1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:15,014 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:26,292 --> 00:00:27,827 >> HI, I'M BILL NELSON. 3 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:30,497 MAY IS ASIAN AMERICAN 4 00:00:30,497 --> 00:00:32,031 AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS 5 00:00:32,031 --> 00:00:34,067 HERITAGE MONTH. 6 00:00:34,067 --> 00:00:35,869 WE HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS 7 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:39,305 OF OUR AAPI COLLEAGUES. 8 00:00:39,305 --> 00:00:41,408 IN THE US, AND RIGHT HERE 9 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:43,176 AT NASA, OUR STRENGTH 10 00:00:43,176 --> 00:00:45,678 IS THE DIVERSITY OF OUR PEOPLE, 11 00:00:45,678 --> 00:00:49,249 THE IDEAS, THEIR TALENTS. 12 00:00:49,249 --> 00:00:52,419 REMEMBER OUR U.S. MOTTO, 13 00:00:52,419 --> 00:00:54,454 E PLURIBUS UNUM, 14 00:00:54,454 --> 00:00:57,390 "OUT OF MANY, ONE." 15 00:00:57,390 --> 00:00:58,425 AND SO THIS YEAR'S 16 00:00:58,425 --> 00:01:00,827 NATIONAL AAPI MONTH THEME 17 00:01:00,827 --> 00:01:02,429 IS ADVANCING LEADERS 18 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:05,565 THROUGH PURPOSE DRIVEN SERVICE. 19 00:01:05,565 --> 00:01:07,133 IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPOWER 20 00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:08,802 OTHERS TO SERVE WITH 21 00:01:08,802 --> 00:01:09,502 THE UNDERSTANDING THAT 22 00:01:09,502 --> 00:01:12,105 OUR GREATEST MISSION IS TO MAKE 23 00:01:12,105 --> 00:01:15,975 THE EARTH A BETTER PLACE 24 00:01:15,975 --> 00:01:18,111 AND ENSURE A BRIGHT FUTURE 25 00:01:18,111 --> 00:01:20,413 FOR EVERYONE ON IT. 26 00:01:20,413 --> 00:01:22,549 OUR ASTRONAUTS DO THAT. 27 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:24,651 ON THE ISS, THEY CARRY OUT 28 00:01:24,651 --> 00:01:26,586 GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE 29 00:01:26,586 --> 00:01:27,620 THAT'S IMPORTANT TO 30 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:28,788 UNLOCKING DISCOVERIES, 31 00:01:28,788 --> 00:01:31,157 AND THOSE DISCOVERIES 32 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:32,358 SOLVE PROBLEMS 33 00:01:32,358 --> 00:01:34,327 AND TREAT DISEASES 34 00:01:34,327 --> 00:01:36,262 HERE ON EARTH. 35 00:01:36,262 --> 00:01:36,996 AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING 36 00:01:36,996 --> 00:01:40,300 NEEDED RESEARCH THAT EVENTUALLY 37 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:43,002 WILL LAND AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS 38 00:01:43,002 --> 00:01:45,939 ON MARS. 39 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:47,140 >> HI, MY NAME IS 40 00:01:47,140 --> 00:01:48,208 SUNITA WILLIAMS. 41 00:01:48,208 --> 00:01:49,576 I AM A NASA ASTRONAUT 42 00:01:49,576 --> 00:01:50,643 AND HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH 43 00:01:50,643 --> 00:01:51,311 TO FLY TO 44 00:01:51,311 --> 00:01:52,579 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 45 00:01:52,579 --> 00:01:54,314 TWO TIMES, ONCE ON 46 00:01:54,314 --> 00:01:55,482 THE US SHUTTLE, 47 00:01:55,482 --> 00:01:56,182 AND THE SECOND TIME 48 00:01:56,182 --> 00:01:57,851 ON THE RUSSIAN SOYUZ. 49 00:01:57,851 --> 00:01:58,618 >> ANNYEONGHASEYO. 50 00:01:58,618 --> 00:01:59,786 MY NAME IS JOHNNY KIM, 51 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:00,887 AND I'M A NASA ASTRONAUT 52 00:02:00,887 --> 00:02:02,188 AND NAVAL OFFICER. 53 00:02:02,188 --> 00:02:03,289 AND I'M A FIRST GENERATION 54 00:02:03,289 --> 00:02:03,990 KOREAN AMERICAN. 55 00:02:03,990 --> 00:02:04,724 >> NI HAO MA. 56 00:02:04,724 --> 00:02:05,859 MY NAME IS KJELL LINDGREN. 57 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:07,427 I AM A NASA ASTRONAUT. 58 00:02:07,427 --> 00:02:08,728 I AM ASIAN AMERICAN, 59 00:02:08,728 --> 00:02:10,864 CHINESE ON MY MOM'S SIDE. 60 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:11,698 >> NAMASTE. 61 00:02:11,698 --> 00:02:12,932 MY NAME IS RAJA CHARI. 