>>
>> WELL
>> WELL HE IS AN EXPERT IN ISOLATION IT GOT IT COMES ALONG WITH THE TERRITORY WHEN YOU'RE
AN ASTRONAUT AND HE'S NOW ALSO
THE AUTHOR OF HOW TO ASTRONAUT
COLONEL TERRY VIRTS JOINING US
LIVE THIS MORNING TO SHARE HIS
EXPERIENCES, YOUR NEW BOOK AS
WELL.
>> GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO BE THERE.
WISH I WAS IN SAN DIEGO.
>> I DO HAVE TO ASK YOU.
TELL OUR VIEWERS WHERE YOU ARE
AND WHAT TIME IS IT.
YOU ARE SO IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK
WHERE I AM BUT AT SEVEN P.M.
I'M IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE WORLD AND THERE'S NO IN AND
OUT BURGER HERE.
THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ONE
PROBLEM.
BUT YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LIVING
ROOM WHERE YOU ARE HANGING OUT.
>> I DO.
>> I DON'T FEEL THIS IS NOT
MINE BUT IS PRETTY PRETTY NICE.
YES.
>> GREAT.
AND I LOVE THAT DURING
COMMERCIAL BREAK YOU SAID
YOU'RE CLEARLY ON THE OPPOSITE
SIDE OF THE GLOBE FROM US.
SO IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU ON
THIS MORNING.
SO YOU'VE HAD QUITE AN
EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY
IN YOUR CAREER.
AND THIS BOOK THAT YOU'RE
WRITING.
SO LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT THAT
BEING AN ASTRONAUT NOW LIVING
THROUGH THIS ERA OF CAUVIN AND
PANDEMIC.
I MEAN HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
HOW IS QUARANTINE LIFE BEEN FOR
YOU?
>> YOU KNOW, SURPRISINGLY IT'S
IT'S BEEN JUST LIKE BEING IN
SPACE AGAIN DURING MY MISSION
WE ACTUALLY HAD SEVERAL ROCKET
CRASHES AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED
THEY DELAYED OUR REPLACEMENT
CREW SO WE GOT STUCK IN SPACE
AND WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG WE
WERE GONNA BE THERE.
AND WE WERE SHORT ON SUPPLIES
BECAUSE THE SUPPLY SHIPS KEPT
ON BLOWING UP.
SO IN A LOT OF WAYS 20/20 HAS
BEEN LIKE A FLASHBACK TO MY
SPACE TIME.
YOU GOT STUCK IN SPACE.
>> CAN YOU EXPAND UPON THAT
PLEASE?
YEAH.
PLEASE? YEAH. IT'S NOT A NORMAL THING TO SAY
I GUESS, BUT SO THE RUSSIAN
SOYUZ ROCKET LAUNCHES PROGRESS
CARGO SHIPS AND IT ALSO
LAUNCHES PEOPLE AND OUR CARGO
SHIP BLEW UP ON ONE OF THESE
SOYUZ ROCKET.
SO THEY WANTED TO DO AN
INVESTIGATION TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE PEOPLE WHO WAS MY
REPLACEMENT CREW WOULD NOT HAVE
THE SAME PROBLEM.
SO WHILE THEY WERE DOING THAT
INVESTIGATION, THEY SAID HEY,
WHAT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO COME
BACK ON TIME, WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP YOU THERE SO THERE'S NOT
THIS BIG GAP IN PEOPLE ON THE
SPACE STATION SO THEY DON'T
KNOW HOW LONG IT WAS GOING TO
TAKE.
SO IT WAS WHEN I WAS COMMANDER
SO I WAS BASICALLY LIKE, ALL
RIGHT, CREW, WE GET SOME BONUS
TIME AND SPACE HERE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS NASA YOU GET
TAX FREE PER DIEM.
SO THAT WAS NICE.
I GOT MY FIVE DOLLARS A DAY FOR
IT WAS AN EXTRA MONTH SO I GOT
AN EXTRA A FEW BUCKS.
>> I FEEL LIKE YOU DESERVED A
LOT MORE THAN THAT.
BUT I MEAN REALLY I ALWAYS
THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE
THE BEST VIEW LITERALLY IN THE
UNIVERSE AS AN ASTRONAUT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE STUCK
UP THERE FOR A WHILE IT MUST BE
HARD TO PASS THE TIME FIGURE
OUT WHAT ELSE YOU CAN DO OTHER
THAN LOOK OUT THE WINDOW.
>> WELL, YES, THAT WAS A BIG
PART OF JUST MENTALLY STAYING.
OKAY.
WHILE WE WERE STUCK IN SPACE IS
VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE
DOING DOWN HERE.
SO IN MY BOOK HOW TO ASTRONAUT
THIS NEW BOOK IT'S A COLLECTION
OF 51 SHORT ESSAYS ABOUT ALL
ASPECTS SPACEFLIGHT.
SO SOME OF THEM ARE NORMAL.
HOW TO LAUNCH, HOW TO DO
EMERGENCY, HOW TO DO SPACEWALK
STUFF YOU'D EXPECT SOME OF THEM
ARE NOT WHAT YOU'D EXPECT LIKE
WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOUR CREWMATE
DIES?
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH HIS BODY OR
WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU'RE STUCK
IN SPACE?
ONE OF THE CHAPTERS IS ABOUT
THE COMPARING BEING STUCK IN
SPACE WITH QUARANTINE DOWN HERE
ON EARTH.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF I
TALK ABOUT KEEPING YOUR
ATTITUDE UP IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING KNOWING THAT
IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER
.
YOU KNOW, THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
FOR SURE BUT WE'RE GONNA GET
BACK AND THINGS ARE GOING TO
TWENTY TWENTY IS GOING TO BE
BETTER IN 2020.
IN SOME WAYS I THINK OUR
ASTRONAUT IS KIND OF AN
ANTIDOTE TO 2020.
IT'S POSITIVE.
IT'S FINE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BEST OF
HUMANITY.
IT'S LIKE THE A.I. ELECTION AND
COALBED BOOK WHICH IS ALL WE'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG
TIME NOW.
OH YEAH.
>> WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT YOU
KNOW, OUR LIFE HERE ON EARTH
WOULD EVER FEEL LIKE WE'RE OUT
THERE?
RIGHT.
THERE? RIGHT. >> IT'S IT'S SO SIMILAR IN SO
MANY WAYS.
I JUST DID ANOTHER PROJECT THIS
YEAR CALLED ONE MORE ORBIT.
WE SET A WORLD RECORD FLYING
AROUND THE PLANET IN AN
AIRPLANE AND AND I AND I WAS
LUCKY ENOUGH I GOT TO DIRECT A
FILM ABOUT IT.
I WAS GOING TO FLY BUT THAT
DIDN'T WORK OUT.
SO I ENDED UP DIRECTING THIS
ONE MORE ORBIT FILM.
IT JUST CAME OUT AND IT'S ABOUT
HOW EXPLORATION CAN BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S LIKE AN
ANTIDOTE TO 20/20 BECAUSE IT'S
FUN, POSITIVE ADVENTURE.
PEOPLE FROM RUSSIA AND AMERICA
ARE WORKING TOGETHER VERSUS YOU
KNOW WHAT YOU WHAT YOU HEAR ON
NEWS A LOT ON A DAY TO DAY
BASIS.
WE ALL NEED A LITTLE BIT OF YOU
KNOW, THAT COMIC OR YES TO MAKE
THAT HELPS KEEP US SAFE.
DID YOU WRITE THIS BOOK DURING
20/20 OR LONG BEFORE ALL THIS?
>> SO NOT AT ALL.
IT WAS BEFORE I WAS ABOUT A
YEAR AND A HALF AGO EARLY
TWENTY NINETEEN.
I HAD A TALK WITH MY AGENT AND
I LOVE WRITING.
I IN FACT THE REASON I'M HERE I
JUST WROTE ANOTHER BOOK IN THE
LAST FEW WEEKS WITH A FRIEND OF
MINE SO I WANTED TO WRITE A
BOOK.
I DIDN'T WANT TO WRITE A
MEMOIR.
THIS IS NOT YET ANOTHER
ASTRONAUT MEMOIR.
I WANTED WRITE IT MYSELF.
MANY ESHOP BOOKS ARE NOT
WRITTEN BY THE ASTRONAUTS
GHOSTWRITERS BUT I BUT I WROTE
THIS MYSELF AND I JUST WANTED
SOMETHING THAT WAS FUN THAT WAS
ACCESSIBLE.
THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE A
SCIENCE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SPACE
NERD TO ENJOY THIS BOOK AND
ANYBODY CAN DO IT.
I TALK ABOUT I USE ALL THE NASA
ACRONYMS AND I MAKE FUN OF ALL
OF THEM AND I USE PLAIN ENGLISH
AND SO HOPEFULLY IT'S WRITTEN
IN A DOWN EARTH.
YOU KNOW, TY, IT'S A GREAT IT'S
A CHRISTMAS IS COMING UP.
IT'S A PERFECT CHRISTMAS
PRESENT FOR MEN AND WOMEN,
YOUNG AND OLD.
THAT WAS MY GOAL WAS TO MAKE
SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LAUGH
AND SAY WOW, THOSE ARE MY TWO
GOALS.
>> COLONEL TERRY VIRTS, THANK
YOU SO MUCH.
HOW TO ASK YOUR DAD ?
OH MAN.
THAT'S GOT TO BE A GOOD ONE.
AND ENJOY YOUR TIME IN DUBAI.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY
IN AND OUT BURGER OR ONE OF
THESE DAYS I'LL TRY TO SIT ONE
OVER TO YOU THAT DAY.