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international space station with two of

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them embarking on the first ever

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year-long mission to this vehicle

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one year expedition crew member retired

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accumulated 180 days in space during

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three missions kelly piloted space

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shuttle discovery's service mission to

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the hubble space telescope in 1999. he

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served as the commander of the sts-118

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mission to the space station and he

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spent over five months aboard the

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international space station as an

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expedition 25 flight engineer and as

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expedition 26 commander kelly will again

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serve as station commander during

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expeditions 45 and 46.

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kelly's one-year crewmate mikhail

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kornienko the russian federal space

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agency was selected as a cosmonaut in

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1998 he spent 176 days in space as an

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engineer on expeditions 23 and 24. he

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has 6 hours and 43 minutes of

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spacewalking time to his credit

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soyuz commander gennady padalka's first

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space station mir in 1998. he then

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visited the international space station

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2009 and 2012 serving as commander on

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each of his missions he'll assume the

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role of station commander again during

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expedition 44. padalka has spent 710

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padulco will return to earth in

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september 2015 with kelly and cordienko

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remaining onboard the station until

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welcome to the johnson space center we

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are joined today by scott mikhail and

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gennady thank you gentlemen for joining

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us it's exciting time we are weeks out

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from your departure to go overseas for

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your final training your exams and then

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your launch on march 27th so let's just

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start with the big question how are you

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and we're excited to be here finishing

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training and then for me off to germany

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for a week

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for the cosmonauts uh back to russia for

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a final six weeks of training before

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gotcha well

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this is a great crew we tested ourselves

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when we were training is the backup crew

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and we are ready for the flight

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right and i'd like to add too that this

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is called the one-year crew news

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conference

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but one of us is not staying for a year

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but he's the most important guy on the

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because he's our soyuz commander he's

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our space station commander for

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expedition 44 and on his this flight

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he'll break the record for uh the

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longest duration of any human ever to

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stay in space absolutely

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us a little bit about you know why you

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something i accepted at first it was

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something that we discussed in our

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experiments in research you i know you

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really demonstrate why this why this

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work is so important

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different uh disciplines you know we

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the earth and that's the purpose of the

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general categories the cases research

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nasa research that we do that's

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moon perhaps an asteroid and mars

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partnership research that's done so it's

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robert hi robert perelman with

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both scott and mikhail you're leaving

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experience it here and get a memory

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that i have left here there's a bunch of

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stuff i need to do that i can't do once

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i leave but that's more like you know

286
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logistic kind of things not

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you know this i think you're looking for

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more of a human aspect of like things

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that you would do for fun for instance

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so for me most of it's surrounding like

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logistics like preparing my house and my

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family and things like that for me to be

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okay other questions go ahead there

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bill harwood cbs news let me ask mikaela

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uh a question um

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scott answered why he wanted to do this

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why do you want to do this for a full

298
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year what was your motivation to go up

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is

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well i can't say exactly that i decided

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to go for one year

302
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actually i was offered and they asked me

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do i want to go and i was allowed to go

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and so of course i said yes

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it is a very unique opportunity we have

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the chance to be the first to spend a

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whole year in the space station and it

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will be of great use for future

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generations for science and for those

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who might fly further to mars and to

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okay other questions we'll start with

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eric on the front row yeah

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so uh scott eric berger with the houston

314
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chronicle i'm curious i mean years a

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long time obviously

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what kinds of things you're going to be

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doing in the evenings to kind of pass

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your time um because you're working

319
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shift your exercise for a long time but

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you still have you know some free time

321
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and then you have a way to watch the

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texans games this fall

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yeah so so what i did last time was

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mostly um

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you know talk to people on the earth

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email read books occasionally

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watch you know a program on tv

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and uh

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you know like you said watch at texas

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games and certainly i'll do that

331
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it hasn't escaped me that i'll watch a

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whole

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baseball season which is very long and a

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whole football season

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and then

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part of basketball and hockey

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which sometimes those seem like they go

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more than a year because they're so long

339
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so i wouldn't get to do that but the one

340
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thing i'm going to do very much

341
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different than i did last time is i'm

342
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going to keep a personal journal of the

343
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experience

344
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i'm also going to do the experiment

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called journals which you know shares

346
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the experience with uh investigators um

347
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to understand better you know how the

348
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you know psychology of the of the flight

349
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goes so

350
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um yeah my evenings will be very similar

351
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to last time with the exception of kind

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of keeping a personal record of the

353
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whole

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okay and the bill got yeah i'm sorry ted

355
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thank you

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now jamalberg with nbc uh you each have

357
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had already a long orbital flight

358
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what

359
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do you remember that you discovered

360
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about yourself on those first flights

361
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that make you confident you can complete

362
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these flights what what what surprised

363
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you about yourselves

364
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um

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i don't think anything really surprised

366
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me um

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what

368
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made me confident that i

369
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you know i'll be able to do this now

370
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whether i'll be able to do it

371
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at the same pace and with the same mood

372
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and feeling the same way at the end i

373
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hope

374
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i don't know but

375
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i think i was pretty

376
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pretty consistent throughout the flight

377
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and how i you know dealt with

378
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my fellow crew members

379
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folks on the ground with regards to how

380
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i was feeling fatigue level things like

381
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that

382
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and i think i'll be able to

383
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you know carry that through through a

384
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year my goal is

385
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one of my goals many goals but you know

386
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the first one obviously being crew

387
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safety

388
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but one of the goals is that the

389
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the first flight director we have

390
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uh when he talks to emily nelson

391
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so when ron spencer talks to emily

392
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nelson about

393
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how i did on the flight they will have

394
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the same exact notes

395
00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:03,360
there will be no difference between how

396
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he felt about me and how she felt about

397
00:16:11,910 --> 00:16:07,279
me and you know i helped the rest of the

398
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okay mark

399
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thank you mark

400
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for aviation week uh and this is first

401
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stop please

402
00:16:22,470 --> 00:16:20,800
you know

403
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when you look at the mission a lot of

404
00:16:39,350 --> 00:16:23,279
the

405
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and i i'm wondering how you sort of see

406
00:16:47,829 --> 00:16:44,629
as an important part of what you're

407
00:16:49,189 --> 00:16:47,839
doing or as a sort of a nice to have

408
00:16:52,310 --> 00:16:49,199
where do you sort of put that in

409
00:16:53,910 --> 00:16:52,320
perspective for all the things you

410
00:16:55,110 --> 00:16:53,920
are expected to accomplish on the

411
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mission

412
00:17:00,069 --> 00:16:57,360
we refer to that now as the reassembly

413
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of the space station and