62 00:02:12,932 --> 00:02:14,434 AND I'M AN AIRFORCE TEST PILOT 63 00:02:14,434 --> 00:02:16,069 AND NASA ASTRONAUT. 64 00:02:23,009 --> 00:02:23,977 >> MY PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS 65 00:02:23,977 --> 00:02:25,111 FROM SOUTH KOREA. 66 00:02:25,111 --> 00:02:26,513 THEY MOVED TO AMERICA 67 00:02:26,513 --> 00:02:27,981 BEFORE I WAS BORN 68 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:30,049 SO THAT THEIR CHILDREN 69 00:02:30,049 --> 00:02:32,118 COULD HAVE A BRIGHTER FUTURE. 70 00:02:32,118 --> 00:02:32,752 >> MY PARENTS HAD 71 00:02:32,752 --> 00:02:34,387 THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON ME. 72 00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:35,955 THEIR HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS 73 00:02:35,955 --> 00:02:37,490 HAVE MADE ME THE PERSON 74 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:38,725 I AM TODAY. 75 00:02:38,725 --> 00:02:40,026 MY FATHER, AN IMMIGRANT 76 00:02:40,026 --> 00:02:41,594 FROM INDIA, AND MY MOTHER 77 00:02:41,594 --> 00:02:43,162 OF SLOVENIAN DESCENT, 78 00:02:43,162 --> 00:02:43,930 WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN 79 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:45,598 SHAPING ME AS A PERSON 80 00:02:45,598 --> 00:02:47,066 AND AS AN EXPLORER. 81 00:02:47,066 --> 00:02:48,601 >> MY MOM WAS BORN IN 82 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:50,470 HUBEI PROVINCE OF CHINA, 83 00:02:50,470 --> 00:02:51,938 AND THEN MOVED TO TAIWAN 84 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:53,273 IN THE LATE FORTIES 85 00:02:53,273 --> 00:02:54,541 AND EARLY FIFTIES. 86 00:02:54,541 --> 00:02:56,442 MY DAD WAS IN THE US AIR FORCE 87 00:02:56,442 --> 00:02:58,177 AND WAS STATIONED IN, UH, 88 00:02:58,177 --> 00:02:59,345 TAIWAN DURING VIETNAM 89 00:02:59,345 --> 00:03:01,114 AND THAT'S WHERE THEY MET. 90 00:03:01,114 --> 00:03:02,916 I WAS BORN IN TAIWAN 91 00:03:02,916 --> 00:03:04,083 AND SPENT THE FIRST TWO YEARS 92 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:05,318 OF MY LIFE THERE. 93 00:03:05,318 --> 00:03:06,452 >> MY FATHER IMMIGRATED 94 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:07,587 FROM HYDERABAD, INDIA 95 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:09,255 IN PURSUIT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, 96 00:03:09,255 --> 00:03:11,057 AND HIS COURAGE TO TURN HIS LIFE 97 00:03:11,057 --> 00:03:12,158 UPSIDE DOWN TO COME HERE 98 00:03:12,158 --> 00:03:14,327 AND EMPHASIS AND APPRECIATION 99 00:03:14,327 --> 00:03:16,229 OF EDUCATION BEING A PRIVILEGE 100 00:03:16,229 --> 00:03:17,297 YOU NEED TO FIGHT FOR 101 00:03:17,297 --> 00:03:18,264 WAS SOMETHING THAT SHAPED 102 00:03:18,264 --> 00:03:19,799 MY ENTIRE LIFE. 103 00:03:19,799 --> 00:03:21,134 >> MY HERITAGE HAS SHAPED 104 00:03:21,134 --> 00:03:22,702 MY LIVED EXPERIENCES. 105 00:03:22,702 --> 00:03:24,637 IT HAS TAUGHT ME PERSPECTIVE, 106 00:03:24,637 --> 00:03:27,307 AND IT'S SHOWN ME THAT DIVERSITY 107 00:03:27,307 --> 00:03:29,208 STRENGTHENS OUR BONDS 108 00:03:29,208 --> 00:03:29,943 AND ENABLES 109 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:31,511 POWERFUL ACHIEVEMENTS. 110 00:03:31,511 --> 00:03:32,378 >> I'M HUMBLED BY 111 00:03:32,378 --> 00:03:33,279 MY FATHER'S SENSE 112 00:03:33,279 --> 00:03:34,113 OF ADVENTURE AS HE LEFT 113 00:03:34,113 --> 00:03:35,014 HIS HOME COUNTRY 114 00:03:35,014 --> 00:03:36,416 ESSENTIALLY BY HIMSELF 115 00:03:36,416 --> 00:03:38,017 TO LEARN HOW OTHER PEOPLE 116 00:03:38,017 --> 00:03:39,252 WORK AND THINK. 