1 00:00:13,249 --> 00:00:03,379 station Houston are you ready for the 2 00:00:15,379 --> 00:00:13,259 event we are ready for the event KGW TV 3 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:15,389 this is Mission Control Houston please 4 00:00:27,380 --> 00:00:18,930 call stations or a voice check this is 5 00:00:35,959 --> 00:00:27,390 KGW TV Portland we hear you great KGW TV 6 00:00:38,350 --> 00:00:35,969 we hear you loud and clear fantastic guy 7 00:00:42,020 --> 00:00:38,360 said way soon we can go ahead and go 8 00:00:50,990 --> 00:00:42,030 we're doing this on tape so we're 9 00:00:52,250 --> 00:00:51,000 concave so we're ready to roll we have 10 00:00:54,500 --> 00:00:52,260 commander dan burbank and flight 11 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:54,510 engineer Don Pettit with us so we 12 00:00:58,040 --> 00:00:56,610 appreciate you guys taking some time I 13 00:00:59,660 --> 00:00:58,050 think this is very cool that we're able 14 00:01:02,270 --> 00:00:59,670 to sit down here and talk to you guys up 15 00:01:03,319 --> 00:01:02,280 at the ISS just briefly let's get 16 00:01:04,609 --> 00:01:03,329 started by just telling us how the 17 00:01:10,580 --> 00:01:04,619 mission is going and what you've been up 18 00:01:16,219 --> 00:01:10,590 to the last few days we've been doing a 19 00:01:18,380 --> 00:01:16,229 mix of stowage and transfer for progress 20 00:01:19,940 --> 00:01:18,390 which are getting ready to undock so it 21 00:01:21,469 --> 00:01:19,950 basically that's a fancy way of saying 22 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:21,479 we're gathering trash and getting ready 23 00:01:25,670 --> 00:01:23,460 to get rid of it we've been doing a 24 00:01:28,010 --> 00:01:25,680 number of science experiments I just 25 00:01:32,660 --> 00:01:28,020 spent all morning doing ultrasounds on 26 00:01:35,690 --> 00:01:32,670 on myself for exercise dealing with how 27 00:01:38,450 --> 00:01:35,700 your muscles change shape under 28 00:01:40,510 --> 00:01:38,460 microgravity conditions and what happens 29 00:01:46,069 --> 00:01:40,520 to your heart and what happens to your 30 00:01:47,569 --> 00:01:46,079 your liver and gallbladder area and rest 31 00:01:49,399 --> 00:01:47,579 one other thing that's been occupying us 32 00:01:51,530 --> 00:01:49,409 for the last really week and a half I 33 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:51,540 guess now has been a major upgrade to 34 00:01:55,460 --> 00:01:52,890 the avionics onboard the space station 35 00:01:57,289 --> 00:01:55,470 so we have basically been doing brain 36 00:01:59,810 --> 00:01:57,299 surgery and all the important computers 37 00:02:01,160 --> 00:01:59,820 that run the guidance navigation control 38 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:01,170 on Space Station and the overall 39 00:02:06,139 --> 00:02:03,810 commanding so it involves rotating racks 40 00:02:07,910 --> 00:02:06,149 pulling some of these what we call well 41 00:02:10,490 --> 00:02:07,920 mDM's their computers that control the 42 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:10,500 systems and swapping out cards the 43 00:02:13,430 --> 00:02:11,730 grounds been doing a lot of work 44 00:02:15,530 --> 00:02:13,440 upgrading the software on board 45 00:02:17,330 --> 00:02:15,540 all this to essentially pave the way for 46 00:02:20,570 --> 00:02:17,340 the upcoming vehicle traffic that will 47 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:20,580 be in the next couple of months here I'm 48 00:02:25,970 --> 00:02:23,010 curious about microgravity on your body 49 00:02:28,130 --> 00:02:25,980 you've done the ultrasounds tell me what 50 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:28,140 effect it had on you what have you been 51 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:33,810 able to notice well initially when you 52 00:02:41,930 --> 00:02:37,890 come here you you notice the fluid shift 53 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:41,940 you're the gravity tends to keep your 54 00:02:46,670 --> 00:02:44,850 fluid down where it normally is supposed 55 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:46,680 to be but when you're in a weightless 56 00:02:50,870 --> 