1
00:00:06,619 --> 00:00:04,160
well hi Ryan and all the kids at camp

2
00:00:09,140 --> 00:00:06,629
KSC good morning welcome to Mission

3
00:00:11,629 --> 00:00:09,150
Control in Houston my name is Pat Ryan

4
00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:11,639
I'm the public affairs commentator on

5
00:00:15,620 --> 00:00:14,490
the orbit to shift today here in the

6
00:00:18,189 --> 00:00:15,630
International Space Station flight

7
00:00:20,599 --> 00:00:18,199
control room we just finished up our

8
00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:20,609
daily International Space Station update

9
00:00:26,359 --> 00:00:23,970
on NASA television and eager to hear

10
00:00:28,609 --> 00:00:26,369
your questions and talk about space and

11
00:00:30,830 --> 00:00:28,619
space exploration with me this morning

12
00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:30,840
is advanced ice is one of the

13
00:00:34,970 --> 00:00:32,250
International Space Station flight

14
00:00:36,889 --> 00:00:34,980
directors and he's they're the people

15
00:00:40,069 --> 00:00:36,899
that run everything that goes on in this

16
00:00:41,690 --> 00:00:40,079
room ed tell us a little bit about

17
00:00:43,310 --> 00:00:41,700
yourself your own educational and

18
00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:43,320
professional background how you ended up

19
00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:45,450
here sure well it's great to be with all

20
00:00:49,850 --> 00:00:47,610
you guys out there Camp KSC and

21
00:00:52,010 --> 00:00:49,860
certainly a pleasure to get the chance

22
00:00:53,900 --> 00:00:52,020
to talk to you my background you know

23
00:00:56,119 --> 00:00:53,910
honestly most of my life has been

24
00:00:57,410 --> 00:00:56,129
involved or interested in space to some

25
00:00:59,779 --> 00:00:57,420
degree it started off with us really

26
00:01:02,750 --> 00:00:59,789
young and so a lot of my growing up

27
00:01:04,729 --> 00:01:02,760
really kind of focused on that i am from

28
00:01:07,399 --> 00:01:04,739
Michigan originally basically Michigan

29
00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:07,409
out you're the Saginaw Bay if anybody's

30
00:01:11,179 --> 00:01:09,810
familiar with that area but went to

31
00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:11,189
grade school high school there went to

32
00:01:15,170 --> 00:01:12,450
University of Michigan for college

33
00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:15,180
aerospace engineering was my degree and

34
00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:17,810
when I was at Michigan I was a

35
00:01:21,590 --> 00:01:19,890
cooperative education student a co-op

36
00:01:24,950 --> 00:01:21,600
student here at the Johnson Space Center

37
00:01:27,590 --> 00:01:24,960
I've spent most of my career here in

38
00:01:28,700 --> 00:01:27,600
Mission Operations for the International

39
00:01:30,020 --> 00:01:28,710
Space Station I've actually been

40
00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:30,030
certified in a few the different

41
00:01:34,190 --> 00:01:32,250
consoles that are behind me here in the

42
00:01:37,399 --> 00:01:34,200
flight control room worked my way

43
00:01:38,870 --> 00:01:37,409
through the various certifications I've

44
00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:38,880
done a few other things here at Johnson

45
00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:41,490
and eventually of course applied to

46
00:01:45,289 --> 00:01:42,930
become a flight director was selected in

47
00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:45,299
2009 and I've been doing it ever since

48
00:01:50,990 --> 00:01:47,850
now you also when your background has

49
00:01:52,730 --> 00:01:51,000
something in common with the kids at

50
00:01:54,319 --> 00:01:52,740
camp KSA you were a space camp or

51
00:01:55,789 --> 00:01:54,329
yourself pressure was yeah I went to

52
00:01:59,810 --> 00:01:55,799
Space Camp at Huntsville Alabama I went

53
00:02:01,910 --> 00:01:59,820
there twice and it was certainly one of

54
00:02:04,969 --> 00:02:01,920
those experiences both times really that

55
00:02:06,590 --> 00:02:04,979
really helped me focus and and realize

56
00:02:09,020 --> 00:02:06,600
that I really wanted to be involved in

57
00:02:10,490 --> 00:02:09,030
space and the second time I went really

58
00:02:12,730 --> 00:02:10,500
helped me realize that mission

59
00:02:15,010 --> 00:02:12,740
operations might be the place for me but

60
00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:15,020
even more important it exposed me to a

61
00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:16,730
lot of the things that I don't don't

62
00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:18,650
normally get exposed to back home or

63
00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:20,150
back in the school setting just all the

64
00:02:25,780 --> 00:02:23,330
opportunities the the the g-wiz things

65
00:02:28,030 --> 00:02:25,790
not only just that has to do with space

66
00:02:30,450 --> 00:02:28,040
but just all the the opportunities that

67
00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:30,460
might be out there and gave me a

68
00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:32,570
springboard if you will to go

69
00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:35,090
investigate all that different potential

70
00:02:39,850 --> 00:02:37,250
opportunities that are out there and it

71
00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:39,860
ends up as a flight director so I think

72
00:02:46,030 --> 00:02:41,570
we're ready Ryan let's see what the kids

73
00:02:48,310 --> 00:02:46,040
want to know about all right cam can you

74
00:02:51,780 --> 00:02:48,320
see this is your moment to shine you can

75
00:02:54,130 --> 00:02:51,790
go ahead and ask your questions now

76
00:02:56,350 --> 00:02:54,140
hello my name is Michael I'm from

77
00:03:00,040 --> 00:02:56,360
Melbourne Florida and my question is all

78
00:03:02,620 --> 00:03:00,050
you worry about asteroids oh and pore

79
00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:02,630
space debris hitting the ISS and what is

80
00:03:07,180 --> 00:03:04,970
your procedure something would happen

81
00:03:09,750 --> 00:03:07,190
like that Michael that's a great

82
00:03:12,850 --> 00:03:09,760
question and we actually do have a

83
00:03:14,170 --> 00:03:12,860
fairly good concern about the space

84
00:03:16,570 --> 00:03:14,180
debris environment that we're orbiting

85
00:03:18,610 --> 00:03:16,580
in obviously you're aware of the fact

86
00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:18,620
that there is a lot of debris up there

87
00:03:21,370 --> 00:03:19,910
and low Earth orbit and that's just

88
00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:21,380
because we've launched not only the

89
00:03:25,270 --> 00:03:23,090
United States but we launched a lot of

90
00:03:27,100 --> 00:03:25,280
as a planet launched a lot of things up

91
00:03:29,650 --> 00:03:27,110
into space and left a lot of those

92
00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:29,660
pieces behind so we fly in that

93
00:03:33,430 --> 00:03:31,250
environment we're not really so much

94
00:03:35,470 --> 00:03:33,440
worried about asteroids because they're

95
00:03:36,790 --> 00:03:35,480
so large they're pretty easy to spot

96
00:03:38,740 --> 00:03:36,800
once they get close enough to earth

97
00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:38,750
obviously as a planet we want to know

98
00:03:42,940 --> 00:03:40,730
further in advance that they're coming

99
00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:42,950
but for the space station anything

100
00:03:47,890 --> 00:03:45,530
that's about the size of a softball or

101
00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:47,900
larger we're able to track and get out

102
00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:49,850
of the way if we have to the space

103
00:03:54,460 --> 00:03:51,290
station has shielding on it that

104
00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:54,470
protects it from getting hit by anything

105
00:03:58,930 --> 00:03:56,450
that's smaller than about the size of a

106
00:04:00,340 --> 00:03:58,940
BB so anything that's pebble sized are

107
00:04:02,770 --> 00:04:00,350
smaller we really don't have too much

108
00:04:04,540 --> 00:04:02,780
concern with that either but it's the

109
00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:04,550
things that are between BB size and

110
00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:06,290
softball sized that's the the area of

111
00:04:08,980 --> 00:04:07,610
concern that we have that we're just not

112
00:04:10,270 --> 00:04:08,990
really well protected against but we

113
00:04:12,910 --> 00:04:10,280
can't really track it from the ground

114
00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:12,920
either so for that we do have procedures

115
00:04:17,349 --> 00:04:15,410
in place that the crew can respond to if

116
00:04:18,970 --> 00:04:17,359
we call it a rapid depress but that just

117
00:04:21,940 --> 00:04:18,980
means that there's a hole in the cabin

118
00:04:23,090 --> 00:04:21,950
and there's air is going out so in that

119
00:04:25,610 --> 00:04:23,100
event the crew knows how

120
00:04:26,630 --> 00:04:25,620
take action we close hatches we could if

121
00:04:28,220 --> 00:04:26,640
it comes out to it we can get their

122
00:04:31,190 --> 00:04:28,230
Soyuz lifeboats and they can come home

123
00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:31,200
but haven't had to do that yet and hope

124
00:04:34,250 --> 00:04:32,610
we never have to but we're prepared if

125
00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:34,260
it comes to them there are a lot of

126
00:04:38,840 --> 00:04:36,090
different kinds of debris out there to

127
00:04:41,870 --> 00:04:38,850
some natural some not absolutely there's

128
00:04:44,030 --> 00:04:41,880
you mentioned asteroids and we think of

129
00:04:46,160 --> 00:04:44,040
the big gigantic asteroids that are out

130
00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:46,170
in the asteroid belt and that maybe I

131
00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:48,450
concerned with them but they interact

132
00:04:52,370 --> 00:04:50,010
with each other and they create their

133
00:04:54,020 --> 00:04:52,380
own smaller pieces of debris so there's

134
00:04:55,190 --> 00:04:54,030
the natural debris if you will and then

135
00:04:58,100 --> 00:04:55,200
of course there's a lot of the space

136
00:05:10,590 --> 00:04:58,110
junk that gets lost or comes apart in

137
00:05:15,450 --> 00:05:13,320
um fine in Shannon and I'm from Port

138
00:05:17,220 --> 00:05:15,460
Orange Florida my question is what I've

139
00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:17,230
been your most exciting day as a flight

140
00:05:24,300 --> 00:05:21,490
director wow that's a that's a great

141
00:05:25,650 --> 00:05:24,310
question you know it I thought the

142
00:05:27,180 --> 00:05:25,660
easiest way to answer it is to say every

143
00:05:29,790 --> 00:05:27,190
day is a great day just because I enjoy

144
00:05:31,770 --> 00:05:29,800
so much what I get to do working with

145
00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:31,780
the people in this room the the

146
00:05:34,830 --> 00:05:33,310
international partners the engineers

147
00:05:37,050 --> 00:05:34,840
there are so many people that support

148
00:05:38,430 --> 00:05:37,060
this program all around the world and

149
00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:38,440
it's just such a joy to get to work with

150
00:05:43,770 --> 00:05:41,890
them but to be honest there are a couple

151
00:05:45,930 --> 00:05:43,780
that really stand out of course my first

152
00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:45,940
day as a flight director I might say it

153
00:05:49,890 --> 00:05:48,490
was most nerve-racking there was a bit

154
00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:49,900
of a ceremony in the beginning I

155
00:05:54,870 --> 00:05:51,550
announced my call sign so I'm known as

156
00:05:57,330 --> 00:05:54,880
carbon flight there was a lot to do with

157
00:05:59,220 --> 00:05:57,340
that but then for the first time as in

158
00:06:01,290 --> 00:05:59,230
my flight director training they're all

159
00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:01,300
the management and all the teachers that

160
00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:02,890
I had they all left I was on my own to

161
00:06:07,590 --> 00:06:04,450
run this amazing spacecraft so that was

162
00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:07,600
certainly a memorable event only a week

163
00:06:12,300 --> 00:06:09,970
and a half later I had my first the

164
00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:12,310
vehicle the space station welcome to me

165
00:06:16,740 --> 00:06:14,170
by having and one of its big power

166
00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:16,750
supply boxes do a power on reset we call

167
00:06:20,130 --> 00:06:17,890
it but it turned itself off and then

168
00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:20,140
turned back on and that caused some

169
00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:21,730
cautions and warnings we woke up the

170
00:06:26,490 --> 00:06:23,890
cruise that was my first big as flight

171
00:06:28,050 --> 00:06:26,500
director experience with responding to

172
00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:28,060
something on the spacecraft on the space

173
00:06:35,460 --> 00:06:31,810
station just last week I helped install

174
00:06:37,140 --> 00:06:35,470
the Japanese h2 Transfer Vehicle on the

175
00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:37,150
space station that was that was a really

176
00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:38,890
neat experience I was a flight director

177
00:06:44,280 --> 00:06:41,650
for sts-131 so that was fun and a

178
00:06:45,810 --> 00:06:44,290
keystone so far for me was last summer I

179
00:06:47,700 --> 00:06:45,820
was the lead flight director for the

180
00:06:50,330 --> 00:06:47,710
increment 28 mission that was a four

181
00:06:52,350 --> 00:06:50,340
month span of time last summer and

182
00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:52,360
increment lead flight director means

183
00:06:55,110 --> 00:06:53,260
that I was the flight director

184
00:06:57,540 --> 00:06:55,120
completely in charge of the space

185
00:06:59,520 --> 00:06:57,550
station mission so not just the current

186
00:07:02,400 --> 00:06:59,530
shift like Pat mentioned we were on the

187
00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:02,410
orbit to shift right now but it's for

188
00:07:06,180 --> 00:07:03,970
the entire mission during that span of

189
00:07:07,950 --> 00:07:06,190
time and a lot around the clock yeah

190
00:07:09,450 --> 00:07:07,960
always getting not all the time but

191
00:07:11,310 --> 00:07:09,460
getting phone calls and not only getting

192
00:07:13,110 --> 00:07:11,320
calls from this room but you know my

193
00:07:14,910 --> 00:07:13,120
phone rings when the space station has a

194
00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:14,920
telephone so they've called me too but

195
00:07:24,100 --> 00:07:17,050
that was certainly a very unique

196
00:07:29,659 --> 00:07:27,020
my name is Evan Evan Mackenzie from

197
00:07:32,290 --> 00:07:29,669
Yongsan Korea I was always wondering

198
00:07:35,209 --> 00:07:32,300
what kind of experiments are currently

199
00:07:37,969 --> 00:07:35,219
being ran on on the International Space

200
00:07:40,279 --> 00:07:37,979
Station that's a great question to

201
00:07:41,959 --> 00:07:40,289
heaven you know the primary purpose of

202
00:07:43,909 --> 00:07:41,969
the space station is to be an orbiting

203
00:07:45,350 --> 00:07:43,919
laboratory not only for the United

204
00:07:47,330 --> 00:07:45,360
States but for all the partners that are

205
00:07:49,730 --> 00:07:47,340
involved in it you know Russia and Japan

206
00:07:52,610 --> 00:07:49,740
and Canada and the United European Space

207
00:07:54,649 --> 00:07:52,620
Agency they all have laboratory and

208
00:07:57,499 --> 00:07:54,659
research facilities and experiments and

209
00:08:00,529 --> 00:07:57,509
we're doing also all sorts of work so

210
00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:00,539
that's a fantastic question the major

211
00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:03,330
areas that we try to study are as you

212
00:08:07,339 --> 00:08:04,770
would guess we try to study everything

213
00:08:10,010 --> 00:08:07,349
that would benefit from not having

214
00:08:12,679 --> 00:08:10,020
gravity involved in the research so a

215
00:08:14,209 --> 00:08:12,689
lot of the research has to do with the

216
00:08:16,459 --> 00:08:14,219
human body because the human body

217
00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:16,469
actually operates very differently when

218
00:08:22,279 --> 00:08:18,810
you take gravity away we do research

219
00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:22,289
with materials most of that has to do

220
00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:26,370
with liquids and flames because they

221
00:08:31,309 --> 00:08:29,490
interact very differently on orbit than

222
00:08:33,860 --> 00:08:31,319
they do here on the ground and what's

223
00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:33,870
really unique about those those types of

