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>> IF YOU WOULD FOR THE NASA

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WHAT YOUR BACKGROUND IS,

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EDUCATION, WHERE YOU WENT TO

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SCHOOL, WHAT YOU STUDIED, AND

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ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU DID AS A

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CAREER AND WHAT YOU DID TO

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BECOME AN ASTRONAUT.

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>> I WENT TO ST. JOHN'S FOR

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PHYSICS.

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I WAS IN THE ROTC PROGRAM SO

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IMMEDIATELY AFTER GRADUATION I

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BECAME AN ARMY OFFICER.

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AT SOME POINT IN MY CAREER I HAD

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THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO

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GRADUATE SCHOOL.

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SO I GOT A MASTERS IN APPLIED

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PHYSICS FROM STANFORD,

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UNIVERSITY.

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I USED THAT TO TEACH PHYSICS IN

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THE DEPARTMENT OF--WELL,

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND

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NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AT WEST

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POINT.

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AFTER THAT WAS DONE, IN THAT

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PROCESS I HAD STUDIED SPACE, SO

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I WAS INTERESTED IN THAT AND TO

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TRANSITION INTO A SPACE

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OPERATIONS OFFICER IN THE ARMY.

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AN EXPERIMENT HAVING AN ACTIVE

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DUTY ARMY OFFICER WITH A SPACE

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ASTRONAUTS.

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BECAUSE OF THAT I WAS INSPIRED

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TO FLY BECAUSE OF THE

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CHALLENGES.

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I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET

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HIRED IN 2009.

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>> FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING,

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MAYBE THEY'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH

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WHAT A COMBAT ENGINEER IS.

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CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THAT IS?

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>> SURE.

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A COMBAT ENGINEER HELPS OUT WITH

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GROUND TACTICAL UNITS WITH

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MOBILITY.

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IF YOU RUN INTO AN OBSTACLE,

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THEN WE TRY TO HELP BREAK

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THROUGH THOSE ON CITYCALS.

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IF.

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>> SO YOU'RE MAKING REALTIME

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DECISIONS IN LIFE AND DEATH

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CRITICAL MOMENTS.

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IS THAT SAFE TO SAY.

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>> THAT'S SAFE TO SAY OF ANY

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MILITARY OFFICER.

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>> JOE, GIVE US YOUR BACKGROUND,

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WHERE YOU WENT TO SCHOOL,

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ULTIMATELY YOUR CAREER AND

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ASTRONAUT COURSE.

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>> I'M IS A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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KID AND WENT TO SCHOOL AT

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UNIVERSITY OF CAL, SANTA

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BARBARA.

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JOBS WHILE I WAS IN SCHOOL.

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RESERVES.

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EDUCATORS TO BECOME TEACHERS.

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I WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES TO

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BE SELECTED.

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>> AWESOME.

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YOU HAVE SPENT TIME ON THE SPACE

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STATION TALKING TO YOUNG FOLKS,

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>> WAS THAT ONE OF YOUR DUTIES?

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>> ALL OF OUR DUTIES, WHILE

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WE'RE UP THERE, IS TO SHARE WHAT

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WE ARE A HE DOING WITH SCHOOL

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KIDS.

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YOU LOOK AT YOUR STUDENTS, ARE

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THEY BORED?

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ARE THEY FALLING ASLEEP?

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ARE THEY ENGAGED?

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BUT WHEN YOU'RE UP IN SPACE, YOU

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CAN'T SEE THEM, AND THAT'S ONE

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OF THE CHALLENGING PARTS.

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>> I'M SURE YOU KEPT THEIR

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>> WE SENT OUT A TWEET ASKING

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PEOPLE IF THEY HAD THE

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OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS

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QUESTIONS, WHAT WOULD THOSE

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QUESTIONS BE?

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I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS

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FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT

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FOLLOW NASA.

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AND I'LL JUST START WITH ONE

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HERE THAT I THINK WOULD BE

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PRETTY EASY TO ANSWER.

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WHAT DO RESTAURANT DO WHILE

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THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?

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>> WE DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING.

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WE HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT

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EVERYTHING IS WORKING WELL.

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THERE ARE A LOT OF RETURN

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SYSTEMS, WHICH FOR A SPACE

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FLIGHT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

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IF ONE OF THOSE SYSTEMS FAIL WE

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CAN TAKE OVER MANUALLY.

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FROM THE TIME YOU LAUNCHED UNTIL

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YOU DOCKED?

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>> FROM THE FLIGHT THAT JOE AND

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I WERE ON, THAT'S SIX HOURS.

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>> WAS THAT COMMON OR UNCOMMON?

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>> MY FIRST FLIGHT WITH THE

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RUSSIANS, IT WAS A TWO-DAY

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RENDEZVOUS.

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IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE ORBITAL

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DYNAMICS AND WHERE IS THE SPACE

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STATION WHEN YOU LAUNCH.

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WE ENJOYED THE SIX HOURS BECAUSE

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THE SOYUZ IS SMALL, AND YOU'RE

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READY TO GET TO THE ISS.

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>> I WOULD IMAGINE.

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HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO GET

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USED TO 1G ONCE YOU GOT BACK?

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>> I THINK IT VARIES FOR

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EVERYONE.

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FOR ME, THE HARDEST PART IS MY

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BALANCE, THE FIRST 20 HOURS IF I

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STOOD UP, I WAS NOT FEELING TOO

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MUSCLE-WISE, AND STRENGTH, IT

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WAS PRETTY GOOD, BUT AFTER A

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DAY, YOU KNOW, I GOT BETTER, BUT

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IT'S AMAZING WHAT THE BODY DOES

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WHERE IT'S JUST ALMOST EVERY

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MINUTE YOU'RE GETTING BETTER AND

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BETTER.

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>> ARE YOU ABLE TO WALK?

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>> I COULD WALK WITH A LITTLE

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BIT OF AN ASSISTANCE.

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>> OKAY.

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>> YEAH, YOU TURN YOUR HEAD, AND

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YOU FEEL LIKE THE FLOOR IS

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MOVING.

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IF YOU CAN IMAGINE BEING ON A

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BOAT ALL DAY.

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>> SURE.

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BOAT, AND WHEN YOU STAND THERE

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YOU CAN STILL FEEL THE WAVES

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UNDERNEATH YOU.

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IT'S KIND OF LIKE THAT, BUT A

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LITTLE MORE EXTREME.

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>> HOW ABOUT YOU, MARK?

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>> I FELT PRETTY GOOD, LIKE JOE

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FEELING THAT THINGS WEREN'T

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WORKING AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD.

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LOT OF SORENESS IN THE SMALLER

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MUSCLES THAT HELP WITH BALANCE.

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I COULD FEEL THAT, JUST SITTING

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UP IN BED WAS HARD.

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>> WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST MEAL WHEN

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YOU CAME BACK.

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AND HOW LONG DID IT TAKE UNTIL

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YOU WERE READY TO EAT?

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>> I WAS READY TO EAT RIGHT

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AWAY.

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>> HE'S ALWAYS READY TO EAT.

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>> MY MOM MIGHT BE MAD IF I SAY

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IT WAS MY FIRST MEAL BECAUSE IT

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WAS CHIPS AND GUACAMOLE.

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>> THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD.

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>> WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST MEAL?

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>> WE HAD SMALL SNACKS ON THE

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PLANE.

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FOR--BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING

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HOME TO MOM'S COOKING RIGHT

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AWAY, WAS TO HAVE SOME LOCAL

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OXTAIL.

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IT WAS TASTY.

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>> OXTAIL, THAT'S INTERESTING.

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WHAT IS THE LEAST KNOWN FACT

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ABOUT THE ISS?

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MARK, I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST.

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>> I WOULD SAY IT'S THE AMOUNT

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OF SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS WE'RE

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DOING.

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FOR JOE AND I, HE WERE UP ON THE

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ISS FOR 168 DAYS, AND THERE WERE

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ABOUT 204 EXPERIMENTS GOING ON,

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AND A LOT OF THEM WE DIDN'T HAVE

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TO INTERACT WITH.

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>> A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT

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REALIZE THAT WE'VE HAD HUMAN

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ASTRONAUTS ON THE SPACE STATION

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FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS, 24/7,

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365, LIVING IN THIS

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SELF-CONTAINED ENVIRONMENT.

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YOU CAN IMAGINE THE RECYCLING

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THAT WE DO ON EARTH, THE NATURAL

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AND THE MANMADE, WE RECYCLE

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PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE CAN UP

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THERE.

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>> AWESOME.

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AS FAR AS SPACE DEBRIS.

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I'VE GOT A QUESTION, FOLKS WHO

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ARE INTERESTED, CAN YOU SEE IT

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FROM SPACE, AND WHAT DO YOU DO

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ABOUT IT?

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>> WELL, HOPEFULLY WE WON'T SEE

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IT.

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IF IT'S BIG ENOUGH WE CAN SEE

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IT, WE'LL TRY TO GO AHEAD AND

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CHANGE THE ORBIT OF THE SPACE

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STATION.

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SO PEOPLE ARE TRACKING THAT FOR

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US, AND WE CAN DO THAT.

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IT PROBABLY HAPPENS A FEW TIMES

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A YEAR THAT WE'LL CHANGE THE

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ORBIT FOR OBJECTS THAT ARE

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LARGE.

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THE SMALLER OBJECTS, WE SEE SPAU

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MIGHT SEE A DING ON A HAND RAIL.

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WE HAVE THE BIG WINDOW THAT WE

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LOOK OUT OF, AND YOU CAN SEE

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WHERE THAT HAS BEEN STRUCK

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BEFORE.

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LUCKILY, IT'S A STRONG WINDOW.

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>> IT'S A STRONG WINDOW, A

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LITTLE BIT BIGGER, BUT IT LOOKS

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ALMOST LIKE IT WOULD ON YOUR CAR

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WHEN YOU HAVE A ROCK THAT HIT

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YOUR WINDOW.

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>> DID YOU SEE ANY SPACE DEBRIS?

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>> I SAY THE SAME EVIDENCE

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DURING THE SPACEWALKS THAT JOE

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MENTIONED, AND LOOKING OUT THE

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WINDOW THAT HE MENTIONED.

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AND AN ITALIAN ASTRONAUT THAT

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WAS ON BOARD WITH US DURING THE

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FIRST HALF OF OUR FLIGHT, HE

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TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES AND

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CAPTURED NATURAL SPACE DEBRIS.

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HE SAW THE DEBRIS ONLY WHEN IT

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STARTED BURNING UP, AND YOU

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COULD SEE THE FLASH OF LIGHT

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WHEN IT WAS FINALLY BURNED UP.

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>> IS THAT VIDEO OUT THERE

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SOMEWHERE?

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>> I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF IT

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WASN'T.

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>> IT IS OUT THERE, AND IT IS

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PRETTY COOL TO SEE.

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>> HERE IS ANOTHER QUESTION FROM

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ONE OF OUR FANS.

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GEOLOGICAL

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FEATURES TO LOOK AT AND ADMIRE

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FROM THE SPACE STATION?

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>> WELL, SO AS A GEOLOGIST

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YOU'RE IN HEAVEN BECAUSE YOU CAN

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SEE EVERYTHING FROM A GRAND

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SCALE.

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I REALLY ENJOYED FLYING OVER

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AFRICA.

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NOT ONLY CAN YOU SEE THE

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DIFFERENT COLORS OF THE

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DIFFERENT ROCK FORMATIONS, YOU

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CAN SEE THE DUNES, THE MOUNTAIN

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RANGES.

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THE EARTH IS BEAUTIFUL.

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IT'S HARD TO PICK OUT ONE

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BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU LOOK OUT

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THE WINDOW YOU SEE SOMETHING

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NEW.

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>> FOR ME, IT WASN'T--CERTAINLY

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DESERTS ARE PARTICULARLY

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IMPRESSIVE BECAUSE THERE IS LESS

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MOISTURE IN THE AIR, SO YOU GET

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A BETTER VIEW THROUGH THE

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ATMOSPHERE OF THE DESERT.

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THE TIME IT WAS PARTICULARLY

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IMPRESSIVE FOR ME WAS LOOKING AT

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THE AMERICAN WEST FROM--I GOT A

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VIEW FROM DENVER WHEN I LOOKED

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LATER AT THE PICTURE AND TRIED

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TO MAP OUT WHAT I WAS SEEING.

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I WAS SEEING THE LIGHTS FROM

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DENVER ALL THE WAY TO THE LIGHTS

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OF HOUSTON IN ONE VIEW, WHICH

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WAS AMAZING.

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PARTICULARLY WHEN THE VIEW IS AT

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NIGHT AND UNDER A FULL MOON

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BECAUSE THE FULL MOON WOULD

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LIGHT UP THE COLORS OF THE

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DESERTS, BUT YOU STILL HAVE THE

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LIGHTS.

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>> HERE IS A QUESTION OF

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INTEREST, BUT MAYBE NOT SERIOUS.

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WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SNEEZE IN 0

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G?

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AND HOW DO YOU DO IT?

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>> AWAY FROM EVERYBODY ELSE.

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>> THERE YOU GO.

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I WOULD IMAGINE SANITATION ON

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THE ISS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

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CAN YOU--SHARE SOME OF YOUR

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EXPERIENCES GETTING READY TO FLY

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AND ULTIMATELY BEING ON THE ISS?

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>> WE DO GO INTO QUARANTINE A

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COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE WE LAUNCH

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TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T TAKE

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ANYTHING WITH US.

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ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS BEING UP

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THERE, ONCE YOU GET THERE,

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YOU'RE IN A PRETTY GOOD AND

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STERILE ENVIRONMENT IN TERMS OF

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A COLD OR THE FLU.

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SO WE MISSED THE FLU SEASON

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WHILE HE WERE UP THERE.

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BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK

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PROTECTING US GETTING UP THERE,

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BUT WE SPENT TIME CLEANING UP

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THE SPACE STATION AS WELL.

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>> EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, YOU

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HAVE TO CLEAN THE SPACE STATION.

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>> VACUUMING, AND WIPING DOWN

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THINGS.