00:02:48,810 environment all tends to come up into 57 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:50,880 your head and and you have these big 58 00:02:57,590 --> 00:02:54,530 swollen chipmunk cheeks and and and 59 00:02:59,510 --> 00:02:57,600 you're all red faced and puffy and it 60 00:03:01,430 --> 00:02:59,520 takes a couple of weeks for your body to 61 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:01,440 sort out where it wants to push all the 62 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:03,570 fluid and have that go away so that's 63 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:05,610 one of the major effects and and 64 00:03:09,740 --> 00:03:07,290 something that comes along with that is 65 00:03:12,350 --> 00:03:09,750 you your sinuses get a little stuffy as 66 00:03:14,660 --> 00:03:12,360 well so so that's one of the first major 67 00:03:18,229 --> 00:03:14,670 effects the second effect that you 68 00:03:21,140 --> 00:03:18,239 notice right away is your body's kind of 69 00:03:23,300 --> 00:03:21,150 lazy and it uses gravity a lot to push 70 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:23,310 food through your gut and when there's 71 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:24,810 no gravity to help you push the food 72 00:03:29,270 --> 00:03:27,510 through your gut it it takes it a while 73 00:03:31,310 --> 00:03:29,280 before it figures out that it has to 74 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:31,320 push food through the gut to on its own 75 00:03:36,590 --> 00:03:34,470 and and so that's something again that 76 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:36,600 takes a week or two to get straightened 77 00:03:43,670 --> 00:03:41,010 out how important is it to work out why 78 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:43,680 you're up there in that environment to 79 00:03:51,890 --> 00:03:46,170 keep your muscles from deteriorating 80 00:03:53,540 --> 00:03:51,900 quickly in the microgravity res I'd say 81 00:03:54,860 --> 00:03:53,550 it's pretty much critical for us and 82 00:03:56,810 --> 00:03:54,870 it's actually one of the most important 83 00:03:59,390 --> 00:03:56,820 things that we're we're doing on board 84 00:04:01,190 --> 00:03:59,400 space and space station right now to to 85 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:01,200 figure out just how much we need to do 86 00:04:05,870 --> 00:04:03,330 it to protect your bones that's a that's 87 00:04:07,490 --> 00:04:05,880 certainly a key to protect your muscles 88 00:04:09,740 --> 00:04:07,500 to keep those as strong as possible and 89 00:04:11,210 --> 00:04:09,750 also your cardiovascular endurance you 90 00:04:13,490 --> 00:04:11,220 know our bodies are just as strong as 91 00:04:15,500 --> 00:04:13,500 they need to be to operate in a 1g 92 00:04:17,690 --> 00:04:15,510 earth-like environment and up here we 93 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:17,700 quickly adapt to become creatures of 94 00:04:21,110 --> 00:04:19,410 space if you will and if you're going to 95 00:04:22,430 --> 00:04:21,120 come back to earth or if you want to go 96 00:04:23,779 --> 00:04:22,440 to Mars it's really important to 97 00:04:25,629 --> 00:04:23,789 understand how to keep yourself healthy 98 00:04:28,959 --> 00:04:25,639 in those environments 99 00:04:32,749 --> 00:04:28,969 and I've got a follow-up comment on that 100 00:04:35,149 --> 00:04:32,759 this exercise is sort of an empirical 101 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:35,159 solution to the problem it seems to work 102 00:04:39,050 --> 00:04:37,650 well to help our bodies adapt and get 103 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:39,060 them prepared for coming back to earth 104 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:41,370 but we really don't understand exactly 105 00:04:47,629 --> 00:04:44,370 why all of this stuff works and I like 106 00:04:50,779 --> 00:04:47,639 to use the analogy it's like the Brits 107 00:04:52,969 --> 00:04:50,789 learning around 1750 that if you suck on 108 00:04:55,700 --> 00:04:52,979 citrus you won't get scurvy anymore and 109 00:04:57,740 --> 00:04:55,710 they hadn't a clue as to about vitamins 110 