117 00:03:39,252 --> 00:03:40,153 I'M IN AWE OF MY MOM 118 00:03:40,153 --> 00:03:41,287 WHO DEDICATED HERSELF 119 00:03:41,287 --> 00:03:42,889 TO SUPPORTING MY DAD 120 00:03:42,889 --> 00:03:43,957 AND RAISING MY BROTHER, 121 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:44,724 SISTER, AND ME 122 00:03:44,724 --> 00:03:45,658 TO BE UNDERSTANDING, 123 00:03:45,658 --> 00:03:47,327 INCLUSIVE, AND TOLERANT 124 00:03:47,327 --> 00:03:48,494 OF PEOPLE FROM ALL 125 00:03:48,494 --> 00:03:50,463 DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE. 126 00:03:50,463 --> 00:03:51,230 TOGETHER THEY TAUGHT ME 127 00:03:51,230 --> 00:03:52,231 NOT TO BE AFRAID OF PEOPLE 128 00:03:52,231 --> 00:03:53,533 WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM ME, 129 00:03:53,533 --> 00:03:54,233 BUT TO EMBRACE 130 00:03:54,233 --> 00:03:55,768 THEIR THOUGHT PROCESSES, 131 00:03:55,768 --> 00:03:56,869 THEIR POINTS OF VIEW, 132 00:03:56,869 --> 00:03:57,604 AND HAVE CONFIDENCE 133 00:03:57,604 --> 00:03:59,072 TO SHARE MY OWN. 134 00:03:59,072 --> 00:03:59,739 >> I TREASURE 135 00:03:59,739 --> 00:04:02,675 THAT CHINESE PART 136 00:04:02,675 --> 00:04:04,010 OF MY HERITAGE, UH, 137 00:04:04,010 --> 00:04:06,713 THE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS 138 00:04:06,713 --> 00:04:08,581 THAT WE WOULD CELEBRATE 139 00:04:08,581 --> 00:04:09,949 IN OUR FAMILY. 140 00:04:09,949 --> 00:04:10,817 MY CHINESE GRANDPARENTS 141 00:04:10,817 --> 00:04:12,318 ULTIMATELY MOVED TO THE US, 142 00:04:12,318 --> 00:04:13,753 AND SO EVERY YEAR, 143 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:14,687 CHINESE NEW YEAR 144 00:04:14,687 --> 00:04:16,022 REALLY REPRESENTED A TIME FOR 145 00:04:16,022 --> 00:04:18,391 OUR FAMILY TO ALL GATHER THERE 146 00:04:18,391 --> 00:04:20,193 AND CELEBRATE WITH FOOD 147 00:04:20,193 --> 00:04:21,461 AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, 148 00:04:21,461 --> 00:04:22,829 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT 149 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:24,430 I'VE TREASURED AND CONTINUED 150 00:04:24,430 --> 00:04:27,100 TO HOLD ONTO, AND EVEN 151 00:04:27,100 --> 00:04:29,802 CELEBRATE WITH MY OWN FAMILY. 152 00:04:31,738 --> 00:04:38,678 [ MUSIC ] 153 00:04:38,678 --> 00:04:39,379 >> I'M BLESSED TO BE PART 154 00:04:39,379 --> 00:04:40,446 OF AN ORGANIZATION 155 00:04:40,446 --> 00:04:41,414 WHERE INDIAN AMERICANS PLAY 156 00:04:41,414 --> 00:04:42,749 KEY ROLES, FROM OPERATING 157 00:04:42,749 --> 00:04:43,950 ON ORBIT, TO DRIVING 158 00:04:43,950 --> 00:04:44,651 THE ENGINEERING 159 00:04:44,651 --> 00:04:45,685 AND SCIENCE DECISIONS THAT 160 00:04:45,685 --> 00:04:47,787 MAKE SPACE EXPLORATION POSSIBLE. 161 00:04:47,787 --> 00:04:48,187 >> WE'VE ALL HAD 162 00:04:48,187 --> 00:04:48,855 THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE 163 00:04:48,855 --> 00:04:50,556 IN OUR LIVES, UH, A MENTOR, 164 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:52,492 A PARENT, SOMEONE THAT WE LOVE 165 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:53,993 THAT HAS HELPED US ALONG 166 00:04:53,993 --> 00:04:55,361 OUR JOURNEY. 167 00:04:55,361 --> 00:04:57,296 >> I THINK FUNDAMENTALLY, 168 00:04:57,296 --> 00:04:57,897 WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT 169 00:04:57,897 --> 00:04:59,365 THIS OPPORTUNITY, 170 00:04:59,365 --> 00:05:00,066 THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING 171 00:05:00,066 --> 00:05:02,335 AS AN ASTRONAUT IS NOT 172 00:05:02,335 --> 00:05:03,836 AN INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT, 173 00:05:03,836 --> 00:05:04,971 BUT REALLY REPRESENTS 174 00:05:04,971 --> 00:05:06,839 THE INVESTMENT OF, UM, 175 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:08,007 A WHOLE NETWORK, 176 00:05:08,007 --> 00:05:09,008 A WHOLE TEAM OF PEOPLE 177 00:05:09,008 --> 00:05:11,110 OVER THE COURSE OF A JOURNEY. 178 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:11,978 IT'S AN INCREDIBLE PRIVILEGE 179 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:14,814 TO GET TO SERVE THE AGENCY, 180 00:05:14,814 --> 00:05:16,482 OUR COMMUNITY, AND THE NATION 181 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:18,818 AS A NASA ASTRONAUT. 182 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:19,419 >> I THINK MY PARENTS 183 00:05:19,419 --> 00:05:20,620 ARE MY BIGGEST INSPIRATION 184 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:21,721 IN MY LIFE. 185 00:05:21,721 --> 00:05:22,855 THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO SEE 186 00:05:22,855 --> 00:05:25,458 PROBLEMS AS CHALLENGES INSTEAD. 