>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE EVENT?
>> HOUSTON, STATION.
WE ARE READY FOR THE EVENT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, THIS
IS NASA.
PLEASE CALL STATION FOR THE
EVENT.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> THIS IS THE EUROPEAN.
WE SEE THOMAS PESQUET, AND WE
SEE YOU, AND WE APPLAUD YOU.
THIS IS A PREMIER IN DUBAI.
WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO
ASK OF YOU.
WE HAVE 20 MINUTES AHEAD OF US,
SO WE HAVE TO GO VERY QUICKLY.
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. -- GOOD
EVENING, THOMAS.
THIS IS THE FRENCH FOREIGN
MINISTER, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO
FIND YOU HERE AND TO MEET YOU
AGAIN FROM THIS FRENCH PAVILION
IN DUBAI.
WE HAVE INAUGURATED THE PAVILION
WITHOUT YOU, BUT YOUR PRESENCE
HERE MAKES US VERY HAPPY, AND
WE'RE PROUD TO MEET YOU AGAIN.
SO HOW IS IT GOING IN SPACE
THERE?
YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMMANDING
THE STATION WITHIN TWO DAYS, AND
SO YOU'RE PREPARING FOR THAT, I
IMAGINE.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
I'M SORRY THAT I COULD NOT BE
PRESENT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I'M
HELD HERE BY PROFESSIONAL
CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU WILL
UNDERSTAND.
>> YES, OF COURSE.
THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A
DELAY IN THE TRANSMISSION, BUT I
THINK ABOUT YOU A GREAT DEAL.
WE'RE HERE IN THE SPACE STATION,
AND I AM GETTING AREADY TO TAKE
COMMAND.
I HAVE TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST THE
REPUTATION OF FRANCE THAT MY
PREDECESSORS HAVE ESTABLISHED
FROM THE EUROPEAN SPACE STATION,
AND MY CAPACITY TO WORK, AND I
THINK ABOUT YOU NOW AND THEN IN
DUBAI, AND I'D LIKE VERY MUCH TO
BE WITH YOU, BUT MAYBE LATER.
>> WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN SECONDS
OF DELAY BETWEEN THE SPACE
STATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
ANOTHER QUESTION, MR. PESQUET,
THAT WAS POSED BY THE FRENCH
MINISTER, THE FOREIGN MINISTER.
THANK YOU, THOMAS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH
US, SO WHAT IS YOUR SCHEDULE OF
RETURNING TO WORK?
WHAT IS YOUR SCHEDULE OF
POSSIBLY RETURNING TO DUBAI TO
TAKE PART IN THE DUBAI UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION AND TO BE HERE AT THE
FRENCH PAVILION?
HELLO.
I HOPE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYBODY BUT
WHO'S HERE EXCEPT FOR THE LAST
SIX MONTHS.
WE WILL HAVE TO ADAPT OURSELVES,
AND IT'S VERY INTENSE WORK.
THERE ARE A LOT OF INTENSE
EXPERIMENTS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO
COMPLETE, AND USING THE GUINEA
PIGS AND -- THE GOOD NEWS OF THE
EXPO WILL LAST FOR QUITE A LONG
TIME, WHICH WILL GIVE ME A
CHANCE TO SEE, WITH MY OWN EYES,
FRANCE'S EXPOSITION, WHICH WILL
BE A WELCOME THING TO SEE AFTER
MY DAYS AT THE E.S.S., OR THE
EUROPEAN SPACE STATION.
>> I SEE YOU, ACTUALLY,
MAGNIFICENTLY.
YOUR VISIT TO THE FRENCH
PAVILION, AND I'VE GOT TO TELL
YOU, MR. PESQUET, THE DOME IS
MAGNIFICENT.
I BELIEVE THIS PAVILION WAS
PLACED IN LIGHT, A CHAIN OF
LIGHTS WHICH WERE BOUNDED BY
FRANCE WHICH HAS AIDED IN ITS
DEVELOPMENT AND PRACTICABILITY.
IT'S PART OF THE FUTURE, AS PART
OF THE REMARKABLE ARCHITECTURE
THAT MR. PESQUET WILL BE ABLE TO
SEE WHEN HE COMES.
THESE LIGHTS ARE VERY LARGE, MR.
