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it's from here that a new flight crew

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will add to the history of this desert

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from tennessee butch wilmore has logged

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more than 259 hours in space the navy

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captain was a flight test instructor and

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has over 600 carrier landings which will

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be a flight engineer on expedition 41

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and command expedition 42

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alexander semakutia will also return to

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the station the veteran has flown 164

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days in orbit and has performed a

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spacewalk alex retired as a colonel from

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the russian air force and performed 250

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parachute jumps

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elena sorova will become the first

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female russian cosmonaut to live and

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work on the international space station

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prior to her selection as a cosmonaut

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ergia and in the mission control center

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in moscow

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with the launch of expedition 4142 butch

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alex and elena will add the next chapter

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to the history

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good afternoon thanks for joining us

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here at the johnson space center we're

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here with the crew the next crew headed

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to the international space station thank

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you all for joining us we have

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nasa astronaut butch wilmore who's going

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to serve as the flight engineer for

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expedition 41 and then transition to

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commander for expedition 42 alexander

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who will be the commander for the soyuz

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spacecraft and elena sarova who will be

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the first russian female cosmonaut on

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the board the international space

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station so thanks again for joining us i

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know we've got a full house and a lot of

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um so you're about two months out launch

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is planned for september 25th correct

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just after 3 p.m central time um you're

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about a month so once you go there i

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know there's still a lot of final

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preparations including your final exams

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we don't hear a whole lot about that why

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don't you start by telling us what

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that's like when you get over there for

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that final phase yeah we arrive in

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russia actually sasha and lane always

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already be there i get there mid-august

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and we go through several preparatory

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classes review of a lot of different

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systems on the space station the russian

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segment specifically sasha and lane have

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space center so we've been going through

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a lot of reviews for the u.s segment so

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that's done then you can really read the

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sci relief and coast in and get ready

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gotcha um so speaking of launch and then

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stuff apart and won't be long they'll be

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yeah lots of planned okay well let's

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example have a group of experiments that

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experiments

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hereby i mean observing the earth's

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watching the ocean the world ocean and

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also watching different uh space

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when i'll be doing my space work i also

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have two interesting experiments on the

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the first one is relatively new it's a

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very recent experiment that has just

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been started

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um

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it's called test and the purpose is to

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take samples on the outer environment of

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the station to take space dust space mud

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if you want and so that it can be

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brought later to the earth to be

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analyzed and studied for the presence of

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microbes and germs that have probably

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and the first trials showed yes that yes

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indeed there are certain

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basic microorganisms present in the

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outer space and

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if we go on we'll probably be

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one step further into discovering what

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one more experiment which is called

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venus levest it's uh probably not that

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uh

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difficult but it's still very important

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for present science

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materials

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this experiment sees a number of

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different materials with different

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properties different stress properties

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different composition different

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molecular structure uh brought to the

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iss and observed how those materials

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evolve and behave with the time and this

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can be a foundation for the building for

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the construction of future space

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vehicles and construction materials to

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overall only our increment will see

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about 50 experiments alone and most of

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them involve

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the activities of the operator that is a

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human cosmos or an astronaut will be

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working

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in the practical way with those uh

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subjects of experiments and only very

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few of them require uh just the dispos

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the

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thank you that's a good overview i think

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we're going to jump back for another

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social media question amica we do have

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another one and

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barry i know you don't want to talk the

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questions but this one is specifically

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for butch

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what has been the biggest challenge in

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training for this mission versus a

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shuttle mission oh wow that's easy

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when i was in high school in college

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i never had to learn a foreign language

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but when i got assigned to this mission

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understanding at least some portion of

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russian was a requirement so the hardest

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thing that i've done is learning russian

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by far

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there's certain challenges involved with

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learning a new vehicle all those things

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all those uh type of things that you

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would consider about learning the soyuz

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and in the russian segment things that i

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hadn't known before but learning the

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language is is difficult and it's tough

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and i'm still learning

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okay um with that we're going to turn it

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over to some questions from some of the

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students we have uh participants from

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our high school aerospace scholars with

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us today so if you'll just raise your

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hand and state your name go ahead um hi

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i'm alex a student with the high school

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aerospace college program and this

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question is for captain butch wilmore

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i'm considering an engineering degree

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but not sure which type so chemical

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mechanical or electrical so why did you

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choose electrical engineering that's a

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good question so uh how long have you

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been with high school aerospace scholars

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uh we started the program uh last

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december so in your junior year and this

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is like the 15th year that y'all have uh

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it's kind of a 15th anniversary of the

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program right yes sir that's what i hear

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and so congratulations to all of you 15

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years and those that have been working

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in the program teachers and and whatnot

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over those years preparing these young

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people in science technology engineering

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math so so congratulations to all of you

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and thank you for being here start off

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so why did i choose electrical

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engineering um

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you know electrical engineering was a

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quite challenging topic i i didn't know

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a lot about engineering i had i knew

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some engineers when i was younger and

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they sort of pointed me into the

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engineering field but it was kind of a

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broad field and i kind of narrowed it

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down based on many reasons to electrical

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engineering and chemistry or chemical

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engineering and my freshman year in

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college i took chemistry and that

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decided for me that i wasn't going into

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chemical engineering so

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that's why ultimately i chose electrical

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it was very challenging and uh something

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i've i'm glad that i did i haven't used

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it a lot uh in my in my professional

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career but it certainly set a great

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foundation for for life beyond school

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for me

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okay and a second student question

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all right go ahead

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hi my name is alondra and my question is

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for captain walmart um i was just

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wondering how do you plan to cope with

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any psychological condition

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uh of not being on earth like during

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holidays like for example your birthday

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or any other

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you say alona alondra alondra okay thank

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you alondra you know um i'm very

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fortunate in that i'm as you said i'm a

