1 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:17,217 >> MY NAME IS MARCOS BERRIOS. 2 00:00:17,283 --> 00:00:18,084 I'M AN AIR FORCE 3 00:00:18,151 --> 00:00:19,018 HELICOPTER TEST PILOT 4 00:00:19,085 --> 00:00:20,253 AND I AM A 2021 5 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,355 NASA ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE. 6 00:00:29,195 --> 00:00:31,898 I AM FROM GUAYNABO, PUERTO RICO. 7 00:00:31,965 --> 00:00:33,233 GROWING UP IN PUERTO RICO 8 00:00:33,299 --> 00:00:35,402 IS A MIXTURE OF 9 00:00:35,468 --> 00:00:36,803 SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY, 10 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:38,938 IT'S A MIXTURE OF SPENDING TIME 11 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:40,240 AT THE BEACH. 12 00:00:40,306 --> 00:00:41,975 FOR ME, IT WAS A LOT OF 13 00:00:42,041 --> 00:00:43,176 KIND OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS 14 00:00:43,243 --> 00:00:47,046 AS WELL AS A LOT OF MATH. 15 00:00:52,352 --> 00:00:53,720 >> SO, BEFORE BEING SELECTED 16 00:00:53,787 --> 00:00:56,289 AS AN ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE, 17 00:00:56,356 --> 00:00:57,791 I WAS AN AIR FORCE 18 00:00:57,857 --> 00:00:59,692 HELICOPTER TEST PILOT. 19 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:01,928 SPECIFICALLY, I DID 20 00:01:01,995 --> 00:01:03,129 DEVELOPMENTAL TESTS 21 00:01:03,196 --> 00:01:04,230 FOR THE COMBAT SEARCH 22 00:01:04,297 --> 00:01:06,232 AND RESCUE MISSION. 23 00:01:12,672 --> 00:01:15,341 >> A NASA ASTRONAUT, TO ME, 24 00:01:15,408 --> 00:01:19,145 IS AN AMBASSADOR, AN AMBASSADOR 25 00:01:19,212 --> 00:01:21,347 FOR THE NASA ORGANIZATION 26 00:01:21,414 --> 00:01:23,082 AS WELL AS ITS MISSION. 27 00:01:29,889 --> 00:01:31,758 >> I DECIDED TO BE, 28 00:01:31,825 --> 00:01:32,892 OR THAT I WANTED TO BE 29 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,394 A NASA ASTRONAUT WHEN I WAS 30 00:01:34,461 --> 00:01:36,563 A KID, BUT I WOULD SAY 31 00:01:36,629 --> 00:01:38,131 THE REASON AS TO WHY I WANTED 32 00:01:38,198 --> 00:01:39,599 TO BE AN ASTRONAUT CERTAINLY 33 00:01:39,666 --> 00:01:41,801 EVOLVED WITH TIME. 34 00:01:41,868 --> 00:01:43,002 YOU KNOW, AS A KID, I WAS 35 00:01:43,069 --> 00:01:45,505 INSPIRED BY PICTURES OF 36 00:01:45,572 --> 00:01:48,241 THE STARS, GALAXIES, NEBULAS, 37 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:49,642 AND I WANTED TO BE THE ONE 38 00:01:49,709 --> 00:01:51,711 THAT EXPLORED THOSE AREAS. 39 00:01:51,778 --> 00:01:52,612 AND THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT 40 00:01:52,679 --> 00:01:53,847 ASTRONAUTS, YOU KNOW, DID 41 00:01:53,913 --> 00:01:55,381 AT THE TIME, JUST EXPLORE, 42 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:56,282 YOU KNOW, THE CONFINES 43 00:01:56,349 --> 00:01:58,084 OF–OF THE UNIVERSE. 44 00:01:58,151 --> 00:01:59,419 AS YOU KIND OF GET OLDER, 45 00:01:59,486 --> 00:02:00,453 MORE MATURE, YOU HAVE 46 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:01,921 A MORE REALISTIC OUTTAKE 47 00:02:01,988 --> 00:02:04,023 AS TO WHAT IT TAKES 48 00:02:04,090 --> 00:02:04,958 TO BE AN ASTRONAUT 49 00:02:05,024 --> 00:02:07,527 AND WHAT THE CHANCES ARE. 50 00:02:07,594 --> 00:02:09,829 AND DURING HIGH SCHOOL, 51 00:02:09,896 --> 00:02:11,030 I WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT 52 00:02:11,097 --> 00:02:12,031 MAINLY BECAUSE I WANTED 53 00:02:12,098 --> 00:02:13,833 TO, YOU KNOW, LIVE THE LIVES 54 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:15,068 OF THOSE THAT WERE 55 00:02:15,134 --> 00:02:16,002 KIND OF SELECTED. 56 00:02:16,069 --> 00:02:17,804 YOU HAD DOCTORS, ENGINEERS, 57 00:02:17,871 --> 00:02:19,873 SCIENTISTS, PILOTS, 58 00:02:19,939 --> 00:02:20,807 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 59 00:02:20,874 --> 00:02:21,774 KIND OF EXCITED ME. 60 00:02:21,841 --> 00:02:24,310 AND NOW, KIND OF QUITE FRANKLY, 61 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:26,813 I–I BELIEVE IN THE 62 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:28,414 HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION MISSION 63 00:02:28,481 --> 00:02:29,482 AND I WANT TO CONTRIBUTE 64 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:31,317 TO THAT IN SOME WAY. 65 00:02:31,384 --> 00:02:32,519 AND CONTRIBUTING TO THAT MISSION 66 00:02:32,585 --> 00:02:34,020 AS AN ASTRONAUT KIND OF 67 00:02:34,087 --> 00:02:36,122 COMBINES A LOT OF THE THINGS 68 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:37,156 THAT I LIKE TO DO. 69 00:02:37,223 --> 00:02:38,625 I LIKE TO LEARN, I LIKE 70 00:02:38,691 --> 00:02:40,593 TO INTERACT WITH PEOPLE 71 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:42,262 FROM-- YOU KNOW, WITH 72 00:02:42,328 --> 00:02:43,263 DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, 73 00:02:43,329 --> 00:02:44,864 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, 74 00:02:44,931 --> 00:02:47,300 DIFFERENT TECHNICAL EXPERTISE. 75 00:02:54,741 --> 00:02:57,810 >> SO, I BELIEVE IN THE 76 00:02:57,877 --> 00:02:59,679 HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION MISSION 77 00:02:59,746 --> 00:03:01,047 AND THAT'S A MISSION 78 00:03:01,114 --> 00:03:02,015 THAT I CERTAINLY WANT 79 00:03:02,081 --> 00:03:04,217 TO CONTRIBUTE TO IN SOME WAY. 80 00:03:04,284 --> 00:03:06,119 AND BEING A NASA ASTRONAUT 81 00:03:06,185 --> 00:03:07,287 ALLOWS ME TO CONTRIBUTE 82 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:10,223 TO THAT MISSION BY HELP-– 83 00:03:10,290 --> 00:03:11,891 HELPING THE ORGANIZATION 84 00:03:11,958 --> 00:03:14,160 DEVELOP THE NEW SPACE VEHICLES 85 00:03:14,227 --> 00:03:15,028 THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE US 86 00:03:15,094 --> 00:03:16,863 TO THE MOON AND TO MARS. 87 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:18,565 IT ALLOWS ME TO CONTINUE 88 00:03:18,631 --> 00:03:22,402 TO EDUCATE MYSELF, LEARN ABOUT 89 00:03:22,468 --> 00:03:23,670 THE VARIOUS DISCIPLINES 90 00:03:23,736 --> 00:03:25,805 THAT IT TAKES TO ACCOMPLISH 91 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:26,806 THIS MISSION. 92 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:28,808 AND IT ALSO ALLOWS ME 93 00:03:28,875 --> 00:03:31,778 TO TAKE PART AND BE, YOU KNOW, 94 00:03:31,844 --> 00:03:33,279 A SMALL CONTRIBUTING MEMBER 95 00:03:33,346 --> 00:03:36,282 TO–TO TEAMS THAT HAVE 96 00:03:36,349 --> 00:03:38,051 A, YOU KNOW, SENSE OF PURPOSE 97 00:03:38,117 --> 00:03:39,886 IN THE HIGHER MISSION. 98 00:03:47,527 --> 00:03:48,494 >> THE SELECTION PROCESS 99 00:03:48,561 --> 00:03:50,897 WAS A LONG, LONG ONE. 100 00:03:50,964 --> 00:03:52,632 SO, IT ALL STARTED WITH 101 00:03:52,699 --> 00:03:54,934 AN APPLICATION ONLINE 102 00:03:55,001 --> 00:03:56,502 AT USA JOBS, WHICH REALLY 103 00:03:56,569 --> 00:03:58,404 JUST CONSISTED OF YOUR RESUME 104 00:03:58,471 --> 00:04:00,206 AND A COUPLE OF REFERENCES. 105 00:04:00,273 --> 00:04:01,541 AND THEN IT WAS PROBABLY 106 00:04:01,608 --> 00:04:02,642 EIGHT MONTHS OR SO 107 00:04:02,709 --> 00:04:04,944 BEFORE YOU PERHAPS HEARD 108 00:04:05,011 --> 00:04:06,045 THAT YOU HAD MADE IT 109 00:04:06,112 --> 00:04:08,214 TO THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED ROUND 110 00:04:08,281 --> 00:04:09,749 AND THEN SOME MORE WAITING FOR 111 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:11,084 THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS. 112 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:12,418 AND THAT WAS A SHORT 113 00:04:12,485 --> 00:04:14,220 KIND OF THREE-DAY EXPERIENCE 114 00:04:14,287 --> 00:04:15,922 WITH, YOU KNOW, 115 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:17,857 TEN OTHER AMAZING INDIVIDUALS. 116 00:04:17,924 --> 00:04:20,259 A LOT OF MEDICAL ACTIVITIES, 117 00:04:20,326 --> 00:04:21,995 A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL 118 00:04:22,061 --> 00:04:23,830 AND GROUP EXERCISES. 119 00:04:23,896 --> 00:04:26,232 AND THEN YOU WAIT SOME MORE. 120 00:04:26,299 --> 00:04:28,101 THEN YOU'VE GOT THE SECOND ROUND 121 00:04:28,167 --> 00:04:29,202 WHICH, AT THIS POINT, 122 00:04:29,268 --> 00:04:30,236 WAS A WEEK LONG. 123 00:04:30,303 --> 00:04:31,170 AND SO, YOU SPEND QUITE A BIT OF 124 00:04:31,237 --> 00:04:34,007 TIME WITH THE OTHER CANDIDATES, 125 00:04:34,073 --> 00:04:35,308 EVEN MORE INTENSE 126 00:04:35,375 --> 00:04:38,177 MEDICAL ACTIVITIES AS WELL 127 00:04:38,244 --> 00:04:39,512 AS ANOTHER INTERVIEW 128 00:04:39,579 --> 00:04:41,514 AND SOME MORE PHYSICAL 129 00:04:41,581 --> 00:04:43,449 AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS. 130 00:04:50,923 --> 00:04:52,959 >> SO, I FOUND OUT THAT I WAS 131 00:04:53,026 --> 00:04:55,728 SELECTED IN THE MORNING. 132 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:57,296 I WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING TO WORK. 133 00:04:57,363 --> 00:04:58,765 AND THE PHONE CALL ITSELF, 134 00:04:58,831 --> 00:04:59,832 YOU KNOW, WAS VERY SHORT 135 00:04:59,899 --> 00:05:01,367 AND SWEET AND MAYBE 136 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:02,669 SOMEWHAT UNEVENTFUL. 137 00:05:02,735 --> 00:05:05,471 BUT THE MORNING LEADING UP 138 00:05:05,538 --> 00:05:06,572 TO THAT PHONE CALL, I THINK, 139 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:07,607 IS KIND OF UNIQUE 140 00:05:07,674 --> 00:05:08,641 AND KIND OF NEAT. 141 00:05:08,708 --> 00:05:10,977 AND SO, I AM THE TYPE OF PERSON 142 00:05:11,044 --> 00:05:11,978 THAT LIKES TO WAKE UP 143 00:05:12,045 --> 00:05:13,446 AT 4:30 IN THE MORNING, 144 00:05:13,513 --> 00:05:15,014 TYPICALLY TO, YOU KNOW, 145 00:05:15,081 --> 00:05:16,149 WORK OUT OR JUST GET 146 00:05:16,215 --> 00:05:17,450 A HEAD START ON MY DAY. 147 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:18,718 SO, THAT MORNING I WAS ACTUALLY 148 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:21,354 WATCHING A PRESENTATION, 149 00:05:21,421 --> 00:05:24,824 AN INTERVIEW THAT REID, 150 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:26,893 THE CHIEF ASTRONAUT WAS GIVING. 151 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:28,961 SO, THIS WAS A 30-MINUTE TALK, 152 00:05:29,028 --> 00:05:29,962 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE 153 00:05:30,029 --> 00:05:30,797 WORKING OUT AND LISTENING 154 00:05:30,863 --> 00:05:31,564 TO A PODCAST, 155 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:32,398 IT'S NOT THAT EFFICIENT, 156 00:05:32,465 --> 00:05:33,232 SO, I AM LISTENING TO 157 00:05:33,299 --> 00:05:34,901 TEN MINUTES, REWINDING, 158 00:05:34,967 --> 00:05:35,835 YOU KNOW, LISTENING TO 159 00:05:35,902 --> 00:05:36,769 TEN MORE MINUTES. 160 00:05:36,836 --> 00:05:38,404 AND SO, HIS VOICE WAS 161 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:40,640 THE ONLY VOICE THAT, YOU KNOW, 162 00:05:40,707 --> 00:05:42,842 I HEARD THAT MORNING. 163 00:05:42,909 --> 00:05:45,511 AND SO, I'M DRIVING TO WORK, 164 00:05:45,578 --> 00:05:46,946 I GET A PHONE CALL, 165 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:48,047 IT'S THE HOUSTON-– 166 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:49,816 FROM A HOUSTON NUMBER. 167 00:05:49,882 --> 00:05:51,284 YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I WOULD BE, 168 00:05:51,350 --> 00:05:52,652 YOU KNOW, VERY NERVOUS 169 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:54,587 AND, YOU KNOW, VERY ANXIOUS, 170 00:05:54,654 --> 00:05:55,688 BUT, YOU KNOW, I SAW 171 00:05:55,755 --> 00:05:58,758 THE PHONE CALL, I ANSWERED IT, 172 00:05:58,825 --> 00:05:59,992 AND THEN THE VERY FIRST VOICE 173 00:06:00,059 --> 00:06:01,127 THAT I HEARD ON THE OTHER LINE 174 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:02,528 WAS–WAS REID'S VOICE. 175 00:06:02,595 --> 00:06:04,731 AND SO, I THOUGHT I WAS 176 00:06:04,797 --> 00:06:05,732 GOING TO BE NERVOUS, 177 00:06:05,798 --> 00:06:07,467 BUT IT WAS ALMOST, YOU KNOW, 178 00:06:07,533 --> 00:06:08,568 SOOTHING TO KIND OF HEAR 179 00:06:08,634 --> 00:06:11,170 THE SAME VOICE THAT I HAD HEARD 180 00:06:11,237 --> 00:06:13,773 THAT ENTIRE MORNING. 181 00:06:13,840 --> 00:06:17,076 HE ASKED IF I WANTED TO COME 182 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:19,011 TO NASA AND JOIN THE NEXT 183 00:06:19,078 --> 00:06:20,413 ASTRONAUT CANDIDATE CLASS, 184 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:21,581 AND I–I SAID YES. 185 00:06:21,647 --> 00:06:22,682 I THINK I SAID IT-– 186 00:06:22,749 --> 00:06:23,883 I GAVE HIM A FIRM YES. 187 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:26,018 BUT, YOU KNOW... 188 00:06:32,592 --> 00:06:34,727 >> FOR A GOOD PART OF MY LIFE, 189 00:06:34,794 --> 00:06:37,463 I WORKED AN EIGHT-TO-FIVE JOB 190 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:38,664 AS A–AS AN ENGINEER, 191 00:06:38,731 --> 00:06:39,899 AS A RESEARCHER FOR THE ARMY. 192 00:06:39,966 --> 00:06:41,134 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, 193 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,935 I WAS A COMBAT SEARCH 194 00:06:43,002 --> 00:06:44,170 AND RESCUE HELICOPTER PILOT 195 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,471 FOR THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD. 196 00:06:45,538 --> 00:06:46,539 AND THEN I WAS ALSO GOING 197 00:06:46,606 --> 00:06:47,440 TO GRAD SCHOOL. 198 00:06:47,507 --> 00:06:48,508 AND, YOU KNOW, EACH ONE OF 199 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:50,476 THOSE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, 200 00:06:50,543 --> 00:06:51,644 I'M SURROUNDED BY KIND OF 201 00:06:51,711 --> 00:06:53,946 UNIQUE AND AMAZING INDIVIDUALS. 202 00:06:54,013 --> 00:06:55,515 AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING 203 00:06:55,581 --> 00:06:57,517 TO DO A LOT OF THINGS AT ONCE. 204 00:06:57,583 --> 00:06:59,185 YOU'RE CERTAINLY NEVER-– 205 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:00,553 YOU DON'T MASTER THEM ALL. 206 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:03,723 AND SO, I CERTAINLY RELIED ON, 207 00:07:03,790 --> 00:07:05,391 YOU KNOW, KIND OF OTHERS 208 00:07:05,458 --> 00:07:08,528 TO HELP ME, WHICH, YOU KNOW, 209 00:07:08,594 --> 00:07:10,730 I FELT CERTAINLY, 210 00:07:10,797 --> 00:07:11,864 YOU KNOW, MOTIVATED ME, 211 00:07:11,931 --> 00:07:13,499 ALSO INSPIRED ME TO, YOU KNOW, 212 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:14,967 CONTINUE TO DO BETTER AND TRY 213 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:16,636 TO CONTRIBUTE TO EACH ONE 214 00:07:16,702 --> 00:07:18,638 OF THOSE THREE DIFFERENT TEAMS, 215 00:07:18,704 --> 00:07:20,473 IF YOU WILL. 216 00:07:26,445 --> 00:07:27,814 >> GROWING UP IN PUERTO RICO, 217 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,282 MATH, FOR ME AT LEAST, 218 00:07:29,348 --> 00:07:31,450 WAS–WAS A BIG DEAL. 219 00:07:31,517 --> 00:07:33,219 AND MY OLDER BROTHER COMPETED 220 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:34,554 IN MATH COMPETITIONS 221 00:07:34,620 --> 00:07:36,322 REPRESENTING PUERTO RICO. 222 00:07:36,389 --> 00:07:37,256 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 223 00:07:37,323 --> 00:07:39,725 I CERTAINLY WANTED TO DO, 224 00:07:39,792 --> 00:07:40,693 AS WELL. 225 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:42,662 AND, YOU KNOW, MY MOM WAS 226 00:07:42,728 --> 00:07:44,363 ACTUALLY A MATH TEACHER. 227 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:45,331 SHE WAS A MATH TEACHER 228 00:07:45,398 --> 00:07:46,332 AT THE SAME SCHOOL 229 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:47,366 THAT I–THAT I WENT TO. 230 00:07:47,433 --> 00:07:49,335 AND SHE WAS MY SEVENTH GRADE, 231 00:07:49,402 --> 00:07:50,436 YOU KNOW, MATH TEACHER, 232 00:07:50,503 --> 00:07:52,338 PRE-ALGEBRA, WHICH CERTAINLY, 233 00:07:52,405 --> 00:07:54,340 IN MY OPINION, KIND OF SET 234 00:07:54,407 --> 00:07:58,544 THE STAGE FOR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, 235 00:07:58,611 --> 00:08:00,613 LOVE OF MATH AND SCIENCE, SO... 236 00:08:08,654 --> 00:08:10,590 >> I WOULD SAY ALL OF THE ABOVE. 237 00:08:10,656 --> 00:08:13,359 SO, DEFINITELY EXCITED. 238 00:08:13,426 --> 00:08:16,362 AT THE SAME TIME, I AM 239 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:19,198 VERY ANXIOUS, I'M VERY NERVOUS 240 00:08:19,265 --> 00:08:20,900 FOR WHAT'S TO COME. 241 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:21,934 A LOT OF IT IS SIMPLY 242 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:22,969 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF 243 00:08:23,035 --> 00:08:24,837 KIND OF UNKNOWNS. 244 00:08:24,904 --> 00:08:26,672 BUT I AM-– I WOULDN'T HAVE IT 245 00:08:26,739 --> 00:08:28,841 ANY OTHER WAY. 246 00:08:35,581 --> 00:08:37,650 >> THE LEAST EXTRAORDINARY THING 247 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:40,052 THAT I DO, THAT IS A-– 248 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:42,955 THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION. 249 00:08:43,022 --> 00:08:44,524 I WOULD SAY MAYBE 250 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:45,791 WAKING UP AT 4:30 251 00:08:45,858 --> 00:08:47,426 IN THE MORNING EVERYDAY. 252 00:08:54,734 --> 00:08:55,635 >> SO, RIGHT NOW, I AM 253 00:08:55,701 --> 00:08:57,770 MOST EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT 254 00:08:57,837 --> 00:08:59,572 THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF 255 00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:02,742 NEW VEHICLES IN DEVELOPMENT. 256 00:09:02,808 --> 00:09:06,445 WE HAVE THE SPACEX CREW DRAGON, 257 00:09:06,512 --> 00:09:08,581 THE BOEING STARLINE, 258 00:09:08,648 --> 00:09:12,151 ORION, GATEWAY, STARSHIP, 259 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:13,419 THE HUMAN LANDER. 260 00:09:13,486 --> 00:09:14,620 AND SO, I DO THINK IT'S 261 00:09:14,687 --> 00:09:16,022 AN EXCITING TIME TO BE 262 00:09:16,088 --> 00:09:19,158 A PART OF NASA AND TO CONTRIBUTE 263 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:20,192 TO THE DEVELOPMENT 264 00:09:20,259 --> 00:09:21,060 OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES 265 00:09:21,127 --> 00:09:22,295 THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE US, 266 00:09:22,361 --> 00:09:23,229 YOU KNOW, TO THE MOON 267 00:09:23,296 --> 00:09:25,097 AND BEYOND TO MARS. 268 00:09:32,104 --> 00:09:35,474 >> MAYBE TWO TOP REASONS. 269 00:09:35,541 --> 00:09:37,076 SO, THE FIRST IS I AM ACTUALLY 270 00:09:37,143 --> 00:09:39,412 QUITE EXCITED TO GO TO 271 00:09:39,478 --> 00:09:41,013 THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 272 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:44,717 AND TAKE PART IN THE DIVERSE 273 00:09:44,784 --> 00:09:46,052 RESEARCH THAT IS HAPPENING. 274 00:09:46,118 --> 00:09:46,953 AND SO, I THINK IT WOULD BE 275 00:09:47,019 --> 00:09:48,721 VERY, YOU KNOW--- 276 00:09:48,788 --> 00:09:50,289 IT WOULD BE A VERY FUN 277 00:09:50,356 --> 00:09:51,691 AND NEAT WAY TO CONTRIBUTE 278 00:09:51,757 --> 00:09:53,993 TO ALL THE RESEARCH 279 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:56,462 THAT SCIENTISTS ARE DOING 280 00:09:56,529 --> 00:09:57,663 AROUND THE WORLD. 281 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:59,065 AND THEN THE OTHER, I'M REALLY 282 00:09:59,131 --> 00:10:02,935 EXCITED TO HELP DEVELOP 283 00:10:03,002 --> 00:10:04,337 THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL 284 00:10:04,403 --> 00:10:06,372 TAKE US TO THE MOON 285 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:08,874 AND BEYOND TO MARS. 286 00:10:16,215 --> 00:10:17,049 >> I LIKE TO BE AROUND 287 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:17,883 THE WATER. 288 00:10:17,950 --> 00:10:22,421 AND SO, I LIKE TO GO SWIMMING, 289 00:10:22,488 --> 00:10:25,958 I LIKE TO GO SCUBA DIVING. 290 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:27,994 I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE 291 00:10:28,060 --> 00:10:29,962 TO LEARN HOW TO SAIL. 292 00:10:30,029 --> 00:10:33,232 I LIKE TO BE OUTSIDE, SO HIKING, 293 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:35,267 JUST SPENDING TIME OUTSIDE. 294 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:44,944 >> THE BEST ADVICE I'VE RECEIVED 295 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:46,345 ABOUT BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT 296 00:10:46,412 --> 00:10:49,015 IS TO SIMPLY BE YOURSELF. 297 00:10:55,955 --> 00:10:56,889 >> DREAM DESTINATION. 298 00:10:56,956 --> 00:10:58,357 RIGHT NOW, I THINK I WOULD GO 299 00:10:58,424 --> 00:11:01,027 ANYWHERE THAT NASA SENDS ME. 300 00:11:01,093 --> 00:11:03,596 BUT IF I WERE TO DREAM UP 301 00:11:03,662 --> 00:11:07,666 THE IDEAL LOCATION, 302 00:11:07,733 --> 00:11:09,735 SO, RIGHT NOW NASA CURRENTLY HAS 303 00:11:09,802 --> 00:11:12,638 THE MARS INGENUITY HELICOPTER 304 00:11:12,705 --> 00:11:15,741 FLYING, AND IF NASA COULD 305 00:11:15,808 --> 00:11:17,243 SCALE UP THAT HELICOPTER 306 00:11:17,309 --> 00:11:18,644 TO FIT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE 307 00:11:18,711 --> 00:11:20,279 ABOUT MY SIZE, I THINK IT WOULD 308 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:21,547 BE PRETTY–PRETTY AMAZING 309 00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:24,316 TO BE ABLE TO FLY A HELICOPTER 310 00:11:24,383 --> 00:11:26,352 ON ANOTHER PLANET. 311 00:11:32,925 --> 00:11:33,826 >> ABOUT THE VEHICLES, 312 00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:35,961 I AM MOST EXCITED ABOUT 313 00:11:36,028 --> 00:11:37,630 CONTRIBUTING DURING THE EARLY 314 00:11:37,696 --> 00:11:39,799 STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT, 315 00:11:39,865 --> 00:11:41,067 TO BE ABLE TO USE 316 00:11:41,133 --> 00:11:45,471 MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE TO AID 317 00:11:45,538 --> 00:11:47,440 THE DESIGN OF THE VEHICLES, 318 00:11:47,506 --> 00:11:49,041 WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY MAKE THEM 319 00:11:49,108 --> 00:11:51,777 SAFER FOR THE ASTRONAUTS 320 00:11:51,844 --> 00:11:54,980 THAT DO-– WHO ARE ONBOARD. 321 00:12:02,521 --> 00:12:03,689 >> EVERYONE WAS, YOU KNOW, 322 00:12:03,756 --> 00:12:05,925 EXTREMELY EXCITED. 323 00:12:05,991 --> 00:12:09,328 YOU KNOW, I THINK YOUR FAMILY 324 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:11,764 IS YOUR BIGGEST ADVOCATE. 325 00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:14,633 AND SO, AS I TALK TO THEM 326 00:12:14,700 --> 00:12:15,901 ABOUT THE PROCESS OF 327 00:12:15,968 --> 00:12:17,036 BECOMING AN ASTRONAUT, 328 00:12:17,103 --> 00:12:18,337 EVERYONE SIMPLY SAYS, 329 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:19,572 OH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE 330 00:12:19,638 --> 00:12:21,474 YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT. 331 00:12:21,540 --> 00:12:24,877 AND, OF COURSE, I TRY TO EXPLAIN 332 00:12:24,944 --> 00:12:26,512 THAT THE CHANCES ARE–ARE 333 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:30,749 VERY MINIMAL, BUT I GUESS 334 00:12:30,816 --> 00:12:32,218 THEY WERE RIGHT. 335 00:12:32,284 --> 00:12:33,319 AND SO, I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE 336 00:12:33,385 --> 00:12:34,620 A GOOD RESPONSE TO THEM 337 00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:36,388 AT–AT THE MOMENT. 338 00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:43,896 >> STUDY TIP. 339 00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:47,099 I PERSONALLY NEED REPETITION 340 00:12:47,166 --> 00:12:48,334 WHEN IT COMES TO LEARNING 341 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,669 A NEW TOPIC OR NEW CONCEPT. 342 00:12:50,736 --> 00:12:53,472 AND I NEED VARIOUS MODES 343 00:12:53,539 --> 00:12:56,242 OF, I GUESS RECEIVING 344 00:12:56,308 --> 00:12:57,776 THAT INFORMATION. 345 00:12:57,843 --> 00:12:59,411 SO, I'M A VERY VISUAL PERSON, 346 00:12:59,478 --> 00:13:01,680 SO, I LIKE TO READ SOMETHING 347 00:13:01,747 --> 00:13:04,383 THEN I LIKE TO DRAW DIAGRAMS 348 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:05,951 OR, YOU KNOW, WORK AN EQUATION 349 00:13:06,018 --> 00:13:08,220 AND DO SOME MATH AND THEN TRY 350 00:13:08,287 --> 00:13:11,123 AND SUMMARIZE WHAT I'VE LEARNED 351 00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:13,492 TO REALLY VERIFY THAT 352 00:13:13,559 --> 00:13:14,360 I'VE UNDERSTOOD 353 00:13:14,426 --> 00:13:16,061 THAT CONCEPT CORRECTLY. 354 00:13:23,235 --> 00:13:25,704 >> AS A KID, I WOULD SAY 355 00:13:25,771 --> 00:13:27,439 WHEN I WAS A KID, 356 00:13:27,506 --> 00:13:29,141 THERE WAS A TV SHOW THAT 357 00:13:29,208 --> 00:13:30,743 WAS ACTUALLY ON PAY-PER-VIEW 358 00:13:30,809 --> 00:13:34,246 CALLED "BATTLE BOTS", WHICH IS, 359 00:13:34,313 --> 00:13:35,948 YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TWO ROBOTS 360 00:13:36,015 --> 00:13:37,883 IN AN OCTAGON, YOU KNOW, 361 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:39,385 FIGHTING AGAINST EACH OTHER. 362 00:13:39,451 --> 00:13:41,187 AND, YOU KNOW, EARLY ON 363 00:13:41,253 --> 00:13:44,056 THAT I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, 364 00:13:44,123 --> 00:13:45,090 I WANTED TO BUILT THINGS, 365 00:13:45,157 --> 00:13:46,425 I WANTED TO BUILD ROBOTS. 366 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:49,828 AND BEING ABLE TO KIND OF 367 00:13:49,895 --> 00:13:51,096 SEE THAT IN ACTION 368 00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:53,666 JUST KIND OF DROVE THAT DESIRE 369 00:13:53,732 --> 00:13:55,601 TO–TO KIND OF GET INTO 370 00:13:55,668 --> 00:13:58,270 ENGINEERING AND PURSUE 371 00:13:58,337 --> 00:14:00,272 SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. 372 00:14:07,346 --> 00:14:10,616 >> YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY I AM 373 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:14,253 VERY MUCH MORE MATH ORIENTED. 374 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,921 IT JUST COMES EASIER TO ME. 375 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:18,524 AND SO, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, 376 00:14:18,591 --> 00:14:21,627 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, BEING ABLE 377 00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:24,563 TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY, 378 00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:27,032 BEING ABLE TO WRITE EFFICIENTLY 379 00:14:27,099 --> 00:14:28,500 WAS CERTAINLY SOMETHING 380 00:14:28,567 --> 00:14:30,836 THAT WAS HARD, OR AT LEAST 381 00:14:30,903 --> 00:14:32,037 HARDER THAN I CERTAINLY 382 00:14:32,104 --> 00:14:33,439 WANTED IT TO BE. 383 00:14:33,505 --> 00:14:38,077 AND SO ADVICE, I THINK SOMETIMES 384 00:14:38,143 --> 00:14:39,945 WE TEND TO NOT DO THINGS 385 00:14:40,012 --> 00:14:42,014 BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD. 386 00:14:42,081 --> 00:14:43,082 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT 387 00:14:43,148 --> 00:14:44,083 THE ONLY WAY THAT YOU'RE 388 00:14:44,149 --> 00:14:45,084 GOING TO GET BETTER IS 389 00:14:45,150 --> 00:14:46,418 BY ACTUALLY DOING. 390 00:14:46,485 --> 00:14:48,520 AND SO, MY ADVICE IS TO 391 00:14:48,587 --> 00:14:50,089 EMBRACE THE FACT THAT EITHER 392 00:14:50,155 --> 00:14:51,123 YOU DON'T LIKE IT 393 00:14:51,190 --> 00:14:52,558 OR IT'S–IT'S HARD 394 00:14:52,625 --> 00:14:55,327 AND YOU NEED TO CONTINUE 395 00:14:55,394 --> 00:15:00,532 TO PURSUE YOUR WEAKNESSES 396 00:15:00,599 --> 00:15:03,068 IN ORDER TO–TO MAKE THEM 397 00:15:03,135 --> 00:15:05,104 INTO A STRENGTH.