IGNITION SEQUENCE STARTS.
>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO
THIS VIEW OF ACTIVITY IN THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
FLIGHT CONTROL ROOM AT NASA
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER.
THESE ARE THE FOLKS KEEPING TABS
AND WORKING WITH THE EXPEDITION
65 CREW MEMBERS ON STATION
MAINTAIN ENCE AND SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS AND OTHER DYNAMIC
OPERATIONS.
THIS WEEK SOME OF THE CREW
MEMBERS MOVE THEIR SPACECRAFT TO
A NEW DOCKING PORT.
THEY'RE ALL LOOKING AHEAD TO
NEXT WEEK WHEN HAIL GET A NEW
COMMANDER AND THEN WELCOME THREE
NEW CREWMATES ABOARD.
>> WELCOME TO SPACE TO GROUND.
I'M SANDRA JONES.
IT WAS A BUSY TRAFFIC WEEK ON
BOARD SPACE STATION WITH A SOYUZ
RELOCATION AND UNDOCKING AND
RETURN TO EARTH OF A CARGO REPLY
TRIP PACKED WITH SCIENCE.
ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, NASA
ASTRONAUT MARK AND COSMONAUTS
TOOK A SHORT TRIP INSIDE THE
MS18 SPACECRAFT RELOCATING IT
FROM THE MODULE TO THE
MULTIPURPOSE LABORATORY MODULE.
THIS RELOCATION OPENS THE SLOT
FOR THE SOYUZ MS19 TO DOCK
FOLLOWING ITS LAUNCH IN
KAZAKHSTAN.
THEN TWO DAYS LATER ON THURSDAY,
SPACEX'S 23RD CARGO DRAGON REPLY
VEHICLE UNDOCKED FROM THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND
SPLASHED DOWN OFF THE COAST OF
FLORIDA.
THE UNPILOTED SPACECRAFT WAS
LOADED WITH SCIENTIFIC
EXPERIMENT SAMPLES.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
INVESTIGATIONS ON MUSCLE ATROPHY
AND DRUG METABOLIZATION AND
DIABETES.
THEY TEST THE ABILITY OF
BIOMATERIALS TO INHIBIT MUSCLE
ATROPHY IN MICROGRAVITY.
RESULTS MAY LEAD TO THE
PRODUCTION OF PHARMACEUTICALS TO
PREVENT MUSCLE ATROPHY FOR
ASTRONAUTS IN SPACE AND ELDERLY
ON EARTH.
A TECHNOLOGY FOR MONITORING THE
EXPRESSION OF GENES THAT CONTROL
CRITICAL ENZYMES THAT MAY BE
RESPONSIBLE PHARMACEUTICALS NOT
WORKING AS WELL IN SPACE.
THE RETURNING SAMPLES WILL BE
FURTHER ANALYZED ON EARTH.
ALSO RETURNING IN DRAGON ARE
SAMPLES FROM THE DROP EXPERIMENT
WHICH UTILIZED A SPECIALTY
DEVICE THAT USES SURFACE TENSION
RATHER THAN A SOLID TO HOLD
LIQUID.
REUSED THIS DEVICE TO PRODUCE
PROTEINS RESULTED WILL BE
FURTHER ANALYZED TEAMS ON GROUND
FOLLOWING THE EXPERIMENTS
SUCCESSFUL IN SPACE.
THAT'S SPACE TO GROUND FOR THIS
WEEK.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING AND
WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.
THE MAJOR GOALS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
PROGRAM ARE TO SUPPORT THE
COMMERCIAL USE OF SPACE AND
ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH,
PROMOTE INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION AND HELP LAY THE
GROUNDWORK FOR FUTURE
EXPLORATION OUT BEYOND EARTH
ORBIT.
THOSE FUTURE MISSIONS WILL BE
PART OF THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM
WHICH IS WORKING TOWARD THE
FIRST FLIGHT OF THE ORION
SPACECRAFT ON THE SPACE LAUNCH
SYSTEM ROCKET SUPPORTED BY THE
GROUND SYSTEMS AT NASA'S KENNEDY
SPACE CENTER IN FLORIDA.
HERE'S THE UPDATE ON GETTING
THAT HARDWARE READY FOR THAT
NEXT FLIGHT.
>> THE GOAL OF PROJECT ARTEMIS
IS TO LEARN HOW TO LIVE LONG
TERM ON THE MOON AND GET US
READY TO ONE DAY GO ON TO MARS.
