1 00:00:02,001 --> 00:00:03,837 >> HI, I'M TOM MARSHBURN, 2 00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:05,071 I'M THE PILOT OF NASA'S 3 00:00:05,071 --> 00:00:06,840 SPACEX CREW-3 MISSION. 4 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:08,274 WATCH ME LAUNCH WITH MY CREW 5 00:00:08,274 --> 00:00:09,075 TO THE INTERNATIONAL 6 00:00:09,075 --> 00:00:11,010 SPACE STATION ON NASA TV. 7 00:00:14,814 --> 00:00:15,849 >> I'M TOM MARSHBURN, 8 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:16,950 I'M THE PILOT FOR NASA'S 9 00:00:16,950 --> 00:00:18,585 SPACEX CREW-3 MISSION 10 00:00:18,585 --> 00:00:19,386 TO THE INTERNATIONAL 11 00:00:19,386 --> 00:00:20,253 SPACE STATION. 12 00:00:24,391 --> 00:00:25,792 >> SO I WAS BORN IN, UH, 13 00:00:25,792 --> 00:00:27,127 STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 14 00:00:27,127 --> 00:00:27,961 A LITTLE TOWN, 15 00:00:27,961 --> 00:00:29,929 UH, IN THE PIEDMONT AREA 16 00:00:29,929 --> 00:00:31,931 IN THE WOODS THERE WITH MY, 17 00:00:31,931 --> 00:00:33,099 UH, MY SIX BROTHERS 18 00:00:33,099 --> 00:00:34,234 AND SISTERS. 19 00:00:34,234 --> 00:00:36,202 UM, WE SHARED A BED, 20 00:00:36,202 --> 00:00:39,005 WE, UH, SHARED OUR-OUR BATH. 21 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:39,839 IT WAS ALWAYS, UH, 22 00:00:39,839 --> 00:00:40,640 A CROWDED PLACE, 23 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:41,775 BUT IT WAS FULL OF, UH, 24 00:00:41,775 --> 00:00:42,842 LOVE AND JOY, 25 00:00:42,842 --> 00:00:44,210 GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES. 26 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:46,045 BUT WE LOVED TO GO OUTSIDE. 27 00:00:46,045 --> 00:00:48,281 UH, WE HAD, UH, WE'D GO TO 28 00:00:48,281 --> 00:00:50,316 OUR GRANDPARENTS' FARM AND SPEND 29 00:00:50,316 --> 00:00:52,051 THE ENTIRE TIME OUTSIDE. 30 00:00:52,051 --> 00:00:53,153 SPEND SOMETIMES LATE 31 00:00:53,153 --> 00:00:54,754 INTO THE NIGHT IN THE WOODS, 32 00:00:54,754 --> 00:00:56,122 JUST EXPLORING AROUND. 33 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:57,123 I THINK THAT WAS WHERE 34 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:59,526 I GOT MY FIRST, UM, UH, 35 00:00:59,526 --> 00:01:00,460 JOY OF EXPLORATION 36 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:01,694 AND OVERCOMING 37 00:01:01,694 --> 00:01:02,929 FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. 38 00:01:02,929 --> 00:01:04,330 I LOVED THAT AND GETTING 39 00:01:04,330 --> 00:01:05,465 VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. 40 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:07,534 BUT I-- AT FIRST 41 00:01:07,534 --> 00:01:08,768 I WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST, 42 00:01:08,768 --> 00:01:09,969 AND THEN I READ A BOOK 43 00:01:09,969 --> 00:01:12,605 ABOUT SPACE, ABOUT APOLLO 13, 44 00:01:12,605 --> 00:01:14,841 AND THAT MADE ME, UH, 45 00:01:14,841 --> 00:01:16,176 FALL DEEPLY IN LOVE 46 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:17,377 WITH PROBLEM SOLVING, 47 00:01:17,377 --> 00:01:18,711 THE ENGINEERS THAT SOLVED 48 00:01:18,711 --> 00:01:20,413 THE PROBLEMS ON THAT MISSION, 49 00:01:20,413 --> 00:01:21,981 AND SPACE FLIGHT ITSELF. 50 00:01:21,981 --> 00:01:23,450 IT BECAME A PASSION, 51 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:24,083 I STARTED READING 52 00:01:24,083 --> 00:01:24,918 EVERY BOOK I COULD 53 00:01:24,918 --> 00:01:26,519 ABOUT SPACEFLIGHT WHILE 54 00:01:26,519 --> 00:01:28,388 I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 55 00:01:28,388 --> 00:01:29,756 AND THAT LED ME ON THE TRACK 56 00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:32,091 TO, UH, ENJOYING PHYSICS. 57 00:01:32,091 --> 00:01:33,626 I WANTED TO BUILD SPACESHIPS, 58 00:01:33,626 --> 00:01:34,394 I WANTED TO BE INVOLVED 59 00:01:34,394 --> 00:01:36,129 IN SPACEFLIGHT ANY WAY I COULD 60 00:01:36,129 --> 00:01:37,030 STARTING FROM, LIKE, 61 00:01:37,030 --> 00:01:38,298 THE AGE OF 13. 62 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:44,304 >> SO I-I LIKED PHYSICS, 63 00:01:44,304 --> 00:01:46,072 I THINK, BECAUSE IT WAS 64 00:01:46,072 --> 00:01:47,006 THE SCIENCE THAT I THOUGHT 65 00:01:47,006 --> 00:01:48,508 REALLY GOT AT THE ROOT 66 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:50,076 OF THE WAY THINGS WORK. 67 00:01:50,076 --> 00:01:52,212 UM, AND THAT'S-THAT'S 68 00:01:52,212 --> 00:01:53,446 PROBABLY-PROBABLY IT. 69 00:01:53,446 --> 00:01:55,114 IT SEEMED TO ME TO BE, UH, 70 00:01:55,114 --> 00:01:56,583 THE THING MOST APPLICABLE 71 00:01:56,583 --> 00:01:58,017 TO UNDERSTANDING SPACE 72 00:01:58,017 --> 00:02:00,887 AND PLANETS AND STARS, UM, 73 00:02:00,887 --> 00:02:03,990 HOW ROCKETS MOVE AND, UH, 74 00:02:03,990 --> 00:02:05,692 WHY THEY WORK THE WAY THEY DO, 75 00:02:05,692 --> 00:02:06,593 WHAT AN ORBIT IS, 76 00:02:06,593 --> 00:02:07,760 THAT SORT OF THING. 77 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:08,728 AND ONCE I KNEW THAT, 78 00:02:08,728 --> 00:02:10,964 THE WHOLE, UH, BECAME 79 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:12,232 LESS MYSTERIOUS AND-- 80 00:02:12,232 --> 00:02:13,600 BUT THAT MUCH MORE EXCITING. 81 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:17,770 >> I'M NOT QUITE SURE 82 00:02:17,770 --> 00:02:19,339 WHY SPACEFLIGHT GRABBED ME 83 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:20,106 THE WAY IT DID. 84 00:02:20,106 --> 00:02:21,407 IT FOUND ME, REALLY, 85 00:02:21,407 --> 00:02:22,709 MORE THAN ME DECIDING 86 00:02:22,709 --> 00:02:24,811 TO BECOME FASCINATED WITH IT. 87 00:02:24,811 --> 00:02:27,146 IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT LEAVING 88 00:02:27,146 --> 00:02:29,349 EVERYTHING WE KNOW BEHIND; 89 00:02:29,349 --> 00:02:30,850 EVERYTHING, NOT JUST OUR FRIENDS 90 00:02:30,850 --> 00:02:32,318 OR FAMILY OR HOME, 91 00:02:32,318 --> 00:02:33,853 BUT EVEN THE PLANET, 92 00:02:33,853 --> 00:02:36,256 GOING TO PLACES THAT HAD, UH, 93 00:02:36,256 --> 00:02:37,524 WE KNEW ALMOST NOTHING 94 00:02:37,524 --> 00:02:38,858 ABOUT AT THE TIME 95 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:39,993 I WAS READING ABOUT IT. 96 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:41,961 AND UNDERSTANDING 97 00:02:41,961 --> 00:02:43,363 HOW SOMEBODY COULD CHANGE, 98 00:02:43,363 --> 00:02:44,964 THEIR OWN PERSONALITY 99 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:46,065 COULD CHANGE, UH, 100 00:02:46,065 --> 00:02:48,034 AND WHEN THEY CAME BACK. 101 00:02:48,034 --> 00:02:49,836 SO IT WAS ALMOST LIKE, 102 00:02:49,836 --> 00:02:51,204 UH, GOING UP INTO HEAVEN 103 00:02:51,204 --> 00:02:51,938 OR SOMETHING 104 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:53,439 AND COMING BACK AND SEEING, 105 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:55,008 UH, HOW SOMEBODY COULD CHANGE, 106 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:57,410 AND THAT WAS JUST INFINITELY 107 00:02:57,410 --> 00:02:58,611 FASCINATING TO ME. 108 00:03:01,614 --> 00:03:02,782 >> SO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, 109 00:03:02,782 --> 00:03:03,983 I WENT TO DAVIDSON COLLEGE, 110 00:03:03,983 --> 00:03:04,918 A LITTLE SCHOOL, AGAIN, 111 00:03:04,918 --> 00:03:05,852 IN NORTH CAROLINA. 112 00:03:05,852 --> 00:03:08,054 I WAS A PHYSICS MAJOR THERE 113 00:03:08,054 --> 00:03:09,589 AND RAN STRAIGHT INTO THE-- 114 00:03:09,589 --> 00:03:11,858 THE WALL OF THE RIGOR 115 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:13,560 OF REALLY STUDYING PHYSICS 116 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:14,527 FOR THE FIRST TIME, 117 00:03:14,527 --> 00:03:16,029 SO A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR ME. 118 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:17,030 UM, AGAIN, 119 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:18,464 VERY FASCINATED WITH IT. 120 00:03:18,464 --> 00:03:19,432 PROBABLY THE BIGGEST 121 00:03:19,432 --> 00:03:20,266 ACADEMIC CHALLENGE 122 00:03:20,266 --> 00:03:22,101 THAT I'VE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE 123 00:03:22,101 --> 00:03:23,937 WAS TAKING PHYSICS IN COLLEGE 124 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:25,038 AND IN GRAD SCHOOL. 125 00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:26,606 BUT THERE I HAD 126 00:03:26,606 --> 00:03:27,440 A LOT OF FRIENDS THERE, 127 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:28,641 UH, BECAUSE THE COLLEGE 128 00:03:28,641 --> 00:03:29,475 IS IN THE MOUNTAINS, 129 00:03:29,475 --> 00:03:30,710 CONTINUED TO DO 130 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:31,778 A LOT OF BACKPACKING 131 00:03:31,778 --> 00:03:33,246 AND, UH, JOINED 132 00:03:33,246 --> 00:03:34,080 THE SWIMMING TEAM. 133 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,350 SO, UM, HAD A LOT OF BREAK 134 00:03:37,350 --> 00:03:39,218 FROM THE ACADEMIC RIGOR AS WELL. 135 00:03:39,218 --> 00:03:39,986 AND THAT WAS-THAT WAS 136 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:40,653 PRETTY IMPORTANT, 137 00:03:40,653 --> 00:03:41,821 THAT, UM, HELPED 138 00:03:41,821 --> 00:03:43,323 ROUND ME OUT A LOT. 139 00:03:47,594 --> 00:03:50,797 >> SO, UH, I HAVE THREE BROTHERS 140 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:51,831 AND THREE SISTERS, 141 00:03:51,831 --> 00:03:53,900 FIVE OF THEM WERE DOCTORS, 142 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,301 HAD DECIDED TO BECOME DOCTORS. 143 00:03:55,301 --> 00:03:57,070 MY PARENTS WERE NOT DOCTORS. 144 00:03:57,070 --> 00:03:58,471 SO THE ONE THING I KNEW 145 00:03:58,471 --> 00:03:59,372 I WAS NEVER GONNA BE 146 00:03:59,372 --> 00:04:00,106 WAS A DOCTOR, 147 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:00,773 'CAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA BE 148 00:04:00,773 --> 00:04:01,841 JUST LIKE THEM. 149 00:04:01,841 --> 00:04:02,942 BUT WHILE I WAS 150 00:04:02,942 --> 00:04:03,810 IN GRADUATE SCHOOL 151 00:04:03,810 --> 00:04:05,078 IN THE ENGINEERING PHYSICS, 152 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:06,879 I REALIZED THAT EVERYBODY 153 00:04:06,879 --> 00:04:07,714 I WAS HANGING OUT WITH, 154 00:04:07,714 --> 00:04:09,248 EVERYBODY I ENJOYED BEING WITH, 155 00:04:09,248 --> 00:04:10,717 WERE EITHER MEDICAL STUDENTS 156 00:04:10,717 --> 00:04:12,218 OR DOCTORS. 157 00:04:12,218 --> 00:04:14,320 I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT I WANTED 158 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:15,521 TO GET OUT OF THE LABORATORY, 159 00:04:15,521 --> 00:04:16,389 OUT OF THE ENGINEERING 160 00:04:16,389 --> 00:04:17,190 LABORATORY, 161 00:04:17,190 --> 00:04:18,291 AND-AND MEET AND TALK 162 00:04:18,291 --> 00:04:19,192 WITH PEOPLE. 163 00:04:19,192 --> 00:04:20,360 AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, 164 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:22,128 IF I'M-- I FEEL LIKE I'M GOOD 165 00:04:22,128 --> 00:04:23,596 AT INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE 166 00:04:23,596 --> 00:04:24,697 AND I THINK 167 00:04:24,697 --> 00:04:26,933 I'M TECHNICALLY ABLE TO DO IT, 168 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:28,434 MAYBE MEDICINE'S 169 00:04:28,434 --> 00:04:29,469 SOMETHING FOR ME." 170 00:04:29,469 --> 00:04:30,603 AND AS IT TURNED OUT, 171 00:04:30,603 --> 00:04:32,372 I HAD A CHOICE OF EITHER 172 00:04:32,372 --> 00:04:33,940 GOING FOR AN MD OR A PhD. 173 00:04:33,940 --> 00:04:35,241 I SAID, "I'M GONNA GO 174 00:04:35,241 --> 00:04:36,075 FOR THE MD." 175 00:04:36,075 --> 00:04:37,443 AND IT TURNED OUT 176 00:04:37,443 --> 00:04:38,511 I LOVED IT. 177 00:04:38,511 --> 00:04:39,812 GOT SO IMMERSED WITH IT, 178 00:04:39,812 --> 00:04:41,247 INTO IT, THAT I 179 00:04:41,247 --> 00:04:43,049 ACTUALLY FORGOT ABOUT SPACE 180 00:04:43,049 --> 00:04:44,283 FOR A FEW YEARS. 181 00:04:49,155 --> 00:04:51,491 >> I THINK THE-THE TRANSITION 182 00:04:51,491 --> 00:04:52,659 TO, UH, MEDICINE WAS-WAS 183 00:04:52,659 --> 00:04:55,595 ACTUALLY FAIRLY EASY FOR ME. 184 00:04:55,595 --> 00:04:58,097 UH, FOR ME, THE- DOING 185 00:04:58,097 --> 00:04:59,165 THE PROBLEM SETS THAT COME 186 00:04:59,165 --> 00:05:01,434 IN SCHOOL, WORKING ALL THOSE, 187 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:02,969 UH, YOU KNOW, THE-THE MATH, 188 00:05:02,969 --> 00:05:04,937 PHYSICS, ENGINEERING PROBLEMS 189 00:05:04,937 --> 00:05:06,072 THAT TAKE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT 190 00:05:06,072 --> 00:05:08,074 OF TIME, WHEREAS AT FIRST, 191 00:05:08,074 --> 00:05:08,875 AT LEAST, MEDICINE 192 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:10,510 IS LARGELY MEMORIZATION. 193 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:12,412 AND SO I FOUND THAT 194 00:05:12,412 --> 00:05:13,813 TO BE EASIER, OF COURSE, 195 00:05:13,813 --> 00:05:15,114 IN MEDICINE THEN YOU GET INTO 196 00:05:15,114 --> 00:05:16,883 THE ANALYSIS AS YOU GET TO KNOW 197 00:05:16,883 --> 00:05:18,217 HOW TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS 198 00:05:18,217 --> 00:05:19,285 AND UNDERSTAND WHAT 199 00:05:19,285 --> 00:05:20,153 THEIR SYMPTOMS ARE 200 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:20,653 AND FIGURE OUT 201 00:05:20,653 --> 00:05:21,654 WHAT'S WRONG WITH THEM. 202 00:05:21,654 --> 00:05:23,389 SO THAT BECAME IMMENSELY, 203 00:05:23,389 --> 00:05:25,324 UH, CHALLENGING AFTER A WHILE. 204 00:05:25,324 --> 00:05:26,259 BUT I FOUND THE TRANSITION, 205 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:27,460 ACADEMICALLY AT LEAST, 206 00:05:27,460 --> 00:05:30,930 TO BE PRETTY EASY. 207 00:05:32,131 --> 00:05:33,666 SO I-I LEFT DAVIDSON, 208 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:35,101 WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 209 00:05:35,101 --> 00:05:36,402 FOR A MASTERS IN ENGINEERING, 210 00:05:36,402 --> 00:05:37,704 AND THEN WENT TO WAKE FOREST 211 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:40,139 UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL. 212 00:05:40,139 --> 00:05:43,409 UM, AND PRACTICED-- BEGAN TO 213 00:05:43,409 --> 00:05:44,577 PRACTICE AFTER THAT IN 214 00:05:44,577 --> 00:05:45,945 TOLEDO, OHIO WHERE THEY HAD 215 00:05:45,945 --> 00:05:47,280 A LIFE FLIGHT PROGRAM, 216 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:47,780 AND THAT'S WHERE I DID 217 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:49,048 MY RESIDENCY FOR 218 00:05:49,048 --> 00:05:49,849 EMERGENCY MEDICINE. 219 00:05:49,849 --> 00:05:51,350 I WANTED TO FLY, I WAS BEGINNING 220 00:05:51,350 --> 00:05:53,820 TO FALL IN LOVE WITH, UM, 221 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:55,388 UH, FLYING SMALL AIRPLANES, 222 00:05:55,388 --> 00:05:56,255 SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY 223 00:05:56,255 --> 00:05:57,290 TO MIX THE TWO. 224 00:05:57,290 --> 00:05:58,257 I NEVER FLEW HELICOPTERS, 225 00:05:58,257 --> 00:06:00,359 BUT I GOT TO RIDE IN THEM UNDER 226 00:06:00,359 --> 00:06:01,427 ALL KINDS OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 227 00:06:01,427 --> 00:06:02,628 AND UNDER SOME PRETTY 228 00:06:02,628 --> 00:06:04,697 SCARY CIRCUMSTANCES, UM, 229 00:06:04,697 --> 00:06:05,865 AS A LIFE FLIGHT DOCTOR, 230 00:06:05,865 --> 00:06:07,533 AND SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GO 231 00:06:07,533 --> 00:06:09,068 TO THE MIDWEST TO, UH, 232 00:06:09,068 --> 00:06:12,672 TRAIN IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE. 233 00:06:14,540 --> 00:06:16,209 SO, UM, LEARNING MEDICINE, 234 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:17,210 PRACTICING MEDICINE, 235 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:18,745 CERTAINLY IS ALL ENGROSSING, 236 00:06:18,745 --> 00:06:19,746 ALL ENCOMPASSING, 237 00:06:19,746 --> 00:06:20,913 AND IT NEEDS TO BE TO LEARN 238 00:06:20,913 --> 00:06:24,016 HOW TO TAKE CARE OF PATIENTS. 239 00:06:24,016 --> 00:06:25,151 AND SO I-I KINDA FORGOT, 240 00:06:25,151 --> 00:06:26,519 DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT, 241 00:06:26,519 --> 00:06:27,186 KINDA FORGOT THE WHOLE 242 00:06:27,186 --> 00:06:28,154 SPACEFLIGHT THING. 243 00:06:28,154 --> 00:06:28,855 IN THE BACK OF MY MIND 244 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:30,022 I WAS GOING, "MAYBE SOMEDAY 245 00:06:30,022 --> 00:06:31,124 "I CAN GET BACK TO IT. 246 00:06:31,124 --> 00:06:31,824 "WORK FOR A COMPANY 247 00:06:31,824 --> 00:06:33,192 "SOMEDAY, WHO KNOWS?" 248 00:06:33,192 --> 00:06:36,662 UM, I WAS PRACTICING IN SEATTLE 249 00:06:36,662 --> 00:06:37,630 IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE 250 00:06:37,630 --> 00:06:39,232 WHEN I GOT A LETTER FROM 251 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:40,933 A RESIDENCY DIRECTOR 252 00:06:40,933 --> 00:06:42,268 THAT I HAD WORKED WITH 253 00:06:42,268 --> 00:06:43,269 IN MY RESIDENCY. 254 00:06:43,269 --> 00:06:44,604 IT SAID, "THERE IS A NEW PROGRAM 255 00:06:44,604 --> 00:06:45,938 "TO TRAIN DOCTORS 256 00:06:45,938 --> 00:06:47,640 "OUT IN THE FIELD TO COME 257 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:48,608 "INTO NASA AND LEARN HOW 258 00:06:48,608 --> 00:06:49,942 "TO BE FLIGHT SURGEONS. 259 00:06:49,942 --> 00:06:50,977 "IT'S THE FIRST YEAR 260 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:52,078 "OF THE PROGRAM, 261 00:06:52,078 --> 00:06:54,113 "MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO APPLY." 262 00:06:54,113 --> 00:06:54,881 NOW, APPARENTLY I HAD 263 00:06:54,881 --> 00:06:56,382 TALKED ABOUT SPACEFLIGHT 264 00:06:56,382 --> 00:06:57,683 AND DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IT, 265 00:06:57,683 --> 00:06:58,518 'CAUSE THEY ALL KNEW THAT 266 00:06:58,518 --> 00:07:00,186 I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS. 267 00:07:00,186 --> 00:07:01,454 BUT I BECAME VERY EXCITED, 268 00:07:01,454 --> 00:07:02,555 AND SAID, "HEY, MAYBE THIS 269 00:07:02,555 --> 00:07:04,023 "IS A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT 270 00:07:04,023 --> 00:07:05,224 "GETTING BACK INTO 271 00:07:05,224 --> 00:07:06,759 "SPACE RELATED STUFF, 272 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:08,094 "ESPECIALLY IN MEDICINE." 273 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:09,295 AND SO I APPLIED FOR 274 00:07:09,295 --> 00:07:10,229 THE FIRST CLASS 275 00:07:10,229 --> 00:07:11,030 OF WHAT WAS THEN 276 00:07:11,030 --> 00:07:11,998 THE SPACE MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP, 277 00:07:11,998 --> 00:07:13,699 AND MYSELF AND ANOTHER PHYSICIAN 278 00:07:13,699 --> 00:07:14,867 WERE SELECTED. 279 00:07:14,867 --> 00:07:17,937 AND IN, UH, '93, WE SHOWED UP 280 00:07:17,937 --> 00:07:19,572 AT NASA, I WAS ALL STARRY-EYED, 281 00:07:19,572 --> 00:07:21,974 EXCITED, AND READY TO START 282 00:07:21,974 --> 00:07:25,211 LEARNING ABOUT SPACE MEDICINE. 283 00:07:27,713 --> 00:07:28,714 SO WHEN I FIRST GOT TO NASA, 284 00:07:28,714 --> 00:07:29,849 I WAS IN THIS FELLOWSHIP, 285 00:07:29,849 --> 00:07:30,750 SO I WAS STUDYING, 286 00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:31,784 I WAS LEARNING A LOT. 287 00:07:31,784 --> 00:07:34,353 UM, BUT I HELPED, UH, 288 00:07:34,353 --> 00:07:35,288 A LITTLE BIT WITH DESIGNING 289 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:36,556 SOME OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE 290 00:07:36,556 --> 00:07:37,924 MEDICAL KITS. 291 00:07:37,924 --> 00:07:40,693 UM, I GOT TO KNOW, UH, ABOUT 292 00:07:40,693 --> 00:07:42,495 WHAT THE SPACE MEDICAL PROBLEMS 293 00:07:42,495 --> 00:07:44,263 WERE AND DID SOME DEEP DIVES 294 00:07:44,263 --> 00:07:45,331 INTO THAT. 295 00:07:45,331 --> 00:07:46,399 BUT IMPORTANTLY, I GOT TO KNOW, 296 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:48,334 UM, THE PATIENTS, I GOT TO KNOW 297 00:07:48,334 --> 00:07:49,735 THE ASTRONAUTS AND THE PILOTS 298 00:07:49,735 --> 00:07:50,636 THAT I WOULD BE WORKING 299 00:07:50,636 --> 00:07:51,938 WITH LATER, AND THAT WAS 300 00:07:51,938 --> 00:07:54,874 AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF FUN. 301 00:07:57,510 --> 00:07:58,311 NOW THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT 302 00:07:58,311 --> 00:07:59,712 WORKING AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, 303 00:07:59,712 --> 00:08:02,448 I THINK, THAT IF ANYBODY 304 00:08:02,448 --> 00:08:03,616 HAD EVER CONSIDERED, UH, 305 00:08:03,616 --> 00:08:05,084 FLYING IN SPACE OR WANTING TO, 306 00:08:05,084 --> 00:08:07,320 WHEN YOU SHOW UP AND YOU SEE 307 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:07,987 THE INCREDIBLE THINGS 308 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:09,789 THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING, UH, 309 00:08:09,789 --> 00:08:11,057 IT'S HARD NOT TO GET THE BUG 310 00:08:11,057 --> 00:08:12,658 TO WANT TO APPLY AND BECOME 311 00:08:12,658 --> 00:08:13,926 AN ASTRONAUT. 312 00:08:13,926 --> 00:08:14,727 DIDN'T THINK THE CHANCES 313 00:08:14,727 --> 00:08:16,662 WERE VERY GOOD, BUT THERE I WAS, 314 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:18,164 UH, AND SOON AFTER I ARRIVED 315 00:08:18,164 --> 00:08:19,699 IN MY TRAINING PROGRAM, 316 00:08:19,699 --> 00:08:21,834 THERE WAS AN APPLICATION, 317 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:23,302 UH-UH, SEASON OPENED, 318 00:08:23,302 --> 00:08:24,770 SO I APPLIED. 319 00:08:24,770 --> 00:08:26,639 AND I DID NOT GET ASKED 320 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:28,274 FOR ANY INTERVIEWS OR ANYTHING 321 00:08:28,274 --> 00:08:30,176 LIKE THAT, IT STOPPED. 322 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:31,544 UH, ONE OF MY FIRST JOBS THEN 323 00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:33,379 AS A FLIGHT SURGEON WAS TO GET 324 00:08:33,379 --> 00:08:34,714 SHIPPED OUT TO RUSSIA TO SUPPORT 325 00:08:34,714 --> 00:08:37,116 THE, UH, PHASE 1 PROGRAM, 326 00:08:37,116 --> 00:08:38,651 IS WHEN-WHICH IS WHEN WE TOOK 327 00:08:38,651 --> 00:08:40,286 NASA ASTRONAUTS, PUT THEM 328 00:08:40,286 --> 00:08:42,054 ON THE MIR SPACE STATION 329 00:08:42,054 --> 00:08:44,190 SO THAT NASA AND AMERICA 330 00:08:44,190 --> 00:08:45,558 COULD LEARN ABOUT, UH, 331 00:08:45,558 --> 00:08:46,559 LONG-DURATION SPACEFLIGHT 332 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:47,727 BEFORE WE STARTED 333 00:08:47,727 --> 00:08:48,628 SENDING ASTRONAUTS TO 334 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:50,596 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 335 00:08:50,596 --> 00:08:53,132 AND, UH, IT WAS DURING THAT TIME 336 00:08:53,132 --> 00:08:53,933 GETTING TO KNOW THE ASTRONAUTS 337 00:08:53,933 --> 00:08:54,867 THAT I WAS OUT THERE 338 00:08:54,867 --> 00:08:55,835 SUCCEEDED WITH, 339 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:58,104 OUT IN STAR CITY IN RUSSIA, 340 00:08:58,104 --> 00:08:58,771 THEY'RE SAYING, "TOM, 341 00:08:58,771 --> 00:08:59,939 "YOU OUGHT TO APPLY AGAIN." 342 00:08:59,939 --> 00:09:01,107 SO I DID, I APPLIED AGAIN, 343 00:09:01,107 --> 00:09:03,843 AND I DIDN'T GET IN. 344 00:09:03,843 --> 00:09:05,177 THAT TIME THOUGH, THEY HAD 345 00:09:05,177 --> 00:09:06,379 ASKED FOR MY REFERENCES, 346 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:08,347 BUT THAT WAS AS FAR AS I GOT. 347 00:09:08,347 --> 00:09:10,983 APPLIED A THIRD TIME, UH, 348 00:09:10,983 --> 00:09:13,653 DIDN'T GET IN, AND I DID GET 349 00:09:13,653 --> 00:09:15,388 AS FAR AS AN INTERVIEW, HOWEVER, 350 00:09:15,388 --> 00:09:18,691 AND THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. 