Death, Sex & Money - An Astronaut’s Husband, Left Behind
Death, Sex & Money
Slate Audio
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2015
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Dr. Jonathan Clark lost his wife, astronaut Laurel Clark, in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle explosion. As he grieved, he also learned how to be a single parent to their son.
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| 0:00.0 | You have to take this situation and turn tragedy into triumph. |
| 0:05.2 | Otherwise, your life will be hell. |
| 0:11.6 | This is death, sex, and money. |
| 0:14.7 | Prepare to die. |
| 0:16.5 | The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot. |
| 0:19.7 | Don't have sex in the missionary position. |
| 0:21.4 | Don't have sex standing up. |
| 0:22.7 | And need to talk about more. |
| 0:24.3 | That kid, it's not about the money. |
| 0:27.6 | I mean a sale. |
| 0:32.1 | T minus 20 seconds and counting. |
| 0:35.3 | On January 16, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia launched from Kennedy Space Center |
| 0:40.5 | in Cape Canaveral, Florida. |
| 0:42.9 | 11. 10. |
| 0:45.7 | 9. Dr. Jonathan Clark was there, watching the shuttle take off with his eight-year-old son, Ian. |
| 0:51.1 | His wife, Dr. Laurel Clark, was one of the seven astronauts on board. |
| 0:55.1 | I don't think it's good for a spouse to say, you should go do this. |
| 1:03.5 | Houston now controlling the flight of Columbia, the international research. |
| 1:06.6 | I think it's more important to say, whatever you decide to follow your dream to the stars, |
| 1:12.8 | I will do everything I can to be there for you. |
| 1:16.4 | 16 days later, the Columbia Space Shuttle broke apart upon reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. |
| 1:25.3 | All seven astronauts on board were killed. |
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