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>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

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THE NEWEST NASA ASTRONAUT,

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JONATHAN KIM.

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[ APPLAUSE ]

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>> YOU'RE A NAVY SEAL

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WITH A DEGREE FROM

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HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL.

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>> DR. JONATHAN KIM.

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>> THAT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.

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[ LAUGHING ]

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>> EXPLORATION IS WRITTEN

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IN OUR HUMAN DNA.

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WHEN I REALIZED THAT

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BEING AN ASTRONAUT IS

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REALLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO

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EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING

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OF THE COSMOS TO MAKE

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OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE,

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ALL WHILE INSPIRING

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THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHILDREN.

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YOU, JULIAN--

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THE SAME CHILDREN THAT

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DIDN'T HAVE THE CONFIDENCE

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TO DREAM LIKE I DID.

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THAT WAS WHEN I REALIZED

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THAT I ABSOLUTELY WANTED

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TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.

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LIKE A LOT OF

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IMMIGRANT FAMILIES,

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MY PARENTS MOVED TO AMERICA

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WITH THE HOPE OF

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THE AMERICAN DREAM

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THAT THEIR CHILDREN CAN

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HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY

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IN THIS WORLD.

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I HAD A HARD TIME

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GROWING UP AS A KID.

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I LACKED A LOT OF THINGS,

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BUT THE BIGGEST THING

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I LACKED WAS CONFIDENCE.

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I WAKE UP EVERY DAY

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AND I THINK ABOUT

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THE OPPORTUNITIES I'VE HAD.

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IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE

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THAT I'M THAT SAME PERSON.

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>> NO, YOU JUST BEAM, RIGHT?

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YOU SPEND SO MUCH EFFORT

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AND-AND HOPE,

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AND THEN YOU TRY TO GIVE

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WHATEVER THE STUDENT NEEDS

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TO-TO GROW AND GET

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WHERE THEY WANNA BE.

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AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE

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THAT THEY GET THERE,

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IT'S-- IT'S JUST THRILLING.

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>> IT MAKES ME IMMENSELY PROUD

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TO BE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION

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TO ACHIEVE SUCH

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A MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE

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LIKE RETURNING TO THE MOON.

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AND THAT'S WHAT

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REALLY EXCITES ME WHEN

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I THINK OF ARTEMIS.

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THE LIVES THAT WE'RE

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GOING TO POSITIVELY IMPACT

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ON THIS ENDEAVOR.

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IT'S HARD TO ARTICULATE

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ALL OF THOSE EMOTIONS,

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BUT IT'S-- WOW.

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I AM AN ASTRONAUT

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AND I HAVE THIS

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AMAZING OPPORTUNITY

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TO SERVE MY COUNTRY

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AND HUMANITY.

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>> TO ME IS SERVICE ABOVE SELF.

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I WOULD TRUST MY LIFE TO HIM,

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AND I'M VERY PROUD TO