1 00:00:01,768 --> 00:00:03,169 >> HI. I'M ESA ASTRONAUT 2 00:00:03,169 --> 00:00:03,970 MATTHIAS MAURER. 3 00:00:03,970 --> 00:00:05,772 I WILL BE A MISSION SPECIALIST 4 00:00:05,772 --> 00:00:08,007 ON THE NASA SPACEX MISSION 5 00:00:08,007 --> 00:00:09,075 TO THE INTERNATIONAL 6 00:00:09,075 --> 00:00:10,009 SPACE STATION. 7 00:00:10,009 --> 00:00:12,612 WATCH US LAUNCH ON NASA TV 8 00:00:12,612 --> 00:00:13,546 OR ESA TV. 9 00:00:16,816 --> 00:00:18,551 >> HI. I'M ESA ASTRONAUT 10 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:19,419 MATTHIAS MAURER. 11 00:00:19,419 --> 00:00:20,553 I WILL BE EMISSIONS SPECIALIST 12 00:00:20,553 --> 00:00:23,223 ON THE NASA SPACEX CREW-3 13 00:00:23,223 --> 00:00:24,257 MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL 14 00:00:24,257 --> 00:00:25,225 SPACE STATION. 15 00:00:27,861 --> 00:00:29,596 >> SO THE CREW-3 MISSION 16 00:00:29,596 --> 00:00:30,930 IS LIKE THE THIRD LAUNCH 17 00:00:30,930 --> 00:00:32,899 OF A COMMERCIAL SPACE VEHICLE 18 00:00:32,899 --> 00:00:34,467 TO THE INTERNATIONAL 19 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:35,535 SPACE STATION. 20 00:00:35,535 --> 00:00:36,469 WE WILL BE WORKING 21 00:00:36,469 --> 00:00:37,670 ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 22 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:39,339 STATION FOR AROUND SIX MONTHS 23 00:00:39,339 --> 00:00:41,007 DOING LOTS OF EXPERIMENTS, 24 00:00:41,007 --> 00:00:41,908 LOTS OF SCIENCE, 25 00:00:41,908 --> 00:00:44,310 FOR THE BENEFIT OF US, MANKIND, 26 00:00:44,310 --> 00:00:45,678 DOWN ON OUR PLANET EARTH. 27 00:00:49,382 --> 00:00:50,283 >> ONCE WE ARRIVE 28 00:00:50,283 --> 00:00:51,050 ON THE INTERNATIONAL 29 00:00:51,050 --> 00:00:52,352 SPACE STATION, WE WILL RUN 30 00:00:52,352 --> 00:00:53,620 A LOT OF EXPERIMENTS. 31 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:55,355 I'M A-A MATERIAL 32 00:00:55,355 --> 00:00:56,222 SCIENCE ENGINEER, 33 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:57,190 AND SO MY FOCUS 34 00:00:57,190 --> 00:00:58,858 WILL BE LOTS OF EXPERIMENTS 35 00:00:58,858 --> 00:01:00,894 IN THE MATERIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN, 36 00:01:00,894 --> 00:01:02,395 BUT ALSO LIFE SCIENCES 37 00:01:02,395 --> 00:01:03,863 WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT. 38 00:01:06,766 --> 00:01:07,867 >> I STARTED MY TRAINING 39 00:01:07,867 --> 00:01:09,302 AROUND ONE AND A HALF YEARS 40 00:01:09,302 --> 00:01:10,103 BEFORE THE LAUNCH, 41 00:01:10,103 --> 00:01:11,504 AND PART OF THE TRAINING 42 00:01:11,504 --> 00:01:13,339 COMPRISES THE TRAINING 43 00:01:13,339 --> 00:01:14,407 FOR THE SPACECRAFT, 44 00:01:14,407 --> 00:01:15,942 SO THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT, 45 00:01:15,942 --> 00:01:17,444 BUT ALSO A LOT OF TRAINING 46 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:18,978 AROUND THE INTERNATIONAL 47 00:01:18,978 --> 00:01:19,913 SPACE STATION. 48 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:21,047 IT'S A HUGE SPACE STATION 49 00:01:21,047 --> 00:01:22,115 AND HAS LOTS 50 00:01:22,115 --> 00:01:23,616 OF DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT, 51 00:01:23,616 --> 00:01:25,018 AND SO WE LEARN 52 00:01:25,018 --> 00:01:26,319 HOW TO FIX THE EQUIPMENT, 53 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:27,654 HOW TO MAINTAIN IT, 54 00:01:27,654 --> 00:01:29,856 HOW TO INSTALL NEW EXPERIMENTS, 55 00:01:29,856 --> 00:01:31,491 AND ALSO HOW TO REPAIR 56 00:01:31,491 --> 00:01:33,359 OLD OR FAILED EXPERIMENTS. 57 00:01:35,628 --> 00:01:37,464 >> SOME OF THE TRAINING TAKES 58 00:01:37,464 --> 00:01:39,299 PART AT JSC IN, 59 00:01:39,299 --> 00:01:40,700 UH, HOUSTON, TEXAS. 60 00:01:40,700 --> 00:01:42,368 SOME OF THE TRAINING TAKES PLACE 61 00:01:42,368 --> 00:01:43,770 IN CALIFORNIA 62 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:45,205 AT SPACEX PREMISES. 63 00:01:45,205 --> 00:01:46,072 THERE WE LEARN 64 00:01:46,072 --> 00:01:48,374 HOW TO OPERATE THE SPACECRAFT, 65 00:01:48,374 --> 00:01:49,909 THE DRAGON SPACECRAFT, 66 00:01:49,909 --> 00:01:51,711 HOW TO FLY IT 67 00:01:51,711 --> 00:01:53,246 IN NOMINAL CONDITIONS, 68 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:54,914 BUT ALSO WHAT TO DO IN CASE 69 00:01:54,914 --> 00:01:56,683 THERE'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. 70 00:01:59,419 --> 00:02:01,354 >>THE MOST DIFFICULT PART FOR ME 71 00:02:01,354 --> 00:02:02,288 DURING A TRAINING 72 00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:04,424 IS COMBINING LANGUAGE, 73 00:02:04,424 --> 00:02:05,725 LIKE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE, 74 00:02:05,725 --> 00:02:08,595 WITH VERY CHALLENGING TRAINING, 75 00:02:08,595 --> 00:02:10,196 LIKE UNDERWATER TRAINING. 76 00:02:10,196 --> 00:02:12,031 SO THE EVA TRAINING THAT WE DO 77 00:02:12,031 --> 00:02:13,366 IS USUALLY IN THE POOL 78 00:02:13,366 --> 00:02:14,234 IN THE EMU, 79 00:02:14,234 --> 00:02:15,068 BUT I ALSO TRAINED 80 00:02:15,068 --> 00:02:16,069 IN THE ORLAN. 81 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:17,904 I'M QUALIFIED NOW IN THE ORLAN. 82 00:02:17,904 --> 00:02:20,607 BUT COMBINING LANGUAGE SKILLS 83 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:22,275 AND THE HARD 84 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:23,142 AND STRENUOUS WORK 85 00:02:23,142 --> 00:02:24,978 IN THIS SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT 86 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:26,312 UNDERWATER IN THE SUIT, 87 00:02:26,312 --> 00:02:27,213 THAT WAS, FOR ME, 88 00:02:27,213 --> 00:02:28,548 THE MOST CHALLENGING. 