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not know this but she's not just the

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vice president united states he's also

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the chair of the national space council

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so she oversees the entire nation's

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space programs and efforts whether we're

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talking about nasa

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military earth observation for climate

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all different types of things here and

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she wanted to appreciate uh the work

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that you've done

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and i want to read a letter that she has

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signed uh there's a letter right there

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with her signature right at the bottom

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and it says

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dear captain glover i send you my

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warmest congratulations on your historic

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achievement as the first

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african-american man

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to complete a long-duration mission on

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the international space station and you

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heard he was up there six months

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i'm grateful we have a chance to speak

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last year while we were on aboard the

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space station so she actually did call

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him uh on board the international space

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station

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through your career

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of service as an officer in the united

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states navy and as an astro connection

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astronaut you have blazed new trails and

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served our nation admirably

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and through your engagement with our

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nation's youth at the national museum of

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african american history and culture

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you encourage and inspire the next

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generation of explorers it's you all

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as we embark on the artemis program to

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return to the moon

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and onto mars your contributions to what

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we know about living and working in

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space will be crucial you represent the

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best of who we are as a country

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and i hope you take the tremendous pride

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in this accomplishment i joined your

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family friends and our country in

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celebrating you today sincerely kamala

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wow wow i love this place

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but i love even more now that you're all

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here so thank you for coming today and

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to all the teachers and parents raise

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your hands

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thank you for bringing all these

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students thank you give yourself your

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honor

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[Applause]

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i really appreciate and respect the time

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that we get to spend together and uh you

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know i have children i've got four

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daughters uh one in middle school two in

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high school and one in college

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if i let my hair proud you can see the

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gray hair i've got an adult child

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they interact with who they speak to and

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so i take this very seriously the fact

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that you get to be here with me and i

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can share some time with you is very

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special to me and so i'm just grateful

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for for you allowing me this time to

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share a little bit about my journey with

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you so without further ado we are going

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to get started and so i'm first going to

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make an adjustment here because

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i want you to hear this as well to see

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here is for you all to

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to maybe find some things in these

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stories that you can connect with uh and

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that you can take with you and keep with

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your room you know what he dealt with

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that he overcame that and he used that

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to help him get further along on his

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journey and chase down and catch a

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couple of his own dreams and to know

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that you can do the same okay can you do

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questions today i might give you a pop

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quiz at the end of this one

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right you might want to take some no you

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don't take notes but i want to start

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with one question i like to ask kids

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this because i'm doing some some

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what do you want to be when you grow up

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if you know what you want to be raise

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and you know what i hadn't flown before

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you don't know what you want to be with

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you girl raise your hand be honest

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because i'm going to raise my hand in

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this category too even though i am a

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grown-up you know i'm standing up here

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wearing my blue pajamas in front of here

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but one of the things i love about my

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job is that it's a lot of different

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things and so i haven't really had to

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choose i get all kind of cool stuff and

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i'm here they don't want me to feel bad

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the side where this is the most common

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category that you're in

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a fireman a police officer like my

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launched to space on the news and i

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thought i want to drive a space shuttle

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but i didn't know but that's okay some

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of the things i'm going to talk to you

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about today you're going to see some

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themes and a couple of those themes

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are what i really want you to take away

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from this so and here's what you can be

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do for work these are things that you

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can do in your life that will help you

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accomplish your dreams and number one is

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to be resilient i used to use the word

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be greedy but we named our spacecraft

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resilience and so i used the word

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resilient and i'll come back and explain

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to you what that means but repeat that

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one after me be resilient

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explain later don't let me walk off

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without telling you what that means

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number two repeat after me be a lifelong

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be a good teammate

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the stories that i you know some things

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that i've been through but i really am

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to and walk away with and keep in your

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sports and so those are some things that

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one story about fifth grade in fifth

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grade i had a teacher named mr hargrove

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in the fifth grade raise your hand fifth

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grade was a really good grade for me

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fifth grade is cool any fifth grade

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teachers out there you you listen up to

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portray all the teachers this is for you

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too mr hargrove mr hargrove was my mesa

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talkative in my science class and mr

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hargrove pulled me aside one day and he

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said you know i can see the way you

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interact with these mesa activities like

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popsicle sticks in balsa wood and we

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mousetrap and it would make it go and

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machine and he said you know if you

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might make a great engineer one day

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what just popped up on the screen

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normally there's sound with that and it

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didn't know what an engineer was i

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thought he meant driving trains but i'll

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tell you this today i have three

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engineering degrees and i've been really

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in science and technology and it started

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i tell that story for a couple of

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reasons one to tell you how important

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those people who brought you here are

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students your expectations and

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belief in them

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that belief and inspiration so thank you

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for your service and keep doing that

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get to that in a minute but i told you i

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one in my family had graduated from

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college so i didn't really know what

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shape in the numbers and i realized i

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triangle you make it into a rectangle

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and cut it in half so anyway long story

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his number's up i was in high school so

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that you're doing now but i felt really

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and everything you know there's this

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really amazing uh set of formulas in

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geometry and one of them is called the

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pythagorean theorem and you'll learn

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that when you get to high school

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uh but that i already had a name for

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mine i was going to call it the

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victorian theorem

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he he said open your open your

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pre-calculus book and he flipped a few

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pages past where we were and he showed

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me this equation in the book and i was

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like oh man i thought i had discovered

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something like i thought i was the first

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person to notice this pattern and so i

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was like okay fine

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i'm not going to name it after you

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though but he said something to me next

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that changed my life i was 16.

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i really thought about college in terms

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of going to college to play football

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and really hadn't thought about what it

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takes academically to succeed and so i

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had questions and doubts i didn't know

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if i could do it because i didn't know

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anybody who had done it successfully yet

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and my even though my teachers and my

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parents were amazing and supporting me i

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still was just uncertain about how i

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would do it and mr robinson said

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something to me right after seeing this

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he says you know what

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the fact that you figured that out on

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your own though means you could teach it

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to your classmates why don't you teach

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that lesson today and that day was the

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first time that i had a little teeny

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thought that

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maybe i have what it takes to to succeed

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in college and that was a really

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powerful day for me so i always call mr

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football i did get to wrestle in college

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but i went to cal poly san luis obispo

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and i spent four years there had a great

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time i like i said i played sports i

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studied engineering and i also had a

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great time going out and i was in mesa

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in fifth grade and now i got to be a

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and so that picture in the top right

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wife

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uh diana and we would go to schools and

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this one you see we're talking about

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leverage and the power of leverage but

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how to make mousetrap cars go farther

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and faster and so but anyway i had a

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great time in my my days at cal poly and

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graduated that's a picture of my mom and

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my little brother who has just became a

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father he's not really little anymore

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that was a long time ago and so after i

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graduated i joined the navy actually i

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actually joined the navy while i was in

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college and uh if you have some

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questions for that some more how that

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happened but i joined the navy and been

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able to do some really amazing things i

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got commissioned in 1999 i got my wings

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of gold that's my dad putting my wings

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and all aircraft are pretty amazing but

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i think this one is the best one ever

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that's a picture of me flying over iraq

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and uh a really interesting time

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for our country for me personally a lot

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of growth in that tour but i finished up

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that tour uh going to combat and came

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home and decided i wanted to go to tesla

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high school i really thought about going

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to top gun but i decided at the end that

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i was going to go to test pod school to

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do something technical and i got to go

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and study how airplanes work that's me

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in a glad are doing test maneuvers with

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one of my classmates

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and then while i was in tesla school i

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got to start on a master's degree and i

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got to finish some formal education and

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schooling so that was a really special

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day when i graduated from naval post

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graduate school and then i would go back

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to the fleet that's what we call the

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navy in the navy i went back to the

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fleet and this is a really special day

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i've moved my family to japan and we

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lived in japan and then i would deploy

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from japan on a carrier and that's an

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aircraft carrier if you go to the air

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and space museum you'll see parts of one

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of those too and so this is actually me

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landing on an aircraft carrier and at

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the time i didn't know this this was

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just a cool picture that a friend took

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from for me

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but it turns out that was the last time

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i would ever get to do that and so

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that's actually a super hornet which is

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an improvement over the previous one

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that i showed you a little bit newer but

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that was the last time i got to land on

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a carrier and i loved doing it that was

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a really special time in life but it was

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the last time because i left there and i

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actually moved here to washington dc and

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i worked for that gentleman who is no

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longer with us that's the late senator

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another one of my heroes congressman

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john lewis who is also no longer with us

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but being around people like that it was

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houston my kids had to find new schools

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and we had to find a new house and i

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started training to be national and one

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because we have to learn russian because

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half of the space station is made by

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russian aerospace companies so that that

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says that says my name is victor you

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it's pretty simple

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i speak a little bit of russian because

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all of us have to learn russian because

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some of us fly to space

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we have to be able to read those manuals

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that are written in cyrillic and the

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buttons in that spacecraft are written

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in cyrillic and so we have to be

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prepared so all of us study russian all

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of the russian cosmonauts study english

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and then the ones that speak other

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languages like french or japanese they

401
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have to learn both english and russian

402
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they have it the toughest we also have

403
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to learn about the international space

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station this big old machine that is

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really complicated and made lots of

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parts we have to learn how to fix it

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that's my classmate andrew morgan he's

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an army doctor and i'm a navy pilot and

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we're both fixing the air the telephone

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right there

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and that's because when you go to space

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do you think we can just call somebody

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if the telephone breaks or the toilet

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breaks do you think we can just call a

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plumber to come fix it

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no because we're up in space so we have

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to fix it ourselves and so we learn

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about the international space station

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system and we also have this really cool

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robotic arm have any of you ever seen

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our big robotic arm on nasa tv

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what

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it is

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it's made by the canadian space agency

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and one of their corporate partners mba

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and it is a really amazing piece of

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technology and we learn to fly we say

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fly it like an airplane because the

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controls look like an airplane and so we

430
00:19:07,909 --> 00:19:04,400
have to learn that's a picture of me in

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canada learning to fly the robotic arm

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00:19:19,909 --> 00:19:10,000
the canadian space agency and so then

433
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why is there water we train in this big

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pool because it can help us simulate

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weightlessness like we'll be in space so

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that's called the neutral buoyancy lab

