.
>> DISCOVERY, ROGER, GOING FOR 
DEPLOY.
>> NICE TO BE IN ORBIT.
>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE EVENT?  
>> HELLO, HOUSTON, WE'RE READY 
FOR THE EVENT.
>> JSPAO, THIS IS MISSION 
CONTROL 
.
>> Reporter: I'M CURIOUS TO 
HEAR ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE 
TESTING OUT CREW DRAGON, IN THE
INTERIM TIME YOU'VE BEEN UP 
THERE, AS WELL AS IF YOU GUYS 
FEEL YOU'RE READY TO COME BACK 
NOW, GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME 
IT'S BEEN ALREADY, BUT WHETHER 
OR NOT THIS EXPERIENCE IS ONE 
THAT YOU'D RATHER SEE STICKING 
UP THERE OR COMING BACK DOWN TO
TEST OUT THE SPLASHDOWN.  
THANKS.  
.
>> WELL, MICHAEL, THAT'S 
SEVERAL QUESTIONS, I'LL SEE IF 
I CAN REMEMBER ALL OF THEM, BUT
I THINK FROM AN ON-ORBIT 
TESTING STANDPOINT, WE HAVE AN 
ABILITY OF TESTING, WE TESTED 
INTERFACES, TESTED EMERGENCY 
CALM, WE TESTED EMERGENCY 
EQUIPMENT AND JUST GENERICALLY,
HOW WE WORK WITH THE DRAGON 
DOCKED ON BOARD, TRANSFERRING 
EQUIPMENT, TRANSFERRING 
SUPPLIES, WE'RE GOING TO DO A 
FAIR AMOUNT OF THAT, AGAIN, 
TOMORROW, WHEN WE RETURN 
EQUIPMENT OR SUPPLIES BACK TO 
EARTH.
SO MOST OF THAT WENT EXACTLY AS
WE PLANNED.
THERE WAS A COUPLE TWEEKS HERE 
AND THERE, BUT FOR THE MOST 
PART, WE'VE HAD PRETTY GOOD 
LUCK WITH ENDEAVOR AS FAR AS 
ON-ORBIT TESTING IS PERFORMED, 
JUST LIKE IT DID FOR LAUNCH AND
RENDEZVOUS.
WE EXPECT NOTHING DIFFERENT FOR
THE SPLASHDOWN.
OUR EXPERIENCE UP HERE HAS BEEN
LIKE I THINK EVERY SPACEFLIGHT 
FOR MOST OF US IS A 
ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME EXPERIENCE, 
AND THIS ONE PROBABLY IS A 
GREAT TOPPER, FOR ME 
PERSONALLY, JUST TO BE ABLE TO 
LIVE AND WORK ABOARD SPACE 
STATION FACILITY, THAT THE 
THREE OF US ALL HELPED BUILD 
DURING THE SHUTTLE FLIGHT, AND 
JUST HAS BEEN GREAT TO BE A 
CREW MEMBER WITH CHRIS AND BOB,
ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, 
SUPPORTING ISS OPERATIONS, 
SUPPORTING SCIENCE, SUPPORTING 
MAINTENANCE, THE FOUR 
SPACEWALKS THAT THESE GUYS DID,
THE ROBOTICS THAT WE DID, JUST 
AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE AND 
ONE THAT I WILL ABSOLUTELY 
NEVER FORGET AND ALWAYS 
CHERISH.
>> THANK YOU.
SO NEXT UP WE HAVE RUSSELL 
POUNDS FROM PACIFIC RIM MEDIA.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE OF YOU 
MAY HAVE HADHIS EXPERIENCE, 
BUT THERE'S A QUOTE I'VE ALWAYS
APPRECIATED FROM ARTHUR C. 
CLARK, IT SAYS ANY SUFFICIENTLY
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY IS 
INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM MAGIC.
SO THE QUESTION IS: WHAT 
EXPERIENCE DID YOU HAVE THAT 
GIVE YOU THAT AH-HAH FEELING 
AND EMBODIES THAT NOTION OF THE
FIRST GASP OF THE LIGHT?
THANKS.
>> IT'S AN INTERESTING 
QUESTION.
I THINK TO PUT SOMETHING OUT 
THERE AS SO ADVANCED 
TECHNOLOGICALLY THAT WE HAVE TO
DESCRIBE IT AS MAGIC IN THE WAY
THAT IT WORK.
