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thank you for joining us for the u.s

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astronaut hall of fame induction

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ceremony honoring our nation's space

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heroes

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please rise for the presentation of

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colors by members of the girl scouts of

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citrus council

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followed by the national anthem

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performed by kelty zevitz from girl

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advanced

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to the flag of the united states of

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america

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and to the republic for which it stands

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one nation under god

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you all

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by the dawn's early light

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what so proudly we hailed

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at the

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twilight's last gleaming

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whose broad stripes

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and bright stars

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perilous fight

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or the round parts we watched

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that our flag was still there

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oh say does head start spangled

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ladies and gentlemen please welcome the

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chief operating officer of kennedy space

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good afternoon take your seats please

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thank you

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thanks to the girl scouts and

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particularly thank you to kelty for that

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wonderful rendition of our national

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anthem

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on behalf of 55 000 delaware north

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company employees worldwide including

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especially those here at the kennedy

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space center visitor complex

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welcome to today's induction ceremony

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celebrating the 12th class of space

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shuttle astronauts entering the united

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the visitor complex is honored to host

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today's ceremony celebrating the

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achievements of three nasa astronauts

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kurt brown and eileen collins as they

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are welcomed into an elite group of

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space exploration heroes

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these are exciting times for the visitor

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complex as we continue to tell

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nasa's remarkable story

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at one time or another each of today's

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inductees flew space shuttle atlantis

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it's going to be displayed starting on

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june 29th just a few steps away from

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where we are today

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the atlantis will be in a 100 million

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dollar home of priceless historic

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spacecraft telling the incredible story

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of nasa's 30-year space shuttle program

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from just a few feet away our guests

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as only astronauts have had a chance to

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visited us will note many changes in our

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landscape we have a new entrance

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president john f kennedy and a powerful

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recreation of a space shuttle launch

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we prepare you for a truly unique visit

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we're also proud of our new angry birds

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stem program

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for teach students about science

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mercury gemini and apollo and space

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will continue to present the next

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i'd like to recognize the contributions

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of today's ceremony by the astronaut

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scholarship foundation their board of

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directors and their executive director

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inducted we have been honored to work

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and now i'd like to welcome to the stage

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today's master of ceremonies

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he is cnn's miami correspondents

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in florida and the caribbean

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since joining cnn in 1981 he is the

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network's principal correspondents for

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glenn's 1998 return to space flight

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has been honored numerous times for his

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coverage that you provide for nasa the

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atlantis and we'll see you at the end of

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june for that grand opening ladies and

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gentlemen please join me in welcoming

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see we got this on can you hear me okay

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enough you ought to be able to hear me

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people who liked those cartoon

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characters bob crippen used to use the

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cartoon characters to explain to me how

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to be here as your master of ceremonies

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for the u.s astronaut hall of fame

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that happens it is an incredible tribute

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to the thousands of men and women

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attending members of the united states

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this astronaut made his first flight as

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pilot of germany 11 during which he

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foundation and an active proponent of

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mission he went on to command three more

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as a mission specialist for sts-5 he and

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transportation system he later flew on

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a three space flight veteran he was on

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a veteran of four space shuttle missions

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he piloted sts-8 the first mission with

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a night launch and landing he spent 261

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he flew three space shuttle missions

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sts-61c and sts-26

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and was a member of the first

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spacewalking team to repair a satellite

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in orbit he retains the distinction of

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being the only american to test fly the

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russian manned maneuvering unit pinkie

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he logged over 770 hours in space over

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the course of five space shuttle

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missions including sts-41d the maiden

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flight of discovery during his third

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flight sts-31 he helped deploy the

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hubble space telescope and assisted in

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its servicing on his next mission steve

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he served as pilot of

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sts-51c and commander of sts-31 which

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deployed the hubble space telescope and

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sts-46 which conducted the first

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tethered satellite system test flight

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from 1997 to 2000 he was deputy director

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of nasa's kennedy space center lauren

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a veteran of five space shuttle missions

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he became the first astronaut to log 1

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000 hours on the space shuttle and made

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nasa's first shuttle contingency

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spacewalk he is currently a professor of

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aerospace engineering in the department

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of aeronautics and astronautics at the

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massachusetts institute of technology

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a veteran of four space shuttle flights

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he piloted sts-61c

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and sts-31 which

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deployed the hubble space telescope then

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served as commander for sts-45 and

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sts-60 logging more than 680 hours in

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orbit today he serves as nasa's

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during his 24 years in the astronaut

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program this astronaut logged more than

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66 days in space on seven space shuttle

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missions a record he shares with fellow

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astronaut jerry ross a 2012 inductee he

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currently serves as ceo of the ad astra

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he has logged 161 days in space on five

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missions he served as pilot of sts-29

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and sts-33 and commander of sts-43 and

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58 this astronaut became the third

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american to live aboard the russian

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space station mir setting an american

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she flew four space shuttle missions

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during her 12 years in the astronaut

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corps including sts 49 the maiden flight

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of the space shuttle endeavour currently

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she serves as the associate dean for

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graduate programs in the school of

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engineering and applied science at the

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he piloted sts-41 and sts-53 and served

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as commander for sts-65 and sts-88

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during sts-65 he and his crew set a

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record for the longest space shuttle

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mission at that time he is currently the

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center director right here at nasa's

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ladies and gentlemen our hall of fame

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gordon's not happy he doesn't like the

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before we continue i'd like to mark the

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passing of two hall of fame astronauts

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since our last astronaut hall of fame

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induction ceremony neil armstrong and

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sally ride

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these space legends made remarkable

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contributions to the exploration of

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space

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and their legacy lives on through their

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neil armstrong

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you know after doing this for as many

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years as i have uh you get to kind of be

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a fly on the wall into a lot of their

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conversations as any good journalist

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would

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uh and you know i have to tell you that

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uh one of the things that has always

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amazed me is that whenever i'm listening

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overhearing eavesdropping on their

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conversations

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they don't talk about the past so much

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they talk about the present and they

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talk about the future

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and moving america forward

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they talk about inspiring the next

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generation of great explorers scientists

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engineers

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and teachers

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who will take their places on the

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shoulders of these giants and that has

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always been

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what is important to them and that has

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always been something that i have

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marveled at gentlemen

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and now it is my pleasure to welcome to

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the podium hall of fame astronaut and

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nasa administrator charlie bolden

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over there

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it's for tall people over here john so

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that's all right i'll pull it down

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thanks very much and just very briefly

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let me thank all of you for coming out

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today and uh for supporting the

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astronaut scholarship foundation it's my

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real pleasure to be here to speak on

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behalf of the national aeronautics and

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space administration your

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space administration and just give you

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sort of a a really quick status check

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because uh hopefully you all know what

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we're doing um we're having fun for one

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thing bob cabana will tell you that

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anybody that you talk to down here at

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the kennedy space center will tell you

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that and and bob and i both like to tell

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people if you're not having fun you're

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either in the wrong job or uh you know

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you're not paying attention to what's

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going on uh your space agency is doing

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pretty well uh it's very difficult time

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but in the face of those difficult times

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we're calling on people like the folk

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that are sitting here on the stage

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who had dreams when they came into this

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program

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many of them if they're honest with you

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will tell you that

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other than the apollo guys okay they

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really got to do

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what they wanted to do but many like me

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came to nasa uh intending to go to the

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moon and then on to mars and i think a

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lot of us would say the same thing and

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today for i think the first time in

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in my lifetime anyway we're on the

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precipice of being able to do that uh

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we've allowed commercial entities

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industry to take over transportation to

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low earth orbit to and from to the

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international space station and nasa's

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really focused on trying to get beyond

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we're excited about a mission that we're

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going to put together this summer that's

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an asteroid retrieval mission

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and then after that

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moving on to mars in the 2030s so for

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all of you here thank you so much again

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congratulations to the three incredible

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inductees uh this year

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um you are going to have fun believe it

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or not hopefully you have had a good

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time up until now but the fun is about

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to begin with your introductions so

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stand by

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uh and to to all of my colleagues here

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in the foundation thanks very much for

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your continued support for coming back

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every year because it really means a lot

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to the foundation and thank you all

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thank you charlie

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and now i'd like to welcome to the

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podium hall of fame astronaut and

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kennedy space center director mr robert

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thank you and welcome to the kennedy

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space center in this year's

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astronaut hall of fame induction

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from the entire ksc team

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our sincere congratulations to bonnie

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curt and eileen absolutely outstanding

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you know much has changed here at the

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kennedy space center since these three

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were flying space shuttles but one thing

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that hasn't changed is our desire to

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excel and explore beyond the bounds of

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planet earth since the last shuttle

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mission we've made tremendous progress

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towards transforming ksc into a

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multi-user spaceport of the future

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and with our recent budget announcement

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we're stepping up to meet the

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president's challenge to send astronauts

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to an asteroid by 2025.

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the vehicle assembly building launch pad

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39b and launch control center are being

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transformed to support the sls in orion

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mpcv for a flight in 2017.

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lockheed martin is operating a

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world-class production facility in the

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operations and checkout building high

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bay

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where their first orion multi-purpose

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crew vehicle

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is being ready today for a flight next

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year

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this facility once saw apollo capsules

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leave on their way to the moon and now

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we'll see orion vehicles as they

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progress on towards asteroids and

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eventually on to mars

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also new since their shuttle days is a

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commercial crew program

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which is working with industry to

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develop a us crew vehicle to take our

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astronauts to our international space

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station

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spacex sierra nevada and boeing continue

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to show great progress in making

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commercial crew transportation to low

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earth orbit a reality

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and we continue to meet nasa's science

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mission challenges with our launch

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services program which is sending iris

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to study our nearest star the sun in

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june and maven to study the atmosphere

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of mars this november

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and finally

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since all three flew on atlantis

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i hope they can make it back the end of

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june for the grand opening of what i

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believe is a truly special and

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spectacular facility that showcases

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america's chase space shuttle program

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what we have accomplished in those

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amazing 30 years and the people that

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helped accomplish it

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once again my sincere congratulations to

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this year's inductees and thanks to all

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of you for letting me share a little bit

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of the enthusiasm the excitement that

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this ksc team has about our future thank

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thank you bob and now ladies and

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gentlemen please welcome hall of fame

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astronaut and astronaut scholarship

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let me find a script here

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somewhere

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here we go

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good afternoon everybody it's uh great

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to have you here thank you for coming

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and helping support

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this uh

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very very special day for three of our

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friends who are being inducted

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as a chairman of the astronaut

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scholarship foundation over the last

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three years first let me say how happy

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we are for you all to be here and to

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join us and welcome bonnie curt and

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eileen into the u.s astronaut hall of

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fame it is our pleasure to be a part of

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this great occasion and by when i say

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our the astronaut scholarship foundation

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the foundation was founded by the

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original seven mercury astronauts uh

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nearly 30 years ago and we've come a

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long way since that time

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we started out by giving us a handful of

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thousand dollar scholarships

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but today thanks to the dedicated work

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of uh astronauts others in our staff and

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others that have helped us raise the

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funds and you all that are also

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involved

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we are able to inspire 28 deserving

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students with ten thousand dollar

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scholarships annually

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making astronaut scholarships the

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largest monetary award given to

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undergraduate science and engineering

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students in america based solely on

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merit

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today we've been

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we've awarded over 3.7 million dollars

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to science and technology students

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nationwide

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some of them are here with us today

562
00:28:54,389 --> 00:28:51,679
so i'd like the scholars that are here

563
00:28:56,230 --> 00:28:54,399
uh would you please stand and we we'd

564
00:29:05,350 --> 00:28:56,240
like to recognize you

565
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:10,710
thank you very much

566
00:29:15,190 --> 00:29:13,110
they did a technical presentation this

567
00:29:17,590 --> 00:29:15,200
morning with uh the research they're

568
00:29:19,669 --> 00:29:17,600
working on and let me tell you for this

569
00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:19,679
old astronaut i didn't understand a word

570
00:29:24,950 --> 00:29:21,760
i'll tell you

571
00:29:27,830 --> 00:29:24,960
i mean it's really up here so

572
00:29:30,950 --> 00:29:27,840
and no we picked the right guy guys and

573
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:30,960
gals to receive these scholarships

574
00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:32,080
uh

575
00:29:43,190 --> 00:29:40,559
all of the astronauts my friends here on

576
00:29:45,510 --> 00:29:43,200
the stage our friends at nasa charlie

577
00:29:47,750 --> 00:29:45,520
bolden and bob cabana as well as bill

578
00:29:50,470 --> 00:29:47,760
moore uh with the kennedy space center

579
00:29:52,710 --> 00:29:50,480
visitors complex uh your help has been

580
00:29:54,470 --> 00:29:52,720
really invaluable and we want to uh

581
00:29:55,590 --> 00:29:54,480
thank you very much

582
00:29:58,789 --> 00:29:55,600
for that

583
00:30:00,389 --> 00:29:58,799
and we truly truly truly appreciate it

584
00:30:02,470 --> 00:30:00,399
now it's my pleasure to turn it back

585
00:30:03,990 --> 00:30:02,480
over to john to induct this year's class

586
00:30:05,909 --> 00:30:04,000
into the hall of fame

587
00:30:13,110 --> 00:30:05,919
welcome to the club y'all

588
00:30:17,830 --> 00:30:15,110
it is that time the induction of the

589
00:30:19,990 --> 00:30:17,840
12th class of space shuttle astronauts

590
00:30:20,789 --> 00:30:20,000
into the united states astronaut hall of

591
00:30:23,110 --> 00:30:20,799
fame

592
00:30:25,669 --> 00:30:23,120
they will be introduced in the order in

593
00:30:30,789 --> 00:30:25,679
which they flew in space

594
00:30:34,630 --> 00:30:32,710
astronaut bonnie dunbar who holds a

595
00:30:36,070 --> 00:30:34,640
doctorate in mechanical biomedical

596
00:30:38,789 --> 00:30:36,080
engineering from the university of

597
00:30:41,029 --> 00:30:38,799
houston is a veteran of five space

598
00:30:42,510 --> 00:30:41,039
flights her first was as mission

599
00:30:45,430 --> 00:30:42,520
specialist for

600
00:30:47,350 --> 00:30:45,440
sts-61a aboard space shuttle challenger

601
00:30:49,590 --> 00:30:47,360
in 1985.

602
00:30:52,389 --> 00:30:49,600
her second as mission specialist aboard

603
00:30:54,789 --> 00:30:52,399
colombia for sts-32

604
00:30:58,710 --> 00:30:54,799
dr dunbar served as payload commander on

605
00:31:01,029 --> 00:30:58,720
sts-50 in 1992 during which she helped

606
00:31:05,110 --> 00:31:01,039
complete the first dedicated u.s

607
00:31:07,590 --> 00:31:05,120
microgravity laboratory flight in 1995

608
00:31:10,950 --> 00:31:07,600
dr dunbar again made space history

609
00:31:13,269 --> 00:31:10,960
aboard atlantis on sts-71 the first

610
00:31:15,110 --> 00:31:13,279
space shuttle to dock with the russian

611
00:31:18,149 --> 00:31:15,120
space station mir

612
00:31:21,750 --> 00:31:18,159
on her final mission in 1998 dr dunbar

613
00:31:24,389 --> 00:31:21,760
served as payload commander on sts-89

614
00:31:26,630 --> 00:31:24,399
the eighth shuttle mir docking mission

615
00:31:28,029 --> 00:31:26,640
during her time with nasa dr dunbar

616
00:31:32,389 --> 00:31:28,039
logged more than

617
00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:32,399
1200 hours 53 days in space

