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>> GOOD EVENING.
WE WILL SOON AGAIN A
CONVERSATION WITH JAXA ASTRONAUT
AKI HOSHIDE.
ALL OF US HERE AT THE PRIME
MINISTER'S OFFICE HAVE BEEN
LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO
YOU.
>> MR. HUI, HELLO.
I AM AKI HOSHIDE, AND I WAS ALSO
LOOKING FORWARD TO TWO PRIME
MINISTERS TODAY.
>> MAYBE YOU CAN'T SEE MY FACE,
BUT I CAN SEE YOUR FACE VERY
WELL.
FIRST OF ALL, MR. HOSHIDE, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK FOR THE
LAST SIX MONTHS.
THE POLICY MINISTER IS ALSO WITH
ME.
I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE YOU IN THIS
COMMUNICATION.
I GRADUATED FROM THE ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL IN [indiscernible] IN
1960, AND YOUR EFFORTS HAVE BEEN
APPRECIATED.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING
ABOUT HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS
LATEST SITUATION IN SPACE.
>> MR. PRIME MINISTER, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR WORDS.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOW FLYING
OVER THE SOUTHEAST OF AUSTRALIA.
WE ARE 400 KILOMETERS ABOVE THE
EARTH, AND FOR SIX MONTHS, SEVEN
OF US, THE ASTRONAUTS, HAVE TO
PERFORM VARIOUS MISSIONS.
THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE FACILITY,
AND WE ARE CONDUCTING
EXPERIMENTS BENEFICIAL FOR THOSE
OF US ON THE EARTH, AND ALSO, WE
ARE CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS SO
THAT WE CAN GET PREPARED FOR THE
FLIGHT TO THE MARS IN THE
FUTURE, SO MR. [indiscernible],
WOULD YOU PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS
TO MR. HOSHIDE.
>> SO YOU ARE 400 KILOMETERS
ABOVE THE EARTH, SO YOU ARE THE
LEADER OF THE INTERNATIONAL
TEAM.
DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY
SERVING AS THE INTERNATIONAL
TEAM COMMANDER DURING THE
MISSION?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
FOR OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS,
FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS, I WAS
SERVING AS COMMANDER FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ON THE EARTH, THERE ARE A TEAM
OF CONTROLLERS FROM VARIOUS
COUNTRIES, AND I WAS SUPPORTED
BY THESE TEAMS.
I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH OPPORTUNITY
AS COMMANDER TO GIVE ORDERS TO
OTHERS.
THERE WERE SOME UNEXPECTED
EVENTS.
WE ENCOUNTERED SOME UNEXPECTED
EVENTS, SO WE HELPED EACH OTHER
IN THAT SENSE.
I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO AS A
COMMANDER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, I TRIED TO
UNDERSTAND EVERYONE'S SITUATION,
AND I TRIED TO BE UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT IT SO I COULD MAKE THE
ENVIRONMENT EASY FOR EVERYONE TO
WORK.
THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I DID UNDERSTAND THAT TEAM WORK
IS VERY IMPORTANT AND JUST HEARD
FROM MR. HUI THAT YOU HAD BEEN
VERY ACTIVE ON UNEXPECTED
EVENTS.
BUT ANY WAY, WE HEARD THAT WHILE
YOU WERE ON THE I.S.S., YOU
SERVED AS THE FIRST LECTURER ON
THE SPACE FLIGHT PROGRAM, AND
YOU SPOKE TO SCHOOL CHILDREN
ABOUT SPACE.
TODAY, I WAS LOOKING AT THE
MIXING MILKS AND COFFEE, SO I
THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY AMUSING,
SO FOR THEM, I THINK THAT SERVED
AS OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL CLOSE TO
THEM, SO I HOPE THAT SERVED THE
PURPOSE OF ALLOWING CHILDREN TO
LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN
SPACE.
>> YEAH, THE COFFEE-MILK
EXPERIMENT WAS ONE, BUT THOSE
ARE THE TYPES OF EXPERIMENTS
THAT I WOULD NOT THINK OF, BUT
CHILDREN ARE VERY FLEXIBLE, AND
THIS IS -- THERE WILL BE MANY
EXPERIMENTS THAT WE CAN DO TO
EXPAND EXPERIENCE AS HUMAN
BEINGS AND ALSO KNOWLEDGE, AS
WELL, AS WE ARE HEADING TO MARS
SO THE NEXT GENERATION, I HOPE,
WOULD BE CHALLENGED AND NOT MAKE
MISTAKES, AND EVENTUALLY THAT
WOULD BRING HUMANITY TO HIGHER
LEVEL, I'M SURE.
ZBLRM
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
COMMENT.
MINISTER KOBAYASHI, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT?
>> I AM MINISTER KOBAYASHI, AND
YOU HAVE BEEN ON SPACE STATION
ALMOST SIX MONTHS, VERY LONG
TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
HARD WORK, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO
SEE YOU SO WELL.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS
THAT THIS TIME, YOUR MISSION
SAYING IS THAT DREAMS CAN BE
REALIZED.
WHAT KIND OF DREAM DID YOU HAVE
ON THE I.S.S.?
HOW DID YOU REALIZE YOUR DREAM?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT
QUESTION.
YES, DREAMS WILL COME TRUE FOR
THIS MISSION, AND FOR ME, THIS
IS THIRD MISSION TO I.S.S., BUT
I HAD A VERY LONG DREAM OF
COMING TO SPACE, SO THAT IS A
DREAM I COULD REALIZE THREE
TIMES.
IN FACT, WHEN I'M LIVING UP
HERE, DOING THIS WORK, WE CAN DO
MANY EXPERIMENTS.
IN FACT, THIS IS A MAJOR
PROJECT, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS
THE DREAM OF MANY, MANY PEOPLE,
AND MANY PEOPLE'S DREAMS ARE
BEING REALIZED HERE ON I.S.S.,
AND THE DREAM IS FOR THE FUTURE,
SUCH AS GETTING TO THE MOON AND
MARS.
WE ARE CONDUCTING VARIOUS
TECHNOLOGICAL DEMONSTRATIONS, SO
WE WILL CONTINUE TO REALIZE
DREAMS OF THOSE PEOPLE GOING
FORWARD.
THANK YOU
.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WHEN I WAS LITTLE, THAT WAS THE
DREAM OF DREAMS, BUT FOR LITTLE
CHILDREN WHO WILL BE GOING TO
STARS, MAYBE THAT IS THEIR
OBJECTIVE, NOT THE DREAMS.
I'D LIKE TO ASK ANOTHER
QUESTION.
ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION, JAPAN INTERNATIONAL
SPACE AGENCY DEVELOPED THE ARM
USED TO INSTALL THE SOLAR
PANELS, SO WHAT INFORMATION DO
YOU HAVE FOR THE JAPANESE SPACE
INDUSTRY OR START-UPS?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.
DURING THIS MISSION, COMPARED TO
THE PREVIOUS MISSION, I COULD
FEEL THE POWER OF THE PROJECT
SECTOR.
I HAD MANY OPPORTUNITIES WITH
THAT.
THE ARM IS ONE THING, AND
OFFICIAL SATELLITE DEPLOY IS
ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE SEEN THE PRIVATE SECTORS
BE EMBODIED IN PRIVATE COMPANY
TECHNOLOGY, AND WE HAVE SEEN THE
PRIVATE COMPANY TECHNOLOGY
APPLIED.
THIS IS A NEW WAY OF DOING
THINGS AND SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT
FROM THE CONVENTIONAL WAY OF
DOING THINGS, AND THE POWER OF
THE PRIVATE SECTOR WILL GROW.
IF IT GROWS, FURTHERMORE, WE'LL
BE ABLE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE TO
SPACE, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO
SHARE THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE
OF BEING IN SPACE WITH SO MANY
OTHER PEOPLE.
>> MR. PRIME MINISTER, PLEASE
GIVE YOUR MESSAGE TO MR. HOSHIDE
FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF
THIS MISSION.
>> THIS WAS A WONDERFUL
OPPORTUNITY FOR ME.
WE OFTEN SAY THAT WE LIVE
SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS.
IF I CAN LIVE LONG ENOUGH, YOU
MAY BE ABLE TO GO TO SPACE, BUT
I'M SURE MINISTER KOBAYASHI WILL
BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I HOPE THAT JAPAN SHOULD DISPLAY
ITS TECHNOLOGY GOALS TO THE
FULLEST AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE
TO THE WORLD.
MR. HOSHIDE, YOU WILL SOON COME
BACK TO THE WORLD.
I WISH YOU MUCH SUCCESS AND LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK ON
THE WORLD.
MR. HOSHIDE, WOULD YOU PLEASE
GIVE YOUR MESSAGE TO THE
JAPANESE PEOPLE?
>> THANK YOU.
IT'S DURING THIS MISSION THAT
I'M GOING TO COMPLETE MY MISSION
SOON, AND I WILL GO BACK TO THE
EARTH.
THAT MARKS THE END, BUT THIS IS
NOT THE END OF SPACE
DEVELOPMENT.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
I WANT IT TO BE USED MORE BY
PRIVATE SECTOR.
I WANT MORE PEOPLE TO COME TO
SPACE, AND I WANT THE NEXT
GENERATION OF CHILDREN TO TRY TO
FLY TO THE MOON.
AS A FIRST STEP, THIS AUTUMN, WE
WILL START RECRUITING THE NEW
ASTRONAUTS, AND THE JAPANESE
ASTRONAUTS WILL FLY TO SPACE AND
COME TO THE SPACE STATION, SO I
HOPE THAT, GOING FORWARD, I WANT
YOU TO SUPPORT THIS ADVANCED
SPACE DEVELOPMENT.
>> MINISTER KOBAYASHI, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US TODAY.
>> MR. HOSHIDE, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY.
WE'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS
COMMUNICATION.
MR. PRIME MINISTER, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US, AND I'D LIKE TO
THANK THOSE OF YOU WATCHING
YOUTUBE.
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A.C.R.
THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.
THANK YOU.
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PARTICIPANTS FROM JAXA AND TO
ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.
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