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>> JIM, WE HAVE YOU LOUD AND
CLEAR.
ON BEHALF OF NASA EXPEDITION
68 - WELCOME TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU.
NOT OFTEN THAT YOU GET TO TALK
TO A COUPLE OF ASTRONAUTS FROM
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ONE FROM SOUTH FLORIDA.
FIRST THING FIRST, WHAT I'M IS
THE WORK YOU ARE DOING, THE
RESEARCH YOU ARE ACCOMPLISHING,
WHAT I'M DOES A REGULAR DAY LOOK
LIKE IN SPACE VERSUS WHAT I'M A
TYPICAL 9-5 LOOKS LIKE DOWN
HERE.
>> THAT'S ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF
BEING UP HERE, WE HAVE AMAZING
VIEWS.
EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT.
WE WALK, DO SOMETHING COOL LIKE
A SPACE WALK.
SOMETIMES WE DO A COOL SCIENCE,
NOW WE ARE GROWING TOMATOS,
LOOKING AT DIFFERENCE COOLING
SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND
DOING RESEARCH ON OURSELVES.
A LOT OF TIMES WE DO MAINTENANCE
ON THE STATION ITSELF.
WE HAVE TO KEEP IT UP AND
RUNNING.
EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
MAKES BEING UP HERE REALLY COOL.
>> WELL, ALL RIGHT.
I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT, MOST
PEOPLE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT I'M
SPACE LOOK OR FEELS LIKE FROM
MOVIES OR TV.
ONLY A RELATIVE FEW PEOPLE HAVE
HAD THE EXPERIENCE YOU GUYS HAD
UP THERE.
WHAT I'M IS THE ONE THING YOU
WOULD WANT PEOPLE ON EARTH TO
UNDER ABOUT SPACE, THE WORK IT
IS THAT YOU ARE DOING AND
ACCOMPLISHING THAT WE MAY NOT BE
NECESSARILY PRIVY TO.
>> WELL, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE
TO BE UP HERE, VERY FORTUNATE TO
BE PART OF THE TEAM.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE OVERARCHING
MESSAGE THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO
TAKE AWAY FROM THIS.
NOBODY DOES THIS ALONE.
THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN WITH THE
EFFORTS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE.
AND WE HAPPEN TO BE THE PEOPLE
UP HERE EXECUTING IT.
IT IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE
EFFORT THAT HAPPENS ON THE
GROUND.
>> THIS NEXT ONE WILL BE FOR
BOTH OF YOU, FRANK, WITH YOU,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE THELE FLORIDA
TIES WE WANT TO HONE IN ON AND
SOMEONE THAT CONSIDERS MIAMI
YOUR HOME TOWN.
WHAT I'M DO YOU TAKE WHICH FROM
YOUR LIFE DOWN HERE, HIGH
SCHOOL, GRADUATING, MYRIAD OF
EXPERIENCES POST HIGH SCHOOL.
WHAT I'M IS THE MESSAGE FOR KIDS
AND OTHER DREAMERS THAT YOU WANT
THEM TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR
JOURNEY SO FAR.
>> I LOVE MIAMI, FIX.
I MISS IT.
WE LOVE GOING BACK, VISITING
COUSINS AND FRIENDS.
I HAVE LIFE-LONG FRIENDS, AND
THE CULTURE, THE FOOD, THE
PEOPLE, RIGHT.
I JUST REALLY ENJOY MY TIME DOWN
THERE.
SO HOPING TO SHOW THESE GUYS
AROUND ONCE WE GET BACK, AND THE
RUSSIAN COSMONAUTS THAT I FLEW
UP WITH, HOPING TO BRING THAT
DOWN THERE.
>> I TAKE WITH ME, NO HEART
WHERE I'VE BEEN IN THE WORLD IS
THE FAMILY THAT WE ARE DOWN IN
MIAMI, WE ARE ALL FROM DIFFERENT
NATIONS AND CULTURES, WE COME
TOGETHER AND FORM A MIAMI VIBE
THAT IS DIFFERENT TO ANYONE
ELSE.
YOU TAKE IT WITH YOU WHEREVER
YOU GO.
>> QUICKLY, THE WAY I ENDED UP
HERE.
IS SOMETHING THAT I CALL
ACADEMIC COURAGE.
A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT WE DO
SEEM DAUNTING AND OVERWHELMING
AT FIRST, AND STARTED WITH ME AS
AN UNDERGRADUATE IN STUDYING
PHYSICS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I
DID NOT REALLY GET AS A HIGH
SCHOOLER, AND THAT'S WHY I
PURSUED IT IN COLLEGE, AND
EVENTUALLY IN GRADUATE SCHOOL.
YOU NEED TO UNDER THE LANGUAGE,
AND THAT APPLIES TO WHAT WE ARE
DOING HERE, TO AVIATION AND
SCIENCE.
ONCE YOU KNOW THE LANGUAGE,
THESE THINGS ARE ACHIEVABLE.
AND YOU NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT
MENTORS AND TEAM MEMBERS AND
COURAGE, AND YOU CAN GET IT
DONE.
>> YOU GUYS MENTIONED THE TEAM
MEMBERS THERE.
>> YES, GO AHEAD SCORE, GO
AHEAD.
>> ONE THING I ADD TO THAT, IT'S
AWESOME TO BE A DREAMER, IT'S
GREAT TO BE A DOER, YOU HAVE
HAVE A PLAN TOWARDS ACHIEVING
THE GOALS, AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE
IT A DAY AND A STEP AT A TIME.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT
THE END GOAL.
WENT THE REALITY IS YOU HAVE TO
I ATTACK EVERY DAY.
>> WE KNOW THAT IN LIFE, IT'S
NEVER A STRAIGHT LINE UP.
IT'S A LUNCH OF UPS AND DOWNS.
WHAT I'M IS INTERESTING, WHAT
I'M WHAT I'M I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AND
WHAT I'M WERE SOME.
DOWNS THAT YOU HAD TO PUSH
THROUGH TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE,
HOW DOES THAT WORK NOW THAT YOU
ARE NOT JUST DOWN ON EARTH, BUT
LITERALLY IN SPACE WORKING
THROUGH ISSUES.
HE HANDED IT TO ME, I HAVE MORE
DOWNS.
GETTING A NUMBER BACK THAT
DIDN'T MAKE SENSE, BECAUSE I
THOUGHT IT WAS THE OTHER SCALE
OF 100, AND YOU TAKE THE LICKS
AND YOU GET UP.
WE MAKE MISTAKES NOW, WE ARE
HUMAN, AND THAT IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT I GOT
FROM MY UPBRINGING, AND I LEARN
IT HERE EVERY DAY, IT'S NOT THAT
YOU ARE GOING BE PERFECT.
THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE
MISTAKES.
HOW DO YOU BOUNCE BACK, HOW DO
YOU REACT AFTER THE MISTAKE WAS
DONE.
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO GO SOUTH AND
DO DIFFICULT THINGS, THAT'S WHAT
I'M THE TRAINING AND BACKGROUND
PREPARED US FOR.
>> AS WE WRAP UP HERE WITH A
COUPLE OF MINUTES LEFT TO GO,
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE DYNAMIC,
WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT TEAM
EFFORT.
ACCOMPLISHING A UNIQUE SET OF
GOALS.
WHEN YOU WORK AT THE STATION,
YOU ARE WORKING WITH PEOPLE FROM
AROUND THE WORLD.
WHAT IS THAT DYNAMIC LIKE FOR UP
THERE, AND WHAT IS THE TAKEAWAY
WE CAN LEARN FROM WORKING WITH A
BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN
SPACE AND APPLYING IT ON EARTH.
>> IT'S WELL SAID.
LIKE WE SAID OVER AND OVER, IT'S
A TEAM EFFORT.
A TEAM MADE UP OF DIVERSE PEOPLE
AND TALENT AND BACKGROUNDS MAKES
THE STRONGEST TEAM.
EVERY DAY WE ARE FORTUNATE TO
WORK WITH GROUND TEEMS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
WE'D BE AMAZED AT A LITTLE
MISTAKE.
THE GROUND TEAM IS THERE TO
CATCH THEM, AND THEY HAVE OUR
BARK, AND THEY SUPPORT US
THROUGH THOSE, AND NO MATTER
WHAT IT IS.
WE JUST WORK THROUGH T AND MAKE
IT RIGHT AND BETTER FOR THE NEXT
TIME.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
KEY TEAM DYNAMICS IS
APPRECIATING YOUR TEAM-MATES
STRENGTHS AND DRAWING ON THOSE,
A LOT OF TIMES THEIR STRENGTHS
ARE NOT YOURS, AND YOU MAKE A
BETTER PROBLEM-SOLVING TEAM.
THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT.
>> FRANK IS RIGHT.
IF WE ALL TRIED TO SOLVE THE
PROBLEMS THE SAME WAY, THERE'S
CERTAINLY TO BE INSTANCES WHERE
WE DON'T GET THE PROBLEM-SOLVED.
AND FRANK IS RIGHT.
WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE GROUND.
WE ARE AN ASSET FOR THEM WHERE
THEY DON'T HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE.
YOU COULDN'T BE MORE RIGHT.
THE TEAM DYNAMIC IS IMPORTANT I
PARTICULARLY DON'T CARE FOR
FRANK - BUT WE ARE GETTING THE
JOB DOWN, I'M KIDDING.
WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THE CREW
HERE, AND HAVE SOMETHING FUN
THAT WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
>> UNDER THE WIRE, THANK YOU, I
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
LET ME SPEND A FEW MINUTES WITH
YOU UP IN STAYS.
SPACE.
THANK YOU.
>> TAKE CARE, AWESOME TALKING TO
YOU.
SAY HI TO EVERYONE IN MIAMI FOR
US, PLEASE.
>> THIS IS HOUSTON, ACR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE WPLG-TV.
PLEASE STAND BY FOR A VOICE
CHECK OR KAHM.
>> HI, THIS IS KAHM HOW DO YOU
HEAR ME.
>> WE HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION.
>> WATCHING YOU GUYS FLOAT
AROUND IN SPACE IS AN HONOR.
AS A PROUD KID, ON THIS RADIO
SHOW, IT'S COOL TO KNOW THAT
SOME OF THOSE WHO WALKED THE
SAME HALLS THAT I DID.
SPEAK TO YOUR TIME IN MINNESOTA,
AND HOW YOU MADE IT FROM
MINNESOTA, ALL THE WAY TO SPACE.
>> WELL, FIRST, ZACK, WE HAVE TO
START WITH GO BEARS.
COOL WE WENT TO THE SAME HIGH
SCHOOL.
I TELL YOU WHAT.
MATTEO MINOZZI WAS WHERE I
NEEDED TO BE.
IN FACT I GOT TO GO BACK TO
WHITE BEAR SIX YEARS OR SO AND
TALKED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
IT WAS ABOUT 25 YEARS AFTER THE
FACT THAT I FINALLY GOT MY HIGH
SCHOOL DIPLOMA LOCKED AWAY IN A
FILE CABINET THAT THEY DIDN'T
GIVE ME BECAUSE I HOED THEM A
LITTLE MONEY FOR A STOLEN
BASEBALL JERSEY.
>> I CAN ASK FRANK SINCE JOSH
TOOK THAT ONE.
WE SPOKE ON THE MORNING SHOW,
I'M 42, AND I WAS ASKING IF I
WENT TO DENVER AND LIVED IN
DENVER, WOULD I GET TIRED OF THE
MOUNTAINS OR WOULD I BE BLOWN
AWAY WHICH THEM BECAUSE I DIDN'T
GROW UP WITH THEM.
IF YOU WERE ON THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION, DO YOU LOOK OUT
THE WINDOW AND I SAY HAVE SEEN
THIS FOR 60 OR 70 DAYS, OR IS
YOUR MIND BLOWING DAILY LOOKING
OUT THE WINDOW.
>> YES, YOU KNOW, LOOKING OUT
THE WINDOW, FOR SURE, YOUR MIND
IS BLOWN DAILY, TRYING TO MAKE
IT A POINT.
WE DON'T HAVE WINDOWS IN OUR
ROOMS.
JUST TO GET OUT AND LOOK OUT THE
WINDOW AT LEAST FIVE MINUTES A
DAY.
YOU HAVE A TONNE OF WORK AND
RESEARCH THAT WE ARE DOING UP
HERE.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T GET
TO SPEND THE ENTIRE DAY LOOKING
OUT THE WINDOW.
THAT WILL BE COOL.
I TRY TO GET OUT THERE TO REMIND
MYSELF WHERE I AM, AND OW
AMAZING THIS OPPORTUNITY IS.
>> I TELL YOU WHAT.
WE - I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT
THE VIEW, WE HAVE TO WORK OUT
2.5 HOURS A DAY, WE ARE LADY,
THE OTHER 21 AND A HALF.
THE COOLEST THINK, NO ONE LIKES
DOING CRUNCHES, WHEN WE DO
CRUNCHES HERE, EVERY TIME WE SIT
UP, WE LOOK OUT THE CUPOLA AND
LOOKING AT THE BEAUTIFUL PLANET.
WE GET TIME THERE FOR THE VIEWS
AS LONG AS WE CAN CRUNCHES
COMING.
>> THIS IS PAUL.
A MINNESOTA GRAD.
HOW DO YOU FOLLOW THE LOCAL
SPORTS.
AND FOLLOWING THE CARLOS CORREA
NEWS FROM AFAR.
>> WELL, I TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S A
LITTLE EASY FOR ME
COINCIDENTALLY TO FOLLOW LOCAL
SPORTS.
MY TWO NIECES ARE GREAT LITTLE
ATHLETES IN WAYZATA, WE TRY TO
GET BACK TO MINNESOTA, WHEN WE
CAN.
I DON'T HAVE FAMILY IN
MINNESOTA, BUT WE HAVE FRIENDS
AND FAMILY, THAT'S HOW WE ARE
PLUGGED IN.
TO THE GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT
BEING PLUGGED INTO SPORTS.
FRANK TAKES CARE OF THAT.
HE MAKES SURE WE HAVE A FEED
FROM ESPN, WHEN WE CAN, WHEN
THERE'S BIG SPORTS ON THE
DOCKET.
AND WE HAVE A SCREEN HUNG OVER
THE HATCHES AND WE CAN WATCH THE
BIG GAMES, FRANK WAS UP ALMOST
ALL NIGHT MONDAY NIGHT FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
>> MARK ROSEN HERE, IS THERE AN
APPRECIATION FOR WHERE WE ALL
LIVE WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN ON OTHER
THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE AS WE GO
ABOUT OUR DAILY LIVES, IS IT A
GLOBAL FEELING THAT YOU CAN'T
COMPREHEND THAT WE ARE ALONE
BASICALLY.
AND THIS IS OUR PLANET.
>> I WILL TELL YOU THE
PERSPECTIVE WE GET UP HERE IS A
BIT OVERWHELMING.
WHEN YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE
BEAUTIFUL PLANET.
THERE'S NO PART OF THE PLANET
THAT ISN'T BEAUTIFUL.
YOU SEE HOW LUCKY WE ARE, WE WON
THE LOTTERY IN TERMS OF THE
UNIVERSE, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL
BUT FRAGILE ATMOSPHERE THAT
KEEPS US ALIVE.
PUTS THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE.
YOU CAN LOOK DOWN AND KNOW SOME
GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING
ALONG.
IT'S NOT WORTH IT.
WE ARE IN THE SAME BOAT.
LITERALLY IN THE UNIVERSE, AND
SOME THINGS WE ARE NOT GETTING
ON ABOUT ARE NOT WORTHWHILE.
>> GOOD MORNING, HONOR TO TALK
TO YOU BOTH, JOSH AND FRANK.
WE ARE TALKING LIVE TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FRANK RUBIO, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I AM NOT SURE HOW TO ADDRESS
YOU, SO I'LL CALL YOU FRANK.
YOU HAVE DONE SO MUCH IN YOUR
LIFETIME.
I WAS WONDERING, AND ALL THE
DANGEROUS SITUATIONS YOU HAVE
BEEN IN, INCLUDING BEING A
BATTALION SERVICE, WHEN YOU GET
TO THE SPACE STATION DOES
EVERYTHING SEEM SERENE, DO YOU
HAVE TO REMIND YOURSELF THAT YOU
ARE IN DANGER AT ANY MOMENT
BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT COULD GO
WRONG BECAUSE IT'S SO SERENE ALL
THE TIME.
>> FEELING GOOD UNTIL THEN.
>> NEITHER OF US WERE AWARE OF
THAT UNTIL YOU JUST SAID IT.
>> OH, NO.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A
MILITARY BACKGROUND.
NOT JUST HAVING THE HONOR OF
SERVING OUR COUNTY, BUT THE
BACKGROUND THAT POUT US IN A
HARM'S WAY TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
IT'S AN HONOR TO DO THAT, YOU
NEED TO COMPARTMENTALIZE.
THOSE THINGS CROSS YOUR MIND
BEFORE LAUNCH, AS SOON AS THE
ROCKET IGNITES.
YOU ARE FOCUSSED ON THE ROCKET
AND GETTING IT UP SAFELY.
SAME THING WHEN YOU STEP OUT OF
THE HATCH.
YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE
DOING FOR A SPLIT SECOND, AND
FOR THE NEXT EIGHT HOURS YOU
FOCUS ON GETTING YOUR JOB DONE
OR DOING IT RIGHT.
>> WE HAVE LEARNT THE TASK OF
COMPARTMENTALIZING AND ARE GOOD
AT IT.
>> FRANK IS RIGHT.
I THINK IT SPEAKS TO OUR
TRAINING.
>> SORRY, STEPPED ON IT YOU GO,
AHEAD.
>> NO, I THINK I STEPPED ON YOU
GUYS:
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE
GONE OUT TO OUTER SPACE AND COME
BACK TO EARTH.
I'M WONDERING ABOUT GETTING BACK
HOME AND WHAT IS IT LIKE TO
WALK.
GETTING OFF A BOAT AFTER AN HOUR
OR TWO IS A LITTLE BIT WEEK.
I WONDER WHAT YOU GUYS ARE LIKE
WHEN YOU GET HOME.
>> FRANK WILL HAND ON TERRA
FIRMA.
AND I LAND ON THE WATER.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE WORKING OUT.
OUR FIBULA SYSTEM IS A MESS.
FRANK CAN TALK ABOUT IT AS A
PHYSICIAN.
THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS TRYING
TO GET ON YOUR FEET, AND
PROBABLY NOT DRIVING A CAR FOR
TWO WEEKS OR SO OR FLYING ONLY
AEROPLANE FOR A COUPLE MORE.
>> LAST QUESTION, AND POINTING
THAT OUT.
I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW FEW PEOPLE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO
PEOPLE IN SPACE, BUT YOU TALK
ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT
HAVE BEEN TO SPACE IN THE 100.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE HONOR AND
THE PRIVILEGE.
>> IT'S HUMBLING, IS THE BOTTOM
LINE, NOT JUST TO HAVE THE
PRIVILEGE BUT REPRESENTED THE
AMAZING TEAMS.
THE AMAZING TEAMS.
MILITARY, NAVY, ARMY, EVERY DAY
YOU LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND ARE
AMAZED IT THING HOW AMAZING IT
IS.
HOPEFULLY MORE GET THE
OPPORTUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD
TO MAKING IT HAPPEN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US OF THE BEST OF THE LUCK WITH
THE RESCUE MISSION, JOSH, IF YOU
FIND YOURSELF IN MINNESOTA,
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SWING BY THE
STUDIO, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU
IN.
>> THANK YOU FOR COORDINATING
THIS, IT'S BEEN ALL OUR
PLEASURE.
AND AGAIN US CAN'T SAY IT TOO
OFTEN.
GO BEARS.
[ LAUGHS ]
>> THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.
GOOD JOB.
>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON,
A.C.H.
THANK YOU, THAT CONCLUDES OUR