618
00:31:37,430 --> 00:31:34,480
and earned nasa's outstanding leadership

619
00:31:39,990 --> 00:31:37,440
award as well as nasa's exceptional

620
00:31:41,990 --> 00:31:40,000
service medal twice

621
00:31:44,149 --> 00:31:42,000
she served as assistant director to the

622
00:31:46,149 --> 00:31:44,159
nasa johnson space center deputy

623
00:31:49,029 --> 00:31:46,159
associate director for biological

624
00:31:51,750 --> 00:31:49,039
sciences and applications and associate

625
00:31:54,549 --> 00:31:51,760
director technology integration and risk

626
00:31:58,549 --> 00:31:54,559
management dr dunbar retired from nasa

627
00:32:01,430 --> 00:31:58,559
in 2005 and serves as president and ceo

628
00:32:03,430 --> 00:32:01,440
of the seattle museum of flight

629
00:32:22,070 --> 00:32:03,440
let's take a look at a few highlights

630
00:32:26,710 --> 00:32:24,389
we have ignition and liftoff liftoff of

631
00:32:36,870 --> 00:32:26,720
challenger in the spacelap d1 mission

632
00:32:36,880 --> 00:33:01,509
booster ignition and liftoff of colombia

633
00:33:18,549 --> 00:33:03,350
and liftoff of the space shuttle

634
00:33:20,470 --> 00:33:18,559
atlantis on a mission that will herald a

635
00:33:28,470 --> 00:33:20,480
new day of international cooperation in

636
00:33:32,389 --> 00:33:30,630
we have booster ignition and liftoff of

637
00:33:34,630 --> 00:33:32,399
the space shuttle endeavor continuing

638
00:33:56,310 --> 00:33:34,640
the union of u.s and russian space

639
00:34:24,470 --> 00:33:58,230
ladies and gentlemen astronaut bonnie

640
00:34:28,629 --> 00:34:26,470
to present bonnie dunbar for induction

641
00:34:30,389 --> 00:34:28,639
into the united states astronaut hall of

642
00:34:41,990 --> 00:34:30,399
fame please welcome hall of fame

643
00:34:46,829 --> 00:34:44,389
well good afternoon

644
00:34:49,109 --> 00:34:46,839
it's my pleasure to do this introduction

645
00:34:51,430 --> 00:34:49,119
and you know

646
00:34:54,069 --> 00:34:51,440
93 miles as the crow flies from seattle

647
00:34:56,950 --> 00:34:54,079
is the town of yakima washington

648
00:34:59,510 --> 00:34:56,960
and 32 miles further down the yakima

649
00:35:01,510 --> 00:34:59,520
valley highway is outlook washington

650
00:35:04,310 --> 00:35:01,520
population 292

651
00:35:06,069 --> 00:35:04,320
and the home of the dunbar ranch

652
00:35:07,750 --> 00:35:06,079
now obviously that's where bonnie you

653
00:35:09,750 --> 00:35:07,760
grew up and usually this is the case

654
00:35:11,990 --> 00:35:09,760
with children growing up on ranches or

655
00:35:13,430 --> 00:35:12,000
farms they have to pitch in and have a

656
00:35:15,910 --> 00:35:13,440
lot of work to do

657
00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:15,920
the chores range from picking up rocks

658
00:35:21,030 --> 00:35:18,560
prior to planting the crops

659
00:35:22,470 --> 00:35:21,040
to branding cattle at the roundup and in

660
00:35:24,230 --> 00:35:22,480
this environment

661
00:35:26,630 --> 00:35:24,240
bonnie developed her work ethic and

662
00:35:29,430 --> 00:35:26,640
recognized the value and rewards of

663
00:35:32,950 --> 00:35:29,440
dedication to tasks at hand

664
00:35:34,950 --> 00:35:32,960
in 1967 she graduated from high school

665
00:35:36,630 --> 00:35:34,960
she was inspired by the uh by nasa's

666
00:35:39,190 --> 00:35:36,640
human space flight program at that point

667
00:35:40,950 --> 00:35:39,200
although it was rather in its infancy

668
00:35:42,950 --> 00:35:40,960
and she put in her first application to

669
00:35:44,390 --> 00:35:42,960
the astronaut office

670
00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:44,400
this is right out of high school

671
00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:45,520
uh

672
00:35:54,550 --> 00:35:52,160
wasn't quite ready

673
00:35:56,870 --> 00:35:54,560
so uh as a result

674
00:35:58,470 --> 00:35:56,880
she went to the university of washington

675
00:36:00,470 --> 00:35:58,480
to become a husky

676
00:36:04,150 --> 00:36:00,480
and starting in the school of

677
00:36:06,710 --> 00:36:04,160
engineering now that era not all young

678
00:36:08,870 --> 00:36:06,720
women were encouraged to be engineers

679
00:36:10,310 --> 00:36:08,880
and but she did

680
00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:10,320
find a mentor

681
00:36:15,270 --> 00:36:12,560
dr mueller who was the head of the

682
00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:15,280
ceramic engineering department and

683
00:36:20,950 --> 00:36:18,720
became her mentor he uh told her that uh

684
00:36:23,829 --> 00:36:20,960
ceramic engineering was where it was at

685
00:36:24,630 --> 00:36:23,839
and uh to focus on that and which she

686
00:36:27,190 --> 00:36:24,640
did

687
00:36:28,950 --> 00:36:27,200
in addition he put her on his team he

688
00:36:31,750 --> 00:36:28,960
had a research project

689
00:36:33,589 --> 00:36:31,760
with nasa developing the ceramic tile

690
00:36:35,109 --> 00:36:33,599
for the shuttle program and she was on

691
00:36:38,310 --> 00:36:35,119
that team and

692
00:36:40,470 --> 00:36:38,320
got her feet wet her hands wet i guess

693
00:36:42,870 --> 00:36:40,480
working on the development of ceramic

694
00:36:44,790 --> 00:36:42,880
tile for the shuttle she graduated both

695
00:36:47,910 --> 00:36:44,800
with a masters and a bachelor's in

696
00:36:50,310 --> 00:36:47,920
ceramic engineering a few years later

697
00:36:51,990 --> 00:36:50,320
she took a job at rocco international

698
00:36:54,710 --> 00:36:52,000
once again with the ceramic engineering

699
00:36:56,870 --> 00:36:54,720
background she was working on developing

700
00:36:59,750 --> 00:36:56,880
the equipment and processes to

701
00:37:03,190 --> 00:36:59,760
manufacture tiles for the space shuttle

702
00:37:05,430 --> 00:37:03,200
now after that in 1978 she went to nasa

703
00:37:08,390 --> 00:37:05,440
johnson space center and took a job with

704
00:37:10,390 --> 00:37:08,400
the mission operations directorate

705
00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:10,400
the first spacecraft she worked with

706
00:37:12,790 --> 00:37:11,839
crashed

707
00:37:15,109 --> 00:37:12,800
uh

708
00:37:16,150 --> 00:37:15,119
well not really let me explain

709
00:37:17,589 --> 00:37:16,160
she was

710
00:37:20,310 --> 00:37:17,599
in the guidance and navigation

711
00:37:21,750 --> 00:37:20,320
department or team that was working on

712
00:37:24,230 --> 00:37:21,760
the sky

713
00:37:26,150 --> 00:37:24,240
reentry program and it wasn't really a

714
00:37:27,910 --> 00:37:26,160
program it was gravity was taken over

715
00:37:30,390 --> 00:37:27,920
and skylab was coming home

716
00:37:35,190 --> 00:37:30,400
so that's where she got

717
00:37:37,510 --> 00:37:35,200
her her start at nasa in 1980 she was

718
00:37:39,030 --> 00:37:37,520
elected or selected the class for the

719
00:37:39,910 --> 00:37:39,040
astronaut program

720
00:37:42,790 --> 00:37:39,920
and

721
00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:42,800
john covered very well her five shuttle

722
00:37:48,710 --> 00:37:45,440
missions but it didn't address

723
00:37:51,430 --> 00:37:48,720
one of the really significant in my mind

724
00:37:54,069 --> 00:37:51,440
job she had she was a backup for norm

725
00:37:56,230 --> 00:37:54,079
thagard on the first u.s soya's mirror

726
00:37:58,390 --> 00:37:56,240
mission which meant she spent 13 months

727
00:38:01,349 --> 00:37:58,400
in russia preparing for that mission and

728
00:38:03,589 --> 00:38:01,359
at the end she didn't get to fly it

729
00:38:05,589 --> 00:38:03,599
but there's a lot of dedication involved

730
00:38:08,630 --> 00:38:05,599
in doing that and

731
00:38:11,190 --> 00:38:08,640
she excelled at that

732
00:38:12,630 --> 00:38:11,200
we threw together on sts-32

733
00:38:15,109 --> 00:38:12,640
at that point in time it was the longest

734
00:38:17,829 --> 00:38:15,119
shuttle mission and as an indication of

735
00:38:19,510 --> 00:38:17,839
her dedication to space research and

736
00:38:21,030 --> 00:38:19,520
when you have a long mission the medics

737
00:38:22,950 --> 00:38:21,040
kind of

738
00:38:24,069 --> 00:38:22,960
get their hands bringing their hands

739
00:38:25,750 --> 00:38:24,079
together there's a lot of good

740
00:38:28,710 --> 00:38:25,760
opportunities here so one of the things

741
00:38:30,950 --> 00:38:28,720
she found cured for was a study of

742
00:38:33,030 --> 00:38:30,960
interocular pressure eye pressure so

743
00:38:34,790 --> 00:38:33,040
every morning i had this tool and i

744
00:38:37,190 --> 00:38:34,800
jabbed her in the eye

745
00:38:39,430 --> 00:38:37,200
uh it actually hurt me to do it and she

746
00:38:41,109 --> 00:38:39,440
was at the receiving end of it all but

747
00:38:43,910 --> 00:38:41,119
but more importantly the one that really

748
00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:43,920
uh addresses the above and beyond was

749
00:38:48,470 --> 00:38:46,400
she volunteered for muscle biopsies so

750
00:38:49,910 --> 00:38:48,480
that means before we went on the mission

751
00:38:50,790 --> 00:38:49,920
they take a chunk of muscle out of your

752
00:38:52,470 --> 00:38:50,800
leg

753
00:38:54,390 --> 00:38:52,480
and then you go on your mission and when

754
00:38:55,990 --> 00:38:54,400
you get back they go take another chunk

755
00:38:59,109 --> 00:38:56,000
of muscle out of your leg to see what's

756
00:39:00,230 --> 00:38:59,119
changed in the time you were on orbit

757
00:39:02,470 --> 00:39:00,240
well throughout her career she's

758
00:39:04,950 --> 00:39:02,480
dedicated to inspiring the youth to

759
00:39:07,510 --> 00:39:04,960
pursue careers in science and technology

760
00:39:08,390 --> 00:39:07,520
uh she was big into stem before stem was

761
00:39:10,069 --> 00:39:08,400
in

762
00:39:13,030 --> 00:39:10,079
for those who don't know stem stem is

763
00:39:15,349 --> 00:39:13,040
the kind of the program that inspires

764
00:39:17,030 --> 00:39:15,359
careers in science s

765
00:39:21,349 --> 00:39:17,040
technology e

766
00:39:27,030 --> 00:39:24,150
hey i'm retired

767
00:39:35,589 --> 00:39:27,040
okay s s science t is technology e is

768
00:39:39,510 --> 00:39:37,589
so throughout her career she did a vast

769
00:39:41,349 --> 00:39:39,520
number of presentations

770
00:39:43,109 --> 00:39:41,359
and one of the notable ones

771
00:39:44,790 --> 00:39:43,119
was relayed to me by dick taylor a

772
00:39:46,390 --> 00:39:44,800
mutual friend of ours he's a former test

773
00:39:48,069 --> 00:39:46,400
pilot at boeing

774
00:39:50,550 --> 00:39:48,079
she was called up to seattle to give a

775
00:39:52,710 --> 00:39:50,560
presentation to a bunch of engineering

776
00:39:53,670 --> 00:39:52,720
societies and all these old hardcore

777
00:39:55,750 --> 00:39:53,680
engineers there and she was going to

778
00:39:57,030 --> 00:39:55,760
talk to him about the space program just

779
00:39:59,270 --> 00:39:57,040
about the time she was ready to start

780
00:40:01,990 --> 00:39:59,280
her presentation they marched in a

781
00:40:04,950 --> 00:40:02,000
troupe of uh campfire girls

782
00:40:06,390 --> 00:40:04,960
so now she's got a pretty diverse

783
00:40:08,790 --> 00:40:06,400
pretty diverse

784
00:40:10,790 --> 00:40:08,800
audience for her presentation well dick

785
00:40:12,950 --> 00:40:10,800
says she did an outstanding job she

786
00:40:15,270 --> 00:40:12,960
inspired the young girls and at the same

787
00:40:17,750 --> 00:40:15,280
time provide meaningful technical uh

788
00:40:20,390 --> 00:40:17,760
inspiration technical content for the

789
00:40:21,670 --> 00:40:20,400
veteran uh engineers that were at that

790
00:40:23,349 --> 00:40:21,680
conference

791
00:40:25,270 --> 00:40:23,359
after leaving nasa she continued her

792
00:40:28,150 --> 00:40:25,280
focus on youth education

793
00:40:30,470 --> 00:40:28,160
and inspiration as president and ceo of

794
00:40:31,670 --> 00:40:30,480
the seattle's museum of flight

795
00:40:33,270 --> 00:40:31,680
there she instituted numerous

796
00:40:35,510 --> 00:40:33,280
interactive programs for the youth to

797
00:40:38,630 --> 00:40:35,520
inspire them and also expanded the

798
00:40:40,470 --> 00:40:38,640
educational displays at the museum

799
00:40:42,950 --> 00:40:40,480
just recently she's continued her

800
00:40:44,710 --> 00:40:42,960
dedication to stem by selecting the

801
00:40:47,510 --> 00:40:44,720
position as the lead

802
00:40:49,349 --> 00:40:47,520
at the university of houston in houston

803
00:40:52,069 --> 00:40:49,359
to develop the university of houston

804
00:40:53,750 --> 00:40:52,079
stem center and to teach in the college

805
00:40:54,790 --> 00:40:53,760
of engineering

806
00:40:55,589 --> 00:40:54,800
okay

807
00:40:56,630 --> 00:40:55,599
now

808
00:40:59,270 --> 00:40:56,640
there's

809
00:41:01,510 --> 00:40:59,280
one uh little known first

810
00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:01,520
that bonnie had that

811
00:41:06,309 --> 00:41:03,839
i don't think many people know about

812
00:41:07,190 --> 00:41:06,319
she's the first and my knowledge the

813
00:41:08,150 --> 00:41:07,200
only

814
00:41:11,990 --> 00:41:08,160
person

815
00:41:16,309 --> 00:41:13,430
let me explain

816
00:41:17,990 --> 00:41:16,319
while we were training for sts-32

817
00:41:20,710 --> 00:41:18,000
the prize family bull got hit by

818
00:41:23,670 --> 00:41:20,720
lightning

819
00:41:25,670 --> 00:41:23,680
ended his life her dad had it processed

820
00:41:27,829 --> 00:41:25,680
has some beef jerky made

821
00:41:30,069 --> 00:41:27,839
and uh

822
00:41:31,589 --> 00:41:30,079
and and said it to bonnie in houston

823
00:41:32,630 --> 00:41:31,599
now you don't just take food in the

824
00:41:35,030 --> 00:41:32,640
space

825
00:41:36,630 --> 00:41:35,040
she takes the food to the people that

826
00:41:38,309 --> 00:41:36,640
prepare the food for space and they go

827
00:41:39,910 --> 00:41:38,319
through about two months worth of

828
00:41:41,270 --> 00:41:39,920
testing it to make sure it's safe to

829
00:41:43,829 --> 00:41:41,280
take the space

830
00:41:49,510 --> 00:41:43,839
well on sts-32

831
00:41:53,589 --> 00:41:51,510
launched with us up to orbit

832
00:41:56,790 --> 00:41:53,599
uh i'm sad to say

833
00:41:59,750 --> 00:41:56,800
it didn't take it didn't come home

834
00:42:01,430 --> 00:41:59,760
but it sure tasted good

835
00:42:02,950 --> 00:42:01,440
ladies and gentlemen it's my honor to

836
00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:02,960
introduce you to the newest member of

