1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:02,936 >> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON, 2 00:00:02,936 --> 00:00:05,672 ARE YOU READY FOR THE EVENT? 3 00:00:05,672 --> 00:00:07,006 >> HOUSTON, THIS IS STATION, 4 00:00:07,006 --> 00:00:11,711 WE'RE READY FOR THE EVENT. 5 00:00:11,711 --> 00:00:11,711 >> JSC 6 00:00:11,711 --> 00:00:25,492 PAO, PLEASE CALL FOR A 7 00:00:25,492 --> 00:00:25,692 CHECK. 8 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:27,293 >> HOW DO YOU HEAR FROM ME. 9 00:00:27,293 --> 00:00:29,362 >> HI, BRANDY, GREAT TO HEAR 10 00:00:29,362 --> 00:00:32,532 FROM YOU, WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND 11 00:00:32,532 --> 00:00:32,732 CLEAR. 12 00:00:32,732 --> 00:00:34,300 >> WONDERFUL. 13 00:00:34,300 --> 00:00:37,537 >> JESSICA MEIR, CHRIS CASSIDY 14 00:00:37,537 --> 00:00:40,006 AND DREW MORGAN, WE APPRECIATE 15 00:00:40,006 --> 00:00:41,641 YOU JOINING US, IF YOU HAVE ANY 16 00:00:41,641 --> 00:00:42,809 OPENING REMARKS, WE CAN HAVE 17 00:00:42,809 --> 00:00:45,745 THOSE AND THEN JUMP INTO 18 00:00:45,745 --> 00:00:46,012 QUESTIONS. 19 00:00:46,012 --> 00:00:48,248 >> I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, WE 20 00:00:48,248 --> 00:00:49,649 WOULD LIKE TO ALL GIVE OUR 21 00:00:49,649 --> 00:00:51,551 THANKS TO THE DOCTORS, NURSES, 22 00:00:51,551 --> 00:00:53,086 ALL THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL, 23 00:00:53,086 --> 00:00:54,087 POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, 24 00:00:54,087 --> 00:00:55,955 REALLY EVERYBODY THAT IS ON THE 25 00:00:55,955 --> 00:00:57,357 FRONT LINES DOWN THERE, DOING 26 00:00:57,357 --> 00:00:59,192 THAT I REMEMBER BEST AND REALLY 27 00:00:59,192 --> 00:01:00,226 SACRIFICING THEIR OWN LIVES, 28 00:01:00,226 --> 00:01:01,828 PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE 29 00:01:01,828 --> 00:01:03,396 FOR ALL OF THE HUMAN RACE DOWN 30 00:01:03,396 --> 00:01:03,830 THERE. 31 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:05,632 WE GIVE OUR PROFOUND THANKS AND 32 00:01:05,632 --> 00:01:07,200 HEART FELT THANKS TO ALL OF THEM 33 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:09,235 AND ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE UP 34 00:01:09,235 --> 00:01:09,936 HERE, UNABLE TO REALLY 35 00:01:09,936 --> 00:01:11,905 CONTRIBUTE TO THE FIGHT. 36 00:01:11,905 --> 00:01:12,872 SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 37 00:01:12,872 --> 00:01:17,811 YOUR EFFORTS ARE APPRECIATED. 38 00:01:17,811 --> 00:01:19,245 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 39 00:01:19,245 --> 00:01:21,648 WE'LL GET STARTED ON QUESTIONS 40 00:01:21,648 --> 00:01:22,849 NOW. 41 00:01:22,849 --> 00:01:25,552 PARTICIPANTS PLEASE PRESS STAR 1 42 00:01:25,552 --> 00:01:28,054 TO LET ME KNOW YOU HAVE A 43 00:01:28,054 --> 00:01:30,089 QUESTION AND STAR 2 TO WITHDRAW 44 00:01:30,089 --> 00:01:32,258 THE REQUEST HE IF NEEDED. 45 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:33,359 WE'RE OPERATING DIFFERENTLY SO 46 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:35,862 WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES, BUT 47 00:01:35,862 --> 00:01:38,331 LET'S START WITH CHRIS DAVENPORT 48 00:01:38,331 --> 00:01:39,265 FROM "THE WASHINGTON POST". 49 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:46,039 >> THE TAKE, IT'S CHRIS 50 00:01:46,039 --> 00:01:47,707 DAVENPORT FROM "THE WASHINGTON 51 00:01:47,707 --> 00:01:47,941 POST." 52 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:50,777 I WONDER SINCE WE'RE ALL LIVING 53 00:01:50,777 --> 00:01:52,445 IN QUARANTINE IF YOU HAVE ANY 54 00:01:52,445 --> 00:01:54,180 ADVICE FOR PEOPLE COOPED UP IN 55 00:01:54,180 --> 00:01:55,415 SMALL PLACES AND FOR CHRIS 56 00:01:55,415 --> 00:01:56,783 CASSIDY SPECIFICALLY, I WONDER 57 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:58,218 IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT THE 58 00:01:58,218 --> 00:01:59,752 LAUNCH WAS LIKE FOR YOU, WITHOUT 59 00:01:59,752 --> 00:02:01,120 HAVING, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAMILY 60 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,423 AND ALL OF THAT CELEBRATION FOR 61 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:07,227 THE USUAL SEND-OFF? 62 00:02:07,227 --> 00:02:07,727 THANKS, GUYS. 63 00:02:07,727 --> 00:02:09,596 >> HI, CHRIS, NICE TO TALK TO 64 00:02:09,596 --> 00:02:10,630 YOU AGAIN. 65 00:02:10,630 --> 00:02:12,265 I'LL LEAVE THE ADVICE PART TO MY 66 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:14,300 COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE 67 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:16,703 FOR SIX MONTHS AND I'LL ANSWER 68 00:02:16,703 --> 00:02:18,938 THE PART ABOUT WHAT WAS THE 69 00:02:18,938 --> 00:02:19,472 LAUNCH LIKE. 70 00:02:19,472 --> 00:02:21,674 I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING, NO 71 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:22,909 MATTER HOW MANY TIMES YOU RIDE 72 00:02:22,909 --> 00:02:25,578 ON A ROCKET TO SPACE, IT NEVER 73 00:02:25,578 --> 00:02:27,447 GETS OLD OR, OH, I KNOW HOW TO 74 00:02:27,447 --> 00:02:28,248 DO THIS. 75 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:30,884 IT IS AMAZING FROM THE MOMENT 76 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:32,986 YOU STEP OFF THE BUS. 77 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:35,955 YOU CLIMB INTO AN ELEVATOR, YOU 78 00:02:35,955 --> 00:02:37,457 RIDE THIS ELEVATOR KNOWING THAT 79 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:39,626 YOU'RE RIGHT NEXT TO THIS 80 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:40,593 GIGANTIC MONSTER WITH SO MUCH 81 00:02:40,593 --> 00:02:42,862 THRUST IN IT, IT'S JUST 82 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:45,431 INCREDIBLE AND THEN YOU STRAP IN 83 00:02:45,431 --> 00:02:47,600 AND THE THING LIGHTS OFF AND YOU 84 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,269 JUST FEEL THIS IMMENSE POWER 85 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:50,904 PUSHING YOU AND PUSHING YOU, 86 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:52,438 PUSHING YOU, AND THERE'S SOME 87 00:02:52,438 --> 00:02:53,706 CRAZY EVENTS HAPPEN THERE, WHERE 88 00:02:53,706 --> 00:02:55,408 THE STAGING OCCURS AND THAT 89 00:02:55,408 --> 00:02:56,876 SHAKES THE WHOLE THING. 90 00:02:56,876 --> 00:02:58,478 DIFFERENT ACCELERATION PROFILES, 91 00:02:58,478 --> 00:03:00,446 AND THEN FINALLY, THE ENGINES 92 00:03:00,446 --> 00:03:02,282 CUT OFF AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE 93 00:03:02,282 --> 00:03:03,650 STRAPPED IN AND NOT MOVING 94 00:03:03,650 --> 00:03:05,485 ANYWHERE, BUT YOU FEEL LIKE 95 00:03:05,485 --> 00:03:07,720 YOU'RE KIND OF TUMBLING AROUND 96 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:09,088 HEAD OVER HEELS UNTIL YOUR BRAIN 97 00:03:09,088 --> 00:03:10,189 SETTLES OUT AND KIND OF FIGURES 98 00:03:10,189 --> 00:03:11,958 OUT WHAT THE SITUATION IS. 99 00:03:11,958 --> 00:03:14,260 SO, THE RIDE WAS AMAZING. 100 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:16,229 THE SPACECRAFT PERFORMED 101 00:03:16,229 --> 00:03:17,764 PERFECTLY, AND THEN, AS FAR AS 102 00:03:17,764 --> 00:03:20,066 MY FIRST GLIMPSE OF THESE GUYS 103 00:03:20,066 --> 00:03:24,404 WAS AT MAYBE FIVE KILOMETERS OR 104 00:03:24,404 --> 00:03:25,972 SOMETHING AWAY AND I COULD SEE 105 00:03:25,972 --> 00:03:27,707 THIS LILITH UP STAR IN FRONT OF 106 00:03:27,707 --> 00:03:29,409 US AND THAT'S WHERE MY NEW HOME 107 00:03:29,409 --> 00:03:30,476 WAS GOING TO BE. 108 00:03:30,476 --> 00:03:32,145 I'LL LET THESE GUYS TALK ABOUT 109 00:03:32,145 --> 00:03:35,281 ADVICE FOR OTHERS IN QUARANTINE. 110 00:03:35,281 --> 00:03:40,253 >> YEAH, I WOULD SAY THAT LIVING 111 00:03:40,253 --> 00:03:41,487 IN ISOLATION IS SOMETHING THAT 112 00:03:41,487 --> 00:03:42,989 WE'RE VERY GOOD AT AND I KNOW 113 00:03:42,989 --> 00:03:44,657 THAT EVERYONE ON EARTH IS 114 00:03:44,657 --> 00:03:45,959 EXPERIENCING THAT IN A NEW WAY 115 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:46,559 RIGHT NOW. 116 00:03:46,559 --> 00:03:48,494 I THINK ONE OF THE MOST 117 00:03:48,494 --> 00:03:49,963 IMPORTANT THINGS IS TO LIVE BY 118 00:03:49,963 --> 00:03:51,564 ROUTINE, THAT'S WHAT WE DO UP 119 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:51,965 HERE. 120 00:03:51,965 --> 00:03:54,334 WE HAVE A SCHEDULE AND WE FOLLOW 121 00:03:54,334 --> 00:03:56,135 IT TO THE T. 122 00:03:56,135 --> 00:03:57,537 MAYBE SURE WE'RE MOST EFFICIENT 123 00:03:57,537 --> 00:03:59,672 AND EFFECTIVE WITH OUR TIME, OUR 124 00:03:59,672 --> 00:04:00,974 EXERCISE, OUR PERSONAL HYGIENE, 125 00:04:00,974 --> 00:04:02,542 OUR SLEEP, EVERYTHING IS 126 00:04:02,542 --> 00:04:03,076 SCHEDULED OUT. 127 00:04:03,076 --> 00:04:06,312 AND SO STICKING TO A SCHEDULE IS 128 00:04:06,312 --> 00:04:10,917 VERY IMPORTANT AND THEN I THINK 129 00:04:10,917 --> 00:04:12,485 ANOTHER THING THAT WE PRACTICE 130 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:14,520 UP HERE THAT ALLIES TO EARTH 131 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:15,521 RIGHT NOW. 132 00:04:15,521 --> 00:04:17,423 BEING A GOOD CREW MATE. 133 00:04:17,423 --> 00:04:19,392 HOW YOUR ACTIONS AFFECTS THE 134 00:04:19,392 --> 00:04:20,526 ACTIONS OF OTHERS IS SOMETHING 135 00:04:20,526 --> 00:04:23,296 WE DO ALL THE TIME AND 136 00:04:23,296 --> 00:04:24,330 CONSTANTLY EVALUATING MAKING 137 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:26,065 SURE WE'RE RESPECTFUL OF OTHERS 138 00:04:26,065 --> 00:04:27,400 ALL THE TIME AND THAT CAN BE 139 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:28,735 TOUGH TO DO WHEN YOU'RE LIVING 140 00:04:28,735 --> 00:04:31,404 FOR A LONG TIME IN CLOSE 141 00:04:31,404 --> 00:04:31,671 QUARTERS. 142 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:34,941 >> OKAY. 143 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:35,308 GREAT. 144 00:04:35,308 --> 00:04:38,311 NEXT WE ARE GOING TO GO TO BILL 145 00:04:38,311 --> 00:04:40,780 HARWOOD WITH CBS. 146 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:43,349 >> A QUICK QUESTION FOR JESSICA. 147 00:04:43,349 --> 00:04:44,951 SINCE YOU LAUNCHED, OBVIOUSLY, 148 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:46,986 ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED AFTER 149 00:04:46,986 --> 00:04:48,087 YOU LEFT THE PLANET. 150 00:04:48,087 --> 00:04:49,756 I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT YOU'RE 151 00:04:49,756 --> 00:04:51,290 HEARING FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS 152 00:04:51,290 --> 00:04:52,525 ABOUT HOW LIFE IS GOING ON 153 00:04:52,525 --> 00:04:52,759 EARTH. 154 00:04:52,759 --> 00:04:54,827 WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 155 00:04:54,827 --> 00:04:56,729 COMING BACK TO EARTH, AND WHAT 156 00:04:56,729 --> 00:04:58,197 MAYBE YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, 157 00:04:58,197 --> 00:04:59,599 KIND OF YOUR WHOLE PICTURE MUCH 158 00:04:59,599 --> 00:05:01,067 ALL OF THIS FROM SPACE AND SOON 159 00:05:01,067 --> 00:05:03,536 YOU'RE GOING TO BE WALKING ON 160 00:05:03,536 --> 00:05:04,037 EARTH. 161 00:05:04,037 --> 00:05:04,270 THANKS. 162 00:05:04,270 --> 00:05:08,441 >> YES, DREW AND I HAVE SPENT A 163 00:05:08,441 --> 00:05:10,410 LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT. 164 00:05:10,410 --> 00:05:12,011 IT IS QUITE SURREAL FOR US TO 165 00:05:12,011 --> 00:05:13,479 SEE THIS WHOLE SITUATION 166 00:05:13,479 --> 00:05:14,514 UNFOLDING ON THE PLANET BELOW. 167 00:05:14,514 --> 00:05:16,015 WE CAN TELL YOU THAT THE EARTH 168 00:05:16,015 --> 00:05:17,350 STILL LOOKS JUST AS STUNNING AS 169 00:05:17,350 --> 00:05:19,719 ALWAYS FROM UP HERE, SO IT'S 170 00:05:19,719 --> 00:05:20,520 DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE ALL THE 171 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,055 CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE 172 00:05:22,055 --> 00:05:23,923 SINCE BOTH OF US HAVE BEEN UP 173 00:05:23,923 --> 00:05:24,323 HERE. 174 00:05:24,323 --> 00:05:25,958 I THINK FOR ME, IT WILL STILL BE 175 00:05:25,958 --> 00:05:27,660 NICE TO GO BACK AND TO SEE SOME 176 00:05:27,660 --> 00:05:29,662 FAMILIAR PLACES AND SOME 177 00:05:29,662 --> 00:05:30,596 FAMILIAR FACES. 178 00:05:30,596 --> 00:05:31,597 IT CERTAINLY WILL BE VERY 179 00:05:31,597 --> 00:05:33,166 DIFFICULT FOR ME TO NOT BE ABLE 180 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,934 TO GIVE SOME HUGS TO MY FAMILY 181 00:05:34,934 --> 00:05:35,568 AND FRIENDS. 182 00:05:35,568 --> 00:05:37,303 THAT'S SOMETHING AFTER BEING UP 183 00:05:37,303 --> 00:05:38,671 HERE FOR SEVEN MONTHS AND BEING 184 00:05:38,671 --> 00:05:40,106 THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT I AM, 185 00:05:40,106 --> 00:05:41,040 IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT FOR 186 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:42,608 ME TO DO THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT 187 00:05:42,608 --> 00:05:44,043 WILL BE PART OF THE GAME FOR A 188 00:05:44,043 --> 00:05:44,277 WHILE. 189 00:05:44,277 --> 00:05:46,145 WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT 190 00:05:46,145 --> 00:05:47,814 BEFORE THIS CONFERENCE. 191 00:05:47,814 --> 00:05:49,015 I THINK THAT I WILL ACTUALLY 192 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:50,650 FEEL MORE ISOLATED ON THE EARTH 193 00:05:50,650 --> 00:05:51,818 THAN I DID UP HERE BECAUSE 194 00:05:51,818 --> 00:05:53,119 THAT'S PART OF OUR EXPECTED 195 00:05:53,119 --> 00:05:54,987 ROUTINE UP HERE AND WE'RE SO 196 00:05:54,987 --> 00:05:57,523 BUSY WITH SO MANY OTHER AMAZING 197 00:05:57,523 --> 00:05:59,625 PURSUITS AND WE HAVE THIS 198 00:05:59,625 --> 00:06:01,027 INCREDIBLE VANTAGE POINT OF THE 199 00:06:01,027 --> 00:06:01,761 EARTH BELOW. 200 00:06:01,761 --> 00:06:03,029 WE DON'T FEEL THAT MUCH 201 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:03,463 ISOLATION. 202 00:06:03,463 --> 00:06:04,831 WHEN YOU'RE BACK IN YOUR HOMES 203 00:06:04,831 --> 00:06:06,032 AND EVERYBODY IS DEALING WITH 204 00:06:06,032 --> 00:06:08,301 THE ISOLATION NOW, YOU CAN SEE 205 00:06:08,301 --> 00:06:09,368 ALL THE THINGS AND PEOPLE NOW, 206 00:06:09,368 --> 00:06:10,603 BUT YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH 207 00:06:10,603 --> 00:06:12,572 THEM OR EXPERIENCE THEM AT ALL, 208 00:06:12,572 --> 00:06:13,740 I THINK THAT MAKES IT EVEN MORE 209 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:15,208 DIFFICULT SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT 210 00:06:15,208 --> 00:06:17,076 GOES AND HOW I ADJUST, BUT OF 211 00:06:17,076 --> 00:06:18,244 COURSE, IT WILL BE WONDERFUL TO 212 00:06:18,244 --> 00:06:19,812 SEE SOME FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AT 213 00:06:19,812 --> 00:06:22,482 LEAST VIRTUALLY AND FROM THE 214 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:25,485 DISTANCE FOR NOW. 215 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:29,122 >> NEXT UP, JOEY FROM REUTERS. 216 00:06:29,122 --> 00:06:31,557 >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR DOING 217 00:06:31,557 --> 00:06:31,791 THIS. 218 00:06:31,791 --> 00:06:34,727 FOR EVERYONE, I JUST WANTED TO 219 00:06:34,727 --> 00:06:37,396 ASK, THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CREW 220 00:06:37,396 --> 00:06:39,632 VEHICLE IS CARRYING TO THE ISS 221 00:06:39,632 --> 00:06:40,166 THIS SUMMER. 222 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:42,168 WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE SPACE 223 00:06:42,168 --> 00:06:43,870 ARENA AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT WILL 224 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:45,304 ALL OF YOU BE DOING TO PREPARE 225 00:06:45,304 --> 00:06:46,706 FOR THE NEW VEHICLE? 226 00:06:46,706 --> 00:06:47,907 AND ONE OTHER FOR CHRIS CASSIDY. 227 00:06:47,907 --> 00:06:49,809 THIS ISN'T YOUR FIRST TIME IN 228 00:06:49,809 --> 00:06:50,076 SPACE. 229 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:52,111 DOES THIS MISSION ON THE ISS 230 00:06:52,111 --> 00:06:53,746 FEEL ANY DIFFERENT KNOWING WE 231 00:06:53,746 --> 00:06:57,683 DOWN ON EARTH ARE IN A PANDEMIC? 232 00:06:57,683 --> 00:06:57,917 THANKS. 233 00:06:57,917 --> 00:07:03,122 >> YEAH, THIS MISSION IS-- 234 00:07:03,122 --> 00:07:05,158 IT DOES FEEL DIFFERENT, I WILL 235 00:07:05,158 --> 00:07:05,992 TELL YOU. 236 00:07:05,992 --> 00:07:09,529 LEAVING EARTH AMIDST THE GLOBAL 237 00:07:09,529 --> 00:07:12,198 CRISIS AND THE SHUTDOWN, 238 00:07:12,198 --> 00:07:14,033 WORLDWIDE QUARANTINE, WE WERE 239 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:15,368 COMMENTING BEFORE WE LAUNCHED WE 240 00:07:15,368 --> 00:07:17,036 KNEW AS A CREW WE WERE GOING TO 241 00:07:17,036 --> 00:07:19,238 BE IN QUARANTINE ABOUT NINE 242 00:07:19,238 --> 00:07:21,073 MONTHS AGO OR A YEAR AGO, THOSE 243 00:07:21,073 --> 00:07:22,375 EXACT WEEKS, BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW 244 00:07:22,375 --> 00:07:24,210 THE WHOLE WORLD WAS GOING TO 245 00:07:24,210 --> 00:07:26,078 JOIN US, SO THAT MAKES IT HARD 246 00:07:26,078 --> 00:07:28,247 AND LEAVING ALL THAT BEHIND, I 247 00:07:28,247 --> 00:07:28,414 DO-- 248 00:07:28,414 --> 00:07:30,049 MY HEART GOES OUT TO EVERYBODY 249 00:07:30,049 --> 00:07:32,218 WHO IS DEALING WITH IT. 250 00:07:32,218 --> 00:07:33,553 I WAS JUST ONLY SPENT A FEW 251 00:07:33,553 --> 00:07:35,388 WEEKS ON EARTH DURING THAT 252 00:07:35,388 --> 00:07:36,622 PERIOD, BUT THAT WAS ENOUGH TIME 253 00:07:36,622 --> 00:07:39,525 TO KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY, REALLY 254 00:07:39,525 --> 00:07:42,428 CHALLENGING FOR -- IN MANY WAYS 255 00:07:42,428 --> 00:07:44,997 AND IT'S OFTEN THE SECOND AND 256 00:07:44,997 --> 00:07:47,667 THIRD ORDER EFFECTS OF THE 257 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,335 SITUATION THAT I FOUND TO BE 258 00:07:49,335 --> 00:07:50,837 REALLY UNEXPECTED, YOU KNOW, 259 00:07:50,837 --> 00:07:53,239 LIKE WHAT IT DOES TO KIDS IN 260 00:07:53,239 --> 00:07:54,874 SCHOOLS AND SPORTS AND 261 00:07:54,874 --> 00:07:56,309 GRADUATIONS AND PEOPLE LEAVING 262 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:59,245 COLLEGE LOOKING FOR THEIR FUTURE 263 00:07:59,245 --> 00:08:01,714 JOB AND IT'S JUST LOTS OF THINGS 264 00:08:01,714 --> 00:08:03,850 YOU WOULDN'T EXPECT WHEN WE DO 265 00:08:03,850 --> 00:08:05,518 SAY AT FACE VALUE WE'RE GOING TO 266 00:08:05,518 --> 00:08:06,686 START QUARANTINE NOW. 267 00:08:06,686 --> 00:08:09,021 AND THEN, YOUR FIRST QUESTION 268 00:08:09,021 --> 00:08:12,191 RELATE TODAY COMMERCIAL CREW, 269 00:08:12,191 --> 00:08:13,559 THESE GUYS WILL-- 270 00:08:13,559 --> 00:08:14,861 ARE LEAVING A COUPLE WEEKS SO 271 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:17,029 THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CHANCE OF 272 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:18,531 SEEING A COMMERCIAL CREW 273 00:08:18,531 --> 00:08:20,867 UNFORTUNATELY, AND FOR ME, IT'S 274 00:08:20,867 --> 00:08:23,769 LOOKING LIKE MY FRIENDS BOB AND 275 00:08:23,769 --> 00:08:25,605 DOUG WILL ARRIVE ON SPACEX 276 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:28,341 TOWARDS THE END OF MAY, MAYBE 277 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:29,909 INTO JUNE. 278 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:30,843 IF THINGS GO WELL. 279 00:08:30,843 --> 00:08:32,979 AND THAT'S A HUGE THING FOR US 280 00:08:32,979 --> 00:08:35,414 AS A NATION AND FOR THE 281 00:08:35,414 --> 00:08:36,749 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP ON THE 282 00:08:36,749 --> 00:08:37,250 SPACE STATION. 283 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:39,085 RIGHT NOW, WE ONLY CAN GET TO 284 00:08:39,085 --> 00:08:41,888 SPACE ON A RUSSIAN ROCKET, WHICH 285 00:08:41,888 --> 00:08:43,990 IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE 286 00:08:43,990 --> 00:08:45,124 REDUNDANCIES IN ANY KIND OF 287 00:08:45,124 --> 00:08:46,359 SYSTEM THAT YOU HAVE AND WE'RE 288 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:47,693 REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE AN 289 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:49,128 ALTERNATE WAY TO GET BACK TO THE 290 00:08:49,128 --> 00:08:50,496 SPACE STATION AND LAUNCH FROM 291 00:08:50,496 --> 00:08:50,763 FLORIDA. 292 00:08:50,763 --> 00:08:52,398 AND THEN ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, 293 00:08:52,398 --> 00:08:54,467 I'LL BE EXCITED TO SEE BOB AND 294 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:54,834 DOUG. 295 00:08:54,834 --> 00:08:57,370 I'VE KNOWN THEM FOR MANY YEARS. 296 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:58,504 WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER. 297 00:08:58,504 --> 00:09:00,506 THEY'RE FRIENDS AND WITH THEIR 298 00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:01,974 FAMILIES AS WELL AND SO IT WILL 299 00:09:01,974 --> 00:09:04,510 BE REALLY SPECIAL TO HAVE SUCH A 300 00:09:04,510 --> 00:09:06,612 HISTORIC MOMENT FOR OUR NATION 301 00:09:06,612 --> 00:09:08,748 AND SUCH A COOL PERSONAL EVENT 302 00:09:08,748 --> 00:09:11,250 FOR ME GREETING THEM AT THE 303 00:09:11,250 --> 00:09:11,450 HATCH. 304 00:09:11,450 --> 00:09:14,620 >> REMINDER TO PARTICIPANTS ON 305 00:09:14,620 --> 00:09:16,789 THE PHONE TO PRESS STAR 1 IF YOU 306 00:09:16,789 --> 00:09:17,523 HAVE A QUESTION. 307 00:09:17,523 --> 00:09:19,759 NEXT UP, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 308 00:09:19,759 --> 00:09:22,261 BRIAN OWENS FROM NATURE 309 00:09:22,261 --> 00:09:22,528 MAGAZINE. 310 00:09:22,528 --> 00:09:26,766 >> HI, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR 311 00:09:26,766 --> 00:09:28,501 CHRIS IN PARTICULAR. 312 00:09:28,501 --> 00:09:29,402 GIVEN THE PANDEMIC THAT WE HAVE 313 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:31,938 GOING ON, COULD YOU MAYBE TALK 314 00:09:31,938 --> 00:09:34,173 ABOUT THE PRE-FLIGHT PRECAUTIONS 315 00:09:34,173 --> 00:09:35,908 THAT YOU TOOK TO MAKE SURE YOU 316 00:09:35,908 --> 00:09:37,343 WEREN'T BRINGING THE VIRUS UP 317 00:09:37,343 --> 00:09:38,611 AND WHETHER IT WAS ANY DIFFERENT 318 00:09:38,611 --> 00:09:41,013 THIS TIME THAN IN PREVIOUS 319 00:09:41,013 --> 00:09:41,280 LAUNCHES? 320 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:44,917 >> SURE, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK 321 00:09:44,917 --> 00:09:45,685 ABOUT THAT. 322 00:09:45,685 --> 00:09:47,787 I LEFT HOUSTON AT THE END OF 323 00:09:47,787 --> 00:09:49,422 FEBRUARY AND IF YOU REMEMBER, 324 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,657 THE TIMING, IT WAS WHEN THERE 325 00:09:51,657 --> 00:09:53,492 WAS A DISCUSSION IN CHINA, BUT 326 00:09:53,492 --> 00:09:55,995 IT REALLY HADN'T CREPT INTO THE 327 00:09:55,995 --> 00:09:58,130 AMERICAN NEWS CYCLE AND THE 328 00:09:58,130 --> 00:10:01,100 AMERICAN DISCUSSIONS AT LEAST 329 00:10:01,100 --> 00:10:01,467 WITH-- 330 00:10:01,467 --> 00:10:03,135 AT THE BIG LEVELS. 331 00:10:03,135 --> 00:10:05,538 AND WE KNEW THAT IT WAS 332 00:10:05,538 --> 00:10:06,906 SOMETHING THAT THE WHOLE WORLD 333 00:10:06,906 --> 00:10:07,907 WAS GOING TO BE CONCERNED WITH 334 00:10:07,907 --> 00:10:10,176 SO I REMEMBER WALKING OFF THE 335 00:10:10,176 --> 00:10:11,510 AIRPLANE IN MOSCOW AND WONDERING 336 00:10:11,510 --> 00:10:14,180 IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE TESTING 337 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:15,848 AND THERE WAS SOME MEDICAL 338 00:10:15,848 --> 00:10:17,249 PERSONNEL THERE, BUT THE PROCESS 339 00:10:17,249 --> 00:10:19,318 OF GOING THROUGH CUSTOMS WAS 340 00:10:19,318 --> 00:10:20,486 EXACTLY THE SAME AS NORMAL. 341 00:10:20,486 --> 00:10:22,722 AND THEN JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS 342 00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:24,290 LATER, I DID GET THE 343 00:10:24,290 --> 00:10:26,158 OPPORTUNITY, MY WIFE AND I TO 344 00:10:26,158 --> 00:10:29,462 SPEND SOME TIME IN MOSCOW IN 345 00:10:29,462 --> 00:10:31,163 THOSE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS AND 346 00:10:31,163 --> 00:10:33,032 SHORTLY AFTER THAT, IT WAS NO 347 00:10:33,032 --> 00:10:34,367 LEAVING THE BASE WHERE WE DO ALL 348 00:10:34,367 --> 00:10:36,569 OF OUR TRAINING, WHICH IS ABOUT 349 00:10:36,569 --> 00:10:38,738 30 MILES OUTSIDE OF MOSCOW. 350 00:10:38,738 --> 00:10:41,707 SO FROM THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH 351 00:10:41,707 --> 00:10:44,510 UNTIL LAUNCH, I DID NOT COME IN 352 00:10:44,510 --> 00:10:46,012 CONTACT WITH-- 353 00:10:46,012 --> 00:10:47,413 WITH ANYONE OTHER THAN THOSE 354 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:48,981 IMMEDIATE PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH 355 00:10:48,981 --> 00:10:49,982 THE LAUNCH PREPARATION AND THOSE 356 00:10:49,982 --> 00:10:51,817 PEOPLE WERE ALSO IN THE SAME 357 00:10:51,817 --> 00:10:53,819 QUARANTINE AS I WAS. 358 00:10:53,819 --> 00:10:55,488 SO 359 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:55,688 SO-- 360 00:10:55,688 --> 00:10:57,089 AND WE WERE REALLY STRICT ABOUT 361 00:10:57,089 --> 00:10:58,657 IT. 362 00:10:58,657 --> 00:11:05,498 NORMALLY WHEN YOU GET TO 363 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:07,233 BAIKNOUR, THERE ARE PRESS 364 00:11:07,233 --> 00:11:07,767 CONFERENCES AND SPACE 365 00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:09,435 COOPERATION AND BUSINESSES AND 366 00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:10,536 AGENCIES AND NONE OF THOSE 367 00:11:10,536 --> 00:11:13,372 PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED INTO THE 368 00:11:13,372 --> 00:11:13,806 BUILDING. 369 00:11:13,806 --> 00:11:15,674 OR ANY MEDIA OR COMMISSIONS THAT 370 00:11:15,674 --> 00:11:17,043 WE HAD WERE ALL DONE JUST LIKE 371 00:11:17,043 --> 00:11:20,079 WE'RE DOING NOW WITH A VIDEO 372 00:11:20,079 --> 00:11:20,346 CAMERA. 373 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:23,416 SO THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NO 374 00:11:23,416 --> 00:11:25,317 INTERACTION BETWEEN US AS A CREW 375 00:11:25,317 --> 00:11:27,453 AND THE OUTSIDE POPULATION. 376 00:11:27,453 --> 00:11:28,888 NOW, ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. 377 00:11:28,888 --> 00:11:30,623 WE KNOW LOTS OF CASES WHERE 378 00:11:30,623 --> 00:11:32,925 PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD TO 379 00:11:32,925 --> 00:11:35,261 GO, BUT IT SNUCK INTO THEIR 380 00:11:35,261 --> 00:11:38,464 WORLD, BUT I REALLY THINK THAT 381 00:11:38,464 --> 00:11:40,633 IS ALMOST ZERO PERCENT CHANCE 382 00:11:40,633 --> 00:11:43,769 FOR OUR CREW. 383 00:11:43,769 --> 00:11:45,004 >> OKAY. 384 00:11:45,004 --> 00:11:49,575 NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 385 00:11:49,575 --> 00:11:49,842 SPACE.COM. 386 00:11:49,842 --> 00:11:51,710 >> HI, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH 387 00:11:51,710 --> 00:11:53,846 FOR TAKING QUESTIONS, I REALLY 388 00:11:53,846 --> 00:11:54,346 APPRECIATE IT. 389 00:11:54,346 --> 00:11:56,749 THIS WEEKEND WE'RE COMING UP ON 390 00:11:56,749 --> 00:11:59,552 THE HISTORIC ANNIVERSARY OF 391 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:03,355 APOLLO 13 AND BEING ASTRONAUTS 392 00:12:03,355 --> 00:12:04,190 IN AN ESPECIALLY UNUSUAL 393 00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:05,691 SITUATION WITH THE PANDEMIC, I'M 394 00:12:05,691 --> 00:12:08,160 CURIOUS, KIND OF WHAT LESSONS 395 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,329 YOU AS ASTRONAUTS TODAY DRAW 396 00:12:10,329 --> 00:12:13,599 FROM APOLLO 13 AND THOSE 397 00:12:13,599 --> 00:12:16,502 ASTRONAUTS WHO REALLY PREVAILED 398 00:12:16,502 --> 00:12:20,339 IN EXTRAORDINARILY UNUSUAL 399 00:12:20,339 --> 00:12:20,673 CIRCUMSTANCES? 400 00:12:20,673 --> 00:12:22,408 >> YEAH, THANKS FOR YOUR 401 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:24,110 QUESTION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S 402 00:12:24,110 --> 00:12:26,011 A REALLY INTERESTING COMPARISON 403 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:27,213 AND CONTRAST. 404 00:12:27,213 --> 00:12:30,015 50 YEARS AGO WHEN APOLLO 13, 405 00:12:30,015 --> 00:12:33,319 THEY HAD A CRISIS IN SPACE AND 406 00:12:33,319 --> 00:12:34,987 THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM, MISSION 407 00:12:34,987 --> 00:12:36,622 CONTROL ON THE GROUND PREVAILED 408 00:12:36,622 --> 00:12:39,725 THROUGH THEIR INGENUITY, THEIR 409 00:12:39,725 --> 00:12:40,860 PROFESSIONALISM AND BROUGHT THE 410 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:41,894 CREW HOME SAFELY. 411 00:12:41,894 --> 00:12:43,662 AND NOW, JESSICA AND I ARE GOING 412 00:12:43,662 --> 00:12:45,631 TO LAND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON 413 00:12:45,631 --> 00:12:48,267 BOARD HERE DURING THE APOLLO-- 414 00:12:48,267 --> 00:12:49,835 THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE APOLLO 415 00:12:49,835 --> 00:12:51,770 13, WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO 416 00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:52,438 EARTH. 417 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:53,472 I BELIEVE OUR LANDING DATE 418 00:12:53,472 --> 00:12:55,074 CORRESPONDS WITH THE LANDING 419 00:12:55,074 --> 00:12:56,642 DATE OF APOLLO 13 AND ONCE 420 00:12:56,642 --> 00:12:58,410 AGAIN, NOW, THERE'S A CRISIS AND 421 00:12:58,410 --> 00:13:00,813 A CRISIS ON EARTH. 422 00:13:00,813 --> 00:13:03,315 AND ONCE AGAIN, THE MISSION-- 423 00:13:03,315 --> 00:13:04,483 MISSION CONTROL CENTERS, THE 424 00:13:04,483 --> 00:13:06,218 FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM ARE GOING TO 425 00:13:06,218 --> 00:13:08,387 BRING US HOME SAFELY. 426 00:13:08,387 --> 00:13:10,055 AND THEY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY 427 00:13:10,055 --> 00:13:12,191 THIS JUST THE SAME AS EVERYONE, 428 00:13:12,191 --> 00:13:14,293 IT'S CHANGED THE WAY THAT 429 00:13:14,293 --> 00:13:15,294 COMMISSION CONTROL OPERATIONS 430 00:13:15,294 --> 00:13:15,794 WORKED. 431 00:13:15,794 --> 00:13:18,564 THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING HANDOVER 432 00:13:18,564 --> 00:13:19,865 BETWEEN SHIFTS, BETWEEN TWO 433 00:13:19,865 --> 00:13:21,834 DIFFERENT ROOMS TO MINIMIZE THE 434 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:24,570 CONTACT, BUT, YET, HERE THEY ARE 435 00:13:24,570 --> 00:13:25,905 PERSEVERING AND THROUGH THEIR 436 00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:26,739 INGENUITY AND THEIR 437 00:13:26,739 --> 00:13:27,940 PROFESSIONALISM, THEY'RE GOING 438 00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:29,975 TO RETURN US TO EARTH SAFELY, 439 00:13:29,975 --> 00:13:32,645 JUST LIKE THEIR PREDECESSORS DID 440 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:35,814 50 YEARS AGO. 441 00:13:35,814 --> 00:13:39,051 >> NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 442 00:13:39,051 --> 00:13:42,721 KIRA FROM THE RED BULLETIN. 443 00:13:42,721 --> 00:13:43,956 >> HELLO. 444 00:13:43,956 --> 00:13:45,991 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING 445 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:47,159 MY QUESTION. 446 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:49,028 I'D LIKE TO ASK, HOW CAN WE 447 00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:51,397 LEARN AND ADAPT FROM THE 448 00:13:51,397 --> 00:13:52,998 CHALLENGES WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AT 449 00:13:52,998 --> 00:13:54,233 THIS CURRENT TIME IN A POSITIVE 450 00:13:54,233 --> 00:13:57,703 WAY FOR THE EARTH AND HUMANKIND? 451 00:13:57,703 --> 00:13:59,705 IS THERE ANY POSITIVE INSPIRING 452 00:13:59,705 --> 00:14:03,209 ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE US GOING 453 00:14:03,209 --> 00:14:03,442 FORWARD? 454 00:14:03,442 --> 00:14:08,214 >> CERTAINLY, I HOPE THAT THERE 455 00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:09,381 ARE SOME POSITIVE OUTCOMES OF 456 00:14:09,381 --> 00:14:10,616 ALL OF THIS. 457 00:14:10,616 --> 00:14:12,284 THERE ARE MANY, MANY TERRIBLE 458 00:14:12,284 --> 00:14:13,552 SIDES TO WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT 459 00:14:13,552 --> 00:14:16,088 NOW AND I THINK WE ALL RECOGNIZE 460 00:14:16,088 --> 00:14:17,423 THAT, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS TO 461 00:14:17,423 --> 00:14:19,825 TRY TO FIND THOSE, THE SILVER 462 00:14:19,825 --> 00:14:21,126 LININGS AND THE POSITIVE 463 00:14:21,126 --> 00:14:21,427 ELEMENTS. 464 00:14:21,427 --> 00:14:22,861 ONE OF THOSE THAT SOME OF MY 465 00:14:22,861 --> 00:14:24,163 FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE BEEN 466 00:14:24,163 --> 00:14:25,531 TALKING ABOUT BACK HOME IS THE 467 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:26,599 CONNECTIONS THAT THEY'VE BEEN 468 00:14:26,599 --> 00:14:29,368 ABLE TO FOSTER WITH THEIR LOVED 469 00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:29,868 ONES. 470 00:14:29,868 --> 00:14:30,869 SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REACHING 471 00:14:30,869 --> 00:14:32,771 OUT TO FAMILY MEMBERS OR MORE 472 00:14:32,771 --> 00:14:33,572 REGULARLY CORRESPONDING WITH 473 00:14:33,572 --> 00:14:34,873 PEOPLE THAN THEY WERE BEFORE 474 00:14:34,873 --> 00:14:36,175 THIS PANDEMIC SO I THINK THAT IT 475 00:14:36,175 --> 00:14:38,644 IS BRINGING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF 476 00:14:38,644 --> 00:14:41,847 THAT INNATE HUMAN ELEMENTS OUT 477 00:14:41,847 --> 00:14:44,316 AND REMINDING PEOPLE OF THEIR 478 00:14:44,316 --> 00:14:45,818 PRIORITIES AND WHAT IS TRULY 479 00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:46,118 IMPORTANT. 480 00:14:46,118 --> 00:14:47,186 SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN TAKE A 481 00:14:47,186 --> 00:14:50,356 LITTLE OF THAT AND CHERISH THAT 482 00:14:50,356 --> 00:14:52,891 AND MOVE FORWARD AND TREAT EACH 483 00:14:52,891 --> 00:14:57,196 OTHER MORE HUMANELY EVEN AFTER 484 00:14:57,196 --> 00:15:00,866 WE COME OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC. 485 00:15:00,866 --> 00:15:03,202 AND FOR US, IT'S PART OF OUR 486 00:15:03,202 --> 00:15:04,670 EVERYDAY JOB AND WHAT WE TRY TO 487 00:15:04,670 --> 00:15:06,205 DO AND SELECT ASTRONAUTS FOR AND 488 00:15:06,205 --> 00:15:07,573 PREPARE ASTRONAUTS FOR, I THINK 489 00:15:07,573 --> 00:15:09,174 THE SAME NOW GOES AS A BIG 490 00:15:09,174 --> 00:15:10,876 CHALLENGE TO ALL OF THOSE DOWN 491 00:15:10,876 --> 00:15:12,711 ON EARTH, TO TRY TO RISE OUT OF 492 00:15:12,711 --> 00:15:14,046 THIS FROM THE OTHER SIDE, 493 00:15:14,046 --> 00:15:16,548 BRINGING SOMETHING POSITIVE AND 494 00:15:16,548 --> 00:15:17,750 TAKING SOMETHING POSITIVE AWAY 495 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:18,284 FROM IT. 496 00:15:18,284 --> 00:15:19,151 IT'S CERTAINLY A CHALLENGING 497 00:15:19,151 --> 00:15:20,719 THING TO DO, BUT I KNOW THAT 498 00:15:20,719 --> 00:15:21,887 SOME OF THE POSITIVE STORIES 499 00:15:21,887 --> 00:15:22,788 WE'VE SEEN FROM SOME OF THE 500 00:15:22,788 --> 00:15:24,823 HEROES ON THE FRONT LINES, FOR 501 00:15:24,823 --> 00:15:26,158 EXAMPLE, AND SOME. 502 00:15:26,158 --> 00:15:27,459 CONNECTIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE 503 00:15:27,459 --> 00:15:29,762 HAVING IS BRINGING SOME OF THAT 504 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:30,996 TO LIGHT. 505 00:15:30,996 --> 00:15:32,998 >> THANKS, JESSICA. 506 00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:39,038 >> NEXT ONE TO KEN RICE FROM 507 00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:39,972 KDKA-TV IN PITTSBURGH. 508 00:15:39,972 --> 00:15:41,807 >> GOOD MORNING, A QUESTION 509 00:15:41,807 --> 00:15:43,676 SPECIFICALLY FOR COLONEL MORGAN. 510 00:15:43,676 --> 00:15:46,612 I'M CURIOUS, HOW CLOSELY HAVE 511 00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:48,681 YOU, AS A PHYSICIAN, BEEN ABLE 512 00:15:48,681 --> 00:15:49,481 TO FOLLOW WHAT'S HAPPENING ON 513 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:51,483 EARTH AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS 514 00:15:51,483 --> 00:15:53,352 ON WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE 515 00:15:53,352 --> 00:15:54,920 RETURNING TO A WORLD THAT IS SO 516 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,289 DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE YOU LEFT 517 00:15:57,289 --> 00:15:58,223 AND WHAT MESSAGE MIGHT YOU HAVE 518 00:15:58,223 --> 00:16:00,092 FOR YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS 519 00:16:00,092 --> 00:16:02,561 BACK HERE IN WESTERN 520 00:16:02,561 --> 00:16:02,895 PENNSYLVANIA? 521 00:16:02,895 --> 00:16:05,397 >> YEAH, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D 522 00:16:05,397 --> 00:16:07,566 ECHO WHAT JESSICA HAS ALREADY 523 00:16:07,566 --> 00:16:09,268 SAID ABOUT JUST THE SENSE OF 524 00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:11,537 PRIDE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FIRST 525 00:16:11,537 --> 00:16:12,905 RESPONDERS AND MEDICAL 526 00:16:12,905 --> 00:16:14,273 PROFESSIONALS ALL ACROSS THE 527 00:16:14,273 --> 00:16:15,941 WORLD, AND AT HOME IN THE U.S. 528 00:16:15,941 --> 00:16:17,943 THAT HAVE RISEN TO THIS OCCASION 529 00:16:17,943 --> 00:16:20,112 AND ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON 530 00:16:20,112 --> 00:16:21,847 THE LINE. 531 00:16:21,847 --> 00:16:23,015 AS AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN, I 532 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:25,517 UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE 533 00:16:25,517 --> 00:16:27,486 AT THE DOORWAY OF A HOSPITAL OR 534 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:28,787 A FIELD HOSPITAL OR THE FRONT 535 00:16:28,787 --> 00:16:31,023 LINES OF COMBAT AND THAT'S 536 00:16:31,023 --> 00:16:33,025 EXACTLY THE SITUATION THAT 537 00:16:33,025 --> 00:16:34,326 PHYSICIANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS 538 00:16:34,326 --> 00:16:35,561 AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE 539 00:16:35,561 --> 00:16:36,962 FINDING THEMSELVES IN ACROSS THE 540 00:16:36,962 --> 00:16:38,197 GLOBE RIGHT NOW. 541 00:16:38,197 --> 00:16:39,531 AND I'M JUST-- 542 00:16:39,531 --> 00:16:41,300 I'M VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF 543 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:42,434 THAT PROFESSION, BUT I'LL HAVE 544 00:16:42,434 --> 00:16:43,936 TO ADMIT THAT THERE'S EVEN A 545 00:16:43,936 --> 00:16:46,038 LITTLE BIT OF GUILT THAT I AM AS 546 00:16:46,038 --> 00:16:48,507 SEPARATED FROM IT AS I COULD BE 547 00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:49,475 AND WILL ONLY RETURN TO THE 548 00:16:49,475 --> 00:16:52,077 MIDDLE OF THIS IN THE NEXT WEEK. 549 00:16:52,077 --> 00:16:53,479 WE ALL EXPECT THAT THE EARTH 550 00:16:53,479 --> 00:16:55,180 CHANGES, YOU KNOW, IN THE NINE 551 00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:57,716 MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN UP HERE, 552 00:16:57,716 --> 00:16:59,351 IF THERE WAS NO PANDEMIC GOING 553 00:16:59,351 --> 00:17:01,820 ON, THE EARTH HAD CHANGED. 554 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:03,489 YOU ADD THIS LAYER TO IT AND 555 00:17:03,489 --> 00:17:04,923 IT'S VERY HARD TO FATHOM. 556 00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:06,291 WE'RE ABLE TO WATCH THE NEWS UP 557 00:17:06,291 --> 00:17:07,893 HERE AND SOMETIMES OUR NEWS IS A 558 00:17:07,893 --> 00:17:09,595 LITTLE BIT DELAYED AND SO, AS 559 00:17:09,595 --> 00:17:10,829 WE'RE WATCHING THINGS, WE'RE 560 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:12,564 GETTING IT THROUGH THE EYES OF 561 00:17:12,564 --> 00:17:14,099 THE NEWS AND FROM OUR-- 562 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:16,535 TALKING TO OUR FRIENDS AND 563 00:17:16,535 --> 00:17:17,736 FAMILIES BACK HOME. 564 00:17:17,736 --> 00:17:19,638 AND TRYING TO PAINT A PICTURE, 565 00:17:19,638 --> 00:17:21,507 BUT IT'S HARD FOR US REALLY TO 566 00:17:21,507 --> 00:17:23,075 UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED 567 00:17:23,075 --> 00:17:24,276 AND HOW LIFE WILL BE DIFFERENT 568 00:17:24,276 --> 00:17:26,478 FOR US WHEN WE RETURN TO THE 569 00:17:26,478 --> 00:17:26,845 EARTH. 570 00:17:26,845 --> 00:17:28,981 SPEAKING OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY, 571 00:17:28,981 --> 00:17:31,550 YOU KNOW, MY ROOTS GO VERY DEEP 572 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:34,186 IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 573 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:35,654 BACK SEVERAL GENERATIONS. 574 00:17:35,654 --> 00:17:37,256 AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ADOPTED 575 00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:38,524 AS HOME EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T 576 00:17:38,524 --> 00:17:41,293 GROW UP THERE, IT IS WHAT I DO 577 00:17:41,293 --> 00:17:42,628 CONSIDER HOME AND I'VE THOUGHT 578 00:17:42,628 --> 00:17:45,364 -- YOU KNOW, I'VE TAKEN LITTLE 579 00:17:45,364 --> 00:17:47,833 PIECES OF WHO I AM UP HERE ON 580 00:17:47,833 --> 00:17:49,601 ISS THE LAST NINE MONTHS AND 581 00:17:49,601 --> 00:17:50,335 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA CAME WITH 582 00:17:50,335 --> 00:17:51,570 ME AS WELL. 583 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:54,239 SO IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE, A 584 00:17:54,239 --> 00:17:55,040 REAL HONOR TO REPRESENT THAT 585 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:59,745 PART OF THE COUNTRY, THAT PART 586 00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:01,213 OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE PITTSBURGH 587 00:18:01,213 --> 00:18:02,915 AREA, WITH ME HERE ON THE ISS. 588 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:04,450 >> WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND 589 00:18:04,450 --> 00:18:06,819 SQUEEZE IN ONE MORE, THIS FROM 590 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:09,822 BRAD ROGERS WITH WGME13 591 00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:10,088 PORTLAND. 592 00:18:10,088 --> 00:18:13,792 >> WELL, MY QUESTION IS FOR THE 593 00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:15,627 TWO MAINERS, HOW ARE YOU DOING 594 00:18:15,627 --> 00:18:16,929 UP THERE? 595 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:19,231 AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING IN 596 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:19,465 MAINE. 597 00:18:19,465 --> 00:18:22,334 ANY MESSAGE FOR THE PEOPLE OF 598 00:18:22,334 --> 00:18:23,035 MAINE? 599 00:18:23,035 --> 00:18:25,237 AND JESSICA, WHAT ARE YOU GOING 600 00:18:25,237 --> 00:18:26,472 TO MISS ABOUT SPACE? 601 00:18:26,472 --> 00:18:27,773 >> THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I'M 602 00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:29,408 GOING TO MISS, PROBABLY THE VIEW 603 00:18:29,408 --> 00:18:31,076 OUT OF THE CUPOLA OR ANY OTHER 604 00:18:31,076 --> 00:18:33,111 WINDOW AS WE'RE LOOKING DOWN AT 605 00:18:33,111 --> 00:18:34,379 PLANET BELOW WITH ALL OF THE 606 00:18:34,379 --> 00:18:35,247 PEOPLE, EVERYBODY IN MAINE, 607 00:18:35,247 --> 00:18:36,248 EVERYBODY IN THE UNITED STATES, 608 00:18:36,248 --> 00:18:37,449 EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND 609 00:18:37,449 --> 00:18:38,717 EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE EVER 610 00:18:38,717 --> 00:18:39,618 EXPERIENCED DOWN THERE. 611 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:40,853 THE FEELING THAT THAT GIVES YOU 612 00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:42,721 AS A HUMAN, IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT 613 00:18:42,721 --> 00:18:43,956 TO PUT INTO WORDS. 614 00:18:43,956 --> 00:18:45,357 TO EVERYBODY IN MAINE, YOU KNOW, 615 00:18:45,357 --> 00:18:47,125 CHRIS AND I ARE SO EXCITED TO BE 616 00:18:47,125 --> 00:18:47,860 UP HERE TOGETHER. 617 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:49,461 WE KNOW THAT IT MEANS A LOT TO 618 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:51,563 PEOPLE DOWN THERE AND SO, IT 619 00:18:51,563 --> 00:18:53,098 WILL BE ONLY EIGHT SHORT DAYS OF 620 00:18:53,098 --> 00:18:54,500 OUR OVERLAP, BUT WE PLAN TO MAKE 621 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:56,168 THE MOST OF IT. 622 00:18:56,168 --> 00:18:57,102 I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY DOWN 623 00:18:57,102 --> 00:18:57,636 THERE SO MUCH. 624 00:18:57,636 --> 00:19:00,305 YOU KNOW, IT REALLY IS, AS TRITE 625 00:19:00,305 --> 00:19:02,608 AS IT MAY SOUND, IT IS A JOURNEY 626 00:19:02,608 --> 00:19:04,576 AND MY JOURNEY STARTED IN MAINE, 627 00:19:04,576 --> 00:19:06,378 NORTHERN MAINE, A SMALL TOWN 628 00:19:06,378 --> 00:19:07,513 CALLED CARIBOU AS PEOPLE KNOW. 629 00:19:07,513 --> 00:19:09,748 AND THE SUPPORT THAT I HAD THERE 630 00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:11,583 THROUGH MY EDUCATION, THROUGH MY 631 00:19:11,583 --> 00:19:13,519 FAMILY AND FRIENDS WAS REALLY 632 00:19:13,519 --> 00:19:14,186 UNPARALLELED AND I THINK REALLY 633 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:17,189 HAD A LOT TO DO WITH WHERE I 634 00:19:17,189 --> 00:19:18,790 ENDED UP AND BEING RIGHT HERE ON 635 00:19:18,790 --> 00:19:19,758 THE SPACE STATION. 636 00:19:19,758 --> 00:19:21,627 SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. 637 00:19:21,627 --> 00:19:22,728 WE ARE THINKING OF YOU 638 00:19:22,728 --> 00:19:24,162 CONSTANTLY AND WE'RE EXCITED TO 639 00:19:24,162 --> 00:19:28,100 BE SPEAKING TO MORE MAINERS JUST 640 00:19:28,100 --> 00:19:29,167 NEXT WEEK. 641 00:19:29,167 --> 00:19:30,736 >> AND DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT 642 00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:33,171 MORE TO ADD THAN WHAT JESSICA 643 00:19:33,171 --> 00:19:34,506 ELOQUENTLY SAID, BUT, I WAS IN 644 00:19:34,506 --> 00:19:37,075 CONTACT WITH A LOT OF FRIENDS IN 645 00:19:37,075 --> 00:19:39,845 MY LAUNCH WEEK AND THAT REALLY 646 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:41,213 MADE ME-- 647 00:19:41,213 --> 00:19:43,181 MADE FRIENDS FROM MAINE AND THAT 648 00:19:43,181 --> 00:19:47,953 REALLY MADE ME FEEL GOOD AND 649 00:19:47,953 --> 00:19:50,155 REMINISCE ABOUT THE TIME I HAD 650 00:19:50,155 --> 00:19:53,125 AS A YOUNG GUY GROWING UP IN 651 00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:53,358 MAINE. 652 00:19:53,358 --> 00:19:55,627 AND WHAT I THINK FONDLY OF IS MY 653 00:19:55,627 --> 00:19:57,996 HOMETOWN OF YORK, WE HAVE SOME 654 00:19:57,996 --> 00:20:01,233 NICE BEACHES THERE AND I PICTURE 655 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:03,335 THAT WHEN WE'RE FLYING OVER THE 656 00:20:03,335 --> 00:20:05,037 COUNTRY, I CAN PICTURE THE COAST 657 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:09,241 OF MAINE, THE SMELL OF THE 658 00:20:09,241 --> 00:20:10,609 SEASHORE AND THE FRESH MOWED 659 00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:12,945 GRASS IN THE SUMMERTIME ALONG 660 00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:15,914 THAT SAME AREA, AND SMELLS ARE A 661 00:20:15,914 --> 00:20:18,483 THING WE DON'T GET TO ENJOY UP 662 00:20:18,483 --> 00:20:20,385 HERE SO MUCH. 663 00:20:20,385 --> 00:20:21,453 AT LEAST I THINK SO. 664 00:20:21,453 --> 00:20:23,655 BUT THE-- 665 00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:26,091 I'M JUST SO PROUD TO BE FROM 666 00:20:26,091 --> 00:20:27,459 MAINE AND I SAY HI TO EVERYBODY 667 00:20:27,459 --> 00:20:27,693 THERE. 668 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:30,362 I KNOW THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH 669 00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:31,763 THE QUARANTINE JUST LIKE THE 670 00:20:31,763 --> 00:20:33,765 REST OF THE WORLD IS AND I JUST 671 00:20:33,765 --> 00:20:34,900 WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY 672 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:36,501 DOWN THERE FOR SUPPORTING OUR 673 00:20:36,501 --> 00:20:36,935 MISSION. 674 00:20:36,935 --> 00:20:38,937 WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE 675 00:20:38,937 --> 00:20:40,872 REPRESENTING THE STATE. 676 00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:43,508 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DREW, 677 00:20:43,508 --> 00:20:44,776 JESSICA AND CHRIS, WE REALLY 678 00:20:44,776 --> 00:20:46,244 APPRECIATE YOU MAKING TIME FOR 679 00:20:46,244 --> 00:20:46,478 THIS. 680 00:20:46,478 --> 00:20:48,146 THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL THE TIME 681 00:20:48,146 --> 00:20:49,548 THAT WE HAVE FOR QUESTIONS 682 00:20:49,548 --> 00:20:51,049 TODAY, BUT FOR THOSE SITTING IN, 683 00:20:51,049 --> 00:20:57,623 BE SURE AND COME BACK AT 1:20 684 00:20:57,623 --> 00:20:58,056 P.M. 685 00:20:58,056 --> 00:20:58,991 P.M., THEY WILL BE TALKING WITH 686 00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:00,325 STUDENTS ACROSS THEIR HOME STATE 687 00:21:00,325 --> 00:21:00,959 OF MAINE. 688 00:21:00,959 --> 00:21:02,661 YOU CAN WATCH THAT HERE ON NASA 689 00:21:02,661 --> 00:21:03,128 TV. 690 00:21:03,128 --> 00:21:05,397 WE'LL SEE YOU THEN. 691 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:07,165 THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO 692 00:21:07,165 --> 00:21:07,499 PARTICIPATED. 693 00:21:07,499 --> 00:21:09,001 >> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON, 694 00:21:09,001 --> 00:21:09,434 ACR. 695 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:11,903 THAT CONCLUDES OUR EVENT AS WE 696 00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:13,639 COUNT DOWN TO 20 CONTINUOUS 697 00:21:13,639 --> 00:21:15,874 YEARS OF HUMANS LIVING AND 698 00:21:15,874 --> 00:21:16,642 WORKING ON THE INTERNATIONAL 699 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:21,713 SPACE STATION. 700 00:21:21,713 --> 00:21:23,048 THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS. 701 00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:24,950 STATION, WE ARE NOW RESUMING 702 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:25,951 OPERATIONAL AUDIO