NOW WE'VE GOT SOMETHING
INCREDIBLY COOL FOR YOU.
ON MAY 30th THESE TWO
GENTLEMEN MADE HISTORY WHEN THEY
LAUNCHED THE FIRST EVER MANNED
MISSION OF THE SPACEX CREW
DRAGON SPACE CRAFT.
THEY LIFTED OFF FROM KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA AND 19
HOURS LATER THEY DOCKED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
WHERE THEY REMAIN RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE SO THRILLED THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO TALK TO US FROM SPACE,
JOINING US ON NASA FLIGHT
ENGINEERS BOB BEHNKEN AND DOUG
HURLEY, HOW ARE YOU, GENTLEMEN,
YOU CAN HEAR ME?
>> JAMES, WELCOME ABOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, WE
HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> James: IT IS SO LOVELY TO
SEE YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
TAKING THE TIME TO TALK TO US.
HOW ARE YOU GETTING ON UP THERE,
ARE YOU DOING OKAY.
>> WE'RE PRETTY GOOD, WE'VE BEEN
HERE JUST ABOUT A MONTH NOW,
RIGHT.
AND I THINK WE ARE ASSIMILATING
INTO THE ISS LIFE, TRYING TO
HELP CHRIS OUT AS MUCH AS WE
CAN.
AND ACTUALLY IN JUST A FEW DAYS
WE'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING
SOME SPACE WALKS TO REPLACE SOME
BATTERIES ON BOARD THE OUTSIDE
OF THE SPACE STATION.
>> James: I MEAN I DON'T EVEN
LIKE IT IF I HAVE TO REPLACE
BATTERIES IN THE REMOTE LET
ALONE GOING OUT TO DO A SPACE
WALK.
NOW I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR
FLIGHT, BECAUSE YOU WERE THE
FIRST HUMANS TO FLY THE SPACEX
SHUTTLE.
YOU BOTH HAD MISSIONS TO SPACE
BEFORE.
WERE YOU MORE NERVOUS TAKING OFF
THIS TIME IN A BRAND NEW SPACE
CRAFT THAN YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY
IN A REGULAR SHUTTLE?
>> NO, DEFINITELY NOT.
WE SPEBTS THE BETTER PART OF
FIVE YEARS WORKING ON THIS
VEHICLE WITH SPACEX.
AND ESPECIALLY THE LAST TWO
WHERE WE LIVED OUT IN CALIFORNIA
MORE THAN WE WERE AT HOME IN
HOUSTON.
AND I THINK WE JUST, WE GOT TO
KNOW THE VEHICLES PRETTY WELL.
WE GOT TO KNOW THE FOLKS OUT AT
SPACEX VERY WELL AND WORKED
THROUGH ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT
WE HAD DEVELOPING THE VEHICLE.
AND I THINK WE WERE VERY
COMFORTABLE BY THE TIME IT WAS
READY FOR US TO FLY.
WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE OF FLIGHTS
PRIOR TO THAT WE HAD AN UNCREWED
TEST MISSION THEY FLEW TO THE
SPACE STATION A YEAR PRIOR AND
AN INFLIGHT ABOARD TEST JUST A
PONT AGO BEFORE OUR FLIGHT.
SO ALL IN ALL, I DON'T THINK
NERVOUS.
I THINK WE WERE PRETTY EXCITED
AND WE WERE GLAD TO BE AT THAT
POINT AS IT HAD BEEN A PRETTY
LONG FIVE YEAR ROAD TO GET
THERE.
>> James: NOW YOU DESCRIBED
THE--
(LAUGHTER)
GOOD CATCH, BOB.
NOW I'M JEALOUS OF BOTH OF YOU
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I HAVE SPENT
MOST OF MY LIFE WANTING TO BE
WEIGHTLESS.
AND YOU ARE NOW IN ZERO-- TELL
ME, WHAT IS THE BEST AND WORST
THINGS ABOUT LIVING LIFE IN ZERO
GRAVITY EVERY DAY.
