1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,335 >> HI. 2 00:00:02,335 --> 00:00:04,237 JEANETTE, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? 3 00:00:04,237 --> 00:00:09,876 >> I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. 4 00:00:09,876 --> 00:00:11,077 >> OKAY, WONDERFUL. 5 00:00:11,077 --> 00:00:13,580 HELLO FROM YOUR HOMETOWN. 6 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:15,315 I'M SO EXCITED TO BE SAYING THAT 7 00:00:15,315 --> 00:00:15,849 TO YOU. 8 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:19,219 >> I'M GLAD TO TALK TO MY 9 00:00:19,219 --> 00:00:19,586 HOMETOWN. 10 00:00:19,586 --> 00:00:22,655 >> YOU JUST RETURNED -- YES, WE 11 00:00:22,655 --> 00:00:23,957 ARE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU AND 12 00:00:23,957 --> 00:00:24,457 SEE YOU. 13 00:00:24,457 --> 00:00:26,826 NOW YOU JUST RETURNED FROM CAVE, 14 00:00:26,826 --> 00:00:30,930 THE TRAINING PROGRAM IN EUROPE. 15 00:00:30,930 --> 00:00:32,232 WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT 16 00:00:32,232 --> 00:00:35,235 WHAT SKILLS YOU PICKED UP THERE 17 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:37,971 >> IT'S AN ANALOG TO FLY IN THE 18 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:39,305 STATES AND REMOTE PLACES LIKE 19 00:00:39,305 --> 00:00:39,939 THE MOON. 20 00:00:39,939 --> 00:00:42,575 SO WHAT WE DID, I ARRIVED THERE 21 00:00:42,575 --> 00:00:45,111 AROUND SEPTEMBER 11TH, WE DID 5 22 00:00:45,111 --> 00:00:47,547 OR 6 DAYS OF TRAINING ON HOW TO 23 00:00:47,547 --> 00:00:51,751 REPEL AND ASCEND IN AND OUT OF A 24 00:00:51,751 --> 00:00:54,354 CAVE SHAFT AND VISITED SEVERAL 25 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:58,091 IN SLOVENIA. 26 00:00:58,091 --> 00:01:00,293 WE LEARNED A BUNCH OF TECHNIQUES 27 00:01:00,293 --> 00:01:02,495 HOW TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE 28 00:01:02,495 --> 00:01:05,031 CAVE AND WALK IN THERE AND TRIED 29 00:01:05,031 --> 00:01:07,033 ON OUR GEAR AND AFTER THAT WE 30 00:01:07,033 --> 00:01:08,902 DESCENDED INTO THE CAVE AND 31 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:12,305 LIVED THERE -- I SLEPT THERE 5 32 00:01:12,305 --> 00:01:14,073 NIGHTS A TOTAL OF 6 DAYS AND 5 33 00:01:14,073 --> 00:01:14,374 NIGHTS. 34 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:15,642 WE EXPLORED THE CAVE. 35 00:01:15,642 --> 00:01:18,111 I AN UNDERGROUND WORLD THAT IS 36 00:01:18,111 --> 00:01:20,847 SO STRANGE AND BEAUTIFUL AT THE 37 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:21,848 SAME TIME BUT WHEN ONE OF THE 38 00:01:21,848 --> 00:01:23,616 BIG THINGS IS THAT I DON'T 39 00:01:23,616 --> 00:01:24,851 REALLY HAVE A FEAR OF A LOT OF 40 00:01:24,851 --> 00:01:26,052 DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT THE FEAR 41 00:01:26,052 --> 00:01:27,887 OF GETTING HURT OR ONE OF MY 42 00:01:27,887 --> 00:01:29,789 COLLEAGUES GETTING HURT WAS A 43 00:01:29,789 --> 00:01:30,623 CONSTANT THREAT. 44 00:01:30,623 --> 00:01:33,827 SO, WE LEARNED TO WORK REALLY 45 00:01:33,827 --> 00:01:36,029 CLOSELY TOGETHER AS A TEAM TO 46 00:01:36,029 --> 00:01:38,131 KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE, ALONG WITH 47 00:01:38,131 --> 00:01:40,567 THE SAFETY CLIMBERS THAT WERE 48 00:01:40,567 --> 00:01:44,237 THERE THAT WERE WORKING WITH US 49 00:01:44,237 --> 00:01:46,339 AND PERFORM THE MISSION AND THE 50 00:01:46,339 --> 00:01:47,640 MISSION WAS TO EXPLORE THE CAVE 51 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:49,242 AND GO DEEPER INTO THE CAVE 52 00:01:49,242 --> 00:01:51,377 FURTHER THAN ANY OF OUR GROUPS 53 00:01:51,377 --> 00:01:54,647 HAD GONE AND DO RESEARCH, DO 54 00:01:54,647 --> 00:01:56,049 SCIENCE AND COLLECT WATER AND 55 00:01:56,049 --> 00:01:57,417 LOOK AT THE ANIMALS AND FIND 56 00:01:57,417 --> 00:01:59,486 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CAVE 57 00:01:59,486 --> 00:02:00,453 ITSELF. 58 00:02:00,453 --> 00:02:02,755 SO THE ANALOG TO SPACE IS THAT 59 00:02:02,755 --> 00:02:04,791 IF AND WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE 60 00:02:04,791 --> 00:02:06,860 MOON, WE WOULD DO SIMILAR THINGS 61 00:02:06,860 --> 00:02:08,394 ON THE MOON WHERE WE'D HAVE TO 62 00:02:08,394 --> 00:02:10,864 WORK TOGETHER IN A LIE THEY TELL 63 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:12,198 ENVIRONMENT AS A GROUP, AS A 64 00:02:12,198 --> 00:02:14,901 TEAM, TO EXPLORE THE MOON AND DO 65 00:02:14,901 --> 00:02:16,169 RESEARCH. 66 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:17,837 AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER IS 67 00:02:17,837 --> 00:02:19,072 ONE OF THE BIG THINGS. 68 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:20,907 LEARNING TO WORK TOGETHER AND 69 00:02:20,907 --> 00:02:22,509 PERFORM THE MISSION WAS ONE OF 70 00:02:22,509 --> 00:02:23,343 THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT I GOT 71 00:02:23,343 --> 00:02:28,515 OUT OF THE CAVE. 72 00:02:28,515 --> 00:02:30,783 >> THIS EXPEDITION HAS YOU 73 00:02:30,783 --> 00:02:32,218 BETTER PREPARED TO BE ON THE 74 00:02:32,218 --> 00:02:34,554 NEXT MISSION TO THE MOON 75 00:02:34,554 --> 00:02:37,257 HAPPENING IN 2024, ARTEMIS. 