1
00:00:08,030 --> 00:00:02,090
cooperation between

2
00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:14,910
countries discovery clears the tower

3
00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:26,990
discovery you everybody

4
00:00:41,350 --> 00:00:33,260
[Music]

5
00:00:47,750 --> 00:00:44,310
good afternoon and welcome to a q a with

6
00:00:49,670 --> 00:00:47,760
the nasa spacex crew 1 astronauts before

7
00:00:51,670 --> 00:00:49,680
their launch aboard the spacex crew

8
00:00:53,670 --> 00:00:51,680
dragon to the international space

9
00:00:57,350 --> 00:00:53,680
station which is scheduled for this

10
00:00:58,709 --> 00:00:57,360
saturday november 14th at 7 49 pm

11
00:01:01,270 --> 00:00:58,719
eastern time

12
00:01:02,229 --> 00:01:01,280
from left our mission specialist shannon

13
00:01:05,189 --> 00:01:02,239
walker

14
00:01:07,830 --> 00:01:05,199
pilot victor glover and crew dragon

15
00:01:09,109 --> 00:01:07,840
commander mike hawkins all nasa

16
00:01:10,830 --> 00:01:09,119
astronauts

17
00:01:14,230 --> 00:01:10,840
and mission specialist

18
00:01:15,590 --> 00:01:14,240
suici japan aerospace exploration agency

19
00:01:17,830 --> 00:01:15,600
astronaut

20
00:01:20,630 --> 00:01:17,840
nasa's spacex crew 1 mission is the

21
00:01:23,270 --> 00:01:20,640
first crew rotational flight of the u.s

22
00:01:25,350 --> 00:01:23,280
commercial spacecraft with astronauts to

23
00:01:27,510 --> 00:01:25,360
the international space station

24
00:01:29,749 --> 00:01:27,520
the crew arrived to nasa's kennedy space

25
00:01:32,230 --> 00:01:29,759
center in florida yesterday and is

26
00:01:34,069 --> 00:01:32,240
joining us from crew quarters we'll give

27
00:01:35,670 --> 00:01:34,079
them a chance to make brief remarks and

28
00:01:37,670 --> 00:01:35,680
then we'll take questions from the phone

29
00:01:39,910 --> 00:01:37,680
line and social media

30
00:01:41,670 --> 00:01:39,920
participants on the phone can press star

31
00:01:43,990 --> 00:01:41,680
one to let us know that you have a

32
00:01:46,630 --> 00:01:44,000
question and those joining us at home

33
00:01:50,230 --> 00:01:46,640
can ask questions on social media using

34
00:01:52,230 --> 00:01:50,240
the hashtag asknasa with that over to

35
00:01:54,789 --> 00:01:52,240
you mike

36
00:01:56,870 --> 00:01:54,799
okay thanks megan and good afternoon and

37
00:01:59,030 --> 00:01:56,880
thank you to everyone that is joining us

38
00:02:01,830 --> 00:01:59,040
today as you can imagine we're very

39
00:02:03,670 --> 00:02:01,840
excited to be here in florida at kennedy

40
00:02:05,190 --> 00:02:03,680
space center for the final days before

41
00:02:06,310 --> 00:02:05,200
our launch to the international space

42
00:02:08,309 --> 00:02:06,320
station

43
00:02:12,229 --> 00:02:08,319
it's pretty amazing we've been here less

44
00:02:14,790 --> 00:02:12,239
than 24 hours and in that time we have

45
00:02:16,710 --> 00:02:14,800
seen our rocket we've seen our space

46
00:02:19,030 --> 00:02:16,720
vehicle resilience and we've seen our

47
00:02:21,110 --> 00:02:19,040
spacesuits and so for an astronaut

48
00:02:23,270 --> 00:02:21,120
that's considered a pretty good day

49
00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:23,280
um as we speak to you today though we do

50
00:02:27,830 --> 00:02:25,280
want to acknowledge that there are final

51
00:02:29,750 --> 00:02:27,840
preparations on the vehicle the hardware

52
00:02:32,390 --> 00:02:29,760
that are ongoing as well as final

53
00:02:34,630 --> 00:02:32,400
reviews at the agency level and so the

54
00:02:37,830 --> 00:02:34,640
the number of people that are supporting

55
00:02:39,830 --> 00:02:37,840
uh this launches are many and uh and so

56
00:02:42,150 --> 00:02:39,840
we just want to say thank you to all of

57
00:02:43,509 --> 00:02:42,160
them that are that are making this uh

58
00:02:46,630 --> 00:02:43,519
this happen

59
00:02:49,830 --> 00:02:46,640
um as a crew we are ready um we are

60
00:02:51,589 --> 00:02:49,840
ready for this launch we are ready for

61
00:02:53,270 --> 00:02:51,599
the six months of work that is waiting

62
00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:53,280
for us on board the international space

