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FILENAME:	3382_1426_1424
TOPIC#:		368
DATE:		911111
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REMARKS:        Background noise on Speaker A

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sd          A.1 utt1:  {F Uh, } I guess, {F uh, } I've always been kind of interested [ in, + in, ] space and  stuff.  /
sd          A.1 utt2:  I've,   

b          B.2 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.3 utt1:  read a lot of [ the, +   

b          B.4 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.5 utt1:  the, ] {F uh, } astronomy books [ and, +   

b          B.6 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.7 utt1:  and ] stuff like that.  {F Uh, } /  

b          B.8 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
qy          B.8 utt2:  Have you been following [ the, + {F uh, } the ]  progress of the  ((   ))  space (( health code )) ? /  

na          A.9 utt1:  {F Uh, } to a degree.  /
sd          A.9 utt2:  I haven't kept up as, {F uh, } much as I would like, /  

b          B.10 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.11 utt1:  I've just been so busy, {F uh, } /  

b          B.12 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          A.13 utt1:  I barely get a chance to read a newspaper now and then,  /
%          A.13 utt2: {C so. } -/  

b          B.14 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          B.14 utt2: I think it's pretty exciting that they can, {F uh, } - /
sv          B.14 utt3:  it would be interesting to see if they can find, {F uh, } other planets [ that are, +  that will be ] more habitable to, {F uh, } {D you know, } {F uh, } humans  /
%          B.14 utt4: {C and, }  {F uh, } yeah,  /
sd          B.14 utt5: I think I would be very interested in space travel in the future [ [ if, + {F uh, } if it, ] + {D you know, } if it ] is at all possible. /  

b          A.15 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          A.15 utt2:  {D Well, } I wouldn't even mind, {F uh, } being a pilot on one, /  

x          B.16 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

%          A.17 utt1:  {C or } right now - /
sv          A.17 utt2: {C but } I'm probably getting a little too old for that. /  

sv          B.18 utt1:  <Laughter> {D Well, } I know if they make the advances that they have been making, that, {F uh, } maybe [ age will no longer, + age ] or even physical, {F uh, } abilities may not be, {F uh, } a barrier anymore. /  

aa          A.19 utt1:  Right.  /
aa          A.19 utt2:  Yeah.  /
sv          A.19 utt3: {D Well, } [ they, +  they ]  just made leaps and jumps.  /
sv          A.19 utt4:  I think a lot of [ our, + our ] technology we have [ is, + is ]  quite a bit due to lot of the space travel, {F uh, } {F uh, } equipment and stuff that, -/  

aa          B.20 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.20 utt2: I agree.  {F Uh, }  /
sd          B.20 utt3:  as a matter of fact we're the ones that I have been to Houston [ [ to, + to, ] + {D you know, } to ] visit the, {F uh, } space center out there,  /
sd          B.20 utt4: {C and, }  {F uh, } one of the big advances that we use every day now is Velcro -- /  

b          A.21 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sd          B.22 utt1:  -- {C and, }  {F uh, } that  (( vacuum )) , {F uh, } little space program was one of the big, {D you know, } backers of that. /  

b          A.23 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.24 utt1:  It's amazing, {D you know, }  /
%          B.24 utt2:  you, - /
sv          B.24 utt3: it's  hard to imagine what life was like  without it now. /  

b          A.25 utt1:  Yeah. /  

x          B.26 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

qy^d          A.27 utt1:  I don't know if you ever watch  (( Gallagher )) , {D you know, }  /
sd          A.27 utt2: he's one of the comedians  /
sd          A.27 utt3: [ {C and } -- +   

ny          B.28 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
ny          B.28 utt2: yeah,  /
sd^e          B.28 utt3: I've [ h-, + seen ] him before. /  

+          A.29 utt1:  -- {C and, } ] {D you know, } [ he, + he ] talks a lot [ on, + on ] Velcro. /  

x          B.30 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

qh          A.31 utt1: [  Wh-, + [ i-, + ] what ] would we do without it?  <laughter>. /  

b          B.32 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sd          B.32 utt2: [ Yo-, + we ]  were talking about that just the other day.  /
qh          B.32 utt3: What did we do without it back then? /  

b          A.33 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.34 utt1:  I guess there was a lot of buttons and a lot of zippers and snaps. /  

b          A.35 utt1:  <Laughter>  Yeah. /  

x          B.36 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

b          A.37 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          A.37 utt2: [ there's, + there's ]  [ a lot of, + a lot of ] little things that have come (( up )) .  /
%          A.37 utt3: I know maybe some of the big things that, {F uh, } {F uh, } - /
sd          A.37 utt4: concentrated foods for one maybe <laughter>  /
h          A.37 utt5: [ I don-, +   

aa          B.38 utt1:  <Laughter> That's right.  /
aa^r          B.38 utt2: That's right. /  

