Wywiad z astronautą.
Góry i kosmos - różnice i podobieństwa.
Spotkanie byłego astronauty ze Sławoszem byłoby inspirujące 
You’ve Flown in Space. You’ve Climbed Everest. What else is there left to do?2014
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Alastair: I love the idea of going to space just from a naive, adventure point of view that it must be bloody exciting. That was why I wanted to talk to an astronaut. But to talk to an astronaut who’s also been up Everest, another great adventure, is just perfect for Adventure1000. What are the similarities between space and mountaineering. And what are the big differences?
“The vacuum of space is not that dissimilar from high on Everest.”
Scott: The similarities are the physical/mental preparation, the training, the equipment, actually. I remember leaving my tent at high camp, Camp Four, at 8000 meters, in the darkness. I was covered in protective clothing. I had a backpack on with an oxygen cylinder and a regulator. I had eye protection. I had a head lamp, big boots on, crampons. I had a waist harness with a lanyard that would help me eventually, up higher, get clipped onto fixed lines.
So when I crawled out the vestibule of the tent, I felt almost as if I was floating out of the hatch of the space shuttle or the international space station, because you’re really going out into the void. The vacuum of space is not that dissimilar from high on Everest. There’s not much atmosphere up there. It’s extremely cold.
It struck me that this was very similar to an EVA [extravehicular activity]. The physical threats are not dissimilar either. If you make the wrong decision in space, you could go floating away or not make it back into the air lock-in.
Similarly, if you don’t listen to your body, if the conditions change, if you just run into bad luck, bad things can happen on Summit Day on Everest, of course. There’s plenty of historical precedent for that. Certainly, the Summit Day on a big mountain is very much like the big day of floating out the hatch on the space walk.
There are a lot of dissimilarities as well though. When you’re in space or on a shuttle mission or any type of spacecraft, you feel the threat of the launch, in particular. It’s seven million pounds of thrust to get you off the planet and up to the space station. (...)
https://alastairhumphreys.com/blog/scott-parazynski/
Wątek: SE Parazynski - 28.07.1961 (Przeczytany 631 razy)