187 00:05:25,458 --> 00:05:26,225 AND SHOWED ME THAT THERE ARE 188 00:05:26,225 --> 00:05:27,994 MORE IMPORTANT VALUES IN LIFE 189 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:29,295 THAN THE MATERIAL THINGS 190 00:05:29,295 --> 00:05:30,863 THAT STRESS PEOPLE OUT. 191 00:05:30,863 --> 00:05:32,198 THEY TAUGHT ME TO APPRECIATE 192 00:05:32,198 --> 00:05:33,066 DIFFERENT CULTURES 193 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:34,233 AND TRADITIONS, 194 00:05:34,233 --> 00:05:37,570 INCLUDING GREAT FOOD. 195 00:05:37,570 --> 00:05:38,604 >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY PATH, 196 00:05:38,604 --> 00:05:40,673 MY GRANDFATHER COMES TO MIND. 197 00:05:40,673 --> 00:05:43,810 HE WAS A SOUTH KOREAN IMMIGRANT 198 00:05:43,810 --> 00:05:45,211 AND WORKED REALLY HARD 199 00:05:45,211 --> 00:05:47,346 HIS ENTIRE LIFE, 200 00:05:47,346 --> 00:05:49,982 AND HOW HE LIVES THROUGH ME 201 00:05:49,982 --> 00:05:51,818 IS THE HUMBLE LEADERSHIP, 202 00:05:51,818 --> 00:05:53,453 THE MORAL COURAGE, 203 00:05:53,453 --> 00:05:55,054 AND THE GRACE AND RESPECT 204 00:05:55,054 --> 00:05:56,923 HE TAUGHT ME TO GIVE 205 00:05:56,923 --> 00:05:58,424 EVERYONE I MEET 206 00:05:58,424 --> 00:05:59,559 ALONG THIS JOURNEY. 207 00:05:59,559 --> 00:06:00,026 >> OVER THE COURSE 208 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:00,993 OF MY JOURNEY, 209 00:06:00,993 --> 00:06:02,929 I THINK BACK AND REALLY 210 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:04,063 CREDIT MY PARENTS, 211 00:06:04,063 --> 00:06:05,565 FIRST AND FOREMOST, 212 00:06:05,565 --> 00:06:06,866 FOR PROVIDING ME WITH 213 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:08,067 THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE, 214 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:09,168 THE ATMOSPHERE, 215 00:06:09,168 --> 00:06:11,270 AND THE INSPIRATION, 216 00:06:11,270 --> 00:06:13,673 TELLING ME THAT, UH, 217 00:06:13,673 --> 00:06:14,273 IF I HAD THIS GOAL 218 00:06:14,273 --> 00:06:15,408 OF BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT, 219 00:06:15,408 --> 00:06:16,375 I JUST NEEDED TO WORK HARD 220 00:06:16,375 --> 00:06:17,877 TO MAKE THAT DREAM COME TRUE, 221 00:06:17,877 --> 00:06:19,045 AND SO I AM SO GRATEFUL 222 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:20,913 FOR THAT INITIAL INSPIRATION 223 00:06:20,913 --> 00:06:22,181 FROM THEM. 224 00:06:22,181 --> 00:06:23,316 THIS DESIRE TO WORK 225 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:24,217 AS AN ASTRONAUT, 226 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:24,984 I THINK REALLY CAME FROM 227 00:06:24,984 --> 00:06:27,620 A LOVE OF SCIENCE FICTION, UH, 228 00:06:27,620 --> 00:06:28,454 MOVIES AND BOOKS 229 00:06:28,454 --> 00:06:29,589 WHEN I WAS YOUNG, 230 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:31,023 BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL 231 00:06:31,023 --> 00:06:32,158 MY SECOND GRADE TEACHER 232 00:06:32,158 --> 00:06:33,025 WHEELED THE TELEVISION 233 00:06:33,025 --> 00:06:34,093 INTO OUR CLASSROOM TO WATCH 234 00:06:34,093 --> 00:06:36,763 THE COLUMBIA LAUNCH BACK IN 1981 235 00:06:36,763 --> 00:06:37,997 THAT IT REALLY CLICKED FOR ME 236 00:06:37,997 --> 00:06:39,599 THAT THIS WAS A JOB, 237 00:06:39,599 --> 00:06:41,167 A REAL POSSIBILITY, 238 00:06:41,167 --> 00:06:43,102 AND THAT ABSOLUTELY CAPTURED 239 00:06:43,102 --> 00:06:44,604 MY IMAGINATION. 240 00:06:44,604 --> 00:06:45,471 >> IT MEANS HAVING 241 00:06:45,471 --> 00:06:46,139 THE PRIVILEGE TO PROVIDE 242 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:48,174 REPRESENTATION AND A VOICE 243 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:50,109 TO YOUNG KIDS WHO WANT TO DREAM, 244 00:06:50,109 --> 00:06:50,877 WHO DESERVE EVERY RIGHT 245 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:53,646 TO PURSUE THOSE DREAMS, 246 00:06:53,646 --> 00:06:55,281 AND WHO NEED TO HAVE ROLE MODELS 247 00:06:55,281 --> 00:06:56,516 THEY CAN IDENTIFY WITH. 248 00:06:56,516 --> 00:06:57,950 >> I REMEMBER WATCHING 249 00:06:57,950 --> 00:06:59,919 ELLISON