1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,900 >> HELLO, CHRIS. 2 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:02,435 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 3 00:00:02,435 --> 00:00:05,872 WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR NASA. 4 00:00:05,872 --> 00:00:08,441 AS YOU TRAVEL FOR FINAL LAUNCH 5 00:00:08,441 --> 00:00:09,309 TRAINING, WHAT HEALTH 6 00:00:09,309 --> 00:00:10,877 PRECAUTIONS AND QUARANTINE 7 00:00:10,877 --> 00:00:13,146 RESTRICTIONS WILL YOU BE 8 00:00:13,146 --> 00:00:15,148 OBSERVING TO ENSURE YOU AND YOUR 9 00:00:15,148 --> 00:00:16,616 CREW MATES ARE HEALTHY ON LAUNCH 10 00:00:16,616 --> 00:00:18,017 DAY HEADING TO THE ISS? 11 00:00:18,017 --> 00:00:21,321 >> AS WE TRAVEL, WE'RE GOING 12 00:00:21,321 --> 00:00:22,655 WITH A VERY SMALL TEAM. 13 00:00:22,655 --> 00:00:23,723 ALL OF US HAVE BEEN IN 14 00:00:23,723 --> 00:00:25,258 QUARANTINE TOGETHER, EVERYBODY 15 00:00:25,258 --> 00:00:27,427 PRACTICING THE SAME HEALTH 16 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:28,661 PRECAUTIONS THAT WE NORMALLY DO, 17 00:00:28,661 --> 00:00:32,065 BUT NOW THE WHOLE WORLD IS USING 18 00:00:32,065 --> 00:00:34,434 THOSE SAME PRECAUTIONS. 19 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:35,769 SOCIAL DISTANCING, CLEANING OUR 20 00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:36,903 HANDS ALL THE TIME, AND THESE 21 00:00:36,903 --> 00:00:37,971 SORT OF THINGS. 22 00:00:37,971 --> 00:00:46,012 WE'LL DO THE EXACT SAME THING. 23 00:00:46,012 --> 00:00:48,581 >> SECOND QUESTION. 24 00:00:48,581 --> 00:00:49,115 ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 25 00:00:49,115 --> 00:00:52,719 COMPONENTS OF YOUR FLIGHT IS 26 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:55,455 EXPECTED TO BE THE ARRIVAL OF 27 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:58,158 SPACEX CREW DRAGON TO INAUGURATE 28 00:00:58,158 --> 00:00:58,892 THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CREW 29 00:00:58,892 --> 00:01:00,493 VEHICLE MISSION TO THE ISS. 30 00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:04,497 HOW IMPORTANT AND HISTORIC WILL 31 00:01:04,497 --> 00:01:06,399 THIS FLIGHT BE IN EXPANDING 32 00:01:06,399 --> 00:01:08,301 TRANSPORT CAPABILITY TO THE ISS? 33 00:01:08,301 --> 00:01:10,136 >> WELL, THIS FLIGHT IS GOING TO 34 00:01:10,136 --> 00:01:12,672 BE VERY HUGE FOR US AS A NATION 35 00:01:12,672 --> 00:01:14,741 AND AS AN INTERNATIONAL 36 00:01:14,741 --> 00:01:15,942 PARTNERSHIP FOR OPERATIONS ON 37 00:01:15,942 --> 00:01:16,743 THE SPACE STATION. 38 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:18,645 IT'LL ALLOW US TO BE LAUNCHING 39 00:01:18,645 --> 00:01:22,682 CREWS FROM FLORIDA AGAIN AND 40 00:01:22,682 --> 00:01:24,818 JUST GIVE MORE REDUNDANCY AND 41 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:28,755 ABILITY TO GET TO AND FROM THE 42 00:01:28,755 --> 00:01:35,929 SPACE STATION AND ANOTHER SEAT. 43 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:37,030 WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR FOUR 44 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:38,531 PEOPLE TO COME UP IN THE SPACEX 45 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:39,933 AND BOEING CRAFTS. 46 00:01:39,933 --> 00:01:41,034 WE CAN HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE ON 47 00:01:41,034 --> 00:01:41,935 BOARD THE SPACE STATION. 