1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,701 HI, MY NAME IS JEANETTE EPPS. 2 00:00:01,701 --> 00:00:02,068 HI, 3 00:00:02,068 --> 00:00:02,902 I'M NASA ASTRONAUT, 4 00:00:02,902 --> 00:00:03,570 KAYLA BARRON. 5 00:00:03,570 --> 00:00:04,304 I AM NASA 6 00:00:04,304 --> 00:00:05,271 ASTRONAUT KJELL LINDGREN, 7 00:00:05,271 --> 00:00:06,406 AND I JUST GOT BACK 8 00:00:06,406 --> 00:00:07,107 FROM THE INTERNATIONAL 9 00:00:07,107 --> 00:00:07,707 SPACE STATION 10 00:00:07,707 --> 00:00:08,408 A FEW WEEKS AGO. 11 00:00:08,408 --> 00:00:09,009 IT'S AWESOME 12 00:00:09,009 --> 00:00:10,243 TO BE BACK WITH MY FAMILY 13 00:00:10,243 --> 00:00:11,144 AND FRIENDS, TO BE BACK 14 00:00:11,144 --> 00:00:12,112 HERE ON THE EARTH. 15 00:00:12,112 --> 00:00:12,812 I DO LOVE TO 16 00:00:12,812 --> 00:00:13,747 GET REAL LETTERS, 17 00:00:13,747 --> 00:00:14,681 WHETHER IT'S AT HOME 18 00:00:14,681 --> 00:00:16,182 OR AT WORK OR EVEN IN SPACE 19 00:00:16,182 --> 00:00:17,217 WE GET CARDS AND LETTERS 20 00:00:17,217 --> 00:00:18,351 DELIVERED FROM FAMILY 21 00:00:18,351 --> 00:00:19,152 FROM TIME TO TIME, 22 00:00:19,152 --> 00:00:19,986 WHICH IS SO EXCITING. 23 00:00:19,986 --> 00:00:20,920 AND THIS YEAR WE'D LIKE 24 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:21,955 TO THANK ALL THE STUDENTS 25 00:00:21,955 --> 00:00:23,156 WHO SENT IN LETTERS 26 00:00:23,156 --> 00:00:24,290 AND NOTES TO US. 27 00:00:24,290 --> 00:00:25,025 AND THIS IS 28 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:25,692 ONE OF MY FAVORITE 29 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:26,593 THINGS TO DO 30 00:00:26,593 --> 00:00:27,527 IS TO READ YOUR LETTERS. 31 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:29,329 SO LET'S GET TO IT. 32 00:00:36,202 --> 00:00:36,836 THE FIRST TIME 33 00:00:36,836 --> 00:00:37,537 YOU WENT INTO SPACE, 34 00:00:37,537 --> 00:00:38,438 HOW DID IT FEEL? 35 00:00:38,438 --> 00:00:40,173 WERE YOU SCARED OR HAPPY? 36 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:41,141 MY FIRST SPACE 37 00:00:41,141 --> 00:00:43,309 LAUNCH WAS INCREDIBLE. 38 00:00:43,309 --> 00:00:45,078 WE WERE SUPER WELL PREPARED, 39 00:00:45,078 --> 00:00:46,413 SO I THINK FOR THE MOST PART 40 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:46,913 WE WERE JUST 41 00:00:46,913 --> 00:00:48,448 EXECUTING THE PROCEDURES, 42 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:49,115 DOING THE JOB 43 00:00:49,115 --> 00:00:50,750 WE HAD PRACTICED DOING. 44 00:00:50,750 --> 00:00:51,985 BUT AS WE COUNTED DOWN, 45 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:52,218 YOU KNOW, 46 00:00:52,218 --> 00:00:53,286 THE FAMOUS COUNTDOWN 47 00:00:53,286 --> 00:00:54,621 FROM TEN, NINE, 48 00:00:54,621 --> 00:00:55,455 EIGHT UP TO THAT 49 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:56,256 MOMENT OF LAUNCH, 50 00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:57,357 THE ROCKET ENGINES 51 00:00:57,357 --> 00:00:58,691 LIGHT UNDERNEATH US. 52 00:00:58,691 --> 00:00:59,692 AND THERE'S KIND OF THIS 53 00:00:59,692 --> 00:01:00,794 MAGIC MOMENT 54 00:01:00,794 --> 00:01:02,228 WHERE YOU HANG IN THE AIR, 55 00:01:02,228 --> 