:01:10,720
the academy in 1959

1314
01:01:17,430 --> 01:01:14,160
and susan was one of 97 women to survive

1315
01:01:20,069 --> 01:01:17,440
from a class of 157 women to graduate

1316
01:01:22,950 --> 01:01:20,079
from the u.s air force academy in 1980

1317
01:01:32,230 --> 01:01:22,960
the first class to ever graduate women

1318
01:01:35,910 --> 01:01:34,870
according to her mom and dad dorian pat

1319
01:01:39,109 --> 01:01:35,920
helms

1320
01:01:41,750 --> 01:01:39,119
and this is a quote susan is the oldest

1321
01:01:44,150 --> 01:01:41,760
of four daughters and was well-behaved

1322
01:01:46,870 --> 01:01:44,160
quiet child

1323
01:01:49,750 --> 01:01:46,880
she taught herself to read early

1324
01:01:51,349 --> 01:01:49,760
and dory says i think the dr zeus books

1325
01:01:52,870 --> 01:01:51,359
and other books that were being read to

1326
01:01:54,870 --> 01:01:52,880
her helped

1327
01:01:56,549 --> 01:01:54,880
but she was six when i first took her to

1328
01:01:58,069 --> 01:01:56,559
a public library

1329
01:02:00,549 --> 01:01:58,079
i remember her standing in the middle of

1330
01:02:02,470 --> 01:02:00,559
a room full of books and asking me two

1331
01:02:04,789 --> 01:02:02,480
questions

1332
01:02:05,589 --> 01:02:04,799
how many books may i take home

1333
01:02:07,029 --> 01:02:05,599
and

1334
01:02:07,910 --> 01:02:07,039
when i've read all the books in this

1335
01:02:10,470 --> 01:02:07,920
room

1336
01:02:12,549 --> 01:02:10,480
may i start over

1337
01:02:14,950 --> 01:02:12,559
as a teenager her main extracurricular

1338
01:02:16,789 --> 01:02:14,960
interests were in the music field

1339
01:02:19,430 --> 01:02:16,799
susan was a percussionist in the band

1340
01:02:21,829 --> 01:02:19,440
and a pianist for the swing choir

1341
01:02:24,789 --> 01:02:21,839
however in the fall of her senior year

1342
01:02:25,990 --> 01:02:24,799
she read in the october 1975 parade

1343
01:02:27,750 --> 01:02:26,000
magazine

1344
01:02:30,470 --> 01:02:27,760
that they had opened the u.s air force

1345
01:02:31,910 --> 01:02:30,480
academy to women and decided she wanted

1346
01:02:33,190 --> 01:02:31,920
to apply

1347
01:02:36,309 --> 01:02:33,200
it was

1348
01:02:38,950 --> 01:02:36,319
okay with her mom and dad

1349
01:02:40,470 --> 01:02:38,960
though somewhat of a surprise

1350
01:02:42,710 --> 01:02:40,480
she had the grades in the leadership

1351
01:02:44,630 --> 01:02:42,720
skill but according to them she really

1352
01:02:47,430 --> 01:02:44,640
wasn't a jock

1353
01:02:49,829 --> 01:02:47,440
she just told us or told them

1354
01:02:51,510 --> 01:02:49,839
that she would need to get in shape and

1355
01:02:53,109 --> 01:02:51,520
that she did

1356
01:02:55,109 --> 01:02:53,119
her father pat

1357
01:02:58,870 --> 01:02:55,119
who took on the task recalls that her

1358
01:03:00,829 --> 01:02:58,880
first mile of running took 16 minutes

1359
01:03:05,029 --> 01:03:00,839
that's pretty good for

1360
01:03:06,710 --> 01:03:05,039
me i don't know about the rest of you

1361
01:03:09,670 --> 01:03:06,720
i would love to have a 16 minute mile

1362
01:03:13,589 --> 01:03:11,109
but when the time arrived for the

1363
01:03:15,990 --> 01:03:13,599
necessary physical test in january she

1364
01:03:18,390 --> 01:03:16,000
was doing an 8-minute mile and that day

1365
01:03:19,910 --> 01:03:18,400
did her first ever pull-up

1366
01:03:21,829 --> 01:03:19,920
hearing this story of susan's

1367
01:03:24,470 --> 01:03:21,839
conditioning makes it easier for me to

1368
01:03:26,150 --> 01:03:24,480
understand the story told to me by her

1369
01:03:28,950 --> 01:03:26,160
sister nancy

1370
01:03:31,349 --> 01:03:28,960
as the story goes and this is a quote

1371
01:03:33,029 --> 01:03:31,359
while visiting our family in 2004 or

1372
01:03:35,029 --> 01:03:33,039
2005

1373
01:03:35,910 --> 01:03:35,039
susan asked if we minded if she took our

1374
01:03:38,630 --> 01:03:35,920
dog

1375
01:03:40,710 --> 01:03:38,640
a beagle named radar then six years old

1376
01:03:42,710 --> 01:03:40,720
out for a jog

1377
01:03:44,710 --> 01:03:42,720
of course we agreed my husband and i

1378
01:03:46,230 --> 01:03:44,720
laughed and laughed while they were gone

1379
01:03:48,390 --> 01:03:46,240
about whether susan would be able to

1380
01:03:50,630 --> 01:03:48,400
keep up with the dog

1381
01:03:53,349 --> 01:03:50,640
about 40 minutes later

1382
01:03:55,109 --> 01:03:53,359
susan and radar returned from their run

1383
01:03:58,470 --> 01:03:55,119
and we asked how it went

1384
01:03:59,510 --> 01:03:58,480
in typical susan fashion she said fine

1385
01:04:02,789 --> 01:03:59,520
well

1386
01:04:04,710 --> 01:04:02,799
apparently radar had a different story

1387
01:04:07,109 --> 01:04:04,720
he returned from the run and lay down on

1388
01:04:09,910 --> 01:04:07,119
his bed radar didn't wait didn't get up

1389
01:04:16,470 --> 01:04:13,750
we had no idea that susan was so fit

1390
01:04:19,510 --> 01:04:16,480
she outran the dog

1391
01:04:22,069 --> 01:04:19,520
now i personally love the story of radar

1392
01:04:24,309 --> 01:04:22,079
and i must admit that it ended much much

1393
01:04:25,430 --> 01:04:24,319
better than i ever imagined as i was

1394
01:04:28,390 --> 01:04:25,440
reading it

1395
01:04:30,789 --> 01:04:28,400
because every time i knew susan she was

1396
01:04:32,470 --> 01:04:30,799
always in really good shape

1397
01:04:33,990 --> 01:04:32,480
and so while we were in the astronaut

1398
01:04:36,549 --> 01:04:34,000
office together as i was reading the

1399
01:04:38,870 --> 01:04:36,559
story i expected to read that that susan

1400
01:04:40,710 --> 01:04:38,880
would return holding the dog's dying

1401
01:04:43,670 --> 01:04:40,720
body in her arms

1402
01:04:45,829 --> 01:04:43,680
after she had run it into the ground

1403
01:04:47,510 --> 01:04:45,839
the good thing is the story ended a lot

1404
01:04:48,710 --> 01:04:47,520
better than that

1405
01:04:50,870 --> 01:04:48,720
susan

1406
01:04:52,950 --> 01:04:50,880
with mother's day coming up tomorrow

1407
01:04:55,670 --> 01:04:52,960
your mom wanted me to add how special it

1408
01:04:58,069 --> 01:04:55,680
was when you once wished her happy

1409
01:05:01,109 --> 01:04:58,079
mother's day from space

1410
01:05:02,630 --> 01:05:01,119
she also says i'll cry here

1411
01:05:04,710 --> 01:05:02,640
she also says one of the biggest

1412
01:05:08,309 --> 01:05:04,720
surprises of her life was during your

1413
01:05:11,029 --> 01:05:08,319
spacewalk in march on march 11 2001 when

1414
01:05:12,069 --> 01:05:11,039
you paused and wished a happy 68th

1415
01:05:14,789 --> 01:05:12,079
birthday

1416
01:05:16,069 --> 01:05:14,799
in her words and i quote doesn't get any

1417
01:05:18,390 --> 01:05:16,079
better than that

1418
01:05:19,829 --> 01:05:18,400
susan continues to amaze us and we love

1419
01:05:22,390 --> 01:05:19,839
her dearly

1420
01:05:24,230 --> 01:05:22,400
sister marge margie helms carrich also

1421
01:05:25,910 --> 01:05:24,240
reflects on what a very talented

1422
01:05:27,349 --> 01:05:25,920
musician you are

1423
01:05:29,190 --> 01:05:27,359
she told me of the day when you were

1424
01:05:32,150 --> 01:05:29,200
kids and your dad took the four girls to

1425
01:05:34,630 --> 01:05:32,160
the movie young frankenstein

1426
01:05:37,510 --> 01:05:34,640
when we came home susan

1427
01:05:39,670 --> 01:05:37,520
susan sat down at the piano and started

1428
01:05:41,349 --> 01:05:39,680
to play the music from the movie

1429
01:05:43,349 --> 01:05:41,359
by ear

1430
01:05:46,150 --> 01:05:43,359
i thought to myself that's just not

1431
01:05:50,150 --> 01:05:47,829
she was also the piano player in the

1432
01:05:53,430 --> 01:05:50,160
debonairs her high school musical

1433
01:05:56,470 --> 01:05:53,440
ensemble and she loves the show glee

1434
01:05:57,430 --> 01:05:56,480
also susan janet nancy and i are very

1435
01:05:59,270 --> 01:05:57,440
close

1436
01:06:01,510 --> 01:05:59,280
and in some combination have traveled

1437
01:06:03,349 --> 01:06:01,520
quite a bit together over the years many

1438
01:06:04,870 --> 01:06:03,359
trips to las vegas without the husbands

1439
01:06:06,710 --> 01:06:04,880
and kids

1440
01:06:09,670 --> 01:06:06,720
several trips meet trips to meet in

1441
01:06:12,230 --> 01:06:09,680
paris lots of trips to new york city

1442
01:06:14,630 --> 01:06:12,240
but the first trips were with my parents

1443
01:06:16,390 --> 01:06:14,640
traveling across the united states as

1444
01:06:19,430 --> 01:06:16,400
dad went to helicopter training before

1445
01:06:21,910 --> 01:06:19,440
his time in vietnam uh dory you'll need

1446
01:06:24,150 --> 01:06:21,920
to tell margie that he was actually

