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Passion Struck with John R. Miles

Steve Bowen on Pioneering the New Dawn of Space Exploration EP 448

Passion Struck with John R. Miles

John R. Miles

Mental Health, Alternative Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 779 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

https://passionstruck.com/passion-struck-book/—Order a copy of my new book, "Passion Struck: Twelve Powerful Principles to Unlock Your Purpose and Ignite Your Most Intentional Life," today! The book was picked by the Next Big Idea Club as a must-read for 2024, the winner of the Business Business Minds Best Book 2024, and a finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award for best debut novel.Steve Bowen, a celebrated NASA astronaut with a background as a United States Naval Submariner, offers a captivating account of his transition from the deep seas to the outer reaches of space. With a career that spans conducting spacewalks to commanding SpaceX Crew 6, Steve emphasizes the crucial roles of teamwork, adaptability, and resilience in successful space missions. Additionally, Steve shares his unique perspective on Earth's fragility viewed from space, underscoring our collective responsibility to preserve our planet.Full show notes and resources can be found here:  https://passionstruck.com/steve-bowen-on-the-new-dawn-of-space-exploration/In this episode, you will learn:
  • The importance of challenging oneself and continuously learning to unlock new opportunities.
  • The significance of teamwork, adaptability, and resilience in space exploration.
  • The fragility of Earth from space and the interconnectedness of life on the planet.
  • The experience of spacewalks, including witnessing a meteorite entering the atmosphere and unique observations from space, is discussed.
  • The dangerous situation during Luca Parmitano's spacewalk with Chris Cassidy is highlighted, emphasizing the importance of training and quick thinking in critical situations.
  • The experience of having his crewmates reassigned to Chris Cassidy's mission, showcasing the unpredictability of crew assignments in space missions.
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Coming up next on Passion Struck.

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I was literally on top of the space station.

0:04.0

We were installing antenna on top of the space station.

0:06.4

And so I kind of clipped myself in and got my hands free and sat back

0:09.8

and watched the world pass below me

0:11.8

for about 25 minutes or so.

0:14.0

And what struck me was the reality that what kind of

0:17.6

civilization do we have that allows us,

0:21.1

all these countries working together to put people in space, not just to go to space, but really

0:26.0

to research and challenge ourselves and to explore and to really improve life on Earth.

0:31.8

I grew up carrying buckets of some men for my dad. It was not anything I could conceive of to be sitting on top of the space station installing an antenna. Sometimes I think we all have to stop and take a look, look around us,

0:44.4

look at our environment, just look at the civilization we have we're living in. It may seem

0:50.1

in such turmoil at any given day,

0:53.0

that really billions of people are living together

0:55.7

and getting along.

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And that's remarkable.

0:58.0

And I don't think we necessarily appreciate

1:00.8

those aspects of it.

1:02.4

We actually can solve problems when we all work together.

1:06.1

We actually can take care of this incredible planet. We challenge ourselves to

1:10.3

understand it and understand how to make it work.

1:13.0

Welcome to Passion Struck.

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