48 00:01:41,935 --> 00:01:45,972 SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME. 49 00:01:45,972 --> 00:01:48,308 I'M REALLY -- I CAN'T WAIT FOR 50 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:50,009 THAT DAY WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO 51 00:01:50,009 --> 00:01:51,277 LAUNCH AND THEY ARRIVE AND WE 52 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:52,846 OPEN THE HATCH AND I SEE THEM. 53 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:54,714 I'M GOOD FRIENDS WITH BOTH OF 54 00:01:54,714 --> 00:01:54,981 THEM. 55 00:01:54,981 --> 00:01:58,885 I FLEW WITH DOUG ON MY FIRST 56 00:01:58,885 --> 00:02:00,286 MISSION, STS-127. 57 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:01,955 SO IT WOULD JUST BE SUPER 58 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:04,357 EXCITING TO SEE THEM PERSONALLY 59 00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:06,125 BUT ALSO SUPER EXCITING FOR US 60 00:02:06,125 --> 00:02:08,728 AS A NATION, USES A A 61 00:02:08,728 --> 00:02:09,295 PARTNERSHIP, AND US AS NASA. 62 00:02:09,295 --> 00:02:12,432 >> LAST QUESTION, PLEASE. 63 00:02:12,432 --> 00:02:14,067 NOVEMBER 2nd MARKS THE 20th 64 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:15,835 ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUOUS HUMAN 65 00:02:15,835 --> 00:02:17,036 PRESENCE ON THE ISS. 66 00:02:17,036 --> 00:02:19,405 HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT 67 00:02:19,405 --> 00:02:21,674 MILESTONE IN HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT 68 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:22,976 HISTORY? 69 00:02:22,976 --> 00:02:26,212 >> WELL, IT'S SIGNIFICANT FOR 70 00:02:26,212 --> 00:02:29,516 THE SPACE STATION TO HAVE BEEN 71 00:02:29,516 --> 00:02:32,085 OPERATING BRILLIANTLY FOR THOSE 72 00:02:32,085 --> 00:02:32,352 20 YEARS. 73 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:33,286 FOR ME, PERSONALLY, BILL 74 00:02:33,286 --> 00:02:35,421 SHEPHERD WAS THE COMMANDER OF 75 00:02:35,421 --> 00:02:35,889 EXPEDITION ONE. 76 00:02:35,889 --> 00:02:38,057 I'LL BE THE COMMANDER OF 77 00:02:38,057 --> 00:02:39,592 EXPEDITION 63 AT THE 20-YEAR 78 00:02:39,592 --> 00:02:40,159 MARK. 79 00:02:40,159 --> 00:02:43,930 WE BOTH HAVE OUR ROOTS IN THE 80 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:45,365 NAVY S.E.A.L. TEAMS. 81 00:02:45,365 --> 00:02:48,801 SO I HAVE A PARTICULARLY FOND 82 00:02:48,801 --> 00:02:50,970 THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW THE NAVY 83 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:53,239 GUYS, PARTICULARLY S.E.A.L. TEAM 84 00:02:53,239 --> 00:02:54,440 GUYS, ARE IN COMMAND AT THE 85 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,912 BEGINNING AND END OF THAT 86 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:00,146 20-YEAR PERIOD. 87 00:03:00,146 --> 00:03:01,748 BUT IT ALSO SHOWS WE, AS A 88 00:03:01,748 --> 00:03:02,849 COLLECTION OF NATIONS, HAVE BEEN 89 00:03:02,849 --> 00:03:04,150 ABLE TO BUILD, SUSTAIN, OPERATE 90 00:03:04,150 --> 00:03:07,587 THIS AMAZING THING CALLED THE 91 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:08,721 SPACE STATION, AND ALL THAT 92 00:03:08,721 --> 00:03:09,589 WE'RE LEARNING IS GOING TO HELP 93 00:03:09,589 --> 00:03:11,391 US GO TO THE MOON AND TO MARS. 94 00:03:11,391 --> 00:03:13,826 SO THE SPACE STATION IS A 95 00:03:13,826 --> 00:03:16,062 MARVELOUS PIECE OF MACHINERY. 96 00:03:16,062 --> 00:03:17,130 JUST IMAGINE YOUR CAR WORKING 97 00:03:17,130 --> 00:03:20,800 FOR 20 YEARS, YOU KNOW. 98 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:21,601 YOU'D BE VERY HAPPY WHEN YOU GET 99 00:03:21,601 --> 00:03:23,102 TO THAT 20th YEAR. 100 00:03:23,102 --> 00:03:24,037 AND THE SPACE STATION IS DOING 101 00:03:24,037 --> 00:03:34,047 MUCH BETTER THAN YOUR CAR.