Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George Washington Broadcast Center.

Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

Armstrong and Getty.

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

What does it feel like to be re-entering the Earth's atmosphere?

I mean, a lot of people probably have a tough time on a roller coaster.

Well, it's a little different than that.

The G buildup is not huge, like on a roller coaster or flying a fighter.

But the difference is you've been in zero G, in their case, for nine months. And as you're coming in, eventually a little bit of gravity

deceleration builds up. And if you let something go, you see it slowly fall. You're like,

whoa, look at that. Things are falling, and it's amazing to think about that.

Okay.

I heard on astronaut talking yesterday during one of the telecast covering the landing, finally,

of those poor beleaguered stranded astronauts, that in the Soyuz capsules,

because of the angle of the seats, as you're re-entering the atmosphere,

the Gs are so strong you have trouble keeping your windpipe open to breathe.

You're getting squashed so hard.

Man, I was just at the Smithsonian Air and Space in D.C. not long ago. I love that museum.

A couple weeks ago with my kids.

And, man, looking at all those different capsules from just

the first orbit, orbit, or actually going to the moon and back, how in the hell you could

sit in that tiny little thing for days in some cases without losing your mind and screaming

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