>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON.
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>> HOUSTON,
WE ARE READY FOR THE EVENT.
>> AL JAZEERA NETWORK,
THIS IS MISSION CONTROL HOUSTON.
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>> COMMANDER THOMAS PESQUET,
FLIGHT ENGINEER AKIHIKO HOSHIDE,
CAN YOU HEAR US?
THIS IS AL JAZEERA.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU
LOUD AND CLEAR.
CAN YOU HEAR US?
>> I CAN HEAR YOU NOW.
SO, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME YOU
TO THIS INTERVIEW
AND LET ME START BY ASKING YOU,
TELL US MORE ABOUT
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE SPEED, ORBIT, AND ALTITUDE.
HOW WILL WE NEED
[INDISCERNIBLE]?
>> SO, ON THE SPACE STATION
RIGHT HERE,
WE'RE FLYING AT MORE THAN
400 KILOMETERS ALTITUDE.
WE ARE GOING AROUND THE EARTH
IN ROUGHLY 90 MINUTES;
SO, AN HOUR AND A HALF.
AND WE ARE FLYING AT THE SPEED
OF 28,000 KILOMETERS PER HOUR.
SO, THAT'S PRETTY FAST.
AND THAT'S THE SPEED
THAT ENABLES US
TO NOT FALL BACK ON EARTH
BUT KEEP SPINNING INDEFINITELY.
IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK
TO ASSEMBLE THE SPACE STATION
UP HERE IN SPACE,
BUT IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S VERY FUNCTIONAL
AND WE ACHIEVE A LOT.
>> SO, IF I COMPARED THAT SPEED
TO A BULLET SPEED,
HOW FAST ARE YOU GOING?
>> WELL, COMPARED TO
THE LIGHT SPEED,
WE ARE JUST VERY, VERY SMALL,
LIKE A SNAIL, I GUESS.
BUT, YOU KNOW,
WE CANNOT RECREATE THE SPEED
THAT WE'RE GOING TO
ON THE GROUND.
IT'S-- WE'RE MUCH FASTER THAN
THE SPEED OF A BULLET.
AND THE ROCKETSHIP TAKES US
TO THAT ALTITUDE
AND ALSO THAT SPEED.
>> CAN YOU SHARE WITH US
SOME OF YOUR EXPERIENCE
IN SPACE?
HOW DO YOU LIVE IN THERE?
WHAT'S YOUR DAILY ROUTINE?
DO YOU EAT LIKE US,
SHOWER LIKE US?
HOW DOES THIS WORK?
>> SO, EVERY DAY WE --
WE WORK EVERY DAY
EXCEPT ON SUNDAYS.
WE HAVE PRETTY FULL DAYS.
WE DO TWO HOURS AND A HALF
OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY
TO STAY IN GOOD SHAPE
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
USING OUR MUSCLES
AS MUCH AS ON EARTH.
WE HAVE OUR MEALS TOGETHER,
JUST LIKE ON THE GROUND.
WE'RE A SMALL
LITTLE FAMILY UP HERE.
BREAKFAST, LUNCH, DINNER.
AND THEN MOST OF THEM TIME,
WHEN WE'RE NOT EXERCISING,
WHEN WE'RE NOT DOING
A SPACE WALK
OR THINGS LIKE THAT,
WE'RE DOING RESEARCH BECAUSE
THAT'S WHAT THE SPACE STATION
IS PARTICULARLY GOOD FOR.
AND WE HAVE TONS OF
RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS UP HERE.
MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT
A COUPLE.
>> SO, RIGHT NOW I'M WEARING
A COUPLE OF EQUIPMENT
ON MY BODY.
AND IT --
THIS IS PART OF AN EXPERIMENT.
AND BASICALLY, SINCE WE'RE IN
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT,
YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT
THE HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
BY THE LACK OF GRAVITY.
WE CAN FIGURE OUT ABOUT
WHEN WE GO TO FURTHER
TO THE MOON OR MARS.
AND ALSO,
BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND BETTER
ABOUT HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY.
WE USE THAT KNOWLEDGE
TO HELP OUR EVERYDAY LIFE
ON EARTH.
>> HOW ABOUT YOUR MISSION?
CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT
THE MISSION YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW
IN THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION?
>> SO, THAT MISSION
IS A ROTATION ONBOARD,
A TOUR OF DUTY
ONBOARD THE SPACE STATION.
THE SPACE STATION
HAS BEEN INHABITED
FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS NOW.
THERE'S BEEN CREWS --
THE MINIMUM HAS BEEN
TWO PERSONS ONBOARD;
THE MAXIMUM HAS BEEN 13.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE AT 10.
SO, WE'RE AT HIGH OCCUPANCY.
AND WE LAUNCHED IN APRIL.
IT FEELS LIKE AGES AGO.
IT FEELS LIKE
WE WERE DIFFERENT PERSONS
AT THE TIME BECAUSE
WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR SO LONG.
BUT WE'VE BEEN HERE
FOR FIVE MONTHS,
A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND LIKE I SAID,
AND LIKE AKIHIKO DEMONSTRATED,
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH.
HUNDREDS OF RESEARCH EXPERIMENTS
FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
BUT WE ALSO TRY TO
KEEP THE SHIP --
THE SHIP AFLOAT
AND MAKE IT BETTER.
SO, WE'VE DONE
A LOT OF UPGRADES.
WE'VE UPGRADED OUR POWER SYSTEM
ON THE STATION,
WE'VE INSTALLED NEW SOLAR RAYS
ON THE OUTSIDE.
WE'VE UPGRADED THE NETWORK
ON THE INSIDE.
SO, IT'S A LOT OF
MAINTENANCE WORK,
A LOT OF UPGRADES,
A LOT OF SCIENCE,
A LOT OF RESEARCH.
FOUR EVA'S --
WE'VE DONE FOUR SPACE WALKS.
A LOT OF CARGO VEHICLES
CAME AND WENT,
BRINGING US OUR RESUPPLIES.
AND THAT'S GOING TO
SLOWLY BRING US
TO THE END OF THE MISSION.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MILESTONES
STILL TO GET TO,
BUT IN A FEW WEEKS,
WE'LL BE BACK HOME.
>> SO, YOU HAVE A VIEW
OF OUR PLANET
THAT FEW PEOPLE
WILL EVER EXPERIENCE.
HOW DO YOU --
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE,
HAS THAT PERSPECTIVE
CHANGED YOUR THINKING
ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?
>> YEAH, THAT'S A VERY
GOOD POINT.
SO, WE HAVE
THE UNIQUE POSITION --
WE'RE IN A UNIQUE POSITION
AND VANTAGE POINT
TO SEE THE EARTH
FROM OUR WINDOW.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WINDOWS
THAT'S FACING TOWARDS
THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE --
OUR INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
SO, IT'S POINTING TOWARDS EARTH
AND WE CAN SEE THE EARTH
ROTATING UNDER US
AND SEE THE OCEAN, THE FOREST,
THE NIGHT AND DAY,
ALL THE CITIES, AND WHATNOT.
SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT,
YOU KNOW, WE CAN SEE THE FIRE
IN CALIFORNIA.
WE CAN SEE VOLCANOES;
WE CAN SEE TYPHOONS OR --
OR BIG HURRICANES.
AND THAT CAN GIVE US A MORE --
A BETTER APPRECIATION
AND THE MAGNITUDE
OF ALL THE DISASTERS.
AND ALSO, I THINK
WHEN WE WERE ON THE GROUND,
YOU KNOW, ATMOSPHERE--
AIR IS EVERYWHERE.
SO, IT FEELS LIKE IT'S INFINITE.
BUT FROM UP HERE,
WE KNOW THAT IT'S FINITE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE --
THE HUGE SPACE.
AND THE EARTH IS REALLY,
REALLY CONTAINED.
SO, WE KIND OF --
I KIND OF HAVE
A BETTER APPRECIATION
OF ALL THE ATMOSPHERE,
THE LIMITED ATMOSPHERE
THAT WE HAVE ON THE EARTH.
>> SO, CLIMATE CHANGE
TO ALL OF YOU
IS NOT JUST A THEORY,
BUT A REALITY
THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM SPACE.
CAN YOU TALK OF-TALK OF
SOME MORE LESSONS
THAT YOU LEARNED
FROM SPACE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE?
>> YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW THAT
ESSENTIALLY FROM SPACE,
THAT YOU CAN OBSERVE
ALL THE CLIMATE VARIABLES LIKE
THE HEIGHT OF THE SEA,
TEMPERATURE OF THE SEA,
MEASURE GASES IN THE ATMOSPHERE
ALL ACROSS THE WORLD.
WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW,
SHIPS EVERYWHERE,
WE DON'T HAVE
TEMPERATURE SENSORS
EVERYWHERE ON THE PLANET,
BUT WE HAVE SATELLITES
THAT ACTUALLY
REPEAT THEIR TRAJECTORIES
OVER AND OVER
AND THAT ACTUALLY
COVER THE ENTIRE GLOBE.
AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN CONCLUDE;
THAT'S HOW YOU SEE
THOSE PHENOMENON
THAT ARE GLOBAL.
AND THAT'S HOW THE SCIENTISTS
GET THE DATA AND
THEY CAN CONCLUDE ON --
ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO, THIS IS THE MISSION
FOR SATELLITES
AND OTHER OBSERVATION PLATFORMS.
HERE ON
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
ON THE HUMAN MISSION,
WE DO OUR SHARE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF INSTRUMENTS
LOOKING OUT FOR CLIMATE DATA.
WE HAVE OUR OWN POINT OF VIEW,
OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE.
LIKE AKI WAS SHARING,
YOU CAN LOOK OVER THE YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN FLYING FOR 20 YEARS.
YOU CAN LOOK AT THE GLACIERS,
YOU SEE THEM RETREATING.
YOU CAN SEE --
COUNT THE NEGATIVE SIDE
OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.
SOMETIMES THE CUTS
IN THE FOREST,
THE POLLUTION.
LIKE AKI WAS POINTING TO,
YOU CAN ALSO SEE VERY CLEARLY
WITH THE NAKED EYE THE --
JUST THE RISE IN MAGNITUDE
AND FREQUENCY OF
THOSE CLIMATE DISASTERS
LIKE THE MASSIVE STORMS
THAT WE SEE FROM UP HERE.
SO, IT REALLY GIVES YOU
A PERSPECTIVE.
IT REALLY GIVES YOU
A BETTER APPRECIATION
OF THE FRAGILITY
OF THE PLANET.
I DON'T --
I HAVE NEVER MET AN ASTRONAUT
THAT CAME BACK TO EARTH
EXACTLY THE SAME.
WE ALL ARE A LITTLE BIT
CHANGED BY THIS AND THEN WE --
WE WANT TO SHARE THIS --
THIS PERSPECTIVE WITH
WHOEVER IS GOING TO LISTEN.
>> SO, YOU'VE SPOKEN ABOUT
WALKING IN SPACE AND CAN YOU --
CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THIS EXPERIMENT?
HOW DANGEROUS, COMPARED TO YOU
BEING INSIDE THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION ITSELF?
>> SO, INSIDE THE SPACE STATION,
WE'RE JUST LIVING LIKE --
LIKE THIS.
RIGHT?
EVERYDAY CLOTHING,
JUST LIKE ON THE GROUND.
WE EAT, WE DRINK, YOU KNOW,
JUICE, COFFEE.
AND WE JUST WORK
AROUND THE CLOCK.
AND ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY.
BUT OUTSIDE, IT'S --
THE SPACESUIT IS ACTUALLY
ONE VERY TINY SPACECRAFT.
SO, YOU'VE GOT
YOUR LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM,
YOU'VE GOT YOUR RADIO,
YOU'VE GOT YOUR BATTERY
FOR ENERGY,
YOU'VE GOT YOUR OXYGEN.
AND CARBON DIOXIDE SCRUBBER,
AS WELL.
SO, EVERYTHING IS CONTAINED
IN THAT VERY TINY SPACESHIP.
AND IT IS DANGEROUS.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STEPPING OUT
THE AIRLOCK.
TOM AND I WENT OUT
JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
BUT WE WERE VERY CAUTIOUS
BECAUSE ONE LITTLE MISTAKE
COULD LEAD TO A VERY,
VERY SERIOUS SITUATION.