00:05:00,320 --> 00:04:57,750 & diet which took about another 150 111 00:05:02,179 --> 00:05:00,330 years to discover but they knew if they 112 00:05:04,850 --> 00:05:02,189 sucked on citrus they want to get scurvy 113 00:05:07,070 --> 00:05:04,860 and and so we're in the same kind of 114 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:07,080 situation where we don't really know why 115 00:05:11,179 --> 00:05:09,210 all of this works but we just know that 116 00:05:15,230 --> 00:05:11,189 if we exercise for about two and a half 117 00:05:17,390 --> 00:05:15,240 hours a day a lot of the maladies 118 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:17,400 associated with living long term in a 119 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:20,250 weightless environment are tractable 120 00:05:26,029 --> 00:05:23,550 then on a personal level guys what's it 121 00:05:29,929 --> 00:05:26,039 like to spend Christmas and New Year's 122 00:05:35,329 --> 00:05:29,939 on the ISS and away from your family's 123 00:05:36,890 --> 00:05:35,339 here on earth well I think that's 124 00:05:38,570 --> 00:05:36,900 probably one of the toughest aspects of 125 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:38,580 long-duration spaceflight right now and 126 00:05:43,999 --> 00:05:40,770 I think it was a lot tougher though in 127 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:44,009 the years gone by nowadays we actually 128 00:05:47,209 --> 00:05:45,330 can feel very connected with our 129 00:05:49,189 --> 00:05:47,219 families so we can talk to them we can 130 00:05:51,950 --> 00:05:49,199 talk to our spouses and our kids and 131 00:05:54,139 --> 00:05:51,960 parents almost on a daily basis if we 132 00:05:55,879 --> 00:05:54,149 like we can actually see them when we're 133 00:05:57,439 --> 00:05:55,889 talking to them at least once a week so 134 00:05:59,240 --> 00:05:57,449 during the holidays we actually had some 135 00:06:02,269 --> 00:05:59,250 bonus opportunity to spend time with the 136 00:06:04,129 --> 00:06:02,279 family and that connectedness goes a 137 00:06:06,559 --> 00:06:04,139 long way towards easing what otherwise 138 00:06:10,879 --> 00:06:06,569 would be you know of a tough aspect of 139 00:06:12,170 --> 00:06:10,889 spending six months in space and as 140 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:12,180 importantly you're missing a lot of 141 00:06:15,110 --> 00:06:13,770 football games guys while you're up 142 00:06:16,820 --> 00:06:15,120 there I have some assuming I don't can 143 00:06:19,369 --> 00:06:16,830 you get it can you get a hook up on that 144 00:06:21,769 --> 00:06:19,379 duck game dawn on the Rose Bowl I know 145 00:06:26,749 --> 00:06:21,779 you're a beaver but you know games are 146 00:06:30,829 --> 00:06:26,759 games you got to see that right games 147 00:06:34,759 --> 00:06:30,839 are games I'm one of these folks that 148 00:06:38,970 --> 00:06:34,769 can sort of pass on on watching games on 149 00:06:42,780 --> 00:06:38,980 TV and so so I'm up here with my head 150 00:06:46,230 --> 00:06:42,790 stuck in the science and the games go on 151 00:06:48,540 --> 00:06:46,240 and and I just lose track of what's 152 00:06:49,890 --> 00:06:48,550 happening from that point of view and I 153 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:49,900 know that's going to be disappointing 154 00:06:55,350 --> 00:06:52,450 pointing to a lot of folks but gosh it 155 00:06:57,570 --> 00:06:55,360 sure helps me get done the work that we 156 00:07:00,600 --> 00:06:57,580 have here on station and focus in on the 157 00:07:02,190 --> 00:07:00,610 science and the utilization well they 158 00:07:03,510 --> 00:07:02,200 understand your beaver they don't expect 159 00:07:04,830 --> 00:07:03,520 you to be rooting for the Ducks anyway 160 00:07:06,570 --> 00:07:04,840 so if you missed the game they're not 161 00:07:09,030 --> 00:07:06,580 going to i think be too heartbroken 162 00:07:11,580 --> 00:07:09,040 about that what we hear sometimes about 163 00:07:13,290 --> 00:07:11,590 the loneliness up in space you're there 164 00:07:15,930 --> 00:07:13,300 with other people obviously and now with 165 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:15,940 that connection