1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,903 >> TOUCHDOWN ON VANDE HIE BACK 2 00:00:03,970 --> 00:00:07,440 HOME AFTER ONE YEAR FROM LEAVING 3 00:00:07,507 --> 00:00:11,277 THE PLANET. 4 00:00:11,344 --> 00:00:15,648 >> MARK VANDE HIE WITH YOUR 5 00:00:15,715 --> 00:00:17,484 RECORD IN SPACE. 6 00:00:17,550 --> 00:00:20,420 HE ARRIVED ON APRIL 9TH. 7 00:00:20,487 --> 00:00:24,090 HIS TIME IN ORBIT HELD BY FORMER 8 00:00:24,157 --> 00:00:26,893 ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY BY 5 DAYS. 9 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:32,799 HE RETURNED TO EARTH MARCH 30TH. 10 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:34,734 AS WE PREPARE FOR DEEP SPACE 11 00:00:34,801 --> 00:00:43,543 EXPLORATION. 12 00:00:43,610 --> 00:00:44,978 >> WHAT WE'RE DOING IN EFFECT IS 13 00:00:45,044 --> 00:00:46,413 PRACTICING KEEPING PEOPLE 14 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,682 HEALTHY ON A LONG TRIP THROUGH 15 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:50,250 SPACE. 16 00:00:50,316 --> 00:00:51,985 WHEN WE GET OUR FIRST FOLKS TO 17 00:00:52,051 --> 00:00:53,953 MARS WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A 18 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:55,422 STAFF OF NURSES AND DOCTORS 19 00:00:55,488 --> 00:00:57,223 THERE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HEALTHY 20 00:00:57,290 --> 00:00:59,225 AND TAKING CARE OF US. 21 00:00:59,292 --> 00:01:00,393 BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT 22 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:02,095 IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL ALWAYS BE 23 00:01:02,162 --> 00:01:03,229 VERY PROUD OF. 24 00:01:03,296 --> 00:01:04,297 >> DURING HIS TIME ON THE 25 00:01:04,364 --> 00:01:07,200 ORBITING LABORATORY, HE 26 00:01:07,267 --> 00:01:09,602 CONDUCTED MANY SCIENCE 27 00:01:09,669 --> 00:01:10,403 INVESTIGATIONS. 28 00:01:10,470 --> 00:01:11,738 >> ANY TIME YOU CAN TAKE SCIENCE 29 00:01:11,805 --> 00:01:14,374 EXPERIMENTS AND CHANGE THE 30 00:01:14,441 --> 00:01:16,109 VARIABLES, YOU LEARN SOMETHING 31 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:16,643 NEW. 32 00:01:16,709 --> 00:01:19,946 AND THE SPACE STATION PROVIDES A 33 00:01:20,013 --> 00:01:25,385 UNIQUE ABILITY. 34 00:01:25,452 --> 00:01:28,421 THE WAY COMBUSTION WORKS, SPACE 35 00:01:28,488 --> 00:01:36,796 IS EXCITING. 36 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:39,999 THE FURTHER WE GO, THE MORE WE 37 00:01:40,066 --> 00:01:48,274 LEARN. 38 00:01:48,341 --> 00:01:49,943 >> WHAT WILL HE MISS ABOUT IT? 39 00:01:50,009 --> 00:01:51,578 >> I WILL MISS SCIENCE, 40 00:01:51,644 --> 00:01:53,112 TECHNOLOGICAL DEMONSTRATIONS 41 00:01:53,179 --> 00:01:54,948 THAT ARE HELPING OUT ALL OF 42 00:01:55,014 --> 00:01:56,816 HUMANITY AND PUSHING THE 43 00:01:56,883 --> 00:01:58,551 BOUNDARIES OF HUMAN EXISTENCE. 44 00:01:58,618 --> 00:02:09,062 FOR MORE ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE 45 00:02:09,128 --> 00:02:11,531 ACHIEVEMENT, WE INVITE YOU TO 46 00:02:11,598 --> 00:02:13,099 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. 47 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:16,102 THAT'S THIS WEEK. 48 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:28,648 THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 49 00:02:28,715 --> 00:02:30,650 >> AS YOU JUST HEARD THERE IS A 50 00:02:30,717 --> 00:02:33,219 NEW AMERICAN RECORD HOLDER. 51 00:02:33,286 --> 00:02:46,566 NASA ASTRONAUT MARK VANDE HEI. 52 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:48,301 HE EXPECTED SOMEONE WILL BREAK 53 00:02:48,368 --> 00:02:53,273 HIS RECORD SOON AS THEY TACKLE 54 00:02:53,339 --> 00:02:56,976 NEW FRONTIERS IN SPACE 55 00:02:57,043 --> 00:02:58,978 EXPLORATION. 56 00:02:59,045 --> 00:03:00,480 HERE IS A LOOK AT HIS TIME IN 57 00:03:00,547 --> 00:03:01,748 SPACE ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 58 00:03:01,814 --> 00:03:08,254 STATION. 59 00:03:08,321 --> 00:03:12,191 >> AND WE SEE BOOSTER IGNITION. 60 00:03:12,258 --> 00:03:16,796 AND LIFT OFF. 61 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:19,532 >> I'M A BIG FAN OF BELIEVING IN 62 00:03:19,599 --> 00:03:20,233 POSSIBILITIES. 63 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:30,810 IN WE HAVE EXPERIMENTS GOING ON 64 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:31,945 ON BOARD. 65 00:03:32,011 --> 00:03:34,247 EVERY DAY TECHNOLOGICAL 66 00:03:34,314 --> 00:03:35,815 DEMONSTRATIONS THAT ARE HELPING 67 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:56,536 OUT ALL OF HUMANITY. 68 00:03:56,603 --> 00:04:04,544 ♪ 69 00:04:04,611 --> 00:04:08,081 >> ON CHRISTMAS DAY WE HAD A 70 00:04:08,147 --> 00:04:10,116 COOKIE DECORATING CONTEST. 71 00:04:10,183 --> 00:04:12,018 AND I BELIEVE MARK WON BEST IN 72 00:04:12,085 --> 00:04:13,119 SHOW. 73 00:04:13,186 --> 00:04:14,587 >> I DON'T THINK IT'S A RECORD 74 00:04:14,654 --> 00:04:16,122 THAT I WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ME. 75 00:04:16,189 --> 00:04:18,024 IT'S A RECORD FOR OUR SPACE 76 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:19,125 PROGRAM. 77 00:04:19,192 --> 00:04:20,693 I THINK IT'S ANOTHER STEP 78 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,228 FORWARD FOR HUMANITY, BUT I 79 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:23,997 DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE A RECORD 80 00:04:24,063 --> 00:04:25,798 THAT WILL LAST VERY LONG BECAUSE 81 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:28,001 WE'RE DOING BIGGER AND BETTER 82 00:04:28,067 --> 00:04:28,935 THINGS ALL THE TIME. 83 00:04:29,002 --> 00:04:36,075 I ALWAYS THOUGHT BEING AN 84 00:04:36,142 --> 00:04:37,510 ASTRONAUT WOULD BE AN AMAZING 85 00:04:37,577 --> 00:04:38,177 THING. 86 00:04:38,244 --> 00:04:39,512 I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A 87 00:04:39,579 --> 00:04:41,314 POSSIBILITY. 