1 00:00:05,190 --> 00:00:03,429 good morning i'm alan ladwig from the 2 00:00:08,390 --> 00:00:05,200 office of communication welcome to this 3 00:00:10,310 --> 00:00:08,400 special valentine's day edition of our 4 00:00:12,070 --> 00:00:10,320 astronaut presentations we have three 5 00:00:14,310 --> 00:00:12,080 astronauts today who served on the 6 00:00:15,589 --> 00:00:14,320 international space station uh that are 7 00:00:17,189 --> 00:00:15,599 going to be telling you about their 8 00:00:18,630 --> 00:00:17,199 adventures in space 9 00:00:20,150 --> 00:00:18,640 those of you that brought me chocolates 10 00:00:21,990 --> 00:00:20,160 i'll be waiting for it outside the door 11 00:00:24,150 --> 00:00:22,000 after this is over 12 00:00:25,750 --> 00:00:24,160 uh it's been a busy week here at nasa 13 00:00:27,429 --> 00:00:25,760 for all those people that seem to think 14 00:00:29,750 --> 00:00:27,439 nasa has gone out of business because 15 00:00:31,669 --> 00:00:29,760 the shuttles no longer fly 16 00:00:33,670 --> 00:00:31,679 i don't know who they talk to i'm busier 17 00:00:35,830 --> 00:00:33,680 than can be and i know all of you are as 18 00:00:37,430 --> 00:00:35,840 well this has been a particularly busy 19 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:37,440 week because of the rollout of the 20 00:00:42,229 --> 00:00:40,320 president's fiscal year 2013 budget 21 00:00:44,229 --> 00:00:42,239 yesterday 22 00:00:46,069 --> 00:00:44,239 we had a big roll out here with the 23 00:00:48,310 --> 00:00:46,079 press conference for the administrator 24 00:00:50,549 --> 00:00:48,320 and beth robinson our chief financial 25 00:00:52,389 --> 00:00:50,559 officer that was followed by press 26 00:00:56,470 --> 00:00:52,399 conferences with each of the mission 27 00:00:59,510 --> 00:00:56,480 directorates and um and now this week uh 28 00:01:02,310 --> 00:00:59,520 lori garber our deputy is uh was down at 29 00:01:04,950 --> 00:01:02,320 uh marshall yesterday uh is on her way 30 00:01:06,950 --> 00:01:04,960 to langley this week charlie bolden our 31 00:01:08,469 --> 00:01:06,960 administrator is out at goddard today 32 00:01:11,350 --> 00:01:08,479 he's going to kennedy at the end of the 33 00:01:13,750 --> 00:01:11,360 week and within the next uh within two 34 00:01:16,149 --> 00:01:13,760 weeks they plan to visit all the centers 35 00:01:17,749 --> 00:01:16,159 to have all hand briefings to talk about 36 00:01:19,510 --> 00:01:17,759 the budget and what to expect in the 37 00:01:21,510 --> 00:01:19,520 year ahead 38 00:01:23,910 --> 00:01:21,520 also charlie will be speaking at the 39 00:01:25,510 --> 00:01:23,920 space club tomorrow morning 40 00:01:26,950 --> 00:01:25,520 this is kind of an annual tradition 41 00:01:28,870 --> 00:01:26,960 where the first 42 00:01:31,109 --> 00:01:28,880 outside group that the administrator 43 00:01:33,670 --> 00:01:31,119 talks to about the budget is the space 44 00:01:35,590 --> 00:01:33,680 club so we're looking forward to that 45 00:01:37,670 --> 00:01:35,600 at the same time a lot of us are very 46 00:01:40,230 --> 00:01:37,680 busy getting ready for the preparation 47 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:40,240 and the arrival of the discovery orbiter 48 00:01:45,590 --> 00:01:43,680 out at the udvar hazy museum or udar 49 00:01:48,069 --> 00:01:45,600 hazy center of the national air space 50 00:01:49,350 --> 00:01:48,079 museum and that will be arriving on 51 00:01:51,910 --> 00:01:49,360 april 52 00:01:55,350 --> 00:01:51,920 i want to say the 17th with the ceremony 53 00:01:57,590 --> 00:01:55,360 of the transfer on april 19th and will 54 00:02:00,550 --> 00:01:57,600 actually have discovery and the 55 00:02:02,469 --> 00:02:00,560 enterprise nose to nose in a ceremony 56 00:02:05,270 --> 00:02:02,479 out there at dulles and then that 57 00:02:07,830 --> 00:02:05,280 following monday enterprise heads up to 58 00:02:10,550 --> 00:02:07,840 the intrepid museum in new york so a lot 59 00:02:12,070 --> 00:02:10,560 of activities going on also later this 60 00:02:14,309 --> 00:02:12,080 month we've got three different 61 00:02:16,390 --> 00:02:14,319 activities to commemorate the 50th 62 00:02:17,830 --> 00:02:16,400 anniversary of john glenn's first 63 00:02:20,070 --> 00:02:17,840 orbital flight 64 00:02:22,869 --> 00:02:20,080 back in 1962. 65 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:22,879 so with that we have three astronauts 66 00:02:27,430 --> 00:02:25,280 today with us and they have a busy week 67 00:02:30,070 --> 00:02:27,440 uh ron garan is going to be tweet doing 68 00:02:31,509 --> 00:02:30,080 a tweet up this afternoon uh katie 69 00:02:33,190 --> 00:02:31,519 coleman 70 00:02:35,910 --> 00:02:33,200 and um 71 00:02:38,229 --> 00:02:35,920 uh mike fossum are going to be leaving 72 00:02:39,990 --> 00:02:38,239 here after lunch going over the air and 73 00:02:42,470 --> 00:02:40,000 space museum they're all speaking 74 00:02:44,309 --> 00:02:42,480 tonight at the university of maryland to 75 00:02:46,150 --> 00:02:44,319 students out there they're spending a 76 00:02:48,150 --> 00:02:46,160 day on the hill tomorrow to talk to 77 00:02:49,990 --> 00:02:48,160 congressmen and senators about nasa's 78 00:02:52,070 --> 00:02:50,000 activities they have an event at the 79 00:02:54,470 --> 00:02:52,080 norwegian embassy they're doing a 80 00:02:56,790 --> 00:02:54,480 presentation for employees at the agency 81 00:02:58,630 --> 00:02:56,800 for international development so they 82 00:03:00,470 --> 00:02:58,640 have a very busy week while they are 83 00:03:02,390 --> 00:03:00,480 here and we run them pretty hard but 84 00:03:04,470 --> 00:03:02,400 we're glad they came to share their 85 00:03:06,229 --> 00:03:04,480 adventures with us today 86 00:03:08,550 --> 00:03:06,239 we've got kind of a unique group today 87 00:03:11,190 --> 00:03:08,560 they're all three air force colonels are 88 00:03:14,149 --> 00:03:11,200 retired uh so this must be driving the 89 00:03:16,070 --> 00:03:14,159 navy astronauts crazy to have just an 90 00:03:18,550 --> 00:03:16,080 air force crew here today 91 00:03:21,509 --> 00:03:18,560 we've got mike fossum of sioux falls 92 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:21,519 south dakota he went to texas a m air 93 00:03:25,509 --> 00:03:23,280 force institute of technology in the 94 00:03:28,990 --> 00:03:25,519 university of houston he became an 95 00:03:32,030 --> 00:03:29,000 astronaut in 1998 he flew on 96 00:03:36,309 --> 00:03:32,040 sts-121 in 2006 97 00:03:38,229 --> 00:03:36,319 sts-124 in 2008 and was the commander of 98 00:03:39,190 --> 00:03:38,239 expedition 29 99 00:03:41,030 --> 00:03:39,200 uh 100 00:03:42,710 --> 00:03:41,040 in 2000 101 00:03:45,030 --> 00:03:42,720 last year i think it was 102 00:03:46,390 --> 00:03:45,040 we also have ron garan another former 103 00:03:48,869 --> 00:03:46,400 air force colonel 104 00:03:52,949 --> 00:03:48,879 uh from yonkers new york he attended 105 00:03:55,509 --> 00:03:52,959 sony at the college of oneota uh emory 106 00:03:58,550 --> 00:03:55,519 riddle and the university of florida he 107 00:04:02,630 --> 00:03:58,560 served in operation desert storm he was 108 00:04:04,710 --> 00:04:02,640 selected as a nasa pilot in july of 2000 109 00:04:07,830 --> 00:04:04,720 he flew um 110 00:04:11,030 --> 00:04:07,840 along with michael on sts-124 111 00:04:14,789 --> 00:04:11,040 and was on expedition 27 and 28. 112 00:04:16,870 --> 00:04:14,799 and then caddy coleman or katie coleman 113 00:04:19,349 --> 00:04:16,880 from south carolina actually went to 114 00:04:22,069 --> 00:04:19,359 school here locally at w.t woodson high 115 00:04:24,790 --> 00:04:22,079 school in fairfax she also went to mit 116 00:04:28,469 --> 00:04:24,800 and the university of massachusetts uh 117 00:04:29,350 --> 00:04:28,479 joined nasa in 1992 118 00:04:33,350 --> 00:04:29,360 and 119 00:04:37,189 --> 00:04:33,360 was on sts 73 sts 93 120 00:04:39,430 --> 00:04:37,199 and on expedition 26 and 27 she will be 121 00:04:42,150 --> 00:04:39,440 forever remembered in popular culture as 122 00:04:45,110 --> 00:04:42,160 a flautus and she played a duet when she 123 00:04:47,430 --> 00:04:45,120 was on the space station with uh ian 124 00:04:49,110 --> 00:04:47,440 anderson from jethro tall and for all 125 00:04:51,350 --> 00:04:49,120 you young whippersnappers that was one 126 00:04:53,110 --> 00:04:51,360 of the great bands of the 60s 127 00:04:54,550 --> 00:04:53,120 so 128 00:04:56,710 --> 00:04:54,560 we have 129 00:04:58,950 --> 00:04:56,720 photographs of each of the astronauts is 130 00:05:00,950 --> 00:04:58,960 on a table just outside here in the uh 131 00:05:02,950 --> 00:05:00,960 hallway that has already been uh 132 00:05:05,270 --> 00:05:02,960 autographed for you so please feel free 133 00:05:07,189 --> 00:05:05,280 to pick one of those up and with that 134 00:05:19,189 --> 00:05:07,199 let's all please give a big nasa 135 00:05:23,270 --> 00:05:21,350 hi thank you very much 136 00:05:24,870 --> 00:05:23,280 just we're we're all excited to be here 137 00:05:26,790 --> 00:05:24,880 today you've got i guess uh three 138 00:05:28,469 --> 00:05:26,800 colonels all uh lined up in a row here 139 00:05:31,590 --> 00:05:28,479 air force colonel type so yeah i think 140 00:05:33,590 --> 00:05:31,600 the navy guys uh were sleeping when all 141 00:05:35,749 --> 00:05:33,600 the sequential assignments were being 142 00:05:38,550 --> 00:05:35,759 made either they're smart enough not to 143 00:05:40,310 --> 00:05:38,560 get locked in a can for half a year 144 00:05:42,469 --> 00:05:40,320 they get that out of their system as 145 00:05:45,670 --> 00:05:42,479 submariners and stores 146 00:05:48,950 --> 00:05:45,680 we actually rick uh represent a total of 147 00:05:50,870 --> 00:05:48,960 uh one year a complete year on the iss 148 00:05:53,270 --> 00:05:50,880 right here with katie launching last 149 00:05:55,990 --> 00:05:53,280 december 16th 150 00:05:59,189 --> 00:05:56,000 uh just barely the 16th as i recall and 151 00:06:01,270 --> 00:05:59,199 uh uh ron launched in april 152 00:06:03,430 --> 00:06:01,280 april 12th oh 153 00:06:05,189 --> 00:06:03,440 six yeah and then uh 154 00:06:07,350 --> 00:06:05,199 when when it was time for katie to come 155 00:06:10,230 --> 00:06:07,360 home i took her place up there so we 156 00:06:11,830 --> 00:06:10,240 kind of tagged uh figuratively she was 157 00:06:13,590 --> 00:06:11,840 landing we were going through the final 158 00:06:14,469 --> 00:06:13,600 launch preparations and then i got home 159 00:06:16,469 --> 00:06:14,479 just 160 00:06:18,550 --> 00:06:16,479 the end the end of the year 161 00:06:20,710 --> 00:06:18,560 and so we're really excited to 162 00:06:22,950 --> 00:06:20,720 come to washington today and to a nasa 163 00:06:24,629 --> 00:06:22,960 headquarters to say thanks to all of the 164 00:06:26,309 --> 00:06:24,639 people here that helped make this 165 00:06:28,309 --> 00:06:26,319 possible that have worked for so many 166 00:06:31,990 --> 00:06:28,319 decades on the international space 167 00:06:33,990 --> 00:06:32,000 station program and to now really see it 168 00:06:36,309 --> 00:06:34,000 come into life and not not just coming 169 00:06:38,790 --> 00:06:36,319 to life but to see it done and that in 170 00:06:41,270 --> 00:06:38,800 the last year it's been a really huge 171 00:06:43,029 --> 00:06:41,280 thing as we've completed the assembly 172 00:06:45,029 --> 00:06:43,039 phase of the iss 173 00:06:47,110 --> 00:06:45,039 and moved into 174 00:06:49,110 --> 00:06:47,120 uh the full utilization now that it's 175 00:06:51,029 --> 00:06:49,120 built and it all works and we worked so 176 00:06:52,790 --> 00:06:51,039 hard for so many years on all of the 177 00:06:54,950 --> 00:06:52,800 unknowns associated with getting it 178 00:06:57,510 --> 00:06:54,960 ready and each sequential step in the 179 00:06:59,189 --> 00:06:57,520 build and it's done it's really done and 180 00:07:00,870 --> 00:06:59,199 it's an amazing place 181 00:07:02,870 --> 00:07:00,880 what else want to see 182 00:07:04,950 --> 00:07:02,880 well we're going to show you uh a short 183 00:07:07,189 --> 00:07:04,960 film that kind of combines that year on 184 00:07:08,710 --> 00:07:07,199 the iss and you know can't possibly show 185 00:07:11,189 --> 00:07:08,720 you everything we did but we're hoping 186 00:07:13,589 --> 00:07:11,199 that it gives you a flavor of 187 00:07:15,430 --> 00:07:13,599 what it's like to live up there because 188 00:07:17,749 --> 00:07:15,440 there's there's working but there's also 189 00:07:19,909 --> 00:07:17,759 just living you know 24 hours a day and 190 00:07:21,909 --> 00:07:19,919 as you see this film think of our crew 191 00:07:23,909 --> 00:07:21,919 that is our cruise two crews that are up 192 00:07:26,550 --> 00:07:23,919 there right now six people you know 193 00:07:29,029 --> 00:07:26,560 living up there doing science and you 194 00:07:30,390 --> 00:07:29,039 know for me if i could have 195 00:07:31,749 --> 00:07:30,400 packed up my whole family and brought 196 00:07:33,749 --> 00:07:31,759 them and i'm actually taking this quote 197 00:07:35,670 --> 00:07:33,759 from don pettit who's up there 198 00:07:37,990 --> 00:07:35,680 uh i would have brought them i mean 199 00:07:40,550 --> 00:07:38,000 there's actually no reason for people 200 00:07:45,270 --> 00:07:40,560 not to live there just all the time and 201 00:07:48,869 --> 00:07:46,950 well it's it's really exciting to be 202 00:07:50,869 --> 00:07:48,879 here like mike said you