>> YOU KNOW, DOUG AND I TALKED
QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT, SOME OF
THE THINGS PEOPLE MIGHT ASK US
ABOUT AND LIVING IN ZERO GRAVITY
PROBABLY THE MOST FRUSTRATING
THING, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
TAKE FOR GRANTED IS IF YOU PUT
SOMETHING DOWN, AT LEAST IF
NOBODY MOVES IT IT WILL BE THERE
WHEN YOU GET BACK.
HERE IN SPACE YOU HAVE TO GO
THROUGH SOME EXTRA EFFORT TO
MAKE SURE THINGS STAY WHERE YOU
PUT THEM.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT THE
TRIMMER ON A LITTLE CORD, SO IT
DOESN'T GET AWAY FROM US.
AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THERE
IS A LOT OF PLACES WHERE LIKE
GOING TO THE REST ROOM, FOR
EXAMPLE, WHERE YOU LIKE STUFF TO
STAY WHERE YOU PUT IT.
AND SO WE DEFINITELY FIND THAT
FRUSTRATING AT TIMES.
>> James: WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
HERE, IS THIS JUST A LITTLE
SNACK?
OH, LOOK AT THIS.
(LAUGHTER)
THAT IS MAGNIFICENT.
OH, I'M SO, THE ENTIRE THING IS
MIND BLOWING TO ME.
NOW CAN WE TALK ABOUT YOUR
RETURN TO EARTH FOR A MOMENTS.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO REENTER THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE WHEN YOU KOSM
BACK?
>> WELL, IT IS A SIMILAR PROCESS
FOR ALL SPACE VEHICLES.
YOU ARE AT A SPEED RIGHT NOW
ABOUT 17,500 AN HOUR AND YOU
HAVE TO SLOW DOWN TO LESS THAN
30 MILES AN HOUR BEFORE WE
SPLASH DOWN IN THE WATER.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF
ENTERING THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
WITH A HEAT SHIELD THAT PROTECTS
US FROM THE BUILDUP OF HEAT AS
WE GO THROUGH THE EARTH'S PLASMA
AS WE REENTER.
AND AS WE REENTER WE ALSO SLOW
DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
THEN WE WILL SLOW DOWN A LITTLE
BIT MORE ONCE OUR DROVE CHUTES
COME OUT, A SERIES OF CHUTES
THAT COME OUT, TWO DROVE CHUTES
THAT WILL COME OUT FIRST AND
THEN FOUR MAIN PARACHUTES AND
IDEALLY WE'LL SPLASH DOWN
SOMEWHERE OFF THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA IS OUR PRIME LANDING
SITE.
A LITTLE OVER ABOUT AN HOUR
AFTER WE FIRE OUR ENGINES TO
START THAT BURN TO REENTER.
>> James: NOW THAT'S ALL VERY
TECHNICAL BUT JUST TO PUT IT IN
LAYMAN'S TERMS YOU ARE
ESSENTIALLY IN A BOX WITH
PARACHUTES ATTACHED TO IT.
YOU ARE JUST GOING TO FALL
THROUGH THE SKY, RIGHT.
I MEAN THIS IS UTTERLY
TERRIFYING TO ME.
LIKE ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT, ARE
YOU GOING TO PRESUMABLY DO YOU
LIKE THROW UP THIS WHEN YOU ARE
IN THERE.
>> YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT TOO MUCH OF THAT
WHILE WE'RE REENTERING.
I THINK WHAT WE ARE MORE
CONCERNED ABOUT FROM THE THROWUP
STANDPOINT IS ONCE WE ARE IN THE
WATER FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
ONE EFFECT OF BEING IN SPACE
ESPECIALLY FOR US NOW BEING IN
SPACE, BY THE TIME WE COME BACK
LIKELY A COUPLE OF MONTHS IS YOU
ARE VERY CONCERNED TO
MICROGRAVITY AND ARE YOU NOT SO
CONDITIONED TO GRAVITY.
AND THEN YOUR VEST TIB LAR
SYSTEM, YOUR INNER EARS PLAY
TRICKS WITH YOU, SO IT IS A LOT
LIKE, AS YOU CAN J MA, EVEN IF
YOU DECIDED TO GO DEEP SEA
FISHING ONE DAY AND YOU LIVED ON
EARTH YOUR WHOLE LIFE AND GOING
OUT FISHING AND PEOPLE GET SEA
SICK, WE ARE GOING TO DID IT
FROM SPACE AND END UP IN THE
WATER, SO THERE IS A PRETTY GOOD
LIKELIHOOD THAT WE MAY SEE
BREAKFAST ON THAT PARTICULAR
DAY.
>> NOW IT'S SUCH A DIFFICULT
TIME HERE, THERE IS SO MUCH
DIVISION, NOT JUST IN AMERICA,
ACROSS THE WHOLE WORLD.
THE ENTIRE PLANET FEELS DIVIDED,
SO MANY COUNTRIES FEEL DIVIDED.
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT PLANET
EARTH WHAT DO YOU SEE AND WHAT
DO YOU FEEL.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY WORDS OF
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR US HUMBLE
EARTHLINGS?
WHO ARE HERE RIGHT NOW?
>> I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO BE
HUMBLE SPACE FOLKS AS WELL UP
HERE.
I THINK THAT DOUG REFERRED TO IT
A LITTLE BIT EARLIER WHEN HE
TALKED ABOUT THE TIME WE SPENT
OUT IN CALIFORNIA, BUILDING A
PARTNERSHIP AND A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE TEAM OF SPACEX
ENGINEERS THAT WAS GOING TO
BUILD THE SPACE CRAFT THAT OUR
LIVES WERE GOING TO DEPEND ON
ALL THE WAY INTO ORBIT AND TO
BRING US HOME SEACHLY.
WE-- SAFELY.
REREALLY RECOGNIZE THE VALUE OF
WORKING TOGETHER, CREATING SOME
SORT OF COMMON UNDERSTANDING AN
COOPERATION.
WE HAVE COSMO NAUGHT CREW MATES
THAT WE WORK WITH ON A ROUTINE
BASIS DURING THE SPACE WALK,
THAT WILL PERFORM LATER THIS ECK
WOULD.
WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE A COSMO
NAUGHT HELPING US GET SUITED UP
AND OUT THE DOOR MAKING SURE
EVERYTHING IS CLOSED UP FOR US.
I THINK THAT IS THE MESSAGE WE
WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH ALL THE
FOLKS STILL BACK ON EARTH IS
THAT OUR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON
COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING
AND YOU KNOW RESPECT FOR THE
OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THEIR
JOBS TO HELP US COME BACK SAFELY
OR EXECUTE A SPACE WALK SAFELY
AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS GOING TO
TAKE TO GET THROUGH THESE
CHALLENGING TIMES BACK ON EARTH,
WHETHER ST THE PANDEMIC OR SOME
OF THE OTHER STRIFE THAT IS
GOING ON.
THAT UNDERSTANDING AND THAT
COOPERATION AND THAT NEED AND
EFFORT THAT GOES IN TO WHAT IS
REQUIRED TO JUST WORK TOGETHER
TO PULL OFF THIS THING
SUCCESSFULLY IS WHAT WE WILL
HAVE TO DO BACK ON EARTH AS
WELL.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE AN
EXAMPLE OF THAT AND ONE WITH OUR
PARTNERS OR COSMO NAUGHT FRIENDS
IS A GREAT DEMONSTRATION FOR
FOLKS AROUND THE WORLD.
>> James: WELL, THAT IS A
LOVELY MESSAGE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WISH YOU THE VERY, VERY BEST,
WE ARE HOPING FOR A SAFE RETURN
TO EARTH.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH BOB
BEHNKEN AND DOUG HURLEY, NASA
AND SPACEX FOR TALKING THE TIME
TO TALK TO US TODAY.
WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
STAY SAFE UP THERE, FELLOWS
