NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Animation of the space shuttle as it flies close overhead.

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Shots of astronauts floating around in the space station.

NARRATOR: Someday, when humans go into space to live, they’ll have a green garden with them, similar to the one in their back yards at home.

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Shots of the BPS hardware being prepared for launch at KSC.

And with the launch of the Biomass Production System on shuttle flight STS-110, that day will be a little bit closer.

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Charles Wade SB #3

Cut to plants, cut to floating astronauts.

Charles: Why grow plants in space…?

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Aerial shot of Ames. Scientists working on the BPS and looking at their leafy greenery.

NARRATOR: New hardware developed by scientists and engineers at NASA Ames Research Center in the heart of Silicon Valley, California, is the first essential step to understanding how plants will grow in space.

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Randy Berthold Soundbite #1

Shots of real ISS not animation.

Randy: the best way to describe the biomass production system…

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Randy Berthold Soundbite #2

Randy: important intermediate step to a permanent unit on the International Space Station.

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Shots of Gary and Robert in the lab admiring the greenery in the BPS module.

NARRATOR: NASA is using the Biomass Production System to test the technology that may lead to a permanent plant development unit on the International Space Station.

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Shots of the shuttle approaching the ISS>

Once in orbit, the Biomass Production System will be transferred from the space shuttle to the international space station.

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Shots of the BPS hardware.

For the next 90 days, the system will automatically perform a number of scientific investigations concerning plant growth in space.

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Charles Wade sound bite #1

Charles: BPS addresses 3 questions…

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Bob Morrow sound bite #2

Bob: Explains how they use plants as a tool to see how the hardware works.

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Dr. Stutti Soundbites 1,3,4

Gary: Explains the wheat experiments.

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Charles Wade Soundbite #2

Show sequence of seeds being planted into the BPS.

Charles: Summarizes the sequence of the experiments.

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Shots of astronauts doing experiments on the ISS.

NARRATOR: Although the Biomass Production System was designed to be self sufficient, the astronauts will still need to do some caretaking of the plants, just as they would at home.

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Randy soundbite #4

Shots of crew at work on the ISS

Randy:… the crew enjoys it…

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Shots of scientists in the lab at NASA Ames working with the hardware.

NARRATOR: After the Biomass Production System returns to Earth on a later shuttle mission, scientists will be able to analyze how the plants developed and grew in a microgravity environment.

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Engineers working on the BPS hardware.

And they’ll be able to evaluate how successful the flight hardware was for growing plants in space.

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Stutti: Sound bite #2

Shots of Stutti measuring plants in Ames lab

Stutti: sound bit #2

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Morrow: soundbite #4

Shots of the hardware.

Morrow: soundbite #4

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Shots of people on real space station.

NARRATOR: The results of the research done on the Biomass Production System, will bring us another step closer to developing a permanent, living garden on the International Space Station.

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Randy : Sound bite #3 and 4

End on shot of Randy’s face.

Randy: sound bite #3 and 4

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