89 00:02:32,519 --> 00:02:33,219 >> THERE ARE 90 00:02:33,219 --> 00:02:34,153 A LOT OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS 91 00:02:34,153 --> 00:02:35,755 THAT WE TRAIN 92 00:02:35,755 --> 00:02:36,923 AND THAT WE PRACTICE FOR, 93 00:02:36,923 --> 00:02:38,758 SO SOME EXTREME CONDITIONS 94 00:02:38,758 --> 00:02:40,026 LIKE TRAINING IN A CAVE 95 00:02:40,026 --> 00:02:41,394 OR TRAINING UNDERWATER 96 00:02:41,394 --> 00:02:42,795 DURING THE NEEMO TRAINING, 97 00:02:42,795 --> 00:02:44,597 AND THESE ARE SOMETIMES 98 00:02:44,597 --> 00:02:47,300 SO SPECIAL ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU, 99 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:48,301 AS A NORMAL PERSON, 100 00:02:48,301 --> 00:02:50,637 ARE USUALLY NEVER EXPOSED OF, 101 00:02:50,637 --> 00:02:52,839 SO TAKING PART IN THESE 102 00:02:52,839 --> 00:02:55,008 SPECIAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENTS 103 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:56,943 IS VERY REWARDING, 104 00:02:56,943 --> 00:02:58,077 BECAUSE IT OFFERS YOU 105 00:02:58,077 --> 00:02:59,846 A NEW INSIGHT 106 00:02:59,846 --> 00:03:01,447 INTO THE BEAUTY OF OUR PLANET. 107 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:05,818 >> I'VE BEEN TRAINING 108 00:03:05,818 --> 00:03:07,587 QUITE A BIT WITH, UH, RAJA. 109 00:03:07,587 --> 00:03:10,156 WE DO ALL THE EMU RUNS TOGETHER, 110 00:03:10,156 --> 00:03:11,991 SO IN THE POOL, AND, UM, 111 00:03:11,991 --> 00:03:13,259 SO WE HAD SOME FUNNY EVENTS 112 00:03:13,259 --> 00:03:15,028 WHERE WE GOT STUCK UNDERWATER, 113 00:03:15,028 --> 00:03:15,929 AND WE HAD TO COME UP 114 00:03:15,929 --> 00:03:18,765 WITH SPECIAL, UM, WAYS 115 00:03:18,765 --> 00:03:20,433 TO GET OUT OF THERE. 116 00:03:23,970 --> 00:03:25,471 >> WELL, TOM AND I 117 00:03:25,471 --> 00:03:26,839 HAVE BOTH SOME MEDICAL 118 00:03:26,839 --> 00:03:27,907 TRAINING BACKGROUND. 119 00:03:27,907 --> 00:03:29,576 HE'S A-A MEDICAL DOCTOR. 120 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:31,177 I WORKED AS A PARAMEDIC, 121 00:03:31,177 --> 00:03:33,379 AND SO, UH, WHENEVER WE HAVE 122 00:03:33,379 --> 00:03:34,681 SOME EMERGENCY TRAINING 123 00:03:34,681 --> 00:03:37,750 WHERE MEDICAL, UM, EMERGENCIES 124 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:39,419 ARE INVOLVED, HE AND ME 125 00:03:39,419 --> 00:03:40,553 ARE KIND OF LIKE 126 00:03:40,553 --> 00:03:41,754 A VERY CLOSE TEAM, 127 00:03:41,754 --> 00:03:43,022 AND WE DON'T NEED 128 00:03:43,022 --> 00:03:44,057 ALL THE PROCEDURES. 129 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,693 WE RUN, UM, ALL THE-THE STUFF, 130 00:03:46,693 --> 00:03:47,894 LIKE, JUST ALMOST, LIKE, 131 00:03:47,894 --> 00:03:49,596 BY HEART, AND SO THERE'S 132 00:03:49,596 --> 00:03:51,331 A VERY SPECIAL BONDING 133 00:03:51,331 --> 00:03:52,131 BETWEEN US. 134 00:03:55,301 --> 00:03:57,470 >> SHE'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD, 135 00:03:57,470 --> 00:03:59,639 AND UM, A VERY GOOD OPERATOR. 136 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:01,641 YOU CAN FEEL THAT SHE, UH, 137 00:04:01,641 --> 00:04:02,775 WORKED IN A-- 138 00:04:02,775 --> 00:04:04,210 IN A DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT 139 00:04:04,210 --> 00:04:05,211 IN A SUBMARINE. 140 00:04:05,211 --> 00:04:06,779 UM, SHE HAS A LOT 141 00:04:06,779 --> 00:04:07,814 OF TECHNICAL SKILLS, 142 00:04:07,814 --> 00:04:09,515 BUT ALSO LEADERSHIP SKILLS, 143 00:04:09,515 --> 00:04:12,318 AND I CAN EASILY SEE THAT, UH, 144 00:04:12,318 --> 00:04:13,419 KAYLA, IN THE NEXT FLIGHT, 145 00:04:13,419 --> 00:04:14,687 SHE WILL BECOME COMMANDER 146 00:04:14,687 --> 00:04:15,722 OF HER SPACECRAFT. 147 00:04:18,491 --> 00:04:22,295 >> I THINK CREW-3 IS, UH, 148 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:23,930 KIND OF A ROOKIE CREW 149 00:04:23,930 --> 00:04:24,931 WITH ONLY ONE 150 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:27,166 EXPERIENCED SPACE FLYER, TOM. 151 00:04:27,166 --> 00:04:29,035 UM, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, 152 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:30,303 I DON'T FEEL, LIKE, 153 00:04:30,303 --> 00:04:31,270 THAT WE ARE ROOKIES AT ALL. 154 00:04:31,270 --> 00:04:33,706 LIKE, RAJA HAS A HUGE BACKGROUND 155 00:04:33,706 --> 00:04:35,908 IN-IN FLYING, LIKE, THE MOST 156 00:04:35,908 --> 00:04:37,110 COMPLICATED SPACECRAFTS, 157 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:38,344 AND KAYLA, 158 00:04:38,344 --> 00:04:39,812 SHE HAS A HUGE BACKGROUND IN, 159 00:04:39,812 --> 00:04:41,848 UH, LIKE, WORKING 160 00:04:41,848 --> 00:04:43,683 IN A VERY DIFFICULT AND HIGHLY 161 00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:44,784 TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT, 162 00:04:44,784 --> 00:04:45,918 SO I DON'T CONSIDER 163 00:04:45,918 --> 00:04:47,186 BOTH OF THEM ROOKIES. 164 00:04:47,186 --> 00:04:48,454 I-- MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ROOKIE. 165 00:04:48,454 --> 00:04:50,456 UM, BUT I BELIEVE 166 00:04:50,456 --> 00:04:52,692 WE'RE AN EXTREMELY GOOD TEAM, 167 00:04:52,692 --> 00:04:54,527 AND AFTER A FEW DAYS IN SPACE, 168 00:04:54,527 --> 00:04:55,862 I THINK WE WILL BE THERE, 169 00:04:55,862 --> 00:04:57,263 AND IT WILL BE OUR ENVIRONMENT. 170 00:05:01,167 --> 00:05:02,869 >> WHEN WE ARE IN SPACE, 171 00:05:02,869 --> 00:05:03,936 WE WILL PROBABLY SEE 172 00:05:03,936 --> 00:05:05,905 MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE, LIKE, 173 00:05:05,905 --> 00:05:07,006 COMING UP TO SPACE. 174 00:05:07,006 --> 00:05:08,941 SOME OF THEM, UH, THE CREW 175 00:05:08,941 --> 00:05:10,043 THAT WE HAND OVER WITH, 176 00:05:10,043 --> 00:05:11,577 AND SOME OTHERS, UH, 177 00:05:11,577 --> 00:05:12,845 SPACE FLIGHT PARTICIPANTS. 178 00:05:12,845 --> 00:05:15,181 UH, WE WILL HAVE SPACE TOURISTS 179 00:05:15,181 --> 00:05:16,749 UP THERE, AND, UM, 180 00:05:16,749 --> 00:05:18,584 SO IT-IT'LL BE 181 00:05:18,584 --> 00:05:19,886 HIGHLY INTERACTIVE. 182 00:05:19,886 --> 00:05:21,454 WE WILL SEE LOTS OF PEOPLE. 183 00:05:21,454 --> 00:05:22,355 PEOPLE WITH 184 00:05:22,355 --> 00:05:23,489 DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, 185 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:25,458 DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRAINING, 186 00:05:25,458 --> 00:05:27,260 SO THAT'S A KIND OF A NEW ERA 187 00:05:27,260 --> 00:05:28,394 THAT WE ARE NOW ENTERING, 188 00:05:28,394 --> 00:05:29,696 BUT WE WILL ALSO SEE 189 00:05:29,696 --> 00:05:30,596 NEW VEHICLES 190 00:05:30,596 --> 00:05:31,731 UP THERE, HOPEFULLY. 191 00:05:31,731 --> 00:05:32,865 UM, WE'LL SEE 192 00:05:32,865 --> 00:05:34,934 THE EUROPEAN ROBOTIC ARM. 193 00:05:34,934 --> 00:05:36,169 WE'LL SEE THE RUSSIAN SIDE 194 00:05:36,169 --> 00:05:37,537 GROWING WITH TWO NEW, 195 00:05:37,537 --> 00:05:38,705 UH, NEW MODULES. 196 00:05:38,705 --> 00:05:40,440 WE WILL ALSO SEE, LIKE, 197 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:41,774 HOPEFULLY THE BOEING FLYING 198 00:05:41,774 --> 00:05:42,775 UP TO THE STATION, 199 00:05:42,775 --> 00:05:44,811 UM, AND, YEAH, 200 00:05:44,811 --> 00:05:45,978 AS I SAID, LIKE, TOURISTS 201 00:05:45,978 --> 00:05:47,213 FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 202 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:53,553 >> I THINK WE'RE NOW ABOUT, UM, 203 00:05:53,553 --> 00:05:54,721 TO ENTER A NEW ERA 204 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:56,122 OF HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT. 205 00:05:56,122 --> 00:05:58,091 IN THE PAST, WE, UH, 206 00:05:58,091 --> 00:05:59,058 ASTRONAUTS FLEW 207 00:05:59,058 --> 00:06:00,493 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE 208 00:06:00,493 --> 00:06:02,028 STATION TO DO PURELY SCIENCE. 209 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:03,296 NOW THE STATION WILL 210 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:05,198 BECOME MORE AND MORE COMMERCIAL. 211 00:06:05,198 --> 00:06:06,599 THERE ARE COMMERCIAL EXPERIMENTS 212 00:06:06,599 --> 00:06:07,934 ON ONE SIDE, BUT THERE ARE 213 00:06:07,934 --> 00:06:09,068 ALSO COMMERCIAL 214 00:06:09,068 --> 00:06:10,603 SPACE FLIGHT PARTICIPANTS 215 00:06:10,603 --> 00:06:13,072 WHO COME UP TO RUN MAYBE 216 00:06:13,072 --> 00:06:14,674 THEIR OWN SCIENCE PROGRAMS, 217 00:06:14,674 --> 00:06:16,509 BUT ALSO TO ENJOY 218 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:18,578 JUST BEING UP IN SPACE, 219 00:06:18,578 --> 00:06:19,746 TO EXPERIENCE SPACE, 220 00:06:19,746 --> 00:06:21,914 AND TO CONVEY THIS MESSAGE, 221 00:06:21,914 --> 00:06:24,684 THE FASCINATION OF SPACE, 222 00:06:24,684 --> 00:06:26,686 TO ALL THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. 223 00:06:29,188 --> 00:06:30,723 >> I THINK WE NEED 224 00:06:30,723 --> 00:06:32,225 A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTORS 225 00:06:32,225 --> 00:06:33,292 IN THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT, 226 00:06:33,292 --> 00:06:35,027 BECAUSE IF ONLY ONE AGENCY 227 00:06:35,027 --> 00:06:36,095 RUNS THE PROGRAM, 228 00:06:36,095 --> 00:06:40,066 THEN, UM, I THINK THE FUTURE 229 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:42,101 WILL NOT BE AS SOLID, AS ROBUST. 230 00:06:42,101 --> 00:06:44,504 IF WE HAVE, UM, LIKE, 231 00:06:44,504 --> 00:06:45,705 A LOT OF PARTICIPANTS, 232 00:06:45,705 --> 00:06:47,406 DIFFERENT AGENCIES ENTERING, 233 00:06:47,406 --> 00:06:48,775 UH, THE PARTNERSHIP, 234 00:06:48,775 --> 00:06:50,076 ALSO THE COMMERCIAL PARTNER 235 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:51,544 SHOWING UP, 236 00:06:51,544 --> 00:06:53,146 THEN I THINK THE FUTURE 237 00:06:53,146 --> 00:06:54,280 FOR SPACE FLIGHT, 238 00:06:54,280 --> 00:06:55,281 FOR HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT, 239 00:06:55,281 --> 00:06:56,415 WILL BE MORE ROBUST. 240 00:06:56,415 --> 00:06:57,950 WE WILL ADVANCE MUCH FASTER, 241 00:06:57,950 --> 00:07:00,253 AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE MORE IDEAS, 242 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:01,521 MORE TECHNOLOGY, 243 00:07:01,521 --> 00:07:03,322 UM, ALLOWS US TO DO 244 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:04,857 MORE STUFF IN SPACE. 245 00:07:07,994 --> 00:07:09,395 >> I WAS BORN IN GERMANY. 246 00:07:09,395 --> 00:07:10,630 I GREW UP THERE AND THE FIRST-- 247 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:11,998 FOR THE FIRST 20 YEARS, 248 00:07:11,998 --> 00:07:13,332 I ACTUALLY STAYED IN THE-- 249 00:07:13,332 --> 00:07:15,001 MORE OR LESS THE SAME AREA. 250 00:07:15,001 --> 00:07:16,903 UM, I DID 251 00:07:16,903 --> 00:07:18,838 KIND OF A CIVIL SERVICE 252 00:07:18,838 --> 00:07:20,306 INSTEAD OF A MILITARY SERVICE, 253 00:07:20,306 --> 00:07:21,607 SO I WAS AN AMBULANCE DRIVER 254 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:23,042 FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, 255 00:07:23,042 --> 00:07:24,043 AND I ALSO FINANCED 256 00:07:24,043 --> 00:07:26,245 MY STUDIES LATER ON BY WORKING, 257 00:07:26,245 --> 00:07:27,847 UM, AS AN AMBULANCE DRIVER 258 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:28,614 ON THE WEEKEND. 259 00:07:28,614 --> 00:07:30,049 I STUDIED TWO YEARS 260 00:07:30,049 --> 00:07:31,350 IN GERMANY MATERIAL SCIENCE. 261 00:07:31,350 --> 00:07:33,719 THEN I WENT FOR A YEAR TO U.K., 262 00:07:33,719 --> 00:07:35,021 STUDIED THEIR MATERIAL SCIENCE, 263 00:07:35,021 --> 00:07:36,522 AND DISCOVERED HOW MUCH 264 00:07:36,522 --> 00:07:38,724 YOU CAN LEARN WHILE BEING 265 00:07:38,724 --> 00:07:40,059 IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY 266 00:07:40,059 --> 00:07:41,527 LIKE A FOREIGNER. 