TIP 127 : Living In Space and What's Next w/ NASA Astronaut Tim Kopra

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Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.6 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2017

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

What it's like to get shot into space.
What it's like to live in the International Space Station.
What it's like to re-enter the earth's atmosphere.
Why billionaire Elon Musk thought it was easier to start up a space company than making the cut to become an astronaut at NASA.
How it literally feels to walk around in space and why it’s very different from what you see in the movies.
Why big goals are empowering and how to model your behavior to achieve them.
Which impact billionaires Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have had on the space industry and if we’ll ever colonize Mars.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

Preston and Stig’s episode on billionaire Elon Musk’s space company.
Preston and Stig’s episode on Stephen Covey’s book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
Preston and Stig’s executive summary of Stephen Covey’s book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	We study billionaires and this is episode 127 of The Investors Podcast.
0:05.0	Broadcasting from Bel Air, Maryland. This is The Investors Podcast.
0:14.0	They'll read the books and summarize the lessons.
0:16.0	They'll test the waters and tell you what it's called.
0:19.0	They'll give you actionable investing strategies.
0:22.0	Your host Preston Pish and St. Broderson.
0:26.0	Hey, hey, hey, how's everybody doing out there? This is Preston Pish and I'm your host for The Investors Podcast.
0:33.0	And as usual, I'm accompanied by my co-host St. Broderson out in Seoul, South Korea.
0:37.0	And I'll tell you what folks, I have been waiting a few months for this interview because I am super pumped.
0:44.0	Tim Cobra is an astronaut at NASA and he has probably the coolest stories of any person you could possibly meet in your entire life.
0:52.0	So let me just set this up for you.
0:54.0	So I'm at the Army Navy football game back in December, which I want to add Army One and they won.
1:00.0	It's been a long time. It's been a very long time since that happened.
1:04.0	And I'm at a tailgate and I'm there talking to some friends.
1:08.0	And there's just this gentleman standing next to me and I don't know who he is.
1:12.0	And one of my friends introduced me to Tim. He says, hey, Preston, this is Tim.
1:16.0	I want you to meet Tim. Tim just got back from space in June.
1:19.0	And I'm like, how many people get introduced as all he just got back from space?
1:25.0	Kind of like he was like, he just came back from his grandma's house, you know, just a couple days ago.
1:29.0	So I'm like, oh, hi, Tim. Nice to meet you. So we start talking.
1:33.0	Turns out Tim went to Columbia Business School.
1:36.0	He went to London Business School as well for some time.
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