351 00:09:18,691 --> 00:09:20,026 THE, UH, I-- SO I PASSED 352 00:09:20,026 --> 00:09:21,060 THE PHYSICAL, GOT THROUGH 353 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:22,361 THE INTERVIEW, 354 00:09:22,361 --> 00:09:23,496 AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, THAT WAS 355 00:09:23,496 --> 00:09:24,897 "A VERY FUN ADVENTURE." 356 00:09:24,897 --> 00:09:26,565 IT WAS-- I THANKED EVERYBODY 357 00:09:26,565 --> 00:09:28,000 FOR LETTING ME JOIN IN THERE. 358 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:28,834 I GUESS IT'S JUST NOT 359 00:09:28,834 --> 00:09:30,036 GONNA HAPPEN. 360 00:09:30,036 --> 00:09:30,870 I HAD A CHANCE FOR 361 00:09:30,870 --> 00:09:32,505 ONE MORE INTERVIEW THOUGH, 362 00:09:32,505 --> 00:09:34,407 AND ONE MORE SELECTION PROCESS, 363 00:09:34,407 --> 00:09:35,541 AND THAT WAS WHEN I GOT IN. 364 00:09:39,578 --> 00:09:40,680 YEAH, THERE WAS NO, UH, 365 00:09:40,680 --> 00:09:41,547 CERTAINLY THERE'S NO DOWNSIDE 366 00:09:41,547 --> 00:09:43,249 TO APPLYING. 367 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:44,684 CERTAINLY, THE ONLY GUARANTEE 368 00:09:44,684 --> 00:09:45,685 IS THAT IF YOU DON'T APPLY, 369 00:09:45,685 --> 00:09:46,852 YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET IN; 370 00:09:46,852 --> 00:09:49,689 IF YOU WANNA BE AN ASTRONAUT. 371 00:09:49,689 --> 00:09:50,957 UH, BUT FOR ME, 372 00:09:50,957 --> 00:09:53,292 ON THAT LAST TIME, UH, APPLYING, 373 00:09:53,292 --> 00:09:54,493 I THINK I WAS MOST RELAXED, 374 00:09:54,493 --> 00:09:55,494 I WAS MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE, 375 00:09:55,494 --> 00:09:56,896 I KNEW, PRACTICALLY KNEW, 376 00:09:56,896 --> 00:09:58,064 THE PEOPLE ON THE BOARD. 377 00:09:58,064 --> 00:09:59,999 I WAS VERY HAPPY 378 00:09:59,999 --> 00:10:01,634 WHERE I WAS PROFESSIONALLY, 379 00:10:01,634 --> 00:10:02,969 AND I THINK THAT MAYBE 380 00:10:02,969 --> 00:10:04,070 MADE A DIFFERENCE 381 00:10:04,070 --> 00:10:05,504 THAT I WAS JUST, UH, RELAXED 382 00:10:05,504 --> 00:10:07,039 AND CONFIDENT COMING INTO 383 00:10:07,039 --> 00:10:09,008 THAT LAST SELECTION PROCESS. 384 00:10:09,008 --> 00:10:10,810 CERTAINLY INCREDIBLY EXCITING 385 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:12,278 TO GET THAT ONE PHONE CALL 386 00:10:12,278 --> 00:10:13,746 FROM THE PERSON THAT YOU KNOW 387 00:10:13,746 --> 00:10:15,181 IS GOING TO CALL IF YOU GOT IN. 388 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:17,516 I WAS STUNNED, HAD A HARD TIME 389 00:10:17,516 --> 00:10:18,851 TALKING' WHEN I GOT 390 00:10:18,851 --> 00:10:20,119 THAT PHONE CALL. 391 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:24,056 THE COOL THING ABOUT 392 00:10:24,056 --> 00:10:25,257 BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT, 393 00:10:25,257 --> 00:10:26,392 FIRST OF ALL, IS YOU MEET 394 00:10:26,392 --> 00:10:27,626 YOUR CLASSMATES. 395 00:10:27,626 --> 00:10:29,161 SO THERE WERE THIRTEEN OF US, 396 00:10:29,161 --> 00:10:31,130 UH, JUST TEN AT THE TIME, 397 00:10:31,130 --> 00:10:32,231 BUT THEN WE HAD THREE, 398 00:10:32,231 --> 00:10:33,499 UH, TEN MORE THAN ME, 399 00:10:33,499 --> 00:10:34,600 AND THEN HAD THREE MORE 400 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:35,735 COME ON BOARD, UH, FROM 401 00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:38,004 THE JAPANESE, UH, SPACE PROGRAM. 402 00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:39,605 BUT EVERYBODY'S ABOUT TO HAVE 403 00:10:39,605 --> 00:10:41,140 THE ADVENTURE OF THEIR LIVES, 404 00:10:41,140 --> 00:10:42,241 SOME OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES 405 00:10:42,241 --> 00:10:43,209 WE'VE EVER FACED, BUT WE'RE ALL 406 00:10:43,209 --> 00:10:44,610 GONNA DO IT TOGETHER. 407 00:10:44,610 --> 00:10:45,311 SO YOU GET TO KNOW THEM 408 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:46,245 A LITTLE BIT. 409 00:10:46,245 --> 00:10:47,680 AND THEN THE FIRST TRAINING, 410 00:10:47,680 --> 00:10:49,548 OFFICIAL TRAINING, UH, 411 00:10:49,548 --> 00:10:51,684 EVENT WAS THEY PUT US 412 00:10:51,684 --> 00:10:52,318 IN OUR FLIGHT SUITS, 413 00:10:52,318 --> 00:10:53,486 MUCH LIKE THIS, 414 00:10:53,486 --> 00:10:54,787 HELMET, GLOVES, BOOTS, 415 00:10:54,787 --> 00:10:55,988 AND WE ALL JUMPED INTO 416 00:10:55,988 --> 00:10:57,123 THE SWIMMING POOL, LEARNED HOW 417 00:10:57,123 --> 00:10:58,624 TO SWIM FULLY CLOTHED, 418 00:10:58,624 --> 00:10:59,992 'CAUSE YOU NEED TO DO 419 00:10:59,992 --> 00:11:01,227 WATER SURVIVAL IN ORDER 420 00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:03,195 TO FLY T-38S, WHICH IS NECESSARY 421 00:11:03,195 --> 00:11:03,963 IN ORDER TO TRAIN TO BE 422 00:11:03,963 --> 00:11:04,764 AN ASTRONAUT. 423 00:11:04,764 --> 00:11:06,132 SO THAT'S WHERE WE ALL STARTED, 424 00:11:06,132 --> 00:11:06,899 WE ALL GOT TO KNOW 425 00:11:06,899 --> 00:11:08,200 EACH OTHER QUITE WELL. 426 00:11:08,200 --> 00:11:09,435 WE WENT OFF TO PENSACOLA 427 00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:10,936 FOR FLIGHT TRAINING THERE, 428 00:11:10,936 --> 00:11:12,138 CAME BACK, AND THEN WERE 429 00:11:12,138 --> 00:11:13,139 ALL IN CLASSROOMS, 430 00:11:13,139 --> 00:11:14,373 WE'RE IN SIMULATORS. 431 00:11:14,373 --> 00:11:16,409 UM, A BIT LIKE GRADUATE SCHOOL, 432 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:18,110 BUT THE PACE WAS MUCH FASTER. 433 00:11:18,110 --> 00:11:19,211 SO IT WAS, UH, 434 00:11:19,211 --> 00:11:22,415 ALL A VERY EXCITING TIME. 435 00:11:24,350 --> 00:11:25,184 SO THAT WAS-- 436 00:11:25,184 --> 00:11:26,485 UH, THE FIRST FLIGHT OCCURRED 437 00:11:26,485 --> 00:11:27,586 ABOUT FIVE YEARS AFTER 438 00:11:27,586 --> 00:11:28,454 WE'D BEEN SELECTED. 439 00:11:28,454 --> 00:11:29,321 YOU'D BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME, 440 00:11:29,321 --> 00:11:30,689 I, OF COURSE, HAD BEEN WAITING 441 00:11:30,689 --> 00:11:31,791 ABOUT THIRTY YEARS 442 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:33,859 FOR THIS MOMENT. 443 00:11:33,859 --> 00:11:35,194 IT'S A COMBINATION OF, UH, 444 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:36,162 SOME OF THE GREATEST EXCITEMENT 445 00:11:36,162 --> 00:11:36,896 THAT YOU'VE EVER HAD 446 00:11:36,896 --> 00:11:37,496 IN YOUR LIFE, 447 00:11:37,496 --> 00:11:38,964 MAYBE THERE'S A FAVORITE HOLIDAY 448 00:11:38,964 --> 00:11:40,399 THAT YOU'VE HAD, AND THE NIGHT 449 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:42,468 BEFORE AS A CHILD, YOU'RE JUST-- 450 00:11:42,468 --> 00:11:42,968 YOU'RE ABOUT TO EXPLODE 451 00:11:42,968 --> 00:11:44,537 YOU'RE SO EXCITED. 452 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:46,172 UM, BUT IT'S ALSO THE NIGHT 453 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:47,406 BEFORE ONE OF THE BIGGEST EXAMS 454 00:11:47,406 --> 00:11:48,407 YOU'VE EVER HAD. 455 00:11:48,407 --> 00:11:50,810 SO THAT COMBINATION OF NOT 456 00:11:50,810 --> 00:11:51,610 WANTING TO MESS UP, BUT AT 457 00:11:51,610 --> 00:11:52,678 THE SAME TIME YOU CAN'T BELIEVE 458 00:11:52,678 --> 00:11:54,613 IT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. 459 00:11:54,613 --> 00:11:56,582 WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT LAUNCH DAY 460 00:11:56,582 --> 00:11:57,883 IS ALL THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE 461 00:11:57,883 --> 00:11:59,318 NEVER HAPPENED IN SIMULATORS. 462 00:11:59,318 --> 00:11:59,985 NUMBER ONE, 463 00:11:59,985 --> 00:12:01,153 THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THERE, 464 00:12:01,153 --> 00:12:02,888 OTHER THAN THE CLOSEOUT CREW. 465 00:12:02,888 --> 00:12:03,722 IT'S A BIG OLD-- 466 00:12:03,722 --> 00:12:04,990 AN EXPLOSIVE ROCKET 467 00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:06,125 JUST SITTING ON A PAD, 468 00:12:06,125 --> 00:12:08,327 SO IT'S VERY SILENT, VERY QUIET, 469 00:12:08,327 --> 00:12:09,995 EXCEPT FOR THE ROCKET ITSELF. 470 00:12:09,995 --> 00:12:11,630 THE SHUTTLE IS-IS MAKING NOISE, 471 00:12:11,630 --> 00:12:12,631 IT'S GROANING, 472 00:12:12,631 --> 00:12:13,632 AND THERE'S CHUNKS 473 00:12:13,632 --> 00:12:15,101 OF, UH, CONDENSATE FALLING 474 00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:16,368 OFF THE SIDES OF IT. 475 00:12:16,368 --> 00:12:17,937 UH, IT LOOKS LIKE A BUILDING 476 00:12:17,937 --> 00:12:19,138 THAT'S-THAT'S ALIVE 477 00:12:19,138 --> 00:12:21,407 AND FEELS LIKE IT. 478 00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:22,141 A LITTLE BIT SCARY, 479 00:12:22,141 --> 00:12:24,043 BUT THE EXCITEMENT 480 00:12:24,043 --> 00:12:26,912 SO GREATLY OVERWHELMS THAT, 481 00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:28,414 THAT, UH, ANY KIND OF FEAR 482 00:12:28,414 --> 00:12:29,882 OR ANYTHING, YOU JUST KIND 483 00:12:29,882 --> 00:12:31,217 OF PUSH IT RIGHT BACK 484 00:12:31,217 --> 00:12:32,485 IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND. 485 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:34,320 THE LAUNCH ITSELF, UH, 486 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:35,554 WE HAD SEVERAL SCRUBS 487 00:12:35,554 --> 00:12:36,822 BEFORE WE LAUNCHED. 488 00:12:36,822 --> 00:12:37,723 WE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GONNA 489 00:12:37,723 --> 00:12:39,125 LAUNCH ON THE DAY THAT WE DID 490 00:12:39,125 --> 00:12:39,959 'CAUSE OF WEATHER, 491 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:40,826 BUT AT THE LAST SECOND 492 00:12:40,826 --> 00:12:42,061 THEY SAID WE'RE GO FOR LAUNCH. 493 00:12:42,061 --> 00:12:43,562 SO EVERYBODY, SUDDENLY, 494 00:12:43,562 --> 00:12:44,697 WE'RE LYING-BEEN LYING 495 00:12:44,697 --> 00:12:45,798 FOR TWO HOURS ON OUR BACKS, 496 00:12:45,798 --> 00:12:48,000 EVERYBODY SUDDENLY WENT, 497 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:48,701 "WOW, THIS IS ACTUALLY 498 00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:49,235 "GONNA HAPPEN." 499 00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:51,003 HAD A BIG SMILE ON MY FACE, 500 00:12:51,003 --> 00:12:52,638 AND YOU COULD HEAR 501 00:12:52,638 --> 00:12:54,306 THE MAIN ENGINES OF THE SHUTTLE 502 00:12:54,306 --> 00:12:55,875 START TO ROAR. 503 00:12:55,875 --> 00:12:56,475 I REMEMBER IT BEING 504 00:12:56,475 --> 00:12:57,943 LIKE A LION'S ROAR. 505 00:12:57,943 --> 00:13:00,846 THIS DRY, UM, DRY 506 00:13:00,846 --> 00:13:03,048 GRUMBLING ROAR THAT CAME FROM 507 00:13:03,048 --> 00:13:05,317 BEHIND US BUT WAS PERSISTENT, 508 00:13:05,317 --> 00:13:06,185 JUST KEPT GOING, AND GOING, 509 00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:07,253 AND GOING, AND THEN WHEN 510 00:13:07,253 --> 00:13:08,787 THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS LIT 511 00:13:08,787 --> 00:13:10,222 AND THE BOLTS FIRED 512 00:13:10,222 --> 00:13:12,725 AND THIS BIG KICK IN YOUR BACK 513 00:13:12,725 --> 00:13:13,392 AS YOU GET PUSHED DOWN 514 00:13:13,392 --> 00:13:14,693 INTO YOUR SEAT. 515 00:13:14,693 --> 00:13:15,094 AND THERE'S A LOT 516 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:16,395 OF RUMBLING AND RATTLING. 517 00:13:16,395 --> 00:13:17,229 THE, UH, SPACE SHUTTLE 518 00:13:17,229 --> 00:13:18,998 IS WAS QUITE PLAYABLE, 519 00:13:18,998 --> 00:13:19,798 AND YOU COULD FEEL 520 00:13:19,798 --> 00:13:21,133 ALL THE VIBRATIONS AND ALL 521 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:22,201 THE DEGREES OF FREEDOM 522 00:13:22,201 --> 00:13:23,836 GOING UP, AND VERY LOUD. 523 00:13:23,836 --> 00:13:25,304 UH, INCLUDING THE STRUCTURE 524 00:13:25,304 --> 00:13:26,172 AROUND ME, I WAS 525 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:27,806 IN THE MID-DECK, RATTLING, 526 00:13:27,806 --> 00:13:29,608 AS WELL AS THE ROAR AND THE WIND 527 00:13:29,608 --> 00:13:30,910 THAT'S GOING BY. 528 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:32,444 UH, THE SHOUTS OF MY CREWMATES 529 00:13:32,444 --> 00:13:34,246 THROUGH THE INTERCOM 530 00:13:34,246 --> 00:13:35,047 AS THEY'RE GOING, "YAH-HOO", 531 00:13:35,047 --> 00:13:36,148 AND WE WENT THROUGH 532 00:13:36,148 --> 00:13:37,616 A ROLL PROGRAM AS WE FLIPPED 533 00:13:37,616 --> 00:13:39,118 OVER ON OUR BACKS. 