224
00:08:37,009 --> 00:08:35,370
research is when you take gravity away

225
00:08:39,589 --> 00:08:37,019
you can learn a whole lot more about how

226
00:08:42,409 --> 00:08:39,599
the fundamental science works which

227
00:08:44,209 --> 00:08:42,419
maybe doesn't sound like it's all that

228
00:08:45,590 --> 00:08:44,219
exciting and and to watch some of the

229
00:08:46,939 --> 00:08:45,600
science it doesn't sound like it's all

230
00:08:49,130 --> 00:08:46,949
that exciting until you realize what the

231
00:08:50,689 --> 00:08:49,140
applications of that are and all the

232
00:08:52,220 --> 00:08:50,699
applications of the science that we're

233
00:08:54,620 --> 00:08:52,230
doing on the space station really apply

234
00:08:56,930 --> 00:08:54,630
to how we live and what we do here on

235
00:08:59,900 --> 00:08:56,940
earth for example some of the liquid

236
00:09:05,210 --> 00:08:59,910
science that they're looking at if you

237
00:09:07,850 --> 00:09:05,220
understand how how how fuel droplets are

238
00:09:09,319 --> 00:09:07,860
formed and it doesn't sound like it's

239
00:09:12,530 --> 00:09:09,329
all that useful until you realize that

240
00:09:14,210 --> 00:09:12,540
engines work that way and if you want to

241
00:09:16,550 --> 00:09:14,220
understand how a spark plug makes your

242
00:09:18,740 --> 00:09:16,560
engine fire and you want to make it more

243
00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:18,750
fuel efficient so you can help with our

244
00:09:22,460 --> 00:09:20,970
global warming and carbon footprints and

245
00:09:24,170 --> 00:09:22,470
things like that then you start to

246
00:09:25,970 --> 00:09:24,180
realize that this unique science that

247
00:09:28,430 --> 00:09:25,980
we're doing actually has applicability

248
00:09:29,990 --> 00:09:28,440
on earth of course all the medical

249
00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:30,000
research that we're doing part of that

250
00:09:34,309 --> 00:09:32,970
is to try to help offset the symptoms

251
00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:34,319
that the crew feels like their heart

252
00:09:35,889 --> 00:09:34,610
gets

253
00:09:37,710 --> 00:09:35,899
weaker when they're on orbit if they

254
00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:37,720
don't exercise their bones get weaker

255
00:09:42,819 --> 00:09:40,730
they're exposed to radiation if we want

256
00:09:44,860 --> 00:09:42,829
to send them to to Mars we have to be

257
00:09:46,269 --> 00:09:44,870
able to figure out how to make it so

258
00:09:47,650 --> 00:09:46,279
that they're not so brittle and frail

259
00:09:50,079 --> 00:09:47,660
that they can actually go walk around on

260
00:09:52,210 --> 00:09:50,089
Mars all that applies to things here on

261
00:09:54,759 --> 00:09:52,220
earth so we're learning how to maybe

262
00:09:56,170 --> 00:09:54,769
combat osteoporosis or some of those

263
00:09:57,610 --> 00:09:56,180
other ailments that are out there so

264
00:09:59,920 --> 00:09:57,620
we're doing a lot of research on the

265
00:10:10,449 --> 00:09:59,930
space station that directly applies to

266
00:10:13,329 --> 00:10:10,459
improving life here on earth what is the

267
00:10:17,019 --> 00:10:13,339
perfect what is the purpose of building

268
00:10:18,699 --> 00:10:17,029
the International Space Station there

269
00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:18,709
there are so many answers to that

270
00:10:24,340 --> 00:10:22,610
question um the primary answer is to do

271
00:10:25,960 --> 00:10:24,350
that research that we were just talking

272
00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:25,970
about that that's the really the

273
00:10:29,530 --> 00:10:27,110
fundamental reason that we have the

274
00:10:31,690 --> 00:10:29,540
space station is to do that in-depth

275
00:10:34,269 --> 00:10:31,700
research and investigations and it

276
00:10:36,220 --> 00:10:34,279
sounds you know the investigations that

277
00:10:38,319 --> 00:10:36,230
we have up there are big range from very

278
00:10:41,050 --> 00:10:38,329
expensive very high-end like the Alpha

279
00:10:44,380 --> 00:10:41,060
Magnetic Spectrometer was you know it's

280
00:10:47,019 --> 00:10:44,390
a multi nation multi-million dollar if

281
00:10:49,870 --> 00:10:47,029
not billion dollar investment to go

282
00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:49,880
explore the cosmos from our orbiting

283
00:10:55,329 --> 00:10:52,130
platform from the other end of the

284
00:10:57,730 --> 00:10:55,339
spectrum we have just taken delivery of

285
00:10:59,410 --> 00:10:57,740
two spiders on the spit on the on the

286
00:11:01,800 --> 00:10:59,420
space station from the h2 Transfer

287
00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:01,810
Vehicle that just arrived and those are

288
00:11:08,019 --> 00:11:06,290
part of a YouTube science lab that the

289
00:11:09,430 --> 00:11:08,029
whole focus of that is to go learn a

290
00:11:11,530 --> 00:11:09,440
little bit about how these spiders

291
00:11:14,199 --> 00:11:11,540
interact with micro gravity and and and

292
00:11:15,850 --> 00:11:14,209
how they adapt living up there but it

293
00:11:19,210 --> 00:11:15,860
was an experiment that was proposed

294
00:11:21,550 --> 00:11:19,220
through YouTube by students and so we're

295
00:11:23,259 --> 00:11:21,560
another focus is to get the people here

296
00:11:25,090 --> 00:11:23,269
on earth engaged in learning new things

297
00:11:27,490 --> 00:11:25,100
about the environment that's up there

298
00:11:28,980 --> 00:11:27,500
and then like I said before how that can

299
00:11:31,300 --> 00:11:28,990
apply the people here on earth so

300
00:11:33,759 --> 00:11:31,310
there's obviously a piece of trying to

301
00:11:36,090 --> 00:11:33,769
do more than just having the six people

302
00:11:39,550 --> 00:11:36,100
on the space station doing research

303
00:11:41,380 --> 00:11:39,560
obviously we want to go and send people

304
00:11:42,910 --> 00:11:41,390
beyond low-earth orbit we want to go to

305
00:11:44,350 --> 00:11:42,920
the moon or go to an asteroid or go to

306
00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:44,360
Mars and we have to learn how to do that

