1 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:16,549 A dream feels like a big, far away goal. 2 00:00:16,616 --> 00:00:20,186 This is going to be difficult to achieve and something that you might achieve 3 00:00:20,253 --> 00:00:24,858 much later in life. But in reality, what a dream is, 4 00:00:24,924 --> 00:00:26,393 or a dream realized is, 5 00:00:26,459 --> 00:00:29,863 is just putting one foot in front of the other on a daily basis. 6 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:32,832 And if you put enough of those footprints together, 7 00:00:33,032 --> 00:00:34,834 eventually they become a path towards. 8 00:00:34,901 --> 00:00:35,735 Your dreams. 9 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:41,908 My name is Jessica Watkins and my fellow astronauts would describe me 10 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:45,145 as a rock nerd, endearingly, I, as what I tell myself, 11 00:00:45,211 --> 00:00:49,783 at least. One of the things that I enjoy the most about geology intellectually is 12 00:00:50,016 --> 00:00:53,787 you can function as a detective. You're looking at different puzzle pieces, 13 00:00:53,853 --> 00:00:55,889 you know, all kinds of in different places. And you're, 14 00:00:55,955 --> 00:00:59,225 you're trying to bring those puzzle pieces together to get a full story, 15 00:00:59,292 --> 00:01:03,630 a full history of what has happened in a particular place. For me, 16 00:01:03,696 --> 00:01:06,399 as somebody who was really interested in the planets, 17 00:01:06,466 --> 00:01:11,337 geology provided a means for me to study the surface of another planet and 18 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:12,572 particularly look at Mars, 19 00:01:12,639 --> 00:01:17,143 which was my passion, was just super exciting to me in 20 00:01:17,210 --> 00:01:21,514 college, I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to learn to play rugby. 21 00:01:23,683 --> 00:01:27,120 It was one of the best opportunities in my life getting to play with the rugby 22 00:01:27,187 --> 00:01:31,858 team at Stanford and play in national championships, and even win one. 23 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:36,729 I think one of the biggest lessons that I take away from my rugby career is the 24 00:01:36,796 --> 00:01:37,897 importance of teamwork. 25 00:01:38,198 --> 00:01:43,136 Rugby in particular has positions that are all suited to different types 26 00:01:43,203 --> 00:01:46,840 of body types, different strengths that people bring to the table. 27 00:01:47,073 --> 00:01:49,909 And I think that is not unlike our team here at NASA, 28 00:01:49,976 --> 00:01:52,579 where everybody comes and brings their different strengths, 29 00:01:52,645 --> 00:01:54,747 their different expertise to form a 30 00:01:54,814 --> 00:02:00,753 powerful and winning team. 31 00:02:00,820 --> 00:02:03,456 This endeavor to go to the moon is going to be hard, 32 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:06,059 is not something that we can do individually. 33 00:02:06,125 --> 00:02:08,428 It's not something that we can do on our own. 34 00:02:08,495 --> 00:02:10,563 And I think especially in these times, 35 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:14,400 it's really important for us to recognize how much we need each other and the 36 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:17,036 importance of coming together for one goal. 37 00:02:17,103 --> 00:02:19,105 And I think that going back to the moon really embodies that. 38 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:21,875 This is mission control Houston.