1 00:00:05,739 --> 00:00:06,406 >> HI, I'M MARTY. 2 00:00:06,473 --> 00:00:08,308 WE ARE COMING TO YOU LIVE FROM 3 00:00:08,375 --> 00:00:10,944 THE SMITHSONIAN AIR AND SPACE 4 00:00:11,010 --> 00:00:11,978 MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON D.C. 5 00:00:12,045 --> 00:00:15,148 >> WE WANT TO WELCOME PROVIDENCE 6 00:00:15,215 --> 00:00:17,917 MIDDLE SCHOOL. 7 00:00:17,984 --> 00:00:22,489 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 8 00:00:22,555 --> 00:00:32,332 >> RANDY BRESNIK AND PAOLO 9 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:37,270 NESPOLI CONDUCTED MORE THAN 60 10 00:00:37,337 --> 00:00:37,670 EXPERIMENTS. 11 00:00:37,737 --> 00:00:40,840 >> WE'LL BE TALKING TO BOTH OF 12 00:00:40,907 --> 00:00:43,042 THEM TODAY. 13 00:00:43,109 --> 00:00:46,045 THIS IS SEVEN IN 30. 14 00:01:10,236 --> 00:00:52,719 ♪ 15 00:01:10,303 --> 00:01:21,548 >> THIS IS STEM IN 30. 16 00:01:23,683 --> 00:01:26,019 >> WE ARE JOINED BY RANDY 17 00:01:26,085 --> 00:01:27,287 BRESNIK AND PAOLO NESPOLI. 18 00:01:27,353 --> 00:01:28,922 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 19 00:01:28,988 --> 00:01:30,089 >> HAPPY TO BE HERE. 20 00:01:30,156 --> 00:01:32,192 >> YOU ARE WATCHING ON-LINE ON 21 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:34,060 Facebook, GO TO THE COMMENTS 22 00:01:34,127 --> 00:01:35,795 SECTION AND SUBMIT YOUR 23 00:01:35,862 --> 00:01:36,162 QUESTIONS. 24 00:01:36,229 --> 00:01:37,764 ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW 25 00:01:37,831 --> 00:01:40,533 ABOUT AN ASTRONAUT IS FAIR GAME. 26 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,069 LIKE IF THEY LIKE CIRCUS PEANUTS 27 00:01:43,136 --> 00:01:44,270 OR NOT. 28 00:01:44,337 --> 00:01:45,672 IF YOU DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, 29 00:01:45,738 --> 00:01:48,141 TELL US WHERE YOU ARE WATCHING 30 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:48,441 FROM. 31 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:49,709 WE HAVE A FEW FRIENDS WHO ARE 32 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:51,711 GOING TO ASK THE FIRST QUESTION. 33 00:01:51,778 --> 00:01:53,613 GO AHEAD. 34 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,748 >> WHAT WAS MORE STRESSFUL, 35 00:01:55,815 --> 00:01:58,184 BEING ON EARTH, SPACE OR COMING 36 00:01:58,251 --> 00:01:58,485 BACK. 37 00:01:58,551 --> 00:02:00,887 >> WE HAD THE UNFORTUNATE 38 00:02:00,954 --> 00:02:02,288 OCCURRENCE OF WHILE WE WERE IN 39 00:02:02,355 --> 00:02:04,324 SPACE HAVING A HURRICANE GO 40 00:02:04,390 --> 00:02:05,391 THROUGH HOUSTON. 41 00:02:05,458 --> 00:02:09,429 EVEN THOUGH I WENT THROUGH SOME 42 00:02:09,496 --> 00:02:11,998 PHYSICAL STRESS OF GOING TO IRAQ 43 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:15,335 OR COMING BACK FROM 17,500 MILES 44 00:02:15,401 --> 00:02:18,304 AN HOUR TO ZERO, TO ME WAS 45 00:02:18,371 --> 00:02:20,440 WATCHING HURRICANE HARVEY GO 46 00:02:20,507 --> 00:02:22,475 OVER HOUSTON WHILE MY WIFE AND 47 00:02:22,542 --> 00:02:23,877 TWO KIDS WERE UNDERNEATH IT. 48 00:02:23,943 --> 00:02:25,812 >> I WOULD AGREE ON THAT. 49 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:29,115 WE DO A LOT OF THINGS IN SPACE 50 00:02:29,182 --> 00:02:30,817 THAT AREN'T STRESSFUL, BUT YOU 51 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:33,152 NEED TO HAVE TO BE INVOLVED WITH 52 00:02:33,219 --> 00:02:33,453 IT. 53 00:02:33,520 --> 00:02:35,555 BUT THINKING OF WHAT THE PEOPLE 54 00:02:35,622 --> 00:02:36,623 ARE DOING. 55 00:02:36,689 --> 00:02:37,790 BECAUSE WE HAVE CONTROL. 56 00:02:37,857 --> 00:02:39,492 WE THINK WE HAVE CONTROL OF WHAT 57 00:02:39,559 --> 00:02:41,094 HAPPENS UP THERE. 58 00:02:41,160 --> 00:02:42,695 BUT YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT 59 00:02:42,762 --> 00:02:44,130 IS GOING ON DOWN THERE. 60 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:46,099 I WOULD AGREE WITH RANDY. 61 00:02:46,165 --> 00:02:47,834 >> WHAT WAS THE HARDEST THING TO 62 00:02:47,901 --> 00:02:50,970 GET USED TO WHEN YOU CAME BACK 63 00:02:51,037 --> 00:02:51,938 FROM SPACE? 64 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:54,140 >> HARDEST THING TO GET USED TO, 65 00:02:54,207 --> 00:02:58,211 WHEN YOU GET UP TO SPACE, RIGHT 66 00:02:58,278 --> 00:03:02,615 NOW WE HAVE THE HAIRS IN OUR 67 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:04,584 EARS THAT GIVES US OUR BALANCE. 68 00:03:04,651 --> 00:03:07,320 WHEN YOU GET TO SPACE, THAT ALL 69 00:03:07,387 --> 00:03:07,620 STOPS. 70 00:03:07,687 --> 00:03:09,255 THERE IS NO GRAVITY TO MOVE THE 71 00:03:09,322 --> 00:03:10,323 FLUID IN YOUR EAR. 72 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:12,258 WE MOVE AROUND BY WHAT WE SEE 73 00:03:12,325 --> 00:03:12,992 AND TOUCH. 74 00:03:13,059 --> 00:03:15,261 WHEN YOU COME BACK TO EARTH, ALL 75 00:03:15,328 --> 00:03:18,998 OF A SUDDEN THAT STARTS MOVING 76 00:03:19,065 --> 00:03:21,534 AGAIN, AND GIVING US THOSE 77 00:03:21,601 --> 00:03:21,935 SENSATIONS. 78 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:26,205 WHEN WE HAD TO MOVE, I SAT ON 79 00:03:26,272 --> 00:03:30,310 THE LEFT AND WE HAD TO SIT ON 80 00:03:30,376 --> 00:03:31,811 THE CENTER HATCH WHEN WE WERE ON 81 00:03:31,878 --> 00:03:32,712 THE GROUND. 82 00:03:32,779 --> 00:03:35,815 WE HAD TO GO THIS WAY WHILE IT 83 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:37,650 FELT WE WERE TUMBLING. 84 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:39,953 AND SO GETTING THAT INNER EAR 85 00:03:40,019 --> 00:03:42,121 BACK UP TO SPEED TOOK SEVERAL 86 00:03:42,188 --> 00:03:42,422 DAYS. 87 00:03:42,488 --> 00:03:45,024 THAT WAS FOR ME THE MOST 88 00:03:45,091 --> 00:03:45,658 DIFFICULT PART. 89 00:03:45,725 --> 00:03:47,860 >> I WOULD SAY QUICKLY THAT I 90 00:03:47,927 --> 00:03:50,063 GOT TO SPACE AND I KIND OF 91 00:03:50,129 --> 00:03:52,165 THOUGHT I WAS SPIDER MAN AND 92 00:03:52,231 --> 00:03:53,132 SUPERMAN. 93 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:54,934 FLYING ON THE CEILING, DOING 94 00:03:55,001 --> 00:03:56,436 THIS, PICKING UP STUFF. 95 00:03:56,502 --> 00:03:58,638 THEN SUDDENLY I'M BACK ON EARTH 96 00:03:58,705 --> 00:04:00,773 AND GRAVITY GETS HOLD OF ME. 97 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:02,275 AND THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY 98 00:04:02,342 --> 00:04:02,575 HARD. 99 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:06,679 I FELT LIKE I WAS CHAINED TO THE 100 00:04:06,746 --> 00:04:08,881 SEAT, BARELY WALK. 101 00:04:08,948 --> 00:04:10,683 THAT WAS THE MOST STRONG. 