63
00:02:59,830 --> 00:02:57,120
station and we are ready for the return

64
00:03:02,309 --> 00:02:59,840
and finally i just i want to say thank

65
00:03:05,350 --> 00:03:02,319
you thank you to our families thank you

66
00:03:07,589 --> 00:03:05,360
to all the people at nasa at spacex and

67
00:03:11,910 --> 00:03:07,599
around the world that have helped us get

68
00:03:15,670 --> 00:03:13,830
thank you all right we don't have a lot

69
00:03:16,710 --> 00:03:15,680
of time so let's go straight into

70
00:03:18,949 --> 00:03:16,720
questions

71
00:03:21,509 --> 00:03:18,959
let's start with bill harwood with cbs

72
00:03:25,030 --> 00:03:23,190
hey guys it's bill harwood over here at

73
00:03:26,789 --> 00:03:25,040
the kennedy space center um

74
00:03:28,550 --> 00:03:26,799
i guess this is for mike you know this

75
00:03:29,830 --> 00:03:28,560
is the first operational flight of a

76
00:03:32,390 --> 00:03:29,840
crew dragon

77
00:03:33,190 --> 00:03:32,400
tell us why it's so important to both

78
00:03:35,430 --> 00:03:33,200
uh

79
00:03:36,789 --> 00:03:35,440
for to end nasa's sole reliance on the

80
00:03:39,270 --> 00:03:36,799
soyuz

81
00:03:41,589 --> 00:03:39,280
and the value of getting four usos crew

82
00:03:44,550 --> 00:03:41,599
on station for the foreseeable future

83
00:03:46,390 --> 00:03:44,560
from a science standpoint thanks

84
00:03:47,830 --> 00:03:46,400
you bethel hey uh thanks for the

85
00:03:50,149 --> 00:03:47,840
question and

86
00:03:52,309 --> 00:03:50,159
you know i think um first of all i'd say

87
00:03:54,949 --> 00:03:52,319
that our relationship that we've had

88
00:03:56,470 --> 00:03:54,959
with our russian partners and the the

89
00:03:58,229 --> 00:03:56,480
ability to fly with them to the

90
00:04:01,110 --> 00:03:58,239
international space station on the soyuz

91
00:04:03,350 --> 00:04:01,120
has been fantastic that has been a great

92
00:04:04,309 --> 00:04:03,360
relationship that we've relied on over

93
00:04:06,789 --> 00:04:04,319
the years

94
00:04:08,309 --> 00:04:06,799
but at the same time it's also good to

95
00:04:09,910 --> 00:04:08,319
have your own capabilities and it's

96
00:04:12,070 --> 00:04:09,920
great for our country it's great for the

97
00:04:13,910 --> 00:04:12,080
world to have options in terms of

98
00:04:14,710 --> 00:04:13,920
getting into space and so i think you're

99
00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:14,720
seeing

100
00:04:19,430 --> 00:04:17,600
uh this growth in this capability not

101
00:04:21,110 --> 00:04:19,440
only just the ability to get humans into

102
00:04:23,510 --> 00:04:21,120
space but you've seen it already with

103
00:04:26,070 --> 00:04:23,520
the ability to get cargo into space and

104
00:04:28,790 --> 00:04:26,080
and so this is just another step on that

105
00:04:30,469 --> 00:04:28,800
process and then i am really excited as

106
00:04:31,749 --> 00:04:30,479
you mentioned to see what it's going to

107
00:04:34,790 --> 00:04:31,759
be like when we're actually going to

108
00:04:36,230 --> 00:04:34,800
have five uh us os crew members on board

109
00:04:37,990 --> 00:04:36,240
the international space station along

110
00:04:40,070 --> 00:04:38,000
with our two russian colleagues they'll

111
00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:40,080
be up there with us but it's going to be

112
00:04:43,189 --> 00:04:42,000
exciting to see how much work we're

113
00:04:44,310 --> 00:04:43,199
going to be able to get done while we're

114
00:04:45,830 --> 00:04:44,320
there

115
00:04:47,350 --> 00:04:45,840
and so i know they've got a plan we

116
00:04:49,909 --> 00:04:47,360
actually yesterday had a chance to kind

117
00:04:51,350 --> 00:04:49,919
of see what that first week looks like

118
00:04:52,550 --> 00:04:51,360
and already there's not a lot of great

119
00:04:57,189 --> 00:04:52,560
space on there so i think they're going

120
00:05:07,430 --> 00:04:59,350
all right let's go to chris davenport

121
00:05:11,670 --> 00:05:09,430
hopkins i mean human space flight's

122
00:05:13,670 --> 00:05:11,680
always a challenge but here you've got

123
00:05:14,710 --> 00:05:13,680
sort of this double whammy of a pandemic

124
00:05:16,629 --> 00:05:14,720
and now

125
00:05:18,550 --> 00:05:16,639
potentially this tropical storm bearing

126
00:05:20,870 --> 00:05:18,560
down and just wondering what impact

127
00:05:22,230 --> 00:05:20,880
that's having on you all and what if any

128
00:05:25,990 --> 00:05:22,240
effect is having on all your

129
00:05:30,390 --> 00:05:28,790
well it is 2020. so

130
00:05:32,550 --> 00:05:30,400
i guess the tropical storm we're not

131
00:05:35,189 --> 00:05:32,560
surprised by by that

132
00:05:37,029 --> 00:05:35,199
um it has been interesting in fact you

133
00:05:38,870 --> 00:05:37,039
know victor and i we've been

134
00:05:40,310 --> 00:05:38,880
training for this mission for about two

135
00:05:42,390 --> 00:05:40,320
years a little over two years now

136
00:05:45,110 --> 00:05:42,400
shannon and suici that they joined us

137
00:05:45,990 --> 00:05:45,120
about the time the pandemic started and

138
00:05:47,270 --> 00:05:46,000
and so

139
00:05:50,230 --> 00:05:47,280
as far as they've been concerned they

140
00:05:52,629 --> 00:05:50,240
haven't known training without having to

141
00:05:55,110 --> 00:05:52,639
work around the pandemic and uh that's

142
00:05:56,469 --> 00:05:55,120
really uh we've had to do some some

143
00:05:59,189 --> 00:05:56,479
special things to make that happen

144
00:06:01,749 --> 00:05:59,199
that's hap not only to protect us but

145
00:06:04,150 --> 00:06:01,759
also to protect the entire team um

146
00:06:06,070 --> 00:06:04,160
because the trainers the people that are

147
00:06:07,909 --> 00:06:06,080
that are building uh the vehicles the

148
00:06:10,230 --> 00:06:07,919
people that uh are sitting in the

149
00:06:12,230 --> 00:06:10,240
control rooms all of that uh it just it

150
00:06:15,189 --> 00:06:12,240
has taken a special effort to to protect

151
00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:15,199
everybody and and so that has uh changed

152
00:06:19,749 --> 00:06:17,520
the training flow a little bit um it's

153
00:06:21,430 --> 00:06:19,759
put us i guess in in isolation a little

154
00:06:23,510 --> 00:06:21,440
bit it's actually from our families

155
00:06:25,510 --> 00:06:23,520
perspectives as well as you can imagine

156
00:06:28,070 --> 00:06:25,520
uh we've had the you know they've been a

157
00:06:30,150 --> 00:06:28,080
little bit more restrictive um

158
00:06:32,150 --> 00:06:30,160
on their activities as well over the

159
00:06:35,029 --> 00:06:32,160
past eight months uh just because of the

160
00:06:36,629 --> 00:06:35,039
situation that that we're in and so it's

161
00:06:38,230 --> 00:06:36,639
been difficult but at the same time i

162
00:06:41,909 --> 00:06:38,240
would say people have done an amazing

163
00:06:43,510 --> 00:06:41,919
job of getting this to to this point and

164
00:06:45,110 --> 00:06:43,520
and so i can't say enough about that as

165
00:06:47,110 --> 00:06:45,120
far as the weather you know we're

166
00:06:49,270 --> 00:06:47,120
looking at that very closely it has had

167
00:06:50,390 --> 00:06:49,280
some impacts on our preparations they've

168
00:06:51,909 --> 00:06:50,400
adjusted

169
00:06:53,990 --> 00:06:51,919
when we're going to roll the vehicle out

170
00:06:56,309 --> 00:06:54,000
and and do static fires and things of

171
00:06:58,230 --> 00:06:56,319
that nature but right now

172
00:07:02,790 --> 00:06:58,240
we're still on a plan to be ready to

173
00:07:09,189 --> 00:07:05,270
okay let's go to camden hall with

174
00:07:13,830 --> 00:07:11,510
and is really for anybody on the crew or

175
00:07:16,950 --> 00:07:13,840
suici anybody that has experience with

176
00:07:18,710 --> 00:07:16,960
the shuttle as described at t minus one

177
00:07:20,790 --> 00:07:18,720
minute they say it feels like the

178
00:07:22,629 --> 00:07:20,800
shuttle is coming uh you know alive

179
00:07:25,110 --> 00:07:22,639
beneath them do you feel like that same

180
00:07:26,950 --> 00:07:25,120
thing will occur with falcon 9 at that

181
00:07:29,270 --> 00:07:26,960
one minute mark or do you feel like

182
00:07:32,950 --> 00:07:29,280
it'll be much smoother up until that p0

183
00:07:37,430 --> 00:07:34,309
well i'll take the

184
00:07:39,830 --> 00:07:37,440
first question hello nashville

185
00:07:41,909 --> 00:07:39,840
uh will be uh very interesting i'm

186
00:07:44,710 --> 00:07:41,919
interested to to experience this the

187
00:07:47,110 --> 00:07:44,720
first dragon for all of us

188
00:07:49,189 --> 00:07:47,120
and what we hear from bob and doc on the

189
00:07:50,710 --> 00:07:49,199
demo one that they have a couple of a

190
00:07:53,510 --> 00:07:50,720
very distinct

191
00:07:55,670 --> 00:07:53,520
noise or sound as they do the feeling

192
00:07:58,309 --> 00:07:55,680
through the the final stage

193
00:08:01,430 --> 00:07:58,319
and so that's it's kind of a signs of

194
00:08:03,510 --> 00:08:01,440
that the rocket is filled up ready to go

195
00:08:07,749 --> 00:08:03,520
so i'm really anxious to to feel that

196
00:08:12,790 --> 00:08:10,230
all right let's go to gina clincary with

197
00:08:15,510 --> 00:08:12,800
abc news

198
00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:15,520
this is for commander hopkins uh how are