534 00:13:39,118 --> 00:13:39,718 THEN, WHEN THE SOLID 535 00:13:39,718 --> 00:13:41,487 ROCKET BOOSTERS FALL OFF, 536 00:13:41,487 --> 00:13:43,489 IT'S JUST SMOOTH 537 00:13:43,489 --> 00:13:44,623 FROM THERE ON. 538 00:13:44,623 --> 00:13:45,791 THE GS BUILD UP 539 00:13:45,791 --> 00:13:47,159 TO ABOUT FOUR GS, 540 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:49,061 YOU START TO BREATH IN SIPS 541 00:13:49,061 --> 00:13:50,262 AS YOU START TO FATIGUE 542 00:13:50,262 --> 00:13:51,697 UNDER THE G STRESS, 543 00:13:51,697 --> 00:13:52,565 AFTER ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES 544 00:13:52,565 --> 00:13:53,599 OF THAT. 545 00:13:53,599 --> 00:13:56,035 AND THEN IT STOPS 546 00:13:56,035 --> 00:13:56,936 AND THERE'S SILENCE, 547 00:13:56,936 --> 00:13:58,404 EXCEPT FOR A CABIN FAN, 548 00:13:58,404 --> 00:13:59,905 AND MY PEN STARTED TO FLOAT 549 00:13:59,905 --> 00:14:01,407 IN FRONT OF ME WHEN WE HAD 550 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,375 REACHED ORBIT. 551 00:14:06,312 --> 00:14:08,480 SO, UM, 127 WAS AN INCREDIBLY 552 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:09,882 AGGRESSIVE MISSION. 553 00:14:09,882 --> 00:14:11,584 WE HAD, UH, FIVE SPACEWALKS 554 00:14:11,584 --> 00:14:12,651 WE HAD TO DO. 555 00:14:12,651 --> 00:14:15,354 WE HAD, UM, A SIXTEEN-DAY FLIGHT 556 00:14:15,354 --> 00:14:16,722 WITH ELEVEN DAYS DOCKED 557 00:14:16,722 --> 00:14:17,723 TO THE SPACE STATION, 558 00:14:17,723 --> 00:14:18,691 AND I THINK FIFTEEN 559 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:19,625 OF THOSE SIXTEEN DAYS 560 00:14:19,625 --> 00:14:21,026 WERE ROBOTIC OPERATIONS, 561 00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:22,628 SO THE ROBOTICS WERE GOING 562 00:14:22,628 --> 00:14:23,862 ON ALL THE TIME WHILE 563 00:14:23,862 --> 00:14:24,997 WE WERE DOING SPACEWALKS. 564 00:14:24,997 --> 00:14:26,098 WE HAD ENORMOUS 565 00:14:26,098 --> 00:14:26,966 AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT 566 00:14:26,966 --> 00:14:27,833 TO PUT ON THE OUTSIDE 567 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:28,667 OF THE SPACE STATION, 568 00:14:28,667 --> 00:14:29,702 AND TO TRANSFER THROUGH 569 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:31,370 THE HATCH TO THE INSIDE AS WELL. 570 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:33,806 SO IT WAS LIKE A BIG HURRICANE 571 00:14:33,806 --> 00:14:36,141 THAT, UH, HAD ARRIVED AT 572 00:14:36,141 --> 00:14:37,710 THE, UH, SPACE STATION. 573 00:14:37,710 --> 00:14:39,345 WE WERE ALSO THE FIRST TIME 574 00:14:39,345 --> 00:14:39,878 WE HAD THIRTEEN 575 00:14:39,878 --> 00:14:41,213 CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD. 576 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:42,147 I THINK WE'RE STILL 577 00:14:42,147 --> 00:14:42,948 IN THE "GUINNESS BOOK 578 00:14:42,948 --> 00:14:43,616 OF WORLD RECORDS" 579 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:44,416 AS THE MOST NUMBER OF PEOPLE 580 00:14:44,416 --> 00:14:47,720 ON ONE SPACECRAFT AT ONE TIME. 581 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:48,220 BUT THOSE ARE 582 00:14:48,220 --> 00:14:48,821 THE MAIN OBJECTIVES. 583 00:14:48,821 --> 00:14:49,922 WE HAD SOME SCIENCE OBJECTIVES 584 00:14:49,922 --> 00:14:51,257 AS WELL, BUT OURS WAS 585 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:52,291 A CONSTRUCTION 586 00:14:52,291 --> 00:14:54,893 AND RESUPPLY MISSION, LARGELY. 587 00:14:58,564 --> 00:15:00,065 SO I DID THREE, UH, 588 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:01,500 SPACEWALKS ON THAT MISSION, 589 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:02,501 AND SUPPORTED A FOURTH 590 00:15:02,501 --> 00:15:04,536 AS THE, UH, INSIDE, 591 00:15:04,536 --> 00:15:06,138 UH, CREW MEMBER. 592 00:15:06,138 --> 00:15:07,606 I WENT OUT THE HATCH WITH 593 00:15:07,606 --> 00:15:10,376 DAVE WOLF, I WAS HIS SECOND 594 00:15:10,376 --> 00:15:12,077 OUT OF THREE, UH, ROOKIES 595 00:15:12,077 --> 00:15:12,878 THAT HE HAD TO TAKE OUT 596 00:15:12,878 --> 00:15:14,346 THE HATCH AND SHOW US 597 00:15:14,346 --> 00:15:15,481 OUR FIRST STEPS ON 598 00:15:15,481 --> 00:15:17,016 OUR FIRST SPACEWALK. 599 00:15:17,016 --> 00:15:20,219 THE, UH, MAIN GOAL FOR US 600 00:15:20,219 --> 00:15:22,821 WAS TO TAKE THESE BATTERIES, 601 00:15:22,821 --> 00:15:23,589 EACH WEIGHING ABOUT 602 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:25,224 200-250 POUNDS, 603 00:15:25,224 --> 00:15:26,992 AND MOVE 'EM FROM, UH, 604 00:15:26,992 --> 00:15:28,160 THE ROBOTIC ARM THAT WAS 605 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:29,028 HOLDING THEM FROM 606 00:15:29,028 --> 00:15:29,728 THE SPACE SHUTTLE, 607 00:15:29,728 --> 00:15:30,462 AND MOVE THEM ONTO 608 00:15:30,462 --> 00:15:31,730 THE SPACE STATION. 609 00:15:31,730 --> 00:15:33,032 THIS HAD NOT BEEN DONE BEFORE, 610 00:15:33,032 --> 00:15:35,167 UH, THE BATTERIES COULDN'T BE 611 00:15:35,167 --> 00:15:37,269 LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRUSS 612 00:15:37,269 --> 00:15:38,304 OF THE SPACE STATION, 613 00:15:38,304 --> 00:15:39,038 SO IT WAS A MATTER OF 614 00:15:39,038 --> 00:15:41,206 CLIMBING OUT TO-TO GRAB 615 00:15:41,206 --> 00:15:42,875 THE BATTERY, AND THEN CLIMBING 616 00:15:42,875 --> 00:15:44,176 BACK TO HAND IT OVER 617 00:15:44,176 --> 00:15:46,412 TO YOUR SPACEWALKING PARTNER. 618 00:15:46,412 --> 00:15:47,546 SO IT WAS VERY THRILLING, 619 00:15:47,546 --> 00:15:48,981 BUT A LOT OF MOMENTS, 620 00:15:48,981 --> 00:15:49,882 I'VE-I'VE BEEN 621 00:15:49,882 --> 00:15:51,016 A ROCK CLIMBER BEFORE, 622 00:15:51,016 --> 00:15:51,684 AND A LOT OF MOMENTS 623 00:15:51,684 --> 00:15:53,118 WHERE I WAS GLAD I HAD 624 00:15:53,118 --> 00:15:54,019 THAT EXPERIENCE, 625 00:15:54,019 --> 00:15:55,587 'CAUSE YOU JUST GOTTA TAKE 626 00:15:55,587 --> 00:15:56,789 A DEEP BREATH AND MAKE THE MOVE 627 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:58,757 AND NOT THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH, 628 00:15:58,757 --> 00:16:00,993 UH, FOR SOME OF THAT, UH, 629 00:16:00,993 --> 00:16:03,495 SOME OF THAT SPACEWALK. 630 00:16:03,495 --> 00:16:04,163 WE-WE SPENT 631 00:16:04,163 --> 00:16:05,130 SO MUCH TIME TRAINING, 632 00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:06,031 WHICH IS REALLY GOOD, 633 00:16:06,031 --> 00:16:06,832 ON THE GROUND, 634 00:16:06,832 --> 00:16:07,866 LEARNING EVERY HANDRAIL, 635 00:16:07,866 --> 00:16:08,834 EVERY BOLT, BUT WHAT THEY 636 00:16:08,834 --> 00:16:11,103 CAN'T TRAIN FOR SPACEWALKS 637 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:13,205 IS THE VIEW, THEY CAN'T TRAIN 638 00:16:13,205 --> 00:16:14,640 THE TEMPERATURE CHANGES. 639 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:16,208 ON THE SUNNY SIDE 640 00:16:16,208 --> 00:16:17,209 IT'S VERY WARM, 641 00:16:17,209 --> 00:16:19,611 ON THE DARK SIDE IT'S VERY COLD. 642 00:16:19,611 --> 00:16:20,346 SOMETIMES MY HANDS 643 00:16:20,346 --> 00:16:21,146 WOULD GET NUMB, 644 00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:22,047 MY FEET WOULD GET NUMB, 645 00:16:22,047 --> 00:16:22,781 MY-MY TEETH WOULD START 646 00:16:22,781 --> 00:16:23,816 TO CHATTER. 647 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:24,817 SO I LEARNED HOW TO CONTROL 648 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:26,418 MY, UM, SUIT TEMPERATURE 649 00:16:26,418 --> 00:16:27,720 A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 650 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,488 A HUNDRED PERCENT OXYGEN 651 00:16:29,488 --> 00:16:31,623 IS QUITE DRY, AND SO ALL OF-- 652 00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:33,359 ALL OF THAT OVERHEAD 653 00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:35,094 IS SOMETHING THAT CAN'T 654 00:16:35,094 --> 00:16:36,028 COMPLETELY BE TRAINED 655 00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:36,862 ON THE GROUND, 656 00:16:36,862 --> 00:16:38,597 SO IT REMAINS-REMAINS STILL 657 00:16:38,597 --> 00:16:41,567 AND REMAINED A, UH, VERY UNIQUE 658 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:44,002 AND EXCITING EXPERIENCE. 659 00:16:48,173 --> 00:16:50,275 THERE WAS, UH, CERTAINLY 660 00:16:50,275 --> 00:16:50,976 I'D HAVE TO SAY 661 00:16:50,976 --> 00:16:52,144 THE MOST SPECTACULAR WAS OUT 662 00:16:52,144 --> 00:16:53,412 ON A SPACEWALK A MOMENT 663 00:16:53,412 --> 00:16:54,646 WHEN I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY 664 00:16:54,646 --> 00:16:56,048 AT THE END OF THE TRUSS. 665 00:16:56,048 --> 00:16:56,982 SO ALL THE WAY, 666 00:16:56,982 --> 00:16:58,384 HALF A FOOTBALL FIELD'S LENGTH 667 00:16:58,384 --> 00:16:59,418 AWAY FROM THE AIRLOCK, 668 00:16:59,418 --> 00:17:00,652 AND I COULD HOLD ONTO 669 00:17:00,652 --> 00:17:03,255 ONE HAND RAIL, MOVE MY BODY 670 00:17:03,255 --> 00:17:04,690 AWAY FROM THE SPACE STATION, 671 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:06,959 AND LOOK AT THE EARTH, 672 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:07,860 LOOK AT THE UNIVERSE, 673 00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:09,828 AND NOT SEE ANY HUMAN STRUCTURE, 674 00:17:09,828 --> 00:17:10,896 SUCH AS THE SPACE STATION 675 00:17:10,896 --> 00:17:12,898 IN MY FIELD OF VIEW, 676 00:17:12,898 --> 00:17:14,666 AND FEEL THAT I WAS FREEFLYING 677 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:15,834 OVER THE EARTH. 678 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:18,737 BUT THE OTHER MOMENT THAT WAS 679 00:17:18,737 --> 00:17:20,205 VERY SPECIAL WAS AT THE WINDOW 680 00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:21,607 WITH JULIE PAYETTE, 681 00:17:21,607 --> 00:17:23,675 WHO WAS THE CANADIAN ASTRONAUT 682 00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:25,911 ON OUR CREW, AND THE TWO OF US 683 00:17:25,911 --> 00:17:27,679 WATCHING AS WE WENT OVER CANADA, 684 00:17:27,679 --> 00:17:29,181 WE-WE HAD ABOUT, UH, 685 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:31,083 FIFTEEN MINUTES, UH, TO SPARE, 686 00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:33,152 WATCHING AS WE FLEW OVER CANADA 687 00:17:33,152 --> 00:17:33,952 AND WENT OVER 688 00:17:33,952 --> 00:17:35,187 A HUGE THUNDERSTORM 689 00:17:35,187 --> 00:17:36,355 OVER THE EAST COAST 690 00:17:36,355 --> 00:17:37,790 OF NORTH AMERICA. 691 00:17:37,790 --> 00:17:38,724 AND WHILE SHE WAS ABLE 692 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:39,391 TO POINT OUT ALL 693 00:17:39,391 --> 00:17:40,392 OF HER FAVORITE SITES 694 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:41,460 AROUND HER COUNTRY. 695 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:44,029 UM, ALWAYS, IN MY OPINION, 696 00:17:44,029 --> 00:17:45,164 LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW 697 00:17:45,164 --> 00:17:47,666 WITH SOMEONE ELSE IS ONE 698 00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:49,001 OF THE MOST, UH, PRECIOUS THINGS 699 00:17:49,001 --> 00:17:50,803 WE CAN DO IN SPACE. 700 00:17:55,174 --> 00:17:55,808 I WAS REALLY CURIOUS 701 00:17:55,808 --> 00:17:57,709 HOW THE SOYUZ WOULD COMPARE 702 00:17:57,709 --> 00:17:58,911 TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE. 703 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:00,579 AND THE FACT IS, GOING FROM ZERO 704 00:18:00,579 --> 00:18:03,482 TO 17,500 MILES AN HOUR, 705 00:18:03,482 --> 00:18:04,550 PHYSICS WISE, 706 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:05,684 IN EIGHT AND A HALF MINUTES, 707 00:18:05,684 --> 00:18:07,319 THE EXPERIENCE IS GONNA BE 708 00:18:07,319 --> 00:18:08,187 SOMEWHAT SIMILAR. 