>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM MEGAN DEAN.
WE ARE PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY
THE CREW TODAY.
WE HAVE NASA ASTRONAUTS NICOLE
MANN, JOSH CASSADA, JAXA
ASTRONAUT KOICHI WAKATA AND ANNA
KIKINA.
FROM KENNEDY SPACE OFFICER IN
FLORIDA.
NOW WE'LL TAKE BRIEF REMARKS
FROM THE CREW THEN GO TO MEDIA
IN THE ROOM FOR QUESTIONS AND
THE PHONE BRIDGE AND SOCIAL
MEDIA.
WITH THAT WILL HAND IT OVER TO
THE CREW.
>> THANK YOU.
I AM NICOLE.
WHICH WILL BE THE COMMANDER.
ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE AND SHARE
WITH YOU IN THE CREW 5 AND
EXPEDITION 68 MISSION.
WE ARE READY TO GO.
AND AMAZES ME EACH TIME I
STOPPED TO THINK ABOUT THE
ENORMOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE INVOLVED IN PREPARING US FOR
THIS MISSION.
IT'S THE FACILITIES THAT PROVIDE
THE MOCK-UPS THE SOFTWARE, THAT
EX CUTE THE SIMULATION AND THE
PEOPLE THAT DEVELOP AND ORGANIZE
ALL OF THOSE ASSETS.
WITHOUT YOU, WE COULDN'T BE
PREPARED FOR THE MISSION.
A BIG PART OF MAKING US
SUCCESSFUL THEN KNOW WE WILL
TAKE A PIECE WITH US WHEN WE GO
TO SPACE.
AND IN THESE LAST FEW WEEKS
BEFORE LAUNCH, WE ARE EXCITED
AND HUMBLED TO BE A PART OF
HUMAN EXPLORATION AND THANK YOU
TO THE FAMILIES FOR SUPPORTING
US DURING THIS BUSY TIME.
LET'S GO CREW 5.
>> HI.
I AM JOSH.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO
WORK.
THIS, THIS IS INCREDIBLE CREW.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT.
A LOT OF CREWS SAY THAT.
DON'T THINK THEY REALIZE HOW
GREAT IT COULD BE.
WE HAVE THREE FIRST TIME FLYERS
GOING TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT IS SO GREAT
ABOUT THIS.
WE ARE DOING IT FOR SOMETHING
GREATER THAN OURSELVES, AND
THOSE THREE FIRST TIME FLYERS
WERE BRING IN A LOT OF ENERGY TO
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WHICH WE NEED.
IN FACT YOU ARE GETTING YOUR
MAIL FORWARDED TO LOWER EARTH
OTHER BIT I ASSUME.
LIKE NICOLE SAID, WE ARE
INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND HONORED
TO DO THIS JOB AND COULDN'T ASK
FOR BETTER DREW DO WITH IT.
HILL, DOWN HILL AND THERE OF THE
EXPEDITION 68 ONBOARD.
THANK YOU.
>> HELLO
I AM HONORED TO BE PART OF THIS
WONDERFUL INTERNATIONAL CREW,
CREW 5 AND TOGETHER WE ARE
STRONG AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE
THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK
EVERYONE INTERNATIONALLY, AND
THE ENGINEERS WHO GET US READY
FOR THIS CREW 5 LAUNCH AND WE
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH TOGETHER
AND LIKE A FAMILY AND I AM SO
HONORED TO BE HERE.
SO VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO
HAVING TIME FOR HALF A YEAR WITH
MY GREAT CREW MATES ONBOARD I
DON'T KNOW WHO IT US.
THEY ARE WELL-PREPARED AND
TECHNICALLY CAPABLE.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THANK YOU.
>> Translator: GOOD MORNING,
EVERYBODY.
I AM PLEASURED TO REPRESENT THIS
CREW.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR
EVERYTHING.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON THE
PHONE, PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 TO
ASK YOUR QUESTION OR STAR 2 TO
WITHDRAW YOUR QUESTION AS IT HAS
BEEN ASKED AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
PLEASE USE #ASKNASA TO ASK YOUR
QUO BUT STARTER THAN ROOM AND
START WITH YOU.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND
AFFILIATION.
>> BE WHAT ADVICE DID HE GIVE
YOU?
HE HAS FLOWN ON DRAGON.
DID HE SAY YOU NEED KNOW THIS
ABOUT THE CAPSULE WHAT ADVICE
DID HE GIVE YOU?
>> SO WE FLEW ON THE CREW DRAGON
FLIGHT AND THE CREW ONE AND CREW
TWO THEY GAVE ME ALL THE TIPS
BUT SINCE THE SPACECRAFT,
ACTUALLY ALL OF US FLEW ON THE
SO I YEWS SPACE SHUTTLE AND
SPACECRAFT.
IT IS DIFFERENT SPACE RAFT, VERY
SOPHISTICATED, VERY AUTOMATED,
IT IS VERY RELIABLE SYSTEM AND
SO I THINK I HAVE TO LISTEN TO
COMMANDER AND PILOT AND WORK
WITH THE MISSION SPECIALIST AND
THEN WE WORK TOGETHER.
THAT IS THE KEY.
THE COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY
THAT IS WHAT WE TOLD ME.
>> THANK YOU.
MY QUESTIONS FOR NICOLE MANN.
ITS NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT YOU
WERE NAMED THE ARTEMIS ONE OF
THE MEMBERS.
WHAT IS THIS EXPERIENCE BRING TO
YOU, YOUR RESUME, YOUR FORESIGHT
ON POTENTIALLY, I GUESS, OR
CERTAINLY BEING PART OF A LUNAR
MISSION?
>> SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IN
LOWER EARTH ORBIT IS A STEPPING
STONE TO ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS
OF EXPIRATION INTO DEEP SPACE.
THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT.
THE RESEARCH THAT WE'LL DO, SOME
OF THE OPERATIONS THAT WE WILL
LEARN TO DEVELOP AND WORK WITH
THE GROUND, UNDERSTANDING HOW WE
ARE GOING TO DO THAT FROM A
FURTHER DISTANCE, WE DON'T HAVE
THE ACCESSIBILITY OF THE GROUND
SO OFTEN.
AND SO I THINK WE ARE ALL
EXCITED TO BE A HUGE PART OF
THAT MISSION.
WE ARE GOING TO GAIN A TON OF
EXPERIENCE IN FLYING LOWER EARTH
ORBIT.
ANY US CAN BE ASSIGNED IN THE
FUTURE, THEN, HOPEFULLY, WALK
TON THE MOON TOGETHER, ONE DAY.
>> THIS FOR US JOSH AND NICOLE.
NOW YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
GO THROUGH SPACEX TRAINING.
CAN YOU GIVE US MAYBE LIKE TWO
OR THREE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF
WHAT YOU HAVE CLAIMED FROM THE
TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS LIKE
JUST, WHAT IS DONE DIFFERENTLY
OR THINGS THAT ARE IN ONE
PROGRAM, BUT NOT IN ANOTHER.
JUST SOME SENSE OF THE FLAVOR OF
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO
COMPANIES.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
WE ARE IN UNIQUE POSITION.
IT IS REMARKABLE TO SEE HOW TWO
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES APPROACH
AND SOLVE THE SAME PROBLEM NOT
UNLIKE WE SEE WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNER.
WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT STRENGTHS
AND WEAKNESSES AND CAPITALIZE ON
THOSE, SO, ON THE SPACEX SIDE,
OF COURSE, THEY HAVE THE
HERITAGE OF HAVING DONE A LOT OF
CARGO MISSIONS, RIGHT?
BOEING HAS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
BACKGROUNDS IN HUMAN
SPACEFLIGHTS IN GENERAL, SO TO
WATCH THESE TWO COMPANY, IN A
GRAB BUILD ON THE FOUNDATIONS
THAT THEY ALREADY HAD, BUT,
ALSO, LEARN FROM NASA TO BE THE
CONDUIT, AND, AND KIND OF STEER,
STEER THE MISSIONS WHERE THEY
NEED TO.
JUST REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE TO
SEE.
NOT SOMEBODY SOMETHING I WAS
WITH EX SETTING AS TEST PATRIOT
GET TO PARTICIPATE ON BOTH.
THE COMMON DENOMINATOR THAT WE
SEE, REALLY, THE PEOPLE.
YOU SEE SOME DEDICATED, SOME
VERY TIN GENT ENGINEERS AND
OPERATORS THAT CREATE THESE
SYSTEMS, PROVIDE THE TRAINING
PLATFORMS FOR YOU, SO IT IS
REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE TO
TRANSLATE OR TRANSITION FROM ONE
FROM ANOTHER, SIMILAR TO WHAT
JOSH SAID ABOUT WORKING WITH
THEM.
WE ALL HAVE THE BASELINE OF
TRAINING AND UNDERSTANDING IN
PLAQUES IT EASY THEN TO JUMP
INTO A NEW SPACECRAFT AND LEARN
IT, QUITE RAPIDLY, BE ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE AMONGEST THIS DREW
EXECUTE THAT MISSION.
GREAT.
THANK YOU.
LET'S GO TO ELIZABETH HOWELL
SPACE.COM.
>> HELLO EVERYBODY.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY
CALL.
DID YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH
SPACEX CONCERNING THE BOOSTER
AND THE CHANGES TO THE
SPACECRAFT.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE TRANSPARENT
CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ALL THE
TIME.
BEFORE THIS WAS THE MISSION
BRIEFING WITH ALL LEADERSHIP.
I TALKED OPENLY OF THE
MODIFICATION, THE CHALLENGES
THAT THEY HAD, THE FIXES, THE
TESTING CAMPAIGN.
EVERYBODY IS CERTAINLY ON THE
SAME PAGE THAT THE HARDWARE
NEEDS TO BE RELIABLE, AND NEEDS
TO BE SAFE.
WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT
NASA AND SPACEX AND THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS ARE NOT
GOING TO PUT US ON A ROCKET OAR
SPACECRAFT THEY FEEL IS NOT
READY TO GO, SO IT IS VERY
REFRESHING IN FACT, THIS OPEN
COMMUNICATION THAT WE HAVE,
NOTHING IS HIDDEN, EVERYTHING IS
IN THE OPEN, AND, RITE IS NICE
TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE
SITUATION IS SO WE FEEL VERY
CONFIDENT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE TAKE ANOTHER QUESTIONER THAN
ROOM.
>> QUESTION FOR NAN.
SIMILAR TO WHAT GONE WHAT ASKED
EARLIER.
WHAT ADVICE DID YOUR FELLOW
COSMONAUTS GIVE YOU BEFORE THIS
MISSION?
IF YOU COULD GO INTO A LITTLE
BIT HOW TRAINING HAS BEEN IN THE
PAST YEAR NOR MISSION?
WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE?
THANKS.
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
EYE WORKED WITH THE CREW
TOGETHER.
IT IS NOT LIKE THEY GAVE ME
SAVING ADVICE BUT IT WAS THE
PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THEM
DURING THE LECTURES, DURING THE
CLASSES AND VARIOUS OTHER PARTS
OF THE TRAINING, THAT WAS THE
MOST IMPORTANT PART OF PREPARING
ME FOR THIS.
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE].
>> Translator: I GENERALLY
BELIEVE THAT WORKING AS A TEAM,
THE COLLEAGUES FROM OUR OWN
COSMONAUT TEAM AND THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS,
COLLEAGUES, GENERALLY EXPANDS
YOUR VIEWS AND HELPS YOU TO
DEVELOP NEW PATTERNS OF
COMMUNICATION AND NEW SKILLS.
>> THANKS.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM
THE PHONE BRIDGE.
ROBERT COLLECT SPACE.
>> HI.
FOR NICOLE AND JOSH.
HOW THE CREW CAME TOGETHER LATER
VIA CONFIRMATION OF THE CREW.
I WONDER IF CUE TALK ABOUT THE
DESIGN OF IT.
IF THERE WAS ANY TALK ABOUT
GOING BACK IN AND THE FLIGHT HAS
BEEN DELAYED A LITTLE BIT,
ADDING IN THE CREW'S
INTERNATIONAL FLAGS TO REPRESENT
WHERE YOU COME FROM.
WE HAVE TWO BOYS THIS.
THE OLDEST IS 13 AND THE
YOUNGEST IS 11.
YOU KNOW, NICOLE AND I.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST FLIGHT.
WE GOT HERE IN 2013 AND
INCREDIBLE CAREER SO FAR AND AS
TEST PILOTS IT HAS BEEN
REWARDING BUT ALONG WITH THAT
GOES A LOT OF DESIGNING OF
PATCHES AT OUR KITCHEN TABLE ON
BEHALF OF THESE KIDS, AND SO, SO
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF TIMES
THAT MY OLDEST IS A BIT OF AN
ARTIST PUT TOGETHER SOME IDEA
THEN I HAD TO TELL THEM.
WE MAY WANT TO A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE MORE FLIGHT TOAST DO
BEFORE WE CAN ONE INTO ACTION.
SO THEY ACTUALLY WORKED
INITIALLY ON A DESIGN AT OUR
KITCHEN TAKE, OF COURSE, THIS IS
NOT ALL THERES BUT LARGE PART OF
THE CREW DRAGON 5 AND, AND, THE
COMMERCIAL CREW COMING BEHIND
THE DRAGON ITSELF.
THAT COMES FROM THEM.
AND WE GOT IN FROM THE REST OF
THE CREW AS WELL AS NICHOLE'S
SON WHO IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE
FOR EXPEDITION PATCH.
AS FOR AS INTERNATIONAL PIECE OF
IT, WE DIDN'T TRY TO EXCLUDE
ANYBODY.
WE DIDN'T TRY TO NECESSARILY
INCLUDE ANYONE.
THIS IS, THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR
AS YOU AS A PLANET, AND, AS A
SOCIETY.
AND SO, SO HE WAS EXCITED THAT
THE KISSING GOT TO PUT THEIR
CRAYONS TO USE.
IT WAS REALLY FUN TO WATCH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION.
>> HI.
THANKS SON OF FOR TAKING MY
QUESTION TODAY.
YOU I PROGRAM THE NIGHTTIME
SPACE REPORT.
IT IS AXE LATELY PURCHASE
PLEASURE TO TALK TO A TALENTED
CREW TODAY.
THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU
GUYS.
WHAT FUN OR INTERESTING ITEM
FOR STATION?
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING YOU
GUY HAVE AMAZING TRIP UP AND
STAY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
THANK YOU.
>> WELL, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE
PACK.
I PUT SOME PAP, HE SO HOPE I CAN
MAKE SINK ORBIT IN THE JAPANESE
MODULE.
THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I AM
LOOKING FORWARD TO.
I PACK A LITTLE SOMETHING
SPECIAL FOR MY FAMILY, AND 3:00
I CAN'T TELL YOU ABOUT IT
BECAUSE IT WOULD RUIN THE
SURPRISE.
>> NICOLE DOESN'T GET ONE WITH
OF MY 1980 MOVIE REFERENCES SO
WE ARE GOING TO WATCH A LOT OF
'80'S MOVIES SPEND EVERY FRIDAY
MAKING SURE SHE GETS THE JOKES I
HAVE BEEN MAKING FOR THE LAST
DECADE.
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION HERE IN
THE ROOM.
WAIT FOR THE MIC.
>> AS A MEMBER OF CREW 5, DO YOU
HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES ON THE
U.S. OS PROGRAM OR DO YOU
PRIMARILY TRANSFER TO THE RUSH
CREW?
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> AS GENERAL RULE, WILL BE WORK
ON THE RUSSIAN SECT BUT HOWEVER
THERE ARE TASKS WILL BE
PARTICIPATING IN.
MY CREW MEMBERS WITH EVA
ACTIVITIES, PREPARATION FOR
THOSE, I ALSO BE PARTICIPATING
IN THE AEROBIOTIC ARM OPERATIONS
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER
TASKS THAT I WILL BE INVOLVED IN
ACROSS THE SECTS?
>> ALL RIGHT.
PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 WE HAVE A
QUESTION ON THE PHONE WITH
NIGHTTIME NEWS SPACE REPORT.
>> I GOT ONE QUESTION ABOUT, I
GUESS, THE PREFLIGHT MEAL, IF
YOU TAKE THOSE AND BEFORE YOU
GOP OPEN TO STATION.
>> I HONESTLY NOT THOUGHT ABOUT
THAT ONE BIT YET.
WHICH WITH IS SURPRISING BECAUSE
I EAT A LOT OF GOOD.
>> YEAH.
WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY WITH
OUR TRAINING PROGRAM AND WHEN WE
GET INTO GUARANTEE DOWN AT
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER.
THIN KNOW WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME
DELICIOUS CHOICES THEN HOPEFULLY
WE HAVE SOME INTERNATIONAL FOOD
TO ENJOY FOR THE MEAL WE HAVE
PRIOR TO LAUNCHING.
>> AND IT WHICH WITH BE PIZZA.
[LAUGHTER]
NOW WE TAKE A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
>> FOCUS OF SCIENCE.
COME FROM A OFFICE BACKGROUNDS
THERE IS REALLY, REALLY COOL
RIGHT NOW.
ABOUT SOME IS INTERESTING TO ME
AND THE LAB IS, AGAIN, ARTICLE
INTERESTING FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS
EXPERIMENT IN WHICH WE CAN SEE
MECHANICS AT MACROSCOPIC SCALE.
THE GUYS ARE SICK OF ME TAKE
BITING.
THAT IS ONE THAT IS NEAR AND
DEAR TO MY HEART WE ARE LUCKY
AND GET TO DO ALL KINDS OF
SCIENCE AND THERE IS SOME REALLY
COOL BY OH FABRICATIONS WORK
THAT WE ARE DOING UP THERE,
THEN, NEXT GENERATION, DIRECTLY
AND I FEEL FORTUNATE TO SEE IN
ANOTHER NATIONAL LAB, STARTED
THE ONE WHEN I WAS IN THE 20'S
THEN BACK ON ONE AND GET TO DO
REALLY COOL STUFF ON BEHALF OF
EVERYBODY ELSE IS REALLY, REALLY
REALLY FORTUNATE SITUATION.
>> WONDERFUL FOR SCIENCE AND
THAT BENEFITS OUR LIFE ON EARTH,
ALSO, FOR EXPLORATION AND I AM
EXCITED THAT STATION IS
IMPORTANT TESTBED FOR BACK TO
THE MOON AND MARS.
>> LIQUID BEHAVIOR OF LIKE THE
OIL TYPE LIQUID AND IN THE LOW
GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT WITH THE
MOON GRAVITY AND THEN MARS
GRAVITY AND THEN USING A SMALL
CENTER FUSION AND THEN, SYSTEM
LATE THAT MOON-MARS ENVIRONMENT
THEN THE DATA FROM THAT WOULD BE
BACK TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIKE
GEARBOX OF LIKE THE MOON
PRESSURIZED ROVER FOR EXAMPLE
THEN, THEN LAKE THE FUEL CELL
AND LIQUID SEPARATION.
NOT THE ZERO GRAVITY AND
WONDERFUL TEST BED FOR THE
FUTURE EXPLORATION THEN EXCITED
TO BE PART OF THIS.
AND BENEFIT FOR EXPIRATION OF
THE MOON AND THE MARS.
>> WHAT IS IT LIKE VIEWING THE
EARTH FROM SPACE?
ON THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
THEN I FIRST FLEW AND SAW THE
BEAUTIFUL HOME PLANET FROM THE
THERE.
THAT WAS THE MOST IMPRESSIVE
VIEW THAT I EVER HAD ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH.
WE LAUNCHED AT NIGHT.
THEN THE MAIN ENGINE CUT OFF.
WE SAW THE PLANET THEN IT WAS SO
WONDERFUL SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
PLANET, AND I FELT VERY LUCKY TO
BE ABLE TO CALL THIS PLANET OUR
HOME.
SO THAT IS HIM PRESSION THAT I
HAD.
THANK YOU.
THEN A FINAL QUESTION FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA WHAT AGE DID YOU
REALIZE YOU WANTED TO BE BECOME
ASTRONAUT IF ARE O FOR IT WAS
TON THE RADAR WHAT DID YOU
ENVISION YOURSELF DOING WHEN YOU
WERE YOUNGER?
WHO EVER LIKE TO START.
>> I CAN START.
>> BEFORE THEY WERE BORN, I
THINK.
IT WAS FIVE YEARS OLD WHEN I SAW
THE SAW 11 LUNAR LANDING SH.
HAT TIME, THERE WERE NOS A
STREETS THERE WERE ONLY FROM THE
UNITED STATES TRANSFER THE
FORMER SOVIET UNION AND SMALL
JAPANESE BOY I THOUGHT IT WAS
WITH IMPOSSIBLE TO PART OF THE
HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION AND A
FEW DECADES LATER THANKS TO THE
CORPORATION I WAS ABLE TO COME
TO JSC TO TRAN THE SPACE SHUTTLE
MISSION AND FLEW ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, SOB
I WAS LUCKY TO BE PART OF THIS.
INTEROPERATIONAL COOPERATIONS
THE KEY FOR THE FUTURE
EXPLORATION IN SPACE.
>> FOR ME, I A LITTLE BIT OLDER.
I DIDN'T HAVE EVERYTHING QUITE
FIGURED OUT WHEN WAS YOUNG.
WAS NOT UNTIL I WAS IN MY MID
20'S IN THE MARINE CORPS THAT I
REALIZED THAT BEING AN ASTRONAUT
WAS NOT ONLY SOMETHING THAT WAS
POSSIBLE DREAM, BUT ACTUALLY
SOMETHING THAT IS QUITE
AS YOUNG GIRL, I DIDN'T REALIZE
THAT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY AND A
POSSIBILITY, THAT IS PART OF THE
REASON I FEEL LIKE OUTREACH TO
THE YOUNGER GENERATION AND
GETTING THE MISSION OUT OF WHAT
WE ARE DOING ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND
HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO THE
WORLD AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS
TO THE NEXT GENERATION, SO THEY
REALIZE NOT ONLY CAN THEY
ACHIEVE NEW DREAMS THEY SET
FORTH BUT ALSO WHAT THEY NEED DO
IN ORDER TO BRING OUR WORLD
TOGETHER.
>> BEING ASTRONAUT WAS NOT
ALWAYS MY GOAL.
ALTHOUGH WHEN I WAS CHILD, I MET
AN ASTRONAUT JOE TANNER, SORRY,
JOE, IF YOU ARE THROUGHOUT.
I DON'T REMEMBER IT.
IT WAS PRETTY YOUNG.
I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE WHO TELL ME
WE MET.
WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS
PLAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
THAT IS WHAT I DID NEARLY EVERY
SECOND THAT I WASN'T STUDYING.
IT WAS PLAYING BASEBALL.
WHEN IT WAS CLEAR THAT WAS GOING
TO BE AS FAST AS IT WOULD BE.
NEEDED TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER JOB.
AND SO PHYSICS IS SOMETHING THAT
HAS ALWAYS INTERESTED ME.
AS WELL AS AVIATION.
WOW.
WILL DO BOTH OF THESE THINGS.
THAT I AM INCREDIBLY PASSIONATE
ABOUT.
IF THEY HAPPENED TO BE A GOOD
FIT, TO DO THIS JOB, THEN, THEN,
SO BE IT.
EARTH WAY, I WAS DOING SOMETHING
I LOVED.
SO GAIN, REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE
HERE.
[SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE]
>> Translator: I WOULD LIKE TO
AD BAD WHAT THE IMPORTANCE OF
REALIZING THAT BEING AN
ASTRONAUT IS AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
>> FOR ME, MOMENT OF REALIZATION
AHEAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS MOMENT OCCURRED WHEN
RUSSIAN SPACE STATION AGENCY
ANNOUNCED RECRUIT OF CANDIDATES
TO THE CORP.
AT THIS TIME, THIS OPPORTUNITY
WAS OPEN TO EVERYONE AND
INCLUDING MYSELF, TO AND THE
SPECIFIC QUESTION.
WAS 27 AT THIS TIME.
>> THANK.
WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE QUESTION
FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE THE FIRST
FEMALE COMMANDER OF A SPACEX
CREW DRAGONNE.
>> I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE.
WE HAVE AN IN CREDIBLE CREW TO
GO UP TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL
CYCLE HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A
FEMALE ASTRONAUT?
OR A FEMALE MARINE?
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
YOUNG GIRLS REALIZE THAT THEY
HAVE THESE LEADERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM BOB TO
HONEST BE WHERE IT DOESN'T
MATTER IF YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, A
WOMAN OR A MAN, OR WHAT COUNTRY
YOU ARE FROM, OR YOUR GENDER OR
YOUR RACE, WE ARE COMING
TOGETHER AS HUMAN RACE, AND OUR
MISSION ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
DEVELOPING THE TECHNOLOGY AND
RESEARCH TO BENEFIT ALL OF HUMAN
KIND WHAT IS BRINGS US TOGETHER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL SAID.
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