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they came from humble beginnings

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from all over the country

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and all walks of life

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ordinary people

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but through hard work

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discipline and dedication

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they became

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they are pilots

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scientists engineers doctors from

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thousands of applicants these few

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were chosen

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through years of training sleepless

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nights and personal sacrifices they

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keep flying through triumph and tragedy

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learning from mistakes

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and accepting the risk

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do it for the necessity of exploration

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for scientific discoveries

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for the next generation to ensure that

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humanity

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has a path forward

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they represent the best of our nation

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they are

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nasa astronauts

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good morning

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i'm vanessa weich director of nasa's

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johnson space center

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and i'd like to welcome all of you here

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today to ellington field for a special

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announcement of america's newest

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astronaut candidate class

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nasa's johnson space center is the home

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of our nation's human space flight

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programs

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this past november we celebrated our

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60th anniversary here in houston

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a tremendous milestone in the history of

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the u.s space program

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johnson has served as the hub for

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america's astronaut corps

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international space station

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mission operations

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the orion and gateway programs and a

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host of future space flight developments

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our astronaut corps puts the human in

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human space flight

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and every few years we have the

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opportunity to add to those select few

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who get to fly in space

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these nasa astronauts will plan

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train and fly missions to the

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international space station

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and to the moon under artemis

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and eventually onto mars

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and after today

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johnson will be the new home of the

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individuals we introduced to you

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more than 12 000 people applied to be a

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part of this astronaut class

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and it takes a team of people to review

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applications and make selections i'd

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like to thank all of our employees who

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helped with the selection process

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these candidates studied hard worked

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hard applied to be a nasa astronaut

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and have gone through our extensive

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selection process

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and now today

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10 people will be named as nasa's newest

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astronaut candidates

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here in houston for two years

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using t-38 jets like the ones behind me

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and focus on a variety of technical

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activities to prepare them for missions

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that will help nasa push the boundaries

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many of them are still in the process of

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moving their families to houston

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and our team is excited to welcome them

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home

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at johnson our vision is clear we dare

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to expand frontiers we unite with our

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partners to complete bold missions and

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we explore

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for the benefit of all humanity

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our team plays a pivotal role in

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enhancing scientific and technological

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knowledge to benefit all of humankind

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we've made many giant leaps throughout

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the past 60 years

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fulfilling president kennedy's goals of

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landing a man on the moon and today we

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reach further into the stars as we push

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forward to the moon and once again and

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on to mars with nasa's newest astronaut

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candidate class

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at this time i'd like to introduce you

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to norm knight director of our flight

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norm leads a team of employees to

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facilitate the planning training and

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mission execution for nasa's human space

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he's responsible for flight operations

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directors nasa pilots and aviation

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the world-class training facilities

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including our spacecraft mock-ups and

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the neutral buoyancy lab please welcome

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thank you vanessa for the kind

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and good morning everyone

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it is a great time to be in the space

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business and it is a great day to be at

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so i know you are excited to meet the

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nasa's newest astronaut candidates so

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let's uh let's bring them out

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these are your nasa 2021 astronaut

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candidates

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an air force pilot from divide colorado

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an air force helicopter test pilot from

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a bio engineer and team usa track

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cyclist from gilbert arizona christina

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a drilling engineer from wasilla alaska

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a nasa langley research pilot from

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debary florida

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a space systems engineer from chesapeake

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a navy test pilot from south windsor

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medical director at spacex from

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a physicist from potomac maryland

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and a navy test pilot from clovis

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congratulations to the 2021 nasa

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astronaut candidates we welcome you to

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the nasa family and look forward to

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seeing you train and fly as nasa

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astronauts let's give them a big round

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see vanessa i'll turn it back to you

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thank you norm and congratulations to

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all of our astronaut candidates

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now i'd like to introduce

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the administrator of nasa nasa

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administrator bill nelson who is leading

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our agency into the future

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senator nelson has served in public

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office for over four decades first in

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the state legislator and in congress

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then as state treasurer he was elected

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three times the united states senate

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representing florida for 18 years

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in 1986 senator nelson flew on the 24th

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flight of the space shuttle the mission

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on columbia orbited the earth 98 times

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senator nelson conducted 12 medical

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experiments including the first american

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stress test in space and a cancer

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university researchers i introduced to

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you administrator nelson

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morning uh they're not enthusiastic at

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this is the nasa family

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so i address you members of the national

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family and those of you out there

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watching this on nasa tv

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for 60 years

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the johnson space center has captured

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the american story

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it's a story about discovery

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about exploration

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about people who forge ahead

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we are a nation that is restless unless

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pressing out into the unknown

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we've always had a frontier to expand

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the frontier now

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and it's out into the cosmos

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we're going back to the moon

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and we're continuing on to mars

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and so today we welcome 10 new explorers

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10 members of the artemis generation

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it was the apollo generation and that

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did so much for so many now

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has the right stuff but together they

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exactly the creed of our country e

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out of many one

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of two immigrant parents

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there are members and veterans of u.s

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armed forces including a pilot

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first all-female

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one candidate led on-site operations on

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drilling rigs in canada and ohio and

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texas and another is a former emergency

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medical technician and firefighter

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who became an assistant professor of

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medicine at harvard

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nasa astronauts embodied the spirit of

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astronauts candidate's journey is

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we unite people

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to explore

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you've been selected not only to push

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the envelope of humanity's potential

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you've been tasked

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to carry out the hopes

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of a nation

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and that hope is found

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in the twinkling eyes of a child when

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they dream of soaring upwards

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you know the lord is speaking

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oh lord just let me do my part

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that

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hope is found in those twinkling eyes of

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a child it's felt whenever we gaze up at

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and wonder what might more be out there

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it's what we're going to do when we look

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through that telescope that we're

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launching on december the 22nd