I THINK FOR ALL THREE OF US, 
I'M PERSONALLY FROM THE SHOW-ME
STATE IN MISSOURI, IF SOMETHING
LIKE THAT WAS TO HAPPEN TO ME, 
AND I WAS BAFFLED BY IT, WE 
WOULDN'T BE
.
>> THANKS, BOB, SO NOW WE HAVE 
CHRIS DAVENPORT FROM THE 
"WASHINGTON POST."
>> Reporter: HEY, GUYS, HOPE 
YOU'RE WELL.
QUICK QUESTION: OBVIOUSLY THE 
FIRST WATER LANDING SINCE 1975.
I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE 
SPOKEN TO ANY OF THE APOLLO 
ASTRONAUTS ABOUT THAT AND WHAT 
ADVICE THEY MAY HAVE GIVEN YOU?
AND ALSO WONDER IF YOU COULD 
TALK A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR 
TRAINING AND HOW MUCH WAS 
DEDICATED TO THE SPLASHDOWN 
GIVEN THE DIFFERENCES FROM A 
SHUTTLE LANDING?
THANKS.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHRIS.
WE DIDN'T TALK SPECIFICALLY 
WITH THE ASTRONAUTS.
I REMEMBER SPECIFICALLY BEFORE 
I WAS EVEN ASSIGNED TO THIS 
FLIGHT WORKING AT FLIGHT 
OPERATIONS, READING THE 
AFTER-ACTION REPORTS WHICH WAS 
APPLICABLE, IN THAT THE FLIGHTS
WERE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, AND 
THE WATER LANDING PORTION OF IT
IS PRETTY CHALLENGING FROM A 
PHYSIOLOGICAL STANDPOINT, JUST 
AFTER COMING BACK FROM BEING IN
MICROGRAVITY FOR ON THE ORDER 
OF ONE TO TWO MONTHS.
THE LONGEST SKYLINE MISSION WAS
CLOSE TO THREE MONTHS, WHICH IS
SIMILAR TO WHAT BOB AND I ARE 
DOING.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE WAS SOME 
CHALLENGES POST-SPLASHDOWN, 
FOLKS DIDN'T FEEL WELL, AND 
THAT IS THE WAY IT IS WITH A 
WATER LANDING, EVEN IF YOU'RE 
NOT DECONDITIONED LIKE WE'RE 
GOING TO BE.
SO WE THINK, WHAT WE NEED TO DO
IS DO OUR FLUID LOADING 
PROPERLY.
WE'VE EXERCISED VERY HARD WHILE
WE'VE BEEN UP HERE, AND WE'RE 
JUST TRYING TO PUT OURSELVES IN
THE BEST POSTURE TO BE ABLE TO 
DEAL WITH THOSE EFFECTS, AND 
WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM 
THERE.
THE GROUND TEAMS ARE FULLY 
AWARE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE 
WATER LANDING AND WHAT IT DOES 
TO THE HUMAN BODY, AND WE'LL 
TAKE IT FROM THERE ONCE WE GET 
ON BOARD THE SHIP.
WE HAVE THE FLIGHT SURGEONS ON 
BOARD THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HELP
US AS WELL.
ALL THOSE THINGS HAVE BEEN 
THOUGHT ABOUT AND ARE IN PLACE,
IT'S TIME TO GIVE IT A TRY AND 
SEE HOW IT GOES.
.
>> ALL RIGHT, TO ERIC BERGER 
FROMERS TECHNICA.
WE APPRECIATE THE SpaceX GUYS 
ALLOWING US OR BEING 
COMFORTABLE FOR US PUTTING A 
MONIKER ON BOARD THEIR SHIP.
SOMETHING WE CHERISH THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO DO.
AND AS FAR AS THE HABITABLE 
VALUE INSIDE OF THE DRAGON 
CAPSULE, IT'S RELATIVELY SMALL,
SO IF YOU TRIED TO PUT A FULL 
CREW OF SEVEN LIKE WE HAD ON 
THE SPACE SHUTTLE DAYS INSIDE 
THAT VOLUME, IT WOULD BE A STAY
IN YOUR SEAT SORT OF A 
SITUATION.