1447
01:06:26,710 --> 01:06:24,160
going to be 52 training just a little

1448
01:06:30,710 --> 01:06:29,109
margie continues we took our big green

1449
01:06:32,710 --> 01:06:30,720
station wagon and drove from

1450
01:06:34,309 --> 01:06:32,720
massachusetts to california stayed four

1451
01:06:36,150 --> 01:06:34,319
months in return

1452
01:06:37,190 --> 01:06:36,160
we have many family memories along the

1453
01:06:39,109 --> 01:06:37,200
way

1454
01:06:41,510 --> 01:06:39,119
sister nancy stutzman tells of the time

1455
01:06:43,190 --> 01:06:41,520
susan was living on the iss when dennis

1456
01:06:45,270 --> 01:06:43,200
tito the first space tourist that you've

1457
01:06:47,270 --> 01:06:45,280
already heard about was preparing to go

1458
01:06:49,270 --> 01:06:47,280
to space there's quite a bit of

1459
01:06:51,029 --> 01:06:49,280
political commentary about it down here

1460
01:06:53,910 --> 01:06:51,039
on earth as to whether it was a good

1461
01:06:56,069 --> 01:06:53,920
idea should the russians be allowed to

1462
01:06:58,150 --> 01:06:56,079
sell seats on the sius

1463
01:07:00,470 --> 01:06:58,160
it was all over the news

1464
01:07:02,069 --> 01:07:00,480
nancy says susan was on station and so

1465
01:07:03,990 --> 01:07:02,079
she didn't have access to the plethora

1466
01:07:05,829 --> 01:07:04,000
of news commentary

1467
01:07:08,069 --> 01:07:05,839
so she asked her how she felt about

1468
01:07:09,910 --> 01:07:08,079
dennis tito coming to space

1469
01:07:10,710 --> 01:07:09,920
nancy says she'll never forget susan

1470
01:07:12,710 --> 01:07:10,720
said

1471
01:07:14,309 --> 01:07:12,720
while i'm living on the space station if

1472
01:07:20,069 --> 01:07:14,319
anybody knocks at the door we're

1473
01:07:25,029 --> 01:07:23,109
sister janet helms hansen reflects

1474
01:07:27,270 --> 01:07:25,039
and this is a quote i just want to

1475
01:07:29,430 --> 01:07:27,280
emphasize how much as a family we enjoy

1476
01:07:31,750 --> 01:07:29,440
each other my parents

1477
01:07:33,670 --> 01:07:31,760
instilled in us at a very young age how

1478
01:07:35,349 --> 01:07:33,680
important family is

1479
01:07:36,950 --> 01:07:35,359
we have all made an effort throughout

1480
01:07:40,150 --> 01:07:36,960
the years to be at susan's many

1481
01:07:42,150 --> 01:07:40,160
accomplishments however on the flip side

1482
01:07:43,990 --> 01:07:42,160
susan has also made efforts to be at our

1483
01:07:46,150 --> 01:07:44,000
accomplishments as well

1484
01:07:47,109 --> 01:07:46,160
she's a wonderful sister and a wonderful

1485
01:07:48,870 --> 01:07:47,119
friend

1486
01:07:50,950 --> 01:07:48,880
there's a saying that you can choose

1487
01:07:51,910 --> 01:07:50,960
your friends but you can't choose your

1488
01:07:53,430 --> 01:07:51,920
family

1489
01:07:56,150 --> 01:07:53,440
i think all of us would choose each

1490
01:07:57,589 --> 01:07:56,160
other as friends and family

1491
01:08:00,870 --> 01:07:57,599
from talking with your family members

1492
01:08:03,029 --> 01:08:00,880
susan one thing is very very clear

1493
01:08:05,750 --> 01:08:03,039
they all brag how amazing a person you

1494
01:08:08,710 --> 01:08:05,760
are most of all how amazing you make

1495
01:08:10,789 --> 01:08:08,720
them all feel they are to you

1496
01:08:12,710 --> 01:08:10,799
i'll just share one more a few more

1497
01:08:15,190 --> 01:08:12,720
thoughts before i sit down from one of

1498
01:08:18,309 --> 01:08:15,200
your dear friends lisa reed who has to

1499
01:08:19,829 --> 01:08:18,319
take credit for training both of us

1500
01:08:21,669 --> 01:08:19,839
lisa is here to celebrate with you and

1501
01:08:23,349 --> 01:08:21,679
your family this very special weekend

1502
01:08:25,669 --> 01:08:23,359
according to lisa

1503
01:08:28,229 --> 01:08:25,679
susan was a standout even as a new ascan

1504
01:08:31,189 --> 01:08:28,239
astronaut candidate that's the term

1505
01:08:33,749 --> 01:08:31,199
and uh and she had this reputation for

1506
01:08:35,749 --> 01:08:33,759
coming into training having done all her

1507
01:08:37,030 --> 01:08:35,759
prep work or homework

1508
01:08:40,229 --> 01:08:37,040
and came to the and i'm going to give

1509
01:08:42,630 --> 01:08:40,239
you some acronyms here okay the sst sms

1510
01:08:45,269 --> 01:08:42,640
ses and mdf that's the

1511
