Sleep, the Final Frontier

Feeling Things with Amy & Kat

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🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Astronauts undergo rigorous training to prepare their bodies and minds for space, but once they arrive, the experience of being weightless thousands of miles above Earth is like nothing they’ve ever felt before. Join host Anahad O’Connor as he learns from former NASA astronaut and International Space Station commander Leroy Chiao about what it’s like to work and sleep in space, including the dramatic changes the body endures over the course of a mission. Sleep science researcher Dr. Mathias Basner joins to share how zero gravity and noise can impact everyday activities like resting in space.

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0:00.0	5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
0:06.0	Spaceflight definitely changed me.
0:07.4	I think it has, definitely has an effect on everyone
0:09.8	who goes up there, even for a short mission.
0:13.2	So, just looking down at the Earth,
0:15.4	I mean, it's just so beautiful and colorful
0:17.6	and looks extremely peaceful, right?
0:20.2	Thank you.
0:21.2	Thank you.
0:22.2	Thank you.
0:23.7	You're all 89K, 2.8 bucks.
0:27.0	Very few people have viewed Earth the way
0:29.1	that Leroy Chow has from over 400 kilometers
0:32.6	above the planet's surface,
0:34.2	and cruising at an unimaginable 17,000 miles per hour.
0:41.0	Leroy is a chemical engineer
0:43.2	and a former NASA astronaut
0:45.2	who's been to outer space on four separate missions,
0:48.1	racking up 229 days in space.
0:52.1	One of the things that a lot of people find weird,
0:54.1	and I found a little weird too,
0:55.6	is you're not sure what to do with your head and your neck,
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