ONIZUKA PREPARE 250 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:00,887 FOR HIS MISSION, 251 00:07:00,887 --> 00:07:02,288 SEEING HIM ON TELEVISION, 252 00:07:02,288 --> 00:07:04,157 AND THAT REALLY INSPIRED ME. 253 00:07:04,157 --> 00:07:05,691 AND, UH, AND OF COURSE 254 00:07:05,691 --> 00:07:07,160 WAS ABSOLUTELY HEARTBROKEN 255 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,028 AT THE LOSS OF CHALLENGER 256 00:07:09,028 --> 00:07:12,665 AND COMING FULL CIRCLE, UM, 257 00:07:12,665 --> 00:07:14,100 SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 258 00:07:14,100 --> 00:07:16,202 TO GO TO HAWAII DURING 259 00:07:16,202 --> 00:07:17,503 MY POST FLIGHT 260 00:07:17,503 --> 00:07:18,905 AND TO SHARE THE MESSAGE 261 00:07:18,905 --> 00:07:20,072 OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, 262 00:07:20,072 --> 00:07:22,375 OF, UM, OF REACHING FOR GOALS 263 00:07:22,375 --> 00:07:24,610 AND INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES. 264 00:07:24,610 --> 00:07:26,612 GETTING TO DO THAT, UH, 265 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:29,015 IN ELLISON'S, UM-- 266 00:07:29,015 --> 00:07:30,449 IN ELLISON'S COMMUNITY. 267 00:07:30,449 --> 00:07:31,751 >> TOGETHER, WE'RE PLANTING 268 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:33,953 SEEDS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW. 269 00:07:42,395 --> 00:07:43,863 >> TO ME, PURPOSE DRIVEN SERVICE 270 00:07:43,863 --> 00:07:44,730 MEANS HAVING A CLEAR 271 00:07:44,730 --> 00:07:45,565 UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU 272 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:46,732 WAKE UP IN THE MORNING 273 00:07:46,732 --> 00:07:47,400 OF WHY YOU'RE DOING 274 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:48,267 WHAT YOU'RE DOING, 275 00:07:48,267 --> 00:07:49,135 AND PICKING SOMETHING THAT 276 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:49,969 MAKES YOU WANT TO GIVE IT 277 00:07:49,969 --> 00:07:50,970 YOUR ALL. 278 00:07:50,970 --> 00:07:51,838 >> I AM SO LUCKY TO BE 279 00:07:51,838 --> 00:07:53,206 A PART OF NASA, 280 00:07:53,206 --> 00:07:54,106 WORKING ON PROGRAMS 281 00:07:54,106 --> 00:07:55,041 THAT ARE MUCH BIGGER 282 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:56,375 THAN MYSELF. 283 00:07:56,375 --> 00:07:57,677 I CAME FROM THE NAVY, 284 00:07:57,677 --> 00:07:58,845 WHICH SHOWED ME THROUGH SERVICE 285 00:07:58,845 --> 00:08:00,613 TO OTHERS, WHAT A TEAM 286 00:08:00,613 --> 00:08:03,115 CAN ACCOMPLISH. 287 00:08:03,115 --> 00:08:04,450 AS A NEXT STEP IN MY CAREER, 288 00:08:04,450 --> 00:08:05,751 NASA WAS A NATURAL PROGRESSION 289 00:08:05,751 --> 00:08:06,719 INCLUDING PEOPLE FROM 290 00:08:06,719 --> 00:08:07,920 MANY DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS. 291 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:09,121 >> IN THE AIRFORCE, 292 00:08:09,121 --> 00:08:10,556 ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES 293 00:08:10,556 --> 00:08:11,490 IS SERVICE BEFORE SELF 294 00:08:11,490 --> 00:08:13,092 AND OUR ROLE AT NASA 295 00:08:13,092 --> 00:08:14,093 IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL, 296 00:08:14,093 --> 00:08:15,328 SO I CAN'T THINK 297 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:16,529 OF BETTER PURPOSES TO HAVE 298 00:08:16,529 --> 00:08:18,164 ON A DAILY BASIS. 299 00:08:18,164 --> 00:08:19,932 >> FOR ME, IT'S BEEN THAT LIFE 300 00:08:19,932 --> 00:08:21,300 THAT'S GUIDED MY PATH, 301 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:23,169 AND WAS FIRST REALIZED 302 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:24,670 DURING MY SERVICE AS 303 00:08:24,670 --> 00:08:26,405 A NAVAL SPECIAL OPERATOR, 304 00:08:26,405 --> 00:08:28,808 AND NOW AS A NAVAL OFFICER 305 00:08:28,808 --> 00:08:30,409 IN THE NASA ASTRONAUT CORE. 306 00:08:30,409 --> 00:08:31,310 THE THING WITH 307 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:32,678 PURPOSE DRIVEN SERVICE 308 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:34,046 IS THAT IT'S SUSTAINABLE 309 00:08:34,046 --> 00:08:35,548 AND THAT IT IMPROVES THE LIVES 310 00:08:35,548 --> 00:08:37,683 OF EVERYONE AROUND US. 311 00:08:37,683 --> 00:08:38,985 >> TOGETHER WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED 312 00:08:38,985 --> 00:08:40,720 GREAT THINGS, LIKE BUILDING 313 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:42,088 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 314 00:08:42,088 --> 00:08:43,656 IN LOWER ORBIT. 