that you have you know 166 00:07:18,990 --> 00:07:17,080 hooking up with family and friends 167 00:07:21,180 --> 00:07:19,000 really whenever you want to does that 168 00:07:22,590 --> 00:07:21,190 really alleviate a lot of that is it 169 00:07:24,660 --> 00:07:22,600 just really a different experience you 170 00:07:30,420 --> 00:07:24,670 think in space these days than it used 171 00:07:33,390 --> 00:07:30,430 to be you know this is my third time to 172 00:07:35,430 --> 00:07:33,400 station second time long duration and 173 00:07:40,170 --> 00:07:35,440 we've always had good com and i've never 174 00:07:44,220 --> 00:07:40,180 felt like I've been alone or lonely and 175 00:07:46,830 --> 00:07:44,230 I've never felt isolated and in part 176 00:07:49,430 --> 00:07:46,840 it's due to the communication that we 177 00:07:53,130 --> 00:07:49,440 have and the fact that we've got 178 00:07:56,010 --> 00:07:53,140 spacecraft here the Soyuz that anytime 179 00:07:59,100 --> 00:07:56,020 we need to we could jump in that 180 00:08:00,840 --> 00:07:59,110 spacecraft to come back home so the 181 00:08:04,410 --> 00:08:00,850 feeling of loneliness a feeling of 182 00:08:07,350 --> 00:08:04,420 isolation I don't think exists on the 183 00:08:08,730 --> 00:08:07,360 space station at this point just 184 00:08:11,820 --> 00:08:08,740 visually guys what's the most 185 00:08:15,690 --> 00:08:11,830 interesting thing that each of you has 186 00:08:17,700 --> 00:08:15,700 seen from up there above earth as you 187 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:17,710 look down or look out into space there's 188 00:08:20,580 --> 00:08:19,570 something really cool that we wouldn't 189 00:08:27,030 --> 00:08:20,590 see from down here that you've 190 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:27,040 experienced up there well it's kind of 191 00:08:30,030 --> 00:08:28,570 hard to pick the things because every 192 00:08:31,380 --> 00:08:30,040 day is just full filled with amazing 193 00:08:33,870 --> 00:08:31,390 things you know looking out these 194 00:08:36,870 --> 00:08:33,880 windows planet Earth is just spectacular 195 00:08:39,300 --> 00:08:36,880 a couple of weeks back I had the 196 00:08:41,730 --> 00:08:39,310 opportunity to see a comet that wasn't 197 00:08:44,130 --> 00:08:41,740 expected to actually survive a close 198 00:08:45,930 --> 00:08:44,140 grazing approach around the Sun and and 199 00:08:47,580 --> 00:08:45,940 I didn't even know it was coming and it 200 00:08:49,410 --> 00:08:47,590 was a night pass over the Philippines 201 00:08:51,870 --> 00:08:49,420 and I was just getting ready to button 202 00:08:52,820 --> 00:08:51,880 up the cupola shutters to to get ready 203 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:52,830 to turn in for the 204 00:08:58,190 --> 00:08:54,890 and just watching some spectacular 205 00:09:00,410 --> 00:08:58,200 storms so to associated with the typhoon 206 00:09:02,990 --> 00:09:00,420 that was net area when the Sun was about 207 00:09:05,660 --> 00:09:03,000 to rise and I saw this vivid green 208 00:09:08,330 --> 00:09:05,670 greenish white streak extending from 209 00:09:10,130 --> 00:09:08,340 just where the Sun would be down from my 210 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:10,140 perspective down disappearing behind the 211 00:09:13,850 --> 00:09:11,850 gym and it turned out to be the comet 212 00:09:16,610 --> 00:09:13,860 lovejoy and I seen some pretty amazing 213 00:09:22,790 --> 00:09:16,620 things in space nothing to rival that so 214 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:22,800 far for me looking out the window at 215 00:09:29,750 --> 00:09:27,330 Earth Aurora is just an amazing sight to 216 00:09:31,970 --> 00:09:29,760 see and you could see Aurora on the 217 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:31,980 length scale of half a continent which 218 00:09:37,070 --> 00:09:33,810 gives it a different perspective than if 219 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:37,080 your feet planted on the ground and I 220 00:09:44,810 --> 00:09:40,770 like to think that if the god of the 221 00:09:49,930 --> 00:09:44,820 rainbow Cyrus had a twin sister she 222 00:09:54,170 --> 00:09:51,860 gentlemen