1 00:00:12,180 --> 00:00:20,060 [ MUSIC ] 2 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:21,460 >> YOU'RE STRAPPED 3 00:00:21,460 --> 00:00:22,220 IN THIS SPACE SHUTTLE 4 00:00:22,220 --> 00:00:23,400 ON THE LAUNCHPAD 5 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,100 AND THE COUNTDOWN GETS TO ZERO 6 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:26,100 AND-AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE 7 00:00:26,100 --> 00:00:27,850 JUST IN A CAR WRECK BECAUSE 8 00:00:27,850 --> 00:00:28,940 THE SOLID ROCKET BOOSTERS 9 00:00:28,940 --> 00:00:30,530 LIGHT OFF AND THEY GIVE YOU 10 00:00:30,530 --> 00:00:31,610 A KICK IN THE BACKSIDE 11 00:00:31,610 --> 00:00:32,840 LIKE YOU WERE JUST REAR-ENDED 12 00:00:32,840 --> 00:00:34,930 AT A STOP SIGN LITERALLY. 13 00:00:34,930 --> 00:00:36,600 AND LAUNCH YOU INTO SPACE, 14 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:37,600 AND EIGHT AND A HALF MINUTES 15 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:38,600 LATER, YOU'RE THERE 16 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:40,040 AND FLOAT OUT OF YOUR SEAT, 17 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:42,800 AND START TAKING IN THOSE VIEWS 18 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:44,280 WHICH I CAN'T DESCRIBE. 19 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:45,550 IF IT'S ONE THING I WISH 20 00:00:45,550 --> 00:00:46,550 I WAS BETTER AT, 21 00:00:46,550 --> 00:00:47,730 IT WAS ACTUALLY DESCRIBING 22 00:00:47,730 --> 00:00:48,870 THAT EXPERIENCE OF BEING 23 00:00:48,870 --> 00:00:50,280 WEIGHTLESS OR EXPERIENCING 24 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,250 THE VIEWS OF THE EARTH. 25 00:00:52,250 --> 00:00:53,739 IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, 26 00:00:53,740 --> 00:00:55,760 SO INCREDIBLE. 27 00:00:59,770 --> 00:01:01,160 I WAS THERE FOR TWO 28 00:01:01,170 --> 00:01:02,170 SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS. 29 00:01:02,170 --> 00:01:03,170 SO I WAS NEVER THERE FOR 30 00:01:03,170 --> 00:01:05,300 MORE THAN 16 DAYS AT A TIME, 31 00:01:05,300 --> 00:01:06,300 BUT EVERY TIME I HAD 32 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:07,960 A SPARE MINUTE, I WOULD GO TO 33 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:10,160 A WINDOW, TAKE A LOOK OUT. 34 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,159 THE SPACEWALKS ALWAYS SEEMED 35 00:01:19,159 --> 00:01:21,130 TO BE VERY, UH, BUSY 36 00:01:21,130 --> 00:01:23,080 AND TASK-FOCUSED EVENTS 37 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:24,840 WHERE I GOTTA DO THIS 38 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:25,840 AND I GOTTA MOVE OVER HERE 39 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:27,100 AND DO THIS-- AND RARELY 40 00:01:27,100 --> 00:01:28,100 DID YOU HAVE A MINUTE WHERE 41 00:01:28,100 --> 00:01:29,120 YOU COULD JUST SAY, 42 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:30,149 "JUST TAKE A MINUTE 43 00:01:30,149 --> 00:01:31,860 "AND ENJOY THE VIEW." 44 00:01:31,860 --> 00:01:32,860 BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THOSE 45 00:01:32,860 --> 00:01:34,520 MINUTES EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE. 46 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,060 AND THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE 47 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:37,060 THE SPACECRAFT, YOU KNOW, 48 00:01:37,060 --> 00:01:39,369 WITH THAT FULL PANORAMIC VISION 49 00:01:39,369 --> 00:01:40,659 THROUGH YOUR HELMET VISOR 50 00:01:40,659 --> 00:01:42,600 WAS JUST INCREDIBLE. 51 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:43,969 SO I ALWAYS KID THOSE ASTRONAUTS 52 00:01:43,969 --> 00:01:46,021 THAT DON'T DO THE SPACEWALKS, 53 00:01:46,021 --> 00:01:47,021 YOU KNOW-- I SAID THE VIEW 54 00:01:47,021 --> 00:01:48,021 FROM INSIDE HERE 55 00:01:48,021 --> 00:01:49,021 THROUGH THIS FLAT WINDOW 56 00:01:49,021 --> 00:01:50,021 IS PRETTY GOOD, YOU KNOW. 57 00:01:50,021 --> 00:01:51,021 THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE 58 00:01:51,021 --> 00:01:52,400 IS JUST AMAZING. 59 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,100 YOU SEE THE COLORS OF BLUE 60 00:02:01,110 --> 00:02:02,120 THAT YOU'VE NEVER EVEN 61 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:03,120 SEEN BEFORE. 62 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:04,899 THE SHADES AND HUES OF BLUE 63 00:02:04,899 --> 00:02:06,880 AND YOU SEE THAT FINE, 64 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:07,880 THIN ATMOSPHERE 65 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:08,880 THAT PROTECTS US. 66 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,210 IT'S JUST, UH, 67 00:02:10,210 --> 00:02:11,210 ALMOST OVERWHELMING 68 00:02:11,210 --> 00:02:12,580 WHEN YOU FIRST SEE IT. 69 00:02:18,690 --> 00:02:19,680 I THINK IF YOU'RE NOT 70 00:02:19,690 --> 00:02:20,690 A CONSERVATIONIST BEFORE YOU GO 71 00:02:20,690 --> 00:02:21,910 TO SPACE, YOU'RE AT LEAST 72 00:02:21,910 --> 00:02:23,550 PARTLY A CONSERVATIONIST 73 00:02:23,550 --> 00:02:24,550 WHEN YOU COME BACK. 74 00:02:24,550 --> 00:02:26,020 BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE HOW THIN 75 00:02:26,020 --> 00:02:27,270 THAT ATMOSPHERE IS, 76 00:02:27,270 --> 00:02:28,270 THAT PROTECTIVE LAYER 77 00:02:28,270 --> 00:02:30,110 THAT WE HAVE HERE 78 00:02:30,110 --> 00:02:31,990 THAT ALLOWS US TO WALK AROUND 79 00:02:31,990 --> 00:02:33,470 WITHOUT A SPACESUIT ON 80 00:02:33,470 --> 00:02:34,470 DOWN HERE, YOU KNOW, 81 00:02:34,470 --> 00:02:36,190 AND BREATHE THE AIR. 82 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:37,190 YOU THINK, WOW, WE REALLY 83 00:02:37,190 --> 00:02:38,190 HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS. 84 00:02:38,190 --> 00:02:39,190 BECAUSE IT DOES LOOK 85 00:02:39,190 --> 00:02:41,240 SO FRAGILE FROM SPACE. 86 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:47,080 I THINK IF WE COULD GET 87 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:48,360 ALL SIX BILLION PEOPLE, 88 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:49,490 OR HOWEVER MANY WE HAVE NOW 89 00:02:49,490 --> 00:02:51,840 ON THIS PLANET TO SEE THAT VIEW 90 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:53,550 FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES, 91 00:02:53,550 --> 00:02:55,500 I THINK THE WHOLE PLANET