315 00:08:43,656 --> 00:08:44,857 >> MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY 316 00:08:44,857 --> 00:08:46,659 REALLY EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE 317 00:08:46,659 --> 00:08:48,794 OF SERVICE, AND I WAS INSPIRED 318 00:08:48,794 --> 00:08:50,363 BY MY DAD'S EXAMPLE TO 319 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:52,131 PARTICIPATE IN SCOUTING, 320 00:08:52,131 --> 00:08:54,634 AND, UM, AND ULTIMATELY 321 00:08:54,634 --> 00:08:57,203 TO JOIN THE AIRFORCE AND SERVE-- 322 00:08:57,203 --> 00:08:58,704 SERVE OUR COUNTRY, UM, 323 00:08:58,704 --> 00:09:00,206 IN THAT WAY AS WELL, 324 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:00,806 AND NOW I HAVE 325 00:09:00,806 --> 00:09:02,441 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE 326 00:09:02,441 --> 00:09:03,576 THE AGENCY, TO SERVE 327 00:09:03,576 --> 00:09:04,443 OUR COMMUNITY, TO SERVE 328 00:09:04,443 --> 00:09:06,312 THE NATION, UM, IN THIS ROLE 329 00:09:06,312 --> 00:09:08,080 AS A NASA ASTRONAUT, 330 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:09,282 EXTENDING OUR PRESENCE 331 00:09:09,282 --> 00:09:10,549 IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM 332 00:09:10,549 --> 00:09:11,851 AND IMPROVING LIFE BACK HERE 333 00:09:11,851 --> 00:09:13,019 ON EARTH. 334 00:09:13,019 --> 00:09:13,920 >> IT HELPS LEAVE THIS WORLD 335 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:14,887 A BETTER PLACE, 336 00:09:14,887 --> 00:09:16,689 BECAUSE IN A HUNDRED YEARS, 337 00:09:16,689 --> 00:09:18,891 IT WON'T MATTER WHAT CAR 338 00:09:18,891 --> 00:09:19,992 WE DRIVE OR WHAT HOUSE 339 00:09:19,992 --> 00:09:22,061 WE LIVE IN, BUT THE IMPACT 340 00:09:22,061 --> 00:09:23,562 WE LEAVE BEHIND 341 00:09:23,562 --> 00:09:24,897 AROUND THOSE WE LOVE, 342 00:09:24,897 --> 00:09:26,832 THAT WILL REMAIN. 343 00:09:26,832 --> 00:09:28,434 MY FAVORITE QUOTE WHEN I THINK 344 00:09:28,434 --> 00:09:29,702 ABOUT PURPOSE DRIVEN SERVICE 345 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:31,671 IS FROM THE LATE 346 00:09:31,671 --> 00:09:34,607 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., 347 00:09:34,607 --> 00:09:35,441 WHO SAID THAT EVERYONE HAS 348 00:09:35,441 --> 00:09:37,043 THE POWER FOR GREATNESS. 349 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:39,211 NOT FOR FAME, BUT GREATNESS, 350 00:09:39,211 --> 00:09:40,680 BECAUSE GREATNESS IS DETERMINED 351 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:43,215 BY SERVICE, AND I LOVE 352 00:09:43,215 --> 00:09:44,884 THIS QUOTE BECAUSE DR. KING 353 00:09:44,884 --> 00:09:46,385 GOT IT RIGHT. 354 00:09:46,385 --> 00:09:48,220 IS THAT OUR LIVES 355 00:09:48,220 --> 00:09:50,423 ARE FULFILLED AND THE LIVES 356 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:51,457 OF THE PEOPLE WE LOVE 357 00:09:51,457 --> 00:09:52,825 ARE FULFILLED WHEN WE HAVE 358 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:55,061 A PURPOSE DRIVEN LIFE. 359 00:09:55,061 --> 00:09:56,696 >> WHEN I THINK ABOUT SERVICE, 360 00:09:56,696 --> 00:09:57,863 THE WHOLE POINT OF IT 361 00:09:57,863 --> 00:09:59,598 IS TO REALLY MINIMIZE 362 00:09:59,598 --> 00:10:00,933 OUR OWN SELF INTERESTS 363 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:02,568 AND FIGURE OUT WAYS TO 364 00:10:02,568 --> 00:10:03,502 IMPROVE THE LIVES 365 00:10:03,502 --> 00:10:05,271 AND WELL BEING OF THOSE 366 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:06,939 AROUND US, OF OUR COMMUNITY. 367 00:10:06,939 --> 00:10:08,307 I SEE THAT IN MY-- 368 00:10:08,307 --> 00:10:10,009 IN MY OWN PERSONAL JOURNEY. 369 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:11,344 UH, THE INVESTMENTS THAT 370 00:10:11,344 --> 00:10:12,411 SO MANY MADE 371 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:14,046 TO HELP ME SUCCEED, 372 00:10:14,046 --> 00:10:16,182 AND SO I THINK FOR ANY OF US 373 00:10:16,182 --> 00:10:16,916 THAT ARE IN POSITIONS 374 00:10:16,916 --> 00:10:18,684 OF LEADERSHIP AND LOOK BACK 375 00:10:18,684 --> 00:10:21,520 AND REFLECT ON OUR OWN JOURNEYS, 376 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,556 WE REALLY, UH, RELISH 377 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:26,525 THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOW 378 00:10:26,525 --> 00:10:27,927 INVEST IN OTHERS 379 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:29,228 AND TO SEE OTHERS SUCCEED, 380 00:10:29,228 --> 00:10:30,329 TO HELP EMPOWER THEM 381 00:10:30,329 --> 00:10:32,164 IN THEIR JOBS AND ACCOMPLISHING 382 00:10:32,164 --> 00:10:34,300 THEIR MISSIONS, AND THEN, UH, 383 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,468 ULTIMATELY TO HELP THEM 384 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:37,937 ACHIEVE THEIR-THEIR GOALS, 385 00:10:37,937 --> 00:10:39,271 SO WHAT A PRIVILEGE NOW 386 00:10:39,271 --> 00:10:41,273 TO BE ABLE TO COME FULL CIRCLE 387 00:10:41,273 --> 00:10:44,010 AND HELP INVEST IN OTHERS 388 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:45,745 IN THEIR JOURNEY. 389 00:10:45,745 --> 00:10:46,912 >> WORKING AND FLYING IN SPACE 390 00:10:46,912 --> 00:10:48,414 SIDE BY SIDE WITH PEOPLE FROM 391 00:10:48,414 --> 00:10:50,549 ALL OVER THE WORLD IS TRULY 392 00:10:50,549 --> 00:10:52,251 SHOWCASING WHAT HUMANS CAN DO 393 00:10:52,251 --> 00:10:54,186 WHEN THEY WORK TOGETHER. 394 00:10:54,186 --> 00:10:55,021 I AM HUMBLED TO PART 395 00:10:55,021 --> 00:10:57,656 OF THIS ADVENTURE. 396 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:05,464 [ MUSIC ] 397 00:11:05,464 --> 00:11:06,532 >> WE ARE AT AN EXCITING TIME 398 00:11:06,532 --> 00:11:07,900 FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. 399 00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:09,168 WE HAVE BEEN LIVING AND WORKING 400 00:11:09,168 --> 00:11:09,869 ON THE INTERNATIONAL 401 00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:11,971 SPACE STATION FOR OVER 20 YEARS, 402 00:11:11,971 --> 00:11:14,240 GATHERING, UM, EXPERIENCES 403 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:15,541 AND KNOWLEDGE THAT ARE GONNA 404 00:11:15,541 --> 00:11:17,543 HELP US FOR OUR NEXT STEPS. 405 00:11:17,543 --> 00:11:18,744 WE HAVE THE MOON AHEAD OF US, 406 00:11:18,744 --> 00:11:20,246 AND THEN MARS AND BEYOND, 407 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:22,681 AND SO IT'S AN INCREDIBLY 408 00:11:22,681 --> 00:11:24,583 EXCITING TIME, UH, TO BE, 409 00:11:24,583 --> 00:11:26,152 UH, LIVING AND WORKING 410 00:11:26,152 --> 00:11:27,820 IN LOWER ORBIT. 411 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:28,921 >> MY HOPE IS THAT ARTEMIS 412 00:11:28,921 --> 00:11:30,256 PUSHES HUMANITY TO EXPLORE 413 00:11:30,256 --> 00:11:32,224 THE MOON, MARS, AND BEYOND 414 00:11:32,224 --> 00:11:33,926 THE TECHNOLOGY AND DISCOVERIES 415 00:11:33,926 --> 00:11:35,428 THAT AWAIT WILL HELP US SOLVE 416 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:36,462 EXISTENTIAL PROBLEMS WE FACE 417 00:11:36,462 --> 00:11:38,197 HERE ON EARTH, AND HELP 418 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:40,032 ALL RACES, NATIONALITIES, 419 00:11:40,032 --> 00:11:41,400 AND ETHNICITIES TOGETHER. 420 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,568 >> AS WE GO INTO THE COSMOS, 421 00:11:42,568 --> 00:11:44,403 AND EXPAND OUR REACH 422 00:11:44,403 --> 00:11:45,738 IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM, 423 00:11:45,738 --> 00:11:47,673 I WANT US ALL TO REMEMBER 424 00:11:47,673 --> 00:11:49,775 THE HUMAN CONNECTIONS WE ALL 425 00:11:49,775 --> 00:11:51,077 SHARE WITH EACH OTHER, 426 00:11:51,077 --> 00:11:53,112 WITH OUR LIVED EXPERIENCES. 