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Ok. the irony isn't lost on me given that he was an astronaut, but Mike is such a down to earth guy. What a great interview....

The discussion about the "One in a Million is not Zero" chapter reminded me of my first year in Grad School. I'd been studying geology, and had studied French since 7th Grade, and the opportunity presented itself for me to apply for one of FOUR competitive scholarships to study for 2 years in France, offered by the French government. I did the application, I got the recommendations, I took the language proficiency tests, and I thought I did okay, but didn't think I'd get the scholarship. Unbeknownst to me at the time, ONLY THREE OTHER PEOPLE applied for this scholarship! I had to pay my way over and back, but my stipend covered all of my in-country expenses and allowed me to travel a bit! One in a Million IS NOT ZERO.

I love how Adam is just casually friends with multiple ASTRONAUTS 😆

I love how when talking about swimming and bridges at 10:11, Mike turns very briefly into Rodney Dangerfield

Mike has an amazingly rare combination of extraordinary intelligence and accomplishment, coupled with humility and "everyman" relatedness. It's great to see him, and I will check out his new book!

"One in a million is not zero." Wow.. I found that more encouraging hearing that than I expect something so simply put would be. This pessimist needed to hear that lol.

I had a few year stint working for NASA in their public outreach efforts. It was always a pleasure to work with Mike as he was so friendly and happy to be visiting with the people at our events.

More with Mike, please??? You two are good together.

I met Mr. Massimino during his first book tour in 2019. Such a down to earth guy. He gave me great advice about Long Island and Engineering as I was about to start my engineering career at USMMA. Im now in Pensacola about to start Navy Pilot Training.

This is an awesome story Mass... Anyone who is interested in aviation I tell willingly that it took me TWO attempts to get accepted as an ATC. First time around I was told that I was 'Unsuitable for training as an Air Traffic Controller' and that I should not apply again. Ever. Between my parents and a chance encounter with another controller I was encouraged to apply again anyway and was accepted. 15 years later I've now worked in 3 facilities and hold all 5 controller 'ratings' that exist. So a 'no', is not necessarily a locked door, it's just not unlocked yet. Keep knocking!

What a great guy and he is a good match for Adam. When his NY accent kicks in all I could think was I'm Space walkin here haha.

I need this book as an audio book with directors commentary and or pod cast. Mike Massimino, sir you utter joy.

Another great interview, Mike is a treasure, I bought his audio book immediately. Having the Blue Angles make a guest appearance during the interview was genius.

The reasons I am enamored with Mike are for the same qualities that NASA selected him as an astronaut. A genuinely lovely human.

I remember cheering Mike and his crew on for STS-125 on the Atlantis, the final Hubble repair mission. I'm pretty sure they based the film Gravity on it. He's one of my favorite people from NASA, always look forward to hearing him interviewed, a real character.

I know of Mr. Massimino from "The Big Bang Theory," which is embarrassing to admit not because I like the show (I whole-heartedly, unironically love that show!), but rather because I should know more about all the men and women that risk so much to push our boundaries of exploration.

Mike is one of the only astronauts i would actually want to have dinner with. Then around dessert, he would remind us he repaired Hubble and i would sh*t my pants in situ.

Mass is one of the really great human beings on this planet.

Such a class to go and push the education and inspiration among us. Thanks for your time!

Mike seems like a "down to earth" cool guy! Just ordered his book,can't wait to read it!

What a great interview, I could listen to him for hours

A foveal scar affects my farsighted acuity. I've had to retrain my peripheral visual to "see" the letter covered by the scar when taking that portion of the eye chart exam. I laughed hearing the stories of other pilots having to also adopt workarounds to ensure they passed the dreaded eye exams. Great overall video to provide encouragement to those seeking to reach beyond themselves!

I'm reminded of Donald Sutherland's character in "Space Cowboys": "I may be blind but my memory is perfect."

