1204 - Framing and Wiring for the Future September 24-30, 2001 | March 25-31, 2002 HI. I'M BOB VILA.
WELCOME HOME AGAIN
TO OUR VERMONT FARMHOUSE PROJECT
HERE IN THE QUECHEE AREA.
TODAY, AS YOU CAN SEE,
WE'RE PUTTING THE FINISHING
TOUCHES ON OUR ROOFING SYSTEM.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE
TAKING YOU DOWN TO NASA
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS,
WHERE WE'LL GET AN IDEA
OF THE ULTIMATE CONNECTED HOME:
A MOCK-UP OF THE SPACE STATION.
AND RIGHT HERE, WE'LL BE
INSTALLING SOME OF THE
STRUCTURED WIRING
TO MAKE THIS
A CONNECTED HOME.
STICK AROUND. IT'S GOOD
TO HAVE YOU HOME AGAIN.
CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY
SEARS
AS FORECAST,
THE RAINS ARE ARRIVING,
AND SO WE'VE THROWN UP
A BIG GREEN TARP
OVER THE PORTIONS OF THE ROOF
ON THE MAIN HOUSE
THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
SHEATHED IN OSB.
WE DON'T WANT IT
TO GET SOAKED.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DEALING
WITH THE SHED ROOF PORTION
OVER THE KITCHEN
AND FAMILY ROOM.
AND THIS IS ESSENTIALLY--I THINK
IT'S A FOUR-PITCHED ROOF.
IT'S A SHED ROOF THAT
AT THE CORNER ENDS IN A HIP.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT
COMPLICATED.
NOW LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT HOW WE CUT IT.
ONCE THE SHED ROOF
GETS TO THE HIP PORTION,
YOU GOT A HIP RAFTER
THAT DETERMINES ALL THE LENGTHS
OF THE DIFFERENT
FINAL RAFTERS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT
OUR LEAD FRAMING CARPENTER,
DAN ENRIGHT,
IS DOING RIGHT HERE.
Enright: MAKE IT
3/4, PLEASE.
Vila: DAN, HOW DO YOU
DETERMINE THE ANGLE
THAT YOU HAVE TO
MAKE THE CUT AT
SO THAT IT IS
PITCHED AT A FOUR?
WELL, WHAT WE HAVE HERE
IS A WRAPAROUND PORCH
WITH A FOUR-TWELVE
PITCH ON IT.
RIGHT.
COMES INTO THE HIP,
THAT WRAPS AROUND
THE CORNER.
RIGHT.
BUT WE KNOW THAT THE
TOP CUT IS FOUR-TWELVE
ON A 45-DEGREE
TO TIE INTO THE HIP.
RIGHT, AND SO
YOU USE YOUR SQUARE--
WOOD SQUARE. IT'S
ALL LAID OUT RIGHT HERE
ON THE SPEED SQUARES.
THIS IS YOUR FOUR-TWELVE
TOP CUT.
FOUR-TWELVE RIGHT THERE.
IT'S ALREADY ALL PREDETERMINED.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE OLD
FRAMING SQUARES.
EXACTLY. SO, YOU
JUST USE THAT
LIKE THAT--
JUST LIKE THAT.
AND MAKE THE MARK.
FOUR-TWELVE TOP CUT.
WE KNOW THAT'S OUR LONG
OF OUR 45-DEGREE
THAT IS TYING
INTO THE HIP ROOF
AT A 45-DEGREE ANGLE.
THEN EACH ONE IS A
SEPARATE LENGTH, BECAUSE
THEY'RE PROGRESSING.
AS IT PROGRESSES
DOWN THE HIP.
OK.
[BUZZING]
ALL RIGHT, DOWN AT
THE OTHER END,
WE'VE GOT TO
MAKE A CUT.
IT'S CALLED
A BIRD'S MOUTH.
IT BASICALLY IS
WHERE IT SITS ON
THE OUTSIDE WALL.
AND, DAN, HOW DO YOU
GO ABOUT FIGURING
THAT ONE?
WELL, WHAT WE DO IS
WE HAVE A MEASUREMENT
FROM A LONG POINT
OF WHERE IT'S GOING TO
HIT THE HIP
TO THE INSIDE OF THE WALL,
WHICH WOULD BE THIS POINT
RIGHT HERE.