know and katie 203 00:07:52,390 --> 00:07:50,879 that we want to come out here and thank 204 00:07:54,390 --> 00:07:52,400 everybody for the for the tremendous 205 00:07:56,070 --> 00:07:54,400 support that uh that the whole space 206 00:07:58,790 --> 00:07:56,080 program gets and 207 00:08:00,869 --> 00:07:58,800 um you know we we were part of history 208 00:08:02,309 --> 00:08:00,879 uh we being everybody in this room and 209 00:08:03,670 --> 00:08:02,319 everybody headquarters and everybody at 210 00:08:04,869 --> 00:08:03,680 all the centers and everybody who had 211 00:08:06,230 --> 00:08:04,879 anything to do 212 00:08:08,790 --> 00:08:06,240 with the space shuttles and the space 213 00:08:11,029 --> 00:08:08,800 station um we basically 214 00:08:12,070 --> 00:08:11,039 saw that transition from first of all 215 00:08:13,749 --> 00:08:12,080 the construction of the international 216 00:08:16,070 --> 00:08:13,759 space station and full utilization of 217 00:08:17,990 --> 00:08:16,080 the space station uh the construction 218 00:08:19,990 --> 00:08:18,000 phase and the payback on investment 219 00:08:21,510 --> 00:08:20,000 phase if you will where we are getting 220 00:08:23,670 --> 00:08:21,520 tremendous payback through the 221 00:08:26,309 --> 00:08:23,680 scientific research that is full speed 222 00:08:27,830 --> 00:08:26,319 right now so we saw that we also saw the 223 00:08:29,510 --> 00:08:27,840 closing of a chapter in our space 224 00:08:32,070 --> 00:08:29,520 program's history in the uh retirement 225 00:08:34,070 --> 00:08:32,080 of the space shuttle um but we really 226 00:08:36,149 --> 00:08:34,080 felt uh as we witnessed that uh 227 00:08:37,829 --> 00:08:36,159 firsthand that we were also watching the 228 00:08:39,829 --> 00:08:37,839 opening of a new chapter that will 229 00:08:41,269 --> 00:08:39,839 hopefully see us going beyond low earth 230 00:08:42,790 --> 00:08:41,279 orbit and exploring the rest of the 231 00:08:44,790 --> 00:08:42,800 solar system so 232 00:08:46,389 --> 00:08:44,800 that's uh that was really exciting to be 233 00:08:48,870 --> 00:08:46,399 a part of that uh that little piece of 234 00:08:50,790 --> 00:08:48,880 history so um i think we're ready to 235 00:08:52,310 --> 00:08:50,800 start let me just give a quick preface 236 00:08:54,550 --> 00:08:52,320 for it i mean you see our patches up 237 00:08:56,949 --> 00:08:54,560 here behind us and that's uh katie went 238 00:09:00,550 --> 00:08:56,959 up and joined expedition 26 on the far 239 00:09:02,710 --> 00:09:00,560 left and she was up there for 26 and 27 240 00:09:04,550 --> 00:09:02,720 when ron got there that was the uh kind 241 00:09:06,550 --> 00:09:04,560 of the beginning of the expedition 27 242 00:09:08,790 --> 00:09:06,560 time frame and so we each wear you know 243 00:09:10,870 --> 00:09:08,800 two mission patches were there for you 244 00:09:13,030 --> 00:09:10,880 know two expeditions that's right and 245 00:09:15,910 --> 00:09:13,040 katie's got him both on her sleeve here 246 00:09:18,630 --> 00:09:15,920 uh when katie left at the end of it 27 247 00:09:20,550 --> 00:09:18,640 28 started and that's when i joined ron 248 00:09:22,710 --> 00:09:20,560 uh and then i finished up 249 00:09:24,790 --> 00:09:22,720 with the expedition 29 and so that's why 250 00:09:26,870 --> 00:09:24,800 we have the the four different 251 00:09:28,949 --> 00:09:26,880 expedition patches to uh pretty much 252 00:09:31,030 --> 00:09:28,959 cover the year and 30 picked up as the 253 00:09:32,949 --> 00:09:31,040 hatch closed on us those guys are still 254 00:09:35,350 --> 00:09:32,959 up there you're also going to see a lot 255 00:09:36,550 --> 00:09:35,360 of kind of coming and going in the film 256 00:09:39,269 --> 00:09:36,560 and that's because we're not is that 257 00:09:42,070 --> 00:09:40,310 that's because 258 00:09:44,790 --> 00:09:42,080 the the crew going up and down is not 259 00:09:47,750 --> 00:09:44,800 the only traffic that that goes on um 260 00:09:49,590 --> 00:09:47,760 during our expedition during 26 and 27 261 00:09:52,790 --> 00:09:49,600 we had a couple progress the russian 262 00:09:54,389 --> 00:09:52,800 supply missions we had the japanese htvs 263 00:09:56,790 --> 00:09:54,399 the japanese supply ship and the 264 00:09:58,710 --> 00:09:56,800 european automated transfer vehicle so 265 00:10:00,630 --> 00:09:58,720 those vehicles all came up during our 266 00:10:02,949 --> 00:10:00,640 tenure there and so you'll see some of 267 00:10:06,150 --> 00:10:02,959 those coming and going as well as two 268 00:10:07,750 --> 00:10:06,160 space shuttle missions 133 and uh well i 269 00:10:11,350 --> 00:10:07,760 was up there and then when ron was up 270 00:10:15,110 --> 00:10:11,360 there as well 134 and in fact our crew 271 00:10:17,750 --> 00:10:15,120 paolo and i undocked during sts-134 so 272 00:10:19,670 --> 00:10:17,760 it's really kind of a busy busy time and 273 00:10:22,069 --> 00:10:19,680 i think it speaks to what we're doing 274 00:10:23,350 --> 00:10:22,079 right now at nasa with commercial crew 275 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:23,360 because 276 00:10:27,590 --> 00:10:24,800 candidly getting people up and down on 277 00:10:29,190 --> 00:10:27,600 the space station is doable and it's the 278 00:10:31,350 --> 00:10:29,200 right time for the commercial companies 279 00:10:33,590 --> 00:10:31,360 you know with our help so that nobody's 280 00:10:35,590 --> 00:10:33,600 reinventing the wheel to be 281 00:10:38,150 --> 00:10:35,600 doing that kind of process 282 00:10:40,310 --> 00:10:38,160 and the people the crew on the station 283 00:10:42,150 --> 00:10:40,320 is focusing on doing the experiments 284 00:10:43,910 --> 00:10:42,160 that are coming up and down on those 285 00:10:45,590 --> 00:10:43,920 supply ships so it's very exciting time 286 00:10:47,350 --> 00:10:45,600 but you'll find it's a little confusing 287 00:10:48,630 --> 00:10:47,360 when you see all the people you wonder 288 00:10:50,230 --> 00:10:48,640 if we're all just waving goodbye all the 289 00:10:51,590 --> 00:10:50,240 time 290 00:10:53,350 --> 00:10:51,600 you know while we're talking about the 291 00:10:56,710 --> 00:10:53,360 patches too if you look at the 292 00:10:58,949 --> 00:10:56,720 exhibition 28 patch the 50 on the bottom 293 00:11:00,470 --> 00:10:58,959 has the name gagarin and shepard with it 294 00:11:02,949 --> 00:11:00,480 too and and the other part of history we 295 00:11:05,430 --> 00:11:02,959 got to witness was the 50th anniversary 296 00:11:06,790 --> 00:11:05,440 of the first human space yuri gagarin 297 00:11:10,150 --> 00:11:06,800 and the 50th anniversary of the first 298 00:11:12,310 --> 00:11:10,160 american in space alan shepard and uh 299 00:11:13,829 --> 00:11:12,320 um my russian crewmates and i launched 300 00:11:15,990 --> 00:11:13,839 from and actually all these guys 301 00:11:18,230 --> 00:11:16,000 launched from the same launch pad that 302 00:11:19,829 --> 00:11:18,240 your gagarin launched from and we 303 00:11:21,269 --> 00:11:19,839 launched very close to the that 50th 304 00:11:22,630 --> 00:11:21,279 anniversary so the name of our rocket 305 00:11:24,230 --> 00:11:22,640 was gagarin and the name of our 306 00:11:25,190 --> 00:11:24,240 spacecraft was gagarin so i thought that 307 00:11:27,110 --> 00:11:25,200 was a 308 00:11:29,190 --> 00:11:27,120 pretty good tribute being that all of us 309 00:11:30,870 --> 00:11:29,200 were born at the height of the cold war 310 00:11:33,110 --> 00:11:30,880 and i was born in the same year that uh 311 00:11:34,550 --> 00:11:33,120 yuri gagarin uh launched into the space 312 00:11:36,630 --> 00:11:34,560 i just thought it was amazing that 50 313 00:11:38,310 --> 00:11:36,640 years later that we'd all be flying on 314 00:11:40,310 --> 00:11:38,320 you know with our russian crewmates i 315 00:11:42,630 --> 00:11:40,320 think you'll see a picture of the six of 316 00:11:43,990 --> 00:11:42,640 us on april 12th celebrating in our own 317 00:11:46,069 --> 00:11:44,000 way up there on the space station all 318 00:11:47,269 --> 00:11:46,079 wearing uh t-shirts that ron and his 319 00:11:50,230 --> 00:11:47,279 crew brought for us that have yuri 320 00:11:51,990 --> 00:11:50,240 gagarin's face on there 321 00:11:53,430 --> 00:11:52,000 okay well let's uh let's go ahead and 322 00:11:54,470 --> 00:11:53,440 take a look at the video again this 323 00:11:56,389 --> 00:11:54,480 represents 324 00:11:59,670 --> 00:11:56,399 an entire year in space 325 00:11:59,680 --> 00:12:14,230 we go fast but not that fast 326 00:12:17,829 --> 00:12:16,230 well since i was first i launched about 327 00:12:19,350 --> 00:12:17,839 two days after my 328 00:12:20,629 --> 00:12:19,360 50th birthday 329 00:12:22,870 --> 00:12:20,639 and if you know my signature you know i 330 00:12:23,990 --> 00:12:22,880 was nervous signing my door 331 00:12:25,110 --> 00:12:24,000 this is the place that we stay in 332 00:12:27,590 --> 00:12:25,120 baikonur 333 00:12:29,350 --> 00:12:27,600 and we get there's lots of really 334 00:12:31,670 --> 00:12:29,360 interesting russian traditions we get 335 00:12:34,310 --> 00:12:31,680 blessed by the russian priests 336 00:12:35,030 --> 00:12:34,320 we report to the russian officials and 337 00:12:36,470 --> 00:12:35,040 they 338 00:12:39,269 --> 00:12:36,480 give us a great send-off there on the 339 00:12:41,269 --> 00:12:39,279 launch pad in baikonur and i can't tell 340 00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:41,279 you how amazing it is to i mean even 341 00:12:45,910 --> 00:12:43,440 looking at it i just think wow i was in 342 00:12:47,590 --> 00:12:45,920 that very very small thing and actually 343 00:12:50,389 --> 00:12:47,600 this is the part i loved about it was 344 00:12:52,550 --> 00:12:50,399 being in a small soyuz spacecraft so 345 00:12:54,550 --> 00:12:52,560 close to the earth and yet uh so far 346 00:12:56,069 --> 00:12:54,560 away as well it's easy for her to say 347 00:12:57,590 --> 00:12:56,079 look at her eyes 348 00:12:59,269 --> 00:12:57,600 hey this is my favorite part of the 349 00:13:01,030 --> 00:12:59,279 whole movie okay even though you see my 350 00:13:02,790 --> 00:13:01,040 rear end and 351 00:13:05,190 --> 00:13:02,800 but because it's not about floating 352 00:13:07,110 --> 00:13:05,200 around up in space it's about flying i 353 00:13:10,230 --> 00:13:07,120 mean that place is huge and here comes 354 00:13:12,550 --> 00:13:10,240 the the japanese supply ship that htv 355 00:13:13,750 --> 00:13:12,560 that paolo nespoli and i were in charge 356 00:13:15,829 --> 00:13:13,760 of actually catching that with the 357 00:13:17,910 --> 00:13:15,839 robotic arm so we're on the controls 358 00:13:19,190 --> 00:13:17,920 reaching out grabbing that thing if you 359 00:13:21,110 --> 00:13:19,200 didn't read about it in the papers it's 360 00:13:22,150 --> 00:13:21,120 because we did not mess it up we're very 361 00:13:24,550 --> 00:13:22,160 proud of that 362 00:13:25,430 --> 00:13:24,560 then we just saw the the european supply 363 00:13:27,910 --> 00:13:25,440 mission 364 00:13:31,190 --> 00:13:27,920 and and that docks automatically with uh 365 00:13:33,910 --> 00:13:31,200 sasha uh caleri and paulo shepherding 366 00:13:35,590 --> 00:13:33,920 and now we have the arrival of sts-133 367 00:13:37,829 --> 00:13:35,600 they are looking at us and we are 368 00:13:40,790 --> 00:13:37,839 looking at them there's nicole stott the 369 00:13:42,790 --> 00:13:40,800 rest of her crew steve lindsey 370 00:13:45,750 --> 00:13:42,800 and they they brought up the mplm it's 371 00:13:47,269 --> 00:13:45,760 our giant closet and it may sound 372 00:13:49,189 --> 00:13:47,279 trivial to you but 373 00:13:51,670 --> 00:13:49,199 having a place to put things where 374 00:13:53,509 --> 00:13:51,680 things are not packed eight things deep 375 00:13:55,269 --> 00:13:53,519 um is is actually the key to doing 376 00:13:57,269 --> 00:13:55,279 science up there is having enough space 377 00:13:59,110 --> 00:13:57,279 to actually operate and their crew 378 00:14:01,269 --> 00:13:59,120 brought the mplm did the spacewalks to 379 00:14:03,030 --> 00:14:01,279 hook it all up helped us unpack it and 380 00:14:06,389 --> 00:14:03,040 get it ready and also brought us the 381 00:14:07,350 --> 00:14:06,399 robonaut and this guy is really pretty 382 00:14:09,189 --> 00:14:07,360 cool 383 00:14:10,389 --> 00:14:09,199 we'll get him out to play later but then 384 00:14:12,389 --> 00:14:10,399 scott and his crew so i was up there 385 00:14:14,550 --> 00:14:12,399 with scott kelly and his two uh russian 386 00:14:15,990 --> 00:14:14,560 crewmates uh they left we had a little 387 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:16,000 spare time got to do a little flute 388 00:14:19,110 --> 00:14:17,199 playing there 389 00:14:21,350 --> 00:14:19,120 and uh and a lot of time for science one 390 00:14:22,310 --> 00:14:21,360 of my favorite fluids experiments there 391 00:14:24,470 --> 00:14:22,320 and 392 00:14:26,870 --> 00:14:24,480 it's ronnie on board 393 00:14:28,790 --> 00:14:26,880 it was fun opening up the hat and seeing 394 00:14:30,629 --> 00:14:28,800 these guys on the other side 395 00:14:32,470 --> 00:14:30,639 we had to get acclimated really quickly 396 00:14:34,389 --> 00:14:32,480 though because um well first of all we 397 00:14:37,030 --> 00:14:34,399 were going to celebrate the uh 398 00:14:38,870 --> 00:14:37,040 the 50th anniversary uh first human 399 00:14:40,710 --> 00:14:38,880 space flight right after we arrived and 400 00:14:41,990 --> 00:14:40,720 that's that's us celebrating that but 401 00:14:44,629 --> 00:14:42,000 then we had the 402 00:14:45,910 --> 00:14:44,639 arrival of sts-134 hears us all in our 403 00:14:48,790 --> 00:14:45,920 crew quarters our respective crew 404 00:14:50,629 --> 00:14:48,800 quarters and here comes a spatial 405 00:14:51,990 --> 00:14:50,639 endeavor coming aboard that's the view 406 00:14:53,910 --> 00:14:52,000 that they had of us 407 00:14:55,269 --> 00:14:53,920 when they came on board 408 00:14:57,590 --> 00:14:55,279 they brought the alpha magnetic 409 00:14:58,629 --> 00:14:57,600 spectrometer this is this instrument 410 00:15:00,710 --> 00:14:58,639 that 411 00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:00,720 basically helps us look at dark energy 412 00:15:04,870 --> 00:15:03,279 and dark matter things that we didn't 413 00:15:06,790 --> 00:15:04,880 know a lot about and are learning more 414 00:15:08,790 --> 00:15:06,800 even i mean already today that thing is 415 00:15:11,030 --> 00:15:08,800 working um we also because we had paolo 416 00:15:13,990 --> 00:15:11,040 nespoli and roberto vettori on board two 417 00:15:15,590 --> 00:15:14,000 italians um the pope uh got arranged a 418 00:15:16,629 --> 00:15:15,600 conference we were all pretty excited 419 00:15:20,710 --> 00:15:16,639 about that 420 00:15:22,470 --> 00:15:20,720 that roberto brought really good italian 421 00:15:23,990 --> 00:15:22,480 food 422 00:15:25,350 --> 00:15:24,000 and i love this picture of the station 423 00:15:27,030 --> 00:15:25,360 in the shuttle dock just it's a 424 00:15:28,710 --> 00:15:27,040 representation of the work that 425 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:28,720 everybody here has done to create an 426 00:15:33,269 --> 00:15:31,040 outpost space where people can live and 427 00:15:35,030 --> 00:15:33,279 work and do i think just simply amazing 428 00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:35,040 things i didn't actually want to come 429 00:15:39,430 --> 00:15:37,279 home um i mean eventually i did want to 430 00:15:41,030 --> 00:15:39,440 come home but i would have stayed six 431 00:15:42,790 --> 00:15:41,040 months longer in a minute because 432 00:15:44,550 --> 00:15:42,800 there's just so much good work to do it 433 00:15:45,910 --> 00:15:44,560 takes you a while to get good at it but 434 00:15:47,910 --> 00:15:45,920 then 435 00:15:50,550 --> 00:15:47,920 sooner or later it's time to leave 436 00:15:52,550 --> 00:15:50,560 and uh as they're undocking paulo and 437 00:15:55,030 --> 00:15:52,560 katie and dima took these amazing 438 00:15:57,189 --> 00:15:55,040 pictures of special endeavor dock to the 439 00:15:59,430 --> 00:15:57,199 space station it was uh it was sad to 440 00:16:00,870 --> 00:15:59,440 see those guys leave they abandoned us 441 00:16:02,470 --> 00:16:00,880 in the middle of the mission in the 442 00:16:04,150 --> 00:16:02,480 middle of the night 443 00:16:05,110 --> 00:16:04,160 they just snuck out and they were gone 444 00:16:07,350 --> 00:16:05,120 but 445 00:16:09,350 --> 00:16:07,360 it was a very busy mission they did four 446 00:16:10,550 --> 00:16:09,360 spacewalks and delivered tons of 447 00:16:13,350 --> 00:16:10,560 equipment and 448 00:16:14,949 --> 00:16:13,360 here's katie returned to the earth 449 00:16:17,030 --> 00:16:14,959 you know we've learned a lot about 450 00:16:18,470 --> 00:16:17,040 exercise and what we need to do to keep 451 00:16:20,550 --> 00:16:18,480 people people healthy it's part of our 452 00:16:22,150 --> 00:16:20,560 mission to use the space station to you 453 00:16:24,710 --> 00:16:22,160 know make sure people can be healthy for 454 00:16:26,870 --> 00:16:24,720 exploring further you know i i came back 455 00:16:28,470 --> 00:16:26,880 in in great shape as did these guys and 456 00:16:30,069 --> 00:16:28,480 it's a tribute to what we've learned 457 00:16:32,230 --> 00:16:30,079 those lessons come right back here to 458 00:16:33,590 --> 00:16:32,240 earth about osteoporosis and 459 00:16:34,710 --> 00:16:33,600 unfortunately i think the word is that 460 00:16:37,110 --> 00:16:34,720 basically we're all going to have to 461 00:16:38,790 --> 00:16:37,120 exercise our whole lives 462 00:16:41,430 --> 00:16:38,800 and eat healthy 463 00:16:43,990 --> 00:16:41,440 so shortly after katie left 464 00:16:46,470 --> 00:16:44,000 and never left and here comes mike and 465 00:16:48,710 --> 00:16:46,480 the guys coming aboard just a few weeks 466 00:16:50,389 --> 00:16:48,720 later it was a very busy time a lot of 467 00:16:52,150 --> 00:16:50,399 traffic coming and going 468 00:16:53,590 --> 00:16:52,160 so you know mike traveled he was two and 469 00:16:54,870 --> 00:16:53,600 a half days in the capsule and he 470 00:16:56,629 --> 00:16:54,880 launched he went a million miles 471 00:16:58,470 --> 00:16:56,639 launched from russia and he was a little 472 00:16:59,990 --> 00:16:58,480 upset with me because uh all i had 473 00:17:01,670 --> 00:17:00,000 waiting for was a bag of coffee a 474 00:17:05,669 --> 00:17:01,680 vincent carl egg of instant coffee 475 00:17:08,309 --> 00:17:07,270 it was great to get up there though and 476 00:17:09,669 --> 00:17:08,319 we did 477 00:17:11,909 --> 00:17:09,679 have to jump right into it we were on 478 00:17:13,829 --> 00:17:11,919 the road to 135 preparing for atlantis 479 00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:13,839 as well as you know getting getting to 480 00:17:19,270 --> 00:17:16,480 work ourselves and 481 00:17:21,189 --> 00:17:19,280 cleaning up some of the messes uh and uh 482 00:17:23,110 --> 00:17:21,199 it's hey hey hey 483 00:17:25,270 --> 00:17:23,120 it was uh it was i mean it's it's always 484 00:17:27,270 --> 00:17:25,280 amazing and uh finally i think about 485 00:17:29,350 --> 00:17:27,280 five weeks after we got there atlantis 486 00:17:32,310 --> 00:17:29,360 was uh coming aboard 487 00:17:33,990 --> 00:17:32,320 it was uh great to have this view of 488 00:17:35,510 --> 00:17:34,000 atlantis or i think ron got that picture 489 00:17:36,710 --> 00:17:35,520 there 490 00:17:38,950 --> 00:17:36,720 you know it's like a hurricane when a 491 00:17:40,470 --> 00:17:38,960 shuttle arrives i mean in that there's 492 00:17:42,310 --> 00:17:40,480 so much work to do in such a short 493 00:17:43,590 --> 00:17:42,320 amount of time and it's amazing when a 494 00:17:45,830 --> 00:17:43,600 team comes together like this and does 495 00:17:47,750 --> 00:17:45,840 it and mike and i got to do our fourth 496 00:17:49,830 --> 00:17:47,760 space walk together on that mission we 497 00:17:52,310 --> 00:17:49,840 got to do the uh the one space walk on 498 00:17:54,070 --> 00:17:52,320 135 and it was uh it was great getting 499 00:17:55,110 --> 00:17:54,080 out the door um it was kind of like 500 00:17:56,870 --> 00:17:55,120 going in you're 501 00:17:59,270 --> 00:17:56,880 out in your backyard after being in 502 00:18:01,830 --> 00:17:59,280 space that long 503 00:18:04,310 --> 00:18:01,840 that we we brought the broken pump 504 00:18:07,669 --> 00:18:04,320 module home on board atlantis and we 505 00:18:10,630 --> 00:18:07,679 moved a remote refueling mission rrm 506 00:18:12,390 --> 00:18:10,640 payload to the out from the cargo bay to 507 00:18:14,230 --> 00:18:12,400 the outside of the station 508 00:18:16,390 --> 00:18:14,240 and then run and i just found out last 509 00:18:18,789 --> 00:18:16,400 week we hold the record for the two 510 00:18:21,110 --> 00:18:18,799 people with the most space walk time 511 00:18:23,350 --> 00:18:21,120 together that's kind of cool 512 00:18:25,510 --> 00:18:23,360 i love this picture yeah it's a lot of 513 00:18:28,150 --> 00:18:25,520 work uh and we had of course huge 514 00:18:29,350 --> 00:18:28,160 support from the 135 crew and we're 515 00:18:31,029 --> 00:18:29,360 fortunate that 516 00:18:33,750 --> 00:18:31,039 that we were able to you know called on 517 00:18:35,350 --> 00:18:33,760 to do the space walk for that time 518 00:18:37,190 --> 00:18:35,360 so you know when that mission was over 519 00:18:39,110 --> 00:18:37,200 we got to ring the bell and signify the 520 00:18:41,029 --> 00:18:39,120 departure of atlantis but also the 521 00:18:43,590 --> 00:18:41,039 departure of the space shuttles from i 522 00:18:46,789 --> 00:18:43,600 think of that arm there is a salute yeah 523 00:18:48,470 --> 00:18:46,799 as it backs away from the station 524 00:18:49,909 --> 00:18:48,480 it was kind of a bittersweet time for us 525 00:18:53,430 --> 00:18:49,919 yep 526 00:18:55,510 --> 00:18:53,440 got kind of quiet after that 527 00:18:56,630 --> 00:18:55,520 back in august though about a month 528 00:18:59,110 --> 00:18:56,640 before 529 00:19:00,870 --> 00:18:59,120 i returned i was i was in the cupola 530 00:19:03,909 --> 00:19:00,880 that's the windowed observatory on the 531 00:19:05,909 --> 00:19:03,919 bottom of the space station and um i was 532 00:19:07,350 --> 00:19:05,919 getting set up to take some pictures for 533 00:19:10,310 --> 00:19:07,360 some of the time lapse photography that 534 00:19:12,870 --> 00:19:10,320 i think you'll see later in the video 535 00:19:13,990 --> 00:19:12,880 mike was doing a lot of that as well and 536 00:19:15,510 --> 00:19:14,000 i was getting ready to delete the 537 00:19:17,909 --> 00:19:15,520 practice shots when something caught my 538 00:19:20,390 --> 00:19:17,919 eye this this bright illuminated line 539 00:19:23,270 --> 00:19:20,400 snaked across hundreds of miles across a 540 00:19:25,350 --> 00:19:23,280 large landmass and initially i wrote 541 00:19:27,510 --> 00:19:25,360 that off as you know just strange 542 00:19:29,510 --> 00:19:27,520 reflection of moonlight on a on a river 543 00:19:31,110 --> 00:19:29,520 but it turns out that that wasn't a 544 00:19:32,230 --> 00:19:31,120 natural reflection at all you know many 545 00:19:34,070 --> 00:19:32,240 of us say 546 00:19:35,510 --> 00:19:34,080 you can't see any borders from space but 547 00:19:37,430 --> 00:19:35,520 apparently we're wrong because that was 548 00:19:39,430 --> 00:19:37,440 actually the man-made illuminated border 549 00:19:41,270 --> 00:19:39,440 between india and pakistan 550 00:19:43,270 --> 00:19:41,280 and seeing that had had a really big 551 00:19:45,029 --> 00:19:43,280 impact on me because you know for the 50 552 00:19:46,789 --> 00:19:45,039 years that we've been flying in space 553 00:19:48,150 --> 00:19:46,799 astronauts and cosmonauts have commented 554 00:19:49,909 --> 00:19:48,160 on how beautiful how peaceful how 555 00:19:51,430 --> 00:19:49,919 fragile the earth looks from space and 556 00:19:53,190 --> 00:19:51,440 it you know these are not cliches that 557 00:19:55,590 --> 00:19:53,200 that astronauts said because it feels 558 00:19:57,350 --> 00:19:55,600 good it really is moving to look down on 559 00:19:58,789 --> 00:19:57,360 earth but i think the the point is not 560 00:20:00,150 --> 00:19:58,799 whether we could look down and see a 561 00:20:02,149 --> 00:20:00,160 man-made border between india and 562 00:20:04,549 --> 00:20:02,159 pakistan the point is that we could look 563 00:20:06,070 --> 00:20:04,559 down at that same area and feel empathy 564 00:20:08,149 --> 00:20:06,080 for the struggles that all people face 565 00:20:09,669 --> 00:20:08,159 you know we could look down and see this 566 00:20:11,270 --> 00:20:09,679 beautiful planet that we've been given 567 00:20:12,630 --> 00:20:11,280 to realize that we're you know all 568 00:20:14,470 --> 00:20:12,640 riding through the universe together on 569 00:20:16,149 --> 00:20:14,480 the spaceship that we call earth but 570 00:20:17,669 --> 00:20:16,159 after five and a half months on board it 571 00:20:18,549 --> 00:20:17,679 was it was time to say goodbye to our 572 00:20:20,950 --> 00:20:18,559 friends 573 00:20:22,710 --> 00:20:20,960 say goodbye to our home on the iss 574 00:20:24,710 --> 00:20:22,720 and it you know again it was it was very 575 00:20:26,950 --> 00:20:24,720 bittersweet and we wanted to savor our 576 00:20:28,630 --> 00:20:26,960 last moments in space as we uh 577 00:20:31,110 --> 00:20:28,640 undocked and did a couple of laps around 578 00:20:32,789 --> 00:20:31,120 our planet and uh 579 00:20:34,710 --> 00:20:32,799 this is some of the uh time-lapse 580 00:20:37,190 --> 00:20:34,720 photography that 581 00:20:39,270 --> 00:20:37,200 that we took there's the uh 582 00:20:41,190 --> 00:20:39,280 the black sea right there 583 00:20:43,430 --> 00:20:41,200 this is a new way of doing photography 584 00:20:45,190 --> 00:20:43,440 up there that these guys actually 585 00:20:47,350 --> 00:20:45,200 perfected of doing time-lapse 586 00:20:48,789 --> 00:20:47,360 photography and getting to see what 587 00:20:51,190 --> 00:20:48,799 getting to see this 588 00:20:53,750 --> 00:20:51,200 and to me this is the way that you get 589 00:20:55,669 --> 00:20:53,760 to see what it was like for us up there 590 00:20:57,590 --> 00:20:55,679 and how it felt to be going around the 591 00:20:58,470 --> 00:20:57,600 earth not actually this fast it's sped 592 00:21:00,710 --> 00:20:58,480 up for 593 00:21:02,549 --> 00:21:00,720 you know those time lapse but it's just 594 00:21:04,789 --> 00:21:02,559 really excited about that one because we 595 00:21:06,470 --> 00:21:04,799 can finally share it with you we see all 596 00:21:07,909 --> 00:21:06,480 these amazing things and we know that 597 00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:07,919 the camera is not going to capture it 598 00:21:11,190 --> 00:21:09,679 and we don't have the words we're 599 00:21:13,430 --> 00:21:11,200 engineers and scientists we don't have 600 00:21:15,029 --> 00:21:13,440 the words to really describe it watch 601 00:21:17,270 --> 00:21:15,039 the moon rise and the moon's reflection 602 00:21:19,430 --> 00:21:17,280 here just just as new zealand just went 603 00:21:21,750 --> 00:21:19,440 by on the right it's it's it's really 604 00:21:23,350 --> 00:21:21,760 stunning so it's a it's a lot of fun to 605 00:21:25,029 --> 00:21:23,360 be able to capture this and this wasn't 606 00:21:26,470 --> 00:21:25,039 official work this is all you know kind 607 00:21:28,230 --> 00:21:26,480 of free time and weekends trying to 608 00:21:30,149 --> 00:21:28,240 figure out how to get things right and 609 00:21:32,549 --> 00:21:30,159 then get sequences of photos that we can 610 00:21:35,110 --> 00:21:32,559 string together to make these videos 611 00:21:36,549 --> 00:21:35,120 and uh we're excited because this allows 612 00:21:38,789 --> 00:21:36,559 us to share it there's ronnie coming 613 00:21:44,230 --> 00:21:40,710 looks bad 614 00:21:47,270 --> 00:21:44,240 physics this is physics in action and it 615 00:21:50,549 --> 00:21:48,870 but that left things a little quieter on 616 00:21:53,190 --> 00:21:50,559 board because there was 617 00:21:54,950 --> 00:21:53,200 some delays in the soyuz line at that 618 00:21:57,510 --> 00:21:54,960 time so we had a crew of three for a 619 00:21:59,110 --> 00:21:57,520 couple of months during expedition 29 620 00:22:00,710 --> 00:21:59,120 we were able to get robonaut out and put 621 00:22:02,710 --> 00:22:00,720 him to work through some of his paces 622 00:22:08,230 --> 00:22:02,720 here he's the first humanoid robot in 623 00:22:12,390 --> 00:22:10,230 and so it was a little quieter but we 624 00:22:14,149 --> 00:22:12,400 were able to participate in a lot of the 625 00:22:16,310 --> 00:22:14,159 experiments we 626 00:22:17,350 --> 00:22:16,320 we were up to full speed by then and so 627 00:22:19,110 --> 00:22:17,360 we were 628 00:22:20,549 --> 00:22:19,120 you know working very effectively and 629 00:22:22,630 --> 00:22:20,559 managed to keep things going you 630 00:22:25,430 --> 00:22:22,640 exercise with a bungee cords holding you 631 00:22:27,669 --> 00:22:25,440 to the treadmill a shower doesn't work 632 00:22:29,270 --> 00:22:27,679 so you wash up with uh just a washcloth 633 00:22:31,270 --> 00:22:29,280 and soapy water 634 00:22:32,870 --> 00:22:31,280 uh going to bed means climbing into your 635 00:22:34,710 --> 00:22:32,880 sleeping bag that's stacked to the wall 636 00:22:36,390 --> 00:22:34,720 there's no reason to lay it out any 637 00:22:42,310 --> 00:22:36,400 flatter than that because it's a wall 638 00:22:45,830 --> 00:22:44,149 you're maintaining systems at the same 639 00:22:48,710 --> 00:22:45,840 time 640 00:22:50,789 --> 00:22:48,720 and experiments a cargo ship means fresh 641 00:22:52,310 --> 00:22:50,799 things like onions which we're eating 642 00:22:53,909 --> 00:22:52,320 like apples 643 00:22:55,990 --> 00:22:53,919 i know it seems weird but it's a taste 644 00:22:58,310 --> 00:22:56,000 of earth the free time was spinning that 645 00:23:00,070 --> 00:22:58,320 cupola the amazing window cluster on the 646 00:23:01,590 --> 00:23:00,080 bottom of the station here's what it 647 00:23:02,870 --> 00:23:01,600 looks like when you're doing a reboost 648 00:23:04,870 --> 00:23:02,880 on the station 649 00:23:07,110 --> 00:23:04,880 and when we let go we're at a constant 650 00:23:11,110 --> 00:23:07,120 speed the station is accelerating away 651 00:23:14,710 --> 00:23:12,390 it's kind of cool 652 00:23:18,149 --> 00:23:14,720 here's satoshi furukawa demonstrating 653 00:23:20,549 --> 00:23:18,159 his baseball skills with a one-man team 654 00:23:22,630 --> 00:23:20,559 both teams one man playing baseball 655 00:23:24,230 --> 00:23:22,640 gotta pitch it nice pitch satoshi now 656 00:23:25,190 --> 00:23:24,240 he's got to go faster than the pitched 657 00:23:26,870 --> 00:23:25,200 ball 658 00:23:28,070 --> 00:23:26,880 it's a little easier in space than it is 659 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:28,080 on the ground 660 00:23:34,070 --> 00:23:31,520 grab the bat let's go batter up 661 00:23:37,669 --> 00:23:34,080 oh we got it it's a hit it's a pop fly 662 00:23:38,789 --> 00:23:37,679 can he feel that ball 663 00:23:42,310 --> 00:23:38,799 let's see it 664 00:23:45,909 --> 00:23:44,230 this is what i meant about flying up 665 00:23:48,310 --> 00:23:45,919 there it's not about floating around 666 00:23:51,269 --> 00:23:48,320 it's about a whole new world to live and 667 00:23:52,789 --> 00:23:51,279 work in because all our experiments can 668 00:23:54,789 --> 00:23:52,799 take advantage of this weightlessness as 669 00:23:56,710 --> 00:23:54,799 well oh midair the experiments are a 670 00:23:59,350 --> 00:23:56,720 little better i think 671 00:24:00,789 --> 00:23:59,360 finally in november mid-november the 672 00:24:02,950 --> 00:24:00,799 expedition uh 673 00:24:05,269 --> 00:24:02,960 30 crew dan burbank and his crewmates 674 00:24:06,230 --> 00:24:05,279 came aboard we just had six days with 675 00:24:07,750 --> 00:24:06,240 them 676 00:24:10,070 --> 00:24:07,760 not counting the day they arrived and 677 00:24:13,110 --> 00:24:10,080 left we had four days to hand over the 678 00:24:15,110 --> 00:24:13,120 entire space station we did our best uh 679 00:24:17,029 --> 00:24:15,120 they're a great crew they are up there 680 00:24:19,510 --> 00:24:17,039 today and they were joined by the next 681 00:24:21,430 --> 00:24:19,520 crew of about a month later 682 00:24:22,789 --> 00:24:21,440 so it was uh after 683 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:22,799 i think we didn't sleep for the four 684 00:24:26,149 --> 00:24:24,240 days we were really working and handing 685 00:24:27,990 --> 00:24:26,159 over it's time for us to climb aboard 686 00:24:29,750 --> 00:24:28,000 our soyuz spacecraft 687 00:24:31,430 --> 00:24:29,760 and get the hatches closed and do all 688 00:24:32,870 --> 00:24:31,440 the leak checks and stuff to begin our 689 00:24:35,669 --> 00:24:32,880 journey toward home 690 00:24:37,110 --> 00:24:35,679 it was uh really amazing to as we backed 691 00:24:38,549 --> 00:24:37,120 away from the station looking out the 692 00:24:41,350 --> 00:24:38,559 window to see the 693 00:24:43,110 --> 00:24:41,360 to see it growing dim and here's here we 694 00:24:44,390 --> 00:24:43,120 are coming home inside a meteor we're 695 00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:44,400 actually the little dot in the middle of 696 00:24:47,430 --> 00:24:45,520 the screen 697 00:24:50,230 --> 00:24:47,440 and the two uh throwaway parts of the 698 00:24:52,070 --> 00:24:50,240 soyuz are burning up behind us 699 00:24:55,029 --> 00:24:52,080 that that had never been seen before 700 00:24:56,950 --> 00:24:55,039 because we landed before dawn here 701 00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:56,960 and uh in an unusual 702 00:25:00,230 --> 00:24:57,840 um 703 00:25:02,070 --> 00:25:00,240 kind of unusual but that was uh dictated 704 00:25:04,149 --> 00:25:02,080 by us delaying a little bit so we could 705 00:25:07,990 --> 00:25:04,159 greet the other crew and hand over 706 00:25:12,390 --> 00:25:10,230 bill ingles right here he's got that 707 00:25:24,310 --> 00:25:12,400 amazing photo and then we of course 708 00:25:28,149 --> 00:25:26,230 the words just don't do it justice it's 709 00:25:35,510 --> 00:25:28,159 a it's you know been an amazing uh 710 00:25:40,950 --> 00:25:37,990 that was a year on the iss yep 711 00:25:43,269 --> 00:25:40,960 okay well we have time for questions uh 712 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:43,279 and as the moderator i'm going to do the 713 00:25:47,590 --> 00:25:45,120 moderator's prerogative to start off 714 00:25:49,909 --> 00:25:47,600 okay uh for those of us in the field of 715 00:25:53,029 --> 00:25:49,919 communications what can we do to help 716 00:25:54,549 --> 00:25:53,039 you all tell the stories of space 717 00:25:56,950 --> 00:25:54,559 station better 718 00:25:58,870 --> 00:25:56,960 um i think the public doesn't have a 719 00:26:00,470 --> 00:25:58,880 good appreciation for the fact that it's 720 00:26:02,070 --> 00:26:00,480 up there all the time it's been up there 721 00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:02,080 for over 10 years 722 00:26:06,390 --> 00:26:04,400 and what can we do to help get that word 723 00:26:07,990 --> 00:26:06,400 out more what can we do to help you well 724 00:26:10,870 --> 00:26:08,000 you know i think that the whole playing 725 00:26:12,789 --> 00:26:10,880 field in that regard has changed and in 726 00:26:14,310 --> 00:26:12,799 the past i think the public had you know 727 00:26:16,149 --> 00:26:14,320 followed along on space missions as 728 00:26:17,830 --> 00:26:16,159 spectators and i think we have the 729 00:26:19,510 --> 00:26:17,840 opportunity now through a lot of the the 730 00:26:21,750 --> 00:26:19,520 new technology that we have is to have 731 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:21,760 the public along as fellow crew members 732 00:26:26,710 --> 00:26:24,159 and a lot of the interactive things like 733 00:26:28,630 --> 00:26:26,720 like twitter and facebook and and google 734 00:26:31,510 --> 00:26:28,640 plus and all these other platforms 735 00:26:32,950 --> 00:26:31,520 enable us to have not only real contact 736 00:26:35,110 --> 00:26:32,960 uh with people on the ground we're in 737 00:26:37,269 --> 00:26:35,120 space but actually collaborate with them 738 00:26:38,710 --> 00:26:37,279 i know that on twitter 739 00:26:39,990 --> 00:26:38,720 i was sending pictures down to some of 740 00:26:41,430 --> 00:26:40,000 the friends i met on twitter and they 741 00:26:42,789 --> 00:26:41,440 were helping me identify them and so 742 00:26:43,510 --> 00:26:42,799 that when i sent them out you know i 743 00:26:45,110 --> 00:26:43,520 could 744 00:26:46,470 --> 00:26:45,120 it's it's more interesting when you send 745 00:26:47,830 --> 00:26:46,480 out a really cool picture to know where 746 00:26:48,950 --> 00:26:47,840 that was and to maybe tell something 747 00:26:50,789 --> 00:26:48,960 about it but we don't always have the 748 00:26:52,149 --> 00:26:50,799 time on board you know we're very busy 749 00:26:54,230 --> 00:26:52,159 with all the experiments that we're 750 00:26:56,470 --> 00:26:54,240 doing so it's it's really good to have 751 00:26:58,630 --> 00:26:56,480 uh that support from the public and 752 00:27:00,950 --> 00:26:58,640 again i i don't mean just as spectators 753 00:27:02,710 --> 00:27:00,960 i mean it there really is a a valid 754 00:27:03,990 --> 00:27:02,720 important role that the public can serve 755 00:27:06,070 --> 00:27:04,000 in helping 756 00:27:07,110 --> 00:27:06,080 us uh to tell a story a little bit 757 00:27:08,710 --> 00:27:07,120 better and 758 00:27:10,470 --> 00:27:08,720 a lot of the technology that we have as 759 00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:10,480 far as the cameras that you see 760 00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:11,440 um 761 00:27:14,870 --> 00:27:13,360 one of our gun i think we all share this 762 00:27:16,390 --> 00:27:14,880 and i think the guys on board now share 763 00:27:17,830 --> 00:27:16,400 this too is we don't want to just take 764 00:27:19,990 --> 00:27:17,840 the same pictures you can see from a 765 00:27:21,830 --> 00:27:20,000 satellite we've got humans in space for 766 00:27:24,230 --> 00:27:21,840 a reason you know for many reasons one 767 00:27:26,710 --> 00:27:24,240 of them is that we can share the emotion 768 00:27:27,750 --> 00:27:26,720 of of that too and so you know a lot of 769 00:27:29,830 --> 00:27:27,760 us try and 770 00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:29,840 include those type of emotional things 771 00:27:33,350 --> 00:27:31,360 uh in the in the pictures that we take 772 00:27:34,870 --> 00:27:33,360 in the time-lapse photography uh the 773 00:27:36,950 --> 00:27:34,880 when you see the time-lapse photography 774 00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:36,960 that gives a whole new uh element to it 775 00:27:40,389 --> 00:27:39,200 you know maybe certain camera angles uh 776 00:27:42,549 --> 00:27:40,399 certain times of the day where you could 777 00:27:43,990 --> 00:27:42,559 see shadows being cast on the horizon 778 00:27:46,470 --> 00:27:44,000 you know those are things that really 779 00:27:48,149 --> 00:27:46,480 help us to to you know show the emotion 780 00:27:51,029 --> 00:27:48,159 of living and working in space and i 781 00:27:53,750 --> 00:27:51,039 think it goes a long way 782 00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:53,760 okay questions from the audience 783 00:27:58,070 --> 00:27:55,440 don't be bashful 784 00:28:02,230 --> 00:27:58,080 we don't get them here that often uh 785 00:28:06,870 --> 00:28:04,149 um since you all had 786 00:28:09,510 --> 00:28:06,880 both um launched on the space shuttle 787 00:28:11,510 --> 00:28:09,520 and landed in the soyuz capsule what is 788 00:28:14,230 --> 00:28:11,520 the difference i mean i know it's it has 789 00:28:15,909 --> 00:28:14,240 to be dramatic the landings in the soyuz 790 00:28:18,789 --> 00:28:15,919 rather than the nice smooth landing of 791 00:28:23,909 --> 00:28:21,669 i'd say the the shuttle of course is a 792 00:28:25,669 --> 00:28:23,919 nice smooth landing and there's times 793 00:28:28,149 --> 00:28:25,679 when you're not even completely certain 794 00:28:29,029 --> 00:28:28,159 what the point of touchdown might have 795 00:28:31,350 --> 00:28:29,039 been 796 00:28:33,510 --> 00:28:31,360 i i like to joke that they're all good 797 00:28:36,470 --> 00:28:33,520 air force landings none of those navy 798 00:28:42,630 --> 00:28:38,710 the uh with the soyuz there's very 799 00:28:45,510 --> 00:28:44,389 just a few feet above the ground i mean 800 00:28:48,389 --> 00:28:45,520 you're coming down on the parachute 801 00:28:50,549 --> 00:28:48,399 you're coming down you know over land 802 00:28:54,070 --> 00:28:50,559 a few feet above the ground the soft 803 00:28:56,470 --> 00:28:54,080 landing rockets uh ignite to begin to is 804 00:28:58,149 --> 00:28:56,480 uh you know decelerate and cushion and i 805 00:28:59,510 --> 00:28:58,159 felt those kick in you could you can 806 00:29:01,430 --> 00:28:59,520 kind of feel them hear them because it's 807 00:29:04,950 --> 00:29:01,440 an explosion going on right behind your 808 00:29:06,710 --> 00:29:04,960 back um but it i i couldn't say how much 809 00:29:09,029 --> 00:29:06,720 of a difference they make but it's a 810 00:29:10,549 --> 00:29:09,039 it's a significant um 811 00:29:12,630 --> 00:29:10,559 you know event the touchdown it's very 812 00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:12,640 dynamic but you know the system's doing 813 00:29:18,870 --> 00:29:15,760 its job and and there's there's energy 814 00:29:20,710 --> 00:29:18,880 absorption uh uh mechanisms built into 815 00:29:22,389 --> 00:29:20,720 you know just the design of the capsule 816 00:29:25,110 --> 00:29:22,399 and the seat structure and the struts 817 00:29:26,549 --> 00:29:25,120 holding it up are all giving a little 818 00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:26,559 bit to help absorb that energy and 819 00:29:31,590 --> 00:29:29,360 you're in a custom molded seat liner you 820 00:29:33,430 --> 00:29:31,600 know the the on the shuttle it's it's a 821 00:29:34,630 --> 00:29:33,440 big generic seat 822 00:29:36,230 --> 00:29:34,640 um 823 00:29:38,950 --> 00:29:36,240 here you're actually laying on your back 824 00:29:40,870 --> 00:29:38,960 in a seat pan and that mold has been 825 00:29:43,510 --> 00:29:40,880 form-fitted to your body just to help 826 00:29:46,630 --> 00:29:43,520 give you really good uh support similar 827 00:29:49,110 --> 00:29:46,640 to the kind of support that nascar 828 00:29:51,029 --> 00:29:49,120 drivers and stuff have to to help 829 00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:51,039 protect them against you know similar 830 00:29:54,870 --> 00:29:53,200 kind of energies and for a for an impact 831 00:29:57,110 --> 00:29:54,880 for them i think the 832 00:29:58,549 --> 00:29:57,120 parachute opening is actually something 833 00:30:00,470 --> 00:29:58,559 it's not that it's unexpected because of 834 00:30:02,149 --> 00:30:00,480 course you know we've all been trained 835 00:30:03,590 --> 00:30:02,159 and talk about things but 836 00:30:05,269 --> 00:30:03,600 people think about the landing but when 837 00:30:08,389 --> 00:30:05,279 that parachute opens 838 00:30:10,310 --> 00:30:08,399 that is a very violent event and i 839 00:30:11,830 --> 00:30:10,320 actually had a little timer counting 840 00:30:13,190 --> 00:30:11,840 down to that and so you're just you know 841 00:30:14,710 --> 00:30:13,200 coming along and pulling g's and just 842 00:30:15,590 --> 00:30:14,720 kind of already and making sure that 843 00:30:17,909 --> 00:30:15,600 you're just 844 00:30:20,630 --> 00:30:17,919 ready and then suddenly that happens and 845 00:30:23,430 --> 00:30:20,640 that thing is swinging and spinning and 846 00:30:25,110 --> 00:30:23,440 it's it's like the most amazing uh you 847 00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:25,120 know rollercoaster ride you've ever been 848 00:30:29,029 --> 00:30:26,720 on and i like what mike what mike 849 00:30:31,909 --> 00:30:29,039 sometimes says all right for him say um 850 00:30:33,830 --> 00:30:31,919 which is that um as long as actually 851 00:30:35,669 --> 00:30:33,840 these really violent events are really 852 00:30:37,029 --> 00:30:35,679 good if they're planned and it's 853 00:30:38,870 --> 00:30:37,039 actually when you don't have any violent 854 00:30:41,029 --> 00:30:38,880 events that you begin to worry 855 00:30:42,470 --> 00:30:41,039 it's time where is it we're sorry filing 856 00:30:44,789 --> 00:30:42,480 event there should be a parachute 857 00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:44,799 opening here i think scott scott kelly i 858 00:30:48,630 --> 00:30:46,640 used to say it's like going over niagara 859 00:30:51,669 --> 00:30:48,640 falls in a barrel 860 00:30:53,430 --> 00:30:51,679 on fire followed by a head-on collision 861 00:30:56,149 --> 00:30:53,440 right here 862 00:30:57,669 --> 00:30:56,159 for us with we came in uh pre-dawn and 863 00:30:58,870 --> 00:30:57,679 so we really got to experience the 864 00:31:05,029 --> 00:30:58,880 plasma 865 00:31:07,990 --> 00:31:05,039 we dig in at over four g's in the 866 00:31:10,149 --> 00:31:08,000 shuttle it's about 1.4 867 00:31:11,750 --> 00:31:10,159 so it's a much shallower entry and we're 868 00:31:13,590 --> 00:31:11,760 coming in pretty steep the chase 869 00:31:15,909 --> 00:31:13,600 helicopters actually saw our plasma 870 00:31:18,149 --> 00:31:15,919 trail which is you know had never been 871 00:31:19,750 --> 00:31:18,159 seen before it was really cool from from 872 00:31:21,750 --> 00:31:19,760 you know our perspective because you 873 00:31:23,750 --> 00:31:21,760 know you see the orange pink glow 874 00:31:26,149 --> 00:31:23,760 outside and all and the the heat shield 875 00:31:28,549 --> 00:31:26,159 on the soyuz capsule isn't a blader it 876 00:31:30,630 --> 00:31:28,559 burns away carrying heat with it and so 877 00:31:33,430 --> 00:31:30,640 there's this incredible incandescent 878 00:31:35,669 --> 00:31:33,440 stream of irregular sparks and pieces 879 00:31:39,269 --> 00:31:35,679 coming off of that going by my window 880 00:31:43,509 --> 00:31:41,430 i i think in a nutshell you know riding 881 00:31:45,430 --> 00:31:43,519 the shuttle is this big massive vehicle 882 00:31:47,190 --> 00:31:45,440 that you ride inside and the soyuz is 883 00:31:49,190 --> 00:31:47,200 kind of a vehicle that you that you wear 884 00:31:51,350 --> 00:31:49,200 it feels like every pump that comes on 885 00:31:53,269 --> 00:31:51,360 every valve that opens every you know 886 00:31:54,710 --> 00:31:53,279 explosive bolt that fires you you feel 887 00:31:56,789 --> 00:31:54,720 all that stuff and it's 888 00:31:57,750 --> 00:31:56,799 it's really a neat experience yeah 889 00:31:59,509 --> 00:31:57,760 katie 890 00:32:01,990 --> 00:31:59,519 how much time do you spend actually 891 00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:02,000 doing experiments on during the day on a 892 00:32:06,710 --> 00:32:04,399 mission and a two-part question and and 893 00:32:09,750 --> 00:32:06,720 there was this gizmo you were pushing 894 00:32:11,350 --> 00:32:09,760 against the wall i saw it twice what was 895 00:32:12,549 --> 00:32:11,360 that and what was the purpose of that 896 00:32:14,789 --> 00:32:12,559 experiment 897 00:32:16,070 --> 00:32:14,799 well officially we get up at six and we 898 00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:16,080 go to bed at 899 00:32:19,509 --> 00:32:18,240 ten and i'm sure we did that every night 900 00:32:21,269 --> 00:32:19,519 oh yeah yeah 901 00:32:22,870 --> 00:32:21,279 um 902 00:32:24,950 --> 00:32:22,880 and but you know most of us probably 903 00:32:27,269 --> 00:32:24,960 work you know really more like a 12-hour 904 00:32:28,470 --> 00:32:27,279 day or so and it's always divided in 905 00:32:30,870 --> 00:32:28,480 some way between 906 00:32:33,750 --> 00:32:30,880 you know systems maintenance and uh 907 00:32:35,190 --> 00:32:33,760 experiments and i think uh 908 00:32:36,789 --> 00:32:35,200 they're aiming for do you guys know the 909 00:32:38,630 --> 00:32:36,799 number of utilization hours they're 910 00:32:41,190 --> 00:32:38,640 aiming for these days 911 00:32:43,509 --> 00:32:41,200 35 30 35 hours of experiment kind of 912 00:32:45,669 --> 00:32:43,519 stuff every week and so that's really 913 00:32:47,029 --> 00:32:45,679 quite a lot um and yet when system stuff 914 00:32:48,549 --> 00:32:47,039 comes up you know then that's what i 915 00:32:50,789 --> 00:32:48,559 mean if something breaks you have to to 916 00:32:53,190 --> 00:32:50,799 do that but to me what's really 917 00:32:54,950 --> 00:32:53,200 fascinating is that you know we've built 918 00:32:56,269 --> 00:32:54,960 this station it's got a series of 919 00:32:58,950 --> 00:32:56,279 facilities these are like 920 00:33:00,389 --> 00:32:58,960 refrigerator-sized you know racks where 921 00:33:02,070 --> 00:33:00,399 it's not a place where you can do just 922 00:33:04,070 --> 00:33:02,080 one experiment but a series of 923 00:33:06,310 --> 00:33:04,080 experiments and so you know after one 924 00:33:08,310 --> 00:33:06,320 experiment finishes or maybe goes maybe 925 00:33:09,990 --> 00:33:08,320 it goes well maybe has unexpected things 926 00:33:11,430 --> 00:33:10,000 you know the next experiment can either 927 00:33:13,029 --> 00:33:11,440 automatically get inserted there or 928 00:33:15,029 --> 00:33:13,039 maybe we're changing out the hardware so 929 00:33:17,350 --> 00:33:15,039 the new uh experiment can be done so 930 00:33:19,509 --> 00:33:17,360 it's just a series of over and over 931 00:33:21,909 --> 00:33:19,519 again doing different experiments but in 932 00:33:23,190 --> 00:33:21,919 the same hardware and so it's very 933 00:33:24,549 --> 00:33:23,200 efficient in that way because meanwhile 934 00:33:27,430 --> 00:33:24,559 the results are coming down to the 935 00:33:29,029 --> 00:33:27,440 ground in the form of video and data all 936 00:33:31,830 --> 00:33:29,039 the time to the scientists all over the 937 00:33:33,430 --> 00:33:31,840 world results are being analyzed and the 938 00:33:34,470 --> 00:33:33,440 experiments are being changed in real 939 00:33:36,310 --> 00:33:34,480 time 940 00:33:38,470 --> 00:33:36,320 and so that's an exciting process to be 941 00:33:40,149 --> 00:33:38,480 a part of you know personally as a 942 00:33:42,710 --> 00:33:40,159 polymer chemist i love the things where 943 00:33:44,710 --> 00:33:42,720 i actually get to do things and yet 944 00:33:47,190 --> 00:33:44,720 really the fact that science is going on 945 00:33:49,669 --> 00:33:47,200 24 hours a day up there even while i'm 946 00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:49,679 sleeping or supposed to be sleeping 947 00:33:54,070 --> 00:33:51,840 is is an amazing thing that we've done 948 00:33:56,789 --> 00:33:54,080 and coming from my two straddle missions 949 00:33:58,549 --> 00:33:56,799 one of them was a lab mission sds-73 16 950 00:34:00,230 --> 00:33:58,559 days of science experiments and the 951 00:34:02,710 --> 00:34:00,240 purpose of that mission was to figure 952 00:34:04,870 --> 00:34:02,720 out how to do experiments on the space 953 00:34:06,789 --> 00:34:04,880 station and in fact if you look at that 954 00:34:07,750 --> 00:34:06,799 73 patch you'll see 955 00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:07,760 a sort of 956 00:34:11,510 --> 00:34:09,599 soccer ball sort of geometry shape and 957 00:34:13,190 --> 00:34:11,520 that was the shape of the cupola to 958 00:34:15,589 --> 00:34:13,200 represent the space station which was 959 00:34:16,710 --> 00:34:15,599 the future of these experiments and i go 960 00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:16,720 up there and one of the things we needed 961 00:34:20,470 --> 00:34:18,399 to figure out was how do we get not just 962 00:34:21,270 --> 00:34:20,480 one scientist's data down at the one 963 00:34:23,990 --> 00:34:21,280 time 964 00:34:26,069 --> 00:34:24,000 but you know many and really detailed 965 00:34:27,909 --> 00:34:26,079 data and excuse me and a lot of you know 966 00:34:29,510 --> 00:34:27,919 a lot of bandwidth and that's one of the 967 00:34:31,109 --> 00:34:29,520 things that we've done i think quite 968 00:34:33,109 --> 00:34:31,119 well and are still working to do even 969 00:34:34,710 --> 00:34:33,119 better so that you know these early 970 00:34:36,710 --> 00:34:34,720 shuttle missions 971 00:34:38,310 --> 00:34:36,720 uh set the stage for what happens every 972 00:34:40,389 --> 00:34:38,320 single day up there the specific 973 00:34:42,069 --> 00:34:40,399 experiment that you asked about was 974 00:34:43,510 --> 00:34:42,079 getting weighed which was kind of fun 975 00:34:44,950 --> 00:34:43,520 you know when you think about it it's 976 00:34:46,069 --> 00:34:44,960 going to take more force to push one of 977 00:34:49,030 --> 00:34:46,079 these guys around than it's going to 978 00:34:50,550 --> 00:34:49,040 take to push me around and so we have a 979 00:34:52,629 --> 00:34:50,560 thing that we kind of perch on and try 980 00:34:54,790 --> 00:34:52,639 to be real still and hold our feet and 981 00:34:56,790 --> 00:34:54,800 hands and everything in and uh and then 982 00:34:59,349 --> 00:34:56,800 we push a little button on the computer 983 00:35:00,230 --> 00:34:59,359 get real still and it pulls us into the 984 00:35:02,310 --> 00:35:00,240 rack 985 00:35:04,470 --> 00:35:02,320 and then it measures the force it takes 986 00:35:07,430 --> 00:35:04,480 to do that and that'll tell us our 987 00:35:09,510 --> 00:35:07,440 weight so to speak and so we can judge 988 00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:09,520 how people are doing up there and 989 00:35:12,390 --> 00:35:10,960 whether they're eating all the the 990 00:35:13,349 --> 00:35:12,400 wonderful food 991 00:35:15,670 --> 00:35:13,359 yeah 992 00:35:17,589 --> 00:35:15,680 it's flying a good weight loss 993 00:35:20,470 --> 00:35:17,599 you know i was on a it was a government 994 00:35:22,069 --> 00:35:20,480 program we had exercise we had food i 995 00:35:24,230 --> 00:35:22,079 had a place to stay 996 00:35:26,870 --> 00:35:24,240 it was like going to the best uh the 997 00:35:29,109 --> 00:35:26,880 best outer space spa you could think of 998 00:35:31,349 --> 00:35:29,119 the spa but you know 999 00:35:33,190 --> 00:35:31,359 yeah i won't say we did spa-like 1000 00:35:35,990 --> 00:35:33,200 activities but 1001 00:35:38,390 --> 00:35:36,000 it was good for weight loss uh question 1002 00:35:40,230 --> 00:35:38,400 okay yes my question is 1003 00:35:42,470 --> 00:35:40,240 you mentioned about exercising when 1004 00:35:44,630 --> 00:35:42,480 you're up there how do you like stay 1005 00:35:46,790 --> 00:35:44,640 motivated do you have a is that part of 1006 00:35:48,150 --> 00:35:46,800 your schedule 1007 00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:48,160 yeah well it is part of our schedule 1008 00:35:53,190 --> 00:35:50,240 we're scheduled for two hours of 1009 00:35:55,190 --> 00:35:53,200 physical training every day and actually 1010 00:35:58,310 --> 00:35:55,200 it's we really look forward to it i mean 1011 00:36:01,109 --> 00:35:58,320 it really feels good to to exercise in 1012 00:36:03,030 --> 00:36:01,119 space and so it because 1013 00:36:04,790 --> 00:36:03,040 you feel so much better afterwards when 1014 00:36:06,710 --> 00:36:04,800 you don't exercise and there were times 1015 00:36:08,950 --> 00:36:06,720 um during our missions where you get so 1016 00:36:10,630 --> 00:36:08,960 busy that you just can't do it 1017 00:36:13,270 --> 00:36:10,640 and then you start to feel bad after a 1018 00:36:14,710 --> 00:36:13,280 while so it really is a self-motivating 1019 00:36:17,190 --> 00:36:14,720 thing and 1020 00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:17,200 the what we're doing them for uh like he 1021 00:36:21,349 --> 00:36:18,720 said is for countermeasures and 1022 00:36:24,310 --> 00:36:21,359 countermeasures for to combat uh bone 1023 00:36:27,670 --> 00:36:24,320 loss muscle atrophy etc and it does a 1024 00:36:30,390 --> 00:36:27,680 tremendous job i felt probably as good 1025 00:36:31,829 --> 00:36:30,400 after being almost six months in space 1026 00:36:33,270 --> 00:36:31,839 when i came back as i did after two 1027 00:36:35,349 --> 00:36:33,280 weeks in space on my space shuttle 1028 00:36:36,630 --> 00:36:35,359 mission because of the exercise programs 1029 00:36:37,349 --> 00:36:36,640 and the countermeasure programs that we 1030 00:36:40,390 --> 00:36:37,359 have 1031 00:36:41,670 --> 00:36:40,400 and what's exciting to me about that um 1032 00:36:43,589 --> 00:36:41,680 you know understanding how to stay in 1033 00:36:44,950 --> 00:36:43,599 shape i mean i said spa but you know we 1034 00:36:46,950 --> 00:36:44,960 actually worked i think is you know 1035 00:36:48,550 --> 00:36:46,960 really really hard up there and the 1036 00:36:49,990 --> 00:36:48,560 exercise part i mean i'm just like 1037 00:36:51,990 --> 00:36:50,000 everybody else probably in this audience 1038 00:36:53,510 --> 00:36:52,000 where you go oh i should do that today 1039 00:36:54,950 --> 00:36:53,520 and it's hard to work it in down here 1040 00:36:56,390 --> 00:36:54,960 but up there it's part of what you're 1041 00:36:59,270 --> 00:36:56,400 supposed to do and you really do feel 1042 00:37:00,870 --> 00:36:59,280 badly if you don't do it but what's 1043 00:37:03,030 --> 00:37:00,880 amazing is while we're taking care of 1044 00:37:04,870 --> 00:37:03,040 ourselves we're also serving as really 1045 00:37:07,190 --> 00:37:04,880 important data for experiments to come 1046 00:37:09,910 --> 00:37:07,200 right back here to earth our bone loss 1047 00:37:12,310 --> 00:37:09,920 rate would typically be about 10 times 1048 00:37:15,190 --> 00:37:12,320 the rate of a 70 year old woman that has 1049 00:37:17,030 --> 00:37:15,200 osteoporosis 10 times and so the fact 1050 00:37:18,150 --> 00:37:17,040 that the experiment progresses so 1051 00:37:20,470 --> 00:37:18,160 quickly 1052 00:37:22,630 --> 00:37:20,480 makes it measurable so we're doing lots 1053 00:37:24,550 --> 00:37:22,640 of different data collections both blood 1054 00:37:26,550 --> 00:37:24,560 and urine and different things 1055 00:37:28,150 --> 00:37:26,560 some of us use different drugs to 1056 00:37:30,550 --> 00:37:28,160 understand how those drugs work and 1057 00:37:32,950 --> 00:37:30,560 because that process of both you know 1058 00:37:33,750 --> 00:37:32,960 losing bone mass and actually rebuilding 1059 00:37:35,030 --> 00:37:33,760 because they're actually always 1060 00:37:36,710 --> 00:37:35,040 competing 1061 00:37:38,870 --> 00:37:36,720 processes because that's happening so 1062 00:37:40,390 --> 00:37:38,880 fast it makes it easier to measure and 1063 00:37:42,150 --> 00:37:40,400 that knowledge comes right back down 1064 00:37:44,069 --> 00:37:42,160 here to earth to understand those 1065 00:37:45,270 --> 00:37:44,079 processes and in fact 1066 00:37:47,670 --> 00:37:45,280 you know even though i can only speak 1067 00:37:50,470 --> 00:37:47,680 for my own personal data but i actually 1068 00:37:52,470 --> 00:37:50,480 had the same amount of physical bone as 1069 00:37:54,230 --> 00:37:52,480 what i left with it doesn't mean that my 1070 00:37:55,750 --> 00:37:54,240 bones are the same though and it's 1071 00:37:57,430 --> 00:37:55,760 important to understand that process and 1072 00:37:58,950 --> 00:37:57,440 what we do up there helps us understand 1073 00:38:00,630 --> 00:37:58,960 that that you know if your bone is a 1074 00:38:02,390 --> 00:38:00,640 pipe i probably have lost some out of 1075 00:38:04,550 --> 00:38:02,400 the meaty middle of that pipe but the 1076 00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:04,560 pipe came back a little bit thicker and 1077 00:38:09,190 --> 00:38:06,560 understanding those things for people 1078 00:38:11,430 --> 00:38:09,200 who are 70 and might have a lot of 1079 00:38:15,589 --> 00:38:11,440 competing physical processes going on i 1080 00:38:19,109 --> 00:38:17,349 any other over here 1081 00:38:21,990 --> 00:38:19,119 i know that sioux falls is a rather 1082 00:38:23,829 --> 00:38:22,000 large town in south dakota because i am 1083 00:38:26,069 --> 00:38:23,839 from whitewood which is a rather small 1084 00:38:28,710 --> 00:38:26,079 town where did you find or did you find 1085 00:38:31,349 --> 00:38:28,720 any inspiration for this career in the 1086 00:38:33,109 --> 00:38:31,359 middle of south dakota and my second 1087 00:38:35,670 --> 00:38:33,119 question is are you involved in any 1088 00:38:37,349 --> 00:38:35,680 activities to then go back and provide 1089 00:38:39,430 --> 00:38:37,359 some inspiration for the younger kids 1090 00:38:41,910 --> 00:38:39,440 that are there today sure hey great 1091 00:38:43,190 --> 00:38:41,920 question uh and it's it's a it actually 1092 00:38:45,030 --> 00:38:43,200 is a very personal question my 1093 00:38:46,470 --> 00:38:45,040 grandfather was a homesteader in the 1094 00:38:48,230 --> 00:38:46,480 watertown area 1095 00:38:51,990 --> 00:38:48,240 at the turn of the century of last 1096 00:38:53,510 --> 00:38:52,000 century and so you know and so i i'd 1097 00:38:55,430 --> 00:38:53,520 really like to say that the you know 1098 00:38:57,030 --> 00:38:55,440 that the pioneering spirit 1099 00:39:00,390 --> 00:38:57,040 you know that really opened up south 1100 00:39:02,710 --> 00:39:00,400 dakota is still alive today and that's 1101 00:39:05,349 --> 00:39:02,720 true really for our for our country and 1102 00:39:06,630 --> 00:39:05,359 that that pioneering spirit the the 1103 00:39:09,750 --> 00:39:06,640 desire 1104 00:39:10,790 --> 00:39:09,760 to know what's out there and to go and 1105 00:39:14,069 --> 00:39:10,800 tame it 1106 00:39:15,190 --> 00:39:14,079 conquer it and learn to live and thrive 1107 00:39:17,510 --> 00:39:15,200 uh is 1108 00:39:19,589 --> 00:39:17,520 out there wherever out there is and a 1109 00:39:21,670 --> 00:39:19,599 hundred years ago that meant moving west 1110 00:39:24,630 --> 00:39:21,680 and now it means moving up 1111 00:39:26,630 --> 00:39:24,640 moving down maybe into our oceans uh and 1112 00:39:28,870 --> 00:39:26,640 and so that that spirit is one of the 1113 00:39:29,910 --> 00:39:28,880 things that's made our country great 1114 00:39:31,829 --> 00:39:29,920 and i think that that's really 1115 00:39:33,829 --> 00:39:31,839 exemplified by the the pioneers that 1116 00:39:35,430 --> 00:39:33,839 endured the hardships and the loneliness 1117 00:39:36,790 --> 00:39:35,440 and the separation from family as they 1118 00:39:38,870 --> 00:39:36,800 went out to try to 1119 00:39:41,589 --> 00:39:38,880 carve out a better way of life 1120 00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:41,599 and part of our job is to go out and and 1121 00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:44,000 share the story and you know i 1122 00:39:47,030 --> 00:39:45,359 you know i think we all came from 1123 00:39:49,670 --> 00:39:47,040 improbable backgrounds for the career 1124 00:39:52,630 --> 00:39:49,680 we're in now but we were 1125 00:39:56,069 --> 00:39:52,640 captured by the dream of doing this most 1126 00:39:59,030 --> 00:39:56,079 outrageous of uh humankind's adventures 1127 00:40:01,829 --> 00:39:59,040 and participating in it 1128 00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:01,839 and that that dream is still alive too 1129 00:40:06,230 --> 00:40:03,760 and there's a 1130 00:40:07,270 --> 00:40:06,240 many opportunities in the future and i 1131 00:40:09,190 --> 00:40:07,280 think that there will be more 1132 00:40:10,790 --> 00:40:09,200 opportunities for people to to fly in 1133 00:40:12,790 --> 00:40:10,800 space and to participate in the 1134 00:40:14,870 --> 00:40:12,800 breakthroughs that come 1135 00:40:16,470 --> 00:40:14,880 as we've gone from just figuring out how 1136 00:40:18,950 --> 00:40:16,480 to build something up there and now 1137 00:40:21,109 --> 00:40:18,960 we're involved in the utilization and 1138 00:40:22,550 --> 00:40:21,119 getting into the science and finding a 1139 00:40:26,550 --> 00:40:22,560 lot of different things that we can 1140 00:40:28,550 --> 00:40:26,560 affect in in materials and medicines 1141 00:40:33,030 --> 00:40:28,560 in health and there's there's more 1142 00:40:38,309 --> 00:40:35,349 katie i noticed you had your flutes in 1143 00:40:40,630 --> 00:40:38,319 the video did you have a chance i i 1144 00:40:42,230 --> 00:40:40,640 believe you had a duet with ian anderson 1145 00:40:45,030 --> 00:40:42,240 did you have a chance to rehearse 1146 00:40:47,270 --> 00:40:45,040 beforehand with him and uh 1147 00:40:48,230 --> 00:40:47,280 how often did you play up uh on the 1148 00:40:50,390 --> 00:40:48,240 station 1149 00:40:52,630 --> 00:40:50,400 uh i didn't play as often as i'd like i 1150 00:40:54,710 --> 00:40:52,640 played often you know kind of at night 1151 00:40:58,150 --> 00:40:54,720 probably after that bedtime 1152 00:40:58,950 --> 00:40:58,160 um and often in the cupola because a the 1153 00:41:01,750 --> 00:40:58,960 view 1154 00:41:02,950 --> 00:41:01,760 simply amazing both day and and night 1155 00:41:04,470 --> 00:41:02,960 and b it was in the middle of the 1156 00:41:07,109 --> 00:41:04,480 station and i was actually just sure 1157 00:41:12,630 --> 00:41:07,119 that it wouldn't wake anybody up 1158 00:41:17,109 --> 00:41:14,710 anyways i actually didn't even get to 1159 00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:17,119 meet ian anderson until i got home 1160 00:41:21,589 --> 00:41:18,720 and i did actually get to play with him 1161 00:41:24,470 --> 00:41:21,599 on stage in concert over in italy i'll 1162 00:41:25,990 --> 00:41:24,480 tell you that was totally terrifying and 1163 00:41:27,430 --> 00:41:26,000 i mean i'm not worried about going to 1164 00:41:29,829 --> 00:41:27,440 space but that was really right i was 1165 00:41:31,910 --> 00:41:29,839 very good i was very nervous 1166 00:41:34,710 --> 00:41:31,920 um and actually 1167 00:41:36,630 --> 00:41:34,720 it to me the fact that i i like i like 1168 00:41:39,349 --> 00:41:36,640 the flute things because i think it 1169 00:41:41,349 --> 00:41:39,359 shows everybody that we live up there we 1170 00:41:43,109 --> 00:41:41,359 meaning the three of us here but we 1171 00:41:44,950 --> 00:41:43,119 meaning just people from our planet are 1172 00:41:46,870 --> 00:41:44,960 living in a place that is not on the 1173 00:41:48,550 --> 00:41:46,880 surface of the planet and they're doing 1174 00:41:51,510 --> 00:41:48,560 normal things like i happen to play the 1175 00:41:52,710 --> 00:41:51,520 flute and actually the two other flutes 1176 00:41:55,349 --> 00:41:52,720 that you saw 1177 00:41:57,670 --> 00:41:55,359 um were in that picture 1178 00:41:58,790 --> 00:41:57,680 are irish there's a tin whistle 1179 00:42:01,349 --> 00:41:58,800 and an 1180 00:42:03,910 --> 00:42:01,359 irish flute that's about 150 years old 1181 00:42:05,990 --> 00:42:03,920 from musicians and the chieftains and 1182 00:42:07,190 --> 00:42:06,000 they're actually about to 1183 00:42:09,430 --> 00:42:07,200 have an album come out where they 1184 00:42:11,349 --> 00:42:09,440 actually use the music from that tin 1185 00:42:13,430 --> 00:42:11,359 whistle in one of their songs just to 1186 00:42:15,829 --> 00:42:13,440 show that music is everywhere 1187 00:42:19,510 --> 00:42:15,839 and you know they have about 20 guest 1188 00:42:21,589 --> 00:42:19,520 artists on that uh on that album but we 1189 00:42:23,829 --> 00:42:21,599 meaning you know you who make all this 1190 00:42:25,349 --> 00:42:23,839 possible and me who was playing and 1191 00:42:26,390 --> 00:42:25,359 somebody who captured that and brought 1192 00:42:28,150 --> 00:42:26,400 it down and 1193 00:42:30,069 --> 00:42:28,160 sent it off i mean it's all part of the 1194 00:42:31,670 --> 00:42:30,079 whole big puzzle in the whole big 1195 00:42:32,870 --> 00:42:31,680 picture of what we do 1196 00:42:35,430 --> 00:42:32,880 so we 1197 00:42:38,630 --> 00:42:35,440 are on an album that shows that music is 1198 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:50,950 yes 1199 00:42:54,790 --> 00:42:52,950 i'd like to expand that question a 1200 00:42:57,109 --> 00:42:54,800 little bit for all three of you yes you 1201 00:42:59,430 --> 00:42:57,119 are living there and colonel coleman got 1202 00:43:02,230 --> 00:42:59,440 to play your flute what other kinds of 1203 00:43:04,470 --> 00:43:02,240 hobbies are you able or capable of 1204 00:43:06,710 --> 00:43:04,480 pursuing up on the station i don't see 1205 00:43:07,750 --> 00:43:06,720 you playing much golf like alan shepard 1206 00:43:09,670 --> 00:43:07,760 did 1207 00:43:11,829 --> 00:43:09,680 on the moon and baseball games get kind 1208 00:43:13,589 --> 00:43:11,839 of short yeah right yeah so what else 1209 00:43:15,349 --> 00:43:13,599 can you guys do up there 1210 00:43:17,349 --> 00:43:15,359 for fun 1211 00:43:19,030 --> 00:43:17,359 well we have a number of musical 1212 00:43:20,150 --> 00:43:19,040 instruments up there we have keyboard we 1213 00:43:22,550 --> 00:43:20,160 have a guitar 1214 00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:22,560 um but but really and ron plays the 1215 00:43:28,390 --> 00:43:25,280 guitar no i don't 1216 00:43:29,589 --> 00:43:28,400 no all three chords um 1217 00:43:30,950 --> 00:43:29,599 you know 1218 00:43:32,790 --> 00:43:30,960 you're you realize that you're in a very 1219 00:43:34,390 --> 00:43:32,800 very special place and i think the 1220 00:43:36,550 --> 00:43:34,400 biggest i don't know if i want to call 1221 00:43:37,990 --> 00:43:36,560 it a hobby but you know just basically 1222 00:43:38,950 --> 00:43:38,000 looking out the window and trying to 1223 00:43:40,550 --> 00:43:38,960 capture 1224 00:43:42,870 --> 00:43:40,560 what's out the window for everybody on 1225 00:43:43,829 --> 00:43:42,880 the on the earth i think is uh 1226 00:43:46,630 --> 00:43:43,839 is what 1227 00:43:48,390 --> 00:43:46,640 we spent whatever little spare time we 1228 00:43:49,910 --> 00:43:48,400 had that was the majority of it was was 1229 00:43:52,150 --> 00:43:49,920 trying to do that because that is very 1230 00:43:53,349 --> 00:43:52,160 rewarding because it almost seems like 1231 00:43:54,790 --> 00:43:53,359 when you're looking at something that's 1232 00:43:57,190 --> 00:43:54,800 just breathtaking and it's hard to 1233 00:44:00,069 --> 00:43:57,200 describe it it's it's frustrating not to 1234 00:44:02,710 --> 00:44:00,079 be able to share that and so um luckily 1235 00:44:04,230 --> 00:44:02,720 or not luckily but fortunately we have 1236 00:44:06,150 --> 00:44:04,240 some great equipment on board now that 1237 00:44:08,069 --> 00:44:06,160 we can start this to capture just a 1238 00:44:09,750 --> 00:44:08,079 little bit of that and it's a that i 1239 00:44:11,750 --> 00:44:09,760 found and i think everybody shares that 1240 00:44:13,990 --> 00:44:11,760 very very rewarding and and so that's 1241 00:44:16,230 --> 00:44:14,000 what we spend most of our spare time 1242 00:44:19,190 --> 00:44:16,240 doing well for me i was in the cupola 1243 00:44:21,589 --> 00:44:19,200 watching just taking a break during the 1244 00:44:23,349 --> 00:44:21,599 atlantis documentation 135 with sandy 1245 00:44:25,589 --> 00:44:23,359 magnus who had previously lived on the 1246 00:44:28,230 --> 00:44:25,599 station but the cupola wasn't there yet 1247 00:44:29,829 --> 00:44:28,240 when she so she was enjoying this this 1248 00:44:31,750 --> 00:44:29,839 new view in the few days that she had to 1249 00:44:33,990 --> 00:44:31,760 visit her old home and we went through 1250 00:44:35,030 --> 00:44:34,000 this amazing aurora bloom 1251 00:44:41,750 --> 00:44:35,040 and 1252 00:44:43,750 --> 00:44:41,760 to figure out how to capture this i knew 1253 00:44:45,670 --> 00:44:43,760 we had cameras that would work could 1254 00:44:48,230 --> 00:44:45,680 capture low light and i that was that 1255 00:44:50,710 --> 00:44:48,240 became a mission uh to try to do that so 1256 00:44:53,430 --> 00:44:50,720 we could share it with you um the other 1257 00:44:55,510 --> 00:44:53,440 thing you you mentioned we we all do you 1258 00:44:57,829 --> 00:44:55,520 know bring our hobbies and interests for 1259 00:44:59,510 --> 00:44:57,839 me a big one's boy scouting i'm a scout 1260 00:45:01,349 --> 00:44:59,520 master of a boy scout troop in houston 1261 00:45:04,069 --> 00:45:01,359 i'm active at the council level and a 1262 00:45:06,710 --> 00:45:04,079 few committees at the national level and 1263 00:45:08,630 --> 00:45:06,720 so i you know maintained my ties with my 1264 00:45:10,710 --> 00:45:08,640 troop i had an acting scout master but i 1265 00:45:12,470 --> 00:45:10,720 did a scout masters conference with 1266 00:45:14,230 --> 00:45:12,480 every one of the boys in my troop which 1267 00:45:16,069 --> 00:45:14,240 is one of the steps along 1268 00:45:18,790 --> 00:45:16,079 as part of the rank progression so i had 1269 00:45:20,870 --> 00:45:18,800 a one-on-one phone call with each one of 1270 00:45:22,390 --> 00:45:20,880 the boys one of them one of the boys 1271 00:45:24,470 --> 00:45:22,400 father had previously served on the 1272 00:45:25,910 --> 00:45:24,480 station so i called matthew up and i 1273 00:45:27,990 --> 00:45:25,920 said it's probably not a big deal for 1274 00:45:31,190 --> 00:45:28,000 you to talk to somebody in space is it 1275 00:45:32,870 --> 00:45:31,200 no actually it kind of is 1276 00:45:35,109 --> 00:45:32,880 so that was that was fun and i was able 1277 00:45:37,270 --> 00:45:35,119 to send messages to uh scout camps 1278 00:45:39,349 --> 00:45:37,280 around the country uh several of them 1279 00:45:41,349 --> 00:45:39,359 that i have ties to and just have a 1280 00:45:43,670 --> 00:45:41,359 little fun share the experience in very 1281 00:45:45,670 --> 00:45:43,680 unusual ways i did a actually a live 1282 00:45:47,349 --> 00:45:45,680 event with the scout camp that i 1283 00:45:48,790 --> 00:45:47,359 attended as a youth and served on the 1284 00:45:53,030 --> 00:45:48,800 staff 1285 00:45:55,349 --> 00:45:53,040 you know my high school years so that 1286 00:45:56,950 --> 00:45:55,359 was a lot of fun for me to be able to do 1287 00:45:58,069 --> 00:45:56,960 that and there were you know you know 1288 00:45:59,349 --> 00:45:58,079 you know what those those kind of 1289 00:46:01,190 --> 00:45:59,359 organizations are like there's some of 1290 00:46:02,870 --> 00:46:01,200 the old boys that are still around 1291 00:46:05,349 --> 00:46:02,880 and so they were they were out there for 1292 00:46:07,109 --> 00:46:05,359 that to take part in that and i i got to 1293 00:46:08,630 --> 00:46:07,119 you know to reach out and 1294 00:46:10,710 --> 00:46:08,640 and you know 1295 00:46:12,390 --> 00:46:10,720 you know in ways to uh you know a 1296 00:46:14,150 --> 00:46:12,400 segment of the community that we don't 1297 00:46:15,910 --> 00:46:14,160 normally get to talk to and that was 1298 00:46:17,349 --> 00:46:15,920 just my little niche 1299 00:46:19,589 --> 00:46:17,359 you know we've talked a couple times 1300 00:46:20,470 --> 00:46:19,599 about the cupola and looking out from 1301 00:46:21,589 --> 00:46:20,480 that 1302 00:46:23,190 --> 00:46:21,599 and 1303 00:46:24,790 --> 00:46:23,200 it's a really different place than we've 1304 00:46:26,870 --> 00:46:24,800 ever had up there in that most of our 1305 00:46:28,309 --> 00:46:26,880 windows are kind of like portals and so 1306 00:46:30,710 --> 00:46:28,319 they're just they're certainly usually 1307 00:46:32,950 --> 00:46:30,720 circular and you look out and the earth 1308 00:46:34,309 --> 00:46:32,960 is just going by quickly and if you just 1309 00:46:35,750 --> 00:46:34,319 kind of look at your the side when 1310 00:46:37,190 --> 00:46:35,760 you're in your car and just look like 1311 00:46:38,390 --> 00:46:37,200 this you know you'll see things going by 1312 00:46:39,990 --> 00:46:38,400 really fast you have to sort of know 1313 00:46:42,150 --> 00:46:40,000 what's coming and figure out where you 1314 00:46:45,030 --> 00:46:42,160 are and now the fact that we have 1315 00:46:46,390 --> 00:46:45,040 windows you know here here all the way 1316 00:46:48,710 --> 00:46:46,400 around us 1317 00:46:50,550 --> 00:46:48,720 you know we're almost a part of the view 1318 00:46:53,349 --> 00:46:50,560 and the reason i bring this up to you is 1319 00:46:54,950 --> 00:46:53,359 that years and years ago as a nasa 1320 00:46:56,630 --> 00:46:54,960 community we had to decide are we going 1321 00:46:59,190 --> 00:46:56,640 to have a cupola 1322 00:47:00,950 --> 00:46:59,200 are we going to have a module that has 1323 00:47:02,230 --> 00:47:00,960 windows i mean there's a lot of 1324 00:47:04,950 --> 00:47:02,240 engineering 1325 00:47:06,710 --> 00:47:04,960 you know nuances that we're adding in 1326 00:47:08,309 --> 00:47:06,720 windows are hard that are not 1327 00:47:10,150 --> 00:47:08,319 is it physically necessary in order to 1328 00:47:12,470 --> 00:47:10,160 have a space station to have this module 1329 00:47:13,670 --> 00:47:12,480 that is maybe not very big and has 1330 00:47:15,430 --> 00:47:13,680 windows and 1331 00:47:16,870 --> 00:47:15,440 they could leak or they could i mean all 1332 00:47:17,829 --> 00:47:16,880 those concerns 1333 00:47:19,510 --> 00:47:17,839 but 1334 00:47:21,589 --> 00:47:19,520 it's everything you hear about because 1335 00:47:24,870 --> 00:47:21,599 it's part of the human experience of 1336 00:47:25,670 --> 00:47:24,880 being up there and as we march forward 1337 00:47:27,750 --> 00:47:25,680 here 1338 00:47:29,589 --> 00:47:27,760 and you know we're handing off getting 1339 00:47:31,030 --> 00:47:29,599 people and stuff up to space to those 1340 00:47:34,710 --> 00:47:31,040 commercial companies 1341 00:47:36,870 --> 00:47:34,720 and we are focusing on going further 1342 00:47:38,470 --> 00:47:36,880 realize that you know together with a 1343 00:47:40,710 --> 00:47:38,480 robotic presence that's how we're going 1344 00:47:43,670 --> 00:47:40,720 to get there but in the end what we're 1345 00:47:45,190 --> 00:47:43,680 doing is extending the human presence 1346 00:47:47,430 --> 00:47:45,200 and we have to make sure that we're 1347 00:47:49,430 --> 00:47:47,440 building vehicles and 1348 00:47:51,270 --> 00:47:49,440 you know places that 1349 00:47:53,109 --> 00:47:51,280 bring allow us to have those human 1350 00:47:56,230 --> 00:47:53,119 experiences 1351 00:47:58,549 --> 00:47:56,240 nasa has a space act agreement with lego 1352 00:48:01,750 --> 00:47:58,559 uh didn't katie didn't you get to play 1353 00:48:02,630 --> 00:48:01,760 with the legos up here not nearly enough 1354 00:48:04,870 --> 00:48:02,640 you know i actually have an 1355 00:48:07,030 --> 00:48:04,880 eleven-year-old that lives for lego and 1356 00:48:08,470 --> 00:48:07,040 in fact we we actually um because you 1357 00:48:10,790 --> 00:48:08,480 know we train we never do anything in 1358 00:48:13,349 --> 00:48:10,800 nasa unless we practice and so they sent 1359 00:48:15,190 --> 00:48:13,359 me the lego space station and he and i 1360 00:48:17,829 --> 00:48:15,200 who is he's a much better lego builder 1361 00:48:19,670 --> 00:48:17,839 than i am right um he and i built it and 1362 00:48:21,750 --> 00:48:19,680 then actually sent them some critiques 1363 00:48:22,549 --> 00:48:21,760 like hey this part here is not going to 1364 00:48:24,549 --> 00:48:22,559 work 1365 00:48:25,829 --> 00:48:24,559 and uh and it would have been real i did 1366 00:48:27,910 --> 00:48:25,839 not get to build it 1367 00:48:29,589 --> 00:48:27,920 but uh you know and so mike actually i 1368 00:48:31,349 --> 00:48:29,599 think got to build it up there satoshi 1369 00:48:33,510 --> 00:48:31,359 do more than i did yeah but you know it 1370 00:48:35,349 --> 00:48:33,520 just it's again something that brings 1371 00:48:36,549 --> 00:48:35,359 home the fact that people are living up 1372 00:48:38,230 --> 00:48:36,559 there and 1373 00:48:40,390 --> 00:48:38,240 i love you know these kinds of 1374 00:48:42,309 --> 00:48:40,400 activities for kids where they think i'm 1375 00:48:44,549 --> 00:48:42,319 envisioning something and now i'm going 1376 00:48:47,430 --> 00:48:44,559 to build it and they do 1377 00:48:49,670 --> 00:48:47,440 and whether it's robotics or lego or 1378 00:48:52,069 --> 00:48:49,680 i mean all these kinds of things that 1379 00:48:54,630 --> 00:48:52,079 get our young people feeling empowered 1380 00:48:56,549 --> 00:48:54,640 and feeling like the future is actually 1381 00:48:58,309 --> 00:48:56,559 possible and they'd better be ready for 1382 00:48:59,190 --> 00:48:58,319 it and that's part of what we do here 1383 00:49:00,230 --> 00:48:59,200 too 1384 00:49:02,150 --> 00:49:00,240 and 1385 00:49:04,309 --> 00:49:02,160 so doing lego was was pretty fun we did 1386 00:49:07,190 --> 00:49:04,319 a little sesame street as well 1387 00:49:09,270 --> 00:49:07,200 prior to uh ron and i are 10. we counted 1388 00:49:12,230 --> 00:49:09,280 10. prior to some of the last shuttle 1389 00:49:14,790 --> 00:49:12,240 launches and some of the elv launches 1390 00:49:16,710 --> 00:49:14,800 lego was set up at the kennedy space 1391 00:49:19,109 --> 00:49:16,720 visitor center in 1392 00:49:21,030 --> 00:49:19,119 in the big imax theater building there 1393 00:49:23,589 --> 00:49:21,040 and they would come and throw piles of 1394 00:49:25,349 --> 00:49:23,599 hundreds of thousands of legos in 10 1395 00:49:27,109 --> 00:49:25,359 piles around the room and then we'd have 1396 00:49:28,710 --> 00:49:27,119 students be able to come in with their 1397 00:49:30,950 --> 00:49:28,720 parents we'd have astronauts there to 1398 00:49:33,109 --> 00:49:30,960 help with them and they would dive in 1399 00:49:35,750 --> 00:49:33,119 and they'd have 45 minutes to launch the 1400 00:49:37,910 --> 00:49:35,760 future and and i would have a hard time 1401 00:49:40,870 --> 00:49:37,920 building a little kit with instructions 1402 00:49:42,790 --> 00:49:40,880 these kids dive in find all the pieces 1403 00:49:46,150 --> 00:49:42,800 that they need and then make the most 1404 00:49:48,390 --> 00:49:46,160 remarkable spacecraft airplane space 1405 00:49:50,870 --> 00:49:48,400 stations it's really is something to 1406 00:49:52,950 --> 00:49:50,880 watch it gives you great hope about the 1407 00:49:54,710 --> 00:49:52,960 future of creativity future engineers 1408 00:49:56,470 --> 00:49:54,720 startups engineers right they start with 1409 00:49:58,549 --> 00:49:56,480 legos 1410 00:50:00,390 --> 00:49:58,559 we've got about eight minutes left any 1411 00:50:01,910 --> 00:50:00,400 other questions i think that's back 1412 00:50:04,710 --> 00:50:01,920 right up here in that last thing oh 1413 00:50:09,670 --> 00:50:04,720 right over here one of our future 1414 00:50:13,510 --> 00:50:11,670 what do you do when you get sick in 1415 00:50:14,790 --> 00:50:13,520 space 1416 00:50:16,630 --> 00:50:14,800 that's a really good question what do 1417 00:50:17,510 --> 00:50:16,640 you do when you get sick in space we 1418 00:50:19,510 --> 00:50:17,520 have 1419 00:50:21,030 --> 00:50:19,520 i mean we're some of us are trained i 1420 00:50:24,150 --> 00:50:21,040 think most of us are trained as crew 1421 00:50:25,990 --> 00:50:24,160 medical officers we have quite a 1422 00:50:28,630 --> 00:50:26,000 quite a big first aid kit that goes 1423 00:50:31,030 --> 00:50:28,640 beyond first aid to actually taking care 1424 00:50:32,309 --> 00:50:31,040 of more serious things if we need to 1425 00:50:33,670 --> 00:50:32,319 uh but 1426 00:50:36,549 --> 00:50:33,680 you know you're so you're ready to 1427 00:50:38,309 --> 00:50:36,559 handle um bumps and bruises i get to use 1428 00:50:39,910 --> 00:50:38,319 a little dermabond which is kind of like 1429 00:50:43,109 --> 00:50:39,920 super glue you can use for medical 1430 00:50:44,870 --> 00:50:43,119 things when one of one of the crew had a 1431 00:50:46,950 --> 00:50:44,880 little injury and i got to use that to 1432 00:50:48,549 --> 00:50:46,960 help because you know stitches would be 1433 00:50:50,230 --> 00:50:48,559 just real messy and hard for everybody 1434 00:50:52,549 --> 00:50:50,240 so you can actually use this dermabond 1435 00:50:53,750 --> 00:50:52,559 like super glue to close up a wound i 1436 00:50:55,510 --> 00:50:53,760 got to do that that was the most 1437 00:50:57,990 --> 00:50:55,520 significant thing i did i'm glad we 1438 00:50:59,190 --> 00:50:58,000 didn't do anything more 1439 00:51:01,829 --> 00:50:59,200 the other thing that we use the space 1440 00:51:03,829 --> 00:51:01,839 station for is to to try and develop 1441 00:51:06,230 --> 00:51:03,839 those medical procedures that we'll need 1442 00:51:08,549 --> 00:51:06,240 if we go to the moon if we go to morris 1443 00:51:10,710 --> 00:51:08,559 and not only in space missions but also 1444 00:51:13,030 --> 00:51:10,720 undersea missions as well uh we have a 1445 00:51:14,470 --> 00:51:13,040 mission called nemo where we spend weeks 1446 00:51:15,430 --> 00:51:14,480 on the bottom of the ocean and we work 1447 00:51:17,750 --> 00:51:15,440 on 1448 00:51:20,470 --> 00:51:17,760 telementoring uh telemedicine 1449 00:51:22,790 --> 00:51:20,480 telerobotic surgery and uh i was on a 1450 00:51:26,230 --> 00:51:22,800 mission actually in 2006 where we had a 1451 00:51:28,230 --> 00:51:26,240 surgeon in canada uh operating a robotic 1452 00:51:31,030 --> 00:51:28,240 a surgical robot that was with us on the 1453 00:51:32,230 --> 00:51:31,040 bottom of the ocean um and so this you 1454 00:51:33,510 --> 00:51:32,240 know this is technology that will help 1455 00:51:35,829 --> 00:51:33,520 us when we go to the moon will help us 1456 00:51:37,349 --> 00:51:35,839 when we go to mars but it will also help 1457 00:51:39,510 --> 00:51:37,359 anywhere in the world that does not have 1458 00:51:42,150 --> 00:51:39,520 access to a major medical center when we 1459 00:51:44,630 --> 00:51:42,160 make this telerobotic surgery just this 1460 00:51:46,309 --> 00:51:44,640 telementoring telemedicine these are all 1461 00:51:47,750 --> 00:51:46,319 things that really 1462 00:51:49,430 --> 00:51:47,760 can make life better on planet earth i 1463 00:51:51,030 --> 00:51:49,440 mean so that means like places where 1464 00:51:53,349 --> 00:51:51,040 there's a really wide expanse of 1465 00:51:55,589 --> 00:51:53,359 geography where you can't have you know 1466 00:51:57,190 --> 00:51:55,599 an uh laparoscopic surgeon you know 1467 00:51:58,870 --> 00:51:57,200 right there but maybe you can have that 1468 00:52:01,270 --> 00:51:58,880 equipment and a doctor in a helicopter 1469 00:52:05,270 --> 00:52:01,280 you know getting out there um but it's 1470 00:52:07,030 --> 00:52:05,280 it also is enables folks to uh teach the 1471 00:52:08,950 --> 00:52:07,040 practice of medicine the video 1472 00:52:11,109 --> 00:52:08,960 associated with this tele-robotic kind 1473 00:52:12,470 --> 00:52:11,119 of surgery allows more surgeons to be 1474 00:52:14,790 --> 00:52:12,480 trained but something i just learned 1475 00:52:15,670 --> 00:52:14,800 about this week is that the technology 1476 00:52:17,750 --> 00:52:15,680 that 1477 00:52:20,390 --> 00:52:17,760 was used to develop the robotic arms on 1478 00:52:22,630 --> 00:52:20,400 the space station up in canada that same 1479 00:52:23,829 --> 00:52:22,640 technology is being applied to doing 1480 00:52:26,470 --> 00:52:23,839 surgery 1481 00:52:29,190 --> 00:52:26,480 inside an mri where of course you can't 1482 00:52:31,270 --> 00:52:29,200 have metal metal and things but brain 1483 00:52:32,470 --> 00:52:31,280 surgery inside the mri 1484 00:52:34,309 --> 00:52:32,480 in that 1485 00:52:36,710 --> 00:52:34,319 in the mri you can see what really needs 1486 00:52:37,990 --> 00:52:36,720 done and by having the right instruments 1487 00:52:39,670 --> 00:52:38,000 made out of the right stuff that could 1488 00:52:41,430 --> 00:52:39,680 actually do the surgery 1489 00:52:43,349 --> 00:52:41,440 then they're able to actually really 1490 00:52:44,549 --> 00:52:43,359 understand exactly locally where they're 1491 00:52:47,349 --> 00:52:44,559 supposed to be operating and i think 1492 00:52:49,990 --> 00:52:47,359 that's a fairly new development so it 1493 00:52:51,750 --> 00:52:50,000 all adds up and it's pretty neat yeah 1494 00:52:53,349 --> 00:52:51,760 we have time for one last question 1495 00:52:55,190 --> 00:52:53,359 because we have a hard cut off because 1496 00:52:57,109 --> 00:52:55,200 there's a show coming up after this 1497 00:52:59,510 --> 00:52:57,119 about the space station i think actually 1498 00:53:01,430 --> 00:52:59,520 they're transmitting down so 1499 00:53:03,670 --> 00:53:01,440 yeah you guys spent 1500 00:53:06,710 --> 00:53:03,680 if you went up and came back in a 1501 00:53:09,589 --> 00:53:06,720 soyuz like three days 1502 00:53:10,870 --> 00:53:09,599 total on a very very small 1503 00:53:12,870 --> 00:53:10,880 we're obviously more familiar with the 1504 00:53:15,829 --> 00:53:12,880 shuttle what what is that like i mean 1505 00:53:18,069 --> 00:53:15,839 can you even get out of your seat 1506 00:53:21,109 --> 00:53:18,079 yes you can the part that we launch and 1507 00:53:22,549 --> 00:53:21,119 land in is a capsule that's very very 1508 00:53:24,710 --> 00:53:22,559 small and that's what you saw sitting on 1509 00:53:25,990 --> 00:53:24,720 the ground that we are hanging under the 1510 00:53:26,870 --> 00:53:26,000 parachute 1511 00:53:32,549 --> 00:53:26,880 the 1512 00:53:34,390 --> 00:53:32,559 small module just on top of that uh it's 1513 00:53:37,190 --> 00:53:34,400 called an orbit module that there's has 1514 00:53:39,829 --> 00:53:37,200 a significantly more room for the crew 1515 00:53:41,589 --> 00:53:39,839 to get in to and to get out of the suits 1516 00:53:43,510 --> 00:53:41,599 and stretch out a little bit so that 1517 00:53:45,910 --> 00:53:43,520 it's a kind of rudimentary living 1518 00:53:47,589 --> 00:53:45,920 conditions but there you know there is a 1519 00:53:49,190 --> 00:53:47,599 toilet uh 1520 00:53:51,109 --> 00:53:49,200 and there's you know there's some room 1521 00:53:52,230 --> 00:53:51,119 it would be intolerable to stay in the 1522 00:53:55,589 --> 00:53:52,240 capsule 1523 00:53:57,190 --> 00:53:55,599 uh for for more than a few hours at the 1524 00:53:58,870 --> 00:53:57,200 end of the time we were in there my 1525 00:53:59,589 --> 00:53:58,880 knees are screaming i need to stretch 1526 00:54:01,270 --> 00:53:59,599 out 1527 00:54:03,190 --> 00:54:01,280 because you're you're in there on your 1528 00:54:05,510 --> 00:54:03,200 back with your knees pulled towards your 1529 00:54:08,230 --> 00:54:05,520 chest and then strapped down just to 1530 00:54:09,109 --> 00:54:08,240 keep everything nice and stable just in 1531 00:54:11,190 --> 00:54:09,119 case 1532 00:54:12,950 --> 00:54:11,200 because every launch could turn into an 1533 00:54:15,109 --> 00:54:12,960 immediate landing and you're prepared 1534 00:54:17,109 --> 00:54:15,119 for that possibility 1535 00:54:18,630 --> 00:54:17,119 so you get a chance to stretch out one 1536 00:54:20,950 --> 00:54:18,640 of the neat things or strange things 1537 00:54:22,470 --> 00:54:20,960 about the soyuz 2 is they put it in a 1538 00:54:24,710 --> 00:54:22,480 spin 1539 00:54:26,470 --> 00:54:24,720 it's a very simple way to keep the solar 1540 00:54:28,470 --> 00:54:26,480 rays pointed at the sun 1541 00:54:30,549 --> 00:54:28,480 and so that you get in and you get the 1542 00:54:32,950 --> 00:54:30,559 arrays pointed at the sun and then you 1543 00:54:35,510 --> 00:54:32,960 put the whole thing into a spin about 1544 00:54:37,349 --> 00:54:35,520 one revolution every two minutes 1545 00:54:39,829 --> 00:54:37,359 and and so you're watching out of the 1546 00:54:42,230 --> 00:54:39,839 window and and just kind of watching as 1547 00:54:44,390 --> 00:54:42,240 your spacecraft is summer salting around 1548 00:54:45,829 --> 00:54:44,400 the planet 1549 00:54:48,230 --> 00:54:45,839 it almost feels like you're on a leaf 1550 00:54:49,910 --> 00:54:48,240 tumbling around the planet for two days 1551 00:54:51,750 --> 00:54:49,920 just really really neat experience it 1552 00:54:52,950 --> 00:54:51,760 was very comfortable it was it was not 1553 00:54:53,829 --> 00:54:52,960 bad 1554 00:54:56,309 --> 00:54:53,839 okay 1555 00:54:58,789 --> 00:54:56,319 well i hope you all see that the human 1556 00:55:01,349 --> 00:54:58,799 space flip flight program is alive and 1557 00:55:04,069 --> 00:55:01,359 well at nasa uh incidentally on our 1558 00:55:06,309 --> 00:55:04,079 recent astronaut application opportunity 1559 00:55:08,230 --> 00:55:06,319 we had the second highest number of 1560 00:55:09,349 --> 00:55:08,240 applicants that we've ever had over 6 1561 00:55:11,030 --> 00:55:09,359 000 1562 00:55:12,470 --> 00:55:11,040 applicants so somebody thinks we're 1563 00:55:14,789 --> 00:55:12,480 still doing stuff and i think that's 1564 00:55:16,549 --> 00:55:14,799 great i want to give a shout out to our 1565 00:55:18,390 --> 00:55:16,559 colleagues at nasa tv who have been 1566 00:55:19,990 --> 00:55:18,400 filming this today so that you can enjoy 1567 00:55:22,549 --> 00:55:20,000 it again later they'll use some of this 1568 00:55:24,549 --> 00:55:22,559 footage in this week at nasa if you've 1569 00:55:26,150 --> 00:55:24,559 not watched that show you should and you 1570 00:55:28,069 --> 00:55:26,160 should tell your friends about it 1571 00:55:30,549 --> 00:55:28,079 because you start to see the incredible 1572 00:55:32,309 --> 00:55:30,559 range of things the agency does at all 1573 00:55:34,630 --> 00:55:32,319 of our centers across the country and 1574 00:55:35,750 --> 00:55:34,640 how we bring value to the public 1575 00:55:37,430 --> 00:55:35,760 um 1576 00:55:39,589 --> 00:55:37,440 we'll look forward to seeing you back 1577 00:55:41,829 --> 00:55:39,599 here when don pettit returns later this 1578 00:55:44,870 --> 00:55:41,839 year for uh to hear about what he did on 1579 00:55:47,109 --> 00:55:44,880 the space station and uh so let's give a 1580 00:55:52,390 --> 00:55:47,119 final round of applause to mike fossum