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good afternoon and welcome to nasa

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headquarters thank you for joining us

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this afternoon for a nasa tweet up our

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very special guest today is space

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station astronaut ron garan known to

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those of you on twitter as at astro

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underscore ron the hashtag for our event

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today is nasa tweet up which will allow

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you to follow along and participate in

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the conversation

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colonel ron garan spent 164 days in

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space during the expedition 27 and

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expedition 28 missions to the

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international space station

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he and his crewmates launched on april

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4th

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2011 and a soyuz spacecraft dubbed

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gagarin the launch was from the same

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place that yuri gagarin had launched

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nearly 50 years previously

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aboard the station the crew worked on a

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variety of microgravity experiments and

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hosted the

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sts-134 and sts-135

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space shuttle missions

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colonel garan also participated in a

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spacewalk from the space station during

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the sts-135 mission

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he and expedition 28 landed in

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kazakhstan on september 15 2011 after

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traveling more than 65 million miles in

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2624 orbits during 164 days in space

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that was not colonel garan's first space

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flight his first space flight was aboard

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space shuttle discovery for the sts-124

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mission in the spring of 2008. during

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that mission the crew delivered the

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japanese experiment module pressurized

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module the japanese remote manipulator

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system and the kibo lab

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colonel garan participated in three

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spacewalks during that mission

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he has logged more than 178 days in

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space and 27 hours and three minutes of

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spacewalking time

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colonel garan is retired from the u.s

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air force and holds master's degrees in

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both aeronautical science and aerospace

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i'd like to welcome colonel garan to

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ron thank you

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thank you so much for taking time today

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to interact with us and answer questions

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from the our twitter fans all right

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thank you stephanie thank you for that

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great introduction

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so i just want to say welcome welcome to

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nasa headquarters uh

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i appreciate you all being here and um

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i i don't have a big presentation and a

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lot of video i do have some videos we

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can show if you guys like but what i

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what i really want to do is i want to

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spend as much time as i can

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answering your questions and talking to

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before i do that though i just want to

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say thank you to all of you and

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everybody else uh who was involved with

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our mission uh who you know maybe is not

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in the room right now um

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through social media uh through twitter

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and the other platforms through facebook

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through through google plus uh and and

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many of the other uh

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social media platforms that we have

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you enable us to

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bring the public along on our missions

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not just as spectators but as fellow

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crew members and

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on my particular mission i was up there

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for five and a half months and it was

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really nice to be able to send down

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get the feedback on those pictures

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because we were interacting back and

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forth and that was really neat and i'll

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just tell you one of the stories

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is you know you we don't have a lot of

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time on board we don't have a lot of

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um you know whenever we get a spare

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fly on over to the cupola you know that

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windowed observatory we have on the

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bottom of the space station and

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takes some pictures and then we download

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them real quick and we we send them to

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the earth and you know a lot of times we

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don't know exactly where we are over the

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earth and uh we have a pretty good idea

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but you know sometimes we don't exactly

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get it right you know we say that this

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is one place when it's really another

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place and um i was corrected several

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and that was great and so there so

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who knows uh you guys know peter caltner

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what i would do then is i would email

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him to him first

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and i'd say hey where is this

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that is a perfect example of how

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we can engage the public in in what we

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um and you know in a real

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way in a contributing way

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it made things a lot more interesting

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because not only was i saying you know

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this is this part of the world

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there i could give some background on it

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and uh it you know we don't have the

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time to do all that research on board so

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to do that so um i think

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what i wanted to do really um

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is just open it up right off the bat to

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questions and we do like i said we do

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have some pictures that we could pull up

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that uh that we can if you guys are

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interested i i want this to be your time

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so i want you guys to uh to lead where

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we go here so again we're you guys are

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not spectators we're all in this

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together so we're gonna we're gonna do

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this together so can we uh can we open

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up for questions right now we have two

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people with microphones so make sure

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see you raise your hand when you get the

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microphone hold it close to your mouth

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so we can all hear you and state your

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patriana stastrodoyo

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as a fellow suco graduate

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just want to know i mean how do you go

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from becoming a business economics major

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which i was to becoming an astronaut

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it was a long road um

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so suco is a state university college at

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state in the state university new york

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program

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there's a really short version and a

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really long version but i'll try and do

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something in between um

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i had wanted to be an astronaut since i

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was seven years old since the day i

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along with millions of people around the

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world watched that black and white image

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of the first footsteps on the moon and i

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carried that with me through most of my

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but i think when i was in high school i

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and the reason why i did is because it

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was after skylab it was before the space

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shuttle had started flying and to some

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kid in new york you know we didn't have

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a space program so why would anyone want

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to be an astronaut i wouldn't have a

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space program didn't make any sense

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what made perfect sense was to be become

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one landed the very next day i went to

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my advisors and i started

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looking into taking courses in math and

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science and that day that seven-year-old

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boy's dream got reawakened and i wanted

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to be you know an astronaut from that

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point on again and so i think what that

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shows a couple of things i think one

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thing it shows is the power of our space

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program to inspire kids to study hard to

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study math and science

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we have a great need not only in our

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students to study math and science

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you know really indicative of what the

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space station and the space program in

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and pilots and and so um there's lots of

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perspiration and um and those are the

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type of things that when we go beyond

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exploration but it also has applications

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uh but it still doesn't do justice to

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the absolutely exquisite beauty of our

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planet so miss looking at that i miss

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looking at uh

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at thunderstorms uh right on the horizon

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as the sun's setting because they cast

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these big shadows and and the they start

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to turn pink and then they get darker

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and and

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uh watching lightning storms at night

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which

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really i don't know if you've seen some

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of the time-lapse photography it's sped

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up

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so you've seen you know like paparazzi

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flash bulbs but even though it's sped up

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it's only capturing a small percentage

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of the lightning so it's that that's

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actually what it looks like it really

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does flash like that

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very very quickly i miss seeing shooting

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stars from above meteorites

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burning up as they pass through the

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atmosphere

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the auroras

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from space are just absolutely beautiful

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and i think one of my favorite things

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though is

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it was watching the earth come alive as

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we pass from daytime and tonight and we

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do that 16 times a day but it was it was

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just amazing to see the lights of the

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cities come up and to watch

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that line pass below us that defines the

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difference between nighttime and daytime

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and to see okay everybody on this side

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is uh probably asleep in their beds and

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everybody on this side is a you know at

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work or whatever and it's just a really

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special thing to see that so and then

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obviously the you know the friend the

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friends that you're with and the people

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that you share that experience with is a

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you know a very memorable part of the

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experience i don't i don't think i could

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just pick one so

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uh yeah mark is done i tweet with the at

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marcus c dunn pretty unique i know

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yeah thanks for uh having us here

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in the uh i guess the primary or well

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we'll just say a presidential candidate

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had mentioned uh the idea of colonizing

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the moon

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and it was kind of laughed off different

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takes on it i was just going to see you

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know what are your thoughts on that

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endeavor if you think it's realistic in

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what time frame or maybe the next

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big thing i think there was a

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publication the other day about the

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budget coming out saying that

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uh mark the mark missions to mars we're

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going to pull back on the on the probe

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side

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so

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i'm curious is what you think the big

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next thing is for us as a country

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but you know as nasa okay the the

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there's actually a couple questions

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there and there for the first one is is

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it feasible uh or is it possible i mean

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it's certainly possible but is it

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feasible and i think

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anything is feasible anything is

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possible that we set our mind to so

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whatever we choose to do whether that's

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you know have an outpost on the moon uh

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use the resources on the moon go to an

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asteroid go to mars whatever we choose

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to do we can do we just have to choose

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to do it and have the will to follow it

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through um

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there are a lot of reasons to go back to

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the moon

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uh a lot of really good reasons to go

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back to the moon and to stay this time

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uh if we were to build an outpost on the

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moon well first if we were to establish

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a transportation system between the

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earth and the moon to make it

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economically feasible to to travel from

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the earth to the moon

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that would open up all kinds of

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possibilities uh there is commercial

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activities that can be done on the moon

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there's tons of science you know the

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moon's surface is relatively undisturbed

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so studying the the

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geological features of the moon will

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help us better understand our own

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geology

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we could put radio telescopes on the on

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the far side of the moon

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there's enough energy on the moon to

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power the planet for centuries

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so there's a there's a benefit there uh

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there's a there's enough energy to power

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our planet without destroying our planet

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so there's a lot of environmental

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reasons uh to go back to the moon

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so also if we're going to go to mars

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it's possible that it might be easier to

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go to mars launching from the moon so

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it's a lot cheaper to launch

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materials from the moon that it is from

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the earth now that means that you have

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to develop

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you know basically an infrastructure and

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a production facility on the moon that's

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that's no small task but again if we

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if we as the federal government i mean

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we've had big federal expenditures we've

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built the railroad we built a interstate

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highway system and so that opened up

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you know opportunities for further

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development and i think if we were to

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create a

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transportation system between the earth

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and the moon we would see those same

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type of things you know when the when

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the early settlers went went westward

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they didn't carry with them everything

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that they they needed they had to live

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off the land and we have the ability

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to live off the land we can go to the

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moon we can go to asteroids we can we

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can basically create that infrastructure

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now i'm not don't i'm not

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underestimating the the difficulty of

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that it's it's very hard but that's why

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i started off by saying

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we can do whatever we set our mind to

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and there is

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you know there was a huge expenditure in

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the railroad and we asked

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the early railroad developers to make

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enormous investments

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on long-term payback on investments and

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we did that we had some help from the

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federal government to do that and we can

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have a similar model and and really

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uh create

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you know an enormous capability uh from

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the moon so

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uh

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i could spend the rest of the you know

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hour and a half that we have here

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talking about that but because i i

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really do feel that uh you know there's

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a lot of benefit and i'm speaking

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personally here so

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okay

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um

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where's the microphone

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okay

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just right there

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uh eric underscore right underscore now

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uh the dreaded two-part question you

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mentioned in an earlier uh answer

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aspirations of being an astronaut when

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you were a child i noticed your birthday

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is pretty close to halloween did you

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ever trick-or-treat as an astronaut and

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park well you're thinking about that

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part two um we noticed that you were

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using an instrument a guitar up in the

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iss and we're wondering if it

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handled or sounded differently or if

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katie's flute sounded differently is it

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different in zero g than it is down here

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in earth

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so i i never halloweened as i never

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trick-or-treated as an astronaut well

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until up until about last year

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yeah

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so

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um

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the but but i i mean as a kid i did you

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know play you know pretend that i you

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know

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put my feet up my feet up on the bed

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with my back on the floor and do the

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countdown and all that kind of stuff as

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a little kid but um

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sound i i do not did not notice any

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difference in the sound i mean we are at

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sea level pressure

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inside the space station and so the

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the sound waves travel as if they're on

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the earth now i don't think there's any

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effect to gravity now there is a lot of

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background noise

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on the space station so you have to oh

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you know

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that's that's something that you have to

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raise the volume to to get above but

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it's and it's not bad it's just

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um

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i

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um where

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the mic for okay so

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i don't

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why it doesn't

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why don't

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they build

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more underwater laboratories why don't

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they build more underwater laboratories

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uh i wish they would uh i i think we

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only have one it's called aquarius it's

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off the coast of key largo i got to

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spend three weeks there once

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uh which was pretty cool and i think um

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there is a lot to be gained by not only

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studying space but also studying our

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oceans and and uh getting a better

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understanding of our planet overall and

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um

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you know that was in 2006 i was on the

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the nemo 9 mission on the bottom of the

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ocean and that was just an absolutely

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incredible experience we were like i

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said three weeks in a beautiful coral

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reef

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and we did a lot of science on board our

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mission basically had two big we had a

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lot of different experiments but the the

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overall

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goals were number one to

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work on the procedures that we're going

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to use

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at the time we the moon program was

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still intact and so we were going down

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that road and

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we were working on procedures for

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exploring the lunar surface

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but we also were doing a lot of

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telemedicine we're doing telementoring

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telerobotic surgery

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so that when we go out into space if we

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don't have you know whatever surgeon we

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need if we have some kind of problem we

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can still

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help that astronaut that crew member

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remotely from the earth and so we

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actually had at one point a surgeon in

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canada operating the robotic controls on

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a surgical robot that we had on the

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bottom of the ocean in our habitat that

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was doing a mock operation and we

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actually put the delay in that you would

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have

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on the moon and the really

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critical thing here the really important

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thing here and this applies to i'd say

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99

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space station is its application to

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earth so in this particular case we were

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doing this so that we could potentially

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operate on an astronaut on the moon or

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on mars but what we learned from it and

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the ability to operate on someone

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remotely will affect um any area on the

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planet that does not have access to a

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major medical center uh this could be in

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a disaster response it could be just in

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a developing world

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and it really is a tremendous capability

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and we really learned a lot from that

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mission so i wish there were more

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undersea laboratories i think it's a

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it's a very valuable investment in our

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00:20:06,149 --> 00:20:03,840
future just like our investment in the

563
00:20:07,830 --> 00:20:06,159
space program is so i think it's best if

564
00:20:09,990 --> 00:20:07,840
you guys picked the people so i don't

565
00:20:12,630 --> 00:20:10,000
have to keep finding you

566
00:20:14,390 --> 00:20:12,640
hi eric bjorner at kaya roth uh when you

567
00:20:16,710 --> 00:20:14,400
were in space what did you miss most

568
00:20:18,630 --> 00:20:16,720
about earth or did you were you having

569
00:20:20,230 --> 00:20:18,640
too much fun well i no i missed i mean

570
00:20:21,750 --> 00:20:20,240
obviously i miss my family the most and

571
00:20:24,230 --> 00:20:21,760
i'd like to say happy valentine's day to

572
00:20:25,110 --> 00:20:24,240
my beautiful wife

573
00:20:27,830 --> 00:20:25,120
so

574
00:20:30,950 --> 00:20:29,270
i probably would be in big trouble if i

575
00:20:33,750 --> 00:20:30,960
didn't say that so

576
00:20:35,590 --> 00:20:33,760
i would not i wouldn't so um

577
00:20:37,350 --> 00:20:35,600
i mean besides my family it was really

578
00:20:39,430 --> 00:20:37,360
interesting when i got ready to leave

579
00:20:41,029 --> 00:20:39,440
houston and this was two months before

580
00:20:43,029 --> 00:20:41,039
launching into space

581
00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:43,039
i started as a as i'm

582
00:20:45,669 --> 00:20:43,919
you know

583
00:20:48,310 --> 00:20:45,679
driving around or

584
00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:48,320
just living my life i started noticing

585
00:20:51,590 --> 00:20:50,159
things and i was saying to myself you

586
00:20:53,750 --> 00:20:51,600
know what i'm not going to see that for

587
00:20:55,990 --> 00:20:53,760
six months see those birds flying across

588
00:20:57,830 --> 00:20:56,000
see what let's see the sunset smell that

589
00:20:59,909 --> 00:20:57,840
the flowers you know hear that the birds

590
00:21:00,870 --> 00:20:59,919
chirping i started to real to take note

591
00:21:02,710 --> 00:21:00,880
of things

592
00:21:03,830 --> 00:21:02,720
that i wasn't going to get to

593
00:21:05,909 --> 00:21:03,840
get to see

594
00:21:08,789 --> 00:21:05,919
and you do you when you're in space for

595
00:21:10,470 --> 00:21:08,799
that long of a time you start to miss

596
00:21:11,990 --> 00:21:10,480
all those things that define the beauty

597
00:21:13,350 --> 00:21:12,000
of living on our planet i mean really

598
00:21:16,230 --> 00:21:13,360
miss them and you and

599
00:21:17,590 --> 00:21:16,240
and to the point where you realize that

600
00:21:19,990 --> 00:21:17,600
most of these things you really took for

601
00:21:22,549 --> 00:21:20,000
granted and

602
00:21:24,630 --> 00:21:22,559
but having returned to earth now

603
00:21:26,310 --> 00:21:24,640
i also miss a lot of the things that

604
00:21:29,430 --> 00:21:26,320
define the beauty of living in space a

605
00:21:32,230 --> 00:21:29,440
lot of which i said up front and so

606
00:21:34,789 --> 00:21:32,240
it's it is a totally different existence

607
00:21:36,549 --> 00:21:34,799
we are very uh removed from life on

608
00:21:38,549 --> 00:21:36,559
earth but by the same token in some

609
00:21:40,630 --> 00:21:38,559
respects we're more connected

610
00:21:41,909 --> 00:21:40,640
we get the news up there and so imagine

611
00:21:43,029 --> 00:21:41,919
we're watching the news and we hear

612
00:21:45,750 --> 00:21:43,039
about

613
00:21:47,190 --> 00:21:45,760
the wildfires out in texas and then we

614
00:21:48,950 --> 00:21:47,200
look at the map and say oh we'll be

615
00:21:51,909 --> 00:21:48,960
there in three minutes and you go to the

616
00:21:53,270 --> 00:21:51,919
window and there they are so it seeing

617
00:21:55,029 --> 00:21:53,280
seeing those type of things you know

618
00:21:57,190 --> 00:21:55,039
seeing the hurricanes

619
00:21:59,190 --> 00:21:57,200
seeing places on the earth were you know

620
00:22:00,870 --> 00:21:59,200
significant events just happened and

621
00:22:02,310 --> 00:22:00,880
actually seeing them with your own eye

622
00:22:03,350 --> 00:22:02,320
made us feel in some respects more

623
00:22:04,950 --> 00:22:03,360
connected

624
00:22:06,870 --> 00:22:04,960
so um

625
00:22:09,029 --> 00:22:06,880
back to your question what did i miss i

626
00:22:11,270 --> 00:22:09,039
think i missed all those things that

627
00:22:13,430 --> 00:22:11,280
define uh the beauty of life in space

628
00:22:15,190 --> 00:22:13,440
just like i missed all those things that

629
00:22:19,669 --> 00:22:15,200
define the beauty of life on earth when

630
00:22:27,350 --> 00:22:24,549
my name is mike isbell at space fan 59

631
00:22:30,789 --> 00:22:27,360
and my question is since you were chosen

632
00:22:33,029 --> 00:22:30,799
as a pilot astronaut how did you come to

633
00:22:34,630 --> 00:22:33,039
fly as a mission specialist rather than

634
00:22:37,830 --> 00:22:34,640
as a pilot

635
00:22:41,590 --> 00:22:37,840
yeah so um back around

636
00:22:42,390 --> 00:22:41,600
2006 2007 we were looking at the number

637
00:22:44,149 --> 00:22:42,400
of

638
00:22:46,630 --> 00:22:44,159
projected shuttle flights that we had

639
00:22:49,430 --> 00:22:46,640
left um we saw the number of pilots that

640
00:22:51,430 --> 00:22:49,440
we had and a call was went out to the to

641
00:22:52,870 --> 00:22:51,440
all the pilot astronauts you know who

642
00:22:54,710 --> 00:22:52,880
who would be willing to fly as a mission

643
00:22:55,990 --> 00:22:54,720
specialist and not fly as a pilot and i

644
00:22:59,029 --> 00:22:56,000
said i'll fly wherever you want me to

645
00:23:01,990 --> 00:22:59,039
fly um you know where whatever you know

646
00:23:04,310 --> 00:23:02,000
wherever we can make a contribution and

647
00:23:05,750 --> 00:23:04,320
there was no promises but as it turns

648
00:23:07,510 --> 00:23:05,760
out it was a pretty good deal because i

649
00:23:09,750 --> 00:23:07,520
got to do three spacewalks

650
00:23:11,750 --> 00:23:09,760
on that first mission and so

651
00:23:14,310 --> 00:23:11,760
that um

652
00:23:16,789 --> 00:23:14,320
you know we i flew on sts-124 as mission

653
00:23:18,149 --> 00:23:16,799
specialist too as the flight engineer um

654
00:23:20,470 --> 00:23:18,159
it was a totally different experience

655
00:23:22,149 --> 00:23:20,480
than i would have had as a pilot

656
00:23:23,750 --> 00:23:22,159
i'm not saying if it was better or worse

657
00:23:25,029 --> 00:23:23,760
i i don't know

658
00:23:26,630 --> 00:23:25,039
but i think it was a pretty good

659
00:23:29,750 --> 00:23:26,640
experience and i'm very grateful to have

660
00:23:31,909 --> 00:23:29,760
had it uh and then after that mission i

661
00:23:34,470 --> 00:23:31,919
was given the opportunity to

662
00:23:36,470 --> 00:23:34,480
fly as a long-duration crew member

663
00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:36,480
and i realized when

664
00:23:39,590 --> 00:23:37,840
i said yes to that that meant i would

665
00:23:40,870 --> 00:23:39,600
never fly as a pilot on the space

666
00:23:42,149 --> 00:23:40,880
shuttle but again

667
00:23:44,149 --> 00:23:42,159
um

668
00:23:47,029 --> 00:23:44,159
you know i i don't take my

669
00:23:48,070 --> 00:23:47,039
profession lightly and it doesn't matter

670
00:23:49,830 --> 00:23:48,080
to me

671
00:23:52,549 --> 00:23:49,840
how how i can as long as i'm able to

672
00:23:54,789 --> 00:23:52,559
contribute it it didn't matter and again

673
00:23:57,029 --> 00:23:54,799
um you know that was an experience that

674
00:23:59,510 --> 00:23:57,039
i'm really really fortunate to have had

675
00:24:01,830 --> 00:23:59,520
uh basically i

676
00:24:03,510 --> 00:24:01,840
my first time in space i visited space

677
00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:03,520
my second time in space i lived in space

678
00:24:07,350 --> 00:24:05,120
and became a resident of space and it's

679
00:24:09,510 --> 00:24:07,360
a totally totally different experience

680
00:24:11,110 --> 00:24:09,520
you know you have one little snapshot on

681
00:24:12,950 --> 00:24:11,120
a shuttle mission

682
00:24:13,830 --> 00:24:12,960
where you see the earth in one moment of

683
00:24:15,350 --> 00:24:13,840
time

684
00:24:17,350 --> 00:24:15,360
one season

685
00:24:19,510 --> 00:24:17,360
but when you're in space for months on

686
00:24:21,669 --> 00:24:19,520
end you actually watch the earth

687
00:24:23,909 --> 00:24:21,679
transform you watch the turns you know

688
00:24:26,149 --> 00:24:23,919
the seasons change from space

689
00:24:28,630 --> 00:24:26,159
you see the the ice breaking up you see

690
00:24:30,230 --> 00:24:28,640
icebergs i mean you it's a totally

691
00:24:32,149 --> 00:24:30,240
different experience you see a living

692
00:24:33,909 --> 00:24:32,159
organism that's the earth that you

693
00:24:35,990 --> 00:24:33,919
really can't get from a from a short

694
00:24:38,630 --> 00:24:36,000
duration flight so

695
00:24:41,110 --> 00:24:38,640
i think it was a very very fortunate

696
00:24:43,110 --> 00:24:41,120
opportunity that i had to do that

697
00:24:48,310 --> 00:24:43,120
so

698
00:24:51,269 --> 00:24:48,320
sarah farrell at spf 2j uva hi um i was

699
00:24:54,549 --> 00:24:51,279
wondering about what inspired you to

700
00:24:56,870 --> 00:24:54,559
create the fragile oasis project and how

701
00:24:59,430 --> 00:24:56,880
ordinary people can help with that yeah

702
00:25:02,070 --> 00:24:59,440
the fragile aces project it has a number

703
00:25:05,430 --> 00:25:02,080
of objectives and where is elise where

704
00:25:08,870 --> 00:25:06,870
okay there's elise david back there

705
00:25:10,789 --> 00:25:08,880
she's the executive producer of fragile

706
00:25:12,870 --> 00:25:10,799
oasis and we have beth beck here i think

707
00:25:14,549 --> 00:25:12,880
everybody knows beth beck but she's a

708
00:25:15,350 --> 00:25:14,559
very instrumental and fragile oasis as

709
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:15,360
well

710
00:25:24,710 --> 00:25:23,750
so the the has the number objectives

711
00:25:26,870 --> 00:25:24,720
like i said

712
00:25:28,390 --> 00:25:26,880
one of them is to use

713
00:25:29,830 --> 00:25:28,400
this perspective that we have of our

714
00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:29,840
planet from space to use what we call

