1 00:00:07,860 --> 00:00:03,439 session this is young msg with CBC Radio 2 00:00:11,550 --> 00:00:10,260 gotta read you loud and clear how do you 3 00:00:18,320 --> 00:00:11,560 read me from the International Space 4 00:00:22,140 --> 00:00:20,520 it would be hard to be doing any better 5 00:00:24,990 --> 00:00:22,150 than this thank you I'm doing great how 6 00:00:26,550 --> 00:00:25,000 are you I have to ask you since arriving 7 00:00:28,110 --> 00:00:26,560 at the International Space Station 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:28,120 you've you've tweeted with William 9 00:00:31,470 --> 00:00:29,650 Shatner you've dropped the puck for the 10 00:00:32,729 --> 00:00:31,480 Leafs home opener you'll you'll soon be 11 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:32,739 doing a performance from space with 12 00:00:36,299 --> 00:00:34,570 children across Canada why has it been 13 00:00:38,490 --> 00:00:36,309 so important to you to engage with 14 00:00:43,799 --> 00:00:38,500 people on earth while you're on a 15 00:00:50,069 --> 00:00:46,350 well this is a magnificent human 16 00:00:52,950 --> 00:00:50,079 experience this is something not only 17 00:00:54,869 --> 00:00:52,960 personally amazing to be part of but it 18 00:00:57,060 --> 00:00:54,879 is it is a new thing within the human 19 00:00:58,529 --> 00:00:57,070 experience and it's it's way too good an 20 00:00:59,729 --> 00:00:58,539 experience to keep to myself it's 21 00:01:01,979 --> 00:00:59,739 something that I think is really 22 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:01,989 important to share ever since my first 23 00:01:07,020 --> 00:01:04,690 spaceflight 17 years ago I've been 24 00:01:08,940 --> 00:01:07,030 trying to describe to people just how 25 00:01:11,399 --> 00:01:08,950 incredible it is to see our world this 26 00:01:13,770 --> 00:01:11,409 way and what it means to us as a species 27 00:01:15,990 --> 00:01:13,780 to start leaving Earth and now I have 28 00:01:18,180 --> 00:01:16,000 the time this isn't a shuttle assembly 29 00:01:20,790 --> 00:01:18,190 flight this is leaving Earth this is 30 00:01:22,290 --> 00:01:20,800 living in space and and so I have the 31 00:01:24,180 --> 00:01:22,300 time to try and share it with everyone 32 00:01:25,830 --> 00:01:24,190 and so I'm doing everything I can to 33 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:25,840 make sure that people really get a sense 34 00:01:31,410 --> 00:01:28,690 of what it means and what it's like it 35 00:01:33,719 --> 00:01:31,420 really is a magnificent human experience 36 00:01:36,180 --> 00:01:33,729 and it's reciprocal to you you've been 37 00:01:37,889 --> 00:01:36,190 giving us a window on your experience up 38 00:01:39,660 --> 00:01:37,899 there you must be aware of people 39 00:01:41,430 --> 00:01:39,670 tweeting back to your web sensation you 40 00:01:44,100 --> 00:01:41,440 become down here what are you learning 41 00:01:46,870 --> 00:01:44,110 about how you're perceived down on earth 42 00:01:49,210 --> 00:01:46,880 from the response you're getting 43 00:01:57,050 --> 00:01:52,730 well it's been overwhelmingly very 44 00:01:58,160 --> 00:01:57,060 heartwarming really really Pleasant I of 45 00:01:59,719 --> 00:01:58,170 course don't have time to read 46 00:02:02,749 --> 00:01:59,729 everything that people are reading back 47 00:02:05,179 --> 00:02:02,759 to me but I do get a smattering of it 48 00:02:09,469 --> 00:02:05,189 and people are interested in what's 49 00:02:11,420 --> 00:02:09,479 going on people find it expanding to 50 00:02:13,370 --> 00:02:11,430 their own horizons there are schools all 51 00:02:15,110 --> 00:02:13,380 around the world that are using the 52 00:02:17,150 --> 00:02:15,120 photographs that I'm sending down 53 00:02:18,830 --> 00:02:17,160 they're posted on the wall they're using 54 00:02:20,750 --> 00:02:18,840 it for geography class they're using it 55 00:02:24,110 --> 00:02:20,760 for language class they're thinking 56 00:02:25,970 --> 00:02:24,120 about possibilities and an adult's also 57 00:02:28,190 --> 00:02:25,980 people are stopping and looking up to 58 00:02:30,140 --> 00:02:28,200 see something that people built go over 59 00:02:32,059 --> 00:02:30,150 a head and people write me about it all 60 00:02:33,979 --> 00:02:32,069 the time and it's it's that ability now 61 00:02:36,590 --> 00:02:33,989 because of technology to directly 62 00:02:38,630 --> 00:02:36,600 connect to let people share in the 63 00:02:40,670 --> 00:02:38,640 experience as it happens that I think 64 00:02:42,110 --> 00:02:40,680 makes it even richer than just looking 65 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:42,120 and debriefing and showing a film 66 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:44,340 afterwards and and so I'm really happy 67 00:02:48,920 --> 00:02:46,650 when people send me a note back and say 68 00:02:51,199 --> 00:02:48,930 maybe what one of my pictures or 69 00:02:54,500 --> 00:02:51,209 something that I said has meant to them 70 00:03:00,190 --> 00:02:54,510 even if you even if you alienated some 71 00:03:07,430 --> 00:03:04,490 well my my dad's grandfather was a Trent 72 00:03:09,170 --> 00:03:07,440 was a trainer for the Leafs and and so 73 00:03:10,970 --> 00:03:09,180 he was raised as a Leafs fan and he 74 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:10,980 raised me as a Leafs fan and so i'm 75 00:03:14,119 --> 00:03:12,930 annaliese fan my whole life the fact if 76 00:03:16,569 --> 00:03:14,129 they haven't won a Stanley Cup for a 77 00:03:19,250 --> 00:03:16,579 while that's okay 78 00:03:21,199 --> 00:03:19,260 read on that I want to ask you about 79 00:03:22,819 --> 00:03:21,209 this music monday and the song you wrote 80 00:03:24,350 --> 00:03:22,829 with that robertson have been egged 81 00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:24,360 ladies were chris what were you hoping 82 00:03:31,530 --> 00:03:26,310 to convey about the experience of space 83 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:35,130 I grew up listening to a lot of Canadian 84 00:03:40,050 --> 00:03:38,530 folk music of course the stuff that 85 00:03:42,259 --> 00:03:40,060 Gordon Lightfoot wrote but also Stan 86 00:03:44,789 --> 00:03:42,269 Rogers things that really tell the story 87 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:44,799 from from a regular person's point of 88 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:45,010 view 89 00:03:50,039 --> 00:03:47,650 and we're we're regular people who are 90 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:50,049 now on a new type of profession a new 91 00:03:53,849 --> 00:03:52,090 type of ship doing something that's new 92 00:03:56,699 --> 00:03:53,859 in the human experience and so when you 93 00:03:58,500 --> 00:03:56,709 sing an old song about about 94 00:04:00,629 --> 00:03:58,510 Newfoundlanders going out to Alberta 95 00:04:02,699 --> 00:04:00,639 like some things Stan Rogers sang about 96 00:04:05,819 --> 00:04:02,709 or or about the fisheries on Lake 97 00:04:07,259 --> 00:04:05,829 Ontario or or whatever to think that 98 00:04:09,690 --> 00:04:07,269 there's a way to try and capture the 99 00:04:11,849 --> 00:04:09,700 experiance through art and some 100 00:04:14,849 --> 00:04:11,859 astronauts are terrific photographers 101 00:04:17,310 --> 00:04:14,859 some are good writers I play it a couple 102 00:04:18,990 --> 00:04:17,320 bands I'm no great musician but it's 103 00:04:21,270 --> 00:04:19,000 important to me and I want to do my 104 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:21,280 absolute best to try and capture some of 105 00:04:25,980 --> 00:04:22,810 this experience as many different ways 106 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:25,990 as I can I can't draw but but hopefully 107 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:27,930 some of the music that I play up here 108 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:30,849 that may be the song that ed Robertson 109 00:04:35,070 --> 00:04:32,530 and I wrote together that will be played 110 00:04:37,050 --> 00:04:35,080 in schools all across Canada under the 111 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:37,060 music counts program the Coalition for 112 00:04:41,339 --> 00:04:39,370 music education to think that there are 113 00:04:43,170 --> 00:04:41,349 choirs there are schools for the Deaf 114 00:04:45,089 --> 00:04:43,180 that have already made a version of it 115 00:04:47,339 --> 00:04:45,099 it's being put into other languages 116 00:04:49,620 --> 00:04:47,349 that's song joining people together 117 00:04:51,659 --> 00:04:49,630 through a common theme and using it to 118 00:04:54,629 --> 00:04:51,669 try and understand a new experience lots 119 00:04:56,250 --> 00:04:54,639 of music is all about to me and so it's 120 00:04:58,980 --> 00:04:56,260 really important it's got a beautiful 121 00:05:00,420 --> 00:04:58,990 melody and sentiment to it um although I 122 00:05:02,100 --> 00:05:00,430 must say you usually seem so 123 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:02,110 enthusiastic I think some people will be 124 00:05:06,719 --> 00:05:04,330 surprised if the song has a bit of a 125 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:06,729 Neil youngish melancholy feel tell me 126 00:05:11,010 --> 00:05:08,530 about why that strike you as struck you 127 00:05:13,469 --> 00:05:11,020 as the right tone to set and if it's a 128 00:05:18,210 --> 00:05:13,479 reflection on being reflective from 129 00:05:22,930 --> 00:05:21,430 living in spaces is just a constant rush 130 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:22,940 of stimulation 131 00:05:26,950 --> 00:05:25,130 I mean we're busy we're talking to 132 00:05:30,330 --> 00:05:26,960 mission controls all around the world 133 00:05:32,379 --> 00:05:30,340 were doing experiments we just did 134 00:05:34,180 --> 00:05:32,389 ultrasound eyeballs in for the first 135 00:05:35,740 --> 00:05:34,190 time we're imaging actually changes in 136 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:35,750 blood flow in the brain when you change 137 00:05:40,570 --> 00:05:38,090 your blood regulation there's there's 138 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:40,580 there's all this stuff going on and it's 139 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:42,410 only when you float over to the window 140 00:05:51,070 --> 00:05:44,690 and pause for a second and look at the 141 00:05:52,749 --> 00:05:51,080 huge impermeable permanence and beauty 142 00:05:54,969 --> 00:05:52,759 of the world that's underneath you this 143 00:05:57,999 --> 00:05:54,979 great reassuring wonder of it and it 144 00:05:59,469 --> 00:05:58,009 makes you thoughtful to combine that the 145 00:06:02,230 --> 00:05:59,479 high paced action that we're doing 146 00:06:03,580 --> 00:06:02,240 onboard with this magnificent planet 147 00:06:06,939 --> 00:06:03,590 that's just about the window at all 148 00:06:09,010 --> 00:06:06,949 times and so all emotions go by and so I 149 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:09,020 think the song I wrote some of the 150 00:06:12,129 --> 00:06:10,370 lyrics said came up with a really nice 151 00:06:13,659 --> 00:06:12,139 melody and wrote some of the lyrics I 152 00:06:15,850 --> 00:06:13,669 think the song does a nice job of 153 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:15,860 talking about the wonder of it and and 154 00:06:20,010 --> 00:06:17,810 some of the science of it but also 155 00:06:22,659 --> 00:06:20,020 thinking about what it means 156 00:06:23,890 --> 00:06:22,669 psychologically to be here and what it's 157 00:06:25,750 --> 00:06:23,900 going to mean in the future for people 158 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:25,760 that are living away from Earth and 159 00:06:29,649 --> 00:06:27,530 moving away from Earth and using our 160 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:29,659 inventions to increase our capability to 161 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:31,849 understand the universe so we're trying 162 00:06:36,250 --> 00:06:34,130 to communicate that to young Canadians 163 00:06:38,350 --> 00:06:36,260 to young people all around the world but 164 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:38,360 also to really just try and capture the 165 00:06:43,300 --> 00:06:40,970 experience of living away from our 166 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:43,310 planet and of starting to explore the 167 00:06:48,730 --> 00:06:47,210 rest of the universe in person let me 168 00:06:50,469 --> 00:06:48,740 ask you what it means to not just be 169 00:06:52,300 --> 00:06:50,479 psychologically to be there as you just 170 00:06:54,010 --> 00:06:52,310 said but physically to be there 171 00:06:55,629 --> 00:06:54,020 scientifically to be video there's been 172 00:06:57,550 --> 00:06:55,639 a lot of debate about the future of 173 00:06:59,469 --> 00:06:57,560 space exploration especially since NASA 174 00:07:01,089 --> 00:06:59,479 cancelled the shuttle program you had to 175 00:07:03,370 --> 00:07:01,099 hitch a ride with the Russians to get to 176 00:07:06,159 --> 00:07:03,380 the space station why is it important 177 00:07:09,910 --> 00:07:06,169 for us as a society to be to keep 178 00:07:13,990 --> 00:07:11,830 you 179 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:14,000 well I didn't hitch a ride with the 180 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:15,650 Russians I flew the spaceship I was I 181 00:07:19,060 --> 00:07:17,090 was like the left see does the pilot 182 00:07:21,340 --> 00:07:19,070 with Roman Romanenko as the commander in 183 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:21,350 the middle and the Americans NASA of 184 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:24,650 course is they they are the main four 185 00:07:28,900 --> 00:07:26,090 man I guess of the International Space 186 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:28,910 Station and so they're very actively 187 00:07:35,650 --> 00:07:31,130 involved in space travel this is the 188 00:07:37,750 --> 00:07:35,660 world's first great cooperative outpost 189 00:07:40,330 --> 00:07:37,760 in space this is a wonderful ship that 190 00:07:42,430 --> 00:07:40,340 we've built it's a huge laboratory where 191 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:42,440 we are learning not only about how the 192 00:07:46,629 --> 00:07:44,930 human body works about the earth but 193 00:07:48,790 --> 00:07:46,639 also about how to build ships that can 194 00:07:51,460 --> 00:07:48,800 take us further and in amongst all the 195 00:07:54,340 --> 00:07:51,470 things that we're doing on earth taking 196 00:07:56,710 --> 00:07:54,350 care of our people and trying to 197 00:07:59,290 --> 00:07:56,720 understand the planet better there's a 198 00:08:00,879 --> 00:07:59,300 part of it that is always curious for 199 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:00,889 people to look up to think what lies 200 00:08:05,590 --> 00:08:03,050 beyond and for the first time in history 201 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:05,600 we have the technology now to start to 202 00:08:09,460 --> 00:08:07,630 leave Earth on a permanent basis and 203 00:08:11,590 --> 00:08:09,470 nations have a choice of not 204 00:08:14,350 --> 00:08:11,600 participating or being part of it but I 205 00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:14,360 think Canada has been really smart about 206 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:16,370 it in that they have they have looked 207 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:18,650 for areas of expertise trying to make 208 00:08:22,990 --> 00:08:20,690 sure the Canadians onboard and make sure 209 00:08:24,940 --> 00:08:23,000 that that young Canadians have this as 210 00:08:26,469 --> 00:08:24,950 an opportunity one of the many things 211 00:08:28,420 --> 00:08:26,479 that they can choose as they grew up in 212 00:08:30,159 --> 00:08:28,430 Canada to think that someday they may 213 00:08:32,740 --> 00:08:30,169 have a chance to be part of something as 214 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:32,750 spectacular and new as starting to leave 215 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:34,490 Earth as a species for the first time 216 00:08:38,380 --> 00:08:36,710 it's just barely possible but we're 217 00:08:41,350 --> 00:08:38,390 making it work and inventing as we go 218 00:08:43,060 --> 00:08:41,360 and I'm so delighted as a Canadian to be 219 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:43,070 part of this commander Chris Hadfield 220 00:08:46,390 --> 00:08:45,170 it's truly a great pleasure to speak to 221 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:46,400 you while you're up there at the 222 00:08:53,350 --> 00:08:47,810 International Space Station thank you 223 00:08:55,270 --> 00:08:53,360 for this my pleasure and I'll be looking 224 00:09:00,870 --> 00:08:55,280 at you is very nice to talk with you 225 00:09:04,690 --> 00:09:03,490 hey Chris is Peter Mansbridge on the 226 00:09:06,820 --> 00:09:04,700 line now and I'm going to roll right 227 00:09:08,950 --> 00:09:06,830 into this so we don't waste any time 228 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:08,960 it's great to see you there let me go in 229 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:11,270 with the first question you know no 230 00:09:15,490 --> 00:09:13,250 one's had the kind of extensive social 231 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:15,500 media experience that you've had from 232 00:09:20,950 --> 00:09:19,010 from up there in doing that what have 233 00:09:27,560 --> 00:09:20,960 you learned about how the people of 234 00:09:33,870 --> 00:09:29,990 peter is it's it's good to talk with you 235 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:33,880 the same wonder and and sense of 236 00:09:39,090 --> 00:09:36,730 opportunity and sense of adventure and 237 00:09:41,700 --> 00:09:39,100 and fundamental thrill of discovery that 238 00:09:44,370 --> 00:09:41,710 I felt as a as a nine year old kid 239 00:09:46,230 --> 00:09:44,380 thinking that someday maybe even though 240 00:09:48,780 --> 00:09:46,240 I'm Canadian maybe someday I might have 241 00:09:51,930 --> 00:09:48,790 a chance to fly in space that sense of 242 00:09:53,820 --> 00:09:51,940 being on the edge of something of on the 243 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:53,830 precipice of something new and exciting 244 00:09:59,400 --> 00:09:57,130 that feeling is is prevalent all across 245 00:10:02,100 --> 00:09:59,410 the planet and when I post a picture of 246 00:10:04,260 --> 00:10:02,110 say the coast of Perth Australia or the 247 00:10:07,560 --> 00:10:04,270 the fires and the outback of Australia 248 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:07,570 right now or or of Vesuvius or somewhere 249 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:09,970 I immediately get a rush of feedback of 250 00:10:14,850 --> 00:10:12,850 people saying wow I hadn't realized what 251 00:10:17,370 --> 00:10:14,860 our planet looks like and and I started 252 00:10:19,980 --> 00:10:17,380 to think you know of our planet a little 253 00:10:21,450 --> 00:10:19,990 more globally thinking of where my place 254 00:10:23,310 --> 00:10:21,460 is when I look at all these other places 255 00:10:25,980 --> 00:10:23,320 places that have just been words on a 256 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:25,990 page and so that the feedback has been 257 00:10:32,580 --> 00:10:29,530 really motivational for me in fact that 258 00:10:34,830 --> 00:10:32,590 people's vision of the world is maybe 259 00:10:37,650 --> 00:10:34,840 slightly expanded and their fundamental 260 00:10:39,510 --> 00:10:37,660 excitement at opportunities is rekindled 261 00:10:42,330 --> 00:10:39,520 by some of the things I've had a chance 262 00:10:43,950 --> 00:10:42,340 to observe from up here so it's it's a 263 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:43,960 fun part of of all the things we're 264 00:10:47,730 --> 00:10:45,610 doing up here but it's also one that 265 00:10:50,460 --> 00:10:47,740 that I think is worth doing just because 