1 00:00:01,901 --> 00:00:02,535 >> HI! 2 00:00:02,535 --> 00:00:03,303 I'M KAYLA BARRON, 3 00:00:03,303 --> 00:00:04,270 MISSION SPECIALIST 4 00:00:04,270 --> 00:00:06,706 FOR NASA SPACEX CREW-3 MISSION. 5 00:00:06,706 --> 00:00:07,574 WATCH ME LAUNCH 6 00:00:07,574 --> 00:00:08,441 WITH MY CREWMATES TO 7 00:00:08,441 --> 00:00:10,076 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 8 00:00:10,076 --> 00:00:12,445 ON NASA TV. 9 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:15,682 I'M KAYLA BARRON, 10 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:16,716 A MISSION SPECIALIST FOR 11 00:00:16,716 --> 00:00:18,918 NASA SPACEX CREW-3 MISSION TO 12 00:00:18,918 --> 00:00:21,921 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 13 00:00:23,723 --> 00:00:25,058 I WAS BORN IN IDAHO. 14 00:00:25,058 --> 00:00:26,126 MY FAMILY MOVED A LOT 15 00:00:26,126 --> 00:00:27,093 WHEN WE WERE KIDS. 16 00:00:27,093 --> 00:00:28,962 WE LIVED IN MONTANA, COLORADO, 17 00:00:28,962 --> 00:00:29,829 BUT FOR MOST OF 18 00:00:29,829 --> 00:00:31,731 MY MIDDLE SCHOOL TIME 19 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:33,166 AND HIGH SCHOOL, 20 00:00:33,166 --> 00:00:35,034 I LIVED IN WASHINGTON STATE 21 00:00:35,034 --> 00:00:36,236 IN A TOWN CALLED RICHLAND, 22 00:00:36,236 --> 00:00:36,803 WHICH IS 23 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:38,571 IN SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. 24 00:00:38,571 --> 00:00:41,007 I'M THE MIDDLE OF THREE GIRLS, 25 00:00:41,007 --> 00:00:42,041 SO, I HAVE AN OLDER 26 00:00:42,041 --> 00:00:43,042 AND A YOUNGER SISTER 27 00:00:43,042 --> 00:00:45,211 WHO ARE BOTH FANTASTIC HUMANS 28 00:00:45,211 --> 00:00:46,379 AND WERE MY BEST FRIENDS 29 00:00:46,379 --> 00:00:48,982 GROWING UP. 30 00:00:48,982 --> 00:00:50,750 I FIRST GOT INTERESTED 31 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:52,952 IN JOINING THE MILITARY 32 00:00:52,952 --> 00:00:53,953 WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. 33 00:00:53,953 --> 00:00:54,954 IT WAS FROM A PRETTY YOUNG AGE, 34 00:00:54,954 --> 00:00:57,690 PROBABLY 12 OR 13 YEARS OLD. 35 00:00:57,690 --> 00:00:58,324 WE LIVED NEAR 36 00:00:58,324 --> 00:00:59,225 THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY 37 00:00:59,225 --> 00:01:00,293 WHEN I LIVED IN COLORADO 38 00:01:00,293 --> 00:01:02,262 AND I HAVE SOME EXTENDED FAMILY 39 00:01:02,262 --> 00:01:02,962 IN THE MILITARY. 40 00:01:02,962 --> 00:01:03,530 SO, IT WAS KIND OF 41 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:04,197 ALWAYS SOMETHING 42 00:01:04,197 --> 00:01:06,633 I WAS VAGUELY AWARE OF. 43 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:09,269 AND THEN WHEN 911 HAPPENED, 44 00:01:09,269 --> 00:01:11,938 I WAS JUST SO SHOCKED BY THAT. 45 00:01:11,938 --> 00:01:12,806 YOU KNOW, IT WAS 46 00:01:12,806 --> 00:01:13,406 AT THE BEGINNING OF 47 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:14,140 MY EIGHTH GRADE YEAR 48 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:14,808 AND I THINK IT WAS 49 00:01:14,808 --> 00:01:16,876 A REALLY FORMATIVE TIME, 50 00:01:16,876 --> 00:01:17,577 YOU KNOW, 51 00:01:17,577 --> 00:01:18,778 LIKE YOU'RE JUST STARTING TO 52 00:01:18,778 --> 00:01:19,646 FIGURE OUT HOW THE WORLD WORKS 53 00:01:19,646 --> 00:01:21,147 AND HAVE SOMETHING 54 00:01:21,147 --> 00:01:22,715 THAT TRAUMATIC HAPPEN 55 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:23,616 TO OUR COUNTRY, 56 00:01:23,616 --> 00:01:25,151 BUT ALSO GET AN OPPORTUNITY 57 00:01:25,151 --> 00:01:27,153 TO WATCH EVERYBODY COME TOGETHER 58 00:01:27,153 --> 00:01:30,790 AND RALLY AS AMERICAN CITIZENS, 59 00:01:30,790 --> 00:01:32,625 TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER 60 00:01:32,625 --> 00:01:34,227 IN THIS REALLY CHALLENGING TIME. 61 00:01:34,227 --> 00:01:34,928 LIKE WATCHING 62 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:35,962 NEW YORK CITY RESPOND 63 00:01:35,962 --> 00:01:36,763 AND HOW WE CAME TOGETHER 64 00:01:36,763 --> 00:01:37,864 AS A COUNTRY 65 00:01:37,864 --> 00:01:38,965 REALLY CEMENTED FOR ME 66 00:01:38,965 --> 00:01:40,633 A DESIRE TO SERVE. 67 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:41,401 AND I KNEW THAT 68 00:01:41,401 --> 00:01:43,937 I WOULD WANT TO FIND WAYS 69 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:45,238 TO CHALLENGE MYSELF 70 00:01:45,238 --> 00:01:47,240 AND BECOME A LEADER. 71 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:47,974 AND SO, THAT'S HOW 72 00:01:47,974 --> 00:01:48,942 I FIRST GOT INTERESTED 73 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:50,977 IN JOINING THE MILITARY AND 74 00:01:50,977 --> 00:01:52,078 ULTIMATELY GOT INTERESTED 75 00:01:52,078 --> 00:01:54,948 IN ATTENDING THE NAVAL ACADEMY. 76 00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:56,082 THE NAVAL ACADEMY JUST ENDED UP 77 00:01:56,082 --> 00:01:57,183 BEING A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR ME. 78 00:01:57,183 --> 00:01:59,052 I GOT TO VISIT IT 79 00:01:59,052 --> 00:02:00,520 AND JUST IN TERMS OF MEETING 80 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,021 THE OTHER STUDENTS THERE, 81 00:02:02,021 --> 00:02:03,022 IT JUST FELT LIKE 82 00:02:03,022 --> 00:02:03,723 THE RIGHT PLACE 83 00:02:03,723 --> 00:02:04,891 FOR ME TO CHALLENGE MYSELF, 84 00:02:04,891 --> 00:02:06,125 NOT ONLY ACADEMICALLY, 85 00:02:06,125 --> 00:02:08,094 BUT ALSO PHYSICALLY 86 00:02:08,094 --> 00:02:08,761 THROUGH SPORTS. 87 00:02:08,761 --> 00:02:10,096 I RAN CROSS COUNTRY AND TRACK 88 00:02:10,096 --> 00:02:11,431 AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY, 89 00:02:11,431 --> 00:02:12,932 BUT ALSO MORALLY, YOU KNOW, 90 00:02:12,932 --> 00:02:13,900 DEVELOPING MYSELF 91 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:16,002 AS A HUMAN BEING, AS A TEAMMATE, 92 00:02:16,002 --> 00:02:18,238 AND EVENTUALLY AS A LEADER. 93 00:02:18,238 --> 00:02:18,938 IT JUST FELT LIKE 94 00:02:18,938 --> 00:02:20,773 THE PERFECT PLACE TO DO THAT. 95 00:02:20,773 --> 00:02:22,375 AND SO, THAT'S HOW I ENDED UP 96 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:24,143 INTERESTED IN GOING TO 97 00:02:24,143 --> 00:02:25,044 THE NAVAL ACADEMY 98 00:02:25,044 --> 00:02:26,646 WHERE I STUDIED CONTROL SYSTEMS 99 00:02:26,646 --> 00:02:28,381 AND ROBOTICS ENGINEERING, 100 00:02:28,381 --> 00:02:30,683 AND ULTIMATELY DISCOVERED THAT 101 00:02:30,683 --> 00:02:31,384 I WANTED TO BE 102 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:32,252 A SUBMARINER SOMEDAY, 103 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:33,219 WHICH I DID NOT KNOW 104 00:02:33,219 --> 00:02:35,421 WHEN I STARTED THERE. 105 00:02:35,421 --> 00:02:39,325 SO, I THINK MY UPBRINGING, 106 00:02:39,325 --> 00:02:40,360 MY DAD'S AN ENGINEER, 107 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:41,594 HE WORKS IN 108 00:02:41,594 --> 00:02:43,963 THE NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY. 109 00:02:43,963 --> 00:02:45,064 MY MOM'S A MATH WHIZ 110 00:02:45,064 --> 00:02:46,332 AND A RUNNER, AND SO, 111 00:02:46,332 --> 00:02:48,134 I THINK BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, 112 00:02:48,134 --> 00:02:50,837 THEY ALWAYS REALLY RAISED US 113 00:02:50,837 --> 00:02:52,605 TO BE OURSELVES. 114 00:02:52,605 --> 00:02:53,506 YOU KNOW, TRY TO BECOME 115 00:02:53,506 --> 00:02:54,841 THE BEST VERSIONS OF OURSELVES, 116 00:02:54,841 --> 00:02:55,775 TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES. 117 00:02:55,775 --> 00:02:56,876 THEY ALWAYS WANTED US TO DO 118 00:02:56,876 --> 00:02:58,177 OUR VERY BEST, 119 00:02:58,177 --> 00:02:59,279 BUT THEY WERE PRETTY FLEXIBLE 120 00:02:59,279 --> 00:03:01,147 ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT, 121 00:03:01,147 --> 00:03:02,148 WHICH IS REALLY COOL FOR ME 122 00:03:02,148 --> 00:03:02,882 AND MY SISTERS 123 00:03:02,882 --> 00:03:03,449 TO ALL KIND OF 124 00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:05,652 FIND OUR OWN PATHS. 125 00:03:05,652 --> 00:03:06,452 SO, I THINK PROBABLY 126 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:07,086 WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, 127 00:03:07,086 --> 00:03:07,820 THEY DIDN'T IMAGINE THAT 128 00:03:07,820 --> 00:03:08,688 ONE OF THEIR DAUGHTERS 129 00:03:08,688 --> 00:03:10,156 WOULD JOIN THE MILITARY ONE DAY, 130 00:03:10,156 --> 00:03:11,257 BUT THEY WERE SUPER SUPPORTIVE 131 00:03:11,257 --> 00:03:13,526 OF ME ALONG THE WAY. 132 00:03:16,396 --> 00:03:17,363 I WAS PRETTY SURE 133 00:03:17,363 --> 00:03:18,698 I WANTED TO STUDY ENGINEERING 134 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:19,499 WHEN I SHOWED UP 135 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:20,133 AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY. 136 00:03:20,133 --> 00:03:20,934 IT'S A FANTASTIC 137 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:22,535 ENGINEERING SCHOOL. 138 00:03:22,535 --> 00:03:23,670 AND ONE OF THE THINGS 139 00:03:23,670 --> 00:03:24,404 THAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT IT 140 00:03:24,404 --> 00:03:25,438 IS IT'S AN UNDERGRAD ONLY 141 00:03:25,438 --> 00:03:26,839 INSTITUTION. 142 00:03:26,839 --> 00:03:27,507 SO, ALL OF 143 00:03:27,507 --> 00:03:29,676 OUR RESEARCH FACILITIES THERE, 144 00:03:29,676 --> 00:03:30,510 UNDERGRADS GET TO 145 00:03:30,510 --> 00:03:31,277 ACTUALLY CONDUCT 146 00:03:31,277 --> 00:03:32,545 REAL RESEARCH PROJECTS. 147 00:03:32,545 --> 00:03:33,613 AND SO, THAT WAS REALLY 148 00:03:33,613 --> 00:03:34,314 ATTRACTIVE. 149 00:03:34,314 --> 00:03:35,348 LIKE WE HAVE WIND TUNNELS, 150 00:03:35,348 --> 00:03:36,683 WAVE POOLS, 151 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:38,117 A TINY NUCLEAR REACTOR, 152 00:03:38,117 --> 00:03:39,152 A NEUTRON GENERATOR, 153 00:03:39,152 --> 00:03:40,353 LIKE ALL THIS CRAZY STUFF 154 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:41,321 THAT NORMALLY, AS AN UNDERGRAD, 155 00:03:41,321 --> 00:03:41,854 YOU WOULDN'T GET TO 156 00:03:41,854 --> 00:03:43,356 PLAY AROUND WITH. 157 00:03:43,356 --> 00:03:44,691 SO, I WAS INTERESTED IN 158 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:46,593 KIND OF ALL THE BRANCHES 159 00:03:46,593 --> 00:03:47,994 OF ENGINEERING 160 00:03:47,994 --> 00:03:49,162 AND LUCKILY GOT A CHANCE 161 00:03:49,162 --> 00:03:50,196 TO SORT OF GET TO KNOW 162 00:03:50,196 --> 00:03:51,230 EACH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS 163 00:03:51,230 --> 00:03:52,966 BEFORE COMMITTING TO A MAJOR. 164 00:03:52,966 --> 00:03:53,766 AND THE THING I REALLY LIKED 165 00:03:53,766 --> 00:03:55,068 ABOUT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, 166 00:03:55,068 --> 00:03:56,202 WHICH AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY 167 00:03:56,202 --> 00:03:57,470 IS FOCUSED ON CONTROL SYSTEMS 168 00:03:57,470 --> 00:03:58,171 AND ROBOTICS, 169 00:03:58,171 --> 00:03:59,472 IT WAS A REALLY INTEGRATED 170 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:00,239 WAY OF THINKING 171 00:04:00,239 --> 00:04:01,474 ABOUT ENGINEERING. 172 00:04:01,474 --> 00:04:02,675 AND YOU HAD TO UNDERSTAND 173 00:04:02,675 --> 00:04:03,509 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, 174 00:04:03,509 --> 00:04:04,444 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, 175 00:04:04,444 --> 00:04:05,311 COMPUTER ENGINEERING, 176 00:04:05,311 --> 00:04:06,346 AND SCIENCE 177 00:04:06,346 --> 00:04:07,447 AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT 178 00:04:07,447 --> 00:04:08,848 HOW ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT 179 00:04:08,848 --> 00:04:10,450 SKILL SETS AND KNOWLEDGE BASES 180 00:04:10,450 --> 00:04:11,217 WORK TOGETHER 181 00:04:11,217 --> 00:04:13,286 TO DO SOMETHING PRACTICAL. 182 00:04:13,286 --> 00:04:14,520 SO, I WANTED TO BUILD THINGS 183 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,022 AND I WANTED TO THINK ABOUT 184 00:04:16,022 --> 00:04:17,223 HOW DIFFERENT THINGS 185 00:04:17,223 --> 00:04:18,157 WORK TOGETHER 186 00:04:18,157 --> 00:04:21,160 TO ACCOMPLISH A NEW GOAL. 187 00:04:23,863 --> 00:04:24,530 WHEN I STARTED 188 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:25,398 AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY, 189 00:04:25,398 --> 00:04:27,433 I ACTUALLY HAD NO ASPIRATIONS 190 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:28,735 TO GO TO GRADUATE SCHOOL. 