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>> AS A NAVY GUY MYSELF, BEING

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ON A SHIP, CRITICALLY IMPORTANT

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TO KEEP EVERYTHING AS CLEAN AS

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POSSIBLE BECAUSE IF ONE PERSON

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GETS SICK, EVERYBODY GETS SICK.

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IT HAPPEN ONCE IN A WHILE

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WHETHER IT WAS THREE CREW OR

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SIX.

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ANOTHER QUESTION IS--A NUMBER OF

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THESE, JUST LAUNCHED.

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WHEN YOU LAUNCH ON SOYUZ, WHAT

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IS THE JOLT LIKE?

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IS IT SMOOTH?

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IS IT HARSH?

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WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU LAUNCH

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ON SOYUZ OR DO YOU REMEMBER MUCH

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OF IT?

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>> I DEFINITELY REMAINDER THE

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LAUNCH.

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WE TRAINED IN THE SIMULATOR THAT

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DID A REALLY GOOD JOB GETTING US

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USED TO THE SMALL SPACE.

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BECAUSE IT WAS SO SMOOTH I WAS

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DISAPPOINTED THAT I WOULDN'T GET

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A BETTER STORY OUT OF IT.

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THE WINDOW WAS DIFFERENT FROM

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THE SIMULATOR, AND MOSTLY IT WAS

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JUST THE BLACKNESS OF SPACE.

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THE ONE THING THAT WAS VERY

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DIFFERENT.

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WE WENT FROM ONE STAGE TO

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ANOTHER, WHICH FELT LIKE A JOLT

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FORWARD.

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THAT WAS SHOCKING AS WE CHANGED,

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BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS VERY

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SMOOTH.

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>> YEAH, UNTIL WE GOT TO THE

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SPACE STATION, AND IT'S A FUNNY

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STORY.

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MARK--

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>> YES, AS WE WERE APPROACHING.

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>> YOU KNOW, YOU GET TO THE

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LAUNCH SEQUENCE.

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YOU START TO APPROACH THE SPACE

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STATION, AND YOU GET YOUR FIRST

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GLIMPSE OUT OF THE WINDOW OF

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THIS BEAUTIFUL LABORATORY THAT

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WE BUILT, AND THEN MARK--

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>> WHICH WAS THE SAME TIME THE

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SPACE STATION WAS LOOKING OUT OF

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THE SPACE STATION WITH HIS

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PERISCOPE.

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HE HAS TO BE REREADY TO RESPOND

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TO A FAILURE BECAUSE HE HAS TO

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DO IT MANUALLY, POSSIBLY.

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SO IT'S VERY TENSE FOR HIM.

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I'M TRYING TO SUPPORT HIM, BUT I

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GET THIS VIEW OF MASSIVE SOLAR

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RAYS OUT THE WINDOW.

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>> YES, WE WERE HOT MICKED, SO

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EVERYBODY COULD HEAR WHAT WE

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WERE SAYING.

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>> HOW MUCH DO YOU SWEAT DURING

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ALL THAT?

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>> THE SUIT--WE'RE CONNECTED TO

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A VENTILATION SYSTEM.

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IF WE'RE SWEATING A LOT, IT GETS

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DRIED UP.

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AS LONG AS THE SUIT SYSTEM IS

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WORKING.

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THERE WERE SIMULATORS WHERE WE

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SWEATED TONS.

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>> IT'S EASIER REALTIME.

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YOU'VE TRAINED FOR SO LONG, AND

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YOU'RE READY FOR IT.

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>> YOU'RE PRETTY PREPARED.

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>> FINAL QUESTION FOR BOTH OF

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YOU, BUT BOTH OF YOU HAVE BEEN

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EDUCATORS IN YOUR DAY.

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I HAVE A QUESTION HERE FROM A

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FOURTH GRADER.

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DID YOU USE ALGEBRA WHEN YOU'RE

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UP THERE?

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>> HOW CAN YOU NOT USE ALGEBRA?

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EVERY DAY ALGEBRA IS INVOLVED.

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IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT.

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>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NASA

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DOES IN ITS MISSION IS TO

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INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN

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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING

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AND MATH.

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IT'S NOT JUST THE ASTRONAUTS WHO

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ARE HEROES WHO NEED TO USE THESE

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SKILLS, IT'S ALSO ALL THE PEOPLE

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WHO DESIGN AND BUILD AND

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INTEGRATE THESE AMAZING

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CAPABILITIES FOR OUR COUNTRY AND

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FOR THE WORLD.

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I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH

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FOR BEING HERE.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO

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THIS COUNTRY.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO

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NASA.

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ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF MY JOB

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IS GETTING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK

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WITH FOLKS LIKE YOU.

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YOU'RE BOTH GREAT AMERICANS.

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MARK VANDE HEI AND JOE ACABA,

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.