>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE EVENT?
>> WE ARE READY FOR THE EVENT.
>> NANORACKS, THIS IS MISSION
CONTROL HOUSTON.
PLEASE CALL THE STATION FOR A
VOICE CHECK.
>> HOW DO YOU READ ME?
>> I HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
WELCOME ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> THANKS.
THANK YOU.
VERY NICE TO MEET YOU, SHANNON.
THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE
INSTALLING THE NANORACKS BISHOP
AIRLOCK.
YOU BROUGHT THE AIRLOCK TO LIFE
ON ORBIT.
YOU SEEMED AT EASED AND SKILLED
AT WORK IN THE AIRLOCK IN
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT, AND IT
WAS VERY FUN TO WATCH.
AFTER AIRLOCK WAS INSTALLED,
WHAT DID IT FEEL LIKE?
WAS IT SURREAL TO OPEN THE HATCH
AND SEE BRAND NEW MODULE ON THE
STATION?
YOU KNOW, LAST TIME I WAS HERE,
WE HAD PRESSURIZED ADAPTER
THERE, AND WE NEVER OPENED THE
HATCH.
I NEVER SAW THE INSIDE OF IT, SO
IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO
FINALLY GO INTO ANOTHER PART OF
STATION, THAT DID NOT EXIST A
SHORT TIME PREVIOUSLY.
WHAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING
AS WELL, IT COMPLETELY CHANGED
THE AIR PATTERNS IN THOSE THREE,
SO WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE HAD ONE
SET OF AIRFLOW WITH THE
NANORACKS AIRLOCK THERE.
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I COULD TELL WHEN I WAS
EXERCISING.
>> OK.
THAT IS VERY GREAT.
OUR TEAM IS PROUD OF THE
WORKMANSHIP THAT WENT INTO THE
AIRLOCK.
I HAVE RECOGNIZED THE SKILLED
TECHNICIANS THAT BROUGHT THE
AIRLOCK.
HE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
>> FROM THE GREAT STATE OF
TEXAS, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> I AM DOING GREAT, HOW ARE
YOU?
>> GREAT.
ISS IS A LARGE MACHINE THAT CAN
GET PRETTY NOISY.
HOW LOUD IS THE AIRLOCK COMPARED
TO THE REST OF THE STATION AND
LOUDER INSIDE OF THE AIRLOCK
BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE?
>> INTERESTING QUESTION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT
STATION IS LOUD, BUT WE DON'T
THINK IT IS VERY LOUD UP HERE.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE BEING INSIDE
OF AN OFFICE BUILDING.
BUT HAVING THE NANORACKS AIRLOCK
THERE DIDN'T REALLY, I DIDN'T
REALLY NOTICE ANYTHING CHANGE IN
THE SOUND IN THE STATION AND
INSIDE WHAT I NOTICED MORE, IT
FELT COLD INSIDE OF IT COMPARED
TO THE REST OF THE STATION THAN
A DIFFERENT NOISE LEVEL AWESOME.
AWESOME.
THANKS SO MUCH.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
>> THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE
YOU.
>> ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION IS
WHAT KIND OF PAYLOADS AND
EXPERIMENTS WILL BE BETTER
SUITED FOR THE INSIDE OF THIS
AIRLOCK ONBOARD THE STATION?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK WHAT IS WELL SUITED, OF
COURSE, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO
BE EXPOSED TO A VACUUM THAT MAY
BE NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OUT, SO
YOU HAVE EXPERIMENT WHERE YOU
PUT SOMETHING CLOSE TO A VACUUM,
BRING IT BACK IN, YOU CHANGE
SOMETHING OUT, PUT IT OUTSIDE
AGAIN.
THE BEAUTY OF THIS AIRLOCK
COMPARED TO THE OTHER AIRLOCKS
IS THE SIZE.
SO WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT
CONFIGURATIONS OF HARDWARE THAT
GO IN AND OUT OF IT WHICH I
THINK IS JUST AWESOME.
>> OK, GREAT.
A GREAT POINT OF IT BEING A
LARGE AIRLOCK, SO IT PROVIDES
KIND OF A BIG DOORWAY OUTSIDE OF
THE SPACE BUT IT IS MUCH MORE
THAN JUST AN AIRLOCK, AS YOU
KNOW, WE KIND OF CALL IT.
WE HAVE LABORATORY IF YOU WILL
BECAUSE IT HAS THE ABILITY TO
HOST INSIDE AND OUTSIDE ON THE
AIRLOCK AND, ON THE GROUND WE
HAVE BEEN COMING UP WITH REALLY
COOL IDEAS OF HOW WE USE IT AND
WE HAVE ANY, YOU HAVE HAD ANY
THOUGHTS ABOUT CRAZY PAYLOADS
THAT YOU THINK MAY BE NEEDED TO
UTILIZE THE AIRLOCK FOR?
YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST.
I HAVE NOT HAD MUCH OPPORTUNITY
TO THINK ABOUT IT.
I WOULD RATHER HEAR THE CRAZY
IDEAS YOU HAVE COME UP WITH.
I BET THEY ARE ALL WONDERFUL.
>> GREAT.
ONE MUCH OF THE THINGS WE HAVE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT US THE SEGUE
TO THE NEXT PORTION IS TO-- WE
ARE LOOKING AT A LOT OF
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE BEEN
FOLLOWING ALL OF YOU AS YOU DO A
LOT OF SPACE FARMING ONBOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
THAT IS PRETTY NEAT.
WE HAVE BEEN WORK WITH OUR
PARTNERS IN ABU DHABI IN THE
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AREA SO
FOLLOWING RESEARCH.
HOW DO YOU SEE THAT AGRICULTURAL
RESEARCH YOU DO ONBOARD WITH
AFFECTING THE RESEARCH HERE ON
THE GROUND AS WELL?
>> THE SPACE STATION IS A GREAT
VANTAGE POINT TO TAKE BIG
PICTURE OF VIEWS OF THE EARTH.
WE CAN SEE HOW THE EARTH CHANGES
OVER TIME, OVER SEASONS , A LOT
OF THE INSIGHT OF WEATHER
PATTERNS ARE CHANGING AND FROM A
BIG PICTURE VIEW, WE WILL AFFECT
AGRICULTURE ON THE GROUND.
ALSO SOME OF WHAT WE DO.
WE HAVE DONE A FEW EXPERIMENTS
WITH GROWING PLANTS UP HERE.
WE HAVE NOT DONE IT ON SA LARGE
SCALE AND SO IF CUE DO LARGE
SCALE FARMING ON SPACE STATION,
THEN THAT WOULD BE BEES
ABSOLUTELY AWESOME.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HAVING FRESH
VEGGIES ALL THE TIME TO EAT.
FRESH VEGETABLES ALL THE TIME TO
EAT.
>> YEAH. IT WOULD BE NEAT TO DO
THAT.
THAT IS A GREAT POINT ABOUT
GOING TO LONGER DURATION.
MAYBE NOW AS WE SEGUE OUT OF THE
AIRLOCK PER SAY OVER TO
COMMERCIALIZATION AND THE
AIRLOCK IS A COMMERCIAL
GENERATED BY NANORACKS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF HELP WITH THAT.
NAS SO IS A BIG PARTNER AND A
FULLY EMBRACED THE
COMMERCIALIZATION OF LOWER EARTH
ORBIT.
THAT IS HUGE FOR US.
WE GET A LOT OF HELP.
IT IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT
WE HAVE.
THINKING ABOUT THAT, BE WHAT,
WHAT KIND OF, A IS THE QUALITY
OF LIFE AND I AM BIG ON TRYING
TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE AND
SCIENTIST ONBOARD THE STATION
AND WHAT KIND OF QUALITY OF LIFE
DO YOU THINK THE COMMERCIAL
INDUSTRY COULD BRING TO YOU?
>> INTERESTING QUESTION.
I HAVE TO TAKE THE LONG VIEW OF
THING.
THE SPACE STATION US THE WAY IT
IS NOW.
THERE'S SOME THINGS WE WOULD
LIKE BETTER IF IT HAD BEEN
RECONFIGURED A LITTLE BIT LIKE
DEDICATED PLACE TO HAVE A LIVING
SPACE, RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN THE
MIDDLE OF PLACES WE DO
EXPERIMENTS AND DEDICATED PLACE
FOR EXERCISE WOULD BE AWESOME
AND IT IS GREAT, BUT OF COURSE,
OUR HYGIENE COMPARTMENTS
SMACK-DAB IN THE MILD OF IT.
IT IS NOT PERFECT.
BUT IF YOU REALLY LOOK AT THE
LONGVIEW, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN
SPACE THAT WE'RE DOING RESEARCH
IN SPACE, AND THE
COMMERCIALIZATION SIDE WHICH IS
REALLY GEARED TOWARD
UNDERSTANDING LIFE IN SPACE, BUT
HOPEFULLY, GETTING MORE PEOPLE
INTO SPACE, AND SO, I THINK,
WITH THE COL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY
CAN GO, HOPEFULLY, MAYBE, MAYBE
IS PROVIDING A PLACE FOR OTHER
PEOPLE TO GO, SPACE STATION IS A
FANTASTIC LABORATORY.
WE'RE DOING MAJOR RESEARCH UP
HERE, BUT IT IS NOT REALLY A
PLACE FOR TOURISTS FOR THE
CASUAL PEOPLE JUST TO COME AND
HANG OUT BECAUSE WE'RE WORK
LABORATORY, SO IN MY MIND, MY
IDEAL WORLD, WE WOULD HAVE A
PLACES WHERE WE HAVE HOTELS, WE
CAN GET LOTS OF PEOPLE UP TO THE
HOTEL, THAT IS WHERE ONE OPTION
OF COMMERCIALIZATION IN SPACE IS
SUPPOSED TO BE.
>> OK.
GREAT.
I AGREE.
HAVING THE SEPARATE AREA AND
FALLS IN OUR EARLY COMMENT ABOUT
IT BEING YOUR HOME AND YOUR
WORKPLACE AND SOMETIMES IT IS
VERY DIFFICULT TO DIFFERENTIATE
THE TWO BECAUSE YOU WERE THE
SAME VOLUME ALL THE TIME.
OK.
GREAT.
GREAT ANSWER.
OK, GREAT ANSWER.
GREAT ANSWER.
SO BEING DOWN HERE IS COMPRISED
OF VARIOUS TALENT AND INTRODUCED
AND IS ONE OF THE MISSION
MANAGERS WHO WORKS WITH THE
SCIENCE AND TO BE A ABLE TO GET
THEIR EXPERIMENTS TO ORBIT AND
HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
JEWEL, WELCOME.
>> THANKS.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
WELL, I AM SO EXCITED TO TALK TO
YOU TODAY.
THE QUESTION I HAVE IS HOW CAN
COMMERCIALIZATION OF SPACE HELP
BROADEN ACCESS FOR STUDENTS AND
OTHER NONTRADITIONAL RESEARCHES?
>> JEWEL, GOOD QUESTION.
IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE
INTERESTED IN DOING IS
BROADENING ACCESS TO SPACE SO
WITH COMMERCIALIZATION, UM, THE
MORE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES THAT
ARE INVOLVED, THE MORE AVENUES
THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN GETTING
EXPERIMENTS UP TO SPACE,
ACTIVITIES UP TO SPACE, THEN
ACCESS TO SPACE, AND SO REALLY,
IT IS JUST THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
MORE AVENUES, THERE WILL BE BY
DEFINITION, BE MORE ACCESS TO
SPACE WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY
FANTASTIC.
WE NEED MORE ENGAGEMENT.
>> THANKS.
TOTALLY AGREE.
AM SUPER EXCITED TO SEIZE WHAT
COMMERCIALIZATION CAN DO FOR
DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESEARCHES.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>> THANK.
>> THANK YOU, JULIA.
APPRECIATE IT A.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MORE
SCIENCE TO BRING ONBOARD SO YOU
AND THE CREW MATES CAN HAVE MORE
SCIENCE TO PERFORM ONBOARD.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK THE INDUSTRY
HAS PROGRESSED?
HOW DO YOU THINK
COMMERCIALIZATION IS GOING TO BE
ABLE TO KEEP PACE WITH THIS AND
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE
ASTRONAUTS, THE ONES THAT ARE
OUT ON THE FOREFRONT OUT IN
SPACE DOING THE SCIENCE?
>> YEAH.
THERE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A LOT
OF CHANGE OVER MY CAREER AT
NASA.
I HAVE BEEN THERE A VERY LONG
TIME, 30-PLUS YEARS, SOON WHAT I
HAVE SEEN IS THE
COMMERCIALIZATION HAS REALLY
PICKED UP SPEED, IF YOU LOOK AT
ALL THE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES
THAT WE HAVE NOW INVOLVED IN THE
STATION.
WE GOT TWO DIFFERENT COMPANIES
DELIVERING CARGO.
WE GOT NOW THE NANORACKS
AIRLOCK.
JUST ALL KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES.
I EXPECT THAT TO JUST KEEP
INCREASING.
>> SO THE COMMERCIAL COMPANIES
CAN KEEP PROVIDING US MORE AND
MORE TO DO WILLS AMAZING.
ACTUALLY, WE ARE SO BUSY.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS UP, SORT
OF, IN SPACE, ANYWAY, WE ARE SO
BUSY DOING STUFF FOR THE
RESEARCH THAT IS GOING ON.
IT IS ACTUALLY FANTASTIC.
SO I JUST SEE EVERYTHING JUST
THE SPACE CONTINUING TO INCREASE
AND MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENT
HAPPENING.
ALSO, I THINK, ONCE THE
COMMERCIALIZATION CAN DO IS GET
NEW TECHNOLOGIES UP TO SPACE
STATION FASTER THAT WE CAN DONE
THE RESEARCH.
WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW
YEARS.
I NEXT TO CONTINUE AS WELL,
WHICH IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD
FOR THE CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH
THAT WE DOWN HERE.
>> OK.
GREAT.
OK.
SOUNDS LOOK YOUR JOB IS GOING TO
GET MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT AND
MORE AND MORE BUSY WHICH IS
GREAT THING.
NANORACKS IS AT THE FOREFRONTS
OF MAKING THAT STUFF PAP HAPPEN
AND WE DON'T WANT YOU TO GET
BORE ON ORBIT.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH US AND
YES, THE PACE IS PICKING.
YOU SOMETIMES IT IS TOUGH TO
KEEP UP WITH IT ON THE GROUND
AND GET IS A LOT OF PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN SPACE, SO THAT IS
WHAT NANORACKS IS INVOLVED AND
TIME IN SPACE FOR EVERYONE.
LET'S TRY TO GET PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NEVER BEEN TO SPATIAL MAYBE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GET THERE.
SO THAT IS REALLY NEAT.
I AM GLAD YOU ARE EMBRACING
THAT.
SO LOOKING AHEAD, WHAT IS YOUR,
WHAT IS SOMETHING FROM LIFE ON
EARTH THAT YOU REALLY WOULD LIKE
TO BRING TO THE SPACE STATION
AND MAYBE EVEN BEYOND?
>> IF YOU ASK THE CREW MATES
THEY WANT THE PHONES WITH THE
PERSONAL STUFF UP HERE.
WE HAVE CONNECT OF TOY THE
GROUND, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, WITH
THE LOS WE HAD, WE DON'T HAVE IT
ALL THE TIME.
MORE CONNECTIONS WOULD BE GOOD,
ALTHOUGH, THAT WOULD PROBABLY
DISTRACTS ALL THE WORK WE'RE
DOING.
I DO THINK THAT SOMETHING WE
TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THIS IS
PLANT LIFE.
IT IS PRETTY STERILE ATMOSPHERE
HUMAN UP HERE WITH FEW PLANTS SO
TO HAVE A LOT OF MORE PLANTS AND
PLANTS FOR FUN AND PLANTS FOR
FOOD WOULD BE REALLY NICE, THAT
IS GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY VITAL
WHEN WE START GOING TO OTHER
PLACES, THE MOON, AND MARS.
LET'S SEE.
OTHER THING IS?
DON'T KNOW.
THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
WE SORT OF GET IN A MIND SET WE
ARE UP HERE TO WORK BE A WE PUT
EVERYTHING ELSE ASIDE.
SO ANYTHING WITH THE HOMEY TOUCH
IS ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE UP HERE.
>> OK, GREAT.
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLY AND
ENJOY LIFE UP THERE AS. WHAT
ABOUT ART WORK?
ANOTHER ONE I WAS THINKING ABOUT
WAS ARTWORK AND BRINGING ART TO
SPACE, ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
>> YEAH.
ARTLOCK WOULD BE GREAT.
WE NEED A PLACE TO PUT.
WE DO NOT HAVE AN INCH OF SPACE
TO HANG ANY PICTURES.
BUT THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE
HAD SORE SPACES WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT OTHER MODULES OR
RECONFIGURING THE STATION WHERE
WE COULD HAVE MORE WINDOWS WHERE
WE COULD SEE OUTSIDE MORE, THAT
WOULD BE LOVELY, TOO.
ARTWORK WOULD BE REALLY
INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT IS
DEFINITE LAY WAY TO GET MORE
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN SPACE.
IF THEY COULD HAVE THEIR ARTWORK
IN SPACE, WOW, THAT WOULD BE
REALLY SOMETHING.
>> OK, GREAT.
WE'LL WORK AND SEE IF WE CAN
MOTIVATED AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO
MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
VERY GOOD.
>> WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP AFTER
ISS?
>> OH, LETS SEE.
WHAT IS COMING NEXT?
I THINK THE GENERAL PATH WE'RE
ON, NASA AND THE WORLD IS GOING
TO THE MOON, GOING ON TO MARS.
STARTING TO EXPLORE OTHER
LOCATIONS WITH PEOPLE LONG TERM.
THAT IS WHAT I REALLY HOPE THAT
WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE
NEAR TERM AS OPPOSED TO THE LONG
TERM.
I ALWAYS JOKED THAT MY ENTIRE
CAREER GOING BACK TO THE MOON
HAS BEEN A DECADE AWAY?
I HOPE IT IS NOT A DECADE NOW,
IT SEEMS LIKE WE SHALL ON A
GREAT PATH TO GET THERE A LOT
SOONER WE NEED TO BUILD, HABITAT
AROUND THE MOON, MAYBE A HABITAT
ON THE MOON, TAKE.
ARTWORK TO DECORATE AND THEN,
FROM THERE, GO TON MARS AND THEN
WHO KNOWS WHERE.
>> OK, GREAT.
IT WOULD BE NEAT TO SEE YOUR
BOOTS OR FOOT PRINTS ON THE MOON
AND MARS THEN NEAR FUTURE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE THAT
HAPPEN AND HERE AT NANORACKS CAN
HAVE A PART IN THAT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
TODAY.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING
TALKING TO US.
A BIG THANK YOU AGAIN TO A BIG
JOB WELL DONE.
APPRECIATE YOU TAKING CARE OF
THE AIRLOCK FOR US AND GETTING
SQUARED AWAY AND NOW OPEN FOR
BUSINESS SO HOPEFULLY SPEND
SPENDING TIME SOON TO OUT LOOSE
THE AIRLOCK AND WE ARE ALONG
FORWARD TO THOSE SIGNS AND
RESULTS FROM THOSE CREATIVE
FOLKS SO AGAIN THANK YOU FROM
NANORACKS AND ALL OF US HERE ON
THE GROUND.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I WANT TO GAVE BIG THANK TO THE
NANORACKS TEAM, BECAUSE IT IS
GREAT TO HAVE MORE ON THE SPACE
STATION AND I AM REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF NEW
RESEARCH MORE RESEARCH UP HERE,
SO GOOD JOB TO EVERYBODY.
CONGRATULATIONS, JOB WELL DONE.
>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON ACR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.
>> THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS
FROM NANORACKS.
STATION, WE ARE NOW RESUMING
OPERATIONAL AUDIO