837
00:42:40,069 --> 00:42:37,990
well thank you very much and

838
00:42:42,470 --> 00:42:40,079
thank you dan for not telling all the

839
00:42:45,109 --> 00:42:42,480
stories

840
00:42:49,030 --> 00:42:45,119
i'm i'm very humbled uh

841
00:42:52,390 --> 00:42:49,040
this is uh an opportunity to uh thank my

842
00:42:55,510 --> 00:42:52,400
personal heroes uh growing up and

843
00:42:56,829 --> 00:42:55,520
the astronaut scholarship foundation and

844
00:43:04,550 --> 00:42:56,839
the

845
00:43:07,670 --> 00:43:04,560
uh i did send that letter to nasa i was

846
00:43:10,550 --> 00:43:07,680
about eight or nine when i was inspired

847
00:43:14,309 --> 00:43:10,560
uh by space and by my parents by the way

848
00:43:16,550 --> 00:43:14,319
who homesteaded that ranch in 1948

849
00:43:19,270 --> 00:43:16,560
we didn't have much but we certainly had

850
00:43:21,270 --> 00:43:19,280
great open skies at night and i would go

851
00:43:23,670 --> 00:43:21,280
and like look at the stars and look at

852
00:43:25,349 --> 00:43:23,680
the milky way which you could see i

853
00:43:27,589 --> 00:43:25,359
remind a lot the young people in this

854
00:43:29,430 --> 00:43:27,599
audience to go do that

855
00:43:31,190 --> 00:43:29,440
and i remember very clearly and i guess

856
00:43:33,270 --> 00:43:31,200
i'm old enough to talk about this is

857
00:43:35,190 --> 00:43:33,280
that i had what i considered an out of

858
00:43:37,990 --> 00:43:35,200
body experience

859
00:43:39,990 --> 00:43:38,000
i was looking at the stars one night

860
00:43:42,790 --> 00:43:40,000
and it was like it was a very clear

861
00:43:44,470 --> 00:43:42,800
crisp night i think it was october

862
00:43:47,190 --> 00:43:44,480
and it was like they were kind of

863
00:43:49,430 --> 00:43:47,200
sucking me out and and i just and i

864
00:43:51,349 --> 00:43:49,440
almost you know i got physically weak

865
00:43:54,230 --> 00:43:51,359
and i said you know this is what i've

866
00:43:56,870 --> 00:43:54,240
got to do for the rest of my life this

867
00:43:59,670 --> 00:43:56,880
is what my passion is and i will do

868
00:44:01,990 --> 00:43:59,680
whatever it takes to make it happen

869
00:44:04,390 --> 00:44:02,000
and so i was in a very small school

870
00:44:07,349 --> 00:44:04,400
about 22 in my class for the first eight

871
00:44:09,670 --> 00:44:07,359
grades and great teachers

872
00:44:12,069 --> 00:44:09,680
passionate teachers and it was my eighth

873
00:44:14,390 --> 00:44:12,079
grade teacher that i confided with when

874
00:44:15,990 --> 00:44:14,400
he asked me what i wanted to do when i

875
00:44:19,109 --> 00:44:16,000
grew up because i had to go now into a

876
00:44:21,030 --> 00:44:19,119
bigger city of 2600 i think for high

877
00:44:22,870 --> 00:44:21,040
school i remember

878
00:44:24,870 --> 00:44:22,880
and he's and i told him i wanted to

879
00:44:26,710 --> 00:44:24,880
build spaceships and fly in them because

880
00:44:28,710 --> 00:44:26,720
i'd been watching flash gordon which was

881
00:44:31,589 --> 00:44:28,720
also now on our tv

882
00:44:33,750 --> 00:44:31,599
and he said well you'll need algebra

883
00:44:36,550 --> 00:44:33,760
and i said what's that and he said trust

884
00:44:38,870 --> 00:44:36,560
me and i did and i took the math and the

885
00:44:40,710 --> 00:44:38,880
science and you know physics it was my

886
00:44:43,270 --> 00:44:40,720
physics teacher who pointed me to

887
00:44:45,910 --> 00:44:43,280
engineering but it was my parents who

888
00:44:48,470 --> 00:44:45,920
taught me about hard work perseverance

889
00:44:51,349 --> 00:44:48,480
vision the quest for knowledge and

890
00:44:54,470 --> 00:44:51,359
education even if it wasn't formal my

891
00:44:56,309 --> 00:44:54,480
mother is out there ethel dunbar

892
00:45:03,910 --> 00:44:56,319
come on

893
00:45:08,870 --> 00:45:06,950
sadly my my father's not here but um

894
00:45:10,630 --> 00:45:08,880
what dan didn't tell you on our on our

895
00:45:11,990 --> 00:45:10,640
mission together we were waived off i

896
00:45:13,750 --> 00:45:12,000
think a day

897
00:45:15,349 --> 00:45:13,760
and an orbit i don't remember how many

898
00:45:18,230 --> 00:45:15,359
times we waved off but we didn't get

899
00:45:19,670 --> 00:45:18,240
backed on time i think and then we had a

900
00:45:21,190 --> 00:45:19,680
long time getting out of the shuttle

901
00:45:23,430 --> 00:45:21,200
because there were a variety of things

902
00:45:25,589 --> 00:45:23,440
so about dawn we got out and

903
00:45:28,630 --> 00:45:25,599
and uh we met the families and dan

904
00:45:34,390 --> 00:45:28,640
apologized to my father for keeping his

905
00:45:40,309 --> 00:45:35,750
so

906
00:45:43,430 --> 00:45:40,319
of help and mentors and i had my family

907
00:45:46,309 --> 00:45:43,440
i had teachers i had professor mueller

908
00:45:48,710 --> 00:45:46,319
along the way and it is really all about

909
00:45:50,550 --> 00:45:48,720
where we're going as a society

910
00:45:52,870 --> 00:45:50,560
i was very fortunate to be born in this

911
00:45:54,870 --> 00:45:52,880
great nation and i know that my my

912
00:45:57,109 --> 00:45:54,880
grandparents immigrated to this nation

913
00:45:59,109 --> 00:45:57,119
because of its greatness

914
00:46:01,030 --> 00:45:59,119
and it's enabled me to have a wonderful

915
00:46:03,750 --> 00:46:01,040
first class education

916
00:46:05,510 --> 00:46:03,760
and now the opportunity to give back and

917
00:46:07,670 --> 00:46:05,520
part of that giving back is to ensure

918
00:46:09,589 --> 00:46:07,680
that we keep our vision forward that we

919
00:46:10,710 --> 00:46:09,599
continue to explore and we invest in

920
00:46:13,589 --> 00:46:10,720
these young people through the

921
00:46:16,550 --> 00:46:13,599
scholarship foundation and younger

922
00:46:19,109 --> 00:46:16,560
because i want to live long enough to as

923
00:46:25,829 --> 00:46:19,119
flash gordon did to see someone walk on

924
00:46:29,670 --> 00:46:27,829
congratulations bonnie dunbar and

925
00:46:35,270 --> 00:46:29,680
welcome to the united states astronaut

926
00:46:41,589 --> 00:46:38,710
our next inductee today is kurt brown

927
00:46:44,550 --> 00:46:41,599
astronaut kurt brown is a retired us air

928
00:46:47,550 --> 00:46:44,560
force colonel and a veteran of six space

929
00:46:52,550 --> 00:46:47,560
flights during which he logged more than

930
00:46:54,829 --> 00:46:52,560
1380 hours that's 57 days in space

931
00:46:57,589 --> 00:46:54,839
brown first served as pilot for

932
00:47:02,309 --> 00:46:57,599
sts-47 aboard space shuttle endeavour in

933
00:47:07,190 --> 00:47:02,319
1992 he next served as pilot for sts-66

934
00:47:10,550 --> 00:47:07,200
in 1994 to board atlantis in 1966.