88 00:04:41,381 --> 00:04:42,515 BUT THE THING THAT ALWAYS 89 00:04:42,582 --> 00:04:44,283 INSPIRED ME ABOUT IT IS THIS 90 00:04:44,350 --> 00:04:46,019 IDEA THAT WE GET TO EXPLORE AND 91 00:04:46,085 --> 00:04:47,854 DO IT IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS ALL 92 00:04:47,920 --> 00:05:00,266 OF HUMANITY. 93 00:05:00,333 --> 00:05:01,801 >> SHORTLY BEFORE HE LEFT THE 94 00:05:01,868 --> 00:05:05,772 STATION FOR HOME, VANDE HIE 95 00:05:05,838 --> 00:05:07,240 ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS POSTED 96 00:05:07,306 --> 00:05:08,808 ON SOCIAL MARKS AND HE REFLECTED 97 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:11,477 ON HIS RECORD-BREAKING MISSION. 98 00:05:11,544 --> 00:05:13,713 DESIGNED AS ALL EXPEDITIONS ARE 99 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:17,750 TO ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY AND FOR 100 00:05:17,817 --> 00:05:19,619 FUTURE AND ROBOTIC SPACE 101 00:05:19,686 --> 00:05:29,262 EXPLORATIONS. 102 00:05:29,328 --> 00:05:33,433 ♪ 103 00:05:33,499 --> 00:05:35,034 >> WHAT DID I BRING ON THIS 104 00:05:35,101 --> 00:05:35,568 MISSION? 105 00:05:35,635 --> 00:05:38,337 I BROUGHT MY WEDDING RING. 106 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:39,906 IT'S NOT ON MY FINGER BUT IT'S 107 00:05:39,972 --> 00:05:41,474 ALWAYS ON MY WATCHBAND. 108 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:43,476 AND WAS I TIED DOWN A LOT? 109 00:05:43,543 --> 00:05:44,711 EVERY TIME I NEEDED TO BE UPSIDE 110 00:05:44,777 --> 00:05:47,613 DOWN, I DID IT, AND I GOT REALLY 111 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,882 COMFORTABLE FLIPPING DIRECTIONS. 112 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:52,051 THAT'S ONE OF JOYS ABOUT SPACE 113 00:05:52,118 --> 00:05:52,752 FLIGHT. 114 00:05:52,819 --> 00:05:54,153 NOW THAT YOU SET THE RECORD OF 115 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:56,889 CONSECUTIVE NUMBER OF DAYS IN 116 00:05:56,956 --> 00:05:58,891 SPACE, HAVE YOU DECIDED TO MAKE 117 00:05:58,958 --> 00:06:00,560 ANY CHANGES IN YOUR LIFE? 118 00:06:00,626 --> 00:06:02,695 TO GET OUTSIDE AS MUCH AS 119 00:06:02,762 --> 00:06:03,229 POSSIBLE. 120 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:08,000 I'VE HAD AN INDOOR JOB 24/7 FOR 121 00:06:08,067 --> 00:06:09,001 ALMOST A YEAR. 122 00:06:09,068 --> 00:06:10,536 I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING OUTSIDE 123 00:06:10,603 --> 00:06:12,505 NO MATTER THE WEATHER. 124 00:06:12,572 --> 00:06:14,140 HAS TIME IN SPACE CHANGED MY 125 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:18,144 VIEW OF OUR WHOLE PLANET? 126 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:20,146 THE CHANGE IN HOW I VIEW THE 127 00:06:20,213 --> 00:06:25,084 PLANET IS THIS CONCEPT AS 128 00:06:25,151 --> 00:06:29,889 EARTHLINGS BEING SEPARATE FROM 129 00:06:29,956 --> 00:06:30,656 SPACE. 130 00:06:30,723 --> 00:06:32,091 SEEING THAT ATMOSPHERE RIGHT NOW 131 00:06:32,158 --> 00:06:34,961 LOOKS SO THIN THAT BACK ON EARTH 132 00:06:35,027 --> 00:06:38,064 IT SEEMS MUCH CLEARER TO ME THAT 133 00:06:38,131 --> 00:06:39,532 WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING UP AT THE 134 00:06:39,599 --> 00:06:41,901 STARS, YOU'RE REALLY IN SPACE. 135 00:06:41,968 --> 00:06:43,469 THE ONLY THING SEPARATING YOU 136 00:06:43,536 --> 00:06:46,205 FROM THE VACUUM OF SPACE IS THAT 137 00:06:46,272 --> 00:06:48,441 PRECIOUS THIN LAYER OF 138 00:06:48,508 --> 00:06:50,209 ATMOSPHERE THAT WE CALL HOME. 139 00:06:50,276 --> 00:06:51,310 HOW IMPORTANT WAS YOUR MISSION 140 00:06:51,377 --> 00:06:52,879 TO THE SPACE STATION TO OUR 141 00:06:52,945 --> 00:06:54,614 PLANET AND TO YOURSELF AS A 142 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,749 HUMAN BEING? 143 00:06:56,816 --> 00:06:59,118 EVERY DAY THE 60 TO 100 144 00:06:59,185 --> 00:07:01,120 EXPERIMENTS GOING ON. 145 00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:01,988 WE DON'T OPERATE THOSE 146 00:07:02,054 --> 00:07:03,422 EXPERIMENTS ALL THE TIME BUT 147 00:07:03,489 --> 00:07:05,291 THEY'RE ON THE SPACE STATION IN 148 00:07:05,358 --> 00:07:05,958 PROGRESS. 149 00:07:06,025 --> 00:07:07,693 I REALLY BELIEVE THAT ALL THE 150 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:09,262 DAYS WE SPENT ON THE SPACE 151 00:07:09,328 --> 00:07:11,931 STATION IS MONEY INVESTED, THE 152 00:07:11,998 --> 00:07:16,869 TALENT WE'VE INVESTED, IT WILL 153 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:19,038 CONTINUE TO RESULT IN FANTASTIC 154 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:21,040 DISCOVERIES AND WE'LL HELP 155 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:22,708 PEOPLE TO PROGRESS. 156 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:24,277 WHAT SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS DID 157 00:07:24,343 --> 00:07:26,412 I ENJOY WORKING ON THE MOST AND 158 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:28,414 WHY? 159 00:07:28,481 --> 00:07:29,849 THE EXPERIENCE WE HAD IN GROWING 160 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:32,084 HATCH CHILI PEPPERS. 161 00:07:32,151 --> 00:07:33,653 THE REASON WHY I LIKED IT SO 162 00:07:33,719 --> 00:07:35,788 MUCH, WHEN I OPEN UP THAT 163 00:07:35,855 --> 00:07:38,524 CUPBOARD AND I CAN SMELL THOSE 164 00:07:38,591 --> 00:07:41,394 PEPPERS, IT WAS SUCH A SHOCKING 165 00:07:41,460 --> 00:07:43,629 DIFFERENCE TO SMELL A PLANT, 166 00:07:43,696 --> 00:07:44,530 VEGETATION. 167 00:07:44,597 --> 00:07:45,631 IT WAS AMAZING. 168 00:07:45,698 --> 00:07:47,500 THEN WE GOT TO EAT THE PEPPERS. 169 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:50,336 SO THAT WAS A HUGE BONUS. 170 00:07:50,403 --> 00:07:53,005 WHAT WAS MY MOST MEMORABLE 171 00:07:53,072 --> 00:07:54,307 EXPERIENCE ON THE INTERNATIONAL 172 00:07:54,373 --> 00:07:55,608 SPACE STATION? 