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captain in the navy and before i was

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assigned to nash nasa i was in the

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operational navy so i went on four

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deployments that were six months or

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longer and that was a very good

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preparatory field for what we do now um

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you go away for long periods of time

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early in my career you believe this or

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not there was no email or any kind of

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that kind of stuff so you went on a ship

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and you didn't have a lot of ability to

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communicate with the outside world and

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that was a good prep for this um

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basically you know you compartmentalize

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you see your task you know i think about

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i'm i'm going up there i have a very

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unique opportunity to do my part for my

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country in this very um

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narrow field if you will not many people

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have the opportunity and i feel honestly

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humbled and blessed by the opportunity

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to do it so

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to compartmentalize that and realize i'm

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going to work for the program that's my

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plan to work for the program and flip

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that switch and

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go and do that and yeah birthdays will

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come but i'm hopeful that i'll have many

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more birthdays down the road and we'll

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celebrate those with family which is

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what would be our preference but here we

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don't have that opportunity but one

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thing that nasa does do and does very

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well is now that we have the ability

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with technology my wife is given an ipad

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and once a week i can actually do a

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video conference with them and my

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daughters

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a very special thing to be able to do as

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well so we'll probably schedule that on

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birthdays and and those type of events

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as well

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you bet okay we are going to take a

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couple questions from our phone bridge

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we have two reporters on the line um

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elizabeth howell with space.com

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hello this question is for elena can you

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talk a little bit about

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the magnitude of being the first woman

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to be flying in state from russia for

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i will be the first female cosmonaut of

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there have been quite a few female

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astronauts before me and i don't see my

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each year of one uh each of us is first

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and foremost going to perform his or her

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so i would say that this is a regular

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oh as far as spaceflights go of course

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okay and elizabeth did you have a

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follow-up

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okay

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sorry you were saying that from your

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perspective it's sort of a regular

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occurrence as far as space flight goes

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at least that for you it's something

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yesterday

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foreign i would say that this is a

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nominal regular hard work uh we

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spend lots of years preparing for our

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space flight so we sleep very little and

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we do our utmost and all our years of

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training are that fun

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foundation on which

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and i wouldn't say i'm performing

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anything

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more or doing something uh which is more

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understanding than what my colleagues uh

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astronauts and cosmonauts do

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i'm only uh going into space i'm going

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to be a space engineer space flight

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engineer and i want to perform my job

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really well and that's it

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thank you okay and next on the phone

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bridge i believe we have elizabeth wood

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elizabeth are you with us

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okay

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we're gonna go ahead and switch back

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here to johnson space center with the

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reporters in the room if you'll okay go

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ahead and state your name and fill in

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with the german space agency and space

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expo association question for which when

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you arrive in baikonur two weeks before

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launch what kind of preparation do you

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have to go through until launch

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yeah there's uh um there is some

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continuation of training it's not as

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intense of course there's no exams um

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the russians do it very well though uh

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we sasha elaine and i were there for

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steve swanson and their his crews

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launched as a backup crew the back up

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crew's always there typically six months

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prior so we were there in march for that

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and one of the things the russians do

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very well is they prepare their crews

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for launch

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technically but they also give them this

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rest period as well two full weeks where

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they kind of rest kick back and spend a

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little bit of time with family and

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prepare themselves physically and

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mentally for the task that is coming so

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uh i look forward to that as well it's

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as you would expect training for space

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flight is kind of go go go i mean

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there's a lot of things that

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that you need to at least have a basic

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understanding of and especially as you

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get towards the end there's a lot of

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reviews like i said earlier and because

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people you know you want to be ready and

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and the program wants you to be ready as

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well but those last two weeks is

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primarily rest getting yourself

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physically ready to go and uh i look

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forward to that as well like i said

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and what are you looking for most on

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your six months on the station because

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with your already one shuttle flight

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14 days or so

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you know like i said earlier i i'm going

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to work for the program i'm going to you

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know my nation's goals in space with

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respect to human spaceflight that's kind

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of what i think about but personal goals

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personal thing i'd like to do uh during

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the shuttle mission roughly two weeks in

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length and a shuttle mission there was a

551
00:24:22,630 --> 00:24:20,400
lot to do in a short period of time and

552
00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:22,640
it was go go go go go and very little

