Clayton Anderson - Out of This World - Episode #151

"YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice

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News, Politics, Talk Radio

4.7 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Retired NASA astronaut and author Clayton Anderson joins Michael this week for a discussion on the questions that people usually have for an astronaut, the psychological effect of catastrophic failures during Clayton's prospective years, what it was like to train underwater in preparation for space, the near-tragic injury he experienced while doing so, what it meant to get the phone call of acceptance from NASA, getting sent to Russia for the STS-131 mission despite being on probation, the importance of having a specific focus for each mission, how to fight boredom and cabin fever, the only UFO he ever encountered, how gratifying it is to set a heroic example for kids, the limitations of long term stays in orbit, a life-changing application for astronauts to regularly communicate with their families, plus how to temporarily become taller, and so much more!Mother's Day is May 9th! And JamesAllen.com allows you to customize the perfect piece of jewelry that works within your budget. So get someone you love the perfect gift by going to https://www.JamesAllen.com and if you use the code: YW30, you'll get 30% OFF your order!Get your energy back, sleep better, and block out the unhealthy effects of blue light from your computer, phone, and TV with BLUblox blue light glasses. Get FREE shipping worldwide and 15% OFF by going to http://www.BLUblox.com/yourwelcome or enter code WELCOME at checkout.David Gornoski believes understanding anthropology can help us dismantle fake news and question politically-protected, pseudo-scientific dogmas that hold us back. Check out the show by subscribing to David Gornoski on Apple podcasts, or visit his website at http://www.aneighborschoice.com, and check out his show channel http://www.youtube.com/davidgornoskiClayton Andersonhttps://astroclay.com/https://www.instagram.com/astro_clayhttps://twitter.com/Astro_Clayhttps://www.facebook.com/AstroClayhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFBb8LGpW6M_ogr92OpV1TgMichael MaliceThe Politically Incorrect Guide to the Constitution:https://youtu.be/c5qYTV6B1pYOrder THE NEW RIGHT: https://amzn.to/2IFFCCuOrder DEAR READER: https://t.co/vZfTVkK6qf?amp=1https://twitter.com/michaelmalicehttps://instagram.com/michaelmalicehttps://malice.locals.com https://youtube.com/michaelmaliceofficialIntro song: "Out of Reach" by Legendary House Catshttps://thelegendaryhousecats.bandcamp.com/The newest episode of "YOUR WELCOME" releases on iTunes and YouTube every Thursday! Please subscribe and leave a review.You can watch "YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice LIVE for FREE every Tuesday at 12:30 PM at http://www.GaSDigitalNetwork.com/liveVisit http://www.podcastmerch.com/ for exclusive "YOUR WELCOME" with Michael Malice merchandise!For access to our entire catalog of episodes On Demand in HD, subscribe to www.GaSDigitalNetwork.com. Use promo code "YWMM" for a one week free trial and over 15% OFF your monthly membership. There, you'll have access to ALL of the other amazing shows on GaS Digital Network!

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0:00.0	Good afternoon, Michael Malice here. Let that be your welcome for the next hour. I am
0:28.4	positively giddy about this week's episode because we have with us a real live astronaut,
0:35.9	Clayton Anderson. He's also the author of Letters from Space, the ordinary spaceman from Boyhood
0:42.4	Dreams to Astronaut and A is for astronaut. I have so many questions as I'm sure everyone does.
0:49.6	Whenever I go to a party, given my career, podcaster, you know, Twitter, Jerk, author, I,
0:57.2	people have a lot of questions because it's an unusual lifestyle. How do you pay the rent?
1:01.0	You know, you know, do you, are you friends with other podcasters? I got nothing on you.
1:05.8	So I have a friend who is six seven and he always gets the same four questions. How tall are you?
1:11.4	How tall are your parents? Were you always tall? Do you play basketball? As an astronaut,
1:16.0	you must have a few questions that everyone always asks. What are those questions and what are the answers?
1:22.0	The, I guess it started the first one being how did you become an astronaut?
1:26.8	Yeah. Yeah. Because once people get to know me and they look at me and they see
1:32.0	my life, they go, wow, they picked you. So my story is somewhat different than many of the other
1:42.1	astronauts who've been selected in the past. First of all, I'm not military. I'm a civilian.
1:47.8	I don't have a PhD. I only have a master's degree. I was too smart to get a PhD. And I was a small
1:57.6	town kid from the Midwest in Ashland, Nebraska. I applied to be an astronaut 15 times.
2:03.2	I submitted an application 15 times once every single year for 15 years and I heard nothing
2:08.3	from these people until year 13. Wow. So, and in year 13, that was the year I decided to give it up.
2:15.8	I was going to stop trying anymore and my wife and I flew to Seattle,
2:20.9	Washington to visit some friends and to seek employment elsewhere. We came back from Seattle.
2:27.6	I went back to my job at NASA and in all honesty, that same week that we returned,
2:32.4	I got a phone call that said, hey, Clay, you still interested in being an astronaut because we want
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