76 00:02:37,257 --> 00:02:38,658 FOCUSSING KEEPING A HUMAN 77 00:02:38,658 --> 00:02:39,526 PRESENCE ON THE MOON. 78 00:02:39,526 --> 00:02:40,493 WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING 79 00:02:40,493 --> 00:02:43,763 THE FIRST WOMAN ON THE MOON MEAN 80 00:02:43,763 --> 00:02:44,264 TO YOU? 81 00:02:44,264 --> 00:02:45,965 >> I THINK I TOLD SOMEONE IN THE 82 00:02:45,965 --> 00:02:47,000 PAST, BEING THE FIRST OR 83 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,836 ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS A HUGE 84 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:51,437 RESPONSIBILITY AND HUGE HONOR AT 85 00:02:51,437 --> 00:02:51,871 THE SAME TIME. 86 00:02:51,871 --> 00:02:53,973 AND SO GOING BACK TO THE MOON 87 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:56,643 2024, IT'S VERY SOON, VERY QUICK 88 00:02:56,643 --> 00:02:58,444 AND I THINK EVERY ONE IN THE 89 00:02:58,444 --> 00:03:00,280 ASTRONAUT CORE IS PREPARED FOR 90 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,981 THAT AND CAVE IS ONE OF THOSE 91 00:03:01,981 --> 00:03:03,917 TOOLS THAT A WILL HELP YOU 92 00:03:03,917 --> 00:03:05,785 PREPARE TO GO TO THE MOON AND DO 93 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:07,954 RESEARCH AND EXPLORATIONS AND 94 00:03:07,954 --> 00:03:10,390 STAY ON THE MOON AND HAVE A 95 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:11,591 PERMANENT PRESENCE THERE. 96 00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:14,093 BEING THE FIRST ANYTHING TO ME 97 00:03:14,093 --> 00:03:16,296 BEAR AS LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY. 98 00:03:16,296 --> 00:03:18,298 I'M UP FOR THAT CHALLENGE, BUT 99 00:03:18,298 --> 00:03:20,600 AT THE SAME TIME, I'M JUST -- 100 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,638 I'M HOPEFUL. 101 00:03:25,638 --> 00:03:26,873 >> HOW LONG BEFORE YOU FIND OUT 102 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:28,207 IF YOU ARE ON THE MISSION FOR 103 00:03:28,207 --> 00:03:29,409 SURE? 104 00:03:29,409 --> 00:03:30,276 >> WELL, I THINK IT WILL BE 105 00:03:30,276 --> 00:03:31,678 QUITE SOME TIME BEFORE ANYONE 106 00:03:31,678 --> 00:03:32,712 FINDS OUT IF THEY'RE ON THE 107 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:33,479 MISSION. 108 00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:36,049 I WOULD SUSPECT AS WE GET CLOSER 109 00:03:36,049 --> 00:03:40,987 AND CLOSER TO 2024, PROBABLY 2 110 00:03:40,987 --> 00:03:43,289 YEARS PRIOR, 2022 OR SO SOMEONE 111 00:03:43,289 --> 00:03:44,490 WOULD FIND OUT THEY'RE ON THE 112 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:45,124 MISSION. 113 00:03:45,124 --> 00:03:47,160 SO IT WOULD BE A COUPLE OF YEARS 114 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:53,533 OR SO BEFORE ANY OF US KNEW. 115 00:03:53,533 --> 00:03:54,667 >> YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON 116 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:56,169 THE LAST MISSION TO THE 117 00:03:56,169 --> 00:03:57,370 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 118 00:03:57,370 --> 00:03:58,905 THAT DIDN'T WORK OUT. 119 00:03:58,905 --> 00:04:01,474 BUT THIS TIME AROUND HOW DO YOU 120 00:04:01,474 --> 00:04:03,910 APPROACH THAT SELECTION PROCESS 121 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:05,979 WHICH IS A LONG TIME. 122 00:04:05,979 --> 00:04:06,813 >> IT IS A LONG TIME. 123 00:04:06,813 --> 00:04:11,684 SO IN THE MEANTIME WHAT NASA HAS 124 00:04:11,684 --> 00:04:14,153 GOING WE HAVE TWO COMMERCIAL 125 00:04:14,153 --> 00:04:16,956 VEHICLES BEING DEVELOPED TO TAKE 126 00:04:16,956 --> 00:04:18,424 PEOPLE TO THE INTERNATIONAL 127 00:04:18,424 --> 00:04:20,226 SPACE STATION AND ONE IS BEING 128 00:04:20,226 --> 00:04:22,895 DEVELOPED BY SPACEX AND ONE BY 129 00:04:22,895 --> 00:04:23,730 BOEING. 130 00:04:23,730 --> 00:04:27,634 AS WE START SHUTTLING ASTRONAUTS 131 00:04:27,634 --> 00:04:28,301 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 132 00:04:28,301 --> 00:04:29,102 STATION FROM THE UNITED STATES, 133 00:04:29,102 --> 00:04:31,104 WE'RE WORKING PARALLEL ON THE 134 00:04:31,104 --> 00:04:32,605 ORION PROGRAM WHICH IS THE 135 00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:33,806 PROGRAM THAT WOULD TAKE US BACK 136 00:04:33,806 --> 00:04:35,308 TO THE MOON ALONG WITH THE 137 00:04:35,308 --> 00:04:38,411 GATEWAY AND SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM 138 00:04:38,411 --> 00:04:39,979 THAT WILL GET US TO THE MOON AND 139 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:41,280 HELP US TO HAVE A PERMANENT 140 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:49,155 PRESENCE ON THE MOON. 141 00:04:49,155 --> 00:04:51,691 >> CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL AND 142 00:04:51,691 --> 00:04:55,061 LEMOYNE COLLEGE AND ALL ARE 143 00:04:55,061 --> 00:04:55,762 PROUD OF YOU. 144 00:04:55,762 --> 00:04:57,830 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO TAKE YOUR 145 00:04:57,830 --> 00:04:59,432 MESSAGE TO YOUR HOMETOWN? 