709 00:18:08,187 --> 00:18:09,688 BUT THE SOYUZ, I FELT, 710 00:18:09,688 --> 00:18:11,089 UM, DIDN'T HAVE 711 00:18:11,089 --> 00:18:12,925 THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS, 712 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:14,259 SO IT'S A LITTLE SMOOTHER, 713 00:18:14,259 --> 00:18:15,260 NOT ALL THE RATTLING 714 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:16,462 IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE THAT 715 00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:18,964 THE SRBS PROVIDE TO THE SHUTTLE, 716 00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:20,666 AND SO IT SEEMED TO BE 717 00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:21,633 A LITTLE MORE SOLID. 718 00:18:21,633 --> 00:18:22,334 ONCE YOU GET OUT OF 719 00:18:22,334 --> 00:18:23,535 THE ATMOSPHERE THOUGH, 720 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:25,571 IT'S JUST SMOOTH SAILING. 721 00:18:25,571 --> 00:18:26,572 THE SOYUZ ALSO HAS 722 00:18:26,572 --> 00:18:28,474 THIS FASCINATING STAGING 723 00:18:28,474 --> 00:18:30,309 WHERE THEY FIRE AN UPPER STAGE 724 00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:31,443 BEFORE THEY DROP 725 00:18:31,443 --> 00:18:32,811 THE LOWER STAGE. 726 00:18:32,811 --> 00:18:33,879 NOW WHAT HAPPENS IS THE PLUME 727 00:18:33,879 --> 00:18:35,113 OF FIRE THAT COMES OUT 728 00:18:35,113 --> 00:18:36,415 OF THAT UPPER STAGE GETS 729 00:18:36,415 --> 00:18:37,716 SHOT UP AS WELL AS DOWN 730 00:18:37,716 --> 00:18:38,784 BEFORE THEY DROP 731 00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:40,319 THAT LOWER STAGE. 732 00:18:40,319 --> 00:18:41,887 THE SHROUD HAD COME OFF, 733 00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:43,288 YOU COULD SEE THE BLACKNESS 734 00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:44,022 OF SPACE, YOU COULD SEE 735 00:18:44,022 --> 00:18:45,224 SUNLIGHT COMING IN, 736 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:46,558 AND THEN SUDDENLY A BIG BANG 737 00:18:46,558 --> 00:18:48,760 AND A JOLT, AND FLAME AND FIRE 738 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:50,596 WENT SHOOTING AHEAD OF US, 739 00:18:50,596 --> 00:18:51,663 AND THEN AS WE 740 00:18:51,663 --> 00:18:52,431 ACCELERATED PAST IT, 741 00:18:52,431 --> 00:18:54,266 IT WAS SHOT BEHIND US. 742 00:18:54,266 --> 00:18:55,400 UM, AND THAT WAS 743 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:56,835 A HUGE SURPRISE, WE HAD NO IDEA 744 00:18:56,835 --> 00:18:58,036 THAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN, 745 00:18:58,036 --> 00:19:00,973 AND IT WAS, UH, JUST THRILLING. 746 00:19:04,243 --> 00:19:05,110 THE, UM, THE LONG-DURATION 747 00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:06,578 MISSION IS QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT 748 00:19:06,578 --> 00:19:07,646 FROM THE SHUTTLE MISSION. 749 00:19:07,646 --> 00:19:09,214 IT'S EASY TO GO THROUGH 750 00:19:09,214 --> 00:19:10,549 A SHUTTLE MISSION GETTING FOUR 751 00:19:10,549 --> 00:19:11,950 TO FIVE HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT, 752 00:19:11,950 --> 00:19:14,520 UH, NOT ALLOWING YOURSELF 753 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,154 THE TIME TO EXERCISE. 754 00:19:16,154 --> 00:19:17,022 YOU'RE BUSY ANYWAY 755 00:19:17,022 --> 00:19:17,990 WITH SPACEWALKS, WHICH ARE 756 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:19,892 PHYSICALLY QUITE RIGOROUS. 757 00:19:19,892 --> 00:19:21,393 ON THE LONG-DURATION 758 00:19:21,393 --> 00:19:22,394 SPACEFLIGHT, EXERCISE 759 00:19:22,394 --> 00:19:24,062 IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. 760 00:19:24,062 --> 00:19:25,764 AND YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS 761 00:19:25,764 --> 00:19:27,533 TO, UH, CATCH YOUR BREATH, 762 00:19:27,533 --> 00:19:28,934 IF YOU WILL. 763 00:19:28,934 --> 00:19:30,135 THE OTHER THING 764 00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:31,169 ABOUT LONG-DURATION 765 00:19:31,169 --> 00:19:32,538 THAT'S VERY NICE IS, 766 00:19:32,538 --> 00:19:33,939 IT'S ABOUT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS 767 00:19:33,939 --> 00:19:35,941 LIVING IN ZERO G ON ORBIT, 768 00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:37,776 WHEN YOU REALIZE, "OH, MY BODY 769 00:19:37,776 --> 00:19:39,244 "NOW HAS REALLY ADAPTED. 770 00:19:39,244 --> 00:19:40,479 IT NEVER REALLY ADAPTED IN 771 00:19:40,479 --> 00:19:42,080 "THAT SHORT, UH, DURATION FLIGHT 772 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,715 "THAT I DID WITH THE SHUTTLE." 773 00:19:43,715 --> 00:19:44,783 SO YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU'VE 774 00:19:44,783 --> 00:19:47,486 BECOME A RESIDENT OF SPACE, 775 00:19:47,486 --> 00:19:49,555 A RESIDENT OF ZERO G. 776 00:19:49,555 --> 00:19:50,856 AND YOU START TO FEEL LIKE 777 00:19:50,856 --> 00:19:52,357 YOU'RE-YOU'RE GETTING INTO 778 00:19:52,357 --> 00:19:54,726 THE IDEA OF HOW THIS WORKS. 779 00:19:54,726 --> 00:19:56,995 EVERY DAY IS REALLY A SERIES 780 00:19:56,995 --> 00:19:58,664 OF, UM, LONG SERIES 781 00:19:58,664 --> 00:19:59,932 OF PROBLEM SOLVING. 782 00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:00,566 YOU GOTTA FIGURE OUT WHERE 783 00:20:00,566 --> 00:20:01,300 TO PUT YOUR PENCIL, 784 00:20:01,300 --> 00:20:02,234 WHERE TO PUT YOUR DRINK, 785 00:20:02,234 --> 00:20:03,201 IF YOU HAVE IT, 786 00:20:03,201 --> 00:20:04,269 HOW TO SET UP YOUR LAPTOP. 787 00:20:04,269 --> 00:20:05,304 THAT'S ALL BEFORE 788 00:20:05,304 --> 00:20:06,305 YOU GET STARTED. 789 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:07,372 SO MAYBE TEN THOUSAND TIMES 790 00:20:07,372 --> 00:20:08,874 A DAY, YOU'RE SOLVING 791 00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:09,608 LITTLE PROBLEMS 792 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:10,609 LIKE THIS, AND WHEN THAT 793 00:20:10,609 --> 00:20:12,477 BECOMES FLUID, THEN YOU 794 00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:13,245 REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU CAN BE 795 00:20:13,245 --> 00:20:15,614 A EFFICIENT AND, UH, 796 00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:16,715 GET A LOT OF WORK DONE. 797 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:17,449 AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK 798 00:20:17,449 --> 00:20:18,350 TO GET DONE ON 799 00:20:18,350 --> 00:20:19,985 THE SPACE STATION RIGHT NOW. 800 00:20:19,985 --> 00:20:22,254 UM, THE OTHER IS THE INTERACTION 801 00:20:22,254 --> 00:20:23,322 WITH THE GROUND 802 00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:24,389 ON THE SCIENCE. 803 00:20:24,389 --> 00:20:25,891 UH, SCIENCE WAS NOT AS MUCH 804 00:20:25,891 --> 00:20:26,892 A PART OF THE SHUTTLE FLIGHT, 805 00:20:26,892 --> 00:20:27,693 BECAUSE IT HAD 806 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:28,460 SO MANY OPERATIONAL THINGS 807 00:20:28,460 --> 00:20:30,963 WE HAD TO GET DONE. UM, YOU'VE-- 808 00:20:30,963 --> 00:20:32,097 ON THE LONG-DURATION FLIGHT, 809 00:20:32,097 --> 00:20:33,332 YOU ARE CONSTANTLY CHANGING 810 00:20:33,332 --> 00:20:34,499 FROM BEING A PLUMBER 811 00:20:34,499 --> 00:20:37,135 TO A ELECTRICIAN, AND THEN 812 00:20:37,135 --> 00:20:37,836 MOST OF THE TIME GOING BACK 813 00:20:37,836 --> 00:20:39,071 TO YOUR LABORATORY 814 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:41,273 AND SPENDING 8 TO 14 HOURS 815 00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:42,975 A DAY, UH, GETTING READY 816 00:20:42,975 --> 00:20:44,276 FOR PERFORMING EXPERIMENTS. 817 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:46,678 SO HUGELY ENGAGING, 818 00:20:46,678 --> 00:20:48,213 AND JUST BECAME AN ENORMOUS 819 00:20:48,213 --> 00:20:50,816 AMOUNT OF FUN OVER TIME. 820 00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:54,353 SO FOR 821 00:20:54,353 --> 00:20:55,020 THE LONG-DURATION FLIGHT, 822 00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:57,155 AGAIN, IT'S THE EXPERIENCE 823 00:20:57,155 --> 00:20:58,290 WITH YOUR FELLOW HUMANS. 824 00:20:58,290 --> 00:20:59,224 I THINK THEY'RE SOME 825 00:20:59,224 --> 00:21:00,125 OF THE MOST MEMORABLE. 826 00:21:00,125 --> 00:21:01,827 I HAD A MOMENT WITH EACH 827 00:21:01,827 --> 00:21:03,996 OF MY CREWMATES, UH, KEVIN FORD, 828 00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:06,298 CHRIS HADFIELD, CHRIS CASSIDY, 829 00:21:06,298 --> 00:21:07,933 AT THE CUPOLA, 830 00:21:07,933 --> 00:21:09,601 THAT BEAUTIFUL DOME-SHAPED, 831 00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:10,902 UH, WINDOW, ONE 832 00:21:10,902 --> 00:21:12,771 OF THE BEST VIEWS IN SPACE, 833 00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:14,306 WHEN JUST THE TWO OF US 834 00:21:14,306 --> 00:21:15,807 WERE LOOKING OUT OVER 835 00:21:15,807 --> 00:21:16,908 SOME PHENOMENON OR SOME, UH, 836 00:21:16,908 --> 00:21:18,977 PLACE OVER THE EARTH, 837 00:21:18,977 --> 00:21:20,212 AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS-- 838 00:21:20,212 --> 00:21:21,513 THEIR-THEIR INSIGHT, 839 00:21:21,513 --> 00:21:22,247 AND THE PERSPECTIVE 840 00:21:22,247 --> 00:21:23,181 IT GAVE ME. 841 00:21:23,181 --> 00:21:24,883 OR THE SHARED EXPERIENCE 842 00:21:24,883 --> 00:21:25,917 OF SEEING, FOR INSTANCE, 843 00:21:25,917 --> 00:21:26,952 WITH CHRIS HADFIELD, 844 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:28,086 THIS ELECTRIC STORM OVER 845 00:21:28,086 --> 00:21:29,287 THE NORTHERN PACIFIC 846 00:21:29,287 --> 00:21:30,589 WITH BOLTS OF LIGHTNING 847 00:21:30,589 --> 00:21:31,390 THAT LOOK LIKE THE SIZE 848 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:32,758 OF MY ARM. 849 00:21:32,758 --> 00:21:33,992 JUST HUGE EVENTS GOING ON 850 00:21:33,992 --> 00:21:34,793 ON THE EARTH. 851 00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:35,794 WE-WE WERE SO ASTOUNDED 852 00:21:35,794 --> 00:21:36,828 AND JUST SHOUTING 853 00:21:36,828 --> 00:21:37,596 WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT 854 00:21:37,596 --> 00:21:38,563 AND WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE-- 855 00:21:38,563 --> 00:21:39,231 DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT 856 00:21:39,231 --> 00:21:39,998 GETTING OUT A CAMERA. 857 00:21:39,998 --> 00:21:41,867 AND SO-- BUT I REALLY WISH 858 00:21:41,867 --> 00:21:43,201 I HAD CAPTURED THAT ON A-- 859 00:21:43,201 --> 00:21:44,736 IN A VIDEO OR SOMETHING. 860 00:21:44,736 --> 00:21:45,771 BUT, UH, THE EXPERIENCES 861 00:21:45,771 --> 00:21:47,673 WITH YOUR FRIENDS IS WHAT SEEMED 862 00:21:47,673 --> 00:21:48,540 TO BE THE MOST MEMORABLE 863 00:21:48,540 --> 00:21:50,442 AND MOST PRECIOUS. 864 00:21:53,278 --> 00:21:54,846 SO, UH, THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE 865 00:21:54,846 --> 00:21:56,348 LIKES TO MAKE USE 866 00:21:56,348 --> 00:21:57,249 OF YOUR EXPERIENCE 867 00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:58,383 IN SPACE, OBVIOUSLY. 868 00:21:58,383 --> 00:21:59,184 YOU SPEND ABOUT SIX MONTHS 869 00:21:59,184 --> 00:22:01,687 WITH DEBRIEFS AND REHAB, 870 00:22:01,687 --> 00:22:02,688 AND AFTER THAT, 871 00:22:02,688 --> 00:22:03,989 THEY GET YOU RIGHT BACK 872 00:22:03,989 --> 00:22:06,758 INTO THE FLOW OF HELPING 873 00:22:06,758 --> 00:22:08,226 OTHER ASTRONAUTS TRAIN. 874 00:22:08,226 --> 00:22:09,528 IF YOU HAD TO DESCRIBE THE JOB 875 00:22:09,528 --> 00:22:11,363 OF BEING AN ASTRONAUT, 876 00:22:11,363 --> 00:22:12,731 MOST ACCURATELY YOU WOULD SAY 877 00:22:12,731 --> 00:22:14,599 THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT 878 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:15,834 HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT, 879 00:22:15,834 --> 00:22:16,902 AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE 880 00:22:16,902 --> 00:22:18,136 WE GET TO FLY IN SPACE. 