199
00:08:19,430 --> 00:08:17,440
the sleeping arrangements going to work

200
00:08:21,350 --> 00:08:19,440
on the space station please watch your

201
00:08:24,390 --> 00:08:21,360
short one sleeping pod

202
00:08:26,790 --> 00:08:24,400
with five of you up there

203
00:08:29,430 --> 00:08:26,800
so that's a that's a great question it's

204
00:08:32,630 --> 00:08:29,440
a great observation as well um yes we

205
00:08:35,190 --> 00:08:32,640
are currently short one crew quarters on

206
00:08:37,029 --> 00:08:35,200
board station i will say that the iss

207
00:08:38,230 --> 00:08:37,039
program is working on that and there are

208
00:08:41,350 --> 00:08:38,240
plans to

209
00:08:43,029 --> 00:08:41,360
to have a a temporary station

210
00:08:44,630 --> 00:08:43,039
that will be up there not sure when it's

211
00:08:46,230 --> 00:08:44,640
going to arrive it could arrive in

212
00:08:47,509 --> 00:08:46,240
admission or

213
00:08:50,389 --> 00:08:47,519
it may not get up there while we're

214
00:08:53,269 --> 00:08:50,399
still on board uh so in the interim uh

215
00:08:56,470 --> 00:08:53,279
they are exploring options that uh where

216
00:08:58,470 --> 00:08:56,480
where i can sleep uh including on the

217
00:09:00,550 --> 00:08:58,480
vehicle itself on resilience itself and

218
00:09:02,150 --> 00:09:00,560
so i think that's the at least the

219
00:09:03,910 --> 00:09:02,160
leading candidate for

220
00:09:05,990 --> 00:09:03,920
uh initially when we get on board but

221
00:09:07,190 --> 00:09:06,000
we'll continue to evaluate that

222
00:09:12,550 --> 00:09:07,200
throughout the mission and make sure

223
00:09:17,750 --> 00:09:16,070
okay now to dan bowen with fox 5 new

224
00:09:21,910 --> 00:09:17,760
york

225
00:09:23,750 --> 00:09:21,920
thank you so much two questions if it's

226
00:09:25,750 --> 00:09:23,760
okay the first question

227
00:09:27,430 --> 00:09:25,760
but when you all leave to when you come

228
00:09:30,230 --> 00:09:27,440
back the country could look very

229
00:09:31,509 --> 00:09:30,240
different uh with a vaccine potential

230
00:09:34,070 --> 00:09:31,519
and a new administration is that

231
00:09:36,470 --> 00:09:34,080
something you guys have to keep in mind

232
00:09:38,389 --> 00:09:36,480
or sort of compartmentalize

233
00:09:40,630 --> 00:09:38,399
the next question for victor victor we

234
00:09:42,630 --> 00:09:40,640
just had history with the first black

235
00:09:44,470 --> 00:09:42,640
woman elected as vice president you'll

236
00:09:46,070 --> 00:09:44,480
make history with this flight and uh

237
00:09:52,949 --> 00:09:46,080
that's something you can kind of put

238
00:09:56,710 --> 00:09:54,710
yes you know so the world is going to

239
00:09:58,150 --> 00:09:56,720
look different hopefully uh i would i

240
00:10:01,350 --> 00:09:58,160
would love to see and hey dan how you

241
00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:01,360
doing uh i i hope that it's mainly based

242
00:10:06,550 --> 00:10:03,279
on the fact that we have a vaccine and

243
00:10:07,829 --> 00:10:06,560
that people can go about uh you know

244
00:10:09,269 --> 00:10:07,839
taking care of the things they need to

245
00:10:11,670 --> 00:10:09,279
take care of in their in their normal

246
00:10:13,829 --> 00:10:11,680
lives uh safely so that's that's the

247
00:10:16,310 --> 00:10:13,839
biggest thing that i hope happens

248
00:10:19,269 --> 00:10:16,320
and you know i i think uh to put this in

249
00:10:21,110 --> 00:10:19,279
context it it is something to be

250
00:10:23,110 --> 00:10:21,120
celebrated once we accomplish it and you

251
00:10:24,870 --> 00:10:23,120
know i'm i am uh honored to be in this

252
00:10:26,710 --> 00:10:24,880
position and to be a part of this great

253
00:10:28,230 --> 00:10:26,720
and experienced crew and i look forward

254
00:10:30,389 --> 00:10:28,240
to getting up there and doing my best to

255
00:10:32,069 --> 00:10:30,399
make sure that uh you know we are worthy

256
00:10:35,110 --> 00:10:32,079
of all the work that's been put into to

257
00:10:36,630 --> 00:10:35,120
setting us up for this mission so uh but

258
00:10:39,190 --> 00:10:36,640
you know unlike the election you know

259
00:10:40,550 --> 00:10:39,200
that uh is in the past or at least is

260
00:10:42,069 --> 00:10:40,560
receding into the past where this

261
00:10:43,990 --> 00:10:42,079
mission is still ahead of me so let's

262
00:10:50,630 --> 00:10:44,000
get there and then uh i'll talk to you

263
00:10:56,630 --> 00:10:53,750
okay let's go to paul rivera with wesh 2

264
00:11:00,710 --> 00:10:58,550
to see you all this is to the group i

265
00:11:01,990 --> 00:11:00,720
was just curious about your reaction of

266
00:11:04,389 --> 00:11:02,000
the news of

267
00:11:06,870 --> 00:11:04,399
administrator jim brady stein steps down

268
00:11:08,870 --> 00:11:06,880
once the president-elect is sworn in do

269
00:11:11,670 --> 00:11:08,880
you also think that that's going to

270
00:11:16,470 --> 00:11:11,680
affect in any way future nasa astronauts

271
00:11:21,670 --> 00:11:19,030
uh well yeah that's a good question um i

272
00:11:23,430 --> 00:11:21,680
know it's it's customary for the

273
00:11:25,190 --> 00:11:23,440
administ uh people in the administration

274
00:11:27,110 --> 00:11:25,200
to submit their resignations and then we

275
00:11:30,150 --> 00:11:27,120
have to take it from there honestly i

276
00:11:31,670 --> 00:11:30,160
have no idea what will come after that i

277
00:11:34,150 --> 00:11:31,680
assuming that we will continue on with

278
00:11:36,069 --> 00:11:34,160
our artemis mission and just keep doing

279
00:11:43,030 --> 00:11:36,079
what we've been doing at nasa because

280
00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:48,230
okay let's go to mike brown with inverse

