1 00:00:05,990 --> 00:00:04,400 well good morning everybody from NASA's 2 00:00:08,419 --> 00:00:06,000 Johnson Space Center you're inside 3 00:00:11,450 --> 00:00:08,429 Mission Control Center this is the Space 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:11,460 Station flight control room where a team 5 00:00:16,970 --> 00:00:13,290 is watching over all of the activities 6 00:00:18,590 --> 00:00:16,980 that are going on 250 miles above us on 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:18,600 the International Space Station three 8 00:00:22,849 --> 00:00:21,210 crew members are living up there right 9 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:22,859 now they've been up there for 45 days 10 00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:25,769 now supporting all of the science 11 00:00:32,269 --> 00:00:29,310 activities on board we're pleased to 12 00:00:34,549 --> 00:00:32,279 join you guys in Phoenix from here 13 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:34,559 inside the room and and luckily i'm 14 00:00:39,260 --> 00:00:37,050 joined by astronaut outdrew who's got a 15 00:00:42,110 --> 00:00:39,270 lot of experience up in space he's been 16 00:00:44,750 --> 00:00:42,120 he's been in space twice he's flown on 17 00:00:48,430 --> 00:00:44,760 to Space Shuttle missions to that 18 00:00:52,100 --> 00:00:48,440 International Space Station sts-118 in 19 00:00:54,260 --> 00:00:52,110 sts-133 wants aboard space shuttle 20 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:54,270 Endeavour and then he also flew on the 21 00:00:59,029 --> 00:00:57,210 last flight of discovery before it was 22 00:01:01,430 --> 00:00:59,039 retired along with the other two space 23 00:01:04,250 --> 00:01:01,440 shuttle so al has a tremendous amount of 24 00:01:05,899 --> 00:01:04,260 experience in spaceflight and and knows 25 00:01:07,460 --> 00:01:05,909 what life is like on board the 26 00:01:09,410 --> 00:01:07,470 International Space Station and in fact 27 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:09,420 here in the flight control room he 28 00:01:14,270 --> 00:01:11,010 supported flights from in here as well 29 00:01:20,210 --> 00:01:14,280 so welcome Phoenix and monterey park 30 00:01:22,870 --> 00:01:20,220 were happy to be with you guys today 31 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:22,880 thank you so much for your time and 32 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:26,250 liberty here is the first fruit that is 33 00:01:33,330 --> 00:01:29,170 going to be asking you a question 34 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:33,340 um what I'm sports do you play in space 35 00:01:39,310 --> 00:01:36,650 what sports do you play in space let's 36 00:01:41,590 --> 00:01:39,320 see we have a basketball hoop onboard 37 00:01:43,060 --> 00:01:41,600 the space station most of our Europeans 38 00:01:44,710 --> 00:01:43,070 come up with soccer balls it's very easy 39 00:01:47,350 --> 00:01:44,720 to make bicycle kicks when you're on 40 00:01:58,399 --> 00:01:47,360 board the space station as well but we 41 00:02:07,529 --> 00:02:02,760 do you have access to the social medium 42 00:02:10,229 --> 00:02:07,539 online video games yes we do we actually 43 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:10,239 in the past few years have gotten live 44 00:02:14,940 --> 00:02:11,890 internet on board the space station so 45 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:14,950 we can access facebook and twitter i 46 00:02:17,940 --> 00:02:16,330 don't know if anybody who plays the 47 00:02:19,620 --> 00:02:17,950 video games i didn't see anybody was out 48 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:19,630 there doing at the time but that may be 49 00:02:23,580 --> 00:02:21,370 because we're a little bit too old for 50 00:02:24,870 --> 00:02:23,590 that i'm sure that as we get newer and 51 00:02:26,820 --> 00:02:24,880 younger astronauts on they'll be playing 52 00:02:35,390 --> 00:02:26,830 things like world of warcraft on on on 53 00:02:42,229 --> 00:02:38,330 do you get scared every time when you 54 00:02:43,940 --> 00:02:42,239 brought it into the spacecraft do you 55 00:02:45,619 --> 00:02:43,950 get scared yes there's element of danger 56 00:02:46,850 --> 00:02:45,629 involved with spacecraft anybody who's 57 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:46,860 not a little bit worried about that 58 00:02:50,479 --> 00:02:48,510 probably doesn't understand what's going 59 00:02:52,970 --> 00:02:50,489 on there's a lot of energy involved with 60 00:02:55,099 --> 00:02:52,980 getting yourself too or orbit you're 61 00:02:58,670 --> 00:02:55,109 going 25 times the speed of sound that's 62 00:03:01,099 --> 00:02:58,680 about whole 12 times faster than a 63 00:03:03,410 --> 00:03:01,109 speeding bullet and so it's a lot of 64 00:03:05,270 --> 00:03:03,420 energy has to go into that and so it's a 65 00:03:06,890 --> 00:03:05,280 good thing it makes us very careful and 66 00:03:08,390 --> 00:03:06,900 very safe and we pay a lot of attention 67 00:03:10,369 --> 00:03:08,400 to what we're doing when we're going to 68 00:03:12,830 --> 00:03:10,379 and from space and I think a little bit 69 00:03:26,070 --> 00:03:12,840 of anxiety helps you to you engaged with 70 00:03:33,690 --> 00:03:29,850 I am Dianna my question is how likely 71 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:33,700 does space elevator Eddie Anna how I 72 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:35,650 clean the space elevator I think it's 73 00:03:38,940 --> 00:03:37,330 likely the question more is when do we 74 00:03:41,670 --> 00:03:38,950 get a space elevator or not will we ever 75 00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:41,680 have one we worked out the physics of it 76 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:43,570 a long time ago it actually does work in 77 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:45,970 theory however it takes some very strong 78 00:03:49,290 --> 00:03:47,890 materials to build that space elevator I 79 00:03:52,290 --> 00:03:49,300 don't think we had those materials quite 80 00:03:53,730 --> 00:03:52,300 yet but I think that we can get there at 81 00:04:05,840 --> 00:03:53,740 some point I don't think it's it's 82 00:04:17,930 --> 00:04:13,790 I how how hi I'm Steve how long does 83 00:04:20,270 --> 00:04:17,940 travel time to space stick how long does 84 00:04:21,770 --> 00:04:20,280 it take to get into space or if you're 85 00:04:23,270 --> 00:04:21,780 on a shuttle it takes about eight and a 86 00:04:25,550 --> 00:04:23,280 half minutes and so think about that 87 00:04:26,990 --> 00:04:25,560 you're sitting on the ground at zero 88 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:27,000 feet of altitude reading right at sea 89 00:04:31,070 --> 00:04:29,130 level doing zero miles per hour and 90 00:04:34,580 --> 00:04:31,080 eight and a half minutes later you are 91 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:34,590 100 miles up going at 17,500 miles per 92 00:04:39,110 --> 00:04:36,690 hour so makes for a very exciting eight 93 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:39,120 and a half minute ride he also asked how 94 00:04:43,190 --> 00:04:40,410 long does it take to get to the space 95 00:04:45,290 --> 00:04:43,200 station too so in addition okay so once 96 00:04:46,370 --> 00:04:45,300 we get to space so there's the trek into 97 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:46,380 the space station now if we really 98 00:04:49,580 --> 00:04:47,610 needed to get there very very quickly 99 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:49,590 which we don't typically it wouldn't 100 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:50,730 take much longer to get to the space 101 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:53,130 station maybe another 45 minutes however 102 00:04:56,420 --> 00:04:55,410 because the way we do our rendezvous we 103 00:04:57,650 --> 00:04:56,430 don't like just run for the space 104 00:04:58,820 --> 00:04:57,660 station and stand on the brakes because 105 00:05:00,590 --> 00:04:58,830 you don't want to hit the space station 106 00:05:02,390 --> 00:05:00,600 so we're usually will spend a couple of 107 00:05:03,740 --> 00:05:02,400 days getting the space station i'm going 108 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:03,750 to check outs making sure our spacecraft 109 00:05:07,370 --> 00:05:06,210 works okay but when we it's time to come 110 00:05:09,020 --> 00:05:07,380 back from the space station when it 111 00:05:11,390 --> 00:05:09,030 comes time to land by the time we on Doc 112 00:05:19,570 --> 00:05:11,400 within an hour a half we're back on the 113 00:05:25,270 --> 00:05:22,179 hi my name is Michael and my question is 114 00:05:27,369 --> 00:05:25,280 how often do you travel to space flushes 115 00:05:28,659 --> 00:05:27,379 how often do you travel to space depends 116 00:05:32,619 --> 00:05:28,669 on the astronaut depends on the time 117 00:05:34,029 --> 00:05:32,629 you're here it typically when things are 118 00:05:35,649 --> 00:05:34,039 very very busy when during this time of 119 00:05:37,179 --> 00:05:35,659 the space shuttle program you could 120 00:05:40,059 --> 00:05:37,189 count on going in a space about once 121 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:40,069 every two to four years with the shuttle 122 00:05:44,290 --> 00:05:41,930 retired and going to the space station 123 00:05:45,850 --> 00:05:44,300 the training alone takes over anywhere 124 00:05:47,770 --> 00:05:45,860 between two and a half to four years 125 00:05:49,899 --> 00:05:47,780 depending on what you're training for so 126 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:49,909 it would probably maybe even five years 127 00:06:00,000 --> 00:05:52,190 now between space station missions if 128 00:06:07,570 --> 00:06:04,120 hi my name is D'Angelo and how do you 129 00:06:09,370 --> 00:06:07,580 manage waste in space hi D'Angelo that's 130 00:06:10,540 --> 00:06:09,380 a very important question one of the 131 00:06:13,110 --> 00:06:10,550 things that you don't think about is the 132 00:06:15,850 --> 00:06:13,120 fact that when you're in space first off 133 00:06:17,590 --> 00:06:15,860 getting things is tough to do you can't 134 00:06:18,970 --> 00:06:17,600 run down to your local store and get 135 00:06:19,930 --> 00:06:18,980 groceries or go to the hardware store in 136 00:06:21,220 --> 00:06:19,940 your place so you get to bring 137 00:06:22,570 --> 00:06:21,230 everything up there with you and 138 00:06:23,620 --> 00:06:22,580 everything you get rid of there's no 139 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:23,630 garbage truck that comes by every 140 00:06:27,490 --> 00:06:25,010 Tuesday and Thursday and takes away your 141 00:06:29,830 --> 00:06:27,500 stuff so what we do have garbage trucks 142 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:29,840 there to the space station the progress 143 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:31,850 capsules take away most of our garbage 144 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:33,770 right now and we it burns up in the 145 00:06:38,710 --> 00:06:37,130 atmosphere so it like every 90 days or 146 00:06:40,030 --> 00:06:38,720 so a new progress comes in so well 147 00:06:42,370 --> 00:06:40,040 unpack it it has all of our fresh 148 00:06:43,930 --> 00:06:42,380 groceries and rate supplies and as soon 149 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:43,940 as we've got it empty we start putting 150 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:46,130 all our old trash in there and when the 151 00:06:52,450 --> 00:06:48,410 new one comes up we undock it and we let 152 00:06:58,260 --> 00:06:52,460 it burn up in the atmosphere thank you 153 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:02,970 where do you get water I water that's 154 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:05,130 not a very important question because 155 00:07:09,330 --> 00:07:07,690 it's probably the most important thing 156 00:07:11,340 --> 00:07:09,340 we have on space station that's a 157 00:07:13,230 --> 00:07:11,350 resource if we didn't have a recent 158 00:07:15,030 --> 00:07:13,240 regular supply of anything all of our 159 00:07:16,830 --> 00:07:15,040 supply is stopped today nobody took 160 00:07:18,270 --> 00:07:16,840 anything else up there probably the 161 00:07:19,730 --> 00:07:18,280 first thing we would run out of would be 162 00:07:22,260 --> 00:07:19,740 water even before we'd run out of air 163 00:07:24,810 --> 00:07:22,270 and so water is very important to all of 164 00:07:26,790 --> 00:07:24,820 us and we have just offices for people 165 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:26,800 here at Johnson Space Center who watch 166 00:07:29,790 --> 00:07:28,090 our water budgets and figure out how 167 00:07:30,930 --> 00:07:29,800 we're going to get our water now again 168 00:07:33,300 --> 00:07:30,940 back in the days of the space station 169 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:33,310 our fuel cells which made electricity 170 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:35,170 for the Space Shuttle actually made 171 00:07:39,330 --> 00:07:37,210 