And so, in case we have contingencies and things that we cannot accomplish within the duration of the space walk, we have a buffer, I mean, in order to be able to complete the... what we want to accomplish. — 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
And the first flight of the tether satellite happened in '92, and I was the backup on that flight. — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
At that point, there will be the handover between the shuttle arm and the station arm so that the shuttle arm will take the… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
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… — Umberto Guidoni Copy Share Image
