 And we're back again with two members from the social the social the NASA social for the Lattie launch We have Kim and Christian guys We're so close to launch I'm starting to get to that really uncontrollable stage, but I'll try to keep things under control Tell me how has the experience been starting with you Kim? How's the experience been being part of this NASA social? This has been amazing This is actually my second opportunity to be a part of NASA social I got to go to the last spatial launch so I was at STS-135 and I didn't think I was gonna get picked for that I certainly didn't think lightning was gonna strike twice. So this has been awesome I was standing there and I was thinking the mood is is so different It was such an emotional moment for STS-135, but it was kind of sad and it was a little bit of fit like an end And the coolest thing about being here now is over the last couple of days realizing that we're not ending anything That NASA is still doing amazing things and the future is still so bright And that's probably what I'm gonna walk away from all of this experience with is just being so optimistic about the space program I think that's a great point because one of the things that we've seen just working with the folks at Wallops and and Just all the interviews that we've done along the way have really Just been full of enthusiasm and people just excited to get back to the moon and do science and to answer some of these mysteries So I couldn't agree more and I'm hopefully we're gonna be part of that history here in under 20 minutes or so Christian, how about you? Well, how has this experience been for you? Oh, it's just been absolutely wonderful Blair I you know, I threw my hat in the ring when the call came out to Participate in NASA social. I couldn't believe I got selected here. I am I've met some wonderful people such as Kimberly right here and some of the folks we had on just a few moments ago and Being a part of this, you know, just realizing that we're we're we're going back to the moon Yeah, there it is in the distance. It's crazy miles away. We're going back to the moon tonight Yeah, and you know as dr. Grumfeld said and just can't put it any more politically than he did We're continuing our exploration of the universe I know a lot of people think the universe means the deep space but the universe is right here as well and We're going to be exploring a part of it that we really never even thought about doing Just a few short years ago and now we're about to take that step back to the moon tonight And what an exciting opportunity is to be a part of what a privilege is to be a part of it But the the greatest impression that I'm getting is the thousands hundreds of thousands of man-hours I've gone into this and it's all culminating tonight and the enthusiasm is just contagious It's so true wonderful and I think that's a great point because I think one of the things that we're also seeing is What you know, we're kind of learning more about science someone like me all of a sudden is thinking about The fact that the moon doesn't have a standard atmosphere It's an exosphere and that we don't understand how dust moves on the moon and how that might help us understand other bodies in the Universe and you're just sitting there going. I mean, I'm an English major I'm what am I doing? I should be reading a novel which is good by the way I know that's a great practice, but but also learning about our universe. It's very exciting It's a wonderful universe to learn about and I was lucky enough to have studied astronomy As an undergraduate and I was very fortunate to work with the Hubble Space Telescope for a number of years So seeing Dr. Gunsfeld who fixed our telescope three times is a real privilege and and you're right It's it's just an opportunity to continue to explore this this amazing universe And the best part about it all the work that went into it is that this is all of humanity working at this This is humanity at its best. Yeah, I really believe that that's awesome And certainly some great scientists and engineers and operators and all the support staff All this is culminating tonight and this incredible event which we're going to witness but I tell you what let's take a quick break We're going to bring on lunar scientist Lou Mayo who's going to talk some more about the science We'll go take a break real quick come back with him And we're going to let these social media folks go back to Twittering all the way up all the way up to the final moments Where I'm sure you'll put your phones down and just soak in the moment of the Lattie launch We'll take a break at that point for that and get right back to tweeting awesome We'll be back shortly