S, HE HAS HIS SIGHTS SET
VERY, VERY FAR AWAY.
JEAN: SAFE TO SAY NASA ASTRONAUT
LEE MORIN HAS BEEN AROUND THE
WORLD A FEW TIMES, BUT THERE'S
NO PLACE ON EARTH LIKE HOME.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
JEAN: A CROWD OF
SPACE-ENTHUSIASTS GATHERED AT
THE MCAULIFFE-SHEPPARD DISCOVER
CENTER IN CONCORD TO HEAR ABOUT
MORIN'S EPIC ADVENTURES.
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
MANCHESTER, GRADUATED FROM UNH,
SERVED IN OPERATIONS DESSERT
SHIELD AND DESSERT STORM, BECAME
AN UNDERSEA MEDICAL OFFICE
THEN A NAVY FLIGHT SURGEON
BEFORE HE REALLY TOOK FLIGHT ON
THE SPACE SHUTTLE.
THAT'S LEE MORIN TAKING O
GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND, HELPING
BUILD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE
STATION.
>> I PERSONALLY TIGHTENED 12 OF
THOSE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE SPACE
STATION TOGETHER, SO THAT IS THE
PINNACLE OF MY CAREER.
IT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT TWO YEARS
OF EDUCATION PER BOLT.
[LAUGHTER]
JEAN: AND NOW LEE MORIN IS ON TO
ANOTHER ASTRONOMICAL MISSION
HELPING NASA SEND PEOPLE TO
MARS.
THE PURPOSE OF ORION IS TO GO
INTO DEEP SPACE.
JEAN: HE SIGNED ON TO THE ORION
PROGRAM, WORKING ON THE CREW
CAPSULE FOR NASA'S PLANNED
JOURNEY TO THE RED PLANET WITH
THE NEXT TWO DECADES.
>> IT HAS ROOM FOR UP TO SIX
PEOPLE.
JEAN: HE TOLD THE HOMETOWN CROWD
TO EXPECT AN UNMANNED TEST
FLIGHT IN 2018 ON TOP OF T
LARGEST ROCKET EVER BUILT.
