“If you close your eyes and picture a full moon rising— you’re stepping outside and there’s the moon and you’re being cascaded in moonlight. Think about how that makes you feel. Think about how we have stories and poems and songs and romance and myth and lore all around moon and moonlight. And then you get up on orbit and Earthlight is a thousand times more beautiful and brilliant and stunning than moonlight… and here you are floating in it, having this experience.’”
In this episode of The Idealists. (formerly Grit & Grace), host and entrepreneur Melissa Kiguwa interviews Dr. Sian Proctor, who was launched into Earth orbit, on September 15, 2021, as the pilot of the Crew Dragon with SpaceX. A geoscientist, artist, poet, and astronaut, not only was she was on the cover of Times Magazine but she was also in “The Colony” on The Discovery Channel, “Genius by Stephen Hawking” on PBS, “Strange Evidence” on the Science Channel, and “Countdown” on Netflix.
During the show, Sian takes us into space with her. It is quite a marvel.
about the episode.
Dr. Proctor begins the episode by explaining the history of space travel.
She then describes her emotional and physical preparation to launch to orbit (which included a phone conversation with Michelle Obama).
Dr. Proctor shares details about her experience in space and recites a poem she wrote while in the space craft.
At the end of the episode, Dr. Proctor shares why she believes innovations made for space will better humanity as a whole.