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and we put on the same spacesuits that

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we go to space in and i love this time

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lapse because you see just for me and my

440
00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:35,679
classmate nick to go in there two of us

441
00:19:39,669 --> 00:19:37,520
to go in the water you see it takes a

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few dozen people to help us get ready

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and while we're underwater there's also

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a couple of safety divers and a camera

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diver there's a big old team that has to

446
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help us uh to successfully and safely do

447
00:19:51,669 --> 00:19:49,600
this mission and that is true of

448
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everything in space it is a team effort

449
00:19:54,390 --> 00:19:53,039
you know you see astronauts and i get to

450
00:19:55,909 --> 00:19:54,400
come here and talk to you but i'm here

451
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talking to you because of thousands of

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people all over the world who made our

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mission possible and so this time lapse

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gives you a sense of that so we learned

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00:20:06,549 --> 00:20:04,000
a space walk and then there's one other

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that is that we all have to learn to fly

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in our t-38s every astronaut even if

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you're a school teacher an engineer a

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scientist or you're a military pilot we

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all have to learn to fly either in the

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front seat if you're a pilot or the back

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seat if you were not an aviator before

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00:20:23,750 --> 00:20:21,360
but we all become qualified crew members

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in our t-38 and i love the t-38 because

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it trains us all the things we do as

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astronauts operationally but also

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communication handling stress making

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decisions in challenging fast-moving

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situations those are all skills we need

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and we get to practice all of them in

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our t38s i love flying

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so after two years of training i was

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done with actual mechanic training and i

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got a pin you probably can't see it from

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there but there's a small pin on the

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center of my wings that you get when

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you're qualified to be an astronaut mine

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00:21:08,230 --> 00:21:06,390
the first high-resolution images from

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the new horizons mission which i think

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really

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example is an example of that vision

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because before this humans had never

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seen those bodies up close you guys know

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00:21:18,789 --> 00:21:17,280
about pluto you've heard of pedora

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they still teach you about pluto we

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don't call it a planet anymore a pluto

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a dwarf planet whatever you want to call

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it uh pluto is still cool pluto's still

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pluto and now we have really cool

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pictures of that was the first high

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resolution picture we took of it though

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and i love it because that picture was

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also taken on the same day that

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spacecraft snapped that photo on july 8

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that's the day we got our pinned so it's

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a very special day for me for two

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reasons and so a few years later i got

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assigned to be a part of a space mission

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uh we had these two spacecraft the

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boeing starliner and the spacex crew

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00:22:01,669 --> 00:21:59,760
dragon that were part of our new

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00:22:10,310 --> 00:22:01,679
commercial crew program and mike hopkins

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00:22:15,270 --> 00:22:13,029
walker and jaxa astronaut soichi noguchi

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my brother that we call the master and

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so that is the group that i went to

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space with and i you know one of the

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questions you may ask me is what do i

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and so we had the privilege of launching

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[Music]

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my favorite things to do

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and then we went out to kennedy space

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center

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a week before launch and this is not

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training this is now real we are

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preparing to go to the rocket

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and it was on november

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15th

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00:23:17,909 --> 00:23:15,840
and that's mike and i looking up at the

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rocket and it's nice because we walk out

520
00:23:21,909 --> 00:23:20,080
there at daytime but this is just prior

521
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to sunset and so by the time they were

522
00:23:26,549 --> 00:23:24,559
done strapping us in it had become night

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it's now night time and this rocket is

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and resilience

525
00:23:41,350 --> 00:23:38,080
not even gravity contains humanity when

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00:23:42,470 --> 00:23:41,360
we explore as one for all once you've

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passed

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00:23:46,950 --> 00:23:44,960
that hundred kilometer mark

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00:23:48,870 --> 00:23:46,960
you then get a goal took in the capsule

530
00:23:50,950 --> 00:23:48,880
after we safely got the space

531
00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:50,960
my commander gave me my gold astronaut

532
00:23:53,590 --> 00:23:52,240
pain because once you go to space now

533
00:23:56,050 --> 00:23:53,600
you get a goal

534
00:24:04,230 --> 00:23:56,060
100 kilometers congratulations

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00:24:08,630 --> 00:24:06,390
we have several different experiments

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00:24:10,390 --> 00:24:08,640
going on inside the space station in

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00:24:12,310 --> 00:24:10,400
racks in different little facilities

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00:24:14,630 --> 00:24:12,320
like our our life sciences glove box

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00:24:17,029 --> 00:24:14,640
that we use for for biological and life

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00:24:19,990 --> 00:24:17,039
sciences but we also have experiments

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00:24:23,029 --> 00:24:20,000
that are are run on us

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00:24:25,590 --> 00:24:23,039
space to ground three for shannon we're

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00:24:27,350 --> 00:24:25,600
watching the flame do its thing

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00:24:29,750 --> 00:24:27,360
ones that we're doing ourselves with our

545
00:24:32,470 --> 00:24:29,760
hands and even ones that are on me

546
00:24:34,870 --> 00:24:32,480
sometimes i am the science experiment

547
00:24:36,710 --> 00:24:34,880
and so you get to see a smattering of

548
00:24:38,789 --> 00:24:36,720
our different uh examples of our

549
00:24:40,870 --> 00:24:38,799
different science activities on board

550
00:24:42,870 --> 00:24:40,880
the international space station one of

551
00:24:53,510 --> 00:24:42,880
my favorite experiments i got to do was

552
00:24:57,269 --> 00:24:55,029
and so i love being a part of food

553
00:25:00,710 --> 00:24:57,279
physiology learning about the ways that

554
00:25:02,870 --> 00:25:00,720
more nuts fish healthy foods uh and

555
00:25:05,190 --> 00:25:02,880
vegetables and fruits can help the

556
00:25:07,269 --> 00:25:05,200
astronauts digestive system their immune

557
00:25:09,669 --> 00:25:07,279
system but also how much they enjoy

558
00:25:12,070 --> 00:25:09,679
having those foods we also were able to

559
00:25:12,950 --> 00:25:12,080
capture several visiting vehicles that's

560
00:25:14,789 --> 00:25:12,960
actually

561
00:25:17,029 --> 00:25:14,799
the uh robotic arm i was telling you

562
00:25:19,029 --> 00:25:17,039
that we train on soichi and mike with

563
00:25:20,390 --> 00:25:19,039
mike's health so ichi flew the robotic

564
00:25:22,310 --> 00:25:20,400
arm to grab that

565
00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:22,320
spacecraft and that brings up more

566
00:25:26,950 --> 00:25:24,640
science it brings up clothes

567
00:25:28,710 --> 00:25:26,960
and food for the astronauts on board and

568
00:25:30,710 --> 00:25:28,720
i just think that's a beautiful shot

569
00:25:32,549 --> 00:25:30,720
that's a time lapse so it's moving

570
00:25:34,470 --> 00:25:32,559
faster than real time but that's what

571
00:25:36,470 --> 00:25:34,480
the earth looks like from space and so

572
00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:36,480
you saw the solar array spinning because

573
00:25:40,390 --> 00:25:38,480
it's constantly pointing at the sun and

574
00:25:54,630 --> 00:25:40,400
that was our spacecraft there at the

575
00:25:57,830 --> 00:25:56,230
this is one of the most interesting

576
00:25:59,750 --> 00:25:57,840
things on the international space

577
00:26:02,070 --> 00:25:59,760
station while i was there over a period

578
00:26:04,390 --> 00:26:02,080
of 45 days about a month and a half we

579
00:26:06,310 --> 00:26:04,400
got to do five space walks and i went

580
00:26:08,870 --> 00:26:06,320
outside the space station on four of

581
00:26:11,190 --> 00:26:08,880
those and this is uh shannon getting our

582
00:26:12,789 --> 00:26:11,200
suits ready putting new cameras on uh

583
00:26:15,269 --> 00:26:12,799
getting the water charged up into our

584
00:26:17,350 --> 00:26:15,279
seuss and then this is so eachi putting

585
00:26:19,190 --> 00:26:17,360
mike and i in the airlock and doesn't

586
00:26:21,110 --> 00:26:19,200
that look cool that people can just

587
00:26:22,870 --> 00:26:21,120
float around and you can just move them

588
00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:22,880
that's so cool i miss being able to fly