427 00:11:53,112 --> 00:11:54,747 AS WE EMBARK ON 428 00:11:54,747 --> 00:11:56,816 THESE FUTURE MISSIONS, 429 00:11:56,816 --> 00:11:58,851 I HOPE THAT WE TAKE TO HEART, 430 00:11:58,851 --> 00:11:59,785 UH, THE LESSONS OF 431 00:11:59,785 --> 00:12:00,986 THE PAST 20 YEARS. 432 00:12:00,986 --> 00:12:02,555 UM, AS YOU LOOK TO ALL 433 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:03,756 THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 434 00:12:03,756 --> 00:12:06,525 THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 435 00:12:06,525 --> 00:12:07,359 INCORPORATE INTO 436 00:12:07,359 --> 00:12:08,928 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 437 00:12:08,928 --> 00:12:09,695 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEAN 438 00:12:09,695 --> 00:12:11,097 ON THEIR EXPERIENCES 439 00:12:11,097 --> 00:12:12,064 AND THE VERY BEST 440 00:12:12,064 --> 00:12:13,332 OF THEIR EXPERTISE 441 00:12:13,332 --> 00:12:14,567 AS WE MOVE FORWARD 442 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:15,367 TO THE FUTURE, 443 00:12:15,367 --> 00:12:16,569 AS WE STRIVE FOR THE MOON, 444 00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:17,870 AND STRIVE FOR MARS, 445 00:12:17,870 --> 00:12:18,838 I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY 446 00:12:18,838 --> 00:12:19,805 IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER 447 00:12:19,805 --> 00:12:21,774 THAT WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER, 448 00:12:21,774 --> 00:12:23,142 THAT WE HAVE TO LEAN 449 00:12:23,142 --> 00:12:25,311 ON EACH OTHER AND LEAN 450 00:12:25,311 --> 00:12:27,379 ON THAT DIVERSITY OF EXPERIENCE 451 00:12:27,379 --> 00:12:28,314 AND BACKGROUND IN ORDER 452 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:29,482 TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 453 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:30,116 >> WE AT NASA 454 00:12:30,116 --> 00:12:30,816 CONTINUE TO WORK WITH 455 00:12:30,816 --> 00:12:32,151 OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 456 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:33,686 TO LEAVE LOW EARTH ORBIT. 457 00:12:33,686 --> 00:12:35,020 IT JUST SEEMS FITTING 458 00:12:35,020 --> 00:12:36,589 THAT WE GO AS HUMAN BEINGS 459 00:12:36,589 --> 00:12:37,490 FROM EARTH. 460 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:38,791 HONESTLY, WE ALL LIVE 461 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:40,226 HERE ON THIS ONE PLANET, 462 00:12:40,226 --> 00:12:42,228 THIS ONE BEACON IN SPACE, 463 00:12:42,228 --> 00:12:44,563 SO IT ALMOST SEEMS LOGICAL 464 00:12:44,563 --> 00:12:45,865 THAT WHEN WE LEAVE EARTH, 465 00:12:45,865 --> 00:12:47,299 WE MUST GO TOGETHER, 466 00:12:47,299 --> 00:12:49,068 REPRESENTING ALL OF US. 467 00:12:49,068 --> 00:12:49,969 >> BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY 468 00:12:49,969 --> 00:12:52,138 IT WILL WORK IS IF WE'RE ALL IN. 469 00:12:52,138 --> 00:12:54,373 >> KINDNESS, COMPASSION, 470 00:12:54,373 --> 00:12:56,542 GRACE, AND COLLABORATION 471 00:12:56,542 --> 00:12:58,110 ARE THE BEST TRAITS 472 00:12:58,110 --> 00:12:59,178 THAT MAKE US HUMAN, 473 00:12:59,178 --> 00:13:00,779 AND WE ALL HAVE A CONTRIBUTION 474 00:13:00,779 --> 00:13:01,747 IN THIS EFFORT 475 00:13:01,747 --> 00:13:02,815 OF PLANTING THE SEEDS 476 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:04,283 FOR A BETTER TOMORROW. 477 00:13:04,283 --> 00:13:05,351 >> I KNOW THAT'S A TALL ORDER, 478 00:13:05,351 --> 00:13:07,019 BUT ONE THAT WE AS HUMAN BEINGS 479 00:13:07,019 --> 00:13:08,154 CAN ACHIEVE. 480 00:13:08,154 --> 00:13:09,088 WE ARE UP FOR THE TASK 481 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:10,122 OF WORKING TOGETHER 482 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:12,491 TO ACHIEVE EVEN GREATER THINGS 483 00:13:12,491 --> 00:13:13,993 THAN WE CAN IMAGINE. 484 00:13:13,993 --> 00:13:14,927 >> THANK YOU FOR OBSERVING 485 00:13:14,927 --> 00:13:15,694 ASIAN AMERICAN 486 00:13:15,694 --> 00:13:16,695 AND PACIFIC ISLANDER 487 00:13:16,695 --> 00:13:18,097 HERITAGE MONTH WITH NASA. 488 00:13:18,097 --> 00:13:19,899 GAMSAHABNIDA. 489 00:13:19,899 --> 00:13:21,767 >> ALAVIDA.