Titans of Science: Helen Sharman - part 2
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 958 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | All engine running. |
| 0:03.0 | Absolutely genius. |
| 0:04.0 | Get this. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:06.0 | It's the show where we bring science. |
| 0:08.0 | What that essentially means is discovery is |
| 0:10.0 | advances, research, technology, unbelievable. |
| 0:13.4 | Without further ado, this is the naked scientist. |
| 0:17.5 | Hello, welcome to the program |
| 0:18.9 | where we bring you the latest breakthroughs |
| 0:20.6 | in science, technology, and medicine. And that's with me Chris Smith. And this |
| 0:24.8 | week we've got part two of our Titans of Science interview with Helen Sharman, the first |
| 0:30.0 | Britain in space, where she tells me about the ins and outs of working on a space station. Those who tuned in last week will remember Helen giving us a fascinating account of the |
| 0:49.9 | build-up to and launching of the rocket that carried her up to the mere space station. |
| 0:54.6 | But once she got there, what was day-to-day life like? |
| 0:58.6 | That moment when the acceleration stops, the g-forces fell away and you realize that you were floating. That must also be pretty elating. |
| 1:08.0 | First when the final rocket engine is deticent. |
| 1:13.4 | You're right, that's when we do feel weightless, |
| 1:16.1 | but we're still strapped into our seats. |
| 1:18.2 | So it takes another two and a half hours |
| 1:20.6 | before we've checked that everything is safe enough for us to |
| 1:24.0 | unstrap and take off our spaces. I could obviously I was feeling weightless. My body |
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