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Mike
Massimino: Hi. I'm Mike Massimino. For the past few shuttle flights we've taken you behind
the scenes to meet the crews as they train for their flights and the people around the
country who make those missions fly.MM:
But there's a lot of footage that we haven't shown you yet, so we'd like to take you back
to some of our recent flights and introduce you to more of the people who do everything
at NASA. MM: We hope you enjoy this episode of NASA Behind
The Scenes.MM: It was pretty cool having John Glenn here,
wasn't it?Stephan Messersmith: It was super cool. It was super
cool.MM: Because yeah, it was- that was like, I had-
well, I guess I was in the office for about three years when that happened when he was
here.MM: It was pretty awesome having him walk- you
know and he's- he's a cool guy.SM: Yeah.SM: I remember one quote. We- we were doing a SIM.MM: Yeah.SM: And some of the FDF
wasn't quite right.MM: Yeah.SM: So, a couple of the astronauts were complaining, you know. We
had to get FDF to come in and that kind of stuff.MM:
Yeah and FDF is your- we- it was your checklist. Right?SM
Yeah. Yeah.MM: All of your procedures and your checklist.
What you got to- right. Right. Right. Yeah.SM:
All the- all the documents and the flight data files that- what they read to upright
the ship and that kind of stuff.SM: And John was sitting
there and he was watching all this because it wasn't involved in his area-MM: Yeah.SM: And he- he looks at
me and he goes, "They'd have never made it my days."SM: And I just- "What?" SM:
He goes- he said, man, he said, "We were going out to the launchpad and they would
be typing the new FDF and they would hand it to us of all the new changes as we crawled
into the space craft."SM: The new astronauts
were complaining about it wasn't proper for just-MM:
Yeah. Yeah.SM: Because they had never made it my days.MM: Can you imagine?SM: That was kind of funny.MM:
Yeah, because we- man, you got to turn that stuff in, like, way ahead of time.SM:Yeah. Well, they would-MM:
This is going to be published and checked and- my, gosh.SM: And yes. That's right. They were just typing it up though.SM: All of a sudden, "Here. Here's the new
changes."MM: That's pretty cool.
That's a good story.SM: It was- it was pretty
good.Speaker: Come on in, Mike.MM: I'm your substitute for NASA Management.MM: I'm- I'm your sub for NASA Management. Let me get a- what's that?
Let me get out of the way.Speaker 2: You don't look
like it.MM: I don't- all right.Speaker 3: Doesn't sound like her either.MM: No.MM: There's a- there's
a lot of differences-Speaker 4: Don't you know
you're supposed to face the door on an elevator?MM:
I'm not here. I'm just an observer.Speaker
5: You're not here?MM: No. I'm just an observer.Speaker 4: It's just a camera.Speaker 6: Don't make eye contact. MM:
Hi. [INAUDIBLE].Speaker 7: You're out of
line. Alan Poindexter: So, we're going to- we're going
to walk out and we're going to- I'm going to stop in front of the [INAUDIBLE].AP: You guys ready?All: Yeah.Jerry: How are you?MM: Howdy.MM:
Good. How are you?Jerry: Good.MM: I'm going to get on [INAUDIBLE]. All right. I'm just going to
follow him.Jerry: Just follow him all the way up.MM: All right.Jerry: [INAUDIBLE].MM: All right. Thanks Jerry.MM: You going to ride with them?MM:
You going to go fast?Speaker 9: Yep.MM: Stephanie, what are we doing today? What's going on? Where are
we?Stephanie Wilson: We're in the air strip. We're coming
home, aren't we?MM: No.Speaker 10: She took hallucinogens.MM:
Where are we headed?SW: We're headed to the
pad.MM: Look it. You got a special escort out there.SW: Yeah.MM:
Yeah.AP: Did you guys hear the helicopter calling?MM: Yeah.AP:
Would anyone like a drink? MM: We're going to go to
the- right?SW: Walk around the pad a little bit. Today is
the RSS in orbit but you can't really see the orbiter but on launch day we can take
a minute to walk around the pad and look at the beauty of the staff-SW: Before we get in and we'll ride the elevator up to one ninety-five
level. As Dr. Piers Sellers says, we have the opportunity to use the last potty on Earth
if so desired.MM: Yeah.SW: And if not we- we get in the vehicle. First Jackson and Clay will
get in and then Jim and I will get in, then Rick and [INAUDIBLE] then Dotty.MM: All right.SW: And then we'll hang
out on the pad until we're ready to get strapped in.SW:
Then they'll close the hatch. We'll simulate all the steps that there are to the launch
countdown.SW: Then they'll actually call a scrub force so
we can practice depressing, then we'll get to get in the baskets, not really ride them
but just get inside.MM: Right. Just get in
the baskets. All right.SW: And then we're done.MM: But it's just like launch day.SW: It's just like launch day.MM:
Except no launch.SW: That's right. Except
no launch.MM: Right.MM:
Lunch but no launch.SW: Lunch but no launch.Speaker 11: That's right.AP: [INAUDIBLE] With lunch and launch.MM:
Really?AP: Hey Mike. You want to go to lunch?AP: No. We're going to go get a sandwich and then, you know-MM: Oh. Okay.AP:
For lunch. Right? We're going down to the Cape to watch the lunch.MM: Here we go.Speaker 12: Here we go.MM: Next stop: space shuttle.AP: Next stop: space. The final frontier.Speaker 13: That's right.MM:
It's not your average elevator.AP: There's a starship.Speaker 13: No.Speaker
13: And it may open.SW: Hey, hey, hey.Speaker 14: Hey, good morning. Good morning, Dex.
How are you doing?AP: Good, sir. How are
you?Speaker 14: Great. You guys a little warm this morning?
It's a little bit warmer.MM: Hello, fellows. How's
it going?AP: You guys [INAUDIBLE].SW: Yeah.MM: Want to show me something
over there?Speaker 15: I do? What?MM: The toilet.Speaker 15: Oh. They're
about to- Jim's going to go use it.MM:
All right. Well, let me go take a look.Speaker
15: The last toilet on Earth is-MM: The last toilet on
Earth. Come on. Let's go take a look.MM:
We can always edit this. I'm not one- I don't want to show you the- but this is the last
toilet on Earth. Close before launch. There you go. [INAUDIBLE].Speaker 15: [INAUDIBLE] are disconnected, so-MM: It's a beautiful day here in Florida though, isn't it?SW: [INAUDIBLE]. It is.Speaker
15: No, they're not ready for us. [INAUDIBLE].MM:
All right.What's going on here now?Speaker
16: Making sure they grab the right helmets.MM:
Hey. Is Travis in here somewhere?Travis: Here.Travis: What's up?MM:
Travis.Travis: Hey, thank you.MM: It's a key to the space shuttle I think. Is that they key?MM: It's for you.Travis:
Yeah. That's it.MM: It's an actual key.
That was- It's a key to the space shuttle. That's a very good story.Speaker 16: Ready? We all set? Speaker
16: See you guys in a couple hours.Speaker
17: How many?Speaker 18: A couple.Speaker
19: Hey. Here comes Steph. Speaker: 19: Oh, hey. Mass,
you're looking good.MM: Not a good as you.SW: Hey.Speaker
19: Steph on board.SW: Okay. I'm sorry?Speaker 19: Steph on board.SW: You're- You're bored? Speaker
19: It's- it's a joke. Steph on board.SW:
Oh, a joke.MM: Going into the space shuttle. MM: Hey, buddy.Clay Anderson: Hey, Mass.CA: I was last on my first time. Now I got to
be first.CA: [INAUDIBLE].Chris
Cassidy: That's from last week.MM: What's going on? Hi,
Chris.MM: What's going on?CC: How are you?CC:
We're strapping in Dex.MM: How's it going?CC: Yeah. We're doing-MM: He's right there.CC:
Yep.MM: Yeah. He's- there-Speaker 19: All right. We're going to put you square on the seat.
[INAUDIBLE]. Speaker 19: [INAUDIBLE], which is good. What I'd like
for you to do is hold onto the bottom with the- the seat pan or the- [INAUDIBLE].Speaker 20: And your next trip out will you take that
with you?MM: What's this?Speaker
20: This is an RH- This is a-MM: Oh, yeah. That looks
good.Speaker 20: Let me show you.MM: Give me that thing.Speaker
20: It's an RHC-MM: Okay. Come here.Speaker 20: It's an RHC cover.MM: RHC cover which is- you took off from-Speaker 20: From Dex's seat.MM:
Oh. From his- from the- this is the commander's RHC cover. Wow.Speaker 21: Hi there. How are you?MM:
Here we are. Good. Good. I don't want to distract you. SW:
Dex. Say something.AP: All right.SW: Okay. [INAUDIBLE].SW:
This one or OTC?SW: OTC [INAUDIBLE]. AP: I couldn't hear you.SW: Oh, [INAUDIBLE].Speaker
22: Now as I'm strapping you in, I'm going to try and make the belt snug, but I don't
want to make it too tight. You let me know if it's too tight, okay?Clay: CC not on.SW:
Okay.CA: [INAUDIBLE].SW:
Okay. No, that's okay. Let's get this [INAUDIBLE].CA:
[INAUDIBLE].MM: That was good, Clay. Well, done.CA: Left hand. Right hand.CA:
I think we got too much glass on board.