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>> Good morning, welcome to

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flight control room and the

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with a wide variety of work.

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When taking care of their home

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on orbit, and checking out their

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space suits in trans of

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spacewalks and preparing a

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science experiment to go out the

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>> Welcome to space to ground.

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This week astronauts inside the

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space station prepared an

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external experiment that tests

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the ability to store fuel for

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They prepare the robotic

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refueling mission 3 or rrm 3 for

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their air lock outside of the

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fifth grader Oliver who wants to

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know if internet is in outer

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space.

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throughout the world and in

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e-mails and many have social

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You can follow astronauts.

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using the hashtag space to

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>> This morning, McClane and

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arrival of a crew vehicle.

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It remains on target to launch

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on its uncrewed first-ever test

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flight next Saturday March 2.

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Another step in the crew program

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effort to move America closer to

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the goal of restoring capability

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to launch astronauts to space

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from the USA.

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>> Stand by for total count.

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>> Five, four--

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crew program is to return to our

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>> This is an entirely new era.

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>> Go for launch.

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>> Lift off.

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>> Astronauts taking flight once

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more from American soil as the

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nation begins a new chapter of

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private-public partnership

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together allowing our nation to

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technicians, of the engineers,

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human space flight again.

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>> The international space

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>> I think we're going to have a

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lot more opportunities to do the

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exploration research that we

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need to get us to the moon, mars

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>> There is a large group of us

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that are dreaming, we could be

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>> The fact that we are partner

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with commercial industries

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mission and be explorers and

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space exploration has not

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>> NASA TV and NASA.gov will

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surrounding the crew dragon's

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It will start today with a

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briefing following completion of

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the flight readiness review no

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targeted launch at 1:48 a.m.

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central and then be back

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NASA's effort to promote the

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for ideas to privatize portions

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ex-er, and that's external to

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science, technology and math, in

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Randy Bresnik working from the

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space station.

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At the space station we work in

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a zero-gravity environment.

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>> Acceleration of an object

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depends on the mass of the

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object or s equals m-a.

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Once the thrust is greater than

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the weight of the vehicle, then

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it starts to accelerate.

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>> We'll start with something

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small.

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Something that you have at home.

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A stick of chapstick.

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We'll put it on our bungee and

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pull it back and you can see how

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fast it accelerates because

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there is very little mass.

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Next we'll try a spaceship.

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A little more massive.

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You can feel the extra force you

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have to push with your hand.

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We'll put our space ship on our

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launcher here it's moving a lot

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slower than that chapstick did.

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We see the same amount of force

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on a smaller, less massive

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object means acceleration is

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faster.

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This is the biggest, most

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massive thing we have.

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Let's see how acceleration is

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effected.

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We'll pull back on the force.

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And here we go.

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There you have it, Newton's

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second law of motion in action.

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Thanks for playing physics with

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me today.

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Now you can try that on earth.

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We'll see you soon.

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♪

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>> The international space

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station's mission is to Denver

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as a science laboratory, promote

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international cooperation and

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encourages the commercialization

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of space flight and space

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research.

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All of these goals come together

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in one program when the

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international space station is

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used as a launch pad.

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Do you remember the old adage

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big things come in small

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packages?

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NASA has updated it.

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In the form of cube sats.

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Image a working satellite that's

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so small you can hold it in your

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hands.

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Four inches or 10 centimeters

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across these cubs can be

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expanded incrementally.

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Originally developed in 1999 by

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Cal poly San Luis Obispo,

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scientists have used them for

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science missions and test

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electronics and software that

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might be used on larger

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missions.

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They said the ability to test

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new technology at a fraction of

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the cost of a larger satellite

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makes them invaluable.

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It really opens your eyes to

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many possibilities.

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Just as eye open something the

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way CubeSats are unlocking

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scientific data.

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While conventional satellites

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have long observed clouds and

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have provided estimates of the

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liquid precipitation they hold

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they have not observed the ice

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particles that promote rain

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clouds.

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It could make a space measure of

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the small forming crystals that

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make up ice clouds.

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After being deployed from the

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international pace station

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in 2017, it formed ice clouds.

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Some day that will help improve

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long range weather forecasts.

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With the insight mission was

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launched in may of 2018, the

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Marco a and Marco b CubeSats ban

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their journey to mars.

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Landing data was transmitted to

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the mars reconnaissance orbiter

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Marco a and b acted as a vent

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pipe during this critical stage

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of the mission to allow

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communication from mars to earth

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to happen in almost realtime.

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According to Charles Norton,

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special adviser for small

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spacecraft mission and mission

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directorate another advantage of

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these compact cubes they allow

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very specific inquiries to take

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place.

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The student project using a

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student laboratory detecter in

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space.

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It measures the solar spectrum

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in the coverage between two

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other missions.

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This gap region in the solar

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spectrum is important in the

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earth's ionosphere and of

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particular interest of solar

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flairs and active regions.

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We're looking at the discovery

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as the origins of earth itself.

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One-third of the ordinary matter

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that existed during the early

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formation of the universe might

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be found today.

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Scientists suspect it lies in

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the very hot halos of gas that

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surround galaxies.

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Halo sat are CubeSats in the

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halos of our galaxy.

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For more about our science

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missions both big and small

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visit science.NASA.Goff.

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>> The Johnson space center is

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not just the home of human space

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flight.

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They have called jsc home, when

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planetary scientist Dave

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middlefelt left on his fifth

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trip to antarctica looking for

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meteorites that can teach us

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about the solar system and

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evolution of the moon and mars,

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we went to see what does one

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pack by way of personal items

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for a trip to the bottom of the

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world.

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>> Hi, my name is Dave

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middlefelt.

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I'm a planetary screen assist

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working at NASA's Johnson space

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center.

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I've been working on research

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basically almost all my career.

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And I'm about to get ready to go

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to antarctica.

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I have to make sure that I got

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all the items I need.

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We're down there to collect

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meteorites that have been

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falling on antarctica all over

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the place.

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These rocks are basically a poor

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man's space probe.

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For a fairly low expense we can

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sample multiple bodies of the

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solar system and studying them

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in the lab, we can learn quite a

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bit about the formation of the

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solar system, the moon and mars

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and how those bodies evolved

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over geological times.

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Christchurch is in late spring

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going into summer.

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Tive make sure that I have

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shorts, T-shirts and sandals

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available.

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Because I don't want to be

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wearing sweatshirts and that

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sort of thing in 90 degrees

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00:21:40,465 --> 00:21:41,166
New Zealand.

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When you're in Christchurch,

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New Zealand, you get all the

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extreme cold weather you need

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from the ant arctic terminals in

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Christchurch, New Zealand.

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I don't need to worry about

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heavy boots, fleece layers,

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parkas.

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But what I do need to take are

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some personal gear.

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Woolen socks.

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They look small but they work.

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I only have one pair with me,

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the reason is because I shipped

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my own ecw gear.

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I have to have one set because

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they won't let you on the plane

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from Christchurch to the station

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if you don't have the property

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ecw wear.

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I think I shipped four other

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pair down there, so I'm all set.

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Mcmyrtle station is, yes, it's

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going to be cold down there.

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It is the summer.

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Temperatures will be below

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freezing almost the entire time.

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But it's not like you're out in

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the middle of nowhere, and

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you're in any town in Minnesota

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in the winter.

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So you want to have stuff to

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keep warm outside.

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So I might include a fleece pole

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over.

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You need flannel shirts.

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You need a good pair of hiking

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boots.

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The dust there is from death

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valley.

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I was there last March.

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You're sleeping in a sleeping

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bag.

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The only time I sleep down

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there, at night I shed my

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daytime clothes and take what

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I'm going to sleep in.

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I take a shirt and running-type

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pants that are warm.

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The sun is up 24/7, soy take a

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heavy night hat.

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You have to keep your head warm

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when you're sleeping.

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I jut pull it over my eyes.

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It's dark so no problem.

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I can't do without coffee.

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But I won't drink instant

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coffee.

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So this is a coffee cone.

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I'll take this with me in cone

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filters.

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I've shipped cans of coffee that

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are already ground that I like

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so I can enjoy all the comforts

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of home minus the heat while I'm

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in antarctica.

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One of the things you probably

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00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:31,770
never thought about in

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00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:34,606
antarctica are sunburns.

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The sun is up 24/7.

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The scene around you is

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00:24:38,343 --> 00:24:43,181
extremely bright.

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Sunlight reflects all that, and

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00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:48,019
even though the sun is at a low

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00:24:48,019 --> 00:24:49,988
angle to the horizon, you can

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00:24:49,988 --> 00:24:52,991
get a wicked sunburn on anything

555
00:24:52,991 --> 00:24:54,059
exposed.

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00:24:54,059 --> 00:24:56,795
These are migraines glasses.

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00:24:56,795 --> 00:25:01,499
I bought these the frames and

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00:25:01,499 --> 00:25:03,435
had my prescription put this

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00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:04,169
them.

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00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:05,871
They come with side shields.

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00:25:05,871 --> 00:25:07,305
They're very dark.

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00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:09,841
When I put them on, the light is

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00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:12,143
blocked all the way around.

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00:25:12,143 --> 00:25:13,712
That way I won't get snow

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00:25:13,712 --> 00:25:14,446
blindness.

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00:25:14,446 --> 00:25:15,547
One of the times I was down

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00:25:15,547 --> 00:25:17,148
there, this would have been in

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00:25:17,148 --> 00:25:20,118
the 2001 trip we spent four days

569
00:25:20,118 --> 00:25:22,354
solid stuck in our tents with

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00:25:22,354 --> 00:25:24,689
basically hurricane-force winds

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00:25:24,689 --> 00:25:26,224
blowing.

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00:25:26,224 --> 00:25:27,525
So we didn't go out unless we

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00:25:27,525 --> 00:25:30,362
had to, and we certainly didn't

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00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:31,796
go out and work.

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00:25:31,796 --> 00:25:33,932
You need something to read.

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00:25:33,932 --> 00:25:36,067
The advantage of this is that

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00:25:36,067 --> 00:25:38,770
this right here, which weighs

578
00:25:38,770 --> 00:25:41,206
almost nothing is equivalent to

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00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:47,312
a whole suit case full of books.

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00:25:47,312 --> 00:25:48,713
Power can be short supply so I

581
00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:51,716
take my solar panel to recharge

582
00:25:51,716 --> 00:25:55,620
my kindle.

583
00:25:55,620 --> 00:25:58,323
I lived in Israel for six years.

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I'm taking a novel in Hebrew and

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an English-hebrew dictionary.

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This time, I'm going to refresh

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my memory of how to read Hebrew.

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Everything is frozen.

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No surprise there.

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The good news you don't have to

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refrigerate anything.

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You just leave it in a box

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outside of your tent.

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It will stay frozen all the time

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and you don't have to worry

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about it.

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There is tons of water all

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around you.

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If you want a cup of coffee, you

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go out, chip off some ice and

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wait for it to melts and you can

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make yourself a cup of coffee.

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There is no shortage, that's for

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sure.

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Come four or five months from

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now hopefully we'll bring back a

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thousand new meteorites over

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there, store them at 31 north

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and then go through processing

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and distribution to scientists

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for study.

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This is an exciting time.

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I'm looking forward to it.

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>> If you would like to get

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another look at any of the

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stories we featured today, you

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can, chuck us out on YouTube

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and Facebook.

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And while you're at either one

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of them, make sure to look

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around because there are other

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very interesting things you can

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find out there about NASA and

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America's human space flight

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program.

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While you're out there on the

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internet, you can check out

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"Houston, we have a podcast."

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That's people at Houston talking

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about their work.

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Today we get a lesson on all

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things commercial crew in a talk

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with program deputy manager

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Steve stitch.

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Go to NASA.gov /podcast.

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You can find today episode there

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and you'll find the full library

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and you can listen to any of

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them on apple podcast, google

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podcast and sound cloud.

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This is mission control,

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Houston.