102 00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:12,318 NOT ANY MORE BEING ABLE TO FLY 103 00:04:12,385 --> 00:04:15,288 UP TO THE CEILING AND DO THINGS. 104 00:04:15,355 --> 00:04:21,561 >> GREAT QUESTIONS GUYS. 105 00:04:21,628 --> 00:04:22,295 YOU SPENT 139 DAYS IN SPACE. 106 00:04:22,362 --> 00:04:23,730 CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT 107 00:04:23,796 --> 00:04:24,063 MISSION. 108 00:04:24,130 --> 00:04:25,164 >> SURE. 109 00:04:25,231 --> 00:04:28,301 WE ENDED UP FLYING UP THERE. 110 00:04:28,368 --> 00:04:30,236 NATIONAL SPACE STATION HAS BEEN 111 00:04:30,303 --> 00:04:32,005 UP THERE 20 YEARS. 112 00:04:32,071 --> 00:04:34,574 ONE-THIRD OF NASA'S LIFETIME WE 113 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:36,809 HAVE HAD THE SPACE STATION. 114 00:04:36,876 --> 00:04:39,012 HUMAN BEINGS HAVE BEEN MANNING 115 00:04:39,078 --> 00:04:40,513 THE SPACE STATION FOR 18 YEARS 116 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:42,382 IS AMAZING. 117 00:04:42,448 --> 00:04:44,717 WE HAVE A CREW FROM THREE TO 118 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:46,753 TWO, NOW A CREW OF SIX UP THERE. 119 00:04:46,819 --> 00:04:48,955 THAT IS OUR STANDARD CREW SIZE. 120 00:04:49,022 --> 00:04:51,157 WE WENT UP THERE AND JOINED THE 121 00:04:51,224 --> 00:04:53,559 CREW OF EXPEDITION 52. 122 00:04:53,626 --> 00:04:54,894 THEY HAD BEEN UP THERE FOR 123 00:04:54,961 --> 00:04:55,662 SEVERAL MONTHS. 124 00:04:55,728 --> 00:04:59,899 WE JOINED THEM, OUR CREW OF 125 00:04:59,966 --> 00:05:01,501 THREE, AND WE WERE UP THERE. 126 00:05:01,567 --> 00:05:04,637 WE HAD EXPEDITION 52 FOR FIVE 127 00:05:04,704 --> 00:05:05,905 WEEKS, THEY LEFT AND ANOTHER 128 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:08,941 CREW CAME UP ON A DIFFERENT 129 00:05:09,008 --> 00:05:09,242 SOYUZ. 130 00:05:09,308 --> 00:05:11,978 THAT'S THE CREW YOU SEE ON THE 131 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:14,847 SCREEN, EXPEDITION 53. 132 00:05:14,914 --> 00:05:18,885 WE WERE JOINED BY MARK VAN TODAY 133 00:05:18,951 --> 00:05:21,087 HIGH AND JOE ACABA. 134 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:23,723 HE ACTUALLY HAD BEEN A TEACHER. 135 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:25,692 WHEN HE WAS SELECTED TO BE AN 136 00:05:25,758 --> 00:05:26,559 ASTRONAUT, HE WAS TEACHING 137 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:28,027 SCIENCE AND MATH IN SCHOOL AND 138 00:05:28,094 --> 00:05:29,295 BECAME AN ASTRONAUT. 139 00:05:29,362 --> 00:05:32,331 SO THEY JOINED US FOR EXPEDITION 140 00:05:32,398 --> 00:05:32,598 53. 141 00:05:32,665 --> 00:05:35,268 WE RIDE UP AND DOWN TO THE SPACE 142 00:05:35,334 --> 00:05:37,637 STATION IN THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT. 143 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:40,840 IT IS A VERY SMALL SPACECRAFT. 144 00:05:40,907 --> 00:05:43,576 IT'S DESIGNED TO GET US UP AND 145 00:05:43,643 --> 00:05:45,078 BACK AND THAT'S IT. 146 00:05:45,144 --> 00:05:47,914 IT'S ONLY THIS BIG. 147 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:50,283 IMAGINE PAOLO AND I AND SOMEBODY 148 00:05:50,349 --> 00:05:53,953 ELSE IN A SPACE SUIT IN 149 00:05:54,020 --> 00:05:55,521 SOMETHING THIS BIG. 150 00:05:55,588 --> 00:06:00,593 WE GO FROM 0 MILES PER HOUR TO 151 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:00,927 17,000. 152 00:06:00,993 --> 00:06:04,297 WE DOCK TO THE SPACE STATION. 153 00:06:04,363 --> 00:06:06,499 AND THAT SOYUZ WAITS FOR US AND 154 00:06:06,566 --> 00:06:10,636 THAT'S WHAT WE COME HOME IN AS 155 00:06:10,703 --> 00:06:10,937 WELL. 156 00:06:11,003 --> 00:06:14,674 >> WE DO, WHEN WE GO TO SPACE, 157 00:06:14,741 --> 00:06:16,509 THIS IS A HOUSE LABORATORY, 158 00:06:16,576 --> 00:06:18,711 WHERE YOU LIVE AND WORK, THAT'S 159 00:06:18,778 --> 00:06:20,546 THE REASON WHY WE GO TO SPACE. 160 00:06:20,613 --> 00:06:22,315 IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WE CAN DO 161 00:06:22,381 --> 00:06:23,916 INCREDIBLE THINGS YOU CANNOT DO 162 00:06:23,983 --> 00:06:24,650 HERE ON EARTH. 163 00:06:24,717 --> 00:06:26,753 WE DO SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY. 164 00:06:26,819 --> 00:06:28,387 YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND 165 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:30,556 YOU START WORKING ON EXPERIMENTS 166 00:06:30,623 --> 00:06:33,292 THAT HAVE TO DO WITH CRAZY 167 00:06:33,359 --> 00:06:35,628 STUFF, GENETICS, SPINNING 168 00:06:35,695 --> 00:06:36,496 MOTORS, FLUID. 169 00:06:36,562 --> 00:06:37,897 YOU WORK ON THE CEILING, YOU 170 00:06:37,964 --> 00:06:40,666 WORK ON THE WALL, YOU WORK 171 00:06:40,733 --> 00:06:41,400 EVERYWHERE. 172 00:06:41,467 --> 00:06:52,211 TURN AROUND. 173 00:06:52,278 --> 00:06:53,746 WHAT WERE YOU DOING HERE, FOR 174 00:06:53,813 --> 00:06:54,080 EXAMPLE? 175 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:55,782 >> WE HAVE A GLOVE BOX WHERE WE 176 00:06:55,848 --> 00:06:57,483 CAN DO SCIENCE INSIDE OF IT. 177 00:06:57,550 --> 00:06:59,786 THIS EXPERIMENT, WE ARE GROWING 178 00:06:59,852 --> 00:07:01,487 LUNG TISSUE. 179 00:07:01,554 --> 00:07:04,690 LUNG TISSUE CAN GROW PERFECTLY 180 00:07:04,757 --> 00:07:06,926 IN SPACE BECAUSE THERE'S NO 181 00:07:06,993 --> 00:07:08,427 GRAVITY CRUSHING THE CELLS. 182 00:07:08,494 --> 00:07:10,963 THEY ARE LOOKING AT CURES FOR 183 00:07:11,030 --> 00:07:12,832 CANCER. 184 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:15,668 OUR CREW MATE DUBBED THIS THE 185 00:07:15,735 --> 00:07:17,170 CANCER SEEKING MISSILES. 186 00:07:17,236 --> 00:07:19,772 NOW WE TRY TO KILL THE CANCER 187 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:21,274 CELLS AND AFFECTS THE REST OF 188 00:07:21,340 --> 00:07:23,009 THE BODY. 189 00:07:23,075 --> 00:07:25,611 IF WE CAN SEND OUT MEDICINES TO 190 00:07:25,678 --> 00:07:27,547 TARGET ONLY THE CANCER CELLS, 191 00:07:27,613 --> 00:07:30,082 THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE, HUGE 192 00:07:30,149 --> 00:07:31,617 IMPROVEMENT FOR PEOPLE THAT END 193 00:07:31,684 --> 00:07:33,286 UP HAVING CANCER. 194 00:07:33,352 --> 00:07:35,421 BECAUSE WE CAN KILL THE CANCER 195 00:07:35,488 --> 00:07:37,590 BUT NOT HARM THEIR BODY. 196 00:07:37,657 --> 00:07:39,158 IT HAS REAL APPLICATION UP THERE 197 00:07:39,225 --> 00:07:40,660 FOR WHAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO 198 00:07:40,726 --> 00:07:42,161 DOWN HERE ON EARTH. 199 00:07:42,228 --> 00:07:44,931 >> THIS WAS ONE OF THE 300 PLUS 200 00:07:44,997 --> 00:07:46,899 EXPERIMENTS WE DID IN SPACE. 201 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:48,301 YOU NEED MAKE SURE YOU ARE ABLE 202 00:07:48,367 --> 00:07:49,302 TO DO THINGS. 203 00:07:49,368 --> 00:07:51,003 YOU HAVE TO HANDLE STUFF, MAKE 204 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:53,372 SURE THAT THINGS DON'T FLOAT 205 00:07:53,439 --> 00:07:53,673 AWAY. 206 00:07:53,739 --> 00:07:55,341 YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU 207 00:07:55,408 --> 00:07:56,042 ARE DOING. 208 00:07:56,108 --> 00:07:58,077 YOU DO EXPERIMENTS IN THE 209 00:07:58,144 --> 00:07:59,879 JAPANESE LABORATORY, THE 210 00:07:59,946 --> 00:08:01,380 EUROPEAN LABORATORY, THE 211 00:08:01,447 --> 00:08:02,849 AMERICAN LABORATORY, SOMETIMES 212 00:08:02,915 --> 00:08:04,350 YOU GO TO THE RUSSIAN PART OF 213 00:08:04,417 --> 00:08:04,951 THE STATION. 214 00:08:05,017 --> 00:08:08,788 SO IT'S VERY, VERY INCREDIBLE, 215 00:08:08,855 --> 00:08:10,690 QUICK STUFF THAT YOU ARE DOING. 216 00:08:10,756 --> 00:08:13,125 YOU PLAY WITH REFRIGERATORS, 217 00:08:13,192 --> 00:08:15,228 THOSE ARE COOL REFRIGERATORS, 218 00:08:15,294 --> 00:08:17,530 YOU BETTER HAVE GLOVES. 219 00:08:17,597 --> 00:08:18,798 >> MINUS 80. 220 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:21,934 >> OTHERWISE YOUR HANDS WILL BE 221 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:25,371 STUCK TO THE PIECES OF METAL YOU 222 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:26,572 TAKE OUT FROM THERE. 223 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:30,109 A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE THE GUINEA 224 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:30,910 PIGS IN SPACE. 225 00:08:30,977 --> 00:08:32,845 YOU ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE 226 00:08:32,912 --> 00:08:33,312 INVESTIGATIONS. 227 00:08:33,379 --> 00:08:35,147 WE TAKE BLOOD, MEASURE THINGS 228 00:08:35,214 --> 00:08:37,917 AND WE PLAY DOCTOR, WE PLAY 229 00:08:37,984 --> 00:08:39,085 GUINEA PIG. 230 00:08:39,151 --> 00:08:42,355 AND THIS IS IN A RAPID 231 00:08:42,421 --> 00:08:42,755 SUCCESSION. 232 00:08:42,822 --> 00:08:45,491 WE DO SOME CRAZY EXPERIMENTS. 233 00:08:45,558 --> 00:08:49,428 THIS ONE HAD TO DO WITH FLUIDS 234 00:08:49,495 --> 00:08:50,663 IN SPACE THAT WEIGH, THE HEAT 235 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:55,334 AND FLUIDS, VERY COMPLEX THINGS. 236 00:08:55,401 --> 00:08:57,637 WE SET IT UP SO THE SCIENTISTS 237 00:08:57,703 --> 00:09:00,973 CAN LOOK AT THIS TINY, MINUTE 238 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:02,508 DETAIL THAT YOU CANNOT REALLY 239 00:09:02,575 --> 00:09:04,343 SEE HERE ON EARTH. 240 00:09:04,410 --> 00:09:05,611 THAT'S WHY WE GO UP THERE. 241 00:09:05,678 --> 00:09:07,813 >> SOMETIMES THE EXPERIMENTS 242 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:09,615 WHERE WE ARE MAKING THINGS 243 00:09:09,682 --> 00:09:11,617 HAPPEN AND OTHER TIMES WE'LL SET 244 00:09:11,684 --> 00:09:13,786 UP THE EXPERIMENT AND THEY WILL 245 00:09:13,853 --> 00:09:15,855 RUN IT REMOTELY FROM THE GROUND. 246 00:09:15,922 --> 00:09:19,325 THEY CAN RUN AN EXPERIMENT FROM 247 00:09:19,392 --> 00:09:21,727 THEIR COMPUTER FROM DOWN HERE 248 00:09:21,794 --> 00:09:25,665 AND BE HAPPENING UP ON THE SPACE 249 00:09:25,731 --> 00:09:26,399 STATION. 250 00:09:26,465 --> 00:09:28,567 PAOLO IS WORKING ON THIS, WE ARE 251 00:09:28,634 --> 00:09:29,702 BURNING FLAMES. 252 00:09:29,769 --> 00:09:31,904 WE HAD ONE CALLED COOL FLAMES, 253 00:09:31,971 --> 00:09:35,574 IT TAKES FLAMES AND WE ARE ABLE 254 00:09:35,641 --> 00:09:39,645 TO BURN THINGS AT 800° INSTEAD 255 00:09:39,712 --> 00:09:40,579 OF 1200. 256 00:09:40,646 --> 00:09:45,351 IF WE CAN DO THAT, WE CAN MAKE 257 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:48,020 AIRPLANES SAFER OR LIGHTER. 258 00:09:48,087 --> 00:09:52,692 WE CAN BURN THINGS MORE 259 00:09:52,758 --> 00:09:53,125 EFFICIENTLY. 260 00:09:53,192 --> 00:09:56,329 >> AND SO WHAT I WAS SAYING 261 00:09:56,395 --> 00:09:58,664 BEFORE THAT YOU CAN BE A GUINEA 262 00:09:58,731 --> 00:09:59,398 PIG. 263 00:09:59,465 --> 00:10:00,933 HERE'S A COMPLEX EXPERIMENT WE 264 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:02,501 WERE RUNNING ON THE EUROPEAN 265 00:10:02,568 --> 00:10:04,904 SPACE AGENCY LABORATORY THERE. 266 00:10:04,971 --> 00:10:06,806 IT'S AN EXPERIMENT WHERE YOU 267 00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:09,508 TAKE YOUR LEG AND HOOK IT UP TO 268 00:10:09,575 --> 00:10:11,744 A MACHINE AND THEN THE MACHINE 269 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:13,346 MAKES YOUR LEG MOVE, YOU TRY TO 270 00:10:13,412 --> 00:10:14,313 MOVE THE MACHINE. 271 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:19,018 IT'S A VERY LONG, STRESSFUL 272 00:10:19,085 --> 00:10:19,418 EXPERIMENT. 273 00:10:19,485 --> 00:10:22,188 WE USE ELECTRIC SHOCK TO SHOCKER 274 00:10:22,254 --> 00:10:25,791 THE MUSCLES SO THEY CONTRACT, 275 00:10:25,858 --> 00:10:29,695 AND THE MACHINE MEASURES THE 276 00:10:29,762 --> 00:10:29,996 FORCE. 277 00:10:30,062 --> 00:10:33,666 >> THE HUMAN BEING, THE BODIES 278 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:38,270 ARE AFFECTED BY NO GRAVITY. 279 00:10:38,337 --> 00:10:39,305 WE ARE MOVING AROUND WITH OUR 280 00:10:39,372 --> 00:10:39,605 HANDS. 281 00:10:39,672 --> 00:10:42,375 IF THE MUSCLES AREN'T WORKING, 282 00:10:42,441 --> 00:10:44,310 THEY ARE STARTING TO ATROPHY, 283 00:10:44,377 --> 00:10:48,247 LIKE IF YOU STAYED IN BED FOR A 284 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:50,016 MONTH OR TWO MONTHS. 285 00:10:50,082 --> 00:10:55,788 IF THAT HAPPENS, YOUR BONES LOSE 286 00:10:55,855 --> 00:10:56,122 DENSITY. 287 00:10:56,188 --> 00:10:57,857 SO WE GET TO MARS, WE ARE ABLE 288 00:10:57,923 --> 00:10:58,958 TO WORK. 289 00:10:59,025 --> 00:11:03,095 THIS PARTICULAR EXPERIMENT, 290 00:11:03,162 --> 00:11:04,797 PAOLO MENTIONED ABOUT ZAPPING IT 291 00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:06,098 WITH ELECTRICITY. 292 00:11:06,165 --> 00:11:08,934 WE CAN TELL OUR MIND TO MOVE OUR 293 00:11:09,001 --> 00:11:09,268 MUSCLES. 294 00:11:09,335 --> 00:11:12,371 YOUR MUSCLES HAVE A LOT MORE 295 00:11:12,438 --> 00:11:14,540 CAPABILITY THAN WHAT YOUR MIND 296 00:11:14,607 --> 00:11:16,542 TELLS YOU. 297 00:11:16,609 --> 00:11:17,943 THEN THEY ZAP IT TO SEE HOW MUCH 298 00:11:18,010 --> 00:11:19,445 MORE ABILITY YOUR MUSCLE HAS 299 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:21,047 MORE THAN WHAT YOU ARE THINKING. 300 00:11:21,113 --> 00:11:23,682 WE DO THAT TESTING ON THE GROUND 301 00:11:23,749 --> 00:11:25,651 AND IN SPACE TO SEE IF THERE IS 302 00:11:25,718 --> 00:11:26,619 A DIFFERENCE. 303 00:11:26,685 --> 00:11:27,553 >> IT WAS FUN. 304 00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:30,056 >> IT WAS FUN WHEN IT WAS OVER. 305 00:11:30,122 --> 00:11:32,958 >> THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THAT 306 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:34,560 PICTURE, IT'S DONE, NO MORE 307 00:11:34,627 --> 00:11:35,528 SHOCKING FOR TODAY. 308 00:11:35,594 --> 00:11:37,630 >> WHEN YOU LOOK UP, WHAT YOU 309 00:11:37,696 --> 00:11:39,031 ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW. 310 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:41,167 THAT IS PAOLO AND I WORKING. 311 00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:42,835 YOU CAN SEE A TABLET. 312 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:44,236 THE SAME TECHNOLOGY YOU HAVE AT 313 00:11:44,303 --> 00:11:46,072 HOME OR SCHOOL, USING A TABLET 314 00:11:46,138 --> 00:11:49,275 TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK 315 00:11:49,341 --> 00:11:51,610 OR LOOK ON-LINE, WE USE ON THE 316 00:11:51,677 --> 00:11:54,346 SPACE STATION TO GO THROUGH OUR 317 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:54,747 PROCEDURES. 318 00:11:54,814 --> 00:11:57,049 WE ACTUALLY DO MORE STUFF FOR 319 00:11:57,116 --> 00:11:58,584 EXPLORATION GOING LONG 320 00:11:58,651 --> 00:11:58,951 DISTANCES. 321 00:11:59,018 --> 00:12:02,555 HERE'S JOE ACABA LOOKING AT OUR 322 00:12:02,621 --> 00:12:04,690 SPECIAL EXPERIMENT CALLED 323 00:12:04,757 --> 00:12:05,057 VEGGIE. 324 00:12:05,124 --> 00:12:07,760 WE GREW THREE TYPES OF LETTUCE. 325 00:12:07,827 --> 00:12:09,562 YOU GO TO A GROCERY STORE AND 326 00:12:09,628 --> 00:12:11,564 YOU GO INTO THE PRODUCE SECTION, 327 00:12:11,630 --> 00:12:14,567 THE LETTUCE, YOU DON'T SMELL 328 00:12:14,633 --> 00:12:17,036 LETTUCE, YOU SMELL LEMONS AND 329 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:17,369 ORANGES. 330 00:12:17,436 --> 00:12:19,738 BUT WHEN YOU ARE IN A SPACE 331 00:12:19,805 --> 00:12:21,607 CAPSULE AND ALL YOU SMELL IS 332 00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:23,943 EACH OTHER, GUESS WHAT, LETTUCE 333 00:12:24,009 --> 00:12:25,711 HAS A REALLY GOOD SMELL. 334 00:12:25,778 --> 00:12:31,484 >> ACTUALLY, HOUSTON TOLD US WE 335 00:12:31,550 --> 00:12:32,651 COULD TAKE A LITTLE LEAVE AND 336 00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:33,385 TEST IT. 337 00:12:33,452 --> 00:12:36,021 I THOUGHT IT'S A PIECE OF GRASS, 338 00:12:36,088 --> 00:12:38,524 LETTUCE, IT DOESN'T TASTE LIKE 339 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:39,258 NOTHING. 340 00:12:39,325 --> 00:12:41,427 INSTEAD, IT WAS AN AMAZING 341 00:12:41,494 --> 00:12:41,727 TASTE. 342 00:12:41,794 --> 00:12:44,864 WHEN YOU DON'T TASTE LETTUCE 343 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:46,632 WHEN, YOUR SENSES ARE DUMBED 344 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:49,902 DOWN BECAUSE OF THE CLOSED 345 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:51,270 ENVIRONMENT, YOU TASTE LETTUCE, 346 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:53,372 YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HUMANS CAN 347 00:12:53,439 --> 00:12:55,307 DO AND WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE 348 00:12:55,374 --> 00:12:56,709 THESE SENSES. 349 00:12:56,775 --> 00:12:58,110 IT'S INCREDIBLE. 350 00:12:58,177 --> 00:13:00,212 >> WE DO A LOT OF OTHER THINGS 351 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:01,447 ON THE SPACE STATION. 352 00:13:01,514 --> 00:13:03,149 WE GET TO GO AND LOOK AT THE 353 00:13:03,215 --> 00:13:03,449 EARTH. 354 00:13:03,516 --> 00:13:04,783 THAT'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE 355 00:13:04,850 --> 00:13:06,886 THINGS TO DO, TO TAKE PICTURES 356 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:08,921 OF THE EARTH AND TRY TO SHARE 357 00:13:08,988 --> 00:13:10,923 THE INCREDIBLE BEAUTY WITH YOU 358 00:13:10,990 --> 00:13:11,223 GUYS. 359 00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:13,826 WE HAVE DONE THAT VIA OUR SOCIAL 360 00:13:13,893 --> 00:13:15,928 MEDIA, THE NASA WEB PAGES. 361 00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:21,467 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GOOGLE THE 362 00:13:21,534 --> 00:13:22,735 NASA SPACE PICTURES, YOU CAN SEE 363 00:13:22,801 --> 00:13:23,836 THESE THINGS. 364 00:13:23,903 --> 00:13:26,105 WE HAD TO DO REPAIRS ON THE 365 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:27,173 INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. 366 00:13:27,239 --> 00:13:29,275 WE GET INTO OUR SPACE SUITS, TWO 367 00:13:29,341 --> 00:13:32,378 AT A TIME, AND WE BUTTON THEM 368 00:13:32,444 --> 00:13:35,314 UP, DO LEAK CHECKS AND HEAD 369 00:13:35,381 --> 00:13:35,915 OUTSIDE. 370 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:39,919 YOU GOT 300 POUNDS, BUT YOU ARE 371 00:13:39,985 --> 00:13:43,856 IN YOUR OWN SPACECRAFT. 372 00:13:43,923 --> 00:13:47,693 WE HAVE PEOPLE INSIDE FLYING THE 373 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,461 ROBOTIC ARM AND FLYING THEM 374 00:13:49,528 --> 00:13:51,564 AROUND THE DIFFERENT WORK SITES. 375 00:13:51,630 --> 00:13:53,265 IT'S A BIG TEAM EFFORT TO GET 376 00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:54,066 THAT DONE. 377 00:13:54,133 --> 00:13:57,403 WE ALSO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH. 378 00:13:57,469 --> 00:13:59,505 >> PART OF THE ACTIVITY WE DO 379 00:13:59,572 --> 00:14:02,208 THERE IS TALKING TO SCHOOL KIDS 380 00:14:02,274 --> 00:14:02,675 LIKE YOU. 381 00:14:02,741 --> 00:14:04,944 WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK 382 00:14:05,010 --> 00:14:07,146 TO SCHOOLS ALL OVER THE WORLD, 383 00:14:07,213 --> 00:14:10,583 IN EUROPE, IN JAPAN, IN UNITED 384 00:14:10,649 --> 00:14:10,950 STATES. 385 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:12,284 AND IT'S ALL INTERESTING, ALL 386 00:14:12,351 --> 00:14:14,687 THE QUESTIONS WE GET AND THE WAY 387 00:14:14,753 --> 00:14:16,989 THAT THINGS ARE FRAMED. 388 00:14:17,056 --> 00:14:19,225 >> FUN TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU 389 00:14:19,291 --> 00:14:23,462 GUYS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE UP 390 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:23,862 THERE. 391 00:14:23,929 --> 00:14:24,530 GUESS WHAT? 392 00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:25,664 >> WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF 393 00:14:25,731 --> 00:14:27,666 BEING UP THERE ON HALLOWEEN. 394 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:32,438 I DECIDED, I WANT TO BE A REAL 395 00:14:32,504 --> 00:14:33,272 SPIDER MAN. 396 00:14:33,339 --> 00:14:35,407 I BROUGHT UP SOME COSTUMES AND 397 00:14:35,474 --> 00:14:37,376 WE PLAYED AROUND A LITTLE BIT. 398 00:14:37,443 --> 00:14:40,446 I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO FLY IN 399 00:14:40,512 --> 00:14:42,581 SPACE GRABS LIKE SPIDER MAN. 400 00:14:42,648 --> 00:14:47,319 >> AND MY KIDS PICKED OUT MY 401 00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:53,459 COSTUME, I WAS THE MINION. 402 00:14:53,525 --> 00:14:56,662 I HAD A BIRTHDAY WHILE I WAS UP 403 00:14:56,729 --> 00:14:56,962 THERE. 404 00:14:57,029 --> 00:15:00,666 WE CELEBRATED THE BIRTHDAY. 405 00:15:00,733 --> 00:15:06,672 WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE CANDLES. 406 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:10,509 WE GOT TO PUT ON OUR SPACE 407 00:15:10,576 --> 00:15:12,611 HAWAIIAN SHIRTS AND HAD ALOHA 408 00:15:12,678 --> 00:15:14,780 FRIDAYS AND THEY JOINED US ON 409 00:15:14,847 --> 00:15:16,682 THE MISSION AND WEAR THEIR 410 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:17,816 HAWAIIAN SHIRTS ON FRIDAY. 411 00:15:17,883 --> 00:15:19,718 >> WE WERE SURFING IN SPACE. 412 00:15:19,785 --> 00:15:21,387 WE WERE SHOWING OFF. 413 00:15:21,453 --> 00:15:22,788 THEN AT A CERTAIN POINT IT WAS A 414 00:15:22,855 --> 00:15:25,457 MOMENT WHERE I KIND OF 415 00:15:25,524 --> 00:15:26,859 COMPLAINED WITH THE MANAGER WE 416 00:15:26,925 --> 00:15:31,463 DON'T GET TO DO PIZZA IN SPACE. 417 00:15:31,530 --> 00:15:33,532 SURE ENOUGH, THEY SEND US A FEW 418 00:15:33,599 --> 00:15:36,468 THINGS WE COULD MAKE PIZZA. 419 00:15:36,535 --> 00:15:38,470 I THOUGHT, NOTHING CAN COMPARE 420 00:15:38,537 --> 00:15:40,773 TO A REALLY GOOD ITALIAN PIZZA. 421 00:15:40,839 --> 00:15:42,975 BUT ACTUALLY, IN SPACE, EVEN 422 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:45,878 THOUGH WITH ALL THE LITTLE 423 00:15:45,944 --> 00:15:47,079 PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE, YOU CAN 424 00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:48,347 REALLY NOT COOK PIZZA. 425 00:15:48,414 --> 00:15:51,684 WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR OWN 426 00:15:51,750 --> 00:15:54,086 SPECIAL PIZZA, YOU DID 427 00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:54,453 PEPPERONI. 428 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,022 >> I DID THE MEAT LOVERS, 429 00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:59,591 COVERED IN PEPPERONI. 430 00:15:59,658 --> 00:16:02,027 AND IT STUCK TO IT BECAUSE OF 431 00:16:02,094 --> 00:16:04,830 THE SURFACE TENSION, IT HOLDS IT 432 00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:06,765 ON TO THE PIZZA DOUGH. 433 00:16:06,832 --> 00:16:08,267 >> I DID OLIVES. 434 00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:10,269 I HAD TO SHARE IT. 435 00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:13,205 SO I TOOK A PAIR OF SCISSORS. 436 00:16:13,272 --> 00:16:15,240 IT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE BECAUSE 437 00:16:15,307 --> 00:16:17,609 EVERYTHING FLOATS AWAY. 438 00:16:17,676 --> 00:16:22,881 IT'S NICE WHEN YOUR PIZZA IS 439 00:16:22,948 --> 00:16:24,917 FLOATING AWAY AND COME BACK 440 00:16:24,983 --> 00:16:25,217 HERE. 441 00:16:25,284 --> 00:16:27,853 >> THEY ARE FLOATABLE SAUCERS OF 442 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:29,788 THE EDIBLE KIND. 443 00:16:29,855 --> 00:16:33,459 THEN IT WAS TIME TO COME HOME. 444 00:16:33,525 --> 00:16:34,526 ANOTHER THREE CREW MEMBERS WERE 445 00:16:34,593 --> 00:16:38,197 GOING TO COME UP. 446 00:16:38,263 --> 00:16:42,434 AFTER 2,224 ORBITS OF THE EARTH 447 00:16:42,501 --> 00:16:44,737 OR 58,835,000 MILES, IT WAS TIME 448 00:16:44,803 --> 00:16:48,407 FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND COME ON 449 00:16:48,474 --> 00:16:48,907 HOME. 450 00:16:48,974 --> 00:16:51,610 AND WE ENDED UP COMING BACK, 451 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:59,785 LANDING IN MINUS 15° WEATHER IN 452 00:16:59,852 --> 00:17:00,185 KAZAKHSTAN. 453 00:17:00,252 --> 00:17:04,857 WE WERE GLAD TO BE HOME DECEMBES 454 00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:05,791 FOR CHRISTMAS. 455 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:10,496 >> THAT LOOKS LIKE AN INCREDIBLE 456 00:17:10,562 --> 00:17:10,796 TRIP. 457 00:17:10,863 --> 00:17:11,964 THANKS FOR SHARING US. 458 00:17:12,030 --> 00:17:15,501 >> DID BEING A MARINE HELP TO 459 00:17:15,567 --> 00:17:17,302 BECOME AN ASTRONAUT? 460 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:20,873 >> I WAS FORTUNATE TO GET A 461 00:17:20,939 --> 00:17:22,908 SCHOLARSHIP TO GO TO COLLEGE AND 462 00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:24,109 THEN BECOME A PILOT. 463 00:17:24,176 --> 00:17:27,379 I LEARNED ABOUT TEAM WORK, 464 00:17:27,446 --> 00:17:29,882 DEPENDING ON YOUR CREW MATE AND 465 00:17:29,948 --> 00:17:31,450 WORKING HARD AND MAKE SURE YOU 466 00:17:31,517 --> 00:17:32,651 DIDN'T LET THEM DOWN. 467 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,286 PLUS, THE THINGS I WAS ABLE TO 468 00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:38,090 LEARN IN THE MARINE CORPS WITH 469 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:39,691 TRAINING AS FAR AS BEING A 470 00:17:39,758 --> 00:17:42,494 PILOT, TRAIN TO DO THE MISSION 471 00:17:42,561 --> 00:17:43,996 WITH THE AIRPLANE I WAS ASSIGNED 472 00:17:44,062 --> 00:17:44,663 TO FLY. 473 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:47,666 IT WAS EXCITING TO REPRESENT THE 474 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:48,834 MARINE CORPS IN SPACE AND SHARE 475 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,537 GREAT PICTURES OF MARINE CORPS 476 00:17:51,603 --> 00:17:53,138 FLAGS ALL OVER THE EARTH. 477 00:17:53,205 --> 00:17:54,940 THEY SERVE OTHER PEOPLE JUST 478 00:17:55,007 --> 00:17:57,276 LIKE ASTRONAUTS SERVE HUMANKIND. 479 00:17:57,342 --> 00:17:58,877 WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO 480 00:17:58,944 --> 00:18:02,381 FURTHER THE HUMAN EXPLORATION OF 481 00:18:02,448 --> 00:18:02,681 SPACE. 482 00:18:02,748 --> 00:18:05,350 >> YOU WERE IN THE MILITARY, 483 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:05,617 TOO. 484 00:18:05,684 --> 00:18:07,886 >> MY PREVIOUS LIFE, I LIKE TO 485 00:18:07,953 --> 00:18:10,155 CALL IT BEFORE I BECAME AN 486 00:18:10,222 --> 00:18:11,723 ENGINEER, I WAS IN THE ARMY. 487 00:18:11,790 --> 00:18:14,359 I ENDED UP WORKING FOR THE 488 00:18:14,426 --> 00:18:18,063 SPECIAL FORCES THAT REQUIRE ME 489 00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:21,099 TO REALLY PUSH MYSELF IN EVERY 490 00:18:21,166 --> 00:18:21,567 DIRECTION. 491 00:18:21,633 --> 00:18:25,003 IT REALLY TAUGHT ME THAT WITH 492 00:18:25,070 --> 00:18:27,539 THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT, THE RIGHT 493 00:18:27,606 --> 00:18:29,374 EDUCATION, YOU NEED TO STUDY AND 494 00:18:29,441 --> 00:18:30,809 KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 495 00:18:30,876 --> 00:18:32,110 WITH THE RIGHT TRAINING AND 496 00:18:32,177 --> 00:18:34,179 ABOVE ALL, WITH THE RIGHT TEAM, 497 00:18:34,246 --> 00:18:37,149 YOU CAN REALLY GO WHERE YOU 498 00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:40,786 THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GO. 499 00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:43,889 >> WHAT WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST 500 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:46,458 SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS YOU DID IN 501 00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:46,758 SPACE? 502 00:18:46,825 --> 00:18:52,464 >> AS A CREW, WE DID 300 PLUS 503 00:18:52,531 --> 00:18:52,865 EXPERIMENTS. 504 00:18:52,931 --> 00:18:54,967 I WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTIES IN 505 00:18:55,033 --> 00:18:56,668 SAYING WHICH ONE WAS THE COOLEST 506 00:18:56,735 --> 00:18:56,935 ONE. 507 00:18:57,002 --> 00:18:59,171 A LOT OF EXPERIMENTS WE SHOWED 508 00:18:59,238 --> 00:19:01,373 BEFORE A PICTURE OF THIS, THIS 509 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,275 IS A FLUID EXPERIMENT. 510 00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:05,777 HAS TO DO WITH FLUIDS AND HEAT 511 00:19:05,844 --> 00:19:07,813 AND HOW THINGS CHANGE. 512 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:11,016 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIMENT. 513 00:19:11,083 --> 00:19:13,986 I HAVE DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING. 514 00:19:14,052 --> 00:19:17,256 I'M THERE TOUCHING THE BOTTOMS. 515 00:19:17,322 --> 00:19:19,157 THE ONE WE COULD TOUCH WHEN WE 516 00:19:19,224 --> 00:19:21,627 SAW THE LETTUCE GROW AND WE 517 00:19:21,693 --> 00:19:24,229 TASTED IT, THAT WAS ALSO VERY 518 00:19:24,296 --> 00:19:25,297 NICE. 519 00:19:25,364 --> 00:19:27,633 WE HAD MANY TO DO WITH MEASURING 520 00:19:27,699 --> 00:19:30,536 OUR BODY, TAKING BLOOD. 521 00:19:30,602 --> 00:19:32,437 WE HAD SOME ANIMALS ON BOARD 522 00:19:32,504 --> 00:19:35,007 THAT WE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF. 523 00:19:35,073 --> 00:19:37,142 IT WAS, ALL OF THAT WAS 524 00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:37,543 INTERESTING. 525 00:19:37,609 --> 00:19:38,877 I WOULD HAVE A HARD TIME TO 526 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:39,778 MENTION ONE. 527 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:44,716 EVERY DAY YOU HAVE FUN IN AN 528 00:19:44,783 --> 00:19:46,251 INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 529 00:19:46,318 --> 00:19:46,585 FIELDS. 530 00:19:46,652 --> 00:19:47,352 >> WHAT ABOUT YOU? 531 00:19:47,419 --> 00:19:50,656 >> THE ANIMALS WE HAD, WE HAD AN 532 00:19:50,722 --> 00:19:52,824 EXPERIMENT OF MICE FROM JAPAN. 533 00:19:52,891 --> 00:19:55,260 HALF WE LET STAY IN ZERO 534 00:19:55,327 --> 00:19:55,594 GRAVITY. 535 00:19:55,661 --> 00:19:57,029 THEY FLOATED AROUND. 536 00:19:57,095 --> 00:20:02,301 THE OTHER ONES, WE SPUN THEM IN 537 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:02,701 CENTRIFUGE. 538 00:20:02,768 --> 00:20:04,670 ONLY TIME THEY HAD ZERO GRAVITY 539 00:20:04,736 --> 00:20:08,507 WAS A FEW MINUTES. 540 00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:11,376 WE WERE TAKING SAMPLES AND 541 00:20:11,443 --> 00:20:12,411 OBSERVING THEM. 542 00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:15,614 IT WAS FUNNY TO SEE A MOUSE IN 543 00:20:15,681 --> 00:20:17,649 ZERO GRAVITY, THEY ARE FREAKING 544 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:19,818 OUT TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF 545 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:20,185 SOMETHING. 546 00:20:20,252 --> 00:20:22,387 I WONDER IF THAT'S WHAT I LOOK 547 00:20:22,454 --> 00:20:24,189 LIKE WHEN I GOT ZERO GRAVITY FOR 548 00:20:24,256 --> 00:20:25,290 THE FIRST TIME. 549 00:20:25,357 --> 00:20:31,763 WITH THOSE MICE, WE STUDY HOW 550 00:20:31,830 --> 00:20:34,933 THEIR BODIES AND BONES CHANGED. 551 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,203 THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND OUR 552 00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:38,570 BODIES. 553 00:20:38,637 --> 00:20:40,839 AND THAT WILL GIVE US COUNTER 554 00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:42,874 MEASURES WHEN WE GO TO MARS TO 555 00:20:42,941 --> 00:20:45,611 MAKE SURE OUR BODIES STAY IN THE 556 00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:47,779 BEST SHAPE THEY CAN. 557 00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:51,683 >> PAOLO AND RANDY RAN A LOT OF 558 00:20:51,750 --> 00:20:52,084 EXPERIMENTS. 559 00:20:52,150 --> 00:20:54,886 BEFORE THEY LAUNCHED, COMRADE 560 00:20:54,953 --> 00:20:57,756 WORKED WITH US TO RUN LESSONS 561 00:20:57,823 --> 00:21:00,192 YOU CAN RUN IN YOUR CLASSROOM. 562 00:21:00,258 --> 00:21:02,594 LET'S CHECK OUT ISS SCIENCE. 563 00:21:02,661 --> 00:21:09,234 ♪ 564 00:21:09,301 --> 00:21:12,738 >> HELLO, RANDY BRESNIK. 565 00:21:12,804 --> 00:21:15,273 I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PUFFY 566 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:16,642 HEAD, BIRD LEGS, THAT'S WHAT 567 00:21:16,708 --> 00:21:17,409 HAPPENS TO US. 568 00:21:17,476 --> 00:21:19,678 ALL THE FLUID IN OUR BODY CAN 569 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:21,680 NOW GO WHERE IT NEEDS TO AND 570 00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:23,115 IT'S THE SAME PRESSURE. 571 00:21:23,181 --> 00:21:25,083 RIGHT NOW I GOT ALL THIS WATER 572 00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:27,486 IN MY LEGS, I HAVE ENOUGH WATER 573 00:21:27,552 --> 00:21:30,222 IN MY HEAD SO I DON'T PASS OUT. 574 00:21:30,288 --> 00:21:33,125 WHEN YOU GET TO SPACE, A GALLON 575 00:21:33,191 --> 00:21:36,061 AND A HALF OF WATER TO COUNTER 576 00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:38,997 ACT GRAVITY MAKES YOUR HEAD 577 00:21:39,064 --> 00:21:39,297 PUFFY. 578 00:21:39,364 --> 00:21:41,900 YOU HUNG UPSIDE DOWN FOR HALF AN 579 00:21:41,967 --> 00:21:43,902 HOUR, THAT WOULD BE HOW YOUR 580 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:45,203 HEAD FEELS. 581 00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:48,240 UNTIL YOU GET PAST THE DAY, DAY 582 00:21:48,306 --> 00:21:51,643 AND A HALF MARK, WHERE YOU CAN 583 00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:54,479 URINATE THAT, IT'S A PRETTY 584 00:21:54,546 --> 00:21:56,081 STUFFY AND PUFFY HEAD. 585 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:58,083 NOW OVER TO MARTY AND BETH TO 586 00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:58,750 LEARN MORE. 587 00:21:58,817 --> 00:22:00,218 >> THANKS. 588 00:22:00,285 --> 00:22:02,521 LET'S TALK ABOUT PUFFY HEAD, 589 00:22:02,587 --> 00:22:04,356 BIRD LEGS. 590 00:22:04,423 --> 00:22:06,892 >> THIS IS ASTRONAUT. 591 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:08,627 HE'S FILLED WITH FLUID. 592 00:22:08,694 --> 00:22:10,595 AND IT'S DOWN HERE IN HIS FEET. 593 00:22:10,662 --> 00:22:12,964 >> IF YOU HAVE STOOD ON YOUR 594 00:22:13,031 --> 00:22:14,566 FEET FOR A LONG TIME, YOU NOTICE 595 00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:15,467 THEY SWELL UP. 596 00:22:15,534 --> 00:22:17,269 THE FLUID IS MAKING ITS WAY DOWN 597 00:22:17,335 --> 00:22:18,470 TO YOUR FEET. 598 00:22:18,537 --> 00:22:21,106 >> LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 599 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:24,309 WE FLIP HIM UPSIDE DOWN. 600 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:25,844 THAT FLUID RUSHES TO HIS HEAD 601 00:22:25,911 --> 00:22:29,247 AND LEAVES THE FOOT REGION. 602 00:22:29,314 --> 00:22:30,849 >> THIS HAPPENS TO ASTRONAUTS 603 00:22:30,916 --> 00:22:33,151 WHEN THEY GO INTO SPACE. 604 00:22:33,218 --> 00:22:35,620 THIS FLUID IS NOT PULLED DOWN BY 605 00:22:35,687 --> 00:22:35,987 GRAVITY. 606 00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:39,658 IT GETS UP INTO YOUR HEAD 607 00:22:39,725 --> 00:22:42,160 UNDERSTAND GET A PUFFY HEAD AND 608 00:22:42,227 --> 00:22:43,195 LITTLE BIRD LEGS. 609 00:22:43,261 --> 00:22:45,330 >> IF YOU WANT TO TRY THIS IN 610 00:22:45,397 --> 00:22:47,733 YOUR CLASSROOM, HEAD TO THE 611 00:22:47,799 --> 00:22:50,368 WEBSITE AND CHECK OUT THE LESSON 612 00:22:50,435 --> 00:22:50,669 PLAN. 613 00:22:50,736 --> 00:22:52,070 >> TELL ME ABOUT WHAT YOU TOOK 614 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:53,038 UP INTO SPACE. 615 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:55,907 >> I HAD THE HELP OF MY CHILDREN 616 00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:57,709 TO PICK THIS ONE OUT. 617 00:22:57,776 --> 00:23:00,746 AND THEY FOUND THIS, THEY SAID 618 00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:03,148 TAKE THIS IN SPACE, THIS IS FUN. 619 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:06,718 HAVE ANY OF YOU TOUCHED ONE OF 620 00:23:06,785 --> 00:23:07,018 THESE? 621 00:23:07,085 --> 00:23:08,587 THIS IS THE ONE THAT YOU WILL 622 00:23:08,653 --> 00:23:12,023 SEE IN THE VIDEO THAT FLEW IN 623 00:23:12,090 --> 00:23:14,025 SPACE. 624 00:23:14,092 --> 00:23:16,394 >> WHAT I THINK IS COOL ABOUT 625 00:23:16,461 --> 00:23:18,430 THIS, IT'S A GREAT DEMONSTRATION 626 00:23:18,497 --> 00:23:21,199 OF NEWTON'S LAWS USING SOMETHING 627 00:23:21,266 --> 00:23:21,967 YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH. 628 00:23:22,033 --> 00:23:23,535 WAS IT A LOT OF FUN? 629 00:23:23,602 --> 00:23:24,870 >> IT WAS. 630 00:23:24,936 --> 00:23:27,906 IF YOU SEE ME TOUCH IT AND LET 631 00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:31,076 GO OF IT, IT WOULD STILL BE 632 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:31,443 SPINNING. 633 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:33,011 >> ARE YOU READY TO TAKE 634 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:33,378 QUESTION? 635 00:23:33,445 --> 00:23:34,012 >> ABSOLUTELY. 636 00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:36,915 >> LET'S GO TO AUDIENCE 637 00:23:36,982 --> 00:23:37,282 QUESTION. 638 00:23:37,349 --> 00:23:38,750 >> I'M LESLIE. 639 00:23:38,817 --> 00:23:41,019 WHAT KIND OF THINGS DO 640 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:42,888 ASTRONAUTS DO ON THE SPACE 641 00:23:42,954 --> 00:23:43,221 STATION? 642 00:23:43,288 --> 00:23:46,424 >> WE CAN DO A LOT OF FUN 643 00:23:46,491 --> 00:23:47,159 THINGS. 644 00:23:47,225 --> 00:23:49,361 ONE OF THE NICEST THINGS IS TO 645 00:23:49,427 --> 00:23:50,929 LOOK AT THE EARTH. 646 00:23:50,996 --> 00:23:54,533 JUST PUT YOUR NOSE ON THIS 647 00:23:54,599 --> 00:23:55,667 WINDOW, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE 648 00:23:55,734 --> 00:23:56,001 EARTH. 649 00:23:56,067 --> 00:23:58,770 YOU SEE THE PLANET PASSING BY 650 00:23:58,837 --> 00:24:02,908 AND IT'S PASSING AT 4 MILES PER 651 00:24:02,974 --> 00:24:03,241 SECOND. 652 00:24:03,308 --> 00:24:05,010 IN AN HOUR AND A HALF, YOU SEE 653 00:24:05,076 --> 00:24:06,711 THE WHOLE EARTH PASSING UNDER 654 00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:07,879 YOU. 655 00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:09,447 SEASONS, DAY, NIGHT, EVERYTHING 656 00:24:09,514 --> 00:24:10,849 LIKE THIS. 657 00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:13,985 BUT THEN WE CAN PLAY AROUND, 658 00:24:14,052 --> 00:24:18,390 RANDY, THE SPINNER, THE FIDGET. 659 00:24:18,456 --> 00:24:21,226 >> WE DID ONE DEMONSTRATION 660 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:25,030 WHERE WE HAD A BUNGEE CORD AND 661 00:24:25,096 --> 00:24:26,565 WE PULLED IT BACK. 662 00:24:26,631 --> 00:24:28,733 WE WERE PULLING BACK WITH THE 663 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,135 SAME AMOUNT OF FORCE. 664 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:33,171 WE SHOT THINGS OF DIFFERENT SIZE 665 00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:34,372 AND WEIGHT. 666 00:24:34,439 --> 00:24:37,142 WE STARTED OFF WITH A THING OF 667 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:38,777 CHAP STICK. 668 00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:41,413 THEN WE TRY SOMETHING BIGGER, A 669 00:24:41,479 --> 00:24:44,850 LITTLE MODEL OF ORION 670 00:24:44,916 --> 00:24:45,483 SPACECRAFT. 671 00:24:45,550 --> 00:24:50,522 AND IT WENT THROUGH A HUGE TRASH 672 00:24:50,589 --> 00:24:50,822 BAG. 673 00:24:50,889 --> 00:24:53,859 WE THREAT GO AND IT FLOATED OFF 674 00:24:53,925 --> 00:24:54,159 SLOW. 675 00:24:54,226 --> 00:24:56,795 TO SHOW YOU GUYS, LIKE MARTY 676 00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:59,564 SAID, PHYSICS IN ACTION IN ZERO 677 00:24:59,631 --> 00:25:01,867 GRAVITY, THAT WAS ONE OF THE FUN 678 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:02,200 THINGS. 