1 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Hey, this is Annie and Samantha, and welcome to Stephe 2 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: never told your production if I hurried you, and welcome 3 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: to me, apparently having a locked of lower voice, like 4 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: I just kind of shocked myself of getting real sexy 5 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 1: all slash kind of sick. So apologies for the sound content, Uh, 6 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: not apologizing for the scattered nous of my mind because 7 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 1: that's constant and that's like a personality trait, Right, Annie, 8 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, I guess you're so nice. 9 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 1: But back to what we were saying, welcome to another 10 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: installment of activists around the world, women around the world. 11 00:00:54,200 --> 00:00:56,600 Speaker 1: What are women doing around the world? All kinds of things, 12 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: And today we wanted to change it up a bit. 13 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: We are still celebrating Native American Heritage Month as it 14 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: is coming to an end, even though we will never 15 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: stop talking about the amazing indigenous advocates around the world. 16 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: So but yes, in the United States, it is in 17 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: the month of November. We're coming close to the end 18 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: of November. Oh my god, it's about to be December. Yeah, 19 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:22,680 Speaker 1: I know, I know. Anyway, um, and we are talking 20 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: about the amazing career of NASA astronaut Colonel Nicole on 21 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: a pu man and I'm really kind of excited. Annie. 22 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: Have you ever had any dreams of going to space 23 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:39,319 Speaker 1: or being an astronaut? Yes? Yes. In fact, I could 24 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: send you a screenshot of my to do list on 25 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 1: it is go to space. Um, my to do list 26 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 1: is very ambitious, I do. I I was very afraid 27 00:01:50,840 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: of space for a while because, as I have said, 28 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,520 Speaker 1: I had a a prank, a very effective prank played 29 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: on me as a child that made me terrified of 30 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: aliens in space in general, like, very very scared. It 31 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: wasn't until I didn't get over until college. Um, so 32 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: you know I didn't want to then, even though I 33 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: did really love space gamp, which I went to in 34 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: sixth grade. But now I think it was after college 35 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: I was like, you know what, I'd really like to 36 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: go to space. However, I do not want to be 37 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: in the kind of rich billionaire class of space going. 38 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: That's not like brand I want. I would you pay 39 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:32,840 Speaker 1: if you had the money, because I know, like you 40 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 1: can pay a certain amount. What was it like several 41 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 1: million dollars to go to space? It's one of those things. 42 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: Can't I just go to space? Yeah? Yeah, he did. 43 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: It was kind of upsetting about was not the point 44 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 1: of it. And also how Jeff Bezos kind of treated 45 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:50,320 Speaker 1: the whole thing was not great, but that's not surprising. 46 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: So it's also like we talked about this with at Arctica. 47 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,359 Speaker 1: It's one of those things where I'm like, I want 48 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: to do it, but I also don't want to. I 49 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: want to do it responsibly, and I'm not sure there's 50 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,800 Speaker 1: a way to do that for the environment. So the yeah, 51 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 1: basically I want to, I probably never will. Yeah, so 52 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: if they decide that we need to move to Mars, 53 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: you're going to go. I thought about this a lot too. 54 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: I don't know, I'm talriing about that. I would love 55 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:18,799 Speaker 1: to go. I'm also terrified because I think that's like 56 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: it would be very difficult and you have to start 57 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: a lot of things that I don't think people realize 58 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 1: from scratch, And there is a part of me that's 59 00:03:26,320 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: like I really don't want to. I feel like again 60 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: going back to that rich billionaire thing of like we 61 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 1: can almost save this planet, will go to this planet, 62 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:35,280 Speaker 1: Like I don't like that whole mindset, but I might go. 63 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 1: I would go. Okay, Okay, I have so many more 64 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: space related questions, but I'm going to stop because it's 65 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: a fascinating topic. I have never necessarily wanted to be 66 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: an astronaut. I think I knew as a child that 67 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: I was an underachiever and that all that science and 68 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: math was not going to be my life. So no, 69 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,520 Speaker 1: but it is fascinating to me. I we talked about 70 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: how we love planetariums and talking about the best space 71 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: I don't know, did you ever go to the space 72 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:10,000 Speaker 1: museum or space camp? Yeah? Did you? Did you talk 73 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,360 Speaker 1: about this? I just said it. Oh my god, I'm sick. 74 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. No, it's okay. I did, but you you 75 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: didn't go? I did not, man, I absolutely blanked out. Yeah, 76 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: so I missed out from that. We went to planetariums 77 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,680 Speaker 1: just never. Yeah, those were great too. I love those. 78 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:31,039 Speaker 1: And I went home for this past holiday weekend. And 79 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:32,360 Speaker 1: I'm not sure if I've ever said this before. I 80 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 1: think I have, but I have ever, I believe ever 81 00:04:34,880 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: a thousand. I think more of those gold in the 82 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: dark stars in my room on the ceiling, and I 83 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: would just like stare at them, like this is so beautiful, 84 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: Like looking at stars is one of my very favorite things. Yeah, 85 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: you have a little light setting for it right, I do. 86 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 1: I have two projectors to galaxy projectors now, adore it, 87 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: and I'm already planning like my chill New Year's where 88 00:04:55,839 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: I read fan fiction and half at all a month ahead. 89 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: I love that. But you know, I think it's not 90 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: uncommon when you were talking about sitting and looking and 91 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:10,159 Speaker 1: making your own space look like space, because a lot 92 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:12,800 Speaker 1: of the astronauts her interview talked about this, including Colonel Man, 93 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: who talked about this as a child wanting to go 94 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,040 Speaker 1: to space, but before we get there. Colonel Man is 95 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,599 Speaker 1: a member of the Round Valley Indian tribe, and she's 96 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,159 Speaker 1: become the first Native American woman in space as of 97 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:29,600 Speaker 1: October of this year. Um Colonel Mann grew up in California, 98 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: graduating from Rancho Co Tait High School, moving on to 99 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 1: attend the U. S. Naval Academy, graduating with a Bachelor 100 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: of Science degree in mechanical engineering, and she went on 101 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: to get her master's degree from Stanford University in a 102 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: mechanical engineering um and a couple of fun facts, she 103 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:47,119 Speaker 1: was a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps as well 104 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: as she played a soccer for the Naval Midshipment as 105 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:55,000 Speaker 1: a defender and speaking of her military career, in two 106 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,520 Speaker 1: thousand one, she attended flight training at the Naval Air 107 00:05:57,560 --> 00:06:00,480 Speaker 1: Station in Pensacola, Florida. In two thousand three, she earned 108 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: her Wings of Gold as a naval aviator and in 109 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 1: two thousand four she started her aviation career with the 110 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:10,359 Speaker 1: Thunderbolts of v m F A TOFT one in South Carolina, 111 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:13,119 Speaker 1: and after two deployments, Colonel Mann went on to become 112 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: a project officer, working in flight test, carrier stabilities and more. 113 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: And in two thousand twelve she was selected as an 114 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: astronaut candidate, accumulating over two thousand, five hundred flight hours 115 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: and twenty five types of aircraft, two hundred carrier arrestments, 116 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: and forty seven combat missions. And that's according to her 117 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: NASA biography. And it was in that she was selected 118 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: as a member of the twenty one NASA Astronaut Class. 119 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: She completed her rigorous training in Since then she has 120 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: helped um on development for the Rion spacecraft, space launch 121 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,359 Speaker 1: system and the exploration ground systems as the T thirty 122 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: Safety and Training Officer and as the Assistant to the 123 00:06:54,160 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 1: Chief Astronaut and Exploration And it was in October fifth, two, 124 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:15,280 Speaker 1: which was a reschedule. By the way, Colonel Man launched 125 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 1: as the commander of NASA's space X Crew F to 126 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: the International Space Station on the space X Crew Dragon spacecraft, 127 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 1: making her the first Native woman to be in space. 128 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: And by the way, the first state of person a 129 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,520 Speaker 1: man was sent twenty years prior um so at this 130 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 1: time the crew is supposed to remain on the station 131 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: for six months um And just recently, space X launch 132 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 1: supplies to the International Space Station, including a Thanksgiving mill 133 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 1: that had spicy green beans and some desserts including candy corn, 134 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:50,680 Speaker 1: items like solar arrays, a dwarf tomato seeds, and other 135 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: types of science experiments. The space X program has apparently 136 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: been sending supplies of fresh vegetables which they can't get 137 00:07:56,960 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 1: because of the types of mills on the space station 138 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: include the lettuce and chilies and now red robin tomatoes. 139 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 1: They said it should come out, it should be able 140 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 1: to be harvested in spring, So I'm gonna be there 141 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: for quite a while. Yes, And if you're interested in 142 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: the science of food and space, you can check out 143 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,360 Speaker 1: the other podcast I'm on Saver because we talked about 144 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: that all the time. We love that stuff fascinating. In 145 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: a recent MPR interview, Colonel Man spoke about inspiring youth 146 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: to break down barriers, saying, these young women, maybe natives, 147 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: maybe people from different backgrounds that realize that they have 148 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 1: these opportunities and that potentially these barriers that used to 149 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: be there are starting to be broken down, and so 150 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,440 Speaker 1: hopefully that will inspire that younger generation, and then went 151 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 1: on to say, never discount yourself. If you don't go 152 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 1: after a dream or a goal, and if you don't try, 153 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: you're never going to make it. You know, pursue the 154 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: topic in school, ask for help, meet people that have 155 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:51,400 Speaker 1: done that job to learn more about it. You'll grow 156 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 1: so much more as a child into an adult, and 157 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,040 Speaker 1: your interest will vary quite a bit. And so it's 158 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: exciting to take this opportunity to chase down all of 159 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 1: those dreams and never scount yourself. Yeah, I love that. 160 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:06,640 Speaker 1: And uh. Though she is quite busy right now in space, 161 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: she's also training for the Artemis program, which is a 162 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: robotic and human moon exploration program, and is currently working 163 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 1: to be the first woman on the Moon, which is 164 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 1: scheduled for so we'll have to come back and talk 165 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: about that, And of course with all of that, she 166 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:25,319 Speaker 1: has many more accolades, including the seventeen Jerry Yeagly Award 167 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 1: for Excessional Personal Achievement and was inducted into the Academic 168 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: All American Hall of Fame, and of course some several 169 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 1: several medals for her time in the military. UM and 170 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 1: just a fun fact if you wanted to know, because 171 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you anyways, she was able to 172 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: take some personal items with her on this travel, including 173 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: a dream catcher that her mother had given her a 174 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 1: while back and some other personal trinkets. So I thought 175 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,920 Speaker 1: that was really sweet. Yeah, that's awesome, very very cool, 176 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: very very inspiring and can't wait to check back in. 177 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,600 Speaker 1: Can't wait to check back in on this one. 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