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payload operations integration center

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this is a mission control houston

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station this is uh payload op center

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charlie bolden for voice check how do

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uh we have you loud and clear and the

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commander and the captain would like to

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you guys are too much

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we're doing great we're having a lot of

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fun up here

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well you look like it and on behalf of

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everybody down here especially those of

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us that don't get to talk to you daily

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want to let you know how very proud we

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are of you and how much we've enjoyed

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watching you work

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reed i'm i am actually shocked that

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you're able to get witch to do anything

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are you kidding me sir i love having

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this guy up here it's great to have

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well i yeah you guys are doing well

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you're making all of us that we're

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making wings of gold proud uh and reid i

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have a message for you the crab cakes

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are on the way they were delayed you

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know they should get there on time still

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regular time but we had a just a small

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sailboat that kept us from launching

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do i get to have some of those general

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is that okay

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you can have some i you know i'm not

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sure whether whether

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whether rita will let you eat some but

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uh but we hope that you will share them

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with the rest of the crew to be quite

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oh no doubt about that sir i'm not going

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to keep maryland crab cakes all to

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myself those are going to be for all six

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of us

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fantastic and i i know our time is

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limited but i have to ask you one

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philosophical question and it's it's

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just sort of um you know

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being up there and having an opportunity

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to to look at the planet the way that

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that no one else can unless they're in

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your

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be the most lasting lasting thing

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uh that you're going to bring home with

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oh the most lasting thing that i will

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bring home with me i think it's

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something that i've already sent down

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and it's thousands of pictures of our

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amazing planet and yesterday we came up

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over the bahamas in florida and the sun

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angle was just perfect and it was one of

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those photos where it's just too good to

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be true and the beauty of our planet i

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think that's the number one thing that

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i'll bring home with me it's just it's

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you know how it is it's indescribable

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yeah

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thing the shuttle mission we're on and

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you flew four of them uh you know how

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fast-paced it was and you got a glimpse

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here you got a glimpse there and on the

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long duration mission there are

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occasions where you have the opportunity

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with more than just a glimpse here in a

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glimpse air and just to take it in and

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soak it in and just be mesmerized by it

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all and i think that's what i'll take

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away those long stints where i see from

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sunrise to sunset and all the beauty in

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between

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yeah i'm going to go out on a limb

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because you guys don't send me any

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messages like everybody else down here

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on earth does and give me ideas but

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we're getting ready to get the

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leadership team together down here the

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first part of december and they're going

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to tell me how to run the agency

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i'll give each of you an opportunity to

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tell me one thing that you would like

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for me to do in the in you know in the

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next couple of years

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that's going to make life a lot better

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for folk that are up there where you are

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well sir uh for me personally i think

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we're already headed in the right

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and for me it's getting a uh a u.s flag

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carrier to bring some folks up to the

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space station i think that's number one

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and i think we're heading in that

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yeah i too think we're heading in the

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direction you know right now we're

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launching three to four us astronauts a

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year and to get back to where we can

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bring more people up to have the

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experience to share in the sciences

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sharing the endeavors that our great

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nations undertaking right now uh that i

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think as we continue to press down that

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path that's what i'd like to see

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well great and we're really trying to

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work hard to to get there for you so

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that uh so that you're not disappointed

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and i know um unless you're strange uh

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both of you are probably going to want

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to fly again so uh you know if we've got

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some u.s carriers then then you may

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stand a chance of of actually fulfilling

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that uh but but we're looking forward to

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having you back in a couple of weeks

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reid and butch know you're going to

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continue to carry on um you know give my

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absolute best to the rest of your crew

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members up there uh we're excited about

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you know getting as many of them

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involved and and on the screen for kids

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down here you're getting ready to have

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two female crew members uh you're gonna

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miss it reed but but but you'll you'll

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actually be there and i think that's

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going to be an incredible boost to young

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ladies around the world uh having two

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neither of whom unfortunately will be an

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american this time but but it's still

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oh absolutely absolutely general and uh

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we've been working with elena here for

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for a little over a month and she hit

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the ground running a lot faster than i

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did when i got up here let me tell you

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and uh she's a phenomenal crewmate so we

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well great i and i i am looking forward

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to having you back so we can talk a

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little bit uh because hopefully you've

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got some more ideas about things that we

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can do

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you know we can work better quicker we

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can figure out better words to better

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ways to work with our international

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partners

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so that we get more more efficiency out

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of all of you on the crew there share

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the work a little bit more and

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get everybody involved so that you all

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don't have to to carry much most of the

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yeah we've we've got no complaints but

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certainly as we get more integrated

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together doing things together that'll

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certainly be better in the long run and

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general i want to take the opportunity

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to thank you for taking time out of your

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busy schedule to share some time with us

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and and the people there in huntsville

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no thank you very much for allowing me

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to do this you know you come in and

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interrupt people in their in their cycle

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and the work that they're doing so it's

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real special for me to be able to come

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in uh and watch you all you make me

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envious uh because you're obviously

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happy and enjoying what you're doing and

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i know you're working your butts off uh

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so it's it's good to see people who who

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don't realize they're working because

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they're having so much fun and

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hey general and all the folks down there

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in huntsville it's it's a pleasure

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working with you this morning we had

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people on the radio from huntsville all

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the way over to ames in california doing

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some really fantastic research up here

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for nasa and cases and we're just proud

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to be a part of this

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every day is a new adventure up here and

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the diversity that we get to to play

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around with is just it's absolutely

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amazing so it's our honor it's great to

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talk to you and a huge hello to all the

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well thanks very much and uh reid when

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you come back you're going to find that

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you're a rock star it seems like uh

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every time we get a crew member back

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they've they've they've moved the scale

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up on on use of social media so you're

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the you're the latest social media rock

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well i think i'm going to let you guys

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maybe a little bit earlier because i

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know how much work you have to do and

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and my folks down here are getting

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nervous because they're thinking i'm

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trying to think out of a lunch and

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speaking engagement and i'm really not

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but i would much rather spend the rest

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of the day talking to you all but i know

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you got work to do so again take care

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look forward to seeing you all back here

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when you get back and have continue to

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all right general take care

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thank you

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and houston i i think we're done here so

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you can have them back