00:01:03,029 YOU'RE JUST OFF 56 00:01:03,029 --> 00:01:03,797 THE LAUNCH PAD, 57 00:01:03,797 --> 00:01:04,431 AND YOU CAN FEEL 58 00:01:04,431 --> 00:01:05,031 THAT YOU'RE STARTING 59 00:01:05,031 --> 00:01:05,865 TO TRAVEL TO SPACE, 60 00:01:05,865 --> 00:01:06,332 BUT YOU HAVEN'T 61 00:01:06,332 --> 00:01:06,966 REALLY STARTED 62 00:01:06,966 --> 00:01:08,134 ACCELERATING YET. 63 00:01:08,134 --> 00:01:09,069 AND IN THAT MOMENT, 64 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:10,170 I WAS JUST FLOODED 65 00:01:10,170 --> 00:01:12,005 WITH PURE JOY. 66 00:01:12,005 --> 00:01:13,406 I WAS JUST SO EXCITED 67 00:01:13,406 --> 00:01:13,940 THAT MY JOURNEY 68 00:01:13,940 --> 00:01:14,941 WAS FINALLY STARTING 69 00:01:14,941 --> 00:01:16,843 AND SO EXCITED TO DO IT 70 00:01:16,843 --> 00:01:18,411 WITH MY TEAMMATES, MY CREW 71 00:01:18,411 --> 00:01:18,945 AND OUR TEAM 72 00:01:18,945 --> 00:01:19,679 AROUND THE WORLD. 73 00:01:19,679 --> 00:01:20,513 AND SO, 74 00:01:20,513 --> 00:01:21,314 YEAH, IT WAS 75 00:01:21,314 --> 00:01:22,082 I WAS HAPPY 76 00:01:22,082 --> 00:01:25,051 MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 77 00:01:25,051 --> 00:01:27,420 WHAT DO WE HAVE IN HERE? 78 00:01:27,620 --> 00:01:31,091 LOOK AT THIS. 79 00:01:31,091 --> 00:01:32,692 THAT’S SO GOOD. 80 00:01:32,692 --> 00:01:32,992 I’M GOING TO PUT THAT 81 00:01:32,992 --> 00:01:34,060 ON MY REFRIGERATOR. 82 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:35,462 OH, LOOK AT THIS. 83 00:01:35,462 --> 00:01:37,097 THIS MAKES MY DAY. 84 00:01:37,097 --> 00:01:37,730 HOW GREAT IS THAT? 85 00:01:37,730 --> 00:01:38,598 THAT'S GOING UP ON THE WALL 86 00:01:38,598 --> 00:01:39,866 FOR SURE. 87 00:01:39,866 --> 00:01:42,035 I LOVE THOSE COLORS. LOVE IT. 88 00:01:42,469 --> 00:01:43,269 I HAD A BOWL OF CEREAL 89 00:01:43,269 --> 00:01:43,636 AND MILK 90 00:01:43,636 --> 00:01:45,305 FOR BREAKFAST AND CHILI 91 00:01:45,305 --> 00:01:45,905 FOR LUNCH. 92 00:01:45,905 --> 00:01:46,739 AND EVERY NOW 93 00:01:46,739 --> 00:01:47,640 AND THEN YOU OPEN THESE UP 94 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:48,508 AND YOU LEARN WHAT, LIKE, 95 00:01:48,508 --> 00:01:49,542 SOMEBODY’S FAVORITE FOOD IS. 96 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:50,543 IS THERE CHEESE TO EAT 97 00:01:50,543 --> 00:01:51,644 IN YOUR SPACESHIP? 98 00:01:51,644 --> 00:01:52,479 I LOVE CHEESE. 99 00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:53,646 OH, MY GOSH. ME TOO. 100 00:01:53,646 --> 00:01:54,914 ACTUALLY, IT'S REALLY HARD 101 00:01:54,914 --> 00:01:56,316 TO SEND CHEESE TO SPACE 102 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:57,383 BECAUSE IT GOES BAD 103 00:01:57,383 --> 00:01:58,084 PRETTY QUICKLY. 104 00:01:58,084 --> 00:01:58,718 BUT YOU CAN SEND 105 00:01:58,718 --> 00:02:00,186 SOME HARD CHEESES TO SPACE, 106 00:02:00,186 --> 00:02:01,187 SO I REALLY HOPE THAT 107 00:02:01,187 --> 00:02:02,555 THAT'S THERE IN MY SPACESHIP. 