SO, WE DO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE,
WITHOUT ANY PROTECTION,
IS ALSO VERY REWARDING, AS WELL.
>> SO, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH
SOME EXPERIMENTS?
CAN YOU SHOW US SOME EXPERIMENTS
IN SPACE?
I'VE SEEN YOUR TWITTER ACCOUNTS
AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT
SOME SPINNING --
SPINNING SOME OBJECTS
TO COMPARE ON EARTH VERSUS --
VERSUS IN MICROGRAVITY
SITUATIONS.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE
SOME EXPERIMENTS HERE.
>> YEAH.
SO, LIKE HE WAS SAYING,
THERE'S A FEW EXPERIMENTS
ON PHYSIOLOGY.
WE DO MATERIAL SCIENCE,
MEDICINE,
BECAUSE VIRUSES REACT
DIFFERENTLY IN SPACE, SO WE --
WE STUDY VACCINES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
CRYSTALS, FOAMS AND EMULSIONS,
A LOT OF DIFFERENT
RESOURCE FIELDS.
COMBUSTION, IT'S REALLY,
REALLY INTERESTING.
EVERY DAY
WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
HERE WE HAVE A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THIS IS --
THIS IS CALLED ASTROBEE.
THIS IS AN AUTONOMOUS FREE --
FREE FLYING,
FREE FLOATING ROBOT.
AND OBVIOUSLY,
FOR OBVIOUS REASONS
YOU CAN ONLY DO THIS ONBOARD
THE SPACE STATION.
BUT-BUT WE'RE TRYING IT OUT
AND WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT TAKES FOR
THAT KIND OF ROBOT
TO HELP US OUT ON --
ON FUTURE MISSIONS
WHEN WE GO FURTHER --
FURTHER AWAY INTO SPACE
WHERE WE NEED TO BE
MORE INDEPENDENT
FROM THE GROUND
AND ALL THE HELP WE GET
FROM THE CONTROL CENTER.
THEN WE'LL NEED THAT KIND OF
TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US OUT.
IF YOU'VE WATCHED SOME
SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES,
THERE'S ALWAYS A ROBOT
THAT'S RIGHT THERE
TO HELP THE --
THE HUMAN CHARACTERS.
WELL, WE HAVE OUR OWN,
IT'S CALLED ASTROBEE.
AND SO, ONCE IN A WHILE WE'RE --
WE'RE PLAYING WITH IT,
WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH IT,
BUT IT'S FUN.
SO, THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE
OF TECHNOLOGY DEMO.
AND LIKE I SAID,
THERE'S HUNDREDS OF EXPERIMENTS
OVER THE COURSE
OF A SIX-MONTH MISSION.
>> SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY MESSAGE
FOR AL JAZEERA AUDIENCE
THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO SEND FROM SPACE?
>> SO, YOU KNOW,
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS--
THERE'S 15 COUNTRIES
PARTICIPATING.
WE HAVE THE UNITED STATES,
RUSSIA,
ALL THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES,
JAPAN, AND CANADA
ALL ARE PARTICIPATING
IN BUILDING THIS
AND OPERATING AND
UTILIZING THIS SPACE STATION.
IT'S A VERY UNIQUE PLACE
WITH MICROGRAVITY
AND ALSO THE VANTAGE POINT,
LIKE I MENTIONED,
YOU CAN SEE THE EARTH
FROM UP HERE
AND OBSERVE AND STUDY IT.
AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST,
YOU KNOW, SEVEN OF US.
RIGHT NOW,
WE HAVE 10 PEOPLE ONBOARD
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
BUT VERY SOON,
I THINK
ALL THE PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES
ARE GETTING READY TO
SEND MORE PEOPLE UP TO SPACE.
SO, WE WELCOME YOU
AND HOPE EVERYONE
CAN COOPERATE INTERNATIONALLY
TO MAKE SPACE
AND EARTH A BETTER PLACE.
>> AND COMMANDER THOMAS,
DO YOU HAVE ANY MESSAGE
FOR MIDDLE EAST AUDIENCE
FOR AL JAZEERA?