935
00:47:12,790 --> 00:47:10,560
on sts-77 his third time in

936
00:47:15,030 --> 00:47:12,800
pilot brown assisted the crew aboard

937
00:47:17,829 --> 00:47:15,040
space shuttle endeavour as it performed

938
00:47:19,589 --> 00:47:17,839
a record number of rendezvous sequences

939
00:47:22,230 --> 00:47:19,599
including the deployment and retrieval

940
00:47:25,270 --> 00:47:22,240
of the spartan satellite brown's fourth

941
00:47:28,950 --> 00:47:25,280
space flight was as sts-85 commander

942
00:47:31,430 --> 00:47:28,960
aboard discovery in 1997

943
00:47:35,910 --> 00:47:31,440
brown was commander of discovery again

944
00:47:37,670 --> 00:47:35,920
for sts 95 in 1998. that you all

945
00:47:40,069 --> 00:47:37,680
remember was the historic mission that

946
00:47:41,670 --> 00:47:40,079
marks senator john glenn's triumphant

947
00:47:43,750 --> 00:47:41,680
return to space

948
00:47:45,670 --> 00:47:43,760
a year later brown completed his third

949
00:47:48,470 --> 00:47:45,680
run as commander aboard space shuttle

950
00:47:50,790 --> 00:47:48,480
discovery on sts-103

951
00:47:53,430 --> 00:47:50,800
the focus of which was the installation

952
00:47:55,750 --> 00:47:53,440
of new instruments and upgraded systems

953
00:47:57,829 --> 00:47:55,760
on the hubble space telescope during his

954
00:47:59,430 --> 00:47:57,839
time at nasa brown served as the

955
00:48:02,390 --> 00:47:59,440
astronaut office lead of shuttle

956
00:48:04,950 --> 00:48:02,400
operations and deputy of the flight crew

957
00:48:06,309 --> 00:48:04,960
operations directorate

958
00:48:29,910 --> 00:48:06,319
let's take a look at some video

959
00:48:43,430 --> 00:48:32,069
endeavor on america's 50th space shuttle

960
00:48:46,829 --> 00:48:45,510
liftoff of atlanta for on a mission to

961
00:48:48,390 --> 00:48:46,839
study planet

962
00:48:49,510 --> 00:48:48,400
earth hey scott's awesome he's done a

963
00:48:51,670 --> 00:48:49,520
good job

964
00:48:56,790 --> 00:48:51,680
thanks kirk if he can just get him to

965
00:49:05,750 --> 00:48:59,430
liftoff of the space shuttle endeavor

966
00:49:12,950 --> 00:49:08,470
and liftoff of discovery on a mission to

967
00:49:17,670 --> 00:49:15,190
and liftoff of discovery with a crew of

968
00:49:30,950 --> 00:49:17,680
six astronaut heroes and one american

969
00:49:30,960 --> 00:49:40,710
and lifts off with a special discovery

970
00:49:44,470 --> 00:49:42,549
every houston we see a good grapple

971
00:49:46,230 --> 00:49:44,480
discovery we followed the room you have

972
00:49:55,990 --> 00:49:46,240
a go for the release of the hubble space

973
00:50:20,710 --> 00:49:57,990
ladies and gentlemen astronaut kurt

974
00:50:24,549 --> 00:50:22,549
to present kurt brown into the united

975
00:50:26,950 --> 00:50:24,559
states astronaut hall of fame please

976
00:50:34,710 --> 00:50:26,960
welcome hall of fame astronaut hoot

977
00:50:39,109 --> 00:50:37,270
well in case you couldn't tell

978
00:50:41,109 --> 00:50:39,119
kurt brown has about the largest

979
00:50:43,430 --> 00:50:41,119
cheering section here

980
00:50:45,510 --> 00:50:43,440
there are 38 people from i think

981
00:50:47,990 --> 00:50:45,520
elizabethtown north carolina that are

982
00:50:50,069 --> 00:50:48,000
here to chur cheer kurt on so

983
00:50:51,750 --> 00:50:50,079
congratulations curt and welcome to all

984
00:50:53,990 --> 00:50:51,760
of you

985
00:50:57,030 --> 00:50:54,000
kurt joined the astronaut corps with the

986
00:50:59,030 --> 00:50:57,040
1987 class

987
00:51:02,230 --> 00:50:59,040
having graduated from the air force

988
00:51:04,710 --> 00:51:02,240
academy in electrical engineering

989
00:51:06,309 --> 00:51:04,720
which everybody abbreviates as ee

990
00:51:08,630 --> 00:51:06,319
and kurt's the one that pointed out to

991
00:51:12,390 --> 00:51:08,640
me that ee

992
00:51:16,630 --> 00:51:14,230
i can't help it it's kurt that told me

993
00:51:19,030 --> 00:51:16,640
about that well i have known kurt for a

994
00:51:22,150 --> 00:51:19,040
long long time and i sure have a whole

995
00:51:24,790 --> 00:51:22,160
lot of kurt brown stories

996
00:51:28,150 --> 00:51:24,800
last night kurt reminded me

997
00:51:32,790 --> 00:51:31,030
and he has a whole lot on me so as a

998
00:51:34,829 --> 00:51:32,800
result i don't have hardly any stories

999
00:51:37,670 --> 00:51:34,839
at all to tell about

1000
00:51:40,069 --> 00:51:37,680
kurt i got to have the wonderful

1001
00:51:42,710 --> 00:51:40,079
experience of training with kurt

1002
00:51:44,309 --> 00:51:42,720
on the 50th space shuttle launch space

1003
00:51:48,950 --> 00:51:44,319
lab j

1004
00:51:52,230 --> 00:51:48,960
joint flight with the japanese we had a

1005
00:51:54,549 --> 00:51:52,240
japanese scientist on board mamuru mori

1006
00:51:56,549 --> 00:51:54,559
and the japanese paid for virtually all

1007
00:52:00,069 --> 00:51:56,559
of the mission it had some interesting

1008
00:52:01,109 --> 00:52:00,079
things on it we had frogs fishes and

1009
00:52:02,390 --> 00:52:01,119
hornets

1010
00:52:05,270 --> 00:52:02,400
on board

1011
00:52:08,790 --> 00:52:05,280
and frogs and fishes that's no problem

1012
00:52:11,030 --> 00:52:08,800
but hornets we had 256

1013
00:52:14,230 --> 00:52:11,040
carnivorous hornets

1014
00:52:15,589 --> 00:52:14,240
in an enclosure fortunately uh aboard

1015
00:52:17,750 --> 00:52:15,599
endeavour

1016
00:52:19,670 --> 00:52:17,760
and it had occurred to me a couple times

1017
00:52:22,150 --> 00:52:19,680
man i sure hope none of those guys get

1018
00:52:23,829 --> 00:52:22,160
loose in the cabin with us because these

1019
00:52:25,270 --> 00:52:23,839
things are about two and a half inches

1020
00:52:26,870 --> 00:52:25,280
long and they're they're meat eaters

1021
00:52:29,030 --> 00:52:26,880
they're carnivorous and i didn't want

1022
00:52:32,309 --> 00:52:29,040
them feeding on us

1023
00:52:33,829 --> 00:52:32,319
but the mission was really easy compared

1024
00:52:37,190 --> 00:52:33,839
to the training

1025
00:52:40,549 --> 00:52:37,200
and curt grew up in north carolina

1026
00:52:43,349 --> 00:52:40,559
and food wise he's very much an american

1027
00:52:45,670 --> 00:52:43,359
standard food sort of person

1028
00:52:46,870 --> 00:52:45,680
and we spent two weeks all together in

1029
00:52:49,030 --> 00:52:46,880
japan

1030
00:52:50,230 --> 00:52:49,040
in the course of this mission

1031
00:52:52,549 --> 00:52:50,240
and

1032
00:52:55,190 --> 00:52:52,559
i was afraid kurt was going to starve to

1033
00:52:57,430 --> 00:52:55,200
death on this mission

1034
00:53:00,710 --> 00:52:57,440
because some of the things that we had

1035
00:53:02,549 --> 00:53:00,720
to eat i'll give you just two examples

1036
00:53:04,790 --> 00:53:02,559
one morning for breakfast with

1037
00:53:05,910 --> 00:53:04,800
chopsticks of course i'm eating a bowl

1038
00:53:07,990 --> 00:53:05,920
of noodles

1039
00:53:10,549 --> 00:53:08,000
and they had some kind of spicy sauce on

1040
00:53:12,230 --> 00:53:10,559
them and they were really good

1041
00:53:16,150 --> 00:53:12,240
and then i took a closer look and i

1042
00:53:19,430 --> 00:53:16,160
noticed that these noodles had eyes

1043
00:53:21,670 --> 00:53:19,440
and i asked mamuru i said memoria what

1044
00:53:23,910 --> 00:53:21,680
is this and he said oh those are baby

1045
00:53:27,270 --> 00:53:23,920
eels

1046
00:53:31,750 --> 00:53:27,280
and i have one more example we were at

1047
00:53:32,950 --> 00:53:31,760
um heavy industries in kobe japan having

1048
00:53:34,549 --> 00:53:32,960
lunch

1049
00:53:36,069 --> 00:53:34,559
and i got to thinking well we're having

1050
00:53:38,230 --> 00:53:36,079
beef for lunch

1051
00:53:40,790 --> 00:53:38,240
i wonder if this is kobe beef so once

1052
00:53:43,430 --> 00:53:40,800
again i asked mamuro is this kobe beef

1053
00:53:45,510 --> 00:53:43,440
well memorial asked the waiter and the

1054
00:53:48,150 --> 00:53:45,520
waiter told him and memorial came back

1055
00:53:50,069 --> 00:53:48,160
to me and he said yes this is kobe beef

1056
00:53:53,270 --> 00:53:50,079
and i'm thinking wow that's really neat

1057
00:53:56,230 --> 00:53:53,280
and he said it's tongue

1058
00:53:59,829 --> 00:53:56,240
and at that point at least one member of

1059
00:54:02,710 --> 00:53:59,839
the crew jan davis stopped eating lunch

1060
00:54:04,790 --> 00:54:02,720
that was about the end of it

1061
00:54:06,390 --> 00:54:04,800
well kurt and i have had this funny

1062
00:54:08,390 --> 00:54:06,400
thing that we've done to each other for

1063
00:54:10,870 --> 00:54:08,400
a great many years any time when we were

1064
00:54:12,630 --> 00:54:10,880
training if i flew a half decent landing

1065
00:54:14,549 --> 00:54:12,640
in the simulator

1066
00:54:16,470 --> 00:54:14,559
kurt wouldn't say hey that was a nice

1067
00:54:18,390 --> 00:54:16,480
landing hoot it was always

1068
00:54:21,109 --> 00:54:18,400
nominal hoot

1069
00:54:22,790 --> 00:54:21,119
everything was nominal well on my final

1070
00:54:25,430 --> 00:54:22,800
space flight

1071
00:54:26,710 --> 00:54:25,440
curt was the capsule communicator the

1072
00:54:29,270 --> 00:54:26,720
capcom

1073
00:54:31,190 --> 00:54:29,280
and so he was the one that i was talking

1074
00:54:33,349 --> 00:54:31,200
to during launch well right after solid

1075
00:54:36,150 --> 00:54:33,359
rocket motor separation

1076
00:54:38,630 --> 00:54:36,160
the call that the capcom makes is

1077
00:54:39,829 --> 00:54:38,640
atlantis houston first stage performance

1078
00:54:42,390 --> 00:54:39,839
nominal

1079
00:54:43,510 --> 00:54:42,400
and so i had the opportunity to reply

1080
00:54:46,950 --> 00:54:43,520
and say

1081
00:54:49,109 --> 00:54:46,960
copy nominal kurt

1082
00:54:52,470 --> 00:54:49,119
for all the world to hear

1083
00:54:55,829 --> 00:54:52,480
well after we left nasa

1084
00:54:58,549 --> 00:54:55,839
i couldn't get rid of him

1085
00:55:02,230 --> 00:54:58,559
i got started in racing unlimited air

1086
00:55:03,990 --> 00:55:02,240
racers at reno in 1998

1087
00:55:06,630 --> 00:55:04,000
and worked on making this airplane

1088
00:55:08,390 --> 00:55:06,640
faster and and building up the

1089
00:55:10,710 --> 00:55:08,400
horsepower in the engine and going

1090
00:55:12,789 --> 00:55:10,720
faster and faster finally was doing

1091
00:55:14,789 --> 00:55:12,799
pretty darn well racing this airplane

1092
00:55:17,190 --> 00:55:14,799
called riffraff which my wife says is

1093
00:55:19,349 --> 00:55:17,200
most appropriate

1094
00:55:21,990 --> 00:55:19,359
and then kurt shows up

1095
00:55:24,950 --> 00:55:22,000
aft after doing this for six years kurt

1096
00:55:26,710 --> 00:55:24,960
shows up in this extremely fast p-51

1097
00:55:30,150 --> 00:55:26,720
mustang named voodoo

1098
00:55:32,870 --> 00:55:30,160
and just blew my doors off

1099
00:55:34,870 --> 00:55:32,880
so i got to race in the jet class a

1100
00:55:36,630 --> 00:55:34,880
little bit figuring okay i can get away

1101
00:55:39,109 --> 00:55:36,640
from him there in the jet class well

1102
00:55:42,390 --> 00:55:39,119
guess what he does he shows up

1103
00:55:45,750 --> 00:55:42,400
in a real fast jet and blew my doors off

1104
00:55:47,030 --> 00:55:45,760
in the jet class as well i can't get rid

1105
00:55:49,349 --> 00:55:47,040
of him

1106
00:55:52,150 --> 00:55:49,359
well you know what finally this last

1107
00:55:53,750 --> 00:55:52,160
september i think kurt finally felt

1108
00:55:55,190 --> 00:55:53,760
sorry for me

1109
00:55:57,109 --> 00:55:55,200
and he let me win

1110
00:55:59,670 --> 00:55:57,119
he came in fourth place in the unlimited

1111
00:56:01,510 --> 00:55:59,680
gold final and i got second place so i'm

1112
00:56:02,470 --> 00:56:01,520
pretty sure he pulled his throttle back

1113
00:56:05,589 --> 00:56:02,480
a little bit

1114
00:56:10,870 --> 00:56:07,910
so speaking of winning

1115
00:56:14,069 --> 00:56:10,880
today we are here to celebrate a really

1116
00:56:15,750 --> 00:56:14,079
great triumphant win for kurt brown

1117
00:56:17,670 --> 00:56:15,760
so on behalf of the astronaut

1118
00:56:20,150 --> 00:56:17,680
scholarship foundation

1119
00:56:59,270 --> 00:56:20,160
kurt congratulations and welcome to the

1120
00:57:03,349 --> 00:57:01,670
well i'm very uh

1121
00:57:04,789 --> 00:57:03,359
i really can't believe this is happening

1122
00:57:06,309 --> 00:57:04,799
folks it's uh

1123
00:57:09,270 --> 00:57:06,319
it's quite an honor and i'm very very

1124
00:57:12,710 --> 00:57:11,510
being here today

1125
00:57:14,230 --> 00:57:12,720
when i

1126
00:57:17,430 --> 00:57:14,240
was told that hoot was doing my

1127
00:57:19,910 --> 00:57:17,440
introduction i got really worried though

1128
00:57:21,030 --> 00:57:19,920
and it proved to be correct

1129
00:57:22,549 --> 00:57:21,040
um

1130
00:57:25,430 --> 00:57:22,559
i'm not sure you can believe anything he

1131
00:57:27,349 --> 00:57:25,440
says but anyway thank you very much hoot

1132
00:57:31,589 --> 00:57:27,359
where are you at back there

1133
00:57:35,270 --> 00:57:33,190
no seriously thank you very much for

1134
00:57:36,950 --> 00:57:35,280
everyone for being here and um

1135
00:57:38,549 --> 00:57:36,960
first of all i'd like to thank charlie

1136
00:57:40,870 --> 00:57:38,559
and your board and the astronaut

1137
00:57:43,510 --> 00:57:40,880
scholarship foundation for such a a

1138
00:57:45,270 --> 00:57:43,520
great event and a great purpose

1139
00:57:46,870 --> 00:57:45,280
you guys do a great job thank you very

1140
00:57:48,470 --> 00:57:46,880
very much for that and i'm i'm very

1141
00:57:57,190 --> 00:57:48,480
humble to be part of it and i'll do my

1142
00:58:01,030 --> 00:57:59,109
i'm looking for bob seek he has to be

1143
00:58:04,710 --> 00:58:01,040
out there somewhere there's bob and mr

1144
00:58:06,390 --> 00:58:04,720
leinbach where is he at back there okay

1145
00:58:08,950 --> 00:58:06,400
first of all bob you and your team thank

1146
00:58:11,030 --> 00:58:08,960
you very much for um they're the team

1147
00:58:12,710 --> 00:58:11,040
actually that does the voting process

1148
00:58:14,710 --> 00:58:12,720
and the induction into the hall of fame

1149
00:58:18,870 --> 00:58:14,720
and obviously the money i sent you was

1150
00:58:22,390 --> 00:58:21,270
and between bob and mike lombach back

1151
00:58:24,150 --> 00:58:22,400
there

1152
00:58:25,670 --> 00:58:24,160
they gave me six space shuttles that

1153
00:58:29,750 --> 00:58:25,680
were

1154
00:58:31,829 --> 00:58:29,760
obviously had a very successful missions

1155
00:58:33,270 --> 00:58:31,839
but i do think i'm the only astronaut or

1156
00:58:35,670 --> 00:58:33,280
at least commander that launched and

1157
00:58:37,750 --> 00:58:35,680
left part of my orbiter on the ground

1158
00:58:40,630 --> 00:58:37,760
and i have my drag shoe door at home and

1159
00:58:42,069 --> 00:58:40,640
i don't think i'll ever get rid of it

1160
00:58:44,230 --> 00:58:42,079
that's kind of the inside joke but

1161
00:58:46,470 --> 00:58:44,240
anyway

1162
00:58:48,470 --> 00:58:46,480
lynn leblanc i didn't have the chance to

1163
00:58:49,829 --> 00:58:48,480
work with lynn very much she's she's

1164
00:58:51,030 --> 00:58:49,839
leaving the astronaut scholarship

1165
00:58:53,990 --> 00:58:51,040
foundation

1166
00:58:55,349 --> 00:58:54,000
but lynn and her staff did a tremendous

1167
00:58:57,270 --> 00:58:55,359
there's lynn right there did a

1168
00:58:58,230 --> 00:58:57,280
tremendous job over the many years she's

1169
00:59:00,710 --> 00:58:58,240
been here

1170
00:59:02,870 --> 00:59:00,720
and we all wish you the best of

1171
00:59:04,630 --> 00:59:02,880
luck in your future endeavors and i'm

1172
00:59:07,190 --> 00:59:04,640
sorry that i won't get to work with you

1173
00:59:14,230 --> 00:59:07,200
unless i talk you into coming back so

1174
00:59:19,589 --> 00:59:17,589
where is um where's ross at

1175
00:59:21,510 --> 00:59:19,599
oh there he is back there okay i'm at

1176
00:59:24,150 --> 00:59:21,520
the airport ross works for the

1177
00:59:26,549 --> 00:59:24,160
scholarship foundation as a volunteer

1178
00:59:28,630 --> 00:59:26,559
and uh so ross i'm at the airport ross

1179
00:59:30,630 --> 00:59:28,640
picks up the airport he shakes my hand

1180
00:59:33,349 --> 00:59:30,640
and like breaks it off okay so then i

1181
00:59:35,589 --> 00:59:33,359
knew he was probably either military or

1182
00:59:38,950 --> 00:59:35,599
law enforcement unfortunately hoot for

1183
00:59:46,630 --> 00:59:41,589
but

1184
00:59:48,069 --> 00:59:46,640
i have one

1185
00:59:49,750 --> 00:59:48,079
suggestion i wanted you to show up in

1186
00:59:51,910 --> 00:59:49,760
your squad car so we could do the lights

1187
00:59:53,510 --> 00:59:51,920
and the sirens and stuff and the hell

1188
00:59:56,150 --> 00:59:53,520
with those toll booths you know we could

1189
00:59:58,950 --> 00:59:56,160
go right through there but

1190
01:00:00,549 --> 00:59:58,960
anyway we had a lot of fun

1191
01:00:02,150 --> 01:00:00,559
as hoot mentioned i have a lot of folks

1192
01:00:03,990 --> 01:00:02,160
here um

1193
01:00:05,990 --> 01:00:04,000
mary and i got together and decided to

1194
01:00:08,069 --> 01:00:06,000
send out our invitations and stuff and

1195
01:00:09,910 --> 01:00:08,079
we're going boy this is a big uh it's a

1196
01:00:11,750 --> 01:00:09,920
big deal for me but for the other folks

1197
01:00:14,470 --> 01:00:11,760
uh that's a lot of expense to come down

1198
01:00:16,789 --> 01:00:14,480
and be part of this so we um we said

1199
01:00:18,309 --> 01:00:16,799
shoot is better to invite

1200
01:00:20,069 --> 01:00:18,319
and have them turn us down than not

1201
01:00:21,109 --> 01:00:20,079
invite at all so we invited all our

1202
01:00:26,150 --> 01:00:21,119
friends and

1203
01:00:30,630 --> 01:00:27,430
um

1204
01:00:37,829 --> 01:00:30,640
i want my my sons greg's here and

1205
01:00:41,030 --> 01:00:38,630
my

1206
01:00:43,270 --> 01:00:41,040
brother's here and his son

1207
01:00:45,109 --> 01:00:43,280
my two sisters are here

1208
01:00:46,870 --> 01:00:45,119
and uh obviously my beautiful wife's

1209
01:00:49,510 --> 01:00:46,880
here and then especially my aunt and

1210
01:00:51,430 --> 01:00:49,520
uncle are here they're the uh

1211
01:00:53,270 --> 01:00:51,440
can you say matriarch or patriarch or

1212
01:00:55,990 --> 01:00:53,280
however that is of our family so i have

1213
01:00:57,510 --> 01:00:56,000
the whole style my whole family's here

1214
01:00:59,349 --> 01:00:57,520
and uh it's very very i'm very very

1215
01:01:01,109 --> 01:00:59,359
honored to share this with them

1216
01:01:03,030 --> 01:01:01,119
i also have a lot of aviation friends as

1217
01:01:05,510 --> 01:01:03,040
who mentioned i do some air racing and i

1218
01:01:07,910 --> 01:01:05,520
have a number of racing friends here and

1219
01:01:10,549 --> 01:01:07,920
also um some airline friends that i i

1220
01:01:11,589 --> 01:01:10,559
work with at the job and they're here

1221
01:01:12,549 --> 01:01:11,599
and

1222
01:01:14,630 --> 01:01:12,559
then

1223
01:01:16,710 --> 01:01:14,640
i have a whole group of my friends from

1224
01:01:18,309 --> 01:01:16,720
our local area in hudson wisconsin mary

1225
01:01:20,069 --> 01:01:18,319
and i live in the twin cities and just

1226
01:01:21,109 --> 01:01:20,079
across the river in wisconsin is where

1227
01:01:22,470 --> 01:01:21,119
we live

1228
01:01:26,470 --> 01:01:22,480
and

1229
01:01:28,470 --> 01:01:26,480
think i finally figured it out um

1230
01:01:30,470 --> 01:01:28,480