191 00:04:28,735 --> 00:04:30,003 LIKE I DIDN'T EVEN ACTUALLY KNOW 192 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:30,837 THAT WAS AN OPTION 193 00:04:30,837 --> 00:04:32,171 STRAIGHT FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY. 194 00:04:32,171 --> 00:04:33,406 BUT I HAD A REALLY GOOD MENTOR 195 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:34,907 IN MY FRESHMAN YEAR. 196 00:04:34,907 --> 00:04:36,175 HE TAUGHT ME 197 00:04:36,175 --> 00:04:37,410 IN ONE OF MY HISTORY CLASSES, 198 00:04:37,410 --> 00:04:38,478 WHICH WASN'T LIKE 199 00:04:38,478 --> 00:04:40,013 A CORE STRENGTH FOR ME, 200 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:41,614 TO SAY THE LEAST. 201 00:04:41,614 --> 00:04:42,482 BUT WE STRUCK UP 202 00:04:42,482 --> 00:04:44,517 A GOOD RELATIONSHIP 203 00:04:44,517 --> 00:04:45,652 AND HE REALLY ENCOURAGED ME 204 00:04:45,652 --> 00:04:46,753 TO START THINKING ABOUT IT. 205 00:04:46,753 --> 00:04:47,387 HE THOUGHT THAT 206 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:48,521 I MAYBE HAD THE POTENTIAL 207 00:04:48,521 --> 00:04:49,922 TO GO TO GRAD SCHOOL. 208 00:04:49,922 --> 00:04:50,556 AND THAT'S WHEN 209 00:04:50,556 --> 00:04:51,357 I STARTED THINKING ABOUT 210 00:04:51,357 --> 00:04:53,493 WHAT I MIGHT WANT TO STUDY. 211 00:04:53,493 --> 00:04:54,494 AND I GOT REALLY INSPIRED 212 00:04:54,494 --> 00:04:55,528 ABOUT TRYING TO HELP 213 00:04:55,528 --> 00:04:57,964 FIND GOOD SOLUTIONS 214 00:04:57,964 --> 00:04:59,799 TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 215 00:04:59,799 --> 00:05:01,701 AND FOR ME, I LOOKED AROUND 216 00:05:01,701 --> 00:05:03,369 AT ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES 217 00:05:03,369 --> 00:05:05,605 OF EXISTING AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES 218 00:05:05,605 --> 00:05:06,372 THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO 219 00:05:06,372 --> 00:05:08,174 IMPLEMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 220 00:05:08,174 --> 00:05:09,776 AND NUCLEAR POWER REALLY SEEMED 221 00:05:09,776 --> 00:05:11,244 LIKE AN IMPORTANT PART OF 222 00:05:11,244 --> 00:05:12,979 PROVIDING BASE-LOAD ENERGY 223 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:15,415 IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T SHOOT CO2 224 00:05:15,415 --> 00:05:16,716 INTO OUR ATMOSPHERE 225 00:05:16,716 --> 00:05:19,252 AND CAUSE ALL THESE PROBLEMS. 226 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:21,454 SO, I GOT REALLY NERDY 227 00:05:21,454 --> 00:05:22,889 ABOUT NEXT GENERATION 228 00:05:22,889 --> 00:05:24,657 NUCLEAR REACTORS. 229 00:05:24,657 --> 00:05:25,525 AND IN PARTICULAR, 230 00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:26,325 I REALLY WANTED TO STUDY 231 00:05:26,325 --> 00:05:28,194 A THORIUM FUELED REACTOR. 232 00:05:28,194 --> 00:05:28,761 THE REACTORS 233 00:05:28,761 --> 00:05:29,429 IN THE UNITED STATES 234 00:05:29,429 --> 00:05:30,496 ARE POWERED BY PLUTONIUM 235 00:05:30,496 --> 00:05:31,330 OR URANIUM. 236 00:05:31,330 --> 00:05:32,165 AND I THOUGHT SOME OF 237 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:32,965 THE TECHNOLOGIES 238 00:05:32,965 --> 00:05:34,100 FOR THORIUM-FUELED REACTORS 239 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:35,101 WERE COOL. 240 00:05:35,101 --> 00:05:36,135 AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT 241 00:05:36,135 --> 00:05:37,136 ONE OF THE BEST RESEARCHERS 242 00:05:37,136 --> 00:05:38,571 IN THE WORLD, DR. JEFF PARKS, 243 00:05:38,571 --> 00:05:39,405 WAS DOING WORK 244 00:05:39,405 --> 00:05:40,873 ON THAT AT CAMBRIDGE. 245 00:05:40,873 --> 00:05:41,674 AND SO, THAT'S WHY 246 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:42,442 I WANTED TO GO THERE, 247 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:44,143 TO STUDY UNDER HIM. 248 00:05:44,143 --> 00:05:45,144 AND I WAS JUST REALLY LUCKY 249 00:05:45,144 --> 00:05:46,045 TO GET ACCEPTED AS 250 00:05:46,045 --> 00:05:47,647 ONE OF HIS MASTERS STUDENTS 251 00:05:47,647 --> 00:05:48,481 AND GOT THE CHANCE 252 00:05:48,481 --> 00:05:50,950 TO DO A RESEARCH DEGREE THERE. 253 00:05:53,386 --> 00:05:54,087 YEAH, THIS CAN GET 254 00:05:54,087 --> 00:05:56,222 REALLY NERDY REALLY QUICK. 255 00:05:56,222 --> 00:05:57,657 BUT THE REACTOR CONCEPT 256 00:05:57,657 --> 00:05:58,424 I WAS WORKING ON 257 00:05:58,424 --> 00:05:59,525 IN GRADUATE SCHOOL IS CALLED 258 00:05:59,525 --> 00:06:00,693 THE ACCELERATOR-DRIVEN 259 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:02,995 SUBCRITICAL REACTOR. 260 00:06:02,995 --> 00:06:04,263 AND IT'S UNIQUE 261 00:06:04,263 --> 00:06:05,698 FROM DIFFERENT NUCLEAR REACTORS 262 00:06:05,698 --> 00:06:07,433 IN THAT THE NUCLEAR FUEL 263 00:06:07,433 --> 00:06:08,601 YOU HAVE IN THE CORE 264 00:06:08,601 --> 00:06:10,236 CAN'T INHERENTLY SUSTAIN 265 00:06:10,236 --> 00:06:10,970 A CHAIN REACTION, 266 00:06:10,970 --> 00:06:11,738 WHICH IS HOW 267 00:06:11,738 --> 00:06:12,672 A NUCLEAR REACTOR WORKS, 268 00:06:12,672 --> 00:06:14,874 A CHAIN REACTION OF FISSION 269 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:16,375 KIND OF CONTINUES ON 270 00:06:16,375 --> 00:06:17,310 ON ITS OWN AND 271 00:06:17,310 --> 00:06:19,445 IT HEATS UP WATER, USUALLY, 272 00:06:19,445 --> 00:06:20,546 WHICH PRODUCES STEAM 273 00:06:20,546 --> 00:06:22,682 AND YOU CAN RUN TURBINES. 274 00:06:22,682 --> 00:06:24,417 BUT THIS REACTOR HAS 275 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:26,986 LIKE AN INBUILT SAFETY FEATURE, 276 00:06:26,986 --> 00:06:27,587 I GUESS. 277 00:06:27,587 --> 00:06:29,455 IT'S LIKE NATURALLY SUBCRITICAL, 278 00:06:29,455 --> 00:06:30,256 BUT THE WAY YOU GET TO 279 00:06:30,256 --> 00:06:31,290 THAT CHAIN REACTION IS 280 00:06:31,290 --> 00:06:34,393 BY SHOOTING A PROTON GENERATOR, 281 00:06:34,393 --> 00:06:35,828 LIKE A BEAM OF PROTONS 282 00:06:35,828 --> 00:06:36,662 AT A LEAD TARGET 283 00:06:36,662 --> 00:06:38,164 IN THE CENTER OF THE REACTOR. 284 00:06:38,164 --> 00:06:39,298 AND THAT KNOCKS NEUTRONS 285 00:06:39,298 --> 00:06:41,234 OUT OF THE LEAD INTO THE THORIUM 286 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:42,802 AND THAT'S HOW YOU MAINTAIN 287 00:06:42,802 --> 00:06:44,470 THE CHAIN REACTION. 288 00:06:44,470 --> 00:06:46,272 SO, THIS REACTOR CONCEPT 289 00:06:46,272 --> 00:06:47,573 IS LIKE FAIRLY DEVELOPED, 290 00:06:47,573 --> 00:06:50,376 BUT MY WORK WAS FOCUSED ON 291 00:06:50,376 --> 00:06:53,012 ANALYZING THE FUEL MIX 292 00:06:53,012 --> 00:06:53,880 BECAUSE ONE OF THE COOL THINGS 293 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:55,381 ABOUT THE REACTOR IS THAT 294 00:06:55,381 --> 00:06:56,616 IT HAS REALLY FLEXIBLE -- 295 00:06:56,616 --> 00:06:57,583 IT'S NOT JUST THORIUM 296 00:06:57,583 --> 00:06:58,484 THAT YOU CAN PUT INTO IT. 297 00:06:58,484 --> 00:06:59,418 YOU CAN MIX IN 298 00:06:59,418 --> 00:07:01,320 SPENT NUCLEAR WASTE 299 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:02,922 TO HELP REPROCESS IT. 300 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:04,390 AND I WAS ANALYZING 301 00:07:04,390 --> 00:07:05,491 ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS 302 00:07:05,491 --> 00:07:06,159 AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 303 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:07,193 WHAT MIGHT BE THE BEST ONE 304 00:07:07,193 --> 00:07:10,096 FOR A PROTOTYPE REACTOR. 305 00:07:12,064 --> 00:07:12,799 GROWING UP, 306 00:07:12,799 --> 00:07:14,033 WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW A LOT 307 00:07:14,033 --> 00:07:15,601 ABOUT WHAT MY DAD DID 308 00:07:15,601 --> 00:07:17,003 BECAUSE HE OFTEN WORKED AT 309 00:07:17,003 --> 00:07:17,737 THESE SITES 310 00:07:17,737 --> 00:07:18,604 WHERE WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO GO. 311 00:07:18,604 --> 00:07:19,438 LIKE ON TAKE YOUR DAUGHTER 312 00:07:19,438 --> 00:07:20,106 TO WORK DAY, 313 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:21,040 WE COULDN'T GO WITH HIM 314 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:22,108 BECAUSE YOU NEEDED A CLEARANCE 315 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:24,243 TO GO ON THESE SITES. 316 00:07:24,243 --> 00:07:25,111 SO, WE KIND OF GREW UP 317 00:07:25,111 --> 00:07:26,379 NOT ASKING HIM A TON 318 00:07:26,379 --> 00:07:28,514 ABOUT THE DETAILS OF HIS WORK. 319 00:07:28,514 --> 00:07:29,382 BUT WHEN I WENT TO 320 00:07:29,382 --> 00:07:30,249 THE NAVAL ACADEMY 321 00:07:30,249 --> 00:07:31,384 AND STARTED BEING INTERESTED 322 00:07:31,384 --> 00:07:32,685 IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING, 323 00:07:32,685 --> 00:07:33,753 THEN WE STARTED NERDING OUT 324 00:07:33,753 --> 00:07:34,487 ABOUT THAT TOGETHER. 325 00:07:34,487 --> 00:07:35,321 AND IT'S A REALLY COOL THING 326 00:07:35,321 --> 00:07:36,789 THAT WE SHARE NOW. 327 00:07:36,789 --> 00:07:38,191 AND MY DAD ACTUALLY STARTED OUT 328 00:07:38,191 --> 00:07:40,059 HIS CAREER IN NUCLEAR POWER 329 00:07:40,059 --> 00:07:42,061 TRAINING SUBMARINE 330 00:07:42,061 --> 00:07:43,129 WARFARE OFFICERS ON 331 00:07:43,129 --> 00:07:45,097 HOW TO OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS. 332 00:07:45,097 --> 00:07:46,365 HE WAS A CIVILIAN INSTRUCTOR 333 00:07:46,365 --> 00:07:48,034 AT A NAVY -- AT NAVY'S 334 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:49,969 NUCLEAR TRAINING PIPELINE. 335 00:07:49,969 --> 00:07:50,803 SO, THAT'S KIND OF COOL. 336 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:51,971 LIKE HE STARTED HIS CAREER 337 00:07:51,971 --> 00:07:54,273 WHERE I DID IN THE NAVY. 338 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:58,644 SO, WHEN I SHOWED UP 339 00:07:58,644 --> 00:07:59,445 AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY, 340 00:07:59,445 --> 00:08:00,079 I THOUGHT I WANTED TO BE 341 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:02,148 A FIGHTER PILOT. 342 00:08:02,148 --> 00:08:04,083 AND THE NAVAL ACADEMY 343 00:08:04,083 --> 00:08:04,817 IS PRETTY COOL 344 00:08:04,817 --> 00:08:06,853 IN THAT YOU GET A FEW YEARS 345 00:08:06,853 --> 00:08:07,753 BEFORE YOU GET TO PUT IN 346 00:08:07,753 --> 00:08:08,554 YOUR PREFERENCES 347 00:08:08,554 --> 00:08:09,322 OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO 348 00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:10,523 IN THE NAVY. 349 00:08:10,523 --> 00:08:11,657 SO, I WAS REALLY INTERESTED 350 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:13,626 IN FLYING AT FIRST, 351 00:08:13,626 --> 00:08:14,794 BUT AS I GOT EXPOSURE 352 00:08:14,794 --> 00:08:16,996 TO THE VARIOUS OFFICERS 353 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:17,897 WHO WORKED ON THE YARD, 354 00:08:17,897 --> 00:08:19,098 I FOUND MYSELF REALLY DRAWN TO 355 00:08:19,098 --> 00:08:21,000 THE SUBMARINE WARFARE OFFICERS 356 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,201 AS MENTORS. 357 00:08:22,201 --> 00:08:23,102 AND SO, I THOUGHT MAYBE 358 00:08:23,102 --> 00:08:24,937 THERE IS SOMETHING TO THAT. 359 00:08:24,937 --> 00:08:25,838 AND THEN WE HAVE 360 00:08:25,838 --> 00:08:26,806 THIS REALLY COOL TRAINING 361 00:08:26,806 --> 00:08:27,740 BETWEEN OUR SOPHOMORE 362 00:08:27,740 --> 00:08:28,875 AND JUNIOR YEAR. 363 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:29,742 I KIND OF THINK OF IT 364 00:08:29,742 --> 00:08:31,310 AS LIKE THE NAVY'S JOB FAIR. 365 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:32,211 YOU GO SPEND A WEEK 366 00:08:32,211 --> 00:08:33,012 WITH EVERY SINGLE 367 00:08:33,012 --> 00:08:34,513 MAJOR WARFARE COMMUNITY. 368 00:08:34,513 --> 00:08:35,581 SO, SURFACE SHIPS, 369 00:08:35,581 --> 00:08:37,884 SUBMARINES, AVIATION. 370 00:08:37,884 --> 00:08:38,618 AND WHEN I GOT TO GO 371 00:08:38,618 --> 00:08:39,585 UNDERWATER ON A SUBMARINE, 372 00:08:39,585 --> 00:08:40,820 I JUST FELT LIKE THIS 373 00:08:40,820 --> 00:08:41,954 IS WHERE I BELONG. 374 00:08:41,954 --> 00:08:44,824 THE SAILORS WERE SO TALENTED, 375 00:08:44,824 --> 00:08:46,359 SO INTRINSICALLY MOTIVATED, 376 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:47,827 SO SMART. 377 00:08:47,827 --> 00:08:48,794 AND I COULD SEE THAT 378 00:08:48,794 --> 00:08:51,063 THEY HELD THEIR JUNIOR OFFICERS, 379 00:08:51,063 --> 00:08:52,164 WHAT I WAS ASPIRING TO BE, 380 00:08:52,164 --> 00:08:53,933 TO A REALLY HIGH STANDARD 381 00:08:53,933 --> 00:08:54,867 BUT WERE ALSO WILLING 382 00:08:54,867 --> 00:08:56,402 TO INVEST IN SHAPING THEM 383 00:08:56,402 --> 00:08:57,169 INTO A LEADER 384 00:08:57,169 --> 00:08:58,671 THEY'D BE WILLING TO FOLLOW. 