414
00:17:03,269 --> 00:17:01,759
both the the assembly of the space

415
00:17:04,549 --> 00:17:03,279
station and now the reassembly of the

416
00:17:06,710 --> 00:17:04,559
space station

417
00:17:09,350 --> 00:17:06,720
were and you know is and will be

418
00:17:10,949 --> 00:17:09,360
designed to utilize the

419
00:17:13,029 --> 00:17:10,959
the space station for what it was

420
00:17:15,510 --> 00:17:13,039
designed for as an orbiting laboratory

421
00:17:17,110 --> 00:17:15,520
to do scientific research so

422
00:17:19,429 --> 00:17:17,120
um

423
00:17:21,990 --> 00:17:19,439
you know that's important because that's

424
00:17:23,829 --> 00:17:22,000
part of us reconfiguring the station to

425
00:17:26,069 --> 00:17:23,839
support science so

426
00:17:28,630 --> 00:17:26,079
um as far as you know level of

427
00:17:30,390 --> 00:17:28,640
importance i'm not sure it

428
00:17:32,870 --> 00:17:30,400
the reassembly

429
00:17:35,270 --> 00:17:32,880
is there so we can do the science so for

430
00:17:36,950 --> 00:17:35,280
me both of them are important i'm you

431
00:17:40,070 --> 00:17:36,960
know excited about both of them the

432
00:17:41,510 --> 00:17:40,080
science and the reassembly um you know

433
00:17:44,150 --> 00:17:41,520
i've never done a spacewalk so that's

434
00:17:46,310 --> 00:17:44,160
certainly uh interesting to me to to get

435
00:17:49,110 --> 00:17:46,320
to do that we didn't have any what's

436
00:17:51,510 --> 00:17:49,120
called stage space walks evas usc va's

437
00:17:52,870 --> 00:17:51,520
the last time and

438
00:17:54,710 --> 00:17:52,880
you know and it's different and it

439
00:17:57,029 --> 00:17:54,720
provides variety and i think when you're

440
00:17:58,789 --> 00:17:57,039
up there that long if one person was

441
00:18:00,150 --> 00:17:58,799
just responsible for the science that

442
00:18:02,070 --> 00:18:00,160
that wouldn't be a good thing and if one

443
00:18:03,990 --> 00:18:02,080
person was just responsible for the

444
00:18:06,230 --> 00:18:04,000
operations that wouldn't be good either

445
00:18:09,190 --> 00:18:06,240
so i think it's important to share

446
00:18:10,870 --> 00:18:09,200
those responsibilities

447
00:18:12,390 --> 00:18:10,880
you know amongst the different crew

448
00:18:15,430 --> 00:18:12,400
members and you know i look forward to

449
00:18:17,909 --> 00:18:15,440
all of it

450
00:18:20,549 --> 00:18:17,919
okay we're going to switch now uh jsc is

451
00:18:21,990 --> 00:18:20,559
hosting uh some nasa social participants

452
00:18:23,190 --> 00:18:22,000
so with that we'll take a question from

453
00:18:25,669 --> 00:18:23,200
our social media folks and we'll start

454
00:18:28,789 --> 00:18:25,679
here right on the left hi i'm liam

455
00:18:31,350 --> 00:18:28,799
kennedy with iss above and my question

456
00:18:33,190 --> 00:18:31,360
is about a non-science activity that's

457
00:18:34,470 --> 00:18:33,200
very important coming up and that's the

458
00:18:37,510 --> 00:18:34,480
launching of

459
00:18:39,750 --> 00:18:37,520
my fellow uh british uh citizen and

460
00:18:40,630 --> 00:18:39,760
that's sarah brightman

461
00:18:43,510 --> 00:18:40,640
who

462
00:18:47,669 --> 00:18:43,520
on the crew is going to be singing with

463
00:18:50,789 --> 00:18:48,710
all of us

464
00:18:56,310 --> 00:18:50,799
yeah

465
00:19:00,870 --> 00:18:58,630
great a second

466
00:19:03,190 --> 00:19:00,880
hi i'm brenda pike i'm with um thompson

467
00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:03,200
writers technology and i'm wondering if

468
00:19:07,750 --> 00:19:04,720
you talked about sharing your personal

469
00:19:09,190 --> 00:19:07,760
journal and is there a struggle with

470
00:19:11,430 --> 00:19:09,200
yourself and being

471
00:19:12,470 --> 00:19:11,440
seeming confident in your job versus

472
00:19:17,190 --> 00:19:12,480
being

473
00:19:20,870 --> 00:19:17,200
and thoughts especially you know maybe

474
00:19:26,710 --> 00:19:23,590
i suspect i'll be completely transparent

475
00:19:29,270 --> 00:19:26,720
in my feelings because i'm pretty direct

476
00:19:30,310 --> 00:19:29,280
you know i think it's important for

477
00:19:32,470 --> 00:19:30,320
you know

478
00:19:35,270 --> 00:19:32,480
all explorers to know what this kind of

479
00:19:36,390 --> 00:19:35,280
experience is like not just within nasa

480
00:19:38,710 --> 00:19:36,400
and

481
00:19:40,310 --> 00:19:38,720
so i plan to be completely honest about

482
00:19:41,669 --> 00:19:40,320
it um

483
00:19:43,190 --> 00:19:41,679
now having said that i haven't

484
00:19:44,710 --> 00:19:43,200
experienced it yet so who knows maybe

485
00:19:46,630 --> 00:19:44,720
there's some crazy thoughts i'll have at

486
00:19:48,150 --> 00:19:46,640
the end that i wouldn't want to share

487
00:19:50,310 --> 00:19:48,160
but i don't suspect that would be the

488
00:19:53,510 --> 00:19:50,320
case so i think you know what what you

489
00:19:55,909 --> 00:19:53,520
see is what you get

490
00:19:57,909 --> 00:19:55,919
on the side uh the gentleman the red uh

491
00:19:59,909 --> 00:19:57,919
johnny stevenson ceo of real space

492
00:20:01,990 --> 00:19:59,919
education kind of going back to your

493
00:20:03,990 --> 00:20:02,000
personal journal i wanted i wanted to

494
00:20:06,870 --> 00:20:04,000
know if there are any personal items you

495
00:20:11,270 --> 00:20:06,880
guys are going to take up family photos

496
00:20:17,029 --> 00:20:15,270
um we can bring some personal items

497
00:20:18,950 --> 00:20:17,039
as far as we bring in my own personal

498
00:20:21,190 --> 00:20:18,960
items i just generally

499
00:20:24,549 --> 00:20:21,200
you know bring a few things to help me

500
00:20:25,830 --> 00:20:24,559
with my daily activities uh work

501
00:20:27,830 --> 00:20:25,840
actually

502
00:20:30,870 --> 00:20:27,840
for myself i don't really bring mementos

503
00:20:32,789 --> 00:20:30,880
i i look at it like you know why

504
00:20:34,310 --> 00:20:32,799
why why should i have a memento flying

505
00:20:36,310 --> 00:20:34,320
in space since i flown in space you know

506
00:20:39,270 --> 00:20:36,320
it doesn't seem to make much sense to me

507
00:20:40,630 --> 00:20:39,280
but uh that's just that's just me

508
00:20:41,830 --> 00:20:40,640
i see things differently than other

509
00:20:43,590 --> 00:20:41,840
people sometimes

510
00:20:44,710 --> 00:20:43,600
but um

511
00:20:49,909 --> 00:20:44,720
so

512
00:20:51,830 --> 00:20:49,919
would bring like i brought a little tool

513
00:20:53,990 --> 00:20:51,840
pouch that i could wear on my belt that

514
00:20:55,750 --> 00:20:54,000
makes carrying the tools around easier

515
00:20:57,669 --> 00:20:55,760
that that kind of thing

516
00:21:00,070 --> 00:20:57,679
and you know some clothing items that

517
00:21:01,510 --> 00:21:00,080
the program doesn't do a really they do

518
00:21:03,110 --> 00:21:01,520
a great job of supplying things but

519
00:21:04,390 --> 00:21:03,120
certain things they they we don't have a

520
00:21:06,230 --> 00:21:04,400
lot of options like certain kinds of

521
00:21:07,029 --> 00:21:06,240
sweatshirts and sweatpants things like

522
00:21:10,310 --> 00:21:07,039
that

523
00:21:13,430 --> 00:21:10,320
certain kind of shoes for using the

524
00:21:15,110 --> 00:21:13,440
weightlifting device we have so i bought

525
00:21:16,310 --> 00:21:15,120
special kind of shoes that would be i

526
00:21:19,190 --> 00:21:16,320
thought would be better for that this

527
00:21:21,830 --> 00:21:19,200
time but then you fly things for your

528
00:21:25,270 --> 00:21:21,840
family and friends and other people like

529
00:21:27,750 --> 00:21:25,280
you know mementos watch pin jewelry

530
00:21:29,350 --> 00:21:27,760
things like that and i definitely do

531
00:21:31,029 --> 00:21:29,360
that kind of thing as far as pictures

532
00:21:33,029 --> 00:21:31,039
are concerned you know we got the

533
00:21:35,029 --> 00:21:33,039
internet we got emails so bringing a

534
00:21:36,390 --> 00:21:35,039
bunch of pictures up there isn't that uh

535
00:21:37,510 --> 00:21:36,400
that critical because you can always get

536
00:21:38,710 --> 00:21:37,520
them later

537
00:21:39,909 --> 00:21:38,720
thank you

538
00:21:41,510 --> 00:21:39,919
did either of you guys want to add

539
00:21:53,510 --> 00:21:41,520
anything that you're flying

540
00:21:56,710 --> 00:21:55,029
that it's hard to pick something to take

541
00:21:58,310 --> 00:21:56,720
with you because you have the internet

542
00:21:59,590 --> 00:21:58,320
you have email so it's hard to pick

543
00:22:02,070 --> 00:21:59,600
something that you wouldn't be able to

544
00:22:03,830 --> 00:22:02,080
get through that

545
00:22:07,350 --> 00:22:03,840
is talisman

546
00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:13,750
it's a little snowman

