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atlantis iss this is houston are you

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we're ready for the event

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atlantis iss please stand by for the

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white house

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hello

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station well this is president obama who

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hello mr president you're talking to the

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increment 28 crew and the crew of the

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space shuttle atlantis

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well that's funny see because i was just

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dialing out for pizza and uh

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uh i i didn't expect uh to end up in

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well yes sir it's uh it's really an

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honor and a privilege that you took some

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time out of your busy day to meet with

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us well listen it is wonderful to talk

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to you uh

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and i appreciate you guys taking out the

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time from from your mission uh

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i always want to just let everybody know

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uh how personally proud i am of you and

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the amazing feats you guys are

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accomplishing in space and

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uh i was uh here in the oval office

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watching you guys take off last friday

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watching as as uh the ten of you work

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together as a team to conduct walks and

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manage experiments and do all the things

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that are necessary to keep the space

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your example i think means so much

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not to just to

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your fellow americans but also to your

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fellow citizens on earth and and the

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space program has always

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embodied uh our sense of adventure and

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exploration and courage uh as you guys

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work in a really harsh environment

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um and i know that uh

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there have been

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thousands who've poured their hearts and

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souls into america's space shuttle

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program over the last three decades that

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following this journey with special

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interest uh and

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to them and all the men and women of

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nasa i want to say thank you

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uh you've you helped our country lead

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the space age and you continue to

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inspire us and uh captain ferguson i

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realize that you're a veteran of

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previous flights but uh it must be

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pretty special to be uh the commander on

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the last flight of the historic shuttle

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oh absolutely mr president and just let

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me say on behalf of all of the

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international partners aboard the

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international space station right now

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we're all just absolutely honored and

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privileged to represent our our home

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countries in this multinational effort

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and to answer your questions sir yes it

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is uh it is an extreme pleasure to be a

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just a part of this fine crew of four

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who will represent our country uh on the

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uh on the final space shuttle mission uh

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scheduled for an undocking here in just

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a few days in a landing at kennedy space

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center in uh in a little less than a

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week well i i understand uh that you

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guys are also doing some pretty

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important uh mission work up there i

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there's something about an innovative

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a piece of equipment on board that has

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the it's a technology demonstration unit

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for the special purpose dexterous

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manipulator to work to show and prove

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the technology

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uh to robotically and remotely service

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satellites and we're hoping that with

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the work that we'll be able to do

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with the test bed here on space station

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will lead us to uh further advance our

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how nasa technology and research uh

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oftentimes has huge spillover effects

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into the commercial sector uh and and

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makes it all that much more important

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in terms of people's day-to-day lives so

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a unique american flag up to the station

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on the very first shuttle mission

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and uh one that will reside on the uh

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until american commercial space company

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yes mr president we uh we brought a flag

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that was flown on sts-1 and as a part of

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a special presentation a little ceremony

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we're going to have before we undock

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from the international space station

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we'll present that to the space station

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crew and it'll hopefully maintain will

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maintain a position of honor until until

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the next vehicle launched from u.s soil

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uh brings u.s astronauts uh up to uh to

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uh and and i understand it's gonna be

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sort of like a capture of the flag

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moment here for commercial uh space uh

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uh good luck to ever whoever grabbed

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that's an excellent point sir uh we sure

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hope to see some of our commercial

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partners climbing on board really soon

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and i know there's a lot of competition

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out there a lot of people are fervently

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working towards this goal to to be the

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first one to to send a commercial

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astronaut into orbit and we look forward

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to seeing them here soon

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uh i i also understand today marks an

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anniversary of sorts for us and our

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russian colleagues 36 years ago we

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a u.s apollo spacecraft and a soviet

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towards a rendezvous rendezvous in space

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american uh astronauts and and russian

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cosmonauts uh aren't just shaking hands

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36 years later but uh are working every

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with partners from other nations to

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represent humankind coming together

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yeah mr president and

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our crew is really international right

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here's representatives of three agencies

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uh nasa ross cosmos and jaxa and we're

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working as a one family actually not as

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a crew we are more than just part of

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or representatives of each country we

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are one big family and now those guys

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brilliant international space station

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well it it it is a wonderful testimony

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to the human spirit and

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you need to be like a family because i'm

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assuming you have to share pretty

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oh absolutely mr president we actually

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have a gym uh we have several bedrooms

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it's uh it's probably one of the more uh

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earth well the uh

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the final flight of the space shuttle uh

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program it also uh ushers in an exciting

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uh to push the the frontiers of space

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exploration and human space flight uh

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you guys will continue to operate uh or

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crew members like you will continue to

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the iss in coming years uh and seek to

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use it to advance scientific research

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and technology development i've tasked

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with an ambitious new mission to develop

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kinds of space technologies that are

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exploration beyond earth and ultimately

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sending humans to mars which is

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obviously no small feat but i know we're

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i just want to say uh how proud i am of

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all of you congratulations to nasa

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to all our international partners and

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all the personnel past and present who

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have spent countless hours and untold

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effort in making the space shuttle

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and the international space station a

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unique part of our history so

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accept my gratitude on this tremendous

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accomplishment

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and godspeed as you guys return home

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well thank you very much mr president

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once again on behalf of all the

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international partners on board we're

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we're privileged that you took some time

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to speak with us today and we're honored

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to represent everybody everybody on the

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planet earth thank you sir you bet take

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thank you mr president