1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,001 >> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON. 2 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:04,003 ARE YOU READY FOR THE EVENT? 3 00:00:04,003 --> 00:00:08,308 >> WE ARE READY FOR THE EVENT. 4 00:00:08,308 --> 00:00:11,678 >> THIS IS MISSION CONTROL 5 00:00:11,678 --> 00:00:13,680 HOUSTON. 6 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:20,954 PLEASE CALL FOR A VOICE CHECK. 7 00:00:20,954 --> 00:00:22,389 >> HOW DO YOU HEAR ME? 8 00:00:22,389 --> 00:00:26,059 >> WE HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR. 9 00:00:26,059 --> 00:00:27,227 >> AND WITH THAT, LET'S GET 10 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:28,228 UNDER WAY. 11 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:30,029 JOINING US HERE ON TRACKING THE 12 00:00:30,029 --> 00:00:34,033 TROPICS FOR MORE THAN 200 MILES 13 00:00:34,033 --> 00:00:37,604 ABOVE THE WEATHER NASA 14 00:00:37,604 --> 00:00:42,142 ASTRONAUTS MEGAN McARTHUR AND 15 00:00:42,142 --> 00:00:43,443 SHANE KIMBROUGH. 16 00:00:43,443 --> 00:00:45,278 IT'S AN HONOR TO BE SPEAKING TO 17 00:00:45,278 --> 00:00:46,613 YOU TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR 18 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:47,580 JOINING US. 19 00:00:47,580 --> 00:00:48,982 >> THANKS FOR HAVING US, WE LOOK 20 00:00:48,982 --> 00:00:50,283 FORWARD TO TALKING WITH YOU 21 00:00:50,283 --> 00:00:50,550 TODAY. 22 00:00:50,550 --> 00:01:06,433 MEGAN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE ROLE 23 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:09,969 THAT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 24 00:01:09,969 --> 00:01:15,208 STATION PLAYS IN MONITORING? 25 00:01:15,208 --> 00:01:17,410 >> WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VANTAGE 26 00:01:17,410 --> 00:01:23,116 POINT 250 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH. 27 00:01:23,116 --> 00:01:26,119 WE HAVE A LOVELY VIEWING AREA 28 00:01:26,119 --> 00:01:28,188 CALLED THE CUPOLA THAT GIVES US 29 00:01:28,188 --> 00:01:30,490 A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE EARTH AS 30 00:01:30,490 --> 00:01:32,025 WE GO AROUND. 31 00:01:32,025 --> 00:01:32,792 SHANE AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING 32 00:01:32,792 --> 00:01:33,860 OVER THE WEEKEND. 33 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:35,495 HE SAID IT WOULD BE A NEAT IDEA 34 00:01:35,495 --> 00:01:37,630 TO SEE WHAT WE CAN SEE AS ELSA 35 00:01:37,630 --> 00:01:39,432 WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE 36 00:01:39,432 --> 00:01:40,333 CARIBBEAN. 37 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:42,302 THE LAST TIME WE WERE PASSING 38 00:01:42,302 --> 00:01:44,137 OVER THAT AREA, SHANE WAS BUSY 39 00:01:44,137 --> 00:01:45,805 DOING SOMETHING ELSE, SO I WENT 40 00:01:45,805 --> 00:01:48,141 IN THERE, GRABBED THE CAMERA AND 41 00:01:48,141 --> 00:01:49,976 TOOK SOME PICTURES. 42 00:01:49,976 --> 00:01:52,278 YOU CAN SEE THE CIRCULAR 43 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:53,980 FORMATION OF THE STORM. 44 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:56,583 AS WE APPROACHED WE GOT SOME 45 00:01:56,583 --> 00:01:58,017 INTERESTING VIEWS. 46 00:01:58,017 --> 00:02:00,553 IT WAS INTERESTING AS A BACKDROP 47 00:02:00,553 --> 00:02:01,621 FROM SOME OF THE DIFFERENT 48 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:02,989 STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE. 49 00:02:02,989 --> 00:02:04,457 SO I TRIED TO CAPTURE THAT 50 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:06,392 FEELING AS MUCH AS I COULD FOR 51 00:02:06,392 --> 00:02:08,528 FOLKS ON EARTH TO SEE THAT. 52 00:02:08,528 --> 00:02:11,598 AND AT THAT TIME--UP HERE, I'M 53 00:02:11,598 --> 00:02:13,166 NOT TRACKING THE WEATHER AS MUCH 54 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:14,601 AS I WOULD DO AT HOME. 55 00:02:14,601 --> 00:02:16,269 CERTAINLY IF I LIVED IN THAT 56 00:02:16,269 --> 00:02:18,204 AREA, SO I WASN'T SURE OF THE 57 00:02:18,204 --> 00:02:19,672 DEVELOPMENT OF THE STORM AND HOW 58 00:02:19,672 --> 00:02:21,674 DANGEROUS IT WAS GOING TO BE. 59 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:23,676 I WANTED TO SHARE WHAT IT LOOKS 60 00:02:23,676 --> 00:02:25,211 LIKE TO US AS IT WAS DEVELOPING 61 00:02:25,211 --> 00:02:26,646 AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AT 62 00:02:26,646 --> 00:02:35,455 HOME COULD SEE THAT AS WELL. 63 00:02:35,455 --> 00:02:37,457 >> GOING ALONG WITH THAT, MEGAN, 64 00:02:37,457 --> 00:02:38,925 WHEN YOU KNOW YOUR ORBIT WITH 65 00:02:38,925 --> 00:02:40,493 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 66 00:02:40,493 --> 00:02:42,161 IS GOING OVER THE TROPICAL 67 00:02:42,161 --> 00:02:45,465 ATLANTIC OR A TROPICAL SYSTEM, 68 00:02:45,465 --> 00:02:47,300 DO YOU CHANGE ANY OPERATIONS ON 69 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:50,136 THE ISS TO GET ANY KIND OF DATA? 70 00:02:50,136 --> 00:02:51,304 DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU GET 71 00:02:51,304 --> 00:02:52,672 PICTURES? 72 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:53,973 TALK A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU KNOW 73 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:55,842 YOUR ORBIT IS GOING OVER A 74 00:02:55,842 --> 00:02:58,077 TROPICAL SYSTEM. 75 00:02:58,077 --> 00:03:00,880 >> SO THERE IS A PROGRAM AT NASA 76 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:03,383 CREW-EARTH OBSERVATIONS. 77 00:03:03,383 --> 00:03:05,184 WE WILL GET ASKED TO TAKE 78 00:03:05,184 --> 00:03:07,153 PHOTOGRAPHS OF CERTAIN THINGS. 79 00:03:07,153 --> 00:03:08,888 SOMETIMES IT'S TROPICAL WEATHER. 80 00:03:08,888 --> 00:03:13,426 IT MIGHT BE VOLCANIC WEATHER, 81 00:03:13,426 --> 00:03:15,528 WILDFIRE OR BIRD MIGRATIONS. 82 00:03:15,528 --> 00:03:17,130 WE'LL GET NOTIFICATIONS THAT 83 00:03:17,130 --> 00:03:19,132 WE'RE GOING OVER DIFFERENT PARTS 84 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:20,867 OF THE PLANET. 85 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:22,201 NORMALLY OUR WORK IS ON THE 86 00:03:22,201 --> 00:03:23,770 RESEARCH WORK THAT WE'RE DOING 87 00:03:23,770 --> 00:03:27,106 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 88 00:03:27,106 --> 00:03:27,540 STATION. 89 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:29,909 IF WE CAN STOP AND TAKE PICTURES 90 00:03:29,909 --> 00:03:31,511 OF DEVELOPMENTS ON EARTH, WE 91 00:03:31,511 --> 00:03:34,514 WILL ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. 92 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:36,849 >> WE ARE OF COURSE, MONITORING 93 00:03:36,849 --> 00:03:39,185 THE TROPICS CAREFULLY, BUT YOU 94 00:03:39,185 --> 00:03:40,620 HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE 95 00:03:40,620 --> 00:03:42,021 ONGOING. 96 00:03:42,021 --> 00:03:43,122 I WAS READING ABOUT THE 97 00:03:43,122 --> 00:03:47,060 WEATHER-RELATED CUBESATS. 98 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:49,762 I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD 99 00:03:49,762 --> 00:03:52,599 EXPLAIN HOW THAT HELPS US WITH 100 00:03:52,599 --> 00:03:54,667 FORECASTING ON EARTH. 101 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:56,436 >> I DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT 102 00:03:56,436 --> 00:03:59,072 ABOUT IT, BUT I'LL TAKE A CRACK 103 00:03:59,072 --> 00:03:59,405 AT IT. 104 00:03:59,405 --> 00:04:10,183 CUBESATS WILL LOOK AT THE 105 00:04:10,183 --> 00:04:14,854 IONOSFERE. 106 00:04:14,854 --> 00:04:16,022 THAT'S ALL I KNOW. 107 00:04:16,022 --> 00:04:17,390 WE DON'T GET THE DATA OR 108 00:04:17,390 --> 00:04:19,025 RESEARCH FROM IT, BUT THE 109 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:20,560 RESEARCHERS ON THE GROUND WILL 110 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,295 GET THAT DATA AND WILL KNOW 111 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:24,097 EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR 112 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:26,099 AND KNOW WHAT THEY'LL GET OUT 113 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:29,068 THAT HAVE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT. 114 00:04:29,068 --> 00:04:31,604 >> AGAIN, WE'VE GOT MEGAN 115 00:04:31,604 --> 00:04:34,374 McARTHUR AS WELL AS SHANE 116 00:04:34,374 --> 00:04:36,409 KIMBROUGH JOINING US AS WE TRACK 117 00:04:36,409 --> 00:04:38,311 THE TROPICS. 118 00:04:38,311 --> 00:04:40,313 WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM OUR 119 00:04:40,313 --> 00:04:41,481 AUDIENCE MEMBERS ON SOCIAL 120 00:04:41,481 --> 00:04:42,181 MEDIA. 121 00:04:42,181 --> 00:04:43,282 WE'LL TAKE SOME OF THOSE 122 00:04:43,282 --> 00:04:44,183 QUESTIONS NOW. 123 00:04:44,183 --> 00:04:45,752 WE'LL START HERE FROM HARRY 124 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:49,622 SPENCER HERE IN OUR COMMENT 125 00:04:49,622 --> 00:04:50,289 SECTION. 126 00:04:50,289 --> 00:04:51,691 HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE 127 00:04:51,691 --> 00:04:53,860 BODY TO READJUST TO THE EARTH'S 128 00:04:53,860 --> 00:04:55,395 ATMOSPHERE AFTER BEING ON THE 129 00:04:55,395 --> 00:05:04,437 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, SAY 130 00:05:04,437 --> 00:05:09,308 SIX MONTHS. 