281
00:11:53,269 --> 00:11:51,190
hi guys um yeah thank you very much for

282
00:11:56,150 --> 00:11:53,279
taking the time to speak with um

283
00:11:58,069 --> 00:11:56,160
my question is uh this flight is uh

284
00:12:00,389 --> 00:11:58,079
several hours

285
00:12:04,629 --> 00:12:00,399
to the international space station

286
00:12:06,550 --> 00:12:04,639
and uh i'm curious what that's like to

287
00:12:08,310 --> 00:12:06,560
sort of be in that position for several

288
00:12:10,710 --> 00:12:08,320
hours i mean uh how do you stay

289
00:12:13,750 --> 00:12:10,720
comfortable uh how you go to the

290
00:12:16,550 --> 00:12:13,760
bathroom uh uh how do you eat uh what is

291
00:12:20,629 --> 00:12:16,560
it like sort of spending the day on this

292
00:12:24,069 --> 00:12:22,150
yeah so that's actually one of the

293
00:12:26,310 --> 00:12:24,079
interesting parts about uh this

294
00:12:27,430 --> 00:12:26,320
particular mission is you know when bob

295
00:12:28,949 --> 00:12:27,440
and doug launched they were only two

296
00:12:31,190 --> 00:12:28,959
people and and so we're gonna be

297
00:12:33,430 --> 00:12:31,200
figuring out uh some of that as we go

298
00:12:35,509 --> 00:12:33,440
because uh we'll be the first crew on it

299
00:12:38,389 --> 00:12:35,519
with uh four of us a full crew

300
00:12:40,389 --> 00:12:38,399
and and so right now the way the launch

301
00:12:42,150 --> 00:12:40,399
looks it's going to be a day one

302
00:12:43,750 --> 00:12:42,160
rendezvous so

303
00:12:45,910 --> 00:12:43,760
i think about a little over eight hours

304
00:12:47,829 --> 00:12:45,920
after we launch we should be docking to

305
00:12:49,670 --> 00:12:47,839
the international space station so

306
00:12:51,110 --> 00:12:49,680
there's not going to be a lot of time

307
00:12:53,030 --> 00:12:51,120
we're not anticipating that we're going

308
00:12:54,550 --> 00:12:53,040
to have to have a sleep period or

309
00:12:56,230 --> 00:12:54,560
anything of that nature

310
00:12:57,910 --> 00:12:56,240
and but at the same time if we were to

311
00:13:01,190 --> 00:12:57,920
slip to the next day

312
00:13:04,230 --> 00:13:01,200
it becomes more of a 24 25 i think even

313
00:13:05,910 --> 00:13:04,240
maybe 27 hour rendezvous so now

314
00:13:07,829 --> 00:13:05,920
that question becomes even more relevant

315
00:13:10,470 --> 00:13:07,839
because now we're spending uh quite a

316
00:13:12,150 --> 00:13:10,480
bit more time on board the vehicle so i

317
00:13:13,910 --> 00:13:12,160
think it really depends a little bit on

318
00:13:15,590 --> 00:13:13,920
uh the length of the mission shannon you

319
00:13:17,509 --> 00:13:15,600
want to i was just going to add even if

320
00:13:19,430 --> 00:13:17,519
we do have our short in rendezvous and

321
00:13:21,190 --> 00:13:19,440
get there in eight and a half hours i

322
00:13:22,790 --> 00:13:21,200
know as a crew we're going to evaluate

323
00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:22,800
the choreography that it takes to do

324
00:13:27,670 --> 00:13:24,880
things in that castle so we can

325
00:13:29,190 --> 00:13:27,680
inform future crews when they have four

326
00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:29,200
people and we'll probably have longer

327
00:13:40,870 --> 00:13:37,190
okay morgan mcfall johnson with business

328
00:13:45,509 --> 00:13:42,870
hi thanks so much for taking my question

329
00:13:47,350 --> 00:13:45,519
and this is for any and all of you um

330
00:13:49,110 --> 00:13:47,360
overall how are your nerves holding up

331
00:13:51,750 --> 00:13:49,120
ahead of being only the second group of

332
00:13:54,069 --> 00:13:51,760
people ever to fly on this new vehicle

333
00:13:55,509 --> 00:13:54,079
um and relatedly i'm also wondering what

334
00:13:58,150 --> 00:13:55,519
your thoughts are about this recent

335
00:13:59,670 --> 00:13:58,160
falcon 9 incident where masking lacquer

336
00:14:02,310 --> 00:13:59,680
clogged up a borehole in an engine

337
00:14:03,990 --> 00:14:02,320
release valve and led to a launch abort

338
00:14:05,990 --> 00:14:04,000
just wondering what your reaction was to

339
00:14:08,230 --> 00:14:06,000
learning about that and if you've had

340
00:14:10,790 --> 00:14:08,240
any conversations with spacex about it

341
00:14:12,790 --> 00:14:10,800
thanks so much

342
00:14:15,030 --> 00:14:12,800
i'll take the second part of that that

343
00:14:16,949 --> 00:14:15,040
question in terms of the issues that

344
00:14:19,590 --> 00:14:16,959
that occurred on the aborts of the

345
00:14:21,910 --> 00:14:19,600
launch uh basically you know i started

346
00:14:23,829 --> 00:14:21,920
in my uh when i had my opening remarks i

347
00:14:25,430 --> 00:14:23,839
talked about the number of people um

348
00:14:26,949 --> 00:14:25,440
that have been working on this mission

349
00:14:29,509 --> 00:14:26,959
and it truly is staggering when you look

350
00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:29,519
at those and and so all of those issues

351
00:14:32,310 --> 00:14:30,480
that you're

352
00:14:34,150 --> 00:14:32,320
referring to they've been looked at very

353
00:14:36,150 --> 00:14:34,160
closely they're still being looked at

354
00:14:38,870 --> 00:14:36,160
they're being reviewed and we have

355
00:14:41,670 --> 00:14:38,880
absolute faith and trust in the team

356
00:14:44,310 --> 00:14:41,680
that is doing that and so we know

357
00:14:46,949 --> 00:14:44,320
that when we walk to that launch pad on

358
00:14:49,590 --> 00:14:46,959
saturday that everybody has assured that

359
00:14:50,629 --> 00:14:49,600
that vehicle is is ready uh as far as

360
00:14:51,670 --> 00:14:50,639
the nerves

361
00:14:53,030 --> 00:14:51,680
um

362
00:14:55,189 --> 00:14:53,040
you know it's like it's like anything

363
00:14:57,750 --> 00:14:55,199
we're not quite there yet right and so

364
00:15:00,550 --> 00:14:57,760
sometimes if uh you know i had the

365
00:15:02,069 --> 00:15:00,560
football background and and so you know

366
00:15:04,870 --> 00:15:02,079
the nerves start to really pile on as

367
00:15:07,670 --> 00:15:04,880
you get closer to to launch and uh but

368
00:15:09,670 --> 00:15:07,680
at the same time we're having a a very

369
00:15:11,990 --> 00:15:09,680
good time here in crew quarters they're

370
00:15:13,670 --> 00:15:12,000
feeding us very well can't complain at

371
00:15:15,509 --> 00:15:13,680
all with that we're having a lot of good

372
00:15:17,670 --> 00:15:15,519
lasting at the same time

373
00:15:18,949 --> 00:15:17,680
we're going through a lot of our final

374
00:15:20,949 --> 00:15:18,959
preparations a lot of our final

375
00:15:22,470 --> 00:15:20,959
briefings final reviews uh things of

376
00:15:24,150 --> 00:15:22,480
that nature and that's all going well

377
00:15:25,670 --> 00:15:24,160
and so i think that helps keep the

378
00:15:27,269 --> 00:15:25,680
nerves down a little bit as well because

379
00:15:28,629 --> 00:15:27,279
you're just kind of going like clockwork

380
00:15:33,269 --> 00:15:28,639
through the the procedure in the

381
00:15:37,350 --> 00:15:35,110
okay marcia dunn with the associated

382
00:15:40,389 --> 00:15:37,360
press

383
00:15:42,790 --> 00:15:40,399
yes hi um hello again i'm wondering what

384
00:15:45,670 --> 00:15:42,800
is the most valuable piece of advice

385
00:15:46,870 --> 00:15:45,680
you've gotten from bob and or doug and

386
00:15:48,629 --> 00:15:46,880
do you know if they're going to be

387
00:15:53,269 --> 00:15:48,639
coming coming to watch your launch in

388
00:15:58,310 --> 00:15:55,990
yeah so i think from uh coming to launch

389
00:16:00,150 --> 00:15:58,320
watch the launch in person um much like

390
00:16:02,550 --> 00:16:00,160
for their launch the numbers are are

391
00:16:04,470 --> 00:16:02,560
very restricted right now um just

392
00:16:06,310 --> 00:16:04,480
because of the the situation with the

393
00:16:07,189 --> 00:16:06,320
pandemic so i do not believe either one

394
00:16:09,990 --> 00:16:07,199
of them

395
00:16:12,150 --> 00:16:10,000
are are going to be here uh we've we've

396
00:16:13,910 --> 00:16:12,160
had an opportunity to talk with them not

397
00:16:15,350 --> 00:16:13,920
only right after they got on orbit but

398
00:16:16,949 --> 00:16:15,360
then after they returned home and so we

399
00:16:18,389 --> 00:16:16,959
kind of got some advice

400
00:16:21,350 --> 00:16:18,399
through

401
00:16:23,430 --> 00:16:21,360
mission if you will and i'll let

402
00:16:25,030 --> 00:16:23,440
everybody kind of if they want to jump

403
00:16:26,550 --> 00:16:25,040
in with something they heard from them

404
00:16:28,949 --> 00:16:26,560
that that they thought was very helpful

405
00:16:30,790 --> 00:16:28,959
i think for me one of the uh the best

406
00:16:33,189 --> 00:16:30,800
piece of advice from from doug when we

407
00:16:34,949 --> 00:16:33,199
were talking about the landing piece uh

408
00:16:37,590 --> 00:16:34,959
he he talked about staying ahead of the

409
00:16:39,990 --> 00:16:37,600
vehicle and uh and that just means you

410
00:16:41,910 --> 00:16:40,000
know making sure you are are thinking

411
00:16:43,670 --> 00:16:41,920
ahead of the next step the next phase

412
00:16:45,110 --> 00:16:43,680
it's it's very similar to what we see

413
00:16:46,790 --> 00:16:45,120
when we're in the flying world when

414
00:16:48,949 --> 00:16:46,800
you're out there in our in the jets that

415
00:16:50,470 --> 00:16:48,959
we're flying around and and so i thought

416
00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:50,480
that was a good piece of advice that as

417
00:16:53,189 --> 00:16:51,920
we're getting ready to come into land

418
00:16:54,710 --> 00:16:53,199
things are going to start happening very

419
00:16:56,069 --> 00:16:54,720
fast and you just need to make sure

420
00:16:58,870 --> 00:16:56,079
you're staying ahead of the vehicle in

421
00:17:00,790 --> 00:16:58,880
each each phase as we went through that

422
00:17:02,949 --> 00:17:00,800
something that bob and doug mentioned to

423
00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:02,959
us as soichi said earlier is all the

424
00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:04,400
different sounds that we're going to

425
00:17:07,750 --> 00:17:06,160
have during the the tanking as well as

426
00:17:10,390 --> 00:17:07,760
during ascent

427
00:17:12,150 --> 00:17:10,400
uh on the way to orbital insertion and i

428
00:17:14,069 --> 00:17:12,160
would say that my personal favorite

429
00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:14,079
though was to think about with four of

430
00:17:18,789 --> 00:17:16,480
us uh how we were going to pack our food

431
00:17:20,630 --> 00:17:18,799
and so we actually rearranged our food

432
00:17:22,069 --> 00:17:20,640
to make sure that it it was easy to

433
00:17:23,590 --> 00:17:22,079
access and it also made sense

434
00:17:25,350 --> 00:17:23,600
considering that there are four of us

435
00:17:27,270 --> 00:17:25,360
yeah so yeah

436
00:17:29,990 --> 00:17:27,280
i would add along to that not just

437
00:17:32,070 --> 00:17:30,000
packing the food but dealing with things

438
00:17:34,710 --> 00:17:32,080
inside the capsule and how to do that

439
00:17:35,990 --> 00:17:34,720
efficiently so it doesn't eat your lunch

440
00:17:44,070 --> 00:17:36,000
while you're trying to accomplish other

441
00:17:49,990 --> 00:17:46,470
all right let's go to paul brinkman with

442
00:17:53,830 --> 00:17:51,830
okay um yeah i guess i'd just like to

443
00:17:55,990 --> 00:17:53,840
kind of follow on with the discussions

444
00:17:58,470 --> 00:17:56,000
about uh the capsule and uh thanks for

445
00:18:00,630 --> 00:17:58,480
taking my question um and

446
00:18:04,390 --> 00:18:00,640
shannon um the the four of you have been

447
00:18:08,230 --> 00:18:04,400
inside a dragon before um suited up and

448
00:18:09,990 --> 00:18:08,240
you also flew uh in a soyuz before um

449
00:18:11,909 --> 00:18:10,000
can you just kind of talk about what

450
00:18:13,669 --> 00:18:11,919
that was like to be in there um did it

451
00:18:16,549 --> 00:18:13,679
feel crowded at all it's probably

452
00:18:18,950 --> 00:18:16,559
clearly roomier than a soyuz but um

453
00:18:20,789 --> 00:18:18,960
and also do you think that uh

454
00:18:21,990 --> 00:18:20,799
seven people could ever fit inside the

455
00:18:25,029 --> 00:18:22,000
capsule because i know that's been

456
00:18:27,590 --> 00:18:25,039
discussed before thanks

457
00:18:29,909 --> 00:18:27,600
yeah it's interesting since um

458
00:18:32,230 --> 00:18:29,919
the soyuz where you normally see the

459
00:18:33,830 --> 00:18:32,240
crews sitting inside the soyuz is a

460
00:18:35,990 --> 00:18:33,840
pretty small space

461
00:18:38,549 --> 00:18:36,000
but above that you have a space where

462
00:18:41,110 --> 00:18:38,559
there's cargo so between the two

463
00:18:43,510 --> 00:18:41,120
spaces on a soyuz it's probably only

464
00:18:45,430 --> 00:18:43,520
slightly smaller than um

465
00:18:46,310 --> 00:18:45,440
the dragon capsule

466
00:18:47,350 --> 00:18:46,320
um

467
00:18:48,870 --> 00:18:47,360
although

468
00:18:53,110 --> 00:18:48,880
i think they have more cargo on the

469
00:18:55,190 --> 00:18:53,120
soyuz um staged about so with um

470
00:18:57,430 --> 00:18:55,200
four people i think it does feel more

471
00:18:59,669 --> 00:18:57,440
spacious because it's one volume instead

472
00:19:02,470 --> 00:18:59,679
of two volumes that you have to move

473
00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:02,480
about in i think seven people that may

474
00:19:06,150 --> 00:19:04,720
be a little that'll be sporty to see how

475
00:19:08,950 --> 00:19:06,160
you could handle seven people but you

476
00:19:11,029 --> 00:19:08,960
wouldn't have any cargo in there so um

477
00:19:13,510 --> 00:19:11,039
there'd be room for them but then again

478
00:19:15,190 --> 00:19:13,520
it's it's the uh choreography of

479
00:19:16,870 --> 00:19:15,200
managing all your stuff when you have to

480
00:19:19,029 --> 00:19:16,880
get out of your spacesuits and into your

481
00:19:21,350 --> 00:19:19,039
regular clothes where you're going to

482
00:19:23,669 --> 00:19:21,360
stage everything and and put away your

483
00:19:27,990 --> 00:19:23,679
spacesuits can be it is going to be

484
00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:36,230
okay robert perlman with collect space

485
00:19:39,270 --> 00:19:37,990
thank you for anyone on the crew who

486
00:19:41,669 --> 00:19:39,280
wants to take it i know that you're

487
00:19:43,909 --> 00:19:41,679
flying a new spacecraft but is there

488
00:19:47,029 --> 00:19:43,919
anything on board resilience that blew

489
00:19:49,110 --> 00:19:47,039
aboard demo2 crew transfer bags or any

490
00:19:53,270 --> 00:19:49,120
of your crew equipment are you reusing

491
00:19:56,150 --> 00:19:55,350
i as far as i know i think everything

492
00:20:01,110 --> 00:19:56,160
that

493
00:20:03,110 --> 00:20:01,120
um i guess there could be some common

494
00:20:05,669 --> 00:20:03,120
bags or things of that nature that maybe

495
00:20:07,510 --> 00:20:05,679
are are getting reused but uh it is is

496
00:20:09,110 --> 00:20:07,520
definitely new and i know i believe like

497
00:20:11,350 --> 00:20:09,120
with the soyuz they'll actually use

498
00:20:12,870 --> 00:20:11,360
pieces and parts out of uh ones that

499
00:20:14,870 --> 00:20:12,880
have already flown in in the next

500
00:20:17,029 --> 00:20:14,880
vehicle like control panels and things

501
00:20:23,029 --> 00:20:17,039
of that nature but in our case no i

502
00:20:28,630 --> 00:20:26,149
okay let's go to andrew haberneck with

503
00:20:30,310 --> 00:20:28,640
ky3

504
00:20:32,549 --> 00:20:30,320
uh hi yes thanks for taking my question

505
00:20:34,789 --> 00:20:32,559
uh this is for mike kind of a two uh

506
00:20:36,230 --> 00:20:34,799
two-part question um

507
00:20:38,710 --> 00:20:36,240
what is what does this partnership

508
00:20:40,789 --> 00:20:38,720
between spacex and nasa really kind of

509
00:20:43,750 --> 00:20:40,799
mean for the future of

510
00:20:46,630 --> 00:20:43,760
uh just space travel and just nasa's

511
00:20:48,230 --> 00:20:46,640
future and from for you for a personal

512
00:20:51,270 --> 00:20:48,240
standpoint i'm based here at the lake of

513
00:20:52,630 --> 00:20:51,280
the ozarks your hometown um uh small

514
00:20:54,950 --> 00:20:52,640
town missouri what

515
00:20:55,830 --> 00:20:54,960
what does this whole kind of um

516
00:20:58,230 --> 00:20:55,840
uh

517
00:20:59,990 --> 00:20:58,240
mission mean for you and mean for this

518
00:21:01,909 --> 00:21:00,000
area and the people that live here maybe

519
00:21:03,750 --> 00:21:01,919
the students that go to uh your alma

520
00:21:06,070 --> 00:21:03,760
mater

521
00:21:08,149 --> 00:21:06,080
yeah i'll start with the the second uh

522
00:21:10,070 --> 00:21:08,159
part of that and and i would say

523
00:21:11,830 --> 00:21:10,080
um you know for all of us in terms of

524
00:21:13,590 --> 00:21:11,840
our our alma maters and where we've come

525
00:21:15,430 --> 00:21:13,600
from i think it's

526
00:21:17,350 --> 00:21:15,440
it just tells you that anything is

527
00:21:19,510 --> 00:21:17,360
possible right i mean when i was growing

528
00:21:21,430 --> 00:21:19,520
up in uh at the lake there going to

529
00:21:23,510 --> 00:21:21,440
school of the osage i never would have

530
00:21:24,870 --> 00:21:23,520
thought that that someday i was going to

531
00:21:26,070 --> 00:21:24,880
be sitting here

532
00:21:27,830 --> 00:21:26,080
getting ready to launch to the

533
00:21:29,510 --> 00:21:27,840
international space station on a brand

534
00:21:32,149 --> 00:21:29,520
new vehicle

535
00:21:34,070 --> 00:21:32,159
and so it is it is kind of amazing but i

536
00:21:36,230 --> 00:21:34,080
think it's a good reminder that that

537
00:21:38,710 --> 00:21:36,240
anything is possible and if you're if

538
00:21:40,870 --> 00:21:38,720
you're willing to work hard and and uh

539
00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:40,880
keep after it um it starts with a big

540
00:21:47,110 --> 00:21:43,679
dream and and then you just keep going

541
00:21:50,149 --> 00:21:47,120
and and so i think if we can inspire um

542
00:21:52,470 --> 00:21:50,159
folks around there i i i hope that uh

543
00:21:53,990 --> 00:21:52,480
that maybe that does and and um

544
00:21:55,350 --> 00:21:54,000
and someone's falling in our footsteps

545
00:21:57,909 --> 00:21:55,360
and someday someone from lake of the

546
00:22:00,149 --> 00:21:57,919
ozarks is putting a foot on mars that

547
00:22:02,549 --> 00:22:00,159
would be pretty pretty amazing uh in

548
00:22:05,350 --> 00:22:02,559
terms of the relationship between spacex

549
00:22:07,990 --> 00:22:05,360
and nasa and what that means for futures

550
00:22:10,149 --> 00:22:08,000
uh space flight i i i think it's just

551
00:22:11,110 --> 00:22:10,159
it's it's part of this opening the door

552
00:22:12,710 --> 00:22:11,120
or

553
00:22:15,430 --> 00:22:12,720
particularly right now of low earth

554
00:22:17,430 --> 00:22:15,440
orbit to uh more and more human space

555
00:22:21,190 --> 00:22:17,440
flight you know so currently right now

556
00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:21,200
the the customer is nasa but uh in terms

557
00:22:25,190 --> 00:22:22,960
of uh other customers i know they're out

558
00:22:26,789 --> 00:22:25,200
there and in fact i believe spacex is

559
00:22:28,549 --> 00:22:26,799
looking at some other customers at this

560
00:22:30,789 --> 00:22:28,559
point and i'm sure

561
00:22:32,950 --> 00:22:30,799
boeing and other contractors that are

562
00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:32,960
out there are looking at it as well and

563
00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:35,280
so i think you're going to see