you know yesterday they had a huge

1231
01:01:34,069 --> 01:01:30,480
snowstorm about 12 inches or so so i

1232
01:01:37,910 --> 01:01:35,990
well i'm sure i forgot someone but

1233
01:01:40,549 --> 01:01:37,920
seriously thank you so much for showing

1234
01:01:43,270 --> 01:01:40,559
up it means a lot to mary and i and this

1235
01:01:45,910 --> 01:01:43,280
is a one time in a lifetime event and

1236
01:01:48,309 --> 01:01:45,920
i'm so glad that you're part of it

1237
01:01:49,750 --> 01:01:48,319
one aspect of being an astronaut is

1238
01:01:51,670 --> 01:01:49,760
obviously it's a lot of fun we get to go

1239
01:01:53,910 --> 01:01:51,680
more of it and all that but

1240
01:01:56,549 --> 01:01:53,920
the great people you get to work with

1241
01:01:58,710 --> 01:01:56,559
uh i'm a pilot i'm an aviator i'm not a

1242
01:02:01,029 --> 01:01:58,720
really smart guy

1243
01:02:03,190 --> 01:02:01,039
geek is how you spell it so um

1244
01:02:05,109 --> 01:02:03,200
but i'd like to seriously thank dan

1245
01:02:06,950 --> 01:02:05,119
brandenstein and bob cabana and hugh

1246
01:02:08,630 --> 01:02:06,960
gibson they were the chief astronauts at

1247
01:02:09,670 --> 01:02:08,640
the time that i was having my career at

1248
01:02:12,230 --> 01:02:09,680
nasa

1249
01:02:15,109 --> 01:02:12,240
and through their guidance smart

1250
01:02:16,630 --> 01:02:15,119
decisions flight assignments and stuff

1251
01:02:18,150 --> 01:02:16,640
i think without their guidance i

1252
01:02:19,670 --> 01:02:18,160
wouldn't be here today so i really want

1253
01:02:21,190 --> 01:02:19,680
to thank you guys for

1254
01:02:22,230 --> 01:02:21,200
taking care of me and keeping me out of

1255
01:02:27,589 --> 01:02:22,240
trouble

1256
01:02:33,029 --> 01:02:30,390
who was my first commander

1257
01:02:35,190 --> 01:02:33,039
on space shuttle endeavor as sts-47 back

1258
01:02:36,710 --> 01:02:35,200
in 1992

1259
01:02:38,710 --> 01:02:36,720
and if you don't know hoot it's not like

1260
01:02:39,910 --> 01:02:38,720
you can have you cannot have fun when

1261
01:02:42,150 --> 01:02:39,920
you're working with hoot so we had a

1262
01:02:43,750 --> 01:02:42,160
blast

1263
01:02:45,349 --> 01:02:43,760
i learned a whole bunch from hoot and i

1264
01:02:47,589 --> 01:02:45,359
give him a lot of credit seriously for

1265
01:02:49,829 --> 01:02:47,599
my career at nasa he taught me how to be

1266
01:02:54,870 --> 01:02:49,839
a good commander a great commander maybe

1267
01:02:54,880 --> 01:02:58,950
you got to make this fun folks okay

1268
01:03:03,029 --> 01:03:01,190
but who told me a lot about being a

1269
01:03:04,309 --> 01:03:03,039
commander and how to organize your team

1270
01:03:05,910 --> 01:03:04,319
and how to have missions that were

1271
01:03:07,430 --> 01:03:05,920
successful and and that's what we're

1272
01:03:09,430 --> 01:03:07,440
here for to go out and do good missions

1273
01:03:12,069 --> 01:03:09,440
and make them successful so thank you

1274
01:03:13,349 --> 01:03:12,079
very very much hoot for that and um

1275
01:03:15,670 --> 01:03:13,359
you know i was feeling real good about

1276
01:03:17,270 --> 01:03:15,680
that until last night at the dinner and

1277
01:03:19,190 --> 01:03:17,280
an astronaut came up to me and they said

1278
01:03:20,789 --> 01:03:19,200
you know you know

1279
01:03:21,990 --> 01:03:20,799
after having hooted your first commander

1280
01:03:25,589 --> 01:03:22,000
you actually did all right after that

1281
01:03:25,599 --> 01:03:28,069
anyway

1282
01:03:32,470 --> 01:03:30,630
seriously though you get to fly i i have

1283
01:03:33,750 --> 01:03:32,480
uh i had six shuttle flights so i got to

1284
01:03:35,829 --> 01:03:33,760
fly with a lot of astronauts a lot of

1285
01:03:38,069 --> 01:03:35,839
crew members over 30 uh individual

1286
01:03:40,309 --> 01:03:38,079
different crew members and uh you know

1287
01:03:41,910 --> 01:03:40,319
us astronauts obviously and a lot of

1288
01:03:43,190 --> 01:03:41,920
international astronauts i had two

1289
01:03:45,270 --> 01:03:43,200
canadians

1290
01:03:47,510 --> 01:03:45,280
on my flights i had a lot of europeans

1291
01:03:49,190 --> 01:03:47,520
and i had a couple japanese and it was

1292
01:03:50,710 --> 01:03:49,200
so awesome to work with all the folks

1293
01:03:52,710 --> 01:03:50,720
from the different countries

1294
01:03:55,430 --> 01:03:52,720
and and all those smart people again

1295
01:03:57,670 --> 01:03:55,440
because i'm a pilot and uh but no those

1296
01:04:00,309 --> 01:03:57,680
folks are unbelievable if you ever get

1297
01:04:03,589 --> 01:04:00,319
to talk to some of them and it is truly

1298
01:04:05,910 --> 01:04:03,599
amazing as you probably know i had a a

1299
01:04:08,630 --> 01:04:05,920
special crew member in

1300
01:04:10,789 --> 01:04:08,640
on sts 95 in the fall of 98 and that was

1301
01:04:13,270 --> 01:04:10,799
senator john glenn

1302
01:04:14,470 --> 01:04:13,280
and um i wish john could have

1303
01:04:15,750 --> 01:04:14,480
i wish he could have been here today

1304
01:04:17,270 --> 01:04:15,760
that would have been a lot to me and i

1305
01:04:18,470 --> 01:04:17,280
know he was trying

1306
01:04:20,470 --> 01:04:18,480
um

1307
01:04:21,990 --> 01:04:20,480
but i almost i feel sorry picking on him

1308
01:04:24,069 --> 01:04:22,000
now since he's not here he can't defend

1309
01:04:29,029 --> 01:04:24,079
himself but uh i'm gonna do it anyway

1310
01:04:32,870 --> 01:04:31,190
but john was a wonderful crew member and

1311
01:04:35,750 --> 01:04:32,880
it's really strange i have a lot of

1312
01:04:37,589 --> 01:04:35,760
heroes up here that were doing space

1313
01:04:39,270 --> 01:04:37,599
operations when i was a kid

1314
01:04:45,750 --> 01:04:39,280
and

1315
01:04:47,670 --> 01:04:45,760
to have him as a crew member was truly

1316
01:04:49,910 --> 01:04:47,680
uh an honor and uh

1317
01:04:51,589 --> 01:04:49,920
and we had a great crew we really had a

1318
01:04:53,750 --> 01:04:51,599
great crew and had a lot of fun his wife

1319
01:04:55,349 --> 01:04:53,760
annie has to be the nicest person in the

1320
01:04:56,789 --> 01:04:55,359
world and i wish she was my grandmother

1321
01:05:00,309 --> 01:04:56,799
so to speak she

1322
01:05:04,390 --> 01:05:02,309
i remember

1323
01:05:06,309 --> 01:05:04,400
a story i used to call my mom every time

1324
01:05:08,150 --> 01:05:06,319
i got assigned to a shuttle flight i'd

1325
01:05:10,710 --> 01:05:08,160
call mom up and say hey mom guess what

1326
01:05:12,150 --> 01:05:10,720
and she goes what kind of you know i say

1327
01:05:14,069 --> 01:05:12,160
mom i got assigned to another shuttle

1328
01:05:15,990 --> 01:05:14,079
flight or tour shuttle flight she goes

1329
01:05:24,789 --> 01:05:16,000
really and you know how moms are she

1330
01:05:27,430 --> 01:05:25,670
she's

1331
01:05:30,630 --> 01:05:27,440
she says if if that's what you want to

1332
01:05:32,630 --> 01:05:30,640
do i support you 100 percent you know

1333
01:05:33,990 --> 01:05:32,640
and so i i got that and i when i got

1334
01:05:35,510 --> 01:05:34,000
assigned to my second flight i caught

1335
01:05:36,789 --> 01:05:35,520
her up and she goes oh that's what you

1336
01:05:38,710 --> 01:05:36,799
want to do

1337
01:05:40,230 --> 01:05:38,720
my third flight the same and my fourth

1338
01:05:42,150 --> 01:05:40,240
flight the same and then i on my fifth

1339
01:05:43,750 --> 01:05:42,160
flight i called up mom and i said mom i

1340
01:05:45,589 --> 01:05:43,760
got some great news guess what i got

1341
01:05:47,029 --> 01:05:45,599
assigned to another shuttle flight she

1342
01:05:48,630 --> 01:05:47,039
goes really says

1343
01:05:52,230 --> 01:05:48,640
are you on the flight with john glenn

1344
01:05:54,870 --> 01:05:53,750
and

1345
01:05:59,109 --> 01:05:54,880
seriously

1346
01:06:00,950 --> 01:05:59,119
i finally broke in on the conversation

1347
01:06:02,950 --> 01:06:00,960
and i

1348
01:06:04,710 --> 01:06:02,960
go she was so excited about john flying

1349
01:06:07,190 --> 01:06:04,720
and i go mom i called you to let you

1350
01:06:08,710 --> 01:06:07,200
know that i was flying okay but

1351
01:06:09,589 --> 01:06:08,720
um

1352
01:06:10,870 --> 01:06:09,599
but

1353
01:06:12,309 --> 01:06:10,880
john was a good crew member i have to

1354
01:06:14,069 --> 01:06:12,319
tell the story again he's not here but

1355
01:06:16,549 --> 01:06:14,079
if it's in his book has anyone read his

1356
01:06:19,750 --> 01:06:17,829
they're just like that just like your

1357
01:06:22,150 --> 01:06:19,760
book where's walden

1358
01:06:25,430 --> 01:06:22,160
just like your book

1359
01:06:29,190 --> 01:06:27,109
um

1360
01:06:30,710 --> 01:06:29,200
but seriously lunch morning as as you

1361
01:06:32,390 --> 01:06:30,720
all probably know we get up in the

1362
01:06:33,990 --> 01:06:32,400
morning eat breakfast put on our suit we

1363
01:06:34,870 --> 01:06:34,000
get in the astra van we head out to the

1364
01:06:37,029 --> 01:06:34,880
pad

1365
01:06:40,470 --> 01:06:37,039
well john was 77 years old when we flew

1366
01:06:41,829 --> 01:06:40,480
in 1998 so we i we try to come up with

1367
01:06:43,270 --> 01:06:41,839
something trying to break the tension

1368
01:06:44,309 --> 01:06:43,280
because lunch morning can be pretty

1369
01:06:47,190 --> 01:06:44,319
stressful

1370
01:06:49,349 --> 01:06:47,200
so we we came up with these launch pass

1371
01:06:51,270 --> 01:06:49,359
or launch boarding passes okay and we

1372
01:06:53,270 --> 01:06:51,280
printed all them out well we had two

1373
01:06:54,870 --> 01:06:53,280
rookies on that crew

1374
01:06:56,630 --> 01:06:54,880
john which i consider rookie because if

1375
01:06:59,029 --> 01:06:56,640
you hadn't flown in a quarter of a

1376
01:07:00,710 --> 01:06:59,039
century you're probably a rookie and uh

1377
01:07:03,510 --> 01:07:00,720
and in pedro duque

1378
01:07:05,349 --> 01:07:03,520
uh pedro was the first spaniard to fly

1379
01:07:08,710 --> 01:07:05,359
in space he's like the john glenn of

1380
01:07:10,630 --> 01:07:08,720
spain and uh a wonderful crew member but

1381
01:07:11,910 --> 01:07:10,640
uh we made up these launch boarding

1382
01:07:13,910 --> 01:07:11,920
passes and we stuck them in our little

1383
01:07:17,510 --> 01:07:13,920
pocket up here on our sleeve but we did

1384
01:07:21,670 --> 01:07:19,910
so we we're in the astro van we run out

1385
01:07:23,270 --> 01:07:21,680
past the launch control center and our

1386
01:07:25,670 --> 01:07:23,280
leadership gets out thank goodness and

1387
01:07:27,430 --> 01:07:25,680
then we move on out to the pad and on

1388
01:07:28,870 --> 01:07:27,440
the pad we pull up you know the

1389
01:07:30,710 --> 01:07:28,880
orbiter's sitting there and spewing

1390
01:07:32,549 --> 01:07:30,720
making noise and groaning in the morning

1391
01:07:34,710 --> 01:07:32,559
and we stop and everybody grabs our

1392
01:07:36,549 --> 01:07:34,720
stuff and suit techs help us get get

1393
01:07:38,309 --> 01:07:36,559
standing and the driver stands up and

1394
01:07:42,950 --> 01:07:38,319
says okay boarding passes please so i

1395
01:07:46,150 --> 01:07:44,789
i i unzip my pocket and i hand it to the

1396
01:07:49,670 --> 01:07:46,160
boring pad to the driver he says thank

1397
01:07:53,029 --> 01:07:51,670
steve lindsey opens up his hands and he

1398
01:07:54,950 --> 01:07:53,039
goes thank you very much he gets off

1399
01:07:56,309 --> 01:07:54,960
scott parazynski does that steve

1400
01:07:57,829 --> 01:07:56,319
robinson does that and we're all looking

1401
01:08:01,029 --> 01:07:57,839
at john and pedro and they're they're

1402
01:08:04,309 --> 01:08:02,630
and their their hands in their pocket

1403
01:08:05,029 --> 01:08:04,319
pretty soon their elbows in their pocket

1404
01:08:07,109 --> 01:08:05,039
and

1405
01:08:08,710 --> 01:08:07,119
they're trying to find their boarding

1406
01:08:11,589 --> 01:08:08,720
pass and john goes i don't remember

1407
01:08:12,870 --> 01:08:11,599
getting a boarding pass someone someone

1408
01:08:14,950 --> 01:08:12,880
must have really screwed up because i

1409
01:08:16,789 --> 01:08:14,960
didn't get a boarding pass on stuff

1410
01:08:23,349 --> 01:08:16,799
and

1411
01:08:26,229 --> 01:08:23,359
we're going to let you go without a

1412
01:08:28,470 --> 01:08:26,239
boarding pass but uh

1413
01:08:31,430 --> 01:08:28,480
but that obviously broke the attention a

1414
01:08:33,349 --> 01:08:31,440
little bit and so it was

1415
01:08:35,110 --> 01:08:33,359
it was it was one of those moments i'll

1416
01:08:36,550 --> 01:08:35,120
never never forget

1417
01:08:40,709 --> 01:08:36,560
but

1418
01:08:42,789 --> 01:08:40,719
kid i wanted to fly i don't ask me why

1419
01:08:44,709 --> 01:08:42,799
my mom and dad didn't fly my uh none of

1420
01:08:46,390 --> 01:08:44,719
my family flew the airport in town had a

1421
01:08:47,590 --> 01:08:46,400
grass runway with no airplanes and no

1422
01:08:49,189 --> 01:08:47,600
hangers and

1423
01:08:50,950 --> 01:08:49,199
but

1424
01:08:52,789 --> 01:08:50,960
for some reason i wanted to fly

1425
01:08:53,829 --> 01:08:52,799
seriously that was my dream in life was

1426
01:08:56,950 --> 01:08:53,839
the fly

1427
01:08:59,669 --> 01:08:56,960
and like a lot of astronauts

1428
01:09:01,349 --> 01:08:59,679
nowadays and in the past we come i came

1429
01:09:03,669 --> 01:09:01,359
from a very small town in north carolina

1430
01:09:05,430 --> 01:09:03,679
southeastern north carolina my family

1431
01:09:07,910 --> 01:09:05,440
owned a hardware store and i worked in a

1432
01:09:09,910 --> 01:09:07,920
hardware store all my life up until

1433
01:09:12,070 --> 01:09:09,920
going off to college learned a lot but

1434
01:09:14,709 --> 01:09:12,080
it was never really my passion it was

1435
01:09:16,070 --> 01:09:14,719
flying was my passion and so i stayed up

1436
01:09:17,590 --> 01:09:16,080
my money and i started flying at that

1437
01:09:19,110 --> 01:09:17,600
little airport finally when they got an

1438
01:09:20,470 --> 01:09:19,120
airplane so uh

1439
01:09:21,349 --> 01:09:20,480
um

1440
01:09:24,470 --> 01:09:21,359
but

1441
01:09:25,510 --> 01:09:24,480
it reminds me another hoot story okay

1442
01:09:27,110 --> 01:09:25,520
and um

1443
01:09:28,229 --> 01:09:27,120
we're over in japan as hoop mentioned we

1444
01:09:30,550 --> 01:09:28,239
went over and did a lot of training in

1445
01:09:33,110 --> 01:09:30,560
japan on the first flight and uh we

1446
01:09:34,309 --> 01:09:33,120
visited the american school in japan

1447
01:09:35,910 --> 01:09:34,319
and we're down in front kind of like

1448
01:09:37,669 --> 01:09:35,920
this here and all the students are out

1449
01:09:39,990 --> 01:09:37,679
there and they're asking questions and

1450
01:09:41,669 --> 01:09:40,000
uh this young student raised a hand and

1451
01:09:43,990 --> 01:09:41,679
i said yes and they go did you always

1452
01:09:46,950 --> 01:09:44,000
want to be an astronaut and i said well

1453
01:09:48,550 --> 01:09:46,960
i have to be honest i never i i i didn't

1454
01:09:50,550 --> 01:09:48,560
want to be always want to be an

1455
01:09:52,229 --> 01:09:50,560
astronaut

1456
01:09:55,990 --> 01:09:52,239
and i got kind of excited you know kind

1457
01:09:57,990 --> 01:09:56,000
of like i'm doing now and uh and

1458
01:10:00,470 --> 01:09:58,000
i kind of misspoke i said i just wanted

1459
01:10:02,310 --> 01:10:00,480
to fly really bad you know and and then

1460
01:10:05,990 --> 01:10:02,320
hoot who jumped right in and says let me

1461
01:10:10,550 --> 01:10:06,000
confirm it he flies really really badly

1462
01:10:15,189 --> 01:10:12,229
anyway i'm glad i recovered from all

1463
01:10:18,630 --> 01:10:17,189
to all the astronaut seriously now to

1464
01:10:21,270 --> 01:10:18,640
all the astronaut

1465
01:10:23,270 --> 01:10:21,280
scholarship scholars the past

1466
01:10:24,870 --> 01:10:23,280
the present scholars that are here the

1467
01:10:29,030 --> 01:10:24,880
future scholars that may be here and all

1468
01:10:35,189 --> 01:10:31,030
on a serious note here

1469
01:10:41,430 --> 01:10:38,470
dreams are what made this country great

1470
01:10:45,350 --> 01:10:41,440
dreams are what made nasa such a great

1471
01:10:48,550 --> 01:10:45,360
institution and so successful

1472
01:10:50,070 --> 01:10:48,560
and dreams continue to make this nation

1473
01:10:52,310 --> 01:10:50,080
very very

1474
01:10:54,310 --> 01:10:52,320
great

1475
01:10:58,790 --> 01:10:54,320
our dreams determine who we are our

1476
01:11:01,750 --> 01:10:58,800
dreams determine what we do in life

1477
01:11:05,189 --> 01:11:01,760
never think or never believe

1478
01:11:08,070 --> 01:11:05,199
that your dreams will not come true

1479
01:11:09,750 --> 01:11:08,080
my dream was to fly

1480
01:11:24,470 --> 01:11:09,760
my dream came true

1481
01:11:28,229 --> 01:11:26,550
congratulations kurt brown and welcome

1482
01:11:31,030 --> 01:11:28,239
to the united states astronaut hall of

1483
01:11:36,630 --> 01:11:33,669
our third inductee today

1484
01:11:38,870 --> 01:11:36,640
is eileen collins

1485
01:11:40,709 --> 01:11:38,880
astronaut eileen collins is a retired

1486
01:11:43,510 --> 01:11:40,719
united states air force colonel and

1487
01:11:46,550 --> 01:11:43,520
veteran of four space flights

1488
01:11:49,229 --> 01:11:46,560
collins first made history in 1995 when

1489
01:11:52,470 --> 01:11:49,239
she took the controls of discovery on

1490
01:11:55,350 --> 01:11:52,480
sts-63 and became the first woman space

1491
01:11:58,149 --> 01:11:55,360
shuttle pilot after a second space

1492
01:12:01,189 --> 01:11:58,159
flight aboard atlantis on sts-84

1493
01:12:05,030 --> 01:12:01,199
collins again made history this time as

1494
01:12:06,870 --> 01:12:05,040
commander of columbia on sts-93

1495
01:12:09,350 --> 01:12:06,880
during this mission she and her crew

1496
01:12:11,350 --> 01:12:09,360
deployed the chandra x-ray observatory a

1497
01:12:13,830 --> 01:12:11,360
telescope that enabled scientists to

1498
01:12:17,270 --> 01:12:13,840
study the phenomenon such as exploding

1499
01:12:19,189 --> 01:12:17,280
stars quasars and black holes

1500
01:12:20,950 --> 01:12:19,199
collins served as commander again in

1501
01:12:23,189 --> 01:12:20,960
2005

1502
01:12:24,669 --> 01:12:23,199
on the historic return to flight mission

1503
01:12:26,630 --> 01:12:24,679
during which

1504
01:12:28,310 --> 01:12:26,640
sts-114's crew

1505
01:12:30,709 --> 01:12:28,320
docked space shuttle discovery at the

1506
01:12:32,709 --> 01:12:30,719
international space station to test and

1507
01:12:35,510 --> 01:12:32,719
evaluate new procedures for flight

1508
01:12:36,709 --> 01:12:35,520
safety shuttle inspection and repair

1509
01:12:39,910 --> 01:12:36,719
techniques

1510
01:12:41,870 --> 01:12:39,920
before her retirement from nasa in 2006

1511
01:12:44,070 --> 01:12:41,880
collins logged more than

1512
01:12:47,189 --> 01:12:44,080
870 hours

1513
01:12:49,510 --> 01:12:47,199
around 35 days in space

1514
01:12:51,110 --> 01:12:49,520
since then she has worked with cnn as a

1515
01:12:53,030 --> 01:12:51,120
space shuttle analyst

1516
01:12:54,790 --> 01:12:53,040
and served as an aerospace industry

1517
01:12:57,510 --> 01:12:54,800
consultant and an advisor to the

1518
01:12:59,669 --> 01:12:57,520
national space biomedical research

1519
01:13:18,870 --> 01:12:59,679
institute let's take a look at some

1520
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:23,669
liftoff of space shuttle discovery

