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good afternoon thank you for joining us

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for today's crew news conference with

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members of the expedition 31 and

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expedition 32 international space

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joining me are nasa astronaut joe acaba

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cosmonaut gerardi padalka and sergey

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revin these three crew members will

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launch to the space station march 30th

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of this year joining expedition 31 crew

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members oleg kononenko andre kuipers and

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don pettit on orbit in may when their

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expedition 31 counterparts depart they

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will remain on board transitioning to

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the expedition 32 crew their landing is

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planned for september let me start by

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introducing nasa astronaut joe acaba joe

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was born in inglewood california and

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grew up in anaheim he attended the

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university of california santa barbara

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and obtained a bachelor's degree in

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geology and went on to obtain a masters

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in the same field from the university of

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arizona joe's diverse background

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includes serving as a reservist with the

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u.s marine corps as well as serving two

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years in the peace corps in the

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dominican republic he went on to manage

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a marine research center in the bahamas

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before becoming an educator teaching

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high school and middle school math and

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science he joined nasa in may of 2004

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and flew his first space shuttle mission

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in 2009

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as a mission specialist on the sts-119

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crew joe performed two spacewalks

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accumulating more than 12 hours of extra

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vehicular activity

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we'll now turn it over to joe to

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introduce his crewmates it really is an

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honor to introduce gennady paraka

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if i were to talk about all the things

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that he's done we'd be here all day

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before gennady was selected in 1989 he

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was a military pilot

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he has done a long duration

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two long duration expeditions on the

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he has 585 days in space so between all

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of us i think we have 600 days in space

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and i found out the other night that

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gennady has done eight evas or

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so not only will gennady be the

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commander of our soyuz he's also going

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to be the commander of expedition 32.

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gennady

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let me tell you our flight engineer

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sergey raven he is supposed to be a

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flight engineer on board sayus and

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onwards

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he worked for

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russian speaker parishioner for 15 years

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before being assigned as a our roommate

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all right with that we'll start with

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questions here from the johnson space

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center if you can please approach the

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microphone state your name and

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uh thank you mark caro from aviation

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week uh the the number of um

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supply missions going to the space

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station has increased this year because

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the shuttle retirement and i just wonder

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if you could talk a little bit about how

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much the coming and going of these

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dominate your

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activities during your mission sure

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we currently have three visiting

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vehicles that are scheduled

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couple of progresses that will be coming

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and atv3 will be undocking so

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a lot of our time is going to be coming

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it's going to be spent on these visiting

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vehicles there's a lot of preparation

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before they come once the vehicle

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arrives and all the unpacking so for us

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it's a pretty big hit on our time

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whenever we have these visiting vehicles

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so it'll be uh we're looking forward to

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hi uh robert perlman with

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collectspace.com um

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two quick questions i guess one

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are there any spacewalks planned for

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this mission and then in terms of

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science can you give an idea of how

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much of the cruise time is devoted to

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science now that assembly is complete

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any key science experiments that you'll

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be introducing during your expedition

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lot of uncertainty because of the long

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about the russian uva okay as joe

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compartment preparation for unlocking

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and for your second question

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we are at station complete our goal is

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to get the 35 hours a week of

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utilization or time working on

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experiments so we plan on putting a lot

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of time into that that's really the main

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we've got a lot of great experiments

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station and they'll also be used for

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educational purposes so that'll be

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johnson space center they're doing a

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really great job and looking forward to

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jill tulk with houston aviation

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community news a question for joe

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since you do have that background as an

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educator astronaut and you're actually

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shuttle flight and there's a similar

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a lot of great ideas so i'm hoping i can

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students that may be watching

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what we're doing how that might be

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interested in the training you're doing

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of contingency work are you training for

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this question addressed to me

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there is a great interest towards earth

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of earth and i think we're going to

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just enjoying the view and like you said

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earth cam which is a neat project it'll

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be uh it'll be pretty cool to see what

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just incredible so i'm looking forward

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to seeing those for myself

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carrie fibel houston public radio can

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you tell us more about the spheres

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science experiment what is that and also

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give us an update on robonaut has it

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been unpacked what kind of tasks have

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been done and what will you be doing

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with robonaut when you're up there the

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spheres project you have these uh

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they're probably about this big and they

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have a compressed gas

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and they're able to

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locate themselves within the module

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we'll have uh little markers throughout

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the module and so by looking at those

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markers and how they're programmed they

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can work in formation and do different