were out of time it was 223 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:54,180 fantastic talking to you both from the 224 00:09:57,950 --> 00:09:55,890 ISS again thank you very much have a 225 00:10:02,420 --> 00:09:57,960 safe trip home and we hope to talk to 226 00:10:03,410 --> 00:10:02,430 you again sometime soon take care Russ 227 00:10:06,650 --> 00:10:03,420 thank you so much it was great having 228 00:10:09,620 --> 00:10:06,660 you aboard all the best the station this 229 00:10:11,750 --> 00:10:09,630 is Houston ACR that concludes the KGW TV 230 00:10:14,440 --> 00:10:11,760 portion of event please stand by for a 231 00:10:16,730 --> 00:10:14,450 voice check from the huffington post 232 00:10:21,770 --> 00:10:16,740 station this is the huffington post how 233 00:10:25,790 --> 00:10:21,780 do you hear me Huffington Post station 234 00:10:27,530 --> 00:10:25,800 we've got you loud and clear great 235 00:10:29,030 --> 00:10:27,540 thanks so much for being here guys I 236 00:10:31,820 --> 00:10:29,040 just want to go ahead and jump into some 237 00:10:34,940 --> 00:10:31,830 of these user questions I've got from 238 00:10:37,550 --> 00:10:34,950 HuffPost commenter Sergio uphill he 239 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:37,560 asked commercial space travel is about 240 00:10:49,650 --> 00:10:39,930 to take off what advice would you give 241 00:10:56,630 --> 00:10:53,010 I I guess I I guess one of the things i 242 00:10:59,100 --> 00:10:56,640 would say is it's really important to 243 00:11:01,230 --> 00:10:59,110 look at the things that you see up there 244 00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:01,240 and commit them write them to your hard 245 00:11:04,560 --> 00:11:03,640 drive commit them to memory having the 246 00:11:06,150 --> 00:11:04,570 opportunity to do a long-duration 247 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:06,160 mission after two short duration 248 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:08,130 missions I now have that opportunity 249 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:10,330 people that get a chance to fly in space 250 00:11:14,430 --> 00:11:12,310 and maybe only spend a couple of weeks 251 00:11:16,350 --> 00:11:14,440 at a time or maybe even a couple of days 252 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:16,360 or in some cases if it's suborbital a 253 00:11:20,010 --> 00:11:18,370 couple of minutes I think it's really 254 00:11:23,340 --> 00:11:20,020 really important to just pay attention 255 00:11:24,870 --> 00:11:23,350 absorb and internalize the things you 256 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:24,880 see because it's spectacular and it's 257 00:11:30,510 --> 00:11:27,370 very easy to let all that go by in a 258 00:11:32,130 --> 00:11:30,520 word and and not even really be able to 259 00:11:34,140 --> 00:11:32,140 remember afterwards what it just 260 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:34,150 happened into into really remembered 261 00:11:42,750 --> 00:11:38,770 accurately great and HuffPost commenter 262 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:42,760 Mike Keeley asks what does space smell 263 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:45,010 like especially in the airlock after a 264 00:11:53,390 --> 00:11:51,250 spacewalk what is the smell of space i 265 00:11:57,270 --> 00:11:53,400 wrote a little essay on that from 266 00:11:59,520 --> 00:11:57,280 expedition six and of course you can't 267 00:12:03,390 --> 00:11:59,530 really smell space because it's a vacuum 268 00:12:05,490 --> 00:12:03,400 but particles in space could get 269 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:05,500 transferred onto solid surfaces and then 270 00:12:11,220 --> 00:12:07,810 when you bring them inside they candy 271 00:12:12,930 --> 00:12:11,230 gas and give off an odor that is 272 00:12:15,780 --> 00:12:12,940 characteristic of something being 273 00:12:19,230 --> 00:12:15,790 outside and that's what I experienced on 274 00:12:22,590 --> 00:12:19,240 sts-1 13 when I was helping run the 275 00:12:24,930 --> 00:12:22,600 airlock and my crewmates came in from 276 00:12:29,130 --> 00:12:24,940 their first spacewalk I noticed there 