alhfgsp me too i am disappointed :(

darkrainbowwOrrier Can you PLEASE go get a life that doesn't include anime and conspiracy theories.

***** Those points deserved to be better explained by her.

+groovANDsooth Another fanatic paranoid

+alhfgsp It's crazy, shes a serious women being interviewed by idiots about nonsense. totally agreed!

+Coopa Jay Two words : Stereotype women.

+Coopa Jay She did say "I am not smart"

+Coopa Jay How do you sweep the floor and wash the dishes in space?

good point

Tis a follow-through from asking about her son, so most likely yes.

Either way its a bit of a wasted opportunity. I can think of better things to ask an astronaut than about their domestic arrangements.

AndyPips emotional insight is more catered to their audience than the rigors of research

Fair enough, I can see how that's important. She does seem keen to answer questions about her research however, and I don't believe I have seen an occasion when they ask the male astronauts these questions. I may be wrong.

+InuMiroLover In fairness, it's the nature of that particular show it was broadcasted on to talk about that stuff. Just look at other NASA stuff and you'll see their real work (and interesting talks.)

what the hell are you talking about? are you trying to sound over-inteligent? they talked about a person's daily routines, behaviour and emotions during a space mission. something the majority of people dont know because they never been "up there". Personally, i found it very interesting and fascinating to know that on space your bones get decalcified way faster because you cant walk. Plus, a person that has to stay cloistered in a space ship during 6 months with her family on earth probably prefers to have a more casual chit chat rather than going into details and explaining what they have been researching there (or whatever you wanted her to teach us)... if you dont find anything interesting in this well... too bad

She is a scientist, she is more than a mother, she is a person that was that passionate about something she went to space for it. Went through the all the tests and completed them. I am not trying to sound over intelligent i am simply seeking something that is a lot less mediocre than the questions that they just asked a freaking astronaut! Of course she going to miss her kids! Of course she going miss the husband! She shows you a project she working on and the best they give you is a oooh science thats pretty and then straight back to the oh how are the kids coping, trying to elicit an emotional response from her. All I'm saying is i would have like to have seen more of her work and less of her personal life because that is what i find inspiring.

Yeah73415 Met her IRL. She really is a fascinating person. She spent like 5 minutes talking about personal stuff and spent about an hour talking about science. Note, this was at a NASA facility in Cleveland, so she didn't have to dumb it down.

I'm jealous. that would have been really cool

Agree!

Look at the description. This interview was conducted by hosts of 'The Talk'. If you put it into the proper context, then you'd understand the subject of the questions. If you have a problem with those conducting the interview putting her in the 'mom role', then your problem is with the WOMEN conducting the interview for their AUDIENCE of WOMEN. In other words, it's not just the men of the world's view you need to change if you want this sort of 'role setting' to stop. Women are just as guilty. All that being said. It's not as if EVERY interview goes this way. The vast majority of the interviews that are performed by people who are actually interested in the science go the way you would want them to. They just may or may not make their way to KZfaq. It's not unreasonable to assume (and be ok with) someone asking these types of questions, and the hosts of 'The Talk' would certainly be the ones to ask such questions. The hosts of 'The Talk' don't strike me as those who would be interested in the Delta-V requirements for their next orbital boost burn, so kudos to them for not pretending to be interested (this observation is NOT based on the fact that they are women, but based on their past subjects of discussion - you can certainly counter this if you can show where I am mistaken). There was nothing wrong with the line of questioning.

Willoughby Krenzteinburg I never said that it was only men's fault, that's just something you assumed. Just as there are strong men fighting for women's rights, there are women who pull us back. I love men, don't use that "feminists hates all men!"-thing, because that is a flat out lie used to make feminists look like the bad guys, when they are simply just working for both sexes - we should all have the same rights :) And of course I know not every interview is like that, but it doesn't change the fact that these kinds of interviews are stupidifying. You don't need to use intimidation techniques to get your point across (" If you put it into the proper context, THEN YOU'D UNDERSTAND the subject of the questions."). So I still strongly disagree with you, and there are absolutely no reasons why a show should ask questions like this no matter how "unserious". I think one of the reasons why I react to this, is that I'm brought up in Norway. And this would never have happened here. It would probably have been in the news the next day: "Show hosts kept asking the astronaut about his/her role as a father/mother! - Tv channel bombarded with mail from dissapointed viewers." And people would laugh at the show. It would lose all credibility. Maybe you're not seeing it the way I'm seeing it, you're not seeing how small things like this pushes the development back little by little, and everything takes much longer. And maybe I don't understand how she (as an American) is feeling, at least I know I would be pretty annoyed by this :)

TheVildee I fail to see how this is in any way a gender issue. Yes she's a scientist, but *guess what?!* She's a mother as well. Perhaps it's a cultural thing, but I'd love it if people were interested in how I keep in contact with my wife and children, it would make the voyage feel less lonely and it could connect with people on an emotional level. So perhaps There is a video out there where your social justice crusade is relevant, but this isn't one of them.

Helvetica Neue Do you think a man would get the same questions about his wife and kids? Just as many questions? No, and that's why it is a problem.

izukrazyfoo And after evaporating the air conditioning system circulates it and recycles it to be used as drinking water.

It condensates and goes back into use-able drinking water

what I said :)

Bartolomeo Vanzetti Please leave with your lunacy.

***** lol at the second part

It's also kinda funny to hear that question considering that she's on average only about 422 kilometers away from Earth. It's not a very long distance if you think about it.

Yes. Or "Gee whiz what is your husband doing? How can he do it without you?! Is it even possible?!" Frick DUH yes. This woman is cool, but he's probably LOVING the lack of nagging or INCREDIBLY BORING stories about shoes or what some other woman said. Course her work stories would actually be interesting...

true

I had to roll my eyes in every of those questions and I was like "Really?!"

Do men get asked these same questions?

HAHAHAHAHA same!!!

Don't expect someone who works at Home Depot to be a big thinker on questions!

very good question

great question even better answer :D

I remember someone saying that all the smells they have up there stays for quite some time. I think it was the famous canadian that got the question: "Do you paint in space?" and Chris responded that the strong smell from the paint would be bad due to the fact that they all live in a very closed off area. So... farts would be pretty bad lol.

***** Of course, but the smell would stay anyways for some reason I suppose.

***** Watch the video where Chris explains it. I get the feeling that he can explain this better than me, lol.

+Peter Peterson Hare Krishna

yogesh85d Yeah I've looked into most religions/philosophies including Krishna Consciousness but find them unappealing. I prefer to use the words, true love and despair as these are more meaningful phrases to each and everyone one of us. Oh and more identifiable.

Peter Peterson True love towards almighty God is the most important. When you love truly to the God you will find it appealing.We are just souls riding this journey called LIFE. Hare Krishna.

yogesh85d You've nearly got it right.

Bartolomeo Vanzetti Thanks for commenting. I reckon you value your time more now than when you watched TV. I do. I think everyone should get rid of their TV.

Exactly!

What do u think dumbass

If it's on the internet they wouldn't get connection, no because the satellites only work when they feed the information back to earth for it to be used. So no it wouldn't work☺️😋

Or a better question, why is it being faked? All these conspiracy theorists seem to come up with all these explanations as to HOW it's being faked but I haven't seen anyone give a reason as to WHY (of course I've only seen 2 or 3 people who think it's fake so maybe I just haven't dug deep enough). At least with moon landing theories they give a reason for faking it.

The arm allows the docking of supply craft with incredible accuracy, so yeah, it's a pretty big deal if you don't want to die from starvation, or lack of water.