715
00:25:33,590 --> 00:25:32,320
the orbital perspective to hopefully

716
00:25:34,630 --> 00:25:33,600
inspire people to go out and make a

717
00:25:35,750 --> 00:25:34,640
difference and make the world a better

718
00:25:37,510 --> 00:25:35,760
place

719
00:25:40,549 --> 00:25:37,520
there's also a very big education

720
00:25:42,470 --> 00:25:40,559
outreach aspect of it

721
00:25:44,149 --> 00:25:42,480
the other thing we want to do is we have

722
00:25:45,990 --> 00:25:44,159
a tremendous success story with the

723
00:25:47,990 --> 00:25:46,000
international space station you know we

724
00:25:50,070 --> 00:25:48,000
have 15 nations that all came together

725
00:25:52,310 --> 00:25:50,080
to build this amazing complex

726
00:25:53,669 --> 00:25:52,320
that is going to change the world the

727
00:25:55,350 --> 00:25:53,679
research that's being conducted on the

728
00:25:57,029 --> 00:25:55,360
international space station cannot be

729
00:25:59,190 --> 00:25:57,039
done anywhere else on the planet it's a

730
00:26:00,789 --> 00:25:59,200
very unique facility for research and

731
00:26:03,909 --> 00:26:00,799
there's going to be a lot of

732
00:26:06,149 --> 00:26:03,919
changes a lot of discoveries a lot of

733
00:26:08,149 --> 00:26:06,159
increased understanding of not only you

734
00:26:09,669 --> 00:26:08,159
know the universe but our planet

735
00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:09,679
ourselves in a lot of studies on the

736
00:26:14,630 --> 00:26:12,480
human bodies materials medicines etc so

737
00:26:17,350 --> 00:26:14,640
there's it's just an amazing success

738
00:26:18,950 --> 00:26:17,360
story and this is another way to tell

739
00:26:21,269 --> 00:26:18,960
the success story so

740
00:26:22,630 --> 00:26:21,279
um plus you know we wanted to have a

741
00:26:24,710 --> 00:26:22,640
place to have an online community it's

742
00:26:26,390 --> 00:26:24,720
about one percent or ten percent maybe

743
00:26:28,950 --> 00:26:26,400
of what it's going to be and what it was

744
00:26:29,990 --> 00:26:28,960
what the vision is for it um and but

745
00:26:31,590 --> 00:26:30,000
we're getting there we're getting there

746
00:26:33,750 --> 00:26:31,600
slowly so it's i think it's a wonderful

747
00:26:36,310 --> 00:26:33,760
place and it's a it's a place where we

748
00:26:38,390 --> 00:26:36,320
can share living and working in space uh

749
00:26:40,630 --> 00:26:38,400
where the astronauts on board

750
00:26:41,830 --> 00:26:40,640
can talk about it can send videos can

751
00:26:44,230 --> 00:26:41,840
can

752
00:26:46,630 --> 00:26:44,240
send pictures and really just share that

753
00:26:50,950 --> 00:26:46,640
as best they can so it's just one of the

754
00:26:55,029 --> 00:26:53,350
uh hello oh it's a fragile oasis.org

755
00:26:58,070 --> 00:26:55,039
thank you

756
00:27:01,269 --> 00:26:58,080
hello um i'm zoe uh

757
00:27:03,110 --> 00:27:01,279
i um i go to boston university and a few

758
00:27:06,950 --> 00:27:03,120
a few months ago in december i went to

759
00:27:08,149 --> 00:27:06,960
mit and i saw katie coleman um uh i uh

760
00:27:12,149 --> 00:27:08,159
she said that i should ask you if you

761
00:27:14,950 --> 00:27:13,909
that's a very good question

762
00:27:16,870 --> 00:27:14,960
um

763
00:27:19,510 --> 00:27:16,880
yeah katie's kitty's playing a little

764
00:27:20,870 --> 00:27:19,520
trick on me so so it seemed like uh i

765
00:27:22,789 --> 00:27:20,880
don't know how this happened but

766
00:27:24,470 --> 00:27:22,799
whenever we brushed our teeth it just

767
00:27:25,750 --> 00:27:24,480
happened to be at the same time so and

768
00:27:27,029 --> 00:27:25,760
then after a while it just got to be

769
00:27:28,710 --> 00:27:27,039
funny that we were brushing our teeth

770
00:27:31,029 --> 00:27:28,720
and then when

771
00:27:33,430 --> 00:27:31,039
she came back you know she left um four

772
00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:33,440
months before i did so she she would

773
00:27:37,110 --> 00:27:35,840
send me notes on you know right actually

774
00:27:38,950 --> 00:27:37,120
i think the first one was i sent her a

775
00:27:41,750 --> 00:27:38,960
note today i was brushing my teeth today

776
00:27:44,070 --> 00:27:41,760
and i noticed you weren't there so

777
00:27:45,350 --> 00:27:44,080
so it was just a that's an inside joke

778
00:27:47,350 --> 00:27:45,360
so

779
00:27:49,830 --> 00:27:47,360
serious question um

780
00:27:52,310 --> 00:27:49,840
i i it's hard to describe um

781
00:27:54,230 --> 00:27:52,320
sometimes i i have dreams where i'm

782
00:27:55,669 --> 00:27:54,240
flying and i have a certain feeling in

783
00:27:56,710 --> 00:27:55,679
my stomach and i've i talked to some

784
00:27:58,470 --> 00:27:56,720
people and i said they've had dreams

785
00:28:00,470 --> 00:27:58,480
like that and they they know how it

786
00:28:02,230 --> 00:28:00,480
feels but they can't describe it have

787
00:28:04,230 --> 00:28:02,240
you ever had a dream like that and if

788
00:28:06,549 --> 00:28:04,240
you have does being actually in

789
00:28:08,549 --> 00:28:06,559
microgravity feel like that in the dream

790
00:28:10,230 --> 00:28:08,559
well i did on the space station once i

791
00:28:11,590 --> 00:28:10,240
did have a dream that i was fallen and

792
00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:11,600
then i woke up and i realized i really

793
00:28:14,950 --> 00:28:13,840
was

794
00:28:17,350 --> 00:28:14,960
okay

795
00:28:18,470 --> 00:28:17,360
um i know what you mean um

796
00:28:19,669 --> 00:28:18,480
you know

797
00:28:23,590 --> 00:28:19,679
floating

798
00:28:25,909 --> 00:28:23,600
but not so like if you go upside down in

799
00:28:27,029 --> 00:28:25,919
a pool you feel upside down but if you

800
00:28:28,389 --> 00:28:27,039
go upside down in space there is no

801
00:28:30,630 --> 00:28:28,399
upside down you don't feel anything

802
00:28:32,230 --> 00:28:30,640
differently although you see you know

803
00:28:33,269 --> 00:28:32,240
it's really interesting on a shuttle

804
00:28:34,710 --> 00:28:33,279
flight

805
00:28:35,990 --> 00:28:34,720
since you're only up there for a brief

806
00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:36,000
amount of time there is no up and down

807
00:28:39,990 --> 00:28:38,159
there is no you're you know there is no

808
00:28:42,149 --> 00:28:40,000
preferred orientation if you will i mean

809
00:28:44,070 --> 00:28:42,159
there is but you're not used to it yet

810
00:28:46,070 --> 00:28:44,080
after you're up there for you know weeks

811
00:28:49,590 --> 00:28:46,080
or months at a time there does be coming

812
00:28:51,669 --> 00:28:49,600
up and down visually and so when you

813
00:28:53,510 --> 00:28:51,679
go upside down you feel a little bit

814
00:28:56,310 --> 00:28:53,520
like you're upside down for a little bit

815
00:28:57,830 --> 00:28:56,320
but then your brain rapidly switches

816
00:28:58,950 --> 00:28:57,840
gears and goes okay the ceiling just

817
00:29:00,950 --> 00:28:58,960
became the floor on the floor just came

818
00:29:02,070 --> 00:29:00,960
the ceiling and you're you're good but

819
00:29:04,470 --> 00:29:02,080
initially

820
00:29:05,830 --> 00:29:04,480
you it feels a little awkward but um

821
00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:05,840
that's because you've been there so long

822
00:29:09,190 --> 00:29:06,880
so

823
00:29:10,710 --> 00:29:09,200
it's hard to describe the feeling it

824
00:29:13,669 --> 00:29:10,720
other than to say it's wonderful i mean

825
00:29:15,269 --> 00:29:13,679
it really feels very liberating

826
00:29:17,110 --> 00:29:15,279
there's a freedom involved with it you

827
00:29:18,870 --> 00:29:17,120
know my commute to work every day was

828
00:29:21,110 --> 00:29:18,880
flying you know i

829
00:29:22,710 --> 00:29:21,120
i'd fly to the u.s lab or fly to

830
00:29:24,310 --> 00:29:22,720
columbus or wherever else i was working

831
00:29:26,950 --> 00:29:24,320
that day and

832
00:29:27,669 --> 00:29:26,960
it's a lot of fun and um you know like i

833
00:29:29,029 --> 00:29:27,679
said

834
00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:29,039
if you know you don't have to like if

835
00:29:31,590 --> 00:29:30,320
something's on the floor and you want to

836
00:29:33,029 --> 00:29:31,600
work on it you don't have to bend down

837
00:29:35,110 --> 00:29:33,039
and grab it you just flip upside down

838
00:29:36,470 --> 00:29:35,120
and and so there's a

839
00:29:37,350 --> 00:29:36,480
there's a there's a lot of freedom with

840
00:29:39,269 --> 00:29:37,360
that but

841
00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:39,279
beyond that it's hard to hard to

842
00:29:42,710 --> 00:29:41,039
describe

843
00:29:46,149 --> 00:29:42,720
so

844
00:29:48,070 --> 00:29:46,159
hi there i'm neil glick neil 095

845
00:29:49,909 --> 00:29:48,080
and um

846
00:29:53,510 --> 00:29:49,919
two quick questions i worked on the ils

847
00:29:55,590 --> 00:29:53,520
joint venture 20 years ago in moscow so

848
00:29:57,510 --> 00:29:55,600
my question is what's the difference

849
00:29:59,510 --> 00:29:57,520
between going on you know

850
00:30:00,950 --> 00:29:59,520
like launch and riding on a soyuz rocket

851
00:30:02,789 --> 00:30:00,960
versus a shuttle

852
00:30:04,389 --> 00:30:02,799
and then my second question is did you

853
00:30:06,310 --> 00:30:04,399
get to plant a tree

854
00:30:08,950 --> 00:30:06,320
uh after your flight at the cosmonauts

855
00:30:11,350 --> 00:30:08,960
dormitory at baikonur you actually plant

856
00:30:13,430 --> 00:30:11,360
it before you launch so and we did and

857
00:30:14,950 --> 00:30:13,440
that was pretty cool the launch to

858
00:30:17,430 --> 00:30:14,960
planetary in the same place that yuri

859
00:30:19,430 --> 00:30:17,440
gagarin did 50 years earlier uh after

860
00:30:23,029 --> 00:30:19,440
launching from the same or right before

861
00:30:24,549 --> 00:30:23,039
launching from the same pad but um

862
00:30:26,310 --> 00:30:24,559
there's a number of ways to answer that

863
00:30:27,909 --> 00:30:26,320
question i mean technically the

864
00:30:29,430 --> 00:30:27,919
experience was

865
00:30:31,190 --> 00:30:29,440
in the space shuttle you're in this

866
00:30:33,269 --> 00:30:31,200
massive powerful vehicle and you're

867
00:30:34,630 --> 00:30:33,279
riding inside of it and it's a you know

868
00:30:37,590 --> 00:30:34,640
it's a very at least the first part of

869
00:30:40,310 --> 00:30:37,600
it is a very violent ride into space

870
00:30:42,310 --> 00:30:40,320
the soyuz on the other hand

871
00:30:43,909 --> 00:30:42,320
it as opposed to riding in the soyuz you

872
00:30:45,750 --> 00:30:43,919
actually at least i actually felt like i

873
00:30:47,750 --> 00:30:45,760
was wearing it i mean you're strapped in

874
00:30:49,590 --> 00:30:47,760
there so tight you know your knees are

875
00:30:51,510 --> 00:30:49,600
in your chest it's so small

876
00:30:53,990 --> 00:30:51,520
and every you know everything is right

877
00:30:55,990 --> 00:30:54,000
there so every valve that that opens

878
00:30:59,110 --> 00:30:56,000
every pump that turns on every engine

879
00:31:01,990 --> 00:30:59,120
that lights you feel it and and you know

880
00:31:04,389 --> 00:31:02,000
every explosive bolt that fires so it's

881
00:31:06,310 --> 00:31:04,399
a it is a really remarkable spacecraft

882
00:31:09,029 --> 00:31:06,320
and it really

883
00:31:10,630 --> 00:31:09,039
um it was really enjoyable you know the

884
00:31:12,549 --> 00:31:10,640
launch into space i don't you guys ever

885
00:31:13,750 --> 00:31:12,559
see the movie rocket man

886
00:31:15,350 --> 00:31:13,760
so there's a scene in there where he

887
00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:15,360
finally launches into space and he gets

888
00:31:17,990 --> 00:31:16,640
in the space and he's like

889
00:31:19,509 --> 00:31:18,000
he's throwing this up that's what i felt

890
00:31:22,149 --> 00:31:19,519
like when

891
00:31:24,470 --> 00:31:22,159
when i launched on the soyuz um

892
00:31:25,830 --> 00:31:24,480
you know i think it's just a

893
00:31:27,590 --> 00:31:25,840
it's similar in a lot of ways you know

894
00:31:28,950 --> 00:31:27,600
it's the same amount of time it's about

895
00:31:30,230 --> 00:31:28,960
i guess it's a little bit more g's on

896
00:31:32,230 --> 00:31:30,240
the soyuz but you know it's in the same

897
00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:32,240
ballpark

898
00:31:36,630 --> 00:31:34,480
the coming home though is a big is a lot

899
00:31:38,389 --> 00:31:36,640
different so

900
00:31:43,269 --> 00:31:38,399
that's another story

901
00:31:47,990 --> 00:31:45,590
we recently saw

902
00:31:50,549 --> 00:31:48,000
a thing about

903
00:31:52,630 --> 00:31:50,559
a documentary about the building of this

904
00:31:54,630 --> 00:31:52,640
the space station

905
00:31:57,430 --> 00:31:54,640
and

906
00:32:00,870 --> 00:31:57,440
i guess what i wanted to know is

907
00:32:02,470 --> 00:32:00,880
did it feel like living in a

908
00:32:05,110 --> 00:32:02,480
modular home

909
00:32:07,269 --> 00:32:05,120
or did it feel like living in a bomb

910
00:32:08,310 --> 00:32:07,279
a bomb shelter

911
00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:08,320
a

912
00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:37,840
if you need some some quiet time or or

913
00:32:40,549 --> 00:32:39,760
um it's i mean you could actually get

914
00:32:42,630 --> 00:32:40,559
lost

915
00:32:44,470 --> 00:32:42,640
if if you i mean

916
00:32:47,029 --> 00:32:44,480
not really but i mean pretty close it's

917
00:32:49,190 --> 00:32:47,039
it's almost that big so um it's a very

918
00:32:52,310 --> 00:32:49,200
comfortable place to live um we got

919
00:32:53,750 --> 00:32:52,320
great great uh scenery great views

920
00:32:55,509 --> 00:32:53,760
um

921
00:32:57,350 --> 00:32:55,519
you know we we control the temperature

922
00:32:59,909 --> 00:32:57,360
to whatever temperature we want we've

923
00:33:01,990 --> 00:32:59,919
got plenty of food plenty of light

924
00:33:04,149 --> 00:33:02,000
you know every everything that we we

925
00:33:06,070 --> 00:33:04,159
need we have and so it's a it's a very

926
00:33:08,549 --> 00:33:06,080
comfortable existence we've done an

927
00:33:09,990 --> 00:33:08,559
unbelievable job building it

928
00:33:11,750 --> 00:33:10,000
the design the engineering the

929
00:33:14,149 --> 00:33:11,760
construction of it is just tremendous

930
00:33:16,470 --> 00:33:14,159
and it it really is i mean it is awe

931
00:33:17,669 --> 00:33:16,480
inspiring to to see that from you know

932
00:33:20,310 --> 00:33:17,679
as you approach the space station

933
00:33:21,430 --> 00:33:20,320
whether or not on a space shuttle or on

934
00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:21,440
a soyuz

935
00:33:25,110 --> 00:33:23,679
uh or on a space walk and to be out

936
00:33:27,029 --> 00:33:25,120
there and looking back at the space

937
00:33:29,029 --> 00:33:27,039
station it's just it is an amazing

938
00:33:31,029 --> 00:33:29,039
accomplishment of humanity it really is

939
00:33:33,029 --> 00:33:31,039
um and so it's a it's a wonderful

940
00:33:34,789 --> 00:33:33,039
experience to live and work on there so

941
00:33:37,430 --> 00:33:34,799
i hope that answers your question it was

942
00:33:38,789 --> 00:33:37,440
it i guess in a nutshell the answer to

943
00:33:41,190 --> 00:33:38,799
your question is it felt like home it

944
00:33:43,430 --> 00:33:41,200
did i mean it didn't feel cramped like a

945
00:33:45,430 --> 00:33:43,440
like um you know a small home it just

946
00:33:49,509 --> 00:33:45,440
felt like a nice comfortable place to

947
00:33:53,509 --> 00:33:51,669
my name is jean brooks i'm the director

948
00:33:55,509 --> 00:33:53,519
of innovation and community engagement

949
00:33:58,630 --> 00:33:55,519
with the online news association i'm

950
00:34:00,789 --> 00:33:58,640
also um the founder of a tumblr called

951
00:34:04,149 --> 00:34:00,799
spaceshares.tumblr.com

952
00:34:05,909 --> 00:34:04,159
where we feature a lot of gifts that

953
00:34:08,149 --> 00:34:05,919
are gifs depending on how you like to

954
00:34:09,990 --> 00:34:08,159
say it i think nasa sort of

955
00:34:12,629 --> 00:34:10,000
underutilizes them so i guess this first

956
00:34:15,510 --> 00:34:12,639
part is just a question or a request

957
00:34:16,710 --> 00:34:15,520
to say um i think that on the internet

958
00:34:17,829 --> 00:34:16,720
that they

959
00:34:19,109 --> 00:34:17,839
um

960
00:34:21,430 --> 00:34:19,119
photos of

961
00:34:23,270 --> 00:34:21,440
the universe come across clearer and

962
00:34:25,510 --> 00:34:23,280
more like 3d when they're in the gif

963
00:34:27,270 --> 00:34:25,520
format so that's just a small request

964
00:34:29,109 --> 00:34:27,280
and then my question actually comes from

965
00:34:31,430 --> 00:34:29,119
one of my twitter followers

966
00:34:33,430 --> 00:34:31,440
in response to

967
00:34:34,389 --> 00:34:33,440
my tweet about how

968
00:34:36,230 --> 00:34:34,399
um

969
00:34:37,990 --> 00:34:36,240
the moon

970
00:34:39,510 --> 00:34:38,000
could actually provide enough energy for

971
00:34:41,349 --> 00:34:39,520
the earth for

972
00:34:43,909 --> 00:34:41,359
centuries and so

973
00:34:45,829 --> 00:34:43,919
he asks um is it likely more viable than

974
00:34:48,069 --> 00:34:45,839
the solar energy that already falls on

975
00:34:49,990 --> 00:34:48,079
the earth and how does moon to earth

976
00:34:51,669 --> 00:34:50,000
energy transfer work

977
00:34:54,389 --> 00:34:51,679
well that that is a

978
00:34:57,270 --> 00:34:54,399
that is a very complicated uh

979
00:34:59,349 --> 00:34:57,280
question to answer um but i'll try and

980
00:35:01,349 --> 00:34:59,359
do it on a high level there's a number

981
00:35:03,190 --> 00:35:01,359
of different uh

982
00:35:05,430 --> 00:35:03,200
energy sources on the boom there is

983
00:35:07,190 --> 00:35:05,440
potential fuel for fusion reactors that

984
00:35:08,150 --> 00:35:07,200
don't exist right now but hopefully will

985
00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:08,160
exist

986
00:35:13,030 --> 00:35:10,960
uh there is solar energy that that falls

987
00:35:15,829 --> 00:35:13,040
on on the earth that could be sent back

988
00:35:17,589 --> 00:35:15,839
uh either to geosynchronous satellites

989
00:35:19,510 --> 00:35:17,599
through microwave or laser

990
00:35:21,670 --> 00:35:19,520
that can then be transported down to the

991
00:35:22,550 --> 00:35:21,680
ground the same way

992
00:35:24,550 --> 00:35:22,560
they

993
00:35:26,710 --> 00:35:24,560
these would not be hampered by weather

994
00:35:29,030 --> 00:35:26,720
they would not be hampered by volcanic

995
00:35:30,550 --> 00:35:29,040
ash if we had a

996
00:35:32,870 --> 00:35:30,560
you know volcanic eruption that in

997
00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:32,880
interfered with uh solar

998
00:35:36,470 --> 00:35:34,560
transfer you know in the earth's

999
00:35:38,310 --> 00:35:36,480
atmosphere there's platinum on the moon

1000
00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:38,320
that is used as a catalyst for fuel

1001
00:35:41,750 --> 00:35:39,280
cells

1002
00:35:44,630 --> 00:35:41,760
uh and so the list goes on there's um

1003
00:35:46,069 --> 00:35:44,640
these are difficult engineering probably

1004
00:35:48,550 --> 00:35:46,079
in the case of fusion reactors we don't

1005
00:35:51,589 --> 00:35:48,560
even have them yet so this is down the

1006
00:35:53,190 --> 00:35:51,599
road uh but there is you know you it

1007
00:35:55,589 --> 00:35:53,200
does it's not too hard to imagine that

1008
00:35:57,430 --> 00:35:55,599
we'll have that technology soon and we

1009
00:35:58,950 --> 00:35:57,440
have a potential fuel source for that on

1010
00:35:59,910 --> 00:35:58,960
on the moon

1011
00:36:02,150 --> 00:35:59,920
and then

1012
00:36:03,990 --> 00:36:02,160
the big thing with the solar energy is

1013
00:36:05,349 --> 00:36:04,000
that it would be it would be greater

1014
00:36:07,270 --> 00:36:05,359
first of all because it doesn't have to

1015
00:36:08,230 --> 00:36:07,280
go through the atmosphere but also it

1016
00:36:13,030 --> 00:36:08,240
would be

1017
00:36:17,349 --> 00:36:13,040
unhampered by any natural disaster or by

1018
00:36:22,150 --> 00:36:20,230
hi my name is sarah smith smith5sc at

1019
00:36:24,310 --> 00:36:22,160
twitter i have two questions for you one

1020
00:36:26,630 --> 00:36:24,320
for me and then one from camilla sdo's

1021
00:36:27,829 --> 00:36:26,640
account but first the ansi person next

1022
00:36:29,109 --> 00:36:27,839
to me who's too shy to ask for the

1023
00:36:31,190 --> 00:36:29,119
microphone has something she wants to

1024
00:36:38,870 --> 00:36:31,200
say

1025
00:36:42,950 --> 00:36:41,109
so my question is um

1026
00:36:44,950 --> 00:36:42,960
there's a big difference between your

1027
00:36:47,670 --> 00:36:44,960
first mission and your second mission uh

1028
00:36:49,670 --> 00:36:47,680
your first mission was in 2008 before tj

1029
00:36:51,430 --> 00:36:49,680
so lovingly hooked you guys up on the

1030
00:36:53,190 --> 00:36:51,440
iss with internet

1031
00:36:55,670 --> 00:36:53,200
and your second mission

1032
00:36:58,470 --> 00:36:55,680
um between your two missions did you

1033
00:37:00,069 --> 00:36:58,480
find it a lot nicer to be able to freely

1034
00:37:01,990 --> 00:37:00,079
communicate with those of us down here

1035
00:37:04,069 --> 00:37:02,000
on earth was it nicer to have that

1036
00:37:06,390 --> 00:37:04,079
ability to pass your time you know if

1037
00:37:07,990 --> 00:37:06,400
you get sad or miss home did you find it

1038
00:37:09,990 --> 00:37:08,000
nice that you guys were able to just

1039
00:37:11,750 --> 00:37:10,000
freely communicate with us

1040
00:37:13,349 --> 00:37:11,760
compared to your first time up there

1041
00:37:16,550 --> 00:37:13,359
yeah definitely actually i was talking

1042
00:37:18,630 --> 00:37:16,560
to tj before i launched and

1043
00:37:20,390 --> 00:37:18,640
uh the way he described how the internet

1044
00:37:21,670 --> 00:37:20,400
was on board

1045
00:37:23,190 --> 00:37:21,680
you know i was really disappointed

1046
00:37:25,349 --> 00:37:23,200
because it wasn't going to really work

1047
00:37:27,430 --> 00:37:25,359
it was too slow but i guess from the

1048
00:37:29,430 --> 00:37:27,440
time he flew to the time i flew there

1049
00:37:31,030 --> 00:37:29,440
was some modifications made and i was

1050
00:37:33,589 --> 00:37:31,040
really pleasantly surprised when i got

1051
00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:33,599
there and i mean it wasn't fast but it

1052
00:37:37,589 --> 00:37:35,680
was usable and that was a big surprise

1053
00:37:40,470 --> 00:37:37,599
to me and that's what and i that's why i

1054
00:37:41,990 --> 00:37:40,480
immediately started trying to use it and

1055
00:37:43,990 --> 00:37:42,000
i'm the type of person that if i'm doing

1056
00:37:46,870 --> 00:37:44,000
something really spectacular and really

1057
00:37:48,550 --> 00:37:46,880
cool it's it's so much more so if i

1058
00:37:50,710 --> 00:37:48,560
could share it you know it almost seems

1059
00:37:52,069 --> 00:37:50,720
like you're wasting it you know

1060
00:37:53,829 --> 00:37:52,079
like if you're in the cupola and you see

1061
00:37:56,390 --> 00:37:53,839
this amazing view

1062
00:37:59,750 --> 00:37:56,400
you know i almost felt bad if i couldn't

1063
00:38:01,829 --> 00:37:59,760
somehow capture that and share it and so

1064
00:38:03,589 --> 00:38:01,839
uh through these through having the

1065
00:38:05,670 --> 00:38:03,599
internet on board

1066
00:38:07,109 --> 00:38:05,680
i was able to do that real time so

1067
00:38:08,550 --> 00:38:07,119
there's a difference between you know

1068
00:38:11,109 --> 00:38:08,560
taking a picture and sending it down and

1069
00:38:13,829 --> 00:38:11,119
then weeks later eventually it it gets

1070
00:38:15,349 --> 00:38:13,839
to to be public versus flying over

1071
00:38:16,550 --> 00:38:15,359
tripoli on the day that tripoli fell and

1072
00:38:18,790 --> 00:38:16,560
taking a picture of it and sending it

1073
00:38:20,150 --> 00:38:18,800
down to the immediately within hours

1074
00:38:21,750 --> 00:38:20,160
sending it to down to the earth or

1075
00:38:23,030 --> 00:38:21,760
flying over a hurricane and looking

1076
00:38:24,870 --> 00:38:23,040
right down into the eye and taking a

1077
00:38:26,710 --> 00:38:24,880
picture and sending it to the earth i

1078
00:38:29,190 --> 00:38:26,720
mean there's a big difference

1079
00:38:31,109 --> 00:38:29,200
uh from you know i'm sure there is on

1080
00:38:33,349 --> 00:38:31,119
your end it's more interesting but from

1081
00:38:35,750 --> 00:38:33,359
our end too it's it's more interesting

1082
00:38:37,430 --> 00:38:35,760
to do that it requires more work but we

1083
00:38:39,030 --> 00:38:37,440
have the capability the technology the

1084
00:38:40,230 --> 00:38:39,040
technology on board now to do that and

1085
00:38:41,430 --> 00:38:40,240
it's getting better every day and so

1086
00:38:42,790 --> 00:38:41,440
hopefully

1087
00:38:44,470 --> 00:38:42,800
we'll be able to continue that because i

1088
00:38:47,030 --> 00:38:44,480
think it's a really important aspect of

1089
00:38:49,670 --> 00:38:47,040
our outreach

1090
00:38:52,109 --> 00:38:49,680
and we had one more okay this was from

1091
00:38:54,870 --> 00:38:52,119
uh camilla sdo's follower

1092
00:38:56,230 --> 00:38:54,880
tigergirl528 um her son who's not old

1093
00:38:58,310 --> 00:38:56,240
enough to have a twitter account yet

1094
00:39:01,510 --> 00:38:58,320
would like to know what you love most

1095
00:39:03,109 --> 00:39:01,520
about being an astronaut

1096
00:39:05,430 --> 00:39:03,119
that's a tough one again

1097
00:39:07,589 --> 00:39:05,440
so um

1098
00:39:08,870 --> 00:39:07,599
i'd say right now what i love about most

1099
00:39:10,870 --> 00:39:08,880
about being astronaut is being able to

1100
00:39:13,510 --> 00:39:10,880
share the amazing stuff that we do in

1101
00:39:15,349 --> 00:39:13,520
space i mean it really is

1102
00:39:17,589 --> 00:39:15,359
some of the most incredible some of the

1103
00:39:20,790 --> 00:39:17,599
most awe-inspiring things that we do as

1104
00:39:23,349 --> 00:39:20,800
as humanity is step off the planet

1105
00:39:25,670 --> 00:39:23,359
get it outside of our world and to be

1106
00:39:27,190 --> 00:39:25,680
able to not just only explore but to

1107
00:39:30,069 --> 00:39:27,200
look back on ourselves look back at our

1108
00:39:32,790 --> 00:39:30,079
earth and learn a little bit more about

1109
00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:32,800
who we are here on this planet and so

1110
00:39:37,670 --> 00:39:33,760
i think

1111
00:39:39,750 --> 00:39:37,680
rewarding and one of my favorite things

1112
00:39:40,950 --> 00:39:39,760
to do right now so

1113
00:39:43,430 --> 00:39:40,960
flying in space is pretty cool too

1114
00:39:45,829 --> 00:39:43,440
though so

1115
00:39:47,510 --> 00:39:45,839
hi i'm veronica brown my twitter handle

1116
00:39:50,069 --> 00:39:47,520
is v e e brown

1117
00:39:52,550 --> 00:39:50,079
um obviously there is a ton of

1118
00:39:55,270 --> 00:39:52,560
preparation that goes on down here on

1119
00:39:58,069 --> 00:39:55,280
earth before you guys get up to space

1120
00:39:59,589 --> 00:39:58,079
um did anything catch you off guard or

1121
00:40:05,829 --> 00:39:59,599
surprise you either about living in

1122
00:40:08,950 --> 00:40:07,430
does anything catch me off guard you

1123
00:40:10,150 --> 00:40:08,960
know one of the things that was a

1124
00:40:12,150 --> 00:40:10,160
surprise i don't think i don't think it

1125
00:40:14,230 --> 00:40:12,160
caught me off guard but uh

1126
00:40:15,990 --> 00:40:14,240
what really surprised me is how much i

1127
00:40:18,550 --> 00:40:16,000
enjoyed taking still pictures i i was

1128
00:40:19,910 --> 00:40:18,560
always like a video guy and so i imagine

1129
00:40:21,109 --> 00:40:19,920
i was going to take all these videos

1130
00:40:22,790 --> 00:40:21,119
when i got i was going to be up there

1131
00:40:24,630 --> 00:40:22,800
for a long time and i'd be sending down

1132
00:40:26,710 --> 00:40:24,640
all these i hardly took any video i mean

1133
00:40:28,550 --> 00:40:26,720
i took video but not to the extent that

1134
00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:28,560
i thought i was but the picture the

1135
00:40:32,710 --> 00:40:31,200
cameras that we have on board right now

1136
00:40:33,990 --> 00:40:32,720
enable you know people like me who

1137
00:40:36,390 --> 00:40:34,000
aren't photographers to take great

1138
00:40:37,589 --> 00:40:36,400
pictures and that was really rewarding

1139
00:40:40,150 --> 00:40:37,599
to actually

1140
00:40:42,470 --> 00:40:40,160
what was rewarding about it is to see

1141
00:40:44,069 --> 00:40:42,480
this amazing site take a picture of it

1142
00:40:46,150 --> 00:40:44,079
and then look at it and go that's really

1143
00:40:48,309 --> 00:40:46,160
what it looks like it actually captures

1144
00:40:49,829 --> 00:40:48,319
it this is pretty cool so to me that was

1145
00:40:51,270 --> 00:40:49,839
a really pleasant surprise i talked

1146
00:40:52,790 --> 00:40:51,280
about the internet being

1147
00:40:55,829 --> 00:40:52,800
faster than i thought it was going to be

1148
00:40:57,589 --> 00:40:55,839
um most of the time um but it you know

1149
00:40:59,510 --> 00:40:57,599
that was a pleasant surprise too so i i

1150
00:41:00,870 --> 00:40:59,520
think the only surprises were pleasant

1151
00:41:01,990 --> 00:41:00,880
ones

1152
00:41:04,470 --> 00:41:02,000
the landing was a little hard too that

1153
00:41:05,750 --> 00:41:04,480
was a surprise so so i sent out a tweet

1154
00:41:09,190 --> 00:41:05,760
um

1155
00:41:10,870 --> 00:41:09,200
a little while ago that said i was gonna

1156
00:41:12,069 --> 00:41:10,880
say i've had a surprise no one's gonna

1157
00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:12,079
well i'm not

1158
00:41:19,270 --> 00:41:13,280
we'll see if anybody asks about it and

1159
00:41:22,950 --> 00:41:21,510
yeah i'll tell you what i'm gonna well

1160
00:41:24,630 --> 00:41:22,960
while we're asking the next question i'm

1161
00:41:34,150 --> 00:41:24,640
gonna try and take a picture of you guys

1162
00:41:37,750 --> 00:41:36,390
matthew bound matthew jlb um i was a

1163
00:41:39,270 --> 00:41:37,760
history major so i wanted to ask you

1164
00:41:41,510 --> 00:41:39,280
this you obviously grew up during the

1165
00:41:43,829 --> 00:41:41,520
latter years of the cold war so what was

1166
00:41:46,390 --> 00:41:43,839
it like visiting red square and all the

1167
00:41:48,710 --> 00:41:46,400
associated attractions like where yuri

1168
00:41:49,510 --> 00:41:48,720
gagarin and the

1169
00:41:51,349 --> 00:41:49,520
other

1170
00:41:53,750 --> 00:41:51,359
cosmonauts who died

1171
00:41:56,230 --> 00:41:53,760
visit the site of their their graves

1172
00:41:59,349 --> 00:41:56,240
that's an awesome question i mean i

1173
00:42:01,109 --> 00:41:59,359
i was born the year that yuri gagarin

1174
00:42:03,670 --> 00:42:01,119
became the first person to fly in space

1175
00:42:05,670 --> 00:42:03,680
and i was a military officer and if you

1176
00:42:07,510 --> 00:42:05,680
would you if you would ask me

1177
00:42:08,790 --> 00:42:07,520
30 years ago or you if you would have

1178
00:42:10,390 --> 00:42:08,800
told me 30 years ago that i was gonna

1179
00:42:12,069 --> 00:42:10,400
fly in space i would say wow that's

1180
00:42:13,430 --> 00:42:12,079
really cool you know people told me i

1181
00:42:15,109 --> 00:42:13,440
would fly in space as a member of a

1182
00:42:17,349 --> 00:42:15,119
russian crew on a russian rocket that

1183
00:42:19,349 --> 00:42:17,359
had an american flag on it i i would

1184
00:42:21,910 --> 00:42:19,359
have thought you were nuts so

1185
00:42:24,470 --> 00:42:21,920
and i think this is another huge aspect

1186
00:42:26,230 --> 00:42:24,480
of our space program is that we can have

1187
00:42:27,589 --> 00:42:26,240
nations that that weren't always the

1188
00:42:29,910 --> 00:42:27,599
best of friends

1189
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:29,920
work together towards a common goal to

1190
00:42:34,870 --> 00:42:32,560
do something incredible for humanity and

1191
00:42:37,349 --> 00:42:34,880
that to me i mean to me the the novelty

1192
00:42:39,430 --> 00:42:37,359
has never worn off um going to lay

1193
00:42:42,230 --> 00:42:39,440
flowers on the tomb of uh sergey korloff

1194
00:42:43,430 --> 00:42:42,240
and and and your gagarin and red square

1195
00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:43,440
just the fact that i'm strapped to a

1196
00:42:49,109 --> 00:42:46,640
russian rocket you know just it was

1197
00:42:51,030 --> 00:42:49,119
amazing and you know in a good way i

1198
00:42:53,990 --> 00:42:51,040
mean it was really just

1199
00:42:57,430 --> 00:42:54,000
heartwarming to think where we were what

1200
00:42:58,870 --> 00:42:57,440
could have been and what has become and

1201
00:43:00,150 --> 00:42:58,880
you know again

1202
00:43:02,069 --> 00:43:00,160
you know we have this example of

1203
00:43:03,670 --> 00:43:02,079
international collaboration and we can

1204
00:43:06,230 --> 00:43:03,680
apply that on earth you know if we can

1205
00:43:07,829 --> 00:43:06,240
do this in space work together for this

1206
00:43:09,990 --> 00:43:07,839
to do this amazing thing we can work

1207
00:43:11,109 --> 00:43:10,000
together and have uh

1208
00:43:14,309 --> 00:43:11,119
you know

1209
00:43:15,750 --> 00:43:14,319
lot of the problems facing our planet

1210
00:43:17,270 --> 00:43:15,760
overcome a lot of the challenges facing

1211
00:43:18,870 --> 00:43:17,280
our planet and so

1212
00:43:20,550 --> 00:43:18,880
that that to me was one of the coolest

1213
00:43:23,030 --> 00:43:20,560
parts of this whole thing was

1214
00:43:24,470 --> 00:43:23,040
was uh was doing that and uh and paying

1215
00:43:25,829 --> 00:43:24,480
respect for those people that that we

1216
00:43:28,710 --> 00:43:25,839
should pay respect for those those

1217
00:43:31,349 --> 00:43:28,720
pioneers no matter where they're from uh

1218
00:43:33,030 --> 00:43:31,359
that basically you know we're we're

1219
00:43:35,190 --> 00:43:33,040
standing on their shoulders right now

1220
00:43:37,829 --> 00:43:35,200
and what they've done so i haven't said

1221
00:43:39,270 --> 00:43:37,839
tweet yet but i'm gonna do that

1222
00:43:41,589 --> 00:43:39,280
and

1223
00:43:42,550 --> 00:43:41,599
you know what um we had the question

1224
00:43:44,470 --> 00:43:42,560
over there

1225
00:43:45,910 --> 00:43:44,480
so i'm gonna i'm gonna send out this

1226
00:43:47,430 --> 00:43:45,920
tweet it's gonna have a link in it but

1227
00:43:49,510 --> 00:43:47,440
we're gonna show this video but let me

1228
00:43:50,710 --> 00:43:49,520
set it up first

1229
00:43:53,190 --> 00:43:50,720
because some

1230
00:43:54,630 --> 00:43:53,200
ah i don't know if that worked or not

1231
00:43:55,910 --> 00:43:54,640
so

1232
00:43:56,870 --> 00:43:55,920
we'll see

1233
00:44:00,309 --> 00:43:56,880
apparently there's a lot of people

1234
00:44:02,150 --> 00:44:00,319
tweeting right now in here so

1235
00:44:04,470 --> 00:44:02,160
so um

1236
00:44:05,349 --> 00:44:04,480
about two weeks before i was set to come

1237
00:44:06,390 --> 00:44:05,359
home

1238
00:44:07,589 --> 00:44:06,400
to earth

1239
00:44:09,349 --> 00:44:07,599
we got word that we were going to be up

1240
00:44:11,349 --> 00:44:09,359
there another two months

1241
00:44:13,030 --> 00:44:11,359
and so um you know you're sprinting to

1242
00:44:15,270 --> 00:44:13,040
the finish line and then they move the

1243
00:44:18,230 --> 00:44:15,280
finish line a couple miles away and so

1244
00:44:20,150 --> 00:44:18,240
um that was you know we love being there

1245
00:44:21,990 --> 00:44:20,160
but you get kind of ready to come home

1246
00:44:24,710 --> 00:44:22,000
and and you get your mind set on coming

1247
00:44:25,990 --> 00:44:24,720
home and and that was uh kind of big

1248
00:44:27,190 --> 00:44:26,000
news to get that we're going to stay

1249
00:44:29,270 --> 00:44:27,200
another two months and i knew that

1250
00:44:30,309 --> 00:44:29,280
didn't only affect me it affected a lot

1251
00:44:31,670 --> 00:44:30,319
of people on the ground you know there

1252
00:44:33,510 --> 00:44:31,680
was people who were going to have to

1253
00:44:34,630 --> 00:44:33,520
cancel vacations and and you know they

1254
00:44:36,150 --> 00:44:34,640
thought that their mission was going to

1255
00:44:37,510 --> 00:44:36,160
be over on the ground and though

1256
00:44:38,390 --> 00:44:37,520
and um

1257
00:44:41,030 --> 00:44:38,400
now they're going to have to work

1258
00:44:43,109 --> 00:44:41,040
another two months and so i tried to

1259
00:44:44,470 --> 00:44:43,119
i made a video while i was on board to

1260
00:44:45,589 --> 00:44:44,480
try and

1261
00:44:47,510 --> 00:44:45,599
show everybody hey we're all in this

1262
00:44:49,190 --> 00:44:47,520
together we're you know we could we can

1263
00:44:51,270 --> 00:44:49,200
make fun of this and

1264
00:44:53,910 --> 00:44:51,280
and still have a good time it turns out

1265
00:44:55,829 --> 00:44:53,920
that i only stayed an extra week um

1266
00:44:59,030 --> 00:44:55,839
and so we made this video raise your

1267
00:45:00,390 --> 00:44:59,040
hand if you saw the video iss blues

1268
00:45:02,710 --> 00:45:00,400
okay so

1269
00:45:05,589 --> 00:45:02,720
you guys will get it so

1270
00:45:07,589 --> 00:45:05,599
so we made a sequel to that and i if we

1271
00:45:09,670 --> 00:45:07,599
have that if we can cue that up and play

1272
00:45:11,510 --> 00:45:09,680
it i'd like to i'd like to introduce it

1273
00:45:12,390 --> 00:45:11,520
here and i'm hoping

1274
00:45:14,630 --> 00:45:12,400
that

1275
00:45:16,550 --> 00:45:14,640
one of the stars of this video might

1276
00:45:19,670 --> 00:45:16,560
pop in later if he can get here soon

1277
00:45:22,790 --> 00:45:19,680
enough but we'll see so

1278
00:45:26,069 --> 00:45:22,800
again this is uh the sequel to this and

1279
00:45:30,829 --> 00:45:26,079
it was obviously filmed on board

1280
00:45:36,710 --> 00:45:34,470
blues where's ron

1281
00:45:38,790 --> 00:45:36,720
i need to find him i i saw him hitting

1282
00:45:43,510 --> 00:45:38,800
the russian segment going to the russian

1283
00:45:48,069 --> 00:45:45,750
going to go go we were supposed to go

1284
00:45:49,670 --> 00:45:48,079
home a week from thursday and uh

1285
00:45:51,510 --> 00:45:49,680
it looks like we're going to be up here

1286
00:45:53,510 --> 00:45:51,520
a little bit longer yeah a couple more

1287
00:45:54,870 --> 00:45:53,520
months yes it does but uh

1288
00:46:01,510 --> 00:45:54,880
well i'll just give a shot here see how

1289
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:15,030
got those space stations

1290
00:46:19,589 --> 00:46:17,750
oh man come on

1291
00:46:21,670 --> 00:46:19,599
oh man

1292
00:46:24,150 --> 00:46:21,680
dadgum tricorder is malfunctioning it's

1293
00:46:25,990 --> 00:46:24,160
the day before ron goes home

1294
00:46:28,390 --> 00:46:26,000
and he's not around he's the only one

1295
00:46:30,870 --> 00:46:28,400
who knows how to reboot this thing i

1296
00:46:32,550 --> 00:46:30,880
need to go get him

1297
00:46:38,150 --> 00:46:32,560
i know where he's at now

1298
00:46:43,510 --> 00:46:40,150
okay i think i see him down here just

1299
00:46:53,750 --> 00:46:45,829
exactly what i figured

1300
00:47:07,750 --> 00:47:03,670
ronnie

1301
00:47:09,510 --> 00:47:07,760
dude what's up hey you're calling home

1302
00:47:11,190 --> 00:47:09,520
tomorrow

1303
00:47:13,190 --> 00:47:11,200
all right yeah sure

1304
00:47:14,710 --> 00:47:13,200
no man really really tomorrow they

1305
00:47:16,309 --> 00:47:14,720
announced it you're going home i haven't

1306
00:47:17,750 --> 00:47:16,319
finished the song yet man i know you've

1307
00:47:19,349 --> 00:47:17,760
been working hard on it i think you've

1308
00:47:21,430 --> 00:47:19,359
been spending half your time up here and

1309
00:47:23,510 --> 00:47:21,440
that's awesome but ron no they they

1310
00:47:24,470 --> 00:47:23,520
announce it everybody's agreed

1311
00:47:26,630 --> 00:47:24,480
uh

1312
00:47:29,109 --> 00:47:26,640
you anytime start packing man you need

1313
00:47:30,069 --> 00:47:29,119
to you you're going home tomorrow it's

1314
00:47:31,510 --> 00:47:30,079
happening

1315
00:47:35,190 --> 00:47:31,520
you know that's pretty cruel mike you

1316
00:47:39,270 --> 00:47:37,030
dude what would i mess with you like

1317
00:47:42,230 --> 00:47:39,280
that about a lot of things yeah but not

1318
00:47:44,069 --> 00:47:42,240
about that you it it is it's time you're

1319
00:47:47,430 --> 00:47:44,079
you know you're setting this up yeah

1320
00:47:48,630 --> 00:47:47,440
yeah i'm serious really yes tomorrow

1321
00:47:50,630 --> 00:47:48,640
tomorrow

1322
00:47:52,870 --> 00:47:50,640
what's today's date

1323
00:47:55,430 --> 00:47:52,880
i don't even know

1324
00:47:57,670 --> 00:47:55,440
it's the 14th today's the 14th 14th of

1325
00:47:59,510 --> 00:47:57,680
september it's not the end of october

1326
00:48:01,430 --> 00:47:59,520
and you're going home tomorrow

1327
00:48:02,870 --> 00:48:01,440
hey all right man that's good ron

1328
00:48:04,390 --> 00:48:02,880
there's one thing i need though yeah but

1329
00:48:06,069 --> 00:48:04,400
wait wait a minute you're in your soyuz

1330
00:48:07,910 --> 00:48:06,079
you're like ready to suit up and go the

1331
00:48:09,270 --> 00:48:07,920
suit's right behind me i know it is i

1332
00:48:09,990 --> 00:48:09,280
know but ron

1333
00:48:22,790 --> 00:48:10,000
i

1334
00:48:25,430 --> 00:48:22,800
anymore just

1335
00:48:27,430 --> 00:48:25,440
just easy just ease it over ease it over

1336
00:48:30,390 --> 00:48:27,440
just unclench it all right all right all

1337
00:48:35,589 --> 00:48:30,400
right but get mike you know come on just

1338
00:48:40,549 --> 00:48:37,910
got to take care of this thing

1339
00:48:43,510 --> 00:48:40,559
it's staying you might be going home the

1340
00:48:45,589 --> 00:48:43,520
guitar is staying with me

1341
00:48:48,950 --> 00:48:45,599
you don't know how to play ronnie i may

1342
00:48:49,990 --> 00:48:48,960
not know how to play yet but i have a

1343
00:49:02,549 --> 00:48:50,000
feeling

1344
00:49:05,829 --> 00:49:04,309
oh that last part said to be continued

1345
00:49:07,270 --> 00:49:05,839
question mark

1346
00:49:08,950 --> 00:49:07,280
with dan playing the guitar so we we

1347
00:49:10,790 --> 00:49:08,960
actually filmed that the day before i i

1348
00:49:11,829 --> 00:49:10,800
came back and it looks like dan's going

1349
00:49:13,109 --> 00:49:11,839
to be up there a little bit longer but

1350
00:49:16,390 --> 00:49:13,119
he actually knows how to play the guitar

1351
00:49:18,230 --> 00:49:16,400
so he he'll do a lot better job so

1352
00:49:19,510 --> 00:49:18,240
um that was fun to make that so i

1353
00:49:22,549 --> 00:49:19,520
thought i'd share that with you and i

1354
00:49:25,030 --> 00:49:22,559
don't did my tweet go out

1355
00:49:26,309 --> 00:49:25,040
okay all right elise can you send these

1356
00:49:27,829 --> 00:49:26,319
guys the link

1357
00:49:30,069 --> 00:49:27,839
on the tweet

1358
00:49:31,589 --> 00:49:30,079
where are you

1359
00:49:33,910 --> 00:49:31,599
all right so if you guys follow at least

1360
00:49:38,470 --> 00:49:33,920
david you'll see the the link to that

1361
00:49:44,150 --> 00:49:40,630
hi my name is angela gibson i actually

1362
00:49:45,270 --> 00:49:44,160
have a question from a twitter follower

1363
00:49:48,790 --> 00:49:45,280
of yours

1364
00:49:51,990 --> 00:49:48,800
who was at the mls mars curiosity tweet

1365
00:49:53,910 --> 00:49:52,000
up and spoke to astra wheels

1366
00:49:55,430 --> 00:49:53,920
commander doug wetlock asking him this

1367
00:49:57,990 --> 00:49:55,440
question and has the same question for

1368
00:50:01,670 --> 00:49:58,000
you and by the way the twitter uh

1369
00:50:03,589 --> 00:50:01,680
individual is that so brandon hi brandon

1370
00:50:05,670 --> 00:50:03,599
and his question is

1371
00:50:08,630 --> 00:50:05,680
do you dream of weightlessness or the

1372
00:50:10,069 --> 00:50:08,640
auroras like astro wheels doug wetlock

1373
00:50:12,470 --> 00:50:10,079
does

1374
00:50:13,990 --> 00:50:12,480
yeah i have not had uh one of those

1375
00:50:15,670 --> 00:50:14,000
dreams yet i'm looking forward to that

1376
00:50:17,270 --> 00:50:15,680
that day but uh

1377
00:50:21,910 --> 00:50:17,280
um

1378
00:50:24,470 --> 00:50:21,920
on my first flight

1379
00:50:25,750 --> 00:50:24,480
i uh i had a lot more

1380
00:50:28,230 --> 00:50:25,760
of those type of things where i would

1381
00:50:29,750 --> 00:50:28,240
dream like i was floating or or even at

1382
00:50:31,910 --> 00:50:29,760
times feel like i was floating when i

1383
00:50:34,309 --> 00:50:31,920
came back and i think that's because

1384
00:50:36,069 --> 00:50:34,319
um the human mind is really an amazing

1385
00:50:38,150 --> 00:50:36,079
thing and i i i think there's like

1386
00:50:40,710 --> 00:50:38,160
switchers that get turned on and off

1387
00:50:42,950 --> 00:50:40,720
based on your experience so i know that

1388
00:50:45,030 --> 00:50:42,960
when i had my first spacewalk i remember

1389
00:50:47,349 --> 00:50:45,040
thinking wow this is just incredibly

1390
00:50:48,710 --> 00:50:47,359
beautiful look at this this is amazing

1391
00:50:50,549 --> 00:50:48,720
one part of my brain was saying that the

1392
00:50:52,630 --> 00:50:50,559
other part was saying yeah it's really

1393
00:50:54,150 --> 00:50:52,640
beautiful but it's not real you know the

1394
00:50:55,430 --> 00:50:54,160
part of me would not believe what i was

1395
00:50:59,270 --> 00:50:55,440
seeing was real because i had no

1396
00:51:01,030 --> 00:50:59,280
experience base to base it to and so um

1397
00:51:03,190 --> 00:51:01,040
after being in space for four months and

1398
00:51:04,630 --> 00:51:03,200
doing three previous spacewalks there

1399
00:51:06,470 --> 00:51:04,640
was not you know there was a switch that

1400
00:51:07,829 --> 00:51:06,480
went off on my brain and said okay

1401
00:51:10,069 --> 00:51:07,839
you've had this experience before you

1402
00:51:12,630 --> 00:51:10,079
know what it is this is real so be

1403
00:51:13,510 --> 00:51:12,640
careful and um

1404
00:51:15,510 --> 00:51:13,520
so

1405
00:51:16,710 --> 00:51:15,520
another example of that is coming back

1406
00:51:18,230 --> 00:51:16,720
to earth when i flew on the space

1407
00:51:20,870 --> 00:51:18,240
shuttle i had only been on in space for

1408
00:51:22,150 --> 00:51:20,880
two weeks and when i came back to earth

1409
00:51:24,230 --> 00:51:22,160
i crawled out of the space shuttle and

1410
00:51:25,670 --> 00:51:24,240
somebody handed me a t-shirt to change

1411
00:51:28,150 --> 00:51:25,680
into and it felt like it was made out of

1412
00:51:28,950 --> 00:51:28,160
lead i mean my arm dropped

1413
00:51:30,950 --> 00:51:28,960
so

1414
00:51:33,670 --> 00:51:30,960
when i came back from space after five

1415
00:51:35,190 --> 00:51:33,680
and a half months we landed in the soyuz

1416
00:51:37,109 --> 00:51:35,200
crawled out of the capsule and somebody

1417
00:51:38,710 --> 00:51:37,119
handed me a bottle of water and it felt

1418
00:51:40,710 --> 00:51:38,720
like a bottle of water it was like the

1419
00:51:41,990 --> 00:51:40,720
moment we touched the ground a switch

1420
00:51:43,349 --> 00:51:42,000
went off in my brain and said okay

1421
00:51:45,910 --> 00:51:43,359
you're back on earth

1422
00:51:48,150 --> 00:51:45,920
and it just reset the you know control

1423
00:51:50,150 --> 00:51:48,160
alternate delete and

1424
00:51:51,589 --> 00:51:50,160
you're about you're back on earth and so

1425
00:51:53,510 --> 00:51:51,599
um

1426
00:51:55,349 --> 00:51:53,520
you know i think part of that is the

1427
00:51:58,390 --> 00:51:55,359
reason why i think my brain has been

1428
00:52:00,630 --> 00:51:58,400
reset to earth and uh i i wish i could

1429
00:52:02,309 --> 00:52:00,640
get a little taste of that but

1430
00:52:05,270 --> 00:52:02,319
um not yet

1431
00:52:08,069 --> 00:52:05,280
so

1432
00:52:10,309 --> 00:52:08,079
ramona ponce at ramona right now

1433
00:52:12,069 --> 00:52:10,319
you spent so much time in the soyuz

1434
00:52:13,910 --> 00:52:12,079
how's your russian

1435
00:52:15,910 --> 00:52:13,920
implore

1436
00:52:18,390 --> 00:52:15,920
can you say happy valentine's day in

1437
00:52:21,829 --> 00:52:18,400
russia i know i don't i can't

1438
00:52:22,870 --> 00:52:21,839
i can't i'm sorry uh it's it's it's okay

1439
00:52:24,069 --> 00:52:22,880
i mean

1440
00:52:25,430 --> 00:52:24,079
it's not great it's not as good as it

1441
00:52:27,270 --> 00:52:25,440
should be it's a

1442
00:52:29,990 --> 00:52:27,280
uh it's a very difficult language to

1443
00:52:32,150 --> 00:52:30,000
learn and uh i'm beyond the age where

1444
00:52:36,150 --> 00:52:32,160
learning language is easy way beyond the

1445
00:52:37,589 --> 00:52:36,160
age and so um but it's you know if the i

1446
00:52:40,630 --> 00:52:37,599
was in a russian spacecraft a crew

1447
00:52:42,950 --> 00:52:40,640
member on a russian spacecraft and

1448
00:52:45,510 --> 00:52:42,960
you need to have

1449
00:52:47,510 --> 00:52:45,520
some capability in the language and

1450
00:52:49,349 --> 00:52:47,520
i think between

1451
00:52:50,630 --> 00:52:49,359
my crewmates and i we we were able to

1452
00:52:52,150 --> 00:52:50,640
communicate because what i didn't know

1453
00:52:55,190 --> 00:52:52,160
in russian they knew in english and vice

1454
00:52:59,670 --> 00:52:55,200
versa and so we were able to communicate

1455
00:53:05,670 --> 00:53:02,390
hi uh john at soul toasty uh with the

1456
00:53:08,150 --> 00:53:05,680
recent budget cuts uh with from nasa the

1457
00:53:10,230 --> 00:53:08,160
end of the shuttle program and um you

1458
00:53:12,630 --> 00:53:10,240
know the james webb telescope being in

1459
00:53:14,630 --> 00:53:12,640
danger of losing its funding altogether

1460
00:53:16,950 --> 00:53:14,640
uh where do you see nasa headed and

1461
00:53:19,910 --> 00:53:16,960
where would you like to see nasa headed

1462
00:53:21,829 --> 00:53:19,920
well there um

1463
00:53:22,630 --> 00:53:21,839
you know we're in a big transition right

1464
00:53:24,309 --> 00:53:22,640
now

1465
00:53:25,510 --> 00:53:24,319
and some of that is some of that is

1466
00:53:28,870 --> 00:53:25,520
really good

1467
00:53:30,710 --> 00:53:28,880
we need as an agency actually the the

1468
00:53:33,190 --> 00:53:30,720
big government agencies what we do best

1469
00:53:35,910 --> 00:53:33,200
is push the envelope and to go past the

1470
00:53:38,630 --> 00:53:35,920
next hill and and to do exploration

1471
00:53:39,750 --> 00:53:38,640
and so in order to do that we need to

1472
00:53:41,190 --> 00:53:39,760
turn over

1473
00:53:43,030 --> 00:53:41,200
some i don't want to call them routine

1474
00:53:45,829 --> 00:53:43,040
because they're not routine but

1475
00:53:47,750 --> 00:53:45,839
the the more of the business that we

1476
00:53:48,710 --> 00:53:47,760
really know how to do very well at this

1477
00:53:50,549 --> 00:53:48,720
point

1478
00:53:53,589 --> 00:53:50,559
uh over to commercial activities and

1479
00:53:54,870 --> 00:53:53,599
that's that is low earth orbit so we

1480
00:53:56,470 --> 00:53:54,880
pretty much

1481
00:53:58,710 --> 00:53:56,480
you know we have a lot to learn still

1482
00:54:00,790 --> 00:53:58,720
but we have a our experience base and

1483
00:54:02,549 --> 00:54:00,800
our knowledge level is at the point just

1484
00:54:04,470 --> 00:54:02,559
like it was in the airline industry you

1485
00:54:06,630 --> 00:54:04,480
know way back in the turn you know

1486
00:54:08,069 --> 00:54:06,640
100 years ago or so

1487
00:54:09,589 --> 00:54:08,079
that we can start to turn those

1488
00:54:10,950 --> 00:54:09,599
operations over to commercial activities

1489
00:54:13,750 --> 00:54:10,960
and we need to do that because we need

1490
00:54:16,150 --> 00:54:13,760
to free up uh our our focus and and we

1491
00:54:18,150 --> 00:54:16,160
need to free up our resources towards

1492
00:54:19,349 --> 00:54:18,160
pushing pushing that envelope as far as

1493
00:54:21,829 --> 00:54:19,359
we can

1494
00:54:23,589 --> 00:54:21,839
the end of the space shuttle program

1495
00:54:25,430 --> 00:54:23,599
is in the same vein here we built the

1496
00:54:27,990 --> 00:54:25,440
space shuttle primarily to build a space

1497
00:54:28,870 --> 00:54:28,000
station we built the space station um it

1498
00:54:39,510 --> 00:54:28,880
is

1499
00:54:41,990 --> 00:54:39,520
program you know i rang the space

1500
00:54:44,150 --> 00:54:42,000
station's bell to signal not only

1501
00:54:46,470 --> 00:54:44,160
atlantis's departure but the closing of

1502
00:54:48,069 --> 00:54:46,480
that chapter in our in our space program

1503
00:54:49,829 --> 00:54:48,079
but i truly believed as i was ringing

1504
00:54:52,230 --> 00:54:49,839
that bell that we're opening up the next

1505
00:54:53,829 --> 00:54:52,240
chapter which will see humans go beyond

1506
00:54:55,589 --> 00:54:53,839
low-earth orbit

1507
00:54:57,670 --> 00:54:55,599
maybe to the moon to asteroids

1508
00:55:00,309 --> 00:54:57,680
eventually to mars

1509
00:55:01,670 --> 00:55:00,319
and to really put our reach further out

1510
00:55:04,150 --> 00:55:01,680
into the solar system and that was a

1511
00:55:06,549 --> 00:55:04,160
necessary step to that but the the other

1512
00:55:07,990 --> 00:55:06,559
side of that coin is it will be a long

1513
00:55:09,829 --> 00:55:08,000
time before we have the capabilities

1514
00:55:11,750 --> 00:55:09,839
that the space shuttle provide us it was

1515
00:55:13,190 --> 00:55:11,760
an amazing vehicle

1516
00:55:16,549 --> 00:55:13,200
very versatile

1517
00:55:17,670 --> 00:55:16,559
very capable you know it was

1518
00:55:19,510 --> 00:55:17,680
you know we would not have the space

1519
00:55:22,150 --> 00:55:19,520
station right now if it wasn't for

1520
00:55:23,750 --> 00:55:22,160
the space shuttle and uh you know that

1521
00:55:25,270 --> 00:55:23,760
was that was the bittersweet part of it

1522
00:55:27,670 --> 00:55:25,280
is we realized that it was freeing up

1523
00:55:29,829 --> 00:55:27,680
resources to do the next big thing

1524
00:55:31,190 --> 00:55:29,839
but it was it was pretty cool while it

1525
00:55:33,030 --> 00:55:31,200
lasted too so

1526
00:55:36,150 --> 00:55:33,040
um it was it was definitely bittersweet

1527
00:55:37,910 --> 00:55:36,160
so i hope that answered your question

1528
00:55:39,829 --> 00:55:37,920
hi my name is stav steckel at

1529
00:55:41,829 --> 00:55:39,839
stoshdeckel on twitter um i was just

1530
00:55:43,430 --> 00:55:41,839
wondering besides like gravity what was

1531
00:55:46,309 --> 00:55:43,440
the biggest adjustment coming back to

1532
00:55:51,430 --> 00:55:49,349
i mean gravity is the big one um

1533
00:55:53,670 --> 00:55:51,440
so and again you know going back to that

1534
00:55:55,990 --> 00:55:53,680
your mind resetting i know that on my

1535
00:55:57,670 --> 00:55:56,000
first flight uh you know you're you're

1536
00:55:59,270 --> 00:55:57,680
basically at three g's in the space

1537
00:56:00,789 --> 00:55:59,280
shuttle and you're getting pushed into

1538
00:56:03,190 --> 00:56:00,799
like like an elephant is sitting on your

1539
00:56:04,789 --> 00:56:03,200
chest and then all of a sudden instantly

1540
00:56:06,390 --> 00:56:04,799
that goes away and you're floating when

1541
00:56:07,990 --> 00:56:06,400
the main engine's cut off

1542
00:56:09,670 --> 00:56:08,000
and i remember thinking

1543
00:56:11,109 --> 00:56:09,680
maybe not consciously but

1544
00:56:12,470 --> 00:56:11,119
yeah okay everything's cool i've been

1545
00:56:13,910 --> 00:56:12,480
you know i'm a test pilot i've been here

1546
00:56:16,230 --> 00:56:13,920
before this is zero g i've been in

1547
00:56:18,549 --> 00:56:16,240
aircraft with zero g i had an experience

1548
00:56:20,230 --> 00:56:18,559
base to compare it to so it wasn't that

1549
00:56:21,270 --> 00:56:20,240
big a deal but after about two or three

1550
00:56:22,950 --> 00:56:21,280
hours

1551
00:56:24,230 --> 00:56:22,960
all of a sudden you know the light bulb

1552
00:56:25,829 --> 00:56:24,240
came on and said wait a minute this is

1553
00:56:27,510 --> 00:56:25,839
not supposed to be lasting this long

1554
00:56:29,430 --> 00:56:27,520
something is wrong

1555
00:56:35,670 --> 00:56:29,440
and you know

1556
00:56:37,190 --> 00:56:35,680
next day and i was fine but but again

1557
00:56:39,430 --> 00:56:37,200
you know that experience space this time

1558
00:56:41,990 --> 00:56:39,440
on the soyuz rocket you know we hit

1559
00:56:43,190 --> 00:56:42,000
zero g when the main engines cut off the

1560
00:56:44,710 --> 00:56:43,200
flip the

1561
00:56:46,470 --> 00:56:44,720
switch flipped in my brain and said okay

1562
00:56:47,910 --> 00:56:46,480
you're back in space you know what you

1563
00:56:50,230 --> 00:56:47,920
know where this is and and there was

1564
00:56:51,670 --> 00:56:50,240
none of that it was it felt completely

1565
00:56:54,230 --> 00:56:51,680
normal uh

1566
00:56:56,069 --> 00:56:54,240
because again i had something to compare

1567
00:56:58,069 --> 00:56:56,079
it to and this this is i mean i'm this

1568
00:56:59,190 --> 00:56:58,079
is all subconscious by the way i mean

1569
00:57:01,030 --> 00:56:59,200
you know i'm not actually thinking of

1570
00:57:03,190 --> 00:57:01,040
this stuff but in hindsight looking back

1571
00:57:04,630 --> 00:57:03,200
on the experience that's that's the only

1572
00:57:06,549 --> 00:57:04,640
thing i can i can

1573
00:57:12,470 --> 00:57:06,559
think of

1574
00:57:15,030 --> 00:57:13,990
well you know the first time i was at

1575
00:57:16,230 --> 00:57:15,040
the space station we didn't have the

1576
00:57:17,349 --> 00:57:16,240
cupola

1577
00:57:19,430 --> 00:57:17,359
and that

1578
00:57:20,870 --> 00:57:19,440
you know that was it wasn't a surprise i

1579
00:57:22,309 --> 00:57:20,880
mean i expect i knew what i was

1580
00:57:24,309 --> 00:57:22,319
expecting but i didn't expect how much

1581
00:57:26,230 --> 00:57:24,319
emotional impact that would happen it's

1582
00:57:28,470 --> 00:57:26,240
kind of like doing an eva doing a space

1583
00:57:29,910 --> 00:57:28,480
walk without the stress

1584
00:57:31,829 --> 00:57:29,920
so you get the view but you don't have

1585
00:57:33,750 --> 00:57:31,839
the stress of being out in the vacuum of

1586
00:57:36,789 --> 00:57:33,760
space so it's pretty cool

1587
00:57:38,230 --> 00:57:36,799
paul strassfield at paul strassfield

1588
00:57:41,109 --> 00:57:38,240
zoe's dad

1589
00:57:44,470 --> 00:57:41,119
i'm over here oh there you are and ryan

1590
00:57:46,630 --> 00:57:44,480
uh kobrik dr ryan kobreck uh the um

1591
00:57:48,870 --> 00:57:46,640
yuri's night exec he wants to know where

1592
00:57:50,470 --> 00:57:48,880
you're going to be spending yuri's night

1593
00:57:51,910 --> 00:57:50,480
that's i know where i'm not i'm not

1594
00:57:54,789 --> 00:57:51,920
going to spend the same place i spent it

1595
00:57:55,910 --> 00:57:54,799
last year which was in space but um i

1596
00:57:58,150 --> 00:57:55,920
don't i don't know that's a good

1597
00:57:59,589 --> 00:57:58,160
question um i'll celebrate it somewhere

1598
00:58:00,950 --> 00:57:59,599
that's a fun that's a fun thing to

1599
00:58:04,069 --> 00:58:00,960
celebrate so

1600
00:58:05,270 --> 00:58:04,079
um so we got we had the great honor um

1601
00:58:07,750 --> 00:58:05,280
you know we launched very close to the

1602
00:58:10,470 --> 00:58:07,760
50th anniversary and then you know got

1603
00:58:12,150 --> 00:58:10,480
to spend uh the actual anniversary in

1604
00:58:13,910 --> 00:58:12,160
space and that was that was wonderful

1605
00:58:15,990 --> 00:58:13,920
and i flew a yuri's night i flew six

1606
00:58:18,150 --> 00:58:16,000
years t-shirts actually for the crew

1607
00:58:19,430 --> 00:58:18,160
members and i i gave um the one i had

1608
00:58:21,910 --> 00:58:19,440
back to the uh

1609
00:58:23,670 --> 00:58:21,920
back to those folks and i i made a joke

1610
00:58:25,270 --> 00:58:23,680
um about that i was going to give it

1611
00:58:27,829 --> 00:58:25,280
back to them but they might want to wash

1612
00:58:29,589 --> 00:58:27,839
it first and actually you know i was

1613
00:58:31,510 --> 00:58:29,599
getting ready to wash it to give it back

1614
00:58:33,510 --> 00:58:31,520
to them and i smelled it and it actually

1615
00:58:34,950 --> 00:58:33,520
had the smell of space in it and the

1616
00:58:36,470 --> 00:58:34,960
smell and the smell of space is like

1617
00:58:39,430 --> 00:58:36,480
this metallic

1618
00:58:41,510 --> 00:58:39,440
metal you know this burnt metallic smell

1619
00:58:43,109 --> 00:58:41,520
and so i i didn't think it smelled too

1620
00:58:45,589 --> 00:58:43,119
bad so i just i didn't wash it and sent

1621
00:58:47,270 --> 00:58:45,599
it sent it with the metallic space smell

1622
00:58:48,470 --> 00:58:47,280
just so they could they could experience

1623
00:58:51,750 --> 00:58:48,480
that so

1624
00:58:54,069 --> 00:58:51,760
hopefully it's not too offensive

1625
00:58:55,910 --> 00:58:54,079
thank you ron we're uh not going to take

1626
00:58:57,670 --> 00:58:55,920
any more questions because we're almost

1627
00:58:59,829 --> 00:58:57,680
finished i just want to thank you for

1628
00:59:02,390 --> 00:58:59,839
taking so much time to answer all of our

1629
00:59:03,510 --> 00:59:02,400
questions and join us today for those of

1630
00:59:05,829 --> 00:59:03,520
you who

1631
00:59:08,309 --> 00:59:05,839
are following along online thank you for

1632
00:59:09,829 --> 00:59:08,319
joining us for today's nasa tweet up you

1633
00:59:12,030 --> 00:59:09,839
can learn about future tweet up

1634
00:59:15,030 --> 00:59:12,040
activities at

1635
00:59:16,789 --> 00:59:15,040
www.nasa.gov tweetup and you can find

1636
00:59:21,270 --> 00:59:16,799
all the ways to engage with nasa on

1637
00:59:25,430 --> 00:59:23,270
connect

1638
00:59:27,589 --> 00:59:25,440
and i just want to close by thanking all

1639
00:59:28,870 --> 00:59:27,599
of you for helping us tell us the

1640
00:59:30,870 --> 00:59:28,880
success story of the space program

1641
00:59:32,710 --> 00:59:30,880
helping us to share the experience of

1642
00:59:34,390 --> 00:59:32,720
living in space with everybody and you

1643
00:59:36,230 --> 00:59:34,400
guys make make it happen and i really