+          A.39 utt1:  {F Uh, } I don't ] know  /
qh          A.39 utt2: it's also just [ I've, + I've ]  often pictured, {F uh, } in my mind, {D you know, } [ what it would be like to just, + what would you find if you just ] [ kept on going, + kept on going? ] /  

aa          B.40 utt1:  Uh-huh.  /
aa          B.40 utt2: That's true. /  

sv         A.41 utt1:  {F Uh, } I guess our minds are so,  {F uh, } {F uh, } {A what is it? }  {F Uh, } finite -- /  

b          B.42 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.43 utt1:  -- when we try and picture the universe as an infinite object,    

b          B.44 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          A.45 utt1:  {C and } it's hard [ to, + to ] see, {D you know. } /  

b          B.46 utt1: Yeah. /  

sd(^q)          A.47 utt1:  I always thought {D well, } what do you do hit a brick wall, eventually. /  

x          B.48 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

sv          A.49 utt1:  It's hard to consider that something could go on indefinitely. /  

aa          B.50 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.50 utt2: [ [ that, + that  is, ] + {F uh, } that is ]  something that would be hard to think about.  /
aa          B.50 utt3:  I agree.  /
aa          B.50 utt4: You know like you say we're used to finite things  /
sv          B.50 utt5: {C and } something that is infinite and just incomprehensible. -/  

aa          A.51 utt1:  Yeah.  /
%          A.51 utt2: {C But, } -/  

b          B.52 utt1:  {C But, }  {F uh, } yeah,  /
sd          B.52 utt2: I would like to see them, {F uh, } do more in that area to make space travel more, {F uh, }  something that the ordinary person can, {F uh, } [ en-, + enjoy. ] /  

aa         A.53 utt1:  Yeah.  /
sv          A.53 utt2:  [ I know it's + I think it's ] in people's nature to be the first to do something. /  

b          B.54 utt1:   (( Uh-huh. )) /  

sd          A.55 utt1:  {C And } [ I, + I'd ] love to be the first one to step on a planet or some like, {D you know, } -/  

b          B.56 utt1:  Yeah.  /
b^r          B.56 utt2:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.56 utt3: me too.  /
sd          B.56 utt4:   I wouldn't even mind being <laughter> not so much being first but just, {F uh, } get out there [ and, +  and ] just explore. /  

b          A.57 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          B.58 utt1:  I think, {F uh, } it's in everyone's nature to some degree to want to get out and explore something they haven't,    

b          A.59 utt1:  {F Huh. } /  

+          B.60 utt1:  or experience something, {D you know, } indifferent. /  

sv          A.61 utt1:  I think that's what made us, {F uh, } progress to the state we are is our curiosity. /  

aa          B.62 utt1:  {F Oh, } sure.  /
aa^r          B.62 utt2:  Sure.  /
aa          B.62 utt3: Of course.  /
aa          B.62 utt4:  That's true. /  

sv          A.63 utt1:  There must be some [ better so-, + better ] way of doing this.  /
sv          A.63 utt2:  A better place to be or whatever, {D you know }  /
%          A.63 utt3: it's, -/  

b          B.64 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.65 utt1:  {C So } [ you, + you ] are always looking for something better. /  

aa          B.66 utt1:  Yeah,  /
aa          B.66 utt2: that's true. /  

sd          A.67 utt1:  I know at work, {F uh, } people always complain to me  /
sd         A.67 utt2: [ I, + {D well, } you ] are always whining  /
sd          A.67 utt3: {C and, }     

x          B.68 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          A.69 utt1:  it's, I'm always looking for something better.  {F Uh, } /  

b          B.70 utt1:  Yeah <laughter>. /  

sv          A.71 utt1:  There's a better way of doing it than what we are doing it. /  

aa          B.72 utt1:  That's right.  /
aa^r          B.72 utt2: That's right.   /
sv          B.72 utt3: {C And } if you are just content with being, {D you know, } with the way things are then, {D you know, } then you must [ lead, + lead ] a pretty dull life. /  

b         A.73 utt1:  Yeah. /  

%         B.74 utt1:  <Laughter>  Because if yo-, -/  

sv          A.75 utt1:  {D Well, } they are always finding easier ways  /
sv          A.75 utt2: {C and, } {D you know, } just because they don't talk about it or something like that. -/  

b          B.76 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          A.77 utt1:  {C And } they are doing it [ un-, + {D you know, } unconsciously. ] /  

aa          B.78 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.78 utt2: I guess, {F uh, } you don't really think about it too much.  /
sv          B.78 utt3:   I guess you are always finding newer ways and better ways of doing stuff  /
%          B.78 utt4:  {C but }  yo-, - /
sv          B.78 utt5: [ it, + it's ] [ in + ] a subconscious, {D you know, } thing.  /
sv          B.78 utt6: {D You know, } somewhere they can sit down and  write down what, {D you know, } things that you've improved upon,  /
sv          B.78 utt7: you probably wouldn't have a pretty good list. /  

b          A.79 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

sv          B.80 utt1:  {C But } you just don't think about them. /  

b          A.81 utt1:  Right. /  

aa          B.82 utt1:  <Lipsmack> {C And } that's true.  /
%          B.82 utt2:  I think, {F uh, } {D you know, } - /
sd          B.82 utt3: we've gotten different programs at work, {D you know, } [ to, + to, ] {F uh, } make it visible to management that we are doing things better, / 
