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>> GOOD MORNING COLONEL FISCHER AND WELCOME
TO LEEDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE IN ELKTON

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MARYLAND.

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OUR FIRST LADY ASTRONAUT SALLY
RIDE ONCE SAID OUR FUTURE LIES

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WITH TODAYS  KIDS AND THE FUTURE
SPACE EXPLORATION.

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STUDENTS ARE OUR GREATEST ASSET.

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WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THEM FOR
THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

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WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
AND WHAT THE CHILDREN AND SPACE

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EXPLORATION WILL BRING TO OUR
LIVES.

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THANK YOU, AND HAVE A SAFE TRIP.

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>> WELL, THANK YOU
FOR THOSE GREAT WORDS.

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WHAT QUESTIONS DO Y'ALL HAVE?

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>> OKAY.

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OUR FIRST QUESTION IS GOING TO
BE FROM FOURTH GRADER JUSTIN

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MCMILLAN.

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>> HOW DID YOU BECOME INTERESTED
IN WORKING FOR NASA?

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>> WELL, JUSTIN,
WHICH WAS WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS

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OLD, SO EVEN YOUNGER THAN YOU
GUYS.

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I VISITED MY GRANDPA IN HOUSTON.

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AND THIS HUGE ROCKET, SATURN 5,
WAS SITTING OUTSIDE.

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I GOT TO SEE IT, AND IT CAPTURED
MY IMAGINATION.

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AND EVER SINCE THEN, I WANTED TO
DO SOMETHING WITH SPACE AND

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SERVE MY COUNTRY, SO THE AIR
FORCE ACADEMY WAS A NO-BRAINER

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FOR ME, AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

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>> THANK YOU FOR THAT, COLONEL
FISCHER.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
FIFTH GRADER CHASE STALLINGS.

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>> WHAT IS THE MOST INTERESTING
THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN IN SPACE?

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>> OH, MY GOSH.

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THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION BECAUSE
SO MUCH STUFF IS COOL.

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IT COULD BE EVEN THE SMALLEST
THING LIKE HOW A BUBBLE BEHAVES

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WHEN IT COMES OFF A CONNECTOR OR
IT CAN BE THE GRANDEUR YOU SEE

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WHEN YOU LOOK OUT THE WINDOW.

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I THINK PROBABLY THE COOLEST
THING I'VE SEEN SO FAR IS WHEN I

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WENT OUTSIDE FOR A SPACEWALK,
JUST HAVING NO SMALL LITTLE

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WINDOW TO LOOK THROUGH BUT THE
ENTIRETY OF SPACE.

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IN MY FIELD OF VIEW, IT WAS
AMAZING AND BREATHTAKING, AND I

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THINK SEEING THE EARTH IN THAT
WAY AND THE STARS ABOVE THEM WAS

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THE COOLEST THING I'VE SEEN BY
FAR.

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>> THANKS, COLONEL FISCHER.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM PRE-K
STUDENT WILLIAM LARER.

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>> WHAT DO YOU EAT IN SPACE?

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>> I LIKE TO EAT
EVERYTHING IN HERE BECAUSE I CAN

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PLAY WITH MY FOOD, BUT MY
FAVORITE IS COFFEE BALL.

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SO I WILL SHOW YOU A COFFEE
BALL.

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COFFEE, I LOVE COFFEE ON EARTH.

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IT'S PRETTY MUCH MY FAVORITE
THING, BUT IN SPACE, I GET TO

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MAKE BALLS OUT OF IT.

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SO CHECK THIS OUT.
AND THEN SUCK THE BALLS.

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VERY COOL.

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HERE YOU GO.

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THAT ONE GOT AWAY FROM ME.

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AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S PRETTY FUN
TO PLAY WITH YOUR FOOD IN SPACE,

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SO THAT PRETTY MUCH MAKES
EVERYTHING MY FAVORITE DISH.

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>> THANK YOU, OUR NEXT QUESTION
IS FROM SECOND GRADER CARLY

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ENGLAND.

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>> WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO
PREPARE FOR A SPACEWALK?