553
00:24:25,750 --> 00:24:24,240
time to

554
00:24:27,269 --> 00:24:25,760
self time if you will just to stick your

555
00:24:28,870 --> 00:24:27,279
face in the window and look outside i

556
00:24:30,789 --> 00:24:28,880
think the longest period i had on the

557
00:24:32,630 --> 00:24:30,799
shuttle mission was maybe at most 20

558
00:24:34,950 --> 00:24:32,640
minutes so i look forward to the

559
00:24:37,269 --> 00:24:34,960
opportunity to the cupola which is the

560
00:24:39,029 --> 00:24:37,279
window on the station was not there when

561
00:24:40,230 --> 00:24:39,039
i was there last so i look forward to

562
00:24:42,230 --> 00:24:40,240
sticking my nose in the window the

563
00:24:43,510 --> 00:24:42,240
cupola for at least two revolutions

564
00:24:45,190 --> 00:24:43,520
around the earth you know about three

565
00:24:47,830 --> 00:24:45,200
hours and just watching the beauty of

566
00:24:49,669 --> 00:24:47,840
the earth go by i look forward to that

567
00:24:52,390 --> 00:24:49,679
okay switching over jim did you have a

568
00:24:54,950 --> 00:24:52,400
question mike

569
00:24:56,789 --> 00:24:54,960
uh jim oberger nbc just to kick off your

570
00:24:58,630 --> 00:24:56,799
question though but for sasha

571
00:25:00,789 --> 00:24:58,640
we've heard about the cupola and the

572
00:25:02,390 --> 00:25:00,799
view from the cupola on the station but

573
00:25:04,630 --> 00:25:02,400
i understand there's also very good

574
00:25:06,710 --> 00:25:04,640
windows on the russian segment for

575
00:25:08,870 --> 00:25:06,720
watching the earth can you describe from

576
00:25:10,630 --> 00:25:08,880
your own experience

577
00:25:13,029 --> 00:25:10,640
your favorite windows

578
00:25:14,789 --> 00:25:13,039
to observe the earth and just to do

579
00:25:25,750 --> 00:25:14,799
just to look out the window where are

580
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:46,230
watching

581
00:25:52,149 --> 00:25:48,950
i know i had dreamed about being able to

582
00:25:53,590 --> 00:25:52,159
take a look at 360 degrees all around

583
00:26:02,789 --> 00:25:53,600
and this was the first module i was

584
00:26:07,110 --> 00:26:05,269
it feels as if you had a hatch in the

585
00:26:29,669 --> 00:26:07,120
roof of your vehicle and you were

586
00:26:34,149 --> 00:26:31,669
as for the russian segment we have a

587
00:26:37,190 --> 00:26:34,159
very good window window number nine

588
00:26:40,149 --> 00:26:37,200
which allows a perfect view all around

589
00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:40,159
and this is done in part thanks to its

590
00:26:53,830 --> 00:26:50,789
and this structure this material the

591
00:26:56,310 --> 00:26:53,840
substance allows for perfect uh

592
00:27:03,750 --> 00:26:56,320
shortage of the earth's surfaces using

593
00:27:07,029 --> 00:27:04,789
the

594
00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:07,039
cool quarters called coyotes in russian

595
00:27:17,830 --> 00:27:13,029
that's probably what butch was dreaming

596
00:27:22,310 --> 00:27:20,630
to fall asleep while watching sunrises

597
00:27:23,990 --> 00:27:22,320
and sunsets

598
00:27:25,190 --> 00:27:24,000
jim if i could add to that uh

599
00:27:27,269 --> 00:27:25,200
interesting you asked about the russian

600
00:27:29,750 --> 00:27:27,279
segment windows the soyuz patch our

601
00:27:31,990 --> 00:27:29,760
soyuz patch is actually looking out of

602
00:27:33,909 --> 00:27:32,000
window nine and it's got you know that

603
00:27:35,269 --> 00:27:33,919
that window has you know connection

604
00:27:36,789 --> 00:27:35,279
bolts if you will around the outside it

605
00:27:38,630 --> 00:27:36,799
has the same number of bolts around the

606
00:27:41,350 --> 00:27:38,640
outside as the actual window on the

607
00:27:43,510 --> 00:27:41,360
patch and it's a view looking out of a

608
00:27:45,029 --> 00:27:43,520
docking soyuz right at sunrise so it's

609
00:27:46,470 --> 00:27:45,039
kind of got an orange tint to it like it

610
00:27:48,149 --> 00:27:46,480
would look at sunrise a very interesting

611
00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:48,159
patch that sasha and elena work to

612
00:27:51,430 --> 00:27:50,080
design and uh anyway interesting that

613
00:27:53,590 --> 00:27:51,440
it's out of that window nine like your

614
00:27:55,430 --> 00:27:53,600
question once in a while the last cruise

615
00:27:56,630 --> 00:27:55,440
seeing things like rocket launches is

616
00:27:58,389 --> 00:27:56,640
obviously

617
00:27:59,590 --> 00:27:58,399
by surprise uh

618
00:28:05,510 --> 00:27:59,600
you're gonna you're gonna keep your eyes

619
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:08,789
unusual things

620
00:28:08,799 --> 00:28:45,029
i hope you are pleased

621
00:28:48,070 --> 00:28:46,630
absolutely crew members are always on

622
00:28:50,470 --> 00:28:48,080
the hunt for something unusual

623
00:28:52,710 --> 00:28:50,480
interesting new phenomena it can be a

624
00:28:54,310 --> 00:28:52,720
task related to the work we're doing can

625
00:28:57,510 --> 00:28:54,320
be some

626
00:29:00,230 --> 00:28:57,520
interesting uh sunshine sun beams or

627
00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:00,240
some reflection or whatnot i think last

628
00:29:05,669 --> 00:29:03,919
time i took over 5 000 pictures and all

629
00:29:06,870 --> 00:29:05,679
of those were of high quality i mean i

630
00:29:09,110 --> 00:29:06,880
mentioned only those that are of high

631
00:29:10,549 --> 00:29:09,120
quality

632
00:29:11,830 --> 00:29:10,559
okay we're going to switch back now to

633
00:29:13,350 --> 00:29:11,840
social media mikko do you have another

634
00:29:16,070 --> 00:29:13,360
question for a simple question but maybe

635
00:29:17,669 --> 00:29:16,080
one that each of you can answer briefly

636
00:29:21,669 --> 00:29:17,679
what are you looking forward to when you

637
00:29:25,269 --> 00:29:24,230
the cupola like i said earlier like i

638
00:29:26,630 --> 00:29:25,279
said i haven't seen it i've seen

639
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:26,640
pictures of it i've seen pictures out of