YEAH.
WHICH IS THE LEVEL CUT
OF A FOUR AND TWELVE...
LIKE SO.
SO, HERE WE HAVE
A FOUR AND TWELVE.
OK, WE HAVE
A FOUR AND TWELVE.
AND WE KNOW THAT
WE WANT 6 INCHES
OF SEAT CUT.
THAT'S THE WIDTH OF THE WALL
WITH THE PLYWOOD.
RIGHT.
6 INCHES THERE,
SQUARED DOWN OFF OF THAT.
RIGHT.
SO THAT GIVES US OUR
BIRD'S MOUTH RIGHT THERE,
WHICH WE'VE MADE
A PATTERN HERE,
'CAUSE WE HAVE
A NUMBER OF RAFTERS
TO CUT.
THIS IS A PATTERN THAT
WE USED ALL ALONG THERE,
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE
A SQUARE EVERY TIME.
YOU JUST SET
YOUR PATTERN DOWN.
EXACTLY.
AND THIS IS WHERE
THE OUTSIDE WALL
MEETS THE RAFTER.
GREAT.
Vila: NOW, WHEN YOU'RE
FRAMING A HIP,
YOU HAVE TO VERY OFTEN
MAKE SURE
THAT YOU'RE NOT BOWING
OUT THE HIP RAFTER
BY PUTTING TOO MANY
OF THE RAFTERS
UP AGAINST IT.
AND SO HERE
WE'RE COUNTERING
THE FIRST ONE...
ON ONE SIDE
WITH THE FIRST ONE
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
[HAMMERING]
NOW YOU CAN SEE HOW
THE ANGLE CUT ON THE RAFTER
FITS AGAINST THE HIP,
AND THE BIRD'S MOUTH CUT
RESTS ON THE SILL PLATE.
Man: YEAH.
OK, AND THAT'S THE LAST
OF THE RAFTERS.
WE'LL HAVE TO PUT
SOME OSB SHEETING ON IT.
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, WE'LL
HAVE A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS.
WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'LL TALK
ABOUT STRUCTURED WIRING
AND THE CONNECTED HOME.
STICK AROUND.
WELL, WE'VE COMPLETED
THE ROUGH-IN FOR THE STAIRCASE
LEADING DOWN
INTO THE BASEMENT.
AND BEHIND ME,
THROUGH THE PARTITIONS HERE,
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT
THE CONCRETE PRE-CAST STAIRS
THAT COME IN
THROUGH THE BULKHEAD.
NOW, THAT ROOM OVER THERE
IS THE MECHANICAL AREA,
BUT THE REST OF THE BASEMENT
IS REALLY UNFINISHED SPACE.
AND, BOY, WOULDN'T
THIS BE GREAT HOBBY SPACE
AND STORAGE SPACE,
MAYBE EVEN
A WINE CELLAR IN HERE.
WELL, LET'S SAY HI
TO TIM WOODS FROM THE
INTERNET HOME ALLIANCE.
HI, BOB.
HOW ARE YOU, TIM?
GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
GREAT.
HEY, TIM,
WHAT IS THE INTERNET
HOME ALLIANCE?
WELL, THE INTERNET
HOME ALLIANCE
IS A STRONG ASSOCIATION
OF COMPANIES.
I'M FROM SUNBERG FERRAR.
THE FOUNDING MEMBERS ARE
CISCO, SEARS, PANASONIC,
INVENSYS,
GENERAL MOTORS,
AND HOME DIRECTOR.
ALL OF THEM GOT TOGETHER
AND COMMITTED TO
BRINGING
"THE INTERNET LIFESTYLE"
TO THE CONSUMER.
OK, AND SO IN THIS HOUSE
HERE IN QUECHEE, VERMONT--
YES.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY
TO MAKE THE INTERNET
LIFESTYLE AVAILABLE
TO WHOEVER ENDS UP
BUYING THIS HOUSE.
WE'RE GOING TO
BRING IT TO LIFE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND HOW IS THAT
GOING TO WORK?
WELL, ONE OF THE
THINGS WE'RE
STARTING OFF WITH
IS STRUCTURED
WIRING.
THIS IS KIND OF--
BUT THERE'S A SATELLITE
DISH INVOLVED, RIGHT?
YES.
BECAUSE WE'RE
IN OUTER SPACE
HERE IN VERMONT.
THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
ONE OF THE UNIQUE
THINGS ABOUT
THE QUECHEE SITE
VERSUS ANY OTHER SITE
IS THAT THIS SITE,
YOU CAN'T GET DSL,
YOU CAN'T GET
BROADBAND SERVICES.
YOU CAN'T GET THOSE
KIND OF HIGH DATA
RATE TRANSMISSIONS.
SO WE HAD TO GO WITH
2-WAY SATELLITE
COMMUNICATIONS
FROM
HUGHES CORPORATION.
IT'S CALLED DIRECT DUO,
AND IT ALLOWS THAT
TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION
VIA THE SATELLITE.
BUT THEN THE
CABLING ITSELF IS...
WHAT HAVE I GOT HERE?
WELL, THAT'S
A TWO PLUS TWO.
IT'S BASICALLY
CAT 5, AND IT'S RJ.
AND PEOPLE WOULD
KIND OF LOOK AT THAT
AS ETHERNET AND CABLE.
PEOPLE ARE PRETTY
FAMILIAR WITH THOSE
TWO THINGS.
AND THIS IS WHAT
IT ENDS UP COMING OUT
LOOKING LIKE.
YOU'VE GOT YOUR
CABLE SYSTEM RIGHT HERE.
WE'VE ALL SEEN THAT,
YEAH.
TWO CABLE PAIRS,
RIGHT,
AND THEN
YOU'VE GOT YOUR
ETHERNET CABLES.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING
IS WE'VE PULLED ALL
THOSE LINES DOWN
FROM THE DIFFERENT
ROOMS IN THE HOUSE.
YOU SEE THEM
LABELED.
WE'VE GOT "GUEST ROOM,"
"DINING ROOM,"
"KITCHEN."
SO EVERY ROOM
IN THE HOUSE WILL
HAVE CAPABILITIES.
PRETTY MUCH.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY ROOM.
AND WHEN IT COMES
OUT FOR THE CONSUMER,
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
AND WHAT CONSUMERS ARE
REALLY USED TO IS SEEING
THIS IN THEIR HOMES.
RIGHT. UH-HUH.
NOW, WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT IS
ADDING THIS DIMENSION,
WHERE YOU HAVE
THE ABILITY AND
THE FLEXIBILITY
TO PUT COMPUTERS AND
AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT
AND ALL THOSE WONDERFUL
THINGS THAT ARE COMING
WITH INTERNET LIFE STYLE
INTO EVERY SINGLE ROOM.
OK, AND THERE'S
TWO CABLE CONNECTIONS?
YOU'VE GOT TWO
CABLE CONNECTIONS.
WE HAVE TWO CAT 5
CONNECTIONS IN HERE.
AND THIS ALLOWS US
TO DO THINGS LIKE
STREAMING VIDEO.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
HIGH-DEFINITION TV.
ALL OF THESE TYPES
OF THINGS ARE ALLOWABLE
BECAUSE WE HAVE
THIS UNIVERSAL PORT
IN THE HOUSE.
NOW, SOMEBODY
MADE A BIG DEAL
ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO
LET YOU GUYS INSTALL THIS
UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTRICAL
WAS ALREADY IN.
WHY IS THAT?
WELL, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S INTERFERENCE
CAUSED
BETWEEN THE ELECTRICAL
SYSTEM--STANDARD
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM--
AND STRUCTURED WIRING.
THERE'S A KIND OF A HUM
THAT'S CREATED BY YOUR
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,
AND YOU NEED TO BE
A CERTAIN DISTANCE
APART.
SO YOU DON'T WANT TO
CROSS THE WIRES OR KEEP
THEM TOO CLOSE TOGETHER.
NO, NO, NOT AT ALL.
THAT WOULD NOT
BE GOOD.
AVOID THE BUZZES.
NOW, THERE'S A PLAN
UP ON THE WALL HERE
THAT EXPLAINS WHAT'S
GOING ON IN ALL THE
DIFFERENT ROOMS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
WHAT ARE ALL THE RED BOXES?
WELL, ALL THE RED BOXES
ARE SECURITY.
WE'VE GOT AN ADT
SECURITY SYSTEM
COMING IN HERE.
WE'VE GOT AUDIO-VISUAL.
YOU SEE UP HERE
IN THE MASTER BEDROOM.
AND IN THE GREAT ROOM,
WE'VE GOT OUR AV SYSTEM.
THAT'S GONNA SUPPORT
OUR PANASONIC.
SO WE CAN CONTROL
FROM A CENTRAL LOCATION--
LET'S SAY WE HAD
A 300-CD PLAYER--
WE CAN CONTROL IN EVERY ROOM
WHAT WE WANT TO LISTEN TO.
RIGHT.
WHETHER WE WANT IT
LOUD OR LOW--
ABSOLUTELY.
YOU'VE GOT--
TREBLE OR WHATEVER.
A FLEXIBILITY. YOU CAN
DO YOUR DIFFERENT
MUSIC IN EVERY ROOM
IF YOU WANT TO.
YOU HAVE THESE
GREAT CONTROL PANELS
THAT ARE GONNA BE
ON THE WALL.
BUT WHAT'S EVEN BETTER
IS WE'VE GOT THIS QUBIT
WEB TABLET.
IT'S WIRELESS. YOU'LL BE
ABLE TO CARRY IT AROUND
THE HOUSE WITH YOU.
AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO
CONTROL AUDIO-VISUALS,
SECURITY,
ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
FABULOUS.
CAN YOU SHOP WITH IT?
HA! YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU PROBABLY WILL!
THANKS A LOT, TIM.
THANK YOU, BOB.
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT, WE'LL SEE THE ULTIMATE
CONNECTED HOME:
A MOCK-UP OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
NEXT TIME ON BOB VILA'S
HOME AGAIN,
WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE ROOFING
SYSTEM FOR OUR VERMONT
FARM-STYLE HOUSE.
WE'LL BE CUTTING RAFTERS
FOR THE HIP ROOF
AND RAISING THE TRUSS SYSTEM
FOR THE GARAGE.
WE'LL BE INSTALLING
SOME OF THE STRUCTURED WIRING
AND OTHER EQUIPMENT
TO MAKE THIS A CONNECTED HOME.
ALSO, WE'LL VISIT
THE ULTIMATE CONNECTED HOME:
A MOCK-UP OF THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION IN HOUSTON, TEXAS.
SO DON'T MISS IT.
THAT'S NEXT TIME ON
HOME AGAIN.
NEXT TIME ON
BOB VILA'S HOME AGAIN,
IT'S ROOFING,
STRUCTURED WIRING,
AND A MOCK-UP
OF THE SPACE STATION,
THE ULTIMATE CONNECTED HOME.
DON'T MISS IT.
ANOTHER SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION
BLASTS OFF,
TAKING ITS CREW OF ASTRONAUTS TO
A VERY UNIQUE CONSTRUCTION SITE:
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
THE SPACE STATION,
UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
FUNCTIONS AS A WORKING
LABORATORY AND A RESIDENCE
FOR THE ASTRONAUTS.
IT'S THE ULTIMATE
CONNECTED HOME.
WE VISITED A MOCK-UP
OF THE SPACE STATION
AT THE NASA TRAINING CENTER
IN HOUSTON, TEXAS,
TO FIND OUT MORE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE OUTSIDE OF THE
MOCK-UP NOW,
AND WITH ME
IS MIKE HAWES,
WHO IS THE DIRECTOR
OF THE NASA SPACE
STATION PROGRAM.
MIKE, LET'S TALK
A MINUTE ABOUT HOW THIS
IS ALL CONNECTED,
BECAUSE THIS IS ALL
VERY SMART STUFF.
YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT THE ULTIMATE
SMART HOUSE, BOB.
YOU HAVE TO PREPLAN
EVERYTHING YOU'RE GONNA DO.
YOU HAVE TO ROUTE ALL
OF YOUR ELECTRICAL POWER.
YOUR COMMUNICATIONS,
FLUID LINES,
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING,
ALL HAVE TO BE ROUTED
AND PREPLANNED.
WE'RE LOOKING AT
THE OUTSIDE OF THE HATCH
TO ONE OF THE SPACE
STATION ELEMENTS.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
ALL AROUND THIS HATCH
THAT WE'VE ALREADY
PLUMBED AND SET IN
ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF CONNECTORS
THAT WE'RE GONNA USE
TO ESTABLISH YOUR POWER
AND YOUR DATA CONNECTIONS
FOR THE SPACE STATION.
AND IT'S ALL REPORTING TO
A BRAIN SOMEPLACE, RIGHT?
IT'S ALL REPORTING TO
A LOT OF BRAINS.
THERE ARE COMPUTERS ALL
OVER THE SPACE STATION
THAT CONNECT TO
DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE SPACE STATION,
COLLECT THE INFORMATION,
AND THEN THEY INTEGRATE
THAT ALL
SO IT'S SENT
TO THE GROUND.
SO THAT IT CAN TELL
A LAPTOP OR A SMALL
PORTABLE COMPUTER
IF THERE'S A PROBLEM
SOMEPLACE, ANYWHERE--
ABSOLUTELY.
ON THE CRAFT?
ABSOLUTELY. IT REPORTS
IN TO THE CENTRAL
COMPUTERS,
AND THE CREW ACTUALLY
USES LAPTOPS TO ACCESS
ALL THAT INFORMATION
TO KNOW WHAT
THE PROBLEM IS,
SAME TIME THE
GROUND TEAM IS LOOKING
AT THE SAME DATA
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S GOING ON AS WELL.
Vila: NOW LET'S GO INSIDE
ONE OF THE SPACE STATION MODULES
AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE
TO LIVE AND WORK
IN OUTER SPACE.
ASTRONAUT JEFF WISOFF
RECENTLY WAS ON THE
100th SPACE SHUTTLE FLIGHT
UP TO THE
SPACE STATION, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
AND HERE WE ARE
IN A MOCK-UP OF
THE FIRST PART OF IT
THAT WENT UP THERE...
THE RUSSIAN PART?
THIS IS THE U.S.
MODULE--
THIS MODULE PART?
YEAH, THE NOSE.
IT'S ALSO
CALLED "UNITY."
"UNITY," OK.
AND "UNITY" WILL HAVE
AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER
OF MODULES ATTACHED TO IT.
I KNOW THAT'S
COMING DOWN THE LINE.
RECENTLY, A WHOLE SERIES
OF PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAYS
WAS PLACED ON THE STATION.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WE PUT THE PEDESTAL,
ON WHICH THE SOLAR RAYS
WENT ON TOP OF THEM,
AND THE CREW AFTER US
PUT THE SOLAR RAYS ON.
AND THEY WOULD
ACTUALLY BE ATTACHED
TO THE ATTACH POINT
THAT'S ABOVE OUR HEADS.
EACH OF THESE DOORS
HIDES AN ATTACH POINT
WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT
A FUTURE MODULE.
THIS IS
A HIGH-FIDELITY MOCK-UP.
THAT MEANS THAT IT IS
VERY, VERY TRUE
TO THE ACTUAL THING
IN OUTER SPACE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
EXCEPT FOR ONE KEY...
THERE'S WEIGHT HERE.
THAT'S RIGHT.
OUT THERE,
YOU'VE GOT WEIGHTLESSNESS.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE WALKING ON
PLEXIGLAS HERE.
BUT IN FACT, OUT THERE,
YOU'D BE FLOATING AROUND
IN THIS SPACE.
AND IT'S SO SYMMETRICAL,
'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE
THERE'S A HATCH THERE--
ONE ABOVE ME, AND ONE
TO EITHER SIDE OF ME,
ONE THAT WE CAME IN,
ONE BEHIND.
SO THIS IS REALLY
THE GEOMETRY OF HOW THIS
WILL BE ALL ASSEMBLED.
THAT'S RIGHT.
AND IT'S VERY
DECEIVING HERE,
WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU HAVE A FLOOR AND
A CEILING IN SPACE.
WHEN YOU'RE FLOATING
IN HERE, BECAUSE IT'S
VERY SYMMETRIC,
YOU CAN ORIENT
YOURSELF IN ANY POSITION
AND FEEL LIKE
THAT'S THE FLOOR.
WE HAVE FOOT RESTRAINTS
THAT ARE ATTACHED IN
VARIOUS LOCATIONS HERE
THAT ALLOW YOU TO
PUT YOUR FEET IN
AND ACTUALLY DO WORK
FROM THOSE
FOOT RESTRAINTS.
SO YOU GET YOUR FEET
IN THERE, AND YOU'D
BE UPSIDE-DOWN.
SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S
THE FUN OF IT.
THAT'S PART OF
THE FUN OF IT.
THAT'S A REALLY
INTERESTING FEELING.
YEAH. NOW, WHEN YOU'RE
GOING INTO OUTER SPACE,
DO YOU GO THROUGH
ONE OF THESE HATCHES
AS WELL?
WELL, FOR THE
NEAR-TERM FLIGHTS,
WE'VE BEEN USING
THE AIRLOCK THAT'S
IN THE SHUTTLE.
THAT'S HOW YOU
GET OUTSIDE.
IS THAT THIS?
IN THE FUTURE,
WE'RE GONNA ATTACH
THIS MODULE
TO THE
SPACE STATION,
AND THIS IS CALLED
THE AIRLOCK.
WHEN YOU COME
INSIDE HERE,
YOU'LL SEE
IT'S A PRETTY
SPACIOUS AREA,
WHERE YOU CAN GET
YOUR SPACESUIT ON.
AND ONCE YOU'RE
DRESSED IN YOUR
SPACESUIT,
YOU ATTACH AN
UMBILICAL TO IT
WHICH SUPPLIES YOU
WITH OXYGEN AND
WATER AND COOLING
WHILE YOU'RE GETTING
READY TO GO OUTSIDE.
THIS HATCH CLOSES
AND ALLOWS YOU
TO DECOMPRESS
THIS VOLUME
AND THEN GO OUTSIDE
USING THE FAR HATCH
OPENING.
SO THAT EVERYTHING
IS REALLY INTERCONNECTED.
THAT'S CORRECT.
AND ANYTHING THAT'S
GOING ON IN HERE
IS GONNA BE RECORDED
SOMEPLACE ELSE, RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
HOW ABOUT
THE COLOR SCHEMES?
I NOTICE THERE'S
A VERY INTERESTING BLUE
AND A VERY INTERESTING GREEN
ON THE SIDES HERE.
WE'VE TRIED TO GIVE
EACH MODULE ITS OWN LOOK
SO THAT YOU ALWAYS
KNOW WHERE YOU ARE.
IF YOU HAD SOME REASON
LIKE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT
OR THE MODULES WERE
FILLED WITH SMOKE
AND YOU HAD TO TRY TO
FIND YOUR WAY TO THE
CREW ESCAPE VEHICLE,
WE'D LIKE YOU TO
ALWAYS KNOW WHAT
MODULE YOU'RE IN.
AND SO, THE COLOR
SCHEMES HELP US
WITH THAT.
SURE. MAKES SENSE.
NOW THE NEXT KIND OF MODULE
THAT'S BEING TAKEN UP THERE
WILL BE YOUR
SCIENCE LAB, RIGHT?
THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S COMING UP IN
THE FIRST OF NEXT YEAR.
AND WHAT'S
THIS ONE CALLED?
THIS IS CALLED
"DESTINY."
IT'S THE U.S. LABORATORY
WHERE MUCH OF THE
SCIENCE WILL TAKE PLACE.
AND SO, THIS, AGAIN,
IS A MOCK-UP WHERE
THEY TRY TO HAVE
HIGH-FIDELITY IN TERMS
OF WHAT WILL ACTUALLY
BE IN OUTER SPACE.
THAT'S CORRECT.
AND WHAT--FOR EXAMPLE,
WHAT WOULD BE HAPPENING
HERE?
WELL, THIS IS ONE
OF THE EXPERIMENT RACKS,
AND THIS PARTICULAR RACK
WAS DESIGNED
TO GIVE COMPANIES
A CHANCE TO FLY
SMALL PAYLOADS
IN RAPID SUCCESSION.
WHAT WE DO IS,
WE PUT EXPERIMENTS
IN SMALL BOXES LIKE THIS
AND WE CAN SUPPLY
FROM THE CONNECTIONS
UP HERE--
YOU CAN SEE "LOCKER 1,
LOCKER 2, LOCKER 3"--
WE CAN SUPPLY THEM
POWER AND DATA
IN WATER COOLINGS
SO THAT THEY CAN
RUN THEIR EXPERIMENT.
THE BOX CAN THEN
BE TAKEN OUT,
BROUGHT BACK HOME,
AND A NEW BOX
CAN BE PUT IN.
AND THAT ALLOWS US
TO TURN OVER
EXPERIMENTS RAPIDLY
AND HELP ADDRESS
PARTICULARLY SMALL
STARTUP COMPANIES
AND THINGS OF THAT SORT
THAT WANT TO FLY THEIR
EXPERIMENTS
AND GET THE RESULTS MORE
QUICKLY BACK TO THE GROUND.
THIS IS CALLED
AN EXPRESS RACK
FOR THAT REASON.
SURE. SO, EACH ONE
OF THESE COULD BE
A SMALL EXPERIMENT,
SAY, FOR
A BIOTECH COMPANY
THAT NEEDS TO HAVE
THE ACTUAL SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENT OCCUR
IN A WEIGHTLESS,
OUTER SPACE SITUATION.
THAT'S CORRECT.
EACH ONE IS CONNECTED
TO DATA BASES,
ET CETERA,
SO THAT YOU'RE SUPPLYING
AND TAKING ALL THE
INFORMATION.
WHAT KIND OF
ACTUAL EXPERIMENTS--
WHAT KIND OF PROJECTS
ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE?
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS
WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN
IS FINDING OUT WHAT
HAPPENS TO THE HUMAN BODY
SO THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY
SEND PEOPLE TO MARS.
AND WE KNOW FROM
OUR EXPERIENCE IN
OUR JOINT PROGRAM
ON MIR WITH THE RUSSIANS,
AND WE'LL FIND OUT FROM
THE CREW THAT'S CURRENTLY
ONBOARD WHEN THEY RETURN,
THAT THE HUMAN BODY
DEGRADES A LITTLE BIT
IF IT'S BEEN IN SPACE
FOR A LONG TIME.
YOUR BONES GET SOFTER,
AND YOU LOSE CALCIUM
IN THE BONES,
JUST LIKE OSTEOPOROSIS
IN ELDERLY ON THE GROUND.
AND SO, WE NEED TO
FIND A WAY TO PREVENT
THAT FROM HAPPENING
SO WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE
AT MARS AFTER A 5-MONTH,
6-MONTH,
MAYBE YEAR-LONG JOURNEY,
THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE
TO DO USEFUL WORK
ONCE THEY GET TO MARS.
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND
OF THINGS WE WANT TO LEARN
AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO
GET MEDICINES
THAT MIGHT GET AROUND
THOSE KINDS OF PROBLEMS.
THAT CAN ALSO HELP THE
ELDERLY BACK ON EARTH.
THAT'S CORRECT.
NOW, WHAT ABOUT
THE EXTERIOR OF
THE SPACE STATION,
IF YOU NEED TO DO THINGS
TO THE OUTSIDE?
DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO
GO OUTSIDE,
OR CAN YOU WORK
FROM IN HERE?
ACTUALLY, WE CAN
WORK FROM IN HERE.
THIS IS
A ROBOTIC STATION,
SO WE BASICALLY HAVE
AN EXTERNAL CONSTRUCTION
WORKER THAT'S A ROBOT.
AND YOU CAN CONTROL IT
AND TRANSLATE IT
USING THIS
HAND CONTROLLER HERE,
OR YOU CAN ROTATE IT
AND PITCH IT AND YAW IT
USING THIS
HAND CONTROLLER HERE.
AND THAT ALLOWS YOU
TO DO WORK WHILE
YOU'RE OUTSIDE,
AND YOU CAN SEE
YOUR WORK USING
THESE 3 SCREENS.
IT'S FASCINATING.
I'M ALMOST TEMPTED
TO GO UP THERE.
THANKS.
NEXT, WE'LL BE WORKING
ON THE GARAGE ROOF TRUSS SYSTEM
AT OUR VERMONT COUNTRY RETREAT.
TED RILEY'S OUR
CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR
HERE AT QUECHEE,
AND ARE WE
A LITTLE BIT BEHIND?
YES, WE ARE, BOB,
APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS
FROM THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE
BECAUSE OF THE MUD SEASON.
AND HOW DOES THE
MUD SEASON AFFECT US?
THEY ACTUALLY POST ROADS,
AND YOU HAVE TO GET
PERMISSION ON A DAILY BASIS
IN ORDER TO BRING
CEMENT TRUCKS AND HEAVY
EQUIPMENT OVER THE ROAD.
SO SOME OF THE TIMES,
THE ROADS ARE JUST
NOT PASSABLE
AND YOU CAN'T GET
A CONCRETE LOAD
OR YOU CAN'T GET
A LUMBER LOAD,
BUT WE HAVE MADE
PROGRESS SINCE LAST WEEK
WHEN WE WERE PUTTING
DOWN OUR SILL PLATES
HERE.
WE'VE GOT ALL OUR
PARTITIONS IN PLACE,
AND EVERYTHING
IS SPRINGBRACED.
AND WHAT IS THAT
BIG 2 x 12 DOING
UP THERE?
THAT IS A TEMPORARY
2 x 12 THAT DAN
PUT UP THERE
TO HOLD THE TRUSSES.
THE BOOM TRUCK
WILL PUT UP THE TRUSSES.
NOW, TED,
THE REST OF THE HOUSE
IS STICK-BUILT.
ALL THE ROOF SYSTEMS
ARE JUST RAFTERS.
HOW COME WE SWITCHED
OVER TO TRUSSES HERE
FOR THE GARAGE ROOF?
BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO
PUT A ROOM-AND-ATTIC TRUSS
TOGETHER,
WHICH ACTUALLY GIVES US
A BONUS ROOM RIGHT HERE.
SO THAT THIS AREA
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
IN THE MIDDLE HERE
WILL BE LIKE
A STORAGE LOFT
ABOVE THE GARAGE?
A BIG STORAGE LOFT,
COULD BE A HOME OFFICE,
IF ONE CHOSE TO
MAKE IT THAT WAY.
SO, WHAT WE'VE DONE
IS, BASICALLY,
ORDERED THEM CUSTOM
FOR THE SIZE--
FOR THIS SIZE GARAGE.
AND WHERE ARE
THEY MADE?
IN CANADA, BOB.
IS THERE A COST
SAVINGS TO DOING IT
STICK-BUILT?
THERE'S REALLY
NOT MUCH COST SAVINGS,
EXCEPT FOR IT ALLOWS YOU
TO SPAN A GREAT DISTANCE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY
STRUCTURE UNDERNEATH
TO BOTHER THE GARAGE.
WE GOT A FREE SPAN
IN THE GARAGE.
RIGHT, RIGHT.
SO, THE BOOM
IS A REAL HELP
IN GETTING THE LOAD
UP TO THE WORK AREA.
AND NOW THE FRAMERS
CAN JUST SLIDE THEM
OVER INTO PLACE.
Man: READY?
Man: YEAH.
GO!
Vila: SO, THEY'LL BE
SPACED 24 INCHES APART.
RIGHT, TED?
YES, SIR.
24 INCHES ON CENTER.
AND OF COURSE, IT LOOKS
LIKE WE'VE GOT A FUNNY
FLAT-TOPPED FRENCH ROOF,
BUT THEY MAKE THE TRUSSES
IN TWO PIECES.
AND THIS WILL BE
ADDED LATER.
THIS IS THE BASIC PEAK
OF THE GABLE.
WHY DO THEY DO THAT?
BECAUSE OF HAULING
OVER THE ROADS,
THEY HAVE CERTAIN
REQUIREMENTS.
YEAH, YOU SEE THESE
GOING DOWN THE ROAD,
THEY'RE UPSIDE-DOWN.
YES, SIR.
AND IF YOU HAVE THAT
ON THERE,
IT'D BE DRAGGING
THROUGH THE PAVEMENT.
DRAGGING ON THE ASPHALT.
RIGHT. OK.
LET'S WATCH HIM GET
ANOTHER ONE UP.
[HAMMERING]
Vila: ALL RIGHT,
TACK ANOTHER ONE IN PLACE,
PUT THE SPACERS ON TEMPORARILY
SO THEY'RE STIFF,
AND GIVE THEM AN HOUR
AND THEY'LL HAVE THE
ROOF SYSTEM IN PLACE.
BUT WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
COME HOME AGAIN NEXT
WEEK, WHEN WE'LL BE
WORKING ON THE ROOFING
INSULATION, AND DRYWALL.
ALSO, WE'LL MAKE ANOTHER VISIT
TO THE COB HILL CO-HOUSING
COMMUNITY IN HARTLAND, VERMONT.
TILL THEN,
I'M BOB VILA.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HOME AGAIN.
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