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>> WELL, IT'S
PRETTY TOUGH.

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THE SUIT IS REALLY -- YOU HAVE
TO BE KIND OF STRONG TO WORK

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AGAINST THE SUIT BECAUSE IT'S
PRESSURIZED WHEN YOU GO OUTSIDE,

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SO IT TAKES A LOT OF TRAINING,
PHYSICAL TRAINING, AND THEN WE

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HAVE THIS REALLY BIG SWIMMING
POOL IN HOUSTON CALLED THE

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NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LABORATORY, AND
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SPACE STATION INSIDE THE POOL.

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SO WE GO IN THE POOL AND THESE
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IT'S LIKE WE'RE IN ZERO G AND WE
CAN PRACTICE.

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SO WE DO A LOT OF PRACTICE IN
THE POOL AND A LOT OF STUDYING

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ON THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN OUR
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OUTSIDE, BUT IT'S COMPLETELY
WORTH IT BECAUSE IT'S SO FUN OUT

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THERE.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM FIRST
GRADER AXLE PASCHEL.

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>> WHAT IS A TYPICAL DAY LIKE
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SPACE STATION?

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>> WELL, ACTUALLY
IT'S PRETTY BUSY.

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WE GET UP -- WELL, PEGGY GETS UP
EARLIER THAN I DO, BUT WE GET UP

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PRETTY EARLY.

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WORK OUT.

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WE HAVE TO DO ABOUT 2.5 HOURS OF
WORKING OUT A DAY IN ORDER TO

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KEEP OUR BONES AND MUSCLES FROM
ATROPHYING AND LOSING PART OF

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OUR BONES.

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AND WE HAVE SCIENCE.

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WE FIX THINGS, AND WE KEEP STUFF
CLEAN AND RUNNING AND CHANGE OUT

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PARTS.

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SO WE'RE JUST VERY BUSY.

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THE BIGGEST PART OF OUR DAY IS
SCIENCE.

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SO WE DO ALMOST 300 EXPERIMENTS
OVER MY SIX-MONTH MISSION WE'LL

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BE INVOLVED IN.

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SO WE JUST KEEP VERY BUSY, AND
ALL OF IT IS FUN.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM THIRD
GRADER RYAN DOMINIC.

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>> HOW IS ELECTRICITY FOR THE
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE POWER GOES
OUT?

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>> WELL, WE HAVE
REALLY BIG SOLAR RAYS.

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SO THE SIZE OF THE SPACE
STATION, IF YOU GO FROM CORNER

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TO CORNER ON THE SOLAR RAYS IS
ABOUT AS BIG AS A FOOTBALL

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FIELD.

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IT'S HUGE.

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IT MAKES TONS OF POWERS, AND
THOSE SOLAR RAYS CHARGES

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BATTERIES.

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EVERY 90 MINUTES WE GO AROUND
THE EARTH.

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SO THERE'S ABOUT 45 MINUTES OF
LIGHT AND 45 MINUTES OF DARK.

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SO WE CHARGE UP THE BATTERIES
AND THEN WE USE THE BATTERIES.

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IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE HAVE
EIGHT DIFFERENT CHANNELS THAT WE

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CAN USE SO THERE'S BACK-UPS IF
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH OUR

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POWER.

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IF WE START LOSING TOO MANY
CHANNELS, WE HAVE TO START

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TURNING STUFF OFF AND LOSE
SCIENCE, SO THAT'S NOT A VERY

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GOOD DAY.

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SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T
LOSE POWER, CERTAINLY NOT A LOT

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OF POWER.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM THIRD
GRADER VICTORIA GRANGER.

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>> DO YOU HAVE ANIMALS IN SPACE?

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IF SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY WITH YOU?

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>> WE DO.

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SO OVER THE COURSE OF THE SPACE
PROGRAM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF

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ANIMALS IN SPACE.

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FISH, MICE, FRUIT FLIES.