640
00:29:31,350 --> 00:29:29,360
it and uh just looking back at the at

641
00:29:33,830 --> 00:29:31,360
the world and the beauty of the world

642
00:29:34,950 --> 00:29:33,840
from that vantage point and that big 360

643
00:29:52,549 --> 00:29:34,960
degree view i think will be pretty

644
00:29:57,830 --> 00:29:55,430
of course just as butch i'd like to come

645
00:30:02,230 --> 00:29:57,840
back to that visual perception of the

646
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:06,389
photography

647
00:30:06,399 --> 00:30:13,110
and

648
00:30:18,470 --> 00:30:15,669
as i said no matter the number of photos

649
00:30:19,990 --> 00:30:18,480
i took 5 000 as i mentioned still no

650
00:30:22,230 --> 00:30:20,000
matter how good

651
00:30:26,230 --> 00:30:22,240
quality pictures you have how good your

652
00:30:29,190 --> 00:30:26,240
devices separately are still a human eye

653
00:30:32,630 --> 00:30:29,200
takes all those images in in a different

654
00:30:43,190 --> 00:30:32,640
way than the camera can transmit to you

655
00:30:47,669 --> 00:30:45,909
besides we have lots of things to do at

656
00:30:57,350 --> 00:30:47,679
least as the as far as the russian

657
00:31:03,430 --> 00:31:00,789
for me i would like to

658
00:31:09,029 --> 00:31:03,440
understand what this feeling of flight

659
00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:11,110
and i do hope that butch will let me in

660
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:28,230
at

661
00:31:32,630 --> 00:31:30,870
and certainly i want to do a quality job

662
00:31:34,070 --> 00:31:32,640
up there and to perform all the tasks

663
00:31:35,990 --> 00:31:34,080
assigned

664
00:31:38,070 --> 00:31:36,000
i have a follow-up to that real quick

665
00:31:39,509 --> 00:31:38,080
you know you said that on station and

666
00:31:41,350 --> 00:31:39,519
that's what i thought of but also i

667
00:31:43,590 --> 00:31:41,360
think we all look forward to you know

668
00:31:45,750 --> 00:31:43,600
when you see a vehicle launched from

669
00:31:47,590 --> 00:31:45,760
earth you see it you watch it you see

670
00:31:48,630 --> 00:31:47,600
the different parts come off like in the

671
00:31:50,070 --> 00:31:48,640
shuttle you see the solid rocket

672
00:31:52,149 --> 00:31:50,080
boosters come off but you don't think

673
00:31:53,750 --> 00:31:52,159
about what's taking place when you're

674
00:31:55,190 --> 00:31:53,760
physically in it at least i hadn't

675
00:31:56,789 --> 00:31:55,200
really before i launched in the shuttle

676
00:31:58,470 --> 00:31:56,799
but when those solids came off i mean

677
00:32:01,110 --> 00:31:58,480
there's an explosion and there's a

678
00:32:02,950 --> 00:32:01,120
jarring that happens as the solids leave

679
00:32:05,750 --> 00:32:02,960
and then it's ride smooths out a little

680
00:32:07,190 --> 00:32:05,760
bit and then when you get uh to orbit

681
00:32:08,630 --> 00:32:07,200
and you separate from the external tank

682
00:32:11,269 --> 00:32:08,640
there's a bang and there's a big

683
00:32:14,149 --> 00:32:11,279
explosion that goes off and and the

684
00:32:16,470 --> 00:32:14,159
jarring it takes place and it's very

685
00:32:18,389 --> 00:32:16,480
similar but different in the soyuz in

686
00:32:20,230 --> 00:32:18,399
that as you go through launch there are

687
00:32:22,870 --> 00:32:20,240
some physical sensations that you don't

688
00:32:24,630 --> 00:32:22,880
get anywhere else except for launching

689
00:32:25,830 --> 00:32:24,640
and leaving the planet and that's when

690
00:32:27,110 --> 00:32:25,840
you know we're covered up inside the

691
00:32:28,389 --> 00:32:27,120
soyuz we can look out the window you

692
00:32:30,149 --> 00:32:28,399
can't see anything because it's covered

693
00:32:31,909 --> 00:32:30,159
by a nacelle and about a minute and a

694
00:32:33,430 --> 00:32:31,919
half into a flight or two minutes that

695
00:32:34,870 --> 00:32:33,440
nacelle goes away and i look forward to

696
00:32:36,710 --> 00:32:34,880
that explosion and being able to peek

697
00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:36,720
out and see if i can see it fall away as

698
00:32:41,430 --> 00:32:39,760
it as it falls and then you know the uh

699
00:32:43,029 --> 00:32:41,440
the size it's called it's the emergency

700
00:32:45,590 --> 00:32:43,039
rocket that would pull the orbiter off

701
00:32:47,669 --> 00:32:45,600
the off the stack i'm sorry the capsule

702
00:32:49,029 --> 00:32:47,679
off the stack if there was a problem it

703
00:32:51,029 --> 00:32:49,039
shoots off and there's a big jar when

704
00:32:53,029 --> 00:32:51,039
that happens and then staging you know

705
00:32:55,190 --> 00:32:53,039
stage one burns out and there's a jar

706
00:32:58,149 --> 00:32:55,200
and things are exploding and that's just

707
00:32:59,750 --> 00:32:58,159
a fascinating thing to experience and

708
00:33:02,389 --> 00:32:59,760
have the opportunity to experience and i

709
00:33:04,549 --> 00:33:02,399
try to share with you how it feels it's

710
00:33:07,590 --> 00:33:04,559
hard to do in words but i look forward

711
00:33:08,710 --> 00:33:07,600
to that too that'll be really neat

712
00:33:10,630 --> 00:33:08,720
we're looking forward to hearing more

713
00:33:12,310 --> 00:33:10,640
about it okay we're going to switch back

714
00:33:14,230 --> 00:33:12,320
to some questions from the students here

715
00:33:16,230 --> 00:33:14,240
if you'll just raise your hand go ahead

716
00:33:17,669 --> 00:33:16,240
oh hi my name is aaron uh this is for

717
00:33:19,430 --> 00:33:17,679
alexander

718
00:33:20,950 --> 00:33:19,440
what type of educational background or

719
00:33:22,789 --> 00:33:20,960
skills would you recommend for someone

720
00:33:43,269 --> 00:33:22,799
who's preserving to be a pilot astronaut

721
00:33:48,230 --> 00:33:45,590
a modern space science uh

722
00:33:57,750 --> 00:33:48,240
uh takes into account a range of

723
00:34:01,750 --> 00:33:59,669
of course traditional military palace

724
00:34:22,950 --> 00:34:01,760
were the ones most close to the space

725
00:34:27,030 --> 00:34:25,669
but this was due to the fact that uh

726
00:34:29,829 --> 00:34:27,040
back then there was not enough

727
00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:29,839
experience related to space flights uh