1521
01:13:28,630 --> 01:13:25,750
i want to say that deer is very

1522
01:13:39,590 --> 01:13:28,640
beautiful and it was very shiny and

1523
01:13:43,669 --> 01:13:41,350
and lift off of this space shuttle

1524
01:13:55,430 --> 01:13:43,679
atlantis maintaining america's constant

1525
01:13:59,990 --> 01:13:58,070
liftoff of columbia reaching new heights

1526
01:14:01,350 --> 01:14:00,000
for women x-ray

1527
01:14:04,070 --> 01:14:01,360
you're getting a little bit better view

1528
01:14:05,910 --> 01:14:04,080
of chandra out in front of the ius there

1529
01:14:08,149 --> 01:14:05,920
and i will tell you there is nothing as

1530
01:14:17,350 --> 01:14:08,159
beautiful as chandra sailing off on its

1531
01:14:21,669 --> 01:14:19,590
liftoff of space shuttle discovery

1532
01:14:40,630 --> 01:14:21,679
beginning america's new journey to the

1533
01:15:04,310 --> 01:14:42,950
ladies and gentlemen astronaut eileen

1534
01:15:08,390 --> 01:15:06,470
to present eileen collins for induction

1535
01:15:10,070 --> 01:15:08,400
in the united states astronaut hall of

1536
01:15:19,430 --> 01:15:10,080
fame please welcome hall of fame

1537
01:15:23,270 --> 01:15:21,030
well i'm sure you'll agree with me that

1538
01:15:26,149 --> 01:15:23,280
our our final inductee into the hall

1539
01:15:28,310 --> 01:15:26,159
this year comes as no surprise to

1540
01:15:30,229 --> 01:15:28,320
anyone

1541
01:15:32,149 --> 01:15:30,239
she's been leading the way

1542
01:15:34,310 --> 01:15:32,159
for others her entire career and

1543
01:15:36,310 --> 01:15:34,320
excelling at everything that she's done

1544
01:15:38,550 --> 01:15:36,320
the first female shuttle pilot the first

1545
01:15:41,189 --> 01:15:38,560
female shuttle commander

1546
01:15:43,350 --> 01:15:41,199
she's absolutely amazing

1547
01:15:44,790 --> 01:15:43,360
as a young girl from elmira in upstate

1548
01:15:46,630 --> 01:15:44,800
new york eileen used to watch the

1549
01:15:49,750 --> 01:15:46,640
airplanes take off and land and she had

1550
01:15:51,830 --> 01:15:49,760
a dream of flying and with hard work and

1551
01:15:54,790 --> 01:15:51,840
determination that dream led to a degree

1552
01:15:56,310 --> 01:15:54,800
from syracuse university in 1978 in a

1553
01:15:58,709 --> 01:15:56,320
commission in the united states air

1554
01:16:01,750 --> 01:15:58,719
force where she was one of four women to

1555
01:16:04,149 --> 01:16:01,760
attend pilot training that year

1556
01:16:06,390 --> 01:16:04,159
after earning her wings as a pilot she

1557
01:16:08,630 --> 01:16:06,400
spent three years as an instructor

1558
01:16:10,310 --> 01:16:08,640
in the t-38 advanced just

1559
01:16:12,790 --> 01:16:10,320
jet trainer at

1560
01:16:15,430 --> 01:16:12,800
advance air force base

1561
01:16:17,750 --> 01:16:15,440
she then transitioned to c-141s the

1562
01:16:20,550 --> 01:16:17,760
starlifter at travis air force base in

1563
01:16:22,310 --> 01:16:20,560
california where she was a

1564
01:16:25,270 --> 01:16:22,320
commander

1565
01:16:27,669 --> 01:16:25,280
and also an instructor pilot

1566
01:16:29,430 --> 01:16:27,679
following up her operational tour in 141

1567
01:16:31,669 --> 01:16:29,440
she spent three years at the united

1568
01:16:34,149 --> 01:16:31,679
states air force academy as an assistant

1569
01:16:35,590 --> 01:16:34,159
professor of mathematics

1570
01:16:38,310 --> 01:16:35,600
and then

1571
01:16:39,350 --> 01:16:38,320
she was the second female

1572
01:16:41,189 --> 01:16:39,360
to be

1573
01:16:43,350 --> 01:16:41,199
admitted at the coveted air force test

1574
01:16:45,350 --> 01:16:43,360
pilot school at

1575
01:16:48,470 --> 01:16:45,360
edwards air force base in california

1576
01:16:50,550 --> 01:16:48,480
graduating in class 89 b it was while

1577
01:16:52,870 --> 01:16:50,560
she was at edwards that she was selected

1578
01:16:55,990 --> 01:16:52,880
to be an astronaut candidate in nasa's

1579
01:16:56,790 --> 01:16:56,000
13th astronaut class in 1990.