564
00:22:39,590 --> 00:22:38,000
as as this relationship grows i think

565
00:22:41,270 --> 00:22:39,600
it's a fantastic thing that we're going

566
00:22:43,430 --> 00:22:41,280
to have more and more people that are

567
00:22:45,909 --> 00:22:43,440
going to have access to to

568
00:22:47,510 --> 00:22:45,919
low earth orbit and not just

569
00:22:49,909 --> 00:22:47,520
astronauts that are coming from

570
00:22:51,029 --> 00:22:49,919
professional aid agencies like nasa like

571
00:22:52,470 --> 00:22:51,039
jaxa

572
00:22:56,149 --> 00:22:52,480
like we're sitting here in front of you

573
00:23:03,350 --> 00:22:58,230
okay let's go to amy thompson with

574
00:23:08,390 --> 00:23:05,750
hi there thanks for taking my question

575
00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:08,400
um i was wondering if you guys had

576
00:23:15,510 --> 00:23:12,000
picked out a zero g indicator and um

577
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:19,510
yes and no yes

578
00:23:23,510 --> 00:23:21,830
yeah so there's uh you know that is one

579
00:23:26,149 --> 00:23:23,520
of the neat traditions uh human

580
00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:26,159
spaceflight is the zero g indicator and

581
00:23:29,190 --> 00:23:28,320
we are going to continue that tradition

582
00:23:31,029 --> 00:23:29,200
and

583
00:23:33,350 --> 00:23:31,039
um we're going to save the revealing

584
00:23:34,630 --> 00:23:33,360
until we're the second stage is cut off

585
00:23:39,430 --> 00:23:34,640
and hopefully it'll become pretty

586
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:45,909
okay irene klopp with aviation week

587
00:23:49,750 --> 00:23:47,350
thanks

588
00:23:53,110 --> 00:23:49,760
i was wondering for

589
00:23:55,510 --> 00:23:53,120
maybe shannon and michael what

590
00:23:58,870 --> 00:23:55,520
changes as far as just

591
00:24:01,669 --> 00:23:58,880
lifestyle you're expecting and preparing

592
00:24:03,669 --> 00:24:01,679
for with having seven people living on

593
00:24:06,310 --> 00:24:03,679
the space station

594
00:24:08,630 --> 00:24:06,320
when when you all were there was smaller

595
00:24:10,710 --> 00:24:08,640
crews and sometimes much smaller

596
00:24:13,430 --> 00:24:10,720
and uh one quick follow-up for you mike

597
00:24:14,950 --> 00:24:13,440
is um on his question is it you

598
00:24:18,310 --> 00:24:14,960
personally that

599
00:24:21,029 --> 00:24:18,320
volunteered slash been drafted to uh

600
00:24:24,470 --> 00:24:21,039
have the temporary cabin in resilience

601
00:24:28,149 --> 00:24:25,990
shannon you want to start with

602
00:24:30,149 --> 00:24:28,159
life and then all life yeah um it's

603
00:24:31,350 --> 00:24:30,159
going to be interesting i think having

604
00:24:32,789 --> 00:24:31,360
um

605
00:24:34,470 --> 00:24:32,799
one of the big things we're going to

606
00:24:36,390 --> 00:24:34,480
have to be more mindful of is the

607
00:24:38,310 --> 00:24:36,400
scheduling of everything especially the

608
00:24:40,470 --> 00:24:38,320
exercise equipment because we all have

609
00:24:43,990 --> 00:24:40,480
to exercise every day it's usually

610
00:24:46,310 --> 00:24:44,000
important and so there's um much

611
00:24:47,990 --> 00:24:46,320
much tighter schedules uh associated

612
00:24:49,430 --> 00:24:48,000
with the exercise equipment um which

613
00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:49,440
will give us less flexibility in the

614
00:24:54,870 --> 00:24:51,600
rest of our day so you have to exercise

615
00:24:56,230 --> 00:24:54,880
when you have to exercise um i think um

616
00:24:58,710 --> 00:24:56,240
it might be a little more crowded around

617
00:25:03,110 --> 00:24:58,720
the dinner table but that's okay

618
00:25:06,950 --> 00:25:05,350
yeah and so actually uh there's a a

619
00:25:09,350 --> 00:25:06,960
position in mission control called

620
00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:09,360
called the ops planner and they're the

621
00:25:13,590 --> 00:25:11,120
person that's putting together our daily

622
00:25:14,950 --> 00:25:13,600
schedule and i think for those those

623
00:25:16,549 --> 00:25:14,960
folks it's going to get much more

624
00:25:18,390 --> 00:25:16,559
challenging because when we talk about

625
00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:18,400
not just exercise equipment but there's

626
00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:21,279
the the com the video loops all of those

627
00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:22,720
feeds you know like when we're doing

628
00:25:27,110 --> 00:25:24,640
experiments and things like that

629
00:25:28,630 --> 00:25:27,120
i there's a lot of the investigators

630
00:25:30,549 --> 00:25:28,640
want to be able to see what we're doing

631
00:25:31,990 --> 00:25:30,559
real time and now all of a sudden you

632
00:25:33,350 --> 00:25:32,000
could potentially have five different

633
00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:33,360
people working on five different

634
00:25:37,350 --> 00:25:35,919
experiments on the on the international

635
00:25:40,149 --> 00:25:37,360
space station and so do we have the

636
00:25:42,870 --> 00:25:40,159
resources that that enable that and so i

637
00:25:45,029 --> 00:25:42,880
think that is certainly going to uh to

638
00:25:46,789 --> 00:25:45,039
to bring some challenges with it uh in

639
00:25:48,950 --> 00:25:46,799
terms of the uh

640
00:25:50,630 --> 00:25:48,960
in terms of the me being in the and

641
00:25:52,390 --> 00:25:50,640
sleeping in dragon i don't necessarily

642
00:25:53,990 --> 00:25:52,400
look at it as drawing the short straw

643
00:25:56,870 --> 00:25:54,000
though we maybe did a little bit of rock

644
00:25:58,710 --> 00:25:56,880
paper scissors for that or gunman dragon

645
00:26:00,630 --> 00:25:58,720
man karate man

646
00:26:03,510 --> 00:26:00,640
um no actually though i think there's a

647
00:26:04,789 --> 00:26:03,520
tradition suici that uh often times in

648
00:26:07,110 --> 00:26:04,799
uh with the shuttle days i think the

649
00:26:08,630 --> 00:26:07,120
commanders usually just in the cockpit

650
00:26:10,390 --> 00:26:08,640
yeah the commander usually slept in the

651
00:26:12,549 --> 00:26:10,400
cockpit and so i think

652
00:26:14,630 --> 00:26:12,559
at least for me it just felt like that

653
00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:14,640
was that was where