728
00:34:34,550 --> 00:34:31,679
there was not enough knowledge about the

729
00:34:37,510 --> 00:34:34,560
impact of space flights and military jet

730
00:34:40,149 --> 00:34:37,520
pilots were the ones most close to what

731
00:34:46,550 --> 00:34:40,159
a potential people could experience when

732
00:34:50,149 --> 00:34:49,109
so it was difficult for me to advise you

733
00:35:04,870 --> 00:34:50,159
on

734
00:35:10,630 --> 00:35:07,910
but i would guess that the engineering

735
00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:10,640
path or the medical

736
00:35:18,390 --> 00:35:12,320
path will be

737
00:35:21,670 --> 00:35:20,790
but since i'm militia pilot myself uh

738
00:35:27,589 --> 00:35:21,680
the

739
00:35:29,829 --> 00:35:28,470
okay

740
00:35:31,670 --> 00:35:29,839
all right we'll go to our next student

741
00:35:33,990 --> 00:35:31,680
question go ahead this is for captain

742
00:35:36,310 --> 00:35:34,000
wilmore i'm connor um could you please

743
00:35:37,750 --> 00:35:36,320
discuss the uh how the cultural

744
00:35:40,069 --> 00:35:37,760
diversity comes together on the

745
00:35:41,190 --> 00:35:40,079
international space station in work and

746
00:35:44,710 --> 00:35:41,200
free time

747
00:35:46,950 --> 00:35:44,720
yes uh that's a good question connor um

748
00:35:50,230 --> 00:35:46,960
it it doesn't vary much from from

749
00:35:53,030 --> 00:35:50,240
training um they speak some english i

750
00:35:55,030 --> 00:35:53,040
speak some russian so rushless is kind

751
00:35:57,510 --> 00:35:55,040
of what we call it and we kind of mix it

752
00:35:59,750 --> 00:35:57,520
as we go as we converse and that's kind

753
00:36:00,870 --> 00:35:59,760
of fun actually it's kind of neat and

754
00:36:02,310 --> 00:36:00,880
been i have an opportunity we've been

755
00:36:04,230 --> 00:36:02,320
working together now for two and a half

756
00:36:05,589 --> 00:36:04,240
years almost and we've come to know each

757
00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:05,599
other pretty well we've met each other's

758
00:36:10,790 --> 00:36:08,800
families and that's an interesting and

759
00:36:12,790 --> 00:36:10,800
very special aspect of this entire

760
00:36:13,990 --> 00:36:12,800
evolution as well to actually mix

761
00:36:15,430 --> 00:36:14,000
cultures the cultures are different

762
00:36:17,030 --> 00:36:15,440
there's no doubt about it but they're

763
00:36:18,710 --> 00:36:17,040
able to learn about their culture and

764
00:36:19,750 --> 00:36:18,720
the strengths in their cultures and and

765
00:36:21,030 --> 00:36:19,760
learn from them and hopefully they've

766
00:36:22,950 --> 00:36:21,040
been able to learn a little bit from us

767
00:36:24,069 --> 00:36:22,960
as well and we take that to the station

768
00:36:26,950 --> 00:36:24,079
you know the official language

769
00:36:27,829 --> 00:36:26,960
thankfully on station is english so

770
00:36:29,589 --> 00:36:27,839
um

771
00:36:31,510 --> 00:36:29,599
but we also speak a little russian up

772
00:36:33,190 --> 00:36:31,520
there as well we go you know back and

773
00:36:35,349 --> 00:36:33,200
forth in the segments and and there will

774
00:36:37,109 --> 00:36:35,359
be a time i know uh that i'll say sasha

775
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:37,119
i need help with this and i'll he'll