hundreds of gallons of water as a waste 172 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:39,340 product the clearest cleanest water you 173 00:07:43,470 --> 00:07:41,410 could possibly ever find would come out 174 00:07:45,030 --> 00:07:43,480 of these fuel cells and we would take 175 00:07:46,470 --> 00:07:45,040 them and pipe them over to the space 176 00:07:49,230 --> 00:07:46,480 station so that water was never an issue 177 00:07:50,970 --> 00:07:49,240 now we have the progress capsules and 178 00:07:52,980 --> 00:07:50,980 other resupply vehicles and they bring 179 00:07:54,420 --> 00:07:52,990 up tanks of water with them and we can 180 00:07:56,850 --> 00:07:54,430 serve our water but our life support 181 00:07:58,650 --> 00:07:56,860 systems now are much more my zhilie they 182 00:08:00,270 --> 00:07:58,660 we waste a lot less water used to be 183 00:08:01,590 --> 00:08:00,280 enough you the water was dirty we didn't 184 00:08:03,990 --> 00:08:01,600 care much about recycling we were just 185 00:08:06,270 --> 00:08:04,000 dump the the dirty water overboard now 186 00:08:07,980 --> 00:08:06,280 we scrub and purify and recycle as much 187 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:07,990 of that water as we possibly can because 188 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:09,730 we don't have shuttles coming up every 189 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:10,930 few weeks with hundreds of gallons of 190 00:08:25,870 --> 00:08:23,390 hi I'm Brooklyn how do you guys keep 191 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:25,880 yourself clean and spaced hi Brooklyn 192 00:08:29,450 --> 00:08:27,930 keeping clean and space something very 193 00:08:33,010 --> 00:08:29,460 near and dear to my heart because I was 194 00:08:34,610 --> 00:08:33,020 spent I told of 26 days in space 195 00:08:36,230 --> 00:08:34,620 obviously the things you do on the 196 00:08:38,300 --> 00:08:36,240 ground here on don't quite work on in 197 00:08:40,610 --> 00:08:38,310 space much what you do in the bathroom 198 00:08:41,990 --> 00:08:40,620 with shower and clean up needs gravity 199 00:08:43,940 --> 00:08:42,000 for the water to come across your body 200 00:08:46,220 --> 00:08:43,950 out of the spigot and go down the drain 201 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:46,230 that doesn't work in space no any water 202 00:08:48,740 --> 00:08:47,370 you would shoot out of the nozzle would 203 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:48,750 stay right there with you and along with 204 00:08:52,310 --> 00:08:50,940 the dirt that came off of you so rather 205 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:52,320 than going to hop into a shower or 206 00:08:56,540 --> 00:08:54,810 bathtub we take sponge baths ever been 207 00:08:58,040 --> 00:08:56,550 camping you know what it's like to go 208 00:08:59,590 --> 00:08:58,050 out there and just get up a towel or 209 00:09:02,060 --> 00:08:59,600 something wet and wipe yourself down 210 00:09:03,710 --> 00:09:02,070 clean that off and then rinse yourself 211 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:03,720 off with another towel doesn't have the 212 00:09:08,300 --> 00:09:05,970 soap on it and so it's very good at 213 00:09:10,370 --> 00:09:08,310 keeping you clean but not nearly as 214 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:10,380 satisfying as say just a hot shower and 215 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:11,730 you'll find most astronauts when they 216 00:09:14,690 --> 00:09:12,930 get back down on the ground no matter 217 00:09:16,340 --> 00:09:14,700 how long they've been in space we'll go 218 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:16,350 hop in the shower for 30 to 45 minutes 219 00:09:22,070 --> 00:09:17,850 because they miss the sensation of just 220 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:22,080 having a hot shower thank you you're 221 00:09:32,820 --> 00:09:30,240 hello my name is Jennifer I Jennifer all 222 00:09:36,930 --> 00:09:32,830 my question is what is your favorite 223 00:09:40,350 --> 00:09:36,940 food what's my favorite food it depends 224 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:40,360 from day to day well I'm here in Texas I 225 00:09:45,090 --> 00:09:42,730 like a lot of Cajun food things like 226 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:45,100 gumbo but also like barbecue and imagine 227 00:09:47,850 --> 00:09:46,330 if i lived somewhere else i would eat 228 00:09:49,590 --> 00:09:47,860 something else differently but that's 229 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:49,600 what they make best around here and they 230 00:09:54,420 --> 00:09:52,570 do a very good job of it what about and 231 00:09:56,250 --> 00:09:54,430 that's a good question because we've 232 00:09:59,100 --> 00:09:56,260 always heard that in space your taste 233 00:10:00,930 --> 00:09:59,110 buds tend to change what you have your 234 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:00,940 favorite food you take flying can shift 235 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:03,130 in space now some people debate that 236 00:10:06,900 --> 00:10:04,330 they say they've been space and their 237 00:10:08,490 --> 00:10:06,910 tastes don't shift and for me my taste 238 00:10:09,750 --> 00:10:08,500 did shift on my first mission but it 239 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:09,760 wasn't consistent didn't happen again on 240 00:10:13,500 --> 00:10:12,010 my second mission one of things out in 241 00:10:16,500 --> 00:10:13,510 space when I was on my shuttle mission 242 00:10:19,170 --> 00:10:16,510 we had these string beans with mushrooms 243 00:10:20,699 --> 00:10:19,180 and I each string beans I don't hate 244 00:10:22,530 --> 00:10:20,709 string beans but i probably wouldn't go 245 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:22,540 five steps out of my way to get a bowl 246 00:10:25,710 --> 00:10:23,890 of string beans anywhere on your earth I 247 00:10:27,750 --> 00:10:25,720 know they're good for me that's why I 248 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:27,760 crave green beans when I was in orbit 249 00:10:31,829 --> 00:10:29,770 and I was trading well my beef jerky 250 00:10:33,210 --> 00:10:31,839 which I love here on earth to get all 251 00:10:34,860 --> 00:10:33,220 the string beans that I could possibly 252 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:34,870 get my hands on to us so I pretty much 253 00:10:38,519 --> 00:10:36,490 ate the entire shuttle supply of string 254 00:10:39,660 --> 00:10:38,529 beans and were to get them all and but I 