SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE. THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM ON GETTING
RESULTS.
>> JULIE: LET ME HEAR WHERE
ROCKETS BLAST OFF AND SO MANY
BRIGHT MINDS ARE HERE
AT NASA. WE’RE EXCITED ABOUT
SPACE ALL THE TIME OTHER PARTS
OF THE WORLD DON’T HAVE IT LIKE
WE DO THIS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT
THE
SPACE COAST. ALSO INSPIRED SO
MANY TO BECOME ASTRONAUTS IN
THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF SPACE
CURIOUS OUR NEW PODCAST WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT OUR FASCINATION
WITH THOSE FORTUNATE EXPLORES
WE CALL ASTRONAUTS AN ELITE
CLASS OF HUMANS WHO TRAINS FOR
YEARS FOR SPACE FLIGHT.
I CAST HOST A NEWS 6 SPACE
REPORTER EMILEE SPECK JOINS US
NOW EMILY, YOU GOT A CHANCE TO
TALK TO A RETIRED ASTRONAUT
ABOUT SPACE LIVING.
>> SO TELL US MORE ABOUT
TERRY VIRTS.
>> SO TERRY VIRTS IS LIKE YOU
SAID A RETIRED NASA OVER HIS
CAREER HE FLEW ON THE
SPACE SHUTTLE. HE ALSO FLEW ON
THE SOYUZ SPACECRAFT. THE
RUSSIAN SPACECRAFT AND SPENT
OVER 7 MONTHS ON THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
>> JULIE: THIS IS SUCH A COOL
TOPIC AND I’M SO EXCITED TO
CHECK IT OUT FOR THEIR WHAT WAS
THE INSPIRATION FOR DOING THIS
AT THIS OUT SO WE KIND OF WENT
A LITTLE MET UP ON THIS ONE
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE SHOW IS
ABOUT QUESTIONS THIS WHOLE
EPISODE IS BASICALLY
ABOUT QUESTIONS. DURING THE
CREW DRAGON LAUNCH WITH BOB AND
DOUG THAT WE SAW EARLIER THIS
SUMMER. THEY GOT ASKED A TON OF
JUST INTERESTING QUESTIONS BY
JOURNALISTS LIKE MYSELF, BUT
THEN JUST FROM THE GENERAL
PUBLIC LIKE HOW IS THE CREW
DRAGON BATHROOM, WHAT DID THEY
HAVE FOR BREAKFAST, WHAT OTHER
FAMILIES
GOING THROUGH AND IT KIND OF
MADE ME THINK WHAT’S IT LIKE
TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT
AND WHY DO WE ASK SOME OF THESE
QUESTIONS WHAT’S OUR
FASCINATION
WITH ASTRONAUTS. AND WHAT ARE
SOME THINGS MAYBE THE
ASTRONAUTS HAVE TO DEAL WITH
IT MAY BE THOSE OF US, YOU KNOW
CHILLING OUT DOWN HERE ON EARTH
DON’T
THINK ABOUT. WELL ONE OF MY
FAVORITE THINGS THAT TERRY
VIRTS TOLD ME IS KIND OF THE
SOUNDS OF THE SPACE STATION
THAT AND THE EARTH SOUNDS THAT
HE MISSED. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU
KNOW IT IN THE INNER OF THE
SHOW WE TALK ABOUT ONE WEEKEND
HE AND HIS FELLOW CREW MEMBERS
CREATED A RAINSTORM OF SOUND
USING THE LAPTOPS ON THE SPACE
STATION’S YOU DON’T THINK ABOUT
THAT BUT YOU’RE GOING
TO MISS, YOU KNOW THE BIRD
SOUNDS AND THE NATURE SOUNDS
AND SO HE WOULD FALL ASLEEP
LISTENING TO THAT KIND OF STOP
AND SO THAT’S SOMETHING THAT
YOU DON’T REALLY NECESSARILY
THINK YOU WOULD MISS, BUT WHEN
YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A VACUUM
OF SPACE YOU DON’T HAVE A WHOLE
LOT OF NOISE. BUT THAT WAS THAT
WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
THAT HE
TOLD ME.
>> BRIDGETT: YOU ALSO GOT TO
TALK TO SOME OTHER SPACE
JOURNALIST FOR THIS EPISODE
TELLS MORE ABOUT THAT AND THEIR
CHANCE TO TALK TO BOB AND DOUG.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY
AND SO LIKE MY 2 OTHER SPACE
JOURNALIST THERE ON THIS
EPISODE I SPOKE TO A REPORTER
FROM THE ATLANTIC AND OUR LOCAL
SPACE REPORTER FROM WFTV
BRENDAN BYRNE AND THEY BOTH
KIND OF TALK TO ME ABOUT SOME
OF THE THINGS AND WHY WE ASKED
THE STUFF AND WHY WE’RE SO
FASCINATED WITH ASTRONAUTS.
AND PART OF THE REASON WE ASKED
THESE HUMANIZING QUESTIONS LIKE
ABOUT THE BATHROOM WITH THE
EVEN THEIR FAMILIES IS BECAUSE
IT’S REALLY DOUBLE I MEAN WE
CAN ALL RELATE TO
THAT STUFF. SO IT WAS PRETTY
INTERESTING BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT’S STUCK OUT TO ME THE MOST
IS THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO
RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ASTRONAUT
FAMILIES ARE
HEROES THEMSELVES AND THAT
NOBODY CHOOSES TO HAVE THEIR
DAD IS AN ASTRONAUT OR THEIR
MOM IS AN ASTRONAUT AND SO
THEY’RE REALLY HEROES AS WELL.
AND WHEN IT
COMES TO.
>> BRIDGETT: YOU KNOW HEROES IN
THE EYES OF CHILDREN AS WELL
WHAT WHAT SORT OF REACTIONS
AND QUESTIONS DO THEY GET THE
MOST FROM
FROM CHILDREN.
>> WELL SO ACCORDING TO TERRY
VIRTS KIDS REALLY DO ASK THE
BEST QUESTIONS AND SOMETIMES
ADULT JOURNALIST ASKED A LOT OF
KIDS LIKE QUESTIONS TOO AND
THOSE CAN BE
PRETTY FUN. YOU KNOW, HE SAID
THEY’RE ALWAYS ASKING ABOUT
ALIENS AND SOMETIMES LAST AND
HOW MUCH MONEY
HE MAKES. BUT THEY’RE ALSO
ASKING SOME VERY DEEP, YOU KNOW
ASTROPHYSICS QUESTIONS AND SOME
THINGS ARE LEARNING ABOUT IN
CLASS. SO HE’S BEEN REALLY
REALLY IMPRESSED OVER THE YEARS
AND HE DOES A LOT OF PUBLIC
SPEAKING SO YOU KNOW HE
INTERFACES WITH THE GENERAL
PUBLIC QUITE A LOT.
ALRIGHT SPACE JOURNALIST EMILEE
SPECK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US CAN’T WAIT TO CHECK
OUT THAT UPSET.
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