776
00:36:40,630 --> 00:36:39,040
come floating down and he'll help me and

777
00:36:42,710 --> 00:36:40,640
and he's liable to say butch come come

778
00:36:44,550 --> 00:36:42,720
here i need need your assistance and

779
00:36:46,230 --> 00:36:44,560
i'll go floating down and help him out

780
00:36:48,790 --> 00:36:46,240
as well because we're we're a team we're

781
00:36:50,630 --> 00:36:48,800
an international team um and we're even

782
00:36:52,230 --> 00:36:50,640
working now within our program to make

783
00:36:53,430 --> 00:36:52,240
sure we're not as segmented as we've

784
00:36:55,190 --> 00:36:53,440
been in the past you know working in the

785
00:36:57,510 --> 00:36:55,200
russian segment and in the u.s segment

786
00:36:59,030 --> 00:36:57,520
and we're trying to mix together to work

787
00:37:00,630 --> 00:36:59,040
together even more and we're making

788
00:37:02,790 --> 00:37:00,640
efforts to make that happen too so

789
00:37:04,550 --> 00:37:02,800
that's a good question thanks it also

790
00:37:06,710 --> 00:37:04,560
seems like meals sometimes are good

791
00:37:08,390 --> 00:37:06,720
shared absolutely is that something it

792
00:37:10,069 --> 00:37:08,400
seems like some crews always try to have

793
00:37:11,349 --> 00:37:10,079
their evening meal together

794
00:37:12,550 --> 00:37:11,359
um or lunch is that something that you

795
00:37:14,390 --> 00:37:12,560
guys have already briefed or talked with

796
00:37:15,430 --> 00:37:14,400
on orbit yeah we plan on having meals

797
00:37:16,870 --> 00:37:15,440
together you know one of my fondest

798
00:37:18,470 --> 00:37:16,880
memories from my you know my two weeks

799
00:37:20,390 --> 00:37:18,480
on orbit last time was when we get

800
00:37:22,230 --> 00:37:20,400
together for meals and we we have even

801
00:37:23,910 --> 00:37:22,240
in our a little video that we ever you

802
00:37:25,990 --> 00:37:23,920
know we made when we got back there's a

803
00:37:27,589 --> 00:37:26,000
section where there's all 13 of us

804
00:37:28,870 --> 00:37:27,599
around the table you know on the ceiling

805
00:37:31,349 --> 00:37:28,880
on the floor on the sides everywhere

806
00:37:32,710 --> 00:37:31,359
floating everywhere and and sharing in a

807
00:37:34,390 --> 00:37:32,720
meal together those like i said those

808
00:37:36,710 --> 00:37:34,400
are my fondest memories laughing having

809
00:37:39,430 --> 00:37:36,720
fun and and just enjoying the

810
00:37:41,270 --> 00:37:39,440
unique cuisine

811
00:37:42,710 --> 00:37:41,280
absolutely okay another student question

812
00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:42,720
go ahead

813
00:37:47,270 --> 00:37:45,440
hi my name is jillian and my question is

814
00:37:49,030 --> 00:37:47,280
for helena

815
00:37:50,870 --> 00:37:49,040
as only the fourth russian female

816
00:37:52,710 --> 00:37:50,880
cosmonaut do you feel you've inspired

817
00:38:00,310 --> 00:37:52,720
young russian women to study science and

818
00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:04,150
it was not heard very well

819
00:38:08,470 --> 00:38:06,160
as only the fourth russian female

820
00:38:10,630 --> 00:38:08,480
cosmonaut do you feel you've inspired

821
00:38:39,510 --> 00:38:10,640
young russian women to study science and

822
00:38:44,150 --> 00:38:42,069
i hope that my example can inspire those

823
00:38:46,710 --> 00:38:44,160
who are thinking about working in a

824
00:38:48,310 --> 00:38:46,720
space or in the space area in the future

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and who would like to

826
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:57,510
and i hope i'll be a role model

827
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okay we'll switch back to journalist

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questions do we have any more media with

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00:39:04,230 --> 00:39:02,640
questions go ahead robert hi rob perlman

830
00:39:05,670 --> 00:39:04,240
with collectspace.com with a question

831
00:39:07,190 --> 00:39:05,680
for you butch because i think you're the

832
00:39:08,390 --> 00:39:07,200
only one on the crew who was alive for

833
00:39:11,030 --> 00:39:08,400
it uh

834
00:39:13,910 --> 00:39:11,040
40. thank you

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00:39:15,109 --> 00:39:13,920
45 years ago today apollo 11 launched

836
00:39:17,270 --> 00:39:15,119
for the moon

837
00:39:18,870 --> 00:39:17,280
and i wonder if you can share where you

838
00:39:21,589 --> 00:39:18,880
were at that point how it inspired your

839
00:39:23,109 --> 00:39:21,599
career but also how you see the work

840
00:39:25,670 --> 00:39:23,119
being done on the international space

841
00:39:28,069 --> 00:39:25,680
station is advancing the time when

842
00:39:29,990 --> 00:39:28,079
humans will venture beyond earth again

843
00:39:31,990 --> 00:39:30,000
yeah that's a that's a good question rob

844
00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:32,000
i was

845
00:39:36,150 --> 00:39:33,760
a small child

846
00:39:37,750 --> 00:39:36,160
watching my black and white television

847
00:39:40,310 --> 00:39:37,760
sitting in my uh it was kind of between

848
00:39:42,230 --> 00:39:40,320
our living room and our kitchen and i

849
00:39:45,510 --> 00:39:42,240
can remember vividly watching seeing the

850
00:39:47,430 --> 00:39:45,520
launch and watching it go i was not

851
00:39:49,270 --> 00:39:47,440
specifically inspired by that launch i

852
00:39:51,430 --> 00:39:49,280
think i was inspired by

853
00:39:54,390 --> 00:39:51,440
the entire human space flight program i

854
00:39:56,790 --> 00:39:54,400
mean i can slightly remember gemini

855
00:39:58,630 --> 00:39:56,800
going back that far and uh the guys that

856
00:40:01,109 --> 00:39:58,640
came after that first uh that first

857
00:40:03,030 --> 00:40:01,119
launch and on all the the guys that were

858
00:40:04,550 --> 00:40:03,040
were involved in those those uni that

859
00:40:06,630 --> 00:40:04,560
unique time frame were actually left

860
00:40:08,390 --> 00:40:06,640
this this this planet and went to

861
00:40:10,390 --> 00:40:08,400
another heavenly body that's certainly a

862
00:40:13,829 --> 00:40:10,400
unique period but even i wasn't you know

863
00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:13,839
i was enamored by uh skylab and

864
00:40:17,910 --> 00:40:15,760
apollo soyuz in the early years of the

865
00:40:20,550 --> 00:40:17,920
space shuttle and all of that so i was

866
00:40:22,150 --> 00:40:20,560
kind of enamored by all of those uh

867
00:40:24,230 --> 00:40:22,160
people men and women that were involved

868
00:40:26,950 --> 00:40:24,240
in those didn't know all their names but

869
00:40:29,829 --> 00:40:26,960
it was more the the position and the

870
00:40:31,510 --> 00:40:29,839
opportunity that they had to uh they

871
00:40:32,710 --> 00:40:31,520
were they were in they were involved in

872
00:40:35,589 --> 00:40:32,720
that they were furthering our

873
00:40:37,349 --> 00:40:35,599
understanding of things that you know

874
00:40:39,990 --> 00:40:37,359
just decades earlier we didn't even know

875
00:40:41,190 --> 00:40:40,000
existed and that is i think the legacy

876
00:40:42,790 --> 00:40:41,200
as we continue with the international

877
00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:42,800
space station we're involved in some

878
00:40:46,630 --> 00:40:45,119
some things now as we as we move forward

879
00:40:48,150 --> 00:40:46,640
and we'll be involved in some science

880
00:40:49,430 --> 00:40:48,160
that looks back to things that we we

881
00:40:52,230 --> 00:40:49,440
didn't know existed before the space

882
00:40:54,230 --> 00:40:52,240
station era started and uh simple with

883
00:40:56,309 --> 00:40:54,240
the genome and bacteria and other cells

884
00:40:58,150 --> 00:40:56,319
and and some combustion that takes place

885
00:40:59,349 --> 00:40:58,160
at much lower temperatures than we knew

886
00:41:01,750 --> 00:40:59,359
that could happen and those type of

887
00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:01,760
things that we will continue to you know

888
00:41:06,390 --> 00:41:03,839
plot dots on a curve basically just like

889
00:41:07,670 --> 00:41:06,400
you do here on earth to to see and get

890
00:41:09,670 --> 00:41:07,680
an understanding of how do some of these

891
00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:09,680
things work and how they can be of

892
00:41:13,510 --> 00:41:11,680
benefit to us so it's been a building

893
00:41:15,910 --> 00:41:13,520
block approach from day one and the

894
00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:15,920
space station is continuing in a

895
00:41:21,670 --> 00:41:18,720
magnificent way to build that

896
00:41:23,349 --> 00:41:21,680
those understandings that again we roll

897
00:41:25,030 --> 00:41:23,359
back in i mean there's there's books

898
00:41:26,390 --> 00:41:25,040
been made every year about spin-offs

899
00:41:27,829 --> 00:41:26,400
from nasa technology and things we've

900
00:41:30,309 --> 00:41:27,839
done specifically with international

901
00:41:32,790 --> 00:41:30,319
space station and uh to be play a part

902
00:41:35,030 --> 00:41:32,800
in that no matter how big or how small

903
00:41:36,790 --> 00:41:35,040
is like i said for all of us it's a true

904
00:41:38,309 --> 00:41:36,800
honor and

905
00:41:40,230 --> 00:41:38,319
we don't take it lightly that's why we

906
00:41:41,750 --> 00:41:40,240
study hard that's why we train hard and

907
00:41:43,349 --> 00:41:41,760
that's why we want to make sure that

908
00:41:45,109 --> 00:41:43,359
when we get there we're ready to do what

909
00:41:46,870 --> 00:41:45,119
the program and our nations want us to

910
00:41:49,750 --> 00:41:46,880
do

911
00:41:51,829 --> 00:41:49,760
okay all right uh any last questions on

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00:41:54,870 --> 00:41:51,839
this side okay i'm going to go back to

