Response from Chris Hadfield in orbit to William Shatner's Question "Are you tweeting from space?"

 

Chris Hadfield: "Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we're detecting signs of life on the surface."

 

​This has been great interaction between these two:

 

In my world, everyone is a Trekkie, but I bet there is somebody out there who is clueless as to the reference. I am always astonished when I meet those people.

It's great focusing on those huge efforts space flights involve. At least for few minutes. I love the banner in the background, I love how the personnel stresses that this, just a few hundred kilometres above Earth, involves so many nations, knowledge and skill. Vertical distance is so much different to lateral one.

 

It makes you forget about how limited we sometimes act down here. Looking at just us, our area, our country. Science, exploration, even big risks, that's what brings us forward, that's what challenges us and, may, even unite us as we can't stand those projects as a single nation.

 

For me, the united efforts and all the ups and downs incorporated are what renders us mankind. And I think your video shows that intelligent and also funny people handle the serious and expensive stuff going on up there. Thanks for posting. :smile:

 

By the way, I liked how he mentioned that even the fictional stuff from e.g. Star Trek influenced him as an astronaut. And he certainly seems to enjoy showing 'weightless' stuff to the audience. ^_^

Great video.

 

Detecting signs of life would be truly amazing one day when I comes. Scientists now say earth like planets could be right next door to us, circling red dwarf stars (stars the human eye cannot see). One day maybe, "Standard Orbit, captain, we're detecting life" could be a common phrase.

 

 

RJ