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generations of astronaut candidates have

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trained here at ellington field many

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have explored the heavens

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and they carried america's aspirations

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during every mission

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and it's a sacred duty

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it now

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so good luck in your training and and

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may god bless you

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it's my honor to introduce a couple of

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and is that the siren going off

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nasa is venturing farther out into the

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solar system but america is not going

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we are partnering

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with space agencies from around the

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today we are joined by two united arab

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and muhammad al-mullah

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over the next two years they will train

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and they will strengthen the bond

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between our two nations

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thank you norah and muhammad where are

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we are also honored to be joined today

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by some special guests

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congressman randy weber

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and texas state representative dennis

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thank you for the bipartisan support

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from the staff of the offices of senator

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cruz congresswoman

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sheila jackson lee who texts me as to

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why she could not be here she's

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right there when it comes to nasa

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congressman babin's staff congressman

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webber's staff

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congresswoman

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fletcher's staff

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next

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congressman babin of texas

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he's the 36th district that's right here

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in this area

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he's going to say a few words

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congressman

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thank you administrator repeat after me

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i do solemnly swear that's where we're

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the administrator and i have had several

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conversations about uh getting funding

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for our human space exploration and our

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programs and

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uh this should be a bipartisan effort

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and i promise you that we are working as

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hard as we can to do that

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uh it's my pleasure and my privilege to

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be here this morning and so incredibly

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proud to be standing here with uh with

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you

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wonderful folks and celebrate our newest

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class and nasa astronauts what a time it

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is for you to be joining the astronaut

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corps

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and these uh

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young

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ladies and gentlemen have been chosen

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literally from a cast of thousands

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and we're very proud of you once again

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we're launching american astronauts on

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americans rockets from american soil and

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before long we will be what we will be

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watching uh the most powerful

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launch vehicle ever known the space

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launch system and the orion the only

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spacecraft in the world capable of

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exploring deep space

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clear the tower

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and hopefully you will be along for the

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ride

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as astronaut candidates i have no doubt

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that you will throw yourself into your

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training in preparation for that day in

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the not so distant future and when you

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were asked to carry out the goals of our

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great nation in congress i serve as the

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ranking member of the house space and

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aeronautics subcommittee and i represent

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the johnson space centers is as a a

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matter of of fact

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you have my solemn promise that i will

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do everything possible and in my power

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to ensure a robust space program

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that will be standing behind you the

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entire way when it comes to space my

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absolute highest priority is ensuring

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that america will continue to lead to

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discover and to achieve

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thank you lord he agrees with me

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i have great faith that you will enable

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us to do just that

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famed antarctic explorer ernest

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shackleton once said

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it is in our nature to explore to reach

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out into the unknown the only true

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failure would be to not explore at all

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and wearing the american flag on your

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shoulder and your sleeve you carry the

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hopes and dreams of our nation with you

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into that unknown and so thank you for

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your willingness to explore

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congratulations on your selection and i

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look forward to seeing great things from

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you so mr administrator thank you very

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so i want to introduce congressman weber

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of texas 14th congressional district

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congressman

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thank you mr administrator it is indeed

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a pleasure to be here

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thank you for the those introductions as

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regarding the five billion dollars you

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have my commitment uh brian can handle

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most of that i'll kick a little money

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myself from time to time

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listen it's a great pleasure to be here

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we live in the greatest country in the

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world

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texas

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seriously we do we live in the greatest

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country in the world the united states

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of america and i know you all know that

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because you're here and you're part of

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it

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johnson space center too

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of what the finest we have to offer is

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we're going to i'm going to pass a hat a

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little later on so i got to get you all

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geared out so

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jsc is helping lead that way director

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vanessa white reminded us by the way of

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jfk's focus remember in 62 when he said

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we choose to we're going to put a man on

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the moon how many of y'all remember that

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some of y'all are old like i am you

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remember that

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well what if he said we just put a woman

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on the moon we'd have been a lot farther

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ahead at this point right we'd probably

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be at mars already right director

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administrator

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well nasa and jsc's record speaks for

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itself i don't have to tell y'all y'all

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absolutely know that that's why you're

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hearing such a great show of support

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their ability to focus and make goals if

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you can make their goals that you can

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pardon the pun

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is out of this world

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they're good at it aren't they

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come on y'all

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and speaking of the finest that america

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has to offer this new group of astronaut

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candidates gives me a great deal of

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encouragement

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you know i remember reid we were talking

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in the back and he said that he has

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never seen so much excitement

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in the country as there is right now and

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i say amen

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i coined the phrase that's called

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togetherism nasa's togetherism we're

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bringing people groups countries we're

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bringing goals together we're helping

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stem we're helping young people to get

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excited

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you're seeing togetherism i'm 68 years

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old i know i don't look that old more

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like 78 but anyway

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you're seeing young people get excited

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like you've never i've never seen before

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so that's exciting that gives me

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so

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you ladies and gentlemen that as america

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goes

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the world

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goes and i don't say that lightly

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for us to lead in space is absolutely

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paramount

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and what we do what we have where we're

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headed is what it's going to how it's

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going to be how the world perceives us

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how the world perceives us

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nasa actually helps bring us together

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not just that togetherism here but

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around the world and we see it we've got

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a couple of astronauts from across the

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big pond right there we see that

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this has helped this space

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our space goals helps y'all hear the

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rain

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notice that i didn't get no lightning

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god wanted you all to hear what i have

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to say i'm just saying that from my

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friends

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so it helps us with national defense it

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helps us with our economy it helps us

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with stem it helps in so many ways so

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hats off to nasa hats off to

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administrator nelson director watch on

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the whole nasa team and let's well give

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i do want to pick one thing miss vanessa

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said she said the families are moving to

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houston just so you all know you know

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i'm the congressman from galveston

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county we are taking applications in