913
00:41:59,349 --> 00:41:57,510
this is for captain gilmer wilmer did

914
00:42:02,470 --> 00:41:59,359
your first experience in space aboard

915
00:42:05,270 --> 00:42:02,480
the space shuttle 129 mission change any

916
00:42:07,030 --> 00:42:05,280
abuse in your life and if so what ideas

917
00:42:08,230 --> 00:42:07,040
did it bring back to improve your way of

918
00:42:12,710 --> 00:42:08,240
life

919
00:42:17,109 --> 00:42:14,550
i don't know that i would say it changed

920
00:42:19,109 --> 00:42:17,119
any ideas the way i looked at life the

921
00:42:21,829 --> 00:42:19,119
way i approached life i didn't need a

922
00:42:23,750 --> 00:42:21,839
space flight mission to make me see the

923
00:42:25,270 --> 00:42:23,760
need you know for

924
00:42:26,550 --> 00:42:25,280
for being concerned about others you

925
00:42:28,390 --> 00:42:26,560
know my parents

926
00:42:29,670 --> 00:42:28,400
instilled that at me when i was young my

927
00:42:31,670 --> 00:42:29,680
friends and still that didn't mean when

928
00:42:34,230 --> 00:42:31,680
i was young my wife helps me stay on a

929
00:42:36,550 --> 00:42:34,240
course that keeps me focused on on a

930
00:42:37,750 --> 00:42:36,560
purpose for uh being in a position to

931
00:42:39,430 --> 00:42:37,760
help others when the opportunity

932
00:42:41,349 --> 00:42:39,440
presents itself so in that respect it

933
00:42:43,829 --> 00:42:41,359
didn't change anything but i can tell

934
00:42:46,309 --> 00:42:43,839
you seeing the earth from that

935
00:42:49,270 --> 00:42:46,319
perspective and seeing the

936
00:42:51,190 --> 00:42:49,280
i can't even explain the brilliant

937
00:42:52,550 --> 00:42:51,200
colors of a sunrise and sunset you've

938
00:42:55,190 --> 00:42:52,560
seen pictures of it i know you've seen

939
00:42:56,710 --> 00:42:55,200
videos of it i know but what you see

940
00:42:59,030 --> 00:42:56,720
with your eyes

941
00:43:02,230 --> 00:42:59,040
can really give you a certain

942
00:43:04,550 --> 00:43:02,240
perspective on wow this is a truly

943
00:43:07,030 --> 00:43:04,560
amazing place that we live and truly

944
00:43:09,589 --> 00:43:07,040
amazing opportunities that with a little

945
00:43:11,589 --> 00:43:09,599
bit of effort can be afforded to to many

946
00:43:13,670 --> 00:43:11,599
hopefully one day to go up and see and

947
00:43:15,670 --> 00:43:13,680
experience that and i think that's if

948
00:43:16,710 --> 00:43:15,680
there's anything that changes me i don't

949
00:43:18,550 --> 00:43:16,720
know that like i said i don't know that

950
00:43:21,270 --> 00:43:18,560
it changes me but it it gives me a

951
00:43:22,150 --> 00:43:21,280
desire to do my part what little part it

952
00:43:24,390 --> 00:43:22,160
may be

953
00:43:25,990 --> 00:43:24,400
so that many can go and experience those

954
00:43:28,230 --> 00:43:26,000
things that just a few of us have had

955
00:43:30,630 --> 00:43:28,240
the opportunity relatively speaking

956
00:43:31,829 --> 00:43:30,640
to do and see

957
00:43:33,750 --> 00:43:31,839
okay i think we have time for another

958
00:43:35,910 --> 00:43:33,760
question at least hello my name is

959
00:43:37,910 --> 00:43:35,920
hunter and my question is for alexander

960
00:43:39,589 --> 00:43:37,920
in dealing with cultural diversity what

961
00:43:41,349 --> 00:43:39,599
training have you taken to improve

962
00:43:50,309 --> 00:43:41,359
international communication and

963
00:44:13,910 --> 00:43:52,710
i think butch has already partially

964
00:44:18,630 --> 00:44:16,309
but uh just uh taken in my experience

965
00:44:20,710 --> 00:44:18,640
from my previous flight we had indeed a

966
00:44:23,670 --> 00:44:20,720
mix of cultures we had

967
00:44:32,150 --> 00:44:23,680
a of a european on board russians

968
00:44:49,430 --> 00:44:34,870
and indeed we're all united by the same

969
00:44:54,069 --> 00:44:51,670
and for the mission to be performed

970
00:44:55,750 --> 00:44:54,079
properly and for the safety of all of us

971
00:45:10,150 --> 00:44:55,760
this means that we need to have a joint

972
00:45:14,710 --> 00:45:12,150
besides it's not that we see each other

973
00:45:16,710 --> 00:45:14,720
first time when on the space station

974
00:45:18,870 --> 00:45:16,720
before the flight we spend years

975
00:45:20,630 --> 00:45:18,880
training together and uh

976
00:45:30,829 --> 00:45:20,640
getting to know each other as part of

977
00:45:34,069 --> 00:45:32,550
arises

978
00:45:38,710 --> 00:45:34,079
moreover what is important for the

979
00:45:40,069 --> 00:45:38,720
success of animation is a respect and

980
00:45:41,829 --> 00:45:40,079
understanding of the cultural

981
00:45:46,630 --> 00:45:41,839
differences and respect for those

982
00:45:47,990 --> 00:45:46,640
differences and uh cultural interaction

983
00:45:48,790 --> 00:45:48,000
okay i think we have time for one more

984
00:45:50,710 --> 00:45:48,800
question

985
00:45:53,190 --> 00:45:50,720
over there hi my name is karina my

986
00:45:54,950 --> 00:45:53,200
question's for captain wilmore when you

987
00:45:56,950 --> 00:45:54,960
first came to work for nasa were there

988
00:45:59,349 --> 00:45:56,960
any advantages from serving your country

989
00:46:01,430 --> 00:45:59,359
as a us navy pilot

990
00:46:04,550 --> 00:46:01,440
karina is that what you said yes yes

991
00:46:07,510 --> 00:46:04,560
that's a good question uh certainly um

992
00:46:10,230 --> 00:46:07,520
the navy helped lay the foundation like

993
00:46:11,670 --> 00:46:10,240
i said earlier for compartmentalization

994
00:46:12,790 --> 00:46:11,680
when you jump in an airplane and you're

995
00:46:14,470 --> 00:46:12,800
launching off the front end of an

996
00:46:16,790 --> 00:46:14,480
aircraft carrier you need to be focused

997
00:46:18,390 --> 00:46:16,800
on what your job is and and there's

998
00:46:20,309 --> 00:46:18,400
other issues of life that are going on

999
00:46:22,069 --> 00:46:20,319
at the same time and you really got to

1000
00:46:23,910 --> 00:46:22,079
compartmentalize and and put those

1001
00:46:25,910 --> 00:46:23,920
things kind of aside because of the task

1002
00:46:28,150 --> 00:46:25,920
at hand and

1003
00:46:31,349 --> 00:46:28,160
that's just one example of many things

1004
00:46:33,589 --> 00:46:31,359
that the navy provided for me uh in

1005
00:46:37,589 --> 00:46:33,599
preparatory to come into this position

1006
00:46:40,309 --> 00:46:37,599
of working with nasa in this role um

1007
00:46:42,230 --> 00:46:40,319
and i i can't i i can i would encourage

1008
00:46:43,670 --> 00:46:42,240
every one of y'all to go join the navy

1009
00:46:49,270 --> 00:46:43,680
and

1010
00:46:51,270 --> 00:46:49,280
fascinating way the navy's been great

1011
00:46:52,790 --> 00:46:51,280
great to me and i and i'm grateful that

1012
00:46:56,550 --> 00:46:52,800
uh for the opportunity that my country

1013
00:46:57,990 --> 00:46:56,560
gave me to serve in that capacity

1014
00:46:59,829 --> 00:46:58,000
great all right well i think these

1015
00:47:01,829 --> 00:46:59,839
students are well on their way to doing

1016
00:47:03,349 --> 00:47:01,839
a great job so thank you all for joining

1017
00:47:05,910 --> 00:47:03,359
us the students the journalists those of

1018
00:47:07,430 --> 00:47:05,920
us uh those folks watching on tv and via

1019
00:47:09,589 --> 00:47:07,440
social media and thank you especially to

1020
00:47:12,950 --> 00:47:09,599
the crew for more information on their