Tim Peake
The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
Tim Peake is a British astronaut and test pilot who has contributed to human spaceflight and exploration. This interview reveals his forward-thinking approach to space exploration and his ability to inspire others with a vision of humanity's future in space.
“I didn't know that I did get vertigo until I was kind of out on the space station. It just happened that once when it's quite funny your brain plays tricks on it. Chris Cassidy, he's a NASA astronaut and ex US Navy SEAL.”
“You are, but the space station actually, everybody works as individuals most of the time. There are a few tasks where you might be paired up a complicated experiment, for example, or on spacewalks, et cetera.”
“I did actually, yes. I wrote a letter to my boys, to my family, which was probably the hardest thing I've ever had to write. The last time that I ever remember crying in my life was shortly after writing the letter and just hoping that they would never ever have to read it.”
“Beat them absolutely. It was at the classic space race of the late 50s and early 60s where the Soviets were definitely ahead of the game initially. And Sputnik going over the continental United States with the Americans just left listening to this beeping from a satellite was a real wake-up call.”
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