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WE USE ANIMALS AND THEY HELP US
IN OUR STUDIES OF DIFFERENT

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PARTS OF NOT ONLY THE HUMAN BODY
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YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT YOU
WOULDN'T EVENT KNOW, LIKE A

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FRUIT FLY, HAS A SIMILAR CARDIAC
SYSTEM TO HUMANS, AND MICE HAVE

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SIMILAR BONES.

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SO WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE
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ANIMALS, AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
KINDERGARTNER ABBY GUNN.

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>> WHEN SOMETHING BREAKS, HOW DO
YOU FIX IT?

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>> JI KIND OF
MISSED THAT ONE.

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>> OKAY.

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THE QUESTION WAS: IF EQUIPMENT
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MALFUNCTIONS, HOW DO YOU FIX IT?

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>> SORRY ABOUT
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MY EARS ARE GETTING KIND OF OLD.

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IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS.

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SOME THINGS WE HAVE SPARES FOR
THAT WE CAN PLUG IN NEW ONES.

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SOMETIMES IT'S OUTSIDE SO WE GET
TO DO A SPACEWALK TO FIX IT.

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THAT'S COOL.

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OR IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE
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REPLACE PARTS OR FIX WIRES.

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SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT IT
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ALL OF IT IS VERY FUN BECAUSE
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THEY TYPICALLY DESIGN ALL OF THE
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EASILY HERE IN ZERO GRAVITY.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM
FIFTH GRADER SOLOMAN POPE.

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>> WHAT IS THE HARDEST THING TO
GET USED TO IN SPACE?

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>> WELL, I DON'T
KNOW.

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I THINK I GOT USED TO IT PRETTY
QUICK BECAUSE IT'S SO FUN TO FLY

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AROUND AND SPIN AND PLAY WITH MY
FOOD.

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I GUESS THE HARDEST THING TO GET
USED TO, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I

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EVER WILL, IS JUST BEING AWAY
FROM MY FAMILY.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
KINDERGARTNER LILLIAN RHODES.

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>> WHAT DO YOU MISS MOST ABOUT
BEING ON EARTH?

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>> WELL, I THINK
IT -- WELL, I KNOW.

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IT'S MY WIFE.

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I MISS MY BANDIT AND MY GIRLS.

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I MISS MOST MY FAMILY.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM SECOND
GRADER, JAMIE O'CONNELL.

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>> WHAT TYPES OF TRAININGS ARE
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THE SPACE STATION?

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>> WELL, IT'S A
LOT OF TRAINING.

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WE HAVE TO KNOW A LOT OF THINGS.

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THERE'S AN OLD SAYING CALLED
JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES, MASTER OF

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NONE.

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THAT'S KIND OF US.

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WE HAVE TO BE FAMILIAR WITH A
LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS FROM

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DRIVING A ROBOTIC ARM OR DOING
SPACEWALKS TO DOING DIFFERENT

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TYPES OF SCIENCE SKILLS.

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SO WE ACTUALLY STUDY SYSTEMS ON
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SEGMENT, THE SOYUZ VEHICLE, AS
WELL AS SCIENCE AND ALL THE

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OTHER SKILLS.

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SO IT'S THREE YEARS, ABOUT, FROM
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YOU FLY, AND THEN YOU CAN'T BE
ASSIGNED UNTIL YOU'VE HAD AT

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LEAST TWO YEARS OF TRAINING AS
AN ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE.

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SO A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS
BEFORE YOU CAN FLY.

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IT'S A LOT OF TRAINING.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM FOURTH
GRADER BLAKE HOLBROOK.

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>> WHILE YOU ARE IN SPACE, WHAT
RESEARCH ARE YOU DOING?

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>> WELL, WE'RE
DOING A LOT.

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LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S OVER
300 EXPERIMENTS DURING THIS

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SIX-MONTH INCREMENT.

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SO WE'RE DOING BONE RESEARCH,
PROTEIN CRYSTALS, STEM CELLS,

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NEW ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY.

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THERE'S JUST A HUGE LIST THAT WE
JUST CAN'T REMEMBER BECAUSE IT'S

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SO PACKED WITH SCIENCE.