THE SCIENTISTS ARE EXCITED ABOUT
BEING ABLE TO USE THE WATER THAT
ALREADY EXISTS ON THE MOON TO
SUPPORT A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM OF
EXPLORATION.
PRESENCE OF WATER ON THE MOON IS
A RELATIVELY RECENT DISCOVERY
AND ONE THAT OPENS UP EXCITING
POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE.
>> EXPLORING THE PRESENCE OF
WATER ON THE MOON.
I'M JIM GREEN.
NASA'S CHIEF SCIENTIST AND THIS
IS SCIENCE AT NASA.
>> WE ARE GOING TO THE MOON.
[APPLAUSE]
>> AS NASA PREPARES TO RETURN TO
THE MOON, ONE OF THE MANY
EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES
SCIENTISTS ARE PREPARING FOR IS
THE ABILITY TO USE THE WATER
THAT EXISTS THERE TO SUPPORT
HUMAN EXPLORATION.
THE PRESENCE OF WATER HAS BEEN A
RELATIVELY RECENT DISCOVERY
OPENING UP MANY EXCITING
POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE
EXPLORATION AND JUST AS MANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WATER'S
ORIGINS.
IN THE LATE 1990'S, NASA'S LUNAR
PROSPECTOR MISSION FOUND EXTRA
HYDROGEN AT THE POLES WHERE
THERE IS HYDROGEN THERE MIGHT BE
WATER.
ANSWER THE L-CROSS MISSION
DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE TYPE
AND AMOUNT OF HYDROGEN THAT
MIGHT BE PRESENT JUST BELOW THE
MOON'S POLAR REGIONS.
TONY IS A PLANETARY SCIENTIST AT
NASA'S AMES RESEARCH CENTER AND
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FOR THE
MISSION.
>> TO DETERMINE THE FORM OF
HYDROGEN WE NEEDED A WAY TO
ACCESS MATERIAL BELOW THE
SURFACE.
SO WE CARRIED A PIECE OF ROCKET
WE LAUNCHED ON ALL THE WAY TO
THE MOON AND DIRECTED IT INTO
ONE OF THE LARGE PERMANENTLY
SHATTERED CRATERS NEAR THE SOUTH
POLE WHICH CAUSED A PLUME OF
DUST AND DEBRIS TO SHOOT UPWARDS
AND WE HAD A PROBE WITH 9
DIFFERENT MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
FOLLOWING THE 10 MILE OR 16
KILOMETER UPWARD TRAJECTORY.
THE SPACECRAFT WAS ALSO MAKING
OBSERVATIONS OF THE PLUME WHILE
MAPPING THE SURFACE FROM ITS
ORBIT AROUND THE MOON.
THE LUNAR DIRT IN THE PLUME
HADN'T SEEN THE SUN IN OVER 2
BILLION YEARS.
IN THE SUNLIGHT WE FOUND WATER
ABOUT 5% BY WEIGHT.
>> NOW WE KNOW THERE'S WATER ON
THE MOON.
>> RESEARCH SCIENTIST JEN HELMAN
IS ALSO AT AMES.
SHE EXPLAINS WHY IT'S MUCH MORE
THAN A SCIENTIFIC CURIOSITY.
>> I BELIEVE WE'LL BE LIVING ON
THE MOON FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF
TIME SO WE NEED TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF WHATEVER RESOURCES
WE CAN FIND THERE.
WATER IS H20, A COMBINATION OF
HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN.
AND WE CAN BREAK IT APART.
NOW WE HAVE A SOURCE THAT MAY BE
ABLE TO BE USED FOR ROCKET FUEL
AS WELL AS FOR BREATHING.
IT GIVES YOU A NEW PARADIGM FOR
FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION.
THE VERY EXCITING.
>> IN THE 10 YEARS SINCE THE
MISSION WE HAVE CONTINUED TO
STUDY WATER AT THE LUNAR POLES
FROM ORBIT WITH INSTRUMENTS ON
SEVERAL MISSIONS.
BUT WE STILL HAVE LOTS OF
QUESTIONS.
WHERE, FOR INSTANCE, DID THE
WATER COME FROM?
SOME BELIEVE THAT THE WATER IN
COULD BE REMNANTS OF COMETS AND
ASTEROID IMPACTS OVER BILLIONS
OF YEARS AND OTHERS POINT TO
RECENT SHOWERS THAT CAN BE SEEN
PRODUCING WATER VAPOR AND WHERE
EXACTLY IS THE WATER?
WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT WATER
EXISTS IN THE CRATER NEAR THE
MOON'S SOUTH POLE WHERE THE L
CROSS IMPACT OCCURRED.
HOW PLENTIFUL OF IS IT AND CAN
WE EXPECT TO FIND IT IN OTHER
SUPER COLD REGIONS?
>> WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER
ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS WITH
CERTAINTY UNTIL WE VISIT THE
SOUTH POLE WITH ROBOTS AND
ASTRONAUTS.
>> THROUGH THE ARTEMIS PROGRAM,
NASA'S PLANNING TO DO JUST THAT.
THIRSTING FOR MORE INFORMATION
FOR CHANGING SCIENCE OF THE
MOON, VISIT SCIENCE.NASA.GOV.
>> ON THE SUBJECT OF HOW
RESEARCH IN SPACE HELPS PEOPLE
ON THE PLANET, RESEARCH ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
ALREADY HAD AN IMPACT ON PLANS
FOR HOW WE'LL SUPPLY FUTURE
EXPLORERS ON THE MOON WITH CLEAN
WATER.
BUT IN FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO
THAT WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED AN
INEXPENSIVE, EASY TOOL TO LET
PEOPLE ON THE PLANET CHECK THE
PURITY OF THEIR OWN WATER.
SO MANY SUFFER.
>> THEY'RE COMPLAINING.
>> THEY GET IT THROUGH DRINKING
WATER.
>> MOST OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
HAD LITTLE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING
THE USE OF SAFE WATER AND WHAT
SAFE WATER IS.
>> BECAUSE MOST OF THE WATER WE
USE WITHOUT ANYTHING.
>> SO WE NEEDED TO TEST IT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE WATER IS SAFE
OR NOT SAFE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD THE IDEA
THAT WATER QUALITY IS TOO HARD
TO DO AND TOO COMPLICATED.
>> HAVING TO TRANSPORT SAMPLES
AND HAVING TO HAVE RELIABLE
ELECTRICITY AND HAVING TO HEAT
SAMPLES OR KEEP SAMPLES AT
CERTAIN TEMPERATURES AND PUT
THEM IN REFRIGERATORS.
>> PROBABLE IT BIGGEST CHALLENGE
IS ACTUALLY THE COST.
>> THE PRICE WAS UP WAS HIGH.
UP TO $300 A TEST.
>> ALL THOSE THINGS MAKE IT
DIFFICULT TO USE A TRADITIONAL
LABORATORY APPROACH.
WHAT'S BEEN MISSING THE SIMPLE
CHEAP TEST KITS AND THAT
SOLUTION CAME FROM ABOVE.
ON THE SPACE STATION WE RECYCLE
ALMOST ALL THE WATER THAT THE
ASTRONAUTS DRINK AND THAT
CONSTITUTES A RISK BECAUSE IF
THAT WATER BECAME CONTAMINATED
ASTRONAUTS WOULD HAVE TO ABANDON
THE SPACE STATION.
WHAT WE NEEDED WAS SOMETHING
SMALL AND EASY TO TRANSPORT AND
DIDN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF TRAINING
FOR THE ASTRONAUTS.
WE REQUIRED A TEST KIT THAT WAS
EASY TO USE AND USED OFF THE
SHELF COMPONENTS AND WE CALL
THAT A BAG THAT CHANGES COLOR
AND ASTRONAUTS HAD TO TAKE THE
SAMPLE AND STORE IT OVERNIGHT
AND READ IT THE NEXT DAY.
IT WORKED GREAT AND IT'S STILL
IN USE TODAY.
THIS IS WHEN WE REALIZE WE COULD
MAKE A CHANCE IN THE WORLD USING
THE SAME TECHNOLOGY USED BY NASA
BUT APPLY IT IN A REMOTE AREA OF
A DEVELOPING COUNTRY.
>> WE STARTED M-WATER FOR THE
BIGGEST HEALTH CRISIS ON THE
PLANET.
IT'S REVOLUTIONARY BECAUSE OF
ITS COST AND LOWERS THE COST OF
TESTING WATER POINTS FROM
HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO $5-7 AND
CAN BE DONE ON SITE IN THE
REMOTE REGION AND GIVE YOU A
RESULT WITHIN 24 HOURS.
>> IT'S VERY EASY.
>> BUT WE LEARN TESTING WATER BY
ITSELF WASN'T ENOUGH.
WITH A THE MOBILE APP THEY COULD
RECORD THE DATA.
>> THAT WAY WE'RE BUILDING SORT
OF A GLOBAL DATABASE THAT
EVERYBODY CAN CONTRIBUTE.
>> PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T HAVE
AFFORDABLE WAY TO TEST WATER
SUDDENLY HAD THE MEANS TO KNOW
WHICH WATER SOURCES AROUND THEM
WERE SAFE.
>> IT'S MADE PEOPLE MUCH MORE
AWARE OF THE ISSUES.
>> THAT'S ALL DUE TO TECHNOLOGY
THAT WE BORROWED FROM
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
NOW WE'RE ABLE TO ASSEMBLE A LOW
COST WATER QUALITY TEST KIT.
>> WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
LOCAL HEALTH MINISTRY SINCE
2013.
>> THROUGH THAT TECHNOLOGIES
THERE IS AN INCREASED AWARENESS
REGARDING THE KIND OF WATER THEY
USE AND WHETHER IT CAUSES ANY
ILL BORN ILLNESSES OR NOT.
>> THEY'RE TREATING THEIR WATER
ASK AVOIDING SOURCES OF WATER
THAT COULD BE CONTAMINATED.
I'VE SEEN A GROWING AWARENESS
>> IT'S UNUSUAL FOR TECHNOLOGY
THAT IS USED AT INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION TO BE USED
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LIKE
TANZANIA BUT IT SHOULD BE USED
BECAUSE THIS TECHNOLOGY IS NOT
LIMITED TO ONLY DEVELOPED
COUNTRIES BUT FOR ALL HUMAN
KIND.
>> ALONG ABOUT DOING HANDS ON
SCIENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL
SPACE STATION'S LABORATORIES,
THE CREW MEMBERS HAD BEEN
TALKING DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS
ON THE GROUND TO SHARE THE
EXPERIENCE AND SOME OF THEM HAD
BEEN MAKING INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS
IN ZERO G.
IN THIS INSTALLMENT OF THE
DEMONSTRATION SERIES SCOTT
TINGLE DEMONSTRATES THE ORBIT OF
SPACECRAFT AND OFFERS THE
VIEWERS A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE.
>> HELLO.
MY NAME IS SCOTT TINGLE AND I'M
LIVING AND WORKING ON BOARD THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
YOU KNOW, I LOVE MY VIEWS FROM
THE CUPOLA AND IT'S OUR ORBITING
ALTITUDE OF 400 KILOMETERS AND
250 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH'S
SURFACE THAT GIVES US UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVES.
I SHOULD EXPLAIN ORBIT ARE
ELLIPTICAL BUT SOME BEING ALMOST
CIRCULAR.
SPACECRAFT ORBITING EARTH LIKE
THE SPACE STATION ARE PLACED
INTO A NEARLY CIRCULAR ORBIT TO
KEEP A CONSISTENT ALTITUDE AS
THEY TRAVEL AROUND THE PLANET.
>> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE
EARTH.
IT HAS A RADIUS OF 6,378
KILOMETERS.
AND THE STATION ORBITS ABOUT 400
KILOMETERS ABOVE THE SURFACE AT
8 KILOMETERS PER SECOND.
THAT'S 17,500 MILES PER HOUR.
SEE IF YOU CAN USE THESE VALUES
TO CALCULATE HOW FAR AND HOW
LONG WE TRAVEL IN ONE ORBIT
AROUND THE EARTH.
ALL THIS INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE IN THE ACCOMPANYING
LESSON PLANS AT
NASA.GOV/STEMONSTATION.
ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS BY THE
WAY ARE APPROXIMATELY 42,006
KILOMETERS IN 90 MINUTES AND DUE
0 OUR ALTITUDE ON ORBIT WE HAVE
OUR UNIQUE AND AWESOME VIEW OF
THE EARTH.
THANKS FOR EXPLORING TO ME TODAY
AND I'LL SEND YOU BACK SO YOU
CAN START YOUR CHALLENGE ON
ORBIT.
SEE YOU AGAIN SOON.
>> 4 OF THE EXPEDITION 65
ASTRONAUTS REPRESENTING 3
DIFFERENT COUNTRIES FLEW ON CREW
TWO TO THE ONE AND ONLY
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
BEFORE THEIR LAUNCH WE GOT EACH
OF THEM TO STAND STILL FOR SOME
RAPID FIRE QUESTIONING AND
HERE'S THE STRAIGHT SKINNY ON
THEIR FAVORITE FOODS, COLORS AND
DECADES AND THEIR PET PEEVES AND
GUILTY PLEASURES AND WHO
INSPIRES THEM.
>> WE'RE TALKING CHEESE AND
DAIRY I KNOW IT'S CLICHE FOR A
FRENCHMAN BUT RAMEN NOODLES
>> FAVORITE COLOR IS BLUE.
>> BLUE.
>> ORANGE.
>> MINT CHIP.
>> ÄAGEN-DAZS STRAWBERRY.
>> VANILLA LOW QUALITY FAST FOOD
ICE CREAM.
>> PRINCESS BRIDE.
>> IT'S THE STORY OF A FEMALE
ASTRONAUT AND EUROPEAN AND
FRENCH WOMAN GOING TO SPACE.
>> ANYTHING WITH BORN OR BON.
>> HARD TO SAY.
COUPLE OF JAPANESE MYSTERY
BOOKS.
>> I CAN'T CHOOSE JUST ONE.
>> I DON'T HAVE.
I READ A LOT AND EVERY NEW ONE
IS MY FAVORITE AND THAT'S WHY I
KEEP READING
>> I LIKE SKIING.
>> BASKETBALL.
>> GOLF.
RUGBY
>> I DON'T DANCE.
>> I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH.
NOT FALLING FOR IT.
>> THE MOON WALK.
EASY BUT NOT REALLY.
>> THE 90S WERE PRETTY GREAT.
THAT'S WHEN I FELL IN LOVE AND
GOT MARRIED
>> THAT HE WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE
AND THE MUSIC WAS GREAT.
>> KIDS BORN IN THE 90'S AND I
HAD GREAT JOB OF JUMPING OUT OF
AIRPLANES
>> AND EVERY DECADE THE ONE
WE'RE IN.
I THINK THINGS GET BETTER.
>> MEAN DRIVERS.
>> INEFFICIENCY.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
>> NOTHING BOTHERS ME.
>> I HAVE A SUPER POWER TO MAKE
KIDS HAPPY.
THEY WANT A SELFIE IMPORTANT AN
AUTOGRAPH AND YOU MAKE THEM
HAPPY AND I THINK THAT'S AN A
COOL SUPER POWER.
>> TO FLY.
>> I WOULD HAVE TO SAY FLY.
>> FLYING OBVIOUSLY.
>> ROM-COMS.
SOMETIMES WHEN I WATCH MOVIES I
END UP WITH A FEEL GOOD HAPPY
ENDING LOVE STORIES.
>> ICE CREAM.
>> CHOCOLATE BUT I DON'T FEEL
THAT GUILTY ABOUT IT.
>> BEING A PARENT.
>> PARENT FOR SURE.
>> NOT EVEN CLOSE.
>> MY WIFE.
>> FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
>> MY HUSBAND.
>> I WOULD SAY MY PARTNER IN
LIFE.
SHE'S THE FUNNIEST PERSON IN THE
WORLD.
>> MY DAD.
>> AMANDA GORMAN.
>> I THINK MY PARENTS ARE REALLY
NORMAL PEOPLE AND TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL AND TRY TO DO THE GOOD
THINGS.
>> COFFEE.
>> TEA.
>> BUILD A SAND CASTLE
>> I THINK I WOULD HOP ON ROVER
AND CRUISE AROUND ALL DAY.
>> PROBABLY DO BACK FLIPS I CAN
DO A DOUBLE FLIP ON MOON GRAVITY
BUT I'M NOT SURE ON MARS BUT I
WOULD TRY IT.
>> I THINK IT'S RUSSIAN LANGUAGE
AND ONE OF MY CREWMATES SAID THE
FIRST 10 YEARS ARE THE HARDEST
AND I THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.
>> THE VALIUM AND VARIETY IS
WHAT MAKES IT HARD BUT THAT'S
ALSO WHAT MAKES IT GREAT.
>> SUGAR.
>> I DO.
I DO HAVE A CALL SIGN BUT I
CANNOT TELL YOU WHAT IT IS.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CREW
MEMBERS WHO SPEND MANY, MANY
MONTHS IN SPACE, LIKE THE
EXPEDITION 65 CREW MEMBERS HAVE
GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE
CHANGES ON THE EARTH BELOW THEM
OVER TIME.
ONE OF THEIR EUROPEAN SPACE
AGENCY COLLEAGUES WHO HAS A FULL
YEAR IN SPACE TO HIS CREDIT,
SAYS HE NOTICED THE HUMAN
INFLUENCE ON THE PLANET WE ALL
CALL HOME.
>> I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO
SPEND EXACTLY ONE LEAP YEAR ON
THE SPACE STATION, 366 DAYS.
SO YOU CAN IMAGINE IN 366 DAYS
YOU GET TO SEE THE EARTH BY THE
MINUTE.
EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE SO BUSY ON
THE SPACE STATION WE DO TRY TO
LOOK OUTSIDE AND FIND IT ANY
CHANCE WE GET.
A PART OF ME THE DREAMER THAT
THE LITTLE KID THAT STARTED
DREAMING ABOUT THIS WHOLE
EXPERIENCE NOW, IT'S 40 YEARS
AGO, THAT PART OF ME WAS STILL
THERE, UNCHANGED FOR 30 OR 40
YEARS AND JUST MARVELLING
INCREDIBLY AT THE BEAUTY OF IT
ALL.
AND I'M SEEING CLOUDS AND GREEN
AND RIVERS AND COMPLETELY FILL
MY EYES.
THE THING FROM SERVING THE
UNIVERSE FROM INSIDE THE SPACE
STATION LOOKING FROM THE WINDOWS
OF BEING OUTSIDE IS WHAT I
DESCRIBE AS THE SAME LEVEL OF
INTERACTION YOU CAN HAVE LOOKING
AT A BEAUTIFUL AQUARIUM FROM THE
SAFETY OF A ROOM.
WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND ALL YOU
HAVE IS THE HELMET AND MAYBE A
LITTLE PLEXIGLASS IN FRONT OF
YOUR EYES, YOU CAN SEE DETAILS
AND COLORS AND SHAPES.
THE LEVEL OF DETAIL YOU CAN
CAPTURE AND THE WAY YOU
EXPERIENCE THAT UNIVERSE IS
GOING TO BE VERY, VERY
DIFFERENT.
YOU WANT AND YOU FEEL THAT YOU
HAVE BECOME PART OF IT.
AND YOU CAN DEVELOP THE SENSE OF
BELONGING.
I THINK THAT FIRST IMPACT OF THE
FIRST FLIGHT WAS THAT I DIDN'T
SENSE HOW FRAGILE, HOW SMALL IS
THE EARTH IS.
WE ARE USED TO THINKING AS THE
EARTH SOMETHING SO VAST AND BIG
AND WE DON'T THINK THAT WHAT WE
DO, OUR DAILY LIFE, CAN AFFECT
SUCH A VAST SYSTEM.
FROM SPACE YOU GET A SENSE THAT
EVERY INDIVIDUAL, EVERY ORGANISM
IS SOMEHOW CONNECTED.
SEEING THE CITY LIFE AT NIGHT
WHERE A PLACE LIKE EUROPE OR
ASIA, DENSELY POPULATED
EVERYTHING IS ALL INTER
CONNECTED AND ALL THOSE LIVES
ARE PAIRING.
THEY ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
ALL TOGETHER.
AND YOU THINK ALL WE'RE DOING
SOMEHOW HAS AN EFFECT ON
EVERYBODY ELSE.
YOU COME BACK FROM AN EXPERIENCE
LIKE THAT THINKING THAT'S WHAT
IS HAPPENING AND THEN YOU CAN
SEE THE EFFECTS IN THE SECOND
FLIGHT AND THEN YOU HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE AND GROW AN
AWARENESS.
WITH THAT AWARENESS COMES THE
DESIRE TO SHARE, SHARE THE
EXPERIENCE AND SHARE THE
AWARENESS.
IT'S UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
SCIENCE THAT IS TELLING US HOW
WE ARE CHANGING AND INFLUENCING
THE WORLD AND THEN YOU SEE IT
ACTUALLY AND YOU JUST MAKE IT
YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENED.
IS THAT THAT'S WHY ASTRONAUTS
DEVELOPED AN AWARENESS AND A
DESIRE TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT
SOMEHOW IN ANY WAY THEY CAN.
>> IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET ANOTHER
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