BUT WITH THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE, 
THE OPERATIONS NORMALLY WILL --
YOUR JOB WILL BE TO BE IN YOUR 
SEAT FOR THE ASCENT AND THE 
DOCKING AND, OF COURSE, THE 
SPLASHDOWN, SO THERE'S PLENTY 
OF ROOM IN THOSE LOCATIONS AND 
AROUND THE VEHICLE, THERE ARE 
SPACES IN THEIR SEATS AND HAVE 
THEIR SMALL AREA TO BE IN.
I WOULDN'T SAY IT'S A PHONE 
BOOTH SORT OF A DENSELY PACKED 
BUT DEFINITELY IS COZY IF YOU 
WERE TO GET UP TO FOUR PEOPLE.
.
>> HOWDY, I THINK AS WE GET 
CLOSER, I THINK WE FOCUS MORE 
AND MORE ON OUR PREPARATIONS TO
BE READY FOR THE SPLASHDOWN 
ACTIVITIES.
WE SPENT THE DAY TODAY WORKING 
THROUGH THE ON BOARD TRAINING 
THAT WILL REFAMILIARIZE US WITH
THE SPLASHDOWN ACTIVITIES.
WHAT OUR RESPONSS WILL 
BE.
THE THINGS THAT WE'LL MONITOR, 
AND I KNOW THAT THE SpaceX 
TEAM, THE CHIEF ENGINEER THERE 
AND, OF COURSE, THE NASA TEAM 
ARE ALL LOOKING CLOSELY AT ALL 
THE THINGS THAT COULD POSSIBLY 
-- THAT THEY WISH THEY HAD MORE
INFORMATION ON, OR THAT THEY 
FEEL THE MOST UNCERTAIN ABOUT, 
AND THEY SHARE THOSE WITH US, 
ON A ROUTINE BASIS, WE GOT AN 
UPDATE ON THE FLIGHT READINESS 
ACTIVITIES AND THE CHIEF 
ENGINEER'S JOB IS TO MAKE THE 
AREAS OF OUR CONCERN AND 
BALANCE THAT RISK WITH WHAT 
THEY CURRENTLY KNOW AND WITH 
GOING FORWARD, AND THAT 
INFORMATION HAS ALL BEEN SHARED
WITH US, AND SPLASHDOWN IS 
CLOSER THAN IT WAS THE LAST 
TIME WE WERE ASKED QUESTIONS 
ABOUT IT, BUT I STILL DON'T 
FEEL NERVOUS ABOUT IT, AND 
REALLY, WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE 
THINGS WE NEED TO DO TO BE AS 
SAFE AS POSSIBLE AS WE COME 
BACK.
IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF 
TIME.
I'LL ANSWER FOR DOUG AND SAY WE
HAVE THE APPROPRIATE HARDWARE 
READY, SHOULD WE FEEL
AND AFTER WE WAKE UP, THEN ONCE
WE WAKE UP, WE WILL EAT, FLUID 
LOAD, GO THROUGH SUITUP AND 
WORK OUR WAY INTO THE ENTRY 
PORTION OF THE FLIGHT AND 
DEORBIT BURN, THEN ENTRY.
WE'LL BE FAIRLY BUSY WHEN WE'RE
AWAKE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE 
PRON THOSE LAST 
PROBABLY 2 1/2 TO 3 HOURS WILL 
BE VERY BUSY AS WE GET SUITED 
UP, STRAPPED INTO OUR SEATS AND
MONITORING THE DIFFERENT 
SYSTEMS OF THE VEHICLE, 
ENSURING IT'S DOING WHAT IT'S 
SUPPOSED TO BE DOING TO WORK 
BACK TOWARDS FLORIDA, AND THEN,
IT CARRIES ON ALL THE WAY DOWN 
THROUGH SPLASHDOWN.
THERE ARE KEY MILESTONES THAT 
HAVE TO HAPPEN IN SEQUENCE AND 
IN ORDER AND ON 
.  
>> I THINK FROM A WEATHER 
PERSPECTIVE, JUST LIKE 
EVERYBODY ELSE ON THE NASA AND 
SpaceX TEAM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO
THE WEATHER FORECAST THAT ARE 
COMING OUT DAILY AT THIS POINT,
AND GET MORE FREQUENT AS WE GET
CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL 
SPLASHDOWN.
I THINK ON THE DEPARTURE DAY, 
WE'LL START TO GET EVERY SIX 
HOURS, WE'LL GET ANOTHER 
FORECAST, SORT OF AN UPDATE.