267 00:07:41,527 --> 00:07:43,262 YOU PICK UP THE STUDY, 268 00:07:43,262 --> 00:07:44,997 UM, THE MATERIAL THAT YOU STUDY, 269 00:07:44,997 --> 00:07:46,232 BUT YOU ALSO PICK UP 270 00:07:46,232 --> 00:07:48,100 THE LANGUAGE AND THE-- 271 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:49,502 ALL THE DIFFERENT IMPRESSIONS 272 00:07:49,502 --> 00:07:50,436 FROM THE CULTURE, 273 00:07:50,436 --> 00:07:52,672 SO THAT WAS A HUGE INSPIRATION 274 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:53,840 FOR ME, AND I DECIDED 275 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,675 TO KEEP ON, UH, LEARNING 276 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:57,844 MORE LANGUAGES AND CONTINUE 277 00:07:57,844 --> 00:07:58,878 IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 278 00:07:58,878 --> 00:08:01,080 I CONTINUED STRAIGHT IN FRANCE 279 00:08:01,080 --> 00:08:02,682 TO STUDY FOR ONE AND HALF YEARS, 280 00:08:02,682 --> 00:08:04,450 THEN TO SPAIN FOR HALF A YEAR, 281 00:08:04,450 --> 00:08:05,952 AND THEN I WENT BACK TO GERMANY 282 00:08:05,952 --> 00:08:07,320 TO FINISH MY STUDIES, 283 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:08,855 AND SO ALL THIS WAS 284 00:08:08,855 --> 00:08:10,456 PART OF AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM, 285 00:08:10,456 --> 00:08:12,658 AND ALLOWED ME TO, UH, 286 00:08:12,658 --> 00:08:13,492 FINISH MY STUDIES 287 00:08:13,492 --> 00:08:14,894 WITH FOUR DIFFERENT DEGREES. 288 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:17,597 UM, I LEARNED SO MUCH 289 00:08:17,597 --> 00:08:19,866 AND I APPRECIATED SO MUCH BEING 290 00:08:19,866 --> 00:08:21,534 A FOREIGNER IN-- 291 00:08:21,534 --> 00:08:22,668 IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, 292 00:08:22,668 --> 00:08:24,503 SO THAT I THOUGHT, LIKE, 293 00:08:24,503 --> 00:08:26,038 AFTER MY STUDIES, 294 00:08:26,038 --> 00:08:27,540 I NEED TO TRAVEL THE WORLD 295 00:08:27,540 --> 00:08:28,407 AND TO LEARN MORE 296 00:08:28,407 --> 00:08:29,775 ABOUT THIS PLANET. 297 00:08:29,775 --> 00:08:31,577 SO I STARTED TRAVELING, 298 00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:32,745 AND THE MORE I TRAVELED, 299 00:08:32,745 --> 00:08:35,581 THE MORE I GOT, UM, FASCINATED 300 00:08:35,581 --> 00:08:36,883 BY THE BEAUTY OF OUR PLANET. 301 00:08:36,883 --> 00:08:39,018 AND SO AFTER MY PhD, 302 00:08:39,018 --> 00:08:40,920 I ALSO WENT FOR A ONE-YEAR, 303 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:41,854 AROUND-THE-WORLD TRIP. 304 00:08:45,825 --> 00:08:47,693 >> I THINK MATERIAL SCIENCE 305 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:49,128 IS A SUBJECT 306 00:08:49,128 --> 00:08:50,463 THAT IS HIGHLY UNDERRATED. 307 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:51,831 UM, BASICALLY, 308 00:08:51,831 --> 00:08:53,933 IF YOU WANT TO DO, UH, 309 00:08:53,933 --> 00:08:54,867 AN INNOVATION, 310 00:08:54,867 --> 00:08:55,868 MOST OF THE TIME, 311 00:08:55,868 --> 00:08:57,837 THIS INNOVATION ALSO COMPRISES 312 00:08:57,837 --> 00:08:59,205 CHOOSING A NEW MATERIAL 313 00:08:59,205 --> 00:09:00,373 OR BETTER MATERIAL, 314 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:02,174 OR TO OPTIMIZE THE MATERIAL 315 00:09:02,174 --> 00:09:03,209 THAT YOU HAVE. 316 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:04,810 AND, UM, IT IS NOT 317 00:09:04,810 --> 00:09:06,545 A DIFFICULT SUBJECT TO STUDY. 318 00:09:06,545 --> 00:09:07,413 IT ALLOWS YOU 319 00:09:07,413 --> 00:09:08,714 A LOT OF CREATIVITY, 320 00:09:08,714 --> 00:09:10,850 AND, UM, FOR ME, 321 00:09:10,850 --> 00:09:12,151 IT WAS LIKE DISCOVERING 322 00:09:12,151 --> 00:09:14,287 A WHOLE NEW COSMOS, 323 00:09:14,287 --> 00:09:16,555 A COSMOS IN MOLECULES. 324 00:09:19,959 --> 00:09:21,294 >> DURING MY END 325 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:23,029 OF THE CAREER PROJECT, 326 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:24,397 I DEVELOPED NEW ELECTRODES 327 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:25,731 THAT WERE CONSIDERED 328 00:09:25,731 --> 00:09:27,667 FOR AN ENGINE, A CAR ENGINE, 329 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:29,368 THAT NEVER HAD TO CHANGE 330 00:09:29,368 --> 00:09:30,436 ITS SPARK PLUGS, 331 00:09:30,436 --> 00:09:31,904 SO THE SPARK PLUGS 332 00:09:31,904 --> 00:09:32,838 THAT I DEVELOPED 333 00:09:32,838 --> 00:09:34,340 KIND OF LASTED LONGER 334 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:36,242 THAN THE LIFE OF THE ENGINE, 335 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:39,145 AT THE END OF MY PhD, 336 00:09:39,145 --> 00:09:40,880 WHICH WAS CENTERED AROUND, 337 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,214 UH, METAL FOAMS, 338 00:09:42,214 --> 00:09:44,183 I HAD THREE PATENTS 339 00:09:44,183 --> 00:09:45,251 ON DIFFERENT WAYS 340 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:46,619 HOW TO PRODUCE METAL FOAMS 341 00:09:46,619 --> 00:09:48,688 THAT ARE LIGHTER THAN, 342 00:09:48,688 --> 00:09:50,122 UM, A METAL, 343 00:09:50,122 --> 00:09:51,857 SO IT ACTUALLY SWIMS IN WATER, 344 00:09:51,857 --> 00:09:53,225 BECAUSE IT'S LIGHTER THAN WATER, 345 00:09:53,225 --> 00:09:54,493 BUT IT'S HARD AND STIFF 346 00:09:54,493 --> 00:09:55,361 ON THE OUTSIDE, 347 00:09:55,361 --> 00:09:56,495 AND THE INSPIRATION 348 00:09:56,495 --> 00:09:59,131 THESE NEW MATERIALS TOOK, 349 00:09:59,131 --> 00:10:00,633 UH, INSPIRED FROM NATURE. 350 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:02,601 IT'S LIKE A HUMAN BONE-- 351 00:10:02,601 --> 00:10:04,770 HOLLOW AND EMPTY AND SPONGY 352 00:10:04,770 --> 00:10:05,638 ON THE INSIDE, 353 00:10:05,638 --> 00:10:06,772 BUT HARD AND STABLE 354 00:10:06,772 --> 00:10:08,741 AND WELL DEFINED ON THE OUTSIDE. 355 00:10:12,545 --> 00:10:15,014 >> 2008, ESA STARTED 356 00:10:15,014 --> 00:10:16,248 LOOKING FOR NEW ASTRONAUTS, 357 00:10:16,248 --> 00:10:17,984 AND WHEN I SWITCHED ON THE TV 358 00:10:17,984 --> 00:10:19,618 ON THAT CERTAIN EVENING 359 00:10:19,618 --> 00:10:20,386 WHEN I CAME BACK 360 00:10:20,386 --> 00:10:21,320 FROM-FROM WORK, 361 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:23,022 I SAW ON TELEVISION 362 00:10:23,022 --> 00:10:25,558 ESA, UM, NEEDS NEW ASTRONAUTS, 363 00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:27,159 AND I THOUGHT, LIKE, HANG ON. 364 00:10:27,159 --> 00:10:28,027 IT'S, LIKE, I WAS 365 00:10:28,027 --> 00:10:29,395 ALWAYS FASCINATED BY SPACE, 366 00:10:29,395 --> 00:10:31,297 AND WHAT DOES AN ASTRONAUT-- 367 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:32,932 WHAT DOES AN ASTRONAUT 368 00:10:32,932 --> 00:10:33,699 ACTUALLY DO? 369 00:10:33,699 --> 00:10:35,234 SO AN ASTRONAUT WORKS 370 00:10:35,234 --> 00:10:37,036 WITH A LOT OF ENGINEERING STUFF. 371 00:10:37,036 --> 00:10:38,738 WE DO SCIENCE IN SPACE. 372 00:10:38,738 --> 00:10:40,773 WE WORK IN INTERNATIONAL TEAMS, 373 00:10:40,773 --> 00:10:44,910 AND ALSO THE-THE ADVENTURE 374 00:10:44,910 --> 00:10:46,379 THAT WE ARE ABLE 375 00:10:46,379 --> 00:10:47,613 TO LIVE AS ASTRONAUTS, 376 00:10:47,613 --> 00:10:48,447 AND THE COMBINATION 377 00:10:48,447 --> 00:10:49,315 OF THESE FOUR FACTS, 378 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:51,450 LIKE, ENGINEERING ON THE EDGE 379 00:10:51,450 --> 00:10:52,351 OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE, 380 00:10:52,351 --> 00:10:54,854 SCIENCE, INTERNATIONAL TEAMS, 381 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:55,855 AND ADVENTURE THAT'S 382 00:10:55,855 --> 00:10:57,590 ONLY POSSIBLE AS AN ASTRONAUT. 383 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:02,528 >> IN 2008, 384 00:11:02,528 --> 00:11:04,730 ESA STARTED THE CALL TO-- 385 00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:05,631 FOR NEW ASTRONAUTS. 386 00:11:05,631 --> 00:11:08,200 THE, UH, CALL ENDED IN 2009. 387 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:10,136 AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS, 388 00:11:10,136 --> 00:11:12,738 OUT OF 8,500 APPLICANTS, 389 00:11:12,738 --> 00:11:14,006 ONLY TEN CANDIDATES 390 00:11:14,006 --> 00:11:15,307 PASSED ALL THE TESTS 391 00:11:15,307 --> 00:11:16,475 AND WERE CONSIDERED SUITABLE 392 00:11:16,475 --> 00:11:17,376 FOR ASTRONAUTS. 393 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:18,511 I WAS ONE OF THEM, 394 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:21,113 BUT THEN THE DIRECTOR GENERAL 395 00:11:21,113 --> 00:11:23,115 OF ESA TOLD ME, "LOOK, I ONLY 396 00:11:23,115 --> 00:11:25,017 "HAVE SIX TICKETS TO SPACE, 397 00:11:25,017 --> 00:11:26,685 "AND I NEED TO SELECT FOUR 398 00:11:26,685 --> 00:11:28,054 "WHO WILL NOT FLY TO SPACE, 399 00:11:28,054 --> 00:11:29,688 "AND UNFORTUNATELY, MATTHIAS, 400 00:11:29,688 --> 00:11:31,590 "YOU WILL NOT FLY TO SPACE." 401 00:11:31,590 --> 00:11:33,726 IT WAS A BIG SHOCK FOR ME, 402 00:11:33,726 --> 00:11:35,227 BUT IN THE END, 403 00:11:35,227 --> 00:11:36,862 THE DIRECTOR GENERAL SAID, 404 00:11:36,862 --> 00:11:37,930 LIKE, "YOU FOUR, I WANT 405 00:11:37,930 --> 00:11:39,999 "TO HAVE YOU WORKING FOR ESA 406 00:11:39,999 --> 00:11:41,367 "IN DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS," 407 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:43,769 AND I JUST DECIDED TO DO THIS, 408 00:11:43,769 --> 00:11:45,638 AND AFTER FOUR YEARS, 409 00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:47,907 WHEN ESA EXTENDED 410 00:11:47,907 --> 00:11:48,908 THE INTERNATIONAL 411 00:11:48,908 --> 00:11:50,176 SPACE STATION PROGRAM, 412 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:51,444 THE DIRECTOR GENERAL 413 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:52,878 CAME BACK TO ME AND SAID, LIKE, 414 00:11:52,878 --> 00:11:54,513 "YOU WERE INTERESTED 415 00:11:54,513 --> 00:11:55,414 "TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT. 416 00:11:55,414 --> 00:11:56,816 "ARE YOU STILL INTERESTED? 417 00:11:56,816 --> 00:11:58,517 "BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE 418 00:11:58,517 --> 00:11:59,552 "A SECOND CHANCE," 419 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:01,153 AND THAT'S HOW I ENTERED 420 00:12:01,153 --> 00:12:02,354 THE ASTRONAUT CORP. 421 00:12:05,791 --> 00:12:07,193 >> ESA RUNS THE CAVES TRAINING. 422 00:12:07,193 --> 00:12:08,227 IT INVOLVES 423 00:12:08,227 --> 00:12:09,695 LIVING SIX DAYS AND NIGHTS 424 00:12:09,695 --> 00:12:11,497 IN A CAVE SYSTEM. 425 00:12:11,497 --> 00:12:13,699 IT'S A HUGE SYSTEM, AND, UM, 426 00:12:13,699 --> 00:12:14,500 PART OF THE JOB 427 00:12:14,500 --> 00:12:16,402 IS TO EXPLORE THIS CAVE SYSTEM. 428 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:17,903 BUT THE EXPLORATION PART 429 00:12:17,903 --> 00:12:19,805 IS ONLY ONE ASPECT OF IT. 430 00:12:19,805 --> 00:12:21,040 THE MAIN ASPECT 431 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,741 IS THE TEAM ACTIVITY, 432 00:12:22,741 --> 00:12:24,643 SO ALL THE ASTRONAUTS 433 00:12:24,643 --> 00:12:26,078 THAT TAKE PART IN THIS TRAINING, 434 00:12:26,078 --> 00:12:27,780 UM, HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE. 435 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:28,781 ONE IS THE COMMANDER. 436 00:12:28,781 --> 00:12:30,116 THE OTHER ONE IS THE SCIENTIST. 437 00:12:30,116 --> 00:12:31,784 THE NEXT ONE IS THE PHOTOGRAPHER 438 00:12:31,784 --> 00:12:33,452 OR A DIFFERENT ROLE, 439 00:12:33,452 --> 00:12:35,354 AND EVERYONE CAN 440 00:12:35,354 --> 00:12:37,323 ONLY FULFILL ITS ROLE 441 00:12:37,323 --> 00:12:38,524 BY ASKING HELP, 442 00:12:38,524 --> 00:12:39,425 SO YOU LEARN 443 00:12:39,425 --> 00:12:40,926 HOW TO BE A FOLLOWER, 444 00:12:40,926 --> 00:12:42,828 A LEADER, BY ASKING HELP, 445 00:12:42,828 --> 00:12:43,996 BUT ALSO TO OFFER HELP, 446 00:12:43,996 --> 00:12:44,964 AND ALL-- 447 00:12:44,964 --> 00:12:48,434 AND HOW TO BALANCE IT CORRECTLY. 