MINISTER, AND WHAT DO THE LIGHTS
EVOKE TO YOU?
HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO SEE THEM
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION?
>> WELL, YES, THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION.
AND IN FACT, THESE LIGHTS ARE --
SHINE DIRECTLY, AND IT LOOKS TO
ME TO BE A PARTICIPATE OF LIGHT,
WHICH REMINDS ONE OF EUROPE,
WHICH IS THE MOST LUMINOUS PARTS
OF THE WORLD.
ALL OF THIS INFUSES IN US A
CATALYTIC PROCESS RELATING TO
SCIENCE, THE SOCIAL ASPECTS, THE
CULTURAL ASPECTS, SO WE HAVE
GAINED A GREAT DEAL FROM IT.
I HOPE THAT THIS IS BEING
REPEATED TODAY THROUGH THE
INTERNET, THAT THIS IS IN
KEEPING WITH THESE THEME OF THE
EXPERTS -- OF THE EXPO TO SHARE
KNOWLEDGE THROUGH WIKIPEDIA AND
OTHERS.
I THINK THAT MYSELF AND ALSO THE
EXPO FOR FRANCE, ALL OF WHICH
CONTINUES TO THE EXPERIENCE.
>> GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HE IS THE DOCIRECTOR FOR THE LOL
SPACE PROGRAM.
THOMAS PESQUET.
[end of translation].
>> AS YOU KNOW, INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION IS VERY IMPORTANT
FOR THE SPACE INDUSTRY GLOBALLY.
FRANCE AND THE E.A. ARE VERY
UNITED GLOBALLY.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU, HOW DO YOU
FEEL ABOUT FRANCE'S COMMITMENT
TO THE EXPO UNION?
THANK YOU.
[SPEAKING FRENCH LANGUAGE]
>> THANK YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'D LIKE TO
SPEAK IN ENGLISH OR FRENCH.
I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN FRENCH,
AND I HOPE THAT IT'LL BE
TRANSLATED.
I NEED TO OFFER CONGRATULATIONS
FOR THAT, AND THE COLLEAGUES
THAT ARE TRAINING IN HOUSTON.
WE SEE THAT SPACE IS A VERY BIG
SCENE FOR COOPERATION.
THIS IS LARGER THAN ANY COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD, AND WE HAVE A
UNIFYING FORCE OF EXCEPTIONAL
SORT IN THE SPACE STATION, WHICH
THE EMIRATES IS PART OF.
THIS IS FOUNDED WITHIN A VERY
EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE THAT WE HAVE
THESE VALUES.
I AM TRYING TO REPRESENT FRANCE
AS BEST AS I CAN WITH A GREAT
DEAL OF VALUES, BUT IN EUROPE,
WE HAVE THIS CULTURE IN OUR DNA
TO SPEAK AND TO INTERACT IN
VARIED LANGUAGES.
THIS HISTORY OF BEING
INTER-MINGLED IS WHAT WE BRING
TO THE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE EUROPEAN AND FRENCH
DIPLOMACY, WHICH IS PART OF THE
INTERNATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL TRADITIONAL, AND
THIS IS WHAT I TRY TO CONTRIBUTE
MYSELF AS WELL AS FRANCE TRIES
TO CONTRIBUTE ON THE WORLD
SCALE.
>> WELL, THERE ARE GOING TO BE
WITH US IN A FEW INSTANCE.
WE HAVE, THOMAS, A YOUNG BOY AND
A YOUNG GIRL WHO HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
FIRST OF ALL, LEAH.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US, LEAH.
HELLO, THOMAS.
THERE'S NO SECRET THAT YOU'RE
INVOLVED IN RESEARCH ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, SO
HOW DO YOU DO IT?
>> THANK YOU, LEAH.
WE DO A LOT OF RESEARCH IN A
VARIETY OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE,
AND WHAT WE DO IS TO BRING
TOGETHER ALL OF THESE VARIOUS
CAPABILITIES.
IT'S NOT ONLY THE ENVIRONMENT OF
THE SPACE STATION THAT ENABLES
US TO DO THINGS WE CANNOT DO ON
LAND.
SOME OF THE EXPERIMENTS THAT WE
LIKE TO DO A LOT OF IS THE
JAPANESE, ALONG WITH THE
AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN.
BUT THIS JAPANESE HAS TO DO WITH
THE STUDIES OF CRYSTALS IN THE
BODIES, AND IT WILL OVERTIME
MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH
MEDICATIONS AND DISEASES AND
TREAT THEM BETTER AND MORE
APPROPRIATELY.
THIS IS EXCITING WORK TO BE
DONE.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE VERY
CONSTRAINED BY TIME.
I'D LIKE TO -- I'M SORRY,
SOPHIA.
I'M UNABLE TO ASK YOUR QUESTION.
WHEN YOU COME BACK TO LAND, WE
HOPE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASK
YOU MORE QUESTIONS.
MR. MINISTER, WE TALKED A LOT
ABOUT THE CLIMATE WITH MR.
PESQUET, AND HERE, WE TALKED A
LOT ABOUT THE CLIMATE.
WITHIN THE PAVILIONS, WE SPEAK A
LOT ABOUT THE CLIMATE.
THE PAVILION THAT I VISITED IN
FRANCE AND GOING TO THE EMIRATES
WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE VARIOUS
VENUES HERE, AND IT WAS
ANNOUNCED IN THE MONTH OF
NOVEMBER IN GLASGOW, THERE WILL
BE A SYMPOSIUM WITH VARIOUS
COUNTRIES THAT WILL MAKE
COMMITMENTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING
THROUGHOUT OCTOBER TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE COMMITMENT TO
NOVEMBER.
NEVERTHELESS, THE IMPACT TO THE
CLIMATE WILL CONTINUE IF WE
DON'T TAKE POSITIVE STEPS, AND
IN THE ENSUING DECADES, WE CAN'T
LEAVE THIS TO THE HAND OF
OTHERS.
WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.
>> I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE CLIMATE, MR. THOMAS.
WELL, YOU REGULARLY SHOW US
THROUGH YOUR PHOTOS A CHANGE IN
CLIMATE.
WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU WANT TO
SHARE WITH YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS?
>> THANK YOU.
WITH YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE SEEN
CHANGES SINCE THE LAST MISSION.
WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF TROPICAL
STORMS AND CHANGES.
MUCH GREATER INTENSITY AND
POLLUTION OF THE RIVER,
UNFORTUNATELY, WHICH REQUIRE
COMMITMENTS FROM VARIOUS
COUNTRIES.
>> YES, THOMAS PESQUET, THANK
YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, FOR
HAVING JOINED US.
I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION FOR
THOMAS PESQUET.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BECOME
REACLIMATED TO LAND.
WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS
IN ORDER TO READAPT YOURSELF TO
LAND, TO THE EARTH.
>> YES, SIR, MANY THINGS I HAVE
TO DO.
MANY CHANGES IN THIS FANTASTIC
ENVIRONMENT, BUT MUSCULAR
BALANCE, EQUILIBRIUM, OUR
BALANCE HAS TOTALLY CHANGED, SO
IT'S DIFFICULT TO READAPT.
WE HAVE TO WALK AGAIN, VERY TO
REACUSTOM US TO ALL OF THIS.
WE ARE ALL GUINEA PIGS IN MUCH
OF THIS, AND WE ALSO DEPEND ON
THE EXPERIENCE OF TEAMS ON A
REMOTE BASIS, AND SO WE'RE HERE
TO ALSO -- REQUIRED TO PROVIDE
FEEDBACK ON HOW THE VARIOUS
INTERVENTIONS IMPACT US AND
PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE IT WAS
NOT A VACATION WE'VE BEEN ON FOR
SIX MONTHS.
WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY BUSY, BUT
WE'LL HAVE TO READAPT TO MODERN
LIFE AND EARTH ENVIRONMENTS, AND
WE EXPECT THIS WILL SUCCEED.
>> WHEN YOU RETURN TO EARTH, YOU
WILL COME TO DUBAI, AND SO WE'LL
CROSS OUR PATHS AGAIN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THOMAS
PESQUET.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING MET WITH US
TO SHARE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH
YOU, AND THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU,
FOR HAVING JOINED US.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, AND GOOD WORK TO
ALL OF YOU, AND GOOD EXPO TO ALL
OF YOU.
>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON
A.C.R.
THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS
FROM E.S.A.
STATION, WE ARE NOW RESUMING
OPERATIONAL AUDIO