654
00:26:17,909 --> 00:26:15,919
i needed to be

655
00:26:22,549 --> 00:26:17,919
if any of us were going to sleep there i

656
00:26:22,559 --> 00:26:27,110
okay nicholas samuel with vero news

657
00:26:32,549 --> 00:26:29,430
hi this is nicholas samuel here

658
00:26:34,710 --> 00:26:32,559
this question is for victor glover

659
00:26:37,029 --> 00:26:34,720
victor thanks for taking my question can

660
00:26:39,110 --> 00:26:37,039
you talk about the importance of stem

661
00:26:42,470 --> 00:26:39,120
programs and why the youth need to be

662
00:26:45,830 --> 00:26:42,480
engaged in stem activities

663
00:26:48,310 --> 00:26:45,840
oh that's a great question and um i i do

664
00:26:50,149 --> 00:26:48,320
feel that way i think the uh

665
00:26:52,630 --> 00:26:50,159
the importance of stem is you know in a

666
00:26:54,549 --> 00:26:52,640
in a nutshell you know it teaches you to

667
00:26:56,310 --> 00:26:54,559
look at the world and to to break things

668
00:26:58,230 --> 00:26:56,320
down into simple pieces that you can do

669
00:27:00,230 --> 00:26:58,240
something with and then take simple

670
00:27:01,909 --> 00:27:00,240
pieces and build them into solutions to

671
00:27:04,230 --> 00:27:01,919
to address the real world problems that

672
00:27:06,310 --> 00:27:04,240
are out there and so to to be able to

673
00:27:09,029 --> 00:27:06,320
critically think and communicate and

674
00:27:11,990 --> 00:27:09,039
then design things that improve life for

675
00:27:14,230 --> 00:27:12,000
all people and so it is a challenging

676
00:27:15,669 --> 00:27:14,240
educational path to walk

677
00:27:17,350 --> 00:27:15,679
but that shouldn't be a deterrent that

678
00:27:19,430 --> 00:27:17,360
should be the reason just like we go to

679
00:27:22,149 --> 00:27:19,440
the gym and we put weights on the bar

680
00:27:24,389 --> 00:27:22,159
it's making us stronger a stem education

681
00:27:25,750 --> 00:27:24,399
is a challenging climb but you know once

682
00:27:27,830 --> 00:27:25,760
you're at the top and you get to see

683
00:27:29,750 --> 00:27:27,840
that view uh you know that it was worth

684
00:27:31,430 --> 00:27:29,760
it so uh there's this thing in the

685
00:27:33,190 --> 00:27:31,440
aerospace industry called the gray wave

686
00:27:34,389 --> 00:27:33,200
where we're retiring more engineers than

687
00:27:37,029 --> 00:27:34,399
we're making

688
00:27:39,350 --> 00:27:37,039
and that is an impact on our country and

689
00:27:41,350 --> 00:27:39,360
the globe uh in terms of folks that have

690
00:27:42,789 --> 00:27:41,360
the the ability to work in the science

691
00:27:44,710 --> 00:27:42,799
and technology field and so it's

692
00:27:47,190 --> 00:27:44,720
important we need to make many more

693
00:27:48,870 --> 00:27:47,200
engineers and scientists and so i would

694
00:27:51,430 --> 00:27:48,880
love to go everywhere that i can and to

695
00:27:53,190 --> 00:27:51,440
encourage young people to to uh to study

696
00:27:55,029 --> 00:27:53,200
it as much as they can even if it's as a

697
00:27:56,630 --> 00:27:55,039
hobby or a minor it's it's very

698
00:28:00,389 --> 00:27:56,640
important to to the world to all of

699
00:28:03,110 --> 00:28:02,149
all right let's take a question from

700
00:28:04,950 --> 00:28:03,120
twitter

701
00:28:06,870 --> 00:28:04,960
how are you feeling leaving the planet

702
00:28:15,190 --> 00:28:06,880
and how do you expect the planet to

703
00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:17,190
well you know okay so

704
00:28:20,389 --> 00:28:18,640
i've got there are a lot of feelings

705
00:28:22,149 --> 00:28:20,399
swirling around right now you know i'm

706
00:28:24,310 --> 00:28:22,159
really focusing on keeping them inside

707
00:28:26,630 --> 00:28:24,320
because we've got a lot of things to do

708
00:28:27,590 --> 00:28:26,640
but i do think about it and the the

709
00:28:29,430 --> 00:28:27,600
biggest

710
00:28:32,149 --> 00:28:29,440
emotion or feeling or thought is that it

711
00:28:34,630 --> 00:28:32,159
just it's surreal i wake up and i go i

712
00:28:36,789 --> 00:28:34,640
really am at kennedy space center and we

713
00:28:39,990 --> 00:28:36,799
really are less than a week from launch

714
00:28:41,750 --> 00:28:40,000
i'm excited um i also am focused i have

715
00:28:43,750 --> 00:28:41,760
a job to do i have many jobs to do and i

716
00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:43,760
want to do them well so there's a lot of

717
00:28:47,190 --> 00:28:45,760
emotion and so i'm also focusing on

718
00:28:49,269 --> 00:28:47,200
trying to regulate those things and

719
00:28:51,430 --> 00:28:49,279
trying to keep them uh from from

720
00:28:53,190 --> 00:28:51,440
distracting me so that i can can do my

721
00:28:55,269 --> 00:28:53,200
job and get to the station and be

722
00:28:56,950 --> 00:28:55,279
productive but i'm really excited it's

723
00:28:58,470 --> 00:28:56,960
an honor and a privilege to be here

724
00:28:59,990 --> 00:28:58,480
there's a long legacy of people that

725
00:29:01,830 --> 00:29:00,000
have walked through these doors and and

726
00:29:04,710 --> 00:29:01,840
walked out of them and i'm just looking

727
00:29:06,630 --> 00:29:04,720
forward to being a part of that

728
00:29:08,470 --> 00:29:06,640
yeah and then um in terms of you know

729
00:29:11,269 --> 00:29:08,480
what are we expecting from a change when

730
00:29:14,149 --> 00:29:11,279
uh six months from now

731
00:29:16,149 --> 00:29:14,159
you know i think i think uh

732
00:29:18,710 --> 00:29:16,159
as victor alluded to earlier the

733
00:29:21,269 --> 00:29:18,720
pandemic if if uh the vaccine is out

734
00:29:23,110 --> 00:29:21,279
there and and that can allow people to

735
00:29:25,669 --> 00:29:23,120
uh to get out a little bit more and get

736
00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:25,679
back to i guess what we would consider

737
00:29:29,350 --> 00:29:28,320
normal a little bit more normal that

738
00:29:30,630 --> 00:29:29,360
that would be nice you know it's

739
00:29:33,110 --> 00:29:30,640
interesting uh

740
00:29:34,870 --> 00:29:33,120
uh chris cassidy right he launched right

741
00:29:37,110 --> 00:29:34,880
at the beginning of this and he's landed

742
00:29:39,510 --> 00:29:37,120
right at the at the end or it's it's

743
00:29:41,430 --> 00:29:39,520
still going on and so for him uh things

744
00:29:42,950 --> 00:29:41,440
didn't really change in that last six

745
00:29:46,389 --> 00:29:42,960
months so hopefully we'll have a

746
00:29:50,630 --> 00:29:48,549
all right thank you so much for taking

747
00:29:53,190 --> 00:29:50,640
questions today unfortunately that's all

748
00:29:55,430 --> 00:29:53,200
the time we have um i apologize if we

749
00:29:57,190 --> 00:29:55,440
didn't get to your question we wish crew

750
00:30:00,149 --> 00:29:57,200
won the best of luck we'll be cheering

751
00:30:02,070 --> 00:30:00,159
you on um for media the next event will

752
00:30:04,470 --> 00:30:02,080
be the flight readiness review media

753
00:30:07,110 --> 00:30:04,480
teleconference tomorrow stay tuned to

754
00:30:09,830 --> 00:30:07,120
nasa.gov for details be sure to watch

755
00:30:13,029 --> 00:30:09,840
this crew launch on saturday on nasa tv

756
00:30:15,669 --> 00:30:13,039
online at nasa.gov live or on facebook

757
00:30:18,789 --> 00:30:15,679
live on the nasa facebook page coverage

758
00:30:21,830 --> 00:30:18,799
starts on nasa tv at 3 30 pm eastern

759
00:30:22,950 --> 00:30:21,840
time thanks for joining

760
00:30:47,990 --> 00:30:22,960
everyone

761
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,500
b