385 00:08:58,671 --> 00:08:59,405 AND SO, EVEN THOUGH 386 00:08:59,405 --> 00:08:59,972 IT SEEMED LIKE 387 00:08:59,972 --> 00:09:02,008 A SUPER CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT 388 00:09:02,008 --> 00:09:03,276 TO BE A YOUNG LEADER IN, 389 00:09:03,276 --> 00:09:04,443 IT SEEMED LIKE THE TYPE OF PLACE 390 00:09:04,443 --> 00:09:05,311 WHERE YOU COULD REALLY 391 00:09:05,311 --> 00:09:06,812 DEVELOP YOURSELF AND GROW 392 00:09:06,812 --> 00:09:08,147 WITH THE SUPPORT OF YOUR TEAM 393 00:09:08,147 --> 00:09:10,116 AND THE MENTORS AROUND YOU. 394 00:09:10,116 --> 00:09:10,783 AND IT JUST MADE ME 395 00:09:10,783 --> 00:09:13,419 WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. 396 00:09:16,122 --> 00:09:17,256 YEAH, BEING ON A SUBMARINE 397 00:09:17,256 --> 00:09:18,491 IS PRETTY COOL. 398 00:09:18,491 --> 00:09:19,792 IT'S NOT FOR EVERYONE, 399 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:21,027 AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT DISAGREE 400 00:09:21,027 --> 00:09:22,094 WITH ME THAT IT'S PRETTY COOL, 401 00:09:22,094 --> 00:09:23,896 BUT I REALLY LIKED IT. 402 00:09:23,896 --> 00:09:24,497 IT'S KIND OF 403 00:09:24,497 --> 00:09:25,798 A FASCINATING WORLD. 404 00:09:25,798 --> 00:09:27,099 YOU DEVELOP THIS OWN LITTLE -- 405 00:09:27,099 --> 00:09:28,301 YOUR OWN LITTLE MICROCOSM 406 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:30,503 UNDER THE SEA BECAUSE 407 00:09:30,503 --> 00:09:31,938 YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO 408 00:09:31,938 --> 00:09:33,839 PROVIDE EVERYTHING YOU NEED 409 00:09:33,839 --> 00:09:34,941 TO LIVE AND WORK SAFETY 410 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:36,776 AND ALSO ACCOMPLISH A MISSION 411 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:38,678 WITHIN YOUR OWN CREW. 412 00:09:38,678 --> 00:09:41,280 AND SO, WE KIND OF 413 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:42,114 SPLIT THE CREW UP 414 00:09:42,114 --> 00:09:43,215 INTO THREE SHIFTS, 415 00:09:43,215 --> 00:09:44,283 THREE EIGHT-HOUR SHIFTS. 416 00:09:44,283 --> 00:09:45,284 SO, AT ANY GIVEN POINT, 417 00:09:45,284 --> 00:09:46,185 ABOUT A THIRD OF THE CREW 418 00:09:46,185 --> 00:09:47,853 IS ACTIVELY ON WATCH 419 00:09:47,853 --> 00:09:49,088 WORKING TO KEEP THE SHIP 420 00:09:49,088 --> 00:09:50,356 MOVING THROUGH THE WATER 421 00:09:50,356 --> 00:09:51,324 AND ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT 422 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:52,625 RUNNING APPROPRIATELY 423 00:09:52,625 --> 00:09:53,292 AND TO DO WHATEVER 424 00:09:53,292 --> 00:09:54,927 OUR MISSION TASKING IS. 425 00:09:54,927 --> 00:09:55,695 SO, YOU SPEND ABOUT 426 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:57,663 A THIRD OF YOUR DAY DOING THAT; 427 00:09:57,663 --> 00:09:58,230 YOU SPEND ABOUT 428 00:09:58,230 --> 00:09:59,198 A THIRD OF YOUR DAY 429 00:09:59,198 --> 00:10:00,700 DOING OTHER WORK 430 00:10:00,700 --> 00:10:02,568 IN SUPPORT OF THE SHIP; 431 00:10:02,568 --> 00:10:03,402 AND THEN IN THEORY 432 00:10:03,402 --> 00:10:04,170 YOU SPEND 433 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:05,137 A THIRD OF YOUR DAY SLEEPING, 434 00:10:05,137 --> 00:10:06,372 ALTHOUGH IN MY EXPERIENCE, 435 00:10:06,372 --> 00:10:09,508 THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK OUT. 436 00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:13,713 THE TIME IN MY SUBMARINE WAS 437 00:10:13,713 --> 00:10:15,181 THE MOST DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD 438 00:10:15,181 --> 00:10:17,483 OF MY LIFE FOR A LOT OF REASONS, 439 00:10:17,483 --> 00:10:18,417 BUT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE 440 00:10:18,417 --> 00:10:20,252 OF THE OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE 441 00:10:20,252 --> 00:10:21,887 AND OPERATIONAL TEAMWORK 442 00:10:21,887 --> 00:10:22,555 I GOT TO DO 443 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:23,556 WHILE WE WERE UNDERWAY 444 00:10:23,556 --> 00:10:25,591 WHEN WE WERE DEPLOYED. 445 00:10:25,591 --> 00:10:26,258 WHEN YOU FIRST GET TO 446 00:10:26,258 --> 00:10:27,293 A SUBMARINE, 447 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:28,527 YOU WORK TO GET QUALIFIED 448 00:10:28,527 --> 00:10:29,362 AS AN ENGINEERING 449 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:30,296 OFFICER OF THE WATCH, 450 00:10:30,296 --> 00:10:31,564 WHICH IS THE OFFICER 451 00:10:31,564 --> 00:10:33,299 WHO OVERSEES THE REACTOR -- 452 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:35,067 NUCLEAR REACTOR OPERATIONS 453 00:10:35,067 --> 00:10:36,102 AND ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT 454 00:10:36,102 --> 00:10:37,436 IN THE ENGINE ROOM. 455 00:10:37,436 --> 00:10:39,005 IT'S A PRETTY INTIMIDATING JOB 456 00:10:39,005 --> 00:10:39,772 WHEN YOU FIRST SHOW UP 457 00:10:39,772 --> 00:10:40,773 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF 458 00:10:40,773 --> 00:10:41,741 COMPLICATED EQUIPMENT 459 00:10:41,741 --> 00:10:43,709 AND A LOT CAN GO WRONG 460 00:10:43,709 --> 00:10:45,511 IF YOU DON'T DO YOUR JOB WELL. 461 00:10:45,511 --> 00:10:46,178 SO, THAT'S WHERE 462 00:10:46,178 --> 00:10:47,380 I FIRST STARTED. 463 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:48,948 AND THEN ONCE YOU GET QUALIFIED 464 00:10:48,948 --> 00:10:49,915 ENGINEER OFFICER OF THE WATCH, 465 00:10:49,915 --> 00:10:50,683 YOU START WORKING ON 466 00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:51,417 YOUR OFFICER OF THE DECK 467 00:10:51,417 --> 00:10:52,385 QUALIFICATIONS. 468 00:10:52,385 --> 00:10:53,352 AND OFFICER OF THE DECK 469 00:10:53,352 --> 00:10:54,553 IS THE PERSON WHO OVERSEES 470 00:10:54,553 --> 00:10:56,589 THE ENTIRE SHIP'S OPERATIONS. 471 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:57,757 YOU'RE DECIDING WHERE WE GO 472 00:10:57,757 --> 00:10:58,524 AND WHAT WE DO 473 00:10:58,524 --> 00:11:00,593 AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. 474 00:11:00,593 --> 00:11:01,861 AND SO, FOR ME, AT FIRST 475 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:02,828 THAT WAS LIKE A PRETTY 476 00:11:02,828 --> 00:11:04,130 INTIMIDATING ENVIRONMENT 477 00:11:04,130 --> 00:11:05,931 TO TRY TO GET QUALIFIED 478 00:11:05,931 --> 00:11:07,199 TO LEAD THAT WATCH TEAM, 479 00:11:07,199 --> 00:11:08,734 BE AN OFFICER OF THE DECK. 480 00:11:08,734 --> 00:11:09,869 I JUST REMEMBER MY FIRST TIME 481 00:11:09,869 --> 00:11:11,737 WALKING INTO CONTROL, YOU KNOW, 482 00:11:11,737 --> 00:11:13,406 YOU SEE THE SONAR DISPLAYS UP, 483 00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:15,074 ALL THIS DATA COMING IN 484 00:11:15,074 --> 00:11:17,710 AND THERE'S A LOT OF DATA. 485 00:11:17,710 --> 00:11:18,711 YOU HAVE TO TRANSLATE IT 486 00:11:18,711 --> 00:11:20,079 INTO USEFUL INFORMATION 487 00:11:20,079 --> 00:11:21,347 AND THEN MAKE DECISIONS 488 00:11:21,347 --> 00:11:22,281 IN A CONSTANTLY 489 00:11:22,281 --> 00:11:23,249 CHANGING ENVIRONMENT 490 00:11:23,249 --> 00:11:24,517 BECAUSE WE NEVER STOP MOVING. 491 00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:25,251 WE'RE CONSTANTLY 492 00:11:25,251 --> 00:11:26,652 MOVING THROUGH THE WATER 493 00:11:26,652 --> 00:11:27,820 AND THE SITUATION YOU'RE IN 494 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:29,055 IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING 495 00:11:29,055 --> 00:11:30,523 AS A RESULT. 496 00:11:30,523 --> 00:11:31,590 SO, FOR ME, AT FIRST 497 00:11:31,590 --> 00:11:32,725 THAT WAS LIKE A BIT OF A SHOCK 498 00:11:32,725 --> 00:11:35,094 BECAUSE I'M PRETTY TYPE A. 499 00:11:35,094 --> 00:11:35,761 I'M GOOD AT 500 00:11:35,761 --> 00:11:36,695 FOLLOWING PROCEDURES, 501 00:11:36,695 --> 00:11:38,364 BUT THERE IS LIKE A REAL ARTFORM 502 00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:39,598 TO BEING AN OFFICER OF THE DECK 503 00:11:39,598 --> 00:11:41,567 OR LIKE DRIVING THE BOAT. 504 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:42,468 SO, I -- 505 00:11:42,468 --> 00:11:43,002 THAT WAS A REAL 506 00:11:43,002 --> 00:11:44,470 GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR ME 507 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:46,272 AS A LEADER. 508 00:11:46,272 --> 00:11:46,939 BUT ONE THING THAT 509 00:11:46,939 --> 00:11:47,606 I THINK IS REALLY COOL 510 00:11:47,606 --> 00:11:48,808 ABOUT THE MILITARY IN GENERAL, 511 00:11:48,808 --> 00:11:49,742 BUT THE SUBMARINE FORCE 512 00:11:49,742 --> 00:11:50,943 IN PARTICULAR 513 00:11:50,943 --> 00:11:52,711 IS THEY TRAIN YOU UP 514 00:11:52,711 --> 00:11:54,513 SO THAT YOU'RE JUST READY 515 00:11:54,513 --> 00:11:55,981 TO DO THE NEXT THING AND 516 00:11:55,981 --> 00:11:57,383 THEN YOU LEARN BY DOING IT. 517 00:11:57,383 --> 00:11:58,317 SO, YOU'RE KIND OF, 518 00:11:58,317 --> 00:11:59,018 AT THE BEGINNING, 519 00:11:59,018 --> 00:12:00,453 OPERATING RIGHT AT THE EDGE 520 00:12:00,453 --> 00:12:01,287 OF YOUR ABILITIES 521 00:12:01,287 --> 00:12:02,655 AS AN OPERATOR, AS A LEADER, 522 00:12:02,655 --> 00:12:04,490 AS A COMMUNICATOR, 523 00:12:04,490 --> 00:12:06,792 AND THAT'S A SUPER-CHALLENGING 524 00:12:06,792 --> 00:12:07,526 ENVIRONMENT, 525 00:12:07,526 --> 00:12:08,294 BUT IT'S ALSO 526 00:12:08,294 --> 00:12:09,395 THIS COOL OPPORTUNITY 527 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:10,529 TO DEVELOP REALLY QUICKLY, 528 00:12:10,529 --> 00:12:11,464 ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE 529 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:12,565 A REALLY EXPERIENCED AND 530 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:14,967 SUPPORTIVE TEAM, WHICH I DID. 531 00:12:14,967 --> 00:12:16,735 SO, FOR ME I THINK 532 00:12:16,735 --> 00:12:18,037 I HAD THESE MOMENTS, YOU KNOW, 533 00:12:18,037 --> 00:12:19,171 MY FIRST DEPLOYMENT 534 00:12:19,171 --> 00:12:19,972 WHERE I WAS STANDING OFFICER 535 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:20,573 OF THE DECK 536 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:21,040 WHERE IT WOULD BE 537 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,174 THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, 538 00:12:22,174 --> 00:12:23,242 THE CAPTAIN CALLS AND 539 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:24,343 SAYS HE'S GOING TO SLEEP. 540 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:25,678 EVERYONE WHO HAS MORE EXPERIENCE 541 00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:27,413 THAN YOU IN THE OFFICER CORPS 542 00:12:27,413 --> 00:12:28,981 IS ACTUALLY SLEEPING 543 00:12:28,981 --> 00:12:30,583 AND YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF 544 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:31,584 A SUBMARINE 545 00:12:31,584 --> 00:12:32,718 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN 546 00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:34,019 AND YOU'RE LIKE 25 YEARS OLD. 547 00:12:34,019 --> 00:12:34,553 AND YOU'RE LIKE 548 00:12:34,553 --> 00:12:35,354 I CAN'T BELIEVE 549 00:12:35,354 --> 00:12:36,722 THIS IS HOW THE NAVY DOES IT, 550 00:12:36,722 --> 00:12:38,357 BUT IT WORKS BECAUSE 551 00:12:38,357 --> 00:12:39,592 WE HAVE THESE AMAZING TEAMS 552 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:40,626 AROUND US. 553 00:12:40,626 --> 00:12:41,193 AND IT'S KIND OF 554 00:12:41,193 --> 00:12:42,228 A PINCH YOURSELF MOMENT. 555 00:12:42,228 --> 00:12:43,662 IT'S JUST SUPER -- 556 00:12:43,662 --> 00:12:44,230 IT WAS A REALLY, 557 00:12:44,230 --> 00:12:46,999 REALLY VALUABLE EXPERIENCE. 558 00:12:49,768 --> 00:12:51,237 YEAH, SO I ACTUALLY 559 00:12:51,237 --> 00:12:52,404 NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT 560 00:12:52,404 --> 00:12:53,439 BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT 561 00:12:53,439 --> 00:12:54,507 UNTIL AFTER SERVING 562 00:12:54,507 --> 00:12:56,275 ON A SUBMARINE. 563 00:12:56,275 --> 00:12:57,076 FOR ME, IT WAS 564 00:12:57,076 --> 00:12:58,010 ALL THOSE PARALLELS 565 00:12:58,010 --> 00:12:59,979 THAT REALLY INSPIRED ME 566 00:12:59,979 --> 00:13:01,280 TO WANT TO APPLY AND 567 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:03,849 TO BELIEVE THAT I EVEN COULD. 568 00:13:03,849 --> 00:13:04,950 I DON'T THINK IF I -- 569 00:13:04,950 --> 00:13:07,186 IF I HADN'T HAD THAT EXPERIENCE, 570 00:13:07,186 --> 00:13:07,887 I DON'T THINK THAT 571 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:08,687 I WOULD HAVE BELIEVED 572 00:13:08,687 --> 00:13:09,788 I COULD BECOME AN ASTRONAUT. 