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In a couple space capsules. this is roomier. to your point, theres only four people flying on this. yes, if they had a full crew of six which they plan to do in the near future, it might be a little tighter. i dont know if wally would be able to do those summersalts quite easily. jeff bezos telling me hes excited to learn how this journey is going to impact him. only around 500 people have ever had a luxury of traveling to space. and all of them speak of the overview effect, and thats part of th...

But i wonder, franklin cheng diaz, when you came back and you have the advantage of seven visions of earth from up there and i imagine multiple orbits. when you came back, did it change your view of things down here? did it give you hope for ways forward? >> it does very much. you are a different person when you come back. and that is that you see the overview effect. many astronauts talk about the smallness of our planet, the fact that we all occupy the same place. and in my case, i was fortuna...

The deforestation of the amazon basin and the contamination of the oceans and the pollution in the air. all of those things, i was able to witness. and it does change you. >> wow, as you said, the overview effect, it is so great to watch this even over and over again. thank you so much, dr. jameson, to you and to you, franklin cheng diaz. your experience and your perspective is invaluable on a day like this. >> thank you. >> we will continue to have a lot more cover of what we just witnessed thi...

Now weve launched another craft from another vehicle putting people into space, and i think that over the years to come, there will be thousands of people who we will put into space and will become astronauts and hopefully will come back and realize what a special world we live in. >> the overview effect and the impact it has on you. for people who dont know, sirisha, you wanted to be an astronaut. you didnt have perfect eyesight, so you couldnt become a nasa astronaut. in high school -- thats h...

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity and its mothership (left) are modeled after the SpaceShipOne launch system (right) that was built with Seattle billionaire Paul Allen’s backing. (Photos by Virgin Galactic and Michael Pereckas) The suborbital spaceships built by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceline may look totally different, but financially speaking, they have something in common: They both have connections to Seattle tech billionaires. The co...

Experience and it was incredible. >> and she was working as a scientist doing experiments, as well. >> yeah. >> richard, you have long spoken about the overview effect. anyone thats gone to space refers to the overview effect and how it fundamentally changes them and they become a stewart of earth. did you experience that? >> i -- it sort of capped it off for me. i will now spend and i promise, i will now spend the next -- im an optimist. the next 30 years of my life doing everything i can to pr...

Completely within a mindset of national boundaries. so these perspectives, these overview effect as nasa describes it, in my field we call it a cosmic perspective, it can change you. and it generally only changes you for the better. it makes you more hucmble. it makes you more respectful of earth as an ecosystem that sustains us. its so easy to think about your own little circumstances and your own moment and your own place. its one of the sort of benefits of having gone into space in the first ...

Arriving in space and the sil silence. you know, to looking out of the window, seeing our glorious, glorious -- the colors of the sky, to unbuckling and floating just literally lifting -- just going off to the ceiling and floating, looking back down and these big windows, now the spaceship is upside down facing back down to the earth. seeing these three float around underneath me like giant fish. get out of my way. i want to see the earth. >> you have long spoken about the overview effect. anyon...

Back. well do both questions. >> jackie waddle cnn. you talked a lot about the overview effect and wanting to spread that. would you say you experienced that today? i was curious, we could go down the line from the passengers today, if you brought any mementos or a way to commemorate today, id love to hear about it. >> so -- where are we? i brought some mementos. i think you should always bring mementos. i brought pictures of my kids when they were a little bit littler in front of ooh giant ufo ...

Main engines. so some great science can happen up there on the international space station and companies are going to be vying to get on these flights. so today mainly im wishing them all the best and a big successful flight. lots of fun to see as astronauts call it. we heard commander chris hatfield say that sort of overview effect. astronaut nicole stott talks about she realized there were no boundaries, she wasnt looking for texas or florida, she saw it as one unified globe. so, yeah, i am lo...