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expedition 39 will return nasa astronaut

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steve swanson to the international space

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station for the third time his previous

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flights were aboard space shuttles

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atlantis and discovery delivering and

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installing station truss segments and

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solar arrays steve calls steamboat

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springs colorado home the father of

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three enjoys camping trail running

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mountain biking and skiing he will take

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over as expedition 40 commander in may

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soyuz commander alexander skortzoff

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spent 176 days in space in 2010 when he

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served as an expedition 23 flight

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engineer and as expedition 24's

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commander while training for his first

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long-duration space mission he was also

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studying law at the russian academy of

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civil service he received his law degree

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in 2010. this moscow native's hobbies

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include diving travel soccer and hunting

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and fishing he and his wife have one

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daughter

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latvian-born first-time space flier oleg

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artemia was selected as a cosmonaut in

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2003 and began his land and water

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survival training in 2005. he's

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participated in two isolation

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experiments for the mars 500 project one

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lasting 105 days olig and his wife and

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son reside in coriola in his spare time

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he enjoys traveling skiing and diving

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the soyuz spacecraft carrying steve

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alexander and ollie to the station will

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launch from the baikonur cosmodrome in

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good afternoon and thanks for joining us

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here at the johnson space center with

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our newest crew headed to the

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international space station steve alex

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and alex thanks again for joining us as

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well so that was a great video with a

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good intro but i think probably

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everybody would like to hear and learn a

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little bit more about each of you so

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steve we'll start with you you actually

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worked here at the johnson space center

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before becoming a nasa uh nasa astronaut

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you worked out at aircraft operations on

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the shuttle training aircraft can you

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tell us a little bit about that job sure

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i'd love to the shuttle training

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aircraft was an airborne simulator of

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the shuttle it was a gulfstream g2 and

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it had the ability to

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i guess do exactly what the shuttle does

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for the landing from 35 thousand feet to

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ground it was a great training aid for

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the astronauts to land the shuttle and

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it was fun to work on that vehicle i got

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to work on the control laws and at the

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same time also with a flight engineer on

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that vehicle it was a great job and how

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many years did you do that for 11 years

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wow okay and then you went on to two

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shuttle missions ultimately visiting the

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those times i'm just curious at that

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time when you were visiting were you

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already starting to think about doing a

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long duration mission and working and

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living there or was that something that

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developed later no i wanted to at that

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point each time i got there i didn't

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want to leave but it was only two week

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trips so it was uh too short for me so i

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would want to stay longer so i thought

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about it at that time of course going

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for a long duration one gotcha well this

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looking forward to it all right so we'll

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turn it over to you to tell us a little

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bit about your crewmates sure first here

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is alexander scorsoff

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he is a military pilot

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through three different types of

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vehicles uh over a thousand hours of

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the iss the commander of exhibition 24.

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uh anything else you would like to add

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cosmic candidate in 2003 and a cosmonaut

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in 2005. and he's been training with us

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for the last two years it's been a

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wonderful time enjoy both of these guys

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very much we have a good time together i

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can tell already so the launch is coming

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up we're just about two months out

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what's lies ahead for you as you close

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in on the launch date and okay for me i

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have a few a little more of a week of

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and then i'm gonna go to germany for a

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preparatory uh last phase of the

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then the launch wow it sounds like it's

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still busy and it is very busy until the

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very end and we get a little bit of rest

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at the very gotcha and just for folks

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that launches march 25th at just after

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four p.m local houston time so okay well

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with that we'll turn it over to uh media

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and visitors here at the johnson space

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center for questions so if you'll just

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raise your hand state your name and

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affiliation if you're a reporter and

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we'll start here with mark

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thanks uh mark caro for aviation week i

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think this is for uh steve

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there may be a backlog of spacewalks

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that you're facing i don't know but it's

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been a while since uh you could do more

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than contingency spacewalks could you

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sort of explain what you're anticipating

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um and if there are some waiting

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arrival kind of what you'll be doing in

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that arena that's a good question right

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now there's tentatively two space bucks

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we don't know for sure exactly how it's

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situation we had with the leak on a

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that and and then later on uh chris

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possible eva we would have too uh but

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suits getting fixed and getting all

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okay robert hi robert perlman with

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collectspace.com sort of working off

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mark's question uh can you

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go through what spacecraft you're

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mark caro for aviation week again

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perhaps even in broad strokes could you

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talk about research science themes kind

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of what you see coming your way that

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that rises kind of the top in terms of

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a mission sure coming back from long

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doing a long duration i haven't done a

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long duration yet and maybe uh you could

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weights and we do that every day too and

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it's more than one pane of glass

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case one goes it's not going to

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study to be an astronaut in college

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uh it's a good question what do you have

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to study to be an astronaut in college

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well all of us we did technical stuff

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and that's really what it boils down to

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it could be science it could be math

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some sort of engineering it really

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doesn't matter specifically the field

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but it has to be in that area and then

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the idea being that

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you you want to learn how things work

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and how things operate and that makes

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you a better operator yourself when you

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can understand how it all works together

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okay so just a second i think we want to

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get in some social media questions we've

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been accepting uh questions via twitter

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mika did you have a few years yeah i

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have a couple sure hi guys i have one

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that uh

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actually each of you may want to take a

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turn and try to answer this one and this

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one comes to us on twitter what aspect

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of living aboard the iss are you most

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looking forward to

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and do you have any primary mission

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goals

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i guess i'll start off the aspect i

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haven't looked forward to the most

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is floating i enjoyed it tremendously on

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my last mission it's just the idea of uh

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the floating in space was so much fun

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for me it was like a being a kid on the

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best playground in the world and so i

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enjoyed it tremendously

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aspect is just uh

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doing our science work doing keeping the

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this time i'll be able to compare the

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state of the international space station

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the way it is right now with what it

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used to be when i flew there last time

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my first time

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and as far as our goals go i'd like to

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maintain the station in good condition

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and leave it at least not worse than the

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way we've found it

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and as a regards our activities the

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tasks we're supposed to do i hope it

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will all go nominally it'll all be well

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but no off normal situations no

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emergencies and hopefully it will last

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um

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i look forward to my new home to my new

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job and i look forward for aspect to

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spacewalk for my uh to my extra

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vehicular activity i hope we do have one

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okay great did you have another thank

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you we do have another question here um

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this one relates to the science research

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so what science research research is

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planned for expedition 39

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well there's lots of sciences that

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pointed out over 170 different

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experiments going on on on this

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international space station

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and

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i think it's uh

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they range from a multitude of different

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things uh so i like when i like because

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i'm a did some physics back in school i

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like the alpha magnetic spectrometer

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that whole idea to me is very

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fascinating the idea that we're trying

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to find you know is there any matter is

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there dark matter out there dark energy

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and how did the universe actually begin

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that kind of basic physic physics

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questions are quite intriguing to me and

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i think being able to find that out it's

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we do have another question this one

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actually comes to us on facebook for

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chris from chrissy milly she wants to

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know do the crew members use

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specifically made tennis shoes for the

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iss treadmill or is it up to each

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member's preference up to each member's

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preference we just go down to the local

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store tell them which ones we want and

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that's what we get

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okay one last question

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uh this one i think comes from some of

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the hikers out there that we learned

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from your profile you're hikers so

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how do you compare exploring and even

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camping on earth with exploring in space

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and living aboard the international

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space station well i find them very

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similar

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i do expect especially on a shuttle

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mission that was very similar to a

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camping trip i mean it was a you sleep

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in a sleeping bag you eat pretty much

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camping food dehydrated meals ready to

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eat type food we ate all that it was a

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busy mission and it was all about

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keeping yourself

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fit and able to do your job just like

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you have on any expedition you have to

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be

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good to take care of yourself take care

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of your stuff and then you can actually

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work on the mission it's the same idea

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camping versus a space flight so all

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those parallels all go together very

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similarly the difference is what you do

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in your not really free time not when

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you're taking care of yourself you know

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the sensation we're going to work on the

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science and keeping the station going

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when you're hiking camping you can go

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off further hikes and go find wood or

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whatever so different besides that

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uh i guess when you're on top of a

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mountain looking down it's quite

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majestic too and all that however it's

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just a little bit better when you're up

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okay thanks and again a reminder for

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folks they can use

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ask nasa and we'll be screening for

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questions and

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including a few more of those as we go

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along and i believe now we have some

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questions from the kennedy space center

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kennedy space center we're ready for

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or not uh yes uh my name is james tutton

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and i'm from the valencia voice

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um i have a question for steven have you

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well how do you prepare it's not

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something you do i think just right at

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one moment you've been doing it for most

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your life

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all the things you've done leading up in

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your life help you prepare for something

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like this as for nasa i've had different

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jobs with different responsibilities

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that help me out but most of all it's

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just

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learning from other people how they do

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it talking to them

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and just going through all the

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experiences we've had i think helped me

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okay i believe we have another follow-up

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kennedy space center we are awaiting

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your question

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okay we're just going to move back on

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we'll return back here to the johnson

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space center and i believe we have a

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follow-up let's see where's our

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microphone right here in the front row

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or we can start back there it's fine

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uh james and sarah abc news for swaney

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um

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are you looking forward to maybe getting

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a space walk oh sure tell me about that

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yeah getting space might be fantastic as

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olig pointed out it's always a goal for

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every astronaut to get a spacewalk uh

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i've done four so far i've been very

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privileged i appreciate that opportunity

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and do it again would be great it's the

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idea of going out uh one it's a very

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busy time though and it's very kind of

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stressful but at the same time it's a

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fantastic thing to do you get the views

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are amazing out there

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and uh it's a something that uh i don't

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know just uh it

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it's hard to describe because it's so

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different than anything else but just

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the idea of going out in your own little

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space vehicle yourself and working on

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the station making it better and also

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just relaxing and seeing the whole earth

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below you is a fantastic thing

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okay mark you'll follow thanks again

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mark caro for aviation week i have a

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cosmonaut question

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uh when are you anticipating the arrival

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of the mlm

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and uh will you be doing any space walks

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to um

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in in relation to that

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that our increment will not see the

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arrival of the mlm module even though we

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had been preparing for it and we were

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our preparation did actually involve

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lots of work for the upcoming module and

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also the upcoming manipulator robot for

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europe

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and uh the number of space works was

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significant at the beginning it was

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seven then numbers raised to five then

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four and now

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there'll be nothing associated with the

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mlm arrival and i believe that enable

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okay and now we're going to switch to

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the phone bridge where we have miriam

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hi thanks yep um with space.com i am

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just curious is the uh are the tests or

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the pre-launch tests in russia before

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you guys uh blast off in

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uh march are are those nerve-wracking

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experiences do you or does it feel kind

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of like cramming for finals or is it

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like a very long and steady sort of

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preparation so you're ready for those

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kinds of stuff thanks

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i'll start i think the big thing we have

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to do is the exams in russia

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beforehand they're about uh about four

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weeks before we actually launch and

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those are somewhat nerve-wracking and

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we're

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graded very heavily on those and very

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and but also they make sure that you are

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ready to go so it's a good thing to do

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but after that it becomes a lot easier

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we get a week off and then we get to go

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down to baikonur and the scheduling of

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baikonur is not too busy we were just

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our last minute uh prep items we're just

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kind of getting ourselves all ready

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mentally and so it's not too busy at

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you prepare for these exams during your

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entire life as a cosmonaut but once you

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remember a crew member member of the

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specific crew the exams deal mostly with

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the upcoming increment to which you're

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assigned

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and the main crew

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are always ready for those exams and uh

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the commission at the very end

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surely will approve everybody and we'll

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yesterday

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but the pleasant thing after these

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intensive exams and this week of exams

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is a week off with family or we get to

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go someplace out of

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the star city and uh

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and we relax there

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okay

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um this one comes to us on twitter from

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mario gonzalez he wants to know do you

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have an eight hour work day up there or

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how do you separate work and life up

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there i guess basically you're living in

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your office

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yeah it's a true statement we do live

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where we work it's a little different

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the commute short which is nice

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uh but the way we look at that we have a

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daily planning conference every morning

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and every evening it's about 12 hours

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apart away and so the idea there is that

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we will work

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we'll do a little prep beforehand but

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really we work from the beginning of

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that to the end of that from the morning

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daily printing conference to the evening

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daily planning conference and we'll work

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the whole time during that and that's

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including working out that's all

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scheduled in there and after that then

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it's kind of our time so we get a little

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time off each day to keep us going and

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kind of help rejuvenate ourselves

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and we do have another one here this one

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comes from lloyd campbell of new york

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how do you prepare for spacewalks when

550
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none are planned shuttle mission walks

551
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were mission specific where iss ones

552
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would not be

553
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yeah what we do then is we call it

554
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skills-based training so we still go

555
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into the pool a neutral buoyancy

556
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laboratory and we we prepare for all

557
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sorts of different uh

558
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failures of the station or possible

559
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space blocks we're going to do and at

