It's the
only place in the world
that we can do
microgravity research.
Think about that.
One place in the whole world.
There are no chambers on earth where we can replicate microgravity.
Just the space station.
So we have to use that in order to figure out what we need to do for
exploration.
The first thing we learned is what we didn't know, right.
The questions we needed to ask.
Moving from shuttle to space station, going from short duration
to long duration, we discovered many, many things
that we didn't even know were risks of spaceflight.
But we can use the space station as a space analog
for other space destinations.
So that's really where we're going to focus is how do we get to the moon safely?
How do we get to Mars safely?
Space Station will allow us to do that.
International partnering.
International cooperation, engaging research.
Those three things to me
are one of the
most important things
that the ISS has provided.
You know, when we embarked in processing the elements of the ISS,
nobody knew how to do it.
We kind of figured that out as we were going through it.
One thing that everyone should know about the ISS
is that it's is a great platform to do research
and that we need that platform and future platforms to help us understand
how we are ever going to be able to go, even farther out into deep space.
Happy 25th anniversary, ISS.
Looking forward to the future.
We can't wait to see what's next for the space station.