679 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:07,205 >> WE WERE PLAYING WITH FOOD. 680 00:25:07,272 --> 00:25:09,140 CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN DO 681 00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:11,142 WITH FLOOD FLOATING AROUND ON 682 00:25:11,209 --> 00:25:12,210 THE SPACE STATION? 683 00:25:12,277 --> 00:25:13,111 THAT'S WHAT WE DID. 684 00:25:13,178 --> 00:25:16,681 >> WE HAVE AN ON-LINE QUESTION 685 00:25:16,748 --> 00:25:21,720 NEXT FROM AN ASTRONAUT WANNA-BE. 686 00:25:21,786 --> 00:25:23,655 WHAT IS EXPECTED FOR A PERSON 687 00:25:23,722 --> 00:25:24,723 COULD BE EXPECTED? 688 00:25:24,789 --> 00:25:27,525 >> RIGHT NOW, IN ANY COUNTRY, 689 00:25:27,592 --> 00:25:29,561 YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A 690 00:25:29,628 --> 00:25:32,364 BASIC EDUCATION AND MOST REQUIRE 691 00:25:32,430 --> 00:25:34,900 A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SCIENCE, 692 00:25:34,966 --> 00:25:38,103 MATH, ENGINEERING OR THOSE TYPES 693 00:25:38,169 --> 00:25:39,237 OF FIELDS. 694 00:25:39,304 --> 00:25:40,705 THAT'S THE BASIS FOR THE WORK WE 695 00:25:40,772 --> 00:25:42,140 ARE DOING. 696 00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:45,644 MANY PEOPLE HAVE ADVANCED 697 00:25:45,710 --> 00:25:46,678 DEGREES AS WELL AS GRADUATE 698 00:25:46,745 --> 00:25:46,978 WORK. 699 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:48,780 THE BIGGEST THING IS ONCE YOU 700 00:25:48,847 --> 00:25:51,116 GET AN EDUCATION, BECOMING 701 00:25:51,182 --> 00:25:52,484 EXCELLENT IN THAT FIELD IS THE 702 00:25:52,550 --> 00:25:52,751 KEY. 703 00:25:52,817 --> 00:25:57,055 IF YOU LOOK AT ANY OF THE 704 00:25:57,122 --> 00:25:58,790 ASTRONAUT BIOGRAPHIES, ANYBODY 705 00:25:58,857 --> 00:26:00,825 THAT'S BEEN IN SPACE FROM ANY 706 00:26:00,892 --> 00:26:01,159 COUNTRY. 707 00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:02,394 THEY ARE ALL SIMILAR. 708 00:26:02,460 --> 00:26:03,895 SOMEONE HAS WORKED HARD TO GET 709 00:26:03,962 --> 00:26:05,864 THEIR EDUCATION, BUT THEN GONE 710 00:26:05,931 --> 00:26:07,966 ON TO BE GOOD IN THEIR FIELD AND 711 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:10,735 A WIDE VARIETY OF INTEREST. 712 00:26:10,802 --> 00:26:14,406 PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERT PIANISTS 713 00:26:14,472 --> 00:26:17,442 THAT ARE AN ENGINEER. 714 00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:19,511 ONE GENTLEMAN PLAYED 715 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:21,780 PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TO PUT 716 00:26:21,846 --> 00:26:24,182 HIMSELF TO BECOME A DOCTOR AND 717 00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:25,483 THEN AN ASTRONAUT. 718 00:26:25,550 --> 00:26:29,220 AND GUYS LIKE PAOLO, AN ENGINEER 719 00:26:29,287 --> 00:26:35,126 AND FLOWN IN SPACE 300 TIMES. 720 00:26:35,193 --> 00:26:36,695 >> 300 DAYS. 721 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:39,130 >> WIDE VARIETY AND BEING 722 00:26:39,197 --> 00:26:40,932 EXCELLENCE ARE THE PATH. 723 00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:42,968 >> YOU NEED TO SPEAK ENGLISH, BY 724 00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:44,269 THE WAY. 725 00:26:44,336 --> 00:26:45,303 MINIMUM, WHICH IS OBVIOUS FOR 726 00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:49,374 YOU GUYS, BUT NOT SO MUCH FOR US 727 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:49,774 FOREIGNERS. 728 00:26:49,841 --> 00:26:52,210 THAT'S A REQUIREMENT, TOO. 729 00:26:52,277 --> 00:26:53,311 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 730 00:26:53,378 --> 00:26:55,447 WE ARE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME. 731 00:26:55,513 --> 00:26:57,749 WE WANT YOU TO TUNE IN NEXT WEEK 732 00:26:57,816 --> 00:27:00,318 AS WE LOOK AT OBSERVATORIES AND 733 00:27:00,385 --> 00:27:01,987 HOW WE KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE. 734 00:27:02,053 --> 00:27:06,925 >> DID YOU KNOW YOU DO NOT NEED 735 00:27:06,992 --> 00:27:09,027 THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE TO 736 00:27:09,094 --> 00:27:11,062 VIEW DIFFERENT GALAXIES. 737 00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:17,736 YOU CAN USE A PAIR OF 738 00:27:17,802 --> 00:27:18,136 BINOCULARS. 739 00:27:18,203 --> 00:27:19,738 IS IT SAFE TO LOOK AT THE SUN, 740 00:27:19,804 --> 00:27:22,240 HOW DO YOU FIND A BLACK HOLE. 741 00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:27,379 IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT WE 742 00:27:27,445 --> 00:27:30,315 KNOW, BE SURE TO CHECK OUT STEM 743 00:27:30,382 --> 00:27:31,516 IN 30. 744 00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:33,685 >> WHILE COMRADE WAS IN SPACE, 745 00:27:33,752 --> 00:27:35,387 WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO 746 00:27:35,453 --> 00:27:37,422 HIM AND HE HAD A LITTLE SURPRISE 747 00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:38,056 FOR US. 748 00:27:38,123 --> 00:27:39,958 IF YOU CHECK OUT THE VIDEO, YOU 749 00:27:40,025 --> 00:27:42,560 WILL SEE WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT 750 00:27:42,627 --> 00:27:42,861 THIS. 751 00:27:42,927 --> 00:27:45,764 TOOK ONE OF OUR BOOK MARKS INTO 752 00:27:45,830 --> 00:27:46,064 SPACE. 753 00:27:46,131 --> 00:27:49,167 THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. 754 00:27:49,234 --> 00:27:49,934 COMRADE, THANK YOU FOR DOING 755 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:51,336 THAT FOR US. 756 00:27:51,403 --> 00:27:57,409 >> WE WERE VERY, VERY -- 757 00:27:57,475 --> 00:27:57,776 [LAUGHTER] 758 00:27:57,842 --> 00:28:02,447 >> BACK FROM SPACE WITH 759 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:04,182 58 MILLION-MILES ON IT. 760 00:28:04,249 --> 00:28:05,617 HERE'S YOUR BOOK MARK. 761 00:28:05,683 --> 00:28:06,851 >> THANK YOU. 762 00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:08,219 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING 763 00:28:08,286 --> 00:28:08,520 THAT. 764 00:28:08,586 --> 00:28:11,423 WE WANT TO THANK PAOLO AND RANDY 765 00:28:11,489 --> 00:28:14,192 FOR COMING OUT TODAY AND 766 00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:15,427 PROVIDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 767 00:28:15,493 --> 00:28:17,295 >> AND THANK BOEING FOR