173 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:58,611 I WOULD SAY IT HAS BEEN SOME OF 174 00:07:58,678 --> 00:08:06,085 THE AURORAS WE'VE SEEN, WHETHER 175 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:08,421 DOWN SOUTH OR UP NORTH. 176 00:08:08,487 --> 00:08:09,889 I HAD AN INCREDIBLE SENSE OF 177 00:08:09,956 --> 00:08:10,990 WITNESSING SOMETHING THAT WAS 178 00:08:11,057 --> 00:08:11,991 TIMELESS. 179 00:08:12,058 --> 00:08:13,326 I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 180 00:08:13,392 --> 00:08:14,894 SEEING YOU ALL AGAIN. 181 00:08:14,961 --> 00:08:16,562 I CAN'T WAIT TO GET BACK HOME TO 182 00:08:16,629 --> 00:08:22,602 EARTH. 183 00:08:22,668 --> 00:08:24,537 >> MARK VANDE HIE'S EXTENDED 184 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:25,838 MISSION ON THE INTERNATIONAL 185 00:08:25,905 --> 00:08:28,107 SPACE STATION PROVIDES 186 00:08:28,174 --> 00:08:29,408 RESEARCHERS WITH ANOTHER 187 00:08:29,475 --> 00:08:30,509 OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE THE 188 00:08:30,576 --> 00:08:33,379 EFFECTS OF LONG DURATION SPACE 189 00:08:33,446 --> 00:08:35,248 FLIGHT ON THE HUMAN BODY. 190 00:08:35,314 --> 00:08:38,217 AS NASA PREPARES TO RETURN TO 191 00:08:38,284 --> 00:08:40,253 THE MOON UNDER THE ARTEMIS 192 00:08:40,319 --> 00:08:44,390 PROGRAM AND PREPARE TO LAND ON 193 00:08:44,457 --> 00:08:46,392 MARS. 194 00:08:46,459 --> 00:08:46,993 LAND WORKED ON OTHER 195 00:08:47,059 --> 00:08:49,095 EXPERIMENTS, TOO RANGING 196 00:08:49,161 --> 00:08:50,630 EVERYTHING FROM PLANT RESEARCH 197 00:08:50,696 --> 00:08:52,765 TO PHYSICAL SCIENCE STUDIES. 198 00:08:52,832 --> 00:09:00,273 >> GOOD MORNING, EXPEDITION 64, 199 00:09:00,339 --> 00:09:04,877 GOOD MORNING EXPEDITION 65. 200 00:09:04,944 --> 00:09:07,013 GOOD MORNING, EXPEDITION 66. 201 00:09:07,079 --> 00:09:08,648 >> WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO 202 00:09:08,714 --> 00:09:10,549 WORKING WITH YOU TODAY. 203 00:09:10,616 --> 00:09:15,221 >> THIS PROVIDES A UNIQUE 204 00:09:15,288 --> 00:09:18,224 OPPORTUNITY. 205 00:09:18,291 --> 00:09:20,226 BOUYANT FORCES DON'T WORK THE 206 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,794 SAME WAY, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT 207 00:09:21,861 --> 00:09:23,362 SPACE IS EXCITING BECAUSE WE AS 208 00:09:23,429 --> 00:09:24,997 HUMAN BEINGS ARE EXPLORERS AT 209 00:09:25,064 --> 00:09:26,365 OUR CORE. 210 00:09:26,432 --> 00:09:27,667 AND WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND BETTER 211 00:09:27,733 --> 00:09:31,470 HOW WE FIT IN THE VAST SCHEME OF 212 00:09:31,537 --> 00:09:32,138 THINGS. 213 00:09:32,204 --> 00:09:33,606 THE FURTHER WE GO, THE MORE WE 214 00:09:33,673 --> 00:09:33,873 LEARN. 215 00:09:33,940 --> 00:09:37,410 >> WHAT WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE 216 00:09:37,476 --> 00:09:38,477 EXPERIMENT? 217 00:09:38,544 --> 00:09:41,747 >> TOBY, GREAT QUESTION. 218 00:09:41,814 --> 00:09:43,115 MY FAVORITE EXPERIMENT WAS THE 219 00:09:43,182 --> 00:09:44,583 ONE I GOT TO EAT. 220 00:09:44,650 --> 00:09:48,120 THAT WAS THE ONE WHERE WE GREW 221 00:09:48,187 --> 00:09:50,690 HATCH CHILI PEPPERS. 222 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:51,791 SOME WENT DOWN TO THE GROUND, 223 00:09:51,857 --> 00:09:53,392 BUT SOME OF THEM STAYED WITH US 224 00:09:53,459 --> 00:09:57,396 AND WE ATE THEM. 225 00:09:57,463 --> 00:09:59,265 >> WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH CHILI 226 00:09:59,332 --> 00:10:00,132 PEPPERS? 227 00:10:00,199 --> 00:10:01,634 >> WE'RE PRACTICING KEEPING 228 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:03,803 PEOPLE HEALTHY ON A LONG TRIP 229 00:10:03,869 --> 00:10:04,770 THROUGH SPACE. 230 00:10:04,837 --> 00:10:05,738 THE DIFFERENCE IS WHEN WE GET 231 00:10:05,805 --> 00:10:08,307 OUR FIRST FOLKS TO MARS, WE'RE 232 00:10:08,374 --> 00:10:09,775 NOT GOING TO HAVE A STAFF OF 233 00:10:09,842 --> 00:10:12,478 NURSES AND DOCTORS THERE TO MAKE 234 00:10:12,545 --> 00:10:14,814 SURE WE'RE HEALTHY AND TO TAKE 235 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:16,382 CARE OF US. 236 00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:17,416 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'LL 237 00:10:17,483 --> 00:10:18,985 ALWAYS BE VERY PROUD OF. 238 00:10:19,051 --> 00:10:20,786 >> ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE 239 00:10:20,853 --> 00:10:22,788 CONTROL TEAM, WE WANT TO SAY 240 00:10:22,855 --> 00:10:24,924 CONGRATULATIONS ON 300 DAYS IN 241 00:10:24,991 --> 00:10:25,524 SPACE. 242 00:10:25,591 --> 00:10:27,360 WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU AND ALL 243 00:10:27,426 --> 00:10:28,894 THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. 244 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:30,997 >> THAT WAS VERY KIND OF YOU TO 245 00:10:31,063 --> 00:10:31,364 STAY. 246 00:10:31,430 --> 00:10:33,466 >> THIS IS DEFINITELY A TEAM 247 00:10:33,532 --> 00:10:34,266 ACCOMPLISHMENT. 248 00:10:34,333 --> 00:10:35,234 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS. 249 00:10:35,301 --> 00:10:36,736 >> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO TURN OFF 250 00:10:36,802 --> 00:10:37,937 ALL THE LIGHTS IN THE SPACE 251 00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:39,372 STATION, AND LOOK OUT THE 252 00:10:39,438 --> 00:10:43,342 WINDOW, AND IT IS GLORIOUS. 253 00:10:43,409 --> 00:10:44,276 THIS ATMOSPHERE THAT IS 254 00:10:44,343 --> 00:10:45,578 ESSENTIAL TO OUR EXISTENCE, 255 00:10:45,644 --> 00:10:48,681 THAT'S A VERY FINITE RESOURCE WE 256 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:49,749 NEED TO PROTECT. 