1 00:00:00,133 --> 00:00:13,313 [♪♪] 2 00:00:13,313 --> 00:00:15,315 >> GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO 3 00:00:15,315 --> 00:00:17,650 TODAY'S FINAL BRIEFING ON THE 4 00:00:17,650 --> 00:00:19,018 UPCOMING CREW ONE MISSION. 5 00:00:19,018 --> 00:00:20,420 THIS'LL BE THE FIRST OPERATIONAL 6 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:25,425 FLIGHT WITH ASTRONAUTS ABOARD 7 00:00:25,425 --> 00:00:28,228 THE CREW DRAGON SPACECRAFT AND 8 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:29,829 FALCON ROCKET TO THE 9 00:00:29,829 --> 00:00:30,397 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 10 00:00:30,397 --> 00:00:32,732 WE ARE EXCITED TO BE JOINED BY 11 00:00:32,732 --> 00:00:39,406 THE ASTRONAUTS OF THAT MISSION. 12 00:00:39,406 --> 00:00:42,876 THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO LAUNCH ON 13 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:44,511 OCTOBER 31. 14 00:00:44,511 --> 00:00:48,681 SHANNON WALKER IS THE MISSION 15 00:00:48,681 --> 00:00:49,182 SPECIALIST FOR CREW ONE. 16 00:00:49,182 --> 00:00:50,483 SHANNON WAS SELECTED AS AN 17 00:00:50,483 --> 00:00:51,651 ASTRONAUT IN 2004. 18 00:00:51,651 --> 00:00:53,686 SHE LAUNCHED TO THE 19 00:00:53,686 --> 00:00:54,821 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 20 00:00:54,821 --> 00:00:57,824 ABOARD A RUSSIAN SOYUZ 21 00:00:57,824 --> 00:01:01,628 SPACECRAFT AND SPENT 161 DAYS IN 22 00:01:01,628 --> 00:01:03,830 SPACE IN 2010. 23 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:05,799 NEXT, WE HAVE VICTOR GLOVER. 24 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:09,602 VICTOR IS THE PILOT OF THE CREW 25 00:01:09,602 --> 00:01:10,236 DRAGON SPACECRAFT AND SECOND IN 26 00:01:10,236 --> 00:01:11,604 COMMAND FOR THE MISSION. 27 00:01:11,604 --> 00:01:16,142 HE WAS SELECTED AS AN ASTRONAUT 28 00:01:16,142 --> 00:01:21,147 IN 2013 AND THIS IS HIS FIRST 29 00:01:21,147 --> 00:01:29,989 SPACE FLIGHT. 30 00:01:29,989 --> 00:01:34,461 HE IS A NAVAL AVIATOR, A KMOND 31 00:01:34,461 --> 00:01:44,604 COMMANDER IN THE U.S. NAVY. 32 00:01:44,604 --> 00:01:46,806 AND MICHAEL HOPKINS GREW UP ON A 33 00:01:46,806 --> 00:01:48,908 FARM OUTSIDE RICHLAND, MISSOURI, 34 00:01:48,908 --> 00:01:52,946 HAS AGREES IN EAR -- DEGREES IN 35 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:59,619 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING. 36 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:05,658 FINALLY, SOICHI KNOGUCHI LAUNCHD 37 00:02:05,658 --> 00:02:08,695 ON SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT 114 AND 38 00:02:08,695 --> 00:02:12,565 RETURNED ABOARD A SOYUZ 39 00:02:12,565 --> 00:02:14,534 SPACECRAFT IN 2009. 40 00:02:14,534 --> 00:02:15,702 NOW WE'LL HEAR BRIEF REMARKS 41 00:02:15,702 --> 00:02:19,072 FROM THE CREW, AND THEN, WE'LL 42 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:21,674 TAKE QUESTIONS ON THE PHONE, 43 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:23,910 PLEASE PRESS STAR, ONE TO ASK A 44 00:02:23,910 --> 00:02:25,545 QUESTION AND STAR, TWO TO 45 00:02:25,545 --> 00:02:27,080 WITHDRAW A QUESTION. 46 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,548 YOU CAN ALSO ASK QUESTIONS ON 47 00:02:28,548 --> 00:02:36,022 SOCIAL MEDIA USING THE HASHTAG 48 00:02:36,022 --> 00:02:36,289 #ASKNASA. 49 00:02:36,289 --> 00:02:37,490 MIKE, OVER TO YOU FOR REMARKS. 50 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:40,126 >> THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO'S 51 00:02:40,126 --> 00:02:42,028 JOINING US TODAY, BUT FIRST, A 52 00:02:42,028 --> 00:02:42,862 FEW THOUGHTS. 53 00:02:42,862 --> 00:02:45,031 CREW ONE IS READY. 54 00:02:45,031 --> 00:02:46,833 WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY BECOME A CREW 55 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:48,201 UNTIL LATE FEBRUARY, EARLY 56 00:02:48,201 --> 00:02:49,402 MARCH, AND SINCE THAT TIME, THE 57 00:02:49,402 --> 00:02:52,739 CREW AND THE ENTIRE TRAINING 58 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:57,877 TEAM HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB 59 00:02:57,877 --> 00:02:58,478 GETTING US READY AND TO THIS 60 00:02:58,478 --> 00:02:58,678 POINT. 61 00:02:58,678 --> 00:02:59,379 IT CERTAINLY HELPS, WHEN YOU 62 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:03,416 HAVE A SHORT TIMELINE LIKE THAT, 63 00:03:03,416 --> 00:03:04,017 ENTHUSE 64 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,385 THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED CREW 65 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:07,420 MEMBERS, AND CERTAINLY SHANNON 66 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:09,355 AND SOICHI FALL INTO THAT 67 00:03:09,355 --> 00:03:09,622 CATEGORY. 68 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:12,892 I'M EXCITED TO BE SITTING HERE 69 00:03:12,892 --> 00:03:16,496 NEXT TO SHANNON, VICTOR, AND 70 00:03:16,496 --> 00:03:17,530 SOICHI. 71 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:20,333 NOT ONLY ARE THEY GREAT 72 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:22,535 ASTRONAUTS, THEY'RE GREAT 73 00:03:22,535 --> 00:03:22,769 PEOPLE. 74 00:03:22,769 --> 00:03:23,937 I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SPACE 75 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:25,004 FLIGHT FAMILY. 76 00:03:25,004 --> 00:03:26,539 TRAINING FOR SPACE FLIGHTS CAN 77 00:03:26,539 --> 00:03:27,640 BE VERY CHALLENGING AND 78 00:03:27,640 --> 00:03:29,042 DIFFICULT FOR THE FAMILIES, AND 79 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:33,246 THIS YEAR HAS ADDED A FEW EXTRA 80 00:03:33,246 --> 00:03:37,116 CHALLENGES, AS WELL, AND OUR 81 00:03:37,116 --> 00:03:37,750 FAMILIES HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. 82 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:39,953 I THINK WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL TO BE 83 00:03:39,953 --> 00:03:40,853 ABLE TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE 84 00:03:40,853 --> 00:03:43,823 WITH OUR FAMILIES. 85 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:45,124 THIRD, YOU HEARD MEGAN MENTION 86 00:03:45,124 --> 00:03:48,461 THAT OUR FLIGHT IS ON THE 31st 87 00:03:48,461 --> 00:03:51,898 OF OCTOBER, SO THAT IS A SLIP OF 88 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:53,399 A LITTLE OVER A WEEK FROM THE 89 00:03:53,399 --> 00:03:55,368 21st OF OCTOBER. 90 00:03:55,368 --> 00:03:57,070 YOU KNOW, THE CREW DOESN'T HAVE 91 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:58,738 CONTROL OVER LAUNCH DATES, BUT 92 00:03:58,738 --> 00:04:02,442 WHAT WE HAVE CONTROL OVER IS OUR 93 00:04:02,442 --> 00:04:02,709 READINESS. 94 00:04:02,709 --> 00:04:04,110 WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD WITH 95 00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:06,045 OUR TRAINING TEAM, OUR 96 00:04:06,045 --> 00:04:07,647 LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND MAKE SURE 97 00:04:07,647 --> 00:04:09,582 WE'RE READY AS WE WORK THROUGH 98 00:04:09,582 --> 00:04:11,517 THESE SLIPS TO THE LAUNCH DATE. 99 00:04:11,517 --> 00:04:12,952 AND FINALLY, I WANTED TO SAY 100 00:04:12,952 --> 00:04:13,286 THANK YOU. 101 00:04:13,286 --> 00:04:14,687 THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE AT 102 00:04:14,687 --> 00:04:18,124 SPACEX, AT NASA, AROUND THIS 103 00:04:18,124 --> 00:04:18,725 COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD 104 00:04:18,725 --> 00:04:20,660 THAT HAVE HELPED US GET TO THIS 105 00:04:20,660 --> 00:04:20,860 POINT. 106 00:04:20,860 --> 00:04:23,129 IT IS VERY EXCITING TO BE A PART 107 00:04:23,129 --> 00:04:27,066 OF A NEW ERA IN THE HUMAN SPACE 108 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:29,335 FLIGHT PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE USING 109 00:04:29,335 --> 00:04:32,672 COMMERCIAL COMPANIES TO GET US 110 00:04:32,672 --> 00:04:34,707 TO THE HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT 111 00:04:34,707 --> 00:04:35,074 PROGRAM. 112 00:04:35,074 --> 00:04:38,378 I THINK WE ALL FEEL HUMBLED AND 113 00:04:38,378 --> 00:04:43,783 EXCITED TO PLAY A SMALL PART IN 114 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:45,318 THAT: 115 00:04:45,318 --> 00:04:45,818 THAT: 116 00:04:45,818 --> 00:04:46,152 THAT. 117 00:04:46,152 --> 00:04:46,386 VICTOR? 118 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:47,987 >> I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR 119 00:04:47,987 --> 00:04:49,789 GETTING ME TO THIS POINT, MY 120 00:04:49,789 --> 00:04:51,624 FAMILY, AND ALL THE WORKERS IN 121 00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:53,693 NASA AND SPACEX WHO HAVE GOTTEN 122 00:04:53,693 --> 00:04:56,362 US TO THIS POINT IN THE MIDST OF 123 00:04:56,362 --> 00:04:57,964 THE PANDEMIC. 124 00:04:57,964 --> 00:04:58,431 THANK YOU. 125 00:04:58,431 --> 00:05:02,468 WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO 126 00:05:02,468 --> 00:05:02,702 SOICHI. 127 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:03,302 >> THANK YOU. 128 00:05:03,302 --> 00:05:05,571 I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE WITH 129 00:05:05,571 --> 00:05:12,512 THIS CREW, TO BE A PART OF THE 130 00:05:12,512 --> 00:05:15,948 NEXT FLIGHT TO THE INTERNATIONAL 131 00:05:15,948 --> 00:05:17,917 SPACE STATION, AND I'M GRATEFUL 132 00:05:17,917 --> 00:05:20,720 TO BE PART OF THE EFFORT TO MAKE 133 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,924 THIS WORK. 134 00:05:24,924 --> 00:05:27,460 [SPEAKING JAPANESE LANGUAGE] 135 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:30,129 >> THAT'S IT. 136 00:05:30,129 --> 00:05:30,630 SHANNON, TAKE IT AWAY. 137 00:05:30,630 --> 00:05:35,201 >> THANK YOU, SOICHI. 138 00:05:35,201 --> 00:05:38,871 AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY 139 00:05:38,871 --> 00:05:41,641 CREW MEATES AND ALL THE PEOPLE 140 00:05:41,641 --> 00:05:45,311 THAT HAVE MADE THIS PEOPLE. 141 00:05:45,311 --> 00:05:46,679 SOICHI AND I JOINED LATER, SO 142 00:05:46,679 --> 00:05:48,347 IT'S BEEN A VERY INTENSIVE SIX 143 00:05:48,347 --> 00:05:49,949 MONTHS OF TRAINING, BUT I AM 144 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:52,418 EXCITED TO GET BACK TO THE SPACE 145 00:05:52,418 --> 00:05:52,819 STATION. 146 00:05:52,819 --> 00:05:54,420 >> THANKS, EVERYONE. 147 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:54,954 ALL RIGHT. 148 00:05:54,954 --> 00:05:55,955 LET'S GO BACK TO MIKE. 149 00:05:55,955 --> 00:05:58,091 I THINK YOU HAVE A SPECIAL 150 00:05:58,091 --> 00:05:58,691 UPDATE FOR US. 151 00:05:58,691 --> 00:05:59,826 >> THAT'S RIGHT, MEGAN. 152 00:05:59,826 --> 00:06:01,427 BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH THE 153 00:06:01,427 --> 00:06:02,962 QUESTIONS, WE DID HAVE ONE MORE 154 00:06:02,962 --> 00:06:04,464 ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE WANTED TO 155 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:04,664 MAKE. 156 00:06:04,664 --> 00:06:06,799 AS MOST OF YOU ARE PROBABLY 157 00:06:06,799 --> 00:06:09,802 AWARE, SHORTLY AFTER GETTING ON 158 00:06:09,802 --> 00:06:13,272 BOARD FOR THE DM-2 MISSION, DOUG 159 00:06:13,272 --> 00:06:15,475 AND BOB ANNOUNCED THE NAME OF 160 00:06:15,475 --> 00:06:16,943 THEIR VEHICLE, ENDEAVOR. 161 00:06:16,943 --> 00:06:19,378 SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT, AND 162 00:06:19,378 --> 00:06:21,547 WE'RE EXCITED TO NAME OUR 163 00:06:21,547 --> 00:06:22,215 VEHICLE. 164 00:06:22,215 --> 00:06:23,649 HOWEVER, RATHER THAN GET ON 165 00:06:23,649 --> 00:06:25,251 ORBIT, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SHARE 166 00:06:25,251 --> 00:06:26,953 THAT WITH YOU TODAY. 167 00:06:26,953 --> 00:06:29,222 SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADIEU, THE 168 00:06:29,222 --> 00:06:32,291 DRAGON CAPSULE 2107 WILL HENCE 169 00:06:32,291 --> 00:06:36,329 FORTH BE KNOWN BY THE CALL SIGN 170 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:36,629 RESILIENCE. 171 00:06:36,629 --> 00:06:38,264 SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEFINITION 172 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:40,433 OF RESILIENCE, THAT MEANS 173 00:06:40,433 --> 00:06:45,838 FUNCTIONING WELL IN TIMES OF 174 00:06:45,838 --> 00:06:46,472 STRESSOR 175 00:06:46,472 --> 00:06:48,875 STRESS OR OVERCOMING CHALLENGING 176 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:50,576 OR STRESSFUL EVENTS, AND I THINK 177 00:06:50,576 --> 00:06:55,381 THAT ALL OF US WILL AGREE, THIS 178 00:06:55,381 --> 00:06:56,215 YEAR HAS BEEN THAT. 179 00:06:56,215 --> 00:06:57,917 DESPITE EVERYTHING, SPACEX, 180 00:06:57,917 --> 00:06:59,452 NASA, HAS KEPT THE PRODUCTION 181 00:06:59,452 --> 00:07:01,154 LINE OPEN AND FINISHED THIS 182 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:02,421 AMAZING VEHICLE THAT'S GETTING 183 00:07:02,421 --> 00:07:05,792 READY TO GO ON ITS MAIDEN FLIGHT 184 00:07:05,792 --> 00:07:06,692 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 185 00:07:06,692 --> 00:07:06,926 STATION. 186 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:09,328 SO THE NAME RESILIENCE IS REALLY 187 00:07:09,328 --> 00:07:10,830 IN HONOR OF THE SPACEX AND THE 188 00:07:10,830 --> 00:07:11,831 NASA TEAMS. 189 00:07:11,831 --> 00:07:14,033 AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S IN HONOR 190 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:18,571 OF OUR FAMILIES, OF OUR 191 00:07:18,571 --> 00:07:19,105 COLLEAGUES, OF OUR FELLOW 192 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:19,639 CITIZENS. 193 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:21,040 OF OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS 194 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:24,577 AND LEADERS THAT HAVE SHOWN THAT 195 00:07:24,577 --> 00:07:29,749 SAME QUALITY, THE SAME 196 00:07:29,749 --> 00:07:31,184 CHARACTERISTICS THROUGH THE 197 00:07:31,184 --> 00:07:31,918 DIFFICULT PATCH. 198 00:07:31,918 --> 00:07:34,086 IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PATCH, 199 00:07:34,086 --> 00:07:38,157 THERE'S NO NAMES ON THE BORDER 200 00:07:38,157 --> 00:07:39,725 OF THE DESIGN, AND THAT WAS ON 201 00:07:39,725 --> 00:07:39,959 PURPOSE. 202 00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:43,329 IT REPRESENTS THE COUNTLESS 203 00:07:43,329 --> 00:07:44,597 PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED ON 204 00:07:44,597 --> 00:07:46,265 GETTING US READY FOR THIS 205 00:07:46,265 --> 00:07:46,499 MISSION. 206 00:07:46,499 --> 00:07:48,067 THAT SAME APPLIES TO THE NAME OF 207 00:07:48,067 --> 00:07:50,002 THIS VEHICLE, RESILIENCE. 208 00:07:50,002 --> 00:07:51,404 IT IS NOT JUST A CONNECTION TO 209 00:07:51,404 --> 00:07:54,240 THE FOUR OF US, BUT WE REALLY 210 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,509 FEEL LIKE IT IS A CONNECTION TO 211 00:07:56,509 --> 00:07:57,043 ALL OF YOU, TO EVERYBODY. 212 00:07:57,043 --> 00:07:59,045 WE HOPE THAT IT BRINGS A SMILE 213 00:07:59,045 --> 00:08:00,313 TO YOUR FACE. 214 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:02,715 WE HOPE THAT IT PROVIDES 215 00:08:02,715 --> 00:08:03,983 SOMETHING POSITIVE IN YOUR 216 00:08:03,983 --> 00:08:05,384 LIVES, AND, QUITE FRANKLY, WE 217 00:08:05,384 --> 00:08:07,987 HOPE THAT IT'S AN INSPIRATION, 218 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:09,789 THAT IT SHOWS WHEN YOU WORK 219 00:08:09,789 --> 00:08:10,990 TOGETHER, THERE'S NO LIMIT TO 220 00:08:10,990 --> 00:08:13,025 WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE. 221 00:08:13,025 --> 00:08:16,996 SO WITH THAT, THE NAME, WE'RE 222 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:18,497 ALL VERY EXCITED ABOUT, BUT 223 00:08:18,497 --> 00:08:21,067 WE'RE READY FOR QUESTIONS. 224 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:21,767 >> THAT'S AWESOME. 225 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:22,835 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING 226 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:23,135 THAT. 227 00:08:23,135 --> 00:08:25,271 NOW, WE'LL GET ONTO SOME 228 00:08:25,271 --> 00:08:25,872 QUESTIONS. 229 00:08:25,872 --> 00:08:28,608 LET'S START WITH MARSHA DUNN 230 00:08:28,608 --> 00:08:29,108 WITH ASSOCIATED PRESS. 231 00:08:29,108 --> 00:08:31,544 >> YES, HI. 232 00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:32,979 I SUPPOSE THIS QUESTION'S FOR 233 00:08:32,979 --> 00:08:34,513 ONE OF THE TWO PILOTS. 234 00:08:34,513 --> 00:08:36,282 DO YOU CONSIDER -- I KNOW THIS 235 00:08:36,282 --> 00:08:37,950 IS THE FIRST OPERATIONAL 236 00:08:37,950 --> 00:08:41,387 MISSION, BUT DO YOU ALSO SEE IT 237 00:08:41,387 --> 00:08:53,232 AS SORT OF A TRUNKATED 238 00:08:53,232 --> 00:08:53,833 OPERATIONAL, IF YOU WILL, AND 239 00:08:53,833 --> 00:08:57,803 THIS IS BECOMING ROUTINE, AND 240 00:08:57,803 --> 00:08:58,738 TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SPACE 241 00:08:58,738 --> 00:08:59,939 FLIGHT PREPARATIONS. 242 00:08:59,939 --> 00:09:00,306 THANKS SO MUCH. 243 00:09:00,306 --> 00:09:03,409 >> I'LL START, AND YOU CAN CHIME 244 00:09:03,409 --> 00:09:04,410 IN, AS WELL. 245 00:09:04,410 --> 00:09:05,945 WITH SPACE FLIGHT, THERE'S 246 00:09:05,945 --> 00:09:07,580 NOTHING ROUTINE ABOUT IT. 247 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:09,248 YOU DO SOMETIMES GET INTO A 248 00:09:09,248 --> 00:09:10,983 RHYTHM WITH IT, BUT IT'S ALWAYS 249 00:09:10,983 --> 00:09:11,784 A VERY DANGEROUS BUSINESS. 250 00:09:11,784 --> 00:09:13,219 YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE THAT 251 00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:16,622 VERY SERIOUSLY. 252 00:09:16,622 --> 00:09:18,157 CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THE DM 2 253 00:09:18,157 --> 00:09:19,625 MISSION WAS THE OFFICIAL 254 00:09:19,625 --> 00:09:20,559 DEMONSTRATION TEST FLIGHT OF 255 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:21,727 THIS VEHICLE. 256 00:09:21,727 --> 00:09:22,762 HOWEVER, WE ARE GOING TO SEE A 257 00:09:22,762 --> 00:09:24,931 LOT OF FIRSTS WHEN WE GET UP 258 00:09:24,931 --> 00:09:26,299 THERE AND FLY. 259 00:09:26,299 --> 00:09:28,200 IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'RE TAKING 260 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:30,102 FOUR CREW ON BOARD, SO THAT PUTS 261 00:09:30,102 --> 00:09:37,510 MORE CHALLENGES ON THE 262 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:38,744 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT. 263 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:42,548 WE'RE GOING TO BE IN SPACE FOR 264 00:09:42,548 --> 00:09:43,182 SIX MONTHS, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE 265 00:09:43,182 --> 00:09:43,950 LEARNING THINGS ABOUT TIME AND 266 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:45,584 SPACE, AND THE IMPACTS OF THAT 267 00:09:45,584 --> 00:09:45,885 ENVIRONMENT. 268 00:09:45,885 --> 00:09:47,453 SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS A 269 00:09:47,453 --> 00:09:48,888 CERTIFIED VEHICLE, BUT WE ALSO 270 00:09:48,888 --> 00:09:50,756 RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S GOING TO 271 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:54,126 BE SOME NEW FEATURES, AND I'LL 272 00:09:54,126 --> 00:09:56,762 LET IKE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE 273 00:09:56,762 --> 00:09:58,564 NEW CAPABILITIES THAT WE WILL BE 274 00:09:58,564 --> 00:09:59,832 DEMONSTRATING WHEN WE'RE ON 275 00:09:59,832 --> 00:10:00,066 BOARD. 276 00:10:00,066 --> 00:10:01,667 >> ABSOLUTELY. 277 00:10:01,667 --> 00:10:05,638 SO OUR VEHICLE HAS NEW HARDWARE. 278 00:10:05,638 --> 00:10:07,673 WE ALSO HAVE NEW SOFTWARE THAT 279 00:10:07,673 --> 00:10:10,409 ENABLES US TO UNDOCK FROM ONE 280 00:10:10,409 --> 00:10:13,846 DOCKING PORT, SAY, THE FORWARD 281 00:10:13,846 --> 00:10:15,648 DOCKING PORT AND REPOSITION TO 282 00:10:15,648 --> 00:10:18,017 THE ZENITH ON TOP. 283 00:10:18,017 --> 00:10:19,385 ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE FEATURES 284 00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:21,887 THAT WE WILL BE EXERCISING FOR 285 00:10:21,887 --> 00:10:22,621 THE FIRST TIME. 286 00:10:22,621 --> 00:10:25,124 BUT ALSO, THE -- THE WAY THE 287 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:26,826 ADMINISTRATOR PUT IT WHEN HE WAS 288 00:10:26,826 --> 00:10:28,227 ASKED, BOB AND DOUG'S MISSION 289 00:10:28,227 --> 00:10:30,029 WAS THE DEVELOPMENTAL TEST 290 00:10:30,029 --> 00:10:30,262 MISSION. 291 00:10:30,262 --> 00:10:31,464 OUR MISSION IS LIKE AN 292 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:33,065 OPERATIONAL TEST MISSION, SO AS 293 00:10:33,065 --> 00:10:35,134 SOON AS WE HIT DAY 64, THAT'S 294 00:10:35,134 --> 00:10:38,204 GOING TO BE THE FIRST TIME THAT 295 00:10:38,204 --> 00:10:40,072 A CREW DRAGON AT THE SPACE 296 00:10:40,072 --> 00:10:42,141 STATION HAS RESET MILESTONE, AND 297 00:10:42,141 --> 00:10:43,376 EVERY DAY AFTER THAT WILL BE NEW 298 00:10:43,376 --> 00:10:43,676 TERRITORY. 299 00:10:43,676 --> 00:10:47,179 >> QUESTION, LET'S GO TO LAUREN 300 00:10:47,179 --> 00:10:47,646 GRESH WITH THE VERGE. 301 00:10:47,646 --> 00:10:48,347 >> HI. 302 00:10:48,347 --> 00:10:49,248 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 303 00:10:49,248 --> 00:10:51,117 THIS -- MY QUESTION IS FOR THE 304 00:10:51,117 --> 00:10:54,253 AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS. 305 00:10:54,253 --> 00:10:56,989 YOU'RE CURRENTLY SETTING TO FLY 306 00:10:56,989 --> 00:11:04,296 RIGHT BEFORE ELECTION, AND 307 00:11:04,296 --> 00:11:08,467 SHANNON SAYS SHE INTENDS TO BE 308 00:11:08,467 --> 00:11:09,001 VOTING 309 00:11:09,001 --> 00:11:11,971 VOTING FROM SPACE. 310 00:11:11,971 --> 00:11:15,908 AND I'M WONDERING IF YOU'LL BE 311 00:11:15,908 --> 00:11:16,375 DOING THE SAME. 312 00:11:16,375 --> 00:11:19,645 >> WE'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE 313 00:11:19,645 --> 00:11:19,912 ELECTION. 314 00:11:19,912 --> 00:11:22,348 IT WAS EASIEST FOR US TO SAY WE 315 00:11:22,348 --> 00:11:23,816 WERE GOING TO VOTE FROM SPACE, 316 00:11:23,816 --> 00:11:25,584 SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 317 00:11:25,584 --> 00:11:25,751 DO. 318 00:11:25,751 --> 00:11:26,419 >> ALL RIGHT. 319 00:11:26,419 --> 00:11:30,656 LET'S GO TO MICHAEL SHEETS FROM 320 00:11:30,656 --> 00:11:30,856 CNBC. 321 00:11:30,856 --> 00:11:32,058 >> HI, ALL. 322 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:33,726 YOU ALL COME FROM VERY DIFFERENT 323 00:11:33,726 --> 00:11:36,395 BACKGROUNDS, IN TERMS OF YOUR 324 00:11:36,395 --> 00:11:37,730 EXPERIENCES, WITH SPACE FLIGHTS. 325 00:11:37,730 --> 00:11:48,174 YOU KNOW, VICTOR, IT'S YOUR 326 00:11:48,174 --> 00:11:49,308 FIRST, SOICHI, IT'S YOUR THIRD. 327 00:11:49,308 --> 00:11:55,781 I WONDER IF YOU'VE GOTTEN TO GEL 328 00:11:55,781 --> 00:11:59,552 IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AS WELL 329 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:00,019 AS PREPARING. 330 00:12:00,019 --> 00:12:03,389 >> I'LL START, AND I'LL LET THE 331 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:06,092 GUY WHO'S PREPARING FOR HIS 332 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:07,993 THIRD SPACE FLIGHT ADD TO IT. 333 00:12:07,993 --> 00:12:12,998 THAT'S WHAT'S MADE THIS CREW SO 334 00:12:12,998 --> 00:12:13,232 SPECIAL. 335 00:12:13,232 --> 00:12:15,434 YOU LOOK AT VICTOR, AND YEAH, 336 00:12:15,434 --> 00:12:16,702 THIS IS HIS FIRST SPACE FLIGHT, 337 00:12:16,702 --> 00:12:18,404 BUT HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF 338 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:20,573 EXPERIENCE FROM THE NAVY TO THE 339 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:20,773 TABLE. 340 00:12:20,773 --> 00:12:23,509 IT DOESN'T MATTER HE'S A ROOKIE 341 00:12:23,509 --> 00:12:25,344 FROM A SPLAS FLIGHT PERSPECTIVE, 342 00:12:25,344 --> 00:12:27,413 HE CONTRIBUTE DOES ALL THE TIME, 343 00:12:27,413 --> 00:12:30,950 AND I REALLY RELY ON HIM ALL THE 344 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:31,450 TIME. 345 00:12:31,450 --> 00:12:35,121 SHANNON HAS FLOWN BEFORE, AND 346 00:12:35,121 --> 00:12:38,290 SHE'S BEEN HERE A LONG TIME 347 00:12:38,290 --> 00:12:39,892 AROUND JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 348 00:12:39,892 --> 00:12:44,663 BOTH SHE AND SOICHI HAVE TRAINED 349 00:12:44,663 --> 00:12:47,466 AS A LEFT SEAT FLYER ON THE 350 00:12:47,466 --> 00:12:47,933 SOYUZ. 351 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:50,536 SO EVEN ON THIS CAPSULE, THEY 352 00:12:50,536 --> 00:12:52,538 DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF ALL OF THE 353 00:12:52,538 --> 00:12:55,407 DAY PLAYS THAT VICTOR -- 354 00:12:55,407 --> 00:12:57,443 DISPLAYS THAT VICTOR AND I DO, 355 00:12:57,443 --> 00:12:58,744 SOMETIMES, THEY'RE SITTING 356 00:12:58,744 --> 00:13:00,579 THERE, AND THEY'RE SEEING THINGS 357 00:13:00,579 --> 00:13:04,116 THAT VICTOR AND I MAY NOT SEE 358 00:13:04,116 --> 00:13:07,419 BECAUSE WE'RE BUSY ON OTHER 359 00:13:07,419 --> 00:13:08,554 DISPLAYS. 360 00:13:08,554 --> 00:13:10,523 SO TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT 361 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:12,525 EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN REALLY 362 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:12,758 HELPFUL. 363 00:13:12,758 --> 00:13:14,026 AND THE LAST THING I WOULD SAY, 364 00:13:14,026 --> 00:13:15,427 ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS 365 00:13:15,427 --> 00:13:16,929 PANDEMIC AND HOW WE'VE BEEN 366 00:13:16,929 --> 00:13:19,198 TRAINING IS, WHEN WE GO OUT TO 367 00:13:19,198 --> 00:13:21,133 SPACEX, FOR EXAMPLE, AND TRAIN, 368 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:23,169 WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 24 369 00:13:23,169 --> 00:13:25,838 HOURS A DAY, AND -- AND THAT 370 00:13:25,838 --> 00:13:28,741 GIVES YOU -- THEY'RE LAUGHING, 371 00:13:28,741 --> 00:13:31,310 BUT THAT GIVES YOU AN 372 00:13:31,310 --> 00:13:32,745 OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW EACH 373 00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:33,746 OTHER OUTSIDE OF THE WORKPLACE, 374 00:13:33,746 --> 00:13:36,715 SO WE'VE SHARED A LOT OF NIGHTS 375 00:13:36,715 --> 00:13:38,417 SITTING AROUND THE DINNER TABLE, 376 00:13:38,417 --> 00:13:39,752 TALKING ABOUT THINGS OTHER THAN 377 00:13:39,752 --> 00:13:42,655 SPACE FLIGHT, AND THAT'S BEEN 378 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:43,055 HELPFUL, AS WELL. 379 00:13:43,055 --> 00:13:46,559 >> SOICHI, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU 380 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:48,794 WANT TO ADD ANYTHING IN TERMS OF 381 00:13:48,794 --> 00:13:49,328 YOUR THIRD SPACE FLIGHT. 382 00:13:49,328 --> 00:13:49,828 >> YEAH. 383 00:13:49,828 --> 00:13:53,432 IN TERMS OF THIS, VICTOR AND 384 00:13:53,432 --> 00:13:56,602 MIKE STARTED TWO YEARS AGO SO 385 00:13:56,602 --> 00:13:57,636 THEY WOULD KNOW THE SYSTEM 386 00:13:57,636 --> 00:13:58,671 INSIDE AND OUT. 387 00:13:58,671 --> 00:14:02,274 SHANNON AND I JOINED LAST MARCH, 388 00:14:02,274 --> 00:14:03,876 SO RELATIVELY SHORT. 389 00:14:03,876 --> 00:14:05,477 ALL OF US CONTRIBUTES TO THIS 390 00:14:05,477 --> 00:14:06,712 WONDERFUL TEAM, AND EVERYBODY 391 00:14:06,712 --> 00:14:08,080 BRINGS SOMETHING TO THE TABLE. 392 00:14:08,080 --> 00:14:10,716 SHANNON AND I HAVE THE LUXURY OF 393 00:14:10,716 --> 00:14:17,389 FLYING IN THE SOYUZ AND THE 394 00:14:17,389 --> 00:14:18,224 DRAGON, AS WELL. 395 00:14:18,224 --> 00:14:20,626 ALL OF US, THIS DIVERSITY 396 00:14:20,626 --> 00:14:22,528 DEFINITELY BRINGS THE TEAM'S 397 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:23,929 RESILIENCE, AS WELL, SO THIS IS 398 00:14:23,929 --> 00:14:25,731 THE ONE FOR ALL, ALL FOR ONE. 399 00:14:25,731 --> 00:14:28,534 THAT COMES FROM SHANNON, BUT 400 00:14:28,534 --> 00:14:30,069 DEFINITELY, THE FOUR OF US 401 00:14:30,069 --> 00:14:31,370 CONTRIBUTED THE WONDERFUL TEAM 402 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:31,704 OF THIS CREW. 403 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:34,406 >> YOU KNOW, IF I COULD ADD ONE 404 00:14:34,406 --> 00:14:35,908 LITTLE SHORT THING, WE HAVE 405 00:14:35,908 --> 00:14:36,976 CAPTURED THE BEST OF THE 406 00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:38,344 TRAINING FROM THE SOYUZ TRAINING 407 00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:40,646 FLOW, AND THE SHUTTLE FLOW, 408 00:14:40,646 --> 00:14:42,314 WHERE YOU HAD A BIGGER CREW, AND 409 00:14:42,314 --> 00:14:45,484 TO REALLY SEE THE BEST OF BOTH 410 00:14:45,484 --> 00:14:46,652 WORLD'S HAS MADE IT SPECIAL. 411 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:49,588 WE HAVE A TON OF FUN TRAINING 412 00:14:49,588 --> 00:14:49,855 TOGETHER. 413 00:14:49,855 --> 00:14:51,991 >> AUWESOME. 414 00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:59,999 LET'S GO TO BILL HARWOOD FROM 415 00:14:59,999 --> 00:15:00,666 CBS NEWS. 416 00:15:00,666 --> 00:15:02,868 >> WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, BUT 417 00:15:02,868 --> 00:15:07,039 TALK ABOUT THE VALUE OF HAVING 418 00:15:07,039 --> 00:15:12,711 FOUR USOS CREW ON BOARD THE 419 00:15:12,711 --> 00:15:14,413 SPACE STATION. 420 00:15:14,413 --> 00:15:16,282 HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT IS THAT TO 421 00:15:16,282 --> 00:15:19,118 THE SCIENCE COMMUNITY, AND CAN 422 00:15:19,118 --> 00:15:20,619 SOMEONE EXPLAIN IKE'S NICKNAME? 423 00:15:20,619 --> 00:15:23,956 >> WELL, WE'LL LET IKE EXPLAIN 424 00:15:23,956 --> 00:15:24,723 HIS NICKNAME. 425 00:15:24,723 --> 00:15:30,629 BY THE TIME WE GET UP TO THE 426 00:15:30,629 --> 00:15:32,998 SPACE STATION, KATE WILL BE 427 00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:36,235 THERE ALREADY, SO THERE WILL BE 428 00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:40,906 FIVE ON THE USOS SIDE OF THE 429 00:15:40,906 --> 00:15:41,273 SPACE STATION. 430 00:15:41,273 --> 00:15:44,143 THE WORK THAT WE CAN GET DONE 431 00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:48,947 WITH MORE THAN ONE OR TWO PEOPLE 432 00:15:48,947 --> 00:15:52,017 IS ADDITIONAL TO THE AMOUNT THAT 433 00:15:52,017 --> 00:15:58,324 CAN GET DONE WITH ONE OR TWO 434 00:15:58,324 --> 00:15:58,757 PEOPLE. 435 00:15:58,757 --> 00:16:00,893 SO THE ABILITY FOR US TO 436 00:16:00,893 --> 00:16:03,295 ACCOMPLISH WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE 437 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:05,597 ACCOMPLISHED GOES WAY HIGH WITH 438 00:16:05,597 --> 00:16:10,069 MORE PEOPLE ON THE STATION. 439 00:16:10,069 --> 00:16:10,369 [laughter]. 440 00:16:10,369 --> 00:16:12,204 >> OKAY. 441 00:16:12,204 --> 00:16:17,609 SO IT'S AN ACRONYM. 442 00:16:17,609 --> 00:16:19,345 IT'S SHORT FOR I KNOW 443 00:16:19,345 --> 00:16:21,480 EVERYTHING, AND IT SERVES AS A 444 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,015 REMINDER TO KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT, 445 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:24,049 SO I'LL START THERE. 446 00:16:24,049 --> 00:16:24,950 >> VERY NICE. 447 00:16:24,950 --> 00:16:27,019 ALL RIGHT. 448 00:16:27,019 --> 00:16:32,958 LET'S GO ONTO DAVID CURLEY WITH 449 00:16:32,958 --> 00:16:33,359 DISCOVERY CHANNEL 450 00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:35,761 >> THANKS FOR TAKING THE CALL, 451 00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:36,161 EVERYBODY. 452 00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:39,098 TO VICTOR, AND EVERYBODY, HI, GO 453 00:16:39,098 --> 00:16:39,365 MUSTANGS. 454 00:16:39,365 --> 00:16:41,066 CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 455 00:16:41,066 --> 00:16:42,634 THE ISSUE WITH THE HEAT SHIELD 456 00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:47,306 AND THE TILES, AND ARE YOU 457 00:16:47,306 --> 00:16:50,709 COMFORTABLE WITH THIS THAT 458 00:16:50,709 --> 00:16:52,277 EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO BE 459 00:16:52,277 --> 00:16:54,313 COMFORTABLE WITH? 460 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:54,546 >> YEAH. 461 00:16:54,546 --> 00:16:57,149 SO ACTUALLY, ALL FOUR OF US HAVE 462 00:16:57,149 --> 00:16:59,418 BEEN FOLLOWING THE ISSUES WITH 463 00:16:59,418 --> 00:17:05,924 THE HEAT SHIELDS THAT WERE FOUND 464 00:17:05,924 --> 00:17:09,294 WITH THE DM-2 MISSION. 465 00:17:09,294 --> 00:17:10,696 IT'S ANOTHER NOD TO THE 466 00:17:10,696 --> 00:17:13,432 EXPERIENCE THAT WE BRING TO THIS 467 00:17:13,432 --> 00:17:15,801 CREW. 468 00:17:15,801 --> 00:17:23,142 NOT I OR IKE, BUT SOICHI, AND 469 00:17:23,142 --> 00:17:24,877 SHANNON'S HUSBAND WAS ON THAT 470 00:17:24,877 --> 00:17:25,944 MISSION, AS WELL. 471 00:17:25,944 --> 00:17:27,713 THEY BROUGHT A LOT TO THAT, 472 00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:28,847 HAVING LIVED THROUGH COLUMBIA. 473 00:17:28,847 --> 00:17:30,682 I WOULD SAY YES, WE'RE FOLLOWING 474 00:17:30,682 --> 00:17:32,184 THAT VERY CLOSELY, BUT I WOULD 475 00:17:32,184 --> 00:17:34,520 SAY THERE IS AN AMAZING TEAM 476 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:35,521 THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER 477 00:17:35,521 --> 00:17:37,256 TO WORK THIS ISSUE, AND WE ARE 478 00:17:37,256 --> 00:17:39,091 CONFIDENT IN THIS TEAM AND THEIR 479 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:44,830 ABILITY TO FIND THE RIGHT 480 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:45,097 SOLUTIONS. 481 00:17:45,097 --> 00:17:48,267 >> THANKS. 482 00:17:48,267 --> 00:17:54,206 LETs 483 00:17:54,206 --> 00:18:00,946 LET'S GO TO MARINA CORREN WITH 484 00:18:00,946 --> 00:18:01,280 THE ATLANTIC. 485 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:01,880 >> HAVE YOU THOUGHT YET ABOUT 486 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,916 WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO EAT FOR 487 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:05,784 BREAKFAST ON LAUNCH DAY, WHICH, 488 00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:07,986 I GUESS, IS NOW GOING TO BE MORE 489 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:09,421 OF A MIDNIGHT SNACK? 490 00:18:09,421 --> 00:18:09,788 >> A LOT. 491 00:18:09,788 --> 00:18:12,724 >> I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A GOOD 492 00:18:12,724 --> 00:18:12,925 IDEA. 493 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:14,993 >> YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY, WE HAD 494 00:18:14,993 --> 00:18:18,464 A -- ONE OF OUR FIRST MEETINGS 495 00:18:18,464 --> 00:18:19,765 TODAY JUST ON WHAT THAT SCHEDULE 496 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:22,167 IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, SO A LOT 497 00:18:22,167 --> 00:18:23,702 OF THOSE LITTLE DETAILS IN TERMS 498 00:18:23,702 --> 00:18:25,938 OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EAT, AND 499 00:18:25,938 --> 00:18:27,673 WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT 500 00:18:27,673 --> 00:18:29,174 MEAL, WE'RE STILL WORKING 501 00:18:29,174 --> 00:18:30,175 THROUGH THOUGHS. 502 00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:31,877 BUT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE'RE 503 00:18:31,877 --> 00:18:34,847 GOING TO BE WELL FED. 504 00:18:34,847 --> 00:18:43,188 THE TEAM DOWN AT K.F.C. -- IN 505 00:18:43,188 --> 00:18:44,423 FACT, EVEN HERE AT JOHNSON SPACE 506 00:18:44,423 --> 00:18:48,660 CENTER, THE MEALS THAT WE'LL 507 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:50,996 HAVE HERE AND THE MAEALS THAT 508 00:18:50,996 --> 00:18:53,632 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HERE WILL BE 509 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:54,099 ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. 510 00:18:54,099 --> 00:18:56,368 >> ONE THING THAT IKE MENTIONED 511 00:18:56,368 --> 00:18:58,904 IS WE'RE TAKING THE GOOD THING 512 00:18:58,904 --> 00:19:02,241 FRZ THE U.S. SHUTTLE SIDE AND 513 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:05,043 THE RUSSIAN SOYUZ SIDE. 514 00:19:05,043 --> 00:19:06,778 WE STARTED TO PICK SOME OF THE 515 00:19:06,778 --> 00:19:09,414 GOOD TRADITIONS WE LIKE FROM THE 516 00:19:09,414 --> 00:19:11,383 SOYUZ SIDE AND TRYING TO KEEP 517 00:19:11,383 --> 00:19:12,484 THE OTHER GOOD SIDE FROM THE 518 00:19:12,484 --> 00:19:17,222 SHUTTLE SIDE, SO WE CAN ENJOY 519 00:19:17,222 --> 00:19:21,126 THE BEST SIDE OF THOSE TWO 520 00:19:21,126 --> 00:19:23,295 WORLDS, AND WE CAN START A NEW 521 00:19:23,295 --> 00:19:23,595 TRANSITION. 522 00:19:23,595 --> 00:19:24,396 >> OKAY. 523 00:19:24,396 --> 00:19:34,706 LET'S GO TO MIRIAM KRAMER FROM 524 00:19:34,706 --> 00:19:34,940 AXIOS. 525 00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:35,674 >> HI. 526 00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:38,377 THE QUESTION IS FOR ALL Y'ALL 527 00:19:38,377 --> 00:19:39,444 THREE ASTRONAUTS. 528 00:19:39,444 --> 00:19:41,446 I'M CURIOUS WHAT YOU ALL SEE AS 529 00:19:41,446 --> 00:19:44,049 YOUR ROLE AS ASTRONAUTS WITHIN 530 00:19:44,049 --> 00:19:47,219 THE BROADER CONTEXT. 531 00:19:47,219 --> 00:19:47,719 THANKS VERY MUCH. 532 00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:52,124 >> I'LL START. 533 00:19:52,124 --> 00:19:56,895 I THINK -- I THINK BWHAT WE CAN 534 00:19:56,895 --> 00:19:58,430 SHOW OR DEMONSTRATE, ALL FOUR OF 535 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:00,632 US, IS JUST THE UNITY AND IT 536 00:20:00,632 --> 00:20:01,833 DOESN'T MATTER WHAT BACKGROUND 537 00:20:01,833 --> 00:20:04,136 YOU COME FROM, BUT WHEN YOU ALL 538 00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:05,604 WORK TOGETHER, AS I MENTIONED, 539 00:20:05,604 --> 00:20:08,874 NOT ONLY IN THE NAME OF 540 00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:09,975 RESILIENCE, YOU CAN COME 541 00:20:09,975 --> 00:20:12,311 TOGETHER AND DO SOME REALLY 542 00:20:12,311 --> 00:20:12,878 AMAZING THINGS. 543 00:20:12,878 --> 00:20:14,146 I THINK IT'S INTERESTING. 544 00:20:14,146 --> 00:20:15,280 WE ALL STARTED AT DIFFERENT 545 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:17,115 PLACES IN THIS COUNTRY. 546 00:20:17,115 --> 00:20:18,250 WE'VE ALL HAD SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 547 00:20:18,250 --> 00:20:20,118 PATHS THAT HAVE TAKEN US HERE, 548 00:20:20,118 --> 00:20:21,420 BUT WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT 549 00:20:21,420 --> 00:20:22,654 THEM, THERE'S A LOT OF 550 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:24,389 SIMILARITIES THERE, AS WELL. 551 00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:26,925 SO I THINK WE DO BRING A LOT TO 552 00:20:26,925 --> 00:20:29,328 THE TABLE, AND THE FOUR OF US 553 00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:31,096 ACTUALLY TOGETHER IS -- IS A 554 00:20:31,096 --> 00:20:34,166 MUCH STRONGER PRODUCT IN THE 555 00:20:34,166 --> 00:20:34,333 END. 556 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:36,902 >> ALL RIGHT. 557 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:43,275 LET'S GO TO SELLEN BARBER WITH 558 00:20:43,275 --> 00:20:43,742 GANNETT PUBLICATIONS. 559 00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:45,711 >> MIKE, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR 560 00:20:45,711 --> 00:20:45,877 YOU. 561 00:20:45,877 --> 00:20:48,113 HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO HAVE THIS 562 00:20:48,113 --> 00:20:49,448 HONOR, NOT ONLY RETURNING TO 563 00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:51,683 SPACE, BUT BEING THE COMMANDER 564 00:20:51,683 --> 00:20:54,820 OF THIS HISTORIC MISSION, 565 00:20:54,820 --> 00:20:56,888 LAUNCHING FROM THE LAUNCH PAD 566 00:20:56,888 --> 00:20:57,122 39-A. 567 00:20:57,122 --> 00:20:59,358 AND THEN FOLLOWING UP, HOW HAS 568 00:20:59,358 --> 00:21:04,363 YOUR TRAINING CHANGED FROM YOUR 569 00:21:04,363 --> 00:21:04,896 PREVIOUS MISSION. 570 00:21:04,896 --> 00:21:05,464 THANK YOU. 571 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:07,332 >> YEAH, THANKS. 572 00:21:07,332 --> 00:21:10,235 AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT'S QUITE 573 00:21:10,235 --> 00:21:10,769 AN HONOR. 574 00:21:10,769 --> 00:21:12,638 AS A FLIGHT TEST ENGINEER, AS A 575 00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:14,806 BACK SEATER, IF YOU WILL, IN THE 576 00:21:14,806 --> 00:21:17,042 AVIATION WORLD, I DON'T HAVE 577 00:21:17,042 --> 00:21:19,011 THAT OPPORTUNITY TO COMMAND. 578 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:22,447 I THINK THAT -- THAT THESE NEW 579 00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:23,415 VEHICLES, MOVING FORWARD, THEY 580 00:21:23,415 --> 00:21:25,150 SHOW THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE 581 00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:27,986 OUT THERE FOR -- FOR OTHER FOLKS 582 00:21:27,986 --> 00:21:31,657 THAT -- THAT DON'T NECESSARILY 583 00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:32,357 HAVE THE TAKE BACKGROUND AS, 584 00:21:32,357 --> 00:21:36,161 SAY -- SAME BACKGROUND AS, SAY, 585 00:21:36,161 --> 00:21:38,730 VICTOR IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. 586 00:21:38,730 --> 00:21:40,966 IT IS HUMBLING, BUT I WILL TELL 587 00:21:40,966 --> 00:21:42,734 YOU THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE IN 588 00:21:42,734 --> 00:21:43,769 THE EXPERIENCE THAT, FOR 589 00:21:43,769 --> 00:21:44,870 EXAMPLE, VICTOR BRINGS TO THE 590 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:50,008 TABLE WITH ALL OF HIS 591 00:21:50,008 --> 00:21:51,143 OPERATIONAL HOURS IN THE F-18 592 00:21:51,143 --> 00:21:51,643 WITH THE NAVY, AND SO I 593 00:21:51,643 --> 00:21:52,411 CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO 594 00:21:52,411 --> 00:21:53,712 UNDERPLAY THAT, AND I ALSO WANT 595 00:21:53,712 --> 00:21:54,913 TO SAY THAT I HAVE TAKEN 596 00:21:54,913 --> 00:21:56,048 ADVANTAGE OF THAT, AND I 597 00:21:56,048 --> 00:22:00,118 MENTIONED IT EARLIER, AS WELL, 598 00:22:00,118 --> 00:22:02,020 THAT BOTH SHANNON AND SOICHI 599 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:04,723 HAVE TRAINED AS A LEFT-SEATER IN 600 00:22:04,723 --> 00:22:06,391 THE SOYUZ, WHICH MEANS THEY WERE 601 00:22:06,391 --> 00:22:07,759 SECOND IN COMMAND. 602 00:22:07,759 --> 00:22:09,294 THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN CALLED ONTO 603 00:22:09,294 --> 00:22:10,028 TAKE COMMAND. 604 00:22:10,028 --> 00:22:11,663 IT'S FUNNY. 605 00:22:11,663 --> 00:22:13,198 I'M SITTING HERE AS THE 606 00:22:13,198 --> 00:22:15,934 COMMANDER, BUT IN REALITY, I 607 00:22:15,934 --> 00:22:17,869 HAVE THE LEAST EXPERIENCE OF ANY 608 00:22:17,869 --> 00:22:19,237 OF THESE THREE IN TERMS OF BEING 609 00:22:19,237 --> 00:22:19,971 A COMMANDER. 610 00:22:19,971 --> 00:22:24,376 SO I RELY ON THEM HEAVILY 611 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:25,210 THROUGHOUT THIS TRAINING FLOW, 612 00:22:25,210 --> 00:22:26,778 AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO 613 00:22:26,778 --> 00:22:28,780 RELY ON THEM AS WE CONTINUE TO 614 00:22:28,780 --> 00:22:32,017 GO UPHILL AND GET ON BOARD THE 615 00:22:32,017 --> 00:22:33,051 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 616 00:22:33,051 --> 00:22:35,420 I THINK I FORGET WHAT THE SECOND 617 00:22:35,420 --> 00:22:37,222 PART WAS -- OH, I'M SORRY. 618 00:22:37,222 --> 00:22:38,557 THANK YOU, VICTOR. 619 00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:41,026 SEE WHAT I MEAN? 620 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:42,527 YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCES, 621 00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:44,696 CLEARLY, THERE HAS BEEN A -- A 622 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:47,099 LOT OF BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 623 00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:48,567 TRAINING OVER IN RUSSIA. 624 00:22:48,567 --> 00:22:51,103 YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE -- 625 00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:52,804 ARE LOGISTICS ASSOCIATED -- YOU 626 00:22:52,804 --> 00:22:53,805 KNOW, WHEN YOU GO OVER AND TRAIN 627 00:22:53,805 --> 00:22:58,677 IN RUSSIA, YOU'RE GOING FOR 628 00:22:58,677 --> 00:22:59,311 THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX WEEKS AT 629 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:02,347 A TIME BEFORE WE GET TO GO HOME. 630 00:23:02,347 --> 00:23:04,382 WHEREAS HERE, WE GO OUT TO 631 00:23:04,382 --> 00:23:06,184 SPACEX, SPEND A WEEK IN 632 00:23:06,184 --> 00:23:09,588 HAWTHORNE, BEFORE WE GET TO GO 633 00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:10,055 HOME TO OUR FAMILIES. 634 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:11,790 SO I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW 635 00:23:11,790 --> 00:23:13,325 THAT PIECE -- THAT'S NICE. 636 00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:14,960 IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO SEE YOUR 637 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,362 FAMILY AND LOVED ONES ON THE 638 00:23:17,362 --> 00:23:22,467 WEEKENDS, SO OUR HATS GO OFF TO 639 00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:23,068 OUR COLLEAGUES AND TEAMMATES 640 00:23:23,068 --> 00:23:23,602 THAT ARE CONTINUING TO GO 641 00:23:23,602 --> 00:23:24,936 THROUGH THE RUSSIAN FLOW, 642 00:23:24,936 --> 00:23:27,472 BECAUSE IT DOES PRESENT A FEW 643 00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:30,142 MORE CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH 644 00:23:30,142 --> 00:23:30,909 IT. 645 00:23:30,909 --> 00:23:36,915 THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS 646 00:23:36,915 --> 00:23:38,116 THIS IS NEW. 647 00:23:38,116 --> 00:23:38,884 THE SOYUZ PROGRAM IS AN 648 00:23:38,884 --> 00:23:41,419 ESTABLISHED PROGRAM, AND THEIR 649 00:23:41,419 --> 00:23:43,155 CREWS HAVE DEMONSTRATED, THEY'RE 650 00:23:43,155 --> 00:23:44,189 GOING THROUGH THE SAME. 651 00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:48,126 ONE OF MY LAST TEAMMATES, JOE 652 00:23:48,126 --> 00:23:51,463 ACABA, ON THE LAST SOYUZ, WHEN I 653 00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:53,899 WAS GETTING READY TO GO OVER, I 654 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:55,433 DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS READY. 655 00:23:55,433 --> 00:23:58,036 I TOLD THAT TO JOE, AND HE SAID 656 00:23:58,036 --> 00:24:01,273 TRUST THE SYSTEM. 657 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:04,075 BY THE TIME HEYOU GET READY TO 658 00:24:04,075 --> 00:24:05,544 LAUNCH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE 659 00:24:05,544 --> 00:24:05,777 READY. 660 00:24:05,777 --> 00:24:06,978 WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT THIS TIME. 661 00:24:06,978 --> 00:24:08,446 WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT 662 00:24:08,446 --> 00:24:10,749 HAVE GONE BEFORE YOU TO REASSURE 663 00:24:10,749 --> 00:24:12,150 YOU THAT BY THE TIME YOU'RE 664 00:24:12,150 --> 00:24:14,319 GETTING READY TO LAUNCH TO THIS 665 00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:15,187 PRESS CONFERENCE THAT YOU WERE 666 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:17,122 GOING TO BE READY, SO WE HAD TO 667 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:18,590 FIGURE THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT ON 668 00:24:18,590 --> 00:24:23,094 OUR OWN, AND I'M HAPPY AND 669 00:24:23,094 --> 00:24:24,596 THANKFUL TO SAY THAT WE HAVE 670 00:24:24,596 --> 00:24:27,732 FIGURED IT OUT, AND THIS CREW IS 671 00:24:27,732 --> 00:24:27,966 READY. 672 00:24:27,966 --> 00:24:28,300 >> ALL RIGHT. 673 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:34,639 LET'S TAKE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS 674 00:24:34,639 --> 00:24:34,906 COMING IN. 675 00:24:34,906 --> 00:24:38,376 THIS IS FOR SOICHI. 676 00:24:38,376 --> 00:24:41,546 THIS'LL BE THE THIRD SPACECRAFT 677 00:24:41,546 --> 00:24:42,013 THAT YOU'RE FLYING ON. 678 00:24:42,013 --> 00:24:42,948 WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES IN 679 00:24:42,948 --> 00:24:43,215 TRAINING? 680 00:24:43,215 --> 00:24:44,482 >> YES. 681 00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:46,852 I'M FORTUNATE TO EXPERIENCE 682 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:48,987 THREE DIFFERENT SPACECRAFT 683 00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:51,189 TRAINING. 684 00:24:51,189 --> 00:24:52,724 THIS TRAINING FOR DRAGON IS DONE 685 00:24:52,724 --> 00:24:54,359 BY SPACEX ITSELF. 686 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:55,927 THEIR APPROACH IS A LITTLE 687 00:24:55,927 --> 00:24:57,329 DIFFERENT, BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S 688 00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:58,196 REALLY EFFECTIVE. 689 00:24:58,196 --> 00:25:01,132 AS I TOLD YOU EARLIER, SHANNON 690 00:25:01,132 --> 00:25:05,837 HAVE A VERY CONDENSED FLOW, 691 00:25:05,837 --> 00:25:08,073 ABOUT SIX MONTHS FROM THE 692 00:25:08,073 --> 00:25:09,541 SCRATCH TO THE LAUNCH PAD. 693 00:25:09,541 --> 00:25:12,510 AND AGAIN, THIS IS GREAT, THE 694 00:25:12,510 --> 00:25:14,746 FOUR OF US THAT CAME UP TOGETHER 695 00:25:14,746 --> 00:25:19,217 WITH THE RIGHT WAY OF OPERATING 696 00:25:19,217 --> 00:25:20,185 A SPACECRAFT. 697 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:23,088 WE AS A TEAM COME UP WITH THE 698 00:25:23,088 --> 00:25:24,489 RIGHT APPROACH, AND I'M PRETTY 699 00:25:24,489 --> 00:25:26,558 SURE, LIKE MY COMMANDER SAID, WE 700 00:25:26,558 --> 00:25:27,926 ARE READY TO FLY. 701 00:25:27,926 --> 00:25:28,460 >> ALL RIGHT. 702 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:29,728 FROM JACKIE ON FACEBOOK, WHAT 703 00:25:29,728 --> 00:25:34,399 WOULD YOU SAY TO AN ASPIRING 704 00:25:34,399 --> 00:25:34,666 ASTRONAUT? 705 00:25:34,666 --> 00:25:38,570 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THREE 706 00:25:38,570 --> 00:25:39,804 THINGS I'D GENERALLY SAY WHEN I 707 00:25:39,804 --> 00:25:42,107 GET THE PRIVILEGE TO GO TO YOUNG 708 00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:55,487 FOLKS IS TO BE GRITTY, 709 00:25:55,487 --> 00:26:00,058 G-R-I-T-T-Y, WHICH MEANS TO BE 710 00:26:00,058 --> 00:26:02,160 TOUGH, TO BE A LIFELONG LEARNER, 711 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,596 AND TO BE A GOOD TEAMMATE. 712 00:26:04,596 --> 00:26:05,430 >> ALL RIGHT. 713 00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:08,133 FROM ELAINE BARKER ON TWITTER, 714 00:26:08,133 --> 00:26:10,201 HOW COMFORTABLE DO YOU ALL FEEL 715 00:26:10,201 --> 00:26:12,871 IN THE MOCKUPS OF THE CAPSULE 716 00:26:12,871 --> 00:26:17,108 BEING FOUR PEOPLE INSIDE? 717 00:26:17,108 --> 00:26:19,244 >> I'LL TAKE THAT. 718 00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:20,812 I THINK IT'S VERY COMFORTABLE 719 00:26:20,812 --> 00:26:22,447 COMPARED TO THE SOYUZ, WHICH HAS 720 00:26:22,447 --> 00:26:22,914 THREE. 721 00:26:22,914 --> 00:26:25,016 IT'S A MUCH TIGHTER SPACE WHERE 722 00:26:25,016 --> 00:26:26,918 YOU'RE ACTUALLY SITTING. 723 00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:29,621 THE SOYUZ DOES HAVE ANOTHER 724 00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:30,155 COMPARTMENT WHERE IT HAS 725 00:26:30,155 --> 00:26:30,388 STORAGE. 726 00:26:30,388 --> 00:26:33,758 IN THE CREW DRAGON, IT'S JUST 727 00:26:33,758 --> 00:26:35,994 ONE COMPARTMENT WHERE YOU'RE 728 00:26:35,994 --> 00:26:39,631 STORING PEOPLE AND CARGO 729 00:26:39,631 --> 00:26:39,931 ALTOGETHER. 730 00:26:39,931 --> 00:26:45,770 BUT IT MAKES IT FEEL A LITTLE 731 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:48,406 BIT LESS SPACIE-ISH, BUT IT'S 732 00:26:48,406 --> 00:26:48,740 COMFORTABLE. 733 00:26:48,740 --> 00:26:49,808 >> ALL RIGHT. 734 00:26:49,808 --> 00:26:51,943 LET'S GO BACK TO SOME MORE PHONE 735 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:52,677 QUESTIONS. 736 00:26:52,677 --> 00:26:58,316 ROBERT PEARLMAN FROM COLLECT 737 00:26:58,316 --> 00:26:58,550 SPACE. 738 00:26:58,550 --> 00:27:01,186 >> HI. 739 00:27:01,186 --> 00:27:03,755 WHAT DOES THE CONTINUOUS 20 740 00:27:03,755 --> 00:27:08,426 YEARS OF HUMAN HABITATION OF THE 741 00:27:08,426 --> 00:27:10,628 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, AND 742 00:27:10,628 --> 00:27:14,432 IN THE LESS 20 YEARS, THERE HAVE 743 00:27:14,432 --> 00:27:17,769 BEEN LESS THAN 20 PEOPLE WHO 744 00:27:17,769 --> 00:27:19,537 WERE WOMEN AND INTERNATIONAL 745 00:27:19,537 --> 00:27:21,773 PARTNERS, AND NOW, WITH VICTOR, 746 00:27:21,773 --> 00:27:23,475 YOU'RE BECOMING THE FIRST 747 00:27:23,475 --> 00:27:26,211 AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BECOME A 748 00:27:26,211 --> 00:27:27,512 SPACE STATION CREW MEMBER. 749 00:27:27,512 --> 00:27:29,647 >> WELL, I'LL START. 750 00:27:29,647 --> 00:27:32,217 TO BE ABLE TO FLY ON A SPACE 751 00:27:32,217 --> 00:27:34,352 VEHICLE, THAT IS A PRIVILEGE. 752 00:27:34,352 --> 00:27:35,687 TO BE ABLE TO LIVE ON THE SPACE 753 00:27:35,687 --> 00:27:36,955 STATION FOR SIX MONTHS, AND 754 00:27:36,955 --> 00:27:38,490 DURING THAT TIME, TO BE THERE 755 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:40,892 FOR THE 20 ANNIVERSARY OF HUMAN 756 00:27:40,892 --> 00:27:42,527 PRESENCE ON THAT STATION, AND TO 757 00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:45,030 POTENTIALLY LAUNCH ON THE 20th 758 00:27:45,030 --> 00:27:48,033 ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAUNCH OF 759 00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:49,267 EXPEDITION ONE IS JUST SPECIAL 760 00:27:49,267 --> 00:27:50,435 AND RELATES TO SOMETHING THAT 761 00:27:50,435 --> 00:27:51,636 MIKE SAID EARLIER. 762 00:27:51,636 --> 00:27:53,071 YOU KNOW, THE POWER OF TEAM 763 00:27:53,071 --> 00:27:54,239 WORK, WHEN WE COME TOGETHER TO 764 00:27:54,239 --> 00:27:55,740 WORK ON THE SAME THING, THAT 765 00:27:55,740 --> 00:27:57,675 THERE'S NO LIMIT TO WHAT WE CAN 766 00:27:57,675 --> 00:27:57,976 ACCOMPLISH. 767 00:27:57,976 --> 00:28:00,612 IT IS TRULY A PRIVILEGE. 768 00:28:00,612 --> 00:28:01,179 >> ALL RIGHT. 769 00:28:01,179 --> 00:28:04,516 NOW LET'S GO TO CHELSEA GOLD 770 00:28:04,516 --> 00:28:08,853 WITH SPACE.COM. 771 00:28:08,853 --> 00:28:11,056 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 772 00:28:11,056 --> 00:28:11,656 SO KIND OF ON A SIMILAR NOTE. 773 00:28:11,656 --> 00:28:20,131 THIS IS A QUESTION FOR VICTOR. 774 00:28:20,131 --> 00:28:20,765 AS ALBERT MENTIONED, YOU WILL BE 775 00:28:20,765 --> 00:28:26,204 THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CREW 776 00:28:26,204 --> 00:28:26,738 MEMORY 777 00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:29,908 MEMBER FOR A LONG DURATION SPACE 778 00:28:29,908 --> 00:28:30,141 MISSION. 779 00:28:30,141 --> 00:28:32,644 I WONDER HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT 780 00:28:32,644 --> 00:28:33,678 EMBARKING ON YOUR FIRST MISSION 781 00:28:33,678 --> 00:28:34,879 WHILE MAKING HISTORY? 782 00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:36,381 >> WELL, I TRY NOT TO THINK 783 00:28:36,381 --> 00:28:36,981 ABOUT IT. 784 00:28:36,981 --> 00:28:38,616 I WANT TO COME BACK AND DO MY 785 00:28:38,616 --> 00:28:39,484 JOB VERY WELL. 786 00:28:39,484 --> 00:28:40,752 I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT 787 00:28:40,752 --> 00:28:44,122 AFTER I COME HOME AND GET BACK 788 00:28:44,122 --> 00:28:44,556 TO MY FAMILY SAFELY. 789 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:47,258 SO I WOULD SAY LET US ACCOMPLISH 790 00:28:47,258 --> 00:28:48,126 THAT FIRST. 791 00:28:48,126 --> 00:28:49,727 IT'S BITTER SWEET, I CAN'T SAY 792 00:28:49,727 --> 00:28:52,230 WHY IT'S TAKEN US THAT LONG, BUT 793 00:28:52,230 --> 00:28:54,466 I HOPE TO GO UP AND DO MY JOB TO 794 00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:56,134 THE BEST OF MY ABILITY, AND COME 795 00:28:56,134 --> 00:28:58,703 BACK AND TELL YOU MY STORIES 796 00:28:58,703 --> 00:28:59,003 AFTERWARDS. 797 00:28:59,003 --> 00:29:00,405 >> ALL RIGHT. 798 00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:04,642 LET'S GO TO JOEY ROULETTE FROM 799 00:29:04,642 --> 00:29:04,909 REUTERS. 800 00:29:04,909 --> 00:29:05,743 >> HI. 801 00:29:05,743 --> 00:29:11,082 I'M WONDERING WHAT CASTING A 802 00:29:11,082 --> 00:29:12,250 BALLOT IS LIKE FROM SPACE AND 803 00:29:12,250 --> 00:29:14,986 WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANY GOOD TIPS 804 00:29:14,986 --> 00:29:16,855 THAT YOU CAN SHARE FROM BOB AND 805 00:29:16,855 --> 00:29:18,423 DOUG THAT THEY PASSED ALONG FROM 806 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:18,823 THEIR MISSION. 807 00:29:18,823 --> 00:29:22,227 >> I CAN TALK ABOUT CASTING 808 00:29:22,227 --> 00:29:24,195 BALLOTS IN SPACE SINCE I DID IT 809 00:29:24,195 --> 00:29:25,597 LAST TIME FROM THE SPACE 810 00:29:25,597 --> 00:29:25,830 STATION. 811 00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:28,833 THEY BASICALLY SEND YOU AN 812 00:29:28,833 --> 00:29:30,401 ELECTRONIC FILE. 813 00:29:30,401 --> 00:29:32,170 IT'S A PDF, AND YOU MARK YOUR 814 00:29:32,170 --> 00:29:33,438 CHOICES, AND YOU E-MAIL IT BACK 815 00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:35,940 TO THE -- OH, I FORGET THE TITLE 816 00:29:35,940 --> 00:29:37,175 OF THE PERSON, BUT THE PERSON 817 00:29:37,175 --> 00:29:38,543 WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE ELECTION 818 00:29:38,543 --> 00:29:39,177 FOR THE COUNTY. 819 00:29:39,177 --> 00:29:44,048 AND SO THEN, THAT GETS COUNTED 820 00:29:44,048 --> 00:29:47,752 INTO ALL THE BALLOTS THAT ARE 821 00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:48,086 BROUGHT BACK. 822 00:29:48,086 --> 00:29:50,522 IT'S VERY SIMPLE, VERY 823 00:29:50,522 --> 00:29:50,922 STRAIGHTFORWARD. 824 00:29:50,922 --> 00:29:53,057 >> I'LL JUMP IN, IN TERMS OF BOB 825 00:29:53,057 --> 00:29:55,527 AND DOUG. 826 00:29:55,527 --> 00:29:58,496 WE WERE UNFORTUVERY FORTUNATE, 827 00:29:58,496 --> 00:30:00,165 THEY GOT UP IN ORBIT, TO HAVE A 828 00:30:00,165 --> 00:30:01,332 CONFERENCE WITH THEM. 829 00:30:01,332 --> 00:30:03,535 AND ONCE THEY RETURNED, SAME 830 00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:03,735 THING. 831 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:04,702 WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 832 00:30:04,702 --> 00:30:05,336 WITH THEM. 833 00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:07,138 AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS 834 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:08,973 ABOUT THAT IS YOU GET TO HEAR 835 00:30:08,973 --> 00:30:10,475 LITTLE DETAILS THAT DON'T SHOW 836 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,310 UP IN A TRAINING PROGRAM OR A 837 00:30:12,310 --> 00:30:13,845 TRAINING LESSON, AND SOME OF 838 00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:15,580 THOSE THINGS ARE SIMPLE. 839 00:30:15,580 --> 00:30:16,915 SOME OF THOSE THINGS MAY NOT 840 00:30:16,915 --> 00:30:18,583 SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT, FOR 841 00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:20,418 EXAMPLE, THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT 842 00:30:20,418 --> 00:30:22,720 SOME OF THE SOUNDS THAT OCCURRED 843 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,856 DURING THE FUELING PROCESS. 844 00:30:24,856 --> 00:30:25,657 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE 845 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:28,159 HAVEN'T DONE IN THE PAST, AND SO 846 00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:30,261 HAVING ASTRONAUTS IN THE 847 00:30:30,261 --> 00:30:32,330 CAPSULE, ON THE ROCKET, AS 848 00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:36,467 YOU'RE DOING THAT IS A LITTLE 849 00:30:36,467 --> 00:30:36,801 BIT DIFFERENT. 850 00:30:36,801 --> 00:30:38,102 SO HAVING THEM DESCRIBE SOME OF 851 00:30:38,102 --> 00:30:42,140 THOSE SOUNDS IS HELPFUL BECAUSE 852 00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:42,740 WHEN YOU HEAR THAT DURING THE 853 00:30:42,740 --> 00:30:43,975 PROCESS, IT'S EXPECTED, AND 854 00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:47,378 YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT EACH 855 00:30:47,378 --> 00:30:50,882 OTHER, SAYING, AM I SUPPOSED TO 856 00:30:50,882 --> 00:30:51,149 HEAR THAT? 857 00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:52,550 AND THEY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 858 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:55,887 THE FEELINGS. 859 00:30:55,887 --> 00:30:58,556 WHEN I SAY FEELINGS, I'M TALKING 860 00:30:58,556 --> 00:31:04,262 ABOUT THE FEELING OF THE VEHICLE 861 00:31:04,262 --> 00:31:04,696 WHEN IT'S COMING IN. 862 00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:05,296 IT HELPS SET THE EXPECTATIONS 863 00:31:05,296 --> 00:31:06,831 AND HELPS YOU PREPARE FOR THOSE 864 00:31:06,831 --> 00:31:07,065 EVENTS. 865 00:31:07,065 --> 00:31:08,566 >> ALL RIGHT. 866 00:31:08,566 --> 00:31:11,869 LET'S GO TO PAUL RIVERA WITH 867 00:31:11,869 --> 00:31:14,572 WEST 2 NEWS NBC. 868 00:31:14,572 --> 00:31:17,242 >> YEAH, THANKS FOR TAKING MY 869 00:31:17,242 --> 00:31:18,209 CALL, MY QUESTIONS. 870 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:18,876 THIS IS FOR EVERYONE. 871 00:31:18,876 --> 00:31:20,545 WHEN IT COMES TO THE DIVERSITY 872 00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:22,247 OF THE CREW, AND THIS SORT OF 873 00:31:22,247 --> 00:31:25,083 PEGS OFF OF AN EARLIER QUESTION, 874 00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:27,185 HOW IMPORTANT THIS DIVERSITY OF 875 00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:29,654 THE CREW TO FUTURE SPACE 876 00:31:29,654 --> 00:31:32,724 EXPLORERS THAT LOOK TO YOU AND 877 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:35,660 SAY, THIS PERSON IT IN THESE 878 00:31:35,660 --> 00:31:37,829 SHOES DOING THIS, I MIGHT BE 879 00:31:37,829 --> 00:31:39,664 ABLE TO DO THIS MOVING FORWARD 880 00:31:39,664 --> 00:31:42,767 BECAUSE THEY TOOK THAT STEP? 881 00:31:42,767 --> 00:31:43,368 >> I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS A 882 00:31:43,368 --> 00:31:44,702 GREAT ANSWER, AS WELL. 883 00:31:44,702 --> 00:31:47,639 YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IS ONE OF 884 00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,941 THE NICE THINGS ABOUT THIS CREW 885 00:31:49,941 --> 00:31:51,576 IS PEOPLE OUT THERE CAN TAKE A 886 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:53,778 LOOK AT IT AND FIND SOMETHING 887 00:31:53,778 --> 00:31:55,013 SIMILAR, FAMILIAR TO THEM, AND 888 00:31:55,013 --> 00:31:57,515 WE HOPE THAT THAT CAN BE AN 889 00:31:57,515 --> 00:31:58,016 INSPIRATION, TOO. 890 00:31:58,016 --> 00:32:00,184 I MENTIONED THIS A LITTLE BIT 891 00:32:00,184 --> 00:32:01,886 EARLIER, AND I'LL MENTION IT 892 00:32:01,886 --> 00:32:02,186 AGAIN. 893 00:32:02,186 --> 00:32:03,621 WHEN YOU REALLY LOOK AT OUR 894 00:32:03,621 --> 00:32:05,123 BACKGROUNDS, THERE'S A LOT OF 895 00:32:05,123 --> 00:32:06,891 SIMILARITIES THERE, AND SO, YOU 896 00:32:06,891 --> 00:32:10,061 KNOW, I JUST -- YOU KNOW, 897 00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:11,329 FOCUSING ON THOSE SIMILARITIES 898 00:32:11,329 --> 00:32:12,864 IS PRETTY IMPORTANT, AS WELL, 899 00:32:12,864 --> 00:32:16,167 BUT ALSO CELEBRATING OUR 900 00:32:16,167 --> 00:32:16,801 DIFFERENCES AND HOPING THAT THAT 901 00:32:16,801 --> 00:32:18,169 CAN INSPIRE FOLKS FROM ALL 902 00:32:18,169 --> 00:32:19,871 ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD 903 00:32:19,871 --> 00:32:21,039 I THINK IS A GREAT THING. 904 00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:21,873 >> ALL RIGHT. 905 00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:30,348 LET'S GO TO GINA SINCERRI FROM 906 00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:30,782 ABC NEWS. 907 00:32:30,782 --> 00:32:34,552 >> SHANNON, YOU'VE ALREADY GOT 908 00:32:34,552 --> 00:32:35,853 SUBSTANTIAL EXPERIENCE ON BOARD 909 00:32:35,853 --> 00:32:37,055 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 910 00:32:37,055 --> 00:32:38,189 WHAT ARE YOU BRINGING FROM YOUR 911 00:32:38,189 --> 00:32:40,391 LAST EXPEDITION TO THIS THAT 912 00:32:40,391 --> 00:32:41,893 WILL MAKE THIS EXPEDITION 913 00:32:41,893 --> 00:32:42,760 DIFFERENT FOR YOU? 914 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:45,096 >> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 915 00:32:45,096 --> 00:32:46,230 I HAVEN'T THOUGHT TOO MUCH ABOUT 916 00:32:46,230 --> 00:32:46,431 THAT. 917 00:32:46,431 --> 00:32:47,999 I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS 918 00:32:47,999 --> 00:32:50,301 THAT I WILL BRING IS MY 919 00:32:50,301 --> 00:32:51,803 EXPERIENCE, WHICH DOESN'T SOUND 920 00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:54,672 LIKE A VERY CONCRETE ANSWER, BUT 921 00:32:54,672 --> 00:32:56,574 MY EXPERIENCE OF HAVING ALREADY 922 00:32:56,574 --> 00:33:00,445 LIVED AND WORKED THERE WILL GIVE 923 00:33:00,445 --> 00:33:02,980 ME A HUGE HEAD START AND MAKE ME 924 00:33:02,980 --> 00:33:04,549 MUCH MORE EFFICIENT THAN I WAS 925 00:33:04,549 --> 00:33:05,883 THE LAST TIME I FLEW. 926 00:33:05,883 --> 00:33:07,352 KNOWING HOW THE SPACE STATION IS 927 00:33:07,352 --> 00:33:09,420 LAID OUT, KNOWING HOW IT'S 928 00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:13,057 PACKED, KNOWING HOW THE CREW 929 00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:15,226 WORKS WITH THE CREW ON THE 930 00:33:15,226 --> 00:33:16,861 STATION WILL MAKE ME JUST A 931 00:33:16,861 --> 00:33:18,129 BETTER CREW MEMBER OVERALL. 932 00:33:18,129 --> 00:33:19,697 >> OKAY. 933 00:33:19,697 --> 00:33:24,502 LET'S GO TO DAVE MOSHER WITH 934 00:33:24,502 --> 00:33:24,936 BUSINESS INSIDER. 935 00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:27,905 >> HI, ALL. 936 00:33:27,905 --> 00:33:30,141 THIS SPRINGS OFF AN EARLIER 937 00:33:30,141 --> 00:33:35,179 QUESTION FOR WHOEVER IS MOST 938 00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:37,348 INTERESTED IN ANSWERING IT. 939 00:33:37,348 --> 00:33:43,721 WHAT DID BOB AND DOUG TELL YOU 940 00:33:43,721 --> 00:33:46,524 THAT HAS REALLY STUCK WITH YOU 941 00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:48,092 THAT HAS REALLY STUCK WITH YOU 942 00:33:48,092 --> 00:33:52,964 AND YOU CAN SHARE WITH US WHAT 943 00:33:52,964 --> 00:33:53,197 IT IS. 944 00:33:53,197 --> 00:33:55,566 >> YEAH, I CAN SHARE ONE. 945 00:33:55,566 --> 00:33:59,103 I REMEMBER TALKING TO DOUG ABOUT 946 00:33:59,103 --> 00:34:01,038 ENTRY, AND HIS COMMENT ABOUT 947 00:34:01,038 --> 00:34:05,977 ENTRY WAS THAT IT HAPPENS FAST. 948 00:34:05,977 --> 00:34:09,180 FROM THE TIME THE DEORBIT 949 00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:13,918 SEQUENCE STARTS, THE ENTRY 950 00:34:13,918 --> 00:34:15,319 SEQUENCE STARTS TO WHEN YOU 951 00:34:15,319 --> 00:34:16,821 TOUCHDOWN IS VERY FAST. 952 00:34:16,821 --> 00:34:18,990 HIS COMMENT WAS EVEN THOUGH IT'S 953 00:34:18,990 --> 00:34:20,425 HAPPENING FAST, HE FELT LIKE HE 954 00:34:20,425 --> 00:34:22,326 WAS AHEAD OF THE VEHICLE. 955 00:34:22,326 --> 00:34:24,729 SO FOR PEOPLE IN THE AVIATION 956 00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:26,631 WORLD OR FLYING WORLD LIKE THIS, 957 00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:27,999 THAT HAS A CERTAIN MEANING TO 958 00:34:27,999 --> 00:34:29,967 IT, AND THAT -- FOR ME, THAT 959 00:34:29,967 --> 00:34:31,536 MEANS I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT 960 00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:33,871 WE AS A CREW ARE READY FOR THAT 961 00:34:33,871 --> 00:34:35,740 MOMENT BECAUSE, AGAIN, WHEN 962 00:34:35,740 --> 00:34:36,808 THINGS HAPPEN FAST, YOU NEED 963 00:34:36,808 --> 00:34:39,143 TO -- TO BE ANTICIPATING AND BE 964 00:34:39,143 --> 00:34:41,446 READY TO GO, AND SO THAT REALLY 965 00:34:41,446 --> 00:34:41,979 STOOD OUT TO ME. 966 00:34:41,979 --> 00:34:42,513 >> YEAH. 967 00:34:42,513 --> 00:34:44,282 AND ANOTHER THING THAT THEY 968 00:34:44,282 --> 00:34:46,551 MENTIONED WAS THAT AFTER THEIR 969 00:34:46,551 --> 00:34:49,921 MANUAL PILOTING DEMO, THAT THE 970 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:52,256 VEHICLE FLEW LIKE THE SIM. 971 00:34:52,256 --> 00:34:53,591 THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO SPACEX 972 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:54,926 AND THE PRODUCT THAT THEY'VE 973 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:55,193 CREATED. 974 00:34:55,193 --> 00:34:55,760 >> OKAY. 975 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:59,096 LET'S GO TO MEREDITH GAROFALO 976 00:34:59,096 --> 00:35:03,668 WITH WEATHER NATION. 977 00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:05,670 >> THANK YOU GUYS ALL SO MUCH. 978 00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:07,705 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 979 00:35:07,705 --> 00:35:09,807 WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT DECADES OF 980 00:35:09,807 --> 00:35:10,908 SPACE EXPLORATION. 981 00:35:10,908 --> 00:35:12,176 WHY IS THIS ONE SO IMPORTANT TO 982 00:35:12,176 --> 00:35:14,912 YOU AND FOR OUR FUTURE 983 00:35:14,912 --> 00:35:15,213 GENERATIONS. 984 00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:17,081 WHAT DO YOU HOPE THEY ALWAYS 985 00:35:17,081 --> 00:35:18,983 REMEMBER FROM THIS LAUNCH AND 986 00:35:18,983 --> 00:35:20,117 FROM THIS MISSION? 987 00:35:20,117 --> 00:35:23,754 >> SO I WOULD HOPE THAT, COMING 988 00:35:23,754 --> 00:35:25,990 OUT OF THIS IS -- I MENTIONED IT 989 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:27,191 EARLIER, AS WELL, THAT IT'S KIND 990 00:35:27,191 --> 00:35:30,428 OF THE START OF A NEW ERA IN 991 00:35:30,428 --> 00:35:31,229 HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. 992 00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:33,297 I THINK USING THE COMMERCIAL 993 00:35:33,297 --> 00:35:34,899 COMPANIES TO GIVE US ACCESS TO 994 00:35:34,899 --> 00:35:35,967 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 995 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:37,335 I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE 996 00:35:37,335 --> 00:35:38,736 THAT'S HAPPENING, AND THAT IS 997 00:35:38,736 --> 00:35:41,906 OPENING UP LOW-EARTH ORBIT TO 998 00:35:41,906 --> 00:35:45,776 POTENTIALLY MORE PEOPLE, 999 00:35:45,776 --> 00:35:49,647 POTENTIALLY NOT JUST TO NASA 1000 00:35:49,647 --> 00:35:53,384 ASTRONAUTS AND RUSSIAN 1001 00:35:53,384 --> 00:35:57,788 COSMONAUTS AND J.A.S. 1002 00:35:57,788 --> 00:35:58,089 ASTRONAUTS. 1003 00:35:58,089 --> 00:36:00,591 THIS IS A GREAT THING, AND I 1004 00:36:00,591 --> 00:36:03,060 HOPE THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DO 1005 00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:03,261 THAT. 1006 00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:04,662 >> ALL RIGHT. 1007 00:36:04,662 --> 00:36:06,931 LET'S GO TO STEVEN CARVER FROM 1008 00:36:06,931 --> 00:36:07,331 SPACE FLIGHT NOW. 1009 00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:07,899 >> HI. 1010 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:08,766 THANK YOU. 1011 00:36:08,766 --> 00:36:10,368 I WAS WONDERING WHICH ONE OF YOU 1012 00:36:10,368 --> 00:36:12,570 WOULD BE TRAINING OR WHICH OF 1013 00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:14,705 YOU WOULD BE EXPECTED TO GO 1014 00:36:14,705 --> 00:36:16,841 OUTSIDE TO E.V.A. OR WHICH ONE 1015 00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:19,243 OF YOU RECEIVED E.V.A. TRAINING. 1016 00:36:19,243 --> 00:36:22,513 I UNDERSTAND YOUR E.V.A. 1017 00:36:22,513 --> 00:36:24,015 TRAINING IS COMPLETE, YOUR 1018 00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:29,887 DRAGON TRAINING AT SPACEX IS 1019 00:36:29,887 --> 00:36:30,087 OVER. 1020 00:36:30,087 --> 00:36:32,857 WHAT YARE YOU GOING TO DO OVER 1021 00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:34,158 THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO PREPARE 1022 00:36:34,158 --> 00:36:35,760 FOR THE UPCOMING MISSION? 1023 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:36,093 THANK YOU. 1024 00:36:36,093 --> 00:36:37,862 >> I'LL START IN TERMS OF THE 1025 00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:38,129 E.V.A. 1026 00:36:38,129 --> 00:36:42,033 IN TERMS OF TRAINING FOR E.V.A., 1027 00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:44,335 ALL FOUR OF US ARE TRAINED IN 1028 00:36:44,335 --> 00:36:44,702 E.V.A. 1029 00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:48,239 IN TERMS OF GOING OUT THE DOOR, 1030 00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:52,543 VICTOR AND I AND SOICHI WILL GO 1031 00:36:52,543 --> 00:36:55,079 OUT THE DOOR. 1032 00:36:55,079 --> 00:36:55,413 >> AND KATE. 1033 00:36:55,413 --> 00:37:01,552 >> AND KATE, BUT SHANNON HAS THE 1034 00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:02,320 MORE DIFFICULT TASK OF GETTING 1035 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,521 US OUT THE DOOR. 1036 00:37:03,521 --> 00:37:06,023 THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, AND IT'S 1037 00:37:06,023 --> 00:37:07,758 CRITICAL THAT IT HAS TO BE 1038 00:37:07,758 --> 00:37:07,992 TRACKED. 1039 00:37:07,992 --> 00:37:09,660 ALL FOUR OF US, INCLUDING KATE, 1040 00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:13,331 ARE PREPARED TO GO OUT THE DOOR, 1041 00:37:13,331 --> 00:37:16,033 AND SHANNON IS JUST AS IMPORTANT 1042 00:37:16,033 --> 00:37:18,603 PART OF THAT ROLE IN TERMS OF 1043 00:37:18,603 --> 00:37:22,540 MAKING THOSE E.V.A.s HAPPEN. 1044 00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:24,041 I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE 1045 00:37:24,041 --> 00:37:25,743 WANTS TO COMMENT ON THAT 1046 00:37:25,743 --> 00:37:26,043 HAPPENING. 1047 00:37:26,043 --> 00:37:28,746 >> WE DO THE REFRESHER AND BULK 1048 00:37:28,746 --> 00:37:32,950 OF OUR TRAINING, AND THAT'S 1049 00:37:32,950 --> 00:37:33,217 COMPLETE. 1050 00:37:33,217 --> 00:37:34,452 BUT WE DO ALSO GET THE 1051 00:37:34,452 --> 00:37:35,620 OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME TIME 1052 00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:39,290 OFF, SO WE'LL HAVE ABOUT A WEEK 1053 00:37:39,290 --> 00:37:40,858 WHERE WE CAN SPEND TIME WITH OUR 1054 00:37:40,858 --> 00:37:42,627 FAMILIES AND WRAP THINGS UP AT 1055 00:37:42,627 --> 00:37:45,563 HOME BEFORE WE GO AWAY THAT'S 1056 00:37:45,563 --> 00:37:47,765 GOING -- OUR TIME ON ORBIT IS 1057 00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:53,170 ACROSS A MAJOR HOLIDAY SEASON, 1058 00:37:53,170 --> 00:37:54,438 WE'LL BE AWAY DURING TAX SEASON, 1059 00:37:54,438 --> 00:37:56,340 SO THEY'LL BE THINGS THAT WE 1060 00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:58,209 NEED TO TAKE CARE OF, AND THEN, 1061 00:37:58,209 --> 00:37:59,810 WE'LL BE RIGHT INTO QUARANTINE, 1062 00:37:59,810 --> 00:38:00,645 GETTING READY TO GO. 1063 00:38:00,645 --> 00:38:01,545 >> ALL RIGHT. 1064 00:38:01,545 --> 00:38:06,851 LET'S GO TO FREDO JUAREZ WITH 1065 00:38:06,851 --> 00:38:08,719 L.A. UNIVERSAL. 1066 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:09,954 >> HI, EVERYBODY. 1067 00:38:09,954 --> 00:38:11,722 THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY 1068 00:38:11,722 --> 00:38:11,989 QUESTION. 1069 00:38:11,989 --> 00:38:15,159 I WAS WONDERING, THIS ONE IS FOR 1070 00:38:15,159 --> 00:38:16,027 EVERYBODY. 1071 00:38:16,027 --> 00:38:22,633 HOW DOES THIS [INAUDIBLE] YOUR 1072 00:38:22,633 --> 00:38:23,234 PERSPEC 1073 00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:27,905 PERSPECTIVE FROM SPACE AND YOUR 1074 00:38:27,905 --> 00:38:31,308 PERSPECTIVE FROM BEING AN 1075 00:38:31,308 --> 00:38:31,609 ASTRONAUT. 1076 00:38:31,609 --> 00:38:33,778 >> WELL, I WAS JOKING WITH MY 1077 00:38:33,778 --> 00:38:36,313 FAMILY, THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE A 1078 00:38:36,313 --> 00:38:40,685 LITTLE BIT OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO 1079 00:38:40,685 --> 00:38:42,486 EXPERIENCE LIVING ON THE 1080 00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:43,754 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 1081 00:38:43,754 --> 00:38:50,728 LIVING IN ISOLATION AND GOING TO 1082 00:38:50,728 --> 00:38:51,729 SCHOOL ON-LINE. 1083 00:38:51,729 --> 00:38:54,799 BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THAT THE 1084 00:38:54,799 --> 00:38:56,634 PERSPECTIVE PIECE FOR ME, IT HAS 1085 00:38:56,634 --> 00:38:58,135 GIVEN ME A GREATER SENSE OF 1086 00:38:58,135 --> 00:38:59,303 RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE 1087 00:38:59,303 --> 00:39:01,005 HAD TO GO OUT AND CONTINUE TO 1088 00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:02,606 KEEP OUR COMMUNITIES CLEAN, THE 1089 00:39:02,606 --> 00:39:04,141 FOLKS PICKING UP THE TRASH AND 1090 00:39:04,141 --> 00:39:04,975 MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES 1091 00:39:04,975 --> 00:39:06,444 ARE CLEAN, AND THE FOLKS THAT 1092 00:39:06,444 --> 00:39:08,112 HAVE TO CONTINUE TO COME IN TO 1093 00:39:08,112 --> 00:39:09,447 HELP US TRAIN AND GET READY FOR 1094 00:39:09,447 --> 00:39:14,018 THIS MISSION, AND THE FOLKS THAT 1095 00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:15,820 BUILT THIS VEHICLE OR ARE STILL 1096 00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:16,721 BUILDING THIS VEHICLE. 1097 00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:18,355 I THOUGHT I WAS GRATEFUL, BUT I 1098 00:39:18,355 --> 00:39:21,025 AM INCREASINGLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL 1099 00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:22,727 OF THEIR WORK. 1100 00:39:22,727 --> 00:39:24,195 >> ALL RIGHT. 1101 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:28,933 IRENE CLAUSS WITH AVIATION WEEK. 1102 00:39:28,933 --> 00:39:31,769 >> HI. 1103 00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:33,037 THIS IS FOR MIKE OR SHANNON. 1104 00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:36,073 NASA HAS GONE THROUGH THIS 1105 00:39:36,073 --> 00:39:39,043 PERIOD OF TRYING TO OPEN UP AND 1106 00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:40,945 FLYING A POLITICIAN AND 1107 00:39:40,945 --> 00:39:42,747 SCHOOLTEACHER AND SO ON, AND WE 1108 00:39:42,747 --> 00:39:44,081 KNOW HOW THAT WORKED OUT. 1109 00:39:44,081 --> 00:39:45,883 WHAT DO YOU THINK -- CAN YOU 1110 00:39:45,883 --> 00:39:48,552 GIVE ME A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF 1111 00:39:48,552 --> 00:39:49,520 SPECIFICALLY HOW THE RISK 1112 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,791 ASSESSMENT HAS CHANGED FROM 1113 00:39:53,791 --> 00:39:57,094 SHUTTLE ERA TO WHAT YOU ALL ARE 1114 00:39:57,094 --> 00:39:59,296 WORKING NOW WITH SPACEX AND 1115 00:39:59,296 --> 00:40:00,564 BOEING IN THE COMMERCIAL CREW 1116 00:40:00,564 --> 00:40:00,931 PROGRAM? 1117 00:40:00,931 --> 00:40:05,569 >> WELL, I THINK, FIRST OF ALL, 1118 00:40:05,569 --> 00:40:06,871 IT STARTS JUST WITH THE DESIGN 1119 00:40:06,871 --> 00:40:08,105 OF THE VEHICLE AND WHAT THEY 1120 00:40:08,105 --> 00:40:09,573 EACH WERE MADE FOR. 1121 00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:14,445 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SPACE 1122 00:40:14,445 --> 00:40:16,914 SHUTTLE, IT WAS MADE FOR KIND OF 1123 00:40:16,914 --> 00:40:19,450 A DIFFERENT PURPOSE IN TERMS OF 1124 00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:20,951 IT WAS MADE TO HELP BUILD THE 1125 00:40:20,951 --> 00:40:22,153 SPACE STATION, FOR EXAMPLE. 1126 00:40:22,153 --> 00:40:25,790 SO BASED ON THAT, HOW IT WAS 1127 00:40:25,790 --> 00:40:26,357 BUILT, AND ALL OF THAT PUT 1128 00:40:26,357 --> 00:40:27,458 DIFFERENT RISKS, I WOULD SAY, 1129 00:40:27,458 --> 00:40:29,860 WITH FLYING ON THE SPACE SHUTTLE 1130 00:40:29,860 --> 00:40:31,929 VERSUS WITH THESE VEHICLES. 1131 00:40:31,929 --> 00:40:33,664 YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SEE WITH 1132 00:40:33,664 --> 00:40:35,633 SPACEX, WHAT YOU SEE BEING 1133 00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:37,101 DEVELOPED FOR BOEING, THEY HAVE 1134 00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:40,604 A MUCH SMALLER MISSION SET, IF 1135 00:40:40,604 --> 00:40:40,871 YOU WILL. 1136 00:40:40,871 --> 00:40:46,377 THEY WILL -- THEY'RE BEING MADE 1137 00:40:46,377 --> 00:40:48,379 TO TAKE PEOPLE TO LOW-EARTH 1138 00:40:48,379 --> 00:40:49,880 ORBIT AND BACK. 1139 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,816 THEY'RE NOT BEING ASKED TO DO 1140 00:40:51,816 --> 00:40:55,052 THE SAME TYPES OF THINGS THAT 1141 00:40:55,052 --> 00:40:56,754 THE SPACE SHUTTLE WAS ASKED TO 1142 00:40:56,754 --> 00:40:56,921 DO. 1143 00:40:56,921 --> 00:40:58,155 SO BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU'LL SEE 1144 00:40:58,155 --> 00:41:00,891 THAT THE RISKS ARE A LITTLE BIT 1145 00:41:00,891 --> 00:41:02,560 DIFFERENCE, AND WE'VE GOT THE 1146 00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,795 ADVANTAGE OF WHAT, 40 YEARS, 50 1147 00:41:04,795 --> 00:41:06,363 YEARS SINCE THE DESIGNS OF THE 1148 00:41:06,363 --> 00:41:07,464 SPACE SHUTTLE. 1149 00:41:07,464 --> 00:41:08,566 OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT 1150 00:41:08,566 --> 00:41:09,767 FROM THE SPACE SHUTTLE 1151 00:41:09,767 --> 00:41:12,002 EXPERIENCE, AND WE'VE APPLIED 1152 00:41:12,002 --> 00:41:13,370 THOSE TO THESE VEHICLES. 1153 00:41:13,370 --> 00:41:16,640 YOU CAN SEE IT. 1154 00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:17,541 EARLIER, WE GOT ADVANTAGE FROM 1155 00:41:17,541 --> 00:41:19,977 THE T.P.S. ISSUE. 1156 00:41:19,977 --> 00:41:22,012 ALL OF THAT IS BEING APPLIED TO 1157 00:41:22,012 --> 00:41:23,347 THIS VEHICLE, AND WE'RE TAKING 1158 00:41:23,347 --> 00:41:24,815 ADVANTAGE OF THAT. 1159 00:41:24,815 --> 00:41:25,950 THAT'S NOT ONLY MAKING THIS 1160 00:41:25,950 --> 00:41:29,720 SAFER FOR US, BUT AS WE LOOK AT 1161 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:34,525 THE POTENTIAL OF OTHER FOLKS 1162 00:41:34,525 --> 00:41:45,469 BEING ABLE TO FLY ON THIS, AS 1163 00:41:45,469 --> 00:41:45,669 WELL. 1164 00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:47,938 >> [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S ALSO GROWN 1165 00:41:47,938 --> 00:41:49,073 OUR ABILITIES TO WORK AND LIVE 1166 00:41:49,073 --> 00:41:49,807 IN SPACE. 1167 00:41:49,807 --> 00:41:50,674 >> ALL RIGHT. 1168 00:41:50,674 --> 00:41:55,980 LET'S GO TO MARY LOU BENDER WITH 1169 00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:56,413 COSMIC PERSPECTIVE. 1170 00:41:56,413 --> 00:42:00,184 >> HI, THANK YOU. 1171 00:42:00,184 --> 00:42:01,452 THIS IS MARY LOU. 1172 00:42:01,452 --> 00:42:06,590 SO I'VE BEEN TALKING TO 1173 00:42:06,590 --> 00:42:09,326 ASTRONAUT NICOLE STOTT ABOUT AN 1174 00:42:09,326 --> 00:42:10,961 ITEM NEAR AND DEAR TO HER. 1175 00:42:10,961 --> 00:42:14,899 SHE SUGGESTED THAT SOMEONE 1176 00:42:14,899 --> 00:42:17,167 ALWAYS TAKE HER HUMANITY WITH 1177 00:42:17,167 --> 00:42:19,203 HER IN SPACE, AND FOR HER, THAT 1178 00:42:19,203 --> 00:42:23,340 MEANT BRINGING HER PAINTING IN 1179 00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:23,841 SPACE. 1180 00:42:23,841 --> 00:42:24,742 HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT YOUR 1181 00:42:24,742 --> 00:42:27,478 PERSONAL EFFECTS OR HOW YOU'LL 1182 00:42:27,478 --> 00:42:29,446 SPEND YOUR PERSONAL TIME? 1183 00:42:29,446 --> 00:42:30,447 >> GOOD QUESTION. 1184 00:42:30,447 --> 00:42:33,217 FOR ME, YES, WE KNOW AND LOVE 1185 00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:33,584 NICOLE. 1186 00:42:33,584 --> 00:42:34,518 UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE 1187 00:42:34,518 --> 00:42:36,854 SAME TALENTS THAT SHE HAS WHEN 1188 00:42:36,854 --> 00:42:38,856 IT COMES TO ART, SO THAT IS NOT 1189 00:42:38,856 --> 00:42:40,424 SOMETHING THAT I WILL PROBABLY 1190 00:42:40,424 --> 00:42:42,126 BE DOING VERY MUCH OF IN SPACE. 1191 00:42:42,126 --> 00:42:44,695 I THINK A LOT OF MY TIME WILL BE 1192 00:42:44,695 --> 00:42:46,697 SIMILAR TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE, 1193 00:42:46,697 --> 00:42:48,732 WHEN I HAD FREE TIME: LOOKING 1194 00:42:48,732 --> 00:42:53,437 OUT THE WINDOW AND ENJOYING THE 1195 00:42:53,437 --> 00:42:54,438 PERSPECTIVES OF SPACE AND 1196 00:42:54,438 --> 00:42:56,040 LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN 1197 00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:58,676 COMMUNICATE TO THAT TO THE REST 1198 00:42:58,676 --> 00:42:59,843 OF THE WORLD BECAUSE COMMUNICATE 1199 00:42:59,843 --> 00:43:01,645 OF WHAT WE'RE DOING UP THERE TO 1200 00:43:01,645 --> 00:43:04,615 THE REST OF THE WORLD IS HUGELY 1201 00:43:04,615 --> 00:43:04,915 IMPORTANT. 1202 00:43:04,915 --> 00:43:05,416 >> ALL RIGHT. 1203 00:43:05,416 --> 00:43:10,454 LET'S GO TO FRIDA JUAREZ FROM 1204 00:43:10,454 --> 00:43:10,921 L.A. UNIVERSAL AGAIN. 1205 00:43:10,921 --> 00:43:11,422 >> YEAH. 1206 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:21,065 I ALSO WANT TO -- SORRY 1207 00:43:21,065 --> 00:43:24,435 [INAUDIBLE] COULD YOU EXPLAIN ME 1208 00:43:24,435 --> 00:43:27,604 HOW DIFFERENT THESE LAST 1209 00:43:27,604 --> 00:43:29,139 WORKING -- [INAUDIBLE] OR HAVE 1210 00:43:29,139 --> 00:43:32,810 EXPERIENCE WORKING AT NASA, BUT 1211 00:43:32,810 --> 00:43:36,380 HOW IS THE COLLABORATION WITH 1212 00:43:36,380 --> 00:43:38,782 SPACEX MADE IT DIFFERENT? 1213 00:43:38,782 --> 00:43:41,352 >> SO WORKING -- I THINK YOU'RE 1214 00:43:41,352 --> 00:43:42,586 ASKING HOW THE EXPERIENCE HAS 1215 00:43:42,586 --> 00:43:44,488 BEEN WORKING WITH SPACEX 1216 00:43:44,488 --> 00:43:48,525 DIFFERENT FROM MAYBE WORKING AT 1217 00:43:48,525 --> 00:43:48,726 NASA? 1218 00:43:48,726 --> 00:43:48,959 >> YES. 1219 00:43:48,959 --> 00:43:50,995 >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT TEAM IS 1220 00:43:50,995 --> 00:43:52,896 REALLY AMAZING, AND I CAN'T GIVE 1221 00:43:52,896 --> 00:43:54,798 THEM ENOUGH KUDOS. 1222 00:43:54,798 --> 00:43:57,067 IT HAS MADE ME APPRECIATE HOW 1223 00:43:57,067 --> 00:43:59,803 HARD THEY WORK, AND HOW TALENTED 1224 00:43:59,803 --> 00:44:02,940 THEIR WORKFORCE REALLY IS. 1225 00:44:02,940 --> 00:44:04,341 EVERY TIME I GO THERE, I LEARN A 1226 00:44:04,341 --> 00:44:08,946 TON, BUT I ALSO HAVE FUN. 1227 00:44:08,946 --> 00:44:10,447 I'LL GET BACK TO OUR HOUSE IN 1228 00:44:10,447 --> 00:44:12,616 THE EVENING, AND JUST BE 1229 00:44:12,616 --> 00:44:14,251 PHYSICALLY EXHAUSTED OR MENTALLY 1230 00:44:14,251 --> 00:44:17,421 EXHAUSTED, AND WE'LL SIT AROUND, 1231 00:44:17,421 --> 00:44:18,522 TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED 1232 00:44:18,522 --> 00:44:20,224 BUT ALL HAVE SMILES ON OUR 1233 00:44:20,224 --> 00:44:20,424 FACES. 1234 00:44:20,424 --> 00:44:22,793 I THINK NASA'S CULTURE HAS BEEN 1235 00:44:22,793 --> 00:44:24,661 IMPROVED BY WORKING WITH SPACEX, 1236 00:44:24,661 --> 00:44:27,064 AND SPACEX'S CULTURE HAS BEEN 1237 00:44:27,064 --> 00:44:30,067 IMPROVED BY WORKING WITH NASA. 1238 00:44:30,067 --> 00:44:32,236 THEY HAVE ALL OF THAT EXPERIENCE 1239 00:44:32,236 --> 00:44:34,304 THAT MIKE AND SHANNON TALKED 1240 00:44:34,304 --> 00:44:36,006 ABOUT EARLIER. 1241 00:44:36,006 --> 00:44:37,341 AND THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE TEMPO. 1242 00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:40,711 THEY DO THINGS TO US THAT SEEM 1243 00:44:40,711 --> 00:44:43,347 TO BE PRETTY AMAZING, BUT THEY 1244 00:44:43,347 --> 00:44:45,449 DO IT WITH TALENT AND 1245 00:44:45,449 --> 00:44:45,849 PROFESSIONALISM. 1246 00:44:45,849 --> 00:44:47,518 >> I WOULD ADD TO THAT, IN SOME 1247 00:44:47,518 --> 00:44:50,054 WAYS, IT'S SIMILAR TO OUR 1248 00:44:50,054 --> 00:44:51,422 INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WHEN 1249 00:44:51,422 --> 00:44:52,956 WE FIRST STARTED. 1250 00:44:52,956 --> 00:44:54,958 OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS CAME 1251 00:44:54,958 --> 00:44:56,493 WITH EXPERIENCES AND WAYS OF 1252 00:44:56,493 --> 00:44:59,229 DOING BUSINESS, AND WE'VE ALL 1253 00:44:59,229 --> 00:45:01,165 COME TOGETHER SORT OF IN THE 1254 00:45:01,165 --> 00:45:02,866 CENTER OF ONE FUNCTIONAL GROUP 1255 00:45:02,866 --> 00:45:05,369 WORKING TOGETHER. 1256 00:45:05,369 --> 00:45:05,936 AND SO NOW, WE'RE BRINGING 1257 00:45:05,936 --> 00:45:07,237 SPACEX IN THE TEAM, AND SPACEX 1258 00:45:07,237 --> 00:45:10,441 IS LEARNING FROM THE PARTNERS 1259 00:45:10,441 --> 00:45:11,975 AND THE PARTNERSHIP IS LEARNING 1260 00:45:11,975 --> 00:45:12,342 FROM SPACEX. 1261 00:45:12,342 --> 00:45:13,377 >> ALL RIGHT. 1262 00:45:13,377 --> 00:45:17,381 LET'S GO BACK TO SHANNON BARBER 1263 00:45:17,381 --> 00:45:19,516 FROM GANNETT PUBLICATIONS. 1264 00:45:19,516 --> 00:45:25,389 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1265 00:45:25,389 --> 00:45:25,989 I HAVEN'T HEARD AT MUCH ABOUT 1266 00:45:25,989 --> 00:45:29,426 THE SPINECIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS 1267 00:45:29,426 --> 00:45:32,196 YOU MAY BE CONDUCTING OR 1268 00:45:32,196 --> 00:45:34,031 MAINTAINING ABOARD THE I.S.S. 1269 00:45:34,031 --> 00:45:35,866 WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO COMMENT 1270 00:45:35,866 --> 00:45:36,800 ON THAT? 1271 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:37,768 >> WELL, THE EXPERIMENTS THAT 1272 00:45:37,768 --> 00:45:39,436 ARE GOING TO BE UP THERE WHILE 1273 00:45:39,436 --> 00:45:42,439 WE'RE THERE COULD VARY, AND SO 1274 00:45:42,439 --> 00:45:43,874 WE'VE HAD TO TRAIN ON A VARIETY 1275 00:45:43,874 --> 00:45:44,641 OF THEM. 1276 00:45:44,641 --> 00:45:46,477 ONE THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO 1277 00:45:46,477 --> 00:45:48,145 IS FOOD PHYSIOLOGY BECAUSE I 1278 00:45:48,145 --> 00:45:50,948 LOVE TO EAT, AND IT'S GOING TO 1279 00:45:50,948 --> 00:45:54,051 ALLOW ME TO EAT MORE FRUITS AND 1280 00:45:54,051 --> 00:45:57,154 VEGETABLES AS THEY TRY TO 1281 00:45:57,154 --> 00:46:04,661 INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF ACIDS AND 1282 00:46:04,661 --> 00:46:07,397 GLYCOLENE IN YOUR SYSTEM AS YOU 1283 00:46:07,397 --> 00:46:11,235 EAT MORE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 1284 00:46:11,235 --> 00:46:14,438 SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 1285 00:46:14,438 --> 00:46:14,872 FOOD EXPERIMENT. 1286 00:46:14,872 --> 00:46:17,107 >> ANYBODY ELSE ON FOOD 1287 00:46:17,107 --> 00:46:19,810 EXPERIMENTS? 1288 00:46:19,810 --> 00:46:21,578 >> THEY HAVE EXPERIMENTS THAT 1289 00:46:21,578 --> 00:46:24,214 DIDN'T EXIST THE LAST TIME THAT 1290 00:46:24,214 --> 00:46:25,115 SHANNON AND I FLEW. 1291 00:46:25,115 --> 00:46:29,887 WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIMENTS ON 1292 00:46:29,887 --> 00:46:33,490 MICROBIOLOGY AND GENE BIOLOGY, 1293 00:46:33,490 --> 00:46:35,759 AND ALSO A LOT OF EXPERIMENTS ON 1294 00:46:35,759 --> 00:46:37,194 THINGS LIKE THE AIRLOCK, SO 1295 00:46:37,194 --> 00:46:39,563 WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO EXPLORE 1296 00:46:39,563 --> 00:46:39,930 THESE THINGS. 1297 00:46:39,930 --> 00:46:42,699 >> JUST A REMINDER, IF YOU HAVE 1298 00:46:42,699 --> 00:46:44,935 A QUESTION ON THE PHONE, YOU CAN 1299 00:46:44,935 --> 00:46:47,037 PRESS STAR, ONE TO WITHDRAW YOUR 1300 00:46:47,037 --> 00:46:53,577 QUESTION AND STAR -- STAR, ONE 1301 00:46:53,577 --> 00:46:57,080 TO ASK YOUR QUESTION AND STAR, 1302 00:46:57,080 --> 00:46:59,550 TWO TO WITHDRAW YOUR QUESTION. 1303 00:46:59,550 --> 00:47:03,153 MARGARET HAS A QUESTION: WHAT DO 1304 00:47:03,153 --> 00:47:07,524 THE SYMBOLS ON YOUR PATCH 1305 00:47:07,524 --> 00:47:07,791 REPRESENT? 1306 00:47:07,791 --> 00:47:09,193 >> THE SHADOWS REPRESENT THE 1307 00:47:09,193 --> 00:47:14,665 PREVIOUS LAUNCH VEHICLES: THE 1308 00:47:14,665 --> 00:47:20,837 MERCURY, THE GEMINI, THE APOLLO, 1309 00:47:20,837 --> 00:47:23,607 AND THE DRAGON, AND IF YOU LOOK 1310 00:47:23,607 --> 00:47:27,411 ABOVE THE DURAN, YOU'LL SEE THE 1311 00:47:27,411 --> 00:47:27,978 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 1312 00:47:27,978 --> 00:47:28,312 RIGHT THERE. 1313 00:47:28,312 --> 00:47:29,613 >> AND ANOTHER QUESTION FROM 1314 00:47:29,613 --> 00:47:29,846 TWITTER. 1315 00:47:29,846 --> 00:47:39,089 CAN ASTRONAUTS CUSTOMIZE THEIR 1316 00:47:39,089 --> 00:47:42,492 SUITS AND HELMET COLORS. 1317 00:47:42,492 --> 00:47:47,464 SOICHI HAD A COOL BLACK HELMET 1318 00:47:47,464 --> 00:47:47,898 DURING SIMULATION. 1319 00:47:47,898 --> 00:47:49,967 >> THAT'S NOT THE OFFICIAL 1320 00:47:49,967 --> 00:47:51,635 FLIGHT HELMET. 1321 00:47:51,635 --> 00:47:55,872 THE SPACE HAS A NICE DESIGN 1322 00:47:55,872 --> 00:47:58,342 SCHEME. 1323 00:47:58,342 --> 00:48:00,110 IT'S A NICE WHITE HELMET. 1324 00:48:00,110 --> 00:48:03,213 AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE CHANGED 1325 00:48:03,213 --> 00:48:06,450 ANY OF THE UNIFORMS SINCE THE 1326 00:48:06,450 --> 00:48:08,919 SAME SHUTTLES, AND I THINK THE 1327 00:48:08,919 --> 00:48:11,088 UNIFORM LOOKED REALLY FANTASTIC. 1328 00:48:11,088 --> 00:48:14,291 >> OKAY. 1329 00:48:14,291 --> 00:48:16,159 LET'S GO TO SHANNON. 1330 00:48:16,159 --> 00:48:25,235 ARE THERE ANY FUN EASTER EGGS 1331 00:48:25,235 --> 00:48:25,702 ONAT 1332 00:48:25,702 --> 00:48:26,670 THE SPACE STATION THAT WE CAN 1333 00:48:26,670 --> 00:48:27,471 KNOW ABOUT? 1334 00:48:27,471 --> 00:48:29,306 >> I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY. 1335 00:48:29,306 --> 00:48:31,441 >> I MIGHT BE AWARE OF A FEW 1336 00:48:31,441 --> 00:48:33,543 THAT I'M GOING TO HOLD OUT ON. 1337 00:48:33,543 --> 00:48:34,778 >> AND FOR OUR FINAL QUESTION 1338 00:48:34,778 --> 00:48:37,481 FOR TODAY, LET'S GO TO MARY ON 1339 00:48:37,481 --> 00:48:37,714 TWITTER. 1340 00:48:37,714 --> 00:48:40,050 WHAT DO YOU AS ASTRONAUTS 1341 00:48:40,050 --> 00:48:41,451 CONSIDER A PERSONAL GOAL DURING 1342 00:48:41,451 --> 00:48:42,619 THE CREW ONE MISSION? 1343 00:48:42,619 --> 00:48:45,422 MAYBE EACH OF YOU CAN GIVE A 1344 00:48:45,422 --> 00:48:48,025 BRIEF ANSWER HERE. 1345 00:48:48,025 --> 00:48:51,628 >> SO, YOU KNOW, AS A PERSONAL 1346 00:48:51,628 --> 00:48:53,563 GOAL, I THINK THIS ONE IS 1347 00:48:53,563 --> 00:48:55,299 PROBABLY FAIRLY OBVIOUS, BUT FOR 1348 00:48:55,299 --> 00:48:57,301 ALL OF US, IT'S TO LAND SAFELY 1349 00:48:57,301 --> 00:48:58,969 AND TO RETURN TO OUR FAMILIES, 1350 00:48:58,969 --> 00:49:00,470 AND THAT'S KIND OF FIRST AND 1351 00:49:00,470 --> 00:49:00,804 FOREMOST. 1352 00:49:00,804 --> 00:49:03,774 I THINK ONE OF MY OTHER GOALS IS 1353 00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:05,976 TO -- I'M VERY EXCITED TO FLY 1354 00:49:05,976 --> 00:49:09,279 WITH VICTOR ON HIS -- ON HIS 1355 00:49:09,279 --> 00:49:10,347 FIRST FLIGHT, AND, YOU KNOW, 1356 00:49:10,347 --> 00:49:13,050 PART OF THAT GOAL, THEN, IS 1357 00:49:13,050 --> 00:49:14,751 LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT 1358 00:49:14,751 --> 00:49:16,853 HE DOES ON HIS NEXT FLIGHT. 1359 00:49:16,853 --> 00:49:20,290 >> YOU KNOW, I'VE LISTENED TO 1360 00:49:20,290 --> 00:49:24,061 THE ADVICE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND 1361 00:49:24,061 --> 00:49:26,129 GOOD FRIENDS, AND I'M GOING TO 1362 00:49:26,129 --> 00:49:27,764 TRY TO CAPTURE THE MOMENT. 1363 00:49:27,764 --> 00:49:29,766 TAKE A LOT OF PICTURES OF THE 1364 00:49:29,766 --> 00:49:32,102 THINGS THAT WE DO INSIDE, NOT 1365 00:49:32,102 --> 00:49:35,272 JUST OF OUR PLANET, BUT OF MY 1366 00:49:35,272 --> 00:49:36,940 CREW MATES TO CAPTURE THE 1367 00:49:36,940 --> 00:49:39,109 EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO TO REMEMBER 1368 00:49:39,109 --> 00:49:40,410 THE EXPERIENCE ITSELF. 1369 00:49:40,410 --> 00:49:42,946 >> VICTOR'S GOAL IS VERY SIMILAR 1370 00:49:42,946 --> 00:49:43,980 TO MY GOAL. 1371 00:49:43,980 --> 00:49:45,382 WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO GET TO 1372 00:49:45,382 --> 00:49:45,882 THIS POSITION. 1373 00:49:45,882 --> 00:49:48,151 WE KNOW WE'VE GOT A LOT OF HARD 1374 00:49:48,151 --> 00:49:50,454 WORK AHEAD OF US ON THE SPACE 1375 00:49:50,454 --> 00:49:51,455 STATION, SO WE WANT TO 1376 00:49:51,455 --> 00:49:52,789 ACCOMPLISH OUR WORK BUT STILL 1377 00:49:52,789 --> 00:49:54,558 HAVE A LOT OF FUN DOING IT. 1378 00:49:54,558 --> 00:49:57,394 SO IF WE CAN COME BACK AS A 1379 00:49:57,394 --> 00:49:58,929 HAPPY CREW, WE'RE GOING INTO 1380 00:49:58,929 --> 00:50:00,764 SPACES, THAT'S GOING TO BE A 1381 00:50:00,764 --> 00:50:01,631 GOOD THING. 1382 00:50:01,631 --> 00:50:02,132 >> ALL RIGHT. 1383 00:50:02,132 --> 00:50:05,202 >> I WOULD SAY -- I WOULD SAY 1384 00:50:05,202 --> 00:50:07,938 EVERY DAY'S A NEW DAY IN SPACE. 1385 00:50:07,938 --> 00:50:10,707 ENJOY EVERY MOMENT, RETURN HOME 1386 00:50:10,707 --> 00:50:11,675 WITH SMILE. 1387 00:50:11,675 --> 00:50:13,009 >> THAT'S GREAT. 1388 00:50:13,009 --> 00:50:14,244 THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR 1389 00:50:14,244 --> 00:50:16,413 JOINING US TODAY AND FOR TAKING 1390 00:50:16,413 --> 00:50:16,680 QUESTIONS. 1391 00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:18,382 WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU 1392 00:50:18,382 --> 00:50:21,418 LAUNCH ON OCTOBER 31. 1393 00:50:21,418 --> 00:50:24,354 YOU CAN WATCH THESE GUYS LAUNCH 1394 00:50:24,354 --> 00:50:33,063 ON NASA TV, ON-LINE AT 1395 00:50:33,063 --> 00:50:33,663 NASA.GOV/LIVE OR ON THE NASA 1396 00:50:33,663 --> 00:50:35,132 FACEBOOK PAGE. 1397 00:50:35,132 --> 00:50:38,568 YOU CAN JOIN MICHAEL, VICTOR, 1398 00:50:38,568 --> 00:50:42,305 AND SHANNON TOMORROW MORNING AT 1399 00:50:42,305 --> 00:50:47,043 10:00 A.M. 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