Inside NASA Mission Control, with Astro Mike Massimino - StarTalk All-Stars

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🗓️ 20 September 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino puts on his old CAPCOM headset and takes us inside Johnson Space Center, with a little help from his guests, Flight Directors Emily Nelson and Royce Renfrew, and co-host Maeve Higgins.

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0:00.0	This is StarTalk.
0:03.0	Music
0:09.0	Hi, Mike Masamino here, aka Astro Mike, that happens to be my Twitter handle.
0:15.0	And you're listening to the first season of a brand new series, StarTalk All Stars.
0:21.0	I tried to say it like Neil deGrasse dies.
0:24.0	Okay, StarTalk All Stars.
0:27.0	I'm your All Star host tonight and I have with me in studio my comedic co-host, Maeve Higgins.
0:33.0	Hello, thank you for having me.
0:35.0	Maeve, thank God you're here. Thanks for being here.
0:38.0	I'm going to go by Comic Maeve, maybe.
0:40.0	Comic Maeve?
0:41.0	That's so with your Astro Mike.
0:42.0	Is that your Twitter?
0:43.0	No, but I mean, I just thought of it, I think it's going to be.
0:45.0	It's a good way to tell them what you do for a living and then give them your name.
0:50.0	Yes. That's why your all Twitter handles should be.
0:52.0	And you definitely have to do that if you're a comedian and you're not very funny.
0:54.0	You have to keep reminding people I'm a comedian.
0:56.0	You are very funny. That was funny what you just said.
0:58.0	Thank you.
0:59.0	All right, Maeve, this episode of All Stars, we're going to give everyone a peek into the NASA Mission Control Center.
1:05.0	I'm so excited for our guests today.
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