589
00:26:27,110 --> 00:26:24,960
like that you know like superman or

590
00:26:29,510 --> 00:26:27,120
maybe you're too young iron man who can

591
00:26:30,710 --> 00:26:29,520
fly what what characters can fly today

592
00:26:34,070 --> 00:26:30,720
in cartoons

593
00:26:36,870 --> 00:26:34,870
thor

594
00:26:40,230 --> 00:26:36,880
it's it was great to be able to fly like

595
00:26:52,470 --> 00:26:40,240
those people i miss that

596
00:26:56,470 --> 00:26:54,310
did you see that view did you guys see

597
00:26:58,310 --> 00:26:56,480
that camera view i was telling you about

598
00:27:00,549 --> 00:26:58,320
when you look straight down

599
00:27:12,470 --> 00:27:00,559
you can see the ground you can see earth

600
00:27:14,549 --> 00:27:13,669
i wasn't looking down at the ground

601
00:27:16,149 --> 00:27:14,559
because i didn't know what that was

602
00:27:17,990 --> 00:27:16,159
going to feel like so when it was the

603
00:27:19,990 --> 00:27:18,000
first time i was doing something i

604
00:27:21,830 --> 00:27:20,000
focused on the familiar i focused on

605
00:27:23,669 --> 00:27:21,840
what i knew because i didn't know how i

606
00:27:25,510 --> 00:27:23,679
was going to react to all that new stuff

607
00:27:26,870 --> 00:27:25,520
and so i spent some time out there and

608
00:27:28,470 --> 00:27:26,880
actually it was right around this time

609
00:27:29,350 --> 00:27:28,480
it's dark out you see how it's dark in

610
00:27:32,389 --> 00:27:29,360
the back

611
00:27:34,230 --> 00:27:32,399
and in space dark is real dark much

612
00:27:52,310 --> 00:27:34,240
darker than that on earth it was around

613
00:27:57,190 --> 00:27:54,470
60 feet under the station by myself in

614
00:27:59,909 --> 00:27:57,200
the dark and i had to throw that uh that

615
00:28:01,830 --> 00:27:59,919
cover out into space now don't worry it

616
00:28:02,950 --> 00:28:01,840
is temporary space junk

617
00:28:04,389 --> 00:28:02,960
but it's not going to stay there forever

618
00:28:06,230 --> 00:28:04,399
it's going to come into the atmosphere

619
00:28:08,230 --> 00:28:06,240
and then burn up and then it'll be gone

620
00:28:10,070 --> 00:28:08,240
and so it's not going to come back and

621
00:28:11,430 --> 00:28:10,080
be in the way of our space station so

622
00:28:14,470 --> 00:28:11,440
those are some unique things we got to

623
00:28:16,870 --> 00:28:14,480
do outside on our space walks upgrading

624
00:28:18,710 --> 00:28:16,880
the solar arrays finishing our upgrades

625
00:28:20,950 --> 00:28:18,720
for batteries we had new rechargeable

626
00:28:23,110 --> 00:28:20,960
batteries put on there and and uh adding

627
00:28:24,789 --> 00:28:23,120
a new antenna to the european laboratory

628
00:28:26,789 --> 00:28:24,799
all really neat things that we got to do

629
00:28:28,470 --> 00:28:26,799
and i told you i love machines so going

630
00:28:30,789 --> 00:28:28,480
out into space and being able to bolt

631
00:28:33,110 --> 00:28:30,799
things together was it was a lot of work

632
00:28:34,149 --> 00:28:33,120
but it was fun work

633
00:29:01,269 --> 00:28:34,159
and

634
00:29:02,470 --> 00:29:01,279
if any of you uh you know watch the news

635
00:29:03,590 --> 00:29:02,480
or you hear your parents talk about

636
00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:03,600
what's going on in the news there are

637
00:29:07,269 --> 00:29:05,120
some really challenging things going on

638
00:29:08,549 --> 00:29:07,279
in the world right now but i'll say this

639
00:29:09,669 --> 00:29:08,559
if you are aware of some of the

640
00:29:11,190 --> 00:29:09,679
challenges that are out there in the

641
00:29:19,590 --> 00:29:11,200
world right now

642
00:29:23,110 --> 00:29:21,750
get along great and so it really hurts

643
00:29:24,710 --> 00:29:23,120
my heart to know that there's still some

644
00:29:25,990 --> 00:29:24,720
real challenges out there in the world

645
00:29:27,510 --> 00:29:26,000
but we've got to deal with them and

646
00:29:29,269 --> 00:29:27,520
that's one of the reasons why i need you

647
00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:29,279
all to go to school and learn all that

648
00:29:32,630 --> 00:29:31,279
you can because you're the ones who are

649
00:29:33,990 --> 00:29:32,640
going to get us out of this mess i'm

650
00:29:35,669 --> 00:29:34,000
counting on your generation to do a lot

651
00:29:36,870 --> 00:29:35,679
better than my generation has done

652
00:29:38,710 --> 00:29:36,880
because we are the ones who got us here

653
00:29:41,110 --> 00:29:38,720
but we need you to get us out okay can

654
00:29:43,909 --> 00:29:41,120
you do that you promised

655
00:29:59,590 --> 00:29:43,919
i heard you you heard him all right

656
00:30:02,230 --> 00:30:00,630
because if i tried to run on the

657
00:30:04,230 --> 00:30:02,240
treadmill without it i would float away

658
00:30:06,230 --> 00:30:04,240
so we strap ourselves down and it

659
00:30:08,950 --> 00:30:06,240
bungees us down to the treadmill and i

660
00:30:11,269 --> 00:30:08,960
love exercising in space was maybe more

661
00:30:13,669 --> 00:30:11,279
fun than any other scientific experiment

662
00:30:16,230 --> 00:30:13,679
that i do the machines that we have to

663
00:30:18,630 --> 00:30:16,240
use to work out in space are really

664
00:30:20,950 --> 00:30:18,640
amazing pieces of engineering and i love

665
00:30:22,950 --> 00:30:20,960
being able to work out in space we also

666
00:30:24,870 --> 00:30:22,960
spent we launched in november and landed

667
00:30:26,870 --> 00:30:24,880
in may almost exactly a year ago in a

668
00:30:29,750 --> 00:30:26,880
few days and so we spent lots of

669
00:30:32,310 --> 00:30:29,760
holidays christmas new year's russian

670
00:30:33,830 --> 00:30:32,320
new year uh we had a lot of special days

671
00:30:35,350 --> 00:30:33,840
and we had a christmas decorating

672
00:30:42,789 --> 00:30:35,360
challenge with mission control and

673
00:30:47,110 --> 00:30:44,870
really special we had a really amazing

674
00:30:48,710 --> 00:30:47,120
time up there and that is what i missed

675
00:30:50,630 --> 00:30:48,720
the most was just the

676
00:30:52,389 --> 00:30:50,640
everyday life because even though we

677
00:30:54,230 --> 00:30:52,399
work up there that's our office it's a

678
00:30:56,630 --> 00:30:54,240
laboratory a manufacturing facility an

679
00:31:00,549 --> 00:30:56,640
outreach facility and a laboratory it

680
00:31:10,549 --> 00:31:01,750
and then

681
00:31:14,230 --> 00:31:12,630
so that another spacex dragon could come

682
00:31:16,630 --> 00:31:14,240
up and dock to the space station and

683
00:31:17,909 --> 00:31:16,640
bring our friends on crew 2 and that was

684
00:31:19,750 --> 00:31:17,919
actually really good for us because we

685
00:31:21,990 --> 00:31:19,760
got to practice putting on the suit and

686
00:31:23,669 --> 00:31:22,000
moving the spacecraft away from the

687
00:31:26,149 --> 00:31:23,679
international space station and we

688
00:31:27,669 --> 00:31:26,159
relocated it we had a change of command

689
00:31:30,070 --> 00:31:27,679
where shannon

690
00:31:36,789 --> 00:31:30,080
the first houston native to command the

691
00:31:40,630 --> 00:31:38,789
then we left it was time for us to go

692
00:31:42,630 --> 00:31:40,640
home and so we undocked from the

693
00:31:44,310 --> 00:31:42,640
international space station did some

694
00:31:46,230 --> 00:31:44,320
departure burns and got away from the

695
00:31:48,710 --> 00:31:46,240
station and on the way out we took some

696
00:31:49,590 --> 00:31:48,720
really great pictures of the iss

697
00:31:51,830 --> 00:31:49,600
and then

698
00:32:00,950 --> 00:31:51,840
we had our undock which looks like this

699
00:32:06,789 --> 00:32:03,350
we're going so fast 7 000 meters per

700
00:32:09,029 --> 00:32:06,799
second about five miles per second

701
00:32:11,269 --> 00:32:09,039
five miles per second so when we hit the

702
00:32:12,950 --> 00:32:11,279
atmosphere rub your hands together take

703
00:32:14,260 --> 00:32:12,960
your hands put them again and rush bro

704
00:32:15,590 --> 00:32:14,270
what's happening what do you feel

705
00:32:17,590 --> 00:32:15,600
[Music]

706
00:32:19,509 --> 00:32:17,600
what do you feel though yeah it's making

707
00:32:22,149 --> 00:32:19,519
your hands warm right your hands are

708
00:32:23,029 --> 00:32:22,159
moving about 30 miles an hour stop

709
00:32:25,430 --> 00:32:23,039
you guys are good at following

710
00:32:26,950 --> 00:32:25,440
directions so we were going so fast that

711
00:32:29,029 --> 00:32:26,960
the air would just vaporize it would

712
00:32:30,789 --> 00:32:29,039
turn into plasma and then we were out of

713
00:32:37,830 --> 00:32:30,799
communications for about a minute and

714
00:32:41,350 --> 00:32:39,269
those pulled out those four big

715
00:32:42,470 --> 00:32:41,360
parachutes and we glided down to a

716
00:32:49,590 --> 00:32:42,480
gentle stop

717
00:32:54,950 --> 00:32:51,509
has landed in the ocean at night since

718
00:32:57,590 --> 00:32:54,960
apollo did it in 1968 i say that because

719
00:32:58,870 --> 00:32:57,600
for nasa that was a really big deal

720
00:33:05,990 --> 00:32:58,880
it didn't seem like a big deal because

721
00:33:10,070 --> 00:33:08,630
for almost six months and everybody felt

722
00:33:11,909 --> 00:33:10,080
great you see my commander mike doing

723
00:33:13,830 --> 00:33:11,919
his happy dance and you'll see lots of

724
00:33:21,830 --> 00:33:13,840
smiles from the crew everybody felt

725
00:33:25,909 --> 00:33:24,070
i could stand up but i was on a boat and

726
00:33:27,590 --> 00:33:25,919
the boat was slowly doing this and if i

727
00:33:28,789 --> 00:33:27,600
didn't have people on each arm i would

728
00:33:30,630 --> 00:33:28,799
have fallen over

729
00:33:39,029 --> 00:33:30,640
that was right when we landed but this

730
00:33:54,149 --> 00:33:41,350
we were back with our colleagues and our

731
00:33:58,470 --> 00:33:56,789
uh that was a really great day for us uh

732
00:34:00,630 --> 00:33:58,480
we had done everything that we set out

733
00:34:02,389 --> 00:34:00,640
to do and now we were back and we had

734
00:34:03,990 --> 00:34:02,399
handed off the iss to the next crew and

735
00:34:05,509 --> 00:34:04,000
they were up and running and doing a

736
00:34:07,830 --> 00:34:05,519
great job and so that was a very special

737
00:34:08,950 --> 00:34:07,840
time for us to be back home

738
00:34:10,389 --> 00:34:08,960
i don't know if any of you have ever

739
00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:10,399
heard there's this thing called the