01:08:46,870 --> 01:08:45,279
single system trainer shuttle mission

1512
01:08:51,829 --> 01:08:46,880
simulator

1513
01:08:55,510 --> 01:08:51,839
manipulator development facility did i

1514
01:08:59,430 --> 01:08:57,430
she always came into those sessions

1515
01:09:00,709 --> 01:08:59,440
armed with knowledge and lots of pointed

1516
01:09:02,709 --> 01:09:00,719
questions

1517
01:09:05,349 --> 01:09:02,719
the instructors appreciated her

1518
01:09:07,590 --> 01:09:05,359
preparation but many times

1519
01:09:10,550 --> 01:09:07,600
we were the ones who left with crew

1520
01:09:12,550 --> 01:09:10,560
questions to answer and get back to her

1521
01:09:14,709 --> 01:09:12,560
so it's fair to say that while she was a

1522
01:09:16,390 --> 01:09:14,719
student her instructors ended up

1523
01:09:17,829 --> 01:09:16,400
learning more from all the questions

1524
01:09:20,229 --> 01:09:17,839
they researched

1525
01:09:22,789 --> 01:09:20,239
susan spent years off and on traveling

1526
01:09:24,470 --> 01:09:22,799
to russia to train for iss mission and

1527
01:09:26,789 --> 01:09:24,480
learning russian language

1528
01:09:28,789 --> 01:09:26,799
many people never saw her dedication to

1529
01:09:30,789 --> 01:09:28,799
preparation for this mission

1530
01:09:32,229 --> 01:09:30,799
the expedition 2 training schedule was

1531
01:09:35,189 --> 01:09:32,239
fully packed with little room for

1532
01:09:37,030 --> 01:09:35,199
studying russian she would set the alarm

1533
01:09:39,590 --> 01:09:37,040
and get up at 3 30 to get her russian

1534
01:09:41,749 --> 01:09:39,600
language study time in by the time she

1535
01:09:43,910 --> 01:09:41,759
flew she was pretty fluent

1536
01:09:47,430 --> 01:09:43,920
lisa also relates that susan loved her

1537
01:09:48,390 --> 01:09:47,440
time on the iss but being a rabid x-file

1538
01:09:50,470 --> 01:09:48,400
fan

1539
01:09:52,309 --> 01:09:50,480
she fretted over how she was going to

1540
01:09:55,350 --> 01:09:52,319
get to see the episodes she would be

1541
01:09:57,030 --> 01:09:55,360
missing weekly while on board

1542
01:09:58,229 --> 01:09:57,040
luckily

1543
01:10:00,950 --> 01:09:58,239
for her

1544
01:10:02,790 --> 01:10:00,960
her support team was able to record them

1545
01:10:04,790 --> 01:10:02,800
and when either a shuttle or progress

1546
01:10:07,590 --> 01:10:04,800
mission was there she relished the

1547
01:10:09,750 --> 01:10:07,600
chance to watch all the episodes at once

1548
01:10:12,950 --> 01:10:09,760
and then trade emails with her x-file

1549
01:10:16,790 --> 01:10:12,960
fans friends watching on earth

1550
01:10:18,630 --> 01:10:16,800
this past june january 2011 is as as

1551
01:10:20,630 --> 01:10:18,640
john has already said

1552
01:10:21,510 --> 01:10:20,640
susan helms was promoted to lieutenant

1553
01:10:23,750 --> 01:10:21,520
general

1554
01:10:25,750 --> 01:10:23,760
and assumed duties as commander 14th air

1555
01:10:27,510 --> 01:10:25,760
force air force base command and

1556
01:10:30,870 --> 01:10:27,520
commander joint functional component

1557
01:10:33,430 --> 01:10:30,880
command for space u.s strategic command

1558
01:10:35,189 --> 01:10:33,440
with this milestone in her life

1559
01:10:36,550 --> 01:10:35,199
this daughter of a career air force

1560
01:10:38,790 --> 01:10:36,560
pilot

1561
01:10:40,070 --> 01:10:38,800
lieutenant general helms became the

1562
01:10:42,070 --> 01:10:40,080
first woman

1563
01:10:44,630 --> 01:10:42,080
and astronaut to take command at

1564
01:10:55,750 --> 01:10:44,640
vandenberg air force base ladies and

1565
01:11:00,149 --> 01:10:57,750
ladies and gentlemen it's my honor and

1566
01:11:01,030 --> 01:11:00,159
privilege to present my hero and my

1567
01:11:07,590 --> 01:11:01,040
friend

1568
01:11:37,189 --> 01:11:09,830
and now the presentation of the hall of

1569
01:11:46,709 --> 01:11:40,229
boy charlie you really got to be there

1570
01:11:51,510 --> 01:11:49,110
and i you know i can that you all don't

1571
01:11:53,510 --> 01:11:51,520
know this but there's a television

1572
01:11:55,189 --> 01:11:53,520
that's behind this table up front and we

1573
01:11:56,470 --> 01:11:55,199
can see

1574
01:11:59,110 --> 01:11:56,480
what you're seeing on the forward

1575
01:12:01,750 --> 01:11:59,120
screens and i know my hair is all over

1576
01:12:05,990 --> 01:12:03,669
