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Eventually get us there. but it's a very exciting time and i'm so proud of the team. >> great. and what are we learning from having you spending your time up there? i know so much research is done. i'm getting a glimpse of some of it right here in the oval office. what are we learning by being in space? >> i think probably the international space station is providing a key bridge from us doing, living on earth to going somewhere into deep space. so, on those mars missions, we have to better understand how microgravity is really affecting our body, and we need to understand it in great detail. ...

Proud of the team. >> great. and what are we learning from having you spending your time up there? i know so much research is being done. i'm getting a glimpse of it here in the oval office. what are we learning by being in space? >> well i think probably the international space station is providing a key bridge from us doing -- living on earth to going somewhere into deep space. on those mars missions we need to better understand how the microgravity is affecting our body. we're looking at the human body. we're also looking at things that involve operations of a space vehicle on these long du...