740
00:34:14,470 --> 00:34:12,560
overview effect astronauts talk about

741
00:34:17,510 --> 00:34:14,480
how their world view is affected by

742
00:34:20,310 --> 00:34:17,520
seeing the earth from space

743
00:34:27,430 --> 00:34:20,320
and in overlay that is a dragon

744
00:34:31,990 --> 00:34:29,510
uh that's my college advisor and

745
00:34:46,950 --> 00:34:32,000
professor that's my great grandmother

746
00:34:50,069 --> 00:34:47,829
paul

747
00:34:52,230 --> 00:34:50,079
negro league baseball player uh buck

748
00:34:54,629 --> 00:34:52,240
o'neil these are all really special

749
00:34:56,869 --> 00:34:54,639
people to me roy haynes an advisor and

750
00:34:59,030 --> 00:34:56,879
mentor to me while i was in college and

751
00:35:00,870 --> 00:34:59,040
the thing i want to say the overview

752
00:35:02,550 --> 00:35:00,880
effect is powerful it is

753
00:35:04,790 --> 00:35:02,560
how you see the world and how we're all

754
00:35:06,630 --> 00:35:04,800
connected and how we all ride on earth

755
00:35:08,630 --> 00:35:06,640
it's like one giant spaceship that we

756
00:35:10,950 --> 00:35:08,640
share together because when you're away

757
00:35:12,950 --> 00:35:10,960
from earth so far you can see the rest

758
00:35:14,630 --> 00:35:12,960
of space and there's a lot of nothing

759
00:35:16,390 --> 00:35:14,640
there's a lot of empty space out there

760
00:35:19,270 --> 00:35:16,400
there are other planets and other stars

761
00:35:21,349 --> 00:35:19,280
but there's a lot of nothing in between

762
00:35:24,470 --> 00:35:21,359
and it makes earth seem even more

763
00:35:27,190 --> 00:35:24,480
special and it's special because of

764
00:35:29,510 --> 00:35:27,200
those things those people that we love

765
00:35:31,270 --> 00:35:29,520
going to space does one thing it does

766
00:35:33,990 --> 00:35:31,280
different things to astronauts but it

767
00:35:36,550 --> 00:35:34,000
does one thing to everybody it makes you

768
00:35:39,190 --> 00:35:36,560
appreciate the people and the planet

769
00:35:41,109 --> 00:35:39,200
that we live on and i appreciate you all

770
00:35:42,870 --> 00:35:41,119
it's been amazing to just share this

771
00:35:44,550 --> 00:35:42,880
mission with you and so i'm gonna bring

772
00:35:47,349 --> 00:35:44,560
it back remember i told you the point of

773
00:35:48,390 --> 00:35:47,359
me telling you all this stuff is so that

774
00:35:49,270 --> 00:35:48,400
you know

775
00:35:55,510 --> 00:35:49,280
how

776
00:35:58,230 --> 00:35:56,790
when you grow up

777
00:36:00,069 --> 00:35:58,240
these i think are going to help you on

778
00:36:02,550 --> 00:36:00,079
the journey of life no matter where you

779
00:36:04,470 --> 00:36:02,560
want to end up and so we talked about

780
00:36:06,069 --> 00:36:04,480
being resilient do you know what that

781
00:36:08,550 --> 00:36:06,079
means if you know what resilience means

782
00:36:09,750 --> 00:36:08,560
raise your hand

783
00:36:11,030 --> 00:36:09,760
and i'm glad you don't know so i'm going

784
00:36:12,230 --> 00:36:11,040
to explain it to you these are my words

785
00:36:14,390 --> 00:36:12,240
but i encourage you to go get a

786
00:36:16,150 --> 00:36:14,400
dictionary and look it up for yourself

787
00:36:17,910 --> 00:36:16,160
resilience

788
00:36:20,230 --> 00:36:17,920
hey has coveted been easy has this

789
00:36:21,030 --> 00:36:20,240
pandemic been easy on you all

790
00:36:25,670 --> 00:36:21,040
no

791
00:36:27,430 --> 00:36:25,680
have you still been able to be around

792
00:36:28,950 --> 00:36:27,440
the people you love yeah have you been

793
00:36:30,230 --> 00:36:28,960
able to go to school

794
00:36:31,030 --> 00:36:30,240
have you been able to play with your

795
00:36:32,550 --> 00:36:31,040
friends

796
00:36:34,390 --> 00:36:32,560
have you been able to see them even if

797
00:36:35,270 --> 00:36:34,400
it was over the phone on the screen yes

798
00:36:37,270 --> 00:36:35,280
yeah

799
00:36:38,470 --> 00:36:37,280
so have you grown throughout that

800
00:36:40,710 --> 00:36:38,480
process

801
00:36:43,030 --> 00:36:40,720
even in the face of this pandemic you

802
00:36:44,790 --> 00:36:43,040
still grew that's resilience it means

803
00:36:46,550 --> 00:36:44,800
when you're faced with a challenge you

804
00:36:48,470 --> 00:36:46,560
don't just get through it's important to

805
00:36:50,390 --> 00:36:48,480
know how to do that but you can actually

806
00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:50,400
get better because of the challenges and

807
00:36:53,589 --> 00:36:52,320
so that's what it is it's about working

808
00:36:55,829 --> 00:36:53,599
hard

809
00:36:57,270 --> 00:36:55,839
not quitting when you face obstacles and

810
00:36:59,430 --> 00:36:57,280
you know what the biggest obstacle

811
00:37:01,430 --> 00:36:59,440
you'll ever face in life is anybody

812
00:37:03,030 --> 00:37:01,440
guess what do you think it is

813
00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:03,040
did somebody say life

