English subtitles for clip: File:Everything About Living in Space.ogv

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Hey NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman. Hey. Do you

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think you have a few minutes to answer

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everything about living in space? I got

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all the time in the world.

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awesome well where are we? We are in the

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space vehicle mock-up facility it's a

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gigantic building at the Johnson Space

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Center in Houston Texas and this is

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where astronauts spend the bulk of their

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time training for spaceflight. Is this

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the window where you have all those

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really cool pictures of Earth? This is

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the Cupola, it's a series of seven windows

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that look down on the Earth.

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Nice. How big is the International Space

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Station? They say it's about the size of

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a five-bedroom house. It's kind of hard

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for me to conceptualize, in reality it's

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just really narrow and really long. How

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long did you have to train before going

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to the ISS? About five years. And how many

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told days have you spend space? 165

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What's the record?

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Jeff Williams... He has the U.S. record 534

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days in space but Russian cosmonaut

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Gennady Padalka almost a thousand. Wow

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what's a groundbreaking experiment that

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you completed aboard the ISS? I survived.

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I heard you age faster in space. Maybe a

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little bit.

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Is there a maximum height or age that

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you have to be to become an astronaut?

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We used to have restrictions on that but

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now it's pretty much come one come all.

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Is there Wi-Fi? There is but it's not as

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good as it is on Earth.

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How do you get in contact with people on

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the ground? We have space-to-ground

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communications systems. It's basically a

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radio or a walkie-talkie and we just

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call on this and say hi to Houston.

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Is there a delay? Almost none.

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How did you get to the station? A rocket.

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How long did it take for you to get from

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Earth to the space station? Takes about

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six hours. And how long to take for you

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to get back?

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That's a crazy ride it's about three

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hours long. Any jet lag? Horrible jet lag.

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How often do you get to talk to your

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family? You get to talk to them once a week.

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Ever prank call anyone? Of course you prank

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call people. Ever get homesick?

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Yeah you get homesick a little bit. So

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are the beds comfy? There are no beds.

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I heard you have to be strapped to a

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wall. You do. Are you claustrophobic?

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A little bit. What else can you do in your

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room besides sleep? You could read,

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watch TV, do some work, whatever you want.

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Do you have a bed time? Everybody has a

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bedtime. Do you have alarm clocks? I use my watch.

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How many crew members do you have? It was me

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and five others. Were there any language

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barriers? Da, kenyeshna. Of course their

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are language barriers. Ever get sick of your

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roommates? You always... No, you never get

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sick your roommates.

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What did you do in your free time? Oh, you

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look out the window. What's the typical

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breakfast aboard the space station? It was

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very much like a breakfast on Earth so I

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liked eggs, occasional oatmeal, maybe even a

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waffle. Was the food any good? I actually

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thought the food was pretty good.

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What's your favorite meal on the station?

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I love chocolate pudding cake.

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How do you cook your food? You can either

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inject it with hot water or put it in a

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food warmer.

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What's the first thing that you ate when

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you got back to Earth. I really wanted a

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pizza but I saw salad and went for it.

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So did you have to work out? You work out twice

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a day for about 2.5 hours. And

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what kind of exercises? Primarily you're

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lifting weights or running on the

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treadmill. Our treadmill is attached to

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the wall and so when you're on it you're

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running straight down towards Earth. Very

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weird feeling. So how do you stay on the

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treadmill without floating away?

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Bungee cords? So do you burn the same

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amount of calories as you do on Earth

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I think you burn a little bit more

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because your brain is always active. I

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heard that in microgravity sweat sticks

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to you. It does if you have hair kind of

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builds up in your hair and you get this

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big sweat bubble on your head.

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How do you shower? We have soap

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impregnated towels. How do you pee in space?

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Ooo... We have a funnel. Where does your

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pee go after you flush? A little bit of

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processing and then right back into the

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drinking water.

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How do you pee in a spacesuit? We have a

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diaper.

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How much water do you have to drink each

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day? You drink just about the same that

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you what on Earth. Do you ever run out of

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anything?

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Free time. How do you get more supplies?

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We have cargo ships. We have great

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companies like SpaceX, Orbital we have

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Russian resupply vehicles and also

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Japanese HTV spacecraft. What'd you miss

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most on Earth? Awe, my wife and kids.

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What personal items did you take with

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you? Photos of my wife and kids.

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Did you bring any space souvenirs home? You

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always have to bring souvenirs home for

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your kids. So I have to ask, what's your

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favorite planet? Oh, it used to be Saturn

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until I saw Earth from space. And if you

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were to travel anywhere in the solar

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system where would you go?

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I work at NASA we all want to go to Mars.

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Does the space station ever get too hot or

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too cold?

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Oh we keep it a balmy 72 all year round.

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Nice how about the temperature of space?

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Plus 200 F to minus 200 F. What about the

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temperature inside the spacesuit? It's

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actually pretty warm pretty nice pretty

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comfortable because there's many layers

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of thermal protection.

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How much is a spacesuit weight? Oh it's really

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heavy i think it's about 300 pounds.

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How do your laundry? We throw it out. Do you

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have to clean the spacesuits? Of course

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you gotta clean the spacesuits

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especially after a spacewalk. How long

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does it take for you to put on a

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spacesuit? About 45 minutes. Can you put

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it on by yourself? If you're in a pinch

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you can put it on by yourself.

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How long does a space walk normally take?

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We train for about six and a half hours.

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And what's the max amount of time a

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spacewalk can last? The maximum is about

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nine hours i think eight hours and 54

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minutes is our record.

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How's the view? Awesome. What's the

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hardest thing about a spacewalk? Just

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knowing that you're outside and if you

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mess anything up

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you've destroyed a hundred billion

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dollar spacecraft. And what's most

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rewarding? Coming back.

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Sounds awesome well I'm sure there are a

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lot more questions but I know you're

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busy so we'll save this for another time.

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Sounds good.

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Awesome thanks have a good. See ya.

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I think what's interesting about the space program

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and the space station is that sometimes you have these

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developments that you might not even

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predicted.