1580
01:16:58,390 --> 01:16:56,800
now

1581
01:16:59,590 --> 01:16:58,400
as the 13th

1582
01:17:02,470 --> 01:16:59,600
selection

1583
01:17:03,990 --> 01:17:02,480
that class had their class patch with a

1584
01:17:06,229 --> 01:17:04,000
black cat on it because they thought it

1585
01:17:08,630 --> 01:17:06,239
was really cool you know

1586
01:17:13,350 --> 01:17:08,640
lucky 13. but in the astronaut office

1587
01:17:20,149 --> 01:17:14,550
and

1588
01:17:22,950 --> 01:17:20,159
on it but uh somehow after uh becoming a

1589
01:17:23,990 --> 01:17:22,960
hairball eileen uh quickly picked up the

1590
01:17:25,030 --> 01:17:24,000
call sign

1591
01:17:27,350 --> 01:17:25,040
mom

1592
01:17:29,750 --> 01:17:27,360
and and i'm told that was uh for the

1593
01:17:34,470 --> 01:17:29,760
comfort and care that she provided that

1594
01:17:39,270 --> 01:17:37,110
now i forgot to know eileen

1595
01:17:40,390 --> 01:17:39,280
after her selection we shared an office

1596
01:17:43,510 --> 01:17:40,400
together

1597
01:17:45,590 --> 01:17:43,520
and i got to admit

1598
01:17:46,470 --> 01:17:45,600
eileen might have a few good stories on

1599
01:17:50,390 --> 01:17:46,480
me

1600
01:17:55,189 --> 01:17:50,400
on her

1601
01:18:01,030 --> 01:17:57,270
what i remember about eileen is she was

1602
01:18:04,790 --> 01:18:01,040
one of the nicest most diligent studies

1603
01:18:07,030 --> 01:18:04,800
organized by the book hard-working did i

1604
01:18:09,669 --> 01:18:07,040
say nicest

1605
01:18:12,070 --> 01:18:09,679
dedicated astronauts i've ever known

1606
01:18:13,830 --> 01:18:12,080
as chief the astronaut office i had the

1607
01:18:15,830 --> 01:18:13,840
privilege of seeing eileen off on her

1608
01:18:17,669 --> 01:18:15,840
first flight piloting discovery on

1609
01:18:19,030 --> 01:18:17,679
sts-63

1610
01:18:20,630 --> 01:18:19,040
the first shuttle to rendezvous with the

1611
01:18:23,350 --> 01:18:20,640
mirror space station

1612
01:18:25,189 --> 01:18:23,360
and then in may of 1997

1613
01:18:27,110 --> 01:18:25,199
center back to mir again

1614
01:18:28,950 --> 01:18:27,120
this time as the pilot of atlantis on

1615
01:18:31,189 --> 01:18:28,960
sts-84 where they

1616
01:18:33,510 --> 01:18:31,199
actually docked with mir and transferred

1617
01:18:35,110 --> 01:18:33,520
over four tons of critical cargo to the

1618
01:18:37,510 --> 01:18:35,120
russian outpost

1619
01:18:39,590 --> 01:18:37,520
in july of 1999 colonel collins entered

1620
01:18:41,990 --> 01:18:39,600
the history books once again

1621
01:18:44,870 --> 01:18:42,000
this time as the first female commander

1622
01:18:48,070 --> 01:18:44,880
of a u.s spacecraft commanding colombia

1623
01:18:51,189 --> 01:18:48,080
on sts-93 where her crew deployed the

1624
01:18:53,510 --> 01:18:51,199
chandra x-ray telescope now chandra's

1625
01:18:57,110 --> 01:18:53,520
nasa's flagship x-ray telescope holding

1626
01:18:59,750 --> 01:18:57,120
a a key place in our great observatories

1627
01:19:01,590 --> 01:18:59,760
and i'm sure if if you corner dr stevie

1628
01:19:03,430 --> 01:19:01,600
holly here afterwards he'd love to tell

1629
01:19:06,070 --> 01:19:03,440
you about all the quasars

1630
01:19:08,870 --> 01:19:06,080
stars exploding in space space and black

1631
01:19:10,630 --> 01:19:08,880
holes that it looked for and i know

1632
01:19:12,550 --> 01:19:10,640
having him on her crew

1633
01:19:14,870 --> 01:19:12,560
eileen certainly

1634
01:19:17,830 --> 01:19:14,880
had her hands full

1635
01:19:20,390 --> 01:19:17,840
but dr steedy does take credit for

1636
01:19:23,110 --> 01:19:20,400
shortening her commander flow on her

1637
01:19:25,910 --> 01:19:23,120
second flight because he was her his uh

1638
01:19:28,229 --> 01:19:25,920
her ms2 and on her second flight her ms2

1639
01:19:29,669 --> 01:19:28,239
was steve robinson and so steve takes

1640
01:19:30,950 --> 01:19:29,679
credit for making it easier for her

1641
01:19:32,550 --> 01:19:30,960
because on her second flight all she had

1642
01:19:35,350 --> 01:19:32,560
to turn around and do was say shut up

1643
01:19:39,830 --> 01:19:36,950
she'd already learned that from her

1644
01:19:44,390 --> 01:19:42,550
in july of 2005 eileen was called to

1645
01:19:46,390 --> 01:19:44,400
lead the way once again as the commander

1646
01:19:48,149 --> 01:19:46,400
of discovery on another critical space

1647
01:19:50,310 --> 01:19:48,159
mission america's return to flight

1648
01:19:51,910 --> 01:19:50,320
following the columbia accident it was

1649
01:19:53,910 --> 01:19:51,920
an extremely challenging flight with the

1650
01:19:56,070 --> 01:19:53,920
eyes of the nation upon it but eileen

1651
01:19:57,590 --> 01:19:56,080
was up to the task

1652
01:19:59,189 --> 01:19:57,600
her crew

1653
01:20:01,510 --> 01:19:59,199
brought much needed supplies to the

1654
01:20:03,910 --> 01:20:01,520
international space station and also

1655
01:20:06,390 --> 01:20:03,920
tested demonstrated and evaluated new

1656
01:20:08,149 --> 01:20:06,400
procedures for flight safety and shuttle

1657
01:20:10,229 --> 01:20:08,159
inspection and repair

1658
01:20:11,990 --> 01:20:10,239
techniques that enabled us to complete

1659
01:20:13,590 --> 01:20:12,000
the international space station and

1660
01:20:14,870 --> 01:20:13,600
safely fly out the remaining shuttle

1661
01:20:16,550 --> 01:20:14,880
missions

1662
01:20:19,110 --> 01:20:16,560
altogether eileen has accumulated over

1663
01:20:20,470 --> 01:20:19,120
872 hours in space making history at

1664
01:20:22,149 --> 01:20:20,480
every turn

1665
01:20:23,830 --> 01:20:22,159
she's been presented with awards

1666
01:20:25,990 --> 01:20:23,840
personal decorations and honorary

1667
01:20:28,470 --> 01:20:26,000
degrees too numerous to mention

1668
01:20:30,149 --> 01:20:28,480
but you wouldn't know it talking to her

1669
01:20:33,110 --> 01:20:30,159
she is one of the nicest most

1670
01:20:36,070 --> 01:20:33,120
mild-mannered modest people i know did i

1671
01:20:40,550 --> 01:20:38,950
she always puts others before herself

1672
01:20:41,990 --> 01:20:40,560
and gives the team credit for her

1673
01:20:44,550 --> 01:20:42,000
accomplishments

1674
01:20:47,669 --> 01:20:44,560
and as accomplished as she is

1675
01:20:50,070 --> 01:20:47,679
one of her greatest joys is her family

1676
01:20:52,709 --> 01:20:50,080
pat bridget and luke in the audience and

1677
01:20:55,350 --> 01:20:52,719
it's really great to see you guys again

1678
01:20:57,350 --> 01:20:55,360
her nickname mom says a lot about eileen

1679
01:20:58,470 --> 01:20:57,360
she's always thinking about others not

1680
01:21:00,470 --> 01:20:58,480
herself

1681
01:21:03,189 --> 01:21:00,480
but she's also extremely technically

1682
01:21:05,750 --> 01:21:03,199
excellent with a passion for nasa and

1683
01:21:07,750 --> 01:21:05,760
human space flight continuing to serve

1684
01:21:10,070 --> 01:21:07,760
after her retirement as a member of the

1685
01:21:11,350 --> 01:21:10,080
nasa advisory committee space operations

1686
01:21:12,709 --> 01:21:11,360
panel

1687
01:21:15,189 --> 01:21:12,719
fellow hall of fame astronaut jim

1688
01:21:17,750 --> 01:21:15,199
weatherby her first commander

1689
01:21:20,550 --> 01:21:17,760
graded her as the top spokesperson for

1690
01:21:22,149 --> 01:21:20,560
nasa and i agree

1691
01:21:24,950 --> 01:21:22,159
she is an outstanding role model for

1692
01:21:26,870 --> 01:21:24,960
young women with her quiet

1693
01:21:29,830 --> 01:21:26,880
effective contributions to missions of

1694
01:21:32,070 --> 01:21:29,840
national importance and her persistence

1695
01:21:34,149 --> 01:21:32,080
in reaching her goals in leading the way

1696
01:21:35,990 --> 01:21:34,159
for other young women to follow

1697
01:21:38,229 --> 01:21:36,000
her interview with oprah winfrey should

1698
01:21:41,510 --> 01:21:38,239
be mandatory viewing for anyone wanting

1699
01:21:43,830 --> 01:21:41,520
to convey self-assurance without egotism

1700
01:21:45,590 --> 01:21:43,840
an appreciation of opportunities with a

1701
01:21:48,790 --> 01:21:45,600
total understanding of the attendant

1702
01:21:51,350 --> 01:21:48,800
responsibilities that come with them

1703
01:21:52,709 --> 01:21:51,360
her astronaut classmate and my pilot on

1704
01:21:55,510 --> 01:21:52,719
my

1705
01:21:57,830 --> 01:21:55,520
first command jim halsell remarked that

1706
01:22:00,390 --> 01:21:57,840
the astronaut class of 1990 will always

1707
01:22:02,870 --> 01:22:00,400
be associated with the first female nasa

1708
01:22:05,750 --> 01:22:02,880
pilot astronaut eileen carried that

1709
01:22:08,629 --> 01:22:05,760
title with poise ability in the finest

1710
01:22:09,990 --> 01:22:08,639
example of servant leadership

1711
01:22:12,470 --> 01:22:10,000
i mean thank you so much for the

1712
01:22:14,229 --> 01:22:12,480
opportunity to uh to introduce you today

1713
01:22:16,790 --> 01:22:14,239
it really means a lot to me

1714
01:22:18,870 --> 01:22:16,800
uh i can think of no one more deserving

1715
01:22:19,750 --> 01:22:18,880
to be a member of the astronaut hall of

1716
01:22:21,590 --> 01:22:19,760
fame

1717
01:22:22,950 --> 01:22:21,600
so ladies and gentlemen it's with great

1718
01:22:25,590 --> 01:22:22,960
pleasure that i present to you an

1719
01:22:28,070 --> 01:22:25,600
american hero someone who has served her

1720
01:22:30,310 --> 01:22:28,080
country well and continues to do so is a

1721
01:22:32,070 --> 01:22:30,320
role model for young women everywhere a

1722
01:22:33,990 --> 01:22:32,080
veteran of four shuttle missions on

1723
01:22:36,550 --> 01:22:34,000
three different shuttles the first

1724
01:23:15,750 --> 01:22:36,560
female shuttle pilot first field male

1725
01:23:20,870 --> 01:23:17,590
that music that music's really getting

1726
01:23:23,910 --> 01:23:22,470
oh thank you bob i don't know if i can

1727
01:23:25,910 --> 01:23:23,920
live up to that

1728
01:23:27,270 --> 01:23:25,920
that was uh thank you so much for that

1729
01:23:29,910 --> 01:23:27,280
nice introduction

1730
01:23:32,229 --> 01:23:29,920
um i do want to say um

1731
01:23:34,550 --> 01:23:32,239
got a few minutes here to

1732
01:23:35,430 --> 01:23:34,560
share some words of wisdom

1733
01:23:37,669 --> 01:23:35,440
but

1734
01:23:38,629 --> 01:23:37,679
i am always nervous before i get up to

1735
01:23:41,830 --> 01:23:38,639
speak

1736
01:23:43,830 --> 01:23:41,840
and i was i am so much more calm going

1737
01:23:45,669 --> 01:23:43,840
out on the launch pad and

1738
01:23:47,990 --> 01:23:45,679
launching on

1739
01:23:49,430 --> 01:23:48,000
600 million pounds of controlled thrust

1740
01:23:50,950 --> 01:23:49,440
than i am getting up in front of a group

1741
01:23:53,189 --> 01:23:50,960
of people so

1742
01:23:54,629 --> 01:23:53,199
so bear with me i decided since i'm so

1743
01:23:56,709 --> 01:23:54,639
comfortable on the launch pad i'd write

1744
01:23:57,669 --> 01:23:56,719
a checklist for today so and it will

1745
01:23:59,990 --> 01:23:57,679
also

1746
01:24:01,990 --> 01:24:00,000
keep me on schedule so i don't go over

1747
01:24:04,149 --> 01:24:02,000
time but i want to begin by thanking

1748
01:24:06,629 --> 01:24:04,159
obviously the astronaut hall of fame and

1749
01:24:08,870 --> 01:24:06,639
the astronaut scholarship foundation

1750
01:24:10,149 --> 01:24:08,880
um lynn

1751
01:24:12,470 --> 01:24:10,159
for all the great work that you've done

1752
01:24:14,390 --> 01:24:12,480
over the years and i'm glad i had the

1753
01:24:17,669 --> 01:24:14,400
opportunity to work with you and all the

1754
01:24:19,830 --> 01:24:17,679
staff that put this great uh day

1755
01:24:21,110 --> 01:24:19,840
together thank you so much for

1756
01:24:22,709 --> 01:24:21,120
what you've done and what you'll

1757
01:24:24,310 --> 01:24:22,719
continue to do

1758
01:24:26,390 --> 01:24:24,320
and it's also very important that right

1759
01:24:28,709 --> 01:24:26,400
up front i think my family

1760
01:24:30,950 --> 01:24:28,719
and my husband pat youngs and my two

1761
01:24:33,110 --> 01:24:30,960
children bridget and luke

1762
01:24:36,629 --> 01:24:33,120
they have supported me through my

1763
01:24:37,750 --> 01:24:36,639
missions especially my last one

1764
01:24:39,350 --> 01:24:37,760
and

1765
01:24:40,870 --> 01:24:39,360
they're strong supporters of the space

1766
01:24:42,550 --> 01:24:40,880
program

1767
01:24:45,270 --> 01:24:42,560
and my mom and dad aren't with us

1768
01:24:46,470 --> 01:24:45,280
anymore but i thank them wherever you

1769
01:24:48,790 --> 01:24:46,480
are

1770
01:24:49,750 --> 01:24:48,800
never put limits on me as far as my

1771
01:24:51,590 --> 01:24:49,760
career

1772
01:24:53,830 --> 01:24:51,600
my dad wanted me to be an accountant

1773
01:24:56,310 --> 01:24:53,840
because he knew i was good with money

1774
01:24:57,110 --> 01:24:56,320
and he wanted me to do his taxes

1775
01:24:58,550 --> 01:24:57,120
but

1776
01:24:59,990 --> 01:24:58,560
when i told him i wanted to go in the

1777
01:25:03,110 --> 01:25:00,000
air force he said

1778
01:25:04,790 --> 01:25:03,120
you are not going in the air force

1779
01:25:06,470 --> 01:25:04,800
and he was he was in the navy back in

1780
01:25:08,310 --> 01:25:06,480
world war ii so

1781
01:25:09,830 --> 01:25:08,320
he must have some memories but he said

1782
01:25:12,950 --> 01:25:09,840
you are not going but then when i told

1783
01:25:14,629 --> 01:25:12,960
him there was a scholarship through rotc

1784
01:25:15,990 --> 01:25:14,639
he's oh

1785
01:25:17,430 --> 01:25:16,000
okay

1786
01:25:19,990 --> 01:25:17,440
well

1787
01:25:21,750 --> 01:25:20,000
but god bless my mom and dad they were

1788
01:25:22,950 --> 01:25:21,760
they were my heroes

1789
01:25:25,189 --> 01:25:22,960
and

1790
01:25:27,669 --> 01:25:25,199
bob cabana thank you so much for doing

1791
01:25:30,229 --> 01:25:27,679
the introduction today and i did want to

1792
01:25:31,910 --> 01:25:30,239
say a few words about bob

1793
01:25:33,830 --> 01:25:31,920
and yes he already mentioned we shared

1794
01:25:36,790 --> 01:25:33,840
an office in

1795
01:25:38,870 --> 01:25:36,800
1990 and 1991 he was training for his

1796
01:25:40,790 --> 01:25:38,880
first flight on sts

1797
01:25:42,870 --> 01:25:40,800
41 and i shared the office with his

1798
01:25:45,270 --> 01:25:42,880
commander dick richards

1799
01:25:47,430 --> 01:25:45,280
and bob and he said a lot of words of

1800
01:25:48,629 --> 01:25:47,440
wisdom to me when i was an astronaut

1801
01:25:50,149 --> 01:25:48,639
candidate

1802
01:25:51,510 --> 01:25:50,159
and of course i'm just absorbing all

1803
01:25:54,070 --> 01:25:51,520
this the first time you meet an

1804
01:25:55,910 --> 01:25:54,080
astronaut you remember what they said to

1805
01:25:57,189 --> 01:25:55,920
you like for the rest of your life

1806
01:25:57,830 --> 01:25:57,199
you'll remember what they said to you

1807
01:26:00,070 --> 01:25:57,840
and

1808
01:26:01,990 --> 01:26:00,080
one of the things that bob the the most

1809
01:26:03,830 --> 01:26:02,000
important words of wisdom that bob gave

1810
01:26:05,750 --> 01:26:03,840
me

1811
01:26:07,990 --> 01:26:05,760
drum roll was

1812
01:26:10,149 --> 01:26:08,000
why are you sitting behind your desk

1813
01:26:11,910 --> 01:26:10,159
reading engineering drawings

1814
01:26:13,830 --> 01:26:11,920
this is the most free time you are ever

1815
01:26:16,709 --> 01:26:13,840
going to have in your time in the go

1816
01:26:19,030 --> 01:26:16,719
home and play golf

1817
01:26:20,790 --> 01:26:19,040
do you remember that

1818
01:26:22,790 --> 01:26:20,800
and i still remember him telling me that

1819
01:26:25,590 --> 01:26:22,800
i didn't feel guilty anymore

1820
01:26:28,470 --> 01:26:25,600
but bob and i shared a church in back in

1821
01:26:30,310 --> 01:26:28,480
houston and he was my boss for many

1822
01:26:32,950 --> 01:26:30,320
years as chief of the astronaut office

1823
01:26:34,390 --> 01:26:32,960
and a great role model and friend so

1824
01:26:36,950 --> 01:26:34,400
thanks again bob

1825
01:26:38,790 --> 01:26:36,960
i also want to congratulate bonnie and

1826
01:26:40,950 --> 01:26:38,800
kurt i'm so glad that i was able to

1827
01:26:42,470 --> 01:26:40,960
share this experience with you and i

1828
01:26:43,430 --> 01:26:42,480
just want to say a few words about each

1829
01:26:45,910 --> 01:26:43,440
of them

1830
01:26:48,470 --> 01:26:45,920
um i met bonnie actually you were the

1831
01:26:51,910 --> 01:26:48,480
first woman astronaut that i met outside

1832
01:26:54,950 --> 01:26:51,920
of the interview and it was probably in

1833
01:26:56,709 --> 01:26:54,960
fact it was my first or second day

1834
01:26:59,430 --> 01:26:56,719
after i was accepted into the astronaut

1835
01:27:01,189 --> 01:26:59,440
office and bonnie welcomed me i remember

1836
01:27:02,149 --> 01:27:01,199
where i was standing in building four

1837
01:27:04,149 --> 01:27:02,159
north

1838
01:27:06,070 --> 01:27:04,159
i remember the door i was at and i

1839
01:27:09,189 --> 01:27:06,080
remember the things that bonnie said to

1840
01:27:11,270 --> 01:27:09,199
me she was um so welcoming to me

1841
01:27:12,470 --> 01:27:11,280
sharing advice and again

1842
01:27:14,310 --> 01:27:12,480
as

1843
01:27:16,830 --> 01:27:14,320
really all the other women mission

1844
01:27:19,750 --> 01:27:16,840
specialists they were my role models and

1845
01:27:23,510 --> 01:27:19,760
they bonnie you and the other women have

1846
01:27:25,750 --> 01:27:23,520
made my job as the first woman pilot

1847
01:27:27,270 --> 01:27:25,760
so much easier i mean i just fit right

1848
01:27:29,669 --> 01:27:27,280
in the culture because they had done

1849
01:27:31,270 --> 01:27:29,679
such a good job leading up to that point

1850
01:27:33,030 --> 01:27:31,280
women were very well accepted in the

1851
01:27:35,430 --> 01:27:33,040
astronaut office

1852
01:27:37,590 --> 01:27:35,440
also i worked with bonnie on sts 50 i

1853
01:27:39,430 --> 01:27:37,600
was a member of the closeout crew and i

1854
01:27:40,790 --> 01:27:39,440
strapped her in on that mission before

1855
01:27:41,669 --> 01:27:40,800
the launch

1856
01:27:43,510 --> 01:27:41,679
and

1857
01:27:45,990 --> 01:27:43,520
i observed she always set very high

1858
01:27:47,590 --> 01:27:46,000
standards and always

1859
01:27:50,470 --> 01:27:47,600
it was so important to her to achieve

1860
01:27:52,310 --> 01:27:50,480
excellence in everything she has done so

1861
01:27:53,910 --> 01:27:52,320
congratulations bonnie i'm so happy that

1862
01:27:55,510 --> 01:27:53,920
you were inducted

1863
01:27:57,590 --> 01:27:55,520
and i had the opportunity to spend this

1864
01:28:00,390 --> 01:27:57,600
time with you

1865
01:28:02,149 --> 01:28:00,400
for curt i had i could actually talk for

1866
01:28:04,070 --> 01:28:02,159
like 20 minutes about the things that

1867
01:28:06,310 --> 01:28:04,080
i've done with curt because we worked

1868
01:28:08,310 --> 01:28:06,320
together in so many different jobs

1869
01:28:09,830 --> 01:28:08,320
we were

1870
01:28:11,590 --> 01:28:09,840
basically from

1871
01:28:13,430 --> 01:28:11,600
the time as an astronaut candidate i was

1872
01:28:16,070 --> 01:28:13,440
in the class right after him

1873
01:28:18,149 --> 01:28:16,080
up until he retired but my first memory

1874
01:28:20,950 --> 01:28:18,159
of kurt was when we were

1875
01:28:24,070 --> 01:28:20,960
um taking this myers-briggs personality

1876
01:28:29,750 --> 01:28:24,080
test i y'all so y'all know what that is

1877
01:28:33,430 --> 01:28:31,669
so i'm not going to say what we are i'm

1878
01:28:35,510 --> 01:28:33,440
not but i will tell you we are the same

1879
01:28:37,669 --> 01:28:35,520
personality type

1880
01:28:39,510 --> 01:28:37,679
we're exactly the same uh personality

1881
01:28:42,629 --> 01:28:39,520
and and we were told that this is the

1882
01:28:44,470 --> 01:28:42,639
personality type of military test pilots

1883
01:28:46,229 --> 01:28:44,480
so i knew right from the start so kurt

1884
01:28:47,990 --> 01:28:46,239
and i have a lot in common and then kurt

1885
01:28:50,709 --> 01:28:48,000
trained me as a capcom

1886
01:28:52,229 --> 01:28:50,719
and being a capcom is the astronaut that

1887
01:28:54,629 --> 01:28:52,239
works in mission control it talks to the

1888
01:28:56,870 --> 01:28:54,639
crew as they launch um for the pilots as

1889
01:28:59,669 --> 01:28:56,880
you launch and as you re-enter it is a

1890
01:29:01,430 --> 01:28:59,679
very demanding job it requires very top

1891
01:29:03,669 --> 01:29:01,440
knowledge and shuttle systems shuttle

1892
01:29:06,390 --> 01:29:03,679
operations abort procedures you need to

1893
01:29:08,870 --> 01:29:06,400
be a quick thinker and kurt was one of

1894
01:29:11,510 --> 01:29:08,880
the best and he trained me and i'm glad

1895
01:29:13,189 --> 01:29:11,520
to i'm i needed to be trained by one of

1896
01:29:16,470 --> 01:29:13,199
the best and i thank him for the time

1897
01:29:18,709 --> 01:29:16,480
that he spent with me doing that

1898
01:29:20,790 --> 01:29:18,719
we also had some fun and kurt has a

1899
01:29:22,950 --> 01:29:20,800
great uh sense of humor he's a great

1900
01:29:24,629 --> 01:29:22,960
practical joker so i'm going to tell you

1901
01:29:27,189 --> 01:29:24,639
about one practical joke that he played

1902
01:29:28,950 --> 01:29:27,199
on me or at least i thought so

1903
01:29:31,110 --> 01:29:28,960
there's this thing that we do called

1904
01:29:32,950 --> 01:29:31,120
dance off the tank and do you remember

1905
01:29:34,950 --> 01:29:32,960
that it's um

1906
01:29:36,470 --> 01:29:34,960
on aborts

1907
01:29:37,990 --> 01:29:36,480
you have to come back you're kind of low

1908
01:29:39,110 --> 01:29:38,000
in the atmosphere so when you separate

1909
01:29:41,430 --> 01:29:39,120
from the tank you have to be very

1910
01:29:43,030 --> 01:29:41,440
careful that you don't hit the tank

1911
01:29:44,950 --> 01:29:43,040
after you separate so you have to do

1912
01:29:46,950 --> 01:29:44,960
this maneuver and actually it applies

1913
01:29:49,430 --> 01:29:46,960
after main engine cut off phenomenal

1914
01:29:51,430 --> 01:29:49,440
launches when you have to pitch around

1915
01:29:53,669 --> 01:29:51,440
and get a picture of the external tank

1916
01:29:55,990 --> 01:29:53,679
so there's some tricky piloting

1917
01:29:58,629 --> 01:29:56,000
techniques that are needed after

1918
01:30:00,709 --> 01:29:58,639
main engine cut off and it involves like

1919
01:30:02,470 --> 01:30:00,719
pushing in on the thc which is the

1920
01:30:04,470 --> 01:30:02,480
thrust hand control a couple seconds up

1921
01:30:05,990 --> 01:30:04,480
a couple seconds down like one there

1922
01:30:07,590 --> 01:30:06,000
were like seven different steps and you

1923
01:30:10,070 --> 01:30:07,600
had to memorize it because you you

1924
01:30:11,189 --> 01:30:10,080
didn't have time to read the checklist

1925
01:30:13,510 --> 01:30:11,199
so

1926
01:30:15,189 --> 01:30:13,520
i got in the sim one day in the left

1927
01:30:16,950 --> 01:30:15,199
seat

1928
01:30:19,590 --> 01:30:16,960
and sometimes you'll see a little

1929
01:30:21,350 --> 01:30:19,600
post-it note there

1930
01:30:23,110 --> 01:30:21,360
because not every pilot could memorize

1931
01:30:24,390 --> 01:30:23,120
it all and need to kind of laugh at oh

1932
01:30:26,470 --> 01:30:24,400
who needed that post to know you mean

1933
01:30:28,149 --> 01:30:26,480
you couldn't memorize the procedure

1934
01:30:30,390 --> 01:30:28,159
well i got in there one day and there

1935
01:30:32,550 --> 01:30:30,400
wasn't a po there was two post-it notes

1936
01:30:36,790 --> 01:30:32,560
and the one on the top of the thc had

1937
01:30:40,070 --> 01:30:38,149
remember this

1938
01:30:41,830 --> 01:30:40,080
and that and then there was a

1939
01:30:44,229 --> 01:30:41,840
post-it note on the bottom with arrow

1940
01:30:46,070 --> 01:30:44,239
pointing down it sat down

1941
01:30:48,390 --> 01:30:46,080
so

1942
01:30:50,229 --> 01:30:48,400
and i called the instructor and i said

1943
01:30:51,990 --> 01:30:50,239
okay who put this who put these posters

1944
01:30:53,830 --> 01:30:52,000
notes up here to you know plain a joke

1945
01:30:55,430 --> 01:30:53,840
on me and they go oh

1946
01:30:56,709 --> 01:30:55,440
that was kurt brown

1947
01:30:58,629 --> 01:30:56,719
and i said

1948
01:31:00,550 --> 01:30:58,639
oh there he goes playing more jokes on

1949
01:31:01,510 --> 01:31:00,560
me trying to make me feel stupid

1950
01:31:03,189 --> 01:31:01,520
and

1951
01:31:07,110 --> 01:31:03,199
they go no that wasn't for you that was

1952
01:31:14,229 --> 01:31:08,629
so

1953
01:31:18,070 --> 01:31:15,990
do you remember that kurt yeah he

1954
01:31:19,590 --> 01:31:18,080
probably doesn't he has played so many

1955
01:31:21,510 --> 01:31:19,600
jokes on people that i'm sure he doesn't

1956
01:31:22,790 --> 01:31:21,520
even remember that one

1957
01:31:24,390 --> 01:31:22,800
that was said

1958
01:31:26,229 --> 01:31:24,400
but but you know really it was good

1959
01:31:27,910 --> 01:31:26,239
clean fun and you know kurt had very

1960
01:31:30,629 --> 01:31:27,920
very high standards so a lot of the

1961
01:31:32,390 --> 01:31:30,639
mission specialists the young young

1962
01:31:34,629 --> 01:31:32,400
mission specialists were afraid to fly

1963
01:31:36,390 --> 01:31:34,639
with him because he was so demanding and

1964
01:31:37,910 --> 01:31:36,400
one time stan love came up to me and

1965
01:31:39,750 --> 01:31:37,920
told me that

1966
01:31:41,030 --> 01:31:39,760
he was walking out to fly with curt and

1967
01:31:43,030 --> 01:31:41,040
curt looked him right in the eye and

1968
01:31:44,870 --> 01:31:43,040
said

1969
01:31:47,430 --> 01:31:44,880
you can't fly with me until you recite

1970
01:31:48,870 --> 01:31:47,440
the bold face for engine fire in flight

1971
01:31:49,590 --> 01:31:48,880
word for word

1972
01:31:51,270 --> 01:31:49,600
so

1973
01:31:54,629 --> 01:31:51,280
kurt was very

1974
01:31:56,390 --> 01:31:54,639
that those mission specialists stayed up

1975
01:31:58,149 --> 01:31:56,400
to speed and that they were

1976
01:31:59,669 --> 01:31:58,159
ready to support him the new guys the

1977
01:32:00,950 --> 01:31:59,679
guys the ass cans that were new in the

1978
01:32:01,830 --> 01:32:00,960
program

1979
01:32:03,270 --> 01:32:01,840
so

1980
01:32:05,110 --> 01:32:03,280
um

1981
01:32:07,030 --> 01:32:05,120
kurt and bonnie i i mean both of you set

1982
01:32:08,709 --> 01:32:07,040
very high standards and excellence in

1983
01:32:10,550 --> 01:32:08,719
everything you did and i'm so glad that

1984
01:32:13,669 --> 01:32:10,560
i was able to work with you and get to

1985
01:32:15,669 --> 01:32:13,679
know you and be here today with you

1986
01:32:17,590 --> 01:32:15,679
i do want to say a couple of more

1987
01:32:18,790 --> 01:32:17,600
serious things that i think are very

1988
01:32:20,149 --> 01:32:18,800
important that we always need to

1989
01:32:23,830 --> 01:32:20,159
remember

1990
01:32:25,669 --> 01:32:23,840
challenger crews and the columbia crews

1991
01:32:27,030 --> 01:32:25,679
and it's hard for us to remember that i

1992
01:32:29,430 --> 01:32:27,040
mean it's hard for us to lose our

1993
01:32:30,950 --> 01:32:29,440
friends to lose an orbiter

1994
01:32:33,990 --> 01:32:30,960
we know they gave their

1995
01:32:36,149 --> 01:32:34,000
lives in the name of space exploration

1996
01:32:37,750 --> 01:32:36,159
and in their memory we need to re we

1997
01:32:39,590 --> 01:32:37,760
need to remember the lessons learned

1998
01:32:41,110 --> 01:32:39,600
from those accidents and sometimes it's

1999
01:32:43,030 --> 01:32:41,120
hard for us to go back and remember

2000
01:32:44,870 --> 01:32:43,040
those but now that we're done flying the

2001
01:32:47,830 --> 01:32:44,880
shuttle and we're moving on to new

2002
01:32:49,910 --> 01:32:47,840
programs those lessons still apply

2003
01:32:52,310 --> 01:32:49,920
so i think it's important important that

2004
01:32:55,669 --> 01:32:52,320
we remember their crews and remember

2005
01:32:57,669 --> 01:32:55,679
how we can stay humble

2006
01:32:59,750 --> 01:32:57,679
be good listeners always think

2007
01:33:01,910 --> 01:32:59,760
creatively in everything that we do and

2008
01:33:03,350 --> 01:33:01,920
our day-to-day thinking as well as the

2009
01:33:04,950 --> 01:33:03,360
innovation that we're always tasked to

2010
01:33:07,350 --> 01:33:04,960
do at nasa

2011
01:33:09,510 --> 01:33:07,360
and to remember to stay humble thinkers

2012
01:33:11,669 --> 01:33:09,520
and to respect the hardware

2013
01:33:13,669 --> 01:33:11,679
atlantis is going on display here at the

2014
01:33:16,950 --> 01:33:13,679
kennedy space center

2015
01:33:20,950 --> 01:33:18,070
so

2016
01:33:24,790 --> 01:33:22,870
inspirational to the people that come

2017
01:33:26,950 --> 01:33:24,800
here to see atlantis and i hope that you

2018
01:33:28,950 --> 01:33:26,960
spread the word and get your friends uh

2019
01:33:30,950 --> 01:33:28,960
to come down and visit

2020
01:33:32,950 --> 01:33:30,960
it will remind us of the great successes

2021
01:33:34,149 --> 01:33:32,960
of the shuttle program beginning with

2022
01:33:38,070 --> 01:33:34,159
the

2023
01:33:40,390 --> 01:33:38,080
retrievals

2024
01:33:42,470 --> 01:33:40,400
the space lab the space have missions

2025
01:33:44,950 --> 01:33:42,480
the hubble missions

2026
01:33:47,189 --> 01:33:44,960
the mir program we established a very

2027
01:33:48,550 --> 01:33:47,199
good relationship with our former cold

2028
01:33:50,790 --> 01:33:48,560
war enemies

2029
01:33:53,750 --> 01:33:50,800
in the mir program

2030
01:33:56,950 --> 01:33:53,760
and also with our international partners

2031
01:33:59,030 --> 01:33:56,960
we built the space station serviced it

2032
01:34:01,750 --> 01:33:59,040
we learned what to do right in the

2033
01:34:03,030 --> 01:34:01,760
design of a spacecraft and operations

2034
01:34:05,350 --> 01:34:03,040
and we learned

2035
01:34:07,030 --> 01:34:05,360
what we did wrong and what we

2036
01:34:08,870 --> 01:34:07,040
as we press forward

2037
01:34:10,950 --> 01:34:08,880
improve that into better designs as we

2038
01:34:12,390 --> 01:34:10,960
build the next generation

2039
01:34:14,550 --> 01:34:12,400
and also the number of people that flew

2040
01:34:17,030 --> 01:34:14,560
on the shuttle the more people that fly

2041
01:34:19,030 --> 01:34:17,040
the more work we can get out on

2042
01:34:23,030 --> 01:34:19,040
the space program and why it's important

2043
01:34:27,270 --> 01:34:25,430
so why am i here today

2044
01:34:29,910 --> 01:34:27,280
it's really all about opportunities the

2045
01:34:31,350 --> 01:34:29,920
opportunity that i had in the military

2046
01:34:34,229 --> 01:34:31,360
and the opportunity that was presented

2047
01:34:36,070 --> 01:34:34,239
to me to become an astronaut

2048
01:34:38,229 --> 01:34:36,080
we live in such a great country with

2049
01:34:40,310 --> 01:34:38,239
such great opportunities a person can go

2050
01:34:41,990 --> 01:34:40,320
from living in poverty here in this

2051
01:34:44,629 --> 01:34:42,000
country

2052
01:34:47,830 --> 01:34:44,639
and go on to any aspiration be a ceo of

2053
01:34:50,229 --> 01:34:47,840
a company be a pilot an astronaut be the

2054
01:34:52,149 --> 01:34:50,239
president of the united states

2055
01:34:53,669 --> 01:34:52,159
and other countries don't always offer

2056
01:34:55,430 --> 01:34:53,679
that opportunity and sometimes i think

2057
01:34:57,590 --> 01:34:55,440
we take it for granted here

2058
01:34:59,350 --> 01:34:57,600
we can choose to go to college

2059
01:35:01,510 --> 01:34:59,360
we can choose the degree that we want in

2060
01:35:03,270 --> 01:35:01,520
college i like to talk to young people

2061
01:35:05,910 --> 01:35:03,280
about stem

2062
01:35:07,590 --> 01:35:05,920
and we've heard about that earlier today

2063
01:35:09,910 --> 01:35:07,600
but i like to tell young people if i was

2064
01:35:12,629 --> 01:35:09,920
going to college today and i wanted to

2065
01:35:14,950 --> 01:35:12,639
be an astronaut i would probably choose

2066
01:35:16,470 --> 01:35:14,960
a degree like geology because i know

2067
01:35:18,149 --> 01:35:16,480
that we're going to be going to the

2068
01:35:21,030 --> 01:35:18,159
asteroids

2069
01:35:24,790 --> 01:35:21,040
back to the moon someday on to mars

2070
01:35:26,950 --> 01:35:24,800
all of these opportunities are out there

2071
01:35:28,550 --> 01:35:26,960
any science any engineering will qualify

2072
01:35:30,950 --> 01:35:28,560
you to be an astronaut but the country

2073
01:35:33,750 --> 01:35:30,960
also needs degrees like computer

2074
01:35:35,030 --> 01:35:33,760
engineering and accounting there's many

2075
01:35:36,310 --> 01:35:35,040
areas where

2076
01:35:38,550 --> 01:35:36,320
although we have unemployment in this

2077
01:35:40,310 --> 01:35:38,560
country very high in employment

2078
01:35:42,149 --> 01:35:40,320
there are jobs that go unfulfilled

2079
01:35:43,910 --> 01:35:42,159
because they are technical jobs and we

2080
01:35:45,590 --> 01:35:43,920
don't have people with the right skills

2081
01:35:47,669 --> 01:35:45,600
and that's really a shame so i think we

2082
01:35:51,830 --> 01:35:47,679
can steer our young people towards

2083
01:35:57,750 --> 01:35:53,990
but regardless of what career that you

2084
01:36:00,550 --> 01:35:57,760
choose is a young person pick a place

2085
01:36:03,109 --> 01:36:00,560
a job career field that you know is

2086
01:36:04,070 --> 01:36:03,119
needed you will be needed you will be

2087
01:36:05,910 --> 01:36:04,080
wanted

2088
01:36:07,990 --> 01:36:05,920
and that in the long run will not only

2089
01:36:09,750 --> 01:36:08,000
help the country but it will make you it

2090
01:36:11,109 --> 01:36:09,760
will make you happy in the

2091
01:36:13,270 --> 01:36:11,119
in the career that you have and the

2092
01:36:14,870 --> 01:36:13,280
space program obviously offers a great

2093
01:36:17,030 --> 01:36:14,880
opportunity there

2094
01:36:19,030 --> 01:36:17,040
but if you be if you are an expert in

2095
01:36:22,870 --> 01:36:19,040
something your company will know you and

2096
01:36:26,950 --> 01:36:24,310
and you can be a part of an exciting

2097
01:36:28,470 --> 01:36:26,960
mission like the space program and and

2098
01:36:29,990 --> 01:36:28,480
as charlie bolton had mentioned going

2099
01:36:32,310 --> 01:36:30,000
back to the asteroids and going on to

2100
01:36:33,590 --> 01:36:32,320
mars someday is very inspirational to

2101
01:36:35,669 --> 01:36:33,600
our young people

2102
01:36:38,310 --> 01:36:35,679
and it is such a great feeling

2103
01:36:40,070 --> 01:36:38,320
to stand there and watch a rocket launch

2104
01:36:43,750 --> 01:36:40,080
and know that you were part of making

2105
01:36:48,629 --> 01:36:46,550
so what am i thankful for

2106
01:36:51,030 --> 01:36:48,639
faith

2107
01:36:53,669 --> 01:36:51,040
family

2108
01:36:57,030 --> 01:36:53,679
health

2109
01:37:01,669 --> 01:36:58,950
mission

2110
01:37:03,350 --> 01:37:01,679
curiosity

2111
01:37:05,270 --> 01:37:03,360
exploration

2112
01:37:19,350 --> 01:37:05,280
and passion

2113
01:37:23,350 --> 01:37:21,510
congratulations eileen collins and

2114
01:37:25,350 --> 01:37:23,360
welcome to the united states astronaut

2115
01:37:28,310 --> 01:37:25,360
hall of fame

2116
01:37:30,310 --> 01:37:28,320
the 2013 inductees were selected by a

2117
01:37:32,629 --> 01:37:30,320
committee of current hall of fame

2118
01:37:35,669 --> 01:37:32,639
astronauts former nasa officials

2119
01:37:37,669 --> 01:37:35,679
historians and journalists the process

2120
01:37:40,470 --> 01:37:37,679
is administered by the astronaut

2121
01:37:42,550 --> 01:37:40,480
scholarship foundation to be eligible an

2122
01:37:46,070 --> 01:37:42,560
astronaut must have made his or her

2123
01:37:47,669 --> 01:37:46,080
first flight at least 17 years before

2124
01:37:50,390 --> 01:37:47,679
the induction year

2125
01:37:52,550 --> 01:37:50,400
and must be retired at least five years

2126
01:37:54,709 --> 01:37:52,560
from the nasa astronaut corps

2127
01:37:57,109 --> 01:37:54,719
candidates must be a u.s citizen nasa

2128
01:37:58,229 --> 01:37:57,119
trained commander pilot or mission

2129
01:38:00,470 --> 01:37:58,239
specialist

2130
01:38:03,350 --> 01:38:00,480
and must have orbited the earth at least

2131
01:38:05,189 --> 01:38:03,360
once and made significant contributions

2132
01:38:06,709 --> 01:38:05,199
to the study of space

2133
01:38:08,310 --> 01:38:06,719
ladies and gentlemen i am proud to

2134
01:38:11,750 --> 01:38:08,320
present to you the united states

2135
01:38:14,550 --> 01:38:11,760
astronaut hall of fame class of 2013.

2136
01:38:54,149 --> 01:38:14,560
bonnie dunbar kurt brown and i'm eileen

2137
01:38:57,430 --> 01:38:55,750
it's been my pleasure to be with you

2138
01:38:59,910 --> 01:38:57,440
today on behalf of the kennedy space

2139
01:39:01,750 --> 01:38:59,920
center visitor complex and the astronaut

2140
01:39:04,629 --> 01:39:01,760
scholarship foundation thank you for

2141
01:39:06,629 --> 01:39:04,639
joining us for this historic ceremony

2142
01:39:08,790 --> 01:39:06,639
and as they're taking these pictures uh

2143
01:39:11,430 --> 01:39:08,800
remind you that we hope you'll all come

2144
01:39:13,669 --> 01:39:11,440
back when shuttle atlantis is unveiled

2145
01:39:16,390 --> 01:39:13,679
it's going to be a spectacular

2146
01:39:18,470 --> 01:39:16,400
spectacular sight please remain standing

2147
01:39:21,030 --> 01:39:18,480
as the hall of fame astronauts make

2148
01:39:33,590 --> 01:39:21,040
their exit down the red carpet as after

2149
01:39:59,350 --> 01:39:35,350
kurt brown will have the boarding passes