KENNEDY: A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY I
SHOULD INT A PROFESSIONAL.
THANK YOU.
EXTRAORDINARY NEWS FROM UP IN
SPACE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS.
TODAY A THAT SAY SPACECRAFT MET
UP WITH AN ASTEROID.
LAST WEEK THEY LANDED A CAR SIZE
ROBOT ON MARS AND SAID THAT THE
U.S. IS HEADING BACK TO THE MOON
SO MUCH SOONER THAN YOU THINK.
A RUSSIAN SPACECRAFT CARRYING
THREE ASTRONAUTS SUCCESSFULLY
DOCKED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION TODAY AND THE GOOD
STUFF ARRIVES TOMORROW.
SPACEX IS SENDING ITS OWN
VEHICLE THE DRAGON TO THE ISS.
PACKED WITH MORE THAN 20 20 20 2
PACKED WITH MORE THAN 20 20 20 0
EXPERIMENTS.
HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN, TERRY.
SOME OF THE STUFF ON THE SPACEX
ROCKET IS SO EXCITING.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT
MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT THAT
COULD HELP US COME UP WITH A
CURE FOR CANCER, HELP HIGH
SCHOOLERS DEVELOP A BETTER
DENTAL GLUE.
PLEASE, TELL ME EVERYTHING.
>> WELL THE BIG THING IS, LIKE
YOU SAID, IT'S A WEIGHTLESSNESS.
ON EARTH YOU JUST CAN'T GET RID
OF GRAVITY.
YOU CAN GET RID OF IT FOR A FEW
SECOND BUT BEYOND THAT IF YOU
DROP YOUR EXPERIMENT, IT'S GOING
TO HIT THE GROUND.
IN SPACE YOU CAN TURN THE
GRAVITY OFF, NOT EXACTLY BUT
HAS' WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, DO
MEDICAL RESEARCH.
WHEN I WAS THERE WE DID 250
EXPERIMENTS.
KENNEDY: YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME
ONLY N THE PAYINGS STATION.
>> I DID.
KENNEDY: WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE
RESEARCH?
>> WE DID 250 EXPERIMENTS DURING
MY SEVENTH MONTHS THERE.
THERE WAS A FEW HUMAN RELATED ON
MEDICINE AND BONE AND MUSCLE
DRUGS AND ALSO IMMUNIZATIONS FOR
E. COLI AND SALMA THEM
E. COLI AND SALMO THEM
E. COLI AND SALMONEHEM
E. COLI AND SALMONELLM
E. COLI AND SALMONELLA.
THOSE WERE EXCITING.
KENNEDY: DID THEY DEVELOP A
MAINSTREAM FOR THAT?
I'VEED A E. COLI TWICE AND IT'S
AWFUL.
BY THE WAY EARLY AT THE TOP OF
THE SHOW, THAT WAS NOT DATA PER
RENO COUGHING.
IT WAS BILL MCGURN.
>> IT'S NOT LIKE ISAAC NEWTON
DISCOVERS GRAVITY.
IT'S ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
THAT THE BIG DRUG COMPANY OR THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH,
WHOEVER IS DO THE EXPERIMENTS.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE ONE PIECE
IN A LONG CHAIN THAT CAN ONLY BE
SOLVED IN THE ABACCEPTS OF
WEIGHT.
KENNEDY: SOMETIMES THAT'S HARD
TO DESCRIBE TO PEOPLE AND IT'S
INTERESTING TO SEE THESE
PICTURES BACK FROM MARS AND SEE
THE STORIES OF A LANDER DOCKING
ON A COMET.
BUT YOU HAVE SOMETHING
RESPONSIBLE FOR 90% OF
PANCREATIC DUCK TALL CARCINOMA
AND ONE THIRD OF SMALL CELL LUNG
CANCER AND HALF OF CORECTAL
TUMORS.
NOW YOU'RE LITERALLY TALKING
ABOUT A CURE FOR CANCER THAT
DEVASTATES MILLIONS AND MILL MIL
DEVASTATES MILLIONS AND MILL MII
DEVASTATES MILLIONS AND MILL MIN
DEVASTATES MILLIONS AND MILL MIS
OF FAMILIES.
>> MANY OF US KNOW SOMEONE
AFFECTED BY THAT AND THIS IS A
GREAT EXAMPLE.
THE LAB IN SPACE, THE
ORGANIZATION THAT RUNS IT
PARTNERS WITH THE FRED RICK
NATIONAL LAB IN MARYLAND TO GET
THE CANCER GENE.
THEY DO PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH,
A WAY TO MAKE THE ACTUAL
CHEMICAL OF THE GENE GROW REALLY
BIG AND REALLY PURE, WHICH MAKES
IT EASIER TO STUDY SO THEN A
SCIENTIST CAN FIGURE OUT
FACTUALLY THE CHEMICAL FORMATION
OF THIS GENE TO MAKE DRUGS TO
HOPEFULLY COMBAT IT MORE
EFFECTIVELY.
KENNEDY: WOULD IT BE IMMUNE NO
THERAPIES?
WHAT SORT OF DRUG WOULD FOLLOW
THOSE FROM DISCOVERIES?
JUST CURIOUS?
>> I'LL LET THE FRED RICK LAB
ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT IT'S THE PROMISE OF, AGAIN,
THE PROTEIN CRYSTAL GROWTH
TECHNIQUE THAT WE DO ON SEVERAL
TYPES OF PROTEINS, YOU CAN
UNDERSTAND THE FORMATION OF IT
BETTER TO MAKE BETTER DRUGS.
KENNEDY: WE'RE GETTING CLOSER
AND CLOSER.
AND THE FACT THAT SPACE CAN GET
US THERE, SOMETHING THAT IS SO
REMOTE AND SO FAR AWAY,
THEORETICAL TO MOST PEOPLE MIGHT
ACTUALLY BRING RELIEF AND EXTEND
LIVES.
IT'S REALLY PROFOUND STUFF.
HOW SOON DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE
BEFORE A HUMAN BEING LANDS ON
MARS?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S
QUESTION OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
THAN THE ROCKET SCIENCE TO GET
THE MARS.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVER SENSE THE
APOLLO PROGRAM, HE SAID WE WERE
20 YEARS FROM MARS AND WE'VE
BEEN 20 YEARS FROM MARS EVER
SINCE THEN.
HOPEFULLY THERE'S A RENEWED
INTEREST ON SPACE.
AND I THINK WITH THE RIGHT
PROGRAM THAT WE STICK TO IT AND
DON'T CHANGE IT.
KENNEDY: AMEN, TERRY BURKES.
>> YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT
NOW IS I THINK THE END OF THE
BEGINNING.
THE BEGINNING OF SPACE
EXPLORATION WAS GOVERNMENT.
KENNEDY: THAT IS SO HEAVY.
I FEEL LIKE I'M SEEING LASER
FLIED FOR THE FIRST TIME.