MOSTLY TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS 
AND SEE THE TRENDS AND 
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TIMELINE 
WOULD BE, IF OUR RECOVERY OUT 
OF THE WATER, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS 
DELAYED A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE 
TEAMS ON THE GROUND ARE, OF 
COURSE, WATCHING THAT MUCH MORE
CLOSELY THAN WE ARE, AND WE 
WON'T LEAVE THE SPACE STATION 
WITHOUT SOME GOOD LANDING 
OPPORTUNITIES IN FRONT OF US, 
GOOD SPLASHDOWN WEATHER IN 
FRONT OF US, SO THEY'RE KEEPING
US INFORMED BY THE LION'S SHARE
WORK HAPPENS ON THEIR END, WE 
DON'T CONTROL THE WEATHER AND 
CAN STAY UP HERE LONGER, 
THERE'S MORE CHOW, AND THE 
SPACE STATION PROGRAM HAS MORE 
WORK THAT WE CAN DO FOR THE 
P.I.'S AND OTHER FOLKS THAT 
SENT SCIENCE TO THE SPACE 
STATION.
AS FAR AS MY WIFE GOES, SHE'S 
SUPER EXCITED TO BE ASSIGNED TO
A SpaceX MISSION RIGHT ON THE 
SpaceX CAPSULE UP HERE TO THE 
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, 
AND, OF COURSE, I'LL HAVE A LOT
OF TIPS FOR HER, A LOT OF THEM 
HOW LIFE ON SPACE STATION GOES.
THAT'S BEEN THE THING THAT'S 
BEEN MORE UNIQUE RATHER THAN 
THE CAPSULE ITSELF.
I THINK THAT'S WHERE I'LL HAVE 
THE MOST TO SHARE WITH HER, BUT
I'LL DEFINITELY HAVE ADVICE 
ABOUT LIVING INSIDE OF DRAGON 
AND WHERE BEST TO PACK ALL YOUR
PERSONAL ITEMS SO THAT YOU CAN 
GET TO THEM CONVENIENTLY 
BECAUSE IF YOU, JUST LIKE ANY 
TRIP THAT YOU MAKE, IF YOU PACK
THINGS APPROPRIATELY, IT CAN BE.
IF YOU PACK EVERYTHING AT THE 
BOTTOM OF THE BIG VAN THAT YOU 
TAKE WHEN YOU GO ON VACATION 
AND GET IT ALL OUT ONE ITEM AT 
A TIME AT VARIOUS TIMES, IT CAN
BE TIRING AND EAT INTO YOUR 
ENJOYMENT ON THE TRIP.
I'LL DEFINITELY HAVE TIPS FOR 
HER, BUT IT WILL BE HARD TO 
TAMPEN OUT ALL THE EXCITEMENT 
SHE HAS WITH SUGGESTIONS I 
HAVE.
>> ALL RIGHT, NOW WE VERY JOEY 
ROULETTE FROM REUTERS.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU FOR 
DOING THIS.
WHAT ABOUT THE PROCESS OF 
RETURNING DO YOU AND THE SpaceX
TEAM WISH YOU HAD MORE 
INFORMATION ON, AND EARLIER IT 
WAS SAID THAT YOU'LL HAVE THE 
APPROPRIATE HARDWARE READY IN 
CASE YOU GUYS GET SICK.  
IS THAT AS SIMPLE AS A PAPER 
BAG OR DOES CREW DRAGON OR THE 
FLIGHT SUITS HAVE HARDWARE FOR 
ANTICIPATING SICKNESS?
THANKS.
>> I DIDN'T GET YOUR FIRST 
QUESTION, BUT CERTAINLY CAN 
ANSWER YOUR SECOND ONE.
THE APPROPRIATE HARDWARE, JUST 
LIKE ON AN AIRLINER.
THERE ARE BAGS, IF YOU NEED 
THEM, AND WE'LL HAVE THOSE 
HANDY, PROBABLY HAVE TOWELS 
HANDY AS WELL, AND, YOU KNOW, 
IF THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, IT 
CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST
TIME THAT'S HAPPENED IN A SPACE
VEHICLE.
