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KIDS: Our World!

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Evan: Hey Globey. Iíve got a
riddle for you.

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What do you get when you put
together medical doctors,

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microbiologists, geologists,
engineers, and physicists?

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No guesses?

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Well I bet you got it: NASA!

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NASA is a lot more than just
astronauts. People at NASA are

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engineers, scientist, computer
programmers, accountants,

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astronomers, writers, graphic
designers,

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and mathematicians just to name
a few.

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There are so many opportunities
and programs you can get

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involved in at NASA, that
youíll find lots of

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other careers as well.
One of our other engineer

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friends from NASA Johnson Space
Center is Heather Paul.

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She recently spent some time
with some other members of the

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NASA family and found out how
unique the

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organization really is.

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Heather Paul: Hi Everyone, Iím
Heather Paul from NASA Johnson

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Space Center and right now, Iím
in Key Largo with Nick Skytland

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and our team from NASA. So
Nick, can you explain a little

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bit about what weíre doing here
in Key Largo? I mean I love

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being here, but donít we have
some scientific

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objectives weíre trying to do?
Nick: Absolutely, well weíre

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preparing for a field test and
weíre actually preparing for a

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field test to understand crew
performance on the Moon.

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Heather: Nick can you give me a
little background about

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yourself? How did you get this
really awesome job?

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Nick: It is a really awesome
job. And actually, I started as

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an engineer. I went to school
in Indiana and I started in the

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NASA cooperative education
program as a summer co-op.

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And I came down here and I had
to chance to work on space

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suits. I had a chance to work
on space station.

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And I actually had an
opportunity to work in the

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neutral buoyancy laboratory
which is a big pool that we

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have at NASA in which we do
similar things.

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We train astronauts underwater.

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Evan: Thatís a great job
combining science time with

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water sports. So, who else did
you talk to Heather?

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Heather: I have Bill Todd with
me who is the mission manager,

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heís the big man. So how are
you doing?

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Bill: Super. Everythingís
great.

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Heather: Awesome. So weíve been
enjoying beautiful weather

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here, but weíre actually here
to do science and research.

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Can you talk to me about what
weíre doing?

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Bill: This is the facility
where the Aquarius habitat,

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which is the worldís only
undersea research habitat,

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is right here in Key Largo.
Itís about 5 miles off shore.

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And itís the closest thing to
living in space

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that we can find anywhere.

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Heather: So Bill, for the folk
who are going to watch this

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interview, what would you
recommend that they study if

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they want to be someone as
awesome as you: a mission

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manager for underwater research

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that leads us into Lunar
exploration?

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Bill: You thatís an interesting
question.

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You can have a background in
all different types of things.

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At NASA, we have people that
have done such a wide variety

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of things in their career
before they come to NASA.

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Theyíve studied different
things. The same old adage is

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true, if you have a grasp of
the basic sciences.

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That truly, truly helps. And if
you have the ability to deal

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in an operational environment,

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and be able to take the science

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and apply it to an operational
environment.

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Those are the things that help
us in a project like this.

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Evan: But the team at the
undersea laboratory wasnít the

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only group that Heather got to
talk to about their careers.

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Heather: I have with Dr. Robert
Howard with me.

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How are you doing?
Robert: Hi Heather,

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itís good to see you.
Heather: Good to see you as

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well. So tell me a little about
what you do.

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Robert: I do whatís called
human factors. Weíre basically

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concerned with the interaction
of man and machine. I grew up

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wanting to be involved in the
space program. So from the

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time I was five years old, even
younger than that.

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I knew NASA was where I was
going to end up. So, I went

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through a lot of NASA programs
when I was in college.

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I started working for NASA in
something called the NASA

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scholars which was a
combination of scholarship

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and summer internships. I
actually funded my schooling on

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a NASA fellowship and worked
summers on a NASA co-op.

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Heather: So do you feel like
all of those experiences with

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internships and the co-op
programs really helped you

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to get a good foundation for
the engineering

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and science youíre doing now?

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Robert: Oh, they were all part
of the puzzle. Every degree

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and every summer internship
experience, they all combined

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together and helped me with
what Iím doing now.

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Evan: Thanks for sharing your
experiences Heather.

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It sounds like the people you
talk to really enjoy their

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jobs. You know Iíve talked to a
few of the NASA people weíve

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had here on "Our World" too.
You might remember Andrea Mosie

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from the Lunar Rock laboratory.
Her advice to students:

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set your goals high. And do
your best.

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Donít limit yourself. Andrea
says the best careers are in

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the sciences. And she should
know, her background is in

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chemistry, math, and geology.

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And now she works with moon
rocks everyday.

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And our friend Erik Weiser
reminded me that every single

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extra that I have from my cell
phone to my computer,

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or game box, you name it Ė was
developed, engineered, and

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built by someone who has a
degree in science, technology,

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engineering, or mathematics.

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And at NASA those same careers
help send astronauts to the

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International Space Station or
collect important data about

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climate on our world. I guess
the most important thing to

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remember is NASA is looking for
people with a variety of

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backgrounds who study a variety
of subjects. And are willing

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to try new things. Iíve always
loved being an explorer,

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but after learning so much
about the groundbreaking

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discoveries made by NASA
scientists, I may be thinking

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about a career change. So letís
see Globey, I could be a

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microbiologist, or a virtual
reality technician,

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um a meteorologist, ah a pilot,

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a model builder,
astrophysicist,

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educator turned astronaut,

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KIDS: Our World!

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