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tasks so it might be very beneficial for

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doing a space walk if there's something

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you want to look at outside you can have

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these move to a certain location and

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take video of that so

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we're doing a lot of practicing with

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that they've done many experiments with

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spheres inside but this time around

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they're going to allow students to

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actually program what the spheres will

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do inside the module

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so that'll be cool to see what they come

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up with

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robonaut it has been unpacked and

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they're in the early stages of uh of

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operating it and

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for me it was

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not being a designer it was painfully

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slow at how long it takes them to

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actually do motions for it they want to

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make sure everything's safe so they have

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a

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out

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so our main task will be to get robonaut

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out of his closet somewhere where he can

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work

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and observe to make sure everything's

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going fine and then depending on how far

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they get during our increment

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there's other tasks that we might be

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able to do

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it's a pretty cool project and i think

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thank you next question

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philip sloss with nasaspaceflight.com um

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is the iss as a testbed for analog

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research is that still scheduled for

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your increment and if so could you

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talk about the objectives of that

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we're not doing anything specific for

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that things that we do every day of

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course we're using that for

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you know how we might work when we're

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doing future missions

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there was talk about doing various

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experiments in terms of time delays and

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we may try a couple of those for example

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uh

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you may have a day where you're working

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fairly autonomously from the ground

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and

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instead of calling down on a frequent

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basis you may do it only at the end of

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the day or they may incorporate some

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kind of a time delay which would

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simulate what we might see on our way to

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uh mark corral for aviation week and i

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think this is for joe

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could you sort of describe

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when this leg of training in the u.s

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began and what you've sort of what

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you've been doing here and

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what falls out next when you leave

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houston where you go and where you train

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up to your launch when you mean this leg

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of training uh most recently or the

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whole

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yeah no just the part where you're in

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houston now and what you're what the

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kind of the theme is and then where you

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go from here and where and what you do

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up to your lunch sure

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yeah this is my last training trip in

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houston uh i'll head out for germany

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in the middle of february on my way to

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russia for the launch and so it's the

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last opportunity i have to

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learn about payloads that i haven't seen

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yet

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there's a lot of baseline data

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collection for the medical community so

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if you see me walking down the street

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you'll probably see different things on

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my body and

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might look like a robonaut myself so a

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lot of data collection is going on of

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course i have my russian crewmates here

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for two weeks

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and we have some emergency training that

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we'll do together as a crew but we're

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also going to work with the other part

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of our expedition 32 crew so we'll get

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all six of us together to work on that

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emergency training so at this point it's

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a lot of fine tuning a lot of

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administrative things that need to get

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done

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but the way we train i was a backup to

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dan burbank so the majority of the

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training has been complete and now it's

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this is jill tulk i also represent don

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pettit's hometown newspaper in silverton

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oregon you talked a little bit about him

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being phenomenal with science and he

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spoke before his launch about possibly

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doing saturday afternoon science if you

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got drawn into that are there any

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specific experiments or thoughts or

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objectives that you personally would

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like to do if you got pulled into it

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i think if i'm fortunate enough to get

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pulled into don's experience experiments

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i'm in good shape and i don't think in

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my

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wildest dreams i could come up with the

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ideas that don has so

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i'm going to take advantage of the two

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months that i have with don and if i can

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be the person handing him tools

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or things that he can use for me that

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would be a bonus i'm hoping i can learn

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a lot from him

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that i can use for the second half of my

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expedition

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uh you know don is just he's phenomenal

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and he's got a lot of great ideas so i

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think i'm gonna i'm gonna piggyback on

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good afternoon i'm pedro rojas i'm with

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univision news and i just wanted to ask

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you uh what is it like to

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go to russia it's going to be a whole

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different time zone how you prepare for

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that and

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how many days would you guys be there

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before you launched from russia

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it's always uh great going to russia

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it's a it's a wonderful place they have

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a great training program

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so i'll get to russia

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probably around the 25th of february so

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a little over a month before we actually

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launch we'll take our final exams and

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things like that so i'll have a

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long opportunity to get acclimated and

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you know to the time differences

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the biggest challenge uh is that uh

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you know i speak a little bit of spanish

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i'm trying to learn my russian i'll have

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some interviews later in spanish so it's

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always a challenge trying to think of

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what language i need to speak in so bear

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yeah jim over at nbc again the follow up

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on the marine good points

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you're training now for a six-month

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flight you started out another two-week

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flight

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can you talk about the difference in the

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training for a short and a long flight

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and add one more thing suppose if you're

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going to do an analog on the station and

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you were asked to do a 500-day flight

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like was recently done

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at the ibmp in moscow

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but in in space how much more different

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would your preparation be for 500 days

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in orbit

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and especially people who've almost been

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there who've been there 500 days or on

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several different flights but all

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together how much different would that

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be so i'll start with the training part

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when you train for a shuttle flight

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you know you have two weeks and the

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mission is very well thought out you

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know what the objectives are so in a

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little over a year we can prepare for

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that and when you train for a six-month

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mission there's a lot more you need to

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learn because there's so many more

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unknowns that could happen

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either with things malfunctioning

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or just the timing of when visiting

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vehicles for example might come up so

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you really need to be prepared for a lot

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more than you do with the shuttle flight

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and

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if you start looking at the 500-day

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mission

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i think the training in terms of the

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systems for the space station would be

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fairly similar but at that point i think

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the the psychological training might be

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different if you're looking at 500 days

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on the space station i know sergey

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he spent some time on a kind of a long

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duration analog in uh in russia

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and i don't know if you have any words

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you want to say on spending 500 days in

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no for me joy is quite right

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medical preparation and psychological

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preparation would be the most important

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for this pretty long duration flight for

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me

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i have three flights

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and it seems to me i

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i have a good experience

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but

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it's not enough to have a good

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experience it seems to me it's much

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better to use this experience well

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and i have three flights that i know how

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to do it

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but it seems to me it's a big problem

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for us medical preparation and to be

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ready

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you were

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flight

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you were were you in a test

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sergey and then

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you you did a ground test

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but we it was

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maybe more than

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10 years ago we prepare

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the same

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but it was a short expedition

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there are two

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about

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one month and the other

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it was

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short expedition

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and i was a member of this short

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expedition 10 days

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it was in

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not far from star city

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and

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a lot of practice work with a lot of

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practice job

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for

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and of course the psychological

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questions

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and i think as concern the so long

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expedition

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500 days

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it

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and

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psychological condition the mission

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and

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of course

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the connection

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between these teams

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because of

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i think

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the

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radio connection will

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model will model

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will

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use

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not so

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often not and use

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a

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yes

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psychological respect is more important

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for long duration flight especially when

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we have international crew different

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traditions customs mentality

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that is that we have been preparing for

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a long time to understand each other to

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get along

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it help us on the ground

566
00:22:03,270 --> 00:22:01,350
houston public radio could could you

567
00:22:04,149 --> 00:22:03,280
follow up joe as well and tell us you

568
00:22:05,510 --> 00:22:04,159
know

569
00:22:07,830 --> 00:22:05,520
you're going from a two-week flight to a

570
00:22:09,590 --> 00:22:07,840
six-month what is the psychological

571
00:22:11,110 --> 00:22:09,600
training what are the things that that

572
00:22:13,590 --> 00:22:11,120
teach you i think listeners would really

573
00:22:14,950 --> 00:22:13,600
be interested in learning about that um

574
00:22:16,630 --> 00:22:14,960
we don't get a lot you might be

575
00:22:18,549 --> 00:22:16,640
surprised we don't get a lot of uh

576
00:22:20,950 --> 00:22:18,559
psychological training maybe that's good

577
00:22:23,029 --> 00:22:20,960
um and we do spend a lot of time

578
00:22:25,270 --> 00:22:23,039
together as a crew

579
00:22:27,510 --> 00:22:25,280
which has been really great and we're

580
00:22:29,029 --> 00:22:27,520
very fortunate to have some very

581
00:22:30,230 --> 00:22:29,039
experienced crew members on our flight

582
00:22:31,909 --> 00:22:30,240
that we can

583
00:22:34,630 --> 00:22:31,919
use their experience you know before we

584
00:22:36,149 --> 00:22:34,640
go and even while we're up there

585
00:22:38,149 --> 00:22:36,159
i've had a couple of opportunities like

586
00:22:39,110 --> 00:22:38,159
nicole said working in the bahamas i was

587
00:22:41,270 --> 00:22:39,120
in a

588
00:22:42,710 --> 00:22:41,280
pretty remote environment for about a

589
00:22:44,789 --> 00:22:42,720
year and a half so

590
00:22:46,870 --> 00:22:44,799
i've had some experience not quite like

591
00:22:48,630 --> 00:22:46,880
this and but if the two weeks that i had

592
00:22:50,070 --> 00:22:48,640
or any indication i think the six months

593
00:22:51,750 --> 00:22:50,080
are going to fly by

594
00:22:53,669 --> 00:22:51,760
and it's going to be a it's going to be

595
00:22:55,590 --> 00:22:53,679
a good time and talking to the the folks

596
00:22:57,830 --> 00:22:55,600
that have recently returned

597
00:23:00,470 --> 00:22:57,840
the six months is not it doesn't it goes

598
00:23:01,830 --> 00:23:00,480
by a lot faster than you imagine so i

599
00:23:03,990 --> 00:23:01,840
i'm looking forward to i think it's

600
00:23:05,909 --> 00:23:04,000
going to be a good time and for the

601
00:23:12,230 --> 00:23:05,919
record if you need somebody for 500 days

602
00:23:15,669 --> 00:23:13,830
another question um

603
00:23:17,590 --> 00:23:15,679
what is your confidence in soya's

604
00:23:19,909 --> 00:23:17,600
operations given the problems um in the

605
00:23:21,270 --> 00:23:19,919
russian space program with launching

606
00:23:25,110 --> 00:23:21,280
last year

607
00:23:28,870 --> 00:23:26,230
oh

608
00:23:31,430 --> 00:23:28,880
today we have no chance

609
00:23:32,950 --> 00:23:31,440
for tourism because

610
00:23:35,270 --> 00:23:32,960
sayus is

611
00:23:38,310 --> 00:23:35,280
this is the most dependable spacecraft

612
00:23:39,110 --> 00:23:38,320
for the last 40 years

613
00:23:42,470 --> 00:23:39,120
and

614
00:23:44,710 --> 00:23:42,480
currently this is only one space vehicle

615
00:23:47,909 --> 00:23:44,720
to bring up and to bring down crew to

616
00:23:51,190 --> 00:23:49,510
as you mentioned we had no problem with

617
00:23:52,470 --> 00:23:51,200
serious we had problem with progress and

618
00:23:54,310 --> 00:23:52,480
rocket

619
00:23:55,350 --> 00:23:54,320
but as you know

620
00:23:58,710 --> 00:23:55,360
the launch

621
00:24:01,510 --> 00:23:58,720
of the expedition 29 was postponed

622
00:24:03,430 --> 00:24:01,520
and unless our management launched

623
00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:03,440
another progress and currently all

624
00:24:10,470 --> 00:24:07,360
problems are resolved and we are sure

625
00:24:12,630 --> 00:24:10,480
no problem is expected

626
00:24:15,269 --> 00:24:12,640
i agree with gennady and there was a

627
00:24:17,750 --> 00:24:15,279
very thorough investigation that went on

628
00:24:19,669 --> 00:24:17,760
and i know nasa was involved in looking

629
00:24:21,110 --> 00:24:19,679
at the results and everybody is very

630
00:24:22,789 --> 00:24:21,120
comfortable with it we've had a couple

631
00:24:24,950 --> 00:24:22,799
of successful launches

632
00:24:26,470 --> 00:24:24,960
so i'm very confident and

633
00:24:28,230 --> 00:24:26,480
there is a lot of redundancy in the

634
00:24:29,669 --> 00:24:28,240
vehicle and there's a lot that these

635
00:24:31,029 --> 00:24:29,679
guys can do as the commander and the

636
00:24:33,430 --> 00:24:31,039
flight engineer that if they need to

637
00:24:35,590 --> 00:24:33,440
take over manually they can do that so

638
00:24:38,549 --> 00:24:35,600
i feel very confident and we're ready

639
00:24:41,510 --> 00:24:40,070
okay with that we're going to switch

640
00:24:43,909 --> 00:24:41,520
over to the phone bridge where we have

641
00:24:45,669 --> 00:24:43,919
three reporters awaiting with questions

642
00:24:47,350 --> 00:24:45,679
we'll start with anna kacing with

643
00:24:55,669 --> 00:24:47,360
harvard

644
00:25:04,789 --> 00:24:57,830
admissions to mars

645
00:25:08,470 --> 00:25:06,549
anna i believe we're having some audio

646
00:25:11,430 --> 00:25:08,480
problems you can maybe try to repeat the

647
00:25:14,549 --> 00:25:11,440
question okay uh can you hear me now yes

648
00:25:15,990 --> 00:25:14,559
much clearer great joe um you know that

649
00:25:17,430 --> 00:25:16,000
children watching your mission are going

650
00:25:19,830 --> 00:25:17,440
to be having their own dreams about

651
00:25:22,149 --> 00:25:19,840
their missions to mars in the future

652
00:25:24,070 --> 00:25:22,159
is it your hope that when they launch to

653
00:25:26,870 --> 00:25:24,080
mars that they have as international

654
00:25:29,430 --> 00:25:26,880
crew as you have now and by way of

655
00:25:32,470 --> 00:25:29,440
follow follow-up to gennady and sergey i

656
00:25:34,390 --> 00:25:32,480
know that cosmonauts while in orbit

657
00:25:36,630 --> 00:25:34,400
at space station take the time to speak

658
00:25:38,789 --> 00:25:36,640
to children in russia could you take

659
00:25:40,390 --> 00:25:38,799
this opportunity to speak to children

660
00:25:42,549 --> 00:25:40,400
here in the states

661
00:25:45,269 --> 00:25:42,559
and tell them about why you value

662
00:25:47,510 --> 00:25:45,279
international um cooperation and space

663
00:25:49,750 --> 00:25:47,520
exploration thank you

664
00:25:51,750 --> 00:25:49,760
yeah i think for us to go back to mars

665
00:25:53,669 --> 00:25:51,760
and things even more complicated than

666
00:25:54,789 --> 00:25:53,679
that they are going to be international

667
00:25:57,430 --> 00:25:54,799
endeavors

668
00:25:59,909 --> 00:25:57,440
and just like within the u.s nasa

669
00:26:02,230 --> 00:25:59,919
astronaut office we try to have a

670
00:26:03,909 --> 00:26:02,240
a diverse group of astronauts and i

671
00:26:04,870 --> 00:26:03,919
think it would be just as valuable if

672
00:26:06,710 --> 00:26:04,880
not more

673
00:26:08,870 --> 00:26:06,720
having you know a diverse group of

674
00:26:11,029 --> 00:26:08,880
astronauts cosmonauts because we all

675
00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:11,039
have different skill sets

676
00:26:14,950 --> 00:26:12,480
they learn a lot on the russian side

677
00:26:17,110 --> 00:26:14,960
that we don't we have different systems

678
00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:17,120
and the more that you can have this kind

679
00:26:20,230 --> 00:26:18,320
of collective

680
00:26:22,470 --> 00:26:20,240
understanding of what's going on it only

681
00:26:23,990 --> 00:26:22,480
helps the mission so i would envision

682
00:26:26,390 --> 00:26:24,000
those kids that are sitting in the

683
00:26:28,149 --> 00:26:26,400
classroom today and hope to go to mars

684
00:26:30,149 --> 00:26:28,159
don't be surprised if you're going to do

685
00:26:32,310 --> 00:26:30,159
that with some russian colleagues

686
00:26:34,230 --> 00:26:32,320
and you'll have a great time and i wish

687
00:26:39,750 --> 00:26:34,240
you the best and i wish i could go with

688
00:26:44,070 --> 00:26:41,750
and sergey and gennalby could you speak

689
00:26:46,390 --> 00:26:44,080
to american children about why you value

690
00:26:54,149 --> 00:26:46,400
international cooperation and space

691
00:27:01,029 --> 00:26:56,630
because space flight

692
00:27:02,870 --> 00:27:01,039
a very risky and very expensive

693
00:27:05,269 --> 00:27:02,880
enterprise it seems to me it's much

694
00:27:06,950 --> 00:27:05,279
easier to

695
00:27:09,750 --> 00:27:06,960
to explore the space

696
00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:09,760
by doing this with our partners it's