266 00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:50,470 of the impact that it can have well you 267 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:52,570 know as you concede you get a 268 00:10:57,660 --> 00:10:54,610 perspective adverse from from where you 269 00:10:59,010 --> 00:10:57,670 are that few people have ever had what 270 00:11:00,870 --> 00:10:59,020 are you you know this isn't your first 271 00:11:02,940 --> 00:11:00,880 time it's you know you've been up a few 272 00:11:09,560 --> 00:11:02,950 times now what are you still learning 273 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:12,690 Peter the last times I flew I flew it to 274 00:11:16,950 --> 00:11:14,290 help build the Russian space station Mir 275 00:11:18,630 --> 00:11:16,960 back almost almost 20 years ago and and 276 00:11:20,820 --> 00:11:18,640 then to help build this space station 277 00:11:22,890 --> 00:11:20,830 and Canada I'm our big robot a dozen 278 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:22,900 years or so ago but those were shuttle 279 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:26,050 assembly flights quick sort of almost 280 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:28,210 like a drive-through flight where where 281 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:30,130 you grab as few quick pictures out the 282 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:31,810 window you try and get as much of the 283 00:11:36,690 --> 00:11:33,730 experience as you can but you don't 284 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:36,700 really get the full taste of it maybe 285 00:11:40,380 --> 00:11:39,010 you like if you stop at somebody's 286 00:11:42,180 --> 00:11:40,390 airport and you think you visited their 287 00:11:44,220 --> 00:11:42,190 country that's sort of how it felt this 288 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:44,230 time I have the incredible privilege of 289 00:11:51,180 --> 00:11:48,210 time if I don't get a great picture of 290 00:11:52,680 --> 00:11:51,190 Edmonton on this trip then I can wait a 291 00:11:54,270 --> 00:11:52,690 week wait till we come around and line 292 00:11:56,250 --> 00:11:54,280 up and we get the right angle of Sun and 293 00:11:58,580 --> 00:11:56,260 light and in orbit and I can try again 294 00:12:01,290 --> 00:11:58,590 and get another picture I can really 295 00:12:03,210 --> 00:12:01,300 look at the differences in myself as my 296 00:12:05,910 --> 00:12:03,220 body evolved z-- to living here we can 297 00:12:07,740 --> 00:12:05,920 do long-term experiments we're doing 298 00:12:09,210 --> 00:12:07,750 experiments that take hours or days or 299 00:12:10,950 --> 00:12:09,220 weeks there's there's a Canadian 300 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:10,960 experiment growing here down beside me 301 00:12:16,710 --> 00:12:13,330 that runs for days and days at a time so 302 00:12:18,270 --> 00:12:16,720 it's it's so much richer as a result the 303 00:12:21,210 --> 00:12:18,280 experience is so much deeper and more 304 00:12:23,940 --> 00:12:21,220 profound the ability to stay and really 305 00:12:25,650 --> 00:12:23,950 sample it and for me it's a tremendous 306 00:12:27,950 --> 00:12:25,660 privilege to be able to do this at this 307 00:12:30,890 --> 00:12:27,960 stage of my life this stage of my career 308 00:12:34,110 --> 00:12:30,900 talk to me a little bit about that 309 00:12:37,680 --> 00:12:34,120 profound nature of the impact it has on 310 00:12:39,930 --> 00:12:37,690 you do it you know from witnessing earth 311 00:12:41,610 --> 00:12:39,940 from where you are is it a kind of a 312 00:12:45,150 --> 00:12:41,620 spiritual you know what kind of a 313 00:12:49,050 --> 00:12:45,160 religious you know feeling that had that 314 00:12:54,220 --> 00:12:51,970 Peter last night or nice night our time 315 00:12:57,340 --> 00:12:54,230 but as we were coming across Canada in 316 00:12:59,800 --> 00:12:57,350 the dark we were coming north of the 317 00:13:02,319 --> 00:12:59,810 Great Lakes so not too many big cities 318 00:13:05,079 --> 00:13:02,329 just directly below us but I could see 319 00:13:06,550 --> 00:13:05,089 the Maritimes coming up could see Quebec 320 00:13:10,180 --> 00:13:06,560 City and then and then gasp and the 321 00:13:12,639 --> 00:13:10,190 Maritimes and just as st. John's pulled 322 00:13:14,530 --> 00:13:12,649 into view ahead to our left the Sun 323 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:14,540 started coming up over the horizon and 324 00:13:18,670 --> 00:13:16,610 it comes up fast because we're going 8 325 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:18,680 kilometers a second so we we come around 326 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:21,110 the earth just screaming around the 327 00:13:26,259 --> 00:13:24,230 earth and suddenly the Sun just just 328 00:13:29,079 --> 00:13:26,269 burst into view in front of me as we 329 00:13:30,550 --> 00:13:29,089 cross Canada's East Coast and it not 330 00:13:33,819 --> 00:13:30,560 just the brightness of it and