>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO A
POST MISSION NEWS CONFERENCE
WITH NASA SPACEX'S CREW 2 CREW.
JOINING US HERE AT NASA SPACE
CENTER IN HOUSTON.
OUR NASA ASTRONAUTS SHANE
KIMBROUGH AND MEGAN McARTHUR
AND JAPAN ASTRONAUT AKI HOSHIDE.
JOINING US VIRTUALLY FROM
GERMANY IS EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
ASTRONAUT THOMAS PESQUET.
SO GREAT TO YOU BACK ON EARTH.
WELCOME HOME.
THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR
QUESTIONS.
THIS CREW SAFELY SPLASHED DOWN
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO OFF THE
COAST OF FLORIDA ONE WEEK AGO
TODAY ABOARD THE CREW DRAGON
ENDEAVOUR SPACECRAFT COMPLETING
NASA'S SECOND LONG DURATION
COMMERCIAL CREW MISSION TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THEIR MISSION SET A RECORD FOR
THE LONGEST SPACEFLIGHT BY A
U.S. CREW SPACECRAFT WITH 199
DAYS IN SPACE.
WE'LL HEAR REMARKS ARE THE CREW
AND TAKE QUESTIONS FROM MEDIA ON
THE PHONE AND SOCIAL MEDIA USING
#ASKNASA.
WITH THAT LET ME PASS IT TOUGH
SHANE FOR OPENING REMARKS.
>> THANKS, MEGAN.
IT IS GREET BE BACK ON EARTH.
OUR CREW IS SETTLING IN.
IT IS GOOD SEE THOMAS.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE HIM
TOUCH.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE HIM
VIRTUALLY.
WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE MISSION
FULL OF SCIENCE, SPACE WALKS,
FULL OF FUN, FULL OF CHILE
PAPER.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME TOGETHER AND
REALLY COOL ENVIRONMENT OF
MICROGRAVITY ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK.
GRAVITY IS INTERESTING.
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT OUT
AGAIN.
NOT SURE HOW YOU DO THIS ALL THE
TIME.
IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK WITH
FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND OTHER
COLLEAGUES HERE.
SO THANKS FOR FOLLOWING OUR
MISSION AS YOU DID THAT AND LOOK
FORWARD TO ANSWERING YOUR ARE
QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, SHANE.
IT IS GREET SEE HIM.
OK.
WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS FROM
MEDIA NOW.
WE ARE HAVING TECHNICAL
DIFFICULTIES SO I WILL CALL ON
THE NEXT CALLER AND PLEASE STATE
YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION AND
ASK YOUR QUESTION.
YOU CAN PRESS STAR 1 TO ASK A
QUESTION.
AND STAR 2 TO WITHDRAW THE
QUESTION.
WITH THAT LET'S GO TO HE FIRST
CALLER.
REPORTER: HELLO.
GOOD MORNING.
THIS IS MARSHA DUNN AT THE AP.
FOR EITHER SHANE OR MEGAN OR
BOTH OF YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR TAKE
ON HOW THE MOVIE MAKING WENT
WHEN YOU WERE ON THE SPACE
STATION.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WELCOMING ACTOR
AND DIRECTOR ONBOARD WITH LIMB
MILTED TRAINING HOW INVOLVED
WHILE YOU WERE THERE.
IT DID HAMPER THE WORK.
HOW DO YOU THINK IT BODES FOR
FUTURE TOURISTS BECAUSE THERE
SEEM TO BE A QUITE A FEW COMING
UP.
THANKS.
WELL, THANKS, SPAR, FOR THE
QUESTION.
GOOD MORNING.
WE HAVE LIMITED INTERACTION WITH
THE ACTOR AND DIRECTOR THAT CAME
UP TO FILM THE MOVIE ON THE
RUSSIAN SEGMENT THEY WERE
PRESENT PEOPLE AND HIGHS FOR US
TO SEE NEW FACES THEY WERE
FRIENDLY.
WE DID HAVE GROUP DINNERS WITH
ALL OF US TOGETHER.
THAT IS ENJOYABLE AND SO WE
ENJOYED HEARING THE STORY BE A
SHARING OUR STORIES WITH THEM.
WE KNOW THE RUSSIAN COSMONAUT
WERE WORK AROUND THE CLOCK
REALLY TO HELP WITH THE MOVIE
MAKING IT WAS REALLY A
TREMENDOUS WORKLOAD FOR THEM
ABOUT IT WAS A MINIMUM WORKLOAD
FOR US.
THEY DID HAVE AGREEMENT TO SPEND
A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THE
RUSSIAN, EXCUSE ME, ON THE U.S.
SEGMENT.
WE ESCORTED THEM TO THAT LITTLE
BIT OF TIME.
REALLY FOR US, I WAS MINIMAL
IMPACT.
I WOULD SAY WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD
GAUGE FROM THIS HOW THAT WOULD
GO IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE
TO OCCUR TON THE U.S. SEGMENT.
WE SAW HOW HARD THE RUSSIAN
COLLEAGUES WERE, WOG AND
HOPEFULLY THERE IS A GREAT
PRODUCT THAT COMES OUT OF THAT
FOR THEM.
>> OK.
LET'S TAKE THE NEXT QUESTION
FROM THE PHONE.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
REPORTER: THANK YOU.
I WOULD LIKE FOR TWO OF YOU, HOW
ABOUT SHANE AND MEGAN, TO SORT
OF DISCUSS YOUR SENSE OF THE
STATE OF THE SPACE STATION.
IT RECENTLY PASSED THE 21st
ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUOUS HUMAN
OCCUPATION AND THERE IS SOME
QUESTIONS, I THINK, ABOUT SOME
TROUBLES ON THE RUSSIAN SIDE
WITH AIR LEAKS AND SO FORTH.
AND THEN IS SOME ASSESSMENTS I
BELIEVE OF KIND OF THE OVERALL
CONDITION IN TERMS OF HOW LONG
IT COULD STAY OCCUPIED.
IN THAT CONTEXT.
AM WONDERING WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS
ARE ON HOW IT IS HOLING UP.
>> THAT IS AM AMAZING FACILITY.
WE ALL GOT TO LIVE AND WORK ON
THERE FOR OVER SIX MONTHS AND
PK, IT HAS THE CHALLENGES AND
LIKE ANYTHING THAT IS 20 YEARS
OLD.
WE HAVE TO REPAIR IT SO WE HAVE
TO DO PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE
AS WELL AS ALL THE SCIENCE AND
EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE DOING UP
THERE.
IT IS AMAZING FACILITY.
WE SAW A NEW ADDITION THE MLM
MODULE THAT SHOW UP WHILE WE
WERE THERE.
IT IS STILL GROWING AND STOPPED
GROWING A FEW YEARS AGO AND IT
WAS COOL TO WELCOME A NEW MODULE
TON THE SPACE STATION AND IT IS
GOING TO ADD SO MUCH CAPABILITY
FOR THE RUSSIANS ON THEIR SIDE,
SOB THAT IS REALLY NEAT.
BUT OVERALL, IT HAS NOT CHANGED
A WHOLE LOT SINCE A LAST FLIGHT
OTHER THAN THAT.
IT WAS FUNCTIONAL AND WE GOT A
FEW NEW TECH DEMO THINGS THAT
WERE WORK ON LIKE A NEW TOILET
NEW SOLAR ARRAY AND WORKED ON
THE OUTSIDE.
THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WILL PROOF
TO HELP.
OTHER THAN THAT, AMAZING FLIES
LIVE AND WORK AND EXACTLY WHAT I
REMEMBERED A FEW YEARS AGO.
I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE EXPANDS
OF IT.
THE CAPABILITY.
NOW, HE THERE WERE TIMES WHEN WE
WOULD HAVE A CARGO VEHICLE
ARRIVE THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOUR
DIFFERENT GLOVE BOX IN WORK
DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTS GOING ON.
THAT VARIETY AND THAT BREADTH OF
CAPPING WAS IMPRESSIVE TO ME,
THAT WE WERE ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISHMENT SO MUCH RESEARCH
ONGOING T. THERE IS RESEARCH
PROJECTS GOING ON ALL THE TIME
THAT THE CREW HAS NO OR LIMB
MILTED INTERACTION WITH AND
PROJECTS WE HAVE A LOT OF
IN-DEPTH HANDS ON INTERACTION
WITH SO I AM IMPRESSED BY THE
VARIED CAPABILITY AND, YOU KNOW,
THE WAY THE SPACE AGENCY IS
DESIGNED THAT THOSE RACKS CAN
COME OUT.
NEW HARDWARE CAN COME IN.
AS IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE.
AS DISCOVERIES MADE, AND NEW
EXPERIMENTS ARE DESIGNED WE CAN
CHANGE THOSE OUT AND KEEP
UPGRADING THE SPACE STATION
WHICH IS REMARKABLE CAPABILITY.
I THINK IT HAS GOT QUITE A LOT
LEFT TO GIVE AND WE ARE GOING TO
SENTRIES THINGS HAPPEN OVER THE
COMING YEARS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK.
WE WILL TAKE A QUESTION FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA BASIL'S FOURTH
GRADE CLASS.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT WILL EACH
YOU DO NOW THAT YOU ARE BACK
FROM THE SPACE STATION?
WHAT PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS WILL
YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN?
>> LOOK FORWARD TO REST AND
JUST, YOU KNOW, RECONNECTING
WITH OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS SO
WE WILL HAVE SEVERAL MONTHS TO
DO THAT.
ALTHOUGH, THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
WE'LL BE DOING A LOT OF DEBRIS
WHERE THE SYSTEMS FROM SPACEX
AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL AS
IT A LOFT MEDICAL DEBRIEFS TO DO
AS WELL AND MEDICAL TESTING.
ONCE WE GET THROUGH, THE
HOLIDAYS WILL HIT.
WHEN WE COME BACK IN 2022 A
LITTLE MORE CHANCE TO RELAX.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE TAKE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
ABOUT SLEEPING IN SPACE.
HOW COME THINK ABOUT THE
SLEEPING BAGS?
>> WELL THE SLEEPING BAGS WE
SLEEP IN ACTUALLY COMFORTABLE,
MADE OUT OF CLOTH, WE SLEEP IN
OUR OWN CREW QUARTERS AND SLEEP
IN THE CREW DRAGON FOR THE SIX
MONTHS, BUT WE HAVE OUR OWN CREW
QUARTERS.
IT IS ABOUT THIS SIZE AND WE
HOOK UP SOME STRINGS ON THE
SLEEPING BAG AND JUST SLEEP IN
THERE AND CLOSE THE DOOR.
IT IS COMFORTABLE, I WOULD SAY.
I NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE GOING TO
SLEEP.
>> ARE YOUR SLEEPING BAGS
HEATED?
>> THEY ARE NOT HEATED.
WE HAVE A COOLING SYSTEM THAT
BLOWS COOLING AIR.
IT CAN GET QUITE WARM.
THE SLEEPING BAGS ARE NICE.
THERE IS AREA YOU CAN KICK THE
FEET OUT AND ZIPPERS AND
DIFFERENT AIR VENTS TO PUT A LOT
OF THOUGHT INTO DESIGN AND
GETTING FEEDBACK CREWMEMBERS
OVER THE YEARS AND IT IS PRETTY
COMFORTABLE.
ALL RIGHT.
ANOTHER QUESTION FROM SOCIAL
MEDIA.
KELLY ON TWITTER ASKS IF WOULD
YOU HAVE HAD MORE TIME, WHAT IS
ONE MORE THING YOU WOULD HAVE
WANTED TO ACCOMPLISH ON THE
SPACE STATION.
LET'S GO TO THOMAS FOR THIS
QUESTION.
>> I THINK A GOOD THING WITH A
SIX-MONTH MISSION.
YOU GET TIME ON SUNDAYS TO RUN
YOUR OWN PROJECT.
ALSO TIME DURING THE WEEK, YOU
DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TIME, OR
FREE TIME, BECAUSE WE ARE
WORKING 12 HOURS PRETTY MUCH
FROM MORNING TO EVENING EVERY
DAY.
ON SUNDAYS YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN
PROJECTS AND I THINK WE TOOK
PLEASURE IN TAKING PICTURES OF
THE EARTH, WATCHING THE EARTH,
EARTH GAZING, STARGAZING IS
NUMBER ONE HOBBY ONBOARD THE
SPACE STATION.
ONE THING I WISHED I WOULD HAVE
DONE IS MAYBE JOURNALING AND
KEEPING A DIARY OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, WRIGHT DOWN
A FEW THOUGHTS OR FEW ANTIDOTES
OF THE DALLY LIFE ON STATION
EVERY DAY AND GO A LONG WAYNE
TEN YEARS OR MORE WHEN I HAVE
FORGOTTEN MY TIME ONBOARD THE
SPACE STATION THAT WOULD BE
REALLY NICE THING TO HAVE TO
REMIND ME OF THE GOOD TIMES WE
HAD ALTOGETHER ON THAT FLIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WHICH PLACE WILL YOU VISIT FIRST
NOW THAT YOU ARE HOME?
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO DEPEND A
LITTLE BIT ON THE SEASON AND
WHERE WE CAN GO IN THE WINTER
SEASON AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE,
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK IS MY
FAVORITE AND YELLOW STONE IS
ANOTHER FAVORITE.
IT IS GEORGE IS ON THE
WINTERTIME.
AM NOT SURE WE'LL GET THERE THIS
WINTER BUT PLACES ON MY LIST
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MY SON
FAR VISIT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT SOUNDS FUN.
ALL RIGHT.
ROBERT PEARLMAN WITH COLLECT
SPACE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
HE IS ASKING FOR SHANE AND
MEGAN, NASA HAS SAID ONE OF THE
REASON FOR SENDING ASTRONAUTS TO
THE SPACE STATION NOW IS TO
READY THEM FOR ARTEMIS FLIGHTS.
MISSION SPECIFIC TRAINING ASIDE,
HOW READY WOULD YOU SAY ARE NOW
IF NASA TABBED YOU TOMORROW FOR
TRIP TO THE MOON?
>> WELL, I THINK I WOULD BE
READY TO GO.
I DON'T THINK MY FAMILY WOULD
LET ME GO.
I DON'T THINK IT IS ME.
I THINK WE ARE WELL EQUIPPED AND
TRAINED VERY WELL, OF COURSE, ON
THE GROUND.
OUR TIME ON SPACE STATION HELPED
TRAIN US TO WORK IN THE
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT AND
DON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH
THAT.
BUT NOT SURE IT WILL BE FOR ME.
>> MY ANSWER IS VERY MUCH THE
SAME.
I THINK THE SPACE STATION IS
EXCELLENT TRAINING GROUND FOR
ANY TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT WE ARE
GOING TO DO IN SPACE WHETHER ITS
ON THE GATEWAY SPACE STATION
AROUND THE MOON OR THE SURFACE
OF THE MOON THAT GIVES YOU GREAT
PROBLEM-SOLVING CAPABILITY YOU
KNOW I COULD BE OF THE LITTLE
THINGS YOU CANNOT TRAIN ON EARTH
AND YOU KNOW, HOW YOU MANAGE
YOUR TOOLS FOR EX AL AMPLE.
HOW YOU PLAN OUT THE MOVEMENTS
AND OBVIOUSLY, THE SURFACES OF
THE MOON IS DIFFERENT THAN
LIVING IN MICROG AND THE SAME
KIND OF IDEAS OF FOR HOW YOU
PLAN THE ACTIVE.
THOSE ARE VALUABLE AND
CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR SAFETY WHEN
YOU OPERATING THOSE KINDS OF
ENVIRONMENTS SO LIKE SHANE SAID.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LONG LINE OF
I THINK FRESH FACED YOUNG
ASTRONAUTS THAT ARE READY TO GO
AND DO THESE THINGS THEN I THINK
I WOULD HAVE TO GET AT
PERMISSION SLIP FROM MY FAMILY
BEFORE I COULD GO.
WE ARE READY TO GO.
I THINK EVERY ASTRONAUT WOULD TO
LOVE GO TO THE MOON BUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE TO SEE THIS.
>> S THAT YOU FAIR.
THANKS.
WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM
MEDIA ON THE LINE.
PLEASE GO AND STATE YOUR NAME
AND AFFILIATION.
IT COME COMS FROM AMY THOMPSON
FROM SPACE.COM.
REPORTER: HI.
THANK FOR TAKING MY QUESTION.
I WAS WONDERING WHAT IS GOING TO
HAPPEN TO 0G INDICATOR YOUR
LITTLE PENGUIN.
ALSO WANTED TO KNOW, WHAT WAS
THE RIDE HOME LIKE FOR YOU GUYS?
WAS IT BUMPY OR HOW DID IT COME
FIRE THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT YOU
FLEW ON, THANK YOU?
>> WE ARE DISCUSSING WHO HAS
CONTROL NOW.
WE DID PACK HIM FOR THE RETURN
RIDE HOME IN A THINK ENDED UP IN
AKI'S SUITCASES SO WE WILL
PROBABLY TIME-SHARE BETWEEN OUR
SONS WHO HELPED US CHOOSE THE 0G
INDICATOR FOR US.
>> YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
RESTS?
>> YEAH.
SURE.
SHANE AND I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
FLYING THREE DIFFERENT
SPACECRAFTS AND THE SPACE
SHUTTLE SPACECRAFT AND THE CREW
DRAGON, SO WE HAVE EXPERIENCED A
LAND LANDING AND COMPARED TO
THAT, SPLASH DOWN WAS MUCH, MUCH
SOFTER, I WOULD SAY.
BUT I WAS WORRIED THAT AFTER
SPLASH DOWN, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW,
BOCK ON THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN
AND IT WOULD MAKE ME SICK BUT I
THINK IT WAS OK FOR ALL OF US
AND IT WAS A NEAT EXPERIENCE
JUST WAITING FOR THE RESCUE TEAM
TO COME ONBOARD AND WE WERE
CHATTING INSIDE AND ALL FOUR OF
US AND SHARING OUR MOMENT.
IT WAS NICE TIME TO SHARE SOME
TIME.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM
A CALLER ON THE PHONE.
WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM
A CALLER ON THE PHONE.
YARR LINE IS OPEN.
REPORTER: HI.
YEAH.
THANKS FOR DOING THIS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
HELLO.
YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
REPORTER: OK.
I WAS HOPING A COUPLE OF YOU
WOULD TALK ABOUT THE SPACEWALKS
THAT YOU DID.
YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS TO
GET THOSE SOLAR ARRAYS INSTALLED
AND WORKING AND COMPARED TO
OTHER SPACEWALKS, I GUESS, THEN,
ALSO, ARE YOU GUYS LOOKING
FORWARD TO HAVING NEW SPACESUITS
TO CONDUCT SPACEWALKS.
THANKS.
>> DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT?
>> OUR LEAD SPACEWALKER FOR THE
FIRST THREE I WILL TURN IT OVER
TO HIM.
YEAH.
THANK YOU.
THEN, IT BRINGS BACK ONLY THE
QUESTION BRIDGES BACK GOOD MEP!
MEMORY SOUS SEE A SMILE ON MY
FACE LIKE SHANE WAS SAYING WE
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO
TOGETHER WITH HIM FOR THREE
SPACEWALKS.
WE HAVE DONE TWO SPACEWALKS ON
THE FLIGHTS THEN WE ARE LIKE, WE
GO WAY BACK AS FAR AS
SPACEWALKING TOGETHER I THINK I
SPEAK FOR ARE HIM AS WELL.
THESE TRIO OF SPACEWALKS WAS
CHALLENGE IS NOT EASY TO DO
BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT REASONS
BECAUSE THE GEOMETRY OF THE WORK
SADE AND THE DISTANCE THAT WE
WENT THROUGH ALL THE WAY, WE
JOKINGLY CALLED IT THE SPACE
STATION BECAUSE ALL THE WAY AT
IN THE TRUSS WHERE NOBODY EVER
GUESS AND THINGS ARE A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT AND FEWER
HANDRAILS TO GRAB ON AND THINGS
LIKE THIS.
IT IS REALLY A CHALLENGE
ENVIRONMENT, ALSO, THE SIZE AND
THE BULK AND NOT FOR TO YOU WAIT
IN SPACE BUT THE SOLAR ARRAYS
WAS CHALLENGE ON THE ARM BEING
FLOWN BY MEGAN SO COMPLETE TEAM
WORK RIGHT THERE.
SHANE WAS WAITING FOR ME AND
APFR AND THE END OF THE SPACE
STATION OVERLOOKING THE 400
KILOMETERS THEN PASSING THE BIG
MAP TO EACH OTHER AND ASSUMING
CONTROL THE BARE HANDS WITH THE
GLOVED HANDS AND SO, SO A LOT OF
CHALLENGES AND A LOT OF WORK
INVOLVED FOR US, OBVIOUSLY, FOR
THE GROUND TEAM WORK TIREOUSLY
ON THE PREPARATION OF THE EVA'S
REALLY GREAT MEMORIES.
GREAT IMAGES IN MY HEAD OF LOOK
UP, YOU KNOW, 17-METER HEIGHTS,
SOLAR ARE ARRAY AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
A GREAT FEELING OF
ACCOMPLISHMENT WHEN WE MANAGED
TO INSTALL IT.
NOW WE CAN SEE NOW.
CHANGED THE I SAUDI ARABIA
LITTLE BIT.
LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE PICTURES.
THEN, WE SEE THE SOLAR ARRAYS
INSTALL AND NEEDS TO SEE THAT
BUT A LONG STORY SHORT.
IT IS CHALLENGING, THINK, FOR
US.
IT IS GOOD ANOTHER ISS.
WE NEED TO INSTALL THE SOLAR ARE
ARRAYS THE JOINS NOT OVER.
THERE IS TWO MORE PAIRS COMING
UP SHORTLY THEN IN TOTAL SIX NEW
PAIRS OUT OF EIGHT POWER
CHANNELS SO A LOT OF WORK STILL
TO BE DONE.
SOME OTHERS ARE GOING TO TAKE
CARE OF THIS IN THE YEARS TO
COME AND WE'LL BE WATCHING
CLOSELY.
S WITH A LOT OF FUN.
A LOT OF WORK IN GETTING THAT
DONE.
>> ALL RIGHT BACK TO A QUESTION
FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
I WONDERED IF YOU COULD FURTHER
EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE EARTH
VIEW ON THE HUBBLE MISSION VERS
THE SPACE STATION?
>> THERE IS DEFINITELY A
DIFFERENCE THAT I NOTICED RIGHT
AWAY WHEN THE FIRST TIME I CAME
TOLL THE CUPOLA TO OBSERVE THE
EARTH, YOU HE, I HAD SOME FREE
TIME.
THOUGHT, WOW.
WE ARE REALLY CLOSE BECAUSE WHEN
YOU ARE HUBBLE MISSION, RITE IS
QUITE A BIT HIGHER UP, SO YOU
ARE SEEING MORE OF THE CURVATURE
OF THE EARTH, BUT THEN I QUICKLY
GREW TO LOVE THE VIEW THAT I HAD
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE SO MUCH MORE
DETAIL SO YOU COULD REALLY PICK
OUT DIFFERENT LAND MARKS THAT
WAS FUN TO TEACH MYSELF
DIFFERENT LAND MARBLINGS TO FIND
FAVORITE PLACES THEN A WHOLE
PROCESS YOU GO THROUGH WHEN YOU
ARE TRYING TO PHOTOGRAPH
DIFFERENT PLACES IN TEACHING
YOURSELF THE LARGER LAND MARKS
THEN FINDING THE SMALLER AND
REALLY DIALING IN ON THE EXACT
FEATURE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SO
HAVING THAT CLOSER VIEW WAS
PHENOMENAL AND YOU KNOW, EVERY
VIEW THAT WE HAD THE CUPOLAS THE
MAIN VIEW, WITH YOU BUT WE HAVE
VIEWS OUT OF THE JAPANESE MODULE
AS WELL AS WHEN THE HATCHES ARE
NOT COVERED THE EARTH-FACING
HATCHES FOR EXAMPLE IN NODE 2
AND NODE 1 YOU CAN LOOK OUT OF.
THEN OVER ON THE RUSSIAN SEGMENT
SO A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THEN
A DIFFERENT VIEW TO GET OF OUR
BEAUTIFUL EARTH AND SOMETHING
YOU WOULD FIB US DOING ALL THE
TIME WHEN WE HAD FREE TIME.
>> OK.
WELL, WELL TAKE A QUESTION FROM
HAYDEN, WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT
ARE THE FAVORITE EXPERIMENTS?
>> WILL START.
ONE IS THE RING SHEER DROP IN
THE GLOVE BOX IN THE U.S. LAB
TORY.
WAS INTERESTED IN IT BECAUSE OF
THE APPLICATION.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TREATS THEN
MAYBE POSSIBLE CURES DOWN THE
ROAD FOR THINGS LIKE ALZHEIMER'S
ANDY MENTION SHA SO THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT SAID MY FAMILY
AND MANY OTHERS IN THE FAMILY
AND NEAR AND DEER ME AND LOOK
FORWARD TO.
IT WAS GLAD TO BE A PART OF THE
EXPERIMENT THEN HOPEFULLY A FEW
YEARS DONE THE ROAD AND THEY ARE
POSITIVE FOR HELPING TREAT AND
MAYBE CURE THIS DISEASE.
>> EVERYBODY JOINED THAT WAS
GOING ONBOARD WAS THE PLANT
HABITAT SO WE WERE GROWING CHILI
PEPPERS IN THE PLANT HABITAT AND
SHANE KICKED THAT OFF.
KIND OF MIDPOINT IN OUR MISSION
AND THE GROWTH PERIOD IS
ACTUALLY LONG.
WAS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS
EXPERIMENT.
WE HAVE GROWN PLANT IN SPACE
BEFORE, EVEN PRODUCE, THINGS
LIKE LET A US, THIS WAS MORE
COMPLICATED PLANT TO BE GROW SOG
THE INVESTIGATION WAS LOOKING AT
HOW YOU GROW THESE MORE
COMPLICATED FRUITING PLANTS,
PLANS LIKE REQUIRE POLL NATION,
MUCH LONGER PERIOD, MUCH LONGER
GROWTH TIME TO HARVEST, BUT
THEN, A HUGE BENEFIT WHICH IS
THAT NOT JUST THE FLAVOR, OF
COURSE, OF HAVING CHILE BUT THE
VITAMINS THAT GO ALONG WITH
HAVING THIS KIND OF THING.
THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND
PARTICULARLY SPECIAL FOR ME
BECAUSE I FOUND OUT AFTER I GOT
ON OR BIT I FOUND OUT THAT
BROTHER-IN-LAW'S UNCLE WAS THE
CO CREATOR OF THE SPECIFIC
VARIETY WE WERE GROWING SO THAT
WAS FUN FOR MY FAMILY TO
DISCOVER THAT AND BE WHY
EVERYONE WAS FOLLOWING ALONG IN
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEPPERS.
THEN AT IN THE, WE GOT TO EAT
THEM THAT AND ENJOY THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE
REALLY GOT EXCITED ABOUT AND
FOUND SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE.
>> FOR ME, ONE OF THE
EXPERIMENTS THAT MADE ME
INTERESTED WAS THE TIME
EXPERIMENT.
SO WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW
GRAVITY LOOK OF GRAVITY AFFECTS
OUR BODY.
THIS ONE US THE SENSE OF TIME
AND HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THAT.
AND I AM NOT GOING TO TELL YOU
WHAT FEEDBACK I GOT FROM IT THE
OTHER DAY.
WAS, IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING
TO SEE THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY HAPPY
TO BE ONE THOSE AND PROVIDE DATA
ON THAT.
>> FOR ME PERSONALLY, IS A HARD
TO PICK BECAUSE THERE IS SO MANY
AND THE STATION IS GOING AROUND
THE CLOCK EVEN WHEN WE GO TO BED
LIKE MEGAN MENTIONED BEFORE.
SCIENCE IS STILL USED AND THEN
WHEN WE GET UP AGAIN THE NEXT
MORNING WE START AGAIN ON OTHER
EXPERIMENTS ALL KINDS OF DOMAINS
SO IT IS REALLY FASCINATING FOR
ME IT IS DIFFICULT TO PICK A
FAVORITE EXPERIMENT.
THINK, AT THIS TIME, THERE WAS
ONE THAT WAS CALLED CELESTIAL
IMMUNITY THAT TARGET THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM WE ARE LIVING IN AND
CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING RIGHT
NOW ON THE EARTH THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM HAS BECOME MORE THAN HOT
TOPIC BUT SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT AND LOOK MORE
DETAIL INTO SO I THINK THE SPACE
STATION CAN HELP, YOU KNOW,
PUSHING THOSE RESULTS ON THE
GROUND AND USUALLY BENEFICIAL TO
EVERYONE LIKE IT IS REALLY EASY
TO UNDERSTAND AND IF WE HAVE
DONE OUR PART IN THAT, IN THAT
GLOBAL FIGHT, THEN, I AM PRETTY
HAPPY ABOUT IT.
ALL RIGHT.
TWEAK ANOTHER QUESTION.
YOUR LINE IS OHM.
REPORTER: THANK YOU FOR TAKE
MIGHT QUESTION.
I HAVE A QUESTION TO
MR.HOSHIDE.
YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SOYUZ AND
CREW DRAGON.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN LITTLE BIT
MORE ON THE TRAINING AND THE
SPACESUITS AND LAUNCHING THE
LANDING AND THE POSSIBILITY OF
THE FUTURE AND COMMERCIALIZATION
OF THE SPACE.
THANK YOU.
>> YEAH.
WE TRAINED MAYBE A YEAR FRYER
LAUNCH ON THE CREW DRAGON
CAPSULE, BUT MAINLY, YOU KNOW,
SHANNON, MEGAN.
THE COMMANDER AND THE PILOT.
THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED HOW TO
OPERATE THE SPACECRAFT AND WHEN
TO TAKE OVER.
WHAT TO DO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.
THOMAS AND I WERE FOCUSED ON THE
INSIDE WHAT TO DO WITH THE
SPACESUITS AND ALL THE CARGO
PACKING AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS
THEN HOW TO SUPPORT SHANE AND
MEGAN.
THAT TRAIN WAS GREAT.
SPACEX DID A GREAT JOB ON
FOCUSING ON WHAT NEED.
IT WAS NOT A VERY LONG TRAINING
PERIOD BUT IT NONETHELESS, WE
GOT WHAT WE NEED.
THE LARCH AND LANDING ITSELF IS
LIKE THE OTHER SPACECRAFT BUT
WAITS SMOOTH, I THINK IT WAS
MORE RESPONSIVE.
THAT IS WHAT I REMEMBER GOING
UPHILL.
YOU KNOW?
IT WAS LAKE A JOYRIDE.
AND I STILL REMEMBER THAT DAY
WHEN ALL FOUR OF US WERE LIKE,
OOPS.
I THIS CAPABILITY PROVIDES A
GREAT MILESTONE AND PAST TWO
COMMERCIALIZATION AND MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE WILL ENJOY THE
ENVIRONMENT IN SPACE AND THEY
CAN BRING THEIR OWN IDEAS AND
CREATE NEW CULTURES UP THERE AND
I THINK IT HAS, IT HAS OPENED
THESE DOORS TO SPACE.
ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
NATE ON TWITTER FOR THOMAS.
WOMAN TO QUESTIONS.
WHY IS SHARING WHAT YOU SEE FROM
THE SPACE STATION IMPORTANT FOR
THE WORLD TOLL SEE TALKING ABOUT
SHARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WHAT
WAS YOUR FAVORITE PHOTO TAKE AND
SHARE.
>> WOW.
GREAT QUESTIONS.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO
SHARE, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK WE
ARE PUBLIC SERVICE WE HAVE A
RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THINGS FOR
ARE THE PEOPLE AND TO KIND OF
INFORM PEOPLE OF WHAT WE ARE
DOING FOR THEM BECAUSE THAT IS
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO SPACE.
IT WOULD MAKE US HAPPY BUT NASA
IS NOT SPENDING US IN SPACE TO
MAKE US HAPPY.
IT IS USEFUL FOR EVERYBODY.
I THINK IT IS KIND OF PART OF A
JOB TO EXPLAIN WHY AND THEN KIND
OF SHARE THE ADVENTURE BUT ALSO
PERSONAL ASPECT AND I GROUP IN A
FAN OF HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT AND
STARVED OF INFORMATION WHEN IT
WAS YOUNGER KID OR TEENAGER WHO
IS NOT MUCH YOU CAN SEE.
THE OCCASIONAL BOOK AND MAGAZINE
SO NOWADAYS LEAVING IN A
FANTASTIC TIME WHERE YOU WATCH
THINGS ON THE INTERNET AND THEN,
FOLLOW MISSIONS AS CLOSELY AS
POSSIBLE SO I REALLY ENJOY
SHARING IT WITH EVERYBODY AND I
THINK, I THINK THERE IS A
RESPONSIBILITY LOSS TO SHARE
THIS POINT OF VIEW BECAUSE YOU
SEE THE EARTH LIKE ALL COME BACK
FROM SPACE ARE GOING TO TELL YOU
AND YOU KNOW, LIMITLESS AND
EMPTY AND YOU KNOW, AND INCIDENT
WHEN YOU SEE THE EARTH FROM
SPACE AND VERY FITTING AND LIMB
MILTED RESOURCE AND
RESPONSIBILITY TO SHARE THAT
VIEWPOINT SO THAT PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION WE ARE
IN.
INDUSTRIAL TO GO BACK TO LOOK
WHERE IS A LOT OF WORK FOR ME BE
A I DON'T KNOW IF I AM ABLE TO
GET TO THAT SOON.
BUT I THINK, I MEAN, I HAVE TO
MENTION THE AURORA THIS THE CREW
MATES WILL AGREE.
WE HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH SOME
UNBELIEVABLE ARREARS MUCH MORE
THAN DURING THE FIRST MISSION.
LIKE WE HAVE SEEN MAYBE 15-20,
SOME AM THEM SO BRIGHT, SO
UNBELIEVABLY BRIGHT AND ACTIVE,
FLYING THROUGH THEM, THEN IT IS
SAD BECAUSE PICTURES DONE DO
THEM JUSTICE.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO TELL THINK
SAME.
WE TRIED TO TAKE PICTURE.
SOME CAME OUT OK.
STILL IT IS NOT THE SAME AS YOU
FLYING THROUGH OVERHEAD AND
SEEING IT, YOU KNOW, GLOW AROUND
YOU, WHICH IS, I THINK, MOST
UNBELIEVABLE NATURAL PHENOMENON
YOU CAN WITNESS WITH YOUR OWN
EYES.
YEAH.
I STROY MENTION THAT.
>> OK.
I THINK IS A GREAT WE DO WRAP UP
ON FACEBOOK.
WHAT WILL YOU MISS MOST ABOUT
EACH SENATOR THAT IS A LOADED
THREE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE ENJOYED BEING
TOGETHER FOR A LITTLE OVER SIX
MONTHS IN SPACE.
IT ICINESS OF FUNNY PAST WEEK
HAS BEEN LIKE, WHERE IS MEGAN?
WHERE IS AKI?
I AM THINKING, WHERE IS THOMAS?
WHERE IS MARK?
THOSE ARE THE FACE YOU SEE EVERY
MORNING AS SOON AS YOU GET UP OR
IF YOU NEED SOMETHING, THAT IS
WHO YOU GO TO.
YOU IS AN ADJUSTMENT.
I MISS BEING WITH THEM.
OUR FRIENDSHIP HAS GROWN DEEP
OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND
LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT
AND JUST IN A DIFFERENT
CAPACITY.
>> IT IS, IT IS A WONDERFUL
EXPERIENCE AS SHANE SAID TO
SHARE TOMORROW TOGETHER THEN
THIS CREW HAD A SHARED SENSE OF
HUMOR ALL OF US INCLUDING THE
COSMONAUT CREW MATES MAKE EACH
OTHER LAUGH AND THAT IS REALLY
FOUND DO.
IT IS A GREAT WAY TO END THE DAY
AND LET OFF STEAM FROM DIFFERENT
FRUSTRATIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE
EXPERIENCED AND DIFFERENT
CHALLENGES THEN MAINING EACH
OTHER LAUGH AND LAUGHING IN
RETURN HAS BEEN THE SPECIAL
THINGS I THINK ABOUT THE
EXPERIENCE SO YOU KNOW, WE WILL
DOYLE THAT WHEN WE NOONTIME GET
TOGETHER.
IT IS STRANGE NOT SEEING THE
FACES EVERY DAY.
>> YEAH.
I HAVE THE SAME FEELING.
I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE TWO WEEKS OUT
BEFORE WE CAME BACK AND I THINK
WE STARTED TO FEEL THAT, OK, YOU
KNOW, THIS FUN TRIP IS COMING TO
AN END.
WHEN WE WERE SHARING MEALS AT
THE TABLE.
I FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DID
NOT WANT TO LEAVE.
YOU KNOW?
THAT TABLE.
I IT WATTS FUN TO BE ABLE.
I MISS THOSE TIMES.
>> I AGREE.
FOR ME, IT IS LIKE SHANE WAS
SAYING, I KIND OF LOOK AROUND
MYSELF AND EXPECT ONE OF YOU
GUYS TO POP UP AT ANY TIME LIKE
YOU USED TO DO WHICH IS A
STRANGE FEELING.
THINK PROFESSIONALLY, IT IS LIKE
THE SENSE OF BELONGING TO A TEAM
AND HAVING THE SAME OBJECTIVES
THEN EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO
ACHIEVE SOMETHING ALTOGETHER AND
THEN, THEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE
SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AS A
GROUP THAN THE SUM OF THE
INDIVIDUALS.
YOU GO SPACE FAMILY TO THE
GROUND FAMILY WHICH IS GOOD,
TOO.
HE EMPOWERMENT THAT YOU KNOW
WE'LL DO THINGS TOGETHER.
THINGS I WAS UNABLE TO DO ON MY
OWN COULD DO WITH THE HELP OF
SHANE, AKI, ANYBODY ELSE AND DO
SO MUCH EVERY DAY THAT LOOKING
BACK I WAS LIKE, WOW, HOW DID WE
DO THIS AND FINDING MYSELF ALONE
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
ATLANTIC AND I AM LIKE, NO I
COULDN'T ACHIEVE THIS WITH YOU
GUYS SO MISS YOU.
OK.
ONE MORE CALLER POPPED ON THE
LINE SO WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE
QUESTION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> DAVID CURLY FROM DISCOVERY
CHANNEL.
YOUR LINE IS OPEN.
>> THANK.
I DID JOIN LATE.
IF YOU ANSWERED THIS QUESTION
PLEASE IGNORE AND MOVE ON
SHIPMENT WAS HOPING, SHANE, YOU
CAN FILL OUT A LITTLE BIT, YOU
MENTIONED THAT YOU, ON THE
GROUND AND AT THE STATION AT THE
SAME TIME.
YOU SAID YOU WENT AND DID YOU
CLOSE THE HATCH AND DID YOU COME
BACK OUT WITH ANOTHER ALARM.
CAN YOU FILL OUT THAT WITHOUT
JEOPARDIZING THE INVESTIGATION
AND A SENSE OF WHAT YOU DID IN
THAT TIME PERIOD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> I AM SORRY I DID NOT GET THE
ORIGINAL THING YOU WERE ASKING.
>> IT WAS WITH THE IN THE
INADVERTENT THRUSTER FIRING.
>> YEAH.
THAT WAS INTERESTING TIME OF
COURSE.
THE LOSS OF CONTROL WHEN IT
HAPPENED, THINK HANDFUL OF US OR
THREE OR FOUR OF US IN THE
COLUMBUS MODULE AT THE TIME AND
WHEN THE ALARMS WENT OFF.
WE IMMEDIATELY THEN REPORTED TO
THINK U.S. LABORATORY WHICH IS
AKI WAS COMMANDER AT THE TIME
AND WE SHOWED UP AND AKI STARTED
GIVING US ROLE AND
RESPONSIBILITIES TO REACT TO THE
SITUATION AND EVERYONE FELL IN
LIFE LINE WITH THE TRAINING AND
STARTED REACTING UNDER AKI'S
LEADERSHIP.
THEN, YOU KNOW, SHORTLY AFTER
THIS, WE WERE PRETTY MUCH
CONTROLLING THE SPACE STATION ON
THE GROUND AND THE COMMANDS TO
DO OUR TUMBLING SENSATION WE ARE
GOING THROUGH THIS AND BETWEEN
AND THE GROUND TO BE ABLE TO
TALK TO THE SPACE STATION.
SO WE HAD TO DO IT.
WE ARRIVED ON THE TRAINING THEN
IT KICKED IN AND THE STUFF WE
THOUGHT WE WOULD NEVER EVER USE
AND WE WERE USING AND WE WORKED
REALLY WELL TOGETHER AS A TEAM
TO KIND OF GET THAT SITUATION
BACK UNDER CONTROL AND I DON'T,
I DON'T KNOW THE TIMEFRAME.
BUT MAYBE A HALF-HOUR LATER.
THE STATION WAS BACK IN THE
CORRECT ALTITUDE AND THEN WE HAD
A LOT OF THINGS TO FIGURE HOW DO
WE SPRINT IN THE FUTURE.
WE WOULD NEVER GET DO THAT
AGAIN.
GUESS WHAT?
WE DID.
SO ANYWAY, ALL RIGHT THANK YOU.
WE'LL WRAP UP WITH THE CREW 2
MISSION AND THE SPACE OLYMPICS
THEN I WANT TO THANK NEVER ONE
FOR JOINING US TODAY AND THANK
YOU CREW 2 FOR JOINING US AND
FOR ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS
AND THEN, ALSO, FOR SHARING YOUR
MISSIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH
US.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING
US.
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