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galveston county families just just so

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they know norm

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seriously we couldn't be more prouder we

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couldn't be more prouder of you all

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and

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just an unbelievable day congratulations

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hats off good job well done we're

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looking for the best to come thank you

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now it's my privilege

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to introduce a role model

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in fact

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she was just inducted into the astronaut

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hall of fame

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pam melroy

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served as the pilot on two missions and

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the commander

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on another

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and before that

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she was the third woman to graduate from

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the u.s air force test pilot school

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she's a trailblazer

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a visionary and a remarkable

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nasa deputy administrator

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[Music]

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she along with bob cabana

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are great co-leaders with me

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as we try to forge a path in the future

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please give a warm welcome to deputy

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[Music]

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oh my gosh this is so awesome

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congratulations i'll tell you what's

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overwhelming is just

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uh how it how many memories it brings

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back so i'll tell you a story

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27 years ago tomorrow i got the phone

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call and uh i was a test pilot at

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edwards air force base i was finishing

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up my breakfast in the kitchen and i got

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a phone call

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from astronaut dave listma who was then

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the head of fcod

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and uh i i couldn't believe it my heart

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was pounding i was really excited and

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then i had to go to work

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but the last thing dave said to me is

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and you can't tell anyone until we do do

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the big thing so i went okay can't tell

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anybody can't tell anybody i walked into

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my squadron and all of my test pilot

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colleagues took one look at me and said

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you got the phone call

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i'm like thank you so much i'm fired

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already

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i said no no no no no and they said no

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you you can't you can't hide it your

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face is lit up like a candle and i think

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i know

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that you will all remember that phone

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call and here's how i know

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my ass can class 1995

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when we were trying to master the

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intricacies of the space shuttle

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particularly the propulsion system and

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we started to get maybe a little

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discouraged what we would do is we would

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all go together over to space center

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houston and there was a movie called to

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be an astronaut

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and it basically was the whole journey

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it was from the phone call all the way

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through training to flying in space and

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it just lifted our spirits and always

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made us remember that phone call was the

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beginning of the journey so i know

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you're going to remember that moment too

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it was an extraordinary experience to be

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a part of that generation of astronauts

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my generation built the international

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space station and that was a remarkable

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achievement and an amazing set of

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challenges

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but i also want to point out that at

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that time there were two human space

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spacecraft in the world the space

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shuttle and the soyuz and that was it

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in the last decade thanks to nasa's

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previous investments but also nurturing

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and sponsoring

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of american industry

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now the envy of the world

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we have multiple human spacecraft so

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it's never been a more exciting time to

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embark on your career

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and artemis

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that is so exciting we cannot wait to

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see that first human-capable deep space

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craft since apollo

574
00:29:23,830 --> 00:29:21,279
go on its maiden test voyage next year

575
00:29:25,990 --> 00:29:23,840
but i just want to tell you that we're

576
00:29:28,630 --> 00:29:26,000
not going to rest on the laurel laurels

577
00:29:31,510 --> 00:29:28,640
of the last decade the administrator the

578
00:29:34,070 --> 00:29:31,520
associate administrator myself

579
00:29:37,830 --> 00:29:34,080
all the senior leadership of the agency

580
00:29:41,430 --> 00:29:37,840
is very focused on building a blueprint

581
00:29:43,350 --> 00:29:41,440
for how we will explore with humans

582
00:29:46,630 --> 00:29:43,360
not just to the moon

583
00:29:48,310 --> 00:29:46,640
not just onto mars but figuring out the

584
00:29:50,710 --> 00:29:48,320
blueprint for how we're going to go into

585
00:29:52,950 --> 00:29:50,720
the solar system that is what we are

586
00:29:54,710 --> 00:29:52,960
focused on right now we're going to

587
00:29:55,590 --> 00:29:54,720
practice on the moon we're going to

588
00:29:57,590 --> 00:29:55,600
learn

589
00:30:00,230 --> 00:29:57,600
and we're going to push out

590
00:30:02,950 --> 00:30:00,240
and that will be your generation

591
00:30:05,430 --> 00:30:02,960
and i am so excited

592
00:30:09,350 --> 00:30:05,440
congratulations i can't wait to support

593
00:30:11,350 --> 00:30:09,360
you and cheer you on in your journey

594
00:30:14,230 --> 00:30:11,360
and now i'd like to introduce our

595
00:30:15,990 --> 00:30:14,240
associate administrator my former boss

596
00:30:26,950 --> 00:30:16,000
is the chief of the astronaut office

597
00:30:32,230 --> 00:30:29,269
thank you pam it is uh great to be home

598
00:30:34,630 --> 00:30:32,240
in houston and it's really great to be

599
00:30:37,110 --> 00:30:34,640
here at aircraft operations where the

600
00:30:39,510 --> 00:30:37,120
finest aircraft maintainers in the world

601
00:30:41,590 --> 00:30:39,520
work and i gotta say

602
00:30:43,430 --> 00:30:41,600
i do miss flying those sleek little jets

603
00:30:44,230 --> 00:30:43,440
that are behind us

604
00:30:46,630 --> 00:30:44,240
uh

605
00:30:49,350 --> 00:30:46,640
i i can't believe it's been 36 years

606
00:30:51,269 --> 00:30:49,360
since i was where you guys are

607
00:30:52,230 --> 00:30:51,279
and all my nasa career was in front of

608
00:30:54,789 --> 00:30:52,240
me

609
00:30:57,830 --> 00:30:54,799
it was absolutely amazing

610
00:31:00,630 --> 00:30:57,840
and i just got to say congratulations to

611
00:31:02,389 --> 00:31:00,640
all of you you know when i think of what

612
00:31:04,789 --> 00:31:02,399
i went through and where you guys are

613
00:31:06,789 --> 00:31:04,799
now it it's just every the world is in

614
00:31:08,230 --> 00:31:06,799
front of you i am so glad i got selected

615
00:31:10,149 --> 00:31:08,240
when i did because i'm not sure i'd have

616
00:31:12,549 --> 00:31:10,159
been competitive competing against all

617
00:31:15,750 --> 00:31:12,559
you you guys are absolutely amazing

618
00:31:18,389 --> 00:31:15,760
and i'm really envious of what lies in

619
00:31:21,110 --> 00:31:18,399
front of you you know as we we return to

620
00:31:22,389 --> 00:31:21,120
the moon in a sustainable way paving the

621
00:31:24,710 --> 00:31:22,399
way towards mars we're going to

622
00:31:26,789 --> 00:31:24,720
establish a presence in our solar system

623
00:31:28,470 --> 00:31:26,799
beyond our home planet and you guys are

624
00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:28,480
the ones who are going to get to do that

625
00:31:32,870 --> 00:31:30,399
i think it's absolutely awesome when i

626
00:31:34,470 --> 00:31:32,880
think back to uh my astronaut candidate

627
00:31:36,149 --> 00:31:34,480
year one of the things that impressed me

628
00:31:39,190 --> 00:31:36,159
the most about it that i enjoyed the

629
00:31:41,350 --> 00:31:39,200
most it was the camaraderie of my class

630
00:31:43,269 --> 00:31:41,360
and and the teamwork and it was the

631
00:31:44,549 --> 00:31:43,279
people that we got to work with i mean

632
00:31:46,389 --> 00:31:44,559
when i had a question i mean my

633
00:31:48,149 --> 00:31:46,399
background was engineering and flying

634
00:31:50,230 --> 00:31:48,159
being a test pilot but i was working

635
00:31:52,630 --> 00:31:50,240
with phds and in physics and

636
00:31:54,710 --> 00:31:52,640
astrophysics and oceanography and that

637
00:31:56,789 --> 00:31:54,720
intermingling of thought and diversity

638
00:31:59,430 --> 00:31:56,799
was just absolutely outstanding i was

639
00:32:01,590 --> 00:31:59,440
trained in geology by dr bill mullberger

640
00:32:03,990 --> 00:32:01,600
who who trained the apollo astronauts in

641
00:32:06,310 --> 00:32:04,000
geology and i just i really enjoyed that

642
00:32:07,590 --> 00:32:06,320
you are just going to have a great time

643
00:32:09,350 --> 00:32:07,600
and the only thing that's going to top

644
00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:09,360
it is when you get that first space

645
00:32:12,190 --> 00:32:10,640
flight and that is going to be

646
00:32:16,470 --> 00:32:12,200
absolutely

647
00:32:18,310 --> 00:32:16,480
amazing uh i was uh i was talking to uh

648
00:32:20,149 --> 00:32:18,320
bob benkin who was a chief of the

649
00:32:22,950 --> 00:32:20,159
astronaut office not too long ago before

650
00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:22,960
this all started i said bob you know he

651
00:32:27,509 --> 00:32:24,720
asked me how my job was going and i said

652
00:32:30,149 --> 00:32:27,519
i absolutely love it bob working with

653
00:32:31,990 --> 00:32:30,159
senator nelson and pam is absolutely

654
00:32:33,750 --> 00:32:32,000
amazing this is a critical time for our

655
00:32:34,470 --> 00:32:33,760
nation's space program i said but you

656
00:32:36,710 --> 00:32:34,480
know

657
00:32:38,310 --> 00:32:36,720
i have not worked this hard or put this

658
00:32:39,830 --> 00:32:38,320
many hours in

659
00:32:42,389 --> 00:32:39,840
since i was chief of the astronaut

660
00:32:44,230 --> 00:32:42,399
office and bob can appreciate that

661
00:32:45,669 --> 00:32:44,240
and so could the next person who i'm

662
00:32:47,669 --> 00:32:45,679
going to introduce that was probably one

663
00:32:50,310 --> 00:32:47,679
of the most challenging jobs i had in my

664
00:32:52,149 --> 00:32:50,320
nasa career and it's my pleasure now to

665
00:32:54,070 --> 00:32:52,159
introduce the current chief of the

666
00:32:56,789 --> 00:32:54,080
astronaut office

667
00:32:59,509 --> 00:32:56,799
a distinguished naval aviator test pilot

668
00:33:02,549 --> 00:32:59,519
uh flew in space for six months on

669
00:33:05,029 --> 00:33:02,559
expedition 41 led two space walks he's

670
00:33:19,190 --> 00:33:05,039
an outstanding leader a really nice guy

671
00:33:21,750 --> 00:33:20,549
all right so there's some prepared words

672
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:21,760
here and i'm not going to read any of

673
00:33:24,789 --> 00:33:22,930
them

674
00:33:27,590 --> 00:33:24,799
[Music]

675
00:33:30,149 --> 00:33:27,600
sitting before us we have

676
00:33:31,190 --> 00:33:30,159
10 americans 10 of our nation's absolute

677
00:33:33,830 --> 00:33:31,200
finest

678
00:33:36,070 --> 00:33:33,840
and uh you have got a

679
00:33:37,350 --> 00:33:36,080
huge huge next few years of work ahead

680
00:33:39,909 --> 00:33:37,360
of you and it's going to be absolutely

681
00:33:41,190 --> 00:33:39,919
awesome last night i got to meet

682
00:33:42,230 --> 00:33:41,200
most of the family members of these

683
00:33:44,710 --> 00:33:42,240
folks

684
00:33:45,830 --> 00:33:44,720
and i recognize very very quickly very

685
00:33:47,830 --> 00:33:45,840
quickly

686
00:33:49,590 --> 00:33:47,840
they have all worked hard

687
00:33:51,269 --> 00:33:49,600
but they have been raised well and they

688
00:33:53,269 --> 00:33:51,279
have been supported well

689
00:33:54,710 --> 00:33:53,279
so i want to take a second to thank all

690
00:34:08,149 --> 00:33:54,720
their parents their brothers their

691
00:34:11,349 --> 00:34:09,669
i want to thank their spouses their

692
00:34:13,990 --> 00:34:11,359
children i want to thank the uncle who

693
00:34:16,069 --> 00:34:14,000
stepped in and took over when when he

694
00:34:17,669 --> 00:34:16,079
knew it was necessary like these people

695
00:34:19,829 --> 00:34:17,679
these families getting to meet and

696
00:34:21,510 --> 00:34:19,839
interact with them it warms your heart

697
00:34:23,829 --> 00:34:21,520
you know why our nation is good and you

698
00:34:25,109 --> 00:34:23,839
know why they were selected

699
00:34:26,869 --> 00:34:25,119
so i think we're just going to take a

700
00:34:28,629 --> 00:34:26,879
few quick minutes

701
00:34:30,069 --> 00:34:28,639
because i want to hear from them so

702
00:34:32,149 --> 00:34:30,079
we're going to start with uh start with

703
00:34:33,589 --> 00:34:32,159
jessica and uh

704
00:34:35,750 --> 00:34:33,599
and you know before jessica before i let

705
00:34:38,230 --> 00:34:35,760
you go i i do want to echo one thing

706
00:34:40,869 --> 00:34:38,240
that pretty much everyone has said

707
00:34:42,950 --> 00:34:40,879
we are in the golden age right now of

708
00:34:44,470 --> 00:34:42,960
human spaceflight we have private

709
00:34:46,310 --> 00:34:44,480
missions going

710
00:34:47,829 --> 00:34:46,320
out into low earth orbit we have the

711
00:34:49,909 --> 00:34:47,839
international space station conducting

712
00:34:51,349 --> 00:34:49,919
research trying to better life here on

713
00:34:53,430 --> 00:34:51,359
earth we have the artemis program going

714
00:34:55,430 --> 00:34:53,440
to the moon and then on to mars this

715
00:34:57,510 --> 00:34:55,440
right now just take a step back with

716
00:34:59,430 --> 00:34:57,520
these explorers up here and recognize

717
00:35:01,910 --> 00:34:59,440
this right now is the golden age of

718
00:35:03,910 --> 00:35:01,920
human space flight and with that jessica

719
00:35:05,910 --> 00:35:03,920
uh when did you first become interested

720
00:35:07,910 --> 00:35:05,920
in being an astronaut

721
00:35:10,150 --> 00:35:07,920
yes so i first became interested in

722
00:35:12,790 --> 00:35:10,160
becoming an astronaut at a very

723
00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:12,800
very early age i was that little girl in

724
00:35:17,109 --> 00:35:15,040
school who would play with rockets at

725
00:35:18,390 --> 00:35:17,119
the park by the house and love science

726
00:35:21,349 --> 00:35:18,400
class

727
00:35:22,870 --> 00:35:21,359
i i love to learn why and how things

728
00:35:25,349 --> 00:35:22,880
worked the way that they worked i became

729
00:35:26,150 --> 00:35:25,359
a mechanic in an earlier life

730
00:35:27,270 --> 00:35:26,160
and

731
00:35:29,109 --> 00:35:27,280
when i found out that there was a

732
00:35:31,750 --> 00:35:29,119
profession that combined all of these

733
00:35:33,589 --> 00:35:31,760
things i i was hooked so i was hooked

734
00:35:36,310 --> 00:35:33,599
right from the get-go

735
00:35:38,550 --> 00:35:36,320
every step of my career from then on out

736
00:35:40,790 --> 00:35:38,560
had this goal in mind of standing here

737
00:35:42,950 --> 00:35:40,800
today as a nasa astronaut candidate with

738
00:35:44,950 --> 00:35:42,960
all of my teammates i'm extremely

739
00:35:47,589 --> 00:35:44,960
excited to be part of this team very

740
00:35:49,109 --> 00:35:47,599
honored to be standing up here today and

741
00:35:50,630 --> 00:35:49,119
uh and i'm really excited for all the

742
00:35:59,829 --> 00:35:50,640
things that nasa has planned for us in

743
00:36:02,550 --> 00:36:01,270
when you get on the space station you

744
00:36:04,470 --> 00:36:02,560
will know those mechanics skills will

745
00:36:06,390 --> 00:36:04,480
come in very handy every single day in

746
00:36:08,790 --> 00:36:06,400
our orbiting uh platform up there uh

747
00:36:10,230 --> 00:36:08,800
denise who inspires you

748
00:36:11,910 --> 00:36:10,240
all right y'all my mom is in the

749
00:36:13,790 --> 00:36:11,920
audience so i'm going to put her on the

750
00:36:19,109 --> 00:36:13,800
spot

751
00:36:23,910 --> 00:36:20,790
so her childhood dream was to be a

752
00:36:26,069 --> 00:36:23,920
military officer well at the time

753
00:36:27,990 --> 00:36:26,079
in turkey it was not allowed for women

754
00:36:30,150 --> 00:36:28,000
so as a little girl i got to watch my

755
00:36:31,349 --> 00:36:30,160
mom graduate college i got to watch her

756
00:36:32,950 --> 00:36:31,359
commission as an officer in the united

757
00:36:35,109 --> 00:36:32,960
states air force

758
00:36:36,710 --> 00:36:35,119
she taught me how to dream big and as

759
00:36:38,310 --> 00:36:36,720
long as you stay the course you can

760
00:36:40,230 --> 00:36:38,320
achieve anything

761
00:36:41,589 --> 00:36:40,240
that's what inspired me not to give up

762
00:36:50,230 --> 00:36:41,599
on my own childhood dream of becoming a

763
00:36:54,310 --> 00:36:51,109
that is

764
00:36:55,190 --> 00:36:54,320
that's awesome thank you uh chris uh

765
00:36:56,790 --> 00:36:55,200
what were you doing before you got

766
00:36:59,190 --> 00:36:56,800
selected as an astronaut

767
00:37:00,790 --> 00:36:59,200
yeah uh so uh before i got selected as a

768
00:37:02,870 --> 00:37:00,800
nasa astronaut i was working as a

769
00:37:04,069 --> 00:37:02,880
medical physicist at the brigham women's

770
00:37:05,990 --> 00:37:04,079
hospital and dana farber cancer

771
00:37:07,829 --> 00:37:06,000
institute in boston and what that means

772
00:37:09,670 --> 00:37:07,839
is i was sort of splitting my time

773
00:37:11,670 --> 00:37:09,680
between uh helping to research better

774
00:37:13,670 --> 00:37:11,680
ways we can target radiation therapy for

775
00:37:16,069 --> 00:37:13,680
cancer and then actually working as part

776
00:37:17,670 --> 00:37:16,079
of a team a multi-disciplinary team to

777
00:37:19,030 --> 00:37:17,680
to treat patients

778
00:37:20,950 --> 00:37:19,040
and so while it's a little bit

779
00:37:23,190 --> 00:37:20,960
bittersweet to leave the incredible team

780
00:37:24,870 --> 00:37:23,200
that i i worked with at the hospital i'm

781
00:37:26,950 --> 00:37:24,880
just honored and

782
00:37:28,950 --> 00:37:26,960
and incredibly excited to join the nasa

783
00:37:38,310 --> 00:37:28,960
team and these wonderful people to to

784
00:37:40,950 --> 00:37:39,910
i think pam was safe but you and i were

785
00:37:44,390 --> 00:37:40,960
definitely in jeopardy if we were

786
00:37:45,589 --> 00:37:44,400
applying uh all right uh christina what

787
00:37:46,710 --> 00:37:45,599
would you say to young people who are

788
00:37:48,950 --> 00:37:46,720
interested in following in your

789
00:37:51,190 --> 00:37:48,960
footsteps

790
00:37:53,349 --> 00:37:51,200
well as you can see from my incredible

791
00:37:56,069 --> 00:37:53,359
classmates seated here beside me there's

792
00:37:58,230 --> 00:37:56,079
really no one path to becoming a nasa

793
00:37:59,910 --> 00:37:58,240
astronaut candidate and you know you

794
00:38:01,510 --> 00:37:59,920
might think that that my path as a

795
00:38:03,430 --> 00:38:01,520
bioengineer and a cyclist is a little

796
00:38:05,670 --> 00:38:03,440
bit out there but it was really all of

797
00:38:07,990 --> 00:38:05,680
those skills that i gained from those

798
00:38:10,230 --> 00:38:08,000
experiences that helped me get here

799
00:38:11,750 --> 00:38:10,240
and so i think my my advice would be to

800
00:38:13,510 --> 00:38:11,760
find something that you're really

801
00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:13,520
interested in really curious about

802
00:38:19,190 --> 00:38:16,640
passionate about and explore that deeply

803
00:38:21,510 --> 00:38:19,200
and i think if you approach every day

804
00:38:23,430 --> 00:38:21,520
trying to do the little things well

805
00:38:25,349 --> 00:38:23,440
they will add up to something really big

806
00:38:35,430 --> 00:38:25,359
and that might be sitting here someday

807
00:38:39,589 --> 00:38:37,670
all right jack what excites you uh about

808
00:38:41,030 --> 00:38:39,599
human space flight right now

809
00:38:42,790 --> 00:38:41,040
it's kind of a tough question to answer

810
00:38:44,630 --> 00:38:42,800
because uh there's so much that's

811
00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:44,640
exciting about human spaceflight right

812
00:38:48,630 --> 00:38:46,960
now as everyone has mentioned so far

813
00:38:50,870 --> 00:38:48,640
there's commercial space flight going on

814
00:38:52,630 --> 00:38:50,880
commercial space exploration nasa's

815
00:38:54,310 --> 00:38:52,640
artemis program is going on potentially

816
00:38:56,150 --> 00:38:54,320
go to the moon and then on to mars

817
00:38:58,470 --> 00:38:56,160
there's just so much that's going on

818
00:39:00,230 --> 00:38:58,480
right now that's just so very exciting i

819
00:39:02,230 --> 00:39:00,240
just i can't put my finger on one thing

820
00:39:04,390 --> 00:39:02,240
i'm excited about it all i'm excited

821
00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:04,400
about the speed that it's happening at

822
00:39:07,990 --> 00:39:05,920
who knows where we're going to be in 5

823
00:39:09,829 --> 00:39:08,000
10 or 15 years because technology is

824
00:39:12,230 --> 00:39:09,839
changing so quickly there's so much

825
00:39:13,910 --> 00:39:12,240
support for the space program out there

826
00:39:15,190 --> 00:39:13,920
right now that uh we really can do

827
00:39:17,190 --> 00:39:15,200
anything in the amount of time that we

828
00:39:19,349 --> 00:39:17,200
have and i'm just so excited uh with all

829
00:39:22,150 --> 00:39:19,359
my astronaut candidate colleagues uh to

830
00:39:23,829 --> 00:39:22,160
work with you guys uh to to uh have this

831
00:39:32,630 --> 00:39:23,839
adventure and see where man space flight

832
00:39:35,430 --> 00:39:33,990
all right before i ask andre this

833
00:39:37,829 --> 00:39:35,440
question i got to meet his dad last

834
00:39:39,990 --> 00:39:37,839
night if anybody needs a new best friend

835
00:39:41,670 --> 00:39:40,000
please find out on plea please find

836
00:39:47,589 --> 00:39:41,680
andre's dad he is just a great man i can

837
00:39:51,030 --> 00:39:49,270
all right andre

838
00:39:53,589 --> 00:39:51,040
sorry to put you on the spot what does

839
00:39:54,390 --> 00:39:53,599
it mean to be a nasa astronaut

840
00:39:57,190 --> 00:39:54,400
so

841
00:40:00,870 --> 00:39:57,200
a nasa astronaut is not afraid of

842
00:40:03,030 --> 00:40:00,880
challenges or solving complex problems

843
00:40:05,349 --> 00:40:03,040
they're explorers that are ready to

844
00:40:07,829 --> 00:40:05,359
unlock the secrets of our universe for

845
00:40:09,190 --> 00:40:07,839
the betterment of humankind but most

846
00:40:12,550 --> 00:40:09,200
importantly

847
00:40:16,630 --> 00:40:12,560
they are team players that collaborate

848
00:40:19,349 --> 00:40:16,640
with contractors people organizations

849
00:40:30,069 --> 00:40:19,359
and international partners to further

850
00:40:33,349 --> 00:40:31,430
all right nicole with the biggest fan

851
00:40:34,950 --> 00:40:33,359
club out there what aspect of training

852
00:40:36,150 --> 00:40:34,960
are you looking forward to

853
00:40:38,230 --> 00:40:36,160
as you can

854
00:40:40,230 --> 00:40:38,240
see the common theme is uh being part of

855
00:40:42,230 --> 00:40:40,240
a team so i cannot wait to get to know

856
00:40:43,990 --> 00:40:42,240
my new team members um

857
00:40:45,109 --> 00:40:44,000
you know i wouldn't be up here today and

858
00:40:46,630 --> 00:40:45,119
i wouldn't be where i am without the

859
00:40:48,230 --> 00:40:46,640
teammates who have stood next to me

860
00:40:49,670 --> 00:40:48,240
throughout all of it uh you know to

861
00:40:50,829 --> 00:40:49,680
include my college volleyball teammates

862
00:40:53,109 --> 00:40:50,839
who are here in the

863
00:40:55,349 --> 00:40:53,119
stands um

864
00:40:57,510 --> 00:40:55,359
yeah but the uh the f22 pilot enemy has

865
00:40:59,030 --> 00:40:57,520
to say flying i think learning the t-38

866
00:41:00,630 --> 00:40:59,040
again and not only just flying but

867
00:41:02,390 --> 00:41:00,640
getting to share my love of flying with

868
00:41:04,630 --> 00:41:02,400
my classmates and then also getting to

869
00:41:06,870 --> 00:41:04,640
learn them as we fly together and

870
00:41:08,630 --> 00:41:06,880
getting to know each other i can't wait

871
00:41:10,150 --> 00:41:08,640
to get to know everybody and start to

872
00:41:12,550 --> 00:41:10,160
learn all the different aspects of space

873
00:41:13,990 --> 00:41:12,560
flight and how us as the nasa

874
00:41:15,980 --> 00:41:14,000
nasa astronaut candidates are going to

875
00:41:23,990 --> 00:41:15,990
further human space flight

876
00:41:26,069 --> 00:41:24,000
[Applause]

877
00:41:29,190 --> 00:41:26,079
uh marcos what what future missions are

878
00:41:31,270 --> 00:41:29,200
you most excited about uh and why

879
00:41:33,670 --> 00:41:31,280
so any mission that i can be assigned to

880
00:41:35,589 --> 00:41:33,680
can i answer

881
00:41:37,910 --> 00:41:35,599
can i uh hold you to what i'm about to

882
00:41:39,510 --> 00:41:37,920
say absolutely all right so maybe so i

883
00:41:41,990 --> 00:41:39,520
know i have uh two brothers in the

884
00:41:43,190 --> 00:41:42,000
audience who are probably thinking uh

885
00:41:45,109 --> 00:41:43,200
so you're telling me there's a chance

886
00:41:48,710 --> 00:41:45,119
here so i i like it so i'm gonna go big

887
00:41:50,950 --> 00:41:48,720
here i think it would be great if nasa

888
00:41:52,950 --> 00:41:50,960
could scale up the ingenuity helicopter

889
00:41:55,030 --> 00:41:52,960
that's currently flying on mars

890
00:41:56,550 --> 00:41:55,040
to maybe you know fit two people i know

891
00:41:58,069 --> 00:41:56,560
dennis the other helicopter pilot here

892
00:42:07,910 --> 00:41:58,079
and i would love to take a first spin

893
00:42:11,030 --> 00:42:08,870
all right you could definitely hold me

894
00:42:13,589 --> 00:42:11,040
to that and i will ride with you anytime

895
00:42:14,790 --> 00:42:13,599
uh luke you come to us from nasa langley

896
00:42:16,230 --> 00:42:14,800
can you talk a little bit about your

897
00:42:18,710 --> 00:42:16,240
work there and how it's helping our nasa

898
00:42:20,630 --> 00:42:18,720
missions yeah absolutely since checking

899
00:42:23,270 --> 00:42:20,640
in over at nasa langley they have been

900
00:42:25,910 --> 00:42:23,280
doing all kinds of activities we got

901
00:42:28,069 --> 00:42:25,920
advancement for aviation safety

902
00:42:29,670 --> 00:42:28,079
space technology development and a lot

903
00:42:31,829 --> 00:42:29,680
of atmospheric science work a lot of

904
00:42:33,829 --> 00:42:31,839
research going on

905
00:42:35,750 --> 00:42:33,839
just taking apart in some of those

906
00:42:37,829 --> 00:42:35,760
airborne science missions modifying

907
00:42:39,990 --> 00:42:37,839
aircraft with specialized sensors and

908
00:42:42,470 --> 00:42:40,000
instruments going out there collecting

909
00:42:44,550 --> 00:42:42,480
atmospheric data in all regions and and

910
00:42:46,470 --> 00:42:44,560
levels of the atmosphere

911
00:42:48,790 --> 00:42:46,480
ultimately that data is being gathered

912
00:42:51,589 --> 00:42:48,800
and it's going to inform decisions on on

913
00:42:53,670 --> 00:42:51,599
climate change uh the environment and a

914
00:42:55,109 --> 00:42:53,680
better understanding of the planet so

915
00:42:56,390 --> 00:42:55,119
going from that earth science mission

916
00:43:09,030 --> 00:42:56,400
coming over to the space mission with

917
00:43:11,750 --> 00:43:10,550
all right anell our doctor in the group

918
00:43:16,069 --> 00:43:11,760
tell us about the future of space

919
00:43:17,829 --> 00:43:16,079
medicine future space medicine let's see

920
00:43:19,349 --> 00:43:17,839
future space medicine is really exciting

921
00:43:20,790 --> 00:43:19,359
and what i'm excited about is all the

922
00:43:23,270 --> 00:43:20,800
opportunities

923
00:43:26,470 --> 00:43:23,280
that are rapidly expanding i got my

924
00:43:28,790 --> 00:43:26,480
start here at nasa at johnson space

925
00:43:29,670 --> 00:43:28,800
center as a flight doctor and there was

926
00:43:31,990 --> 00:43:29,680
10

927
00:43:33,750 --> 00:43:32,000
20 doctors at that time point and then

928
00:43:35,190 --> 00:43:33,760
there was one spot that opened up at a

929
00:43:37,349 --> 00:43:35,200
commercial partner and i was lucky

930
00:43:39,190 --> 00:43:37,359
enough to work there

931
00:43:41,670 --> 00:43:39,200
that was three years ago in those three

932
00:43:42,710 --> 00:43:41,680
years i've seen medical students

933
00:43:44,069 --> 00:43:42,720
residents

934
00:43:45,589 --> 00:43:44,079
paramedics

935
00:43:47,349 --> 00:43:45,599
physicians assistants all get

936
00:43:49,510 --> 00:43:47,359
opportunities and those are jobs working

937
00:43:51,750 --> 00:43:49,520
in commercial space working with nasa

938
00:43:55,109 --> 00:43:51,760
taking care of astronauts

939
00:43:56,710 --> 00:43:55,119
so as a as a future nasa astronaut i'm

940
00:43:58,470 --> 00:43:56,720
really excited to practice medicine and

941
00:44:00,150 --> 00:43:58,480
space share it with those

942
00:44:01,829 --> 00:44:00,160
communities and those people but if i

943
00:44:04,790 --> 00:44:01,839
was looking at a career in medicine

944
00:44:06,710 --> 00:44:04,800
right now i would be so excited i would

945
00:44:08,470 --> 00:44:06,720
jump at it and i'd seriously consider

946
00:44:10,950 --> 00:44:08,480
space medicine because

947
00:44:11,829 --> 00:44:10,960
the opportunities are just limitless

948
00:44:23,589 --> 00:44:11,839
and

949
00:44:26,309 --> 00:44:24,790
so for the kids that are out there

950
00:44:28,550 --> 00:44:26,319
watching you get asked the question all

951
00:44:30,390 --> 00:44:28,560
the time how can i become a nasa

952
00:44:32,069 --> 00:44:30,400
astronaut how can i go do this how can i

953
00:44:33,670 --> 00:44:32,079
explore space and if you're a kid

954
00:44:35,030 --> 00:44:33,680
growing up in america the decision is

955
00:44:37,190 --> 00:44:35,040
easy find something that you're

956
00:44:39,030 --> 00:44:37,200
passionate about and go do it it's as

957
00:44:40,950 --> 00:44:39,040
simple as that we have doctors

958
00:44:44,390 --> 00:44:40,960
researchers engineers scientists school

959
00:44:46,550 --> 00:44:44,400
teachers pilots uh you name it that is

960
00:44:48,710 --> 00:44:46,560
what a nasa astronaut is a team player

961
00:44:50,870 --> 00:44:48,720
who is dedicated to improving life for

962
00:44:52,150 --> 00:44:50,880
every citizen of our nation in our world

963
00:45:02,790 --> 00:44:52,160
with that i'm going to hand it back over

964
00:45:07,430 --> 00:45:05,109
thank you reed and i want to echo uh

965
00:45:10,150 --> 00:45:07,440
what bob cabana said earlier reid

966
00:45:12,950 --> 00:45:10,160
wiseman is uh just an astronauts

967
00:45:15,109 --> 00:45:12,960
astronaut and i want to thank him for

968
00:45:17,030 --> 00:45:15,119
helping us select this very fine

969
00:45:25,430 --> 00:45:17,040
astronaut candidate class

970
00:45:29,510 --> 00:45:27,670
and i also want to thank all of you here

971
00:45:31,990 --> 00:45:29,520
that joined us today

972
00:45:33,589 --> 00:45:32,000
the nasa team that makes us be so

973
00:45:35,829 --> 00:45:33,599
successful

974
00:45:37,349 --> 00:45:35,839
we're just doing such great things and i

975
00:45:39,430 --> 00:45:37,359
want to thank you for that i want to

976
00:45:41,750 --> 00:45:39,440
thank everyone for coming

977
00:45:44,950 --> 00:45:41,760
this is a great and exciting day for our

978
00:45:47,510 --> 00:45:44,960
nation a very exciting day for nasa

979
00:45:49,510 --> 00:45:47,520
and so i would like for our candidates

980
00:46:07,320 --> 00:45:49,520
to please stand one more time so they

981
00:46:07,330 --> 00:46:34,460
[Applause]