Great storyteller with great stories ❤

I listened to Mr. Mike live and he is really down to earth approachable person. Really proud of this human!

BEST INTERVIEW EVER!!! Bring back the Talking Room!!!

This was wonderful. If anyone ever gets a chance to hear, or better yet sit down and talk to Story Musgrave, you must do it. Airplane mechanic, pilot, trauma surgeon, astronaut, didn’t finish high school. (Yea, it sounds crazy, but it’s true)

This is the first time I’ve heard Mike speak at any length. I really enjoy listening to him. I think he would be an awesome guy to hang out with. Great personality and seems he could be a lot of fun and funny. Thanks for bringing him in Adam. Great video.

Just found Mike's book at my library. Hope to have it in my hands soon.

I love Mass. So down to earth and relatable. I followed him on twitter and would wake up early to watch the mission feeds (I'm in Aus), and just found everything fascinating. My school advisor told me I could never be an astronaut because I was a girl, but I listened to him and missed my shot. I definitely want to get this book.

Thank you for this!

Love this dude!! What a fun interview! Adam knows some pretty awesome astronauts!!

Great show. Thank you 😊

What a great video! Loved this conversation! Now I'm off to buy the book. 🎉

What a fantastic interview!

What a lovely conversation. Mike has such a great personality. 😄

Great interview, Adam! Two great guys having a fun time. I hope we will see more talks such as this one.

Absolutely LOVED this episode!

What an incredible interview!

Awesome interview of an extremely interesting and talented astronaut!

Mike was wonderful to listen to. Looking forward to reading his book.

Mass is awesome. Loved his first book and looking forward to reading this new one.

What a cool and genuinely nice guy!

Love the illustration of the rocket trail through the letters on the cover. Thanks Mike and Adam

Holy moly! Nikki this is just amazing! My wife is just starting her coffee area and we watched your video! Fantastic! Thanks for sharing!!!

I love this guy. He's fascinating

What a great conversation.

Legend! I love how clearly he, and most other astronauts, can explain something complicated to someone like me. You can tell that Mike is also very humble. Great video! Mike D.

Great interview. Can't wait to read his book.

This is just great!

Mike is just a fantastic human being, he has such a great nurturing personality,

I just think that Mike Massimino has worked on the Hubble telescope and it blows my mind. Such a cool, down to earth guy.

Great interview. Time to order the book!

I love Mike! I wish I could have been an astronaut. Great video!

Button mashed the play button so hard I nearly knocked my phone out of my own hand. Can't wait to read the book!

Astronauts are such amazing persons. I guess it comes with the selection, training and experience that they are so socially skilled and all-round intelligent.

This is inspiring to me. I just graduated as an engineer and sometimes I wonder, aw man, this other field or specialization is more cool, maybe I should have studied that degree, it's too late for me. Hearing this message like this one reminds me that i should stunt myself with artificial roadblocks. I could always study something new with gradschool and i could always work for a new goal. I could be an astronaut, too, if I work for it, even now. I can still make my future what i want. Anyways, thansk for the positive message.

Thank you.

Former Seattle Mariners 3B/DH and MLB HOF member did some eye training in the mid 90's and it helped his career too. The MLB award for best DH is named after him.

Love this conversation loved the ones with Dan too. Thought the part about the drill not being a drill was really funny.

Such a ‘Down to Earth’ guy! Great interview ❤ 🖖

It's all about the team work!

Mike is such an interesting person and a cool story teller!

Just amazing

Great interview with Dr. Mike he was also on the Adam Carrolla show earlier this week but your interview was better.

Nice video sir 😊

What a guy. He really has charisma.

I love how he's so intelligent and has almost no accent, but as soon as he starts talking about growing up Italian on long island the accent comes out lol

I'd be fascinated to hear his take on his appearance with "Howard" on "The Big Bang Theory." Lots of reasons.

What a great guy 🚀

Great interview.

1 in a million isn't 0. I use that same logic when playing the lottery. lol

Mike Mass! One of the last people to lay hands on the Hubble for maintenance! Super cool astronaut!

Good. Video Adam keep the good work I wish if you could respond ❤❤ always love your videos

The best part is that if you can think of a good reason why explain yourself any reason is valid you can think whatever you want and everyone is right in their own way for their own reasons that eye water story is great

Thanks

Adore this, can't wait to read Mike's new book. One note: Apollo 13 patch does not have the astronaut names on it.

You just can't plan something like a decade or two ahead of where you are you would be saving the Hubble Telescope! Good job Mike!!!

Thankyou! My take-away? - Strive!

Meeting an astronaut is high on my bucket list. The two I would love to meet are Massamino and Tracy Dyson.

More please……….

In 4th grade (back when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth), I had weekly eye therapy sessions with exercises to do every day in between. You really can strengthen muscles and reshape your eyes and improve your eyesight greatly. I am so thankful for that eye doctor.

Mike "knowing when to pivot..." a hard lesson and something most dont learn.

I do like Mike, makes me still want to be an astronaut, at 44. A bit late, admittedly. Maybe when I'm 88, they'll have low cost lifts, up there...

It's funny hydration changing your eyesight, but it does make sense: has the eyeball has more or less fluid it changes it's shape, and thus it changes the focal point. So it might depend if you see bad close or far, for you to need to drink or not to improve it. Loved this little lesson.

Listening to him speak, I forget that he's a astronaut. He just sounds like a cool regular guy.

He was great on Big Bang Theory!

8:28 I've been doing that since i was a kid, that is also how i "zone out", by relaxing the lens. Everyone i know has to squint their eyes to see blurry, but i just do the "blank stare" and can see blurry easily and refocus on command. Under certain conditions (not sure which exactly, maybe colder temperature) i can feel the lens actually changing shape within my eyes. And if i put too much strain on relaxing my eyes but also fight off getting cross eyed, they start shaking, which used to be a "party trick" when i was a kid.

A regular guy astronaut. Love it. I just bought the book.

Loved him on The Big Bang Theory.

I collected all the NASA patches through the Apollo program as a kid.

Howard had nothing to worry about, he was in good hands with Mass on his side.

That was wonderful, however I couldn't help thinking of Rodney Dangerfield 😁

I wholly applaud the perspective on swimming 😂. I had no interest in learning either. I didn't go in the water (never wanted to) and boats work. Finally took lessons at 55 just because I wanted to hike the AT and there would be river crossing in the north; as it turned out, I didn't make it that far 🤷‍♂️

Actually, the mind trick for the eyes is still important for people like me- bad vision, lazy eye. I actually do some of that naturally as I tried to bring the world into focus. All distances are blurry without glasses. But doing that can stop me from bumping into things without my glasses. And it has some similarities to the eye exercises for lazy eyes to try to improve their ability to track together (which is needed for depth perception). Simply consciously shifting your depth of field can really make a difference, like focusing on a window screen, then beyond it, then back at the screen, back and forth. Also, related to the water superstitions, I have another unproven suggestion: open your eyes in chlorinated water. My prescription is pretty heavy, I have to wear them all the time, but after swimming at the pool, I didn’t need my glasses (everything was crisp, not blurry) until I rinsed my eyes out in the showers. My eyes stung a bit, but it was so worth it to the child than had to feel her way from the lockers to the pool. We tested eye drops and water (and maybe even salt water) and none of them had the same effect, so we hypothesized it was the chlorine. I also could swim with my eyes open without goggles, unlike my peers, so take this with a grain of salt, lol. It could’ve been the mild irritation caused my eyes to focus/work harder.

I've heard that the Magic Eye pictures will give you the same eye training Mike was talking about

I tell my daughter that while the biggest factor in success is luck, you can make your own luck.

You can create a whole series about the power of the installation tool)

He was good on the Big Bang Theory. Calling Howard, Fruit Loops.