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THERE'S EVEN AN EXPERIMENT -- OR
SET OF EXPERIMENTS CALLED NANO

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RACKS THAT'S TAKING SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS

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AND OTHER SCHOOLS AND FLYING
THEM IN A SMALLER RAPID

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DEVELOPMENT PROCESS SO WE CAN
GET MORE SCIENCE FROM SPANNING

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THE SPECTRUM ALL THE WAY FROM
HIGH SCHOOL ALL THE WAY TO

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ADVANCED RESEARCH.

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SO WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF
SCIENCE GOING ON.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM FIRST
GRADER MADELEINE WHITLEY.

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>> WHAT IS THE COOLEST THING
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>> WELL, MOST
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HERE BECAUSE I REALLY DIG HER.

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THE COOLEST -- I CAN'T DECIDE.

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IT'S EITHER THE FLOATING, YOU
KNOW, FLYING AND SPINNING ALL

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OVER THE PLACE, OR THE VIEW.

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BOTH OF THEM ARE PRETTY AWESOME.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM THIRD
GRADER MADDY ROBERTS.

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>> HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO TELL TIME
IN SPACE?

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>> WELL, WE HAVE
WATCHES, JUST LIKE ON EARTH, BUT

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SINCE WE'RE GOING AROUND IT,
SOMEBODY HAD TO PICK WHICH TIME

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ZONE WE WOULD USE, AND THEY
PICKED THE GREENWICH MEANTIME,

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WHICH IS BASICALLY THE TIME IT
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YOU KNOW HOW THERE'S TIME ZONES,
CENTRAL, AND YOU GUYS ARE IN

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EASTERN?

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WELL, THIS ONE IS THE TIME ZONE
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SO THAT'S THE TIME WE USE ALL
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ON LONDON TIME.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM
KINDERGARTNER NATHAN POLINNO.

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>> HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S
TIME TO GO TO SLEEP WHEN YOU

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CAN'T TELL IF IT'S DAY OR NIGHT?

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>> WELL, THAT'S A
GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE EVERY 90

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MINUTES, IT'S A DAY AND A NIGHT.

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DO YOU EVER GO TO A HOTEL ROOM
AND THEY HAVE THOSE REALLY THICK

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CURTAINS ON THE WINDOWS?

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WELL, WE HAVE LITTLE SLEEPING
QUARTERS THAT BASICALLY YOU SHUT

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THE DOOR, AND IT'S THE SAME AS
GOING TO ONE OF THE HOTEL ROOMS

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WITH THE THICK CURTAINS.

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WE JUST CLOSE THE CURTAINS, AND
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NIGHT.

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SO THAT WORKS PRETTY GOOD.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM FIRST
GRADER JOSLIN ZAHN.

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>> WHEN YOU'RE NOT WORKING, WHAT
DO YOU LIKE TO DO FOR FUN ON THE

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SPACE STATION?

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>> WELL, THAT'S A
GOOD QUESTION.

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I LIKE PLAYING WITH MY FOOD.

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I LIKE TAKING PICTURES, AND I
LIKE FLYING AROUND AND TRYING TO

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DO SPINS AND FLIPS AND ALL SORTS
OF CRAZINESS.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM SECOND
GRADER ELIJAH PHEIFER.

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>> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU THOUGHT
YOU WERE NOT PREPARED FOR?

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>> WELL, THAT'S A
REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

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YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF
TRAINING, AND I THINK THEY DID A

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GOOD JOB.

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SOME THINGS YOU JUST CAN'T TRAIN
FOR BECAUSE THINGS DON'T FLOAT

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ON EARTH WHILE WE'RE DOING OUR
TRAINING, BUT I'M VERY LUCKY

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BECAUSE I'M ON BOARD WITH TWO OF
THE MOST EXPERIENCED SPACE

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TRAVELERS IN HISTORY, PEGGY
WHITSON, AND FYODOR YURCHIKHIN.

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AND THEY ANSWER OR GUIDE ME
THROUGH THE OTHER STUFF THAT I

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DIDN'T QUITE GET TRAINED ON ON
EARTH.

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>> THANK YOU.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM FIFTH
GRADER ALEXANDRA GODWIN.

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>> WHAT ARE YOU STUDYING ON
MICROGRAVITY AND BONES?

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>> WE DO A LOT.

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WE LOSE BONE MASS WHEN WE'RE IN
ORBIT.

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WE HAVE HELP FROM OUR MICE
FRIENDS.

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WE'VE USED STEM CELL CULTURES.

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OF COURSE, THE BIGGEST THING
THAT WE USE IS OURSELVES.

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WE GO THROUGH EXTENSIVE TESTING
BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER OUR

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MISSION.

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LIKE I MENTIONED, ALL OF OUR
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PROCESS.

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SOT THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE
USE IS US AND MAKING SURE SEEING

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HOW THE EFFECTS WERE ON OUR
BONES WHEN WE GET HOME.

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>> THANK YOU.

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WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES
LEFT, AND WE HAVE A CAN YOU FEEL

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QUESTIONS.

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OUR NEXT QUESTION IS FROM FIFTH
GRADER TJ TAYLOR.

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>> WHAT EMERGENCIES DO YOU HAVE
TO PREPARE FOR ON THE SPACE

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STATION?

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>> WELL, THE
BIGGEST ONES THAT WE NEED TO

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KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE
THOSE RESPONSES MEMORIZED ARE IF

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WE HAVE A FIRE, IF WE HAVE A
DEPRESSURIZATION, LIKE THERE'S A

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HOLE IN THE STATION, OR IF WE
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THAT STUFF IS REALLY NASTY.

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>> NEXT QUESTION IS FROM FOURTH
GRADER KARINA GRANGER.

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>> HOW DO YOUR STUDIES HELP THE
UNDERSTANDING OF FLUID BEHAVIOR?

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>> WELL, THAT
FLUIDIC STUDY IS LOOKING AT TWO

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THINGS.

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SLOSH IN A FUEL TANK FOR SPACE
VEHICLES.

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THE OTHER IS WAVE TURBULENCE,
WHICH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO,

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BASICALLY, IS WHEN YOU HAVE A
VERY COMPLEX MODEL, LIKE WEATHER

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FORECASTING, IF THERE'S ONE ITEM
LIKE GRAVITY THAT'S REALLY BIG,

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IT'S HARD TO MODEL ALL THE OTHER
LITTLE THINGS.

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SO WE'RE MODELING A THING CALLED
CAPILLARY ACTION BY REMOVING

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GRAVITY AND STUDYING IT UP HERE.

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AND DOING SO WILL BUILD A MORE
COMPLETE MODEL TO BETTER

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FORECAST WEATHER ON EARTH.

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>> THANK YOU, JACK.

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I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO
ALLISON, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF

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LEEDS.

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>> ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND
STAFF HERE AT LEEDS ELEMENTARY

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SCHOOL, SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS, AND THE LEADERSHIP

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TEAM, COUNCIL EXECUTIVE, ATK
MISSILE DEFENSE AND CONTROLS, WE

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WANT TO THANK YOU COLONEL
FISCHER FOR TAKING THE TIME TO

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TALK TO US TODAY AND HELPING US
LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT

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YOUR RESEARCH ON THE SPACE
STATION.

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OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, YOU'VE
BECOME A WELL-KNOWN NAME HERE AT

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LEEDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND OUR
STUDENTS EXCITEDLY CALL YOU 2

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FISH.

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WALT DISNEY ONCE SAID IF YOU
DREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT.

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WE HOPE TO SOME DAY SEE SOME OF
THESE FANTASTIC STUDENTS IN

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SPACE.

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HAVE A GREAT DAY.

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>> WELL, HAVE A
GREAT DAY.

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I WILL GIVE YOU A SIDEWAYS SPIN
BEFORE YOU GO.

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I DARE YOU ALL TO DREAM, AND I
HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY.

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>> MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON:
STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON, THAT

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CONCLUDES THE EVENT.

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>> THANK YOU, ALL PARTICIPANTS.