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>> TO CELEBRATE, NASA WANTED
TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU
FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE SCIENCE
TEACHER, MS. CHARISSE HEINE.
SO, HERE TO HELP US SHOW
OUR APPRECIATION IS NASA
ASTRONAUT TRACY CALDWELL DYSON.
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>> SO HERE, YOU KNOW,
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING AND MATH
ARE VERY IMPORTANT
TO US.
YOU...
YOU GIVE THEM THE KNOWLEDGE
TO USE THAT.
IT HELPS.
SO, WE WANT TO THANK YOU...
ME AND ALL OF THE ASTRONAUTS
HERE FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
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>> OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.
I AM COMPLETELY IN SHOCK.
I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
>> WHEN DID YOU DECIDE THAT
YOU WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT?
>> BECAUSE OF A TEACHER,
HER NAME WAS CHRISTA MCAULIFFE,
AND I THOUGHT, "WOW,
WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO BE
AN ASTRONAUT?
SO, I LEARNED MORE ABOUT
WHAT ASTRONAUTS DID
AND I REALIZED THAT I LIKED
DOING THE SAME THINGS,
AND SO I DECIDED AT THAT POINT
I WANTED TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SHARE
THIS MOMENT WITH YOU,
MS. HEINE, AND CONGRATULATIONS
TO YOU AND, UH, TO ALL
OF YOUR STUDENTS THERE.
UH, KEEP LISTENING TO HER,
'CAUSE SHE'S SUPER SMART.
VERY WISE.
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