448 00:12:48,434 --> 00:12:50,669 THE SECOND PART OF, LIKE, 449 00:12:50,669 --> 00:12:52,872 MY EXPLORATION EXPERIENCE, UM, 450 00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:54,073 IS THE NEEMO TRAINING. 451 00:12:54,073 --> 00:12:55,174 I LIVED 16 DAYS 452 00:12:55,174 --> 00:12:56,876 IN THE UNDERWATER STATION, 453 00:12:56,876 --> 00:12:59,411 AND WE DISCOVERED MARS, 454 00:12:59,411 --> 00:13:00,513 AND WE EXPLORED MARS. 455 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:02,047 WE HAD A SPECIAL PROTOCOL 456 00:13:02,047 --> 00:13:03,816 BECAUSE MARS WAS, 457 00:13:03,816 --> 00:13:04,884 AT THAT TIME, 458 00:13:04,884 --> 00:13:06,118 VERY FAR AWAY FROM EARTH, 459 00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:08,988 SO EVERY TIME WE HAD A QUESTION, 460 00:13:08,988 --> 00:13:09,922 THIS QUESTION TOOK 461 00:13:09,922 --> 00:13:11,190 ABOUT 20 MINUTES 462 00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:12,791 UNTIL IT REACHED, UH, 463 00:13:12,791 --> 00:13:14,360 MISSION CONTROL IN HOUSTON, 464 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:15,494 AND AGAIN, 20 MINUTES 465 00:13:15,494 --> 00:13:17,530 UNTIL WE RECEIVED THE ANSWER, 466 00:13:17,530 --> 00:13:20,032 AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING 467 00:13:20,032 --> 00:13:22,067 TO SEE YOU ASK A QUESTION 468 00:13:22,067 --> 00:13:22,868 LIKE, "SHALL I TAKE 469 00:13:22,868 --> 00:13:23,602 THE LEFT STONE 470 00:13:23,602 --> 00:13:24,670 OR THE RIGHT STONE?" 471 00:13:24,670 --> 00:13:26,839 AND THEN ONLY 40 MINUTES LATER, 472 00:13:26,839 --> 00:13:27,640 YOU GET THE ANSWER, 473 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:28,741 AND BY THAT TIME, 474 00:13:28,741 --> 00:13:29,575 I HAD ALREADY ASKED 475 00:13:29,575 --> 00:13:31,644 MANY MORE QUESTIONS, SO, UH, 476 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:33,245 CONFUSION STARTED. 477 00:13:33,245 --> 00:13:34,413 THAT'S HOW WE LEARNED 478 00:13:34,413 --> 00:13:35,814 THAT YOU NEED TO COME UP 479 00:13:35,814 --> 00:13:36,649 WITH AN ADDITION-- 480 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:37,650 A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 481 00:13:37,650 --> 00:13:38,984 OPERATIONAL CONCEPT 482 00:13:38,984 --> 00:13:40,519 ONCE WE FLY TO MARS. 483 00:13:45,558 --> 00:13:47,526 >> SO I HAD, LIKE, I WAS 484 00:13:47,526 --> 00:13:49,662 A 1-PERSON ASTRONAUT CLASS, 485 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:51,597 KIND OF, UH, OFFICIALLY BEING 486 00:13:51,597 --> 00:13:53,332 PART OF THE 2008-2009 487 00:13:53,332 --> 00:13:54,700 SHENANIGAN CLASS, 488 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:55,968 BUT THEY FINISHED 489 00:13:55,968 --> 00:13:56,936 THEIR BASIC TRAINING 490 00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:58,404 BEFORE I STARTED MINE, 491 00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:00,239 AND SO PART OF MY TRAINING 492 00:14:00,239 --> 00:14:02,675 IS SPECIAL, BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE 493 00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:03,542 HAD DONE IT. 494 00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:04,743 THERE'S THE SEA SURVIVOR 495 00:14:04,743 --> 00:14:06,245 TRAINING THAT WE RUN 496 00:14:06,245 --> 00:14:07,913 IN THE NORTH OF GERMANY, UH, 497 00:14:07,913 --> 00:14:08,581 IN VOSTOK, 498 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:10,082 AND IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY 499 00:14:10,082 --> 00:14:11,917 EYE-OPENING TRAINING. 500 00:14:11,917 --> 00:14:14,086 UM, I LEARNED, LIKE, 501 00:14:14,086 --> 00:14:15,554 HOW SAILORS WORK, UM, 502 00:14:15,554 --> 00:14:16,889 WHEN THERE'S A FIRE 503 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:18,557 ON-ON BOARD OF A SHIP, 504 00:14:18,557 --> 00:14:20,859 HOW TO SAVE A PERSON OUT OF, UH, 505 00:14:20,859 --> 00:14:22,394 A CONFINED ENVIRONMENT, 506 00:14:22,394 --> 00:14:24,063 HOW TO USE DIFFERENT, 507 00:14:24,063 --> 00:14:25,531 UH, TECHNIQUES 508 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:27,032 TO INFLATE A LIFE RAFT 509 00:14:27,032 --> 00:14:28,834 OR DIFFERENT LIFE RAFT TYPES, 510 00:14:28,834 --> 00:14:30,536 HOW TO SURVIVE ON SEA. 511 00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:32,705 UM, I ALSO HAD 512 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:34,173 A WINTER SURVIVAL TRAINING 513 00:14:34,173 --> 00:14:35,674 IN SWEDEN, AND, UM, 514 00:14:35,674 --> 00:14:38,210 THAT WAS RUN, UH, 515 00:14:38,210 --> 00:14:38,911 KIND OF, LIKE, 516 00:14:38,911 --> 00:14:40,546 OFFICIALLY DURING 48 HOURS. 517 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:41,280 WE HAD TO SURVIVE 518 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:42,248 WITHOUT FOOD, 519 00:14:42,248 --> 00:14:44,016 WITHOUT A TENT, 520 00:14:44,016 --> 00:14:45,084 WITHOUT A SLEEPING BAG, 521 00:14:45,084 --> 00:14:47,286 AND, UH, WITHOUT DRINKING. 522 00:14:47,286 --> 00:14:49,455 SO WE ONLY HAD AN AXE, 523 00:14:49,455 --> 00:14:51,223 A KNIFE, AND SOME TOOLS 524 00:14:51,223 --> 00:14:52,258 TO MAKE FIRE. 525 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:53,993 WE HAD TO BUILD A SHELTER, 526 00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:56,462 AND, UM, IT WAS REALLY COLD. 527 00:14:56,462 --> 00:14:58,030 I HAD WET FEET AFTER, 528 00:14:58,030 --> 00:14:59,498 LIKE, ALREADY ONE HOUR, 529 00:14:59,498 --> 00:15:01,667 AND, UM, WE WERE PUSHED 530 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:03,736 ON THE EDGE OF WHAT WE ARE, 531 00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:05,537 LIKE, PHYSICALLY ABLE TO DO. 532 00:15:05,537 --> 00:15:08,173 AND IT WAS EYE-OPENING TO SEE 533 00:15:08,173 --> 00:15:11,043 HOW QUICKLY A HUMAN BEING, UM, 534 00:15:11,043 --> 00:15:12,778 THE STRENGTH THAT WE HAVE 535 00:15:12,778 --> 00:15:13,712 DETERIORATES. 536 00:15:13,712 --> 00:15:15,948 SO AFTER ONE AND A HALF DAYS, 537 00:15:15,948 --> 00:15:17,216 WE HAD ACTUALLY 538 00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:18,851 TO CALL OFF THIS EXERCISE, 539 00:15:18,851 --> 00:15:19,952 BECAUSE I COULD SEE 540 00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:21,854 THAT MY TEAMMATES AND I, 541 00:15:21,854 --> 00:15:23,322 WE WERE COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED, 542 00:15:23,322 --> 00:15:24,957 AND I FAILED. 543 00:15:24,957 --> 00:15:27,426 WE DID NOT SUCCEED, 544 00:15:27,426 --> 00:15:28,794 BUT THE INSTRUCTORS CAME. 545 00:15:28,794 --> 00:15:29,495 THEY WERE LIKE, 546 00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:30,429 "OKAY, THE 48 WAS 547 00:15:30,429 --> 00:15:31,563 "ONLY JUST A PRETEXT. 548 00:15:31,563 --> 00:15:32,765 "WE WANTED TO PUSH YOU 549 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:34,233 "ON THE EDGE, AND WE 550 00:15:34,233 --> 00:15:35,834 "ACTUALLY PUSHED YOU THERE, 551 00:15:35,834 --> 00:15:36,735 "AND YOU DID ALL-- 552 00:15:36,735 --> 00:15:37,670 "EVERYTHING RIGHT, 553 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:40,139 "INCLUDING CALLING OFF, UM, 554 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:41,674 "THIS-THIS TRAINING." 555 00:15:46,078 --> 00:15:47,279 >> WHEN I ARRIVE ON STATION, 556 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:48,847 MY ESA COLLEAGUE THOMAS PESQUET 557 00:15:48,847 --> 00:15:49,815 WILL BE COMMANDER 558 00:15:49,815 --> 00:15:50,849 OF THE SPACE STATION. 559 00:15:50,849 --> 00:15:52,251 HE WILL BE ALREADY-- 560 00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:54,320 IN TOTAL HAVE ONE YEAR IN SPACE, 561 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,288 SO HE'S REALLY EXPERIENCED, 562 00:15:56,288 --> 00:15:57,756 AND I HOPE THAT HE SHOWS ME 563 00:15:57,756 --> 00:15:59,825 SOME OF HIS TRICKS AND SKILLS, 564 00:15:59,825 --> 00:16:01,293 AND, UM, THEN WE WILL 565 00:16:01,293 --> 00:16:02,127 HAVE TO HAND OVER. 566 00:16:02,127 --> 00:16:03,329 I WILL TAKE OVER THE LEAD 567 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:05,497 OF COLUMBUS, UH, MODULE, 568 00:16:05,497 --> 00:16:06,532 AND I WILL ALSO TAKE OVER 569 00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:07,866 THE LEAD OF THE JAXA MODULE, 570 00:16:07,866 --> 00:16:09,835 AND AKI WILL HELP ME, 571 00:16:09,835 --> 00:16:11,737 UH, IN TAKING OVER THAT ONE. 572 00:16:11,737 --> 00:16:15,007 AND, UM, BEFORE THOMAS LEAVES 573 00:16:15,007 --> 00:16:15,874 THE SPACE STATION, 574 00:16:15,874 --> 00:16:17,843 WE WILL HAVE A PAO EVENT, 575 00:16:17,843 --> 00:16:19,111 BECAUSE HE AND ME, 576 00:16:19,111 --> 00:16:21,280 WE WORK QUITE A BIT TOGETHER 577 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,549 IN THE PAST IN, UH, GERMANY 578 00:16:23,549 --> 00:16:25,517 AND FRANCE, UH, 579 00:16:25,517 --> 00:16:27,486 TWO OF THE MAIN LEADERS 580 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:28,921 IN EUROPE FOR THE HUMAN SPACE 581 00:16:28,921 --> 00:16:29,822 FLIGHT PROGRAM. 582 00:16:29,822 --> 00:16:31,423 AND SO WE WANT TO COMMUNICATE 583 00:16:31,423 --> 00:16:33,559 THIS, UM, TO EUROPE 584 00:16:33,559 --> 00:16:35,794 AND KIND OF FOSTER 585 00:16:35,794 --> 00:16:37,763 THE FASCINATION OF-- 586 00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:39,298 FOR SPACE IN EUROPE. 587 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:44,503 >> THE NAME OF MY MISSION 588 00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:45,471 IS COSMIC KISS. 589 00:16:45,471 --> 00:16:47,106 IT'S A DECLARATION OF LOVE 590 00:16:47,106 --> 00:16:49,141 TO SPACE AND ESPECIALLY 591 00:16:49,141 --> 00:16:51,510 TO THE TWO ONLY OASIS 592 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:52,811 THAT WE HAVE IN SPACE-- 593 00:16:52,811 --> 00:16:54,480 OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANET EARTH 594 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:55,714 AND THE INTERNATIONAL 595 00:16:55,714 --> 00:16:56,849 SPACE STATION. 596 00:16:56,849 --> 00:16:58,450 AND COSMIC KISS-- 597 00:16:58,450 --> 00:17:00,085 THE PATCH IS INSPIRED BY, 598 00:17:00,085 --> 00:17:02,488 UH, THE SKY DISC OF NEBRA. 599 00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:04,757 IT'S A 4,000-YEAR-OLD DISC 600 00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:06,024 THAT WAS FOUND IN GERMANY, 601 00:17:06,024 --> 00:17:10,162 AND IT SHOWS TO ME THAT PEOPLE 602 00:17:10,162 --> 00:17:11,897 ALREADY 4,000 YEARS AGO 603 00:17:11,897 --> 00:17:13,399 WATCHED THE NIGHT SKY 604 00:17:13,399 --> 00:17:14,733 AND WERE FASCINATED 605 00:17:14,733 --> 00:17:16,668 WITH THE UNIVERSE. 606 00:17:16,668 --> 00:17:17,669 AND THEY PROBABLY ASKED 607 00:17:17,669 --> 00:17:18,570 THE SAME QUESTIONS 608 00:17:18,570 --> 00:17:20,372 THAT WE ASK OURSELVES. 609 00:17:20,372 --> 00:17:22,908 HOW DID THE UNIVERSE START? 610 00:17:22,908 --> 00:17:23,942 LIKE, HOW DID LIFE 611 00:17:23,942 --> 00:17:25,544 COME TO OUR PLANET EARTH? 612 00:17:25,544 --> 00:17:26,445 IS THERE LIFE 613 00:17:26,445 --> 00:17:28,380 SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE UNIVERSE? 614 00:17:32,217 --> 00:17:33,185 >> I THINK WE WAKE UP, 615 00:17:33,185 --> 00:17:34,386 AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE 616 00:17:34,386 --> 00:17:35,354 A NICE BREAKFAST-- 617 00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:37,122 PROBABLY ONE OF THE FEW DAYS 618 00:17:37,122 --> 00:17:37,923 THAT I'LL ACTUALLY TAKE 619 00:17:37,923 --> 00:17:38,757 A BREAKFAST. 620 00:17:38,757 --> 00:17:40,325 UM, AFTER BREAKFAST, 621 00:17:40,325 --> 00:17:41,894 WE HAVE BOWEL CLEANING. 622 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:43,829 IT'S THE NOT-SO-FUNNY PART 623 00:17:43,829 --> 00:17:45,130 OF IT, AND THEN I THINK 624 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:46,098 WE DRESS UP, 625 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:46,999 AND WE DRIVE OUT, 626 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:48,133 UH, TO OUR ROCKET, 627 00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:49,034 AND THEN WE LAUNCH. 628 00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:53,939 >> SO MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES 629 00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:54,873 TOLD ME THE LAUNCH 630 00:17:54,873 --> 00:17:55,574 IS MUCH SMOOTHER 631 00:17:55,574 --> 00:17:56,475 THAN YOU EXPECT, 632 00:17:56,475 --> 00:17:57,876 AND WE ACTUALLY HAD 633 00:17:57,876 --> 00:18:00,512 THE CHANCE TO RUN THE G-PROFILE, 634 00:18:00,512 --> 00:18:01,814 SO WE WENT TO THE CENTRIFUGE 635 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:03,315 AND RAN THROUGH EXACTLY 636 00:18:03,315 --> 00:18:04,983 THE ACCELERATION PROFILE 637 00:18:04,983 --> 00:18:06,151 THAT WE WILL LIFT THROUGH 638 00:18:06,151 --> 00:18:07,853 DURING THE LAUNCH AND, UH, 639 00:18:07,853 --> 00:18:09,188 I EXPECTED IT 640 00:18:09,188 --> 00:18:10,689 TO BE MUCH ROUGHER, 641 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:13,559 MUCH MORE WILD, BUT, OKAY. 642 00:18:13,559 --> 00:18:15,093 SO I THINK I'M KIND OF PREPARED, 643 00:18:15,093 --> 00:18:17,029 BUT, UH, WE WILL SEE 644 00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:17,763 ON LAUNCH DAY 645 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:18,831 HOW EXCITED I AM. 646 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:22,734 >> I HAVE THE PLEASURE 647 00:18:22,734 --> 00:18:24,169 THAT I CAN ENJOY THE LAUNCH 648 00:18:24,169 --> 00:18:26,004 IN ALL, UH, EXTENT, 649 00:18:26,004 --> 00:18:27,473 BECAUSE AS A MISSION SPECIALIST, 650 00:18:27,473 --> 00:18:29,475 I DON'T HAVE TO FLY THE VEHICLE. 651 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:30,375 THAT'S ALL DONE 652 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:31,944 BY THE COMMAND AND THE PILOT, 653 00:18:31,944 --> 00:18:33,979 SO I WILL JUST ENJOY. 654 00:18:37,349 --> 00:18:38,984 >> AS A EUROPEAN ASTRONAUT, 655 00:18:38,984 --> 00:18:40,752 I SPENT MOST OF MY TRAINING TIME 656 00:18:40,752 --> 00:18:42,221 IN THE U.S., SO, UH, 657 00:18:42,221 --> 00:18:44,289 I ACTUALLY SAID GOODBYE TO 658 00:18:44,289 --> 00:18:45,924 MOST OF MY FRIENDS IN GERMANY. 659 00:18:45,924 --> 00:18:48,994 I MET THEM, LIKE, LAST WEEK. 660 00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:49,962 SO THREE MONTHS 661 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:50,729 BEFORE THE LAUNCH, 662 00:18:50,729 --> 00:18:52,164 I HAD, UM, ALREADY 663 00:18:52,164 --> 00:18:53,932 TO SAY GOODBYE TO MOST OF THEM, 664 00:18:53,932 --> 00:18:56,635 AND SOME OF THEM MIGHT COME 665 00:18:56,635 --> 00:18:57,903 AND JOIN US FOR LAUNCH 666 00:18:57,903 --> 00:18:59,938 AND, UH, JUST GIVE US A WAVE 667 00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:01,106 WHEN WE LAUNCH TO SPACE. 668 00:19:04,510 --> 00:19:05,377 >> AS AN ASTRONAUT, 669 00:19:05,377 --> 00:19:06,512 I HAVE THE HONOR TO BE 670 00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:07,980 ON THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, 671 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:09,214 LIKE, THE VISIBLE TIP 672 00:19:09,214 --> 00:19:11,183 OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE 673 00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:11,984 THAT CONTRIBUTE, 674 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:13,051 THAT HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT 675 00:19:13,051 --> 00:19:14,186 IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE. 676 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:16,054 WE HAVE A LOT OF ENGINEERS 677 00:19:16,054 --> 00:19:17,456 WHO DEVELOP THE HARDWARE-- 678 00:19:17,456 --> 00:19:19,091 THE ROCKETS, THE-- 679 00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:20,192 ALL THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS 680 00:19:20,192 --> 00:19:21,326 IN THE SPACE STATION, 681 00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:21,927 THE PEOPLE 682 00:19:21,927 --> 00:19:22,928 IN THE FLIGHT CONTROL TEAM. 683 00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:24,630 WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT TAKE CARE 684 00:19:24,630 --> 00:19:25,430 OF THE CREW, 685 00:19:25,430 --> 00:19:26,598 THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, 686 00:19:26,598 --> 00:19:27,933 THAT MAKES US FIT 687 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:29,535 AND CHECKS THAT WE ARE SAFE 688 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:30,736 IN SPACE, 689 00:19:30,736 --> 00:19:32,671 SO THERE'S A HUGE NUMBER 690 00:19:32,671 --> 00:19:34,306 OF PEOPLE IN EUROPE, 691 00:19:34,306 --> 00:19:36,108 IN THE U.S., IN RUSSIA, 692 00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:38,243 IN CANADA, IN JAPAN. 693 00:19:38,243 --> 00:19:39,978 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU 694 00:19:39,978 --> 00:19:41,947 TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED ME 695 00:19:41,947 --> 00:19:43,549 TO, UH, ARRIVE AT THAT POINT 696 00:19:43,549 --> 00:19:45,651 THAT I AM AT TODAY, AND, UM, 697 00:19:45,651 --> 00:19:47,786 I WILL BE THINKING OF YOU 698 00:19:47,786 --> 00:19:49,021 WHEN I FLY TO SPACE, 699 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:51,323 AND, UM, I SEND ALL MY LOVE 700 00:19:51,323 --> 00:19:52,824 TO YOU DOWN ON THE GROUND.