108 00:02:02,555 --> 00:02:04,457 SARA SAYS. 109 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:06,359 I THINK SPACE IS VERY COOL, 110 00:02:06,359 --> 00:02:07,460 BUT I THINK SPACE 111 00:02:07,460 --> 00:02:08,128 ICE CREAM 112 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:09,462 WOULD BE THE BEST PART. 113 00:02:09,462 --> 00:02:11,331 SARA YOU KNOW ALL THAT 114 00:02:11,331 --> 00:02:12,565 THERE IS TO KNOW 115 00:02:12,565 --> 00:02:13,633 BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY 116 00:02:13,633 --> 00:02:14,634 RIGHT, SPACE 117 00:02:14,634 --> 00:02:15,768 ICE CREAM IS VERY COOL 118 00:02:15,768 --> 00:02:16,536 AND COLD. 119 00:02:16,536 --> 00:02:18,338 DO YOU LIKE CHICKEN NUGGETS? 120 00:02:18,338 --> 00:02:19,706 I LOVE ALL CHICKEN NUGGETS. 121 00:02:19,706 --> 00:02:20,540 I'M SURE THERE’S 122 00:02:20,540 --> 00:02:21,141 SOMEBODY OUT THERE 123 00:02:21,141 --> 00:02:21,708 THAT DOES NOT LIKE 124 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:22,242 CHICKEN NUGGETS, 125 00:02:22,242 --> 00:02:23,176 BUT THAT IS NOT ME. 126 00:02:23,176 --> 00:02:24,410 SO I THINK THE BIGGER CHICKEN 127 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:25,445 NUGGET QUESTION IS, 128 00:02:25,445 --> 00:02:26,746 HOW DO YOU EAT YOUR CHICKEN 129 00:02:26,746 --> 00:02:27,147 NUGGETS? 130 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:28,248 WITH A FORK, AND KNIFE, 131 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:29,215 DIP THEM IN KETCHUP? 132 00:02:29,215 --> 00:02:30,250 ARE YOU KIND OF A MAYONNAISE 133 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:31,651 OR A MUSTARD PERSON? 134 00:02:31,651 --> 00:02:33,086 OR IS IT JUST STRAIGHT UP, 135 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:33,887 I'VE GOT 18 136 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:34,420 CHICKEN NUGGETS 137 00:02:34,420 --> 00:02:34,854 IN FRONT OF ME 138 00:02:34,854 --> 00:02:35,755 AND I'M GETTING AFTER IT 139 00:02:35,755 --> 00:02:37,223 ALL RIGHT NOW? 140 00:02:37,223 --> 00:02:38,858 SO I DON'T CARE 141 00:02:38,858 --> 00:02:39,492 HOW YOU EAT YOURS, 142 00:02:39,492 --> 00:02:39,893 BUT I'LL TELL YOU 143 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:40,593 HOW I EAT MINE. 144 00:02:40,593 --> 00:02:41,227 I DEFINITELY LIKE 145 00:02:41,227 --> 00:02:41,895 CHICKEN NUGGETS. 146 00:02:41,895 --> 00:02:42,395 I LIKE A LITTLE 147 00:02:42,395 --> 00:02:42,996 BIT OF KETCHUP 148 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:43,796 AND I DEFINITELY USE 149 00:02:43,796 --> 00:02:44,364 MY FINGERS. 150 00:02:44,364 --> 00:02:45,532 IT'S A GREAT QUESTION 151 00:02:45,532 --> 00:02:47,934 AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A 152 00:02:47,934 --> 00:02:48,668 WONDERFUL HOLIDAY 153 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:49,702 SEASON, CHARLIE. 154 00:02:49,702 --> 00:02:50,970 SO WHAT TYPE OF ROCKET SHIP 155 00:02:50,970 --> 00:02:52,071 DID YOU GO ON? 156 00:02:52,071 --> 00:02:52,272 WELL, 157 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:53,506 THIS MOST RECENT MISSION, 158 00:02:53,506 --> 00:02:55,041 I FLEW IN A 159 00:02:55,041 --> 00:02:56,509 CREW DRAGON CAPSULE 160 00:02:56,509 --> 00:02:58,578 ON TOP OF A FALCON-9 ROCKET. 161 00:02:58,578 --> 00:02:59,746 IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. 162 00:02:59,746 --> 00:03:00,513 WE LAUNCHED 163 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:01,781 FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER 164 00:03:01,781 --> 00:03:02,348 AND WE WERE IN 165 00:03:02,348 --> 00:03:03,116 LOW EARTH ORBIT 166 00:03:03,116 --> 00:03:04,417 IN LESS THAN NINE MINUTES. 167 00:03:04,417 --> 00:03:05,518 NOW, MY FIRST MISSION 168 00:03:05,518 --> 00:03:06,686 ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, 169 00:03:06,686 --> 00:03:08,221 I LAUNCHED IN A SOYUZ CAPSULE 170 00:03:08,221 --> 00:03:09,622 ON A SOYUZ ROCKET 171 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:10,757 OUT OF BAIKONUR 172 00:03:10,757 --> 00:03:12,225 COSMODROME IN KAZAKHSTAN. 173 00:03:12,225 --> 00:03:13,893 I LAUNCHED WITH OUR RUSSIAN 174 00:03:13,893 --> 00:03:14,727 PARTNERS AND, 175 00:03:14,727 --> 00:03:16,496 AND THAT WAS MY FIRST FLIGHT. 176 00:03:16,496 --> 00:03:17,730 AND SO IT WAS REALLY COOL 177 00:03:17,730 --> 00:03:18,364 TO HAVE 178 00:03:18,364 --> 00:03:19,332 THAT EXPERIENCE 179 00:03:19,332 --> 00:03:21,034 OF FLYING INTO SPACE 180 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:22,335 ON TWO DIFFERENT TYPES 181 00:03:22,335 --> 00:03:22,936 OF ROCKETS. 182 00:03:22,936 --> 00:03:23,903 WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING 183 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:24,671 ABOUT YOUR JOB? 184 00:03:24,671 --> 00:03:25,271 WELL, PIPER, 185 00:03:25,271 --> 00:03:26,873 ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS 186 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:27,473 ABOUT MY JOB 187 00:03:27,473 --> 00:03:28,441 IS THAT I CONTINUE 188 00:03:28,441 --> 00:03:29,842 TO LEARN NEW THINGS 189 00:03:29,842 --> 00:03:30,810 JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY. 190 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:32,312 FLYING IN THE T-38, 191 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:33,513 DOING ROBOTICS, 192 00:03:33,513 --> 00:03:34,447 JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING 193 00:03:34,447 --> 00:03:35,081 THAT WE DO HERE. 194 00:03:35,081 --> 00:03:35,548 THERE'S ALWAYS 195 00:03:35,548 --> 00:03:36,549 SOMETHING NEW GOING ON. 196 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:37,283 AND I LIKE TO LEARN. 197 00:03:37,283 --> 00:03:37,784 THIS IS COOL. 198 00:03:37,784 --> 00:03:39,452 THIS IS A LAUNCH PAD. 199 00:03:39,452 --> 00:03:40,954 LOOK AT THAT. 200 00:03:40,987 --> 00:03:42,956 VERY DETAILED FROM GABE. 201 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:44,490 GABE, THAT'S AWESOME. 202 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:44,857 I SEE. 203 00:03:44,857 --> 00:03:45,458 WE GOT THE, 204 00:03:45,458 --> 00:03:46,259 WE GOT THE PAD HERE. 205 00:03:46,259 --> 00:03:46,993 WE GOT THE GANTRY 206 00:03:46,993 --> 00:03:47,927 THAT WE WALK ACROSS 207 00:03:47,927 --> 00:03:49,095 INTO THE CAPSULE THERE 208 00:03:49,095 --> 00:03:50,930 WITH THE ASTRONAUTS INSIDE. 209 00:03:50,930 --> 00:03:51,931 THAT IS A GREAT DRAWING, 210 00:03:51,931 --> 00:03:53,166 GABE. GOOD JOB. 211 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:53,700 CAN YOU FEEL 212 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:55,101 HEAT IN THE SPACESHIP? 213 00:03:55,101 --> 00:03:55,835 ESPECIALLY WHEN 214 00:03:55,835 --> 00:03:56,703 WE'RE COMING HOME? 215 00:03:56,703 --> 00:03:57,770 THE- OUR SPACECRAFT 216 00:03:57,770 --> 00:03:58,738 GETS REALLY HOT. 217 00:03:58,738 --> 00:03:59,772 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A HEAT 218 00:03:59,772 --> 00:04:00,440 SHIELD 219 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:01,274 THAT PROTECTS US 220 00:04:01,274 --> 00:04:02,375 AS OUR SPACECRAFT STARTS 221 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:02,842 TO TRAVEL 222 00:04:02,842 --> 00:04:03,643 THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE. 223 00:04:03,643 --> 00:04:04,611 BECAUSE ALL OF THAT 224 00:04:04,611 --> 00:04:06,045 RESISTANCE OF THE GASES 225 00:04:06,045 --> 00:04:07,113 IN THE ATMOSPHERE 226 00:04:07,113 --> 00:04:07,914 REALLY CAUSE THE, 227 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,249 THE CRAFT TO HEAT UP. 228 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:10,550 BUT WE'RE IN SUITS 229 00:04:10,550 --> 00:04:11,751 THAT GIVE US COOLING, 230 00:04:11,751 --> 00:04:13,086 SO THEY KEEP OUR BODIES COOL. 231 00:04:13,086 --> 00:04:13,953 AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE 232 00:04:13,953 --> 00:04:15,121 YOU HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. 233 00:04:15,121 --> 00:04:16,389 SO EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE 234 00:04:16,389 --> 00:04:17,023 GETS REALLY HOT, 235 00:04:17,023 --> 00:04:17,590 THE SPACESHIP 236 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:18,258 GETS REALLY HOT, 237 00:04:18,258 --> 00:04:18,791 WE STAY AT A 238 00:04:18,791 --> 00:04:19,792 COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURE. 239 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:20,560 WHAT TYPES OF THINGS 240 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:21,861 DO WE DO IN OUTER SPACE? 241 00:04:21,861 --> 00:04:22,462 RIGHT NOW 242 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:24,530 WE'RE IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT, 243 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:25,431 SO THAT'S 244 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:27,133 WHERE THE SPACE STATION IS. 245 00:04:27,133 --> 00:04:28,901 WE DO TWO MAIN THINGS THERE. 246 00:04:28,901 --> 00:04:31,504 ONE IS TO KEEP IT FUNCTIONING 247 00:04:31,504 --> 00:04:32,438 AND KEEP IT WORKING 248 00:04:32,438 --> 00:04:33,673 BECAUSE IT'S A COMPLEX 249 00:04:33,673 --> 00:04:34,641 MACHINE THERE 250 00:04:34,641 --> 00:04:35,908 IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT. 251 00:04:35,908 --> 00:04:36,743 THE OTHER THING WE DO 252 00:04:36,743 --> 00:04:38,511 IS WE DO RESEARCH THERE 253 00:04:38,511 --> 00:04:39,479 AND A LOT OF OUR TIME 254 00:04:39,479 --> 00:04:40,313 IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 255 00:04:40,313 --> 00:04:42,582 THE HUMAN BODY, UNDERSTAND 256 00:04:42,582 --> 00:04:43,449 DIFFERENT THINGS 257 00:04:43,449 --> 00:04:44,684 THAT WE NEED TO TAKE 258 00:04:44,684 --> 00:04:47,020 THE NEXT STEP TO THE MOON 259 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:47,954 TO STAY 260 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:50,089 AND AFTER THAT TO MARS. 261 00:04:50,089 --> 00:04:52,325 AND SO TO KEEP EXPLORING, 262 00:04:52,325 --> 00:04:53,826 WE HAVE TO KEEP LEARNING. 263 00:04:53,826 --> 00:04:55,194 I LOVE NOT KNOWING 264 00:04:55,194 --> 00:04:56,062 WHAT IS INSIDE 265 00:04:56,062 --> 00:04:57,330 EACH OF THESE LETTERS. 266 00:04:57,330 --> 00:04:58,431 AND THIS ONE FROM EVAN 267 00:04:58,431 --> 00:04:59,299 IS REALLY COOL. 268 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:00,133 THE DRAWINGS ARE ALWAYS 269 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:01,034 MY FAVORITE. 270 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:02,368 FROM ABIGAIL 271 00:05:02,368 --> 00:05:03,236 IN SAINT GEORGE, 272 00:05:03,236 --> 00:05:06,039 UTAH USED A REALLY AWESOME 273 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:07,073 CAT ASTRONAUT 274 00:05:07,073 --> 00:05:08,141 STICKER HERE 275 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:09,208 WHO DOESN'T LOVE A CAT 276 00:05:09,208 --> 00:05:10,610 ON A FLYING SAUCER? 277 00:05:10,610 --> 00:05:11,277 DO ASTRONAUTS 278 00:05:11,277 --> 00:05:12,445 BELIEVE IN ALIENS? 279 00:05:12,445 --> 00:05:13,613 WELL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 280 00:05:13,613 --> 00:05:14,180 I DON'T KNOW. 281 00:05:14,180 --> 00:05:15,014 SOME MAYBE DO 282 00:05:15,014 --> 00:05:16,716 AND SOME MAYBE DON'T. 283 00:05:16,716 --> 00:05:18,284 I THINK IT WOULD BE AMAZING 284 00:05:18,284 --> 00:05:19,252 TO DISCOVER ALIENS 285 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:20,286 IN OUR LIFETIME. 286 00:05:20,286 --> 00:05:21,621 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, ALIENS 287 00:05:21,621 --> 00:05:22,388 PROBABLY DON'T 288 00:05:22,388 --> 00:05:23,456 LOOK LIKE LITTLE GREEN MEN, 289 00:05:23,456 --> 00:05:24,424 BUT THEY MIGHT BE LIKE 290 00:05:24,424 --> 00:05:25,825 TINY MICROORGANISMS 291 00:05:25,825 --> 00:05:26,859 THAT LIVE OR 292 00:05:26,859 --> 00:05:27,860 USED TO LIVE ON A PLANET 293 00:05:27,860 --> 00:05:28,561 LIKE MARS. 294 00:05:28,561 --> 00:05:30,663 UNEQUIVOCALLY, 100%, 295 00:05:30,663 --> 00:05:31,898 I BELIEVE IN ALIENS. 296 00:05:31,898 --> 00:05:33,232 THERE IS NO WAY 297 00:05:33,232 --> 00:05:33,833 THAT YOU CAN BE 298 00:05:33,833 --> 00:05:34,634 ON THE SPACE STATION 299 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:35,702 GOING AROUND THE EARTH 300 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:36,903 AND LOOK OUT AT NIGHT 301 00:05:36,903 --> 00:05:39,072 AND SEE MILLIONS OF STARS 302 00:05:39,072 --> 00:05:40,540 AND NOT THINK FOR CERTAIN. 303 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:41,841 THERE ARE ALIENS OUT THERE 304 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:42,475 AND PEOPLE ASK ME 305 00:05:42,475 --> 00:05:43,576 IF I'VE EVER SEEN AN ALIEN. 306 00:05:43,576 --> 00:05:45,378 AND I SAY ABSOLUTELY. 100%. 307 00:05:45,378 --> 00:05:46,079 I'VE SEEN ALIENS 308 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:46,713 BECAUSE YOU'RE 309 00:05:46,713 --> 00:05:47,880 LOOKING AT THEM EVERY NIGHT. 310 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:48,381 WHEN YOU LOOK OUT 311 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:49,515 IN THE NIGHT SKY, 312 00:05:49,515 --> 00:05:51,117 SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, 313 00:05:51,117 --> 00:05:51,818 THERE IS SOME 314 00:05:51,818 --> 00:05:53,152 CRAZY CIVILIZATION 315 00:05:53,152 --> 00:05:54,554 DOING SOME CRAZY WORK 316 00:05:54,554 --> 00:05:55,021 THAT WE HAVEN'T 317 00:05:55,021 --> 00:05:55,588 DISCOVERED YET. 318 00:05:55,588 --> 00:05:56,656 I KNOW IT IS OUT THERE. 319 00:05:56,656 --> 00:05:57,223 THANK YOU ALL 320 00:05:57,223 --> 00:05:58,391 SO MUCH FOR THE LETTERS 321 00:05:58,391 --> 00:05:59,359 THAT YOU WRITE TO US. 322 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:00,460 IT MEANS SO MUCH 323 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:01,361 TO RECEIVE THEM 324 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:02,028 AND I LOVE 325 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:03,262 READING EVERY SINGLE ONE. 326 00:06:03,262 --> 00:06:04,430 THANK YOU. 327 00:06:04,430 --> 00:06:05,598 THESE LETTERS 328 00:06:05,598 --> 00:06:06,466 ARE THE ROCKET 329 00:06:06,466 --> 00:06:07,600 FUEL THAT WE USE. 330 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,135 THIS IS WHAT KEEPS US GOING. 331 00:06:09,135 --> 00:06:10,103 SO PLEASE DON'T STOP 332 00:06:10,103 --> 00:06:10,937 SENDING THEM, PLEASE 333 00:06:10,937 --> 00:06:12,338 KEEP SENDING THEM 334 00:06:12,338 --> 00:06:13,573 AND HELP US PUSH THIS 335 00:06:13,573 --> 00:06:14,340 MISSION FORWARD. 336 00:06:14,340 --> 00:06:16,342 BECAUSE IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. 337 00:06:16,342 --> 00:06:17,143 THANK YOU. 338 00:06:17,143 --> 00:06:17,910 THANKS, EVERYBODY, 339 00:06:17,910 --> 00:06:19,045 FOR ALL YOUR LETTERS 340 00:06:19,045 --> 00:06:20,847 AND YOUR AWESOME QUESTIONS. 341 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:22,548 THE CURIOSITY IS AWESOME 342 00:06:22,548 --> 00:06:24,250 AND I HOPE YOU STAY ENGAGED 343 00:06:24,250 --> 00:06:25,151 AND THINKING 344 00:06:25,151 --> 00:06:26,486 ABOUT HOW THE WORLD 345 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:27,787 AND THE UNIVERSE WORKS. 346 00:06:27,787 --> 00:06:28,821 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTERS. 347 00:06:28,821 --> 00:06:29,856 KEEP THEM COMING. 348 00:06:29,856 --> 00:06:31,224 HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY. 349 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:32,258 I AM SO THANKFUL 350 00:06:32,258 --> 00:06:33,793 TO BE BACK HERE ON EARTH 351 00:06:33,793 --> 00:06:35,161 WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS 352 00:06:35,161 --> 00:06:37,029 AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST 353 00:06:37,029 --> 00:06:37,997 THIS HOLIDAY SEASON 354 00:06:37,997 --> 00:06:39,098 AS YOU SPEND TIME 355 00:06:39,098 --> 00:06:39,866 WITH YOUR FAMILY, 356 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:40,533 WITH YOUR FRIENDS 357 00:06:40,533 --> 00:06:41,567 ON OUR INCREDIBLE 358 00:06:41,567 --> 00:06:43,136 PLANET, OUR HOME, THE EARTH.