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Date: 11 Apr 2014 18:00:00 -0400
Subject: MARKING UN SPACE DAY, ONLINE ASTRONAUT ENCOURAGES
EXPLORATION: 'ALWAYS CARRY DUCT TAPE'
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MARKING UN SPACE DAY, ONLINE ASTRONAUT ENCOURAGES EXPLORATION: 'ALWAYS
CARRY DUCT TAPE'New York, Apr 11 2014 6:00PMThe necessity for
international cooperation in space and the universal utility of duct
tape were among insights revealed when the United Nations sent a
former astronaut into cyberspace today to inspire young people to
explore new frontiers on the anniversary of the first human space
flight.

Takao Doi, an expert on space applications with the UN Office for
Outer Space Affairs (<"http://www.unoosa.org/">UNOOSA), who was an
astronaut prior to joining the world Organization, conducted a Twitter
chat to answer questions about his experiences ahead of the
International Day of Human Space Flight, celebrated on 12 April.

On that day in 1961, Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union became the first
human to go into space. Fifty years later, the UN General Assembly
declared the International Day to mark the new era that had dawned and
to encourage peaceful uses of outer space that would benefit all
people.

Mr. Doi flew in the space shuttles Columbia and Endeavour, in 1997 and
2008, respectively, undertaking a space walk in the first mission and
visiting the International Space Station in the second.

Answering questions in today's Twitter chat, he compared the
experience of walking in space to swimming in a scuba suit, and said
that the space station was much larger than people imagined - "as big
as a football field, lots of live and work space."

Asked if duct tape is ever used to temporarily repair equipment in
space, Mr. Doi wrote, "All the time! Duct tape is an astronaut's best
friend, carry it everywhere."

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He told a questioner from a developing country that everyone's
contributions are needed to make advances in outer space that would
benefit humankind: "No one country has all innovative ideas; need
international cooperation," he tweeted.

"The exploration of outer space is a truly global undertaking and I
hope that the International Day of Human Space Flight will inspire
young people, in particular, to strive towards new frontiers of
knowledge and understanding," the new Director of UNOOSA, Simonetta
Di Pippo said in her video
<"http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/specialevents/2014/index.html">message
for the International Day.


Also to celebrate the day, UNOOSA, which is based at UN headquarters
in Vienna, has launched its third edition of the online autograph
album "<"http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/mse/index.html">Messages from
Space Explorers for future generations," which features notes from
international astronauts in English, French and Russian.


The present edition contains 57 messages from astronauts of 20
countries, including from the first woman in space, the first Chinese
woman in space and the pilot of the Apollo16 Lunar Module, and is
available on the UNOOSA website. Apr 11 2014 6:00PM
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