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Mark Kelly on new children's book, Gabby Giffords' recovery

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Our next guest knows a little something about determination not only has he ventured far off into space as an American astronaut he's also the loving husband of congresswoman.

-- real difference.

Who is making.

A quote lightning speed recovery from her gunshot injury -- and now mark Kelly what's -- -- -- teach kids about determination he's our guest this morning he's got a brand new book out it's called.

-- -- -- -- Based on up partially true story good morning to mark good mornings -- -- candidate -- that you say based on a partially true story because in 2001 when you were taken off when your first space shuttle right.

You had -- hitch -- We had eighteen mice Clinton and seventeen of those mice seem to be somewhat not happy with the experience -- on the inside the cage.

But one -- -- into saying like.

Would fly back and forth and go it -- -- as food and seemed to enjoy the experience I've heard of snakes on a plane but my -- a shuttle what was that what were they therefore for experiments we fly live a long history of fine animals into space and I think there's some insects on the space station right now that are intended to be there.

So we you know reason for research.

So the little the little mouse who is flying around -- place.

In in your book you refer to him as meteor yes and at one point meteor that that mission is in -- because a key has fallen down.

-- to a precarious place where human hands can get that's right that's right so that -- comes to the rescue because he's small unease.

You know little bit of ingenuity on his part and -- figures he'd like -- help out the crew on board.

And in the end and here it is right here he does wind up targeting the key white as the space shuttle have keys but actually doesn't thought OK -- -- originally had a plan for like a fuel cell and electrical problem.

But you know this book is intended for little kids it is and it's something that they can relate to because you want to teach little kids -- Well it's important that they have interesting material that they can read we have a pretty big crisis in education in this country.

You know by a lot of standards we -- up up -- you know not even in the top fifty.

In certain in certain measures so it's great to have you know for kids to have material literature -- in in -- they tend to be interest in its face when I was.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- We'll see what happens -- -- -- it was planned it was planned ahead of time that we would be in this.

In this situation so hopefully in the next 45 years with companies like SpaceX for instance we can.

Get back find people in the states let's hope so.

How would your wife she's doing very well we just moved back to her hometown of Tucson Arizona so she's very excited about that in.

You know I think it's really helping with the recovery as well.

I was at the DNC in the arena the night that she came out and did the pledge of allegiance it was so wonderful to see her there yet she really enjoyed it you know I think the people in the audience got up a lot out of that.

But I think more than anybody else she got the most out of the and they choose it was really exciting for -- there it was fantastic wish her the best from all thank you very all right.

If you get kids who you want to motivate talk about space check out the brand new book.

It's called -- true or not available or -- Commander mark Kelly I think -- deserve it.

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