255 00:10:41,519 --> 00:10:39,670 went back a second time I thought I'd 256 00:10:43,949 --> 00:10:41,529 crave him again and I didn't I didn't 257 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:43,959 hate him but but they were just a string 258 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:46,450 beans at that point so who knows that's 259 00:10:49,889 --> 00:10:48,010 a science out there waiting to find out 260 00:10:59,730 --> 00:10:49,899 was why your taste might change on orbit 261 00:11:07,389 --> 00:11:03,970 hi my name is tighten my question is 262 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:07,399 what hobbies do you have while in space 263 00:11:13,570 --> 00:11:11,930 that just depends on the astronaut and 264 00:11:15,130 --> 00:11:13,580 how long they're up there if you're in a 265 00:11:17,290 --> 00:11:15,140 shuttle crew there's not much time for 266 00:11:18,340 --> 00:11:17,300 hobbies it's a very busy time you're 267 00:11:19,930 --> 00:11:18,350 just running very quickly for the 268 00:11:21,460 --> 00:11:19,940 two-week mission that you're there the 269 00:11:23,620 --> 00:11:21,470 space station crews have a little bit 270 00:11:25,420 --> 00:11:23,630 more free time and they do take a pop is 271 00:11:27,550 --> 00:11:25,430 probably the most popular hobby in space 272 00:11:28,870 --> 00:11:27,560 is taking pictures of the earth we spend 273 00:11:30,550 --> 00:11:28,880 a lot of time with just top-notch 274 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:30,560 photography instructors and we have some 275 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:31,850 of the best photography equipment you 276 00:11:34,810 --> 00:11:33,470 can imagine and one of the most 277 00:11:37,870 --> 00:11:34,820 interesting things look at when you're 278 00:11:40,150 --> 00:11:37,880 up in space about 250 miles up is the 279 00:11:42,820 --> 00:11:40,160 planet beneath us looking at oceans and 280 00:11:44,829 --> 00:11:42,830 reefs and mountain ranges and volcanoes 281 00:11:46,660 --> 00:11:44,839 and hurricanes and everything else you 282 00:11:48,639 --> 00:11:46,670 can imagine it goes on here back on 283 00:11:50,110 --> 00:11:48,649 earth is photography now some people 284 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:50,120 have built ships and bottles and they 285 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:52,010 like also using playing with ham radios 286 00:11:55,990 --> 00:11:54,110 to talk to school children just like you 287 00:12:00,400 --> 00:11:56,000 from on the ground and so those are 288 00:12:04,300 --> 00:12:00,410 things that we do take apart time thank 289 00:12:10,330 --> 00:12:07,830 hi my name is Andrew and my question is 290 00:12:13,510 --> 00:12:10,340 what kind of pets do you think will 291 00:12:15,250 --> 00:12:13,520 survive in that environment Andrew I 292 00:12:17,050 --> 00:12:15,260 think most pets would survive in space 293 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:17,060 we've taken up all types of animals not 294 00:12:21,550 --> 00:12:20,090 as pets from mice and other things like 295 00:12:22,870 --> 00:12:21,560 that and they seemed to work just fine 296 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:22,880 like anybody there a little bit 297 00:12:26,530 --> 00:12:24,290 disoriented when we first take them to 298 00:12:27,910 --> 00:12:26,540 orbit because there's no up or down but 299 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:27,920 one thing I notice with the mice that we 300 00:12:30,430 --> 00:12:29,450 carried up with us was after about a day 301 00:12:32,140 --> 00:12:30,440 or two they were doing the same 302 00:12:34,150 --> 00:12:32,150 astronaut stupid astronaut tricks that 303 00:12:35,890 --> 00:12:34,160 we were doing running around bouncing 304 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:35,900 off the edge of the cages and smack each 305 00:12:38,410 --> 00:12:37,250 other in the head and just doing goofy 306 00:12:40,030 --> 00:12:38,420 things that you would do when you 307 00:12:41,650 --> 00:12:40,040 realize it how much fun it is being 308 00:12:48,490 --> 00:12:41,660 weightless so I think most pets would do 309 00:12:51,940 --> 00:12:48,500 just fine in space thank you mm-hmm hi 310 00:12:54,700 --> 00:12:51,950 my name is Gaia my question is what um 311 00:12:57,670 --> 00:12:54,710 type of physical activities that you do 312 00:12:59,950 --> 00:12:57,680 in space good very good question 313 00:13:01,090 --> 00:12:59,960 something that we do worry about now one 314 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:01,100 of things remember in space when you're 315 00:13:04,269 --> 00:13:03,110 weightless is that just sitting in your 316 00:13:06,190 --> 00:13:04,279 chair or standing there like you are 317 00:13:08,170 --> 00:13:06,200 talking to me you're getting more of a 318 00:13:10,180 --> 00:13:08,180 workout than you would just floating in 319 00:13:11,890 --> 00:13:10,190 space I just think about your head has 320 00:13:14,500 --> 00:13:11,900 weight and your neck has to hold your 321 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:14,510 head up your legs and your feet have to 322 00:13:17,140 --> 00:13:15,890 hold the rest of your body up just lift 323 00:13:20,050 --> 00:13:17,150 me up your arm you know just moving your 324 00:13:21,670 --> 00:13:20,060 arms takes effort and when you're in 325 00:13:24,310 --> 00:13:21,680 space those muscles don't work anymore 326 00:13:25,900 --> 00:13:24,320 and so what we find that is that after a 327 00:13:27,370 --> 00:13:25,910 few days in space your muscles begin to 328 00:13:29,470 --> 00:13:27,380 waste away because your body is 329 00:13:31,150 --> 00:13:29,480 efficient which is my code word for 330 00:13:32,680 --> 00:13:31,160 seeing very lazy it doesn't support 331 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:32,690 things it doesn't have to and your bones 332 00:13:36,910 --> 00:13:34,730 start to dissolve away too because no 333 00:13:37,660 --> 00:13:36,920 bones there to support the muscles so in 334 00:13:39,250 --> 00:13:37,670 order to keep that from happening 335 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:39,260 because eventually you do come back to 336 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:40,250 everything you want to be able to walk 337 00:13:44,350 --> 00:13:43,010 around our astronauts will exercise for 338 00:13:46,990 --> 00:13:44,360 as much as two and a half hours a day 339 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:47,000 and so they're on these weightlifting 340 00:13:50,560 --> 00:13:48,470 machines obviously weights don't work 341 00:13:51,910 --> 00:13:50,570 because it's weightless but you can have 342 00:13:53,829 --> 00:13:51,920 resistance machines that simulate those 343 00:13:56,770 --> 00:13:53,839 weights we have treadmills and we have 344 00:13:58,780 --> 00:13:56,780 bicycles as well so you can keep keep 345 00:13:59,920 --> 00:13:58,790 your heart pumping as well and so you 346 00:14:00,940 --> 00:13:59,930 keep your physical condition while 347 00:14:02,230 --> 00:14:00,950 you're in space in fact a lot of 348 00:14:03,970 --> 00:14:02,240 astronauts come back and better shape 349 00:14:05,740 --> 00:14:03,980 from being in space than they do on the 350 00:14:06,970 --> 00:14:05,750 ground because they have scheduled two 351 00:14:08,050 --> 00:14:06,980 and a half hours time to work and we 352 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:08,060 don't get that much time here on the 353 00:14:21,259 --> 00:14:18,259 do you keep a greenhouse in the space 354 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:21,269 station and how do we keep a greenhouse 355 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:23,010 in the space station yes we do we have 356 00:14:27,350 --> 00:14:25,110 plant growth experiments and we grow 357 00:14:28,630 --> 00:14:27,360 things there with lights and hydroponics 358 00:14:32,060 --> 00:14:28,640 and all kinds of other things like that 359 00:14:33,710 --> 00:14:32,070 and so we we've grown like radishes and 360 00:14:34,639 --> 00:14:33,720 we've actually I think even managed to 361 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:34,649 eat some of those things that we've 362 00:14:38,090 --> 00:14:36,510 grown in space but everybody enjoys 363 00:14:39,980 --> 00:14:38,100 seems to enjoy doing gardening in space 364 00:14:42,350 --> 00:14:39,990 it's one of the better pastimes even if 365 00:14:53,300 --> 00:14:42,360 it's out must be an experiment it's also 366 00:14:55,550 --> 00:14:53,310 fun thank you you're welcome hi my name 367 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:55,560 is Fernando and my question is can you 368 00:14:59,210 --> 00:14:57,810 control gravity and you Kevin the 369 00:15:01,579 --> 00:14:59,220 question is can you control grabbing 370 00:15:03,949 --> 00:15:01,589 your cabin theoretically yes and in 371 00:15:06,019 --> 00:15:03,959 practice we really don't what you can do 372 00:15:08,090 --> 00:15:06,029 is you can spin your cabin so it behaves 373 00:15:10,130 --> 00:15:08,100 like a centrifuge years ago we actually 374 00:15:11,810 --> 00:15:10,140 thought about putting a a centrifuge 375 00:15:13,310 --> 00:15:11,820 aboard the space station because one of 376 00:15:15,139 --> 00:15:13,320 the few things you can do in space that 377 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:15,149 you can't do here on earth is simulate 378 00:15:19,939 --> 00:15:17,610 gravity's that are between 0 & 1 so 379 00:15:21,590 --> 00:15:19,949 earth is always at one gravity and only 380 00:15:23,420 --> 00:15:21,600 for brief periods of time maybe seconds 381 00:15:25,340 --> 00:15:23,430 if you're doing a parabola in space over 382 00:15:27,829 --> 00:15:25,350 the earth can you get yourself to less 383 00:15:30,019 --> 00:15:27,839 than one earth gravity in terms of force 384 00:15:31,189 --> 00:15:30,029 if you're in space then you've got no 385 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:31,199 gravity acting on you because you're in 386 00:15:35,060 --> 00:15:33,360 free fall you can simulate half of 387 00:15:36,380 --> 00:15:35,070 Earth's gravity you can simulate Mars's 388 00:15:37,490 --> 00:15:36,390 gravity which is about thirty eight 389 00:15:39,650 --> 00:15:37,500 percent of Earth's gravity or even 390 00:15:41,329 --> 00:15:39,660 moon's gravity or just one sixteen 391 00:15:43,340 --> 00:15:41,339 percent of Earth's gravity and so you 392 00:15:44,329 --> 00:15:43,350 can control in that aspect but we don't 393 00:15:48,259 --> 00:15:44,339 have any means of doing that right now 394 00:15:53,300 --> 00:15:48,269 on board our space station thank you 395 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:53,310 you're welcome hi my name is Alex and I 396 00:15:58,220 --> 00:15:55,410 won't know how do you guys power the ISS 397 00:16:00,019 --> 00:15:58,230 Alex oh that's also a very good question 398 00:16:02,180 --> 00:16:00,029 one of the things that the way we power 399 00:16:04,639 --> 00:16:02,190 the International Space Station is by 400 00:16:06,290 --> 00:16:04,649 solar arrays you see those giant solar 401 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:06,300 arrays you see out there tho those eight 402 00:16:10,819 --> 00:16:08,310 them out there it's an acre of solar 403 00:16:12,290 --> 00:16:10,829 arrays and I think it gathered some 404 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:12,300 point on order of 80 kilowatts of power 405 00:16:16,370 --> 00:16:14,610 that's about enough that a city blocks 406 00:16:17,900 --> 00:16:16,380 worth of homes there in Phoenix would 407 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:17,910 use about 80 kilowatts worth of power 408 00:16:22,460 --> 00:16:20,970 and so really our power source is the 409 00:16:24,559 --> 00:16:22,470 sun and i remember when i was on the 410 00:16:26,059 --> 00:16:24,569 space shuttle we would go and plug in to 411 00:16:26,940 --> 00:16:26,069 the space station and use their power 412 00:16:28,410 --> 00:16:26,950 and all 413 00:16:30,330 --> 00:16:28,420 giggles I thought we were stealing power 414 00:16:40,710 --> 00:16:30,340 from the Sun not on board our space 415 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:40,720 shuttle thank you hi my name is Fernando 416 00:16:44,430 --> 00:16:42,490 now I want to know why is the 417 00:16:46,890 --> 00:16:44,440 possibility of space tourism in the 418 00:16:48,450 --> 00:16:46,900 future it's another good question the 419 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:48,460 possible space tourism the future while 420 00:16:52,590 --> 00:16:50,890 space tourism is now we've actually had 421 00:16:53,790 --> 00:16:52,600 a number of space tourists go to the 422 00:16:55,470 --> 00:16:53,800 International Space Station over the 423 00:16:56,850 --> 00:16:55,480 past few years I believe the Russians 424 00:16:58,740 --> 00:16:56,860 are actually playing and carrying up 425 00:17:00,570 --> 00:16:58,750 another space tourists in a few years 426 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:00,580 from now I know they have some extra 427 00:17:04,140 --> 00:17:02,170 capacity on their line for the Soyuz 428 00:17:06,569 --> 00:17:04,150 capsules here in America we have a 429 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:06,579 number of companies building spacecraft 430 00:17:11,220 --> 00:17:09,610 specifically for space tourism they're 431 00:17:12,540 --> 00:17:11,230 just someone will take you in space for 432 00:17:14,670 --> 00:17:12,550 maybe four or five minutes where you can 433 00:17:15,750 --> 00:17:14,680 be weightless and float your mm's 434 00:17:16,860 --> 00:17:15,760 whatever you want to put out in front of 435 00:17:18,930 --> 00:17:16,870 you and get some pictures and be back on 436 00:17:20,970 --> 00:17:18,940 earth or you can actually have ones that 437 00:17:24,120 --> 00:17:20,980 will take you up for weeks in space in 438 00:17:25,530 --> 00:17:24,130 orbit and so I think by the time you 439 00:17:27,180 --> 00:17:25,540 were able to afford going into space 440 00:17:28,590 --> 00:17:27,190 we'll have lots of you people out there 441 00:17:36,090 --> 00:17:28,600 willing to carry you up to space to go 442 00:17:41,340 --> 00:17:39,480 my lamb is liberty and another question 443 00:17:44,789 --> 00:17:41,350 I would like to ask how long do you 444 00:17:47,159 --> 00:17:44,799 think astronauts possibly live and work 445 00:17:48,299 --> 00:17:47,169 in statements questions how long do you 446 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:48,309 think astronauts can live and work in 447 00:17:51,990 --> 00:17:49,510 space and that's something that's been 448 00:17:53,520 --> 00:17:52,000 on my mind for about the last year I've 449 00:17:55,710 --> 00:17:53,530 been working over in a program called a 450 00:17:57,110 --> 00:17:55,720 deep space habitat project and we've 451 00:17:59,760 --> 00:17:57,120 been thinking about you know taking 452 00:18:02,130 --> 00:17:59,770 spacecraft out to places like asteroids 453 00:18:03,779 --> 00:18:02,140 and even the planet Mars and some of 454 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:03,789 those missions are very long they can be 455 00:18:08,310 --> 00:18:06,130 as much as 900 to 1,500 days away from 456 00:18:10,919 --> 00:18:08,320 the earth and so the questions like 457 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:10,929 cannon people survive for that amount of 458 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:13,270 time out there in space and if so what 459 00:18:16,649 --> 00:18:14,890 do we need to go about doing and so 460 00:18:19,350 --> 00:18:16,659 there's there's big challenges out there 461 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:19,360 one of the big ones is radiation in deep 462 00:18:23,640 --> 00:18:21,610 space our earth and its atmosphere and 463 00:18:25,590 --> 00:18:23,650 its magnetic field protect us from a lot 464 00:18:29,220 --> 00:18:25,600 of radiation that comes to the center of 465 00:18:30,980 --> 00:18:29,230 our galaxy and so if we're going to go 466 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:30,990 out beyond the Earth's magnetic field 467 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:33,610 we're going to be subject to radiation 468 00:18:36,390 --> 00:18:34,990 such that we probably wouldn't stay out 469 00:18:38,340 --> 00:18:36,400 there for more than six months right now 470 00:18:39,810 --> 00:18:38,350 without some type of shielding or ways 471 00:18:41,820 --> 00:18:39,820 of deflecting or maybe creating our own 472 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:41,830 magnetic field another thing is 473 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:43,210 weightlessness we know even with all of 474 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:44,710 our exercises we're not doing things 475 00:18:48,810 --> 00:18:46,210 that stimulate our inner ear to give us 476 00:18:50,250 --> 00:18:48,820 balance and so that sense goes away and 477 00:18:51,810 --> 00:18:50,260 it takes a while longer you're in space 478 00:18:53,820 --> 00:18:51,820 and longer it takes to bring that back 479 00:18:56,279 --> 00:18:53,830 so we may have to do things like bring 480 00:18:58,950 --> 00:18:56,289 about artificial gravity like one of 481 00:19:00,930 --> 00:18:58,960 your fellow classmates brought up so we 482 00:19:02,840 --> 00:19:00,940 can have some way of doing that food 483 00:19:05,340 --> 00:19:02,850 because we don't have a way to cook in 484 00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:05,350 zero-g we have to prepare all food here 485 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:07,390 on earth and basically make TV dinners 486 00:19:10,799 --> 00:19:09,250 out of them some of those new loser 487 00:19:12,180 --> 00:19:10,809 nutrients after about a year and so 488 00:19:14,220 --> 00:19:12,190 they're not now they're didn't give you 489 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:14,230 everything you need so that is how do we 490 00:19:17,730 --> 00:19:15,850 make food that keeps that nutrition or 491 00:19:20,159 --> 00:19:17,740 like let's see if somebody came over the 492 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:20,169 way of cooking in microgravity no go out 493 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:21,850 there just give me things like you know 494 00:19:25,740 --> 00:19:24,610 oats and flour and water and eggs and 495 00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:25,750 things like that and i can go whip up 496 00:19:29,669 --> 00:19:27,370 something right in my own kitchen there 497 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:29,679 in zero-g so those things we need to 498 00:19:32,970 --> 00:19:31,330 think about for keeping people in space 499 00:19:35,789 --> 00:19:32,980 but up to now up to date we've had a 500 00:19:38,340 --> 00:19:35,799 person in space for 400 days on that one 501 00:19:39,899 --> 00:19:38,350 order of that and in a short time we'll 502 00:19:42,270 --> 00:19:39,909 have another a crew that will stay up on 503 00:19:43,770 --> 00:19:42,280 the space station for about a year so 504 00:19:46,409 --> 00:19:43,780 that's the limit right now is about a 505 00:19:48,180 --> 00:19:46,419 year and I think it'll take some new 506 00:19:49,350 --> 00:19:48,190 technologies for us to get along to go 507 00:19:50,789 --> 00:19:49,360 in space longer than that 508 00:19:58,850 --> 00:19:50,799 deep space outside of the Earth's 509 00:20:05,100 --> 00:20:03,210 my name is Susan my question is what is 510 00:20:07,230 --> 00:20:05,110 your most unforgettable moment where i 511 00:20:09,299 --> 00:20:07,240 live in his face great question good 512 00:20:11,549 --> 00:20:09,309 question Souza that's it's also a very 513 00:20:13,919 --> 00:20:11,559 difficult question inspector number of 514 00:20:14,940 --> 00:20:13,929 unforgettable moments in space but i'll 515 00:20:18,360 --> 00:20:14,950 share this one secret you can't tell 516 00:20:19,830 --> 00:20:18,370 anybody about this okay we were undocked 517 00:20:21,240 --> 00:20:19,840 from the International Space Station on 518 00:20:23,340 --> 00:20:21,250 the final flight of the space shuttle 519 00:20:26,070 --> 00:20:23,350 discovery and one of the things we have 520 00:20:27,930 --> 00:20:26,080 to do before we come in land is use the 521 00:20:30,299 --> 00:20:27,940 robot arm and a camera to look for any 522 00:20:32,549 --> 00:20:30,309 holes it may have been poked into the 523 00:20:34,380 --> 00:20:32,559 into the orbiter by any debris that was 524 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:34,390 floating around in space and so we have 525 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:36,250 this camera it's a very slow and 526 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:39,010 painstaking process while you look but 527 00:20:42,570 --> 00:20:41,049 it's very important to go do and so 528 00:20:43,770 --> 00:20:42,580 we're very methodical very disciplined 529 00:20:45,570 --> 00:20:43,780 anybody's not part of it doesn't need to 530 00:20:47,159 --> 00:20:45,580 be on the flight deck and we go through 531 00:20:49,169 --> 00:20:47,169 this step-by-step process also very 532 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:49,179 tiring so two people have to do it but 533 00:20:52,770 --> 00:20:50,650 three of us kind of rotate through and 534 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:52,780 so I just got done with my half hour of 535 00:20:57,330 --> 00:20:55,450 helping out with this and I was resting 536 00:20:59,700 --> 00:20:57,340 my eyes looking out the window and we 537 00:21:01,830 --> 00:20:59,710 were coming up on the west coast of 538 00:21:03,690 --> 00:21:01,840 Australia over the Indian Ocean and I 539 00:21:05,190 --> 00:21:03,700 saw a faint green glow down beneath me 540 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:05,200 and almost like the same tone of voice 541 00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:06,850 I'm talking right now it's like wow that 542 00:21:11,940 --> 00:21:08,730 looks like an aurora down there and 543 00:21:13,470 --> 00:21:11,950 almost immediately the commander and the 544 00:21:15,299 --> 00:21:13,480 pilot we were working the inspection 545 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:15,309 stop the arm put a breaks one and they 546 00:21:18,270 --> 00:21:16,690 said did you say Aurora and all the 547 00:21:20,730 --> 00:21:18,280 other crew members come flooding up from 548 00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:20,740 the mid the flight amid deck and we've 549 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:22,510 got cameras and we're in usually now 550 00:21:25,500 --> 00:21:24,130 we're very calm you've ever seen Apollo 551 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:25,510 13 and you always have to very calm 552 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:27,010 about things and it's just it's just 553 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:28,630 chaos you know we're screaming we're 554 00:21:30,780 --> 00:21:29,770 trying to find lenses we're trying to 555 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:30,790 get the right angle or try to get the 556 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:32,530 right exposure it was just madness for 557 00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:33,970 about five minutes then we get over the 558 00:21:36,900 --> 00:21:35,110 Aurora and we get these breathtaking 559 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:36,910 shots and then we're over top of 560 00:21:40,409 --> 00:21:38,410 Australia and everybody kind of like 561 00:21:42,120 --> 00:21:40,419 those then sanity prevailed to getting 562 00:21:43,409 --> 00:21:42,130 we got to clean everything back up they 563 00:21:44,820 --> 00:21:43,419 went back down the mid-deck they weren't 564 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:44,830 doing the inspection and we went back to 565 00:21:47,490 --> 00:21:46,450 finishing inspecting the orbiter to go 566 00:21:48,930 --> 00:21:47,500 back in but that was it was a 567 00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:48,940 breathtaking moment to be overtopped is 568 00:21:52,919 --> 00:21:51,820 just some rivers a green fire that we're 569 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:52,929 coming up from the atmosphere and we're 570 00:21:56,039 --> 00:21:54,010 just right over top of it looking down 571 00:21:57,270 --> 00:21:56,049 and even from the ground it's impressive 572 00:21:59,510 --> 00:21:57,280 it's even more impressive to be looking 573 00:22:01,950 --> 00:21:59,520 at it from above in space 574 00:22:10,480 --> 00:22:01,960 but you can't tell me about that anybody 575 00:22:17,510 --> 00:22:13,160 hi my name is David I'm gonna ask a 576 00:22:20,350 --> 00:22:17,520 question again what is it Martin's I'm 577 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:20,360 sorry what is your most favorite site 578 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:23,130 what is my most favorite site I have to 579 00:22:26,540 --> 00:22:24,930 tell you that after going space and 580 00:22:28,550 --> 00:22:26,550 looking back the earth is my most 581 00:22:30,140 --> 00:22:28,560 favorite site from space just looking 582 00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:30,150 back on it is just a beautiful thing to 583 00:22:33,830 --> 00:22:32,130 be near I thought about what other plans 584 00:22:35,330 --> 00:22:33,840 that like to be above but none of them I 585 00:22:38,630 --> 00:22:35,340 think would be as interesting as the 586 00:22:40,820 --> 00:22:38,640 earth other planets no the plants I know 587 00:22:42,860 --> 00:22:40,830 have any real oceans the other ones have 588 00:22:44,690 --> 00:22:42,870 atmospheres and weather but they don't 589 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:44,700 have the color and variety and just 590 00:22:47,810 --> 00:22:45,810 different things that are out there that 591 00:22:49,730 --> 00:22:47,820 I think that earth does so it took me 592 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:49,740 leaving the earth for two weeks at a 593 00:22:57,560 --> 00:22:51,780 time to really appreciate what a gym we 594 00:23:05,120 --> 00:22:57,570 have for a planet thank you you're 595 00:23:07,210 --> 00:23:05,130 welcome hi my name is joey and i'm going 596 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:07,220 to ask question what are you tough 597 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:10,650 issues that you have to deal with in the 598 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:13,170 space station with the top issues we 599 00:23:15,950 --> 00:23:14,730 have to deal with in space station again 600 00:23:17,180 --> 00:23:15,960 another very good question is the kind 601 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:17,190 of things that note that flight 602 00:23:21,350 --> 00:23:19,530 directors ask about so you sure you're 603 00:23:23,900 --> 00:23:21,360 afraid to come down here and work for us 604 00:23:25,340 --> 00:23:23,910 like character and training the top 605 00:23:27,620 --> 00:23:25,350 issues the main thing is that again 606 00:23:29,870 --> 00:23:27,630 we're isolated and it's not so much by 607 00:23:32,660 --> 00:23:29,880 the distance we are only 250 miles up in 608 00:23:34,670 --> 00:23:32,670 space which is probably less distance 609 00:23:38,450 --> 00:23:34,680 between you and the arizona state border 610 00:23:40,430 --> 00:23:38,460 however you're separated by speed 17,500 611 00:23:42,170 --> 00:23:40,440 miles an hour is a incredibly fast page 612 00:23:44,390 --> 00:23:42,180 so things just you just don't get there 613 00:23:46,850 --> 00:23:44,400 and back very quickly and so things like 614 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:46,860 water and air and food and science 615 00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:48,690 everything out there has to be important 616 00:23:51,620 --> 00:23:49,980 I mean there's really nothing up there 617 00:23:53,780 --> 00:23:51,630 in space you just can't step outside and 618 00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:53,790 grab what you need so that's probably 619 00:23:59,540 --> 00:23:57,090 the top issue there the other part is 620 00:24:01,130 --> 00:23:59,550 because of that we we're packrats know 621 00:24:02,750 --> 00:24:01,140 you've seen these hoarding shows we have 622 00:24:04,820 --> 00:24:02,760 our own hoarding problem study space 623 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:04,830 space station because we're afraid of 624 00:24:08,150 --> 00:24:06,690 running out of things so you'll find 625 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:08,160 that every nook and cranny in the space 626 00:24:12,890 --> 00:24:10,710 station is just crimp something that we 627 00:24:14,770 --> 00:24:12,900 might need sooner or later and so as big 628 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:14,780 and palatial as a space station is 629 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:16,890 finding room for all that stuff is kind 630 00:24:21,470 --> 00:24:19,770 of a problem alright this is going to be 631 00:24:31,620 --> 00:24:21,480 our final question from the school 632 00:24:38,910 --> 00:24:34,700 hi my name is Christian what is done 633 00:24:41,460 --> 00:24:38,920 what is next for nasa's space flights 634 00:24:44,610 --> 00:24:41,470 great question wow that's a great 635 00:24:46,140 --> 00:24:44,620 question and this that is the 64 million 636 00:24:48,630 --> 00:24:46,150 dollar question what is next from at 637 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:48,640 NASA space flights I said for the 638 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:50,770 foreseeable future we will continue to 639 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:52,090 operate the International Space Station 640 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:54,250 which is like everything that has built 641 00:24:57,900 --> 00:24:55,930 incredibly over-engineered and living 642 00:24:59,370 --> 00:24:57,910 long past when we thought it would and 643 00:25:02,130 --> 00:24:59,380 so we expected well into the next decade 644 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:02,140 to be operating the space station or we 645 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:03,490 will expect to have more commercial 646 00:25:07,890 --> 00:25:04,210 partners on board the International 647 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:07,900 Space Station as some of our commercial 648 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:09,370 like these commercial space operators 649 00:25:12,930 --> 00:25:11,530 get the capability to bring up crew 650 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:12,940 members as well as cargo there already 651 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:14,950 is bringing up cargo back and forth in 652 00:25:17,820 --> 00:25:16,450 the space station next one thing we'll 653 00:25:18,690 --> 00:25:17,830 see is our crew members going to and 654 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:18,700 from the space station on these 655 00:25:22,260 --> 00:25:20,410 commercial vehicles and of course we're 656 00:25:25,140 --> 00:25:22,270 always thinking about interplanetary 657 00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:25,150 travel so we're looking at Jimmy go them 658 00:25:29,070 --> 00:25:27,670 to asteroids that are near the earth and 659 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:29,080 going of course I'm always thinking 660 00:25:32,100 --> 00:25:30,850 about the red planet that's the next 661 00:25:34,230 --> 00:25:32,110 place I'd like to go see us do in my 662 00:25:36,060 --> 00:25:34,240 lifetime so I think that's out there 663 00:25:37,380 --> 00:25:36,070 about the time that you get to sit in 664 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:37,390 Mission Control and talk to students and 665 00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:39,490 Phoenix that's will be you'll be talking 666 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:42,880 about that well thanks i did liked it 667 00:25:47,790 --> 00:25:46,330 i'll go ahead oh no thank you i'd like 668 00:25:49,830 --> 00:25:47,800 to thank you guys for joining us say 669 00:25:51,990 --> 00:25:49,840 thank you kyle and thank you alvin and 670 00:25:54,360 --> 00:25:52,000 then thank you to monterey park all 671 00:25:56,850 --> 00:25:54,370 right well we're really happy that you 672 00:25:59,610 --> 00:25:56,860 guys joined us at as a great bunch of 673 00:26:02,100 --> 00:25:59,620 questions that's sometimes better than 674 00:26:04,620 --> 00:26:02,110 some that we get asked by other folks so 675 00:26:06,180 --> 00:26:04,630 you guys study hard and we really 676 00:26:08,340 --> 00:26:06,190 appreciate you joining us here in 677 00:26:10,140 --> 00:26:08,350 Mission Control thanks a lot for coming