Samantha Cristoforetti
Star Trek: The Pod Directive
Star Trek
4.8 • 799 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
This week, Tawny and Paul sit down with someone who's been closer to the stars than most people will ever get. You may know Samantha Cristoforetti from her famous cosplay of Kathryn Janeway on the International Space Station. Calling in from Germany, she talks to our hosts about what it's like to be a fan of Star Trek while also working towards the future of space exploration the show so clearly envisions.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hi everybody. It is the official Star Trek podcast. I am one of your hosts, Paul |
| 0:12.6 | Left Tompkins. I'm the other one of your host. As always, Tawney Newsome. We're back. |
| 0:16.1 | As always, you are Tawney Newsome. I never cannot be. Don't never change. I try not to. You guys, |
| 0:22.7 | we've missed you. We have a fun show coming up for you today. Yes, the first astronaut I've |
| 0:28.0 | ever spoken to, Samantha Christopher-Retti. We had a wonderful conversation with her. She is an |
| 0:32.5 | extremely cool person. Very cool. We could have talked to her forever, but we weren't allowed to. |
| 0:37.3 | No, she had places to go. |
| 0:39.0 | She's very busy. |
| 0:40.4 | If you had the chance to go to space, would you? |
| 0:43.4 | If I had the chance to go to space, I don't think I would go. |
| 0:46.6 | I think I would be too scared. |
| 0:47.9 | Really? |
| 0:48.5 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:49.6 | You just would not trust the technology. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm not good in an aeroplane. |
| 0:54.1 | That's true. would not trust the technology. I'm not good in an aeroplane. |
| 0:54.8 | That's true. And those have existed since 1907. |
| 0:57.3 | That's true. |
| 0:58.1 | What about an airplane that just went straight up in the air? |
| 1:02.3 | An airplane that goes so high, this guy gets dark? |
| 1:06.0 | I do think I'd be too frightened. |
| 1:07.4 | Would you go up into space? |
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