277 00:12:31,910 --> 00:12:29,140 was a peculiar smell about their their 278 00:12:35,550 --> 00:12:31,920 spacesuits and to me it smelled like 279 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:35,560 welding fumes it smelled like metal hot 280 00:12:45,690 --> 00:12:41,850 metal uh-huh that's so interesting and 281 00:12:48,780 --> 00:12:45,700 hospice commenter John Caldwell asks 282 00:12:55,319 --> 00:12:48,790 what is your biggest oh wow moment since 283 00:13:01,699 --> 00:12:58,049 one of my big oh wow moments this was a 284 00:13:04,530 --> 00:13:01,709 jaw-dropping moment and that was when 285 00:13:06,809 --> 00:13:04,540 for no particular reason other than I've 286 00:13:09,509 --> 00:13:06,819 never seen it done before I made a big 287 00:13:11,699 --> 00:13:09,519 sphere of water it was a free sphere of 288 00:13:13,229 --> 00:13:11,709 water about the size of my head and I 289 00:13:14,939 --> 00:13:13,239 had it attached to a little wire frame 290 00:13:16,710 --> 00:13:14,949 so it sit in front of the video camera 291 00:13:18,989 --> 00:13:16,720 and then I did a number of experiments 292 00:13:20,970 --> 00:13:18,999 where I would make small perturbations 293 00:13:23,489 --> 00:13:20,980 to this fear and watch the resulting 294 00:13:26,189 --> 00:13:23,499 oscillations and what happened was just 295 00:13:30,059 --> 00:13:26,199 totally mind-boggling to me it was a 296 00:13:32,609 --> 00:13:30,069 jaw-dropping moment and and it has to do 297 00:13:35,699 --> 00:13:32,619 with the ratio a surface tension force 298 00:13:39,239 --> 00:13:35,709 to inertial force and as a sphere gets 299 00:13:40,829 --> 00:13:39,249 larger and larger the effect of surface 300 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:40,839 tension force becomes smaller and 301 00:13:45,269 --> 00:13:42,790 smaller and a different kind of behavior 302 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:45,279 will occur then say a sphere of water 303 00:13:56,239 --> 00:13:49,569 that's only an inch in diameter did you 304 00:13:58,979 --> 00:13:56,249 get that on video yes that's on video 305 00:14:03,569 --> 00:13:58,989 that was done during expedition six and 306 00:14:05,989 --> 00:14:03,579 if you go to youtube and type in large 307 00:14:08,369 --> 00:14:05,999 water sphere or something like that 308 00:14:12,780 --> 00:14:08,379 along with my name you'll go right to 309 00:14:16,289 --> 00:14:12,790 the video very cool all right so Twitter 310 00:14:17,999 --> 00:14:16,299 user Matt Howard asks did you see the 311 00:14:23,179 --> 00:14:18,009 quad ranted meteor shower the other 312 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:25,289 great great question we had actually 313 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:27,970 talked about it beforehand and and heard 314 00:14:33,629 --> 00:14:30,970 it was a maybe even a couple of meteors 315 00:14:35,639 --> 00:14:33,639 per minute at its peak and and it's not 316 00:14:37,889 --> 00:14:35,649 typically one of the biggest meteor one 317 00:14:40,049 --> 00:14:37,899 of the bigger meteor storms we had meant 318 00:14:45,619 --> 00:14:40,059 to do it if we had some opportunity we 319 00:14:49,439 --> 00:14:45,629 ended up being too busy but yeah and the 320 00:14:53,549 --> 00:14:49,449 the peak of that particular meteorite 321 00:14:55,590 --> 00:14:53,559 storm occurred when we were on a date 322 00:14:58,319 --> 00:14:55,600 time pass so we would have been able to 323 00:15:00,299 --> 00:14:58,329 see the absolute peak we would have been 324 00:15:05,549 --> 00:15:00,309 able to see it maybe an hour after the 325 00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:05,559 Pete IC and Twitter user Marita guti 326 00:15:11,850 --> 00:15:08,710 asks do the subjects within your dream 327 00:15:18,450 --> 00:15:11,860 change when in space versus the dreams 328 00:15:21,450 --> 00:15:18,460 you have on earth yeah I don't really 329 00:15:22,830 --> 00:15:21,460 notice any any difference on the sleep 330 00:15:25,350 --> 00:15:22,840 you know how you sleep how well you 331 00:15:28,380 --> 00:15:25,360 sleep or dreams between being in space 332 00:15:29,940 --> 00:15:28,390 or being on planet earth and I know that 333 00:15:31,890 --> 00:15:29,950 question has come up before but I'm not 334 00:15:37,140 --> 00:15:31,900 sure what the other folks experience has 335 00:15:39,540 --> 00:15:37,150 been but for me it's been identical all 336 00:15:42,270 --> 00:15:39,550 right and Google employee Daniel Bay 337 00:15:43,980 --> 00:15:42,280 asks what personal items do you have 338 00:15:50,970 --> 00:15:43,990 with you if you're allowed to have any 339 00:15:54,570 --> 00:15:50,980 oh I brought one item that's really near 340 00:15:56,190 --> 00:15:54,580 and dear domain I brought my spoon and 341 00:15:59,700 --> 00:15:56,200 this is I call it my spoon of 342 00:16:02,100 --> 00:15:59,710 exploration this this is a spoon it's a 343 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:02,110 russian-made spoon it's a long-handled 344 00:16:06,300 --> 00:16:04,690 spoon so that you can dig into the food 345 00:16:08,670 --> 00:16:06,310 pouches and not get your fingers all 346 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:08,680 gooey and I had that during expedition 347 00:16:14,460 --> 00:16:11,050 six and it was one of the few things 348 00:16:18,660 --> 00:16:14,470 that I brought back with me when we did 349 00:16:21,930 --> 00:16:18,670 our extended mission and came back on so 350 00:16:23,580 --> 00:16:21,940 use and and I've taken that on a lot of 351 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:23,590 NASA expeditions i'm taking it to 352 00:16:29,460 --> 00:16:26,290 Antarctica I've taken on Noel's trips I 353 00:16:31,170 --> 00:16:29,470 took it on sts-1 26 and each time I take 354 00:16:33,390 --> 00:16:31,180 it on one of these missions I engrave on 355 00:16:35,700 --> 00:16:33,400 it a little bit about about that mission 356 00:16:39,750 --> 00:16:35,710 and so I've got my spoon of exploration 357 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:39,760 back here with me one more time so I can 358 00:16:43,710 --> 00:16:42,130 chow down with the same spewed that I've 359 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:43,720 been chowing down for the last 10 years 360 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:48,250 I love it all right we've got another 361 00:16:54,630 --> 00:16:50,730 question here from Twitter user Tom 362 00:17:00,780 --> 00:16:54,640 Marcinko space sickness is it still a 363 00:17:02,250 --> 00:17:00,790 problem and if so how common I don't 364 00:17:03,810 --> 00:17:02,260 know I would say it's probably effects 365 00:17:06,060 --> 00:17:03,820 to some degree or another about half of 366 00:17:08,490 --> 00:17:06,070 the folks at fly in space and and it's 367 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:08,500 not a very big problem because even the 368 00:17:12,870 --> 00:17:10,930 folks that are that that really you know 369 00:17:15,570 --> 00:17:12,880 feel nauseas for the first couple of 370 00:17:19,740 --> 00:17:15,580 days after those couple of days it's it 371 00:17:21,799 --> 00:17:19,750 all goes away entirely and and I could 372 00:17:24,350 --> 00:17:21,809 say from experience that 373 00:17:26,299 --> 00:17:24,360 that you're sitting there working and 374 00:17:29,629 --> 00:17:26,309 all of a sudden you start to feel real 375 00:17:33,499 --> 00:17:29,639 real green and you go take care of the 376 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:33,509 urge and then you just kind of wipe 377 00:17:38,269 --> 00:17:35,610 yourself down and get right back to work 378 00:17:40,399 --> 00:17:38,279 again and that's the best thing to do 379 00:17:42,470 --> 00:17:40,409 when we do not feelin very good with 380 00:17:45,619 --> 00:17:42,480 spacek this is just get your head back 381 00:17:47,509 --> 00:17:45,629 in the game and start working I see all 382 00:17:51,350 --> 00:17:47,519 right we've got a question here from 383 00:17:53,299 --> 00:17:51,360 stanford graduate student alex g what 384 00:18:01,970 --> 00:17:53,309 sort of encounters have you guys had 385 00:18:03,909 --> 00:18:01,980 with space debris if any we try we try 386 00:18:05,810 --> 00:18:03,919 our very best to avoid that the ground 387 00:18:07,909 --> 00:18:05,820 actually helps an awful lot in that 388 00:18:10,009 --> 00:18:07,919 respect and so all the items are