257 00:10:49,815 --> 00:10:51,584 I'LL MISS THE CERTAINTY THAT 258 00:10:51,650 --> 00:10:54,286 EVERY DAY I AM SPENDING WITH 259 00:10:54,353 --> 00:10:55,221 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGICAL 260 00:10:55,287 --> 00:10:56,722 DEMONSTRATIONS THAT ARE HELPING 261 00:10:56,789 --> 00:10:58,424 OUT OF ALL OF HUMANITY AND 262 00:10:58,491 --> 00:11:00,359 PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF HUMAN 263 00:11:00,426 --> 00:11:01,327 EXISTENCE. 264 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:02,361 THERE IS A STRONG SENSE OF 265 00:11:02,428 --> 00:11:05,331 PURPOSE FOR ALL OF US UP HERE AS 266 00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:07,466 WE DO THIS WORK. 267 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:12,838 ♪ 268 00:11:12,905 --> 00:11:14,407 >> UP THERE IN ORBIT DURING LONG 269 00:11:14,473 --> 00:11:16,409 DURATION SPACE FLIGHT, THE 270 00:11:16,475 --> 00:11:18,544 RESTAURANTS AND COSMONAUTS CAN 271 00:11:18,611 --> 00:11:20,546 EXPERIENCE STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO 272 00:11:20,613 --> 00:11:21,213 THEIR HEARTS. 273 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,282 BUT EXACTLY WHAT CHANGES AND HOW 274 00:11:23,349 --> 00:11:25,518 THEY OCCUR IS NOT YET CLEARLY 275 00:11:25,584 --> 00:11:26,385 UNDERSTOOD. 276 00:11:26,452 --> 00:11:27,253 THAT'S WHY RESEARCHERS ARE 277 00:11:27,319 --> 00:11:29,622 INVESTIGATING CARDIOVASCULAR 278 00:11:29,688 --> 00:11:31,390 STEM CELLS SO THEY CAN BETTER 279 00:11:31,457 --> 00:11:33,059 UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THOSE CELLS 280 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:34,627 PLAY IN THE MAKE UP OF OUR 281 00:11:34,693 --> 00:11:36,595 HEARTS AS WELL AS IN TISSUE 282 00:11:36,662 --> 00:11:49,975 REGENERATION. 283 00:11:50,042 --> 00:12:06,792 ♪ 284 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:11,564 >> ONE OF THE FIRST TEST IS THE 285 00:12:11,630 --> 00:12:13,632 EARLY POPULATION OF CELLS. 286 00:12:13,699 --> 00:12:15,534 WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE DIFFERENT 287 00:12:15,601 --> 00:12:18,737 TYPES OF CARDIAC TISSUE WHETHER 288 00:12:18,804 --> 00:12:21,540 IT BE THE HEART MUSCLE CEILINGS 289 00:12:21,607 --> 00:12:25,111 OR THE LINING OF BLOOD CRESSELS. 290 00:12:25,177 --> 00:12:27,113 THESE CELLS WE'RE WORKING WITH 291 00:12:27,179 --> 00:12:31,250 HAVE THE ABILITY TO BECOME ANY 292 00:12:31,317 --> 00:12:35,788 CARDIAC DERIVATIVE. 293 00:12:35,855 --> 00:12:36,956 THERE IS A LOT WE CAN LEARN FROM 294 00:12:37,022 --> 00:12:38,924 THESE EXPERIMENTS. 295 00:12:38,991 --> 00:12:41,627 THE LAB HAS BEEN STUDYING 296 00:12:41,694 --> 00:12:50,136 CARDIOVASCULAR REGIONTIVE CELLS. 297 00:12:50,202 --> 00:12:56,442 ( L" )WE'LL BE ABLE TO COMPARE 298 00:12:56,509 --> 00:12:59,345 THE MICRO GRAVITY CELLS RELATED 299 00:12:59,411 --> 00:13:02,381 TO THE OTHER CELLS AND COMPARE 300 00:13:02,448 --> 00:13:07,386 THESE RESULTS TO SEE IF MICRO 301 00:13:07,453 --> 00:13:09,488 GRAVITY INSPIRED TREATMENT CAN 302 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:10,456 HELP IN REPAIR. 303 00:13:10,523 --> 00:13:12,424 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE SPACE 304 00:13:12,491 --> 00:13:13,025 FLIGHT. 305 00:13:13,092 --> 00:13:14,527 WE'VE BEEN LEARNING QUITE A BIT 306 00:13:14,593 --> 00:13:15,961 EVEN FROM THE SIMULATION. 307 00:13:16,028 --> 00:13:17,863 WE THINK WITH THE SPACE FLIGHT 308 00:13:17,930 --> 00:13:20,666 WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXTEND THE 309 00:13:20,733 --> 00:13:23,969 OBSERVATION AND PROMOTE CARDIO 310 00:13:24,036 --> 00:13:33,345 REPAIR TISSUE. 311 00:13:33,412 --> 00:13:34,813 >> ONE OF THE BEST PARTS ABOUT 312 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:36,248 BEING AN ASTRONAUT ON THE 313 00:13:36,315 --> 00:13:40,052 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, OR 314 00:13:40,119 --> 00:13:43,022 SO I'M TOLD, YOU GET TO LOOK OUT 315 00:13:43,088 --> 00:13:48,427 THE WINDOW AT A LIVING COLOR OF 316 00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:48,627 EARTH. 317 00:13:48,694 --> 00:13:52,097 DISCUSSING THE STATION'S WORD AS 318 00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:53,899 AN EARTH MONITORING AND DIAGNOSE 319 00:13:53,966 --> 00:13:55,834 STATION WHILE SHOWING OFF SOME 320 00:13:55,901 --> 00:13:57,469 OF THE AMAZING IMAGES THAT HE 321 00:13:57,536 --> 00:13:59,972 AND HIS COLLEAGUES CAPTURED FROM 322 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:04,710 250-MILES STRAIGHT UP. 323 00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:16,155 ( L" ) 324 00:14:16,222 --> 00:14:25,064 ♪ 325 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:28,934 >> HELLO, YOU WANT TO KNOW ONE 326 00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:30,636 OF THE BEST PARTS OF BEING AN 327 00:14:30,703 --> 00:14:31,971 ASTRONAUT UP IN SPACE? 328 00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:33,205 OUR VIEW OF THE EARTH FROM THE 329 00:14:33,272 --> 00:14:34,206 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS 330 00:14:34,273 --> 00:14:35,207 ABSOLUTELY SPECTACULAR. 331 00:14:35,274 --> 00:14:38,510 AND VIEWING THE EARTH FROM SPACE 332 00:14:38,577 --> 00:14:40,946 IS A BIG PART OF OUR JOB. 333 00:14:41,013 --> 00:14:41,947 IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER 334 00:14:42,014 --> 00:14:44,650 IMPORTANT FUNCTION FUNCTIONS THE 335 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:46,018 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 336 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:47,486 SERVES AS A GLOBAL MONITORING 337 00:14:47,553 --> 00:14:50,756 AND DIAGNOSING STATION. 338 00:14:50,823 --> 00:14:51,757 WE CAN SEE OBSERVATIONS ACROSS 339 00:14:51,824 --> 00:14:53,892 THE GLOBE AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING 340 00:14:53,959 --> 00:14:55,561 AND RESOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL 341 00:14:55,628 --> 00:14:57,263 ISSUES WE FACE ON OUR HOME 342 00:14:57,329 --> 00:14:57,796 PLANET. 