547
00:22:17,110 --> 00:22:15,430
i've taken it with me on my last three

548
00:22:18,710 --> 00:22:17,120
flights my youngest daughter gave it to

549
00:22:22,070 --> 00:22:18,720
me and so i'll take it along this time

550
00:22:37,350 --> 00:22:23,750
everything else the internet and email

551
00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:48,950
foreign

552
00:22:53,350 --> 00:22:50,710
well i'm a little bit different in this

553
00:22:55,590 --> 00:22:53,360
respect yes you do have the internet but

554
00:22:56,950 --> 00:22:55,600
i'm more traditional i will take a

555
00:22:58,870 --> 00:22:56,960
picture

556
00:23:01,110 --> 00:22:58,880
of my parents with me unfortunately they

557
00:23:03,029 --> 00:23:01,120
are no longer here with us

558
00:23:04,870 --> 00:23:03,039
they flew with me in my first flight and

559
00:23:07,590 --> 00:23:04,880
they will be coming back again and i

560
00:23:08,549 --> 00:23:07,600
will take a picture of my

561
00:23:10,310 --> 00:23:08,559
very family

562
00:23:12,230 --> 00:23:10,320
okay we have time for one more question

563
00:23:15,029 --> 00:23:12,240
over here go ahead and agree

564
00:23:17,430 --> 00:23:15,039
hey kim davis um and with the nasa

565
00:23:19,029 --> 00:23:17,440
social i'm a teacher which the whole

566
00:23:21,270 --> 00:23:19,039
fourth grade at least got academy in

567
00:23:23,590 --> 00:23:21,280
auburn alabama is currently watching

568
00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:23,600
um and my homeroom wanted me to ask you

569
00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:25,760
know even young children have social

570
00:23:30,470 --> 00:23:28,320
media these days or their parents showed

571
00:23:32,710 --> 00:23:30,480
them things on theirs and so i've given

572
00:23:34,549 --> 00:23:32,720
in that's the instagram accounts i've

573
00:23:35,750 --> 00:23:34,559
given that's a twitter account to the

574
00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:35,760
kids but

575
00:23:41,430 --> 00:23:37,840
is there anything that you will be using

576
00:23:42,950 --> 00:23:41,440
social media wise that they can use

577
00:23:44,710 --> 00:23:42,960
um to keep up with you guys while you're

578
00:23:47,510 --> 00:23:44,720
there

579
00:23:50,870 --> 00:23:47,520
well i plan on using the uh you know the

580
00:23:53,909 --> 00:23:52,149
name and

581
00:23:55,190 --> 00:23:53,919
you know address or whatever that i used

582
00:23:56,549 --> 00:23:55,200
last time

583
00:23:58,470 --> 00:23:56,559
so

584
00:24:00,470 --> 00:23:58,480
you know they could be follow on that

585
00:24:02,310 --> 00:24:00,480
and also facebook i had a kind of a

586
00:24:04,470 --> 00:24:02,320
public facebook last time and i'll do

587
00:24:06,230 --> 00:24:04,480
that as well maybe instagram and vine

588
00:24:07,830 --> 00:24:06,240
and things like that i haven't thought

589
00:24:09,350 --> 00:24:07,840
about that a whole lot of you know a

590
00:24:10,630 --> 00:24:09,360
couple weeks of bike in order to sort

591
00:24:13,430 --> 00:24:10,640
out those things

592
00:24:14,950 --> 00:24:13,440
um before launch um

593
00:24:16,710 --> 00:24:14,960
so that's great though that they can

594
00:24:19,750 --> 00:24:16,720
they can follow along and you know i'll

595
00:24:20,549 --> 00:24:19,760
keep that in mind uh that fourth graders

596
00:24:21,669 --> 00:24:20,559
are

597
00:24:23,269 --> 00:24:21,679
i never

598
00:24:25,510 --> 00:24:23,279
quite considered that but now keep in

599
00:24:27,830 --> 00:24:25,520
mind that fourth graders are following

600
00:24:29,909 --> 00:24:27,840
us on twitter and at times i will talk

601
00:24:32,549 --> 00:24:29,919
to the fourth graders and talk to the

602
00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:32,559
you know elementary school kids um and

603
00:24:37,110 --> 00:24:34,480
make tweets that might interest them so

604
00:24:41,990 --> 00:24:37,120
if they seem a little bit goofy

605
00:24:45,190 --> 00:24:43,510
okay with that i think we will switch

606
00:24:47,510 --> 00:24:45,200
over to the phone bridge we have another

607
00:24:48,630 --> 00:24:47,520
of a number of media rather tying us

608
00:24:50,630 --> 00:24:48,640
into

609
00:24:55,990 --> 00:24:50,640
the conference by phone we'll start with

610
00:25:02,470 --> 00:24:59,190
thank you for scott kelly

611
00:25:04,070 --> 00:25:02,480
with the wisdom of hindsight um

612
00:25:06,710 --> 00:25:04,080
is there something that

613
00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:06,720
that you think on the second flight

614
00:25:10,390 --> 00:25:08,559
you'll miss that you didn't realize

615
00:25:13,510 --> 00:25:10,400
ahead of your first flight that would be

616
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,630
um

617
00:25:21,830 --> 00:25:19,750
something i'll miss on earth you mean

618
00:25:23,990 --> 00:25:21,840
um obviously

619
00:25:25,990 --> 00:25:24,000
uh

620
00:25:27,669 --> 00:25:26,000
you know there were things that i

621
00:25:29,990 --> 00:25:27,679
on my first flight that i didn't realize

622
00:25:32,310 --> 00:25:30,000
i i would miss so obvi on this second

623
00:25:33,830 --> 00:25:32,320
flight i know about that like you know

624
00:25:36,230 --> 00:25:33,840
the weather

625
00:25:37,830 --> 00:25:36,240
you know how it never changes on on the

626
00:25:39,190 --> 00:25:37,840
space station even though it's a pretty

627
00:25:40,630 --> 00:25:39,200
nice environment

628
00:25:43,110 --> 00:25:40,640
i guess it's like living in southern

629
00:25:44,630 --> 00:25:43,120
california people get sick of it

630
00:25:46,149 --> 00:25:44,640
people get sick of the good weather

631
00:25:47,909 --> 00:25:46,159
after a while so we have a nice

632
00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:47,919
environment there but you

633
00:25:52,470 --> 00:25:50,559
it never changes so you do get gets a

634
00:25:54,230 --> 00:25:52,480
little bit fatiguing

635
00:25:55,830 --> 00:25:54,240
i was really looking forward to the rain

636
00:25:57,269 --> 00:25:55,840
last time and then i got back to houston

637
00:25:59,029 --> 00:25:57,279
we were in a drought and it never didn't

638
00:26:00,789 --> 00:25:59,039
rain for three months

639
00:26:03,029 --> 00:26:00,799
so um

640
00:26:03,830 --> 00:26:03,039
trying to think what else with hindsight

641
00:26:06,070 --> 00:26:03,840
i would

642
00:26:40,470 --> 00:26:06,080
i don't know if you guys have any

643
00:26:45,110 --> 00:26:42,870
well i fully agree with you scott as our

644
00:26:45,990 --> 00:26:45,120
song says we dream of the grass by our

645
00:26:48,070 --> 00:26:46,000
home

646
00:26:49,909 --> 00:26:48,080
and it's true that's what we dream of

647
00:26:51,830 --> 00:26:49,919
the water also that doesn't fly around

648
00:26:54,710 --> 00:26:51,840
in bubbles but what are that you can

649
00:26:56,870 --> 00:26:54,720
actually swim in the forests the fields

650
00:27:04,070 --> 00:26:56,880
that kind of thing

651
00:27:07,190 --> 00:27:05,590
actually i don't miss anything on earth

652
00:27:09,269 --> 00:27:07,200
and that's why i plan to fly for the

653
00:27:12,789 --> 00:27:09,279
fifth time so that i can finally get to

654
00:27:16,470 --> 00:27:14,070
nice

655
00:27:20,549 --> 00:27:16,480
okay we'll move on to our next reporter

656
00:27:24,549 --> 00:27:22,389
hi thanks so much for taking my question

657
00:27:26,470 --> 00:27:24,559
um i am just curious and this is this is

658
00:27:27,350 --> 00:27:26,480
for anybody who would like to answer it

659
00:27:29,350 --> 00:27:27,360
um

660
00:27:32,149 --> 00:27:29,360
is there a particular site that you're

661
00:27:33,830 --> 00:27:32,159
looking forward to being out the window

662
00:27:35,430 --> 00:27:33,840
or at the cibola

663
00:27:37,269 --> 00:27:35,440
on the station so

664
00:27:39,510 --> 00:27:37,279
we'd be brushing up on any

665
00:27:43,750 --> 00:27:39,520
photography skills in order to capture

666
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,389
well

667
00:27:50,070 --> 00:27:47,990
you know the bahamas are always

668
00:27:51,990 --> 00:27:50,080
beautiful from space it's the bluest

669
00:27:54,149 --> 00:27:52,000
place on earth it's kind of i look

670
00:27:56,549 --> 00:27:54,159
forward to seeing that again also

671
00:27:58,070 --> 00:27:56,559
you know deserts are surprisingly

672
00:27:59,990 --> 00:27:58,080
beautiful

673
00:28:01,110 --> 00:28:00,000
um

674
00:28:02,789 --> 00:28:01,120
as far as

675
00:28:04,710 --> 00:28:02,799
you know photography skills and things

676
00:28:06,549 --> 00:28:04,720
like that what i do look forward to is

677
00:28:07,510 --> 00:28:06,559
is trying to take pictures of the same

678
00:28:09,830 --> 00:28:07,520
spot

679
00:28:11,350 --> 00:28:09,840
on the earth you know multiple every at

680
00:28:12,630 --> 00:28:11,360
every opportunity throughout the whole

681
00:28:15,190 --> 00:28:12,640
year to see

682
00:28:16,789 --> 00:28:15,200
the changes um you know not only from a

683
00:28:19,110 --> 00:28:16,799
scientific perspective and hopefully

684
00:28:20,789 --> 00:28:19,120
there is a scientific aspect to that but

685
00:28:22,549 --> 00:28:20,799
also just from an aesthetic you know

686
00:28:24,549 --> 00:28:22,559
human aspect

687
00:28:27,350 --> 00:28:24,559
um you know seeing how the earth changes

688
00:28:30,389 --> 00:28:27,360
over a year so i do plan on

689
00:28:32,710 --> 00:28:30,399
identifying like one spot on each uh on

690
00:28:34,230 --> 00:28:32,720
each continent

691
00:28:36,070 --> 00:28:34,240
that we could see you know even

692
00:28:37,350 --> 00:28:36,080
antarctica you can kind of

693
00:28:39,990 --> 00:28:37,360
get a

694
00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:40,000
glancing blow occasionally to be able to

695
00:28:44,549 --> 00:28:41,760
see it so

696
00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:44,559
as i don't remember the sights i i chose

697
00:28:47,830 --> 00:28:46,640
uh for that with the exception of

698
00:28:49,830 --> 00:28:47,840
um

699
00:28:52,389 --> 00:28:49,840
in uh in north america i'm going to try

700
00:28:54,070 --> 00:28:52,399
to get a picture of my hometown area

701
00:28:55,990 --> 00:28:54,080
which is basically the new york city

702
00:28:59,990 --> 00:28:56,000
metropolitan surrounding metropolitan

703
00:29:19,350 --> 00:29:01,909
gennady any specific locations you're

704
00:29:22,389 --> 00:29:21,110
so i'll be doing a lot of ecology on

705
00:29:30,149 --> 00:29:22,399
station which is what i did in my

706
00:29:34,870 --> 00:29:32,549
and i'm most interested in the areas

707
00:29:40,710 --> 00:29:34,880
that are undergoing major changes and

708
00:29:50,870 --> 00:29:43,909
also places where we affect the earth

709
00:30:01,029 --> 00:29:52,789
these are places where we are getting

710
00:30:04,789 --> 00:30:03,350
i have a whole list of such places for

711
00:30:06,230 --> 00:30:04,799
the whole flight

712
00:30:08,230 --> 00:30:06,240
these are items that i plan to take

713
00:30:19,430 --> 00:30:08,240
pictures of

714
00:30:24,549 --> 00:30:21,190
before my first flight i climbed mount

715
00:30:24,559 --> 00:30:32,310
there was a great glacier there uh

716
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:36,070
photography

717
00:30:40,710 --> 00:30:38,230
and when i flew up of course i tried to

718
00:30:42,389 --> 00:30:40,720
find mount kilimanjaro from space to

719
00:31:05,269 --> 00:30:42,399
take a picture to see what it looks like

720
00:31:08,149 --> 00:31:06,630
and of course now when i go for the

721
00:31:10,389 --> 00:31:08,159
second time i will try to find that

722
00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:10,399
glacier again and see if it's still