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR YOU
GIVING THE MESSAGE AS WELL AS --
AS MR. AKI DID.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH, I THINK SPACE
IS FOR EVERYONE.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE --
TRYING TO BE, SO TO SPEAK,
THE AMBASSADORS OF, YOU KNOW,
HUMANKIND INTO SPACE
BECAUSE ONE DAY WE'LL GO --
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE MOON,
WE'LL GO TO MARS.
NOT TO PLANT A FLAG,
BUT JUST, YOU KNOW,
TO TAKE HUMANITY WITH US,
TO KIND OF EXPAND THE LIMITS
OF WHAT HUMANITY CAN DO.
AND SO, I THINK
IF WE WANT TO DO THIS, WE --
YOU HAVE TO BE --
TO REPRESENT EVERYBODY
ON THE—ON THE PLANET.
SO, RIGHT NOW, IT'S --
IT'S A LOT OF COUNTRIES,
BUT NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.
WE HOPE OTHER COUNTRIES
ARE GOING TO GET INTERESTED.
WE HOPE AND
WE SEE IT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
AND WE HOPE ALL THOSE COUNTRIES
ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE EFFORT AND
THEN HELP US OUT
BECAUSE ONE DAY THERE WILL BE
A MISSION TO MARS
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE,
BIG INTERNATIONAL MISSION,
EVEN MORE INTERNATIONAL
THAN THE SPACE STATION.
SO, THE MESSAGE
I HAVE IS EVERYBODY IS WELCOME.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT
WITH A GOOD SPIRIT
OF COOPERATION
AND IF YOU WANT TO JOIN,
WE'LL WELCOME YOU.
>> WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY
TO JOIN.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THERE
HOW DOES IT FUNCTION?
DOES IT -- CAN YOU --
CAN YOU OPERATE IT
IN MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT?
>> SORRY, I DIDN'T
GET THE QUESTION.
WE HEARD MICROGRAVITY
ENVIRONMENT,
BUT THE PREVIOUS PART
OF THE QUESTION WAS CUT OUT.
>> I WAS WONDERING
HOW THE ROBOT FUNCTION IN SPACE
AND HOW DO YOU
MAKE THE EXPERIMENT --
THE EXPERIMENT ON IT
IN A MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT.
>> SO, FOR ASTROBEE,
IT HAS ACTUALLY A FAN.
SO, THE FAN DIRECTION
AND SPEED, I GUESS,
WILL HELP MANEUVER
SO IT CAN GO FORWARD, BACKWARDS,
UP AND DOWN, SIDEWAYS,
AND IT CAN ROTATE, AS WELL.
ON THE GROUND, THERE'S A LOT OF
DIFFERENT RESEARCHERS
OR ACTUALLY SCHOOLS
AND PROJECTS
THAT ACTUALLY UTILIZES ASTROBEE.
SO, ASTROBEE IS A PAYLOAD,
BUT THERE'S A LOT
OF DIFFERENT STUDIES GOING ON.
AND THEY-THEY DO,
LIKE FOR SCHOOL KIDS
THEY DO CONTESTS TO, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE THERE'S A GOAL
TO THAT PROJECT AND
THE GOAL IS TO HIT A TARGET,
FOR INSTANCE.
AND THEY HAVE TO DO
THEIR OWN PROGRAMMING,
UNDERSTANDING
THE MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT,
AND THAT WAY THEY CAN GET,
YOU KNOW, MOTIVATED
AND STUDY HARD.
AND THERE'S OTHER PROJECTS
THAT'S GOING ON AND
THIS IS A GREAT TEST BED,
I THINK, FOR OTHER COUNTRIES
AND COMPANIES
AND SCHOOLS, AS WELL.
>> SO, YOU'VE BEEN
FOR FIVE MONTHS IN SPACE
AND I BELIEVE
YOU ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH
A REHABILITATION PROGRAM
ONCE YOU GET BACK TO EARTH
TO GET USED BACK TO GRAVITY.
HOW DOES THAT PROGRAM WORK?
>> WELL, YEAH,
THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES
THAT HAPPEN TO YOUR BODY
WHEN YOU'RE IN SPACE.
YOUR BALANCE SYSTEM
IS A LITTLE BIT TONED DOWN
BY YOUR BRAIN BECAUSE
OTHERWISE YOU WOULD BE
SICK ALL THE TIME,
JUST LIKE ON A SHIP
SOME PEOPLE ARE SEASICK.
YOU CAN BE SPACE SICK BECAUSE
IT'S A CONFLICT OF INFORMATION
BETWEEN DIFFERENT SENSORS
IN YOUR BODY.
SO, YOU ADAPT.
THE FLUIDS, YOU JUST REDUCE
THE AMOUNT OF FLUIDS
IN YOUR BODY
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO
FIGHT GRAVITY ANYMORE
OR THE EFFECT OF GRAVITY
TO PUMP THE BLOOD INTO YOR HEAD.
SO, ALL THOSE EFFECTS COMBINED.
WE LOSE SOME MUSCLE MASS;
WE LOSE SOME BONE DENSITY.
SO, WHEN YOU COME BACK TO EARTH,
YOU'RE DECONDITIONED.
IT'S HARD TO WALK AND TO STAND.
EVERYTHING FEELS SO HEAVY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO JUST
LIFT THE WEIGHT OF YOUR ARM,
IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE A --
A RUBBER BAND, LIKE ATTACHED
AND YOU HAVE TO PULL ON IT
JUST TO LIFT
THE WEIGHT OF YOUR ARM.
IF YOU TILT YOUR HEAD
TO THE SIDE,
IT FEELS LIKE YOU --
THE WEIGHT OF YOUR HEAD
IS GOING TO MAKE YOU --
MAKE YOU KEEL OVER.
SO, IT'S A DIFFICULT PERIOD.
BUT WE'RE --
WE-WE'RE EVOLVED FOR, YOU KNOW,
EARTHY CONDITIONS,
SO YOU READAPT PRETTY RAPIDLY.
OF COURSE, WE GET A TON OF HELP.
WE'VE GOT DOCTORS,
WE'VE GOT PHYSIOTHERAPISTS,
WE'VE GOT EXERCISE SPECIALISTS.
WE'VE GOT SCIENTISTS
FROM THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES,
NASA, EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY,
JAPANESE SPACE AGENCY.
THEY'RE GOING TO HELP US OUT;
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY BUSY.
WE ALSO ARE GUINEA PIGS
FOR A LOT OF EXPERIMENTS,
SO THEY'LL TRY TO
GET SOME DATA FROM US,
BLOOD, ANY KIND OF DATA
THAT YOU CAN EXTRACT
FROM A HUMAN BODY.
AND THEN THAT'S GOING --
THAT'S GOING TO
TAKE THREE WEEKS INITIALLY
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE
LESS INTENSE.
BUT ROUGHLY, A SIX-MONTH MISSION
TO GET BACK TO YOUR SAME SHAPE
THAT YOU WERE IN BEFORE
AND EVERYTHING THE SAME.
IT TAKES SIX MONTHS, AS WELL.
YOU-YOU RECOVER REALLY FAST
AT THE BEGINNING
AND THEN TO GET THE LAST THREE
OR FOUR PERCENT,
IT GETS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT
SOME WORK TO DO
STILL LEFT ON THE GROUND.
>> SO, I BELIEVE
WITH THIS INTERVIEW RIGHT NOW,
WE THOUGHT THAT
YOU WERE ON CANADA,
ON TOP OF CANADA NOW.
YOU'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE
IN THE WORLD
AND ONCE YOU'RE THERE
ABOVE THE MIDDLE EAST
COMING BACK TO EARTH,
YOU'LL BE --
WE'LL COME TO JOIN IN QATAR
IN 2022.
THERE WILL BE A GREAT WORLD CUP
AND WE WILL HOPE TO SEE YOU
BACK ON EARTH
SAFE WITH THE REST OF THE CREW.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US
THE OPPORTUNITY
TO TALK TO YOU ALL.
AND WE WISH YOU
ALL THE BEST FROM SPACE,
AS WELL.
>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON ACR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU TO ALL PARTICIPANTS
FROM AL JAZEERA NETWORK.
STATION, WE ARE NOW
RESUMING OPERATIONAL
AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS.