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And in terms of the next decade of space
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I really think we can continue to take

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advantage of the tremendous laboratory.

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We continue to learn more about materials,
science,

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human research, help
position ourselves for exploration.

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I think space station's an excellent
testbed for exploration.

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We've done numerous things
on space station to test exploration ops.

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It's a series of habitats

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that you have to keep, sustain
and then you have to integrate

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those science operations
from multiple crews.

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And so it's a good surrogate for
a lunar base or even a mars base someday.

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It's just an incredible facility.

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And the fact that we've had between
two and six astronauts in orbit

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continuously for 23 years
and how challenging that is,

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we have an incredibly dedicated,
talented team and they are there to

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make the flight successful
and make them safe.

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And I see that every day.

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And I'm
just proud to be a part of the team.

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Christina Koch of NASA,
the first one through the hatch,

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being greeted by her crewmates
aboard the International Space Station,

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The one thing I wish everyone knew about
the space station was really

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that we've had astronauts off the planet

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for 23 years continuously.

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And to me, it's just incredible.

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The greatest single thing
that we've learned on

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the space
station is to grow and eat our food.

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When we're on Mars
and we're growing it and eating our food

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on Mars, we're going to trace that
all the way back to the space station.

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well, the astronauts grew and ate the red
romaine lettuce on space station.

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It was Scott Kelly.

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Kjell Lindgren and Kimiya Yui.
Kjell harvested the lettuce,

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and then they shared the lettuce
and they did Cheers.

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They toasted the lettuce and ate.

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It another really great
memory of space station was

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when Scott Kelly unbuckled
the zinnia flower that he grew.

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was really fun to see him take it out
to the Cupola I hope to see continue

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safely produce crops on space station
for deep space exploration missions.

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I think folks don't realize
that it takes an army of folks

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and a huge effort to safely operate
the ISS

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and make sure that we can continue
to do the work that we do

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and to provide those  science
and research activities.

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I think that NASA has made something
very hard look very, very easy.

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I don't think the general public realizes
that behind the scenes that

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that goes into making that such a success
and really giving

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all those those teams of people,
you know, the accolades that they deserve.

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We've learned so much
about international cooperation.

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I mean, the ISS has been successful
because of the international partnerships

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we've had.

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We've learned the importance of that,
both in developing technologies,

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collaborating on science,

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but also in terms of foreign policy
and national interest.

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Happy 25 years
to the International Space Station.

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Happy 25th ISS.

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Happy 25 years.

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International Space Station.