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we are very glad to welcome the

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international crew on ireland in

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kazakhstan

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first of all congratulations on your

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successful lending on the successful

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completion of your expedition we would

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like to wish you help

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it's very symbolic that

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today you'll end it when all of us are

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celebrating the 80th anniversary of the

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city of karagandi

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and we also celebrate the 80th birthday

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of uh yuri gagarin

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again i would like to wish you good

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health thank you

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yes and according to our tradition

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here are traditional

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kazakhstan

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suits

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and our

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national kazakhstan musical instrument

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thank you

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what is inside is important

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really good

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chocolate candies are inside they're

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thank you

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and here is some artwork from our

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children we would also like to present

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it to you so this artwork is space

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related this is for you

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thank you

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dear

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we are very glad to welcome you here on

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earth

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you have successfully completed your

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expedition and you have completed all

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the tasks of the expedition so i will

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try to be brief

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and on behalf of the federal agency of

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air transportation we would like to wish

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you

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success good health and to recover as

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soon as possible

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and further success in exploring the

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space and here we have some gifts for

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you

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traditional russian dolls with not so

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traditional faces so you will see it for

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thank you very much thank you

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thank you very

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and your questions please

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our expedition

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to

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various activities uh we

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were participating in the olympic relay

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it was a wonderful experience for us

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remarkable moment

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so we wanted to make it beautiful also

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so we did not have the gold to light the

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torch there

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very good that

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during this remarkable event we were

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able to demonstrate that our hardware

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operates very well and can it can be

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operated for a long time

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it can be operated for a longer period

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of time than the standard time so i

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think it's very good experience for

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future flights did you have any

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off nominal situations related to the

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torch well we didn't have

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flame there i mean the olympic flame

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we did not light the torch

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it's impossible to light torch an open

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space yeah that's why i'm asking this

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no we have the olympic flame in our

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answered better by sergey or michael

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because it's their first time it was

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their first time in space

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so i'm going to fly again i

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don't want to say no but

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so how are you going to celebrate the

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so this is a very traditional question

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we will not only celebrate gagarin's

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birthday but we also celebrated our

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so we had very good celebrations we were

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if there was any

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birthday

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in space we were trying to support each

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of course we felt support

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so it was these calls were official and

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well it was a very good experience for

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russian space agency and for us as crew

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and i think it was also a great

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experience for our international

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is very experienced astronaut

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absolutely great and he will do his job

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the story

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the first one is still with me

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uh the second one is used as santa claus

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i still have it

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and i have all the materials at home

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no i think we don't have any other

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first of all i would like to

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congratulate you on the 80th anniversary

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of the city of karagandi our landing

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site

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this is the flag that was at our landing

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site it is signed by all crew members

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mr chairman of the state commission

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expedition 38 has been completed

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successfully thank you very much wish

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you good luck and help

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congratulations congratulations

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expedition 38's mike hopkins back on

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earth mike welcome home great mission

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great six months on orbit

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what was it like when you and your

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crewmates backed away from the space

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station

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that had been your home for the last six

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months your thoughts and impressions as

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as you left this oasis for you up there

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well it was a little sad it's a little

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sad to leave uh what you have called

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home for five and a half months um

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and it was

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just an incredible place to get to spend

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that that amount of time but at the same

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time you're excited because you're

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getting to come home and uh it's been a

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while since i've seen the family and i'm

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sure looking forward to that

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you were greeted by quite the winter

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wonderland out at the landing site uh

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just wondering

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during entry and landing what uh you

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thought was your most exciting moment

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what uh what was that e-ticket like and

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and your your sensations as the the

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hatch was open and you finally had a

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chance to look out at this

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white barren snowscape out there

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yeah it's definitely an exciting ride

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opens up is is probably the most

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exciting part but there are several

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phases of the landing of the entry that

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that are pretty exciting

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you know when they open the hatch

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there's there's definitely this sense of

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just kind of a little bit of relief

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that you've gotten through it all

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that you've made it back to earth and

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and so it feels pretty good um actually

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you know it's cold out but it felt good

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when the uh when the cold air came and

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came in and you got to smell uh smell

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the earth again for the first time uh so

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it was just a incredible feeling

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the personal theme of your mission was

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train like mike it was all about fitness

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staying fit on orbit and at the risk of

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sounding like a medical expert here with

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all the medical folks around

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you sure look good how important was

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fitness and your own personal training

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regimen on board that contributed to

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your ability to come home in such good

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here over the next couple weeks i think

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that'll be really we'll tell how um how

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the workouts and everything on orbit

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you know right now um it definitely

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feels good but i don't feel that strong

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at the moment it's it's amazing what it

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feels like to be under uh 1g again

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and so we'll see

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the uh the things you're looking forward

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to the most uh now that you're back on

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earth foods family what

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uh definitely seeing the family seeing

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my wife my two sons and the rest of my

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relatives that are that are going to be

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back in houston when i get there that's

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by by far the the most important thing

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that i'm looking forward to seeing

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from september to now uh certainly uh

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one of the more memorable increments of

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all time expedition 37 and 38 for you

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uh what if you had to sit down right now

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at a typewriter and write sort of your

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own legacy uh of uh what the most uh

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critical moments were of your six months

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on orbit uh how would you write that

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well i think uh obviously the most

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critical thing was when we had the

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external cooling loop failure and we had

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to go out and replace the pump module

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that was a very busy time because while

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we were preparing for that eva we're

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also keeping the option open for the

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the orbital one still coming up in and

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docking so we weren't really sure which

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one of those two activities were going

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be prepared for either one of those

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options depending on which was the best

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one to go with so yeah definitely a very

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intense three-week period there

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but in the end i think it all worked out

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and finally mike

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you had the privilege and the

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serendipity of being in orbit over the

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olympic games that was a huge moment

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obviously for your russian colleagues as

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analogy what does the international

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space station now that you've lived and

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worked on it for half a year what is uh

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what is the station all about what does

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it symbolize what what is its major

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importance yeah well i think it

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symbolizes what we as a human species

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not as different countries but what we

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as people can do

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when we come together and we forget

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about all the things that make us

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different it's definitely a

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that's something that can pull us all

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and help us learn more about

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our life here on earth but then also

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help prepare us for our future going

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beyond low earth orbit

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mike hopkins welcome home fabulous time