but then i thought you know in space it

1577
01:12:08,229 --> 01:12:06,000
was all over the place anyway so it's

1578
01:12:10,550 --> 01:12:08,239
probably appropriate i just can't

1579
01:12:12,310 --> 01:12:10,560
control it

1580
01:12:13,990 --> 01:12:12,320
but in any case i'm going to take a page

1581
01:12:16,149 --> 01:12:14,000
from bill's book

1582
01:12:18,550 --> 01:12:16,159
bill said that it takes thousands

1583
01:12:19,590 --> 01:12:18,560
to build a space shuttle program and i'm

1584
01:12:22,790 --> 01:12:19,600
going to tell you that it takes

1585
01:12:25,669 --> 01:12:22,800
thousands to build an astronaut and so

1586
01:12:27,830 --> 01:12:25,679
all i want to do here

1587
01:12:31,350 --> 01:12:27,840
because there's not much more to say is

1588
01:12:33,270 --> 01:12:31,360
to just thank the people that basically

1589
01:12:34,950 --> 01:12:33,280
got me here

1590
01:12:36,550 --> 01:12:34,960
in this point of recognition which by

1591
01:12:38,550 --> 01:12:36,560
the way i'm so very thankful to the

1592
01:12:41,110 --> 01:12:38,560
foundation and the committee for

1593
01:12:43,669 --> 01:12:41,120
um picking me for this it truly is a

1594
01:12:46,149 --> 01:12:43,679
humbling humbling honor and i admire all

1595
01:12:48,310 --> 01:12:46,159
of you so very much

1596
01:12:51,350 --> 01:12:48,320
it is quite surreal to stand up here

1597
01:12:52,870 --> 01:12:51,360
among these giants on the stage and the

1598
01:12:53,990 --> 01:12:52,880
others who are part of them that aren't

1599
01:12:56,630 --> 01:12:54,000
here today

1600
01:12:58,950 --> 01:12:56,640
and uh to be welcomed into this it is uh

1601
01:13:00,709 --> 01:12:58,960
kind of a speechless moment really um

1602
01:13:02,790 --> 01:13:00,719
and i want to thank all of you it's upon

1603
01:13:04,310 --> 01:13:02,800
your shoulders of course that we are all

1604
01:13:06,470 --> 01:13:04,320
standing in our in this younger

1605
01:13:08,390 --> 01:13:06,480
generation i'm a part of but uh we would

1606
01:13:09,910 --> 01:13:08,400
not be where we are today in space

1607
01:13:11,990 --> 01:13:09,920
without all of you doing what you have

1608
01:13:21,189 --> 01:13:12,000
done so please a round of applause for

1609
01:13:25,669 --> 01:13:23,910
and and that was my first thank you i i

1610
01:13:29,430 --> 01:13:25,679
will give you my next one i will name a

1611
01:13:31,510 --> 01:13:29,440
couple of names um i when i was a kid i

1612
01:13:32,709 --> 01:13:31,520
love math and science and i love the air

1613
01:13:33,590 --> 01:13:32,719
force

1614
01:13:37,189 --> 01:13:33,600
and

1615
01:13:40,229 --> 01:13:37,199
of course you're all probably wondering

1616
01:13:42,229 --> 01:13:40,239
joining the air force probably wasn't uh

1617
01:13:43,910 --> 01:13:42,239
it was a no-brainer but the question was

1618
01:13:46,310 --> 01:13:43,920
what about the astronaut part and so i

1619
01:13:47,590 --> 01:13:46,320
would like to thank dick covey who isn't

1620
01:13:49,669 --> 01:13:47,600
here today but

1621
01:13:51,669 --> 01:13:49,679
when you think of who it was that

1622
01:13:53,350 --> 01:13:51,679
probably got me really

1623
01:13:54,950 --> 01:13:53,360
sparked to go ahead and put my

1624
01:13:57,110 --> 01:13:54,960
application in for the program it was

1625
01:13:59,910 --> 01:13:57,120
him he he actually came up to me and

1626
01:14:02,550 --> 01:13:59,920
said why don't you apply to the program

1627
01:14:04,550 --> 01:14:02,560
and that until that moment until he said

1628
01:14:07,430 --> 01:14:04,560
that i didn't ever think i would be

1629
01:14:09,350 --> 01:14:07,440
competitive for the program and so

1630
01:14:11,270 --> 01:14:09,360
because of him i really did get

1631
01:14:13,750 --> 01:14:11,280
incentivized to go ahead and submit my

1632
01:14:17,350 --> 01:14:13,760
application and a little known to me he

1633
01:14:22,149 --> 01:14:19,590
when i when i showed up a few months

1634
01:14:24,310 --> 01:14:22,159
later he was one of 12. he didn't have

1635
01:14:27,189 --> 01:14:24,320
the only vote but charlie you were on

1636
01:14:29,750 --> 01:14:27,199
that selection board too if i recall um

1637
01:14:30,870 --> 01:14:29,760
it was a it was a fun experience but

1638
01:14:32,470 --> 01:14:30,880
but really

1639
01:14:35,350 --> 01:14:32,480
uh dick was the one that sort of got

1640