881 00:22:18,136 --> 00:22:19,204 SO NOW IS MY TIME TO SUPPORT 882 00:22:19,204 --> 00:22:20,706 HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT. 883 00:22:20,706 --> 00:22:22,507 I WAS A BRANCH MANAGER 884 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:23,475 FOR SEVERAL BRANCHES 885 00:22:23,475 --> 00:22:25,343 WITHIN THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE. 886 00:22:25,343 --> 00:22:26,511 SO WHAT'S KIND OF UNIQUE FOR ME 887 00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:28,246 IS THAT I WAS PULLED OUT 888 00:22:28,246 --> 00:22:29,748 OF THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE 889 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,016 AND SPENT A YEAR HELPING START 890 00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:32,217 A NEW DIVISION. 891 00:22:32,217 --> 00:22:33,819 UH, SO I WAS MANAGING-- 892 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:35,053 HELPING MANAGE ABOUT 893 00:22:35,053 --> 00:22:36,955 135 ENGINEERS 894 00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:38,390 AND A FEW ASTRONAUTS, 895 00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:39,725 UH, FOR A WHOLE NEW, UH, 896 00:22:39,725 --> 00:22:42,594 AREA OF SPACEFLIGHT SUPPORT. 897 00:22:42,594 --> 00:22:45,230 THAT WAS, UM, AN INCREDIBLY 898 00:22:45,230 --> 00:22:46,631 GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE, 899 00:22:46,631 --> 00:22:48,266 UH, QUITE HUMBLING, ACTUALLY, 900 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:50,268 TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK GOES 901 00:22:50,268 --> 00:22:53,038 INTO GETTING US READY TO FLY. 902 00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:54,740 SO AFTER THAT, I CAME BACK 903 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:56,742 AS A BRANCH CHIEF. 904 00:22:56,742 --> 00:22:58,376 I WAS ASKED THEN, UM, 905 00:22:58,376 --> 00:22:59,411 BY THE CHIEF OF THE OFFICE, 906 00:22:59,411 --> 00:23:00,679 WHO'S, UH, AN ASTRONAUT. 907 00:23:00,679 --> 00:23:01,713 SAID, "TOM, WE WANT YOU TO 908 00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:02,914 "BACK UP A MISSION, 909 00:23:02,914 --> 00:23:03,882 "A SOYUZ MISSION, WE WANT YOU 910 00:23:03,882 --> 00:23:04,983 "TO BACK UP LUCA PARMITANO 911 00:23:04,983 --> 00:23:06,051 "WHEN HE'S GETTING READY 912 00:23:06,051 --> 00:23:06,852 "TO LAUNCH. 913 00:23:06,852 --> 00:23:08,420 "AND YOU DON'T HAVE 914 00:23:08,420 --> 00:23:09,588 "A PRIME ASSIGNMENT." 915 00:23:09,588 --> 00:23:10,255 I SAID, "ALL RIGHT, 916 00:23:10,255 --> 00:23:11,089 "IF THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED, 917 00:23:11,089 --> 00:23:12,190 "THEN THAT'S WHAT I'LL DO." 918 00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:13,959 AND HE SAID, "I WANTED 919 00:23:13,959 --> 00:23:15,927 "TO BE CLEAR, YOU DO NOT HAVE 920 00:23:15,927 --> 00:23:16,962 "A PRIME ASSIGNMENT, 921 00:23:16,962 --> 00:23:18,497 "YOU'RE JUST BACKING UP." 922 00:23:18,497 --> 00:23:19,664 I SAID, "ALL RIGHT, 923 00:23:19,664 --> 00:23:20,665 "THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO." 924 00:23:20,665 --> 00:23:21,867 SO I SPENT ABOUT TWO YEARS 925 00:23:21,867 --> 00:23:22,667 BACKING UP BOTH HIM 926 00:23:22,667 --> 00:23:23,735 AND JESSICA MEIR, 927 00:23:23,735 --> 00:23:25,103 GOING THROUGH THE, UH, 928 00:23:25,103 --> 00:23:26,071 LEFT SEAT SOYUZ TRAINING. 929 00:23:26,071 --> 00:23:26,938 AGAIN, ONE OF THE MOST RIGOROUS, 930 00:23:26,938 --> 00:23:28,940 UH, TOUGH, ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES 931 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:30,175 OF MY LIFE. 932 00:23:30,175 --> 00:23:30,909 I SPENT A LOT OF TIME 933 00:23:30,909 --> 00:23:32,444 IN RUSSIA, ABOUT 22 TRIPS 934 00:23:32,444 --> 00:23:33,311 BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN 935 00:23:33,311 --> 00:23:34,312 THE U.S. AND RUSSIA 936 00:23:34,312 --> 00:23:35,847 OVER A YEAR AND A HALF. 937 00:23:35,847 --> 00:23:38,483 AND, UM, ENDED UP, UH, 938 00:23:38,483 --> 00:23:40,519 WATCHING JESSICA LAUNCH, 939 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:41,419 CAME BACK INTO 940 00:23:41,419 --> 00:23:42,120 THE ASTRONAUT OFFICE, 941 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:43,321 AND I WAS BACK AT SUPPORTING, 942 00:23:43,321 --> 00:23:45,490 UH, OTHER FOLKS, 943 00:23:45,490 --> 00:23:46,825 SUPPORTING THE MISSION 944 00:23:46,825 --> 00:23:47,526 AND SOME PLANS FOR GOING 945 00:23:47,526 --> 00:23:48,693 TO THE MOON. 946 00:23:48,693 --> 00:23:49,361 BUT AT THAT TIME, 947 00:23:49,361 --> 00:23:50,662 I WAS THEN OFFERED A SLOT, UH, 948 00:23:50,662 --> 00:23:53,665 TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS CREW, 949 00:23:53,665 --> 00:23:57,035 UH, CREW-3 DRAGON. 950 00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:01,473 UH, TRAINING IS EXCELLENT, 951 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:02,674 UH, GETTING READY FOR 952 00:24:02,674 --> 00:24:04,476 A DRAGON FLIGHT. 953 00:24:04,476 --> 00:24:05,677 CERTAINLY, THE-- 954 00:24:05,677 --> 00:24:06,645 SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES 955 00:24:06,645 --> 00:24:07,546 FOR LEARNING HOW TO FLY 956 00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:09,214 A SPACECRAFT, UH, SOME OF 957 00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:10,649 THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, 958 00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:11,850 THE GUIDANCE, THE NAVIGATION, 959 00:24:11,850 --> 00:24:13,185 THE CONTROL, UH, 960 00:24:13,185 --> 00:24:14,786 THOSE WERE NOT NEW CONCEPTS 961 00:24:14,786 --> 00:24:16,021 TO ME BY ANY MEANS, 962 00:24:16,021 --> 00:24:17,556 BY THAT POINT HAVING WORKED, 963 00:24:17,556 --> 00:24:18,957 UH, ON THE SOYUZ 964 00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:20,625 FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 965 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:22,060 BUT EVERY VEHICLE'S DIFFERENT, 966 00:24:22,060 --> 00:24:23,495 EVERY APPROACH IS DIFFERENT, 967 00:24:23,495 --> 00:24:24,362 ESPECIALLY WITH 968 00:24:24,362 --> 00:24:25,330 A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, 969 00:24:25,330 --> 00:24:26,264 WHERE THEY HAVE TAKEN 970 00:24:26,264 --> 00:24:27,766 A TOTALLY DIFFERENT APPROACH 971 00:24:27,766 --> 00:24:30,001 TO HUMANS FLYING IN SPACE, 972 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:31,436 WHICH IS ALL VERY INNOVATIVE, 973 00:24:31,436 --> 00:24:32,838 VERY EXCITING. 974 00:24:32,838 --> 00:24:34,372 UM, AND SOME OF IT-- 975 00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:35,907 SOMEWHAT OF A CHALLENGE, 976 00:24:35,907 --> 00:24:38,009 UH, TO LEARN AS WELL. 977 00:24:38,009 --> 00:24:39,744 BUT, JUST LIKE YOU USUALLY DO, 978 00:24:39,744 --> 00:24:41,112 UH, IN SPACEFLIGHT, 979 00:24:41,112 --> 00:24:42,180 GOT INTO THE ACADEMICS 980 00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:43,215 AND VERY QUICKLY WENT 981 00:24:43,215 --> 00:24:45,050 INTO THE SIMULATIONS, UM, 982 00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:46,918 WATCHING THE CREW-2 AS THEY WERE 983 00:24:46,918 --> 00:24:48,119 TRAINING FOR A LITTLE WHILE, 984 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,021 BUT, UH, RAJA AND I IMMEDIATELY 985 00:24:50,021 --> 00:24:51,923 JUMPED INTO THE-THE SEATS. 986 00:24:51,923 --> 00:24:53,725 UH, HE HAS AN IMMENSE 987 00:24:53,725 --> 00:24:54,759 AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE 988 00:24:54,759 --> 00:24:56,494 AS A SQUADRON COMMANDER 989 00:24:56,494 --> 00:24:57,929 IN THE AIR FORCE. 990 00:24:57,929 --> 00:24:59,731 SO HE WAS ABLE TO SHOW ME 991 00:24:59,731 --> 00:25:00,999 AND KIND OF LEAD ME THROUGH, 992 00:25:00,999 --> 00:25:01,967 HE WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH 993 00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:03,335 THE DRAGON AT THAT TIME, 994 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:04,569 AND SO WE DEVELOPED, 995 00:25:04,569 --> 00:25:06,238 UH, MOST OF-- MOST OF THE WORK 996 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:07,706 WAS DEVELOPING OUR TECHNIQUE 997 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:08,673 FOR HOW WE'RE GOING 998 00:25:08,673 --> 00:25:09,741 TO WORK TOGETHER. 999 00:25:09,741 --> 00:25:11,810 WHAT HE NEEDS, UH, WHAT I CAN 1000 00:25:11,810 --> 00:25:14,145 DO TO-TO HELP SUPPORT HIM 1001 00:25:14,145 --> 00:25:16,281 AS COMMANDER OF THE DRAGON. 1002 00:25:20,051 --> 00:25:21,519 >> SO I WAS A-A PRIVATE PILOT, 1003 00:25:21,519 --> 00:25:22,721 UH, BEFORE I BECAME 1004 00:25:22,721 --> 00:25:24,656 AN ASTRONAUT. 1005 00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:26,691 OF COURSE, WE FLY T-38s 1006 00:25:26,691 --> 00:25:28,393 AS PART OF OUR TRAINING. 1007 00:25:28,393 --> 00:25:29,561 ONE OF THE-THE MOST 1008 00:25:29,561 --> 00:25:30,762 IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THAT, 1009 00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:31,897 ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE 1010 00:25:31,897 --> 00:25:34,266 FLY JETS IN THE AIR TO GET 1011 00:25:34,266 --> 00:25:35,867 READY FOR FLYING SPACECRAFT 1012 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:39,037 IN SPACE, IS ONE OF THE MINDSETS 1013 00:25:39,037 --> 00:25:40,071 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT 1014 00:25:40,071 --> 00:25:40,939 IS TO ALWAYS STAY AHEAD 1015 00:25:40,939 --> 00:25:42,173 OF THE AIRPLANE. 1016 00:25:42,173 --> 00:25:43,742 YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE AWARE 1017 00:25:43,742 --> 00:25:45,377 OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, 1018 00:25:45,377 --> 00:25:46,444 AND BE PREPARED FOR 1019 00:25:46,444 --> 00:25:48,013 WHAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN 1020 00:25:48,013 --> 00:25:49,881 SO THAT YOU'RE NOT SURPRISED. 1021 00:25:49,881 --> 00:25:52,083 IF YOU, UH, ARE LOOKING 1022 00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:53,051 FOR SOMETHING TO DO 1023 00:25:53,051 --> 00:25:54,152 AND YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO, 1024 00:25:54,152 --> 00:25:55,687 YOU'RE ALREADY BEHIND. 1025 00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:57,889 AND SO THAT'S-THAT MENTAL, 1026 00:25:57,889 --> 00:25:59,624 UH, TRAINING IS SO ESSENTIAL 1027 00:25:59,624 --> 00:26:00,659 FOR SPACEFLIGHT, AND YOU GET 1028 00:26:00,659 --> 00:26:01,793 THAT FROM AVIATION. 1029 00:26:01,793 --> 00:26:03,628 THE OTHER IS BEING ABLE TO ACT. 1030 00:26:03,628 --> 00:26:04,996 UH, BY THAT I MEAN 1031 00:26:04,996 --> 00:26:07,065 ACTUALLY OPERATING, UH, 1032 00:26:07,065 --> 00:26:09,167 A MACHINE WHILE YOU'RE UNDER 1033 00:26:09,167 --> 00:26:10,201 A LOT OF HEAT STRESS 1034 00:26:10,201 --> 00:26:11,703 AND VIBRATION AND G-STRESS 1035 00:26:11,703 --> 00:26:12,637 AND YOU'VE GOT VOICES 1036 00:26:12,637 --> 00:26:13,571 IN YOUR HEAD AND YOU'RE TRYING 1037 00:26:13,571 --> 00:26:14,506 TO TALK AND COMMUNICATE 1038 00:26:14,506 --> 00:26:15,407 AND NAVIGATE ALL 1039 00:26:15,407 --> 00:26:16,508 AT THE SAME TIME. 1040 00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:17,909 UH, THOSE ARE-ARE SKILLS, 1041 00:26:17,909 --> 00:26:19,144 ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNICATION, 1042 00:26:19,144 --> 00:26:20,912 IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SKILL 1043 00:26:20,912 --> 00:26:22,113 THAT TAKES, CAN TAKE, 1044 00:26:22,113 --> 00:26:23,415 YEARS TO LEARN. 1045 00:26:23,415 --> 00:26:24,482 AND SO THAT'S WHY AVIATION 1046 00:26:24,482 --> 00:26:26,251 IS SO IMPORTANT. 1047 00:26:29,487 --> 00:26:30,455 >> SO I'LL BE THE PILOT 1048 00:26:30,455 --> 00:26:31,756 OF THE CREW DRAGON. 1049 00:26:31,756 --> 00:26:34,492 UH, I SEE IT AS FILL IN 1050 00:26:34,492 --> 00:26:36,061 THE GAPS THAT THE COMMANDER 1051 00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:37,996 DOESN'T HAVE TIME, UH, 1052 00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:40,765 TO, UH, TO LOOK AT. 1053 00:26:40,765 --> 00:26:42,767 FOR INSTANCE IF WE'RE-- IF WE, 1054 00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:44,469 UH, EXPERIENCE A MALFUNCTION, 1055 00:26:44,469 --> 00:26:45,737 HE'LL BE LOOKING AT KEEPING 1056 00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:46,638 THE CREW SAFE, 1057 00:26:46,638 --> 00:26:47,872 LOOKING AT THE NEXT ACTION, 1058 00:26:47,872 --> 00:26:48,773 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN 1059 00:26:48,773 --> 00:26:49,607 FOR THE MISSION? 1060 00:26:49,607 --> 00:26:50,442 AND I MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE 1061 00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:51,443 TO DIG IN ON MY SIDE 1062 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:52,577 OF THE DISPLAYS 1063 00:26:52,577 --> 00:26:53,712 AS TO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED 1064 00:26:53,712 --> 00:26:55,246 AND WHAT-WHAT COMPONENT 1065 00:26:55,246 --> 00:26:56,681 OF IT WAS THAT, UH, 1066 00:26:56,681 --> 00:26:57,716 WENT WRONG, IF ANYTHING. 1067 00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:58,850 THIS IS ALL IN SIMULATIONS, 1068 00:26:58,850 --> 00:27:00,118 OF COURSE. 1069 00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:00,952 AND THEN WE DO HAVE 1070 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:01,920 DISTINCT ROLES. 1071 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:03,521 AT SOMETIMES-- AT SOME POINT, 1072 00:27:03,521 --> 00:27:04,956 HE HAS TO GET OUT OF THE SEAT 1073 00:27:04,956 --> 00:27:06,458 TO GET SOMETHING DONE, UH, 1074 00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:07,425 IN WHICH CASE THEN 1075 00:27:07,425 --> 00:27:08,793 I'M MONITORING THE DISPLAYS 1076 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:09,928 AND VICE VERSA. 1077 00:27:09,928 --> 00:27:12,130 SO, UM, IT'S A-A KIND 1078 00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:13,965 OF A INTRICATE TAG TEAM A LOT 1079 00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:16,701 OF TIMES BETWEEN THE TWO OF US. 1080 00:27:19,838 --> 00:27:20,705 >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, 1081 00:27:20,705 --> 00:27:21,639 IT'S-IT'S EXCITING TO FLY 1082 00:27:21,639 --> 00:27:23,174 ON A NEW SPACESHIP FOR SURE, 1083 00:27:23,174 --> 00:27:24,676 AND A NEWLY-DESIGNED-- 1084 00:27:24,676 --> 00:27:26,111 A NEW DESIGN OF A SPACESHIP, 1085 00:27:26,111 --> 00:27:27,412 BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD MORE 1086 00:27:27,412 --> 00:27:28,580 TO FLYING WITH THREE PEOPLE 1087 00:27:28,580 --> 00:27:29,481 THAT HAVEN'T FLOWN 1088 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:30,715 IN SPACE BEFORE. 1089 00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:32,117 THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE CREW, 1090 00:27:32,117 --> 00:27:33,284 THEY ARE INCREDIBLY 1091 00:27:33,284 --> 00:27:35,854 OPERATIONALLY SAVVY ALREADY. 1092 00:27:35,854 --> 00:27:36,921 THOSE-- I'D IMAGINE 1093 00:27:36,921 --> 00:27:38,456 FROM THEIR PRIOR JOBS, 1094 00:27:38,456 --> 00:27:39,791 UM, AT EASE, 1095 00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:41,860 UH, AND IN THE MILITARY. 1096 00:27:41,860 --> 00:27:43,995 SO I KNOW THEY CAN DO THE JOB, 1097 00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:45,663 THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. 1098 00:27:45,663 --> 00:27:47,332 UH, SO WHAT I TRY TO DO 1099 00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:49,034 IS IF THERE'S ANY GAPS 1100 00:27:49,034 --> 00:27:50,001 IN THEIR KNOWLEDGE 1101 00:27:50,001 --> 00:27:51,136 OF HOW THEY'RE GONNA FEEL, 1102 00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:52,170 HOW THEY'RE GONNA OPERATE, 1103 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:54,639 WHAT IS THE, UH, ZERO GRAVITY 1104 00:27:54,639 --> 00:27:55,974 GOING TO BE LIKE, 1105 00:27:55,974 --> 00:27:57,275 HOW THAT MIGHT CHALLENGE 1106 00:27:57,275 --> 00:27:58,710 OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT 1107 00:27:58,710 --> 00:28:00,178 WE CAN GET DONE, 1108 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,547 I'M SORT OF THERE TO SAY, 1109 00:28:02,547 --> 00:28:03,915 IN A SIMULATION SAY, 1110 00:28:03,915 --> 00:28:05,350 "YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, 1111 00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:06,451 "MYSELF OR SOME OF US 1112 00:28:06,451 --> 00:28:07,619 "MIGHT NOT FEEL VERY GOOD, 1113 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:09,154 "'CAUSE WE JUST GOT TO SPACE." 1114 00:28:09,154 --> 00:28:10,989 UM, AND I'M TRYING TO 1115 00:28:10,989 --> 00:28:12,290 ANTICIPATE THOSE THINGS, 1116 00:28:12,290 --> 00:28:13,425 HELP TAKE CARE OF THE CREW, 1117 00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:14,726 UNDERSTAND WHAT MY LIMITATIONS 1118 00:28:14,726 --> 00:28:16,294 ARE SO THEY CAN HELP ME. 1119 00:28:16,294 --> 00:28:17,729 AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY, 1120 00:28:17,729 --> 00:28:19,431 UM-- MANAGING EXPECTATIONS 1121 00:28:19,431 --> 00:28:21,733 OF WHAT WE CAN DO AND, UH, 1122 00:28:21,733 --> 00:28:23,234 PROVIDING, MAKING SURE I HAVE 1123 00:28:23,234 --> 00:28:24,469 THE SOLUTION FOR, UH, 1124 00:28:24,469 --> 00:28:26,004 IF THERE IS ANY, UH, PHYSICAL, 1125 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:27,872 UH, ISSUES ONCE WE GET 1126 00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:29,441 INTO SPACE. 1127 00:28:32,510 --> 00:28:33,578 >> WORKING, UH, WITH 1128 00:28:33,578 --> 00:28:34,913 A PRIVATE COMPANY 1129 00:28:34,913 --> 00:28:36,815 IS FASCINATING. 1130 00:28:36,815 --> 00:28:39,884 I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY WHAT 1131 00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:42,087 THEY'VE TAKEN FROM, UH, 1132 00:28:42,087 --> 00:28:43,788 NASA AND SPACEFLIGHT, 1133 00:28:43,788 --> 00:28:44,722 'CAUSE THERE'S BEEN 1134 00:28:44,722 --> 00:28:45,590 A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP 1135 00:28:45,590 --> 00:28:46,791 BETWEEN THE TWO. 1136 00:28:46,791 --> 00:28:47,892 ALL THE GOOD THEY'VE TAKEN 1137 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:49,360 FROM THAT, AND THEN INNOVATED 1138 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,529 WITH SOME OF THEIR OWN IDEAS 1139 00:28:51,529 --> 00:28:53,765 AND THEIR OWN APPROACHES. 1140 00:28:53,765 --> 00:28:55,834 FOR INSTANCE, UM, 1141 00:28:55,834 --> 00:28:57,469 WE DO SOME OF THE ACADEMICS. 1142 00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:58,436 THEY LISTEN TO WHAT 1143 00:28:58,436 --> 00:29:00,105 THE CREW SAYS, AND THEY TRY 1144 00:29:00,105 --> 00:29:01,239 TO CHANGE IT, IF THEY FEEL 1145 00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:03,074 IT'S APPROPRIATE, SO THAT, 1146 00:29:03,074 --> 00:29:04,476 UH, WE CAN FLY, UH, 1147 00:29:04,476 --> 00:29:05,577 MOST COMFORTABLY IN WHAT 1148 00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:07,045 WE THINK IS-IS A GOOD WAY 1149 00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:08,680 TO OPERATE. 1150 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,381 BUT THEY'RE ALSO, UH, 1151 00:29:10,381 --> 00:29:11,716 INCREDIBLY DEDICATED 1152 00:29:11,716 --> 00:29:13,384 TO SCHEDULE, 1153 00:29:13,384 --> 00:29:14,419 WHICH IS A GOOD THING, 1154 00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:15,353 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE 1155 00:29:15,353 --> 00:29:16,488 TO FLY EVENTUALLY, 1156 00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:18,189 TO MAKING IT VERY SAFE, 1157 00:29:18,189 --> 00:29:19,124 AND UNDERSTANDING 1158 00:29:19,124 --> 00:29:21,025 HOW THAT VEHICLE WORKS, 1159 00:29:21,025 --> 00:29:22,560 TAKING CARE OF THEIR VEHICLE 1160 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:23,895 AND ACCOMPLISHING THE MISSION. 1161 00:29:23,895 --> 00:29:24,796 SO FOR ALL OF US, 1162 00:29:24,796 --> 00:29:25,697 SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE, 1163 00:29:25,697 --> 00:29:26,564 BUT ACCOMPLISHING THE MISSION, 1164 00:29:26,564 --> 00:29:27,932 TAKING CARE OF THE-THE ASSETS 1165 00:29:27,932 --> 00:29:29,901 WE HAVE IS NUMBER TWO. 1166 00:29:29,901 --> 00:29:34,038 AND, UM, I AM JUST VERY 1167 00:29:34,038 --> 00:29:35,406 IMPRESSED BY HOW DEDICATED 1168 00:29:35,406 --> 00:29:37,375 THEY ARE AND HOW HARD THEY WORK 1169 00:29:37,375 --> 00:29:38,576 TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS MISSION 1170 00:29:38,576 --> 00:29:40,712 IS SUCCESSFUL, AND TO INCLUDE, 1171 00:29:40,712 --> 00:29:42,747 INCORPORATING, SOME OF OUR IDEAS 1172 00:29:42,747 --> 00:29:44,449 AND OUR APPROACHES. 1173 00:29:47,385 --> 00:29:48,386 >> SO, UH, GRINDER, 1174 00:29:48,386 --> 00:29:49,754 UM, IS A-- 1175 00:29:49,754 --> 00:29:51,256 WAS A SQUADRON COMMANDER, 1176 00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:52,323 HE WAS GIVEN AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT 1177 00:29:52,323 --> 00:29:53,458 OF RESPONSIBILITY WHEN HE WAS 1178 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:54,626 IN THE AIR FORCE. 1179 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:55,693 YOU CAN SEE IT WHEN HE'S WORK-- 1180 00:29:55,693 --> 00:29:56,961 HE'S, UH, ALWAYS TAKING CARE 1181 00:29:56,961 --> 00:29:58,096 OF EVERYBODY. 1182 00:29:58,096 --> 00:29:58,963 IN TERMS OF SCHEDULES 1183 00:29:58,963 --> 00:29:59,864 AND GETTING THINGS DONE, 1184 00:29:59,864 --> 00:30:00,765 HE'S SUPER FAST AT GETTING 1185 00:30:00,765 --> 00:30:02,467 THAT DONE. 1186 00:30:02,467 --> 00:30:05,336 HE, UM, HIS, UH, ABILITY 1187 00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:06,304 TO ANALYZE SOMETHING 1188 00:30:06,304 --> 00:30:07,572 IS-IS VERY QUICK, 1189 00:30:07,572 --> 00:30:09,274 SO WHEN HE'S ON THE DISPLAYS, 1190 00:30:09,274 --> 00:30:10,608 UH, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH 1191 00:30:10,608 --> 00:30:12,043 A STAGE OF FLIGHT OR WORKING 1192 00:30:12,043 --> 00:30:13,011 THROUGH A MALFUNCTION 1193 00:30:13,011 --> 00:30:13,912 THAT HAD HAPPENED, 1194 00:30:13,912 --> 00:30:15,380 HE GETS TO A-AN ANSWER 1195 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:16,714 VERY QUICKLY. 1196 00:30:16,714 --> 00:30:18,416 UM, HE'S ALSO, UH, 1197 00:30:18,416 --> 00:30:20,018 VERY GOOD, AND WE'VE ALL-- 1198 00:30:20,018 --> 00:30:21,586 HE AND I HAVE TRIED 1199 00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:23,154 TO ESTABLISH A CULTURE OF, 1200 00:30:23,154 --> 00:30:25,523 UM, OF MAKING EVERYBODY 1201 00:30:25,523 --> 00:30:27,192 FEEL COMFORTABLE TO SAY, 1202 00:30:27,192 --> 00:30:28,526 "HEY, I MADE A MISTAKE ON THIS, 1203 00:30:28,526 --> 00:30:29,661 "AND BUT THAT'S OKAY, 1204 00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:30,595 "AND WE'RE GONNA WORK 1205 00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:31,429 "THROUGH IT, 1206 00:30:31,429 --> 00:30:33,398 "'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S-- 1207 00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:34,699 "EVERYBODY IS GOOD AT SOMETHING, 1208 00:30:34,699 --> 00:30:35,500 "BUT NOBODY IS GOOD 1209 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:36,401 "AT EVERYTHING." 1210 00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:37,202 AND SO MAKING SURE 1211 00:30:37,202 --> 00:30:38,002 WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE 1212 00:30:38,002 --> 00:30:38,903 WITH FILLING EACH OTHERS' GAPS. 1213 00:30:38,903 --> 00:30:40,004 AND GRINDER'S, UH, 1214 00:30:40,004 --> 00:30:40,972 NATURALLY FALLS 1215 00:30:40,972 --> 00:30:43,808 INTO THAT ROLE AS WELL. 1216 00:30:47,078 --> 00:30:48,613 >> KAYLA BRINGS TO THE TABLE-- 1217 00:30:48,613 --> 00:30:49,581 UH, FIRST OF ALL, 1218 00:30:49,581 --> 00:30:51,749 SHE'S IN A SEAT NEXT TO GRINDER. 1219 00:30:51,749 --> 00:30:53,618 SO SHE'S NOT IN CONTROL 1220 00:30:53,618 --> 00:30:54,986 OF A DISPLAY NECESSARILY, 1221 00:30:54,986 --> 00:30:56,888 NOT IN A-IN CONTROL OF PART 1222 00:30:56,888 --> 00:30:57,855 OF THE SPACECRAFT, 1223 00:30:57,855 --> 00:30:58,890 BUT SHE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON 1224 00:30:58,890 --> 00:30:59,724 AND SHE CAN MONITOR 1225 00:30:59,724 --> 00:31:00,558 WITH PROCEDURES 1226 00:31:00,558 --> 00:31:01,726 THAT SHE HAS IN HER LAP. 1227 00:31:01,726 --> 00:31:03,194 AND SHE IS INCREDIBLY GOOD 1228 00:31:03,194 --> 00:31:05,063 AT SAYING, "I DON'T UNDERSTAND 1229 00:31:05,063 --> 00:31:06,331 "THIS PART OF THIS PROCEDURE, 1230 00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:08,866 "THEREFORE, MAYBE NO ONE ELSE 1231 00:31:08,866 --> 00:31:10,501 "TOTALLY UNDERSTANDS IT EITHER." 1232 00:31:10,501 --> 00:31:11,536 AND WE HAVE ALL, 1233 00:31:11,536 --> 00:31:12,804 INCLUDING THE TRAINING TEAM, 1234 00:31:12,804 --> 00:31:13,838 GOTTEN TO UNDERSTAND 1235 00:31:13,838 --> 00:31:14,872 THAT VEHICLE BETTER BY SOME 1236 00:31:14,872 --> 00:31:16,007 OF THE QUESTIONS SHE'S ASKED 1237 00:31:16,007 --> 00:31:17,075 AND SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS 1238 00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:18,610 SHE'S COME UP WITH. 1239 00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:19,911 AND SHE IS REALLY GOOD 1240 00:31:19,911 --> 00:31:21,312 AT SAYING, 1241 00:31:21,312 --> 00:31:22,413 "LET'S STOP WHAT WE'RE DOING 1242 00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:23,314 "AND THINK ABOUT WHAT 1243 00:31:23,314 --> 00:31:24,849 "WE'RE DOING SO WE MAKE SURE 1244 00:31:24,849 --> 00:31:26,484 "WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING." 1245 00:31:26,484 --> 00:31:28,086 UH, SHE WAS A COMMANDER 1246 00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:29,320 OF A, UH, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER 1247 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:30,722 INSIDE OF A SUBMARINE, 1248 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:32,123 AND YOU CAN SEE THAT COME OUT. 1249 00:31:32,123 --> 00:31:34,292 UH, SO SHE AND GRINDER BOTH 1250 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:36,394 HAVE GREAT LEADERSHIP SKILLS 1251 00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:38,496 ALREADY COMING INTO THE MISSION. 1252 00:31:41,699 --> 00:31:42,600 >> SO MATTHIAS IS GONNA 1253 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:44,402 BE SITTING ON MY RIGHT SIDE. 1254 00:31:44,402 --> 00:31:46,137 UH, HE DOES NOT HAVE QUITE 1255 00:31:46,137 --> 00:31:47,505 THE VIEW OF THE DISPLAYS, 1256 00:31:47,505 --> 00:31:50,742 BUT HE IS ALWAYS THINKING, 1257 00:31:50,742 --> 00:31:52,543 ALWAYS MONITORING. 1258 00:31:52,543 --> 00:31:54,112 WHEN MATTHIAS TALKS, 1259 00:31:54,112 --> 00:31:55,313 WE ALL LISTEN, 1260 00:31:55,313 --> 00:31:56,748 'CAUSE HE'S GOT AN IDEA 1261 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:57,815 OR AN OBSERVATION THAT 1262 00:31:57,815 --> 00:31:59,951 IS ESSENTIAL FOR IMPROVING 1263 00:31:59,951 --> 00:32:01,019 THE FLIGHT OR MAKING SURE 1264 00:32:01,019 --> 00:32:03,087 THE FLIGHT STAYS SAFE. 1265 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:05,623 SO, UM-- AND HE-HE BRINGS 1266 00:32:05,623 --> 00:32:06,958 WITH HIM A LOT OF OBSER-- 1267 00:32:06,958 --> 00:32:08,559 OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE AS, 1268 00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:10,361 UH, WORKING AS A CAPCOM 1269 00:32:10,361 --> 00:32:12,297 AND AS A MANAGER WITHIN ESA, 1270 00:32:12,297 --> 00:32:13,231 AND AS A MATERIAL 1271 00:32:13,231 --> 00:32:14,832 SCIENCE-SCIENTIST. 1272 00:32:14,832 --> 00:32:16,067 UH, HE'S, UH, 1273 00:32:16,067 --> 00:32:17,101 VERY FOCUSED ON THE SCIENCE 1274 00:32:17,101 --> 00:32:18,703 THAT WE'LL BE DOING AS WELL. 1275 00:32:21,906 --> 00:32:22,807 >> AS WE GET READY 1276 00:32:22,807 --> 00:32:23,641 FOR A SPACEFLIGHT, 1277 00:32:23,641 --> 00:32:24,475 MY FAMILY'S PRETTY GOOD 1278 00:32:24,475 --> 00:32:25,810 AT IT NOW. 1279 00:32:25,810 --> 00:32:27,478 IT HELPS THAT THEY SUPPORT 1280 00:32:27,478 --> 00:32:28,813 THE FLIGHT AND THAT 1281 00:32:28,813 --> 00:32:30,515 THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. 1282 00:32:30,515 --> 00:32:32,617 AND SO IN ORDER TO ENSURE 1283 00:32:32,617 --> 00:32:34,485 THAT IT REMAINS EXCITING, 1284 00:32:34,485 --> 00:32:35,787 UM, I WANT THEM TO GET 1285 00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:36,688 TO KNOW THE CREW, 1286 00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:37,588 I WANT THEM TO GET TO KNOW 1287 00:32:37,588 --> 00:32:39,023 THE-THE NASA SYSTEM 1288 00:32:39,023 --> 00:32:40,491 AND PEOPLE THERE. 1289 00:32:40,491 --> 00:32:41,326 IF THERE'S ANYONE 1290 00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:42,193 THAT THEY WANNA MEET, 1291 00:32:42,193 --> 00:32:43,227 I WANNA MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS. 1292 00:32:43,227 --> 00:32:44,228 IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY 1293 00:32:44,228 --> 00:32:45,496 TO COME OUT TO TRAIN WITH ME, 1294 00:32:45,496 --> 00:32:46,364 I WANNA MAKE SURE 1295 00:32:46,364 --> 00:32:47,398 THAT HAPPENS TOO. 1296 00:32:47,398 --> 00:32:48,533 I WANT THEM TO BE AS ENGAGED 1297 00:32:48,533 --> 00:32:49,734 IN THE MISSION AS MUCH 1298 00:32:49,734 --> 00:32:51,235 AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. 1299 00:32:51,235 --> 00:32:52,570 TO INCLUDE TRAVELING OUT 1300 00:32:52,570 --> 00:32:54,172 TO SOME OF OUR, UH, 1301 00:32:54,172 --> 00:32:55,206 TRAINING SITES AROUND 1302 00:32:55,206 --> 00:32:56,774 THE WORLD, MAKES IT FUN 1303 00:32:56,774 --> 00:32:58,609 AND ADVENTUROUS FOR THEM. 1304 00:32:58,609 --> 00:32:59,544 WHEN I'M SEPARATED, 1305 00:32:59,544 --> 00:33:00,678 WHICH IS QUITE A BIT, 1306 00:33:00,678 --> 00:33:02,113 CONTACT EVERY DAY. 1307 00:33:02,113 --> 00:33:03,548 UH, EVEN IF WE'RE TIRED 1308 00:33:03,548 --> 00:33:05,316 AND HAD A LONG TRAINING DAY, 1309 00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:06,884 I GOTTA GET A WORKOUT IN, 1310 00:33:06,884 --> 00:33:08,619 THE CONTACT IS ESSENTIAL. 1311 00:33:08,619 --> 00:33:10,021 JUST TO GET INTO THE HABIT, 1312 00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:11,723 BUT ALSO TO TRADE 1313 00:33:11,723 --> 00:33:12,824 THOSE FEW WORDS 1314 00:33:12,824 --> 00:33:14,525 OR THOSE THROUGH IMAGES, UH, 1315 00:33:14,525 --> 00:33:16,194 TRADE THOSE FEW IMAGES, 1316 00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:17,929 SO THAT WHEN I COME BACK, 1317 00:33:17,929 --> 00:33:18,896 I'M NOT SPENDING A LOT OF TIME 1318 00:33:18,896 --> 00:33:19,864 TRYING TO CATCH UP. 1319 00:33:19,864 --> 00:33:21,132 MY MINDSET IS ALREADY READY 1320 00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:22,567 TO JUMP IN WITH THE FAMILY 1321 00:33:22,567 --> 00:33:23,901 AND WITH THE FLOW OF THINGS 1322 00:33:23,901 --> 00:33:25,303 AS SOON AS I GET BACK. 1323 00:33:25,303 --> 00:33:26,270 AND THAT'S TRUE, 1324 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:27,271 THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA DO, 1325 00:33:27,271 --> 00:33:29,006 UH, OUR SPACEFLIGHT AS WELL. 1326 00:33:29,006 --> 00:33:30,274 STAYING IN CLOSE CONTACT, 1327 00:33:30,274 --> 00:33:31,275 EVEN IF IT'S JUST A COUPLE 1328 00:33:31,275 --> 00:33:33,344 OF WORDS, AS MANY DAYS 1329 00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:34,879 AS POSSIBLE, UH, EVERY DAY, 1330 00:33:34,879 --> 00:33:36,047 IF POSSIBLE, WE'LL HAVE 1331 00:33:36,047 --> 00:33:39,050 SOME VIDEO CONNECTIONS, UM, 1332 00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:40,518 BUT ALSO TO KEEP MY FAMILY, 1333 00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:42,153 UH, INVOLVED WITH 1334 00:33:42,153 --> 00:33:43,087 THE GROUND TEAM, 1335 00:33:43,087 --> 00:33:43,921 MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING ALL 1336 00:33:43,921 --> 00:33:45,390 THE COMMUNICATION THEY NEED. 1337 00:33:48,526 --> 00:33:49,594 ONE OF THE, UH, 1338 00:33:49,594 --> 00:33:50,495 GREAT LEGACIES 1339 00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:51,496 OF THE SPACE STATION IS NOT 1340 00:33:51,496 --> 00:33:53,398 JUST GONNA BE THE SCIENCE, 1341 00:33:53,398 --> 00:33:55,733 BOTH THE-THE SMALL INNOVATIONS 1342 00:33:55,733 --> 00:33:57,402 THAT, UH, OF WHICH THERE 1343 00:33:57,402 --> 00:33:59,504 ARE TENS OF THOUSANDS, UH, 1344 00:33:59,504 --> 00:34:01,205 BUT ALSO THE-THE BIG SCIENCE 1345 00:34:01,205 --> 00:34:02,206 QUESTIONS THAT'LL START 1346 00:34:02,206 --> 00:34:03,641 TO BE ANSWERED, 1347 00:34:03,641 --> 00:34:04,809 BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY, 1348 00:34:04,809 --> 00:34:06,277 THE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. 1349 00:34:06,277 --> 00:34:07,979 THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST, 1350 00:34:07,979 --> 00:34:09,313 CERTAINLY TODAY'S, UH, 1351 00:34:09,313 --> 00:34:10,481 PERHAPS MOST PROMINENT 1352 00:34:10,481 --> 00:34:11,549 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION 1353 00:34:11,549 --> 00:34:12,817 FOR EXPLORATION, 1354 00:34:12,817 --> 00:34:14,719 IT'S NOT FOR SURVIVAL, 1355 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,521 IT'S NOT FOR COMPETITION 1356 00:34:16,521 --> 00:34:17,622 IN THE MARKETPLACE, 1357 00:34:17,622 --> 00:34:20,391 IT IS FOR JUST EXPLORATION. 1358 00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:22,760 THAT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, 1359 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:24,462 IT'S A VERY UNIQUE ONE. 1360 00:34:24,462 --> 00:34:26,364 ALL AROUND THE WORLD, 1361 00:34:26,364 --> 00:34:27,665 THOSE WHO TRAIN US, 1362 00:34:27,665 --> 00:34:28,933 THOSE WHO HAVE BUILT OTHER PARTS 1363 00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:30,067 OF THE SPACE STATION 1364 00:34:30,067 --> 00:34:31,369 AND HAVE CONTRIBUTED, 1365 00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:32,537 ARE IMMENSELY PROUD 1366 00:34:32,537 --> 00:34:33,404 OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE, 1367 00:34:33,404 --> 00:34:35,006 FOR GOOD REASON, 1368 00:34:35,006 --> 00:34:36,340 LOVE WHAT THEY DO, 1369 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:38,443 AND LOVE THEIR CONTRIBUTION 1370 00:34:38,443 --> 00:34:39,410 AS WELL. 1371 00:34:39,410 --> 00:34:40,411 IT'S UP TO US TO TAKE 1372 00:34:40,411 --> 00:34:42,313 VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. 1373 00:34:42,313 --> 00:34:44,582 WHEN I WAS ON THE SPACE STATION 1374 00:34:44,582 --> 00:34:46,317 LAST TIME, PEOPLE ASKED, 1375 00:34:46,317 --> 00:34:47,485 "WERE YOU LONELY?" 1376 00:34:47,485 --> 00:34:48,820 I SAID NO. 1377 00:34:48,820 --> 00:34:50,021 YOU'RE ALONE, BUT YOU'RE NOT 1378 00:34:50,021 --> 00:34:51,322 LONELY BECAUSE YOU HAVE 1379 00:34:51,322 --> 00:34:53,090 FOUR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS 1380 00:34:53,090 --> 00:34:54,659 ALL AROUND THE WORLD. 1381 00:34:54,659 --> 00:34:55,860 YOU'RE TALKING TO A SCIENTIST 1382 00:34:55,860 --> 00:34:57,428 OR AN ENGINEER FROM ANY ONE 1383 00:34:57,428 --> 00:34:59,330 OF FOUR CAPCOM SITES 1384 00:34:59,330 --> 00:35:00,798 AROUND THE WORLD, 1385 00:35:00,798 --> 00:35:02,867 AND THE WHOLE SPACE STATION WAS 1386 00:35:02,867 --> 00:35:05,636 ABUZZ WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, 1387 00:35:05,636 --> 00:35:07,305 RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH AND, UH, 1388 00:35:07,305 --> 00:35:08,573 TALKING TO PEOPLE 1389 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:09,540 WITH DIFFERENT ACCENTS 1390 00:35:09,540 --> 00:35:10,475 AND IT WAS JUST, UH, 1391 00:35:10,475 --> 00:35:11,742 A VIBRANT, WONDERFUL PLACE 1392 00:35:11,742 --> 00:35:13,411 WHERE GREAT SCIENCE 1393 00:35:13,411 --> 00:35:16,514 IS HAPPENING.