343 00:14:57,863 --> 00:14:59,131 HAVE A LOOK. 344 00:14:59,198 --> 00:15:00,466 THE SPACE STATION OFFERS THE 345 00:15:00,532 --> 00:15:03,269 UNIQUE VANTAGE POINT FOR 346 00:15:03,335 --> 00:15:05,271 OBSERVING ECOSYSTEMS WITH HANDS 347 00:15:05,337 --> 00:15:09,575 ON AND AUTOMATED CAMERAS AND 348 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:12,011 IMAGE CAPTURING EQUIPMENT. 349 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:13,445 THIS OBSERVES AND EXPLAINS WHAT 350 00:15:13,512 --> 00:15:15,881 WE'RE WITNESSING IN REALTIME. 351 00:15:15,948 --> 00:15:17,416 THE IMAGE CAPTURE EQUIPMENT ON 352 00:15:17,483 --> 00:15:19,118 THE SPACE STATION PROVIDES INPUT 353 00:15:19,184 --> 00:15:20,986 TO PERSONNEL BACK ON EARTH 354 00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:25,958 WORKING TO PROGRAM THE EARTH 355 00:15:26,025 --> 00:15:30,963 ECOSYSTEMS, PROVIDING ADVANTAGE 356 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:35,267 OF UNMANNED SPACECRAFT. 357 00:15:35,334 --> 00:15:38,604 THIS IS USEFUL DURING VOLCANIC 358 00:15:38,671 --> 00:15:42,041 ERUPTIONS, EARTHQUAKES, FIRES, 359 00:15:42,107 --> 00:15:44,043 AND WHEN OTHER NATURAL DISASTERS 360 00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:46,245 LIKE FLOODS OCCUR. 361 00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:49,448 THE INTERAGENCY PARTNERSHIPS 362 00:15:49,515 --> 00:15:51,450 FUNDS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 363 00:15:51,517 --> 00:15:53,719 STATION DATA SHARING IS 364 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:55,854 FACILITATING PROVIDING 365 00:15:55,921 --> 00:15:57,056 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON A 366 00:15:57,122 --> 00:15:59,258 RANGE OF EARTH OBSERVATION 367 00:15:59,325 --> 00:15:59,892 ACTIVITIES. 368 00:15:59,958 --> 00:16:01,727 A WIDE VARIETY OF EARTH 369 00:16:01,794 --> 00:16:03,162 OBSERVATION EQUIPMENT CAN BE 370 00:16:03,228 --> 00:16:06,665 ATTACHED TO THE SPACE STATION 371 00:16:06,732 --> 00:16:08,267 EXTERIOR. 372 00:16:08,334 --> 00:16:09,668 RESEARCHERS FROM AROUND THE 373 00:16:09,735 --> 00:16:12,137 GLOBE ARE PROPOSING ADDITIONAL 374 00:16:12,204 --> 00:16:13,806 PAYLOADS TO INSTALL. 375 00:16:13,872 --> 00:16:14,840 IN CONTINUING TO USE A 376 00:16:14,907 --> 00:16:17,476 COMBINATION OF CREW-OPERATED AND 377 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:19,345 AUTOMATED EARTH OBSERVATION 378 00:16:19,411 --> 00:16:21,413 PAYLOADS THE SPACE STATION 379 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:25,384 COLLECTS SPECIAL DATA ON 380 00:16:25,451 --> 00:16:28,153 ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND HAZARDS 381 00:16:28,220 --> 00:16:30,389 TO HUMANITY AND OUR HOME PLANET. 382 00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:33,959 THE WINDOW OF OBSERVATION 383 00:16:34,026 --> 00:16:36,528 FACILITY OR WHAT WE CALL THE 384 00:16:36,595 --> 00:16:40,632 WORF, THE HIGH QUALITY OPTICS OF 385 00:16:40,699 --> 00:16:43,335 THE BOTTOM VIEWING WINDOW OF THE 386 00:16:43,402 --> 00:16:45,104 SPACE STATION WILL LOOK STRAIGHT 387 00:16:45,170 --> 00:16:48,173 DOWN ON TO EARTH. 388 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,175 DO YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN 389 00:16:50,242 --> 00:16:55,714 SOME OF OUR EARTH OBSERVATIONS? 390 00:16:55,781 --> 00:16:56,582 JOIN US. 391 00:16:56,648 --> 00:16:59,852 GO TO EARTH CAM.ORG AND FOLLOW 392 00:16:59,918 --> 00:17:01,387 THE INSTRUCTIONS TO SIGN UP AND 393 00:17:01,453 --> 00:17:03,856 HAVE A LOOK AT SPECTACULAR EARTH 394 00:17:03,922 --> 00:17:05,157 VIEWS FROM SPACE. 395 00:17:05,224 --> 00:17:06,492 YOU CAN ALSO TRY THE LINK WE 396 00:17:06,558 --> 00:17:07,526 PROVIDED IN THE DESCRIPTION OF 397 00:17:07,593 --> 00:17:09,161 THIS VIDEO. 398 00:17:09,228 --> 00:17:10,462 THANKS FOR JOINING ME. 399 00:17:10,529 --> 00:17:15,167 SEE YOU ALL NEXT TIME. 400 00:17:15,234 --> 00:17:29,982 ♪ WE MENTIONED A TIME OR TWO 401 00:17:30,048 --> 00:17:31,116 THAT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 402 00:17:31,183 --> 00:17:33,285 STATION IS NOT THE ONLY NASA 403 00:17:33,352 --> 00:17:34,653 MISSION THAT'S CREATING BENEFITS 404 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:36,955 FOR THOSE OF US HERE ON EARTH. 405 00:17:37,022 --> 00:17:38,524 WHICH IS ONE OF THE MANY PLANETS 406 00:17:38,590 --> 00:17:40,759 NASA OBSERVES AND STUDIES FROM 407 00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:41,627 ORBIT. 408 00:17:41,693 --> 00:17:44,096 IN THE CASE OF THIS BLUE MARBLE, 409 00:17:44,163 --> 00:17:48,333 TRACKING AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS 410 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:50,335 HELPS INHABITABLES STAY ON TOP 411 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:53,038 OF FOOD ISSUES. 412 00:17:53,105 --> 00:17:56,442 WE HAVE A LOOK AT HOW NASA CAN 413 00:17:56,508 --> 00:17:58,177 MONITOR AGRICULTURE CONDITIONS 414 00:17:58,243 --> 00:18:00,446 AROUND THE WORLD TO SUPPORT THE 415 00:18:00,512 --> 00:18:02,014 CREATION, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 416 00:18:02,080 --> 00:18:03,615 THE SNACKS WE ALL ENJOY. 417 00:18:03,682 --> 00:18:05,551 >> WE USE SATELLITE DATA TO 418 00:18:05,617 --> 00:18:12,991 TRACK--HELLO, THIS IS SNACK TIME 419 00:18:13,058 --> 00:18:14,059 WITH NASA. 420 00:18:14,126 --> 00:18:15,594 TODAY WE'RE MAKING A BIG 421 00:18:15,661 --> 00:18:17,729 FAVORITE IN MY HOUSE, CHIP AND 422 00:18:17,796 --> 00:18:19,431 DIP. 423 00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:20,299 THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE YOUR RUN 424 00:18:20,365 --> 00:18:22,434 OF THE MILL DIP. 425 00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:26,171 THIS IS A SEVEN LAYER DIP. 426 00:18:26,238 --> 00:18:26,605 STICK WITH ME. 427 00:18:26,672 --> 00:18:28,540 DO YOU KNOW THIONASE A PLAYS A 428 00:18:28,607 --> 00:18:30,976 BIG PART IN THE FOOD YOU EAT? 429 00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:33,679 WE USE DATA FROM SPACE TO 430 00:18:33,745 --> 00:18:35,113 MONITOR AGRICULTURE AND TRACK 431 00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:37,115 FOOD SECURITY. 