01:14:37,830 --> 01:14:35,360
this ball rolling and when we showed up

1641
01:14:39,669 --> 01:14:37,840
the senior astronauts by that time they

1642
01:14:40,870 --> 01:14:39,679
were there were a few folks left from

1643
01:14:43,110 --> 01:14:40,880
the apollo program but they were

1644
01:14:45,590 --> 01:14:43,120
primarily the shuttle astronauts at the

1645
01:14:47,430 --> 01:14:45,600
time i got there in 1990 and

1646
01:14:49,110 --> 01:14:47,440
and i have to thank them they set

1647
01:14:52,070 --> 01:14:49,120
basically a standard

1648
01:14:54,870 --> 01:14:52,080
of excellence in all that we do and

1649
01:14:56,630 --> 01:14:54,880
nowhere was that more evident in how

1650
01:14:58,310 --> 01:14:56,640
they tried to mentor us younger

1651
01:15:00,870 --> 01:14:58,320
astronauts as we got ready for the

1652
01:15:03,430 --> 01:15:00,880
shuttle flights then um than to think

1653
01:15:05,350 --> 01:15:03,440
back on my rookie flight with my crew

1654
01:15:07,510 --> 01:15:05,360
members who are all not rookies one of

1655
01:15:09,270 --> 01:15:07,520
whom is here today don mcmonagle

1656
01:15:10,550 --> 01:15:09,280
and if any of you know don mcmonagle

1657
01:15:11,830 --> 01:15:10,560
you'll know that he is a man of

1658
01:15:14,229 --> 01:15:11,840
perfection

1659
01:15:16,070 --> 01:15:14,239
and knows uh what the standard really is

1660
01:15:18,229 --> 01:15:16,080
in order to do this kind of business and

1661
01:15:20,790 --> 01:15:18,239
and so all of the astronauts who are in

1662
01:15:22,790 --> 01:15:20,800
the office mentoring us new folks uh and

1663
01:15:24,870 --> 01:15:22,800
don you and the rest of the folks on 54

1664
01:15:26,709 --> 01:15:24,880
that mentored me on that's what really

1665
01:15:29,430 --> 01:15:26,719
drove me to come into the training team

1666
01:15:31,910 --> 01:15:29,440
and ask all those hard questions was the

1667
01:15:33,350 --> 01:15:31,920
astronauts behind me on my crew saying

1668
01:15:34,950 --> 01:15:33,360
this is the level you have to know

1669
01:15:36,310 --> 01:15:34,960
things and now let's see if you can

1670
01:15:37,270 --> 01:15:36,320
figure out if the training team knows

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01:15:40,630 --> 01:15:37,280
them too

1672
01:15:42,790 --> 01:15:40,640
so um it was a it was a great

1673
01:15:44,630 --> 01:15:42,800
a great dynamic to be a part of uh the

1674
01:15:46,229 --> 01:15:44,640
training teams i'll mention them if

1675
01:15:48,550 --> 01:15:46,239
they're part of the thousands it takes

1676
01:15:49,830 --> 01:15:48,560
to build an astronaut um you meant you

1677
01:15:51,270 --> 01:15:49,840
already heard that lisa reed is here

1678
01:15:52,550 --> 01:15:51,280
today there are other folks i'm sure in

1679
01:15:55,510 --> 01:15:52,560
the audience that are here today the

1680
01:15:57,350 --> 01:15:55,520
training teams uh very thankless job

1681
01:15:59,590 --> 01:15:57,360
they're dealing with uh

1682
01:16:01,110 --> 01:15:59,600
the astronaut prima donnas that we are

1683
01:16:02,709 --> 01:16:01,120
everybody thinks it's all about us it's

1684
01:16:05,510 --> 01:16:02,719
not it's about the program and it's

1685
01:16:07,189 --> 01:16:05,520
about the great adventure but the the

1686
01:16:09,430 --> 01:16:07,199
reason that we look so good at what we

1687
01:16:10,470 --> 01:16:09,440
do is because we were trained that way

1688
01:16:12,709 --> 01:16:10,480
and so

1689
01:16:14,790 --> 01:16:12,719
the folks who do all of the payload

1690
01:16:16,310 --> 01:16:14,800
integration all of the work with this to

1691
01:16:17,830 --> 01:16:16,320
interface to the space shuttle all of

1692
01:16:20,470 --> 01:16:17,840
the training for us they're the ones

1693
01:16:23,030 --> 01:16:20,480
that that do build us into what we are

1694
01:16:24,630 --> 01:16:23,040
and um make us look good and so i want

1695
01:16:26,310 --> 01:16:24,640
to thank all of the folks who are part

1696
01:16:28,149 --> 01:16:26,320
of that

1697
01:16:30,550 --> 01:16:28,159
uh i do have to throw in a thank you to

1698
01:16:32,630 --> 01:16:30,560
hoot gibson he's the one that

1699
01:16:33,590 --> 01:16:32,640
really was the impetus of me joining max

1700
01:16:36,229 --> 01:16:33,600
q

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01:16:37,510 --> 01:16:36,239
and um

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01:16:38,310 --> 01:16:37,520
and so

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01:16:40,310 --> 01:16:38,320
who

1704
01:16:42,149 --> 01:16:40,320
now i know why he thought it would raise

1705
01:16:45,510 --> 01:16:42,159
the level of the band and that was what

1706
01:16:47,110 --> 01:16:45,520
mattered but he um he was

1707
01:16:48,630 --> 01:16:47,120
he was definitely with the other max

1708
01:16:50,950 --> 01:16:48,640
cube band members and through including

1709
01:16:52,550 --> 01:16:50,960
carl waltz my dear friend um

1710
01:16:54,790 --> 01:16:52,560
basically they

1711
01:16:56,870 --> 01:16:54,800
they showed what it meant to not only

1712
01:16:59,350 --> 01:16:56,880
work hard but to play hard and so i

1713
01:17:01,110 --> 01:16:59,360
think max q was one of those things in

1714
01:17:02,550 --> 01:17:01,120
the astronaut band where that was our

1715
01:17:05,110 --> 01:17:02,560
way of

1716
01:17:06,790 --> 01:17:05,120
after working so very hard we just got

1717
01:17:08,630 --> 01:17:06,800
together and we played music together

1718
01:17:10,790 --> 01:17:08,640
and that was playing hard too

1719
01:17:14,149 --> 01:17:10,800
and the the byproduct that we were

1720
01:17:16,470 --> 01:17:14,159
actually able to book a few gigs

1721
01:17:17,990 --> 01:17:16,480
was was a neat by-product but when i

1722
01:17:19,510 --> 01:17:18,000
look back on it

1723
01:17:21,669 --> 01:17:19,520
i think that where when you're an

1724
01:17:22,870 --> 01:17:21,679
all-astronaut band

1725
01:17:27,590 --> 01:17:22,880
everybody's going to tell you you're

1726
01:17:30,950 --> 01:17:28,790
so i

1727
01:17:33,110 --> 01:17:30,960
i always wondered about that after but

1728
01:17:35,830 --> 01:17:33,120
uh it was a great it was a great thing

1729
01:17:37,990 --> 01:17:35,840
to be a part of and um and of course who

1730
01:17:40,229 --> 01:17:38,000
had handed that as well as the others

1731
01:17:42,070 --> 01:17:40,239
and and then i i do have to mention bob

1732
01:17:44,470 --> 01:17:42,080
cabana because after flying several

1733
01:17:46,390 --> 01:17:44,480
flights you know the office does the

1734
01:17:49,270 --> 01:17:46,400
flight assignments and then this

1735
01:17:52,630 --> 01:17:49,280
this moment came where i was no longer a

1736
01:17:54,709 --> 01:17:52,640
part of a mature program at that point

1737
01:17:57,430 --> 01:17:54,719
in the 90s called the space shuttle

1738
01:17:59,350 --> 01:17:57,440
but me and a few others were basically

1739
01:18:01,350 --> 01:17:59,360
identified by bob cabana who was chief

1740
01:18:03,590 --> 01:18:01,360
of the office of that time to go

1741
01:18:06,149 --> 01:18:03,600
do what astronauts need to do at times

1742
01:18:07,430 --> 01:18:06,159
which is to go and start up a new space

1743
01:18:09,510 --> 01:18:07,440
program

1744
01:18:11,189 --> 01:18:09,520
a lot of the folks you see here

1745
01:18:14,070 --> 01:18:11,199
they were part of the early days of the

1746
01:18:15,590 --> 01:18:14,080
shuttle program and the moon program

1747
01:18:17,830 --> 01:18:15,600
and in

1748
01:18:19,830 --> 01:18:17,840
in scott's case even earlier

1749
01:18:21,510 --> 01:18:19,840
and and me and a few others were

1750
01:18:24,709 --> 01:18:21,520
selected to be a part of the space

1751
01:18:26,950 --> 01:18:24,719
station program and bob made that choice

1752
01:18:28,790 --> 01:18:26,960
and at the time we didn't know it but

1753
01:18:30,630 --> 01:18:28,800
i've told him this since it was one of

1754
01:18:32,310 --> 01:18:30,640
the most amazing things i've ever had

1755
01:18:35,350 --> 01:18:32,320
the chance to do which was to be a part

1756
01:18:37,189 --> 01:18:35,360
of a space outpost in space

1757
01:18:39,669 --> 01:18:37,199
that truly was a human adventure that

1758
01:18:41,910 --> 01:18:39,679
has no equal

1759
01:18:44,470 --> 01:18:41,920
and i want to thank bob for making that

1760
01:18:47,030 --> 01:18:44,480
that decision to put me and a few others

1761
01:18:48,630 --> 01:18:47,040
in that position we worked hard

1762
01:18:50,310 --> 01:18:48,640
to get that program stood up and

1763
01:18:52,070 --> 01:18:50,320
operating in the right way and i think

1764
01:18:53,030 --> 01:18:52,080
we succeeded

1765
01:18:57,030 --> 01:18:53,040
but

1766
01:18:58,790 --> 01:18:57,040
and that's those folks that i um

1767
01:19:00,870 --> 01:18:58,800
basically flew with all of the crew

1768
01:19:03,110 --> 01:19:00,880
members that i flew with uh i drew more

1769
01:19:05,430 --> 01:19:03,120
from them than they ever drew from me

1770
01:19:07,430 --> 01:19:05,440
and uh and and frankly i think the

1771
01:19:10,550 --> 01:19:07,440
reason i'm standing here before you

1772
01:19:12,790 --> 01:19:10,560
right now is because of all the the

1773
01:19:14,950 --> 01:19:12,800
love and support of the fellow members

1774
01:19:17,669 --> 01:19:14,960
of my flights that i flew with and the

1775
01:19:18,390 --> 01:19:17,679
teams that basically made us all become

1776
01:19:22,470 --> 01:19:18,400
as

1777
01:19:23,750 --> 01:19:22,480
and then there's of course one obvious

1778
01:19:25,990 --> 01:19:23,760
thank you i haven't mentioned yet and

1779
01:19:28,070 --> 01:19:26,000
that's my family um

1780
01:19:31,189 --> 01:19:28,080
i'm debating whether to thank now thank

1781
01:19:33,510 --> 01:19:31,199
them now after what charlie said but

1782
01:19:35,270 --> 01:19:33,520
but the bottom line is every everything

1783
01:19:36,470 --> 01:19:35,280
that they've said

1784
01:19:38,870 --> 01:19:36,480
has been

1785
01:19:40,630 --> 01:19:38,880
um bringing me to tears just thinking

1786
01:19:42,950 --> 01:19:40,640
about it but it is true what he said

1787
01:19:45,189 --> 01:19:42,960
certainly which is that my family means

1788
01:19:46,229 --> 01:19:45,199
everything to me my mom my dad my three

1789
01:19:49,430 --> 01:19:46,239
sisters

1790
01:19:52,310 --> 01:19:49,440
and all of my extended family and um

1791
01:19:53,750 --> 01:19:52,320
and that when i was on space station

1792
01:19:55,910 --> 01:19:53,760
those many months

1793
01:19:57,750 --> 01:19:55,920
and i remember thinking i've got to be

1794
01:19:59,430 --> 01:19:57,760
in one of the most amazing places a

1795
01:20:01,510 --> 01:19:59,440
human being can ever be

1796
01:20:03,750 --> 01:20:01,520
in this really grand adventure uh

1797
01:20:05,189 --> 01:20:03,760
looking at earth which is so very very

1798
01:20:06,709 --> 01:20:05,199
beautiful

1799
01:20:09,110 --> 01:20:06,719
from afar

1800
01:20:11,590 --> 01:20:09,120
it really i it hit me at that point that

1801
01:20:13,669 --> 01:20:11,600
if you don't have family

1802
01:20:15,990 --> 01:20:13,679
and keep tied to family it really

1803
01:20:17,590 --> 01:20:16,000
doesn't mean all that much and so

1804
01:20:19,910 --> 01:20:17,600
i want to thank my family always for

1805
01:20:22,550 --> 01:20:19,920
being there and supporting me because

1806
01:20:25,669 --> 01:20:22,560
truly uh i'm who i am because of who you

1807
01:20:28,070 --> 01:20:25,679
are so thank you very much and again

1808
01:20:30,629 --> 01:20:28,080
thanks very much to the committee and

1809
01:20:34,070 --> 01:20:30,639
the foundation for honoring me it truly

1810
01:20:36,149 --> 01:20:34,080
is a humbling moment for me and um

1811
01:20:38,310 --> 01:20:36,159
and i nothing in the bottom of my heart

1812
01:20:40,070 --> 01:20:38,320
nothing will will surely be able to be

1813
01:20:46,629 --> 01:20:40,080
said that that tells you how much this

1814
01:20:51,030 --> 01:20:48,709
susan helms and welcome to the united

1815
01:20:52,709 --> 01:20:51,040
states astronaut hall of fame

1816
01:20:54,229 --> 01:20:52,719
ladies and gentlemen i am proud to

1817
01:20:55,830 --> 01:20:54,239
present to you the united states

1818
01:20:59,830 --> 01:20:55,840
astronaut hall of fame

1819
01:21:15,910 --> 01:20:59,840
class of 2011 carol bobco and susan

1820
01:21:42,470 --> 01:21:18,229
and now all the members of the united

1821
01:21:42,480 --> 01:21:54,070
it's your photo op time

1822
01:21:57,830 --> 01:21:55,669
as you're taking your pictures it has

1823
01:21:59,750 --> 01:21:57,840
been my pleasure to be with you today

1824
01:22:02,149 --> 01:21:59,760
and on behalf of the kennedy space

1825
01:22:04,550 --> 01:22:02,159
center visitor complex

1826
01:22:07,030 --> 01:22:04,560
and the astronaut scholarship foundation

1827
01:22:09,189 --> 01:22:07,040
thank you for joining us for this

1828
01:22:11,270 --> 01:22:09,199
historic ceremony

1829
01:22:12,950 --> 01:22:11,280
please remain standing as the hall of