IT WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME IN 
THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE IF WE 
DO, BUT NOT THE FIRST TIME BY 
ANY STRETCH AS FOLKS FLYING 
SPACE KNOW SOMETIMES GOING 
UPHILL CAN HAVE AN EFFECT ON 
YOUR SYSTEM AND SOMETIMES 
COMING DOWNHILL IS THE SAME 
WAY.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT GOES 
IS CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST QUESTION 
AGAIN?
>> Reporter: THE FIRST QUESTION
IS WHAT ABOUT THE PROCESS OF 
RETURNING DO YOU AND THE SpaceX
TEAM WISH YOU HAD MORE 
INFORMATION ON?  
>> YEAH, I THINK, THE BIGGEST 
CHALLENGE, AND IT WAS THAT WAY 
WITH SHUTTLE, IS JUST THE 
WEATHER THAT WE NEED IN ORDER 
TO RETURN HOME, YOU KNOW.
SHUTTLE HAD FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT 
WEATHER RELATIVE TO DRAGON, THE
CAPSULE VEHICLE, BUT WE STILL 
HAVE WEATHER TO DEAL WITH, AND,
OF COURSE, ANYBODY WHO'S LIVED 
ON THE GULF COAST OR ANYWHERE 
IN THE SOUTH ALONG THE COAST IN
THE UNITED STATES KNOWS THAT 
AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER ARE TOUGH 
MONTHS TO DEAL WITH, WITH THE 
HURRICANES THAT ALWAYS TEND TO 
CROP UP AND 2020 IS AN ACTIVE 
YEAR BY ALL ACCOUNTS.
BIGGEST THING WE'D LIKE TO KNOW
IS WEATHER, AS WITH ANY 
TROPICAL SYSTEM THERE, EVEN 
WITH TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY, 
SOMEWHAT UNPREDICTABLE.
THEY WOBBLE, THEY MOVE, THE 
CENTER MOVES, AND YOU HAVE 
FRONTS THAT AFFECT THEM AND 
WHERE THEY GO, THAT OBVIOUSLY 
HAS AN EFFECT ON THE LANDING 
AREA.
IF ANYTHING, LIKE TO PREDICT 
THE WEATHER BETTER THAN WE CAN,
BUT WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST 
PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS WORKING 
ON THIS FOR US, AND IF THE 
WEATHER IS NOT GOOD, WE WON'T 
TRY TO LEAVE TOMORROW, WE'LL 
LEAVE ON A DIFFERENT DAY, WHEN 
IT IS.
>> LET'S GO TO MARCIA DUNN FROM
ASSOCIATED PRESS.
>> Reporter: HI, FOR BOB, I'M 
WONDERING IF YOU HAD A HUNCH 
BEFORE YOUR FLI THAT MEGAN 
WOULD BE RIDING THE DRAGON SO 
SOON AFTER YOUR FLIGHT?
AND SECONDLY, HAVE YOU OR DOUG 
BEEN IN TOUCH DIRECTLY WITH 
ELON MUSK DURING THE FLIGHT?
IF SO, WHAT'S HE TELLING YOU?
WHAT'S HE ASKING?
IS HE BEING REASSURING ABOUT 
SPLASHDOWN?
THANK YOU.  
>> OF COURSE, I THINK MARCIA, 
WE ALL HAVE INKLINGS OR HINTS 
THAT THINGS MIGHT BE IN WORK AS
WE GO FORWARD, BUT AS ANYONE 
WHO'S BEEN A PART OF THE FLIGHT
ASSIGNMENT PROCESS BEFORE, 
CHRIS AND I HAVE ASSIGNED 
PEOPLE TO THAT ROLE, AND YOU 
KNOW, REALLY THE DECISIONS ARE 
MADE AND FINAL REALLY TOWARDS 
THE END OF IT, SO WHILE THERE 
ARE HINTS WHAT 
CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO MAKE THE
PRODUCT, MAKE THE EVENT AS 
SUCCESSFUL AS IT CAN POSSIBLY 
BE.
>> NOW WE HAVE ROBERT PEARLMAN 
FROM COLLECT SPACE.
>> Reporter: HI, GUYS.
THE FIRST SPACESHIP NAMED 
ENDEAVOR SPLASHED DOWN ON THE 
APOLLO 15 MISSION ON AUGUST 7, 
1971, A FEW DAYS AND 49 YEARS 
AFTER YOUR EXPECTED SPLASHDOWN.