146 00:04:59,432 --> 00:05:01,100 >> IT'S A WAY TO THANK MY 147 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:01,434 HOMETOWN. 148 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:03,369 BECAUSE MY TWIN SISTER AND I DID 149 00:05:03,369 --> 00:05:04,904 REALLY WELL THERE BECAUSE THERE 150 00:05:04,904 --> 00:05:06,272 WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 151 00:05:06,272 --> 00:05:11,110 SUPPORTED US AND GOT US THROUGH 152 00:05:11,110 --> 00:05:12,979 HIGH SCHOOL AND HELPED US 153 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:14,947 THROUGH UNDERGRAD AND HELPED US 154 00:05:14,947 --> 00:05:17,283 THROUGH GRAD SCHOOL. 155 00:05:17,283 --> 00:05:20,520 IT'S A GREAT WAY TO THANK MY 156 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,689 HOMETOWN. 157 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:23,790 >> WE WILL BE WAITING TO HEAR 158 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:25,491 ABOUT THE FINAL DECISION ON 159 00:05:25,491 --> 00:05:26,826 ARTEMIS, JEANETTE. 160 00:05:26,826 --> 00:05:28,061 YOU DID MENTION A LITTLE BIT 161 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:29,362 ABOUT THINGS THAT WILL BE 162 00:05:29,362 --> 00:05:30,563 HAPPENING BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. 163 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:32,465 BUT WHAT DO YOU DO JUST TO KEEP 164 00:05:32,465 --> 00:05:35,101 YOUR FOCUS ON WAITING FOR THAT 165 00:05:35,101 --> 00:05:37,670 POTENTIAL CALL TO THE MOON? 166 00:05:37,670 --> 00:05:39,539 >> WELL, IN THE MEANTIME, WE ALL 167 00:05:39,539 --> 00:05:40,606 CONTINUE TO TRAIN. 168 00:05:40,606 --> 00:05:43,976 WE STILL DO THE SPACEWALK 169 00:05:43,976 --> 00:05:47,580 TRAINING OUT AT THE BUOYANCY LAB 170 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:51,451 AND FLY THE JETS AND PRACTICE 171 00:05:51,451 --> 00:05:53,119 ROBOTICS AND GAIN A LOT OF 172 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:54,654 KNOWLEDGE FOR THE UPCOMING 173 00:05:54,654 --> 00:05:56,222 SYSTEMS FOR ARTEMIS AND BOEING 174 00:05:56,222 --> 00:05:58,024 AND SPACEX AND THEN WE DO OTHER 175 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:00,059 THINGS LIKE CAVES. 176 00:06:00,059 --> 00:06:01,761 IN FACT IN A MONTH OR SO I 177 00:06:01,761 --> 00:06:03,930 SHOULD GO ON NATIONAL OUTDOOR 178 00:06:03,930 --> 00:06:06,466 LEADERSHIP SCHOOL CLASS AND THAT 179 00:06:06,466 --> 00:06:07,834 WILL BE HELD IN THE PACIFIC 180 00:06:07,834 --> 00:06:08,534 NORTHWEST HERE IN THE 181 00:06:08,534 --> 00:06:10,369 UNITED STATES WHERE IT'S 182 00:06:10,369 --> 00:06:11,637 LEADERSHIP CLASS. 183 00:06:11,637 --> 00:06:14,640 WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND 184 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:17,510 ANOTHER WAY TO BUILD TEAM SKILLS 185 00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:19,278 AND IMPROVE RESOURCE MANAGE: WE 186 00:06:19,278 --> 00:06:20,413 CONTINUE TO TRAIN IN THE 187 00:06:20,413 --> 00:06:21,681 MEANTIME AS WE WAIT FOR OTHER 188 00:06:21,681 --> 00:06:26,486 MISSIONS. 189 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:27,820 >> JEANETTE, WHEN YOU'RE NOT 190 00:06:27,820 --> 00:06:29,322 STUDYING, DOING RESEARCH OR 191 00:06:29,322 --> 00:06:30,990 TRAINING, WHEN YOU HAVE SOME 192 00:06:30,990 --> 00:06:32,492 FREE TIME, WHAT DO YOU ENJOY 193 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:33,793 DOING? 194 00:06:33,793 --> 00:06:35,128 >> WELL, THERE'S SO MANY 195 00:06:35,128 --> 00:06:39,365 THINGS -- I LIKE READING SCIENCE 196 00:06:39,365 --> 00:06:39,699 FICTION. 197 00:06:39,699 --> 00:06:41,167 I'VE GOTTEN MORE INTO THAT 198 00:06:41,167 --> 00:06:41,467 LATELY. 199 00:06:41,467 --> 00:06:43,836 I LOVE TO RUN, LISTEN TO 200 00:06:43,836 --> 00:06:45,872 BOOKS -- RUN AND LISTEN TO 201 00:06:45,872 --> 00:06:46,139 BOOKS. 202 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:48,241 I ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS 203 00:06:48,241 --> 00:06:48,941 HERE IN HOUSTON. 204 00:06:48,941 --> 00:06:50,309 WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER. 205 00:06:50,309 --> 00:06:53,045 I TRAVEL TO MARYLAND TO VISIT MY 206 00:06:53,045 --> 00:06:54,947 SISTER AND NIECES AND NEPHEWS 207 00:06:54,947 --> 00:06:57,216 AND WE GO ON TRIPS TOGETHER. 208 00:06:57,216 --> 00:06:59,585 SO THERE'S A LOT OF COOL THINGS 209 00:06:59,585 --> 00:07:02,155 I GET TO DO AT WORK, BUT THEN IN 210 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:05,158 MY DOWN TIME I STILL DO A LOT 211 00:07:05,158 --> 00:07:09,495 OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES. 212 00:07:09,495 --> 00:07:10,129 >> ALL RIGHT. 213 00:07:10,129 --> 00:07:11,497 JEANETTE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 214 00:07:11,497 --> 00:07:13,132 YOUR TIME TODAY AND GOOD LUCK 215 00:07:13,132 --> 00:07:13,800 WITH EVERYTHING. 216 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:18,171 WE'LL BE ROOTING FOR YOU AND 217 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:19,005 WAITING FOR THE NEWS 218 00:07:19,005 --> 00:07:19,672 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S AN 219 00:07:19,672 --> 00:07:21,974 HONOR AND PLEASURE TO TALK TO 220 00:07:21,974 --> 00:24:02,841 YOU GUYS UP IN SYRACUSE ? 221 00:24:02,841 --> 00:24:04,609 >> HELLO, DR. EPPS, HOW ARE YOU 222 00:24:04,609 --> 00:24:05,477 DOING TODAY? 223 00:24:05,477 --> 00:24:05,844 >> GOOD. 224 00:24:05,844 --> 00:24:06,778 HOW ARE YOU? 225 00:24:06,778 --> 00:24:07,512 >> I'M GOOD. 226 00:24:07,512 --> 00:24:09,447 MY NAME IS PATRICK O'TOOLE AND 227 00:24:09,447 --> 00:24:12,350 I'M WITH SPECTRUM NEWS IN 228 00:24:12,350 --> 00:24:13,518 SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. 229 00:24:13,518 --> 00:24:15,020 YOUR HOMETOWN. 230 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:15,387 >> AWESOME. 231 00:24:15,387 --> 00:24:17,556 >> WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 232 00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:19,958 CAVES INITIATIVE AND I HEAR YOU 233 00:24:19,958 --> 00:24:21,993 SPENT 6 DAYS LIVING IN A CAVE. 234 00:24:21,993 --> 00:24:23,628 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 235 00:24:23,628 --> 00:24:25,096 YOU PROBABLY ARE WONDERING WHY 236 00:24:25,096 --> 00:24:27,632 ANYONE WOULD DO THAT, RIGHT? 237 00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:28,400 >> EXACTLY. 238 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,635 >> WELL, IT'S A GREAT ANALOG FOR 239 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:33,071 SPACE AND ESPECIALLY SPACE 240 00:24:33,071 --> 00:24:34,573 MISSIONS THAT LIKELY WILL TAKE 241 00:24:34,573 --> 00:24:37,209 US TO THE MOON LIKE THE ARTEMIS 242 00:24:37,209 --> 00:24:37,542 PROGRAM. 243 00:24:37,542 --> 00:24:39,377 SO DURING CAVES WE HAD TO LEARN 244 00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:40,879 A LOT OF TECHNIQUES FOR CLIMBING 245 00:24:40,879 --> 00:24:42,848 IN AND OUT OF THE CAVE, HOW TO 246 00:24:42,848 --> 00:24:44,783 WALK PROPERLY ON MUD AND 247 00:24:44,783 --> 00:24:47,919 SLIPPERY SURFACES AND WE EVEN 248 00:24:47,919 --> 00:24:50,755 GOT A LOT OF TRAINING IN CAVES 249 00:24:50,755 --> 00:24:51,056 ITSELF. 250 00:24:51,056 --> 00:24:53,491 WE VISITED ABOUT 4 OR 5 CAVES 251 00:24:53,491 --> 00:24:54,793 BEFORE WE WENT INTO THE LAST ONE 252 00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:58,697 WHICH WAS LJUBLJANA IN SLOVENIA. 253 00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:00,365 THAT IS WHERE WE ENDED UP 254 00:25:00,365 --> 00:25:01,900 BUILDING A CAMP AND STAYING IN 255 00:25:01,900 --> 00:25:04,936 THERE FOR -- WE SLEPT THERE FOR 256 00:25:04,936 --> 00:25:06,471 5 NIGHTS AND WE WERE THERE FOR 257 00:25:06,471 --> 00:25:08,273 ABOUT 6 DAYS. 258 00:25:08,273 --> 00:25:10,141 WHAT WE DID WAS WE HIKED IN AND 259 00:25:10,141 --> 00:25:10,775 OUT OF THE CAVE. 260 00:25:10,775 --> 00:25:11,977 WE EXPLORED THE CAVE. 261 00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:15,380 WE FOUND DIFFERENT PASSAGE WAYS 262 00:25:15,380 --> 00:25:18,183 AND DIFFERENT OPEN CAVERNS AND 263 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:20,185 EVEN HAD TO SWIM THROUGH A 264 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:21,720 LITTLE POOL OF WATER TO GET TO 265 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:23,755 THE OTHER SIDE IN THE CAVE. 266 00:25:23,755 --> 00:25:27,392 AND WE ENVISION THAT WHEN WE GO 267 00:25:27,392 --> 00:25:28,827 BACK TO THE MOON AND ONCE WE 268 00:25:28,827 --> 00:25:30,295 DECIDE TO START INVESTIGATING 269 00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:34,466 SOME OF THE CAVES THAT MAY BE ON 270 00:25:34,466 --> 00:25:37,903 THE MOON WE WOULD USE SIMILAR 271 00:25:37,903 --> 00:25:39,704 TECHNIQUES EVEN THOUGH THERE IS 272 00:25:39,704 --> 00:25:41,806 MUCH LOWER GRAVITY ON THE MOON. 273 00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:42,240 >> INTERESTING. 274 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:43,108 FIRST PART OF MY QUESTION. 275 00:25:43,108 --> 00:25:45,911 WHAT WERE THE LIVING SITUATIONS? 276 00:25:45,911 --> 00:25:47,779 >> WE SLEPT IN TENTS AND WE 277 00:25:47,779 --> 00:25:50,382 BUILT A CAMP NOT FAR FROM THE 278 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:50,749 SHAFT. 279 00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:53,585 WE WENT DOWN ABOUT 160 METER 280 00:25:53,585 --> 00:25:56,221 SHAFT IN THE CAVE AND THEN WE 281 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:59,591 HIKED IN PROBABLY ABOUT A GOOD 2 282 00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:02,627 TO 300 METERS AND FOUND A FLAT 283 00:26:02,627 --> 00:26:09,000 SANDY AREA AND THAT'S UNUSUAL IN 284 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:09,868 CAVES. 285 00:26:09,868 --> 00:26:12,103 YOU DON'T USUAL SEE THAT. 286 00:26:12,103 --> 00:26:16,341 USUALLY THERE IS STALACTITES AND 287 00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:18,443 STALAGMITES BECAUSE A RIVER MAN 288 00:26:18,443 --> 00:26:19,711 THROUGH THE CAVE THERE WAS A LOT 289 00:26:19,711 --> 00:26:26,384 OF MUD. 290 00:26:26,384 --> 00:26:27,953 IN OUR LITTLE CAMP THE 291 00:26:27,953 --> 00:26:29,888 TEMPERATURE WAS ALWAYS ABOUT 6 292 00:26:29,888 --> 00:26:32,757 DEGREES SO IT'S PRETTY COLD. 293 00:26:32,757 --> 00:26:37,495 THERE IS ALWAYS 100% HUMIDITY IN 294 00:26:37,495 --> 00:26:38,563 CAVES BECAUSE OF THE WATER. 295 00:26:38,563 --> 00:26:39,798 >> OH, WOW. 296 00:26:39,798 --> 00:26:40,732 >> YEAH. 297 00:26:40,732 --> 00:26:43,234 MOSTLY WHAT WE ATE WAS CAMPING 298 00:26:43,234 --> 00:26:45,904 FOOD, DEHYDRATED FOOD THAT WE 299 00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:48,740 HAD TO HYDRATE AND IT'S TOTALLY 300 00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:49,040 DARK. 301 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,177 WE HAD ALL ARTIFICIAL LIGHT FROM 302 00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:56,214 OUR HELMETS, FROM OTHER HEAD 303 00:26:56,214 --> 00:26:57,082 LAMPS THAT WE HAD. 304 00:26:57,082 --> 00:26:58,483 BUT BASICALLY THAT WAS THE ONLY 305 00:26:58,483 --> 00:26:59,851 SOURCE OF LIGHT. 306 00:26:59,851 --> 00:27:00,685 >> WOW. 307 00:27:00,685 --> 00:27:03,355 SO THE IDEA WAS TO REPLICATE 308 00:27:03,355 --> 00:27:04,656 WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IN A CAVE 309 00:27:04,656 --> 00:27:05,523 ON THE MOON. 310 00:27:05,523 --> 00:27:07,559 HOW MUCH RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE 311 00:27:07,559 --> 00:27:09,127 ABOUT THESE CAVES AND I GUESS 312 00:27:09,127 --> 00:27:11,696 WHAT'S NASA'S OUTLOOK AS FAR AS 313 00:27:11,696 --> 00:27:13,431 GETTING BACK TO THE MOON TO 314 00:27:13,431 --> 00:27:15,533 EXPLORE THESE? 315 00:27:15,533 --> 00:27:16,968 >> WELL, INITIALLY WHAT WE'D 316 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:18,570 LIKE TO DO IS START ESTABLISHING 317 00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:19,771 A PRESENCE ON THE MOON. 318 00:27:19,771 --> 00:27:22,540 SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL END UP 319 00:27:22,540 --> 00:27:25,377 COVER THE NEXT 4 OR 5 YEARS, 320 00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:26,778 SEND PEOPLE TO THE MOON AND 321 00:27:26,778 --> 00:27:29,414 START -- RESTART WHAT WE STARTED 322 00:27:29,414 --> 00:27:32,350 BACK IN THE LATE '60S AND EARLY 323 00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:34,953 '70S WITH THE ORIGINAL APOLLO 324 00:27:34,953 --> 00:27:35,320 PROGRAM. 325 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,422 WE'RE ESTABLISH GOING BACK THERE 326 00:27:37,422 --> 00:27:38,757 ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THEN 327 00:27:38,757 --> 00:27:41,292 WE'LL END UP ON A PLATFORM 328 00:27:41,292 --> 00:27:44,062 CALLED GATEWAY AND WE WOULD 329 00:27:44,062 --> 00:27:46,297 LAUNCH TO THE GATEWAY AND FROM 330 00:27:46,297 --> 00:27:51,236 THE GATEWAY LAND ON THE SURFACE 331 00:27:51,236 --> 00:27:53,338 OF THE MOON AND SEE HOW WE CAN 332 00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:55,573 EXPLOIT THE MOON IN A GOOD WAY 333 00:27:55,573 --> 00:27:58,576 WITHOUT CHANGING THE SURFACE. 334 00:27:58,576 --> 00:28:00,545 THERE MAY BE WATER RESOURCES IS 335 00:28:00,545 --> 00:28:02,847 OTHER THINGS AND WE'LL LIKELY DO 336 00:28:02,847 --> 00:28:04,716 THOSE BABY STEPS FIRST AND THEN 337 00:28:04,716 --> 00:28:05,884 START INVESTIGATING OTHER AREAS 338 00:28:05,884 --> 00:28:06,451 OF THE MOON. 339 00:28:06,451 --> 00:28:07,986 BIG THING ABOUT THE MOON IS THAT 340 00:28:07,986 --> 00:28:11,156 IT HAS A LOT OF CRATERS. 341 00:28:11,156 --> 00:28:13,358 AND THESE INTACT CRATERS ARE 342 00:28:13,358 --> 00:28:13,658 HUGE. 343 00:28:13,658 --> 00:28:16,294 THEY'RE ON THE SIDE OF PROBABLY 344 00:28:16,294 --> 00:28:17,162 SMALL STATES. 345 00:28:17,162 --> 00:28:21,800 THEY'RE PRETTY BIG CRATERS. 346 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,135 WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'LL 347 00:28:24,135 --> 00:28:26,538 TRAVERSE THE SURFACE AS WELL. 348 00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:27,505 THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT 349 00:28:27,505 --> 00:28:30,909 WE HAVE TO DO TO LEAD UP HOW WE 350 00:28:30,909 --> 00:28:34,179 CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO SET UP A 351 00:28:34,179 --> 00:28:35,413 HABITAT ON THE MOON MAYBE INSIDE 352 00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:37,882 OF A CAVE AND DETERMINE HOW SAFE 353 00:28:37,882 --> 00:28:40,952 THE CAVES OF ARE, THE CAVES OR 354 00:28:40,952 --> 00:28:44,722 LAVA TUBES WE BELIEVE ARE ON THE 355 00:28:44,722 --> 00:28:44,989 MOON. 356 00:28:44,989 --> 00:28:47,659 AS WE START DEVELOPING A 357 00:28:47,659 --> 00:28:50,028 PRESENCE ON THE MOON WE'LL MOVE 358 00:28:50,028 --> 00:28:52,530 IN THESE ENGINEERING STEPS TO 359 00:28:52,530 --> 00:28:55,733 GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE AN 360 00:28:55,733 --> 00:28:57,335 ESTABLISHED PRESENCE ON MOON. 361 00:28:57,335 --> 00:29:00,472 >> SO YOU'RE PART OF THIS 362 00:29:00,472 --> 00:29:01,739 EXPLORATORY MISSION. 363 00:29:01,739 --> 00:29:03,341 HAS THERE BEEN ANY TALK OF YOU 364 00:29:03,341 --> 00:29:05,243 BEING A PART OF THAT -- ONE OF 365 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:06,811 THOSE MISSIONS TO THE MOON? 366 00:29:06,811 --> 00:29:08,680 >> WELL, I THINK EVERY ONE IS 367 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:09,047 HOPEFUL. 368 00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:11,850 NO ONE HAS BEEN TALKED TO ABOUT 369 00:29:11,850 --> 00:29:13,017 BEING ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT 370 00:29:13,017 --> 00:29:14,219 WOULD GO BACK TO THE MOON. 371 00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:15,420 BUT WE'RE ALL HOPEFUL. 372 00:29:15,420 --> 00:29:17,789 EVERY ONE IN THE OFFICE A LOT OF 373 00:29:17,789 --> 00:29:21,126 PEOPLE HAVE DONE CAVES AND SPENT 374 00:29:21,126 --> 00:29:22,694 TIME IN SPACE. 375 00:29:22,694 --> 00:29:25,130 WE'RE ALL PREPARED TO GO DO 376 00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:26,531 SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND GO TO 377 00:29:26,531 --> 00:29:28,133 THE MOON AND START ESTABLISHING 378 00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:29,734 A PRESENCE. 379 00:29:29,734 --> 00:29:31,603 IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TRAINING AND 380 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:34,973 WE'RE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING THAT 381 00:29:34,973 --> 00:29:37,275 CAN COME OUR WAY. 382 00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:38,877 >> EXCELLENT. 383 00:29:38,877 --> 00:29:40,979 OBVIOUSLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO YOU 384 00:29:40,979 --> 00:29:44,516 WERE SLATED TO GO ON A MISSION 385 00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:47,952 AND ULTIMATELY THE PLANS CHANGED 386 00:29:47,952 --> 00:29:48,553 BY NASA. 387 00:29:48,553 --> 00:29:54,092 WHAT HAS YOUR YEAR BEEN LIKE? 388 00:29:54,092 --> 00:29:55,260 OBVIOUSLY, I'M SURE YOU DID A 389 00:29:55,260 --> 00:29:56,427 LOT OF TRAINING FOR THAT AND I'M 390 00:29:56,427 --> 00:29:57,829 SURE THERE WAS DISAPPOINTMENT 391 00:29:57,829 --> 00:29:58,596 COMING OFF THAT. 392 00:29:58,596 --> 00:30:01,199 CAN YOU TALK AT ALL ABOUT THAT? 393 00:30:01,199 --> 00:30:02,167 >> WELL, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH 394 00:30:02,167 --> 00:30:04,002 THOSE ISSUES RIGHT NOW AND 395 00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:04,869 MAKING SURE THAT THINGS LIKE 396 00:30:04,869 --> 00:30:06,137 THAT DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE 397 00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:06,971 FUTURE. 398 00:30:06,971 --> 00:30:09,974 AND SO, IN THE MEANTIME WE 399 00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:11,676 CONTINUE TO TRAIN. 400 00:30:11,676 --> 00:30:14,345 WE DO THE SAME -- I'VE BEEN AT 401 00:30:14,345 --> 00:30:16,147 NASA FOR 10 YEARS NOW. 402 00:30:16,147 --> 00:30:17,849 SO WE CONTINUE TO TRAIN AND HONE 403 00:30:17,849 --> 00:30:20,151 AND SHARPEN OUR SKILLS FOR 404 00:30:20,151 --> 00:30:21,519 SPACEWALK TRAINING AND ROBOTICS 405 00:30:21,519 --> 00:30:24,122 AND SYSTEMS ON BOARD ON THE 406 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:24,822 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND 407 00:30:24,822 --> 00:30:27,225 OTHER SYSTEMS THAT OTHER 408 00:30:27,225 --> 00:30:30,495 COUNTRIES HAVE DEVELOPED LIKE 409 00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:33,498 GERMANY AND JAPAN AND RUSSIA. 410 00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:35,200 NASA IS TAKING TWO SHUTTLES THAT 411 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,402 WILL TAKE ASTRONAUTS JUST TO THE 412 00:30:37,402 --> 00:30:38,036 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 413 00:30:38,036 --> 00:30:39,938 SO WE'RE GEARING UP TO START 414 00:30:39,938 --> 00:30:41,139 SHUTTLING ASTRONAUTS FROM 415 00:30:41,139 --> 00:30:43,208 FLORIDA TO THE INTERNATIONAL 416 00:30:43,208 --> 00:30:47,779 SPACE STATION ON EITHER A 417 00:30:47,779 --> 00:30:51,482 SPACEEX VEHICLE OR A BOEING 418 00:30:51,482 --> 00:30:52,116 VEHICLE. 419 00:30:52,116 --> 00:30:53,918 SO SPECIAL CREW WILL BE 420 00:30:53,918 --> 00:30:57,755 HAPPENING ALONG WITH PREPARING 421 00:30:57,755 --> 00:30:59,257 TO GO BACK TO THE MOON. 422 00:30:59,257 --> 00:30:59,991 >> PERSONALLY BECAUSE THERE IS A 423 00:30:59,991 --> 00:31:00,692 LOT OF INTEREST. 424 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:01,859 YOU HAVE A FOLLOWING HERE IN 425 00:31:01,859 --> 00:31:03,394 SYRACUSE. 426 00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:06,197 PERSONALLY, WHAT IS YOUR HOPE AS 427 00:31:06,197 --> 00:31:08,066 FAR AS THE FUTURE? 428 00:31:08,066 --> 00:31:11,803 >> WELL, I HOPE TO AT SOME POINT 429 00:31:11,803 --> 00:31:13,404 GET TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 430 00:31:13,404 --> 00:31:14,772 STATION, SPEND SOME TIME THERE 431 00:31:14,772 --> 00:31:16,074 AND SEE WHERE MY FUTURE GOES 432 00:31:16,074 --> 00:31:18,009 FROM THERE. 433 00:31:18,009 --> 00:31:20,311 FOR ME I'M A RESEARCHER. 434 00:31:20,311 --> 00:31:22,580 I'M AN ANALYST. 435 00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:24,582 SO, I LIKE TO GATHER DATA. 436 00:31:24,582 --> 00:31:25,883 I LOVE TO DO RESEARCH. 437 00:31:25,883 --> 00:31:27,986 ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS IS THE 438 00:31:27,986 --> 00:31:30,188 RESEARCH THAT WE DO ON HUMAN 439 00:31:30,188 --> 00:31:31,923 BEINGS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW 440 00:31:31,923 --> 00:31:35,026 DO WE GET THE HUMAN BODY TO LIVE 441 00:31:35,026 --> 00:31:36,094 FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM 442 00:31:36,094 --> 00:31:37,428 THE EARTH'S PROTECTION. 443 00:31:37,428 --> 00:31:38,963 LOW EARTH ORBIT YOU HAVE A 444 00:31:38,963 --> 00:31:40,331 LITTLE BIT PROTECTION FROM THE 445 00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:41,666 EARTH BUT THEN GOING TOWARDS THE 446 00:31:41,666 --> 00:31:44,168 MOON YOU HAVE A LOT LESS 447 00:31:44,168 --> 00:31:44,902 PROTECTION. 448 00:31:44,902 --> 00:31:47,171 HOW ARE YOUR GENES CHANGING AND 449 00:31:47,171 --> 00:31:48,740 THERE ARE A LOT OF GENETIC 450 00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:54,045 CHANGES AND HOW WELL OUR BOD 451 00:31:54,045 --> 00:31:56,614 ADAPT TO A LOWER GRAVITATIONAL 452 00:31:56,614 --> 00:31:57,282 PULL. 453 00:31:57,282 --> 00:31:59,050 FOR ME THE FUTURE HOLDS A LOT 454 00:31:59,050 --> 00:32:00,218 MORE RESEARCH IN THESE DIFFERENT 455 00:32:00,218 --> 00:32:00,985 AREAS. 456 00:32:00,985 --> 00:32:01,886 >> VERY COOL. 457 00:32:01,886 --> 00:32:03,454 YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE STRAIGHT 458 00:32:03,454 --> 00:32:04,656 OUT OF MOVIES. 459 00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:06,958 YOU'RE KIND OF DOING THE REAL 460 00:32:06,958 --> 00:32:10,261 LIFE WHAT WE ALL SEE IN MOVIES 461 00:32:10,261 --> 00:32:14,132 >> IT'S LIKE SCIENCE FICTION, 462 00:32:14,132 --> 00:32:17,035 SOMETIMES LIFE IMITATES SCIENCE 463 00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:18,670 FICTION, JUST LIKE "STAR TREK". 464 00:32:18,670 --> 00:32:19,237 >> ABSOLUTELY. 465 00:32:19,237 --> 00:32:20,104 BRINGING IT BACK HOME. 466 00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:24,876 YOU'RE FROM SYRACUSE YOU WENT TO 467 00:32:24,876 --> 00:32:25,943 CORCORAN. 468 00:32:25,943 --> 00:32:28,279 MY WIFE WENT TO CORCORAN BY 469 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:31,149 THE WAY. 470 00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:32,950 HAVE YOU GOTTEN BACK HOME IN THE 471 00:32:32,950 --> 00:32:34,252 RECENT PASS TO PASS ALONG SOME 472 00:32:34,252 --> 00:32:35,119 OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE 473 00:32:35,119 --> 00:32:35,820 YOU HAVE? 474 00:32:35,820 --> 00:32:36,220 >> YES. 475 00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:40,825 I VISITED SYRACUSE TIMES. 476 00:32:40,825 --> 00:32:43,261 LEMOYNE COLLEGE HAS MADE ME ONE 477 00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:45,663 OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS. 478 00:32:45,663 --> 00:32:46,964 THROUGH OUT THE YEAR COUPLE OF 479 00:32:46,964 --> 00:32:48,933 TIMES A YEAR I VISIT SYRACUSE 480 00:32:48,933 --> 00:32:50,802 AND I LIKE TO GET BACK TO MY 481 00:32:50,802 --> 00:32:51,769 ALMA MATER AND DIFFERENT PLACES 482 00:32:51,769 --> 00:32:53,504 AND TALK TO STUDENTS BECAUSE I 483 00:32:53,504 --> 00:32:55,173 WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS WHO HAD 484 00:32:55,173 --> 00:32:55,873 BIG DREAMS. 485 00:32:55,873 --> 00:32:57,508 I WASN'T WILLING TO TALK ABOUT 486 00:32:57,508 --> 00:32:59,410 THEM BECAUSE DREAMS ARE DREAMS. 487 00:32:59,410 --> 00:33:02,680 SOMETIMES THEY SEEM INTANGIBLE. 488 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,116 BUT THROUGH CONSISTENCY, OVER 489 00:33:05,116 --> 00:33:08,086 TIME AND PERSISTENCE, YOU CAN 490 00:33:08,086 --> 00:33:10,121 GET JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE, MAYBE 491 00:33:10,121 --> 00:33:11,856 EVEN TO THE MOON. 492 00:33:11,856 --> 00:33:12,590 >> VERY COOL. 493 00:33:12,590 --> 00:33:14,092 WELL SAID. 494 00:33:14,092 --> 00:33:15,326 ALL RIGHT. 495 00:33:15,326 --> 00:33:17,695 IF YOU HAD TO GIVE ADVICE, YOU 496 00:33:17,695 --> 00:33:19,564 GOT THE SPOTLIGHT HERE, YOU TO 497 00:33:19,564 --> 00:33:21,933 GIVE ADVICE TO A YOUNG LADY 498 00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:23,701 ASPIRING TO BE AN ASTRONAUT, GO 499 00:33:23,701 --> 00:33:24,102 FOR IT. 500 00:33:24,102 --> 00:33:26,371 >> THE THING I WOULD TELL HER, 501 00:33:26,371 --> 00:33:27,605 CONSISTENCY OVER TIME IS THE 502 00:33:27,605 --> 00:33:28,573 THING THAT MATTERS. 503 00:33:28,573 --> 00:33:30,108 NOTHING WILL HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. 504 00:33:30,108 --> 00:33:32,610 BUT IF YOUR HEART IS TRULY IN IT 505 00:33:32,610 --> 00:33:34,712 YOU WILL DO THE WORK NO MATTER 506 00:33:34,712 --> 00:33:35,713 HOW HARD IT GETS. 507 00:33:35,713 --> 00:33:36,748 EVERYTHING YOU DON'T KNOW IS 508 00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:38,116 HARD INITIALLY. 509 00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:40,718 BUT ONCE YOU LEARN IT, IT 510 00:33:40,718 --> 00:33:42,820 BECOMES EASY AND THESE STEPS 511 00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:46,357 THAT YOU GET TO THE END POINT 512 00:33:46,357 --> 00:33:48,559 THAT WILL MAKE YOU A GOOD 513 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:49,594 CANDIDATE TO GET IN THE 514 00:33:49,594 --> 00:33:50,862 ASTRONAUT CORE. 515 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:52,029 >> DO YOU STILL FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 516 00:33:52,029 --> 00:33:52,964 LIVING THE DREAM. 517 00:33:52,964 --> 00:33:54,832 >> EVERY NOW AND THEN -- I'VE 518 00:33:54,832 --> 00:33:57,635 BEEN HERE 10 YEARS SO YOU CAN 519 00:33:57,635 --> 00:33:59,971 GET A LITTLE BIT KIND OF LAX IN 520 00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:01,272 HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THINGS. 521 00:34:01,272 --> 00:34:02,874 BUT I OFTEN HAVE VISITORS COME 522 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:04,275 AND THEN I GET TO GIVE THEM A 523 00:34:04,275 --> 00:34:08,112 TOUR ALL AROUND JOHNSON SPACE 524 00:34:08,112 --> 00:34:09,113 CENTER HERE IN HOUSTON AND 525 00:34:09,113 --> 00:34:10,915 THAT'S WHEN I'M LIKE, I GUESS 526 00:34:10,915 --> 00:34:12,316 THIS IS A PRETTY COOL JOB. 527 00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:14,085 EVEN YESTERDAY OUT FLYING THE 528 00:34:14,085 --> 00:34:17,922 T-38'S, WE FLEW FROM HOUSTON OUT 529 00:34:17,922 --> 00:34:21,159 TO MISSISSIPPI AND WE LANDED AND 530 00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:22,727 CAME BACK AND ALL I COULD THINK 531 00:34:22,727 --> 00:34:23,628 IS, I GUESS THIS IS A PRETTY 532 00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:25,563 GOOD JOB, WHERE WE CAN HAVE A 533 00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:26,497 DAY AND GET OUT OF THE OFFICE 534 00:34:26,497 --> 00:34:27,965 AND FLY ABOVE THE CLOUDS AND 535 00:34:27,965 --> 00:34:31,269 FEEL PEACEFUL. 536 00:34:31,269 --> 00:34:33,504 EVERY NOW AND THEN. 537 00:34:33,504 --> 00:34:34,739 WE ARE PRIVILEGED AND WE SHOULD 538 00:34:34,739 --> 00:34:36,507 BE HONORED THAT WE GET TO BE 539 00:34:36,507 --> 00:34:38,976 PART OF THIS FOR EVERY ONE ELSE. 540 00:34:38,976 --> 00:34:40,511 I FEEL LIKE I HAVE SORT OF A 541 00:34:40,511 --> 00:34:41,512 RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL OTHER 542 00:34:41,512 --> 00:34:43,881 PEOPLE ABOUT IT. 543 00:34:43,881 --> 00:34:46,451 WE'RE THE ONES WHO ARE -- WE'RE 544 00:34:46,451 --> 00:34:48,186 FORTUNATE AND PRIVILEGED ENOUGH 545 00:34:48,186 --> 00:34:50,788 TO BE ACCEPTED INTO THE PROGRAM. 546 00:34:50,788 --> 00:34:52,156 >> I'M SURE IT TOOK PLENTY OF 547 00:34:52,156 --> 00:34:54,659 HARD WORK TO GET THERE. 548 00:34:54,659 --> 00:34:55,960 YOU'RE LOCATED OUT OF HOUSTON. 549 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:59,664 THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE BASED RIGHT 550 00:34:59,664 --> 00:35:00,965 NOW? 551 00:35:00,965 --> 00:35:01,766 >> THAT'S CORRECT. 552 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:02,767 >> ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO 553 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:05,036 BRING UP ABOUT THE MISSION 554 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:07,205 ITSELF OR ANYTHING ELSE? 555 00:35:07,205 --> 00:35:08,873 >> WELL, I THINK YOU SAID IT 556 00:35:08,873 --> 00:35:10,374 ALL. 557 00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:12,343 ARTEMIS PROGRAM IS OUR NEW 558 00:35:12,343 --> 00:35:13,611 APOLLO PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE GOING 559 00:35:13,611 --> 00:35:14,979 TO GO BACK TO THE MOON BUT WE'RE 560 00:35:14,979 --> 00:35:16,948 NOT JUST GOING TO GO BACK TO THE 561 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:18,182 MOON BUT ESTABLISH A PRESENCE 562 00:35:18,182 --> 00:35:18,649 THERE. 563 00:35:18,649 --> 00:35:21,752 SO, FOR ME, THIS IS A NATIONAL 564 00:35:21,752 --> 00:35:23,888 GOAL AND I BELIEVE THAT IN ALL 565 00:35:23,888 --> 00:35:25,490 THE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT I 566 00:35:25,490 --> 00:35:27,492 GO TO IT'S GOING TO BE AN 567 00:35:27,492 --> 00:35:27,992 INTERNATIONAL GOAL. 568 00:35:27,992 --> 00:35:29,494 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 569 00:35:29,494 --> 00:35:30,561 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION THAT 570 00:35:30,561 --> 00:35:36,200 WE'LL SEE IN DEVELOPING PROJECTS 571 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:37,935 FOR THE MOON AND ALL THE WORK 572 00:35:37,935 --> 00:35:39,136 TOWARDS ESTABLISHING A PRESENCE 573 00:35:39,136 --> 00:35:41,439 THIS AND -- MAYBE NOT IN MY 574 00:35:41,439 --> 00:35:43,508 LIFETIME -- BUT TAKING ALL THAT 575 00:35:43,508 --> 00:35:44,809 DATA AND GOING TO MARS. 576 00:35:44,809 --> 00:35:45,309 >> VERY COOL. 577 00:35:45,309 --> 00:35:46,811 I HOPE TO HEAR ABOUT YOU GOING 578 00:35:46,811 --> 00:35:49,080 TO THE MOON SOME DAY. 579 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:50,448 >> I HOPE SO. 580 00:35:50,448 --> 00:35:50,848 >> ALL RIGHT. 581 00:35:50,848 --> 00:35:51,649 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 582 00:35:51,649 --> 00:35:52,216 TIME. 583 00:35:52,216 --> 00:36:02,226 >> THANK YOU.