1 00:00:00,417 --> 00:00:02,085 I AM MOST EXCITED 2 00:00:02,085 --> 00:00:02,544 FOR THE FUTURE 3 00:00:02,544 --> 00:00:03,545 OF SPACEFLIGHT 4 00:00:03,545 --> 00:00:05,046 FOR AN INFLECTION POINT 5 00:00:05,046 --> 00:00:06,589 THAT I FEEL IS COMING. 6 00:00:06,589 --> 00:00:07,632 IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY 7 00:00:07,632 --> 00:00:08,466 OF CIVILIZATION 8 00:00:08,466 --> 00:00:10,468 AND VARIOUS INFLECTION POINTS, 9 00:00:10,468 --> 00:00:13,471 YOU KNOW, THINGS JUST KIND OF TAKE OFF. 10 00:00:13,513 --> 00:00:14,848 I AM NASA ASTRONAUT MATTHEW 11 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:15,974 DOMINICK, COMMANDER. 12 00:00:15,974 --> 00:00:17,058 NASA'S SPACE X 13 00:00:17,058 --> 00:00:17,851 CREW-8 MISSION 14 00:00:17,851 --> 00:00:20,812 TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. 15 00:00:20,812 --> 00:00:22,105 I GREW UP IN WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO. 16 00:00:22,105 --> 00:00:24,107 I WAS THE OLDEST OF TWO BROTHERS. 17 00:00:24,107 --> 00:00:26,651 I HAD TWO PARENTS THAT WERE AMAZING IN 18 00:00:26,651 --> 00:00:28,403 THAT THEY ENCOURAGED MY CURIOSITY. 19 00:00:28,403 --> 00:00:29,529 GROWING UP THERE IN THE ROCKIES, 20 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:30,196 IN THE OUTDOORS, 21 00:00:30,196 --> 00:00:30,321 THERE ARE 22 00:00:30,321 --> 00:00:33,324 SO MANY THINGS TO GO AND DO AND SEE. 23 00:00:33,408 --> 00:00:36,786 I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO EXPLORE AND SATIATE 24 00:00:36,786 --> 00:00:38,580 MY CURIOSITY FOR THE WORLD AROUND ME, 25 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:39,831 AND SO I JUST KEPT PUSHING 26 00:00:39,831 --> 00:00:40,999 THROUGHOUT MY LIFE. 27 00:00:40,999 --> 00:00:41,624 I JOINED THE NAVY 28 00:00:41,624 --> 00:00:42,792 BECAUSE I WANTED TO FLY AIRPLANES. 29 00:00:42,792 --> 00:00:43,543 I WANTED TO GO FAST. 30 00:00:43,543 --> 00:00:44,961 I WANTED TO TEST AIRPLANES. 31 00:00:44,961 --> 00:00:46,421 AND SO ASTRONAUT FOR ME 32 00:00:46,421 --> 00:00:47,130 WAS JUST 33 00:00:47,130 --> 00:00:48,590 THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP IN LIFE 34 00:00:48,590 --> 00:00:49,924 TO KEEP GOING AND KEEP EXPLORING 35 00:00:49,924 --> 00:00:50,925 AND KEEP PUSHING MYSELF 36 00:00:50,925 --> 00:00:51,676 FURTHER 37 00:00:51,676 --> 00:00:53,261 IN TERMS OF INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY 38 00:00:53,261 --> 00:00:54,846 ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND ME. 39 00:00:54,846 --> 00:00:55,597 I'VE BEEN IN NASA 40 00:00:55,597 --> 00:00:56,806 NOW FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS, 41 00:00:56,806 --> 00:00:59,476 AND I'M SUPER EXCITED TO FLY IN SPACE. 42 00:00:59,476 --> 00:01:01,227 WORKING AND TRAINING WITH CREW-8 43 00:01:01,227 --> 00:01:03,730 IS ABSOLUTELY AWESOME. 44 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:06,858 WE HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP OF ACADEMIC 45 00:01:06,858 --> 00:01:07,984 AND INTELLECTUAL BACKGROUNDS 46 00:01:07,984 --> 00:01:08,568 THAT COME TOGETHER 47 00:01:08,568 --> 00:01:09,819 AND ALSO AN INTERNATIONAL COMPONENT. 48 00:01:09,819 --> 00:01:11,946 IT IS SUCH A BLAST TO WATCH THE CREW 49 00:01:11,946 --> 00:01:12,655 GROW AS WE STARTED 50 00:01:12,655 --> 00:01:13,448 TRAINING OVER TIME 51 00:01:13,448 --> 00:01:15,408 TO WATCH THAT TEAM DYNAMICS DEVELOP 52 00:01:15,408 --> 00:01:16,409 AS WE GET READY TO LAUNCH THAT. 53 00:01:16,409 --> 00:01:16,910 WE'RE STARTING TO SEE 54 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:17,660 WHAT MAKES EACH OTHER TICK, 55 00:01:17,660 --> 00:01:18,953 WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO EACH OTHER. 