>> ONE OF THE GREAT POWERS OF
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
IS ITS DURATION-- THE ABILITY
TO DO AND EXPERIMENT,
TAKE THAT KNOWLEDGE, DESIGN
A NEW EXPERIMENT, FOLLOW ON
WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE, AND THEN
DO THE NEXT GENERATION
AFTER THAT.
>> NASA'S BEEN LAUNCHING
VEHICLES FOR DECADES,
AND EACH ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES
HAS AN EXPERIMENT ON THEM.
BUT NEVER BEFORE HAVE WE HAD
A LABORATORY TOTALLY DEDICATED
TO THESE KIND OF EXPERIMENTS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S
MOST PROMISING IS THAT
THE SCIENTIFIC VALUE
AND THE ECONOMIC VALUE
THAT WILL COME FROM
THE SPACE STATION RESEARCH
IS JUST STARTING TO SHOW UP.
>> THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT
WE'RE MAKING NOW ARE REALLY
SETTING THE STAGE FOR
THIS COMMERCIAL MARKET
INTO SPACE.
THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE LED
UP TO THIS, THROUGH
THE PERFORMANCE OF ALL OF THESE
RESEARCH INVESTIGATIONS THAT
WE'VE ALREADY HAD ON BOARD,
DOING FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH,
AND TESTING OUT NEW
TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS
FEED THIS MARKET, AND FEED
THE CAPABILITY OF-OF DOING
FUTURE RESEARCH IN SPACE,
AND ALSO IN HAVING
NEW COMMERCIAL ENTITIES
OPERATE IN THAT SPACE.
>> WE PUT TOGETHER
THE "ISS BENEFITS FOR HUMANITY"
BOOK TO REALLY COMPILE
THE STORIES THAT WE KNEW
OF THE AMAZING THINGS THAT
HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
THE CHALLENGE WITH SCIENCE
IS THAT IT TAKES TIME.
SO EVEN A NEW DISCOVERY
THAT IS CLEARLY RELEVANT TO
TREATING A MEDICAL CONDITION
COULD TAKE DECADES
FOR THAT TREATMENT TO ACTUALLY
COME TO MARKET.
AND SO WE WANTED TO CAPTURE
THE STATE OF THOSE DIFFERENT
NEW DISCOVERIES AND HOW
THEY WERE PROCEEDING INTO
BENEFITS FOR HUMANITY,
BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO
TELL THE STORIES OF THE PEOPLE
WHOSE LIVES HAD ALREADY
BEEN CHANGED.
>> WE'VE PUT IN SPECIALIZED
SECTIONS TO BOTH ECONOMIC
VALUE AND SCIENTIFIC VALUE
IN ORDER TO TRY AND DEMONSTRATE
TO FOLKS WHAT SORT OF VALUE
SPACE STATION RESEARCH HAS.
>> THE SCIENTIFIC VALUATION
SECTION, WE WERE INTERESTED IN
JUST SAYING, "HEY, WE HAVE
"ALL THESE PUBLICATIONS,
"THESE SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
"THAT COME FROM ISS.
"WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH THEM?
"HOW SHOULD WE COMMUNICATE
"WHY THEY'RE IMPORTANT?"
YEAH, WE'VE GOT THOUSANDS
OF PUBLICATIONS, BUT
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
AND HOW HAS IT ADVANCED
SCIENCE AS A WHOLE FOR EARTH,
AND ALSO FOR SPACE FLIGHT?
SO WHAT WAS SHOCKING TO ME
IS, WOW, LOOK AT
ALL THE PUBLICATIONS THAT
HAVE COME FROM SPACE STATION
RESEARCH, AND OTHER PEOPLE
IN NON-SPACE DISCIPLINES
ARE FINDING THOSE PUBLICATIONS
AND USING THEM
IN THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
AND WHERE YOU CAN INTEGRATE
SPACE RESEARCH INTO
EVERYDAY RESEARCH ON EARTH,
YOU KNOW YOU'RE HAVING
THE MOST IMPACT ON SCIENCE.
>> ONE THING WE'RE ADDING IS
A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
IN LOW EARTH ORBIT THAT IS
LEVERAGING THE SPACE STATION.
>> THE SPACE ECONOMY TODAY
IS STILL EMERGING.
BUT ITS VALUATION HAS DOUBLED
IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
AND THERE ARE MORE ACTIVE
PARTICIPANTS IN LOW EARTH ORBIT
THAN THERE HAVE EVER BEEN.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
HAS CONTRIBUTED TO
THE COMMERCIALIZATION
IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
FIRST, WITH COMMERCIAL
RESUPPLY, ENCOURAGING COMPANIES
TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN
CAPABILITIES, AND THEN
THOSE CAPABILITIES CAN BE USED
NOT JUST BY THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
IN TERMS OF RESEARCH, THERE ARE
12 COMMERCIAL FACILITIES
THAT ARE OPERATING RIGHT NOW,
AND THEY'VE GREATLY EXPANDED
THE KINDS OF RESEARCH THAT
CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED ON ISS.
AND THEY'RE REALLY BRINGING
BOTH NEW CUSTOMERS INTO
THE SPACE MARKET, BUT ALSO
THEY ARE ALLOWING NEW ENTITIES
TO FORM THAT ARE LEARNING
THE PROCESSES BY WHICH
YOU CONDUCT BUSINESS IN SPACE.
>> COMMERCIALIZATION IS KEY
TO THE FURTHER EXPLORATION
MISSION THAT NASA HAS.
WE INTEND TO USE SPACE STATION
TO HELP COMMERCIAL ENTITIES
ENTER THE MARKET IN
LOW EARTH ORBIT, AND WE ALSO
EXPECT THEM TO BE ABLE TO
PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES
THAT SOMEDAY WILL HELP US
IN OUR EXPLORATION MISSION
BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT.
>> SCIENTISTS TEND TO ASK,
"WHAT'S THE NEXT QUESTION?"
SO THE NEXT QUESTION FOR
SPACE STATION IS
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO NEXT
WITH THIS PLATFORM?
>> THIS IS THE GOLDEN AGE
OF RESEARCH.
WE WILL LIKELY NEVER SEE
SUCH A STRONG MICROGRAVITY
SCIENCE PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE.
WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF
HUMAN EXPLORATION, BUT
TO HAVE A SUSTAINED LABORATORY
IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE NOW,
NOW'S THE TIME.
>> THIS RESEARCH IS FEEDING
OUR EXPLORATION GOALS
BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT,
AND DEVELOPING THE COMPANIES
THAT HOPE TO MAKE
LOW EARTH ORBIT PART OF
THEIR BUSINESS PLANS.
THESE TWO GOALS GO HAND IN HAND,
AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IS
THE WAY TO GET THERE.
>> WE REALLY WANNA
TELL THE STORIES OF
PEOPLE, AND PRODUCTS,
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT--
ALL OF THOSE THINGS
THAT ARE MAKING THE WORLD
A BETTER PLACE-- THROUGH
OUR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
ON THE SPACE STATION.
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