814
00:37:06,950 --> 00:37:05,200
life can be challenging but it's the

815
00:37:08,950 --> 00:37:06,960
biggest challenge when you decide it's

816
00:37:10,950 --> 00:37:08,960
too challenging for you so the best the

817
00:37:12,470 --> 00:37:10,960
biggest obstacle you'll ever face

818
00:37:14,390 --> 00:37:12,480
is yourself

819
00:37:16,310 --> 00:37:14,400
as long as you don't quit

820
00:37:18,310 --> 00:37:16,320
life will not knock you down or it may

821
00:37:20,790 --> 00:37:18,320
not get down but you decide to get back

822
00:37:22,630 --> 00:37:20,800
up and you keep getting up so it's not

823
00:37:27,190 --> 00:37:22,640
quitting in the face of obstacles and

824
00:37:30,630 --> 00:37:28,710
i want you to start thinking about this

825
00:37:32,390 --> 00:37:30,640
now talk to your teachers about this you

826
00:37:34,790 --> 00:37:32,400
need to get comfortable

827
00:37:36,950 --> 00:37:34,800
being uncomfortable

828
00:37:38,230 --> 00:37:36,960
okay these things are all connected i'll

829
00:37:39,990 --> 00:37:38,240
explain some more if you want to ask me

830
00:37:41,510 --> 00:37:40,000
some questions about that too but you

831
00:37:43,910 --> 00:37:41,520
don't get to the point where you can go

832
00:37:45,430 --> 00:37:43,920
live in space by doing things that are

833
00:37:47,030 --> 00:37:45,440
easy you don't get to the point where

834
00:37:49,109 --> 00:37:47,040
you can fly jets three times the speed

835
00:37:49,990 --> 00:37:49,119
of sound or where you can do surgery on

836
00:37:51,750 --> 00:37:50,000
very

837
00:37:53,030 --> 00:37:51,760
small parts of the human body and know

838
00:37:54,470 --> 00:37:53,040
that that person is going to be okay

839
00:37:55,829 --> 00:37:54,480
when you're done you don't get to the

840
00:37:57,430 --> 00:37:55,839
point where you can design really

841
00:37:58,870 --> 00:37:57,440
special machines that can keep the

842
00:38:00,470 --> 00:37:58,880
lights in the building or keep the air

843
00:38:01,910 --> 00:38:00,480
at a comfortable temperature

844
00:38:03,430 --> 00:38:01,920
if you want to work in the science and

845
00:38:05,430 --> 00:38:03,440
technology field you're going to have to

846
00:38:07,030 --> 00:38:05,440
push yourself to be the best you and it

847
00:38:08,870 --> 00:38:07,040
means getting comfortable being

848
00:38:11,349 --> 00:38:08,880
uncomfortable the first day i sat in

849
00:38:13,750 --> 00:38:11,359
calculus class i was very uncomfortable

850
00:38:15,990 --> 00:38:13,760
but i'm glad i stayed until the end the

851
00:38:17,670 --> 00:38:16,000
next one is being a lifelong learner and

852
00:38:19,750 --> 00:38:17,680
that is taking the things you learn in

853
00:38:20,870 --> 00:38:19,760
the classroom but also connecting them

854
00:38:23,349 --> 00:38:20,880
with what you learn here in your

855
00:38:25,109 --> 00:38:23,359
communities great museums it's learning

856
00:38:27,190 --> 00:38:25,119
in your church in your youth programs at

857
00:38:29,430 --> 00:38:27,200
the boys and girls club or the ymca and

858
00:38:31,990 --> 00:38:29,440
combining all of that stuff into what

859
00:38:33,990 --> 00:38:32,000
you walk around with in your head in

860
00:38:36,310 --> 00:38:34,000
your heart and what you can do with your

861
00:38:38,230 --> 00:38:36,320
hands you learn some skills you learn

862
00:38:39,990 --> 00:38:38,240
some things and you put them together

863
00:38:41,589 --> 00:38:40,000
and you train your heart and that's what

864
00:38:43,349 --> 00:38:41,599
you work around with it and walk around

865
00:38:45,430 --> 00:38:43,359
with it being a lifelong learner is

866
00:38:47,829 --> 00:38:45,440
appreciating both that in the classroom

867
00:38:50,310 --> 00:38:47,839
piece but also out in the real world and

868
00:39:02,550 --> 00:38:50,320
combining that education

869
00:39:06,630 --> 00:39:04,150
there are apps for it you can jump

870
00:39:08,630 --> 00:39:06,640
online and find free language training

871
00:39:10,470 --> 00:39:08,640
but learn a foreign language i don't

872
00:39:12,950 --> 00:39:10,480
care which one it doesn't matter which

873
00:39:15,349 --> 00:39:12,960
one because statistics show it's good

874
00:39:17,510 --> 00:39:15,359
for your brain if you can think and

875
00:39:19,190 --> 00:39:17,520
communicate in multiple languages you

876
00:39:21,670 --> 00:39:19,200
generally are going to do better in

877
00:39:24,790 --> 00:39:21,680
school and here's something to consider

878
00:39:29,270 --> 00:39:24,800
how many of you have one of these

879
00:39:31,030 --> 00:39:29,280
computer or a smartphone or a tablet

880
00:39:32,390 --> 00:39:31,040
everybody here should be raising both

881
00:39:34,470 --> 00:39:32,400
hands

882
00:39:36,230 --> 00:39:34,480
what language do they speak

883
00:39:40,390 --> 00:39:36,240
english

884
00:39:42,790 --> 00:39:40,400
or french or

885
00:39:45,030 --> 00:39:42,800
they all speak one language though

886
00:39:46,310 --> 00:39:45,040
did you know this listen listen i'm

887
00:39:47,270 --> 00:39:46,320
going to give you a really important

888
00:39:50,230 --> 00:39:47,280
secret

889
00:39:55,030 --> 00:39:50,240
they speak math

890
00:39:57,829 --> 00:39:55,040
computer programming is very specific

891
00:40:00,550 --> 00:39:57,839
mathematics and so i encourage you

892
00:40:02,470 --> 00:40:00,560
coding and if you take coding in school

893
00:40:04,150 --> 00:40:02,480
keep doing that because for every one of

894
00:40:05,990 --> 00:40:04,160
you walking around with one of these you

895
00:40:08,950 --> 00:40:06,000
should also know how they work and they

896
00:40:10,710 --> 00:40:08,960
speak math coding is very specific math

897
00:40:17,589 --> 00:40:10,720
and i would include that as a foreign

898
00:40:21,990 --> 00:40:20,309
let you down so speak learn get fluent

899
00:40:24,069 --> 00:40:22,000
in mathematics okay

900
00:40:26,710 --> 00:40:24,079
and hey because you guys are still in

901
00:40:28,870 --> 00:40:26,720
school teachers parents the power of

902
00:40:31,030 --> 00:40:28,880
reviewing if you can just take five

903
00:40:32,950 --> 00:40:31,040
minutes to ten minutes a day in every

904
00:40:34,710 --> 00:40:32,960
class that you're in and maybe at your

905
00:40:36,230 --> 00:40:34,720
level you're in one class all day or one

906
00:40:37,589 --> 00:40:36,240
or two when you get to high school

907
00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:37,599
you're going to be in five or seven

908
00:40:41,270 --> 00:40:39,280
classes and in college you might be a

909
00:40:43,270 --> 00:40:41,280
different class every day every hour if

910
00:40:44,950 --> 00:40:43,280
you can just take five minutes a day to

911
00:40:46,710 --> 00:40:44,960
10 minutes and review

912
00:40:48,550 --> 00:40:46,720
one important thing for me in college i

913
00:40:51,109 --> 00:40:48,560
had to do that because my handwriting is

914
00:40:53,190 --> 00:40:51,119
terrible so if i took notes for a whole

915
00:40:54,790 --> 00:40:53,200
semester and then i went back to study

916
00:40:56,069 --> 00:40:54,800
my notes at the end

917
00:40:57,190 --> 00:40:56,079
i might not have been able to read my

918
00:40:59,430 --> 00:40:57,200
own handwriting that would be bad

919
00:41:00,870 --> 00:40:59,440
wouldn't it so if you take five to ten

920
00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:00,880
minutes to review everything that you're

921
00:41:04,390 --> 00:41:02,720
learning on a daily basis

922
00:41:05,910 --> 00:41:04,400
you can make sure that you can read your

923
00:41:08,150 --> 00:41:05,920
own work but more important than that

924
00:41:09,670 --> 00:41:08,160
you get into a habit of making sure that

925
00:41:11,829 --> 00:41:09,680
you understand what you think you

926
00:41:13,589 --> 00:41:11,839
understand and if you don't understand

927
00:41:16,069 --> 00:41:13,599
it i wrote that down but i still don't

928
00:41:18,630 --> 00:41:16,079
get it what do you think you should do

929
00:41:20,870 --> 00:41:18,640
ask the teacher so you show up to class

930
00:41:22,069 --> 00:41:20,880
at the beginning and you said mr and mrs

931
00:41:24,230 --> 00:41:22,079
sohan so i have a question from

932
00:41:25,430 --> 00:41:24,240
yesterday and you're already prepared

933
00:41:27,910 --> 00:41:25,440
instead of waiting until it's time to

934
00:41:34,470 --> 00:41:27,920
get ready for the test that review can

935
00:41:37,670 --> 00:41:36,390
we probably waste five to ten minutes

936
00:41:39,270 --> 00:41:37,680
just scrolling through just doing this

937
00:41:40,550 --> 00:41:39,280
with our thumb on these things so i bet

938
00:41:42,230 --> 00:41:40,560
you have time

939
00:41:44,150 --> 00:41:42,240
being a lifelong learner and the last

940
00:41:45,270 --> 00:41:44,160
one being a good teammate like i said

941
00:41:47,030 --> 00:41:45,280
you earlier

942
00:41:48,470 --> 00:41:47,040
we need your generation to get us out of

943
00:41:51,030 --> 00:41:48,480
some of the mess that my generation has

944
00:41:54,069 --> 00:41:51,040
got us in and one important aspect of

945
00:41:55,589 --> 00:41:54,079
that is by you being good to each other

946
00:41:57,430 --> 00:41:55,599
and one of the important things that i

947
00:41:59,270 --> 00:41:57,440
need you to take away from this is being

948
00:42:01,910 --> 00:41:59,280
good to each other doesn't always mean

949
00:42:03,910 --> 00:42:01,920
that you agree with everything

950
00:42:05,829 --> 00:42:03,920
or agree with each other it's okay to

951
00:42:07,990 --> 00:42:05,839
disagree we don't all have to agree on

952
00:42:09,829 --> 00:42:08,000
the same things but we can still treat

953
00:42:11,109 --> 00:42:09,839
each other with respect

954
00:42:12,790 --> 00:42:11,119
if your teachers have talked to you

955
00:42:13,910 --> 00:42:12,800
about civility

956
00:42:15,670 --> 00:42:13,920
etiquette

957
00:42:17,910 --> 00:42:15,680
those might seem people use the term

958
00:42:20,069 --> 00:42:17,920
soft skills when they say those things i

959
00:42:22,710 --> 00:42:20,079
don't think those are soft skills those

960
00:42:24,790 --> 00:42:22,720
are the skills that sometimes create the

961
00:42:26,950 --> 00:42:24,800
big conflicts that we use are hard

962
00:42:29,349 --> 00:42:26,960
skills to to fix

963
00:42:30,870 --> 00:42:29,359
so those are important and i know

964
00:42:32,550 --> 00:42:30,880
at your age

965
00:42:34,790 --> 00:42:32,560
your your parents are probably making

966
00:42:36,870 --> 00:42:34,800
you say please and thank you and those

967
00:42:38,870 --> 00:42:36,880
are small examples of how to practice

968
00:42:40,230 --> 00:42:38,880
etiquette and how to be civil how to be

969
00:42:41,829 --> 00:42:40,240
nice to each other

970
00:42:43,829 --> 00:42:41,839
those are some of the most important

971
00:42:45,670 --> 00:42:43,839
things that you will learn at your age

972
00:42:47,589 --> 00:42:45,680
continue to do them and continue to

973
00:42:50,309 --> 00:42:47,599
practice them so that when you're my age

974
00:42:52,470 --> 00:42:50,319
you continue to do so so being a good

975
00:42:53,990 --> 00:42:52,480
teammate is one very important thing i

976
00:42:56,230 --> 00:42:54,000
want you to walk away from this with

977
00:42:57,990 --> 00:42:56,240
okay that is maybe the most important of

978
00:42:59,589 --> 00:42:58,000
these three things so repeat after me

979
00:43:01,589 --> 00:42:59,599
what do they i want you to do be

980
00:43:04,630 --> 00:43:01,599
resilient

981
00:43:08,630 --> 00:43:04,640
be a lifelong learner

982
00:43:14,290 --> 00:43:12,390
because we are counting on you thank you

983
00:43:25,430 --> 00:43:14,300
very much and i think at this point

984
00:43:29,750 --> 00:43:28,390
so it is now time for my favorite part

985
00:43:31,510 --> 00:43:29,760
of the show

986
00:43:32,230 --> 00:43:31,520
q a

987
00:43:35,430 --> 00:43:32,240
so

988
00:43:36,870 --> 00:43:35,440
but the thing is i miss

989
00:43:38,069 --> 00:43:36,880
my questions

990
00:43:39,270 --> 00:43:38,079
wait a minute

991
00:43:41,270 --> 00:43:39,280
uh

992
00:43:43,910 --> 00:43:41,280
i think i've got some

993
00:43:45,990 --> 00:43:43,920
some things here these uh q a hey let's

994
00:43:47,670 --> 00:43:46,000
get those two-sided there's a lot of

995
00:43:49,750 --> 00:43:47,680
questions

996
00:43:53,109 --> 00:43:49,760
some more

997
00:43:57,109 --> 00:43:55,270
so my first question victor is why do

998
00:43:59,109 --> 00:43:57,119
you have so many pockets on this flight

999
00:44:00,470 --> 00:43:59,119
seat and how many do you have well let's

1000
00:44:01,349 --> 00:44:00,480
see count them can we count them up

1001
00:44:04,710 --> 00:44:01,359
let's see

1002
00:44:04,720 --> 00:44:12,470
that's two pockets

1003
00:44:16,309 --> 00:44:14,790
so why do we have so many and airplanes

1004
00:44:19,349 --> 00:44:16,319
you might need to take checklist

1005
00:44:20,630 --> 00:44:19,359
publications with you maps uh other

1006
00:44:22,390 --> 00:44:20,640
hardware and so when you're sitting in

1007
00:44:24,230 --> 00:44:22,400
the cockpit it's important that you have

1008
00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:24,240
pockets that you can access easily so

1009
00:44:27,589 --> 00:44:25,839
they're tried they tried to locate you

1010
00:44:28,710 --> 00:44:27,599
so that you could use them while you

1011
00:44:31,190 --> 00:44:28,720
were flying

1012
00:44:32,230 --> 00:44:31,200
and that's why we have so big

1013
00:44:34,309 --> 00:44:32,240
thank you

1014
00:44:37,190 --> 00:44:34,319
this next question comes from an 11th

1015
00:44:38,790 --> 00:44:37,200
grader from alabama at baker high school

1016
00:44:40,710 --> 00:44:38,800
what extracurricular skills and

1017
00:44:42,950 --> 00:44:40,720
knowledge do you think future astronauts

1018
00:44:45,109 --> 00:44:42,960
will need to further explore the moon

1019
00:44:47,030 --> 00:44:45,119
and make it to mars great question what

1020
00:44:48,309 --> 00:44:47,040
was the name was there a name there was

1021
00:44:50,230 --> 00:44:48,319
no name okay

1022
00:44:51,670 --> 00:44:50,240
that is a great question and listen my

1023
00:44:53,270 --> 00:44:51,680
answer is all of them what

1024
00:44:55,270 --> 00:44:53,280
extracurricular activity do astronauts

1025
00:44:58,150 --> 00:44:55,280
need to have all of you if you like

1026
00:45:01,030 --> 00:44:58,160
gardening if you like uh puzzles if you

1027
00:45:02,150 --> 00:45:01,040
if you like math and you like sports all

1028
00:45:04,710 --> 00:45:02,160
of those things are going to matter

1029
00:45:06,069 --> 00:45:04,720
exploring other planets is going to take

1030
00:45:07,349 --> 00:45:06,079
mental

1031
00:45:10,390 --> 00:45:07,359
physical

1032
00:45:11,990 --> 00:45:10,400
and emotional and spiritual toughness so

1033
00:45:12,870 --> 00:45:12,000
all of those things that you're engaged

1034
00:45:15,349 --> 00:45:12,880
in now

1035
00:45:17,589 --> 00:45:15,359
that you consider extraordinary music

1036
00:45:19,030 --> 00:45:17,599
hey listen when we go to another planet

1037
00:45:20,630 --> 00:45:19,040
we're going to be there for a long time

1038
00:45:22,150 --> 00:45:20,640
we're on the way there and back for a

1039
00:45:24,309 --> 00:45:22,160
long time do you know how long it takes

1040
00:45:26,309 --> 00:45:24,319
to get to mars with current propulsion

1041
00:45:27,910 --> 00:45:26,319
technology if we took a trip to mars in

1042
00:45:30,470 --> 00:45:27,920
the near future how long would it take

1043
00:45:32,710 --> 00:45:30,480
sir what's your name

1044
00:45:34,710 --> 00:45:32,720
what's your name carlos how long would

1045
00:45:36,309 --> 00:45:34,720
it take us to get to mars

1046
00:45:40,630 --> 00:45:36,319
how long

1047
00:45:42,230 --> 00:45:40,640
two years because the trip just one way

1048
00:45:44,309 --> 00:45:42,240
when we would launch because obviously

1049
00:45:46,390 --> 00:45:44,319
earth is moving and mars is moving when

1050
00:45:48,309 --> 00:45:46,400
we would launch it would take six to

1051
00:45:49,750 --> 00:45:48,319
nine months to get there we would stay

1052
00:45:51,270 --> 00:45:49,760
there for a good period of time and it

1053
00:45:52,230 --> 00:45:51,280
would take six to nine months to get

1054
00:45:53,990 --> 00:45:52,240
back

1055
00:45:55,270 --> 00:45:54,000
so i say that because

1056
00:45:57,030 --> 00:45:55,280
it's going to be really important that

1057
00:45:58,470 --> 00:45:57,040
we connect with our families and talk to

1058
00:46:00,230 --> 00:45:58,480
our loved ones but it's also going to be

1059
00:46:01,829 --> 00:46:00,240
important that we take pieces of our

1060
00:46:03,750 --> 00:46:01,839
life here on earth

1061
00:46:05,910 --> 00:46:03,760
how many of you like music

1062
00:46:07,990 --> 00:46:05,920
games we're going to need those pieces

1063
00:46:09,030 --> 00:46:08,000
of our culture so extracurricular

1064
00:46:11,430 --> 00:46:09,040
activities

1065
00:46:13,109 --> 00:46:11,440
i mean if they're healthy and productive

1066
00:46:15,030 --> 00:46:13,119
i think all of them are going to be

1067
00:46:17,510 --> 00:46:15,040
important learning a foreign language

1068
00:46:19,430 --> 00:46:17,520
like i talked about earlier uh

1069
00:46:22,230 --> 00:46:19,440
taking care of your body getting healthy

1070
00:46:24,150 --> 00:46:22,240
in sports especially team sports i don't

1071
00:46:26,069 --> 00:46:24,160
think there's one extra crucial activity

1072
00:46:27,910 --> 00:46:26,079
out there that is not good if you're

1073
00:46:30,790 --> 00:46:27,920
into something like boy scouts or girl

1074
00:46:33,270 --> 00:46:30,800
scouts scouting teaches you lots of

1075
00:46:34,790 --> 00:46:33,280
different things from how to tie nasa

1076
00:46:38,150 --> 00:46:34,800
engineering and the different types of

1077
00:46:39,270 --> 00:46:38,160
engineering those are all great

1078
00:46:41,270 --> 00:46:39,280
thank you

1079
00:46:43,109 --> 00:46:41,280
how are you all training and preparing

1080
00:46:45,349 --> 00:46:43,119
for the artemis missions where you are

1081
00:46:46,790 --> 00:46:45,359
going back to the moment so we are going

1082
00:46:48,790 --> 00:46:46,800
back to the moon and

1083
00:46:50,790 --> 00:46:48,800
when uh you know we've been before and

1084
00:46:52,309 --> 00:46:50,800
that that program was called apollo and

1085
00:46:54,630 --> 00:46:52,319
now we're going back to the moon to stay

1086
00:46:56,550 --> 00:46:54,640
and our our program is called artists

1087
00:46:58,069 --> 00:46:56,560
and so artemis is in its early stages

1088
00:47:00,150 --> 00:46:58,079
we're developing the hardware to go back

1089
00:47:01,589 --> 00:47:00,160
to the moon the big rocket that you may

1090
00:47:03,510 --> 00:47:01,599
have heard was out there on the launch

1091
00:47:05,670 --> 00:47:03,520
pad uh and then we're gonna we've got a

1092
00:47:08,230 --> 00:47:05,680
spacecraft orion the rocket is called

1093
00:47:10,230 --> 00:47:08,240
sls the space launch system and we're

1094
00:47:12,069 --> 00:47:10,240
working on a lunar lander to be able to

1095
00:47:13,910 --> 00:47:12,079
get us from lunar orbit circling around

1096
00:47:15,990 --> 00:47:13,920
the moon to landing on the surface and

1097
00:47:18,710 --> 00:47:16,000
our partners spacex we're working on

1098
00:47:20,309 --> 00:47:18,720
turning starship into a moon lander

1099
00:47:21,750 --> 00:47:20,319
and then there's also an outpost near

1100
00:47:23,190 --> 00:47:21,760
the moon that will be like a space

1101
00:47:24,710 --> 00:47:23,200
station that we're calling the lunar

1102
00:47:27,910 --> 00:47:24,720
gateway and all those pieces are being

1103
00:47:30,390 --> 00:47:27,920
developed or built now and so we are

1104
00:47:32,069 --> 00:47:30,400
starting our training is really now

1105
00:47:34,630 --> 00:47:32,079
working with those companies to help

1106
00:47:36,790 --> 00:47:34,640
make sure that that hardware works for

1107
00:47:38,790 --> 00:47:36,800
the people who are going to be living

1108
00:47:40,470 --> 00:47:38,800
but we also are starting to to put

1109
00:47:43,190 --> 00:47:40,480
together the plans for the actual

1110
00:47:44,950 --> 00:47:43,200
training programs uh when we assign

1111
00:47:46,390 --> 00:47:44,960
those crews and they're gonna have to do

1112
00:47:48,549 --> 00:47:46,400
some of that same stuff that we saw

1113
00:47:50,470 --> 00:47:48,559
there there may be language training uh

1114
00:47:52,150 --> 00:47:50,480
because the crews could be international

1115
00:47:53,670 --> 00:47:52,160
there will be systems training like we

1116
00:47:56,150 --> 00:47:53,680
study international space station

1117
00:47:58,790 --> 00:47:56,160
systems there will be you know rocket

1118
00:48:00,470 --> 00:47:58,800
systems spacecraft systems uh lunar

1119
00:48:03,510 --> 00:48:00,480
lander systems we're going to have to

1120
00:48:05,270 --> 00:48:03,520
focus on geology and studying our earth

1121
00:48:06,549 --> 00:48:05,280
because that's the basis for the science

1122
00:48:08,870 --> 00:48:06,559
that we're going to use when we study

1123
00:48:11,510 --> 00:48:08,880
the moon those processes that have

1124
00:48:14,309 --> 00:48:11,520
happened up there uh and so uh

1125
00:48:16,790 --> 00:48:14,319
spacewalking will spacewalk on the moon

1126
00:48:19,109 --> 00:48:16,800
but on the moon on space station did you

1127
00:48:20,630 --> 00:48:19,119
notice how we moved around

1128
00:48:23,270 --> 00:48:20,640
we used our hands

1129
00:48:24,870 --> 00:48:23,280
because we're floating on the moon we

1130
00:48:26,390 --> 00:48:24,880
are having we have one sixth of the

1131
00:48:27,750 --> 00:48:26,400
earth's gravity which means i can jump

1132
00:48:29,990 --> 00:48:27,760
from the free-throw line like michael

1133
00:48:31,750 --> 00:48:30,000
jordan i can jump really high and far

1134
00:48:33,589 --> 00:48:31,760
and so on the moon we will actually be

1135
00:48:35,670 --> 00:48:33,599
able to walk them or hop if you've ever

1136
00:48:37,589 --> 00:48:35,680
seen them do spacewalks on youtube or

1137
00:48:39,589 --> 00:48:37,599
something and so we will do spacewalks

1138
00:48:41,589 --> 00:48:39,599
but they'll be different than iss and so

1139
00:48:44,069 --> 00:48:41,599
we will start training for what we call

1140
00:48:45,990 --> 00:48:44,079
lunar surface dbas for extra vehicular

1141
00:48:47,829 --> 00:48:46,000
activity space

1142
00:48:50,069 --> 00:48:47,839
lots of there's lots of training coming

1143
00:48:52,870 --> 00:48:50,079
up uh and most of it is in the early

1144
00:48:54,950 --> 00:48:52,880
stages so we're just starting

1145
00:48:57,270 --> 00:48:54,960
thank you so much this next question

1146
00:48:59,030 --> 00:48:57,280
comes from a fifth grader from bunker

1147
00:49:01,589 --> 00:48:59,040
hill elementary

1148
00:49:04,710 --> 00:49:01,599
what is the most fulfilling moment of

1149
00:49:06,470 --> 00:49:04,720
your career so far

1150
00:49:09,829 --> 00:49:06,480
wow that's been

1151
00:49:11,910 --> 00:49:09,839
the most fulfilling moment of my career

1152
00:49:14,470 --> 00:49:11,920
so far wow

1153
00:49:16,950 --> 00:49:14,480
i i have to say

1154
00:49:19,510 --> 00:49:16,960
landing from that mission once we were

1155
00:49:21,670 --> 00:49:19,520
safely in the water and they pulled us

1156
00:49:23,750 --> 00:49:21,680
out of the of the capsule there was a

1157
00:49:26,309 --> 00:49:23,760
camera there and i looked over at that

1158
00:49:28,150 --> 00:49:26,319
camera and smiled and gave a thumbs up

1159
00:49:30,150 --> 00:49:28,160
that moment for me

1160
00:49:32,230 --> 00:49:30,160
was important because i knew my family

1161
00:49:33,910 --> 00:49:32,240
was watching and they were you know they

1162
00:49:35,670 --> 00:49:33,920
want to know is he okay

1163
00:49:36,950 --> 00:49:35,680
and so i knew that that was the moment

1164
00:49:39,430 --> 00:49:36,960
that they would see me and go all right

1165
00:49:41,109 --> 00:49:39,440
he's safe on earth

1166
00:49:43,430 --> 00:49:41,119
they can finally relax

1167
00:49:44,670 --> 00:49:43,440
and so that was a really special time

1168
00:49:47,349 --> 00:49:44,680
because for

1169
00:49:49,270 --> 00:49:47,359
168 days something could have gone wrong

1170
00:49:51,910 --> 00:49:49,280
at any moment and so my family was

1171
00:49:53,750 --> 00:49:51,920
always he's good and i'm happy but i'm

1172
00:49:56,230 --> 00:49:53,760
also a little nervous because he's in

1173
00:50:05,510 --> 00:49:56,240
space and space is very dangerous so

1174
00:50:11,190 --> 00:50:07,190
this next question comes from my fourth

1175
00:50:11,200 --> 00:50:16,390
did you faint a lot during training or

1176
00:50:19,910 --> 00:50:18,470
good question good question i would want

1177
00:50:20,710 --> 00:50:19,920
to know that too

1178
00:50:23,190 --> 00:50:20,720
uh

1179
00:50:26,150 --> 00:50:23,200
that's your question what's your name

1180
00:50:28,390 --> 00:50:26,160
aiden good question uh no i didn't think

1181
00:50:30,470 --> 00:50:28,400
uh during training i didn't faint in

1182
00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:30,480
space and and i didn't thankfully got

1183
00:50:34,230 --> 00:50:33,040
that uh i i'm curious that might be

1184
00:50:35,910 --> 00:50:34,240
something we really have to think about

1185
00:50:37,270 --> 00:50:35,920
if somebody did think that would be

1186
00:50:39,589 --> 00:50:37,280
something really important to understand

1187
00:50:40,950 --> 00:50:39,599
i was the pilot of our spacecraft so if

1188
00:50:43,190 --> 00:50:40,960
i think that that that could have been

1189
00:50:44,710 --> 00:50:43,200
really bad you know um something

1190
00:50:46,390 --> 00:50:44,720
interesting though about fainting when

1191
00:50:48,549 --> 00:50:46,400
you come back from space

1192
00:50:50,950 --> 00:50:48,559
your heart pumps blood through your body

1193
00:50:52,390 --> 00:50:50,960
right and it has to pump against gravity

1194
00:50:53,910 --> 00:50:52,400
some of your blood goes down but some of

1195
00:50:56,069 --> 00:50:53,920
it goes up and your heart has to work

1196
00:50:57,589 --> 00:50:56,079
really hard when you go to space

1197
00:50:59,270 --> 00:50:57,599
you're weightless and so your heart

1198
00:51:00,870 --> 00:50:59,280
doesn't have to work as hard and so it

1199
00:51:02,710 --> 00:51:00,880
starts to relax you don't control it it

1200
00:51:04,230 --> 00:51:02,720
just happens naturally and so when we

1201
00:51:06,390 --> 00:51:04,240
come back from space

1202
00:51:09,030 --> 00:51:06,400
we have to make sure astronauts don't

1203
00:51:10,950 --> 00:51:09,040
faint and so we do a test i wish i could

1204
00:51:12,870 --> 00:51:10,960
show you the video they made me sit in a

1205
00:51:14,230 --> 00:51:12,880
chair and then stand up and then just

1206
00:51:16,390 --> 00:51:14,240
stand there for a long time to make sure

1207
00:51:18,630 --> 00:51:16,400
my blood could pump heart uh my

1208
00:51:20,549 --> 00:51:18,640
heart could pump blood to my brain and i

1209
00:51:22,390 --> 00:51:20,559
would stay conscious and then they made

1210
00:51:24,470 --> 00:51:22,400
me lie down on the floor

1211
00:51:26,390 --> 00:51:24,480
completely flat and then stand up now

1212
00:51:28,630 --> 00:51:26,400
this is the day i landed this was right

1213
00:51:30,549 --> 00:51:28,640
after i got back so this was really hard

1214
00:51:32,230 --> 00:51:30,559
i had to stand up and stand there just

1215
00:51:33,910 --> 00:51:32,240
to make sure that i wouldn't fall over

1216
00:51:35,750 --> 00:51:33,920
so it is important to make sure

1217
00:51:37,589 --> 00:51:35,760
astronauts don't

1218
00:51:39,430 --> 00:51:37,599
but no none of us fainted and i didn't

1219
00:51:40,630 --> 00:51:39,440
think through any of those

1220
00:51:42,390 --> 00:51:40,640
good questions

1221
00:51:43,829 --> 00:51:42,400
so this next question uh and we have

1222
00:51:44,950 --> 00:51:43,839
time for three more questions the next

1223
00:51:47,270 --> 00:51:44,960
question is

1224
00:51:48,950 --> 00:51:47,280
a dual question uh all related to

1225
00:51:51,430 --> 00:51:48,960
exercise the first part is when you

1226
00:51:53,670 --> 00:51:51,440
exercise in space do you have a choice

1227
00:51:54,549 --> 00:51:53,680
of the machines you use

1228
00:51:57,109 --> 00:51:54,559
okay

1229
00:51:59,270 --> 00:51:57,119
and how difficult was it to maintain

1230
00:52:01,270 --> 00:51:59,280
muscle mass while in space and this

1231
00:52:03,589 --> 00:52:01,280
comes from a fourth and fifth grader at

1232
00:52:05,829 --> 00:52:03,599
payne elementary school in washington dc

1233
00:52:07,750 --> 00:52:05,839
and a 10th grader from bishop mcnamara

1234
00:52:09,349 --> 00:52:07,760
high school in maryland very good

1235
00:52:11,109 --> 00:52:09,359
question very good question i said

1236
00:52:12,710 --> 00:52:11,119
exercise is one of my favorite things in

1237
00:52:15,510 --> 00:52:12,720
space and so

1238
00:52:18,470 --> 00:52:15,520
we have three exercise devices that we

1239
00:52:20,710 --> 00:52:18,480
use on a regular basis and they are the

1240
00:52:22,470 --> 00:52:20,720
advanced resistant exercise device the

1241
00:52:23,750 --> 00:52:22,480
thing we use to simulate lifting weights

1242
00:52:26,470 --> 00:52:23,760
you can't lift weights because we're in

1243
00:52:28,390 --> 00:52:26,480
weightlessness so it has a vacuum system

1244
00:52:30,630 --> 00:52:28,400
that we pull resistance against this

1245
00:52:32,950 --> 00:52:30,640
vacuum tube and that allows us to do

1246
00:52:35,349 --> 00:52:32,960
resistive device resistive exercises

1247
00:52:37,430 --> 00:52:35,359
like lifting weights and that

1248
00:52:39,190 --> 00:52:37,440
is probably my favorite one if i could

1249
00:52:41,430 --> 00:52:39,200
confuse that all the time i would have

1250
00:52:42,670 --> 00:52:41,440
just done the strength training but we

1251
00:52:45,589 --> 00:52:42,680
also had two

1252
00:52:48,230 --> 00:52:45,599
cardiovascular exercise devices one was

1253
00:52:49,750 --> 00:52:48,240
a treadmill we call it t2

1254
00:52:51,910 --> 00:52:49,760
it's the second version of the treadmill

1255
00:52:54,470 --> 00:52:51,920
we flown in space and the other one was

1256
00:52:55,670 --> 00:52:54,480
sevis the bike that you saw so each ride

1257
00:52:57,670 --> 00:52:55,680
the bike that doesn't have a cedar

1258
00:52:59,750 --> 00:52:57,680
handlebar and so

1259
00:53:02,309 --> 00:52:59,760
every day you're scheduled for two

1260
00:53:04,470 --> 00:53:02,319
exercise devices the strength training

1261
00:53:06,150 --> 00:53:04,480
and then one of those cardio devices but

1262
00:53:07,670 --> 00:53:06,160
some days i didn't feel like riding the

1263
00:53:09,589 --> 00:53:07,680
bike and putting on the shoes and

1264
00:53:11,430 --> 00:53:09,599
clipping in i just wanted to run and put

1265
00:53:13,349 --> 00:53:11,440
on my running shoes put my harness on

1266
00:53:16,150 --> 00:53:13,359
and bungee me down to the treadmill and

1267
00:53:19,589 --> 00:53:16,160
so i did have a choice most of us lifted

1268
00:53:21,349 --> 00:53:19,599
or we did resistive exercise every day

1269
00:53:22,710 --> 00:53:21,359
but then we would be able to choose as

1270
00:53:25,349 --> 00:53:22,720
long as one of our crewmates wasn't

1271
00:53:26,870 --> 00:53:25,359
using the other device we could use

1272
00:53:28,390 --> 00:53:26,880
the device even if that's not the one

1273
00:53:30,470 --> 00:53:28,400
that we were scheduled for

1274
00:53:32,150 --> 00:53:30,480
muscle mass two things that you will

1275
00:53:34,470 --> 00:53:32,160
lose a lot of in space if you're not

1276
00:53:37,030 --> 00:53:34,480
careful are muscle mass and one reason

1277
00:53:39,109 --> 00:53:37,040
is because i weigh 200 pounds so just

1278
00:53:41,270 --> 00:53:39,119
standing up right now i'm exercising my

1279
00:53:43,349 --> 00:53:41,280
muscles and my bones and when you're in

1280
00:53:45,430 --> 00:53:43,359
space for six months i don't hold my

1281
00:53:47,190 --> 00:53:45,440
weight up because i'm floating and so my

1282
00:53:49,030 --> 00:53:47,200
muscles will naturally atrophy because

1283
00:53:51,190 --> 00:53:49,040
i'm not using an atrophy just means to

1284
00:53:53,030 --> 00:53:51,200
strengthen essentially well my bones do

1285
00:53:54,790 --> 00:53:53,040
the same thing for lots of different

1286
00:53:57,670 --> 00:53:54,800
reasons but also because we're not

1287
00:54:00,390 --> 00:53:57,680
loading them up uh but so some important

1288
00:54:03,030 --> 00:54:00,400
things that we do to prevent muscle and

1289
00:54:04,549 --> 00:54:03,040