432 00:18:37,182 --> 00:18:38,217 INCIDENTALLY WE HAVE SOME OF THE 433 00:18:38,283 --> 00:18:40,752 CROPS THAT WE KEEP AN EYE ON. 434 00:18:40,819 --> 00:18:41,353 GET IT NOW? 435 00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:44,656 SEVEN LAYER CROP? 436 00:18:44,723 --> 00:18:47,926 NOW THE QUESTION IS CAN WE MAKE 437 00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:50,362 A TASTY DISH? 438 00:18:50,429 --> 00:18:51,930 BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANT TO 439 00:18:51,997 --> 00:18:55,300 INTRODUCE THE DOCTOR WHO CAN TEM 440 00:18:55,367 --> 00:18:57,503 US ABOUT NASA'S CONNECTION TO 441 00:18:57,569 --> 00:19:00,539 THE FOOD WE EAT. 442 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:03,008 HI, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? 443 00:19:03,075 --> 00:19:04,309 >> GREAT, HOW ARE YOU? 444 00:19:04,376 --> 00:19:06,245 >> GREAT ITS GREAT TO HAVE YOU. 445 00:19:06,311 --> 00:19:07,880 FIRST OF ARE YOU A FAN OF CHIPS 446 00:19:07,946 --> 00:19:08,847 AND DIP? 447 00:19:08,914 --> 00:19:12,384 >> I LOVE CHIP AND DIP, YES. 448 00:19:12,451 --> 00:19:13,018 >> GOOD. 449 00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:16,522 >> AS A DIRECTOR OF NASA'S 450 00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:17,556 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY 451 00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:18,957 PROGRAM, CAN YOU TELL US WHY 452 00:19:19,024 --> 00:19:20,492 NASA STUDIES AGRICULTURE IN THE 453 00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:24,029 FIRST PLACE WHEN WE'RE KNOWN 454 00:19:24,096 --> 00:19:25,931 MORE FOR SPACE EXPLORATION THAN 455 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:27,065 COOKING. 456 00:19:27,132 --> 00:19:28,667 >> AS YOU KNOW, OUR PLANET EARTH 457 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:32,037 IS ALSO A PLANET, SO NASA HAS 458 00:19:32,104 --> 00:19:34,039 SATELLITES POINTING OUT TO 459 00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:36,041 SPACE, BUT IT ALSO HAS A LOT OF 460 00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:37,643 SATELLITES POINTING AT EARTH. 461 00:19:37,709 --> 00:19:38,577 THAT'S CRITICAL BECAUSE WE LIVE 462 00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:39,177 HERE. 463 00:19:39,244 --> 00:19:40,445 THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US TO TRACK 464 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:41,747 AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE 465 00:19:41,813 --> 00:19:43,549 CHANGING OUR PLANET, HOW OUR 466 00:19:43,615 --> 00:19:45,117 PLANET IS RESPONDING, AND IN 467 00:19:45,183 --> 00:19:46,685 PARTICULAR, TRACKING 468 00:19:46,752 --> 00:19:48,020 AGRICULTURE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE 469 00:19:48,086 --> 00:19:49,688 CONCERNED WITH HERE. 470 00:19:49,755 --> 00:19:50,389 FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURE 471 00:19:50,455 --> 00:19:51,690 ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST 472 00:19:51,757 --> 00:19:53,992 CHALLENGES WE FACE IN THIS 473 00:19:54,059 --> 00:19:55,060 CENTURY. 474 00:19:55,127 --> 00:19:57,563 THE NASA SATELLITE DATA GOING 475 00:19:57,629 --> 00:19:58,931 BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS OF 476 00:19:58,997 --> 00:20:00,432 SATELLITE MONITORING THERE HAS 477 00:20:00,499 --> 00:20:02,234 ALWAYS BEEN A LARGE FOCUS ON 478 00:20:02,301 --> 00:20:03,535 AGRICULTURE. 479 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:04,202 AGRICULTURE COVERS A HUGE PART 480 00:20:04,269 --> 00:20:05,504 OF OUR LAND SYSTEM. 481 00:20:05,571 --> 00:20:06,872 WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT HELPS US 482 00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:11,276 TO GET AN ACCURATE AND TIMELY 483 00:20:11,343 --> 00:20:13,579 UNDERSTANDING OF SHORTFALLS AND 484 00:20:13,645 --> 00:20:15,013 CROP PRODUCTION AROUND THE 485 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:15,347 WORLD. 486 00:20:15,414 --> 00:20:17,382 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYTHING IS 487 00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:19,551 CONNECTED MUCH LIKE DIFFERING 488 00:20:19,618 --> 00:20:24,356 INGREDIENTS OF A LARGER DISH. 489 00:20:24,423 --> 00:20:26,024 I'M LAYING DOWN THE FIRST LAYER 490 00:20:26,091 --> 00:20:28,360 OF OUR DIP, WHICH IS REFRIED 491 00:20:28,427 --> 00:20:30,262 BLACK BEANS. 492 00:20:30,329 --> 00:20:31,096 AND IT SOUNDS LIKE EARTH 493 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:33,198 OPERATES IN A SIMILAR WAY IN HOW 494 00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:34,800 THINGS CONNECT TOGETHER. 495 00:20:34,866 --> 00:20:36,201 HOW DO THESE OBSERVATIONS HELP 496 00:20:36,268 --> 00:20:37,769 US TO UNDERSTAND FOOD SECURITY 497 00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:39,605 AND FOOD PRODUCTION ESPECIALLY 498 00:20:39,671 --> 00:20:42,174 IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. 499 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:43,575 >> FOOD SECURITY IS ONE OF THE 500 00:20:43,642 --> 00:20:45,277 MOST CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT 501 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:46,778 CHALLENGES WE FACE. 502 00:20:46,845 --> 00:20:48,580 THEREFORE, HAVING INFORMATION 503 00:20:48,647 --> 00:20:51,016 ABOUT WHERE FOOD IS BEING GROWN, 504 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,951 HOW MUCH IS BEING GROWN. 505 00:20:53,018 --> 00:20:54,419 HOW IT IS CHANGING OVER TIME AND 506 00:20:54,486 --> 00:20:56,555 HOW IT RESPONDS TO EXTREME 507 00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:58,857 WEATHER EVENTS AS YOU SAID UNDER 508 00:20:58,924 --> 00:21:00,993 CLIMATE CHANGE IN A WARMING 509 00:21:01,059 --> 00:21:02,661 CLIMATE, WE'RE IMPACTING OUR 510 00:21:02,728 --> 00:21:03,895 FOOD PRODUCTION. 511 00:21:03,962 --> 00:21:06,098 AND SO WE HAVE VARIOUS 512 00:21:06,164 --> 00:21:08,266 SATELLITES GOING UP ABOVE AND 513 00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:10,535 TURNING AROUND US ALL THE TIME. 514 00:21:10,602 --> 00:21:12,137 THAT ARE HELPING TO MONITOR 515 00:21:12,204 --> 00:21:14,439 DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE 516 00:21:14,506 --> 00:21:15,540 AGRICULTURE SYSTEM. 517 00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:17,442 WHETHER IT IS TO HELP US 518 00:21:17,509 --> 00:21:20,112 DISTINGUISH WHERE CORN IS BEING 519 00:21:20,178 --> 00:21:21,513 GROWN AROUND THE WORLD, HOW IT 520 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:23,382 IS DEVELOPING, HOW IT COMPARES 521 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:25,484 THIS YEAR VERSUS LAST YEAR IN 522 00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:26,918 THE CORN BELT IN THE UNITED 523 00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:27,786 STATES. 524 00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:29,354 HELPING US TO PROVIDE THAT 525 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:31,790 INFORMATION ON A TIMELY MANNER 526 00:21:31,857 --> 00:21:34,326 ON A GLOBAL SCALE, IT IS 527 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:36,328 CRITICAL FOR MAKING DECISIONS 528 00:21:36,395 --> 00:21:38,463 RELEVANT FOR FOOD SECURITY AND 529 00:21:38,530 --> 00:21:39,665 SUSTAINABILITY. 530 00:21:39,731 --> 00:21:41,600 >> WE HAVE CORN HERE AS ONE OF 531 00:21:41,667 --> 00:21:43,335 OUR LAYERS. 532 00:21:43,402 --> 00:21:45,037 WE HAVE RICE. 533 00:21:45,103 --> 00:21:47,205 WE HAVE AVOCADO IN THE 534 00:21:47,272 --> 00:21:48,573 GUACAMOLE. 535 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,475 CAN WE SEE ANY OF THESE STAPLE 536 00:21:50,542 --> 00:21:52,711 FOODS BEING GROWN IN THE U.S.? 537 00:21:52,778 --> 00:21:53,378 >> ABSOLUTELY. 538 00:21:53,445 --> 00:21:57,816 THAT'S A LARGE FOCUS, NASA HAS 539 00:21:57,883 --> 00:22:00,585 PARTNERED VERY CLOSELY FOR MANY 540 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:01,687 YEARS NOW. 541 00:22:01,753 --> 00:22:03,255 THEY'RE FOCUSED ON USING 542 00:22:03,321 --> 00:22:04,990 SATELLITE DATA FOR BEING ABLE TO 543 00:22:05,057 --> 00:22:07,225 MONITOR THE EXTENT OF CROPS OF 544 00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:14,066 WHERE CORN IS BEING GROWN VERSUS 545 00:22:14,132 --> 00:22:17,235 SOYBEANS VERSUS WHEAT. 546 00:22:17,302 --> 00:22:18,036 AND YOU WOULD GET A LARGE FOCUS 547 00:22:18,103 --> 00:22:19,004 ON THAT. 548 00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:20,939 GIVEN THAT OUR FOOD SYSTEM IS SO 549 00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:22,407 INTERCONNECTED BEING ABLE TO 550 00:22:22,474 --> 00:22:24,409 MONITOR BOTH INSIDE THE U.S. AND 551 00:22:24,476 --> 00:22:27,279 GLOBALLY, AND SATELLITE ENABLE 552 00:22:27,345 --> 00:22:28,213 US TO DO THAT. 553 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:29,848 >> SO YOU MONITOR CROPS ALL OVER 554 00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:30,949 THE WORLDS. 555 00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:33,752 BUT WHO IS USING THIS DATA? 556 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:35,787 AND HOW EXACTLY DOES IT HELP? 557 00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:37,055 IS IT WHOLE GOVERNMENTS THAT 558 00:22:37,122 --> 00:22:40,625 RELY ON IT? 559 00:22:40,692 --> 00:22:42,360 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 560 00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:43,762 AND IT'S EVERYBODY. 561 00:22:43,829 --> 00:22:48,867 IT'S MINISTERS OF AGRICULTURE, 562 00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:51,303 AND DEPARTMENTS ARE TRYING TO 563 00:22:51,369 --> 00:22:53,271 ESTIMATE PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT 564 00:22:53,338 --> 00:22:54,406 CROPS. 565 00:22:54,473 --> 00:22:57,175 IT'S HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITIES 566 00:22:57,242 --> 00:23:02,114 WHO GUESS WHERE THERE WILL BE 567 00:23:02,180 --> 00:23:05,684 FOOD SHORTAGES, AND THEN 568 00:23:05,751 --> 00:23:06,551 FARMERS. 569 00:23:06,618 --> 00:23:08,220 ONE EXAMPLE IS THE CROP MONITOR 570 00:23:08,286 --> 00:23:09,855 PROGRAM. 571 00:23:09,921 --> 00:23:10,922 THIS PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT 572 00:23:10,989 --> 00:23:12,924 THE GLOBAL SCALE ON A MONTHLY 573 00:23:12,991 --> 00:23:15,293 BASIS OPERATIONALLY, TARGETED 574 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:18,296 MORE TOWARDS POLICYMAKERS WHO 575 00:23:18,363 --> 00:23:19,831 NEED TO HAVE A QUICK WAY OF 576 00:23:19,898 --> 00:23:21,833 UNDERSTANDING WHAT GLOBAL CROPS 577 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:22,567 CONDITIONS. 578 00:23:22,634 --> 00:23:23,969 WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT 579 00:23:24,035 --> 00:23:25,403 POLICY COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME 580 00:23:25,470 --> 00:23:28,073 TO DEVELOP PRODUCTS THAT PROVIDE 581 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:31,276 A GOOD GLOBAL PICTURE WITH FOOD 582 00:23:31,343 --> 00:23:33,078 SUPPLIES ACROSS THE WORLD. 583 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:35,947 >> SO JUST MOVING ALONG HERE. 584 00:23:36,014 --> 00:23:38,850 WE HAVE CORN HERE. 585 00:23:38,917 --> 00:23:39,651 AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE 586 00:23:39,718 --> 00:23:40,752 INFORMATION YOU TALKED ABOUT 587 00:23:40,819 --> 00:23:42,320 WOULD HELP US WITH FOOD 588 00:23:42,387 --> 00:23:44,723 SHORTAGES, IS THAT RIGHT? 