the heat 331 00:13:35,829 --> 00:13:33,829 of it but the the profound beauty of it 332 00:13:39,220 --> 00:13:35,839 it just brings tears to my eyes it's 333 00:13:41,949 --> 00:13:39,230 just such a magnificent way to 334 00:13:45,460 --> 00:13:41,959 understand our planet and to see our 335 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:45,470 country is one place and to to realize 336 00:13:49,090 --> 00:13:46,970 that I'm here on behalf of so many 337 00:13:50,380 --> 00:13:49,100 people trying to absorb this experience 338 00:13:51,819 --> 00:13:50,390 of course trying to do all the 339 00:13:53,410 --> 00:13:51,829 experiments onboard trying to do the 340 00:13:55,630 --> 00:13:53,420 work make sure everything is done 341 00:13:58,600 --> 00:13:55,640 properly take care of the spaceship but 342 00:14:00,850 --> 00:13:58,610 also very much in the vanguard of just 343 00:14:02,590 --> 00:14:00,860 this is an experience for the countless 344 00:14:04,449 --> 00:14:02,600 Canadians that would love to do this 345 00:14:06,069 --> 00:14:04,459 themselves or the young Canadians that 346 00:14:09,069 --> 00:14:06,079 are dreaming of doing this in the future 347 00:14:10,689 --> 00:14:09,079 and I feel all of that all the time and 348 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:10,699 driving into a sunrise 349 00:14:16,180 --> 00:14:13,850 it's it's almost overpowering in the in 350 00:14:18,340 --> 00:14:16,190 the strength of the feeling that comes 351 00:14:20,139 --> 00:14:18,350 along with it a lot of people were 352 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:20,149 pretty moved when you talked about 353 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:22,130 looking down on Syria a few weeks ago 354 00:14:26,639 --> 00:14:23,540 knowing what's happening on the ground 355 00:14:30,310 --> 00:14:26,649 there now we've got Mali and Algeria 356 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:30,320 talk about you know what you feel when 357 00:14:34,900 --> 00:14:32,810 when you look down at those spots in the 358 00:14:39,490 --> 00:14:34,910 world that are you know our facing 359 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:43,160 well conflict in trouble is a is a basic 360 00:14:47,180 --> 00:14:44,570 component of the human experience 361 00:14:49,730 --> 00:14:47,190 unfortunately whether it's its internal 362 00:14:52,430 --> 00:14:49,740 within yourself within your family your 363 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:52,440 your village your school or your country 364 00:14:58,940 --> 00:14:55,170 I mean it's it's not going to get solved 365 00:15:02,360 --> 00:14:58,950 by space travel but a couple different 366 00:15:04,700 --> 00:15:02,370 things Peter one is I think the just the 367 00:15:07,250 --> 00:15:04,710 straight visual perspective of the world 368 00:15:10,970 --> 00:15:07,260 that we are privy to up here to be able 369 00:15:13,220 --> 00:15:10,980 to cross Africa in the time it takes to 370 00:15:15,620 --> 00:15:13,230 finish a sentence to be able to see the 371 00:15:18,530 --> 00:15:15,630 whole world repeatedly over and over as 372 00:15:21,710 --> 00:15:18,540 one succinct distinct place where we all 373 00:15:24,710 --> 00:15:21,720 live I think that view would do a lot of 374 00:15:27,890 --> 00:15:24,720 people a lot of good and and the other 375 00:15:29,300 --> 00:15:27,900 is that we are visible from the earth if 376 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:29,310 you get up in the morning or just before 377 00:15:32,450 --> 00:15:31,050 you go to bed and we happen to be going 378 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:32,460 overhead we're still in the light while 379 00:15:37,610 --> 00:15:34,290 it's getting dark on the surface so 380 00:15:39,770 --> 00:15:37,620 there is a visible example of something 381 00:15:42,710 --> 00:15:39,780 going on that is truly international and 382 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:42,720 cooperative and leading-edge that is 383 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:46,050 right there overhead the brightest star 384 00:15:50,510 --> 00:15:48,090 in the sky going around and around the 385 00:15:52,310 --> 00:15:50,520 world reminding people of what we can do 386 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:52,320 when we do things right and when we do 387 00:15:57,140 --> 00:15:54,450 things together and hopefully that 388 00:15:59,860 --> 00:15:57,150 combination will help to influence at 389 00:16:02,390 --> 00:15:59,870 least some people the combination of 390 00:16:04,370 --> 00:16:02,400 understanding how we truly all exist 391 00:16:06,530 --> 00:16:04,380 together on a planet and also the 392 00:16:08,780 --> 00:16:06,540 understanding of what we can do when we 393 00:16:12,380 --> 00:16:08,790 work together do you find yourself 394 00:16:15,470 --> 00:16:12,390 asking questions of yourself about about 395 00:16:18,110 --> 00:16:15,480 life about yourself when you're where 396 00:16:22,530 --> 00:16:18,120 you are that you wouldn't ask when 397 00:16:27,940 --> 00:16:25,740 the first astronauts Peter I think 398 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:27,950 really went through an enormous change 399 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:30,500 they were anonymous test pilots there 400 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:32,090 had only been a handful of people flown 401 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:34,730 in space and suddenly those guys were on 402 00:16:38,470 --> 00:16:36,170 the way to the moon and when they came 403 00:16:41,650 --> 00:16:38,480 back they went from being anonymous test 404 00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:41,660 pilots to being ticker tape parades for 405 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:44,180 the rest of their life and I think that 406 00:16:49,090 --> 00:16:46,910 shift you know in a person's life is 407 00:16:52,090 --> 00:16:49,100 very hard to accept so I think they 408 00:16:54,850 --> 00:16:52,100 really had to reconsider cuz they didn't 409 00:16:57,940 --> 00:16:54,860 have anyone to have asked but I was the 410 00:16:59,590 --> 00:16:57,950 I forget the four hundred and twentieth 411 00:17:02,260 --> 00:16:59,600 person to fly in space or something and 412 00:17:04,360 --> 00:17:02,270 and we're on expedition 35 so it's 413 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:04,370 incremental and and I've had the 414 00:17:09,340 --> 00:17:06,890 experience of talking to Neil Armstrong 415 00:17:11,020 --> 00:17:09,350 and Marc Garneau and Bob Thirsk who 416 00:17:13,090 --> 00:17:11,030 lived up here six months before me and 417 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:13,100 and Alexei Leonov the world's first 418 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:15,850 space Walker knowing those people and so 419 00:17:22,450 --> 00:17:19,610 preparing myself already understanding 420 00:17:24,010 --> 00:17:22,460 the world globally thinking about why 421 00:17:27,490 --> 00:17:24,020 we're doing this it it's really one of 422 00:17:31,570 --> 00:17:27,500 my fundamental motivations the the 423 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:31,580 desire to be part of this to be a person 424 00:17:37,090 --> 00:17:35,330 that this is important for it wasn't as 425 00:17:39,310 --> 00:17:37,100 if I got here and suddenly realized it 426 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:39,320 was magnificent the reason that I was 427 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:40,850 motivated to do this was for the 428 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:43,010 magnificence of it and the beauty of it 429 00:17:47,530 --> 00:17:45,530 and the import of it and I really hope 430 00:17:49,330 --> 00:17:47,540 that when I and I regularly talked to 431 00:17:51,370 --> 00:17:49,340 schools all across the world and 432 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:51,380 specifically in Canada I really hope 433 00:17:55,510 --> 00:17:53,570 that some sense of that that choosing 434 00:17:57,640 --> 00:17:55,520 something that has a great personal 435 00:17:59,800 --> 00:17:57,650 import but that is also something that 436 00:18:02,710 --> 00:17:59,810 is larger than yourself that that 437 00:18:04,090 --> 00:18:02,720 combination to be internalized early and 438 00:18:06,310 --> 00:18:04,100 to lead a life that goes that direction 439 00:18:08,350 --> 00:18:06,320 is the type of message that I really 440 00:18:09,940 --> 00:18:08,360 work hard with young Canadians to get it 441 00:18:12,750 --> 00:18:09,950 into their head and to get it into the 442 00:18:15,010 --> 00:18:12,760 core of them to lead a life that then 443 00:18:17,260 --> 00:18:15,020 satisfies them and it is also really 444 00:18:19,270 --> 00:18:17,270 good for the rest of us you ever get 445 00:18:20,650 --> 00:18:19,280 tired of doing that majorette thing with 446 00:18:22,659 --> 00:18:20,660 the microphone where you flip it around 447 00:18:26,859 --> 00:18:22,669 like that 448 00:18:28,330 --> 00:18:26,869 I brought a few props for you here just 449 00:18:33,669 --> 00:18:28,340 in case you want to see some other 450 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:33,679 things floating around I guess you never 451 00:18:40,690 --> 00:18:37,730 get bored of that do you now 452 00:18:42,639 --> 00:18:40,700 weightlessness is a toy that that never 453 00:18:44,409 --> 00:18:42,649 winds down it never goes away and you 454 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:44,419 just play with it all the time even now 455 00:18:48,519 --> 00:18:46,369 I'm still learning how I can be more 456 00:18:51,159 --> 00:18:48,529 elegant I wish we had like some of the 457 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:51,169 real gymnasts or the figure skaters up 458 00:18:55,149 --> 00:18:53,090 here people who are naturally super 459 00:18:57,729 --> 00:18:55,159 coordinated and graceful because you can 460 00:19:00,759 --> 00:18:57,739 be so the ballet up here would be 461 00:19:03,489 --> 00:19:00,769 revolution revelation Airy it's just 462 00:19:05,259 --> 00:19:03,499 such a liberating and new environment 463 00:19:07,029 --> 00:19:05,269 and I'm doing my best with it and trying 464 00:19:10,470 --> 00:19:07,039 to become as graceful and elegant as I 465 00:19:12,909 --> 00:19:10,480 can but when you open up a whole new 466 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:12,919 capability to people then the artistic 467 00:19:17,349 --> 00:19:14,690 interpretation of it and the ability to 468 00:19:19,659 --> 00:19:17,359 use it expands on itself and I'm just 469 00:19:22,749 --> 00:19:19,669 trying to do what I can with my 470 00:19:25,210 --> 00:19:22,759 limitations up here you know that no 471 00:19:33,330 --> 00:19:25,220 leaf fan is ever being as far away from 472 00:19:36,129 --> 00:19:33,340 the ACC as you are right yes I know but 473 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:36,139 I'm not a leaf fan just just because 474 00:19:40,330 --> 00:19:37,730 they're having a good year or a bad year 475 00:19:42,609 --> 00:19:40,340 I'm a leaf fan because they they have 476 00:19:45,789 --> 00:19:42,619 had a tremendous history for almost a 477 00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:45,799 century and and they they captured my 478 00:19:49,509 --> 00:19:47,629 imagination when I was a little kid 479 00:19:50,979 --> 00:19:49,519 growing up in Southern Ontario so I'm a 480 00:19:53,259 --> 00:19:50,989 leaf fan for life and I wish them all 481 00:19:54,909 --> 00:19:53,269 the best this year and I'm having fun 482 00:19:57,039 --> 00:19:54,919 following it they don't send me the 483 00:20:00,039 --> 00:19:57,049 games and you know I can't watch live so 484 00:20:01,930 --> 00:20:00,049 I get to games the next day but it's 485 00:20:03,519 --> 00:20:01,940 it's fun to watch up here at least the 486 00:20:05,590 --> 00:20:03,529 highlights of the games I'm enjoying it 487 00:20:08,529 --> 00:20:05,600 last question because we've only we've 488 00:20:15,630 --> 00:20:08,539 got less than a minute left why is it 489 00:20:20,970 --> 00:20:17,890 you could look at that question a bunch 490 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:20,980 of different ways I think number one is 491 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:22,940 there are a lot of interesting things 492 00:20:27,730 --> 00:20:25,730 going on in the world and some of them 493 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:27,740 are very straightforward we need to take 494 00:20:31,390 --> 00:20:29,810 care of our people we need to think 495 00:20:33,310 --> 00:20:31,400 about education we need to think about 496 00:20:35,110 --> 00:20:33,320 the regular things that give people a 497 00:20:38,410 --> 00:20:35,120 good life but there are some things that 498 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:38,420 are really new and and challenging and 499 00:20:42,580 --> 00:20:40,730 inspiring and that really draw people in 500 00:20:44,380 --> 00:20:42,590 and bring out the best in people and I 501 00:20:46,540 --> 00:20:44,390 want my kids to have more opportunities 502 00:20:48,690 --> 00:20:46,550 than I had and I want young Canadian 503 00:20:51,700 --> 00:20:48,700 kids to be able to look and see things 504 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:51,710 that weren't possible before or see 505 00:20:55,420 --> 00:20:53,570 things that challenge them to come up 506 00:20:58,120 --> 00:20:55,430 with new ideas and I think it's 507 00:20:59,830 --> 00:20:58,130 important that Canada is part of 508 00:21:01,920 --> 00:20:59,840 something like this we're not the 509 00:21:04,390 --> 00:21:01,930 biggest country in it we're not the ones 510 00:21:07,270 --> 00:21:04,400 putting all the hardware up here but our 511 00:21:09,010 --> 00:21:07,280 robot built this place Canada arm to put 512 00:21:11,050 --> 00:21:09,020 this thing together we were absolutely 513 00:21:13,180 --> 00:21:11,060 pivotal in building the space station 514 00:21:15,820 --> 00:21:13,190 and so we have Canadian science onboard 515 00:21:18,250 --> 00:21:15,830 Canadian people on board and hopefully a 516 00:21:20,140 --> 00:21:18,260 lot of Canadian Dreams on board and I 517 00:21:22,270 --> 00:21:20,150 think as a young Canadian growing up to 518 00:21:23,710 --> 00:21:22,280 be able to see this as something that is 519 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:23,720 within the fabric of Canadian 520 00:21:28,990 --> 00:21:26,570 opportunity is something that's worth me 521 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:29,000 spending my life working on Chris 522 00:21:33,070 --> 00:21:30,530 Hadfield has been great of you to do 523 00:21:37,220 --> 00:21:33,080 this travel safe be well we'll talk to 524 00:21:43,830 --> 00:21:40,789 thank you Peter and hello to everyone 525 00:21:47,249 --> 00:21:43,840 station this is Houston ACR thank you 526 00:21:48,470 --> 00:21:47,259 that concludes the event and thank you 527 00:21:50,759 --> 00:21:48,480 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation