1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 [ Music ] 2 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:06,609 In 2010, A photographer named Brandon from New York City started an artistic and journalistic 3 00:00:06,609 --> 00:00:12,110 experiment called Humans of New York . Telling the unique story of his portrait subjects. 4 00:00:12,110 --> 00:00:19,160 In 2015 we met Max, a 9 year old with a big dream and loads of confidence. 5 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,810 Max is quoted in Humans of New York as saying: 6 00:00:21,810 --> 00:00:27,900 “My dad goes all over the world and learns about the news. One time he met a king. I 7 00:00:27,900 --> 00:00:33,790 want to be a reporter too. If I was a reporter right now, I’d probably write a story about 8 00:00:33,790 --> 00:00:39,160 if NASA was going to launch a new rocket into space. I’d start by going to the Director 9 00:00:39,160 --> 00:00:44,550 of NASA. Then I’d ask him about his rockets. And if any of them were going to space.” 10 00:00:44,550 --> 00:00:50,750 On November 23rd Max’s dream of being a reporter came true as he visited NASA Headquarters 11 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:55,510 in Washington, DC and interviewed Administrator Bolden. 12 00:00:55,510 --> 00:00:59,260 Good morning Mr. Bolden I’m thrilled to be here. 13 00:00:59,260 --> 00:01:01,109 Good morning. Please call me Charlie. 14 00:01:01,109 --> 00:01:06,810 Let’s start with the question I asked on the on the Humans of New York blog where are 15 00:01:06,810 --> 00:01:08,700 you going to spend your next rocket? 16 00:01:08,700 --> 00:01:12,689 Well we actually have a number of rockets we’re going to fly the big destination for 17 00:01:12,689 --> 00:01:19,240 us is Mars sending humans to Mars in the 2030s and to do that we have a rocket that's called 18 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,960 the Space Launch System right now and haven’t given it a name so maybe you can help us name 19 00:01:22,960 --> 00:01:28,030 it. It will be the largest rocket we’ve ever built and it’s going to carry on top 20 00:01:28,030 --> 00:01:32,600 of the capsule that will have the crew and the capsule is called the Orion. 21 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,360 Orion flew for the first time last year with no people in it very successfully so we're 22 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:44,649 hoping to launch that sometime in the in the 2018 to 2020 time frame right now are big 23 00:01:44,649 --> 00:01:50,310 next flight for humans because we flight right now on a Russian spacecraft is to work with 24 00:01:50,310 --> 00:01:55,979 two American companies SpaceX and Boeing on two commercial crew vehicles to carry astronauts 25 00:01:55,979 --> 00:02:01,869 in low earth orbit and Boeing call theirs the CST 100 Starliner in Boeing and SpaceX 26 00:02:01,869 --> 00:02:05,549 calls theirs the crew Dragon. 27 00:02:05,549 --> 00:02:10,349 Put yourself in my shoes, I’m 10, What do you hope that NASA will have accomplished 28 00:02:10,349 --> 00:02:11,599 in my lifetime? 29 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:16,209 Oh, let me tell you what I have no idea what we will have accomplished in your lifetime 30 00:02:16,209 --> 00:02:22,110 but in the next twenty years of your lifetime, by the time you’re thirty. And I picked 31 00:02:22,110 --> 00:02:25,560 thirty because when I became an astronaut, and I never dreamed of being an astronaut 32 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:30,450 by the way, we can talk about that also, I applied for the astronaut program was selected 33 00:02:30,450 --> 00:02:35,540 when I was thirty-four years old and that’s pretty typical. So by the time you’re thirty 34 00:02:35,540 --> 00:02:42,300 you’ll be able to apply for the astronaut program by that time, my hope is we will have 35 00:02:42,300 --> 00:02:48,530 migrated NASA astronauts out of low Earth orbit, we’ll be operating routinely around 36 00:02:48,530 --> 00:02:54,540 the moon again, we’ll be in what we call our proving ground for going on to Mars and 37 00:02:54,540 --> 00:02:59,959 we’ll be right on the verge of sending humans to the Martian environment for the first time, 38 00:02:59,959 --> 00:03:05,670 So there is a good chance that you as a ten year old today will be on first crew that 39 00:03:05,670 --> 00:03:06,810 takes the trip to Mars. 40 00:03:06,810 --> 00:03:08,319 Thank you very much. 41 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:15,099 Max you were awesome. And next time you have your own show on CNN or where ever you have 42 00:03:15,099 --> 00:03:19,170 it, would you invite me to come back again? Even if I’m a old guy?