589 00:23:44,790 --> 00:23:46,291 >> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 590 00:23:46,358 --> 00:23:47,626 WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS USE THE 591 00:23:47,692 --> 00:23:49,594 SATELLITE DATA TO GIVE US AN 592 00:23:49,661 --> 00:23:51,029 EARLY WARNING AS SOON AS 593 00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:52,597 POSSIBLE AND WE MONITOR CROPS AS 594 00:23:52,664 --> 00:23:53,899 SOON AS THEY'RE IN THE GROUND 595 00:23:53,965 --> 00:23:55,600 AND GROWING, AND TRYING TO PUT 596 00:23:55,667 --> 00:23:57,536 IN AN ALERT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE 597 00:23:57,602 --> 00:24:01,406 IF WE START TO SEE A DROUGHT 598 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:02,841 DEVELOPING, AND TRACK THAT 599 00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:03,708 THROUGH THE SEASON. 600 00:24:03,775 --> 00:24:05,277 THIS INFORMATION AS EARLY AS 601 00:24:05,343 --> 00:24:08,713 POSSIBLE IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR 602 00:24:08,780 --> 00:24:10,182 POLICYMAKERS AND GOVERNMENT TO 603 00:24:10,248 --> 00:24:15,987 BE ABLE TO TAKE MITIGATION 604 00:24:16,054 --> 00:24:19,691 ACTION TO PREVENT FOOD SHORTAGE 605 00:24:19,758 --> 00:24:21,259 AND IMPLEMENT MITIGATION 606 00:24:21,326 --> 00:24:22,794 STRATEGIES AHEAD OF TIME. 607 00:24:22,861 --> 00:24:24,496 >> I KNOW NASA WORKS WITH THE 608 00:24:24,563 --> 00:24:27,132 USDA. 609 00:24:27,199 --> 00:24:28,233 WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT 610 00:24:28,300 --> 00:24:29,401 AGENCIES LIKE THAT WORK 611 00:24:29,467 --> 00:24:30,235 TOGETHER? 612 00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:32,504 >> THE USDA IS THE UNITED STATES 613 00:24:32,571 --> 00:24:34,072 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 614 00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:35,207 THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR 615 00:24:35,273 --> 00:24:37,375 PROVIDING GLOBAL INFORMATION ON 616 00:24:37,442 --> 00:24:42,180 A MONTHLY BASIS ON CROP 617 00:24:42,247 --> 00:24:43,048 PRODUCTION. 618 00:24:43,114 --> 00:24:44,382 THEY SET THE GOLD STANDARD TO 619 00:24:44,449 --> 00:24:47,919 WHICH COMMODITY MARKETS REACT 620 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:48,620 TO. 621 00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:49,855 WHEN THOSE REPORTS COME OUT HE 622 00:24:49,921 --> 00:24:51,857 HAVE MONTH, YOU CAN SEE THE 623 00:24:51,923 --> 00:24:52,724 RESPONSE IN INTERNATIONAL 624 00:24:52,791 --> 00:24:53,725 MARKET. 625 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:55,994 IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR US, 626 00:24:56,061 --> 00:24:58,096 FOR NASA TO BE WORKING CLOSELY 627 00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:00,866 WITH USDA TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY 628 00:25:00,932 --> 00:25:03,368 ARE ABLE TO TAKE UP THE BEST 629 00:25:03,435 --> 00:25:05,704 TECHNOLOGY AND ANALYTICS TO 630 00:25:05,770 --> 00:25:07,272 INFORM THEIR FORECASTING AND 631 00:25:07,339 --> 00:25:09,074 POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND DECISION 632 00:25:09,140 --> 00:25:13,645 MAKING ULTIMATELY. 633 00:25:13,712 --> 00:25:15,580 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS SUCH AN 634 00:25:15,647 --> 00:25:18,016 EXCITING AND IMPORTANT TIME TO 635 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:19,684 FOR AGRICULTURE MONITORING. 636 00:25:19,751 --> 00:25:20,886 >> IT IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR 637 00:25:20,952 --> 00:25:22,721 AGRICULTURE MONITORING AND IT'S 638 00:25:22,787 --> 00:25:24,289 POTENTIAL TO INFORM OUR FOOD 639 00:25:24,356 --> 00:25:26,258 SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY 640 00:25:26,324 --> 00:25:28,360 DECISIONS AND HELP GET US 641 00:25:28,426 --> 00:25:31,229 TOWARDS THE GOAL OF ZERO HUNGER, 642 00:25:31,296 --> 00:25:33,565 INCREASING FOOD SUPPLIES AT THE 643 00:25:33,632 --> 00:25:35,033 SAME TIME DOING THAT IN A 644 00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:36,234 SUSTAINABLE MANNER. 645 00:25:36,301 --> 00:25:37,903 >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. 646 00:25:37,969 --> 00:25:39,104 THAT'S AMAZING. 647 00:25:39,170 --> 00:25:43,341 AND WHAT'S ALSO AMAZING IS OUR 648 00:25:43,408 --> 00:25:44,476 DISH HERE WHICH IS ALMOST 649 00:25:44,542 --> 00:25:46,144 COMPLETE, BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL 650 00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:48,046 AGREE WHAT WOULD MAKE IT PERFECT 651 00:25:48,113 --> 00:25:55,620 IS A HEALTHY LAYER OF CHEESE. 652 00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:57,455 YUM. 653 00:25:57,522 --> 00:25:59,057 DELICIOUS. 654 00:25:59,124 --> 00:26:02,694 THERE WE GO. 655 00:26:02,761 --> 00:26:07,132 THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US 656 00:26:07,198 --> 00:26:08,099 TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR 657 00:26:08,166 --> 00:26:09,100 WATCHING. 658 00:26:09,167 --> 00:26:10,602 HAPPY SNACKING. 659 00:26:10,669 --> 00:26:30,121 ♪ 660 00:26:30,188 --> 00:26:37,162 ♪ 661 00:26:37,228 --> 00:26:38,830 >> IF YOU WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT 662 00:26:38,897 --> 00:26:40,031 ANY OF THE STORIES WE SHOWED YOU 663 00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:42,133 TODAY, GO OVER TO YouTube AND 664 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,601 FACEBOOK AT THOSE ADDRESSES 665 00:26:43,668 --> 00:26:45,670 RIGHT THERE, AND YOU'LL FIND 666 00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:49,808 THEM ALL ALONG WITH LOTS OF 667 00:26:49,874 --> 00:26:53,345 OTHER GREAT FEATURES AND TOPICS 668 00:26:53,411 --> 00:26:54,612 FOR NASA. 669 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