about 4 389 00:18:12,619 --> 00:18:10,019 centimeters and larger are tracked as an 390 00:18:13,730 --> 00:18:12,629 individually catalogued and so if 391 00:18:15,499 --> 00:18:13,740 there's going to be what we call the 392 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:15,509 conjunction or a close approach to one 393 00:18:19,609 --> 00:18:17,340 of these items and we've got adequate 394 00:18:21,919 --> 00:18:19,619 time then what we'll do is do a do 395 00:18:23,180 --> 00:18:21,929 really dance maneuver but the thing is 396 00:18:25,369 --> 00:18:23,190 that all the things that are smaller 397 00:18:27,080 --> 00:18:25,379 than that we really can't track they 398 00:18:28,970 --> 00:18:27,090 fall below the threshold of what you can 399 00:18:31,039 --> 00:18:28,980 detect and track from the ground so 400 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:31,049 there's a certain bit of probability and 401 00:18:35,450 --> 00:18:33,690 statistics that dictate how we operate 402 00:18:38,090 --> 00:18:35,460 station there's always a chance we could 403 00:18:40,700 --> 00:18:38,100 have have a strike with what we call an 404 00:18:42,950 --> 00:18:40,710 mm OD micrometeoroid orbital debris if 405 00:18:44,450 --> 00:18:42,960 you're in on planet earth if you're any 406 00:18:47,239 --> 00:18:44,460 kind if you're an heir or any kind of 407 00:18:48,739 --> 00:18:47,249 fluid things that travel in that fluid 408 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:48,749 tend to all roughly have the same 409 00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:50,970 velocity and the vacuum of space things 410 00:18:54,619 --> 00:18:53,009 can have you know delta velocities or 411 00:18:57,379 --> 00:18:54,629 difference in velocities that are in the 412 00:18:59,720 --> 00:18:57,389 tens of thousands of miles per hour and 413 00:19:02,389 --> 00:18:59,730 translate to a tremendous amount of of 414 00:19:05,090 --> 00:19:02,399 energy that can be transferred so we 415 00:19:07,070 --> 00:19:05,100 basically we got a big station with a 416 00:19:09,649 --> 00:19:07,080 lot of volume it's got micrometeoroid 417 00:19:12,169 --> 00:19:09,659 shielding on the outside of it but to a 418 00:19:14,090 --> 00:19:12,179 certain degree we are all a little bit 419 00:19:18,799 --> 00:19:14,100 at risk by the environment in low Earth 420 00:19:22,489 --> 00:19:18,809 orbit and when you do happen to go for a 421 00:19:24,499 --> 00:19:22,499 walk outside in a spacesuit you can see 422 00:19:26,149 --> 00:19:24,509 the effect of these micrometeorite 423 00:19:27,739 --> 00:19:26,159 impacts on the outside the station you 424 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:27,749 can see handrails and things at on 425 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:30,179 occasion have a little crater a little 426 00:19:34,100 --> 00:19:32,369 pit it looks looks kind of like meteor 427 00:19:35,180 --> 00:19:34,110 crater a miniature version of meteor 428 00:19:37,300 --> 00:19:35,190 crater from Arizona 429 00:19:40,460 --> 00:19:37,310 no and it's right on a handrail and 430 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:40,470 we're cautioned to be careful when we 431 00:19:45,530 --> 00:19:43,110 see those because you could cut a glove 432 00:19:48,890 --> 00:19:45,540 which you wouldn't really want to do in 433 00:19:51,980 --> 00:19:48,900 that situation on some of the sharp 434 00:19:54,230 --> 00:19:51,990 edges from these micro meteorites Wow 435 00:19:55,550 --> 00:19:54,240 all right well thanks guys so much we've 436 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:55,560 run out of time but I just want to thank 437 00:20:01,760 --> 00:19:57,210 you so much for having this chat with me 438 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:01,770 today Kara's great having you aboard 439 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:03,810 thanks thanks for the talk as well and 440 00:20:09,830 --> 00:20:05,970 from expedition 30 all the best to you 441 00:20:11,930 --> 00:20:09,840 and to your readers station this is 442 00:20:16,070 --> 00:20:11,940 Houston ACR that concludes the event 443 00:20:18,140 --> 00:20:16,080 thank you UK GW TV and The Huffington