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>> Well, in case you don't have any questions, then quickly stop
when you're up the stairs for whatever questions we have
for you and then off you go.
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>> They say [inaudible] your ticket.
>> Blame it on me.
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>> Good luck, guys.
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>> Is everybody ready?
>> Yes.
>> Got several questions for you.
Yuri, what's your estimation on how the crew did yesterday
and what are your expectations for today?
>> Yuri: Well, we had a real solid effort yesterday.
It was real good, and I'm hoping for the same today.
Ultimately, we're looking forward
to getting a good grade today.
Thank you.
Next question.
>> What are you looking forward the most up there [inaudible]?
What is the experience you're looking for?
>> Is that question for me tonight?
I think definitely working with the crewmates that we have here
and the ones that will be up there already.
They're already started into an aggressive science program,
and then we have multiple vehicles that will be up there
when we're there and possibly some, a couple EVA's.
So it's going to be a very busy increment, but, of course,
there's got to be time to look at the [inaudible].
That's going to be one of the best things.
>> Can you explain the Soyuz [inaudible]?
>> Sure. It's an all-day event,
and it sort of is a representation
of all the activities that we will be doing
in the Soyuz starting from the launch start all the way
through insertion, the orbit burns, and the rendezvous to get
to the space station, and then after lunch,
we'll be doing an undocking and a landing.
>> So it's been, it's going to be less than a month
until launch, and I'm looking forward to going up into space
with these two veteran astronauts/cosmonauts
in about less than a month.
>> Yuri, what's the language of preference in your crew?
Can your crew members speak Russian?
>> Yuri: Both Aki and Sunny speak Russian very well,
and actually Russian's prime language
for Soyuz operations were English is the main language
for station.
So we can speak multiple languages,
and we're equally proficient in all of them.
So you're a bunch of [inaudible].
You can say that.
>> During the four and a half months, a very short duration,
but we have a lot to do.
We have, of course, science experiments and also EVA
and also waiting for a lot of [inaudible] ships,
but I am looking forward to all of those activities
and working together with the ground team.
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