697
00:27:13,430 --> 00:27:11,440
much easier we can complement we can

698
00:27:16,710 --> 00:27:13,440
supplement each other i mean our

699
00:27:19,590 --> 00:27:16,720
technologies our experience

700
00:27:22,549 --> 00:27:19,600
and our space vehicles

701
00:27:25,029 --> 00:27:22,559
and it seems to me in the future

702
00:27:27,190 --> 00:27:25,039
it will be much better to explore space

703
00:27:29,909 --> 00:27:27,200
together especially when speaking about

704
00:27:51,750 --> 00:27:29,919
long duration flight i mean moon mars

705
00:27:55,269 --> 00:27:52,870
i would like

706
00:27:57,669 --> 00:27:55,279
to observe that once we leave the earth

707
00:28:00,070 --> 00:27:57,679
we don't notice our differences very

708
00:28:17,990 --> 00:28:00,080
much any longer neither national nor

709
00:28:24,549 --> 00:28:20,789
and if there are any other inhabitants

710
00:28:26,549 --> 00:28:24,559
let's say the martians or some other um

711
00:28:28,710 --> 00:28:26,559
inhabitants of other planets when once

712
00:28:41,830 --> 00:28:28,720
they greet astronauts and cosmonauts

713
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:48,870
foreign

714
00:28:53,430 --> 00:28:51,510
and i believe that the relationship that

715
00:28:55,590 --> 00:28:53,440
we will have and of course that will be

716
00:28:58,310 --> 00:28:55,600
for and before flight would be one

717
00:29:03,830 --> 00:28:58,320
single unified team which will represent

718
00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:06,149
okay with that will go to joanna carver

719
00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:12,310
uh hello i have a question for um all

720
00:29:17,669 --> 00:29:15,760
three of the crew and i'd like to know

721
00:29:19,110 --> 00:29:17,679
you know joe in particular you said that

722
00:29:21,350 --> 00:29:19,120
you'd want to go

723
00:29:23,190 --> 00:29:21,360
you'd sign up to be on a 500 day mission

724
00:29:25,269 --> 00:29:23,200
but would any of you want to go

725
00:29:27,190 --> 00:29:25,279
to another planet or even another solar

726
00:29:29,190 --> 00:29:27,200
system

727
00:29:30,070 --> 00:29:29,200
yes

728
00:29:31,909 --> 00:29:30,080
okay

729
00:29:33,510 --> 00:29:31,919
most definitely i that

730
00:29:35,909 --> 00:29:33,520
that's that's always been a dream of

731
00:29:37,750 --> 00:29:35,919
mine and i have that opportunity that's

732
00:29:41,830 --> 00:29:37,760
a one of the easiest questions i'll get

733
00:30:05,350 --> 00:29:41,840
all day i would love to do it

734
00:30:09,110 --> 00:30:07,029
i'm certainly ready but it would be nice

735
00:30:12,389 --> 00:30:09,120
to simulate such an interesting flight

736
00:30:14,389 --> 00:30:12,399
and a mission like that and to try it

737
00:30:21,269 --> 00:30:14,399
out on the planet moon and spend about

738
00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:23,350
okay moving on to our next reporter mike

739
00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:29,909
okay hi guys um this is

740
00:30:34,710 --> 00:30:32,240
oh yeah this is just for for yeah for

741
00:30:37,510 --> 00:30:34,720
all of you guys um so so yeah you're

742
00:30:39,110 --> 00:30:37,520
gonna dragon's arrival there by

743
00:30:41,029 --> 00:30:39,120
about a month and a half do any of you

744
00:30:42,230 --> 00:30:41,039
wish that like maybe you could be up

745
00:30:44,230 --> 00:30:42,240
there when

746
00:30:45,669 --> 00:30:44,240
when that actually gets up there and um

747
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:45,679
just to be a part of the historic

748
00:30:50,070 --> 00:30:47,760
arrival

749
00:30:50,950 --> 00:30:50,080
i think we all would love to be part of

750
00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:50,960
that

751
00:30:56,310 --> 00:30:53,279
but it's going to be neat to uh to see

752
00:30:58,470 --> 00:30:56,320
it from the ground to see how it behaves

753
00:31:00,389 --> 00:30:58,480
relative to how we have trained

754
00:31:02,070 --> 00:31:00,399
and hopefully during our increment we'll

755
00:31:05,350 --> 00:31:02,080
have an opportunity to also have one of

756
00:31:08,389 --> 00:31:05,360
those visit us so it's always fun to be

757
00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:08,399
part of a historic moment but just to be

758
00:31:11,430 --> 00:31:10,080
part of the entire training team to see

759
00:31:13,909 --> 00:31:11,440
how it goes how it relates to our

760
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:13,919
training and then taking that to make

761
00:31:20,710 --> 00:31:15,600
our experience that much better it will

762
00:31:23,669 --> 00:31:22,389
okay with that we'll return back here to

763
00:31:27,509 --> 00:31:23,679
the johnson space center for any

764
00:31:30,470 --> 00:31:28,950
okay seeing none

765
00:31:31,669 --> 00:31:30,480
we'll wrap up this briefing for more

766
00:31:33,110 --> 00:31:31,679
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767
00:31:35,669 --> 00:31:33,120
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