723
00:31:13,750 --> 00:31:11,279
there

724
00:31:15,590 --> 00:31:13,760
it is going slowly and this is a

725
00:31:17,430 --> 00:31:15,600
continuation of the thoughts both by

726
00:31:21,110 --> 00:31:17,440
gennady and scott it has to do with our

727
00:31:24,870 --> 00:31:21,909
okay

728
00:31:27,669 --> 00:31:24,880
um next question will be from omar viola

729
00:31:29,669 --> 00:31:27,679
franca with cbs news

730
00:31:32,230 --> 00:31:29,679
hi good afternoon just a quick question

731
00:31:35,830 --> 00:31:32,240
is there something that happens in space

732
00:31:37,990 --> 00:31:35,840
these are either visually or physically

733
00:31:40,389 --> 00:31:38,000
that anyone there actually looks forward

734
00:31:42,470 --> 00:31:40,399
to that doesn't happen on earth maybe

735
00:31:45,350 --> 00:31:42,480
something that gets you kind of geeked

736
00:31:48,470 --> 00:31:45,360
out and excited and validates why

737
00:31:50,470 --> 00:31:48,480
you chose this profession

738
00:31:53,269 --> 00:31:50,480
well it's a lot of fun i mean it's the

739
00:31:56,870 --> 00:31:53,279
most fun you can have i think

740
00:31:58,870 --> 00:31:56,880
space station is a magical place

741
00:32:00,950 --> 00:31:58,880
but you know there are negative effects

742
00:32:02,789 --> 00:32:00,960
on our our physiology with regards to

743
00:32:05,190 --> 00:32:02,799
bone and muscle loss and

744
00:32:07,190 --> 00:32:05,200
effects on our vision uh

745
00:32:12,230 --> 00:32:07,200
immune system

746
00:32:16,549 --> 00:32:13,990
so you know and generally there aren't

747
00:32:18,710 --> 00:32:16,559
any positive physiological effects that

748
00:32:20,870 --> 00:32:18,720
we've we've determined yet maybe we'll

749
00:32:23,110 --> 00:32:20,880
find that out by staying on the space

750
00:32:25,269 --> 00:32:23,120
station for a year maybe we'll come back

751
00:32:29,190 --> 00:32:25,279
smarter that'd be great you do come back

752
00:32:31,269 --> 00:32:29,200
a little taller you told you

753
00:32:33,269 --> 00:32:31,279
yeah you do grow on when you're up there

754
00:32:34,230 --> 00:32:33,279
for a long time unfortunately it doesn't

755
00:32:37,909 --> 00:32:34,240
last

756
00:32:41,029 --> 00:32:37,919
stand next to my brother

757
00:32:43,590 --> 00:32:41,039
and look down at him a little bit

758
00:32:59,190 --> 00:32:43,600
one little positive

759
00:33:02,310 --> 00:33:00,710
well it's hard to add anything to what

760
00:33:04,070 --> 00:33:02,320
scott said basically he covered

761
00:33:06,230 --> 00:33:04,080
everything if we were flying for the

762
00:33:08,310 --> 00:33:06,240
first time we might expect something

763
00:33:11,029 --> 00:33:08,320
unexpected but now we know what to

764
00:33:13,269 --> 00:33:11,039
expect you do you do have a better

765
00:33:16,389 --> 00:33:13,279
appreciation for the earth and its

766
00:33:18,149 --> 00:33:16,399
fragility by looking out the window

767
00:33:19,269 --> 00:33:18,159
especially on your first flight and

768
00:33:21,190 --> 00:33:19,279
seeing

769
00:33:23,269 --> 00:33:21,200
this film over the

770
00:33:25,269 --> 00:33:23,279
edge of the planet that is our

771
00:33:27,990 --> 00:33:25,279
atmosphere so

772
00:33:30,549 --> 00:33:28,000
you know you do get that different uh

773
00:33:32,389 --> 00:33:30,559
you know i think that's a positive

774
00:33:34,710 --> 00:33:32,399
effect you get from flying it's a

775
00:33:50,470 --> 00:33:34,720
definite appreciation for how fragile

776
00:33:55,990 --> 00:33:52,149
i'm very interested in the medical

777
00:34:02,950 --> 00:33:58,470
because in this case i am the subject of

778
00:34:12,310 --> 00:34:05,110
this will be my fifth flight almost 900

779
00:34:18,310 --> 00:34:14,310
and i'm very interested how this will

780
00:34:24,790 --> 00:34:21,109
it is going to be fascinating um moving

781
00:34:26,069 --> 00:34:24,800
on we have irene klutz with reuters

782
00:34:28,069 --> 00:34:26,079
hi thank you

783
00:34:30,310 --> 00:34:28,079
uh continuing on that subject i'm

784
00:34:32,149 --> 00:34:30,320
wondering if both scott and mikael could

785
00:34:35,270 --> 00:34:32,159
maybe tell us what

786
00:34:36,869 --> 00:34:35,280
um what of all the various things that

787
00:34:39,030 --> 00:34:36,879
you expect to happen

788
00:34:41,510 --> 00:34:39,040
in a very long duration space flight are

789
00:34:44,629 --> 00:34:41,520
you kind of most concerned about or most

790
00:34:48,629 --> 00:34:47,349
well you know i'm hopeful that the the

791
00:34:50,550 --> 00:34:48,639
mitigation

792
00:34:53,909 --> 00:34:50,560
measures we take for

793
00:34:56,550 --> 00:34:53,919
for bone and and muscle loss um

794
00:34:58,470 --> 00:34:56,560
are effective and they

795
00:35:01,349 --> 00:34:58,480
you know so far that's we've had a

796
00:35:05,510 --> 00:35:01,359
pretty positive outcome between you know

797
00:35:07,990 --> 00:35:05,520
our nutrition and exercise mostly on the

798
00:35:09,829 --> 00:35:08,000
uh resistive exercise device

799
00:35:12,470 --> 00:35:09,839
we can um

800
00:35:14,710 --> 00:35:12,480
mitigate the bone loss and you know you

801
00:35:16,310 --> 00:35:14,720
work out so much so you generally are

802
00:35:18,550 --> 00:35:16,320
better

803
00:35:20,710 --> 00:35:18,560
conditioned from with regards to a

804
00:35:22,950 --> 00:35:20,720
muscle uh

805
00:35:24,069 --> 00:35:22,960
you know your muscle mass than when you

806
00:35:25,270 --> 00:35:24,079
left

807
00:35:27,990 --> 00:35:25,280
um

808
00:35:31,109 --> 00:35:28,000
as far as like immune system and effects

809
00:35:33,349 --> 00:35:31,119
to our genetics

810
00:35:35,990 --> 00:35:33,359
you know i'm less confident that we we

811
00:35:37,430 --> 00:35:36,000
know enough about those things and as

812
00:35:39,109 --> 00:35:37,440
well as the vision

813
00:35:40,790 --> 00:35:39,119
issues we've had

814
00:35:42,230 --> 00:35:40,800
so

815
00:35:44,630 --> 00:35:42,240
you know i'm hopeful that there's not a

816
00:35:46,710 --> 00:35:44,640
big cliff out there with regards to our

817
00:35:49,829 --> 00:35:46,720
ability to stay and live and work in

818
00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:49,839
space and for longer periods of time

819
00:35:54,150 --> 00:35:52,160
so i'm hopeful but

820
00:35:56,069 --> 00:35:54,160
you know i i think we're not going to

821
00:35:57,670 --> 00:35:56,079
know that until we've we've actually

822
00:35:59,270 --> 00:35:57,680
done it and you know the russians have

823
00:36:01,270 --> 00:35:59,280
done this before and have

824
00:36:02,790 --> 00:36:01,280
you know a lot of history with this but

825
00:36:05,829 --> 00:36:02,800
you know that was a long time ago before

826
00:36:08,069 --> 00:36:05,839
we had the the medical uh technology

827
00:36:10,470 --> 00:36:08,079
that we do today to to not only

828
00:36:12,550 --> 00:36:10,480
understand the effects but also mitigate

829
00:36:13,910 --> 00:36:12,560
them so i think you know i i look

830
00:36:15,670 --> 00:36:13,920
forward to

831
00:36:17,589 --> 00:36:15,680
coming back and saying hey you know i

832
00:36:20,310 --> 00:36:17,599
think you know and the data suggests

833
00:36:21,510 --> 00:36:20,320
that you know a year is no problem

834
00:36:24,630 --> 00:36:21,520
but uh

835
00:36:26,470 --> 00:36:24,640
we'll have to see the jury's out yeah

836
00:36:31,510 --> 00:36:26,480
okay and one last person from our oh i'm

837
00:36:41,349 --> 00:36:32,870
i want to add something from my own

838
00:36:49,750 --> 00:36:43,270
i think it won't be the physical changes

839
00:37:02,710 --> 00:36:51,829
the psychological aspects will be more

840
00:37:07,270 --> 00:37:05,030
being far away from earth being sort of

841
00:37:11,990 --> 00:37:07,280
crammed and having few people to

842
00:37:14,950 --> 00:37:13,109
and i think that would be the most

843
00:37:16,630 --> 00:37:14,960
difficult for these guys to withstand

844
00:37:22,790 --> 00:37:16,640
that

845
00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:22,800
mission like this in fact um there are

846
00:37:28,470 --> 00:37:25,119
things that they do to help you you know

847
00:37:30,550 --> 00:37:28,480
afford you family conferences uh email

848
00:37:31,750 --> 00:37:30,560
phone calls all those types of things so

849
00:37:34,230 --> 00:37:31,760
yeah we have a great group of people

850
00:37:36,950 --> 00:37:34,240
that helps help us with our

851
00:37:38,950 --> 00:37:36,960
psychological support here for the u.s

852
00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:38,960
crew members in russia for the russian

853
00:37:42,710 --> 00:37:40,560
crew members to keep in contact with

854
00:37:45,270 --> 00:37:42,720
family and you know provide an outlet

855
00:37:48,230 --> 00:37:45,280
for discussing things if you

856
00:37:49,829 --> 00:37:48,240
do have issues so uh you know that's i

857
00:37:51,109 --> 00:37:49,839
mean for me that's the biggest challenge

858
00:37:52,150 --> 00:37:51,119
and people ask me what's the biggest

859
00:37:53,670 --> 00:37:52,160
challenge of this flight and it's

860
00:37:56,870 --> 00:37:53,680
definitely the duration

861
00:37:59,670 --> 00:37:56,880
and uh you know keeping the level of uh

862
00:38:01,750 --> 00:37:59,680
fatigue down enthusiasm up you know

863
00:38:03,990 --> 00:38:01,760
energy reserves to respond to an

864
00:38:04,790 --> 00:38:04,000
emergency

865
00:38:06,790 --> 00:38:04,800
and

866
00:38:09,510 --> 00:38:06,800
you know just your overall

867
00:38:10,550 --> 00:38:09,520
you know mental state of mind being in a

868
00:38:12,310 --> 00:38:10,560
very good

869
00:38:13,510 --> 00:38:12,320
spot when you get to the end of this

870
00:38:15,510 --> 00:38:13,520
long trip

871
00:38:17,270 --> 00:38:15,520
i'm just curious on the first mission

872
00:38:18,870 --> 00:38:17,280
your first long-duration mission were

873
00:38:19,910 --> 00:38:18,880
you surprised at all at how much you

874
00:38:22,230 --> 00:38:19,920
started to look forward to those

875
00:38:24,150 --> 00:38:22,240
conferences and the phone calls or

876
00:38:25,910 --> 00:38:24,160
was it you know pretty much just day of

877
00:38:26,950 --> 00:38:25,920
the life and and not not something that

878
00:38:28,470 --> 00:38:26,960
that was

879
00:38:30,470 --> 00:38:28,480
that big of a deal on the first mission

880
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:30,480
you know most i think i experience what

881
00:38:34,230 --> 00:38:32,320
most people experience on a long

882
00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:34,240
duration flight and that is

883
00:38:37,829 --> 00:38:36,240
you know when you get

884
00:38:39,349 --> 00:38:37,839
and i'm hoping it's two-thirds of the

885
00:38:41,030 --> 00:38:39,359
way through

886
00:38:42,710 --> 00:38:41,040
but you know which for a six-month

887
00:38:44,310 --> 00:38:42,720
flight is generally about month four

888
00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:44,320
you're kind of like you know i think

889
00:38:48,069 --> 00:38:46,400
i've done everything i need to do here

890
00:38:50,390 --> 00:38:48,079
i'm ready to come home

891
00:38:52,069 --> 00:38:50,400
hopefully that's like a two-thirds

892
00:38:53,750 --> 00:38:52,079
phenomenon and not a four-month

893
00:38:54,550 --> 00:38:53,760
phenomenon

894
00:38:57,030 --> 00:38:54,560
so

895
00:38:58,550 --> 00:38:57,040
um but you do kind of feel like hey you

896
00:39:00,550 --> 00:38:58,560
know i kind of did

897
00:39:04,230 --> 00:39:00,560
you know i've met all my goals we've you

898
00:39:06,470 --> 00:39:04,240
know done this uh mission successfully

899
00:39:08,230 --> 00:39:06,480
so i think russian guys pretty much

900
00:39:13,109 --> 00:39:08,240
experienced saying four months is about

901
00:39:16,870 --> 00:39:14,630
so

902
00:39:19,430 --> 00:39:16,880
okay we have one last reporter marcia

903
00:39:22,150 --> 00:39:19,440
dunn with the associated press

904
00:39:23,670 --> 00:39:22,160
yes hi i'd like to ask both when your

905
00:39:26,069 --> 00:39:23,680
crew members if you're taking any

906
00:39:27,750 --> 00:39:26,079
special health precautions in the next

907
00:39:29,750 --> 00:39:27,760
month washing your hands extra so you

908
00:39:31,750 --> 00:39:29,760
don't get any colds or flu

909
00:39:33,829 --> 00:39:31,760
and do you both have

910
00:39:35,829 --> 00:39:33,839
backups ready to take your place for an

911
00:39:37,829 --> 00:39:35,839
entire year on orbit if something were

912
00:39:40,230 --> 00:39:37,839
to happen to either of you

913
00:39:42,069 --> 00:39:40,240
yeah so i'm uh i'm definitely

914
00:39:42,790 --> 00:39:42,079
conscious of the fact that i don't you

915
00:39:45,030 --> 00:39:42,800
know

916
00:39:47,349 --> 00:39:45,040
want to get into a car accident or break

917
00:39:49,510 --> 00:39:47,359
my ankle running or something like that

918
00:39:51,430 --> 00:39:49,520
i have started carrying the parel in my

919
00:39:53,589 --> 00:39:51,440
pocket more often washing my hands

920
00:39:56,069 --> 00:39:53,599
because there's a somewhat of a flu

921
00:39:56,950 --> 00:39:56,079
epidemic in the u.s right now that i

922
00:39:58,230 --> 00:39:56,960
didn't

923
00:39:59,829 --> 00:39:58,240
you know that would be a problem not

924
00:40:02,630 --> 00:39:59,839
necessarily for launch in two months

925
00:40:04,390 --> 00:40:02,640
from now but would really affect our

926
00:40:06,550 --> 00:40:04,400
training and our training right now if

927
00:40:08,710 --> 00:40:06,560
we were to miss even just one day would

928
00:40:11,190 --> 00:40:08,720
present some problems so i am i am

929
00:40:13,190 --> 00:40:11,200
definitely uh conscious of of that and

930
00:40:14,150 --> 00:40:13,200
that's a very good question marcia

931
00:40:16,150 --> 00:40:14,160
um

932
00:40:19,270 --> 00:40:16,160
as far as our backups

933
00:40:21,910 --> 00:40:19,280
uh we do have backups they are you know

934
00:40:25,270 --> 00:40:21,920
being fully trained and whether they're

935
00:40:26,630 --> 00:40:25,280
ready to go or not they will be trained

936
00:40:28,230 --> 00:40:26,640
whether they're ready you would have to

937
00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:28,240
ask them

938
00:40:33,670 --> 00:40:31,200
so i think i think they are kind of

939
00:40:36,829 --> 00:40:33,680
watching out for our safety as well

940
00:40:39,829 --> 00:40:36,839
they don't want anything to happen to us

941
00:40:41,910 --> 00:40:39,839
either okay um stand by just one second

942
00:40:43,430 --> 00:40:41,920
we have been uh soliciting questions via

943
00:40:44,950 --> 00:40:43,440
social media so we're gonna take a break

944
00:40:47,430 --> 00:40:44,960
to accept some of those megan sumner has

945
00:40:49,990 --> 00:40:47,440
been receiving those questions using

946
00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:50,000
ask nasa go ahead megan um we have one

947
00:40:54,230 --> 00:40:52,160
from john bright what is the best and

948
00:40:57,430 --> 00:40:54,240
worst thing of being in space for all of

949
00:41:00,870 --> 00:40:58,870
you know there's a lot of great things

950
00:41:03,030 --> 00:41:00,880
you know the obvious ones are you know

951
00:41:05,109 --> 00:41:03,040
looking at the earth floating around

952
00:41:06,710 --> 00:41:05,119
microgravity environment that kind of

953
00:41:08,309 --> 00:41:06,720
thing but for me

954
00:41:10,230 --> 00:41:08,319
the best thing is working at something

955
00:41:11,670 --> 00:41:10,240
that's very very challenging you know

956
00:41:15,349 --> 00:41:11,680
ahead of time

957
00:41:17,349 --> 00:41:15,359
for a couple of years training for this

958
00:41:19,670 --> 00:41:17,359
and then you know the challenges that

959
00:41:23,109 --> 00:41:19,680
the space environment presents and how

960
00:41:24,710 --> 00:41:23,119
difficult the missions are

961
00:41:26,950 --> 00:41:24,720
you know i think it's underestimated how

962
00:41:27,910 --> 00:41:26,960
hard this job is once we get in into

963
00:41:30,069 --> 00:41:27,920
space

964
00:41:31,670 --> 00:41:30,079
and then being successful at it and you

965
00:41:32,390 --> 00:41:31,680
know the sense of satisfaction you get

966
00:41:37,670 --> 00:41:32,400
from

967
00:41:39,670 --> 00:41:37,680
and the success you have as a result of

968
00:41:41,349 --> 00:41:39,680
your hard work and i when i talk to kids

969
00:41:43,670 --> 00:41:41,359
i tell them that that's something you

970
00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:43,680
know you can have in whatever career

971
00:41:48,870 --> 00:41:46,640
field you choose um you know

972
00:41:50,309 --> 00:41:48,880
or in most i would say maybe not as a

973
00:41:52,470 --> 00:41:50,319
like if you're a criminal or something

974
00:41:54,069 --> 00:41:52,480
but that was your chosen career field

975
00:41:57,030 --> 00:41:54,079
but

976
00:41:58,710 --> 00:41:57,040
just you know you choose something that

977
00:42:00,630 --> 00:41:58,720
challenges you

978
00:42:01,510 --> 00:42:00,640
whether it's in school

979
00:42:05,109 --> 00:42:01,520
work

980
00:42:09,670 --> 00:42:05,119
yourself for

981
00:42:25,190 --> 00:42:11,829
i know there's a two-part question but

982
00:42:41,750 --> 00:42:27,030
well again coming from my experience and

983
00:42:47,510 --> 00:42:43,670
it is very difficult to identify those

984
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:53,430
but i always answered it this way

985
00:43:03,109 --> 00:42:55,349
i've always flown up to space into the

986
00:43:09,589 --> 00:43:05,430
and with equal joint enthusiasm i left

987
00:43:09,599 --> 00:43:18,390
mikhail

988
00:43:22,870 --> 00:43:20,550
well the best thing is a good crew and

989
00:43:24,470 --> 00:43:22,880
good compatibility within the crew let's

990
00:43:30,230 --> 00:43:24,480
stay in the u.s

991
00:43:35,109 --> 00:43:31,550
and probably the worst thing is

992
00:43:35,990 --> 00:43:35,119
incompatibility within the crew

993
00:43:38,150 --> 00:43:36,000
okay

994
00:43:40,630 --> 00:43:38,160
next question megan and then we have one

995
00:43:42,470 --> 00:43:40,640
on twitter from katie strong what is the

996
00:43:45,910 --> 00:43:42,480
most exhilarating part of traveling to

997
00:43:50,710 --> 00:43:47,829
traveling

998
00:43:53,349 --> 00:43:50,720
to the iss the most exhilarating part is

999
00:43:55,109 --> 00:43:53,359
the first you know nine minutes or so of

1000
00:43:57,109 --> 00:43:55,119
the flight

1001
00:44:00,309 --> 00:43:57,119
the launch

1002
00:44:02,230 --> 00:44:00,319
and then especially in the soyuz

1003
00:44:03,910 --> 00:44:02,240
that's i think even more exciting than

1004
00:44:05,589 --> 00:44:03,920
maybe even landing the space shuttle is

1005
00:44:07,510 --> 00:44:05,599
the last you know

1006
00:44:09,109 --> 00:44:07,520
30 minutes or so when you come back i

1007
00:44:11,190 --> 00:44:09,119
mean that's about as much fun as you can

1008
00:44:13,109 --> 00:44:11,200
have anywhere i say if i would have

1009
00:44:14,710 --> 00:44:13,119
hated the whole six months i would have

1010
00:44:17,270 --> 00:44:14,720
done it all again for the last 20

1011
00:44:19,030 --> 00:44:17,280
minutes in the soyuz

1012
00:44:20,710 --> 00:44:19,040
it's quite a testament okay

1013
00:44:24,550 --> 00:44:20,720
all right and we'll return back here to

1014
00:44:27,990 --> 00:44:26,150
suppose we tell you

1015
00:44:28,870 --> 00:44:28,000
you're back

1016
00:44:31,589 --> 00:44:28,880
now

1017
00:44:35,270 --> 00:44:31,599
a two-year mission to go to mars show of

1018
00:44:41,190 --> 00:44:37,349
once we get back once you get back i'm

1019
00:44:43,190 --> 00:44:41,200
not back yet okay i'll ask you then okay

1020
00:44:46,550 --> 00:44:43,200
okay so we'll hold that question okay go

1021
00:44:48,790 --> 00:44:46,560
ahead is there any um family ribbing for

1022
00:44:51,430 --> 00:44:48,800
the twin project or anything that you

1023
00:44:53,750 --> 00:44:51,440
guys are looking forward to

1024
00:44:55,270 --> 00:44:53,760
between you and your brother

1025
00:44:56,470 --> 00:44:55,280
maybe if we had another sibling they

1026
00:44:59,349 --> 00:44:56,480
would kind of

1027
00:45:00,630 --> 00:44:59,359
give us the business over it but uh

1028
00:45:03,030 --> 00:45:00,640
um

1029
00:45:04,230 --> 00:45:03,040
no he's very enthusiastic to

1030
00:45:06,150 --> 00:45:04,240
you know he doesn't work for nasa

1031
00:45:08,390 --> 00:45:06,160
anymore and it's you know he thinks it's

1032
00:45:10,790 --> 00:45:08,400
great that he can still be a participant

1033
00:45:11,990 --> 00:45:10,800
in this i mean for him it's a fantastic

1034
00:45:13,349 --> 00:45:12,000
opportunity

1035
00:45:15,109 --> 00:45:13,359
you know even though he doesn't get paid

1036
00:45:16,950 --> 00:45:15,119
a whole lot to do it he still you know

1037
00:45:19,030 --> 00:45:16,960
enthusiastically comes here and does the

1038
00:45:21,829 --> 00:45:19,040
science and does this

1039
00:45:23,910 --> 00:45:21,839
data collection at home he's basically

1040
00:45:24,790 --> 00:45:23,920
he's just he's a volunteer

1041
00:45:26,550 --> 00:45:24,800
and

1042
00:45:28,790 --> 00:45:26,560
he he likes the fact that he can still

1043
00:45:30,230 --> 00:45:28,800
be involved

1044
00:45:31,589 --> 00:45:30,240
okay

1045
00:45:34,870 --> 00:45:31,599
what milestones are you most looking

1046
00:45:39,910 --> 00:45:38,309
you know i think the big ones um

1047
00:45:43,349 --> 00:45:39,920
you know the other you know when crew

1048
00:45:45,750 --> 00:45:43,359
members come and go that's you know it's

1049
00:45:47,109 --> 00:45:45,760
you know even if you like everyone it's

1050
00:45:49,270 --> 00:45:47,119
that you're there with which was my

1051
00:45:51,270 --> 00:45:49,280
experience on all my flights you know

1052
00:45:52,470 --> 00:45:51,280
especially on the long duration flight

1053
00:45:54,069 --> 00:45:52,480
you know you could be having a great

1054
00:45:55,589 --> 00:45:54,079
time with the people you're there but

1055
00:45:57,190 --> 00:45:55,599
you know kind of when they leave it's

1056
00:45:58,630 --> 00:45:57,200
it's a change and it's nice it's a

1057
00:46:00,630 --> 00:45:58,640
little less hectic

1058
00:46:02,069 --> 00:46:00,640
and then you know two weeks later when

1059
00:46:03,349 --> 00:46:02,079
the new people come up especially if

1060
00:46:05,750 --> 00:46:03,359
it's someone who's never flown in space

1061
00:46:07,750 --> 00:46:05,760
before especially now with the flight

1062
00:46:09,829 --> 00:46:07,760
day one rendezvous when you see someone

1063
00:46:11,270 --> 00:46:09,839
show up on the space station within you

1064
00:46:12,950 --> 00:46:11,280
know six or seven hours of them

1065
00:46:16,309 --> 00:46:12,960
launching and never being in space

1066
00:46:18,150 --> 00:46:16,319
before i really look forward to that um

1067
00:46:22,470 --> 00:46:18,160
you know and then the big events you

1068
00:46:24,390 --> 00:46:22,480
know the the visiting vehicles the evas

1069
00:46:26,630 --> 00:46:24,400
some of the big science that we do

1070
00:46:28,870 --> 00:46:26,640
that's very concentrated periods of time

1071
00:46:30,069 --> 00:46:28,880
where we do research like with animals

1072
00:46:31,829 --> 00:46:30,079
and stuff that's

1073
00:46:32,870 --> 00:46:31,839
something that uh you know i look

1074
00:46:34,309 --> 00:46:32,880
forward to

1075
00:46:35,910 --> 00:46:34,319
and i think you know the general you

1076
00:46:38,550 --> 00:46:35,920
know milestones of hey we've been here

1077
00:46:40,829 --> 00:46:38,560
100 days 200 300

1078
00:46:42,870 --> 00:46:40,839
holidays birthdays i

1079
00:46:45,829 --> 00:46:42,880
mean you know all three of us will have

1080
00:46:48,550 --> 00:46:45,839
a birthday in space this time

1081
00:46:51,430 --> 00:46:49,589
yeah

1082
00:46:53,030 --> 00:46:51,440
all three of us will not all the crew

1083
00:46:55,510 --> 00:46:53,040
members will on board while we're there

1084
00:46:57,349 --> 00:46:55,520
but but some of us will those things are

1085
00:46:59,349 --> 00:46:57,359
exciting

1086
00:47:00,950 --> 00:46:59,359
okay and any other questions just raise

1087
00:47:02,870 --> 00:47:00,960
your hand go ahead eric

1088
00:47:05,349 --> 00:47:02,880
have you guys had any special conflict

1089
00:47:06,390 --> 00:47:05,359
resolution training as a part of this i

1090
00:47:09,030 --> 00:47:06,400
mean it's a one year you know it's a

1091
00:47:13,829 --> 00:47:09,040
long time to be up there with

1092
00:47:18,390 --> 00:47:17,109
specific training

1093
00:47:21,190 --> 00:47:18,400
you know we have

1094
00:47:22,549 --> 00:47:21,200
you know every few months we'll talk

1095
00:47:23,829 --> 00:47:22,559
and i don't know if the cosmonauts do

1096
00:47:24,870 --> 00:47:23,839
this but we do this here you'll talk

1097
00:47:26,950 --> 00:47:24,880
with the

1098
00:47:29,510 --> 00:47:26,960
psych support team of

1099
00:47:31,030 --> 00:47:29,520
psychologists and

1100
00:47:32,790 --> 00:47:31,040
psychiatrists

1101
00:47:34,069 --> 00:47:32,800
and we also do that when we're on orbit

1102
00:47:36,069 --> 00:47:34,079
every two weeks

1103
00:47:38,150 --> 00:47:36,079
i think i think these guys do they have

1104
00:47:40,390 --> 00:47:38,160
i know they have that that same team of

1105
00:47:42,549 --> 00:47:40,400
people so you do talk to those guys and

1106
00:47:45,750 --> 00:47:42,559
i you know i think at times

1107
00:47:47,910 --> 00:47:45,760
we have discussed that topic

1108
00:47:50,150 --> 00:47:47,920
as far as having you know specific

1109
00:47:52,390 --> 00:47:50,160
training like you know a government

1110
00:47:54,470 --> 00:47:52,400
program on conflict resolution that

1111
00:47:57,030 --> 00:47:54,480
maybe people that have had conflicts in

1112
00:47:58,710 --> 00:47:57,040
the workplace would have to take as a

1113
00:48:01,190 --> 00:47:58,720
mandatory part of their continued

1114
00:48:03,030 --> 00:48:01,200
employment which i'm sure exists

1115
00:48:04,549 --> 00:48:03,040
somewhere in the u.s government we

1116
00:48:07,270 --> 00:48:04,559
haven't i haven't never had anything

1117
00:48:08,630 --> 00:48:07,280
like that okay we have time for one last

1118
00:48:09,750 --> 00:48:08,640
question sorry bill

1119
00:48:11,510 --> 00:48:09,760
well um

1120
00:48:12,870 --> 00:48:11,520
along those same lines uh since mikhail

1121
00:48:14,309 --> 00:48:12,880
said that compatibility is such a big

1122
00:48:17,109 --> 00:48:14,319
issue you guys didn't choose each other

1123
00:48:18,630 --> 00:48:17,119
so how do you guys get along

1124
00:48:19,670 --> 00:48:18,640
we get along great

1125
00:48:21,829 --> 00:48:19,680
and

1126
00:48:24,870 --> 00:48:21,839
you know i couldn't ask for a better

1127
00:48:26,549 --> 00:48:24,880
uh two you know professional cosmonauts

1128
00:48:29,030 --> 00:48:26,559
to fly with and you know we're all great

1129
00:48:30,549 --> 00:48:29,040
friends and i look really forward to

1130
00:48:33,430 --> 00:48:30,559
spending time and

1131
00:48:35,430 --> 00:48:33,440
space with these guys i'll be very sad

1132
00:48:38,309 --> 00:48:35,440
when gennady leaves

1133
00:48:40,630 --> 00:48:38,319
but he said he will be in in baikonur uh

1134
00:48:42,309 --> 00:48:40,640
when we land six months after he departs

1135
00:48:43,990 --> 00:48:42,319
the space station and he says he's going

1136
00:48:47,829 --> 00:48:44,000
to carry misha and i out of the soyuz

1137
00:48:51,910 --> 00:48:50,309
okay we have time for one more question

1138
00:48:53,829 --> 00:48:51,920
megan will take this one from social

1139
00:48:55,670 --> 00:48:53,839
media from our followers watching along

1140
00:48:57,430 --> 00:48:55,680
all right from twitter carrie lynn wants

1141
00:48:59,270 --> 00:48:57,440
to know are you worried at all about the

1142
00:49:01,190 --> 00:48:59,280
long-term side effects of spending one

1143
00:49:02,710 --> 00:49:01,200
year in zero gravity i know we touched

1144
00:49:04,230 --> 00:49:02,720
on a little bit but how are you feeling

1145
00:49:06,309 --> 00:49:04,240
about that

1146
00:49:08,150 --> 00:49:06,319
you know the radiation is certainly uh

1147
00:49:09,910 --> 00:49:08,160
somewhat of a concern but that's type of

1148
00:49:11,030 --> 00:49:09,920
thing that it's you know a long-term

1149
00:49:12,790 --> 00:49:11,040
thing and

1150
00:49:15,990 --> 00:49:12,800
you know

1151
00:49:17,910 --> 00:49:16,000
able to point to if you ever wound up

1152
00:49:20,150 --> 00:49:17,920
with some kind of bad cancer whether it

1153
00:49:22,549 --> 00:49:20,160
was actually due to that you know

1154
00:49:25,030 --> 00:49:22,559
pc or dna getting damaged from some kind

1155
00:49:25,910 --> 00:49:25,040
of cosmic radiation or

1156
00:49:27,589 --> 00:49:25,920
so

1157
00:49:29,829 --> 00:49:27,599
it's definitely a concern but you know

1158
00:49:31,510 --> 00:49:29,839
we do our best to mitigate that and

1159
00:49:33,109 --> 00:49:31,520
understand that you know space flight

1160
00:49:34,790 --> 00:49:33,119
has risks

1161
00:49:36,790 --> 00:49:34,800
and that's one of them you know as far

1162
00:49:38,549 --> 00:49:36,800
as the other wrist vision

1163
00:49:39,750 --> 00:49:38,559
um

1164
00:49:41,750 --> 00:49:39,760
you know i'm pretty sure i'll be able to

1165
00:49:44,470 --> 00:49:41,760
see when i get back maybe not as well

1166
00:49:46,309 --> 00:49:44,480
hopefully it'll return

1167
00:49:48,630 --> 00:49:46,319
i had a little bit of a degradation last

1168
00:49:49,990 --> 00:49:48,640
time so i suspect something similar

1169
00:49:51,430 --> 00:49:50,000
bone loss

1170
00:49:54,069 --> 00:49:51,440
you know i think we do a good job of

1171
00:49:55,990 --> 00:49:54,079
mitigating that but it is a concern as

1172
00:49:57,670 --> 00:49:56,000
you get over the age of 50 if you break

1173
00:49:59,990 --> 00:49:57,680
your hip it's not a it's not an

1174
00:50:01,670 --> 00:50:00,000
insignificant deal and we have had

1175
00:50:03,270 --> 00:50:01,680
astronauts that have broken their hips

1176
00:50:04,470 --> 00:50:03,280
after long duration space flight so

1177
00:50:05,750 --> 00:50:04,480
that's something that

1178
00:50:07,430 --> 00:50:05,760
you know i'm definitely

1179
00:50:09,750 --> 00:50:07,440
conscious of and

1180
00:50:11,030 --> 00:50:09,760
is somewhat concerning

1181
00:50:13,430 --> 00:50:11,040
all right well that's all the time we

1182
00:50:14,790 --> 00:50:13,440
have uh today but thank you gentlemen so

1183
00:50:16,790 --> 00:50:14,800
much for joining us of course we all

1184
00:50:18,950 --> 00:50:16,800
wish you well on your mission again just

1185
00:50:22,470 --> 00:50:18,960
a reminder for folks the launch is march

1186
00:50:23,910 --> 00:50:22,480
27th at 2 42 p.m central time here in

1187
00:50:25,430 --> 00:50:23,920
the united states

1188
00:50:27,510 --> 00:50:25,440
they'll be docking to the international

1189
00:50:29,589 --> 00:50:27,520
space station six hours later to begin

1190
00:50:31,510 --> 00:50:29,599
this historic mission you can follow

1191
00:50:34,230 --> 00:50:31,520
along on their mission using all the

1192
00:50:37,349 --> 00:50:34,240
social media channels including scott's

1193
00:50:38,870 --> 00:50:37,359
twitter at stationcdr kelly and using

1194
00:50:39,750 --> 00:50:38,880
the hashtag

1195
00:50:42,470 --> 00:50:39,760
sorry

1196
00:50:43,829 --> 00:50:42,480
iss one year thank you so much