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Canadian Space Agency president on Jeremy Hansen's history-making mission · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: That's a shot of Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and the
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  Speaker 1: Artemists two crew just last hour. They were having lunch.
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  Speaker 1: Options today included roast beef, turkey, butternut squash, and cheese tortellini.
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  Speaker 1: One of their responsibilities today includes conducting a CPR and
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  Speaker 1: choking response demonstration. Those demos will be used for training
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  Speaker 1: flight teams back here on Earth. And this is a
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  Speaker 1: live view look inside the Orion capsule. These images being
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  Speaker 1: brought to us by NASA. You can see there Jeremy
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  Speaker 1: Hanson the Canadian flag next to the American one. For
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  Speaker 1: more on all of this, I'm joined now by Lisa Campbell.
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  Speaker 1: She is president of the Canadian Space Agency. Lisa's joining
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  Speaker 1: us live from CSA headquarters in Quebec. Lisa, Jeremy Hanson
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  Speaker 1: is reaching us live from space tonight. And by us,
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  Speaker 1: I mean essentially you, what do you anticipate it will be? Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's going to be such an unusual Q and A
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  Speaker 1: I think I've never I can't even imagine. But what
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  Speaker 1: do you anticipate happening here?
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  Speaker 2: Good evening, Sarah, and thank you so much for sharing
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  Speaker 2: this amazing story. We're a few hours away from the
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  Speaker 2: first space to Earth connection between Jeremy and Canadians, and
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  Speaker 2: you can follow it live on the Caspace Agency's YouTube
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  Speaker 2: and Facebook channel. So we'll be talking to Jeremy about
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  Speaker 2: his mission so far and his impressions.
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  Speaker 1: Lisa. We you know in TV we set up live
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  Speaker 1: broadcasts like the one with you all the time. I
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  Speaker 1: have had a really hard time trying to imagine what's
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  Speaker 1: involved trying to coordinate this live connection with an astronaut
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  Speaker 1: in space in maybe layman's turns. Can you tell us
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  Speaker 1: what's involved here?
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  Speaker 2: Certainly, Sarah. So, this mission is the first crude mission
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  Speaker 2: to deep space in over fifty years, and one of
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  Speaker 2: the goals of the mission is to test communications systems.
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  Speaker 2: So the crew you have set up times, and we've
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  Speaker 2: got three times for Jeremy to speak to Canadians late tonight,
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  Speaker 2: late tomorrow night, and then also on April eighth, and
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  Speaker 2: they do it via something called the Deep Space Network.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, the Deep Space Network. Well, it's so far done.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to call it a pretty remarkable job in
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  Speaker 1: terms of sending back these live pictures and the live
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  Speaker 1: conversations that I've been watching between mission control, the sharing
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  Speaker 1: of that information is interesting to me that you say
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  Speaker 1: that part of the test is to test the communications systems.
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  Speaker 1: The fact that they're being shared so openly, and I've
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  Speaker 1: talked about this with other guests before, it seems kind
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  Speaker 1: of extraordinary that as it's happening, it's not even we're
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  Speaker 1: not even getting this on a delay. We're seeing the
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  Speaker 1: public is seeing what's happening kind of as it's happening,
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  Speaker 1: regardless of how it's happening. And why is that the
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  Speaker 1: way NASA has been doing this. I mean, there's got
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  Speaker 1: to be thought behind.
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  Speaker 2: It, definitely, And Sarah, part of our mandate is to
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  Speaker 2: inspire Canadians, and so together with NASA, we're making sure
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  Speaker 2: that we share the details of this amazing journey, the science,
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  Speaker 2: the human side of it, the discovery, and also the
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  Speaker 2: testing of all of the technologies because humans are not
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  Speaker 2: only returning to the Moon, they're returning to stay.
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  Speaker 1: One of the last few days and I guess the
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  Speaker 1: next few days moving forward, what's that been like for
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  Speaker 1: the Canadian Space Agency? This is a pretty exciting time.
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  Speaker 2: It's been a very busy time for us. We're now
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  Speaker 2: on the third day of this important mission. The crew
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  Speaker 2: are on the way to the moon and by day
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  Speaker 2: six they'll reach the far side of the Moon, where
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  Speaker 2: humans have never been, have never seen the view of
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  Speaker 2: the Earth. They'll spend about six hours examining the geography
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  Speaker 2: of the far side of the Moon, after which they'll
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  Speaker 2: head home.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so this live Q and A, and it's going
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  Speaker 1: to be just after one in the morning your time,
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  Speaker 1: because you're in the Eastern time zone. What kind of
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  Speaker 1: question do you have for Jeremy.
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  Speaker 2: We want to make sure that he's having the time
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  Speaker 2: of his life. He's been training for this for a
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  Speaker 2: long time. But we'll also have media and then on
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  Speaker 2: the other Q and A sessions, we've engaged with students
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  Speaker 2: with indigenous organizations across the country to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: all Canadians have a chance to reach out and find
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  Speaker 2: out from Jeremy what his views are on deep space.
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  Speaker 1: We're just looking at pictures on the screen now from
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  Speaker 1: moments ago. Like I say, I'm every day we come
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  Speaker 1: into the newsroom and I'm kind of baffled with the
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  Speaker 1: images that are coming to us live as they happen.
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  Speaker 1: But there is Jeremy, and they're doing some kind of
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  Speaker 1: work within. I mean, we're able to just watch everything
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  Speaker 1: that is happening. Has there ever been this kind of
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  Speaker 1: access and maybe we just have them paying attention, but
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  Speaker 1: has there You're not surprised, obviously you anticipated this kind
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  Speaker 1: of access to these images.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it's all been planned and what you're seeing now
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  Speaker 2: is the result of years of work, thousands of people
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  Speaker 2: who've come together to create what is a magnificent mission.
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  Speaker 2: But we have done similar things on the International Space Station.
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  Speaker 2: Canadian companies have filmed thousands of hours of astronaut time
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  Speaker 2: and you can actually put on a virtual reality helmet
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  Speaker 2: and it feels like you're on the International Space Station.
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  Speaker 2: So there's all sorts of innovations in communication to bring
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  Speaker 2: the story of space exploration here on Earth.
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  Speaker 1: Lisa, how does it feel to you personally to be
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  Speaker 1: as involved in all of this as you are.
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  Speaker 2: It's a huge honor, Sarah. I'm surrounded by brilliant people
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  Speaker 2: who are committed to the power of space exploration. I've
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  Speaker 2: known Jeremy since twenty twenty. We've had many conversations. I've
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  Speaker 2: had a chance to meet his family, So I'm thrilled
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  Speaker 2: for him personally, but also because of what this mission means.
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  Speaker 2: It represents an international endeavor to bring the best of
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  Speaker 2: humanity together and accomplish something extraordinary.
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  Speaker 1: Lisa Campbell, president of the Canadian Space Agency, going to
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  Speaker 1: be having a late night conversation with Jeremy Hanson and
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  Speaker 1: we can all watch it and watch the reporters asking
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  Speaker 1: the questions later. Lisa, thank you very much.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Sarah. I have a good evening.