CAN YOU REFLECT A LITTLE BIT ON
THE SPACESHIPS NAMED ENDEAVOR, 
INCLUDING YOUR OWN, DO YOU HOPE
FOR CREW 2 TO CONTINUE TO USE 
THE NAME, OR WAS THIS A CALL 
SIGN JUST FOR YOUR FLIGHT?  
>> THE NAME ENDEAVOR THAT WE 
USED WAS SPECIFICALLY JUST FOR 
THIS VEHICLE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF A 
TRADITION WHERE THE SOYUZ CREWS
NAMED THEIR VEHICLES AND APOLLO
CREWS, GEMINI CREWS, MERCURY 
CREWS NAMED THEIR VEHICLES AND 
A LOT OF FOLKS THOUGHT IT WOULD
BE A GOOD TRADITION TO 
CONTINUE.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
IT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE 
PERSONAL FOR BOB AND I SINCE 
OUR FIRST FLIGHTS, ALONG WITH 
CHRIS ALSO, WAS ON ENDEAVOR, 
SHUTTLE ENDEAVOR, AND THAT'S 
WHERE IT STARTED WITH US, AND 
WE JUST THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS 
APPROPRIATE, BUT IT'S NEAT THAT
IT HAS A LEGACY THAT GOES ALL 
THE WAY BACK TO APOLLO AND 
HONESTLY, I DIDN'T REALIZE THE 
SIGNIFICANCE AS FAR AS HOW 
CLOSE IT WAS TO SPLASHDOWN AS 
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE DOING IN A 
COUPLE DAYS.
THAT'S ALSO JUST KIND OF ICING 
ON THE CAKE, I THINK.
BUT WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT THAT
NAME WAS THE NAME TO USE AND 
REALLY MEANS A LOT, PERSONALLY,
TO BOB AND I, BUT AS BOB SAID 
BEFORE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE 
SpaceX AFFORDING US TO NAME THE
ENDEAVOR.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE, LAUREN 
GRUSH FROM THE VERGE.
>> Reporter: HI.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY
QUESTION.
WHEN SCOTT KELLY RETURNED FROM 
HIS TRIP IN SPACE, HE SAID HE 
WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THROWING
HIMSELF IN HIS POOL WHEN HE GOT
HOME.
I KNOW YOUR MISSION HAS BEEN 
MUCH SHORTER THAN HIS.
ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR Y'ALL 
ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHEN YOU
GET ON THE GROUND?
THANKS.
>> THANKS, LAUREN.
I THINK FOR ME AND PROBABLY FOR
DOUG AS WELL, I THINK WE'RE 
REALLY EXCITED TO SEE OUR 
FAMILIES.
YOU KNOW, MY SON IS SIX YEARS 
OLD, AND I CAN TELL FROM THE 
VIDEOS THAT I GET AND TALKING 
TO HIM ON THE PHONE THAT HE'S 
CHANGED A LOT IN JUST THE 
COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE'VE 
BEEN UP HERE.
SO THAT'S THE THING I'M MOST 
LOOKING FORWARD TO IS, OF 
COURSE, SEEING MY FAMILY, MY 
WIFE AND MY SON.
>> ALL RIGHT, THIS WILL BE OUR 
LAST QUESTION.
WE HAVE MARK KARROW FROM 
AVIATION AND SPACE TECHNOLOGY.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU, MY 
QUESTION IS FOR CHRIS.
HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE -- 
WHAT BOB AND DOUG BROUGHT TO 
YOUR MISSION IN TERMS OF 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, AND 
EVEN JUST CREW CAMARADERIE?  
>> YEAH.  
HI, MARK, A SIMPLE MATH 
EQUATION, THERE WAS ONE AND 
THEN THERE WERE THREE.
SO WE EFFECTIVELY TRIPLED OUR 
ABILITY TO GET WORK DONE, AND 
WITH ALL THREE OF US HAVING 
BEEN HERE BEFORE, IT WAS IN 
SHORT ORDER THAT WE WERE 
RUNNING AT FULL STEAM AND 
GETTING ALL THE SCIENCE 
OBJECTIVES.
AS MANY SCIENCE OBJECTIVES 
COMPLETED AS WE COULD, AND WITH
THAT, IT WAS LONELY 
CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH MYSELF
AT DINNER PRIOR TO THEIR 
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