307
00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:44,950
not

308
00:11:48,690 --> 00:11:46,690
with the people themselves but also the

309
00:11:52,110 --> 00:11:48,700
spacecraft and since we do have this

310
00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:52,120
very nice large orbiting platform where

311
00:11:56,670 --> 00:11:54,010
people can stay for long durations of

312
00:11:58,620 --> 00:11:56,680
time we can learn a lot about the people

313
00:11:59,970 --> 00:11:58,630
and the systems that are required to do

314
00:12:01,290 --> 00:11:59,980
those even longer missions so if you're

315
00:12:03,420 --> 00:12:01,300
going to send people to Mars for takes

316
00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:03,430
two or three years we get a lot of good

317
00:12:08,490 --> 00:12:05,290
practice with that on the space station

318
00:12:12,510 --> 00:12:08,500
and one of the reasons that we built it

319
00:12:14,580 --> 00:12:12,520
was to find out how to build a large

320
00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:14,590
thing like that in that environment yeah

321
00:12:17,550 --> 00:12:16,090
you're absolutely right people talk

322
00:12:20,010 --> 00:12:17,560
about doing science on the space station

323
00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:20,020
and I come back often with the fact that

324
00:12:24,510 --> 00:12:21,610
just the fact that we have a space

325
00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:24,520
station is a lot of science the systems

326
00:12:29,130 --> 00:12:26,170
that are inside keeping those running

327
00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:29,140
for 12 plus years now going on for at

328
00:12:33,690 --> 00:12:31,450
least another 10 that's a scientific

329
00:12:36,690 --> 00:12:33,700
endeavor and then putting this this

330
00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:36,700
space station is a football field long

331
00:12:40,140 --> 00:12:38,530
and it didn't launch that way we

332
00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:40,150
launched individual pieces over the

333
00:12:46,140 --> 00:12:43,290
course of at least 10 years right and

334
00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:46,150
you know doing that and doing all the

335
00:12:50,370 --> 00:12:47,710
international cooperation I figure out

336
00:12:52,020 --> 00:12:50,380
how to assemble them a space that it may

337
00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:52,030
not fall under the label of science but

338
00:12:55,500 --> 00:12:53,890
it certainly is an engineering marvel to

339
00:12:57,930 --> 00:12:55,510
to be able to do that and that was all

340
00:12:59,700 --> 00:12:57,940
through the you know the application of

341
00:13:01,830 --> 00:12:59,710
the math and the science and engineering

342
00:13:07,610 --> 00:13:01,840
that you learn in school and put it up

343
00:13:13,860 --> 00:13:11,340
um my name is Alice from Paramount

344
00:13:17,550 --> 00:13:13,870
California my question was what is the

345
00:13:19,140 --> 00:13:17,560
most difficult part of the job the most

346
00:13:20,340 --> 00:13:19,150
difficult part of my job and this

347
00:13:23,100 --> 00:13:20,350
doesn't count as part of your right

348
00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:23,110
talking to public affairs and no I found

349
00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:24,730
it to be quite obviously I love talking

350
00:13:27,750 --> 00:13:26,530
to people about what we do and being

351
00:13:31,650 --> 00:13:27,760
able to share it so it's certainly not

352
00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:31,660
this part of it there are a lot of

353
00:13:36,570 --> 00:13:34,240
challenges with what we have to do just

354
00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:36,580
putting six people up in space and

355
00:13:42,270 --> 00:13:37,960
keeping them up there and keeping them

356
00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:42,280
happy healthy safe and keeping them with

357
00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:44,290
work to do and having good work up on

358
00:13:47,900 --> 00:13:45,730
the space station obviously that takes a

359
00:13:50,210 --> 00:13:47,910
lot of work and a lot of challenge

360
00:13:52,500 --> 00:13:50,220
there's also a lot of challenge

361
00:13:54,180 --> 00:13:52,510
integrating really when you ask a flight

362
00:13:56,100 --> 00:13:54,190
director what do we do our one of our

363
00:13:58,500 --> 00:13:56,110
principal jobs is integration and what

364
00:14:00,930 --> 00:13:58,510
that means is taking something from the

365
00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:00,940
program mr. suffered Dinis our program

366
00:14:05,010 --> 00:14:03,610
manager he'll say I want at this

367
00:14:07,170 --> 00:14:05,020
particular time I want this particular

368
00:14:08,490 --> 00:14:07,180
thing to happen and then the engineering

369
00:14:10,770 --> 00:14:08,500
community will say well you need these

370
00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:10,780
boxes and they need to go be able to do

371
00:14:14,850 --> 00:14:12,970
this thing and then you have operations

372
00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:14,860
and they say well in order for to

373
00:14:18,780 --> 00:14:16,450
actually function we need to have this

374
00:14:21,150 --> 00:14:18,790
type of software and we need to have

375
00:14:22,830 --> 00:14:21,160
these sort of controls and you have

376
00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:22,840
safety playing a role and you have all

377
00:14:26,130 --> 00:14:24,010
the international partners playing a

378
00:14:28,310 --> 00:14:26,140
role the flight directors help bring

379
00:14:30,420 --> 00:14:28,320
that all together to make it into a

380
00:14:32,780 --> 00:14:30,430
package that we can actually put on

381
00:14:36,180 --> 00:14:32,790
board and go execute successfully

382
00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:36,190
sometimes the difficulty is in lies in

383
00:14:39,930 --> 00:14:37,810
that integration work being able to pull

384
00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:39,940
all the pieces together especially when

385
00:14:43,380 --> 00:14:41,710
you talk about my Rosie the increment

386
00:14:45,390 --> 00:14:43,390
flight director Hoover it was a four

387
00:14:47,130 --> 00:14:45,400
month span then you're not only trying

388
00:14:49,020 --> 00:14:47,140
to get today to be successful not only

389
00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:49,030
this week to be successful but you want

390
00:14:52,860 --> 00:14:51,010
the entire mission over that four or six

391
00:14:56,220 --> 00:14:52,870
month or however long piece of the

392
00:14:58,110 --> 00:14:56,230
puzzle to be successful you know and

393
00:15:00,630 --> 00:14:58,120
i'll be frankly honest with you another

394
00:15:04,860 --> 00:15:00,640
difficult piece is trying to maintain a

395
00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:04,870
life balance if I if I could I love what

396
00:15:09,900 --> 00:15:06,850
I do so much I could spend way too many

397
00:15:12,210 --> 00:15:09,910
hours here at NASA then I really ought

398
00:15:14,220 --> 00:15:12,220
to because I do have a wife and two two

399
00:15:16,079 --> 00:15:14,230
great kids at home and I diff it's very

400
00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:16,089
difficult to figure out sometimes how to

401
00:15:21,030 --> 00:15:18,910
manage not being so absorbed and

402
00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:21,040
consumed by this job here that I don't

403
00:15:26,190 --> 00:15:22,450
get to spend time with them and with

404
00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:26,200
family so it's a part of living here and

405
00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:27,850
past nanas heading because everybody

406
00:15:36,829 --> 00:15:29,710
that works here loves it so much that it

407
00:15:43,079 --> 00:15:39,570
hello my name is Brandon um what is the

408
00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:43,089
best part of your job besides talking to

409
00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:46,930
you good I'll be you know the best part

410
00:15:52,170 --> 00:15:50,410
is the the reward the sense of reward of

411
00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:52,180
the feeling of reward that you have to

412
00:15:55,470 --> 00:15:53,530
see something that you've worked on for

413
00:15:58,500 --> 00:15:55,480
a long time really come to fruition and

414
00:16:00,270 --> 00:15:58,510
then be successfully completed an

415
00:16:02,490 --> 00:16:00,280
example might be this h2 Transfer

416
00:16:04,290 --> 00:16:02,500
Vehicle mission we have been working out

417
00:16:05,790 --> 00:16:04,300
in the backup lead for that David Korth

418
00:16:08,579 --> 00:16:05,800
is the lead flight director for that and

419
00:16:11,070 --> 00:16:08,589
I will be the lead for the next one next

420
00:16:12,990 --> 00:16:11,080
summer but that's a project that you

421
00:16:14,190 --> 00:16:13,000
work on for at least for a year and you

422
00:16:15,690 --> 00:16:14,200
do all of this planning and the

423
00:16:18,870 --> 00:16:15,700
integration that I talked about and then

424
00:16:20,820 --> 00:16:18,880
to see it launch and then being able to

425
00:16:22,140 --> 00:16:20,830
see it successfully be birth to the

426
00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:22,150
space station last week and next week

427
00:16:27,270 --> 00:16:24,760
we'll be moving some pieces of it around

428
00:16:29,699 --> 00:16:27,280
to outfit the space station to see all

429
00:16:33,660 --> 00:16:29,709
that come together be successful is

430
00:16:35,010 --> 00:16:33,670
really rewarding and that's why we put

431
00:16:37,290 --> 00:16:35,020
in all the long hours just do whatever

432
00:16:40,710 --> 00:16:37,300
test it is that we're doing actually

433
00:16:43,110 --> 00:16:40,720
come to fruition being able to give I

434
00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:43,120
call them my guys but the the crew that

435
00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:44,680
was on board when I was the increment

436
00:16:48,180 --> 00:16:46,450
flight director being able to watch them

437
00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:48,190
do their task but then to give him a

438
00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:49,450
handshake and a hug when they get back

439
00:16:52,829 --> 00:16:51,250
on the ground that just we could all

440
00:17:01,650 --> 00:16:52,839
celebrate up a job very well done no

441
00:17:05,410 --> 00:17:03,730
one of the education and job

442
00:17:08,590 --> 00:17:05,420
requirements as well as what inspired

443
00:17:09,970 --> 00:17:08,600
you to do this job let me tackle the

444
00:17:12,520 --> 00:17:09,980
last question first because it starts

445
00:17:15,429 --> 00:17:12,530
earlier in my life my particular

446
00:17:16,630 --> 00:17:15,439
inspiration it may sound hard to believe

447
00:17:20,579 --> 00:17:16,640
but actually the Challenger accident

448
00:17:23,350 --> 00:17:20,589
when we lost Challenger and its crew

449
00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:23,360
turned out to be a major inspiration for

450
00:17:27,850 --> 00:17:26,089
me not so much watching the event on TV

451
00:17:29,530 --> 00:17:27,860
although I was another third grade when

452
00:17:33,070 --> 00:17:29,540
that happens so I did see it in a

453
00:17:35,110 --> 00:17:33,080
regular replace but learning about it

454
00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:35,120
afterwards was reading a book about it

455
00:17:41,620 --> 00:17:38,450
and it talked about how this engineering

456
00:17:43,390 --> 00:17:41,630
this machine basically was trying to

457
00:17:46,270 --> 00:17:43,400
overcome the forces that were happening

458
00:17:49,390 --> 00:17:46,280
to it and to me it sparked off a I

459
00:17:51,790 --> 00:17:49,400
wonder moment of how could engineers go

460
00:17:54,370 --> 00:17:51,800
and design and build a spacecraft or a

461
00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:54,380
machine that recognizes what's happening

462
00:17:57,070 --> 00:17:55,730
is trying to pull it apart and yet and

463
00:18:00,040 --> 00:17:57,080
still try and get those people safely

464
00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:00,050
there's that to orbit and that that

465
00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:02,570
sparked it for me after that I just

466
00:18:06,669 --> 00:18:04,760
wanted to go learn more about what what

467
00:18:09,460 --> 00:18:06,679
this all meant what the space space

468
00:18:10,930 --> 00:18:09,470
travel thing was and it just kept going

469
00:18:14,230 --> 00:18:10,940
I kept looking for different

470
00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:14,240
opportunities to learn more and that's

471
00:18:17,950 --> 00:18:15,890
how I ended up going to space camp but I

472
00:18:20,020 --> 00:18:17,960
could learn a whole lot there had a lot

473
00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:20,030
of great inspiration there that really

474
00:18:26,400 --> 00:18:22,910
set me on my course as far as working

475
00:18:29,409 --> 00:18:26,410
here at NASA you really need to have a

476
00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:29,419
bachelor's degree and it's a pretty wide

477
00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:31,010
range and what that can be it needs to

478
00:18:35,620 --> 00:18:34,490
be something technical or I'm just

479
00:18:37,630 --> 00:18:35,630
trying to think of people that I know

480
00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:37,640
some people have engineering degrees of

481
00:18:42,430 --> 00:18:40,370
course but then I had no some math

482
00:18:44,500 --> 00:18:42,440
majors and physics and things like that

483
00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:44,510
basically anything that's in the science

484
00:18:49,630 --> 00:18:47,330
technology engineering or math type of

485
00:18:52,150 --> 00:18:49,640
degrees will really help get you on your

486
00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:52,160
way like I mentioned earlier I was a

487
00:18:56,169 --> 00:18:54,290
co-op cooperative education student a

488
00:18:59,200 --> 00:18:56,179
co-op student where I got to come spend

489
00:19:00,790 --> 00:18:59,210
a couple semesters here for me I got to

490
00:19:02,020 --> 00:19:00,800
learn what NASA was all about NASA got

491
00:19:04,570 --> 00:19:02,030
to look at me and see if I was maybe

492
00:19:06,220 --> 00:19:04,580
worth hiring because I obviously keep

493
00:19:08,110 --> 00:19:06,230
pieces seeing if what you think you want

494
00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:08,120
to do when you grow up is something you

495
00:19:11,790 --> 00:19:10,490
really want to do and co-op and let you

496
00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:11,800
do that

497
00:19:15,180 --> 00:19:13,930
you know once you get working here you

498
00:19:18,390 --> 00:19:15,190
want to really work on your leadership

499
00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:18,400
and teamwork communication skills as far

500
00:19:21,810 --> 00:19:19,530
as getting to be the flight director

501
00:19:24,360 --> 00:19:21,820
it's almost a given that you can learn

502
00:19:26,550 --> 00:19:24,370
the various systems but the true test is

503
00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:26,560
how well you can lead and lead a team

504
00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:28,570
communicate with all those different

505
00:19:32,430 --> 00:19:30,880
organizations we deal with and

506
00:19:34,920 --> 00:19:32,440
communicative communicate effectively

507
00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:34,930
and what it says is true particularly

508
00:19:39,150 --> 00:19:36,970
for those who work in technical fields

509
00:19:41,370 --> 00:19:39,160
but even people who have degrees in

510
00:19:43,650 --> 00:19:41,380
non-technical areas can still work here

511
00:19:45,450 --> 00:19:43,660
there are I don't have a technical

512
00:19:47,910 --> 00:19:45,460
degree mine is in journalism I know

513
00:19:49,890 --> 00:19:47,920
people who are English majors who are

514
00:19:51,810 --> 00:19:49,900
work here because there's all kinds of

515
00:19:53,940 --> 00:19:51,820
work that is done as part of the support

516
00:19:55,950 --> 00:19:53,950
of the space program it is fun to watch

517
00:19:57,030 --> 00:19:55,960
and talk to people that don't

518
00:20:00,540 --> 00:19:57,040
necessarily have those engineering

519
00:20:02,550 --> 00:20:00,550
degrees because we as flight controllers

520
00:20:04,140 --> 00:20:02,560
we maybe put ourselves in the little box

521
00:20:05,550 --> 00:20:04,150
where we just interact with people with

522
00:20:07,650 --> 00:20:05,560
those degrees and it's fun to meet

523
00:20:10,410 --> 00:20:07,660
people that have just the same passion

524
00:20:12,180 --> 00:20:10,420
that we do that haven't been admitted

525
00:20:14,520 --> 00:20:12,190
Business Administration or they work in

526
00:20:16,770 --> 00:20:14,530
procurement or even on site in the

527
00:20:18,770 --> 00:20:16,780
facilities so really I think the message

528
00:20:21,390 --> 00:20:18,780
we're both trying to tell you is that

529
00:20:23,130 --> 00:20:21,400
even if engineering or math is not is

530
00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:23,140
not your thing but you really want to

531
00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:24,250
work with the space program the

532
00:20:27,900 --> 00:20:25,690
opportunities are certainly out there

533
00:20:29,820 --> 00:20:27,910
and what you'll find here at this Center

534
00:20:31,500 --> 00:20:29,830
and I'm sure it's true a KSC and any of

535
00:20:33,060 --> 00:20:31,510
the other field centers is that

536
00:20:35,430 --> 00:20:33,070
everybody just they have such a passion

537
00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:35,440
for what we do and then they just able

538
00:20:40,410 --> 00:20:38,170
to take their unique skill set and apply

539
00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:40,420
it to something that we do it do here to

540
00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:46,570
help with our various jobs right all

541
00:20:49,950 --> 00:20:47,770
right I couldn't say it even better

542
00:20:51,390 --> 00:20:49,960
money this is a Ryan Dalziel in by the

543
00:20:52,890 --> 00:20:51,400
way but I just got the word that we have

544
00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:52,900
four minutes left so I think we have

545
00:20:56,430 --> 00:20:54,370
time for one more question and then you

546
00:21:01,400 --> 00:20:56,440
can say anything else you'd like to

547
00:21:07,370 --> 00:21:04,430
um hi my name is Lizzie I'm from Russia

548
00:21:09,350 --> 00:21:07,380
England and my question is how many how

549
00:21:11,650 --> 00:21:09,360
many calls do you make to the

550
00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:11,660
International Space Station in one day

551
00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:15,930
that's a good question also you know

552
00:21:19,370 --> 00:21:17,850
there's we've in this room we've got one

553
00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:19,380
person that normally talks to the crew

554
00:21:24,860 --> 00:21:21,750
and that's called the Capcom and I asked

555
00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:24,870
around the other day actually to try to

556
00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:27,330
get a sense of that and they on a

557
00:21:32,060 --> 00:21:29,490
typical day like today is a typical day

558
00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:32,070
in space they'll talk to the crew 15 or

559
00:21:35,870 --> 00:21:34,530
20 times and that's true for here in

560
00:21:37,190 --> 00:21:35,880
Houston but of course there are five

561
00:21:39,440 --> 00:21:37,200
different control centers around the

562
00:21:43,100 --> 00:21:39,450
world that interact with the crew at

563
00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:43,110
various times and so they they may also

564
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:44,370
talk to the crew so their payload

565
00:21:47,630 --> 00:21:45,690
questions they'll call Huntsville if

566
00:21:51,230 --> 00:21:47,640
they have questions about the Jackson

567
00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:51,240
module they'll call japan etc so it's

568
00:21:56,090 --> 00:21:53,310
not go ahead and a few minutes ago while

569
00:21:59,510 --> 00:21:56,100
we were doing our our program there were

570
00:22:01,580 --> 00:21:59,520
calls from the crew members talking to

571
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:01,590
the control room here in Houston the

572
00:22:06,430 --> 00:22:03,690
control room in Moscow and the control

573
00:22:09,620 --> 00:22:06,440
room outside Tokyo all at the same time

574
00:22:12,860 --> 00:22:09,630
to think the people in Germany were

575
00:22:15,350 --> 00:22:12,870
feeling left out right on the weekends

576
00:22:16,850 --> 00:22:15,360
the astronauts cosmonauts actually get a

577
00:22:19,070 --> 00:22:16,860
what you and I would consider to be a

578
00:22:20,570 --> 00:22:19,080
typical weekend they get to their only

579
00:22:23,420 --> 00:22:20,580
working half a day on Saturday they'll

580
00:22:25,250 --> 00:22:23,430
get an entire sunday off and so the

581
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:25,260
flight control room here in houston we

582
00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:26,610
won't have as many people here either

583
00:22:30,620 --> 00:22:28,710
and the flight director gets to serve as

584
00:22:32,420 --> 00:22:30,630
the Capcom so on those days I get to

585
00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:32,430
actually talk to the crew directly we

586
00:22:35,060 --> 00:22:33,570
don't talk to them very much though on

587
00:22:36,740 --> 00:22:35,070
the weekend as you would expect most

588
00:22:39,170 --> 00:22:36,750
Sundays we probably don't talk to them

589
00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:39,180
at all and then on Saturday just just a

590
00:22:42,980 --> 00:22:40,790
few times if they have any questions

591
00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:42,990
Brian said we're about at a time do you

592
00:22:48,170 --> 00:22:45,450
have a one space camper with a message

593
00:22:50,650 --> 00:22:48,180
for the others you know the only thing I

594
00:22:53,270 --> 00:22:50,660
can really tell you guys is to keep

595
00:22:54,350 --> 00:22:53,280
wondering about the things that that you

596
00:22:56,270 --> 00:22:54,360
learn are the things that you're

597
00:22:57,930 --> 00:22:56,280
interested in keep pursuing your

598
00:22:59,549 --> 00:22:57,940
interests keep trying to

599
00:23:01,799 --> 00:22:59,559
learn more and what if it brings you

600
00:23:03,210 --> 00:23:01,809
here or to NASA that's great but what's

601
00:23:05,159 --> 00:23:03,220
most important is that you keep pursuing

602
00:23:09,210 --> 00:23:05,169
what it is that really is your interest

603
00:23:11,490 --> 00:23:09,220
and I wish you all the very best it