56 00:01:21,039 --> 00:01:22,791 I VIEW CREW-8 57 00:01:22,791 --> 00:01:24,375 LIKE AN OLYMPIC TORCH BEARER. 58 00:01:24,375 --> 00:01:25,835 THAT'S WHERE I SEE CREW-8. 59 00:01:25,835 --> 00:01:28,004 WE ARE A TORCH BEARER ON THAT PATH 60 00:01:28,004 --> 00:01:28,546 TO THE OLYMPICS 61 00:01:28,546 --> 00:01:30,423 THAT ARE GOING TO OCCUR IN THE FUTURE 62 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:31,841 AS WE MOVE HUMANITY FORWARD. 63 00:01:31,841 --> 00:01:32,801 WE'RE GOING UP THERE TO RELIEVE 64 00:01:32,801 --> 00:01:35,261 CREW-7 CREW-9 WILL RELIEVE US. 65 00:01:35,261 --> 00:01:38,139 AND WE ARE KEEPING THE FLAME OF SPACE, 66 00:01:38,139 --> 00:01:41,142 HUMAN PRESENCE, IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT ALIVE. 67 00:01:41,184 --> 00:01:42,310 IF YOU'RE A STUDIER OF SCIENCE 68 00:01:42,310 --> 00:01:43,728 OR STATISTICS, YOU KNOW THAT 69 00:01:43,728 --> 00:01:45,105 YOU ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE A BIG “N,” 70 00:01:45,105 --> 00:01:46,397 AND THAT JUST MEANS SAMPLE SIZE 71 00:01:46,397 --> 00:01:48,691 TO UNDERSTAND THE THING YOU'RE STUDYING. 72 00:01:48,691 --> 00:01:49,484 SO JUST LAUNCHING 73 00:01:49,484 --> 00:01:52,028 ONE OR TWO OR TEN OR 15 PEOPLE TO SPACE 74 00:01:52,028 --> 00:01:53,738 LEAVES YOU WITH A VERY SMALL SAMPLE SIZE. 75 00:01:53,738 --> 00:01:55,198 SO EVERY TIME WE LAUNCH 76 00:01:55,198 --> 00:01:56,699 FOUR MORE PEOPLE TO SPACE, 77 00:01:56,699 --> 00:01:57,826 WE'RE BUILDING OUR SAMPLE SIZE 78 00:01:57,826 --> 00:01:59,244 AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN BODY 79 00:01:59,244 --> 00:02:00,912 AND THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO IT 80 00:02:00,912 --> 00:02:02,288 IN A ZERO GRAVITY ENVIRONMENT 81 00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:04,082 THAT SETS US UP TO GO TO THE MOON. 82 00:02:04,082 --> 00:02:05,458 IT SETS US UP TO GO TO MARS. 83 00:02:06,876 --> 00:02:08,128 MANY FOLKS THINK OF NASA AND 84 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:09,629 THEY THINK WE'RE USING CRAZY 85 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:11,172 CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY 86 00:02:11,172 --> 00:02:12,674 AND ALL KINDS OF ADJECTIVES 87 00:02:12,674 --> 00:02:14,968 AND SUPERLATIVES TO MAKE SPACE WORK. 88 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:16,010 THERE'S NO SMOKE AND MIRRORS. 89 00:02:16,010 --> 00:02:16,719 THERE'S NO MAGIC. 90 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:18,346 IT IS JUST HARD WORK 91 00:02:18,346 --> 00:02:19,931 THROUGH THE LAWS OF PHYSICS AND BASIC 92 00:02:19,931 --> 00:02:21,307 MATERIAL SCIENCE TO GET US INTO ORBIT. 93 00:02:21,307 --> 00:02:22,809 THAT'S THAT'S THE MAGIC. 94 00:02:22,809 --> 00:02:26,146 WE ARE PART OF A MASSIVE TEAM OF PEOPLE 95 00:02:26,563 --> 00:02:27,981 THAT NEED TO CONTINUE 96 00:02:27,981 --> 00:02:29,315 CONTINUOUS HUMAN PRESENCE 97 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:30,066 IN LOW-EARTH ORBIT 98 00:02:30,066 --> 00:02:31,442 AND NOT LETTING THAT FLAME GO OUT. 99 00:02:31,442 --> 00:02:32,610 WE ARE LINED 100 00:02:32,610 --> 00:02:34,362 SOLDIERS ON THE GROUND MARCHING 101 00:02:34,362 --> 00:02:35,738 TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CONTINUES 102 00:02:35,738 --> 00:02:37,240 AND JUST BEING A SMALL PART OF THAT 103 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:38,575 AND CONTINUING THAT IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT.