Well, we have two major goals. The most important one is to get the station arm on board the station, because that's this really milestone in the space station building since from now on they will be using this arm… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
For the first time in history all the major countries in the world are pushing together to reach this goal... building something in space that is really for all humankind. — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
And so, I will be probably, since I am not involved in all the activity, I will have some spare time to devote to… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
I started this whole endeavor really. And at the beginning we had the selection in Italy. And that was pretty much among people that… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
And so, in case we have contingencies and things that we cannot accomplish within the duration of the space walk, we have a buffer,… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
When this space walk will be completed, then the arm will be fully operational and ready for the next activity that will be pretty… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
I was, I remember, I still remember when the first time I pointed the telescope at the sky and I saw Saturn with the… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
In particular, this arm has 7 degrees-of-freedom that makes the overall motion of the arm very complex so that, before you start driving the… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
And then my chance really happened in 1996 when we added the second flight of the tether satellite. — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
I remember; I was 15 years old when Neil Armstrong put feet in the moon. — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
And since Italy was involved in the space station as well as signed an agreement with NASA. And when the possibility to enter the… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
And not only that but... when the station is completed, there will be an international crew made of astronauts coming from different cultural experiences,… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
And then I graduate two years later, in 1998, with my class. And, since then I've been here in Houston for training basically. And… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
