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THE ISS IS, I WOULD SAY,

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A VERY CRITICAL STEPPING

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STONE IN HUMAN

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EXPLORATION BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT.

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I'M NASA ASTRONAUT, MIKE BARRATT, PILOT

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OF THE CREW-8 MISSION

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TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.

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I WAS BORN IN VANCOUVER,

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WASHINGTON, IN THE SOUTHWEST

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PART OF THE STATE.

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GREW UP AROUND THE CITY OF CAMAS,

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VERY SMALL TOWN

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IN A FARMING COMMUNITY,

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AND WE HAD ABOUT 80 ACRES OR SO.

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WE RAISED SHEEP AND CATTLE

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AND IT WAS A REALLY GREAT UPBRINGING.

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THERE WAS PLENTY OF THE NATURAL WORLD

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AROUND US TO REALLY BE FASCINATING.

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AND I HAD INTEREST SPARKED IN ASTRONOMY

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AND OCEANOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHY.

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I BUILT TELESCOPES IN HIGH SCHOOL

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AND I HAD THIS COMMANDING

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DARK SKY OUT THERE.

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IT WAS REALLY QUITE MAGNIFICENT.

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AND I WENT THROUGH THESE PHASES OF ONLY

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WANTING TO BE AN OCEANOGRAPHER

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OR ONLY WANTING TO BE AN ASTRONOMER.

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AND ALL THIS

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WITH THE BACKDROP

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OF ALWAYS HAVING TO FIX THINGS

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AND GET UP AND TAKE CARE OF ANIMALS

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AND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DISCIPLINE,

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WHICH I PROBABLY DIDN'T

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APPRECIATE SO MUCH AT THE TIME,

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BUT I CERTAINLY DO NOW.

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THE COMBINATION

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OF THOSE DEMANDS FOR A LIVING

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AND AN INTEREST IN NATURAL SCIENCES,

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I THINK PARTLY WHAT LED ME

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TO WHERE I AM TODAY.

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I CAME TO JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN 1991

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AND I'VE NEVER LEFT,

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EXCEPT WHEN I LEFT THE PLANET

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A COUPLE OF TIMES.

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SPENT NINE YEARS

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AS AN NASA FLIGHT SURGEON.

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AND I WOULD SAY THAT IS ABSOLUTELY

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ONE OF THE DREAM JOBS AT NASA.

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I THINK MY PASSION IS THE HUMAN IN SPACE,

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HOW WE ADAPT,

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HOW WE PREPARE FOR SPACE,

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HOW WE REHAB WHEN WE COME BACK,

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AND HOW OUR PHYSIOLOGY CHANGES.

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AND SO THAT JOB ALLOWS YOU TO DABBLE

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IN ALL OF THOSE THINGS

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AND BE AMONG THE LAST OF THE PEOPLE

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WHO SEE THE CREW

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BEFORE THEY LAUNCH, THE FIRST

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TO SEE THEM WHEN THEY LAND

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AND TO TALK TO THEM EVERY DAY.

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THAT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE

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AND I WAS VERY,

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VERY LUCKY TO TRANSITION TO THE ASTRONAUT

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CORPS IN THE YEAR 2000.

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THE LAST

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TIME I WAS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE

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STATION WAS IN 2011.

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I WAS FORTUNATE TO FLY

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THE LAST

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FLIGHT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY,

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AND SHE WAS A MAGNIFICENT STATION

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AT THE TIME.

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AND WE ACTUALLY PUT THE PERMANENT

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MULTIPURPOSE MODULE INTO PLACE

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AND WE KIND OF CONSIDERED THE STATION

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COMPLETED THAT TIME AND AGAIN

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IT WAS NOT SMALL.

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SINCE THAT TIME, SHE'S

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ACTUALLY GROWN QUITE A BIT.

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SO WHAT I EXPECT TO FIND

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IS THE CORE OF THE STATION

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THAT I LEFT THAT I LOVED

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SO MUCH, THAT I SPENT OVER 200 DAYS

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ON, PLUS SOME NEW MODULES,

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SOME NEW RESEARCH CAPABILITIES.

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AND I THINK

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AS IMPORTANT AS ANYTHING

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NEW DOCKING PORTS

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FOR NEW GENERATION SPACECRAFT.

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WHAT I REMEMBER MOST FONDLY FROM

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MY FIRST MISSION

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WAS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW

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AND JUST HANGING OUT

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WITH MY SHIPMATES AT THE GALLEY TABLE

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AT THE END OF THE OF A LONG WORK DAY.

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MY PERSONAL GOAL

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IS REALLY TO SEE MY CREW

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BECOME PART OF IT, HELP BUILD IT,

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AND HAVE US ALL COME DOWN

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SO MUCH BETTER THAN WE WERE.

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IF WE DO THAT

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AND WE'VE EXECUTED OUR MISSION

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AND WE'RE FATIGUED, TIRED,

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BUT GIDDY WITH SUCCESS,

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THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.