560
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that time so even though it's not doing

561
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the exact one we do a multitude of

562
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different things and we just work on the

563
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skills necessary to do any of them and

564
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then when it comes time for one in our

565
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space we'll get all the information we

566
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need to do that specific spacewalk while

567
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we're up there

568
00:25:14,070 --> 00:25:12,480
okay good questions all right just one

569
00:25:15,190 --> 00:25:14,080
moment i think we have one back in the

570
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back of the room

571
00:25:18,789 --> 00:25:17,360
i do another one for swanee a lot of

572
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your colleagues are judged by their

573
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social media skills as well twitter etc

574
00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:23,600
you know singing playing washing your

575
00:25:29,590 --> 00:25:26,159
hair what are you going to do i mean the

576
00:25:32,230 --> 00:25:29,600
challenge is tough guys yeah yeah

577
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no i'm sorry yeah i don't have the the

578
00:25:36,630 --> 00:25:34,480
the guitar skills or the singing skills

579
00:25:38,230 --> 00:25:36,640
uh you know i'm just an engineer that's

580
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why i look at it

581
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and that's uh so i no but i'm just going

582
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to have fun and try to do outreach with

583
00:25:46,549 --> 00:25:44,720
kids and and do that kind of stuff and

584
00:25:48,070 --> 00:25:46,559
just do my job and and

585
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that's about all i can do

586
00:25:51,029 --> 00:25:49,600
well and the view can't be beat so you

587
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are going to share things i will do

588
00:25:54,870 --> 00:25:52,000
instagram

589
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account yes

590
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so everybody can follow your mission

591
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you're going to start i think this week

592
00:26:03,110 --> 00:26:00,960
yes leading up to the launch um on in

593
00:26:05,029 --> 00:26:03,120
instagram iss is the best way i think

594
00:26:07,269 --> 00:26:05,039
for folks to follow so we're counting on

595
00:26:09,190 --> 00:26:07,279
seeing some great photos okay and any

596
00:26:11,269 --> 00:26:09,200
other questions in the back okay i think

597
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we have i thought i saw a hand right

598
00:26:15,350 --> 00:26:13,279
here okay we can get the microphone up

599
00:26:17,669 --> 00:26:15,360
here

600
00:26:19,750 --> 00:26:17,679
how do you communicate with others

601
00:26:21,110 --> 00:26:19,760
while you are in space

602
00:26:22,230 --> 00:26:21,120
how do we communicate with others while

603
00:26:24,230 --> 00:26:22,240
we're in space

604
00:26:26,470 --> 00:26:24,240
that's a good question we first our very

605
00:26:28,390 --> 00:26:26,480
first communication is with the mission

606
00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:28,400
control teams on the ground and there's

607
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ones across the whole world there's one

608
00:26:36,070 --> 00:26:33,760
in houston here there's one in moscow

609
00:26:39,430 --> 00:26:36,080
there's one in huntsville there's one in

610
00:26:40,950 --> 00:26:39,440
japan there's uh one in germany so we

611
00:26:42,710 --> 00:26:40,960
communicate with all those ones around

612
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the world to get our job done but then

613
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when we have free time we can also

614
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pick up kind of do a sort of phone call

615
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to some people and we can call them and

616
00:26:53,590 --> 00:26:51,679
talk to them for a little bit while

617
00:26:55,830 --> 00:26:53,600
we're up there that's really nice to do

618
00:26:57,669 --> 00:26:55,840
to be able to call your home talk to my

619
00:26:59,909 --> 00:26:57,679
kids my wife

620
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and all that and it makes me feel more

621
00:27:03,830 --> 00:27:02,559
connected to them during the space play

622
00:27:05,190 --> 00:27:03,840
okay i think we have a question in the

623
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back

624
00:27:10,549 --> 00:27:07,919
i'm aj and when did you decide you

625
00:27:11,909 --> 00:27:10,559
wanted to be an astronaut

626
00:27:14,230 --> 00:27:11,919
when did i decide i want to be an

627
00:27:15,990 --> 00:27:14,240
astronaut another good question so i

628
00:27:17,350 --> 00:27:16,000
didn't do that when i was very young a

629
00:27:19,669 --> 00:27:17,360
lot of astronauts do that when they're

630
00:27:22,070 --> 00:27:19,679
young but i was more when i was

631
00:27:23,669 --> 00:27:22,080
graduating from uh graduate school and

632
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it was my master's

633
00:27:27,269 --> 00:27:25,520
and i decided that i really had to get a

634
00:27:28,470 --> 00:27:27,279
job it was one of those big things in

635
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life

636
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and so i decided to truly start looking

637
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and really thinking about what i want to

638
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do and i knew that i wanted something

639
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that was mentally challenging so

640
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somewhere in the sciences again i

641
00:27:39,590 --> 00:27:38,559
thought that would be good but then i

642
00:27:40,950 --> 00:27:39,600
also wanted something maybe they could

643
00:27:42,950 --> 00:27:40,960
be physically challenging it had

644
00:27:44,549 --> 00:27:42,960
adventure and all that and that's when i

645
00:27:46,149 --> 00:27:44,559
kind of came across the whole idea of

646
00:27:49,110 --> 00:27:46,159
being an astronaut and that's when i

647
00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:49,120
started heading down that path

648
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okay

649
00:27:54,470 --> 00:27:52,559
how high can you jump

650
00:27:55,590 --> 00:27:54,480
on the moon there's a good question

651
00:27:58,870 --> 00:27:55,600
because i hope you're going to say that

652
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because on earth i'm not very good

653
00:28:04,230 --> 00:28:02,000
so on the on the moon you have one-sixth

654
00:28:05,830 --> 00:28:04,240
the gravity we have here so hopefully

655
00:28:07,110 --> 00:28:05,840
i'd be able to jump quite a bit higher i

656
00:28:08,789 --> 00:28:07,120
could actually do better than michael

657
00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:08,799
jordan right if i was on the moon he was

658
00:28:12,950 --> 00:28:11,200
on earth and put that way and when we're

659
00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:12,960
actually in an international space

660
00:28:17,510 --> 00:28:15,520
station we can push off from anywhere

661
00:28:19,430 --> 00:28:17,520
and just keep going you can basically

662
00:28:21,430 --> 00:28:19,440
jump as high as the vehicle lets you go

663
00:28:23,029 --> 00:28:21,440
which is another great thing i

664
00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:23,039
when i first trip i bought a little nerf

665
00:28:27,750 --> 00:28:25,760
basketball with me and a nerf hoop and i

666
00:28:29,029 --> 00:28:27,760
would play basketball and i could go all

667
00:28:30,710 --> 00:28:29,039
the way through the whole module like i

668
00:28:33,269 --> 00:28:30,720
was flying through the air and flipping

669
00:28:35,110 --> 00:28:33,279
it around do 360s and all that and then

670
00:28:39,110 --> 00:28:35,120
dunk it so i felt pretty good about that

671
00:28:42,389 --> 00:28:40,389
okay i think we have another question

672
00:28:43,669 --> 00:28:42,399
back there hello my name hello my name

673
00:28:47,510 --> 00:28:43,679
is joshua

674
00:28:49,909 --> 00:28:47,520
and what do you drink in space

675
00:28:51,909 --> 00:28:49,919
we drink the normal drinks we water it

676
00:28:53,830 --> 00:28:51,919
could be tea it could be coffee but the

677
00:28:56,149 --> 00:28:53,840
way we do most things if it's not just

678
00:28:58,230 --> 00:28:56,159
water we have a bag and it has the

679
00:29:00,789 --> 00:28:58,240
dehydrated mixture just like you would

680
00:29:02,549 --> 00:29:00,799
have you know instant anything

681
00:29:04,310 --> 00:29:02,559
so you mix water with it shake it up and

682
00:29:05,590 --> 00:29:04,320
then you drink it do you have anything

683
00:29:06,950 --> 00:29:05,600
else just

684
00:29:08,149 --> 00:29:06,960
same same

685
00:29:09,510 --> 00:29:08,159
okay

686
00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:09,520
yep

687
00:29:16,549 --> 00:29:11,120
okay i think we have another question up

688
00:29:21,510 --> 00:29:19,430
um hello my name is camera and

689
00:29:23,909 --> 00:29:21,520
i want to be astronaut so what training

690
00:29:25,110 --> 00:29:23,919
do you need to become an astronaut what

691
00:29:26,549 --> 00:29:25,120
training do you need to become an

692
00:29:28,549 --> 00:29:26,559
astronaut

693
00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:28,559
again well i guess one of the very first

694
00:29:33,269 --> 00:29:30,320
things is schooling you do well in

695
00:29:35,909 --> 00:29:33,279
school and work on a science or math

696
00:29:37,590 --> 00:29:35,919
degree something in that area and at the

697
00:29:39,350 --> 00:29:37,600
same time i like to consider being

698
00:29:41,029 --> 00:29:39,360
well-rounded like do a sport like what

699
00:29:43,510 --> 00:29:41,039
you're doing do something like that

700
00:29:44,710 --> 00:29:43,520
again to keep yourself well-rounded in

701
00:29:46,149 --> 00:29:44,720
everything you do because we do want to

702
00:29:48,149 --> 00:29:46,159
be physically fit also to be an

703
00:29:49,590 --> 00:29:48,159
astronaut it does help there and other

704
00:29:51,430 --> 00:29:49,600
do other things if you like music get

705
00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:51,440
into music too the more things you can

706
00:29:54,630 --> 00:29:53,200
do i think the better person you can

707
00:29:57,669 --> 00:29:54,640
become and the more chances you'll have

708
00:29:59,190 --> 00:29:57,679
to become an astronaut

709
00:30:00,070 --> 00:29:59,200
okay and i think we have one last

710
00:30:01,909 --> 00:30:00,080
question

711
00:30:05,190 --> 00:30:01,919
back up the front

712
00:30:11,190 --> 00:30:07,630
how long does it take your body to

713
00:30:12,070 --> 00:30:11,200
recuperate after a mission

714
00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:12,080
okay

715
00:30:15,990 --> 00:30:14,080
um i'll just give alex that one quickly

716
00:30:18,230 --> 00:30:16,000
for my shutoff lights

717
00:30:20,870 --> 00:30:18,240
yes as uh

718
00:30:22,870 --> 00:30:20,880
it took me for a short duration flight

719
00:30:24,470 --> 00:30:22,880
it took uh probably about two weeks same

720
00:30:26,710 --> 00:30:24,480
idea how long the mission was how long

721
00:30:28,630 --> 00:30:26,720
it took me to recuperate all the way and

722
00:30:30,950 --> 00:30:28,640
to get my strength back and to feel like

723
00:30:32,950 --> 00:30:30,960
i was normal again

724
00:30:34,149 --> 00:30:32,960
okay and i think we have one last

725
00:30:37,029 --> 00:30:34,159
question then we're gonna have to wrap

726
00:30:39,430 --> 00:30:37,039
it up right there how do you control

727
00:30:40,630 --> 00:30:39,440
your waste in space

728
00:30:42,070 --> 00:30:40,640
my weight

729
00:30:45,269 --> 00:30:42,080
yeah

730
00:30:46,870 --> 00:30:45,279
well we work out it's a good question uh

731
00:30:48,789 --> 00:30:46,880
how we control our weight just i guess

732
00:30:50,789 --> 00:30:48,799
by working out and eating healthy as

733
00:30:52,950 --> 00:30:50,799
best we can we our meals are kind of

734
00:30:55,190 --> 00:30:52,960
determined for us before we even leave

735
00:30:57,350 --> 00:30:55,200
so we eat what's given us which is all

736
00:30:59,430 --> 00:30:57,360
pretty healthy food and then we work out

737
00:31:01,830 --> 00:30:59,440
on a daily basis so that makes us not

738
00:31:12,149 --> 00:31:01,840
get too heavy

739
00:31:15,909 --> 00:31:13,830
the russian segment has a special piece

740
00:31:30,950 --> 00:31:15,919
of equipment that allows us to weigh

741
00:31:35,269 --> 00:31:32,870
that might look weird because early in

742
00:31:37,190 --> 00:31:35,279
the morning all the crew members would

743
00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:37,200
gather in the russian segment and

744
00:31:40,950 --> 00:31:39,200
measure their weight and then fill out a

745
00:31:42,710 --> 00:31:40,960
specific table which is sent to the

746
00:31:43,830 --> 00:31:42,720
ground

747
00:31:45,190 --> 00:31:43,840
okay

748
00:31:47,029 --> 00:31:45,200
all right well that's going to conclude

749
00:31:49,830 --> 00:31:47,039
our briefing for more information on the

750
00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:49,840
mission visit www.nasa.gov

751
00:31:53,350 --> 00:31:51,519
station and of course follow them on

752
00:31:55,750 --> 00:31:53,360
instagram we are awaiting those great

753
00:31:58,070 --> 00:31:55,760
photos you can follow them on the iss