Astronaut Kate Rubins: Voting From Space

The Chuck ToddCast

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🗓️ 28 September 2016

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Kate Rubins is an astronaut and biologist on board the International Space Station. During her time on the ISS, Rubins became the first person to sequence DNA microgravity - but she's also had to help maintain the space station, and even repair the toilet plumbing. She talks with Chuck about how NASA helps her cast her ballot if she doesn't make it back to Earth before the election.

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0:00.0	Welcome to 1947, the Meet the Press podcast.
0:03.8	I'm Chuck Todd, my guest today.
0:05.3	Astronaut Kathleen Rubens on board the International Space Station.
0:08.7	She joins me to talk about DNA, 0G, and voting from space.
0:15.0	This is 1947.
0:16.5	Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to Meet the Press.
0:19.0	Meet the Predator, Surprise.
0:24.0	Joining me now is Astronaut Kate Rubens.
0:26.0	She's a virologist on the International Space Station.
0:29.3	She launched for space in early July for a four month mission.
0:32.8	Since she's been in orbit, Rubens has become the first person
0:35.3	to sequence DNA in space.
0:37.3	She added a piece of equipment to the outside of the space station
0:40.3	during a space walk.
0:41.8	And when she helped replace some toilet parts in the space station,
0:44.3	she called herself a janitor.
0:46.8	Kate, welcome to 1947.
0:48.8	So tell me where you are right now.
0:51.8	What do you see?
0:53.8	Where are you orbiting over Earth?
0:55.8	What's below us?
0:57.3	Yeah, so we actually are just coming up the coast of Africa.
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