131 00:05:09,308 --> 00:05:10,643 >> SO THE BODY AND. 132 00:05:10,643 --> 00:05:12,445 BRAIN ARE PRETTY AMAZING IN THAT 133 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:14,414 WE ADAPT TO NEW ENVIRONMENTS 134 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:15,748 PRETTY QUICKLY. 135 00:05:15,748 --> 00:05:17,583 IT TOOK ABOUT A WEEK FOR ME TO 136 00:05:17,583 --> 00:05:20,386 FEEL REASONABLY WELL ADAPTED, 137 00:05:20,386 --> 00:05:22,822 AND I THINK IT WILL TAKE A WEEK 138 00:05:22,822 --> 00:05:26,559 OR TWO TO GET BACK TO EARTH 139 00:05:26,559 --> 00:05:27,794 NORMAL AGAIN. 140 00:05:27,794 --> 00:05:28,995 YOU COME HOME TO EARTH. 141 00:05:28,995 --> 00:05:31,898 YOU'VE GOT A LOT LESS BLOOD 142 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:33,199 VOLUME, SO YOUR BODY IS 143 00:05:33,199 --> 00:05:35,234 REGENERATING ALL OF THAT, AND 144 00:05:35,234 --> 00:05:41,674 YOUR VESTIBULAR SYSTEM GETS 145 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:42,775 MESSED UP. 146 00:05:42,775 --> 00:05:44,644 IN SPACE WE'LL KEEP MOVING 147 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:46,879 UNLESS WE GRAB SOMETHING TO STOP 148 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:47,480 OURSELVES. 149 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:53,453 IF AT HOME THAT CONTINUES. 150 00:05:53,453 --> 00:05:55,521 IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE FOR YOUR 151 00:05:55,521 --> 00:05:57,423 BRAIN TO FIGURE THAT OUT. 152 00:05:57,423 --> 00:05:58,991 I WOULD SAY TWO WEEKS. 153 00:05:58,991 --> 00:06:01,928 NO, WE DON'T GO INTO QUARANTINE 154 00:06:01,928 --> 00:06:03,329 WHEN WE COME HOME. 155 00:06:03,329 --> 00:06:04,797 WE'RE ABLE TO SEE OUR FRIENDS 156 00:06:04,797 --> 00:06:07,233 AND FAMILY RIGHT AWAY. 157 00:06:07,233 --> 00:06:09,602 WE'LL GO THROUGH MEDICAL TRIALS, 158 00:06:09,602 --> 00:06:11,804 BUT THAT'S TO TEST THE EFFECTS 159 00:06:11,804 --> 00:06:13,740 OF THE LONG DURATION SPACE 160 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:15,108 FLIGHT. 161 00:06:15,108 --> 00:06:16,976 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEGAN. 162 00:06:16,976 --> 00:06:19,412 NOW THIS IS METEOROLOGIST AMANDA 163 00:06:19,412 --> 00:06:21,581 HOLLY FROM WFLA. 164 00:06:21,581 --> 00:06:23,149 THIS IS COMING FROM OUR 165 00:06:23,149 --> 00:06:26,552 INTERACTIVE PRODUCER AT WFLA. 166 00:06:26,552 --> 00:06:28,855 IT HAS BEEN TEN YEARS TO THE DAY 167 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:32,258 SINCE THE LAST SHUTTLE MISSION. 168 00:06:32,258 --> 00:06:34,494 OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T FLY ON THAT 169 00:06:34,494 --> 00:06:37,196 MISSION, TALK A LITTLE BIT HOW 170 00:06:37,196 --> 00:06:41,400 YOU WHAT THE DIFFERENCE NOW 171 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:46,506 LAUNCHED ON AN REUSABLE ROCKET 172 00:06:46,506 --> 00:06:48,174 AND CREW DRAGON. 173 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:50,476 >> YEAH, WE BOTH ENJOYED OUR 174 00:06:50,476 --> 00:06:53,880 SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHTS FOR SURE. 175 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,048 IT WAS A MASSIVE VEHICLE VEHICLE 176 00:06:56,048 --> 00:06:59,652 AND AN ENGINEERING MIRACLE. 177 00:06:59,652 --> 00:07:01,521 I FLEW A FEW MONTHS BEFORE MEGAN 178 00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:03,489 ON THE SHUTTLE. 179 00:07:03,489 --> 00:07:07,160 SHE WAS GOING TO THE HUBEL SPACE 180 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,495 TELESCOPE. 181 00:07:09,495 --> 00:07:11,564 THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE 182 00:07:11,564 --> 00:07:12,431 EXPERIENCE. 183 00:07:12,431 --> 00:07:14,734 WE BOTH JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO 184 00:07:14,734 --> 00:07:20,973 HALLELUJAHED FROM THE LAUNCH, 185 00:07:20,973 --> 00:07:24,076 AND WE HAD HAD AN INCREDIBLE 186 00:07:24,076 --> 00:07:25,912 RIDE UP HEEL, AND WE'RE LOOKING 187 00:07:25,912 --> 00:07:28,247 FORWARD TO GOING HOME ON THE 188 00:07:28,247 --> 00:07:29,982 CREW DRAGON. 189 00:07:29,982 --> 00:07:34,120 >> HEY, I'M METEOROLOGIST 190 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,722 REBECCA BARRY. 191 00:07:36,722 --> 00:07:38,224 WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF YOUNG 192 00:07:38,224 --> 00:07:40,393 WOMEN IN SPACE AND BEYOND AND 193 00:07:40,393 --> 00:07:42,094 WILL THEY PLAY A ROLE IN OUR 194 00:07:42,094 --> 00:07:43,563 RETURN TO THE MOON? 195 00:07:43,563 --> 00:07:44,864 >> I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY, THERE 196 00:07:44,864 --> 00:07:48,467 IS A PROMINENT ROLE FOR YOUNG 197 00:07:48,467 --> 00:07:50,603 WOMEN AND YOUNG MEN IN OUR 198 00:07:50,603 --> 00:07:51,871 RETURN TO THE MOON. 199 00:07:51,871 --> 00:07:53,573 I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE 200 00:07:53,573 --> 00:07:55,508 NUMBER OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE 201 00:07:55,508 --> 00:07:58,077 INTERESTED IN BECOMING SPACEX 202 00:07:58,077 --> 00:07:59,212 EMPLOYERERS. 203 00:07:59,212 --> 00:08:02,081 WHEN I JOINED ASTRONAUT OFFICER 204 00:08:02,081 --> 00:08:05,751 THERE WERE MAYBE 20% WOMEN, AND 205 00:08:05,751 --> 00:08:08,754 WE'RE SEEING THAT NUMBER GOING 206 00:08:08,754 --> 00:08:10,022 UP AND UP. 207 00:08:10,022 --> 00:08:12,425 WE'RE SEEING MORE WOMEN APPLYING 208 00:08:12,425 --> 00:08:14,894 TO BECOME RESTAURANTS. 209 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:17,163 I THINK THEIR REPUTATION IS 210 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:22,034 IMPORTANT AND AM WE GET NEW, 211 00:08:22,034 --> 00:08:24,704 FRESH IDEAS WHEN WE BRING NEW 212 00:08:24,704 --> 00:08:29,842 PEOPLE INTO A GROUP. 213 00:08:29,842 --> 00:08:32,645 >> I'M JOINED HERE BY MEGAN 214 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:38,050 McARTHUR AND SHANE KIMBROUGH, 215 00:08:38,050 --> 00:08:41,354 250 MILES ABOVE WHERE WE ARE IN 216 00:08:41,354 --> 00:08:42,788 TAMPA, FLORIDA. 217 00:08:42,788 --> 00:08:44,790 I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION 218 00:08:44,790 --> 00:08:47,059 ON BEHALF OF BOTH OF YOU. 219 00:08:47,059 --> 00:08:48,060 ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ALWAYS 220 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:49,629 HAD AS A KID. 221 00:08:49,629 --> 00:08:51,497 IS THERE WEATHER IN SPACE. 222 00:08:51,497 --> 00:08:53,132 WE TRACK WEATHER, OF COURSE, 223 00:08:53,132 --> 00:08:56,168 WHEN IT COMES TO HURRICANE, THE 224 00:08:56,168 --> 00:08:59,505 TROPIC DEVELOPMENTS AND THE HOUR 225 00:08:59,505 --> 00:09:00,673 SEASONS. 226 00:09:00,673 --> 00:09:04,543 BUT IS THERE ANYTHING, ANY KIND 227 00:09:04,543 --> 00:09:06,445 OF WEATHER YOU HAVE TO MONITOR 228 00:09:06,445 --> 00:09:09,916 ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 229 00:09:09,916 --> 00:09:10,583 STATION. 230 00:09:10,583 --> 00:09:12,585 >> YES, IT'S CALLED SPACE 231 00:09:12,585 --> 00:09:15,354 WEATHER, RADIATION FROM THE SUN, 232 00:09:15,354 --> 00:09:18,024 AND IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT 233 00:09:18,024 --> 00:09:19,458 OPPOSITE OUR BODY. 234 00:09:19,458 --> 00:09:23,162 IF THERE IS SOME BIG EVENT 235 00:09:23,162 --> 00:09:25,464 COMING UP, WE'LL GET IN A 236 00:09:25,464 --> 00:09:26,999 SHIELDED PART OF THE SPACE 237 00:09:26,999 --> 00:09:29,435 STATION TO PREVENT OUR BODIES 238 00:09:29,435 --> 00:09:30,736 FROM THE GETTING ALL OF 239 00:09:30,736 --> 00:09:32,538 THROEDATION. 240 00:09:32,538 --> 00:09:41,547 NUMBER. 241 00:09:41,547 --> 00:09:43,616 >> NO HURRICANES TO WORRY ABOUT 242 00:09:43,616 --> 00:09:46,786 OR TROPICAL STORMS? 243 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:47,920 VERY FORTUNATE YOU DON'T HAVE TO 244 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,922 DEAL WITH WHAT WE HAD TO DEAL 245 00:09:49,922 --> 00:09:52,191 WITH IN 2020. 246 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:55,027 >> BACK--OUR FAMILIES ARE HAVING 247 00:09:55,027 --> 00:09:57,463 TO DEAL WITH THOSE THINGS. 248 00:09:57,463 --> 00:09:59,865 >> TRACKING THE TROPICS. 249 00:09:59,865 --> 00:10:00,733 I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR 250 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:02,702 SPACE TRAVEL IN GENERAL. 251 00:10:02,702 --> 00:10:04,603 BEFORE CREW DRAGON THERE WAS A 252 00:10:04,603 --> 00:10:07,707 TEN-YEAR LAUNCH ASTRONAUTS FROM 253 00:10:07,707 --> 00:10:09,408 THE UNITED STATES SOIL. 254 00:10:09,408 --> 00:10:10,543 WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE 255 00:10:10,543 --> 00:10:13,112 UPCOMING BOEING STAR LINER 256 00:10:13,112 --> 00:10:14,647 CAPSULE AND POTENTIAL TO NOW 257 00:10:14,647 --> 00:10:17,283 HAVE MULTIPLE RIDE VEHICLES AT 258 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:19,819 OUR DISPOSAL? 259 00:10:19,819 --> 00:10:21,620 >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S GREAT. 260 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:24,457 IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. 261 00:10:24,457 --> 00:10:25,524 BOEING WILL GET THEIR VEHICLE 262 00:10:25,524 --> 00:10:27,860 OFF THE PAD IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. 263 00:10:27,860 --> 00:10:29,328 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING 264 00:10:29,328 --> 00:10:31,764 ON BOARD AND SEEING THE ORBITAL 265 00:10:31,764 --> 00:10:34,300 FLIGHT TEST NUMBER TWO VEHICLE 266 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:36,902 FOR BOEING. 267 00:10:36,902 --> 00:10:37,737 ONCE THAT PLIGHT HAPPENS THEY'LL 268 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:41,340 GET READY TO GET THEIR CREW ON 269 00:10:41,340 --> 00:10:42,675 BOARD. 270 00:10:42,675 --> 00:10:44,710 THAT'S VERY EXCITING. 271 00:10:44,710 --> 00:10:46,278 IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO 272 00:10:46,278 --> 00:10:48,681 LAUNCH INTO SPACE AND TO HAVE 273 00:10:48,681 --> 00:10:53,252 THE, AND LIKE YOU MENTIONED 274 00:10:53,252 --> 00:10:55,988 THERE WAS A TEN-YEAR GAP BETWEEN 275 00:10:55,988 --> 00:10:58,190 THE LAST SHUTTLE FLIGHT AND THE 276 00:10:58,190 --> 00:10:59,725 FIRST CREW MISSION WHICH 277 00:10:59,725 --> 00:11:01,327 HAPPENED A YEAR AGO WITH 278 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:10,436 MEGAN'SEL R HUSBAND, BOB. 279 00:11:10,436 --> 00:11:13,839 >> I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE 280 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:16,409 COOL PHENOMENON THAT WE'VE SEEN. 281 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:18,377 WE LOVE THE PICTURES OF TROPICAL 282 00:11:18,377 --> 00:11:21,480 STORM ELSA, BUT WHAT ELSE HAVE 283 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:22,982 YOU SEEN UP INTEREST? 284 00:11:22,982 --> 00:11:24,517 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS FUN 285 00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:26,218 TO DO WHEN THERE IS A NIGHT 286 00:11:26,218 --> 00:11:26,952 PASS. 287 00:11:26,952 --> 00:11:29,388 WE GO AROUND THE EARTH EVERY 90 288 00:11:29,388 --> 00:11:32,358 MINUTES, SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE 289 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:34,727 TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND YOU 290 00:11:34,727 --> 00:11:41,467 SEE THUNDERSTORMS OVER HUGE YOU 291 00:11:41,467 --> 00:11:44,036 SEE IT REFLECTED IN THE CLOUDS. 292 00:11:44,036 --> 00:11:45,404 YOU CAN SEE WHEN THE LIGHTNING 293 00:11:45,404 --> 00:11:48,541 FLASHES, AND YOU CAN SEE THE 294 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:50,409 FLUKETURE INSIDE. 295 00:11:50,409 --> 00:11:52,711 INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN TO EARTH, 296 00:11:52,711 --> 00:11:56,282 I CAN IS HE IT. 297 00:11:56,282 --> 00:11:58,017 I HAD NEVER SEEP ANYTHING LIKE 298 00:11:58,017 --> 00:11:59,051 THAT BEFORE. 299 00:11:59,051 --> 00:12:00,352 I WAS AMAZED. 300 00:12:00,352 --> 00:12:01,921 I CAME FLYING DOWN TO THE MAIN 301 00:12:01,921 --> 00:12:05,991 AREA, AND SAID YOU WILL NEVER 302 00:12:05,991 --> 00:12:07,893 GUESS WHAT I JUST SAW. 303 00:12:07,893 --> 00:12:10,863 IT'S CALLED A BLUE JET WHERE IT 304 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:12,531 PROJECTS AWAY FROM THE EARTH 305 00:12:12,531 --> 00:12:14,266 INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. 306 00:12:14,266 --> 00:12:19,004 THAT WAS PRETTY AMAZING TO SEE. 307 00:12:19,004 --> 00:12:20,339 >> IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO HEAR 308 00:12:20,339 --> 00:12:21,674 YOU TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER THAT 309 00:12:21,674 --> 00:12:23,275 YOU SEE FROM UP THERE. 310 00:12:23,275 --> 00:12:24,910 BECAUSE WELL, WE GET TO SEE IT 311 00:12:24,910 --> 00:12:26,212 FROM DOWN HERE. 312 00:12:26,212 --> 00:12:27,780 WHAT IS THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE 313 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:29,782 BETWEEN ABOVE THE CLOUDS VERSUS 314 00:12:29,782 --> 00:12:30,950 BACK HERE BELOW. 315 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:31,984 YOU SAID THAT YOU TRACK THE 316 00:12:31,984 --> 00:12:33,619 WEATHER WHEN YOU'RE ON THE 317 00:12:33,619 --> 00:12:34,587 GROUND HERE. 318 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:36,722 BUT BEING ABOVE IT, WHAT IS THE 319 00:12:36,722 --> 00:12:38,591 BIGGEST DIFFERENCE? 320 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:40,593 >> YEAH, BIGGEST DIFFERENCE FOR 321 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:43,129 US IS THAT WE DON'T EXPERIENCE. 322 00:12:43,129 --> 00:12:47,032 WE DON'T HAVE WIND BOEING ON OUR 323 00:12:47,032 --> 00:12:48,400 FACE FOR SIX MONTHS OR RAIN 324 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:52,872 FALLING US LIKE YOU DO ON PLANET 325 00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:53,806 EARTH. 326 00:12:53,806 --> 00:12:57,743 BUT WE'RE CONCERNED WHEN STORMS 327 00:12:57,743 --> 00:13:00,479 TOWARDS OUR FAMILY, AND THAT'S 328 00:13:00,479 --> 00:13:01,580 THE DIFFERENCE. 329 00:13:01,580 --> 00:13:02,781 WE DON'T EXPERIENCE IT 330 00:13:02,781 --> 00:13:03,883 PERSONALLY BUT THROUGH OUR 331 00:13:03,883 --> 00:13:05,718 FAMILY AND FRIENDS WE HEAR ABOUT 332 00:13:05,718 --> 00:13:08,287 IT, AND WE'RE CONCERNED WHEN 333 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:12,525 THINGS ARE HEADING THEIR WAY. 334 00:13:12,525 --> 00:13:14,093 >> WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE MINUTES 335 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:15,961 HERE WITH YOU GUYS AND WE'RE NOT 336 00:13:15,961 --> 00:13:17,263 DONE JUST YET. 337 00:13:17,263 --> 00:13:18,797 BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRAPS 338 00:13:18,797 --> 00:13:19,932 SIGNIFICANCE FROM OUR TRACKING 339 00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:21,433 THE TROPICS AUDIENCE. 340 00:13:21,433 --> 00:13:26,705 WHICH IS BASICALLY WORLDWIDE. 341 00:13:26,705 --> 00:13:28,073 BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO TALK 342 00:13:28,073 --> 00:13:31,410 ABOUT OUR WFLA AUDIENCE HIRE IN 343 00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:33,078 THE TAMPA BAY AREA. 344 00:13:33,078 --> 00:13:34,880 WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU SOME 345 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,382 GENERALLY FUN QUESTIONS. 346 00:13:36,382 --> 00:13:38,150 I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MEGAN THAT 347 00:13:38,150 --> 00:13:40,286 IS REALLY EXCITING. 348 00:13:40,286 --> 00:13:43,022 MEGAN, I READ IN YOUR BIOGRAPHY 349 00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:49,128 THAT YOU LIKE TO SCUBA DIVE. 350 00:13:49,128 --> 00:13:54,867 CAN YOU COMPARE BEING NEUTRALLY 351 00:13:54,867 --> 00:13:57,269 BOUYANT WHILE DIVING AND BEING 352 00:13:57,269 --> 00:13:59,038 IN NEUTRAL GRAVITY. 353 00:13:59,038 --> 00:14:01,607 >> I LOVE SCUBA DIVING, THAT'S 354 00:14:01,607 --> 00:14:05,044 SOMETHING THAT I MISS AND IT WAS 355 00:14:05,044 --> 00:14:07,413 SOMETHING THAT I COULDN'T DO AS 356 00:14:07,413 --> 00:14:09,181 MUCH AS I WOULD LIKE TO. 357 00:14:09,181 --> 00:14:13,552 IN THE WATER YOU CAN USE YOUR 358 00:14:13,552 --> 00:14:16,121 BODY AS FINISHES, TO MOVE 359 00:14:16,121 --> 00:14:16,822 AROUND. 360 00:14:16,822 --> 00:14:18,958 IN SPACE THAT'S NOT EFFECTIVE. 361 00:14:18,958 --> 00:14:20,826 YOU HAVE TO PUSH OFF A SUR VAS 362 00:14:20,826 --> 00:14:22,528 IN SPACE BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT 363 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:31,203 IS JUST FIELD "F" FILEDFUL WHEN 364 00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:33,772 YOU'RE FLOATING YOU CAN PROPEL 365 00:14:33,772 --> 00:14:35,641 YOURSELF THROUGH THE WATER. 366 00:14:35,641 --> 00:14:37,476 WHEN WE EXPLORE UNDERWATER AND 367 00:14:37,476 --> 00:14:39,178 IN SPACE THERE ARE A LOT OF 368 00:14:39,178 --> 00:14:40,479 SIMILARITIES. 369 00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:51,257 WE'RE NOT UTED TO MVP I'M ALWAYS 370 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:52,591 FASCINATED BY THE OCEAN 371 00:14:52,591 --> 00:14:54,526 EXPLORATION, AND I SEE A LOT OF 372 00:14:54,526 --> 00:14:56,295 PARALLELS WITH WHAT WE DO UP 373 00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:57,663 HERE. 374 00:14:57,663 --> 00:15:01,267 >> GUYS, AGAIN, ON WFLA NOW, AND 375 00:15:01,267 --> 00:15:03,469 WE'LL TAKE THIS NEXT QUESTION 376 00:15:03,469 --> 00:15:04,870 HERE--THIS IS JUST A QUESTION 377 00:15:04,870 --> 00:15:06,639 THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME 378 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:07,773 FUN WITH. 379 00:15:07,773 --> 00:15:08,474 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE UNITED 380 00:15:08,474 --> 00:15:10,609 STATES FROM SPACE, IT CAN BE A 381 00:15:10,609 --> 00:15:12,611 LITTLE HARDER, I'M SURE TO, PICK 382 00:15:12,611 --> 00:15:20,686 OUT A STATE LIKE KANSAS OR 383 00:15:20,686 --> 00:15:22,688 OKLAHOMA BUT FLORIDA STICKS OUT 384 00:15:22,688 --> 00:15:24,123 LIKE A SORE THUMB. 385 00:15:24,123 --> 00:15:25,624 WHEN YOU SEE FLORIDA FROM THE 386 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:26,959 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 387 00:15:26,959 --> 00:15:28,360 WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT 388 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:29,795 COMES TO MIND? 389 00:15:29,795 --> 00:15:32,898 IS IT OUR WHITE SANDY BEACHES? 390 00:15:32,898 --> 00:15:34,233 IS IT TOM BRADY AND THE 391 00:15:34,233 --> 00:15:35,301 BUCCANEERS? 392 00:15:35,301 --> 00:15:37,069 IS IT DISNEY WORLD? 393 00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:38,304 WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT 394 00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:39,371 COMES TO MIND? 395 00:15:39,371 --> 00:15:46,345 >> THIS MORNING THERE WAS THE 396 00:15:46,345 --> 00:15:49,315 LIGHTNING AND CON GRANDALATIONS 397 00:15:49,315 --> 00:15:51,183 TO LIGHT ANYTHING FANS. 398 00:15:51,183 --> 00:15:54,420 TO ME WHEN I SEE FLORIDA, I 399 00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:58,624 THINK FAMILY. 400 00:15:58,624 --> 00:16:00,059 >> AND FOR ME WHEN I SEE 401 00:16:00,059 --> 00:16:02,061 FLORIDA, I THINK ROCKETS. 402 00:16:02,061 --> 00:16:03,295 I IMMEDIATELY TRY TO GET THE 403 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:04,930 CAMERA AND GET PICTURES OF THE 404 00:16:04,930 --> 00:16:05,998 CAPE. 405 00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:09,201 EVERY TIME I GET TO GO FLORIDA, 406 00:16:09,201 --> 00:16:11,103 IT'S USUALLY RELATED TO A LAUNCH 407 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:12,471 IN SOME WAY. 408 00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:14,139 FOR MOST FLORIDA IS ALL ABOUT 409 00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:15,574 ROCKETS, AND FOR ME THAT'S 410 00:16:15,574 --> 00:16:16,675 ALWAYS A GREAT TIME. 411 00:16:16,675 --> 00:16:18,177 >> DO YOU GUYS HAVE A MOMENT, DO 412 00:16:18,177 --> 00:16:21,146 YOU JUST THINK. 413 00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:23,582 I'M DOING THE COOLEST THING ON 414 00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:24,917 THE PLANET, AND OFF THE PLANET 415 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:25,884 RIGHT NOW. 416 00:16:25,884 --> 00:16:27,353 WHAT IS YOUR MOMENT THAT 417 00:16:27,353 --> 00:16:30,089 CAPSULIZES THE FACT THAT YOU'RE 418 00:16:30,089 --> 00:16:31,557 AN ASTRONAUT ON THE 419 00:16:31,557 --> 00:16:32,791 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION? 420 00:16:32,791 --> 00:16:36,729 IN WELL, WE HAVE LOTS OF MOMENTS 421 00:16:36,729 --> 00:16:37,596 LIKE THAT. 422 00:16:37,596 --> 00:16:39,198 WE FEEL VERY BLESSED TO HAVE 423 00:16:39,198 --> 00:16:40,165 THIS OPPORTUNITY. 424 00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:41,734 I THINK SITTING AROUND THE TABLE 425 00:16:41,734 --> 00:16:43,635 EATING DINNER. 426 00:16:43,635 --> 00:16:45,771 HEY, I CAN TOSS THIS THING TO 427 00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:48,307 YOU, AND YOU CAN JUST OPEN YOUR 428 00:16:48,307 --> 00:16:50,876 MOUTH AND IT FLOATS OVER TO YOU. 429 00:16:50,876 --> 00:16:52,444 THOSE ARE MOMENTS YOU CAN'T 430 00:16:52,444 --> 00:16:54,279 DUPLICATE ON EARTH. 431 00:16:54,279 --> 00:16:55,647 >> I NEED TO GET SOMETHING OVER 432 00:16:55,647 --> 00:16:56,849 THERE. 433 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,384 I CAN GO ACROSS THE CEREAL TO GO 434 00:16:58,384 --> 00:16:59,785 GET SOMETHING ON THE OTHER SIDE 435 00:16:59,785 --> 00:17:02,621 OF SHANE OUT MAKING HIM MOVE. 436 00:17:02,621 --> 00:17:04,189 SO THAT'S ALWAYS PRETTY FUN. 437 00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:05,591 >> WE LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS 438 00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:07,626 FLYING AROUND AND FLYING THROUGH 439 00:17:07,626 --> 00:17:09,628 THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE 440 00:17:09,628 --> 00:17:10,462 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 441 00:17:10,462 --> 00:17:19,271 HERE AT WFLA, METEOROLOGIST, I 442 00:17:19,271 --> 00:17:21,273 WATCHED YOU GUYS IN APRIL. 443 00:17:21,273 --> 00:17:22,908 I WAS VERY JEALOUS WATCHING YOU 444 00:17:22,908 --> 00:17:24,710 TO LEAVE THE GROUND. 445 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:26,445 VERY MUCH A DREAM OF MINE TO BE 446 00:17:26,445 --> 00:17:27,980 AN ASTRONAUT HERE. 447 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,548 BUT TALK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD 448 00:17:29,548 --> 00:17:31,550 GOING TO ARTEMIS. 449 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:32,751 YOU GUYS WILL COME HOME WITHIN 450 00:17:32,751 --> 00:17:34,520 THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. 451 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,188 WHAT ROLE WILL YOU PLAY MOVING 452 00:17:36,188 --> 00:17:37,923 FORWARD WITH NASA, AND HOW 453 00:17:37,923 --> 00:17:40,192 EXCITED ARE YOU TO CONTINUE TO 454 00:17:40,192 --> 00:17:44,863 BE STACKED, AND. 455 00:17:44,863 --> 00:17:48,867 >> THAT'S A GREAT SUSPECT. 456 00:17:48,867 --> 00:17:49,635 WE'RE DOING SOME EXPERIMENTS 457 00:17:49,635 --> 00:17:51,170 THAT WILL HELP ARTEMIS. 458 00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:52,404 THERE IS SOME EQUIPMENT THAT 459 00:17:52,404 --> 00:17:54,273 WE'RE TESTING OUT FOR THEM SO 460 00:17:54,273 --> 00:17:57,776 THEY CAN HAVE VIABLE. 461 00:17:57,776 --> 00:18:02,448 MAYBE MEGAN AS WE SEND OTHER 462 00:18:02,448 --> 00:18:04,917 FOLKS TO THE MOON IN NEXT FEW 463 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:05,584 YEARS. 464 00:18:05,584 --> 00:18:07,319 WE'LL BE MENTORS FROM THE LONG 465 00:18:07,319 --> 00:18:09,888 DURATION ASPECTS TO OUR 466 00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:11,290 COLLEAGUES WHO MAY BE GOING ON 467 00:18:11,290 --> 00:18:11,824 THERE. 468 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:13,826 AND WHO KNOWS WHAT JOBS WE'LL BE 469 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:15,727 WORKING IN WHEN WE GET BACK, BUT 470 00:18:15,727 --> 00:18:23,836 WE COULD BE IN ROBOTICS. 471 00:18:23,836 --> 00:18:25,504 >> I HAVE TO ASK ABOUT THE 472 00:18:25,504 --> 00:18:28,440 PENGUIN THAT WE SEE FLOATING 473 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:29,341 AROUND. 474 00:18:29,341 --> 00:18:30,542 IT LOOKS SO CUTE. 475 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:31,677 WHAT IS THE STORY? 476 00:18:31,677 --> 00:18:34,913 >> THIS IS GUIN-GUIN. 477 00:18:34,913 --> 00:18:38,484 HE'S OUR ZERO GRAVITY INDICATOR. 478 00:18:38,484 --> 00:18:46,492 THE TRADITION WAS WROUGHT OVER 479 00:18:46,492 --> 00:18:48,160 BY BOB AND DOUG. 480 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,361 WITH THEM THEY BROUGHT A 481 00:18:49,361 --> 00:18:51,730 SEQUINNED DINOSAUR. 482 00:18:51,730 --> 00:18:53,999 WE CHOSE--OUR SONS CHOSE THIS 483 00:18:53,999 --> 00:18:56,001 PENGUIN TO COME ALONG WITH US. 484 00:18:56,001 --> 00:18:57,736 SO IT IS IN THE CREW DRAGON WITH 485 00:18:57,736 --> 00:18:57,903 US. 486 00:18:57,903 --> 00:19:02,608 WHEN WE REACH OUR ENGINE CUT 487 00:19:02,608 --> 00:19:04,643 OFF, WE'RE IN SPACE, WE'RE 488 00:19:04,643 --> 00:19:07,079 FLOATING, BUT WE'RE ALSO CUT 489 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:10,616 ABOVE, IN OUR SEATS. 490 00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:18,557 THAT HELPS US TO SOW MVP, BEFORE 491 00:19:18,557 --> 00:19:22,294 WE LET THE TWO OF YOU GO FOR OUR 492 00:19:22,294 --> 00:19:24,663 AUDIENCE SPECIFICALLY HEAR INTO 493 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:30,235 TAMPA BAY FLORIDA, WHAT ELSE DO 494 00:19:30,235 --> 00:19:36,675 HAVE NUMBER WE'LL HAVE GREAT 495 00:19:36,675 --> 00:19:39,077 PICTURES, AND IT IS NEAR AND 496 00:19:39,077 --> 00:19:40,679 DEAR TO MY HEART BECAUSE FAMILY 497 00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:43,215 IS JUST NORTH OF YOU GUYS. 498 00:19:43,215 --> 00:19:46,785 WE'RE DOING A LOT OF 499 00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:51,990 PRESIDENTIAL PER' GNOME, IT'S 500 00:19:51,990 --> 00:19:53,492 INCREDIBLE TO BE PART OF 501 00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:55,394 SOMETHING THIS GRAND AND SO BIG, 502 00:19:55,394 --> 00:19:57,162 AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MEET YOU 503 00:19:57,162 --> 00:19:58,864 GUYS WHEN WE GET BACK TO EARTH. 504 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:00,599 >> SHANE AND MEGAN, THANK YOU SO 505 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:01,300 MUCH. 506 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:02,434 I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING HAD A 507 00:20:02,434 --> 00:20:09,708 YOU. 508 00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:11,109 [. 509 00:20:11,109 --> 00:20:12,644 >> SEPARATION, THAT CONCLUDES 510 00:20:12,644 --> 00:20:14,513 THE EVENT. 511 00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:15,814 >> THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE 512 00:20:15,814 --> 00:20:18,283 APARTMENTS FROM WFLA TV. 513 00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:20,319 STATION, WE'RE KNOW RESUMING 514 00:20:20,319 --> 00:20:30,329 OPERATIONAL AUDIO COMMUNICATION.