Would You Go?
Note to Self
WNYC Studios
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2015
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
There's a not-so-crazy chance that we'll have the opportunity to vacation to space in our lifetimes. That said, commercial space travel is a high-stakes proposition — one that has become even riskier and more expensive in recent months. Plus: It costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, and you pee in a bag.
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| 0:00.0 | I just started crying. I don't know why I was crying, but I was crying. I was very emotional. |
| 0:10.5 | My tears started floating in front of me and making a bubble over my eyes, not allowing |
| 0:15.9 | me to see clearly. |
| 0:23.6 | I'm Manouch Samarote and this is WNYC's Note To Self. |
| 0:28.3 | So then I started looking about the space stuff and I always woke up, I was late for these. |
| 0:34.2 | The show where you and I search for balance in the digital age. |
| 0:38.2 | I think it'd be kind of cool to work on the space shows. |
| 0:42.0 | My interest in space, I've been interested in it since I was about three years old. |
| 0:47.2 | And figure out how to manage modern life. |
| 0:52.1 | I was never one of those kids dreaming about going to space. |
| 0:57.4 | The more I learn, the faster that technology is just barreling ahead, the more I think that |
| 1:04.0 | you and I might have to say yes or no to this question in our lifetime. |
| 1:11.1 | Would you go to space? Like really? |
| 1:14.4 | If you knew what it was like and you had the money and someone offered it to you, would |
| 1:18.8 | you go to space? |
| 1:21.0 | This episode is a very personal look at the dream and the reality of space travel with |
| 1:26.9 | two very special women. |
| 1:29.1 | One who went up already and the other who has a ticket clenched in her hand as we speak. |
| 1:37.0 | We ran a version of this show last year but a lot has changed since then and actually |
| 1:41.7 | these women's commitments to going to space has been tested and so we're giving this |
| 1:46.4 | episode an update and a recut. |
| 1:49.4 | Enjoy. |
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