573 00:13:09,788 --> 00:13:11,524 AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT 574 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:13,526 AFTER MY TOUR ON THE SUBMARINE, 575 00:13:13,526 --> 00:13:14,960 I WENT BACK TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY 576 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,662 TO WORK FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT 577 00:13:16,662 --> 00:13:17,229 WHO'S KIND OF LIKE 578 00:13:17,229 --> 00:13:18,931 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. 579 00:13:18,931 --> 00:13:19,498 AND BECAUSE 580 00:13:19,498 --> 00:13:20,199 I WAS WORKING FOR HIM, 581 00:13:20,199 --> 00:13:20,866 I GOT TO GO TO 582 00:13:20,866 --> 00:13:21,667 ALL OF THESE EVENTS WITH 583 00:13:21,667 --> 00:13:23,502 A LOT OF REALLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE 584 00:13:23,502 --> 00:13:24,470 THAT I OTHERWISE 585 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:25,604 WOULD NEVER HAVE ANY BUSINESS 586 00:13:25,604 --> 00:13:27,039 EVER SPEAKING TO. 587 00:13:27,039 --> 00:13:28,307 AND I MET AN ASTRONAUT, 588 00:13:28,307 --> 00:13:30,209 KAY HIRE, WHO'S A 1981 GRAD 589 00:13:30,209 --> 00:13:31,644 FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY. 590 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:32,645 AND SHE TOLD ME ABOUT 591 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,380 HER EARLY SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS 592 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:35,714 WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING 593 00:13:35,714 --> 00:13:37,016 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 594 00:13:37,016 --> 00:13:38,117 BRINGING NEW MODULES 595 00:13:38,117 --> 00:13:39,451 AND NEW EQUIPMENT ONLINE. 596 00:13:39,451 --> 00:13:40,186 AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 597 00:13:40,186 --> 00:13:42,154 THE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES, 598 00:13:42,154 --> 00:13:43,122 THE -- WHAT IT'S LIKE 599 00:13:43,122 --> 00:13:44,223 TO LIVE IN SPACE, 600 00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:45,124 BUT ESPECIALLY 601 00:13:45,124 --> 00:13:45,891 WHAT KIND OF A TEAM 602 00:13:45,891 --> 00:13:47,193 IT TAKES TO DO SOMETHING 603 00:13:47,193 --> 00:13:48,294 SO CRAZY LIKE THAT. 604 00:13:48,294 --> 00:13:49,228 LIKE LIVING AND WORKING 605 00:13:49,228 --> 00:13:50,829 IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE 606 00:13:50,829 --> 00:13:52,131 IS JUST SO SIMILAR 607 00:13:52,131 --> 00:13:52,932 TO MY EXPERIENCE LIVING 608 00:13:52,932 --> 00:13:54,867 AND WORKING ON A SUBMARINE 609 00:13:54,867 --> 00:13:56,402 UNDER THE OCEAN. 610 00:13:56,402 --> 00:13:58,470 AND IT WAS THOSE SIMILARITIES 611 00:13:58,470 --> 00:14:00,105 THAT FIRST HAD THAT CLICK 612 00:14:00,105 --> 00:14:02,141 IN MY HEAD LIKE OH, WOW! 613 00:14:02,141 --> 00:14:03,842 MAYBE I COULD DO THAT! 614 00:14:03,842 --> 00:14:04,977 AND SO, THAT WAS REALLY 615 00:14:04,977 --> 00:14:07,680 THE LIGHTNING BOLT MOMENT FOR ME 616 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:09,048 LIKE MAYBE I WANT TO BE 617 00:14:09,048 --> 00:14:10,516 AN ASTRONAUT. 618 00:14:10,516 --> 00:14:13,085 MAYBE I COULD BE. 619 00:14:15,387 --> 00:14:16,422 YEAH, THE TIMING 620 00:14:16,422 --> 00:14:17,623 WAS REALLY SERENDIPITOUS 621 00:14:17,623 --> 00:14:19,091 BECAUSE I FIRST GOT 622 00:14:19,091 --> 00:14:22,194 THAT INSPIRATION TO APPLY. 623 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:23,395 AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, 624 00:14:23,395 --> 00:14:24,330 MY HUSBAND WAS ACTUALLY 625 00:14:24,330 --> 00:14:25,831 IN THE ARMY AT THE TIME 626 00:14:25,831 --> 00:14:26,532 AND HE WAS DEPLOYED 627 00:14:26,532 --> 00:14:28,234 IN WEST AFRICA, 628 00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:29,702 SO I REALLY DIDN'T GET A CHANCE 629 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:30,836 TO TALK TO HIM THAT OFTEN. 630 00:14:30,836 --> 00:14:31,704 SO, THE ONLY PERSON 631 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:32,605 I HAD MENTIONED IT TO 632 00:14:32,605 --> 00:14:35,341 WAS MY BOSS, ADMIRAL CARTER. 633 00:14:35,341 --> 00:14:37,977 AND HE WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING. 634 00:14:37,977 --> 00:14:38,877 I THINK HE KIND OF SENSED 635 00:14:38,877 --> 00:14:41,680 ON MY NERVOUSNESS AND HESITATION 636 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,782 AND HE KIND OF TOLD ME THAT 637 00:14:43,782 --> 00:14:45,251 LIKE IF YOU WANT TO BE 638 00:14:45,251 --> 00:14:46,418 AN ASTRONAUT, 639 00:14:46,418 --> 00:14:47,519 YOU'VE GOT TO APPLY. 640 00:14:47,519 --> 00:14:48,988 AND ABOUT THAT TIME, 641 00:14:48,988 --> 00:14:50,289 LIKE TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, 642 00:14:50,289 --> 00:14:51,490 THE -- NASA PUT OUT THE CALL 643 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:52,057 THAT THEY WERE 644 00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:52,758 TAKING APPLICATIONS 645 00:14:52,758 --> 00:14:53,926 FOR THE NEW CLASS. 646 00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:54,627 AND SO, IT JUST KIND OF 647 00:14:54,627 --> 00:14:56,929 FELT LIKE I DO, 648 00:14:56,929 --> 00:14:58,097 I JUST NEED TO PUT MYSELF 649 00:14:58,097 --> 00:14:59,331 OUT THERE. 650 00:14:59,331 --> 00:15:00,699 SO, I CALLED MY HUSBAND, 651 00:15:00,699 --> 00:15:01,634 I TOLD HIM I WAS THINKING 652 00:15:01,634 --> 00:15:03,035 ABOUT DOING IT. 653 00:15:03,035 --> 00:15:04,103 HE WAS REALLY SURPRISED. 654 00:15:04,103 --> 00:15:05,304 I THINK AT FIRST HE THOUGHT 655 00:15:05,304 --> 00:15:07,273 IT WAS LIKE THE SECRET DREAM 656 00:15:07,273 --> 00:15:08,107 THAT I HAD HARBORED 657 00:15:08,107 --> 00:15:09,008 SINCE CHILDHOOD 658 00:15:09,008 --> 00:15:10,209 AND NEVER MENTIONED TO HIM 659 00:15:10,209 --> 00:15:10,843 IN THE TIME THAT 660 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:11,610 WE HAD BEEN TOGETHER, 661 00:15:11,610 --> 00:15:12,278 BUT I WAS LIKE NO, 662 00:15:12,278 --> 00:15:12,945 IT'S PRETTY NEW. 663 00:15:12,945 --> 00:15:14,413 LIKE IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME 664 00:15:14,413 --> 00:15:15,147 IT'S SIMILAR TO BEING 665 00:15:15,147 --> 00:15:15,848 ON A SUBMARINE, 666 00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:16,915 LIKE MAYBE IT WOULD BE 667 00:15:16,915 --> 00:15:18,317 A GOOD FIT. 668 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:19,385 SO, HE WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING 669 00:15:19,385 --> 00:15:20,152 AND SUPPORTIVE AND 670 00:15:20,152 --> 00:15:23,155 THAT'S WHY I DECIDED TO APPLY. 671 00:15:25,624 --> 00:15:27,726 SHOWING UP FOR THE INTERVIEWS, 672 00:15:27,726 --> 00:15:29,728 TALK ABOUT IMPOSTER SYNDROME. 673 00:15:29,728 --> 00:15:31,463 LIKE I MET THE OTHER CANDIDATES 674 00:15:31,463 --> 00:15:32,731 AND I ALMOST THOUGHT 675 00:15:32,731 --> 00:15:34,066 THEY CALLED ME BY MISTAKE. 676 00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:34,667 I WAS JUST LIKE 677 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:36,368 I HAVE NO BUSINESS 678 00:15:36,368 --> 00:15:37,369 BEING IN THE SAME ROOM 679 00:15:37,369 --> 00:15:38,504 AS THESE OTHER CANDIDATES. 680 00:15:38,504 --> 00:15:39,938 THEY'RE JUST SO ACCOMPLISHED, 681 00:15:39,938 --> 00:15:41,640 SUCH WONDERFUL PEOPLE. 682 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:42,574 AND I THINK FOR ME 683 00:15:42,574 --> 00:15:44,543 THAT JUST KIND OF 684 00:15:44,543 --> 00:15:45,944 INSTILLED SORT OF A -- 685 00:15:45,944 --> 00:15:47,813 A HEALTHY FATALISM A BIT. 686 00:15:47,813 --> 00:15:48,847 LIKE I DON'T KNOW 687 00:15:48,847 --> 00:15:50,149 QUITE WHAT THEY SEE IN ME 688 00:15:50,149 --> 00:15:51,684 OR WHY THEY INVITED ME HERE, 689 00:15:51,684 --> 00:15:53,052 BUT I'M JUST GOING TO BE MYSELF, 690 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:54,420 SHARE WHO I AM AND 691 00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:55,554 IF THEY THINK I'M A GOOD FIT, 692 00:15:55,554 --> 00:15:56,322 IF THE COMMITTEE THINKS 693 00:15:56,322 --> 00:15:57,089 I'M A GOOD FIT, 694 00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:58,424 THEN I PROBABLY AM. 695 00:15:58,424 --> 00:15:59,258 AND IF THEY DON'T, 696 00:15:59,258 --> 00:16:00,459 THEN I'M PROBABLY NOT. 697 00:16:00,459 --> 00:16:01,994 SO, I JUST KIND OF TREATED IT 698 00:16:01,994 --> 00:16:03,195 LIKE A LEARNING OPPORTUNITY 699 00:16:03,195 --> 00:16:03,962 AND THAT SORT OF 700 00:16:03,962 --> 00:16:04,963 TOOK THE PRESSURE OFF. 701 00:16:04,963 --> 00:16:06,165 I WAS JUST LIKE INTERESTED IN 702 00:16:06,165 --> 00:16:07,800 MEETING THE OTHER CANDIDATES 703 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:08,667 AND THE AMAZING PEOPLE 704 00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:10,536 HERE AT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. 705 00:16:10,536 --> 00:16:11,470 AND I TRIED TO 706 00:16:11,470 --> 00:16:12,304 ENJOY THE EXPERIENCE 707 00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:13,372 AS MUCH AS I COULD 708 00:16:13,372 --> 00:16:16,108 THROUGH THE SORT OF NERVOUS 709 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:19,078 IMPOSTER SYNDROME ANXIETY. 710 00:16:22,114 --> 00:16:23,482 MAN, IT WAS A REALLY 711 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:24,983 SPECIAL DAY. 712 00:16:24,983 --> 00:16:26,452 I THINK I MENTIONED EARLIER, 713 00:16:26,452 --> 00:16:27,119 I WAS WORKING AT 714 00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:28,787 THE NAVAL ACADEMY AT THE TIME. 715 00:16:28,787 --> 00:16:29,888 AND THEY TOLD US THE DAY 716 00:16:29,888 --> 00:16:30,956 THAT THEY WERE GOING TO CALL US 717 00:16:30,956 --> 00:16:31,623 TO LET US KNOW 718 00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:32,858 WHETHER THEY GOT IT OR NOT. 719 00:16:32,858 --> 00:16:34,026 SO, EVERYBODY WAS, YOU KNOW, 720 00:16:34,026 --> 00:16:36,695 WAITING BY THEIR PHONES ALL DAY. 721 00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:38,797 BUT I WAS WORKING THAT DAY. 722 00:16:38,797 --> 00:16:39,732 IT WAS COMMISSIONING WEEK 723 00:16:39,732 --> 00:16:40,466 AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY, 724 00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:41,100 THE NAVAL ACADEMY 725 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:41,867 GRADUATION WEEK. 726 00:16:41,867 --> 00:16:43,335 SO, THERE'S ALL THESE EVENTS 727 00:16:43,335 --> 00:16:44,203 AND I HAD A LOT OF THINGS 728 00:16:44,203 --> 00:16:45,637 I HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN. 729 00:16:45,637 --> 00:16:46,839 AND SO, I ACTUALLY GOT THE CALL 730 00:16:46,839 --> 00:16:48,640 DURING A FORMAL MILITARY PARADE 731 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:49,441 THAT I WAS IN 732 00:16:49,441 --> 00:16:50,509 AND IT WAS LIKE THE ONLY TIME 733 00:16:50,509 --> 00:16:51,210 THE WHOLE DAY 734 00:16:51,210 --> 00:16:53,011 THAT I COULDN'T HAVE MY PHONE. 735 00:16:53,011 --> 00:16:53,879 AND WHEN I GOT BACK TO IT 736 00:16:53,879 --> 00:16:55,347 AFTER THE EVENT, I WAS LIKE 737 00:16:55,347 --> 00:16:56,515 OH, I MISSED THE CALL 738 00:16:56,515 --> 00:16:57,783 FROM HOUSTON! 739 00:16:57,783 --> 00:16:58,717 AND MY BOSS WAS LIKE 740 00:16:58,717 --> 00:16:59,351 CALL THEM BACK! 741 00:16:59,351 --> 00:17:00,119 CALL THEM BACK! 742 00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:01,086 AND I WAS-- 743 00:17:01,086 --> 00:17:01,987 I LOOKED AT MY PHONE 744 00:17:01,987 --> 00:17:02,921 AND I WAS LIKE, 745 00:17:02,921 --> 00:17:03,856 I DON'T THINK I CAN 746 00:17:03,856 --> 00:17:04,857 CALL THIS NUMBER BACK-- 747 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:05,858 I'VE JUST GOT TO WAIT. 748 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:06,725 SO, I WAITED ABOUT 45 MINUTES 749 00:17:06,725 --> 00:17:07,793 TO CIRCLE BACK TO WHEREVER 750 00:17:07,793 --> 00:17:10,195 I WAS IN THE CALL ORDER. 751 00:17:10,195 --> 00:17:11,864 AND WHEN I ANSWERED THE PHONE, 752 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,132 BRIAN KELLY, B.K. 753 00:17:13,132 --> 00:17:14,900 AND CHRIS CASSIDY WERE THERE. 754 00:17:14,900 --> 00:17:15,768 AND THEY ASKED ME 755 00:17:15,768 --> 00:17:16,535 IF I WAS STILL INTERESTED 756 00:17:16,535 --> 00:17:17,703 IN COMING DOWN TO HOUSTON 757 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:19,571 TO BE AN ASTRONAUT 758 00:17:19,571 --> 00:17:20,806 AND IT WAS THE EASIEST QUESTION 759 00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:22,107 I EVER HAD TO ANSWER. 760 00:17:26,245 --> 00:17:27,346 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE TRAINING 761 00:17:27,346 --> 00:17:28,347 IS REALLY COOL. 762 00:17:28,347 --> 00:17:29,248 IT'S KIND OF LEARNING 763 00:17:29,248 --> 00:17:30,983 ALL OF THE BASIC SKILLS 764 00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:32,317 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED 765 00:17:32,317 --> 00:17:32,985 TO APPLY TO 766 00:17:32,985 --> 00:17:34,119 FUTURE MISSION TRAINING. 767 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:35,587 SO, WE DO THINGS LIKE 768 00:17:35,587 --> 00:17:36,522 LEARN HOW TO OPERATE 769 00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:37,856 THE ROBOTIC ARM THAT WE HAVE 770 00:17:37,856 --> 00:17:39,258 ON THE SPACE STATION, 771 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:41,560 LEARN BASIC SPACE WALK SKILLS, 772 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:42,961 LEARN HOW THE SPACE STATION 773 00:17:42,961 --> 00:17:44,296 ITSELF WORKS, ALL THE SYSTEMS 774 00:17:44,296 --> 00:17:45,631 THAT KEEP US ALIVE AND HEALTHY 775 00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:47,366 AND HAPPY UP THERE. 776 00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:49,601 WE LEARNED TO SPEAK RUSSIAN 777 00:17:49,601 --> 00:17:50,569 BECAUSE OF OUR PARTNERSHIP 778 00:17:50,569 --> 00:17:54,373 WITH THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY. 779 00:17:54,373 --> 00:17:55,707 WHAT ELSE DID WE DO? 780 00:17:55,707 --> 00:17:58,343 OH, WE FLY T-38s. 781 00:17:58,343 --> 00:17:59,211 DON'T TELL RAJ 782 00:17:59,211 --> 00:18:01,447 I PAUSED FOR THAT. 783 00:18:01,447 --> 00:18:02,481 WE FLY T-38s, WHICH IS 784 00:18:02,481 --> 00:18:05,150 A REALLY FANTASTIC WAY 785 00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:07,553 TO PRACTICE COMMUNICATING 786 00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:08,754 AND MAKING DECISIONS 787 00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:11,657 IN A REAL HIGH-RISK ENVIRONMENT. 788 00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:12,658 BUT WE ALSO GOT TO DO 789 00:18:12,658 --> 00:18:13,625 SOME OTHER SORT OF LIKE 790 00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:14,726 AUXILIARY TRAINING. 791 00:18:14,726 --> 00:18:15,694 LIKE, WE DO BASIC 792 00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:16,862 GEOLOGY TRAINING 793 00:18:16,862 --> 00:18:17,863 WHERE WE GO OUT IN THE FIELD 794 00:18:17,863 --> 00:18:18,831 WITH SOME OF THE BEST 795 00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:20,599 FIELD GEOLOGISTS IN THE WORLD 796 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:22,301 AND LEARN HOW TO TELL THE STORY 797 00:18:22,301 --> 00:18:24,870 OF THE PLACE BY ITS GEOLOGY. 798 00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:26,138 AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO 799 00:18:26,138 --> 00:18:27,272 APPLY THAT TRAINING 800 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:29,308 IN FUTURE MISSIONS TO THE MOON 801 00:18:29,308 --> 00:18:30,576 OR TO OUR EARTH SCIENCE WORK 802 00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:31,510 THAT WE'LL DO 803 00:18:31,510 --> 00:18:33,011 FROM THE SPACE STATION. 804 00:18:36,915 --> 00:18:38,784 FOR ME, I WAS WORKING 805 00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:40,853 IN EXPLORATION BRANCH 806 00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:42,488 ON THE SUITS THAT WE'LL USE 807 00:18:42,488 --> 00:18:43,522 TO GO BACK TO THE MOON. 808 00:18:43,522 --> 00:18:44,923 WE'RE DEVELOPING TWO NEW SUITS 809 00:18:44,923 --> 00:18:46,492 HERE AT NASA, 810 00:18:46,492 --> 00:18:47,826 ONE FOR THE ORION CAPSULE 811 00:18:47,826 --> 00:18:49,094 THAT WE'LL WEAR 812 00:18:49,094 --> 00:18:50,062 WHILE WE ARE LAUNCHING 813 00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:51,296 AND COMING HOME. 814 00:18:51,296 --> 00:18:53,265 AND THEN THE EXPLORATION EMU, 815 00:18:53,265 --> 00:18:54,299 WHICH IS THE SUIT WE'LL WEAR 816 00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:55,934 ON THE NEXT MOON WALK. 817 00:18:55,934 --> 00:18:57,603 SO, I WAS WORKING WITH 818 00:18:57,603 --> 00:18:59,271 THOSE TEAMS ON SOME OF 819 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:00,672 THE OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS 820 00:19:00,672 --> 00:19:02,407 AND ENGINEERING CHALLENGES 821 00:19:02,407 --> 00:19:03,575 AS THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 822 00:19:03,575 --> 00:19:04,877 HOW TO GET THOSE SUITS READY 823 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:06,144 TO TAKE US BACK TO THE MOON. 824 00:19:09,481 --> 00:19:10,649 OH, MAN. 825 00:19:10,649 --> 00:19:12,017 SO, I FOUND OUT THAT I WAS 826 00:19:12,017 --> 00:19:13,719 OFFICIALLY ON CREW-3 827 00:19:13,719 --> 00:19:14,987 WHEN I WAS ON MY WAY 828 00:19:14,987 --> 00:19:16,255 TO THE NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LAB 829 00:19:16,255 --> 00:19:17,489 FOR SPACE WALK TRAINING. 830 00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:18,423 IT WAS REALLY EARLY 831 00:19:18,423 --> 00:19:19,391 IN THE MORNING BECAUSE 832 00:19:19,391 --> 00:19:20,359 WE GET THERE REALLY EARLY 833 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:21,560 TO SET UP OUR TOOLS, 834 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:22,494 AND I GOT A TEXT FROM 835 00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:23,529 THE CHIEF OF THE OFFICE. 836 00:19:23,529 --> 00:19:24,463 AND HE SAID IF YOU'RE AWAKE, 837 00:19:24,463 --> 00:19:25,597 GIVE ME A CALL. 838 00:19:25,597 --> 00:19:26,532 I WAS LIKE THIS IS EITHER 839 00:19:26,532 --> 00:19:27,466 REALLY GOOD NEWS 840 00:19:27,466 --> 00:19:28,667 OR REALLY BAD NEWS. 841 00:19:28,667 --> 00:19:29,701 SO I GAVE HIM A CALL 842 00:19:29,701 --> 00:19:30,836 ON MY WAY IN TO WORK, 843 00:19:30,836 --> 00:19:31,937 AND HE SAID, KAYLA, 844 00:19:31,937 --> 00:19:33,539 YOU'RE ON CREW-3. 845 00:19:33,539 --> 00:19:37,175 AND I WAS JUST SO EXCITED. 846 00:19:37,175 --> 00:19:38,277 CREW-3 IS JUST SUCH 847 00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:40,212 AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE. 848 00:19:40,212 --> 00:19:41,446 RAJA, MY CLASSMATE, 849 00:19:41,446 --> 00:19:42,614 A FELLOW TURTLE. 850 00:19:42,614 --> 00:19:43,715 TOM, ONE OF THE MOST 851 00:19:43,715 --> 00:19:44,750 EXPERIENCED ASTRONAUTS 852 00:19:44,750 --> 00:19:45,651 IN OUR OFFICE. 853 00:19:45,651 --> 00:19:46,585 HE'S DONE SPACE WALKS, 854 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:47,553 HE'S FLOWN ON SHUTTLE, 855 00:19:47,553 --> 00:19:48,487 HE'S FLOWN ON SOYUZ, 856 00:19:48,487 --> 00:19:49,421 AND HE'S JUST SUCH 857 00:19:49,421 --> 00:19:50,589 A GREAT MENTOR. 858 00:19:50,589 --> 00:19:51,523 AND MATEUS, WHO I JUST STARTED 859 00:19:51,523 --> 00:19:52,491 TO GET TO KNOW 860 00:19:52,491 --> 00:19:53,559 BECAUSE HE WAS HERE 861 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:54,760 FOR CREW-3 TRAINING AS WELL, 862 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:55,928 WHO HAS A REALLY INTERESTING WAY 863 00:19:55,928 --> 00:19:58,030 OF TACKLING PROBLEMS, 864 00:19:58,030 --> 00:20:00,165 REALLY INTERESTING STORY. 865 00:20:00,165 --> 00:20:02,534 AND SO, IT WAS JUST SO AWESOME 866 00:20:02,534 --> 00:20:04,236 TO BE JOINING THOSE GUYS 867 00:20:04,236 --> 00:20:06,138 FOR SUCH AN AWESOME CREW. 868 00:20:09,975 --> 00:20:11,577 SPACEX TRAINING IS REALLY FUN. 869 00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:13,078 WE DO MOST OF OUR TRAINING 870 00:20:13,078 --> 00:20:15,948 AT SPACEX IN CALIFORNIA. 871 00:20:15,948 --> 00:20:17,816 SO, IT'S FUN TO BE THERE 872 00:20:17,816 --> 00:20:18,884 BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH 873 00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:19,818 AT THE SAME SITE. 874 00:20:19,818 --> 00:20:20,886 THEY DESIGN 875 00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:22,721 AND BUILD, MANUFACTURE... 876 00:20:22,721 --> 00:20:24,189 ALL OF THE HARDWARE THERE, 877 00:20:24,189 --> 00:20:26,191 BUT THEY ALSO TRAIN THE CREWS. 878 00:20:26,191 --> 00:20:27,960 SO, THEY HAVE A DRAGON CAPSULE 879 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:29,027 SIMULATOR THAT WE DO 880 00:20:29,027 --> 00:20:30,829 MOST OF OUR TRAINING IN, 881 00:20:30,829 --> 00:20:32,698 IN TRAINING SPACE SUITS, 882 00:20:32,698 --> 00:20:33,732 SO WE GET TO PRACTICE 883 00:20:33,732 --> 00:20:34,766 WHAT THINGS ARE ACTUALLY 884 00:20:34,766 --> 00:20:36,134 GOING TO FEEL LIKE, LOOK LIKE, 885 00:20:36,134 --> 00:20:37,502 IN A VARIETY OF SITUATIONS. 886 00:20:37,502 --> 00:20:38,337 SO, WE PRACTICE 887 00:20:38,337 --> 00:20:39,504 FOR A NORMAL MISSION 888 00:20:39,504 --> 00:20:41,173 BUT WE ALSO SPEND A LOT OF TIME 889 00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:42,674 PRACTICING FOR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN 890 00:20:42,674 --> 00:20:44,109 IF THINGS GO WRONG. 891 00:20:44,109 --> 00:20:45,877 IN THE OFF-NOMINAL SITUATIONS, 892 00:20:45,877 --> 00:20:47,012 WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO USE 893 00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:48,046 THINGS SUCH AS A MANUAL 894 00:20:48,046 --> 00:20:49,514 PILOTING CAPABILITY, 895 00:20:49,514 --> 00:20:51,083 AND ALSO HOW WE WOULD RESPOND 896 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:51,984 IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF 897 00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:53,485 AN EMERGENCY, LIKE A FIRE 898 00:20:53,485 --> 00:20:54,620 IN THE CAPSULE 899 00:20:54,620 --> 00:20:55,587 OR A DEPRESSURIZATION 900 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:56,488 OF SOME KIND. 901 00:20:56,488 --> 00:20:57,389 SO, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME 902 00:20:57,389 --> 00:20:58,557 MAKING SURE WE KNOW WHAT TO DO 903 00:20:58,557 --> 00:20:59,625 TO KEEP OURSELVES 904 00:20:59,625 --> 00:21:00,792 AND EACH OTHER SAFE. 905 00:21:04,329 --> 00:21:05,230 WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME 906 00:21:05,230 --> 00:21:06,098 TRAINING IN DRAGON 907 00:21:06,098 --> 00:21:07,199 BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY DYNAMIC 908 00:21:07,199 --> 00:21:08,433 PHASE OF THE MISSION, 909 00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:09,701 BUT IT'S JUST SUCH 910 00:21:09,701 --> 00:21:10,769 A TINY FRACTION. 911 00:21:10,769 --> 00:21:11,903 THE WHOLE POINT IS GOING 912 00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:13,405 TO THE SPACE STATION 913 00:21:13,405 --> 00:21:14,539 AND DOING SOME INCREDIBLE WORK 914 00:21:14,539 --> 00:21:15,374 UP THERE. 915 00:21:15,374 --> 00:21:16,341 SO, OUR TIME ON 916 00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:17,643 THE SPACE STATION IS SPENT 917 00:21:17,643 --> 00:21:18,543 ONE, KEEPING 918 00:21:18,543 --> 00:21:20,345 THE SPACE STATION HEALTHY. 919 00:21:20,345 --> 00:21:21,546 IT'S BEEN UP THERE FOR 20 YEARS, 920 00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:22,447 THERE'S A LOT OF SYSTEMS 921 00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:23,382 THAT NEED MAINTENANCE 922 00:21:23,382 --> 00:21:25,317 AND UPGRADES 923 00:21:25,317 --> 00:21:26,251 AND OPERATORS THERE 924 00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:27,452 TO KEEP THEM WORKING WELL, 925 00:21:27,452 --> 00:21:28,353 BUT WE ALSO DO 926 00:21:28,353 --> 00:21:29,988 SOME INCREDIBLE SCIENCE. 927 00:21:29,988 --> 00:21:31,056 THE SPACE STATION 928 00:21:31,056 --> 00:21:32,057 IS A NATIONAL LABORATORY 929 00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:33,225 ORBITING AROUND THE EARTH. 930 00:21:33,225 --> 00:21:34,192 AND IT'S A REALLY, REALLY 931 00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:35,394 UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT 932 00:21:35,394 --> 00:21:36,628 TO DO A LOT OF RESEARCH. 933 00:21:36,628 --> 00:21:37,462 SO, SOMETIMES 934 00:21:37,462 --> 00:21:38,430 WE'RE THE SUBJECTS OURSELVES, 935 00:21:38,430 --> 00:21:39,331 SOMETIMES WE'RE HELPING RUN 936 00:21:39,331 --> 00:21:41,099 THE EXPERIMENTS, 937 00:21:41,099 --> 00:21:42,467 BUT WE'RE JUST KIND OF 938 00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:44,403 A PART OF THAT ECOSYSTEM, 939 00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:45,504 DOING AWESOME SCIENCE 940 00:21:45,504 --> 00:21:46,638 AND CONTRIBUTING 941 00:21:46,638 --> 00:21:47,973 TO THE AMAZING STUDIES 942 00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:48,874 THAT ARE GOING ON 943 00:21:48,874 --> 00:21:50,208 ON THE GROUND. 944 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:54,379 I THINK FOR SOMEBODY 945 00:21:54,379 --> 00:21:55,414 WHO WASN'T FAMILIAR, 946 00:21:55,414 --> 00:21:56,515 I WOULD TALK A LITTLE BIT 947 00:21:56,515 --> 00:21:57,549 ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL 948 00:21:57,549 --> 00:21:58,784 SPACE STATION FIRST. 949 00:21:58,784 --> 00:22:00,018 IN MY OPINION, ONE OF THE MOST 950 00:22:00,018 --> 00:22:02,020 AMAZING ENGINEERING MARVELS 951 00:22:02,020 --> 00:22:02,888 IN THE HISTORY 952 00:22:02,888 --> 00:22:05,924 OF THE HUMAN EXISTENCE. 953 00:22:05,924 --> 00:22:06,925 IT'S KIND OF INCREDIBLE 954 00:22:06,925 --> 00:22:07,826 THAT WE'VE BUILT 955 00:22:07,826 --> 00:22:09,828 THIS FANTASTIC STRUCTURE, 956 00:22:09,828 --> 00:22:11,430 THIS FANTASTIC LABORATORY 957 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:13,398 THAT IS IN LOW EARTH ORBIT 958 00:22:13,398 --> 00:22:14,533 AND HAS HAD PEOPLE ON IT 959 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:15,634 EVERY SINGLE DAY 960 00:22:15,634 --> 00:22:17,002 FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 961 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:18,003 LIKE, THAT'S JUST KIND OF 962 00:22:18,003 --> 00:22:20,372 INCREDIBLE THAT EVERY MOMENT 963 00:22:20,372 --> 00:22:21,606 FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, 964 00:22:21,606 --> 00:22:23,141 THERE'S BEEN ASTRONAUTS, 965 00:22:23,141 --> 00:22:24,543 COSMONAUTS, 966 00:22:24,543 --> 00:22:25,444 ALL OF OUR INTERNATIONAL 967 00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:26,578 PARTNERS UP THERE WORKING 968 00:22:26,578 --> 00:22:27,813 DOING INCREDIBLE SCIENCE, 969 00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:28,947 WHICH IS PRETTY-- 970 00:22:28,947 --> 00:22:30,148 PRETTY INCREDIBLE, 971 00:22:30,148 --> 00:22:31,616 IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. 972 00:22:31,616 --> 00:22:33,185 AND CREW DRAGON IS ONE OF 973 00:22:33,185 --> 00:22:36,321 OUR NEWEST WAYS TO GET THERE. 974 00:22:36,321 --> 00:22:37,389 THERE HAVE BEEN SOYUZES 975 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:38,457 THAT HAVE FLOWN TO THE 976 00:22:38,457 --> 00:22:39,558 INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 977 00:22:39,558 --> 00:22:40,959 WITH CREW, THE SPACE SHUTTLE 978 00:22:40,959 --> 00:22:42,160 FLEW TO THE INTERNATIONAL 979 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:43,195 SPACE STATION, 980 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:44,496 AND NOW THE CREW DRAGON 981 00:22:44,496 --> 00:22:46,131 IS TAKING HUMAN BEINGS TO 982 00:22:46,131 --> 00:22:47,432 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 983 00:22:47,432 --> 00:22:48,300 SO, WE'VE PARTNERED 984 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,301 WITH SPACEX AND 985 00:22:49,301 --> 00:22:50,702 THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM. 986 00:22:50,702 --> 00:22:51,803 THEY DESIGN, BUILD, 987 00:22:51,803 --> 00:22:52,904 AND OPERATE THESE VEHICLES 988 00:22:52,904 --> 00:22:54,740 THAT TAKE US, TRANSPORT US 989 00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:55,507 TO THE INTERNATIONAL 990 00:22:55,507 --> 00:22:56,908 SPACE STATION, SO THAT WE CAN 991 00:22:56,908 --> 00:22:58,043 CONTRIBUTE TO THE AMAZING WORK 992 00:22:58,043 --> 00:22:59,644 THAT WE'RE DOING UP THERE. 993 00:23:04,349 --> 00:23:05,283 YEAH, OF COURSE, 994 00:23:05,283 --> 00:23:06,151 IT'S A REALLY COOL TIME 995 00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:07,052 TO BE GOING TO 996 00:23:07,052 --> 00:23:08,453 THE SPACE STATION. 997 00:23:08,453 --> 00:23:09,554 I REALLY FEEL LIKE 998 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:11,289 WE'RE SORT OF AT THE DAWN 999 00:23:11,289 --> 00:23:12,257 OF A NEW ERA 1000 00:23:12,257 --> 00:23:14,025 IN HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION 1001 00:23:14,025 --> 00:23:16,194 BECAUSE LOW EARTH ORBIT 1002 00:23:16,194 --> 00:23:17,295 IS STARTING TO OPEN UP 1003 00:23:17,295 --> 00:23:19,831 TO NON-GOVERNMENT ASTRONAUTS, 1004 00:23:19,831 --> 00:23:21,666 TO PRIVATE ASTRONAUT MISSIONS 1005 00:23:21,666 --> 00:23:23,468 WHICH ARE PRETTY COOL. 1006 00:23:23,468 --> 00:23:25,003 LIKE TO IMAGINE 1007 00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:25,971 THAT WE'RE GETTING INTO 1008 00:23:25,971 --> 00:23:27,105 THIS NEW PHASE 1009 00:23:27,105 --> 00:23:28,206 WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 1010 00:23:28,206 --> 00:23:29,141 BE ABLE TO HAVE 1011 00:23:29,141 --> 00:23:30,342 THAT INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE 1012 00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:31,676 THAT OUR ASTRONAUTS 1013 00:23:31,676 --> 00:23:32,778 HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 1014 00:23:32,778 --> 00:23:34,279 YOU KNOW, JUST TALKING TO 1015 00:23:34,279 --> 00:23:35,480 THE EXPERIENCED CREWMEMBERS 1016 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,581 IN OUR OFFICE, YOU KNOW, 1017 00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:37,916 LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW 1018 00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:39,017 BACK DOWN AT THE EARTH 1019 00:23:39,017 --> 00:23:40,552 CHANGES YOU AS A PERSON. 1020 00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:41,419 YOU KNOW, IT MAKES YOU SEE 1021 00:23:41,419 --> 00:23:42,921 THE EARTH AND THE PEOPLE ON IT 1022 00:23:42,921 --> 00:23:44,456 IN A WHOLE NEW WAY. 1023 00:23:44,456 --> 00:23:45,490 AND I JUST THINK 1024 00:23:45,490 --> 00:23:46,958 IT'S SUPER INSPIRING 1025 00:23:46,958 --> 00:23:48,293 TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT 1026 00:23:48,293 --> 00:23:50,562 WITH THE WHOLE WORLD EVENTUALLY. 1027 00:23:50,562 --> 00:23:52,464 SO, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME 1028 00:23:52,464 --> 00:23:53,899 TO HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE 1029 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:54,900 ON THE SPACE STATION 1030 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:56,368 AND ALL OF THESE AWESOME 1031 00:23:56,368 --> 00:23:58,770 NEW COMPANIES AND MISSIONS 1032 00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:00,472 BRINGING LOW EARTH ORBIT 1033 00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:02,140 TO THE REST OF THE WORLD. 1034 00:24:07,646 --> 00:24:08,613 YEAH, THE COMMERCIAL CREW 1035 00:24:08,613 --> 00:24:10,882 PROGRAM IS REALLY COOL 1036 00:24:10,882 --> 00:24:11,817 AND REALLY IMPORTANT 1037 00:24:11,817 --> 00:24:13,451 TO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW 1038 00:24:13,451 --> 00:24:14,352 AND WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO 1039 00:24:14,352 --> 00:24:16,221 NEXT AT NASA. 1040 00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:17,122 IT'S REALLY AWESOME 1041 00:24:17,122 --> 00:24:19,658 TO SEE PRIVATE INDUSTRY 1042 00:24:19,658 --> 00:24:21,726 INNOVATING IN NEW WAYS, 1043 00:24:21,726 --> 00:24:23,695 DEVELOPING NEW CAPABILITIES, 1044 00:24:23,695 --> 00:24:24,896 AND BEING ABLE TO SHARE THOSE 1045 00:24:24,896 --> 00:24:26,731 WITH THE PUBLIC, AS WELL. 1046 00:24:26,731 --> 00:24:28,600 AND SO, WORKING WITH COMPANIES 1047 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:29,835 LIKE BOEING AND SPACEX 1048 00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:31,002 IN THE COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM 1049 00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:32,537 HAS BEEN REALLY AWESOME, 1050 00:24:32,537 --> 00:24:33,371 WHERE WE HAVE A NEW WAY 1051 00:24:33,371 --> 00:24:34,973 TO GET TO SPACE STATION. 1052 00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:36,208 THE TECHNOLOGY IS AWESOME, 1053 00:24:36,208 --> 00:24:37,342 THE TRAINING IS REALLY COOL, 1054 00:24:37,342 --> 00:24:38,276 AND IT'S GOING TO BE 1055 00:24:38,276 --> 00:24:39,611 A GREAT RIDE TO SPACE, I THINK. 1056 00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:40,745 BUT IT'S ALSO ALLOWING NASA 1057 00:24:40,745 --> 00:24:42,180 TO FOCUS ON THINGS 1058 00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:43,748 LIKE THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM. 1059 00:24:43,748 --> 00:24:45,417 YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING 1060 00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:46,751 SPACE STATION FOR 20 YEARS, 1061 00:24:46,751 --> 00:24:48,053 WE'RE PRETTY GOOD AT LIVING 1062 00:24:48,053 --> 00:24:49,688 AND WORKING IN LOW EARTH ORBIT. 1063 00:24:49,688 --> 00:24:51,156 AND I THINK AROUND THE HALLS 1064 00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:52,557 OF NASA CENTERS 1065 00:24:52,557 --> 00:24:53,592 ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 1066 00:24:53,592 --> 00:24:54,559 EVERYONE HAS THIS ITCH 1067 00:24:54,559 --> 00:24:55,994 TO KIND OF PUSH THE BOUNDARIES 1068 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:57,529 AND EXPLORE AGAIN. 1069 00:24:57,529 --> 00:24:58,864 AND SO, WORKING WITH 1070 00:24:58,864 --> 00:24:59,998 PRIVATE COMPANIES 1071 00:24:59,998 --> 00:25:01,967 TO HELP OUR OPERATIONS 1072 00:25:01,967 --> 00:25:02,934 IN LOW EARTH ORBIT 1073 00:25:02,934 --> 00:25:03,902 IS ALLOWING US TO FOCUS 1074 00:25:03,902 --> 00:25:05,036 ON THINGS LIKE 1075 00:25:05,036 --> 00:25:06,438 THE SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ROCKET, 1076 00:25:06,438 --> 00:25:08,206 THE ORION CAPSULE, 1077 00:25:08,206 --> 00:25:09,975 THE EXPLORATION EMU, 1078 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:11,476 THE HUMAN LANDER SYSTEM, 1079 00:25:11,476 --> 00:25:12,744 LIKE GOING BACK TO THE MOON 1080 00:25:12,744 --> 00:25:14,679 AND GOING THERE TO STAY. 1081 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:16,748 SO, IT'S A REALLY GOOD 1082 00:25:16,748 --> 00:25:18,083 SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP. 1083 00:25:18,083 --> 00:25:18,950 I THINK EVERYBODY 1084 00:25:18,950 --> 00:25:20,318 REALLY BENEFITS FROM IT. 1085 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:27,525 YEAH, IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL CREW 1086 00:25:27,525 --> 00:25:28,593 BECAUSE I THINK EVERYBODY 1087 00:25:28,593 --> 00:25:29,794 BRINGS A REALLY UNIQUE 1088 00:25:29,794 --> 00:25:30,695 PERSPECTIVE 1089 00:25:30,695 --> 00:25:32,030 AND DIFFERENT BACKGROUND. 1090 00:25:32,030 --> 00:25:32,931 AND SO, THERE'S ALWAYS 1091 00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:34,466 SOMETHING TO LEARN. 1092 00:25:34,466 --> 00:25:35,934 AND WHENEVER WE'RE FACED 1093 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:36,935 WITH A PROBLEM 1094 00:25:36,935 --> 00:25:38,270 OR HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE, 1095 00:25:38,270 --> 00:25:39,237 IT'S REALLY INTERESTING 1096 00:25:39,237 --> 00:25:40,171 TO SEE THE DIFFERENT 1097 00:25:40,171 --> 00:25:42,507 PERSPECTIVES AND HOW TOGETHER 1098 00:25:42,507 --> 00:25:44,209 WE MAKE BETTER DECISIONS 1099 00:25:44,209 --> 00:25:45,043 AND COME UP WITH 1100 00:25:45,043 --> 00:25:46,478 MORE INTERESTING SOLUTIONS. 1101 00:25:46,478 --> 00:25:47,646 SO, RAJA, 1102 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:49,781 HE'S AN AIR FORCE TEST PILOT. 1103 00:25:49,781 --> 00:25:50,949 HE ALSO HAS SOME INCREDIBLE 1104 00:25:50,949 --> 00:25:52,017 LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE. 1105 00:25:52,017 --> 00:25:53,218 BEFORE COMING TO NASA, 1106 00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:54,886 HE WAS A SQUADRON COMMANDER 1107 00:25:54,886 --> 00:25:57,188 TWICE, WAS THE COMMANDER 1108 00:25:57,188 --> 00:25:59,491 OF THE AIR FORCE'S F-35 1109 00:25:59,491 --> 00:26:00,692 TEST SQUADRON, WHICH IS LIKE 1110 00:26:00,692 --> 00:26:02,827 A REALLY BIG JOB. 1111 00:26:02,827 --> 00:26:04,329 SO, IN SOME WAYS, RAJA AND I 1112 00:26:04,329 --> 00:26:05,430 ARE PEERS-- WE STARTED 1113 00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:06,998 IN ASTRONAUT TRAINING TOGETHER. 1114 00:26:06,998 --> 00:26:08,533 BUT IN OTHER WAYS, YOU KNOW, 1115 00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:09,267 EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE 1116 00:26:09,267 --> 00:26:10,201 IT OCCURS TO ME, LIKE, 1117 00:26:10,201 --> 00:26:12,671 OH, GRINDER'S A COLONEL 1118 00:26:12,671 --> 00:26:14,372 AND I'M NOT THAT. 1119 00:26:14,372 --> 00:26:15,440 HE JUST HAS ALL OF THIS 1120 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:16,908 REALLY AWESOME EXPERIENCE. 1121 00:26:16,908 --> 00:26:18,310 REALLY, 1122 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:19,811 HE'S A FANTASTIC LEADER. 1123 00:26:19,811 --> 00:26:22,314 HE HAS THIS WAY OF BRINGING 1124 00:26:22,314 --> 00:26:24,382 THE BEST FROM EACH OF US. 1125 00:26:24,382 --> 00:26:25,850 HE'S AN EXCELLENT LISTENER, 1126 00:26:25,850 --> 00:26:27,018 HE'S THE BEST PERSON 1127 00:26:27,018 --> 00:26:28,019 AT APPLYING FEEDBACK 1128 00:26:28,019 --> 00:26:29,154 I THINK I'VE EVER WORKED WITH. 1129 00:26:29,154 --> 00:26:30,622 LIKE, IF YOU GIVE HIM FEEDBACK 1130 00:26:30,622 --> 00:26:32,157 ABOUT HOW HE CAN DO BETTER, 1131 00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:33,291 HE IMMEDIATELY STARTS 1132 00:26:33,291 --> 00:26:34,259 INCORPORATING IT 1133 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,561 AND IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE. 1134 00:26:36,561 --> 00:26:37,796 TOM, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, 1135 00:26:37,796 --> 00:26:40,098 HE'S OUR EXPERIENCED FLYER 1136 00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:41,466 AND HE'S ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE 1137 00:26:41,466 --> 00:26:42,467 THAT'S FLOWN TO SPACE 1138 00:26:42,467 --> 00:26:43,935 IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE 1139 00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:45,203 AND IN THE SOYUZ 1140 00:26:45,203 --> 00:26:47,072 AND WILL NOW FLY IN THE DRAGON. 1141 00:26:47,072 --> 00:26:48,106 SO, HE HAS THIS WEALTH 1142 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:50,275 OF EXPERIENCE FROM ALL THESE 1143 00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:52,444 DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL CONTEXTS 1144 00:26:52,444 --> 00:26:54,579 AND HE'S AN E.R. DOCTOR. 1145 00:26:54,579 --> 00:26:55,981 SO, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY 1146 00:26:55,981 --> 00:26:56,915 ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY 1147 00:26:56,915 --> 00:26:57,949 WITH MEDICAL EXPERIENCE 1148 00:26:57,949 --> 00:26:58,917 ON YOUR CREW, 1149 00:26:58,917 --> 00:26:59,884 BUT WE'RE REALLY LUCKY 1150 00:26:59,884 --> 00:27:00,919 BECAUSE IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG, 1151 00:27:00,919 --> 00:27:02,454 WE'LL HAVE DR. MARSHBURN THERE 1152 00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:03,955 TO HELP TAKE CARE OF US. 1153 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:05,023 AND HE'S JUST SUCH 1154 00:27:05,023 --> 00:27:06,291 A FANTASTIC MENTOR. 1155 00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:07,592 HE HAS A WAY OF LETTING YOU 1156 00:27:07,592 --> 00:27:08,760 BE YOURSELF, 1157 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:09,828 BRING YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVE 1158 00:27:09,828 --> 00:27:11,529 AND IDEAS, BUT ALSO 1159 00:27:11,529 --> 00:27:13,198 OF OFFERING HIS EXPERIENCE, 1160 00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:14,199 SO THAT YOU CAN INCORPORATE IT 1161 00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:15,567 INTO YOUR THINKING. 1162 00:27:15,567 --> 00:27:16,634 SO, HE'S JUST-- HE HAS THIS 1163 00:27:16,634 --> 00:27:18,303 REALLY FANTASTIC MENTORSHIP 1164 00:27:18,303 --> 00:27:19,637 STYLE THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE 1165 00:27:19,637 --> 00:27:20,572 BEING AROUND 1166 00:27:20,572 --> 00:27:22,307 AND I ONLY THINK I'LL CONTINUE 1167 00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:23,241 TO LEARN FROM IN TRAINING, 1168 00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:24,309 BUT ESPECIALLY 1169 00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:25,310 WHEN WE'RE UP THERE 1170 00:27:25,310 --> 00:27:27,645 IN ALL THESE NEW SITUATIONS. 1171 00:27:27,645 --> 00:27:29,848 AND MATEUS, HE'S FANTASTIC. 1172 00:27:29,848 --> 00:27:31,449 I DID NOT GET THE CHANCE 1173 00:27:31,449 --> 00:27:32,817 TO MEET MATEUS UNTIL HE STARTED 1174 00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:35,387 COMING FOR CREW-3 TRAINING, 1175 00:27:35,387 --> 00:27:36,488 BUT HE HAS A BACKGROUND 1176 00:27:36,488 --> 00:27:37,889 IN MATERIAL SCIENCE. 1177 00:27:37,889 --> 00:27:39,691 HE REALLY LIKES TO UNDERSTAND 1178 00:27:39,691 --> 00:27:40,892 THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES 1179 00:27:40,892 --> 00:27:42,527 OF HOW EVERYTHING WORKS. 1180 00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:43,661 AND I THINK BECAUSE 1181 00:27:43,661 --> 00:27:44,763 HE THINKS IN THAT WAY, 1182 00:27:44,763 --> 00:27:46,097 HE COMES UP WITH NEW IDEAS 1183 00:27:46,097 --> 00:27:47,032 ABOUT HOW TO DO 1184 00:27:47,032 --> 00:27:48,099 ALMOST EVERYTHING. 1185 00:27:48,099 --> 00:27:49,167 SO, EVERY SINGLE TRAINING 1186 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:51,002 CONTEXT I'VE BEEN IN WITH HIM, 1187 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:52,604 WHETHER IT'S IN THE DRAGON, 1188 00:27:52,604 --> 00:27:53,471 OR ROBOTICS TRAINING, 1189 00:27:53,471 --> 00:27:54,439 OR SPACEWALK TRAINING 1190 00:27:54,439 --> 00:27:55,940 IN THE NEUTRAL BUOYANCY LAB, 1191 00:27:55,940 --> 00:27:57,776 HE ALWAYS HAS A UNIQUE WAY 1192 00:27:57,776 --> 00:27:58,743 OF SOLVING A PROBLEM, 1193 00:27:58,743 --> 00:27:59,711 A TECHNIQUE I'VE NEVER 1194 00:27:59,711 --> 00:28:01,479 BEEN TAUGHT OR THOUGHT OF. 1195 00:28:01,479 --> 00:28:02,881 AND SO, IT'S ALWAYS REALLY COOL 1196 00:28:02,881 --> 00:28:04,182 TO SEE HOW HE WOULD APPROACH 1197 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:05,216 SOLVING A PROBLEM 1198 00:28:05,216 --> 00:28:06,751 BECAUSE HE OFTEN HAS 1199 00:28:06,751 --> 00:28:08,319 THE BEST IDEA 1200 00:28:08,319 --> 00:28:09,220 AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN 1201 00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:10,588 OCCURRED TO ANY OF US. 1202 00:28:10,588 --> 00:28:12,524 SO, IT'S A FANTASTIC CREW. 1203 00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:14,025 I JUST FEEL SUPER LUCKY 1204 00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:15,760 TO BE WITH PEOPLE 1205 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:16,828 WHO ALL HAVE SUCH 1206 00:28:16,828 --> 00:28:17,929 DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES 1207 00:28:17,929 --> 00:28:19,130 AND EXPERIENCES 1208 00:28:19,130 --> 00:28:20,698 BUT HAVE REALLY LEARNED 1209 00:28:20,698 --> 00:28:21,800 HOW TO MESH AND WORK TOGETHER 1210 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:23,401 AS A TEAM. 1211 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:30,608 RAJA IS AN AWESOME TEAMMATE 1212 00:28:30,608 --> 00:28:31,643 AND FRIEND. 1213 00:28:31,643 --> 00:28:32,410 AND WE WERE ACTUALLY 1214 00:28:32,410 --> 00:28:33,578 IN THE SAME TRAINING GROUP 1215 00:28:33,578 --> 00:28:34,679 DURING OUR ASTRONAUT 1216 00:28:34,679 --> 00:28:35,947 CANDIDATE TRAINING, TOO. 1217 00:28:35,947 --> 00:28:37,048 SO, WE KIND OF GET SPLIT UP 1218 00:28:37,048 --> 00:28:38,149 INTO SMALLER COHORTS 1219 00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:39,184 BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIT US 1220 00:28:39,184 --> 00:28:40,318 ALL THROUGH 1221 00:28:40,318 --> 00:28:41,252 THE TRAINING PIPELINE 1222 00:28:41,252 --> 00:28:42,520 AT THE SAME TIME. 1223 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:43,822 AND SO, WE GOT TO GO THROUGH 1224 00:28:43,822 --> 00:28:45,090 SORT OF EVERY MAJOR PORTION 1225 00:28:45,090 --> 00:28:46,091 OF OUR ASTRONAUT 1226 00:28:46,091 --> 00:28:47,459 CANDIDATE TRAINING TOGETHER. 1227 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:48,326 SO, WE'VE WORKED 1228 00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:49,527 WITH EACH OTHER IN A VARIETY 1229 00:28:49,527 --> 00:28:50,762 OF CONTEXTS, SPENT A LOT OF TIME 1230 00:28:50,762 --> 00:28:53,098 FLYING TOGETHER IN THE T-38. 1231 00:28:53,098 --> 00:28:54,299 SO, IT'S COOL TO RELY 1232 00:28:54,299 --> 00:28:55,733 ON THAT FOUNDATION 1233 00:28:55,733 --> 00:28:57,302 OF KNOWING HOW THE OTHER ONE 1234 00:28:57,302 --> 00:28:59,070 COMMUNICATES, BEING ABLE TO 1235 00:28:59,070 --> 00:29:01,206 SORT OF LIKE READ THEIR QUEUES, 1236 00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:04,242 YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S NONVERBAL 1237 00:29:04,242 --> 00:29:05,143 OR JUST LIKE THE WAY 1238 00:29:05,143 --> 00:29:06,277 THEIR VOICE SOUNDS, 1239 00:29:06,277 --> 00:29:07,679 KIND OF GETTING TO UNDERSTAND 1240 00:29:07,679 --> 00:29:10,148 HOW HE THINKS ABOUT THINGS. 1241 00:29:10,148 --> 00:29:11,483 AND WE BOTH HAVE DIFFERENT 1242 00:29:11,483 --> 00:29:12,717 OPERATIONAL BACKGROUNDS, 1243 00:29:12,717 --> 00:29:13,685 BUT I THINK, 1244 00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:14,853 THINK PRETTY SIMILARLY ABOUT 1245 00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:16,121 HOW TO APPROACH CHALLENGES, 1246 00:29:16,121 --> 00:29:17,122 HOW TO DECIDE 1247 00:29:17,122 --> 00:29:18,156 WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, 1248 00:29:18,156 --> 00:29:19,157 HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS, 1249 00:29:19,157 --> 00:29:20,525 HOW TO COMMUNICATE. 1250 00:29:20,525 --> 00:29:21,426 SO, IT'S REALLY FUN WORKING 1251 00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:22,460 WITH HIM AND I ACTUALLY 1252 00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:23,561 SIT NEXT TO HIM 1253 00:29:23,561 --> 00:29:24,629 IN THE CAPSULE. 1254 00:29:24,629 --> 00:29:25,797 SO, HE'S IN THE COMMANDER SEAT 1255 00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:26,965 AND I'M JUST OFF TO HIS LEFT, 1256 00:29:26,965 --> 00:29:28,099 SO I'M ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING 1257 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:29,934 HE'S DOING, 1258 00:29:29,934 --> 00:29:30,702 WHICH IS REALLY FUN 1259 00:29:30,702 --> 00:29:31,669 BECAUSE IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE 1260 00:29:31,669 --> 00:29:32,704 FLYING IN THE JET TOGETHER. 1261 00:29:32,704 --> 00:29:33,738 WHERE WE'RE 1262 00:29:33,738 --> 00:29:34,606 BACKING EACH OTHER UP, 1263 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:36,808 LOOKING AT THE SAME TELEMETRY, 1264 00:29:36,808 --> 00:29:38,877 FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCEDURES. 1265 00:29:38,877 --> 00:29:40,245 SO, IT'S KIND OF FUN TO LIKE 1266 00:29:40,245 --> 00:29:41,479 HAVE DONE ALL THAT TRAINING 1267 00:29:41,479 --> 00:29:43,281 IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENTS 1268 00:29:43,281 --> 00:29:44,182 AND NOW WE'RE GETTING READY 1269 00:29:44,182 --> 00:29:45,283 TO DO IT IN REAL LIFE 1270 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:46,184 ON OUR FIRST LAUNCH 1271 00:29:46,184 --> 00:29:47,185 TO SPACE TOGETHER. 1272 00:29:47,185 --> 00:29:48,520 IT'S JUST A REALLY COOL 1273 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:49,454 OPPORTUNITY TO FLY 1274 00:29:49,454 --> 00:29:50,855 WITH A CLASSMATE. 1275 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:57,562 MATEUS AND I BOTH KIND OF-- 1276 00:29:57,562 --> 00:29:58,997 MATEUS SITS NEXT TO TOM 1277 00:29:58,997 --> 00:30:00,899 AND I SIT NEXT TO RAJA. 1278 00:30:00,899 --> 00:30:01,966 SO, OUR JOB IS TO KIND OF 1279 00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:03,468 FOLLOW ALONG WITH THE PERSON 1280 00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:05,170 WHO'S SITTING NEXT TO US 1281 00:30:05,170 --> 00:30:06,004 AND JUST GET ANOTHER SET 1282 00:30:06,004 --> 00:30:07,138 OF EYES ON THINGS 1283 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:08,173 BECAUSE IF THE MISSION 1284 00:30:08,173 --> 00:30:09,574 IS GOING SMOOTHLY, 1285 00:30:09,574 --> 00:30:10,708 THERE'S NOT A LOT FOR US 1286 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:12,210 TO DO, HONESTLY. 1287 00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:13,511 LIKE DRAGON'S A PRETTY AUTOMATED 1288 00:30:13,511 --> 00:30:15,046 VEHICLE, IT HAS VERY ADVANCED 1289 00:30:15,046 --> 00:30:16,247 TECHNOLOGIES, BUT IF THINGS 1290 00:30:16,247 --> 00:30:17,448 START TO GO WRONG, 1291 00:30:17,448 --> 00:30:18,316 IT CAN GET COMPLICATED 1292 00:30:18,316 --> 00:30:19,250 PRETTY QUICKLY, 1293 00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:20,251 RUNNING A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 1294 00:30:20,251 --> 00:30:21,186 PROCEDURES OR MONITORING 1295 00:30:21,186 --> 00:30:22,253 A LOT OF THINGS. 1296 00:30:22,253 --> 00:30:23,254 AND SO, WE'RE JUST KIND OF THERE 1297 00:30:23,254 --> 00:30:24,289 AS ANOTHER SET OF EYES 1298 00:30:24,289 --> 00:30:26,324 AND EARS TO BACK THEM UP 1299 00:30:26,324 --> 00:30:27,559 ON MAJOR TASKING THEY'RE DOING 1300 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:29,093 FOR VEHICLE COMMANDING. 1301 00:30:29,093 --> 00:30:29,727 AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, 1302 00:30:29,727 --> 00:30:30,762 IF SOMETHING REALLY-- 1303 00:30:30,762 --> 00:30:31,829 IF WE HAVE A REALLY BAD DAY 1304 00:30:31,829 --> 00:30:32,630 AND THERE'S LIKE A FIRE 1305 00:30:32,630 --> 00:30:33,565 IN THE CAPSULE 1306 00:30:33,565 --> 00:30:34,532 OR DEPRESSURIZATION 1307 00:30:34,532 --> 00:30:35,433 OR SOMETHING, 1308 00:30:35,433 --> 00:30:36,467 IT'S ALL HANDS ON DECK 1309 00:30:36,467 --> 00:30:37,435 TO FIGURE OUT 1310 00:30:37,435 --> 00:30:38,503 HOW TO FIGHT THAT PROBLEM 1311 00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:39,871 AND GET US SAFE AGAIN. 1312 00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:45,476 YEAH, IT'S FAMILIAR 1313 00:30:45,476 --> 00:30:46,344 IN A LOT OF WAYS, 1314 00:30:46,344 --> 00:30:47,679 HAVING DEPLOYED MYSELF 1315 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:49,480 AND ALSO HAVING THE PERSPECTIVE 1316 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:50,715 OF BEING ON THE OTHER-- 1317 00:30:50,715 --> 00:30:52,283 HAVING MY HUSBAND DEPLOYED, 1318 00:30:52,283 --> 00:30:54,219 I THINK IS REALLY HELPFUL 1319 00:30:54,219 --> 00:30:55,587 BECAUSE IT ALLOWS ME 1320 00:30:55,587 --> 00:30:56,921 TO BETTER EMPATHIZE 1321 00:30:56,921 --> 00:30:58,556 WITH HOW HE IS FEELING 1322 00:30:58,556 --> 00:30:59,557 AND THINKING ABOUT THINGS 1323 00:30:59,557 --> 00:31:00,725 BECAUSE IN MY OPINION, 1324 00:31:00,725 --> 00:31:02,060 IT'S ALWAYS EASIER 1325 00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:02,760 TO BE THE PERSON 1326 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:03,695 OUT DOING THE THING, 1327 00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:05,496 ON DEPLOYMENT OR ON THE MISSION 1328 00:31:05,496 --> 00:31:06,464 BECAUSE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING 1329 00:31:06,464 --> 00:31:07,498 THAT'S GOING ON, 1330 00:31:07,498 --> 00:31:08,833 YOU'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR IT, 1331 00:31:08,833 --> 00:31:09,667 EVERYTHING IS SORT OF 1332 00:31:09,667 --> 00:31:11,069 PRO FORMA TO YOU, 1333 00:31:11,069 --> 00:31:11,836 BUT WHEN YOU'RE THE ONE 1334 00:31:11,836 --> 00:31:13,338 WHOSE LOVED ONE IS DOING 1335 00:31:13,338 --> 00:31:14,272 THOSE THINGS, 1336 00:31:14,272 --> 00:31:15,506 YOU HAVE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS 1337 00:31:15,506 --> 00:31:16,841 AND IT CAN BE A LOT MORE 1338 00:31:16,841 --> 00:31:17,742 NERVE WRACKING. 1339 00:31:17,742 --> 00:31:18,977 SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PREPARING 1340 00:31:18,977 --> 00:31:20,545 BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT, 1341 00:31:20,545 --> 00:31:21,479 MAKING A GOOD PLAN 1342 00:31:21,479 --> 00:31:22,447 FOR WHEN WE'RE GOING TO 1343 00:31:22,447 --> 00:31:23,881 TALK TO EACH OTHER AND HOW. 1344 00:31:23,881 --> 00:31:25,116 BUT THIS MISSION IS KIND OF 1345 00:31:25,116 --> 00:31:26,184 INTERESTING BECAUSE I'LL HAVE 1346 00:31:26,184 --> 00:31:27,151 A LOT MORE CONNECTIVITY 1347 00:31:27,151 --> 00:31:28,286 THAN I DID ON A SUBMARINE. 1348 00:31:28,286 --> 00:31:29,454 ON A SUBMARINE, WE HAD LIKE 1349 00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:31,322 OCCASIONAL ABILITY TO SEND 1350 00:31:31,322 --> 00:31:32,757 AND RECEIVE EMAIL 1351 00:31:32,757 --> 00:31:33,925 AND THAT WAS IT. 1352 00:31:33,925 --> 00:31:35,126 SO, YOU'RE PRETTY ISOLATED 1353 00:31:35,126 --> 00:31:37,595 AND NOTHING IS REAL TIME. 1354 00:31:37,595 --> 00:31:38,496 BUT ON SPACE STATION 1355 00:31:38,496 --> 00:31:40,064 WE CAN ACTUALLY CALL HOME, 1356 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:40,932 WE GET TO DO VIDEO CHATS 1357 00:31:40,932 --> 00:31:41,866 EVERY NOW AND THEN, 1358 00:31:41,866 --> 00:31:42,834 SO IT'S EASIER TO STAY 1359 00:31:42,834 --> 00:31:44,068 CONNECTED, EVEN THOUGH 1360 00:31:44,068 --> 00:31:45,770 I'M SUPER FAR AWAY. 1361 00:31:50,475 --> 00:31:51,609 YEAH, WORKING WITH SPACEX 1362 00:31:51,609 --> 00:31:53,711 IS REALLY COOL. 1363 00:31:53,711 --> 00:31:54,846 THEY HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT 1364 00:31:54,846 --> 00:31:56,047 LIKE, CULTURE AND HISTORY 1365 00:31:56,047 --> 00:31:57,048 THAN WE DO AT NASA. 1366 00:31:57,048 --> 00:31:58,182 THEY'RE A NEW COMPANY, 1367 00:31:58,182 --> 00:31:59,484 THEY'RE REALLY INNOVATIVE. 1368 00:31:59,484 --> 00:32:00,918 THEY'RE INVENTING, BUILDING, 1369 00:32:00,918 --> 00:32:02,887 TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGIES 1370 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:05,089 AND THEY ITERATE REALLY QUICKLY. 1371 00:32:05,089 --> 00:32:06,724 NASA, ON THE OTHER HAND, 1372 00:32:06,724 --> 00:32:07,925 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A TON 1373 00:32:07,925 --> 00:32:09,193 OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE 1374 00:32:09,193 --> 00:32:10,194 AND A REALLY FANTASTIC 1375 00:32:10,194 --> 00:32:11,462 SAFETY CULTURE. 1376 00:32:11,462 --> 00:32:12,697 WE KNOW HOW TO FLY HUMANS 1377 00:32:12,697 --> 00:32:13,731 TO SPACE SAFELY 1378 00:32:13,731 --> 00:32:15,366 AND BRING THEM HOME SAFELY. 1379 00:32:15,366 --> 00:32:16,301 AND THAT'S A NEW THING 1380 00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:17,335 FOR A COMMERCIAL COMPANY 1381 00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:18,736 TO BE SENDING HUMAN BEINGS 1382 00:32:18,736 --> 00:32:20,238 INTO SPACE. 1383 00:32:20,238 --> 00:32:21,606 SO, IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE 1384 00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:23,875 WE BOTH BRING THE BEST 1385 00:32:23,875 --> 00:32:25,343 OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS 1386 00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:27,512 AND CULTURES TO THIS PARTNERSHIP 1387 00:32:27,512 --> 00:32:29,447 AND KIND OF HELP WHERE THE OTHER 1388 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:31,215 HAS WEAKNESSES OR MAYBE 1389 00:32:31,215 --> 00:32:32,717 ISN'T AS EFFICIENT. 1390 00:32:32,717 --> 00:32:34,419 LIKE, WATCHING THAT SORT OF 1391 00:32:34,419 --> 00:32:35,420 MIND MELD HAPPEN 1392 00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:36,688 HAS BEEN REALLY COOL. 1393 00:32:36,688 --> 00:32:37,889 IT'S A REALLY POSITIVE 1394 00:32:37,889 --> 00:32:39,357 WORKING RELATIONSHIP 1395 00:32:39,357 --> 00:32:40,692 AND THEY ARE JUST FANTASTIC 1396 00:32:40,692 --> 00:32:41,592 TO WORK WITH. 1397 00:32:41,592 --> 00:32:42,593 THEY ARE ALWAYS WILLING 1398 00:32:42,593 --> 00:32:44,929 TO LISTEN TO FEEDBACK, 1399 00:32:44,929 --> 00:32:46,731 SOLVE PROBLEMS IN NEW WAYS, 1400 00:32:46,731 --> 00:32:47,965 ITERATE, CHANGE THINGS 1401 00:32:47,965 --> 00:32:48,800 IF IT SHOULD BE CHANGED, 1402 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:49,734 OR EXPLAIN WHY IT WORKS 1403 00:32:49,734 --> 00:32:50,668 THE WAY IT DOES. 1404 00:32:50,668 --> 00:32:51,769 SO, THEY'RE JUST 1405 00:32:51,769 --> 00:32:53,404 REALLY FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH 1406 00:32:53,404 --> 00:32:54,172 AND THE TRAINING 1407 00:32:54,172 --> 00:32:55,640 HAS BEEN AMAZING. 1408 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:56,541 BUT IT'S NOT JUST 1409 00:32:56,541 --> 00:32:57,742 THE SPACEX TEAM. 1410 00:32:57,742 --> 00:32:59,444 IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, 1411 00:32:59,444 --> 00:33:00,278 I DON'T EVEN KNOW 1412 00:33:00,278 --> 00:33:01,546 HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 1413 00:33:01,546 --> 00:33:04,115 PER HOUR WE SPEND IN SPACE 1414 00:33:04,115 --> 00:33:05,717 HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT MOMENT, 1415 00:33:05,717 --> 00:33:07,385 WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING HUGE 1416 00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:08,753 LIKE GOING OUT ON A SPACE WALK 1417 00:33:08,753 --> 00:33:09,721 OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT 1418 00:33:09,721 --> 00:33:10,988 SEEM SMALL, BUT ISN'T. 1419 00:33:10,988 --> 00:33:13,057 LIKE, SETTING UP AN EXPERIMENT 1420 00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:15,960 IN ONE OF OUR LABORATORY RACKS, 1421 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,229 IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW MANY PEOPLE 1422 00:33:18,229 --> 00:33:19,330 SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE DOING 1423 00:33:19,330 --> 00:33:20,264 ON THE SPACE STATION 1424 00:33:20,264 --> 00:33:21,866 EVERY SINGLE DAY. 1425 00:33:21,866 --> 00:33:23,134 WE'RE THE MOST VISIBLE PART 1426 00:33:23,134 --> 00:33:24,102 OF THAT TEAM BECAUSE 1427 00:33:24,102 --> 00:33:24,969 WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH 1428 00:33:24,969 --> 00:33:25,837 AND PRIVILEGED ENOUGH 1429 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:27,004 TO BE IN THE SEATS 1430 00:33:27,004 --> 00:33:28,172 AT THE TOP OF THE LAUNCH VEHICLE 1431 00:33:28,172 --> 00:33:29,674 AND HEADING TO STATION, 1432 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:31,843 BUT IT'S INCREDIBLE. 1433 00:33:31,843 --> 00:33:32,844 NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, 1434 00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:33,611 NOT JUST SPACEX, 1435 00:33:33,611 --> 00:33:34,679 NOT JUST AMERICA, 1436 00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:35,713 BUT OUR INTERNATIONAL 1437 00:33:35,713 --> 00:33:36,848 PARTNERS, TOO. 1438 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:38,116 THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, 1439 00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:39,584 THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY, 1440 00:33:39,584 --> 00:33:40,952 IT'S THIS HUGELY INTERNATIONAL 1441 00:33:40,952 --> 00:33:42,220 TEAM OF COLLABORATORS. 1442 00:33:42,220 --> 00:33:43,154 AND EVERYONE GETS BEHIND 1443 00:33:43,154 --> 00:33:44,021 THE SAME MISSION. 1444 00:33:44,021 --> 00:33:44,956 IT'S A REALLY COOL THING 1445 00:33:44,956 --> 00:33:46,357 TO BE A PART OF. 1446 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:52,363 I DEFINITELY WOULD WANT TO THANK 1447 00:33:52,363 --> 00:33:54,799 MY FAMILY FOR SUPPORTING ME 1448 00:33:54,799 --> 00:33:55,867 ON THIS JOURNEY. 1449 00:33:55,867 --> 00:33:56,968 LIKE, THEY'VE ALWAYS 1450 00:33:56,968 --> 00:33:58,102 BEEN THERE FOR ME 1451 00:33:58,102 --> 00:33:59,070 AND PUSHED ME 1452 00:33:59,070 --> 00:34:00,338 TO CHASE MY DREAMS 1453 00:34:00,338 --> 00:34:01,806 AND BEEN SUPER SUPPORTIVE 1454 00:34:01,806 --> 00:34:03,341 EVERY TIME I STUMBLE OR FALL, 1455 00:34:03,341 --> 00:34:04,175 HELPING ME GET BACK UP 1456 00:34:04,175 --> 00:34:05,643 AND TRY AGAIN. 1457 00:34:05,643 --> 00:34:06,677 AND ALSO, I DEFINITELY 1458 00:34:06,677 --> 00:34:07,912 WOULDN'T BE WHERE I AM TODAY 1459 00:34:07,912 --> 00:34:09,580 WITHOUT THE INCREDIBLE MENTORS 1460 00:34:09,580 --> 00:34:10,548 I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH 1461 00:34:10,548 --> 00:34:11,883 TO GET TO KNOW AND BE SUPPORTED 1462 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:13,284 BY THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. 1463 00:34:13,284 --> 00:34:14,786 I'VE ALWAYS HAD A MENTOR THERE 1464 00:34:14,786 --> 00:34:15,753 AT THESE KEY MOMENTS 1465 00:34:15,753 --> 00:34:16,888 WHERE I'M DECIDING 1466 00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:18,656 WHAT TO DO NEXT, 1467 00:34:18,656 --> 00:34:19,924 WHAT I'M CAPABLE OF, 1468 00:34:19,924 --> 00:34:22,126 TO PUSH ME TO BELIEVE IN MYSELF. 1469 00:34:22,126 --> 00:34:23,928 AND WITHOUT THEM, YOU KNOW, 1470 00:34:23,928 --> 00:34:24,862 TO HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE, 1471 00:34:24,862 --> 00:34:26,497 TO PUSH ME, I DEFINITELY 1472 00:34:26,497 --> 00:34:29,300 WOULDN'T BE STANDING HERE TODAY. 1473 00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:31,369 SO, DEFINITELY 1474 00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:33,171 THANKS TO ALL THE PEOPLE 1475 00:34:33,171 --> 00:34:33,971 WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME 1476 00:34:33,971 --> 00:34:36,407 ALONG THE WAY.