bone loss are the strength training the

1290
00:54:07,270 --> 00:54:04,559
strength training is the number one

1291
00:54:10,870 --> 00:54:07,280
thing we also take vitamin supplements

1292
00:54:12,950 --> 00:54:10,880
and we also keep our salt low

1293
00:54:15,349 --> 00:54:12,960
because while we're in space we have a

1294
00:54:19,510 --> 00:54:15,359
condition called osteopenia

1295
00:54:22,230 --> 00:54:19,520
osteopenia is when we lose bone mass we

1296
00:54:24,150 --> 00:54:22,240
lose calcium out of our bones and salt

1297
00:54:26,150 --> 00:54:24,160
increases the amount of calcium that you

1298
00:54:28,069 --> 00:54:26,160
leak out of your bones and so that's

1299
00:54:30,470 --> 00:54:28,079
very similar to a cyst a condition that

1300
00:54:31,910 --> 00:54:30,480
happens on earth called osteoporosis and

1301
00:54:34,790 --> 00:54:31,920
so what we've learned in helping

1302
00:54:36,710 --> 00:54:34,800
astronauts combat osteopenia are things

1303
00:54:39,510 --> 00:54:36,720
that help people that suffer from

1304
00:54:41,109 --> 00:54:39,520
osteoporosis on earth and so that is a

1305
00:54:43,510 --> 00:54:41,119
very important thing that we've learned

1306
00:54:46,230 --> 00:54:43,520
from space life but yeah exercise helps

1307
00:54:47,349 --> 00:54:46,240
us prevent bone and muscle

1308
00:54:48,870 --> 00:54:47,359
thank you for that i think you're going

1309
00:54:50,789 --> 00:54:48,880
to love this next question it's about

1310
00:54:53,109 --> 00:54:50,799
food

1311
00:54:55,190 --> 00:54:53,119
what was yours i'm sorry my apologies i

1312
00:54:57,030 --> 00:54:55,200
was surprised to see a variety of food

1313
00:54:59,109 --> 00:54:57,040
available to eat in space

1314
00:55:01,109 --> 00:54:59,119
what's restricted and how do you decide

1315
00:55:03,510 --> 00:55:01,119
what to take up with you this comes from

1316
00:55:05,750 --> 00:55:03,520
an 11th grader at brentwood high school

1317
00:55:07,190 --> 00:55:05,760
in missouri very good question see

1318
00:55:09,990 --> 00:55:07,200
people usually say what's your favorite

1319
00:55:11,990 --> 00:55:10,000
food but this is really good so the food

1320
00:55:14,069 --> 00:55:12,000
that we send to space it has some

1321
00:55:16,549 --> 00:55:14,079
requirements first of all we have a food

1322
00:55:18,390 --> 00:55:16,559
laboratory that makes food specially for

1323
00:55:21,750 --> 00:55:18,400
these missions and it has a standard

1324
00:55:22,710 --> 00:55:21,760
menu of choices beef chicken pasta

1325
00:55:23,990 --> 00:55:22,720
shrimp

1326
00:55:26,230 --> 00:55:24,000
some of it is

1327
00:55:28,789 --> 00:55:26,240
dehydrated and we add water hot or cold

1328
00:55:30,950 --> 00:55:28,799
to add moisture back to it some of it is

1329
00:55:32,789 --> 00:55:30,960
normal the way it is like dehydrated

1330
00:55:35,670 --> 00:55:32,799
apricots and things

1331
00:55:37,270 --> 00:55:35,680
and some of it is uh irradiated or

1332
00:55:38,470 --> 00:55:37,280
thermal stabilized where you just open

1333
00:55:40,309 --> 00:55:38,480
it up and you know there's a piece of

1334
00:55:41,750 --> 00:55:40,319
chicken or cubes of beef

1335
00:55:43,190 --> 00:55:41,760
in a sauce and you just warm it up

1336
00:55:45,030 --> 00:55:43,200
before you eat it

1337
00:55:47,270 --> 00:55:45,040
tomato basil soup i ate a lot of tomato

1338
00:55:49,349 --> 00:55:47,280
basil soup and so all of those things

1339
00:55:51,430 --> 00:55:49,359
though they have to be in packaging that

1340
00:55:53,670 --> 00:55:51,440
is safe to be on the space station and

1341
00:55:54,630 --> 00:55:53,680
they also have to be able to stay on the

1342
00:55:58,390 --> 00:55:54,640
shelf

1343
00:56:00,870 --> 00:55:58,400
in boxes and packaged up for years

1344
00:56:02,630 --> 00:56:00,880
and that's the big one so we also can go

1345
00:56:05,190 --> 00:56:02,640
to the store and find things that we

1346
00:56:06,630 --> 00:56:05,200
like and ask nasa to box those up and

1347
00:56:09,109 --> 00:56:06,640
send up a portion of our food it's

1348
00:56:11,910 --> 00:56:09,119
things that we chose and so some of that

1349
00:56:13,910 --> 00:56:11,920
crew preference food they they grab the

1350
00:56:15,510 --> 00:56:13,920
the packaging and look at the how it's

1351
00:56:17,270 --> 00:56:15,520
stored and sealed and make sure that it

1352
00:56:19,670 --> 00:56:17,280
meets those requirements that it has

1353
00:56:22,950 --> 00:56:19,680
safe packaging like i can't fly a jar of

1354
00:56:24,950 --> 00:56:22,960
pickles right glass is not safe and so

1355
00:56:27,589 --> 00:56:24,960
but if it's in plastic or something that

1356
00:56:29,829 --> 00:56:27,599
uh it can make survive a launch and then

1357
00:56:31,589 --> 00:56:29,839
staying in space for a long time that's

1358
00:56:33,190 --> 00:56:31,599
one thing they check and then they also

1359
00:56:34,230 --> 00:56:33,200
check to make sure

1360
00:56:36,470 --> 00:56:34,240
because

1361
00:56:38,150 --> 00:56:36,480
i launched in november but my food had

1362
00:56:39,750 --> 00:56:38,160
been up there for almost a year they had

1363
00:56:41,829 --> 00:56:39,760
to launch it when they had a chance to

1364
00:56:43,990 --> 00:56:41,839
send cargo up to the space station and

1365
00:56:45,910 --> 00:56:44,000
we don't have we can't just send things

1366
00:56:47,670 --> 00:56:45,920
all the time so we have to schedule it

1367
00:56:49,750 --> 00:56:47,680
so some of the food goes up there and it

1368
00:56:52,150 --> 00:56:49,760
stays there for years

1369
00:56:53,670 --> 00:56:52,160
and so have any of you ever been camping

1370
00:56:56,069 --> 00:56:53,680
did you take special food when you went

1371
00:56:58,230 --> 00:56:56,079
camping things like beef jerky nuts

1372
00:57:00,390 --> 00:56:58,240
dried fruit those are things that last

1373
00:57:01,910 --> 00:57:00,400
for a long time or like pickles pickled

1374
00:57:03,510 --> 00:57:01,920
okra those are things that are being

1375
00:57:05,270 --> 00:57:03,520
preserved and they last for a very long

1376
00:57:07,829 --> 00:57:05,280
time and so we have to make sure that

1377
00:57:09,349 --> 00:57:07,839
our food meets a certain safety uh and

1378
00:57:10,470 --> 00:57:09,359
quality standards and so yeah that's a

1379
00:57:12,870 --> 00:57:10,480
really good question don't get asked

1380
00:57:15,030 --> 00:57:12,880
that i thought so as well

1381
00:57:19,270 --> 00:57:15,040
time for the last question

1382
00:57:22,549 --> 00:57:19,280
in 30 years space travel looks like

1383
00:57:27,190 --> 00:57:25,510
space travel looks like

1384
00:57:28,870 --> 00:57:27,200
i can say a lot about machines and

1385
00:57:30,390 --> 00:57:28,880
missions and where we're going but the

1386
00:57:33,030 --> 00:57:30,400
most important thing i can say to that

1387
00:57:34,710 --> 00:57:33,040
is that space travel in 30 years

1388
00:57:36,630 --> 00:57:34,720
looks like

1389
00:57:38,309 --> 00:57:36,640
and that is maybe the most important

1390
00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:38,319
mission that i have is to make sure that

1391
00:57:54,150 --> 00:57:52,630
[Applause]

1392
00:57:54,930 --> 00:57:54,160
and stokes elementary school thank you

1393
00:57:59,670 --> 00:57:54,940
for being here

1394
00:58:04,630 --> 00:58:02,950
and also we want to say uh goodbye to

1395
00:58:06,470 --> 00:58:04,640
our visitors who

1396
00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:06,480
have joined us virtually on the camera