1 00:00:09,175 --> 00:00:24,324 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:25,558 --> 00:00:26,626 >> WHEN YOU FIRST GET, UH... 3 00:00:26,626 --> 00:00:28,228 GET TO-- GET TO ORBIT... 4 00:00:28,228 --> 00:00:29,562 'COURSE, MAIN ENGINE CUTS OFF 5 00:00:29,562 --> 00:00:30,663 AND IT'S-IT'S REALLY-- 6 00:00:30,663 --> 00:00:31,598 IT'S REALLY FUNNY-- 7 00:00:31,598 --> 00:00:32,599 IT'S REALLY NOT FUNNY, 8 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:34,467 BUT IT'S FUN TO WATCH EVERYONE. 9 00:00:34,467 --> 00:00:35,802 I THINK EVERYONE TAKES 10 00:00:35,802 --> 00:00:37,103 WHATEVER WRITING UTENSIL 11 00:00:37,103 --> 00:00:39,472 HE OR SHE HAS AND RELEASES IT. 12 00:00:39,472 --> 00:00:40,640 BECAUSE IT'S-IT'S-- 13 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:41,975 I WANNA SEE SOMETHING FLOAT. 14 00:00:41,975 --> 00:00:43,042 YEAH, I KNOW-- I KNOW I FEEL 15 00:00:43,042 --> 00:00:44,244 FLOATY, BUT NOW I WANNA SEE 16 00:00:44,244 --> 00:00:45,912 SOMETHING FLOAT. 17 00:00:45,912 --> 00:00:47,947 AND THEN, AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN, 18 00:00:47,947 --> 00:00:48,648 UH, PARTICULARLY 19 00:00:48,648 --> 00:00:50,049 YOUR FIRST TIME FLIER, 20 00:00:50,049 --> 00:00:51,518 IT'S-IT'S TO THE WINDOW. 21 00:00:58,291 --> 00:00:59,492 THE FIRST THING 22 00:00:59,492 --> 00:01:00,493 YOU'RE OVERWHELMED WITH IS 23 00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:04,030 HOW DARN BEAUTIFUL IT IS. 24 00:01:04,030 --> 00:01:05,398 IT'S DARN EXCITING. 25 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,566 AND SO, IMMEDIATELY, 26 00:01:06,566 --> 00:01:08,368 YOU'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY 27 00:01:08,368 --> 00:01:09,569 GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES-- 28 00:01:09,569 --> 00:01:13,106 IDENTIFY PLACES. 29 00:01:13,106 --> 00:01:15,008 YOU LOOK AND YOU SEE THINGS 30 00:01:15,008 --> 00:01:17,811 LIKE A MASSIVE THUNDERSTORM, 31 00:01:17,811 --> 00:01:19,245 YOU KNOW, A SUPER CUMULONIMBUS 32 00:01:19,245 --> 00:01:20,513 CLOUD COMING UP, 33 00:01:20,513 --> 00:01:21,514 AND IT REALLY DOES 34 00:01:21,514 --> 00:01:22,582 COME UP AT YOU. 35 00:01:22,582 --> 00:01:24,551 IT IS THAT TANGIBLE NATURE 36 00:01:24,551 --> 00:01:26,319 OF WHAT-WHAT YOU'RE SEEING 37 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:27,387 THAT REALLY DOES 38 00:01:27,387 --> 00:01:29,189 TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY. 39 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,294 I WORRIED MY FAMILY 40 00:01:34,294 --> 00:01:36,162 WHEN I WAS SENDING THEM NOTES 41 00:01:36,162 --> 00:01:37,564 BECAUSE I STARTED TALKING ABOUT 42 00:01:37,564 --> 00:01:40,300 THE BLACK VELVET OF DEEP SPACE. 43 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:41,301 YOU LOOK IN THE SKY HERE 44 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:42,669 ON THE EARTH AND Y-YOU KNOW, 45 00:01:42,669 --> 00:01:44,337 IT'S LIKE MILKY WAY OR ARE 46 00:01:44,337 --> 00:01:45,505 THOSE THIN CLOUDS UP THERE, 47 00:01:45,505 --> 00:01:47,006 WHAT AM I LOOKING AT? 48 00:01:47,006 --> 00:01:48,341 BUT-BUT EVERYTHING IS 49 00:01:48,341 --> 00:01:49,976 REALLY, REALLY VIVID 50 00:01:49,976 --> 00:01:51,878 AND-AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, 51 00:01:51,878 --> 00:01:53,012 ANOTHER PART OF THE VISUAL 52 00:01:53,012 --> 00:01:54,047 ASPECT, WHETHER YOU'RE 53 00:01:54,047 --> 00:01:55,815 LOOKING OUT OR LOOKING DOWN. 54 00:01:55,815 --> 00:01:57,116 IT'S PART OF 55 00:01:57,116 --> 00:01:59,619 THE SAME THING OF... 56 00:01:59,619 --> 00:02:01,721 TAKING A PICTURE OF SOMEONE. 57 00:02:01,721 --> 00:02:06,192 NOTHING CAPTURES VIVID COLORS 58 00:02:06,192 --> 00:02:08,495 AND-AND TEXTURE AND SUBTLETY 59 00:02:08,495 --> 00:02:09,796 LIKE THE HUMAN EYE DOES. 60 00:02:09,796 --> 00:02:10,897 AND-AND WHEN YOU'RE IN SPACE, 61 00:02:10,897 --> 00:02:11,764 IT'S THE SAME THING. 62 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:13,466 AND I THINK THAT'S IN PART 63 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:15,935 WHY, UH, IT'S SUCH A, UM, 64 00:02:15,935 --> 00:02:17,370 SUCH A POWERFUL, 65 00:02:17,370 --> 00:02:18,938 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. 66 00:02:18,938 --> 00:02:19,939 AND AS MUCH AS WE LOVE THE 67 00:02:19,939 --> 00:02:23,176 PICTURES THAT WE BRING BACK-- 68 00:02:23,176 --> 00:02:24,544 IT'S NOT THE SAME 69 00:02:24,544 --> 00:02:26,579 AS SEEING IT YOURSELF. 70 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:31,317 THERE'S A CERTAIN SERENITY 71 00:02:31,317 --> 00:02:32,385 THAT COMES-- IT'S NOT JUST 72 00:02:32,385 --> 00:02:33,620 FROM WHAT YOU SEE. 73 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:36,356 IT'S FROM REALIZING A 74 00:02:36,356 --> 00:02:40,994 TREMENDOUS GOAL THAT YOU HAD. 75 00:02:40,994 --> 00:02:41,995 AND-AND THAT'S SOMETHING 76 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:43,196 I-I FELT RIGHT AFTER 77 00:02:43,196 --> 00:02:44,697 I GOT ON ORBIT THE FIRST TIME 78 00:02:44,697 --> 00:02:48,868 IS... YOU KNOW, HEAVEN FORBID, 79 00:02:48,868 --> 00:02:52,205 I COULD PERISH NOW AND-- 80 00:02:52,205 --> 00:02:54,674 OR-OR I CAN NEVER FLY AGAIN, 81 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:55,942 BUT NOTHING CAN TAKE THIS 82 00:02:55,942 --> 00:02:57,310 EXPERIENCE AWAY. 83 00:02:57,310 --> 00:02:58,444 I-I-I NOW-- 84 00:02:58,444 --> 00:02:59,979 I OWN THIS EXPERIENCE.