>> IGNITION SEQUENCE, START.
>> THE ORBUTT TWO TEAM IS ON
CONSOLE NOW FOR THE LATTER
PORTION OF THE CREW WORK ON
BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION AND THEY ARE STANDING BY
TO RESPOND IF NEEDED AND TO HELP
THE THOUGHTS AND COSMONAUTS OF
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND STATION
MAINTENANCE AND PART OF THE
ROUTINE DURING THE ORIENTATION
OF ANY NEW SPACE STATION CREW
MEMBERS IS TO BRIEF THE NEWBIES.
THEY WERE TRAINED ON EARTH AND
IT'S A GOOD IDEA ON HOW TO GET A
GOOD IDEA ON HOW THINGS WORK IN
SPACE.
THIS INCLUDES -- AND THIS IS THE
MOST POPULAR QUESTION -- HOW
DOES THE STATION'S TOILET WORK?
>> BY FAR THE MOST COMMON
QUESTION, HOW DO YOU GO TO THE
BATHROOM IN SPACE?
SO LET'S TAKE A PEEK AT THE
PROCESS.
THIS DEPARTMENT IS CALLED THE
WHC, THE NASA ACRONYM FOR WASTE
AND HYGIENE AND WE KNOW IT AS
WHC AND INSIDE THIS, WE CALL IN
THE STALL, WHICH IS A COUPLE OF
WALLS AND A DOOR AND THEY GIVE
YOU PRIVACY BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT
IN THE MIDDLE OF NODE THREE WITH
A TREADMILL ON ONE SIDE AND A
WEIGHT MACHINE AND DOWN ON THE
FLOOR ON OUR AWESOME WINDOW
CALLED A KUPALA.
THE DESIRE AND NEED TO GO IS
SIMILAR ON EARTH.
THE FLUID MIGHT BE FLOATING IN
YOUR BLADDER AND NO.
IT'S JUST THE EXACT SAME
SENSATION, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO
GO.
EITHER ONE, NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER
TWO.
YOU DECIDED THAT AND YOU FLOAT
INTO THE WHC AND WE HAVE A
TOILET, WHICH CONSISTS OF A SEAT
AND A METAL BUCKET AND THIS A
RUSSIAN ACRONYM FOR SOMETHING
AND DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE
ARE HERE, IT HOLDS ABOUT, MAYBE,
30 DEPOSITS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THAT IN A SECOND.
THE URINE GOES INTO THIS HOES
RIGHT HERE AND THIS VALVE IS
WHAT ACTIVATES THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
OK, THESE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY
CONTROL PANELS FOR THE WHC.
WHEN THE SYSTEM IS READY FOR
USE, IT'S A V AND THIS MEANS
IT'S GOING TO THE UPA AND SO, WE
SAY, CHECK THAT IT'S V TO P.
NOW WE'RE ON THE INSIDE OF THE
HYGIENE COMPARTMENT AND CLOSE
THE DOOR AND SO THAT YOU HAVE
YOUR PRIVACY AND YOU TAKE THE
FUNNEL AND THIS HERE ACTIVATES
THE WHOLE SYSTEM AND VERY
CONVENIENT BECAUSE IT'S JUST ONE
VALVE, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU
FORGET HOW THE SYSTEM OPERATES
OR YOU'RE BRAND NEW AND YOU JUST
WANT TO DOUBLE-CHECK AND IN GOOD
NASA FASHION, WE HAVE A
CHECKLIST, 2.031 AND THE NOMINAL
OPERATION'S QUEUE CARD FOR
BLOCKS WITH OPERATIONS AND SO
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT WAYS WHERE
THE PEE CAN GO, AND CAN GO INTO
A BUCKET AND ESSENTIALLY, YOU
ARE JUST PEEING UNTIL THAT
BUCKET IS FILLED UP AND YOU SWAP
OUT THE BUCKET.
OR CONFIGURE IT INTO UVA, A
URINE PROCESS ASSEMBLY AND THE
URINE IS GOING INTO THE SYSTEM
AND THAT'S WHERE WE NORMALLY
KEEP IT AND MOST CONVENIENT FOR
THE CREW MEMBERS BECAUSE YOU'RE
NOT CONSTANTLY CHANGING OUT A
TANK.
A COUPLE OF BLOCKS TO TELLING
HOW TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND
SOME DETAILED STEPS IF YOU NEED
TO KNOW HOW EXACTLY TO DO IT.
AND IN CASE THINGS GO WRONG,
LIKE THE HARDWARE, THERE'S A
QUEUE CARD AND TOGETHER WE
FIGURE OUT THE PATH FORWARD.
BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS, TIME
TO GO.
AND YOU TALK THE VALVE AND TURN
IT ON AND YOU HEAR THE FAN
NOISE, CHECK FOR AIRFLOW AND
SHOWS YOU THERE IS, IN FACT,
AIRFLOW.
A LITTLE BIT OF AIRFLOW AND THAT
HELPS EVERYTHING FLOW IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE'VE GOT
OUR SIMULATOR.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOUR BUSINESS
GOES.
YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD CREW
MEMBER, SO YOU MAKE SURE YOU
WIPE OFF THE EXCESS, USE A WIPE
OCCASIONALLY AND OFTEN AND THEN
YOU SIMPLY TURN THE VALVE OFF.
I'LL LEAVE IT RUNNING AND WE'LL
ROLL INTO THAT.
SO WHEN IT'S TIME TO GO, YOU
FLIP THIS LEVER HERE AND THAT
LIFTS UP THE LID.
THE SEAT HERE IS ABOUT, OH, FIVE
OR SIX INCHES IN DIAMETER AND
THERE'S A PLASTIC LINER IN THERE
WHERE YOUR DEPOSIT GOES AND WHAT
YOU HAVE HERE IS GREEN BEANS AND
MUSHROOMS AND I DO NOT LIKE
MUSHROOMS, SO I DON'T MIND
CONTRIBUTING THIS IN THE NAME OF
EDUCATION AND PRETEND I ATE THIS
YESTERDAY AND NOW, IT GOES INTO
THERE.
AND YOU CLEAN YOURSELF AND THE
WIPES GO INTO THERE, AS WELL.
AND YOU TAKE THIS RED TAB AND
YOU PULL IT OFF THE RIM AND
DEPENDS ON HOW FULL THE
CONTAINER IS AND THIS ONE IS
HALFWAY THROUGH AND WE HAVE A
STICK AND YOU PUSH IT DOWN IN
THERE ALONG WITH THE OTHER
FRIENDS AND THEN IT'S TIME TO
PUT A NEW BAG ON.
TO PUT A NEW BAG ON, YOU PUT IN
A HAIR SCRUNCHY WITH MAX
CAPACITY, CLOSE THE LID, YOU'VE
GONE NUMBER ONE AND TWO, CLEAN
YOURSELF UP AND TAKE THIS VALVE,
ROTATE IT TO OFF AND THE FAN
BENDS DOWN AND THE SYSTEM CHECKS
ITSELF, ALL LIGHTS GO OUT AND
YOU'RE DONE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE USED
THE WHC FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I
HOPE IT'S EDUCATIONAL AND I
DON'T THINK IT WILL LESSEN THE
AMOUNT OF TIMES I'LL ANSWER THAT
QUESTION AND THANKS FOR
WATCHING.
>> THE AFFORD THE CREW ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS
CAREFULLY CHOSEN FOR NUTRITIONAL
VALUE AND IT'S SPECIALTY
PREPARED AND PACKAGED TO BE
EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
COULD IT FEED THE NEEDS ON
PLANET EARTH?
WE CONDUCTED AN EXPERIMENT TO
SEE HOW TWO REGULAR PEOPLE COULD
GET BY EATING ONLY ASTRONAUT
FOOD IN A WEEK AND TAKE A LOOK
AT HOW THEY FARED.
[ ♪♪ ]
>> YOU'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT, LIKE,
OH, MY GOSH, WHEN YOU GO TO
SPACE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GROCERY
SHOP FOR, LIKE, SIX MONTHS.
>> I THOUGHT IT WOULD PUT ME ON
A SCHEDULE FOR EATING.
I MISS LUNCH.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIVERGES
AND WE CAN DRINK WATER AND NO
SODAS, NOTHING CARBONATED.
>> YOU'LL HAVE A PROTEIN AND
SOME CARB AND SOME FRUIT AND
THEN WE HAVE STABLIZED PRODUCT.
>> THIS IS A MILITARY RATION
THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO
REFRIGERATE TO KEEP FRESH.
>> CAN'T DO THEM IN A MICROWAVE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WE ALSO HAVE REHYDRATABLE
FOOD WHICH THIS IS IN A VACUUM
PACK TO ADD WATER, EITHER HOT OR
COLD.
>> WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A
SYRINGE.
>> I DON'T LIKE NEEDLES.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> THIS COMES WITH A NEEDLE.
>> IT IS THE DAY BEFORE WE START
THE FOOD CHALLENGE AND I JUST
WANT GO PICK UP ALL OF THE
MATERIALS FROM OUR WONDERFUL
FOOD LAB AND THEY'RE PACKAGED IN
MY TRUNK AND WHAT I SHOULD EAT
AS MY LAST REAL MEAL AND THEY
SAID SOMETHING FRESH AND THE
PROBLEM I WAS THINKING NACHOS.
>> I HAVE MUSHROOMS, TOMATO AND
A FLATBREAD.
>> WE'RE IN TEXAS.
I HAVE A CRANAPPLE DESSERT.
>> SO IF WE WERE IN SPACE, THESE
WOULD ALL BE FLOATING AROUND.
>> ONCE WE OPEN THE PACKAGES,
THE FOOD IS LIBERATED AND YOU
CHASE AROUND THE FOOD AND GET IT
ALL IN YOUR MOUTH.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GETTING TO BE
THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE.
WE MAY NOT HAVE DONE HOT ENOUGH
WATER.
IT'S NOT BAD.
>> WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT'S THIS?
>> THIS IS GOOD.
THE ARTICHOKE AND TOMATOES ARE
GOOD, TOO.
>> THIS IS MAKING MY DAY.
THIS IS A TREAT.
>> I HAVE CRANAPPLE DESSERT.
THIS REMINDS ME OF HOME.
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY AND I
HAD MY BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDLE.
>> I DIDN'T HAVE COFFEE THIS
MORNING.
>> I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS
CHICKEN CORNED BEEF AND THIS
MEDLEY LOOKS LIKE MELTED CHEESE
ON IT AND I AM EXCITED TO GET
MELTED CHEESE TEXTURE.
>> THESE BUTTER COOKIES LOOK
DELICIOUS.
>> I HAVE CARIBBEAN CHICKEN WITH
CORN, TORTILLAS AND VANILLA
PUDDING AND PEARS AND I GOT
BETTER AT MAKING THE SPACE FOOD,
BUT I PUNCTURED THE CORN AND I
HAD TO REHYDRATE IT THROUGH THE
SIDE AND LESSON LEARNED, THIS
SMELLS DELICIOUS.
>> ONE OF MY BOYFRIEND'S CLIENTS
BROUGHT HIM A DELICIOUS CUPCAKES
AND NONE FOR ME.
[ ♪♪ ]
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> DO YOU SEE THAT, THIS IS
SCIENCE, YOU ALL!
MY MOM WOULD BE PROUD AND MOM,
I'M DOING NURSING TODAY.
THIS LOOKS LIKE OATMEAL.
>> I HAVE CITRUS SALAD AND MY
MAIN THING IS SIESTA CHICKEN.
>> I LOVE SIESTA!
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND RICE WITH BUTTER.
>> AND TACOS.
>> AND I THINK I'LL FOOD WILL BE
NORMAL TODAY.
>> WE DID THIS RIGHT WITH SOME
PRACTICE YESTERDAY.
>> THIS IS SOME SMOKED TURKEY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> IT'S FUNKY.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> AND THEN SOME CAULIFLOWER.
>> WE SHOULD DO A TOAST.
>> GO LBJ!
>> WE SHOULD DO A TOAST!
>> THIS IS THE CHICKEN NOODLE
AND LET'S TRY SOME OF THESE
GREEN BEANS AND OH, THAT COULD
USE HOT SAUCE.
>> THAT'S HOT!
ASTRONAUTS ON BOARD THE SPACE
STATION CAN EAT TORTILLAS AND
THEY LIKE TO DO IT BECAUSE YOU
CAN GRAB ANYTHING FLOATING IN
SPACE.
>> YOU WAKE UP EARLY BECAUSE I
MAKE BREAKFAST AND GO TO BED
EARLY SO I DON'T GET HUNGRY
AGAIN.
WHEN YOU'RE ALL SITTING AROUND
THE TABLE, I HAD TO STOP MYSELF
TO NOT MINDLESSLY REACH FOR
CHIPS OR PRETZELS.
>> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE
ASTRONAUTS?
>> CAN YOU TELL WHICH ONE IS THE
SPACE FOOD AND WHICH ONE IS THE
REGULAR EASTER MEAL HERE?
>> WHAT ARE YOU ALL MAKING?
>> ASTRONAUT BURGERS.
>> THIS IS DELICIOUS GRILLED
FOOD AND I GET TO EAT A KIND OF
BRISKET AND BAKED BARBECUE
BEANS.
>> IT'S MONDAY AND WE'RE DONE ON
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WE'RE
READY TO BE DONE.
THE WEEKEND WAS HARD.
>> I WAS NOT ABLE TO EAT ANY OF
THE FOOD AT THE FESTIVAL AND
THERE WERE JALAPENO CORNDOGS.
>> WE HAVE GREEN BEANS AND
POTATOES AND CREAM OF MUSHROOM
SOUP.
AND A LITTLE BIT OF INDIA, A
LITTLE BIT OF TEXAS WITH THIS
COUNTRINESS AND SO READY FOR
THIS TO BE OVER.
I NEED MY SOCIAL LIFE BACK.
>> I'M HAVING MILK TODAY,
POWDERED MILK.
>> I'M MORE NERVOUS ABOUT THE
MILK, I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.
>> IT'S LEFTOVER RICE AND
TURKEY.
>> I WAS A BIG FAN OF GARLIC
PASTE.
>> CAN YOU CHEW GUM IN SPACE?
>> YES.
>> I WASN'T TRYING TO IMPRESS
ANYBODY.
>> SPRAY SOME OLIVE OIL TO GET
EVERYBODY TO STICK TOGETHER AND
GARLIC PASTE FOR ME.
>> IT'S A LOT EASIER IN SPACE
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO LOAD
THE SYRINGE BUT IF YOU WERE
TRYING TO MEASURE OUT 100
MILLILITERS OF WATER.
>> TORTILLAS, ARE THEY GREAT UP
THERE?
>> YES, IT JUST FLOATED.
NOT.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> WE DO HAVE SALSA AND IT WILL
STICK TO THE BREAD.
>> I LOVE TACOS AND I TOLD
EVERYONE I WOULD MAKE IT.
SO IT'S LEAKY.
>> THIS IS THE MEXICAN SCRAMBLED
EGGS.
AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE
DOING.
WE HAVE SOME SCIENTISTS BACK
THERE.
>> WAY BETTER THAN THE LBJ
TOAST.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> MY FAVORITE MEAL, I LIKED A
LOT OF BREAKFAST FOOD AND THE
SHRIMP COCKTAIL WAS, IN FACT,
GOOD.
>> BUT THE SCRAMBLED EGG IN A
TACO.
NAH!
DONE.
>> MAYBE IF I HAD A MACHINE TO
HEAT EVERYTHING OFF.
>> IF I WAS SEALED AWAY FROM THE
OUTSIDE WORLD AND DIDN'T HAVE
THE TEMPTATIONS, MAYBE.
>> MAYBE IF I HAD THE FOOD
FLOATING AROUND ME.
>> SO I WAS DEBATING -- THIS IS
THE SAME DEBATE I STARTED WITH,
NACHOS OR A SALAD.
>> GET THEM BOTH.
>> I THINK WE NEED TO TREAT
OURSELVES.
>> I CAN TELL YOU, I WANT SOME
COFFEE.
>> AND A SODA.
>> YEAH.
[ ♪♪ ]
>> THIS IS NOT EASY, YOU ALL,
I'M TELLING YOU.
>> ALONG WITH WORK ON SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS, ASTRONAUTS IN THE
SPACE STATION, SHARE THE
EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN SPACE
WITH KIDS ON THE GROUND AND IN
2017, ASTRONAUT JOE ACABA MADE
THE FIRST EVER EDUCATIONAL HAND
RADIO CONTACT WITH THE SCHOOL IN
VENEZUELA, COURTESY OF THE
AMATEUR RADIO ON INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
THINK THE KIDS WERE EXCITED
TALKING TO SOMEONE IN SPACE?
THEY WERE NOT THE ONLY ONES.
[ ♪♪ ]
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH).
>> ASTRONAUTS AND COS KNOW
THOUGHTS GET THE BENEFIT OF
BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THE WINDOW
AT A VIEW OF EARTH THAT ONLY A
FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE HAVE EVER
SEEN FIRSTHAND AND THAT WAS A
REMINDER WE NEED TO PUSH THE
BOUNDARIES OF EXPLORATION.
>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL, MIKE, REALLY
IS.
>> I'M IN FIRST GRADE AND
WATCHING NEIL AND BUZZ AND I'M
ASKING MY DAD, WHAT JOB DO I
NEED TO HAVE TO MAKE ENOUGH
MONEY I CAN FLY TO THE MOON.
THERE'S A JOB OUT THERE CALLED
BEING AN ASTRONAUT AND YOU ARE
THERE, THEY WILL PAY YOU TO GO
TO THE MOON.
THEY'LL PAY ME TO GO TO THE
MOON?
I MADE MY DECISION, I'LL GO AND
BE AN ASTRONAUT.
I DID NOT THINK THE EXPERIENCE
OF SPACE LIFE WOULD CHANGE ME
AND I HEAR ABOUT THESE PEOPLE
WITH OVERVIEW EFFECT AND WHAT
WILL I EXPERIENCE THAT WILL
CHANGE WHO I AM?
BUT IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT A LOT
OF THINGS AND FOR THE FIRST
PART, WE HAVE THAT PART WHERE
YOU'RE SEEING THE EARTH AND YOU
SEE YOURSELF NEXT TO THE EARTH
AND YOU FEEL TINY AND YOU TURN
AWAY AND THE EARTH FEELS TINY
AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TWO
ORDERS AND ALL OF THE LIFE AND
HISTORY OF LIFE AND YOUR LIFE
AND EVERYBODY YOU KNOW IS IN
THIS TINY MEMBRANE OF AIR THAT
SITS ON TOP OF THIS PLANET AND
BEYOND THAT MEMBRANE OF AIR IS
THIS ABYSS OF SPACE AND NOTHING
LIFE-GIVING ABOUT IT AND THAT'S
ALL THAT SEPARATES YOU AND WE'RE
IN A TINY SPOT.
AS BIG AS EARTH SEEMS, IT SEEMS
FINITE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOT ME
ONE DAY, WE HAD TIME OFF AND I
WANTED TO GET PICTURES OF FIGHTS
THAT HAD FLOWN UP, AND I GET OUT
THERE AND CRANK UP THE PANEL ON
THE KUPALA WINDOW AND WE WERE
FLYING DOWN THE SPINE OF NEW
ZEALAND AND YOU HAVE THIS
EMERALD GREEN ISLAND WITH THE
MOUNTAINS AND THE OCEANS FOR THE
BACK-DROP AND IT MADE ME ALMOST
FORGET THE PICTURES BECAUSE I
WAS TOO BUSY GAWKING OUT THE
WINDOW AS WE WENT OVER IT.
GOING ON MY FIRST SPACE WALK, I
LOOKED DOWN AND THAT WAS MY
FIRST MISTAKE, BECAUSE THIS WAS
THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST
UNDERNEATH ME.
IT'S FEBRUARY, SUMMERTIME AND I
COULD SEE DOWN TO THE RIVER AND
THE DARK GREEN LUSH JUNGLES AND
AND I COULD SEE THIS MUDDY DELTA
INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE
GREY AND SNOW-CAPPED PEAKS TO
THE WEST AND DESPITE MY BEST
INTENTIONS AND I WAS GOBSMACKED
LOOKING AT THIS AND TRYING TO
TEAR MYSELF AWAY AND STEVE SAID,
JUST TAKE YOUR TIME AND YOU WILL
NEVER SEE THIS AGAIN SO GET THE
EXPERIENCE NOW.
MY ADVICE FOR HUMANITY IS THIS
IS A GREAT PLACE TO START, BUT
DON'T STICK AROUND HERE VERY
LONG.
WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE.
I FORGET WHO SAID IF HUMANKIND
WAS MEANT TO EXPLORE THE
UNIVERSE, GOD HAVE GIVEN US A
MOON AND WE NEED TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE AND USE THAT AS A
LEAPING PAD TO GET OFF INTO
OTHER PLACES BECAUSE SOME DAY
WE'LL NEED TO BE FROM SPACE AND
GOING INTO IT.
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